#but many are and it’s healthy to point that out

[anidiotonloose]

You can NOT convince me that the only thing in Till’s mind during R6 was Mizi and her missing status

Ive seen so many posts and reels saying how he was “so depressed during the 6th round because of Mizi and was ready to die without her in his life”.

WRONG

You’re telling me he’s ready to give up his life solely for the reason that his idol and his friend is most probably dead while the closest person in his life is put in a death game against himself in which only one can live?

Till was concerned about Mizi, very much too if I say so myself, but Ivan was also one of those concerns.

When Mizi lost the round against Luka, you could see the way Till looks at her - he was heartbroken. And then she went missing and who knows what happened to her. He was horrified, of course he was, she was his light, his sun, his idol, his hope, his everything. That doesn’t mean she was his only source of misery.

At the end of the all-in animation, we see Till punching the screen where his image is shown to compete against Ivan. He hated the fact that he would have to compete against Ivan, his best friend, the closest person to him in all of Anakt garden. Even though their relationship has been tumultuous, Ivan was still his closest link. Heck, when they were not fighting or bickering Till genuinely seemed to enjoy Ivan’s presence.

At the end of round 3 as Ivan is close to finishing his singing (and i must confess i saw this in a reel on instagram) we can see Till is conscious - with a serene expression too - and his collar has a very clear green light - indicating his mood is, well, good.

That light had NO reason to glow green considering Till was bleeding a lot.

But it was.

The only reason i can come up with is that Till was comforted by/liked Ivan’s voice, so much so that the pain of the wounds on his head was overshadowed by Ivan. Till did care.

and then he finds out he’s supposed to go against Ivan in round 6. What a joke. His idol was gone and they wanted to take away his (his what? Friend? Best friend? Enemy? Universe? Wait what-) too?

He weighed his options and decided his life was just not worth it without Mizi and Ivan in them. Both Mizi. And. Ivan. If Mizi was his sun then Ivan was his moon.

that was the plan anyway before Ivan said nope and sacrificed himself. Now that rekindled a fire in Till, a fire that had gone missing with Mizi and was supposed to die with him before Ivan thwarted his plans, a fire to give his best and to live, for Ivan. Not Mizi, Ivan, because Ivan gave his life for Till and oh Till could now see everything Ivan was in his life (his god, his universe—), Ivan who could have won against Luka at any given time, Ivan who showed him freedom and at last, Ivan who was his everything.

ahem. Point is y’all stop saying Till never cared about Ivan he loved him just as dearly as Mizi its just neither of them knew how to express their emotions in a healthy way and didn’t realise their true feelings since they never experienced normal and healthy human interaction

[twopoppies]

Gina, I want to tell you I have been reading your blog for a couple years now. I’ve never sent an ask to anyone. I first came into the fandom when I watched Harrychella and I thought hmm this man isn’t just flagging he is screaming at the top of his lungs. Then I watched the Cosmic Leeds videos and I fell down a rabbit hole. I am not someone who believes “conspiracy theories”. I am however old enough to know closeting has been proven to exist in the entertainment industry. I’m also from a rural area of the U.S. where homophobia is the norm, so unfortunately I had no trouble believing closeting still exists. I went into full information gathering mode about Larry Stylinson, but it was more than that too. I fell in love with 1D and all the boys’ solo work, especially Louis. I loved his voice, his songwriting, and his ‘real’ personality (when he allowed it to shine through all the media training). I read through every tumblr I could, you and Daisie provided a wealth of information that can not be ignored. I feel certain that Larry was real and I hope they are still together. I’m not one of those people who never doubted. It would be hard not to second guess things in this fandom with all the gaslighting that goes on. I write all of this to say that I’ve never felt so sad and like there is no hope for change as I do right now. It feels like Louis’ fandom is falling apart. There is so much division, hate, and intolerance of any idea that doesn’t conform to someone’s own. Louis pr strategy honestly baffles me. A divided fandom is so tiring. It seems less like pr and more like intentional sabatoge, which I guess it could be. I just don’t see any way out for him or Harry. I think Harry’s extended break is partly because of this too. I think he was overworked and emotionally drained for many reasons, but closeting most of all is exhausting. If I’m feeling this way as a fan I can’t imagine how they must be feeling. It breaks my heart. Sometimes I hope I am crazy and Larry was never real because the story is just too sad. Don’t even get me started on bbg because it is the shittiest situation ever. I think I need to take a step back from the fandom for a bit. But this brings me to my point. I’m pretty resilient, I can not be the only person feeling this way. It makes me so worried for Louis’ career and for both Louis and Harry’s mental health. I guess I don’t really have an ask. I just wanted to say thank you for all the information you have provided over the years. And, I needed to get this off my chest. If I posted this on twitter I would be roasted and I’m not strong enough for that right now. I meant it when I said I fell in love with their music, so I will continue to support all the boys. I’m hoping there is a master plan that will eventually set them free. But, I just keep coming back to the line

