#it's gonna be a bumpy ride

[palmtreepalmtree]

I also want to note, my mom already encountered a dinner party where they did this thing (bringing photos of someone you wish you could bring with you but you can't), and she and I both agreed she should not take a photo of my dad. She was like, 'I do not want to be a cliche widow,' so she brought a photo of Sarah Silverman, and half the people at the dinner didn't even know who that was.

[anneliesembsims]

The moment she got home, Amethyst went straight to Rayon and kissed him.

Rayon: Am I forgiven?

Amethyst: Will it happen again?

Rayon: No. No, never. I'm so sorry.

Amethyst: Then you're forgiven.

She ignored the guilt in her own mind.

[hansoeii]

the doctor on their way to steal your heart

[a-queer-little-wombat]

The moderate GOP reps finally quit haggling over their price, it seems.

And now the next phase of the clown show begins.

“After three chaotic weeks of Republican on Republican brawls, the party united around the man the New York Times last year dubbed “the most important architect of the Electoral College objections” for the constitutional lawyer’s work writing an amicus brief on behalf of Trump and House Republicans.”

—

Speaker Mike Johnson has the gavel, but it’s Donald Trump’s House now

Well, would you look at that? The “moderates” who tell their voters they aren’t part of the Trump cult all fell into line and put a high ranking cult member in charge.

There. Are. No. Moderate. Republicans.

Republicans. Are. Fascists. And. Domestic. Terrorists.

[shiplessoceans]

I was baffled by this plot direction with Eddie same as you fam...

But I'm also SO intrigued.

Remember how this season started? WIth Christopher two-timing girls from school and Eddie being like "Oh no who did he get this from?"

Chris is emulating his father.

He got this from Eddie.

Not because he thinks his dad is a cheater, but because Eddie has set an example of how relationships with women work.

In Christophers early childhood his dad was always away and his mum was sad and struggling to cope. Then his dad returned and his mum suddenly left. Then his dad brings his mum back as a Christmas gift and bam, suddenly they're a family now. Not a family again, because they never been a family unit before. Everything should be perfect and yet something still feels off.

We know that while Eddie is ready to settle into married life, Shannon is not.

I personally think that when Shannon turned Eddie down, she did it because she knows that if not for Christopher being born, her and Eddie would never have stayed together. That while they love each other and Chris, they were never IN love and she wanted them both to have a chance at happiness.

Actually, come to think of it.... Holy shit... I don't think Eddie has ever BEEN in love.

Not that we've seen anyway!

He married Shannon because she got pregnant and every relationship he's had since then has been an exercise in Eddie trying to cram a new woman into his life and make her fit, only to panic, retreat or self sabotage when she doesn't. Or worse, when she DOES fit and he realises he doesn't love her.

Christopher has grown up and been there for all of this, and it's informing how he handles relationships with girls. As though they are interchangeable. As a means to fit someone into your life and make them your partner rather than find someone you actually like and who makes you happy.

I don't think this it's a coincidence we are where we are now at this point in the show. We've been building to this all season and it needs to happen because otherwise Eddie is going to keep repeating the same pattern over and over and over again for the rest of his life.

Going for 'safe' people he feels like will fill a hole in his heart while never allowing himself to fall in love so that he can never be hurt when they leave or he loses them.

He doesn't love Marisol. He wasn't in love with any of them. I think he loved Shannon but mostly because she was the mother of his child.

Eddie cheating is just another way this cycle is manifesting itself and once again he's going for a woman not because he's interested in who she is or getting to know her...but because she looks like Shannon.

Thinking maybe he can fix the mistakes of the past and be a different version of himself. This version of Shannon won't leave him and he won't abandon her. This one will stick around and yeah he won't love her but it will fix everything and they'll be a family right?

Eddie may not even be consciously aware that he's doing this.

Eddie needs to blow his life up and break this cycle.

Buck was a sex addict because he couldn't deal with his own self worth issues.

Eddie is a serial monogamist who can't let himself fall in love with anyone for fear of being hurt.

Interesting how their arcs mirror each other huh?

[front-facing-pokemon]

[predoom]

[oracle-of-delfino-plaza]

I’m calling it right now

[rah-nee-yah]

getting ready to defend vi, caitlyn, jinx, ekko, and mel for the next three weeks 💪💪

[warden-melli]

honestly the leaks are a very bad thing. nintendo is infamous for its strict copyright so people are definitely getting sued or fired. And this might affect the way the next games due might develop, worst case scenario they're scrapped entirely or changed beyond recognition by gamefreak desperate to keep things new and subvert expectations. we got some cool beta content sure, but it's done more harm than good overall.

