#but apparently she's just terrible to deal with lmao

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the last few episodes of persephone moping around have felt like less of a self-reflective moment for her to grow and change and more rachel griping about criticism and surrounding herself with yes men

this isn't gonna be in any way a formal essay like my usual sort, more of a slam post honestly, so fair warning that i'm gonna be a little salty here

EPISODE 263 SPOILERS AHEAD!!!!

but seriously, it's been a pity party of greek proportions because this constant "woe is me" shit with persephone that's constantly met with "no queeen you're amazing and perfect" has been going on for DAYS (real time and comic time)

literally every episode since the comic returned has had some segment of either persephone or hades (or both) being upsetti spaghetti over their current situation because oh nooo persephone made the deal with erebus and had to sacrifice something. even though they both knew that was gonna happen and yet she did it anyways. so she just continues to lock herself away in her mansion and spout adorkable quips while her husband, mother, and colleagues deal with the mess she caused.

and of course there's the constant inclusion of apollo spitting straight facts about persephone being a terrible queen and person, but of course because it's apollo saying it, it's not meant to be taken as gospel, essentially clapping back at the words of the critics who call out persephone for being a shitty and toxic protagonist by putting those words into the mouth of a literal rapist.

and yeah episode 263 had a lot of the same shit, to the point that you could literally swap out the names of the characters and the words they were speaking and it applies exactly to rachel and the corner she put herself in u.u it's been a thing for a while now that apollo has just felt like a mouthpiece for LO criticism but as mentioned by users within the subreddit during the discussion of this newest episode, it's never felt more apparent than now.

so yeah enjoy this satirical text edit of a sequence from the newest FP episode, which I honestly can't tell is meant to satirize the critical community or Rachel's reactions to the critical community because the weird reality this comic and its community exist in has just become that wack that it's hard to believe it's not directly from The Onion sometimes LMAO

-and as much as i find myself empathizing with the pressure that rachel is surely under right now - no one should have to be subject to the screeching howls of the peanut gallery - i can't help but be reminded of the memes and tweets she's put out that basically outright say "persephone is supposed to be celebrated for being a shitty person, if you can't handle her at her worst you don't deserve her at her best 💅"-

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-and how often she's ruined her own day looking for critical groups or people with the "wrong opinions" that were minding their own business, or how much she's stifled her own community's attempts to discuss the story openly by having her mods ban anyone with even so much as a question regarding persephone's integrity.

so yeah, as much as i can empathize with her from one creator to another that being under this amount of pressure and scrutiny must be immensely frustrating and exhausting, beyond that one similarity i just can't empathize or relate to this mindset of almost learned helplessness that's taken a firm grip over her writing. this is the story she wants to tell and by all means no one is entitled to make her stop, but if she's gonna keep using her greek myth "retelling" comic that's trying to be "feminist" as a mouthpiece for her own griping over criticisms that are largely on-point and justified - to the point of putting the words of her critics into the mouth of her token villain like she's playing some single player barbie doll "act out that fight that sounded cooler in your head" game - then she's gonna keep getting called out, full stop. i figured she didn't have any nose left to rip off in spite of her face but apparently not.

look, i get it, there are some opinions and behaviors within the critical community that even i'm not on board with. there are people who absolutely take shit too far on both sides of the fandom, and i think both sides need to do more to hold themselves accountable for how they interact with each other, the comic, and rachel herself. i make it a point to keep my shit in my own house, i'm not entitled to rachel's attention and frankly it's the last thing i want because i have a lot of fun here and i don't want that to be potentially ruined or dampened! but if you come into my house and complain about the decorating, then i legitimately don't know what to tell you. i used to love LO and i'm so sad for my past self knowing fully well they're not gonna be able to wholeheartedly enjoy this comic forever due to how manipulative and shitty the storytelling has become. a story that i once connected to as an AFAB who was a victim of assault and abuse and generational trauma.

if persephone being the true main villain in her own story was ever meant to be the point of Lore Olympus, then it's taken way, way too long to get to that point, and rachel herself definitely doesn't seem to be of the mindset that that's what she's become with all of her blasé meme'ing on a plot arc that she's still expecting us to take seriously. persephone was never a very complex character to begin with - being an easy self-insert for the audience and rachel to project themselves onto and relate to - but at least in the beginning she felt like she had so much legitimate potential, she was naive but put her best foot forward and clearly wanted to make a life for herself, made by herself.

now she's just mean. jaded and mean. dependent on the constant validation of others to the point of being manipulative. an absolute shell of a person who can only grow a spine when she's punching down on people weaker than her, completely incapable of standing up to the people who are a legitimate threat to her. it's not empowering, it's not subversive, it's just another pick me story about women pitting themselves against other women and never taking accountability for their own behavior, mistakes, and deliberate actions meant to hurt others, often teetering on the line of straight up narcissism all for the sake of a "boss babe" moment.

anyways, if you want an actual well-written and GOOD scene of an empathetic female protagonist struggling to find their footing in adulthood being called the fuck out for their learned helplessness behavior, go read Tamberlane, it tackles this topic much better through its main character who keeps using her brokenness as an excuse to never do better, it slaps and it's so real.

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s7 episode 19 “hollywood a.d.” thoughts

i’m excited for this one! i know absolutely nothing about it, except i think it is the episode from which one particular gif i have seen comes from, so i’m in a hopeful mood.

hollywood a.d…. hmm. is this going to be skinner-centric? he and kersh are the only a.d.s i can think of. and i have a feeling it’s not referring to “anno domini”, but hey, you never know

(the way it was literally both meanings of a.d..... woah....)

how did this case get made into a movie? why did a screenwriter get to come along? is this another jose chung sort of situation? i need to know! 

(post-episode thoughts: i love to laugh… i love to share in joy with my friends. and other such things are currently going through my mind.

also, need the gunmen’s reaction to that film. stat)

let us begin!!

we open with what seems like a scene from the movie! a hero is flipping around behind a gravestone, firing his gun. reloading. 

LMAO, DID HE NAME THE CHARACTER MULDER? LIKE, HE DIDN’T EVEN TRY TO CHANGE IT? BAHAHA 

bro looks nothing like mulder. and the evil guy yells “my sniper zombies are everywhere” <- okayyyy, naturally! cut to sniper zombies!’

“i’ll offer you a deal: you give me the lazarus bowl, and i’ll give you scully” <- SO SHE DIDN’T GET RENAMED EITHER i’m crying... this must be a PR nightmare for them… are they going to be invited to the red carpet since it’s about them?!

IS THE BAD GUY SUPPOSED TO BE CSM??

if he breaks the lazarus bowl, the zombie snipers go back to being simply corpses. so jot that down.

the bad guy is in some sort of wizard gear and holding scully hostage, lmaoooo…. apparently, the lazarus bowl can raise the dead, so he thinks mulder won’t break it. tea!!!

the zombies don’t want to go back to being just regular dead….. "mulder" throws the bowl up…. grabs "scully"… rolls into a coffin…

NOOO, THAT FLASHLIGHT LINE IS DIABOLICAL…. oh GOD…. they are in a theater….

on-screen mulder says he loves on-screen scully, “no ifs, ands, or-” “bees” LMAOOO (passionate makeout sesh) (the crowd awws as they moan) (cut to real scully, who looks shocked but invested in the movie, and mulder, who puts his head in his hands) LMAOOOO, I WOULD BE DYING IF I WERE THEM

AND SKINNER TURNS AROUND AND SMILES AT THEM???? AS “heavy breathing and moaning continues”, LMAOOO

(author's note: skinner is the og MSR truther... later events in this episode will not change my mind!)

mulder's head falls again. 

BAHAHAAA, SHE LOOKED INVESTED IN THE FILM AND HE WANTED TO DIE LMAOO, I WOULD HAVE IMAGINED IT WOULD BE THE OTHER WAY AROUND, OHHH MY GOD

man... LMAOOOO

the way i rewatched that immediately…. scully looks so pretty in her dress <3 and mulder in his bow tie. and skinner’s SMILE, LMAOOO

awww….. i'm giggling. i’m wondering if mulder’s like damn… wish that is what really happened

intro time!!! god i’m SO fucking excited, LMAOOOO

very short intro today. which i respect. we have to cut to the chase.

okay, so the events we are currently seeing take place over a year before the movie premiere we saw pre-intro. which makes the timeline of the season hard to follow. skinner is debriefing the agents about a church bombing while some other guy sits in the back of his office. 

mystery guy mumbles into an audio recorder “she: jodie foster’s foster child on a payless budget” <- OH MY GOD???? mulder turns to glare at him. scully is a saint for not reacting.

“HE’S LIKE A JEHOVAH’S WITNESS MEETS HARRISON FORD’S WITNESS” <- LMAOOOOO, STOP

THEY’RE JUST STARING AT HIMMMM

scully is very professional and tries to change the subject… she knows who the cardinal at that church is. ooo, he might be the first american pope. writer guy records a bad pun as a terrible high-pitched sound plays.

mulder says this whole thing looks like a terrorist attack for the ATF. hold on, i gotta look something up. ATF stands for... the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms, and explosives. ah, i see what he is saying. doesn’t look like their territory.

LMAOOOO, that terrible noise is writer guy’s phone ringing, who mulder turns to and asks if he’s gonna answer it- but he claims he “didn’t want to be rude” 

mulder looks like he’s gonna throw hands. this fellow's name is wayne federman, and he’s a buddy of skinner’s?!?! WHAT!! skinner has friends from college? i guess i haven't thought much about what skinner's life outside of work looks like. i guess i thought that was the sort of job where you don't have one.

he calls skinner “the skinman” <- LMFAOOOOOO, and he says he will NOT get in their way

written and directed by david duchovny… yeah. i should have seen that coming from a mile away. 

