#like. verbally annihilated for having an interest

[baccan0pe]

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[moonstruckdraws]

Luci Interacts Pt 2

technically it's the next day so technically I'm allowed to draw so- yeah I'll stop making excuses, I was so sooo bored

So! This is how Luci interacts with the Mad Dogz (there's a lot of reading, so just a heads up)

Luci: sigh "I hate how much you get me." Raph: "Ha ha! Really? Glad we can relate to each other."

When Luci first saw Raph, she thought he was so badass and be cool and spunky. Needless to say that she was immediately disappointed when she learned that he was a more of a softie, and she kind of dismissed any interactions with him. That is until she goes to their lair for the first time and sees his room and her eyes go to his stuffed toy collection. Raph would ramble on and on about them, and Luci would get invested. Luci doesn't fully understand the appeal, but when he gifts her a plush, she finds it oddly comforting and is always somewhere within her reach when she goes to bed. Their relationship expanded from there with Raph's room becoming another one of her safe spaces. Luci and Raph would relate with each other's anger issues (someone clearly having it much worse) and he would be one of the only people she'd talk about some of her issues with. Raph even shows her methods to deal with her short temper, which doesn't really work but the effort is what counts. Their bond is close but they don't do much aside from these small therapeutic talks in Raph's room. They have small talk, but don't have that much in common.

"I find Raph to be kind, and not in the suspicious way like that Beaver, and compassionate. He's a good friend to have and his fiery spirit to fighting makes him even cooler! I gotta have him teach me some moves. Maybe I can kick that trash eater's *** if I do. Speaking of him, the big guy loses some points for being all buddy buddy with the trash eater. Though knowing him.. it can't be helped so.. I don't hold it against him harshly."

Luci: "We're definitely killing this guy, right?" Donnie: "Oh we are going to ANNIHILATE them, my friend."

Luci is the closets with Donnie! She finds his sarcasm very charming and his sass being on the same level as hers. These two would verbally destroy ANYONE if they stood in the way (they're the mean girls). When they first met, Luci wasn't interested in him at all since he kept to himself. It was only when she meets S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N for the first time that she gets interested in what Donnie actually does. Luci is very interested in Donnie's tech, in contrast to Pico, mainly because of the lights. She also finds the sounds that they make to be quite pleasant. Luci zones out at everything Donnie says until she tells him to shut up; but if it's any kind of math, she's immediately invested and will assist in any equations Donnie is working on for projects. Her working in the junkyard, when it came to repossessing cars, she's actually a bit handy with tools. She's no expert but she can get things running, even if only barely, so she helps with what she can with building Donnie's inventions. Aside from them bonding over tinkering, they also watch tv shows together, mostly sci-fi related or specific dramas. Luci likes how Donnie is also straight forward like Repo and appreciates people like this because their simpler to understand. Adding the fact that Donnie is a terrible liar, she can read his ques even easier because she's still trying to understand them since being mutated. He's also the most helpful to her when overwhelmed from the blaring lights and constant noise of New York.

"Dee is pretty cool, ignoring his terrible music tastes. He's a bit talkative on things I don't understand, but his passion has my respect. His lab is the most interesting thing with all those robo things. I like tinkering with things in there, mainly big shelves he neglects to bolt correctly, so I tighten or loosen them so they're actually stable. Who knew a genius like him could forget the damn basics with simple things. I try to stay away from any of his bigger projects though.. the engines can be very loud.. And I hate to say it, but I understand the trash eater's point with robots. They don't gotta be everywhere doin' everythin' but they are handy. I like assembling them more then the end results and functions of 'em."

Leo: "Okay okay, you're gonna love this next joke" Luci: "Pff- please no more! They're so bad!" Luci: "LEOOOOOO YOU MOTHERF-"

Luci and Leo have a weird dynamic. One moment, they could be chill and cool and the next, Luci will want to rip Leo's head off. Luci likes Leo's sass and sharp wits and actually finds some of his jokes funny, though she doesn't do more than snort at them. Luci instantly liked Leo with his charisma, but finds him to be annoying. For a long time they would only be sassy with one another and their relationship wouldn't grow until Leo catches Luci watching tv, specifically a dramatic romance (for a reason I'll elaborate on another time). Leo would instantly be invested and the two of them would watch romances, dramas, and reality tv shows together. This grows them closer, but Leo's mischievous side screws with Luci a bit. Luci doesn't understand the concept of pranks as a way of messing with someone in a lighthearted way and instead sees it as an insult. Everytime Leo pranks her, she will literally hunt him down and attack him. She forgives him at the end of the day, but her lack of understanding and Leo's inability to not mess with someone, leaves their relationship stuck in this wishy-washy state of being good friends to awkward acquaintances.

"I like Leo, I really do but.. I just don't get 'im sometimes. He's the most fun to hang out with, but then he does things that make me angry and it's supposed to be treated as not a big deal. I've seen his brothers act the same way as I do at his antics, but we always seem distant by the end of it.. it's so confusing, honestly. Why are people so confusing? It makes me wonder why I should have friends at all sometimes. But then again, I know they have my back so.. clearly it's not all confusing, right?"

Mikey: "Hey Luci! How've you been? Still trying to fully tame Mrs. Nubbins and stuff..?" Luci: "Hm? Oh, yeah I guess."

Luci is indifferent towards Mikey. At first, Luci was untrusting towards Mikey as his brightness reminded her of Todd's kindness. She avoided him the most out of all the brothers, and their relationship took the longest to develop. But she'd notice all the drawings on the wall or the fridge and get sucked in by the splashes of colors. She finds out it's Mikey by catching him draw at one point. She'd observe from a distance before it became their little activity for Mikey to draw and Luci to just watch. It was a comfortable silence for them, and Mikey would be cheerful that they'd be growing closer. That is until the "Nothing But Truffle" episode when Mikey ditches Todd for Meat Sweats. Luci is aware that Mikey is a major fan of Meat Sweats and understood his desire to be friends with him; she even understood him leaving Todd to hang out with him. The problem was that, despite not liking Todd, she didn't like Mikey's actions. She didn't understand how he could easily cast away someone he considered a friend for a person they didn't even really know, instead idolized. This kind of broke their relationship as Luci started getting confused again. She wondered if Mikey would do the same thing to her, thinking a bit selfishly but its justified in this case. She gains a bit of sympathy for Pico when she sees his clear distaste towards Mikey's actions. As it stands now, they don't hang out unless someone else is present, and even then Luci won't initiate conversations. Luci is stuck on whether she can trust Mikey and wanting to at the same time. The situation is very confusing to her, so she acts like how she did when they first met, dismissive. (Mikey just cannot win, can he?)

