#imagine living with that knowledge

[mercymaker]

i need soft malstarion in my life like a person waking up at 4am needs water

[reality-detective]

CLOWN WORLD: Edison Township, NJ Council banned American flags, and other 'props,' from meetings.

A man was removed by police for holding an American flag in America.

Let that sink in. 🤔

[darkfluffydragon]

Here are some sketches I drew of Phantasmagoria Corrupted Burning Spice (Change) and Mystic Flour (Volition) :D

Just a fun lil thing while I debate to myself over whether to focus on the world-building or the story. Also Change as a cowboy..just for fun :')

[notbecauseofvictories]

I went to see an opera about the jazz age and then, while biking back home, stopped dead to listen to some performers at a street fair sing "Dust in the Wind"---at least, before they lurched into a laughing "Happy Birthday" at the crowd's request. I pedaled the rest of the way home singing to myself, so actually, everything in the world is wonderful and good. I can't believe my brain repeatedly tricks me into thinking otherwise.

[thetarttfuldickhead]

”Well, I fucking love it,” Jamie says while Roy stares at Phoebe’s gift in mute horror and you know that Jamie is just as genuinely impressed with the shirt as he is ecstatic at it being gifted to Roy who will now have to a, grit out a thank you bc adorable niece, and b, wear it because – again – adorable niece.

Ah. Called up for England. Called Roy’s best friend. Getting to see Roy squirm. Jamie Tartt is living his best life in 3x10 and I fucking love it.  

[nenoname]

looking over the shots of the murder hut/the early mystery shack and noticing details like the unibear being in gift shop from the start and stan rolling out the bill carpet and later putting bill in the mystery shack sign himself

the wires/machinery/door not being changed yet but it seems like the vending machine was there since early on

[ryuki-draws]

Some photo draw-in for a vague MahoYome idea with pre-curse Joseph travelling with two mages for a while before meeting Cartaphilus (aka "instructions unclear - apprentice acquired" AU) based on my two Slavic mages + Slovak Joseph headcanon (since Merkmal metioned him being from eastern Europe). And I wanted to use this photo I took back in 2015 for something as I still really like it!

[ftl-faster-than-life]

…man it still pisses me off that Team Flash had the drug that could knock a speedster out starting in the SECOND SEASON and never ONCE did they use it on Barry for Barry’s benefit. “Sorry Barry, we don’t have an anaesthetic or painkillers that work on you you’ll just have to suffer through this insanely painful process/literal surgery/injury.” KNOCK HIM OUT.

[reality-detective]

The pilot behind the dramatic Delta crash that flipped a plane upside down at Toronto Pearson Airport has been identified as 26-year-old First Officer Kendal Swanson.

A Minnesota beauty pageant winner who completed her training just last April with under 1,500 flight hours.

The more experienced captain, James Henneman, was handling communications as Swanson piloted during the crash. 🤔

[cactustreesmotel]

having my own radio station would be so fun. radio station joy coming at ya with only the hottest hits by ellen mcilwaine!! followed by sweet sweet fiddle hour (métis and athabaskan). then an hour to talk shit about hockey bc why not. then 80s joni deep cuts. why is no one hiring me for this

[20001541]

personally I don't believe afo will ever be truly forgotten. he was recorded in two major fights and ended a prominent heros career. while he may not be as well known as tomura is, his presence will still linger throughout history. a lot of what he did and who he was as a person will be forgotten however. his role in tomura's rise to villainy and his love/obssession for yoichi won't be remembered.

I think some people in the far distant future years from now will find him intriguing to talk about. there will probably be some niche forums dedicated to speculating about his origins and who he was as a person since he's such an enigma. maybe some former afo minions would have set up memorials for him and write about him online and those people in the future interested in him read through those to get more of an idea of who he was. he'll always have fans in the deep corners of the web.

is that how he wanted to be remembered? no. but dying with his brother and being remembered centuries later by some villain enthusiasts is a far more merciful end than he deserved.

[fisheito]

wait. puss in boots rei? unfulfilled dream? as.. as in. kinda like. a last wish.? like. the last puss in boots movie.? perrito garu?????

[chasing-posts]

Gai Week, Day 4; Turtle

Ninjas don't live long. Every time you see an elderly ninja, you must be extra weary: for they have survived long past their prime, and have taken down oceans of men who tried to cut them down.

Most ninjas won't get to know their history. They will not have the opportunity to learn from their mistakes. Nor learn about the stories of the past unless they the extreme luck of being there personally when it happened, or knowing someone who was.

Even than, getting the full story revealed was exceptionally rare, as Ninjas are trained from birth to hide their secrets. So whatever you heard was unlikely to be completely truthful. The second hand information will lack detail, or be exaggerated past the point of realism to protect one secrets, or bolter ones ego.

With all that in mind, Gai knew there was only one way for a young man such as himself, to learn the history of the world. He would need to meet and gain the trust of someone not only old, but ancient. He would make a pact with someone without ego, who would be willing to tell the secrets of this world.

