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kanmom51 · 6 months ago

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Have Jikook changed?

My first post for 2025 and here I am, once again, making some points that I feel need to be made.

This is going to be a long one, so brace yourselves for it.

Now that I'm back home from my trip I felt like talking about this post I came by, more so talk about the ask in this post:

I wanted to address this issue that has been concerning some Jikookers over the past year.

This coming up over and over again:

"Jikook have changed". "Their relationship has changed". "They aren't the same", yadda yadda yadda...

Truthfully, this is not something new.

I heard this back in 2021. I heard it in 2022. I definitely heard it in 2023 (who didn't?) and even in 2024, which has me racking my brain seeing as to what they gave us with AYS, their choice of enlistment together and them, in the very few times we heard from them since they enlisted, making sure to tell us they are together (for all those that keep claiming they aren't), they are good, and as of late, JK letting us know they spend their free time together and sing while showering together everyday - yes - everyday.

ALT

I am aware of the fact that many of those voicing these claims are not and never were Jikookers. Amongst them you will find your proverbial cultists (you know exactly who I'm talking about), and antis of all sorts, including but not only JK and JM solos.

When I talk about Jikookers, well, I'm talking about supporters. And I use the word supporters because I do believe there is a stark difference between those who support JM and JK and their bond and love for each other, and shippers that at times are in this for their own gratification rather than support for those two young men. This self gratification can come in many forms. For example, one of them is feeding off drama. Needing JK and JM's relationship to have it's ups and downs. Needing there to be cheating and breakups and heartbreak, making it much more interesting and not just your run of the mill boring long term relationship, cause where's the fun in that?

There are also the 'insecure' Jikookers. These are those that need that constant affirmation from JK and JM, need them to 'prove' they are indeed together, that their bond is as strong as it has always been, that they are MORE than friends to each other. When this affirmation doesn't come they become unsure, start to question it all. And when a blurry no-faced 8 sec clip shows up, they disregard the timing of the clip landing, they disregard it showing up with clearly doctored other clips and pics, they disregard all the suspicious inconsistencies in that clip, including apartment placement, windows placement, furniture placement including objects that aren't supposed to be there, problematic supposed timeline of the filming. Apparently it's enough for there to be a few similarities (while ignoring everything that doesn't fit) for it to be a PROVEN clip of JK. I'm not even going into it being a totally innocent interaction that proves absolutely none of the vile things people, that were supposed Jikookers, were now saying about JK. Not to mention conclusions that were now made regarding JK and JM and their bond and relationship. One grainy clip had people dismiss years of interactions and words spoken by those two, including in 2023, including JK's lives, including JM flying out to be with JK in July, including JK's "I go the other way" TikTok and him coming live shortly after and telling us all that he does not have a girlfriend. Apparently JK supposedly hugging a woman makes him: straight, a cheater, in a relationship with a woman, a king of fanservice using JM to promote his own career.

Where does this insecurity stem from?

Is it because these are two very desirable men that could HAVE anyone they ever wanted, and how can it be that they chose to be in a monogamous relationship with another man for years and since they were literally teenagers? Is it even Homophobia perhaps (including internalised)? Is it due to lack of maturity or lack of experience or bad experience in love and relationships? Is it a combination of all of the above? IDK.

This is becoming long winded... I know I said this will be long, but this is me not even getting started on the points I wanted to make in this post.

Let me sum this up before I move on:

People love drama. People need constant affirmation, especially when it comes to a queer relationship between two hunks of men that are the wet dream of millions, regardless of their sexuality or gender. People have a hard time coming to terms with these two men being in a healthy loving long term relationship.

I guess it's time I started getting to what I wanted to convey here...

I wanted to talk about the whole "they changed" issue.

Because you know, I really struggle understanding what people actually want from JK and JM when it comes to that. What do they expect from them?

What their expectations would be of a straight couple.

What their expectations would be of a straight long term couple.

What their expectations would be of two straight superstars who happen to be in a long term relationship.

Insert the queer into that equation.

Insert queer closeted into that equation.

And now try to make sense of it all.

What do they expect of 2 mega superstars in a 10 year, more or less, queer closeted healthy monogamous long term loving relationship?

This is about the closeted queer relationship, but it's also about what exactly does a long term relationship look like. Healthy long term relationships, straight or queer. Because I do believe that there are too many who have zero idea of what that is supposed to look like. You know, in real life.

Do anons like the one in that post even know what that kind of a relationship looks like to make the claims they do?

There is a reason why so many people that are in such a relationship are recognising Jikook for it!!!

Oh, and btw, I saw their follow-up ask in which they 'explain' what they mean by "changed". Yeah, all the same same. Distanced, not seen together, not spend time together, enlistment together not an actual choice, yadda yadda yadda... Bull meet crap. Jikooker or not is irrelevant to the points I want to make, so I'm not going to get into it. What I want to talk about is Jikook's relationship. Or more so, what a healthy relationship looks like. Over time. As it progresses.

Key word being:

Progresses.

A relationship is dynamic. It grows. It changes. Even more so a healthy one. As the people in the relationship grow, mature, as both JM and JK did (seeing they started out in their teens or early 20s), so does their relationship. Not to mention it changing and adapting to the environment it's in, to realities that change.

A relationship that stays the same, it becomes stagnant. We change all the time. Our surroundings change. The people around us change. If the relationship itself stayed the same it would not survive the test of time.

