#i shouldn't have thought about this before i was gonna make food idk if i can eat now 😭

[bedpissercastiel]

being an adult is fun because i can just. not eat the broken food and it's fine and my day isnt ruined by having to eat it or someone getting upset with me for not eating it

[tunashei]

First impressions of Animorphs!

I'm listening to the Animorphs series while I work, through Animorphs Aloud - a fan made reading of the series. Here are my first impressions/random thoughts about them! Spoilers below if you haven't read them.

Book 5: The Predator

Alright we've got Marco POV. I was dreading this one cause I find him a bit whiny and annoying, but I'm actually quite into it! I think seeing his internal thoughts and worries really helps deepen the character.

My suspension of belief is being tested by the idea of punks dumb enough to try and fight a gorilla.

Ok so if you get hurt and then morph, you lose the damage. But what if you have something stuck in you? Like a bullet.

<I am well. And each of you?> Idk why but I love this line. Polite boy. <3

Ax u fucking numpty where the hell are you going. I was not expecting him to be this...air-headed. And of all the foods for him to try first he got COFFEE?! Not gonna end well. Though is an interesting thought, if you could introduce food to someone who'd never eaten before, what would you pick?

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“Must I carry this?” he asked, indicating his empty coffee cup.

“No, you can just throw it away.”

Bad choice of words. Ax threw the coffee cup. He threw it hard.

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^ This made me laugh out loud at work

Ok so I guess staying undercover is just straight out of the equation now. How are you going to cover up Ax morphing from human to Andalite when he did it in a crowded mall? And then this poor lady watching her lobsters turn into humans/ an alien.

Confirmed can't morph from one animal to another. I thought Jake had done it in book 2 from flea to tiger but turns out I misheard and he did go back to human in between..

The ants lacking the idea of self leading to the group forgetting themselves is legitimately creepy. Imagine if they hadn't regained control, and Tobias watches his friends turn into ants and walk off and they're gone forever...

Put being ripped apart by ants on my list of ways I do not wanna die

Being that this is book 5/54 somehow I doubt this will be Marco's last mission, but considering how against it he's been and the recent traumatising I'm curious what will pull him back. Hoping it will be something that puts the 'should we/shouldn't we' plot point to bed.

You know I really want to know HOW Visser Three got the Andalite body, hope we get to learn that backstory sometime.

AAAAAAAAAAAA Visser One reveal holy shiiit. I KNEW Marco's mom would come back up, but I didn't put the pieces together with Visser One. Haha. Brilliant. I guess this is how we'll be keeping Marco on board.

Oh man the thoughtspeak between Marco and Jake, the only other one to realise. It makes Marcos comments on Tom being a controller in the first books so much juicer. Now you guys have this in common.

Not really sure why Visser Three didn't just kill them then and there

They're in a hurry so can't really blame em but man it would have been good if they could have acquired a Hork-Bajir from the unconscious ones

One thing I appreciate in animorphs is how so far, most of their missions have been failures. This book is probably the biggest failure, they potentially blew their cover with Ax in the mall, got almost killed twice, failed to capture a spaceship and got saved by a Yeerk. I really enjoyed it though, I like Marco a lot more now, I think the big reveal is gonna be great for his character.

[lurkingteapot]

Last Twilight ภาพนายไม่เคยลืม Ep 9

This episode was a LOT. I found myself thinking "wait, if this is episode nine, what's going to happen in episode 11?!" but then I thought, well, if we compare the structure of Last Twilight to Bad Buddy (which I invariably do because those are the two 12-ep-shows of P'Aof's that I've watched), this is the … hit a snag, get past it, hit a LARGER snag part of the story arc, isn't it. I thoroughly enjoyed myself.

Liveblog:

guys, can you not make a scene at someone else's wedding??

so Night, what, caused the accident?

did Day see something he shouldn't have?

okay this is … like. I see why Night would blame himself, and it's convenient for Day to blame Night, but. It's not Night's fault. It's like … sure, this might not have happened if Night hadn't had to throw up, but that doesn't mean it's Night's fault? When he got in that car, I honestly worried he might've drunkenly thought it'd be funny to hold Day's eyes closed or something, but this? Day, I know you were on a toll road or something, but even so I was yelling at my screen for you to pull over from the second Night made the first retchy noise. And for Day to resent him for getting out of it with his sight intact and with, y'know, character growth? that's … unfortunately realistic but also. Oh Day. Oh Night. Boys.

OH wow so Day has that much insight at least?

he said เด็กเดียว there, right?? gotta rewatch and check

wow Day WOW you've got some things to work through here

the "sorry" bit is food for a LOT of "ways in which siajai and sorry aren't identical" commentary and I once again salute GMM's translation team

OHHH good job apologising

oh so she didn't start out rich and famous? sorry for misjudging, P'Mon

love these not-so-subtle "travel to southern Thailand, we have great food" plugs here

oh not AGAIN with the product placement

the way Day looks, I bet this smells the same

a museum?

an ARTIST so that's why the hair?

Day, you're an ass, you realise right?

I mean it does sorta feel like he's just hanging on to all the resentment towards Night so he doesn't have to deal with the fact that it was random and could've happened in a million different ways?

ahaha see! Long hair = artist!

oh I love the angle they shot this from here

is Pla teaching Mawk to make southern food??

is Mawk gonna move on to actually being a chef, too? is there anything he can't do? (for real though I love that Mawk is getting to see that there's options for him)

are they both gonna move South in the end?

you can SEE him thinking about whether to ask if there'll be a next time

HAH

… so much for three months, huh

I love the touristy stuff in these few eps

the music is creepy af

OH

random white guy a named David

phuak-you GOD I love neopronouns

Cherry Guest, huh

adfasdfads the MANY FIRSTS convo, what a BBS ep 11 parallel (sobbing)

there we gooooo

you're so far apart, boys, c'mon

THAT'S MORE LIKE IT

(I have many thoughts on the way they set up this scene in regards to Day's agency, none of them coherent, and just. Good job folks.)

I LOVE them oh they're cute

Mawk already trying to start something again 😂

I love how they keep making a point in how there's no knowing the ending before it ends

kinda re: point a few minutes back, but it's wonderful how Mawk has … idk, Mawk has seen he has talents and OPTIONS (which is something I don't feel like he really ever felt he had) which allow him to risk his current job in order to take Day to see the last twilight on Mt Khuha

Mawk is so annoyed by the weather's non-cooperation, I love him so much

honestly I love the view as is, but I also get Mawk's disappointment/upset

oh I love this

it feels very final episode-y though which WORRIES me

is he gonna bring this back to not having seen Mawk's body-- yeah

"last picture" that's a theme song call back

oh Mawk, so touched, huh

ilu Jimmy but you're still not the best at pretending to cry, though I guess the smiling through tears is pretty close

annnd that's it, his sight has gone, huh

I know the blocking probably is done for ~reasons but I still wish they'd moved closer to each other here

oh no, the preview REALLY worries me

I'm so glad my hunch that Night didn't actually actively do anything to make Day resent him that much played out as correct. Now for shit to hit the fan next week when their mum gets involved.

[class-1b-bull]

What, in your opinion, is each Class 1b member's irks (like what gets on their nerves)

(I had to literally look up a word that represents someone's annoyance towards something but it's ok that's why I remain anonymous 🤫)

Sorry if this ask is a little late I was building a barbie shrine in minecraft <3

Annoying things/ things class B hates

Awase -

Walking into a room and then forgetting why you walked in there is the worst. When he walks into the main area only to start grumbling under his breath everyone already knows he forgot what he went in there for.

Sen -

Any type of minor injury that shouldn't hurt as bad as it does. Like how can he be stabbed during a sparing match and walk it off but hes almost in tears because he stubbed his toe?!

Kamakiri -

Everything annoys him. And I mean

e v e r y t h i n g. There was one time where he glared at a guy and when you asked him what was wrong he said they were 'breathing too loud.'

Kuroiro -

People that are quick to label other people based on their zodiac/blood type without actually getting to know them. Its one thing to go 'oh your a gemini thats cool' but its something else to go 'oh your a gemini? So your a two faced bitch then.'

Kendo -

People that do stupid stuff just to look cool. Like ppl who started to vape or drink or fail classes simply because its what everyone else is doing.

Kodai -

People who do nothing but talk about themselves. She wont confront them if theyre annoying her and everyone else in the room, she will just tune them out.

Komori -

She doesn't like lazy people. She can understand laying around for a day or two but how are you gonna spend your whole life eating chicken nuggets in your moms basement?

Shiozaki -

She really dislikes lies. Especially really stupid ones. She can kinda understand lieing your way out of trouble (we've all been there) but youre not Beyonces biological kid that she abandoned, stfu.

Shishida -

It annoys him how the times have changed. (In the bad ways lol) like modern architecture annoys him and he wants everyone to open doors for people like they did in the 90s (its rlly not that common anymore) (unless its just where I live idk)

Shoda -

The only thing that annoys him is people sneezing and not covering their nose with the inside of their elbow.

Pony -

Honestly nothing really annoys her. Shes the type that can vibe with pretty much anyone. If youre a villain or just mean she will hate you tho.

Tsubaraba -

He hates when he askes someone to repeat something and they just say 'Nevermind' it sucks and its an annoying waste of everyones time.

Tetsutetsu -

Those stupid reality shows that always have the dumbest people on them (toddlers and tiaras, biggest cheapskate, my strange addiction, ect.) He understands how ppl can like it but they annoy him so much.

Tokage -

People with zero self awareness. Like if you stop in the middle of the sidewalk to film a tiktok dance or something (causing multiple people to almost get hit by flailing arms) she has to hold back the urge to snap your phone.

