#i like to think he finds someone who is just rather basic and ordinary in a sense. in his twisted eyes.. if a girl like you went missing

[endious]

what personality traits do you think are attractive to jeff? the fandom has such a big discourse CONSTANTLY abt the reader being all meek and shy or literally a menace- what do you think he’d prefer? (asking the jeff expert frfr)

ASKING THE JEFF EXPERT HELLOOOOO YOU FLATTER ME OACOOWCMWO BLUSHING N’ GIGGLING OVER THAT STOP ITTT

i think reader being a menace is too fucking chaotic for jeff to deal with. he’d just kill you painfully if you acted like a fucking lunatic constantly. but if you’re too meek and fragile he’ll grow bored of your constant obeying and crying the second he raises his voice and he’d kill you off quickly. there’s a balance to it, jeff’s picky when it comes to keeping a victim alive to entertain him. you have to have common sense. if he held a knife to your throat would you keep fighting back or would you calm down? it’s simple what the answer to that question is, really. he looks for someone that has a fire that wont go out too quickly but also someone that he can mold into the perfect doll because they just aren’t confident nor strong enough to fight back. he likes a challenge, not somebody that’s obnoxious or somebody that’s too weak to handle a few beatings before they’re already crumbling apart and aren’t salvageable (not that he’d try to put you back to together anyways. he’d leave you as a broken toy until you eventually died). you have to be relatively strong-willed to stand a chance surviving in the same home as jeff and if you cant take it? you’ll rot away like so many others before you have in that cold bedroom that smells of rotting wood, stuffy recycled air and cigarettes.

[ladyymiisa]

MONEY, MONEY, MONEY!

summary: your loving boyfriend who spoils you rotten!

tags: hawks x fem!reader, barista!reader, fem pronouns used for reader, fluff

author’s note: hi sexies!!! i literally can’t stop thinking about hawks spoiling his gf god i want him so bad

it’s no secret that hawks is rich. being a hero has not only given him popularity but also a paycheque that would make anyone’s eyes pop out if they saw the numbers on it. like, this man’s credit card is black. that’s how rich he is. and you’d think he’d try to display it, right? maybe by driving a really expensive car, like a ferrari or something, or by only wearing designer clothes.

haha, wrong.

for as wealthy as he is, hawks rarely spoils himself. perhaps he feels selfish to have all of this, despite how hard he’s worked for it. he tells himself that it’s because he’s too busy to actually relish in everything that he owns, that he has more important matters to focus on, but a part of him knows that they’re just excuses to make up for how hung up he is on the past.

the past of his criminal, alcoholic father and emotionally distant mother, the past of his abuse and how neglected he was. because of it, he can’t bring himself to actually enjoy the things others would kill for.

at least until he meets you.

he meets you and suddenly he finds a new purpose for his money, other than keeping it in his bank account to collect dust.

to spoil you, of course!

to me, hawks is more of a giver rather than a receiver and i will die on this hill. he loves to pamper you, shower you in the most expensive gifts known to man and take you on the fanciest dates. from designer shoes to jewellery that would cost you three years worth of rent, this man makes it his life mission to ensure that you only get the best of the best.

and at first, it all seems like too much. you’re just an ordinary civilian working as a barista, nothing special. you don’t consider yourself someone worthy of being hawks’ object of affection, but hawks, sorry, keigo makes sure to put a stop to those silly thoughts immediately. besides the expensive gifts, he also shows you daily just how much you mean to him, which is more precious than any pair of diamond earrings he could ever gift you.

for as busy as he is, keigo never leaves you hanging, no matter how busy he is.

showing up on your balcony late at night with a bouquet of your favourite flowers in hand if he isn’t able to visit you during your day shift, or washing the dishes for you if you’re too tired are some of the ways in which he shows his love.

and you grow greedy because of it. everything be damned, you slowly turn into a spoiled princess and it’s all his fault.

do you feel guilty about it? maybe just a little. but only because you no longer shy away from asking keigo to buy you stuff.

oh, look! a perfume you’ve been eyeing for a while just became available online? all you have to do is bat your eyelashes prettily at him and next thing you know you have a small package waiting by your doorstep the following day.

your favourite makeup brand dropped a new collection? surely he won’t mind if you get every product available.

hm? you’re still working at that coffee shop? well, not anymore! keigo can’t possibly have his pretty baby working herself to death when he’s right there to ensure that you’re living as comfortably as possible. after all, there’s no need for you to work! your rent is taken care of by him and his credit card is basically yours, so don’t worry your pretty head about such silly things! he’s got you covered.

but in the end, it’s not those gifts that make you fall asleep with a smile on your face at night. it’s his love that has your heart fluttering inside your chest whenever he gives you that boyish grin of his, it’s his love that leaves your cheeks feeling sore after he says such a horrible joke that you can’t help but laugh at. and keigo makes sure to shower you in his love every single day. he is a pretty generous man after all.

[honeycreammilkshake]

Yuji can finally have his own Human Earthworm with blobkuna haha

it seems to me that gege is really fond of metaphors and stories within stories, so i took a closer look at the human earthworm series that was given to us in the anime/manga and i found a lot of interesting things that, as usual, i'm going to turn into a sukuita essay. (sorry for the overly long rant coming up, anon ;-;)

the basic plot of the 4th movie is that an ordinary man is transformed into a half-worm, half-human creature by an evil scientist/doctor. the human earthworm manages to escape but is forced to hide from the outside world as he will be perceived as a monster because of his appearance. however, his hiding place also enables him to meet an animal rights activist who ends up falling in love with him. she is a very understanding, compassionate, and empathetic person (remind you of someone?) and although she is scared of him at first, she looks past his "monstrous appearance" to find the true person within, and he is ultimately more human than other humans are.

in the end, though, he is killed by the girl's friends, who only see a monster. before they attack him, though, she tells them that they will be the monsters for killing him.

this theme of the humans being more monstrous than the actual monsters themselves, such as in literature like frankenstein by mary shelley or the metamorphosis by franz kafka, is a theme used to invert and reframe the popular myths and stories of monsters both looking abnormal and being unnatural.

so... what does this mean in relation to sukuna and yuuji's story?

i think it's pretty clear that sukuna was perceived as monstrous from his birth onward. in historical japan, during the heian era, there was a lot of conflict between different religions and very rapid changes in culture and lifestyles as people began breaking away from chinese influences. this era is sometimes called the "golden age of the imperial court" because of the court's growing power and cultural prosperity, and a lot of this power resided with the Fujiwara clan who had intermarried with the imperials. however, for the majority of ordinary people, this era saw a lot of suffering, hardships, low quality of life, and a high infant mortality rate.

sukuna was born into this starving world and would have died had he not eaten his twin in the womb. but he was unwanted and unwelcome from the moment he was born. i've written this before (so i'm sorry if it's getting a bit repetitive) but i think a lot of fans don't realize how much more demanding and cruel life was during this time (compared to modern day japan) in terms of life expectancy and quality. and those factors shaped sukuna into what he is, or at least make up a part of his becoming a monster.

in sukuna's own words his existence itself is anathema. the literal definition of this is "vehement disliking" and is a synonym of abhorrent. in religious usage it means "exclusion from the society of the faithful because of heresy" and it is described as being "cursed."

sukuna was perceived as being a curse before he even became cursed objects. whether or not he was born with extra limbs and/or lots of cursed energy, he was still seen as something unnatural and inhuman.

in other words, his unusual appearance and origin is monstrous to others. and i think he took this to heart and decided to just go with it, because he refuses to be seen as human by anyone even though he was in fact born one. he would rather be feared and despised as an imaginary demon than treated like a real person who was essentially cast out of the normal world.

but yuuji doesn't treat sukuna like just another monster in the end. instead, he offers him such selfless acceptance and honest empathy. and i don't think sukuna can take something like that.

sukuna is very aware of his own nature. he seems really proud to be an unfeeling, indifferent entity of chaos.

hm.....

