#fucking hold on. holy fuck. nikola what the Fuck

[arolesbianism]

Look deep into my eyes. Olivia probably oversaw the production of all the brain in jar shit in oni. They were 100% a part of the duplicant memory recovery efforts. This doesn't actually matter much but it does 2 Me think of the imagery think abt it I think abt it so hard everyday imagine how sick Olivia brain imagery art would be please I'm so alone in this world

[zabala0z]

Okay so, I just finished MAG 100 (Wild guys holy shit) and I saw the next ep is like 50 minutes long??? (EDIT: okay I was wrong so ignore that) So I’m gonna post my 4 episode thoughts now since whatever MAG 101 is gonna be, it’s gonna make me have a lot of thoughts:

MAG 97: We All Ignore the Pit

Okay, so, there’s a lot here that I didn’t realize at first glance. Who the hell was that old man??? My first thought was Simon Fairchild because he said “nothing for you down there. You just go and enjoy your sky” but then he like spat mud and that’s something Simon had never done before, not even like a hint of dirt shit. He also was described as mean and Simon, from all the statements, was a pretty chill guy?? Like he was friendly, amiable, etc. so I don’t think this is Simon.

Who was the old woman and the blue eyed guy? I thought it was Gertrude since she would be alive around this time. Wait hold on I just thought of something. Like I’m writing and I just thought “man what other old woman is there??” Fucking Mary Keay. Could be. And the boy could’ve been Gerard or something. Or maybe I’m overthinking. I think I am. God.

ALSO NIKOLA??? WTF BRO. The fact she was like “yeah I stole this voice box” implied to me that she strangled the boss in Drawing a blank for it 😭😭 poor Jon, he keeps getting kicked around. Also creepy ass voice. Jesus.

I’m wondering how Gregor is her dad. Like I don’t think she met blood related, right? And how did she end up in the department store. Like duh it was the delivery service but what led there??

MAG 98: Lights out

Maxwell Rayner strikes again. Douchebag. Another darkness theme. Not much else to say but Melanie trying to poison Elias? Respect.

MAG 99: Dust to Dust

MICHAEL. MICHAEL WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE??

Guys you have no idea the scream I let out when Gertrude said his name. Like genuinely, this is like top 5 most crazy moments for me which is probably gonna get trumped in like 3 episodes but still holy shit. Like. I was fully hyperventilating.

Michael was Gertrude’s assistant. Like he was a human. I figured he was one but him being an ASSISTANT at the institute was not a thing that crossed my mind. How did The Spiral get him? Or did he go to The Spiral??

The Buried. Fun name. So I’m guessing it’s deal looking back is claustrophobia, dirt, earth, etc. gotta keep track of that. Now all the names entities we know of are up to 7! Funsies. Congratulations to Jon on getting kidnapped. We’re now adding to his trauma.

MAG 100: I Guess You Had To Be There

I’m dying of laughter what was this. Okay so every statement, while disjointed and not very said well, is important. The girl who saw a ghost on fire?? Well could be related to The Desolation. Y’know. Fire. The guy who lost his friend in the subway station, The Buried, I think. The guy who got lost in a maze and then just left because he was late? By the way, funniest thing ever like what the hell. Anyways that’s The Spiral and the guy with the spiders, I still have no idea. It’ll have a name soon.

ALSO PETER LUKAS. LUKAS. DUDE. The way how he says stuff, how cheerful he sounds, reminds me of Mike Crew? I don’t know if the Lukas family is also related to The Vast but the experiences sounds vaguely similiar enough.

Poor Brian. Bros now gonna be lost like forever 💀 okay so I think that’s everything. I see there’s a lot of parts coming up so anyone who wants to see me melt from lore won’t have to wait too long!

[asteroidtroglodyte]

The Visionary

“If I could only make them see!”

It is said that Madness and Genius are opposite sides of the same coin. Here, we have the exemplar of that principle. Blue/Red are the colors of Nikola Tesla and Doc Brown; the colors of the Mad Scientist.

Red/Blue provides a synthesis of a cultivation of Mind with a cultivation of Spirit. They are Free Thinkers, dedicated to coming up with truly new ideas; no mere refinement or verification can satisfy them. They tend to be daydreamers, prone to Visions (as outlined above), and will have very active internal lives.

Every Enemy Color Pair (ECP) is driven by an internal tension between their colors, and in this case the tension is between The Head and The Heart:

Red is the color of Independence and Intuition. Red is able to act decisively and without hesitation, because the only Authority that Red need consult is the Truth of its own Heart. Red has an internally sourced ethical code; they keep their own counsel and seldom seek advice.

Blue is the color of Self-Improvement and Rationality. Blue acts carefully, after thoughtful consideration, because Blue is skeptical; they do not trust their own senses and constantly seek out the wisdom, knowledge, and perspective of those outside themselves.

[That’s. Um. That’s some conflict]

This tension is what creates the rich inner world.

The act of Visualizing is a reconciliation between the need to hold their own counsel and the need to continuously refine their intellect. By doing the bulk of their creative work within their own mind, they maintain sovereignty over their evolution.

{Part of how this system works involves defining characters by what they oppose or reject; their Rival Color Pair: in this case, Green/White}

A Green/White society is oriented around Harmony, Family, and Peace. It values both the family legacy and the family members. It is accepting, accommodating, and nurturing. A Green/White society is a great place to live for someone who wants a place they belong, where they will be accepted for who they are.

Green/White society is also completely stagnant.

There is little room for self-determination; one is expected to know their place. There is open hostility to societal progress; much emphasis is placed on tradition. Should Blue/Red invent a machine that automates a task, Green/White will grumble about people losing their jobs.

The Visionary rejects these things.

They do not, can not, just belong anywhere, because they are singular, they are unlike everyone else. Any place they live must, poetically at least, be made for them and by them.

Similarly, they do not and can not accept anyone, including themselves, for who and what they are. “Acceptance leads to complacency;” says the Visionary; “it stifles the ability of a person to develop their full potential.”

Rare indeed is the friend or lover who can long withstand such a relentlessly critical partner, and the Visionary is more likely to have impassioned rivalries than close friendships.

{the last defining characteristic of an Enemy Color Pair is their Blind Spot, the thing that they cannot understand; in this case, Black}

Black is the color of looking out for yourself. Blue/Red is notoriously bad at this. Consider the archetype of the Mad Scientist: how often are they the sort of character who forgets to feed themselves, both literally and poetically? How often do they forget to sleep, feverishly following the thread of a vision? How often do they recklessly throw themselves within range of danger? How often do they refuse payment, or turn down decent jobs, in pursuit of their singular vision?

When discussing the life of Nikola Tesla, it is easy to blame the poverty he suffered under on Edison’s scheming, and some blame is deserved.

But.