(author's note: can't stop laughing at the differences between when he was behind the camera and when gillian was... opposite ends of a spectrum when it comes to tone, but both incredibly in-character writing for our agents. love it)

i’m sorry, still processing “the skinman”. mulder is mad as fuck about being stuck with this dude, but skinner says he shall extend his courtesy and protection to federman- while scully is needed here this morning. “sir, have i pissed you off in a way that’s more than normal?” <- bahahaaa, oh my godddd.

so wait… hollywood a.d…. the way skinner was looking at them in the theater… is he going to end up writing the movie?!

mulder will NOT let federman ask if scully is more than just his partner as they arrive at the church. they go inside, and he asks cardinal o’fallon if anyone would want to hurt him or the crypt- there are just some relics down there, the cardinal claims, and some documents. like god’s refrigerator. federman records this. 

on a daily basis, only o’fallon goes down to the crypt- but today, lucky mulder and federman get to go, too. it’s very dusty. he shows them where the bomb went off, and mulder thinks it might be a terrorist attack. when federman’s phone goes off again. wait no, it’s mulder. no! it’s the cardinal. no! it’s not. who is it then?!

mulder approaches the rocks blown up by the bomb… is there another bomb in there?! is that the terrible noise?

AUGH, there’s a dead guy and a ringing cell phone!!! “micah hoffman” idk who that is, and idk if it’s a spoiler if i look that up, so i’ll just google it later. WAIT NO, we get an answer: it’s just actually the name of the guy who is calling the nokia <- LMAOOO, okay, so not a late 90’s pop culture reference i would fail to understand.

(author's note: it turns out that the dead guy was supposed to be the micah hoffman, which was lost on me, because: why did someone else calling him make the phone screen show HIS OWN name? i get that there was a time before caller ID, but it makes no sense for someone to call YOU and your phone to show your own name! like, what? i'm pretty sure whoever owns the phone knows their own name! so this detail threw me for a plot loop because i was unfamiliar with cellphones in the 2000's. if they really did show your OWN NAME when someone called you, that is one of the silliest things i can think of!)

scully and mulder have been reunited- plus federman- and scully asks if this hoffman fellow was some sort 60’s campus radical. he was a weatherman, says mulder; he was a yippie. are these real terms? guess i will need to look into that

and he was a poet and played baseball at columbia... okayyyy, mr. duchovny projecting that one season of basketball he played at an ivy league school onto this side character, LMAOOO. federman knows that this hoffman was never heard from again after some incident in the 70’s that is not elaborated upon- maybe he isn’t as stupid as he acts. but that is doubtful

mulder asks what skinner wanted with scully and she says “just paperwork”… federman makes a "hmm" sound and face. see, i thought he was implying something dirty earlier when he made a certain face because skinner said scully was needed in his office... but i didn't want to assume the worst in him. however, this just confirms that is what he was doing. NASTY!! i hate to see scully and skinner's relationship in that sort of light. so federman must be a severe dirtbag. i wonder why skinner- i’m sorry, “the skinman”- still has his number.

(author's note: the rest of this episode would provide challenges to me on the same grounds that the story seemed to imply skinner is attracted to scully, but i utterly refuse to believe it, and no force can come between me and denial of things i hate, so checkmate ❤️)

they are going somewhere and scully says they should have a warrant. federman makes some comment about it only being the constitution they're violating- no big deal. another tongue-in-cheek comment to the fans, along with the "bees" kiss?

wherever they are, it is filled with paintings. i see one very erotic one and the rest seem… idk, religious, maybe? 

ah, they must be at hoffman’s place, and it seems he was making bombs. so scully thinks he was killed by something he made.

NOW WHY DOES SCULLY KNOW A FORGER’S TRICK USED TO MAKE PAPER LOOK OLD LMAOOO??? oh i just love her…. mulder is gonna shoot this federman fellow if he makes any more puns. get a taste of your own medicine, buddy.

so hoffman made pots, did calligraphy made to look like old religious texts, and maybe also painted those paintings by the door. a man of many talents.

SCULLY CAN READ GREEK???? like, even a little bit? this is CRAZY. is this something you learn if you're a really dedicated catholic? or something she did in school, like german class in college. need someone to let me know here because i'm shocked.

she says it looks like a lost gospel- of mary magdalene and christ’s life on earth after the resurrection. heretical, but long rumored to exist. 

why would hoffman have them? or, asks federman, why would o’fallon have hoffman’s forgeries? 

“like the way you guys work- no warrants, no permission, no research” <- lmaooo, call the show's writing out, i see you!!! they’re back in the crypts. and they hear weird noises. DO YOU HAVE A NICKNAME OR SOMETHING LIKE SKINMAN, HE ASKS MULDER... STOOOOP!!! and did scully leave??

they find more of the gospel of mary in the crypt. “alright, so is this a real fake, or a fake fake?” <- federman is asking the real questions 

but damn! federman’s cellphone goes off. why does his cellphone work in the crypts? and why does a skeleton move away from his foot??

mulder is holding the flashlight in his mouth. looking at something. while more bones click. a funny little song plays as the CGI bones stick a flashlight into a skull. LMAO, WHAT IS GOING ON. the skeleton assembles! right in front of federman!

scully is attempting to convince federman that he was hallucinating dancing bones trying to reconstruct a bowl. he says he has a movie to write. mulder is surprised, but he says “fiction is quicker than truth and cheaper”, which is fair enough. scully looks SO DONE WITH THIS, LMAO

“you want my advice? you’re both crazy” “well, why do you say that?” “well, you’re crazy for believing what you believe, and you’re crazy for not believing what he believes” <- i generally support getting their asses, federman, but i’m not trusting you after those faces re: skinner and scully. but with this statement, he leaves. 

scully says she knows federman is yanking his chain, so she’s hesitant to mention it, but it reminds her of the lazarus bowl. she says she had a wacky nun in catholic school they called “sister spooky” because she told so many scary stories... aww. sister spooky claimed that a lot of random wood came from the cross, a lot of random blood came from jesus, and that lazarus’s aunt recorded the incantation to raise the dead in the grooves of a pot she was spinning like a song in vinyl. “you see, it’s just not true that you can’t get good science at catholic school” <- LMAOOO

"that is a very cool story coming from you scully", mulder says, BAHAHA, and she smilessss…. he tells her he will have chuck meet her at the office to listen to the bowl and he is going back to chat with the cardinal 

chuck is talking about everything in the world making music. throws mulder’s porn tapes under the bus. he really wants us to know that mulder is watching porn.

and then chuck hears some weird holy sounding noise when he scans his wand thing over the bowl. who made this? either a guy named micah or one of jesus christ’s friends, explains scully. apparently, the bowl is singing in all the keys at once!!

mulder asks cardinal o’fallon to translate more of the fake fake gospels. ohhhh, it’s talking about mary magdalene and jesus as lovers. heretical! mulder tells him they’re forgeries from hoffman. the cardinal says he thought they were real. aww... the poor cardinal looks like he is gonna cry.

i’m crying, the ancient texts look to be in amazing shape, like on a normal piece of paper that is just a little old, lmaooooo. it turns out the cardinal bought them in order to hide them- to keep others from feeling the despair and anger he felt. he wouldn’t destroy them because he thought they were real. “is being made fool of a crime, agent mulder?” “i’d be doing life if it were, sir” <- aww :(

cardinal o'fallon starts to cry 

oooo, mulder calls scully and asks her to perform the hoffman autopsy. he was blackmailing o’fallon with those forgeries. meanwhile, she’s playing with the bowl that might raise the dead on their desk, LMAO. but another call comes in for mulder. it’s federman! mulder tells him he can’t talk about the case- but that is okay, because skinman is keeping federman in on the loop anyway. IS THAT ALLOWED? he wants to know who mulder sees playing him in the movie. “i’m in the movie?” <- LMAOOO, his voice!!! he sounded sooo excited!! federman claims the character is loosely based on him... more of an amalgamation, really. 

and mulder clicks back to scully, calling her "sister spooky" and saying he has to take the call, LMAOOOO. he must be over the moon to be featured in a movie. she will report back after the autopsy.

he wants richard gere to play him, but federman can offer a guy named garry shandling for the role. and someone named tea leoni to play the loosely based on scully character. WELL THEN... WHY DID HE CALL TO ASK?

and skinner told him about the lazarus bowl. IS THIS ALLOWED?

the actors want to meet the agents! AND RICHARD GERE WILL PLAY SKINNER (mulder hits something with his car) LMAOOO

scully is doing an autopsy. she’s gonna weigh the heart. AUGH, THE GUY SITS UP AND ASKS FOR IT BACK? she gasps and he walks up to her and knocks the knife out of her hand. she picks it up and slices her finger!!! noooo, scully!! the guy's blood will mix with her blood... the germs! and in the time it takes for that to happen, he is back to a normal corpse. you can see she thinks she’s losing it. but she's so pretty doing an autopsy….

mulder comes in to see what’s going on. there are traces of red wine and strychnine in hoffman’s stomach. is she going to mention what she saw? about him getting up and asking for his heart back? mulder thinks o’fallon poisoned him! they go to get a warrant.

scully wants to allow o'fallon some dignity to finish his mass before they go and arrest him. she goes and looks at the statue of jesus. crosses herself and kneels. and then sees that hoffman guy's head on the statue's body!!! saying something in latin!!!

she turns to mulder, and by the time she turns back to face jesus, it’s a normal statue again. our girl is freaked tf out. and at this point, she decided they have to go get o'fallon now. they arrest him.

but in walks hoffman!

skinner is YELLING at our agents. for misidentifying a corpse. “sir, the dead man looked very much like micah hoffman” AND he had his ID!

