#dewy eyed nerd

[milliardpeacecraft]

Adorable...

Adorable...and I'll say it again 'cause it's worth mentioning...

He's ADORABLE 💖

[ent-is-indecisive]

this is me doodling away to a fun lil au @trensu and i were spitballing, as we do. the jist (edited for readability):

blind and frozen by beast in black as a collab song between pop star Steve and metal star Eddie probably started as a publicity stunt. Eddie is abrasive about it at first and Steve's all bitchy.

Steve is writing about his breakup with famous reporter Nancy. It's supposed to be a dumb thing to stir up attention but then Steve starts to pour all his heartbreak into the lyrics they come up with together, and it's sincere, is the thing. Eddie can feel the ache of failed love in every word, watches Steve hurting over this, and watches him with his fans, adult and child alike, and how genuinely happy he is to see them. And Steve tells him that he likes knowing that he can brighten someone's day because life is shitty sometimes and people deserve nice things, and Eddie falls HARD.

Like the first time he sees Steve give an 8yo kid an autograph, Eddie melts because the kid sings him his favorite part of his favorite song and Steve sings along with him and Eddie is DYING. And then he gets to see Steve pull out his bitchy retorts when somebody trys to insult his fans (or maybe he had a young boy fan that was getting called unsavory things for being Steve's fan). Eddie didn't stand a chance really.

So there's all this PINING because Steve is obviously hung up on Nancy and Eddie is nothing like Nancy and the chances of Steve liking dudes are slim at best. But, the song works as catharsis for steve and he realises that he is less and less sad about nancy and on the opposite being slowly restored energy by working/talking to eddie.

Steve starts working on a love song for eddie and how great of a person he is and makes it a surprise either on an album they collab on or at a concert theyre both at. Because the thing about Eddie is that yeah he's nothing like Nancy except for his DRIVE and PASSION which are two traits Steve has always found attractive, doe eyed stubborn nerds make him weak in the knees. And he compares eddie to sunlight and eddie absolutely melts in a puddle when he hears the song which surprises everyone with the personna he usually has. There's an entire verse dedicated to his big doe eyes. (In Steve's album with the love song there's also a more risque song where Steve obsesses a bit over how Eddie works up a sweat on stage, leaving his skin dewy and delicious.)

[taiyo-yokai]

🍷💤💘🍽 for Shiro

How do they feel about alcohol?

Shiro is fine genuinely fine with it, though not a heavy drinker as he can be a bit of light weight but he holds back a lot more when it comes to his Fixer lifestyle or those odd giant North Oak /celebrity bashes to watch over his mainline. He's got no problem with Kerry letting loose & will let his hair down for those special occasions even if he swears next morning never to touch the poison again.....or recall much of the night before.

What do they absolutely need to have to fall asleep?

Noise.

Sleep was something he always managed to do perfectly Pre-Relic life. Since the Space shuttle incident , Arasaka chip removal & months of recovery trying to believe what was real & dreams, nightmares mostly. Some form of familiar sound near by became a great comfort, Kerry. didn't matter if it was breathing, snoring or rockerboy grumbles he felt safe & happy to know that was real.

How and how often do they try to impress their partner(s)? How and how often do their partner(s) impress them?

When you've had one angry celebrity throwing a fit and stomping his feet letting off steam from what ever bs the label or Screamsheets was spewing out how else do you impress him? ….Cook! …..still on rest after the op but Shiro figured his mainline was mostly moody because he hadn't ate properly (for weeks) so a simple meal ….even if it meant cherry tomatoes insides across the back wall …. Pasta bake was a win win situation that the angry rocker downed without complaints....since then home Date nights meant Shiro cooked....or on the bad days

Throwing money to buy expensive & Lavish gifts was quickly put out the door after Shiro declared he didn't need anything except the Eurodyne. Shiro is simply impressed every time Kerry allows him back in the villa if he's been on a gig wearing someone else's blood however Kerry tried coming to down Shiro level's after discovering the lock up of relics from his past.....and how much of lil feral nerd he was....out came some of the 70+ year old junk from the Eurodyne time capsule closet. If anyone was gonna get a Gameboy color up & Running to play the OG Pokémon Red ....it was the dewy eyed Kamiya. Though sometimes Kerry regrets his life choices when 2am wake up call to the Pixel tinny noise of haunted Pokémon tower music & Gengar plushie staring at him didn't give him some more grey hairs.

- What’s their favorite food?

Simple; Cheese Pizza.... the more cheese the better.

[bkdk-fanfic]

Overflow [Part 1]

Summary:

After a gruesome fight, Izuku takes on some major full body injuries that take more time than anybody would have expected to heal. 

Twin Stars Week Day 4: Summer Storms | Injury/Wounds

Katsuki sulked in his chair, head drooping low, letting his pale locks cover his face. Everyday that he could, he would show up to the infirmary bed that held the boy in front of him. Everyday he hoped that the nerd with freckle speckled cheeks would flutter open his emerald pupils and look at him. He wished that the boy would tell him he’d be okay, so he could tell him to be quiet and save his strength, and he would comply. It would be reluctant but he knew he would comply. Everyday he was met with the same shut eyes and slow breath, contrary to the bright eyed boy he’d grown familiar to for so many years. Everyday this room would meet Katsuki with silence and everyday he would let hushed tears fall to match.

“Deku...” His lungs allowed him just enough air to whisper his name.

He cleared his throat.

“Deku.” He was louder this time, it was an attempt at more conviction. “It’s me, Kacchan. L-listen, nerd. You’ve had your fun, yea? You can���t become the number one hero if you let yourself be stuck in this bed. Y-you need to get up and sh-show these extras how it’s done.”