‘Said I had a plan for us Time had came and changed it all We had to disappear 'Cause nothing gets through here’

I will add one more thing. I believe there are more Larries than people think, but we are tired of the gaslighting and the hate, so many of us step back or hide. This is why the industry wins most of the time. 😥

Hi, sweetheart. Thank you for sharing your thoughts. I'm sorry it feels so overwhelming right now. I do think taking a step back is probably really healthy for most of us. I've actually never seen the fandom in such shambles.

I don't know what Louis' plan is in terms of his fandom or his future plans. But I have dozens and dozens of sad, confused, and angry messages in my inbox, and that fucking sucks. I really don't see a way forward at the moment. I will say, though, that some of the upset stems from some people's tendency to lean into worst-case scenarios and amplify their own worries by jumping to conclusions. Then there are the shit-stirrers who try to make things worse by sending in fake receipts or theories. It's hard to stay grounded when there's insanity whirling around you.

As for Harry and Louis, I do tend to believe they're still together. I don't think their relationship has been as easy as many of us would like to believe – I don't think it could be, given their ages when they met and the conditions they've had to live with. I do think they're soulmates... soulmates don't always end up together, but I tend to think these two will make it. I certainly hope they do.

Our fandom never does well when the boys aren't active. I think if you want to get your sanity back, now is as good a time as any.

[gemsofthegalaxy]

I will never shut up about how Silco's every action stems from his worldview: that while Zaun as a nation is important, individual people are not worth his time or consideration or care. Except for Jinx (and maybe a tiny bit Sevika but their relationship is still more tenuous and transactional).

And this stems from his deep hurt and pain over Vander.

The next bit, in fairness, contains a good bit of headcanoning, but I think it's very grounded and extrapolated from details in canon

I know a lot of people seem to headcanon Young Silco as a flirt, as someone who gets a lot of action. Maybe that's true. But I don't think he has a lot of friends and I don't think he gets close to people easily.

I think Silco has always been on the ornery side, quiet, contemplatative, bad with people. He has learned, by the time of canon, how to manipulate them and command a room. But he doesn't, and never did, have many friends. Even among the outcasts, he was an outcast (sort of like Powder, being the brainy one in a group of people thinking with their fists).

That is why Vander and Felicia matter so much to him. They not only tolerate his ways, they truly care for him, and he cares for them, too.

When Felicia dies and Vander blames Silco alone, casts him out, tries to kill him, turns his back on everything they were fighting for, Silco doesn't have anywhere else to go from there. They were his two most trusted friends. He isn't like Vander, he's no chummy bar owner (not in this lifetime, anyway). The fact that Vander would betray him, leave him behind, renouce him and their deep connection, confirms what he's always feared: he is no good for other people. Other people will only hurt him. Nobody cares, if Vander, who knows him well, can't care for him, see past his flaws, instead sees him as a liability he should rid the world of, who else could possibly see any worth in Silco?

