#bc eventually the show just stops challenging him

[leeknowsnot]

SKZ when you suddenly call them with their full name

I am posting every entry I have written in my notes app to make it up to you guys. 😭😭😭 Anyway, happy hearts day to everyone!!

CHAN

— his eyebrows are immediately raised and he's looking at you like "Did you just call me with my full name?" with eyes wide enough for you to poke them

— you pretend you don't hear him and just continue on with talking to him and calling him Christopher

— he's immediately on your tail like a kid, asking the same question all over again you can't help but pinch yourself to stop yourself from giggling at how cute he is

— he calls you all sorts of cute nicknames to make you surrender to his cuteness

— eventually you do give up and when you start calling him back with your nickname for him, oh my God he smiles at you so cutely you could just dive into his dimples

— you are spoiled

MINHO

— definitely the type to call you back with your full name

— you challenged the wrong person, now he's gonna be the one who'll call your full name with EVERY sentence he'd say until you admit defeat iT BACKFIRED SO BAD

— evERY CHANCE HE GETS HE'S GONNA DO IT

— especially when you guys are out with friends, he's gonna call your full name WITH YOUR MIDDLE NAME people are gonna start staring

— you start ignoring him whenever he calls you your full name on purpose and oh does that annoy him eventually

— the audacity to ignore him and be annoyed with him when you were the one who started this little game, right?

— "kitten got a taste of her own medicine?"

— he's gonna punish you for being such a bad kitty wink w0nk

CHANGBIN

— his pouts are aLL OVER THE PLACE

— whoever sees him gets a free show over a man with biceps pouting like the big baby he is

— he'd feel a bit off at first but eventually gets used to it eventually cause he dares not to pick on how you want to call him

— even if it's a bit weird, he'll tolerate and learn to accept it if that's what you want

— tELL HIM IT'S JUST A PRANK HE'S TOO WHOLESOME FOR THIS WORLD 😠

— would be weirded out again trying to adjust to being called with his nickname again when you finally stop with your prank

HYUNJIN

— will give you an offended stare as if you just committed a sin

— no cuddles for u because he said you're not his gf and says he doesn't know u

— he's gonna make such a big deal abt it to the point Chan would be calling you in the middle of the night asking you if you guys fought cause Hyunjin's acting so weird, like he's so pouty and edgy

— so when you said it's only because you called him by his government name for a prank, Chan L O S E S it

— you'd find a pouty Hyunjin in the morning, complaining cause Chan gave him an earful for maging a big deal out of your prank

— he basically forgot you were the one who started it . at least he's pouty over Chan instead of you anymore

HAN

— waterworks EVERYWHERE

— how dare you make him cry

— the moment you call him Han Jisung it's over for him

— the London Bridge is falling, Eiffel Tower is collapsing, the icebergs are melting

— "Is he better than me? Is he treating you better at least?"

— sTARTS ASKING QUESTIONS THAT SOUNDS LIKE YOU LOVE SOMEONE ELSE NOW BC HE'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH AND HE THINKS YOU DESERVE BETTER

— expect him pulling all-nighters writing a sad love song

— when you explain to him that it was just a prank, he immediately bursts into tears, either in relief that you still love him or bc you messed with his feelings 💀

— how dare you make him cry pt.2

— turns the sad love song that he wrote into a body roll song

FELIX

— he immediately catches on and knows it's a popular prank trend amongst couples so he plays along

— but ofc he's still making sure it really is a prank and you're not actually mad at him

— your friends would be looking at you both weirdly and think you guys have broken up but maintained good friendship

— his friends only know you by nickname so when they saw your caller id on Felix's phone and it was your actual full name, they were having multiple question marks as to why Felix was being all so chummy and sweet with this (Y/N) on the phone

— the next time you meet them they'd be shaking while trying to tell you that Felix has been cheating on you with someone named (Y/N)

— oh my God you and Felix die from laughter

SEUNGMIN

— tbh he doesn't care

— he'd been trying to get you to stop calling him smookie poo, pookie, moochie bear, and all sorts of nicknames the past weeks so this was actually a win situation for him

— he enjoys it too much he starts frowning at you when you go back to calling him the nicknames

— "Where'd the 'Yah, Kim Seungmin' go?"

— 10 out of 10 he loves the prank, would definitely avail for more 💀

— Now he won't stop demanding you to do it again

I.N

— immediately thinks he did something wrong but he just sITS THERE PROCESSING AND STARING AT YOU WITH HIS FAKE EYES OPEN

— he'd malfunction so bad how can you do this to him

— he's already clumsy as is but bc you're making him overthink, he's unintentionally breaking and dropping stuff all over the place

— in the "is-she breaking-up-with-me/did-she-find-someone-better" lineup

— he doesn't show it tho

— he tries not to at least

— would send you all sorts of gifts; flowers, chocolates, champagne, stuffed toys, you name it—it's his love language

— he'd actually try to win you back from this "new guy"

— when you tell him it's just a prank, he doesn't talk to u for a few days and gives you the silent treatment

— i mean, you obviously had it coming

[goodnightsasuke]

this is going to be borderline incoherent rambling but one thing I feel like a lot of JJK fans miss abt the entire narrative of JJK is that no one likes Gojo in the story (except for like three 16 year olds) and it gets turned into kind of a meme thing and everyone is like 'yeah gojo is an asshole hes bratty but its funny and hee hee hoo hoo hes hot and powerful' and I think it's just kind of ironic bc its a serious theme and topic in the story. People were so mad abt Gojo not getting a funeral and lamenting about how people only saw him as a weapon or tool and then the reasons they have for liking him are:

he's a sexy weapon

and combined with that one Sukuna panel at the end where he says "you asked earlier how I could possibly connect with and love those beneath me" and goes on to say "We are loved because we are strong" and that line is so interesting to me because yes Gojo is strong, but I wonder, was he strong in anyway that really mattered? Yes he was able to nerf Sukuna to set up the killing blow(s) and that was significant, but I wonder in regards to things before that. He speaks of revolution and talks about how its messed up that all these older elders run everything and send children to die for them and despite being the strongest magically, he does nothing to change that. He still sends his kids on missions that they repeatedly almost die on and survive by almost pure luck. He seems to spend most of his time just chilling and hanging out and wearing luxury items, benefiting from the current system in a similar way to the rich elders he claims to despise and want to dethrone. With the knowledge that only Megumi could use Mahoraga, its just weird. If Mahoraga was the only thing that could defeat Gojo, and while Mahoraga is not in play, why not challenge the elders? Why not change the system?

Then with Getou, he lets him run away and become a genocidal maniac. Does nothing to stop him or help his 'one and only bestfriend' despite having great power to do so. Gojo's lack of will and selfishness is so interesting. During the KFC fight, Gojo doesn't begin doing purple because he's worried Getou might eventually hurt innocent people, he does it because Getou is abandoning HIM, it comes from a very emotional, hurt, and selfish place. And Getou reads him to filth. Gojo has the ability to enact change -- he is the strongest -- yet he doesn't. Gojo really is just a weapon, and that seems to be almost all he knows how to do. "Are you the strongest because you are Gojo, or are you Gojo because you are the strongest?". I think Gojo already had a lot of complexes around being a weapon, and that line probably created at least 4 more. The people around Gojo, even the ones closest to him, are aware that Gojo is a weapon, that Gojo knows he is a weapon, and that Gojo doesn't really know what to do with that. He has ideas, like changing the school system, but at the end of the day he seems to see his destiny as simply detonating one day. And that he does, but he when he does, he doesn't even wipe Sukuna out. I think Gojo had decided that he was the strongest because he was Gojo, ie, he was destined to be strong, and his purpose was to be a weapon. He was strong in the sense that he helped take down Sukuna, but he wasn't strong enough to save Getou, or protect his kids from being brutalized and traumatized, or from being child soldiers.

