#defining words

[kindnessisstillhere]

Career

I question and challenge this word.

It was meant to be a major thing,

A goal to build a life around,

But really it's just your history,

The jobs you've done along the way.

It's not a thing to build and build,

But something life just adds to.

Ask me my career and I will lie,

Will claim something I've not earned from,

Because my life's work is not my job,

And that is how I think of a career.

[egophiliac]

don't think I'm not still obsessing over 7-12

[prokopetz]

Canon compliant

Canon compatible

Canon complacent

Canon comparable

Canon compulsive

Canon competitive

Canon competent

Canon compassionate

Canon complementary

Canon comprehensible

Canon companionable

Canon compressible

Canon complexifying

Canon compensatory

Canon complicit

[neopuff]

[9-1-1-8]

Best Friend Duo: Buck & Eddie

Comparison to Chim & Hen / Chim & Hen solo version

2x01 / 2x01 ∙ 3x03 ∙ 7x04 ∙ 7x05 ∙ 8x06 ∙ 8x11 ∙ 8x11

[helldritch6211]

Its not that i dont ship mel and jayce its just the fact they both deserve so much more than each other….

Like LOOK at them i love them so much… but Mel deserves someone who understands and supports her goals and jayce… well he clearly wants something else?? Whatever he and viktor are nobody knows but them.

[faronmckenzie]

Don’t let their energy change yours.

[valtsv]

happy pride or whatever

[casavanse]

(((Antizionists))): there's apartheid in Isr@el!!

Me, who always has to wait forever for the digital sign that shows train and bus stations to change cuz I cant fucking read Arabic: there's a what now

[rollercoasterwords]

universities will be like “please write a 1000-word essay telling us why you value diversity equity & inclusion & how you will contribute to these core values of our institution” & then the next page is like “thanks! our application fee is $150 🥰🥰”

[lyxchen]

So often in shows and movies characters say things they feel out loud because we as viewers can't hear their inner thoughts. Squid Game doesn't do that. Characters only ever tell us what they're feeling when they have a reason to tell it to somebody else in the show. And that's why the acting in this show is so great. Because this show heavily relies on showing us instead of telling us. Gi-hun doesn't have to say anything in the confrontation because we can clearly see how he's feeling. We don't need Lee Jung-jae screaming "I hate you, I trusted you and you betrayed me just like Il-nam did and I want to kill you but I can't because I'm not that kind of person and I'm also so tired and numb because I got tricked by somebody like you again". He didn't say any of those words but we can all clearly see them in the way he reacts and acts in that scene!!!! That is PHENOMENAL acting!!!! Gi-hun doesn't talk a lot in season 2 and 3, that is part of what this trauma did to him. He only speaks when he has to and we have to figure out everything else through his expressions and his behavior. And I personally will always enjoy that so much more than any long dialogue or monologue they could have given him

[instarsanddyke]

all you ever need is to be nice and friendly

[witha-boxofscraps]

I’m a sucker for the reluctant father figure adopts feisty teenager more than anything in the entire world and I was so desperate for this to be Haymitch and Katniss when I first read the trilogy

And now SOTR is out, it feels like everything I’ve ever wanted has been put in the palm of my hand and you best believe I bawled my eyes and heart out at that epilogue.

But I maintain the stance that Haymitch was not able to be a father to Katniss. He was far too broken by the time her games came around and there are so many instances in the books where he’s downright cruel to her despite caring about her (and Peeta) more than anyone in the world. Katniss describes Boggs as reminding her of her father but Haymitch is never really able to take on that paternal figure. Maybe they wish that’s what they could be together but Katniss had been an adult since 11 and Haymitch was barely able to care for himself. I think people are forgetting that he literally left her to care for herself in return to 12 for weeks until Peeta returned at the end of mockingjay.

