#it's the PRINCIPLE of the thing

[ghostlyarchaeologist]

“Why you so sensitive? You’ve touched worse!”

Leverage S03E12 The King George Job.

[kanerallels]

Got bored, made a bunch of memes about one of my favorite characters from @dragonanne 's book The Killing Thought. Enjoy!

[bullshitcharacterssay]

Bradley: Jake, I am nothing if not a man of principle.

Bradley: Now let’s break into this apartment.

[teetle-time]

watching 2003 teetles for the first time!!! i'm vaguely aware of some plot beats through the wonders of iteration x-over fanfiction but i found one too many "12!mikey's bros are uncaring hurtful assholes but luckily the rise boys are perfect paragons of brotherhood" to fully trust fanfiction to give me accurate info lmao

currently about to start episode 6 and my thoughts on the first 5 eps so far:

oh so we're kicking things into gear IMMEDIATELY okay then

little puntable chomper robots >:(

hey. hey you. april. you're finally awake

when she's not fainting or in denial about the existence of mutant ninja turtle teens, she's smart, she's resourceful, and she's got an edge to her i can already recognize! :D

i'm so glad we're already getting a feel of "i mess with you a lot but nobody else is allowed to. i'm gonna smack you in the head and then you're gonna kick my feet out from under me and then we're both gonna kick ass together" with raph and mikey

fanfic had me WORRIED and this is why i should experience media before reading fic of it sndwkdjskdhs

*points* THERE HE IS. IT'S THE GUY

HE'S GONNA CAUSE SO MUCH CHAOS WITH RAPH >:D

LITERALLY THE EMBODIMENT OF "(blank) is such a bitch" (15 minutes later) "ME AND THE BESTIE 🤪🤪🤪" AHSHAJZHAJAHAHAHA

i wanna adopt the nanobot kid. they just wanted parental affection and approval 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

we shall see how things go :D

[storms-path]

Au Ra August 2024: Day 13 - Longing

"Wish you were here..."

Adventuring can be hard enough at the best of times, but it is much harder still when one's heart remains across the ocean.

[fooltofancy]

playing through arr for this intro to tanking experience, and the further in i get the more convinced i am that ilya would have put arr alphinaud through a window.

[silvernyxchariot]

You know that meme where Katy Perry is laying down, curled up on some stairs? That's me right now.

Because it's... ✨️progress.✨️

✨️I'm making Kavetham work in Abyss.✨️

Don't give me that look of scrutiny. My hyperbloom team was the one that finished the Maguu Kenki with time to spare. 😤 Ayato's team... was having trouble... which means I really need to finish building my characters asap if I'm ever going to finish Abyss. Let alone with 36 stars.¹

Funny how Kaveh getting that ONE extra constellation was actually helpful.

But I survived floor 12 all the way into the final countdown of chamber 3 with Beidou as my last one standing. Technically, as long as you kill the enemies, you can still proceed even with zero stars and "complete" the Abyss. I think I'll do that first before going for 36 stars.

¹ I am Not asking or consenting to character build/team composition "help" or "advice" once again. I do not want someone being intrusive to my plans for Kavetham or my character builds.

[dreadark]

dear tumblr user i am not liking a post because i think that will make it have more reach i am liking it to say i liked it. trying to guilt me into reblogging it instead will do fuck all. except maybe annoying me into blocking you. hope this helps

[valasania-the-pale]

do you have any galadriel brainrot rattling around that you want to share? I'm especially fascinated by any/all galadriel & maglor ideas either in the third age, or otherwise...chiefly bc of your portrayal of them in "the final verse" is so interesting ...Or just, brainrot in general? Always love hearing your takes on things <3 <3 <3

Always.

If I'm focusing on her relationship with Maglor however, I think it may be funny to share that I don't think Galadriel likes Maglor much at all, but rather pities him. He is, arguably, the most wretched elf alive by the end of things, and a decent reflection of what she could have been had she made different, probably tempting choices in her life. Maglor chose something over goodness (whether that was family, pride, loyalty, or whatever, it kind of depends on your reading of him, but whatever it was, he prioritized that thing over being a decent person), while Galadriel was faced with the choice of her ambition and pride over goodness - and in her case, where it mattered, she chose right. She knows how that temptation can feel, however, and I would imagine that Maglor (and Maedhros, back when he was around) were and are very personal cautionary examples of where personal desire can lead when not tempered by wisdom and care.

