#because we can TALK

[maxemilianver]

seb fans trying to force themselves to hate max and go as far as to create fake personality traits for max in their narratives so it makes it easier for them to hate max and gives them a sense of justification is so funny. you can just say you dislike Max and go on with your life instead you look bitter and stuck in the past with a lot of denial about max destroying seb's legacy in red bull and coming for his records overall. we know. we can see.

[projectbluearcadia]

Don't Get In Trouble, He Said.

[ Partial Season 1 Obey Me! Spoilers

Reader Discretion Advised. ]

Lucifer: I would genuinely love to stay longer, but unfortunately, we have a prior engagement with my siblings. 

Dad: Dinnae fash yersel. 

Annelie: He means don’t worry about it. 

Lucifer: I understood him just fine. 

Annelie: What? Really?

Lucifer: Naturally. 

Mom: You’re going, but you will call us this time, right? Just because we don’t live with you anymore doesn’t mean we don’t want to hear from you. 

Annelie pauses for a long, uncomfortable moment. 

Lucifer: Yes. We will. 

Lucifer discreetly squeezes Annelie’s hand. 

Mom: I wasn’t asking you.  

Annelie: ...yeah. I’ll call. 

Annelie and Lucifer make their way outside, giving a final wave to her parents before shutting the door. 

Lucifer: I suppose I’ll have to lecture you on the way to Nocta Luna. 

Annelie: ...you’re really dead-set on that. 

Lucifer: Annelie, of course I am. It’s upsetting enough that you think I don’t enjoy your company without you thinking so little of yourself. 

Annelie: It’s not that I don’t think you enjoy my company, but... 

Lucifer: But what? 

Annelie: ...

Lucifer: Do I need to tell you I love you more? Take you out on more dates? Kiss you thirty times a day? Just tell me, Annelie; what do I have to do to make you believe that I love you?

Annelie: I...

Both Annelie’s and Lucifer’s D.D.D.’s start ringing, and they look at each other for a long moment before Annelie picks up first. 

Annelie: Levi, why’d you call me?

Levi: Because Lucifer wouldn’t take my call. 

Annelie: What happened? You sound pretty freaked out.

Lucifer finally answers his own D.D.D. as Annelie starts wandering off. 

Beel: Lucifer?! Lucifer, are you there?! 

Lucifer: Beel? Are you running?

Beel: Yeah! I just got a call from Levi! 

Lucifer shoots a glance at Annelie, even as she looks at Lucifer with fear written on her face.

Lucifer: ...what happened?

Beel: I don’t know the details, but Belphie’s going crazy. I think he might have killed someone.

Lucifer: Where is this?

Beel: Um... Sesame Street. Somewhere on Sesame Street. 

Seriously?

Lucifer: I’ll be right there. Annelie, wait here.

Annelie: Hell no!

Annelie jumps onto Lucifer’s back just as he unfurls his wings. 

Lucifer: Annelie!

Annelie: What, can’t you carry me, you big baby?! Hurry up!

Lucifer growls as he fails to dislodge Annelie from his back and teleports with her to an intersection they passed earlier, right next to a sign reading SESAME STREET. 

Levi: I can see you guys! Make a right—Beel’s trying to restrain Belphie right n—SHIT!

A crash crackles through the D.D.D. and the call ends. The sky quickly grows darker in the direction Levi mentioned, a thick purple smoke coiling into a monstrous bear with markings like splattered ink. It bellows, sending a shockwave into the air, and Annelie winces.

Annelie: I don’t hear people screaming. 

Lucifer: ...they’re most likely dead. 

Annelie pauses.

Annelie: ...Lucifer... what’s going on with Belphie? I didn’t ask before because it didn’t seem like you wanted to say anything in front of the others, but...

Lucifer doesn’t respond for several long moments. 

Lucifer: He still hates humans; that wasn’t going to heal just because he gave me his word. I should have known better than to trust him. I should have known better, dammit. 