I think Gojo being so happy in the afterlife and being able to reconnect with Getou and everyone else back when they were 16 shows that. Before he learned purple, before Toji, before he started being sent on tons of missions all by himself, back when even Getou didn't see him as some kind of above-all figure. I think Sukuna is an interesting compliment to Gojo in that way, reveling in his power, understanding that it separated him from others, but not feeling lonely or isolated because of it. Cause while we don't see anyone mourn Gojo, because the sorcerer world keeps turning, and its 'disrespectful' to act like a human being and dwell on the dead and mourn someone in sorcerer culture, we have multiple people making 1000yr pacts to reincarnate to fight or be a companion to Sukuna again. I think there's a lot of commentary about what makes a human a human and what separates a curse from a human, and I think Gojo being an unmourned weapon while we see multiple people determined to find Sukuna again says a lot on that. I think Gojo wasn't very happy despite his often childish and upbeat demeanor, and despite wanting to rip out the cogs that kept the sorcerer society was we know it moving and sacrificing children, he didn't know how to fully stop being a cog himself.

[marieisontuxblr]

9-1-1 S8E09 reactions

Spoilers for the episode "Sob Stories"

Ok kinda obsessed with the opening emergency

JLH can ACT. I love her 

Ugh maddie’s growth is everything 

Wait where is this dude??

...creepy 😐

Buddie?!?!!! I’m already crashing out

Talking through a glass wall!!!!! 

“I don’t know what I’m gonna do without you” what do you meeeeeaaaaan

yeah, I’m not gonna survive

Puppy!! 🥺😭

lol @ the ford product placement

PUPPY!

Buck going after the dog?? 

Buck EMERGING with the dog???

me atp: 💀💀💀💀

Oh the police lady is creepy (and hot) 

She’s the villain yeah?

wdym he’s helping ready the house for a showing

just shoot me, it’d be kinder

lol @ buck’s smile when the doorbell rings. Trying so hard to be supportive I love him

Buck in the pink is 👌👌

Obsessed with Buck. Why are you like this?? (I know why)

I know what you are 

“Everything that matters is in Texas” oh Eddie you have 30 min

“This is my new best friend” !!!

Ok buck calm down. Don’t get into a sass-off with Eddie Diaz, you will lose!

Oh Buck you crossed a line. Not cool. Also Eddie not cool to not tell to begin with. But. Not cool Buck

Hen and Chim I love you 😭😭

Bobby!! 😭😭😭

get your shit together, buck

“lol @ buck’s smile when the doorbell rings. Trying so hard to be supportive I love him” never mind lmfao

“I don’t talk to pigs” correct

Oh police lady is CREEPY creepy

Oh that’s an insane plot choice 

That’s so fucked 

Whaaat

Oh thank god jayna

Ok what’s up with placing the wallet

I wonder if maddie will have to quit eventually

JLH eats every single time

Not sure I’m convinced Maddie’s gonna recover and go back to dispatch after this

“You got something you wanna say to me Buck? 🤨”

Oh it’s a diva-off

I’m sat 

“You were spying on me” is an insane response 

‘Eddie-Diaz-be-normal-for-one-second’ challenge. level: impossible 

I need you to be so fr rn Eddie 

“I don’t need you either” I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE 

Not BINGO 😭😭😭

Omg not equipped to handle this

“I know we didn’t have much time together” kill me

I KNOW WE DIDN’T HAVE MUCH TIME TOGETHER ?!??! i'm gonna need 5-10 business days to unpack my feelings about that one

Eddie Diaz if you raise that eyebrow at him again I will hunt you down

To OUT you?!?!!?!! tim i need you stop fucking around so expeditiously 

Not Eddie feeling like Buck is putting him in an unfair position 😭😭 like don’t make it out that I don’t care about you just bc I have to choose Chris. I’m dying

Ok Eddie I see you. I also wouldn’t want to choose between my husband and my kid

s2g if Freddy assumes they’re a couple I will scream

Omg Buck arranged a surprise!?!! 😭

lol @ eddie’s frustrated face. He’s so done with buck’s shit

Buck: “I hate to make this all about me,  but it’s me”

Eddie:

Buck:

"you did really bond with that dog in about 10 secs" "that’s what I do" JUST SHOOT ME I CANNOT TAKE ANOTHER SECOND OF THIS

He’s going back to where he belongs???? I AM UNWELL [literal actual scream and tears atp]

“…with christopher” I’m ready for it to Stop™️

Oh I don’t like this cut to maddie AT ALL

Not the pov shot from behind

Leave maddie alone

What did I say?? Never trust a cop (sorry Athena, I love you babe, please quit your job)

If they take jee-yun I will find you @ tim

no don’t stop 

Ok it’s been a good run. I won’t make it till next week so so long I guess 

I have never been more in touch with myself as a millennial than in this moment

[t-u-i-t-c]

Taiya is a very closed off person who has a lot of trouble expressing his feelings. It's as if he can express basic emotions, but falters when his feelings cannot simply be conveyed through standard expressions, like a smile or a frown. It's what causes him to mess up, as we saw in the Madrex episodes. It's as if he's just never had to express himself as an individual so much, and has always just presented as an average guy, but doesn't really know how to put everything he feels into words. He's just not at the level of grand gestures to show his care and needs time to work his way through how he wants to express his feelings outwardly. We know he's known Bundorio for a while and Bundorio considers Taiya his best friend, but Taiya still has difficulty with physical affection and praising Bundorio. We also know he really is thankful for his team, as he says thank you to them to himself after Madrex's defeat, but he's not ready to say it directly. Then when Genba leaves he doesn't stop him bc he understands that his rage is fueling him and that leaving or staying is Genba's decision to make, but he can't let go at the same time. It's a development when Taiya tells Genba to keep his Change Axe. It's allowing him to stay tethered to Genba, even if Genba never intends to return. It's a gesture of care that seems so small in the moment, but for a guy who struggles with giving thanks and affection, it means the world. Allowing himself to recognize their significant bond means so much to his character, to his relationships, and to who he will become.

I often think about it as Taiya adjusting. He's adjusting to being a part of a group and he's adjusting to having friends that he can be open with. Taiya is friendly and does generally talk with people quite easily, but it's not the same thing as having close friends. Taiya is closed off to the team initially, even if he encourages the members to join, as he still feels like being more upfront about personal things is difficult. Thanking them and being upfront about his own distress is not easy for him. He has to be the cool one who knows what to do and he can't let himself slip.

I find it very interesting to watch as he's called out for not thinking of his team on a more personal level as he tends to disconnect. He can't ask for help, he doesn't know how to at that time. He knows how to reach out on a basic level, but having others reach for him is so foreign to him then. He knows how to guide but he doesn't know how to be honest and open. He can't be personal beyond a certain point, bc it's not something he's used to. He doesn't mean to come off as uncaring, but he's never really had people that he can open up to and he doesn't know how navigate. It's why, when he's faced with a bit too much pressure, he closes himself off and tries to avoid the issue, but it's not enough, he knows the issue will eventually come back around. He needs his team to question him, to call him out, to challenge him, and to care. He needs to know that he can stumble and that he can let other people guide him. There's been so many instances in which Taiya is thrown off by his team, and it's pushing him to rethink his actions and how he'll proceed. It's a big adjustment and it's taking time, but he knows that his life has become a little brighter with the others in it.

