#dangerous? idk how to else phrase it

[drop-dead-dropout]

posting a kimharry oneshot here bc i'm too lazy to format it on ao3 rn but I'll reblog with the ao3 link later if I get around to it

so basically I was thinking about how kim is very my partner coded and I had this galaxy brain idea to write a fic where kim is asexual or uhhh. would grayace be the term? sorry idk but it's based on my partner I love him <3. also blink and you'll miss it trans harry but it's important to me that you know they're t4t in this lol. cw for suggestive (non-graphic discussions of sexuality and also it takes place Directly after them fucking), 1.3k words. (please be nice to me I've never posted fic on tumblr lol)

YOU — The air in your apartment is musty with the smell of sweat and sex. Your chest heaves with slightly strangled breaths, face burning with humiliation. You've always been a little (a lot) loose-lipped during orgasm—

ELECTROCHEMISTRY — Especially an orgasm like that, holy shit, Kim—

YOU — But you've never, in living memory, said anything quite as ridiculously and unashamedly needy as the complete word-vomit that just exited your mouth a few seconds ago.

REACTION SPEED [Easy: Failure] — Honestly, you were a little out of it and the exact phrasing is already slipping your mind, but it was something along the lines of... What was it again?

ENCYCLOPEDIA [Medium: Success] — Oh my fucking Dei don't stop, Kim please I need you so bad, god I'm so desperate, shit, you drive me fucking crazy, pleasepleaseplease—

SAVOIR FAIRE — Yeah, no, I'm cutting you off right there. He's already about to spontaneously combust, you don't need to embarrass him even more.

ENCYCLOPEDIA — He asked. Besides, I'm not the one who dropped the ball there.

COMPOSURE — Sorry for that, Harry.

KIM KITSURAGI — Kim's hands rest on your chest, tracing circles just below your twin scars with his nimble fingers. "Is that... Really how it feels, to you?"

EMPATHY — It's a genuine question, and he's smiling with an infectious fondness. He's not upset, just curious. Your eagerness is fascinating to him. And cute.

HALF-LIGHT — What does he mean by that, though? Are we too needy? Is it not good for him? Does he hate us and want us to die forever—

VOLITION — No. Shut up. We already agreed you're not allowed to talk when Harry's alone with Kim, don't you remember?

HALF-LIGHT — But! Danger!

ESPRIT DE CORPS [Trivial: Success] — It's Kim. There is no danger here.

YOU — At a loss for anything else to say, you just nod, a bit dumbly. "I mean... Yeah. Is it, uh, not like that for you?"

COMPOSURE [Formidable: Failure] — You try to play the question off as a nonchalant, but you're not even close to being a good enough liar to hide the mild undercurrent of fear in your voice. Especially not from him. (Khm. Sorry again.)

KIM KITSURAGI — "No, not really. It's not you," he quickly adds, seeing the obvious and barely-held back self-loathing in your expression. "It's just the way I am, I suppose. I'm too old to question it now."

DRAMA [Heroic: Success] — He's not lying to spare your feelings, sire. This is truly just a facet of himself that's always been there.

RHETORIC [Challenging: Failure] — By the way, you distinctly recall hearing him talk about having had sex before. Quite a bit, in fact.

YOU — "But wait, I thought—"

KIM KITSURAGI — Already having anticipated this line of questioning, Kim laughs a bit under his breath. "It wasn't a lie; I never said I don't. Actually, sometimes that made it better— without all the messy urgency, I guess I seemed 'cool', to borrow your phrasing. And it's not like I didn't enjoy it, either." He shrugs. "It was just... Something to do. I never really understood the intensity."

SHIVERS [Legendary: Success] — A dozen miles and many years ago, two young men make out in a musty old apartment. "How are you always so— so unaffected," one says to the other with a breathy laugh. In a few months he will repeat these words with a much uglier tone, and they will be the last ones Kim ever hears from him.

EMPATHY [Heroic: Success] — For the record, he was not, in fact, "unaffected" by that particular heartbreak. Don't ever hurt him like that.

YOU — Before you can think better of it, you find yourself saying, "Is that bad?"

KIM KITSURAGI — A twitch in the corner of his mouth interrupts his relaxed grin for a moment. You almost want to mourn the loss. "I don't know, Harry, is it? Why do you think it would be?"

PAIN THRESHOLD — You've hurt him, idiot. We just told you not to do that.

YOU — "I-I mean— it's just—" Your teeth click audibly with how quickly you shut your own mouth. You really, really don't want to fuck this up.

HALF-LIGHT — Too late.

VOLITION [Challenging: Success] — HEY. Back in the corner, you.

YOU — Guys, please help me. I don't know anything about… Well, anything, really, but especially not this. How do I fix it? What do I say to make him feel better?

INLAND EMPIRE — You could start by actually answering his question, instead of rushing to apologize. Why do you think it would be bad? What about the concept is uncomfortable to you?

SUGGESTION [Medium: Success] — Kim feels safe with you, in the same way that you do with him. Be honest. He knows you didn't mean anything by it— the only way you could fuck this up is by not talking to him.

YOU — After a moment of pondering, you find the right words. Or maybe not the right words, but the ones that feel the most true: "I don't know. But I know I would be unhappy, if I was... Different to how I am now."

EMPATHY — Kim's eyes flash with a bit of surprise. But good surprise, like an old friend dropping by unexpectedly. The smile returns (yay!)— smaller, but softer, and almost giddy. It's not one you see on him often, a bit too unguarded and juvenile for his tastes. It's the most beautiful thing you've ever seen.

KIM KITSURAGI — "So would I," he says simply.

DRAMA [Challenging: Success] — He means it.

YOU — "Oh." You blink two or three times. "Oh. Well that's good, then, right? That you're happy?"

PERCEPTION (HEARING) — Something about the almost childish sincerity in your voice must be funny to him, because he keeps doing that thing where he chuckles under his breath, and coughs to try to cover it.

PAIN THRESHOLD [Formidable: Failure] — He's laughing at you.

AUTHORITY [Trivial: Failure] — Exactly. He's mocking you, Harry, he thinks you're an idiot. Make him respect you—

EMPATHY [Easy: Success] — He's in love, you moron.

ELECTROCHEMISTRY — As if on cue (or maybe your internal dialogue is just more easily observable from the outside than you thought), Kim leans forward and kisses you. For the first time, you notice how effective he is at responding to your reactions, like he's trying to find and wring out every last happy sigh and spark of oxytocin he could possibly give you.

INTERFACING [Medium: Success] — Because he likes this. He likes pressing all your buttons and seeing what they do, which ones work the best. (Almost all of them work, when it's him. Maybe a little too well.)

ENDURANCE — Hey, don't look at me like that! It's not my fault he doesn't play fair.

SAVOIR FAIRE — Exactly. How are we supposed to be cool in front of Kim? He's like, the coolest.

KIM KITSURAGI — "I love you," Kim whispers, his lips tickling against your collarbone.

SAVOIR FAIRE — See?! He even makes THAT sound cool, a thousand times cooler than when we say it, which is, like, every five seconds!!

EMPATHY — It's true that you're usually the one to say it first. For a time, he hardly said it at all— you learned not to take it personally. You certainly have your own baggage. But lately, it's been nice to watch as he gets a bit more comfortable.

EMPATHY [Formidable: Success] — The cuddling usually seems to help, in moments like this.

CONCEPTUALIZATION [Godly: Success] — After all, what is a hug but a way to hide your face?

YOU — You wind your arms tighter around him. "I love you, too, Kim." And you swear he must be able to feel the way your lungs glow.

EMPATHY — He does. Of course he does.

INLAND EMPIRE — For a moment, you think you can feel his, too.

SHIVERS [Legendary: Success] — SLEEP WELL, MY DARLINGS.

[charliedawn]

Heyy! Idk if you are taking requests but if you are. Could you write one of bnha in which Aizawa has a daughter and she gets in a dangerous fight and she arrives home hurt?

Thanksss :) 🤍🩷

It was late evening when Shouta, the ever-tired Pro Hero Eraserhead, sat at his desk grading papers. The room was dim, the only light being a small lamp casting a soft glow over the mess of papers and files on his desk. He had barely blinked through the last stack when his phone buzzed with a message. He ignored it at first, assuming it was another work-related notice. But then another ping followed, and a chill ran down his spine.

His daughter, who was supposed to be out with friends, hadn’t messaged him all day.

Quickly, he checked his phone. There was a message from her. "Dad, I’m coming home. Don’t freak out." His eyes narrowed in suspicion. The phrasing was strange, and that could only mean one thing: trouble.

Moments later, the front door creaked open, and Aizawa’s sharp instincts flared. He stood up from his chair and turned to face the hallway. His daughter stumbled inside, clutching her side, her clothes torn and blood staining her shirt. Her face was bruised, and there was a cut running down her arm.

His usually calm, aloof expression broke for a second, fear and anger flashing in his eyes. "What happened ?" His voice was low, tight with concern, though he quickly approached her with controlled steps. He knelt down, scanning her injuries. She tried to smile through the pain, her face contorting slightly. "It’s not as bad as it looks, Dad. Just...got caught up in a fight. Some villains decided to pick a fight on the way back. I handled it."

Aizawa's jaw clenched. He wasn't only angry at her for being reckless but also at himself for not being there when she needed him. "Handled it ? Is that what you’re calling it ?" His voice was sharper than he intended. "You’re bleeding."

"I didn't have a choice. They ambushed me." She swayed slightly on her feet, and he quickly caught her arm, guiding her to the couch.

"Sit down. I'll get the first-aid kit," Aizawa said, his tone now firm but a bit softer. She was home. That was all that mattered. He moved swiftly, returning with bandages and antiseptic. As he started to clean the wound on her arm, she winced but didn’t say a word. She knew her father was furious, but she also knew he wouldn’t raise his voice at her when she was in such a state.

"Who were they ?" he finally asked after a few minutes, his voice calm but still carrying a note of anger.

She hesitated, knowing this was the part he would not take well. "Some low-level villains. They were looking for you, and I guess they found me instead."

Aizawa’s hands stilled for a moment as he processed the information. His mind was racing, thinking of all the possibilities, how close she had come to serious harm and how it had all been his fault. He should have been there. He should have gotten hurt—not her. "You shouldn’t have been alone," he said quietly, resuming his work on her wounds after a brief moment.

"I wasn’t exactly alone," she murmured. "I had a few classmates with me, but they weren’t fast enough to keep up when it started. I didn’t want anyone else to get hurt, so I told them to run while I distracted the villains."

His grip on the bandage tightened, but he kept his composure. "You were reckless. Even as my daughter, you don’t get a free pass for taking unnecessary risks like that. You should have called me immediately."

