#not like. whether they're good or you like them

[clanwarrior-tumbly]

i am sick rn ;((((( so how about pure vanilla and shadow milk (separately) taking care of a sick reader? i need my silly lil guys doing their best (or worst LMAO) to take care of their beloved -galaxy

Here you go! Hope you feel better soon :(

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Pure Vanilla

As a healer, it's only natural that he's the first cookie you called when you started feeling under the weather.

You're certain that you caught a cold from the snowy mountains of Dark Cacao Kingdom while accompanying him to a meeting a few days ago, as your doughy body hasn't stopped shaking since your return despite all attempts to warm yourself up.

Today, you woke up feeling achy all over, barely able to finish your tasks around the kingdom without becoming dizzy or getting sudden chills.

So you've put on bedrest until you feel well, asking one of the bluebirds to send PV a message.

Within the hour, he shows up at your place, bringing some good natural remedies to your bedside.

He also brought some hot jelly soup for when/if you feel like you could eat something light.

While his healing magic mainly extends to injuries, it's able to relieve the aches that plagued your dough.

But he discourages you from jumping up right away, as it took time to work.

Even though you think he's worrying too much over your simple cold, PV admits that he felt partially responsible for getting you sick because he asked you to attend the meeting in the first place.

You tell him that's not true, as you wanted to go and he couldn't have possibly predicted the weather that day. You promise him that you'll recover in no time, and you thank him for being here.

That cheers him up, as he promises to stay with you until you're well enough to move around, assuring you that whatever tasks you had could wait.

Shadow Milk

Despite being an inhabitant of Beast Yeast for years, you weren't familiar with the weather patterns within the Land of Spice...

Until Shadow Milk dragged you into his fellow Beast's domain at the peak of a spice storm one day.

He only wanted to annoy Burning Spice, although after you kept sneezing nonstop during their banter and being the one who annoyed him instead, the jester pouted and decided to warp back to his Spire with you.

Unfortunately, the storm made you terribly sick, with your eyes constantly burning and your throat feeling scratchy.

Shadow Milk only realizes something MIGHT be wrong with you when you refused to come out of your chambers that evening.

He invites himself inside and sees the sorry state you're in, laying in bed with spice particles in your dough and your toppings looking like they're gonna melt at any moment.

He doesn't understand why you're pouting and blaming him for dragging you out into that storm.

He even starts whining like "so you hate me now???? you want me to leave??????"

When you deny that and tell him he can stay, he's suddenly all smiles like "hehe I was gonna stay whether you wanted me to or not, doll. You're gonna have to depend on me now! But then again....you always have, and you always will~"

Sinister undertones aside, he's actually genuinely concerned for your health, taking care of you in-between his duties within the Spire.

He shapeshifts into a doctor/nurse persona, looking up cures for spice-related sicknesses and speaking in medical jargon the whole time he's with you.

He'd gather natural remedies and medicines out in the town no problem, demanding them from every vendor/storekeeper--and of course they listen.

After all, those same folks would gladly give him their left arm in exchange for a comforting lie.

You didn't mind playing the patient role, and you don't question how or where he got all those remedies, as you recover pretty quickly.

He definitely wouldn't dote on Black Sapphire or Candy Apple like this if they ever got sick, so you considered yourself very lucky.

[moon-ttokki-x]

hello. 😊 if it's not a bother, could i please request stray kids celebrating their 9th member’s birthday with her (please leave her age unspecified)? 🥰 no pressure, it's okay if you don't do this! 🤗

hiyoooo this was such a cute request . . . i didn't do a traditional fic bc i know everyone likes to celebrate differently >< i'm def more a lowkey type of person but i know others who like to go all out <3 here you goooo

skz and celebrating their 9th member's birthday

pairing: ot8!skz x 9th member!reader

summary: how skz would celebrate your birthday !

genre: fluff, idol! au, chaotic skz, reader celebrates their birthday, age left unspecified (though they're the youngest of the group), cute innie, big brother skz agenda all the way, mentions of forehead kisses, mentions of eating, mentions of chan's back pain

a/n: happy birthday to anyone who's celebrating lol

skz masterlist

so how skz celebrates your birthday definitely depends on whether you're a big, grand gesture sort of person or not

if you are

then expect half the company to be there at the party

or a big fancy event in one of the halls

lots and lots of singing and dancing, if your birthday happens to fall on a skz concert date, they'll definitely perform 'happy birthday' and sing one of your favourite songs

lots of gifts

i mean lots

they could be the most random things too

we all know how leeknow gifts things

so expect anything from a new nachimbong to a cucumber

skz would def be the type of people to surprise you at the dorms too, with a whole massive spread of food and sweets

felix would def be baking for you too

and there'd be a cake in your favourite colour with your name written on slightly messy icing on the top

when you look closer you notice your name is spelt wrong

jeongin excitedly points out that he wrote your name on the top and you kiss his forehead anyway in thanks

bc he's cute and you would never point out the fact that he spelt his only younger member's name wrong

oh well

you appreciate the gesture anyway

then it's gifts

most of them are good and you love them

but there's a select few that make you laugh

like a matching horse mask from jisung or a singular messed-up paintbrush from hyunjin

you keep them anyway for the memories

(and make a mental note to scare chan with the horse mask later, alongside jisung, who already has one of his own)

shhh !!

then it's opening the cards from each member

again, super cute messages from the members, aside from seungmin's card

he's just written in sparkly blue gel pen 'you survived another year'

