#are we SURPRISED

[perfectlyasymmetrical]

The Pentagon ran an anti-vax psyop in the Philippines at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic

Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China (usatoday.com)

Please read this article. It makes me sick.

TLDR: The US is directly responsible for the over 60,000 people who have died from COVID-19 in the Philippines since the summer of 2020. The pentagon made at least 300 fake social media accounts on twitter targeted at making Filipinos believe that the Chinese-made Sinovac vaccine was dangerous. The Sinovac vaccine came out before any US-made vaccine and was widely available in the region before the smear campaign started. They used lies that the vaccine contained pork gelatin (which is considered haram to Muslims—Islam is the second largest religion in the Philippines). Their aim was to harm China's reputation and to sell more American-made vaccines in the developing world for high prices.

[sadgayeddie]

@eddiediaznetwork​ event: favorite moment

↳ 4.13 eddie getting shot and beautifully so

[freyadragonlord]

Finished Heavenly Tyrant and my first comment is.........

......... Qin Zheng was WAY too funny for how much he sucked. Made me feel so conflicted.

Anyways, Heavenly Tyrant is an amazing book, highly reccomend!!!

Power to the people ✊️

[mavariel]

well folks I’ve given digital painting a try

[stefisdoingthings]

watching the blood flow

[daz-zey]

There was a noise in the next room. Muffled and quiet. You didn’t think anything of it as it was normal to you.

You were in your own room, scrolling on your phone. You froze when you heard the muffled sound turning into yelling. A crash made you jump and rush towards the noise.

When you opened the door, practically barging in, you see Gi-hun’s back facing you. He kept mumbling about something, his fingers tangled in his hair, pulling at wits end. Glasses shattered on the floor. He was out of breath as if he was running.

“Gi-hun?” You cautiously approach him. “Gi-hun… Gi-hun!” You called out to him, a hand on his shoulder. You gasped and flinched when he abruptly turned towards you and wrapped a hand around your throat. His facial expression was something you never want to see ever again.You hardly recognize him. You claw at his hand, nails digging into his skin. "It's me, Gi-hun... it's me. It's just me. Yo-u're sa-fe," you pleaded to him, panting for air.

Your voice and your eyes brought him out his own head, the cloud that always lingered in his mind. His grip loosened on your throat and put distance between you two. An apologetic and agonizing expression formed on his face. His mouth downturned. "I'm sorry. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to! I thought you were one of the guards... Sae-byeok, they were..." he trailed off. He plopped down on his bed and ran a hand down his face. He shakes his head firmly. "Forgive me," he whispered hoarsely, tears in his brown eyes.

You still feel pressure on your throat, you place a hand on it. It was red and an imprint of Gi-hun's handprint. You stare at Gi-hun before sitting next to him. You notice him stiffened, his posture tense. He didn't look back at you but to glare at the wall in front of him. His words registered in your ears, proccesing them. It was then you realized he was talking to the people he lost, hallucinating. You hesitated before wrapping your arms around his shoulders. Pulling him to you as he rest his head on your chest. "I forgive you," you say after a few moments of silence. You forgive him every single time.

His broken sobs echoed in the small room. You could feel the tears running down his face. He held onto you so you won't leave him. He hates that you see him like this. He hates that he brings you down. Everything is the way it is because of him. He doesn't know why you stay, why you even bother. He doesn't deserve you. He screamed against your chest, snot coming out of his nose. "Don't leave. Don't leave me. Don't leave. Don't leave me. Don't leave. Don't leave me," he says over and over again like a mantra. You only hold him tighter as a result.

"I won't leave, Gi-hun. I'm staying right here... I will not leave you," you say in confidence. You made good in your words by staying with him the rest of the night. Not going back to your room. You would talk to him quietly about your past to keep his mind off of things. Your voice soothes him and he relaxes. He managed to calm himself down and fall asleep in your arms. His body basically crushing you but you don't care. He needs you and you're there for him. Whatever and whenever.

[navnae]

Eddie: Steve, you do remember when we agreed we were better off as friends, right?

Steve, naked in Eddie's bed: No, I absolutely do not.

Eddie, already taking off his clothes: Fuck... Me neither.

[writingwisterias]

I want to make leon smile by sucking him off and tickling his balls

[thenumberoneeejunofan]

I’m coming out as a jegulus fan.

[captain-sunshine-11]

Why don't we ever consider what would've happened if Andrew hadn't gotten to Riko and Neil in time? We obviously have talked about 'what if Andrew gets killed by the Moriyamas' and 'what if Neil didn't survive Baltimore'

But this is on TV, in front of millions. Neil getting killed like this won't just affect the Foxes, there is average normal people watching. It would launch an investigation into Riko into His Murder Trial if the Moriyamas' don't get to him first. Except--Riko would be arrested before they could plant a gun on him. Although I suppose they could do that with their mafia connections.

My point is, so much would be different.