Blue magic spiderwebs around Lucifer’s body, forming complicated symbols and sigils.

He’s shaking. Every muscle in his body... everything is tense. And that tone in his voice... he’s hiding it really well, but... He’s scared. No, he’s terrified.

Annelie grasps his shoulders tighter. 

Now would be a really good time for me to have some sort of great demon awakening and find out that succubi are really awesome at stopping fights. But since that’s wishful thinking, how the hell do I help? I need to do something. Anything. Isn’t there something?

Annelie: Lucifer. Lucifer. 

He can’t hear me. And with a sight like that... I can’t blame him.

In the center of a cracking parking lot, Belphegor stands in his demon form. People lay scattered on the ground like dolls, car horns blaring through the area from heavy heads leaning into steering wheels. In the distance, Satan is busy dragging people out of destroyed cars with a combination of magic and brute force. 

Diavolo won't let this go if he hears about it. Which means I need to get back to the Devildom before he does.

[daftmooncretin]

spock’s room decor is actually fucking bonkers. The weapons??? the big red velvet curtain??? like ok phantom of the opera go crazy.

for reference jim’s room has some photos and a plant so we can surmise this is uniquely a spock being a dramatic weirdo thing

[idolomantises]

Man is it just me or are a lot of TV shows nowadays are written to have big emotional episodes in scenes with very little build up.

[willosword]

Fake, facsimile, forgery.

[lilislegacy]

i feel like we gloss over the first few pages of SoN FAR too much. i mean, take percy’s name out and i would think it’s all about hercules. the book opens by dropping banger after banger regarding percy’s recent escapades, as if this is some epic greek myth.

like how did rick just casually slip in that percy strangled a sea monster with his bare hands (no biggie) and we as the readers were just like “sounds right, anyway—”

[egophiliac]

(almost) four years in, and I finally had time to draw something for the anniversary! woo! 🎉🎉🎉

[inkskinned]

the thing is there's like, a point of oversaturation for everything, and it's why so many things get dropped after a few minutes. and we act like millennials or gen z kids "have short attention spans" but... that's not quite it. it's more like - we did like it. you just ruined it.

capitalism sees product A having moderate success, and then everything has to come out with their "own version" of product A (which is often exactly the same). and they dump extreme amounts of money and environmental waste into each horrible simulacrum they trot out each season.

now it's not just tiktokkers making videos; it's that instagram and even fucking tumblr both think you want live feeds and video-first programming. and it helps them, because videos are easier to sneak native ads into. the books coming out all have to have 78 buzzwords in them for SEO, or otherwise they don't get published. they are making a live-action remake of moana. i haven't googled it, but there's probably another marvel or starwars something coming out, no matter when you're reading this post.

and we are like "hi, this clone of project A completely misses the point of the original. it is soulless and colorless and miserable." and the company nods and says "yes totally. here is a different clone, but special." and we look at clone 2 and we say "nope, this one is still flat and bad, y'all" and they're like "no, totally, we hear you," and then they make another clone but this time it's, like, a joyless prequel. and by the time they've successfully rolled out "clone 89", the market is incredibly oversaturated, and the consumer is blamed because the company isn't turning a profit.

and like - take even something digital like the tumblr "live streaming" function i just mentioned. that has to take up server space and some amount of carbon footprint; just so this brokenass blue hellsite can roll out a feature that literally none of its userbase actually wants. the thing that's the kicker here: even something that doesn't have a physical production plant still impacts the environment.

and it all just feels like it's rolling out of control because like, you watch companies pour hundreds of thousands of dollars into a remake of a remake of something nobody wants anymore and you're like, not able to afford eggs anymore. and you tell the company that really what you want is a good story about survival and they say "okay so you mean a YA white protagonist has some kind of 'spicy' love triangle" and you're like - hey man i think you're misunderstanding the point of storytelling but they've already printed 76 versions of "city of blood and magic" and "queen of diamond rule" and spent literally millions of dollars on the movie "Candy Crush Killer: Coming to Eat You".

it's like being stuck in a room with a clown that keeps telling the same joke over and over but it's worse every time. and that would be fine but he keeps fucking charging you 6.99. and you keep being like "no, i know it made me laugh the first time, but that's because it was different and new" and the clown is just aggressively sitting there saying "well! plenty of people like my jokes! the reason you're bored of this is because maybe there's something wrong with you!"

