#like i get it now. i get why everyone was insane in the 70s and 80s

[bitchesgetriches]

Hi Bitches! I have a fun food story I think you'll like.

So I recently discovered there's a produce rescue in my state that purchases unsold wholesale produce at the border to prevent it from being tossed in the landfill. They then sell it off at hella cheap prices. You don't get to pick what's in your box, but, uh. It's 70 pounds of produce for $15, you get what you get and if you're like me you will figure out what to do with it rather than let it go to waste.

Anyway, my last box included an absolutely insane number of Persian cucumbers. So I decided I'd try something I've wanted to try for years, because if I wrecked one or two in the process it wasn't as big a disaster as if I'd tried it with expensive store bought ones, and...

I can make my own glatt kosher dill pickles now, and holy crap, Vlasic can eat its heart out. Mine are crunchier, more flavorful, better-cut and kept perfectly good food from being thrown away, doing them with my produce box meant they were about 1/8 the price, and also pickling is very easy but people think you're amazing and fancy if you pickle your own stuff.

Also if anyone is in Arizona and wants in on this action, it's called Borderlands P.O.W.W.O.W. (Produce On Wheels WithOut Waste) and you can find them here. Here's what my last box looked like:

I should note that's what's left after I split the box half and half with a friend.

HOLY MOTHERFUCKING SHITBALLS THIS IS AMAZING!!! Thank you so much for sharing this extremely frugal win AND telling the rest of us how to get in on it. With grocery prices the way they are, this is sure to keep a lot of people from going hungry or missing out on necessary nutrition. I encourage everyone outside of Arizona to look for similar programs in your state! (Though I suspect it's mostly only applicable to border states.)

Also, drop that super crunchy pickle recipe, baby.

Here's more advice:

How to Shop for Groceries like a Boss 

You Should Learn To Cook. Here's Why. 

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[unforth]

I keep seeing posts comparing this to 2004 or other past election losses and how this feels the same or similar to those past times.

As another Old who voted in 2004 (and I missed voting in 2000 by a month and was furious about it) I really can't even put into words how vehemently I disagree.

In 2008, I remember very earnestly sitting down with some friends and saying that if somehow McCain beat Obama, I'd have to join the fucking revolution, because I couldn't believe that this country would elect a Republican AGAIN after the previous 8 years of bullshit. I look back now and think how incredibly naive I was, but I also look back now and think, damn, why aren't I 25 NOW? I can't join the revolution now, I'm 41 and I own a house and have two young children and one old parent depending on me.

Because honestly, truly, as someone who has been studying American history since I was 7, as a Civil War buff with expertise on the years before the Civil War, as someone who has at least some memories of every election since 1988... guys, this isn't the same as 2004. I was furious then. Swift Boat bullshit I swear to fucking dog. And I was and still am fairly convinced that the 2000 election was deliberately stolen. But also I still had every reason then to believe in the rule of law.

In 2004, I still believed term limits would be respected.

In 2004, I still believed a person who wasn't elected would demure gracefully to the winner.

In 2004, I still trusted the courts.

In 2004, I still believed that we'd made progress on bigotry.

I could go on, and to be clear, my point isn't "I thought these institutions were ~good~" in literally any objective sense. Y'all are cynical but my generation was raised by, surrounded by, Vietnam vets and trust me, there was no way to be a kid, seeing what the 70s did to this country, and not come out as cynical and furious as the best of um. (My grandfather was a World War 2 vet, as were his close friends. My father and both his brothers are Vietnam vets, tho my dad didn't go overseas.) But I did believe that even corrupt institutions, even broken racist systems, even fucking Republicans, would follow basic norms of democracy. They said they believed in the constitution and I believed them. I believed that, like Nixon, truly getting caught doing something insane would at least force a mea culpa and turn public opinion. I believed...

Well, I guess it doesn't matter.

Because I no longer believe any of that.

I have watched the guard rails disappear over my lifetime. I have watched the party who once spent 2 years pursuing a guy over a BJ in the oval office elect a convicted rapist. I have watched and at times I've participated and I've voted and I've organized and I've protested and I've read the news more days than not and I've lived and I've grown and I've learned.

I have been an adult, legally, for almost 24 years now.

Guys... there are no norms remaining on the far right. The guard rails are gone. The Fascists control the White House, the senate, the Supreme Court, and things aren't looking promising for the House.

The bus has no brakes anymore. They think they have a mandate - and I can't blame them, as horrifying as this mandate is, because if things had gone the other way and Harris had gotten these results I'd also think it was a mandate.

Please sit with what this means: Trump and the Republican party said, "hand us the reins and we'll make everyone you hate hurt," and more than half the people who bothered to vote said "sure buddy, here goes." We don't have a usurper this time. This is the country that the majority of Americans said they wanted. Whether they come to regret that or not, they saw open Fascism and went "oh yes, count me in." And it wasn't because of the electoral college this time. It was because this country is so bigoted and misogynistic that they'd rather have this than a woman of color in the office.

I'm sick of "well she didn't run a good campaign." (Lie.) I'm sick of, "well we didn't get a primary." (Who cares?) I'm *extremely* sick of "well, Palestine." (Yes! Democrats actions have made the suffering there so much worse! It fucking sucks! You know what's about to suck so much worse?)

15 million people who showed up for Joe Biden couldn't be fussed to place a vote for Kamala Harris. Whatever their reason for not voting, we all knew the outcome if she lost. And seeing open fascism didn't fire them up enough to make the effort, and that's fucking pathetic. The consequences of the worst happening mattered so little to them that they couldn't be fucking bothered to make the minimum effort to stop it, and now millions of people will suffer as a result.

Because here we are: the huge swathe of the country who wanted a strongman now have one.

Look, I don't know what happens next. But I do know, and remember keenly: after 2016, Trump did, or at least tried to do, most of the things he said he'd do. When he was stopped, it was often because of career government employees: judges, bureaucrats, etc. And this time, he's said he's going to purge those people. I don't know if he'll succeed, but I certainly believe he'll try.

This is not 2004 again.

This is 2024. The Republicans have ripped the mask to shreds, shredded apart the book of political norms, and empowered hate, and they've been handed a governmental mandate for stamped "have at with our blessing!" in exchange.

And now they'll use that mandate to make everyone they hate suffer: people of color, queer people, trans people, immigrants, non-Christians.

Don't assume the worst can't happen. I am a Jew, and I have a photo album full of black and white photos of dead people that constantly reminds me: the worst has happened and it can happen again.

Do not despair. Despair is enervating. Be furious. As we should be. These douche bags are repulsive. Be prepared to fight. Be prepared to flee. Be prepared to defend. Don't assume you simply can't do something. There's always something to do, and even the smallest act of defiance can help. There's never any knowing until after which acts of resistance will end up galvanizing the good and just out of their apathy. But that apathy is the enemy.

Because none of this is normal. None of this is "just like when..." Please stop saying it is.

And before anyone screams "privilege" at me, yes, I am in many ways. I'm white. I have access to some generational money even tho my own family lives paycheck to paycheck - we won't be rich but have enough of a support network to be comfortable. I live in a blue area of a blue state. But I'm also a woman (legally speaking, at least) married to another woman - since before Oberkfell, and yes I remember exactly what steps we had planned any time we wanted to leave our state. My wife has physical disabilities. We have two children. Both are biracial (half black). One is trans. We are caring for an elderly parent. I am Jewish and as my kids' birth parent, so are they. I own a publishing company that publishes the exact kinds of queer and kinky lit these people intend to ban. We tick so many boxes of what these people hate.

I know ya'll are scared. Trust me, I'm terrified. But fear is paralyzing. And that won't help. Whatever happens, don't lie down and take this shit.

When Gore lost I was one month shy of my 18th birthday and already in college. I have been fighting my entire adult life, and I'm exhausted. I'm much less able to fight now, much more tied down with responsibilities. But the fight isn't over. I'm checking our passports. I'm packing a go bag. I've convinced one vulnerable friend to move here and I have another who wants to and we're figuring out how to make that happen. I'm protecting who I can, starting with putting on my mask first. I don't know what will happen but if in the end all I can do is uproot my entire life to protect my children then I am preparing to do so. I can at least save them if no one else.

None of this is normal.

And I'm not sure, after Trump's in office, that anything will ever be normal again in the US. At least not the old normal. And there are ways that's a good thing, so many ways that the old normal sucked for so many people, and I'm optimistic that there's a bright future ahead, but man it looks far away right now. I don't want to go back to the old normal, and I want to be part of establishing a kinder, more just, more equal new normal, but we're a long way from there.

Whatever happens, we must endure. We must survive. We must support each other. We must find our allies and be prepared to compromise with them. Don't try to save everyone. You'll fail. Help even one person and you can change the world. Everyone things they can't do everything and so do nothing. That's insane. Do a single thing and it will be better than nothing. One phone call. One letter. One act of defiance. Very few people get the opportunity to grand gestures that matter, and the rest of us will die waiting for that moment. But the secret is that what makes those moments - the time when one person is in the right place at the right time for their action to matter - is built on millions of small moments by millions of people doing what little they can to make things slightly better. Think of every iconic photograph of a Sole Resistor you know of and think about every single tiny thing that had to happen for that moment to occur. Most of us will never me that one person, but that one person is a myth anyway. Countless tiny unseen moments create those myths. Doing literally anything is better than doing nothing.

And tooth and nail, quietly and loudly, in our homes and our towns and cities, during protests or when they come for our neighbors, we must fight.

