#i can't believe this angle actually won

[front-facing-pokemon]

[tamtuliko]

I have to mention a few more things about Great and Tyme.

Great said: you were dying for me that night.

But darling, you were dying for him too that night.

Their eye contact here is so much. You can feel need, lust, want, they are dying for each other. I know Tyme did it for recording, but dude was so into it.

Look at his face, for revenge my a$$, he was into it as much as Great. Also Greats hand on his ribcage. Oh boy.

The fact that we see both angles is such a masterpiece.

Like in Greats timeline it's mostly his POV, but here we are watching from both side.

We see Tymes POV and we see Greats as well. The camera work for this is so good.

Small details I think about it.

• Time for their $ex in real timeline and making love in Greats 4 minute limbo. I tried to zoom in and screenshot Great's watch, but I can't clearly see it. But I think it is midnight. This show is all details and the fact that Bible is wearing watch every moment and especially during their intimate moments, makes me wonder if the time was the same.

Another tragic thing:

Greats Timeline, they won Real Timeline Tyme left

Cross road and bridge

Decisions. Hard choices. Encountering a crossroad and not sure which way to go. Why is life so difficult at times? Life is filled with choices, both large and small. Some are minor, but others will be life-changing, one way or the other. We can not avoid them;when you stand in crossroad, you are at a stage in your life when you have to make a very important decision. Turning points & deciding moments. See Tyme leaves Great here, he made choice, not to use him, not to scar this broken boy anymore, because he saw how tragic Great is, and I'm not saying that Tyme is good guy here, or Great is oh so bad guy, they both are red flags, but here we see their characters better. Tyme, who wills to move forward, but refuse to use Great anymore cause he might develop some feelings towards him. Great, who can't go after Tyme because he downs even knows what he wants, just $ex? Hook up and all. Or to be ally and go against his father, let Tyme use him? He does what he can, avoids making choices, and calls his brother to reject him. This kid is all alone.

In Greats 4 minutes limbo, he and Tyme cross the bridge and go somewhere far away.

To dream that you are crossing a bridge signifies an important decision or a critical junction in your life. This decision will prove to be a positive change filled with prosperity and wealth in the horizon. Bridges represent a transitional period in your life where you will be moving on to a new stage, isn't this sad??? Great wanted to have better future with Tyme, to move to new stage not just to fuck up. Bridge could be symbolic of connection, stability, and progress. Often, when bridges appear it could mean you are encountering a new start, travel, different way of life or a change or transition. It is normally a symbol of hope and commitment. Also, it is a symbol of relationships with others, especially those with whom you have strong, lasting, and deep connections, and I believe Tyme and Great have a strong connection. Maybe fucked up one, but still.

Another small things I'm thinking but can't find the conection:

In Greats Timeline, this ball also fell in a hole when he was calling someone to ask what time it was. And then the time moved.

They show us time here 11:50 pm. Why?? There is no way they are just giving it to us...

<still>, I mean you can do research, but what kind of research this dude did, so he knows about Greats fear of dogs??? Suspicious...

We see these minutes in real timeline as well. Why show it us with so big numbers?

Their meeting at bar, can't see clearly is the watch says 11??

Finally, this Shot is crazy. Tyme you little piece of shit, you did enjoy it 🤣

2 more days to watch episode 7, hoping we will get more answers this time. Cause I need to focus on my actual life, okay???

[helpami-flaffy]

EPIC THE MUSICAL OPINIONS, VERY OPINIONS, VERY MINE.

IF YOU DON'T WANT SOME NEGATIVITY DON'T READ. THIS IS NOT PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE I SWEAR.

MOSTLY COMPILED AT NIGHT, SOME REVISION.

PLEASE DO NOT COME AT ME.

.....................

After this saga I'm left kind of perplexed about epic.

What is epic trying to say here? What's the musical's stance on ruthlessness?

Because it isn't very clear to me anymore.

Is it bad? Is it good and just? Is it a necessary evil? Is it worth becoming something monstrous just to achieve your goals?

The thing I'm trying to say is:

Is epic a tragedy or a triumph?

Until the vengeance saga I thought it was the former, but now I'm not so sure.

Throughout the story Odysseus takes desicions that either side with what I'll call the 'open arm mentality' or the 'ruthless' mentality.

He gets punished for both a number of times.

He kills Astianax so he doesn't have to fear his future vengeance.

He spares Polyphemus and that leads to 558 men dying.

He appeals to Circe's humanity and that leads her to freeing his men and helping him get to the underworld.

He sacrificed 6 men to Scylla and that leads to 'mutiny' and 'thunder bringer' where the rest of his crew dies and he ends up in calypso's island where she imprisoned him for 7 years.

First act of ruthlessness= good outcome

First act of open arms= bad outcome

Second act of open arms= good outcome

Second act of ruthlessness= bad outcome

(I forgot to add the sirens, that encounter is kinda strange tho.  Ody kills all of them but I wouldn't call that ruthlessness. Ruthlessness is doing whatever needs doing to get what you want. He needed to know how to get home, and killing the sirens after doesn't matter in that context. I guess it's good for future sailors? I'll count this as an altruistic positive I guess)

This breakdown isn't perfect, lots of other things happen and some things Ody does can't really be neatly categorized by this simple metric imo, but I'll continue anyway as it feels to me the story breaks down his actions in a sort of similar dichotomy.

All in all the 'good to bad' ratio seems pretty balanced, right? It's not always ruthlessness that wins the day, and 'open arms' solutions don't always work out.

So why does it feel like we're supposed to root for ruthless Odysseus? Why does it feel like the story wants us to believe that being the monster is a good if 'somewhat sad' outcome?

Why am I saying this? Well, it's 600 strikes.

Actually just- all the vengeance saga.

Why is what Ody does here supposed to be cool and awesome? Because, like, that is absolutely the angle here.

Complete with a, honestly absurd, anime power up and fighting-god-one-on-one moment.

Why does the story break down it's logic,  breaks suspension of disbelief (at least for me), to get Odysseus into a position were he can torture Poseidon into letting him go?

Wich?? Btw should not work??

Why is this how he wins?

Why are the ghosts of his friends and family no longer spectres of regrets for but terrifying promises of death?

What does this say? Was Odysseus wrong about their sacrifice? Was regret ever only a noose around his neck? I'm looking too deeply into this one lol.

In 'get in the water' we even get the obligatory appeal to Poseidon's mercy just to hammer down once again that 'open arms' doesn't work, even tho it's Athena's appeal to her father's mercy that set Odysseus free in the first place.

The saga ends with Poseidon asking Odysseus how he'll sleep at night after all of this and Ody, in admittedly the coldest line ever written on paper, says:

"Next to my wife"

...

This is cool.

Extremely cool even.

But that's kind of the problem I have with it.

The song ends in a badass way. This is meant to be the final zing to seal Odysseus' cool ass victory.

And in all of this, not once, does the story seem to recognize that...well...

Poseidon won.

Hell not even Poseidon recognized it!

I'm not even saying "OoOh if it was realistic Poseidon would have have won!" (Tho yeah, ask me about that, lol)

In the great ideological battle that's at the center of Epic: the musical, Poseidon was the ultimate victor.

Ruthless is what wins at the end, it's what gets Odysseus home. Odysseus might be a monster but he's a victorious one.

I feel people and the musical both don't really acknowledge that.

That even if Poseidon lost the battle he ultimately won the war.

Were is the irony? Where's the bitterness and sorrow? We're Poseidon's bloodied, mocking smirk revelling in his victory?

Is Epic a tragedy or a power fantasy?

