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many people are noticing the treatment of heather collins / tracy ifeachor from hbo maxâs new show âthe pittâ
1. let me preface by saying although thereâs no official confirmation (yet) itâs looking more likely that her character has been written off of the show and hereâs why: noah revealed that this weekâs previous episode (11) was tracyâs last day of filming â which is strange because thereâs 4 more episodes of the season left. you can say âoh sheâs not there because sheâs at home resting!â but from some of bts pictures that the cast posted patrickâs character landgon comes back to help. (heâs in pictures with characters we havenât seen yet so this confirms it.) so youâre telling me they can call him back to help knowing that theyâre understaffed but not collins?
2. sheâs not in any promo. after every episode the cast does interviews, specifically whenever a character has a pivotal moment. isa (santos) gave a several interviews throughout the season, but most importantly about her characterâs beef with langdon. patrick (langdon) gave a few interviews about the robby/langdon scene and his character, supriya gave an interview about the mass shooting thatâs coming up, katherine (dana) talked about her characterâs assault and taylor (king) gave an interview about episode 11âs delivery scene. if you recall, episode 7 was a huge moment for collins when she had the miscarriage in the bathroom and episode 11 also gave us backstory about her and robbyâs relationship but also about her recent troubles with having a baby. tracy did not have one single interview about these pivotal moments for her character. noah (although yes heâs the executive producer) gave interviews about these moments for her but itâs still strange because the other actors were given solo moments to talk about it themselves. why would they give taylor an interview about a backstory episode for collins? thereâs a lot of depth to collins â probably more than anyone else on the show aside from robby and we donât have one interview hearing tracyâs thoughts about anything.
sheâs the female lead of the show but isa has done more interviews than tracy. (x) (x) (x) (x) (x)





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thereâs been speculation about her being written since the beginning, but an extra on set said this on reddit â saying that it wasnât about tracy being a diva / being difficult like some people believed. (even if that were the case she should still be allowed to give interviews because her character had several important moments throughout the season but theyâre not being talked about by her.)
4. other people have noticed this too. (hereâs a thread about it) someone saw a post earlier that said tracy was âunavailableâ to do interviews. but as we know they released half of the season to the press early. so she wasnât available? they couldnât have done an onset interview? zoom? thereâs ways to make it work but they purposely chose not to interview her. youâre telling me second lead of the show is unavailable to do interviews?


5. the producers /writers gave a little insight about season 2 and gave us information about langdon but not collins. they were both sent home. why was he the only one mentioned?

6. collinsâ storyline seems like a wrap up to her character. although she said she wouldnât try for another baby, with them sending her home they could easily have her renege on the decision and try for another kid and make up some excuse as to why she wouldnât be at the hospital anymore. someone said that they are probably going to make it seem too awkward for her and robby to work together again after learning about the abortion and say she switched jobs or something. either reason sounds possible tbh.
let me finish by saying i love(d) the show. this was the fastest iâve ever connected to a show. i tuned in every thurs and live tweeted so much. (if youâve seen my blog you know how much iâve obsessed with the show.) but i canât ignore how sheâs being treated / ignored. if tracy willingly chose to leave the show then thatâs another story. but even then why is she being excluded from the promo? she shouldâve been able to give at least two interviews seeing as though her character had to big moments over these past 11 episodes. iâll finish the season off but i probably wonât be back for season 2. đ¤ˇđ˝ââď¸ but hopefully, they tell us officially by the end of the season whatâs happening with her character. i genuinely hope that iâm wrong, but itâs hard to ignore this pattern of why sheâs being excluded like this.
#the pitt#the pitt hbo#the pitt on max#the pitt spoilers#heather collins#michael robinavitch#the pitt hbo max#tracy ifeachor#noah wyle#the pitt 1x11#the pitt cast#everything is suspicious to me#obviously we need confirmation but itâs basically spelled out#frank langdon#melissa king#trinity santos
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7. voices in my head


đŹ CUT TO: A JUMP SCARE (wc: ~600)
you didnât know jeonghan was being serious when he told you that heâd make this last-minute meeting a bit moreâŚprofessional. his reinforcements? well first thereâs joshua, who you havenât seen since university (which is basically a few days in memory but has been YEARS for future-you); he seems to now be committed to living the corporate nepo baby dream by doing anything he wants (something past/current-you spends a second lamenting on, joshua always seemed to want more than just that for himself).
ââŚshua!â you say, a bit delayedâafter processing heâs actually here. âyouâre acting like youâve seen a ghost, yn,â joshua smirks. naturally you reply, âi mean i havenât seen you since uni,â âdid you seriously forget me being at youâre going away party when you moved overseas. i gave you the LA recs,â joshua gapes.
which catches you off guard. within this whole time travel debacle, you have been able to have a general consciousness of what future-you has experienced [in some inexplicable way]. this was not in your memory. joshua ended in the same part of the timeline where jeonghan had likewise ended.
âi was just testing you,â you try and recover, which joshua laughs at but earns a side eye from jeonghan.
luckily youâre saved by hansol, who is apparently jeonghanâs intern.
âoh yeah, youâre here, nice to finally meet you,â he simply says.
you laugh at that. âfinally?â
âi mean, jeonghan hyung has mentioned you before all this,â hansol casually replies as if itâs the most obvious thing in the worldâwhich makes your heart clench. itâs supposed to have been many, many years (and with that) lives lived since your breakup. for some reason, the way vernon brings this up makes you feel finally sane for knowing what itâs like to be dating jeonghan just the other day.
the next thing hansol says, however, sends alarms to your head.
âand werenât you at that film festival this past year?â
which seems normal enough, aside from the fact thatâs never happened. no film festival exists in that memory, and thatâs certainly something you wouldnât forget.
so all you can do is ask, posing as a joke, âand how exactly do you know this?â innocent enough to hopefully gain some answers.
this intern seems to be really straightforward, not really taking it as a joke but rather as something sincere. âoh i mean itâs on your SNS.â
a post you donât remember suddenly exists on your instagram. after the constant stalking youâve done on your future self, you know this did post never existedâthe past few days youâve been in this timeline. you so desperately want to freak the fuck out because genuinely what was going on, but you donât want to risk anymore oddities????
so all you can do is laugh it off in the most convincing way possible. which was virtually impossible, youâve never been good at acting. hansol is looking terribly confused right now (you could only imagine how far off you are from whatever concoction of you jeonghan has put in his mind).
âyouâre acting funny,â jeonghan says with no real emotion at all, something just matter-of-fact. which you dramatically frown at in annoyance and also a bit of fear heâs sensing something is actually offâŚeven though it is a fact.
you couldâve sworn it was there for a second, but the look on his face was like he saw somethingâŚsaw the real you. the young you. simply just how you were with him. a simple look of fondness, the look you were used to seeing before all thisâŚyou saw it for a fleeting minute.











