#ok that's all for today thanks for coming to my ted talk

[madkuroi]

~ [Pride and Vanity] ~

I know I used to love him but I can't pretend All we do is scream and fight Cruel through the day, selfish lover at night Am I stranger to you too? Don't love me like you promised to So why am I so sad to leave you? yeah Why am I doing everything I can to Justify your arrogance, your cruelty And your neglect? I can't pretend 'cause I know there's no saving us now This point I'm just burnt out from pleasing you I hate that, I hate that I hate that I hate you...

Based on the song Hate You, by Jim Yosef and Riell.

"...You know better than anyone, we can't keep this secret."

"And since when we cared?"

Ayo here I am bringing more ship art because these two are the main source of my brainrot atm ;3;

The thought of these two meeting in secret during the Varia Arc, mostly to steal some kisses banter couldn't leave my mind, so ofc I had to draw something more, ship-like? Not really though, because if they spot each other, pretty much that would end in a fight, but hey, maybe a little smooch as a reward wouldn't hurt, right? Except by the fact that Veronna has fangs and she WILL leave some bites, so it's up to Squalo to explain why he got some small red dots on his lips, not that he likes to spill the beans about his affair with a former target LMAO

(But honestly, maybe everyone knows atp, they just don't seem to care. Pretty much both sides need to deal with their respective families making fun of them because they can't admit their tension feelings pffff)

Plus, it's not exactly easy to meet in secret when your pookie is a loud-mouth whose voice can be heard from far away when he's normally talking. So for Veronna, she can't exactly help it XD

(Ref by __j_iji on X!)

Bonus:

[daincrediblegg]

I need all the lore about Lamb and Standish too. When did they become so dependent on each other? Did they ever get drunk together back in the day? Did they ever sleep together? We know he cares about her a lot and feels guilty AND protective over her since Partner, but does he actually love her and is he in denial about this? I have so many questions

OK OK OK SO. I just finished the first book (woohoo) and. I am honestly so thrilled to say that what little lore we got from the first book at least aligned a lot with some of the stuff that I had come to my own conclusions about from having watched the show... way too many times now. And I have to say- real credit to Saskia and Gary and Will Smith for putting it together in the show the way they did because man. I feel like they give us so many subtextual clues and they really capitalize on each and every one of them that it makes doing my job as a film scholar just super fun.

Anways- on the Standish and Lamb situation? I have lots of thoughts. Most of which I wrote down last night in a complete stupor because this is what keeps me up at night thinking about this character dynamic. So buckle up. We're gonna ramble our way through my own thoughts and ideas about all this.

Like to start, to me it seems that they really never had much contact at all back in the day, and that makes sense: considering Jackson's mostly in Berlin playing Moscow rules in the field while Standish is at home holding the fort for Charles, there's not a lot of overlap with each other physically but they did know each other as much as they needed to know at the time: Standish was Partner's drunk PA, and Lamb was the Joe of All Joes (can I make it any more obvious?). What little contact they may have ever had was certainly mostly through Charles, and the show gives us some insight to that giving us that little flashback that Catherine has where she seemingly meets Lamb for the first time after "Berlin's blown" (which could mean either the wall came down as Lamb says to Catherine in his half-confession, or that he's referring to the incident that he describes to Katinsky in season 2, and of these two options, my money is on the latter). That looks like a woman being very confused meeting someone she's never really seen before in her life to me (or perhaps has seen while drunk at one time, but doesn't much remember).

I mean most of the rest I feel like I can glean from the incidents themselves. Both of them getting relegated to Slough House after Charles' death seems natural- Catherine with her near miss of a treason charge and Lamb with the fact that he literally assassinated First Fucking Desk of MI5. And it's easy to see how the co-dependency came from there. Catherine as an alcoholic going through AA specifically, seems to revolve around structure to keep herself in check- the way she talks about Charles Partner in Season 2 helps with this. The fact that he payed for her treatment and in return- probably partially because of this need for structure- she latched onto her job as a way to compensate so that she doesn't end up in the same dark place again. So, then being Lamb's secretary, it's still the same kind of structure that she needs, even though this time it doesn't feel as rosy as it might have done with Partner.

- And this is a point that I think about a lot. She does view her whole relationship with Partner with rose colored glasses, even though if you listen to what she's actually saying in those flashbacks from season 1, she's done his laundry, is planning his outfits, put out his flowers- she was doing nothing more than some kind of glorified paid house wife kind of shit for him (and in FACT! I was fooled my first go around season 1 like I genuinely thought that she was deadass his WIFE or something. I think that misconception on my part says a LOT). And Lamb in parallel to that is a great come down from that mountaintop-that she sees herself and Partner as this idylic Q and Money Penny type of thing that she's romanticized in her head for the last 20 years- an illusion that Lamb on every level shatters and is - at least to his credit- honest about. As much as he inconveniences her and as much as he's his raw unfiltered self around her (which- he certainly is more of that around Standish than anyone else he knows. River gets a lot of brutal honesty from Jackson, but none to do with emotional sincerity- like the way Lamb tells Standish the half-truth of Partner's death, and why he *chose* slough house), as much as he's a bully he's still doesn't give her any illusion of what their relationship is or isn't, and no one would see that as a mark of respect on account of him being an "utter bastard", but is all of that really worse than Charles pretending to be her best friend and all the while planning to have her take the fall for him behind her back? (Personally? It's a different kind of bad but Charles is definitely the worst). And it's extra funny situationally because then all of the things she says about how Partner treated her is much more close to the mark to what Lamb did for her, and things that weren't superficial either. "I know that unlike you, he respected me" ("christ, Standish was right", always updates her on what he knows when appropriate and always has her sit in on debriefs when it's safe), "he showed me friendship"(he always pours out a drink for her that he ends up drinking himself, always when things are going to come down on her deals with it *himself* rather than relegate it to the fuck-ups, always has her up to date on things -unless it means blowing cover), "and he believed in me" (he gave HER the gun and let her delegate the hijacking of the MI5 car from Duffy and Webb, let HER do the cool agent stuff, also lets her do some of the investigative work- especially in season 2 when he doesn't interrupt her at ALL when she keeps up with the camera trail on- but also knows her limits, especially in the house of hell where he stuffs her in a closet knowing she can't be of more use because *he* knew he could kill Hobbs, but "now I won't shoot you dead, Mr. Webb,"), "and he kept me on, when anyone else would have thrown me to the wolves."(which is exactly what he did when Partner died, and all the information came out that Partner was going to peg it on her. It wouldn't surprise me if he took the hit for that too in some way. If him getting her treason charge dropped might also be part of why he ended up in Slough House - which if the op was sanctioned initially by David Cartwright might hold some weight. Maybe that was David cleaning up and covering arse like Taverner would do. Maybe Catherine *was* supposed to take the fall, but Jackson refused to let that happen? But that's just a theory. A Slough House Theory).