She lowered her eyes. "I know. I’m sorry."

Aizawa sighed deeply, his frustration mixing with the overwhelming relief that she had come home alive. "You’re not just sorry. You’re lucky. Next time, there might not be a 'coming home' for you if you act like that."

Her eyes softened, knowing that beneath his scolding was genuine worry. "I’ll be more careful. I promise."

Aizawa finished tending to her injuries and sat back, running a hand through his messy hair. For a long moment, neither of them spoke, the tension in the air slowly dissipating.

"You’re too much like me," he finally muttered, his tone almost resigned.

She chuckled softly. "That’s what everyone says."

Aizawa looked at her, his usual tired eyes reflecting a rare, tender emotion. "That…wasn’t a compliment."

Your smile faltered a bit.

"It is for me."

He didn’t respond to that. He just sat there with her, the weight of what could’ve been still pressing down on his chest. He then suddenly pulled you into his arms.

"…Reckless idiot." he muttered. You were surprised by the hug, but returned it nonetheless with a smile.

"…I love you too, Dad."

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HELLO! It's me again. 🥺🎀

I come bearing more questions.

Mephisto shifter reader?? Any crumbs to spare?

I'll take anything you give me. Origin story. How they shift. How they met Sylus. How they fell for each other...😩

(These are just examples btw, not asking you to drop all this information in one go...unless /j)

Is the process of shifting painful? Does it have a cure? Would they even want it to be "cured"? Reversed? Because it's part of who they are now really.

Anything else entirely that I didn't mention here? Thank you in advance for taking the time to answer honestly, I'm so invested in your stories 🥹🥹

It's a joy to read your work.

*cracks knuckles* LETS FUCKIN GOOOOOO

So I hint at this/not so subtly reference this in the stories with them to the point I lowkey dislike those stories cuz like cmon dude focus on anything else, but Mephisto was a child in the EVER program like MC and Caleb. In the universe they exist in, I actually have shit like drabbled out (very loosely) where Sylus was also a child in that program where they studied the aether core in his eye (and/or put it there themselves).

Their EVOL, before the program, allowed them to transform into any animal they wanted to. EVER wanted to see how, idk how to phrase this but like "efficient" and weaponized this ability could be, by literally piece by piece turning them into a robot. So think like Caleb's arm(s?) mixed with the fuckin fnaf short story "To Be Beautiful". But the more they altered, the less they could change into, until the only thing they could manage to become was a crow.

Except this crow they could change into didn't really look like a crow yet. It didn't have any feathers, parts of their body shifting and warping into this shape without being able to change its appearance more than just the synthetic skin turning a rich midnight black. I actually like to think that Sylus helps with that after their escape. He finds a way to make it so they have feathers that lay properly on their wings and body. Even when they shift back to their human form, some of the feathers remain, scattered along their arms and back and neck. (I also like to think they're straight up naked bc of the shifting so yeah naked person with some feathers but make that sound cooler lmao). I think also bc their eyes are essentially mechanical by this point, it's them who suggests acting as a camera lookout, because it gives them a chance to fly and be free and keep an eye out for danger at the same time.

I feel like they fell for each other slowly over time. They were sort of unlikely friends in the facility. He was quiet, watching everything around him, on guard, ready for danger. And they were just this weird kid that kept bugging him, sitting in the corner with him, giving him odd nuts and bolts they found. (He had to watch them slowly become more and more machine...) Just sticking by each other's side after their escape and looking out for each other, they naturally got close, until friendship blurred into a casual romance, and he realizes he's fallen head over heels for them one day while they're just complaining about a loose feather on their back that itches.

As for the shifting, it doesn't hurt. It's sort of like when you curl into a ball and wish you were a cat for it to be extra cozy; it just happens with very little fanfare, and quick enough it's not like disturbing to watch. When they were flesh and blood, I imagine it was sort of like that girl in Sky High that turns into a guinea pig; just sort of shrinking down into that form. When they're mechanized, it's more like all the plates that form their skin and body shift and turn and come together until they form the shape of a crow. Idk if that makes sense. I also imagine when they change from crow to human, it happens sort of like Mystique in X-Men with all those feathery little things shifting away. For a while the shifting was "stiff", because the machinery was so fresh and clean and new, but now they've transformed so much that it's worn down and become easier.

I don't think there's much more to add? I wanna say they already started out having crow-like tendencies or hoarding neat-looking things and being curious, which have been sort of amplified now that it's all they can become. So they do indeed have a hoard of items and Sylus likes to bring them interesting rocks and gems, to show his affection and to make them happy. They also are just a little bit jealous and protective of Sylus, which is why MC being around annoys them (especially when she shakes them cuz wtf girl 😭). So they'll perch on Sylus and preen him a lot when they're feeling more jealous, to show that he's theirs, though they also preen him just to show affection.

Again, feel free to ask more lol this is so fun (and lowkey inspiring me to write smth 👀)

[fruity-legos]

Ok chat finally dropping my CORRECT analysis of ma meilleure ennemie cuz I fear no one has been interpreting it correctly idk maybe some of y'all have. But my first language is French and I NEED EVERYONE TO UNDERSTAND THE MEANING OF THE SONG 🙏

@mythicalmagical-monkeyman @rainofthetwilight and anyone else who watched arcane ig?

Oh lyrics in green, red lyrics are the translation for you nonspeaking french fools /jjj

Ok so chat. THIS IS NOT ONLY A LOVE SONG BUT IT ALSO REFLECTS ON THE OTHER TIMELINES AND RAHFHSJJSJSDND LET ME EXPLAIN

first of all the title means my best enemy but I'll come back to it later

Ok so the song starts by "je t'aime, je te hais" repeating over and over and there's not much to say here except that it reflects on the whole love aspect of the song

Ok after

'T'es la meilleure chose qui m'est arrivée

Mais aussi la pire chose qui m'est arrivée

Ce jour où je t'ai rencontrée, j'aurais peut-être préféré

Que ce jour soit jamais arrivé (arrivé)'

which means :

'You're the best thing that happened to me

But also the worst thing that happened to me

This day where I met you, I maybe would have preferred

That this day never happened (happened)'

So basically this is ekko talking about how POWDER was the best thing to happen to him but JINX was the worst, and when he talks about the day he met powder, he's talking about the fact that if they never met he would have never gave her and vi the job and they would have never been in danger

'La pire des bénédictions

La plus belle des malédictions'

Which means :

'The worst benediction

The prettiest curse'

Again ekko talking how it's a benediction to know her but the worst cus yk she's a jinx and stuff, and the prettiest curse stuff honestly it's just bro admitting his ass is inlove with her💀

'De toi, j'devrais m'éloigner

Mais comme dit le dicton

"Plutôt qu'être seul, mieux vaut être mal accompagné"'

Which means:

'Of you I should go away

But like the saying goes

"rather than being alone, it's worth being poorly accompanied"'

Again this is ekko but talking to POWDER in the happy dimension cuz he knows he should go away and that this isn't right and he needs to actually help people but at the same time like what if he could just stay there? Instead of being alone in his right dimension might as well stay with powder in the happy dimension right. And also it's a funny twist on the saying since it's usually the contrary

'Tu sais c'qu'on dit

"Soit près d'tes amis les plus chers"

Mais aussi

"Encore plus près d'tes adversaires"'

Which means:

'You know what we say

"Be close to the friends you care for the most"

But also

"Even closer to your opponents"'

Ok so i don't think I have to explain too much here we've all heard that phrase a million time but the thing is. Powder is the closest friend, and jinx is the opponent/enemy. Think about it for two secs

'Mais ma meilleure ennemie, c'est toi

Fuis-moi, le pire, c'est toi et moi

Mais si tu cherches encore ma voix

Oublie-moi, le pire, c'est toi et moi'

Which means:

'But my best enemy, it's you

Run from me, the worst is me and you

But if you still search my voice

Forget me, the worst is me and you'

GUYS. THE FIRST TWO PHRASES ARE LITERALLY JINX TALKING TO EKKO ABOUT HOW HE NEEDS TO STAY AWAY FROM HER CUZ SHE'S A JINX

AND THE LAST TWO IS THE POWDER INSIDE HER SAYING TO GIVE UP ON LOOKING FOR HER CUZ SHE'S GONE. POWDER IS GONE. I'm losing it

'Pourquoi ton prénom me blesse

Quand il se cache juste là dans l'espace?'

Which means:

'Why does your name hurt me?

When it hides right there in the space?'

Ok so this means two things. The first is ekko hearing the name powder in the happy dimension cuz it's been so long since he heard that name without her crashing out so in some ways it hurts him cuz like guys this can't be real😃 and then going back to the normal timeline and hearing jinx hurts him cuz he knows he can't fix her

And the second is jinx talking to her younger self like guys read the lyrics COME ON I CAN'T EXPLAIN EVERYTHING TO Y'ALL

'C'est quelle émotion?

D'la haine ou de la douleur

Quand j'entends ton prénom'

Which means:

'What's this emotion?

Hate or sweetness

When I hear your name?'

Again this is LITERALLY JINX TALKING TO HER YOUNGER SELF USE UR BRAINCELLS GUYS

'Je t'avais dit "ne regarde pas en arrière"

Le passé qui te suit, te fait la guerre'

Which means:

'I told you "don't look behind you"

The past following you does you war'

It can be tricky but it can mean multiple things

-Silco turning powder into jinx

-Jinx in the last ep

-Happy timeline jinx forgiving herself and ekko for vi's death

-ekko forgiving himself for not being able to fix jinx

IT'S ALL ABOUT MOVING ON AND FORGIVING ONESELF GUYS

'Mais ma meilleure ennemie, c'est toi

Fuis-moi, le pire, c'est toi et moi

Mais ma meilleure ennemie, c'est toi

Fuis-moi, le pire, c'est toi et moi'

Which means:

'But my best enemy, it's you

Run from me, the worst is me and you

But my best enemy, it's you

Run from me, the worst is me and you'

Same as what I said earlier about those two phrases, but ekko is also talking TO happy timeline powder

And then it repeats the same thing from the start at the end and a funny thing is that if you look correctly they repeat the phrase 4 times in the beggining just like how ekko can rewing- *gets shot 52 times*

Anyways hope y'all liked this analysis if ur here thx for reading all of this😭 my Quebecois ass is here to save y'all cuz as far as I've known none of you other arcane fans I know speak French and IT'S MY FIRST LANGUAGE SO I'M IN THE RIGHT PLACE TO MAKE MY ANALYSIS ABOUT THE SONG CUZ I ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT

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Daredevil: Born Again -- thoughts on ep. 3

(Note: this has all been written between the premiere of ep. 3 and today, March 21st. Thanks ADHD, for feeding into my procrastination and distraction!]