Nikola Tesla, at one point, had a royalty contract on A/C Transformers. With Westinghouse. (Like holy shit dude you are set for life.) He could have just taken that and fucked off to a little secret lab and run zany experiments for the rest of his fucking life with no supervision and unlimited funding if he’d wanted.

But.

Nikola Tesla wanted to Light the World’s Fair. Westinghouse told him that he could not afford to both fund the fair and pay Tesla, so Tesla tore up his royalty contract.

(…dude)

The greatest weakness of Red/Blue is not even the enemies they make (which are always numerous), but their own unwillingness to look after themselves. Singular geniuses, they can see clearly a world that does not yet exist and bring it into existence. Their road will be a lonely one, by choice, as they inevitably find themselves turning their back on the compromises of friendship and the accepting nature of love.

But.

They will accomplish wonders the likes of which have never been seen before.

The Visionary

{MTG Color Theory 201:}

Or

2-Color Characters

[if you like, you may also peruse my post on monocolor characters]

With 5 colors available, we have 10 possible combinations of 2. As it happens, this includes 5 Allied Color Pairs (ACPs) and 5 Enemy Color Pairs (ECPs). Grouping them this way will help us understand their motivations, which are either coherent & external (ACPs) or dissonant & internal (ECPs). I’ll get into what exactly I mean by that below.

{for reference}

ACPs (Allied Color Pairs)

Red/Green: The Champion

Green/White: The Martyr

White/Blue: The Authority

Blue/Black: The Manipulator

Black/Red: The Demolisher

ACPs are defined by what their 2 colors agree on. Their ideology a coherent fusion of their color philosophies. They will have a singular dislike for their single enemy color type, an external motivating force that they cannot or will not resist.

Vs

ECPs (Enemy Color Pairs)

White/Red: The Enforcer

Red/Blue: The Visionary

Blue/Green: The Cultivator

Green/Black: The Predator

Black/White: The Master

ECPs are defined by what their 2 colors disagree on. Their Ideology is defined by a dissonant tension along a particular philosophical axis. They have no true enemy color type, and their motivations are often driven by an internal desire to reconcile their core tension.

{dig into the notes}

{see also my Quick Tour of 2-color Paladins}

[abduct-me-helen]

r/insaneparents

Posted by u/gerrysghost 2 weeks ago

My mother trained me in the occult after murdering my father.

Putting a read more so it doesn’t trigger anyone. Mentions of murder, corpses, blood, gore-you know what, if you have a trigger, it’s probably here. Read with caution.

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 shelly_seashore 382 points · 1 week

    ,,,,,,are you okay????

               gerrysghost 692 points · 1 week ago

                     no.

dankme 232 points · 1 week

    when she was skinning herself, what did she say? “lend a helping hand, would ya?”

           blinksjisoo 198 points · 5 days ago

                you can’t just ask someone that holy shit!!

                       gerrysghost 719 points · 5 days ago

she only asked for me to cut off my hand once lol, but I said no don’t worry and no there was much more, uh well, screaming.

                                     blinksjisoo 201 points · 4 days ago

                                           she asked you to cut off your hand??????

                                                gerrysghost 789 points · 3 days ago

                                                        yeah but only once

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aheinthesetryingtimes 319 points · 1 week ago

    get therapy.

           gerrysghost 456 points · 5 days ago

                no u.

chajoan_merei 326 points · 1 week ago

       this is fake lol.

             stella_tkadi 298 points · 1 week ago

I’m going to sound insane if I say this but I was attacked by a book once so I believe him.

                        chajoan_merei 392 points · 1 week ago

           I don’t believe you but tell me what happened.

                  stella_tkadi 538 points · 5 days ago

                         a book ate my toe.

                             chajoan_merei 361 points · 4 days ago

                                        …CHOMP

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dom_swain 473 points · 6 days ago

 holy shit,,,I think I met your mother. are you the dude that bought “ex altiora” from me for like, £5000 pounds???

             gerrysghost 456 points · 5 days ago

                    …maybe

                             dom_swain 393 points · 4 days ago

no shit. hold on, a few years after the fact I did some digging. I thought you were dead????

                                           gerrysghost 456 points · 4 days ago

                                                   hence the username.

                                                             dom_swain 387 points · 3 days ago

      are you like her? your mum I mean? ghost-wise?

                                                                     gerrysghost 626 points · 2 days ago

for a while, but she didn’t have a monster boyfriend to help her escape being bound to a book.

      Jlo_jello 687 points · 2 days ago

Proof that childhood trauma really *does* turn people into monsterfuckers.

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r/roastme

Posted by u/michaeldistortion 1 week ago

I am an aspect of It is Not What It Is. Roast me!

kathwren_ 598 points · 1 week ago

    holy shit op this picture gave me a migraine

           d379 490 points · 1 week ago

              literally. how’d you even make this picture???

                       michaeldistortion 598 points · 1 week ago

                             my boyfriend took it!

                                    kathwren_ 489 points · 1 week ago

                                           yeah right. And what is It Is Not What It Is?

                                               michaeldistortion 571 points · 1 week ago

                                                       correct!

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jojo_no_3 598 points · 5 days ago

   you must give the girls a great time with those hands, huh buddy?

           gerrysghost 598 points · 5 days ago

                   oh, he does

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kishaki214 598 points · 5 days ago

     can you even see with all your hair in your face

           amber_harlot63 671 points · 5 days ago

                 he has literal *monster* hands and that’s your concern??

                       sasi_soho 671 points · 5 days ago

                            she’s not wrong tho

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jay_nola89 572 points · 4 days ago

       you look like what people find in the backrooms.

              michaeldistortion 459 points · 4 days ago

                         :)

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mommy_blogging_tips 492 points · 3 days ago

        You better take this down RIGHT NOW. You made my son CRY.

            amber_harlot63 671 points · 3 days ago

              well that’s a roast if I ever heard one. so ugly that you make people cry-

                            michaeldistortion 296 points · 2 days ago

                                   :(

                                        gerrysghost 293 points · 2 days ago

                                              don’t listen to them michael. they’re just jealous.

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tired_yale_student 401 points · 3 days ago

        YOU STOLE MY DOG. HOLY SHIT.

     waytogojanice 339 points · 3 days ago

                          what happened lmao

                                   tired_yale_student 437 points · 2 days ago

so I’m walking in the park, yeah? and then this yellow door pops out of fucking nowhere and THIS PERSON is standing right next to it. my dog yanks me towards him and his leash slips and then all of a sudden my dog is running through the yellow fucking door. RIP Pluto.