So. Obviously, Silco cannot and will not place his self worth in other people- which can be healthy, mind you, but it's taken to such extremes that he sees no worth in other individuals in turn. Nobody cares about him, why should he care about others? Ultimately, people will always choose their own self preservation. Vander took everything they did, together, and blamed Silco exclusively in order to spare his own guilty feelings of being part of a revolution. Trying to kill Silco was selfish, a way to ease the immense ordeal of being parcel to Felicia's death. And if Vander was selfish, that selfish, to refuse to grieve together but instead to blame Silco, then Silco would never again be anything but selfish.

Until Jinx, of course. But the point is, this toxic worldview is all he knows, and it's all he teaches her, too. It's the two of them against the world, literally, he would burn it all down just for her and her alone, and he truly believes she should think the same way, lest she be hurt by other people, too.

[sangre-luz]

In one of your last posts you mentioned Ford and Euclid, I know that their relationship far from god, but how bad is it? Has it ever gotten to the point of torture or physical fights? What is the most dangerous thing Euclid tried to do with Ford’s body, while he controlled it?

What about Dipper? Is he really that cruel and scary? What is relationship between Dipper and Ford like? I know that Ford is Dipper’s apprentice, but is their relationship is a little bit toxic, because of Dipper’s personality and strictness?

Why Euclid doesn’t afraid of being rebellious against Ford, but he wouldn’t dare to do it against Dipper? Is it because he knows that Dipper would tell to Ford something like: “You need to learn to solve your problems yourself, I didn’t choose you for nothing, don’t disappoint me.” Or is it, because he knows that Ford wouldn’t say anything, because Ford doesn’t want to be irresponsible, dependent and weak in Dipper’s eyes?

Is Ford jealous of Stan because of his friendship with Scalene and that’s she’s so submissive and it’s so easy for Stan to make her obey, without even noticing or even some effort?

Euclid possessing Ford for my Dilation Falls AU (Relativity x Reverse Falls)

Lore and rambling under cut

Yes, their relationship is pretty awful. They fight ruthlessly, and though they can’t physically put their hands on each other, Euclid does take it up a notch. I wanted to make him more like Canon!Bill a bit, aggressive and able to torture those when he doesn’t get what he’s been promised.

As I stated in my last posts about Dilation Falls, it does keep Reverse Falls premise where someone is being kept under chains. And those are Euclid and Scalene. In this case, Euclid projects his pure anger from being kept under the chains of the Pines family onto Ford, since he cannot do that with Dipper. They don’t cooperate well, and they make a bigger mess out of any simple task as a consequence. One of the most awful things he’s done while in possession of Ford, however, well…. see that nasty scar on Ford’s cheek? My idea, even in his original character sheet, was that Euclid did something infinitely terrible while in control of Ford’s body, thus resulting in the huge scar-gash on the entire side of his cheek/jawline. Hurt like hell too. I don’t want to say exactly what he did, because I want to possibly draw it out first without spoiling anything ;^) . Anyways it’ll be very difficult to explain such a noticeable feature on his face to the townspeople, his great aunt and uncle, his parents, and especially his twin brother (who he is still on pretty bad terms with— they haven’t really talked about the science project nor had a chance to). It’s also this that makes Ford feel even more like a freak, and he absolutely resents Euclid for it.

Now onto Dipper and Ford’s relationship. First, Dipper himself is not necessarily cruel. Atleast not to his family. But he does and can put pressure on Ford. Can he be scary? Yeah, definitely, this guy has travelled to who knows how many dimensions, I would not want to get on his bad side. Like in Reverse Falls, he instead chooses to uplift Ford. They bond over the fact that they are, indeed different: Dipper with his forehead birthmark and Ford with his six fingers, and both with their needy persistence in knowledge of all sorts including the fascination of the paranormal. Maybe their dynamic would be toxic, considering the fact that Dipper expects a lot from Ford, but right now it’s relatively “you and I are the chosen ones” bs and some manipulation that they don’t really need anyone but family. Because Ford is still only 17/18, an angry teenager whose trust in his twin has just been broken and has been denied his dream school, and Dip knows Ford needs someone to depend on. To maintain his trust. Someone should seriously tell him that being cooped up in a basement or doing nerdy field work all day everyday isn’t necessarily healthy and that he needs to interact with other human beings lol.

