#impressive considering he’s straight irl

[starlightseraph]

hugh laurie… save me..

hugh laurie

save me hugh laurie

[lissdiary]

hii❤️ hope ur doing well can u do headcanons of bakugo,deku (seperated) with an s/o who is not in u.a and is petite? By that shes short and weak and they prob met in an online game or sm

katsuki bakugo —

you both met through an online game, he friended you after you kept beating him. he would mute himself to yell but was secretly impressed with the way you managed to beat him.

afterschool, you both played together for hours. you would talk to him about everything in your life and he would listen to you every single time. katsuki fell in love with your voice, and the way you talked to him.

when you both finally decided to meet up, he didn’t realize how short you were. occasionally teasing you about it, making you slap his arm.

“ha, you can’t even reach it?” he loved your height, it made him feel good when you wanted him to get something for you that you couldn’t reach.

he won’t admit it but your size makes him lose his mind. the way he so easily towers over you, sometimes picking you up and placing you on his lap as you both play video games together when he invites you to come over.

katsuki definitely pauses his game to text you back, he doesn’t care if he loses the game. all that matters to him is you, if he sees that you’re online he’ll leave the party he was in with his friends and immediately join yours.

— paused your game just to text me? aw you’re cute.

— tch, you made me lose.

katsuki having a weak gf never crossed his mind, he always imagined himself with another pro hero one that matched his energy or was just strong as him. when you came into his life, that changed for him. he imagined his future with you, it felt more secure than a future with a pro hero.

he would never have to worry about your safety when fighting villains. he felt secure, coming straight home to you instead of having different patrol times where you’d never see each other.

izuku midoriya —

izuku sent you a friend request when he noticed that you both had the same all might icon, you dmed him shortly after you accepted.

— woah, we’re matching!

he chuckled at your message, who knew this would’ve led to the both of you spending hours together playing games and talking about your favorite all might moments.

when you both first met irl, izuku’s palms were sweatinggg. he was so nervous to meet you, even more when he realized how short n’ petite you were. he thought you were adorable, the way you looked up at him made him so crazy. he couldn’t process his words correctly around you.

after a while, izuku fell in love with your voice. the way you would politely talk to him in game made him go silent. often times you were worried that he left or you were talking his ears off. you messaged him when it was too quiet,

— sorry, am i talking to much?..

— no no! it’s just, your voice is so soothing.

izuku admired everything about you, he didn’t care how “weak” you considered yourself to be. when you told him about your quirk and how weak you thought it was, he started analyzing your quirk, admiring it. this was when you realize you had fallen for him, he was the first guy who didn’t make you feel weaker than you already were.

he always made sure to reassure you, making sure you wouldn’t look down on your quirk. he makes sure to hold your hand in large crowds, just in case he loses you.

because of your quirk, you weren’t able to perform the attacks and moves he did so occasionally you would ask him to show you. obviously you couldn’t help him train, but you were there to motivate him. he’ll happily show you his journal, telling you all about his classmates’ cool quirks and mumbling to himself about them.

izuku loves coming home to you, watching the news about his victory. you’re his biggest supporter and inspiration, everything he does is for you.

tysm for requesting, this was really cute!! ☆〜（ゝ。∂）

sorry if i’m lagging on the reqs, my mind is everywhere rn

[kezdispenser]

Breaking Character pt3/?

Summary: You are the new cast member of 'The Boys' and you play Butcher's cousin and Soldier Boy's new love interest 'Solene'. You're introduced to the cast by the director at a dinner and you're seated next to Karl and Jensen to "bond".

Pairing: Jensen x reader

Warnings: FLUFF, Language, Maybe Smut

A/N: Absolutely no hate to anybody irl, its all love, i personally love Danneel. So, no hate at all. tpwk.

The night of the gig, you stood in front of your closet, trying to figure out what the hell to wear. You weren’t sure why you were overthinking it—Jensen seemed like the kind of guy who wouldn’t give a damn what you showed up in. But something about the way he’d looked at you last night, the weight of his words, made you want to put in a little effort. Not too much, though.

Finally, you settled on a pair of black skinny jeans that hugged your curves just right, paired with a cropped band tee and a leather jacket. Casual, cool, and just a touch of edge. You added a silver chain necklace and boots with a slight heel for some extra confidence, then ran a brush through your hair, leaving it loose and slightly messy.

You caught a glimpse of yourself in the mirror, debating whether or not to go heavier on the eyeliner. “It’s just a bar,” you muttered, rolling your eyes at your own nerves. Still, you swiped on a little more mascara and grabbed your bag before heading out the door.

When Jensen pulled up outside, the rumble of his truck’s engine sent a flutter of anticipation through you. He leaned out the driver’s side window as you approached, his grin widening when he saw you.

“Damn,” he drawled, his eyes scanning you quickly before meeting yours. “Didn’t know I was picking up a rockstar tonight.”

You smirked, walking up to the passenger door. “Just trying to fit the vibe. Don’t get used to it.”

He laughed, hopping out to open the door for you. “Noted. But I gotta say, you nailed it.”

You climbed into the cab, the faint scent of leather and his cologne surrounding you. As he slid back into the driver’s seat, he shot you a sideways glance. “Nervous?”

“About what?” you asked, raising an eyebrow.

“About seeing me in my natural habitat,” he teased, his tone light but his gaze steady.

You rolled your eyes but couldn’t help the smile tugging at your lips. “I think I’ll survive.”

The drive to the bar was filled with easy conversation and the occasional burst of laughter. Jensen had this way of putting you at ease, like you’d known him for years instead of just a few days.

When you arrived, the bar was already buzzing with energy, the warm glow of string lights and the hum of conversation setting the mood. Jensen placed a hand on your lower back as he guided you through the crowd, a gesture that felt natural but sent a ripple of awareness through you.

“Stay here,” he said once you reached the edge of the stage. “I’ll make it worth your while.”

Before you could respond, he was gone, disappearing backstage. You found yourself a spot near the front, sipping your drink and trying to ignore the way your pulse raced.

When Jensen took the stage, the crowd erupted in cheers, and you couldn’t help but smile. He owned the space, his voice rich and rough, pulling you in from the first note. Watching him up there—completely in his element—was something else entirely.

By the end of the set, you were thoroughly impressed. He hopped off the stage, sweaty and grinning, and made his way straight to you.

“Well?” he asked, grabbing a beer from the bar and leaning casually against it. “Am I officially off the hook?”

You gave him a slow once-over, pretending to consider it. “Not bad, Ackles. You might actually be good at this.”

He laughed, shaking his head. “You’re a tough crowd, y/n.”

“Gotta keep you humble,” you shot back, smirking.

His grin softened, and he leaned in slightly, his voice dropping. “Something tells me you’ve got a way of doing that.”

You weren’t sure how to respond to that, so you just smiled, raising your glass. “Here’s to exceeding expectations.”

Jensen clinked his beer against your glass, his eyes never leaving yours. “Cheers to that.”

The bar was quieter now, with most of the crowd having filtered out. Jensen nursed a beer at the corner of the counter, his head turned slightly as he watched you sip your whiskey. The weight of the night, the energy of the music, and the warmth of his presence created a strange sort of stillness between you—charged, unspoken, but not unpleasant.

“Didn’t peg you for a whiskey drinker,” he said finally, his voice low but carrying in the near-empty bar.

You looked up at him, swirling the amber liquid in your glass. “Didn’t peg you for a singer.”

His lips twitched, not quite a smile but close. “Touché.”

You took another sip, letting the silence settle again. It wasn’t uncomfortable; if anything, it was oddly grounding. Still, you could feel him watching you, his gaze steady, like he was deciding whether to say whatever was on his mind.

“You ever get the feeling,” he said eventually, his voice quieter now, “that no matter what you do, there’s this piece of you still stuck somewhere else? Like you’ve moved on, but a part of you hasn’t caught up yet?”

The question caught you off guard, the weight of it unexpected. You set your glass down, meeting his gaze. “Yeah,” you said softly. “I think everyone feels that way, sometimes. What’s keeping you stuck?”

He hesitated, his fingers tapping against the neck of his beer bottle. “My kids,” he said finally, his voice rougher now. “And… my divorce.”

You blinked, the confession hitting harder than you expected. “You’re divorced?”

“Yeah,” he said, his laugh humorless. “Surprised you didn’t know. Feels like half the world’s got a damn opinion about it.”

You shook your head. “I didn’t. I guess I just assumed…” You trailed off, not wanting to sound intrusive.

“That I had it all figured out?” he offered, his lips twitching into a bitter smile. “Yeah, I get that a lot.”

“I didn’t mean—”

“No, it’s fine,” he interrupted gently. “It’s what everyone thinks. Jensen Ackles, family man, happy life. And I tried, you know? I really fucking tried.”

His voice cracked just slightly, and you felt a pang in your chest, unsure what to say.

“I have three kids,” he continued, staring down at his beer. “JJ, Zeppelin, and Arrow. They’re my world. Everything I do, it’s for them. But somewhere along the way… me and their mom, we just stopped being us. We became co-parents. Roommates. Whatever you want to call it. And it wasn’t enough anymore.”

You swallowed hard, the vulnerability in his voice cutting through you. “That sounds… incredibly hard.”

“It is,” he admitted, looking up at you again. “But what’s harder is knowing I hurt them. That no matter how much I try to explain it, they don’t understand why their parents aren’t together anymore.”

You nodded slowly, searching for the right words. “It sounds like you’re doing the best you can. And maybe… maybe that’s enough.”

He studied you for a long moment, his expression unreadable. “You’re good at this,” he said finally, his tone softer now.