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 r/showerthoughts

Posted by u/oliver_robs_banks 1 week ago

100% of people that read this are going to die

 -

what_the_georgie 304 points · 1 week ago

   thanks I hate it.

         oliver_robs_banks 233 points · 5 days ago

                no problem! :)

stonks 294 points · 5 days ago

    is this a threat?

         skincare_circus 359 points · 4 days ago

              only if you want it to be 😊

                   stonks 694 points · 4 days ago

                        fuck off nikola

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r/memes

Posted by u/memesource_today 1 week ago

marto_kart 293 points · 5 days ago

   no. they are good cows!!!! :D

         stonks 220 points · 5 days ago

              that’s what they want you to think, martin.

                     marto_kart 249 points · 5 days ago

                           :(

r/me_irl

Posted by u/melanie_queen today 1 week ago

d_tonner 293 points · 5 days ago

    lame.

         melanie_queen 220 points · 5 days ago

              ???

                   d_tonner 749 points · 5 days ago

                          I never got caught.

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ebouchard 244 points · 5 days ago

    Accurate.

        melanie_queen 431 points · 5 days ago

            fuck off bitchard.

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r/creepypms

Posted by u/naomi_herne 1 week ago

adelola29 304 points · 5 days ago

    that’s fucking creepy.

stella_tkadi 356 points · 5 days ago

                and disturbing. did you report them op?

                       naomi_herne 442 points · 5 days ago

I didn’t. I just blocked and deleted the number from my contacts. You’re right though, I definitely should’ve reported them as well.

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notjonnydville 483 points · 4 days ago

    now why do I feel like I know exactly who this is?

        stonks 394 points · 4 days ago

           because even murderers have more subtlety than her.      

                skincare_circus 572 points · 4 days ago

you wound me tim! can I call you tim? I’m going to call you tim. after all, the stranger is very particular about subtlety, isn’t it?

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skincare_circus 523 points · 4 days ago

    I still stand by what I said! you do have quite lovely skin! nothing like the archivists.

           marto_kart 472 points · 3 days ago

                hey! I think jon has great skin!

                       skincare_circus 361 points · 3 days ago

                              of course you do, dear.

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picture of michael made by @ironicmemeing-art​

[the-grand-author-ne]

The first half of Uncanny Valley is still so fucking hilarious in full context like holy shit I can just picture Nicola calling up this plumber like "haha he's gonna be so fucking terrified when he gets here lmao" and then the guy gets there and Nicola introduces herself and expects him to be a bit weirded out by the fact that she's, you know, a fucking manequin in a circus costume but he just. Doesn't care.

And she's like "okay maybe he deals with weird costumes a lot whatever just wait till he sees THIS SHIT" and throws open the fucking doors to this brutal bloody skin factory with a huge dramatic "BEHOLD!" and he just goes "yeah ok. Nice place. Where's the drain?"

And she just??? What the fuck??? He's not an avatar she knows that, he doesn't have the smell of dread on him he's just. He's just a guy. And here he is, in the heart of the stranger's ritual preparations, casually going 'hmm' and 'oh' as she details the grisly way her servants are tearing apart and preserving the flesh of the poor still-living souls around them like it's no big deal. Can you just IMAGINE the confusion and frustration she must have felt, this total drama queen, as she was treated with such boredom and casual dismissal?

So finally she goes "fuck it, I'll just tell him how I'll kill him, that always works," and she starts complimenting his skin and telling him she has tools picked out to flay and tan him as he starts digging in the drain and he just keeps??? Not reacting??? Like??? What the fuck??? How is he elbow-deep in blood and gore listening to her talk about skin and dancing and murder and not freaking the fuck out? How is he not feeling even the slightest tinge of dread? This fucker isn't even UNSETTLED, like what the shit, is she losing her God damned mind!?

And then he gasps and goes quiet and she's like YES! FINALLY! IT HIT HIM! TIME FOR THE WONDERFUL SCREAMING TO START! but no. He's got it. He pulls the lump of congealed blood and fat and bits of skin and hair from the drain and holds it up for her to see like a kid holding up an art project to their teacher and just.

She looks at his face, full of pride in his work, and then back to the lump of gristle and horror in his hands. Back to his face again, which is now falling into an awkward frown. Back to the ball of people bits. An eye rises to it's surface and blinks at her. Back to the plumber. He coughs awkwardly and starts talking about billing and charges. Nikola is done. She silently leads this absolute badass of a man back to the door, suddenly worried she might have another Gertrude Robinson on her hands, and sits very still as she watches him drive away. Then she remembers that she has no money, and this weirdo wants to be paid for his work. What the fuck is she going to do? It took how many years to deal with Gertrude, if she pisses off ANOTHER sociopath with no sense of fear she doesn't know WHAT she'll do. I Do Not Know You will fire her for sure! That's when she remembers her friend Jude Perry and hopes that psycho bitch can reduce this newest threat to ashes while she's cleaning up the mess.

The next day she calls Jude and tells her what happened, and her confusion deepens as this avatar of fire and death starts laughing her ass off before saying "call him back in broad daylight, bet you $20 he shits his pants"

[dathen]

TMA 165 Liveblog Dump

Jon being like "oh I used to be so bad about poetry, but I'm better now!! I don't think all poetry is bad anymore!!" Martin:  what changed? Jon:  <_<;;;; uhhhh idk I See Through You Mr. Sims I got so consumed by Hot Jon and Carousel Jon content afterwards I forgot to post this fdfhfhhf

this is 99% merry-go-round cuteness overload meltdown that resulted in my liveblog twitter being locked for posting too fast enjoy

revolutions was a MERRY GO ROUND none of our predictions guessed that

“we need to go through them...metaphorically. we need to...experience them” well that sounds alarmingly similar to the scars

jon: have you been on a merry-go-round recently? me:  JON?? LIKES MERRY-GO-ROUNDS?????? martin: no, why? me:  JON MERRY-GO-ROUDN????? jon:  I actually, ah, there's one at london zoo-- ME: *FLIPS A TABLE* JON!! LIKES!! MERRY-GO-ROUNDS!!!

*tears streaming down my face* JON CUTE JON CUTE

JON GO ON A DATE WITH ME AND WE CAN GO ON A MERRY GO ROUND oh fuck where did that come from

jon:  this merry-go-round went quite fast, actually, it was surprisingly thrilling I CAN'T HANDLE HIM I CAN'T THAT'S THE MOST OLD MAN THING TO SAY BUT IT'S SO CUTE THAT HE IS A FELLOW 30-YEAR-OLD WHO LIKES CAROUSELS YOU CANT DO THIS TO ME

SURPRISINGLY THRILLING MERRY-GO-ROUND how do you expect me to move on from that and hit play again. twitter is gonna ban me for spam

Narrator:  Twitter did, in fact, ban them for spam.

why are we here?? just to suffer??? every week Jon Cute

MARTIN SOUNDS SO ENDEARED can you imagine what a time of his life he's been having reconciling every New Jon Fact with the dour snarly boss from season 1.  picturing university student Jon getting excited about carousels.  I am going to weep I can't handle them

can this be a Thing?? Jon taking Martin on a date involving carousels and Martin realizes they're fun in tame nostalgic way when there's someone trying to hold your hand reaching between the horses instead of a mother snapping at you to hold still? they get ice cream after??