“scully, if i’m carrying marilyn monroe’s purse, do you assume that i slept with JFK?” <- HOWLLLLLING. what if i say yes, skinner?

skinner is mad as FUUUUUUCK. he must be worried about his movie. that or he thinks the church will sue the FBI. maybe both. and they are ordered to take a 4 week leave!!! they look very shocked. this might be the most unjust leave they have been forced into!!

they go back to their office, where mulder declares richard gere is getting to skinner’s head. chuck is still there, with updates on the pot. in the background of the sound from the bowl, someone speaking in aramaic! the language of christ, mumbles scully. 

what is it saying? NOT THE BEATLES JOKE, LMAOOOO: “I AM THE BEARDED COW-LIKE SEA BEAST” <- STOP, WHY DID THAT GET MY ASS…

well, after that is said, the next voice is one man commanding the other to rise from the dead!

they go to talk to hoffman, who claims to be jesus. he knew o’fallon from college- he was his divinity professor. he says o’fallon believes in christ but not man, as we see hoffman’s paintings of jesus kissing who i assume to be mary magdalene in the background.

so hoffman created a christ that suited his own worldview, which i guess is realy into worldly loving. but before he could do so, he had to become jesus... like a method actor. and get down the language, the vibe, the feeling.

when it came to analyzing the forgeries he sold to o'fallon, the church couldn’t go outside of their own resources to get verification, because the writings were too damning. but something weird happened. hoffman was converted- like saul to paul. he went from impersonating jesus to becoming him. so, naturally, he needed to destroy the blasphemous writings. 

mulder asks how his cell phone got on the dead man. “god works in mysterious ways” uh. okay!

cutscene. mulder is on his couch, quoting a movie word-for-word as it plays. it’s called plan 9 from outer space. when scully arrives! he thinks the movie is so bad it will hypnotize his conscious critical mind “and frees up my right brain to make associo-poetic leaps". that is a bold theory. maybe i should put on a really bad show when i get writer's block.

it’s made him think of the relationship between hoffman and o’fallon- like that of jesus and judas. okaaaay, he’s read the brothers karamazov, i see you king! “how about hoffman’s roadrunner to o’fallon’s wile e. coyote?” asks scully <- THIS QUEEN AND HER CONSTANT CARTOON REFERENCES…. i really do love her so much. she has such a big smile as she says this. 

scully asks- very seriously- if he really thinks it’s possible that hoffman is jesus. he checks to make sure she isn’t making fun of him. before he says no- but crazy people can be very persuasive. “well yes, i know that” (pointed look) (pointed eye roll in return)

blatant flirting on this couch. and did he get blankets for this couch? mulder... i'm shocked. is he getting his life in order?

“maybe true faith is a form of insanity” “are you directing that at me?” “no! i’m directing it at myself. and at ed wood”

“how-“ “42” “you’ve seen this movie 42 times?” “yes” “doesn’t that make you sad? it makes me sad” 

OHHHHHHH… they’re going to use their probation to go to watch the movie being filmed in California…. oh my god… my poor little heart… MSR hollywood vacation...

and they’re filming at fox studios, bahaha. WHY DOES FEDERMAN KISS MULDER ON THE SIDE OF THE HEAD, LMAO. which reminds me: we haven’t seen our friend krycek in a loooong time!! what has he been up to?

his faaace... and hers looking at him LMAOOO

MULDER SAYS HE IS A BIG FAN OF THE WOMAN PLAYING SCULLY AND SHE’S LIKE “NO KIDDING”, LMAOOOO 

AND THE RUNNING IN HEELS CALL OUT, BAHAHAAAA 

the guy playing mulder asks if he dresses to the left or to the right. he needs to get into character! “i guess mostly to the left” “mostly?” “most of the time”

why is there a dog running around in the background as scully runs in heels!!! LMAO, WHAT IS GOING ONNNN ON THIS EPISODE. wait- is that his dog? i feel like i've seen that beast in a photo before.

is that chris carter playing the director... or just a random guy? 😭😭

the zombie had to bite off leoni’s shoulder and it was supposed to be TOFU TURKEY!! 

YES, THIS SCENE FROM THE GIFS, LMAOOO!!! SCULLY SIPPING RED WINE OUT OF A GLASS IN THE BATHTUB, CALLING MULDER TO ASK WHAT HE IS DOING… he claims to be working at the computer. she claims to be packing. DID THEY SPEND 4 WEEKS THERE FOR REAL??? AND WE DIDN’T GET TO SEE THEM?? or were they only there for a brief part of those 4 weeks?

AND HIS SPARKLING ASS IS ALSO IN THE TUB…. thinking about why people who come back from the dead want to hurt the living. scully’s talking about cannibalistic and sexual fantasies implicit in the stories of zombies #okaaaay. and he says they’re trying to do the things they miss from life: first eat, then drink, then dance, then make love

LMAO, IS THIS HOW THESE BITCHES TALK?? ABOUT THE GENTLER SIDE OF THE UNDEAD… THEY HOOKED UP ONE TIME, I’M CRYINGGGG

(actually, i'm a little confused if they had hooked up at this point or not, because of the whole "x months earlier" thing. probably best not to think too hard about it, right?)

it’s skinner calling now… mulder claims he’s at the computer. he's apologizing for coming down so hard on them. “i appreciate that, skinman” “don’t call me that” “yes, sir”

HE’S IN LA AT THE SAME HOTEL RIGHT BENEATH THEM, LMAOOO, AND HE HAS CHAMPAGNE AND GRAPES AND SEASHELLS, OH MY GOD…. absolute LUXURY... he’s an associate producer on the film!!

“hey scully, skinman is calling me from a bubble bath” “it’s still me, mulder” <- LMAOOOO, STOP, WHY DID I GIGGLE LIKE A LOSER… 

AND THEN HE DOES GET TO HER AND JUST TELLS HER, LMAOOOOO. it's so important for them to be gossipy.

she thinks leoni has a crush on him and he’s like nooo… omg….

and then. 16 months later. back to the film love confession. scully looks aghast.

“i know that this feels wrong because we’re friends, and we treat each other as equals” says on-screen mulder <- OH MY FUCKING GOOOOOD 

WHAT!!!! SHE SAYS SHE’S IN LOVE WITH SKINNER??? OH MY GOD

mulder gets up and LEAVES, saying he cannot take it anymore, while someone smooches skinner…. is that this ex wife…? are they back together? or is it just some random woman? i can’t tell, it’s too dark!!!

mulder runs back to the set of the film. where scully finds him after saying she looked all over. she sits next to him and steals some popcorn. 

hoffman was murdered that evening by o’fallon!! “it’s jesus and judas, scully” 

he’s worried about how they’ll be remembered because of the movie, but she’s like... well, hopefully it’ll just tank, LMAO. OHHH, he’s worried about who will tell the stories of the dead and she says “i think the dead are beyond caring what people think about them. hopefully we can adopt the same attitude” <- AWWW. her big smile while she says this. i swear i've heard that quote before. maybe someone quoted it before i saw this show and i just didn't recognize it.

OH MY GOSH, SKINNER GAVE THEM A BUREAU CREDIT CARD TO USE FOR THE EVENING, AND SHE LAUGHS AND GRABS HIS ARM… and she jokingly confesses to being in love with associate producer walter skinner. LMAO, AND HE SAYS "ME TOO". AND THEY HOLD HANDS?????

then a tree branch scratches against the plastic lazarus bowl from which he was eating his popcorn, and the zombies emerge, starting to dance. and smooch.

the end

(suppressing stupid laughter) hey….. hi. 

LMAOOOOO, HOLD ON, I NEED TO LET IT OUT!!!!

as much as i resent the implication of anything impure between scully and skinner- and maybe this was a comment on what contemporary fans thought, and poking fun at how weird of an idea it was (or maybe it was a super popular theory they were acknowledging?)- this episode got my ass. THE HAND HOLDING!! BUBBLE BATHING!!

the way i had to rewatch mulder angrily leaving and skinner watching scully as the love confession comes on…. and then mulder hiding on the set. and his angst about hoffman and o’fallon’s memories due to the movie. and the CSM shade. “pretty silly”, she said to the "cigarette smoking pontiff". and her LAUGHTER as she says the dead are beyond caring… AND HER SMILE WHEN SHE SAYS IT IS A MOVIE SET, THERE AREN'T REAL DEAD PEOPLE… AND HER LAUGHHHH AT THE CREDIT CARD... AND SHE GRABS HIS ARM…. AND SHE GRABS HIS HAND AFTER THE SKINNER JOKE….

okay, so the guy playing the director character was NOT chris carter and instead just some guy, BAHAHA. shows you how much i know about what was going on behind the scenes.

this was soooo funny. a very clear conversation with the fans. a sort of thank you letter to them. i am sure they appreciated it greatly.

like i said, i reject all ideas of skinner being attracted to scully and assume it was federman being a creep- shh, i don't want to hear you say "but skinner would have had to sign off on it as the producer", LET ME LIVE IN PEACE! but i do wanna know if that woman he was with was his ex (?) wife because!!! we never got any follow up on if he signed the divorce papers!!!

very sick and twisted relationship between o’fallon and hoffman, but, you know. par for the course. i do not believe he was jesus, but i do believe that controlling religious texts is like being a divine figure in a way, so. still interesting. 