Manga -

People that say stupid stuff like digital art isnt real art (it is) or ai art is real art (its not) or overall just stupid stuff like that.

Honenuki -

People who are out of touch with reality annoy him so much. Especially when theyre the rich out of touch type. "Wdym not everyone has a private jet?" Please stop talking.

Bondo -

People that are mean to strangers for no reason. He doesn't care if it is the worst day of your life it is no excuse to cuss out a waiter.

Monoma -

He hates when dumb people act smart. Like its okay if you just happened to be wrong about something you thought was correct but if you keep making up stuff to sound right then he hates you ngl.

Reiko -

People that shout over other people. Like please shut up and let the quiet ones speak.

Rin -

People that chew overly loud or talk with food in their mouth. He just finds it really gross and it is so easy to just swallow your food before talking.

Not proofread we die like men.

[lizadale]

I'm 👀 pretty hard at your choice of characters and roles.

Not gonna lie Cool ImpMentio is a genius, he is cute enough to pull a good imp And flighty and convinced enough for the cool trait to fit. I choose mage as because my thought process is he likes fire and explosions and power ans stuff. But he said "I CaST LiGhtiNg" instead >:C and when he does cast explosion it's against the goddamn apple slimes.

I had to take it out of my system. sorry.

I've made Mario cool though, because backflips and extra hard hits.

, ahem. here's the...

Tales of the Fae Retreat

Mario was on the way to Luigi's house to bug him, as it is his obligation as Luigi's brother, got called by God right before knocking on the door. When he got there he went to the closest building to maybe learn what the hell is happening. He rang the bell and was immediately answered by the tini cartoon duck.

She got scared on how much he looked like her friend that got captured but still answered all his questions and tried to recruit him to her party. Because he shouldn't walk around without something to defend himself either way, she handled him the only spare "weapon" she had. A frying pan her friend choose to hold onto because he would eventually, when they got time, give it back, even if he thinks it was going to be trashed.

He's septic but accepts. He thinks is not a good idea to go against the being who talks directly to the one who can bring him there out of nowhere.

(Mario Does deserve three paragraphs, fight mii if you think otherwise.) (Chef because him and Luigi has to have the same job)

Peach was working on her usual princess things and Timpani was chilling, having a day to herself, when they got summoned.

Peach had her fan in her dress, Timpani found herself besides a tank and thought "why not?"

Mario, being the gentleman that he is, immediately compliments Peach when we got her in the party. Like she got in, we head out, Lena one shot a twerky and he does it.

He's the only person who escorts her to safety, he heals her every turn (EVERY TURN. When a monster gets a turn she's the target), they keep showing off mostly for eachother I'm kind of scared of them. I think by this point they have the most friendship out everyone. (Besides Luigi and Dimentio, but i grinded with the first party to not get bodied when getting them back. )

When we were at the citrus cave, Peach drank from a puddle. Idk why that's on the notes :v she turned invisible. Lena drank later, turned into a monster.

And this time, after making an friend, Lena the cartoon duck the cat made a effort to be extra nice to her new party. She brought Peach perfume and castanets to Mario. Peach liked her present, Mario? Not so much ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

Timpani is a very good glass tank. She only used human cannon ball two times and each with different people. And she didn't hit the party with Wild shot, expect in karkaton, where she hit O'Chunks once but that's another day's tale.

For some reason with her the prep from being cautious trigger in the same turn instead of waiting for her next. it's instant double dmg. Idk why. but I'm not complaining either.

BUT she's using cardboard as armour and it doesn't hold against pretty much anything. If she isn't at the safe space when the enemy attacks she instantly dies, and she hates all the defense food available atm, i backtracked and tested :/

Btw did you know that the voices of the Miis who sing in the title screen in the switch version are from your party?

See ya when you unlock the quests. Good luck.

let me start off by saying that when i started playing this game i knew nothing about the plot or the roles. didn't know about my party getting replaced twice or new jobs cropping up, but MAN i'm so lucky i waited to put Dimentio in the game until Neksdor because the Imp class is BUILT FOR HIM:

incredible. it's like i wrote this role.

(Mario knows better than to defy a duck-cat who communes with God)

Peach and Mario also immediately hit it off in my party lmao. by the time I added Luigi into the party they were already like level 7 together. Timpani SHOULD get to be a tank. it's what she deserves.

anyway, i got my party back. Mr L and Luigi are very confused by each other's presence. O'Chunks keeps sticking bananas in everyone's pockets, and I can't keep Timpani away from the damn horse - lucky for Blumiere he's too busy being possessed to know his wife is cheating on him.

Mr L is generally being the nuisance he's designed to be - he keeps "getting sick" but it's pretty obvious he's faking because eventually someone will check on him and he'll go "ehhh i'm done resting"

because i have 0 restraint, my current party is a dimigi sandwich. somehow, Dimentio is the most emotionally stable of all of us. (i switched Luigi to a cook because the flower class was annoying me. now he's OP)

notice everyone hates my husband, Mr L. he needs to stop being a lazy dick.

they chose the next castle to start a terrible love triangle, and then the above chart happened. Luigi also keeps finding unidentified bottles on the floor and drinking from them, and Dimentio keeps falling through holes in the floor.

Mr L is still surprisingly reliable, even if also terribly infuriating

hey there, gorgeous.

[girltomboy]

Yesterday the universe tested me and I had not studied. I woke up, did my yoga routine (new & improved edition where I put on some light ambient music on Youtube and don't count the seconds for each pose, I just do it for as long as my body needs it), had a very strong urge to clean my bathroom so I did that, washed the dishes in the sink, made myself a really nice lunch, and started gaming with my friends ALL before 2pm. Then my boyfriend got mad at the game again, and he started making these growling noises that I could overlook for the first couple of seconds, but he wouldn't stop so I asked him to please not growl anymore. And then later on he started implying that he has to mute himself to scream now, because *I* don't like it. And I was like... did you understand nothing from our discussion the other day? The point isn't that screaming while gaming is a nuisance to others, although that's true as well, it's that it's not a healthy reaction to playing a video game. He kept telling me that that's how he calms down, well if it's working so well, why does he need to do it so often lately? Where did this constant need to calm down while playing a video game come from? I mean, if it's bothering you that much that you need to "calm down" so many times in a day, then maybe you shouldn't be playing video games anymore, idk? Anyway I'm really not having any of his excuses, like I can't be babysitting a manchild's gaming tantrums at my age, sorry. And nothing I say to him goes through, so it's pointless to even try. We haven't even talked today, he hasn't even been trying to call me and idk how I feel about all of this.

But that's not even all of it. A short while after that I went to buy myself some takeout cause I didn't feel like cooking or eating leftovers again, and he texted me trying to act like nothing had happened. Every time I tell him something it's not enough, we have to have a WHOLE new fight about it for him to understand where I'm even coming from. I told him I'm not letting that go anytime soon, and then went out. While waiting on my order, I get a text from my mom asking me if I'm gonna go home to grandma on Christmas, adding casually that she actually lied about grandma saying anything about me or not wanting me there on Christmas/not wanting to talk to me, etc. I thought I was gonna fall face first onto the fast food shop floor. I haven't talked to my grandma in weeks because I thought she was part of this whole conspiracy game to cut me off, turns out grandma hadn't even said ANYTHING, and now my mom was casually telling me this IN DECEMBER when I'm sure I won't even be able to take any day off anywhere near the holidays. 😐 I was beyond infuriated and devastated, for her to lie to me like that I can overlook because she's done it before, but to involve MY GRANDMA too?? in her manipulation is just too far. I told her I was incredibly disappointed that she would lie to me like that, but she did agree with me and apologized, and I had to pretend to stop feeling hurt. But now I still don't know how I'm gonna call my grandma and tell her everything, and justify my silence for so long.

[hongism]

THE NEW CHAPTERRRR OMG!!!! i’m that anon who isn’t on tumblr much and wants moc as a physical book on my shelf if you remember (if not das aight you’re basically a celebrity here 😩) and after so long i decided hmm lemme check if there’s an update i forgot about this app and BOOM posted 1 hour ago !! timing is impeccable my soul knows and she’s just as excited for updates.

anyways back to thoughts because THERES SO MANY!!! so first things first i for one love love LOVE characters that aren’t conventionally the perfect person who makes no mistakes and would do anything the reader wants. NO. i like grey morals 🤩 i like TROUBLE i like the ones who do things that GET THEM in trouble. make mistakes baddie go crazy get in trouble purrrr.

i’m loving the relationship with mc and jongho/mingi they’re bffs in the making next chapter we’re gonna see them with matching bffs necklaces and bracelets that have magnets and lock into each other i just know it 😩

and the ending bit with saaaaannnnn like ik he says don’t doubt my love and i would never san i would never promise pinky swear….

but i can see exactly why mc feels that way and like word i would too if i was not the reader i feel so bad for her

but now for the star of the show, the one person who i’m sure could beat all of the crew one by one no sweat. the one who could eat them all up without so much as lifting a finger. the one who hongjoong wishes he was cause he gets the respect that he dreams of….. LUCA THE BADDIE

he’s a little gambler aint he with his poker BUT THE WAY HE GAVE SOME CHOCOLATE TO JONGHO AND MC EVENTHIUGH HE WON FAIR AND SQAURE (questionable 👀)

anyways i’m not the best at conveying emotions in writing (you do you have such a talent at this and you’re an amazing writer i’ve said it before and i’ll say it again and again every time) but this was such a good read and i always know i’ll enjoy what you write because even a short phrase has so much talent and poetic notions to it - I HOPE YOU KNOW THIS!! THAT YOURE AN AMAZING WRITER - you’ve got bragging rights go crazy no need to be humble lawl

anyways this ended up being longer than i thought hope it’s not too much stay healthy drink water and take care of yourself!!