[aerodaltonimperial]

the junglecorpse story primer

so i've been pretty obsessively cataloguing everything between them in my last year or so of being in AEW fandom, and since they are my Hyperfixation™️, i thought i would put together a little primer for the people who may not have been spending every waking thought thinking about the chemistry these two end up having with each other and how their story has played out. there's some videos in here that are fun watches and hopefully this adds a little bit to the knowledge bank!! (i love wrestling so much lol)

2019//

as far as we can tell, their first time ever wrestling was in 2019, which is what we like to call "the lost 2019 bar match," on february 24, 2019, at the high hat in los angeles. when we say lost, we literally mean lost. i would cut off my left arm to get a video of this damn match-up. the only video we have is a short bit from when they were hitting each other with empty water bottles, shown here. (tumblr won't let me embed these links without crashing.)

there's also one photograph of this match, posted on instagram, by a wrestling photographer:

according to cagematch, darby won this match. given how many people in that crowd have phones out, i cannot BELIEVE that we haven't been able to hunt down the rest of the videos, but here we are, crying into the abyss that we can't find this. someone has it. name your price lol. i'm very open to negotiation.

2020 //

the only thing that 2020 had in it was another "lost match," this time from the jericho cruise, so we hate jericho even more for refusing to video the matches there so we can see them when we do not have $5k to go on this trip. but this one is just a 3 v 3 match, where private party and darby beat jurassic express (jack, lucha, and marko). probably not life-changing, but i still want to see it, as a completionist.

2021 //

by 2021, they had both been in aew for several years and were settling in. darby had the TNT belt, and jack was working up through both the singles division on his own, and the tag division with luchasaurus. surprisingly, they never matched up on their own! but in april of 2021, aew asked twitter to pick darby's next opponent for the TNT, and twitter chose jack. this is where things get interesting.

darby makes a promo talking to jack about the match that gets posted on darby's twitter here and reposted to aew's twitter here. (the link doesn't work to the video anymore, but don't worry, i backed it up on my yt account because i knew twitter would implode eventually.)

this is the first time, that we can find, that anyone has gone after the "if you stop being such a goodie two-shoes, you could be great" angle with jack. this promo actually pre-dates christian cage even joining AEW (he would join in the next month or two)! but this thread remains pulled alongside jack's next several years of kayfabe stories, so it's worth pointing out that darby may have been the first person to use it.

video link to youtube

jack makes a follow-up video for this and it gets posted on aew's twitter, and as luck would have it, that tweet no longer exists. i'm not sure where it went, to be honest. it wasn't much except "i've proven myself" and "my record is great now." it's worth noting that neither of them tag the other in their promos, which makes me laugh. darby calls jack "jungle jack," which also makes me laugh.

they have their 2021 match, which is amazing, and don't worry, i also have that video link, so if you'd like to watch it, the full thing lives here. after this, darby loses the TNT belt to miro, and jack wins the battle royale after throwing christian cage out of the ring. important story beats for both of them.

2022 //

in 2022, they end up on the same side of a 6 v 6 match that i'm assuming was kind of just random match-ups, on june 1st at the kia forum. we've watched it, because of course we have, but it wasn't anything particularly interesting haha. however, in january of 2022, jurassic express wins the tag belts. they hold them until that summer, when they lose them, and christian turns on jack. lucha then also turns on jack. jack's heel turn gets majorly delayed due to christian's injury that takes him out through the whole end of the year. at the end of 2022, junglehook starts up after hook comes out to save jack from getting the shit beat out of him (this is the start of his heel turn).

2023 //

and then we get to 2023, the year that i was watching and promptly lost my mind, because we got the pillars storyline! right before this, jack beats christian in the coffin match, which finishes that particular aspect, but it butts right up to the pillars stuff. i've waxed poetic for like 4k about how jack was supposed to be a heel in the pillars story, but everything got delayed due to christian's injury, and they had to run him as a face for this because too many people were involved, and that's not really the point here, but it sure makes a lot of the decisions made in the pillars story fucking unhinged as shit lol.

i've made a video for the junglecorpse moments in the pillars storyline that is here if you have 23 minutes to experience the absurdity of what they chose to do here.

but abridged version is that jack and darby have to team up for the pillars tag match, and don't seem to get along well. they run a full thing where mjf asks jack to betray darby (so they lose) and jack gets up in his face, and then darby walks in to see it. after this, darby comes out for jack (and sammy comes out after) to save him from LFI killing him after jack beats rush.

prior to their tag match, they run this promo with the two of them, where darby references the lost 2019 bar match (DOES HE ALSO SIT AND THINK ABOUT IT FOR HOURS??? LIKE I DO???) and also mentions that they would probably be friends if they weren't wrestlers, which is worth holding onto lmao.

in the actual pillars PPV 4-way at double or nothing, they run a large segment of jack having the belt and a clear shot to take darby out with it (and win) and he doesn't end up doing it. they make a big thing out of it. this is insane given that a month later, jack turns on hook at forbidden door 2023 and eventually takes the FTW off him. i wish to speak to whoever thought this was normal. he couldn't cheat to beat darby, who he supposedly doesn't even like, for the world championship, but can betray his best friend for an unsanctioned belt a month later??????? this makes me insane. don't touch me chompie.

also worth mentioning is jack tweeting this during the storyline, with nothing else attached to it. merry early christmas to me. (jack tends to post a single photo for important story beats, with no text on it. he's done this for quite a number of things within the last few years. weird that he did that here, when they had one tag match together.)

2024 //

and that bring us to this year! jack is back in AEW after his unjust and sad-making time out. anarchy in the arena happens at double or nothing 2024, and jack and darby spend 75% of the match beating each other up alone backstage. jack hits darby with the bus, darby sets jack on fire. it's lovely.

if you haven't seen the video that leaked of jack preparing for the fire spot in the early part of 2024 with a stunt team, it's worth watching. (no sound)

darby is out again to recover since i don't know how he managed to get clear for AITA in the first place, and then he comes back with an obsessive single-mindedness to call out jack perry by beating up brandon cutler. jack then also beats up brandon cutler in the strangest mating rituals i've ever fucking seen lmao. INTRICATE RITUALS!!

that's all i've got right now, but hopefully this ends up being a decent overview of all the stuff i tend to reference in my fics. 💚💚💚 sorry tumblr won't let me embed these videos in here, but it kept crashing the draft, so i had to revert them all just to links. homophobia.

[natalynsie]

What A Million Bucks Can't Buy (Heatherra Oneshot)

[req from anonymous. I really hope you like it! I had a lot of fun writing it]

“Karaoke! Let’s do karaoke!” Sierra suggested to the other contestants. It was a celebration. All twenty-three (Blaineley wasn’t invited- she was old, and Ezekiel was in the hospital thanks to DJ) of the Total Drama contestants were having a party to celebrate the end of their time on reality T.V. at the resort in Hawaii.

Heather was probably the most ecstatic she had been in a long time. After almost a year of dealing with Chris’ challenges, she finally won the money she deserved. Getting her hair shaved off, losing a tooth, it was all worth it now. She couldn’t believe Ezekiel almost took the money- with the angle he was going at, he was going to fall into the volcano WITH the money. Thankfully, DJ interfered and no one died. Yet. Ezekiel was on the verge of death, and Heather was pretty sure medical interference wouldn’t save him. Anyways, the point was, she had the money! And she was always down for a game of karaoke- what was the point of music if Heather wasn’t the one singing it?

“To the Total Drama theme song!”

Oh. Well, what the heck?

“I’m in!” Heather volunteered.

She ran up to the makeshift stage (a.k.a. the step from the dining room into the kitchen) next to Sierra, who was out of her wheelchair. A trip to the hospital fixed whatever was going on with her legs. Thank god.

“The Total Drama theme song?” Leshawna asked. “After all of this, I want to forget the words ‘total’ and ‘drama’.”

“Oh come on. It’s a formative experience of all of our teenage lives now!” Sierra argued.

“I just want to do karaoke, don’t drag me in with her,” Heather said.

Soon enough, someone booted up a computer and connected it to the speakers. Geoff found an instrumental version of the theme song, and it wasn’t like anyone needed the lyrics. Sierra and Heather were both holding bananas that DJ tossed them from the kitchen (he was making salads) as microphones.

“I can’t believe I’m singing the theme song with the actual contestants of Total Drama!” Sierra exclaimed, jumping up and down. “Eee!”