2013 Jikook are not 2014 Jikook.

Jikook in 2015 are different than they were in 2014 (I mean, their dynamics changed and progressed during 2015 itself as well).

Jikook 2016 are not the same as they were in 2015.

Jikook dynamics in 2017 are different than they were in 2016.

And so on so forth. All the way into 2023 and 2024.

You cannot expect Jikook 2017 to be the same as Jikook 2019, and the same as Jikook 2021 and the same as Jikook 2023-4? And their relationship isn't existing in a vacuum. Untouched, uninfluenced or impacted by everything that is going on around them.

They grew, their environment and reality changed, and as such their dynamics changed and progressed.

Anyone that has followed those two, anyone that joined over time and has watched original content from the past 11 years has seen the progression of their relationship. And make no mistake. This whole "they aren't the same" didn't start in 2023. But it sure has become louder since mid 2021 up to today. There are many reasons to this, growth of the fandom being one of them, but I do believe the main issue was less Jikook content starting end of 2021, basically starting with Chapter two. Them going on their long break and then hiatus into their solo debuts. Less BTS ot7 content meant less Jikook time. Period. Jikook are allowed to be themselves more so when they have the protection of all 7 around them. So, during this period of time we mostly got the same interactions as before, only thing is that we got much less of them and into 2023 we got close to none. This drove people mad. It simply cannot be that the two have a relationship but we aren't allowed to see it, right? There is no way that they are spending time together and we don't know about it... If they aren't seen out together (more so if K-army are not telling us if they are), can they actually still be a couple? As a couple how can they not be fully involved in each other's solo careers, including letting us know that they are, right? I keep saying this, well, I've said it all the way back from 2021: Not seeing them doesn't mean they aren't there. And the two showed us exactly that. We got crumbs of it throughout 2023 but even more so in the end of that year. They have been seeing each other. Spending time at each other's places. Talking to each other about their music. Sharing their songs with each other getting their input. Each knowing the other's songs before released. Knowing as in even being able to sing or hum them. And the choice of enlisting together, the choice not to be separated for the 18 months of service. The choice to go into a fighting unit on the frontline being the price to be paid so that they can stay together. No, there is no comparison to Jin. Yes he was in a base that is considered to be close to the frontline, but he was an instructor in basic training, not a fighter in a frontline unit ready for battle at any given moment. As for the stories about JK not being able to enlist into Tae's unit. Nope. Not true. JK's tattoos weren't preventing him from getting into that unit. Not to mention, if it was that important for Tae to be with JK and the latter couldn't enlist into that unit, well you'd expect Tae to make the effort and enlist into a unit where they could be together, no? Kind of like what JM and JK did to be able to be with each other... There was a clear choice made - for JK and JM to be TOGETHER. The two of them. Period.

Again I digress.

What's wrong with me?????

I was going to talk about healthy long term relationships...

"Jikook have changed", "their relationship has changed". Well, DAH. Of course it has. That's what happens with an ongoing relationship.

If they hadn't changed then I would maybe have doubts, you know, "it's only a friendship" kind of doubts. Although, even friendships change with time (wouldn't that mean that a closer more intimate relationship with another person was prone to change even more so?). Or, like some 'Jikookers' like to talk about them being attracted to each other but never making that move beyond the attraction - yes, then we would be seeing pretty much of the same Jikook as in the early years, but we aren't. We are seeing exactly how a couple's relationship progresses overtime.

But from the little we are privileged to see, the little they allow us to, seeing that even though they are public figures they are still entitled to have a private life, their dynamics, they are clearly as close as ever and A-ok. The level of intimacy between them is beyond, and it's funny to me how so many missed how they stood out so clearly in AYS, but even more so in AYS Jeju. The stark difference between those two, their interactions, their tones with each other, the care towards each other, and then with Tae. It's both ways btw. Each of them towards Tae and Tae with each of them. Clear difference between friends and couple.

But let's move on from AYS, and specifically from the clear differences we saw in Jeju.

Let's talk about those "changes" these shippers, or "insecures" or antis are seeing. I read the comments to the post and I agree with many of them. And I also agree that in a way this anon here represents basic homophobic ideas. The thought of a healthy monogamous long term queer relationship is so unheard of for them that clear signs of exactly that are interpreted as the exact opposite. Clear signs of that calmness, settled in day to day routines, the even, for lack of another term, BORING contentment of a couple are being ignored because what? They themselves have zero idea what a healthy long term relationship looks like? Because they aren't really interested in JK and JM's happiness and want to see the drama, the push and pull, the teenage boy hard to hide or disguise attraction?

Well, I've got some news for those I mention above.

Relationships, the healthier they are, the more they change, adapt. To each other and to everything that surrounds them.

JK and JM grew up.

JK was 18 and JM 20 when things changed between them (in my book). They are now in their late 20s.

They matured. Their relationship matured.

And it adapted.

Adapted to everything and everyone around them.

It changed and adapted to the pandemic in 2020-21. JM struggled, JK was there with him through it all.

Hybe being created. Hybe going public. Hybe vying to buy SM. MHJ and the shit she's pulled, even way back in 2022.

BTS hiatus. Solo debuts.

All these have had an impact on their relationship. Not as to end it, but most definitley having to adapt to these new realities. And as a couple in this industry and a queer one as such, these all also had an affect on what they allowed us to see. Of them. Because of course these last ones impact what we are being allowed to see or hear. Of course there is much that is happening that we don't know, much that we don't get to see, much that we are not allowed to see.