- bookshelf anon or sumn idk 😭

p.s. i think at this point you’ve made me a tumblr stan i’ve never written this much before much less AT ALL might be on this app more

ofc i remember omg i love to see that my timing was immaculate 🤓 i too adore grey morals so incredibly much it makes things so much more exciting! having wholly good or wholly bad characters is fine and all but i just, ADORE having morals play into shit too 😎

why doubt san and his love if he says don't doubt then!!! we shouldn't doubt him!!! pinky swear!!!

i love the set up here bc i was like oh hongjoong NOPE we're talking about luca the lil baddie himself KJSDFKJS i love him :( he's cute :(

really tho don't worry about conveying emotions i feel every bit of what you're saying and i appreciate it all so much i'm so thankful so grateful! i personally am not a person who can't brag or talk highly of myself much at all, but really hearing kind words and sweet things about my writing always means so much to me ;-;

it's not too much at all i hope you stay healthy too! drink lots of water and take care be sure to eat lots of good and yummy food <33 !!!

[winter-spark]

Another pov/voice practice snippet. For now called Bonus 5: Navel

Others: Bonus 1: Tangerine, Bonus 6: Orange(not yet posted)

Setting: In the palace study, Navel is overexerting himself for information, and Orange is a bit concerned.

Characters: Navel, Orange, mentioned Citron, even less mentioned Tangerine

This one is lowkey very spoilery for that unposted fic that doesn't actually focus on them. Also, it might be unfinished. I The writer did add to it in attempt to finish it but idk.

Navel was seated at the study table. Zeroing in on one conversation took a lot out of him, but he had to know…

"What are you listening to?" Orange. Navel should've heard him enter.

"He's… not in town… that's probably obvious by now but…" Navel was trying not to miss much. "Father's gonna have someone check the grass plains… Guy–"

Orange's hands covered Navel's ears. "Stop."

"But–"

"You're straining yourself."

Navel relented. He was exhausted…

"I had the kitchen staff prepare you a snack. I made sure it was not poisoned."

"No one is going to try and poison us, especially not me." Not when he was barely a contender. Navel laid his head down on the table spotting the tray with the snack and tea. He could hear everything but it was all over lapping becoming loud, pretty much unintelligible noise. It hurt.

"You never know…" Ah he was still thinking about the mixup with Citronia's food. Orange had seemed to think it was a strange accident but never voiced as much to anyone who would do an investigation. He just always made a point to try food first, sometimes going as far to switch their plates once he's certain his own food tasted fine. Navel had even seen Orange snatch food from Tangerine's plate when opportunity permitted. But he seemed overall like he thought it would be weird to ask or make his poison taste testing obvious.

"Yea."

"Eat your snack."

"Heal my headache." Navel whined as he closed his eyes.

"You're such a child." The door closed, that helped a bit.

"Am not." If being a child meant he wasn't seen as a serious option as prince he didn't want that label. He renounced it.

"Sit up."

"Mm." Navel sat up.

"Not much but…" Orange put a cloth on Navel's head to cover his ears and placed earmuffs on top. It did help muffle and remove some sounds.

"It is enough."

"If we had a soundproofed room…"

"We should really soundproof your room."

Navel frowned. "Where do you think he is?"

"I am unsure. But probably off being stubborn somewhere." Orange seemed extra bothered… "Now, eat and then take a nap."

"Okay." Navel pouted. He took a sip of his tea then started eating. 

Wait, when did Citronia say that? Oh yea, the other morning when he had all those books…

"Orange."

"Yes?"

"I think he went to see fairies in the mountains."

"Huh?"

"The other morning… He had all these books. One was the history of fairies, one was on mountain ranges…" Though that didn't explain the rest of the books… Maybe they were traveling and camping? Did they have books on that?

"To see fairies?"

"Yes, do you think I should alert Father?" Navel started to get up. Mountains or not, it'd probably be useful. Orange grabbed onto him but he didn't say anything immediately. Navel looked at him. "Do you… not think I should say anything?"

… "I do not."

"But… Father is looking for him."

"Father is always looking for him."

"Yes but going so far away from the palace by himself… He's never gone so far out before. What if—"

"He chose this."

Navel was quiet. He didn't quite understand. This wasn't like when they spotted or heard him sneaking in or out of the palace and didn't say anything. This was different. So shouldn't they say something? 

"They are going to check all the boxes anyway, I see no point in you getting yourself involved." But Orange was well aware of the worst case scenarios, wasn't it something they should be concerned about? Was… Orange showing support for Citronia's decision or… was he waiting to see how this played out?

Navel pulled away. "Okay."

"And it would be most wise to not inform Tangerine of this either." That's right, Navel heard them agreeing to see the fairies together. What was Citronia thinking?

Running off into potential danger to see something he knows the rest of them… he knows Tangerine wanted to see too, alone. It's not important to see them in person, they could see them on tv.

If Navel stopped to think about it, there was probably good in this situation. Whenever the stars have it told of Citronia's return, Father will have to see how unfit he is to be next in line. What kind of Crown Prince goes mia without warning for such a selfish desire? Yes this would definitely give Orange a leg up. Everyone will see that Orange is much more responsible than Citronia.

…Navel was too but that was less important. Well it was… hm… the most important thing was that when Citronia returned he will have tarnished his own standing with their father at least.

If he returned.

If….. Navel shook his head. Of course he would. Stories and legends be darned, Citronia was born under a lucky star. So his worst case scenario was definitely being removed from the throne and even then that might not actually happen.

He looked at Orange who seemed elsewhere mentally. Navel hated when he didn’t fully get what Orange was thinking, but he would trust him. If Orange wanted to explain more he would. Whenever that would be, only the stars knew… Just like whenever Citronia returned.

[confoodles]

OHHHHH IM FUCKING FUMINGG

WHAT. THE. ACTUAL. FUCK. ARE THEY DOINGGGG ?!!!!!!

- First of all the way Luna described the incident ??? She promised me she'd socialize and then disappeared for no reason ?? THE FUCK DO U MEAN NO REASON ?!!!! Ur friend accosted her until she threw food at his face !!! Clearly there was a reason and clearly there was a fight.

- Did something happen to her as a child?? Oh the way I nearly retched. Why are they making the characters act fucking stupid all of a sudden? First of all Luna, like didn't this whole arc happen already? Where everyone realized that oh yeah Aylin is being bullied and we should all be there for her. Like I don't know AM I CRAZY DID I HALLUCINATE THAT?? Did something happen to her ummm yeah she's been bullied her whole life and you know that ???

- I feel like a big issue seems to be that they r cutting and rearranging things. Like why is Alpha once again like 'fuck I'm so shitty, idk my sisters' as if we didn't spend the entirety of last episode processing that and her other issues????

- SHE SMEARED A PLATE OF FOOD ON TON'S FACE?! Guys is she stressed 😥😥 she's not usually like that 😥😥 Yeah maybe cause usually people don't get in her personal space while she's visibly uncomfortable and don't let up. This whole arc is making me hate Ton and tbh everyone who isn't Aylin.

- Ton drawing a whole ass graph instead of connecting his two existing brain cells and saying sorry is sooooo infuriating. Genuinely if this ep doesn't end with Aylin expressing her discomfort at how everyone made her feel and them making conscious effort to improve I'm gonna kill someone.

- Friendship ended with aylinluna now sunlin is my only friend ☀️👽

- As much as I love the teachers I think at the core of it all everyone is giving Aylin advice from the wrong place. Like sure the problem will now be resolved in the show, but to me the viewer it does not actually feel resolved. I think that part of it is due to the fact that Aylin is very much coded to be an autistic character. Fyi I am neurotypical so I might also be looking at this wrong, but to me it feels like no one has rlly put themselves in her shoes and are just operating under assumptions that don't consider that fact: I'm like u, i used to be like u, i used to be different blabla

- At the end of the day imo the issue was never Aylin, while the intent of encouraging her to socialize was good, it is also important to respect a person's boundaries and throughout this episode this has not been acknowledged once. It drives me crazy that everyone seems to be taking the approach of we r so worried abt Aylin, what's going on with her as if she hadn't been doing her best to socialize with everyone in her own capacity until a person she trusted put her in a situation where someone she doesn't know that well clearly overstepped.

- omg is Aylin gonna express her thoughts like I've wanted her to PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE

- TON KILL URSELF U SHOULDN'T EVEN BE HERE !! FUCK IT THE SCALE HAS TIPPED I HATE THIS MAN NOW !! ALL HIS PREV HIMBO ACTS MEANT NOTHING FUCK THAT BITCH !!

- OHHHH THE MEN R PISSING ME THE FUCK OFF. The mean, man hating lesbian in me has awakened. Mawin why the FUCK are u interrupting her U CUNT. Who ever did anything to you?? One of u guys just called her an alien and the other interrupted her a second later, THINK CRITICALLY FOR 5 SECONDS U FUCKING MORONS 🤬🤬🤬

- I hate this episode on so many levels I'm boiling !! Why r they having an anti bullying assembly like did a writer of the show find a pamphlet on the ground and went oh okay that's how we resolve this angst arc we added for no reason tee-hee 😋😋 Also the way this was meant to be about Aylin opening up and she got to say two sentences before everyone was like 'GUYS CONTROVERSIAL TAKE BULLYING = BAD'. let her speak !!

- oh Aylin crying MY BABY im so sad :((

- and here we go making it about ton. Watching this is the worst thing I've done today and I literally had to take a final exam that lasted two hours and which I studied for the day of.