“It’s starting, chill,” Heather ordered. “You’ve been saying this type of stuff all season.”

The music began to play.

“Dear mom and dad, I’m doin’ fine,” Heather and Sierra began, synchronized. Heather was fighting the smile off her face and Sierra’s grin was wider than a football field. “You guys are on my mind.”

“You asked me what I wanted to be and now I think the answer is plain to see,”

“I wanna be famous.”

Heather stopped fighting the smile. For god’s sake, she was holding a banana as a microphone. And singing the Total Drama theme song with Sierra. Plus, karaoke was one of her favorite things to do at a party. Heather always outshined everyone there.

“I wanna live close to the sun,” Heather jabbed a thumb at her chest.

“Go pack your bags, ‘cause I’ve already won,” Sierra pretended to send cash flying from her hands while still holding the microphone.

“Everything to prove, nothing in my way,” Heather swished her hands from side to side.

“I’ll get there one day.” Sierra’s eyes grew creases.

“‘Cause I wanna be famous!” Heather squeezed her eyes shut as she yelled the line.

“Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na!” Heather and Sierra leant in closer to one another.

“I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous!” The two shouted the lyrics.

“I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous!”

A couple people whistling in the empty dining room finished off the song. Heather stood up straight and grinned, Sierra copying her actions.

“You are a great singer, Heather,” Bridgette complimented, stepping into the kitchen.

“I know,” Heather threw her hair over her shoulder. “And stop doing your ‘aftermath show’ personality. There are no cameras here!”

“Sorry. Being here has me in stage mode.” Bridgette motioned at everyone. “You are pretty okay at singing, though. Congrats on the million, even if I’m still kind of bummed that Courtney didn’t win. Should’ve been a tiebreaker.”

“That’s better.”

“I’m still pissed about that!” Courtney yelled, from somewhere nearby. “I hate Chris!”

“Salads are done guys!” DJ yelled. He placed a few bowls on the counter at a time, constantly turning back to take the rest.

Heather was about to go grab one for herself. She could use a bite of decent food after all of her time spent on that plane. And DJ’s salads were usually godlike.

“Here, Heather!” Sierra passed Heather a bowl. It was a little emptier than she thought it was going to be. She looked up to Sierra’s own salad, which was a bit fuller. She looked for a difference between the two, and then realized- hers didn’t have spinach. That was weird. It wasn’t like she didn’t like spinach- well, there was that one time she got spinach stuck in her teeth, but she still liked spinach.

Weird.

“Uh, thanks, Sierra.” Heather walked towards the living room and took a seat on the couch facing the T.V. Cody, Gwen, and Trent were playing Mario Kart. The three of them were on the ground to get a better look at the game, so the couch was empty. Sierra sat next to Heather.

“Beat them up, Cody!” Heather cheered.

“Go Cody!” Sierra added.

“I’m trying!” Cody yelled, frantic. It looked like Trent was winning, and Gwen was trading spots with Cody. “Darn it Trent, how are you so good?”

“I have literally never played this game in my life,” Trent deadpanned.

“What a show-off,” Gwen complained.

“It’s not my fault that I’m just good.”

“You’re the worst.”

“I think you mean the best.”

Heather finished her salad and placed it on a side table. She watched Gwen, Trent, and Cody play a few more rounds, Trent winning all of them. When they were done, the T.V. was free for the taking. Heather and Sierra were left alone in the room as the other three exited to the dining room.

“Heather, wanna watch the Saw movies?” Sierra asked.

“Um,” Heather gave Sierra a look, “what is up today?”

“What?”

“We did karaoke, which is normal for a party, but happens to be one of my favorite activities. Then you gave me a salad that didn’t have spinach in it, which was weird because every other salad had spinach in it. Now you ask me if I want to watch my favorite movie series that I never told you was my favorite movie series. What is going on?”

Sierra shifted on the couch, averting her eyes. “I mean, you know I know basically everything about you guys. And I kind of wanted to do some stuff I knew you liked. Just because I wanted to do something nice for you.”

Heather rolled her eyes. “Well thanks, but next time don’t be weird. You did not have to take the spinach out of that salad. That was stupid.”

“Sorry.”

“Come on,” Heather stood up. “I think I could use some fresh air. Let’s sit outside.”

The beach was empty. The stars were bright. Heather took her seat on a towel in the sand, and Sierra sat next to her. Thank god there wasn’t wind, or else she would be covered in sand. She wasn’t the biggest fan of the beach because of the sand, but she still loved it because she looked very nice in bikinis. But the best part of the beach was the peacefulness there was at night. And it was warm in Hawaii, about the temperature of summer in British Columbia.

The stars were bright, and Heather couldn’t help but stare at them. She assumed Sierra was doing the same thing.

“Sierra, I have a question,” Heather began.

“Hm?” Sierra responded.

“Why were you doing nice things for me?”

“Well, you kind of made me realize something.” Sierra turned towards Heather. Heather returned her gaze. “You should matter more to me than any guy ever should.”

Heather felt a sudden warmth in her face. “Oh.” She smiled a little bit. Sierra grinned back. “You too, actually.”

“Well, in your very own words, boyfriends are temporary, but girlfriends are forever.”

“Yeah.” Heather’s smile turned soft as her eyes dropped to Sierra’s lips.

Sierra took the hint, and gave Heather a small kiss on her lips. It lasted only a moment, but it was pretty perfect.

Heather turned back to face the ocean. She dropped her head to Sierra’s shoulder, and lost herself in the night. A million bucks couldn’t buy a septillion stars.

[bionicle-ramblings]

More humanized Bionicle stuff because I left a few things out of my first post and I have a few thoughts to share

I went into detail about how Vakama looks, i.e. hair and eye color, but I never did that with the other Toa:

Nokama is the second tallest after Nuju. She doesn't wear heels, it's all natural. Her long is dark, enough for it to shine blue in the sun. Also following her OG set design, her eyes are an orange-amber color.

Since Matau can't exactly grow his hair out, he dyes it and his natural roots grew when he was given the Toa Stone by Lhikan. His hair is also a constant mess because he has helmet hair. People are surprised to see his red eyes, but Matau says it adds to his charm.

Onewa either has light brown hair or dark blond hair that he ties back in a ponytail. Has the most riveting blue eyes in the team and he uses that to his advantage so that he wins in a staring contest against Matau(because I firmly believe that he's bi and a disaster sometimes)

Nuju is the tallest. He knows it. Despite sometime spent in the sun, Nuju is a little pale. Actually, he's VERY pale. His hair is white as snow and his eyes are such a pale blue they might was well be white. He doesn't smile a lot and it shows because he doesn't have any smile lines on his face.

Whenua is the shortest in the group, but don't be fooled. He is still a tank, he is a walking Boulder. The man is nearly solid muscle. His hair is basically an undercut with the top being box braided and he has to untie the braids and retie them when he bathes or showers. He's got very green eyes like Vakama, but his are slightly more vibrant. And they're like a cat's in that they glow in the dark, which the others know from first-hand experience because they've either awoken to seeing Whenua's eyes only or they looked at Whenua at the right angle when it was dark.

With descriptions out of the way, time for shenanigans!