Put all of those together and see where that puts you with regards to a 10 year long term relationship.

A couple in a healthy long term relationship makes for 2 people who share a level of intimacy shared with no others. It has it's ups and downs. They will be sarcastic with each other. They will bicker. They can be bitchy with each other. They will also be highly affectionate with each other. Caring, taking care of one another. Naughty and teasing and flirty with each other. The love is there. The attraction is there. But as time goes by and as they grow up it's more controllable. In a way, it can be referred to as SOFTER. Less edgy as it used to be in the early days. Less urgent perhaps would also be a way of putting it. Many like to refer to it as "domestic".

Jikook in AYS are all of that and more.

I also saw people claiming Jikook in AYS are clear evidence of that "change" they are talking about. And I sit here, running AYS through my head and trying to understand what the heck they're talking about, because AYS, all 8 episodes of the show, showed us just how GOOD Jikook are. As a couple. As a loving couple in a long term relationship. A long term relationship that's been going on since late 2015. A long term relationship that started out with two hormonal driven teenage (totally uncontrollable, lol) boys changing, adapting, growing into two almost 30 year old men (still hormonal, but with much more restraint around each other while on camera, lol).

**Side note: Something I haven't talked about much in this post, but the camera is also a huge part here (when it comes to AYS), one most of those who talk about that "change" seem to forget. Add the fact that although these two have lived many hours in front of the cameras over the years, those cameras haven't been a consistent presence in the past few years, unlike pre 2020. Not to mention that this is the first time the two have ALL of the attention on them and them alone. It's not a coincidence (like most things when it comes to those two) that the moment these people are latching on to is from the first few minutes of the first episode of AYS, as the two just embarked on the unknown journey of filming this show, that they didn't even know what it will look like and what to call at start. I wonder how these Jikook relationship critics would be behaving with a camera in their faces all while being in a closeted relationship... Let's not play stupid and not understand the ramifications of their relationship being 'outed', even more so before they are willing and/or ready for it.

**Another side note: Also, behaviours tend to change according to the situation. Jikook on stage with adrenaline pumping in their veins, all pumped up and less inhibitions are not the same Jikook when first starting to film only the two of them for a show going on a long looked forward trip together. JK's "finally" says it all. Many talk about that car talk, I said what I had to say about it in this post:

They love to latch on to those few words, once again ignoring 8 chapters that show us exactly what they are to each other, not to mention JK's mentioning multiple times how he enjoyed the trips and in the last episode telling us these were the BEST trips of his life!!

**Oh, another side note (if I'm already at it): Another thing people tend to forget is that what we got is the tip of the iceberg of their trips. There are hours of footage they spent together we didn't get to see, not to mention hours they spent together with the cameras off (we saw that they did have control at times over the cameras, if to have the turned on or off). What about their Tokyo time together, which we never got to see of? And if I'm already mentioning this, then I feel the need, once again, to mention that what we get to see on camera or even through sightings of sorts once in a while, is NOTHING compared to what we don't see of their lives. The assumptions made by so many that they don't spend time together during these times is mind boggling to me. Even more so when we KNOW otherwise from little glimpses we get, like: JK talking to himself off camera (yeah, you think that was not on purpose?) that JM changed the angle of his mood lamp; JK telling JM as naturally as can be that he'll get his toiletries together and come have a shower at his place (like he doesn't live minutes away from him and can't shower at his own place); JM spending time with JK the night he got back from LA , JK cooking him dinner, not sleeping all night, only to leave on their Jeju trip together the next day; JK having the code to the apartment at nine one allowing himself in like it's his own place... just a few examples...

Enough with side notes and back to Jikook changing.

Yeah, that car talk is something they love to bring up time and time again. All while ignoring the abundance of moments that show oh so very clearly just how much JM and JK are so very much the same two people that are still so very much together.

The loud naughty moments

The playful/ fun/ also a little naughty moments

The you are me I am you moments

Butt hitting, hair pulling

The JK mesmerised by JM moments

The soft intimate moments.

The soft "I'm there for you" moments.

The caring moments

The JK cooking FOR JM moments

The "I have no straight explanation for this" moments

Basically that whole hot tub/ cold tub episode was just....

There was so so much more, my image limit is done and dusted. I'm visualising a series of posts (needs to be a series because of this silly image limit) for these moments... all the above (seeing that these were just a few examples among many more instances) plus more more more, like the teasing and so very couplie "I will do the thing I know will get a kick out of you because I know you oh so very much" moments as well (just posted my AYS masterlist, but also, go watch the show again!!).

And yes, the bickering and sarcastic moments too, cause babe, there ain't no long term relationship without all of those. It's a package. It's real life people, not a scripted drama.

If you can't be real with the person you love, if you can't show them not only when you are happy and content but also when you are unhappy, including with them, then that is not a healthy happy relationship.

I sometimes feel like those who won't see Jikook for what they are and what they have are driven by fear. Fear of a same sex couple is a huge one, but not only. Fear of what a healthy relationship is. Fear of never having that kind of a relationship would also be up there. Fear of what a long term relationship is - this idea that a relationship has to be static and intense and not understanding that the safety and comfort and ordinary day to day existence doesn't take away from the love you have for each other, nor the passion, quite the opposite.

And for those that don't get that, I feel a little sad, seeing that their expectations of a relationship are unrealistic or toxic.

I will end with this making it super clear:

JM and JK may have changed over the years. Their relationship has progressed and changed over the years as relationships do.