“At what?”

“Listening,” he said simply. “Not a lot of people do that anymore.”

You shrugged, a small smile tugging at your lips. “Not a lot of people talk like you just did. That takes guts.”

For a moment, neither of you spoke, the weight of the conversation hanging between you. Then Jensen cleared his throat, his fingers drumming against the counter.

“I don’t usually unload on people like this,” he said, almost sheepish.

“I don’t mind,” you replied, meaning it.

He looked at you then, really looked, and you felt something shift in the air between you. It wasn’t romantic, exactly—at least not yet. It was something deeper, an unspoken understanding that neither of you had asked for but somehow shared.

“Thanks,” he said finally, his voice barely above a whisper.

“For what?”

“For not making me feel like a damn idiot for saying all that.”

You smiled, shaking your head. “You’re not an idiot, Jensen. You’re just human.”

He laughed softly, the sound carrying a hint of relief. “Human. That’s a nice way of putting it.”

As the bartender started cleaning up for the night, Jensen glanced at his watch, then back at you. “I should probably get you home,” he said, though there was no urgency in his voice.

“Yeah,” you said, though a part of you wasn’t quite ready for the night to end.

He stood and offered you a hand, his touch warm and steady as he helped you down from the stool. “Come on, let’s get out of here.”

The drive back was quiet, the kind of silence that didn’t need to be filled. When he pulled up in front of your place, he turned to you, his expression softer now.

“Thanks for coming tonight,” he said, his voice low.

“Thanks for inviting me, and hey, I'd love to meet your kids sometime” you replied, your smile genuine.

Jensen blinked, visibly surprised by the offer. His lips parted slightly like he was searching for the right words, but none came right away. Instead, he tilted his head, studying you with an expression you couldn’t quite read—somewhere between curiosity and cautious hope.

“You’d want to meet my kids?” he asked finally, his voice careful, almost hesitant.

You shrugged lightly, feeling the sudden weight of your words. “Not like that,” you clarified quickly, holding up a hand. “I mean, if you ever bring them around set or something, it’d be cool to say hi. Nothing… bigger than that.”

Relief flickered across his face, and his shoulders relaxed as a small smile curved his lips. “They’d like you,” he said softly. “JJ especially. She’s sharp—probably sharper than me most days. You’d get along.”

You couldn’t help but smile at the way his face softened when he talked about her. “She sounds like a handful”

“She is,” he said, his grin widening. “But in the best way.”

For a moment, the two of you fell quiet, the hum of the truck’s engine filling the space. Then Jensen shook his head slightly, like he was shaking off a thought. “You know,” he said, his voice lighter now, “I wasn’t expecting you to say that.”

“To say what?”

“That you’d want to meet them.” He glanced at you, his expression open but vulnerable in a way that made your chest tighten. “It’s not something most people say when they find out about my kids. Usually, it’s… I don’t know. Complicated.”

“Well,” you said, leaning back against the seat, “I don’t see why it has to be. You’ve got kids. That’s just… part of who you are.”

Jensen’s gaze lingered on you a moment longer before he looked away, his grip tightening slightly on the steering wheel. “You’re full of surprises, y/n.”

You smiled faintly, turning to look out the window. “Guess you’ll just have to stick around long enough to figure me out.”

His low chuckle filled the cab, and when you glanced back at him, his grin was softer now, more genuine. “Yeah,” he said quietly. “Guess I will.”

The following week on set was bustling as usual, with crew members darting between trailers and the low hum of equipment buzzing in the background. You were sitting in your chair, flipping through the next day’s script, when you spotted Jensen walking toward you.

He was dressed down in a flannel and jeans, a trucker hat pulled low over his messy hair. His character wasn’t in the day’s shoot, so seeing him here caught you off guard.

���Hey,” he said, stopping a few feet away. His voice was warm, but there was an edge of hesitation, like he wasn’t entirely sure he should be there.

“Hey yourself,” you replied, setting the script down. “Didn’t think you were filming today.”

“I’m not,” he admitted, scratching the back of his neck. “Had a few things to take care of nearby, thought I’d swing by and—” He hesitated, his eyes flicking over your shoulder before coming back to yours. “Well, JJ wanted to meet you.”

Your heart skipped a beat at the name, and when you followed his gaze, you saw a small blonde girl peeking around the corner of a trailer. Her curious eyes darted between you and her dad, and she held a stuffed animal tightly against her chest.

“JJ, come on,” Jensen said gently, motioning for her to join him.

The little girl hesitated for a moment longer before walking over, her steps slow but confident. When she reached Jensen’s side, she tilted her head up at you, her expression suspicious but not unkind.

“You’re the one who works with my dad?” she asked, her voice sharp and inquisitive.

“Guilty,” you replied with a small smile. “And you must be JJ.”

She nodded, clutching her stuffed animal a little tighter. “Dad said you’re pretty cool.”

“Did he?” you asked, glancing up at Jensen, who looked like he wanted to melt into the floor. “Well, I hope I don’t disappoint.”

JJ studied you for a long moment before her lips twitched into a faint smile. “You don’t look disappointing.”

“High praise,” Jensen muttered, his ears turning pink.

“Very high praise,” you agreed, grinning.

For a while, the three of you talked—well, mostly JJ, who quickly warmed up and launched into a detailed explanation of her stuffed animal’s adventures. Jensen mostly stood back, watching with a quiet kind of pride that made your chest ache.

When JJ finally ran off to explore the craft services table, Jensen stepped closer, his hands shoved into his pockets.

“She’s a little firecracker, huh?” you said, your tone light but genuine.

“She is,” he agreed, his eyes still following her. “Takes after her mom that way.”

You hesitated, sensing the weight of his words. “What was she like? Your ex-wife, I mean,” you asked carefully. “If that’s okay to ask.”

Jensen’s lips pressed into a thin line, and he looked down, his hat shielding his face for a moment. “She’s… she’s a good mom,” he said finally, his voice quiet but steady. “We just… grew apart. Things got complicated. It’s a story for another time.”

You nodded, not wanting to push, but your curiosity lingered. Before you could respond, Jensen’s tone shifted, lighter now as he glanced back up at you. “Speaking of stories for another time,” he said, a small smile tugging at the corner of his mouth, “how about dinner? Just you and me. No kids, no set, no distractions.”

Your brows lifted in surprise, and his grin widened, the hint of nervousness beneath it only making him more endearing.

“Is this your way of changing the subject?” you teased, though your heart was already racing.

“Maybe,” he admitted, his voice low and warm. “Is it working?”

You couldn’t help but laugh softly, shaking your head. “Alright, Ackles. Dinner it is. But I’m holding you to that story someday.”

“Deal,” he said, his grin softening into something more genuine.

JJ came bouncing back then, holding two cookies and insisting you take one, and the moment shifted back to something lighter. But as the day wore on, you couldn’t shake the weight of what he’d said—or the anticipation of what might come next.

The next evening, as you finished getting ready, you couldn’t help but replay the moment Jensen asked you out in your mind. You’d exchanged numbers the first night you met—he insisted it was “just in case you get lost on set” with a teasing grin—but the texts that followed were anything but formal. He’d sent a few casual check-ins, a couple of jokes, and even a photo of JJ’s latest drawing with the caption: Future Picasso, right?

Still, this was different. Tonight wasn’t just a casual moment on set or a chance meeting. Tonight, he was picking you up for an actual date.

You kept brushing your hair and making sure your little black dress was perfect, trying to ignore the nervous flutter in your stomach as you heard the sound of his truck pulling up outside. A few seconds later, there was a knock on your door.

When you opened it, Jensen stood there, his hands shoved into his jeans pockets, his flannel swapped out for a fitted black button-up that made him look effortlessly put together. His smile was immediate, and a little crooked, like he was trying not to look too eager.

“You clean up nice,” he said, his voice warm and teasing.

“So do you,” you replied, grabbing your bag.

As you stepped outside, he held the door open for you, and you couldn’t help but notice the way his gaze lingered, like he was taking you in for the first time.

The drive to the restaurant was easy, filled with laughter and light conversation. He told you a funny story about JJ’s attempt to negotiate for a later bedtime, and you shared a tale about a childhood mishap that left you both in stitches.

When you arrived at the small, tucked-away Italian place he’d picked, the cozy, intimate atmosphere immediately put you at ease. You were just getting settled at your table when you heard a familiar laugh from across the room.

“Jensen Ackles, as I live and breathe!”

You turned toward the voice to see Jared Padalecki striding over, his wife, Genevieve, trailing behind him with a knowing smile.

“Great,” Jensen muttered under his breath, though the grin spreading across his face betrayed him.

Jared clapped a hand on Jensen’s shoulder before pulling him into a quick hug. “Didn’t know you were bringing a date,” he said, glancing at you with a friendly, curious smile.

“Well, now you know,” Jensen said, a hint of a smirk tugging at his lips.

“Hi,” you said, offering your hand to Jared. “I’m—”

“I know who you are,” Jared interrupted, shaking your hand enthusiastically. “Jensen never stops talking about you.”

“Jared,” Jensen said, his voice laced with warning, though there was a hint of embarrassment in his tone.

“What? It’s true!” Jared teased before turning to Genevieve. “See? I told you this guy’s all grown up, finally asking someone out.”

Genevieve rolled her eyes affectionately before extending her hand to you. “Ignore him,” she said. “It’s nice to finally meet you.”

“You too,” you replied, feeling a little overwhelmed by the sudden attention but charmed nonetheless.

After a few more minutes of banter—most of it at Jensen’s expense—Jared finally relented. “Alright, we’ll let you two enjoy your night. But don’t be a stranger, Ackles.”