He choked back tears.

“Deku.” Desperation coated his vocal chords. It startled him for a moment when he heard it. He shut his eyes. “You need to be out there b-beating bastards up with everyone else. You need to be out there with me. Dammit, I miss hearing your s-stupid rambling about whatever the hell you were thinking of.” He intended his words to be stronger but his lips betrayed him. The quivering worsened with each syllable. “I miss your annoying need to improve, to be b-better. It made me want to, too, but now...” He sniffled loudly.” There’s no r-reason for me to keep getting stronger if you’re s-stuck here like this. The world needs you out there again, Deku.” He gasped suddenly and quickly covered his mouth. Tears streamed down his face as he continued his lament.

“I need you...”

He drew a slow breath and forced his eyes open. Through dewy vision, he viewed the figure on the bed. Izuku’s face gave no sign of a change in expression. Words spoken meant nothing to the imposter husk whos limbs were heavily wrapped in bandage.

“Well? Aren’t you going to say something?” Katsuki’s voice cracked, but the patient’s breath didn’t falter, didn’t show a fleck of emotion. It was a brutal reciprocal of his usual self, the one Katsuki miserably wanted to see right now. The hollow shell of that boy was the only remnants that he could see of him.

Didn’t this nerd care? Wasn’t he the one who always made Katsuki a priority? The one who always made sure he was alright? But now, Izuku had him crying over him, spilling his guts all over the floor and making a mess with his feelings, and yet, he didn’t even have the nerve to look him in the eyes.

Of course, he realized what a pitiful scene this should’ve look like. Rage blended with the sadness as frustration burned in his heart.

“FINE!” Katsuki shot up from the chair and rushed our of the room. His arm covered the world from his agonzing tears as he ignored the calls of Recovery Girl that warned him of the torrential downpour and stumbled outside.

Water soaked every part of his body, making it cling to his skin. He had left his jacket inside but felt sick at the thought of going back in to retrieve it. For now he just wanted to run back to the dorms, away from the infirmary. Away from the silent room he had spent so long in. Away from him.

[vasiktomis]

Á 🍒 I ran here so fast

You’re gonna regret this shit.  Warnings: NSFW, Cora being unemotional yet petty, as always. Infidelity. 

  🍒-When and how did they lose their virginity, if they have? Cora had her first sexual encounter in college. She was super into Model UN in her high school years, and after moving from New York to Colorado for college, she was quick to find herself a M.U.N club in order to continue her hobby. She’d always prided herself on her ability to take over the room. She wasn’t always best delegate, but her communication skills were improved tenfold by taking part. She was an exceptional strategist and problem-solver, but fell well behind her peers when it came to diplomacy; her interpersonal skills were more geared toward, er, divide and conquer.  Basically, she started a lot of fights. She was well fucking known for playing some hardball world peace, and she was feared for it.  Only, when it came to her university - a community especially overrun by nerds, she wasn’t the only one. 

A couple in their senior year had ruled the stage before her arrival, and she became a quick rival of the two. They were theatre kids turned zoologists. Hung out in an annoying little clique that had no concept of volume control. Always laying on the grass together outside and working wonders as a team on the fake global stage. Totally symbiotic. Lovey-dovey. Promise rings. The whole shebang. Before Cora’s first year, she’d never had an interest in sex.  If there was one thing she’d learned from her time in Model UN, though (aside from near perfect verbal citation of issue research), it was how to start a fight.  Divide and conquer. She propositioned the boyfriend. He was most often the opponent to win more votes, and having people hate him would prove advantageous. He was a college nerd seeking validation, and couldn’t resist the idea that he was seductive enough to draw the attention of a rival, of all things. Nor could he resist the rhetoric of taking a freshman’s virginity. He fucked her after hours in a research building. It wasn’t particularly impressive. She didn’t come, despite his assurances that he’d “ruin her for every other guy”, and as soon as he came, he was so guilt-ridden that he started crying.  It was all a bit shit. If this was what sex was, she wasn’t interested. At the next club meeting, the couple still sat together, but they did so in silence. No longer loud, annoying. He’d confessed his infidelity behind closed doors, and while they’d agreed to stay together, a rift had been opened. Gossip spread, and Cora’s actions drew the ire of a few students.  She didn’t mind much. She had no friends to lose. She was much more concerned with the fact that her rivals were no more.  At least, until she was faced with confrontation from the girlfriend one late night, seeking closure on the matter. Cora wasn’t pleased. She’d been looking forward to brushing her teeth in peace, but then again, she supposed interrupting a monogamous relationship was probably worse than having her flossing routine interrupted. Some part of Cora accepted that she might have owed it to the woman, and so, she listened to her grievances into the early hours of the morning until the topic turned to the boyfriend. They agreed that he was an awful lay. They talked research and hobbies and interests. The girlfriend spoke at length about the thesis she wanted to propose to the faculty, and by 4am, Cora was no longer so sure of her heterosexuality. Laura Dern and Sigourney Weaver had raised questions, sure, but this was real life, and tangible, and dewy-eyed and smart and confessing that her boyfriend had never once made given her an orgasm.  As luck would have it, Cora was an exceptional problem-solver.  They fucked in the bathroom, and it was impressive enough that they both returned the next night, and the night after. Despite having had penetrative sex for the first time a few weeks prior, Cora asserted that her virginity had been taken by the girl who’s boyfriend she’d fucked.  They weren’t interested in each other romantically, and that was fine. It was a good arrangement; by day, they aided each other with their studies, and by night, they either ruled the Model UN stage together as allies, or ate each other out in the bathroom. All in all, Cora learned a hell of a lot about diplomacy that year. Never ended up getting an acknowledgement in that thesis, though.   Damn shame.  Oh, well. She can’t remember either of their names.