I really shouldn't get so worked up over cute date ideas when they're about to go through a haunted carousel but I have been Unleashed

[Twitter bans me for spam]

"It's not Nikola. It's, uh, an old friend" oh FUCK fucking HELL is it not!sasha???? I am TERRIFIED

oh man this dynamic of Jon getting overwhelmed with the need to record his Guidebook but there's actual active monsters prowling the area they need to avoid, that's some good tension and also I am scared

I love Martin suggesting the plan for him to do that first.  Lovely non-judgmental practical Martin   <3

Statement time.   this is some WTNV-level surrealistic horror

holy shit this is some goddamn freeform poetry. is that alliterative verse mixed in there???  I'm just sitting here like :0 :0 :0

DOES JONNY NEED TO BREATHE?? AIR?? DO YOU WANT OXYGEN????

I just realized the beginning of this ep was the reverse of them with the slaughter victims in 162.  Martin taking a look at them being like "ah yes, the monsters" and Jon correcting them "no, they're people"

ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT JON'S POETRY STATEMENT I'MGLGJFKSDHGDKGH  Martin:  Was it any good? Jon:  I don't know! You're the poetry expert, not me! HRHTHHTHRHRTHHT POETRY EXPERT...HOW FAR WE'VE COME..

Jon being like "oh I used to be so bad about poetry, but I'm better now!! I don't think all poetry is bad anymore!!" Martin:  what changed? Jon:  <_<;;;; uhhhh idk I See Through You Mr. Sims

Jon going from panicking and crying hiding from the not!them to "leave us alone, I won't warn you again"  J...JON....H  HOT

(okay panicking and crying is a different kind of Hot but we won’t go there rn)

JON LAUGHING AT THE NOT!THEM I'M GONNA PASS OUT

JON LAUGHING AT AND TAUNTING ONE OF THE MONSTERS THAT CAUSED THEM SO MUCH PAIN AND HEARTACHE STUFFS INTO MY FACE LIKE CANDY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME

THE MUSIC CHANGE at "what did you say" after she taunts him about sasha holy SHIT

A MONSTER SOUNDING FRIGHTENED OF JON A MONSTER TRYING TO APOLOGIZE TO JON AFTER EARNING HIS ANGER I dont care about Implications or Premonitions THIS IS THE DREAM (tm)

JON MAKING THE NOT!THEM FEEL THE TERROR OF EVERYONE IT HURT?????  I???? I CANNOT EVEN PROCESS HOW SEXY THAT IS THAT IS A THOUSAND TIMES MORE SATISFYING THAN JUST FRYING WITH BRAIN POWER. THAT IS -VENGEANCE- AND IT IS DELICIOUS

martin:  JON HOT JON HOT JON HOT

me and martin last week:  JON CUTE JON CUTE me and martin this week:  JON HOT JON HOT

[supercasey]

Hi, I would like to suffer more. please, o holy and wise one, give us the angst.

I’m tempted to talk more about Jon, since he’s a hotbed of trauma in pretty much any universe, especially this one, but fuck it, let’s talk about the Stoker brothers this time!

The thing about the Stoker brothers is how seemingly “invisible” a lot of their pain is. By all accounts, they seem like pretty normal and well-adjusted kids compared to the other avatar kids, save for being much more agile and acrobatic than the average child, but still, they look perfectly normal to most folk. Secretly though, they’ve been through a lot more than they let on, especially Tim, because the minute Danny was born and placed into his arms when he was just four years old, he felt like he needed to protect him at all costs, even without being told to.

But what was he trying to protect him from anyhow? Tim still saw the circus as his friends- his family- and yet that feeling never really went away, only grew stronger as the years went on. And Nikola, while certainly a very strange (no pun intended) mother, was an objectively good parent to the boys most of the time. She bathed them, dressed them, and taught them all sorts of things, especially about the circus and the Stranger. Hell, she may have even loved them, but it’s hard to tell with beings like her.

But it was never a good environment to grow up in, not really; the boys had to scavenge for food a lot, as no one but them needed to eat, and they ended up bruised and injured a lot from dances becoming too rough, but it was fine! These things happen, you know? Who cares if Tim’s feet hurt so much from non-stop dancing that they bled most nights? Who cares that Danny’s voice was sore more often than not from practicing his shouts for hours on end? It was fine; they were alive and loved, and that would be enough.

But that couldn’t be enough, not for two young children. So even though it hurt, even though he didn’t know if it would work, even though he knew it could ruin everything he had, Tim took his baby brother and ran away into the night, wanting to give Danny a better life somewhere else. Even now that he’s living with Michael, and being shown what a proper caregiver is supposed to be like, he still feels guilty for leaving. Because Nikola loved him, didn’t she? She loved him so much, that’s why she pushed him and Danny so hard; she just wanted him to be successful, that’s all.

This isn’t something Tim really talks about to anyone, not even Sasha and Danny. Eventually though, he’s gonna reach his limit with all the pain he’s been holding in, and I certainly wouldn’t want to be in the room when the dam finally breaks.

[slurrmp]

thirteen x reader the doctor finds out reader’s pregnant. reader isn’t sure what to do because she thinks she can’t be a mom

All three of them were lined up in a row, balancing precariously on the edge of the sink. Teeth sucked in your lower lip as you paced back and forth the length of the rather large room, hands clenched in front of your stomach, as you tried not to let yourself have a major break down. You didn’t know how exactly sound proof the TARDIS walls were, but you know you didn’t want to risk letting anyone know that you were having a moment. Two of the pregnancy test showed that small tiny plus sign. While the other spelled it out in pink lettering, mother fuc- They were now pointing out that there was now a tiny living person inside your stomach. Okay, well they don’t technically live inside the stomach, but that’s close enough. You had all just come back from helping Nikola Tesla save the world against giant scorpions, but you couldn’t help but feel like you had slowed the group down the entire time. The cold that you had caught the last time you had visited home had somehow gotten worse. Turning almost flu like, you weren’t exactly good at the running and the saving the world. Mostly you were just stuck in Tesla’s lab throwing up everything that was in your stomach.

Poor Tesla, he was a little put out by your sudden dismissive attitude towards everything that was happening but, bless him, he tried his best at comforting you, even as you were throwing up into his many rubbish bins.

Running a hand through your hair you paused in front of the sink again and stared down at the pregnancy tests. You couldn’t help but narrow your eyes at them. “Stupid things.” You mumbled to yourself before you swiped them off the sink and onto the floor. “Not even accurate…” You weren’t ready to be a mother and you certainly weren’t ready to give up this lifestyle, not when you had just found it. Staring at the mess on the floor, a low growl escaped you before you stormed out of your bathroom, made your way through your room and out into the endless feeling hallway.