As they walked away, Jensen let out a long breath, shaking his head. “That’s Jared for you. Subtle as a freight train.”

“I can see why you two are close,” you said with a grin.

“He’s family,” Jensen said simply, his tone warm. “Has been for years. We’ve been through a lot together.”

The way he spoke about Jared reminded you of how he talked about his kids—with an unshakable loyalty that made your chest tighten.

“I like them,” you said honestly.

“They like you too,” Jensen replied, his smile softening as he leaned back in his chair. “But I’m pretty sure I like you more.”

Your heart skipped a beat at his words, and you couldn’t help but smile back. “Guess we’ll see about that,” you teased, taking a sip of your wine.

The rest of the night passed in a blur of conversation and laughter, each moment drawing you closer. And as Jensen drove you home later, the comfortable silence between you felt like a promise—one neither of you needed to say out loud just yet.

After Jared and Genevieve returned to their table, Jensen shook his head, a low chuckle escaping him. “You okay? Surviving the Padalecki tornado?”

“Barely,” you replied, still laughing. “Though I can’t believe he called you out like that.”

“He lives for it,” Jensen said, leaning back in his chair. “Gets off on embarrassing me.” His eyes flicked to yours, a glint of something more than humor in them now. “But I can take it. Just means I owe him one later.”

“I’m sure you’ll come up with something,” you teased, swirling the wine in your glass.

“Always do,” he said, his tone low, his gaze holding yours for just a beat too long.

The rest of the meal passed with ease, though the air between you had shifted. The teasing banter still came, but there was a weight beneath it now, an unspoken tension that grew with every subtle brush of his fingers against yours when he passed you the breadbasket or refilled your water.

By the time the check came, your cheeks were flushed—not from the wine, but from the way his eyes lingered on you, like he was trying to memorize every detail.

The drive back to your place was quiet at first, the silence thick with anticipation. Jensen kept one hand on the wheel, the other resting casually on the console, his thumb tapping in time with the faint music playing through the speakers.

When he pulled up outside your building, he cut the engine and turned to you, his expression unreadable for a moment. Then, with a small, almost nervous smile, he said, “I had a good time tonight.”

“So did I,” you replied, your voice softer than you intended.

He hesitated, his fingers brushing against the keys in the ignition before he looked back at you. “You gonna invite me up, or do I have to sit here and hope you text me?”

The boldness of the question caught you off guard, but you didn’t miss the way his voice dipped, or how his eyes dropped briefly to your lips before darting back up to meet yours.

Your breath hitched, and before you could second-guess yourself, you said, “Come up.”

The corner of his mouth lifted into a slow, knowing grin. “Didn’t think you’d say no,” he murmured, climbing out of the truck and following you to your door.

Inside, the air felt heavier, quieter. You barely had the chance to kick off your shoes before Jensen was there, standing closer than he had all night. His fingers brushed against yours, a light, teasing touch that sent electricity racing up your arm.

“You sure about this?” he asked, his voice low.

Your reply was barely a whisper, but the way his eyes darkened told you he’d heard every word. “I wouldn’t have invited you up if I wasn’t.”

That was all it took. His hands found your waist, pulling you closer as his lips claimed yours in a kiss that was slow but insistent, like he’d been waiting all night for this. You both smiled against each others lips. And when you finally broke apart, breathless and flushed, the look in his eyes promised that this was only the beginning.

A/N: im glad this is getting so much love, and please let me know if i add 'solene' instead of y/n anywhere.

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[miss-musings]

Crosshair's 10 Most Impressive Shots in "Star Wars: The Bad Batch"

We're now officially three weeks removed from the series finale, so I thought it'd be a fun time to look back at our favorite sniper and review some of his most impressive shots.

Note, I'll be ranking items from "The Bad Batch" TV show only, so there won't be any entries from "The Clone Wars" S7.

I did get a lot of input from folks here and on Twitter, and a lot of people ended up saying the same ones. I put them on here along with a few of my own.

As for how I determined the order, I judged based on a combination of: the distance of the shot, the size of the target, the speed of the target (if applicable), other external factors like light conditions and weather, and "internal" factors like Crosshair's physical and mental state.

You're free to disagree with which ones I picked and how I ordered them. It's all subjective.

Also, I don't proclaim to be an expert in marksmanship nor am I a military sniper. But, I do have a general baseline for how difficult Crosshair's shots would be IRL. I used to go shooting with my dad a lot at both indoor and outdoor ranges, and I was pretty decent at both pistol- and rifle-shooting. So, that's what I'm using to judge Crosshair's shots.

With that out of the way, let's dive in with #10:

10. Killing Lt. Nolan in 2.12 "The Outpost"

I probably wouldn't have put this one on the list for myself, but I had multiple people suggest it should make the cut.

While this shot is very important narratively, it's not very impressive from a purely technical perspective.

I mean, hitting a relatively stationary human-sized target from a few meters away... It's definitely not the most impressive shot on Crosshair's resume.

However, I did feel it was worth adding to the list for the simple fact that Crosshair is physically exhausted and mentally broken in this scene. He basically uses the last of his strength to kill Lt. Nolan, because he immediately collapses right afterward.

Also, Crosshair might be right-handed, but he's pretty good at shooting his pistol leftie. We don't really see the shot hit Nolan, but if you zoom in after his body hits the ground, you can see that Crosshair shot him straight through the heart. He wasn't leaving that bastard alive after everything he and Mayday went through.

9. Lunch tray ricochet in 1.01 "Aftermath"

Even though this isn't a shot in the traditional sense -- considering there aren't any firearms involved -- I had to put this on the list for two reasons.

One, I had multiple people suggest it; and two, because I've watched this scene dozens of times and only recently found out that Crosshair actually hits two clones with his lunch tray.

He initially throws it at the clone Tech was fighting, presumably knocking him down. But then it ricochets so hard that it basically clotheslines another clone who's just standing there, minding his own business. Dude was hit so hard, he was like floating in midair for a split second.

Also, this plays into my headcanon that Crosshair would be excellent at any sports that require excellent aim and coordination. If he was on a basketball team, he'd be a three-point specialist for sure!!

8. Plan 55 ricochet in 3.12 "Juggernaut"

This is the closest thing we get to a trickshot in S3, so I had to include it on the list.

Here, we see Crosshair's quick-thinking and perfect aim take out several troopers at once by purposely ricocheting his shot off the magnetically sealed doors.

As we know from “A New Hope,” magnetically sealed doors/surfaces are no joke. You really have to know what you're doing or someone's gonna get hurt. Thankfully, Crosshair is a freakin' pro at this!

It honestly reminds me of all those crazy pool shots where you have to plan out four or five bounces/angles ahead to get the angle you really want.

7. Downing a spaceship on Ryloth in 1.11 "Devil's Deal"

NOTE: This is the only clip I couldn't readily find on YT. So I included the clip of Crosshair killing Orn Free Taa from the same episode to maintain symmetry in this Top 10 list.

Don't let the clip fool you. The shot I'm actually talking about takes place before this, when Crosshair -- from like 300 meters away, mind you -- takes down a fast-moving ship by shooting one of the engines.

Look, I love S3 Crosshair with all my heart, but his shooting abilities were severely diminished after his time on Tantiss. When I was doing my S1 rewatch and got to this scene in 1.11, I was like "Oh yeah, I forgot Crosshair used to be able pull off crazy shit like this."

It's actually sad how many of his made shots in 1.11 are like an inverse of his missed shots in 3.11. Here, Crosshair easily shoots a tracker onto Hera & company's ship, and later shoots the engine with no problem, despite the speed and distance.

In 3.11, though, he misses CX-2's ship and fails to track Omega back to Tantiss. 😭

6. Shooting Wrecker's knife in 1.01 "Aftermath"

Now we're getting into the really impressive shit! Most of these remaining entries have Crosshair shooting small targets and/or fast-moving ones.

In this instance, it's both. Wrecker throws the knife like this is skeet-shooting or something, and Crosshair just very casually shoots it into a droid.

Have you ever seen someone who was so good at their job/hobby that they make it look effortless? Like they're not even trying? This happens to me sometimes when I watch the Olympics. I'm like, "That's not so hard. I could probably do that." And then I try it for like half a second, and I'm like, "Oh no, those people are insane."

That's how good S1-2 Crosshair is. He makes shooting a fast-moving knife look effortless.

5. His four-kill trickshot in 1.15 "Return to Kamino"

These next three are all no-brainer entries. I think the biggest question will be why I went with the order I did.

Here, we have Crosshair displaying two very important elements of marksmanship/sniping: patience and careful aim.

Crosshair evidently set up at least four mirrors (I counted the ricochets in the shot) well in advance in the exact spots he needed to take down his Imperial squad, if need be. That's some serious foresight and preparation -- to know exactly where everyone would be standing, and have all the mirrors ready to go ahead of time.

He must've set them up even before he brought Hunter into the training room, or Hunter would've seen them and probably signaled his teammates.

He's also hitting a target that seems to be somewhere between the size of a golf ball and baseball from like 10-20 meters. And with his sidearm.

I know everyone loves the hallway mirror ricochet to kill the squadron of battle droids in TCW Season 7, but it didn't qualify. But, honestly, I think this one is more impressive anyway. He hit the first 1.15 mirror from farther away than he does in TCW S7, and he's using his pistol in 1.15 rather than his rifle and scope.

Talk about accuracy!

4. Sniping the tank in 2.03 "The Solitary Clone"

Oh man! I think we all love this one, right? It's just one of my favorite sequences in the entire show -- the framing, the colors, the effects of the dirt flying up behind him.

