#i want him to like me

[cowardlycowboys]

sun setting at 7 oh god just put me down

[gracexgalaxy]

The absolute PaNiC of having a guy you REALLY LIKE to your SHITTY APARTMENT for the first time EVER while he lives in some high class suburb in a huge brick home with a garage and paved driveway and a YARD is monumentally INSANE

Someone send help I need to clean every inch of my place today and decide what I’m making him for lunch TOMORROW

[no-vamos]

argh I’m so frustrated with myself

I hate being unable to tell how I’m feeling about people bc literally two weeks ago I thought I was in love with the drummer in our pit and then I came to the wack realization that maybe I liked the guy who was our stage manager and before the drummer I couldn’t tell if I liked my brother’s childhood best friend as a crush or as a sister and now now I’m sitting here confused bc maybe i like one of my friends

But I was literally obsessed with one of our mutual friends like a year ago and had a big falling out with our friend group over that bc it really fucking hurt me

and like my friend that I have a crush (?) on… like I think he’s cute but I can here my friends in the back of my head going bitch wtf he’s not cute but then every time he holds eye contact while I ramble about something my stomach does a little flip and every time he smiles I smile back bc I love seeing him full of joy and I love how he waits to walk out of environ sci with me and when we make eye contact during choir I make a funny face and smile when he silently laughs at me and I love talking about random shit and I love the way his voice sounds and I love hearing him be happy and play games with our friends

and he let me brush his hair the other day his hair is absolutely gorgeous and it makes me so happy he let me do that and

there’s this project I have to get done eventually that this other guy in my class is working on with me for some reason but he scares me so I’m dragging my friend/crush with me bc I’m like pls come with me (I don’t want to be alone with him bc I’d much rather be alone with you)

he makes me smile and he’s passionate about his hobbies and by god he’s a runner but is also really big on weight lifting and istg i think i would pass out if i ever saw him lift and i love just watching him and talking with him

and i can’t tell if i like him more than a friend

i don’t even know if he would see me as more than a friend

my cousin used to hypothesize that he was aroace like his older sibling and i don’t want to just straight out ask if he likes girls bc that’s rude, i think

and do i actually want to date him?

i want to hold his hand

i have to hold myself back from just interlocking my fingers with his

it would be so easy

but i don’t want to make him uncomfortable

i’m just happy he smiles at me and is my friend

but I would love to put my head on his shoulders and hold his hand

i want to want more but i don’t want to hurt myself any more than i already have in the past

maybe i just like the idea of it all

i’m lonely inside

i just want someone to want me

i would love it if he loved me

but i have a feeling that he would never see me like that

in the end we’re just friends

and if i acted on it i’d lose him

maybe i’ll tell him next year, if i still like him

if this crush lasts longer than a few weeks

maybe i just like him bc he gives me the attention none of our other friends give me

i care about him a lot more than i care about any of them

[inkskinned]

it's extremely critical that you see the photo of the perp walk for luigi mangione as being propaganda. i've seen so many people wave it off and instead fawn over his looks. and trust me, i know it ended up being kind of pathetic and weird - but please don't brush it off as a "modelling opportunity" for him. it's a fucking terrifying message the police are sending.

i want to make a few comparisons here, in case you're not from the US or familiar with why the perp walk thing is something to pay attention to. just to set the groundwork for why this is a purposeful, unusual, and cruel act by the nyc police - for why this is not a common occurrence and for why that matters.

the prosecution alleges the show of force is due to the charge of "terrorism." for comparison, in june 2015, tsarnaev was found guilty for the boston marathon bombing, which killed 3 people and injured hundreds. his actions are considered to be an act of domestic terrorism. i have spent the last hour looking through google for pictures of similar to mangione's perp walk - and so far, i have found zero. i also just do not personally remember a moment like that, despite living in boston at the time.

they allege that luigi is a stone-cold killer who carried out a longterm plan, making him particularly dangerous. again for comparison: in nyc, recently cory martin was found guilty of the killing of brandy odom. the murder was planned and premeditated to steal insurance money. and yet no staged perp walk. why didn't her life matter enough for a "show of force"?

but mangione gets paraded by a veritable army of police officers as if he is a rabid animal. for a single citizen who allegedly killed one other single citizen, the "largest perp walk ever" occurs.

so what is the "strong message" that the mayor and the police were trying to send here? the mayor speaks as if mangione is already convicted of terrorism. there is a very thin number of people who feel threatened by the CEO's death. none of us felt like mangione needs to be under massive armed guard.

the message is that you shouldn't resist. they are trying to "make an example" of him - that if you behave badly and kill a single rich person, you'll be treated as if you killed hundreds of people. you will be treated worse than a man who was found guilty of terrorism. you will be considered guilty without trial. the message is that the rich are a protected class, and you cannot touch them without massive punishment. they are trying to prevent a revolution by showing dominance and force against you.

the message is that the police are a puppet of the wealthy and that the law is not equally applied across class disparity. it is "some are more equal than others." it is "one life is more precious than another."

the show of force wasn't for luigi. it was for us. it was a warning. they are trying to remind us who is really in control.

[kochei0]

I turn to Ares.

Thanks to Tyler Miles Lockett who allowed me to draw inspiration from his ARES piece for page 2! Look at his etsy page it's SICK

⚔️ If you want to read some queer retelling of arturian legends have a look at my webtoon

[qrowpilled]

hate when you find a character whose so infuriatingly Your Type that its embarrassing like yeahg no one is gonna be surprised when i announce this is my new Guy Of The Month

[pangur-and-grim]

one thing that took me embarrassingly long to learn is "sometimes when people say things, they will not be true."

I used to tell people about this revelation and they'd be like yeah.....duh.....but like, why wouldn't my base assumption be that you're communicating to me in a straightforward manner. anyway, I get scammed a lot.

[hansoeii]

surprisingly, viktor is quite the hugger. Only jayce knows this, of course.

[pistashxo]

they should invent a corporate negligence that doesn't whisper things to you

prints

[crumb-crumblet-s-crumbington]

elita pep talk

[monkesupreme]

ref

a satisfactory answer for Selina

[nemkero]

rewatching atla after like 10 years and zuko is so insanely pitiful

[hinamie]

mentor

[stickyvoidpaper]

Dick : Jasons been more, relaxed lately. It's unsettling.

Tim : Yeah, I've started spiking his water with mood stabilizers.

Dick : What

Tim : I've been thinking of doing it to the wider gotham water supply. Think about the crime rates.

[owocontroversy]

it rained back where i live, i wonder if he feels this way now while im out

[lemongogo]

life of regret