#oh this is bad

[karlachismylife]

So, we all know Simon is covered in freckles, beautiful constellations blooming on his pale skin, nature marking the perfect paths for kisses along his collarbones, down the dip of his spine, scattered on his arms.

And his face, of course, little spots on his nose and cheeks, sneaky ones all the way up to his eyes. Hidden from everyone, full attire, a mask and smear black providing cover for the shy stars, like clouds do on windy, humid autumn nights. Cold and detached wrap to keep this weird sign of life on a living dead body from overly curious eyes.

But not from his Captain. Price knows these freckles, he's seen them young and bright, he's seen them dull and almost invisible on a half translucent skin.

He's seen them disappear, long, cruel winter and the mask almost grown into Ghost's skull wiping everything besides uneven scars and black ingrained into his skin. He's seen the summer taken out of his boy, replaced with the dead sleep of the winter, white and icy like Simon's eyelashes.

And, frankly, he won't have that.

If there's not enough sun for those little specks of life to shine, be it London fog half of the year or excruciating cold of the northern polar night they're stuck in on an op, Captain Price is giving his Lieutenant a personal sunshine. One that will melt polar caps if you let it shine in full brightness, hot, unpredictable in its flares, relentlessly glowing and cutting it's radiation through any barier.

Deadly as a burning globe of gas can be. Sergeant MacTavish.

Johnny doesn't have a problem with disregarding laws of physics. If this sole, dark, barren planet of ice refuses to circle him like everyone else does, Soap flips all those heliocentric theories over and instead makes a satellite to Ghost out of himself. Simon's joints stop aching when the shared space heats up, air few degrees away from rippling around Soap's broad form like it's boiling overhead a fire pit. His breath appears visible again, contrast to the almost non-existent fog that was leaking out of his mouth, making everyone who knew (not many of them) wonder, if Simon Riley actually ever left his grave.

One day, Simon's knuckles turn white and hurt. One day, Simon's frosty lashes flutter and not a single cloud of steam exits his mouth. One day, he feels frozen in place despite being basked in molten sunlight of Johnny's gaze, because Sergeant's restless hands found a makeup pen and are swiftly covering Simon's flushed cheeks in freckles.

Crowded constellations, all little sister stars from the MacTavish clan, clinging to Simon in semi-permanent kisses.

Price walks in on them, Simon sitting with his hands clenched tight and his breath held, Johnny with his tongue stuck between his front teeth as he keeps bringing spring out of its long dormant state on Simon's once again alive face.

Just like a sun should. Just like Captain Price expected.

[meganechan05]

Beautiful but Psycho Girlfriends who fight with scythes

[rusticjpg]

//   (  pinar deniz  .  cis woman  .  she/her  )  .    ⸻  damla  yalçınkaya  ,  a  thirty  year  old  ,  has  survived  another  day  in  red  creek  where  they  have  lived  for  her  whole  life ( give or take a couple years )  .  the  lazarus  is  known  for  being  industrious  and  reticent  and  is  often  associated  with  thunderstorm that brews between furrowed brows, and the expectation of order posthaste; a slow, suffocating march through thoughts in a prescribed journal, reluctant reprieve from the crack of a racket slamming against acrylic ; sunbeams navigating through dense woods, trails of light peeking out from between tree branches  .  in  a  small  town  where  they  work  as  landscaper at deer lake  word  travels  fast  .  it’s  hard  to  keep  a  secret  ,  and  it  looks  like  the  boogeyman  knows  that  redacted .

lil stats

birthdate + place. october 25th + red creek, mi.

family. yalçınkaya famalam (her three sibs + cousins) & her four-year-old daughter defne sloan.

been back in town for. a year

sexual orientation. het queen

zodiac. scorpio sun, virgo moon, aries rising

character neutral. true neutral

traits. industrious, pragmatic, loyal, spiteful, misanthropic, sarcastic, blunt, judgmental.

inspo(s). exclusively katniss everdeen and tashi duncan ... also loml by taylor swift Yeth

herstory

minimal details + many subject to change re: damla's childhood bc i have yet to plot with the other sibbys but!

