#are we troublesome

[nikkidiangelo]

The funniest and weirdest conversation I had with my twin sister recently:

Her: *reading smth*

Me: whattca reading?

Her: apparently everyone has a gay, emo cousin

Me: where'd you get that from? You know what, nvm

Her: ...

Me: ...

Her: holy sh*t! I am the gay, emo cousin (she's actually pansexaul)

Me: *dieing from laughter*

[quadrantadvisor]

Thinking about DP x DC Jason Todd being a revenant again. Here's my scenario. Jason gets called that by some ghost. He's like "what the fuck is that supposed to mean?" He's heard the term before but he doesn't know any actual lore. He googles it. He scrolls past the Leonardo DiCaprio bear movie. He opens the wiki. Sees the words "animated corpse" and gets a chill diwn his spine. He starts reading the first section.

He closes Wikipedia.

That night he has a nightmare that his family buried him, again, this time with precautions. He wakes up in his own grave, full of stones, too heavy to move, to scream.

[somegrumpynerd]

(They did not stop shredding the curtains)

[jinjjayo]

YEONJUN LO$ER = LO♡ER @ KBS THE SEASONS 241108

[spectrum-spectre]

oh man... I just experienced A Thought™ again

I'm never gonna write this, so if someone else wants to, go right ahead (preferably with credit, please):

Everyone thinks that Steve Harrington and Eddie Munson are alphas, but they're actually hiding their true designations--not because they're scared omegas, but because they're both secretly betas.

They're mimicking! You obviously can't choose what you present as (unless you go through bitching or studding, but this is rural Indiana in the 80's; nobody in that town has ever even heard of these things)--

BUT! Your designation can be partially influenced by your environment! That's why Steve's dad made him join three different sports teams; to encourage his body to develop into that of an alpha. Except, well... Steve doesn't really want that. He hates the culture surrounding alpha males, but he also sees how the world treats omegas of all genders, and he doesn't want to play a part in any of that bullshit. So his body decides to present as something else entirely.

Eddie's story was much the same, but he also went through a different kind of pressure from his family. His parents fought a lot, so he would play the mediator in a desperate attempt to keep them together (and so his dad would target his anger at him instead--just like he does with bullies at school).

Steve sees alphas as assholes, and Eddie sees alphas as abusive, but they both recognize they would be granted a certain level of safety and social standing if everyone thought that they were alphas instead.

That's not even getting into the fact that betas aren't exactly a hot commodity; Steve is terrified that people will find him boring--or worse, undesirable.

They came up with the plan together. Steve was a sophomore, and Tommy had dared him to try buying weed from the weird junior who still hadn't presented *yet. Eddie had just seen his last client for the day, but as soon as Steve approached the picnic table, both their presentations hit at the same time. There's no beta equivalent of a heat/rut, they just... suddenly Know™ that's what their designation is.

It was actually Steve's idea, at first. He remembered reading a book about mimicry in elementary school, and when he mentioned Monarch Butterflies, Eddie came up with the nickname King Steve (it only stuck because other students overheard Eddie refer to him as that while snarkily muttering under his breath). He helped Steve flesh out the details of the plan, and the two came to an agreement: they'd try to prevent targeted harassment from their respective cliques, under the threat of mutually assured destruction.

*in my mind, they go through their initial puberty around ages 11-13, and then their presentation/second puberty hits around ages 14-16. I imagine Steve was freshly 16, with Eddie just a few weeks shy of turning 17, so he was a bit of a late bloomer.

[evilishei]

You can have a billion worth bounty and Nami can still threaten to whoop your a**. Hahahah!

[hypersaw]

given that the FR team already went out of their way to gut established lore that they've had for most of the decade in order to rework it into something that doesnt draw as many parallels to real world colonization, i do believe this was just done out of ignorance. i have some hope that they'll rework the auraboa short story (where i think most of the issues lie?) to not feel so... off-putting.

i do think this is also a bit of a wake-up call for the team to hire sensitivity readers full time or something. or at least whenever they want to push out more prominent lore things.

[transbookoftheday]

♾️🌈 Trans Books To Read For Neurodivergent Pride Day 🌈♾️

("The Spirit Bares Its Teeth" isn't out yet, but you can preorder it or request an ARC on NetGalley.)

[mellonyheart]

I would like to take a moment to point out that Three-legged Crow is the same company that Mammon was able to get a job at (through a "buddy" of his) and was successful enough to walk away freely (he quit and was not fired) with a substantial paycheck to buy two limited edition, just released, luxury brand watches.

[nerdy-talks]

A beautiful man enjoying some Demonus while admiring cherry blossoms 🌸

[bogkeep]

my friends gifted me a little vintage clock for me to pick apart so i did just that >:) unfortunately i have to focus on another upcoming exam, so putting it back together will happen at a later time. TO BE CONTINUED

[v0id-c0rroded]

A 'baby Deltic' (BR Class 23) trundling a mixed goods train up the East Cast Main Line outside Hadley tunnel

Circa 1960

[mean-scarlet-deceiver]

The trucks complained bitterly; but then, trucks always do, and no one takes much notice.

[meekmedea]

ramble: ravinstill-dovecote friendships

You know what would be really funny? Because Clemmie and Felix are good friends in this AU and as were President Ravinstill and Hector Dovecote, Pres. Ravinstill probably draws comparisons between the two friendships.

Especially if this takes place after he got his signet ring back from Clemmie.

Dr. Gaul is probably going through it tbh

Pres. Ravinstill keeps telling her all about it and she really doesn't want to hear about Hector. AGAIN.

You'd think the man being dead 30+ years would have changed things. Nope.

Also Pres. Ravinstill is probably on the verge of a heart attack every time THE troublesome trio is in the districts (intentionally or not)

Did you really think our trio (Felix/Iphigenia/Clemensia) only ended up in the districts once? Nah.

Pres. Ravinstill has lost too many of his family & friends to the districts.

Felix, to his friends: Too bad we can't visit *insert district number* like we used to. Pres. Ravinstill, overhearing them: *having flashbacks to every single person he's lost due to the districts*

Clemensia: Yeah, I'd want to see Reaper again! Pres. Ravinstill, still in the shadows, listening: *remembering what happened the last time Hector Dovecote went to the districts*

Felix is like sort of his favourite grand-nephew (technically, he loves all his brother's descendants equally lol) and like how is he supposed to face Hector in the afterlife, if Hector's granddaughter is like, dead?

More AU thoughts and rambles here

[wysteriaisapenguin]

“IT’S NOT FAIR! I WANT TO PULL COACHES! I WANT TO RUN ON THE MAINLINE! I DESERVE IT! I’M JUST AS IMPORTANT AS YOU!!!”

“THEN WHY DON’T YOU ACT LIKE IT, THOMAS?!”

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[ladydivine1943]

Hey...

I'm back 😶‍🌫😶‍🌫

David being the youngest and newest member of the band <also being a little brat>