[burntblueberrywaffles]

Girls be like: time for my lil bedtime story! 🥰 and then the bedtime story is godless smut about a toxic ass couple

[theninth09]

More Headcanons about Thiam and video games (part 1 here)

im slapping another greek mythology inspired game onto liams game list and claiming that he'd like hades

when theo plays stray, liam watches the entire time. even though he knows the whole game, liam plays it himself after theo finishes it because he loved it so much. and theo watches liam play the entire time too, because he also loved it <3 (im spreading the thiam kitty agenda)

liam almost cried when the wolf fenrir died at the beginning of gow: ragnarök, hated having to fight the wolf garm and then actually cried when fenrir got resurrected

he sees himself in both kratos (having been deceived into killing someone he loves, having to control his rage, evolving from being someone aggressive into being a gentle person/a god of hope and accepting that people will follow him as a leader) and atreus (constantly trying to prove himself, being impulsive and reckless.) the way their father-son relationship and their characters in general develop is very cathartic for him to watch

liam had a pokémon go phase and made theo drive him around constantly during it. he gets into pokémon in general afterwards

Liam's favorite Pokémon

Lucario (fighting, canine-like pokémon. prideful & loyal with a natural sense of justice that only trusts trainers with a righteous heart. can read the aura of their opponent)

Mewtwo (artificial/modified clone to make it the most powerful. it got experimented on, making it extremely vicious and lack compassion. in the 1st movie its later to be shown caring, protective & altruistic. liam makes theo watch the movie/explains its lore to him)

Type: Null/Silvally (chimeric pokémon that was made to be a weapon. need i say more? it turns into silvally when it finds a trusted partner & forms a powerful bond with them)

Umbreon (he mainly likes it bc he thinks it looks cute. its his favorite eevee evolution since its the result of being exposed to moonlight)

Mienshao (fighting pokémon are his favorite & he likes its design)

Resident Evil 7 & 8 (thank you to @greysonalexander for pointing out these parallels to me!!)

RE7 is difficult to play for theo. its main antagonist has some similarities to him (a child turned weapon that longs to have a family/pack, gets called a monster & punished for the aggressive way they go about acquiring it) and the setting (stuck in a house with a family that doesnt act like a family at all) reminds him of how he grew up: stuck in operating theaters with the dread doctors as his "caretakers" and the fake-families he got set up with

he has to take a lot of breaks and sometimes liam takes over for him and plays through the especially emotionally challenging parts for him until theo is ready to continue

RE8 is difficult for both of them. there are a lot of werewolf-like monsters (that were previously human) you have to fight, and the beneviento house + the DLC feature a lot of bullying, which liam struggles with. heisenberg's & moreau's area and miranda's lab are extremely triggering for theo due to heavy themes of experimentation and heisenberg's soldiers having a similar look to the dread doctors

usually they each play through a game on their own, but for RE8 they only play it once together and really take their time. they each take care of the especially triggering parts for the other. they dont skip playing it because it's also quite cathartic for them: they're in a safe environment, have control over what's happening and can pause at any time. they both have problems with being vulnerable and opening up about their trauma, so it's a good tool for them to confront these past experiences and also understand each other even better

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

they both got really excited over botw. liam absolutely hates the horses in the game, but theo has a soft spot for epona and is disappointed that she isnt in it. liam finds out that you can get her through an amiibo and buys it for theo

liam loves that you can change link's clothes and spends a lot of time farming rupees so that he can buy multiple copies of the outfits and dye them different colors

theo always drops the rocks onto the koroks' heads and once tears of the kingdom (the sequel) comes out, he makes it his mission to attach a rocket onto them and send them off into the distance every single time

More Games the Puppy Pack would Play

Pico Park (more yelling. so much yelling. uncoordinated, claws get unsheathed, threats are being made)

Stick Fight: The Game (alec loves the flamethrowers. thiam keep tag teaming everybody and keep winning without even having to use weapons)

Splatoon (alec thought the squid forms looked cool and begged the other members to play it with him. theo is the only one who ever covers the base and keeps reminding everyone that they wouldnt have won if it wasnt for him doing that. corey and liam love playing stealthily, either as snipers or just trying to otherwise surprise their opponents)

not a video game, but: mason got really into DnD when he was younger and tried to rope liam into it, who was only mildly interested. they ended up not being able to play anyway since it was only the two of them. so when the puppy pack forms, mason brings it up again as they now have a big enough group

mason is the DM. thiam basically end up playing themselves as their characters reluctantly fall in love bc they cant stop flirting with each other. alec casts fireball at literally everything. nolan plays a rogue, and all of them judge him for that at first, but he ends up getting really into character and surprising all of them. corey flirts with mason to get information out of him. gwen plays a lesbian barbarian (yes, her favorite bg3 character is karlach.) hayden is basically the only one with braincells

additionally: liam trying to flirt with theo (theo finds it endearing)

[lainalit]

Rhysand is like every political leader in history *pretends to chance things but actually doesn't do sh*t (and if he does it is only to benefit him)*

[jungkoode]

I got a little taste of the new FMU chapter, and I have to tell you, Kiki Nation… you should be grateful it’s taking a bit longer—because y’all are NOT READY.

When it finally drops, please read it in a well-ventilated room. Have a glass of water nearby. Light a candle. Meditate.

I’m praying for all of us 🙏🏻

[beebopboom]

alright hozier dropped another aziracrow coded song.

“it speaks to finding home in people rather than places.”

[iztea]

wow i can't wait to level this artifact!