I love how Crosshair baits the droids to get the exact angle he needs, and the dude clearly has nerves of steel for staring down the barrel of a tank without flinching. I wonder how many times he's done it, considering he seemed to know exactly how to beat them. I'm guessing at least a dozen.

This is another example of "expert making their expertise look effortless," when in reality, we'd all shit ourselves if we attempted to do the same.

Honestly, sometimes I wish we could've had this version of Crosshair face off against Hemlock in 3.15 -- the dude who stared down the barrel of a tank and didn't flinch at the most literal version of "kill or be killed."

3. Stairwell trickshot in 2.03 "The Solitary Clone"

While I love the tank sequence more for the aesthetics, I have to rank the 2.03 stairwell trickshot above it.

That's partly because Crosshair's still physically and mentally recovering from nearly getting choked to death. But, it's also partly because -- just like with Wrecker's knife -- Crosshair is shooting a target that someone else is throwing.

That means he has to adjust to whatever trajectory and speed they throw it at and compensate accordingly, which can understandably be very hard to do in a split-second.

And, in this situation, Crosshair can't even see the puck directly. He's looking at it through at least one or two layers of reflective mirrors. Dude's reaction time is insane!

He also manages to take down at least four or five droids with a single shot, including the tactical droid, which is several meters up the stairwell and into the next room.

I'm not sure if the clones learned any advanced mathematics during their training on Kamino. But if they did, I think Crosshair would've loved geometry and maybe trigonometry too! He would also absolutely kill in a game of pool. I wanna see him go to the SW equivalent of a pool hall, and show Omega that he can hustle people too! He just needed to find a game that would better suit his strengths. LOL

Anyway, as insane as this shot is, Crosshair has two others on his resume that are even more impressive:

2. Saving Omega & AZI in 1.16 "Kamino Lost"

This is one of three entries on this list that *no one* mentioned when I asked for suggestions, but I had to include it. That's because it is -- without a doubt -- the most bafflingly impressive shot Crosshair makes in the entire show.

I have watched this scene dozens of times, and I still have no idea how he knows where Omega and AZI are.

Initially, I thought -- as others did -- that he's using an infrared scope to see their body heat in the water. But, that doesn't appear to be the case.

The only times I can recall Crosshair activating an infrared capability is when he has his rangefinder, which is attached to his helmet. As we see in episodes like 1.01 "Aftermath" and in 3.07 "Extraction," he specifically has to put the rangefinder down in front of his eye to use the infrared option.

No, his scope is just that -- a regular scope. The infrared capability is only attached to his helmet's rangefinder, which he doesn't have in this scene.

Thus, I have no idea how Crosshair is using a regular-ass scope to find Omega and AZI in the dark ocean. The point of a scope is to see better, and I don't know what he might see beside more darkness. AZI's eyes aren't active and, even if Crosshair spots Omega's flashlight, Omega dropped it when she went after AZI, so it's not exactly on her.

I'm willing to believe that Crosshair has better eyesight than the average human in the Star Wars universe or IRL, but his eyesight must be insane if he can see them in the water, even with a scope.

But, whether it's eyesight, some other enhanced sense or just plain luck, Crosshair knows where in the vast, dark ocean they are — not just the angle but the depth too!

It's really hard to tell how far down they are, but I'd say at least 20 meters. And if he is able to see them somehow, he might have to adjust the shot for refraction in the water too.

Plus, unlike the other entries on this list, Crosshair isn't shooting a blaster bolt. He's shooting a cable, meaning he'd have to adjust his shot to accommodate its weight and trajectory once it hits the water. Additionally, with how Omega and AZI are situated, he needs to have the cable hit and latch onto AZI, without hitting Omega in the process, and get the exact angle needed to drag both of them to the surface.

Like I said: I have absolutely no idea how he made this shot. It's definitely the most impressive one he makes in the entire show based solely on external technical factors.

But of course, there is a parallel shot later in the series that's his most impressive one of all...

1. Freeing Omega in 3.15 "The Cavalry Has Arrived"

I will never shut up about this scene. It's been living in my head rent-free for three weeks already, and will continue to for several months.

This is undoubtedly the most important shot in Crosshair's life: the shot to save his kid and free his family from Hemlock once and for all.

And everything is working against him: It's dark. It's raining. Omega and Hemlock are like ~40 meters away. The target is the binders between their hands, which is like 3-5 centimeters wide, and won't exactly be stationary. Oh, he's using CX-2's stolen blaster, which doesn't even have a scope on it!!!

We the audience get a POV of what Crosshair sees from over his shoulder, and I can barely see Omega's face, let alone her hands!! I said in the previous entry that Crosshair's eyesight has to be better than the average person's because, holy hell, how can he see that?!?

And, even worse, Crosshair is physically and mentally spent in this scene. He had to return to his own personal hell -- the place where he was tortured and traumatized for months -- then got beaten in a fight and had his dominant hand chopped off.

He and Hunter are running on pure adrenaline at this point. They are absolutely hellbent on getting their kid back, even if they die or collapse in the process. They were practically hobbling out of the CX lab together, and when they crouch down on the bridge, Crosshair has to steady himself against Hunter because he doesn't have his other hand.

And, as the final cherry on top of this proverbially shitty sundae, Crosshair absolutely terrified of missing.

A few episodes ago, the guy couldn't hit stationary fruit from like ~15 meters away with a scope in daylight and in a controlled environment. He even tells Omega: "Close doesn't count. It's either a hit or a miss." Because in a high-stakes situation like this, missing your shot could mean death for you or someone else.

Crosshair already feels like he failed Omega because he missed the shot on Pabu. And now, he has to make an even tougher one with every disadvantage stacked against him and her life literally in his hand.

I don't blame the guy for doubting himself.

Thankfully, Hunter and Omega have complete faith in him, and despite everything he's been through in S3, he has faith in himself.

And so, in the shot to end all shots in "The Bad Batch," Crosshair hits his target and frees Omega.

He and Hunter then subsequently turn Hemlock into Swiss cheese before Omega gives Crosshair a much-needed hug, causing me to cry for the 100th time.

I'll admit: as much as I would've loved seeing another mirror trickshot or some other crazy ricochet in the finale (or just S3 in general), this scene is basically perfect.

It also makes for a nice little parallel to the S1 finale, where Crosshair saved Omega's life after she saved his. Here, as he says himself, he goes back to Tantiss to free her because she freed him first.

As someone said on Twitter when I asked for ideas about this list:

"(Crosshair) put his whole heart and soul in this shot, and he didn't miss. He couldn't afford to."

Like I said: this was the shot that freed the entire Bad Batch family from Hemlock forever. So, I think by default, it had to be No. 1 on this list.

*******

Anyway, thanks for reading! It'd be fun to put together another TBB list like this. I guess I'll have to pick a subject first, though, because I don't have any ideas. If you have any, send them my way!

(EDIT: For anyone who’s also on Twitter, give me a follow. @CatchingClassic )

[sunshinechay]

15 Day BL Challenge!

Day Two: Fav Rookie Actor Pairing

Original post can be found here

There are a couple pairings I could put for this but the one I thought of first was

BillyBabe

Look, The Sign had it’s problems but I loved it and I love them. They have such amazing chemistry straight out of the gate and build on it throughout the series. Both of them are very good actors and Babe was extra impressive considering this was his first major role and he absolutely killed it for me. I already know Interminable is going to kill me and the pilot isn’t even out yet. That is all down to Billy and Babe and their acting.

A close second is

PoohPavel…PavelPooh

These two!

The amount of brainrot these two (and SailubPon) brought onto me with Pit Babe cannot be accurately quantified. I am still deep in the trenches of my Pit Babe brainrot and that is not likely to change any time soon (nor do I want it too haha).

There are so many more than I could say as honourable mentions but these two couples were the main ones. A mark of a good pairing to me is that I am actually interested in hearing about them irl. I tend to stay very far away from actors due to past fandoms so if I like a pairing (or actor really) enough to have any kind of interest in them irl at all, I would consider them to be a good or at least entertaining pairing on screen.

[thatscarletflycatcher]

Sense and Sensibility (2024, Hallmark) a review

I had expectations for this movie. They were not surpassed. It didn't perform below them either.

Spoilers under the cut.

So, this is a short movie (1.24hr long) a tv movie, a hallmark movie. You must keep that in mind as a frame of reference for what I'm about to say. You cannot really compare this with theatrical movies on equal footing.

Where to start. Costumes and sets. It is Bridgerton's world and we live in it. Everything is VERY colorful and shiny and not very real looking; that was to be expected. I think that sort of semi-fantasy aspect didn't hurt at all, and it was consistent. If you are not going to stick to the time period, at least go ham and show me something really interesting. I'm looking at you, Netflix Persuasion. There are some dresses that are pretty, and some others that... aren't. Considering that apparently the costume designer had to make something like 60 pieces in a month, it's kind of impressive that it came out as it did.

One funny bit, though, in this respect, is that they complain about how small the cottage is like some actual estate houses aren't the same size IRL XD Allenham we only get to see from afar, and it is rather disappointing.

Music: nothing to write home about, to be expected. Yes, we got one of those Vitamin String Quartet modern-song-played-by-strings. IDK. They were a bit dorky in their heyday, I don't know why they are so sought after in these pieces lately. I digress.

