#just to be clear.

[heartcoric]

some whispers

[surrealisticduvet]

what am I doing hangin' round? / I am not that

[sixlane]

lane???? bartylily nun fic please 💳💳

hi laylaaaa i’m twirling my hair…. im a little nervous to talk about this one so um… freaks and weirdos only ig

this is my catholic guilt corruption fic where lily is a young nun who works at a private catholic boarding school. she probably teaches english and she feels really passionate about shaping young minds in the image of god or whatever. she is extremely pious to a detrimental degree. she has locked down all of her human desires, she’s a virgin and plans to stay that way until she dies. [self harm tw upcoming] i imagine she partakes in self-flagellation in probably smaller secret ways when she experiences arousal or has “impure thoughts” or acts in what she deems as an ungodly way. she is pretty brainwashed and she hates herself and loves god but also kinda hates god because of this relationship she has with him. and then there’s barty who was sent to this school by his father (who is probably a big shot politician) for being generally terrible. he’s cut off from the outside world. no phone and only monitored internet usage so he can’t ruin his father’s image further. so yeah he needs something to do to keep himself entertained. and his english teacher is fucking hot. and so he kinda starts playing this game where he tries to get under her skin. which he is extremely successful at because he’s awful. and she probably thinks she should take him under her wing in the beginning. and “save him.” but there is no saving barty crouch jr. as they develop more of a relationship he grows bolder. and he’s making dirty innuendos and then calling her out for her dirty mind when she reprimands him for it. and deep in lily’s mind she is terribly attracted to him and she hates herself for it of course. but sometimes she lets herself indulge with the promise that she’ll punish herself for it later. he’s getting off on how flustered he can make her and eventually she’s letting him touch her… and it completely devolves from there. it’s an interesting power dynamic to explore i think. because barty is truly initiating everything and lily is so hesitant and disgusted by the whole thing until she isn’t. but she is also his teacher. and by participating in a sexual relationship with her student she immediately has some type of upper hand. which i think she would use at some point to punish him for the things he makes her feel. not that he cares really or stops what he’s doing because of it. but it’s a power struggle (more between barty and god if we’re being honest) and it’s mutual corruption really.

so that’s them! this is so fucking long so um. sorry about that but i have many things to say about them… and would be happy to talk more about them if people were interested

[itsgonnagetinspiringsoon]

If I had a nickel for everytime a Dropout Presents comedy special made me cry, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot but it's frankly rude that it happened twice

[afflewoom]

i cant get rid of the dantdm as a hermit brainworm like.,.......mad scientist dan would be one of the COOLEST hermits and he'd bounce off of the others so well,.....

[aurelialux83]

I would like to go back to that time when one was free to love a villain deeply. Those characters who are "villains" and don't have or demand justification for the way they are. Those characters who are so damn cool, smart, beautiful, sarcastic, stylish, tough, damn badass, but who you can't help but love, because they're charming and because they don't give a shit about anything, they just like being assholes. And they are cool because of that also and because of the fact that the creator makes you love them despite their badness. Those gray, peculiar characters that capture you with their personality.

[elevatourism]

Earl wants to drink leaf water from puddles So Badly he screams and cries about it when he has to drink normal water from Our House

[cogentranting]

So episode 7 felt very off. I saw some people saying that it was because of changes from the books that took the mystery out of it, and I don't remember the book well but I don't think that's it. I think it's an editing issue. The events that were going on should have been exciting and weren't. Especially the scene with Cerberus and then when Annabeth gets left behind-- it was strange how little tension there was in those scenes, and I can't put my finger on why. I'll grant, the lack of mystery/suspense absolutely was the issue with the Crusty scene, but I don't blame them as much for that because it seemed to me a case of them wanting to include but not really having space for it, so instead they just cut it down to a brief scene almost as a nod.

