#cringe incoming

[starryskiesahead]

despite the man being a fictional character from a kids show i watched when i was 9 and literally having a squidward from spongebob nose, years later i legit think ford from gravity falls is kinda hot now…?

idk why. the cartoon man has a nice voice and a nice personality. blame it on that. i like him

kinda feel the same way about viggo from rtte but i’d feel safer with ford

[termagax]

sorry tibs i couldnt bribg myself to talk about him on that post but junkrat would not fucking drive a car i know this. he is a beautiful passenger princess he has never had the opportunity to learn because the only fucker in australia with a vehicle is roadhog and he is NOT !!!! letting that gay little freak touch his bike. i think at MOST junkrat could be a guy with a shitty bike that he stuck an engine on and it was very clearly cobbled together in a garage and is only dubiously street legal but it can go fuckyournutsoff speed but i dont think he would ever have a car or know what to do with one if he did.

[tippenfunkaport]

That viral post that's going around about how people who write "book quality" mlm fic are too "normal" to publish and have real jobs so only "weird" people publish their "shitty" fanfic is so completely out of touch with reality and I am giving a massive side eye to everyone reblogging it.

Not only is it completely, easily verifiably untrue (you cannot enter any professional writing space without tripping over a dozen grizzled scifi writers who got their start by filing off the serial numbers and publishing their Star Trek fanfic even going back decades ago??? it's a whole thing?? plus how can you look at the mlm category on Amazon right now and say with a straight face that people aren't publishing shitty Spirk and Stucky fanfic??? Oh, honey...) it's also the perfect example of this kind of sneering elitism that true artists would never sully themselves by seeking profit, they do it only for the purity of the thing that always somehow leads back to, "no one should be paid to make art, actually."

The only reason you're seeing more published fanfic right now has nothing to do with the idealistic purity of your hypothetical government employee written smut of the past vs the debased scribbles of those awful straights of today and everything to do with the fact that a) self-publishing has created a voracious readership that wants a ton of content so it's become a viable, flexible income stream for many, especially disabled people b) anyone can publish now with self-publishing tools so there are less gatekeepers and c) lockdown got a lot of people into fandom and therefore writing who never tried it before.

And if you really think there's no "shitty" published mlm and no "book-quality" m/f writing out there that started as fanfic, then you are clearly not a reader so why are you even talking about this?

[youling-the-ghost]

Gosh I love small fandoms where everyone is equally insane and everyone's just making references to the source material.

Like, I can go "y'all I just saw a badger, I sure hope he doesn't become King of England" and everyone will get what I'm talking about while people who aren't in the fandom are confused as shit.

[infernal-lamb]

Genuinely love that cult of the lamb’s world is being expanded in separate mediums / narratives, given how bare bones the initial game was I love seeing like—the growth in real time. I need to chew on more Cotl characters, world building, and themes etc etc sooooooo badly do you understand.……..Jalala who are you…..my darling do you too represent the tensions between the Inside Perspective vs Outsider perspective….? your little cat-eared hood is perfect and I am going to cradle you in my arms

[willgrcham]

the french president is really refusing to acknowledge the results of the legislative elections right now and it feels so surreal. people are starting to get discouraged and think we voted for nothing when we voted against the FAR RIGHT GUYS IT'S NOT NOTHING!!! he is MAD he wanted his little friends to win!!

i beg people to not lose faith in democracy and to actually fight for it, just like we have done during those two rounds of elections. please.

we're all angry and sad right now. i'm not even sure what the best course of action is. if we strike and march, he will use article 16 and take the full powers, claiming this is a civil war like he had already said was coming after the elections. if we do nothing, then nothing will happen either. in any case, we're in a bad position.

but a worse position to be in is to think your actions during the month of june did not matter and that we are doomed.

[peepoo79]

Cringe-ass American Psycho AU under cut 👁️👁️

Anyway as I previously alluded to, this mf silly ass idea has been in my brain for a while. Fuck it. Hospital AU. Been watching too much House MD lately. Anyway:

Patrick Bateman:

General surgery. Graduated Harvard medical school. Tried to match into plastic surgery but didn’t make the cut. Didn’t make the cut for cardiothoracic surgery either. Ended up settling for general surgery.

Went into medicine because doctors make a lot of money and have a lot of status. Probably wouldn’t have gotten through medical school if it weren’t for the connections is father has—nepotism at its finest. His father is on the board of directors for the hospital he works at—his last name, unfortunately, keeps him out of a LOT of trouble.

Horrific bedside manner. He’s attempted to sleep with patients on multiple occasions (and succeeded several times), has had countless malpractice lawsuits thrown at him, and frequently leaves his patients feeling uncomfortable. Has been known to purposefully under-anesthetize patients and recommend completely unnecessary procedures just because he’s bored.

That being said, his behavior with patients varies WILDLY. He’s on good behavior if he perceives his patient as being of high status (still unintentionally makes them uncomfortable, but only because he is trying SO HARD to make them like him that it backfires. Think the Tom Cruise elevator interaction from the book. That sort of behavior). However, if they fall into the category of people Patrick regards as “lesser,” the difference is stark. He tends to take his anger out on these sorts of patients.

