#either way I need a hug

[dxckgrxsonx]

oh for jason todd to fold you so gently into his arms and kiss the top of your head when you’re feeling sad. nothing cuts out the world faster than being held so tightly by someone who loves you so very much.

[fluffsnake]

hug your local trenchcoat angel today

[julissart]

It's Usopp sad hours again, sorry in advance 😬

I just feel that after they leave egghead and arrive to Elbaf, probably the crew will meet Shanks and Usopp finally sees Yasopp again, I know how canon managed Usopp whole backstory with his f- Yasopp (doesn't even have the right to be called like that); but I really want a scene where Usopp realizes he was abandoned by Yasopp and was left alone, I want something like they expect a perfect reunion, where Usopp can tell Yasopp about his real adventures but instead, the moment Usopp sees him, he just feel sad and empty and the idealization breaks completely.

[pixelatedraindrops]

being yuma kokohead is suffering

everyone's mean to him

he's just a little guy ;^;

[starleska]

revisiting the old hyperfixation that is Warren the Eagle 🙈💖 sometimes hyperfixations lie in wait for weeks, months, even years before they get you. but within seconds of hearing that pathetic, whiny little voice, i just fucking knew... i knew Don't Hug Me I'm Scared had gotten me again and i knew it would be this freak before he was even on the screen 💀

[corpusdiem-seizethedead]

Velvette: Where's the piss-baby?

Vox: Oh, he got pissed with “his star performer” again, and left through the back door.

Velvette: …We don't have a back door?

Vox: We do now

[prentissluvr]

been constantly staring at these screencaps because this is about my height difference with him😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

[batsplat]

“og 4 aliens very particular vibe in being ‘three distinct flavours of socially awkward loner and also valentino rossi’” LMAO I WAS JUST THINKING THIS!!!!!! That he has the funniest possible 3 foils in that era bc like…those three guys could not be less his vibe ~personality wise if they tried. And actually tbf I do think they WERE trying a lot of the time. Feeling very curious if you think there’s anything to the idea of how Marc was the first alien-era rival he had who was more on his level all around? Like early days Marc was kind of just 😀😀😀 all the time but I do think he can be v charming and is clearly extroverted as hell (tho like…notably also a loner but like…not by choice??). Like idk where im going w this but the contrast is interesting to me. IDK

to some extent! I'm not sure I'd necessarily call marc an extrovert, you can be charismatic and cheerful without being an extrovert - but also this is splitting hairs. the og four aliens are one guy who's on the 'roughly as extroverted as you can possibly get as a professional athlete' end of the spectrum and three guys who are on the 'roughly as introverted as you can possibly get as a professional athlete' end. now, tbh, I don't think valentino massively minded this. he's extroverted but crucially he's also got enough charm going for him that he could get his rivals to chat with him if he was so inclined. he had an increasingly friendly relationship with dani, there's real genuine warmth in how both of them talk about each other - ultimately dani might have been quite sullen and withdrawn in general, especially in his early years, but he got on well with valentino. casey and valentino had perfectly decent interpersonal chemistry, they got on well, and tbh they were still warm with each in-person long past the point where that relationship had rhetorically soured. with jorge... I mean, okay, no chemistry there, but that was also very much valentino's choice. I do not fundamentally doubt valentino's ability to charm twenty year old jorge lorenzo. I think just because they were DIFFERENT characters, that doesn't necessarily mean they weren't valentino's *type* personality-wise, like he does seem to be happy enough to be the chatty one who draws them out of their shells in that scenario. unless competitive necessity requires otherwise!! but as marc discovered, somewhat higher levels of extroversion does not protect you if that's the case

I will say I know you do put alien-era as a caveat, but it is still important to point out that marc is very much not the first valentino rival who doesn't fall in the introverted loner camp. valentino had a rival who matched his vibe!! who he had a real proper off-track friendship with, who he went on holidays with, who he had a warm relationship with for substantially longer than the marc/valentino honeymoon lasted. I think you can see the early marc era as a bit of a return to the friendlier vibes of the early noughties, but crucially it is a return. the early noughties was the last gasp before the sport came to be completely dominated by a bunch of young prodigies who had been moulded into perfect athletes and had less chance to grow into people outside of the sport - valentino is already part of that camp in everything but temperament, cf the contrast with biaggi. in the early noughties, he was surrounded by a bunch of older riders who varied dramatically in disposition... biaggi was the guy everyone had issues with, capirossi was always fond of valentino, kr jr he got on well with, he played a mentoring role for in hayden's rookie season... and of course, most importantly, the friendship with sete - now there's an obscenely friendly rivalry right until the very moment when it isn't. 2013-14 is a bit of a return to that more congenial climate, but at the end of the day that lot were still less likely to socialise than riders were back in the day. they just didn't have the time lol

