#it's so sad he'll die

[queengeni]

I LOVE YOU ROVER

[mamamittens]

Idk if it's just that time for me but I had a thought.

What if Ace was like, a little more well adjusted? Like, emotionally level even if it's not in a way that would have a licensed therapist nodding their head like "No note, you can scrap our next session!"

What if he didn't quite live in his father's shadow as he did in the show?

What if the death of his parents weighed on him differently?

What if he was more upset at their passing and the future that was stolen from him than anything else.

(dead ass had more thoughts but roomie put clothes in the dryer and it's fucking screeching like a dog whistle it is ALMOST ELEVEN AT NIGHT WOMAN I THOUGHT WE ALL AGREED IT WAS A BAD IDEA TO DO LAUNDRY AFTER NINE ITS SO FUCKING LOUD!?!)

Anyway, what I was really wondering was what if Ace genuinely just wanted to see what Whitebeard was like and had no interest in joining his crew. And eventually after being pestered to shit about it, Ace explains that he can't bring himself to form an attachment with someone who clearly doesn't expect to live another five years.

That he's lost enough and couldn't handle finally having a good parental figure just to have them die on him again. Only this time he could watch it happen and remember for the rest of his life instead of just knowing.

That he can't put his heart in the hands of someone who's actively drinking themselves to death. How can he trust someone to care for him and support him if they can't even care enough to do everything in their power to stay.

That a ship full of possible siblings did not sweeten the pot because that was just a ship full of people who saw nothing wrong with someone in such a dangerous line of work actively making it worse (or not doing anything productive about it). He couldn't stay with Shanks, same issue only Shanks intends to drink himself to death for at least a couple more decades.

Ace expresses that he can't possibly join because he's already seen how badly loss wrecked people he loves and can't imagine signing up for that knowingly.

It's kind of juvenile.

It's awfully, heartbreakingly mature.

It's not born out of anger but sheer empathy for what they all must know on some level. And Ace is acknowledging that.

"Losing him is going to hurt you all. And I can't handle being hurt on top of seeing that too."

How do you convince someone to join your crew after that?

Could Whitebeard even bring himself to try? Or would he look at his precious booze and ask himself (perhaps not for the first time) of his vice was worth it.

I like to imagine Ace is dropped off with his crew shortly after with very long, teary hugs from several members.

I like to imagine even more that not long after that, Whitebeard starts refusing to drink. Not all at once. But slowly it goes from every meal and while relaxing to once before bed. To once a week. After a long week. A long month.

Until one day he's been sober for a whole year and his nurses and children are sobbing as his medications are finally working fully as intended. No more side effects from drinking.

And then they meet Ace again and Whitebeard asks if he would reconsider his answer. If Whitebeard could have the honor of calling him 'son'?

And Ace... Oh, Ace's heart aches. Leaving hurt so bad because he could tell it would be a good, if short, live on the Moby with such a large family. He wanted it so bad with every step he took that day as he left.

But more than anything, he wanted just one thing.

Someone that chooses to stay.

So many people left him, for reasons within and outside their control. And they died. One by one. All gone and leaving him alone with a desperate boy who'd rather die than be alone. Just like Ace would rather die than choose to blindly trust nothing bad would ever happen again.

And finally.

Someone chooses to stay.

And now Ace can too.

[arttsuka]

I was doing the regular house cleaning at 3+am and I was changing the sheets and making the bed before cleaning the bathroom, my dog walks in thinking it's time for bed and he wouldn't stop following me around. I did speedrun the cleaning to go actual lay down with him.

[reel-fear]

MIKE BLOCKED ME ON TWITTER FOR ROASTING HIS DUMBASS RESPONSE TO THE GRAPHIC NOVEL STUFF!!

grown ass man scared of the 19-year-old queer being mean to him over his public meltdown more at 8.

[merry-andrews]

The Great Gatsby AU;

After Jake married to son of a rich (old money) family, he and his husband live in a lovely villa nearby the sea and things are alright, they even have a little girl too until there's rumours about 'Rooster', a mysterious wealthy man and his fancy parties, it's like big carnivals and he hosts almost every people. He lives in a lovely mansion on the other side of the seashore right in front of Jake's house. One day they receive a formal invitation from Rooster (though Jake's husband doesn't like to go) so it's how Jake meets Bradley again💗 it's the beginning of their secret meetings and Bradley keeps asking Jake to leave 'that man' and live with Bradley. Bradley stops all those parties even fires his housekeepers and servants only because of Jake who wants to keep it secret between them..

It goes on and on for few weeks until Bradley buys Jake a lovely ring decorated by a green-blue gem💚 and purposes to him 'stay with me forever Jake, I love you'. Jake panics, says he needs time and leaves Bradley that night..

Two days passes when Jake gets a phone call, having bad news of Mr. Bradshaw badly injured in car accident and he may won't make it. Jake has a fight with his husband (he found out about him and Bradley) but he doesn't go to see Bradley at hospital..

[angabby-zzz]

Oh my god are they rlly pushing mingi to workout like that. Actual weirdos it's so annoying people online can't put their idol weight bullying to rest

[builtintripping]

Hey! I love the concept of your forgor AU, so I was wondering...

We kind of know the reactions to the Timmy's friends. But what about Crocker and the rest of the Evil Syndicate? Would they be happy? Or weirded out? Disappointed?

ooooHHH INTERESTING QUESTION!! THANKS SO MUCH FOR ASKING!!

I already answered about Crocker's reaction, but basically he only vaguely rembers Timmy having Fairy Godparents. Da Rules affected him somehow but not as directly as on Timmy since he's still passionate about hunting fairies down whether Timmy's involved or not. Sooooo he's still salty around the kid. He just targets him less than he used to.