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ŕ¨ŕ§ synopsis: one day you're 19, and the next you wake up as your 29 y/o self. the older version of yourself seems to have it all: the best friends ever, a well-traveled life, and a dream job (@ pledis magazine) with an upcoming interview with a hot-shot director that's set to break the internet. the catch? the interview is with your ex yoon jeonghan (or...your younger self's current boyfriend. this time travel stuff is confusing)! a second life/chance/etc. that's different from your original timeline has now come to you, what will you decide?
ŕ¨ŕ§ a/n: SORRY I'VE BEEN MIA!!!! posted this as my mac got those lines on the display im PRESSED i think i have no storage -_- still grinding out recruiting szn UGH but things are improving a bit :') i hope...anyways pace is picking up like lots of things revealed????!!!! yay! also I APOLOGIZE IF ANY TYPOS THIS WAS RUSHED if i forgot u, pls remind me if ure on the taglist!!!! it's been a min </3 as always pls share ur thoughts. thanks for ur patience loveliessss
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#Iâm 40 minutes late but it still counts bc 24 hours from now we will only be 40 minutes into episode 5#god help me if any of those episodes are as short as part 1!! they better be over 60 minutes..#bridgerton s3#bridgerton#polin#how many more posts can I make after my second post saying I was done posting lol
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# âWOULD YOU DO ANYTHING FOR ME?, BUY A BIG DIAMOND RING FOR ME?â ââ .⌠( how batboys act when theyâre engaged w reader )
dollish note ๨ŕ§: I lowkey crashed out over losing Americans on tiktok but this woke up to post on tumblr but hey, also can we talk about how trump used that as a pr stunt && thought we wouldnât notice wtf like omgg the way many americans caught on, alsoo please leave some motivation for me because I just kinda lost motivation for this app after the tiktok thingy went down đŤ tags: (batboys x engaged!reader)
Š dollishmehrayan â ( all rights reserved to me. These works cannot be reposted, translated, or modified. Thank you for understanding dollies! )
DICK GRAYSON ââ .âŚ
Over the moon and not afraid to show it. Dick tells everyone the second you say yes. Alfred? He knows. Random stranger in the grocery store? The metro security guy?, Yep, they know too. Heâs got that goofy, lovestruck grin plastered on his face 24/7.
Wedding planning enthusiast. You thought youâd do most of the planning? Wrong. Dickâs fully invested, showing you Pinterest boards of venues, color schemes, and âDo you think Nightwing blue (dollish note: I think â#3366CCâ perhaps?) would be tacky for the napkins?â
Gets sappy at random times. Youâll catch him staring at you with a dreamy look, and when you ask why, he just shrugs. âIâm just thinking about how lucky I am.â, âDick calm down you only proposed like 2 weeks ago.â
Brags to the Batfam constantly. âGuys, Iâm going to be a husband! Can you believe it? Me! Richard Grayson!â Bruce pretends to be joyful a bit but heâs done hearing it for the 777x time but even he cracks a small smile when Dick wonât shut up about you.
Practices saying his vows in the mirror. You walked in on him once, and he was mortified. âOkay, but you didnât hear the good part yet!â, âYou literally finished the whole paper !!â
JASON TODD ââ .âŚ
Acts like itâs not a big deal, but itâs huge for him. Heâll play it cool at first, saying something like, âItâs just a ring, babe.â But deep down, heâs nervous, excited, and trying not to let it show.
Keeps the engagement low-key. Jasonâs not one for flashy announcements or grand gestures. He wants this to be something special between you two, not the whole world.
Protective x10. Now that youâre officially going to be his spouse, Jason is extra watchful. Heâs already looking into ways to keep you safe and makes sure youâre never caught in the crossfire of his vigilante life.
Wants you to be 100% comfortable. He checks in with you constantly about the wedding plans. âWe donât have to do anything big, okay? Just say the word, and itâs done.â Heâll let you take the lead but secretly loves when you include him.
Teases you with the whole âfiancĂŠâ thing. âHey, fiancĂŠe. Can you grab my coffee? Oh, did I mention youâre my fiancĂŠe now?â Itâs his way of hiding how excited he really is.
TIM DRAKE ââ .âŚ
Nervous wreck but totally in love. Tim overthinks everything after proposing. Did he pick the right ring? Did he say the right words? Is he even ready to be a husband? But every time he sees you smile, it calms him down.
Keeps it practical. Tim doesnât want a huge engagement party or a grand wedding. Heâs more focused on what your future together will look like your shared goals, finances, and making sure youâre both on the same page.
Researches marriage like itâs a mission. He has books on successful relationships, listens to podcasts, and even makes a checklist for wedding planning. You find it adorable when he starts using color coded spreadsheets.
Loves when you call him your fiancĂŠ. The first time you said it, he blushed so hard he had to look away. Now heâs low-key obsessed with hearing it. âYou donât have to keep calling me that⌠but donât stop either.â
Gets emotional when he thinks about the future. You once caught him staring at the engagement ring on your finger, looking teary-eyed. When you asked what was wrong, he said, âI just canât believe youâre actually mine.â (I wouldâve smacked the shit out of him for that, I donât do romance đđŞ)
#jason todd#jason todd x reader#batboys#dick grayson x reader#dick grayson#dc#nightwing x reader#nightwing#nightwing imagine#nightwing headcanon#red hood#red hood x reader#jason todd headcanon#jason todd imagine#tim drake imagine#tim drake x reader#tim drake#tim drake headcanon#red robin x reader#red hood imagine#red hood headcanon#red robin headcanon#batboys s/o#batboys x reader#dick grayson imagine#dick grayson headcanon#dick grayson drabble#jason todd x fem!reader#engaged!reader#dc x reader
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Let's talk about transandrophobia. And by that I mean let me monologue about my findings browsing the tag and checking related blogs.
For context, most of my (second hand) interactions with it are from additions to the posts of transfeminists where random people antagonize them. Also from knowledge about how a certain user who helped popularize the term and gets referenced on posts about it (and other adjacent pawns) just happens to be a piledriver for callouts that just happen to target trans women. So you will excuse me for being biased and not going into this with a naive mindset.
And I will say that I've engaged with this in significantly more good faith than it deserves. My hope was that perhaps most people using the term were doing it out of ignorance and not malicious intent. I haven't really "counted" or done any actual note taking for this, it's more of a general observation that coalesced over a few days after I did all that digging so numbers are rough estimates and not accurate numbers. I checked about 50 pages on both "latest" and "top" on the tag, aswell as checking the recommended blogs.
Ignoring certain users who use the tag to highlight how absurd the mere concept of it is, since it's just mainly one woman having fun(?) cluttering (neutral) the tag and a few others mocking posts about it; we can roughly put the people who talk about transandrophobia in 3 groups. There is potential for overlap and I reiterate, my good faith is going to skew this toward a more positive vision than reality.
The first group are mostly trans men and a few trans women who would define transandrophobia as transphobia targeted at trans men, which is not at all what the term means nor what its history or actual use is. This group was around 30-40% of the posts, but one has to keep in mind that this was from going over the posts with the tag on their blogs. Posts that would talk about their experiences being the targets of transphobia and calling it transandrophobia.
Not to sound condescending, but getting treated differently to your cis peers (before coming out OR even knowing you are trans), pushback against your transition and toward the closet, bureaucratic hurdles and general hostility to being "the other" is not a transmasc exclusive thing and it's in fact "just" transphobia. Even the supposedly unique to trans men experience of having issues with reproductive health... also happens to trans women, it's the general transphobia of medical professionals. It manifests in different ways, that's it.
Most of the transmascs on this group seem to be under the impression that transandrophobia is an analogous term to transmisogyny that simply describes the targeted transphobia to transmascs and transfems respectively. I understand their posts and it was painful to read many of them, but ultimately what they describe is called transphobia. Most of the (few) transfems on this group were making additions in defense/support of trans men on those same previous posts.
That's as good as it gets though. I really hope the 30-40% estimate is real because the alternative is grim, and as a disclaimer I have (over time) blocked a massive amount of those users who go on posts about transmisogyny to start fights. Those hostile users are very likely to use the tag and be part of the second or third groups, which means that accounting for all the people I've blocked the first group percentage is likely to be <30%.
The second group are cryptoterfs. Or alternatively, people with ideas so bioessentialist that they are indistinguishable from cryptoterfs. I have found only two blogs that were openly "gc" and straight up interacting with open terfs, but many of them had their rethoric and semirelated posts all over and sometimes even the recommended blogs would give it away. Possibly 10% of the tag users belong to this group.
The main giveaway beyond the previous ones seems to be a really transphobic view that what trans men experience as transphobia is really just misogyny. So when they experience that misogyny as trans men it's called transandrophobia. Don't ask me what logic this is, but I've seen it repeated on their blogs so whatever is going on in their brains they seem to commonly agree that trans men are "just" experiencing misogyny. The obvious implication always, always being that trans men are women, a very transphobic idea.
There were some users who are part of the previously mentioned overlap. They will have some posts that tangentially allude at that trans men = women idea but never quite reblog or interact or expand those transphobic views. But they would also be part of the third group.
The third group are transmisogynists. No other way to put it. And I don't mean it in the casual way, we are all kind of transmisogynistic due to society and that's it; I mean it in the openly in opposition to transfeminists and actively spreading hateful and harmful rethoric kind of way. More than half the users of the tag are part of this group.
It's a key difference but a very telling one; where the first group talked about their experiences and how they are affected by transphobia (incorrectly labeling it) the third group engages in reactionary behaviors, always blaming/harassing/critizicing transfeminists posts. It's a genuinely weird feeling to see a post you agree with, along the lines of "men benefit from patriachy" and the "critique" from these users being "how dare these [insert misgendering term] insinuate that trans men are oppressing them".
Reading anything in bad faith, calls for "unity" while at the same reblogging from and interacting with known callout spearheads, honestly shocking hostility to trans women all over their posts and a general very open opposition to any transfeminist theory. Like I was genuinely speechless at some of the posts.
Literally calling random trans women transphobic. Screenshots without context to make it seem like the OP is saying the literal opposite of what she was saying. Congratulatory posts about getting people banned. Straight up callouts.
And I was hoping that the first group would be the majority, with a few bad apples and the expected bad actors.
My conclusion is very simple. Stop using the term transandrophobia. It has no good faith uses, what trans men experience is transphobia since misandry is not a real structural force and misogyny is. Most of its users are hostile to and a danger to trans women in this website, and somehow terf rethoric is generally accepted by them.
Transandrophobia doesn't exist.
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can you do rafe is your brotherâs best friend?
a phone works two ways, you know
brothers best friend!rafe cameron x thornton!fem!reader
cw â fluff, angst, kinda sad if you squint but also kinda happy ending, alcohol
summary â rafe does his best to hide his feelings for his best friends younger sister until he cracks one day.
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âtopper, did you take my speaker again?â you asked your older brother, voice soft but teetering on the verge of annoyance. he always did this. he snuck into your room when you were out and stole it, drained the battery, then forgets to give it back as if he canât just buy his own. âiâm going out to the pool and i need it.â
the three boys turned their heads over their shoulders, kelce murmuring something under his breath, rafe just staring at you, and topper fake gagging from his spot between them. you were wearing a baby pink triangle bikini with a towel in one hand and a bottle of water in the other. âjeez, can you at least put some clothes on? my friends are here.â
you rolled your eyes at him and huffed. âits a million degrees outside and iâm literally going in the pool,â you said as if it were obvious. âcan you just get my speaker please?â
âits dead,â he said dismissively before turning back to the tv to watch the football game with kelce. rafes gaze lingered for a couple extra seconds until he followed their actions.
a groan left your lips as you turned on your heel and headed for the back door. âyouâre the worst,â you mumbled before shutting it behind you. thankfully your tanning chair was already set out from the day before, so you carefully laid your towel down and your water bottle underneath it then sat on the ledge with your feet splashing in the water.
you casually scrolled through your socials, checking up on what was going on as of late considering you hadnât done much but sit in your room with sarah. after a few minutes of sitting alone, the door opened. the sound didnât catch your attention and neither did the footsteps. you didnât even notice anyone was outside with you until water splashed all over you.
a gasp left your lips and you watched the culprit return to surface in the water. you glared at rafe who was now smiling and rubbing his eyes. âdude. are you serious? i had my phone in my hand.â
he could only laugh. âyouâre by the pool. why do you even need it?â he asked teasingly. it only made you more annoyed.
âi was doing stuff, asshole,â you muttered, pushing the wet strands of your hair behind your ears.
he quickly swam over to you and grabbed your phone from your hand then tossed it over to your chair. he parted your legs slightly and stood between them with his big hands resting on your upper thighs. âi think,â he began, his thumbs rubbing soft circles into your damp skin. âyou should just pay attention to me instead.â
you chuckled under your breath and pushed at his shoulder gently. âyouâre such a cornball,â you replied jokingly. âwhy are you even out here? shouldnât you be watching the game with them?â
âkelce started bitchinâ about how it was too hot so topper got all pissy and suggested coming in here with you,â he explained, his blue piercing eyes staring up into yours. âi mean, câmon. you know iâd never deny the opportunity to see you.â
you shook your head and looked away. âdonât do that, rafe,â you said firmly. you chewed your lip anxiously and pushed his hands off of you. small beads of sweat formed on your forehead from the heat and beaming sun, making you quickly get off the ledge and into the cool water.
he tilted his head slightly and turned to watch your movements as you created a small distance between the two of you. âdo what?â
âthat,â you stated. âdonât say things like that. the moment topper comes out here, youâll act completely different and pretend none of this ever happened. you canât just do that. its not fair and it makes me feel like crap.â
he moved forward so he was close enough to grab you with a frown on his lips, his hands gently holding your waist and bringing you to him so your front was pressed flush against his own. âyou know i wouldnât if i had the choice, sweetheart. we both know top would kill me if he ever found out.â
you pushed away from his again as he hands fell from your body and limp by his sides. âmaybe you shouldâve thought about that before you kissed me then.â
your first kiss. it was a week ago when heâd taken you out to get ice cream while your brother was out at a party that he had no interest in attending, especially if it meant heâd have you all to himself for a few hours. heâd driven you to some cute little ice cream parlor by the beach and kissed you under the stars like it was some movie and you two were the main characters. you thought things would be different after that. apparently you were really far off.
âcâmon baby, its not like that. youâre making it seem like that was a mistake,â he tried to reason. he didnât like the fact that you were stepping further and further away from him. it made his heart clench uncomfortably. âi donât regret that and i donât want you to either. trust me, if it werenât for topper, things would be different. we jusâ have to let him warm up to the idea.â
you scoffed under your breath and looked down at the sparkling water. âyeah? and how long is that gonna take? weeks? months? years even?â your voice was surprisingly calm and it was beginning to genuinely worry him. âyou knew how special that was to me. and in all honesty, it does feel like a mistake, rafe. if you werenât planning on having anything serious with me then you shouldnât have even bothered. iâm not gonna let my brothers opinion dictate my entire life and you shouldnât either.â
you could visibly see his posture drop slightly and his expression turn into and unreadable one. before he could try to convince you otherwise, the two boys emerged from the house all smiley and cheering loudly. âwe found the good booze,â topper said excitedly.
they each took a bottle of beer, kelce handing one to rafe before giving you a glass cup full of a thick pink slush. âtop made it for you since youâre too boujee for beer,â he joked while walking down the pool steps.
your brother joined the three of you in the water and took a quick sip of his drink. âi tried making that strawberry shit you liked in mexico,â he explained, waving his free hand around carelessly. âused vodka instead of rum though since you apparently donât like that either.â
you laughed softly and thanked him as you listened in on the conversation kelce started up with rafe. except it was more of him just talking to anyone who cared to listen considering the others attention was elsewhere. the moment you glanced around the pool, your eyes met rafes. they hadnât left you even for a second since you moved away from him.
â a few hours later
the house was now full of people. the scent of expensive cologne, alcohol, and a dull mix of sweat permeated the air and made your head spin slightly as you squeezed through the crowd and outside to the patio where more people were. lucky for you, the cooler full of what you needed was right beside the door.
you quickly reached down to grab a beer for sarah and a bottle of smirnoff pink lemonade. the moment you stood, a boy you recognized was standing at your side. âhey. youâre toppers sister, right?â
your brows furrowed as your eyes met his green ones. he was cute, you couldnât lie but you were definitely caught off guard. âyeah,â you said wearily. âand you are?â
he chuckled softly and readjusted his stance to be a little more comfortable. âmike,â he stated. âwe met once a little while ago at a party. i jusâ wanted to say you look really good tonight.â
a blush creeped across your cheeks and you smiled to yourself. âthank you,â you replied sheepishly. âyouâre one of my brothers friends from school?â
he nodded and flashed a smile. âyeah, we met through our frat. we both happened to be rushing alone.â
you jokingly made a disgusted face and turned your head to look the other way. âwhew. top always told me to stay away from frat boys. he says theyâre dangerous.â
mike let out a hearty laugh. ânot all of âem,â he said suggestively. âmaybe come with me and find out?â
âi think shes gonna have to pass on that, dude. sorry,â you heard rafe chime in as he appeared next to you and wrapped an arm around your waist, pulling you into his side. âactually, i just ran into your other girl inside. think she was lookinâ for you..â
you rolled your eyes and pushed yourself away from him. he didnât get to dismiss you at one point then want you at another. âyouâre ridiculous, rafe,â you said before squeezing past mike and pushing through the crowd to get up the stairs and to your room.
when you got inside, sarah was laying on her back in your bed scrolling through her phone. âfinally. thought you got lost and i was gonna have to come down there and rescue you,â she joked playfully.
you handed her the beer and placed your own on the counter. âyou shouldâve. at least i wouldnât have had to endure whatever that was down there,â you mumbled. âiâll be right back. i need to use the bathroom really quick then we can get back to watching.â
as you left your room and shut the door behind you, you caught a glimpse of rafe coming up the stairs. you laughed angrily and headed towards the open door down the hall. âwait,â you heard him call out. you attempted to close the door, only for him to catch it before it clasped shut. âcan you just talk to me?â
âcan you stop being such a douche?â you shot back, crossing your arms over your chest. âwhat the hell was that out there? i was talking to someone. you donât just get to pick and choose when you want to be with me. and you definitely have no right to just come in and get all protective over me.â
he sighed softly and stepped inside the bathroom with you, closing the door behind him. âwith mike? really? he sleeps with everyone and jusâ moves on to another girl an hour later. trust me, you donât want that.â
you could feel the rage bubbling deep in your stomach. he had some nerve. âwhat if i do? what makes you think you can tell me what i want and donât want?â
âbecause i know you and i know you arenât one to just sleep with someone random. what happened to that whole conversation about needing a connection with someone?â he questioned.
âwere you also thinking about this when you kissed me?â you snapped back. âyou do all these things to make me think you actually like me and then you just make me feel like an idiot the moment weâre in a crowd. you barely even talk to me when toppers around, rafe. iâm not gonna keep getting my feelings hurt over nothing.â
he shook his head and uncrossed you arms, taking your hands in his bigger ones. âi donât wanna hurt your feelings, sweetheart. you know i wanna be with you. i justâ i canât do that to topper. heâs my best friend andââ
âthen we can save the hassle and stop talking about this,â you interrupted. âyou donât get to get my hopes up anymore. iâm not doing it. its either you want to be with me or you donât. if you really want to be with me, then youâd be willing to make sacrifices. do you really think i expect my brother to be completely okay with it? of course not. but iâm willing to work through that. if youâre not then theres no point in continuing this and you can leave.â
a frown spread across his lips and he looked down at his hands that were still holding yours, his thumb rubbing circles into the backside of your hand. âi wanna be with you, i really do. and i donât wanna lose you over this,â he said softy. âcan we just take things slow? i donât care what topper thinks, i jusâ donât want him to try to stop us from seeing each other.
you stared at him with a slight hesitation in your gaze. âhow do i know youâre being serious? how do i know youâre not just gonna flake out on me again?â
he squeezed your hands a little tighter and took a step closer so there was only a couple inches between the two of you. âcause its always been you, sweetheart. youâre the only person iâve ever felt this way about and i really, really donât wanna lose you,â he explained. âi like you a lot. it scares the shit outta me but iâd rather do this with you than anyone else.â
you felt heat creep up your neck and onto your cheeks. âplease donât make me regret this, rafe.â
he smiled before moving one hand to cradle your jaw and the other to your waist. he pulled you close and placed a soft kiss to your lips, tilting his head slightly to deepen it as it went on. your arms wrapped around his neck and you arched your body just enough to press against him.
a muffled whimper left your lips when he squeezed gently at your hip and slipped his tongue into your mouth. you could feel your heart pound in your chest. youâd never gone this far. fortunately he was taking it slow though and allowing you time to mimic his movements.
too caught up in the moment, you didnât even hear the door open. âwhat the fuck?â
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please take this. I made myself cry writing it and I have nothing to say except that putting yaâaburnee and darling by halsey on my jason playlist was a brutal choice. also look up flower language if you want additional feelings.
Thereâs so many things you want for Jason Todd.
You want him to get a good nightâs sleep for once. You let him close his pretty seafoam eyes and lay his head in the crook of your neck as you scratch gently at his scalp. It always calms him down, grounds him in the here and now. Your arms around him, your fingers carding through his hair, the rise and fall of your chest thatâs synced with hisâit all reminds him that heâs safe, that heâs home. You want that feeling to follow him into his dreams, to let him find true rest. So when his body goes tense and his breathing gets labored, you hold him closer and hum gently into his ear until whatever haunts him in his sleep is chased away by the comfort you bring.
You want to make sure heâs protected. You wish you could deflect every hit, blade, and bullet away from his body. You wish he would see his body as something worth protecting. He would stop if you asked, would settle into a normal life as best as he could. You would never ask because to do so would be to deny the part of him you love most: his heart that beats to help others. So you protect him in the ways that you can. You stitch cuts and treat burns, you mend his jackets and help clean his guns. More than anything, you guard his peace of mind like itâs the most valuable thing in the world. Youâre never cruel to him, never scream vicious words or toss him out into the cold night. You call Bruce and thank him for the first edition Jane Austen novels that arrived on your doorstep on August 16th when Jason justâŚcanât. You let him grip your hand brutally tight under the table when you go to the manor for Thanksgiving for the first time. And when it gets really bad? When he feels the burning of green waters that breathed life into him that he didnât want, when hideous laughter echoes in a place itâs never been? You do something no one has ever done for him. You wait. You stay. You stay by his side until he can breathe again, until dawn breaks and he can see the light again. And always, always you, haloed in it like an angel he doesnât think he deserves. He does.
You want him to have a good cup of hot chocolate. He told you about it once when he came home after a long winter patrol. Half delirious from exhaustion, he reminisced about how Bruce would make them both a cup of hot chocolate after particularly rough or successful patrols in December. How this specific hot chocolate had no equalâeven Alfred couldnât replicate the richness and warmth. You noticed the fondness in his voice, the longing so intense that it still makes your heart ache for him. So you do some light stalking and hunt down Tim Drake, demand that he give you the information you want or else youâll disclose how he really lost his spleen to Bruce (why he was dense enough to tell Jason, youâll never know). And that is how Bruce Wayne, billionaire philanthropist single father and the Batman, receives an email with the subject line âURGENT: Recipe Requestâ that reads as follows:
To whom it may concern,
I have been made aware that you have a remarkably compelling hot chocolate recipe that is hitherto unparalleled by cafes, franchises, and butlers alike. I am emailing you to inquire about my being sent this recipe post-haste. This is less a request than a demand. I will do my best to ensure that you, at some point in time not specified (it will take great effort on my part), are able to witness the consumption of the hot chocolate by the individual that will be receiving the product of the recipe.
Best regards,
Someone who loves your son.
Bruce sends the recipe the second he receives the email. He has to sneak his phone under the conference table at the Wayne Enterprises board meeting to do it, but he still manages to reply in two minutes and forty-seven seconds. And you make good on your promise. You donât think youâve ever seen Jason shine as brightly as he does that Christmas, lit up by the lights on the twelve foot tree as he sips his hot chocolate from the same red mug thatâs been sitting in the kitchen cabinet since he last drank from it. The matching black mug is clasped in the hands of the hot chocolate connoisseur himself, who smiles softly like the magic of the season has returned to his life for the first time in ages.
You want him to heal. Itâs a big ask; you know that. But youâve never been one for giving up hope, and if anyone can manage to achieve the impossible, itâs Jason. So you tell him itâs a great idea when he jokes about getting a therapist. You wait for him in the car the first time he goes and you let him open up to you in his own time when he comes out of the appointment body tight as a bowstring and eyes bloodshot. You watch quietly and celebrate the little victories you see him win. He can call his father first now; he doesnât do it often, but he can. He can talk to his younger brother without hating his hands and the blood thatâs been spilled on them, without going out on patrol and intentionally letting all the worst hits make contact. He can go out to lunch with his older brother and his youngest, can laugh with them over that ridiculous thing Bruce did at a gala once to make them all laugh. He can bear his birthday a little bit better now, can accept the cake you bake and actually make a wish when he blows out the candles. But youâll never know about the moment that you start to get what you want. Jason goes to visit his own grave on the anniversary of his death and finds a bouquet of red carnations, babyâs breath, and honeysuckle with a note in your handwriting that reads âSomeone told me once that you were magic, that that was the best thing about you. I think itâs far more important that you were loved. I donât know what you couldâve been. I donât wonder about it like those that loved you did because all I know is who you became. Heâs wonderful. Heâs still magic. I think youâd be proud of him. Iâll do my best to take care of him for you.â He sits there for an hour in tears. Then he takes one bud of each flower and the note, goes home and presses them into the pages of his favorite book. He holds you in his arms in bed that night and feels, for the first time in a long time, a sense of peace down to his very bones.
You wantâabove all elseâJason Todd to feel loved. You want him to feel so cherished and wanted that he cannot possibly look at himself without realizing that he is something precious, something beloved. So you tell him that you love him and you accept his warm embrace as his way of saying it back. You make him chocolate chip cookies and sneak one into the pocket of his tactical pants when he goes on patrol (theyâre soft, they donât get crunched when heâs thrown from a roof). You read his favorite books to understand what heâs saying when he goes off on tangents about class and social hierarchy and how they governed life in the 19th century. You trace his scars and kiss away his tears when he canât believe that he could be transformed from a being marred by brutality into a man revered with gentleness. You will love him until the day you both die. You will love him in death, until whatever atoms made up you and him come together again. You will love him until everything that ever is or ever was ceases to be in a supernova of light. And maybe, just maybe, youâll love him in whatever is born after.
#jason todd#jason todd x reader#jason todd x you#red hood x reader#red hood x you#remy writes đď¸#so. uh. this is a lot. my yearning and vast capacity for love consumed me. Iâm sorry.
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How He Kisses
Hey there, so things are...kinda awful right now, and while I don't want to fully distract myself from my other works I'm chipping away at, I did want to post something a bit short and sweet to hopefully- well, saying "to make everyone feel better" feels sort of self-inflated, but if I can make everyone stop and think about something happy for just one second, that's more than I can ask for. I have no idea how similar this is to my hug headcanon ones. Not really checked for too many errors, this was all kind of done in the spur of the moment, but I don't think that matters too much.
Lucifer
Proper and slow. He likes being patient, kissing you once before pulling back to look at your face. He feels a sense of Pride when he can see the effect he has on you, knowing that he can comfort you like this. He's a perfectionist, he likes the whole experience to be included. That's why he likes to do it more often when you two are alone, knowing he has the freedom to do whatever it takes to make this moment perfect. Whether it's music, a lit fireplace, over a dinner, under the comfort of a blanket, everything is set up for you. To show his love for you, nothing less than high quality will be accepted. The kiss is simply the bow that ties everything together. And he'll take his time to relish in this moment with you.
Mammon
Fervent and greedy. He cannot contain his love for you. Even around his brothers, he lets it slip. So when you find yourselves alone, it's like pulling the lid off a stuffed container. Your eyelids, your ears, your forehead, cheeks, chin, lips, none of them shall be spared in his spree. It's almost frantic, as if he doesn't get as many now, he'll never have them again. He craves all of you, and he wants to be only yours in equal measure. Love, soul, attention, all of it is for you. It's as if he has to make up the seconds lost whenever you're apart. He never wants it to end. He hardly breathes. Every one is just as good as the last, and he is focused on making it just as wonderful an experience for you as well. After all, he wants you to be greedy too. Tell him your every desire.
Levi
Eager and grateful. Push past the anxiousness and the self-doubt, and you find a Levi that adores you more than anything. Like an ultra rare drop he can't get anywhere else. If he can stand in line for days for something he wants, he will stand with you till the end of time. His kisses show that, how deeply in love he is for you. Given the chance, he has the confidence to prove to you how special you are to him. Every kiss gets him more excited than the last, and in turn, he's determined to do whatever it takes to make you feel just as joyous as he is in these moments. Thank you for being here with him, your presence means more to him than you currently know, and he'll spare no effort to start showing you that.
Satan
Meek and curious. Whether or not it is considered if he's kissed someone before, every time he kisses you, it feels like the first time. He almost always has a distant look on his face, as if he's thinking about a million other things at the same time, and every million of those thoughts is something about you. He learns something new every time and commits it to memory. Which way your head naturally tilts, where you prefer his hands to be, how many you like, how long they take, he's going to remember them all. Well, he says that, but oftentimes its as if his mind wipes after every kiss. It's hard to think during those moments. But he's not worried about it, that just means he'll have to keep going. He has no plans to leave your side anytime soon after all.
Asmo
Uplifting and addictive. He likes to kiss for every occasion, every emotion. Happy? Kiss. Excited? Kiss? Sad? He says he saves his best kisses for those moments especially. Maybe it's shared love that makes his kisses almost tingle, or maybe its some kind of magic. It makes you feel light. And he'll give you as many as you want. He adores kissing you, not able to get enough of it. It's as though he's almost on clockwork, having to give you an embrace at perfect intervals throughout the day. He can't get enough of you, and he can't help but get giddy at the thought of running to your side and letting you know exactly just how much he loves you.
Beel
Warm and encompassing. Gluttony often gets mixed up with Greed, but this is one of those instances where the differences are clear. Every kiss is slow, and feels as if it lasts several lifetimes. It's as if he's drinking you in, savoring this moment in it's entirety. Of course he'll come in for seconds, and thirds, and fourths, but it comes steadily. Something about his kisses fills you with a warmth that's hard to describe, similar to soup or a hot beverage seeping through every part of your body to endure the coldest of days. It makes your toes curl like they're in warm socks. It makes you feel as if nothing can get to you. And with him around, nothing will.
Belphie
Soft and persistent. No amount of drowsiness can stop him. Even if he's asleep, the demon that will normally sleep like the dead will wake himself up and make sure to give you a kiss. They're so gentle, and it's difficult to tell if its tied to his personality, or if he's afraid of hurting you. Sometimes they're as light as a feather, almost tickling you. If you're falling asleep, they'll never wake you, only guiding you towards sweeter dreams. With every movement you make, you'll almost recognize the sensation of his kisses. They're like a promise, an assurance, that even in the deepest darkest of dreams, he's right there. They always lull you into a sense of peace.
#obey me#obey me nightbringer#obey me imagines#obey me headcanons#obey me lucifer#obey me mammon#obey me levi#obey me satan#obey me asmo#obey me beel#obey me belphie
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Okay, I need to rant. Fuck AI. And I mean seriously. FUCK. A.I. I know Iâm probably preaching to the choir here, but more people need to be talking about this, and thereâs no point in me saying that if Iâm not willing to talk about it too. AI has done nothing but ruin our communities and defile the art that millions of hands have spent millions of hours creating. Fanfiction is a work of passion. Drawing is a work of passion. Voice acting IS A WORK OF PASSION. AI has no passion. It takes the soul out of the things we love and cherish. It steals what we as a collective community have lovingly crafted, and it shatters it to a thousand pieces, spits on it, curses its family, and throws it in a flaming dumpster to be eaten by rats. It is despicable and disgusting.
I won't lie, or pretend Iâm a perfect saint. I myself was a user of Character AI until somewhat recently. And as ashamed as I am to admit that, I feel itâs necessary to own up to my own faults. But after seeing the damage it causes, I canât in good conscience even consider touching that site. Many of us write because it is our passion. Many of us because it is our job. And many of us because it is our *friend*. AI steals the writing of your favorite creators WITHOUT PERMISSION and mashes it together like Frankensteinâs fucked up monster to create storylines that arenât even fucking coherent. Not only that, but Character AI uses whatever you respond to it with to teach itself as well, which means that the company has access to whatever you chat about, and free reign to do whatever they want with it. They also make absurd amounts of money from it, which in comparison, fanfiction writers, who spend countless hours writing stories for our favorite characters, more often than not charge nothing. And the ones who do charge, tend to have reasonable, if not highly lenient prices for their labor.
Which leads me into another side rant. SUPPORT WRITERS THAT YOU LIKE. Itâs really not that hard, it takes two fucking seconds of your time and it makes someone's day. Reblog. Share with your friends. Like. Comment. Just let the writer know that you saw it, and that you liked it. The amount of fanfic writers I have seen get completely discouraged from writing because of lack of engagement is astounding. Iâve seen several posts on Tumblr or Twitter or Bluesky talking about creators that were incredibly popular but never knew it due to lack of engagement is appalling. If you can rant about your love for their work on Discord, you can rant about your love for their work in the comments. Just fucking copy paste it. Tell them how much you love it. Show them support. Especially the ones that donât charge. Because for those of us that donât, our only payment, is your feedback. Even constructive criticism is greatly appreciated by damn near every writer I can think of. Because even that shows that you read it, absorbed it, and thought about it enough to have something to actually say about it.
The same thing goes for artists and voice actors. You see a drawing or animation you enjoy? Comment. Like. Share. You see a character in an anime or a game and you love their voice? Go check out their voice actor, maybe they do some other cool stuff, and you might just discover your new favorite series or streamer. A perfect example is Alejandro Saab. I became a fan of his through his astounding performance in several series dear to me, and lo and behold, heâs also a streamer I enjoy. Same story with Aleks Le, or Ray Chase. Yuri Lowenthal, Lizzie Freeman, Landon Mcdonald, Zeno Robinson, the list goes on. But seriously, itâs not that much effort to just show a little love to the creators you enjoy. The people who breathe life into the seriesâ that we all hold dear. AI does not breathe that life. Using AI, and supporting those companies, will destroy those pillars of our community. And if that happens, the AI would crumble too, it would have no new information to use. SO really, whatâs the benefit? Iâll tell you. There is none.
Stop using AI. All it does is bring harm and slowly kill our community. Itâs disgusting, appalling, and downright fucking egregious.
Thank you for coming to my TedTalk.
#tokyo rev x male reader#mikey x reader#persona 3 x reader#tr x reader#draken x reader#x reader#ai#character ai#sag aftra#voice actors#ai art#bsd x reader#bungou stray dogs#jujutsu kaisen x reader#jujutsu kaisen#gojo x reader#geto x reader#nanami x reader#Dazai x reader#chuuya x reader#alejandro saab#cyyu#persona x reader#art#writing#voice acting#percy jackon and the olympians#percy jackson#astarion x reader#fuck ai
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I want to talk about Helenaâs performance as Helly and her deep rooted misunderstanding of who Helly is as a person. And just in general how I think she perceives her especially after yesterdayâs episode.
Helena is incredibly attentive, almost to the point of being terrifying. In the short moments she interacts with anyone, everything in her head is already scripted, calculated, and premeditated. Sheâs also a great method actress, reacting based on the energy around her. Itâs like a stand up comic, constantly adjusting their performance to make sure their actions land. If something doesnât click, she shifts.
Throughout the past couple of episodes, Helena spends most of her time just trying to go with the flow move with the water, trying to fit in without standing out, constantly monitoring the group and their reactions at every turn. And so far, she was good at it. She can play the part, until her own emotions towards helly start to blind her.