The acting. Deborah Ayorinde was a really good Elinor. She definitely deserved better writing and direction. The rest of the cast was good enough; I feel some roles really benefited from their characters being a bit hammy already in the source material (Lucy, Mrs Jennings, Anne, Fanny, Robert), others were really struggling because of being given very poor dialogue (Mrs Dashwood), and others were just... not good (Willoughby and Brandon, sadly). Edward was... a very special case. I can only describe it as the actor having two expressions: one, an attempt at reaching Hugh Grant's adorkableness AND Dan Stevens' ease at the same time, and two [SCREAMING INTERNALLY], but I guess those two were indeed enough to make it work just fine!

Which leads me to the writing. We all knew this adaptation was going to live or die in the writing, and most likely die.

The thing is that most of it is written around repeating 95' and 08's greatest hits, while attempting to compress the narrative into an hour and a half. And that goes as well as you can expect it to. Some scenes are painfully rushed -Brandon's backstory was extremely awkward to get through- some things are over before you have any time to assess their real weight -Marianne's illness, and many others end up being... incongruous.

Let me stop a little on those. The movie keeps Margaret, and gives her the whole play acting as a pirate with Edward from 95', but then removes the only real plot relevant thing she does in the book. So why keep the character at all? (Willoughby asks for Marianne's handkerchief in exchange for Queen Maab, instead of cutting a lock of her hair).

Because 2008 makes Brandon suspicious of Willoughby from the get go, this one makes it so that they know each other and implies that Brandon knows dirt on Willoughby, but then plays the rest of the story straight, which makes it... pretty inconsistent.

Speaking of Brandon, we have reached adaptation #5 that cuts out the fact that he tried to elope with Eliza sr. This time the backstory is that his father promised to let him marry Eliza if he proved himself as a soldier, but when he came back, he found his father has kicked her out of the house. Yeah, that was utter nonsense.

The adaptation makes a clumsy attempt at including the dinner at Mrs Ferrars... but Brandon isn't there to see Marianne defend Elinor.

We needed to have a "Brandon rescues Marianne in the rain" scene, but in this case, she's not faint or anything, he just grabs her because she's sad XD

And the list goes on and on and on. It was to be expected that the shadow of both 95 and 08 would be large over this one, but it truly is to the point that the references and contrivances are almost constant. Which is a pity because I think most of the original choices were interesting.

For example, Marianne twists her ankle running after Margaret, to try and stop her from asking something embarrassing, which is a good choice in terms of showing that Marianne is passionate, but she has more sense than Margaret.

On his deathbed, Mr Dashwood makes Elinor promise that she will take care of her mom and sisters and keep the family together. That added pressure on Elinor works really well in the context of the adaptation, and ads a new layer of interest.

John Dashwood is written mostly as a hapless but not malicious idiot. This is similar to what From Prada to Nada did (though there it made more sense because of the father having two families simultaneously), but I'm not sure where was that going. They did cut the Palmers, so I suppose the choice was so that they could go to Norland instead on their way to Barton (it is never established that Norland is so far away as it is in the book, so I guess one could give it a pass), but in that case, I feel the most cost effective shortcut is... have them go to Barton? Because we do get to see Barton (Marianne goes alone with Brandon to see it close to the end, and they get engaged before Edward returns, don't think much about it, manners and such are... for this movie... loose guidelines. But it isn't super offensive most of the time).

Anne Steele is decent fun as she's supposed to be, but Lucy really suffers the flattening. The mastermind has been flanderized into just a mean girl, and that's a pity.

Oh, Edward is sassy at times! And the sassy jokes land! I have to say it is not my preferred way of doing the character, but he does show some sass at the end of the novel, so, you know, I'll allow it I suppose XD

Edward's return and proposal started pretty good, but it overstayed its welcome. I cannot emphasize enough that, when writing this kind of proposal, you must avoid the word love if you can, and if you must use it, use it once, and with great reluctance.

The movie chooses to dedicate quite a time to the reveal of Edward and Lucy's relationship, and it's honestly... decent? For a scene made out of whole cloth it stands on its own feet reasonably well. But there's no Fanny freakout. This is probably the most shocking plot twist in the adaptation. This very on-the-nose Hallmark adaptation decided to cut the Fanny freakout of all things. Impressive restraint.

One thing, however, that was sadly cut out was Elinor and Marianne's conversation about Willoughby at Barton. It is instead replaced by an unsubtle comparison between Willoughby and Edward, and an exchange between Brandon and Marianne. It is one of the several points where the storytelling relies on previous knowledge of the work.

These are my main, disordered thoughts. I leave you with this choice from the ending, that I cannot form a thought about:

At Elinor and Edward's wedding, on the first pew are in attendance, from center to side: Mrs Dashwood, Margaret, Marianne, colonel Brandon... and Eliza Williams with her baby in her arms.

As a summary, I'd say Elinor and Edward's story was good enough, the relationship between the sisters was sweet, there were some odd choices, some interesting choices, and overall the writing was severely downgraded by attempting so much to stick to the choices of previous famous adaptations.

[twomanyfandomshelp]

I’m rewatching Heartstopper because I literally cannot wait until October 3rd and I need more of this show pumped directly into my veins. It comes out two days after my seventeenth birthday, which is kinda exciting. But I digress.

I literally watched the whole first season today, which is quite impressive considering I actually did a lot of other things and didn’t start watching it until about two in the afternoon. And I finished it at like 10 pm, so it’s not like I stayed up super late to finish it either.

Rewatching this show I was giggling and kicking my feet and also yelling at the screen because sometimes the characters make kinda dumb choices and even though I already know how everything ends I still get way too invested. I just love this show so much, it’s such a comfort show for me.

My friend got me into the graphic novels right after season one released on Netflix, and after reading the whole series in two days (at the time there were four books, and soon after I found the WEBTOON and sped through that as well), I binged the entire show that day.

Heartstopper is such a pure show, and it just shows that representation is so important. I’ve heard so many stories of people realizing their sexuality (ME!) or finding the courage to come out to their parents or their friends or at school, and I think there’s just something so magical about this show.

Minor spoiler here, but Issac’s arc in season two was one of the things that kinda helped me realize that I was aroace because when I was watching the show and watching how he interacted with James and romance it made me think “huh, that’s kinda how I feel” and then I did some research (mostly comprised of scrolling the aromantic and asexual tags on tumblr, but a bit of googling as well) and realized that I’m aroace. So this show, that I already absolutely adored, suddenly became the catalyst for realizing my sexuality, and it just has such a special place in my heart. Whenever I’m sad I always rewatch the show or reread parts of the WEBTOON because it never fails to make me smile. To give me hope that there are others out there who are like me, even though all of my friends are straight and cis. And there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that, I love my friends, and they were all very supportive when I came out to them, but they just don’t understand sometimes. They don’t really understand what it’s like to be a part of the LGBTQIA+ community. To be different. It’s not like I’m out publicly, only a few of my close friends know, but it’s still hard sometimes not having anyone to talk to about all this (besides all my wonderful aspec moots of course). My irl friends just don’t understand that sometimes I feel broken, or like there’s something wrong with me. Because, even though I’m very comfortable with my sexuality, I’m in high school, and romance and sex are such a big thing, and it can sometimes be a little overwhelming or isolating when you don’t feel those forms of attraction. Especially when two of your best friends have boyfriends. And I’m very happy for them, but sometimes it stings a little knowing that I can never have that. Obviously queer platonic relationships exist, and that’s definitely something that I want for myself in the future, but it’s just different.

My mom watched the first season with me after I wouldn’t shut up about it, and then again when season two came out we watched it together (it was like my third watch through both times lol). Once season three comes out, and we see more of Issac’s arc of self discovery and figuring out his sexuality, I might end up using it as a bit of a starting point to come out to her, but I don’t know. I know that she and my dad are very supportive of the LGBTQIA+ community, but it’s just so different and scary. Any advice?

P. S. I did not mean to write this much, if you read this whole post, thank you. Thanks for taking the time out of your day to read about my ramblings.

[pomefioredove]

Alright my first time asking for a matchup. My personality type is INTJ-T. I have two cats that are the focal point of my existence. My hobbies are mostly reading, obsessing over anime and shows, and some slight gaming. I am a third-degree black belt in Taekwondo and did swimming but due to an injury I have switched to doing archery recreationally. I have been traveling a lot recently and am going to Stanford this summer (both very excited and nervous).

I have really been enjoying your content so far. Congrats on 500 subscribers. ❤️

I match you with 𝐈𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐒𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐝

this one was a bit of a draw between Lilia and Idia, but Idia won me over in the end for a few reasons

The First Impression:

Idia is always nervous around new people (and a little pretentious). He considers you a normie for a while before overhearing you talking about one of his favorite animes, which both humbles and excites him. It takes him months just to work up the nerve just to ask for your Magicord handle, if you have one (with lots of enthusiastic encouragement from Ortho).

Why He Fell:

"You're different from everyone else" is the initial rationale. You're like him! Well... kind of. There's always this lingering feeling that you're too cool for him, but you still hang out together, so maybe you aren't aware of it yet...?

Either way, he's totally taking advantage of this until you do drop him for a cooler friend.

But... you don't.

What starts off as messaging turns to voice calls which turns to video calls, and soon you're hanging out in his room. By that point, he's already too far gone.

It's not just that you make him comfortable, it's that you challenge him. He's already mega impressed by your smarts, and your athletic background is a little intimidating for someone who would get blown away by a strong breeze (but seriously!? Martial arts? he thinks that's the coolest thing in the world, like you're straight from a shounen anime). You're not only someone he can talk to, but someone he can discuss and debate things with.

(...I think there's also something to be said about Taekwondo in itself. It requires a lot of discipline, patience, strength, and routine, which Idia both understands and admires. It's a lot like working with technology, in a way).