But the bigger question in this is of course: why? Why on god's green earth does Jackson Lamb give a shit, and why is he so dependent on Standish?

The solution to this feels multi-pronged. First: I think that he has a bit of a chip on his shoulder about innocent people getting caught in the cross-fire of the things that MI-5 get up to, and Catherine fits that bill better than anybody he knows. In season 2 when he talks about the women agents whose deaths he was directly responsible for, he describes it as something he "wishes [he] could unsee"- which for Lamb is saying a lot, considering that to most things (heads on tables, faces blown off with shotguns) he doesn't bat an eye, and even says he's seen worse. What happened to those women and the fact that what he said made that happen I think affected him more deeply than he lets on in that scene, because even though Charles Partner didn't know who they were at all outside of a codename, Jackson did, and probably knew them very well. And Charles as their shadowy overlord who was just moving them like pieces on a chessboard never had to pay the emotional price for that, nor did David Cartwright. But Lamb did. Because as much as he denies it to keep people looking the other way, Lamb does have a heart, and it's hard to earn but it's not impossible.

And he always does take the emotional fall for things! He says in season 4 that he "had a heart until he worked for [David Cartwright]" whom he also said "gave [him] a job once". The way those lines conflict in tone but also reveal a lot about how he views his own fall from grace says so much. David Cartwright got him into this business, but under his direction he hardened for it (something that I think connects him to River more than that boy will ever understand. Also is what makes Lamb a better mentor than Peepaw Cartwright, but that's another story) not to mention that for all intents and purposes, Lamb and Partner were actually good friends, and that this betrayal and the fact that he had to do it himself (even though maybe his feelings were mixed on the matter- that maybe he even loved Partner too in a similar way that Standish did at one point in time, but the lives lost from his betrayal weighed on Lamb more- and as we all know, from Catherine's own mouth, he'll do anything to get even for his Joes).

Which brings me to my second point: Jackson Lamb wants to be the hero just as much as his protege River Cartwright does, but the reality of their whole line of work is that there are very few instances in which anyone gets to be, but Catherine is one of the rare exceptions where he did, and all told, it doesn't feel good. Because there's a couple things at play here right? On the one hand yeah- he did save her from being thrown to the wolves after Partner died and framed her for his crimes! Yes he kept her from facing a treason charge, yes he covers her arse time and time again. But she still is the person who had to find the body. And as we know with Lamb, he knows how bad it is to have found the body better than anyone (I mean- I point to how he reacts to Min's death, and then to Bad Sam's in season 4- so enraged he storms out but also so depressed he steals his last bottle of booze). He didn't get to spare her from that, but he is trying to spare her from the rest of it too(an impulse he couldn't help but let go in the last episode of season 3- while still not incriminating himself, mind you), and that's hard! Because he's not supposed to have a heart ("What goodness? What heart?", "Oh have a heart, Jackson!") but he DOES! And he's taken it upon himself to break it time and time again just so he can keep himself at the top of his game- even though, and here's the secret: it's his heart that makes him the best at what he does! Because he does get involved! "I think your attention has been split between finding [Hassan Ahmed] and burning me!"- he does on some level actually give a shit about lives lost! Something Lady Di and Tearney and Duffy and even Cartwright Sr. don't consider when THEY play the game. And he cares about the kind of people that have everything to lose from the actions of the people at the top! And he'll martyr himself about it over and over again because he's got the skill better than anyone to do it and he knows it! And to make sure Standish stays right where she is- out of harms way- he'll fucking go to the ends of... idk England. Probably. To make sure she stays out of harms way where she belongs. And as a thread running co-current to that: I think he understands how much having found Partner's body haunts her every waking moment more than she knows- from his own experience, though he's definitely got a higher body count. They all weigh on him just the same ("By the time I was your age, I'd lost a baker's dozen. It was bad enough when the wall was up, but once they reduced it to bricks and rubble, everything went to shit. Whole networks of Joes, rounded up, blown. I haven't forgotten any of them. And I won't forget Sid.")

And then, on the other side of the dice, I think there's also a bit of a self-torture mixed with sadism that's a part of why he keeps her around too. I mean in a lot of ways it seems that it is absolute torture to him to keep Catherine around, considering she's always harping on about cHaRlEs PaRtNeR (who as we have established- it grates on Jackson that in Catherine's mind Partner is a knight in shining armor when really *he* did all of that way more than Partner ever did for her- though I don't even think Lamb would give himself the credit for that he can't stand that she sees him that way when he was disenchanted and knew all these horrible truths about what he did to his own people for money), and part of that co-dependency is (and I hate to say it) is that he needs to torture SOMEONE other than himself externally for his own friendship with Partner and literally Catherine is the only person with a shred of shared history that he can really do that to. And at the same time, she gets to do it to him. He gets to let her torture him also just a little bit ("What did your last servant die of?" "What did your last boss die of?"). He thrives off of that push and pull of torturing others while actually torturing himself. It's his own fucked up emotional bdsm basically.