In these two pics she does a quick scan of Irvingâs and Marks faces trying to analyze their reactions
Helena knows the group loves Helly. She knows Mark loves Helly. And honestly, Iâd bet every dollar in my bank account that it genuinely makes her want to kill herself. She has zero respect for Helly, and she doesnât need to. To Helena, Helly, and by extension, the group, are low value. Insignificant. At her highest, Helly is just a worker, a cheap extension of herself created with the sole purpose of just being a good employee to be displayed to the public as a little shining lumon puppet. But shit, the bitch canât even do that. Sheâs done quite the opposite. So yeah, not a person to be respected or valued.
This particular disdain (and fuck it, Iâm just gonna say hate) that Helena carries for Helly spills into the bonfire scene with Milchick.
While Milchick is reading the story, enunciating every word like a second grade elementary school teacher, showing pictures like theyâre in a reading circle, I kept wondering to myself if Helena ever experienced something similar to this as a child. How many times has she heard this same story? Or hell, any other old Kier mythology? Lumon, Kier, the Eagan legacy, itâs all sheâs ever known. This world is nothing new to her.
Even though I believe Helena is a loyal servant, she probably didnât love all the weird shit she had to put up with in her childhood. The weight of the Egan legacy probably suffocates her. But she accepted it either way because that was the life she was given. Unlike fucking helly. Fucking helly whoâs forced her into this situation to begin with. In my opinion, all of these particular feelings make their way into Helenaâs reaction to the story as Helly, which could only be described as a middle schooler who suddenly thinks theyâre too old for camp.