[centrally-unplanned]

I will always be annoyed as a very pro-welfare person that my "camp" is not going to come around to Social Security being Bad, Actually. It is so antiquated! Most crucially, it probably isn't even welfare - the best analyses in my opinion generally view it as neutral, maybe mildly progressive, and maybe even mildly regressive. Maybe your own paper thinks it is more on the progressive side? But it is ~5% of GDP! I do not have to "debate the progressivity" of food stamps, they are obviously insanely redistributive; the opportunity cost of Social Security is huge in this regard because you do in fact have a limited tax budget to play with.

More importantly to me, it is a redistribution from the young to the old in a society where that is becoming quite costly. The "forces of social reproduction", from work to innovation to families, are pretty universally created by the non-retired, and while most people are Doing Fine that doesn't mean we aren't creating unnecessary frictions for all of that. Right now we would all socially be better off "front-shifting" more spending, giving the ~30 year olds more income and the ~70 year olds less - 70 year olds in America are quite rich, they really don't need it.

Meanwhile the reasons for the program have vanished. I get why it was a decent idea in the 1930's - it is an insurance program built around the idea that the elderly can't "bounce back" from economic setbacks since they have a limited ability to work. In a world where bank runs junking someone's savings were common this makes sense. And in a world of fertility rates hitting 4.0+ targets it was easily affordable. But nowadays the idea that the median someone "cannot save for retirement" is very silly, they absolutely can safely and reliably - banks are stable and insured, government bond programs exist, and so on.

Of course, there are those who are too poor to save, which you can address with, like, actual welfare? I won't go down the UBI rabbit hole but it is very silly to fix the problem of elderly poverty with a universal forced savings plan that pays out to people based on their past income. Just give poor people money and cut out all the middleman bullshit.

Which is the rub of course - Social Security works politically precisely because it isn't welfare, it is something "everyone" gets. Which, again as a big UBI proponent, I get, it is how politics works. But that doesn't change the fact that Social Security probably makes most people on net worse off despite how much they defend it, and limits the fiscal capacity for better alternatives. From an ideological lens it isn't a left program, and shouldn't be treated as such. (And it isn't a right program either, but in the US rightwing ideology is pretty incoherent so who knows)

But in the end winning elections is the actual determinant of policy, so may the Democrats continue to worship it - and hopefully get the courage to slip some changes in that people don't notice somewhere down the line.

[erinwantstowrite]

Let me just quickly say, cross-overs can sometimes get REALLY difficult to map out and write in a cohesive way but you have absolutely NAILED IT!! I absolutely ADORE LoF!!! I usually don’t even bother reading fics with the ‘Richard Grayson is Richard Parker’ premise cause I felt like they were super confusing and overcomplicated but this fic?? SUPERB. ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE. OH MY GOD I ADORE IT. Everyone’s characterizations are so nice and wonderful aaaaaaah!!!! <33333

Ok ok I did actually have a question as well: would you be willing to share what your writing process looks like in terms of a chapter you’ve already posted? I was just wondering since I’m also currently working on my own fic (it’s been a few years but I managed to get fixated on an idea and it grew legs lol) and I’m currently fighting the organization of it haha.

How do you keep track of the plot points and/or foreshadowing you want to get a ‘lightbulb!’ moment for later? Do you have any tips?

Thank you so much! I absolutely adore your writing AND your art is so gorgeous omg it adds so much to the incredible story :DDD I hope you have a good day!!

I have a secret: I actually didn't like "Richard Grayson is Richard Parker' tag for a while for the same reason. Sometimes they felt like they missed the mark or it's just. A thing that's there? I almost didn't include it for LoF, but I'm glad I did because it changed the direction in such a big way.

Another secret: this made me incredibly happy because I have read so many wikis and scoured the internet to make sure that I had enough info on both fandoms so LoF could make sense to anyone who's reading it, whether they know Spider-Man, Batfam, or neither at all. Sometimes I worry a lot before I post that I'll miss a mark and will confuse people.

As for the question: I definitely am willing to share what my writing process looks like!

Be prepared for under the cut, I love to yap. It's in my blood to yap. And that's why it took a minute to get to this ask haha

(Spoilers for Leap of Faith!! Everything mentioned has already been published ((Chapters 1-11))

I had to go and find out which chapter I wanted to use as an example and I think we're gonna go with Chapter 5 for the most part :)

My writing process is, as described by alighterwood:

I think the description fits because while I'm all over the place, I have to be very detail oriented and I store everything in one spot.

Starting with the overall process, what I find is most helpful for me, when organizing, is having a notebook rather than doing it all digitally. I've been using a 70 sheet notebook that I had lying around waiting to be used, and as of yesterday, I officially filled the entire thing front to back. It's been an incredible help, for a lot of reasons, but mostly because it's a lot easier to remember something I physically wrote down than it is to remember something I typed. I'm now on to my second notebook for LoF, and I might even have to get a third.

In another ask, startupkat asked me this:

And I shared a little about my outline process there, but I'll try to go into a little more depth here. Emphasis on little because this is so long.

I write a truly insane amount of outlines in this notebook.

This is just what I can show you, but a good chunk of the notebook is just outlines. Over and over and over again. That's because they're always changing/adapting based on so many different factors. Sometimes I get to a chapter I thought I had fully planned out and then realize it just doesn't work anymore. Other times, I get to the chapter and realize I don't want to write that anymore/isn't as interesting as I thought it would be. A few times I got halfway through a POV of a scene I was struggling on and decided to switch POV's, which will change up the outline for a chapter every now and then.

Which is why I don't write incredibly detailed outlines and try to keep it vague until I actually get to that chapter. It's a lot less daunting to rewrite a chapter outline than it is to rewrite the entire outline.

Fic outlines and Chapter outlines look a lot alike.

This is what I said in the other ask, but I didn't elaborate on it all the way.

I make a list just like that, and then I try to put it in chronological order/in an order that makes sense. I keep the Fic outline vague by writing down "Goals" for a chapter rather than scenes. But I also keep notes to myself if I really think something is important. The more important I think a scene needs to be, the more details I write down to make sure my future self recalls what I had in mind when I thought it up.

Really simple example:

Chap 1 Goal: Peter gets to Gotham and meets Babs while running around. Meet Nightwing too? Get shelter.

Chapter 2 Goal: Bats are like "???" about Peter. Batfam dynamic important... Peter stalking Batfam back? Peter meet Batman >:)

When I get to a chapter, that's when I make a far more detailed list of wants/needs/goals. It's the Step 2 from the Step 1. Here are some examples from Chapter 5:

Needed to have:

More POV's from universe 1299 (Peter's home universe)

Tony's POV more specifically, how he's doing/feeling, what he's figured out

What they've figured out on 1299 side vs what's going on in 1300 (Gotham)

Explaining more about Peter's trauma/his past

Dick learning more about Peter, and vise versa

Wanted to have:

Ned being a more central character

Natasha :)

Loki being a little shit

Tony and Cap bickering

Peter talking to Nightwing again

The last name Grayson

Gymnastics!!

(This is the shortened list, because the chapters are so long)

When I looked at this list before writing my outline, I had to figure out how I could incorporate everything. If I needed more 1299 POV's, and I wanted Ned, Natasha, and Loki, there's one scene accounted for. I had to get their side of things and wanted that trio together. I needed a Tony POV, and I wanted Tony and Cap bickering, so those went together, plus I got 1299's POV of Ohnn and his plans explained.

I needed to have Peter explaining more about his trauma, and Dick and Peter to talk/get closer. I wanted a Nightwing POV, to have Peter say his last name, and them doing gymnastics. I knew Peter wouldn't willingly talk about that, so I had him have a nightmare. Not only did it give readers perspective but it made Peter more susceptible to talking to Nightwing because he was more emotionally vulnerable/lonely, and that's how that scene came together.

That's when I would write down the chronological order of these events by writing out "Scene Blocks." (This is what I wrote down but my handwriting was so bad I can't subject y'all to it):

scene 1- Ned talking to Loki. Natasha should be nearby and observing Loki's behavior. They are not on friendly terms. Ned is more worried about Peter than he is as to what Loki could be up to, so Natasha takes on that role.

scene 2- Tony is freaking out about Peter being in an alt dimension. He should attack Ohnn when he's not prepared for it. Beat his ass? Beat his ass. Cap there too.

scene 3- Peter's nightmare. "Ben, where do you go when you die?" "Where do you think?" "With you. Where you went."

scene 4- Nightwing and Peter.

Of course, things come to attention when writing. Like originally, Tony and Cap were arguing in the Tower. But it was a little too much like his and Natasha's argument, and I kept in mind that Tony is smart. Sometimes I forget that the characters are smarter than I am, so I have to account for what they would figure out. So Tony would have picked up the puzzle pieces and come to more conclusions than I originally thought about, and I figured he'd be way more proactive about it than just. Being in the Tower and waiting.

Which means that that scene ended up being as listed above: having a squabble with Cap, learning more about Peter's dynamic with the Avengers in this universe, and seeing how Tony is reacting to it by throwing himself head first into trying to capture Ohnn.

I'll realize I need something else to be mentioned or put in and I'll have to shimmy things around, but that's basically how it goes.

As for other forms of organization:

Keeping a timeline is so important because it tells you a lot about the environment your characters are in. It's also important to remember what a character has on them, what money they've spent, who they've met/who you have mentioned, every alias that is being used, to read your work and write down edits you want to make before you make them, to write down ideas beforehand of situations you can use, and, most importantly: MAKE A MAP!! This has saved me so many times. Sometimes your brain WILL trick you or make it harder on you to envision a scene. Make a map of where your characters are physically!! It will save you too!!