Still, I also think that while Dip and Mabel do play favorites with the twins, they would still want them to hash out their relationship since they see themselves so much in the Stan twins. But it’s very difficult to accomplish this… because I need angst and misunderstandings XD

If you think Euclid and Ford’s dynamic is bad though, take a look at Dipper and Euclid’s dynamic. It’s understood that Ford and Euclid don’t have a good dynamic at all, but Euclid still has that fighting spirit. With Dip and Euclid, that spirit has been entirely extinguished. For many, many long, dragging years. Euclid sees it as hopeless and as a lost cause, in fact, that he has entirely stopped fighting against Dipper and instead finds it easier to obey his commands, or rather he has no choice but to obey him, because a deals a deal no matter what. Really, Dip-Dop knows about Ford’s predicament, and like you said, he knows Ford will reign Euclid in or die trying. This expectation is what makes Ford so stubborn. He won’t disappoint the man he looks up to, and he definitely won’t fail him. He’ll give Dipper a reason to be proud of him.

You know those tests that a mentor gives to their apprentice in TV shows, and it’s not always glaringly obvious, but it’s something that drives the apprentice crazy in trying to reign in and control? Those tests usually are objects, other people, a mission, task, etc. And it will be the apprentices job to take care of it, no matter how much they get hurt? Maybe the task is just impossible, and the master knows that, but the apprentice is stubborn. And they refuse to let their mentor down.

Here, Euclid wants to break him. He wants to hurt Dipper’s family, Ford just happens to be a source into that. Because there’s no way of making up for those years that his wife, Scalene has been trapped- and their son being dead or trapped or dead or alive or God knows where, and they can’t find him because they’re trapped, have been trapped here with these humans for 30 years. It’s just torture. In Euclid’s eyes, he’s returning the favor.

With Ford and Stan, Ford is not necessarily jealous of Stan’s easy relationship with Scalene, nor do I think he really knows. I think he would rather be peeved if he found out about it, but he might see that because Euclid is more of a challenge, there is a reap for a larger reward: that being Dipper’s respect and confidence in him. WCT was just taken from him. He won’t let this chance slip again. There’s a reason he was chosen for this position. There’s a reason they came to Gravity Falls.

I think it’s in Journal 3 where Ford talks about the paranormal being attracted to him, and him being attracted to the paranormal in return. In my AU this indeed rings true. For now it might be a good thing the both of them are separate for a bit, to cool down from their emotions and anger, as a lot of paranormal shit as in canon still happens to them in this AU. Sooner or later though they will definitely need to properly talk things out.

That’s all I can think of for now. I wrote this at like 2 AM so some parts may be incoherent.. I need sleep.

Thanks for the ask! ^^

[triglycercule]

can the mtt commit more crimes that just murder please i know theyre the MURDER time trio but ppppleasse,,,, please,,,,,,

they'd be terrible to be next to on the highway. horror's going 160 mph amd has long past gone over the speed limit. dust's out for BLOOD and by blood i mean your tires. he's somehow sniping those round rubber wheels from the high moving vehicle with the precision of a master fruit ninja player. if your car explodes or flips over in the process that's not his fault. and then to make matters worse for everyone on the highway killer's in the backseat scratching up the doors and windows of your car with a knife everytime horror gets close to another car and oops he accidentally just disfigured your face also did i mention theyre all drunk during this

ok so theyve all got the classic face WHY DONT THEY ABUSE IT!!!! horror gets to do a little paper mache to cover up his head hole and then wearing glasses. killer i dont know what the FUCK he can do to get rid of his perpetual tears but let's just pretend that theyre conveniently gone for now. and then all dust has to do is put down his hood! anyways identity theft is cool. imagine how much they could totally fuck up classic's reputation with this. set up fake tinder profiles and then scam people for their credit card info/free dates (while ordering every expensive thing) and stealing wallets. walking into various grillby's's around the multiverse and telling terrible jokes. like ACTUALLY bad jokes. and then of course just being a huge piece of shit at the bar. god theres so many things they could do pretending to be classic. which one of us is hikaru looking ahh except the only difference between the three is the color of the stains on their clothes (either gray (dust) black (killer) or red. well faded red (horror))