You know, I like to think that it would be Galadriel to drag Maglor back to Valinor? Not because she likes him, or because she thinks he deserves it, but because my picture of Galadriel is someone who has seen so many loose ends left untied, between Morgoth's escape, the Valar leaving Middle Earth and its people in the lurch of Morgoth's hatred and warring, and the aftermath of the War of Wrath (e.g. Sauron was left unaccounted for, enabling all of the sorrow to come). Leaving Maglor behind means that the story isn't done, the elves will never fully leave, he'll just fade away into a vague sea-voice, an unending, quavering note, held past the point of breaking, never finished. I think that, where Elrond would honor Maglor's grief and choice, Galadriel would be just unimpressed and impatient with it all. "No, we're not doing this again, get on the damn boat. Mourn in Lorien if you must, but I'll be damned again before I leave you here."

I think it also stems from the idea that, by the end of the third age, I think Galadriel is tired of almost everything, tired enough that old grudges - however deserved - are just not worth clinging to. He's done awful things, but depending on how you read her, hasn't Galadriel also? She's either a bit player in the Silmarillion or she abandoned her family entirely - for someone so skilled, and who later (in her fading years) demonstrates such will and power, it implies a personal history of just generally keeping her hands off. And if she was hands-on, then she failed like everyone else. She's connected to everything intimately, so no matter the reading, there's pain and failure there. Maglor has obviously done more, but understanding doesn't come from equivalence, it comes from kinship.

And, I think the last reason she'd do it, is because Galadriel almost certainly knew Nerdanel. After having to endure Celebrian's situation, after Luthien's departure (and presumably the grief that caused Melian), and now having to face telling Celebrian that she'll never see Arwen again, I don't think Galadriel would just accept Maglor's self-imposed exile knowing it would harm Nerdanel as well. It would be one last, unnecessary tragedy to pile onto an exorbitant pile (and, in my headcanons of Galadriel's history, I like to imagine that she and Nerdanel had a connection of friendship for various reasons). There's a whole sub-narrative about mothers having to just accept the loss of their daughters in the Silmarillion (Earwen joins the list, and Anaire, and--), and if Galadriel has shown anything, it's that she strongly defies convention.

[justshahrukhkhan]

Lemme get this straight...when Amitabh Bachchan played Don way back when, the movie was just 'Don'. They rebooted it with Shahrukh in 'Don' & 'Don 2' - now they are recasting and calling it 'Don 3'?? !?

Sorry, but it can't be Don 3 without SRK. You need to call it 'Don Returns' or something.

Just sayin'

[thegreatyin]

actively incentivizing myself into finishing the cufflink saga by doodling something i can't post until ive shared the aformentioned cufflink adventures with the class so everyone Gets It

[jennycalendar]

"Buffy, would you do the honors?” Buffy gave Rupert a flat look. “You’re gonna have to be more specific than that.” “The—” Rupert gestured, forgetting that he was still holding Jenny’s hand, and let go of it somewhat apologetically. Jenny grabbed it back again. “Well—you know. Into every generation—” “Oh!” said Buffy. “So you’re talking about the thing I said that you should tell your wife, and then you were like absolutely not, Buffy, that’s a terrible idea? And then I was like wow, keeping secrets sounds like a great way to sustain a marriage, and you were like this isn’t any of your business, except now you’re making it my business because you want me to tell her? You are a paragon of consistency, Giles.”

BOY. this took a second! i have been having The Worst Summer, unfortunately, but i've gotten a break from The Horrors for a little while and i decided to use it to (finally, finally, finally!) finish this silly little darling of a fic. i hope these finishing chapters are more than worth the wait!

thank you, so much, to all who have followed along and left reviews! i'm going to be trying to reply to some of them soon, but just know as a placeholder that it made me so happy to see this fic enjoyed. it's been a minute since i worked on a project that's just uncomplicated romantic silliness. (and, yes, it got emotional sometimes, but when placed next to some of my OTHER multi-chapter fics...)

here, btw, is the playlist of carly rae jepsen songs that i made in order to title every chapter of this fic, now public and accessible! furthering my "jenny calendar would love crj" agenda, one fic at a time.

[caliburn-the-sword]

oh no,,, just saw the descendants 4 teaser from april,,, please don't tell me it's gonna be a jukebox musical

[spec-squared]

looking at the Hozier tour merch for other cities and like?? y'all, I'm so jealous, how come Wilmington gets a pin of a RACCOON WITH ANTLERS and all we get is a fucking guitar pick??? Columbia got a jackalope, Tampa got a fox with wings, Orlando got a hot air balloon where the MOON is the balloon, and Raleigh got a cardinal even though that's the Virginia state bird????

[mad-madam-m]

C’mon Tumblr what’s up with this 404 bs!! What do you mean “not found”; it is your literal home page. Are the tumblebeasts eating the servers again; what gives.

[drfaustusmd]

They took away my messaging privileges?? I guess?? But just for my main blog???