[tddyhyck]

shy and popular camboy Jisung who always starts off the session like his viewers r his friends but then eventually teases n just gets nasty with it

OMG STOP ,,, i love this ,,

ji wears a mask and keeps his hair over his eyes and starts the stream catching up like hey how have you guys been what’s up and talking and building up until he’s like oh yeah you guys are here for something else ,,,

rubbing his hand over his cock ,,, probably takes him awhile to cam fully nude or even show his cock ,, usually just wears grey sweats or boxers so the viewers can see his cum shoot through the fabric ,,,

ji slowly getting more comfy showing his chest teasing his nipples flexing for his viewers ,,, slowly taking his sweats off for the cock reveal (think streamer face reveal but actually good) the chat going insane and he makes so much with his dick reveal ,,,

gets sent toys and does reviews and challenges like how long can he edge until he can’t take it ,,, cumming from only touching his nipples ,,, getting cock sleeves and filling them up ,,, probably gets toys and they’re too small so he has to order bigger ones bc he’s just too big ,

[brotherwtf]

I feel like nobody has written enemies to lovers trope for Clegan. In highschool!au Gale despite being a "nerd" he's very popular among the students.His perfect face, his perfect scores, his hair everything has a fan club of their own and equally popular Bucky is the resident jock-Playboy™ who's the captain of the football team. Gale does not like Jhon at all. Hates everything about him. While Jhon keeps picking on him, teasing him, challenging him only because he has a huge crush on Gale. Eventually Gale loves the attention, loved the teasing and gives it back to Jhon the right way. Gale is forced to go on a school trip and somehow is stuck with Bucky. Maybe lost in the woods idk and their feelings starts to come out. Bucky in a heated argument confesses he's only been a brat towards him to hide his feelings and he probably fell in love with him at first sight. Gale confesses he likes him too. They make out and eventually find their way back to everyone. Bucky's friends grinning guessing something happened and Gale's fanclub glare at him for getting Gale into trouble.

This sounded so much better in my head but it's sounds so boring and cliche when typed out

hey anon! I straight up don't care about cliches anymore, the reason they're cliches is bcs they're just good content! I think this could be a great story lol

I do think their personalities are so different and clash in multiple ways that I'm surprised no one has written an enemies to lovers; I think the high school setting would be perfect for that because teenagers are absolutely insufferable. They would think all of the posturing is a personal attack as opposed to showing affection and just root in their personal beliefs that the other person hates them (everyone at school knows they're in love)

hoo boy I can already imagine the confession scene and I gotta tell ya, it's perfect lmao. my fave confessions are when they accidentally slip out during an argument. I think Gale would be grilling John about getting them lost, and John would be getting all defensive about it, claiming he's not perfect like "King Cleven". Gale would scoff at the nickname and start egging him on more, calling him dumb or a meathead or smth.

John starts getting even more defensive and closed off, attacking Gale and his "fanclub" and wondering why he even has friends at all. He maybe would start listing all of the things that annoy him about Gale, how smart he is, how put together he is, how just perfect he is, and Gale would scoff and say smth like "Didn't know you were in love with me"

And then it just sort of slips out, John is in love with Gale and he stops in his tracks at the realization. He stops arguing with Gale and just sorta looks sheepish, maybe just says like "Of course I am". Maybe Gale doesn't even say anything and just kisses him instead. They make out, hilarity ensues they live happily ever after.

I love high school aus they're so dumb and young and silly. I think this would make a great fic anon, don't be so hard on yourself!

[us3rnam3-r3dact3d]

✨️I'm back on my bullshit✨️

And this is for the last 3 chapters. Sorry if it's a bit of a mess. Classes and work had me ready to lose my mind.

Chapter 21:

Call me crazy i loved this with your writing style, and I would read an entire fic like this.

I loved getting more of freelancer and thier family especially since this isn't the first time they have been in the hospital with this support system. Seeing how the Danm crew all rallied around them without a second thought makes me so happy. FlL deserves them.

SH is so real for trying to escape the hospital, and it's so Marie coded to just be literally everywhere when someone is trying to leave. And the clear fact that SH still wants to fo thier job.

Also fucking tank seeing thier name in SH is a crazy thing to happen.

Lovely, the fover saint, not accurate but still, to go through something so scary and be w

So willing to sit and wait and not know if anything will change is powerful. And I'm glad that thier is clearly care for both Lovely and Vincent at this hospital.

Chapter 22:

Gotta love the fluff. Fluff makes the world turn, and sometimes that's all we need.

I'm glad Vincent is doing mostly better. He is a miracle walking, and something about fits his character so much.

Sam ditching the sling after two weeks and being back in the ambulance is so real and so him coded. Like couldn't even make it a month before doing dangerous shit. But then being stressed when Darlin is doing dangerous shit is so real and i love him for it.

Chapter 23:

I love getting background information about the crew and Gabe it makes me really happy that you are still including Gabe bc so much of everyone's story needs Gabe.

Thank you for writing SH and David fighting like that, I love the hc that they bicker so much. Like I love that interaction with them so much, I feel it makes a lot of sense.

I fucking called it, I called that it was Quinn being in caelum's room and it still makes me fucking vibrate in anger at him. Bc bringing a child into what is an adults fight is such a Cowardice thing for him to do. and Caelum and lovely and Gavin not really knowing what is happening bc take is flying of the handle. And maybe I'm weird it makes me really happy to see Darlin to so protective of caelum. It's sweet and I think it shows lot of them as a person.

Anyways,

Love your writing as always,

-River

P.S. fell free to chose one chapter to talk about if all 3 in one was a lot

Omg River!! SO glad you had the chance to read and stop by!! I love when you share your thoughts, so don't apologize!!!

Chapter 21 was so fun to conceptualize. I was struggling to figure out which narrator I wanted to stick with and it turned out that this was the best choice!

The DAMN crew!! I love them so much seriously. I'm sad that I wasn't able to get more of them into this piece as time went on, but there will be more for me to write with them in the future!! I love them very much. FL for sure deserves them!

Of course Sweetheart tries to escape the hospital, it's so them, and it's so Marie to be there to stop it. I love the friction of hyper independent Sweetheart finding themself among the hyper inter-dependent Greers, and learning to get close to that family. They're better for it.

You know I had to drop that crazy scar on Tank eventually!!!

And sweet Lovely!! They're going through it but they aren't alone. The Solaire's are weird, but they do love Vincent very much.

Chapter 22 was a touch of a struggle, but most of the fluff tends to be for me. It was a fun challenge to work through that and get it out!! I'm so glad you enjoyed it!!

Oh Chapter 23! What a fun piece of this for me. I've been planning on that scene for a while and I had so much fun finally getting to write it!! I feel like Gabe has to haunt the narrative a bit in a really positive way most of the time. Fleeting memories of his kindness reminding the characters to carry on that kindness. But for Tank, who struggles with kindness most of the time, it can feel genuinely haunting.

Whether the characters are comforted or scared by his ghost, Gabe has to live and breathe through the whole story. If he had never died, Tank would never have gone with Quinn. His death was the catalyst for change in almost every member of the house.

Bro SH and David having a cute lil banter is so important to me. They are TOO similar. They must bicker!

Yeahhhh, I feel like it was a bit of a heavy handed hint when Caelum mentioned his imaginary friend, but it was necessary. I was hoping y'all would hang on to the idea that maybe Quinn wouldn't go that far. But like... lets be real. This is Quinn.

Darlin is so protective. They want everybody around them to just be safe.

Thank you so much for writing me such a sweet ask! I always love to hear from you my friend!!

