#long long mannnnnnn

[n4391]

Furina and long Neuvillette 🦦

[izvmimi]

this long island thing keeps making me think of sakeru gummy commercials

[dreampearls]

i really do enjoy nahida sooo much conceptually shes 100% my favorite archon i just wish she wasnt the lolibait oneeeeeeeeee

[dirwael]

god im trying to find good nanami pics so i can make an edit and i keep seeing penis someone help me

[simpjaes]

Have you already answered how you think hyung line sounds in bed? If not, who moans, whines, grunts, etc? You can also add jungwon to this if you want!

☆ jay:

directed moans for the most part but there may be an occasional whimper. It's not really a needy whimper but more of a "it feels so good I can't control the sounds I make" type of whimper. I like to think he's very in control of his thoughts for the most part [not always], to the point he moans intentionally to praise you for how good you feel. But when he's focused on the feeling and not on you specifically, Jay grunts, holds his breath, lets out long and exhausted sounding sighs when he feels good. And honestly they'd sound so good that I think they'd leave a pit in your stomach that urges you to pull more out of him. He's sensual whether he's subbing, domming, bottoming, or topping. Always with the need to take care of someone else...to the point he probably doesn't give his own horny sounds much attention. But mannnnnnn, jay would absolutely be panting and whining if you praise him for how good he feels and sounds. idk, i like to think you'd both get off on the sounds, and make more of them just to gain praise. like you'd lose your fucking minds together.

★ jake:

whining, panting, drooling, choking, stuttering. i do see jake as a dom for the most part for very particular reasons but i don't think he is able to control himself when it comes to getting his dick wet. he can be pathetic, of course, but he will always sound pathetic whether he's acting the part or not. you will always be covered in his saliva and cum because of how he is, and how badly he wants to get off on/in/to you. jake loses his goddamn mind every time, no matter how quick or small an intimate situation may be. fr, he looks just as fucked out being edged for 6 hours as he would just getting a quick hand job under a dinner table at a restaurant. rest assured though, you know he wants you not only with the way he fucking begs even if he's choking you, but with the way he moves his body just as desperately. In other words, jake is desperate for power but has no idea what to do with it, so he cries.

☆ sunghoon:

mostly holding his breath, letting out deep, guttural groans and choked out sounds that can only be heard when he's right against your ear. always whispers and gentle touches despite the way his hips fuck painfully. Sunghoon is definitely the type to keep himself under control and intentionally try to have you babbling and mumbling incoherently in his ear. he does not want to drown out your pleasure with his own. still, he'd know how much you love his sounds, so when he notices you relaxing too much, or enjoying yourself too much, he will be sure to tense your body right back up so he can feel that pussy squeeze him so tight just because he breathed a little too deeply in your ear. he's very sensual, makes every fuck feel like he's making love where sounds and words are barely comprehended because you're so in the moment with him. half of the time you don't even notice his moans because his eyes are so dark yet shining while he looks at you mid-fuck. additionally, he buries himself deep, it's hard to imagine you think at all when he's fucking you.

★ heeseung:

all the sounds, all the dirty talk, everything. I'd like to say though, that if heeseung whimpers, it's solely to get your attention and not at all because he's pleading for you to clench that pussy around him. every sound is a tease, and he'd definitely hold it against you. why? can't let pretty girl know how good he's feeling, right? after all, if you feel like you need to work harder to make him release sounds, you'll only end up fucking harder, harder, harder, until your legs are shaking and he can take full control and replace all those fake ass sounds with the real ones. deep guttural words of how lost you are on him, little praises disguised as dirty words and mockings of your behavior. his sounds are to make you chase and nothing more, up until he fills you up and you're nearly crying and begging for praise. he'd give in only to genuine moans when you're so far gone you barely can hear him.

[im-traumatised]

I HAVE A RHEUMATOLOGY APPOINTMENT SET FINALLY!! ! Apparently I've had a confirmed appointment for a while, they just for some stupid reason input all my details wrong, so i never got any confirmation letters or anything. Ahhhhh

[iguana-braces]

Heyo it’s your favorite anon back again! Struck the other day with first times. Like of course Jayce’s first time having magic used on him is life changing. But MANNNNNNN thinking about the blood rush that Mel and Vik get from watching Jayce writhe for the first time is sending me. Also! I’ve decided I’m assigning myself an emoji for simplicity’s sake 🌀🌀🌀 MWAH

I was going to save this until tomorrow but I had a half-baked idea before bed so here we are

I feel like there would definitely be a momentary blood rush of panic the first time that happens because Mel and Vik aren't entirely sure how Jayce will react to it. Like, they're all super down for it and excited to try, but in the back of their minds there is the actual risk of Jayce getting hurt or maybe even one of them triggered (I'm obsessed with the idea of a polycule having to recover from those few months (?) one of them tried to become god and they all had to physically fight each other about it, anyway--).