BUT I think the bigger issue is WHY they didn't have space for it because it does seem to me like the show doesn't quite have its pacing figured out. 1 and 2 felt like they would be a good pace... if the season were 10 or 12 episodes, not 8. We were a quarter of the way through the show before Percy learned he was the son of Poseidon. 3 and 4 I thought were great. 5 was maybe a little slow but overall well done. 6 I could go either way. I think you COULD do a full episode on the Lotus Casino, but you also could have cut it to half an episode (and given the second half to Crusty) and still done it well-- I mean, the movie does the casino in 5 minutes and is maybe equally effective (just for that part)). As it was the episode felt kinda boring, but I think that was more a lack of stakes because Percy and Annabeth never seem in danger of really forgetting. But episode 7 definitely felt rushed, and I think far too much pivotal stuff is in that point for it to feel that rushed.

If i had to rearrange it, I would definitely move Crusty into episode 6 with the Lotus Casino; honestly you wouldn't even have to cut that part down because as it is that episode is tied for the shortest, a full 10 minutes shorter than the longest episode. Then keep episode 7 the same length or even make it a little longer and give everything more breathing room. I think you could maybe also do some rearranging by either extending the last episode to be like 50 minutes (rather than the standard 30 or 40) and/or combining the first two episodes into 1 longer than average episode and adding a whole extra episode into what is currently just 7 and 8.

[cornyonmains]

Something I find very interesting about this CEO assassination is that the guy who did it has basically become an American hero.

They're probably quite worried about what will happen when they catch this guy, especially with the level of public support he has. If they catch him alive and he gets to air his grievances, he could unite the entire country against the private healthcare system. It could go to trial and result in jury nullification, which would basically send a message to the American public that catching a rich body comes without consquences.

If they kill him to keep his mouth shut, I'd say people will burn cities to the ground, and it could potentially provoke even more anger against private health insurance. In a powder keg, it only takes one person lighting the match.

I know it sounds over the top, but a figurehead is a powerful thing, and that's what this shooter is. The rich understand it. That's why Blue Cross just magically decided they were going to pay for anesthesia again. Those dead-eyed psychopaths were going to take everything they could until someone shot that guy and that's the gospel truth.

Keep the hate fire burning. Watching their fear is the closest I've come to knowing joy since the Bush administration.

[mercurio-shadowz]

Shadow is Rouge's n1 fan (and hater, currently)

+ Sonic is here literally just to be a little prick

This took so long @_@

[vamprisms]

not being able to borrow an ebook because someone else has it on loan is stupid as hell. like babe this is Document. these are pixels.

[mumbono5]

Have you ever wondered "Hey, which person is this Hermitcraft fanart actually depicting?" and didn't want to just scroll down to read the tags?

Behold. My magnum opus. The Hermitcraft fanart flowchart! Please click for legibillity.

[remcadll]

DC had made many questionable choices regarding the Bats but also a lot of the time said choices are very funny. Christian priest Father Todd and vampire Nightwing who crushed Tim’s head like an overripe apple I do think of you often

Theatre kid in every universe

[jonathan-cran3]

I dunno-

Sorry

"Egh.. it's fine-.."

[neo--queen--serenity]

someone call our man an ambulance

[tiredandoptimistic]

Something that I think is important about Wyatt as a character is how he highlights the stupidity of the district system. I know that the human love of sorting ourselves into categories meant that every YA series for a while had a bunch of different groups with associated traits that tweens could take uquizzes about, but The Hunger Games isn't like Divergent or Harry Potter where young adults get grouped based on their personalities. Sure, the districts all have industries they're known for and the tributes are clearly shaped by wherever they grew up, but being born into District Four doesn't actually mean that you'll like fish. Wyatt is brilliant when it comes to numbers, but in District Twelve he can only channel that into gambling. Imagine if he'd been born into District Three with a father like Beetee, what he could have done with his mathematical talents. There's mention of it with Maysilee too, how she doesn't want to run the candy store but her options are that or the mines.

I guess what I'm saying is that the district system is great for keeping people oppressed because they see their fellows as "other," which is why it is a tool of fascism and not a practical way to run a society. It doesn't matter who is in what group, it matters that they internalize their group identity to the point that they ignore the similarities between them.