[batsplat]

just so you know bc I don’t think enough people tell you this but every time I check your blog (a bit compulsively at this point? your compilations and opinions are very enlightening on the general psychology of those crazy motherfuckers and also the uhhhhhhhh other part) and see that you answered another ask I honestly break into the hugest grin and settle down at the next given opportunity to read the newest batssay (batsplat essay) like it’s an academic paper (it is to us sports scholars, I believe)… please never feel the need to cut short your thoughts on any subject. the longer the better! connect all the dots, bat! we are listening!!

thank youuuuu this is so sweet, I know this ask is a little older but trust whenever I get something kind in my inbox I very much read and appreciate it and it very much makes my day. and I love the term batssay. a lot

so I thought it'd be fun to do a follow up post to the casey/jorge/valentino one where I just dumped a bunch of photos with a wee bit of context... for the culture, y'know. and I'm doing this with just casey/valentino, mostly for 2007-09 but with one 2005 photo chucked in as. build-up. for flavour

we know from the #archives that the two of them did have like. a reasonably warm dynamic pre-casey's motogp debut. they'd talked... also at least one race where casey shows up to valentino's podium and chats to vale's crew chief and fellow aussie jb... I think about it often. what did it all mean

casey's first win!!! qatar 2007, very first race with ducati. he'd gotten very close to a win before - in his third ever premier class race at turkey, lost at the final chicane. casey's goals going into that first season with ducat had just been winning a few races... he notes that valentino congratulates him warmly, but reckons it's just because valentino didn't take him seriously as a threat, which. I don't think that quite stacks up with supplementary evidence from the time, but we'll allow it

one of my fave photos for a reason, idc it's sweet. I was trying to figure out when this photo was from through like, normal means of reverse image search, but then instead I had a horrifying moment of 'oh yeah I'm pretty sure I remember that specific presser backdrop is at mugello that year' and. I was right. which. god. anyway yeah mugello 2007 pre-event presser. by this point casey was 21 points clear in the championship standings

more mugello 2007!!! look at casey constantly sipping from his lil cup. this will have been after qualifying, where casey snagged pole. I'd forgotten valentino actually makes front row in qualifying because he makes a typically horrendous start. I'd also forgotten that this race is like. proper good. one of the best that year. slows down eventually but the first ten or so laps are some of the most exciting of the entire alien era

catalunya 2007, which unfortunately I also dated solely through the presser backdrop. idk I just like the vibes of this photo. anyway!! this race is ofc the one where casey won an all timer late race duel against valentino (+ dani). it is after this race that valentino said casey was, and I quote "riding like a god". a seminal moment

the championship is already extremely over by the time they get to estoril, but casey still needs to formally wrap it up: this is his first match point race. depicted here is valentino getting one of his few Ws that season. an account of this event: “valentino was playing table football in the yamaha hospitality and somebody spotted casey outside. so they invited him for a challenge. it was all good fun”

motegi 2007. valentino had managed to put off the inevitable the race before and temporarily stopped casey from sealing the title, taking his last win of the season (cool duel with dani in that one). but motegi... well honestly it's just a bit of a flop all round, nobody's bike is working the way they want it to, casey seals the title with his worst result all season of a sixth place (the horror) and in his autobiography he was kinda like 'well I was very happy but also. meh race' (I paraphrase). but really, who cares, he had his title

bit of a time skip!! after both of them have put their sketch early 2008's behind them, the pair of them had a proper fun fight at catalunya for p2. a continuation of the battle the year before with valentino once again coming from lower down the field, this time he gets the better of casey. still, things are finally looking up at ducati... and the post-catalunya test might be enough to put casey right back in title contention. the above photo is from donington, where casey confirms the progress ducati made by winning his first race of the season after the opener in qatar

still donington, both of them watching each other etc etc. valentino is in a much better place than the year before, given both casey's rough start to the season and how they're both now on the same tyres. but it's not a good sign if casey's hitting his stride... at assen, valentino makes his one mistake of the year and crashes on the first lap, remounting to finish eleventh (he still beats casey's teammate melandri). this puts dani in the championship lead - and with casey's second win in a row, he is now very much closing in

look at them chatting here!! cute imo. this is casey's third win in a row, at the rainy sachsenring. dani crashes out from a few miles in the lead - while casey had stayed sensible and brings it home for a pretty straightforward victory. valentino needed to fight his way through from further down the field and in the end he loses too much time to put any serious pressure on casey, but it's still damage limitation and he retakes the championship lead from dani (who will miss the next race due to an injury sustained in the crash). and yet, momentum really is firmly on casey's side now... and the rest of the calendar does looks like pretty casey-friendly territory. next up, they're headed to a race track where casey had won very comfortably the year before. would he seal his fourth consecutive win at laguna?

now with my sincere apologies to casey stoner, every photo that came out of laguna 2008 is objectively pretty funny. I have limited myself to a mere two podium photos, but lbr there's a full collection. casey had already rejected valentino's handshake in parc fermé - which some might have taken as a social cue to give him some space. whereas valentino, local dickhead, just will not stop yapping at casey on the podium. this is quite possibly as genuinely delighted as he gets after a race, and it's simply a beautiful contrast with casey who is not quite rude enough to actually tell valentino to shut the fuck up - but may be fantasising about pushing valentino off the podium. this, to me. is art

gather around body language experts, we need to have a conversation. this is at the pre-event presser of the race immediately after laguna, aka brno. by this point, casey's less than flattering remarks about valentino's riding at laguna had already been distributed near and far... everyone's been talking about them, people have Opinions. the captions for these photos are all something along the lines of 'stoner extends olive branch to rossi to apologise for his post-race comments after losing laguna'. now, I don't know if he literally is apologising in these actual photos - though of course he did publicly walk back his comments, saying all riders can react badly to losses and that he'd overreacted when he'd said he'd lost respect for valentino. he has since walked back his walking back, doubling down on his criticisms of valentino's comportment at laguna

still, for all the talk that the feud properly started after laguna, it's kind of fun to have the presser immediately after it showing... well, it does look like casey is actively engaging valentino in conversation, right? whether he's apologising or not - this isn't just valentino yapping at him, if anything it's the reverse. laguna had been right before the summer break, so casey had been given a month to cool off... and also be viciously criticised by the press. brutal, isn't it? it's not just the loss that sucks, it's also being excoriated by the press and fans for having the audacity to get mad over it. is all of this just him being forced into pretending to play nice to get the press to leave him alone? were there any genuine regrets over his laguna comments? what ARE the vibes between them like at this time? what story do these photos tell us

casey went on to crash out of this race from the lead, the first time he had done so in the premier class and his first dnf with ducati after their one and a half seasons together. when he crashed, he'd had a fairly comfortable lead over valentino - though valentino was steadily closing in, and the commentators were already rubbing their hands in anticipation of another laguna

the next race is at misano - and casey is struggling with an old hand injury, see the bandages in the photo. the previous year had been the first time valentino had gotten the chance to race at this circuit, so close to his home... but he'd suffered a mechanical dnf, not his first or last in a frustrating season. this year, everything is different - and casey once again crashes out of the lead as valentino takes victory in front of his worshipful home fans

another trip to america, this time for indy: their first time racing at the track. after the double whammy of brno and misano, casey's title charge is essentially over... but you never know, right? indy kinda gives off the vibe of being a good casey track

in the end, the race is extremely wet and very, very windy and is eventually red-flagged. because of how many laps they still have to go, it is initially unclear whether they would restart... at which point first valentino (who was leading), then casey (in fourth) go to dorna ceo ezpeleta to tell him they have less than zero interest in going out in that weather again. a beautiful moment of solidarity - long live the power of unionising, capable of overcoming even the bitterest of feuds. blast the internationale over the footage, I've seen enough. the race is called off and valentino wins his fourth consecutive race

