#like wtf was that hospital scene

[kakooshi]

MHA 424

Bakudeku is so canon that I'm reading Todobaku fics, I'm not joking 🥲

[rwby-confess]

Confession #502

[kingflups]

Ooooh how could I be so silly! Obviously Chris starts disrespecting women because he has amnesia

[paladin-n-cleric]

”we have 9 months left” and everyone is saying it’s so long THATS NORMAL AND UR DUMB

[cursedchildofchaos]

The artful dodger has taught me things about 1800's medicine that I did not wish to know

[novankenn]

Cinder: (Swings door open quickly ignoring the note.) My Queen! Those brats have broke into the castle we must stop!

(Pauses while looking at the scene)

Jaune: (His head on Weiss's lap as she runs her fingers though his hair) Alyx was a brat but she still was like family she didn't deserve what that cat did.

Salem: I understand life is usually cruel. Now tell me more about this Curious Cat.

Cinder: WTF?!?

Cinder stalked through the halls and corridors of EverNight Castle. Her twin obsidian blades ready to strike down the intruders... if she could find them. Normally she would have zeroed in on the sounds of conflict and combat, but there was none. The grimm she passed, when she did come across them were just wandering about aimlessly, that was if they weren't sitting or laying down.

So without the sounds of a fierce pitched battle to guide her, Cinder was forced to actually search for the interlopers... who she knew was team RWBY and their friends.

Cinder: This is RIDICULOUS! I must ask my queen for help, to locate these brats.

Cinder made a turn at the next corner and stomped her way toward the throne room. She emerged from one of the side halls into the main corridor and turned towards her destination. Five minutes later she stood there before the large double doors... in total shock.

Cinder: I...

A Beowulf, dressed in a tasteful skirt and blouse ensemble, matched with a set of sensible heels, and topped off with a pearl necklace, and a pair of wire rim glasses... stood before the doors baring her entry.

Cinder: I...

The Beowulf pointed to a sign near the door, well a set of signs in fact. It took ever ounce of her will power to draw her eyes off the figure before her, and look at the signs.

(1) If the doors are closed there is either a meeting or session in progress. Unless it is an EMERGENCY no admittance.

(2) Sessions are by appointment ONLY.

(3) This is a ZERO TOLERANCE work place. Anyone causing a disturbance, or harassing staff will be asked to leave. Failure to do so will cause the authorities to be summoned.

(4) I am the boss, but my secretary is in charge. If she says NO then it's NO. There are no exceptions.

Cinder: Secretary?

The Beowulf nodded its head and using a metal ruler tapped the desk name plate.

Cinder: Grendelsa Grimmsald, Executive Assistant to Doctor Salem Salem?

The Beowulf who Cinder now knew was named Grendelsa nodded.

Cinder: But, I...

Grendelsa: *Grunt like growl*

Cinder: I know I don't have an appointment, but this is an emergency! The castle is under attack! I must speak to Queen...

Grendelsa: *Growl like grunt*

Cinder: I mean Doctor Salem.

Grendelsa pointed to a set of rather comfy looking waiting room chairs, and Cinder knew instantly she had no choice. So she sat down, and after a few seconds wiggled her butt into the plush cushioning getting more comfortable.

Cinder dozed off, and awoke with a start at the sound of the door opening.

Salem: I understand it is quiet the commute so I will have Grendelsa arrange for some accommodations for you, as in my opinion there is a need to have a few more sessions over the next week before I feel confident that we can space them out further. Is that acceptable Ms Schnee? Mr Arc?

Weiss: More than. Thank you for your hospitality, and all your help.

Cinder shot to her feet, her eyes wide in shock. Salem, her queen. Malevolent Evil Incarnate was in a black pant suit, wearing glasses and SHAKING HANDS with the SCHNEE who was holding the hand of the blond wanna-be knight from Beacon!

Jaune: I still don't...

Salem: It's alright Mr Arc. These things take time, and we progress at the pace that you set. There is no rushing this. Your mental health is very important, and with Ms Schnee's support and my assistance we will help you find resolutions.

Weiss: Can we give it a couple more sessions Jaune? I really do think this is good for you, me and us.

Jaune: Okay. I'll try a few more times.

Salem: Excellent. Grendelsa will make all the...

Cinder: WHAT THE FUCK IT THIS!!!!

Salem: Ms Fall. Those types of outbursts are not acceptable!

Cinder: WHAT THE FUCK, SALEM? THEY'RE FROM BEACON! THEY'RE YOUR ENEMIES!

Salem: Lower your voice or you will be escorted out.

Cinder: WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?!?!? ARE YOU GIVING THEM THERAPY???

Salem: You were warned Ms Fall. Ms Grimmslad if you please...

/==/

Twenty minutes later Cinder found herself sitting outside of the main gate of EverNight Castle, right next to Ruby Rose, Yang Xiao Long, and Blake Belladonna.

Ruby: You get kicked out too?

Cinder: ...

[kosher-martian]

Okay I just had the most messed up Star Wars dream. But also it was really cool and the most screwed up scene Star Wars could have ever produced. It actually woke me up with how messed up but also kind of interesting it was. I'll post this now and then reblog later for the evening crowd.

The dream was clearly supposed to be a deleted scene from the Disney+ Obi-Wan series set at the end of the last episode when Obi-Wan is coming to visit Leia in the epilogue. 

In this version of the show Obi-Wan picks up a sidekick along the way, Nari (the Jedi killed in the first episode to show the normie audience how badass the Inquisitors are). Apparently he wasn't killed in the first episode in this version, but instead badly injured but rescued by Obi-Wan. Now he has a cybernetic hand and leg, which I'm sure didn't trigger any PTSD flashbacks in old Kenobi. 