"My thoughts on Mikey..? He's.. he's artistic, very talented in that. He's spunky and bright, I guess. And he's... I don't want to answer this anymore."

[autumntouched]

I’m still coming up for air but wrote a little something if you’re interested…

Meet Celeste Elena Seresin-Trace

Natasha startles awake, unsure when she drifted off. The house is more quiet than it’s been since she and Jake brought Celeste home. Her mom and Gabby must be out, leaving the new little family alone.

Jake sits with Celeste cradled in his lap, her head supported tenderly in his large, capable hands. His leave is so short that he’s not wanted to miss a moment of the exhausting cycle of diaper changes and feeding and hours spent staring at the tiny, sleeping being they created, treasuring every shift, scrunch, and wrinkle of her delicate features. She already has Natasha’s darker hair (oh the heartburn!), but her eyes have yet to settle. Jake would have to pry it from her, but she hopes Cici ends up with his green eyes. Spending so much time taking care of the baby also means he hasn’t shaved since the day they went to the hospital, and Natasha is fully appreciating the rare shadow of facial hair on her husband.

He doesn’t seem to notice she’s awake just yet, and Natasha keeps her eyelids lowered to listen to the soft conversation he keeps up with their daughter. “Don’t tell your Mama, Cici, but you might be the most beautiful girl I’ve ever met. Of course, she’s neck and neck with you because I’m one lucky guy.”

Celeste’s tiny arms jerk in response to his words. It will be several weeks before her smile is more than a muscle reflex, but Jake insists that she smiles the most at him.

They’d had several first names picked out for her, although Jake was adamant from early on that he loved Natasha’s middle name and wanted to pass it on to their daughter. Elena means “light” and that’s what his two girls are in his life. He’s probably figured it out by now, but Natasha can’t resist Jake when his sweet, sentimentality slips past his cocky guard.

Celeste is perhaps a little on the nose for a girl with pilots for parents, but they both liked how pretty it sounded and how the vowels of her full name sailed so smoothly along the tongue. Natasha still chokes up remembering Jake murmuring it to her while he cradled her to his bare chest in the hospital, his hands then still slightly awkward as he adjusted to holding so tiny a person. Having a baby has turned both of them into saps.

“Whoa there, Ci,” he yelps quietly when Celeste jerks. “Strong as Mama already. No one’s going to mess with you, are they? And don’t worry, Daddy won’t let them.”

God help whoever dares mess with their little girl, Natasha thinks. Especially if she has Jake’s wit and penchant for verbal annihilation. They’re going to get a pair of tongue lashings they might never forget. Or recover from. The thought makes her huff a laugh, and both Jake and Cici look over at her at the same time.

Cover blown, Natasha fully opens her eyes. “I am not bailing you out for harassing a four year old at daycare,” she capitulates.

Celeste’s mouth opens and closes now that she knows Natasha’s awake, and Jake reluctantly relinquishes her to be fed. They learned quickly that their daughter will give them a short grace period to notice she’s hungry before she unleashes a full blown, bleating scream for food.

“I would never harass a child,” Jake scoffs. “Just have a firm conversation.” He helps her adjust the pillow to support Celeste while she eats. Natasha has only enough attention to spare to give him a skeptical look as Cici becomes more impatient about being fed. The defensiveness melts from his face, and he brushes her damp hair from her forehead to place a tender kiss there.

Natasha feels pretty lucky too.

[etherealemissions]

From the nsfw asks

#2 #5 #6 #14 #22 #39 #80 #84

2: I feel like this blog should give it away, but I prefer rough. Soft can be wonderful, but animalistic NEED wins out every time for me.

5: Tough, but proooobably being ridden. It lets me get such a great view of my partner, frees up my hands to torment them, and lets me angle myself juuuust right (especially if they know to lean back and use my knees for leverage) to really annihilate a g-spot (plus opens up the availability of a cock for me to tease). Plenty of others are fun too, but this one is evergreen for me.

6: I lean more sadist than masochist, so outside of a gentle brat tamer I usually find myself in the dominant role. But I'm a switch at heart, and find sex with other switches is usually my favorite.

14: This is an impossible answer that will change by the day. Maybe giving - I find it's more rare to find a sub who *really* knows what to do with their mouth/tongue than it is I'm struggling, so in the interest of making sure everyone is having fun and avoiding bruising egos I'd rather give. But if I find one who is either naturally gifted or who responds well to instruction and guidance? That changes things a bit.

22: Yes! Quite a few, my collection has grown and shrunk over the years but currently own a plug, several dicks, a stroker, a collar/leash, various items for binding or tying people up, wrist restraints, a blindfold, a riding crop, and a paddle. Next on my wishlist is a pinwheel/nerve tester.

39: Cuddling, sensual touch, biting, licking, sucking, doing shotguns then making out, biting or kneading necks/chests/thighs, grinding, fondling (esp in public). Dirty talk. Always dirty talk.

80: Man this list could use some copy-editing. See 5.

84: It is literally. My favorite thing. About sex. Full stop. My sexual awakening was with phone sex, my best partners have been very vocal/verbal, my horny brain and my dirty talking brain are on in the same. Want me to cum for you? Talk dirty to me.

[barilleon]

Arcanolinguistics Companion Blog

Arcanolinguistics, my article about verbal components in spellcasting for 5e, is out today in MCDM's ARCADIA. Please check it out! This blog post is a small dive into what went into its creation. Today marks a milestone in my career: the best thing I've ever written by far, which serves as a love letter to 5e and the people who made it worth playing for me.

When I build a character for a TTRPG and there’s an option for a language-based skill or power, I take it. One of my first D&D characters, Thavma Sanguine, was built with the linguist feat, the spell comprehend languages, and the anthropologist background from Tomb of Annihilation. Thavma was—like me—young, curious, and desperate to connect with the people around her. After years of academic study, she was eager to put her skills to the test in the real world. Language was an extension of that.

