#grouchy boy

[weapon-turned-jack]

Jack would sit on the ground, his arms crossed and he was huffing as he was grouchy.

[lycanus]

to @interxstitial ... for julien

❛ i’d say we make a pretty good team. ❜ dialogue prompts ... accepting

team. is that what they were calling it? names and information, party invitations and anything else julien wanted. all in exchange for keeping dohwan alive. julien could ask for anything he wanted, put cheolsu in any amount of danger, and he'd agree. what choice did they have? what kind of team was that? "was that a compliment, or is there something you want from me?" they ask.

[inkskinned]

one of the things about being an educator is that you hear what parents want their kids to be able to do a lot. they want their kid to be an astronaut or a ballerina or a politician. they want them to get off that damn phone. be better about socializing. stop spending so much time indoors. learn to control their own temper. to just "fucking listen", which means to be obedient.

one of the things i learned in my pedagogy classes is that it's almost always easier to roleplay how you want someone to act. it's almost always easier to explain why a rule exists, rather than simply setting the rule and demanding adherence.

i want my kids to be kind. i want them to ask me what book they should read next, and i want to read that book with them so we can discuss it. i want my kid to be able to tell me hey that hurt my feelings without worrying i'll punish them. i want my kid to be proud of small things and come running up to me to tell me about them. i want them to say "nah, i get why this rule exists, but i get to hate it" and know that i don't need them to be grateful-for-the-roof-overhead while washing the dishes. i want them to teach me things. i want them to say - this isn't safe. i'm calling my mom and getting out of this. i want them to hear me apologize when i do fuck up; and i want them to want to come home.

the other day a parent was telling me she didn't understand why her kid "just got so angry." this woman had flown off the handle at me.

my dad - traditional catholic that he is - resents my sentiment of "gentle parenting". he says they'll grow up spoiled, horrible, pretentious. granola, he spits.

i am going to be kind to them. i am going to set the example, i think. and whatever they choose become in the meantime - i'm going to love them for it.

[chirpsythismorning]

Skam show-runner Julie Andem clocking the fuck out of Mike being queer-coded in s1 of Stranger Things, and then using it as inspiration to queer-code Isak in s3 of Skam can be something so epic.

THIS! THIS is what I'm talking about!

In ST, there are two scenes in s1 (pretty/still pretty) that milkvans use as irrefutable proof that Mike has always had romantic feelings for El, with the primary object in the scene being a mirror.

THIS. MEANS. SOMETHING.

Mirrors in film mean something more often than not, but especially when they are the focus of a scene is when they definitely mean something. And the way they go about it differently in between those two scenes in ST, drastically differently, and considering the subject matter is very very queer coded, is how you really know there is a significance in this case.

And that scene above from Skam proves it.

Because apparently, another filmmaker watched ST, picked up on those odd details surrounding Mike and said shit I'm gonna use that...

Notice how Isak here, a gay teenager who is fully in denial with others and himself, to the point where he makes really homophobic remarks often, gets caught denying a bunch of girls as being attractive in a conversation with his friends. And so now they're questioning him and making him feel on edge bc the focus is on him and his attraction (lack thereof) to girls.

While his friends aren't even implying he is gay in this moment, it's just them genuinely being confused why he doesn't think any of the girls they think are attractive are attractive, you can still see that Isak starts to feel the pressure and so he latches onto the first girl he thinks of, Emma.

Emma just so happens to look like Natalie Portman with her extremely short hair.

Low and behold this very girl enters the room shortly after he says this and so now Isak has to face this and give his friends the impression he is fully interested in this girl, otherwise they would DEFINITELY suspect something is off. And so he goes all out.

He outs himself.

He literally says Don't you look like that boy from Stranger Things, and then follows it up with saying he would only be attracted to her if we're assuming he is attracted to boys, only to quickly backtrack and start to approach her really flirtatiously, then going all out by making out with her.

As this happens, he is kissing her in the bathroom, in front of a mirror...

Now I want to make clear, I am not saying ST was inspired by Skam. I'm pretty sure I did make that clear, it's actually the other way around, which is even more incriminating arguably.

S1 of Stranger Things came out in 2016, whereas s3 of Skam came out the following year in 2017. The hype for ST was so immense, to the point where you had Norwegian teens referencing it in everyday conversation.

The creator of Skam took scenes from ST that framed Mike very peculiarly in s1, and used it as queer-coding for a character that ended up being revealed as gay.

For those that haven't seen Skam Norway... Run. Leap. Drive. Teleport. Do what you have to do and go watch it. It's not available on any streaming, in fact it's only available online through fan-sites outside of where it's based. Conveniently, all 4 seasons with English subs can be found HERE.

Basically this show is amazing and you need to watch it. Some seasons I like more than others. But the gist of it is that every season focuses on a different character from the main group, where they experience some sort of misunderstanding/miscommunication that leads to them being misinformed about certain things, followed by them making mistakes and having doubts, though it tends to end in a way that feels so refreshing compared to what we're used to.

Skam also translates in english to shame, so the idea is that there is an arc surrounding some form of shame every season.

With Isak in particular, he's the focus for s3, though his arc starts to become more clear as early as the end of s1.

Eva, the character in focus for s1, borrows Isak’s phone to call someone, and ends up seeing that there's gay porn in a bunch of his tabs on his browser. Their friend Noora also witnesses this and she ends up being the focus of s2.

