#i'm beside myself thanks

[fannyyann]

Keeping up with the Florida Panthers (aka Sara Civian interviews Matthew)

EP Rinkside: What's something away from the rink that’s making you happy these days?

Matthew Tkachuk: I would say, just, I'm lucky at this time of year. Especially across the whole country, it seems like it's freezing everywhere. It's beautiful down in Florida. And we just moved into our new practice rink recently, so that's been awesome.

EP: There was a quote floating around from (head coach Paul Maurice) from before the nine-game win streak and before you started getting hot on the scoresheet. He said people are going to say “Matthew Tkachuk is back,” and he's going to say you never left. Did you see that?

MT: I did, yes.

EP: How did you feel about it, and what's your relationship with him like?

MT: Well, Paul's been a very important part of my last few years. He’s one of, if not the best, coaches that I've ever played with. He's been very important for my development, and I just think that he trusts my game, and I trust my game. I wouldn't say (the puck) was going in early, but I haven’t changed one thing, I'm still doing the exact same thing, it's just finding a little bit more success right now.

It’s been a great year for our team and as of late, it’s picking it up a little bit for myself. Hopefully, we can just keep trending into the second half of the year here.

EP: How important is that trust between a coach and a player and how is it developed?

MT: I just think that he's always given me the right leeway, but still expects me to play the right way. He knows that there's some parts of my game that (are unique) I need to maybe take a little bit more chances than the average player. He gives me full leeway to do that, but also expects me to work my butt off and to lead by example.

EP: We always talk about “buy-in,” it's kind of cliché at this point, and you guys obviously have that factor. But how does something like that start?

MT: I just think being so close to winning it all last year has made it very, very easy to come back this year and have that immediate buy-in from the guys wanting to win a championship here. So many returning guys who are so close and so upset with not finishing it off. There's a lot of motivation.

EP: Do you have a favourite moment from last season's run?

MT: I would say, probably all of the series-clinching wins, the series-winning goals. The overtime winner in Boston, the overtime winner in Toronto, the last second one at home against Carolina.

All three of those are by far the greatest goals I've ever been a part of.

EP: I feel like we're not as a society talking about Sam Bennett enough. Can you give us a little bit about what he's like off the ice and what it's like to play with him?

MT: He just plays so hard.

He was one of the first guys I met when coming to Calgary, and we've been so close ever since. I'm so happy that we got to play together again down here in Florida. He was the first guy I talked to when I got traded, and we've just been so close for eight-plus years now.

It’s so fun that we're able to play with each other still, we just have such great chemistry on and off the ice. He just plays so hard and he complements my game so well. And off the ice, we're just super close and have a great group of guys that pretty much do everything together away from the rink.

It makes it so much fun to come to the rink every day, work with them, and then when we leave the rink, do stuff together.

EP: If you became the commissioner of the league today, what's the first thing you'd change?

MT: Overtime until somebody scores. No shootouts. And no back-to-backs. I don't know if we need any more back-to-backs right now.

EP: Other than you, who has the best chirps in the league?

MT: I'd say the guy who chirps a lot on our team is Brandon Montour. He has some good ones. Nick Cousins has got some good ones. (Ryan) Lomberg, too. They all have some good ones.

EP: Best advice your dad ever gave you?

MT: Two things: Compete and be a good teammate.

EP: Last year you gained some recognition outside of the hockey world, and it kind of sparked, like, a debate about personality in the NHL. I've always wondered What you actually think about this whole conversation, like, do you like being kind of the personality guy in the NHL?

MT: Well, I’m never going to not be myself. I grew up with great parents that taught me great things and around a great family. I’ll carry that for the rest of my life. I’m not trying to do anything, and some guys are (quieter) and that’s OK. This is just how my personality is.

EP: Can you give me three words to describe the current Panthers?

MT: Oh, I would say very fast. So fast. Close – we’re a super close team.  I've never seen a team like this where, you know, we're going to dinner on the road and we're having, you know, 15 people reservations and everybody hanging out with each other. it's been awesome. Fast, close, and fun. Nobody has more fun than our team.