When asked what he's going to do, Nari says he plans to go off and "continue the fight" by helping Jedi and other force sensitives escape the Empire along the Hidden Path. Leia asks Obi-Wan and Nari if they want to meet someone special. Senator Bail Organa looks uncomfortable, but Leia leads the two Jedi and the Senator  back to a hospital room with medical droids and nurses. The camera zooms in and the droids & nurses move one-by-one out of the way to reveal... (I'm building suspense here)... a greatly diminished Padme Amidala. 

Obi-Wan immediately backpeddles out of the room for a quick anxiety attack.

She didn't die giving birth, but stroked out and is basically a vegetable only capable of staring off into the distance and drooling. They have Natalie Portman done up in a bunch of prosthetics to make it look like her face is drooping heavily on one side. Her hair is buzzcut (I guess narratively to keep Padme from pulling at it?) and she's connected to a bunch of massive medical equipment that makes her look small and fragile. Obi-Wan, out in the hallway and refusing to go in, is horrified because he could have sworn she was dead. Senator Bail reveals that he cooked up the whole dying story and did a switcheroo with one of her body doubles!?! WTF Bail!?!

Leia tries to talk to Padme, as does Nari. She mentions that her mother really doesn't respond but she feels like Padme is in there and listening. Nari recognizes Padme (as a politician who was friends with Anakin Skywalker, not as hi secret lover and eventual wife) and is happy to see her. He says something about how lost he feels but he's found purpose or whatever. He was just a padawan when Order 66 happened and he just knows if Anakin had been there at the Temple (evidently he was not present for the Anakin/Vader fight scene and reveal) ... 

Hearing the name "Anakin" causes Padme to snap back to reality for a second, just as Obi-Wan finds the strength to enter the room. They lock eyes as he enters the room and she slowly de-ages into a long-haired healthy looking Padme. I think it was supposed to be ambiguous whether she was being force healed or whether it was just a symbolic de-aging to what Obi-Wan sees in his mind's eye. She struggles to speak. The medical equipment bugs out. She says his name slowly. 

On Mustafar, Vader is stalking around his castle ranting about Kenobi while a little spidery robot droid walking alongside projects a hologram of the Emperor. He's ranting about Kenobi i living on borrowed time and how he'll tear apart the galaxy to find him and finish what he started and... 

Suddenly he stops dead in his tracks and he looks out a window up at the night sky. There's a lone shimmering star. Sidious tries to move the conversation forward by talking about troop movements or whatever and notices he's being ignored. Just as Vader says "Padme?" under his breath, we see Sidious flick his hand in annoyance and Vader's suit starts malfunctioning, forcing him to take a knee. Because of the timing of Vader speaking and the suit malfunctioning, the "-dme" part of "Padme" is rendered in Hayden Christensen's voice.

Sidious does the line from the original version but more annoyed in tone and with the Kenobi-specific parts removed: "You seem agitated, my friend. I wonder if your thoughts are... clear... on this, Lord Vader? If your past cannot be overcome...". 

Vader's suit malfunctions some more. Vader groans in agony.

"No. Kenobi and- Kenobi means nothing to me. I serve only you."

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And that's when I woke up. Screwed up, right?

I HATE the idea of Padme being kept alive but as a vegetable, but I do like the idea of Sidious keeping his metaphorical finger on the kill switch to keep Vader in line.

Normally my dreams are extremely boring. The overwhelming majority of my dreams (80% of the ones I remember) are Grocery Shopping Simulator™ in a procedurally generated grocery store that only sells frozen food and tupperware. Just aisles and aisles of freezer sections and shelves with only plastic containers. The rest of them are either Transcribe Handwritten Table into Excel™ or the very rare Drive aimlessly around empty residential streets of my home town during the mid morning to kill time until the post office opens but the post office never opens, time doesn't appear to really be moving forward, and I just keep driving past the same few houses and sometimes my car radio will play an old rock song I like but otherwise it's just static or my unconscious mind's attempt to make radio ads™.

And then there are dreams like this!?!

[satisfactionlevel]

⚡️west end year 8 (11/01/25):

I saw the cursed child london year 8 cast again today and made some ridiculously long notes, mainly about scorbus (because i’m obsessed)🆘 i noticed many little things I didn’t see before, so I thought I’d write them down before I forget them!

⚡️act 1:

so much finger twiddling from albus right from the beginning, i love it!

harry and ginny side hugs at the platform were so cute, they were still in so much wonder about their surroundings, it’s like they’re seeing platform 9 3/4 for the first time✨

when ron was doing the whole nose trick with lily jr, ginny gives albus a shoulder squeeze as albus was looking nervous. ginny just gets albus:)

when albus told rose he’s staying in scorp’s compartment, scorp did a fleeting slight smile. he looked like he didn’t believe it 

scorp whispering “slytherin please” during sorting ceremony 

bread scene, albus looked at scorp and puffed his cheeks, like wtf are you doing, and then looked down lol

after scorp said “come to the funeral and be my good friend” albus reached out his arm like he was going to hug scorpius 

they just in general made so much eye contact in moments of uncertainty to assure each other, it’s just the cutest! 

someone sitting behind me gasped when harry he wished albus weren’t his son😭this scene destroys me every time ugh

when scorp tried to climb up the train albus gave him double thumbs up, but scorp failed to get to the top

THEY WERE SO PROTECTIVE OVER EACH OTHER IN THE AMOS SCENE omg 

and when amos said about “undersized teenagers”, scorpius seemed to suddenly be very self conscious about his body, and awkwardly adjusted his tie lol

when amos said “malfoy maybe a voldemort” scorp was hurt and he looked at albus, albus gave him a little smile of reassurance💕

scorpius/harry was screaming, he spat at albus/ron’s face accidentally, and albus/ron wipes his face with his sleeves💀

albus/ron accidentally threw his robe right at his own face after kissing hermione, he was so grossed out. 