The Relationship:

Whether or not you guys end up getting "together" is totally up to you, because he would not ask first. Though, Idia can be surprisingly open to lots of different types of relationships (given that he feels important enough), so it's not really a big deal to him. He's just happy to have your company. Ecstatic, really.

Either way, you can be sure he'll always be online if you need him. Your discussions, whether through messages or IRL, are always enriching for the both of you, and Idia could never get enough of them. He loves dissecting your favorite media together, either one of you infodumping, and hearing about you and your life. He finds himself caring a lot about your feelings and wellbeing. And your opinions, your thoughts, so on and so forth...

...Hey, maybe your travel stories will even inspire him to get out more! You never know.

And you can be sure he'll spoil and baby your cats to the fullest extent.

[sergeifyodorov]

willy mitch and auston for the character ask thing? <3

FIRST IMPRESSION

now bcause of Leafs Cultural Osmosis i had heard of them for a long time before i starting becoming a real leafsguy. Uhh generally i heard the most about auston matthews because he’s big and cool and sexy and hit em with the 4 and all of that. I think my most definitive pre-leafsfan leafs memory of them (him in particular) was once newsscrolling in like the early 21-22 season when he came back, struggled a bit, and then shaved his mustache for movember and started immediately scoring a g/pg

IMPRESSION NOW

Willy: a beautiful blonde Barbie doll of a man. going to gloss over how sexy i find him because it is, genuinely, embarrassing, and instead talk about the fact that he’s a) kind of stupid, but in an exceedingly charming way, b) has named his dogs after famous artists (pablo and banksy are their names), c) is one of the de facto leaders of the nhl’s swedish contingent. he also has this amazing power where he’s like… vibe immune. Like in one of Those Leafs Moments where all hope is lost and you know it is not going to end well, he’s going to score. Or, conversely, when the Leafs have cut the other team open and they’re bleeding all over the place, Willy isn’t going to do much. this means he is both “the only one who scores in the playoffs” and also “never there when they’re winning” which means ppl suspect he’s being carried or something. he’s not. also i suspect he might be a little bit gay but that’s not really my business

Mitch: babygirl of the year 8 years running. I am one of thee premier marner defenders like people hate him for NO REASON. only time ive been mad at my father in the past several years is the other day when i yelled at him for being Wrong About Mitchell but let’s not get into mitchydaddyissues because we can be here for hours about that. he is a creature of light he is Kind On Purpose but also he’s definitely got so much to work through in therapy it’s hard to define. also kind of dumb irl, but hockeywise just absolutely gobsmackingly intelligent. Has the ability to create chances out of nothing i am thinking of so many moments rn but most specifically the oilers game this year where they were down 3-1 and then he just stole it and MAGICKED the leafs into like. 3 goals in 5 minutes and they ended up running away with it. gorgeous. also he is one of the most decorated Winners in ohl history his conn smythe era is almost upon us and i believe this thoroughly

Auston: ALSO SEXY and im NOT embarrassed abt it. Gonna be real theres so many marner scholars out there and i consider myself a trendbreaker. Im a matthews scholar. He’s a virgo you don’t understand him like i (also a virgo) do; he’s meticulous and nerdy and completely blank in his understanding of things he does not care about; he’s whiny and petulant and completely ruthless -- to him there is only the place now, and the goal, and the clear line he needs to draw between point a and point b. he likes things to be Pretty he is fastidious and in that gray area between genre aware and completely oblivious; maybe he is choosing not to take notice of it. he also looks really gay. like are u flagging on purpose mr mustache and earrings

FAVOURITE MOMENT

Willy: overtime winner willy… he is unlike the other leafs stylistically in that he is absolutely fantastic at controlled zone entries AND he has straight-line speed that they. don’t. so this makes him naturally very talented at finding that open space you often get in 3v3 ot and sniping it on the breakaway. i think my fav in this recent years was the one against the blues… he just BURNS tarasenko and forehand-backhands binnington completely effortlessly so sexily. Also him straight up telling steve dangle he couldn’t read

Mitch: POINT STREAK NIGHT. Technically he set the record against tampa in tampa but he TIED the record in toronto against the sharks… it was 2-1 leafs and the sharks had the net empty and mitch was out there and he PASSED on the empty net and we were all like MITCH WHY TAKE THIS FOR URSELF and then the guy he passed to missed. And then he got it back and took the empty net himself and the cheering was so loud and long they had 2 pause the game a lil bit… this was in the recent aftermath of borje salming’s passing and they had the patch on their shoulders, and they were in the actually nice RRs, and mitch was CRYING and i was CRYING and i am STILL CRYING… he means so much to the leafs he WILL be one of the Great Leafs by the time his career is over no leaf will ever wear 16 again after him i love him so much!!! Thats a formative hockey memory

Auston: that time he ate the post and got really really bitchy about it to the press w his swollen lip

IDEA FOR STORY

Willy: now willy is just so cheerily and sexily oblivious it’s honestly kind of hard to maincharacter-ize him. Like he’s just kind of :) chilling. i WOULD like to see a meaningless sitcom episode type beat of him trying to wrangle all of the Swedes to some sort of dinner or something, and shenanigans ensue.

Mitch: the urge to tragic-protagonistize him versus him just being a cheery little motor who’s doing his BEST. i dont know what my mitch niche is he’s really just the emotional heart of it all and im not a very emotional person it is hard 4 me. he’s our main sadman’s bestie <3

Auston: now AUSTON i can write about forever. go read scheherazade etc but in the meantime i think he deserves some begrudging romance. he doesn’t WANT to fall in sappy gay love he’s not sappy he’s not gay and he’s not lovey he wants to WIN CUP but sometimes… WIN CUP comes with bonus SAPPY GAY BOYFRIEND. Also he deserves some erotic tension to knock him off that high horse he’s got a bit. get a leetle bit humiliated. Etc

UNPOPULAR OPINION

Willy: this is really only unpopular among leafs uncles on twitter etc but he is not lazy or emotionally uninvolved at all? He’s literally just coolheaded. U value perseverance and grit but when u get that from a blonde guy who doesn’t hit u don’t value it. that’s genuine xenophobia methinks

Mitch: i don’t get gay vibes from him he’s just real friendly and sweet and pretty. like yeah he definitely messed around w his teammates in juniors but it’s giving more like. experimentation and the results of the experiment were heterosexuality. Bi girl’s straight boyfriend vibes

Auston: coming from my place of Auston Scholarship again i disagree with a lot of the way he’s portrayed in fic… not all of it obvi but i think there’s a certain amount of Big Sexy Latino Guy must therefore be dom top/all this like. anger and feistiness and aggression and stuff when he pretty clearly is not any of that. like he’s never started a fight and tries to stay away from that… in fact his 1 nhl fight (matthews v stamkos, this playoffs) was him clearing up sticks from an earlier shoving match and then stammer going for him to try and draw mutual fighting majors. it’s kinda skeevy and just makes me like. Roll my eyes and leave when he starts getting possessive because he’s. Not really that possessive he likes to share he likes 2 have his guys and likes for all of his guys to like each other… he is having threesomes with bunts and freddie come next season i prommy, not pitting them against each other

FAV RELATIONSHIP

Willy: i think his half-mentorship half-romance with rasmus sandin is really inchresting… also just his general social standing among The Swedes as both one of the country’s best active players AND as a legacy boy

Mitch: 1634 :]

Auston: now im going 2 contradict myself… 1634 are of course platonic/hockey soulmates but i do love his dynamic with Others. The 1634 + machuk dramatic love triangle is v compelling… he did have this fun little Mutual Bastardy relationship with bunts… 9734 is very. Something. and i think the mattdrai girlies who love some regional rivalry high draftee mutual loathing would really enjoy some good good auston/ras dahlin now that machuk is too busy being happily married to sasha barkov

FAV HEADCANON

Willy: he is the oldest boy of six children so he has DEFINITELY done some child wrangling in the past… some oldest brother shenanigans… i think he’s probably great with kids and just with calming down and bossing around those that are younger/obviously less experienced and worldly than him

Mitch: thought the percy jackson books were dense academic texts but obviously really likes greek mythology. so . lied about having read percy jackson (he has not but he says he has)

Auston: paints his toenails

[slothspamsstuff]

Okaaay....this is just my headcanon but but but here's a thread on each Batfam member's sexual orientation (some of them might be unpopular opinion but it's my opinion so...)

- Bruce Wayne is bi, he might have been bi-curious at one point if he is not 🥹 playboy, charming, flirtatious and rich, he's everyone's dream. And I don't think the Bat himself is in denial of his sexuality, in fact, though lowkey, he might just be casually talking about his flings to Alfred if he didn't consider feelings a scary thing.

- Please forgive me for saying this but Dick Grayson feels like a straight guy who's very comfortable with his sexuality that he doesn't mind the gay jokes and he himself would make non-homophobic queer jokes towards his friends (regardless of their sexuality).

- Jason Todd is either bi or straight, because of that Judd Winick interview and because he's giving major bi friend vibes (trust me I'm bi), who leans towards dating girls but he might have been too jaded or fearful of commitment to be in a relationship so he's still single til this day. But he might also be similar to Dick, he might be a straight guy who is constantly attracting queer friends and is ok with that. Maybe he just has a smart mouth and wants to tease or provoke other guys to the point that it seemed queer as a hetero man, like how guys irl do? I dunno, but he could either be bi or straight, he gives off both vibes to me honestly lol. I can’t decide on this one.

- Tim Drake, similar to canon storylines, bisexual, need I say more? Though I'd like to see them build Tim and Bernard more cuz Bernard is a bit too similar to Steph now, and Tim and Kon also have a very interesting dynamic so I am very conflicted. I like the fact that even though they've broken up, him and Steph are still friends. I really appreciate healthy relationships like that (i...if of course you look past the fact that he might have wanted to unalive her dad).