[yinorii]

tl;dr: orv anime leads to game, i am coping and cooking

see, i woke up today and had a revelation about the orv anime.

yes, it's going to bring in a lot of people i wouldn't want to touch with a ten foot pole because that just happens when it happens when a good series gets an anime. but ALSO it means that the possibility of an orv game, or a collaboration with a game is infinitely more possible.

you see, solo levelling got a game a bit after the anime came out. admittedly, i've tried it and i don't love it, but the same could theoretically happen for orv, since the fandom is already popular enough.

(is the game likely to be good? probably not?? but like, the thought of an orv game is...)

secondly, the possibilities of game collaborations, even if orv doesn't get a game, is also significantly increased. most games that do collaborations are either with other games or popular anime.

(coping that one day one of the games i love will do a collaboration with orv, or that orv will come out with a banger game,, like dungeon meshi is doing a collab with arknights and i WOULD DIE for an orv collab for arknights, like genuinely die and soul ascend and i)

[lemoncrushh]

omg you guys...

bad idea is almost at 1k notes 🥹

[molter-writes]

the fake twitter trolls alicent reads are really so excellent like your brain being capable of making fake-mean tweets for a fake movie in your fan fiction feel real and compelling and also based on the irl reception to alicent/ olivia cooke's portrayal

me sitting down to imagine what psychos must think of olivia cooke

[miksterrr]

so.

i usually don't do this- don't go on long rants about shows unless they're headcannons. but i got spoiled for the 9-1-1 episode today (i have to wait for hulu) and just doomed scrolled for thirty minutes trying to figure out what the fuck happened.

i don't think i've ever had this much of an visceral reaction to a show or any type of media before. like to the point where i'm in tears about this, and i don't cry over media easily, which ik, i'm a stranger on the interent how can you believe me? I guess i'm asking for you to just do.

i started this show bc of bucktommy. because of buck's bisexuality being canonized and it being done right.

i write articles for my school's newspaper and i'm in the process of writing one about bierasure in media. this was planned earlier this week, before i even got spoiled, and i was praising 9-1-1 for having good bisexual representation and how rare it is to actually have it. a as well, i have done full essays and projects on the importance of queer representation in media, which combing with my current article, is honestly why i am so upset abt the bucktommy break-up and Oliver Stark's interview.

frankly, i'll even admit when i first started the show and watched season seven for the first time, i wanted buck and tommy to 'break-up' for at least a little bit so buck can go on other dates and figure out and understand his sexuality even more. i understand not everyone is like this, that some people are able to find their match and stick with it, but i also understand how helpful it is for others to figure out themselves and what they want out of their relationship/others from dating other people.

this is buck's first mlm relationship. and he was so utterly in love with tommy, but we also know that when buck falls in love he falls hard. and we know from what little we've seen of tommy's background he's longing for a family, to the point where he might be terrified to actually have one.

i really do hope they end up reconnecting buck and tommy in some way, shape, or form. selfishly, i hope we see tommy being happy, whether with or without buck.

i really really hope they don't erase buck's bisexuality. at this point, i don't care if stark does what he wants with the character and has buck sleep around again, even though we've been through that storyline. if it does happen, then i hope it's because it's a coping mechanism for buck, not because he's figuring himself out. it'll be different if he goes on dates/etc.

i think a lot of the reason why this break-up feels so fucking shitty is because of the election this week. also the poor writting, according to tumblr.

i have a lot of feels for an episode that i haven't watched yet and in some way that terrifies me. i don't think i ever expected myself to be this connected to a silly little show. i have never felt this way after other terrible endings for shows/media that i had loved for years (marvel, star wars, ninjago) the only other type of media i cried over this year was a book, which is because of how it dealt with mental health and a parent-child relationship involving mental health.

i think in some way, i feel so connected to it bc of the projects i've done about queer representation and the article i'm writing rn. i don't know if i've ever been this disapointed in show that wasn't for a cancellation.

i really do hope buck finds his true love one day. and some part of me really hopes it's tommy. or at least another one (or two) really good male relationships for him. i just don't want to see his bisexuality be erased.

