#i'm worried abt if in the future i focus too much on my work that i'll. idk

[chirpsythismorning]

a little nervous here bc while there are sus clues in the show that could be telling us abt willel being biological twins, there's also some stuff that could hint at mike and el being related too..☠️with all the strange creel x wheeler similarities and theories abt henry possibly being el's biological father.☠️ the latter is less luckily imo and personally i don't like the theory of willel being biological siblings very much either but i cant deny there's something really sus going on

Henry is definitely NOT El’s biological father, nor Will's. So you don't have to worry about that being a possibility. And so even if the Wheelers ended up being related to the Creels somehow, El nor Will are related to Henry by blood.

Joyce is 100% Will’s mom, and so because of all the twin imagery being associated with Will and El, I’m fairly confident that means Joyce has gotta be El’s mom too.

My theory relies on time trickery/false memories/memory stealing in general, which is why Joyce and Hopper don't know Will/El are their biological twins.

But also just to be clear, in 1959, Henry was 12 and Joyce and Hopper were 17… So yeah, he’s not El nor Will's dad.

I also think the play The First Shadow being added to canon as a prequel of sorts, supports this theory. The fact that it's set in 1959, and is going to focus on young Joyce and Hopper, dealing with 'the shadows of the past'...

It's likely that once Henry 'figured out' that he could turn back the clock (important to note that the clock in the Creel house little Henry watched turn back, was on the same time as the clock in Hawkins Lab...), then it would make A LOT of sense for him to go back to 1959, a time when Joyce and Hopper were together, to ensure they still had Jon/Will/El, but to change the events surrounding it so that they would essentially have no idea.

It's very much giving Back to the Future Part II, where Biff goes back to the past and messes up the trajectory of the future timeline, leading to George McFly dying, essentially leaving the kids with an absolute shit stain of a father whose not actually their father, aka Lonnie...

I'm still not certain about how it would all work and that's bc the implications of time trickery complicate things, making it near impossible to navigate. Not only are we dealing with turning back the clock, we're also potentially dealing with time-loops, where time could be getting turned back over and over and over again, without the character's knowledge that they've done this before.

And so if this is their 5th, 6th, 7th, or thousandth time going through this, they apparently aren't aware of it (at least not fully), which means their understanding of their past/present is pretty shaky as it is.

Though tbh I think where I get most confused about how all of this works is when it comes to the Hawkins Lab's stake in what's going on? Do they know about Henry's plans? Do they know there is time trickery going on? Are they playing a big part in orchestrating certain things?

Technically, in s4, Brenner and Owens admitted that they're keeping part of the truth from El. They literally showed her the 'true' events of the lab massacre in 4x07, only to reveal that wasn't even the full truth privately without her around? And so clearly, they know about something that is being hidden from us that we still haven't been clued in on, meaning it's being saved for s5. And so, what is it?

For now I'm not certain about everything, but there's a lot of evidence supporting this as a series long revelation.

And the fact that David Harbour has been saying for years that there are Easter Eggs in s1 that are going to lead to a really beautiful ending, makes it sort of click for me that he was probably talking about this...

[icarusgf]

hi tony sorry for coming into your inbox like this but. im entering high school next year and im about to lose my mind 😭 i just have no idea what i should be doing right now or how i should be doing it. like college apps and whatnot or relatively far off but when the time comes i don't even know what to consider or how to look for anything. and really that's the only example that comes to mind because i feel like im doing nothing other than being online all day but i just don't know what i SHOULD do. and i came to you as you seem very well rounded and like you know exactly what're you doing and im just. not. ugh im really sorry about this but i just feel so lost and i really don't know what to do

hiii no worries at all!! here r some general tips but u can also check out my school tag or ask anything else <3 this got rly long so below the cut lol

don't be afraid to explore and just sign up for a lot of stuff. like genuinely if u have a club fair to explore activities at school just put urself down on the email list for anything that looks remotely interesting to u and try to go to at least one meeting. ur not committing to anything and can drop it anytime but it's nice to have a lot of options to just test the waters to see what u might like doing most.

u might feel like ur peers are way ahead of u but especially in ur first two years of hs, it is definitely not too late to start something new. i applied to and did this science summer program before junior year because it looked cool having 0 knowledge in the field i was placed in and it ended up being one of the biggest things i dedicated myself to during hs. i played a completely new sport in sophomore year bc of scheduling conflicts and it was the most fun i ever had being athletic. this guy i know started speech&debate his junior year and ended up a national champion by the time he graduated hs. sometimes people with natural talent will just always have an advantage but especially in hs i've found that most activities are accessible enough so that u can get good at them simply if u enjoy them and invest ur amount of time into them.

don't feel bad for not knowing what u want to do in the future! i didn't have any clue what i wanted to do in the future until i started actually writing my college app essays. and even since then what i want to do now has shifted so much since what i thought i was going to do then. i kind of just looked at what i'd done throughout hs, thought about what classes i enjoyed, and chose a major that aligned with that. ik people say "follow ur passion" but idt i even know what i'm passionate about now 💀 just look at ur options and choose which ones u like and everything will follow

kind of counterintuitive to the first point (but not really) but quality > quantity. what i mean is that after u explore ur options and figure out what activities u really enjoy, focus on those and really dedicate urself to them. it's much more enjoyable to really find what fulfills u and do that to the max rather than simply dabbling in a bunch of clubs that u might not really actually like. (also when it comes to writing college essays it's a lot easier to build a narrative abt an activity if u like.. actually put work into it and enjoyed it).