Throughout s2, we get even more blatant hints that Isak is gay and in love with his best friend...

So it's established pretty early on throughout the series that Isak is queer and in denial about it, but it isn't until s3 that he himself is able to confront it.

The way they go about this arc, with Isak having unrequited feelings, is exactly how ST would have done it IF Mike hadn't returned Will's feelings.

So if you're looking for more byler proof, go watch this show and see how they don't let Isak pine over his best friend Jonas for more than 2 seasons.

When the story finally puts Isak at the forefront, they give him his own love interest instead of keeping him pining for his friend. It's really pure and amazing and TBH I would have been fine if ST was framed this way, with it being clear from the beginning Isak's feelings were unrequited, and with the other half of the series focusing on him moving on and finding love himself, and also with his best friend and him still being very close.

Although Isak has that queer-coding from the very beginning, with him looking at his friend all fondly, he is still not able to confront any of it. The following season he dates a girl and is a little over the top about it, though we can also see that he is struggling despite not wanting to face it. It isn't until s3 when the story shows us his inner struggle at the forefront, that we see him finally confront it and accept it.

For those that don't know, Skam also loosely inspired the Nick Nelson gay test scene... So we have character that despite showing many signs of being queer, to the point where we know he literally watched gay porn, is still finding himself in a situation where he's taking gay tests 2 years later....

While he might have the knowledge deep down, he was not willing to face it. In fact he was doing everything he could to avoid confronting it.

But then he falls in love and suddenly it's not something he can ignore anymore...

[nidstiniens]

i am irrationally annoyed by the results of that poll about which scion could get closest to defeating the wol because we've canonically kicked estinien's ass multiple times, once while he was possessed by one of the most powerful dragons in existence, but the masses voted for him over g'raha tia, who not only has the power to transcend time and space, but who could also go toe-to-toe with emet-selch in terms of both power and wits

[hawkeye221b]

Sassy/Grouchy Grover just after waking up isn't something i thought i needed and yet i love him all the same. his grumpy lil sass and snark i physically cannot.

these are just babies and i love them all so much.

[cybersteal]

Nomad Scout

Even big, bad Solo V has to go out on patrol sometimes. Someone's gotta put the fear of God into those nasty Wraiths.

[jonathanbyersphd]

S1 Jonathan would NEVER have been able to bribe someone with weed. That's GROWTH.

[braisedhoney]

horrific alternate version of my narry variation who looks similar but is that creepy kind of nice. like super calm, serene, calls people "my dear" but not romantically. is suave-ish but something about it feels intrinsically off. not bc it's an ego thing he revels in—that's og narry exclusive—but bc genuinely nothing ever phases that guy. it is not rooted in insecurity or false bravado, he is in control. the version that the narrator wants to be, what he wants other people to think he is, not knowing that the other guy lacks the very part of him that makes him distinct and alive. and y'know. generally likable despite his grumpiness. absent of the complex but still afflicted and afflicting the horrors.

... scary. *hits with narry's new cane* give back my normal old man.

[space-writes]

writing share tag

tagged by @chauceryfairytales, thank you! Vren got way snarkier in part of his new intro, so here’s a bit of that.

[ID - a green and black decorative divider]

Halfway up the stairs, however, he was accosted by a small, scrawny-limbed boy in a too-large tunic and baggy red trousers. He thrust out a hand, shoving an envelope at him. “Message for you, Bhahan.” There was nothing written on the front, and it had an odd bulge in the middle. Vren took it, expecting the boy to leave; he didn’t, scurrying along at Vren’s heels as he ascended to his room on the uppermost floor. “Tell Zahin Zhira it’s a marriage token,” he said. The boy’s eyes went wide. He began to stammer an excuse, but Vren slammed the door in his face and waited until his footsteps vanished, then tiptoed back before vanishing again with much greater stealth. The lie would give Zhira something to laugh about, at least. He’d find out about Vren’s latest private client eventually, of course, but the longer he could keep the Zhirasea patriarch out of his business, the better.

[ID - a green and black decorative divider]

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[ragnarlothcat]

ANAKIN’S THIGHS

ANAKIN’S THIGHS

I think AOTC Anakin's thighs are probably a bit skinny (he's very slight in that movie aside from his shoulders) and then ROTS Anakin has the perfect strong thighs and then roasted Vader is probably even thicker because he has to carry around the weight of that armour and those prosthetics. And Vader's cape doesn't cover his legs so his Thigh Modesty is completely shattered and we (you, me, Obi-Wan) can ogle him at our leisure.

[loviatarsluv-old]

I literally never get any pictures of him smiling he always looks so perturbed😭

[dark-elf-writes]

Frank in lion form and exponentially faster than a human: *takes a full hit of cow gas to the face*

Nico, who killed two cows by himself as a human: I wasn’t fast enough to get Hazel out of the way of the cow gas

Frank: 😡😡😡

[catgrassplantdad]

picrew!

i was tagged by some sweeties @heymrspatel @whatwouldmickeydo @transmickey 💚

tagging @howlinchickhowl @whatthebodygraspsnot @gallawitchxx @gardenerian @rereadanon @tanktopgallavich @deedala @michellemisfit @darlingian @too-schoolforcool @sam-loves-seb @palepinkgoat if you guys wanna play 🤎

[mastigsstuff]

my grouchy boys ❤❤

[lovecolibri]

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