so yeah, I mean. valentino clearly did take to marc on a personal level, and marc is definitely closer to valentino on the introversion/extroversion spectrum than the three other aliens are. though that is also... not difficult. there is something quite funny about how 2006-07 went from valentino's pov. the engine regs changed, valentino literally blinked and suddenly all his opps were toddlers. went from goofing off with capirossi on the sepang 2006 podium to running a daycare centre overnight. and marc is part of that! it's also a massive change in that suddenly, valentino was surrounded by rivals who had been influenced by watching him ride as they grew up and were all really, really, really weird about him. marc with his little bike collection, jorge with his dabbling in pseudoscientific schools of psychology, casey and his championship-winning shirt, dani... well, tbf, I do actually think dani was pretty normal about valentino - probably because he'd known him the longest. had gotten drunk with valentino in the days when the bloke was just an idol and not a god. which is an underrated reason why the dani/valentino relationship never got so weird imo, one that goes beyond competitive calculus - dani was the most capable of interacting with valentino as just another guy. with all three of marc/jorge/casey, that idolisation dynamic does contribute significantly to the interpersonal turmoil

but that's a topic for another day! in conclusion, marc defo the dispositionally cheeriest foil of the alien lot, albeit somewhat by default, and WAS part of the reason why motogp got a bit of a mood lift in that 2013-14 period after what had just been a dire few years vibes-wise. mediocre racing, devastation caused by the financial crisis, tragedy... motogp was feeling quite lifeless in 2011-12 in particular, and those years do have a bit of a drab energy to them. in that sense, what followed was a bit of a reversion to the mean until the vibes completely went off the cliff. have they ever recovered? who can say

[sapphiclinos]

what drugs did they put in sonic that attracts autistic people cos oh my god this shit has taken over my life in the span of a week how did they DO THAT

[lifeofcynch]

maybe he’ll die the first month in, there’s still hope

[izloveshorses]

it’s so beautiful to me that what triggers anya’s memory of her past isn’t some big national secret or something inherently tied to the politics of her family or even her social class, it’s just a simple sensory detail of sitting in a carriage on a hot day and catching sight of a boy running after them

[soapgraves]

Non sexual intimacy my love. Forced proximity my love. Unresolved tension my love. Sleeping together literally my love.

[stormyoceans]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

https://x.com/mitang_____/status/1886676515137720347

SLACK JAWED FALLING TO MY KNEES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET RAISING MY PHONE TO THE SKY IN ACT OF WORSHIP I CAN'T BELIEVE WE GOT NOT JUST ONE BUT TWO!!!!!!!!!! (2!!!!!!!!!!) SEAPAPANG PICS IN A SINGLE DAY!!!!!!!!!! I REMEMBER WHEN I USED TO BEG EVEN FOR THE SMALLEST OF INTERACTIONS AND NOW PAPANG HAS OFFICIALLY BECOME A MEMBER OF SEA'S ENDLESS LIST OF MEN I USED TO DREAMS OF TIMES LIKE THESE!!!!!!!!!!!

I WOULD LIKE TO PERSONALLY THANK DR. POPPY'S CLINIC FOR BRINGING THESE TWO TOGETHER AND SEA TAWINAN'S GRAVITATIONAL PULL FOR ATTRACTING EVERY SINGLE MAN IN HIS VICINITY AND MY LOVELY SEXY ANON(S) FOR ALWAYS KEEPING ME UPDATED ON WHAT TRULY MATTERS MY CROPS ARE THRIVING MY SKIN IS CLEAR MY DEPRESSION HAS DISAPPEARED I HAVE 20/20 VISION THE WEEK IS SAVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[residentdormouse]

Guess I'm drawing again... And I'm pretty sure this is the first in the 'Goddamn it, I need another option...' series.

Also the start of my petition to have more 'Give them a Hug' in game prompts. They all desperately need one. More than one. Lots. Lots of hugs. Emotional Heimlich maneuvers for the full bunch. They need it, your honor.

(Do I wish this would have happened somewhere more scenic? Or anywhere other than Auntie Ethel's hideout? Yes. But, you know, can't ignore when that little '!' hits...)

[megumi-fm]

hi i have been inactive for a while due to the chk chk boom. hope you understand.

[pallaspally]

idk why the anons on here are so mean to you, you do genuinely seem so sweet

you're like if a bench in hollow knight was a person

i really do admire how forgiving you are about it though

:( Thats the nicest thing someone has ever compared me to <3

Honestly, people tend to take kindness for weakness. I used to be the same, a broken kid mad at the world because i thought the world had no love for me, and that those who seemed kind were fake or weak and if i wanted to survive i had to push them away/break them. I grew up though. I became that kind person, and i learnt that it takes so much strength to be kind, to choose kindness every day. Im just a person on the internet, im not going to change some anons mind/lifestyle, im not a miracle worker. However i can show them that im not being fake with my kindness. That i do truly love each and every person that visits my blog. That my kindness is my strength and i will hold onto it regardless of what any silly, angry, misguided anon wants to say about it. And i think thats enough, you know?