#mic fucking drop

[tech-deck]

so my turn to rant...

If the whole entirety of the Star Wars community can hear the words "Somehow Palpatine returned" and just roll with it...

I don't see how Tech disappearing into the mist and being never seen again couldn't possibly end with "Tech, you're alive!!"

AND ANOTHER THING!!

If Hunter stans really want to push the narrative here that 'Tech has to be dead because it's plot convenient or for the sake of shock"

Then please explain why Hunter survived falling off the cliff and slamming multiple times onto sharp rocks and hard ground, only to be somewhat battered and shaken, no broken bones? No passing out? No long-lasting or episodic injuries? He's just...fine. for Plot right?

Oh and for that matter, Tech fought multiple stormtroopers WITH A BROKEN FEMUR! AND HALFWAY PASSED OUT! and then he did fucking pass out and still survived!

Listen, I'm not making the point that Hunter should have died, but I am making the point of how contrived this narrative of "Oh Tech was meant to die because he's too good, or Tech is dead, you all need to accept it" In the frame of Star Wars and how death can be cheated in so many different ways.

Because if Somehow fucking Palpatine returned and we write an entirely new set of rules and storyline to fit that! Then how can we say for certain that Tech is dead.

Somehow Tech returned, and I am leaving it at that. Be it in fanfiction or a future SW series. I will die on this hill and you can kiss the darkest part of my white nerdy ass!

<3

[94erz]

Color Psychology, Red;

Love, Power, Passion, Confidence, Aggression, Dominance, Attraction, Persuasion, Performance, Energy, Risk-taking, Unapologetic, Intense, Fiery

❤️ Happy Birthday j-hope ❤️

[relaxxattack]

"kismesis always murder each other in the end because that's what slick and snowman do" this is actually not the case. this could not be more explicitly not the case

[midnightshindig]

Mark or eve x french reader who's learning?

Mark & Eve X Reader: Learning French

idk how to make these any longer than they are, so I went ahead and did both for you

good luck with learning french! I speak a bit of Italian and it's like legit the craziest shit ever to try and learn a language

hcs under the cut!

Mark

Mark knows a little bit of a lot of languages

mostly from a childhood of being directly taken to so many different countries, and his mother's assistance that he learn at least a little Korean

So he's far from proficient, but he can ask for the bathroom, for help, and order off the menu at most major countries

He knows ASL pretty well- took it in high school with William- but other than that he's not a linguist

So when he finds out you're learning French, he's pretty amused

Not in a jackass way, but genuinely inspired by your passion for something he's always begrudgingly had to do

You probably do some shit like watching french films or walking around with french dialogue in your ears, and he respects the hell out of it

DEFINITELY makes a "oh ho ho- the language of love, eh?" joke in the beginning of your journey

you shove him off the bed

He flies you to France a few times, some at your request and some as a surprise date

You get a LOT of experience out of being able to interact with the locals, and it keeps your accent from becoming too American or weirdly formal

He's... he's not going to learn French with you, sorry babe

BUT BUT BUT he will learn a few key phrases to flirt with you in french

mf over here google translating his corny ass one liners into French

probably says some mad offensive shit using this method on accident

Gets cancelled on French twitter while trying to post about your one year anniversary

he's trying his best, guys

Eve

I could totally see her being the type of girl to take Spanish her first two years and French her last two years of high school "just for fun"

Rex made fun of her for it at the time, but it paid off being able to semi-communicate in three languages

Bona Fide trilingual over here

She flew herself to Paris quite a few times as a teenager to immerse herself in their "more artistic culture"

Was MAD pretentious about it to Rex

"Ugh babe you just wouldn't understand."

but noowwwwww she's dating YOU

and when you mention that you've picked up French as a hobby, she's hype as fuck

Downloads duolingo with you and gets really competitive about it

"Hey babe! My streak is a day longer than yours lol!"

"Eve I had the flu...."