In an arm wrestling contest, for fun and games, Whenua, oddly enough, won against the other Toa. Matau and Onewa wanted a rematch, but Whenua, to pull their legs, told them not to hurt themselves and wait until later

Vakama and Whenua need to be reminded to go to bed because they're both used to staying up late

Nokama 100% does yoga. The others have tried it and Nuju, Whenua, and Vakama do partake in doing it. Onewa and Matau tried, but Matau cannot do it for long because he prefers more active activities. Onewa just doesn't have the best balance

Vakama and Whenua occasionally braid each other's hair, though really it's a "them" thing that developed because Whenua got just out of the bath and asked Vakama for help rebraiding his hair. As they were braiding, Vakama asked if the braids mean anything, like if each braid is a number of rahi or bit of information in the archives or if each braid is a year Whenua worked in the archives, but Whenua just admits he has them because it gives his hands something to do and he doesn't get any wispy hair in his face. When asked about his own braids, Vakama admitted they were from a friend and he held onto them for sentimental reasons. He totally expected to be picked on for it, but Whenua only told him he was lucky and, as a half joke, asked Vakama if he'll have more braids as he worked with the other Toa Metru. Vakama was indecisive, as that would mean growing more hair and braiding it, but he wouldn't object to it

When their boots get damaged, Onewa looks for new boots while Vakama just fixes his, and it shows because he has had to repleace the string of his boot, had to sew a hole shut, had to fix the sole, and put some new metal in the toe when the old metal gave

Vakama doesn't smoke, I don't imagine any of the Toa Metru smoking, but if Vakama did smoke, he'd essentially use his thumb as a lighter. If anyone's getting cheeky or smart with him, he'd flip them off as he lights a smoke. Well, anyone but Nokama, who would be on his back about stopping because he's not helping himself by doing it and his lungs/filters are already gross from breathing smoke and fumes all day, so why is he making it worse?

Matau is 100% someone who would walk up to one of the other Toa Metru and say, "Pay attention to me." Very cat-like behavior, but the guy wants love

Vakama doesn't fully remember getting his scar from the Vahki. The others asked what he did, but he legitimately has no idea

Something that's absolutely a thing between the two of them: Matau will lay right on top of Vakama or lay by him, what have you. It's a win-win thing for them both; Matau gets really warm, and Vakama gets a comfortable weight on him to calm him down

Because I have cats, how they'd do with a cat: Whenua would let it chill on his shoulders, Nokama would have a new best friend and the cat essentially becomes her animal companion, Matau is shape-shifting into another cat and playing with it, Onewa is the guy who didn't want the cat but falls in love anyway, Nuju is indifferent about it, and Vakama is very, "What do I do?" towards it because it honks at him whenever he's making masks to calm down and lays on him because he is a living furnace

This is just in general, but their eyes change color when their 'mask powers' are activated. Nokama's eyes glow blue, Vakama's glow red, Nuju's glow white, et cetera. Whenua's just more of a lead-y silver, but still

[suffering-is-cute]

and you always seem to think that the heart's barrier

is just a thin shell hiding something golden and glowing within like a pearl

flowing fragrant.

if you can only prise it open,

smash through that rock sugar shell, you'll find the sun's breath easing in and out of your chest

but the hard honesty is, the shell is just an easily cracked halfway evening

once you've slammed your way through the thin convex curves, it's a broken eggshell and everything within is vacant.

sometimes, the house is just empty,

and no one's furnished it in preparation for you to live in,

because as hard as it is to answer like this,

not everyone wants you as a tenant.

and maybe you're tired of hearing that they don't want to take your meticulously prepared rent, your careful displays of concern.

you've learned from the start about the concept that love is hard to find

but still you think (and this angers me)

you think that this next heart may be different

imagine, you of mayhem, you force your entry into a heart filled with photos of another life

you will be an interloper if you do not learn to leave eggs alone

you are cracking an egg in the edge of the bowl and your head slowly faces down at an unnerving angle in

response to the sudden coldness of white fluid splashed at your feet

you take the thin shell, no matter, and treat it as if it was still fragile and precious despite the fact that it is broken and you seal it

with a thin coat of paint and dot polka dots on to make it an Easter egg

as if, if you try very hard and be very good, God might make your lost love rise again from the dead.

when will the love ever come back?

is it too changed to come back?

you have this challenge with yourself that if you can hold a conversation with the mirror without flinching, you will get to do whatever you want for a day.

and you've never won and never will.

because these weekends are your weakest moments, automated.

you've designed yourself to not die under duress, proud of not your survivability, but you call it a strength regardless because you have to live with needing to survive for the rest of your life.

and you can't ever sit straight again without fidgeting.

because you love the way the snow loves -

as much as it can before it melts. and because your love is drawing snowmen in the mist on your window at midnight, crouched up and making the stick hands hold the snowmen together in an embrace.

your love is reminiscing about days you'll never manage to hold properly.

you are property of your dreams. you can't help that they have a leash of you. sadly, you can never help that you still believe.

and you always seem to think that loving the bare bones of a place shows how uncomplicated you are, when actually, it's much more a testament to how you've sipped tea from chipped mugs stained with toothpaste

sitting on floorboards wide and thick with no furniture in sight, staring at the sky that surrounds you on every corner and inch.

you, alone in the room that is a house. you, running hands up rafters that are not burnished. you, trying to find things that comfort you and figure out a way to be happy in a place unprepared for you.

sometimes you are meant to take the cue and walk out of the life of someone who cannot love you, instead of

trying to make the best out of it.

why, what made you cry?

what did i say wrong this time?

[brandwhorestarscream]

For the soap opera Ratchet and drift pops up sometimes and unlike the rest of these mechs they have their shit together and constantly flirt with each other Knockout and Starscream refuses to be out flirted and it just becomes a competition of who can flirt more with their mate Megatron won

Omg I can't believe I forgot them 😭 yes absolutely. Dratchet has the medical drama angle, with Ratchet as a handsome silver fox doctor and Drift is written as the trophy wife half his age. Never mind the fact that Drift is actually older 🤭 lil Patchwork is translated into their wheelchair bound daughter (cuz of the whole thing with Patches sneaking into the hospital).

Also? Stupid vain peacocks Knockout and Starscream competing over being the more affectionate partner?? 10/10 I am LIVING for that

[wrestlingisfake]

New Japan Cup final preview

David Finlay vs. SANADA - This is the final match of the 2023 New Japan Cup tournament. There is no time limit; there must be a winner. Whoever wins will receive a big trophy and earn a title shot on April 8 against IWGP world heavyweight champion Kauzchika Okada.

Finlay qualified by defeating Tomohiro Ishii, Great-O-Khan, Shota Umino, and NEVER champion Tama Tonga. Sanada got here with wins over Taichi, STRONG champion KENTA, Tetsuya Naito, and Mark Davis. As far as I can tell, these two have never met in a one-on-one match before.

What really makes this match so hype is that both men made shocking changes in their allegiances during the tournament. Finlay showed up for his first-round match with Gedo's endorsement as the new top guy in Bullet Club. In the quarterfinals, Sanada defected from Los Ingobernables de Japon to Taichi's faction, which is now Just Five Guys. Either of those angles would set up a big push that demands a tournament win and a title chase. But they can't both win the cup, so something's gotta give.

It's super hard to pick a winner here. I've been impatient waiting for each of these guys to get off the treadmill and actually move forward in their careers. It'd be huge for Finlay to suddenly go, in the span of a year from also-ran tag team guy to getting his first crack at Okada. It'd also be huge if Sanada finally overcame the long-simmering "Okada has his number" storyline, and chip away at his 1-8 record against the champ when the gold is on the line. I guess if I had to pick one of those stories to save for later, it'd be Sanada's. But seeing either of them choke right now is going to be tough. I'll go with Finlay to win, but this one could easily go either way.

Hiromu Takahashi vs. Lio Rush - Takahashi is defending the IWGP junior heavyweight title. Lio would be the first American champion 2012, and I believe he'd be the first ever Black titleholder. Oh, also Rush is from the Washington, DC, area, and New Japan is doing a show there on April 15, so that'd be cool if he could bring the belt to that event.

Hiromu is basically a cat and he is ecstatic that Lio is all quick and agile like another cat, so we've got ourselves a real cat battle. Big kitty cats slappin', uh, toebeans, I guess. This should be pretty crazy to watch. Hiromu likened his opponent to Will Ospreay, hearkening back to their epic rivalry, which is a mighty tall order. I sure hope they can live up to that.

I'm not convinced New Japan will do the obvious thing and put the belt on Rush for the show in his hometown. They're not dicks who would never do that, but they're also not Santa Claus doing nice things like that all the time. But if you ask me the junior division needs a little shaking up so I'm 100% down with making Lio Rush the man to beat for a while.

