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retired ghoap going on a renovation competition show
ghost takes over the budget and he's ruthless with it; tracking every paint swatch and piece of lumber down to the last cent, haggling for every purchase and making the most of their coupons. soap's in charge of design; he can visualise floor plans better than anyone, seeing the completed spaces in his mind when they’re little more than a steel shell
they run their site like a military base, treating their builders like rookies; expecting them to follow orders but also waiting for them to inevitably mess up so they can fix it
they're an immediate shock to the judges; they fully expected them to have no idea what they're doing, to have no understanding of style or trends, but they didn't sign up just for shits and giggles
they know how to hit a brief and can do physical labour faster than the actual builders. with soap's discerning eye and ghost's practically, they design gorgeous rooms and become a real threat for the prize money. they handle the stress and sleepless nights like it's second nature bc really, it is; a few all nighters painting are nothing compared to being shot at
they also take great joy in messing with the other couples
it takes a while for them to figure out they're even married; they argue like it's going out of fashion, never holding their opinions or frustrations back but it's their love language as much as their banter. you can hear them barking at each other from across the site; callsigns and “It” and “sergeant” thrown around just like in the field
the challenges are where they have the most fun
the day to day? that's work; they're strict, both with themselves and the schedule, never letting anything fall behind or go incompleted. but the challenges? that's play time. they love pushing the brief, toeing the line of the rules purely bc they can
they get to a two part art challenge and ghost's scheming before before the host even opens their mouth. part one? one half of the couple has to design some kind of art piece that will feature in their house. part two? the other person has to gather supplies and tools and make the art
there's a time limit for how long they can take to gather the supplies; once it's up, they can't go back for more and they can only use what they can carry themselves to their station. they're in a warehouse filled with scrap and paint and tools, the choices almost overwhelming
ghost politely interrupts the host to ask for a clarification; absolutely anything in the warehouse can be used so long as they can carry it?
the host confirms; anything under the roof is their's to use
ghost thanks them and steps back in line, standing at attention and waiting for round one to start
ghost volunteers to be the one to do the art, shocking everyone since soap is well known as the artist of the two of them. but soap sees the mischief in his eyes; he knows he's up to something and can't wait to see where it goes
the timer starts and ghost immediately shucks his hoodie and gets to grabbing; stuffing the impromptu bag with everything he recognises from soap's own supplies. there's seconds to go when he bolts for soap, throwing him over his shoulder in a fireman's carry
the other couples are pissed and call it cheating, trying to get them disqualified
ghost just shrugs, soap still over his shoulder, "they said we can use anything we can carry. i followed the brief"
soap just laughs like a mad man
they win the challenge by a landslide
everything's going smoothly, they've won enough room reveals that they’re in a good financial position, they’re ahead in their current room and in a great headspace
then soap gets injured
it's an honest mistake, a part of the roof they thought was stable collapsing and hitting soap
and ghost, always calm and in control, panics
he's on the other side of the site when he hears soap cry out and goes running; shoving past cameramen and builders, screaming to know what happened before he even sees him. he finds soap on the ground, blood dripping from his temple and it's too familiar; a thing he sees in his nightmares
he doesn't know what to do with all his fear so instead, he channels it into anger
he goes off on all his builders, demanding to know how they could be so useless and careless as to miss the unstable roof; screaming at them in a way he hasn't done since he was on active duty, tearing down a rookie for poor trigger management
all the while, his gentle hands tend to soap; checking the wound, if he's concussed, soothing him before he can slip into a flashback of his own. he growls at the cameras, doesn't let the onsite medics anywhere near him; he doesn't know them, doesn't trust them with his johnny. it's only soap's gentle convincing that makes him step back, that forces him to stop and breathe; glaring the medics down from soap's side as they check him and come to the same conclusion soap already reached