I saw this post someone made about this scene, and like shit, yeah, thatâs probably right. Helena had one chance to shit on the weird religion thatâs been shoved down her throat since birth and she took that chance.

Helena, in this moment, settles for crude, mocking jokes. She probably does this partially out of her own selfish need for Markâs validation, as well as playing her role trying to fit into the group but I also think itâs a great reflection of her own personal feelings toward Helly. Helly, who wouldâve never acted that way. Helly, who is many things, but never cruel. Helena doesnât seem to understand that. For the moment, Helena takes a step back, flanderizes Helly, reducing her to this cheeky, crude, disruptive little jokester. Thatâs how Helena views her. With no respect. No nuance. Helly has layers Helena does not care to see. Helly doesnât just break rules; she actively causes chaos, subverting everything around her. Sheâs purposefully, and happily, malcontent. A bitch, dare I say, an ungrateful bitch, most likely from Helenaâs point of view.
Irving, who keeps testing her, makes her slip a little more. I talked about this a little bit in my last post about severance, but Helena doesnât take well to being disrespected. She shifts from wanting the groupâs (and mostly Markâs) validation to just wanting to put Irving in his fucking place. These people arenât equal to her in her mind. They arenât cut from the same cloth probably not even made from the same fabric. There are levels to this shit, and they are not on her level.
She says what she says. Itâs cruel. Mostly, itâs stupid on her part.