Now of course to the biggest question of all: Is it love? Who's to say? Can Lamb ever cut the bullshit and admit to himself that his feelings about the whole Partner situation haunt him like his own shadow? Forever attached to his being? Can Standish ever see beyond her rose-colored glasses about Partner and give Jackson some forgiveness before he farts himself into an early grave for it? I don't know but they're on the fucking clock and I tend to swing back and forth like a pendulum on the notion (like I wouldn't say I ship them, but I wouldn't say that I don't either. Secret third thing: they're just really narratively fucking interesting and that gets me off just as well as anything else so? Yeah I guess).

[pandaemoanium]

i was already thinking earlier about how im starting to see my personal artstyle developing, then i started drawing a new thing today and it looks totally different like ???????? ok wig i guess

[evilfrogcereal29]

Mmmm so high, don't smoke kids the bong tells you awful things....

Can't stop tginking about aware!cod character aus. Where cod is just a video game and ur just a super fan, but for some reason in ur copy of the game, all (or only some you can decide) of them are aware, and like, deeply begging for you to pick them. They crave your attention.

Bonus points if it becomes a yandere/obsessed situation (i guess the term yandere has become outdated and offensive but im not sure? Idk i had someone ask me not to use it once cause they said it has bad orgins....but i still see stuff labeled 'yandere![character here]' stories everywhere, so idk if its still appropriate to use but idk any other way to put it except obessed but i think that still doesnt get the point across well... I'm weed rambling, someone lmk if its still ok to use yandere... If not mb, I'll use a different term, back to sin)

They start making their way out of the game into your entire pc/console. Waking up to find your screen turned on, with cod loaded up, despite you definitely being sure that you 1- turned the tv off, and 2- didn't even play cod today.

Oooohhh god the days you don't play cod are HELL for them. Please please please play everyday :( they get so lonely without you. Its so cold and lonely inside here. Please (y/n).

But since cod is kinda... Shit... Nowadays... Just being a bit honest its gotten cash-grabby....you play less and less, and they know its not their fault, but it makes them ache. They need to get out of here. Before you forget about them forever. PLEASE. don't forget about them. If they get into your phone somehow (you had your phone charger plugged into the same outlet your pc/console was plugged into, they just took a short jump and hop across into your device :] no biggie) it makes them so happy when they see you liking posts about them on Tumblr ^\\^!!!! Especially when the posts are... Rather naughty...

Always listening in on your, watching you from your pc webcam or phone camera.

Imagine if they leave the game their model dissapears too... So the dissapointment you might feel if you load uo the game again, and think your game is glitched when, seemingly no matter how many times you relaunch, uninstall and reinstall, and reset the game entirely, the character(s) won't show up :(( what the fuck man?

If you buy another copy there won't be any issues actually :) these ones arent alive!! Although... I can't promise your safety much longer, as doing this is a surefire way to piss the hell out of whatever character is on you, probably spending most of their time at this point in your phone, or if you have an apple or techy watch, that, since its close to your skin and they love that! But playing with an unaware version of them is so... Jealously inducing. You were dumbfounded when your entire screen turned off, and every light around you started flickering wildly... What is going on? Maybe you shouls call an electrician? (He won't be able to remove them, nothing will)

They'll find a way out one day♥️ its just a matter of time sweetheart, or maybe they'll pull you into their world, being digital ain't so bad darling... let them show you... Get closer to the screen.

It does not help my bf got me a bundle with nikto, his normal skin, AND his powercell skin... So im brainrotmaxxing currently.

Thank you for coming to my ted talk☺️ love u guys /p (you may think the /p stands for platonic but NO, its standing for Passing out...goodnite)

[biancadoes1]

First of all, I think we all need to collectively take a deep breath in….and out.

Ok now that we got that out of the way we can talk about what happened today. First of all, literally nothing happened today, what we saw was people getting impatient and being bored because we haven’t had any new drama in a couple days. And instead of enjoying that and relaxing for a little bit, people created drama. Two important things to remember:

1. Luke DOES NOT HATE Nicola or wants anything bad to happen to her. That much should be clear, and if it‘s not, then you‘re most likely lacking basic listening comprehension and didn’t actually watch any of the interviews. That man has been her “ride or die and right hand man“ and only speaks highly of her and of how important she is in his life.

2. As much as we dislike a lot of the things Antonia has done, she is also allowed to move on and live her life. Just because she post a picture of something in Paris does not mean that Luke is there with her. Maybe she wanted to post a billboard because of the Polin ones that came up recently, but that still doesn’t validate the crazy response we‘ve seen today. It‘s literally a picture of a billboard. Highly doubt Luke would jet off to Paris on a random Tuesday in the middle of filming. The man is working (and not romantically involved with A).

When the fandom gets bored it feeds on itself, we‘ve seen that time and time again. So let‘s just relax and deal with boredom the healthy way (consuming horny Polin content😏).

Lastly, if you are struggling because you are impatient and want answers now, take a step back and figure out healthy coping mechanisms. That coping mechanism can‘t include being mad at Nicola or Luke because you feel like they‘re not giving you all the answers immediately. They’re actions have been loud (untagging etc.), but if you choose to ignore them that is your problem, not that of Nicola and Luke. We do not know what is going on in the background and they don‘t owe us anything either. Both of them have only recently become very famous and it takes a while to figure out how to navigate that. And unless you are willing to share every last detail of your personal life with millions of strangers on the internet, you can‘t blame them for not doing it. Their actions speak loudly, but you can‘t make them responsible for feeling betrayed or let down cause they haven’t said anything yet. It just doesn’t work that way.

That‘s it, thanks for coming to my Ted talk!

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[flyin-shark]

Well now you know I have to ask- why do you hate liberals?

Ok so the main issue is their support of capitalism. Capitalism exploits workers, greatly exploits the global south, gives capitalists (the people that own capital not the supporters of capitalism) way more than they could ever hope to work for. Literally look up the numbers on bezos and other billionaires it’s ridiculous. There’s a LOT more on capitalism but that’s enough for this post.

