#but i think we're buddies now :)

[ratatatastic]

"Did you get in trouble for taking the cup into the ocean?" "Yes. Yes." "Did Rodrigues? He took it in there too!" "Did he?" "Yeah!" "Well, I mean, I brought it under the water—looking back..." "What happened?" "You bring silver into the ocean, saltwater—no!" "Oh, I didn't know that." "I haven't slept! How am I supposed to know? Nobody told me the rules!" "You haven't slept!" "Yeah, but you're naughty—" "But hey! If I would've known about it... oh no, I still probably would've done it. Still probably would've done it!" "Dude, who cares! That thing has been abused all through the years!" "No, no! The cup guys understood, the cup keepers understood—they, you know, told me the rules after and I swear to God I didn't know before but, yeah. Great memories! Great pictures!

Cam & Strick Podcast | 8.27.24 (x)

oceangate evolves further the more we talk about it so if youd like to see the other previous developments in concerns to it...

and also because its funny here are some of the times the cup has been held near or above water both salt, fresh and chlorine alike since oceangate in no particular order

and i just think its very clear when oceangate happened because now everyones holding the cup high above the water/near bodies of water and not letting it get dunked

but pre-oceangate the cup was just dunked in maffhews pool hours after they won it (which was before they went to las olas and welp the rest is history)

[usercelestial]

tbh i think a lot of the people saying "well both sides are wrong"/"bt stans are just as toxic" are just not exposed to other perspectives in this fandom. as a buddie fan who's been watching this show since s1, i can safely say that buddie fans have always been toxic. like as fact. to me, to say that bucktommy fans are just as harmful or just as annoying or just as bad as buddies consistently are is just. delusional. indicative of at worst a biased opinion and at best an uninformed one. buddie has been here since s2 and fans have ruthless ever since. bucktommy has been here for 3/4 of a season and for the most part, stay in their lane. i'm sure there are bucktommy fans who suck, like that's just being on the internet, but you have to be blind to ignore how insane buddie fans are and genuinely how much worse they are in comparison.

i don't want to generalize and i think constantly adding that disclaimer is annoying as hell bc obviously i'm not talking about everyone but because buddie has been here for so long and taken up so much mental space of very die-hard, passionate fans, you're going to see much more intensity on that side. after season 5, i had to step away from the fandom and the show because of how frustrating it got. it was annoying to see people swear up and down buddie will be canon by the end of s3-no wait s4-no wait s5-no wait- and ultimately it sucked my enjoyment out of a show i otherwise enjoyed because i got swept up in the Buddie Of It All and forget about why i watch the show to begin with. we've been left to stew in our theories and now we can't tell what canon and what's fanon anymore, and when the show reminds us, the disappointment and frustration kills our hopes.

i was also active in the dan and phil fandom and supernatural fandom, like ik why people think we're annoying and it's because we are. we make everything about the one thing we like, we comment on every post begging for it to become canon, we're violently disappointed when the show doesn't play into our fan theories because we've convinced ourselves buddie is going to happen by the end of the next episode or actually the end of this season or actually maybe the end of the next season. we've torn a part every female love interest, either making them boring or making them unlikeable in our fanon. all that to say is that when people call us annoying, they're telling the truth and when bucktommy fans say buddie fans are toxic, they're coming from a sincere place. i mean we can't even enjoy our own ship because we're so quick to get our hopes up and be let down about something as stupid it becoming canon. who cares if it becomes canon, just like it to like it.

and it makes sense why there's perceived "toxicity" on the bucktommy side. our energy is being matched; the obsession, the passion, the surge in fandom. if you don't like it or even just find it annoying, i suggest you guys look back on your own posts and comments and behaviors towards other people in the fandom and other characters and unbiasedly compare it to the Toxic Bucktommy Shippers you're claiming you hate. if bucktommy fans are obsessive, it's because we've set the stage for that. if bucktommy fans are getting aggro and defensive, it's because buddie fans have been on the opposition and don't know how to turn it off. we've gone from underdog to bully somewhere in the last 6 seasons.

