#l10

[golbrocklovely]

i'm gonna make this post since i have like ten asks wondering my thoughts on it. and i don't really feel like repeating myself over and over again.

long story short, i'm disappointed.

so… snc did a video with elton and corey. they addressed the rumors that have been circulating about elton and the things he has done to snc, none of which were true. and i'm glad that that can finally come to a close and the death threats can calm down. bc while i never liked elton, he didn't deserve death threats.

but let me get into the video.

i don't feel like rewatching it, so if i get some things wrong, idc. but what i know for certain is that elton flat out said "the fans drove us apart and made me act the way i did." which, is just a flat out lie. HE started way back in late 2020/21. i have proof. i've seen it with my own eyes. i was literally there while he was tweeting out things against snc. if he is that easily persuaded, he should reconsider his career choices. fans took it too far, i'm not disagreeing with that; but to pretend that him and corey didn't shade snc for years and that the fans started a beef between them is ridiculous and incredibly incorrect. elton started a battle that he didn't think was gonna continue for as long as it did. he believed his ego and thought fans would side with him in his unjust belief that snc were copying him. and it didn't play out in his favor, so he just got more bitter and bitter over the years about it. once ppl started making up lies about him, something he had no issue doing to snc, that's when things went "too far".

again, did he deserve death threats for being petty? absolutely not. did he deserve lies to be made up about him? no. but do not pretend to be an innocent bystander in a war YOU started. you handled things publicly and then got pissed when the public had opinions. idk what you expected. snc didn't do anything to elton. they didn't copy him, they didn't take content that was his and change it around to be their own. that is something elton CLAIMED to have been the case. and now he tries to blame it on fans and that they were the ones that claimed that. his apology is null and void when he turns around and says "yeah i said some things i shouldn't have but it's actually the fans' doing that made me think that way." you are full grown adult man with multiple businesses. act like it.

and i cannot fathom under any circumstance why snc would ALLOW elton and corey back into their lives. they bad-mouthed you two for YEARS. they did it in front of fans on tour! they cultivated a fandom that was happy to see you guys fail or get called out. i get you feel bad that fans took things too far. that maybe you were petty too in some instances, that you could have reached out sooner. but YOU DIDN'T START THIS. they don't deserve loyalty or to be in your lives again bc fans were assholes! and you shouldn't want someone in your life that will believe a stranger over you. bc what is there to say that elton won't turn around and shit on you again? he obviously has issues talking shit out. what about the next time he thinks you slighted him? you think he's gonna be rational and act like an adult and talk to you? probably fucking not.

snc bitch time and time again about feeling used, that they always feel taken advantaged of. they keep their inner circle small bc they can't trust anyone. colby literally talked about not being able to date outside of the industry bc what if the girl he's with wants something from him. they do all of this complaining, only to bring elton and corey back in. two ppl who will only BENEFIT from being their friend again. they have been losing subs and followers for years now ever since they started this war. they have nothing to lose being your friend again. they will USE YOU.

it became very apparent to me that snc only want elton and corey back in their lives for memories' sake. they had a three hour conversation only to go back and talk about the good ol times. there's a reason why those moments are in the past. elton literally still sees you guys as the young 20 year olds he has to "take care of". he literally said he loveD you guys, past tense - bc now he hasn't hung out with yall in so long. and you want that back in your life bc you miss feeling young and have uncle elton around? let go of 2017. that was a life time ago. there is no reason to have this man back in your life. and same goes for corey. neither one of them even wished you well publicly when you were diagnosis with cancer or going thru chemo, colby! what about that screams good friend material??

i know i am one person with one opinion. you don't have to listen to me, and that goes for everyone reading this. if you're happy they're back together, that's great. good for you. but i will not be supporting any content that comes from elton/corey and snc. if they do a video together, go on a trip - i will not watch it. i don't care to see two men who i care about hang out with two other guys that literally wished them the worst for three years straight.

snc are allowed to make whatever choice they want. if they want these guys back in their lives, that's the choice they make. if they accept elton's apology, that's fine. but i will not support it. it is such a disappointing feeling to see the ppl you care about act like floormats personified. you guys are so desperate to be seen as good and positive and it is mind-numbingly annoying. who cares if you're an asshole sometimes?! set boundaries for christ's sake. and follow thru on them. stop listening to fans who have the attention span of a spoon and are only here bc they think you're hot.