So when I read SOTR, you best bet I gasped when I found out Louella was his sweetheart. Louella who he described as his LITTLE SISTER. because suddenly everything fit together so perfectly. No, in this world Haymitch couldn’t be Uncle Hay to Katniss. And no, he could not be the father figure she missed so desperately. But he was always an older, protective figure looking out for her. Haymitch Abernathy, the man who adopted so many as his younger siblings. Maybe that’s what Katniss was in a sense to him. Not strictly a younger sister because he certainly took on a more parental role with her (the people guarding Snows greenhouse discussing going to inform Haymitch that Katniss is there) but maybe she was just enough to heal the hole left by Sid.

Maybe, like Katniss was almost a mother to Prim but not quite, Haymitch fulfills the same role.

[lgbtqtext]

[just-honey-dewd]

Lu Guang’s character intrigues me.

Not for the time traveller thing he’s got going on. But for the way he seems to generally carry himself. Outside of the overarching plot, or objective-focused interactions.

When he’s interacting with others purely for the act of interacting with them. He reads like a guy that’s trying to convince others, and himself most of all, that he’s human. He’s always thinking, always within this careful threshold of polite but calculated sincerity. He wants you to think he means well, but it’s not his first instinct to mean well— his first instinct is to ensure he’s not misunderstood by the recipient. And he seems aware of this, and prosecutes himself for it.

He can’t live in the moment and always prepares to account for any slip up. Sometimes he’ll find the words needed in a situation. Other times he seems to go dormant, or resides in a whole other world where no one can reach. Not because of inherited timeline trauma or ptsd— that wasn’t the causation. And not because he knew that silence was what the other person wanted. But because he couldn’t find the words within the established script provided to well socialised people. A script he’s had to manually curate for himself.

The guy seems to have always masked himself like it’s second nature, as though he’s never had the space to consider subjectivity within himself nor others. With what little can be surmised, his life before Cheng Xiaoshi seems isolated, devoid of passion or individuality. A blank and beautifully desolate canvas.

He doesn’t tell people things unless prompted or if it’s the socially appropriate thing to do. He doesn’t tell people things about himself unless prompted— and even when he does, he can’t fully separate the objective reasoning from any personally compelled inclination. What’s his favourite food? Food that aid in maintaining his chemical balance. What activities does he do? Activities like reading, sunbathing and basketball, which keeps both his mind and body maintained. Why does Cheng Xiaoshi sleep in the lower bunk bed? Because his constant movements would make the bed audibly creak, so it’s best that he slept on the lower bunk.

Lu Guang seems to be conditioned to constantly rationalising his actions and moralising his and others’ decisions. “It’s childish to do [x],” “this outfit looks weird,” “don’t impose yourself on others” are his typical branch of reactions to Cheng Xiaoshi’s actions. It communicates Cheng Xiaoshi’s emotionally-driven impulsivity but equally conveys Lu Guang’s aversion to subjective thinking and slight adherence to social propriety. Also conveys a cheeky, unspoken hypocrisy considering he also fails to adhere to social expectations— but this is where things get more intriguing.

After meeting Cheng Xiaoshi and Qiao Ling, you can observe how Lu Guang changes in relation to his proximity with them. Around Cheng Xiaoshi, he bears minute smiles that aren’t placating nor rehearsed. With Qiao Ling, he speaks with an understated vulnerability that comes from the heart— a subjective truth if nothing else. He doesn’t become socially trained per se, but his eccentricities are seen and accommodated to.

His comfort is wordlessly accounted for, his boundaries (while he doesn’t often communicate them) will be respected when realised, and he is regularly checked on by Cheng Xiaoshi and Qiao Ling should he seem too reticent or despondent for a long time. Even though Lu Guang still does mask himself instinctively, he carries himself more securely within his place in the studio and with his friends. He’s comfortable being childish, bratty, and emotional without reservation.

Around them, he’s not trying to convince anyone that he’s human. He’s dropped the proverbial script entirely, and lost the need to prove things. Because he’s been shown unconditional love, and even against the concept of fate, destiny, and any rational pretences— that love persists and keeps him going.