- Stephanie Brown feels like she could be pansexual, she's chill and she doesn't mind being in a relationship with someone of the same gender, of the opposite gender or genderfluids or trans. But to get the most accurate impression of her, I will spend my time reading Batgirls. For now, her vibes scream pansexuality to me.

- Damian Wayne is straight, but he is just not into relationships. Though I also like his dynamic with Jon, I can't see them as more than friends (but you're welcome to ship them, it's actually a cute ship but bc they're literally children so I just can't see anything more than platonic). I know the Asexual Damian trope is also very popular but to me, he seems like a straight guy who, like Jason, is not into relationships due to the nature of his worklife.

- Barbara Gordon feels like she could be straight or bi, that's up to intereptation, but for the most part to me, she seems to be straight, I mean she loves a guy named Dick so...and her interactions with BoP members seem very platonic to me. But other headcanons are also cool, please enlighten me.

- Duke Thomas is straight, he's like that one YA romance novel live action main character, an awkward teenager except he's a metahuman and also a vigilante. Yes, he's sassy and funny and nice, I know, but his vibe doesn't scream queer to me.

- Cassandra Cain is bisexual because of her interactions with Tim and Steph in the comics. She's the quiet bisexual friend/lover that everyone is comfortable with. And I love, love that about her. Yes, Cass seems to be the downright not heterosexual, hell, she might have been more into girls than guys.

- Kate Kane is 100% a lesbian, this is not a headcanon. She's so gay that nothing about her is straight, not even her name.

- Ok, weird one but I think Alfred Pennyworth might also be bisexual, he could have banged the queen as an agent in his younger years then started dating the prince a year later. Or he could be demisexual, who knows, maybe he loved someone when he was younger, then something happened and he can't find himself being in another relationship with anyone else, and also younger Bruce only had him so he didn't have time for dating.

Sorry, idk much about Harper so I can't say fo sho.

Edit: my take on Cassandra Cain before anyone comes at me with their extremist anti batcest bs again (and unless you're here for Bruce and Damian as a couple, I don't even think batcest is a word that should exist) and here. Don't go looking for dramas, be polite to other people please. Just because you don't ship it doesn't mean you should act like an asshole about it. Their interaction happened in canon and I simply stated the fact with pictures from the actual comics, I don't ship them as a couple because well, I just....don't? But it's not like I'd care or I'd be grossed out if anyone ships them because well, a ship doesn't harm anyone nor does it affect my life, but going for harassment and being aggressive about what other people like, that has nothing to do with you or your life... you're the weird one and maybe you should touch grass or get some real life friends to talk to because that's just sad.

[kokoshnjak]

i used to read ameteur writing critiques when i was younger (i, foolishly, thought i could just learn what not to do and then id suddenly be good at writing) and anyway since the rise of cinema sins-esque style of critique, one of the main threads is always that the work can't have too many coincidences or sudden revelations that come without foreshadowing. apparently in realism the only things that happen are the things you already think are likely to happen, which is bullshit, in my humble opinion. something nobody tells you about life is how often something just fully comes out of the left field

recently-ish i had an event at work where i had to host this old, big name priest who wrote a book abt how evil commies killed his two uncles for working in the german army during ww2. let that sink in for a moment. he never once utters the word nazi but the implications are looming. anyway, it also just so happened that the weekend before that i was poked and prodded into going on a trip with my father & for the lack of anything to talk about (my father is, unfortunately, like a former roommate to me. every time we speak he has to cycle through every female name in his family before he lands on mine & i keep forgetting his birthday) i ended up talking about work. for reference, i work at a catholic bookshop and its not particularly impressive to anyone irl, not even to me. its the perfect conversation topic when you want someone to leave you alone

but then. then. it casually turned out that my non-religious, no-apparent-inner-life father somehow knows every single big name priest in the country. the nazi nephew guy? yeah he scammed his cousin and stole money from his community, theres a bloodline feud with him. oh the exorcist that keeps publishing books? they also have a feud, he used to run the church in front of my dad's store until he was chased off. that one guy that got banished to germany for throwing a fashion show runway inside a church as a way to gather relief funds? you guessed it, el padre knows him too because he literally bought proof of holy communion from him for himself and my mother so they could have a catholic wedding (for some reason. though neither of them is religious). he also attempted to buy it for my sister and i but alas. the ban has already happened by then. literally where did any of this come from. any person that i mention from work, my father seems to have some kind of either beefy or straight up criminal history with. none of that was ever alluded to whatsoever because until recently i thought his social life boiled down to my mother. in a completely unprecedented turn of events we now have a topic we can discuss & he has even occasionally started calling me to chat which he has never done, ever. i cannot stress how this development happened out of nowhere in my 23th year of life simply bc i made a throwaway rant abt someones nazi uncle, related to a job i got randomly on a whim. so yeah bottom line, critiquing how realistic a plot development is based on some mental math abt how likely it is to happen irl is just dumb. irl is full of things you'd never consider likely to happen and yet.

[skrelpson]

I think I should send her to 1850s Kalos. I think it'd be funny

(ignore the hands, I was totally going for a stained glass look. Totally. /j)

(A better look at my Pokemon IRL/ZA brainrot beneath the cut)

OKAY SO UH I have this idea for Gill (A Pokemon IRL oc) and I'm frothing at the mouth about it so I'm going to infodump here! Because I am both normal about this and Legends ZA

So I had the idea that at some point, Gill would just straight up disappear for a week. He'd get sucked into some kind of time-rift and end up in ye-olde Kalos. He'd freak out, obviously, but after a couple weeks he'd come to accept his life and start getting into things. He'd basically become an 'important side-character'. Living life, helping around the city, meeting new Pokemon (Like VULPIX. He'd get a VULPIX for REASONS.) He's been taking some Kalosian classes at Blueberry, so he's all set there. He just has to apply himself.

And the thing about this? She likes it there. She likes it a lot. She doesn't have to worry about school, about expectations, about living up to her sister or impressing her friends. She's living in Lumiose City! She's helping rebuild the place! She's considered a strong Trainer! She's meeting people and Pokemon and she knows without a shadow of a doubt they like her. Of course, she still bawls her eyes out every night- she misses Blueberry, she misses Paldea, she misses her friends and family- but...well, she wouldn't hate it if she had to stay here.

Then like four-five months pass. Maybe this is all before the actual plot of ZA happens, so I can do this way earlier lol. Gill's helping restore Lumiose, as usual, and she's having a great time. She's becoming a well-known face in certain areas, too- Monsieur or Mademoiselle Monet, the young Pokemon wielder. Most everyone likes her.

And then he wakes up.

He's transported back home, somehow. And here, only a week has passed.

He has a Stats test to take. His ranking in the League Club has fallen back down to rock bottom. One moment, he was helping rebuild this beautiful city. He was someone important, doing something meaningful with his life. And the next, he was back to square one. All of his work was finished for him, centuries ago now.

He has to live with the fact that all of the people he grew to know in those four months are dead. He never got to say goodbye.

People will question where he picked up saying 'morbleu'. People might point out the faintest hint of an accent. But he doesn't have the heart to tell them anything, so he'll just lie.

I just have this distinct image of Gill going to Lumiose for like a school trip and seeing a building that she lived in two hundred years ago, now turned into some laundry mat or cafe or whatever. Maybe there's a wild Ninetales running around there, presumably waiting for their owner. And maybe she's able to find a floorboard she remembers removing with a friend to store trinkets and cash in it, and finding all that stuff coated in dust. And then she'd start crying, and because people expect that kind of stuff from her- getting sentimental about things that aren't even hers and breaking into tears-, they don't really question it, outside of a pat on the shoulder.

UUUUh that's it!! That's what I was thinking of. I think it'd be a fun character study! A look into Gill and how he views expectations and what he wants to do.

Will I do this? I dunno. Maybe after we get more Kalos info. Or I can just say fuck it we ball and do whatever I want forever. Or until someone tells me it's a bad idea. I just think it's cool and I wanted to do some pixel art.

I have major Kalos brainrot can you tell

[prowerprojects]

Heh, it somehow wouldn't surprise me if Sage ends up with more interactions with Cream or Omega, than she ever does with Tails.

Right? Even how Sonic praises Tails with him giving credit where credit is due, versus any praise Eggman gives Sage [and other creations of his] just comes back the doctor patting himself on the back. Sonic would never restrict Tails, even if their mindsets are not align at times. Eggman WILL do that if anything he made crosses or challenges him. (And I can see Tails pitying that, even vowing to never do that with his [and adopted] inventions. Sentient or not. Maybe extending a hand to Sage? {Likely to no avail, but the door is always open}.)

Technopathy vs gadgets? Sounds like a good means for a fight. Or sparring. Whatever they're feeling at the moment.

Speaking as someone who doesn't particularly care for romance in media where it's not the main focus and can get burnt out when it bleeds over the original context; be it in canon or fanon, I totally get it. (Whether the bond between characters is platonic or romantic, I care about chemistry the most in either scenario. Cause even if someone doesn't ship certain ships, they can understand why these characters have the connection that they have and why it's beloved in fandom. That said, this will not stop me from side-eyeing those who think Sonic and Amy getting together means Sonic and Tails' bond just drops off into oblivion.)

