#liza ramble

[adainesfroggieboggy]

heard the funniest story today about a guy i want to meet so bad just because he’s hilarious in my head, and i will try to do it justice. this story is about my friend and his coworker.

my friend tells me that this coworker is the kind of guy that’s tall, scrawny, and so sure of his ability to win a fight against anyone. he talked about this regularly, saying he could win a fight against literally anyone. my friend would get bored and just talk to this guy, because he was the most unintentionally funny guy he’d ever met.

my friend decides to ask him, “you say you can win a fight against anyone. what if i hired a seven foot tall, 300 pound, just pure muscle guy to fight you. would you win?”

to which the coworker replies, “oh, easy. done it. i’d win.”

“what about two?”

“light work. i’d beat them up.”

the questions continue, from three to four to five and so on.

“okay, but what about ten? you don’t even know they’re coming. they just come out of nowhere and jump you. do you think you’d win?”

“absolutely. i’d wipe the floor with ‘em.”

“okay, fine. what about eleven?”

“nah, couldn’t do eleven.”

(this is where the room dissolved into laughter and you think it’s over. that is the funniest punchline i can imagine.)

“dude, i wish i could hire ten guys to come best you up.”

“do it. i’ll beat them up and take the money.”

“what if they catch you in the bathroom and you have your pants down or something?”

“i’ll pull up my pants and beat them up.”

“you think they’re gonna wait for you to pull your pants up?”

“they better.”

[pureseasalt]

OK season 3 episode 6 of the bear is. actually not only objectively great and impactful and relevant it is also very much culturally important. for me especially. i just finished it but i cant emphasize enough how my favorite thing about it is how the episode reinforces the core theme of th bear while recontextualizing and affirming everything we know about both tina AND mikey. tina's hostility towards sydney. of like not only being young and passionate, which tina has expressed envy towards, but like. job insecurity too. AND especially why she loves the bear and the core staff and ofc mikey. "i loved that kid" "im thankful for all you motherfuckers" yeah YEAH I SEE NOW WHY. WE SEE NOW. & i just couldn't help but cry irl tears of joy knowing that somewhere down the line tina actually found something beyond this resignation with survival that she, like many of us, was forced into; that the current her is now more inspired and passionate and BEAUTIFUL and how all of that was hugely due to the inspiration and guidance that sydney brought to the kitchen; that

no matter how old you get that spark can find you at a wildly unexpected place in ur life. like that is very important to ME. AND MIKEY. SEEING MIKEY so. unshrouded with grief. took my breath away in a way that i could not explain at first. it was like really seeing him for the first time. cause we've only ever seen him thru carmy's idealized version of him. the brother he admired. his hero. it was either that or when he was at his lowest. but here, in this episode, it was like all those lenses were off. the dust was cleared. we see mikey all buoyant and bright and charming and healthy but also unsure of himself, stressed out, not so much the social butterfly that was everybody's best friend, and, like tina, resigned. it broke my heart so much when he said that even at a young age he never saw himself becoming like the carmys of the world. the passionate ones who knew what they wanted to do and were good at it because, again, even at a young age, he was resigned with being saddled with the responsibility of his dysfunctional family. the way that that conversation was shot was also IMMACULATE and the script was so evocative and heartfelt and DIRECTOR AYO EDEBIRI THE WORLD IS YOURS

[queen-of-haunts]

Fuck it, before we get distracted and forget even if it's not 2025 where we're at yet, let's do a new years post. 2024 was hard, strange, and bittersweet. We let go of a few people, got let go ourselves by others. Life was scary, we made mistakes, acted weird and awkward (though that one is probably never gonna change lol), slipped, stumbled, and were hurt a lot. It was difficult and bittersweet. Yet through it all this may have been the most we have grown as people in recent years. We figured out we are a we! That it wasn't just Selene in here but Liza too (or maybe it was the other way around, it's hard to tell who came first). It's terrifying being plural. We know the stigma we get. We still have a hard time talking about it often, this third coming out so to speak was the hardest yet. And unfortunately our system of two's existence was largely caused by trauma. Yet, this has been the largest positive of all of that negativity. We have each other. We grew personally, made a lot of progress towards our goals. We aren't quite there yet, but I always tell others to not discount the progress they have made. Maybe it's time I took that lesson to heart too!