[moscarific]

Some of you might have noticed that I have a new fandom. As often happens, the fandom itself isn’t new: Roswell, New Mexico, has aired for two full seasons on the CW, and a lot of the fans jumped on board at or near the beginning. I, on the other hand, sauntered in late, martini in hand, and binged the whole thing on Netflix in a week to get my mind off the fact that my HVAC had died in the middle of a heat wave and nobody could figure out how to fix it. The stubborn appliance is now fixed, and my condo is now a placid 74 degrees Fahrenheit throughout, but in the time it took, I not only watched all of RNM but wrote and posted my first fic in the fandom. It is a classic case of new fandom glow, and all it took was an aggressively mediocre TV show about attractive queer aliens and two weeks of sustained negotiation with the heating-cooling repair company.

Since I have friends in the fandom and they seem happy that I’ve shown up - especially since I brought martinis for everyone - I’m now on a Discord server where a lot of the RNM fandom stalwarts hang out. (Discord: yet another fandom platform that reminds me that the days of Livejournal were terrible but also makes me feel ancient.) Here I am, two days after joining the server, giddily chatting with my fellow nerds and plugging away at fic #2, when someone starts fretting that everyone is leaving RNM fandom and there will soon be nobody left. 

In my mind, this fandom is vibrant. My Tumblr dash is full of new gifs, fanart, and stories. The Discord is not overwhelming, but there is plenty of action, most of it on topic. AO3 listings indicate a steady stream of new material. It’s possible that things have slowed down since the initial boom, but this fandom is still moving at a healthy clip - especially since, as someone else on Discord pointed out, we’re in the middle of a long show hiatus (made longer by the pandemic and by some behind-the-scenes tsuris) after a season that mostly separated the fandom’s consensus OTP. 

My reaction to this concern is that RNM is the kind of fandom that has legs. At first, that was an inkling, fueled by the desire for more Malex fic to be injected directly into my bloodstream, but the more I thought about it while folding laundry (You know what else got fixed last week? My dryer. I am so happy. Never get old, kids.) the more I saw myself responding to a pattern. The upside to being old - and by old, I mean that the Star Trek fans I used to hang out with on a Yahoo Group dubbed me a Brassy Old Fandom Queen in approximately 2002 - is that you have perspective. 

At this point, I have written upwards of 200 stories in something like 50 fandoms. (Not all of these stories are on AO3; some of them are buried on Dreamwidth where they belong.) You know what still gets read? Stories in fandoms with a large amount of canon that is readily available on a major streaming platform. I haven’t watched a Gilmore Girl since there was a Bush in office, but I still get kudos almost daily on Rory/Paris fics that are older than the characters were in the first season of that show. Sometime around 2011, I wrote Mass Effect femslash because I was modding a fic exchange and took a difficult sign-up for the team, and that thing still gets read all the time. Not only are my own Star Trek: DS9, Teen Wolf, and Firefly fics still being discovered by new readers, but I continue to find new fanworks for all of those fandoms on my Tumblr dash and on AO3, mostly created by people who just now took a deep dive on Netflix and fell in love for the first time. Some of these canons have become dated, and several were not great in the first place, but they’re easy to become obsessed with and to say fresh things about. They’re also easy to maintain interest in. I’m not really creating new works in any of these fandoms anymore, but I eagerly pick up new fanworks by others when they come my way. One of the best fics I’ve read in the past year is a sparkling Garashir AU that you should read if you have any DS9 feelings at all. I’ve been disillusioned with the central Avengers storyline of the MCU for years now, but I’ll be damned if I ever stop reblogging Stucky gifsets.

You know what doesn’t get new fans or fanworks? Short, time-dependent fandoms that everyone consumes at once and then gets tired of quickly. I got a bajillion kudos in the first 48 hours when I wrote my one and only Venom fic, and I don’t think anyone has touched that thing since. It’s a pretty good fic, but nobody cares anymore. A decade ago, everyone was wild for Kradam, but I suspect that if I ask the dewy-eyed college students on my dash what a Kris Allen is, they will blink at me with sweet incomprehension. Last year, when Good Omens was the place to be, I followed a bunch of fandom-specific side blogs, all of which are now either abandoned or so slow they’re effectively defunct. I have dim memories of lingering on endless LJ photosets of Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson at some point in 2008, but I think we have erased this from our collective memory. In all of these cases, people got all their ideas and excitement out in one explosion of fannish energy, and then they moved on - usually drifting back to the large-canon fandoms they’d come from.

The flavor of this month is The Old Guard. Everyone is making gifs and writing fluffy backstory for Nicky and Joe. Almost everyone will be bored with this by Halloween. By then, there will be some other movie or RPF ship or live musical extravaganza that we are all either obsessed with or incepted into via fannish osmosis. Fandom needs these large, centralizing events to remind ourselves that we can all feel something in unison. But they don’t last.

That’s not to say that one kind of fandom source is better than another. Gilmore Girls is not a purer or more admirable source text than Lost Girl simply because you have forgotten that one of these shows exists. It’s just that some canons are better equipped than others to draw in and retain new fans, while others can’t sustain themselves without collective fannish energy to prop them up. And the best way to sustain any fandom is to lure your friends and neighbors into it, whether by talking up the merits of the canon or linking everyone to That One Fic or reblogging pretty gifsets until they give in. If everyone’s leaving the party, make a fresh batch of martinis. Chances are, a lot of people wanted to keep hanging around anyway, and a bunch of others were lurking by the door, wondering whether it was safe to come in.