Still a sadistic bastard. Unfortunately, his job allows him pretty easy access to inflicting agony on unwilling subjects and getting away with it. In some ways, he’s a lot more flagrant with his unacceptable behavior than he is in the source material. Perks of being in a profession like surgery I guess.

Treats the nurses terribly, has slept with a lot of them.

Only reason he hasn’t gotten fired is, once again, nepotism. Seriously, this guy sucks

Jean:

Registered nurse, works under Patrick.

Is aware that Patrick is not favored by his patients. Unaware of the extent of his depravity.

Poor girl needs a hug :(

Despite the shit she’s regularly put through (dealing with patients, dealing with Patrick, dealing with his equally insufferable colleagues), still manages to keep a mostly positive attitude.

Originally wanted to go to medical school but didn’t like the idea of having to spend so much of her youth in school. Decided on nursing—she felt that she could make a better positive impact doing that, anyway.

Paul Owen:

Graduated from Yale. Plastic Surgeon. Has his own practice but occasionally gets called in to the hospital the others work at to handle trauma cases.

Everything Patrick wanted to be. Has everything Patrick wanted to have—rich and beautiful clientele, a flexible work schedule, social prestige.

Well liked by his colleagues and his patients. Actually treats the nurses and other staff well.

Tim Price:

Cardiothoracic surgeon. Went to medical school with Patrick.He’s the closest thing to a friend Patrick has—they were roommates throughout med school

Patrick seems to almost look up to him in a way—probably because in his mind, he’s “higher status”and more successful.

Arrogant but generally tolerated by his colleagues.

Has slept with a lot of the nurses. By extension, has made a lot of enemies out of the nurses.

Completely unaware of Bateman’s…issues. He doesn’t think he’d have the spine to do anything too absurd, despite the malpractice lawsuits Bateman regularly complains to him about (thinks the patients are just trying to get money out of him, probably)

Still not a very nice guy, he says a lot of shit about his patients behind their backs that’s DEFINITELY a violation of doctor-patient confidentiality

Evelyn Richards:

Pharmaceutical sales rep. Met Patrick shortly after he graduated med school, went for him because he’s young, handsome, and has disposable income.

Comes from an already wealthy family.

Still having an affair with Price.

Squeamish—won’t let Patrick talk about any of the work he does. So much as the mention of a scalpel and she’s nauseous. Obviously, Patrick makes it a point to describe his cases in graphic detail because if this.

Courtney Lawrence

In administration. Also unaware of Patrick’s fuckass behavior.

Still dating Luis. Still cheating on Luis with Patrick.

Honestly, not much to change for her

Luis Carruthers

Psychiatrist. Frequently feels a bit left out since the others don’t regard him as a “real doctor”

Still very infatuated with Patrick

Liked by his patients, but regarded as a bit dense by his colleagues

Well liked by the nurses—occasionally brings in baked goods for them! One of the only ones out of the group that actually shows his appreciation for the non-MD members of the hospital staff

David Van Patten

Orthopedic surgeon, arrogant and jockish.

Went to med school because he was pressured into it by his family. Went into ortho because he thought it was “easiest”

Craig McDermott

ENT specialist. “Friends” with Patrick, although most of their interactions are petty squabbles and constant attempts at one-upping the other

Takes pride in his work, but mainly because he makes a lot of money. In medicine for basically the same reasons as Patrick, but is, y’know….normal about it.

Anyway that’s all I’ve got for now. This is super duper self indulgent LMAO

[ohmerricat]

a diaristic prose-fragment-undefinable-textual-reflection on climate change, sudden awareness, naïve gratitude, dubious blessings in disguise, realisations dawning, normality coming to a close, and the dismissal of early signs of danger. title after nope (2022, dir. jordan peele)

the original title, local warning for global warming, was scrapped because it sounded more like a pithy protest slogan than something attached to a poem you’d actually want to read.

by jamie doe 9.10.23

[pics-pizza-peace]

Stranger Things Trolls I thought up a couple years ago <3

[liemurienn]

practicing with kaiba/warp

[comradestolovers]

sick to my stomach rn thinking about radioapple don't come at me

[sweetsuccubussy]

my tummy is literally so cute ??? 🧡🖤

[saltavenegar]

Ishmail status: broke and wandering the streets

[floralovebot]

:(

[hydrossity-zone]

you telling me other people dont keep the same special interest theyve had since they were 9. whadda hell

[toonfinatic]

The struggle of recommending media that's really good but also has some. Interesting flaws.

"Yes it's a REALLY GOOD SERIES there's this really awkward romance though that kind of consumes one of the main characters personality wise and then there's the Other Romance and uh. I have no idea what the writers were thinking with that one. Everyone likes to just not think about it. If we just Ignore All That it's a VERY GOOD SERIES GIVE IT A CHANCE" i sound like an absolute lunatic!!!