#but! i am cautiously optimistic

[strawberriesinmoominvalley]

the fact that BOTH lando and oscar are saying the track isn't great for the car and yet they finished p6 and p8... i am very excited for this year

[nick-nellson]

Wicked (2024) dir. Jon M. Chu

[inkskinned]

he says i hate everyone except you and that is addictive and that is kind of romantic and beautiful because you're young and you're kind of a sarcastic asshole too and you don't like bad boys, per say, but you don't really like good ones either. and you like that you were the exception, it felt like winning.

except life is not a romance book, and he was kind of being honest. he doesn't learn to be nice to your friends. he only tolerates your family. you have to beg him to come with you to birthday parties, he complains the whole time. you want to go on a date but - people are often there, wherever you're going. he's just so angry. about everything, is the thing. in the romance book, doesn't he eventually soften? can't you teach him, through your own sense of whimsy and comfort?

at first - you know introverts often need smaller friend groups, and honestly, you're fine staying at home too. you like the small, tidy life you occupy. you're not going to punish him for his personality type.

except: he really does hate everyone but you. which means he doesn't get along with his therapist. which means he has no one to talk to except for you. which means you take care of him constantly, since he otherwise has no one. which means you sometimes have to apologize for him. which means he keeps you home from seeing your friends because he hates them. you're the single exception.

about a decade from this experience, you'll type into google: how to know if a relationship is codependent.

he wraps an arm around you. i hate everyone except you. these days, you're learning what he's actually confessing is i have very little practice being kind.

[shitapril]

williams announcing carlos sainz will be doing their end-of-season testing marks the beginning of a new era.

let's not forget, we're talking about carlos-tactical-brilliance-sainz and james-wdc-winning-brawn-gp-race-strategist-vowles.

[lost-in-the-shadows]

THE LOST BOYS, A NEW MUSICAL

[bloodofgrapes]

I've been seeing a lot of posts talking about how "shouldn't we really be blaming the people who voted republican for this? It's not the non voters that voted trump in!"

Do you know what you sound like? The same republicans who say that politics shouldn't get in between relationships. You are exactly the same. Your inaction has carried just as much weight, and you shouldn't be surprised that people hold you every bit as accountable for it as the people who actively voted for fascism.

[wibreth]

A summary I saw posted on discord! I did not write this ❤️

ok here's my effort at collating all the high-level updates.

Neopets is now a standalone entity after JS's closure.

New head of said entity is Dominic Law (staff name probably Altador...that's what he goes by in NMC server), who previously headed NMC and saved Neopets through a "management buyout deal"

New TNT has raised $4M from external investors to be used for rebuilding the brand/site.

Plan to incorporate Ruffle to save Flash content. 50(!) games will be returning via Ruffle on July 25th!

Plan to launch new mobile app "World of Neopia", "a social life-simulation game in which you live your ideal Neopian life from the perspective of a Neopet"

Plan to increase communication. "releasing monthly updates, hosting regularly scheduled AMAs, and launch an exciting new brand ambassador program"

New unified home page launching July 20

Plan to relaunch Island Builders

Plan for "a virtual concert"

Plan for a new plot (called "The Void Within" per the youtube video)

Launch 2M NC giveaway, which ends Aug 6

Neopets Metaverse has been cancelled. Some assets will be used for World of Neopia, but world of Neopia will have no crypto/NFT elements. Collectibles continue to exist and can be traded on secondary markets but have no utility.

[anew-flame]

Me: wanting to avoid DATV spoilers as much as possible since I won’t have a chance to play until at least 3 weeks after release

Also me: obsessively checking Emmrich’s tag for any crumbs of info and amazing art

[utilitycaster]

God I'm sorry but Em Friedman is the Dnd Shorts of Actual Play writing. The Burrow's End coverage is egregiously off-base and there's just a pretty profound ignorance of How Things Work. Like, how TTRPGs work, but also how Actual Play works, and more generally how fantasy as a genre works, and there are some significant errors in really simple things such as the fact that ACOFAF used D&D, and usually Polygon has a bit of editorial integrity but this is giving like. CBR Top Ten Most Cool Things About D20.

[laurapetrie]

She looked like Carole  Lombard. She had the same kind of translucence, only instead of being in black and white and having that ladylike blonde blonde hair, she was in color and had hair of gold. She actually looked like Venus rising out of the sea, but she was less stupid-looking than Venus. Venus is as stupid-looking as Beauty in Beauty and the Beast, who acted like she didn’t know why the doors opened by invisible hands or why she got through customs without having to wait in line. Beauty was a dope.

Eve Babitz, "The Girl Who Went to Japan" (Eve's Hollywood, 1974)

[legendaryrooftopscene]

we're only on episode 3 so there is PLENTY of time for GMMtv to disappoint me and go off the rails, but so far Only Boo is falling into the same category for me as My School President: a simple concept, executed well, played by actors who understand their characters and writers who approach the script with earnestness. it would be very easy for Moo to be a pushy, spoiled, whiny prince, but thankfully he's just a sweet, overenthusiastic, confident guy. in the same vein, it would have been easy to make Kang a grouchy, mean, stick-in-the-mud, but instead we are treated to an introverted, thoughtful, rough-speaking but well-meaning kind young man. I think both actors are doing very well, but especially Kang's actor, who is a complete rookie. there's a sense of depth and weight to Kang-- he's got a lot going on internally, and Sea is able to show that through small details in his acting. it's fantastic. if you've been on the fence about watching Only Boo because it's yet another GMMtv high school BL, I recommend giving it a shot. it's cute and charming and funny and very earnest. plus Milk is there.

[qsmprambling]

1 - Richas admin's art is incredible ❤️

2-

Halo Family name is powerful and painful :')

[possession1981-moving]

THE BOYZ ROAR MV Teaser

[ottermatopoeia]

Tr*mp being found guilty is awesome but at this point I'm just waiting for the other shoe to drop. Shit's about to get VERY real, VERY quickly.

[ndcgalitzine]

I'VE BEEN HYPERVENTILATING ALL MORNING AND I CAN'T EVEN FOCUS HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO WORK ALL DAY WITH THIS NEWS ???

[veritasrose]

My disability hearing went very well! The vocational expert actually agreed with me/my medical team that I am unable to work literally any job.

Now we just have to hope the judge agrees. Which we likely won’t know for a few more months. But at least for now, my responsibilities are done.