Episode 3 was pretty good, but it didn't leave me with as many thoughts as Heaven's Half Hour or Optics. It HAS been a minute since I've seen the episode, though, and I haven't had time to rewatch it, so this'll be a little jumbled.

Firstly, I've gotta say... Vanessa? Girl, if Wilson isn't doing it for you anymore, just. Leave. Him. You do NOT have to stay with his ass! *You* have the crown now, girl, YOU run this business! I'm bummed that the villainous power couple from season 3 is going down the drain, but dang I like it that Vanessa is heading the underground show these days! Slay, sister! Get it!

Secondly, I can't recall when exactly it occurred, but... the show started out Wilson and Vanessa's therapy scene with their therapist, Heather, *coming back* from something else. She said, "I'm so sorry, please continue" or "Where were we?"... that's a BIG red flag in my book. Lady, what is SO urgent that it took you away from not only your JOB, but two of the most important patients you will probably ever have? I know that "importance" shouldn't matter, but come on! It's the freaking mayor of NYC and his wife! The Kingpin and his Queen! It's your JOB! What in the world could have been so important as to interrupt an appointment, and NOT be shown on screen?? Idk guys... I'm suspicious.

Oh! I'm even more suspicious of Heather for another reason! Idk if maybe that's just how she is, but when she and Matt were chillin' at his place, the way she talked just... idk. It set me off. She sounded super ominous. Implicative. Like she's hiding something, or has a hidden motive behind her words... but, hey, that could just be me. I've noticed I'm super put-off by new characters, especially love interests or people-of-interest, so it might be that. Or maybe Heather just holds herself like that! Maybe she just talks like that.

Idk though.

"May God hold them in the hollow of his hand"? Maybe I'm just too young, but I've NEVER heard that phrase before, and it also sounds SUPER ominous. Especially given who "them" is. Especially!! When Heather said she wondered when Matt would mention his "old partner" (Foggy)!! The way her voice kind of pitched lower when she said that, "I wondered when you'd mention that", it really just tipped me off! Literally, my first thought was just: lady, choose your next words VERY carefully.

She's cool for now, but I'm still keeping an eye on her. 👀

On a different note, the return to legal drama was refreshing!! It always gets me so excited and happy to see the dudes (or... just Matt, now) in their element, kicking metaphorical ass and taking literal names! It's always AWESOME!! Yes!! Use your knowledge and education to take down those in power, who use their power and loopholes to abuse others!! (Another thing I will forever quote, "How dare you underestimate our Foggy!"; Matt, episode 1. Perfect.👌)

I feel for Nicky, though. I know I'd also be terrified making a statement, or taking the stand, or literally anything, in front of an entire precinct of cops! It's scary, whether or not I know they're shady, or in some freaky, Punisher fan-cult (assuming my assumption about the weird flag-skull tattoos is correct).

However!!

Matt!! Ohmygod!! That is NOT ok!! I can't believe he pulled that shit at Hector's trial! He (basically) outed him as the White Tiger when it wasn't his secret to share! Not only did he just potentially stir up a whole new shit storm for Hector *after* the case, but probably put his family in danger too! Dude... I get it, it was a last-ditch effort to help Hector, but will it be worth it? And did Matt make that move solely because it was to help win Hector's case, or was he also being influenced by his... let's say depression spiral after episode 1?

Damn.

Damn, damn damn.

Until next time, I guess. Can't wait to see where this train is going...

[fel-09]

Hi there!

Idk if you are still taking Hannibal requests. If you do not, feel free to ignore <3

May I request a Hannibal x female reader where the reader is Hannibals patient. She's an author who struggles with insomnia and nightmares (doesn't really matter plot wise but just for some context ig?) Anyway, I have a huge headcanon that Hannibal does really celebrate his birthday, nor does he have people who celebrate his birthday (because most of the people he associates himself with are a means to an end rather than actually friends and be doesnt have family). So she unexpectedly arrived at their session with a ribboned box filled with homemade cupcakes! She doesn't know his favourite flavour, so she thought red velvet would be fitting.

This interaction, plus how much he adores her novels (they're so philosophical and gothic and he just loves how she explores humanity ), has him absolutely in love with her. Much to her future dismay, LMAO.

Thank you xxx

Birthday but who's the gift?

Yander ! Hannibal x reader

Author's note: Hello! Although I haven't written a Hannibal fanfic for a long time, I'm ready to write fanfics on request, because I haven't had any ideas lately.

Plot:The psychologist's favorite writer, his muse, his life, his new goal

He knew: you weren’t someone who did things without reason. And certainly not the kind to bring a box tied with a ribbon just for the sake of manners.

You entered without knocking. Too precisely—right as the clock struck the start of the session. He looked up from his papers, and you placed the box on the table, barely glancing at him.

“It’s not a courtesy,” you said dryly. “Just noticed the date matched the one you mentioned once.”

A pause.

“I won’t say congratulations. But—cupcakes. Homemade. Red velvet. I doubt you have a taste for anything vanilla.”

He touched the ribbon. Gently, as though untying someone else’s soul.

“You remembered.”

“I register details. Occupational hazard.”

You didn’t sit right away. You walked to the window, paused briefly by the bookshelf—your gaze brushing over the spines like fingers tracing a scar.

He watched. Shamelessly, deeply. Like an anatomist at work, a collector who’d found something rare, from another world.

“You read my books,” you said, still turned away.

“I don’t read them. I consume them. Live them. They hold the texture of solitude, its aftertaste. You create ruthless worlds—and yet, I want to remain inside them.”

“A strange desire,” you murmured. “Most people run from pain.”

“The wise seek truth in it.”

He stood. Moved closer, slowly, like a shadow no one escapes. There were only a few steps between you. But he felt you like a scent—bitter, dark, magnetic.

“I don’t like birthdays. Too much pretense. But today…” —he looked at you with such focused reverence, as if he could live the rest of the evening inside that gaze—

“…you turned it into a ritual. A consecration.”

At last, you turned. Your face was calm, almost distant. But your eyes—alive. Mocking. Dangerous.

“I don’t make sacrifices. If that’s what you were implying.”

“No,” his voice dropped lower. “That was my choice. And perhaps… my weakness.”

You allowed yourself a half-smile. One that could be mistaken for sympathy—or disdain.

“Weakness isn’t in getting attached. It’s in being unable to stop.”

You sat down again. Crossed one leg over the other.

He followed, taking the seat across from you—but now he felt it: you had become something else. No longer a patient. Not merely an author.

You were a question. One he longed to answer again and again—in your phrasing, in the architecture of your dreams, in the silence between your words.

You didn’t know it yet,

but he had already begun memorizing every inflection of your voice.

Like a symphony he would one day compose himself.

You were surrounded by a wall of sharp-edged words—

but he had no desire to tear it down.

He wanted to live inside it.

Soon,

he would find a way to be near you always.

Even if you hadn’t asked.

Especially—if you hadn’t.

The wine was dark, like congealed blood on velvet—thick, almost oily, with a hint of secrets that defied interpretation. She slowly turned the glass between her fingers, watching the ruby liquid leave viscous trails on the glass. Then she drank. Calmly, without ceremony, the way those who are tired of fear drink poison.

Outside, winter twilight scratched at the windows, as if someone were trying to break into the warmth of their cloistered world. She didn’t look away, even as bitterness spread across her palate—not wine-bitter, not tart, but foreign. Alive.

Something about this wine was wrong. It didn’t just warm her—it was watching her from the inside.

“An interesting choice,” she said coldly, almost lazily, as if playing a game where she always had the final move.

He said nothing.

The silence was thick, like steam in a bathhouse—something one could breathe in, and drown in. When he approached, his steps made no sound. Only a sensation: as if the room had suddenly shrunk. The air—grown heavier. She felt him before he touched her.

His hands settled on her shoulders with frightening gentleness, as if he were afraid to break her. Or—afraid to scare away his own desire. He ran his fingers along the fabric, feeling its texture, and paused, absorbing the weight of her body through the cloth.

He leaned in. His breath—hot, damp—brushed against the lobe of her ear. No words. Just the pause between inhale and exhale. And the silent tremble of someone used to suppressing his true face.

She didn’t move.

Her face remained impassive—almost marble—but inside, beneath the skin, something cracked softly. The former chill—her armor—suddenly thinned. It didn’t break. No. But it rang.

“Sleep, miss,” he whispered at last. His voice was low, almost velvety, and so intimate that the word itself became a touch. “When you wake… you will know who you belong to.”

The world darkened. Everything dissolved into a viscous, sweetish fog. She felt her body giving in, muscles no longer obeying, consciousness slipping, leaving her in the hands… his hands.

He caught her before she fell. Without strain—one arm under her back, the other beneath her knees. He held her like a fragile doll, so effortlessly it seemed he could snap her in two with a single move—but wouldn’t. He adored the feel of her weight in his arms.

He stood, holding her, breathing in the warmth of her skin. His lips brushed her neck—first gently, like a petal’s touch. Then bolder. He traced his lips along the path of her veins, from collarbone upward, lightly flicking his tongue. The kiss was almost a prayer.

He felt her heart still beating. Her breath growing slower. Her body, even in unconsciousness, responding to his touch.

He knew it was wrong. But for that very reason—he couldn’t stop.

He wouldn’t wake her. Not yet.

He wanted to remember this moment—how her scent merged with his breath, how her body grew heavier in his arms, how she smelled of pages, rain, and a proud, cold woman he would break. Slowly. Beautifully.

He leaned his cheek against her, pressing his nose into her neck. Inhaled. Closed his eyes.

This is the scent of someone you can’t let go of.

This is the scent of weakness.

And victory.

First Glance

She stood by the shelf, immersed in a silence so sacred, breaking it felt like blasphemy. Her fingers glided slowly over the spines of books, as if searching not merely for words—but for a companion in the dark. When she found a volume, she opened it, eyes swiftly drinking in the lines, then closed it—reaching for the next.

She didn’t know she was being watched.

He stood between the rows, still as a predator cloaked in shadow. Until this moment, he’d considered himself composed. Cold. But his heart betrayed him, beating faster the instant he realized who she was. Not by face. Not by voice. But by essence—she was the one whose words had pierced through him like blades, whose phrases he reread in twilight like whispered prayers.

The writer.

The weaver of pain and beauty.

His obsession.

He should have turned away. Remained a distant ghost.

But he had already taken a step. Then another.

And by the time she heard his approach—it was too late.

She turned. Their eyes met.

And in that instant, everything changed.