by the time they get to phillip island, valentino has already won the title, courtesy of his fifth consecutive win at motegi - the same circuit casey had won the title at the year before and the home race of valentino's old enemies at honda. a couple of nice photos of jorge congratulating his teammate and casey spraying vale with champagne here. casey, known phillip island goat, would of course finally end valentino's win streak at that circuit, which is where the photos are from. idk they're fun to me, like this is still not that long after laguna. I'm aware being able to chat normally with your coworkers and share a smile with them isn't normally that high a bar, but canonically valentino has been known to completely blank some of his rivals. it's not like casey is particularly cold towards valentino either, eh

case in point. this is from sepang 2008. #TheEstablishment does not want you to know casey and valentino canonically still regularly yapped in pressers post laguna. they won't silence me. sepang was valentino's last win of this season, after a good scrap with dani - and the season is rounded off with a casey victory at valencia

jerez 2009, where valentino gets past casey with a block pass at the final corner on his way to victory. unlike in 2005, he actually manages to not barrel into his rival. this is just a fantastic photo... I don't even have much to say about it. a+ vibes

a lot of the photos from this season were already included in the jorge/valentino/casey post, which reflects how casey wasn't consistently a factor in the same way the other two were. this one's from assen, the race right after catalunya when all three of them were tied on 106 points. very good side eye here, excellent job casey. unfortunately, casey is now in mystery illness territory - and he can't really compete with the two frontrunners in this stretch of the season

this is the first race after casey's return to competition - valentino goes up to casey after qualifying at estoril to congratulate him for his front row grid position. casey would win an early race scrap with valentino in the race itself, eventually finishing second behind jorge and swiftly silencing all the people who had declared him mentally weak and done for in his absence. a race that brought back suspense to that year's championship

phillip island 2009, another important moment in the canon where I've limited myself to just the one photo. casey wins just his second race back - and he also hugs vale pretty warmly in parc fermé. jorge was kind enough to crash in the opening lap, meaning valentino can very much be pleased with a second place here

and at sepang, valentino seals the title, while casey wins another race. casey ended up crashing in the warm-up lap of valencia, apparently due to an issue with the tyre warming? just kinda... the general vibe of his 2009, really. valentino closes off the season with another podium at his least favourite track, while dani takes the win

anyway after that they spent three years getting into increasingly. dumb arguments. like. so dumb. by the end of 2012 you feel you're killing your brain cells by even engaging with this stuff. it's beyond undignified. there's zero competitive justification, but they just couldn't shut up about each other. that being said, they're still capable of doing a small talk with each other even during the dark years, so that's something. maybe one day they'll finally be able to get that dinner and talk about all the good times

[theicarusconstellation]

zelda tangled au anyone?

genderfluid link. runaway princess zelda.

imagine ganon knows only link can defeat him so he kidnaps him as a six year old and takes him to an abandoned tower in hyrule forest with the intention of corrupting him and the master sword to get them on his side. zelda has been told all her life that the power of hylia is in her, but she hasn't unlocked it yet, and the pressure is getting too much so she sets off to find the "legendary future swordswoman" who went missing years ago because "if i can't unlock my powers, maybe she can help me."

one day, she finds the master sword (which ganondorf has been hiding near the tower because he's saving it for when he finally figures out a way to corrupt it, harness its power, and take over hyrule). she's like "oh my god what if the swordswoman is around here somewhere😱."

MEANWHILE link is in the tower with their gorgeous long hair (and maybe wolf link as a sidekick instead of pascal?), and every year on his birthday, the leaders of all the villages get together and hold a little mourning/prayer ceremony for her bc signs of the calamity are approaching fast, and they're hoping link shows up soon, especially with zelda's power not being awakened yet. link desperately wants to go see the ceremony (they don't know what it's for, just that there are a lot of beautiful lights and the dragons of hyrule all come together as well), but obviously ganondorf won't let him.

THEN zelda finds the tower and scales it. link is all "HYAH!!!!!!" and the scene where eugene is trapped in the chair with rapunzel's hair plays out between the two of them except it's just a lot of link being like 😡😡and zelda being like 🤭omg this guy's reallly good with a weapon...looks a lot like the descriptions of...WAIT OMG ITS THE LEGENDARY SWORDSWOMAN🤭 link is like "i mean 1/3 woman i guess."

eventually, zelda convinces link to leave the tower with a bargain like "if i take you to the swordswoman ceremony, will you tell me about ganondorf?" (she already suspects it's THE ganondorf ykyk), and link is hesitant because zelda is telling them that the person they've been raised by is evil, but he really wants to see the ceremony, so he goes. they cut their hair to its length in totk and it really validates her gender yk? and when zelda sees how happy link is in her newfound freedom and gender expression she's like "well i have to tell him the truth about who he is"

she doesn't want to because it'll shatter link's worldview and newfound peace, and she doesn't want to put a burden on their shoulders (bc hylia knows she knows what that's like), but she does it anyway. at this point, link is beginning to get flashes of memories from his childhood and realize what zelda is trying to tell her is true, so both of them go to kakariko village to talk to impa (and they plan to talk to the champions after), but once they get there, ganondorf is there waiting in front of the desecrated former village like HEY POOKIE. FOUND YOU. MISS ME?

he takes link captive again and accelerates his plans to take over hyrule. link is trying to find a way out, and zelda is trying to find a way to help him, but it's not working out very well lmao. meanwhile zelda goes to the champions and asks for their help, relaying everything she knows, and the champions make a plan to get link and stop ganondorf. they get to the area where the tower is, but ganondorf was expecting this and takes them captive

as this happens, link doesn't know what's going on and is alone in the tower. he finds the master sword and the secret tower staircase, but it's a trap laid by ganondorf to manipulate link into joining him because link escapes the tower only to find zelda and the champions all tied up and stuff. the bargain is like "join me and i won't kill your friends when i rule, but refuse and i'll kill them slowly and make you watch" (i came up with this on the spot i know it's a rough plot WORK WITH ME😭🙏)

link being link challenges ganondorf to a duel, and ganondorf accepts purely out of amusement bc at this point he thinks "link can't defeat me yet since he's been locked in the tower; he's only a danger if he's been trained." link whoops his ass, but ganondorf harnesses the power of the calamity at the last second (which he was planning to do just to teach link a lesson in obedience and whatever). he whoops LINK'S ass, but just as link is about to get killed, zelda's powers Come To Life, and she saves him. then they all work together to defeat ganondorf and they all live happily ever after

[a-timely-problem]

a trans alternate universe

An alternate turn of the wheel. Everything is the same, except for Moraine who, in this Timeline, slowly starts to realize that they're not a woman but a man (transmasc Moraine!). He still has Lan as a warder and is married to Siuan but after finding the dragon, he slowly realizes: "...well... fuck.. maybe those decades of compartmentalizing did leave marks and left me unable to truly get to myself, meaning I am only now getting that chance but shall try to both ignore it, in favour of trying to save the world and trying to hide it from everyone else BC wtf?" And despite trying to hide it, it slowly gets more difficult for him to challenge normally and Alanna at one point asks: "...Real good job during the battle there but just real quick, why couldn't I see your weaves anymore?" And at one point Lan takes off his shirt (as he does) and both Nynaeve and Moraine are staring at him and Nynaeve gets jealous BC she thinks Mo is crushing on her man but truly Mo is like: "...why do I wanna look like him?!" And Lan slowly starts to figure it out and helps his bestie try on new clothes and get a haircut and stuff like that and is just overall like: "I love you, I'll support you and however this ends, I'll be by your side!" And eventually Mo has to stop channeling himself BC suprise, he may go mad and Lan becomes Nynaeve's new warder and Mo doesn't wanna give uo this sort of connection too easily so what does he do? HE BECOMES SIUAN'S WARDER! Siuan also still loves Mo and supports him and when somebody comments on the change she's like: "yeah, Mo used to be one of our most powerful channelers. And now he's my husband and can still kick everybody's ass. Also, his fashion sense is immaculate and he's a terrible fish-husband but what can you do?" AND IMMA NEED SOMEBODY TO WRITE THAT BC DESPITE WATCHING THE SHOW I KNOW TOO LITTLE ABOUT THE LORE OF THE BOOKS BUT I WANT THAT PLEASE