[mamaredd123]

Welcome to Mama’s 100 Quotes of Supernatural Challenge!!!

Wow! I am truly amazed at all of you wonderful people in Tumblr land. After 1 year on here I have 2000 followers!!!! (OK, so I know my blog is not a big ole bomb of excitement the majority of time but I am still tickled pink!)

So to celebrate my 1 year blog anniversary, I am going to do a 2-part thing. I put a poll out a few weeks ago to see what all of you would like and the 2 popular responses were a challenge and for me to do some more blog promo’s. You asked so shall you receive!!

I have searched and searched for some of the most memorable, funniest, best quotes from our beloved characters of Supernatural. Below the cut you will find the list. I have tried to include at least 1 quote from just about everyone (well, from a whole bunch of them anyways) but the majority of the quotes do belong to our sexy Dean, Sam, and Castiel! So keep on reading to see the list and the rules for this challenge!!

(And feel free to hop on over to my other part of this challenge, Mama’s “Spread The Love” Blog Promo’s and shoot me some suggestions!)

I have to give a HHUUUGGGEEEEE shout out to @atc74 for her help with my challenge image and for her assistance with some of these quotes!!!! Couldn’t have done this without you!

The rules are about as basic and easy as I can make them:

*This is a follower celebration so obviously, I would need you to be following me. However, if you have stumbled upon this challenge and would like to join, it is so super easy…. Just go click that follow button up there on the right!

*I need you to send me an Ask with your 1st and 2nd choice of quotes. It will be first come, first serve. BUT if by some holy miracle all 100 get taken, I am sure I can come up with some more to add to this list. AND you can chose up to 3 quotes if you would like to work ALL THREE into one story. (As a side note, if after a week I still have a ton of quotes not chosen, I will modify the challenge a little and allow you to send in your choice of quote/character)

*As for you fic, just keep it in the SPN fandom and make sure to highlight your quote(s) wherever you place it in the story. Just in case there is any confusion, the person you chose a quote from does NOT have to be the main character in your fic. For example, you may just really like a particular quote listed here from, say Balthazar, but you have a Dean x Reader fic in mind. That’s perfectly fine. Just make sure to have Balthazar in your story (with the quote) somewhere.

*This challenge is open to any and all ships and genres. I want y’all to write whatever inspires you when you see the quote of your choice.

*As usual, drabbles all the way to series are welcome. Just remember, anything over 500 words, add the KEEP READING line or, and I’m sorry, but I won’t reblog it. We all need to do our part not to overcrowd everyone’s dashboards.

*Deadline will be September 30th. I am giving everyone 2 months to do this. Beginning in Sept, I will occasionally start posting reminder posts to try to help everyone remember about their challenge deadline. I am well aware how we all take on a little too much sometimes and things get lost in the shuffle.

*When you get ready to post, make sure to tag me in your A/N and use the #mama’s100quoteschallenge in your tags. As usual, if I haven’t liked/reblogged within a day or two, please feel free to shoot me a message and let me know you posted it. I truly do try to go through all my notification everyday, but, well, you know, life gets in the way of all the fun things sometimes.

Ok, that’s it. Easy peasy, right? Well you made it this far with me so come a little further and read the quotes, pick your favorite, and send me your Ask! Most importantly, enjoy yourself and have fun writing your next masterpiece!!

1. I wanna punch something in the face. (Sam)   @destiel-addict-forever 2. Straight “Shawshank” this bitch!  (Dean)    @myloveforyouxx 3. I may be many things, but I’m not stupid. (Mr. Ketch)   @capsheadquaters 4. I gave everything for you! And this is what you give me?! (Cas) 5. I kinda always wanted to punch the devil in the face. (Mary)   @justanotherdeangirl 6. This is what you do when I'm not here. Type? (Crowley)  @percussiongirl2017 7. And after awhile... that starts to weigh on you. (Benny) 8. I am not someone that you should put your faith in. (Castiel) 9. I believe you're drawn to danger. (Mr. Ketch)    @uniquewerewolfsuit 10. Dude, don't compliment the bad guys. (Dean)   @docharleythegeekqueen 11. Things are not just black and white out here. (Dean) 12. I’m still gonna peel off your skin and eat your soul. (Lucifer) 13. It's your professionalism that I respect.  (Alastair) 14. We'll just tie up the bonny lad. Could be fun. (Rowena) 15. You idiots. You’re all going to die. (Crowley) 16. Things like “cosmic consequences” have a habit of biting us in the ass. (Dean)     @maximumkillshot 17. If I plan to do anything else stupid, I’ll let you know. (Castiel)   @skyedoes-things 18. I am doing all I can, to slightly lessen the spread of... of genital herpes. (Sam)   @samwinjarpad 19. Okay if you don't like, uh, reckless I could use insouciant maybe? (Cas)   @beccafgs 20. You've just been Garth-ed. (Garth)    @wayward-mirage 21. Weird, creepy, off-the-grid "Children of the Corn" people? Yeah, I’m in. (Dean)    @deanandsamsbitch 22. For me, having you here, it fills in the biggest blank. (Sam) @sea040561 23. I want to stop losing people we love (John) 24. Damn right, REO. Kevin Cronin sings from the heart! (Jo) 25. Yeah, and Hannibal Lecter's a good psychiatrist. (Ellen)     @maximumkillshot 26. Don’t make things needlessly complicated as you humans tend to do. (Castiel)    @sea040561 27. I’ve been tortured by the devil himself so you, you’re just an accent in a pantsuit. What can you do to me? (Sam) 28. I don't think you can handle my rod. (Crowley)   @roxy-davenport 29. You two have the most unhealthy, tangled-up, crazy thing I’ve ever seen. (Lisa) 30. Your unclean… in the biblical sense. (Billie) 31. I'm tired Sam. I'm tired of this job...this life. This weight on my shoulders. Man I'm tired of it. (Dean)     @deanandsamsbitch 32. I told you that roadhouse chili was a bad idea. (Sam) 33. You can't save everyone. (Rufus) 34. You're like a walking encyclopedia of weirdness. (Dean)    @skyedoes-things 35. I'm worried about my boys. (Bobby) 36. As long as everyone wears a condom we'll be fine. (Jody)     @queencflair 37. I don’t sweat under any circumstances. (Castiel)    @beccafgs 38. I suggest we imbibe copious quantities of alcohol... just wait for the inevitable blast wave. (Cas) 39. Get the hell out of hell. (Crowley) 40. I mean, clearly, I have a type, but no, thank you, ma'am. Won't be once bitten, twice Doug'd. (Donna)