But then they do get down to business and Jayce is SO into it, maybe even more than he expected to be 🤭, but it doesn't exactly come across that way and Mel and Vik immediately stop and are like "Omg are you okay? Are you in pain? Was that too much????" but Jayce is like "That was NOT enough! I know the safe-word, I'll use it when I damn well need to. Keep. Going."

And Mel and Viktor just--

--and keep going. Once they're sure that Jayce will stop them if need be, they're all in on enjoying it for themselves too. It could definitely be a power trip for them, maybe for Viktor more, knowing that it's their powers that are making Jayce feel that good. It's something no one else can do to him, and it's something unique that they share with each other.

Okay, actually I've been in an Arcane slump lately but I have really missed rotating these three around my brain, thank you for that and for gracing my inbox with your presence again 🌀 (it took me so long to find that emoji because it's different in my keyboard vs tumblr text???)

❤️❤️❤️❤️

[kentofic]

guys 😭😭😭😭😭 look at what my gf got me

MY MANNNNNNN 😭💗💗💗 I’ve been wanting this figure for so long and she surprised me with it!!!! 🥺🥺🥺

[bellafragolina]

Can i have a cute warden ingo with his S/o havign a nice bath together? Idk if in the alabaster iceland or idk beach or in a lake? Up to you something cute man needs to have a good time and relax hahaha

Relaxing bath time coming up on your left!!

🍓🍓🍓

“Just relax,” he murmured into your temple, carefully cupping hot water to pour down your back, “I’m right here. I’ll take care of everything.”

Endless days and nights alike stretched you far thinner than Ingo would prefer. He understood your need to get things done as soon as possible, as he was as desperate to go home as you were, yet he feared you would stall, you would break, overrunning yourself without proper maintenance in between. So, using the soft voice and softer smile he knew you were so weak to, he invited you here.

The hot springs held everything you needed to finally, properly relax. The water’s temperature sapped away at any stiffness still clinging to your sore muscles, and particularly stubborn knots easily folded beneath the firm caress of Ingo’s calloused hands. You could melt into goo like a Goomy, but Ingo kept you together, huddled into his lap to kiss and to hold and to caress.

You needed this. Even with the distraction of work, of dangerous Pokémon threatening to tear you to mere ribbons, you missed this. Ingo was like a beacon in the darkness, a comforting fire to curl up next and feel seep into your weary bones. He was as tired as you were, wrung dry by the harsh environment you lived in, but he was home.

Ingo’s hands lifted from where they rolled into your hips when you twisted. You turned slowly, water splashing in gentle waves around you, until you were settled back into his lap, this time facing him. Ingo voiced no qualms with the new position, merely wrapping his arms around you as he peppered careful kisses into your hairline.

“I love you.” You whispered, barely audible over the sounds of the world moving around you.

“I love you.” Ingo said right back, a certain kind of insistence threading into his voice. His kisses became harder, lingering on your skin for moments too long. You tilted your head back in silent question. “I love you very much. Please. . . don’t leave.”

You didn’t have to ask what he meant. “I won’t.” Your head lowered back down, carefully nuzzling into the crook of his neck. You laid gentle kisses where his adam’s apple quivered. “I don’t want to be anywhere you’re not. We’re in this together, you and me.”

Ingo sighed, low and long like he was deflating. “Good.” His fingers danced up your spine, carefully feeling, mapping, memorizing. “I’ve forgotten so much already. I don’t want to forget you.”

“I’ll make sure to leave a permanent imprint on your mind then.” You teased him, nipping at the column of his throat. Ingo laughed airily, so you settled again, relaxing into the serene moment you shared. “We’ll be okay.”

“Of course.” Ingo murmured. “Any track you conduct can only lead to success.”

You just smiled, and promised yourself to get him home, no matter the cost.