[keferon]

“Mistakes on mistakes until” ch 69 spoilers below!

Ahahahahahahah here I go again

Mistakes on mistakes until until I can draw Jazz with my eyes closed

I woke up, checked my phone, woke up for real and decided that whatever plans I had for this day yeah no they can wait a little bit kfkgnfk

Also. Consider listening this while reading. Or don't who am I to tell you what to do~

[dramaticals]

DRAMIONE FIC RECS + WHY YOU SHOULD READ THEM — 100k+ words edition

hogwarts: a home by coralcollective — reimagined horcrux hunt. draco is so down bad for hermione and the smut is crazyyy. theo/hermione friendship. pansy is the breakout character and you'll love her. there's nsfw art and inappropriate use of the malfoy signet ring. please check the tags! (it says incomplete on ao3, but it's only missing epilogues so don't be afraid of starting it)

word count: 372,978

chapters: 67/70

the commoner's guide to bedding a royal by olivieblake — god, this fic!!!! it's a modern royal au and the ensemble of characters make this whole world feel so alive. it's inspired by will/kate and harry/meghan and it's sooo cute. theo and daphne were the breakout characters and i love them dearly. if you're looking for a lighthearted romcom-esque, occasionally angsty (because duh!) fic, this is it!!! i probably read this in two days which is insane considering the word count, but that should just tell you how lovely this whole fic was. there's a second part to this if you're itching for more afterwards (and it's just as good!)

word count: 503,570

chapters: 45/45

draco malfoy and the mortifying ordeal of being in love by isthisselfcare — honestly if you haven't read this yet..... this is god tier. a CLASSIC. this should be taught in the schools. hermione's a magical researcher / healer and draco's one of the best aurors out there. he's assigned to protect hermione because she's in the midst of a big discovery. hermione's not happy about it and draco isn't either. slow burn!! idiots in LOVE!! forced proximity!!!!! EMBEDDED ART!!! honestly this is the fic that made me want to learn how to bind which is so serious and if you haven't read this yet you need to.

word count: 199,548

chapters: 36/36

the disappearances of draco malfoy by speechwriter — this is my new canon. it's a deathly hallows rewrite where draco accepts dumbledore's offer to fake his death and go into hiding with the order. enemies to friends to lovers. i honestly can't even remember what happened in canon because this is IT for me.

word count: 289,780

chapters: 33/33

this world or any other series by olivieblake — includes clean (book one) and marked (book two). anything by olivieblake should be a must-read, i swear to god. this one starts as a year 6 slow burn. draco and hermione are assigned partners for potions and it all snowballs from there. olivie writes so beautifully and her characterizations for hermione / draco are so good. slight warning for marked: this destroyed me and i pretend it doesn't exist, but it's still a must-read.

word count: 118,892 & 178,268

chapters: 31/31 & 39/39

rights and wrongs series by lovesbitca8 — you want fluffy dramione? read the first two parts of the rights and wrongs series. you want dark and heavy dramione? read the auction, an alternate universe of the fluffy dramione, where voldemort wins and they all get auctioned off to death eaters. please check the tags for the voldy wins au! all three were chef's kiss and coming from someone who isn't a fan of dark aus, reading the first two helped me get through the auction because you know where draco's coming from / what's in his head. you can just read the auction without reading the first two parts unless you like catching parallels and having more depth / context (which i very much love).

word count: 174,911 & 160,297 & 325,876

chapters: 36/36 & 24/24 & 41/41

[throesofincreasingwonder]

You know what? I want a whole post for this:

Sex Repulsion is not the same thing as, or an excuse for, Sex Negativity

non-negotiable!

