#as I said before:

[leupagus]

Okay I've been drinking but I gotta say

I keep seeing takes in the Ted Lasso takes about the various favored pairings — be they Rebecca/Ted, Trent/Ted, Roy/Jamie, Roy/Keeley, Keeley/Roy/Jamie, WHATEVER, with this sentiment of "if this relationship does not turn into a romance, then what was the point of the show?"

And that really frustrates me as someone whose most valued and cherished relationships are not romantic, and who will not likely ever have another romantic relationship in her life. Because there's a point to friendships! There's a point to love in all its forms, in all its complexities. Romance is great, absolutely, but to say that there's no "point" to Rebecca and Ted's trust and respect and affection if it doesn't become a romance, or there's no "point" to Trent becoming a Diamond Dog if he and Ted don't start dating, or there's no "point" to Roy and Jamie and Keeley's complicated dance around each other this past season if it doesn't end up in bed — that just makes me really depressed about the limitations people are putting on how people can love each other.

You can absolutely cheer for your favorite ship and hope that it becomes canon — but to reduce all the rest of the show does a disservice to the show itself.

[nathaniacolver]

arcane ships be like

i love a show that teaches equality (😭😭😭)

[batcavescolony]

Katniss is such an unreliable narrator. She says "Then something unexpected happens. At least, I don't expect it because I don't think of District 12 as a place that cares about me" girl you deliver strawberries to the Mayor, you hunt and trade for the district, when you fell at Prim being chosen someone caught you, when you went to Prim people parted for you, when you volunteered EVERYONE stopped. Idk how to tell you but I think you're a pillar of the community.

[the-narwhals-awaken]

Bloody Hearts Bingo Day 4

Prompt: See Ya, Romance | Falling slowly, eyes that know me, and I can't go back

Orihime was well aware that Urahara was a monster.

It was hard not to be aware of that- despite everything, despite the food and the shelter and the training and the listening and treating all their concerns seriously and the respecting their life choices and the not prying into the blatant soft spots they'd all ended up showing him and the various treats, Urahara was fundamentally a dangerous man. It was clear in the way he always felt of blood, in the fierce lullaby that the air seemed to sing sometimes, in the casual grace he had with any blade he held, in the lab and all the reference materials he had about all kinds of power, in the way he saw past the lies they told even though he didn't press them.

Orihime knew monsters and lies. There was a reason Sora-nii had run away and took her with him, and a reason that she had refused to be in the same physical place with any of her relatives since his death. Their current bargain was meant to show her how much she needed them, meant to be skint and humiliating.

It was far from that. Orihime was smart, and just because she tended to think of things differently didn't mean that she didn't know how the world worked, didn't mean that she was an idiot or incapable. Keeping her grades high was easy- the only reason she hadn't hit top of their class was the fact that Ishida-kun was better at giving the teachers what they wanted to hear and the fact that she didn't bother with any of the extra-credit opportunities that most clubs provided. The apartment wasn't much, but it was hers (it used to be hers and Sora's, and the memories ached in a complicated twisted way) and the payment was enough for rent and food as long as she was willing to get creative and everything else that money was needed for.

The thing that made Urahara scariest, Orihime had decided the first time she met him, was the way he saw through lies. The scent of blood was familiar, and almost comforting in a messed-up way. Labs had rules, the same way science did, and Orihime couldn't bring herself to really fear or hate the lullaby, no matter how it seemed to sing for blood. She'd long since grown inured to blades, Kurosaki's being the last nail in that particular coffin, and research was useful.

But lies were what kept her safe. Pretending that she missed nothing about her family kept them from seeing the weaknesses that could have shattered her resolve on her worst days. Pretending that she was doing fine kept attention away from the things that were certainly not quite right but were in her benefit. Pretending that she was weak and helpless kept her from doing something that would draw the wrong kind of attention and kept her kinfolk from descending down to actually challenge her. Pretending that nothing bothered her kept most of the mean comments away.

Urahara looked at her like he saw through every single one of her lies, saw to the core of her- a part that she'd never even shown to Tatsuki, let alone the rest of her friends- and the worst part was, the longer it went on the less Orihime was wary of him. The more time she spent in the Shouten, learning and growing and even just relaxing, the less concern she had about Urahara's motives or his unusual actions or even what was going on in his lab when he called them down for one thing or another.

It scared her, not being afraid, but Orihime knew she was already in far too deep to stop now.

[gracerings]

daniel molloy character of all time once again: like imagine you’re a 20-something drug addict and a terrible journalist on account of being 20-something and a drug addict and you randomly meet a vampire at a gay bar and you think wow I might get drugs, gay sex and a story out of this and instead what you get is psychologically and physically tortured by his husband and your memories of it all erased and then 50 years later you’re DYING and those vampires show up in your life again to ask you to write the story of their happy marriage and your memory might be fucked but ON GOD you WILL ruin that marriage if it’s the last thing you do. and then not only do you succeed and walk out of it alive, but also with a bestseller, millions in your bank account AND immortality AND the knowledge that your annoying human ass was somehow the one thing that made that 500+ year old predator so mad that he broke his lifetime vow to never turn anyone. AND, on top of that, you’re out of the CLOSET.

[nostalgebraist]

If Pikachu were real, it would not be a very pleasant animal. An enormous mouse that shocks you like an electric eel. I would run from these beasts

[passionpeachy]

the only people allowed to steal my art without credit are mexican taquerias who handpaint it on the wall like it's goku holding a taco. the rest of y’all gotta ask

[gibbearish]

love when ppl defend the aggressive monetization of the internet with "what, do you just expect it to be free and them not make a profit???" like. yeah that would be really nice actually i would love that:)! thanks for asking

[hinamie]

to moving forward

[largishcat]

by far the harshest truth ive ever had to come to terms with is that many people genuinely have absolute dogshit taste and that is, technically, not a crime

[black-quadrant]

sometimes all you need is one passionate person who goes berserk for your work to keep you creating

[notherpuppet]

Were you friends before? ⚔️🎀🪽

[maeamian]

Part of the reason that Republicans are so desperately acting like they will never lose again is because they are deeply terrified that this is their last real chance to win. The big orange dipshit came in and gutted the party of everyone who wasn't a loyalist, which left it full of nasty little gremlins who have gaping voids where charisma and human decency is supposed to go.

They still hold a lot of power, but if we stop them this year the next presidential election may not be the Most Important One Of Your Life™, that's not a guarantee or anything, but if they don't win here and now their future looks grim, this dipshit is the only guy they have left and he's extremely diminished and has his brains leaking out of his ears at this point. We can beat him into the ground.

So that's what we're gonna fucking do. We're gonna break these fucking fash. They will crash upon us and we're gonna break their fucking necks. When they come for us they will lose because they're fucking losers and we have each other's backs which is something they fundamentally are incapable of comprehending.

[sargent-space-dork]

Because I grew up on TFA I kinda always love "semi-himbo" optimus instead of like the gruff older leader. Optimus is always cool no matter what tho. But anyway the gay robots are gay robots.

[that1nerd-20]

When a fanfic writer puts a nickname you think Is icky in their smut fic

[ispyspookymansion]

BOO!

oh sorry….come in…..hello…welcome to my halloween party ^_^ feel free to take a piece of candy and a goodie bag before you go okay? have a fun (and nostalgic) halloween season!!