[pommpuriinn]

𓈒 ˓˒ ࣪ まぶしい太陽 ׅ 𝆭 ִ MOMENTS BEFORE FREEFALL

I just so excited for this comeback and for joohyung’s new look so I really want to write as much as I can during the comeback season. Since there’s a lot of new pictures and moas talking about the showcase and pre recordings I just want to write about moas finally seeing joohyung being cool and happy these days. (Also I still picture joohyung as aespa karina, but for now I’m using ninon bc of her hair)

౨ৎ moaville was not ready to see joohyung in person or even seeing the photos moas were going to post right right

౨ৎ in the teaser photos joohyung had more of a brown tone than red, but surprisingly joohyung decided to dye it even more redder just before promotions started

౨ৎ moas could tell instantly that joohyung just seems so happy these days with actually filming tiktoks with the members even filming some of her own, to responding on weverse multiple days, posting on instagram pretty frequently

౨ৎ joohyung has expressed how excited is she that all the members love the album including herself and how much work they have put into this album, and can’t wait for moas to listen to it

౨ৎ many moas that have gone to the pre-recording were once again shocked at joohyung’s beauty and that her looks never get old no matter how many times they see her

౨ৎ on twitter many have said that the members can’t seem to stop messing with joohyung’s hair and how they love her short hair that joohyung has to walk away from them before her hair stylist gets mad

౨ৎ another thing is how joohyung’s dark makeup is going viral and how much it suits her and her vibe to the point of getting a new nickname ‘goth princess’

౨ৎ moas have also expressed their love for the snake bite piercings which joohyung was very happy about she even show off her simple hoops and said that she was going to change the jewelry depending on their outfits during the promotion period

౨ৎ joohyung stans aka jellies thanking jelly fansites for taking museum worthy pictures even though she was just casually walking into a building, and definitely not giving emo girlfriend vibes ⸝⸝>  ̫ <⸝⸝

౨ৎ and don’t even get jellies and bamtoris started on the it emo couple of the century!

౨ৎ don’t worry jellies still get their girlfriend moments only with a tall bear lingering behind her, same goes for bamtoris only with a small cat peeking on the side of his shoulders

౨ৎ the new era hasn’t even officially started yet there’s already little viral cute moments that moas caught between members like; the maknaes creating cats ears with joohyung’s hair while joohyung just thought they were messing it up

౨ৎ soobin resting his chin on top of joohyung’s head while posing for moas who were waiting for them outside through a window soobin even grabbed joohyung’s hands and forced her to do cute poses, as she kept a straight face but eventually started laughing

౨ৎ this moa risked her life taking these cute photo sequences of yeonjun rubbing his cheek with joohyung’s before performing their new comeback

౨ৎ after filming the AKMU love lee tiktok challenge with soobin and taehyun beomgyu begged joohyung to film it with him which she just shrugged and said ‘sure’ which moas including netizens thought was really cute

౨ৎ overall moas could tell this is going to be a good era for joohyung and can’t wait for more ໒꒰ྀི´ ˘ ` ꒱ྀིა

[canonically47]

Share the Disventure Camp thoughts Geo. Also, now that you've seen both seasons, what are your All Stars predictions?

oliver was one of the best parts of the season and i loved him so much ohhh the skrunkle

aiden & james were my favorite characters i think! <333 i really liked their development i love gay people i screamed at their first real kiss

it took a while for me to get used to every character because of their mics and acting. some of the acting was not believable at all and was the reason i dislikes some characters for a bit (cough rosa maria cough) before eventually warming up to them. it’s clear they improved a lot and found better actors for season 1. i’m curious how the S2 actors will be in S3.

maggy was genuinely annoying and not just because of her voice. sorry :(

lake was amazing!! i loved her arc!

connor was a good guy and i liked him, but i wouldn’t have brought him back for all-stars and i definitely wouldn’t have paired him with riya. that 21 year age gap is not looking good.

I LOVED HUNTESSALLY SO MUCH OH MY GOD THEY ARE EVERYTHING TO ME POLY REPRESENTATION IN MEDIA IS THE BEST STOP I WILL CRY OMGMGMGMGGM why are they fighting in the S3 opening. someone save me. huntessally stay strong. STAY STRONG!!!!!

WHY IS YUL YELLOW 💀 also i hated his ass “a latina stealing why doesn’t that surprise me” NAH MF YOU CANNOT BE REDEEMED I’M SORRY MAN YOU’RE ON YOUR OWN 💀

anyone wanna talk about how weird some challenges were? no? like making people kiss other people just for a challenge? i know it’s fiction but? what if someone is uncomfortable with it? yk? my aro ass couldn’t watch most of those scenes like ik it was to make some ships kiss and probably appeal to the fans but nah. you lost me brah. and outing aiden (while not specifically saying his name but yk) like. wow. this is. not fun! weird episodes

karol fuck you

riya, thin ice, i like you for your assholery but leaving aiden hanging left ME hanging as a fan of both. sadge

ally should’ve been a scene kid that’s all i came here to say

fuck you yul hope ur the first boot of S3

why was nina there. /vvvneg

now for predictions/wishes:

YUL FIRST BOOT WOOHOO 💯💯💯 /hj

if i don’t get gabellie & tessally alliance i will actually cry myself to sleep for those entire ten months the show will be airing i mean it guys i’m so fucking serious /j

alec and fiore need to make up or i will actually go bonkers and die

yul first boot

trevek do gay shit & krystal breaks them apart every time because they’re so cringe every time they flirt or something not in the high school couple way but just sooo fucking bad at flirting that it is physically damaging to everyone around them

nina dies in a fire YAY!!! WOOHOO!!! PARTY!!! (seriously she was the most annoying gimmick of the season hope she just disappears and its not brought up ever)

maybe. if connor is there. and he gives advice. he can give alec and fiore advice. right. right guys. I MISS MY FATHER-DAUGHTER DUO OKAY WAAAAAAA

jake will be a fucking idiot and hate aiden for NO reason because he is a fucking idiot. love him tho but i was hoping he wouldn’t be as insecure in s3 like girl get a therapist cmon

if i don’t get james-tom friendship.......

miriam early boot 😞 sorry queen 😞 i got this feeling 😞 inside my bones 😞

ashley early boot (pleasepleaseplease WHO ASKED FOR HER TO BE HERE i wanted nick or kai back so bad omfg)

this is more based on a fanart i saw but fiore should totally terrorize aiden and aiden just hates her ass

i want the teams to form then switch a bit so that there’s both s1 and s2 contestants on both teams bc wdym the teams are s1 and s2. thats the worst decision yet and the season hasnt even started

[hyewka]

fetish! (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

the way i dont read mfm threesomes cause they just dont make it for me but this !! made !! it !! for !! me !! I gave it a go bc it was your writing and i love your writing and it didnt disappoint 😭

now you said its an open ending kinda thing so IM CHOOSING TO BELIEVE that obvi oc had feelings for yj, he didnt feel the same but after seeing her all gone like that someeething changed which made him see her in a new romantic light (yes that something is actually just sex wtvr) and its majorly annoyed ab it cause him?? catching feelings??? and not being sure she has them back????, problem is that it happened the same with her for beomgyu, so now she cant seem to stop thinking about him in that light cause his intense behavior has her obsessed with him when AKSHULLY ☝️🤓 it was beomgyu the one reeeeally into her before everything went down as shown by his eagerness BUTTT since he promised her nothing would change and bc he is dumb enough not to notice her heart eyes every time she looks at him, he's COMMITTED to get over her and is choosing the "trying not to let my feelings show and she and everyone and their moms think i hate her now" way which like I said is dumb but yeah beomgyu so anyways it only makes everything just more more complicated cause I like complicated and thats the thought I would be leaving this piece of work with

thank you for writing something so good it makes me write another whole fanfic in my mind ly fr fr