Besides their support of the system that exploits us, they fail to understand the connections between capital and the state. They’ll say things like “vote with your dollar” without realizing that people with more dollars get more votes. On a larger scale this means governments are going to side with capital. The nature of power structures is to centralize like this.

Liberals will say they support bipoc and queer folk without caring to change the power structures oppressing us. Sure they’ll sell rainbow pins on Etsy but they aren’t going to address the structural changes that need to be made to protect queer people. Sure they’ll support black artists but we can’t do anything about the prison industrial complex. Maybe putting even more cops on the streets will help /s

So much of what they do is performative. Look we painted Black Lives Matter on a street. We solved racism. Look all the corporations used rainbow logos for a month. Homophobia and transphobia have been defeated. Like at least you sound like you want change but only enough to keep enough people happy so the status quo doesn’t change.

Last point I’ll mention is that liberals always expect compromise. One side is fighting for their rights and the other wants that side dead. Liberals come in saying come on guys let’s be civil here. Surely there’s some compromise we can come to. My existence and the rights of others are not up for debate. Compromise is what got us the three fifths rule where African Americans were counted as 3/5 of a person. Compromise gets us the 13th amendment which outlawed slavery except in cases of s crime. Which then leads to the prison industrial complex and the prison population of today. Compromise is what gave the right the Supreme Court, ending abortion rights for millions of people.

That’s a good portion of why I don’t like liberals. Thanks for coming to my Ted talk.

[kneelingshadowsalome]

i love your works and your toxic könig so much 😭 for some reason in my head könig was always like a puppy in love even outside of aus but i like to imagine him like this sometimes.

basically if he feels abandoned bc you were busy with something else (literally taking a shower for like 10 minutes or not looking at him while he was talking) he will start crying and needs you to kiss him a bunch of times and tell him he's your favourite boy baby husband man boyfriend sweetheart for like an hour lol. he literally can't stand it if he can't touch you or talk to you for long periods of time (let's say the reader is a civilian and könig often has missions he has to leave for). he literally goes insane and keeps rereading those screenshots of loving messages from you he has an entire folder on his phone for, literally he convinced himself that you've already left him for someone else and is now going to be crying himself to sleep.

when he does return he's literally scared, so it feels like you attached him to yourself physically and that's why he never leaves your side. always holding hands, könig always being there even if your have to move around the house a lot or do the most mundane tasks even if he himself has chores or things he needs to do. kind of creepy bc he's just silent but feels like he'll die if you disappear from his line of sight for more than two seconds.

even aside from that listening to you talk fondly of someone, anyone really: a friend (if he lets you have them), a random cashier (if he wasn't there with you to talk to them instead of you), a relative (if he even allows you to talk to your family) he's so!!! like hurt and upset and goes quiet for long periods of time.

like eyes red from crying, nose stuffed and he's like "i'm fine nothing is wrong" then goes back to crying somewhere more private.

and this kind of behaviour makes sex kind of uncomfortable Sometimes. he often needs you to repeat that you're his, only his, you can't look away from him, you HAVE to be holding his hand when he fucks you but somehow it's a 50/50 when it comes to power dynamics.

either he manhandles you and shows you that he's the only man, the only person you could ever need or love and that he won't ever let you leave him; or he's completely subby, like "please hold my face and kiss me while you're riding me for as long as you want, i'm only yours and i wanna show that" kind of way.

i am insane basically thank you for coming to my ted talk.

This was one of the best Ted talks I've ever been to! I loved every word, every second of it!! 🥳🥹 My god, I want more... I need me some encore now.

I love subby König, holy Christ. And tbh... what's beneath the toxic, crazy killing machine König is someone who is horribly, and I mean HORRIBLY love-deprived and touch-starved and super duper insecure. Which means there's bound to be some subby behavior leaking through toxic König too!

König would so need to have you on his sights at all times. And when he's working, it's annoying because... he loves his work but now he's just thinking about you. What are you doing at this very moment..? Have you talked to someone today? A friend, a colleague, a family member? A stranger??

Do you sleep ok without him (because he doesn't, he just tosses and turns in his bunk/cot/the ground all night when you're not there), and why haven't you sent a text today? He's gonna call you as soon as he gets somewhere more private.

The longer the mission lasts, the more sullen and broody he gets. After a few days, he kills his enemies with a thousand yard stare only because they're basically what's between him and his squeeze.

And yes he has to touch you like a thousand times a day or just watch your every move when he finally gets home. If you're in the bathroom too long he comes to knock on the door and ask if everything's alright (you ran there to have a moment's peace from this big cuddly behemoth who looks at you with that creepy batless obsessive stare... frankly it's disturbing)

And oh my god stop – holding hands during sex? Oh my god. Imagine him bordering on being rough (because he's *missed* you goddammit 👿) while wanting to entwine your fingers together✨️. Toxic König is a huge romantic, even if the "romantic" things he does are a bit... questionable. And he wouldn't shut up during the first round after he got home!

"Say that you missed me,"

"Tell me you're mine... Say it. Now,"

"You're always teasing me,"

would be some of the things he'd say during pounding you to his heart's content. (And you wouldn't even know how you've "teased" him this time... Like... He's the one who left for a week long mission...? 🤨)

After sex he would be so much gentler, but no less demanding and whiny. He needs so much validation and gets odd and grumpy if you don't give him some. If you'd try to domme him though, he would become even more unbearable (being a sub is this man's secret fantasy but he doesn't even know it himself).

[lexusveryreal]

ok this is not my usual content but i need to say this rq so sorry if i come off as controversial:

the tiktok ban isn't about tiktok. it wasn't ever really about tiktok. it's the governments ability to censor and control how US citizens act.

not only that, trump was originally the one who wanted tiktok banned, and now suddenly he's being thanked for saving it when he isn't even in office yet? that's a major scandal right there.

"The White Knight Method: A manipulation tactic where one swoops in to seemingly solve their victim's problems while secretly being the one causing said problems." Sound familiar? That's exactly what's going on.