she is red creek born and raised, something of a tennis prodigy too. picked up the sport at 10, started playing local tournaments by 12, and by 15, she was dominating the state circuit. got scouted at a regional match and landed a scholarship to a prestigious tennis academy at 16, which meant leaving home with everyone assuming she'd go pro. damla had other plans though. she was a total nerd and not only excelled in school but valued it greatly, so she chose college instead. she studied environmental science while competing in amateur and semi-pro tournaments to keep her ranking.

sophomore year of college comes and enters damien sloan!! 27 year old high-powered, absolute slimeball of a businessman who she met through a high-profile tournament he sponsored. he pursued her relentlessly (think flowers, advice, and lots of promises about turning her into the next sharapova). she wasn’t interested at first—too busy, honestly—but eventually, his connections and the glamorous life he offered won her over. they started dating during her junior year, and with his encouragement, she left school to go pro. from 20 to 25, damla’s career skyrocketed. she cracked the top 50 globally, and damien, now her manager, helped craft her image as the “small-town girl with big dreams,” scoring her tons of sponsorships.

then she gets KNOCKE D UP. the timing was less than ideal because she was at the height of her career but she had the kid anyways! much to damien's chagrin, by the way. he pressured her to return to tennis quickly to maintain all of her sponsorship deals despite how she was struggling with post-partum. but nevermind damien! damla loves tennis and she wants this! and when damla puts her mind to something, it's only a matter of time.

in this case? it's eleven months after giving birth that she's back on the court again. her performance is shaky, but it gets better with time. that is until she sustained a particularly bad shoulder injury at 27. it forced her to step away indefinitely to recover, which she worked tirelessly to try to do but, a year later and it became clear that, even if she did, it wouldn't be near the previous level of performance. her sponsors withdrew, and she officially announced her retirement shortly after.

by then, her marriage had all but crumbled. a messy, messy divorce ensued but she walked away with full custody of her daughter and a significant settlement. so, at 29, she returns to her small hometown with her daughter in tow. mainly because a good chunk of her family's there. now she works as a landscaper & teaches peewee tennis on the side.

personality

brutally honest & independent to a fault! she does not tolerate inefficiency and runs that damn lake like it's the navy SNJJDNSKS. okay no but seriously, she presents herself as very tough as nails, no-nonsense kind of gal because she is! very much a "if you want something done right, you have to do it yourself" kind of girl. maybe it comes with the territory of being 2nd oldest of 4/eldest daughter but yeah .. highly practical, PROTECTIVE, very determined, and incredibly dependable in a pinch. like yeah she's gonna bail you out but the lecture you'll get on the way back home (and for the rest of your life) will honestly be a worse fate

keeps to herself and likes it that way. or she's learned to, over the years. she does Not sugarcoat her personality, including her very dry humor and smart mouth that people do not usually take kindly to

has had a temperamental streak in the past, during games especially. there are an endless amount of clips of her smashing the FUCK out of a racket and getting into verbal fights with the umpire and/or her opponents. flipping them off, etc, very classy stuff. but now when she's feeling like that, she just touches grass literally or makes another appointment with her therapist. we love a self-regulated queen (she's trying to be better for her daughter)

luuuuuvs nature & anything outdoorsy but she's partial to hiking, camping, and gardening. i think i can see her woodworking too. anyway, the first thing she did with her divorce money was take defne on a roadtrip to see all the national parks yup yup yup

wanted plots

friends of all kinds! friends who are fellow parents, friends from her time at college, her hometown friends who are also from red creek, people she may have met while playing tournaments in different cities or attending hoity-toity events as ex-husband's arm candy, etc

or the reverse where our muses met one of however many ways i listed above and damla just completely bulldozed through any potential for a friendly connection there FNJDJNJS

i fear she would not even attempt at romance now but an fwb would be nice! or if they had something before she moved away for tennis and are rekindling things againnn

neighbors who also live on norwood street!

babysittersssss, she's always in need

book club members pleathe.............. or like people she does game nights with, i feel like she'd play a terrifyingly competitive game of catan

"you're always hanging out by the lake when i'm working and you're very annoying and i let out a big dramatic sigh when i see you" or the reverse

that's all my little brain can come up with for now

[s4no]

i just met oliver and now i need to gnaw on something

[amatres]

[smilelikeawolf]

Just had a thought.