⚡️act 2:

scorpius was JEALOUS AF  in the forest💀when delphi was standing between him and albus, blocking scorpius view of albus, he leans to the side and waves at albus. I CANNOT HE’S SO REAL WTF

edge of forest scene when scorp said he checked the daily prophet every day, albus did a tiny smirk. OH GOD HE’S SO OBSESSED WITH SCORPIUS

scrorbus cheering in a weird way because of course they do, they’re scorbus. and after the second cheer, albus mouthed “that’s better” to scorpius 

harry stroking albus’s injured arm in the hospital🥹

staircase ballet was perfect as always. and madame hooch looked so worried about scorpius:( 

staircase scene with scorpius and delphi , after delphi told him “you two belong together” and asked scorpius to find albus, he walked off with a grin and kept doing air fist pumps lol

when they got shushed by the teacher in the library scorpius picked up the book and pointed at it, nodding and pretending to have understood something

library scene monologue. scorpius’s crying and albus’s pained face twitches 😭they were both so broken and vulnerable:(

after they used invisibility cloak, scorpius sat on the chair, hugging himself (kind of) into the tiniest little ball like he wanted to make himself disappear from all the hurt. he didn’t took at albus for a long time. 

scorpius’s little smile when albus said you’re kind to your finger tips (my boy is so precious I wanna die, he need to be protected af all cost)

when they hugged, albus’s face squeezed/crunched up his face with his eyes closed, like he’s in so much pain and regret, but also so relieved. I think he really wanted to feel that moment. 

albus’s cute little laugh after scorpius said consider me engorg-impressed! they’re literally just perfect for each other ughh

I LAUGHED SO MUCH at this: when myrtle said she’s got a soft spot for the potters, albus awkwardly waved at her, and when she said she’s impartial to a malfoy, scorpius looked so scared and tucked in his robe to cover up his chest, like he just got violated by myrtle💀

when scorp emerged cheering from the lake and didn’t see albus, he called albus in a low-pitch,  playful way while laughing, but then immediately became so concerned when albus still didn’t respond😭and his calls became panicked

⚡️act 3:

in draco’s office, droco did the “for voldemort and valour” sign very slowly with a slow voice, he probably heard talks about scorpius doing it in weird ways, and was trying to teach him💀

scorpius’s bent knee bowing to snaps is funny af, he’s fangirlling for real

noticed how the dementor IMMEDIATELY went away after scorpius said albus😭that’s how strong his love for albus is, I literally can’t breathe

again in the lake when scorp hugged albus, albus genuinely looked so happy! my boy loves physical affection, he did a little chuckle too 

also when scorpius screamed harry, albus looked so shocked and confused lol

when McGonagall said about expelling them albus looked immediately at scorpius:(

dorm scene, albus chuckled so much when scorpius was going on about “scorpius the dread-less, malfoy the unanxious”.

when scorpius sat on albus’s bed, albus turned his body towards scorpius, then for a moment, he looked down at their hands on the bed, it’s like he was thinking where to put his hands😭 

rose and gang overhearing the conversation about the alternative reality. rose was upset, james, sitting behind rose, put a hand on her shoulders. james kept fidgeting as if trying to figure out what else he can do to comfort rose. so good to see the sensitive side of james 

i cry at the rose and hermione hug every time 

today it stood out to me about how much fun they genuinely have with each other! and now they make each other laugh all the time!

especially when they were planning different charms to destroy the time turner. they are goofy and make each other laugh so much:)

scorpius looked like he was in disbelief when delphi said albus’s weakness is love. (bruh just believe it☠️)

when delphi put her wand on albus, scorpius tried so hard to stand up from the floor to go to albus, even though he literally just suffered the cruciatus curse moments ago

⚡️act 4:

I cried when Craig died he’s such a cinnamon bun 

also the albus’s finger twiddling kind of got replaced at times by him tucking his hair in this act.

also albus being a geek and being excited about mathilda bagshot. he’s not beating the secret dork allegations 

in godric’s hollow, when scorpius was telling albus about his plan, albus was actually so serious in the beginning, until scorpius said “scream to the baby”, albus muttered “baby??” to himself and frowned lol

ben’s draco is so soft and smiley, v different from steve’s version! he smiled at ron after ron said “you’ve got nice hair”💀

also ben’s draco smiled when he noticed the farmers market. I can just picture draco cooking for scorpius and astoria aaaahh👨🏼‍🌾

the scene where albus was asleep on the church bench made me cry. ginny understands albus so deeply. she’s just the best. I love ginny. 

i swear albus and scorpius’s hands were touching when they sat on the church bench 

scorpius looked in awe and gave double thumbs up to hermione after they answered albus’s history question at the same time. hermione looked so proud of scorpius, it’s honestly so cute. 

rose asked “you good albus”, albus looked at scorpius, then looked at rose, smiled and nodded, and looked at scorpius again. JUST TELL HIM YOU LOVE HIM ALREADY GOD

and the last scene was perfect.💕

(also this is today’s cast board, everyone was so incredible!)(and it was benjamin stratton as draco, the board wasn’t updated when I took the photo)

[maukiki1-but-cringefail]

Do yall ever think about. What the hell happened to these two

G revolution obviously did not give a flying fuck about borg (( now called neo-borg, i mean yes they brought them back but the team was obviously a tool for Kai. Yuriy has a part in the story obv but the other two have nothing.

they barely get any dialogue, characterization, screentime whatever theyre just... there

they were more of a team in the manga but i guess anime wanted to spend all its screentime on kai. so boris and sergei are just cardboard cutouts.