Kazuchika Okada & YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto vs. Mark Davis & Kyle Fletcher & Jeff Cobb - They're clearly setting up Bishamon (Yoshi/Goto) vs. Aussie Open (Davis/Fletcher) for the IWGP tag title. Fletcher pinned Yoshi during the tournament but then got eliminated by Goto, so that's kind of a wash. I'd have the Aussies pin one of the champs here to properly set up the title bout.

Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito vs. Aaron Henare & Great-O-Khan - Henare eliminated Shingo from the New Japan Cup in pretty big upset, so now he's gunning for Shingo's KOPW championship. I'm not even sure what the direction is for Naito (which is surprising) or Khan (which is not that surprising). I guess Takagi pins Khan here? Maybe?

Ren Narita & El Desperado & Toru Yano & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. EVIL & SHO & Yujiro Takahashi & Dick Togo - In February Narita, Despy, and Minoru Suzuki won the NEVER trios titles from Evil, Sho, and Yujiro. My hunch is that they're going to do a rematch, seeing as Evil eliminated Narita from the New Japan Cup. I'm not sure why Suzuki isn't in this match. If Narita's team can beat House of Torture here, I think that'll finally end the feud, but I get the feeling it's not over, so I'm picking House of Torture to ruin everyone's day.

Tama Tonga & Tomohiro Ishii & Tomoaki Honma vs. KENTA & El Phantasmo & Chase Owens - I though they were setting up Kenta vs. Ishii for the STRONG title, but apparently Minoru Suzuki is Kenta's next challenger. So now I'm not even sure why this match is booked. Maybe somebody on the Bullet Club side will challenge Tama for the NEVER title? Unless Finlay loses in the main event and settles for chasing Tama, I guess. No idea what happens here.

Zack Sabre Jr. & Kosei Fujita vs. Shota Umino & Ryohei Oiwa - Shota beat Sabre in the New Japan Cup, so they should be doing a match for the television title soon. Oiwa will probably lose here.

Hiroshi Tanahashi & Yuto Nakashima vs. Taichi & DOUKI - Oh man, I totally forgot Douki was in Taichi's new group. You'd think with a name like Just Four Five Guys I wouldn't lose track of how many guys are in it. Nakashima is a young boy so he really out to lose the match, unless they think Douki is a total joke, and actually that may be what they think really.

[whatyourusherthinks]

Reagan Review

Our theater isn't getting 1992. Our theater didn't get Young Woman and the Sea or The American Society of Magical Negroes either, despite the fact that all 3 movies we had posters for the longest time. AND YET WE GOT REAGAN. FUCK.

So if I haven't made clear hundred of times over, I'm not a conservative. In any sense of the word. I hate most of the Republican party, I think that most of their ideals are either stupid or incredibly dangerous (most both!). And I think it all started with Reagan. I hate "Reagan-nomics", I believe that he had Alzheimer's while in office, and I believe some of the most harmful American ideologies originate from him. So, no, I wasn't looking forward to this movie. I was just hoping it was funny bad.

What's The Movie About?

It's a biopic, about guess who. Reagan from the Exorcist. What? No, Buggnutz, Ronald Reagan! The 40th US President!

What I Like.

This movie is good actually. WHAT?! Yeah, I know. I'm shocked too. For starters, the story is actually told in a way that makes sense unlike several other biopics I watched this year. The set-up is pretty cool, basically an ex-KGB guy is telling a rising star in new Russian government about the fall of Communism. That's a pretty cool angle to take a Reagan biopic, and it's presented incredibly well. Not just in comparison to One Love and The Dark One, but just in general. It's pretty quickly paced, there's lots of cool sizzle reels of various world events happening as well as fun cinematography to keep things visually interesting. You're mostly just shocked that it makes sense, right? Yeah kinda. There's also some crazy shots I wasn't expecting, like Reagan foreseeing the nuclear apocalypse. Or kid Reagan's slow-motion baptism by Kevin Sorbo. Acting it pretty good as well, I admire the kid playing teenage Reagan. He was pretty good at the role. The story is a little batshit, but I still liked it. Dude, they claim that Reagan could see the future because he was a lifeguard. How can you not laugh at this? Plus he get a prophecy for his priest that he's gonna president. You're making that up. NOPE IT'S IN THE MOVIE. And it's pretty well made. Not just in the cinematography, acting, and pacing. The effects aren't too bad (except for the greenscreen. The greenscreen is god awful. I've seen a more real child grave in cartoons.) and the directing id pretty solid. True, there are some moments where they are clearly covering up something, the actor they have play Jimmy Carter not looking anything like the real Jimmy, but they do it in a way that gives the movie style.

What I Didn't Like.

So this movie is ridiculous. It does make it a fun watch, but unfortunately this is the dangerous kind of ridiculous, one that certain people are going to take way to seriously. Also, like the titular character, it's 90% full of shit. 90%? Mmm 95%. They completely gloss over certain more distasteful parts of presidency (AIDS Crisis, anyone?) and they make some questionable changes to events that happened. They claim the LBJ only won in a landslide against Reagan because he bribed the electorates. The worst case in my opinion is Nancy Reagan. Nancy Reagan in the movie is just a stick to prop up Ronnie. There's only the briefest mention of her "War on Drugs" and there's no mention of her involvement in the AIDS crisis. Neither do they mention she had the lead singer of the Sex Pistols killed! Roan that's from a NOFX song, not reality. Whatever. At least sometimes the questionable choices lead to funny moments, like Ronnie admitting to Nancy that he's "Damaged Goods" because he was divorced. Also all the accents are absurd and at one point pretty racist! And Dennis Quaid looks more like Nixon than Reagan most of the time.

Final Summation.

So yes, Reagan is good. Don't watch it. God Roan, can't you watch one movie without getting political? Hey, I think it is completely fair to talk about politics, considering the subject material. But my bigger problem is actually about the information presented about Ronnie. It's absolutely not a fair look at the guy's life. Which, honestly, I'd be okay with if it weren't for the fact that he's like the second face of a dangerous political group that is currently trying to strip everyone of their rights. Trump *vomits* is using old clips of Reagan in his campaign ads. It's a clip that they recreate in the movie. I just think that anyone who is genuinely looking for information of Reagan will be severely misinformed. So how about this instead: Only watch the movie is you are already 100% on who you're gonna vote for in November/are pretty much a member of one political party. People dead set in there opinions are either gonna like it because they agree with everything the movie says and this is just a well made movie about one of their political heroes, or they'll think it's so absurd that they can't take it seriously and will just enjoy a well presented movie.

[EDIT: Wait Dennis, am I in the 20% of critics who like the movie, or the 90% who just attacked it?]

[bersergner-blog]

Escape from Tombstone - Forefront Summary

STORYWORLD. [Online] Available at: https://www.storyworld.nl/en/storyworld-spotlight/the-art-of-loish

Loish (Lois Van Baarle)-

At the forefront of digital art I particularly see Lois Van Baarle. I made a concentrated effort in this project to modernise my art by giving it the levels of colour and warmth (especially in the skin-tones) that Loish portrays. I'm not quite there yet but it's added a lot to my characters.

PINTEREST. [Online] Available at: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/568649890452410168/

Streets of Rage 4-

At the forefront of the Beat 'em up genre is Strets of Rage 4. It looks and plays beautifully and the animations are buttery smooth. Mine of course aren't on that level but emulating their level of quality has lead to a huge leap in the quality of my own animation. Shoot for the stars as they say.