grades are important but also... don't kill urself over them. study for ur tests but please please please do not beat urself up over a bad grade bc i promise u it will not be the one factor that kills ur chances for anything. i was MISERABLE in physics i think i got a 60 on my first lab report had a solid 70 average in my quiz category and i put myself thru so much grief for that class for like. absolutely nothing. and i am still headed to mit to study random science-y shit so like.. as someone who used to run herself ragged over studying for tests it is important.. but not worth that.

sleep sleep sleep sleep sleep. ik the general advised "8 hrs" is really not feasible for most people but like. i try to get in bed and asleep between 11-12 everyday and it does WONDERS. obv it may not be possible but genuinely esp as u get older i would say get ur sleep, submit ur assignment late if u have to.

i have friends who would go to the library every day during lunch instead of. actually eating bc they had so much work and like. not to say don't do ur work but as someone whose last day of hs is tomorrow i'm telling u u do not want to miss the little things like eating lunch with ur friends or hanging out. ik these tips were mostly academic and like.. high school is school but i strongly advise u to push urself to go to at least one school game or school dance or just. spend some time with ur friends bc it really does end before u know it :,)

[ajaxdishsoap]

D-G, i, J for the ask games forrrrr….. reiji and ranmaru >;) and if ur feeling it, ichi and dice too 👁👁

Good Day i hope u know i love u and ur ask /lh it's. it's under the read more because i got slightly carried away KJDHFKSJDH

whispers in the dark

D - domestic - what's your house like? how are the chores divided? how clean is it?: we all have fairly different taste when it comes to decorating so it's kinda eclectic with a few elements that are consistent (brass doorknobs/light switch plates/cabinet and drawer handles is the main thing on my brain) but that's what makes it feel like home<3. we don't really have a set division for chores it depends on who can handle what on any given day, but we do rotate who cooks on a set schedule. as for cleanliness level,,,, ran-ran and i are both kinda clean freaks and reiji doesn't really have a preference so it stays really clean with the occasional contained pile of clutter from me need visual reminders things exist but even those are fairly organised and are more things in odd places than actual clutter

E - early - are you early or late to events? why?: early, mostly because of me being worried about ending up late due to my time blindness. if it's just them they're always perfectly on time or just a few minutes early to everything

F - fun - what's an ideal night or date for y'all? what do you do for fun?: ideal date is arcades and fast food skjdhfksjdh fun without a lot of expectations which is good for all of us. something else fun we do a fair bit is jam sessions

G - garish - do any of y'all have just... godawful fashion sense?: OKAY I'M SORRY BUT I HAVE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO POKE FUN AT A COUPLE OF REIJI'S R CARDS i Love him So Much but. what is this. what is it.

What Are You Wearing, Beloved.

I - idealistic - any dreams for the future?: mostly just. advancing our careers, we're all very driven in that respect and that's what we all three tend to focus on

J - joyful - what makes you and your partners laugh? any inside jokes?: OKAY WITH REIJI AND I A BETTER QUESTION IS WHAT DOESN'T MAKE US LAUGH- we're also both Massive clowns that play off each other really well which gets ran-ran at least shaking his head in amused exasperation<3

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call it what you want

D - domestic - what's your house like? how are chores divided? how clean is it?: the house is loud (affectionate), between jiro, saburo, and dice, if it's quiet something is Wrong and ichi and i are immediately going to check on the little bros and our boyfriend LMAOOOO. chores actually Do have a set division with all of us trying to spare ichi from the doing the brunt of the work since he's busy enough as it is, jiro generally handles dishes/garbage/wiping down the counters, saburo checks everything behind jiro and helps me a lot with keeping everything organised (he gets more slack though since he actually tries to keep his grades up-), i handle laundry/cooking/general tidying, and dice helps out wherever he ends up being needed depending on if the boys are helping ichi with work. generally the house is pretty clean, with 3/5 people preferring to have everything organised and the other two not particularly caring either way, jiro and i both have the organised piles of stuff in odd places, which kinda bugs saburo but he deals with it since it isn't scattered everywhere and i'm gonna stop here before i get too carried away

E - early - are you early or late to events? why?: perfectly on time because i'm always early and dice is always late so we end up counteracting each other SDKJHSDKJFHS it works out to where ichi tells me when we have to be somewhere and tells me when we need to leave to get there on time, and then i figure out when i'd want to leave to get there abt 15 minutes early and then dice isn't told when we need to leave to be there on time he's only told the early leave time-

F - fun - what's an ideal date or night for y'all? what do you do for fun?: GAME NIGHT we tend toward card games mostly because of dice and i but we have a few favourite games that we kinda rotate through and we try not to play the same game twice in a row

G - garish - do any of y'all have just... godawful fashion sense?: another opportunity for me to affectionately make fun of a boyfriend's card. dice. what the hell was with the tie in your recent event card that looked like it was cut from a graphic t-shirt. i just wanna know. every day i thank god that dice can't afford a wardrobe overhaul /lh + j

I - idealistic - any dreams for the future?: akjshsdkjh Bigger House for one, ichi and i both want to travel after his brothers can live on their own, and we all three want to better ourselves for each other<3