so i am a little confused about what exactly was going on: hoffman was dead at first, it seemed, which is why the phone and the ID belonged to him and why he asked for his heart back from scully... and it isn't clear if she just imagined him on the cross or if that was some form of "miracle". and then he came back from the dead, possibly using the bowl, but o'fallon murdered him, so now he is probably dead for good? i'm probably misinterpreting that, which is also probably fine. i'm not sure if the plot was actually the most important part of the episode- although, maybe there was some symbolism in there i'll have to ponder on for some time before i unlock. maybe the blasphemous idea of jesus as a lover says something about the agents putting aside their identity of self-sacrifice to find meaning in each other. or something like that.

skinman will sell state secrets to his college buddies… perhaps this is the meaning of loyalty. 

oh god, the end scene… i need to scream a little. she didn’t care what they world thought of them!!! being on cops must have changed things for her. and the way the camera wasn't fully focused on them holding hands, you could just see them running away in the background... loved it.

i am honestly quite confused over the timeline, so i’m just going to not think about it. like… did the case take place during this season, and the 16 months later part of them actually watching the movie was a glimpse into the future? or did the case take place during the past- like s6-ish- and then the 16 months later took place when all the rest of the episodes of this season were going on? it’s just important to place this in the context of the rest of the s7 flirting! or maybe they jumped ahead into 2001/2002 ish and they therefore do not have to deal with 9/11 in the plot. that could be a lucky coincidence.

ah… don’t worry about the logistics. just take a good thing when it happens.

i am thinking about mulder quoting every word of that movie, asking the deep questions on the couch, scully assuring him he isn't making fun of him, and then proposing that perhaps faith is insanity. and her face when he says he has seen in 42 times. and LA vacation together. and scully's dress and little hairdo as they watched the movie- do you think they walked the carpet at the premiere, or just snuck in as to not blow their cover? do you think she did her hair up herself? do you think mulder short-circuited seeing her in a dress? did skinner think making them kiss in fiction was a favor? and i am thinking about mulder getting furious and leaving, then scully finding him- he's worried about the dead and their reputations, she laughs, grabs his arm and flashes the credit card. and they joke about being in love with skinner.

RAUGH.

i just want to let it all sink in. no worries. no analysis. just... laughter. silly times with the agents. happy times. vacation. tourist-y stuff. more movies on the couch. yeah.

a very good episode that i thoroughly enjoyed with my friends mulder and scully. it seemed like a clear love letter to the fans, and i am curious to hear how it was received at the time- and if you also agree with me about the whole skinner thing. and now i shall sleep and think of the way things ought to be.

[raconteur-wanpi]

One Piece 1132

I don't have a lot of thoughts on this one, yet somehow it might be my favorite Elbaph chapter so far based on vibes alone!

OK I'M GONNA START WITH THE MID-CHAPTER DOUBLE SPREAD BECAUSE WOWWWWW. Wow. God the atmosphere and the scale and the art is off the charts. The Luffy and Usopp bit made me smile sooo hard I'm going insane in the head.

They're so cute. Usopp is so cute here, shut up!!! I'm so happy, this is so important to both of them! This gives me hope that their dynamic will be explored more once again. My boy's dream is coming true.........

Anyway as I said, I don't have too many thoughts this time around, but I am so so glad Oda found a way to unite every single group of characters in this chapter.

I tend to hate "everyone is separated and therefore confusion / misunderstandings / hijinks ensue" type plots, so this was a relief. But also, the convergence was just done in a very competent way, and the whole time there's a lighthearted and fun atmosphere that makes it fun to read.

This chapter in general just made me happy. It's a very charming and explorative chapter of small good things happening, before we settle into any serious plot. Somehow because of that, as I mentioned earlier, it's been my favorite so far!

Also I know I said this last time too, but I love Goldberg and Gerd so much as a little character duo. They have a very charming dynamic and really cute designs, I hope we see much more of them throughout the arc!

I like how Gerd comes off as kinda unintentionally patronizing towards humans lmao. She has good intentions but she kinda treats them like lost little puppies or something.

And speaking of the New Giant Pirates, people were probably right on Rodo being based on Gargamel a bit, lmao. This brought me back to my childhood, it definitely has that vibe. Good Saturday-Morning-Cartoon slapstick. Nice to see he continues to be absolutely terrible. But hey, at the very least he gets the lights kicked out of him by Goldberd and Gerd.

Speaking of old nostalgic cartoon and comic-book properties that inspired Oda in this arc, we also see a lot of that giant kid who seems to be based on Vicky the Viking again. Turns out his name is Colon and his family lives on the village on the second layer (the "Sun Realm" as they call it). The barmaid, who is presumably his mother, also mentions a character called "Ripley", but we don't know anything about who that is yet. I hope Colon ends up being the Aisha / Tama etc of this arc, it'd be really cute!

As far as more plot-important events go, we do find out that Loki and Luffy did in fact make a deal. Luffy does try to keep the secret, so that tells me he accepted it. I have a feeling this is Not Going to Go Well!

The chapter however, despite being very cheerful and fun, ends in a pretty sinister and spooky note. That tells me we're actually going to be here for a while lol, I'm so curious on where this will go. Note that Arnot is a character who's been mentioned before! Apparently he published a book with his adventures decades ago, and he was first mentioned having written about Whiskey Peak and Little Garden.

In this final page, we also see the silhouette of the mystery man in the kasa hat who's been allegedly waiting for the Strawhats again! Place your bets on who's it going to be. Is it Shiki? Gaban? The "Hinokizu / Flame-scar" Man? Someone from the Red-Hair Pirates? A completely new guy? Who knows! Looking forward to the next chapters!

(Hope I can find the time to do a little redraw of Usopp's little crying face, what a highlight for me!)

[torchickentacos]

Pokemon AG Watchthrough- Ep005- In The Knicker of Time!

We open with Ash fighting a random guy with a beedrill in the woods, standard dull opening tbh but that's okay, because this episode has a rather interesting, eclectic COTD to make up for the lack of. well. everything else 💖 (guys I promise that I adore AG).

A zigzagoon runs across the path after the opening battle and Max apparently has mad beef with zigzagoon??? Why is he frowning lmao.

Anyways, Max is all "Yo, I never knew zigzagoon could get that big!" Note that this zigzagoon was running on all fours in a serpentine pattern on the ground between bushes and such. They're like oh cool it's just a big zigzagoon.

Its pokedex picture..... Baby.,,,,,

So anyways, the big zigzagoon approaches the smaller zigzagoons, and in the words of Digoenes, "Behold, a man".

Anyways, zigzagoon dude takes off the fursuit in favor of his regular clothes, and May assumes that the zigzagoon disguised itself as a human. I love all two of her braincells. Also her limited sense of personal space.

Any PL fans here??? This is basically that scene from Diabolical Box where Luke tries to tear Inspector Chemley's face off, assuming it's a mask.

Anyways, Nicholai introduces himself and his questionable philosophies, such as "We thrive on communing with nature while exposing our knees", quote. We have met the first green-haired freak of AG!

May enters her first real battle with another trainer, which goes badly ❤️

May, quote: "Knickerbockers. Naturalist. What is wrong with that guy?" I love how petulant she is in early AG, I'd forgotten how snarky she can get. She's so easygoing by the later seasons (which isn't a bad thing! I do really enjoy her characterization, but the snark is kinda funny ikdjfhdjkgjkhf).

Anyways, Nicholai made fun of Norman for raising such a shitty battler so Max is on a whole-ass revenge sidequest and is trailing him in the woods. Nicholai wants to catch a zigzagoon to beat Norman with (which. good luck bud), so Max gathers fruit to attract all the zigzagoon to the other side of the woods where Nicholai can't catch them. Good job, buddy. To be fair, this is exactly the kind of plan that I would expect a, like, seven year old to devise.

Ash and co. catch up and disperse the zigzagoon. Zigzagoons are all still pissed off. This guy is now back.

May was right. What the fuck is this dude's deal ljfnkdgjkdf. Pied piper if it was weirder.

His costume is actually kind of terrifying with the hood back??? Zigzagoon's neck is, like, snapped, and his head is coming out of its tongue??????????

Anyways, he catches his zigzagoon and makes more remarks about shorts and then Team Rocket Team Rockets all over the place, resulting in the explosion counter going up to 11.5.

POV: Me digging for things to talk about in early ag episodes.

😀👍❓

He can fly. Explosion counter is now at 12.5 as TR blasts off.

Nicholai and Ash battle, episode ends. Overall? Not a terrible episode! Still rather dull (it is early AG, after all), but there's enough chaos throughout to keep me from doing something else and giving up on my watchthrough for another ten months. So that's a win. That gets it like a seven I think.

[spideyrider4]

Finally found time to finish up those two weekly dramas that i completely forgot about when i got busy with finals last quarter 😭 incidentally enough they were both dramas with Konno Ayaka as the lead actress lol. Honestly i really like her and she’s a good actress, she’s most certainly improved from her time on Zi-O tho nowadays she’s in more romance dramas. Both dramas were interesting and fun in their own right

Kiss de Fusaide, Barenaide was probably the one I liked more cause this show was honest to God unintentionally hilarious for me. It’s about how this office worker called Sato Kaede (no not the one from Nogi lmao) fell for the popular cool IT guy called Shioya that doesn’t show emotions who also fell for her but never said and just watched her from afar. So before the show took place there was an incident that happened where one of the higher ups tried hitting on Kaede, but she is saved Shioya who then reported it. Kaede tried talking to the person that was supposed to be helping her , and apparently that person was having an affair with the higher up so they both ended up getting fired and a rumor about how Kaede likes to hit on men and sleep around started even tho it wasn’t true 😭 So this rumor does impact her life at work, one prime example was there was this girl name Usuda who tried to sabotage her by not giving her all the things she needs to do her job. One night Kaede is accidentally locked out in the hallway as Shioya is passing by. A tl;dr would be she ends up at his place, but when Shioya’s roommate Mizoguchi, who is Kaede’s superior returns, they hide in the closet and kissed while trying to hide. This incident was def the start of something for them and then Mizoguchi gets involved.