PINTEREST. [Online] Available at: https://in.pinterest.com/pin/sifu-vengeance-edition-playstation-4--854346991827558773/

Target Audience-

While my project resonates particularly with Millenials, especially the ones who grew up in Arcades, with some Gen X-ers have likely also been won over by the recent resurgence of the genre's popularity. So what do people expect at the forefront of the genre? Well SoR4 is definitely up there, as well as the recent surge of Capcom Arcade Beat 'em up re-releases, while in the 3D realm we also have Sifu. This leads me to surmise that Arcade nostalgia is making a comeback but modern audiences need more visual stimulation. A more modern, cinematic eye. Lighting, Colours, Camera angles, framing, etc. I applied these principles in my environments and lighting. I wanted to create memorable, cinematic set-pieces. Additionally the level of violence is no-longer a limiting factor as the recent Deadpool films have shown that R-rated is back in fashion. Another undeniable part of my Target Audience are potential employers I wanted to make sure I represent all skills expected at the forefront of Concept Art, which brings me to my next and probably most controversial part of the forefront:

AI-

AI and it's application was really pushed on us in this module. Of course as an Artist I was extremely sceptical and while I still despise it's impact on the art-world, I have found a way to apply it ethically. Essentially using it as concept-art for my concept art. The ability to create custom reference material is actually extremely useful. I tried Midjourney in particular and while it of course struggles with the typical pitfalls inherent to the technology, that's not really a problem when you treat it as a piece of reference material rather than the finished piece. It has most definitely made my work more efficient as any time I have a deadlock and can't find the right reference material I will throw a few prompts out and see if something kickstarts my creativity. Additionally this technology is not going anywhere. As much as photobashing was frowned upon and became part of the concept art process, so likely will AI. I'm certainly not pro-AI, but every technology has it's place of application and I believe if AI is used ethically it has a place. And as I said before, my target audience includes potential employers and at the very least an understanding of AI is expected in this day and age.

[legalownerofufoemoji]

Submas asks you say? I can offer some fun questions!

What are some of your favorite Submas headcanons that you've seen from others?

Do you have a favorite twin? Why or why not?

How did you discover the funny train lads?

(And this is more just for me lmao) Any upbeat/fluffy fic recs, or maybe you wanna write a short one?

Okay HMM this one shouldn't be too long of a ramble but we will see! (It ended up a little longer than I intended, my bad. No ficlet here, just rambles! If you want a ficlet, send me another ask with a prompt and I'll write one out :D)

Some of my favorite headcannons? Well I can't remember exactly what I've gotten from other people and what I have made myself, but I think I've said before I do REALLY enjoy Ingo (if not both Ingo AND Emmet) being HoH or even partially Deaf! As a Deaf person myself, and the fact that I view both the twins as HEAVILY autistic, I'd say they probably both have Auditory Processing Disorder already since it is heavily co-morbid with autism, but I also think I saw somewhere that somebody thought Ingo may be properly Deaf with actual hearing loss because of how much he yells! I relate because I also yell and talk very loud because it's difficult to hear myself. I'd like to think Ingo likely has damage to his hearing, perhaps from a train incident or maybe something to do with feedback from the PA system. I mean we all know the twins are very careful and cautious but they likely grew to be that way from multiple incidents over the years LOL

That was a big ramble for just one headcannon but I genuinely cannot think of any others that I've seen that I knowingly picked up from someone else? Though I'd LOVE for you guys to send me in asks about headcannons you enjoy and I'll tell you my thoughts on them !!

Favorite Twin though? MAN that's tough. That poll was going around recently and I am pretty sure Ingo won the votes, but I can't remember. I don't believe I have a favorite just because I like them both for a few different reasons, but if I HAD to pick? Emmet probably. I just think the specific type of trauma he went through with his twin brother and closest friend up and disappearing for god knows how long is a very, interesting type of thing to explore, as well as I relate to Emmet a touch more in the way he's shown in fannon as more blunt and sometimes even aggressive, I like putting my own headcannons onto him of him either having IED (an anger issue disorder I have) or just having SEVERE emotional regulation issues to the point where he likely gets set off way faster than Ingo. And if you take that idea and run with it, it also would just add to the stress of him trying to navigate life without Ingo to keep him in check. I'd like to think he grows a lot emotionally from it, but also it deeply hurts him, though after Ingo (possibly) returns, they are both slightly less codependent and VERY codependent if you look at it from different angles.

Like yeah, Emmet would have learned coping mechanisms to use on his own without his brothers assistance, and so he can be on his own and deal with over-stimulation and frustration without going off on somebody now, which Ingo is very proud of as that was a life long struggle of Emmets, but the way he was forced to learn in such a short period of time makes him inclined to not want to be alone if he can help it. On top of I know he would be verrrry clingy to Ingo when he returns, and Ingo would likely be the same, if not for missing Emmet but just clinging onto the little bit of his past he finally found, up until he properly gets his memories back if that is a factor in the equation.

So yeah, Emmet if I had to choose is my favorite but I really enjoy them both. They are a set, do not separate!!!

How did I discover them? That's actually a REALLY funny story, to me at least. I had already been aware of them in pokemon B/W, but I wasn't insane about the fellas, I just enjoyed gear station and Emmet made me want to die with the 50/100 battles won in a row AUGH. But when Legends Arceus came out, I started seeing a lot of art of some silly fellas I didn't recognize across my dash. The art was amazing most of the time if it was full pieces, but also the shitpposting really got my attention for how silly the twins just, look. Muppet men. So I went down the rabbit hole one day at like, 3 am, and much to my fiance's dismay, he woke up to me SPAMMING him with photos and art of the twins and infodumping about the lore and how "THERES A NEW GAME OUT I NEED TO PLAY IT RAAGH" (he has the game now and I've played it a little but I keep forgetting I actually don't really enjoy playing the pokemon games much, I just enjoy the lore) and then it spilled over into my work life, where I kept ranting about AUs as they were coming out (that future Emmet AU where he possesses his past self in an attempt to save Ingo? AUGH that one hurts so good, I need to write a fic about it) and now all of my friends and ex coworkers know me as the rando obsessed with pokemon men. Good times

And for fic recs, actually as unwell as I am about the twins I have not looked on ao3 or anything for fics??? Maybe it's because I'm a little scared of coming across something gross, I also get majorly squicked out about shipping the twins with other people just because it doesn't feel right in my brain, though theres a handful of exceptions (I really enjoy one of the AUs that Emmet and Elesa got together after Ingo disappeared and had a kid, only for Ingo to return very confused, that ones funny, though I do also heavily characterize that Emmet much differently than I do 'classic' Emmet)

But if you'd like to give me a prompt or just, something silly and domestic, I could TOTALLY write out a ficlet for you! I just, am in desperate need of ideas because for some reason I'm able to come up with nothing on my own right now (autism burnout ftw)

[reyettaclaven]

The prevalence of AI is so depressing, honestly.

Can I vent for a second?

I saw a post on a photo of a stupid AI-generated dinosaur-croissant saying something to the effect of, "AI won. Nothing can ever be impressive again." I've been chewing on that for a while. They're right, in a sense.

You know that dinosaur croissant isn't real, but maybe you can spend some time making something real. You do some trial and error and figure out you can make something that kind of looks like a little croissant-snail, with chocolate chips for eyes. It's lumpy, and imperfect, and the top of the shell got a little toastier than you would have liked, but you're proud of your work. You post it online. But anyone who believed the dinosaur-croissant was real can really only compare the two: your lumpy, bumpy, burnt kind-of-snail that you snapped with your phone at 10pm, to their glossy, perfectly layered and golden brown, majestic obvious-dinosaur with a pixel-perfect depth of field and the gentle glow of the morning sun shining through an interior-design-magazine's kitchen beyond.

That beautiful view you snapped a photo of while on your hike, the art you spent a week working on and years perfecting the style of, your pet with the cute marking that looks a little like a heart from the right angle, the video clip of you nailing a bottle flip into a cup that you spent hours practicing... it can be, and will be, and probably already has been, outshined by something someone made by typing ten words in a box and waiting a few seconds, that they can share with the whole world just as quickly. With AI becoming less and less visually flawed, it will be that much harder to distinguish that manufactured thing from reality, and that much easier to compare the two as though they are of the same cloth.