'good job'

and that's it

slightly menacing but you thank him for it anyway, watching him grin as you place it down

and then it'd be a night out at the mall or the arcade

or anywhere you want to go

expect to be spoilt by your eight older brothers

they spare no expense to make you happy

whether you choose to take advantage of that or not is up to you

changbin or chan would def let you climb on their back as a once-off

and they'd carry you through the streets while you giggle in their ear

changbin doesn't even feel you

while chan is wishing he'd stretched his back earlier

you all end up falling asleep in a heap as soon as you guys get back to the dorms

no one has bothered to undress either so you all wake up looking like you did the night before

if you're not a grand gesture sort of person

or you just get a little shy on your birthday

skz will def be a little more lowkey

some of the members, especially the maknaes, don't really understand why you don't want to go all out for it

but they try to make you happy anyway

personally i feel like they wouldn't make too much of a fuss in fear of upsetting you

so you'd wake up as per normal and go to the kitchen

and minho has cooked breakfast for you

your fav obviously

and the other members just kind of go about their business and wish you a happy birthday

chan def stops to kiss the crown of your head bc you're like his little sibling and felix does the same

bc he's sweet like that

your day then goes as per normal

maybe with a lot less schedules and practices bc no one wants to do work on their birthday

unless you're super productive i guess

but yeah

and then you get home and walk into the living room

the boys have set up a blanket fort and a mess of cushions and pillows on the lounges

netflix is already loaded on the screen and chan and hyunjin have ordered takeout for everyone

so you all dress down into comfy clothes and pyjamas and sit and eat while watching a movie

your pick ofc

they do bake you a cake, or buy one for you if you're not into that

but they don't sing happy birthday bc they don't want to embarrass you

the maknaes def try and burst into off-tune song

you just let them bc it's funny

'you guys are literally singers how do you massacre 'happy birthday'...'

anyway

you all fall asleep in a heap with frosting-flavoured lips and sticky fingers

when you end up waking up, you decide to go to your bedroom

there's gifts from all the members on the bed and cards too

which makes you tear up

bc they were considerate enough to determine that you might be uncomfortable opening them in front of everyone

you make sure to thank them all the next day

skz loves you so much and will do anything to see you happy <3

a/n: i want cake now

[mo-online]

ranking aftg characters on whether or not i'd trust them to hold my drink

dan: i think she'd be really enthusiastic about it, but she'd get a little too intense trying to stare down anyone who even looks at it and drop the whole cup. good effort, but now i have no drink.

kevin: no, he drinks it and now i once again have no drink.

andrew: maybe? unless i'm a new recruit and we're at eden's.... 😬 he'd fight off anyone else who tried to spike me, but god forbid i look a little suspicious and oop! there he goes, doing it himself. so maybe i'd rather not, actually.

matt: oh absolutely, are you kidding? he's holding all of the girl's drinks throughout the night, hand over the top. hell he's probably holding like three purses too. he's truly the carries everything bf when he goes out with the girls. i love him.

aaron: you know what, yeah. i would. i don't think he'd be super fixated on it with a hand over the top like matt, he'd probably just casually hold it for me while i'm in the bathroom and stand by the door, but i think he'd be chill enough to trust.

seth: corpses can't hold drinks. there is dirt in my beer now. absolutely not.

allison: my favorite girl's girl. absolutely. she has a hand over it and starts barking at anyone who even tries to come near my drink. maybe she bites a man. who knows! i love her.

nicky: no. he sits it down somewhere, forgets about it, and now i have no drink and the motherfucker won't even pay me back because he "didn't drink it." i'm not saying you did, babes, but that was a whole vodka cran and you lost it.

renee: yes, but she lectures me for two hours about drinking too much and being safe afterwards and kills my vibe. i do think she'd knife anyone who even tries to snatch it, tho, so i guess she's chill.

neil: i ask and he calls me a pussy and walks away. i get drugged and die. all he has to say at my funeral is "damn."

jean: he is also a girl's girl and gets really obsessive over keeping it safe. zones out of conversations because he's too focused on just staring at it. will not even fucking blink. he offers to hold it for me the rest of the night and i have to literally steal it back so he doesn't have a panic attack over trying to keep it within his sight at all times.

jeremy: also leaves it somewhere and forgets about it, but buys me three more to make up for it and apologizes so hard he cries. i get way drunker than i intended and also cry. we have to be carried home.

riko: the one they're keeping it away from. fuck no.

[hug-me-hard-so-i-dont-forget-you]

As soon as Buddie becomes canon I want to see ALL the domestic moments between them:

Eddie jolts awake from a nightmare (about Shannon or his time in combat) and Buck just rolls over and holds him tight, foreheads pressed together, whispering calming words until he falls asleep.

I don't think they'd have pet names. Other than when they're teasing each other. But I do think someone (probably Buck) would try one out.

"Thanks babe." "Ew— what? No. Stop that." And that was the end of that. Yet (and Eddie would never admit this) he doesn't seem to mind certain terms of endearment during sexy times.

They still have their ✨kitchen moments✨, they're just cuter now. They talk about their problems while doing the dishes together, if one of them is doing something like chopping vegetables or stirring a pot the other most likely has their arms wrapped around them from behind with their chin on their shoulder, one of the cabinet doors is now broken due to being shoved into it while making out one too many times.

Buck LOVES when Eddie speaks Spanish. Whether it's first thing in the morning in a groggy voice or shouted at him during a fight. And Eddie has learned to use it to his advantage, getting Buck to do things by buttering him up in Spanish. Though he could literally just be reciting the Pledge of Allegiance and Buck would never know.

So they start to do little daily Spanish lessons. Starting with words or phrases of the day on the way to work (think similar to when May and Eddie would discuss the word of the day). But Buck has a hard time rolling his R's and it just makes Eddie laugh and stare at him fondly. One time he was so amused that he pulled a Fez from That 70s show: ("You know how Fez sometimes rolls his R's? Well that's what he did in my mouth!") and smirks, saying "Do it more like that." and Buck is stunned silent for a full minute. Eddie gets out of the car, opens Buck's door and had to unbuckle his seatbelt before Buck realizes where he is.

Whenever one of them is fuming from a fight with their parents the other pushes them down into a chair or the couch and stands behind them to rub their shoulders

One day Buck accidentally grabs the wrong 118 shirt and ends up wearing 'DIAZ' on his back all day and once he realizes he starts to strut around with a proud grin. Since then, he starts to purposely wear Eddie's clothes to tease him, knowing full well that it gets Eddie all hot and bothered.

Buck also gets more handsy at home since they're not allowed to show PDA at work. Sometimes he literally waits until the second they've stepped foot off the 118 property to grab Eddie's ass.

When Buck starts spiraling, going on and on about how he's not good enough and that's why everyone leaves him, Eddie will just subtly place a hand on his thigh or lower back. And it usually immediately calms him down.