[arabella-s-arts]

I watched the newest 9-1-1 episode this morning. And I am really sad about it.

I honestly didn't see this coming. Tommy was just so different from a lot of Buck's previous love interests. And not just because he is a guy. But for lots of reasons. For one, he was a preexisting character that wasn't just introduced as Buck's love interest. When he was in a relationship with Buck, it was so healthy. He was always there when Buck needed him, and was so thoughtful. Tommy has seen Buck at his worst and didn't run away. He's so understanding, and he is also a firefighter, which means that he gets the job, which is helpful since that was a point of contention for Buck and a couple of his exes. And Buck was clearly so at ease with Tommy. Also, Tommy was already close, or became close with other members of the 118. He and Chim are already friends, and he became quick friends with Eddie, and got along with Christopher. He was just so intertwined with the main cast, it felt unnatural for that to be taken away.

It also just felt like they were setting a lot of things up to happen. I thought we were going to learn more about Tommy's dad. It also seemed like they were setting up for Tommy to become part of the main group: he expressed his jelousy about the 118 becoming a family and him not being in it, there was also that scene with the group chat and it felt like Tommy was later going to be added to it. So it sucks that that's never going to happen now. He wanted a family, and now we might never see him again. Also, what was the point of Tommy being the only one who calls Buck "Evan," it felt important, but now he's gone, so it doesn't feel like it mattered at all anymore. And Tommy mentioned how nice Buck's place is, so it felt like he was going to move in later (though, can't blame him for saying no, dude's got a car lift, and a muay thai practice area).

The whole episode, Tommy felt kind of off, compared to how he acted the episode before. Just slightly out of character at times. Like, I feel like the way he talked about Abby didn't seem entirely in character. And him getting Buck basketball tickets, even though Buck doesn't like basketball. Tommy was presented as a good listener, and Buck talks a lot, it would have come up at some point that Buck doesn't actually like basketball. And that breakup felt incredibly annoying to me. Because the reasoning was basically since Tommy is Buck's first boyfriend, he's unlikely to be his last. But it's not like Buck has never been in serious relationships before, and I understand being with a guy for the first time might be treated slightly different because it's new and exciting, but I don't think that makes the relationship any less valid. And comparing it with literally the episode before, it seemed to come so out of left field. I'd understand it if this was a plotline where Tommy was scared of getting his heart broken, but later realized that he cares too much about Buck to end things prematurely, and he shouldn't let his fear get in the way. But Lou was saying his goodbyes, so I doubt it's that.

Also, the whole breakup felt like it had this undercurrent of biphobia. But I need to rewatch the scene before I can break that down.

For what this scene means to Buck's bisexuality... not much actually. Besides the biphobic vibe I mentioned earlier, it doesn't change the fact that Buck is bi. I know a lot of people are upset about Oliver's comment. And I completely get why, since there's nothing wrong with sleeping around, but Buck's a character who's arc involved him no longer sleeping around, and now that he's bi, he might be doing that again. I totally understand why that is hurtful. For me, I don't really have a problem with his comment, just because I feel like Buck's not going to be looking for another serious relationship right now, since he just got out of one (and he wasn't the one who ended things). So I get him sleeping around. I don't think he needs to sleep around to "find himself" or whatever. I feel like I should mention that I'm not bisexual, I'm aroace, so my opinion on this isn't as important as actual bi people's. Also, I don't know what Oliver's exact comment was, I just heard second hand, so I might come back and edit this section after actually reading the exact phrasing.

Anyway, the whole thing just makes me really sad for Buck. But mainly sad for Tommy, who had grown to be such as interesting character, with a interesting backstory that we will never fully get to know. Sad for Tommy because he wanted a family, and it seemed like he was going to get one, just for it all to be taken away from him.

[rearranging-deck-chairs]

the doctor isnt neurodivergent or autistic or adhd or nonbinary or genderqueer or asexual. what the doctor is, is Not From Here

[beanghostprincess]

Shuggy hc: so you know that scene in WCI where Sanji compliments Pudding's 3rd eye and she gets all flustered because it's the first time that anybody hasn't made fun of it? Well the same thing happened with Buggy and Shanks as kids with Shanks complimenting Buggy's nose. Except Buggy lowkey imploded in the inside afterwards.