"Get good lmao!"

she's not THAT mean to you about it

....

mostly

Eve is the type of girl who throws herself into immersion when learning a language

french food for dinner, french films, etc

She starts speaking her own rudimentary french at home to help you practice day-to-day conversation

If you get really into it, she'll suggest taking a community college course on it together

To hold each other accountable, of course

You learn soooooo much faster this way

Bonus: Eve takes you to see Sabrina Carpenter's tour in Paris and you guys lose your shit over it

(sorry i have a problem dw about it)

[thefallenangel2008]

FIDDLEFORD 👏 TOOK 👏 FORD'S 👏 VIRGINITY 👏 IN 👏 COLLEGE 👏

[stardust-moth]

In order to fully understand why it was so hard for Mike to express how deeply he loves El, and why his speech at the end of season 4 was one of the biggest, most important moments for his entire character, we need to look at not just who Mike is as a person, but also everything that has happened since he met her.

Every single time he opens up his heart to her, something horrible happens to her or she's taken away from him almost immediately afterwards.

1x08; he's an awkward little ball of feelings that are way too big for a boy so young. He makes a nervous attempt at confessing and asking her out on a date; when he can't find words that she'll understand, swoops in for a kiss instead. She lights up immediately and smiles. It's a brief moment of hope and pure happiness. Maybe they can have some semblance of a normal life and be normal kids after this is all over.

Minutes later, all hell breaks loose-- they're almost shot, El pushes herself too far until she can barely move, she's almost taken away by the Bad Men, the Demogorgon appears, and she uses the very last of her strength to sacrifice herself to save him and their friends.

He has to watch helplessly as she disappears.

He spends a year caught between believing she's dead and hoping she's still out there somewhere (but if she is alive then why won't she talk to him anymore...?). Kept silent under threat by the lab, he can't confide in anyone or even acknowledge her existence, not with anyone except those involved... but everyone else is keen on moving on and pretending it never happened. He can find some solidarity in Will, at least, who is in a similar kind of emotional turmoil... but it's not the same and it's not enough.

2x9; he is finally reunited with El, and she runs into his arms like she missed him too. She tells him that all those nights he called out to her, she heard him; she was there reciprocating his feelings the whole time.

In a burst of emotions that he's been forced to suppress for an entire year, he lashes out at the reason they've been kept apart (Hopper), screaming and sobbing. It's a massive catharsis for him, and for once an adult is understanding enough to hold him and not punish him for it.

Minutes later, she is going to go headfirst into a pit of monsters, the place where Mike had just firsthand witnessed dozens of people (if not more) get ripped to shreds only hours earlier, and she is going to attempt to close the Gate-- a feat that he knows may take every ounce of her power, just like last time. He cries. He can't lose her again. She promises he won't, and before she can seal that promise with a kiss, they're pulled apart again.

He has to watch helplessly as she drives away.

3x1; all seems to be okay now. He and El are happily together, and he feels comfortable enough to be playful, romantic, and intimate with her. It's the most emotionally open we've ever seen Mike thus far.

For reasons he can't understand (bc there's no way Hopper explained himself beyond "I'm in charge so do as I say or else"), Hopper is angry about it and threatens to never allow him to see her again: the one thing he fears most.

He panics big time and fucks it up in the process by lying to her. During a frantic attempt to apologize while also abiding by Hopper's rules, he runs into her at the mall. He panics again-- if anyone finds her here, and knows that he was here too, it's all over, and Hopper surely won't hear reason. El dumps him cold on the spot, spurred on by Max and her rebellious attitude (and without any context of course). He isn't given much opportunity to respond. He knows he's in the wrong for lying to her, so what could he even say...?

He has to watch helplessly as she drives away.

It's a hard blow, and he retreats back into himself, unable to get any joy out of playing D&D (which he clearly hasn't lost interest in), back to the deadpan sarcasm and accidentally snapping a little too harshly at anyone whom he feels would take El's place.