As for foreshadowing and plot points, I'll let you in on yet another secret:

Your subconscious is doing a lot more than you think it is.

Sometimes when I foreshadow something, I didn't even know I was until I got to it. I very often go back to read chapters that came before this to see what I've mentioned and what I haven't, and when I do, I'll see something and go "I have to bring this back" or "I almost forgot about that!"

Other times, I am very aware of what I'm foreshadowing, and that's because I follow a mystery plot formula. You have to keep in mind everyone's intentions, all the time. How are they feeling? What are their motivations? And: what are they doing right now, while this character is doing this?

Like Beck and Ohnn. From the very beginning, I knew I had to make sure that it was obvious Ohnn wasn't working alone. From there, I had to weave through the story and slowly build him up as someone who's working behind the scenes. Even from Ned's first POV, I made sure to mention that this person knows Tony and is tech savvy.

My biggest tip is to make sure you reread your work or at least skip through it, because sometimes you don't even know that you placed something there.

And sometimes, it's very purposeful. :)

I hope this helped! I really tried to keep it short but I am insane and the process is sooooo long. It sounds complicated but it really is simple when you're actually doing it I swear

[hibernaldream]

HMV q&a - random bits and thoughts

My thoughts and what was said during the q&a under the cut (at least what I can remember. There are no spoilers for anything, it’s just a long post).

Man-bun. Thank you.

He said he was feeling great after the first two shows, and we made sure to let him know we appreciate the new material.

He still doesn’t want to talk much about Perpetua’s personality.

The atmosphere of the event felt like a pre-ritual. We’re only two dates into the tour, but the energy is spectacular. They had Ghost songs on rotation, and some of us couldn’t resist singing along to Ciriceon the escalator on the way to the stage. Then we just kept going—Faith, Rats, Dance Macabre, Lachryma (twice!), Satanized. At some point people just started holding potatoes in the air and we all cheered. We’re insane :) I came back home with new friends, bracelets and stickers. All this love and selflessness always makes me speechless.

Before the event, HMV collected questions from fans, which was such a great idea! He’s been doing a ton of press, and I was worried he’d just be asked the same stuff over and over again by the host. But instead, we got the privilege of picking his brain for 45 blissful minutes. Sadly, mine didn’t get picked, BUT in a way I got my answer anyway. I’ve always wanted to ask him about books or literary influences. One of the questions was something like: “If you had to take one record and one book to a desert island, what would they be?” Someone in the crowd shouted, “Everyone’s going to buy that book!” And he replied “yeah… better make it a good one”. He said he’s never been academic and hasn’t read much, that most of his bookish knowledge actually came from movie references. He joked that he’d probably choose a book with pictures anyway, then mentioned that one of his favourite books is a collection of photographs of the Rolling Stones. For the record, he said he’d choose Arrival by ABBA if he was going with pure joy.

There was a kid in the front row who was just a blast. Tobias would be answering a question and the kid would jump in with his own answers. Such a precious little dude. Tobias actually would get up, pass him the mic and engage with him. Certified dad moment but also certified Terzo moment! Hands down my favourite part of the evening.

Jokes were made about Tom Hardy playing him in a potential biopic. Why do we… want this?

They chose some really funny questions and he was totally game, but his answers would often turn deeper and more thoughtful. Someone asked a silly question about world domination, and he replied that he lacks both the IQ and EQ for that. Like yeah, anyone could say that—but with him, it always comes off so humble.

On collecting stuff, he said he’s not really into collecting everything from a band. Now, he has handed it to us on a plate. Of course we joked about merch. He revealed his most prized possession is a rare poster of a Sex Pistols gig in Linköping in 1978 which he got from a UK collector.

I think someone in the crowd joked that we’re like a cult. He played along and then added that while it’s great when we’re all together, we shouldn’t be co-dependent. He said he has those moments too—hyperfixating—then needing to step back and find something else. At that point my friend yelled, “It’s too late for us!”

He said he’s currently revisiting some old-school Swedish horror from the ’70s and ’80s.

He threw kisses at us at the end and we screamed “see you on Saturday!”, to which he nodded and said “yes! See you on Saturday!”<3

[risrambles]

911 spoilers below!!!! don’t look!!!! if you don’t wanna know!!!!!

okay yall, i haven’t gotten to season 8 yet (in fact, i am so far from it and only started this show a week ago) but when i tell you that killing bobby nash was equivalent to putting the nail in their own coffin, i mean it. 911 just committed television show suicide by killing their main character who literally had no reason to be killed. every tv show these days tries to follow the format of “killing characters people love=emotional response and good development” when in reality that just loses the entire meaning and plot of the show for people. sure, the numbers will go up a little in the next episode just bc people are going so insane over wanting him to come back but once he doesn’t the numbers are gonna drop until the show gets cancelled. the only way i can see the numbers for viewership recovering after this is if they make buck and eddie canon, but i don’t think that’s enough to even propel the show forward because everyone loved bobby. the characters in the show revolve around bobby as their leader and with him gone it’s like taking the stem and center away from the flower, now all the petals will spread out and sure, some of them might still be close but they will never be together again, not truly.

KILLING CHARACTERS DOES NOT MAKE YOUR SHOW GOOD! it makes it worse and ruins the entire rest of the show because it is hard for people to go back and watch the previous content when they know something catastrophic that happens later affects this character and this plot and etc etc etc. shows typically don’t do good once they’ve killed off a main character, which is why a lot of them do it in the final season. examples i like to cite are supernatural and stranger things. supernatural was a show that revolved a lot around character death, but because of the nature of the show they were able to bring back characters at will, even if they were dead for years. season fifteen (spoilers if u haven’t watched the twenty year old show all the way through) is when they really killed their mains bc it was the end, ex cas, dean, and sam, and that was that. they had their viewership (to an extent) until the end bc they kept these characters until the end of the run. stranger things, for example, has never had the guts to kill a main character yet and typically introduce throwaways for one season to kill at the end (barb, bob, alexei, and eddie) to the point where it is clear who will be that throwaway each season, and now that they’ve hit the final season NOW is when they’re gonna hit the main characters bc they know people will watch anyways. they want to see it through. but killing bobby nash in season 8 while season 9 has been renewed is crazy work and i don’t think they’ll recover from this.

to kill a main characters in drama series television has to be well thought out and should NEVER happen beyond the first few season unless there is good reason and build up. if anyone catches this drift, i’m gonna cite NCIS, where they killed a main character at the end of season 2. that’s an example of a death i can get past because it happens early on and does lay the foundation for a strong cast going forward. it doesn’t hit as hard bc we haven’t known them as long. but killing BOBBY, who the audience has known for eight seasons, in that eighth season when we know there is still a whole season to come that just won’t have him in it is crazy. it was not a good plot decisions. it was not good writing. it was lazy and a way to hook viewers for an episode without realizing that after said episode a lot of momentum would disappear. based on some numbers on ao3 and such, buddie takes up about 70% of the 911 fanfics on the platform, and i’ve seen a lot of those buddie shippers say that they don’t even want the ship to happen anymore because bobby won’t be there for it. if the same tone carries through, that’s potentially up to 70% of engaged viewers who don’t want to care about the show anymore.

not to mention that his death wasn’t even good writing. for all the things everyone has survived (chimney and the rebar, eddie and the truck crushing him, the tsunami, etc) it is kind of crazy that THAT is how they chose to take him out. and when it will obviously affect the entire team.

since 911 is suddenly all about realism, then it would be realistic for half of these characters to be dead by now, and if not then after this they will all be fundamentally changed forever. i could see half of them quitting (buck especially) if this was even a SLIVER of realism but no, we just killed bobby to accelerate the plot by an inch (to which it had no real relevance).

tldr; killing bobby was tv suicide and had no plot foundation to occur upon, and it will be the downfall of the 911 run because of how and when it happened.

[grimoiremanifest]

to whoever sent me the ask abt my gender identity (i forgot the exact wording but it was along the lines of "so...how's that 'cis guy' thing coming along" but phrased more politely), i think tumbr ate your ask when i tried to save a draft And I Fucking Lost My Long Ass Response but yes the long and short of it is that i am very confidently a Cis Dude, BUT not for a lack of questioning and experimenting! i still ended up preferring being a Masc Guy, but by my own definition and nobody else's. Like, the best way I could put it is that experimenting didn't really break an egg, but it certainly did radicalize me about gender identity. (Although like 70% of my friends being gender freaks did most of the heavy lifting, probably)

i have actually spent a lotta time thinking abt my experience with it as a whole and my own, so if you'll excuse me i am about to go on a Mother Fuckin Tangent About My Cis Ass Evaluating His Gender. apologies if this is way more than you bargained for when you asked lmao

basically i went through a pretty self-loathing period in my life where i basically just Did Not care for myself or my identity, hated my appearance, and thought everyone hated me. As I came out of that and actually started socializing (and notably, with mostly queer ppl lmao) i still didnt feel Right about myself so i tried a variety of things but nothing really moved the needle of "this is who i am" or "this is who i want to be".