41. We talking misdemeanor kind of trouble? Or, uh…’squeal like a pig’s kind of trouble? (Dean)   @maximumkillshot 42. Do you have any idea how much stuff I had to steal, then pawn, to pay for that? (Metatron) 43. Fatherhood changes a man. (Crowley)    @roxy-davenport 44. I lie. I don't get lied to. (Benny)    @docharleythegeekqueen 45. We’re far from perfect. But we are good. (Sam)   @impalaimagining 46. I'm not a witch. I'm a nerd. (Charlie)   @wi-deangirl77 47. Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in. (Bobby) 48. Kick it in the ass. (Bobby) 49. Wanna try that again like you mean it? (Sam)    @atc74 50. Maybe one day. But today you're my little bitch. (Cas) 51. You got me here now.  (Benny) 52. You Winchester boys and your talk. Blah blah blah repressed feelings. Blah blah blah passive aggression. (Charlie) 53. Come on in darling, the water's warm. (Sam)   @impalaimagining 54. I’ll give you a pass on account of the whole ‘raised by monsters’ thing. (Jody) 55. Why not go get washed up for the orgy?... All is so beautiful. (Cas) 56. You mean 'protection against a demon' salt or 'oops I split the popcorn' salt? (Dean) 57. But for your own good I strongly suggest you get a life. (Chuck) 58. You can't take the trick out of the trickster. (Gabriel)   @wideawakeandwriting 59. Is there such thing as a monster magnet? (Charlie) 60. I lied. I do that. (Crowley)    @winsister91 61. Please, accept this sandwich as a gesture of solidarity. (Cas) 62. You realize I'm not asking. (Benny) 63. Your password is "winning" with two "1's"? Fail. (Charlie) 64. Everything is supposed to end. (Dean)   @captainemwinchester 65. I will not apologize for being a career woman. (Rowena) 66. So which one are you? Grumpy, Sleepy, or Douchy? (Sam) 67. It's just.. I just want this over. (John) 68. You look like you got attacked by some PCP crazed strippers. (Dean) 69. You know, you pitched this whole dewy-eyed bromance thing, but the truth is, I'm on lockdown, aren't I? (Adam) 70. You boys have serious abandonment issues, don't you? (Meg) 71. Where'd you get the holy oil? (Gabriel) 72. Yeah well, there's one thing you have that he didn't. You're a Winchester. I forgive you Dean. (Charlie) 73. You fudging touch me again, I'll fudging kill you! (Dean)  @captainemwinchester 74. I got your message. It was long your message. I find the sound of your voice grating. (Cas) 75. I should be asking you the same thing. (Ruby) 76. You don't know me. You never did, and you never will. (Sam) 77. Did someone slip a mickey in your power shake? (Gabriel) 78. No doubt - endings are hard. But then again... nothing ever really ends, does it? (Chuck)     @hannahindie 79. Sorry you have me confused with that other angel. You know the one in the dirty trench coat who is in love with you. (Balthazar)     @skyedoes-things 80. Shouldn't trust run both ways? (Castiel) 81. Unleash the Kraken. See you tomorrow morning. (Sam)   @4401lnc 82. I don't usually drink beer. It messes with my depth perception especially when I'm skinny dipping. (Garth) 83. No. Sweetheart, if this is our last night on earth, then I'm going to spend it with a little thing I call self-respect. (Jo) 84. I think you're a hero. (Rowena) 85. I can't live in the desert. I'm applying to Princeton. (Kevin) 86. This is my voicemail, make your voice … a mail. (Castiel)   @goofynerd-67babylove 87. You give a girl all sorts of nasty ideas. (Abaddon)   @lucilepiewhiskey 88. Was that your Batman voice? (Charlie) 89. Your life is one big poop storm isn't it? (Donna) 90. I guess because every woman I've ever had relations with... it hasn't ended well. (Sam)     @goldenolaf25 91. Dragons? Those are a thing? (Jody) 92. We’ll always be bound. You helped me. We will always help each other. (Amara) 93. Wait a second. Did he drunk dial you? (Sam)   @mrsbatesmotel53 94. I'm a man of my word. (Dean)   @deanwinchester-smut 95. I mean nothing ever really gets deleted from the Internet. (Sam) 96. This is a den of iniquity. I should not be here. (Castiel)   @thecuriouscrusader 97. Dude, she wants me to meet her parents. I don't do parents. (Dean) 98. Wow. I must be the star of this thing. (Sam)   @melbelle45 99. I’ve never seen so much porn. (Chuck)     @winsister91 100. Well, call it personal experience, but nobody gets that angry unless they're talkin' about their own family. (Dean)   @chaos-and-the-calm67

Tagging any and everyone I can think of cause I’m just so excited about reaching 2K!!!!