- A ROUND OF BOOING FOR THE MAN PLEASE !!!! 🍅🍅🍅

Does anyone else feel like Aylinluna was horribly out of character this episode?? I've heard that apparently some things were cut, so that might be the reason but it still felt weird. Like ur telling me Luna, who has literally been so respectful of Aylin's boundaries literally even last episode, is suddenly forcing her to go out of her comfort zone?? Okay, fine, I understand the concept of wanting ur gf to get along with ur friends, but ur telling me Luna wouldn't stand up for Aylin when someone is clearly getting in her face and making her uncomfortable?? That she would call her an ALIEN??!!!

[rozestears]

Hihi (. ❛ ᴗ ❛.)

Author~ can I request again?

Can I request another mayoi ayase smut?(人 •͈ᴗ•͈)

(っ˘̩╭╮˘̩)っ size kink or difference.... Idk what it's called •́ ‿ ,•̀ + breeding--- *slap my hornie face.

Mayoi with s/o who's almost haft his size but same age as him through ( not all are born lucky with height ༎ຶ‿༎ຶ )

Or angel Tatsumi who's reader/you guardian angel but fallen from bis angelhood because he fallen in a twisted love with reader/you. Since his fallen from his pose he could now able to court you freely yet maybe his fallen state made him want to corrupted reader. Rest up to you smut or not (◕ᴗ◕✿)

Also can I be grapeanon... For totally not mayoi reason ◉‿◉

Also have a good day!!

MY FALLEN FATE.

—SUMMARY; Can't you believe it? A darling angel who gave everything up for you? His title, his purity just to taint yours? You must be really special to him if he did that all just for you.

—CONTENT WARNINGS; Curruption kink, rough sex, anal, suffocation

Kazehaya Tatsumi x Gn!Reader . 1321 Words

MINORS DO NOT INTERACT. BY CLICKING ON KEEP READING YOU ARE AGREEING TO ANY POSSIBLE DARK CONTENT.

Up in heaven there lived an unbelievably sweet, nice, and amazing angel. His name was Tatsumi. You were lucky enough to get him as your own guardian angel too. He admired you from afar but you didn't know about him when he decided to come down to earth and look at you up close. He peeked through your window to see you doing your daily tasks.

Just the normal things, like you cooking lunch and cleaning up the kitchen and washing the dishes. But Tatsumi was always mesmerized by what you do. He loved watching you sway gracefully from place to place while you had a smile plastered on your face. You were done with cooking your lunch, some stew!

And you placed it by the window to help it cool. But before you did you noticed someone, or something? Outside seemingly watching you. Feeling uneasy, you opened your window and scanned your surroundings for anything suspicious. But nothing was out of the ordinary. You left your pot out and washed your hands.

And Tatsumi was underneath the window sweating nervously. He had no ill intentions, he promises! But if you saw him you would definitely freak out! You didn't even know him (yet) but seeing him outside? You're gonna think he's a stalker and hate him.

He decided it was time to finally meet you. And observed the outside world on how to disguise himself. Tatsumi thought of using a hat to hide his halo and a coat to tuck his wings back. He thought it was an amazing plan! And then decided on to finish everything off by working as a waiter in your favorite restaurant.

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As days went by Tatsumi's plan was in process. You went in as usual, and he served you the regular food you ordered. You were shocked! You never seen him before but how would he know about this? Maybe the manager told him about you? As the young man passed by you again you asked him to sit next to you.

"Hey, I know this is sudden and pretty out of the blue but; you're new here right? I've never seen you around. And just a question but how do you know about my regulars?" You asked him as you ate your food.

"Oh? Well someone told me about you. I hope I didn't make you feel uncomfortable in a way with this." He asked.

You didn't know he watched over you, and you shouldn't ever know about that.

You nodded in response and said that you see. Tatsumi left a note on your table when you weren't looking. It was a note of his number (he doesn't know how to operate his cell) you let out a chuckle before finishing your food and placing it in your bag, as you headed out to wherever you needed to go.

Tatsumi waved you off as he held a glass in his hand. He can't wait to see where this leads. And he then continued to work on his plan, while you enjoyed yourself.

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The day went by and you were tired from moving from place to place rearranging documents and filing new files for some new employees at your work place. You were at somewhere when they urgently called that these were needed as soon as possible. Your head was spinning because everything was needed to quickly.

You moved your face off your pillow and took out your phone as you remembered Tatsumi. You registered his number to your phone and struck up a conversation. You left your device for a while but as soon as you did, a ping from your phone was heard.

You ignored it for a while and changed your clothes first, and cleaned yourself up before picking it up again to reply. Tatsumi introduced himself and you two started to chat. Days went by and you two became closer and closer.

Though, when you're near him he has a habit of rubbing your back and placing his hands on your thighs. At first you didn't think much of it and brushed any unsettling thoughts off your mind. You found him sweet and charming, he cared deeply for you and you started feeling the same way towards him.

He loves embracing you in his arms and kissing your cheek whenever the atmosphere isn't so serious and tense. You liked it quite a bit, though. So you didn't mind those actions towards you. Little did you know, you started to make him feel some things inside of him that he never would've thought he could ever think of.

You were just so pure and perfect that he wanted to taint that of you. He wanted you all to himself for his sweet desires. Would you like that? No? Well one day you two were in your home, your room. You were explaining to him about some of your interests. He was happy seeing you so invested in talking to him.

"So! What are the things you like, Tatsumi?" You said as the light hit your eyes and caused them to sparkle.

"I like you!" He said smiling as he leaned forward to your face.

You held his head with you arms as he rested it on your chest. You were taken a back with his sudden response and asked him if it was true. He nodded and rubbed his cheeks on your chest. You only met for a few days and he's already caught feelings for you?

You were thinking about what Tatsumi said, making you distracted. Which made Tatsumi find it the best opportunity to hold you in lewd areas on your body. He first held your ass first and tucked his hands beneath your pants. He still kept serene as you couldn't think of anything to do.

He flipped you over and took off your pants to fondle with you ass. And he placed your hands above you so you wouldn't be able to free from him so easily. He then unzipped his pants and insert himself inside of you. And as he did black feathers started to fly out his coat. A symbol of him finally falling from his title as an angel.

But he didn't care. You're all that he's ever wanted anyways, and that was enough for him.

He started thrusting faster and harder into you and you could only ever grip your sheets and bite on your pillow as you were getting obliterated from behind. He removed his hands from your wrists then held your waist with one hand and used another one to hold your neck back. Your eyes rolled back at the sudden motion.

He was cutting off your air supply as he got sloppier in his thrusts. You used both your hands to hold on the one he's using to choke you. He was practically strangling you at this point. He tightened his grip around your neck and you started coughing up.

And that's when Tatsumi let go of you. Your head fell to the ground and you could feel your legs and eyes twitching underneath him. Tatsumi couldn't stop fucking you so hard, you just felt way too good for him! He keeps telling you that he's just... Simply doing this because he loves you so, so much!

And how he thinks you're doing so well for him, just taking his cock inside of you and never letting go! He even tried to pull out real quick but you just wouldn't let him. But once he finally did he came on top of you. So much leaked out and said how you did amazing for him as he stroked his cock just a bit more.

He kissed your neck and left hickeys on them aswell. So many questions flooded your mind with what just happened. But Tatsumi reassured you it'll all be okay, he's gonna be with you now. Forever.

[lovely-echoo]

Sleepy Bois Inc x FranBow!Reader

In-game AU

Part 2/? PT.1

Plantonic!SBI x Young!Reader

(10/11 years old)

Headcanons

Genderneutral reader (they/them) 💜

INFO; If you haven't played or seen game play of Fran Bow then you can skip this if you'd like. If you don't care then go ahead.

Summary; Basically if you've seen/played the game you should know how this goes, you take place of Fran. So you go/went through the same things she did and you still have Mr. Midnight. This takes place while Fran is still in the mental hospital and then got teleported near the SBI.

If I get any info wrong, I'm sorry! I rewatched Markiplier's game play so it shouldn't be way off.

P.s not everything is described the same.

(^ art by sunquids on twt)

CW/TW: mentions/includes of cussing, food/not eating properly, screaming, murder, death threats(?)

First Impressions

Philza

Was terrified honestly-

Thought you were dead at first

Mans was just walking around with his son when he heard a thud

Was 1000% not expecting a kid and a cat

Even worse when he tried to get closer the cat got defensive and swatted it’s claws at him

And when you woke up-

Oh boy-

You barely acknowledged him and picked up the cat

Which btw, the damn cat changed so quickly- it perked up and was all happy and shit

The sudden anger to happiness gave him whiplash the poor guy

Then when you started crying which that scared him to

But either way he wanted to help you

Blame the father instincts ig-

He saw the way you looked thinner and not in the way as in ‘I was born with a fast metabolism/naturally like that’ but in the way of ‘I haven’t gotten proper food in a while’

(Btw if you are a plus-sized reader, the same goes for you. I don’t want to specify anything, especially body types. But he could tell you haven’t eaten actual food :) bc we all know that asylum food is shit)

He also saw the way you lowkey gaped at his wings but shh-

^ Lowkey feels prideful about it but you didn't hear it from me-

He really tried to approach you as calmly as possible to not scare you

Can I also mention that when he saw how dull your eyes were he felt his heart shatter

He also physically winced when he heard you speak for the first time

Honestly got lost in thought with a bunch of concerns, worries and shit

Final Thoughts;

Thinks you're absolutely adorable

Wants to punt whoever left you here

Lowkey scared of your cat

Technoblade

At first did not care

Like at all

Also thought you were dead at first

Still didn’t care

But the more he examined you when you first met

There’s something about you that kinda…

Clicked?