lots of thoughts on this one panel alone. but i'll try to keep my ideas short. i believe that sukuna embraced what others saw as his "cursed nature" and became the strongest so he could be above all the hatred and ignorance that made others perceive him as being a monster. so he matched his actions to what people feared from him.

he became the monster so he could look down on those same people and also so he could isolate himself from ever being affected by those feelings again. after all, those others are nothing more than weak prey who shouldn't lament their own suffering, just like he shouldn't lament being seen as cursed from birth on. just like he claims he isn't lonely because only the most selfish can be on top.

but still. people want to destroy him for just being the role they more than likely forced him into. he never became more than what people saw him as, and yet they still hate him.

he claims to be above that hatred, but i think it might actually get to him. while else would he reflect so much on it during his fight with yuuji. yuuji, who he lived inside of, who he looks down on for being "weak" because he is far too emotional and caring for others, yet that's one of the biggest reasons for yuuji's strength. strength sukuna tries to undervalue because he can't stand the idea that strength can ever be compassionate as well.

yuuji hates sukuna's ideals and his indifference to the value of life. but he still accepts sukuna. he sees past the monstrous appearance and realizes sukuna was made into a monster by chance. what if someone was there for him, like wasuke was there for yuuji? even though wasuke still pushed yuuji away and was all that yuuji had, he still kept yuuji tethered to being a good person and caring for others. wasuke served as both a lesson in what not to become and a reminder for yuuji to realize the importance of life.

sukuna probably didn't have that, or if he was given that chance, it was far too late for him.

yuuji actually wanted to live with sukuna. he wanted to the animal rights activist to sukuna's worm monster, but in the end, sukuna chose death.

the humans killed the monster they made, yet again. sukuna would rather live and die as a curse than be anything different. yuuji loved him even as a worm, but sukuna couldn't take it.

and yuuji looks so heart-broken and disappointed for it.

also. i didn't notice this until now. but yuuji cradles sukuna's remains so so gently... in the hand that looks monstrous.

monster to monster. yet yuuji was so tender. he didn't seek to mock sukuna. instead, he said that they were the same. that sukuna is him.

yuuji was created for the purpose of housing sukuna inside of him, for being his vessel. he was made into a "monster" but instead of letting that turn him into something evil, he used his abilities to save other people. and he even wanted sukuna to come back to him!!!

again, i'm sorry for making this into yet another paper-long incoherent rant. i probably should have stuck to my original reply which was "sad we couldn't see their halfling children ;-;" but then this happened instead. thank you for bearing with me if you read through the mess of my thoughts. ty for your wonderful ask anon <3

[thenightfolknetwork]

im worried i might have ruined my friendship with my best friend?? we've known each other since we were little and we've always been close, when i got turned he was the first person i told and he's been SO supportive. he's a member of the community (though he wasnt turned, he was born into his genus) and he introduced me to all his creature friends and really made me feel welcome.

but then, here's the thing. we were hanging out the other night and i guess one thing led to another and i kind of ended up…. feeding on him. he asked me to!! he was really into it and so was i... at the time.

but the next morning…. idk it was just weird. everything was so awkward. we havent spoken about it since and i dont know what i should do. i dont mind if he doesn't want to do it again - it was fun, but not fun enough to ruin a friendship over. only now im worried we might have ruined the friendship already… what should i do??

I think you may be jumping the gun here rather, my dear. I don't see anything in your letter to suggest that you've already ruined the friendship. This is certainly a complicated and delicate situation, and you will need to navigate it with kindness, honesty and respect. But it is navigable, and I have every faith in your ability to find a way through.

Feeding on another person is naturally a very intimate experience. This is especially true when one feeds for pleasure rather than need, as seems to have been the case here.

But intimacy is a part of friendship. Who you speak to about this problem or that, who you share this secret with, who you hug upon meeting and who you kiss on the cheek, whether or not you feel comfortable sharing a room or a bed – these are all questions of intimacy, and are an ordinary part of any friendship.

The details of this situation are, of course, different. The physical intimacy of direct feeding is compounded by the emotional intimacy of being so open about your liminal nature, all mixed up with the profound importance this friendship has for you. But the basic steps are the same.

Take some time to reflect on your own feelings. Give yourself permission to be entirely honest. It's alright that you enjoyed yourself. It's alright if you'd like to feed on your friend again. And it's alright if you don't! There are no correct answers here – only honest ones.

Once you're clear about what you want, you need to talk with your friend. Arrange a time to meet somewhere that you'll both feel comfortable, and let him know what you want to talk about. This isn't the sort of conversation you want to spring on someone without warning.

From there, you need to listen carefully and work together to find a way through. It may be an awkward conversation, but better one awkward conversation than letting your silence swallow this friendship entire.

[For more creaturely advice, check out Monstrous Agonies on your podcast platform of choice, or visit monstrousproductions.org for more info]

[petermorwood]

DD mentioned that you designed the Gonne in Terry Pratchett’s Men At Arms, so I just have to say thank you for creating one of the most plausible but terrifying weapons for that world!

NB, I did NOT design the "Gonne" (from "Men At Arms") - that's Terry's very own, and it's a gunpowder weapon based on the Harmonica Gun. (Look it up.)

Yul Brynner carried one in the spaghetti Western “Adiós, Sabata”, and - given the presence and plot relevance in MAA of a musical watch like the one in “For A Few Dollars More” - the Sabata movie may well be where Terry saw it.

Read more in this post from 4 years ago, waaay down near the bottom, including the vexatious problem of a writer carefully concealing what the McGuffin / Plot Device is, then having all that subtlety wasted by an artist (Josh Kirby in this instance) who paints it clear, distinct, and obvious on the cover...

(According to The Annotated Pratchett File, Terry didn’t mind. That was the official position, anyway...)

*****

What I designed was the prototype Spring-gonne / One-shot.

Terry and I were sitting in the convention bar and he described something he was thinking of for another book (which became ”The Fifth Elephant”). I mentioned the Wel-Rod sleeve gun designed for SOE.

This was basically a huge silencer built around a one-shot firing mechanism, carried hidden up a coat-sleeve on a rubber lanyard.

A jerk of the arm sent it down into the hand, the weapon was pressed tight against the target and fired (unnoticed in ordinary street noise), then the rubber cord whisked it back out of sight while the assassin walked away from someone who’d apparently tripped over their own feet...

It was meant ONLY for stealthy contact-range assassination, so was exactly the sort of "not-for-threat-just-for-killing" weapon he had in mind and which Vimes so dislikes.

Terry got very interested, explained that it couldn't be a gunpowder weapon and after a few more questions from me ("does Ankh-Morpork have a tech level that can make helical springs?" was one), I got a pen and some paper napkins and sketched a few designs.

They were based around the telek spring-guns in my own books, weapons to fill that inconvenient across-the-room distance between sword and bow and which, as described, have a very satisfying pump-action threat gesture - at least if the hero using them has two working arms...

The original version of the One-Shot was like a bicycle pump from the Dark Side - pull out then puuush in to cock it, turn one way to lock, muzzle-load a bolt and turn the other way to shoot. What finally appeared in print was rather different ("for reasons of Plot" as Terry told me much later; for instance the version in “The Truth” no longer enclosed the bolt so Mr Pin could light its incendiary tip) though I can still read the ancestry of the first scribble in its description. :->

I've still got one of them but have no idea where (try finding a single sheet of crumpled napkin in a house with two writers!); it’s something like this:

[zac--zappy]

🆅🅴🅻🆅🅴🆃🆃🅴 × 🅲🅰🆁🅼🅸🅻🅻🅰 (♂️)

They are certainly a problematic couple, based on Velvette teasing Carmilla and Carmilla frustrated giving in to provocations.

However, I see a lot of potential tenderness, once an effective relationship is made.

🗡️ `📱⇢︎ #Velmilla

It's Carmilla who has the gender change, I see her better.