ROBBERY!!!! ROBBERIES PLURAL!!!??? train robbery gas station robbery bank robbery GOVERNMENT robbery (what would you rob the government for?? documents??? idk) anyways. mtt robbing a train except its just a really shitty plan and they dont know jackshit about what theyre doing. killer's taken over the conductor's cabin and now he is booking it. how fast are trains allowed to go idk but the maximum. anyways meanwhile horror's on the tracks fucking up the rails with his strength or whatever (listen i know he's weak but picking and choosing what hcs i believe in is my art) and dust is there to teleport him away before the train crashes into him and turns him into a trolley problem victim. and then of course that shit doesnt fucking work and the train just ends up flipping over and catching on fire or something (killer survives because of course he does he's killer). and then in the end dust just has to flip the entire train over and they just stroll into the part that actually HAS the money

and then they go out and get ice cream. sometimes the murderers need to take a break from murdering and just do NORMAL crime yk???

[butterflysonnets]

yes i'm rooting for m*leven breakup because byler is neat but mostly? i'm rooting for m*leven breakup for the sake of el and mike.

to me, their romance was always a puppy love born out of a combination of social pressures, naïve curiosity, and a lack of true understanding regarding intimacy and romantic love and what it really is. it was real in that they do truly, deeply care about each other and they are close friends, maybe even shared an attraction, but a maturing romance is so much more than that. they've grown up and out of being boyfriend/girlfriend, and that's okay! i think television/film needs to show more often that most of us don't have definite "soulmates" or first childhood loves that we spend our whole lives with. it doesn't mean these relationships meant nothing and didn't impact us, it just means they've run their course and that something else is in the cards, and this is part of life!

i've always felt el was at her best and most confident self when broken up with mike, discovering who she was and what she liked alongside another girl her age instead of just relying on mike for mentorship on how to live in the real world. she deserves more of an opportunity to find herself, her autonomy, and her independence, and to love who she is, and she's made it clear she's felt insecure in the relationship with mike because she isn't being loved and understood the way she wants, needs, and deserves from someone who is her partner.

also, it's okay if mike doesn't love her in "the way he should". he is not obligated to love her romantically and stay in a relationship with her just because she's a girl, because she "needed someone", or because he cares about her a lot. he shouldn't be pressured into a romance if it's not truly coming from his heart. he deserves freedom to find out and honour who he is, too, instead of just staying in his non-functional first relationship — one he got into as a child, essentially — and defining himself that way because it's what's expected when a boy and a girl are close. he loves her in some way, yes, but it's okay if he doesn't feel comfortable or secure being her boyfriend anymore, for whatever reason that is. he's felt insecure too, and that's valid and it matters.

they are their own people and are steadily growing and changing every day. they need time to figure out who those people are, and it's become clear (at least in my opinion) that those people aren't meant to be a couple at this stage.

they deserve freedom. they deserve to grow up and be authentic to themselves and not feel like they need to lie for the sake of a relationship. they deserve to move on from this version of their relationship that isn't making them happy and rekindle the best part of their bond: their strong, beautiful friendship. they don't have to be a couple if it doesn't make them stronger and better and happier people.

i think it would be healthy and wonderful for a show, especially one consumed frequently by young adults, to show a relationship starting, progressing, and ending on good terms in this way. sometimes things don't work out, and that is okay.

[inhcritance]

Harry couldn't remember being ill. He couldn't remember that raw, furious desperation, not beyond the nagging whisper of a memory and the shadow of what it might have been.

Once, at some point, he'd said he'd known it had been a bad idea. That doing it risked every single thing he'd ever stood for. And yet he'd been willing to go forward with it, because the alternative was dying.

Something that wasn't a cure, but it had worked, and it had been enough, and just like Harry was not looking at the camera, was resolutely pretending he had not noticed that glance, like so many others -it could be useful one day, he'd told himself, why show his hand too early now- he did not ask if he was still dying. Not when he couldn't be certain if Peter would know, or even if Harry's own father would.