🍓🍓🍓

I’m so sappy for this mannnnnnn

~Renee

[desb3ar]

Nonviolent Communication Fanart: Chapter 12

THIS IS STRAIGHT BABBLE BECAUSE ITS 3 AM. but GREEM GREEN GREEN

sweet. maRy and joseph. 166k words later, we got to the MENTION of a hug. WHAT A DOOZY.

the contemplation, the beautiful writing, well paced, and well balanced..nothing new but it still blows me away. i just know the hug will be so jarring once we get there swearrrrrrr. im kanwdjknawjndajkwn

staying at his plaaceee ianwkdnawd THE WAY HE OVERWELCOMES US AND HOW MUCH HE ACTUALLY WANTS US TO STAYYYY <33333 MAANNNNANWD this mannnnnnn AND HE KNOWS US SO WELL IM DONE

when we mentioned how much we wanted to hug him in a sleep daze (which is so real because i say loads of stupid stuff when im like a blink away from passing out) i was at the edge of my seat like oh SHIT he knows. cats out the bag. and the way things are worded? like "it's an honor to know you wanna embrace" stopstpooawmdadn <33333 HONOR? MAKING ME FEEL LIKE A MILLION DOLLAS.

the amount of times ive been trying to build patience for this story because omg OMG PLEASEE HUG AUGHAHWDJN thats why i have so much respect towards the amount of will you have to carry out these long chapters. like i dont read often, but since ive found this fanfic, this oughta have been the most i've ever read in yeaarrrss. its so captivating like what. i know i mention your patience a lot but FR.

so much of the things mentioned.. it has so much meaning that makes me cheese so hard till my cheeks hurt like,, the smile i get would send me straight to arhkam asylum. certain actions or dialogue is noted later on and thats really nice because it gives it soul and not words to get the story to be longer. its absolutely amazing.

also how the HELL... did you manage to make a simple pinkie hug turn out to be the most platonically intimate thing??? that is top tier writing. it may be small but that is a STEP STEP. LIKE A BIG STEP. BIG STEPPA.

im so excited for future chapterss uhhawhdjawn your stories make me do a dance omggknkanwd

UR AMAZNG @greensagephase !!!!!!!!!!!!!!11!!11!!

[abrthephantomq]

🌋Additional fun facts about Uendo Toneido!

In tha original Japanese version, it's a bit more obvious that tha alters are fictives of sorts. Kisegawa retains her name from tha rakugo story of 'Omitate', but Patches's original name was 'Ippachi' while Owen's original name was 'Sadakichi Isoda'. They're both rakugo characters that feature in a number of stories, Ippachi especially.

While Uendo's original stage name was 'Bifu Senputei', Uendo Toneido functions as a real Japanese name! (Ya can even see it a split second written on the fan they threw) Translating roughly to "Feather Performer", we believe.

A right cute detail is the fan symbol pepperin' their design is not only a mechanical fan, but one with specifically 4 blades.

Them gettin' drunk off of a sake bun is actually a rakugo reference! 'The scary manju bun' is a tale of a man claiming that his biggest fear, one that makes him pass out, are manju buns. When his friends prank him with a bunch of them, he eats them all and goes 'hmm... my biggest fear now is... a bottle of alcohol...' 'r somethin' like that!

Number of mats a rakugo artist sits on can be indicative of how popular/well liked they are! Can't get full details on this but it's 'parently a gag in rakugo shows/series that this can happen. So it's fair ta say that Uendo is fairly well liked as a performer ('n probably does give out autographs!)

Uendo calls Geiru "big sis" and Athena "sis" in the original Japanese

Uendo actually falls in line with a specific theme of Spirit of Justice, which I can only really describe as being themed ta spirit channelin'? Albhi and the dog being able to talk somehow, the magician twins pretending to be one person, Uendo and co. all seem to be sort of allusions to that element. In a sense they're kind of a parallel to Maya Fey, in fact they're actually the same age as her in canon, if ya look closely! It makes sense, if ya consider Maya and Mia are basically two characters in one. 'N with how many cocouncil characters allude ta Maya (if ya haven't played the Professor Layton one the gal in that is uh. The most blatant one, we'll say.), Uendo sorta... inadvertently confirms the whole dang series has been awfully plural for a long time? It's interestin'.

Can't remember anythin' else atm, but hope ya liked all that! - Helen

Mannnnnnn. I am absolutely loving all of this. ❤️ Thank you for stopping by with these fun facts!!

I haven't played the crossover game (I desperately wanna tho), but ... Yeah. I def see what you mean about things being System- coded.

These little facts just make everything so much better, though. And tbh I'm not surprised that the Uendo's headmates may be fictives - considering how large rakugo is as a piece of their shared life.