I mean this is very obvious is the G rev debut scene of neo-borg.

Yuriy is battling Sergei and Yuriy says his yabadabadoodoo about his team or whatever but everytime it cuts to sergei.....😭😭😭😭

close up of his face with no dialogue. these screenshots are seconds apart and like. okay this is HILARIOUS the way it just cuts to his face and he says NOTHING. couldnt yall make him say like... one word? just one? you wont die.

also the animation inconsistency is so funny. what the hell happened between those two scenes please😭 looks like they made him lick a lemon or something im dead😭😭😭

honestly wouldve preferred it if they used the exact same shot since he didnt move an inch EITHERRRRR

i could talk about this more but i want to go back to the beginning

so obviously this season dont give a single fuck about these two and back to that eariler picture of them knocked out: wtf happened.

So they get their asses kicked by garland, faint (im guessing , thats literally all i can do), cuts back to Yuriy, episode ends. next episode theyre gone.

Yuriy and garland are in a different location in the next episode. so obviously some time has passed off-screen. so them dissapearing there isnt really a "omg did they forgeeet??😱😱😱😱😱" they couldve been taken to another location

this is where i need to start making shit up.

Yuriy got hospitalized after Garland kicked his ass. But that fight was purposefully dragged out, you could see him literally beating him up in the battle. For sergei and boris, the radiant thunder came quicker. not to mention look at the picture again, their clothes arent torn, no visible injury. i think they simply fainted and woke up not too long after.

and now where the fuck are they...... i mean again g rev doesnt care about these two so obviously it tossed them aside immediately after it had a reason to: they fainted

but where are they in the following episodes? when Yuriy is in the hospital? wouldnt they have visited? i mean i headcannon they did theres nothing in the way of thinking they could have off-screen but the show couldve given us SOMETHING... but no these two are just a tool to them not characters.

this is why i like neo-borg in the manga (i still dont like manga yuriy) because theyre not treated as such

and as for the ending

firstly, this was cut from the english dub. or should i say midglish dub because the english dub SUUUUUUCKS but this being taken out is hilarious. if my native language was english, and i had watched the english dub as a kid, i wouldve 100% assumed they died LOOOOOOL because after they faint you never see them again

anyway for the actual show aka the sub this is there and theyre fine yay everything is happy ivan is there. im surprised they even put this in like wow i thought the writers forgot about these two entirely.

Also Ivan got done dirty the most. didnt even mention the mofo. atleast he was back in russia but😭poor guy. replaced by that stupid gay fuck

[minyard-05]

hi, me again.

neil josten deserves some of the hate and i'm not kidding

CW: abuse, child abuse + neglect, aaron's whole backstory

now, prefacing this by saying: i LIKE neil. i also recognise that he's a complete dick. i am also fully aware that i am the only person who thinks/cares about aaron minyard this much. i ALSO recognise that i have made this post 4 times already but i'm making it again

SO. i present page 236 of TKM

this scene was over the line even for neil

allow me to *cracks knuckles* Explain.

there are two foxes who, i think, would be able to actually somewhat understand what aaron's life growing up with his mother was like, and those two are wymack and renee. wymack grew up with a bad father who hit him and killed his mother, and renee grew up with her mother and her mother's boyfriends, who are all described as being heavy handed. what pisses me off the most about this scene in particular, among other neil & aaron interactions, is that neil implies that aaron could've stood up to his mother and he didn't.

aaron's mother died when he was fifteen. he had no siblings living with him, no dad, and nicky says he got involved with some bad stuff once he got to columbia, all of which points to aaron being almost entirely isolated as a kid. isolated from everyone except for his mother, who was neglectful before she got violent, but even still, that neglect would bear scars of its own. aaron probably had to learn to cook before he was tall enough to reach the kitchen counter. aaron probably had to walk himself home from school when he was too small to see over cars before crossing the road. aaron probably had to lie to his teachers when they asked to call his mother, had to forge her signature on permission slips, had to learn to shoplift young so he could still eat when they didn't have any money. and then he would have to learn how to clean a cut without it getting infected, because he couldn't go to a hospital. he would have to think about long sleeves and baggy shirts to cover up bruises, he would have to learn how to lie quickly if anybody asked why he was limping slightly, he would have to figure out any possible way to keep people from finding out what was happening, because the alternative was that he'd get taken away, and then he'd really be alone. and that's scary. when you're twelve, the prospect of losing your mom is scary. even after everything, he still didn't know what to do without her. he loved her because there was literally nobody else in his life he could love. and he was a kid.

aaron was a kid and he was scared, and 90% of his actions/reactions to things throughout the books are the actions of a kid who didn't get to do anything other than grow up too fast and now he doesn't know what to do. considering the above scene i cited is immediately after Happy Birthday Junior, aaron's reaction (which is directly confronting neil about wtf is going on) is completely justified! because another reminder that all of the trilogy is in neil's first year of PSU, but aaron and the others have been through the aftermath of kevin signing with them (which we know meant a lot of threats, fights, and other bad shit), with the addition of general Fox drama. and aaron has NO idea what's going on. all he knows is that this random kid from arizona seems dead-set on pissing off riko moriyama, one of their teammates is dead, somebody put a dead fox in their car, and now somebody broke into their locker room and filled neil's locker with blood. so, naturally, aaron's asking what the fuck is happening.

ok so now i am not 100% sure where exactly i was going with this, i am still sick and have a very short attention span so my TLDR is this: when aaron punches neil in the corridor after neil talks to katelyn (even though that happened before this), neil kind of had it coming. also i personally believe aaron deserves to punch neil just one more time. he's earned it

[recurring-polynya]

My kid asked me to explain blood types to her today, which made me remember the odd little fact that in the character profiles that appeared at the ends of the earliest Bleach volumes, there are blood types listed for the human characters, but not for the shinigami characters. Shinigami obviously have blood, we've all seen it, we've seen so much of it, honestly, but is it like blood blood? Is blood transfusion a thing they do?