What if I start sobbing so loud my neighbors hear me????

Okay, first of all, I absolutely love that Sanpu scene and Oda broke my heart into a million pieces when it happened. So you mentioning it with Shuggy makes me go insane.

Obviously Buggy is insecure about his nose. This is a canon fact and of course people make fun of it. So he doesn't expect Shanks to stare at him like he hung the moon and the stars. Shanks says it so casually too. "I like your nose" "You're so pretty" "I like you" and it makes Buggy lose it and not know what to do with all the feelings his best friend is making him have. To Shanks, loving Buggy is just that simple. He just has to say it out loud. But Buggy isn't good at this and he doesn't know what he feels for Shanks yet and he wants to keep this cool facade. So Buggy just yells at him something that neither of them can understand and storms out quickly to hide in their room. Shanks is left there confused and wondering what the hell he did wrong this time, when Rayleigh stands right next to him asking: What the hell did you do to him now?

Shanks: I- I don't know???? I was telling him about uh- Y'know.

Rayleigh: No, I don't know.

Shanks: I told him I liked his nose and he-

Rayleigh: Now that's a good one, kiddo. He's not talking to you for a while.

Shanks: But WHY??? I did nothing wrong!!

Rayleigh: Welcome to love life, where you fuck it up even when you don't do anything wrong.

Shanks: It sucks

Rayleigh: You say that now Meanwhile, Buggy is having the biggest gay panic in their room, hiding in a corner and looking at himself in a mirror wondering why the fuck he feels this way for a stupid, dumbass guy like Shanks.

[lyknest]

HIIII (just wanted to say hi I'm shy bye🙈)

HIIIIIII OMG I'VE READ YOUR FICSS

[sw33t-l1ttle-b]

To clarify:

The internet is not your personal space. You cannot control what someone else says or posts.

Your own blog is your personal space. You can control who speaks to you, who you engage with, the content you see. You are well within your rights to block anyone you dislike or who makes you uncomfortable, and anyone messaging you from their backup account demanding explanation or calling you rude for blocking them has just proved themselves worthy of you having done so.

[ithilien-writes]

okay but what do we think of the idea that pt 3 of our previously very wholesome choosing joy 'verse opens with buddie mid-fuck?? serious question

[keeps-ache]

there is nothing that will grow your ego faster than a little dog following you around instead listening of anyone else. my puppy now

[pennedinblood]

as of ten minutes ago we are officially Jobless™️. my sign to retire early and devote the remainder of my existence to writing toxic old man yaoi

[zenathezee]

If you're curious what else was going on in Asheville when we all lost access to the outside world, please see this stick holding up a powerline at the entrance of a neighborhood. You must drive under the Death Prevention Stick to escape your home

[chaosandwolves]

Gods just please

when they do Buddie

Please please please

Let them bring up the shooting

Let them REALLY talk about it

Let all those repressed memories bubble up to the surface in Eddie

He does remember, deep down he does

Please my gods

If that was really what we've always been thinking it was

Please make it a part of it all

[vaguely-concerned]

I've been trying to figure out a dynamic between neve and rye that I find more compelling, because right now there's not much of anything there for me to sink my little teeth into. but I think I've landed on something delicious with the idea that especially after minrathous gets fucked, rye looks at neve and sees myrna -- someone he feels he keeps letting down horribly no matter how hard he tries not to and can't quite achieve the approval of/connection with that he wishes so it's better to just pull away completely and disengage rather than stay in that unshifting shame. neve is (very understandably) measured and distant with him after what happened, and he's flashing back to his student days of myrna gazing at the perpetually hungover heartbroken heap of a person of him on the other side of her desk every time he missed the deadline of a paper or project like '...can we at least both agree that this is. a bit disappointing. especially considering your potential.' (and him all smudged black eyeshadow and numb ruefulness being like 'sure that's a very kind way to put it myrna thank you'.)