Not, moreover, when his suspicions of what might have happened were starting to have more of a shape. Not exactly a circle, like the one Peter was drawing, but the moment that the circle had been broken.

A part of him was tempted to reach out and press his hand against the glass, to see just how much warmth he might be able to feel across it. The rest of him knew better than to allow himself something like that. Not as he found he'd crossed his arms, almost hugging himself, and forced himself to relax a little, to sit straighter.

Did it count for anything, he wondered, as his eyes went to the hand once again. He did not heed the part of himself that sneered that he should be able to pretend to be unbothered, and have it all be convincing.

"I wouldn't know." He shrugged instead. "Not now, at least. But I hope so." He admitted. "And it's a start. I don't feel sick."

Not that he had any idea if he was feeling healthy or not, because he only had... well, the first days. And this. And all those shattered memories he couldn't still put together well.

"And I appreciate you telling me." He added, and he meant it. Even when telling him likely involved everyone else knowing too. "I know it's... not easy."

A platitude, mostly, because it was not easy on any of their sides. And Harry did not know of any way to make it better. Just trying to remember, and figure out, and learn, and keep the frustration and the boredom at bay.

And then, because if he'd ever been strong and good at keeping his emotions out of reach, that was not a skill he thought he'd kept, he spoke again.

"Just, you say I didn't see anyone, during those first days." He settled for. "Anyone at all?"

And he at least managed to keep most of the mix of exhaustion and hope in that question, because he was sure of nothing, and he wasn't sure if a yes or a no would be worse. But he'd still had to ask.

@localwebslingers

It wasn't a surprise that the photos were looked at first, and neither was the sudden glimpse of frustration as Harry took the first few images in. Peter couldn't remember the order but could imagine why they had gotten the reaction. He didn't point out that he'd noticed, instead giving his explanations of what was in the bag and letting Harry go through them at his own pace. Glad that it seemed like the items Peter picked out seemed to be the right call. He smiled a little at the assurance of Harry's current clothes not being itchy at least, he wasn't sure if they'd be bothering or irritating to him or now, and nodded, "Well, hopefully these are a better option then for lounging and reading." or studying, he guessed.

Nothing wrong with being comfortable and cozy while learning about something. Or relearning about something.

Peter was quiet a moment at the question and shook his head slightly, "...not for this long." he admitted after a moment. This was one of those things that was tricky to answer and he threw a glance over at the camera in the corner that was trained on them before shifting slightly. Thinking over how to try and explain it, without actually detailing what it was that happened, "...this is going to be one of those answers that might be a lot so, stop me if you need to, okay?" he chewed his lip and looked back at Harry, "....you were sick, really sick." Peter paused and shook his head slightly, "You were dying, but no one knew how to stop it, and so you figured out a treatment plan for yourself. It wasn't a cure, and it wasn't perfect or easy for you, or on you, to come up with. But it did help, and it gave you time. A lot more time than you would have had otherwise, but it didn't come without...I guess you could call them side effects."

Reaching out, he touched the glass lightly and slowly started drawing a circle over it, "First few days, you were a lot like this...and you told me a lot about what it was like. The parts that were hard and the parts that weren't. That's how I have an idea about it, like that maybe you want more space right now...but also not to do anything like move fast, or anything else that sounded like a stresser for you those days. Then those side effects would start to lessen, not go away but get easier to manage, or to ignore as long as nothing too bad suddenly came up." like supervillain fights or surprise multiversal travel.

The circle was drawn up towards the top towards where it started, "But eventually, all the effects of the treatment would lessen. You'd get sick again, and you'd have to go through it all over again." Peter stopped and didn't pull his hand away from the glass right away, "I don't know if what you're feeling now is the same as those first few days, or if it's worse, or less, but I can tell you that you shut yourself in those days and didn't see anyone until it passed so it was at least similar. I don't know if it'll lessen from what it is now either or just get easier as you get used to it but...I've seen you like this, and I've seen you be okay. That's gotta still count for something, doesn't it?"

|| @inhcritance ||

[undead-moth]

I know I've been on about this for a while now and I'm being a hater but you're telling me SydCarmy was "always meant to be platonic" even though there are two seasons of writing making use of tried-and-true explicitly romantic tropes, themes and writing signals, and SydLuca is going to be romantic because...he was nice to her on screen for a few minutes?