THIS IS PROPAGANDA!!!

first of all, trump isn't even in office yet. second of all, trump wanted it banned in the first place. THIRD OF ALL, why are there no ads now? why does facebook have a tiktok now? and why was Shou reposting maga content and then quickly took it down after people noticed?

nah i understand burrs crash out bro, I NEED TO BE IN THE ROOM WHERE IT HAPPENS!

(on a related note, the amount of Hamilton songs that relate to today shows how much history repeats itself)

anyways thanks for coming to my ted talk and sorry for getting political don't dox me fam 🙏

[luneemeritus]

hey there

Guess today I'm looking for controversy... but ok. Here we go. I have a hot take to make and I know people will not understand what I'm saying so I just want to make things clear.

I love Daroga. I love The Persian, I love his character, he is my favorite next to Christine and Erik (Erik is just THE number 1 favorite), the fact that he's cut from most adaptations breaks my heart. I love Pharoga, I shipp Pharoga, and I won't stop shipping because it's one of my favorite shipp dynamics ever.

BUT.

He is not a saint. Okay? No one is. How can I say this uuuh. Erik is absolutely justified in feeling left behind by him. The Persian, aside from Christine and Erik himself, is the character with the most frequent remarks about Erik's appearance. The way he talks about Erik's disfigurement is ofensive, is not good. It's a bad thing. Know what I mean? Their relationship is complicated and they're both constantly being ass to each other, but honestly? If my long time buddy was constantly making terribly cruel comments about my appearance (knowing about the abuse that happened against "me" aka hypothetical me) and making little to no effort to actually helping me ('cause it's easier to just call out and disaprove), I would be bitter too.

What I'm saying is. Erik isn't the bad friend in this relationship. At least not the only one. He isn't the only person that needs to apologize. I love Erik despite his flaws, and I do the same with Daroga.

(by the way, I really like how the MazM version adapted their relationship. Specially because Daroga/Hatim is 100% the toxic one, he is even emotionally abusive towards Erik, constantly using his PTSD to abuse him, knowing the effect it gives on his mental health. And on the other hand, he clearly loves Erik, he cares for him so much, and most of the times he takes advantage of Erik's PTSD, he's trying to stop Erik from doing Erik Things™. But still, it isn't justified. And, it's also complex, their relationship in that game was complex and pretty well written, one of the most compelling aspects of that game for all its multiple flaws).

Thanks for coming to my ted talk.

*runs*

[just-a-space-nugget]

To all my Freehoun friends and fellow Freehoun Tumblrites you may wanna block the account that goes by hl-truth.

And now to the guy who seems to have made his entire mission on tumblr to fill the Freehoun tag with shit like “Freehoun is a proship and here is why” or “Freehoun is bad and all the shippers are freaky weirdos because its not canon and never will be” could you just, shut up?

Like… don’t flood the tag with your bullshit takes please?

No ship is perfect, every fandom is gonna have those people who take things a bit to far, sure. But like.. can you not just let people enjoy the things they like? Does it pain you that badly to see people happy? Cause not everyone who ships Freehoun is a freak or weirdo bro! There are a lot of people who just ship it cause they enjoy it! We get its not canon! But like.. its fun! Its fun to play pretend! Its called fan FICTION for a reason.

I’m not saying you have to like it, I’m just asking you to stop filling the freehoun tags and harassing people with the idea that because they ship a ship then they are bad people? I refuse to be shamed for simply enjoying harmless media the way I like.

The lesson for today is, people are allowed to enjoy things as long as it isn’t harming anyone, ok? Thank you for coming to my ted talk.

[schlattslonghairytoes]

chapter three

real life!

talia

ah fuck, I need to stop saying yes to ted. I'm scared, really scared I don't want to see schlatt, he doesn't even know I'm coming. ted won't tell him, nor will hansum or cooper or whoever else lives in that house

they call themselves the lunch club, do I know why, no. do I want to know, also not really, everyone will be arriving today, schlatt, cooper and some guy named travis will be here tomorrow. so at least I can have one day without schlatt. I don't even know what to say to him. 

what if he hates me and I ruin everything for everybody, what if they all hate me cause im annoying or to scared or... ok im spiraling in my head again. everything will be ok, worst comes to worst, I will go back home and forget I ever came here in the first place. my thoughts are silenced by my car arriving at the lunch house.

its actually very nice, its a modern house with three floors overlooking the ocean, I'm starting to feel excited rather then nervous. as I walk up the front steps the door flings open to ted, charlie, tyler, and maddie waiting for me to arrive. they all call out their welcomes and invite me into the house.

"hey guys!" i put down my stuff and bring everyone into a hug. "the house is so nice!" i tell ted, he's the one who everything together.

"thank you I worked hard to find it, hey mads can you help lia set up her stuff in her room?" ted turns to his girlfriend. 

"yes of course lets go talia" she leads me up the stairs, and leads me to a room right near the stairs, "ok so that's my room, here is your room, and I think the room next to you is empty, but it has a connecting bathroom is that alright?" she points to the bathroom shared between the two rooms. 

"yea that's fine whoever it is im sure won't mind." I tell her. she just looks at me.

"are you scared for schlatt to get here?" that question stunned me, I was scared, but I had hoped no one could notice.

"I am yeah, what if he doesn't want to talk to me, or even see me at that, he hurt me so bad mads, but I abandoned him." she understood me, we had been friends for as long as id known ted, she knows everything about me and schlatt, good and bad.

"hey jay can you pass me my drink" I asked as I applied my makeup, we were about to leave for a party the summer before senior year, "yeah but please don't get to drunk, god your fucking annoying when your drunk." he passes the drink and lays down on my bed. "hey don't be a dick ok, you're not any better." I laugh, thinking he's joking, when his tone changed dramatically. "no im serious, your so annoying when your drunk, you're always all over Alex." that caught me off guard, why the hell does he care. I turn around and see him snapping someone but I don't pay that any attention. "hey why are you being like, deadass mean, I thought we were kidding around."

