#is still a shitty thing to do lmao

[lunar-years]

Anyway any time people extensively criticize Keeley even if they’re saying things that are basically reasonable, if they don’t spend equal time on Roy’s fuckups I start itching to bite.

It’s this EXACTLY tbh because like. Those of y’all who have been following me for a minute know I LOVE discussing these bitches flaws like I absolutely do love unpacking that HOWEVER… i think this one-sided business is very unfair and also like. Genuinely a bad interpretation of the show? People are either watching with their eyes closed or in extremely bad faith or something because ??? These characters are all good people!!! They fuck up but they are not like, irredeemably bad for each other because they…both suck-ass at communicating, lol. And I sincerely hope some people aren’t building their real friendships and relationships off a tit-for-tat scorecard of their mistakes, because that’s very goofy.

“Well Keeley was dismissive about the end of Roy’s career [one time in one conversation]!!!” Well yes, and then she proceeded to *checks notes* stand by his side during the hardest transition period of his life, gently encouraging him to carve a new path for himself but also not pressuring him into doing something he wasn’t yet ready for??

“Roy booked 6 weeks in Marbella without even considering Keeley’s new job!! Clearly this shows he’s inconsiderate and unthoughtful about her career and priorities!!” Well yes, Roy was being an idiot scrambling to save a relationship he knew was dying. Even so, one episode prior he knew exactly what Keeley needed to hear when she was doubting herself before her Vanity Fair shoot, because it’s obvious he thinks she’s fucking incredible and he has so much belief in her ability to succeed!!

Like idk. No one is saying anyone has to ship them, but some of the complaints going around feel very manufactured to uphold other ships and characters when their favs were out here doing the exact same shit!! Like let’s step back for a second, idk

[vngful]

im sorry this made me laugh so f*cking hard i had to share it here too

[tradingjack]

celestial bodies

[dittography-direwolf]

Whenever the issue of "We need brown immigrants to do our menial work for us" comes up, I'm reminded of this story my uncle told me about a guy he knew who was apparently a contractor or something. Anyway the guy would round up some newly-arrived illegal Mexicans, tell them that he'd pay them at the end of the construction job he was hiring them for, and while it was going on they'd be compensated with free room and board.

So he'd put them up in this run down house he bought for a song, stock the pantry with tortillas and canned beans. And when the job got about 90, 95% done he'd call immigration on the house when he knew they'd all be home and get them deported. Then he'd bring in his actual crew to do all the little bits of finishing work.

Next job came along, he'd go round him up a new group and start it all over again. Sometimes it was some of the same guys from before. ("Sorry, can't pay you for the last one, you didn't finish the job. Just don't get caught this time, huh?")

I always think that it's shit like that, that people are defending when they wail that we need brown immigrants to labor for us. Because they make it clear that they do see these immigrants as a labor class, and that's why they should be here and why they should stay... anything else they say is just "We should be nicer to the help."

[coolnonsenseworld]

Samurai and Ninja in crappy pics because December here is under a constant cloud and I just want y'all to see them all golden and cute without learning how to take aesthetic pictures 🥴 💙❤️😆🥰

linktr.ee/Mezzy

[altschmerzes]

seen one too many snide posts about this in the last week or so but did you know that if you don't enjoy scenes in smut establishing consent or checking in then you simply don't have to read them and you don't have to go online and whine about how they're Consent Posturing and Purity Culture and Sanitizing Everything and God Just Kill Me Now. like you can have a preference without making it into a three act morality play, which is ironically what you are accusing other people of doing.

the same goes for like, detailed content warnings on fics. or content warnings at all. you can just skip those. they're not a sign of Purity Culture Gone Too Far or Those Damn Puriteens or whatever. you can dislike things without being an asshole about them or implying they're Taking Away What's Good And Correct About Fic Or Creativity.