He could not look to man for answers...

Blood poured down his hand as he wrote his name on the scroll. Kakashi had told him the basics of summoning when they were little. How to make a contract. The amount of chakra needed. The cost of failure... that was before he closed his heart off to him. Before war had taken their friends and stripped them of what remained of their innocence. It had currently lead his beloved rival and friend to the shadows. Far away from him, and towards Danzo. A respected elder of the village, who had no respect for him.

Gai took a deep breath as he looked at his name written along the scroll. He wassn't supposed to have found this. The rogue ninjas he had taken down were thieves and opportunists who mistook his optism for obliviousness. And it had cost them their haul, their freedom and awarded Gai thier bounty once he returned home.

But for Gai, all that paled when he realized what they had in their possession. What these fools had over looked. They must have intended to sell it for a quick buck. But for him...he knew this one scroll would possibly change the future of his life.

He took a deep breath, channeling his chackra as he formed the hand seals he saw Kakashi perform hundreds of times before, and than he finally placed his hand down, watching the black seals erupt from under his palms.

The puff of smoke filled the area, Gai felt his eyes and smile widen. The giant shell came into view under his hands, gleaming in the dim light.

"Who are you, you little brat!?" The turtle called out. Biting at his hands.

Gai felt tears of joy fall down his face as he jumped away from the attack. He stared at the dark brown beak. The deep wrinkles under its eyes. Its rough skin was hanging off its body, mostly hidden under the rock hard shell. It was ancient...

But it was powerful.

It was everything Gai could have ever wanted.

"WHAT A JOY TO MEET SOMEONE SO BEAUTIFUL!!!" Gai exclaimed to the world. "I am Konoha's mighty yet youthful green beast: Maito Gai! And I would like to be your new summoner! If you'll have me!"

No matter what happened, Gai was going to make this relationship work.

[prismbearer]

Idk why there's disbelief over Mark S/Helly in terms of motivation. Helly is just as capable of cruelty and selfishness as Helena. They are at the core of it, the same person with different memories/experiences. They can be two perspectives worthy of indulging their own dreams and desires and also be the same person. Narratively here especially, this isn't about morality, it's about human nature.

Helly was never cruel, sure, of course. Helly felt like she was the same as the other people in MDR. But Helly has something right now that she never even achieved as Helena. Someone who loves her. Someone who is choosing her. Helly is Winning over Helena here.

Jame Eagen wanders down just to be a freak and reinforces the reality of it. Helly is "More" than Helena, hasn't been worn down by the weight of experience and the world (and their cult and corporate bullshit). She still has, in some way, the innocence of youth and lack of experience with the world. She doesn't have the same fears and burdens or triggers as Helena in her conscious experience. She still has the ability to express her passions and outrage and defend herself. And to love and not feel sorry for it.

Severance gave Helena a chance to exist without the learned perspectives and burdens of the Eagens and she is able to be free with herself and her passions and desires-- whereas Helena was likely drained of any dreams for potential beyond a strictly guided future decades ago.

Of course Helly is feeling a rush of joy and satisfaction over Mark loving her. Mark choosing her. She tried to do the "right thing" by being logical with Mark. "I'm her." Even outside of Lumon, if they bring it all down, there's no hope for an Eagen and an ex-severed employee in reality. In the Real World they will never be together. Mark couldn't love Helena, how could anyone love an Eagen? (Poor Helly really with like, the enemy is within etc, but that's kinda the situation framed by Lumon for everyone by setting the stage with your Innie isn't human kinda rhetoric.) (This was also reinforced by Helena trying to get close to Mark to see if he still had feelings or chemistry with her and finding out they were not going to work outside Lumon.)

What if the equator is a building that could be a continent? Can be their whole world? They're choosing to live Now. Together in the present despite knowing that with their half lives, they could be brought to an end at any moment. It's very willful young love of them. And why wouldn't it be? This is their First Love. They haven't even been "alive" that long or have any memory of romance beyond their current infatuation. They don't know the world or it's places, and maybe that's okay, maybe they can exist in this space so long as they have love and the others.

It's completely human for Helly to accept Mark choosing her. To run to him just to see him for maybe the last time. It's human for Mark S to run to Helly. It's human for poor Gemma, who doesn't even know her fucking husband is severed, to be pounding on the door.

But this is their Final Day to Mark and Helly. Maybe the very end of their world. It's Judgement Day. Of course they'd have them holding hands and running back to the unknown to face the end together. To die together.

There is also zero fucking chance Mark Scout would risk his life and brain continuing reintegration once his wife is back. Mark Scout is going to choose his wife. Mark is choosing Love on both sides here.

All of it is reasonable.

[free-n-wild]

Y'ALL THIS TAWNY IS ON PAR WITH THE SASSY CORMORANT, JUST LOOK AT HIM HE'S AN ENRAGED MUPPET I LOVE HIM 😭

[saym0-0]

i inagine bumblebee would enjoy using soundbites from Cars to speak