What they mean to each other, what they are to each other remains unchanged.

#Jikook #Kookmin #Minkook #JungJi #Are you sure?#Jikook are you sure #Jikook changed #just like any other couple does #throughout their long term relationship #Jimin #JM #JK #Jungkook

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chrissy-kaos · 9 months ago

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**Health update**

So I never wanted to make another post like this but here I am.. I was hoping to just get better and never bring it up again.

To get those of you up to speed. I was diagnosed with CKD back in late 2021. I’ve been battling that for a while now. I’m actually doing really well in that regard. During a routine MRI in Nov 2023 for my kidneys we found what looked to be a hepatic steatosis and splenomegaly. It was later determined and I was diagnosed with hepatic tumors and splenomegaly. I also had a fairly large gallstone and what appeared to be a tumor/cyst on my gallbladder. We decided it was just better to remove my GB and the tumors all at the same time. So in January of this year I had laparoscopic cholecystectomy/tumor removal. That’s what the scars on my stomach are from. The tumors were tested and were benign. That was a huge relief. But it left my liver fairly damaged. I wasn’t to concerned about because your liver can and will heal itself. I recovered well and felt great.

Fast forward 9 months. I wasn’t feeling very well. So I made an appointment with my PCP and she wanted me to do a bloodwork panel. This is normal. We actually do blood once a month but really only check kidneys, thyroid, and hormones. So I did the panel and when the test results came in my Dr called me immediately. She ordered another AST/hepatic function panel for my liver, kidneys and pancreas.

After those test results came in she had me come to her office. I was met with her and a Hepatologist. They broke the news to me that unfortunately my liver not doing well according to the bloodwork. My pancreas/kidneys are actually pretty ok rn which is cool. But my total bilirubin is 1.4 mg/dl. At 1.5 mg/dl total bilirubin is where we really start looking at the possibility of Cirrhosis. If you don’t know what that is. Google it. Now I’m not saying I have this rn but it seems to be looking that way 🫤

They were telling me they could see my bilirubin trending up over the course of the past few months of bloodwork. Also previously being diagnosed with Splenomegaly which is a tell tale sign of Cirrhosis apparently. They’re pretty sure I have it or will have it. They want to run more tests and see how bad or good it is and we’ll go from there. It seems like they have a pretty good plan. Also for those of you that are going to say get a second opinion.. I got a second and a third. They said the same thing go figure..

So again I find myself going in and out of the hospital again. I don’t wish this life upon anyone. It’s not fun. Being chronically/terminally ill is no fucking joke. If it’s not one thing it’s another. It’s tiring and I’m soo tired. Honestly I can’t wait until it’s all over.. forever.

Anyway I figured I’d give you a bit of an update on my health and such. A lot of you ask in my DMs. It’s hard to answer everyone so a post like this gets it out there. But yea if you made it this far thank you and I love you 🫶🏻

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just-b-wilde · 13 days ago

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The Handmaid’s Tale Timeline

Thanks everyone for your comments. I’m going to dig a little deeper into the data.

So what do we know or suspect?

• June was born in 1983. She mentions her age (34) in episode 2x02.

• Luke was born in 1980, mentioned in 1x06.

• According to fan wiki, Nick was born in 1990, but this was never confirmed in the show.

• Janine was born on September 30, 1992 — this is written on her file in 4x08.

• Hannah was born in 2009, according to June’s documentation. In 5x03, it’s mentioned that Hannah is 12 years old.

• Nichole/Holly was born in 2017, according to June’s records.

• Angela/Charlotte was born at the beginning of Season 1 and is still very little at the end of that season when June finds out she’s pregnant. We can assume Angela is about a year older than Holly, born in 2016.

• Caleb’s birth date is unknown, but in Season 3 it’s mentioned that he died four years ago, already as a child of Gilead. It’s also said it’s been five years since the women became Handmaids (3x10).

• When June gets to Canada, it’s mentioned that she had spent seven years in Gilead.

• June returns to Canada and Serena finds out she’s pregnant in Season 4.

• Noah is born at the end of Season 5 and still appears very young at the end of Season 6. Nick tells June in Season 5 that Rose is pregnant, and in Season 6 she still hasn’t given birth — so the time gap is less than nine months.

What does this suggest?

• Hannah was five years old when she was taken from her family. By the end of the series, she would be 13.

• Holly should be 5 years old by the end of the series, and Angela should be 6. However, Holly definitely doesn’t look like a five-year-old in Season 6.

• Gilead apparently came into existence around 2014, and June stayed there until 2021.

• At the beginning of the story, June had already spent two years in her first placement.

• Season 1 takes place in 2016. Season 2 in 2017.

• Season 3 would be in 2019, so she could have stayed with Lawrence for around two years.

• By Season 4, it should already be 2021, when June arrives in Canada. But that feels like too long a period for how much story space is actually covered.

• Seasons 5 and 6 appear to take place between 2021/2022.

• By the end of the story, June should be 39 years old, Nick 32, and Janine 30.

What definitely doesn't fit in the story?

• In 6x07, a date (26/11/2024) is visible in Nick’s car — but in the context of the story, it couldn’t possibly be 2024. It’s most likely just the actual filming date.

• In 4x08, June says she came to the Waterfords in 2017 — but that doesn’t make sense, as that’s also the year when Holly was supposed to be born.

• And as I mentioned, Holly doesn't match her supposed age in the story at all.

