#is here too 😉

[simsmono]

Leo Macclesfield for Yuki Kaiou's BC by @bellakenobi

Leo was born into a bustling city, where energy spilled from every corner. Orphaned at just five, he barely recalled his parents' faces, but their absence carved a deep fear within him—a haunting solitude he loathed. To fill the void, he learned to charm everyone around him. With a dazzling smile and a talent for stirring laughter, Leo became the life of every party.

Despite his charisma, inside Leo grappled with the ache of loneliness. He thrived on being surrounded by others yet feared the moments when the crowd would fade away. His athleticism fueled his adventures around the city, from parkour on rooftops to raucous celebrations, always seeking connection. Behind the laughter, Leo's vibrant exterior masked a heart that yearned for lasting bonds.

And here's the same pic edited on an app 🤩 he looks so cute, I just couldn't help but share it

[rosapexa]

I love you, Night City!

[asteracaea]

IT'S @kwyw 's BIRTHDAY SO EVERYBODY ADD KARLIE GIFS TO THIS POST TO SHOW HER HOW MUCH WE LOVE HER 🥳🎂🥰

🌞🌼 YOU ARE SO LOVED, DEAR FRIEND! HAPPIEST BIRTHDAY TO YOU! 🎂🎉🎁🎊

[aheathen-conceivably]

Ok so I read the post on your thoughts on Gio and the American Dream and I hate to say it … as an immigrant, I understand him.

I also come from a culture where women tend to their male partner's needs and I don't believe he wants to turn Jo into a subservient wife. He fell in love with a lively, free, and wild Jo and loves that aspect of her.

At the end of the day she loves him too so why would she leave? I understand she doesn't like to be dependent of him but where else would she go? There are no parties or glamour, which was her whole thing, anymore. At least the farm offers stability in the economic crisis.

Point is, I understand Gio as an immigrant, but don't understand Jo as a woman.

BABES! We’ve got another one…

(As in me being touched and having no other means to say how much I love y’all takes other than to give them a standing ovation in GIF form).

But you know…there’s a whole lot to break down here, friend, especially about Jo. I think you know what that means! Under the cut we go….

First and foremost, I very much appreciate you saying you understand that aspect of Gio. I did in part write him as a commentary on the immigrant experience in America (filtered through his own personality/character of course), and so to know that is relatable means a lot to me. I don’t think it’s a spoiler to tell y’all his journey is far from over, and you can already see the cracks in his outlook beginning to form. Whenever Jo is depressed he says this quite vividly:

Because you are very, very correct. This isn’t about molding Jo into some subservient housewife, or even eroding those exact qualities that he loves in her. This is about Gio attempting to square what he’s been taught/believes will bring his life happiness and meaning with his own experience and emotions. It’s about the myth of the American dream and the perfect housewife and the very real struggle of those things existing as actual, lived realities.

Because at the root of it, Gio is amalgamating an understanding of his own family unit and what he knows he doesn’t want in this country. He has seen another methods of “making it” in America, and so he thinks if only he can make the “right” choices, he can avoid that, and become the respected and happy man that he wants to be.

Now onto Jo, boy oh boy, Jo….

I think one of the core misunderstandings here is that Jo wants stability. This is kind of the crux built into her desire for control and her never-ending failure to achieve it. She wants to control her surroundings, to make sure nothing and no one can hurt her, but she also wants to feel in a way that is hard to find in a stable, heavily domesticated life. On the flip side, despite whatever imaginary dream Gio has, he’s the same way. They both want a life filled with excitement and new experiences, new people and rushes of emotions. This is one of the ways they differ heavily from Antoine and Zelda.

Now on one level, this is simply the way Josephine is. She’s high energy, fun loving, and insatiable. But on a deeper level, this is tied into her experiences not only as a woman, but as a daughter. She has a brief moment of clarity in that last post where she realizes:

Now I have chosen not to go too in-depth on Josephine’s trauma, but you can see her lay out the course of events here and also her deep hesitation to any of it here. Josephine is still only a teenager in that second post. Her mother not only told her things like that (“this is the weight that prejudice and expectation have placed upon us”) but also “what do you want to be then? Some glorified maid to a man?” (Which, frankly, I can write another Ted Talk about the juxtaposition here, but I think ya'll can pull some threads).