If Buck can't sleep Eddie will wake up in the middle of the night and find him baking in the kitchen. He just sits at the table watching him, asking quietly, "Do you wanna talk about it?" Sometimes he does and other times Buck just shakes his head. So, while in comfortable silence, Eddie measures out the ingredients and hands them over when needed.

Eddie is embarrassed about just how many times he's tried to reach for something on a high shelf, tippy-toes and all, only to have Buck either lift him up so he can get it OR grab the item and hold it captive until Eddie gives him a kiss.

Very dramatic declarations of love or betrayal:

"I can't believe this." "Buck..." "I thought you loved me." "I do." "I once saw a long life together in the future. Now I'm not so sure..." "Okay, I'm sorry I watched the new episode without you!" "...I'm gonna need a minute."

"Buck, have I ever told you how goddamn perfect you are?" "Maybe. Might as well say it again. ☺️" "I'm serious. You can do nothing wrong and anyone who says otherwise can fight me." "Okay calm down. Do you fall in love with everyone who gives you an orgasm and then cooks for you afterward?" "...yes."

[hurtmemoreplease]

Pokemon Types Rated by Fuckability

Normal: Most normal types are pretty fuckable, but like... c'mon, how many of them are gonna blow your mind? Snorlax? Arceus? Melotta? There's plenty of good lovers, but not many great ones. 7/10.

Fire: A collection of the most fuckable pokemon, arranged for your pleasure. From Cinderace to Arcanine to Volcarona to Magcargo, there's something for everyone. One point deducted because you will get burned somewhere sensitive. 9/10.

Water: There's just not that much to say about water. There's a few very good options, a few very bad ones, but mostly just a lot of boring ones. Honestly I'm taking two points off for the vaporeon memes. 3/10.

Electric: Some fantastic options for you in Zebstrika and Luxray, with added points if you're into electrostim play. If you liked getting trained with a shock collar, you should become an electric type's pet. I'm not sure how you're going to fuck an Electrode or a Magneton, though. 7/10.

Grass: Tsareena! Grovyle! Ogerpon! Tangrowth! Surely, Grass must be the most fuckable type of all, right? Yeah, actually. With vine whip, a plethora of status moves, and a variety of diverse body types (looking at you, Victreebel!), Grass tops the charts, whether you're looking for a vanilla, humanoid type, or a mind-bending experience by a creature that drugs you out of your mind and oh my god i'm just talking about HDG god damn it. 10/10. Sadly.

Ice: Already a small group of pokemon, ice types rate pretty low on the fuckability scale in general, even before accounting for the sheer unpleasantness of the cold. Saved by Froslass being willing and able to freeze you in ice, and, presumably, do things to your unmoving body. 1/10.

Fighting: Okay here's your next task; go to the nearest gym that offers a kickboxing class and start giving your number to everyone who walks out of it. Functionally the same experience as hooking up with a fighting-type. A good lay, but nothing special. 4/10

Poison: With pokemon like Salazzle, Tentacruel, and the Nidoran line, you might think that poison deserves a pretty high rating. Wrong! All of the most fuckable pokemon in the typing are dual-typed with another, more interesting type. They get a little credit for having Poison Fang and Poison Jab for people who are into intox play. 3/10.

Ground: Great Tusk, Mudsdale, Hippowdon... A great type if you like being overpowered and enveloped, but not too much else going for it, and not much variety. 5/10. Middle of the road.

Flying: Well. It's not BAD. But you're dealing with a lot of dual-typed pokemon. At least you've got the Forces of Nature, they're literally therians. 2/10.

Psychic: You do not fuck the psychic type pokemon. The psychic type pokemon fuck you. Every single one of them up to and including Wobbufett is capable of ruining sex with anyone else for you. 10/10. 15/10. I'm not being mind-controlled to write this, I promise. But, hypothetically, if I was, it would be a 20/10

Bug: Honestly, the main downside to the bug type is that they don't have ovipositors, as far as we know. We can still hope, though... There are plenty of misses in the bug type, but if you're into it then you'll find plenty to be happy with. Even if you're not into it, there's plenty that will give you a good time. 8/10.

Rock: Lycanrocs have been known to bite and convert unwitting trainers. Nihilego can take over minds. Geodude is a rock. Plenty of decent options in Rampardos, Terrakion, and Tyrantrum, but plenty of ??? options like Corsola. 8/10, surprisingly, but there are some real standouts carrying the typing. (Call me, Diancie!)

Ghost: A lot of overlap with the appeal of psychic-types, just worse at it. Some really strong standouts with Hisuian Typhlosion, Cofagrigus, and Spectrier, but also- wait, shit, Hisuian Zoroark is there. 9/10.

Dragon: I'm not entertaining this discussion. It's 10/10 or higher. Shut up. 30/10. Leave me alone. I'm strapping you to the belly of a Salamance. I'm calling a Goodra with a dinner bell. They're the most fuckable category and it's not even close. Latios, Latias, and Necrozma are the only Dragon/Psychic types, which is a relief, since if there was a non-legendary one then humanity would be their pets.

Dark: Honestly a lot more consistently fuckable than you'd think. Mightyena, Houndoom, Thievul, Liepard, Hoopa, Urshifu, Sableye, and so on and so on and so on. Can't justify anything less than a 10/10.

Steel: Steel type is mostly useful for making other types more attractive; it's a surefire way to make a dragon, or a fairy, or a psychic-type even more attractive. That said, there are a few good options within the metal typing; Melmetal, Skarmory, Corviknight, to name a few. Lots of points lost for being best as added spice, but points granted for having a few really strong contenders. 4/10

Fairy: I mean. Come on. It's like Dark, but you actually expected it this time. Fairy is filled with some of the most fuckable pokemon around. 10/10, it's just hotties all the way down.