And as a Gen 2 lover who picked Cyndaquil as my starter in my first ever Pokemon game, I'm not looking forward to having to deal with endless memes and comments of "haha Typhlosion is a pedo" for the next few years to come.

As unpopular an opinion as it seems to be, I actually agree with you fully. I know most people are celebrating the leaks, but I think they have the very real potential to cause a lot of damage to the fandom, and possibly even the franchise as a whole. We can’t really know what Nintendo/Gamefreak will plan to do moving forward, but I agree, it’s potentially not good. It seems very likely that there will be pretty serious legal actions taken against whoever they decide to go after, and yeah, it’s also very possible this may affect game development plans, or future projects pretty drastically

The worst part of these leaks for me is definitely the massive amounts of misinformation they’re bound to spread. These leaks are entirely lacking in any context, further complicated (In the non Japanese fandom) by cultural differences and language barriers leading to major misunderstandings and flawed interpretations, many of which are being spread as “canon” information by large portions of the fandom. People are wrongly coming to conclusions that aren’t canon, from sources that were never intended to be seen in the first place, the content of which they have no way of correctly interpreting. It’s a shit show, honestly.

I also just feel weird looking at it. I briefly saw some unreleased concept art for PLA today, and while you’d think I’d be delighted, I just felt sick. I can’t really explain why I have had such a negative physical and emotional response to seeing (or even thinking about) any more PLA leaks coming to light, but I do. I’m terrified about a leak (regardless of whether or not it’s canon) absolutely destroying the game, or its characters for me. I literally don’t know what I’d do with myself. As sad as it is, that game is everything to me. It’s very literally 90% of what I think about and create. I want it to stay perfect forever, and I’m scared a leak could potentially take that from me

And I fully understand your frustration. I am a huge fan of both Mr Mime and Vaporeon, so I know what’s it’s like to have one of your favourites picked as the punchline of an unfortunate fandom joke, and then to have that joke subsequently ran into the ground. I love the cyndaquil line too, and had just chosen one as my starter in my latest PLA play through, just before the leaks dropped. It’s gonna be rough out there for a while I’m afraid, but hopefully it’ll blow over eventually. At least for the most part

After seeing the PLA stuff tonight I made up my mind. I blocked the leak tags and I’ve decided to completely avoid any leak content moving forward. If it’s bothering you too, maybe you should consider doing the same? At least until the fandom settles down a bit?

[ghost-bxrd]

So your AU where Jason takes care of a young Bruce got me thinking.

Imagine Dick, maybe a couple weeks after Red Hood started making a name for himself, got deaged somehow. Maybe Ivy’s pollen did something weird, maybe he was dealing with a magic user, who knows! But he ends up as a tiny… let’s say 5 to 6 year old.

And who else would find him, but Jason.

Maybe Jason would recognize Dick, maybe he wouldn’t, but either way he’s not just going to leave him alone in the middle of Gotham (personally, I think it’s better if he doesn’t remember, solely for the fact that Dick DOES remember, but is out here pretending he doesn’t so he can get info on Red Hood)

Ahhhh, yes! De-aging shenanigans!

So for one I think you’re absolutely right. This version of Jason isn’t on good terms with the bats but Jason would never leave a tiny child (whom he assumes suffers from amnesia) out in the midst of Crime Alley/Gotham.

But considering Jason’s priority will always be Bruce in this verse (and he still harbors a huge deal of resentment towards Dick) he probably wouldn’t take him home/to a safehouse and instead just drop him off at one of Batman’s patrol routes. Maybe he even stays around long enough to ensure Batman picks him up, but that’s it.

Jason’s brain is currently running on fourty parts revenge plans and sixty parts “parent”, and all are in agreement that mini Bruce is to be kept away from Batman and his “saintly first boy wonder” no matter the cost >.<

[afterlife-2004]

TODAY’S THE DAYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!

🦔💨💙💥🦔⚡️🖤❤️

[fitnessgeekandcoffeefreak]

[leshorros]

"I just can't believe i'm back here again..." "making offerings to the dirt?" "something like that"

[the-bi-space-ace]

Update!

I've made some decisions and updated the tags on The World Tumbles Down. Give them a look to see what's new :) I'm so sorry

[fallincloversims]

The knock on the front door was all too loud in the eerily quiet house. Another bedtime had come and gone with Teddy absent, and Josie had once again found herself having dinner alone, the food growing cold and unappetising as it sat uneaten on her plate.

She stood to answer the door, but it swung open before she got there. It was normal for her friends to let themselves in but she was usually expecting them to come over and they were generally happy to see her when they arrived, so Morgan’s grim face did not fill her with hope.