J - joyful - what makes you and your partners laugh? any inside jokes?: a better question is what doesn't make us laugh. although specific things about each of us that makes the other two laugh, I Have A Few Thoughts, 1. ichi and i both find it hilarious when dice tells us abt gentaro's tricks that he fell for, he always gets pouty when we laugh and it's very endearing dkjhsdkh 2. when ichi makes a comment on jiro and saburo being able to get along when they're actively fighting dice and i just Look at each other and start snickering 3. my entire existence /lh, i'm very easy to laugh at so i can't pick a specific Thing tbh

[fairycosmos]

do you also do this thing where you set yourself x amount of time to like, kill yourself? i'm like 'i'll kill myself tomorrow, in a week, etc etc'. and also where you constantly plan and wonder how to do it? like everything i see i wonder if i can use it and how and it obsesses me. i just want to die man

i go through phases of doing that, it's suicidal ideation, yours also sounds like suicidal fixation :( it's awful. i think part of me thinks that if the end is a. coming soon and b. in my control then life will suddenly become more bearable. it's never the case really. i had it pinned at new years for like half of last year, didn't work out, was actually just even more traumatizing. turns out trying to die is actually physically pretty hard and survival instinct is a fucking bitch anyway. its frustratingly more pathological than depression, and those moments where you actually are able to act on your thoughts are usually so intense that they don't last, none of it is built to last. but i understand it's completely exhausting nonetheless. ANYWAY my point is yeah i definitely know what you mean and a lot of people do. it's a very scary place to be in mentally, i'm really sorry. when you're dealing with mental illness and completely disenfranchised by life and the future it's easier than ppl realize to slip into an obsession w death/suicide, but the fact that you have the self awareness to realize its worrying and unhealthy is a really good sign. are you in regular contact w a mental health professional rn? if not i think you could really benefit (even tho ik you don't want to hear that but like, honestly) and if you already are, have you been open about having these thoughts? if you're worried about money you can usually find a therapist w a flexible schedule and sliding scale price to fit around your financial needs. i am completely aware that asking someone to fight for their life and stability when all they can think of is throwing it away is kind of a long shot, but at the end of the day you do deserve better than this. and it really sounds like you need to talk this out w someone who is trained to show you how to map out and cope with your specific brain. finding out why you feel the way you do and analysing root causes, implementing coping mechanisms into ur daily routine, having a care plan, even just having someone to talk to......they r not cures but they do mitigate the damage and make it a little easier to carry. obviously i understand that you've probably been dealing with shit i cant even fathom and i know being vulnerable abt this is a super daunting idea, but i'm just asking you to keep it in consideration for now. and know that it is always an option for you, that you aren't alone. and that you deserve to have a support network, and that these states of mind are often transient even if they are also extremely heavy and hard to handle. it's the worst though, i know. if it all feels like to much please just focus on getting through the next five minutes, that my go to. if thats too much, then the next minute. it's all that exists to us rn anyway. if you ever feel like you're an immediate danger to yourself, please call a loved one, a hotline or a professional as soon as you can. try to get yourself on autopilot, disregard what your brain is spewing and get on the phone to someone. ofc that's way easier said than done but i really hope if it comes to that you're able to do the right thing for yourself even if everything in you is demanding the opposite. ur life has inherent worth and the world is lucky to have you. sending a lot of love.

[sanchoyo]

danny phantom season 2, ep 12-16 thoughts! these episodes, in comparison to the first 10 or so, felt way more laid back and low-stakes, which I appreciate sometimes. I didn't appreciate how lazy jack's halfa design was in masters of time, it made me so annoyed I redesigned it. 👎🏻 u_u

see prev episode thoughts in this tag <3

-'picking a fight with me and my upgraded form!' 'you upgraded to a mullet?' DANNNNY. YOU CANT SAY THAT TO TECHNUS. YOUVE HAD A MULLET TWICE NOW ('fun' split danny, and evil future danny BOTH HAD THEM). I HAVE THE RECEIPTS.

-danny seeing technus hurting valerie and yelling I AM GOING TO BREAK YOU IN HALF. SAMEEEE <3

-axion labs is now a part of vladco. FUCK YOU VLAD. hes not even really IN this episode, but just thought I'd throw out a nice fuck you anyway.

-'capable of blasting a single person into space in (2) minutes!' tucker. that would kill someone. i mean yeah they might get to space, but theres NO WAY THEY WOULDNT CATCH FIRE, OR THEIR ORGANS WOULDNT LIQUIFY BECAUSE OF THE STRAIN. THEY'D PROBABLY PASS OUT BEFORE THEN, BUT. ...no, okay, I get why vlad bought this company. this is RIGHT up his alley.

-danny KNOWS VAL DIDNT DO THIS, THAT SOMEONE STOLE THE SUIT. AND SPENDING ALL NIGHT CHATTING WITH HER. <3 and val is a 9TH DEGREE BLACKBELT?? danny's mom is, too!! omg and she hunts ghosts, his parents would love her. and her fav fruit is kumquat bc its a funny word. im so with danny val is amazing. I love her and I Do Not Want To Hear It From Sam.