[therainbowgorilla]

White couple on a train saying they love another cultures food then making out... Who the FUCK cares oh my goddd let them live. And why mention that they're white specifically? It's like they're implying there's something wrong with white people really liking Ethiopian food? And the (2023) part is the real kicker for me because it's like they're signing it with a date as if it's some work of photographic art and not just getting up in someone's business for no reason

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Wtf is even wrong with buying a single banana? Like my god mind ya business! She could have low potassium, have a kid waiting in the car or that she's about to pick up who she's buying a snack, she could be buying herself a snack, she could be cooking something, YALL DON'T KNOW AND IT DON'T MATTER CAUSE IT DON'T AFFECT YOU!!! AAAAAAAA

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"got my first victims! Can't wait to send them to jail 😝"

Whether or not she's being facetious about the jail thing, she's just outing herself as an asshole. Like, the trash seemingly was IN A BAG and unless they're somehow charging her per bag of trash or there's some stupid HOA I don't see how there's any harm! And even if there was, she didn't have to yell? What ever happened to calmly explaining something?

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Goddd I remember as a kid in chorus I'd move one of my hands along with the beat as both a stim and a way to keep track of the beat. And the embarrassment when my classmates made fun of me made me ashamed of it the entire rest of my time in that class.

Shit like that last one probably piss me off the most because God DAMN we can't even enjoy music without someone on our ass acting like we're weird for it???

TikTok is like a stigma factory, constantly churning out new things to get mad at people over.

There are good people on TikTok, then there's these folk...

It’s so fucked up how tiktok culture has made clout-poisoned people turn the public into content, every day I see people minding their business have their entire faces put online for thousands of likes, a couple kissing on the train, a lady dancing across a cross walk, a guy nodding his head to the music at a club, a lady buying a banana at the store, ring camera footage of the neighbors kids being stupid. Just let people live jfc

[drdemonprince]

do you think it's worth it being nonbinary if you dont have like, body/physical dysphoria? Ive been identifying as nonbinary since i was 14 and when i was in high school it was great, i had my little liberal bubble queer friend group, and the rest of the school didnt pay much attention to me. My mom accepted me in the "i dont get it but whatever i dont want you to stop talking to me so i guess ill go along with it" sense, which while not perfect, its fine. But last september i started studying engineering and. Its really not going well. Like 85% of my classmates are straight guys and they range from thinking nonbinary people are cringe (and therefore they make fun of me when i walk by) to being extremely transphobic (im very scared of some of them.) And ive been trying to make friends with the girls in my class, and some of them are nice, but i can tell they also dont like that im nonbinary. One of them literally told me "i get that being a woman is hard, i dont like having periods or the ways guys look at me either, but you dont gain anything by denying yourself". So. I kind of think about that nearly every night now. Doubting whether im really nonbinary. And it really doesnt help knowing that basically every girl here either thinks that or just straight up thinks im gross and weird, ive literaly heard one of them go 'what is THAT doing in the womens' when i walked past her from the bathroom. I dont like going to class much.

Im thinking of detransisioning, i guess. I never started taking hormones (good luck getting those in eastern europe lol), so I could easily start looking like a cis girl again. These will be my coworkers and bosses, i cant live like this until i retire. i want to have fun uni experiences too. And ive been thinking so much lately about why im even doing this. Its just a few words that people call me by. Theres nonbinary people who use binary pronouns and pass as cis, i could be one of them and just not tell anyone that im actually nb. but on the other hand, it feels like im giving up on the trans community if i do this. Giving up on activism. Im sure im not the only one in this situation, if i detransition ill be letting them down completely. I dont want the next generation to be as fucked as this one. Also i came out very publicly to my entire class (i wanted to find other queer people to be friends with, i hoped that would do the trick maybe. I was so naive and stupid) and it will be so fucking humiliating to go back on that and im scared ill do all that and theyll keep treating me the same anyways because im already "tainted" by transness. So i would let so many people down for nothing.

The one other trans friend from my high school friend group solved this issue by paying more than ten fucking thousand euros per year to study in the netherlands btw. The exchange rate to our currency makes it somehow even worse than it sounds. Hes probably going to be able to start taking hormones before he gets his bachelors. I wish my mom was that rich :|

First of all, I want to say that I am so sorry anon that you are facing so much fucking exclusion and harassment. That kind of treatment pushes a lot of trans people into detransitioning, and it is brutal, and that this experience can happen to nonbinary people who are not on hormones but have otherwise transitioned is something that does not get acknowledged enough.

I can't tell you what you should do in your situation, because no outcome is great. But I think you might find some elements of this article from Kier Adrian Grey on ceasing their use of they/them pronouns (among the cis public!) interesting. They're an "ex anarchist" and a bit of an anti social justice dogma kinda person so I don't agree with them on many things, but I did like this point that they made:

"Hear me out: maybe the best way to understand they/them pronouns, within the context of a pluralistic democracy, is as a subcultural norm, a way for LGBT people to show respect for one another within our community. That sense of belonging I felt when I first found queer spaces was profound, and if using gender-neutral pronouns gives someone that gift, I am all for it. "But I do wonder if we are setting people up for hardship when we tell them that they should hope for, expect, or insist on they/them pronouns being used by everyone they encounter, and that they will be emotionally injured every time this fails to happen. In my thirteen years, misgendering was rarely malicious, and yet it still fed into a wounded identity and a suspicious worldview."

I don't think that what Kier has written about their experience applies to even most nonbinary people, and if taken too prescriptively by the wrong people it could be an awful dysphoria cope that leads a person to some pretty dark places. But! For someone whose feelings about it all are like Kier's, and whose life experiences have given them similar perspective, I think there is something to it. It's true that thinking a great deal about how one is gendered by others is crazy making and sometimes isolating, and if that's the sole way in which one's transness interfaces with the world, it's not always to the person's net benefit.

Here's the full piece:

I will say that based on all you had to say, anon, it would be a lot better for you if you could get around a lot of queer and trans people! What you're struggling with is not being seen and appreciated for who you are, and all the cis people undermining you are driving you crazy and making you doubt yourself. I'd MUCH prefer if you could find more local queer community or relocate if necessary to feel more appreciated as you are.

BUT if you find yourself resonating with this author's points and it feels like only being out to other trans and queer people would be good for you, that is okay to do. That isn't "detransitioning," it's being choosy about whom you trust. And many of us navigate those decisions. I'm not out as trans to everyone I meet! Most people just think I'm a cis guy. The big difference between you and me is that I have medically transitioned (and if you want to, I recommend ordering some hormones on India Mart!!!). You have some choices here about how much information you give to other people, how much you trust people who are incredibly ignorant, how much you will expose yourself to harm by making requests for treatment that might not happen, and how to build the community you need to survive this awful transphobic reality.