Idk

But yeah

Was ticked off when you talked back but also impressed

Like he’s Technoblade, The Blood God.

Usually whenever he makes eye contact with people- especially kids

They cower, scream, panic and ect.

But you didn’t waver

But either way, he’s still very skeptical.

Will absolutely stay on guard with you around

Unless you don’t give him reason to

If the some of the voices are right

He will dropkick murder you

So just keep quiet about it for now, okay?

He actually kinda finds you interesting

He doesn’t know why, he just does

Maybe it’s your mannerisms but eh

Just watch yourself around him

He’s so stiff and stern around you to the point that you think you won’t wake up the next morning

Final Thoughts;

Still really iffy about you

Get's the most ill vibe from you

Wants the voices to stfu about how 'cute' you were

TommyInnit

Ima be completely honest with you-

He screamed.

Like as soon as he made eye contact with your bloodshot eyes

He just full on screamed

You don’t know what you did to scare the poor teen

But I guess you’ll never know

And ima be honest with you again

He doesn’t either.

Maybe it was the way your eyes bore into his when he first saw you

Lowkey thought you were half dead or a zombie or some shit

You just looked so…

Dead…?

You kinda looked like a doll to him

He’s not a fan of dolls

Will he apologize for screaming the first time ya’ll met?

Because that is lowkey rude to do-

Yes but actually no-

He feels bad but he’s got to much of a stick up his ass to apologize directly

But he’ll make it up to you one day

I hope-

But other than that

He’s happy to not be the youngest one around tho

Final Thoughts;

Still thinks you look like a creepy doll

Gets this vibe from you but can’t put his finger on it

Lowkey wants to take you out on an adventure and maybe introduce you to Tubbo

Wilbur;

He was actually in his room chilling

Practising his guitar for a new song he wrote

He was vibing

Then he heard a scream

Thought a cat or smt was being murdered

So he rushed downstairs expecting a dead animal or shit

Turns out it was just his younger brother

Was gonna scold him but he saw you and your cat

That btw, you were holding him in such a cute way and looked at him with these doe eyes

Mentally, emotionally and physically awed

Your farming his aw’s hold on a sec-

He’s in love omg-

Please he’s already thinking about doing sibling shit with you

He knows his dad will adopt you even if he said ‘They're staying here for a while before they go back home.'

Wil knows that’s a lie and you’ll be staying here for a lot longer

With your consent ofc

Either way finds you adorable, smol and just

You’re baby

To him, you’re baby

Final Thoughts;

You're baby

Wonders if you like music

But also gets a weird vibe from you

Bonus;

The Voices

Oh boy-

So many different opinions

Some want you dead

Some want to hug you

Some want your cat

Some hate your cat

It’s all a mess

But let’s focus on the positive ones-

A lot of them are still chanting ‘protecc tiny bean’

Some are talking about you, others the cat

‘protecc tiny beans’

Is now what they decided to chant

They love you bby dw

Even the harsher ones, they love you

They just don’t show it

For the ones who really want you dead and shit

They’ll warm up

At least I hope so

But they don’t get the chance to say more mean shit like wanting you dead

Because those voices are getting attacked by your fans

Yes, your fans

They’ve nominated themselves as your fans

Yes, they do fight for who’s the number one fan

Final Thoughts;

If Philza likes you then they do (for the most part-)

Protecc tiny beans?

Protecc tiny beans.

Feel free to submit suggestions for this series! Could just be headcanons, reactions to ___, or anything!

Taglist;

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[escarlatafox]

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I think part of this might just be the fact that like... I've done my best to perfect the art of how to appreciate crumbs LOL. I got some crumbs, and they were tasty! & I'm just sitting here glad that it didn't taste bad, you know, I'm a very "well it could always be Worse" about things sometimes... which is verrry different from how I approached kfp3, so like, I guess I was "Too Successful" at lowering my expectations in a way, dhsdhjds, but I'm glad I got to dodge Major disappointment thanks to this approach. I've just like. something something inner peace, ability to ignore/dodge subpar stuff's ability to Hurt me so long as it's not extreeeemely over the top bad. so. hm. lol. Like, I'm not gonna let stuff bother me, I'm just gonna take whatever bits I might like & Go. As long as I'm not outright offended by stuff or whatever.

I've seen people saying stuff about like how Shifu got sidelined in this movie and whatnot, and it's interesting comparing those complaints to how chill I was with his presence/role. I have balanced expectations where like, I'm never gonna expect him to have the same level of prominence that he did in the first movie, cuz the first movie was different in its need to feature him heavily. His role as a supporting cast member is understandably less prominent in the following movies and I get that. So my instinctive thought is like "sidelined? I mean he wasn't in movies 2 and 3 that much either, so". And I always remember him as "barely" having been in the second movie (we must keep in mind though, it being the first movie to come after how much he was in movie 1, it would feel like a lot less screentime to me, & did for that reason). but. The more that I think about it..., I mean he was There for the cannonball stuff/confrontation in 2. He was There at other points. he definitely had stuff to do & a role to play...

So I'm just kind of sitting here Realising that I could have reasonably expected more, but I didn't, and was thus satisfied with this one aspect in terms of what's there.

Because again. Instead of basically having any measure of expectations at all walking into this thing, I was more like "please do not ruin my favourite character beyond repair". & that didn't happen so I was like. fine. I got some more content. I was entertained. idk.

It shouldn't really be like this though, obviously. Like, I shouldn't have to lower my expectations to the absolute bare minimum and then just brush off any stuff (e.g. the plot/pacing overall) that does bother me.

I mean, I didn't want this movie in the first place; I saw the cracks showing in 3 + it was a good solid ending/closing off of the series, so I reeeeeally wanted them to stop there. And they didn't, so here we are, I just didn't want them to take a sledgehammer to the characters/world that they did have built - and one could argue that 4 really does undercut the characters/world of what's come before. My personal favourite character imo has managed to dodge that though so I'm just like. Appreciating the small things. Which, huh. I seem to have gotten way too good at doing these days, huh. :P Well, if they're going to insist on giving me more scenes I'll appreciate what I can. I'm just worried that the tasty crumbs are gonna become expired food soon if they keep it up.

This movie could've been great if they did it right... there's no law saying that sequels Have to be bad... there's just... a bunch of forces e.g. economic etc pushing it in the direction of being bad... :')

The fact that they're supposedly already working on a 5th film fills me with such dread. cuz I'm so tired lol. I just managed to make it out of this movie Happy but idk if that can persist. gah

Anyway, on some reflection I've come to understand people's complaints about Shifu being sidelined and whatnot. I'm just gonna hold onto being happy with what I got though honestly. & I mean, idk.

God I can't believe we almost got a Shifu kidnapping plotline though..... Would've loved to see that djksdjsdjkds let him be the disressed damsel /j kinda feel robbed of that LOLLLL

Honestly. I think I just like. forgot how Good and Fun 2&3 were and I was underestimating how good his moments in those two were. and thinking back im like Hold On... maybe 4 IS a notable downgrade in terms of his character. It's been a while since I properly revisited the previous movies as well (!) so that would absolutely be a contributing factor too, like, I'm a little Rusty on it and then seeing the fourth movie is my refresher on the character, etc.

Because there was a little while there where I was wondering how Other Shifu fans would feel about his characterisation in this film. Right now I don't really have other opinions from like, fans of him specifically, to adequately weigh my feelings/thoughts against. I have seen more than one person also picking up on/commenting on how he suddenly seems to backtrack in this film though, so.

anyway. anyway. I wasnt even comparing it with previous movies anyway I was looking at it in isolation. "Wow! Something!" my standards were extremely low guys. And that worked out just fine for me I guess. That's Why. jangling car keys, you know.

When something is Brand New, it's practically always gonna have that shine of novelty about it, you know? So I could walk away from the first viewing happy because Wow New Content !. And on reflection I'm like okay yeah maybe I AM cheering on crumbs. But like... I'd rather be happy cheering on those crumbs than be miserable wishing for what could have been. and don't get me wrong we could have had so much. but. I'm not gonna waste too much time angsting on that. I've long made peace with it XD

augh, I am sleep deprived. :P

Okay now from the POV of STANNING CHARACTERS… (kfp4 spoilers)

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So first off. My condolences to Tigress fans + people who are big fans of the Furious Five. And I mean – the Furious Five are were (?! 😭) core cast members, they’re great and fun characters, so I can absolutely understand the outrage of them just not being there AT ALL. In fact… idk their absence is weird in that it does feel less like kung fu panda without them. I take the view that what Matters is the movie being good, so if you have a movie that’s good, you can get away with certain characters* not being there if they wouldn’t serve an otherwise good plot. You can’t really say that’s the case with this movie though, because its pacing etc had much to be desired. So… yeah. You kicked them out but then the movie still wasn’t even good?? 😭And they didn’t even get a little scene they got nothing!! 😭No speaking scene I mean!

*Certain characters when I’m not completely obsessed with them (LOL). Because I, like anyone, am BIASED, my point here is that’s the “objective” take, but subjectively it absolutely sucks when your personal fave isn’t there so I really do sympathise. If shifu wasn’t in the fourth movie at all, I, too, would be extremely upset and furious. So fans of the Five have every right to be personally unhappy with their absence. For example if Shifu was absent from a Good kfp movie because he wouldn’t contribute to the Good plot, “objectively” that makes sense from a writing pov. Subjectively, I would still be personally unhappy with it.

ANYWAY. So now for analysis/discussion from a more character-focused pov/being biased in terms of my focus!

I mean, Shifu’s my fave, put him onscreen and don’t completely mess it up and there’s a good chance I’m just happy to see him again. And I was pleased to see him again. Ahah… What can I say? I’m a shifu fan… XD

Anyway. He’s SO not having a fun time dhsdjhsdsd I’m. god. Still getting my thoughts together about this. I have sorrrrt of mixed feelings/am of two worlds.