he'll be iust fine; a few stitches and he'll be right back in it
ghost goes with him to the hospital to get the stitches laid, abandoning the site to their terrified builders to look after. it takes a few days before he can handle them being separated again, can't even handle one of them going shopping while the other site manages
but soap doesn't begrudge him for his clinginess, not when he knows it's rooted in the fear of losing him. he just keeps him close and calls him his good luck charm when they win the room reveal that week
#new season of the block's on you know what that means! putting my blorbos in every other aspect of my life!#it was so hard writing this without using tradie instead of builder lmao#i love putting ghoap in real situations#like these guys arent normal lmao so putting them in something as typical as a reno show is hilarious#can you imagine ghost shopping for tiles? comparing feature tiles and splash backs and tapwear like its life or death#i just know production would hate him a little bc of the mask he still wears but they also know theyll bring in a different demographic#they also think they can spin the drama of these clueless soldiers who have no idea what theyre doing#just for them to be completely blown away by how skilled they actually are#i just know theyd weird people out tho even retired theyre still unsettling#theres just something about them that puts people on edge#that eases when they see how maddeningly in love with each other they are#just them using military vernacular to build a flat pack#soap still referring to ghost as his superior officer#i love them#coming out of my cage and ive been doing just fine.txt#we’re a team. ghost team#ghoap#ghostsoap#soapghost#soap cod#john soap mactavish#ghost cod#simon ghost riley#cod mw2#cod mwii#cod fic#save post
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Forcing myself to quit editing this before I go crazy 😁 Happy AAPI Heritage Month from your local Nikkei 🎇🇯🇵
My friends and I did an AA photoshoot in a dead mall and it was super fun! I'm hoping to use this summer to corral more of an in-person AA fandom presence in the Pacific Northwest
#housekeeping after fandom tags:#ace attorney#ace attorney cosplay#phoenix wright#phoenix wright cosplay#mallsoft#lord of theater#okay housekeeping#1) dead mall = very few people = no masks for photos#we are all pro-mask and wear them when we go out (to places that arent empty dead malls)#2) the japanese text is the kanji for “gyakuten saiban' rotated sideways#'ace attorney' was too long#wait i THINK it's kanji. i may have just confused myself 🤔 regardless. it's turned sideways.
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"We can get through this by working together, reach out to your friends, community is all we have, a social network will be your security in the world, now is the time to lean on others!"
I do agree, and it's scientifically sound (pretty sure there is data about how people with better social networks live longer and etc) but also....augh..... what about the severe social issues, difficulty to leave the house, physical issues which lead to like zero socialization energy a majority of the time, etc. etc. Social support can be a replacement for structural support, but.. I guess I just wish it didn't have to be. Community is extremely difficult to build, even moreso if you're someone who has issues with social cues or group conversations or even just being around others in the first place. And blah, nuance, of course I'm just complaining or maybe being too negative or maybe misunderstanding, but, I hardly have the energy to brush my hair once every 2 months.. how am I supposed to maintain a wide social network and be active in a Community and Join Groups lol... sometimes it kind of feels like "er.. well if thats my only option then...... ruh roh". It's overwhelming
#Kind of like some post I saw a long time ago talking about how even the meanest shittiest most difficult to get along with#elderly people or whaever still deserve to have some sort of systems in place to support them so they're not just relying on the#grace of relatives or etc. who may not be able to deal with them. Not saying that I'm like mean and cruel or anything#but the fact of the matter is in most social situations either I am compromising or the other person is. Not in like an ~`ouuu im so weirdd#nobody willever understand my quirky swagg hee heee~' way but like a.. Just factually the things that make me happy and comfortable#are often incompatible with people. The way I communicate and process things is different from the way other people do and that#is always a barrier. I cannot have ''easy''' interactions. Even with 'understanding' people there is nearly always a significant#amount of effort. You can't walk into a group of people and then be like ''okay you guys all have to wear#masks and you also cant play music too loud and also we should communicate turns of speaking very clearly so group conversations#arent too stressful. and also i need this and that and we have to do this and that and '' etc. etc. You CAN. And some people will#go along with that. but they will ALWAYS secretly resent you for it. You will be the one person they're relieved to not have to be around.