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[fromthedeskofelizabeththird]

if you haven't done this already, could you do a hc/scenario with a selectively mute M!MC who decides to speak to his s/o (RFA + V and Saeran) for the first time in a long while/when he starts feeling more comfortable around them - how do they react to it? thank you 😊

Jaehee would be sitting in a coffee shop, having arranged to meet for lunch. In any case, the moment MC sits down, he makes a point to ask what she had to do to get out of the office. Jaehee is overjoyed, since she would understand what a huge deal it was and she wouldn’t be able to hide her glee from her voice as she explained about the temp basically tricked into covering for her.

Jumin would be in the middle of typing up a report when MC decides to tell him about a guest they just invited to the party and he stops-actually stops-to examine them. MC is possibly a little confused and/or uncomfortable by the attention, when Jumin says ‘this is the first time I have heard you speak in many days’. Cue MC nodding and Jumin smiling. “It suits you. You have a good voice. Strong, but not irritating.” (Jumin praises MC’s voice and how amazing it is all the time on his route; it’s almost like this was made for him haha).

Yoosung and MC would be playing Mario Kart when MC gets the blue shell of doom and basically starts complaining about its entire existence as the worst invention in all of game history. Yoosung just kind of sits there, like, shocked and amazed, because it feels so normal but he knows it is anything but. When MC takes a moment to breathe, he realises Yoosung is watching him completely dewy eyed, but it only lasts a moment or two before he joins in and continues the rant to include things like fixed camera angles and no save points.

Zen would be cooking dinner and rehearsing his lines (he’d go through his own lines without expecting MC to join in), when MC-also cooking- takes on the lines of the other character in the scene. Zen doesn’t bother to be discreet, nor does he continue rehearsing, he grabs MC and smooshes them like YOU HAVE SUCH A PRETTY VOICE, MC, I BET YOU’RE AN AMAZING SINGER

Seven is an interesting one. He’d be fixing his computer and be communicating with MC via IM in the next room. He’d say one thing, MC sends a message back etc etc. Anyway, on this occasion, he mentions a missing part and MC pops up behind him and literally says out loud ‘right here!’, leaving him to literally jump right out of his seat, because…well…guy made him jump. He’d probably react to that more than the actual words spoken, to be honest. Later, though, when they’re cuddling, he’ll say something about it for sure, talking about how great their voice is…calling it the perfect transmission or something like the big nerd he is.

Saeran and MC would be on the move somewhere when MC notices an ice cream truck and calls out to Saeran to make sure that he notices it. His reaction is really subdued, tbh. I honestly doubt he’d say anything at the time, but in the days that follow, he’d suddenly want to go for ice cream all of the time and watch MC expectantly, wanting to hear him say his name again.

V would have overslept for the first time in several years. He never felt relaxed enough, but on this occasion, he fell asleep snuggled up to MC. He wakes up and takes in the time, completely groggy, before climbing out of bed and dragging on his clothes like ‘omg, omg, omg’. He’s got a jumper halfway over his head when he realises MC is laughing at him. MC pats the bed and says “come back to bed”. It’s the first thing he’s said in a long time and it has the desired effect. V tosses aside his jumper and climbs back into bed like ‘well when you put it like that’.

[just-barrow]

Rules - copy this post into a new text post, remove my answers and put in your own. when you are done tag up to 10 people and also tag the person that tagged you….most importantly, have fun!

a / age - 27 
b / biggest fear - ending up alone 
c / current time - 18.07 
d / drink you had last - water (I only drink water and tea) 
e / everyday starts with - putting on my glasses so I can actually see what I’m doing XD 
f / favourite song - this changes constantly, but right now it’s Desperados Under The Eaves by Warren Zevon g / ghosts are real? - I hope so, I want to haunt people when I’m dead 
h / hometown - Groningen (moved here for uni and never left!) 
i / in love with - Ben Mendelsohn. Oh, and my actual boyfriend XD 
j / jealous of - my cat. What. A. Life. 
k / killed someone -  are mosquitos considered someone? 
l / last time you cried - a while ago I watched that Last Five Years documentary about David Bowie and I was a mess 
m / middle name - Dewi 
n / number of siblings -  0 
o / one wish - for people to just be kind to each other. IT’S NOT THAT HARD. 
p / person you last called.texted -  probably my boyfriend or my dad 
q / questions you’re always asked -  whenever my last name comes up it launches a thousand questions. It’s very rare (there’s only about 90 people in the country with the same name) so people always ask me where I’m from haha. r / reasons to smile - my ridiculous cat, my ridiculous boyfriend, my lovely Mendo fam, and that ridiculous blue-eyed koala we’re all smitten with ;) 
s / song last sang - I Really Like You by Carly Rae Jepsen (it’s been stuck in my head for days help me) 
t / time you woke up - 6am because my cat was puking all over the hallway >:( 
u / underwear color -  I shit you not but I’ve got grey polka dot underwear on hahaha 
v / vacation destination - I’m a LotR nerd so I am dying to visit New Zealand! 
w / worst habit - I have a lot of anxiety-related tics that I’d love to be rid of… 
x / xrays you have had - just my teeth! I’m a klutz but I’ve never actually broken anything 
y / your favourite food - PANCAKES 
z / zodiac sign - Leo

tagged by @ben-mendelsohn-trash​ (sort of :p) and benmendelsohnappreciation

I’m lazy so go tag yoselves

[eurotoques]

The Delicate Balance Of International Relations

We live on a big planet, without a doubt. For the longest time, most people living here only worried about their own well-being without regard to those living farther than their eyes can see. To each his own is a great way to describe it. However, as we became more adept at controlling our surroundings we became bolder and felt more confident to explore farther horizons. It’s no longer surprising that conflict soon arose – a conflict that is very much present until now – when people from different backgrounds start fighting over their respective territories. One defending his own while the other looking to expand his conquest. It has always been that way for the longest time and that still applies until today although maybe a little less barbaric than previous conquests but we still can’t entirely eradicate violence in the picture.