Idk it seems like they did a decent amount of research for rep that actually felt reasonable within the context of the AA universe. Especially with these added little facts. ❤️

[yuurivoice]

Hi Yuuri!! Long time lurker first time caller (I’ve been following your work since early 2019) and I just want to express how insanely amazing it’s been seeing your work grow and evolve over the years! The amount of hard work and heart you and your team put into everything you do never ceases to amaze me and the heartfelt stories of love and family that you tell have always kept me coming back to get lost in the characters you have been so kind in sharing with the world. You are spectacular and thank you for sharing the pieces of yourself that you do with us <3

Mannnnnnn

Thank you for the kind words! They mean so much to me! <3

[drowsynyu]

Their Favorite Way To Cuddle - Genshin Impact Characters :D

cw: just cuddling with some genshin impact characters ^^

a/n: i apologize that some characters aren’t there i don’t really know much about all the characters so i only wrote with the ones i knew a decent amount about. also this took like an hour to write considering there’s like 24 characters included :0

masterlist

enjoy!~

Ayato - Sometimes he likes to just lay down and snuggle with you after a long day. He’ll hold you in his arms and just enjoy your presence as you lay your head on him. He loves resting his hands up your shirt so he can feel your bare back and feel your body's warmth. It truly is his favorite thing to just lay in bed with you and silently cuddle.

Albedo - He isn’t one for physical affection, but he knows you like it so he still tries. He likes to be big spoon that way he can protect you just in case someone would dare to try to enter his lab uninvited.

Alhaitham - Just like Albedo, Alhaitham isn’t one for physical affection— or at least in public. Behind closed doors he loves to have you sit on his lap as he reads and have you rest your head on his shoulder. Sometimes he’ll even quietly read to you if you ask.

Baizhu - He’s scared to get too close to you since he’s always coughing and doesn’t want to accidentally cough on you :( When you do manage to convince him to cuddle with you, he’s little spoon that way if he coughs he won’t cough on you.

Beidou - Beidou loves when you basically sprawl yourself out on her. Literally prefers you to put all your weight on her. She’ll have her hands wrapped around you and will make sure you two are basically attached.

Childe - He enjoys holding you from behind. Even when you two aren’t cuddling he’s behind you, usually having his arms wrapped around you. Childe just loves snuggling with you from behind because he can kiss your skin better if he suddenly decides it’s kissing time.

Cyno - It may not seem like it, but Cyno is a little spoon. He seems like the type of guy who refuses to be held like that, but he LOVES it. If you even mention cuddling around him he’s pouncing onto the bed and waiting for you to come snuggle him from behind.

Diluc - Diluc is the type of guy that will literally pull you onto his lap if you even dare to sit somewhere else on the couch or bed. If you two are at home, he prefers you to be snuggling up on his lap.

Gorou - Y’all already know where this is going- little spoon. He’ll literally start whining/crying if you don’t want to cuddle before bed. Once you do cuddle with him you can feel his tail whacking your leg because he’s that happy that you’re cuddling with him :D

Itto - MY MAN MY MAN MY MANNNNNNN <33 He likes cuddling so much. He loves you like crazy so as long as he gets to be with you, he doesn’t matter how you two cuddle. He usually holds you from behind but wouldn’t mind being little spoon if you asked. Although he loves when you’re laying on him with your head resting on his chest <3

Jean - I know a lot of people will disagree with me here but I think Jean is a little spoon :( Like imagine— she comes home late at night because she had to stay at work because the abyss was causing trouble again. You were already fast asleep because you fell asleep waiting for her to come home. Luckily you had left just enough space for her to sneak into your arms and snuggle close to you. She’ll even let out a relaxed sigh when she feels you hold her *sob*

Kazuha - Kazuha likes when you sit on his lap. He gets to look at your attractive face and all! He almost melts when you lean into his touch when he caresses your cheek. Like this man is obsessed with you and will do absolutely anything to keep you satisfied. So if you wanted to cuddle any other way he wouldn’t be against it.

Kaeya - He’s another lap guy!! Sometimes when you visit him while he’s working he’ll have you sit on his lap and cuddle while he does whatever he may be doing at his desk. Like it’s his favorite thing to see when he takes breaks from work!

Ningguang - Ningguang likes to cuddle from behind. She prefers to be pressed right against you but understands if you need a little bit more space. She’ll kiss your shoulder a little and whisper compliments in your ear when you two are snuggling behind closed doors.