Immediately upon her creation, Thavma was captured by drow and taken to the Underdark, where the prisoners all spoke different languages. She used her abilities to bring people who did not understand each other together, to hatch an escape plan that only worked because everyone was on the same page. The DM of that campaign (you might know him, his name’s Willy Abeel) picked up on the fact that I really enjoyed exploring the game world through language, and the rest of the campaign was full of little moments for Thavma to puzzle through bits of text or linguistic differences to move the story forward. From there, our shared table started to develop some interesting linguistic trivia, some of which you can read in the article.

Playing Thavma, who was also a Wizard, made me super aware of spellcasting components. Most of the time you don’t really pay attention to them, but I feel like there’s so much storytelling potential there. I wrote a blog post about getting the most out of material components once. After that I started wondering about verbal components. Thus the idea for Arcanolinguistics was born.

On Collaboration

As of its release, Arcanolinguistics is the best thing I’ve ever written. This is in no small part due to everyone who worked on it. At dinner the other day, Hannah and I rounded up how many people it took to make, before it ever even made it to playtesters: two developmental editors, two line editors, four cultural and sensitivity consultants, two artists, and two (haha) writers.

I never intended S.A.M. to be a co-author on the article. But when I sat down to write, actually take my messy outlines and notes and put them into something for somebody else, no words came. This happens often, and like every professional I’ve developed a toolbox for fixing it. Sometimes I will start my day with a writing warmup. A quick blog post, opinion piece, or stream of consciousness to get the words flowing. Like a warmup sketch, but with words. Since at the time S.A.M. was a student in one of my home games (at Thavma’s institution, no less!), I decided to write research notes from its point of view. The more I wrote, the more I realized that S.A.M. wanted to write the article. So I let it.

This work would not exist without MCDM, especially Hannah. I only pitched this article because I know that MCDM was the only place with the passion and the resources who would help me make this article what it was supposed to be. The pitch was a risk from the start. It needed heavy development, consulting, and playtesting, and right now for a freelancer like me MCDM is the only place that can make that happen. I cannot stress enough how much of a gift ARCADIA has been to my professional development. I learned a lot on this project, pushed myself, and made something I never would have without these resources.

Hannah was always there to hop on a call and talk over spell ideas or brainstorm ways to make effects work. A lot of the effects in the article are very different from their original ideas. Without Hannah, much of them would have been super overpowered, confusing, or just plain wrong. It’s hard to add a system like this on top of spellcasting and make it click, but I think we did it. She found not one but FOUR consultants to work with us. It was important to us to do this right, from the outline stage to the end.

Kathryn and Hakan provided amazing insight for the early drafts. I’m a hobbyist; I don’t know what I’m doing. But they helped me find the right words and guided my concepts in the right direction. Yes, they were consulting on my article, but it felt like my own personal crash course in all things language. I learned about a bunch of amazing linguistic concepts thanks to them. And though I didn’t get to work directly with Rogan or Basil, their notes and suggestions made this piece shine!

The testers at MCDM are unrivaled. They built a spreadsheet for every language and every official 5e spell that the language could possibly affect. They caught some edge cases that were devastating, and devastatingly funny. My favorite was the entry for casting ray of sickness in Goblin, which just read, "Ray of Vaccination?"

I offer both my awe and apologies to Sadie and Amber, for sending them a behemoth that was so large it took two editors to tame. The final product is clear and usable and flows great thanks to them. They’re the reason you can bring this to your table instead of just considering it abstractly. They’re also the reason we got the Dohma Raskovar joke on Orcish!

Speaking of, there is always Willy, the co-creator of the personal playground inside my head. I didn’t ask what he thought of the Dohma joke. Maybe I should have, considering Raskovar is his character, designed for Flee, Mortals! But after I sent the bit in to Hannah, I just told him I did it and he laughed. I got to turn a question about wording into a love note just for him.

On My Interest in Linguistics

Linguistics (specifically sociolinguistics and the history of language) has always been an interest of mine. I love reading about the origins of language, how it’s evolved over time, and how a language’s structure can shape its speakers’ way of thinking. I’m not an academic; I can’t elaborate on that. But I can point you to some people who can. People I read and watched whose work served as research and inspiration for this article include:

The Mother Tongue: English and How it Got That Way, by Bill Bryson Lingo and Babel, both by Gaston Dorren The Story of French, by Jean-Benoît Nadeau and Julie Barlow The Linguistics Crash Course with Taylor Behnke on YouTube Conlang 101 from David Peterson (creator of Dothraki) on YouTube My favorite ttrpg: Dialect, from Thorny Games (imagine my surprise and delight when Hannah brought on this linguistic duo to CONSULT for my article!!! Holy shit!!!) The Language Instinct, by Steven Pinker Exploring Language, a collection of essays compiled by Gary Goshgarian The Language of Thieves, by Martin Puchner Jews and Words by Amos Oz and Fania Oz-Salzberger Legends of Localization blog, run by Clyde “Tomato” Mandelin A Language Family Tree in Pictures illustration by Minna Sundberg, for The Guardian's "Case for Language Learning" series.

If TTRPGs can be power fantasy, then mine is being able to use many languages, to connect with and understand as many people as I can. Not just in the /comprehend languages/ way (which I’ve likened to Google Translate), but in the authentic way, where you start to get the jokes and nuances, where you can forge relationships and shift your own perspective. I’ve been studying French on and off for over a decade, but I wouldn’t call myself any good at it. It’s hard! I don’t have anyone to practice with, and I’m also super shy in real life about speaking foreign languages. That’s why I wanted to add a fail-forward mechanic for language learning in the article. I want to believe that even though I’m not a toddler anymore, and my adult sponge-like mind has been left for many years to dry by the sink of knowledge, that I can keep working at it and get there someday.

On 5e Design

When I turned in the final draft of this article, I thought it was going to be the last major 5e thing I ever worked on. This is because I turned it in in January 2023, and you remember what happened all those years ago. While things have worked out differently and I am still designing in 5e, I sought to “leave it all on the page” with this one. It is, in my opinion, the purest expression of my 5e design philosophy: it’s fanfiction all the way down.

I liken my career as a 5e designer to my experience as an incredibly niche fanfic author. I like finding the little cracks in canon and filling them in, adding nice little layers of things that could have plausibly happened within canon and supporting them with as much textual evidence as possible so that people reading can accept it as their own headcanon. I think these are important skills to have for a designer of someone else’s game, especially when there’s a lot of other third party material competing to be incorporated into your table.