And just like Irving said later, and what I said earlier Helly was many things, butâŚ

What Helena did at the bonfire was a fuck up. An especially surprising one coming from a woman as controlling and calculated as her. Iâm fully convinced all those little mistakes came from a deep frustration within her. Much of that anger, in my opinion, is stewing from the realization that Helly, someone created by her, literally the source of all of Helenaâs recent problems, someone who will stop at nothing to take her down, that person, the woman whoâs literally locked up inside her, is more free than she will ever be.
Yes, Helena has no respect for Helly. Yes, she most likely hates that bitch. But when she herself is acting as Helly, it gives her the opportunity to almost let go. She gets the chance to essentially kill the bitch thatâs been fucking up her life whilst simultaneously getting a chance to talk to this man who cares so deeply for a version of herself she hates, Even if itâs not the most ideal of situations (itâs not), itâs still something. I think, at the bonfire, she reflects on the ridiculous situation sheâs found herself. All this shit caused by some other version of herself that she created, that situation plus all the other shit going down at Lumon is probably alot. And it just all bubbles up inside her. And when sheâs given even the smallest opportunity to let anything out, sheâs going to take it.
Idk itâs therapeutic in a way I guess.
Sheâs unfiltered, blunt, and almost carefree in a way thatâs shocking almost unsettling. Itâs clearly how she sees Helly to some degree, but also her own need to scratch an itch sheâs never dared to before. And even though itâs an act of âHellyâ, it still leaves a clear aftertaste of Helena.


Keep thinking about these two little moments whilst sheâs making her jokes she not only keeps checking on markâs reaction but also seems to laugh at her self in a way that just seems so genuine almost self deprecating. She acknowledges the ridiculousness of her situation and this dumb ass story sheâs probably heard a million times
In my last post about Severance, I mentioned that Helena is the master of speaking her truth without outright saying it. She hides behind walls, but as Helly, sheâs free to speak without restraint.
(Also her having sex with mark is a clear way of her expressing this new found freedom with in her role as helly but ima talk about that later)
#severance season 2#severance#helena eagan#helly r#mark severance#mark scout#character analysis because I LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS WOMAN.#Britt lower is literally INSANE her acting capabilities are crazy I hope she gets all the awards all of them#character analysis#long post cus I LOVE TO TALK
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this is the second part of my exrry in italy oneshot! you can read that here
Three days had passed and Harry hadn't left your tiny apartment.
He kept saying he should probably leave, and you insisted there were things you had to do, but neither of you actually made it past the threshold of your door. No one said goodbye, or even bothered to shrug back into clothes. For three days, you ate, drank, and slept with Harry.
"You're making it hard to leave," he murmured, his voice low and content as you placed tiny kisses on his neck, his collarbone, his jaw, anywhere you could reach, really. It was how you used to wake Harry up when you were together, and when morning number four rolled around, you couldn't help yourself but lean across the bed and kiss his soft, sun kissed skin.
At first, you kept up the pretense of being unattached, of sleeping with Harry merely because you knew each other well enough physically. "This doesn't mean we're back together," you'd both whisper, or something to that effect, before blurring the lines of your non relationship once more.
"You're not making it any easier to kick you to the curb," you mumbled, one hand reaching up to caress his stubbly cheek. The fine, short hair that seemed to grow in the last few days.
Harry smelled good, like he usually did with a mix of the soap in your shower. It messed with your head in a way that was dangerous, but you couldn't bring yourself to care.
So he didn't leave (again), and you didn't tell him to go(again). You and Harry stayed in bed for most of the day, only bothering to get up when hunger was too apparent to ignore. You managed to whip something up from the meager groceries you had, not having gone to the market recently, and sat with Harry at the little dining table by the kitchen. The balcony would've been a much nicer spot, as it looked out over the neighborhood square you stayed in, but it was too public, too many keen eyes would've spotted Harry immediately.
"Part of me wishes I hadn't seen you at all," Harry confessed later in the day. You were back in bed after a brief stint in the kitchen where you tried to make pancakes, which promptly turned into kissing and licking pancake batter off Harry as he did the same to you on the kitchen counter, pancakes no longer a priority.
You knew he hadn't meant it to hurt you, but the words sent a pang through your chest, so different from the heat and fireworks and butterflies you usually got from him. Everything was so different now. It was hard to face how much had changed, especially now that Harry was in bed beside you. "I know."
"It's easier to pretend when I can't see you," he said softly, his hand never once stopping as it tracked through your hair, nor did your hand stop tracing patterns in his chest.
"Pretend?"
Harry blew out a large sigh before sitting up in your bed, his arms stretching high above his head. There were hickeys littered all over his body, one on his hip revealing itself as the bedsheet fell and settled just below his waist. You found yourself transfixed by your ex's body, the one you still loved so much the idea of him leaving made your heart hurt.
"Do you still love me?" Harry asked out of the blue.
The question shocked you, but only because you thought the last three days would've made it obvious. You certainly didn't have to ask him how he felt. "Yes."
"That makes it easier too. In a selfish way, I guess," he said, not once meeting your eye. "Knowing you're in as much pain as I am."
Unexpected tears welled in your eyes. You never wanted to hurt Harry. He'd been right to say it was easier to imagine him happy and healthy post break up if you didn't see or hear from him. It was easier to move on if you convinced yourselves that you were better off without each other.
"Harryâ"
"I miss you, Y/n," he said, his voice trembling slightly. Harry wouldn't meet your eye, which made all of this so much worse. "I know why we broke up, and I've done everything short of sleeping with someone else to try and move on, but I justâTell me you're struggling as much as I am. Tell me you don't sleep as well as you used to because I'm not there. Or don't. Tell me this has all just been sex to you so I know there's an end to thisâthisâ"
"Misery?" you finished for him. "I wish I could. I don't know if I'll ever be the same again, honestly."
"Then whyâ"
"Don't ask why. Please. Not when you know the answer."
It wasn't like you and Harry woke up one day and stopped loving each other. Everything about your relationship had been nothing short of perfect from the very beginning.
Until it wasn't.
"No one has to know this time," Harry said. His tone had taken on a desperate edge, almost making you turn away from him so you wouldn't have to face it, do this all over again. "We canâWe can keep this a secret. It'll be just us."
It will never be just us, you thought miserably. "People already know, H."
At the look of confusion on his face, you reached for your phone. You showed him the slew of articles that had already been written. Pictures of you and Harry walking through Rome together three days ago, each one picking you apart or depicting you as the villain in Harry's life.
"I know that's why you're still here. You're waiting for the storm to blow over," you said, unable to meet his eye.
"That's notâAfter everything I just said, you really think that's why I stayed?" he asked. You'd turned away from him, but you felt his hand on your shoulder, the kiss to your temple as he leaned in close.
"I wish I was the kind of person who didn't care what anyone thought, that I could simply exist in this relationship and not let anyone else in, butâbut I'm not. I can't."
"You. Are. Enough," Harry murmured, pressing each word into your skin with a kiss. You closed your eyes, tears leaking from the corners as he curled himself around your body. One leg slid between yours, and you selfishly pulled him closer as he continued to murmur in your ear.
You fell asleep in your ex's arms, the weight of his body on yours more comforting than any blanket. When you woke up, Harry was there, but he wasn't wrapped around you anymore. He sat at the edge of your bed, wearing clothes for the first time since he'd set foot in your apartment.
"You're leaving?" you asked, voice scratchy with sleep.
"I'm supposed to go to Florence tomorrow," Harry said, bent over as he tied his shoes. "I've got a dozen messages on my phone asking where I am."
Something in Harry's voice sounded different, distant, just the way he sounded when you initially ran into him. It pulled at something in your heart, something that you'd been keeping at bay since you invited Harry into your apartmentâthe knowledge that this would eventually end.
"So you'reâYou were just going to leave? Without saying anything?"
You heard Harry sigh as he rested his head in his hands. "I thought it would be easier. Our last conversation seemed...final."
"I know, butâ"
But what? Harry was right. This wasn't going anywhere. You told him you couldn't be in a relationship with him, and he was responding to that. You knew it was coming, but it didn't hurt any less now that the moment had finally come.
"You're right," you said eventually, sitting up in your bed. "We came here separately, of course you have plans. I'm sorry if I kept you."
"You didn't," Harry reassured. "There's nowhere I wanted to be the last few days, but we... we're broken up, and as much as I want to stay, I don't want to keep giving myself false hope."
Your fingers twitched, itching to reach out, to touch him, hold him. But he was right. As much as you loved this relationship limbo, that was all it was. Stringing you and Harry along would only hurt you more.
"I'm sorry," was all you could say. For too many things, none of which you could bring up without crying.
"Me too," Harry said.
Leaning across the bed, he kissed your forehead, then stood up. "One day you'll realize how extraordinary you are, and you wont care how people perceive you," he said, his thumb caressing your cheek. "And then you'll go and make someone the luckiest man in the world by giving yourself over to him completely. I'm just devastated it wasn't me."
You watched him go from the sanctuary of your bed, knowing the second he was out of sight you'd break down completely. The door closed with a soft clock, and even though you knew you shouldn't, you hurried over to your bedroom window, waiting anxiously to get one last glimpse of him.
Harry's lean figure appeared a couple minutes later, his head bent and shoulders slightly hunched, avoiding the few photographers who had been waiting for him to leave the building. You wanted him to turn around. You wanted to see his face one last time, a final farewell. But perhaps for his sake, he didn't, and you watched as he retreated down the street and turned down the road out of sight.
On your last day in Rome, you found a note he'd written.
Harry had hidden it in one of the pockets of his favorite of your sweaters, though you weren't exactly sure when. It wasn't very long, and the note itself was no more than a scrap of paper, one you'd nearly thrown out by accident. But you would've recognized his handwriting anywhere, and fond memories of notes you used to find among your things kept you from throwing away the folded paper and opening it instead.
Perhaps in another life. Unless you change your mind in this one, H.
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Any of the boys you want do a challenge where (they aren't dating yet) but they are at a fair and they win a bear or a prize and s/o gives them a kiss on the cheek for how many they win and s/o says if they win 10 or more they will give them a kiss on the lips and spend a week together with just them (maybe show like if some did get the kiss and how they would react?) I thought this was cute lol
This has been sitting in my drafts for like a year so I just figured I would post the parts of it that were done.
Leave it to Crowley and Grim to get you into this situation. âEvery dorm has to have a booth at the fair, prefect! Maybe youâll even earn enough money to make some renovations to that shoddy old place!â
Crowley failed to take into consideration how making a carnival attraction costs money to be any good. Any cafe service would need more money and supplies than you could afford, a show would need more than two people, and a game would need prizes.
Grim is not one for bright ideas, but it would seem there was no other solution that wouldnât cost all your food money for the month. So this is what it came to.
âKnock down all the pins and win a kiss on the cheek from Ramshackleâs prefect! Hit all three targets and heâll give you a kiss on the lips!!!!â
It was probably in your top five most embarrassing moments of your life as your cat basically prostituted you at the top of his lungs. Surely no one would actually be enticed by a prize like that, right?
Trey
"You always manage to find a way to keep things interesting, don't you? For once I'm glad to be at a school mandated event."
Feels bad. Plays anyway.
No hard feelings, right?
He tells you that you have nothing to worry about, he's really a lousy shot anyway (as if he's not the best spelldrive player on Heartslabyul)
He easily knocks down the first two stacks, but misses the third
Maybe he missed, maybe he found it in his heart to show you mercy
He not-so-subtly implies that he's sure he could find a different way to win the "grand prize"
Despite his big talk, he still has a noticeable blush when you give him a kiss on the cheek
He would also keep an eye on your booth for the rest of the day to make sure not too many people are winning
For your sake, of course
Jade
âIt would seem youâve found yourself in quite the situation there, prefect. Please find it in your heart to forgive me if I take advantage.â
This is the funniest shit Jade has ever seen
How stupid do you honestly have to be to get yourself into this predicament?
Of course heâs playing the game. The scowl on your face when he trades in his tickets to Grim for three baseballs fills him with unbridled delight
His aim is a little wonky and you sigh in relief when his first three balls miss the target
He feigns disappointment before handing over another few tickets to the cat and grabbing the balls again
Of course he was hustling you. He let you think that even for a second you would be safe from this menace. For shame
Each ball is thrown with such force that pins from the first stack fly into the other stacks, easily ensuring that Jade clears the game with ease
He calls it beginners luck. Asshole.
Has the biggest shit eating grin on his face as he leans down to your face to claim his prize
Rook
"Mon amour, what a dastardly situation you've been resigned to! Not to worry sweet dame, I shall save you from the beasts at your heels!"
You knew you were in trouble the minute Rookâs gaze happened to fall on your stall
His eyes narrow and he smirks as he makes his way over to the stall
He's visibly holding back his excitement as he trades his tickets in to Grim
His idea of "saving you" is to hog the game- and the prize- for himself
He hits every stack with effortless accuracy, game after game
The second all three stacks have been knocked down, he prances over to you and leans down for his kiss. You can practically see the flower emojis radiating off his satisfied smile
This will continue until Grim gets fed up with him scaring away customers, or Vil comes to drag him away
You got so used to kissing him that you almost do it again the next time he leans down to talk to you
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SPICY! SPICY! SPICY!
NSFW UP AHEAD!!! 18+ ONLY
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Ok so I saw the vote, and yes it was a week long one but I meant to put it as a day and tbh I didnât want to go back and redo the whole thing cause itâs obvious yâall want the spicy. For those who didnât want the spicy I put a giant loud warning at the top so you can avoid this post if it brings you any discomfort or if you just donât want to read it. No shame in knowing your boundaries!!!
Ok before we dive into the spicy, quick disclaimers! You may not like some the headcanons and thatâs perfectly fine! These are just how I view the LADS and you arenât obligated to like them! Second, I am putting how the guys are being tops and also bottoms. Iâm a dom myself and thereâs not a lot of bottom writing for these guys and I plan on fixing it. Third, MC in this is not specified to have specific genitalia. I want this to include everyone!
Ok letâs get on to the spicy!!!
Xavier
. Someone in my last headcanon post said that I wrote him boy coded and I honestly canât agree more but for the spicy I see him more along the lines of âpuppy coded.â
. Needy, so fucking needy.
. You have definitely walked in on him humping something waiting for you, mostly a pillow.
. âIâm sorry, couldnât help myself.â
. Talkative as shit. Mostly babbled nonsense.
. So many compliments even if you canât understand half of them.
. Favorite position is definitely the spooning position. Youâre close to him and you can hear him moan. Itâs a win win.
. I had to search up position name for like 15 minutes only to find out itâs just called spooning.
. I personally think he would be more sensitive than the other guys so he easily gets overstimulated.
. Doesnât stop him though.
. Can definitely go multiple rounds.
. Also has a thing for overstimulation.
. Heâs tired when heâs finished so aftercare is just wiping you both down then cuddles with a long nap.
. Will treat you to your favorite snacks after the nap.
If you top Xavier
. You pinned him down once and something in his DNA changed.
. Somehow got even more needy.
. Will wear outfits he knows that drive you insane just to get you to ravage him.
. Has to be touching you in some way.
. Wonât shut up once if he bottoms, you want him to be quiet youâll have to shove something into his mouth.
. Take that as you will.
. Begs a lot.
. He will beg you to keep going even after he finishes.
. Put a collar on him I beg.
. We all know those bunny ears were used in more than just the photo shoot.
Zayne
. Temperature play most definitely.
. Loves holding you close cause I think he just loves warmth.
. Heâs a doctor, definitely uses that to his advantage.
. I think heâs pretty vanilla out of all the guys.
. He will not cum until you do.
. Likes being ridden and Iâm only saying that cause of that rocking chair scene from that one card.
. Definitely does quickies cause heâs mostly on the move.
. You send him a risky video while heâs at work you better be prepared to deal with a pent up Zayne when he comes home.
. âAnd what did you hope to achieve by sending me that video?â
. Aftercare involves gentle massages, hydration, healthy snacks, a bit of sweets, followed by sleeping cause he probably has work in the morning.
If you top Zayne
. You have one job and one job only; make him not able to think.
. Being a famous cardiac surgeon and looked up to 24/7 is tiring and right now he doesnât want to think.
. Youâre not allowed to call him Dr or anything like that.
. When he bottoms heâs not some super smart doctor that needs to know every answer, heâs just a guy who needs to be held and taken care of.
. He wants you to do all the thinking.
. You gotta be soft with him in this state.
. You know youâve done it when he hardly makes noise and tears up slightly cause for once his mind is quiet and he canât remember the last time he could just feel.
. Aftercare with a subby Zayne involves cuddles, sweets, and him being the small spoon.
. Heâs floaty in this headspace and he wouldnât have it any other way.
Rafayel
. Bratty top and a bratty bottom.
. Also likes being ridden but thatâs cause heâs a pillow princess.
. The bed is covered in rose petals and the fluffiest pillows.
. No candles. He learned his lesson from last time.
. That or heâll gladly take you in a bubble bath.
. I think he switches to his native language when heâs close.
. Perfume definitely does things to this man.
. I personally think heâs the only one of the guys who would own a âtoyâ. Zayneâs too busy, Sylus doesnât even really think about pleasuring himself when heâs running his business, and Xavier just simply isnât interested.
. After care is a nice bath with fruits and soft praises.
If you top Rafayel
. You thought he was bratty as a top? You havenât seen anything yet.
. Bratty as all hell.
. Heâll purposely wonât listen to you and test your patience just so he could get a punishment.
. âWhat are you gonna do? Punish me?â
. Until he actually gets the punishment and now heâs regretting it.
. Edging is the one thing he hates so use that to his advantage.
. Iâll say this once MARK đ HIMđ
. Scratch him, bite him, grip his hips so hard they bruise, he wants it all.
. Definitely looks at himself in the mirror the next day to watch all the bruises set in.
. Wears slightly revealing clothes to flaunt them off.
. Has definitely painted full body portraits of himself with the bruises and keeps those paintings stored somewhere.
. He just loves being yours.
. Also loves being pinned down
Sylus
. I know that most people see him as a rough top but honestly I canât really see it.
. When I think of dragons I think of them being soft and careful with their treasures and the same I apply to Sylus.
. Takes his time, drags it on and on.
. Definitely teases.
. I think heâll like doing it under the covers for the fact that it feels as if heâs shielding you with his wings like he used to and he honestly misses that feeling.
. Most definitely gets possessive.
. Bites, a lot.
. Also grunts a lot.
. Can definitely be rough but thatâs only if itâs like a punishment.
. Wonât collapse on top of you when done cause heâs aware that he will quite literally crush you.
. Aftercare is a long soak with your favorite scented oils and Epson salt with whatever meal youâre craving.
If you top Sylus
. Bratty but not in the way you think.
. Heâll happily bottom if you want him to but he ainât gonna make it easy. You gotta earn it.
. Tame the dragon basically.
. Chains, so many chains.
. So many collars too.
. Definitely likes being bitten as well.
. Wants you to be as possessive with him as he is to you.
. Call him your treasure and heâll be a blushing mess.
. You had shoved his face into the pillow once and he froze.
. ââŚ.shit I think I might be into that.â
. Teases you just as much as if he was on top.
. I personally think heâll be the hardest to get to submit only cause he will put up a fight until he thinks youâre worthy of doming him.
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Antiusurpation and the road to disenshittification