[xemnas178]

How to find me in other place:search for "xemnas178"

(but my name is phillip karfere:3I hope you can call me phill or phillip

I think maybe I'll never update the blog.Or until they fix the mistake,I'll come back.But who knows?

can't find my page or posts in search results of Joachim＝kill me :/

↑anyway put a injured Walter that I didn't post here🙃

[arcandoria]

quick road stop 🚗

feat. @pinkyjulien's bbs 🧡

[kindahoping4forever]

Hello crystal ! I hope u r doing well and taking care of yourself .. just the most random thought I can't seem to get out of my head as of lately .... Parallels between drummer boy and henry cavill pls I need to know someone else also sees it and I am not just crazy

I don't think you're crazy! It's something about their mannerisms, maybe? It's so funny I was lowkey obsessed with Mission Impossible: Fallout the summer it came out (like I saw it in theaters 5x obsessed 😂😭) so I'm not sure if this is something I've actually thought before or if it just makes sense but when I read your ask my brain was auto like "oh yeah, of course" so 😅🤷🏻‍♀️

[agendratum]

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[rayjeff]

Hey!! I just wanna say I LOVE your Hazbin art, especially your Alastor redesign I am in love with it!! Especially the granny glasses and the ponytail they're PERFECT ahsbsidbsj

Ik it says in your f&q that it's okay to use your art as a pfp with credit, so I am, but I just wanna make sure this is enough? Or if you'd rather I do something else too I don't wanna step on any toes lol

Looking at him just brings me great joy I need you to know that, it's Wonderful

But yeah if you'd rather I do more/something else please let me know!! I know credit is really important to artists and I don't wanna screw it up

Awwww It's so sweet of you!! Thank you so much! My heart melts when i hear that someone looks at my art this way 🥺💖💖

AND OF COURSE!! I always appreciate any form of giving me credit! It's perfect the way it is! :]

[femmeleatherface]

hello random people on the internet. i really prefer to keep this stuff private and keep this blog pretty upbeat, but desperate times, desperate measures, etc. anyway could you please do me a favor and remind me that it's okay to eat and i should. it will genuinely help A LOT right now.

[watery-melon-baller]

an unexpected consequence of not isolating urself and actually hanging out with friends is that people want to hang out with you all the time

[siren-darkocean]

A little spoiler of what I got going on for the next chapter of An Ice Toa But Human rewrite (cut is there for those who don't wanna read it if spoilers)

The silence in the air was heavy as they processed how confused Mata Nui was at his own powers.

"Well it seems to be going better for you than me with this shadow stuff." Sapphira said breaking the silence, leaning a bit as the others stared at her.

However, the leaning was unsteady even for a teenage prima ballerina causing Sapphira to fall with a squeal and flailing arms trying to regain her balance to no avail.

But instead of hitting the ground Sapphira's body disappeared in almost a cloud of black smoke and merged into the shadows.

"SAPPHIRA!" "KID?!" "WHAT THE PLUDE?!" "OKAY THAT'S NOT NORMAL!"

The five were shocked and scared to a various degree along with various worries (from Ackar, Kiina and Mata Nui), more shocked than scared (from Gresh), and vice versa (from Berix) which wasn't exactly helping the situation.

A shadowy figure sat up rubbing their head as plumes of dark shadow left their person similar to how steam would leave boiling waters surface into the cool air. One eye cracked open showing it was a dark violet purple in color. "Owww, that actually hurt like a bitch." Sapphira's voice came from the figure.

"Sapphira?!" The five asked in sync. "Yeah that's my name, don't wear it out, what's-" The said bluette cut herself off noticing her form change making her scream bloody murder.

"OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD! WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED TO ME?!" Sapphira panicked, gripping at her whispy shadow head.

[culmaer-sideblog]

please forgive me, but I need to complain and over-share or my brain is going to explode please feel free to ignore

[mossmx]

I would like to take this moment (shitty glue has to dry - so a very looong moment) to thank ppl who leave nice messages about my art in the tags <3<3<3