#entertainment banter

[querren]

The cast of The Acolyte just talked about episode 5 with Entertainment Weekly and this jumped out at me:

So... everyone on Tumblr just lost their minds sobbing over Jecki and Yord, while their actors were on set like this the whole damn time:

I love it.

[mischievous-thunder]

Wade, while watching Logan do the chores: Let's pretend I'm your interviewer. Now, where do you see yourself in 6 months?

Logan: In your chair, asking way better questions and not wasting an hour to interview just one person instead of doing the chores.

[mishy-mashy]

Bruce is actually really attractive, and I have enough reasoning to make a list

He's:

Tall (. Tall enough to hit his head on the vault doorframe)

Long-legged

Has a straight nose bridge

Has high cheekbones (more noticeable in 2nd pic below)

Has a strong jawline

Sharp eyes, but they aren't small (plus eyebags if you're into that)

Overall, he has strong, attractive facial features

Has broad, refined shoulders. You can tell he works out (or he did, when he was alive)

Even has a thick, muscly neck

He has MUSCLE. Is SCULPTED. NOICE. VERY NOICE. (nice arms. Nice shoulders. Nice neck. Nice legs. Nice butt-)

(There are actually panels where you can see some of his muscles. Other than those already shown here, he's got bricky thighs-

-and in the panels where we first get his name dropped, he's got those shoulder blades too-)

The one time we see him smile, and he actually has a scary one

Has small, kinda sharp pupils, and his eyes remind me of a cat. We only ever saw him tense or defensive, so his resting/listening face is really cute

Other than the physical appearance stuff, he also:

Takes shit without batting an eye (patience, knowing it's just how Kudo is, etc)

Kudo being all "Cut the crap Bruce and give it to me straight", after Bruce tests his blood and is rightfully Concerned because they just faced AFO

Put up with Kudo's experimenting and testing over Yoichi's transferable Factor

Did ya'll see the look on Kudo's face when he realized he had Yoichi's Factor/will? Kudo was going to start in nonsense and Bruce just dealt with that.

Also something I noticed when looking back at the images here; Bruce has bandages on his arms in the void. But not when he faced AFO in the sewers.

Were he and Kudo cutting their arms open in their experimenting over Yoichi's theory? Is this why Kudo has two gauntlets instead of his one? Why we never see his bare arms in the void? That he always keeps his arms down so there's no slip?

Is smart enough to run blood tests, plus has enough common sense to pick Shinomori as his successor

He picked a guy who avoids society, has an Ability to detect danger so he can always stay away from AFO, is also a coward so he's never going to go throw himself into danger, even without knowing instinctively he stands no chance, etc.

Meanwhile, Kudo chose Bruce, who he played Hot Potato Yoichi with; but he did also trust Bruce, and put the only pure combative Ability in OFA through Bruce.

These two made their choices based on what they valued and saw the Factor needed.

Is logical, analytical, and calm.

He tried advising Midoriya on their Abilities in One For All, especially his own.

Midoriya then tried ignoring him about using Fa Jin for the first time, but found he was right, thinking: "Dammit!! I had [Lady Nagant] right where I wanted her, but... ugh! The Third was right. My parallel Quirk processes are all screwed up!" (ch. 314).

Plus, when Midoriya fixed his processing mistakes, Bruce was analyzing the way he reached his new conclusion. Pure facts, no bias, very calm, just saying it as it was.

We never see him panic. When he's caught by surprise in the sewers by AFO, Kudo, and Yoichi's little bubble event, he immediately reacts. He doesn't falter, he just knows he has to do something right now.

Was more willing to listen than Kudo to Yoichi's beckon, and probably was just following Kudo's rejection of Midoriya

While we don't see Kudo's face, we see Bruce's eyes when Yoichi calls on his heroes. Bruce was more open and receptive, or at least more impacted.

Bruce was also the one to start talking, while Kudo just kept quiet.

He actually communicates a lot

When Yoichi called them to support Midoriya, Bruce started talking to paint a picture of why they thought the way they did, so Yoichi understood where they were coming from.

(Though he seems to beat about the bush sometimes, since Kudo spoke up to be direct on how they couldn't just put their trust in some starry-eyed teenager. Plus, when Kudo tells him to just tell him what's wrong [double Factors])

When Midoriya first used Fa Jin against Nagant, Bruce came out just to tell him he knew what he was trying, but that Midoriya wasn't ready; and Midoriya found he was right. Midoriya just didn't want to listen to him then.

He asks Kudo for clarification after finding Kudo had two Factors in him after the sewer incident ("Just to be sure, All For One didn't touch you, right?") Kudo knew him well enough to go "stop beating around the bush and tell me", so Bruce was probably gonna start with questions, theories, and trying to understand everything in general, before saying "yeah you have two Factors. Don't know why".

Is strong-willed and loyal.

He followed Kudo, even to death, carrying on the cause he started until it ended with him.

Plus, when talking about how AFO needs a strong will to override OFA's own, we first see Bruce, Kudo, and Yoichi.

AFO couldn't steal OFA because the will was too strong for him, and that was back during Banjo's time. Since Shinomori never actually tried opposing AFO and just hid, we can assume the first Three (Yoichi, Kudo, Bruce) already had an accumulation of strong willpower that made OFA un-stealable. Those three are a strong enough foundation, and the main wills, that the other users just become bonuses.

Kudo, also saying that Midoriya needs allies with the same will and drive as him... hey Kudo, you're talking about yourself and your old allies, aren't you? That's why you look at Yoichi and Bruce when you say this.

