#most exhilarating

[vincentblackbearmediallc]

Traveling abroad can be the most exhilarating experience of a lifetime, even more so if you travel solo. The sights you’ll see, the situations you’ll experience, and the people you’ll meet can change your perspective and even alter your life path for the better. While the benefits of travel are well known, there’s also a few things to consider before leaving on your trip – the main one being how to travel safely.

[loveoaths]

force sensitive!din is cool, but imagine how funny the reverse would be. force negative!din. his very presence is actively hostile to the force. jedi can’t track him because he simply does not show up on their radars. you try to force throw him and he just stands there like 🧍🏻‍♂️. being around him as a force sensitive person is like entering a cellular dead zone. there are no signals going in or out. grogu’s rapid force development happens because being around din and then leaving with luke was the jedi equivalent of rock lee removing his ankle weights and beating gaara’s ass. if the force is a telephone wire, din is the fucking boulder stapled to it. his very presence causes a vacuum in the force that the universe tries to correct by throwing more force at it, which is why the man suddenly can’t walk without running into a jedi these days. force negative!din, y’all.

[hadesknockedupintheunderworld]

Okay I just need to say that I knew I'd like this Tailstube as soon as I saw the thumbnail (after all, I am a Sonadails enjoyer, and Tails is literally in the middle of them in the thumbnail)

But I think probably something that stood out the most to me when I watched it was just

The hints that Shadow and Tails have a relationship outside of Sonic??

The first thing that tipped me off to this was that not only did Tails convince Shadow to join in on his show, he also convinced him to stick around to its natural end?? You know, Shadow. The guy you can't force to do anything and frequently will just dip if he's bored or doesn't want to be there. But even while Sonic was annoying him and he made it clear he wanted the "interview" over with, he still never made a move to chaos control out of there because of any of this.

And the second thing that tipped me off was this:

When Shadow is both confused and annoyed at Sonic, he chooses to complain to Tails about Sonic. And so Tails steps in to try to "explain" what Sonic meant by what he said (i.e he told Shadow something much nicer in the interest of getting them to be on better terms). The fact that he looks to Tails to complain to about Tails' own best friend and possibly even to explain that which he does not understand in a social context tells me just how highly he regards Tails. And since both Shadow and Sonic are being childish here, it's amusing to see Tails regarded as something closer to a trusted figure with more power here.

From an objective analysis standpoint, of course this means they have their own friendship. And this is a prospect I enjoy (The idea that Tails and Shadow are good friends)! It actually means a lot to me that Tails could form a frienship or bond with Shadow outside of the context of Sonic (in terms of who initiates it and for what reason it's initiated).

But, my friends, from a biased standpoint, I'm shipping trash. And to me this Tailstube was a fun show for Sonadails fans. Honestly, Tails staging this episode to get Sonic and Shadow to talk and "bury the hatchet", as well as how he acts during the show, read a lot to me personally like a guy trying to get his two boyfriends (who happen to be rivals) to get on better terms, if not just tolerate each other. I quite like the idea of Tails dating both of these idiots and just trying to get them to play nice when they're all together (although frankly I think the ideal scenario for Tails in my biased reading is that Sonic and Shadow get together as well).

This is also not to mention the dynamics showcased here! Sonic and Tails as best friends, with Sonic assuming that he and Tails were gonna talk shit about Shadow behind his back, and Tails trying to get him to play nicer. Shadow and Tails as friends, with Tails trying to convince him why he and Sonic are in the perfect position to become friends and helping him out socially, and with Shadow choosing to do something he doesn't want to because of Tails, as well as looking to Tails to complain to when Sonic is annoying him or when he doesn't understand something. And then there's Sonic and Shadow. In short, their relationship in this episode reminded me a lot of the dynamic I plotted out for that Sonadow post I wrote up where the two just beat the crap out of each other. In slightly longer terms, I find interesting how Mr. Flynn maintained Sonic and Shadow's dynamic during SA2 (with Sonic bothering Shadow and trying to fight him, while Shadow is just annoyed that Sonic won't leave him alone) while also showing the audience that they are rivals. And in longer terms...Sonic was clearly seeking a fight during this episode. And the facial expression, the mocking, his tone of voice, it doesn’t really matter whether or not he actually dislikes Shadow and believes they could never be friends. He's trying to annoy Shadow and goad him into a fight because he wants to fight Shadow so badly it makes him look stupid. And we can tell by how he expresses his confusion to Tails that Shadow is just not getting this. To him Sonic is just being annoying and confusing. Sonic is targeting him specifically, and Shadow shoots back with his own words. And so it's also pointed that Shadow reciprocates/actually decides to fight Sonic when Sonic specifically challenges him. He doesn't respond to Sonic trying to goad him on, but when Sonic challenges him specifically he's much more interested in opposing him.