I am a sex-repulsed asexual. This means that I am uncomfortable and repulsed by the idea of engaging in sexual acts. This does not mean that I have an excuse to be repulsed by other people's sexual attraction or the right to police how other people engage in or express sexual acts or attraction.

Young queer people need to learn the difference between sex repulsion and sex negativity, and actively work to unlearn sex-negative attitudes. Asexuality, even sex-repulsed asexuality, is and should be fully compatible with sex positivity.

If you are uncomfortable with the idea of other people feeling sexual attraction or engaging in sexual acts that do not involve you in any way, that is not sex repulsion it is the cultural Christianity and you need to seriously work on that.

[bookinit02]

i really do think there’s a huge disconnect on here w/ people who have never used tiktok as to what it actually is and who actually uses it. the number of people i’ve seen call it a “teen dancing app” is actually insane. it has not been a teen dancing app since i was in high school, around 2016 - 2020. the main communities i saw on a daily basis were 1) black history/anti-racism educators, 2) high school & college teachers sharing in-classroom strategies and frustrations with the education system, 3) local/state political leaders giving real-time updates on behind-the-scenes government decisions, & 4) community activism & leadership. like tiktok is an adult platform. almost every person i interacted with was my age or older. and yes it completely depends on your fyp and how you interact with the app, yes there’s still teenagers and dance videos and literally anything else you can think of. but these communities of adults aren’t insubstantial at all, they have literally millions of interactions on a daily basis. there’s about a million other types of communities that i could name just off the top of my head, because the range of users was SO diverse and thriving. it’s a long-distance community tool, just like any other social media—and honestly much better than any other social media, because it relies primarily on the kindness of strangers. i saw at least 5-10 videos today of queer people in rural areas panicking because they don’t have any access to queer community on any other platform or in real life. and before i end this i do want to say i think tiktok is coming back, i think this is a highly orchestrated political move, etc., but i do know it won’t ever be exactly the same. people are panicking about free speech violations because tiktok was a place where people fucking SPEAK. i have never seen mass mobilization and communication in this same way for as long as i’ve been alive. it is the people’s app, not just a silly teenage thing. if you’re not on tiktok and never have been, please stop talking about it like you know anything at all😭

[thejadecount]

To anyone who wants to talk shit about bad story/character development in Deadpool & Wolverine CAN SHUT THE FUCK UP! I CAME TO SEE 2 HOURS OF DEADPOOL MAKING META & SEX JOKES AND HAVING HOMOEROTIC TENSION WITH WOLVERINE AND MARVEL DELIVERED EXACTLY THAT

[demaparbat-hp]

Izumi of Jang Hui died young. She was sixteen and unwed. A kind child, protective and lonely—thus unfit for this world.

Izumi of Jang Hui was murdered. The Painted Lady was born out of hatred and grief. Her skin is painted red with the patterns of her scars. Her home is the river where the Dark Water Spirit dwells—he who found her, drowned and beautiful.

Build shrines by the river and pray for her good will. Harm her land or people and pray for mercy.

[minhosblr]

The only singer ever!

[bixels]

As cameras becomes more normalized (Sarah Bernhardt encouraging it, grifters on the rise, young artists using it), I wanna express how I will never turn to it because it fundamentally bores me to my core. There is no reason for me to want to use cameras because I will never want to give up my autonomy in creating art. I never want to become reliant on an inhuman object for expression, least of all if that object is created and controlled by manufacturing companies. I paint not because I want a painting but because I love the process of painting. So even in a future where everyone’s accepted it, I’m never gonna sway on this.

if i have to explain to you that using a camera to take a picture is not the same as using generative ai to generate an image then you are a fucking moron.