It was fun watching Mizoguchi helping Kaede and giving her advice before himself falling for her and ultimately realizes that the one she likes is Shioya.

The other drama was Fukushu Kareshi, this was was certainly more interesting and it was about how a hotel headquarter employee named Hattori Maika finds out that her boyfriend had been cheating on her the entire time and gets dumped by him. She’s then approached by the newly appointed CEO Satori Shun and proposed to start a fake relationship to get back at her ex and he also wanted to get out of an arranged marriage, before turning real and dealing with family issues. Such as his mother separating them and trying to get his half brother that she abandoned to break them up.

It turns out that the reason Shun made the proposal to Maika was cause they actually knew each other in high school, but he believed that she rejected him so he wanted revenge for that, although when she found out who he really was the truth was different. So Maika always had a bad relationship with her mom so being at home felt suffocating to her, so when she started talking to Shun about books after saving him from bullies, she felt like her life easier to get through. So when he confessed to her in high school, she was happy as he was her first love, but she felt like she wasn’t even for him and she’d hurt him so… she couldn’t get herself to meet him at the park and texted him that they weren’t a good match. When the she told him the real reason, they realized that they still actually liked each other so their fake relationship became a real one, as they were saved by each other.

Yea ik, crazy lol. Also Neon’s mom from Geats is in this as Shun’s terrible mother who is the villain of the drama so that was fun to watch. I really liked how the drama had a happy ending with Maika helping Shun and his brother reconnect and talk to their mom and Maika’s mom realizing that her telling Maika to hurry up and get married because she wanted her to experience the same happiness she experienced ended up being a burden for Maika. So yea family issues resolved and instead of rushing to get married the two are taking their time.

Must be nice to fall for someone you're actually attracted to and like because they saved you or did something meaningful, or they’re important to you… All my crushes in the past came from emotional attachments 😭, not some dramatic, romantic rescue, or liking someone for who they truly are. I get the vibe, I just can't relate unfortunately… 😔 so I guess that’s why I like watching romance jdramas so much, to maybe get the feeling I’ve been missing 😭 or at least experiencing it through someone else’s eyes

[mostlymalena]

April 13th 2025 11:45pm

I had sex with a girl from Miami in my greenhouse that is blossoming violets at the moment. Yes I know, it's a tad early for violets but the greenhouse keeps warm even in the frosty mornings.

Miami girl was visiting my friend and she is without a doubt the hottest girl I have ever pulled. Perfect body, perfect personality, and she was snarky. She smelled so good like the whole night, how did she not get Red Dogs air on her???? I feel like I smell like a sewage processing plant after a Thursday night beach bar run.

It was killer.

I'm doing a terrible terrible thing where I am sleeping with my best friend. Not Ethan lmao.

Apparently I did not learn from last summer. It's going well in all honesty but we do fight like a married couple about "what we are".

I for one think we are girly pop besties who smash (like all the time). He is very sentimental and MOOSHY. God it makes my skin crawl. I do not know how to deal with heartfelt mushy shit. I feel so awkward.

How would I fix that? Grin and bear it????? I really would like to know.

Work is crazy bc Ive been doing more web dev which involves coding. My fav but lots of brain cells are dedicated to that which leaves less to delegate to things like art and this blog I hold so dear.

Writing here invigorates me. I feel so giddy and light.

OH MY GOD ALMOST FORGOT LMAO.

Sunshine girl, my lesbian thing.

Long story short, we are progressing nicely and she comes to sleepover one night like she has been. The moment she gets into my room her phone starts blowing up. Mind you im waiting for her to hop into bed with me. It's her EX BOYFRIEND LMAO. Oh MANY MANY YEARS. WHO SHE WAS IN A POLYCULE WITH. WITH. HER. BEST. FRIEND.

He calls her. SHE ANSWERS. He is demanding to know who she is with and where she is at because he doesn't recognize the location. BECAUSE THEY STILL SHARE LOCATIONS. He gets all upset. When I tell you he was whining. Like a child being told no. She wouldn't tell him so he cancels coming down to Wilmy for the weekend.

News to me! But before he was coming to visit her and their friend group and guess what! Staying with her, in her bed, with her in the bed.

Anyways. That was the LAST time sunshine girl and I hung out. She has been hitting me up since and I am just stonewalling her bc girl. GIRL.

Ethan and I built planter boxes today and he got me seeds from MOMA. I'm so excited to see how they grow!

Been hanging with Jesters every day bc the weather just brings us all together and it's been a fucking blast. I love love love my family and life.

[baratiddyappreciator]

I’d love to see some kureha headcanons from you!! (And maybe even some that involve Jack??) I’ve been really enjoying seeing ur headcanons in my feed!

I don't really know if you meant this as in a ship/friendship way, but I just decided to go overboard and put effort in to explore their weird ass (gay) dynamic lmao

Kureha HCs:

Kureha speed-reads. It's a habit he developed in elementary school so he could spend more time protecting his brother, and it was a fantastic help during his studies to become a doctor.

This man has a flawless memory. You mentioned something to him three years ago about something you liked but it was out of stock? Guess what, he bought it at it's lowest price point and is now giving it to you on your birthday. Surprise!

His handwriting is the WORST for non-professional things. You got a prescription from him? Yeah, you can read that just fine! Patient charts? The most flawless writing you have ever seen. He left you a note on your computer? You think that says coffee, but it could also say chicken, so now you're confused.

Claims to be against workplace gossip and against participating until he gets home, because then he's telling you all about how Ayumi from the front desk is fucking the neurologist and his wife just hired a PI, but apparently she's been messing around with the janitor at her job.

He has favourite patients. Jack is simultaneously his favourite and least favourite patient, the man will just sit and let him do whatever he wants as long as it's in the name of improvement, but he's TERRIBLE at recovery. Kureha says "bedrest for three weeks with mild exercise", and Jack hears "Don't push yourself until the point of passing out for three days".

Speaking of patients, he absolutely takes meticulous notes. Is the patient being difficult and rude? Oh it's going on their chart in meticulous detail. They called him a name and refused to take their meds? It's on the chart in the most professional but still passive-aggressive way.

Jack HCs:

Uncannily good at math. If you ask him, offhandedly and as casually as possible for an answer to a math question, he'll almost instantly get you an answer, and most of the time it's either spot on or really close. Baki has tried to get Jack to answer the questions for his math homework before, and it took a while before Jack realised what was up.

He learned about Baki a while before he actually met him, but he still hasn't processed that he's an older brother, so occasionally Baki will call him brother super casually and Jack will just [dialup noises] for a solid minute until he remembers "oh right yeah, that's actually my little brother."

Forever tired and hungry, but determined enough to get away with a chronic lack of sleep for months on end until he finally crashes. Healthy? No. He knows it too, but he's got things to do, and sleep can wait until he's kicked his father's ass. If he keeps being such a strong favourite too, a nice comfortable mattress is in store for him.

He knows he can beat bears in a fight (as with most wild animals that he grew up knowing) but the problem is that he doesn't like bears, he grew up knowing that you don't mess with bears, because they'll ruin your day. He'll deal with them no problem, but he won't like it.

He doesn't wake up very fast at all, most of the time he just gains conscience like two hours after waking up and he's doing something. He's "woken" up before after having an hour long conversation with Tokugawa about his hometown after Father Samuel called him.

He sometimes (when he's very tired or just waking up) will forget just how big he is. He has slammed his head against doorframes many times. He will continue to do so most likely.

Jack and Kureha HCs:

Jack and Kureha as friends are two weird mfs. For starters, Jack is quiet and stoic, so most people that see him assume that he's either some sort of bodyguard for Kureha, or that he's annoyed by him. In reality, Jack's just a quiet person, and Kureha takes every chance to talk his ears off because he won't interrupt unless it's important.

Sometimes it's painfully aware just how much more experienced and educated Kureha is in everyday matters. Jack didn't even go to high school, and Kureha managed to become a practicing doctor. Jack isn't stupid by any means, but sometimes Kureha absolutely loses him because he's talking about something Jack hasn't ever learned about before.

While Kureha can go off about medical jargon to Jack and lose him after just about five minutes, Jack can just start talking about the, quite frankly weird shit that happens out in the Canadian wilderness near his home, and Kureha just doesn't have any idea how to process the fact that at least some of what Jack tells him is true and has happened within Jack's direct line of sight.

Jack and Kureha dating, however, is very different. They're such bitches to each-other because they're so in love that they're at the "I fucking hate you" stage of their relationship, but only when they're out in public. It's a lot of Jack cleaning up the absolute mess that is Kureha's apartment, and Kureha making a mess out of the apartment the second Jack steps out.

Kureha absolutely tries to pull a whole dominant/submissive thing, with Jack being submissive, but mans was legitimately too chill to really care and it ruined the whole thing for Kureha, who legitimately pouted for a whole week. Jack had no idea what he did wrong either, he thought that Kureha wanted to be dominant, so he submitted. He's not really one to fight for dominance, if he wants it he'll just take it.