Not only is Bruce attractive, but he's got good character. THE END.

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Tonari no Nurse Aide (2024) 1.06

[artem1sc0re]

I’ve been reading Stars and Stripes since I got the novel and I’ve done nothing but giggle at the banter that goes down between Aiden and Jordi thank you tumblr for making me aware of this novel’s existence

I also doodled this one scene because I giggled at it and if I giggled at it I feel prompted to show it do you

The ‘scene’ in question:

‘When the waitress came back with fluffy pancakes stacked three deep, each as big as his plate, Aiden’s stomach growled.

Aiden stared at them with abiding love before pouring maple syrup all over until they turned from a light brown to a dark sodden colour.

“You are disgusting,” said Jordi who’d watched him drown in his breakfast with a horrified expression.

[bacchuschucklefuck]

the nsbu table is five DM pets and rekha shankar

[bergoose]

you know it would have been so easy for the try guys not to throw shade at watcher like that takes effort

[multifanbrainrot]

decided to start listening to sherlock and co. since I've had it in my library for a while now and I was curious and bored

i cannot stop listening to it

oh i'm so in it now guys :D

[fndmrt]

All I’m saying is that Travel Season is that show.

[yaytheboop]

i'm very happy that steven gets to have a little buddy as well. everyone deserves a little buddy

[acewithapaintbrush]

Someone give this man an Emmy already!

[ramayantika]

It took me these many years to figure out that YES I am an introvert, and I can comfortably talk to anyone anytime if I WANT TO and make it seem as effortless than the general perception of introverts to be shaking at the thought of having a conversation with a new person or maybe even with a known circle of people

[essektheylyss]

Remember that guy Laerryn basically one-shotted with a fireball and a construct? Oh, Micah. They say those who shine the brightest burn the fastest, but really I think you just burned.

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[erisenyo]

sokka & katara with “I’m right here. I’m not going anywhere.” if you’re still taking prompt fills!

For this prompt game!

“Yeah, yeah, yeah, you say that now, but I know how it is,” Sokka says, banging through the door into the kitchen.

“Oh, do you now,” Katara scoffs, catching the door before it can slam behind him and pointedly shutting it. Quietly.

“Oh yeah,” Sokka says, making a show of giving her a pitying look and ignoring her eye roll with the ease of fourteen years of practice. “This is how it starts. First, you join the swim team—”

“You’re on the swim team.”

“—then you meet a boy—”

“You met a boy. And a girl!”

“—then before you know it you’re going off to college across the country and moving in with Aang—” Oh, the way she huffs and blushes and flounces over to the fridge to start a snack. Glorious. He’s going to get so much mileage out of this. “—and graduating and becoming a doctor and getting married and having kids and moving across the country again—“

“Back to where I started?” she asks, tart.

“—to a whole new place that’s very far away, for—” He takes a deep breath, inhaling as long as he can just to see the way she whirls around, exasperated, “—an amazing, life-changing job opportunity you’ve always dreamed of,” he finishes all in a rush, snatching a soda out of her hand. “And you’ll never—not once!—look back on your poor older brother, Sokka, who put you through high school—”

“Pretty sure that’s dad and Bato.”

“—and helps you study—”

“Pretty sure that’s also dad and Bato.”

“—and makes your lunches for you.”

“One time,” she says, leveling a finger at him. “One time.”  

“I’m telling you,” he says, arch and biting back his laughter, “That’s exactly how it’s going to go. I know.”

“You know, huh,” she says, huffy, and he grins, cracking his soda open.

“Yup.” An obnoxious sip. “I do.”

“All of that.”

“Mhm.”

“Just like that.”

“Just like giving a mouse a cookie,” Sokka says, smug.

“And yet,” she says, grabbing her snack and flicking the can in his hand, “When I look around—what’s this,” she pretend-gasps, eyes wide with faux surprise.

“Don’t try out for the school play,” he advises.

“—I’m not at college, or married, or having kids!”

“It’s a progression,” he sniffs. “Which you should know from your homework.”

“Sokka, I’m right here,” she says, exasperated. “I’m not going anywhere.”

And even said full of teasing and that particular little-sister brand of annoyed affection, it still makes him pause. It’s still good to hear. It’s always good to hear, actually, so he drops the act, tossing her a bag of chips and tugging her into his side.

“Yeah,” he says, resting his cheek against the top of her hair and blinking away the memory of doing her hair before school. “I know.”

And he knows it’s a lie, too, even if she doesn’t realize it now at fourteen. He knows it like he knows she’ll go off to college, because if one of them is going to get out of here he’s going to make sure it’s her. And he’s seen the way she and Aang look at each other, has heard her talk of medicine and helping people and saving lives and things like Mom and Yue not needing to be spoken of at all, just like he’s seen how she is with the neighbor’s kids. He knows, the same way he knows that whatever she does, wherever she goes, it's not going to be staying here.

And he knows he wants that for her, too, even as it hurts something deep within him to think of being left behind, of her life unfurling so rich and full without needing him to be part of it.

But maybe if she was going like that, the way he describes...Maybe being left behind wouldn’t be so bad.

And maybe as long as that sentiment stays true—not going anywhere—staying together might still be possible, in a way. Even if it doesn’t look like this anymore.

“Yeah,” he says again, giving her a squeeze before dropping his arm and offering her a bright grin. “I’m not going anywhere either, you know."

“Don’t worry,” she says, laughing and exasperated and uncomplicated and everything he wants for her, “I know.”