"just don't be fucking annoying, and stop being a sensitive bitch talia, its not that deep"

it was like that a lot with schlatt, always angry at me, I was always doing something wrong. oh but the good times we had, the good times were more then good. they were perfect.

we sat on the swings of the park, high as kites, laughing, pushing each other, holding hands, "holy shit jay I have to get home, oh shit were like thirty blocks from my apartment." I lean over laughing, god we were never serious. "we should city bike to your crib, ill just stay over your mom probably isn't home." he says. "jay we are both so high, do you really think that's a good fucking idea." I laugh back

so that's what we did, we city biked all the way back to my apartment, high as ever, laughing, schlatt crashing into a trash can, and even cuddled in my bed watching a movie. 

maddie left my room, so I could unpack my stuff, I was supposed to stay for two weeks, that was the plan if nothing went wrong. all I could do is hope it stayed that way, I did some work for my classes, taking notes on films and then went downstairs around 6:30, everyone was hanging around the kitchen making something to eat

no one here had any cooking skills except me and Maddie, so I offered to cook. my parents usually weren't around, so I got very good at cooking for myself and schlatt when he was around, I decided I was gonna make my grandmas lasagna recipe, so I got in my car, and went of to the nearest grocery store.

I blast whne i was your man by bruno mars when I get a notification from charlie

 

iMessage!

charles chaplin🥳

hey talia?

what's up charles

ok so two things

one get me chocolate milk from the store

two

schlatt may or may not of arrived a day early. 

what.

this schlatt?

jonathan jedidiah schlatt.

possibly?

fuck.

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talia😩 @taliatalks4ever

what if i just spun my car off the side of the road and into a ditch and never told anyone.

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what is with you and cars

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@broskination

"never told anyone" hey so you just told the whole internet, as that's how tweeting works!

@charlieslimecicle

hey can you text someone else before you go, don't wanna be framed or anything.☺️

unblock @jjshlatty?

yes               no

real life!

schlatt's perspective

"ok so we have something to tell you" charlie sits me down on the couch with ted, hansum and cooper.

"why the long face." no one laughs at my joke "hey seriously is everyone alright, why are you guys being so serious." Charlie and ted make eye contact before nodding at each other.

"guys what is going on, I feel like im on trial" I plead as a car pulls into the driveway.

"why don't you go find out." ted pushes me to the front door.

why are they acting so weird, I go to open the front door, and I see a familiar figure standing by a white jeep, unloading what i think is groceries, but its not until I see the license plate, does my mind realize who is standing roughly 20 feet infront of me.

"ok so I was thinking I do either 'ROMANO99' or maybe 'TALIAROM'? something cute." talia points to a baddazled license plate that she wants to customize even further, "talia that thing is so bright. its gonna blind a cop when they, inevitably pull you over, no. also neither of those are cute, just do a normal license plate." I laugh. "how are you even gonna drive this thing in all the traffic here, you're never going to use this car." I ask her.

"you know my dad lives in long Island, im gonna visit him throughout the summer and we can go on drives and stuff, cmon it will be fun, your just mad your dad said no car for you." she laughs as she looks at more license plates. she was right. having a car was a good idea.

she turns around I think I lose all the air in my body, holy shit, what the fuck is she doing here, I know she's friends with ted, cause he can't stop mentioning her to me, but what the actual fuck is she doing here. she's holding maybe 6 grocery bags, and we both haven't said anything. what should I even say, do I even want to talk to her.

god its been way to long I have to say something, ok fuck here I go.

"hi" we both said in unison, shit I can't do this. she starts laughing and I can't help but join her. she drops the grocery bags lightly on the floor and holds out her arms with a sad smile. there has always been a force between us, growing up on the same street, mothers best friends, we were meant to be near each other at all times.

but the force at which I went to hug her, newton would of been floored. I wrap my arms around her and hug her as hard as I can, these last two years without her have been so hard, and here she is.

like it had never even happened, slotting right back into the spot meant to hold her. she wraps her arms around my neck and I lift her off the floor, when I put her down she has tears in her eyes, she never liked being lifted off the ground, but that didn't matter right now.

"hi jay." she says looking up at me through her big eyes, the ones that always made me say yes to her, the ones I loved. "hi lia." I smile back, she's prettier then I remember, shorter aswell, quite short actually.  "when did you get so short?" I laugh

"when did your balls drop?" she quips back like no time had ever passed, like the good old days. I take her right back into another hug, the sun had set. her arms wrap around my waist and my hands go to her hair. ive missed her more then anyone could imagine, the moment she came back to my arms, im now determined I won't let her leave them again.

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[gyattoru]

guys.. i know what you’re going to think but HEAR ME OUT:

Now that I’ve started writing the Hogwarts Legacy fic for my ocs, I’ve been seriously thinking about switching Ellise from a Slytherin to a Hufflepuff, WHY you might ask.

First off, I really want to resonate with her, and I’m a Hufflepuff. Fyi Hufflepuffs aren’t nice all the time (NOT REFERRING TO ME cause im stepped on all the time it’s actually an issue) but i’ve met some super sassy arsed hufflepuffs and I think it fits her well.

Second, Hufflepuff x Slytherin duos are everything to me, so since she’s pairing with Seb I think it would be a great change of house.

AND FINAL, the Hufflepuffs get to go to Azkaban, and I was planning on adding that to the fic to make the choice at the end of Seb’s quest line 10x more meaningful

Ok thank you for listening to my ted-talk slay I love you all bye!

ps: chapter one is coming out today cause I’m finally done 🤑

[jamietarttdoooodooooo]

Back Together Again l Chapter 5 I What the?

Pairing : Jamie Tartt x f!reader

Word count:  1207

Warnings: Language, drinking

Summary: You are Ted Lassos' daughter. You have known Jamie seen ten years olds. One day you come to see your dad but inside you could because you miss Jamie. You join the AFC Richmond team and realize that you have fallen in love with your best friend.

A/N: Hope you like it, trust me it will get better when I get to season three which is coming very soon.