Neither of them being able to cook for shit, other than Jack being uncannily good at breakfast foods, so they either eat pancakes at 6pm or they go out to eat. It means less dishes (usually) so Jack doesn't complain, since Kureha could never do those.

A lot of Kureha saying that Kosho is being annoying and Jack being like "That's nice, Baki's chill, an angel really. Anyways, do your parents want me to come over?" Just so he can flex on Kureha that his little brother is the better one.

[not-with-you-but-of-you]

Do you think by the end and ayitl Loralai realised what a good guy Jess was?

Hi, Anon! So sorry for the late reply, sometimes Tumblr doesn’t notify me when I get asks. I only saw yours because of the newer one you sent today 😅 (well, at least I suppose that was you). So, yeah, I apologize for that…

Anyways, if by “was” you mean back when he was a teenager, no, I don’t think she’s changed her mind about that lmao. She probably still believes she was right for not wanting Rory to date Jess at that time. She clearly understands better than anyone else why he acted the way he did — so she knows it wasn’t coming from nowhere —, but she can understand that and still not want him to date her daughter, you know? I do get that, but one of the things I really didn’t like about the way she approached the whole “Jess situation” was how she apparently always craved direct confrontation with him every time a “conflict” would arise and how she herself seemed to turn back into a teenager when talking to him in these cases (“Oh, don’t ‘whatever’ me, you little jerk!”, “She is ooover you!”, among other completely unnecessary and inappropriate interactions between a full-on adult and a kid).

So my point is: Lorelai always knew why teenage Jess was the way he was (and that it wasn’t entirely on him), but still didn’t like him and didn’t want him near her daughter, because 1) on the surface level, they had awful first impressions of each other, and the show’s events didn’t allow them to fully and explicitly correct that (they perhaps made it even worse), and 2) on a deeper level, as we all know, Lorelai saw too much of her younger self in him and she didn’t deal very well with that (hence the terrible interactions I mentioned above). The show didn’t change anything about this, so that’s why I think her opinion of teenage Jess remains the same, even when in comparison to Rory’s other boyfriends (though I’d like to believe she now sees that they were no good either in the end, that would probably still not work in Jess’s favor to her, only against the other two 😂).

On the other hand, if you’re referring to the guy Jess turned out to be after he matured and worked on himself, I think it’s pretty safe to say that Lorelai knows he is great. There’s no evidence to the contrary (that he’s great) and they’re perfectly civil to each other — as they should be, since they’re both adults now. Also, let’s be honest, Luke’s probably gushing about Jess and his accomplishments at every opportunity 😂. He already did that back when Lorelai’s motives to dislike Jess were still fresh in her mind (telling her about him winning employee of the month), and now he has even more reason to do so (Rory’s comment “Luke tells me that the book press is going great” is a good indication of that). So I think Lorelai is fairly up-to-date with the reality of the new and improved Jess. As to her unfortunate remarks regarding him in the revival (like suggesting Luke should toss a ball at him), I believe that’s just her past animosity toward him making itself remembered like a phantom limb — it’s not truly there anymore, but she can’t help but still feel it from time to time anyway. Because, yeah, strong opinions can be hard to let go of 🤷‍♀️, especially for someone as proud and stubborn as Lorelai.

So that is my take, Anon, I hope it wasn’t completely incomprehensible 😅. Thanks for the ask!

[bisluthq]

you have such a weird approach to taylor and travis’ relationship. it’s so interesting to me that you base their level of knowledge about each other on how much you see them out in public - like if they’re not together, you immediately assume they don’t communicate, therefore they cannot know each other. meanwhile, you were writing borderline fanfiction about joe and taylor, despite them never being seen together. i’m well aware that they spent more time with each other as far as we knew but there was zero indication that joe one year in knew more about taylor than travis does now…

to insinuate that he’s with her for that 8 figure deal but then 2 asks later say that you’re rooting for them is just comical lmao

yes we all know you liked her better with joe but times change, PEOPLE change. idk it’s just super obvious to me that taylor is happy and content in this relationship - to question that and imply that she’s still hung up on her fuckass exes is just very strange. it’s her life, if she truly isn’t happy then we’ll find it eventually but there’s no need to speculate about her being miserable.

can you imagine finally getting to a place where you can enjoy your life, feel like you have your shit figured out only to have your fans be obsessed with the idea that you’re faking your happiness? i’d go absolutely insane - you guys are not better than the gaylor who are convinced that her entire life is just performance art…you’re essentially doing the exact same thing - she says something, you say she’s lying, she seems happy, she must be faking it, she has a man love her, he must be in it for the money like……..just stop

bruv I never ONCE said she’s hung up on an ex and have actively said I don’t think she is. I’ve actively said so when people have implied surprise songs are about an ex because that’s an insane thing to think. I don’t think she’s hung up on any ex and I would judge the absolute fuck out of her if she got back together with either of those guys. That’d be a terrible fucking idea.

but like the cupcakeing here is unreal. “Finally”? My sibling in christ, this woman has been single for like 6-9 weeks over the period of the last ten years. She left Calvin for Hiddles (while also lusting after Joe), she left Hiddles for Joe, she left Joe for Matty (who she’d been fucking when she’d met Calvin lol) and Matty left her. After which she was single for like 7 weeks and then she started dating Travis. She dated Travis for about a month before they went super public together and NEITHER of them have had a chance to fucking breathe because this has been an extremely busy time for them.

this has fuck all to do with Joe lol and it’s reminding me of whenever I’d say her and Joe don’t seem perfectly happy in every way, I’d have people say it’s because I’m a miserable Gaylor. Now apparently because I don’t think her and Travis have EVEN HAD A CHANCE TO DECIDE EITHER WAY, it’s because I’m a widow.

have you thought, just maybe, that I… am just quite realistic and know cognitively that she’s a real person and real people don’t get happily ever afters lmao, they just get more fucking life?? Come on.

I also think it’s fuck naive not to see that they’re both mining this relationship for money and positive publicity. Doesn’t make it fake or bad or mean that they’re miserable but totally utterly delusional to somehow claim they aren’t. Doesn’t mean they’re not happy! In fact it’s probably one of the things that makes them happy like it makes sense and it’s constructive to both of them.

I’m just not into cupcake takes, which this is, and if you want a source that deepthroats whichever guy she’s with rn that’s totally fair - that’s your preference - but then go follow those girls? Block and unfollow?

Come on. I don’t like acting like real people can ever be perfectly perfect in every way, because it’s silly - escapist and perhaps enjoyable for you and that’s SUPER FAIR, but ultimately quite silly.

also no I don’t think she’s lying and I don’t think she was lying the last fifty times she said she’s never been happier only to say that was in fact a miserable time. I think that makes her perfectly imperfect and human 🤷🏻‍♀️😘

[ferniliciousness]

Ok part two of Mass Effect chaos run... And things are interesting... To say the least lmao

To start out with, the council meeting actually went... Well. Esmea yelled at Saren and got a little sassy but was otherwise amicable. Stay neutral through most of it. She did not however want to recruit Garrus in any way.. she has a thing against Turians apparently 🤦(how I have no idea something is def wrong with her)

She was very nice to Udina and Anderson. Like extremely nice to them. (Ass kiss)

She met Harkin and I was honestly amazed she didn't punch him for his comment, but her niceness lasted for five seconds. As soon as he called her princess it was over lmao. She was nice to Wrex when we saw him.

After this she went to the med clinic. Biotic slammed everyone there lmao, then was an absolute bitch to dr.michel. idk why since she obviously doesn't like Garrus but what ya gonna do. When Garrus said he wanted to join the dice got vetoed and he was added to the crew. After that she was pretty nice to him, airing on neutral.

She went to pick up Wrex next and was pretty nice to him, but I don't think she knows about Krogan sarcasm lol. She decided not to take him to get Fist, didn't want to deal with him trying to kill him and what not. Managed to get everyone in the bar and scared the shit out of the warehouse workers. Impressed Garrus😏. She spared Fist simply because she didn't want to deal with him.

After this she ran off to save Tali, and when we found her they quickly became besties. I swear Tali was the person she has been the nicest too the entire time. Then they all went all the way back to the council and Esmea was mortified with the conversations Ashely and Tali were having behind her. Like... Ashley.. really... Garrus was nicer to her. Council finally saw sense and Esmea went full bitch mode over them not believing her and not taking Saren seriously. Took Spectreship like a boss lol.

After all of this she went wide mission crazy, or at least tried. Most of the time she didn't want to deal with people's problems. 🤦 (Goodbye xp)

She was convinced to help Jenna at the bar however and Chellick and her... Well let's just say they didn't get along... She did finally agree to help him but then... I honestly don't know what happened. She took the shipment and then just refused to pay him... Her excuse was that... She didn't like him.. and then proceeded to have a full blown fire fight in the market... So... That was fun..

That's the most of what happened today lmao. Other then her just being an absolutely terrible person to Ashley my god. She has not said one nice thing to her this whole time I swear.

[lowpawly]

I decided to watch Chainsaw Man and I'm in episode 9. I didnt expect to binge trough all the episodes ?? The opening and the endings animation are so good !! Also I get now why Himeno feels more morally gray than Makima even though Makima is the literal villain that can explode people. I didn't expect Denji to be 16 ?? And then Himeno vomits on his mouth and takes him to her home drunk and yeah. I felt super bad for him even though Makima did seduce him and is using him for her benefit, but she's like a lot more evil than Himeno so maybe thats it. Oh and the whole sequence of Makima using her powers was so good I was genuinely unnerved, I like that she doesnt have to be super scary in appareance except for her eyes and calm demeanor, actually i think her rather innocence look and soft voice adds to that disturbing feeling!