-I knew danny wanted to be an astronaut, but the bowling tidbit is like. yes give me more useless info abt these characters, I love tiny details that make them feel more human, and im glad hes got hobbies aside from ghost stuff, we dont really see a lot of that!!! (I mean, we knew 'fun' danny from when he split himself in half liked bowling, so obv it makes sense he LIKES it, but hes very GOOD at it. so proud of him, bowling king) val calling him neil armstrong and them teasing each other. LOVE THAT.

-technus you are my favorite grandpa for setting this up. SAM WHY ARE YOU BEING SO CREEPY BE HAPPY FOR YOUR FRIEND!!! STOP SPYING ON THEM!!! who actually cares if technus did 'set them up' together, theyre having fun and enjoy each others company!!! 'you think the universe wants you two to be together?' 'i dunno, but maybe /I/ do!' EXACTLY DANNY!!! SOO TRUE.

-and valerie being happy sam said she wants to try and be happy for them and make room at the lunch table for them. and hugging sam over it. VAL NEEDS MORE FRIENDS.

-VAL GOING AFTER TECHNUS IN HER SUIT WITH (1) MILK, AND (1) TREE BRANCH AND KEYS!!!. I LOVE YOUUUU BEST GIRL. her new suit kicks ass

-dannys like 'HEY IM AN ASTRONAUT :D' AW. ...HES IN SPACE... the fact he's actually intending to give her the ring. with SAMS NAME ON IT?? IM CRINGING DANNY NO. YOU CANT DO THAT...thank god he didnt. thank god valerie cut it off and said they can just stay friends for now. tbh, they both have a lot on their plates!! they obv both still like each other...it can be a future thing!! when she knows about phantom! youre 14 theres no need to rush. I just want her to have friends and be happy :(

-...danny struggles to do (1) pull up. SAME. but all the ghost fighting in phantom form REALLY doesnt carry over at ALL? that sucks

-sam being as fit as she is, is not just a goth. shes a goth jock.

-honey I Shrank Our Kid, One of his Enemies, and his Bully: the episode

-dash's crush on phantom is So Obvious. fitness buddies :) watching them interact always makes me laugh. also, phantom, with PANTS. 'how many costume changes you gonna go through, what is this, vegas??' DASSH DJKSFHASKDF

-MADDIE GOING AFTER THE MOUSE WITH A BROOM, WHAT THE FUCK. AAAH. JUST BUY SOME KIND OF MOUSE TRAP.

-danny likes lime and vinegar chips. which sound very good.

-'our boy finally has the physical prowess of a 60 year old president!' ...poor danny LMAO

-'what's wrong with beauty pageants' oh tucker you sweet naïve child. what ISNT wrong with them. who approved this for a high school?? (I mean, yes. unfortunately child pageants exist, but...) also danny and tucker once again treating the pretty girls like objects. I need to meet the grown man who wrote this, I just want to talk...

-prince aragon's dragon form reminds me of maleficent (color scheme wise) which is always a bonus. considering the episode is called beauty marked, I feel like the sleeping beauty references are deliberate

-sam with the fake fangs. once again her accessories never miss. hate the 'not like other girls, girls who get sucked into this kind of thing are all shallow and all want to be carbon copies' bs tho.

-sam trying to be the Worst Bride, being rude as shit. DORA IS GOING TO GET KILLED. DID YOU MISS THE PART WHERE SHE SAID THE PRINCE WILL HAVE HER HEAD IF YOU ARENT THE IDEAL BRIDE. YOU /KNOW/ DANNY WILL COME SAVE YOU. JUST ACT CHILL UNTIL THEN. even if you were doing fine to get him to take off the crown, consider maybe not letting his poor sister get punished also?? sure, she could also take off the crown and has dragon powers, but did you know that for sure?? dora didnt even really realize it until you guys talked!! (or at least, she was scared to stand up to him. you had no guarantee she would...) but. good for dora. ANOTHER friendly ghost to add to the List :)

-tucker is so under appreciated in his time. if he was doing a tech-based campaign today he'd have a better shot. people in 2004 had NO IDEA how much tech would be a part of our day-to-day lives...altho. tbh if you're going to be running for student council president, maybe you should..focus on things to actually improve the school? since he's going for a tech angle, he could say like, he would be running fundraisers for the schools computers to be upgraded, etc? we've already SEEN he can be good at money-making entrepreneur type stuff!!

-oh my god wait. this episode is JUST YUGIOH?????! A REBORN PHAROH USING A TEENAGER AS A VESSEL?? YESSSSSS

-tucker using his new minion to feed him grapes and carry him. AND LOCUSTS ONTO THE BULLIES. I love how when he's possessed, he gains winged eyeliner.

-this episode is giving me big 'plankton makes everyone in bikini bottom his slaves and build monuments of him from the spongebob movie' vibes. and the pharaoh has a traitor who works for him? VERY big yugioh vibes. aknadin confirmed

-I like that danny is still completely exhausted after using ghostly wail. (still patiently waiting on him to get duplication)

-LOVE the fenton's 80s outfits. I get hes 14 and embarrassed by everything they do because theyre his parents, but. cmon, this is one objectively cool thing theyve done. love 80s fashion.

-...was vlad just standing on that streetlight waiting for danny to come out? how'd he know they'd be coming out the back? how long has he been up there???