[williamaltman]

Saxon's feelings for Lochy

Ok, so, I've noticed that a lot of people don't seem to think Saxon has a thing for his brother, only for Piper and Lochy for him and I wanted to show the evidence otherwise because it was literally the first thing I noticed.

After he asks how many bedrooms there are and is told it's three, he immediately says "Ok, so Lochy, you're with me."

Piper doesn't seem to like that and offers for him to sleep with her instead (knowing there was some kind incest vibe, it really came across like they're fighting over him). He then objects by pointing out brothers and sisters shouldn't sleep together. Which seems like a classic way to set up for possible gay stuff, "oh it's just guys/girls, don't worry, we can be naked around each other, no big deal".

When Piper invites Lochy to the temple, he immediately goes. "No, we were gonna go to the pool".

He asks him again like he's genuinely upset at Lochy possibly not going with him, and maybe even by being with his sisters instead. Once again, like they're fighting over him, it's even framed with Lochy looking indecisive at the two of them, not knowing which option to pick (parallel with the college thing? Possibly a common theme for his character).

After he says he'll go to temple first and then the pool after, he's still upset.

When Lochy does get to the pool, he notices it and calls him immediately.

After a quick question about the monks, what does he do? Grab his dick and talk about how he gets so horny traveling.

When they're in bed, he immediately starts to talk shit about Piper's buddishm and her overall attitude in life, saying Buddism is for people who "want to supress in life", and most notably. "Don't have desires, don't even try."

And then he tells him that it's good to want things, at least if you can have them. If we're to assume he knows about Lochy possibly being attracted to him, this feels like a subtle way of encouraging that. Of telling it's ok to have these desires, that it's worth a try...

And there's where it comes the theory that Piper isn't actually into Lochy but just trying to "protect" him from Saxon, possibly because he tried something with her in the past and she didn't like it. So no wonder he's bitter about her and thinks she wants to "supress things".

In this case, by telling Lochy to do the opposite, the implication would be that he should "give it a try" with him, unlike her.

He comments on how good-looking he is.

And then tells him he "Doen't need to shrink away from life like her". Again, if we're going with the theory that he tried something with her in the past, he's trying to push him in the other direction. Don't reject it.

And then, you know. Asking him what kind of porn does he like. Going back, he does that right after saying he should "get laid, get everything" and that he's "going to help him" with that.

It's also just, like, the most classic and obvious set-up, to bring in sex/porn into the conversation, the idea of watching it together or what not...

"How the fuck am I going to jerk off with you in here all week."

Already kinda suggestive considering the vibes, but... Remember that he asked to room with him, and even objected when Piper suggested otherwise, when that would've left him with his own room.

I guess the confusing part is when he closes the door after he noticed Lochy still watching him. But honestly it would probably be too far to just jerk off in front of him like he's not even trying to not be weird.

He might just be playing the long game, and walking up naked to watch porn with him still awake in the room still feels like quite a tease. He might also just be getting cold feet, or, perhaps, the whole thing is subconscious rather than on purpose and at that moment he has the realization of how weird this situation is.

There's actually a moment where you can notice him thinking about whether Lochy is looking before he looks back at him, and it seems like he's a little nervous about it (before this shot he was just looking at the screen, but then he raises his head to question it).

So, cold feet? Checking to see if the teasing is working or if he looked away? A bit freaked out with the realization of how weird he's been?Idk, but it's definetely not one-sided, and I was actually more surprised at the implication that Lochy felt the same.

[tousey-mousey]

So, okay.

Plastic is not intrinsically awful. I'm not saying plastics inside you are ideal, but there's a lot of kinds of plastics and there's a lot of ways that plastics can enter your body. The plastics themselves are actually usually largely chemically inert: the issue is that plastics are sometimes capable of holding chemicals on their outsides that can be toxic over time. However, those chemicals do not just come from the plastics themselves (typically), and instead the microplastics need to pick them up FROM somewhere. They normally pick them up from doing things like floating around in the oceans, on road surfaces, or inside machinery.

In these environments, large (macro) plastics can be exposed to chemicals (e.g. pesticides in the water, oil and grease from engines, debris and metals from roads, etc) and then break down into tiny microplastics that are coated in chemicals. If those get into your body, they can leach out of and off of the microplastics and get into your body, which isn't good.

However!

Most of the microplastics in your body do not come from these sources. Actually, only a relatively tiny percentage of them do. The VAST majority of microplastics inside the average human's body come from plastic fibres, which are shed from plastic clothing and other fabrics (usually polyesters); and most of the rest of the microplastics in our body come from trace quantities of packaging plastics (usually PET). These are typically "virgin plastics", non-recycled and not previously exposed to harmful environmental chemicals, and so they're relatively free from dangerous adsorbed ("coated onto") chemicals. So, they can't release harmful chemicals into you because they don't have any.

The plastics themselves aren't good for you, but they're largely not particularly bad for you either. They're mostly pretty inert, or at least minimally active.

Additional points!

Plastics are REPLACING stuff that was also harmful! Metal ions coming off of metal everything wasn't necessarily always good. People act like everything before plastic was like... hardwaring and built to last, but enormous amounts of shit was made of cheap, flimsy metal that rusted to hell and fell apart incredibly quickly, because "built to last" is just a codeword for "overengineered and highly-priced for rich people to buy". When THAT broke apart, it didn't leach small amounts of chemicals into you: it just dumped a spoonful of lead into your colon. Somehow, I think that's not actually better...

Plastics are not automatically environmentally unfriendly. They're also not the best fucking thing ever, obviously. You basically need to pick your material for your task, and recognise why plastics can be a good choice in some cases. For example, we all love cotton and wool clothes, but both sheep and cotton plants are INSANELY water-hungry. They consume MASSIVE amounts of clean, potable, chemically-processed, mechanically-piped water to grow and process. Polyester, on the other hand, is relatively low-water to make and use. It also, definitely, produces fewer greenhouse gases to make... but doesn't last as long, so you'd need more OF it and that adds a multiplying factor to its gas emissions. So whether it comes out as better, worse, or net neutral is really really difficult to determine imo. Basically, whether plastics are more or less polluting or environmentally damaging depends on your priorities. Sheep need grazing pasture to grow wool, which means guaranteed deforestation and monoculture cropping of previously-healthy soil. Polyester needs oil rigs to extract oil, which means potential for massive oil spills that could permanently destroy sections of land but which isn't guaranteed. Like. Pick your poison, and use the right tool for the job.