3x6; no one seems to understand the danger El is putting herself in. Everyone is berating him for worrying about her safety. He's seen firsthand what these monsters do to people, he's seen firsthand how El pushes her abilities too far. No one is listening.

The words "I love her and I can't lose her again" burst out in his desperation, perhaps before he's even had a chance to realize how deep those feelings run, despite whatever protective walls he's tried to build around his heart to keep it from getting broken again.

Soon after, all hell breaks loose. El is nearly killed several times over, her leg is ripped open, she pushes herself so hard that she breaks herself and loses her powers completely. Her father is taken from her. She's shattered by all of this, and there's absolutely nothing he could do or say to make it better.

She tells him that when he admitted he loves her, she heard him, and indeed she loves him, too... But now she's leaving.

He has to watch helplessly as she drives away.

4x1; they've been apart for a few months, and write letters back and forth to each other. El's letters paint a picture of an ideal new life: she and the Byers family are doing well; she's starting school and it's going well; she's made new friends, she likes her new home, everything is going well. She seems to be thriving. She sounds happy, maybe even happier than she had been living in Hawkins. Maybe Max was right, maybe she's better off being her own person without him, and maybe the respectful thing to do is step back... It's a small insecurity that creeps up subconsciously. In his replies he holds back, afraid of clinging too hard.

Though there's little logic in it, he's afraid that if he tells her he loves her again, another disaster might strike and this lovely happy life she's finally found might get taken from her. After all, that's what always seems to happen when he does.

4x2; after months of waiting, they can finally see each other again. He wears her favorite colors, picks a handful of flowers for her, and falls happily back into step with how they used to be. Soon that same day, however, reality becomes clear and the facade crumbles. People he was told were her friends show up to torment and publicly humiliate her. She had been lying. She isn't happy here, she hasn't healed, she is right at the edge of a breaking point that he doesn't see coming at all. He can't believe she would lie to him, she's not the kind of person to lie... especially not about something like bullying, something that she was always so understanding about with him.

On that logicless subconscious level, he wonders if it's all his fault-- he should have known somehow, he should have been there for her. She protected him from his bullies, he should have protected her from hers. He tries to come to her rescue. She runs away from him.

He's helpless to save her, again.

4x3; after a night to process everything that happened-- and deciding that the betrayal he feels from her lying to him is nothing compared to the turmoil she must be going through right now-- Mike approaches her in the gentlest way possible, wanting to listen and trying to understand. El, however, isn't receptive at all to his attempts at reassurance. She is at an all-time low, she's given up. She believes she is unlovable, irredeemable, a monster, just a thing that doesn't even have those superhuman abilities to compensate anymore. Mike can't believe what he's hearing-- doesn't she know that she's always been so much more than her powers? She's always been so much more than what she lacks in quote-unquote "normalcy"... None of those things matter, they have absolutely no bearing on whether she's worthy of being loved, because he loves her, completely regardless of any of these things. He always has...

El starts flinging his restrained words back at him, the products of his insecurity and trauma-induced fear. That fear takes hold yet again, and he stumbles, afraid of saying too much or not enough, because surely both could result in pushing her away-- she's retreating, hearing none of it; nothing he tries to say consoles her.

Moments later, local police come knocking. She's taken away in cuffs, and she's so broken inside that she won't even look at him when he chases the police car down the street and promises he'll get her out somehow...

Once again, he has to watch helplessly as she drives away.

4x8/4x9; after days of driving through the heat and dryness of southwest desert, having narrowly escaped being shot at with military-grade assault rifles, witnessing the death of and burying a man whose last words were that El is in danger... After watching dozens of people get mowed down by a sniper in a helicopter, and watching that same helicopter be smashed into the ground in a ball of flames...

There she is. Just as powerful and beautiful and alive as she's ever been. When he runs to her and embraces her, she looks at him like she can't believe he's real. She's beaming a smile right from her soul and it's like all the insecurity and self-doubt that have plagued them both just vanish from existence now that they're in each other's arms again.