I don’t usually read threesomes in general so it was a little bit of a mental challenge to write something I don’t enjoy a ton lol but I quite enjoyed writing it when I eventually got started on it so I’m happy that it translated to a piece people enjoyed :,)

Ooooh these theories!!! Yeonjun starting to see her in a romantic light after fucking is entirely plausible lmao. Him being annoyed about catching feelings because of the unsure aspect is 😂 I did write fetish with mc starting to like Beomgyu in mind, or at least some sort of switch flipping on after watching the sex tape and even more so when he gets down on his knees to eagerly eat her out, a little different from how Yeonjun does it (hes more skillful and has more intent with every little thing he does, beomgyu…the opposite 😭).

Now, what I chose to leave up to the reader is whether Beomgyu likes her or not. Yes he couldve been eager to fuck her because he likes her, orrrrr he couldve been eager because hes a horny dog and he finds mc, in his own words, “mega hot” 😂 I do see the him keeping his promise backfiring a little because he makes dumb decisions like that, definitely in character lmfaooo

Thank you for letting me in your thoughts on it, I enjoyed reading 😭

[alitgblog]

volume x thoughts

so much drama so many CHALLENGES i relate to max wanting to take a nap this is exhausting for MC but me? oh I'm living for this shit

my MC was honest to Jin but I have a feeling that might mean nothing because I think the betrayal is worse she cheated on him with Claudia who she has potential romantic feelings for rather than Max, just some guy she's barely talked to and switched to relatively last minute

but oh him being cold to her this episode 🥲🥲🥲

I of course mean this is the best way bc that's better writing than him being like oh well and then moving on

so I know I did defend Sienna last week and while her style does feel out of place, I appreciate them trying to give people different styles. At least it's not Oakley looking like he's got three layers on in the heat 🫢. that being said: I know that I haven't paid for one of the nicer sleepwear options yet but also Sienna who are you to talk about fashion

moving on, I do wish Max would get the hint because as soon as we entered casa MC has been like uhh Max, who? but he's acting like they have something and tbh while it is a branching issue, I've also just been playing this season weird and I kinda think it would happen anyway. like it feels like in s2 post casa when a bunch of the guys start acting the same.

actually most routes need to close sooner if the player chooses so because I think Hari and Hazel are cute but he needs to figure his shit out with MC soon especially since they've barely talked and he hasn't really pulled her aside to talk about where they stand. And I think Hari is a good LI bc he has his own personality (since his route isn't merged like OG boys or casa boys) but he's shoved in the background so much I almost forget he's there. But I think his story would be interesting bc he didn't get time with MC and he likes Hazel, but is genuinely struggling between the two (versus OG boy who doesn't like Sienna). And that's also fun bc from what I remember he comes off as someone who has it all figured out bc he's very driven and competitive and knows what he wants (but now he doesn't know what he wants). but again, unfortunately not much screen time for him.

back on the topic of routes needing to close though: MC getting randomly flirted at by Theo?? Claudia is confused by that, and so am I. reminds me of S4 when I first played I didn't go for Will but he just up and randomly was like hey we have a connection, right? and I was like uhhhh

also a small thing but I wish the little gossip drama things were more organic? like why do emel and Oakley have to run to pull MC aside to chat about drama when they could be chatting and MC comes up to them bc they're friends. Also it seems like every time this sort of thing happens it comes with a scene change which is so unnecessary. I'm OK with it sometimes but it feels like too much is going on when we are just sitting by the pool for ten lines of dialogue then flash to the beanbags only to get offered a gem scene that I might not even listen to. (actually bigger complaint: stop hiding the important content behind paywalls!!)

so snog, marry, pie. literally every proposal I was like gasp really?? but yes. everyone's in love with her she can't help it.

no but literally, again, Theo what are you doing? we've barely talked. for my playthrough this is gonna just be a friendship proposal. and if I had that much freedom with the proposal speech I would've proposed to him back.

if this was the show, there would be a recoupling and Liam would pick Sienna and Bea would be slighted but get over him, except this leaves her vulnerable either single or in a friendship couple and then eventually dumped before Liam leaves and it's really sad but she becomes an audience favorite. so if this happens that's my hc. I however do still hope Claudia and Bea leave their men regardless if MC couples with them because I mean....

OK it's just a kiss but still I just need them to be happy and Claudia seems bored of men and Bea needs a hero to save her from Liam

so I had my MC kiss max on the cheek, marry Jin, and pie Liam (on behalf of Bea and also bc he's a jerk). Then she got the extra pie, and listen all my the options for the extra pie were so good. I wanted to pie Liam again or get Emel just for fun but had to go to Sienna for continuing to be smug and delusional about Jin.

so after this, you get the option to hear about the gossip from the night before from Oakley and Emel. and there's some continuity errors about what happened when. like it makes it seem like there should've been another night passed after the challenge, but no it just continues. I personally wouldn't mind I my there were some time skips. gives me space to hc what happens during them and also implies a night has passed without writing it, It doesn't make the most sense bc you'd want to know what your character is experiencing but it's just another option in.

another reason is bc we very quickly get another challenge! which means two challenges in one day and presumably that night (in the next volume) it's movie night.

im upset that it's couple goals 2.0 bc (1) i don't love repeat games and (2) love island has another game which is basically the same thing which is the ranking game where they essentially do couple superlatives and as a group have to come to a consensus about first second and third. and we have so many couples we could do it. it also is such a drama stirring game which seems like the goal here.

at some point we stopped getting the option to vote which is such a shame bc I would've voted Hari and Hazel for more things. And then hazel gets sad afterwards? babe I'd vote for you if I could 🥺

oh but MC telling off Sienna??? icon behavior

very little Claudia romance this volume unfortunately. and then not a lot of talking to Max either despite them allegedly having the best banter. however I'm living for all the chats with Jin. I'm like a toddler with no object permanence: like oh, Claudia isnt talking to me? guess I'm on back on a Jin route

also I was living for every chat she had with Jin, like they make him sound so sweet to MC

I still think having OG boy and MC be single and forced to switch was a bad choice because similar to my last post, they could've just not done that and changed very little. Like Jin was scared and switched to Sienna would've been fine but as soon as MC is back he's all about her (which happens a lot in the show). I guess the downside of this, now in retrospect, is you don't get the tension between OG boy and Casa boy because that was also so so good this volume.

[nine-frogs-in-a-trenchcoat]

Heartstopper s2 ep7

tara is a swiftie confirmed and she's a folklore girlie !!! immaculate taste, folklore is my favorite too

nick really has a lot of photos of charlie on his camara roll, cute

ELLE GOT INTO LAMBERT SCHOOL SO HAPPY FOR HER

and she gets to have her application piece featured in an exhibition?? she's so cool and talented fr

TAO DANCING !! WE GET MORE TAO DANCING IN THIS SEASON !!!

and him telling his mom about him and elle eeeee !! his mom is so supportive and so happy for them it's so cute !! she's the biggest tao and elle shipper out there

and when tao picks his mom up in a hug?? adorable

CHARLIE AND TORI PLAYING MARIO KART !! THE SPRING SIBLINGS TRADITION

damn isaac being alone behind all of his friends as couples :')

also am i imagining it or did he look like he was rolling his eyes when darcy made the comment about kissing?

people watching by conan gray is playing in the background !! i love that song. this really is The Best soundtrack

SHUT UP BEN

aaw everyone gathering up money to help darcy afford the suit is so cute

LOVELESS IS IN THE BACKGROUND WHILE ISAAC IS SHARING HIS AROACE FEELINGS

"i think there might be something wrong with me" NO NO THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WRONG WITH YOU, I PROMISE

"there's nothing wrong with you" YES CORRECT

i have no words to describe how important and special it is to see this kind of authentic representation of aromantic and asexual experiences on a mainstream show. it may be only a subplot but it's so so important bc there is nothing like this is in mainstream yet. and this is so real and authentic and it has the power to help so many people!