#tht #the handmaid's tale #tht timeline #timeline #osblaine #nick blaine #june osborne #janine lindo #time mistakes in the series

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frosttbitten · 2 months ago

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OO . you love the chase, you love to win

warnings: slight angst but not really, street racing, readers kinda out of it at the beginning, nat has a cherry red car, i think thats it

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JANUARY, 2021.

Your car was warm, warm enough to keep you distracted from the race you were barely prepared for. Street racing was never something you thought twice about, it was just another thing. But as all things do, money got tight, and you didn't know what to do. Your dumb little job washing cars payed almost nothing, you had no other options.

The text you had open on your phone did little to reassure you as to what you were getting yourself into. Your eyes scanned the text over and over again, but the words never changed.

Cherry road. 2 am. Don't be late.

Instructions for the race: do NOT hit your opponent's car, or damage it in any way during the race. During the actual race, there will be people in neon yellow jackets to direct you back to the starting point. Turn on whatever corner they are standing on.

It was just the address and information about the race, not how much money you'd get if you won, not who you were racing against.

Street racing was not the first thing you thought of when it came to scrounging for money, but it was the third. Maybe the fifth. You weren't keeping track.

It was late, way past your bedtime, and way past the deadline to back out of this. You could just… not show up? No, that's a little dumb.

“Fuck, I'm really doing this, huh?” You mumbled to yourself, pulling up to the mostly empty street, there were only a couple dozen people crowding around the sidewalk to watch the race.

You didn't catch a glance at who was in the car beside you, chances are, you probably wouldn't have recognized them. Wiskayok was small, sure, but you weren't really involved with people who did things like this. It couldn't hurt to look though, right?

You sighed and humored yourself for a moment, but it was no use since the windows of the cherry red car beside you were tinted, “Fitting. Name of the road matches the car.”

A tired huff left your mouth and you rested your forehead against the steering wheel for a moment, “What the fuck am I doing right now?”

Laughing to yourself in disbelief, you raised your head at the sound of a shitty store-bought airhorn, signaling the race was about to start. The person next to you revved their engine, and you did the same, because honestly, you weren't sure what to do at all.

The airhorn went off a second time, and both cars sped down the road. Granted, your car was a second later than the one beside you. But it's your first race!

The cherry red car was faster than yours, you had no choice but to speed up, the lights and buildings on either side of you turning into blurs. Your foot pressed the accelerator all the way down to the floor, passing your opponent. You grinned to yourself when the blur of red ended up behind you, weaving your way through the few cars left on the road.

There were a few people scattered on the corners of the streets to direct you and your opponent through the “track.” You turned right when you saw one of the people in a neon yellow jacket, as directed by the text you received earlier. The red car was fast, but it seemed like it wasn't faster than you.

The other racer turned down the same road a few seconds after you, their windows down, so you could see the person driving it. Your eyes darted to the side for half a second, seeing Natalie Scatorccio behind the wheel with a small smirk on her face once she realized she'd successfully distracted you.

Natalie went to high school with you, but you've never liked her. After you graduated, you were more than relieved to realize you'd never have to see her again. But apparently, it wasn't the last time you'd see her.

You faltered at the sight of the familiar bleach blonde, your car slowed down just enough for her to pass you, and your jaw tightened. You sped up yet again, now determined to win for more than money, just to beat Natalie.

A few more turns, close calls when it came to hitting each other's cars, and you ended up back on Cherry Road. Your cars were side by side, a very close race, the nose of your car just barely passed the streetlight before hers did, and the airhorn went off to signal your win.

You had a wild grin on your face from the sound, parking your car close by, and stepping out to make fun of Nat, like old times! You stopped by her now closed window and knocked with one knuckle, leaning down to rest your arms against it, “I wasn't expecting to see you here, Scatorccio.”

Natalie rolled her eyes, slumping back against her chair, “I wasn't expecting to see you here. Don't you have cars to wash?”

You feigned offense, placing a hand on your chest, just over your heart, “Is that all you think of me? A lowly car washer?” a mocking pout found its way onto your lips, before being replaced by a small smirk, “Well, congrats on your win!” you winced, “Oh… Wait, you lost. You lost to a first timer, Nat. That's truly pathetic.”

The blonde glared at you, pushing your arms off of her car, “Fuck off. Enjoy it while it lasts, it won't happen again.”

A laugh bubbled up in your throat as you stepped back, watching her roll her window up with a wider smirk on your face, resting a hand on your hip, “You wish! I'll be back to beat you again soon enough.”

You could only assume she scoffed, because her window rolled down barely enough for her to stick her hand out, flipping you off as she drove her car down the street and out of sight. The smirk never wiped off your face, even when you finally tuned back in to hear the conversations about who you are, and how you were able to beat Natalie so easily.