Velvette is the kind of person who takes what she wants, she doesn't care if he's a powerful man who can't stand her, after all it's not like she imagines she wants more than one fuck.

‌I don't even know how to get it started, because the only thing I can think of is that during the song, when they come face to face, both times, Velvette feels like she's lost her breath, for some reason she scrambles him from head to toe, finding him attractive despite the prying words he just formulated.

‌So, confused, she decides to leave the scene, especially after the debate, returning to the tower with the mood under her shoes and the desire to make someone, but not someone by chance, she realizes it when among all Valentino's sluts she does not find a single person to her liking and doing it alone she finds herself thinking about that Hispanic Carmilla, paralyzing herself in frustration after coming fantasizing about him.

She wonders how the fuck is possible, he's never liked bigger men, not to mention that he in particular is on her nerves. Look to Valentino for advice.

‌Really bad choice, she asks him how it is possible that sexual tastes can change suddenly, but he answers something like a fucking dog, with vulgarity, but maybe he also hints at something logical and credible.

‌❝ Let's say it can vary, from how the said person treats you, from the physique or body language, we can say that sexual appetite is extremely subjective and instinctive, you can't control it, it's your arousal that slams you in the face that you have no choice you would like to fuck yourself on ❞.

Val doesn't say anything out of the ordinary, he basically tells her that if she wants to get someone she shouldn't have any problems and go for it.

‌❝ Hey, Come on... You're one of the three V's, do you want to come and tell me that this asshole isn't dying to be inside you? Should I gouge out his eyes and give him new ones?! ❞.

‌As Val begins to get caught up in her ego, she sighs, thanking him more or less, going off to work without having understood much about the situation, only somehow, she wants and needs to have a night with that arms dealer.

‌She tries to get away with it, thinking about something else, working, trying to fuck someone, but her head always comes back to him, from the exciting smell she smelled when they were close, to his hands squeezing her, to his voice that could take on a Spanish accent at any moment.

‌But how do you organize a fuck with a person with whom you have been fighting for less than two days? Simple!

‌YOU HAVE TO BLACKMAIL HIM WITH SOMETHING OF HIGH RELEVANCE!

‌So, having used a Vox contraption as a bug camera, she too is aware that he was the one who ended the exorcist's life and rather than make this information a step forward in the war against heaven, she uses it to approach Carmilla and ask to be received, she alone.

‌Carmilla, although wary, accepts, finding himself face to face with the demon of social media, who immediately reveals her cards, saying she knows what he did and why, leaving him stunned and without aces to play.

‌❝ What do you want from me? ❞.

‌ “ Nothing that any sinners wouldn't want ”.

‌ Carmilla doesn't understand, Velvette sighs, pinching her own nose desperately, heading to his side of the table. Suspicious and angry, he immediately gets up from his chair, but a second later he finds himself pressing his hands on the desk to avoid bumping into our faces, having been pulled by the tie.

‌❝ What the heck ?! ❞

‌ Carmine realizes he's on top of her, her ass sticking to his own cock, leaving him shocked and perplexed.

‌She is so small that she almost disappears under him, who just doesn't know what to say.

‌“ I want this, Mr. No War, or have you forgotten how to do it? ”

‌❝ No way ! ❞ He pulls himself up but, suddenly, Velvette brings him back to the desk, rolling his slender legs to Carmine's hips, again towering over her figure.

‌ “ Do you really want to risk your daughters for a ride ? ”

‌He gnashes his teeth, bringing up his daughters was the right move, and so he starts in fifth, throwing his hands at her hips to put her at ninety, but being stopped by a little kick that throws him back on the chair.

‌“ Take it easy sample ”. Velvette moves his chair closer to the desk before plunging onto his lap and running her fingers from chest to throat, while laughing, pinching his cheek.

‌“ I want you to give me your best, if I'm not satisfied I might as well reconsider my offer of silence, so avoid that disgusted face and stick your tongue out, now."

‌He reluctantly sticks out his tongue and she immediately runs her tongue over it, sucking it before actually kissing him, while she plants her fingers in his shoulders and he clings to his chair, his nails clawed to the arms of the same, shaken and out of shape in the context.

(as he hasn't had sex in years, busy with his own business and the responsibilities that come with his every choice).

‌Velvette flusters as she hears the guttural moan rising from his throat as she unrolls her tongue into his mouth, but gets irritated that his hands couldn't be in a worse place, not on her.

‌She snorts, "Put those fucking hands on me."

‌Despite the opposition, Carmilla can't lie to himself, he realizes that he feels a confusing mix of anger, chaos and excitement, but he also feels wanted, not to mention the fact that Velvette is not ugly at all, quite the contrary.

‌So he resigns hisself and slides his hands behind her back, continuing the kiss, but V is not satisfied, she wants more and takes it, placing his hands on her own butt while she starts to sway the same, looking for some interesting reaction from the man.

‌The situation is getting complicated, at the moment they don't have the right physicality, but it doesn't matter. He tells himself that the sooner he does it, the sooner she'll leave, so when Velvette goes to his neck he teases her nipples, inducing her to take the next step, which is to slide between his legs as soon as she senses Carmilla's daughters coming.

‌Now on the ground she rubs her cheek against his member through his pants, when his daughters enter he panics giving her an excited look; He tries to hold her by putting a hand on her face, covering it all. But she is not easy to restrain and taking Carmine's hand she gives us a slow, eager lick, meandering her tongue between his fingers.

‌The daughters talk but it's as if he doesn't exist, now provoked and exasperated, feeling Velvette's lips on his own length and then a light bite on his thigh. He almost gasps.

‌Somehow the man gets rid of his daughters and as soon as they come out, he pulls Velvette to her feet with blue fur, but remains seated.

‌❝ What pops into your head?! ❞ In response, she snorts and points to his very visible erection.

‌“ Stop preaching daddy, is it really that exciting to be discovered by your daughters ? Pervert... ”.

‌He can't help but look away, frustrated, feeling like his own executioner.

‌❝ N-It's not me... Is it you ❞

‌Velvette smiles mischievously, placing her hands on his knees. “ I... Do you want to tell me that I'm good enough to make you hard unwillingly ? ”.

‌He growls but before he can open his mouth Velvette starts with another kiss, suddenly ripping off the front of his bodysuit and then unbuttoning his shirt, being able to admire his muscles and fiddle with his pecs and abs.

‌Carmilla acts indifferent but by now it is clear that a part of him wants her, so while she enjoys teasing him, Carmilla grabs his face and kisses her, Standing up only to turn her around and make her feel it against her back.

‌ Velvet suddenly shudders, for the first time since the beginning of that game she is not in charge. This is particularly exciting.

‌ Camilla starts by taking off her fur, running his hands along her back, moving her hair around so she can admire her better.

‌ Velvet, for her part, lies completely on the man's desk, dangling her hips to encourage him to continue.

At this point, Carmilla tears off the upper part of his bodysuit, already crumpled In any case, being able to comfortably take off his pants up to his thighs, grab Velvet by the thighs and place her on the desk in such a way as to leave her with her legs dangling.

‌She protests that she can't do much.

‌ Carmilla places a hand on her back, helping to remove her pants and underwear. It's not long before the actual sex begins, and neither of them knows what to say anymore except panting.

FROM HERE ON YOU CAN IMAGINE..

Art by @hawkeyyee

[the-original-skipps]

I desperately crave for a trope where the reader heavily despises Suo because he's basically the embodiment of perfection, and perfection is literally what reader hates the most.

She thinks people who portrays themselves in such way is nothing more than an illusion because underneath that perfect facade is nothing more than an individual who fears no one would accept them for their flaws. Reader thinks Suo is a coward for not embracing his true self, but there is also a theory that perhaps Suo is simply the perfect man everyone makes him out to be. He doesn't find the need to hide much things (aside from the reason why he wears an ugly-ass eyepatch) because Suo genuinely seems like the type of person to understand his flaws, embrace them, and reflect on them to become a good person.