aside from the 'if I let him get too deeply into this he'll go the way of brom and it'll be all my fault (again)' element, neve thinks rye is dismissing her and her city/being a bit callous in the same way he was after varric's death (listen. how fucking wild must rook's reaction to losing a beloved mentor seem to the rest of the crew who aren't seeing the blood magic paper doll ghost varric the whole time, especially those who got to see them interact. you WOULD think 'there's something wrong with this guy. putting the job first is one thing just not seeming to react at all is another this is fucking freaky', wouldn't you, especially after seeing the warmth in that dynamic in action beforehand.) perfect storm of two people who grit their teeth and turn inwards in pain deciding that not talking about it is their best bet (NEWSFLASH: IT ISN'T) lmao

(rye spent his last year of watcher training on a mostly joyless bender and then got it together enough to finish the eternal orb project last moment in a fevered near-sleepless week instead of the half a year that was intended. emmrich is both astounded and distressed to hear this. "a week? but -- but that is an astounding accomplishment rook!! and also why in the maker's good light would you ever do that to yourself?" ("well you see there was no one to stop me from doing it like that but me. and under those conditions these things tend to happen".) rye was working through/looking up stuff around transitioning and doing every kind of OTHER high level watcher research through that whole time, but ultimately he's an excellent watcher and a terrible student, at least under traditional methods. adhd from here to the fucking moon. touched by something akin to divine inspiration in moments of high tension that pulls all the threads into one coherent unbreakable cord, a bit of a frayed mess in most other settings. in our world he'd be dropping out of a masters program at the very last hurdle in this moment maker bless and protect him)

[bumblingbabooshka]

Mpreg Attack

[trekkele]

About your post about Red Hood being more welcome than Bats, can you please elaborate? <3

I have conflicting feelings about Jason, too, but people talking about him negatively like this is kind of rare. I mean, with giving examples lol. There are a lot of people who don't like him, I know, but nobody goes on a ramble. I want some amazing rambles, you have no idea. But I guess I do get it, some Jason fan might come into your inbox and try to fight about him. Kind of like a divorced parent about their kid :/

"divorced parent defending their kid" is such a funny way to frame the kind of fans that climb into your inbox and get mad about it thank you I love it. Also to be clear, y'all (general) are getting one chance. I get something nasty in my inbox and it's getting deleted and anon is going off. Don't fuck this up for everyone.

Unfortunately my feelings about Jason boil down to: I don't believe in the death penalty as a way to fix society, and I certainly don't believe in it just because some snotty nineteen year old is like, really passionate about it.

Also his fans can be really fucking annoying. (<- not exclusive to Jason however)

As a character he's interesting, because most of the time he's a straight up villain! He didn't come back wrong, he came back and decided to become wrong, because the world didn't greive him the way he thought was right. He's selfish and stubborn and self righteous, he's only half serious about fixing Gotham at all and mostly interested in consolidating power in a way that looks like he's helping, if you tilt your head and squint real hard, he kills people because he thinks crime can make you irredeemable while insisting if Batman truly cared he would do the same, all while ignoring the fact that he would be one of the first to die, by his own criteria.

He has good intentions, sometimes, maybe, if you blink and it's Tuesday and the writer wants to do something "different" but mostly he cares more about some convoluted revenge plot that is doomed to failure then he does about following through, and he is his own worst enemy because of it.

He decided he could buy the moral high ground with blood and now he's up to his knees and drowning in it.

But specifically "Batman would be more welcome then Red Hood"? I'm referring to the fact that Batman beats you up and puts you in prison, and then WE or a related subsidiary is willing to hire you when you get out. There are multiple canon examples of Batman/Bruce offering ex-goons/henchmen positions at WE, including health care and chances to move up. Red Hood offers you a bullet to the back of your skull, or a chance to be a henchman for him. The options he offers you are die a criminal or, sometimes, join his gang.

I think the choices between the two are obvious.

[ettadunham]

do i side with the evil bisexual dwarf lady or my transgender golem bestie's old friend, these are the decisions this game forces me to make