…this goes into a longer issue i've had with snc for a while now. and that's that i'm no longer excited to be an avid watcher of them. everything that has happened this year was proof, to me, that they should have taken an actual, long term break, the moment colby got sick. they started out the year not even being with each other on colby's bday. and even before that you could tell something was off with the two of them. it was clear colby wanted a break, was aching for one, and sam was the one that wanted to jump right back into work the moment the new year started. then colby got diagnosed, then sam and kat broke up, then colby went thru chemo, then sam needed to get his shit sorted out so he went to therapy (and still very much needs it). then they celebrated colby being cancer free and jumped back into the amount of work they were used to doing. this doesn't even take into account that colby never got time to recover from even realizing HE HAD CANCER, or the fact he was working all while going thru chemo and before that too. they NEVER took a break. taking a week off to black out in japan doesn't count. they are so obsessed with working and numbers, it's not even funny.

and then this podcast with kris… while i did enjoy it, it became very clear to me that snc are really only making content anymore for views and money. and look, get your coin, this is your job after all. but at what point do you start making content you actually enjoy making? bc the moment they shitted on 25x25, something they very much loved when it was happening, that was enough proof that they only care about views and money anymore. the only reason they stopped that WAS bc no one watched it. and ppl didn't stop watching it bc it was inauthentic. you were travelling during a deadly pandemic… what did you expect fans to do?? not to mention you cold turkey-ed content that ppl signed up for (haunted stuff). of course the views are gonna plummet. it wasn't bc the editing was weird and new, which is what yall love to latch onto even to this day. you guys were so excited for that content, and now shit on it bc it's become the joke to the fandom, half of which wasn't even here when you made that content.

you collab with ppl no one even cares to see you with bc you know it will bring in views. who the fuck wants to see yall and bella poarch at the conjuring house??? none of these collabs make sense anymore, unless you just want to get views. all the content you have put out this year has been mediocre at best. you talk about quality over quantity but really should have just considered not working and taking a break since one of you was literally going thru fucking cancer.

i just feel so deflated. i'm not even excited for the conjuring house. i don't care about hell week. i can't even be pissed that sam is barely helping with the edit still. none of this fucking matters anymore.

yall don't care, so why should i?

do whatever makes you happy, i guess. but don't complain when you realize it doesn't, bc i'm not gonna be here to hear it.

also, if any of you get pissy at me bc you feel like this is a good thing and you want to see them collab and i'm taking it too far... respectfully, i don't give a single shit about your opinion. have yours, i'll have mine.

[untouchvbles]

Lexus GS F (L10) at Waukesha Cars & Coffee (2023) - Meet 1 in Waukesha, WI.  

[kaalastudio]

L #10

[mysterycharacterbracket]

Round L10, Poll #2

This is the losers bracket. The winner of this poll will advance to round L11, and the loser will be revealed and eliminated.

The matchup is:

Character 133: Hyper-intelligent theater kid grows up to be a supervillain, not because he wants to hurt anyone but for the drama and glamor of it all

Versus

Character 67: Is part horse. Can cause others excruciating pain with their own anger. Joins an illegal rebellion at age 13. 3 elves are all in love with her. One of them is her cousin. A grumpy short man tried to get her exiled from society because she has brown eyes.

[helluvatimes]

Sweet Allamanda

Allamandas occupying a sunnier spot in the conservatory. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

This was taken with a 2007 four thirds sensor camera. With the exposure biased 1/3 stop darker against the light, the flowers had still come out rather bright. The exposure metering of our copy of the camera had been a bit off for a while now.

[satans-codpiece]

My absolute resistance to being into transformers (as a fandom or in a horny way) is so fucking objectively funny because all the COMPONENTS are shit I will lose my mind over: Xenophilia + technophilia + micro/macro + age difference + pseudo-objectum (PLANES?? yall know i love planes)

and yet im laying on the floor screaming NUH UH NUH UH CANT MAKE ME

[couthbbg]

no matter what happens . we literally have the best L10 in the league and I’ve had the time of my life . we were dead and then we weren’t !!!!!!

[percyaugod]

L10 AU

03 AU where one winter when the turtles are kids, maybe five or eight, there's a collapse in one of the lairs, could be because of something like an earthquake, construction failure, etc. In the collapse, Donnie is crushed and dies. The pieces of rubble are so heavy the others can't move it to get the body and regretfully have to leave it.

The extreme cold preserves Donnie so it's still in perfect condition when Bishop and his team come to investigate reports of an "alien" being found in the sewers. They're even able to revive it with experimental procedures since the head was mainly left unharmed. A few of the less important organs, what appeared to be a shell, and the left arm needed to be replaced though.

The subject had no recollection of anything before being revived, likely a side effect of being dead for an extended time even if the effect was lessened by the cold. This means Bishop couldn't get any answers from it about whether there was more like it or where they might be. Though he could still stuffy it and test its capabilities.

The newly labeled L1038451 has an unexpected problem that messed with the data. The subject couldn't feel pain and they had no way of knowing if this was normal or another side effect of it temporarily expiring.

Bishop sitting in his lab wondering what he could do next with this creature when he notices it running across the doorway of his lab. He immediately gets up and chases it down, which is surprisingly hard considering its small size.

Bishop demands who let it out of its cell when he notices one of the tools from an earlier experiment in L10's hand. When did it even grab that? Bishop looked from it to L10's face and saw the most cheeky smile. Why this little- Bishop is going to make sure it can never leave its cell again.

It leaves its cell on its own again less than two days later. Making sure to pull on Bishop's pant leg and everything so he knows.