Raiden (Ei) - With Ei it depends. No matter what, she loves when someone (either you or her) is laying on top of the other. When you’re laying on her, you usually have your head resting on her chest while she strokes your hair. And when she’s laying on you, she’s curled up on your lap and resting her head on your shoulder.

Scaramouche - He’s little spoon despite may wanting to seem like he isn’t. He may act tough but he’s a little softie in disguise. He actually will pout a little if you actually fall for his tricks and make him be big spoon- It’s kinda funny. But eventually you understood he just wanted to act tough. And from there on, you would hold him from behind instead.

Shenhe - Shenhe isn’t big on physical affection so usually she’ll just hold your hand. But on days or nights she wants to be closer, she’ll ask you to lay your head on her shoulder as you two lay down. Eventually she realizes that cuddling isn’t too bad and asks to cuddle more.

Sucrose - I actually love Sucrose so much she’s so underrated :( Little spoon if that wasn’t obvious. She’s too shy to take initiative to hold you instead. She’s such a sweetheart- She’ll randomly come up to you with a nervous look on her face and softly ask you: “Is it okay if we cuddle?” She sounds so scared that you’ll say no that you can’t help but say yes so you can hold her and comfort her. You tell her that she doesn’t need to worry if you’ll say no about physical affection and that you’re always down to give her love <3

Tighnari - I gotta include him since I know one of my best friends love him to death 💅🏼 He adores it when he’s laying in bed and you just suddenly slip into his arms with barely a warning (i do not recommend doing this-). He finds it pretty cute. He never declines cuddles either. Once you’re in his arms he’ll gladly hold you close.

Venti - When Venti is sober he just likes hugging you from behind. But when he’s drunk, expect to be the big spoon tonight.

Xiao - Xiao isn’t big on any affection at first but the further into his relationship with you, he becomes utterly obsessed with you. He’ll do absolutely anything- and I mean ANYTHING to protect you. Enough about that— His cuddling tactic involves him being big spoon. It’s likely that you’re taller than him (idk I know I’m shorter than but but idk abt y’all) so you always try to be big spoon, but he refuses. Mainly because he’s too nervous to let you see his red face when you two cuddle :0

Yae Miko - Idk if this counts as cuddling but Yae likes when you lay your head on her lap. She just adores being able to play with your hair and admire your looks from above.

Yoimiya - I personally see Yoimiya as a big spoon. She’s actually so sweet I feel like her favorite thing to do with you is talk about todays events as you two snuggle in bed just before you guys get to sleep.

Zhongli - He loves when you lay your head on his chest. Like Zhongli is such a plain guy he enjoys just laying with you. He definitely whispers sweet things to you to get you to drift to sleep that way he can look at your pretty face before going to bed himself.

[inthemiddle0feverywhere]

Bad Batch Season 3 Episode 5 (scattered) thoughts and first impressions (ramblings)

Major spoilers under the cut

This one is also very long because mannnnnnn did I love this episode and omg do I have big feelings about it

Also yes I do love each member of tbb but in case it’s not obvious I’m a crosshair girlie. Have been since I first heard his voice in season 7 of tcw so this is gonna be very crosshair centric (because he finally has screen time and more than like 2 speaking lines this season!!)

Lula! 🥰🥰

Is Omega in a supply closet? Whatever better than her barren room at the lab

Ah nope her old “room” the gun turret 🥰🥰

A glimpse of mornings on board the marauder: peaceful boys and caf 🥹 probably only peaceful again now that omega is home

This is Omega’s best look omg the the crocheted vest??? I wanna cosplay her now or actually just wear this outfit fr

At first I was so annoyed they kept crosshair in this ugly ass outfit but I honestly think it’s because even though it’s warm on Pabu he’s always cold because he’s so skinny now (well he always was lean but this is a testament to how much weight he lost as a prisoner) They keep trying to feed him fruit and my man keeps using it as target practice 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

I honestly love when they show scenes through like either a scope or helmet visor. Like I really love seeing what they’re seeing. In this case AZI (so happy they took him from Cids bar- sorry “parlor”….it was a dive bar)

He’s so mad at his hand 😭 my poor baby he really should let AZI look at it. What do we think it is? Nerve damage? I imagine it feels tingly like when your foot falls asleep.

I love that Batcher loves him!! Animals know good people. He’s a good man Savannah! 😭😭😭 and he likes Batcher too and anyone that’s kind to animals is ok by me.