I did really enjoy his scenes. He’s actually kind of a mess honestly omggg. It kinda took me by surprise and I was actually very amused. I can’t help it he’s why I’m here LOL.

So like yes on the one hand I absolutely did accept and enjoy his scenes. On the other hand I was a bit surprised because… Well. Movies 1-3 did seem to have him on a clear trajectory of getting better and becoming more chill. He’s very Not Chill in this. You could make an argument that the whole “Oogway choosing Po as his spiritual successor” is a/the major issue that’s set back his progress in this movie, is why he’s clearly Not Fine (however much he might claim otherwise ckjdjkdsjk), etc. Because he only gets hit with that knowledge/information at the end of movie 3. The whole fact that he’s been kind of “overlooked” by Oogway (or at least, kind of skipped over technically…) and is now technically “surpassed” by Po, etc etc.

However, the above is all Watsonian analysis. From a Doylist point of view, I doooo think he has been Flanderised a bit. Feels like he’s just kind of been stuck/shoved into the box/role of grumpy “least-zen zen master” without much room to move about. It does feel like he had a lot more room/leeway before with his character/characterisation than he seems to have now…? And idk how to feel about it. Because like… I still really enjoyed his scenes in this movie, I loved it. So I don’t actually have any personal issues/complaints with it, I guess I do just feel like it can be “overdone”, if he really is thoroughly boxed-in like this. If his character has been simplified down/exaggerated… There are potential concerns with that but like, again. I loved him in this movie.

I mean I guess it just comes down to some mixed feelings on my end. Because I was getting this sense of “okay this kind of seems like… a bit overdone on the characterisation. But at the same time… I still love this characterisation” dhsdhjas? Hmmm. Still mulling over it. But I had fun! On an analytical level, I recognised that this movie had flaws, and that Shifu’s characterisation can be symptomatic of an overall downgrading of writing quality/handling of the characters in general. On the level of Being A Fan, I am a little baby being mesmerised by car keys being jangled in front of me.

It's also just kind of Funny to learn just how badly he’s doing. I thought he was Fine I really overestimated how well-adjusted he was at this point sdhsajksdakjsad god I. Mixed thoughts but I truly did love his scenes for the most part. Oughhh.

The fact that he’s now officially confirmed/clarified In Canon that he’s a red panda is hilarious. It took them four movies to do it. It’s been MANY years. But people having no clue what kind of animal he is over and over again, piggybacking off that… Man I loved it.

Hhhhhh yeah. Gonna keep mulling it over.

& I did feel catered to as a Shifu fan, by virtue of the fact that He Was There (I am the baby looking at the jangling car keys). So like, that would have affected my overall experience of the movie As A Whole in ways too! Because you can’t completely separate subjective from "objective". The movie itself could be lackluster but I could still be like “yesss Shifu” if I enjoy his individual scenes, etc. So tbh I had a great time, if only for that. I wanted to see him again and I did, LOL.

And like idk, if I fine-tooth-comb comparison his characterisation in previous installments vs this one, maybe I will come up with discrepancies or whatnot, and I guess one of my concerns is like, even if I was totally fine with how he was written in this movie, it raises concerns about how he might be portrayed in any future media, etc, so I’m just kinda wary? Idk. But tbh I had fun. That’s what matters.

[lilyclawthorne]

Keeping Up A-fear-ance's Thoughts

I finished writing this shortly after 3 am after watching the new episode like three times because I simply had too much energy about it and I have so many thoughts because I simply live for clawthornes and also I tried to break it up with more photos this time sorry not sorry if it's a lot ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

YOUNG EDA!! let me just say I am quite a fan of opening with a flashback like we've done here and the last episode

"we have never seen a curse like this before" Lilith you had shit luck picking out curses huh

"cut it out if we have to" goddamn Gwen let'a calm the fuck down a bit.

anyways we've only really seen young Eda as a wild and confident and happy little child so I appreciate seeing this side of her with the anxiety and fear she's feeling here. I love seeing what the curse stuff was like for her as a kid

Gwen: I raised a perfectly fine kid

Me: no you didn't look at her she's got anxiety

I'm guessing this is their backyard or just some woods behind their house?? wonder if the portal was placed there by another elder family member.

lmao I can't even begin to imagine what small Eda experiencing the human realm was like for the first time

Gwens giving me "I can't accept that my child is disabled/chronically ill/etc." here. y’know the kinda parent that'll put their kid through hell over something they probably will find a way to learn to live with (which Eda did do)

ok that's it I humbly request to know the story behind the fang now (also the noise she made when she put it in was freaking cute)

new dress! new boots! new dress! new boots!

..yikes that fridge is empty

"calm down the curse acts stronger when you're stressed" Eda do you know who you're talking to here

confirmation losing limbs is in fact a side effect of the curse!! (y'know since Eda originally said it just happens when you get older)

please I love these sisters they're so sweet and make me wanna go 🥺

"suddenly curious about my past" "always. always curious" Luz says exactly what we all think

witchlet?? sweet flea?? she's got pet names for them 🥺 (although idk how much I'd like to be referred to as any kind of flea sorry Lilith)

ok Gwen is very much not close to what I expected and I'm kinda grateful for that

she's more like super caring but still managed to royally fuck up which was my original head canon for clawthorne parents so uh that's cool. but literally, look at their body language, Eda's pissed, Lilith's sad and making herself small. she's clearly messed up with her parenting on both of them along the way.

"who knows what they put in those nasty concoctions?" mama clawthorne would be a fucking anti-vaxxer wouldn't she

ok I side with Eda here more than Luz and Lilith. just because Luz misses her mother, or Lilith hasn’t seen their mom in so long doesn’t mean Eda has to feel all grateful for the presence of Gwen, especially if the woman has caused her a lot of trouble over the years

I feel like the fact that its actually both Lilith and Gwendolyn have spent their whole lives dedicated to trying to find a cure could probably have held some kind of weight on Eda at some point. Even though she shouldn't feel guilty or responsible for that, I still feel like it's gotta suck knowing these people have spent so much time on something you know is likely never gonna happen, all for you.

Lilith 😞 her mother really just didn't pay attention to her all these years

hey if this guy does some next level healing magic then why isn't he more well-known, huh? why’d it take so long to come across him?? Gwen do you know what the fuck you're doing cause I think you don't

Lilith just because you're depressed about your mom doesn't mean you have to bring king down too 😠

SUPER irrelevant but is anyone else just bothered by the way Lilith is holding her spoon?? that doesn't seem like a comfortable way to hold a spoon. also is she left handed??

"knife season came early" EDA WHAT DOES THAT MEAN. is this a boiling isles things or is this a it’s common for people to throw knives at you thing

also I want to be surprised Eda fell for the apple blood signs but I am not 😔 

Luz please trust you're gut on this one and not mama clawthorne

ok now I need to know why the fridge was empty but they had 18 cartons of ice cream this is why you guys don't have food you're wasting it all on ice cream.

wow never thought I'd see the day hooty became the voice of reason

also, night market ice cream?? are they implying this ice cream is like, edibles of some sort?? Lilith does seem kinda high here ngl. idk man but at least she wants to stand up for herself so good for her.

PLEASE kings just offering her ice cream while she transforms

"first in a series" Gwen honey oh no. you've been duped. I think we can see where Lilith got her naïveté from huh.

Also, nice snatch Luz 😊

anyways love how this show is basically making fun of moms who refuse to give their kids proper medical treatment or listen to medical professionals here

EXCUSE ME why do we know Gwen's palisman's name before we know Lilith's?????

"I am a mother who'll do anything for her daughter" you're mom who's suffocating obsession with one daughter has left the other neglected and is currently causing her to turn into a full on beast ya dummy

Eda DOES have a right to be upset. it sucks that her own valid emotions that she should get to feel will cause her while body to betray her.

PLEASE I’M SO GLAD LILITH’S BEAST DESIGN LOOKS LIKE HER AND IS NOT THE THING FROM THE TRAILER THAT IS ACTUALLY IN EDA"S HEAD WHEN SHE’S TRANSFORMED

but also why is she SO massive?? also anyone concerned that this is her first transformation and the light glyph trick wouldn't even work??

Gwen look at what you've done, you've fostered feelings of inferiority in one daughter causing her to feel the need for sibling rivalry that the pure instincts of the raven beast cannot suppress no matter how much their sisterly relationship had improved.

HOW COULD YOUR OTHER DAUGHTER ALSO BEING CURSED BE A PART OF THE PROCESS GWEN??

"after Eda was cursed, I joined the beast keeping coven" woah woah WOAH. you're telling me you only joined because of trying to help Eda. that covens existed, before Eda got cursed, and you very much weren't a part of one. combine that with "some words for belos" she has and do I smell wild witch theory still plausible???

anyways at least mama clawthorne is getting some sense into her head here

Morton c'mon help a girl out, that's some dang good art too what the heck dude

ok fine mama clawthorne to the rescue

no pls not raven beast Lilith crying im crying now

Gwen: I raised a fine and self-sufficient child

Me: no you didn't look at her. she's got, SO MUCH.

GODDAMN THATS SOME POWER. ngl this only adds fuel to the fire in my head that there was some kinda reasoning these sisters were torn apart, that someone felt they'd be too powerful together (and they were probably right)

"I heard you but I couldn't stop myself, I couldn't do anything" may be just because she's not used to the curse but again part of me is concerned that because she couldn't pull herself out of it even a little bit like Eda did that there's something wrong there. but she also could've been stressed beyond reasonably calming herself down too.

ok but this is sweet

NOOO im so sad Lilith's leaving :( I literally cried ok

"you lived here?" fine OKAY king that was hilarious even if im sad about this

"reconnect with dad" excuse me where the fuck has this man been in the middle of all of this. curse shit is going DOWN and he's just chilling at home.