Eventually i realized that one of the reasons why i felt so shitty about myself and wasnt sure of my identity was because i was DELIBERATELY SURPRESSING MYSELF FROM ACTUALLY LIKE...EXPRESSING MYSELF. i hardly socialized with anyone, i only dressed in gym shorts n shit, i didn't brush my hair, i didn't pursue ANY hobbies that i wanted to pursue, and i was always scared abt sharing my interests with people WHICH IS PROLLY WHY I DIDNT HAVE ANY GODDAMN FRIENDS!!!! so! i actually started TALKING to people and DOING THINGS and DRESSING AWESOMELY (i actually found a sickass jacket around this time period and i still have it and love it very much, when i find a photo ill post it) and ACTUALLY THINKING ABOUT WHAT I WANNA DO IN LIFE and EVALUATING MY TASTES AND WHY I LIKE STUFF and ACTUALLY TALKED ABOUT THE STUFF I LIKED WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT BEING SHUNNED.

so one thing led to another and this whole self-actualization thing culminated when i showed up late to a meeting with a buncha friends in a pretty good-ass fit and an awesome cut and they fuckin LOVED it. ALL the classic Bro Talk yknow and that shit was positively ELECTRIFYING. Finally felt like i was being myself and wasn't like, acting or just shutting down. Solidified who I was to me and only myself. I get insane gender euphoria when i got that masc shit on like i love it it's crack to me. i wanna be THAT DUDE i wanna be THE MAN HIMSELF and i wanna be Just A Little Guy.

another reason: i did not like my birthname. so i just changed it. like i did not know you could do that and it made me really happy whenever i get called griffin :))))))

and the final reason. this is gonna sound dumb if you're not Enlightened but bear with me here: i was unhappy with my body because i am A Fucking Furry and didn't want to admit it at the time. BUT I WILL NOW!!! I WANT TO BE AN ANTHRO WOLF I WANT PAWS INSTEAD OF FEET I WANT A FUCKIN ScHNOUT i want BIG EARS THAT CAN HELP INDICATE MY EMOTIONS god DAMN it....but until science progresses i can tolerate looking like a pretty hot guy until then.

So. Yea. Im very dude. My gender is Just A Little Guy. Im alsl very tired rn so sorry if that got like weaker as it went on but who cares its me being EEAL and HONEST. thank, you for asking as you can tell i have thought many a time about this

[wetcatspellcaster]

Veilguard Thoughts

(my sort-of review, more of a ramble, below the cut in case of spoilers)

I had particularly low expectations for this game, as it felt to me like it was rushed out to try and hit the BG3 crowd and get them to pay £70 at the point where their hyperfixation was failing them. It felt like a very commercially-motivated decision, and I tried to modify my expectations accordingly.

I then started playing... and had to modify my expectations again.

But with two lowering of expectations completed... I genuinely enjoyed this game! I had fun! Sort of! if I squint!!

Thoughts!

I am not a competent gamer, so I like combat that feels fun and engaging without being challenging or a chore (cough, BG3 Act 3, cough), but without being lazy either. I played as a mage in Veilguard and I felt like this hit a sweet spot - moments where I was stressed kind-of invested, no moments when I was bored. The graphics for mage (for spellblade particularly) were awesome and badass, and I loved to new mode of engaging with the mage class in orb and dagger.

I understand the frustration with a lot of lore being retconned, ignored, or wilfully erased or moved away from. Some parts I understood: I do think Veilguard tries to make a move away from grimdark, not out of disloyalty to the franchise and it's roots, but bc grimdark is a very different prospect now than when Origins released. it's a genre that gets a lot more criticism and bad press, and that some people feel genuinely uncomfortable perpetuating as a results. While Origins is my favourite dragon age game, there's a lot of insane things you need to just let slide to enjoy it - like the fact that multiple origins begin with some kind of rape and sexual assault if you're playing as a woman. I don't think retconning that stuff is anything other than being politically savvy, and a little more sensitive to how fantasy has changed.

(I also think this is why they've moved away from the chantry conflict to be honest. Like the optics of Christian religions in fantasy has also changed, and let's be honest, Dragon Age had already fucked THAT, multiple times.)

I did however, like everyone, find it a bit disheartening to see how little Keep decisions mattered. Why is there no Keiran with Morrigan? why can't Mythal move to an inquisitor who drank the Well of Sorrows instead? why is my Inquisitor defending Solas when she ended the game hating him? Why is Hawke being in the Fade meaningless? I know this is just echoing what people have already said, but it was sad to see the 'conclusion' to the franchise (that probably isn't the end, let's be honest, not now that people paid £70 for an underwritten game) was even less satisfying in terms of choice and agency than ME3

This game deliberately skewed itself to read as a 'better DA2', than a 'worse, rushed inquistion'. IDK, it just makes me feel a bit grossed out, and manipulated. I mean, we know DA2 can be made in crunch, lads!!!!! :)))

Criticisms!

EVERYTHING is underwritten. The game is woefully short. If I can complete all the sidequests in a game, then something is wrong. The romances, the character arcs, the main quest, the dialogues. Everything was sparse, with the bare bones of a plot, that (in the case of companions quests) was rarely seen through to a full and satisfying conclusion. And I *know* that's not the writers fault, necessarily, but that doesn't mean it couldn't be done better.

There's so much potential, but I found that most of the companions could be boiled down to one or two traits, and while I can see people headcanoning reasons for this in real time, it's just... underwriting, or bad writing. Extremely telling to me that both Emmrich and Davrin were my favourite companions... because they had their own companions. That meant that they had multiple story hooks - their professions, their relationships, and then their little guys. They got three things, when most people only got two.

This was particularly egrerious for me with Taash, because they started out amazing, and I ended up being extremely disappointed as I watched both them and their mother being reduced down to flat one-dimension caricatures and a tired queer narrative of 'my parents hate me'. Only, this time, it's 'my immigrant parents hate me'. when you couple the reductive approach to Taash with bioware's inability to write the Qunari well or without falling into Orientalism??? they're suddenly an evil repressive queer phobic religion after being supportive of trans characters in inquisition???? you're telling me Shathann, a woman who was forced into a more feminine role by circumstance but considered herself more genderless/masculine as a scholar, wouldn't be on board with non-binary identity? just galling tbh.

The romances are underwritten. And they are badly written, to me. Luckily I know we'll have fic, but in Inquisition, each romance was 90 minutes worth of content. In Veilguard, Lucanis's romance is the longest... at 18 minutes. It just seems stupid and strange to me - if this game is chasing on BG3's coat-tails, why don't they know everyone is fucking horny?

While I liked the decision to give companions more banter together and flesh out their interpersonal relationships, I felt that the balance was off... probably bc it's cheaper to have two actors share a piece of scripted dialogue, than voice a decision tree. It meant that to me Rook often felt like a bystander in their own story, or excluded from their own found family. HR Manager-core, as it were.

General uselessness of the Lords of Fortune coupled with the Orientalism of the Lords of Fortune.... big sad.

I think the choice between Lace and Davrin is highly!!!! suspect!! do you go with fantasy racism (kill off the only dwarf, thus meaning all your dwarf companions are dead in the game, including the one who represented to future for her people) or the real racism (kill off the black man). I really wish this decision was more reactive, and perhaps based in faction strength or character bond, not just a pre-set choice.

I'll never care about solas, the way trick weekes wants me to care about solas. pretty dumb decision, to make a whole game contingent on this fact.

The ending and epilogue screens were underwhelming, and left the game feeling incomplete to me.

Joys!

To end on a more positive note...

everyone is hot. I honestly think everyone is hot. No other dragon age game had a cast of characters whom i all found attractive. This is unheard of. This is why I know all the fic will be fucking stellar.

And you know who else is hot? Rook. Genuinely one of my favourite DA protagonists! Maybe bc of the faction thing, or just the chemistry of the VA I chose. I just felt like she was pretty fucking hot tbh, and that more people in-game should be taking notice of it. Everyone should stop having conversations with each other and start desiring Rook carnally.

Weisshaupt was genuinely an amazing sequence and questline. In fact, I loved that this game featured Grey Wardens more heavily, and I loved all the lore about Wardens that was introduced.

Assan!! <3 Manfred!!! <3

Bellara and Neve kissing with tongue!!! No, I will not elaborate!!!

(I think that Bellara and Neve were two characters who did have strong stories, and that they should kiss about it.)

Elgarnan and Ghilanain.... never before has a dragon age game known what it's like to have a charismatic villain. This time, we got two. Ghilanain was my favourite, bc I'm fucking gay, but even interactions with Elgarnan and his boss battle felt engaging. I honestly don't think a dragon age game has ever had a good villain before, and these guys were both fucking cool.

[lostonmyroad]

Moments That I Want Tattooed On My Forehead From S-Classes That I Raised Chapters 50-70

As always, BEWARE OF SPOILERS!!! Future chapters may be referenced!!!