We all have ideas for things we think are brilliant, or clever, or worth bringing to life in some way in the moment we come up with them. How many of those ideas held enough water to make it to your thoughts again the next day, the next week? How many get real steps and effort towards coming into being? To being made into something real that can be recited, read, viewed, eaten, played, or used? In the age of AI, any of those ideas can be realized instantly with a few keystrokes. Sure, it can't make physical objects yet, but it can make poetry, and books, and things that pass as art, and things that pass as photos of physical objects. And in today's world, a picture of your finished work is worth more than the time spent making it.

Each of those fleeting ideas need not be seen to completion, because with the touch of a button, they can be artificially manufactured for a hit of instant dopamine and validation before you move to the next. You need not actually be clever. The machine will think for you. You need not practice your skills in baking, or sculpting, or painting. The machine takes the hard work out of the equation, and with it, your chance at learning such skills yourself, to use in your own life, to impress and delight the people around you.

Eventually, I feel as though we will grow tired of the novelty. AI is compared to reality, until reality stops trying to compete. Then, AI can only be compared to other AI creations. When everything is awash with impossible shapes and colors, and seeing a croissant perfectly shaped and posed like a dinosaur is no longer novel, you can't go back from that. You can't unsee that. The novelty will fade, and then where do we go?

The purpose of automation was supposed to be to make our lives easier. It was supposed to take the dirty, dangerous, and boring tasks away from us so we had more time and energy to do the things we enjoy. Crafting, painting, writing, expressing what makes us happy humans. But the AI to replace the creatives came first, and we're still waiting on the robot that will dig the ditches.

[sungbeam]

I’M BACKKKK only to see Changmin??? Smth fishy is going awn 🤨🤨/j

No but omg you took the words out of my mouth THE OBJECTIFICATION OF MYSELF AND MY OWN INSECURITIES HAS ME LOOKING AT MYSELF WITH A PROVERBIAL CAMERA AT NEAR ALL TIMES WITH DIFFERENT CAMERA ANGLES TOO AS IF I WAS PLAYING FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY’S WITH MYSELF MOVING FROM ANGLE TO ANGLE EINFITNUND

Also omg what do you feel abt the new album?? I love Delicious with my whole being 😭 BUT LIP SYNC AND DOOR HAVE A HOLD ON MY SANITY LIKE PHEW I HAVE LISTENED TO THEM AN UNHEALTHY AMOUNT OF TIMES ESP CAUSE THE VOCALS IN DOOR GO CRAZYYYYYYYY Sunwoo esp omg lord have mercy on my soul-

AND JACOB’S COVER OF CEILINGS- REAHHHHHHHHH 👹👹👹👹 I actually astral projected (esp since I was thinking of basing my first fic off of it for a bit now 😳)

Btw this might be random but for love in unity, do any of them have jobs? 😭 I KNOW THATS A WEIRD THING TO ASK BUT I ALWAYS WONDER HOW PPL MAKE MONEY TO PAY FOR GROCERIES AND STUFF WHEN I’M WATCHING TV SHOWS CAUSE IT’S LIKE, MAN, I NEVER SEE YOU LEAVE CAMPUS, OR YOUR HOUSE SO HOW CAN YOU PAY FOR GROCERIES OR RENT IN THIS ECONOMY 😭

Just a silly question lol and if they don’t have jobs, what job do you think they’d have? 🧐 Personally, I feel like Changmin would work at a Target KEHKFHKE he’s just giving those vibes yk? Chanhee gives off retail vibes fs while Sangyeon is giving home depot OH AND ERIC WOULD BE WORKING AT ONE OF THE HOTDOG STANDS THATS ALWAYS OUTSIDE THEM 💀😭 Canada bros would suit the library methinks, they would def be the type to work with kids in the summer programs or would help tutor 😌 I could also see Kevin working at a pet shop or a barista? 🧐 Haknyeon also gives off barista vibes though especially with his fluffy hair these days 😭🫶

Ok that’s enough for my little ramble this week LOLOL happy to see that you finally embraced your Changmin love 🤭 hope you have an amazing rest of your week! :D

(Also if you have any poetry recs then lmk hehe)

- Always and forever, love, 🌷 anon

he won 😔 i wanted out of the basement 😔 and this was the only compromise 😔 im sorry jacob i repent 😔 for my sins 😔

PLS NOT THE FNAF AHAHAHHAHAH BC SAME 🤡🤡🤡 ME FROM MY PROVERBIAL SECURITY ROOM QATCHING MYSELF AND YELLING DONT GO IN THERE U DUMB BITXH

omg honestly i absolutely love love love lip sync, eyes on me, and door like KWNFKSJDK R U SKIFIEBF KIDDING ME??!))<_] HEY . WHAT ABTNE MEU SANITY. HUH???? MY MIND IS NOT ANTIFRAGILE . it's doing things to me omg like i thought the simpery was bad before, but now 🤡🤣 oh boy 🤣🤡 also LOVE THAT FOR JACOB KING SHIT I LOVE ALL THE COVERS HE GETS TO POST CUZ YESSIR THATS MY HUSBAND 😭😭😭😭😭 (chxngmxn pay attention, u ARE THE SIDE HOE don't hurt me) OMG???? UR FIRST FIC???? HELLO HMU ONCE/IF U DO I'D LOVE TO SUPPORT U SKFJEOFJK unless ur uncomfy or shy tho i totally get it 🤧🤧 !!!

HELP ME 💀💀💀 I FORGOT THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE JOBS LMFAOOOO the only one who has a canonical job rn out of the boyz is jacob BAHAHAHHAH STOP. CHANGMIN AT TARGET AJZBDIDJFODJF THATS SO FKN FUNNY HELPMEBDKSNFKJD I AM NEVER LETTING THAT GO AND HELLO???? UR RELEGATING SANGYEON TO HOME DEPOT AHAHHAHAHAHAYYA KDNFKSJFJ IM SCREECHING WHE EZING YELLIGN ERIC AT THE HOT DOG STAND I— 💀😭 pls there r tears falling down my cheeks rn this is hilarious. low-key i think kev could make money via freelance photography and being an ✨influencer✨, and maybe get eric to coach little league baseball LMAO sangyeons prob making big boy money, and haknyeon will prob find SOME restaurant to work at tbh (i can't believe i forgot to give them canonical jobs 💀 i m never letting go of target worker changmin pls that is so funny) omg WAIT haknyeon working at the target starbucks in the same target as changmin 💀💀💀 IMAGINE TBZ!TARGET WORKERS ALCMLSMFKDJF IM CRYING

i did not embrace my love for him 😔😭🤧 I AM BEING HELD HOSTAGE, GASLIT GATEKEPT AND GIRLBOSSED BY A SQUIRRWL A TREE RAT A PLANT RODENT—

ANYWAYS HOPE UR WELL 🌷!! 💖 loved seeing u in my inbox as always :') mWAH

[jiselleeeeeeeeeee]

First dates with Luxiem ♡ (HC)

Author's notes: I suddenly had like a moment when my brain was like “It's time to write something” so here I am

General tags: Fluff!