The Luxon is separated into the Beacons.

The Beacons are scattered across Exandria.

If Predathos tries to eat the Luxon, then it would need to tear apart Exandria to do so.

[swan2swan]

what... what show is this?

I don't speak the name because I don't want to impact the algorithm, it dropped today. No one likes it. Everyone's mad because they think it got a second season due to ratings, and not that they just order animated shows by the double batch in order to limit renewals. It's probably not getting a "Season 3".

[madame-mongoose]

i finidhed the art but ooooh. on no oh i cant fucking post this ooooooh no

[meaningtotellyou]

now why are metlife resale prices going UP

[vyragosa]

higgs monaghan black virgin killer shirt

[memingursa]

WHAT WAS THE FUCKING POINT OF INTERRUPTING THE HELMET CEREMONY WITH A GIANT MONSTER ATTACK JON. ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS

[stfukie]

i might go back to that one recs full of rafe cameron fics

[c0mat0ast]

Falling in love with my waiter at bar trivia I fear

[inkskinned]

the tradwife movement is the same as it has always been - back in the kitchen, back to breeding - it just has better branding.

when i was younger, i hated pink. i was not like other girls. this is now something i'm embarrassed of - this was not me being a "girl's girl."

but it was expressing something many of us felt at the time: i literally wasn't what girlhood was supposed to be. this is a hard thing to explain, but you know when you're not performing girlhood correctly. it isn't as easy as "i liked x when girls liked y" - because there were other girls that liked x, too - but i never figured out exactly the correct way to like x, or to be interested in y.

now there is the divine feminine. this is the same rhetoric it has always been: women are biologically driven to like pink and ribbons and submitting to our husbands.

the problem is that the patriarchy found a better PR team. because yes, actually, i want every woman to have the choice to be a homemaker. i also want her taken seriously for her legitimate home-making labor. i want her to be recognized as also having a job, just unpaid. i want men to have this opportunity, too.

but it is no longer "i made this choice and I love it." instead it is a sixteen-paragraph rant about how selfish it is that my generation isn't having kids. instead it's long videos about how if you feed your children processed foods, you're going to kill them. instead it is "this is what womanhood is supposed to be. i feel bad for any other choices you're making."

the shame spiral is just prettier. it is large houses devoid of personality. it is the implication: if you don't have this, you aren't happy. the solid, everlasting assurance: women are actually supposed to be submitting. this is the default. this is the natural state of things. all other attempts inflict suffering.

but you can no longer say i'm not like other girls. you can no longer reject this image completely. you cannot find it revolting, even if you know that the underbelly is toxic and festering. sure, it is the same repackaged patriarchy. but the internet does not have shades of grey. you should support and reward other women! your disgust is actually internalized misogyny. not because you are seeing a vision of yourself the way they're trying to train you to be. not because you feel her ghost pass within an inch of your earlobe. not because your father will eventually ask you - why can't you be like her?

because they figured out how to make it beautiful: women will sell other women on this idea, and we will find the singular loophole in feminism. sure, she's shaming you in most of her videos. sure, she implies that a different life is obscene. but she just wants you to be happy! you'd be happier if you were listening!

and the whole time you're sitting there thinking: i'd actually just be happier if i had that kind of money.

[lesbianralzarek]

"life doesnt get better, you just get stronger" does NOT include ages 11-17. life does in fact just get better from there. those years are dogshit. like, you do get stronger but its mostly just a factor of not being 11-17 anymore. positive thinking helps but it doesnt fix whatevers going on at 15, you have to brute force through that one raw

[smilelikeawolf]

The guard tells Bell’s Hells that a statue came to life and attacked everyone. It was one of the Great Beasts of Veluthil that was imprisoned in a statue.

Now with magic fucked, it’s free.