Anyways guys I love Shadow and Tails having a soft on the side relationship while Sonic flirts by convincing Shadow to fight him somehow😂💖

[etirabys]

me: goddamn, I reviewed some fiction I wrote merely 4 months ago and it feels like it was written by a completely different person with way more life in them. the past months have been rough. I need to stop waiting around taking it easy, waiting for my energy to come back. I should just do the hard things I'm putting off

brain: like rereading and reviewing Nick Lane's dense book on the origin of unicellular life in hydrothermal vents

me: noooo anything but that

[mismatchsocks]

currently fixated on figuring out how wills living room is set up. having much fun!

[sportsthoughts]

Tagged by @couthbbg thank you! this was hard.

Post your nine favourite albums: (in no particular order)

1. Arrival by ABBA (1976) 2. Midnight Memories by One Direction (2013) 3. Rumours by Fleetwood Mac (1977) 4. Tapestry by Carole King (1971) 5. Abbey Road by the Beatles (1969) 6. Speak Now by Taylor Swift (2010/2023) 7. Taking The Long Way by the Chicks (2006) 8. Stick Season by Noah Kahan (2023) 9. Breakaway by Kelly Clarkson (2004)

Tagging: @samuelbennett @robindrake13 @freebooter4ever @timbitshockey @dilftanger @harpyharpyharpy @cornerihaunt & anyone else who feels like it!

[thevioletcaptain]

i'm supposed to be sleeping (went to bed like an hour ago) but i spent a decent chunk of today working on chapters 5 & 6 of as a friend and now my brain refuses to shut the hell up about it. which means that instead of being unconscious i've just spent 20 minutes rewriting the [first morning back at the bunker after everyone knows] scene on my phone, and i genuinely hope that it is actually as funny as it currently seems to my half-asleep brain.

[sleepy-aletheas]

The inherent tragedy of Aventurine's older sister being nameless messes with me daily. To love someone so much, clutching any memory close to the chest, any memento carefully kept hidden and never given for a better life, and yet there is the inherent thievery of time, robbing us of details we once held dear.

I like to chalk up her not having a name to him not remembering it anymore. He might have an inkling, but cannot be sure, and there is no one he can ask to clarify. He might remember her face if he tries, but can't confidently point to the shade of her eyes; he might remember the texture of her skin, but it's only an echo that feels like a dream. He remembers her voice so clearly, but her name uttered by others faded with the sands, and the memory is hazy to the point that even if he guessed correctly, it won't feel right.

There is so much loss in his life, often by external forces of greed and hatred; people were cruel and sometimes he might be even crueler to himself to feel in control. But in this inherently unjust destiny he is dragged through, time is taking the most precious thing he has from his past as Kakavasha - the memory of his big sister, the one who loved him the most and last - and there is no one that knows about her existence. She will be forgotten, not just because of the merciless sands of Sigonia and the cruel fate bestowed upon his people by others, but also eventually by him as time marches on, never turning back.

[belleandsaintsebastian]

have you had your awkward conversation in the elevator of the day yet ??? if not go have your awkward conversation in the elevator and hold my hand xx

[khaleesiofalicante]

sprint quali had me clutching my pearls oml

[fr3aklike-me]

I've realized that I have MASSIVE expectations for romance. like, I think having had a general lack of experience, along with having gone through bad or just meh experiences, have made me very intensely crave a specific kind of love

[daughterofsarenrae]

Do u ever have those days where u like. Look back at ur life and ur just like. U know im really happy with my character growth arc

[longagoitwastuesday]

*reading a thesis about the evolution of the concept of infinity in China with a large amount of tabs open with diverse articles or word combinations to further look for information, all the while seething, blood boiling* I wish Satoru Gojo would fucking cease to exist

[jupiterjunebug]

Shaking the bars of my enclosure, screaming "they're fucking nineteen. The reason they are making suboptimal decisions is that they are nineteen! And going through trauma!"

[eowylesbian]

yes it's 9 days til my exams start but it's also 28 days until they're Over. have you considered that

[rpfisfine]

in i think 5th grade i got a love letter from a boy younger than me one day who told me to read it in some private place so i took it to the bathroom at school and read it in one of the stalls and bc he didn't rly know how to spell or how to distinguish between y and i in czech yet and was also in the process of learning cursive at the time and bc in cursive the capital S looks kind of very similar to the capital L he wrote my name as "Synda" instead of "Linda" in the very first sentence and it made me so unbelievably mad i flushed the whole letter down the toilet after reading it