We have already been through a lot for many centuries of trial and error when it comes to international relations. It is a topic that you can’t always seem to get the right formula as wars still exist in various parts of the globe. Our modern technologies weren’t able to save us from our own human nature that perhaps in a way impede our progress. It is never an easy thing to make peace and stay at peace with one another but it is worth trying knowing this is the only way the human species will survive. We have to try at the very least and it is the reason why there are courses on international relations offered in colleges and universities to ensure that the future generations know how to run the world despite our diversity and conflicting backgrounds and opinions.

By appreciating the far-reaching significance of emotions, not only in developing international relations theory, but also in shaping the perceptions, motivations and intentions of political actors, we can approach and understand world politics in a whole new, more holistic light.  Far from a hindrance, we see, rather, that emotions tell us things – important things that we could not otherwise have known. Emotions permeate the complex, often overlapping social structures that underpin decision-making and collective actions in world politics. And while often hidden and inaudible, and typically neglected and refuted, when emotions are uncovered and taken seriously, the political insights they provide are invaluable.  Recognizing that emotions are social and political – and thus lie beneath all political perceptions – reshapes how we think about the global realm, about society, politics and the formation of policy. Indeed, a turn to emotions provides critical clues as to why international actors, individually and collectively, think what they think, and respond in the ways they do.

The pervasive social roles of emotions in society and politics has far-reaching implications for the study of international relations: they force us to rethink dominant conceptions of world politics in theory and practice.  In my next instalment on emotions and international relations for E-IR, I explore this more closely. 

(Via: https://isnblog.ethz.ch/international-relations/why-study-emotions-in-international-relations)

What we need to remember is that various political systems are in place yet the bottom line is that people are still behind these offices and positions – people with human emotions whose actions are affected by what they feel. Hence, when you look at nations and its establishment, think of the people running this place. Think of their upbringing, their values, and essentially just what they are like behind the scenes because it can tell a lot about how they also end up running the country. Most leaders are only concerned about their own jurisdiction and has little to no regard for the rights of those outside their territories. This is the major cause of conflicts that is basically just human emotions at work only that of prominent and powerful people whose every decision can make or break a country or even start or end a war.

The majority of the conference is spent doing exactly this: caucusing. During the sessions, delegates interact as if speed-dating, sizing up one another’s stances on issues before forging alliances, breaking into groups and collaborating on resolutions in Google Docs. It’s also open season for veteran delegates to bully the newbies.

Hence the behavior of Mexico, a barrel-chested delegate from Boston’s Suffolk University, regarding an issue that generally doesn’t occupy the attention of actual Mexican diplomatic bigwigs: that resolution mandating QR codes on weapons, which was his creation. Holding forth in one corner of the basketball-court-size room, he pitches the idea to a half dozen dewy-eyed delegates. Colombia, Russia, and Georgia are onboard. But Kazakhstan sounds skeptical: “Why QR codes and not bar codes?”

Mexico cuts him off, then launches into a lecture concerning the two-dimensionality of QR codes and the one-dimensionality of the other. It’s a dazzling display of MUN acumen—gavel-mongering, in MUN lingo—regardless of its factual accuracy, because it serves to bludgeon Kazakhstan into intellectual submission and leaves him unable to rebut, aggravated to the point that he breaks character.

(Via: https://www.washingtonian.com/2018/03/11/sex-nerds-international-relations-inside-crazy-world-fake-diplomacy-model-un/)

It is indeed a crazy world we live in yet despite that we try so hard to maintain some sort of order and ensure that as many nations are civil to one another even though some only do it for show. Perhaps this is our biggest flaw as a species. We do not just settle for mere surviving but we want to rise above the others at all cost. Yet it can also be our charm. Human emotions can work in both ways (for the good and the bad) when it comes to international relations. It all depends on the person with power. Their own personality and values will dictate the way their government will operate and that could likewise affect relationships with neighboring countries. Perhaps voters should be more prudent in exercising their right to suffrage, so they put in office the best leaders from the lot and lessen the conflict that already consumes the world today.

The blog article The Delicate Balance Of International Relations Read more on: The Euro Toques Blog

from https://www.euro-toques.org/2018/04/25/the-delicate-balance-of-international-relations/

[licollyfrelot]

Rhifyn arbennig clwb llyfre: Lincoln in the Bardo

Ma clwb llyfre yn beth anodd i’w drefnu. Ma rhai yn darllen yn gynta na’i gilydd, ma na rai sy’n fwy penderfynol i orffen llyfr na’i gilydd, a wedyn ma angen ffindo amser sy’n siwto pawb. Ma na griw ohonom ni wedi bod yn bwriadu cwrdd i drafod Lincoln in the Bardo ers cyn Nadolig, ac o’r diwedd, ddiwedd mis Chwefror, dyma ni yn llwyddo cael ein cyfarfod cyntaf!