I don't even care if people ship SydLuca, or if they just prefer it, but you can't honestly tell me that you believe Carmy was always meant to be a friend but Luca is an obvious love interest.

Just because Syd and Carmy haven't kissed or confessed their love to each other doesn't mean that isn't very obviously the direction this show is going. The Bear has already shown you who is endgame. It has shown you every episode of the show so far.

Honestly I really don't think The Bear fanbase understands this show or cares about these characters or the story being told here, which is unfortunate because this show is shockingly well-written in comparison to most shows right now, and we should be so grateful for it but all we're doing is complaining that the writers led us on by not making a ship canon fast enough. It's just. Sad.

[callixton]

i don't know like. maybe i am actually just really repressed and emotionally guarded and this will change at some point in my life or maybe this is just how i am and will be but i simply cannot imagine the appeal of being in a romantic relationship. why would u want that. how is it better than having good friends and getting laid regularly

[chronologically-challenged]

25 year old Bonnie, after trying to get friendships and relationships of their own, now realizing how buck wild their family is: What do you guys mean you guys decided to spend the rest of your lives together only after knowing each other for a few months

[lumineclervie]

Once again he was right, it was safer to let her emotions out in front of a friend than someone who would take the moment of weakness as an opportunity to take her out... Well, with at least one exception or two.

She listened to his words, staring up into his eyes, then looking over at the horizon. Taking a break for herself wasn't something she could easily do, stopping for that long felt like she was failing her brother... Each second she rested was a second she lost in tracking him down and trying to help him. But if in the end she runs herself ragged and broken, what's the point?

After taking some time to think, she would let out a long sigh, then looked back up into Venti's eyes. "Okay... I will try and start taking more breaks... I know what I've been doing for so long isn't healthy. It's just hard to break those old habits. Ever since I first arrived, I've been all go go go... So to suddenly start putting the brakes on seems to be really hard" She shut her eyes briefly, then looked over the city. "However... with the future so uncertain, with so many dangerous threats... I don't wish to miss out on any of these special moments"

It felt so weird being vulnerable for once, for so long she kept all her pain and negative emotions buried. She tried for so long to keep it all locked behind her usual calm smile, never letting herself break or waver even for a moment. Because she knew people depended on her and if she showed weakness... Her enemies would surely take advantage of that.

But at this moment there were no enemies to be fought and no one to save. She didn't have to worry about anything or one at this moment, she was able to just let go for once.

Slowly her crying would die down, her body growing heavy and tired as it felt like all her energy had just been zapped from her. She wouldn't resist as he shifted her head onto his lap, she would wipe her tears from her cheeks, taking a few shaky deep breaths.

"You really do have a way with words, huh?" an actual smile would grace her lips. "I always thought it would be a harbinger that would finally make me break down... never thought it would be you to crack my shell" She for once relaxed, the soothing strokes to her hair helping her calm down.

[whitehartlane]

funny how much ppl hate city and spurs that the entire football world is dunking on city right now without giving any credit to spurs when the last time their team beat city away at the etihad was never. possibly in another timeline if i’m being gracious

[yesloulou]

you have not met a hater until you ask my cat how he feels about tiki cat luau

[peaceeandcoolestvibes]

I’ve had friends since we were kids and now that I’m dragging libras, a sag friend told me her ‘BFF’ treated her horribly and BAMMMM SURPRISE she’s a libra,,, never liked her and she told me all the drama (we spent like 6 hours talking) and if that’s your bff sis you need to love yourself a bit, treating her horribly is an understatement

[forcebookish]

no longer accepting recommendations for series with "healthy" ships. you must specify what makes them healthy in your eyes and then i will determine whether you actually mean "boring" or "i just like them and feel the need to justify myself for some reason"

[sysig]

Bad time of it, all things considered (Patreon)