Like always, however, the universe comes crashing down soon after. Max is marked for a gruesome death and all of Hawkins is in danger. They're miles away and helpless, and the only possible way for El to save everyone is if she goes in alone. She's stronger than ever, but so is her foe. Once again, she descends to face all the demons of hell on her own, and Mike can't do anything.

She's losing. She's choking. She's dying. He's helpless.

He must be cursed. He must be. Being with her, loving her, allowing himself to admit he loves her, it always brings only pain and suffering and loss. His heart is so full that it's aching, it's bursting out of his chest, and he can't contain it any longer.

She's going to die and it's going to be all his fault, because he fell in love, and it's cursed her.

Just before it all crumbles into utter despair, the earnest support from his oldest and dearest friend-- one who's always shared and understood his feelings of helplessness-- sparks a light of hope in him: "You're the Heart." You're not helpless. You can save her.

The words that come spilling out of Mike's mouth are truer than any he's ever dared to speak before, and it's the most terrified he's ever been, but he has enough courage for this moment. Despite all of the fears that have been building, stifling, choking him to death for years-- fears that the light of his life will inevitably disappear again, and there's nothing he can do to stop it-- despite it all, he pours out his heart to her.

He loves her. He's always loved her. He loves everything she ever was, is, and could be. He can't imagine a world without her in it. She saved him, in every way a person can be saved. And he needs her to live. He believes in her.

And it works. It's music to her ears.

[ace-ogato]

been in my files for a bit releasing it upon the world

Affogato having a scrapped BAD4 concept in the code makes me wanna rip my hair out. why do they hate me in particular. "AffoGOD" is he stupid that stage name sucks. Also ig this would be the BAD5 now to ME he's fat so I drew him fat but I kept his canon size for the sprite edit out of the kindness and laziness of my heart you're welcome

[stimtfil]

namsu nsfw under the cut

[copias-juicebox]

[socialbutterfly19]

I woke up in a sassy ass mood. Today will not be the day to piss me off

[atthebell]

watching cellbit blowing himself up after the final debate giggling and kicking my feet it's so fucking funny and also his dumb little kanye moment at the end he's sooooo

[quiznack]

dandadan voltron au where keith is an alien conspiracy theorist who gets in an argument with fervent ghost believer lance that leads to them exploring a tunnel said to be haunted by the spirit of a red lion and an abandoned building where there have been sightings of an alien-looking mechanical blue lion respectively. extremely long story short they both end up linked to their lions, gaining powers. they end up going on adventures to keep earth safe from both ghostly and alien threats while slowly collecting the rest of the gang and maybe even.........falling in love........

[lonelyzarquon]

three notes on today's episode:

1. sutekh clowning turned out to be real hurrayyy

2. MRS FLOOD??? BABES????? YOU'RE SCARING ME MORE THAN THAT CHTHONIC DOGGO

3. why is everyone so HOT

[eatingfireflies]

You know, I've been complaining about how Ratio is slowly losing his personality in canon (I had a lot of fun when he mention the gambler during the concert, but there's also the feeling of him turning into Aventurine's partner instead of being his own self with his own concerns.

- tbf it doesn't help that he was in Penacony only because Aventurine was there. And while he did play an important part in Aventurine winning the bet, Ratio had 0 personal stakes in the matter (except arguably to keep Aventurine alive)

- Mydei imo has the strongest writing in Amphoreus so far. The only other character who can match him is Tribbie (ymmv ofc but like. 3.1 is the best one we've had yet)

So yeah I do agree that Mydei does indeed have deep lore. But I'm sorry you guys were asleep in 1.6 and failed to feel anything during the Human Comedy. Ratio tried but he can't do anything if people refuse to read

[from-stars-to-shadows]

I want to post Tristan but I sort of created an entire fictional city to go with his own lore.... I was thinking about making a side blog for it tbh. 🤔 I have so much created already.

[cherry-treelane]

Just reread Carl Interrupted aka one of the best shameless fics of all time — everyone who loves Fiona and her dynamic with Carl please do so too