#more pie in the sky

[supreme-leader-stoat]

The sad thing about 'walkable city' discourse is that making cities more open to people who walk or use public transport is, in and of itself, actually pretty good. It's just that unfortunately there's a significant overlap between people (online at least) who seriously focus on that issue and people who have turned hating cars into a facet of their personality, and members of the later group are predictably some of the most out of touch and condescending people you will ever meet.

[vaguely-concerned]

on the one hand I think inner demons could stand to have a bit more romanced rook specific content, but on the other hand the underlying in-built implication that 'yours is the one true voice of comfort and safety in my inner world' is a sentiment and intimacy so way beyond the romantic or the platonic or any secret third thing you could care to name that it makes me lose my entire poor little mind a bit. it's so big and fundamental — near-existential — that in that exact moment at least the distinctions kind of seem irrelevant.

all the people lucanis' mind conjures up along the way are relationships he has that are unavoidably mixed and fraught in some ways even when they're also full of love (they are fraught BECAUSE they're full of love) — the good in them inseparable from things that hurt him at the same time. (it's about: the basic disorganized attachment patterns this poor guy is dragging around with him. careful with those, they're dellamorte heirlooms. what you love also inevitably hurts you and you won't be allowed to have one without the other, you have to surrender parts of your soul to hold on to what little you have left: this is the story up until now.) and the idea that rook isn't that to him — that beneath the fear of wanting them when romanced (which is more its own separate thing because within this psychology, actively wanting something and not just clinging on for dear life to even a meager status quo lest you lose it is in itself dangerous bordering on catastrophic), this is a relationship where there isn't resentment, or guilt, or shame, or dread, or rage, or self-hate, or any of the other emotions that keep him paralyzed, unable to move this way or that. no debts, nothing owed of yourself and your soul's substance except what you can freely and safely and happily give. love and freedom don't coexist — but, I mean, you're almost starting to make me think........... unless...👀👀👀. the unconditional and undramatic 'you are here and I am here with you, you can be exactly how you are right now with me and it's safe for us both even though you're afraid it won't be, I'm not going anywhere' acceptance rook shows him here that he returns to them in the big romance scene, when it's rook who needs it. the way he's just. standing there in the center of it all, like a child desperately helplessly waiting to be found, hiding in the place he hopes you'll know to look first. (rook does know. it's one of the first things they say in there.)

in short the most important room in his little mind palace for the romance is the very first room — the one where rook isn't. where, in fact, rook cannot be, because they disprove the entire structure of the place with their existence and presence in his life. with everyone else he's putting words in their mouths about what they think of him, and rook is the one who actually gets to come in to speak their own words to him — and have him listen. ('he'll listen to you, he always listens to you', 'your voice is a comfort'.) of course rook isn't present anywhere else in there — at the risk of stating the obvious to a tedious degree, they aren't one of the locks, they're bringing the key. in the very finest 'the messenger and the message' sort of way.

[riverdiculous]

Oh, this was really cool to listen to! Thanks for sharing as this definitely fell under the radar for me.

my love and respect for anthony knows no bounds. i absolutely loved this interview, i can't believe i haven't listened to it before.

[pennumbra]

Pin journey update! @xannerz and I were super happy with the response towards the Cass flame design I posted earlier, and we're thinking that it would actually be the best pin for our first project! With that said, here are some other designs we've also been playing around with- perhaps ones to revisit or follow up on in the future. ✨

The hand/moonstone design is the simplest, but it might be my favorite.

[harborpointeblvd]

GMMTV BL series with the most sponsors in the opening credits.

Not commenting, just making an observation.

7 sponsors: SOTUS S, Still 2gether, Fish Upon the Sky, Bad Buddy

8 sponsors: Theory of Love, Cherry Magic

10 sponsors: Vice Versa

11 sponsors: My Love Mix-Up

[frogmanfae]

The 92sies Once and For All hit so hard I feel like we don't talk about that nearly enough

[andromeda3116]

doing math on voter turnout is making me twitch with fervent hopeless hope bc like

there are now 2.7 million registered voters in harris county, which had a turnout of 66% and went to biden by 56% in 2020

if kamala matches those percentages now, that will account for just shy of a million votes -- more than 300k raw votes more than in 2020

...when trump won texas by around 600k votes

and that's matching those figures -- if turnout is higher, if her margin is higher, that eats sharply away at that margin even more

i'm just... there's a reason she came to houston less than ten days before election day and it wasn't to see the astros

[lattexalmond]

🎩Top Ten Shows of 2022🎩

I decided to make this post for fun.😜If you haven’t followed me all year then you may be surprised by my opinions here. This took me a long time to think about. Thank goodness for mdl. Also thanks bestie @gunsatthaphan for making the gifs for me so it’s not boring 🥺

Without further ado,

I couldn’t not give the number one spot to this show. It may have lagged in the middle, but by the end it was a 12/10 for me. JimmySea deliveredddddddddd. I loved it so much I bought their plushies. 

This was the surprise of the year for me. I did not like Tae in Paint With Love so I was hesitant. I saw gifs all over my dashboard mostly courtesy of @laowen. I decided to give it a try, and it quickly rose up in the ranks for me. I highly recommend this to anyone who enjoyed the feel of Manner of Death since it is by the same author. TaeTee had some amazing chemistry!!

Did this show have the best plot? No, it did not. What it lacked in it made up for in the three couples. All three couples were loveable and the cinematography was really nice. I have watched this show probably at least 4 times now. ZeeNunew are kings. They carried that show. I am so excited for Cutiepie 2 You. Also how can anyone hate Nat Natsit? He is so cute I just want to put him in my pocket. 

I don’t know what it was about this show. I loved the main character so much. I was so excited each week to watch it. I would scour the internet looking for the episodes. Akira was so lovable and adorable. 