But, that is what makes the reader hate him EVEN MORE. She despises how everyone praises his name. She despises how everytime he speaks, the room would be quiet so they could hear him. She waits for the day where he would make a mistake and be punished, just so he won't be this perfect person anymore.

Until arrived the day he DID make a mistake. Suo fell in love with the reader.

An ordinary girl who has probably made more memories in her head rather than reality.

An ordinary girl who could disappear from a crowd without being noticed.

An ordinary girl who never wishes for more because she's naturally always given less.

Suo, being the teasing master that he is, treated the reader as someone nothing more but a plaything to make fun of. Someone he could bully in front of his friends. Being Suo, he is certainly aware of the hatred reader bares towards him.

He was alright with it at first, after all, you're nothing special. The more he knew about reader and her past traumas, the better he understood.

It makes sense why reader would hate him, and it was slowly starting to hurt. Soon, he started to see himself the way reader sees him. He realized that being perfect is what makes you a very flawed person.

The reader and Suo are stuck between this one-sided love/one-sided hate relationship.

Suo started teasing Reader less, but instead, treated her with unconditional love and care. He wanted to fulfill what the world has failed to give her, even if she pushes him away plenty of times.

His perfection is what made her hate him, but her flaws is what made him love her.

WOW thank you for sharing this with me 🤍 you literally wrote an entire one shot plot hahaha I LOVE LOVE THIS TROUPE really reminds me of a shoujo manga reader be like

reader: I hate the way that you talk the way that you walk I hate the way that you dressー

suo: :D

enemies to lovers? hehehe

[saintmeghanmarkle]

Pat McAfee on his ESPN talk show really sticks it to Harold for the Espy Award by u/Von_und_zu_

Pat McAfee on his ESPN talk show really sticks it to Harold for the Espy Award In case anyone still wonders what ordinary Americans think about Harold, here you go. Pat is a former NFL player and is, in my opinion, represents rather well the views of mainstream and everyday Americans. Link to the videohttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/sport/video-3221775/Video-McAfee-disapproves-Prince-Harry-receiving-Pat-Tilman-Award-ESPYS.html​https://preview.redd.it/t5bsu61cse9d1.png?width=1042&format=png&auto=webp&s=fac9c06059f9ddd092f97f82b665d747c025d7f9Here is the DM article that goes with it. https://ift.tt/ak4OWdt lot of conversation about Pat Tillman's name. American hero... Now there’s an award named after him, as there should be in the sports world because that is somebody who is the definition of selfless,' McAfee said at first. 'It's going to Prince Harry, who I don't even think is a prince anymore... He said don't call me that,' McAfee then quipped in a subtle dig at King Charles' estranged son, later adding: 'See, why does the ESPYS do this sh*t?'After 'Boston Connor' - a member of the cast on the Pat McAfee Show - described Prince Harry's nomination for the award as 'probably the most embarrassing thing I've seen in my entire life,' McAfee questioned whether the ESPY Awards' committee even did its homework on its candidate search in the first place.'When you do something like this, you know the immediate reaction from humans and sports fans and like people with common sense and brains is going to be like ''Hey, don't be putting our f***ing guy with that guy,' McAfee said before sharing his perception of Prince Harry, who founded The Invictus Games and served in the British Army.'I don't know anything about him except for the South Park episode and what I've learned from the Crown. 'But like did his people know like ''you publicly put me up for this award. You're just asking basically ever person that considers themselves American and saying ''this is bulls***'''. Especially at a sports award type of thing... I assume he knew that. They didn't expect that?'**A second member of McAfee's cast on-air - Ty Schmitt- also added fuel to the fire on Friday, calling the ESPYS Awards 'a gimmick.''It's like you couldn't find an active US military member or someone who can't serve anymore because of something they did while serving, Schmitt further said. 'There are probably hundreds, if not thousands of people who they could have found who could have benefitted from this award. But instead let's give it to Prince Harry...' Replying to his buddy's point McAfee suggested to just 'make up' an award for Prince Harry. 'How about it's like ESPY for royal family member who doesn't want to be called ''royal family member'' who loves sports,' he said.​ post link: https://ift.tt/IePjCU0 author: Von_und_zu_ submitted: June 29, 2024 at 02:59AM via SaintMeghanMarkle on Reddit disclaimer: all views + opinions expressed by the author of this post, as well as any comments and reblogs, are solely the author's own; they do not necessarily reflect the views of the administrator of this Tumblr blog. For entertainment only.

[ornii]

Stranger things gang (as many as u can cause there is alot of main characters lol) with a male reader who is like Charles Xavier including with his abilities.

Thanks and have a great day

An interesting Concept, I’ll definitely give it some headcanons. Hope these suffice!

Mike

Mike Being the self proclaimed leader of the Group, took it upon himself to make first contact with the “alien.” You obvious We’re Not an alien but that didn’t stop him.

After explaining to him and the others that for the most part you’re fairly normal, basic parents, lousy school and nothing out of the ordinary, you know besides being able to read minds, Mike was much more, calm about being around you.

He consistently would ask you to read his sisters mind to dig up dirt just to make fun of her, you sometimes just made things up so Nancy wouldn’t be so pissy about it all.

Eventually, once you gained his trust he finally introduced you to Eleven, someone who has powers oddly similar to yours. He asked you to help her with being more, normal with powers, and you gladly accepted, finally being able to talk to someone who knows how you feel.

Dustin

Dustin was the most excited and absolutely terrified at the same time. He’s only seen Eleven and what she can do, but a somewhat competent teenager with the powers to scramble his brain like eggs?

He constantly pesters you with questions about how your powers work and wether you can control minds or not. “Can you tell what I’m thinking?” “Can you tell what they’re thinking?” Questions upon questions, obviously you indulged him.

Eventually he’d want to test your powers to see if you can throw things or compare them to a guy called “Professor X” from the X-men. A comic hes been totally into. You joke about it but clearly tell him that you aren’t shaving your head and getting in a Wheelchair.

He’d ask if you can talk to people via telepathy and beg for you to try and talk to Suzie, who you assume might or might not be real.

Lucas

Lucas was, rightfully so, not the biggest fan of you when you were introduced by Steve. That was after he explained you had powers too.

Lucas hated Jane when she first arrived and eas cautious of you, asking if you ask had random people after you, and obviously wasn’t as friendly, you tried to make small chit chat but he wasn’t up for it.

Lucas’ issues were quickly resolved when one day he was riding his bike, and he swerved to avoid hitting a car and was tumbling down a hill, before he can reach an unfortunate fate, he suddenly began to float, as you used your powers to make sure he was safe.

After that, he apologized for how he’s treated you, and you obviously put it in the past.

But, sometimes he’d use his slingshot to shoot rubber balls at you and you stop them with your mind, just to make sure you’ve still got your skills.

Will

Will was the oddball out of the group, funny enough.

He was much more friendly with you at first, I suppose maybe you both had more in common than you expected.

Will invited you to DnD games, letting you play a character, the Legendary Dark Make Azathoth, the foolish god.

Reading Wills mind you find out about how he really feels about Mike, and you didn’t ask or put him, rather you never told him and just decided to be the best supporter than you can for him. Maybe one day he’ll tell you but that isn’t your choice it’s his, and you always respected it.

Jane (Eleven)

Mike Introduced you to Eleven and it was awkward for you both. You never met another like you and you first asked about her powers.

You showed off how you could read her mind, show her things and levitate, much like she could, she finally found someone who was “Different” like her.

You started assisting her with moving things with her mind the same way you do.

You got really worried when you first saw the blood leak from her nose and panicked, but she reassured you she was fine, but you never really took your eyes off of her, just to make sure.

Reading her mind showed you everything, the Hawkins Lab, Meeting the Party, Saving will, and more importantly, The Demagorgon

Max

Mad Max was the last you met, as she had an older brother around your age that hated you guys for, whatever reason.

When you did bump into her after being interrogated by Dustin About your powers, you fiddled around showing how you read minds and can scramble them.