I found a niche in the 5e system—spellcasting components could be cooler and tied more to the world—and I filled it. While language is very much setting-based, I tried hard to use as much textual evidence as possible when forming these concepts. Devils have forked tongues, elves live everywhere and can all understand each other somehow, the dwarvish writing system is by far the most common in use. So I hope these ideas can conform to your own table, too.

But if they don’t, remember that everything not discussed at your table (yes, even official material) is fanfiction. Take it or leave it! If your table’s world doesn’t have the same languages as the SRD, maybe you can still find a way to map my rules onto your world. Or maybe it’ll inspire you to write brand-new rules for your own languages. As a writer and designer of fanfiction, nothing would make me happier.

[firelise]

The way i refuse to watch this damn finale. I refuse to learn what happens next let me live in my fantasy where

we get a flashback into sand and boeing's relationship that makes sand look even more pathetic sadboy and ray annihilates boeing verbally before telling sand to go handle that man. after getting handled, sand and ray fuck in every room in the hostel, boeing goes back to the bar where he meets boston who is interested but still focused on nick, says he has a boyfriend, and boeing suggests his boyfriend join them. nickbostontop threesome, boston achieves a new level of self-acceptance and possibility and nick is blissfully getting topped by two men. boeing leaves bc clearly boston and nick are all over each other. he and nick discuss the boundaries of their polyamorous relationship. top and mew have a fight over christmas decorations after moving in together, their tension seeps into their christmas party/housewarming where they decide to invite and forgive boston, but mew is still salty. afterwards they have another fight and breakup right before a fire happens. fast forward a year and they all meet up again at boston's photography exhibition (covered wall to wall in photos of nick's ass) and are like "that was a fucking crazy year right?" Boston and nick are still casual and open. Theyre tryna seduce the gallery owner. sand and ray are disgusting together (sand is singing micro songs to him). they all catch up and mew is more experienced as a slut and maybe going through another breakup and top has sought out therapy for his trauma and compulsive lying and has been single for a while. they look into each others eyes and maybe theres something still there we don't know its open ended. the end.

[omegawhiskers]

RAW 20/11/23

Good guy, Drew

Raw beings Drew McIntyre is in the ring as he explains his actions from last week when he cost Jey Uso and Cody Rhodes the Unified Tag Team Titles. Drew’s reasoning is sound. Anyone in his boots would have done the same. He also said that he wasn’t a part of Judgement Day but was given a chance to step into Wargames to fight Jey in a cage. Jey eventually comes out and not one word of sympathy from this man’s mouth. The Judgement Day arrive to back Drew up, as does Cody, Seth Rollins and Sami Zayn for Jey.  Things were about to kick off before Adam Pearce stops everyone. He says that the main event will be one member from each team in a singles match. It came down to Drew and Jey. This was a no brainer. Cody says he has an old friend in mind as the fifth member of WarGames. It’s obviously, Ted Dibiase JR.

The first match was Nia Jax vs. Raquel Rodriguez. They had a short but decent match. A few times, Rodriguez tried to lift Jax, but her back kept giving out. More deadlifts are required, I say! Nia eventually wins with the Annihilator.

Becky Lynch faced off against Xia Li. This one was a bit disappointing story wise. Li has been setting her devastating kick, that caused stoppage for both her last matches. Li did catch Lynch with her kick, but Lynch came back to win the match. It would of be great to see the kick at the very start, and then Lynch has to fight her way back. I don’t like Li’s chances tomorrow night when she faces Lyra Valkyria for the NXT Women’s title *UPDATE* Li lost.

Things got frosty post-match when Damage CTRL made a surprise appearance. Charlotte, Bianca Belair and Shotzi also came from Smackdown. A brawl broke out. Michael Cole wanted everyone to fight because Cole is a mad bastard. This was another nice build to WarGames.

Ludwig Kaiser and Johnny Gargano had a solid match. The tilt-a-whirl faceplant from and death valley driver from Kaiser were two fantastic looking moves. Unfortunately, Giovanni Vinci came to the ring to try and help Kaiser, but caused a distraction. This gave Gargano the advantage to win. Later Kaiser to get a verbal whipping from Gunther. I hope to see a Kaiser and Vinci match down the line.

We had a match to find out who will become the number one contender for the Women’s Tag Team Titles. It was Candice LeRae and Indi Hartwell vs. Tegan Nox and Natalya vs. Maxxine Dupri and Ivy Nile vs. Kayden Carter and Katana Chance. This was short but fun match. Carter and Chance had some sweet moves, while Dupri showed the most charisma. I didn’t like Natalya and Nox winning. I just have no interesting in them.

The Miz and Gunther had a battle of words in the ring. Miz says he is an entertainer and is proud because he grew up wanting to be like his heroes; Macho Man, Bret Hart, Rick Rude and Shawn Michaels. Gunther said the Miz is a weirdo who was bullied in school and was bullied by his heroes when he arrived in WWE. I don’t think anyone mentioned bullied the Miz. Gunther tells the Miz that he has no respect for him and that he deserves to be bullied. Gunther shoved Miz a few times, until Miz attacked, but was quickly put down. Miz came back when he resorted to a low blow. I hope the Miz loses at Survivor Series, and then goes on a journey to get his mojo back.

Chad Gable and Shinsuke Nakamura and an alright TV match. This is the second loss for Alpha Academy tonight. This stable need some wins. Like Dupri, I would have liked to have seen Gable getting the victory. He could have won. then you could do a second match where Nakamura gets the victory, followed the rubber match.

The main even was advertised as an advantage match that has gone to Judgement Day and Drew. This match felt non-aggressive for two people that hate each other. Post match had another brawl with everyone. This time the babyfaces left with an announcement that Randy Orton is the fifth member of their team. They didn't mention him by name, but Cody dropped some major hints.

This was a decent episode. Some solid matches and progression for the WarGames matches. My nitpick is that there were too many backstage segments. I hope Raw goes down to two hours so all this backstage nonsense can be shortened or dropped.

[pesterloglog]

Tavros Nitram, Rose Lalonde

Act 4, page 1590

-- adiosToreador [AT] began trolling tentacleTherapist [TT] --

AT: hIIII, sO,

AT: yOU GET BOSSED AROUND BY THE KNIGHT, oK, gIVEN THAT, i HAVE A QUESTION,

TT: Who?

AT: oH, tHE ONE WHO'S SUPPOSED TO BE "cool", i THINK,

AT: tHE SUN GLASSES GUY,

TT: Why would someone wear sunglasses while using a computer?