The world shrank to the size of her gaze. Everything else vanished—the hum, the books, the library, even he himself. Only she remained.

And the way she looked at him. Not afraid—

But with a wary curiosity, like a cat scenting fire.

He froze, unable to tear his eyes away.

Something cracked inside him.

This was no accident. This was the beginning of something... inevitable.

He didn’t speak at once. He didn’t know what word could ever match the weight of her presence.

“Forgive me,” he finally breathed, his voice already pulsing with hunger. “I... read you.”

She blinked.

A second passed—and then a smile appeared on her lips.

Subtle. Almost teasing.

“And what did you find there?” she asked, her voice low, velvet-laced, bitter as coffee with no sugar.

He didn’t answer right away.

He was watching her fingers graze the pages—already imagining how those fingers might one day graze him.

“Myself,” he confessed, softly, yet with such raw honesty that the air itself seemed to tremble.

He was caught. Forever.

And she had no idea whom she’d just let into her life.

[jesuisgourde]

I'm a bit late in watching Severance (I just finished series 1 episode 6) so I have no idea what's going on in season 2, but here are my theories/thoughts/observations for what I've watched so far:

Theory that is probably so wrong: Helly is meant to sow chaos/rebellion. Idk whether that's to weed out people or if there's something else going on. My only reason for this theory is Milchick telling Helly that what she's doing is "very brave" in episode 1.

I'm *obsessed* with the lighting in scenes outside of Lumen, the little pinpricks of light everyone has in their eyes and how cold the lighting is (except Alexa mostly has warm light which I think is soooo interesting).

I love that none of the characters are boring. Everyone is interesting, even the more minor characters. Everyone is kind of a freak which makes them fascinating.

The security guy looks like a Lego man or a Thwomp block and it's all I can think of when he's on screen but also he's great.

The two characters who I want to know most what the fuck their deal is are Dylan and Cobel. I want to know if Dylan's outie is a conspiracy nut too. I'm fascinated by Cobel. She doesn't seem to be severed (or she's always "severed" and has no outie?). When she was chanting at that shrine thing it looked like there was a trach tube or something? Did she have a daughter who died? She's clearly brainwashed or something like that, which is very interesting.

I'd love to know if any of the writers on this show read David Graeber or Byung Chul Han/I'd love to know what either writer (if Graeber were still alive) would think of the show.

My coworker and I were talking about the character that the sister meets who is severed for the birth of her children and how terrifying that she has a self that only knows childbirth and nothing else. (When Devon asks how she raises 3 kids and she says "I lot of help, I guess". Like, shit! The "I guess" isn't just a minimizing phrase, it's literal! The writing, man!)

Ricken's self help book cracks me up because I work in a secondhand bookstore and every self help book sounds like that: a statement that sounds sensible until you start thinking about it and then it's nonsense, or a statement that is genuinely sensible but is immediately followed up by or "clarified" by something completely insane.

Theory: I don't know anything about Helly's outie yet but the like 2 glimpses we've seen of her (the start of season one and the video message she sends to Helly), it seems as though she and Mark are using severance in opposite ways. At the start of the show he's severed so he can use the time at work to not think about his grieving depressed awful outside life, and it seems to me (with what little I have) like Helly's outie is maybe using severance to forget that she has to work so she can focus on an outside life.

I'm really interested in Irving's weird black goop of fatigue. None of the other characters get that (so far). Is it a commentary on how most Americans now are working far past "traditional" retirement age and being made to do too much work with too little breaks? As far as I can tell the goop is literal (inasmuch as it's an actual hallucination/dream Irving has that scares him, rather than a metaphor) which makes me wonder if it's a function of severance? Like a planned obsolescence type of thing maybe?

My roommate is obsessed with the glass cube Mark has on his desk with the image of his head. She really wants to know if that's important and what it's about, since no one else has one. Now I do too.

I hope we get to see more of June. She's a really interesting character, I think.

Congrats to Nikki M James for getting to be in this show. I saw her as Eponine on Broadway in 2014 and now she's in my tv!

I love the use of the classic "two warring tribes have the same/similar story about their rival clan being evil and dangerous, both realize that the story is false when they finally communicate" kind of trope re: MDR vs O&D but I get the feeling that they're gonna turn this on its head which I'm excited about.

Irving and Burt are so fucking cute, I love the awkward old man crush going on. John Turturro is my favorite!!

Weirdly I feel like Casey the wellness lady has some serious double agent potential.

The actor who plays Milchik is amazing. His ability to switch from looking kind and open to terrifying is fantastic. I've never seen him in anything else before and I think he's incredible.

Prediction: now that we know severance can be turned on/off remotely, that's gonna end up a major plot point either in the series 1 finale or in series 2.

The idea of severance being controlled remotely is a) terrifying and b) an incredible commentary on bosses assuming that they can call their employees on their time off/not at work.

The cinematography and camera work in general is amazing. The focal length change/zoom in the elevators! The use of negative space! The colors!

100% *the* best intro sequence to a show I've ever seen.

Random observation: Helly is the only brightly-colored person. Her hair is red, she wears jewel toned blues and greens and burnt oranges and things. Everyone else wears grey/brown/black/dark blue. Everyone else has dark or grey hair.

Random thought: if Dylan's outie is a conspiracy nut, there's a chance he knows Ricken. (although maybe not because Ricken seems like the kind of person to ask Mark if he and Dylan know each other).

I get the feeling that this show will be amazing to rewatch. I bet there are loads of little details in earlier episodes that I didn't catch because I didn't know to look for them, so I'm excited to rewatch once I've finished everything.

[jenyifer]

The trainee ep 7 initial reaction

Okay so didn’t do an ep 6 cause idk I watched it but I was so worried about the GL plot I didn’t want to talk about it. However this week I have enough to NEVER watch that part of the ep again as girl who loves girls computer programmer. So I’m only gonna talk about it once.

LETS DO THE FUN PART OF THE PHOTO REVIEW NOW

Awww the butterfly walk lol nothing can go wrong today!!! Ryan fully in his fantasy after last ep and who can blame him. Go on Cinderella take your twirl on the cat walk.

Actually I think Jane has some insight about his reincarnated lover from previous lives hehe Ryan has some split personality thing going on again when hungry. I mean I buy it. We all know no one else can play multiple boys in the same body as Gun. Also I’ll note here for later Jane realizes something is wrong with Ryan right away. 🥹 he wants Ryan to be his good assistant and friend. Just good developments there.

Okay so I get what Jane is saying here. The bottle exploding is hella dangerous. Also Jane knows Ryan has been spaced out lately and is frustrated cause he doesn’t know why. I’d assume that’s why he’s so emotional about this mistake. It’s possible Jane sees himself in Ryan trying not to rely on anyone else? But Jane knows Ryan could have called Pie at the very least. Mistakes happen but this one was a big one.

I also think this is a good point too if Ryan isn’t needed don’t come and mope or make more mistakes. Something has obvs been wrong with him. Now Jane doesn’t phrase this right but he does apologize so good good

Precious Gunnie Tear. I really like this some cause it’s like Ryan is trying to resist at all costs but it boils over and he can’t keep his most inner thoughts in. He heard Jane’s words as a rejection from the team from his usefulness Ryan desperately wants to find his place

One sentence too far but 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 good relationship movement. I don’t know how Jane can interpret this in any other way after their week.

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Okay it’s hating time so move on people who want me to kiss ass instead of sharing my actual opinion. I’m only going to do this once hopefully.

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I’ve made the mistake of dating a 20 year old when I was 26. You’d think that wouldn’t be too crazy of an age gap. However I was just at a totally different place in my life than her. My thing is 30 years old you think it’s okay to hit on and kiss back a 21 year old you know is in a relationship? You know their brain is still developing? Also do you really think that’s going to be fulfilling. No. She’s a piece of shit. Especially since she is her mentor has been taking the girl out of the office on the company’s dime. Of course she thinks Judy is super woman. Just irresponsible. Judy definitely understands what’s going on with Bah-me and her boyfriend and still decides to do this?! Really…. Okay.

Onto Bah-mee complaining her boyfriend doesn’t talk to her. Nowwwww I’m a computer programmer I have worked with guys who take their work home with them to finish it up at 3am or slept in the office SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY LIKE THEIR JOB. Couldn’t be me but it happens. Idk why Tae is doing all the work in the production room as an intern. I’d be worried he would fuck up put under pressure and that HR might murder me for over working the intern. Set that aside. Guys like Tae work fucking hard. But you know what? Most of them adore their loved ones. Work hard and rent a hot air balloon guys. Work hard take their girl on a 2 week long trip. So does tae not talk? Or is because she has long ago given up. He’s been working she’s seen him working FOR HER TO PLAY HARD. Idk it’s just ugh disgusting. I just think of my coworkers who could never think of cheating yeah they might purposely miss out on their kids stuff but their wives? Oh man I know all their names and where they like to go to dinner etc. EVEN THOUGH sometimes they work like idiots.

I think it’s the best they break up Bah-Meee and Judy can go be evil lesbians and Tae can be a computer guy making lots of money to spoil his future girl with it.

[wraithisd3adinside]

I just came to more… conclusions? Revelations? Thoughts? Whatever you wanna call em about the Natalia Childe thing

Natalia is based on ww1 nurses in design

Ofc Natalia’s design is detailed and looks cool and fun and isn’t an exact 1 to 1 but you see where the idea comes from.

When I was looking up pics of those nurses for ref and inspo for Natalia’s design, there were quite a few pictures depicting wounded soldiers and nurses falling in love. I’m sure that also probably happened too.

The closest character who is rped on these blogs to a solider that the Natalia blog interacts with is Childe. Reckless bastard ends up in her medical care every other day.

Idk I think it’s kinda funny that it’s a half truth of what likely happened to real nurses and soldiers. Except Natalia and Childe are snickering to eachother about shenanigans. I don’t know how else to phrase it but you get the idea.

I love them both too they’re so funny and I’m certain Childe lets Natalia insult him like that because it is a verbal fight and he does enjoy a fight.