She asked you to scramble Billy’s but you talked her out of it.

But after meeting Billy, getting into an argument and then calmly using you powers to slam him onto the roof, calmly telling him to never harass Max or anyone ever again.

Needless to Say he never bothered you again, and you secretly became Maxs favorite Weirdo

[fictionadventurer]

Ages ago, I talked about a portal fantasy idea I had, titled Lily Between Worlds. The premise was that a girl fell into a portal fantasy world, but didn't fall into any adventures. She just had to settle into ordinary life there and wait for a portal to open up to take her home. Except no portal ever showed up, and it's not likely one ever will. She's getting older, and the family she's staying with can't support her forever. So she has to consider settling down--namely, marriage. Which is a huge deal because starting an adult life here means she's giving up on any chance of going home. Plus trying to find someone to marry when you're literally from different worlds is difficult.

It never moved much beyond that initial premise, because I couldn't develop the world or the characters. But it's been coming to mind again, and I have some ideas for worldbuilding that would offer some more detailed plot possibilities, and I want to talk about it before I lose it completely.

The first breakthrough came with the idea that I could adapt an idea from my Lost Library universe as the basis of the worldbuilding. Centuries ago, some calamity caused large hunks of land to break off and float in the sky. This broke up societies and left the people on these landmasses isolated from each other for a long time, and they're only recently coming back into contact with each other. It's useful for Lily's story, because we can say the calamity that fractured their world also opened up fissures to other worlds, and some people here are aware that people sometimes fall through from our Earth.

The other key idea is that this world is dangerous. The calamity that broke the world also caused a population explosion of various chimera-ish beasts, many of which attack humans. Society is built around the fact that we need to be able to protect people from these beasts. Women and children need to be protected, because the monsters go after the weak. Men are expendable and need to defend women and children--but women also need battle skills because it's dumb not to know how to defend yourself. There is also a lot of competition over resources--I'm not sure what, but maybe one of them is the same energy that caused the fracturing and can be used to power technologies. Things have settled down in recent centuries and they've come to a level of civilization (I'm thinking Regency-ish) where you can have classes and trades not totally devoted to survival--but those survival skills are still highly valuable.

Lily is not adventurous. She's a very quiet artistic type who heard about all the dangers of this world and decided she was never going to step outside alone. She's spent the last few years in the household of a scholar who's fascinated with Earth. He's got a few kids several years younger than her, and she settled in among the children, focusing on learning the language and the basics of this world. But now she's come of age and has to enter the adult world. Even though she's been in this world for years, we still get the portal fantasy sense of discovery because she's learning all the details of the culture surrounding courtship and adult responsibilities. This is a domestic fantasy, focused on the interpersonal relationships and the culture of this specific place. No world-changing quests, just characters interacting. At most, a few monster attacks to liven things up.

The story would focus on Lily's attempt to find a husband. She works with a young matchmaker-in-training (who thinks she's from some distant floating island rather than another world) to find good candidates. It's tough because Lily has no family ties here and outsiders are suspect. She's got a lot of the feminine skills this society values, but has zero combat ability--a major handicap when a good wife has to be able to protect the children from monsters. This world values beauty, social status, and strength. Lily's got the first and needs a husband who can provide the other two (and is willing to overlook her lack).

We can use the suitors to explore different facets of this world and Lily's personality. A good partner needs to be similar enough that they can connect, but different enough to draw Lily out of her comfort zone; he needs to draw out her good qualities without reinforcing her flaws. She could interact with a lot of different men, but four types are coming to the forefront as potential husband material.

The scholar: A young man who works with the scholar who houses Lily. Fascinated by Earth, knows Lily's true history. He and Lily casually get along, but don't quite gel. (He treats her a bit like a science experiment, for one thing). He doesn't have much strength to protect Lily, but he's got a decent status (enough that his family would want him to marry better than Lily). He would be the safe choice, allowing Lily to more-or-less remain the same woman she is now.

The warrior: An ideal catch by this world's standards. Very high status, excellent combat ability. Already has several heroic achievements. Socially awkward enough to need the help of a matchmaker to attract a wife. He and Lily share almost no interests, but her dynamic with him would force her to confront her own prejudices about this world--just because he's a fighter, it doesn't mean he's brainless or has no feelings. Could really draw Lily outside her comfort zone, but maybe too much so.

The explorer: A man who has spent the last several years exploring far-flung floating isles and has only recently returned home--to a lot of rumors and distrust. He's got strength, but almost no status; he's scandalous to this neighborhood. Lily likes his travel stories, and he believes her tale of being from another world--he's seen portals before. They get along well enough, but he's as adventurous as Lily is cautious. He says he wants to settle down, but he's not the type to be happy with an ordinary life. A life with him would be either a life here under the cloud of scandal, or a life of dangerous travel. But he would draw out Lily's adventurous side and introduce her (and us) to more details of this world.

The artist: A man who's working on some project for a high-status person in the neighborhood. He and Lily connect most on a personal level, sharing a love of art. He's got a middling sort of status, and is a weakling. Perhaps he's disabled from some monster attack; it would explain why he'd been allowed to take up a sedentary (and frivolous) trade (though if that's the case and she *doesn't* choose him, it could look like we're reinforcing this society's idea that he doesn't deserve to marry). He would be sort of like the male version of Lily; they would connect very easily, but he wouldn't push her to grow.

At the moment, the explorer is most compelling as endgame, though I can see potential in the warrior and artist as well. The interactions with all four can shape her character. There'd also be subplots of other monster attacks and political/social conflicts happening in the background of this courtship.

I'd probably have to end the story with Lily and her chosen guy teaming up to defeat some kind of dangerous beast--showing that Lily has developed the courage to face this world's dangers and has found a partner capable of facing them with her.

If anyone's read all that--decent ideas, or too many holes? Interesting or the dullest thing you've ever heard? I'm treating this as a worldbuilding game for the moment, so you can play along if you like.

[mllemaenad]

The Magnus Protocol: Pet Project

This one seems to be about the illusion of control in almost the opposite direction to Futures. In Futures you were looking at someone who was obviously deluding themselves from the start. Even without the supernatural aspect, Darrien's little plan was almost certainly going to crash on him eventually – and with it, he was always, unquestionably, monster food.

Alyssa, though, has reason to think she knows what she's doing. This is her job, and the first half of the statement is just a cool, competent assessment of what she finds, and what she needs to do about it. It's only when the situation turns weird that she finds herself flailing and out of control.

What's especially interesting, though, is the inference, never outright stated, that maybe she should have known how to deal with this. She just missed the signs and treated it as an ordinary squirrel problem, rather than a supernatural snake-vomiting problem.

Chester/Alyssa Dad, this is for you, for everything you taught me, everything you shared. I need you to know what happened and I know you’ll believe me. Don’t blame yourself for not answering the phone. It’s not your fault. It’s not your fault. – The Magnus Protocol: Pet Project

First, the implication that Alyssa's father is somehow especially qualified to understand what has happened to her, and the fact that she seems to have called him first when she knew she was in trouble. The police are her fallback option when she couldn't get through to her dad. And honestly, what are the police going to do, even when they get there? She's already infected.

That was such an odd little piece that I hopped over to the wiki to see if there were any Becks I had forgotten in The Magnus Archives. There don't seem to be, but a) Beck could be Alyssa's married name, or she could simply have a different name to her father for other reasons or b) this is a new universe, so it's entirely possible this is the introduction of an entirely new dynasty of monster experts.

The whole thing feels like something of an homage to the Jordan Kennedy and Jane Prentiss situation, though: the exterminator turning up to a normal job that abruptly turns into a horror story; the whole range of potential contaminants in the place (rodents, mosquitoes, spoiled food, ants); the spread of infection by a scratch, like poor Harriet; the itching; someone basically dissolving into an animal mass.

I don't necessarily mean that there's the same kind of entity at work here – presumably the ones in this universe don't work exactly the same way – but the similarity is nevertheless striking.