The insane amount of lore dropped in these chapters wow

Chapters 50-60

help its genuinely still so funny to see yoojin in the early chapters going: “all i have to do is complete this one (1) task and then i can live like a slacker” before he gives up (cries in cale henituse)

everyone referring to yoojin as “monster daddy” and asking him to raise their children is amazing. no notes 

ARRIVAL OF THE KING SUNG HYUNJAE!!! He's a bastard he's amazing he's always on my mind

"...no matter how amazing Sung Hyunjae might be, he wouldn't be able to notice it easily. He wouldn't press his nose against my body and smell me, like my idiot brother had, would he" um. ok??? yoojin's completely normal though process

sung hyunjae essentially telling yoojin “aren’t you tired of being nice? don’t you want to go apeshit” within 5 minutes of their first real conversation

i forgot shj gives him a pair of earrings!! (and a bone for Peace)

yoojin’s disguise to get to the f rank dungeon being a fucking sun protection hat…it’s giving marvel baseball cap and sunglasses…and he has this because he used to stage one man protests??? sir what were you protesting against

oh that’s right the dungeons will appear at a faster rate because “time was only reversed for yoojin” oops

Chirpie makes its debut!!

yoojin trying to hide where he got chirpie from “i found it in the hallway”. king if yoohyun wasn’t suspicious of you already that would do it

yoohyun yeeting Peace and mama yoojin scolding him

chef myungwoo :))

bleh bug dungeon. i’m with you yoojin that was disgusting

yoojin not wanting to use Last Repayment :((

Riette makes an entrance! do you think riette demonstrated girl power when she abused her brother until he became an s rank

yoojin thinking about how he had raised yoohyun and was so happy about sending him to college…saving money for his tuition…and just losing interest in riette :((

yoojin saves bak hayool!!

this is where we see peak yoojin mafia behavior. unhinged. but justified revenge?? this is why i don’t understand fan interpretations where he’s like a wallflower like this man has murdered multiple people quite violently 

chapter 60 is just so much. like. i cant even describe. yoojin you need so much therapy

the way he sees people’s last memories before they die ugh…

yoojin playing 3D chess while everyone else is playing checkers fr

him calling his friend who doesn’t remember him bc of the regression and telling them to live a happy life always gets me ufffff i wish we got to meet this character

Chapters 60-70

Yoojin and the Awakening center — a tragedy in the making. Pre-regression trauma galore

The Association rears its ugly head!!! Yoojin has an authority figure problem (but it’s completely justified)

love how chill Yoojin is about Chirpie. random F rank monster that’s cute as hell that’s eating Peace's weight in magic stones and was born from an error in the system??? ehh no big deal it’s my pet now and i’ll kill for it

love the absolutely random detail about seok hayan’s pineapple earrings. thank you geunseo you know what the people want

yoojin funding public research!! hero of the people and my heart

yerim refusing to praise yoohyun and myeongwoo to their faces hahahaha. all of them petty as hell

MYUNGWOO GETS HIS SS RANK SKILL BABYYYY

yoojin still trying to protect myungwoo i love them

yoojin: *is keeping secrets from yoohyun and putting himself in danger*

also yoojin: why is yoohyun being cold with me

everyone’s giving yoojin flowers today lmfao

sung hyunjae you’re everything to me. you’re so bizzare. the bouquet??? showing up in a 2-seater car?? bullying seok simyeong??

Shj reminding Yoojin to wear his seatbelt because he's an F rank HDJEKXIDKD

oh yoojin. “who’d want to place themselves through hardships on purpose” like SIR are u that un self aware

yerim listening to this bullshit, eyes falling out of her head: i’m literally going to crazy murder you with yoohyun

the dungeon ppl have the actual worst timing. yoohyun is going to McFreaking lose it

yoojin and yoohyun finally work things out we love to see it :))

chapter 65 starts the explanation of the 50 s ranks requirement!!! water droplet is going through it

so much is just casually dropped in this chapter like. yoohyun is a born s rank! the dungeon ppl are manually inputting things for yoojin! the world might end! anyways!

yoojin having such strong mom energy that the dungeon people forgot he was a dude

one of the moments ever when yoohyun and Peace burn down the dungeon in worry and yoojin’s just there like. ah. shit. my bad i fucked up there a little

grown up Peace my beloved

chapter 67 yoohyun my beloved. you are so crazy. “hold still while i chop off your arm and fake your dear so i can keep you safe” 

the han brothers finally having a real conversation. yoojin i love you but you really needed to do this sooner

PEACE STAYING SMALL JUST SO YOOJIN CAN PICK HIM UP UWAHHHH MY HEART

Newcomer joins the battle

Chirpie turnin on the TV by itself and yoojin praising it like every proud parent ever

more monsters!!!

unicorns (white + black bc yoojin is terrible at naming) + gryphon (named Blue)

yoojin’s training method of using himself as a human chew toy is traumatizing for everyone around him.

same hyuna i would also be taking 10939392 photos

Peace and Blue WWE match. flex on em Peace

nobody:

yoojin: wow myeongwoo is hot now

BLUE LEARNING HOW TO OPEN THE FRIDGE

i love the monster shenanigans

[cloudycleric]

watching a documentary on the son(s) of sam, & it’s got me thinking about stranger things 5.

the first thing that makes me think about stranger things is the fact that hopper’s spin off novel, back when the novels were more adult or whatever, was heavily inspired by the son of sam case in new york. i can’t remember if the son of sam case was specifically mentioned or not, or if the book was about a parallel crime to son of sam but in a different universe, but there is definitely a link connecting them.

next, i’m going to talk about the cult (which was also in the spin off novel, but the stories in the novel & the real life crimes by the ‘sons of sam’ are almost identical)

i was remembering specifically that the church has been a important place in the filming of season 5 so far, & like everyone else, i’m wondering why. my theory: the citizens of hawkins, who now 1000% believe that the city is being attacked by the devil or demonic forces, have started a cult to worship whoever they believe the devil is.

the cult forming could be out of fear or pure insanity. or maybe both. it also very much goes with the satanic panic theme. (which, to be honest, though i think it’s an overused theme, it makes sense for the town of hawkins to be reacting this way).

the real life cult, called ‘the children’, claimed to be working for a higher entity, talking about how 6,000 year old dogs (demidog parallel) had been giving some of the members orders to kill.

these are the flayed from season 3, who were given specific instructions to kill & expand their army. in a way, they could be viewed as children of vecna &/or the mindflayer. also, in this scene in particular, the flayed are meeting underground in that building we first see billy get possessed.

do you wanna guess where the children met? a place they called the gutters. for some odd reason i can find 0 pictures on google of this place, but you can see it in the documentaries sons of sam & i’m sure a few others. it was also abandoned, like the building billy was killed in, graffiti everywhere with references to classic 70s cult shit.

also—all the victims of the son of sam were mainly teenagers… hmm maybe like s4?

so my official thinking is that maybe, just maybe, a cult worshipping vecna or whatnot will be a big part of s5, or that the son of sam case inspired more than just the hopper spin-off book.

[theemissuniverse]

“WHOS PANTIES???” MILEENA X FEM!READER

SUMMARY : Okay to sum it all up do y’all remember that one episode of that 70s show where Donna finds panties in the vista cruiser and then she confronts Eric at the diner? Well I’m going to be doing that bc it was funny in my head.

Also for context, Jade exists in this world now and Mileena’s father is alive becauseeeee I said so

WARNINGS : Um none I think????

Mileena was insanely jealous of the connection you shared with Jade. It was absolutely annoying seeing the two of you together. Considering also that you were an Earthrealmer and Jade was an Outworlder like herself.

You knew this and always tried to reassure her that nothing was going on. Well, today was going to be a bad day for you.

Johnny Cage, Raiden, Kenshi and Kung Lao had decided to come with you to Outworld as they were on a short mission. The four of them had just claimed to stay in your room while you were off with Jade.

Mileena was also in the room, trying to find some sign that proved her theory. “Princess Mileena, I highly doubt that (Y/N) is cheating on you with Jade.” Kenshi told her.

Johnny Cage nodded in agreement. “Yeah, she sucks.”

“She didn’t let you play with her magic stick?” Raiden questioned him.

Johnny sighed. “Yeah.”

“There’s got to be something wrong. Jade is not all that interesting for (Y/N) to be hanging out with her every second.” Mileena stated.

Kung Lao nodded in agreement. “She has a point.”

Raiden stood up from his chair and walked over to Mileena offering her a hand on the shoulder. “(Y/N), would never cheat on you, princess.”

Mileena was starting to give in to his words. That’s when she saw it. Underwear. Not just any underwear, panties. Panties that she knew wasn’t yours.

The princess carefully picked them up and examined them. “Please tell me one of you invited some woman in (Y/N)’s room.”

Everyone turned their attention to Johnny. Johnny was on his phone and he could feel the stares. When he looked up, he gave them a look. “What are you looking at me for? If I knew any Outworld women - I wouldn’t be here.”

Rage. Pure rage consumed Mileena. She trusted you and you do this to her? You and Jade would pay.

She didn’t say a word. She marched out the room. “She didn’t say anything. That’s a very bad sign.” Kenshi said. They all gave each other a look before rushing out to find you first.

You and Jade were sparing with each other. Jade had knocked you down with her stick. She then had her heel on your chest. You groaned in pain. “Damn. You’re good with that thing.”

Jade smiled. “It just takes a little practice.”

You were about to say something but then you saw your Earthrealm friends rushing over to you. “Are you okay?”

“Did we miss anything?” Kung Lao asked.

“Of me getting my ass kicked? Yeah.” You said jokingly.

Raiden noticed the position you and Jade were in and knew it would be trouble if Mileena saw you like that. “(Y/N), I’d highly recommend you get up…like now.”

“Why what’s-“

“(Y/N) (M/N) [if you have one] (L/N)!”

When you heard your entire government name, you knew it was hell walking on Outworld. “Oh boy…” You mumbled. Jade immediately got off you and you stood up from the ground.

You dusted yourself off and looked at Mileena, trying to smile. “Hey, babe-“

“Don’t ‘hey babe’ me! I trusted you and you cheated on me with this strumpet!” Mileena yelled, pointing at Jade.

Johnny bent down a little to whisper to Raiden. “What does strumpet mean?”

Raiden, obviously not wanting to say ‘hoe’, he tries to hint at it. “The ‘H’ word.”