#theyre glad when you dont show up since they can go back to doing things however they want and not masking and all these boring#annoying things. OR you can say none of that and just deal with the loud music and the talking and the unmasked people. but then#YOU'RE compromising. and no matter how nice they are it's exhausting to be around and youre just further alienated#while in the presence of people and uncofmrtoabel the whole time.#Which I'm not saying the only form of community is a group setting specificially but just giving that as an example lol#I just wish there were a better option than ''well learn to socialize normally or just suffer then'' . Which I know is not what people are#saying. I guess I just always feel a bit scared when 'community is the answer'. Since its not like 'oh im just socially anxious and need to#get out of my shell~!' or something thats really that remedy-able. It's like.. my mostly unchangeable physical health issues combined#with the mostly unchangable literal way that my brain processes sensory informationand other things means that interacting with#others in a normal and easy way is incredibly difficult and often exhausting especially to maintain in any longform fashion. So then#when it's like ''the answer to staying safe is to maintain longform social connections!! :3 just reach out!!'' then.. ermm... O_O#also I'm not even one of the cutesy shy emotional hermits that's nervous. I'm the Bad Stereotype emotionless robotic cold seeming#looms in the corner of the room type of thing so people have less pity on you in that way. -_- ANYWAY gghj#I need like.. a designated social representative or something.. When I did work in that bookshop forever ago they gave me a#person who basically was just with me to help communicate with others on my behalf and supervise me and stuff. I need that.. Some#more extraverted person I can latch onto and they can maintain the Social Support Network for me and I can just be their +1 to all#of the Social Things and community. I have helpful skills I can contribute to other people and stuff it's just like.. I cant socialize lol#I cook food or something for you.. then you keep me in contact with Community.. a deal. (but then what about when I'm too sick to#contribute? as is often the case. there's not much place for people like me in communities sometimes i fear.. sigh.) ***
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I WANT TO RUN A SOCIAL EXPERIMENT.BADLY
#text#abt mask mirroring specifically - how many people in a room have to be wearing one before people start considering it?#does it change if masked ppl r there first ? if masks are provided ? if masked and unmasked people are or arent intermingling ? etc
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Hi Teri! I hope you're having a relaxing day and getting better!
Hello again, my friend!
Unfortunately I am once again at work, which is where I've been all weekend. Late stage capitalism, amiright?
Thankfully I've been pumping my body full of DayQuil and it's been getting me through, and I'm off for two days after this shift so I can finally get some real rest.
I appreciate the check-in! Sorry for the less than stellar news ahaha.
#ask asteria#my symptoms arent too bad today though#trust me guys everyone thinks im nuts for not telling my work to shove it and calling off#but you see the best revenge is actually getting everyone else sick#im joking of course im wearing a mask and avoiding people#my symptoms arent too bad though#just a pesky persistent fever and a lil cough#nothing i cant handle im surviving
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people will really stand around making small talk like "can you believe covid's back??" without a mask even in SIGHT, with no irony or self-awareness at ALL. truly astounding
#hey hey. why do you think its 'back'??#come on. take a second. think it through you can do it 🤔🤔🤔#i work at a library that has been giving out free covid tests and n95 masks throughout the pandemic#lately the covid test supply has dried up in the high demand#meanwhile barely anyone even LOOKS at the masks#often those that take them arent even wearing a mask. like. are you just taking things cos theyre free?? what are you gonna do with those#i literally had to step out of work and sit in my car for a minute bc im going crazy#im gonna snap i really am#its not a COLD#its LETHAL its DISABLING... care about people!!#wear a fucking mask!!