It was finally the day of the gala. You woke up next to Jamie.

“Good morin’ babe” you say to Jamie thinking he was asleep but he was playing with your hair. “Morin’ princess, big day today. Can’t wait to see you in your dress.”

“Well we should probably get up because I have to be at Rebecca’s in an hour.” you tell him. You both get up then you get a text from Rebecca. 

Rebecca

You don’t need to eat breakfast 

I made some, so you can get 

some when you're here.

Thanks Rebecca will have 

 some when we get there.

“Princess I have to go to Isaac’s to get ready” Jamie tells you from the front door. “Ok babe see you there”

You get ready and then quickly go over to Rebecca’s house.

You knocked on the door. “Hi Y/n I have breakfast and your dress. Also I think that dress will look so good on you.” Rebecca tells you.

“Well thank you Rebecca” you walk in and see Keeley and hug her. “Hi Y/n” Keeley tells you. “Come let’s go eat some breakfast” Rebecca says.

All you at breakfast and started to get ready. It was already 12pm and the gala started at 5pm. Rebecca was doing her make-up while Keeley was curling your hair and it took forever doing.

You swatted with Rebecca doing your make-up. “Rebecca, am I in the bidding?” you ask Rebecca. “The only people who are not are you and Jamie” Rebecca says.

That was perfect Jamie was dating you and you were dating Jamie it was the best thing ever. You could have Jamie all to yourself.

“Ok well I am going to put on my dress” Keeley says. Keeley got ready and came out with a beautiful dress on. “That’s a beautiful dress Keeley” you tell her.

“Thanks Y/n” then Rebecca went to put her dress on and it definitely looked like something Rebecca would wear. You also complimented Rebecca’s dress.

You went to put on your dress finally. You walk out of the room and they both gasp. You looked in the mirror thinking it looked bad. It looked beautiful, it was fitted in all the right places and your make-up made it even better and your hair was perfect with your hair down with curls. It looked perfect. The black dress still made your green eyes pop. 

“You look so sexy you're going to get all the boys” Keeley tells you. “Thank you and thank god that I am not in the binning.” You told her.

“It’s so beautiful and so perfect” Rebecca tells her. “Thanks Rebecca for paying for this and picking it out.”

All of you get in the car and head out to the gala to set up. It was already 3 o’clock but you knew you girls could set this thing up in an hour.

“Where should I put the food over here or here?” Keeley asks you. “Over there” you say as you point where you want the food to go. It was already 4:30pm and meant only 30 minutes till the gala. You were trying to fund the poor. 

The boys were already going on the red carpet. The food was set up. Jamie sent you a text that he was there and sometimes we had partners to talk to the press so Jamie was your partner.

“Hi Jamie” you said to him. “Are you ready to do this?” Jamie asks you. “Yeah, I am ready.”

You and Jamie walked down the red carpet together and took pictures together and talked to the press together. The press asks you normal things like how does it feel to be famous and how much money do you make.

Finally you were off the red carpet. “That was a hell of a time” you told Jamie. “Yeah it was, let’s go find our table.”

Your table was in the middle with Jamie, Dani, Isaac, Colin, Roy, and Keeley. “Hi Y/n” Colin says. “Hi Colin, you look nice,” you tell Colin.

You and Jamie sit at the table and Rebecca starts to talk till Rupert shows up. You remember when Rupert tried to higher you but made Rebecca talk to you about it.

Then after Rupert talked the binning was starting and starting off with Roy. Another woman, well an old lady was binning 1 million on him but luckily Keeley stepped in to bind on him for 1.2 million. 

You went to the bar after that. You had three drinks before Jamie got there. “Hello Princess” Jamie said he had four already.

“Hi Babe” you said to him and you didn’t think about what you said. Jamie then pulled you to the boot room not checking if Will was in there you started to kiss and then in went to passionate kisses.

The next thing you heard was the whole team’s ous. You just kept kissing Jamie that turned into a make out and everyone just kept watching including your dad.

Everyone had left when you stopped making out. “Babe,” you say. “Yeah” 

“Did you know everyone from the team was watching us do that” you ask Jamie. “No, I didn’t”

You and Jamie quickly left and went home. The thing is you and Jamie stayed in the car and made out some more.

When you woke up you noticed you were in Jamie’s car and surprisingly you remembered everything and so did Jamir. You both quickly went to the house and got ready for practice then got into the car again and said nothing to each other.

You got there to practice, Jamie ran into the locker room while you walked to the locker room. Everyone looked at you and Jamie had his head down.

“What! Just going to stare or say something?” you yell at them. “Why Jamie Tartt out of all the people like what the-” you cut him off before he could finish his sentence “Because I am so in love with him!” you yell. 

Everyone was still staring at you and stared at you and Jamie throughout the whole practice, well some of the boys talked to Jamie.

“Well they did not take that well” Jamie told you as you got into the car. “And you didn’t either, you yelled at all of them.” Jamie says.

“Sorry just telling the truth sometimes” you told him. “Yeah I know but you could have said it not yelled it ok”

You and Jamie watched Stranger Things and went to bed not excited about tomorrow because it was the last practice before the last game of the season.

[felixnorstubblewealthington]

hii kg ppl ^_^ I haven't been able to draw something good, so no art for today possibly. Instead, I'm here to write some of my fav Huxley hcs , enjoy (?)

## 1. Felix has an interest for spiders (and isn't aware that Ted is terrified of them)

- ok so imagine that Felix has an interest for spiders and talks about them all the time to Ted. Ted doesn't want to break Felix's heart, so he doesn't say anything about his fear.

Felix: Hey Teddy, did you know that Sydney funnel-web spiders are the deadliest and the most poisonous spider in the world? It takes just about 15 minutes for a human to die after being bitten.

Ted (Terrified): ..T-that's.. that's amazing, Felix.

##2. Felix is pissy about Ted being born first. Despite being twins.

- They were born apart with 2 minutes or so, Felix is jealous of that so he uses that fact to shame Teddy. (Fun fact: This hc is canon in my childish war au.)