THIS WEEKEND (November 8-10), I'll be in TUCSON, AZ: I'm the GUEST OF HONOR at the TUSCON SCIENCE FICTION CONVENTION.
Nineties kids had a good reason to be excited about the internet's promise of disintermediation: the gatekeepers who controlled our access to culture, politics, and opportunity were crooked as hell, and besides, they sucked.
For a second there, we really did get a lot of disintermediation, which created a big, weird, diverse pluralistic space for all kinds of voices, ideas, identities, hobbies, businesses and movements. Lots of these were either deeply objectionable or really stupid, or both, but there was also so much cool stuff on the old, good internet.
Then, after about ten seconds of sheer joy, we got all-new gatekeepers, who were at least as bad, and even more powerful, than the old ones. The net became Tom Eastman's "Five giant websites, each filled with screenshots of the other four." Culture, politics, finance, news, and especially power have been gathered into the hands of unaccountable, greedy, and often cruel intermediaries.
Oh, also, we had an election.
This isn't an election post. I have many thoughts about the election, but they're still these big, unformed blobs of anger, fear and sorrow. Experience teaches me that the only way to get past this is to just let all that bad stuff sit for a while and offgas its most noxious compounds, so that I can handle it safely and figure out what to do with it.
While I wait that out, I'm just getting the job done. Chop wood, carry water. I've got a book to write, Enshittification, for Farar, Straus, Giroux's MCD Books, and it's very nearly done:
https://twitter.com/search?q=from%3Adoctorow+%23dailywords&src=typed_query&f=live
Compartmentalizing my anxieties and plowing that energy into productive work isn't necessarily the healthiest coping strategy, but it's not the worst, either. It's how I wrote nine books during the covid lockdowns.
And sometimes, when you're not staring directly at something, you get past the tunnel vision that makes it impossible to see its edges, fracture lines, and weak points.
So I'm working on the book. It's a book about platforms, because enshittification is a phenomenon that is most visible and toxic on platforms. Platforms are intermediaries, who connect buyers and sellers, creators and audiences, workers and employers, politicians and voters, activists and crowds, as well as families, communities, and would-be romantic partners.
There's a reason we keep reinventing these intermediaries: they're useful. Like, it's technically possible for a writer to also be their own editor, printer, distributor, promoter and sales-force:
https://pluralistic.net/2024/02/19/crad-kilodney-was-an-outlier/#intermediation
But without middlemen, those are the only writers we'll get. The set of all writers who have something to say that I want to read is much larger than the set of all writers who are capable of running their own publishing operation.
The problem isn't middlemen: the problem is powerful middlemen. When an intermediary gets powerful enough to usurp the relationship between the parties on either side of the transaction, everything turns to shit:
https://pluralistic.net/2022/06/12/direct-the-problem-of-middlemen/
A dating service that faces pressure from competition, regulation, interoperability and a committed workforce will try as hard as it can to help you find Your Person. A dating service that buys up all its competitors, cows its workforce, captures its regulators and harnesses IP law to block interoperators will redesign its service so that you keep paying forever, and never find love:
https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2024/02/13/1228749143/the-dating-app-paradox-why-dating-apps-may-be-worse-than-ever
Multiply this a millionfold, in every sector of our complex, high-tech world where we necessarily rely on skilled intermediaries to handle technical aspects of our lives that we can't â or shouldn't â manage ourselves. That world is beholden to predators who screw us and screw us and screw us, jacking up our rents:
https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/yes-there-are-antitrust-voters-in
Cranking up the price of food:
https://pluralistic.net/2023/10/04/dont-let-your-meat-loaf/#meaty-beaty-big-and-bouncy
And everything else:
https://pluralistic.net/2023/11/06/attention-rents/#consumer-welfare-queens
(Maybe this is a post about the election after all?)
The difference between a helpmeet and a parasite is power. If we want to enjoy the benefits of intermediaries without the risks, we need policies that keep middlemen weak. That's the opposite of the system we have now.
Take interoperability and IP law. Interoperability (basically, plugging new things into existing things) is a really powerful check against powerful middlemen. If you rely on an ad-exchange to fund your newsgathering and they start ripping you off, then an interoperable system that lets you use a different exchange will not only end the rip off â it'll make it less likely to happen in the first place because the ad-tech platform will be afraid of losing your business:
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/05/save-news-we-must-shatter-ad-tech
Interoperability means that when a printer company gouges you on ink, you can buy cheap third party ink cartridges and escape their grasp forever:
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/11/ink-stained-wretches-battle-soul-digital-freedom-taking-place-inside-your-printer
Interoperability means that when Amazon rips off audiobook authors to the tune of $100m, those authors can pull their books from Amazon and sell them elsewhere and know that their listeners can move their libraries over to a different app:
https://pluralistic.net/2022/09/07/audible-exclusive/#audiblegate
But interoperability has been in retreat for 40 years, as IP law has expanded to criminalize otherwise normal activities, so that middlemen can use IP rights to protect themselves from their end-users and business customers:
https://locusmag.com/2020/09/cory-doctorow-ip/
That's what I mean when I say that "IP" is "any law that lets a business reach beyond its own walls and control the actions of its customers, competitors and critics."
For example, there's a pernicious law 1998 US law that I write about all the time, Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the "anticircumvention law." This is a law that felonizes tampering with copyright locks, even if you are the creator of the undelying work.
So Amazon â the owner of the monopoly audiobook platform Audible â puts a mandatory copyright lock around every audiobook they sell. I, as an author who writes, finances and narrates the audiobook, can't provide you, my customer, with a tool to remove that lock. If I do so, I face criminal sanctions: a five year prison sentence and a $500,000 fine for a first offense:
https://pluralistic.net/2022/07/25/can-you-hear-me-now/#acx-ripoff
In other words: if I let you take my own copyrighted work out of Amazon's app, I commit a felony, with penalties that are far stiffer than the penalties you would face if you were to simply pirate that audiobook. The penalties for you shoplifting the audiobook on CD at a truck-stop are lower than the penalties the author and publisher of the book would face if they simply gave you a tool to de-Amazon the file. Indeed, even if you hijacked the truck that delivered the CDs, you'd probably be looking at a shorter sentence.
This is a law that is purpose-built to encourage intermediaries to usurp the relationship between buyers and sellers, creators and audiences. It's a charter for parasitism and predation.
But as bad as that is, there's another aspect of DMCA 1201 that's even worse: the exemptions process.
You might have read recently about the Copyright Office "freeing the McFlurry" by granting a DMCA 1201 exemption for companies that want to reverse-engineer the error-codes from McDonald's finicky, unreliable frozen custard machines:
https://pluralistic.net/2024/10/28/mcbroken/#my-milkshake-brings-all-the-lawyers-to-the-yard
Under DMCA 1201, the Copyright Office hears petitions for these exemptions every three years. If they judge that anticircumvention law is interfering with some legitimate activity, the statute empowers them to grant an exemption.
When the DMCA passed in 1998 (and when the US Trade Rep pressured other world governments into passing nearly identical laws in the decades that followed), this exemptions process was billed as a "pressure valve" that would prevent abuses of anticircumvention law.
But this was a cynical trick. The way the law is structured, the Copyright Office can only grant "use" exemptions, but not "tools" exemptions. So if you are granted the right to move Audible audiobooks into a third-party app, you are personally required to figure out how to do that. You have to dump the machine code of the Audible app, decompile it, scan it for vulnerabilities, and bootstrap your own jailbreaking program to take Audible wrapper off the file.
No one is allowed to help you with this. You aren't allowed to discuss any of this publicly, or share a tool that you make with anyone else. Doing any of this is a potential felony.
In other words, DMCA 1201 gives intermediaries power over you, but bans you from asking an intermediary to help you escape another abusive middleman.
This is the exact opposite of how intermediary law should work. We should have rules that ban intermediaries from exercising undue power over the parties they serve, and we should have rules empowering intermediaries to erode the advantage of powerful intermediaries.
The fact that the Copyright Office grants you an exemption to anticircumvention law means nothing unless you can delegate that right to an intermediary who can exercise it on your behalf.
A world without publishing intermediaries is one in which the only writers who thrive are the ones capable of being publishers, too, and that's a tiny fraction of all the writers with something to say.
A world without interoperability intermediaries is one in which the only platform users who thrive are also skilled reverse-engineering ninja hackers â and that's an infinitesimal fraction of the platform users who would benefit from interoperabilty.
Let this be your north star in evaluating platform regulation proposals. Platform regulation should weaken intermediaries' powers over their users, and strengthen their power over other middlemen.
Put in this light, it's easy to see why the ill-informed calls to abolish Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (which makes platform users, not platforms, responsible for most unlawful speech) are so misguided:
https://www.techdirt.com/2020/06/23/hello-youve-been-referred-here-because-youre-wrong-about-section-230-communications-decency-act/
If we require platforms to surveil all user speech and block anything that might violate any law, we give the largest, most powerful platforms a permanent advantage over smaller, better platforms, run by co-ops, hobbyists, nonprofits local governments, and startups. The big platforms have the capital to rig up massive, automated surveillance and censorship systems, and the only alternatives that can spring up have to be just as big and powerful as the Big Tech platforms we're so desperate to escape:
https://pluralistic.net/2024/03/23/evacuate-the-platforms/#let-the-platforms-burn
This is especially grave given the current political current, where fascist politicians are threatening platforms with brutal punishments for failing to censor disfavored political views.
Anyone who tells you that "it's only censorship when the government does it" is badly confused. It's only a First Amendment violation when the government does it, sure â but censorship has always relied on intermediaries. From the Inquisition to the Comics Code, government censors were only able to do their jobs because powerful middlemen, fearing state punishments, blocked anything that might cross the line, censoring far beyond the material actually prohibited by the law:
https://pluralistic.net/2024/02/22/self-censorship/#hugos
We live in a world of powerful, corrupt middlemen. From payments to real-estate, from job-search to romance, there's a legion of parasites masquerading as helpmeets, burying their greedy mouthparts into our tender flesh:
https://www.capitalisnt.com/episodes/visas-hidden-tax-on-americans
But intermediaries aren't the problem. You shouldn't have to stand up your own payment processor, or learn the ins and outs of real-estate law, or start your own single's bar. The problem is power, not intermediation.
As we set out to build a new, good internet (with a lot less help from the US government than seemed likely as recently as last week), let's remember that lesson: the point isn't disintermediation, it's weak intermediation.
If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this post to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:
https://pluralistic.net/2024/11/07/usurpers-helpmeets/#disreintermediation
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rivals?