Bishop doesn't understand! No matter what locks or security system he puts up it somehow opens them! At the same time making sure to erase the camera footage so he doesn't know how. Then it just seems to seek him out to show off its win. Worst of all it started greeting him with this irritating "Guess who, Bippy?"

As Bishop is grumbling he notices hasn't seen L10 in a while. Why doesn't he believe it's because he's finally contained that thing?

Bishop searched the facility and found L10 in his cell. With a bunch of parts that weren't in there the last time Bishop put him back in. Is- Is he making a drone in there? How does it know how to make a drone?

Before Bishop realizes it he's sitting in the cell with L10 watching it build and sometimes offering tips and ideas. When it's finished and L10's eyes light up with joy Bishop almost feels… pride?

That feeling is short-lived as L10 gets up and runs out of the cell giggling, locking Bishop inside behind him.

L10 does eventually learn how to hack into Bishop's bank account and order stuff to be sent there. Bishop's looking so confused when he sees purchases under the name "Elton". Elton? El-ton. L-10. L10!

[justthedismount]

UF fans already getting defensive and saying "they always look meh at this time of the year!!" yeah but this year there's no Trin waiting in the wings

[girlbeans]

☀️ DSLR spotlight: Panasonic Lumix DMC-L10 🌕

In 2007, Panasonic released their second DSLR, the Lumix DMC-L10. This is about as close as I am at this point to Leica hardware, as this camera comes with an optically stabilized 14-50mm Leica 'D Vario-Elmar' aspherical telephoto lens.

Capturing up to 10.1 megapixels, the Leica glass takes crisp and vibrant photographs, especially when ample light is present, as the highest aperture is only F3.8 when set to the minimum 14mm focal length.

Overall, I find it an enjoyable shooting experience, but without an extensive selection of Four Thirds mount lenses in my collection it doesn't get an extreme amount of use from me. It's the first DSLR released with a fully articulating LCD screen on the rear of the camera, so I'm sure that was a huge part of the cool factor back in 2007.

[captainofthetidesbreath]

It is REALLY funny to me that the pirate-battle poll collapsed over Flint vs. Stede because it was a mess from the start in that non-pirates Han Solo and Jack Aubrey (literal opposite of a pirate) were in it and a handful of Treasure Island and historically based characters were entered into it multiple times across adaptations.

also, Flint v. Stede in round TWO? Terrible seeding.

[golbrocklovely]

Oh Elton is at the very least a complete asshole. But that also says shit ton about Corey that he continues to associate with him when he knows how Elton talks about his so called “brothers”. Corey is just as much an asshole as Elton. He just isn’t as outspoken

i forgot to mention this (and thanks to @xplrvibes for catching it when she did) but corey did a live on tiktok and in it he said that he only collabs with friends after fans were bombarding the comments asking why he doesn't collab with snc anymore.

so…. that kinda explains it all pretty well. he doesn't see them as friends anymore.

i think in the beginning things were okay. like right after he moved out and started hanging out and living with elton. it was only when elton started acting like a man-child that that's when i think the friendship went sour. which makes total sense.

either way, at this point it's clear that both of those guys are dicks and don't deserve the clout snc still give them just by name association alone. so, fuck them lol

[viktoriakomova]

altho tbh...... the level of talent that florida reels in time and time again, compared to the results, is baffling to me. i understand that without these last few seasons of extra covid years the depth of talent wouldnt be the same. but still...

[xplrvibes]

This man should have his own PR firm.

[mysterycharacterbracket]

Round L10, Poll #1

This is the losers bracket. The winner of this poll will move on to round L11, and the loser will be revealed and eliminated.

The matchup is:

Character sixty-nine: Imagine if you will, a character with so many family issues. Daddy issues, mommy issues, even cousin issues! He's also a criminal. Like a mafia-type criminal. But is also perhaps even a bit more unhinged and evil than your average mafia man. He's also gay and wears almost exclusively pretty button down shirts with not many buttons used. He spends most of the show failing to seduce this one guy and then suddenly in the last few episodes he ends getting a completely different baddie through his swagless looks and pathetic demeanor.

Versus

Character 222: A mysterious ancient warrior. Once upon a time, they may have been a hero. But their great and terrible power ignited fear in the populace, and so their life was reduced to endless imprisonment for crimes of destruction that they may have only been theoretically capable of. Only occasionally do they taste freedom, at the hands of those who view them as merely a weapon. They bear no gratitude towards those who would use them, and lash out with great violence at every challenger, only to be inevitably locked away once more. And yet even in this dangerous, pitiable state, they remain capable of wielding the greatest weapon of all—the power of friendship. Any friends they once had have surely long been lost, yet some tender emotion must still lie behind their mask of violence. But we may never know. We only know that they suffer, that they seek release from the cycle of battle and sleep, for they call out to one of the world's most primal beings for release. But does this bring freedom? That, too, we may never know.

[helluvatimes]

Moths In A Mall

Moth orchids gracing a shopping mall in the city. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

This was taken against a billboard with the exposure biased 1-2/3 stops darker to keep highlights. Image was then exposed to the right in post.