#like the fact im a guy is undeniable at this point for everybody who looks at me.

[bnnuy-wabbit]

its weird being a person who is Technically things but also techincally NOT things. like huh. well. technically im intersex. and technically... im transmasc. but well! technically im bigender, so maybe. technically. also transfem. since im intersex. so. what.

[a-slut-for-smut]

Oh my, I’m a new Ichiruki and I can’t get over the fact that neither Ichiruki or Rivamika became canon lmao. I’ll be forever bitter and I will never ever understand why the authors took the time to build the relationship if it all ended in nothing

Isayama, Kubo I see you guys

Hello fellow ichiruki & rivamika anon!

Apologies for the delayed response- while im hardly timely with these things, I will answer earnestly! This is also somewhat of a loaded ask so imma break it down.

Firstly- take a deep breath and repeat after me: what do we say to canon?

Feel better, not bitter!!! :D Best to think canon more as a "guideline" than actual law- trust me as i live 24/7 in my "fairy lalala everybody is smashing happily ever after headcanon land". Now that said, I do try to find the silver lining/appreciate canon beyond the ships i ship.

With ichiruki: I will agree that Kubo went to ridiculous lengths to establish their soul-defining bond, parallels to the point where they were literal antithesis of each other, not to mention a huge catalyst in each other's character development multiple times over. To do all that and have them not end up together is by definition EGREGIOUS.

However, i will say that at least Kubo had the decency to leave my girl Rukia with some agency- in that her ultimate goal wasn't always/all about getting the boy. She proved her worth and ability in Soul Society and ended up a Captain- so fuck yes, you go girl!!! As for Ichigo, he got...um...an interesting haircut? LOL i kiddddd

But in all seriousness, i have no issue with the canon ships themselves, just the execution of them. Let's just say it could have been done better, MUCH better and leave it at that. In fact, given the chance i'd happily hop on Renji's tattooed dick (lets be honest, it is) or smash my face in Orihime's boob pillows. So the canon pairings have that goin on for them at least lol

With rivamika: Isayama also created these undeniable parallels (altho not egregiously so as ichiruki), which ultimately were meaningless other than to have some unexplored, hand-wavey explanation for why they were the overpowered Gary-Stu/Mary Sue characters that they were i guess??? i mean, talk about a LET DOWN

At least with bleach ending, Rukia made something of herself but Mikasa? YIKES. Ships aside, I would have been happy for her if it showed her living as an adult in Hizuru -even with the scarf on- because at least it would show her being driven (to explore her heritage, because otherwise why bother introducing that plotline at all????) by something other than "the boy"/Eren, who ultimately was a genocidal maniac her childhood crush...like...they never were actually together??? come on man...maybe ive outgrown shonuen but jfc

Again, i have no issue with the canon ship itself but ugh, the execution of this "doomed romance" was terrible. Would have loved to see her in Hizuru, looking up happily/sadly at the sunny skies while clutching at her scarf, thinking "thank you for wrapping this scarf around me, and thank you for my life etc" end credits and not that grave kink epilogue she got....BUT OH WELL. The silver lining in this is...uh....Levi was spared from a shit ending, i guess??

Anyway the takeaway here is some mangakas can't write romance for shit its best not to take canon personally, make of it what you will and just enjoy yourself!!!

[intergalacthicc]

mercury retrograde upd8 07/11/19

it’s that time of the year again when mercury fucks us all up. this is a bittersweet season for me. the last time mercury was in retrograde i actually won a pair of super rad concert tickets so i got the chance to hear and see the kooks and clairo live with this boy i like. little did i know that mercury was already preppin’ me up to go to the next level with this boy. it wasn’t a smooth start though cause i was also hanging out with this other indie boy who i thought i liked, but only for superficial things like his tastes in music and in art. i wanted it to be him, though. i thought it was kinda cool having him around because we have the same aesthetic and shit. but nah, the ~vibe~ wasn’t there. god, i was such a dumbass for pushing this other boy away when all this time he was the only company i really enjoyed having around. the vibe was undeniably there but my traumatized ass was still not ready to go beyond small talks and casual hangouts.