Ooo

Pls I love that sm

Nat and Childe are>>>>>

Hands down favourite fictional friendship

Nat now has another reckless wounded soldier friend in Lena lmao

Is Lena capable and smart and definitely knows better? Yes. Is she gonna dive headfirst into danger for the adrenaline? Also yes

[a-court-of-moonlight-and-ire]

I made a mistake last time, I said that I read chapters 22-30 when I only read 22-29, but now I have read chapter 30 and also chapters 31-34 so lets talk about those

Its so frustrating how Im more than halfway through this 700 page book thats ostensibly supposed to be about Feyre and Rhysand's complicated relationship developing and theres been no development because the things that should make their relationship complicated have just been completely handwaved. Like, if this book HAS to focus so much on Rhys to the detriment of Feyre, and he also just HAS to be morally good, atleast give him some kind of character arc of bettering himself, right now Im basically just looking at this stagnant statue of a guy through someone elses eyes which doesnt make for a rewarding reading experience

Ive also been noticing more and more weird retcons and idk what to call it, justifications for why Rhys is better even when hes doing the same shit as Tamlin I guess? The two big ones being, when Tamlin blew up that room after Feyre told him that he was suffocating her he did it out of anger, and, Feyre is fine with wearing dresses for the night court because she knows she can go back to wearing Illyrian leathers anytime, which is not how it was at the spring court.

First of all, I keep saying this, I am not a Tamlin girlie, I dont like him that much and hes doing a bad job dealing with Feyre, but you dont need to make shit up to make Feyre's choice to leave feel justified. Like, he was not punching the walls in anger, he felt so bad and guilty about hurting Feyre when all he wants is to keep her safe that his magic went haywire over it. And thats bad enough! I mean Feyre, who has a lot of trouble communicating her feelings, finally managed to tell him everything thats wrong and makes her feel bad and makes healing from her trauma difficult, and he reacts by basically having a panic attack which makes his magic react in a dangerous way. Idk about you, but I would not feel comfortable or even safe expressing my feelings to him, even if he didnt react like that out of anger

Like, Feylin could have just not worked out, it couldve just been disfunctional without being portrayed as abuse but it cant be, I guess because it needs to be abuse in order to justify Feyre leaving him. And thats so strange to me because the idea that women need any kind of ("serious") justification for leaving a relationship is completely anti-thetical to the themes of feminism and choice that this book is trying to go for. Like, why cant a woman just break up with a guy because she stopped feeling it, theres no reason not to break up with a guy who makes you feel bad even if hes not being outright abusive. Although, in this particular story there actually is a reason, which is that if Feyre left Tamlin without a "good" justification then Amarantha would win, she would be proven right about the fickle nature of humans and the pointlessness of their un-eternal love from beyond the grave and that would be a bummer because the first book is about how Love Conquers All, as is the case with pretty much all great romances. So Tamlin's unambigiously abusive now so that that beautiful idea of Love Conquering All doesnt end up being dragged through the dirt. ACOMAF essentially posits that the Love that was supposed to Conquer All isn't real because neither Feyre nor Tamlin were willing or able to truly love each other through their trauma, ergo it didnt actually Conquer All. Thats also why Rhysand isnt meaningfully affected by what should be traumatic events; because while Feyre can love someone through her own trauma, she cant seem love someone whos traumatized themself

I feel like the way I phrased that was pretty harsh, but I do think its kinda true, in a way. Idk man, the thing that makes talking about Feyre's new UTM trauma so difficult is that everyone, including the narrative itself, is expecting her to have worked through it within less than half a year when its like, shes immortal and also living in a world with no therapists, she can take a bit longer than that. I mean hell, everyone in the inner circle is like 500 years and all of their major traumata happened when they were very young and most of them have still not learned how to actually cope with them aside from killing/avoiding the people who caused it (atleast from what Ive seen, especially of Cassian), Feyre might honestly be doing better than all of them but she keeps dogging on herself which, remember, her perspective is objectively correct as of this book, so that sucks

Alright, three paragraphs to talk about that first point, lets move on to talking about the dress thing. I have already observed that it seems like Feyre might stop wearing pants entirely at some point despite how much this particular book keeps going on and on about Tamlin forcing her to wear dresses in conjunction with going on about Tamlin forcing her into a subserviant mother-role, implying that dresses are inherently depowering, and well. I hate that for Feyre but I do love being proved right

And like, okay, I think Feyre hating dresses is another ACOMAF retcon, but its a retcon in a weirdly circular way. Let me explain; in ACOTAR I didnt get the impression that she hated dresses, I thought she just preferred pants because its what she was used to and because for a pretty large chunk of the book she was thinking about fleeing or was in situations where she needed to run away from something and pants were just more practical for that. But when she trusted the fae a bit more and a special occasion came up or she wanted to make Tamlin feel flustered (? that one doesnt make that much sense to me tbh), she did ask for dresses to wear and only felt a little embarrassed about it because she didnt usually wear them. I didnt even get the impression that she hated the impractical rich noblewoman dress they put her in when she was sent back to the human world, just that she found it really silly and unfitting for her. And I do think her being willing to wear dresses was supposed to be a signifier of her healing journey and her learning how to be gentle and let herself be loved in that book

Then ACOMAF comes around and she suddenly hates wearing dresses, which also ties into her suddenly becoming some kind of adrenaline junkie when she previously wanted to live a peaceful and comfortable life. Now, granted, the difference is that in ACOTAR she wore dresses that she explicitly asked to wear, whereas in ACOMAF Tamlin just assumes that she will always wear dresses by virtue of her being a woman without asking Feyre about it at any point (I know Ianthe was actually more involved in the dress-stuff, but the narrative is making Tamlin responsible for it so Im just gonna go along with it for simplicity's sake). Thats reasonable enough

But then a little further into ACOMAF we have Rhysand doing the exact same thing, hes assuming that she will wear dresses for the sake of keeping up appearances and helping him with his politics (and also, he's assuming that she will let herself be sexualized via the apple-breast comment in front of Tarquin (and later the CoN-UTM reeanactment scene)) and hes right, because of course he is. But the reason its fine when Rhysand does it, I guess, is because he keeps reassuring her that she has a choice in these matters when she really doesnt. Like, did he pack some illyrian leathers just in case Feyre didnt want to wear the dresses he got her? If he did, theres been no mention of it. Theres also been no mention of him asking her if she preferred to wear pants or a dress for the Summer Court mission, even though it seems to me that harem pants are considered to be unisex in the Night Court while they seem to be considered distinctly masculine in places like the Spring Court

And then we get to the thing about this dress-stuff that makes me call it a 'weirdly circular retcon'; while Nuala is dressing Feyre up for her date with Tarquin, for lack of a better term, she looks at herself in the mirror and thinks about how maybe, after everything shes been through that forced her to become hard, shes starting to heal and can finally let herself be feminine and soft and pretty. If you'll recall from a few paragraphs ago, that already happened to Feyre in ACOTAR except it was more subtle, I dont remember her just straight-up thinking about it like she does in this scene in ACOMAF. So its the same thing, but instead of her wearing dresses that she excplicitly asked to wear, shes wearing dresses that her new bf picked out for her and all but made her wear

And honestly, thats a really good way of summarizing the differences between Feylin and Feysand and the way Feyre gets treated in these book, which is why I wrote so fucking much about this pretty insignificant detail

Surprisingly enough, Im not done with this monster of a post yet, because I have some stuff to say about the Summer Court

The way Cresseida was introduced and treated made me have what Im just gonna call an angry epiphany. Like, before she came along I just thought the feminism of this series was very shallow and very white, but after her introduction I was just angrily thinking to myself "How the FUCK is this series considered feminist in any way?! The three types of women that exist in this story are literally Protagonist's Sisters (characterized as Haughty Bitch and Infantilized Clueless Cinnamon Roll Who Can Do No Wrong respectively), Protagonist's Slaves Servants Who Are Inexplicably Always Darkskinned Women and Promiscuous Bitches"

Varian seemed fine, but I dont like that he seems to have something going on with Amren. I know I said I didnt particularly like her, but I did still kinda latch onto her as my aroace rep so I find that very disappointing. But I guess thats on me for having expectations like that of the most amatonormative book series Ive ever read

So, from observing this part of the fandom prior to reading the books, it seemed that if sjm critical people dont like Feylin, theyll usually like Feyquin as an alternative to the horrible but canon Feysand. Despite that, I didnt have the highest expectations because honestly, it not much harder for a character to be a better love interest than ACOTAR!Tamlin and Rhysand. Like, the thing about Tamlin is that he was a really boring guy but hes a very good love interest, and the thing about Rhysand is that hes also really boring and hes a very bad love interest, so I thought "okay, I know Tarquin is the youngest and he has that whole thing about actively wanting equality for faeries but no one taking him seriously because everyone thinks hes inexperienced, OBVIOUSLY hes more interesting than the guys who can access their power with no issue, and then he'll just be kinda flirty towards Feyre, as SJM MaLeS usually are and that makes him a decent enough potential love interest I guess" and thats all true but idk, actually reading about him made me like him sooooo much. Like, him and Feyre telling each other theyre easy to love? Mwah, gorgeous. I bet Rhys is really glad he has that mating bond because without it his sorry ass would NOT be able to compete with Tarquin

So now my list of m/f Feyre ships goes Feyquin > Feycien > Feylin and Feyre/Azriel are on about the same level to me I think > Feysand (not including feyssian bc I think its a crime to ship cassian with a woman sry)

I specify m/f Feyre ships because if I included all of the Feyre ships, Feyanthe would be at the very top followed by Feyre/Amren. Idk, I know its obscure, but when she was describing how Amren was wearing a crop top she said something like "a sliver of skin was left exposed, as tempting as a calm lake" and I was like oh? 👀 Those guys have potentialllllllll I mean who needs Mates when youre both Made amiright fellas. Also, Feyre/Mor would go above Feysand

Anyway, thats it from me again, I hope you enjoyed this

[bizlybebo]

the fall by half alive is so dakota cole...

NO SERIOUSLY YOURE SO RIGHTTT. ITS ON MY PLAYLIST FOR HIMM

^ pushing my dakota cole speech impediment agenda. i know these lyrics were more about writing/expressing feelings through words but shhh

^ BUT SERIOUSLY THIS CHORUS/SECOND VERSE HERE. LIKE CAN YOU HEARRR MEEEE. like idk man something about dakota jumping before thinking when others are in danger but it’s really hard for him to open up sometimes and fully place that trust in others when it comes to more personal things. yknow. like it took a whole season and a half to open up about his aunt and a lot of his past (< i know it’s bc she wasn’t as written out behind the scenes in s1 but again. shhh). idk does that even make sense </3

AND ALSO THE SURGERY LINE. AND EVERYTHING ELSE ABOUT THIS SECOND VERSE. “so scared to take a knife to my chest; let you see the heart that’s inside” <- HES THE #1 MASKER EVER. LIKE. IM NEVER GONNA NOT BE HUNG UP ABOUT NOT ONLY HOW HEAVILY CODED HE IS TO BE AUTISTIC,, BUT ALSO HOW HE CREATED DAKOTA COLE. IM NEVER GONNA BE CALM ABOUT THE WHOLE DAMASCUS-COLE THING. and also the heart stuff., explodes.

like. yeah. this song is so fuckimg dakota coded i feel like i’m not phrasing it eloquently enough but it SERIOUSLY ISSSSS.