-oh, wait, his ecto-acne has flareups? that SUCKS. danny was...well I dont want to say he was LUCKY HE HALF-DIED, but he was lucky his was pretty instant (I'm assuming that had to do with the power/scale of the portals being different?) I remember in the ep we met him, vlad made a point of saying he was stuck in a hospital for a long time, so. that really actually sucks and I feel bad. not that it excuses anything he's done...but like. it does suck.

-vlad being so sure danny wouldnt help him he made it somehow contagious to his friends to make sure he'd get help? danny is a nice boy, he wouldve helped if it was anyone else. the only reason he wouldn't have is because of the shit vlad did to him, on purpose. vlad 100% dug his own grave by being the biggest asshole, so it is very hard to feel bad for him.

-clockwork is back!!! and making danny learn lessons The Hard Way. Uhhh, okay. I kind of get Danny’s logic, that time traveling this far back would prevent vlad from becoming a halfa also, ergo no arch nemesis or ectoacne to worry about. But the fact that was basically the first solution Danny came up with to solve this problem is actually so funny. It’s so extreme

-APPRICIATION FOR THESE 80S LESBIAN BG CHARACTERS.

-vlad telling maddie in the lab (in the 80s) he has something he's wanted to tell her 'for a long time'...how long have they known each other? I assumed they met in college, since jack always calls vlad his college buddy/roommate, so jack and vlad for sure met in college, but did vlad know maddie longer? thats surprising if so. Tho we don’t know what year of college they’re in so they could mean they met as freshmen and a few years have past…speaking of maddie shes crushing the 80s look.

-vlad blames jack, but. maybe dont stick your face 2 inches from the portal??! THIS FEELS LIKE LAB SAFETY BASICS. IF SOMETHING HAS POTENTIAL TO BE DANGEROUS, DONT GET NEAR IT. WITH YOUR FACE UNPROTECTED IN ANY WAY. (altho jack didnt really give a Big Warning besides screaming BONZAI. so. also that, but cmon.) also, they need gloves, goggles, and to pull all of their hair back tbh. but fuck lab safety, I guess!

-cryyyyinnng at how lazy they were with jack's ghost form design, its just plasmius' design on jack!!! you couldve given him his own design!!

-there. I did that in about 10 minutes and its somehow less lazy than what made it into the show. embarrassing! better yet, I think the episode would've been better if maddie would've gotten the ectoacne. or maybe its just me, wanting to see her design! anyway. I'm sure people have already done redesigns of them both as halfas. I have to go look after I finish this watch through. Also mildly frustrated jacks resentment and bitterness is basically also a copy paste of vlads backstory. They’re different characters, I really don’t think jack would stew in bitterness and jealousy the same way vlad would!! I also don’t think he’d give up after one time of trying to hunt ghosts and getting laughed at. Our canon timeline says different…I dunno, I get it was for laughs, but I’m annoyed because the POTENTIAL this plot has…

-did vlad really wear a stupid cheese hat to his wedding. ok actually that kinda rules. and the cheese door knocker. the dairy-only buffet table. vlad still got rich, just on being the New Dairy King. (Assuming that means he owns a lot of dairy businesses?) ok! this actually is great. hope maddie isn't lactose intolerant!

-'no matter how hard I tried, I could never get rid of my ghost half, the half I knew Maddie could never accept' ohh, ouch, what a horrible thing to say to her HALF GHOST SON. 'YOUR MOM WILL NEVER ACCEPT YOU' BASICALLY.

-maddie strapping danny to the table with a lazer pointed at him in a secret lab she keeps from vlad that she makes a point of saying is sound proof so he can scream all he wants...CHRIST. DANNYS POOR PYSCHE.

-also, not to feel bad for alternate vlad (because, he did lie to maddie saying jack blames her and never wants to see her again...) but. being married to a woman 20+ years and she immediately goes back to jack? if she didnt love vlad and feels like she had to hide shit from him, and says she wasted her best years with him, WHY MARRY HIM. it feels like leading him on!!! cannot believe im feeling bad for vlad, but. this alternate timeline vlad is significantly Less Horrible than Our Vlad. did she not think she'd get funding for her ghost stuff? (which, fair assumption since they're considered 'ghost fanatics/nuts in canon...but...) why did she think jack or vlad would be her ONLY OPTIONS? be like your sister. be single. Actually, this au could’ve been really interesting if after the accident, vlad lied to her and said jack never wanted to see her again, but she stays single. Imagine how much that would bug vlad… like, in her mind, it was never a competition it was jack or no one type situation…

-danny being like 'leave him ALONE' this jack is a HOMEWRECKER, DANNY. let them go to court and settle this at the least. ...or just throw vlad into the portal. (100% human, defenseless vlad) CHRIST, MADDIE THATS BRUTAL. THATS MURDER.

-danny seeing his mom immediately accepting him and his dad being half ghosts in this universe, if I was him this would be a great sign that his universe's maddie would also.

-*maddie voice* "clockwork will help!" *2 seconds later, with clockwork* "I will Not Help." TOUGH LOVE KING. YES LET DANNY SEE THE SODA HIMSELF AND DEVOLP BETTER OBSERVATION SKILLS.