"you probably just haven't found the right person yet" NOOO JAMES WRONG ANSWER!! WRONG ANSWER 😭 (ik he means well but that's so not what he should say in this situation)

props for them for communicating tho

ELLE LOOKS SO PRETTY SHE LOOKS LIKE A PRINCESS

MORE CONAN GRAY!! AAHH IT'S "CRUSH CULTURE" PLAYING WHILE ISAAC IS HAVING HIS AROACE REALIZATION/ACCEPTANCE MOMENT THIS IS SO PERFECT

"being in a world where romance and sex are prized above everything else when you don't feel those forms of attraction. growing up feeling like something about you is different but you don't have the words to describe what that is. but then, freedom. the euphoria of freeing yourself from those pressures and expectations" AAAH THIS IS SO PERFECT AND SPECIAL AND MEANINGFUL AND REAL

you can trust i will be making a post only about isaac's aroace journey and this speech later bc i have Thoughts™

grrrrrr i don't like darcy's mom at all

ok but wtf is going on between sahar and imogen???

aaw elle's piece is elle, tao, charlie and isaac at the truham art room 🥹

elle and tao 🥺 <3

IS BEN ACTUALLY GOING TO APOLOGIZE??

well ig he did apologize but that wasn't great. he's definitely still an asshole

YES CHARLIE TELL HIM

"i didn't realize you had all the control. when i eventually did realize i thought "this must be what i deserve." [...] and now when anything good happens in my life, there's a little voice in the back of my mind telling me i'm worthless and i don't deserve it" charlie didn't deserve any of this :(

"i'm glad you realized what you did was wrong but you don't get to ambush me into forgiving you. sorry doesn't make up for everything you did to me" YEAH EXACTLY

the rainbow wave (representing queer self-acceptance i assume) almost reaching ben but him running away before it touches him---

THEY INCLUDED CHARLIE CALLING NICK MATE PAL BRO LMAOO

david stop being an absolute jerk for once in your life challenge

"don't you dare" YES TORI

"if you don't care then i don't care either" i feel so bad for nick :( but i'm proud of him for telling his father off, he deserves it

YES TELL DAVID OFF TOO

"he's not a very good dad, is he?" NO HE ABSOLUTELY ISN'T

"you're a pathetic little man" YES BEST SCENE YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH JOY IT BRINGS ME TO SEE TORI RIP DAVID TO PIECES LIKE THAT

charlie's eating disorder plot is starting yall 😭

DARCY'S MOM IS THE WORST GOD I HATE HER ALREADY

i feel so bad for darcy :(

this ended really sad :(

[mmmmmmky]

you are so right, i should send this idea to limbus situations once they open asks again. But, my personal thoughts/headcanons on what they add and their drinking habits: (Post Kay, this got really long and likely doesnt make too much since lmao)

Yisang: Water, he doesnt handle alcohol well, flavor is too hard on him. He does drink those fun soju yogurt cocktails though post canto 4. Faust: pedialyte, gatorade, or other nice general tasting electrolyte drink to keep the sinners hydrated while being a flavor that wont clash much with her prediction of what the other sinners will choose. She usually doesnt drink enough to be heavily intoxicated in most situations (most). but she does enjoy nice white wines. (sometimes is seen spiking her coffee or juice around railway season) Don: Whatever fun fruity liqueur she wants :), recently shes been into Midori and Blue Curacao, she love the bright colors and how cool it looks in almost any drink. Surprisingly handles drink really well for her size, has a lot of fun drinking with Rodion and usually keeps up. It is a little hard to tell if she is drunk or just being her usually silly self, she does get a lil louder though. Ryoshu: Something red, not a big drinker but she can handle drinks pretty well up to a point, doesnt really care what goes in but likes the red coloring. Is usually seen nursing the same few cocktails throughout the day. She mostly gets the pretty drinks and looks at them instead of caring much about the taste. She does occasionally enjoy a high quality whiskey at bars. On the rocks if they have cool ice or ice cutting shows. (she tries to do it herself and has been kicked out for this before) Mearsult: Extremely high quality and expensive vodka that no one knows where he got it from. Drinks mostly just socially but usually gets really heavy drinks. Shows no signs of being drunk until he passes the fuck out sitting up eventually. (Once he gets started he usually doesnt stop for a while) Hong Lu: Similar boat as Don, loves the fun tasting stuff but is usually a lot more refined. Goes for the really fancy sojus or things like Kwai Feh Lychee. He usually gets shots of these and askes for the lil umbrellas in all of them :) sometimes shares really nice sake with ryoshu. hasnt been seen drunk ever. Heathcliff: Pre Canto 6 he'd add more or Meursult's vodka bc "he already bought it and i am not paying". Used to drinking what is hardest and / or cheapest but now it is on the company tab he goes for more expensive versions of those (usually beer, rum, vodka). Post Canto 6, his more refined palette shows itself and usually goes for still strong liqueurs, but ones with strong floral notes. (elderflower, rose, orange blossom) He doesnt especially know the difference but he knows it reminds him of Cathy :( Ishmael: Makes jokes and seems tired of the stereotype as a sailor but she does enjoy rum and adds a nice one Rodion gave her as a gift. Usually a pretty causal drinker, goes for whatever is popular or asks Rodion for guidance, usually ends up following any other sinner and drinking what they are drinking with them and has a good time. hates drinking alone and usually gets lost and doesnt know what to drink alone. Rodion. : Adds nice good tequila (a lot.) and freshly squeezed (barehand) (she has a really strong grip) lime juice. She is also the one that suggested the bus do this trend. Handles her drinks very well, ofc ofc. Big fan of doing shots of tequilia and whiskey neat, long past needing any chasers though. Jokingly challenges other sinners to take them with her. This has lead to a fair bit of them throwing up. Other than that though she is usually the one keeping the vibes up and drinks flowing merrily. Crys a lot when drunk, usually in a fun not serious way that is silly, most of the time.

Sinclair: Adds fruit juice. Not a big drinker, hates the taste of alcohol but he usually chokes it down to appear somewhat tough. He used to enjoy the same as Yi Sang until he threw up really badly after drinking too many (to be fair that taste like juice n yogurt!). Usually is seen making sure people have water while sipping a mocktail. Outis: Jagermeister, mostly just sticks to classics she knows. Is usually seen drinking a glass neat or drinking whiskey with Ryoshu. Always has exactly 2 glasses, plenty of water, and a small tray of snacks. Never lets herself get too drunk. Gregor: Doesnt know much about alcohol or mixing drinks, he just adds some whiskey he had and think tastes nice. Not the biggest fans of hard liqueur but he will join Rodion for a drink when asked. Doesnt handle his drinks too well and gets drunk easily and usually gets silly much to the amusement of Rodion and Don. It never gets too bad though. Has a nice cold beer usually when he doesnt drink too heavily. Used to be an alcoholic and drank a lot of cheap beer but he has since realized that was bad and moved on. He has fun and drinks casually now.

This is cinema actually