So, what then? Well, the noteworthy thing about Jordan Kennedy is that he eventually came to work for the ECDC.

Jordan Kennedy At the time, I didn’t really connect the two. I was too busy trying to comprehend what had just happened. And when trucks from the ECDC showed up to put me in quarantine, it slipped my mind entirely. They were surprisingly forthcoming about Jane Prentiss and what had happened, and after an extensive debriefing, they actually offered me a job. Apparently, disease control and pest control often go hand in hand, and I’ve been working for them since. Most of the job’s been mundane – a couple slightly weird, but nothing like those two. – The Magnus Archives: Pest Control

In The Magnus Archives, the problem of monsters and eldritch gods was at least well enough understood that major institutions had some mechanism to deal with it, even if it wasn't discussed openly. Everybody needed at least one person on staff who wouldn't freak out if some many-headed sharp-toothed horror careened down the corridor toward them.

In The Magnus Protocol we know that (for good or ill) the OIAR fills a similar function, and presumably there are other examples we haven't yet got to. Should Alyssa have known about this, because her dad was the guy who won't freak out?

Chester/Alyssa When I unsealed the shop floor, the shopkeeper seemed obsessed with continuing his sales pitch to the pair. He was adamant that they purchase a snake and pretty much ignored me entirely. It made me a bit uneasy, so I hung back to watch. Thinking back, I should have noticed he was… off. – The Magnus Protocol: Pet Project

Second, Alyssa berates herself for not noticing that Anthony Walker was "off". But the thing is ... she did notice.

Chester/Alyssa Requested shop to be cleared of customers for full inspection. Client’s agitation increased, presumably due to business worries, resulting in a brief altercation. Kept mentioning “his burden” and grabbing at my sleeve. Received slight scratch by accident, but no escalation or violence, so no need for full incident report, although anyone following up should be advised there may be a mental health problem. – The Magnus Protocol: Pet Project

Things Alyssa noticed about Walker:

He had a bunch of weird scratch/bite marks on his neck

He said things that made no sense ("his burden")

He was excessively agitated about the whole situation, which, from Alyssa's side of the job, boiled down to "squirrel got in through open window"

He became violent when Alyssa requested that he ask the customers to wait outside

Alyssa saw all of this, but attributed it to mundane problems (mosquitoes, money woes, mental illness). Is the suggestion perhaps that she had all the information she needed to make a very different kind of assessment? That "off" does not mean "mentally ill", but rather "infected with something supernatural". And had she put it all together earlier, would she have perhaps called her father (or someone else with the right toolkit for this) much, much earlier?

She didn't seem to recognise The Magnus Institute, though, although it would still have been up and running when this happened.

So whatever Alyssa should have known, she got it from a different source.

And it's all relevant because, when Chester finishes speaking, it becomes apparent that he was probably telling this story to Gwen.

Sam (quietly, to himself:) No. No. Could be any institute. Gwen The letters, you mean? Sam Jesus! (catches his breath) Don’t sneak up on people like that! Gwen (putting bags down) I didn’t “sneak up.” It’s not my fault if you’re distracted. Sam When did you get here? Gwen Just now. (swivels on the chair) Seems pretty straightforward to me. Snakes, not sure what the collective noun is, horde, maybe? Cross-link with infection, too, probably. I wouldn’t have thought the letters have any bearing on the classification. – The Magnus Protocol: Pet Project

She's clearly been there for most, if not all, of the case: she knows how to classify it, and she can state with confidence which bits are relevant and which aren't.

Chester's got a point to make, here, it seems. Gwen, too, knows her job. It's a point of pride with Gwen that she is very good at reviewing and classifying the cases.

Alice Zombies would have been fine. Gwen A) no it wouldn’t, and B) there’s at least three pages of subclassifications for zombies. He’d be here for hours. Alice And I’m guessing this dedication to detail is why you’re so behind? Gwen It’s why I have the highest accuracy rate in the office. – The Magnus Protocol: First Shift

She's also an old hand at the OIAR, and aware that there is something, well, off about the place.

Gwen What do you think we’re actually doing, here at the O.I.A.R.? Alice Apart from mortgaging our mental health for a wage packet? Gwen We’ve both been here long enough to know this place. We’re not doing good. We’re not just – sifting random data. There’s something wrong here. Alice What are you getting at? Gwen You never wonder what the point is? Who benefits from all this awfulness? – The Magnus Protocol: Getting Off

She's been meeting with Externals, and people have died. And in this episode, specifically, Lena is unhappy with her. What has Gwen done now? It sounds as though Chester is saying that Gwen has all the information she needs to make a determination on something – the OIAR, the Externals, monsters in general. She knows all the classifications, and their sub categories. She's seen the monsters with her own eyes.

And maybe, just maybe, it's important that her last name is Bouchard.

Then there's Alice. And ... well, I hope they go somewhere with her soon. I mean, I get it. This is deliberate. It's not simply that she deflects with humour, it's that she's obnoxious about it. Her jokes tend to be slightly cruel, or at least mocking. She's overbearing with her wit. I honestly don't find it charming at all. And I don't think I'm supposed to.

People do small talk with Alice, or some light banter, but they don't really talk. If the conversation goes in a direction she doesn't like she'll turn it into a bit. And then you have to put up with the bit until she gets tired of it ... which is frankly exhausting to contemplate. You also have to put up with this at 3 AM because you work a night shift. So best not to risk it.

The trouble is that it works. I also tense up when people try to talk to Alice, because it's going to be awkward and irritating.

It's a contrast with John back in The Magnus Archives. He was undoubtedly also quite obnoxious, specifically in the early seasons, but you spent a lot of time in his head, so the process of understanding why was smoother. We never hear Alice's internal monologue – only the rubbish she talks to avoid saying anything.

I don't mean that I'm unsympathetic. Alice is a main character, she seems to be in some distress, and she's intriguing in many ways. Just ... ohhhh I hope they do something with her soon, or I'm just going to die of second hand embarrassment.

[tiger-moran]

I'm still thinking about Moriarty: The Devil's Game and sorry this isn't going to be complimentary about it.

One of my fundamental issues with this is just Moriarty is so 'nice' and ordinary effectively, aside from his mathematical brilliance he's just... some guy, until shit happens to push him into criminality. Just... I don't like the way it's gone to the extreme of 'what if Moriarty was a nice totally innocent and actually rather boring guy while Holmes is absolutely depraved'.

And why can't Moriarty just... be a criminal because he wants to be? Why has there got to be some 'deeper' reason for it and, worse, the same sort of bullshit reason that often gets ascribed to Holmes too to explain why he's the way he is, namely it's some tragic incident involving a woman (either by breaking his heart or also like in Young Sherlock Holmes for instance, where the girl the young Holmes loved was murdered). There doesn't have to be a reason for Moriarty being a criminal, he can just be one anyway? And that reason certainly doesn't need to involve killing a woman or having a woman 'break his heart' (or you know, not, as the case may be).

I like alternate takes on Moriarty that paint him as something other than the 'depraved evil villain' (though incidentally he isn't even that in the canon), I like stuff like Kurland's stories, even though I have issues with them and how Moran was largely replaced in them in particular, but the basic idea that Moriarty is not simply the 'evil villain' people assume he is but at the same time he is still someone who breaks the law and can be morally questionable at times is something I genuinely really like. But this story went so far to the other extreme, not only with Moriarty but also with Holmes and some of the other characters too, and I just... don't get what I'm supposed to find interesting or enjoyable about that.

And Moriarty is just so nauseatingly and heteronormatively romantic in this, not only going on and on and on about how much he loves 'Rose' but also about the marriage and having kids in the future (plus that ending. God, that ending, urgh). What is there in that take on Moriarty that I'm supposed to recognise or care about? There's nothing in that I, someone who loves Moriarty so much, can recognise or care about. Moriarty is just far too 'nice' and basically ordinary and also so romantic and sentimental it doesn't feel anything like Moriarty to me, and once he's basically pushed into criminality... he's still too nice about it even then. Yes I appreciate Moriarty having some morals and some limits on his behaviour and I absolutely agree he does have these even canonically, but in this he's still too conflicted about it, too obviously pushed into it rather than freely choosing to do this, and I just think that's a very boring take on the character. Moriarty can be a complex villain or antagonist or protagonist depending on the story without... all of that, without making him sickeningly romantic and 'lovey-dovey' (and straight) and basically a nice (and actually rather dull) man.