[cloud-based-and-rainpilled]

Staged 2 thoughts!! (this will take a Year because I have a Lot of feelings)

tl; dr at the end

Hmmm I don’t see how it’s a love story yet

Staged 1 works well enough on its own but the second season is really essential as a companion piece upping the emotional ante (which is exactly how I feel about Good Omens 1 & 2 lol)

The opening scene mindfuck; The meta! We have reached levels of irony not previously seen possible

Who do I thank for the tacky Zoom interview show background? It deserves top billing

HE DOESN’T WANT THE GOLDFISH TO BE LONELY (metaphor) and then it FUCKING DIES

Celeb cameos in season 1 being all “hey! I like you!” in season 2 like “you are tearing them apart. I hate you. scum

Also the themeing of Michael Sheen and David Tennant being on their own “side” VS everyone else……….. Simon Mr. Writer Sir i see u and unfortunately i am in your walls

The writing feeling less theater-y works for the meta and I’m wondering whether they always had a second season in mind or if it’s just that well written

Was really hoping for a Colin Firth & Hugh Grant cameo ngl :/

The music didn’t annoy me as much this season since it was more of the horn oomp-pah-pah than the piano. Idk maybe my mind just changed

I didn’t know Whoopie Goldberg could be terrifying but here we are (also I forgot her name isn’t Whoopie)

“I think the wizard fucked your ass” ???

Setting up the awards and the baby was peak *pops P* comedy 🤌 Definitely needed since it gets Sad as it goes on

Welsh kink spotted!!! And so fucking blantant I was scandalized

“I’ll shove it up my ass where the rest of the excrement goes” Michael casually asking David to peg him. Nice

More bad magic. More pls and ty

Also moar Nina pls. T’was but a brief beautiful bluster in the wind

Tbh missed a lot of Michael & David’s back-and-forths VS season 1 but I get that’s… the point

Everyone agreeing David is whiney and annoying lmao get wreck’t

Also I forgot they don’t have air conditioning in Englandland ‘cause my man is sweating in every scene he’s in (unless that was intentional in which case… go on…)

The ladies!! That meta ending with the Bechdel test… I see you…

Still love Georgia and Simon’s sister (who I apparently don’t respect enough to google her name); I like Anna now too! She’s got this kinda quiet sarcastic edge I didn’t notice the first time. They all played off each other well in their 3 some (phrasing) scenes

Big amongus sus react that Anna has better chemistry with the two of them than with Michael of which there is literally zero chemistry. Compared to Georgia and David who are just electric with each other it’s honestly distracting

Actual torture watching them break down as other actors play them and drive their friendship apart, it’s fascinating to watch especially on top of it being themselves but, like, not we swear

“Am I your best friend” “No” Fuckin REJECTED !! looser!!!

Oh huh I can see how this is a love story, interesting

The David Tennant fanboy (he is a Real actor I just can’t think of his name) served juicy vomiting SFX realness

“So you’ve made love with him” BROTHER

It took me 87 years to realize warthog and mongoose were in reference to Timon and Pumbah lol <- I am not looking up how to spell this

The bannister being part of the bookshelf why did this make me laugh this hard

Ken Jeong actually reaching into the heart of everything and casually tearing into it Temple of Doom style and leaving everything to ruin lmao

I miss people getting too close to me (feral noises)

Ewan McGregor is cute and I am shallow 🥰

AU where Simon Pegg and Nick Frost did Staged and honestly it would still work aside from being dangerously heterosexual

Simon & Nick doing the Staged 1 back and forth but literally? mmmm that’s sum gud meta

Oh right I forgot the actual writer Simon’s in it too. He’s still good. I like his Zoom tantrum

Jim Parsons unconvincingly looking for his phone after he casually tells David that he and Michael are obviously in love and everyone sees it lmao

David Tennant has the unique ability to make this absolutely insane face reserved specifically for the emotion “oh shit I’m in love with Michael Sheen” which like

I could kill the Good Omens costume department rn I stg take off those fucking sunglasses I’m so mad

Ohhhhhhhh yeah this is a love story

The Frozen snowman being the big bad final boss of cunt, oof you gotta love a good villain

Michael’s monologue the only one not in the kitchen area just breaking down completely I mean *claps until my hands fall off* he put his whole pussy into it. The frustration? The despair? I mean it felt like an audition monologue (in a good way) he walked through the valley in the shadow and death and came back a broken man with a fuzzier beard

CATE BLANCHETT ZOOM SNIPE

Apparently people didn’t like Phoebe Waller Bridge in the new Indiana Jones movie which I haven’t seen but idk I thought she was pretty funny and hot here. *ding*

MOOMIN MUG SPOTTED

The use of travel as a metaphor for feeling stuck emotionally *clenches fist*

“I like silence” *screaming from the other room*

“It’s like gas filling a room” <- fascinating way to describe their dynamic, it’s specifically referring to aimless conversations that snowball and “fill up a room” but it could also refer to the palpable energy between them— like even through the abstraction of a computer screen there’s this magnetic force that’s just riveting, it’s hard to describe

“We haven’t talked about love” > Seen at 2:17 PM LMAO

Michael alone with the black frame lingering shot. Acting and editing and directing choices so simple and on point. everything hurts

Struggling to say goodbye on Zoom physically reaching out unable to leave the frame that whole scene was just. You can just feel the love through the screen, it’s so layered and intimate despite essentially being “No you hang up first”

Zoom wedding! He stayed!!

I wonder if that’s Michael Sheen’s actual best friend. That would be cute

Anna whispering and telling him “nah I know your bestie is literally an hour away but he can’t come over lol” like??? why? let them love each other I cannot handle this villain arc

“I have to bring that one otherwise my tits will explode” Wait wasn’t she drinking earlier though? #ShivRoyMoment

“I was standing outside your job for four hours because I love you” <- dog from Up moment

Yes he is legally a Hobbit

The car window as an abstraction like the Zoom boxes *continued feral noises*

The direction of David putting his hand on the window and Michael walking away only then revealing Anna and the baby far in the background? We’re in 3 dimensions and they are all painful!!

Okay yeah I get it it’s a love story but I thought this was a comedy haha right guys why does everything hurt

It ends on that meta moment between David and Georgia which I can only assume is to set up for the third season although I dunno if that was planned at the time as well. It’s ambiguous but not distracting if they didn’t make another one

tl; dr: Staged 2 is a unique and excellent addition to Staged 1. The added meta textual layer of the other celebrities breaking down their relationship based on Staged 1 allows for a lot of “hiding behind my hands so embarrassed” moments, but also by pitting them against each other, it reveals their actual love for each other through the bickering. Season 1 on its own is a nice vignette of its time but season 2 with it adds a tension and intimacy that really takes both over the top

Kinda dreading watching Staged 3 since it seems like people overwhelmingly like it less than the other two because of the loss of the Zoom format and constant arguing, but I’m already in this far deep so I’ll stick the landing

To wit— awwwwwww, they love each other!

[glitched-username]

★heyllooo-★

★..sooo, erm, based on your latest post regarding concepts with rottmnt g/t and stuff, a little concept has been spiraling around in my head based on - these parts of your rambles★ :

★And this- has got me thinkinggg.. what if everyone who got mutated into an animal of some sorts just, as you said, let's the size take priority ?? Now this could go both ways, like- a person, depending on the species that they turn into after getting bitten by an oozequito (how is it spelled, help) has the misfortune of forming onto said size★

★Im, gonna give some very specific examples here★ :

|⭐| For instance, if a person transforms into some sort of a bug, it is safe to say that their size would reduce to just a couple of inches tall, maybe even smaller than that.

|⭐| They get turned into a bunny ?? Then their new found size should be about 10-20 inches tall-..I think- I dunno, (by the way, the smallest species of a rabbit is called a pygmy bunny and they can reach up to only 12 inches tall.. I think-)

|⭐| They happen to be close to an orca during the process of their mutation ?? They might just reach a length of 5.5 to 9.8 meters .. pretty big.

★You get the idea- well, you pretty much formed it.. Unlessss, the sizey thing was just a hiccup that occured because the mutant-gen was still in testing and stuff- ?? (or is it empyrean ?? Fuck I gotta go to the turtle-pedia- ) ★

★either way, it would make for a pretty cool, ermm, concept to add to the 'ROTTMNT' universe- !!★

★..(and imagine the tons of g/t content we could feast on (⁠☆‹ ☆⁠) !!)★

★yeah ermm, your rambling is quite cool by the way anddd, (I hope that..i dunno, you meet a giant in real life that just so happens to be like rise!raph)★

Oh, Draxum 100% would not have wanted the animal height to take priority, he just didn't think of the way heights would be affected with the mutation. Many dangerous/strong animals are actually much smaller than humans (wolves, spiders, monkeys, etc.) so he would be more interested in trying to find a way to prioritize the human height to a certain point. Super dumb way I could phrase it but, it'd kinda be like

if(HumanHeight > AnimalHeight){

HumanHeight = Height;

}

else{

AnimalHeight = Height;

}

idk if that makes sense but that's how I view it (can you tell I'm a fucking donnie kinnie lmao). And this is also my excuse so that the other mutants that appear in the show are still their OG sizes instead of getting to the heights of crabs and pigs. Would also make it funnier when the rogues gallery are giants compared to the turtles and yet the turtles still manage to kick ass.

Honestly Draxum would only recognize the boys as his creations by their height and is just like "well, they still have lou jistu DNA and survived THIS long... maybe I can still work with this?"

Anyway currently writing some stuff based on this au and I'm starting with the first meeting with April, which if you read my thoughts on how that would go... teehee

And Imma be real, I'm projecting hard when I write about giant raph stuff, because I would love to have that mystic power. idk who assembled my tiny 5 foot 2 self in the factory but I am ridiculously giant coded lmao. I would lose my mind immediately if I got some borrower friends. I even got a tiny handheld robot guy that I love because he's a tiny robot friend :))

[abyss-seer]

Insights on the missing The Drum Card from

Kim Krans original

Wild Unknown Archetype Deck

These are my personal insights and guidance received by spirit, I hope you like it. In this age of brainrot, I think this is my spiritual take on it. ^⁠_⁠^

See how Kim Krans talks about the drum archetype, well today I felt called to name a particular card as the drum card. And then it was this card

The Ring card

The very beautiful Ring card , called to me, to name it as the "drum" card for today's reading, I can almost envision a black and white, drum 🥁 in front of the rainbow 🌈 miasma in the same starry background. Its beautiful....