You didn’t exactly want to go and join the others in the console room. You knew that they would be busy talking over what they had just been through, and they would start to question as to why you were suddenly in a foul mood and you definitely weren’t ready for small talk. So instead, you shoved your hands into the pockets of your tracksuit pants and just started wandering down the hall, letting your legs and the TARDIS herself, decide where you were going.

-x-

It wasn’t long until you found your way into the library. It was massive, just imagine the library from Beauty and The Beast and times it by twenty. There was always something about a library that calmed you down, maybe it was because you used to spend your days as a kid in the school library, reading during lunch when everyone else was out playing on the oval.

Then during your teenage years, the local library was where you went when home seemed a little too overstimulating.

Falling back onto the couch that you had claimed as your own when you all had first joined the Doctor, you stared up at the ceiling. Squinting slightly, you couldn’t help but place your hand against your stomach. There was no bump, no feeling of something living in there, it was just … well your stomach. But you knew, it was like all the emotions that you had been experiencing previously all suddenly came flooding back making a lot more sense.

You were pregnant.

“This is bullshit.” You mumbled to yourself. You hadn’t seen your boyfriend in the last … eight weeks. Scrunching up your face, you couldn’t help but groan. Loud and annoyed as you fell face first onto the couch. You had just broken up, he was complaining that he never saw you anymore, that you were hanging out with people that were not your type. That you should stop hanging out with them. ‘What kind of name is The Doctor anyway. Sounds like someone wanting to sell you to a sex ring or something.’ after that you promptly punched him in the nose and told him to piss on outta your home.

But then the evening came and you were hanging out with friends you hadn’t seen since Christmas and there was a shit ton of drinks involved and he was groveling on his knees, in public no less. You had thought he really meant it and you know you shouldn’t have, but you were drunk and hadn’t had sex in over three months. You were desperate.

“I’m a fucking moron.”

“Oi!” The voice sliced through the silence of the library and you shot up into a seated position so fast that you had to press a palm against your eye. Well, guess vertigo will be a thing of this pregnancy. “No kind of talk like that in the library.” Squinting against the bright lights, you spotted the Doctor making her way over to you. A bunch of books in her bare arms, a brow shot up as you noticed that she wasn’t wearing her typical white undershirt, just one of the many short sleeved maroon shirts. Swallowing, you couldn’t help but blush. “Or ever on my ship.”

“Sorry.” You mumbled and sighed. “But it’s true. A complete and utter idiot.” Leaning forward, you pulled your legs up onto the couch, resting your elbows on your knees. “Doctor, what am I going to do?” The Time Lord gave a small frown, before she took a breath and placed the books on the coffee table.

“What’s wrong…?” Your name sounded like honey when she said it. When he said it, it sounded like a burden, like he couldn’t be bothered loving you anymore. The blonde sat down next to you on the couch, a look of such intensity that you started to feel warm underneath it. Maybe it was the hormones?

The two of you held gazes for what felt like hours. You heaved a sigh and rested your forehead against your knees, shifting your arms to rest by your sides on the couch. Well, here goes nothing. “I’m pregnant.” And it was silent. Your heart was beating out of your chest, you didn’t know whether or not she would ultimately chuck you out of the TARDIS now. Did she even do pregnant ladies?

There was a slight whirring noise and your head lifted. The Doctor had taken her sonic out and was now scanning you over. The little dimple on her forehead was prominent as she concentrated, before it softened out when she looked up at you. “Seven weeks.” She finally spoke and a pained expression crossed your face. “Oh …” Your name was spoken again but this time much softer, it caused a shiver to rush down your spine. “What’s wrong?”

“I can’t do this…” you almost sobbed the words. “I … I can’t be a mother?” Heaving in a breath, your whole body shook. This wasn’t in your plans … this wasn’t on the list. “I barely have a stable job, the father is an asshole and when I’m not at home, I’m running around the freaking galaxy with you!” Unexpected pregnancy was something you absolutely did not want. It was then that the Doctor put away her sonic and shifted closer to you. Her arm wrapped around the back of your shoulders, as her fingers dug into the fabric of your shirt, before she pulled you against her. You stiffened just as you fell into her, as you crossed your legs instead.

“Listen, I was just as nervous the first time around.” That made your frown. “Having kids is never easy, especially when you come from my planet.” Oh my god. “Time Lord’s don’t have children the same way as Humans do, well, when I say that, I mean we used to but overpopulation became an issue…” Snapping your head up, you almost whacked the Doctor in the chin. Your eyes met hazel and you really couldn’t believe that she was saying this. Any of this. “But when my first arrived and I held him in my arms…” The Doctor looked away, focusing on something just over your head. You could feel her tense up suddenly, almost like she realised what she was saying … before she took a breath in and snapped a grin onto her face. “You, my love, are going to be a wonderful mother.”

A hesitant laugh escaped your lips. Holy shit, you swallowed as you tried to move past the fact that pieces of her past had literally tumbled out of her. She had been a mother? She had kids, she had a family. A husband? Or a wife. Where the hell were they now? Sniffing, you ran the back of your palm underneath your nose, before you nodded your head. “I just never saw this coming.”

“It’s going to be hard,” The Doctor continued, snapping out of the slight trance she had found herself in and looked down at you. A hand reached up and fingers brushed away the stray tear that was falling down your cheek. “And it’s definitely not going to be fun but that’s why you’ve got me.” The Doctor paused. “Us. All of us, I’m sure Graham and Yaz will be thrilled and we know that Ryan has a soft spot for kids.” The blonde continued and you couldn’t help but notice the slight slip. A soft smile crossed you lips as you looked down, hands twisting together in your lap. A slender finger reached down then and rested under your chin, pushing your head back up to meet her gaze. “And if you really don’t want to do this …”

Your breath caught at the back of your throat. “I can … I can try.” You replied. You didn’t want to instantly give up but you know that you had time, you had time to decide whether or not you could do this. “Thanks Doc.” The blonde beamed down at you, before she pulled away. Your lower lip almost pulled out in a pout at the lost of contact, but before you could complain, the Doctor had placed her hands on either side of your face and pressed a kiss against your forehead.

“You’ve got this…” Your name now sounded like a prize more than a burden. “I know you can do this. Now come on!” The Doctor stood up and you followed her with your eyes, the smirk growing wider on your lips. You just couldn’t help but be happy when you were near her. “I’ve got a special place for you all. The people may be a little violent, but the sunsets on Qo’Nos are to die for!” Holding out her hand, the Doctor looked at you expectantly and you couldn’t help the laugh that left your lips.

“As long as there’s no running.” You took her hand and bounded off the couch, following right behind her.

[sailorzakuro]

SCD 2020 - Week 2 Thoughts

I’m forever gonna be pissed they pussied out of doing a Halloween theme on ACTUAL Halloween cos it’s “too early on” mate just make it work ANYWAY on with this 😂.

