#or make me switch courses

[qulizalfos]

anybody else feeling horrendously burnt out on this lovely monday evening

[tatakaeeren]

Captain Oliver Aikuu

[ironteeth-fury]

Graves and Shepherd who get pardoned after the whole Las Almas debacle because power, money, connections and America

And price and laswell try their goddamn bests but there is nothing they can do

And Ghost is a wreck. Two men he worked with, that he had to trust in the field, who /betrayed/ him, and there are no consequences? This is not something he can fix, not a problem he can make go away with a knife or a gun because he's army and legally their hands are tied.

And he would, he knows he would hunt them down and kill them and take the fall for it, if that means that he never comes home to dead loved ones again because he left a threat out in the world, a threat he ran away from instead of dealing with it.

But he also knows if he kills them, Price will get in trouble. Laswell too, likely. Maybe even Gaz and Soap.

So he stays put, barely sleeps, obsessively keeps an eye on his team and doesnt let them out of his sight. Becomes paranoid about checking locks and watching his team sleep. Hates hates hates that Laswell and her wife dont live on base -how is he supposed to watch, protect and defend if she isnt here?

And Soap sees all of this and tries to help, really he does, but nothing has an effect and he can see ghost collapsing under the sleep deprivation.

So he fibbs. Tells ghost hes been having nightmares (true) about las almas (true) about stalking the streets and being alone (also true) and would ghost please keep watch while soap sleeps because then he wont be alone. And soap made it out of that hell with Ghost watching over him, so if ghost watches over him again he'll make it out of this hell, too. And yes, this is all true.

But its also a ploy in the hope that Ghost will accept the same favor after.

He's heard his sisters complain about their husbands plenty, about how they will not accept help unless they think theyre providing it instead. So he tries that, and it helps, but not enough.

And Soap, desperately in love with Ghost at this point, angry at the world, impulsive and protective and oh so skilled, has had enough.

He does his research, makes preperations, gets another idea, thinks /fuck it/ and works on incorporating that, too.

He gets Price to send him and Ghost back to las almas, to help rudy and alejandro.

He crosses his t's and dots his i's

And asks Simon on a date.

Simon is fucking blindsided by this, it came out of nowhere what the fuck? And because he is so startled his brain gets no time to overthink and he just blurts out a "yes". Soap grins, pats him on the arm and tells him to be ready at 7, wear comfortable clothes.

So simon spends the rest of the day freaking out, he doesnt know how to date, hes never been on a date in his life. Dinner, movies, minigolf? What the fuck is he supposed to do with that??

And then Soap shows up with a dazzling grin and workout gear and hands him a gift. "Didnae think you were the type for flowers, L.t." he'll say, and its a /knife/ and its clearly custom made, different types of flowers etched into the blade and the handle both. Its sharp and perfectly balanced and the nerves calm down

Soap knows who he asked out, knows he would be uncomfortable with dinner and a movie. Ghost just has to trust him.

Its kind of scary how easy it is to admit that, yes, he does trust Johnny. With his life -with the lives of his loved ones. With his nightmares and his memories and the fact that his hands shake when there is dirt under his nails.

So he takes the knife, says thank you, and follows Soap.

And Soap? Takes him to a mission briefing? There are blueprints and schedules and movement logs. Soap wont tell him the target or exactly what theyre doing, and Ghost feels like he should be wary, but he isnt.

Because its Soap.

So Soap takes him on this mission and it ends with Graves on his knees in front of them, hands cuffed behind his back, and Johnny telling him "you can either kill him here, or I have a secondary location we can take him. We have all night, and all of tomorrow as well. Whatever you want, darling"

So yeah, murder date. Knife gifts. And i have more ideas on how this goes but tbh i am writing this and wouldn't wanna spoil everything ahaha.

Inspired by a blsky thread that made my brain run wild. (Blsky link but also ao3 link for the same thread for those that prefer that)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/58595743/chapters/162947845

And a lil bit of the actual writing cuz why not

[gifti3]

well...

congrats to lucifer's overwhelming "win"!

[sockdooe]

You know what I notice doesn’t get a lot of attention? The blue lions cave on earth is filled with cave paintings that means that 10,000 year old humans have seen the blue lion and have made art surrounding her!

Do you think when she saw them and their act of kindness and sheer awe at her saw that humans were creatures of love?

She saw a planet with technology so limited and yet achieved great feats and thought that it was worth waiting generations for.

The blue lion has seen humanity and chose to have her paladin be reflective of that.

She probably helped all the paladins come to be, patiently waiting for them to find her!!!!!

[gonksinlove]

All you have is your fire

And the place you need to reach

Don't you ever tame your demons

But always keep them on a leash

[tvntheatre]

Tossing out scraps of my concept for that AU I have a definite amount of ideas for (I have no idea how to make a solid design!)