So what called me towards it, well interestingly, I was doing a personal reading for myself and found this insight and research worth sharing.

So this card came out in its shadow (reverse) and it was nudging towards a lot of things. Drums are used in many cultures to reach a trance state during sacred rituals, to reach a state that aligns us with the energy of Unus Mundus, or the cycle of life that repeats itself, just like the Oeroborus serpent, one of the very reasons why you may not know the future or the past but can sense it through your intuitive mind. For example going to a historical site, knowing nothing about it but feeling its nostalgia or sensing danger just minutes before it could occur.

Interestingly for me this shadow card was talking about the capacity of this drum in the way its high vibrational energy and its song and dance were reaching my ears (ba bam bam bam) (idk I was meant to hear bam bam bhole) but you know the ring in reverse which is often considered a card of contrasts due to its cyclic nature of repeating things, completely opposite of its light side which means gaining the understanding of life and its repeating cycles.

If you have heard the phrase "History repeats itself ". This is what this archetype in its shadow side means when the unlearned lessons and ignorance that repeats the same cycle over and over.

I feel like this card even eerily strikes similar to the astrological placement of Pisces ♓ and Virgo ♍ where balancing both the sides becomes important for you. Leaning to one side leads to an imbalance. Delving heavily into spirituality can sometimes lead to negligence of worldly/dharmic or the assigned duties and responsibilities of life that we are meant to do in this life as a form of service to other beings but if only focused on serving others just for wanting to get done with this the karm assigned to us in this life or just serving others with material gain in mind only, rather than understanding the jist of it and enjoying this process,

it can create imbalance and crux of the service can get lost in the deeper meaning of science, art and technology without understanding the joy in it. Delving us deep into the critical world hence being critical to the nature of repetitive karm of this cyclic life, comparing our unique doorways/pathways to journeys that are unique to us all to everyone else's. Thus in these cases cyclic balance is needed. One must find joy in the simplicity of balance between work and entertainment. And remember entertainment is freedom, thus seek true entertainment to experience that freedom for yourself. This freedom can be the kind you want to be expressed, related to, and then revealed into the world through your interpretation of its expression, an inspired effort made to help the flow of latent energy within us all.

So please come forward together to spread the light within you to help us all see what lies within us all waiting to be illuminated by the wisdom of this crux that you are holding,.....

Waiting to emancipate the fires of our souls.

This was a channeled message. So basically I was too focused on being on the extremes, not taking in the silence of life or taking up enough space for myself to regenerate further delving into the addictive cycles. I was so stuck in repetitive jokes, play, doomscrolling, motivational or self help content that I barely chose to develop better habits and self care routines for myself all the while neglecting my health, body, mind and career completely forgetting the crux of my own wellbeing.

I had been living in a cycle of survival for a very very long time hence was completely reliant on spiritual devices and methods to feel the dopamine rush that helped me survive or let's say stay sane enough. Now even though I was living in a much better condition my brain was still trying to survive. Hence in an effort to avoid the harder feelings, I got too absorbed in doomscrolling .

Thus the Drums were loud enough to keep me distracted and the cycle of broken habits kept repeating.

Some channeled songs for you amazing people, the japanese song by Yoshino Nanjo is called Kimi Ga Emu Yuugure

Anyways here's a bunch of ChatGPT answers that helped in this insight:

The drum as an archetypal tool holds deep spiritual significance across various cultures. It is often seen as a bridge between the physical and spiritual worlds, used in rituals, ceremonies, and meditation to induce altered states of consciousness, facilitate communication with the divine, and synchronize the heartbeat with cosmic rhythms.

Spiritual Meaning of the Drum (Archetypal Tool)

1. Rhythm of Life & Creation – The drum symbolizes the heartbeat of the universe, representing the rhythm of life, the cycles of nature, and the pulse of existence.

2. Shamanic & Mystical Journey – In many traditions, drumming induces trance states, allowing shamans and spiritual seekers to travel between realms.

3. Sacred Sound & Vibration – The vibrations of the drum are believed to align the body and soul with higher frequencies, aiding in healing and spiritual awakening.

4. Collective Unity – Drumming fosters communal bonding, creating harmony and shared energy among participants in rituals and ceremonies.

The Drum’s Connection to The Ring (Spiritual Archetype)

The Ring as a spiritual archetype represents wholeness, eternity, unity, and the cyclical nature of existence. Its circular shape reflects completeness, balance, and the infinite loop of time and energy.

The drum’s spiritual significance connects to the ring in several ways:

Circular Form – Many drums, especially frame drums, are circular, embodying the eternal cycle of sound, energy, and spiritual transformation, mirroring the ring’s symbolism of continuity and wholeness.

Rhythmic Cycle – Just as the ring symbolizes endless cycles, the drum produces repetitive, circular rhythms, reinforcing the idea of life’s cyclical nature—birth, death, and rebirth.

Sacred Connection – The drum, like the ring, is used in spiritual rites to mark sacred moments, binding individuals to spiritual forces, just as rings often symbolize bonds (e.g., marriage, oaths, or cosmic unity).

Portal Between Worlds – The ring is often seen as a symbolic doorway to higher understanding or transformation. Similarly, drumming creates a trance-like state that allows spiritual journeying, acting as a ‘portal’ to altered states of consciousness.

Conclusion

The drum, through its sound and vibration, represents the heartbeat of existence, while the ring embodies the eternal cycle of life and unity. Together, they express a spiritual rhythm of continuity, transformation, and the connection between the earthly and divine—where sound becomes an infinite, circular energy that echoes the fundamental patterns of the universe.

The Shadow of Drum Archetype

The shadow of the drum archetype represents its hidden, distorted, or destructive aspects—where rhythm, vibration, and ritual are misused or lose their sacred intent. In Jungian terms, the shadow is the unconscious, often repressed, side of an archetype, manifesting in negative or unconscious ways.

Shadow Aspects of the Drum Archetype

1. Disruptive Chaos Instead of Harmony – Instead of creating unity, the drum's rhythm can become erratic, overwhelming, or disorienting, leading to disorder instead of synchronization. This can symbolize being out of sync with life’s natural flow, causing stress, confusion, or loss of inner balance.

2. Mindless Repetition & Entrapment in Cycles – The drum’s rhythm mirrors cycles, but in its shadow form, it represents being stuck in repetitive patterns—habitual behaviors, destructive cycles, or emotional loops that one cannot break free from. It reflects addiction, stagnation, or compulsiveness.

3. Manipulation & Control Through Rhythm – In some traditions, rhythm is used to control or influence people’s states of mind (e.g., in military marches, propaganda, or cult-like rituals). The shadow of the drum emerges when sound is used for domination instead of liberation.

4. Distorted Spirituality & False Trance States – Drumming can induce spiritual experiences, but its shadow form may lead to escapism, illusion, or false enlightenment. Instead of deep transformation, one may become addicted to the trance itself, mistaking altered states for true awakening.

5. Overwhelming Noise & Disconnection – Instead of creating resonance, the shadow drum produces discordant noise—symbolizing a world filled with distractions, anxiety, and disconnection from one’s inner rhythm. This can manifest as spiritual or creative blockages, where one is overwhelmed rather than inspired.

Integrating the Shadow of the Drum

To integrate this shadow, one must become aware of how they engage with rhythm and repetition in life. Are they stuck in cycles? Are they using spiritual practices for avoidance rather than growth? Are they overwhelmed by external noise, unable to hear their inner beat?

By consciously embracing the positive aspects of the drum—balance, sacred rhythm, and aligned intent—one can transform its shadow into a tool for healing, insight, and true spiritual resonance.

[richkidcityfriends]

your opinion on 2022 winter Olympics

okay so im assuming this is only about figure skating and i mean oml there was so much going on. below the cut bc i think this is gonna be long.

okay so FIRST OF ALL the kamila valieva situation. where to begin. (as a note: none of this is a statement on her except in relation to the 2022 olys)

the positive test being from rusnats and only being found out in february is weird. idk if we ever found out exactly why that happened? but i can only assume it was meddling from the russian end.

i think the media response was cruel, and i think part of that was a lot of people were trying to talk about it without knowing the full situation, but the amount of vicious hate and blame kamila received was unjustified. she was fifteen years old and in an abusive situation, to what extent she knew about the doping is irrelevant in my mind, the blame falls on the adults in power (mainly her coaches). eteri tutberidze is notoriously controlling and abusive, and there is no way any of that was happening without her being responsible. she controls the amount of WATER her skaters can drink. skating at that level, especially in russia, your coach is practically your primary guardian; if eteri told her to dope then there was pretty much nothing she could do. only eteri girls were ever going to go to the olympics, if she switched coaches that would have ended her life's goal (and the way they train is so all-consuming that to not get to the olympics at all would have felt life shattering).

should she have been been allowed to skate? i dont think so. at least partially bc it essentially proves to coaches that you can "get away with" doping as long as the people you are drugging are children. obviously having an athlete who has taken performance enhancing drugs is unfair to everyone else, but that goes without saying. HOWEVER i do understand the worry that the test could have been wrong or she might not have known, either way it would have been unfair to her. (the "irreparable harm" quote is always taken out of context - they meant that if she skated and was found guilty they could strip her of the medal, but if she was banned and found innocent there was no fixing it). ultimately though i think letting her skate was the wrong decision (especially since the case STILL hasnt been settled).

i dont think eteri told her to throw the free to make sure the others got their medals, because she looked so traumatised afterwards and eteri reacted so badly (ive never understood this theory tbh)

that was the first scandal from the olys but oml it was definitely not the last. there was so much going on. olympics from hell. lets talk about the womens podium.