-when clockwork ""reset time to the way it was"" just before danny "meddled"" ...did he really erase a whole alternate timeline? ...damn. because maddie and danny both called it an alternate timeline by name, it splitting when the college incident went different, so it wouldnt have really mattered if he reset it, right. like because danny's timeline is on a different stream? why didnt clockwork just. show danny a replay and not Reset That Timeline. wh...I wonder how many people that Erased From Existence. Anyway! once again stating clockwork is casually terrifying!

[opmangasideblog]

Requested by @waskonedo-ttf ! Sorry it took so long haha, Heres a breakdown of the Strawhats' body languages when they arrive at Little Garden! (Primarily ch.115)

First off I wanna say, Little Garden is probably the first "normal" arc when it comes to this (in regards to everything in this post). I would say Whiskey Peak is, but there was no actual enemy there; it was all to set up plot and introduce characters. No climax and resolve on that island.

ANYWAYS! On w the post!

Vivi you will quickly learn that luffy is pretty much Never worried. This is a very cute panel uwu

Pretty much sums up the entirety of the crew's attitude to landing at LG, it becomes very common for when the crew lands at a new island. It's nice to see Nami be more laid back for once, Vivi has taken her place for this. Nami is usually nervous abt something with the log pose, or this thing happened here, or X many enemies are waiting for us, etc. It rlly is nice to se her be like....not panicking.

Vivi, of course, was in Nami's shoes but with good reason. Her comrad is supposedly dead, her kingdom is practically fucked, she's prolly never even Met such a small pirate crew like this one. Of course she's freaking out a lil bit! She learns to adjust tho so it's ok

I also appreciate Sanji not obsessing over the girls for once

(This is the first page of the chapter, I got em mixed up haha)

They're all looking forward to landing! They're bonding !!!! Aaaa I love this page

I just noticed that luffy is foreshadowing mr.3's bullshittery later

This is the goofy arm dance u were talking abt right? Lookit this excited babye. My face hurts I'm smiling way too much at this it's so cUte sksnjendwjshshd

I think I know what you mean now by saying the whole crew reacted pretty differently upon arriving at the island! Gotta say, that's not...entirely true? Since they kinda split up into 3 groups of two based on each others plans.

Obviously, Luffy and Vivi were one group, and left to explore since they were curious of the environment (or more like Luffy was and Vivi just made sure they didnt die; this plays out very similarly to how Nami handles things). This is all very typical of their personalities. The dinosaur thing is super goofy and really highlights that fact.

(Evidence that Vivi is there partly to keep Luffy in one piece) (haha I made a pun)

Sanji n Zoro didnt stay together of course, but they were the next group. They left mostly cuz they're stubborn idiots with undying competitive spirit..oh yeah and gathering necessities. They're pretty careless of the environment itself, they just wanna kick eachothers asses, as per usual. That doesnt ever change throughout the whole arc, but it does stop being their focus due to uhhh Zoro becoming a wax statue and sanji fucking off elsewhere (I think this was when he infiltrated the Baroque Works' plan and that was irhdidjjxjs AWESOME)

The third group, of course, was Nami and Usopp, who were too scared to leave the ship. I feel like they've been ridiculed by fans for this behaviour, but honestly they're the smartest group here. They obviously aren't as prepared to fight, which is honestly fine considering their roles on the crew (Usopp cant be excused as well for this but it's a personality thing that he grows out of throughout the whole series), so they stay to guard their stuff together. This is unrelated, but dude Nami and Usopp have like, the BEST bromance. They're so cool and supportive of eachother it's so heartwarming akejwksjsjd I am weak.

Sooo yeah ! That's the entirety of the chapter really. Nothing unusual here, just your average strawhat brand of shenanigans and bullshittery. Vivi fits in so well its :)))

This isnt exactly how I thought this post would go, mainly since i originally thought I'd talk more abt uhhhh how messed up the arc gets over time, and how this whole chapter made us have Very Different expectations for the arc. Sorry if this isn't exactly what u wanted, there wasnt a whole lot that stood out to me but I really enjoyed rereading this chapter! Thanks again!!!

For future reference, if others wish to send in a request you can submit a panel or send an ask for any questions or recommendations. I just ask that you include which chapter(s) the panel/scene is in, it would help a ton!♡

[kaptain-k-pop]

[?] Days of K-ristmas: Day 6*

aka

The K-List: #15

*(if you have no idea what I'm talking abt with this "[?] Days of K-ristmas" thing the very longwinded explanation is here lmao)

She's In The Rain

The Rose

Okay okay, I know this is another title track, probably one of their most famous so everyone who knows about The Rose knows about this song already

But I wanna talk about it anyway bc this is my blog and I can do what I want it's a really important song for me that stuck with me from the first time I heard it and I just wanna gush about it and talk about that