[marimbles]

i miss carpisuns sometimes </3

[glassedplanets]

this guy

tl;dr i cosplayed at the one piece symphony and ref'd this off a photo of me (tl;dr 2: it was amazing, if you are able to go then go), which is funny considering i take photos of myself to use as refs all the time but this is the first i've done in a long time that's this one-to-one!

i don't cosplay often (ever?) and i'm pretty shy so this was some kinda experience. i am very flattered that people thought i looked nice enough to take a photo with me. i was also dying inside.

(i killed the fit tho, take my word for it)

[nest-being]

and thus another international lolita day occurs with me staying inside and doing nothing except for thinking very, very deeply about lolita lmao

[devilsskettle]

idk if this is even really a bad thing in fan spaces but i think that a lot of people are just not very genre savvy when it comes to engaging with the media that they enjoy

[switch]

obviously that isn't to say girls mixed media series never make or sell green characters, but it is to say you'll see it done more often by the bigger guns (precure or other nakayoshi joints, and my little pony before hasbro shot their own kneecaps out three times in a row) and/or in instances where the cast is sufficiently large that they can't not do green if they want another color, and even when they do, the green character is still likelier to be less popular or be dropped/recolored in any times of brand insecurity. another example is that a 2002 nakayoshi character poll reported that mew lettuce/retasu midorikawa (the green one) was the least popular mew mew and civilian identity by a decent margin, and while that could just as well be attributable to her writing or presence, it doesn't help the green curse..... it's not a rule, but it is a trend.

[fobnsfwdoodlesbackup]

I love how when you draw polyfob Joe is in the middle. He deserves it

He does!!!!!!!! He's the glue of the band!!!!!

[surelysilly]

me, writing Danny: you weren't supposed to cry this arc, i swear on my life i didn't mean to make you cry again so soon —

this chapter (danny), holding me by the throat: likely story

“J-Jasper,” he croaks, and the attention is electrifying even though he can’t see it. “Jasper, go away.” That must hurt. Danny doesn’t want it to, but he needs Jasper to not be here right now. There’s some movement, a meow. “... Okay. I’ll just… let me know when I can come back.” Footsteps recede, a long one, two, three. That’s as long as Danny can hold it in — the first sob breaks free on a gasp, and Vlad’s alarm is a dull jab to the ribs.  A hand brushes his shoulder. “Danny — “ “Don’t,” he rasps sharply, the touch making his skin crawl, and huddles down harder on the couch. “Don’t.” 

[madsway]

now that i've taken in the entire show and am about to rewatch simply because i can............... i'm so pissed that dave erickson got fired because damn........

[aeolianblues]

good god girl, maybe some of us are not vegan because we eat chicken like once in three months?? Would reduction not be a more productive goal of vegan activism than outright banning? Like if your arguments are that animals are being eaten, then you’re being unrealistic about the entire actual concept of the food chain. Humans are omnivores, you do not need to change that to achieve your goals.

A vegan lifestyle is also entirely the product of your geographical location. If you live somewhere that shit does not grow, what are you going to do?? I just think about the difference between food options in India and Canada, for example. India: between the tropics (tropics and equator even, in fact). All-year-round sun, there’s pretty much always stuff growing. Different kinds of land will mean you can grow everything from staples like rice and wheat to vegetables, fruits and plantation crops. It’s reflected in the cuisines: Indian food has a much, much wider offering of vegetarian food, and many more Indians have restricted diets that more or less overlap with vegetarianism. Because crops grows. Locally.

Canada. Harvest in the fall, from November to March, your fields are practically unusable. Compare the prices of fresh produce in (and now I’m being generous to give you a highly populated, non-remote province here for an example) Ontario. Ontario has farms where in the fall you get fresh autumn vegetables and fruits. You’ll also get them in larger quantities. It is way cheaper, fresher and also uses less energy and fuel to transport the vegetables like 50 km from farm to market.

Come the winter and nothing grows. If you look at most vegetables you’ll find on store shelves in December or February, and most of it is either imported from warmer regions of the US (often the case for chains that are in both countries) or from South American countries (sometimes SA -> USA -> Canada). The importing has to go through cross-country customs, had to be driven for days, is less fresh or rich in nutrients by the time you get it, and is more expensive. Of course. And we all come out of it poorer. Is it any wonder why people will eat meat? We’re even talking here about a place like Ontario, very well connected on North American trade routes. Can you justify someone in Yukon deciding to eat meat over a $17/lb. green veg? Be for fucking real…

There simply cannot be a blanket-global solution to animal products. You’ve got to work with what your geography has to offer. It’s the same thing we say when we say that avocados have an environmental cost when you expect them to be available year-round in places they don’t grow. We encourage people to go for more local produce there, and I think the same should go for all parts of your diet too. If your animals are local, then their footprint is lower than importing kiwis from New Zealand to the US. I don’t see how that’s hard to understand.