AT: iIII DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT A COMPUTER, bUT,

AT: yES, hAAAAAH,

AT: i THOUGHT THE SAME THING ABOUT HOW ASININE THAT IS,

AT: sO, yOU KNOW THAT GUY, uMMM,

TT: I know that anyone committed to such an affectation could only be striving to mask a severe insecurity complex, and likely harbors a crisis of self-image.

TT: I've been known to lend my charitable attention to such people, but only "bossed around" by them insofar as the psychiatric professional has cause to humor the demented for analytical purposes.

TT: Or maybe as a lab chimp commands the zookeeper's interest in its shit by forcing him to duck under its trajectory now and then.

AT: oK, wOW, i DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THOSE THINGS,

AT: bUT, uHH, i MEAN DAVE,

TT: Oh, that guy.

AT: yEAH, oK, gIVEN THAT, i HAVE A QUESTION,

AT: aBOUT HIM,

AT: i WANT TO KNOW ABOUT HIS EMOTIONAL VULNERABILITIES,

AT: aND, uM, wHAT ARE THE TENDER SPOTS THAT ALL THOSE, uHHH,

AT: dEVICES HE EMPLOYS TO CONCEAL THEM, uHH, lIKE ALL THE THINGS HE SAYS HE THINKS ARE FUNNY,

TT: Tender spots?

TT: Your word choices are evocative.

TT: Is your design to couple with this gentleman?

AT: wHOAAAAAAAA, nO, nO, wHOA,

AT: oK, nO, tHAT JUST MADE ME FEEL UPSET TO THINK ABOUT,

AT: i JUST WANT TO REALLY TRY TO BOTHER HIM, iT'S HARD,

TT: If you're trying to get his goat, you should know he only stocks the animal in the first place for ironic purposes.

AT: nO, i'M NOT REALLY INTERESTED IN HIS EARTH GOAT, bUT IF THAT WAS A FIGURE OF SPEECH THEN i GUESS THAT'S OK,

TT: Then we're agreed; you are hellbent upon literally seizing his shrill, bearded livestock.

TT: I'll assist you.

AT: uHH,

TT: If you really want to burn him, I recommend poetry.

AT: wHAT, pOETRY, aS IN LIKE THOSE HUMAN WORD BUNCHES,

TT: Yes. They are the most delicious bunches we have.

TT: I suggest you serve these crisp bunches of honey and verbal annihilation to him as part of a complete breakfast.

AT: oH, aND, wILL THIS BREAKFAST INJURE HIS SHRILL BARN BEAST,

AT: i MEAN THIS FIGURATIVELY, jUST TO BE CLEAR,

TT: A deft cluster-bombing of this sort will leave nothing wriggling from the razed earth.

TT: Except sulfurous tresses while it cracks and turns black.

AT: yOU MEAN, lIKE, tHE SURFACE OF AN OVERCOOKED PROTEIN OBJECT,

TT: Yeah.

TT: I suppose what I'm saying is this.

TT: Drop some hard, peer-reviewed motherfuckin' science on his ass.

TT: Some seriously government funded shit.

TT: It will destroy him.

AT: aAAAAHAHAHAH, yES,

AT: tHIS IS THE IDEA THAT i LIKE,

TT: Your obvious cunning with words should depants Strider with such vivid empyrean tempest, a nether-regional sonic boom is certain inevitability.

TT: But even so.

TT: Consider me at your disposal to help craft a comeuppance of such unqualified devastation, the angels will weep pearlstrings of little urban fellows cantillating an unbroken chorus of Oh Snaps.

AT: pLEEEEASE,

AT: i THINK i AM PERFECTLY CAPABLE OF MANUFACTURING THESE ALLEGED "dope" HUMAN RHYMES,

AT: aND STARTING SOME SICK FIRES,

AT: i DON'T NEED YOUR CHARITY, tHAT YOU SAID YOU LEND,

AT: tO, uHHH,

AT: eARTH MONKEYS WHO TOSS AROUND POOP, oR SOMETHING LIKE THAT,

AT: yOU'RE PRETTY SNOOTY,

AT: tHANKS FOR YOUR HELP, bUT I DON'T NEED YOUR HELP,

adiosToreador [AT] blocked tentacleTherapist [TT]

adiosToreador [AT] unblocked tentacleTherapist [TT]

AT: oOPS, sORRY, i DIDN'T MEAN TO BLOCK YOU,

TT: uMMMM,

[angstandhappiness]

Interesting, and true

@skye-huntress I agree. Obviously Oz had to choose someone with a deep sense of responsibility, someone who wouldn’t abuse the power, expose their secrets, or run away like Spring did. That type of person is unlikely to say no to begin with, but that’s why Oz and the others made sure to stress all the risks of being a Maiden and the unknowns concerning using the aura transfer machine. They also gave her time more to consider her decision than they actually had.

@marithlizard If Ozpin had pushed Pyrrha into it or even accepted her initial "yes", Beacon might not have fallen and the world would not be on the brink of annihilation. Instead he waited and then paused at the last moment because he couldn't bear to do it without her specific verbal consent - and those seconds were fatal. That's the opposite of horrible, Ironwood would consider it milquetoast!

Unpopular opinion bc I have strong feelings on it: ozpin didn't pressure pyrrha to try to become the fall maiden. If he was trying to pressure her, he would've told her everything, not just the maidens. Plus he actively kept her from immediately leaping in and doing the aura transfer, and tried keeping pyrrha safe during the fall of beacon.

Tbh idk where yall get this notion that ozpin is a horrible person. He's made bad decisions but the dudes got a shit ton of pressure on him. At least he could handle it better than ironwood tbh

[fangirlingpuggle]

So a second part to (this post) where Megatron falls for Optmius after seeing him verbally destory Sentinel.

@flippythegodzilla​ mentioned this AU again and I couldn’t stop thinking so here’s part 2 (now with a little Blitzbee and shockblurr added in)

So Megatron and Decepticons breakout and war is back in full swing only Megatrons focus is just entirely on Optimus, fuck the Magnus, fuck the council I am only interested in anything that concerns that Optimus Prime, I literally could not care less about anything else.

Blackarachnia ends up finding out what’s going on and is like ‘...holy shit what Optimus told Sentinel off???’ and then sees Megatron pining over her EX best friend and is like ‘oh this is hilarious’ that slowly morphs to ‘actually...they’d be fucking cute together' and gets in good with Megatron by totally wingmanning him

Megatron: Why should I forgive you traitor?