I did not have any particular recollection of anyone ever receiving a blood transfusion in Bleach, but I looked up all the hospital scenes I could think of off the top of my head. Both Byakuya nor Hinamori have sort of a notable absence of things sticking out of them. I'm no expert and I don't even particular like doctor shows, but this is a situation where I would expect both of them to have IVs for hydration, if nothing else. Hinamori's got a respirator and some mysterious carts off to her far side, at least, and maybe Byakuya's just far enough on the upswing that he doesn't need it anymore.

Next shot was the famous Rukia and Renji sharing a hospital room scene.

Renji's respirator goes...under his blanket? Is this right? This doesn't seem right. Rukia doesn't seem particularly attached to anything, although there's kind of a bundle of wires? tubes? coming out of her right shoulder area. You can see them better in this shot:

That sure doesn't look like medical grade tubing, the lower one looks kinda like Hihiou Zabimaru, tbh. IVs usually work by gravity, no? Also those tubes are way too big to be going into someone's veins.

Finally, here's Kira, getting his dubious Squad 12 medical procedure.

More shady, giant, intestine-ass looking tubes that... go into him? wtf. They're attached to a computer. Maybe these are data cables?

The upshot of all of this is that I don't think shinigami have blood transfusions. I can't imagine that they don't know about them, so I imagine it's more of a case of their blood is just part of their soul, like, all of them is just soul all the way down, and it would be nearly impossible to accept a transfusion that was made of someone else's soul (soulmate-enjoying fanfic writers, take note). They do like sticking tubes in people, tho.

This sucks because when I was originally thinking about this, of course I was thinking about all the blood Renji has in his body and whether or not he's a universal donor, because, frankly, if he is, I think they would have a special framed painting of him at Squad 4 and let him have as much donuts and apple juice as he wants.

I think the main reason manga list characters' bloodtypes anyway is because Japanese people use it as a personality test, similar to horoscopes. For the record, here are the characters whose blood types we know:

Ichigo - AO Orihime - BO Chad - AO Tatsuki - AO Isshin - AB Uryuu - AB Don Kanonji (????) - BO

When I was trying to look up what they meant, I found this hilarious graphic, thank you verywellmind dot com

Looks to me like these blood types were definitely chosen to tie into personality at least to some degree (I'm not sure about Isshin, but he probably has fake Urahara Shouten-brand gigai blood-substitute anyway, so I am choosing not to read too deeply into that). Anyway, along those lines, judging from this chart, if we wanted to bootstrap Renji's blood type from his personality, I think he would, in fact, clearly fit into the idiot-on-a-skateboard quadrant. So he is a universal donor! (or at least he would be, if he were filled with blood instead of high-concentration ghost juice.)

[kathlare]

just friends, right?

Lando Norris x Amelie Dayman

Summary: Lando faces an uncomfortable truth—one that Carlos is all too eager to point out.

Wordcount: 1.7 k

Warnings: none

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December 13th, 2020 - Yas Island, Abu Dhabi

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ameliedaymanupdates: More of Amelie at the Yas Marina Circuit for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix today! 🏁✨ As always, she’s here supporting her family and friends for the season finale. Looking effortlessly stunning in the paddock—our queen never misses! 👑💙

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f1tea: She’s hereeee!! Our paddock princess never misses a race! 👑

f1drama: Ugh, why is she always here? She has nothing to do with F1. → lanmelie: @f1drama babe, she’s literally been part of this paddock since she was a kid, sit down.

f1tea: At this point, Amelie in the paddock is basically a tradition 😌✨ → speedyboi44: @f1tea She’s been coming for YEARS, and people still act surprised lmao.

mclarensimp44: I swear she spends more time at races than some actual drivers 💀 → formulanerds: @mclarensimp44 she’s literally been here since she was a kid 💀 she’s basically honorary grid royalty.

landolover4: Why do I feel like we’re gonna get another blurry-ass pic of her and Lando standing suspiciously close?? 👀

daymanstan: Amelie looking GORGEOUS as usual. I need the outfit details ASAP! 🔥 → ameliedaymanupdates: @daymanstan Prada confirmed for the bag, still waiting on the full fit deets 👀

lanmelieforever: Y’all I’m getting tired… HOW are they still “just friends” when Lando gets all stupid and smiley around her?? 😭 → formulafeels: @lanmelieforever fr, the way he looks at her like she hung the stars… this is pain.

ameliehater99: She’s so desperate to be relevant in F1, like girl go back to acting 💀

daymanfanclub: She looks so good wtf?? Who let her be this effortlessly pretty?? → formulalan: @daymanfanclub genetics, money, and main character energy ✨

mclarenobsessed: Sooo she’s in the paddock again… you know who else is in the paddock? Lando. You know who’s not in the paddock? Me. Life is unfair.

formulashade: Y’all are so embarrassing, she’s literally just here for her family. Let her breathe. → grandprixgossip: @formulashade okay but if she’s in the McLaren hospitality, don’t say I didn’t warn you 😏

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The floodlights of the Yas Marina Circuit cast a soft glow over the paddock, illuminating the scene in a way that made everything feel almost surreal. The race had been over for a while, but neither Carlos nor Lando were in a rush to leave. They stood outside, helmets in hand, the heat of the desert night wrapping around them. Their helmets had just been swapped—a tradition, a mark of the end of their time as teammates.