Plastics should be avoided and worked around where possible, but one reason for that is that we shouldn't be reliant on a petrochemical that MANDATES extracting oil from the ground to make and which encourages shitty waste management strategies of the "stick it in a pile and set it on fire" variety. Microplastics in your body are largely not a huge deal and microplastics in the oceans are much more of a concern.

finding enough plastic in human brains to make a spoon is certainly a shocking headline but I just don't have it in me to be shocked anymore. not only can I see the evidence of spoon brain all around me I can literally feel it in myself

[on-a-lucky-tide]

you don’t gotta answer this if you don’t want, you’re just a guy and itd be dickish to expect anything else, but i’ve always contemplated going into the field of education, as a trans guy, but.. is it harder? does it fuck shit up? do students notice and ask about it? do you tell them?

thanks if you do answer. and have a good one whether you do or don’t.

Being openly LGBT in education is hard. I'm quite lucky in that there are lesbians, gays, bisexual disasters and trans people on my staff body and leadership team, but that doesn't mean I don't daily have to challenge bigotry. Like in most things, you have to choose the setting that's right for you, with high standards and clear expectations around conduct, but also be prepared to be an active member and batter that community into the shape you want it to be.

This may be controversial and hard reading for some. So it's under a cut.

One of our core values where I work is "kindness". It's in our strapline. The Welshman chose it. He's a straight balding cis dude who plays rugby and lifts three times my body weight, but he holds that trait above all the others as most important to him. That alone has earned him my unerring loyalty. I could work anywhere, including for university I'm a visiting fellow of, but I'm a loyal dog.

But also, kids are cunts. They're cunts to any and all difference because conformity is safety. It's your job as a stable adult to challenge it and build them into decent functioning adults, and recognise that hatred and intolerance is a learned behaviour, so it can be unlearned. I've had homophobic slurs thrown at me, so has my line manager from last year who is more senior than I am. Misogyny is also rampant amongst the youth, and I was told two weeks ago that racism is "banter". The kids are not ok. They have a continuous diet of extremism projected into their eyeballs by social media, and their parents are not literate or savvy enough to navigate them away, in the majority. They're often victims of radicalisation themselves. I've dealt with parents ranting down the phone at me about "trans ideology", and I've had to sit in meetings where kids have spouted Nazi ideology as the resident "expert" in Nazism (FML, right?)

Given the way the world is today, I wouldn't have become a teacher if I'd known how LGBT people would be treated. I would have become an accountant and be earning six figures. But I'm here now, this is the front on which I'll fight the culture war, so they will have to drag me out of my classroom in handcuffs.

I teach all bottom sets because my core skill is building relationships (and being unflappable). I get given the absolute gnarliest kids. But it's never them that are bigoted, because bigotry doesn't survive kindness and humanity. If you're LGBT and going into education now, you better be fuckin' bulletproof, mate.

I might also add: there is nothing outwardly non-conforming about me. I am masculine presenting, I wear a suit and tie, I am not flamboyant or effeminate in my mannerisms. Other than them knowing I have a boyfriend, not a girlfriend, because he visits my classroom and attends their productions (and they've seen me holding his hand in town), there is nothing that others me. Based on the current climate, regrettably, some settings may be more challenging for those who lean more into their queer identity.

In addition, when I had my mental breakdown in 2020, it was completely "unexpected" by my colleagues because I was always "so extroverted, stable and funny". I am "extremely high functioning" and part of my upbringing was "show no weakness", so none of my struggles were outwardly visible unless I had my shirt off or my hair was too short. I guess, what I'm trying to gently hint at, is make sure you are mentally in the right place as well, because you will take a battering until you get your feet under you.

[captain-roger-that]

"I don't like bullies. I don't care where they're from."

"If you’re reading this, it means time has carried my words far beyond the world I know. I write to you from the 1940s, in the middle of a war that has tested the strength, courage, and heart of countless men and women. Every day, we fight for something bigger than ourselves—freedom, justice, the right for people to live without fear. I don’t know what kind of world you live in now, whether the sacrifices of my time made a difference, whether peace has won, or if you’re still fighting battles of your own. But if history has taught me anything, it’s that the fight for what’s right is never truly over.

I’ve seen firsthand what hatred, greed, and fear can do to people. I’ve seen good men lose their way, and I’ve seen others stand firm even when it would have been easier to give up. The truth is, the world isn’t black and white. It never has been. It’s made up of choices—hard ones. And sometimes, the right choice doesn’t feel like a victory. Sometimes, it costs you everything. But that doesn’t mean you stop making them.

Being strong isn’t about having power. It’s not about carrying a shield or wearing a uniform. It’s about knowing what you stand for, even when the world is telling you to back down. It’s about doing the right thing, even when no one is watching. It’s about standing up, not just for yourself, but for the ones who can’t stand up for themselves.

I don’t know if my name means anything in your time, if people remember what we fought for, or if history has turned me into nothing more than a footnote. That’s not what matters. What matters is that you don’t forget the principles we stood for—the belief that every person deserves the chance to be free, that no one is beneath you or above you, that the measure of a person isn’t in their wealth or their power, but in their honor and decency.

The world will always be changing. There will always be new battles, new challenges, new fears. But the values that define us—the ones that truly matter—never go out of style. Honor. Integrity. Compassion. Sacrifice. They’re not just words; they’re the foundation of a world worth fighting for.

So if you ever feel like the world is too dark, too broken, or too far gone—don’t give up on it. Because as long as there are people willing to stand up, willing to believe in something better, there’s always hope. And hope… hope is the most powerful thing we have.

You don’t have to be a hero to do what’s right. You just have to decide that today, you’re going to stand. And when tomorrow comes, you’ll stand again. One step at a time.