There were a few elements that I liked. I did kind of like Watson, though it's a very dark take on Watson and unpleasant in some ways, but while he was one of the 'bad guys' in effect, he was much more nuanced than most of the others and I found him far more interesting than Moriarty or Moran (or anyone else) but I do think a big factor in that is... he felt more like Moran than Moran did, really.

I liked that Moriarty had respect for a woman who characters such as Holmes just dismissed as a "whore" and I liked Charlotte whenever she wasn't being shoved in as Moran's 'love interest' (which was most of her appearances/references to her unfortunately).

I liked Moriarty's brother being brought in including with the train stuff, even though he sounded like a kid so it was hard to buy him being a stationmaster.

And I appreciated them actually calling Moran Moriarty's partner and friend, actually using those words. But... even that was still done in a way that let it down and ultimately that was wasted on me, it still wasn't enough to make me like them or care about the relationship.

And Moran... Moran was just... he's fine? But that's all. I don't feel anything much for him beyond... yeah he's OK. I mean for one thing I cannot register him as being Moran with that accent, I just can't, and another thing was again with him we got too much emphasis on him liking women (because god forbid anyone suspect Moriarty and Moran might be queer I guess).

And Irene Adler, who I love so much in the canon, well... the less said about her in this the better I think.

I just don't really get who this was aimed at, it made both Holmes brothers absolutely hateful and villainous (but not even interesting in their villainy), it made Watson practically one of the villains even if he was better and more interesting than others, it killed off one of the police inspectors and basically ruined the life of the other main one from canon. It completely screwed with Adler. So... was this aimed at people who actually hate the character of Sherlock Holmes? Or who hate the stories and all the characters in them? Or was it aimed at people who already care about Moriarty and Moran? But that's not many people really, and I already care so much about Moriarty and Moran and I didn't like it at all so...?

And I'm feeling like it was aimed mostly at people who don't care or know anything about Sherlock Holmes overall at all? Like the Adler thing, like Porlock's identity, these are SO obvious if you know anything about the canon and that does spoil the ~dramatic twists~ many episodes later. But what was the point of doing any kind of Sherlock Holmes adaptation in that case, if they were basically catering for people who don't like or know the stories?

AND ANOTHER THING

Yes they used the words partner and friend to describe Moran in relation to Moriarty and had him being very loyal to him (although with that shit ending it doesn't exactly make it look like Moriarty cares so much about Moran after all) but a lot of their relationship was just... us being told stuff, not actually being shown anything, like we're told they're friends, we're told Moran is his "partner" but it's like... it started off at point A where they've never met before and jumped to point Z where they're apparently partners and best friends and we barely saw anything in between, it skipped right over most of the other points. Whereas we got endless bloody 'James and Rose' flashbacks, we got other scenes that dragged on pointlessly for no reason, but there was almost nothing shown of Moriarty and Moran interacting as friends, or developing an actual close bond, it was just... said to exist and that was it. And that was really not enough to make me care about them in this universe. So Moriarty didn't leave Moran behind when he could have done so when they escaped from the prison which I guess is partly why Moran latches on to him but that only goes so far I think, and most of their scenes together are action scenes or them dealing with business stuff or whatever, there's very little to show them becoming close, coming to care about each other. There was so much bloody 'James and Rose' stuff that I absolutely hated and so much of Moriarty being nauseatingly romantic over 'Rose' but realistically almost nothing actually shown for Moriarty and Moran and their personal relationship.

I'm sorry I just did not like any of this or understand realistically who they were trying to target it at but whoever their target audience was it clearly wasn't me, despite me being one of the biggest fans and champions of Moriarty and Moran in existence, the one who has poured my heart into writing many, many thousands of words about both of them, of fic and character analysis and meta and all of that. I still wasn't the target audience for something that was meant to be about Moriarty and that actually not only remembered Moran exists but made him a major character and explicitly called him Moriarty's friend, and I didn't like it at all. And that just really sucks.

[alarrytale]

For me the bigger issue with H off stage x H on stage/doing promo/red carpets is the fact that fashion magazines (especially that V one which is deep in his ass and serves as a promo platform for his recent stunts as well) call him fashion icon because of the looks he’s serving when all eyes are on him but when you see his fashion choices for his days off it’s literally so dull and ordinary like random male influencers dress much more exciting than fashionicon!Harry for his days off. And it just gets me annoyed because I feel like I’m the only one who see this? So I will repeat myself again but imo the only one who should be called fashion icon is his stylist, because H is basically only a human hanger.

Also I feel like we get so used to H and his queer fashion choices (whenever it’s only a stage costume he got dressed by his gay stylist or his conscious personal choice) and him queercoding so now most of his fans who aren’t 100% sure about his sexuality are so confused why he looks so straight these months. But if we look at other closeted men in the industry, do they queercode? What are they doing to hint their sexuality that we know they are in fact gay but closeted?

And to add to the discussion why there aren’t new younger male artists to take H’s part for 8-20 years old. Maybe it’s a bit conspiracy but what if S*ny holds them back just to proove that H is in fact that new legendary artist who will be remembered forever like Bowie/Mercury/Prince? He only hit his 30’s this year but he’s already a legend worth to be remembered in the music history and while I find this super artifical and know how overhyped he is by everybody, what if there might he someone who will challenge him and top him in charts and take over his fandom but S*ny rather doesn’t want anyone new so there won’t be anyone to challenge H and might be more exciting than H is. I feel like all males who might be able to take H’s fans by the way they look and aspire to be fashion icons are all actors - Timoth*e, J*cob Elo*di maybe B*rry K*oghan for example - but all are actors not musicians so they can’t compete with him and so in the music industry it’s only females vs H. Nobody else. And no matter how much more popular these female singers are, they also won’t compete with H to take over his fandom.

Hi, anon!

I agree with you that his fashion icon status is mostly due to his stylists. But it's also due to Harry having the confidence and the curage to wear the stuff he wears, knowing it's provocative, flamboyant and queercoded.

I think there is a difference between unwillingly closeted and willingly closeted celebrities. The willingly closeted won't queercode, they want to appear straight. The unwillingly closeted will queercode. Billie has talked about how she queercoded before she came out to make people see her for who she is. She was hoping people picked up on it so she didn’t have to spell it out. People who are straight passing need to queercode, but others don't. Louis and Shawn don't need to queercode. They fit the gay stereotype. So people have already drawn their conclusions.

I agree that Sony might have that motivaton, but that doesn’t explain why UMG or the other record labels aren’t trying to compete with H and Sony. So idk.

[rotnow]

⭐️✨Articles of Phantom theives ✨⭐️

NOTE : Hihi I’m HuHu and I’ev been a fan of kaitou joker ever since I was in sixth grade. I have always loved the show and it even inspired me to start drawing and write stories! But I never had the courage to publish my writing…until now! I just got my tumblr account last year and so welcome to my first post! This is basically a short piece of writing how my kaitou joker OC, Emily Oak, a journalist finding her motivation to write her articles when she met Kaitou Joker. Hehe now I’m not the best in writing a full fledge story so this will have to do please forgive me 😭😭 ANYWAY PLEASE ENJOY READING AND IF YOU WANT TO ASK ANOUT MY OC PLEASE FEEL FREE TOO

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(This takes place when Joker first debuted as a Kaitou in the public)

It was obvious that Emily Oak was in a stump

She’s a journalist that used to write articles about the news and huge events

But she’s been doing it for so long it feels repeatative for her

She feels like she lost her touch and passion.