Ugh Crosshair teaching Omega about being a sniper 🥰🥰😭🥰😭🥰 one day she’s just gonna pop out with a sick trick shot lmao

Shouldn’t have given him his rifle??? Sir it’s an extension of him, it’s like you gave him back one of his body parts

“Omega trusts him and that’s good enough for me” Wrecker!!! My sweet boy!! Big man and even bigger heart. He’s now kinda caught in the middle he wants to be cool with Crosshair again but doesn’t want to betray Hunter they’ve been through a lot just the 2 of them these past several months. Crosshair and Hunter are like parents in the middle of a divorce 😭

53%???? Fuckkkkkkk way worse than we thought

Echo!!!!! Yay mom came home!

“No hug for me” screaming crying throwing up! 😭😭😭😭😭😭 💔💔💔💔he’s disguising it as sarcasm but he wants it, he wants a hug! SOMEBODY HUG HIM DAMMIT! I volunteer!!! Please

Omega between her 2 dads 🥰 (Though is Crosshair more wine aunt vibes sometimes?) And batcher by Crosshair’s feet of course

Yummmmm I bet Pabu has banging sushi 🍣 Love Wrecker being an unbothered king enjoying his sush🥰

😭😭😭😭😭 Crosshair’s face when Echo mentioned Tech. He knows. He knows he fell or perished (shh no 🤡) trying to save him. They’re twins and he lost his other half and I’m devastated!! 😭

Haaaaa welcome to parenting a teenager Hunter!!!

Are Hunter’s eyes green all of a sudden?

Crosshair being the voice of reason?? I love seeing this side of him. I HC that since he is silent and highly observant he was a voice reason often for the batch. (Can we please get a series of TBB during the clone wars?? Or like when they were cadets or something. We only see them in 4 episodes in tcw and they were just an insane suicide squad who hated regs and didn’t follow orders or have anyone in charge of them like I wanna see their adventures and their dynamic and how they are when they have downtime! Please lucasfilmmmmmm 🙇‍♀️🧎🏼‍♀️)

“I’m older than you are, little brother” 😂😂😂 and she got crosshair to chuckle lol ugh I love their dynamic so much. They are really feeding us rn (please don’t take it away)

Omg he’s so brave bringing them back there! To that freaking ice planet where nothing but trauma happened for Crosshair. I know he probably wished he would never have to go back there again but he knows this will help so he goes anyway

The old armor!!!! Helllllll frickinnnn yeaaaaaa (he’s so hot in armor omg I have a headache)

“Take a guesssssss” 🥵

“He started it” 😂😂 major youngest sibling energy

Mayday’s helmet! 💔💔💔💔 somebody sedate me!! 😭

Why can’t Hunter sense the Wyrm?

TOOTHPICK!!! Wrecker defo kept his toothpicks in the armor case 🥰

Frickin ice vulture always an omen. (Animals seem to really like Crosshair though even the scary ones)

“I know you” 😭 I know Hunter meant it in a “I know you’re sneaky and closed off and I’m expecting the worst from you right now ” but it just hit me harder than that. “I know you”- you’re my brother, the youngest I’ve known you since the day you were born. “I know you- I know there’s more to your silence I know your still waters run way deeper than you let on.” “I’m your brother- I know you talk to me I know you”❤️‍🩹

Oh shitttttt thems are fightin words yes let it out everyone

“I’ll do it! 😁” Wreckerrrr I love you

Hunter’s fast af boi!

Batcher is actually ripped af 💪

Ok petition that Cross doesn’t yell anymore it doesn’t suit him at all lmaoooo

Poor Wrecker yes it’s always ALWAYS a huge monster 😭

“Fantastic” 😂😂😂

Omg this is a roller coaster of emotions! Crosshair being soft with Batcher, the nodding! Ugh nothing like fending off a giant ice wyrm to bring bros back together

He’s so pretty shut up I know his head is shaped like a lightbulb

AAHH THERES THE HUG 🥰

progress 😌

“I thought I was being a good soldier 😔” * *pterodactyl screeching *

Welp Im deceased, fed and nurtured but dead at the same time.

Thank you thank you thank you for these past few episodes. Us Crosshair girlies were really in pain seasons 1 and 2

[divinekangaroo]

Hello! Occasionally, when on Tumblr, I'll come across arguments about how Lizzie was manipulating Tommy after Grace died/not taking the responsibility for Angel Changretta, which I don't really agree with, but it still got me thinking:

Since I'm pretty sure that Lizzie has always sought more (or different? the desire to fuck in a bed instead of over a desk?) intimacy from Tommy than he's tended to give her, and assuming that Lizzie is sort of the 'female reflection' of Tommy (which I also don't know if is valid), to what extent do you think Lizzie mightve strategized in order to be with Tommy?