Carlos sighed, rolling his shoulders as he looked over at Lando, who was standing beside him. They had spent two seasons together at McLaren, pushing each other, celebrating together, and occasionally wanting to kill each other. But tonight wasn’t about any of that. It was about the end of something good.

—You good, tío?—Carlos asked, nudging Lando’s arm lightly with his elbow.

Lando blinked, looking up as if Carlos had just snapped him out of a trance.

—Huh? Yeah, yeah, just...—

Carlos followed Lando’s gaze, his own eyes landing a few meters away where Amelie stood with Charles, talking in low voices. She had one arm crossed over her waist, the other holding onto her phone, and Charles was gesturing as he spoke, a smirk playing on his lips. Whatever he had said must’ve been funny because Amelie tilted her head back and laughed, a sound that carried through the cool night air.

Carlos glanced back at Lando. The younger driver had barely looked at him since the conversation started. His eyes kept flicking back to her, like a goddamn magnet.

Carlos chuckled.

—You’re staring, hermano.—

Lando snapped his head back towards him, eyes wide with something dangerously close to panic.

—No, I’m not.—

Carlos smirked, shaking his head.

—Sí, sí, you are.— He crossed his arms over his chest, watching as Lando shifted uncomfortably.

Lando let out a breath, running a hand through his damp curls. His race suit was still half-zipped, the adrenaline from the race not entirely gone yet.

—Shut up, mate.—

Carlos raised an eyebrow. —Why? Because I’m right?—

Lando groaned, tilting his head back. —It’s not like that.—

Carlos snorted. —Bullshit. It’s always been like that with you and her.— He leaned against the metal barrier, watching Amelie as she continued talking with Charles, completely unaware of the effect she was having on the Brit.

Lando scoffed but didn’t argue. He didn’t have it in him to lie—not to Carlos, who had seen it all before.

Carlos sighed, his tone shifting to something quieter, more serious. —Lando, listen to me, amigo. Just tell her what you feel.—

Lando stiffened slightly, looking away.

—It’s not that simple.— Lando’s voice was quieter now, his fingers tightening around the edge of his helmet.

Carlos tilted his head, watching him for a moment before shaking his head with a small laugh.

—It is that simple. You’re just making it complicated.—

Lando’s jaw clenched. He wanted to tell Carlos that it wasn’t that easy. That Amelie was the one who always pulled away when things got too real, that every time he got too close, she reminded him that they were just friends. That she was the one who had kept this whole thing undefined for so long, and yet, he was the one feeling like an idiot, hopelessly caught in whatever this was between them.

Carlos watched him, eyes sharp despite the exhaustion of the day.

—Lando, tío, I’ve known you for two years. And I’ve known you’ve been in love with her for almost as long.—

Lando flinched.

—You think I didn’t notice? You look at her like she’s the fucking sun, hermano.— Carlos let out a dry chuckle. —And the thing is, she looks at you the same way.—

That made Lando pause.

—No, she doesn’t.— He shook his head, the words bitter in his mouth.

Carlos let out a sigh, his expression softening.

—Yes, she does. You’re just too blind to see it.—

Lando exhaled sharply, shaking his head again.

—It’s complicated, man. It’s always been complicated with her.—

Carlos hummed.

—You’re making it complicated. If you love her, tell her. If you want her, fight for her. Stop standing in the fucking shadows waiting for her to figure it out.—

Lando swallowed, looking down at the ground. His grip on his helmet was white-knuckled.

Carlos clapped a hand on his shoulder, giving it a squeeze.

—Just think about it, okay? Don’t waste time. You never know when it’ll run out.—

Lando exhaled through his nose, nodding slightly.

Carlos patted his shoulder before pushing off the barrier.

—Now, if you’ll excuse me, I need to go find some beer before I have to leave this team forever.—

Lando let out a small laugh despite himself.

—Yeah, go do that.—

Carlos smirked.

—And you... stop being a pendejo and tell her.—

Lando rolled his eyes, but Carlos didn’t miss the way his gaze immediately flickered back to Amelie as soon as he turned away.

—Just friends don’t look at each other like that, mate.— Carlos muttered under his breath as he walked off.

Lando stood there, staring at Carlos as he walked off, his words echoing in his mind. Just friends don’t look at each other like that. He couldn’t shake the thought, couldn’t shake the way his heart had started pounding as Carlos had talked, as if everything about his feelings for Amelie had been laid bare. But was it really that simple? Was it really as clear-cut as Carlos was making it out to be?

His eyes found Amelie again, her laughter still ringing in the air, and something inside him twisted painfully. She was everything to him—always had been, even before things had gotten complicated between them. She was his friend, the one person who understood him without needing words, who had been there for him when he felt like no one else was. But somewhere along the line, somewhere in all the late-night talks, in all the stolen moments, things had shifted.

Now, she was more than a friend.

But even now, as they spent time together, as they navigated this unspoken, undefined thing between them, there was always that underlying tension. The uncertainty. The fear of saying too much and pushing her away.

He clenched his fist around his helmet, the cool metal comforting against his palm.

What the hell was he supposed to do?

Lando’s gaze flickered back to Amelie. She was talking to Charles again, the two of them laughing about something. The look on her face, the way her eyes lit up when Charles spoke, it hurt. It hurt more than it should have. Because in that moment, Lando knew that no matter how much he liked to pretend they were fine, no matter how much they acted like they were just friends to the world, he knew she wasn’t just some girl. She wasn’t just another person in his life.