Luca Kaneshiro ♡

Ok for some reason, I strongly believe that Luca is a fun loving outdoor date person. So I think Luca would be the type to ask you out for carnivals, music festivals and even theme parks :D

I personally think that Luca would try his best to match his outfit with you in terms of colour and aesthetic, and when you compliment his outfit, he would say “Your outfit is pog too! POOOGGG-”

Luca will definitely try to win every game possible to impress you, you can't tell me otherwise. So be prepared to go home with bags of prizes won by him :D

Of course, he would be a gentleman and offer to drop you home before he goes back (Unless one of you is staying overnight, but we'll save that for another time)

Luca would gladly be your photographer for the day and make sure that you have lots of photos to post after your date~ but you'll have to be patient and teach him how to take nice photos at certain angles 😌

Carnivals, so there will be food. Luca gives me the vibe that he WILL buy every food possible for the both of you, and when you can't finish, he'll probably offer to finish :""

Be prepared to be over-POGGED because this baby will go “POGGGGGGGGG” at everything he sees :3

Overall a fun and exciting first date, with lots of pog ♡

Vox Akuma ♡

Hear me out, Vox gives me the vibes of a very classic fine dining first date :O

He would sort out your preferences in food and book a really fancy restaurant in advance

Knowing Vox, he would probably tease you a little by repeating how cute you look in your outfit and how flustered you look when he compliments you

Besides dinner, I think he would be the type to also buy you flowers and a small present, like the “I think it looks good on you” kinda person

As much as Vox is pretty much a confident man who knows what he's doing, I think he would be pretty nervous. He would stutter every now and then and sometimes may need you to initial a topic to talk about :D

And I think he would be a little clumsy because he's nervous, he would probably accidentally drop the menu or stumble over something. You can't blame him though, can you :3

I think Vox would naturally offer to pay for dinner even if you said you don't mind splitting the bill. He would only agree if you keep insisting, but will probably buy you something else in return some other day :D

Vox would definitely drop you home, he insists! And he would only leave after seeing you reach your apartment or after you text him that you're home safe

Before leaving, Vox would probably steal a lil peck on your forehead or hand and say “Good night darling~” :D

Very romantic man and date, and of course, flirting ♡

Mysta Rias ♡

This man would probably attempt to ask you out to the arcade and make you pay 😃/j

Since Mysta is a indoor person, I think he would be the type to ask if you were comfortable having a stay at home date.

Of course if you weren't, he's totally fine with going to the arcade with you

As much as Mysta is unseiso on streams, I think he would try his best to stop himself from saying unseiso things on your first date, but it doesn't stop him from cursing loudly in arcades when he loses a game, or when he loses a game match to you at home :""

I think Mysta would be trying so hard to impress you, but would fail sometimes because he is so conscious around you :>

If you guys happen to be at home, Mysta will actually convince you that he can cook dinner, he will go like “Have faith in me ok, I am a chef, I played cooking simulator” This is a cue for you to calm him down and convince HIM to have food delivery :>

If you guys are outside, Mysta will probably ask you what you would like for dinner, and probably say that he does it better than the place you guys have dinner at 🤌

I really do think that Mysta is a very shy guy irl and he would struggle to ask you a lot of things, like if you wanted him to drop you home first

He's afraid that you might be uncomfortable having him to know where you stay, so unless you ask him yourself, he'll probably need a few more dates in order to gain confidence to ask you :<

Mysta would probably also be very shy about physical contact, so I think he would prefer if you would offer to hold his hand first rather than him making the first move :3

Overall, it would be a very sweet date, a little shy, but you'll have more time with him ♡

Ike Eveland ♡

I actually pondered for a long time for Ike, but I think Ike would bring you to a nice themed cafe, like a cat cafe for the first date

I think that Ike would actually be SO nervous for your first date, he would wake up really early just to get ready and would be there early :D

I think Ike would get super duper nervous when he sees you can will start going on and on

“You look so good today! Do you need help with your bag? Do you want to have a snack or drink? Do you...” sort of guy

Ike would probably admire you silently instead of directly confessing it, and he would take really nice and aesthetic photos of you when you're not looking :D

Ike would be very subtle about physical affection, he would take initiative to hold your hand, but he would probably only hold the tip of your hands :3

I think Ike would definitely want to pay for everything on the first date, but he would allow you to pay for some on subsequent dates, just not this time :>

I think compared to dropping you home directly, he would ask first “would you like me to drop you home? Or...”

Even if you said you can go home on your own, he would still accompany you until you get on the transport home. He would also text you/call you on your way home to make sure you are safe throughout the whole journey :D

Definitely makes you text him when you're home safe :D

It's a simple date, but it's definitely a wonderful memory ♡

Shu Yamino ♡

Greets you with “eYYYY baBy” when he sees you :""

Shu gives me the vibes of internet cafe date vibes

Although he has his own set up at home, he would still like to spend time with you irl playing games and snacking away at the internet cafe :D

If you are unfamiliar with the game, Shu would be more than happy to guide you along and sometimes even carry you through the game :D

And every time you make an achievement in the game, Shu would definitely say good job to you :D

Shu doesn't stop you from snacking, but would constantly remind you to drink water to avoid getting sore throat :3

I think Shu would be more of a “best friend vibes” boyfriend, and both of you are more casual and comfortable with each other

Shu would be willing to display physical affection first, but he would definitely ask if you were comfortable

Shu is totally comfortable with holding hands, putting his arm over your shoulders and lil surprise forehead pecks once in a while :3

Shu would probably want to drop you off, but if you insist that you can go home yourself, he would still accompany you, similar to Ike <3

Overall it's a really fun and simple date, and Shu would definitely ask you out for an internet cafe date soon ♡

[luveline]

Ahh Jade that James one was so cute 🥺 him being all soft and reassuring just hits me in the feels-

Though I couldn’t help but let the little Sirius lover in me sprout out when I was reading it. Reader expressing how her being shy makes her insecure, and him just responding with a snarky comment and then watching the TV again. Then him going all soft realizing that this is actually serious lmao and comforting her 😫 just a small thought no need to write a lil something if you don’t wanna!

no cos this is so sweet he’d have a little heart attack when he realises hes brushed you off 😭 i did write a little on how i picture this going down yes its self indulgent hurt/comfort once again

Sirius is half listening to you, distracted by the TV. You're not very offended, you know he's had a long day, know he doesn't really need all of this added on top. Only, he's your boyfriend, and you've had a long day too, and even half of his attention is enough to make you feel better as you vent to him. 

"Just wish I wasn't so shy, that's all. I wish I could- I could meet people. Make friends," you finish, rubbing your face into the soft material of his t-shirt sleeve. 

"Am I not a good enough friend?" he asks, faux offended, eyes still on the screen. 

You laugh under your breath. "You're my best friend," you tell him honestly. 

He works his arm around your shoulders and squeezes. You settle in, wanting to be as flippant as he is. It's right that he's a brilliant friend, but you really do wish you could make more. It gets lonely sometimes and you worry that there's something defective about you that keeps you from having these normal relationships. 

If I could just talk to people, you think to yourself, picking at your nails in your frustration, arms shaking. If I wasn't so timid. If I wasn't such a coward. 

Sirius shifts. Your eyes move to him on impulse and you're startled to find him watching you with concern.

"Does it truly bother you?" he asks. 

"Not really," you lie. 

His curls move as he tilts his head, angling his shoulders to look at you fully. You don't want to look him in the eyes and make this a bigger deal than it is but he's really looking at you, too pretty to ignore. 

He squints at you, unfairly long lashes pinching together. Then his face smooths and he sighs morosely. "Sorry for making a joke. I don't mean to minimise how you're feeling." 

"It's okay. It's fine. I wasn't being serious." 

He doesn't believe that lie, either. "If you really want to make friends, we can do that. You can do that." 

You scrunch up your face and tuck your hands between his thigh and yours to stop from anymore upset picking. "I can't," you say quietly. 

"'Course you can." 

"It's stupid for me to care. About this. I have you, I don't need anyone else." 

He rubs his palm over the curve of your shoulder, looking thoughtful. "I don't think it's stupid. I don't think you should be insecure about being quiet, but I don't think it's stupid to feel that way." 

You rub your face into the back of his hand. He turns his wrist, holds your cheek in his palm. You've trapped him and he doesn't mind, giving the apple of your cheek a soft squeeze. 

"It's not stupid," he repeats. "And everybody needs friends. It's fine to feel lonely, even though you know you always have me," he emphasises with a sweet upturn of his lips. 

"You're shy. You always have been. Doesn't mean a thing, yeah? Doesn't mean you can't make friends. Definitely isn't something you need to worry about being, sweetheart." He tugs you closer, his face pressed quickly into the side of yours. His pet name makes you smile, his touch makes it worse, and he knows he's won another round against your insecurities as he says, "You're perfect. Like this. My quiet girl." 

His lips are firm. He prints a slow kiss into your temple before pulling away, hand caressing your hairline, down to your jaw. 

"You're my best friend, too," he says, settling back into the sofa cushions. "In case you forgot."