Blackarachnia: Just so you know optimus is a huge nerd and loves these books and periods of history in particular

Megatron:...hello new second in command

Shockwave who’s stuck running the Decepticons day to day goings on while Megatron is doing the most elaborate courting in all of history and is just stuck with running an army and his subordinates keep running off to fuck with the autobots or help Megatron in his ridiculous plans. and just Shockwave missing Blurr who actually listened to him and was you know not completely insane.

Shockwave *surrounded by Megatrons elaborate courting plans and Lugnut screaming*..i’ve made a mistake.

(he may or may not find a way to bring Blurr back)

Also Blitzwing just wants to see the tiny Autobot go off again ‘so he can record it because it was fucking hilarious’ Bumblebee catches him and when Blitzwing tells him why he’s following Optimus Bumblebee is just like ‘…I’m sorry…WHAT? BOSSBOT TOLD HIM OFF…AND I MISSED IT??? GIVE ME THAT FUCKING CAMERA WE’RE GETTING THIS ON VIDEO’

Hijinks ensuing and these 2 being the worst spies, Blitzwing watching Bumblebee doing something chaotic or making a dumb joke and just being like ‘...well now I can’t not marry him’

The 2 of them also joining forces with Sari and Bulkhead.

Megatron getting really annoyed but only because ‘EVERYONE ELSE IS GETTING TO SPEND TIME WITH THEIR AUTOBOT BUT NOT ME’

Optimus is just confused because he can’t quite believe Megatron would be interested in him…in the last fight he certainly wasn’t ‘though he did remember his name and Optimus is still very happy….probably happier than he should be over that’ but he doesn’t know what could have changed in that time…he doesn’t realise that verbally annihilating someone with expert precision was the final key to getting Megatron to fall head over heels for him.

Bonus: Just the Magnus or Ratchet or a Decpticon in the middle of this mess turning to Sentinel ��you did this...this is on you’

[delirious-donna]

C and M would be interesting to see for Naruto? ^-^ 💛

NSFW Alphabet [Naruto Uzumaki]

an: bestie, for you, anything! I shall deliver you some spicy Naruto goodness, let me feed your beautiful soul! ^^

Masterlist

C - Cum

Naruto loves to watch you swallow his thick load.

His hips always pull back to see his creamy seed coating your tongue until the pink is entirely hidden. He'll ask you to swallow on a guttural groan, fighting to keep his eyes from rolling into his skull as you do as commanded, flickering your tongue out to show your good work.

Whiskered cheeks a pretty soft pink, he'll grab your face and kiss you until you are both breathless. He doesn't care that he can taste his lingering cum in your mouth, if honest, he kinda likes it.

You'd say his taste is definitely unique, bitter and overpowering but not unpleasant. Naruto certainly packs a punch and when you had first sucked him off, you were startled by how much cum he produced.

"Fuck, sweetheart. Take it all, my best girl," he purred to you, fingers laced in the depths of your hair as he shuddered and shook.

The sunshine boy really has a thing about not wasting cum, he'll paint your clenching walls pure white but he'll fight to keep it in either until he was ready for another round or you convinced him to move - not an easy feat.

When it comes to eating out your sweet little pussy - as he likes to refer to it - he is sloppy. Perhaps it was from all the ramen he slurped over the years but he could not go down on you without him ending up with your slick covering his mouth and chin.

He really had a way with his mouth, alternating between lips that formed a perfect suction around your aching clit and his velvet tongue lapping at your folds.

One orgasm is never enough, Naruto enjoys forcing multiple releases from you to the point you'd worry about his poor jaw, but he doesn't seem to mind.

His large hands hold your thighs against the mattress, your useless attempts at trying to close them are futile given how strong he is, all whilst he eats you out like a man sitting before his last meal.

M - Motivation

Attention - pure and simple.

Naruto was starved of basic affection and attention as a child, ostracised from the village for something he had no control over. He might be a man now, hailed a war hero and saviour of the entire world but he remembered the feeling of being alone, well.

Want to turn the blonde-haired God into putty in your hand? Simply give him your undivided attention.

It can be as easy as listening to him when he has had a long stressful day, offering advice when appropriate and helping him verbally annihilate those that have pissed him off that day.

Naruto can't truly put into words how it makes him feel - the warmth that invades his chest and makes him rub absently at the spot over his heart.

Add in some tactile attention and the Uzumaki will purr like your very own kitten.

So it might have been a few days since you last tangled in the sheets, he has been very busy and you don't blame him for falling asleep as soon as his head hits the pillow but it's time for some loving.

Spend the entire day with him, even if he has to work, you tag along and lend a hand in the best way you know how. He might be Hokage now but you can lighten his load every now and then.

Naruto is none the wiser to your ploy until it is much too late. His skin tingles with every brush of the pads of your fingers along his shoulders and arms. His throat feels dry and scratchy when you bend over to stack some files that lay discarded on the floor, his head tipped to the side as he glazes over at your round ass swaying from side to side. His pants are uncomfortably tight on his body as if the fabric was shrinking on his frame, as you lean over to pour him another cup of tea.

Do you know he can see straight down your top, and why the hell are you not wearing a bra?

He is going to bring you into the office more often if this is the end result, you hidden under the desk, sucking on his sensitive dick whilst Shikamaru goes over the afternoon's agenda.

"Hey, wasn't y/n here earlier?" he asks suddenly.

Naruto jumps and almost chokes you completely on his length. You are already drooling around the edges of your mouth, trying desperately to keep your actions quiet but it's so hard when you wanna moan about how good he tastes.

"Oh... she - she went out to run an errand," Naruto replies, ending on a high-pitched squeal as you chose that exact moment to cup his balls.

"Uh-huh."

Shika ain't buying it, but he is too damn tired to push the matter further.

He finally leaves. The second the door snicks shut, the practically vibrating Uzumaki is yanking up from your hiding spot, gripping your slobbery mess of a chin in his tight grip with red flecks peeking through the blue of his eyes.

"You're gonna pay for that, brat!"

And pay you do, but it was worth every second, and you'd do it again in a heartbeat.

Naruto deserves all your attention for now and forever.

[magical-grrrl-mavis]

Just realized Gojou from My Dress Up Darling is probably autistic. 