AHHHH THATS AWESOME i’m so glad people are watching chainsaw man based on my recommendations LOL i’m glad you’re enjoying it! god yeah himeno as a character is fascinating to me because in contrast to a character like makima who embodies this kind of deeper greater power she just feels so…real, you know what i mean? like, this woman is fucked up mentally from her job where she deals with constant death and grief and she copes through repression and substance abuse and sex and ends up not just hurting herself but the people around her. i worry this comes off bad because i completely understand people hating this aspect of her character and wishing it didn’t exist but she like…absolutely seems like the type of person to try and fuck a teen while dead drunk and not give that much of a shit in the morning lmao. it sucks cause denji being a kid just isn’t capable of understanding exactly what happened to him and can only really comprehend the more overly unpleasant parts of his time with himeno, which is like…yeah, that’s real. i would say that denji’s age is actually a really important aspect of chainsaw man because it is just another part of him that puts him further into this vulnerable position that makes him easy to manipulate and take advantage of, makima’s relationship to him being the biggest example of that but it’s something that pops up with other characters too. he’s an orphaned impoverished hungry teenager who was adopted into this world that he cant comprehend is taking complete advantage of him.

GOD makima’s scene where she kills the yakuza agents is fucking amazing and terrifying. it is the first time you really understand the extent and terror of her abilities and the lengths she is willing to go to, and that’s something that builds exponentially as the series goes on. i’m really excited for people who are just watching the anime to see how chainsaw man’s story unfolds and i’m also thrilled to see the rest of the action in the series animated. makima’s supposed innocence and gentle demeanor is something that i think is a really compelling part of her character and is essential to making her as effective as she is. there is this sense of danger and dread with her but it’s hard not to get pulled in and captivated, like a prey animal being hypnotized my a predator. honestly i think it’s cool that her eyes have that hypnotic look to them because it symbolizes the effect she has on people.

sometimes i think i can kinda give perhaps a bit of a warped perception of chainsaw man LOL because it is genuinely a really awesome series with some very morally gray characters and terrifying villains, i’m just also a lesbian who is not immune to hot girls ghfhfjghf even knowing how terrible everything that’s happening is it’s so hard not to be like GOD i wish that were me

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c(u)n(t) 7

"I am doing this because you’ll be fucked up to high heaven" was almost "I am doing this because you'll be fucked to high heaven." Changed due to the worry that people would find it too vulgar. Why? I frankly have no idea, yet, here we are today.

Looking back, I think I most often use the over-the-top affectionate terms for PB constantly because that is his main purpose; a comfort. A lot of Reaper's description of the things in her home used to be riddled with a muddy, jaded feeling, but as she moved to the UK, she has begun to describe her life in more beautiful terms. This also applies to Peanut Butter. He himself is quite literally the color of the sun, his eyes are a bright playful yellow, and he's described to have a "permanent smile." I intentionally chose him to be orange because orange cats are usually the stupidest, sweetest little idiots (though if your cat is of any other color, there is not a muscle in my body that does not a) want to see them and b) know they are terribly sweet).

YOU LOOK LIKE USAGI!” While I'm not sure a ton of people caught it (it's come to my attention that apparently a lot of people haven't seen or heard of the show), Stella likes Sailor Moon.

Claire is important to Reaper because she gets to see someone who looks like her, or rather, dresses like she used to, only this time, this person is happy. I think this derives from my own internal joy when I see emo/goth/alt kids just being happy, because in the time that I was like that, I faced a lot of negativity for just dressing how I wanted to. I put a lot of effort into describing Claire as happy, excitable, and filled with life, but also still a normal anxious teenager because I want people to see alt characters in good lights. While more of those characters are seen in modern pieces of media (ex: Hobie Brown), I still think we need to see more women in those areas.

I changed it, but some may remember that I added double exclamation marks for Stella's remarks-- not a terribly large note, but I used to do it to emphasize how loud she was.

Claire would love Hobie, Stella would love Gwen.

"Feels like shit gets really loud all of a sudden.” Again, something else Reaper and Claire have in common: Sensory overloads.

I changed it all, but in Ghost's pov, I used to respond to Reaper in the third person. I ultimately changed this because it no longer fit with the current iterations of Ghost's POV.

I almost didn't make a comment on the true crime thing because I know people get death threat-y. Even though I don't like the community's fawning over people's deaths and serial killers, I know that there are people who approach the topics politely, with that being said, I don't love it.

“It’s hell.” I believe this is the first time I've ever made Simon actually vulnerable. Instead of shutting Reaper's words down, he fills them in for her; he properly expresses how much agony he's in.

“Was I—was it clear?” Again, another moment of vulnerability from Ghost. He's terrified to do this, he's nervous, he's uncomfortable, it's clear, but it's Reaper and he trusts her.

... Most of the stuff I know about guns is from PUBG...

"One hand rising up, he rubbed the back of his balaclava. Perhaps he could use a trim, too." I was actually going to have a scene where Reaper cuts Ghost's hair but I... forgot LMAO. But I guess that haircut had to happen eventually, huh?

“I don’t think you could handle my stack of documents, Sergeant.” Both an innuendo and a metaphor for Simon himself. It's a bit between the lines, but I attempted to hint at the idea that Simon doubts Reaper would ever be able to, let alone want, to deal with him and his shit.

“I bet it’s just page after page of the same shit I’ve gotta do, what’s the harm in taking a load off, big man?” And it's thrown right back into his face. As in, "no, I can take care of that sort of thing, because it's not a burden to me."

there's a clear sadness when König and Reaper talk to each other, knowing they should've killed each other. It's continued in their conversations as background noise or a prominent topic, the idea that they weren't supposed to be friends. If anything, there's an underlying fear that one day, they might be the reason the other is dead.

Its mentioned briefly, but König likes to draw :)

König actively changes around people. Around Reaper, he lets his walls down. Whether this is because they don't know each other or not, he decides that she is being kind or transparent enough to be trusted with his more awkward side. This also plays into the fact that he's a Colonel (which was information that I didn't have at the time of posting the chapter).

On top of this BB was deemed to be the "squad leader." Even though I'm not changing this, I like to think that König asked BB to hold up that role for the 141 so they would treat him like a regular soldier to see how they would react. In turn, they didn't treat him like shit, and he actively gained a new friend: Reaper.

Originally, there was a push to make König's group more of a boy's club, but that changed after they split up because I felt like it was too girlboss-y of Reaper.

Mind stroll coming to a stop, you turned to look up at Ghost, but his eyes were already on you. “Do you know where we’re going?” Simon was caught staring at Reaper watching the domesticity, yearning to do the same with her. Another in between the lines sort of thing, but hey, it's there.

By this point, Reaper had begun to call Ghost "Big Man" and this is big because Reaper's never shown this kind of affection outwardly to anyone else. She has her own internal nicknames (like Bug Boy), but she doesn't call anyone them to their face. But Reaper loves that Simon is big and this is a big flirting step for her.

"Look up for me." This was WAY more sexual than I realized when I wrote it, but honestly, this is a good way to point out that Simon was super obedient to Reaper. Again, when the hell is he like this with anyone else? WHEN ELSE DOES HE WHIMPER?

Glancing between the two for a second, your lieutenant staring a lot harder than he should have. I think this might've been the most deliberate example of Ghost being jealous of König. I almost included a scene where Ghost asked König to "step back" but I thought it was too Wattpad-esq and hated it LMAO

I typically have Reaper in boxers because they're a) comfy to wear b) good to exercise in and c) pretty GNC. I know some folks aren't comfy with wearing thongs or something (which, believe me, seems fucking awful. Why are writers putting their main female characters in lacy underwear and thongs when they're in the military? That sounds awful!), so I chose a bit more of a comfy example.

Reaper likes doing things in threes. stabbing three times, triple takes, etc.

Reaper knows how to kick down doors bc of her Marine dad.

A lot of Reaper's words are cut short. Ex: "medbay will be quick." This is because she's spent pretty much all of her life in the military.

[anactualtinybin]

pdh watching update:

I feel like i should note i'm on like ep 25 at the start of writing this-

Does this count as accidental baby acquisition? Like it wasn't technically an accident but he didn't know it was happening so... close enough i guess??

• Aaron you're so real for not knowing how to deal with babies, me either buddy. They scare me. I could never babysit.

Lmao savour that moment indeed Aphmau.

• I could never be you Aphmau... never...

• Yeah she likes purple if you couldn't tell...

• "He doesn't have a shirt."

"I think it's hot!!" Aaron... is this why you stopped wearing shirts in your future... lure in the girl you like with your abs.. and also general decency i guess...

• Oh no broken glass noise... baby escape??? Oh no, just baby destruction... escape artist baby climbs out of crib... that baby is fuckin up your house.

• Can't feed a baby. Your so me Aaron i would also not want to feed a baby. How did the baby defeat you that fast... you know what nevermind.

• Oh shit! Baby escape for real!!! Local teens lose baby. They are trying their best your honour.

• NO BABY MAKING UNDER 20- i mean uh.. yeah a stork...

• How does a baby climb a TREE???

• Baby in trouble. Baby has no concept of consequences your threats mean nothing to her.

• Ah yes classic romance of get baby food out of hair.

• Nailed it 100% HELL YEAH BABY DISTRACTION! Babies ARE useful for something!

• Book it Aaron. Book it.

Ep 26:

• Oh shit prom. Oh shit Jeffory.

• Jeffory stop reading him to filth.