I may not be there to see the future you live in, but I have faith in you. In your strength, in your heart, in your willingness to carry the torch forward. The fight never really ends—but neither does the good in the world, as long as there are people like you to protect it."

With faith in the future, Captain Steve Rogers United States Army

[ MOD ]

[bobopeebo]

Helloo~ I love reading all your headcanons because I feel like they're very accurate and fun. Similar to the Ayato ask but any Headcanons on the type of girl Shuu would like, pshycially and personality.

Shu’s Type Headcanons

shu wouldn’t like someone that’s his complete opposite

he prefers a fair balance of opposite and similar - or even if she had just a handful of similarities, it’s enough

he needs someone who likes relaxing with him as well

someone he can enjoy comfortable silences and beautiful music with

soft, fluffy curly hair would kill him.

he likes long, soft, flowy hair that smells like fruits and flowers that he can bury his face into and use as his personal curtain

but at the same it would become a nuisance if her hair kept getting stuck/pulled while they cuddled and she complained about it. plus, short hair would give free access to her beautiful neck

in terms of bodies, he likes petite, short women because they look cute, innocent and frail

tall and elegant women because they seem poised and gentle, seeming soft-spoken and not noisy, causing less of a disturbance to him

curvy women because they’re warm and soft; the perfect pillow to him (bonus points if they smell good) and he gets to make lewd remarks about their blessed assets

he really doesn’t care that much

soft clothes in soothing colors like pastels and dark shades are appreciated. hates eyesore colors like neons and if his lover were to be a fan of them, they’re sure to hear a few unamused remarks every so often

you see the amount of times soft is mentioned here? yeah he’s basically shopping for a human pillow

but shu really likes girls with big, bright, curious eyes. someone adventurous or bubbly would feel like a golden retriever to him; he would find them quite amusing and loveable

he doesnt mind a girl with a lot of energy; so long as she can also be content pumping the breaks to wind down and share headphones with him while they cuddle wherever he pulls her

he actually might prefer a s/o who can balance his nonchalance. someone expressive and empathetic; someone who talks a lot and would want to tell him lots of cute interesting things

he might not have the most compelling replies; but that doesnt mean he’s not interested, he’s just not one for talking much.

just knowing that she cares so much. that her perfect evening would be spending time with him.

he obviously would ‘complain’ about how noisy she is, but she wouldn’t be able see the faintest, soft smile he grows on his face with his eyes closed as she tells him about what happened in her class that night not knowing that she’s already told him this once before

speaking of, he would likely prefer someone with a melodious voice. Deep or soft and calm. He would have trouble adjusting to something with a loud or pitchy voice. In that case maybe he would prefer their quiet times more ^^;

if his girl knows how to play (the ‘good’) instruments, it would be amazing. maybe not so much for her because of how many times he would ask her to play-

after much begging, shu might even be so kind as to agree to have a duet with her (how romantic)

despite shu not being that picky with what kind of girl he’d be attracted to, he still has a few absolute donts

girls who are stuck up or snooty, with a superiority complex. the ones who care way too much about being perfect and proper: he would just get brought back to his aristocratic family. the one he’s trying to get away from constantly.

he just doesn’t like girls who are vain or egoistic. he finds them annoying

shu would really admire a girl who’s honest. someone who wouldn’t change her opinion based on whether or not others agreed. someone brave who would stand their ground to support their beliefs

that quality kind of also translates into loyalty

shu has a hard enough time as is allowing himself to connect to anyone, fearing he’ll lose them. if he does finally start to warm up to someone, it would kill him inside if they betrayed him.

> 𝕀 𝕨𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕓𝕖 𝕕𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕣 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕗𝕖𝕖𝕕𝕓𝕒𝕔𝕜 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕠𝕡𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕠𝕟, 𝕒𝕤 𝕨𝕖𝕝𝕝 𝕒𝕤 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕦𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕧𝕖 𝕔𝕣𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕔𝕚𝕤𝕞 𝕠𝕟 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕀 𝕔𝕒𝕟 𝕚𝕞𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕧𝕖. <

Your beloved, Bo.

[porcelaingender]

wow i loveee your writing sooo much dude can we likeee gettt your two time x reader heacanons 🤑🤑🤑

wow i am so glad you asked, sweet anon! (that is totally not just me) i would be absolutely delighted to share my favorite two time x reader headcanons! keep the requests coming, my amazing followers!

general two time x reader headcanons!

they aren't necessarily 'possessive' per se, but they do always make sure to keep a close eye on you. whether you are with another crowd, or alone, they will certainly find a way to make sure that you're safe and won't be straying anywhere too far! a majority of the time, you aren't even aware that they're there until they randomly pop out to your convenience and start making small talk to distract you from your utter confusion and slight discomfort at that fact. some call it stalking, i believe..

with that being said, two time knows a lot about you. they're naturally very observant, and always take attention to your small habits and favorite things, keeping a mental note of something new each time you hang out.

in fact, you often catch them staring at you. no words said, no expression on their face to even convey why they might be staring. they just..stare. it became a frequent habit of theirs that began to freak you out sometimes, but they always reassure you that they just want to 'truly absorb your seraphic features.'

they're very into physical touch, but not in the way that you might think. they prefer smaller touches, gently grazing their finger tips across your arms and caressing your cheek with utmost devotion. they don't mind a small kiss every now and then, but be wary. once you get them riled up, it'll be awhile before they let you go again!

on the contrary, they tend to have quite the biting problem. nothing rough or trying to prove anything, it's just a simple act of affection when they seem to get overwhelmed by their emotions for you. cuteness aggression, if you will. they never attempt to purposely leave bruises on you, unless they feel like it is necessary (in which you can interpret however you'd like)

circling back to their little stalking hobby, sometimes they'll even make an effort to sneak into your bedroom while you're fast asleep, just to watch. they can't help it, they want to make sure that you're safe and sleeping soundly as you deserve! they'll bring the back of their palm to your delicate cheek, caressing it softly as you subconsciously nuzzle into it. they think that it's just the cutest thing ever!

it is widely known that two time is a very devoted spawn follower, so it was no surprise at all when they would insist that you open your mind a bit and maybe even consider coming along to one of their little 'gatherings'..but you kindly denied and instead encouraged them to babble on about it if they ever wanted, in which they appreciated greatly.

despite their slightly psychotic tendencies regarding the spawn, you came close second in priority. they never directly made you feel like you were any less than that, but more than often they would dismiss you because of their urgent 'sacred matters.' even so, they still practically worship you like you're their second god, and always talk about you like such.

i love writing two time like a little freak. strange thing what is wrongggg with themmm. okay i will try to finish up these requests by the end of this week! have a good night everybuddy

[thedreadvampy]

Oh my god I swear to christ people who lead the wizard discourse with "oh but it's not even a good game it's cheap and poorly made and also contains blood libel" "oh but they're not even good books and also the author is actively involved in a legislative hate campaign" do you. HEAR yourself? do you hear yourself? Would it be ok if it was a good game or a good book? Is the problem the Quality of Product?????