I am curious about people's thoughts regarding the whole Lilith regression thing and the fact that she's literally going to be living with her parents again. I feel like it could help nurture that inner child she's been reverting back to and help her out a LOT. but I could also be concerned about it feeding into the regression and making it worse?? idk and this show probably ain't getting that actually deep into psych anyways

"some day my hair is gonna be big enough to do that too" Luz I cannot wait for the day. also mood, I wish I could do that too.

alright who's holding the fucking pen for hooty we need a volunteer RIGHT NOW so we can remain in contact with Lulu

NOT THE ONLY HUMAN? my bets on the real azura rip never mind she said he

Titan’s Blood?? interesting. If the blood of the titan is around I wonder what that means regarding the titans existence, and how long its been since the titan fell.

AHH BABY LUZ PHOTO

ALSO WHO THE FUCK IS THAT?? They're really gonna spring that on us like this??? Camila's gotta notice somethings wrong right??? Unless any differences she just chalks up to the camp?? oh god :(

well, anyways lumity shippers come get yo juice next weekend

anyways im gonna need to add a NOT canon compliant tag on that one Gwendolyn fic I wrote because it definitely do not comply anymore

[itsclydebitches]

I adore talking about this with you, it's so cool to be able to agree, everything I've read is just excusing yen lmao.

And with "geralt would rather do and say things Yen wants to avoid pissing her off" LIKE YEAHH I guess I annoyed yen with my answers and she teleported Geralt out of the tower thing, and then threatened to do it again like??? Like he pissed her off so she has fuck all care about him, was over water thank god but like girl??? omg and her refusing to tell the wticher bros what she was planning on doing to Uma, like I get that they would be hesistent but I mean it's cause it's cruel and painful and they have that trauma around that. She just expects everyone to do what she asks when she asks no questions. (Lambert's "I'm not geralt" when he and Yen are kinda arguring, bb red flags)

I just assumed she didn't believe him cause if she did whats her excuse for behaving how she is lmao??? Like you believe he has amnesia and you still blame HIM over the person who maniplated him KAY.

And goodddd that fucking scene when Triss and Yen see Ciri in Kaer Morhen is genuinely the worst, Triss and Yen see their sis/daughter (not gonna get into how weird I find it that Triss considers Ciri her sister and Geralt is Ciris father and she still wants to fuck him, uncomfy) for the first time in forever, she's alive and well and while Triss is hugging Ciri, Yen kisses Geralt and Triss throws a glare at her. I hated that scene so damn much, it's stupid and shouldn't have been there. (aso I get emotions and all but Yen kissing Geralt is so bitchy, idk even full of gratitude and emotion I wouldn't kiss the man who just dumped me lol, especially not in front of a situation like Triss)

I'm still mad about the women, I really wanted to like them fuck meeee

YOU GOT TO THE PART. Oh thank god, anon, I've wanted to talk about this since we started these conversations lol

Okay, let's set the scene, shall we? You arrive to find that, with our playthroughs anyway, your ex has barged into your home. I say "barged in" because although we (Geralt) know that Yen's help is necessary and she'll be tagging along, the other witchers living there are given no prior warning and, according to Vesemir, Yen teleported in without so much as a "Hello." She then immediately starts ordering everyone around like her servants, failing to explain the situation beyond there being a curse that they have to help with. No, this isn't negotiable. She (still being an ex) takes your old room for herself, which just happens to be the biggest in the keep, and proceeds to toss a bed out the window. It's only later that Vesemir recalls that Triss used to use it, so prior to that everyone apparently just accepted that Yen was destroying their stuff for no understandable reason. Classic Yen. You go upstairs to find her cursing a blue streak at her failed experiment and when you try to lighten the mood, she snaps at you. If you're of the opinion that Yen's every order must be obeyed, this is when you're supposed to drop the conversation entirely, because she said to. Except, funnily enough, you'd like to know why she's up here being The Worst Guest Ever and destroying your property. She tries to justify this by saying that destroying a bed is better than how she could be dealing with her anger over Triss. Be grateful and all that. Except, it's not really about Triss, is it? The line is "You shagged my friend. For upwards of a year. I don't know what your witcher's code says on the matter, but ordinary folk would consider it obscene, base, vile." The blame is not on the woman who knowingly manipulated Geralt into having sex with her while he was vulnerable, it's on Geralt himself! He is the "obscene, base, vile" person for... daring to have amnesia? And when you point that out - "Yen... told you already. I lost my memory" - she yells that she's "lost [her] patience" and teleports you into a lake! This is, apparently, how she really wants to deal with her anger. Not by destroying beds, but by attacking you for things outside of your control. And I do consider it an attack. Yen is meant to be insanely powerful, she is leveraging her magic as a weapon here, particularly when Geralt has spent the whole game commenting on how much he hates portals. Yen knows this. Not just because he says so in her presence, but because she frequently reads his mind, something else he's expressed discomfort with. She's not just demonstrating her power (controlling) and sending him away when he makes a point she doesn't want to acknowledge (immature), she chooses the one thing she knows makes Geralt uncomfortable, perhaps even scared. Then when you've swum your way back to shore and returned to, despite all this, begin her list of chores, she makes a dry comment about how next time she just might drop you high enough for the fall to be fatal. With the next time implied to be, you know, the next time you disagree with her. The next time you dare to do anything other than agree with her every belief and jump at her every command.

The fandom interpretation of all this: "Lol Geralt getting yeeted is so funny. And their banter is just 😍"

Me:

You mentioned red flags and yeah like that ENTIRE SCENE is a crimson banner for me. I mean, by all means, love the fictional ships that are super messed up (I often do), but it astounds me how many fans honestly think this is just a cute interaction with absolutely no problems attached. Nothing to question here, folks. I've mentioned before, but last I discussed this in depth the asker wanted to know if I'd been an asshole to Yen and... that's it. That's the perspective. Any disagreement with her, any pushback, anything that's not complete, blind obedience is something she will not permit AND something most fans take as a given. If you're not doing what Yen tells you to, you're automatically the asshole, and if you're the asshole, you automatically deserve any punishment she chooses to dish out.

Comic spoilers coming up if you want to skip, but this is made abundantly clear in "Curse of Crows." Yen and Geralt are at their best in the moment below, enjoying one another's company on a nice day. Yen asks if Geralt wants to swim and he says nah, he'd rather watch her. She appears to like that idea and, indeed, swims naked while Geralt admires from the shore.

Actually cute right? I really liked this moment! They're cuddled up together and exchanging smiles. It's a rare moment of peace where I can believe that they truly care for one another, outside of passionate sex and not wanting the other dead. Finally, something beyond that incredibly low bar.

...except Yen starts flirting with a young man who shows up, invites him to travel with them, all while refusing to explain why she's interested in his company. The sudden third wheel is clearly bothering Geralt, but Yen continues to ignore his questioning. The answer she finally gives later that night?

She did it purely to mess with Geralt! It's his "just desserts" for "refusing to swim with [her]." She is "not one to be refused - I thought you needed reminding" by giving him "a flick on the nose." When I say that Yen treats Geralt like a dog I mean she literally treats him like a dog. He's a servant who must jump at her every command and if he doesn't, he'll punished for disobedience. He might not even know why he's being punished for a long stretch because Yen enjoys making him think she's a normal person capable of accepting that he doesn't feel like swimming right now - insert the Kaer Morhen scene where she wants to go have sex upstairs, but Geralt wants to catch up with the brothers he hasn't seen in an age here - only to reveal that actually she's made their formerly nice outing uncomfortable because he needs to be put in his place. All of which is followed by, "So... willing to join me now?" The message is very clear! Geralt had better get his ass in that tub unless he wants to be punished some more. Whether he wants a bath right now or not is inconsequential.

This is also the run where she scares the women Geralt was with, despite them being separated right now. Why? "I could."

Claims that Geralt is allowed to return to his companions (who he actually waves away) only for him to realize she's cast a spell to burn him with the water. Yen loves pretending she's okay with things only to punish Geralt for them later - sometimes with physical punishments. And what would have happened if the women had actually joined him again? Do witchers weather hot water better than the average courtesan? Who knows, but Yen clearly doesn't care who might get hurt.

Just like her time in Skellige and at Kaer Morhen, she refuses to explain what's going on. She just expects people to obey her, so-called loved ones included. Geralt was to get her cider, and arrive before her bath went cold, not question what they're doing on this dangerous hunt. He's a servant.

And my favorite, petty moment: transforming her awful inn food into a lavish meal without offering to do the same for either Geralt or Ciri.

"But, Clyde, that's just the comics. They're not really canon." Nah, questions of canon aside, this is 100% Yen's characterization. She's prideful. Immature. Beyond controlling. And punishes anyone who dares to tell her "No." Fans are always pointing out that she's meant to be horrible, she could have been a villain in another life, like any of that explains why I'm supposed to root for this relationship or enjoy her existence outside of being a complex character. Yen is interesting, but she's interesting in a "I can't wait to see her get her own just desserts" way. Not "Wooo now I get to watch this story ignore her behavior again to push a True Love narrative."