Max and Dianne - That looked like a very lonely fairground 😭. Well it wasn’t BAD... it wasn’t great 😂. The poor guy still looks terrified and it’s making him tense up and go stiff, particularly in his upper body. His legs seemed okay to me, slightly uncoordinated but it wasn’t lazy or anything. I think he just needs to learn to relax and enjoy what he’s doing rather than over thinking it and looking so tense.

Clara and Aljaz - ALJAZ CHEATING THE SYSTEM AND GIVING US A HALLOWEEN DANCE ANYWAY YES. So... the main issues here were frame, timing and balance. Balance was mostly okay but she lost it a couple of times, same with timing as sometimes she was off sync with Aljaz. But the frame is the main problem, and idk if it’s cos Aljaz is like a foot taller than her or something but her shoulders were super high and it felt kind of stiff up there. BUT she has potential in ballroom 😂.

Bill and Oti - OH MY MAN BILL BAILEY COMING OUT AND SLAYING US ALL GO ON MY SON 😂. That was definitely a surprise but anyway HOLY COW his frame was pretty spot on, he hit all the steps and was very light on his feet. It wasn’t PERFECT, there was some uncoordination in places and ofc his hands need work but minor details minor fucking details 😂.

JJ and Amy - K idk if this is gonna get me in trouble but I didn’t like it 😂. It wasn’t AWFUL, and JJ actually did some nice things like his upper body stance and cape work, it was pretty good. There was a couple of timing and footing issues but that was it. But for me I don’t think this showed how well he could have done a Paso... I just don’t know what it was, it didn’t feel like a classic Spanish Paso, but it didn’t feel like a super intense Paso, I think it was too slow, which possibly allowed for JJ to make those timing mistakes? So yeah, he did okay, but had he been given more I think he could have handled it.

Jamie and Karen - I think they were pretty harsh on him tbh, I liked it! Obviously his actual hold wasn’t brilliant and he looked a bit deer in headlights there, but everything else I thought was good! He had elegance, nice extensions, timing was completely right, I liked those parts a lot!

Maisie and Gorka - I’m trying not to go on about it every time lol so I’m just gonna try and be objective and not think about it 😂. Obviously it was amazing, her footwork was an exact mirror of Gorka in places, amazing timing, she nailed the little movements so well and her frame was great. I wish it could have been a little sharper in places, but that’s just my personal taste 😂.

Jacqui and Anton - Rip I feel like I’m gonna be seeing this again tonight... we never expected a lot from this did we 😂. I don’t even have to watch it again to know how poor her posture, footwork, timing and overall dancer-ness was. She also looked absolutely terrified, maybe if she let go a bit it would look a bit better?

HRVY and Janette - Again, very good 😂. I think it was better than last week’s haha, he had great timing, frame, extensions, dynamics and grace, I think ballroom is really good for him 😂. One criticism is his head looks a bit tense at times, but I’m sure later on in the competition that’ll naturally relax a bit more.

Ranvir and Giovanni - Can I just say how gorgeous Ranvir looked here like wow 😍😂. I think this was overall really nice, she had nice springy steps (only the springiest, spongiest bread for my two best friends) (sorry had to quote Apple and Onion) and her footwork was really nice. I think sometimes her frame seemed to drop a bit? But other than that pretty good 😂.

Nicola and Katya - QUEENS AGAIN sorry I loved this so so so so so much 😂. Mum said it was boring like hun you clearly didn’t get it then 😂. This suited her so much and she told the story with Katya really well, both through the actual dance and her expressions. The flag bit was a bit weird but I thought from start to finish the story was super clear because of how well she performed it 😂. She hit every point with an absolute cool air it was great 😂. Also random but I got slightly alarmed when Katya called her Nikki afterwards 😂. My birth name is Nikola so my mum calls me Nikki (even though I hate both names so I go by Nicole when I can lol) so it was like a natural instinct to respond 😂.

Caroline and Johannes - I definitely agree with what was said, she got all the steps right and there wasn’t much wrong with it, but there was a lack of power behind it. I felt no intensity from her, which could be down to her facial expressions or her lack of dynamics, but I felt like she could have performed this a lot better even though she got the steps correct.

Jason and Luba - I actually got a headache from this I wish I was joking 😂. Who thought highlighter yellow was a good idea 😂. But I said Jason needed to get on a latin dance and BOY DID IT WORK the amount of energy he had absolutely sold this dance even if it wasn’t technically accurate 😂. There was a lack of hip action and his footwork was either too little or too much IMO, but the amount of energy he put into his moves again just absolutely sold it 😂. Maybe in future he should think about putting that energy into precision of his moves? But it was definitely enjoyable 😂.

So overall... I think this week didn’t stand out as much as last week but that’s just my preference 😂. I think abilities are starting to switch all over the place now and in most cases it’s difficult to see how far everyone’s gonna get. IT’S A GOOD YEAR 😂.

[twerkhammett]