She was the one. And the longer he waited, the more it seemed like he might lose her. And that terrified him.

His thoughts were interrupted by the sound of a soft voice, pulling him out of his head.

—Lando?—

He turned and saw Amelie standing a few feet away, a curious smile on her face, her eyes sparkling under the lights of the paddock. She was looking at him like she always did—half amused, half knowing, as if there was some inside joke between them that no one else understood.

—Hey, Ames.— He gave her a small, forced smile, his stomach flipping as she walked closer.

She tilted her head, her expression softening as she stopped in front of him.

—You okay? You look...— She paused, searching for the word. —Like you’re thinking too hard.—

Lando let out a dry chuckle, shifting his weight from one foot to the other.

—That’s dangerous, huh? Me thinking too much?—

Amelie smirked, nudging his arm lightly.

—A little. You might hurt yourself.—

He exhaled, glancing down at the helmet in his hands before looking back at her. She was standing so close, close enough that he could smell the lingering traces of her perfume—something light, familiar, something that reminded him of late nights and whispered conversations.

This was it. This was his moment.

Carlos’s words echoed in his mind. Tell her what you feel.

Lando swallowed, his heart thudding against his ribs.

—Ames, I...— He hesitated, shifting under the weight of his own emotions.

Her gaze softened, her brows pulling together slightly.

—What?— She tilted her head, watching him closely.

Lando inhaled sharply.

—There’s something I need to tell you.—

The way her expression changed—just for a fraction of a second—made his chest tighten. She knew. She had to know.

And then, before he could say another word, she let out a soft sigh, her voice quieter now.

—You know... I'm really glad we're such good friends, Lan.—

Lando felt the air leave his lungs.

Just friends.

His stomach twisted violently, his heart pounding for an entirely different reason now. The words hit him like a gut punch, like she had unknowingly reached into his chest and squeezed.

He let out a strained laugh, masking the way his hands tightened around his helmet.

—Yeah. Me too.—

Amelie smiled at him, completely oblivious to the war raging inside his head. She rocked on her heels slightly, her hands slipping into the pockets of her team-issued jacket.

—Anyway, I should probably go find Stella before she starts sending search parties. You coming?—

Lando hesitated for half a second before nodding, forcing a smirk.

—Yeah, let’s go.—

But as they started walking, side by side, Lando couldn’t shake the suffocating weight pressing against his chest.

Carlos had been wrong.

She didn’t look at him the way he looked at her.

And he was too much of a coward to tell her the truth.

[daemyra-fire]

I've seen a lot of theories from the last two chapters and I want to share them with you to see if any of them are right in the end.

Well

the first theory is the most obvious

Rose dies or loses the baby from the photo in episode 9, it seems that Nick is in a hospital, so the theory says that something happens to her in episode 9, the fandom has been killing Rose since season 5 so it may be true.

This has been talked about a lot so it doesn't need much information.

2. Nick is the guard next to June

This guard who appears for two seconds fighting alongside Luke in the trailer is Nick, reasons: none, many girls say "I know my man" which is funny because it does seem like Nick, but there is no further proof, it would be interesting if it was, especially because I doubt Nick would let June die. We'll see in the episode if it was true.

3. Moira and Janine may die in the execution

There is no proof, just fan speculation, but one of the two could die in the execution episode.

I really hope neither of them does, but if it happens, it will probably be Moira.

I feel like her arc is closing and going with June to Gilead was her final act, unlike Janine, whose story opens so that she can leave Gilead with Charlotte and stop suffering.

4. Lawrence is the real villain

This theory is huge, it came from reddit, if you want to read it I'll leave the link https://www.tumblr.com/daemyra-fire/783368197271355392/the-lawrence-theory-its-not-mine-it-was-made?source=share which is in the profile of @living4romance

In my opinion I don't think it's true, Lawrence is one of my favorites and I think he wants to fix the things he did wrong although he also has moments of dubious morality, I don't think he's the biggest villain in Gilead.

5. June returns to the Waterford house at the end

The preview photo of chapter 10 was analyzed and many people believe that she is sitting again in her room with the Waterfords, giving closure to her story in Gilead. I don't know if the Waterford house is still standing after the fire, but it would be a great closure if it ended where the story began. I would really love that.

6. June and Nick date at the pizzeria

A girl talked about seeing a recording of THT in a pizzeria, she went to ask the owner if a scene had been made, obviously he didn't say anything, but from clues in the series it is said that it could be the "first" date between Nick and June at the end of the series, especially after they talked about it in episode 6. There is no proof of this but it would be incredible!

7.loses another state

I didn't find the photo, but a person who saw the recording set showed that the American flag now has only one star instead of two as they have shown around the series. I don't understand why they would lose a state if the idea is supposed to recover Boston, but we'll have to wait and see if this really happens.

8.random theories

Nick kills June or June kills Nick :

What? No, it would be the worst decision to end the series, impossible no

Serena is killed by Wharton or becomes a maid:

I don't know where they want to take Serena, but I don't think she deserves redemption and a happy life. Death by Wharton would be ironic, but I doubt he'd do it, and being a maid was already in season 5, so I don't know where she'll end up, especially because she's always very lucky.

Wharton as the father of Rose's baby

WTF? No, I think if that were the case, the series would have shown it before. Besides, this is clearly not Game of Thrones. I doubt something like that would happen.

9.June sees Hannah for the last time

The whole idea is based on the opening of the testaments, that June can see Hannah before escaping, but there is no proof that it will happen.