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with all the alexia angst being posted (my fault), hereâs some fluff
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In the world of professional football, rivalry between two players are always one that many fans are eager to watch.
In the menâs world of football, there was Messi and Ronaldo.
In the womenâs, Messi and Putellas. Two of the most sought after female footballers of this time.
You and Alexia were known as fierce rivals on the field when competing for your country. You for Argentina, Alexia for Spain. Both of your competitiveness fueling debates among fans. Little did everyone know, behind the scenes, you both shared a secret that could rival the on-field intensity.
Away from the spotlight, you and Alexia were much more than rivals and teammates â you were married.
Your love story began when youâd transferred from playing in the Womenâs Super League to Barça. From the first time sheâd laid her eyes on you, there was an instant connection. At first she didnât know how to feel about your transfer, only having played against you for the national team, where the rivalry grew and grew, but as you both played for Barça, the understanding and pressure you both experience helped you grow closer.
Late-night rendezvous, secret getaways, and coded messages allowed you to maintain your privacy. It was difficult to keep everything a secret, something youâve both agreed on. Time moved quickly from the first time sheâd seen you in a Barça kit to now, six years later.
Youâre both cuddled up on the couch, watching a replay of the match youâve just played, pointing out the things you and the team could have done better, when you heard some whining on the baby monitor searched up on the coffee table.
With a kiss to your head, Alexia got up to see what the fuss was all about. You watched on through the monitor, seeing how your wife delicately held and talked to your two year old, making you fall in love with her all over again.
âSee look thereâs Mami.â Alexia points you out, walking in with Rosa in her arms.
âMami.â Rosa mumbles, arms reaching out for you, cuddling into your body once in your hold.
âHow was your nap, bebĂŠ?â
All you got was a whine. Alexia cuddles back into your side as Rosa falls back into a slumber.
âIâve been thinking.â Alexia starts.
âUh oh. MamĂĄ has been thinking.â You tease, earning you a playful shove.
âSeriously. Rosa turned two a bit ago and I want to be able to show her what her Mami and MamĂĄ do or work. The environment with all the fans.â
Alexia starts to ramble. Saving her from spiraling, you place a hand over her mouth stopping her words.
âI was thinking the same thing.â
With a bright smile on her face, Alexia pulls you in a passionate kiss, careful to not wake your daughter up.
Three weeks later, Spain has a friendly match against Argentina. Everyone played hard no matter that it was only a friendly, the match ending in a draw.
As far as the public knew, you and Alexia were still rivals, enemies, or any other term they use, so whenever they see you conversing after matches, fans and media freak out, like right now.
What the fans didnât expect was a small child running into your arms with laughter. Standing up with Rosa in your arms, Alexia wraps her arms around both of you, kisses being placed on her cheeks by both of her moms.
To say the fans and media were exploding was an understatement.
âAlexia, they need you for media.â
Alexia settles herself at the table in front of all the press, waiting for the questions to come.
âHola, Alexia. Great game today.â
âThank you.â
After a couple of questions about the match, a little kid is seen throwing themselves onto Alexia.
âMamĂĄ!â
A second person is seen chasing after the child.
âSorry, sorry. Sheâs gotten fast.â
You run in, trying to grab Rosa from your wife, who is wriggling to make her harder to hold.
âYou can leave her here.â
âYou sure?â
She nods so you give them both a kiss on the head and walk out the room.
âSorry about that.â
âWho do we have here? If you donât mind us asking.â
âBebĂŠ can you tell them your name?â
âSoy Rosa Putellas.â
The room let out a collective âawwâ.
âSo-so sheâs your daughter?â A reporter stutters, stunned by the little girl.
âYes.â
âAnd Messiâs?â
âYes.â
The room full reporters burst, questions being asked over the others. Alexia just stands up, walking out of the room.
âI think you broke them.â Is the first thing you say when she walks into the locker room.
âEh.â She shrugs. âMakes it fun.â
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the one where Y/n and Lando used to hookup and then fell out... or did they?
lowkey inspired by the interview where Oscar talks about spending time with his gf and Lando goes "awww" cus it got my brain making up scenarios