• Jeffory... Jeffory.... Jeffory oh dear...

• Oh hey it's the girlies. The girlies Love prom.

Teony says no to prom for studying purposes... i could've never been you in high school and i could never be you now. I probably wouldn't go and then not study at all. We love a girl with set priorities and also ambitions.

We love Lucinda party girl party!

Oh no Katelyn... oh sweetie... hold your bestie Aphmau. Oh- well you tried Luci.. use your hugs to punch away her feels..

Hit the books so your feelings don't hit you. Lucinda no rebound is not the solution... cupcakes are good. More a muffin girlie though, icing is too much for me. Teony we love you, you lil' nerd.

• Major L Zane sucks to suck dork. You ill little dork.

• Haha little Aphmau giggle.

• "Not all problems can be solved by turning people into cats Lucinda." I dunno bout that one Aph, that solution has had a pretty high success rate for solving problems... a weirdly high success rate. You think it wouldn't solve so many problems but apparently it does...

• Activities for the sports girl. Lucinda is certified NOT a sports girl. Luci not the time to be yapping about the abs of your besties ex boyfriend.

• Oooh Aphmau...

• oh fuck Zane's fully blind now... or dead...

• oh shit the volleyball punched the voice drop into him. No let her keep hitting him with shit it's a little bit funny. I mean she's kinda right, his voice did get kinda nice.

• Cupcake win frfr. Baked goods are 100% certified mood fixer. She wants her cupcake Aphmau don't take it from her!

Ep 27:

• Your so real Aph i also cannot do algebra... it doesn't get much better... i never passed my maths exams either. We love a helpful boy.

• Your both angry little gremlins. Cute angry little gremlins. But gremlins nonetheless.

• "What's sin?" Check tumblr you'll find out. Oh wait nevermind wrong sin-

"I thought it was something i could get behind." Me too girl. Me too...

• Classic. Boob on the calculstor. Oh shit they punchin each other.

• Local boy tries his best to get girlie. Aaron is not pleased lmao.

• "Please go to prom with me!" The woman was too stunned to speak. Your so right do not go to prom with a man you don't know. Oh he's dog boy now. Is that a werewolf slur?? Oh it is a werewolf slur- oopsies i guess-

• oh buddy... she's kinda dense she ain't gonna get your hint there...

• Asks who you are. Doesn't allow elaboration and ssks you to prom. Aaron is having a terrible day today.

• "hopefully no ther werewolves have plans to ask her-" *CUE IMMEDIATE MONTAGE MUSIC* Also a banger song choice! We love a take a hint moment. Ngl i forgot how good this song was. Really every single boy wants to go to prom. You are a catch.

• Damn all of that right in front of him. Oh boy the girls are fighting and by the girls i mean Aarmau. Y'know what share the popcorn Balto. Indon't like you but i like popcorn.

• Pfft- Garroth holy shit lmao. What is with all these parents and wanting to murder Garroth without even knowing he's the target??? Something spmething... if had a nickel.. something something...

• Yesss reflect on your actions.

• oh shit he's here. Aw look they're being nice. OH SHIT AARON GET ON THE ROOF! THE CRAZY WPMAN MIGHT GET YOU!

• it's just me, you and the moon. The moon: Hey you two should kiss!

• Yay apologies we love apology moment. This is good! I love communication! How did you write go 2 prom on a calculator?? Is it a special calculator or do you just bend the iniverse to your whims cause you're built different like that? Also lmao the 8D face- I'm sure he would love to dance with a potato.

• Y'all's are dorks.

[selfshipping-shapeshifter]

Ok so

Incompetent Cowboy Zombie is kinda well known around town for being stupid but oddly lucky and for some reason a lady zombie is into that??? Apparently??? She's really annoying but just basically stalks the poor guy and he has to deal with it-

Meanwhile a mutant decided he could be Skellington's ass but failed terribly and they are now rival-friends also against Skellington's will lmao-

Lmao-

What's her name? :3

[7spaceace7]

See and this is why I have so much trouble with people who “love the show”, but can’t seem to relate to any of the characters in it?

Like I hate to make generalizations of people or call an entire part of a fandom the “normies” of said fandom, but like it absolutely feels that way when you know there’s so many people who watch this show and just….don’t get it.

It’s not for the regular crowd of people, like please enjoy it yeah do whatever you want, but at some point you have to realize saying stuff like “Ew, Eddie is weird” or “omg Dustin/Robin is so annoying” is playing into EXACTLY the terrible shit these characters have to deal with on the daily. With that mindset, YOU have become the example of why these kids are bullied and outcasts.

I will never understand how you can claim to “love” a show and then just end up being the kind of person that, apparently, would bully these characters in real life. It’s a weird lack of empathy that puts me off those types of people off the bat.

Yes it’s a show. Yes it’s made up. But also this show, in particular, has more basis in real world societal experiences than most other shows. Eddie being a neurodivergent metalhead is cringe? My guy, real people like that exist and have existed, stop being a bully. Robin’s annoying because she’s loud and awkward and hyper? She’s autistic, Maya Hawke has said that’s how she is played, you have fallen to the ableist wayside.

This show is about the kids and people that society has labelled “undesirable”. They’re gonna be weird. They’re gonna be different. That’s the point. And if you’re the type of person who gets so uncomfortable by that fact that you feel the need to bully a fictional character? GTFO, go take your negativity elsewhere and seek some therapy for that insecurity issue lmao

Yk I only got into stranger things when season 4 came out, and I will NEVER ever understand how so many people were calling Eddie cringe or weird.

Did those people not realize what kind of people this show is about?

They're all nerds, they're outcasts, they don't belong with the 'normal people'.

The original four all got bullied because they were weird and nerdy and different.

Jonathan didn't have any friends.

Nancy felt like she had to change herself in s1 to fit in with the popular crowd.

El was literally experimented on.

Max is a tomboy, she's brutally honest and does whatever she enjoys instead of trying to fit in with the rest of the girls.

Joyce was seen as crazy in s1 for not believing her son was dead.

Hopper is grouchy and rude, people don't like him.

Murray is a literal conspiracy theorist. Just to remind you that when he was first introduced he was living at a secret location so people couldn't track him.

Robin is weird and hyper (Steve's words) and she has trouble with social cues (100% autistic) and she's a closeted lesbian in the 80s.

Even Steve has become a bit of an outcast around s3. He doesn't have any of his old friends, he didn't get into college, he no longer has his status, his dad cut him off.

They're all a bunch of weirdos, Eddie was just not ashamed of it. All those people who hated him are the same people who don't mind it when someone is different until that person is confident about not fitting in.

[taking-thyme]

My experiences with my Deities so far

Apollo: I’ve found that Apollo just likes to show up and sit with you places. It’s his way of checking in on you. One of my friends actually did a tarot and pendulum reading for me and Apollo apparently recognized me as one of his children which, like, holy shit dude. But seriously, Apollo is super loving. He’s always just kind of around, either because you feel his energy or you see crows and ravens basically everywhere. He also has a very protective energy, I feel like he would get super mad if any of his devotees are mistreated, which definitely fits with his myths. It’s super cliché but the only way to describe how you feel with connecting with him is sunny. My body feels a lot lighter and almost like it’s glowing, and I feel more at peace. This applies to most deities, but you really get the sense with Apollo that he wants you to feel good and he’ll do whatever he can to make that happen. Also he’s fuckin gorgeous. And he really likes apples for offerings, he always asks for them. 

Artemis: Artemis has such a cool energy. I feel like she’s that badass older sister that leans against walls and gives really damn good advice. When I connect with Artemis I just feel way cooler than before, like I can take on anything. Like I could fight any man and win. But don’t get me wrong, she definitely has a softer side. She’s adamant about me taking care of myself and doesn’t want anything bad to happen to me. I deal with a lot of terrible anxiety, and she’s always super reassuring that nothing will happen to me and if it does, she will smite something. Artemis gives me confidence. I also feel really called to help wildlife when I connect with her, which is fitting of course. She has some of the most protective energy out of all my deities - they all love and protect me of course, but Artemis is the most adamant about it. Probably because she knows that helps with my anxiety. I don’t know man, she’s just so badass and supportive and reassuring. She also likes apples. I also get the vibes that the Greek Gods can be a little more vague with their answers than the Norse or Celtic pantheons, but not in a bad way, just in a “you need to figure this out yourself” way, which I can respect and appreciate. 

Cernunnos: Has an incredibly wise and ancient energy. I've found he's very clear with what he wants during tarot readings, he will tell you exactly what you need to work on and do. Cernunnos is also very adamant about self care, probably because I don't do it enough, oops. He has this rule where, if you take something from the earth, you must give something back. Like when you pluck a flower, say thank you or water the ground where it stood. It takes a bit to get into the swing of doing that but you'll have such a better relationship with the land once you do. Whenever I connect with him I feel so much calmer and level-headed than usual. He's also very insistent that I meditate more often. 

(He wanted me to use this picture lmao I love him)

Thor: 100% the deity I feel most casual with. Every time I make an offering or connect with him, I immediately feel so much more chill and laid back. We make jokes with each other a lot. Also he's the biggest hype man of my entire life. If there's a major life event going on, he will send a storm or some thunder to let you know he's with you. At my High School graduation there was a lightning storm in the distance and on my last day of school he sent me a truly apocalyptic looking storm to show his support. Also, and I don’t know if this is just me, but Thor is also a massive flirt. He will compliment you and likes to be flattered right back. That seems to be a running trend with the Norse gods, they like being flattered. But they, and especially Thor, absolutely return the favor.