And, we found some family, people that make us feel at home, that despite us being two very messy people who are just trying to learn and grow have found acceptance nonetheless. So to those who make us feel safe (and hopefully you all know who you are by now) we just say, thank you. We can't delve into too much without divulging personal info we probably shouldn't on the internet. But it's been hard and also weird and so very wonderful. 2024 may have been one of the most worthwhile years we've lived yet. So our hope for 2025 is that things are happy, peaceful, and joyous when they can be. Especially for every single person we love. We still feel like a fawn new on her feet despite being 3 years into transitioning, into truly living. But furthermore, we are going to take that unsteady foot forward, and we hope you all can too. We hope 2025 is gonna be a good one, especially to our trans sisters, brothers and siblings. Even if we don't know you very well or at all, we love you and are wishing you luck. -Selene & Liza 💜💙

[highlifeboat]

I wanna talk about

Max and Elizabeta potential QPR

Because I think they would actually make for something really good. They've been friends for a long time. They were FWB, before things fell off. They care about each other in ways that are hard for them to explain, but they know is more than simple friendship, but isn't romantic.

They aren't dating but they'd kiss each other when they say goodbye. They'd cuddle whenever Donna brings Elizabeta to the castle. They're closer than typical friends are.

[ribbonbonny]

the nerve to put archie in the jirachi pokemas trailer and then give it to TATE

[roxdelrosario]

Roxy 📲 Liza Bean

Roxy: Liza! I’m on my way to Neptune and I’m like losing my shit

Roxy: I’m not good at first dates

Roxy: I’m not good at dates! Why’d I even sign up for this 😭😭😭😭

Roxy: you’re not gonna be there, are you? You think your dad would let me sneak out through the kitchen if the date goes bad?

Roxy: not that I think it’ll be bad, really, but I went on a blind date back in December with this dude named Noah and we literally had nothing in common. He was sweet tho but I was so awkward

Roxy: what if it’s super awkward????

Roxy: anyway this is my fit for tonight

Roxy: [sends selfie of outfit in full length mirror]

Roxy: is it cute or are there too many bows?

@thelizaxlevin

[kazu-le-dork]

I DON'T THINK I'M EVER GOING TO RECOVER FROM THESE PANELS 😭 INGO 🥹🥹🥹

Him bowing down to Liza level he's so fjjkd I'm guessing he's most likely very used to lowering himself down to meet the eye level of children to not intimidate them, especially working at a subway station he most likely has his fair share of having to reassure lost children they'll be reunited 🥹

[lizabeans]

is everything capitalism more than it used to be or am I just seeing it more as I get older

[adainesfroggieboggy]

in my “my dreams are real and tangible. i can make them realer.” era. working hard because i want to, working towards a goal i can see and feel and hold in my hands. all my stumbles and all my setbacks? roadblocks. i can find another route. i can get there. i will be ok.

[plusultraetc]

What’s the old WIP you found?? If you feel like sharing, of course 😊

omg I do feel like sharing :D

The fic was called 'follow your dreams down,' and yes that's a Springsteen lyric, and yes it's "No Surrender," which means that erasermic was somehow involved 😭 It was kind of intended to be an exploration of how Aizawa, Mic, and even Midnight processed Shirakumo's death while they were at UA (which is to say: Very Differently), but oh my gosh what little I wrote is just. Really Sad. Like, here's a snippet but it's a bummer, and even though the fic had a happy-ish ending, obv there's no real 'happy ending' for a story like that.

(I have a habit of accidentally abandoning wips that get too heavy just because I always end up choosing to work on more lighthearted stories instead (for example, the semi-anonymous Star Wars au has a sequel, but it's unfinished because it was Sad. For some reason Present Mic can never have a good time in my sci fi aus??) In this case, I think another UA-era fic took over for 'follow your dreams down' because it's way happier and therefore less emotionally taxing to work on lol. Shirakumo gets me every single time. I cried about him like two days ago because I was flipping through Vigilantes to check a tiny detail. EVERY TIME.)

[carryonliza]

I'm craving those shitty sugar cookies from the grocery store. They taste like sweetness and childhood

[highlifeboat]

I bet pre-op Max hated his maid uniform to some degree honestly.

Not because of the dress, but just because the outfit is fairly form-fitting. And at the time he really started spiralling in his gender crisis, before he told anybody, having something he wore almost everyday that didn't "hide" anything was really screwing him up.

And he probably did ask Alcina about getting a bigger size, but she denied the request. She claimed the loose fit didn't look professional, and the one he had still fit him fine.

[kaleschmidt]

i should draw more dsacc chars................ did I mention this yet. did I talk about it on here.

[ch1-kasak0]

The urge to ramble about my of is consuming me

[lizabeans]

If Jews want to justify what the state of Israel is doing right now y’all are seriously going to need better rhetoric than relying solely on “any criticism of the state of Israel is antisemitic”

[adainesfroggieboggy]

i forget how attracted to chirp featherfowl i am. just me alone blushing so hard covering my mouth and just dear lord she’s very hot.

cannot explain this in any way whatsoever. just hot bird woman is extremely the vibe. biggest crush on her.