yourusername Maybe I was too much but you could've been more and we both know it
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yourfriend1 Situationship survivor đ
username1 Ah, she's posting half naked pics means they're done
yourfriend2 Girl I didn't cry that much over a 3 years long relationship
âłyourusername I'm not crying lmao
yourfriend2 We need to go on a girls trip
yourfriend1 I second this!!
username2 Lando's loss tbh
username3 Not Carlos nonchalantly in the likes đ
âłusername4 I can't believe he would take Lando's leftovers
username5 You two can chill, Y/n and Carlos have been friends, they're not gonna end it because of a failed situationship
username3 Exactly! Maybe they'll become something more...
username5 Carlos is Lando's best friend, he wouldn't do it to him
username3 I mean it's not like Y/n was his gf or anything, they were just hooking up
username5 Yeah maybe also say it was her fault she caught feelings after he did all the things mentioned on the 2nd pic
username6 How could he not wanna make it official with HER?
âłusername4 He's rich and famous, he can have 10 girls like her if he wanted to
username7 It makes me feel better about being in a situationship myself knowing Y/n also went through it
âłyourusername Girl it's a sign to leave him, don't waste your time
username7 It's just for the plot đ¤
yourusername NOT worth it
username8 Stay strong, I promise it gets better and one day you'll find someone who'll truly care about you
âłyourusername Already did â¤ď¸ @/yourfriend1 @/yourfriend2
username9 Well, I guess a relationship was a bit too much for little Lando Norris

landonorris Catching little feelings, thought we had arrangements
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username1 HOW DARE HE????
âłusername2 I guess men just have the audacity đĽ˛
yourfriend1 When you act like you're in a relationship with her so she thinks you wanna be in a relationship with her đ
âłusername3 That's Y/n's best friend right there đ
maxfewtrell Drunk Lando is the worst Lando I've ever had to deal with
âłlandonorris we both know that's a lie cmon
angryginge13 I forgot how fun it is to go out with you
âłmaxfewtrell I swear something got into him lately, like sure he always loved to party but have you seen how drunk he was?
angryginge13 tbh I barely remember that night lol
username4 AHA so Lando is also going through it
username5 as đ he đ should đ
username6 What's wrong with men these days? All I see are situationships, fwbs, ons, what happened to feelings? What happened to love?
âłusername7 I guess dating apps messed up our perception of relationships
username6 This is sad.
username8 Well, at least Y/n isn't out getting drunk
âłusername9 We can't be sure, we know all she wants us to know, her life can be totally different than what she shows on social media
username10 They had arrangements as he said, it's her fault she fell in love
âłyourfriend1 Oh will you all just shut up?
username10 Someone's mad lol
username11 So many people idolizing Lando just because he can drive a fast car in circles but in reality he's just your average brit in his 20s with commitment issues
âłusername12 He's still young, he doesn't have to get in a serious relationship if he doesn't want to
username11 But it was wrong of him to lead Y/n on
username12 Just as someone said already - not his fault that she caught feelings. These typa things aren't for everyone. Or maybe she was hoping he'll fall in love or something
username11 Yeah? How is it that men these days want the benefits of a relationship without the responsibilities?
username12 Did he force her into it? Nope. She could've said no it's not my thing bye. But she didn't. She stayed with him
username11 If you wanna have sex without commitment just pay for it, it's still a thing. You can't have stuff like this for free, at the cost of another person's feelings
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yourusername Kisses to my exes who don't give a shit about me
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yourfriend1 I'm glad you feel better now â¤ď¸
âłyourusername I feel so much more alive now
username1 They all slaaaaay
yourfriend2 Remind me, why haven't we done this kinda trips before?
âłyourusername Cuz we're stupid đŤś
yourfriend1 We're not stupid, we're sillymates
yourusername Fuck soulmates when you can have sillymates
yourfriend2 Stupid choices were made tho
yourusername Neither of you stopped me lmao
carlossainz55 Wasn't it a little too cold to sit on the balcony like this?
âłyourusername The wine warmed us up!!
carlossainz55 Text me if you're ever curious about other ways to warm yourself up *this comment has been deleted*
carlossainz55 Good to know you're having fun!đˇ
username3 Carlos, everyone saw that comment you deleted...
username2 Where's the person who said Carlos wouldn't do that to Lando? WHERE?!
username4 Y/n should post to the song enough for you, particularly this part "cause someday I'll be everything to somebody else"
âłusername5 Ngl I feel like most Olivia's songs would fit her situation right now
maxfewtrell That looks familiar...
âłusername5 Nah boy, get the hell out of this comment section
username6 Wait, let him speak, maybe he has new information
username7 I need to know what stupid choices is Y/n talking about and what Max means đ
âłusername8 They're feeding us breadcrumbs and they know what they're doing

landonorris ice spice â
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charles_leclerc Ice ice baby đâď¸
maxfewtrell The gossip pages gonna love this one
âłusername1 So that's what Max meant when he said it looked familiar
username2 I'll wait for further explanation đś
username3 I refuse to believe Y/n went through all the heartbreak just to hook up with him again in Finland
âłusername4 Well, she liked this post so...
username3 She got the Stockholm syndrome or what? đ
username5 At this point she deserves this
username6 @/yourusername I am very disappointed in your actions
âłusername3 Bro casually tagging Y/n like she's gonna answer
âłusername3 Btw it's not confirmed that they hooked up again
username7 Pls don't break her heart again
username8 I get a little heart attack every time Lando posts
username9 Guys it doesn't make sense, Y/n wouldn't go to Finland with Lando AND with her girls
âłusername2 What if they went there separately and just happened to run into each other?
username9 Yeah, because there's no other places to go skiing. Someone had to arrange it or something, it cannot be a coincidence
username2 Look, the universe works in weird ways, do you know the invisible string theory?
username9 Oh no you're one of these people? đ¤Ą
username2 All I'm saying is to me they seem like 'right people, wrong time' and maybe finally the timing is right for them
username7 No no no Y/n deserves way better, Lando is too toxic for her
username2 Do you know him? Maybe he was going thru something and it just wasn't the time for him to be in a relationship
username9 A delusional yapper is what you are

yourusername Back home with a new passion
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yourfriend1 You gotta stop feeding me these đ
âłyourusername What, you don't like them? đĽš
yourfriend1 I love them, that's the issue!!
username1 And Lando isn't with her
âłusername2 Why would he be?
username1 I think everyone thought they're together again after Finland
username2 They were NEVER together
yourfriend2 Can you get your asses out of here?
landonorris Looks delicious (the food too)
âłusername3 DON'T GIVE ME HOPE
username4 Don't worry, it's just an average text from a situationship you'd get after weeks of no contact
username5 Usually followed up by "you busy tonight?"
âłusername6 Ariana what are you doing here
âłusername7 Man saw that comment Carlos deleted and decided to gatekeep
username5 Bet that's not the only thing he did when he saw that
username7 wdym đ
username5 There's no way they didn't fuck
âłusername8 fr a way to mark his territory
âłyourfriend1 She said she blocked you after Finland
landonorris She didn'tđ
yourfriend1 I'll make sure she does now
landonorris She won'tđ
username7 We need to know what happened in Finland đ

username1 I wish he would share the secret
username2 Yeah, Oscar, don't be shy, share it with the class
username3 My bet is Y/n let Lando manipulate her again
âłusername4 They're both adults like Y/n sweetie just say no it's that easy
username5 I'm gonna manifest Y/n and Lando announcing a relationship soon đŻ
username6 I mean have y'all seen Lando? I'm NOT surprised Y/n keeps coming back even if he's doing just the bare minimum
âłusername7 He's average. The fact that he's famous and has money makes him more attractive
username6 Do you think he pays Y/n for... you know?
username7 đ¤ˇââď¸
username8 Words cannot express how much this man gets on my nerves
âłusername9 Same like man stop being blind and see that Y/n is gf material, not some hookup to be used and left
username10 I wish Oscar would've spokenđ
username11 Get your shit together Lando
âłusername12 Well maybe Y/n doesn't mind
username11 It didn't seem like it
username12 People change đ¤ˇââď¸
username11 I wish Lando would've been the one to change đ
username13 Lando has NO RIGHT to speak on other people's relationships being a walking definition of commitment issues himself
âłusername14 chill yo tits, I think he truly thought what Oscar said was cute

yourusername We turned out to like each other way more than we originally planned
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yourfriend1 I'm tired of you both already
maxfewtrell It's gonna be one of those "they still together?" kinda relationships
âłyourusername We plan on being an insufferable pain in the ass together just for you đŤś
maxfewtrell I see Lando is already changing you for the worse
landonorris the process began way earlier
maxfewtrell But you didn't have the balls to commit
âłyourfriend2 She deserves so much better
yourfriend1 Yeah @/yourusername deserves so much better, I wish she would've read the comments
carlossainz55 Congrats, you finally tamed himđ
yourusername I hate you both â¤ď¸
âłlandonorris wow, I love supportive friends
yourfriend2 Who said we're your friends?
yourfriend1 We have to tolerate your ass but it doesn't mean we're suddenly friends
âłlandonorris You've been waiting to see this happen
carlossainz55 Of course, I've been telling you to get a girlfriend for so long now
âłusername1 ekhm...
âłusername2 We will never forget
username3 HOW DOES IT FEEL TO LIVE MY DREAM?
username4 Miss girl needs to share her manifestation techniques with us
oscarpiastri Don't have to thank me
âłlandonorris Yup, you did nothing
âłyourusername Thank you Oscahhh
username5 I MANIFESTED IT đŻ

yourusername For our 6 months anniversary we forced our friends to go camping with us đ
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yourfriend1 It wasn't as bad as I thought
âłangryginge13 Worse?
yourfriend1 Oh definitely
landonorris I'm really surprised they got along
âłmaxfewtrell What other choice we had?
âłyourfriend2 Anything for Y/n tbh
âłyourfriend1 Still doesn't mean we don't hate you
yourfriend2 Yeah, good friends will always say 'but she deserves better' (she really does)
maxfewtrell I didn't expect you to last that long
âłyourusername Excuse me? đ¤¨
maxfewtrell You know, it's Lando
yourusername I guess you're right lmao
landonorris Now what is that supposed to mean?
yourusername Nothing, don't be madâ¤ď¸
âłlandonorris That's what she said
yourusername NO IT'S NOT WTF đ
oscarpiastri What if I tag along the next time?
âłyourusername I'd be happy 𫶠if you bring Lily as well it would be perfect
username1 WAR IS OVER
username2 I love how winter break is always pure chaos and summer break is just fun and chill
danielricciardo When can I join you though?
âłlandonorris I promise next time I visit you in Australia it'll be with Y/n
yourusername You didn't even ask me...
landonorris Well, do you wanna go?
yourusername DUH
âłusername3 No cuz these pics have strong Danny Ricc energy, I'm surprised he wasn't there
username4 The friend groups were forced to unite, I'm afraid they're together for life (I'm manifestingđ¤)
âłusername5 I hope they are, I feel like Lando really matured with Y/n by his side
username4 He went from "I don't wanna mature, I'm happy where I am" to this đ
username6 I wish all situationships would turn out like this
âłusername7 World would be a better place
username8 Right people right timeâ¤ď¸
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