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i hate this website but everyone hates Me on the other website so like what do i do. explode i guess
#text#''arent you putting too much weight on socisal media'' well. you see. thats where all my friends are#thats the only place i really get to talk to people or pretend that i am a person at all#''go outside'' 1. no one is wearing a mask and that Can Kill Me 2. i go outside qute regularly actually but everyone hates me outside too#(see point 1.) so. again. what do i do. explode i guess
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everything in the world is loud and itchy and freezing cold swear to god im gonna burn this whole building down
#my coworker keeps opening the back door to cough enormously and piteously and flood the whole room with frigid air#and yet isnt wearing any kind of mask#and ive been grinding my eyes into dust for the last three days on a spreadsheet of people my boss JUST now like#five minutes ago told me we arent legally allowed to contact#for like. solicited donations#i fucking hate fundraising but ive been shoehorned into the fundraising position here and i don't dare leave it in case it's like#load-bearing job sec#and theyre installing carpeting downstairs so i can't even eat somewhere warm when i go on lunch
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If this current surge of covid were having now happened in 2020 or 2021 we would hundred percent be in lockdown right now. That theres people going about their lives unmasked like its 2019 is unfathomable. Please wear a good mask like a kn95 or n95 or better respirator, because when you dont you're sending the message that you do not care about disabled or immunocompromised people. You dont get to kill your grandma because you wanted to go out to lunch. Please take care of each other, it's literally the least we can do if we're all stuck on this planet with each other.
#fr the governments vax and relax strategy is not helpful#like yes vaccines do help but they arent totally preventative and wearing a mask when youre out is like the best thing you can do to...#...protect your health and the health of the people that you love#estimates right now indicate 1 in 10 covid infections will result in long covid#if youve read anything from anyone with long covid you know how debilitating and scary it is#especially when there seems to be limited research#idk im scared guys#we just gotta take care of each other#something something bill and ted say wearing a mask is being excellent to each other
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remembered when me and my mom were ???? somewhere going to little shops and my mom stopped at some place to see if there was a bathroom and i waited in the car and then some old white guy with a bright red hat glared at me through the windshield (i was still wearing my mask but it was pulled down under my chin since i was in the car) and after staring at him for too long trying to see what his hat was even though it was obvious i finally saw "trump" on the front lawl.
#there was this other time i went to a flea market wearing a ask idk if anyone looked at me weird im too autistic to be looking at strangers#faces but anyways there was a nazi there. like actual. nazi. white guy sitting in his booth with literal nazi flags.#and all of the other people there were selling trump or republican or anti science stuff . honeslty i did get nervous abt#wearing a mask there 😐 but nothing happened no one even spoke to me#the single time. only time ever since the start. that anyone mentioned my mask to me was just asking me about it out of#curiosity/worry before then thinking out loud that maybe they should start wearing one again#worst comment i had actually ever gotten from a stranger though was some old guy who didnt even say anything mean to me#it was just. i was wearing flip flops when it was cold and he was like 'arent your piggys gonna get cold?' or something#so like. not malicious or rude or anything. just. odd 😭
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sitting at the kitchen table doing fuckall rn might do my makeup for fun in my tiny handheld mirror. should i
#i did it yesterday to test if my old makeup still works (it does) but these days i reeeeally struggle with makeup. in the sense that im fina#lly pretty settled with my whole gender situation AND ive come to realise the Horrors of the beauty industry and stuff so im kind of . well#im not sure on the english word for it but its whatever Peleada is in english. quarreled i guess with doing my makeup#cuz i used to do it every day for college but then i stopped and realised how pressured i felt into not going out makeupless. but now its#really funny cuz i NEVER wear it so my friends arent used to seeing me with it on#so i guess i see it as more of an add-on now as opposed to a mask or something. idk IDK!!!!! but im still coming to terms with my whole#masc status so hmmm. save me 60s 70s drag#like i want it to be a drag act but no matter what people will STILL see me as a girl. makeup or no makeup. masc or femme its like i will#never escape from that :/#emi's meandering jotts#wellll im gonna do it anyway whatever. i dont want my makeup to go bad and waste away so! considering this a use-up event#im not gonna wear it out anyway sooo ^_^#sorry for the huge spiel. its just me thinking out loud to be honest