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Holy fuck, good thing I have a long train ride😂1. Full nameAngelica DeLillo2. Age213. 3 fearsFailure, getting snatched up one of these nights im on the train alone, losing the people i care about4. 3 things I loveNik, food, and our cat5. 4 turn onsBiting, slapping (ass face and tits), being tied up or held down, and when he gets that mean look on his face and i know hes gonna be really rough with me ugh6. 4 turn offsI have had these experiences with almost every person I've been with except Nik..bad hygiene, being rushed (you cum yet?), bad oral and when i tell them what would feel good they dont listen..and worst of all sex that feels half assed. They just want to cum real quick, theres no passion or effort, they don't care if they please you at all. Fucking horrible..7. My best friendIn cali my best friend here besides Nik is Ashley, and I get to live with them both its awesome! In Florida I cant choose one cuz ive known them all forever and love those dudes..Mels, Denzel, Brauston, and Alicia8. Sexual orientationBisexual9. My best first dateWith Nikolas obviously 😉10. How tall i am5'611. What do I missMy friends and family back home12: What time were I born3:55pm13: Favourite colorGreen14: Do I have a crushOn my boyfriend😂15: Favourite quoteIdk man16: Favourite placeHard to choose one, maybe my bed😂17: Favourite foodI hate favorites..pizza and wings18: Do I use sarcasmNever :)19: What am I listening to right nowSlayer 20: First thing I notice in new personIf they're fuckin rude or not21: Shoe size822: Eye colorBrown23: Hair colorLight brownish? Auburn?24: Favourite style of clothingBlack25: Ever done a prank call?Yup27: Meaning behind my URLKirk twerkin28: Favourite movieKung Fury29: Favourite songCant choose30: Favourite bandStill cant choose my dude31: How I feel right nowMeh32: Someone I loveNik33: My current relationship statusIn love af its disgusting34: My relationship with my parentsPretty good these days35: Favourite holidayHalloween36: Tattoos and piercing i haveNips, lips, and ears37: Tattoos and piercing i wantA lot, whenever i get the money..38: The reason I joined TumblrMels made me join lol39: Do I and my last ex hate each other?I don't think he hates me, but i hate his bitch ass..40: Do I ever get “good morning” or “good night ” texts?I used to get them from Nik but we live together so now he can just tell me lol41: Have I ever kissed the last person you texted?This morning42: When did I last hold hands?Yesterday43: How long does it take me to get ready in the morning?15mins, its caffeinating myself that can take time44: Have You shaved your legs in the past three days?Noooope45: Where am I right now?On BART46: If I were drunk & can’t stand, who’s taking care of me?Nik, been a while since thats happened tho47: Do I like my music loud or at a reasonable level?Loud48: Do I live with my Mom and Dad?Nope49: Am I excited for anything?For class to be over so i can relax lol...haven't even got there yet50: Do I have someone of the opposite sex I can tell everything to?Nik, Denzel, Brauston51: How often do I wear a fake smile?At work lmao52: When was the last time I hugged someone?Does my cat count? An hour ago lol53: What if the last person I kissed was kissing someone else right in front of me?This would never happen, but I would go to jail if it did lol54: Is there anyone I trust even though I should not?Not that i know of?55: What is something I disliked about today?Nik had to work early and I've been sexually frustrated af56: If I could meet anyone on this earth, who would it be?James57: What do I think about most?Nik and food are tied i think58: What’s my strangest talent?Idk59: Do I have any strange phobias?Eh not really60: Do I prefer to be behind the camera or in front of it?Behind61: What was the last lie I told?Not sure, probably at work lol62: Do I perfer talking on the phone or video chatting online?On the phone63: Do I believe in ghosts? How about aliens?Aliens yeah64: Do I believe in magic?Nah65: Do I believe in luck?Not really66: What’s the weather like right now?64 and clear skys67: What was the last book I’ve read?Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas68: Do I like the smell of gasoline?Yesss69: Do I have any nicknames?Besides the ones Nik has for me no70: What was the worst injury I’ve ever had?Cut my knee open71: Do I spend money or save it?That shits gone pretty fast dont get to spend it on anything fun tho haha72: Can I touch my nose with a tounge?Nah73: Is there anything pink in 10 feets from me?My backpack has some pink on it74: Favourite animal?My cat😂75: What was I doing last night at 12 AM?Fucking76: What do I think is Satan’s last name is?Trump77: What’s a song that always makes me happy when I hear it?Nightcrawler78: How can you win my heart?Be Nikolas or James Hetfield79: What would I want to be written on my tombstone?Nothing80: What is my favorite word?Fuck81: My top 5 blogs on tumblrIdk man i like a lot of yall82: If the whole world were listening to me right now, what would I say?Someone please assasinate the orange one83: Do I have any relatives in jail?Not that i know of84: I accidentally eat some radioactive vegetables. They were good, and what’s even cooler is that they endow me with the super-power of my choice! What is that power?Invisibility or time travel85: What would be a question I’d be afraid to tell the truth on?Not sure86: What is my current desktop picture?Some nature pic bc i havent change it87: Had sex?On a daily basis my dude88: Bought condoms?Yes89: Gotten pregnant?No90: Failed a class?Yup91: Kissed a boy?Yup92: Kissed a girl?Yep93: Have I ever kissed somebody in the rain?Yes, Nik94: Had job?Sadly95: Left the house without my wallet?Fucking yes!!!96: Bullied someone on the internet?No lol97: Had sex in public?A few days ago lmao98: Played on a sports team?Yep99: Smoked weed?This is where my extra money goes..sigh100: Did drugs?Nothing crazy but yeah101: Smoked cigarettes?Yes102: Drank alcohol?Yeah103: Am I a vegetarian/vegan?Noo104: Been overweight?Nope105: Been underweight?Nope106: Been to a wedding?Yep107: Been on the computer for 5 hours straight?Yes lol108: Watched TV for 5 hours straight?Yeah109: Been outside my home country?Not yet, but I plan on it110: Gotten my heart broken?Yeah couple years ago111: Been to a professional sports game?Yep112: Broken a bone?My finger lol113: Cut myself?A while ago114: Been to prom?Nope115: Been in airplane?Yes116: Fly by helicopter?No but I want to!!117: What concerts have I been to?Megadeth, Metallica, Exodus, Testament, Carcass, Slayer, Midnight, Kreator, Obituary, Children of Bodom, Rammstein, and a few more but those were the best ones118: Had a crush on someone of the same sex?Quite a few times119: Learned another language?Some German and some ASL120: Wore make up?I wear mascara121: Lost my virginity before I was 18?Yeah122: Had oral sex?Yupppppp123: Dyed my hair?Yes124: Voted in a presidential election?Yep!125: Rode in an ambulance?Nope126: Had a surgery?No127: Met someone famous?Nope128: Stalked someone on a social network?A while ago hahah129: Peed outside?Yep130: Been fishing?Yes131: Helped with charity?I donate to greenpeace monthly132: Been rejected by a crush?Sorta133: Broken a mirror?Im sure I have, I def had a big ass mirror fall on my fuckin head one time tho!134: What do I want for birthday?Some dick😂135: How many kids do I want and what will be their names?2 max, no idea about names, havent thought about it much136: Was I named after anyone?No137: Do I like my handwriting?Its a bit sloppy but yeah138: What was my favourite toy as a child?Barbies lol139: Favourite Tv Show?DBZ😂140: Where do I want to live when older?The forest, somewhere in Colorado maybe141: Play any musical instrument?Not well lol142: One of my scars, how did I get it?Accidentally stabbed myself at work143: Favourite pizza toping?Mushrooms144: Am I afraid of the dark?No, I need it to sleep145: Am I afraid of heights?A bit146: Have I ever got caught sneaking out or doing anything bad?Yes lmao, many times by my dad usually147: Have I ever tried my hardest and then gotten disappointed in the end?Did you mean my last relationship😂😂148: What I’m really bad atProcrastination149: What my greatest achievments areGetting the fuck out of fl, some of my artwork, learning to cope with my depression150: The meanest thing somebody has ever said to meProb something my ex said lol151: What I’d do if I won in a lotteryQuit my job, build a house, and open a cave bar (me and Ashley were just talkin about that)152: What do I like about myselfWell i guess i never stop trying even tho i fuck up a lot hahah153: My closest Tumblr friend@stalkhome-sindrone probably😁154: Something I fantasise aboutA stable income...Thanks for that big ass ask my anonymous dude!!😂To the rest of my followers, sorry for the long post and some of the tmi questions😊

[pds2005-blog]

The Morning Jolt

Rockets outlast Nuggets in wild game in Houston

Holy HELL what a game! This was easily the most entertaining sporting event that probably no one outside of Houston or Denver watched last night. While most people know that the Rockets are 2nd in the league in scoring behind Golden State I would bet that few know Denver is 3rd w/ 111 PPG and watching two of the top three offensive teams square off in Houston last night was anything but boring.