[howlonomy]

Do the Sir Slithers ever get, like, a "turn" being the main pilots of poor gooped-up Kanako, or is it a more constant "Kanako is now herself and Slithers at the same time all the time but the Kanako personality is just more pronounced"?

Very intrigued by the dynamics of this, I imagine she probably surprises her mom every now and then with something that would've been very out of character for her pre-amalgamation

("How much of what I just said/did is the trauma talking and how much is the literal other people who soul-merged with me talking?")

kanako/sir slithers masterpost :]

the way it works is very much everyone gets their own personality, it just happens that bc kanako’s soul is more powerful, she got the body. so she can move the arms and legs, but the snake bodies/her hair she can’t, because theyre sill their own people. IF the sir slithers worked together, they might be able to take over the main body, but bc theyre all too busy fighting each other to be the main character nothing ever comes of it. kanako is always the strongest among them all.

and thats EXACTLY what i was thinking!! obviously, kanako is not the same monster she was before she fell down, but its hard for everyone (including kanako) to pick apart if her ooc moments are just because of trauma or because she’s fused with a bunch of other people with their own personalities. while the snakes can talk on their own, sometimes if emotions are high enough they can kinda,, fuse personalities a little. basically combine to one mind/one goal.

oh yeah, absolutely. she hung around them bc they were kids like her, and their mom was with them and watched over them. unfortunately they got too close and fused. but it was also bc they were familiar; they came from the same place, and they reminded each other of home. she missed the dunes and dina and her mom, and the family reminded her of that. so they stuck together in a shitty awful place

and she doesn’t ever have to go anywhere; the entire family is on her back. their dad isn’t in the picture, so its just a mom and her 6 kids. just like real snakes lmao

yeah!! they need to talk and get socialization in too. they enjoy talking to each other. theyre like friends attached to her all the time so they get up to some scams fun!

[emilyartstudio-s]

that’s crazy (positive) that you’re still drawing south park art!! i remember seeing your sp art years ago omg like .. 7 yrs? hope you’re well lol!

i must not be

[vaguely-concerned]

more for the garashir fairytale grab bag AU I am never going to actually write: garak knows exactly what would break his curse from the start, he just never tells anyone for the longest time b/c he's so sure it could never happen

(it's asking forgiveness, of course. he thinks it's tain's forgiveness he needs, and tain is fucking dead and knew he would be by the time garak woke up so it seems the perfect unbreakable parting fuck-you revenge curse. and garak would expect nothing less from his father than that, so he's resigned to dwindling away painfully. enter julian bashir and his fierce force-of-nature compassion (and also secret illicit immense magical powers) with a steel chair!!! to go 'OH YEAH??? we'll see about that', as you might expect. oh. OH necromancer-ish julian calling tain's ghost up to ask him about what the hell he did and how to undo it, ala his gambit to go see him the wire? and the knowledge he gains from that is what confirms garak's suspicions as to what is Up with this handsome young healer mage because it could be known only by those long dead. cue east of the sun west of the moon part of the narrative once julian understands his game is up and runs away??

anyway getting some true love's kissing in by the end of it all is just a nice bonus it's not needed like strictly magically for either of their situations lol)

[kaidanalenkosprmanager]

Sophie Shepard & Dominik Shepard (ME2)

Ft. Cmdr. Kaidan Alenko & Zaeed Massani MIRA'S MORE CANON ME2 "We both did the best we could do underneath the same moon- in different galaxies..." AKA: The aftermath of Lair of the Shadow Broker. Recruiting the Not-Dossier: Apollo. Mass Effect 2: Legendary Edition (2021) + Bonus :)

[suchine-toki]

(The last one I swear) Top 10 Gintaka moments

Arranged chronologically because it was too difficult to choose. Spoilers ahead.

1. Boke and tsukkomi

We get another glimpse into their relationship during the Shouka Sonjuku days through a memory of Zura. Gintoki appears annoyed about only fighting against Takasugi, though the latter reveals he is ahead 57-56, which means that in a short period they had already fought more than 100 times. This implies that, as the years went by, their duels became a little less frequent. But what is really interesting and adorable here is the way Takasugi acts as Gintoki's tsukkomi and playfully scolds him (ch. 563).

2. Kick the can

At Kurokono Tasuke's suggestion, they decide to play basketball kick the can. Although it is later revealed that Gintoki and Takasugi intended to counterattack the enemy the whole time, they were clearly engrossed in the game, as evidenced by the fact that they put small bushes on their heads to camouflage. This seems to be a tactic they learned from their teacher, considering Zura did it as well. Despite everything, he notices that Gintoki and Takasugi seem more enthusiastic about competing against each other to see who is the first to launch a surprise attack on the can rather than the actual war (ch. 453).

3. Naivety and embarrassment

Around a campfire, Gintoki discusses the course of the war with Sakamoto and Zura and whether they would eventually become imperial forces if their side won. Aside from this being the only occasion where Gintoki thought about a future for himself beyond rescuing Shouyo, Takasugi mocks the idea as naive. This scene appears to be after the one where they made their promise, because Takasugi is aware that Gintoki doesn't fight for the country or for fame, but for their teacher. Thus, with great confidence, he asserts that they know what they are doing and that is enough. However, the way he says it irritates Gintoki, who then proceeds to tease him about the name of the Kiheitai, followed by some insinuations that Sakamoto quickly picks up on and joins in (ch. 633).

4. Him or me

After the events with the Ikeda family, it is revealed that Takasugi and Nobu Nobu are behind the scenes. The latter notices Takasugi's hostility towards him, so he reassures him that he never intended to go after what he calls his prey, Gintoki. Upon hearing this, Takasugi quickly changes his demeanor to a more relaxed and confident one, asserting that he would not be able to take any of their heads. Before leaving, he threatens him that if he changes his mind, either Gintoki or he himself will finish him off. This is not only another occasion where Takasugi becomes upset when others talk about Gintoki in front of him, but it also shows how, even at this point and before their confrontation, he still felt some camaraderie and understanding towards Gintoki (ch. 468).

5. Lingering feelings

Gintoki didn't only become emotional in his final fight against Takasugi when he had to attack his possessed body. In their first real confrontation, there is a direct parallel between Gintoki's face before being forced to kill Shouyo and his face before cutting Takasugi. They had already been fighting for a while, but this shows that at this moment Gintoki was already on the verge of tears. He didn't want to do it, but if someone was going to stop Takasugi, it had to be him. Arguably, this is the first time it is shown how much Gintoki still loves and cares for Takasugi even after all this time and everything that has happened (ch. 519).

6. Only me

Takasugi asks Shinpachi not to let anyone else take Gintoki's head because only he can do it, which adds to other occasions where one speaks possessively about the other. But this time it is because there are still unresolved matters between them, so Takasugi asks, in his own way, that he survives, just as Gintoki asked him 10 years ago when they made their promise during the war (ch. 575).

7. Believe in him

When Hijikata interrogates Gintoki, he fills in the gaps regarding what happened with the Tendoushuu and how all the information points to Takasugi conspiring with the enemy. Despite this, Gintoki tries to defend him, highlighting the fact that Takasugi helped them two years ago and has no reason to ally with the Tendoushuu, to which Hijikata insists that Takasugi is the type to prioritize goals over the means to achieve them. Still, Gintoki refuses to speak and betray Takasugi in any way, prompting Hijikata to question his loyalty and if the reason he insists on protecting Takasugi is because he still believes in him while being interrupted by Robozaki (ch. 674).

8. Underwater fight

When Gintoki is at his limit, surrounded by a group of assassins, a boat with explosives arrives to save him, which is revealed to have been sent by Takasugi. Gintoki doesn't miss the opportunity to tease him, calling him "mastermind" or "Hikusugi-kun," a wordplay referring to his height, and teases him about his lingering affection for the Kiheitai, the latter provoking an offensive response from him. They bicker some more before they are attacked and thrown into the water, where they fight against their enemies while also fighting each other (ch. 677).

9. Shitty brat & crazy hoodlum

This is one of the most peaceful scenes that occurs between them since they reunited. Here they are not fighting each other or anyone else, but simply talking while walking, another glimpse of how their relationship used to be. They clearly look comfortable next to each other, smiling and joking, showing how happy they are to be together, although neither of them would admit it (ch. 683).

10. Go back

On multiple occasions during the final arc, Takasugi tried to convince Gintoki, both gently and harshly, to return to the Yorozuya and his loved ones in Edo. This shows how selfless his love for Gintoki was, that even if his heart was divided because he wanted to be by his side, at the same time what Takasugi most desired was for Gintoki to be happy, with the tragedy that he wasn't really aware that he was part of Gintoki's happiness (chs. 673, 677, 683, 690, 699, 703).

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[mabaris]

I know it’s probably just my age and I’m Too Young To Possibly Get It and You Had To Be There but I’ve always kinda rolled my eyes whenever people talk about how joss whedon was some titan of nerd media and everyone loved his work

avengers came out when I was 13 and I thought that was. all right. at the time, everyone on the internet was nostalgic for firefly, so I watched that and found it extremely underwhelming, and wasn’t interested in seeking out more of that writing. but it is inescapable huh

[torchickentacos]

I hate when spotify gets lyrics wrong. Like if I can hear the right words with my processing disorder, then spotify has NO EXCUSES tbh

[quietwingsinthesky]

Hot new pieces of eden just discovered: fidget spinner, flash light, mug that keeps your drink warm, iPad with a dead battery, RC isu helicopter, animitronic from a children's party entertainment place (suspiciously sentient), the Canon isu infinite food despenser in the grand temple (it seems to make Goo? Shaun doesn't like it)

i need an assassin’s creed game fully centered around a fight over some completely useless shit. i want to watch a character lose everything in their struggle to kill all the templars who might get to it first. and then for it to just be a mug that keeps everything in it kind of warm.

and im saying that and it sounds like a meme. i don’t mean it as such! i’m being completely serious! i think it would do a great service to the series sense of power scaling and to underscoring just how fucking tragic this fight for these artifacts is if a bunch of people have to die to get their hands on this fabled item. only for it to be bullshit. not important tech, not a weapon, just a lucky mugwarmer that one of the isu used for their coffee thousands of years ago that managed to survive. value and myth placed on it to the point of being worth killing for simply by virtue of being from those who came before.

it’s both weirdly humanizing of this culture. because they were fucked and we know they were, but they still lived, so they still probably had useless shit like mugwarmers and fidget spinners. and it’s tragic. because it gives us a new way of looking at the pieces of eden. it’s always been a tragedy that the war for them ruins lives, but it’s always been framed as worth it in the end, because the pieces ARE important, ARE powerful, ARE valuable. so what if it’s not. because before someone actually gets their hand on it and uses it, no one could know what it does, just that it’s isu tech and therefore maybe it’s the key to the next century of this conflict. what if it’s not. what if we get to follow an assassin who didn’t get lucky and who ended up losing friends and family to get their hands on a mugwarmer.

it’s kind of a downer ending but idk, it’s been a long series. i feel like it’s about time to have another downer ending. just to keep things fresh. and so that the isu tech in the games doesn’t have to keep one-upping itself. reset our expectations a little? if that makes sense.

[asterbats]

i think for the shitty scorpion family, their entire dynamic is definitely toxic (heh) but also neither dusk nor bruno is an inherently terrible person? its just that they’re a) horrible together longterm as they are and b) people who should not have had kids.

[ltlemon]

very specific thing but. i feel like recently ive been improving less at Actual Physical Drawing Skill and more at. translating my ideas Into the drawing?? does that make sense?? like i finally feel like im able to more accurately get what i want to get down Down instead of only something adjacent to what i was imagining