So some of my moots who have followed me since before last April may know this story already because I mentioned it in a post at the time, but last spring I was in a really bad place. I was having a really stressful semester and going through a lot of inner conflict about my future. My roommate had moved out (not because of any conflict! She just wanted to live somewhere cheaper, which is valid!) meaning I was living alone in a two person dorm, which was actually really bad for my health because without anyone else around I wasn't taking good care of myself or my environment. My sleep '''''schedule''''' was non-existent and there were many times when I was pulling all nighters or skipping meals to work on things. My group of college friends had all moved off campus, so even when I did remember/make time to go eat in the student center I ate alone. The fact that I was so worried about school meant I never really made plans with those friends either because I was always beating myself up for not focusing enough on my coursework. I was pretty much completely isolating myself and I spent most of my time alone in my dorm -- which you may recall, I wasn't taking good care of -- and being in that environment only made me feel worse about myself. I felt so depressed and unproductive in such a messy place, but I couldn't make time to get my environment in order because I had coursework I needed to do... but I couldn't efficiently work on my coursework because I felt so depressed and unproductive in the environment I created and around and around (it's also really difficult for me to focus in public places/around other people because I get easily distracted, so I didn't really have a good place to work other than my dorm). My irl best friend (aka my main source of support and physical affection) and my family were 2 hours away and I was completely touch starved. And I rarely went home on the weekend or left my dorm at all because I felt like every moment I wasn't trying to be productive I was being lazy. Both my mental and physical health were absolute trash. And I knew I was in a bad place but I had no idea how to get myself out. I felt like I had no time or energy to take any major steps to improve my situation.

I went home for Easter break. Three days of focusing on family instead of school and acting like I wasn't spending the whole time worrying about all the stressful things I would have to deal with when I got back.

During my 2 hour drive back to school Monday night I was keeping myself company with my Spotify playlists as usual and eventually Spotify began playing me "recommended radio"

And it was at this time that I heard She's in The Rain for the very first time

My first thoughts were that it sounded like an amazing song, but even despite the language barrier I could tell that it was a very emotional song so I was thinking it might not be the best thing to listen to when I was already feeling so down

And then Woosung's voice in perfect English in the last verse:

"You wanna hurt yourself, I'll stay with you

You wanna make yourself go through the pain

It's better to be held than holding on"

completely struck me in the heart and I pulled over into the next gas station and cried.

I'm not in that same situation anymore and I've been taking steps since then to try to get myself to a better place and improve my health. And living at home now with my family (and my best friend living 5 minutes away) and not feeling so isolated anymore has been a huge part of that

Hearing those words that night really struck a chord with me. It is better to confide your troubles in people and to be vulnerable and let yourself be held by someone who cares about you than to be just trying to hold on all by yourself. And the way the last chorus changes from "She's in the rain" to "We're in the rain" is such a beautiful ending as well as a perfect metaphor. When you're struggling your friends can't always do anything to get you out of that situation no matter how much they want to. But they can be there to try to support you and stand in the rain with you so that you don't have to go through hard times all alone

(this post is so long now and it's mostly just been about me and not the song I'm sorry ajdjksla)

But I also just wanna say that this song is so beautiful! It's really a masterpiece imo

The way that it starts out with just the acoustic guitar and Woosung's voice is so simple and pretty (and I thought it was a violin but then I realized maybe it was the bass but I swear I hear violin too idk maybe it's in the backing track or something?? am I crazy? lmk) and then the drums and everything really coming in almost halfway through the song after the first verse??? 😔👌👌👌

One of the things I love about Korean songs in when the singer is able to convey the emotion of a song with their voice and make you feel despite the language barrier. Woosung has one of the best examples of this. His voice is so unique, just hearing it can tug at your heartstrings even if you don't actually know what the words he's saying mean (which also makes it a 1 hit KO when he DOES say something in English ajdjksla) the way his voice literally makes him sound like he's on the verge of tears throughout the whole song really enhances it so much

(Dojoon has such a pretty voice too!! It's been a while since I've head it since he didn't sing on RED and I've been listening to a lot of other groups but yeah after listening to this song again to pick out all the parts to put in this post I'm reminded of how good he sounds in it 😔🙏 bless)

So I'll try to just wrap it up now since I've talked a lot: The Rose is such a good band and this is such a good song and the lyrics are so beautiful (you should look up the full translation if you haven't!)

Okay. That's all. I love this song, and if you've read this far I love you!!!!

[thechildoflightning]

How does everyone in jksf do with presentations? I have one coming up that I'm super nervous about, and it kinda made me curious...

I hope your presentation goes well! I completely get your nervousness too, and I’m sending you all the good thoughts.

I’m interpreting this as like,,, high school presentations for a project or something btw. If that’s not what you meant, I’m sorry, and feel free to clarify if you want me to do it again. (I never get tired of these bois so,,,,)and this got long again so imma cut it

tw: cult mentions, ableism, memory issues, anxiety

Patton

Patton has never really had a problem being in front of a crowd, he actually kind of likes that part of presenting

What Patton doesn’t like about presenting is the memorization

In presentations a common thing teachers will grade you on is “how well you know the topic” which usually boils down to “how well you can memorize the topic”

Here’s the thing- Patton can’t memorize it

I’ve mentioned his memory issues before and throughout his schooling he’s always had accommodations for it

This means he’s usually not graded on memorization and gets free passes on losing his place/ forgetting his thought while presenting.

Doesn’t mean Patton doesn’t worry about each and every time, especially after a particularly bad English teacher one year.

Roman

Roman loves presenting

He’s not too fond of doing the actual work itself but presenting it is super fun to him

After all it’s just another form of a stage

He does tend to get off topic, and if he’s in a group his team will likely get annoyed with him, but tbh? he doesn’t care

Their work and presentation is good enough. He might not get perfect marks every time, but he does tend to do well and he has fun so that’s that

Absolutely has dressed up for presentations before. Freshman history class was an interesting year

(He will also take any chance he can to make a presentation political, generally supporting left-leaning views, and living in Utah for the latter half of his teen years, this tended to get him in trouble) (is this me still being bitter abt my UT bio teacher,,,, maybe a little)

Logan

Logan gives objectively the best presentation out of any of the others.

