#it was a bad time for them both honestly

[royaltea000]

He’s like the worlds shittiest Madonna to me

[turtleblogatlast]

Something I’ve been thinking about lately is that small moment in “Air Turtle” where immediately after the Daves lose yet another game, Leo says how sorry he is and how he’s doing his best as the mascot. This moment is so short but it’s honestly jam-packed with a whole heap of characterization.

His need to apologize for things clearly not his fault - especially when it feels like he messes up the job he was given despite doing the best he can (the phrase “it’s not about you” takes a new meaning when this is one of the lessons to be learned from that - that he is not always solely responsible for things going wrong), his need to save face and make a connection with an older adult man in his life (something he consistently does throughout the series - he’s got a few daddy issues, always collecting potential father figures, it’s no wonder he jumps at the bit to keep rapport), and the way he sounds and looks and the words he chooses really pushes how he is just a kid (“Mr. the Dunk, I’m so sorry”).

Like I know it’s a one off moment that doesn’t truly mean much, but when put against the rest of the series it works really well with the rest of Leo’s established character and helps in solidifying later concepts as well.

[samglyph]

Everyone should give @potato-lord-but-not money I’ve acquired little guys. Look at em.

[yardsards]

people love an "i'll take care of you" "it's rotten work" "not to me, not if it's you" character dynamic until the character who needs to be taken care of is disabled. then it's supposedly fucked up and toxic for a person to have to take care of someone else.

[kindnessoverperfection]

Lately, when I talk about someone I strongly disagree with, I think about my friends.

When I interact with someone who regularly rants about people, and tends to take things in the worst ways (without any attempts at self-reflection or grace), I feel more on-edge. I'm nervous to voice opinions. I'm always over-thinking everything I send them, worried about how they'll receive it.

On the other hand, I feel much safer during conversations where someone is speaking neutrally about those they feel at conflict with. When they feel upset about a situation, but without talking aggressively about the other person. Because I know that if we're ever in a disagreement, or have some sort of conflict or misunderstanding, they won't hurt me or suddenly hate me*.

I used to speak much more aggressively about people. My personality disorders, combined with online toxic environments, were big factors in that. I was stressed and angry constantly, and I felt justified, and I felt afraid and ashamed to respond with anything but anger. But to make a long story short, I had several big painful interpersonal experiences where I realized how my attitude was impacting my friends.

I remember the nervousness in my friends' eyes. I remember the people I've met who are much older and never grew out of that reactive communication style, and I don't want to be that person. I want my loved ones to feel safe around me.

So nowadays, I do my best to speak compassionately (or at least neutrally). Because I want to signal to my friends that I'm not going to be cruel to them, or to automatically believe the worst of them, during a conflict or misunderstanding. I try to vent about situations and my fears instead of people.

I wish I'd realized this before.

*(I discuss splitting in the tags)

[astrolotte]

Genuinely intrigued by the potential of Peri and Irep's dynamic but only in a platonic way so I end up not vibing with the fandom's portrayal of it 😔😔😔

(No but listen LISTEN they were kinda-almost-friends when we last saw them in FOP, yeah? Now they're enemies, with both actively fighting each other, and Irep going so far as to try and kill Peri's parents. What happened? When? What influenced it? Did they ever become friends, or did it nosedive the moment the cameras turned off? What about Sammy? How do Irep's parents factor into this? Could it ever be fixed? There's just so much we haven't seen, and romance just feels like too easy a solution to me. Let their friendship be easy to break, fragile. Let them have to work to keep the connection. Fairies and Anti-Fairies are literally made to be opposites, so what happens when two genuinely and truly become friends?)

((and yeah I guess a lot of this could factor into a romantic angle but ALAS the fandom seems to be leaning heavily into the funny toxic yaoi angle 😔 I don't mind it! By all means, please have your very harmless fun! But it ain't my jam :P Perhaps I'll have to write a oneshot myself...))

(((see tags for more rambles i guess. whoops a bitch spoke too much in there as he always does)))

[fisheito]

UNLOCKED SCORCHING SUN (sunburst fever) DANTE ! (Spoilers? Here is a short summary of my reactions):

-eiden i live for the cheesy things you say when you wanna bone someone. ehehehehe when the corny roleplay actually works too well🎶🎵

-oh um 😳 eiden getting himself off bygrinding against Dante's leg ahaha💦💦 ok uhhh 💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦

- THE CONFUSED SPUTTERING WHEN EIDEN GETS SUDDENLY BLUE BALLED🤣🤣

-oh shir dante lore drop

-oh SGIT DAnte is working even harder than i thought just to make an equal society like,, dude,, that is sO MUCH to take on YOU ARE ONLY A BABY. BUT YOU TRY TO FIX CENTURIES OF INJUSTICE 😭