Lincoln in the Bardo George Saunders (Bloomsbury, 2017) 

Rhaid dechre drwy ddweud mod i yn nerd ac yn caru pethe bach yn academaidd. Dwi ddim fel arfer yn dewis ffuglen hanesyddol, ond ma’n rhaid dweud, mi wnes i fwynhau’r nofel yma. Mae Saunders yn cymryd cnewyllyn o wirionedd, ac yn creu stori ryfeddol allan o hynny. Mae’r nofel yn dilyn y cyfnod sy’n arwain at ac yn dilyn marwolaeth mab yr Arlywydd Abraham Lincoln, ‘Willie’ Lincoln, yn 11 mlwydd oed. Yn ôl papurau newydd y cyfnod, fe aeth Lincoln i lle’r oedd corff ei fab yn gorffwys i dreulio amser gyda’r corff. O fanylion bach fel hyn mae Saunders yn datblygu’r stori.

A dweud y gwir, hollti barn wnaeth y llyfr yma – nifer yn ei chael hi’n anodd i ddarllen, gan fod yr arddull yn arbennig o arbrofol. Mae’r llyfr yn dechrau gyda nifer o benodau wedi’u creu o wahanol ddyfyniadau o ffynonellau hanesyddol, sy’n creu un naratif. Nawr nes i gal geek out fan hyn – ma’r ymchwil academaidd sy di mynd mewn i hyn yn LOT a fedra i ddychmygu rili joio chwilio drwy’r holl destunau i ffindo’r dyfyniad perffaith i barhau â’r stori. Nes i ddim poeni yn ormodol o le oedd y dyfyniadau wedi dod, weithiau fyddai’r nodyn yn dal y llygad, ond gan amla, i fi, ro’n i’n gallu dal i ddarllen heb ei fod e’n tarfu’n ormodol.

Ro’n i wir yn lico hefyd fod Saunders hefyd yn ymddangos fel petai’n gwneud rhyw fath o bwynt ynglŷn â pha mor ddibynadwy yw ffynonellau hanesyddol hefyd – roedd rhai penodau’n cymryd un agwedd fanwl ar rhyw ddigwyddiad ac yn amlygu mor wahanol y mae’n cael ei gyflwyno yn y gwahanol destunau – er enghraifft, mae na un bennod sy’n 11 dyfyniad sy’n disgrifio’r lleuad noson parti’r Lincolns, ac mae pob un yn wahanol:

Many guests especially recalled the beautiful moon that shone that evening … There was no moon that night and the sky was heavy with clouds … The full moon that night was yellow-red, as if reflecting the light of some earthly fire

Mae na elfen oruwchnaturiol i’r stori hefyd, ac mae’r agwedd honno hefyd yn cael ei gyflwyno yn yr un math o ffordd – mae’r hanes yn cael ei hadrodd gan ysbrydion yn y fynwent, ac mae’r holl ddeialog yn ymddangos fel dyfyniadau gan y gwahanol gymeriadau. Mae’r cymeriadau hyn yn rhyfedd ac ar adegau yn ymddangos yn abswrd – mae nodweddion o’u bywydau (ac yn arbennig eu marwolaethau) yn ymddangos yn eu ffurfiau ysbrydol, ac mi oedd dychmygu sut oedd y rhain yn edrych yn sialens i mi ac i nifer ohonom ni fuodd yn trafod. Mae e’n fy atgoffa i o genre realaeth hudol – lle ma pethe hollol bisar yn digwydd ond wedi eu cyflwyno fel realaeth. Dyw hwn ddim i bawb. Ma’r rhan yma o’r nofel yn fwy o sialens i’r darllenydd, ond yn yr un modd ag yr oedd yr arddull yn cymryd bach o gyfarwyddo, mae byd rhyfedd yr ysbrydion hefyd yn dod yn haws i fod ynddo wrth dod i arfer ag e.

Mi fuon ni’n trafod yn eitha dwys am natur y llyfr, a’r hyn mae’n ei ddweud am natur bywyd, am yr hiliaeth oedd yn is-destun i fyd yr ysbrydion, os oedd gormod o ysbrydion i gadw trac arnyn nhw... roedd un o’r criw wedi prynu argraffiad arbennig ar gyfer clwb llyfrau felly roedd na bwyntiau trafod penodol yn y cefn. Mi oedden ni’n eitha smug wrth sylweddoli ein bod ni wedi trafod y rhan fwya ohonyn nhw! 

Roedd un o’r pwyntiau trafod yn dweud fod yr awdur wedi dweud mai ergyd y llyfr oedd (dwi’n lled-ddyfynnu yma) ‘an exploration into how we can love and continue to love when the objects of our love are so conditional’. Conditional oedd y gair wnaeth ein stumpo ni, braidd, ond i mi roedd ‘conditional’ yn cyfeirio at y ffaith fod y bobl ry’n ni’n eu caru yn bethau dros dro, yn bodoli dan yr amod fod eu bywydau yn mynd i ddod i ben rhywdro. Felly’r pwynt sydd gan yr awdur yma, i fi, yw’r modd y’n ni’n byw bob dydd gan wybod fod na dristwch ar y gorwel, falle’r gorwel pell, ond bod na ddydd lle na fydd ein ceraint ni yma. Joli. Diolch am godi ein calon George Saunders. 

Ar y cyfan, mi wnes i wirioneddol fwynhau darllen y llyfr yma, ac mae’n rhaid i fi ddweud mi wnaeth y crefftwaith tua’r diwedd, lle mae’r naill ffynhonnell hanesyddol yn cydnabod y llall, roi gwên o werthfawrogiad ar fy ngwyneb. Bril.

 O.N. Ma clwb llyfre yn lot o sbort. Wele: