#i live in france okay

[la-pheacienne]

me: wow i can't believe I'm getting sick all the time, my immune system used to be so strong in the past, truly inexplicable

also me: smokes, eats shit on a daily basis, no sleep schedule, debilitated by anxiety, shame and hopelessness 24/7, broke AF, zero academic progress, hoping that reading a book about a bunch of people experiencing every social/existential horror imaginable is going to somehow restore my will to live and do sth

[waystarresourceco]

Matthew MacFadyen on why Tom and Shiv are together (with TomShiv backstory crumbs).

“He was able to – we decided that she was in a very very bad way when they met. She’d come out of an awful relationship; a heartbreaking relationship and he was there to pick up the pieces and he was just a solid or a safe pair of hands. And so he quite liked playing that part – playing that role.”

From an interview with Matthew MacFadyen for the Official Succession Podcast S4E7

The dark place Shiv was in has gotten a few additional mentions in the show and interviews. A few additional script (and one interview) excerpts below the cut, as well as some potential detective work on Shiv’s relationship history.

Based on the Season 1 mention of Shiv being "a mess" when Tom and Shiv met, it sounds like Tom entered the story right after or at the tail end of her bad breakup:

And from their fight in "Living +" it seems like TK might have been the guy she had the awful/heartbreaking relationship with:

And just to throw Nate into the mix, this would mean he's at least two guys ago for Shiv (TK and Tom) by the time they start up their thing again.

So I guess if one were mapping out Shiv's relationships (based on what we know) it would be Nate -> TK -> Tom -> Nate 2.0 (diet commitment version).

Also for completeness, a bonus quote of Sarah discussion Shiv's past. (x)

[tedlebred]

Read a bit more of stormbringer

[wroteclassicaly]

Am I the only one who isn’t that bothered about JQ’s love life? I mean… I don’t know him, I don’t know what he’s actually like. So I can’t say shit, lol? I don’t know her, so I can’t say anything on her either. He’s grown and can do what he wants. I’ve got my own hot mess life to worry about 😂

It ain’t my business ✌🏻

[thelastofthebookworms]

Looking at the elections' results and feeling sick. How can all those people vote for the triumph of fascism is beyond me

[aceofspades-sml]

Life would be so much easier if my favorite people didn't live so far away from me actually

[kvtnisseverdeen]

[gorillaxyz]

a 30 year old woman crushing on vladimir putin rbed the dick-nixon post yesterday

[touchlikethesun]

honestly the greatest epiphany i've ever had is that people are people everywhere you go. it seems really banal to say it like that, and i know many will just shrug it off as obvious, but i do think that if more held that thought in the forefront of their mind, then there would be a lot less suffering in the world. terry pratchett has a great quote about this, and it bears repeating, if ever you find yourself thinking of people as not being people like you, you are wrong. you are wrong you are wrong. people are people, no if ands or buts.

[readingloveswounds]

my parents were like there's no residency requirement for your grad school so you could just live in france and it'd be easier (and cheaper) than what you're currently doing so. hrgh. i guess i gotta add that into my 5th/6th year considerations

[bffnf]

BLANCHIN

Things That Happen In Gravity Falls Without Context

It's implied that rich people control their children with a bell

A single episode is shockingly reminiscent of both Five Night's at Freddy's and Doki Doki Literature Club. This episode came out 3 years before DDLC and one month after FNAF

Mabel kisses Strong Bad

There are two clones of the main character that are still alive and living in the woods

Larry King confirms that llamas are nature's greatest warriors

An old couple is killed by rap music

One of the scariest monsters in the show is eaten alive and loves every second of it

Neil Cicierega wrote a song for it that was unfortunately never used (yes, seriously)

Everyone in the town is a tad strange, except, ironically, Cecil from Welcome to Night Vale

Boy bands are kept as pets

A character proves she is pure of heart by performing a drug bust on gnomes (this does not work)

Zombies are defeated by Ke$ha

The most discourse-generating part of the show is a 12 year old giving a time traveler a snowglobe

And old man almost fucks a spider

When someone tells you they don't have a tattoo, believe them.

Fucking up a science fair will inevitably lead to your brother being stuck in another dimension

If you stick your head in a portal, you speak in code for a little bit before you turn into a hillbilly

Get your son to pay attention to you by creating a mech beast

We are all blanchin', unless we find a cool gun.

By the end of the show, the mayor's last name is "Cutebiker"

The president gives Dipper a negative 12 dollar bill

Bill Cipher

[ouclematis]

the fact that it’s so easy to go to france with only the eurotunnel is actually nuts if you think about it tbh like . if you like only live in europe, have experience with driving and have the legality to like have a stable income for yourself to afford the ticket prices etc etc. it’s possible to go to france with the car. im genuinely like horrified…it’s an asininely unreal country to be in. i think if i was born here instead of England I would’ve killed myself for real.

[fckinloserbby]

i wish to get married move to france and spend my days doing theatre and cooking spaghetti tacos from icarly

[tero-ga]

Aaaaanother TGAA SwapAU stuff and it is my wonderful boy Albert as the prosecutor!!

I've changed some of the designs in this one like the jacket color to white to make a resemblance of a lab coat and reflecting of Kazuma white school uniform, as well trying to bring more Frankenstein's Monster vibe too hehe (aaand make him look more miserable too). He is also have a locket that have a painting of him and his two brothers, it was given by Andrew during his wedding!

I also made bunch of character that related to Swap!Albert's life from 10 years ago, like Andrew(Klint's roleswap) and his other brother Michael, university Barok and Albert, etc. more info about the are there down below 👇👇

First of I wanted to say I'm sorry I can't do full render of everyone here, do that with all of them would be death sentence for me so I couldn't do it 😭😭 Anyway without further ado, I'm going right into it! Start from left to right!

This first one Ryunosuke father replacing as Genshin Asogi. At first while brainstorming I was thinking of maybe do three switch around with Genshin, Jigoku, and Yujin but the it somehow felt weird for me. Then the thought of maybe involving Auchi in this too (like, imagine him being swap with Jigoku wouldn't that be funny and terrifying thought), but discarded that idea out because of Menimemo would have no one to swap with (i have to i'm sorry). Sooo I ended just design him from scratch, he is quite easy to figure out since Genshin doesn't really have much going on with him, but since we don't have any idea of original Ryunosuke's parents at all I have to take idea from something else, and that is his daruma doll for his eyes (he is half blind!! :D) and Phoenix DD/SOJ design (droopy hair and light vest) and everything else is from Genshin. His name is Ryuuki Naruhodo since Ryunosuke is another name for Ryuichi so I want to keep the train going!!

Andrew the screwdriver, oh I missed him- Anyway, I redesign his outfit because tbh his previous outfit is ridiculous 😭 it's funny and fun but I do want to take him seriously now. I'm tried to keep the A shape still but it's less subtle now, I think it turned out okay!! (Oh yeah, his cane is supposed to be a hidden sword but i forgot to put that in the drawing 😭). I was supposed to make his bowtie red like the hair tie but then I realized it will getting rid of the purpose of the hair tie (it referencing the blood on the tip of the screwdriver) so I ended up making it color silver.

The Lady Baskerville, I gave her similar design to Sunny(Herlock!Swap) with the bowtie, color palette to his mascot, and hair on her. I'm not really quite fond with her design, maybe I'll do redesign her again if I got a idea pop up like crazy but in the meantime this is her design.

Guess who is this?? Another one of Albert's tool is here finally!! Michael the crosshead screwdriver! Since we never see Michael anywhere and only mentioned once in the game he is, I'm just draw simple design for him (I wished I could put M shape in the design but I have no idea WHERE to put it 😭 so I tried used the bowtie for it). I also thought it would be nice to make him a defense attorney so I made the design for the badge too. Since he is sadly not going to be mentioned a lot in this AU since I'm trying to make the storyline same as the original, so I made a backstory of what happened in the fun fact tags. There was supposed to be more tool to be added but my god that would be taxing to design, so I have to make only Andrew and Michael as his only siblings.

The doggie Balmung replacement, Bolt, He is a Irish Setter! Beforehand he was supposed to be Borzoi but then research the background of the breed I don't how difficult it is to actually get one in that era so I have to changed breed :((

Albert and Barok in university days!! I just keep same as before like previous design!! There's a tiny change like the hair and the neckties.

There is going to be more content of them soon because I have a lot of ideas for them sooo stay tuned ;)

Here's the concept designs!!

[villruu]

i've been researching NONSTOP other unis i can possibly go for an exchange, and it's genuenily making me go crazy.

First, I have to look up all universities that are involved in this exchange program and then crossreference with the list of universities my own uni has a deal with, so I can go there and have a semester without ending up behind another year.

Then, I have to systematically research each uni that has a deal with my uni and find out the study plan for the semester I would be undertaking there, and crossreference each credit each subject has for the semester and see if it would fit with the credits i need to have for my own semester here in my uni.

Then, I gotta research and read the syllabus of each subject to see if they actually fit into my degree or if this degree im researching doesn't actually fit into my own degree (like, the other uni will call their degree Agroagricultural engineering and i study Agricultural engineering, agroagriculture is a subject inside my own study plan but this is a whole ass other degree and it goes deeper into it and like it is agriculture but not really aND AFTER 1.5 HOURS IT TURNS OUT IT DOESNT WORK OUT FOR ME SO WHATEVER. FINE. I'LL ELIMINATE IT FROM THE SPREDSHEET FUCK YOU)

AND THEN, AND THEN I HAVE TO ACTUALLY CHECK WITH MY INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS OFFICE TO SEE IF THE DEGREE IM INTERESTED IN THE OTHER UNI *IS* ACTUALLY COMPATIBLE (WHICH DEPENDS ON MY DIRECTOR'S MOOD)

AND THEN I HAVE TO FIND OUT AND RESEARCH THE ACTUAL FUCKING HOURS OF EACH PROGRAM BECAUSE I HAVE TO TAKE ELECTIVES IN MOST OF THESE SHITTY DEGREES AND THE FUCKING ELECTIVES CONSTANTLY CONFLICT WITH THE FUCKING SUBJECTS

I AM LOSING MY MIND

[katyobsesses]

DND cancelled 😭 but also I am so tired and headachey I would have been useless so...