Reworded questions:

Do you think that Lizzie has ever purposefully manipulated Tommy in order to get closer to him? Or was it really all/mostly Tommy giving her job/money/house?!?! Or something different? How like-minded is she to him?

Final/main question:

Do you think that Lizzie has ever strategized in a fashion similar to how Tommy uses strategies to get closer to certain people?

Sorry if that was a lot. :)

@coffeeatnight23

oh mannnnnnn this one is difficult.

First thoughts: there's such a knee-jerk reaction in me to go, 'of course she didn't ~strategise~' because my brain goes strategise=machavellian=perjorative/"bad". But then I recoil from that first thought and go, 'strategising in and of itself isn't BAD or EVIL, you could be strategising for your future, your career path, a 3 year road trip, etc, why the kneejerk reaction??' but I just spin my wheels trying to get out of this rut of preconditioned thinking: that of course women AREN'T allowed to strategise in any way when it comes to a man because that's so horribly typical, isn't it, so don't dare think it---

Trying to set all that emotional reaction aside...

Generally/broadly, I think Lizzie *does* strategise, but with a much shorter term horizon and more selfishly than Tommy. I get a sense that a huge part of Lizzie's upbringing, poverty, past trauma narrows her perspectives and views, almost to the extent she kneejerk-makes self-centred decisions because that's how she ensures that *her decision* is centred and she can benefit from the decision being made; if she lets other people sway her or take centre stage, then she will be the one hurt because of how the whole world would otherwise look down on her, discount/ignore her, or use her. She has none of the status, family support, leverage that Tommy ever did, and I think a certain 'do it for myself' stubbornness had to be developed in response to be able to push herself forward *alone* in a world that has no room for women without the usual power structures around her. Tommy, by contrast, is *mostly* making his decisions in the context of carrying forward larger family group rather than entirely selfishly. (If it were Lizzie/Grace, Lizzie would've took off with Grace in a delighted beat. With Tommy/Grace, of *course* Tommy stays for the family.)

The short term horizon, I think, tugs at me as both a similarity but also point of difference. Tommy has a long term vision, even if it's as grey and nebulous as "rich, wealthy, safe, accepted, no more humiliation, end the war, my children are safe, our children will never have to suffer this..." But he makes his shorter term decisions targeting the most gain in favour of this long term vision. (While this happens in every season, I feel like S6 shows this at its most ultimate/extreme broken end: he's making all these shorter-term decisions that hurt the people around him and hurt humself, that morally wound left right and centre, in favour of that vision.)

Lizzie, I feel like she has a similar sort of nebulousness about the future, but it's even greyer than Tommy. Her choice to take up prostitution to meet a short term immediate need without thinking of repercussions in that day and age, then the difficulty of trying to build a life detached from that decision; she recognises she needs to start a course and build some skills to be employable, but it seems a quite abstract and *young* thought, a sense of "all right, Liz, you got yourself into this, now get yourself out of it, no one else is gonna do it" without a specific line of thought as to where it might lead her. Possibly a strategy that as a secretary she might meet a husband? (Even in my day at uni, the numbers of women who still said they really only studied so they'd meet a whitecollar man instead of bluecollar...is that strategising? *shrugs* It probably is. So she probably did think something like that??)

And when confronted with an unexpected pregnancy, Lizzie makes the decision she won't terminate no matter what and that it's not Tommy's decision in any way (she reacted very interestingly when he raised this, almost an emotional lashout at him 'if you think that, you don't know me (and i don't know you if you intend to push this)'). She had to know that meant she was *probably* going to be a single mother, that she might get some sort of financial support from Tommy, but reputationally that would still be tough. I don't feel like there was any heavy *conscious* strategy beyond her emotional reaction that yes, she will be having this baby even with all that fuzzy uncertainty. She had to know by then Tommy would care for family, and probably wouldn't shun her/the baby or cut them off, but financial wellbeing doesn't solve all the other problems she'd be carrying as a single mother.