-aawwww...... gentle.....🥹

-DAMMIT EIDEN STOP BRATTING FOR 60SECONDS AAHHHHHAJAJAhaha oihh ahhhh

-dante is like the Grinch he doesn't know what the dokidoki in his chest is (.it's his heart) but. He'll get it one day

- they're cute 😭 and funny 😭😭 and eiden's "why do *i* have to go" is so... PETULANT i love them they're bickering idiots 🥳

ah, correction*: why "THE HELL HAVE" i gotta go. to be fair, that is a mild reaction to dante suddenly cockblocking him from himself(?). yeah. selfish lover moment deserves at MINIMUM that amount of sass 🤣

[alchemisticramblings]

inspired by this image ⬇️

[dappy-dappernette]

Everytime I hear someone go like "Uhh isn't Hetalia the n-zi anime" an angel loses it's wings.

[shesmore-shoebill]

idk whats funnier, the genuine worry in angela's tone when she asks if she's gonna stop getting cast in these videos if shes too bad at video games, vs amanda's very confident assertion of "no thats WHY they cast you" followed by "i would know, i've been in every single one" aslfjskfjsjfjsjfn

[constehlla]

What happens when Foolish and Bad start to lose it together and they make each other worse by using the other as a feedback loop. What then.

[pergaminaa]

Following up on this and this:

Later on, when the big book is over (Manon enjoyed it to the point where she listened to Dorian read it every single night. She got so into it to the point where she’d just fall asleep while Dorian read it but he wasn’t too fond of that because the book is quite creepy and he didn’t want her to have nightmares because of that so he didn’t want this to be the last thing she did before falling asleep)

Anyway! After finishing the book Manon discovered that she missed their little activity. She is still not reading, she’s just addicted to Dorian reading out loud for her and that was another thing she didn’t want to deal with but she just went with it.

A few days later, she was home by herself, Dorian had texted that he will be a little late that evening. Taking the chance, she looked through the massive library, her eyes scanning all the different spines and examining all the different book covers.

She settled on a book that looked interesting. Now, she still has a very hard time expressing her feelings and she’s so grateful that Dorian just seems to understand her even when she doesn’t say much.

With that thought in mind, she pulled the book out and went up to their bedroom. She placed the book on Dorian’s side of the bed for him to find when he returned. Also, Manon being Manon, she’s a mix of both awkward and shy when it comes to these things so she just… disappeared in the office and got busy with work because she doesn’t want to talk about it. She’s still not interested in these books, she just likes hearing Dorian’s voice and this is one way for her to do this.

Dorian was a little surprised when he saw a book on his pillow. He doesn’t recall taking it out of the library and even if he did he wouldn’t place it there. Then he realized that it’s probably Manon who did it.

He couldn’t help a small smile snaking up his lips at realizing what her action meant. He also wasn’t going to bring it up. He knows that it’s hard for her and she’s letting him know these things subtly.

So he let it be. In turn, Manon took to the habit of picking out a book and discreetly telling Dorian that this was what she wanted to read next. And he’s always happy to oblige.

[triglycercule]

alright!!!! kitchen CLEANED ‼️ carry on PACKED ‼️ now i just need to do my homework and then maybe take a really really really quick (4 hour long) nap before dinner/online class. then i will grind on the silly silly why did i decide to do this animation meme/animatic until 3 am hits and i've gotta hit the port. the AIRport :3

in exchange for my incredible unprecedented productiveness i made this little doodle just now. i'm actually a liar i did this in school but still

[angelstrawbabie420]

in my quest to quell my pain ive only hurt myself worse. damned if i do damned if i dont.

[msmargaretmurry]

bestie the way i RANNNNN to your ask box when i saw the dylan ig story…….. my godddddd your reply to the other ask makes me insane . THEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

anon bestie you have no idea how much joy it brings me to be known as The McStrome Girl to at least a few people here on tumblr dot com....... like sorry to be stuck in the past but i will be haunted by them until the day i die. i will be on my deathbed wondering what went on between them. like obviously drifting apart as you grow up and go separate ways is not weird but i do want a play-by-play of that emotional journey (if that's what happened) and they will never give it to me because they're real people who are extremely entitled to their privacy but nevertheless they will remain ON the gas station hot dog roller in my head until the end of time

[redbean-nom]

honestly echo is probably going to die heroically in the next two episodes. he's not with rex, gregor, and wolffe in rebels, he's not with the greater rebellion, and Echo Base exists.

what i'm more curious about is when cody gets his own heroic sacrifice. he's not with rex and he's not with obi wan, so unless he also fell in a sarlacc or got carbonited, he's definitely dead.

anyways, the last episode's title is The Cavalry Has Arrived. and who could be a more fitting "cavalry" than Cody?