“Hot wheels?”

Raiden looked at him like he was the dumbest person on Outworld but chose not to say anything.

Jade gave Mileena an offended look at her choice of words. “Excuse me?”

Mileena did not hold back. “Yeah I said it! You want some of this? Come on!”

You had absolutely no clue what was going on. You got in between Jade and Mileena so they could have distance. “Mileena, Jade and I were just sparing with each other. That’s it!”

Mileena did not liked to be made out to be dumb. In her mind, she had all the evidence right there and you were treating her like she was stupid. “That’s it? I found this pair in your room and I know you don’t wear these so stop being foolish.”

Your eyes darted at the panties in her hand and you gave her a look, genuinely not knowing where they came from. “Panties?”

“Ah.” Kung Lao says. “So she admits they’re panties.” Johnny nodded in agreement. Kenshi and Raiden turned to the two of them like they were stupid.

Mileena pushed Jade slightly. “Next time you want to fool with somebody else’s lover why don’t you take your underwear when you’re done?”

Jade started to get annoyed but she had laughed. “By the gods- (Y/N) could not have a woman like me if she tried.”

You nodded. “Yeah!” Then you realized what she said. You slowly turned to her. “Wait what?”

Mileena hit you with the pair of underwear that was in her hand. “So these are some other woman’s underwear?!”

“Whoa, no offense but Princess Mileena, you’re on fire.” Kung Lao told her with a laugh.

Jade waved everyone off. “I do not need this. Figure your relationship out.” She said while walking away.

You honestly didn’t know what to do. How could Mileena believe you? You looked guilty as ever. “Mileena, you have to believe me. I have no idea where those came from.”

All of you heard footsteps and your attention turns to Sindel. “Mileena. That pair of underwear is mine.”

Johnny and Kung Lao both let out a laugh of utter shock when Sindel had said that. “(Y/N)! You are a god.” Johnny and Kung Lao start to get on their knees to bow to you.

You rolled your eyes with an annoyed look on your face as obviously you did not sleep with your girlfriend’s mother.

Just about everyone shared the same amount of annoyance. Raiden and Kenshi were actually regretting having Johnny and Kung Lao here.

“A god I say.” Johnny said and they bowed to you again.

“You idiots.” You tell them before bending down to smack their heads. They all grumbled in pain and stood up.

Mileena pulled her mother to the side slightly and shoved the underwear in her chest. “Mother, why was your underwear in my girlfriends room?”

Sindel sighed, slightly embarrassed. “That was before (Y/N) was staying in town. Your father and I just…needed a new location and..”

Everyone made a disgusted noise and face when she said this.

“So…” You trailed off, waiting for an apology from Mileena.

Mileena sighed, crossing her arms. “I’m sorry.”

“For…?”

“For not trusting you.”

“And…?”

“And if you don’t take the apology, I will skin you alive.”

You nodded and pulled her into a hug. “Works for me.”

“Aw. It’s a happy ending after all.” Johnny said and then he turned his attention to Raiden. “So does it actually stand for hot wheels or…?”

Raiden blinked his eyes slowly and chose to just walk away.

[thelemonsgod]

Things in Cyberverse that I can’t not just get over

For those who have not seen cyberverse, plz do, it’s great 10/10 recommends :3

Am going not going to a specific order other then what is on the top of my mind to least on my mind

Wheeljack and HIS GOSH DARN BLACK HOLE GUN

This thought was the start of this whole post. Ever since I saw the scene of Bumblebee shooting the gun and Hot Rod near going In SAYING “Meet you on the other side!!” Crazy. Like first off why does Wheeljack have that laying around with his other guns??? Why not have it in a secure place? Second off why did he invent that. Am CONVINCED HE invented it because in like the next episode we see Shockwave’s lab and he has created things Wheeljack have ,except the black hole gun. Shockwave, if he had a black hole gun, would have found a use for that thing. And if Wheeljack took it from Shockwave then I think Shockwave would have mentioned it. But he doesn’t. And he knew what that gun did! He yelled “No!” When Bee took it and fired.

Dude, if I was Hot Rod and experienced nearly getting suck into a black hole omg. I would just never shut up about it. And he never mentions it ,like, ever after that! It’s crazy, he was fully convinced he was going to die and AGHH!!….. I think if I wrote more I would be repeating myself but I need y’all to know that I think Wheeljack is just a bit more insane then Shockwave just because of that darn black hole gun.

Team Hot Rod (Hot Rod, Bumblebee, and Cheetor)

This trio is so cute :( I quite loved the episode where they just surf. But imagine how Bumblebee felt that he came down with the All-Spark with his two best friends and came out alone. He couldn’t find Hot Rod so he persuaded him dead, he witnessed Cheetor die in front of him, like bro must have went back up deflated. I just imagine him running into Windblades arm and just holding her and Windblade comforting him as they slowly walk away ToT. Also I think it’s cruel that they never mention Cheetor ever again. Blurr shows up again after being dead for over 70 billions years or something but Cheetor who was kinda a main character in season 2 and omg the dead seekers they never get talked about- umm anyway I think it would be totally awesome if they showed Hot Rod looking for Cheetor in the sea of people since he did see him in a parade and being absolutely destroyed after finding out he’s dead.

Shadow striker, just her in general

Her having to reteach herself on how to hold weapons and do basic things with her body after getting new limbs after an explosion that should have killed her is like a sad yet inspiring story. Like her not giving up on herself, sure she could no longer use the weapons she used to use but her determination on getting revenge and winning the war made her even stronger then how she was before. I love how at the end of it all she’s able to feel comfortable in her self and no longer glitches.

Also wish they show a bit more of her frenemies thing she had with Prowl was shown more because it just like wild that someone she sort cared about is now dead because of her. I also think that when Megatron Shadow feel sadness over killing Prowl made him think she isn’t a true con so that’s why in season 3 she became that part of the cons that was left out of his plans. Also Soundwave and Shadow striker friendship is just great. FGAHH She took Lazerbeak when he died :((( they were such a killer duo and honestly the highlight of season 2.

The parades

The parade in one of the two special episodes (season 4? Idk seen ppl say season 4 but I think it’s more of a special ep) must have been hard for Hot Rod. He absolutely HATED the parade as it was there to fit him there, unlike the others. The scientist coded the parade to keep everyone in there (except perceptor, he’s too perceptive for that) it was created to entertain them. As seen when Clobber went in after getting out, she enjoyed the parade. Whirl keep getting crushed.. Deadend, he didn’t quite enjoy it all but he was still entertained. Don’t know what Soundwave was doing, probably on the roofs with Shadow striker making fun of everyone else.

But Hot Rod he wasn’t even a thought in peoples minds. When he said Optimus said Hot Rod and Hot Rod was happy he remembered him imply that Hot Rod show that not only did the code completely forgot about him but also imply that the minds of those were alter to not worry about anything other then the parade. Clobber couldn’t even remember how the Quintessences came about. And Hot Rod had to experience the loop like more then 100 times!! Being aware of the loop is like torture.

And so imagine after all the horrors everyone decides to finally get along and throw a celebration for it! … A parade. I know for a FACT that Hot Rod did not agree to have the peace treaty be a parade. When I first saw they were throwing a parade I thought “Omg The loop has begun, is Hot Rod going to go through all that again?! ToT” but it wasn’t which was cool. But I just imagine Hot Rod transforming every once in a while to ensure he isn’t in a loop. It’s crazy they could have done a party in one area or maybe have many people showcase memories or something expect a parade ToT.

The transformers in Cyberverse gotta be the oldest transformers

They crashed on earth when dinosaurs were walking. They were in stasis for at most 65 million years because that’s how long ago dinosaurs were alive for. But that’s not all they have been at war wayyy longer like it had to been a long time for the whole planet destroyed and it’s just wild to be! OPTIMUS AND MEGATRON ARE PROBABLY OLDER THEN EARTH IT SELF!! Like everyone (except Cheetor) has gotta be billions properly TRILLION years old. They’re old. I saw a post about it here and was so happy someone else noticed it.

My brain is now relaxed

I wanted to get out some thoughts I had so created this post :3 If you have anything that you saw in the show pleaseeee express your thoughts. I would like to see if others have thought of things I have not and I think it’s cool we have different brains. I might do a post about headcannos when I get around to it ^-^ Soo I leave y’all with this image here!

Guess who I created first T-T

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Guys I don't know if you can tell but slow burn is actually not my strong suit

Home is Where the Heart is

Pt 4

Daisuke x Male! Reader

Pronouns: second person, implied male

Word count: 1k+

TW: People going insane, Jimmy, murder/death, general mouthwashing stuff, internalized homophobia (this is just generally for the whole series)

Day 64

It took a whole day of coming up with a good excuse as to why your door was now broken, and sufficient begging to get Swansea to come fix it. The second part was probably because he knew he would have to bring Daisuke along with, and that Daisuke would likely spend the whole time talking to you.

Swansea never was stupid, and you know that just as well as everyone else. But the way he talked about you and Daisuke's friendship, like it was something more than just that, it made you think he was stupid. You weren't gay, and you knew it, why couldn't anyone else?

But that led you to where you are now, sitting on your bed silently while Daisuke is talking to you about how far he is in the game he's playing currently (even though by this point he's played through it 4-5 times at least), and Swansea grumbling at Daisuke to pay attention and actually do his work.

"Hey, lay off him a little bit." You say halfheartedly, trying your best not to notice the way Daisuke's face lights up when you defend him. "I will the second he actually does some work." Swansea says, somehow being passive aggressive and just aggressive at the same time.