So when you see Josephine’s struggle with control, this is heavily rooted in bodily autonomy. Now all things considered, Josephine has managed to make great strides toward reclaiming this and reasserting not only her sexuality, but also her sense of self in her body. Gio knows this. We see him recognize and respect it quite clearly in that last post. He’s been part of that process for her, and that only adds another element of love, trust, and safety between them.

But on a fundamental level, neither Gio nor Josephine has made the connection between that trauma, her own personality, and why she hates her life now so much:

Here’s the issue right now: Josephine doesn’t feel like she’s living her own life. We have seen how she would like to live in the 20s not just in the parties and glamour, but when she was managing bands. She wants to be fulfilled professionally, through helping people/places she believes in and bettering her own life by bettering theirs. That’s how she gets her joy, and that’s what she would chose to do if given the chance.

And right now, she does not feel like she gets to chose. You’re correct in that part of that is coming from the current economic situation. Again, she sees that herself here. She knows what demons are waiting outside her window, and how easily poverty can make them rearise. That only makes it worse. It doesn’t make the smell of bread (domestic security) any better or more comforting. It makes it bitter, because she didn’t chose it. She was backed into a corner by circumstance (and, as she can sense, by the choices men made for her without telling her), and now she feels like she can’t say no. That’s her ultimate trigger.

Now whether or not that loss of control is simply perceived, or should be offset by how “lucky” she is to be in a stable position in such precarious economic times, we might all have different options on. Even more, I’m sure each of us would answer differently for ourselves in that situation. I know I would. But for Josephine? Not only is this a life she will never find joy in, because even without her trauma, she is an ambitious, restless, and outgoing person with different goals for herself; but that added memory and pain makes her reaction to it all the more volatile.

Perhaps most importantly, Jo feels as though her life is being controlled again, whether by Gio, the reality of the world outside her window, or by her own guilt/love that makes her feel beholden to the people around her (just like it did to her mother). Because you’re right, she does love him. She wouldn’t leave because she doesn’t. If she leaves now, it would leave because she panicked, because she feels like she’s lost all the autonomy she worked so hard to regain and she’ll never feel the fulfillment she felt when she was successfully independent ever again. That’s the element I hope we can understand, even if it’s not what we would do.

[whiskeyswifty]

For the LOVE of GOD hello!!!!!!!!!

[supes9]

"I might start to understand you, and that would scare me."

🚨 SUMMER OF 51’s (2024) 🚨            ⮑ Day 6:  Out Of This World

[notsoattractivearenti]

reblog this with your best freakish caption

[romance-incubomp3]

I love in that old 1988 controversial topics Q&A for taboo when one of the questions was if they were interested in drugs and most of them were like “yeah sure drugs are nice” and then toll just said “I am interested in how drugs affected the beatles” fhsjdb?

[jokerislandgirl32]

Calling All To Vote For A Zach Themed Christmas Song Parody!

So, I did 12 Days of Christmas for Zach last year, I could not top last year’s 12 Days of Zachmas with a new rendition this year, but I’ll try my best to make a standalone Christmas parody for him this year!

These are the songs I’ve thought of lyrics for already, but I’m open to other song suggestions!

See below cut for song references, I know one in particular is not well know (Must Be Santa)! But after singing Must Be Santa with 5-year- olds for a month I can’t get it out of my head…

[hauntingblue]

Oden is winning the bad bitch competition jesus

[leenaur143]

am i a jungwonie stan? 😦💖

[fkmarrycill]

Cillian Murphy: our sensual short king.

[aheathen-conceivably]

No I was talking about Gio and Jo! I promise! Sorry for the confusion, I was on the clock so I was just trying to type quickly before I got caught 😔 (wouldn't have actually gotten in trouble but still). I love Antoine and Zelda too much to call them toxic, they just have communication issues

Okay okay bless because that’s exactly how I feel about them too, but everyone reads/interprets differently so I wasn’t totally sure!

Stand down, all, this means that the reigning champions of toxicity remain Gio and Jo, those absolutely too stunning for their own good hot messes. Long live our monarchs may their reign be long and full of happiness (whatever the hell that means to those two god bless ‘em 😅).

[dimsilver]

spent 3 hours making a sacrificial altar with some friends

[wheresbenni]

the only important parts (FOR ME!)

[twilightzoinked]

mood / kin board / brainrot board cause i had an idea 😈😈