I am most definitely in the minority here. This show had me dying of laughter the entire time. All the couples were adorable. BillySeng killed it with their chemistry. If you want to laugh then you need to watch this show. I watched episodes multiple times because it was so entertaining. The subtitles even explained all the inside jokes for me and that was just such a nice touch. 🥺

I was one of the few that preferred this show over Star In My Mind. Were Joongdunk adorable? Yes of course, but the story lost me and I was very irritated by the end. I identified with Fah’s character so much. I really liked FahPrince. They were so cute 😍

This show was so so so good! The chemistry was unmatched for a Korean bl. I was so impressed. The story was a great enemies to lovers trope. It was excellent! Jaeyoung was my crush of the year 🙈

I enjoyed the original. It was interesting, but this version was so real. They tackled the relationships and explained everything so well. I really felt what the characters were feeling. YinWar have an insane chemistry. I thoroughly enjoyed this one. VeeMark messy endgame 😝

I feel like this should have been higher purely based on how adorable all three couples were, but the plot was a little frustrating at times. It made it in to the top 10 though, They were all disgustingly sweet. ParkLee, 💣and 🐻, MekKim 💙

I was sooooooo against this show. I blocked the tag because I was so irritated by seeing it on my dashboard. Someone told me to just give it a chance and I ended up enjoying it. Was I as crazy about it as everyone else? The answer would be no. The action scenes and entire production as a whole were fantastic. I felt it deserved the last spot. I did not like VegasPete and never will. I am honestly here for Jeff Satur’s Kim being the badass protecting Porchay. 

Honorable mentions: P.S I Hate You, Old Fashion Cupcake,  Fukou-kun wa Kiss Suru Shikanai!, About Youth, First Love Again, Blueming and Happy Ending Romance.

Also Between Us, My School President, and Never Let Me Go need to be mentioned because they’re all my favs right now.

[breadedsinner]

Romanced Sebastian with a Hawke left behind in the Fade like once I un-doom then from the narrative the wedding is back on.

[spiral-wizard]

Almost every post in the Pie in the Sky tag are gifs/screencaps from ONE episode of ONE side character played by that guy who plays izzy hands in our flag means death

Which is whatever, I mean do you, but y'all are out here sleeping on Henry Crabbe who is prime #babygirl material

A tragic oversight, if you ask me......

[coldcanyon]

💭garage home studio w/ a nice metal sink, table w self-heal mat, diy exposure unit/light table, a good size screen, etching press (for relief, etching, & PLATE litho . .. . )

[fractallogic]

You know, I haven’t fully wrapped my head around how I’m going to incorporate it, but I had a great idea for this grant proposal that’s making me very excited

Because I think. finally. I will be able to justify testing arabic-speaking children. I will get to find out what kinds of errors THEY make learning my arabiclike made-up language.

And plus I’m realizing that I like portland more than eugene, and oops, the two Islamic schools and the one Arabic-medium school are all in the portland area oh no I will have to spend so much time in portland if I get this grant oh well

…plus I just really want to be able to stay in one place for three more years, and let scone live in Oregon like he’s really wanted to for YEARS.

I love arabic and I love my pastry and I love how kids do language. I am very excited about this part of the project and I just. The likelihood of it happening is vanishingly low. But it’s more likely to get this grant than getting a TT job. So.

[jenn-the-mostly-harmless]

When I was a kid, I desperately asked my dad to buy me a Super Nintendo one day in the store, and he told me, "I'll tell you what, I promise I'll buy you a game system when the DOW goes over 10,000."

Five years later I'm walking by my parent's room and here the news say the DOW hit 10,000. I immediately remind my father of his promise, and that's how I got a Playstation.

Like actually in general my parents never just. bought me video games unprompted. I listen to Scott the Woz talk about his parents buying him games and Nintendo Power subscriptions just for no reason and I'm like. ?????? Families do that?

[mylowmilo]

It’s so frustrating and mind-boggling to see so many right wingers online going “y’all are overreacting, he’s not going to do [horrible thing he has explicitly promised to do]”

Like they VOTED for the guy and they have paid zero attention to what his platform actually is. They think his position is whatever they imagine would be nice in their heads, not what he has actually said. Fucking infuriating.

[umbracirrus]

The eye twitch that I get at the sight of a pie chart-

[ahogedetective]

038, the beach in the late afternoon.

- hehe @91cmspoilers :3c

{ set the scene }

@91cmspoilers !!!!!

It was nearing 6pm. By now, the sun's rays weren't nearly as harsh as earlier, much to the detective's relief. It meant he could enjoy a day on the beach even longer with Izuru: strolling through the beach, swimming, enjoying snacks at one of the pop up booths... everything was all the more fun, when Shuichi could do so with him.

And this time, he even joined him on a run! While he definitely wasn't faster than Izuru, Shuichi was still a pretty fast runner, so he made sure to at least keep up with him. They ran a pretty good stretch of the shore before stopping, in which Shuichi immediately drops to his knees on the sand. His legs were a bit sore and he was panting, but he didn't dislike it at all: in fact, he was laughing and smiling brightly as he looks up at him. "H-Hah...hoo! Ahaha...! O-Oh wow, I don't think I've ran so far through the sand like this, before! Th-That was fun...!"

That, and the cool breeze of the late afternoon brushing through his bangs, reminded him of how fun running through the sand and water really could be. He then reaches a hand up, so he can cup one of Izuru's in it, giving it a soft squeeze. "Today was a lot of fun, with you...! If you want... let's relax right here for a moment? The sunset will be here soon, and... this is a really pretty spot. I'd love to enjoy it with you..." His cheeks turn a light red as he says that. Plus, it was just them right now, in this area. They could have their nice little private time here...