welp, sooner than later i came to my senses and finally, with crippling anxiety down my spine, ended things with indie boy before it even began and reached out to this other boy who i actually really. really. the last relationship or whatever you call that was very traumatizing. damn it even lead me to take up counselling just to get out of the emotional havoc i’ve been through. i thought i wouldn’t end up with another guy soon. but one thing i know for sure was that i didn’t use him to help me heal faster. i’m proud of myself for healing on its own. sometimes it still makes my heart beats fast when my mind randomly revisits my old wounds. 

i know it’s not right to say i had anxiety back then because i wasn’t even clinically diagnosed. i love my counselor but even she invalidated whatever i was extremely feeling back then. everybody thought i was just at my peak post teenage rebellion. but no. i was sure i felt something so scary. i was waking up to mornings with my heart beating so fast. i was so so afraid for no reason. my heart was always palpitating. my chest felt so heavy and it really hurts. i love my friends for being there but i really felt like a burden. i felt so selfish burdening people with my own drama. i was defending this guy who kept telling me that it’s my choice anyway for sticking with him and he never even once comforted me. he just made me feel extra miserable. my parents looked down on me. adults were judging me. i was not doing well on my first ever job. i was so bad at it. i was crying in the bathroom, panicking and texting a few of my closest friends that i just wanna get out of all of these. and as a person who’s really more on the optimistic avenue, i can’t believe i’ve reached to the point that i really wanted to kill myself. i wanted it all to end. i was so lost after college. i had no idea what to do next, i wasn’t looking forward to anything at all. i just wanted to end me.

damn. those were the toughest days of my life. looking back, i never thought i could reach to where i am now. nothing grand has happened to me. i’m still barely mediocre. but healing really is possible and sometimes it’s slow, sometimes fast, it’s a never ending process of going forth and forth. never going back. im proud of me for studying for the boards, though im still anxious with the results. going back to a classroom setting really calmed me down. i felt as if im doing something i actually know how to do in the first place. im proud of me for putting myself out there, meeting new people, hanging out with new faces, going to gigs and music fests, engaging in small talks with strangers, im proud of myself for letting my guard down, slowly letting go of all the fears, and finally letting someone love me. usually when i fall inlove i always seem to make it loke like its this really grand phenomenon. romanticizing it more than it actually is. but wow now i finally am in my first ever relationship and i’m so lucky i found someone who’s been so kind and good to my mental health. i love aldwin though he has no idea how much of a light he’s been to me. he does things before i even ask him to. and im just happy he’s here.

so here i am again in this retrograde loop, today i just found out that the former guy who traumatized me was still lurking up on my twitter profile from time to time. at first, i felt numb. my past self would’ve acted out with haste right away. chat him or something. make a way so we could talk. but wow, now i just feel so unbothered. so what if he’s lurking? i know he’s in a relationship already and i just hope he’s happy. cause i’m happy now and i know i made the right choice. i wanna thank robin for showing up. he’s been a vital part of my growth. he lead me to aldwin. he lead me where i am now. my progress in my studies. my drive to be better. it all was fueled by him then. but i already accepted the fact that he’s not a part of my nows. i dont need him. im done being the naive girl i was before. i wont let him project his issues on me ever again. and i wont every treat my boyfriend the way he treated me. i was so filled with love back then and im just thankful im pouring them all to the right person. 

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Green Bay Packers fans create petition to prevent Joe Buck from broadcasting games

Why does Joe Buck suck?

Image: Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP

With the football world’s eyes on Arlington, Texas this weekend for a premier NFL playoff matchup between Green Bay and Dallas, much of the pre-game conversation is on the man set to announce it Joe Buck, who remains one of the most hated sports broadcasters on television.

Fans loathe the Fox play-by-play man so much, in fact, that they created a petition to ban Buck and on-air partner Troy Aikman from announcing Green Bay Packers games.

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“This is a petition to get Joe Buck and Troy Aikman banned from announcing/commentating on the Green Bay Packers,” the petition reads.”On behalf of the Green Bay Packers fans across the world, we would like action taken to prohibit them from giving their constant negative input about our team. We are sick of the biased announcing always coming from them.”

As of Friday afternoon, more than 25,000 people have signed the petition, which might seem like a remarkable amount of hatred for a broadcaster.

But the “Joe Buck sucks” narrative is nothing new.

There are anti-Buck Facebook groups. An endless supply of anti-Buck memes. “Joe Buck Sucks” chants at baseball games. When the MLB or NFL playoffs commence, so does a new wave of Buck hatred.