She punished Geralt frequently during their first meeting, she punishes him whenever they get together, and, I think, she punished him during the reunion with Ciri. Given our playthroughs, do we really think that after breaking up with her and all this fury over Triss - an anger so deep she destroyed the bed and attacked Geralt - she's just overcome with such joy that she forgets they're not together anymore and forgets the anger she's been nurturing for years? Yen doesn't forget. She's staring at Ciri during that moment, right where Triss is currently running towards them, and then after a considering look at Geralt pulls him in for that kiss. That was calculated. She did that to make a claim she no longer had. To punish them both: make Triss uncomfortable by playing at the "perfect" family reunion; make Geralt uncomfortable by kissing him when she knows he doesn't feel the same way. But of course, the popular reading is that she just loves him so much she couldn't help herself. Riiight.

It's just all SO BAD. (Including, as you say, the ickiness of having Triss lusting after Geralt and referring to Ciri as "little sis.") I love a lot of the women in Witcher - Cerys is a fave, Ciri, Saskia, Philippa, Keira, etc. - but the two I'm supposedly meant to fall in love with are just the worst lol.

Basically:

Half the fandom: TEAM TRISS 🤬

The other half: TEAM YEN🤬

Me: TEAM REGIS 😭

[thatsgay-writes]

Catra x Wolf!Reader

Summary: You’ve been Horde Prime’s prisoner for as long as you can remember. Now with two new people showing up, one a prisoner and the other working for Horde Prime, can you finally escape?

Warning: Light cursing?

(Takes place in season 5)

Ummm... I'm making the reader like a wolf version of Catra because... idk. :)

"Oof..." You hear as a body hits the floor. You look up slowly from the bed your laying in to see a girl with short pink and purple glittery (?) hair. You get out of bed slowly, a wave of dizziness hitting as soon as you stand, and make your way over to her. You crouch down, trying to stop your head from feeling light headed, "You okay?" The girl looks up, shocked to see you. She wipes the tears from her face before answering. "Yeah... ummm, who are you?" "I'm y/n. Nice to meet you." You say giving her a small smile. "I'm Glimmer, where are you from?" She says, now taking notice of your ears. You smile thinking about your home before frowning. "I'm from a planet called Aro. The last of my kind..." You say looking off sadly, you shake your head before looking back. "I'm guessing your planet is next?" Glimmer hangs her head sadly, "Yeah and I'm the cause of it." You look at her questioningly and encourage her to explain.

(After explanation)

"Wow..." Glimmer nods sadly, "Yeah, not my best moment." You nod at the understatement (Said it once and I'll say it again... Season 4 Glimmer was not it.) and freeze up when you hear the door open. You back up as horde guards walk in with two trays of food. After they drop off the food and leave, you jump forward and put the bread in a secret compartment that you had made. You look at Glimmer who hasn't touched her food yet. "You gonna eat that?" Glimmer shakes her head no in confusion about your actions. You grab her bread as well and put it in the compartment. "Why are you doing that?" "They only feed me enough to keep me alive for their experiments to learn more about my species." Glimmer frowns at the new information, "How long have you been here?" You shake your head and chuckle sadly, "I wish I knew, I lost count after a month... Maybe it's been six months... a year... I wouldn't know." Your answer scared Glimmer, "I can't be stuck in here for months! I have to help my friends! I need to fix my mistake!" You awkwardly pat Glimmer on the shoulder, not having social interactions made comforting people feel weird and uncomfortable... You also just didn't like people but were happy to talk to Glimmer and have an actual conversation.

You heard the door clear and look to see a... cat? Your innate reaction was to freeze and growl, causing the cat and Glimmer to freeze. You realize what your doing and stop immediately. "Sorry, I thought I was the only one to escape my planet. But I shouldn't be surprised that a cat works with the Horde." "Catra isn't from Aro..." You look at Glimmer confused, "What do you mean? She looks exactly like all the other cats there!" Glimmer looks confused too, "Well Catra has been on Etheria for as long as I can remember, so I don't know..." You shook your head in confusion before shaking it, "Whatever. Why are you here?" "I needed to talk to Glimmer... I didn't know she had a... roommate." "I'll just go back to bed, you two can do whatever." You say and get up and walk to bed.

(Time Skip)

Over the next few weeks you get to know Catra and Glimmer better. Glimmer didn't know about you and Catra getting friendlier and friendlier and thought you both still didn't really like each other. You and Catra would talk in the middle of the night when Glimmer was asleep and Catra also slipped you extra rations to help you regain your strength. You hadn't seen Catra in a few nights and were getting worried, you tried not to let it show though. So you were surprised, to say the least, when Catra come barging through the door with a unconscious gaurd next to her. "Wha---" Catra cuts you and Glimmer off. "Come on, we're leaving now." You and Glimmer instantly stand up and start following Catra.

You did end up getting caught, so it was a dead out sprint to wherever Catra was taking you and Glimmer. You ran to the teleportation room, you knew most of the rooms in the ship after being there for so long. "No..." You mumble, knowing that one of you would have to stay behind. "Glimmer, y/n get in the circle!" Catra says as she runs over to the control panel. Glimmer runs over instantly but you freeze. "No." You say and walk over to Catra and grab her arm. "I am not leaving you here." Catra shakes her head, "No, you need to go. You've been here for who knows how long, this is your chance to escape." You shake your head and press the button that closed Glimmer into the teleporter, who started banging against the door, just now realizing that not all of you were leaving. "I know how Horde Prime is and I'm not leaving you Catra." Catra gets tears in her eyes and hits her hand against the control panel in frustration. "Damn it, y/n! It wasn't supposed to go like this!" You turn towards the door as you hear the horde trying to break through. You turn back to Catra and give her a kiss on the cheek before getting in a fighting stance right as the door busts open. You fight as hard and as long as you can but there is too many and you end up getting over powered and knocked out, hoping that you did enough.

P.O.V Switch

~Adora I'm sorry!~ "Catra? Catra!?" ~Y/n!~ "... Y/n?"

NEXT

[jiminy-crickets]

#while this isn't the point of the post I want to add on how people will talk about how these guys are often weird or unusual or #“not well adjusted” ... like. do we all collectively just... forget what the “hockey boys” were like in school? those exact boys that #had no idea how to appropriately socialize with other people or conduct themselves respectfully in class are the EXACT boys that go on to #play professional hockey #they are the ones that have been put on skates since the day they took their first steps #they were taken out of school sometimes for WEEKS at a time and often didnt have to complete course work or do their community service hour #let alone have time to socialize with anyone who didnt play hockey or were not on their team #like I dont understand why people are surprised. this sport is literally forced upon kids and if they decide to stick with it and pursue it #professionally... then what? where are these kids going to learn all the things they have deficits in because hockey took priority over #everything else in their life?? friends. family. school. their physical health. their mental health. other hobbies. everything. #idk. food for thought. #this sport doesn't treat young boys and men like *people* and I think its incredibly fucked up and causes a lot of issues down the line

no @getflamed this IS the exact point of the post!!!!!!! me and @pwhl-mybeloved have talked about this a LOT, but yes!!! all of these things DON'T start the day of the draft, it happens for YEARS and YEARS prior. (I'm not gonna apologise about bringing up connor bedard, because I already have talked about him in this post)

There is this story from when Connor was 14. The night of the finals for his league, he had an allergic reaction to cashew sauce (because his personal trainer wouldn't let him eat pizza with the rest of the team and got him a chicken and rice bowl instead, and that's its own kinda fucked up) so connor has this allergic reaction, they send him to the HOSPITAL, he had to get epinefrin!!!!.... and then later that day he laces up. he laces up and he was going to PLAY, and he was still groggy, and tired, he felt like shit.... HE WAS 14!!!!!!!! and he was GOING TO PLAY, and the only reason why he didnt is because that was the day hockey canada paused all junior hockey for covid.

“Getting an EpiPen is pretty serious s—,” Kerr recalls sheepishly. “I’m not really sure you’re supposed to play, but he was going to play. And he was super tired. We’re out as a team, walking around, and he’s telling me how crummy he feels, and I’m like, ‘Oh my God, this is one of the biggest games of his life.'” - quote from the trainer

so when i hear stories about NHL players playing though playoffs with horrifying injuries, i feel bad for them, believe me i do. but i also think about the COUNTLESS, CHILDREN, who have done and continue to do the same, who we will never hear about because they will get career ending injuries before they even have a career, or never had a chance at a pro career ever, and still ended up with lifelong disabilities and chronic pain.

and yes!!! the travel needed for high levels of hockey does not make happy healthy adults, we wonder why hockey players have poor educations, substance abuse and anger management issues.... hey maybe children shouldn't be spending extended stretches of time away from their homes, schools and support systems!!!!!!!!

and SPEAKING of removing children from their support systems.... i have thoughts and opinions about the USNTDP, since 1999 the us national team development program has had 693 players come though the program, of which 393 have been drafted by the NHL... that is a good record 56%, that's over half!.... which means FORTY SIX PERCENT OF ALL THE CHILDREN WHO SPEND TWO YEARS IN A DETROIT SUBURB OR ANN ARBOUR..... DON'T EVEN GET DRAFTED ... you maybe get to goto world juniors????? ( also people love to make jokes about how fucking weird the players who came out of the program are, and thier odd friendships but like.... you try spending two years [yes USNTDP is a two year program, you play in first the u17 then the u18 team] with 22 people who are your friends/co-workers/classmates.... that breeds weirdness)

we have created systems that make turn children hockey players into ineffective adult hockey players and then we laugh at players when they fail to thrive at "basic" things like cooking, or housekeeping, or literally ANY other skill that you need stability to foster.

stop calling the draft lottery the "macklin celebrini sweepstakes" HE'S A CHILD, AT LEAST ACT LIKE THIS FUCKING SPORT ISN'T SELLING THE BODYS OF CHILDREN TO THE LOWEST BIDDER!!!!!!!!!!!!! EAUGH!!!!!!!!!