(but first a note on ultra c elements: do i think the sport is suffering because of the increased value placed on jumps? yes. do i think artistry is important? absolutely. do i think there is a conversation to be had about the morals of training young children (especially girls) to do dangerous jumps that cause permanent damage to their bodies? one hundred fucking percent. things need to change in this sport. however. i will make repeated references to whether or not someone is jumping ultra c when discussing the podium, because that is how its scored atm, and i do think that they aren’t irrelevant (it is a sport, athletic feats are also important) just please please know that i am also taking artistry into account its just harder to objectively phrase in a short paragraph and this is already long enough). okay caveat over. please no one attack me. lets go.

look i KNOW the most pressing question is do i think anna deserved gold HOWEVER. have you considered. did anna deserve to be sent to the olympics at all. and this makes me insane because like?? skating like she did at the olys?? yeah she probably deserved to be there!! so it kinda seems mean to talk about this but ALSO i feel like we definitely have to not forget it so. the russian olympic team was pretty much based off of the podium for rusnats, which that year was kamila, sasha, anna. but anna in third place was veryyy controversial bc like. she had no ultra c elements at all (and her tech is DODGY so without them it gets even harder to justify her high scores) but elizaveta had a triple axel (and better tech) so a LOT of people thought that she should have come third, but rusfed just wanted to send anna to the olys instead (which i pretty much agree with).

but okay whether you like it or not she DID make the olympic team so. womens olympic podium. a grenade of a question. everyone is allowed their own opinions on it im not saying anyone is wrong if they think differently!!!!! also im only going to talk about the top five bc this is already wayyy too long.

i know on tiktok a while back the popular opinion was that wakaba should’ve been gold, which i don’t really agree with, however she absolutely should not have been fifth. no doubt in my mind she should have been at LEAST fourth, if not third. kamila should have been behind her i don’t care how many quads she was attempting, she fell like five times. she got through on reputation and the eteri bonus alone. kaori did skate cleanly, but with no triple c, and her tech isn’t great on some of her jumps, so wakaba (who fell on a jump, but had a triple axel, and generally better tech and artistry imo) could have come third and i would have been happy. anna i go back and forth on, because her artistry is alright, and technically she does jump quads, but her tech skills are SO questionable (her quad lutz is neither a quad nor a lutz). the tech bar for quads is lower than for triples, and i do kinda think that makes sense, but her quad tech is worse than most of the other quad jumping girls so it’s a fair comparison. i don’t think she deserved gold, but im never fully sure about silver either. honestly her, wakaba, and kaori can fight it out for second/third/fourth. in terms of actual skaters i like wakaba best, in terms of who performed best on the day i think you could make a compelling argument for any order.

that of course leaves sasha in first place. i know she fell on her triple axel in the short, but the only people who didn’t fall at all were anna (i’ll talk about her last) and kaori, and while triple c elements aren’t the only important thing, the skater who fell on one and landed five kind of has to be above the skater who attempted none at all, imo, so that puts kaori out of the running. wakaba fell once as well, and she definitely has the edge on artistry, but i don’t think sashas artistry was as bad as a lot of people say, especially in her short, so i don’t think thats quite enough to put wakaba ahead of sasha overall. sasha’s tech skills were so much higher than the rest of the skaters that i think it would be almost impossible to bridge that gap with artistry alone. lastly theres anna, who ofc actually won the ogm. two clean skates, slightly better artistry, much worse tech (i know sasha’s tech isn’t perfect either, but she’s definitely better – id say thanks to plushenko). annas tech should have been called, if not her edges then at least for prerotation. sasha fell on a triple axel and anna landed a double in the short, sasha landed five quads and anna landed two in the free. taking into account how poor her quad tech is, i don’t think that her artisty is enough to pass sasha.

however!!!! again i want to reiterate!!!!! everyone is allowed their own opinions on this!!! i do not give a damn if you think that anastasiia shabotova should have come first!!!! go you!!! to each their own <3

now for something that i do think you can wrong about. the reaction to sashas reaction to the scores was appalling. she was seventeen years old (a CHILD) in an extremely high stress situation and had been told by her (abusive, manipulative) coaches that if she landed all five quads she would win, and when this turned out to be untrue she got upset and had what was clearly a panic attack, asked not to be filmed and was ignored by every cameraman in the area, had to immediately go in front of millions of people while still being a mess, and was then attacked from all angles for being “ungrateful” and “showing bad sportsmanship.” show some empathy. (especially ppl who are still giving out about it now “on behalf of anna” when they seemed to be at least friendly again as soon as the very next day)

OKAY WE’RE ALMOST DONE i mostly only follow women’s so the rest of this is going to be brief

sui/han deserved ogm, my sister and i were rooting for miura/kihara to do well but we knew there was no chance for a medal. loving seeing them do so well rn.

nathan chen’s costume was ridiculous. last time i said my nathan chen take i got eaten alive on tiktok so im not gonna say much about him. he did deserve gold tho.

scoring felt harsh on yuzuru. wish he’d gotten another ogm but it wasn’t meant to be. im glad he got to attempt the quadruple axel at the olympics at least.

papadakis/cizeron ogm deserved.

oh MY god i forgot about the team event. pls someone save me. im so sorry i know no one wants this much. this isn’t even the worst i can do. i have talked at my friends for hours straight before about figure skating. i cant help it i have no control. we are going to ignore the team event okay. Just give them their medals. pls. i beg. they still don’t have their medals. i know it sucks for the rest of the russian team if they lose the gold bc kamila was stripped but you have to give the rest of them their medals.

anyway if you made it until the end here is a gold star ⭐ i don’t know how you did it.

[alyjojo]

November 🕷️ 2024 Monthly - Aquarius

Preshuffle: You’re being very cautious socially, keeping to yourself, possibly avoiding someone in particular. Or The Hermit can be everyone, it’s shown up three times. Going within 🙏

Meditation: Personal autonomy. Abortion. The borders. God. Putin. Trump. It was a scene like from a comic book movie, I’m getting Spider-Man but any will do, where you see the pages moving by really fast and captions like “POW” and “Wham!” but with those phrases. Politics 💯 Especially in ‘Murica, in November don’t ya kno. Or something about Captain America specifically could resonate, maybe you really like him idk. Superheroes & Politics…fun. It is showing up that…if it’s red vs. blue - you’re purple. What superhero is purple? Barney bitch 😆 Grimace. Flying purple people eater. And on and on. You’re not even on whatever page others are on, happily.

Main energy: 3 Cups rev

First off, if you’re someone that’s set apart from family or friends politically - an Aquarius really c’mon - this could be you or them calling off the holidays over this shit, no joke. Like you don’t even want to deal with it, for most it feels like someone else canceling on you though, because it’s like there are some kind of preparations you were needing to handle or plan/buy before, food or decorations, feels involved - and now you don’t even need to. It seems like you’re happy about this, or relieved.

What’s going on in November:

You could flat out not vote, and that’s your cover. Don’t come for me bitches I don’t caaaare - Aqua. Not all, but some/someone is vibing this strongly. Some of you have been crystal clear on where you stand and it’s simply “I said what I said.” It could be specific driving points with The Chariot too, like YOU are here for one thing and that’s x-topic - you don’t care about the rest, maybe it’s a personal thing, a life lesson, a hard experience. It don’t matter. Do you 💯

I do see you releasing Judgment, that could’ve been an issue with you too - I’m not really getting that although I know this sign can be passionate about these things more than most (frfr). Not this year. Or you could literally be snipping off connections of people that don’t align with your goals, ideals, belief systems, what have you. The release IS Judgment. Or this is happening to you and it’s all switched.

The Sun clarified by The High Priestess. You have all sorts of quiet judgments and beliefs I’m sure, along with everyone else, right? Those ideas will be coming to light, or someone else’s even, and then it’s like it becomes YOUR GOAL IN LIFE to knock this person down a peg, or ten. Or switch it. Passionate messages in a narcisstic asshole tone, either side of any issue idk. Loud and wrong - or perceived to be - any/all sides. Friend, family, coworker, anyone. Literally anyone, I’m seeing the secretary at a kid’s school with some stupid shirt on - no one cares lady, but it’s everywhere. It doesn’t have to be politics specifically, but that’s how it’s all showing up this month. It fits for someone, but apply it however.

It’s like once you hear this person’s real perspective or the Judgments they hand out, once you know how they really feel, you know whether or not it’s going to work out (it’s not) and you can simply step out of the way. Not talk to that person about this thing. 5 Wands rev is not an energy of arguing, you’re not doing that. Like Uncle Bo made a bunch of racist comments at the gathering and now you’re done gathering with Bo, he’s a danger to your mixed children and their mental peace - again, it could be quite personal why you’re like this in the first place. It does also, though, feel like you don’t intend to cause irritation, conflict, or opposition. You’re not trying to piss Bo off but he’s not in your lane and you’re done hearing his mouth. Bye. Abandoning the situation - either because you now have a different perspective of this person/people even - or they will get a new perspective of it/you when they lose you. I’m also hearing “call me when you heal”, you or them, idk if that’s sarcastic or literal. Either. Could be more than one person, it’s not specific but 3 Cups is 1-3 people, often friends, and it’s in reverse. Nacho friends 🫕 It’s funny because Shrinking Violet says to ask three people for their opinion and then throw them out the window 😆 Do you 💯 This just confirms it. Any advice I see would be to act with integrity as much as you can, let others act however and enjoy whatever world you’re living in, believing whatever you want. As any Aquarius will, it comes with the territory.

Signs you may be dealing with:

Strong Cancer, Pisces, Leo & Aquarius

Oracle: ✨

If you’re worried about being on your spiritual track, don’t be, because the fact that you’re thinking about it means that you’re on the right path.

We enter into November as:

Ivory Tower 👨‍🎨 :

“They won’t use me.”

Ivory Tower reflects the way we function in a world with values that are different from our own. While we might not fit into the world as it is, we are aware of it and accept the differences, for those differences also benefit us on some level. If you are considering moving away from “the norm” you will not be unhappy. Like the artist that chooses to express himself with paint, you too must express yourself, even if it means “they” won’t use you. Rejection is Spirit’s way of protecting us. Whether or not you are accepted, you must do it anyway. This card can also represent a teacher or mentor being sent to you by Spirit, they may not be who you would’ve thought, or even picked, but they will teach you a lot. Hold your judgement.

What is to be learned in November: You have two

Shrinking Violet 😥

“I don’t trust my intuition.”

Are you retreating from a situation that could bring you success? We all abandon projects that seemingly lack merit. However, Shrinking Violet indicates you may not be trusting your intuition, which is mostly likely on target. Choose three people to ask advice from, then take their advice, throw it out the window and go with your gut. There is every indication you should complete the task at hand. Block yourself off from thoughts of what will happen at the completion stage. Stay the process, don’t worry about the ending, or results, don’t be frightened. Just continue on.

Sun Sparkler 🎇:

“Integrity is what turns on the light.”

Sun Sparkler reminds us that it is through kindness to others and being of service that we are abundant. Are you living your life as fully as you can? Are you being honest and kind to others? Do you hold the door open for people on the elevator, or let it close? Do you let people merge over in traffic, or pretend not to see them? When we put a blinder on one area of life, it creates the same blind spot in every area. You can’t shut out pain without shutting out pleasure too. Sun Sparkler reminds you of the miracle of honesty, it leads to integrity. You may have done work for another but do not expect a reward, revel in alignment with Spirit, self-esteem is the gift. You’ve been elevated to a new level spiritually, continue to serve others and life will prosper beyond your wildest dreams.

Violet & Yellow may be lucky colors 💜💛