Compared to Tommy, I don't think Lizzie would ever consciously strategise to hurt someone else, or even strategise to put someone else down or knock them down. I feel like if she knew one of her decisions/plans would hurt someone that badly she'd probably change that plan or be very uncomfortable with it. I don't get much sense of maliciousness in her, even when she actively dislikes people like Diana and Mosley, she doesn't....do or say all that much, she just wants to be away from them. Now, Tommy doesn't go out of his way to cause collateral damage, but he accepts that damage is a likely or sometimes even certain consequence, including to his own, and proceeds anyway. (Even though that *also* hurts him)

So that's sort of...my thoughts on how 'like minded' they are in terms of how, structurally, they think about planning. Lizzie methinks is far more emotionally and selfishly motivated, with less of a long term horizon to her thinking. (I think there's something else likeminded about them, too, which is that I think they both wear some pretty fucking big sets of blinkers/filtered glasses, including with each other - they are quite blind about certain things and decisions.)

Then to the part of the question on...did Lizzie strategise to get closer to Tommy, I think on that emotional/self-centred level she probably did? I don't think she ever sat down and plotted a detailed twenty step seven year plan to marry Thomas Shelby, but every time she had a confrontational decision or pivotal decision point in her life, she always made a decision in a way that would keep her close to Tommy, to move more and more into his inner circle rather than out. Several times I think she also made these decisions at a point where it probably conflicted with her own moral/ethic set, but she pushed through because 'being there for/with Tommy' was more important to her than how she felt about it. So Tommy almost presents this interesting juxtaposition of the selfish/non-selfish decisionmaking: Lizzie acts to please one part of herself by making decisions that get her closer to Tommy, but she frequently makes those decisions with his wellbeing and needs above her own to her own detriment and hurt. Like at Epsom, for example, she absolutely could have walked away, but she did what he asked despite that it humiliated her, put her at threat of rape, and that she had to know it would end up with someone being hurt (that also wasn't her).

I think a huge part of her always making decisions to move closer to Tommy was motivated by genuinely liking Tommy and because he *does* reciprocate this liking *and* he is the one who offers those opportunities to move closer to him. All Lizzie does is a job, staying close, doing her job, staying close: *he's* the one who always offers more. She returned to him after the S1 humiliation; but he's the one who offered the secretary job, he's the one who gave her the numbers to the safe, he's the one who took her to the bridge, he's the one who would have had to offer marriage. Now, of course Lizzie's conscious that he also offers power, money, status, protection atop the liking. And as a woman on her own, why *wouldn't* Lizzie make those decisions to move closer to him? Even if nothing happened sexually or relationship wise she'd still benefit more than she would trying to do it alone?

But I do think, apart from 'stay close to this man I like and who seems to like me (and who's cool and interesting and upwards climbing and compelling and getting *really rich!*) ', Lizzie's 'strategising' is far more like a string of decisions made at points in time around opportunities that Tommy offers, rather than some long term targetted strategy on Lizzie's part. The S5 'my property' scene is an interesting one for Lizzie's words, too; she weighs her decision at a point in time to stay.

((It's interesting thinking about how many of Tommy's decisions were probably 'point in time' type decisions as well. Every time there's a fork in the road, does he take what appears to be the most likely path to get him to that nebulous ultimate aim? Or does he contrive a long pathway to get there? I mean, we see him strategise probably the most heavily and with the longest forward plan in S3 and even then he fucks it up with a bunch of hasty 'point in time' decisions. Even in S4 there's no super-long term strategy, it's a bunch of tactical desperate decisions made one after the other. Honestly, the gin distillery is the longest term strategic decision he made in S4: creation of a product line *for* export instead of just exporting for others! Everything else we see Tommy do on screen is pretty short term, a lot of high stakes short term decisions, rolling the dice, on the principle that it might leapfrog him closer to that end aim. (I imagine any movie will reframe the S6 decisions to show a much longer term play against Mosley, too, disrupted by the false terminal diagnosis...) So maybe Tommy is also not quite as machiavelian or a long term planner as it seems, either? It's just that Lizzie is motivated by staying close to Tommy and hence makes her point in time decisions by what appears to keep her close to Tommy; Tommy is motivated by that ambigious end-game and makes his point in time decisions in favour of that.))

[theforgottencrow]

You were gone for so long I thought you were in a coma /j

How are you? Still obsessed with Ink?

Kehehe yeah mb…

depression keeps knocking me out of my nest, the brain bugs keep multiplying, and work is a bitch so ergh been a bit slow :”3

But eeeeheheeheheheheh yes yes absolutely absolutely I am still obsessed with Ink, trust me I’ll die before I stop being obsessed with that failboy <333

And to answer the how am I part? Eeuuuuhh….definitely not very fun rn, I’m running out of spoons mannnnnnn…

I’m literally the “Oh strawberry were really in it now..” but just replace the strawberry with Ink and yeah. You got how I am rn lmfao