10. Nick is going to die in the end

I just want to say that this theory has been around for years, but if Nick were to die, my emotional stability would be ruined. I already suffered a loss from a fictional character this month and I still haven't recovered from Joel in Tlou

So I hope they leave Nick with June in peace, calm, and happiness. Thank you. End of statement.

Now we just have to wait and see which of the theories are real and which are not.

No comments on Luke, I have no idea what's going on with him and to be honest I don't care.

[allthethoughtsandstuff]

the movie was ADORABLE and it was QUEER and it was CHEESY and HAPPY and SILLY and CUTE and I LOVED it and I have some THOUGHTS and im going to put them here bc idk what else to DO

bad reputation playing after cakegate into the intro credits was the most slay choice

alex is a bracelets man send tweet

the closet scene at the hospital was such a slay 10/10 alex looking like a pissed off little kid the whole time like yeah buddy throw ur little temper tantrum we love to see it

they didn’t say fuck enough times in this movie they said it so many times in the book wtf like you had the r rating already just use it why would you not use it???

the timeline is hurting my brain they’re shifting stuff around I am questioning reality

rip obtuse fucking asshole

TZP 🫶🏻

HISTORY HUH BET WE COULD MAKE SOME IM CRYING

why did we invent miguel he’s a snake literally for why was he there

while we’re on the topic of miguel I disagree with having alex have been w him bc I think it takes away from his complete obliviousness and his thus huge moment of realization w henry so I think we get less of an alex finding himself and more of an alex exploring this part of him that he already knew was there which isn’t inherently bad for a film or book but I just always found alexs discovery of his queerness and the resulting shifting/understanding of things from his past to be such an important part of the book for me personally like just with the rearranging of things he’s always felt but never noticed or payed attention to is very special and gets lost when you give him this queer experience that he’s fully aware and understanding of

zahra for the win

THEMS ON THE BALCONY WITH THE CROWD OUTSIDE THE PALACE IM SO GLAD THEY DIDNT CUT THE CROWD

ugh the yellow rose tie I’m crying

THE FORCED CONFORMITY OF THE CLOSET CANNOT BE ANSWERED WITH FORCED CONFORMITY IN COMING OUT OF IT SAY IT LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK IM FUCKING SCREAMING

okay so ur going to talk about alexs eyelashes but NOT give the line to henry excuse me????

“take the american with you” im dying at that

girl they called the election so fast ik things move faster in movies but here’s me knowing how LONG it takes in the book and the SUSPENSE and the ADRENALINE and then it was just over like that before you even know it like damn

uma thurman woman that you are 💗

so I was thinking ab when they do the new years count down and these random girls kiss alex and I’m like damn no what it’s supposed to be nora but you know what then I realized they just made nora into a sister figure for alex since they got rid of june so their relationship is and always has been 100% platonic

it was so slay of them to literally open the movie with alex being nervous and thinking he’s going to mess up at the wedding and get rejected like yes thank you for addressing this boys perfectionism and imposter syndrome head on from the very beginning this is the alex we know and love

putting alex and henry in the same room when they’re talking on the phone to each other was such a good choice I love it

they made this movie for the readers you have to know the LORE you have to understand how DEEP henry and alexs relationship is and you simply cannot get that in a two hour film but goddamn did they do a good job trying

[yujeong]

I don't normally fuck with AUs but one that's very dear to me is Pete getting shot by the pool instead of Vegas, so much so that back in my early kpts fandom days I had written around 3k words of fanfic about it (it's horrendous in retrospect, but I did have fun at the time).

Now, though. Now what interests me isn't the scene in question, not even the direct aftermath - Vegas losing his mind, Pete fighting for his life in the hospital etcetera.

Now what I'd love to read about (and write tbh, I'm getting brainworms as we speak) is what I already obsess over with the post-canon timeline: Pete dealing with his injuries in his everyday life, unable to move as he wishes, unable to protect Vegas and Macau, Vegas being a messy caretaker like he was at the safehouse, flashes to when Vegas begged Kinn to help him save Pete, flashes to Macau wondering wtf is wrong with his brother for being this desperate for a mere bodyguard, and other fun ideas like these.

Despite what it seemed at their last scene, Pete would still live as a weapon post-canon, just not the main family's. In this AU, however, he'd literally not be able to, and I have a feeling that'd fuck him up super badly.

Idk, I think there's a lot of potential here. I just had to ramble about it.

[dangermousie]

A protagonist of a cdrama taking psychiatric meds? Miracle land.

Something that really gets me about this whole sequence is not even that he sees her distraught and comes up with a way to cheer her up for even a little bit (despite the fact that he himself is even more destroyed than she is, his innate kindness is so deep set and his care) but that he does it without letting her know it's him - earlier he texted her if she's fine and she lied she was and he let it be even though he saw with his own eyes it was a lie.

And so he follows her lead - he accepts her lie and texts back accordingly, and then the panda thing? He never removes the mask so she assumes it's a random stranger who knows nothing about her or her woes and it's just a random act of kindness from a stranger; she can accept this and cheer up precisely because it doesn't seem personal and targeted. What strikes me about this scene is not his kindness or concern but his delicacy. He lets her have her privacy and her pride and takes her lead in how much she wants to share. And it's such a contrast with his "friend" who follows him to that school and pushes and pushes and breaks through all the boundaries, boundaries set by a traumatized and very private man, because what he wants/thinks is more important than the person he cares for would like. Zan, on the other hand (perhaps because he's had his privacy invaded), gives Song Ran all the privacy and dignity he can.

He only removes the mask when she can't see...

PS This is from the credits and I am soooo curious wtf is going on because they are clearly in a normal civilian place (hospital?) but I think he's lost it utterly.