The problem is, he gets counted down for tone, eye contact, posture, how captivating he is, etc

Logan doesn’t get tone and he doesn’t do eye contact and he has accommodations to help support him in those ares but he doesn’t use them bc his parents are on the firm belief that he can do those things if he just “tried harder”

which is bullshit so fuck them

Logan’s facts are always solid and well researched and he gets high points in those areas

He does tend to do poorer on topics that don’t interest him and he cannot work with a group at all

Logan also tends to go way under time with topics that don’t interest him and way over time with topics that do interest him

Later in life, his presentations tend to do a lot better, but he hasn’t changed anything, it’s the people around him who have changed

A lot of his future job is presentations and p much everyone is enraptured as much as he is bc it’s a v specific field that everyone in that room has chosen so it works out well

Virgil

Shit at presenting

His anxiety goes through the fucking roof

His first year of high school there’s an attempt to get him presenting but he cannot talk in front of that many people at all

With his own accommodations he’ll just present to the teacher independently

This is still really anxiety provoking for him so he tends not to do that well

His high school years are also,,, very rough,,, and he has a lot more to focus on then presentations so he tends to not complete them anyway

When he goes away for a while to different facilities he has a lot more people to support him with presentations or give him alternative assignments so he does better in that atmosphere

Its not until his first year of college when this “Roman” kid is spreading absoblute lies about the message of their newest book that they’re reading that Virgil even begins to talk in class much less present.

Remy

Remy isn’t one to be like “oh we get to present stuff! hell yeah!” but he also doesn’t really have an issue with it

He has also has issues with memorizing his presentations bc unlike his peers he can’t glance back to the screen or his notes to check where he is and whats he’s on

(even before his vision started to majorly decrease, he’s never been able to see anything that was projected on a screen)

I dunno if y’all ever had this but I had teachers often give limits on the amount of flashcards you could have (which i think is absurd but whatever) yeah Remy gets to break this rule and just brings his computer with his presentation and braille reader instead

his sophomore year of high school he had a teacher grade him on eye contact and when he asked her abt that bc wtf she knows he literally blind right? she asked him to at least take off his sunglasses when presenting. he attempted to explain he has photophobia and the lights give him migraines and make his eyes feel like they’re burning but she brushed him off. He says he’ll take his sunglasses off next time.

Cue next time when Remy turns all the lights off, takes his sunglasses off, and presents like that instead. His teacher was not amused, but he was so fuck her.

Deceit

Has never been to school (unless you count weird cult teachings as “schooling”)

[noramoons]

hi beck! im sorry about the concert! theres not much happening in my life rn, but last week I took a solo trip to another state to attend a festival organized by a brazilian band. It was perfect, I made friends from different cities, eat some good food, danced a looot, and got to meet my internet crush (we've been flirting via dms on ig since january), he's the photographer for said band. we spent the weekend together and even stayed up after the concerts ended on saturday to watch the sunrise at the lagoon in front of the balcony of my room at the hostel. I dont think I'll see him again - our lives are pretty different, our routines are non existent due to we both travelling around a lot bc of work and we live like... 1.340km apart lol - but our vibes matched so well and I felt very happy and present in the moment, something that I haven't felt in a while... it was one of those moments in life where you just want to enjoy it and not think about the aftermath, yk? anyway, I hope you feel better and good things come your way this week! dont be too upset, you're gonna see the boys soon and it's gonna be better than you've ever imagined. sending you love, bye 💖

omg hi anon! thank you so much for sending me this life update hehe i enjoyed this tremendously :)) this seriously sounds like it was so much fun oh my goodness 😩 like a movie or smthn for real !! just everything about it sounds like a dream, i'm so so glad you had such a good time and were able to meet up with your ig crush hehehe, that also sounds like it was a lot of fun ;)) i am sorry that you may not be able to see him again, but i will say i really really admire your own maturity that you clearly have to know that it's not super likely that you'll see him again? but that you were still able to be present in that moment and let yourself enjoy it, that really speaks to the kind of emotionally mature person you are and i really truly respect that a lot. at the risk of dating myself with this reference i always think about that scene at the end of perks of being a wallflower where he's riding in the back of his car with his friends with things like this, there's really nothing better than allowing yourself to be present in the present and not letting your own worries about the future ruin it for yourself. i really am so glad you had such a lovely time <33

and yeah jnjjfkdsl i'm not really sure what'll happen with this whole mess—i just sorta feel like it's been a little doomed for me since the start. i basically threw money down the drain buying the fankit back in october hoping that i'd get some kind of presale since it was a stated benefit (nope!), i let myself get really stressed abt ticketing only to not get a ticket, i took on more hours at work to pay for scalper pricing, i wasted gas money driving up to atl and back only for it to get "postponed." i just don't know how much more of this i can take lmao and i have a sneaky feeling they're either going to cancel or push the dates back like. a year plus. but this whole thing really is out of my hands so i'm trying to just focus on something else for the time being.

i do so, so appreciate the love and i am sending it right back to ya tenfold 💛💛