You shook your head and looked around momentarily, a disbelieving chuckle leaving you. Yeah. You'd be back, and soon.

welcome to aftercare! this is my first series but holy fuck i'm excited. street racer nat scatorccio 🩷🩷

#𝛝𝛠 aftercare #natalie scatorccio #nat scatorccio #natalie scatorccio x reader #natalie scatorccio smut #natalie scatorccio x reader smut #nat scatorccio x reader #nat scatorccio smut #nat yellowjackets #natalie yellowjackets #yellowjackets #wlw #lesbian #sapphic #wuh luh wuh #street racing #street racer nat scatorccio

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indiiglow · 1 month ago

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(idk I watched one of them)

Oh now we into some death stranding type shit fr

Hwha-huh-wha- when did I get into mechs and how did this happen and why am I watching Neon Genesis Evangelion

#fourth movie go brrrrr #I haven't heard a Thing when it came out and it was 2021 and apparently it did well?? what's up with that

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velvetseahorse · 6 months ago

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I think I appear “Ketuvian” to people, likely because of my Arudha Lagna is my Ketu in Scorpio (Anuradha) in the 9th house, combined with having an Ashwini Sun. The reactions I get from people in stores or class are interesting—they often look at me as if they’re trying to figure out who I am or seem a bit put off. Could it also be my Uttara Bhadrapada ascendant? People with this placement can come across as secretive or slightly off-putting too.

I experienced rejection and humiliation in early grade school, and it only got worse in middle school. Eventually, I switched to homeschooling. When I returned to high school, things didn’t improve—even the teachers treated me strangely, much like they had in middle school. So, I went back to homeschooling and finished my classes early. I had only one truly great teacher who still stands out in my memory: my 5th-grade teacher. Toward the end of the school year, she began to show kindness and care toward me. I think she realized I came from a poor family and saw how hard I worked while also helping take care of my younger siblings. She started buying me things and even paid for a school field trip I couldn’t afford.

I remember the night before the field trip, I set a timer to prepare because the bus was scheduled to leave at 5 or 6 a.m. Unfortunately, I overslept—the alarm didn’t go off, and it was already 7 a.m. I cried, not because I missed the trip but because I felt like I had let my teacher down after she gave me such a wonderful opportunity. Whole time my teacher had been blowing up my mom’s phone, telling her the bus was still waiting for me. The principal even came to pick me up from my house! Apparently, my teacher had said, “I’m not leaving until she’s on this bus.” When I got on the bus, the kids were rude, complaining, “We’re late because of you!” But honestly, it’s not my fault that I’m highly favored..

Another memory I have is from my birthday that year. I wanted to leave school early because I felt sad. The day before, my P.E. teacher had humiliated me, which triggered a panic attack. This was during a time when my mom’s abusive boyfriend was emotionally tormenting us, so I was already hypersensitive. My P.E. teacher was upset that I wasn’t in the correct volleyball position during practice (which, oddly, was held in the cafeteria). What made it worse was that I had back problems and was later diagnosed with scoliosis. My mom had to come to the school and go off on him and then he later apologized. I even remember another male teacher trying to claim I didn’t have scoliosis, which was insane like why are you invalidating my medical problems you do NOT know me.

Anyway, on my birthday, my 5th-grade teacher called me to the back of the classroom and asked if I’d like to decorate cupcakes for the class to celebrate. I wanted to cry because no one had ever done anything like that for me before. She told the class that I brought the cupcakes, not her, which was so sweet of her. We kept in touch after I left the school. In fact, she sent me a letter in 2021. I really need to write her back sometime—I heard she’s still teaching.

#astrology observations #m

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cadillacjohnf1 · 1 month ago

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FULL DRIVER CARDS GUIDE:

(DISCLAIMER - I am British, so although I believe the advice in this post should work for everyone, I cannot say for sure)

Reminder - these are the cards I have. The post will mostly cover these:

GENERAL GUIDE FOR LETTERS

Write a letter along the lines of

Dear Sir/ Madam

I am a big fan of [team] and your drivers [driver names].

I was wondering if I would be able to get the driver cards for this season? (NOTE: if you also want team principal/ reserve driver cards specify this here: some teams will fulfil this request!)

Kind regards,

[Your name]

Prepare 2 envelopes (minimum size A5). On the first envelope put the team's address, and on the second put your address. Make sure BOTH envelopes have postage fully paid for (cost will vary depending on your country).

Enclose your letter and the self-addressed envelope in the envelope addressed to team

Send!

1. McLaren F1

2025

They accept letters (so see above guide). Mine came pretty quickly!

Address =

FAO: Autograph Cards

McLaren Technology Centre

Chertsey Road

Woking

GU21 4YH

2024, 2023, 2022, 2013

eBay (search F1 driver cards; luck can vary)

2. McLaren Formula E

Same address as McLaren F1 - just make sure to ask for Formula E cards instead.

3. Aston Martin

Unfortunately, they do NOT accept letter requests for cards anymore. You can sign up to be on the list to receive them by joining I/AM (but it doesn't seem like they send them out very often; I've never got any this way).

All the Aston Martin cards I have I bought on eBay.

4. Mercedes

They also do not accept letter requests. You can sign up here to be on the list to receive them (they're a lot more reliable than Aston Martin, but it will take a while to receive them - personally I'm still waiting)

2025 Miami:

Bought directly from Mercedes during the Miami GP; this was a limited edition run so no longer available. Can be found on Ebay (for terrible prices do NOT buy these).

2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2014

eBay (Mercedes cards are actually the easiest to find on eBay)

5. Williams

2025

They accept letters! This team was also the quickest to respond (less than 2 weeks I believe).

Address =

FAO: Fan Mail

Williams Grand Prix Engineering

Grove

Wantage

Oxfordshire

OX12 0DQ

2024, 2023, 2022, 2005

eBay (you're unlikely to find the 2024 Colapinto one - I only got this one as I wrote later in the season - most people received the standard Logan Sargent card)

6. Alpine

2025

They accept letters! Slowest to respond but still fairly quick.