Let’s take a look at why fans despise this broadcaster so much.

They say he’s biased

It’s easy to play the bias card when critiquing any broadcaster, but Buck Fox’s premier national football and baseball announcer seems to get this one a lot. Fans often go to extreme lengths to mock his love for particular players.

During the Chicago Cubs’ World Series run, fans thought Buck had a particular affinity for slugger Kyle Schwarber. So, someone decided to make them a wedding registry.

Joe Buck and Kyle Schwarber have a fan-created wedding registry #RallyTogether https://t.co/vw62brKvq4 http://pic.twitter.com/OD44Hk7QFH

Craig (@justncyde) November 1, 2016

Buck defended his broadcasting in 2012, highlighting the fact that during the regular season fans are accustomed to hearing their team’s regular broadcaster, not an objective (in theory), national announcer.

“It’s easily explainable in the baseball world,” Buck said, per SFGate. “Fans are used to hearing their hometown guys. When you come at it objectively, people aren’t used to it. It gets frustrating.”

They say he’s only successful because of his daddy

Of course, there is also the nepotism factor. Buck’s dad, Jack, was a revered sportscaster with Hall of Fame honors in baseball, football and radio. That paints an easy target on Buck, whom fans say embodies nepotism.

Ahh find the mute button its fanboy #JoeBuck the definition of nepotism over ability. He ruins #WorldSeries year after year.

Jeff (@Matervan) October 26, 2016

I’ve never seen anyone in life who’s had more handed to them just because who their daddy was than Joe @Buck

John Davidson (@jjd61882) October 26, 2016

Fox hired Buck when he was just 25, and he soon became the youngest World Series play-by-play broadcaster in history.

Im my dads kid, and Im still, right or wrong, fighting that uphill battle, and Im not saying that makes sense,” Buck said in 2012. “I mean my dad didnt hire me at Fox… but it certainly gave me my start, and I think Im always kind of fighting that.

They say he’s simply not a good broadcaster

Buck’s voice is undeniably great, a beautiful baritone tailor-made for broadcasting. But the way he uses it, some say, leaves a lot to be desired.

The strongest announcers have an innate ability to paint a scene, bring life and depth to sport. Buck, on the other hand, is criticized for stating the obvious too often, relying on his voice and tone to build the drama, not the words themselves.

“His call of a game is sparse, and that’s different from using an economy of words,” one Reddit user said. “Some guys can say a little and deliver a lot. I feel like Buck says little and delivers little, leaving whoever calls the game with him to fill up the dead air.”

Here’s a great example of Buck’s minimal commentary (accompanied in this instance by former World Series Fox color commentator, Tim McCarver in 2013) which made its way around a “Why does everybody hate Joe Buck?” subreddit.

Image: reddit

Commentary like that is useless when fans can see for themselves that it’s a ball outside, or strike two, or a foul back to the screen.

Everytime Joe Buck and Troy Aikman call a game, I feel like I’m in a retirement home. Their style of calling is so damn BORING

abdikaream (@SomalianScotty) January 8, 2017

To his credit, though, Buck seems unfazed by the ungodly levels of criticism heaped upon him, and remarkably self-aware. Buck’s own Twitter bio reads, “I love all teams EXCEPT yours,” clearly a jab at his haterz. He also appeared in this hilarious FunnyOrDie sketch, basically spoofing himself.

He’s a good sport about it, and some say his broadcasting chops have improved in recent years, particularly during the Cubs’ World Series run last year.

“Joe Bucks performance in the booth has been one of the many bright spots in this exciting World Series, andwhen the time to call the final play early Thursday morning, he capped it off beautifully,” Luke Kerr-Dineen wrote on ForTheWin.

History. #FlyTheW http://pic.twitter.com/S8vVDYA87T

Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) November 3, 2016

“His excitement shone through, he was clear and concise, and then in the mold of Scully, he got out of the way,” Kerr-Dineen wrote. “This was not a moment that needed excess hype. Buck delivered his call simply and perfectly, and this moment will live on fondly for years to come as a result.”

Clearly, Packers fans aren’t convinced.

And it’s not like their petition will accomplish anything. Buck’s contract with Fox Sports expires after the 2019 World Series, a point at which Buck said he may retire.

Until then, the Joe Buck haters will simply have to make due with the mute button.

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