(Please note I’ve only seen the four dubbed episodes)

Like there’s obviously his general lack of social awareness and that feeling of just being too different to fit into the group, as well as not really even wanting to try to socialize with people, to the point he let everyone leave while he cleaned up the entire classroom all alone so he didn’t have to talk to them. 

Marin's friends all walked up and started talking to her and him and he just looked at this growing crowd and thought "I have no idea how to do this"

His obsession with Hina Dolls is textbook special interest. 

I realize him talking to that one specific doll like it’s a person and even asking if it’s ok when he drops it is supposed to be framed as him just being a weirdo, but it honestly seems like the type of personification thing a lot of autistic kids do where you just feel sympathy for inanimate objects. I still sometimes catch myself just muttering sorry if I sit on a stuffed animal or something.

He is just. So blunt. Remember when Marin showed him the dress she’d sewn and he just verbally annihilated her like a weird teenage Gordon Ramsey?

“I tend to take people at their word so it would make sense I wouldn’t notice she’s making a joke.” BOY

[padfootastic]

I saw that post about Sirius being super cutthroat and verbally annihilating anyone who crosses him funny and how you replied about James having a crisis on why he accepts mean Sirius, and while Sirius can be mean (definitely should be) and he used to being around darker magic. James probably has the hidden darker side, just cause he's known for being sadistic when provoked. I think they both have mean sides they just utilize it differently, if that makes sense. They're both neat

they do!!! i think we’ve all seen james’ darker side in the episode i hate talking about, but it’s interesting how that would play out in other instances. he’s possessive, for one, and definitely arrogant. magically powerful and perhaps ignorant/oblivious of the authority he wields in all senses of the world. you know how when u have privilege, doors open w/o u asking for it? i think, if he cultivated an awareness of that, he could very well belong to use it deliberately when he wanted.

while i do think james is way more black and white than others, i like playing around with a more grey version of him because again, swm opens up possibilities ykno? he’s chill w casual blackmail (and yeah i know kids, teen arrogance all that but let me have my fun) and it’s just so delicious trying to juxtapose that in other scenarios. what else would push him to that?

i also think, when comparing sirius and james—the former’s cruelty is more cutting, more verbal, more psychoanalytical whereas james is more brute force and throwing his weight around. both of them can be super effective but yeah, sirius would probably seem more terrifying while james would be overwhelming. and like, i do think s is more self aware about it? so he’s definitely more in control which makes it even worse when he does choose to act this way whereas for james, it’s borne out of bubbling ignorance and arrogance and grows from there. either way, both of them might not see their own flaws but they unconditionally accept the other’s and that, above everything, is why they’re as close as they are imo.

[i-am-a-scholar-of-magic]

Palisman, A Lifelong Partner - My Thoughts

Any who have more than a toe dipped in the fantasy genre are familiar with the idea of witch’s familiars. Black cats, toads, or other “dark” creatures that accompany witches and perform tasks for them. The idea that migrated into fantasy originated from a combination of Northern European beliefs in fylgja - spiritual beings connected to a person’s fate or fortune that followed them around - and the medieval idea that witches who served the Devil were accompanied by a demon companion. 

Nowadays, fantasy has softened this concept quite a bit, often reimagining familiars as actual magical animals that are emotionally bonded to witches, can speak to them or others, and act as emotional support much like our own pets do. But one of the most interesting facets of “The Owl House” to me is their own take on this concept. 

The palisman.

Carved from the wood of a palistrom tree - as explained in earlier posts - these carvings that almost always take the form of animals bond with their partner witch or biped demon and act as, in the words of Hieronymus Bump, “both good friends and a powerful tool.” To demonstrate, Bump reveals that his own palisman helps him see. 

The first palisman we meet in the series is Eda’s owl, Owlbert, as he drags a bag of trash into the demon realm for Eda to sell. In fact, Owlbert settling upon Eda’s staff is one of the first hints of actual magic we see in the series. And it is often through Owlbert that we learn more about palismen. 

Much of what we know comes from the first mid-season finale, “Escape of the Palisman.” Eda takes the time to explain to Luz a little of Owlbert’s origins - that she herself carved him from the branch of an ancient [palistrom] tree - and that they are bonded for life, adding quite intensely that she would “annihilate” anyone who ever hurt Owlbert. 

So, wouldn’t you know it, Owlbert gets hurt. Luz learns the hard way that palismen can flee a situation that they find harmful, and they often find themselves under the protection of the Bat Queen. Formerly described as a demon - and a very wealthy one, at that - she is also revealed to be a massive and ancient palisman who protects abandoned palismen. This shows that witches can discard their palismen, too. 

Now, one factor of palismen that goes largely unaddressed is their intelligence. Owlbert is shown early on to be capable of playing a card game - and his wearing a tiny greenvisor like a poker player is freaking adorable. The Bat Queen is capable of full, verbal speech - even eloquence. And it is shown that palisman can telepathically communicate with each other, and audibly to their partners, as Owlbert does with Eda and much later Flapjack learns to with Hunter. 

We get a hint at the power of palismen from the episode “Agony of a Witch,” when Emperor Belos cracks open a latent palisman and empties its contents - glowing green fluid hinted to be raw magic - into his eyes to combat an unknown illness. 

The next major source of exposition for palismen comes in the second season episode “Hunting Palismen,” where Eda and Bump have set up the unprecedented Palisman Adoption Day at Hexside school. With palistrom wood overharvested and rare - also addressed in earlier posts - the Bat Queen offers some of her protectorates to bond with witchlings. 

It is here that we learn how important emotions are to palismen. The Bat Queen instructs the students to kneel and state their deepest wish, and their “like-minded” partner will come to them. After a series of bondings, Luz hits a stumbling block when she is unable to do so - not because she is a human, but because as the Bat Queen explains, “Palismen bond through conviction. I do not sense any conviction from you.”

Ironically, as palismen are apparently considered wild magic by the Emperor, a palisman bonds with Hunter rather than Luz. 

The last large piece of information we glean on palismen is from “Hollow Mind,” when we finally get a glimpse of Belos’s ailment. The beast chasing Luz and Hunter through the Emperor’s mind is revealed to be an amalgamation of the palismen that Belos has consumed over the years. Belos goes so far as to describe them as souls; this strongly hints that palismen are not only intelligent, but self-aware. 