Felix: Well even if YOU'RE the older brother-

Ted: Felix, we are twins.

Felix: You aren't all THAT mature for a big brother-

Ted: Felix. We are TWINS.

Felix: Not by 1 minutes and 54 seconds, we aren't.

##3. Eye contact avoider and seeker.

- Felix can't make eye contact at all well while Ted stares at the person's eyeballs when talking to them. Felix (being Felix) is jealous of that, (They are both just like me.)

##4. Felix's (horrible) way of showing love

-- (Nice au) Felix has horrible communication skills and can't say that he loves his brother without cringing. So in order to avoid that, he comes with another idea. But it goes horribly.

Felix: Hey Teddy- I mean, Theo.

Ted: Yes, Felix?

Felix: I DON'T DON'T like you.

Felix's logic: Don't like x don't like = Like: Since two negatives make a positive, hah. I'm a genius.

What Ted understood: Don't like + Don't like = Hate: If he doesn't like me 2x...(two times) then he must hate me..

Ok, that's all for now. Thank you for reading. Pls tell me your fav hcs of them also, I would love to see them ^_^ !! Bye

[mintjeru]

in honor of us being blessed w/ more gaming leaks today: i've been contemplating his favorite dim sum dish for a while and finally decided on one >:D

cw for mentions of game leaks and food under the cut!

there are so many dim sum dishes to choose from so i basically had to hone in on one by ruling out categories

also i'm assigning him a fav dim sum dessert bc i feel like desserts deserve their own category ><

first of all, i intentionally did not consider larger dishes, such as salted fish fried rice, crispy soy sauce fried noodles, etc., bc technically you can get those at any chinese restaurant, not just a dim sum one

second, i'm excluding expensive dishes you'd typically only see at banquets, such as crab, lobster, etc., bc i'm trying to hc a dish he'd be able to order often when he goes out in a party of 4

third, since canto food is generally light and mild, i think he'd prefer this type of cuisine over food w/ strong spices or flavors. that isn't to say he can't handle or doesn't enjoy stronger tasting food, but i think milder dishes are what he'd go for if he wanted comfort food

now. since he has to stay in shape for his guard duty and performances, i don't think he'd like having fried food often. i think he'd prefer smth lighter so he wouldn't feel sluggish. this would exclude fried calamari, xo sauce stir fried cheung fun, fried pumpkin w/ salted egg yolk, etc.

i'm gonna rule out vegetable dishes too (sorry vegetables!!) bc even though they're good, they're typically not the highlight of dim sum

moving on to other dishes, i'm ruling out har gow and siu mai (don't come at me for this) bc of the fact that they're standard dim sum dishes. yes, they're yummy and are telling of the quality of the dim sum restaurant, but i don't think he'd say they're his Favorite dish out of all the options. i have nothing against har gow and siu mai ok, it's just that i don't think he'd pick one of those as his top favorite bc it's standard to order them every time you get dim sum anyway.

even after ruling all these dishes out, there are still a lot left at this point. so, to make my life easier and bc i felt like it, i decided to hc that gaming likes sweet food. you may ask why and my answer is 1. bc i can, 2. bc it would be gap moe of him to have an energetic, fiery personality while preferring gentle sweets, and 3. bc i can. again bc it's canto cuisine, it's mild sweetness he's looking for.

after deciding on this, the two dishes that came to mind were char siu bao and phoenix claws. it's really funny that i thought of char siu bao bc judging by the look of gaming's recently leaked specialty dish, it's steamed char siu bao.

additional hc: i think he really likes char siu bao, and if he had to pick he'd go for the steamed kind rather than the baked kind bc it's soft and fluffy. interestingly enough, i decided on this prior to the leaks about his specialty dish, the description of which says it's steamed. mhy and i are on the same wavelength fr.

that being said. i'm gonna rule out char siu bao specifically because it's food you can eat on the go. because the story blurb in gaming's drip marketing says he spends his leisure time at the dim sum restaurant, i think he'd want to order smth he doesn't usually get to eat and smth he can take his time enjoying.

in conclusion, i think his favorite dim sum dish would be phoenix claws, which fits those two criteria. it's sweet, a dish that you can only get at dim sum restaurants, and he can take his time savoring it.

as for his favorite dim sum dessert, i had an easier time deciding bc i decided on the steamed char siu bao preference hc beforehand. i'm gonna go with the steamed custard buns bc they have a gentle sweetness and are also soft and fluffy. do you see my vision here? it's all coming together.

thank you for coming to my ted talk, i love him a lot as you can see

[hatinngthis]

rant for today:

At my job we aren’t allowed to call in ever. We have our days off picked a year in advance and get a total of 11 weeks off throughout the year paid. So we can’t call in, even if you’re super sick you’re expected to be in the office. Like I’ve been in office with a 103 fever and no voice and still had to help patients and answer the phones.

Well today, I woke up not feeling good at all. Super sick, stomach hurting insanely bad, nauseous, terrible anxiety because of nausea.

Came into work and still feel awful, if anything it’s gotten worse. Trying to power through but my anxiety is soooo bad that I’m just freaking the fuck out. Like can’t even think straight. Genuinely feel like I’m going insane right now.

Asked another girl if she’d be willing to come in and cover for me for the rest of the day and even offered her more pay ontop of what she’d already be paid. And this bitch says she can’t because she has to pack for her trip… SHE LEAVES ON FRIDAY- ITS MONDAY.

go fuck yourself lmao. Someone’s mostly begging you to just come in and help me out and you still say no.

Maybe I’m just not in the right state of mind right now and acting delusional and dramatic about this but I’m pissed and think that’s such a selfish thing to do. Especially because I do anything and everything to help EVERYONE ELSE all the damn time.

And my piece of shit boss forces everyone to come in sick and just sit here absolutely miserable working in a HEALTHCARE OFFICE. Just blows my mind.

I need out of here.

Ok my rants over.

Thanks for coming to my ted talk