Though it was nice that her co worker, DJ Peacock keepts motivating her to push foward it simply isn’t enough.

That was until one evening she got insight that a theif was going to steal “The Moonlight Gem” from Tokyo’s museum

Now phantom theives werent part of emily’s interest but it wouldn’t hurt to go try and see what the gist it about

So she booked a ticket and arrived at the scene

It was said in the advance note that he’ll arrive at midnight to take the gem

There were some policemen there and an inpector named Oniyama

While interviewing him, Emily has gathered that inspector oniyama is not worried about this theif. In fact he boasted how he’ll capture him easily just like that with his unique handcuffs!

Oh how wrong he was

Time has passed, and the clock strikes midnight. The moon was shining brightly from above the window cieling when all of a sudden..

Bam! A loud noise went off coming from a certain area in the room shocking Emily, inspector oniyama and his police force.

“Aha! Gotcha!” Inspector oniyama shouted as he and his police run towards the noise. There they found a cloth covering someone or rather someone. However once removed they found nothing!?

A loud laughter was then heard throughout the room. Emily turned around to face the Moonlight gem only to find somone next to it.

It was a mysterious man, could this be the theif..?

“W-what? Who are you?!” “I am..Kaitou Joker!”

Maybe it was the way the moon shone on him but Emily’s eyes were sparkling.

This was obviously not some ordinary theif no no no this Kaitou made it very clear the difference between a burgaler and a phantom theif

Something about his graceful movements in dodging inspector oniyama and the other officers drew the journalist in

He even had playing cards as his weapons!!!

Talk about amazing skills!

In the end he successfully stole the gem and ran off into what he claims “the shining night” leaving inspector oniyama passionate to capture kaitou joker in their next meet up and Emily with a new idea on what her latest article will be about.

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Thank you for reading!!

Probably going to do a part 2??? I’ll think about it

OHH I ALREADY HAVE A DESIGN OF WHAT EMILY LOOKS LIKE I WILL POST IT SOON‼️‼️

-Huhu

[mahayanapilgrim]

DILGO KHYENTSE RINPOCHE

To give up speaking of a bodhisattva's faults

If, impelled by negative emotions, I relate the faults

Of other bodhisattvas, I will myself degenerate.

Therefore, do not talk about the faults of anyone

Who has entered the Mahayana is the practice of a bodhisattva.

Not only can you consider all other Dharma practitioners as your close relatives, but in many ways all beings are, too. All of them have certainly been your parents in one life or another. What is more, all of them possess the same ultimate nature, the tathagatagarbha or buddha-nature.

As it is said,

Buddha-nature is present in all beings:

Not a single one of them lacks it.

As Gampopa explains at the beginning of The Precious Ornament of Liberation, the fact that beings have the buddha-nature is the basis which gives them the possibility, when fully actualized, of becoming buddhas.

Disparaging any one of them is therefore inappropriate; we should rather all respect one another. As the Buddha said,

"An ordinary person cannot assess another ordinary person, only a buddha can."

It is even more important not to criticize all those who are like sons and daughters of the same parents, in that they have taken refuge in the Three Jewels and started our on the path of the Buddha's teachings through confidence in the basic truth of what he caught - for example, that "All that is compounded is impermanent; all that is defiled is suffering; all phenomena are without inherent existence; that which is beyond suffering is peace."

Even more closely related are those of us who have entered the Mahayana. Together, we should be like a thousand princes and princesses of one universal monarch who never feel animosity or contempt for one another, but instead always extol one another's virtues and qualities.

Treat one another with great kindness and openness, and above all do not look for each others' mistakes. Once you start finding defects somewhere, you will see them everywhere and in everyone.

By proclaiming someone's faults to all and sundry, you are burning yourself and hurting the other person - which can only be wrong. It is the sangha that upholds the teachings; its members must be in harmony, and their discipline perfect. Develop confidence and pure vision. To respect the sangha - all those who have taken monastic vows and all those who have entered the Dharma - is a commitment of the refuge vows.

Consider all your brothers and sisters in the Dharma as being free from any faults.

Malicious criticism of other traditions of Dharma, in particular, is a major cause of the Dharma as a whole declining and being corrupted. View all traditions and views as non-contradictory, and as true expressions of the Buddha's teachings.

As Panchen Lobsang Yeshe said:

The various different doctrinal views

Are all the very teachings of the Victorious One.

Instead of a blaze of enmity ignited by the demon of sectarianism, how much finer To see everything lit up by the radiant jewel of pure perception!

Your impure perception of the world can easily falsify the way you see the actions of bodhisattvas. Indeed, any faults you may perceive in them are due only to your own imperfections, just as a white conch may look yellow to someone with jaundice. Whenever you think you have seen some defect in a bodhisattva's conduct or thinking, therefore, remind yourself that the problem is your own distorted perception, and that in reality that person is free of all defects.

You should be aware that every action of enlightened beings, spiritual masters and bodhisattvas has a deep meaning that reflects their intention to benefit beings. As they manifest in infinite ways to help others, it is easy to mistake bodhisattvas for ordinary beings. They might seem to be ordinary people engaged in mundane activities; they may even take the form of wild animals, birds, or dogs.

There have also been many bodhisattvas who manifested as beggars or low status, rough-looking people with unsuitable occupations and no obvious good qualities.

Tilopa killed fish, Saraha was an arrow smith, and Shavaripa a hunter. Anyone you meet, therefore, could actually be a fully matured bodhisattva who has assumed an ordinary appearance, or even an offensive one; so you should respect all beings and regard them as teachers.

- Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche - The Heart of Compassion - Shambhala Publications

[shadebloopnik]

I keep having these fic ideas that i KNOW will end up sounding like self-insert Mary Sues but i love them anyway????

Like, I had this one fic idea for the hobbit/lotr. So there's this small girl found dirty, injured, half dead, etc. found in the Greenwood. She gets found by the elves and taken to the kingdom until she could wake up. Thranduil finds her and interviews her for her name and stuff, but she can't remember much. The most she can come up with is that her name is Sorano. She looks quite young, but with elves existing, you never really know someone's age right. Still she acts young, so that was something. But ofc she's not just an ordinary girl, shes Special™ (Yes im disgusting, and cliche). So she has this, elvish like traits in her, with her fair skin and slightly pointed ears. Her eyes, tho just as odd as an elf's with their glow, gives off a different vibe, and will LITERALLY glow gold and all when she's in a mood. Her nails are always sharp, she's pretty short for an elf, only barely reaching Legolas' shoulder, has WAYYYYY sharper senses, and she finds herself a bit more durable too.

Sorano ends up getting somewhat adopted Thranduil. Tho he was suspicious, she broke down and was genuinely scared and confused when he found her, and acted so so young that he couldn't help but be a bit sorry. As time grew, he became much fonder of her despite her oddities and came to accept her like a daughter. Tho it was never official, everyone in the wood knew to treat her as their own little secret princess. She gets very close with Legolas as her big brother.

As for Sorano herself, she knows she's different (*cue edgy music lmao jk*) but she never gave it much thought. She loves the Wood and the citizens, even tho she doesn't interact with them alot. She usually enjoys climbing the trees round the woods, her physique letting her cover much more ground faster, letting her explore areas that Thranduil would rather she doesn't for her safety. Basically, picture this elegant and frail looking girl thats lowkey a gremlin.

Yadayada the Company eventually passes through the Woods and she actually helps out in convincing Thranduil to let them go with the promise of proper payment, even volunteering herself to go with them to ensure of no trickery. Thranduil (and Legolas who was hiding in the background the whole time) was expectedly INDIGNANT(i imagine them squawking in offense that she thinks they value her so little and its HILARIOUS for my dead humor.) Eventually she gets to go, and hijinks occur and she ends up helping witth the battles with her secret amazing protagonist powers(lmao there's actually a reason for it but too tired to type)

Ohhhhh and I wanted to pair her with Fili bc he's adorable and I need more fics with him in the main pair