In addition to all of this major revelation, a few traits can be gleaned from the series overall. For one, palismen seem to be very long-lived, if not ageless. The Bat Queen claims it has been “thousands” of years since she was abandoned by her master. When Flapjack speaks to her about a new partner, the Bat Queen comments that he has found one after “all this time” - for a being thousands of years old, this hints that Flapjack himself is quite old as well. 

Another observation is the sheer strength of palismen. Owlbert is introduced dragging a bag of refuse many times his size over quite a distance. In another case, the episode “Once Upon a Swap” shows him smashing through the steel bars of a jail cell with no visible effort. Another example is Clover, Willow’s bee-themed palisman, who acts as her exercise spotter by holding down her feet during situps and whirling Willow’s jump rope - keep in mind that Clover is about the size of a closed fist. 

A final observation is that palismen are more often than not carved in the likeness of animals from Earth. An owl, bee, chameleon, crab, cardinal, white cat, raven, and hawk - as well as a rhinoceros beetle (Katya in “Clouds on the Horizon”), squirrel and giraffe (headmasters in “Eda’s Requiem”). This is in contrast to Bump’s imp Frewin, Viney’s manticore, and the Bat Queen herself. 

Overall, the concept of palismen is one of the richest and most fascinating ideas presented by the show, and one that is a joy to theorize over even more. 

Thanks for reading! More to come …!

[because-i-am-barely-even-human]

Buck gets into verbal smackdown with Ana every time they cross paths. Meaning: she says some stupid snobbish shit and Buck annihilates her but like passive-aggressively. It’s done so beautifully that no one can even accuse him of being rude, which Ana tries to do, but to no avail. He’s not nice and polite to her though, just plain cold. He wants nothing to do with her and is not hiding it.

In spite of her trying to come up as intelligent and educated person, she always sounds arrogant and ignorant. Abuela and tia Pepa are having none of it. They refuse to acknowledge her and dismiss everything she says. There’s no place in their life for such people.

The funniest thing? Turned out, Eddie wasn’t even dating her, he just asked her out as a friend. He though it was a good idea after he talked with Taylor Kelly along with Buck, back at the jinx day (she wasn’t so annoying anymore, hah, who would have thought?). He was never interested in Ana in that way, not when she was Christopher’s teacher and certainly not now, he just thought that like Taylor she could use a friend because of the pandemic. In what Universe being polite to your son’s teacher is considered as flirting? What is wrong with this woman?

He clears things up pretty firmly when he hears her telling everyone that she’s his girlfriend. He’s gets really mad about this because he was planning to finally confess his feelings to Buck. It was a perfect night for that. And she kinda ruined the mood. Then he finds out how she spoke to Buck and everyone else. And oh boy, if he was mad before, now he is livid. He puts her in her place.

Eddie: I thought you were a nice person and could use a friend in times like this. Well, clearly I was wrong. Should have know what kind of person you are the moment my son got hurt on your watch, when you were too busy gossiping to look after students in your care.

Ana can’t look anyone in the eye, too embarrassed about the scene she just made, and now that people know details about the Skateboard incident™ she looks even more incompetent. It’s not the first time that she assumes some things and then properly gets herself embarrassed. It’s clear the problem lies with her, not other people.

Buck kicks her out and makes it clear she’s not welcome in their life.

Meanwhile Taylor is cackling in the background along with Josh. Came for the wine, stayed for the drama.

Bonus:

Eddie takes Buck to his place. One thing leads to another, and Eddie ends up on his back and oh my god, Evan sure knows what he is doing. Yeah, just like he thought, Buck is loud. And shameless.

He is beautiful.

Eddie never wants to let him go.

If someone's interested in writing this, please tag me when you're done.

[feynavaley]

☠️ for FACE family (France, America, Canada, England) if that’s too much how about just America and Canada?

Of course, thanks for the question! 😊 (List here)

☠ - Angry/violent headcanon

And don't worry, it isn't too much! 😊 By the way, I had already talked more in general terms about how America, Canada, and England act when they're angry, if you're interested in this topic.

America

When America is truly furious but he doesn't have the object of his fury at hands, he breaks things. Throws something against the wall. Snaps something in half. Sometimes, he screams too. It's scary to watch because it looks like he isn't in control – and combined with his extraordinary strength, it makes people who aren't involved fear that he would snap and hurt them as well.

In truth, America is never that out of control. He may hurt the person responsible for his anger if it's something truly serious, this much is true (and even here – it actually only happens if America is angry because that person hurt someone America cares about), but he would never hurt a simple bystander. Expressing his anger physically is a way to channel and process it, but America is more in control than he looks.

Canada

Canada rarely gets angry. Most times, he tries to excuse other people's actions and see them from their perspective – where even if those actions may not be justified per se, they do have a rationale behind – before condemning them. Moreover, Canada feels like, in a way, he doesn't have the right to get angry – because whatever that person might have done, Canada himself isn't perfect so he doesn't have any room to judge. Therefore, he tries to swallow down any anger or resentment. He's good enough that most people don't even notice he was angry in the first place.

When Canada does get truly angry, however, people know it. He gets snappy and sarcastic with people he doesn't know well; he verbally annihilates people he feels more comfortable with. And he does lose control in that moment, always saying more than he means to (which he always regrets later). He never gets physical, though.

England

Not unlike America, England would have a tendency of reacting physically to rage. He has learnt to restrain it and most people wouldn’t be able to tell, but if someone goes too far, England’s first instinct would be to jump at him. Sometimes, for grave offences, he still can’t restrain himself. He just wants to see the other person hurt.

Since he recognizes he doesn’t have much restraint, however, England also often chooses to isolate himself when he’s truly angry, lest he said or did something he would regret later. He physically removes himself from the situation and tries to avoid the other person until he has calmed down a bit. This is especially true when it comes down to people he cares about.

France

France isn’t that easy to anger. Annoyed, sure. He’s extremely easy to annoy, and due to his melodramatic nature, he always turns it into something bigger. Most of the time, however, he isn’t actually angry. He’s too insightful and sensitive to – since he understand people’s motivations, he also has a different perspective on their actions that mitigates a bit his anger. Even when he doesn’t agree with something, knowing where it comes from makes him see it in a different light.

Once France does get truly angry, however, it’s quite noticeable. He becomes stern and serious, without his usual overdramatic flare. All his features are contracted and they don’t relax even for a moment. Then, with the coldest, most disdainful voice he can muster, he tells what he thinks about the other person, using the most hurtful way he can manage. You don’t want to anger France.