Address =

Alpine Racing Ltd

Whiteways Technical Centre

Enstone

Chipping Norton

Oxfordshire

OX7 4EE

2023, 2022

You guessed it - eBay.

7. Red Bull

They no longer accept letter requests. I believe you might be able to win them by doing challenges on the Oracle Red Bull club? Personally I've never tried this (too much effort I fear). All the cards I have from them were just bought on eBay.

8. Mahindra Formula E

Email them at [email protected] with the same template you'd use for a letter. These took about 5 months to arrive - but were handsigned.

9. Porsche Formula E

Email them at [email protected] with the same template you'd use for a letter. These came pretty quickly, were handsigned, and came with some stickers!

10. Other teams

Ferrari = have never written to them as postage is expensive (Italy) and they're said to not often respond.

Haas = Have written to them (England), have never received a response. Apparently they send very rarely.

VCARB = have never written to them (Italy), but I've heard they do respond.

Sauber = same as VCARB.

Lotus = I have the 2015 cards; bought on eBay

And that's it! Let me know if this was helpful, and definitely let me know if you end up writing - I'd love to see if you get any results

#f1 #driver cards #this took a while to write!#f1 driver cards #formula 1 #formula one

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avayarising · 9 months ago

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Deaths of Cassandra Cain

Part of the Batfam Death Project.

Cass has two very definite deaths and one implied death. She also spent several days in the Spirit World. Total time dead: up to a couple of days, plus Spirit World time.

Verifiable deaths

1. Beaten in the chest by Lady Shiva (Batgirl 1:25, 2002)

Cass asked Lady Shiva (her mother, though at this point she didn’t know that) to train her because she was losing her ability to read body language. Shiva agreed, but in return asked for Cass to come back in a year and duel her to the death. Cass agreed to this. When the time came, they fought on a rooftop, and Shiva quickly killed Cass with what looks like a pre-cordial thump.

Cass was raised to life again by Lady Shiva some unspecified time later through some unspecified technique (though she did say she had prepared for years to be able to do it) involving punching her in the chest again.

Time dead: Unclear, but probably of the order of hours. Since the location where Cass was resurrected was not where she died, Shiva must have had to move her corpse, so probably at least a few hours, plus however long it took for Shiva to do whatever she did to resurrect Cass.

2. Took a sword for someone else (Batgirl 1:72–73, April 2006)

So before Cass was born. David Cain made other attempts at creating the Perfect Warrior, and he started out by taking existing children (from Ra’s Al Ghul) to train, rather than attempting to breed one. One of these became known as Mad Dog: very skilled but almost mindless and uncontrolled. In a forest in the middle of nowhere, he attempted to stab someone, Cass leapt in front, and:

Even though it looks from this picture like that big fat knife goes right through her ribcage, heart, and spine, she still managed to kick Mad Dog in the face before collapsing and dying.

After Cass died, she awoke being carried by Steph.

Steph told Cass something she couldn’t have known (that Blüdhaven had just been destroyed), indicating she was really present and not just a near-death hallucination.

Of course, it later turns out that Steph was never actually dead at all, but at this point in time she is dead, and her presence is meant to be an indicator that Cass is truly dead.

Lady Shiva raised her (again), this time via a Lazarus Pit. (At this point, Cass has only very recently found out that Shiva is her mother.)

Cass came out angry with Pit Madness, but Shiva trapped her in a net and coached her through it. Cass calmed down in a matter of minutes.

Time dead: between several hours and a couple of days (Shiva had to carry her out of a forest on foot and get to the Lazarus Pit before she could resurrect her).

Bonus extra deaths

(Implied, inferrable, ambiguous and arguable deaths)

1. Probably died in Death Metal along with everyone else (Death Metal 7, 2021)

Cass probably died in battle when the Dark Multiverse invaded and destroyed all the worlds of the multiverse. All the remaining heroes came together in a hopeless fight against an army of their worst nightmares, including an apparently never-ending swarm of groblins (mindless evil Jokerised Robins led by the Robin King, an evil child Bruce Robin).

Cass’s death isn’t shown on panel and neither is her dead body, but she is definitely in the group of Bats standing ready to fight (far right, in an oddly ill-fitting Orphan outfit):

And later Evil Child Bruce Robin tells Batman that everyone else is dead, so that seems like Cass is dead too.

On the other hand, Evil Child Bruce Robin probably doesn’t know what’s going on away from his immediate vicinity, so it’s possible that Cass was drawn away during the battle earlier on and is still out there fighting in a different part of the field.

After this, Wonder Woman persuades the Creators to remake the world and everyone is fine again.

Time dead: unclear; might be up to an hour, or longer if it takes longer to remake the world.

2. Perhaps was shot by Lady Shiva at some point (Spirit World 3, 2023)

Thank you to @fantastic-nonsense for pointing this one out! During Cass’s trip to the Spirit World (see below) she was bitten by a fox spirit and regained the memory of a previous encounter in the Spirit World when she was dead. The flashback montage panel shows Shiva shooting Cass in the chest, followed by Cass’s revival in the Lazarus Pit in Batgirl 1:73 with its very distinctive hook and chain.

Although it’s most likely that this is just a conflation and reinterpretation of Cass’s previous two deaths and resurrections, the new method of death suggests that this could be an additional, off-panel, death and resurrection.

More details in @fantastic-nonsense’s original commentary here.