[artist-issues]

This is getting old.

Entertainment should not be an end unto itself. What is entertainment? What does it cause? Answer those and then you can try and answer why it should be an "end unto itself..." though I think by doing so, you'll find that, by defining it, it cannot be an "end unto itself."

Who said anything about play?

I think you'll find the answer to "why is leaving the world as it is a problem exactly?" in exactly the same place as the answer to the question "what is entertainment and what does it cause--and then what entertainment can be "solely an end unto itself?"

Just because stories are "there" doesn't mean they're good "stories."

I'm having a hard time taking seriously the musings of somebody who throws out firm statements as if they're true...about something they've never read themselves. But anyway: it doesn't matter if a story is "loved." That has nothing to do with whether or not is is high-quality—unless you would like to make your own personal definition of a story include the qualifier "must be loved."

This one's just miscommunication, so let me clear it up: "Theme" is an unclear word, but I definitely meant, "the story's Main Point."

I've already cleared up the equally-unhelpful phrase "death of the author" both in an edit and in previous reblog. I agree that what is said in the story is what matters: insofar as the responsibility of the storyteller to the audience is in what is said, not what is meant. What is meant is a responsibility to someone else entirely, because an audience has much less sure ways of inferring what is "meant" apart from what is "said." Not "no ways." Just "much less sure" ways.

To sum up for what feels like the thousandth time: Storytelling is compelling communication. Communication is as wonderful as it is dangerous. Words matter, and the speaker is responsible for them. Stories matter, and the storyteller is responsible for what they say in their story.

Go look up how mirror neurons work and then tell me that storytellers are justified in using their skillset to distract people from truth and reality and goodness, in a world that needs constant reminders of them.

Some Things I Believe About Stories

Stories should not be PRIMARILY created to entertain. They should be created to teach, or encourage, or inspire, USING entertaining qualities. The Romans used entertainment to distract the populace from corruption. J. R. R. Tolkien, on the other hand, described "escapism" as "a prisoner of war escaping from enemy camp to go back home." You're not running from reality to fantasy when a story does it's job. You're running from the dark, twisted side of the world to something that reminds you of the good, the true, the beautiful, the correct. You've been imprisoned by bad ideas and confusion and dark perspectives, and the story shows you how to escape and get back to true and beautiful reality. It's got a point, it's not just for diversion.

Stories should be made to serve others and leave the world better than they found it. Storytellers should not only tell a story to exorcize their personal demons or point to how clever and artistic they are. That can be a nice bonus. But the point should be to serve the audience. Think about it. When it's made, it's timeless; it will be read or watched or listened to by the next generation, or the next. What are the storytellers letting fall into the hands of the people who come after they're not around to explain or gain a profit?

The storyteller should be passionate about the story while they make it. This could look like a sense of duty, or fun, or just excitement. But those outward emotions usually signal an inward understanding of how important the story is, and therefore, a level of compassion and care for the eventual audience.

You can like a story or dislike a story. You can interpret a story or misinterpret a story. Those things are subjective. But whether or not a story is good is objective: it can be measured. Does the story say what it is trying to say in the clearest, most compelling way possible? If yes, it's a good story. If no, it might be great entertainment. It might be funny. It might be cool. It might be quotable or franchise-able or profitable or even memorable. But it's not a good story if it does not say something in the clearest, most compelling way possible.

A story's main point, or theme, is the most important thing about it. The characters, the set design, the pacing, the soundtrack, the language, the use of color or lighting or blocking etc.; all of those pieces work best when they are unified in the goal of communicating that main point or theme.

Death of the author = death of the story. It's point is to say something. If you claim the speaker's intent is meaningless, so are the words spoken. If you claim it can mean anything, your words are meaningless too. We all might as well tell no stories and blabber gibberish instead. It’s one thing to say you understand what the author intended, and you like to think of it in/wish it were another way. But it’s quite another to say that what the author intended is unknowable or doesn’t matter. You’re either calling the author a bad storyteller or, again, recommending we all speak gibberish.

Both form (the quality of the story and it's elements) and content (the main point or lessons) matter. Without one you have a lecture, not a story. Without the other you have entertainment, but no valuable, timeless, beautiful truth to make it a “story.”

[starry-bi-sky]

danny and officer martinez's relationship in "late at night, when the nightingale sings" in a nutshell:

Martinez: FREAK! GET YOUR FUCKING KID!

Battinson, on the other side of the crime scene: he don't bite

Martinez, with Nightingale firmly attached his arm, visibly biting him: YES HE DO!

*points at them* Danny is the Bugs Bunny to Martinez's Elmer Fudd.

Another Officer: i can't believe you're fighting with an actual twelve year old. Martinez: i swear to god that is not a twelve year old, that is a little hellion that crawled out of batman's shadow one dark and stormy night and decided to dedicate his existence to tormenting me. Officer: Are you really that mad about him putting a sticky note on your back-- Martinez: thats not the point

in danny's defense: the word "freak" is. a mini beserker button for him for.... obvious ghostly reasons, so like, even if its not directed at him, he still very much unappreciates Martinez's insults at Battinson. Danny may or may not be projecting.

he's not going to hurt the guy! not in any serious or permanently disfiguring way at least! But he is going to leave mean sticky notes on the square part of his spine that he can't reach, and stick salt in his 3AM Late Night Crime Scene Coffee, and kick the bottom of his heel while he's walking so he stumbles. And other petty, infuriating things that tally up and boil over, over time.