Either way, Daisuke looks at you, a smile on his face. "Thanks!" He whispers, trying to be hushed, but you both know that his concept of volume control is completely and utterly non-existent. You nod, trying your best to not make eye contact with him again.

It hurts to look him in the face, this feeling boiling up inside of you. You honestly can't tell if it's anger, or anxiety, or any other common emotion. But it exists. And you hate it.

It takes about another half an hour for them both to finish fixing the door. There's obviously still a dent within the door, but it looks at least more usable than it was an hour and a half ago. "Thanks Swansea." You say, him mumbling a half-assed 'yer welcome' before marching out of the room. His footsteps slowly fading away.

Daisuke stands there, a look on his face like he has something he wants to ask or say. "You can spit it out" you say, your voice coming out more harsh than you expected. His eyes widen slightly in shock before he sighs, sheepishly rubbing the back of his neck, "Sorry about that. I've just been wondering," he stops for a second, looking at you leaning against the wall next to your bed, "Are you...doing okay?"

His face looks unusually filled with worry, a look that you decide doesn't suit him at all. "Yeah, why wouldn't I be okay?" You look at him, feigning confidence. It feels weird, being this concerned about someone being concerned about you, but you try your best to ignore it. "I dunno, you just seem, off. And like, I totally get it if your social battery is plummeting, sometimes I get like that too and it is definitely not awesome."

He continues on for a minute or two, but stops when he notices you just looking at him. You're not saying anything, just looking at him, caringly. His face reddens slightly "Sorry, just long story short, I just want to make sure my friend is okay." He says, and you feel a slight sting at the word 'friend'. You knew you were friends, but hearing him say it, like it's a concrete thing happening, it hurts, and it's terrible.

"Yeah...I appreciate it." You say, and Daisuke smiles softly. And things feel less confusing for a minute. You aren't worried that people have their own incorrect opinions on you. You were here right now, and you were looking at your friend.

Friend.

Day 70

You couldn't sleep the night after they fixed your door. Or the night after that. It's been 6 whole days you haven't been able to sleep, and tonight is no exception.

You sit up on your bed, your feet planted on the hard ground beneath you. The ship always feels chillier at night, but it's hard to tell if it's just because of the placebo effect or if it's actually cold.

So now, like every other night, you stand up and leave your room. It's easier to think and walk at the same time instead of staying stagnant. It makes you feel nervous.

You slide a thin jacket over your larger T-shirt, sighing softly at the comfort it's warmth brings you. You step out of the room, checking to see if anyone else is wandering around before making your way to the lounging area. Maybe being somewhere else might help with clearing your mind.

You walk carefully, wincing when a step sounds particularly louder, and before you know it, you're standing at the entrance of the lounge room. As you reach to open the door, you hear some rustling inside of it.

You silently debate just not going in there before you decide that maybe at least having some company might be nice. You open the door, and low and behold, Daisuke is standing behind the counter, 2 sugar packets sitting on the counter, and one open in his hands. "It isn't what it looks like, I swear!" He almost shouts, placing the open sugar packet on the counter and raising his hands defensively.

"Oh so you aren't stealing 3 packets of sugar right now?" You ask rhetorically, chuckling softly. His head drops in defeat, sighing, "yeah...I guess it is." His sad reaction almost makes you laugh even harder.

You walk closer to him, carefully closing the door to the lounge, "Don't worry, I won't tell" you say, leaning against a nearby counter. He says an excited thanks before lifting up the sugar packet, mentioning random topics between each taste of sugar.

It almost felt good listening to him enjoy himself, not like the other times where you feel like you're about to go into cardiac arrest or something. This feels real, and grounded. Before you realize it, you've gone brain dead again, just staring at him as he talks.

"Earth to (name)?" He says, grabbing you by the shoulder. "Y-yeah? Shit sorry I zoned out" it feels like you've been doing that a lot lately, but then again a lot has been on your mind, "what were you saying?". He looks at you, his eyes containing something different in them.

You had been paying a lot of attention to his eyes recently, you sometimes could convince yourself it was on accident, but now you rely on it to tell you what he's thinking. But now? You couldn't even tell. "I just wanted to know if you wanted some." He said, offering the bag to you, a kind smile on his face. "Oh...yeah thanks." You say, dipping your finger into the bag and licking the sweet dust off of it.

You could say what happened next wasn't real, or was just a dream, but you know better.

After you lick the sugar from your finger, you look up at him, muttering a small thank you. What annoys you is that he's just tall enough that you need to look up to really make eye contact with him. You wanted to say something, anything. Maybe thank him for being such a good friend, or ask him how long he'd been sneaking the sugar, but your brain seems to be unable to actually form a coherent thought.

But it's not like he isn't looking at you either, actually his face is much closer than you remember it being when you thanked him. Have you really been in your thoughts this much that you didn't even notice him leaning down.

Had you focused on this detail any longer you would've probably missed the feeling of his lips making contact with yours. It was insanely unexpected, and confusing and everything.

It ends just as fast as it started, and before he can even fully pull away from you you step back, dropping the sugar as a result. You don't even have the energy to look down at the mess you definitely just caused.

You touch your lips, almost as if you'd be able to feel the ghosting of his on them. "You...you kissed me!" You say, more in shock than anything.

More thoughts than you can process are running through your head that you can't even tell if he says anything. 'why did he do that?', 'how did I not realize he liked guys?', 'when did he start liking me?'

'why did it feel so good?'

"Shit I'm sorry I thought...I thought you wanted it too and it just seemed like the right moment and-" he continues profusely apologizing, and even if he doesn't, you notice the tears pricking at his eyes.

You can't even listen, or do anything. Your natural instincts kick in and you just leave.

You rush out of the lounge as fast and quietly as you can, almost throwing yourself back into your room before you close the door. That shouldn't have happened, you guys are just friends, you and him are nothing more, you shouldn't be.

You slide down against your door, frantically grabbing at your jacket to try and ground yourself. You didn't like him. You can't like him, not like that. It feels almost like you're not even the one saying that to yourself anymore, it sounds more like your father than anything.

As you look up at the ceiling, and close your eyes, your body shaking from anxiety and shock, only one thing truly crosses your mind.

You like him.

You like a boy.

I'm beginning to think I have a weird addiction to ominous endings with weird one sentence paragraphs, but it's probably fine.

Make sure you drink water and eat food!

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[ssa-dado]

hey so the latest wip has me going insane!! i need to be sedated, i can’t wait.

on that note (pun intended), tonka bean fits hotch so well. he does give sweet, warm and woodsy cologne (kinda like cinnamon and almonds, idk if this makes sense). do you think he’d have like a little collection or just one signature scent ? or like maybe a winter scent and a summer one ? (maybe something more fruity and fresh in the summer ? like linen/fresh laundry and citrus or something like that) does he spray it strategically on his clothes or just his skin ? oh my god can you imagine him dabbing a little on his neck, right on his pulse point…. behind his ears… and the wrist placement is just … WHORE WHORE WHORE!!!! -y

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOF Y DARLING my perfume hyperfixation from 2 years ago is so ready for this… (I'm pretty clueless about men's perfumes, but I'll try my best to give a believable profile)

Long ass post, sooooo brace yourself :))

So. I’m 96% convinced Hotch has a signature scent. It’s woodsy. Warm. Think tonka bean and a whisper of vanilla, but only detectable if you’re close... like, collarbone-close. That kind of sweetness doesn’t announce itself right away byt hides beneath the surface, only blooming when his skin heats up under you pressure, yes... profiling. Ah, such a stressful job.

Anyways, that sweetness is buried under leather, smokey tobacco (the ghost of a bad habit he quit years ago but the memory lingers just like everything else he refuses to talk about and it's part of his personal identity.).

I’m thinking hard about Herod by Parfums de Marly (rich, spicey, smoldering) which somehow didn’t drop until 2012, meaning it’s now canonically (for yours truly) his s7 widowed man trying to get some scent.

Or, fine, maybe it’s TF’s Tobacco Vanille... not because it’s subtle (it isn’t) or rare (it’s not), but because the brand's American and smells like overpriced patriotism and shitty vanilla (sorry. I hate TF... love the fact that this one's unisex, though.)

And because he’s a loser, I fear for him his actual signature scent is niche, expensive, and ofc discontinued. (Which explains the storage unit with Haley mentioned in the s11 finale. “Why do you pay $70/month for this space?”Just 17 backup bottles of a French eau de parfum last seen on the black market in 2009 [He sees it as insurance. Jack will inherit them.])

OOOOO also, Hotch is a seasonal bitch 100%. Everyone at the BAU knows summer has arrived when Hotch starts walking past with a hint of neroli and citrus instead of that cold-smoke-warm-thigh aura.

Again, thinking of some TF Neroli Portofino (classic, unisex, coastal, prolly makes Spencer gag) for some bald eagle reasons...

...but in my ideal world he wears YSL L'Homme (within his winter scent family but lighter)

I also thought about his special occasion scent (aka slut mode activated) and the first one that came to my my mind is MFKP's Grand Soir (Amber. Labdanum. Vanilla. LAVANDER!!!) A silk tie being loosened at 11:47PM. The kind of scent that sticks to you the next morning and makes you want to text him something stupid like “good morning” and delete it twice

Talking about his collection - he has probably 10 bottles max, all stored upright in their original boxes, away from sunlight. Curated. Seasonal. Occasion-based. He probably rotates them (????)