True, I mean usually with smart characters, they do have their own personal social circle that's either a means to feel "more among their people", to decompress from their usual life, or opens their eyes to the world in a down-to-earth state. (This isn't to say it's not done with the friends he already has, but definitely not done enough to leave a noticeable impression in the fandom. Professor Pickles is a start, but it needs to expand from there to really flesh him out. And who knows, those experiences can end up inspiring future creations of his.)

Awww man! But I suppose I would love for Cream and Omega to have more relevancy, so... I'll just have to take it. (And I would love for Tails to interact with them more as well, you'd think based on their character roles they would, but... not really?)

Right... while they have similar issues, they're in different situations. Like. Yeah, Tails does focus a lot of his self-esteem on Sonic's opinion on him, but we also know that Sonic thinks that Tails is the coolest person in the world (Even if he doesn't always express it in the ways that get through to Tails, I don't think Sonic fully realizes how important it is to Tails (when you think someone is really cool, you wouldn't think they consider themselves a failure), and he's just not the kind of person that talks about his feelings a lot. But when he does realize that Tails needs reassurance, he's happy to provide).

While Sage seeks love and connection with Eggman, but his relationship to his robots is like. If you're doing good, it's because you were made by a genius. If you're doing bad, it's your fault and I wasted my time and resources on making you. (Not unlike how a lot of parents treat their children irl unfortunately)

However, he doesn't really treat them as children, Eggman sees his creations as beneath him and as the means to an end, perfectly ready to change their programming if they don't perform the way he wants them to, take them apart for parts, or just straight up scrap them. Irl, this is what you would do with a machine, but since we know that they are sentient, it takes on a different light. He does however acknowledge Sage as a daughter.

But even if we imagine that he would treat Sage better than the others, it would still have an impact on her. For example, she had already accepted Orbot and Cubot as her siblings, what would she think when she sees him hitting them? I'm afraid this has the potential to evolve into a golden child/scapegoat dynamic.

It's a pity that despite technically being the Good Counterpart to Eggman at least when mechanical skills are concerned, we rarely see Tails expressing opinions on the way he treats his creations (or at least contrast it with the way Tails treats the ex-Eggman robots like Omega and Gemerl), and this is one of the reasons why I'm hoping for an exploration of the Tails & Sage dynamic. (Though I also miss Tails being impressed by Eggman's creations/achievements, it added an interesting angle to their dynamic. Adaptations often give Tails "mentors" in engineering/scientific fields (one thing Sonic can't be too much of help with), and while I think it's sweet, I also think it's kind of cool that in canon Tails doesn't really have anyone to look up to in that department other than the man he hates the most. Fun stuff)

(Personally have a headcanon that Tails would never try to create a self-aware ai on purpose. Just because of the way Eggman treats his, and because bringing a sentient being into the world just so they could serve you just doesn't seem like something Tails would do. (Maybe if he just wanted to also make a kid for himself, or just tried to do it to see if he could. But not to subject them to a life of servitude. (Actually one of the reasons why I don't vibe with the "Tails created Omochao" headcanon, even if Omochao is a force of nature at this point and cannot be contained)

Yep. I don't imagine Sage would engage in direct combat, but if we do have a fight with her, it's an easy way to do it. Plus, could be interesting to explore outside of the gameplay elements too.

Yeah, I really enjoy the way Sonic media, when it does acknowledge romance, does it very lightly. Partially because I really enjoy the relationships that thither on the verge of romantic and platonic for being their own thing, but usually in media it's just a precursor for the relationship turning unambiguously romantic, which is not as fun to me. Sometimes characters getting together kills the reasons why I enjoyed the relationship in the first place and turns a very nuanced and interesting one into stereotypical romance roles (This happens in fanworks constantly, but there's a difference between fans just having fun and it becoming canon. Funny you should bring up Sonamy, because I quite like the direction they're taking with them in canon, but I almost never read fic because I almost never see their dynamic written the way I personally enjoy it)

Really? I don't think I've noticed, but I suppose it makes sense. I'm always up for Tails having more friends!

[noyoucannotpushthevoid]

Fuck it, Characters from the Raven Cycle as things me and my friends have said, part 3 (consider this deranged dnd edition since they all came from our last dnd session)

"'You know what else tastes like Windex?' [Ronan] 'Windex' ([Blue] and [Adam] in unison)" cue horrified and concerned noises from Gansey’s general direction "Hey, those British kids love their porridge" - Ronan not making a good impression on Mallory "He talks like a birdman, acts like a birdman, walks like a birdman" - about Ronan as he strolls around with Chainsaw "If he brings death I think he's more than down to kill people" - about Mr. Grey "Regardless I probably fucked up" - Adam or Ronan "You could be a ghost...OOoooo~" - Noah "Hey the sun's up, get up idiot!" - Adam waking Ronan up for school after a st. Agnus sleepover "Hello fellow humanoids" - Greywaren as Ronan "I miss the desiccated corpse" - everyone about Noah "Bears are a genre of gay porn" - Ronan trying to prove a point "'What are you going to do with a cannonball?' [Gansey] 'I don't know, throw it at someone' [Ronan]" And from thence forward, Ronan was not allowed on any more trips to historical sites or national parks "You're a tax write off" - Declan @ Ronan "'We're going on a trip' [Henry] '...in our favorite pirate ship' [Blue]" in the Pig off on their road trip "Science bitch" - Henry "I'm ironman but if he worked at mcdonalds" - Blue (idk, but the vibes, y’know?) "I'm not going to say 'fuck me' because I know [Ronan] would say 'yes please'" - Gansey when he’s tired of Ronan’s gay jokes "Normal? In this economy?" - Adam (with vitriol) "I will cut off all your toes unless you give me a straight answer...or a gay answer" - Declan trying to get answer on anything from Ronan "You choose between [Adam], [Ronan], and me and you choose to kill the president. Good choice" - Blue @ Gansey when presented with picking between the people he loves (in the same sense as it was irl. Think fuck, marry, kill, but the only option is fuck) "First of all, fuck Greta Thurnberg" - Ronan, probably only to piss off Blue "I think we've established [Ronan] is willing to sacrifice civilization to not answer your question" "Oh, easy bake oven. Set it for 20 minutes. We're on our way baby" - Summer in Virginia (please take this with a grain of salt, I’ve never spent more than like 2 days in Virginia) "Aged like fine wine" - [Gansey] about a [several centuries] old dead body "How do I get that bad money?" - Niall Lynch "What are you? My mom?" - Ronan @ Gansey "You have this guy in your bedroom" - Adam when bi, and Ronan just shows up to St. Agnus to vibe "Try it, try it, I'm Kratos" - Ronan egging on Declan to punch him "Bonding!?" - said in horrified unison after Gansey suggests it (irl it was also said in horrified unison because it was our DM talking, following a very violent pc on pc fight...) "Out of character, you fucking cockblocked me" - Adam @ Gansey "I can do my anarchy in peace" - Blue

[memorymessage]

hilarious that hasan's chat got put into emote only mode because as soon as a pretty woman was on the irl livestream at cambridge union, the chat turned into rabid dogs. then, the mods got angry and said that chat behaves exactly like the side of political spectrum they're trying to fight against—rightwing misogynists.

maybe... just maybe... because hasan has had many kneejerk reactions of shutting down criticism from women telling him he's propping up misogynist sentiment, which fosters a community of belittling women, making the chat think it's okay. and this isn't even exclusive to women-specific issues, i see this sentiment towards poc and lgbtq people and from hasan and his chat, too.

this is perfectly demonstrated by chat's reaction to those that asked questions concerning identity politics at the cambridge union. there was one young gay man that was upset by the anti-lgbtq sentiment in muslim extremist groups—which hasan addressed well enough and was not dismissive of at all—but chat made an absolute mockery of him. the same with a young woman who asked about the concerns with supporting sex work since it's such an exploitative industry. she made it clear she supports woman-owned sex work and was only addressing the exploitative side, which is the majority of sex work, and while hasan was not dismissive and did address her concerns, chat, as expected, mocked her and called her a "swerf".

(actually super ironic that one of the women in the mod team was calling her a swerf in chat, then was the first one to put chat in emote-only mode when people started acting like horny misogynists. maybe consider what you're perpetuating when you shut down the voices of women and handwave their concerns.)

nothing more ironic than a chat of predominantly straight young men mocking and dismissing concerns from people who are directly impacted by issues concerning themselves and others within their identity intersection.

a fallacy that hasan and his community repeatedly fall into is being so anti-identity politics that it starts veering into bigotry—becoming the very thing they claim to hate. i aim this more towards the chat than to hasan himself, but i don't think hasan sees the damage of being so dismissive towards marginalized people does to the community he fosters.

i don't think he's intentionally dismissive, but i constantly see hasan giving explanations as to why he must push back against identity politics, even when the concerns are coming from groups of people directly impacted by the bigotry that specifically concern someone's identity. i even think calling what's happening to women in south korea a "gender war" is fostering this dismissive, misogynistic behavior. not to mention labelling any woman that is apprehensive of supporting sex work a "swerf".

i think hasan has the best intentions, and i think he himself talks openly about how he, as a straight man, has missteps in empathizing with the plight of marginalized people—yes, including women—but he aims to learn and correct himself. yet he seems to default into dismissiveness or mockery at first impressions to the expressed concerns, or even protests, from these affected groups. and to chat, that's basically a green light.

[bibiana112]

Me yelling furiously in the discord call about a random subject not because I'm mad but cause I'm just Opinionated™ and can't regulate how that sounds very well and feel safe enough to do so steadily actually getting annoyed because the one person in the call who doesn't know me keeps teasing about me being mad and for me to calm down is not a fun thing except when this one guy with the Kel icon does it because mine is still Aubrey and that fits their dynamic so much it's funny