An example of the offensive firepower on display; after close to three minutes gone in the first quarter there were 11 points scored meaning they were on pace for 44 1st quarter points (I know that is far from an exact way to calculate that but it helps my point so roll with it). Fast forward to the end of the period and both teams had combined for 63 points. When these teams get going it’s a beautiful thing to watch and seeing 249 total points get scored in a 125-124 last second Rockets win was about a fun a game as you’ll get in the NBA.

The game stayed close throughout and the lead changed hands numerous times but ultimately it was this James Harden layup with two seconds left that sealed the win. MVP indeed as Harden finished with 39/11/7 as well as 4 steals.

Last note, the Nuggets are the fifth youngest team in the NBA, have one of the more underrated and exciting big men in Nikola Jokic and have a fun trio of young guards in Gary Harris, Jamal Murray and Emmanuel Mudiay. I don’t think they are a real threat to win a title anytime soon and dealing away Jusuf Nurkic for a Plumlee was less than ideal but if they are able to add a decent veteran player and draft well in this year’s loaded draft I believe they could find themselves in a similar role to the Jazz in being a dark horse Western Conference contender that no one wants to see in the playoffs.

 Warriors blow out Thunder in to sweep regular season matchup between the two teams.

Steph Curry and the Warriors took down the Thunder 111-95 last night to complete their season sweep of Oklahoma City. The game didn’t have nearly as much luster without Durant and you could feel that in the building’s atmosphere as people weren’t nearly as energized with “cupcake” Kevin sitting on the bench in street clothes.

Golden State jumped out to a small lead in the 1st but then erupted in the 2nd, going into halftime with a 59-39 lead. Right before the half a mini scuffle broke out when Curry and Westbrook got into a shoving match that was provoked by Oladipo’s look-like right before a jump ball. Steph answered that with a huge fuck you three right before half and then sprinted off the floor to the locker room. I love the pettiness that comes when these two teams play and I pray we get this matchup in the playoffs.

The second half was no different as after an early Thunder (Westbrook) run, the Warriors pulled away behind a barrage of 3’s to put the game out of reach by the start of the 4th.

Lastly, did Bestbrook get a triple double??? No. 15/8/7 in an off night.

The Warriors now stand 2.5 clear of the Spurs with 12 to play and take on Dallas tomorrow in Dallas.

 Wild finish in Toronto as Maple Leafs down Bruins 4-2

Anytime you can put the 14th and 15th team in the East on television instead of the 7th and 8th you have to do it right NBCSN? I seriously wonder how some people get put in positions of power when I see decisions like this made.

Anyways, the Bruins headed up to America’s hat to take on the Maple Leafs as both teams looked to strengthen their case for the post season. Marchand notched his 80th point of the season in the first period on an assist to David Backes as Boston jumped out to a 1-0 lead but Toronto tied it up late on a goal by Morgan Reily. Perhaps the biggest story of the 1st period though was this dirty hit by Toronto that somehow did not result in a penalty:

The game remained scoreless into the 3rd and stayed that way until the last two minutes when all hell broke loose. The Maples Leafs scored a Power Play goal just under the two-minute mark and then added two more in the next sixty-six seconds to take a 4-1 lead and the game finished 4-2 as the Bruins netted one with seconds left.

Calling the officiating questionable in this game would be putting it nicely as the refs missed numerous calls throughout, most of which seemed to benefit Toronto. Definitely a brutal feeling for the Islanders and other teams in reach of the 8-seed watching Toronto come away with two points in a game that was tied with two minutes left.

Puerto Rico walks off against the Netherlands to reach WBC final

The WBC makes no sense. No stars want to play in it, pitchers are leaving their teams mid-tournament, the extra inning rules are bonkers to say the least and the tournament has a good chance of never happening again, yet these last few weeks of the WBC have been oddly mesmerizing. I mean, how can you not watch with Javy Baez making plays like this on the base path? Dude is a god damn wizard:

Anyways, on to the game. Last night’s game featured an explosive start by both teams in the 1st, a bit of a lull for the next nine innings but then culminated with an electric 11th inning which saw Puerto Rico walk-off with the win.

I hate the Cardinals and I hate Yadier Molina but in the Top of the 1st I have to give the man credit for two exception plays. First he was smart enough to pick Jurickson Profar off 1st base after the man was dumb enough to stand with his back to the plate while celebrating his base hit:

 Then Yadi completed a great outfield relay to help keep the Netherlands run scored to two:

Puerto Rico tied the game up in the bottom of the 1st and each team added a run over the next eight innings to force extras. After a scoreless 10th, the new rules for the WBC kicked in and then the fireworks started. If you don’t know, in an attempt to make sure games don’t go on much further than the 11th, the WBC implemented a rule that has each team start an inning with runners on 1st and 2nd. It’s completely wild and I kind of love it, although I would never want to see it implemented in MLB.

Puerto Rico got out of their half of the inning thanks to a double play but the Netherlands was unable to do the same as Eddie Rosario hit a sacrifice fly to give Puerto Rico the win after Yadier had bunted the runners over. Wild game, wild tournament, Japan will play USA tonight to see who will take on Puerto Rico on Wednesday.

 The Kings are dead.

They’ve probably been dead for a while now but losing four of their last five, including last night 2-0 to Edmonton on the road, and only picking up three points during that stretch was the final nail in their coffin. Statistically are they eliminated? No. Could they win out and make the playoffs? Of course.  But for all intents and purposes the Kings are dead.

Last night’s game was fairly evenly played but Edmonton scored two goals in the 1st and Talbot stood on his head all game, notching 35 saves to keep the Kings off the board.

I’ll admit this kind of sucks. I admit I am a casual hockey fan but if feels for the last 8-10 years the Kings and Blackhawks have been focal points of the Western Conference playoffs and this will be the second time in three years the Kings miss out on postseason puck which makes it feel like their time on top is finished. I hope I’m wrong, the playoffs feel more exciting with LA involved, but I’m pretty confident the Kings are dead.

 Bad Beat of the Night: Magic/Sixers Under 218

The line closed at 218, it opened at 211 btw which is a huge jump for an NBA game, but if you were holding an Under ticket you had to feel good about your bet when the score was 98-97 with 30 seconds left and the trailing Sixers had the ball, right? Wrong!

Justin Anderson, a career 80% FT shooter, got fouled with 20 seconds left but could only hit 1-2 FT’s and the Magic missed their last second attempt meaning overtime, which is by far the worst word in the English language for Under bettors.

Regardless, 23 points is a lot to play with and with the game sitting at 106-104 with 17 seconds left, you had to be feeling confident right? NOPE. Six made FT’s and two made baskets by the 76ers equals 11 points which made the game land 221. Sickening.