And yes. Of course he sprays on skin only. This is a man who wants the scent to blend, not sit on top. It’s about alchemy: the way it melts into his pulse points, mingles with his body heat, chemistry, Hotch juices and turns into something that smells less like perfume and more like... him??

And if it’s TF, he goes full slut: scented body oil first, then fragrance. Maybe a touch of extra vanilla rubbed low on his collarbone if he’s feeling particularly filthy (MAYBEEEE some kind of night where the tie’s still on, but the morals aren’t ;))))))))

You might catch the same scent on a paper strip and think, “Huh. That’s nice.” But on him? DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYUM. It smells like something unrecoverable. Like you’re not supposed to want something that badly.

That’s why he’s so nitpicky. Why he tests every fragrance on his wrist and waits for the drydown. If it doesn’t work with his skin? It’s out. No matter how rare, no matter how expensive. It’s not enough for it to smell good in theory it has to smell like the idea he has (or he wants you to have) of him.

He’s extremely particular about how it interacts with fabric, too. He worries about oil stains. Which is why, if he ever applies it to clothes, it’s on a tie. Just one. His “off-duty” tie. The fuck-me tie. You’ll never know which one it is until your knees give out lmaooooo.

Some spritz placement ritual thingy:

Wrists (dabs, never rubs!!! THAT'S A SINNNNNN)

Neckline (One single spray, center chest)

Behind the ears (subtle. Intimate. For the kiss that almost happens.)

Back of the neck (4 hauntings)

Behind the knees (he will never confess to this. But he does it every time. It’s the sleeper hit of application zones. Whore.)

I think he also modulates for context:

At work: Just enough to make you lean in. Never enough to choke someone in a conference room. It’s respectful. Controlled. Like the whole ass Hotch persona.

Out in the wild? The gloves come off. The cologne goes on. Still never overpowering, because Aaron is the type who just wants to disappear... but if he wants to be noticed?! Good luck.

[beemers-hell]

you did doc hcs....and tricky hcs...how about Jeb (not biased)

this is perfect actually bc like a week or so ago I was asked by Another particular Jeb enjoyer to spill my hcs about him (hi walnut lmao)

anyway:

Jeb HCs!

Around 65~70ish

Trans Man, doesn't care enough about relationship stuff to pick a specific orientation label

Around ~7'04"

South West Asian

Autistic As Fuck, generally very anti social and self isolating but people can get into his good graces and he'll try to show a bit more for them

Due to the fact his body has literally fuckin blown up + he's been in possession of the keystone fragment for so long (and I imagine wielding the KF is gonna fuck you up in the long run) he deals with a whole host of body aches and pains and afflictions, and also arthritis bc that dudes pushing 70 ofc lol

His savior complex thing is a direct result of him having the "I have to fight tooth n nail for what I think is right" brand of autism, compounded with just the insanity of everything in Nevada of course. His initial plan to end Project Nexus was gonna be it for him for his "I need to do whats right" mission, but the keystone fragment kinda drove him fucking nuts, so the "i must purge Nevada of all sinners Period" thing happened as a result

Yeah him n hofnarr had a thing going on, he was a bit too closed off to be fully open n honest about it at the time and now that hofnarr is tricky and he's the way that he is, he regrets how shut in he was. he's too stubborn to give up on tricky entirely which is why I have them still working together to do shit in general, esp in dad au stuff cause boxxy right, but he's not tryna like, figure out how to revert tricky back to hofnarr, he's just tryna maintain a connection with him in general despite the insanely different routes they went down

Jeb is incredibly selfish and Will do whatever the hell he wants if he thinks it serves his mission to do good by Nevada, however he isn't an evil morally bankrupt mf, like doc he's just an asshole, and he's tunnel visioning his way through his crusade. You won't catch him harming people for no reason, and this esp applies to like, kids n shit, but he's not above putting a mf through hell if it means his goals are accomplished

could argue everyone loves guns n shit but Jeb LOVES loves his guns, lil weirdo autistic special interest in firearms (and religion in general but this is about weapons lol)

masks like 24/7 this dude is not comfortable at ALL being ND. He's reserved for the most part but when he speaks oh boy is he bringing out that fuckin thesaurus!

he tries his best to look kept together bc "Savior of Nevada" and all that but dude struggles fuckin bad with executive dysfunction, like his hair is greasy as hell </3

[kindestofkings]

got a book for every situation

ryan mcmahon x reader

reader runs a bookstagram/bookclub but instead of just reading about love, until she meets a certain drummer...

authors note: guys i think i love ryan an unhealthy amount

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location: london!

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yourusername heyy guys sorry I've been kind of quiet on here but I've MOVED egh it's been v scary and hectic even though it was only from Dublin to London. don't worry tho bookstagram will stay alive !

hows everyone doing?! what are yee reading rn?

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yourusername ik shaking things up hehe, also hope you're enjoying the heartbreaking miscommunication ... bookfan1 it is hard out here :(

bookfan2 no way I'm living in london ! lmk if you need any friends here xx

yourusername omg yes! I was thinking of starting a bookclub? thoughts? bookfan2 yes I'd so be down !! bookfan3 me too! I just moved here aswell

bookfan4 currently just buying books and not reading them

yourusername meee, expect I'm now broke from moving so I'm on a self-inflicted book ban 😔😔

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ryanmcmahon_15 get on your jogging shorts and pick up a brush

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inhalerfan1 ok artist 🥴

inhalerfan2 your bob ross era omg

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yourusername new city but same old hopeless romantic <3 maybe london will hold a romantic interest ?

also next months bookclub is organised so keep an eye out for my story with the dets 💗

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bookfan1 yayyy can't wait!!

bookfan2 omg getting closer to a face reveal by the day

yourusername 🤭🤭

yourbestie YOU COULD EASILY HAVE A ROMANTIC INTEREST IF YOU TEXTED THAT GUY ! (also come home I miss your bookclub)

yourusername ughh leave off it ! he was just being nice .. yourbestie oohh yeah he walked up to you at a bar, talked to you for a few and then gave you his number only because he was being nice... mmhmm bookfan2 omg text him what the hell! bookfan3 this is the stuff of books! bookfan2 is he cute?? yourusername ahahha yes. and fineeee I'll text him 😅 terrifying😅

ryanmcmahon_15 added to his story!

location: london!

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joshjennkinson_ IS THAT THE GIRL FROM THE BAR !!!

↳ ryanmcmahon_15 it might me yes 🤭

inhalerfan1 ryannnn okay cheater !

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location: national gallery!

fear I'm terrible date company, but in my defence there was stuff to read EVERYWHERE

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yourbestie WE DONT CARE ABOUT THE PLAQUE HOW WAS THE DATE !!!!

↳ it was so good, he was the sweetest and really into art and and is really passionate about music and and and he was just really pretty ...

↳ yourbestie omg girlllll you are hung UP

ryanmcmahon_15 great company* lets not lie

↳ ahhh have you not made me blush enough this month !

bookfan1 stop you are slay, he's so lucky for your company !

joshjenkinson_,bobbyskeetz and elijahhewson just followed you!

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yourusername happy 9 months to my pride and joy, our book club <3

your support has meant to me and has supported my reading addiction, big MWAH !

I've met so many new friends, insanely made it onto three publishing houses pr list?!?!? and got a job all through this little bookstagram. you all are the best xx

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bookfan1 wooow we love a successful queen !

bookfan2 reading is sooo hot and sooo slay

bookfan3 is that a book bouquet? and a pic taken by someone else???

yourusername mwhahah eagled eye youuuu. also HOW cute is the bouquet ! (liked by ryanmcmahon_15)

inhalerfan1 high key why did all the band follow a random bookstagram?

inhalerfan2 shes irish living in london, maybe they're friends from home?? inhalerfan3 but then they'd already follow her tho

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yourusername dating a musician means one thing... associating tunes with books !!!

(also getting your oranges peeled for you 😭😭)

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yourbestie y'all are adorable, I love <3

bookfan1 he seems so sweet !

ryanmcmahon_15 you forgot forcing people to listen to lana del ray...

yourusername oh yeah !! how could I forget that I'm bettering the lives of others :))) bobbyskeetz he does be humming let the light in constantly. yourusername awhhh too soft for it

inhalerfan1 ooohhh is she dating ryan !?

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yourusername ugh sick with love, but he reads my favourite books and instead of annotations he paints them 🥹

also tickets for next month's book club are out this sundayyyyy ! Xx

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inhalerfan1 omg boyfriend ryan is everything

joshjenkinson_ ryan being in his bookworm era has the tour bus kinda quiet

bookfan1 sooo invested in your relationship , also have the alarm set for the tickets !

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ryanmcmahon_15 black and white is owned by lewevans btw

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yourusername being really cool is owned by you btw

joshjenkinson_ 2/3 pics you're reading, yourusername your power is unmatched 🤭

elijahhewson reading era

inhalerfan1 hahaha ugh I love them your honour

lewevans 🖤 🤍

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gorgeous boy <;3

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↳ LOVE YOU MORE

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↳ hahhaha omg imagine ! dont tempt me..

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yourusername yeah my boyfriends pretty cool but he's not as cool as

THE BOOKSTORE THAT I FOUND WHICH SELLS BOOKS AND PICKLES !!!

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bobbyskeetz meeeee, im a brooklyn babyyyy

yourusername you get me.

yourbestie you are SO cool

bookfan1 wait I need all the details ??

yourusername it was the cutiest little secondhand bookshop in the lower east side of manhattan but they also make their own pickles

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