As for the rest, they probably don't even notice (or care) about Timmy forgoring lawl. If they did, it would be convenient for them cause that's one less ally of their nemesis should the Syndicate and the NU Gang ever engage in battle once again. Unless they actually turned into a new leaf, which could yield interesting results...

[littlest-bugz]

No way I just watched a horror game playthrough, and it made me cry like a fucking baby

[harmonybarmy]

baby we are dropping like flies over here my great aunt passed this week.

[stxrmstained]

// It's a canon thing that Seira sees someone reading a book and immediately thinks they're super smart and cool and wants to know what they're reading

[ccaptain]

   H:SR Kaeya has been considered ''officially dead'' two times in the course of his life, and both of them have been illusions created by altering the memories of witnesses in order to get away

   Kaeya can be injured, but spills no blood: if shot or cut, an hole or slice will part the skin without the human-like spurt of crimson blood that makes him human. Part of why he wears an heavy jacket is not to avoid being harmed- but to mask the absence of blood to spill. While he's sure that, in the vast cosmos, some other entities may not bleed as he does, he'd rather avoid spinning a complicated lie about it. He doesn't like lying. 

   Whatever ''Kaeya'' is, his mentor Gallagher has taught him how to no longer be human. Once we have more informations about the Enigmata, I will be able to go more in-depths about it- but until then, Kaeya is simply a ''being'' who has stolen the appearence of long-deceased Kaeya Alberich and wears it like it belongs to him, and always has.

   The beings do not bleed. I'm not even sure if they feel any pain, past a certaint point, and he isn't sure if he misses his old human life. It has been very long, and he'd rather just focus on his goal so he can complete it faster.

[a-lonely-dunedain]

44 for tossdir and ethedis?

“I… I think I need a hug.”

Tossdir’s voice hung still in the cold air. Ethedis hadn’t expected to hear those words from the young ranger who had been so closed off ever since their meeting. Indeed, he sometimes acted as if he wished they were not traveling together at all, as Ethedis’ jovial attitude seemed grating to him. She recalls him mentioning something of his annoyance at Elrond’s insistence that he not come to the Misty Mountains alone, that he could handle himself and did not need a ‘babysitter’ – as if hunting a Nazgul and a Gaunt-Lord were tasks he thought anyone should be doing alone.

Still, she did not begrudge him for it. Before they left for the Misty Mountains Elrond told her that Tossdir had lost some people very important to him recently, and while he would not go into the specifics of what had befallen Tossdir –for it was not his story to tell– he told her to be patient with him. She had spoken briefly to his friend Galasebdir before they left, and he told her much the same, and that his demeanor was normally never this dour. He was still grieving, and not altogether himself. 

Yet here he was, sincere and vulnerable, sheepishly asking for a hug the same way a child might after waking from a nightmare.

She turned around and looked at him curiously, though he could not meet her gaze. This might have been a time where she could crack a smart remark at his expense, to point out that he had been doing nothing but pushing her away for this whole adventure, and now has the audacity to ask for a hug– but she doesn't. Elrond told her to be patient with him, and so she was.

Instead, without a word, she takes a single step closer and swiftly wraps her arms around him, as tight as she can. He flinches, as if he did not expect her to actually oblige him. He is tense for a long moment, but finally returns the embrace with shaking hands. 

Ethedis thinks he might be crying, but decides to allow him the dignity of pretending she doesn't notice.

[franeridan]

nearly done with my op reread and for the longest time my theory was that the d marked the descendants of the people native of the island that eight hundred years ago fought the twenty nations, but rereading the part about lili I thought maybe it's more lax and it marks everyone who opposed the current government in general, not just those from the island - she was the queen of one of the twenty kingdoms after all, and imu didn't seem to know the nefertaris had a d in the name as well, but before the war there would have been no reason to hide it? so i think it's something they added to their names later, maybe to recognise each other as allies? or something? the kozuki were obviously allied too and don't have a d though, so I can't say this theory makes a hundred percent sense. also i find interesting how law is hiding the water part of his name too together with the d, i wonder if that has any further meaning? another interesting thing is that there seems to have been some form of prophecy or prediction about what's currently happening in the manga, since oden knew he had to wait twenty years and the sea monsters in the oden flashback on fishmen island were talking about it too... maybe a prediction about a war? since oden wanted to unleash pluton. I wonder what exactly they found out on laugh tale that made them all laugh when the events the wg is keeping secret seem to be this tragic... also, i think i never even noticed during my first readthrough of egghead but there's someone offshore with blackbeard's flag? a small boat, it seems, but I think atm we know all blackbeard pirates are either on the pirate island or fighting against the hearts (;;;) so I wonder who exactly that is? also, I didn't catch this either first time around but I feel like the germa might just be heading there as well right now lmao the thing with kuma returning to mariejois happening so soon after vp talked about the ancient robot attacking mariejois and no one knowing why is also suspicious to me, I wonder if vegpunk used data from that robot to turn kuma into a cyborg and that's tied to why he returned there for apparently no reason...?? anyway I thought rereading would help me clear up some questions but instead it left me with even more kkkk should have figured

[snails-in-spaceships]

Sobbing my eyes out at Jujustsu kaisen ep 44 until ~18 mins when Todo used Itadori as a fucking projectile

Spoilers in the tags because I need to talk about this episode oml

[aria0fgold]

Will forever love and adore the game Ib, it's the very first rpgmaker horror game I've played and it has a very special place in my heart. On that same note, it's also very funny how my memories of playing this in the past was all bout how scary the game was but now that I've revisited it, it actually aint even scary bro.

[togashicomeback]

I think that Kurapika is the Miguel O'hara of HxH because he's the pathetic man consumed by his trauma set on making it everybody's problem and he's got a crazy amount of breeding fics despite the fact that it would probably be a trigger for the aforementioned trauma