Afterlife visits

1. Pulled into the Spirit World (Lazarus Planet: Dark Fate, 2023; Spirit World, 2023)

When the Lazarus Volcano erupts and rains down Lazarus Water on the whole earth, it stirs up a lot of undead. In a graveyard in Gotham, Cass joins John Constantine and Xanthe Zhou (a ’spirit envoy’ who died as a child and was partially resurrected and is now both living and dead) in a fight against hopping vampires (jiang-shi) and a ‘ghost collective’ (a big ball of angry ghosts).

With Constantine’s and Cass’s help, Xanthe exorcises the collective, but on its way out the collective grabs Cass’s ankle and pulls her into the Spirit World with it.

In the Spirit World, she more or less gets adopted by Xanthe’s granny, who has also adopted another ghost, Bowen. (It’s not clear in this panel, but Po Po is tiny and only comes up to Cass’s waist.)

A spirit she meets there tells her they have met before, when she was dead, though she clearly doesn’t remember her time dead. (The spirit doesn’t clarify which of Cass’s deaths it is referring to, but since she was with Steph all through her second death, it is likely to be her first – but it might be a completely different one; see above.)

Of course, John and Xanthe go in after her and they eventually reunite. After a great quest, the freeing of the ghosts from their collective, and major reorganisation of the politics of the Spirit World, they all leave together through a portal.

Time in afterlife: several days.

Batfam Death Project Masterpost

#batfam #batfam death project #cassandra cain #cass cain #cassandra wayne #cass wayne #orphan #batgirl #deaths of cassandra cain #if I find more death experiences for Cass I will edit this post

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roselinbooks · 2 months ago

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I haven't had a movie actively piss me off for a while, but man did Ruby Gillman accomplish it. I put it on for background noise because I'd heard it was fairly mid, and...wow, it was so much worse than I thought, and I don't even think the creators realize why.

I am by no means the first person to pick this movie apart, particularly the message it delivers in its climax, but I'm going to do it anyway.

Ruby Gillman WAS incredibly mid. The character designs were fairly forgettable, the soundtrack was meh, the canon same-sex couple only appear on screen together for less than two seconds at the very end of the film. It manages to be every "trying to fit in, but also be who you are!" movie that's ever been in the bargain bin, bringing...basically nothing new to the table. The Thirteenth Year, a goddamn DCOM from '99, executes its premise with more finesse and care.

And then Ruby Gillman stops being mid, and starts being overtly racist.

Just. Follow with me here. Imagine. This movie came out in summer 2023. Encanto, a massively successful movie about generational trauma, came out in late 2021. Luca, a movie about sea people trying to integrate into human society (and the metaphors for immigration and prejudice that come with it) came out just before it. Turning Red, another animated film from a major studio, addressed tweenage girlhood and breaking away from tradition in 2022. I know that animated movies take a while to make--I KNOW that. And I know that they can't just scrap everything they've been working on because a movie with a similar theme or premise comes out. But my gods, imagine following up ANY of these movies and not managing to even come CLOSE to their messaging.

"But Avalon, maybe that's just not what Ruby Gillman wanted to do! Maybe it just wanted to be fun without making any deep social commentary!"

Oh I'm well aware, especially with how the offhand same-sex couple is given literal seconds of screen time, and characters throw around phrases like "patriarchal construct" with the same seriousness as "groovy" and "tight". I truly believe that there was zero intention to make any kind of statement other than "Be yourself!"

Which kind of makes the (unintended) racism WORSE.

The moment Grandmamah appeared, I was recoiling. She casually disparages her daughter's and granddaughter's choices to want to live among humans, immediately dismissing them as lesser than. In a better movie, this would have been a major character flaw that gets addressed and discussed. Nope.

Then she goes on about how apparently all other "sea monsters" are evil. ESPECIALLY mermaids. All of them. Every single one. Evil.

AND SHE'S PROVEN RIGHT.

Because that's...healthy and normal. Demonizing an entire group, and then showing that the character who does that is 100% correct and, in fact, all members of this group ARE evil.

Yeah, that's a good message for kids.

I went into this movie thinking that it might be about intergenerational trauma--why did Ruby's mother leave the ocean, how did her relationship with her mother contribute to that, how is she making the same mistakes with Ruby by deciding how she should live FOR her? Nope. There's a little bit of lip-service given to this idea but it is never fully fleshed out and is far from the primary conflict of the film, emotional otherwise.

Then I thought maybe Ruby and Chelsea were going to work together to end the conflict between kraken and mermaids, by showing Grandmamah that NOT all mermaids are evil and some just want to live in peace without being hunted down. It would have been cliche, but at least it wouldn't be overtly racist! But nope. Grandmamah is correct, mermaids are evil (in fact, we only ever see one, because Chelsea ends up being Nerissa, so there is ONE evil mermaid and therefore the rest are evil too. okay).

There is a BRIEF moment of protest from Ruby where she points out that her mom is reacting to her being friends with a mermaid just as badly as she expects her grandmother would, a comment meant to give Agatha pause, but it doesn't. She is convinced, correctly, that Ruby is making a huge mistake. And the film confirms that she is. And she then realizes she was being tricked and Chelsea was never her friend and she can fight her alongside her family, who have had hardly any screen time together to hash out their issues.

Just. Wow.

Ruby Gillman had a paint-by-numbers outline to begin with but somehow managed to fill in the spaces with shit.

#no hate to the fandom I have seen many rewriting that ending and shipping ruby and chelsea and yes this is correct actually #ruby gillman #writeblr #criticism #film critique

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