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somehow i got to a point where i genuinely feel that my androgyny is the only thing that protects me from transphobia. which seems counterintuitive but like if i was to attempt full masc presentation i swear id get clocked every day. the only thing i have between me and peoples vitriol is enough ambiguity that they just decide for me in a 50/50 split
#then again who knows#i also wear a mask every day#maybe im just lucky that most people i meet arent all that concerned about it#the funny thing is they will call me maam then at the very end of the convo call me sir and i dont know what changed#its not just my voice cause thats not always enough#in many ways i feel permanently one foot in the closet#im saying nothing new here im sure ive said this a thousand times. but its my blogggg
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So to be clear tumblr is the only social media i actually bother to use with any regularly, but sometimes you crave variety. For example sometimes going on reddit is a nice distraction, and my feed is all really interesting silly low-investment type posts that i can scroll thru and be entertained by without feeling like i have to engage. and other times it feels exactly like facebook. just suggested post after suggested post that makes me say "god you people are so fucking unbelievably stupid." posts seemingly hand picked to make me so enraged, the exact kind of shit I go online to AVOID.
currently it's recommending me a bunch of posts about "why does America have so much looting?" That have a bunch of responses like, "Because of the crime wave, no one prosecutes shoplifters, people have just noticed its so easy to get a group together on whatsapp, etc" and WHY? It thinks I would want or need these posts? Idfk??? I hang out in r/antiwork and like 3 other main subs about being homeless and random entertainment topics. I don't use reddit for politics or world events. I do NOT get my news from there.
Anyway there was also one recommended thread about "why do rural folk feel looked down upon by city folks?" And all the responses were, "yeah! It's them who are rude to the city people!" And when someone mentioned the lack of resources in rural areas, another person chimed in to say "well I lived in Detroit and now I live in a rural area and we have WAY more food and resources than Detroit does!" But the second anyone brings up, you know, the socioeconomic factors that influence that shit, everyone's like whining and crying bc their little brains can't handle ""bringing race into it."" someone had a different life experience than you?! Pft, sure, and then all the bystanders clapped! 🙄
idk it's like. the more time goes on, the wider economic gaps become, the more obvious it is how effectively people are brainwashed. It's not like the answers to these questions are hidden esoteric mysteries. It's not like people having different, individual experiences in life is new. Even my grandma understands that a) people aren't actually looting that much and b) even if they were, have you bought groceries in the past 3 years? if so, why are you even asking that question?? But you try to actually talk about how bad shits getting and these fuckers go into high gear defending The American Way Of Life and blaming individual choices. Ppl are drinking the Kool aid so hard and they think water is just supposed to fucking taste like that
#me#they put the kool aid in to cover up the taste of lead.#flint still doesnt have clean water. btw.#thats such a perfect example of what im talking about too#for YEARS its been common knowledge that we are poisoning and killing the people of flint (very near detroit fwiw. related topics)#and its like#idk i feel like i meet ppl who assume that bc Everyone Knows About Flint that means that it got fixed or smth#it fucking didnt#doesn't it feel kinda like. w wages and inflation. or covid. or anything else.#we declare oh yeah X is happening! its in the media. heres the numbers. everyones talking about it. finally out in the open. here we go#its in the news cycle for a few weeks and then bam. gone. nothing.#and everyone thinks oh its gone now. i guess its over#covid is still rampant and terrifying but its not on everyones minds anymore so no one wears masks. problem fucking solved am i right#everyone knows inflation is untenable. ceos make 400x workers. rent is all of your income. no one can afford food#we wont change wages tho. and everyone is just like. well if employers dont wanna pay more thats ok. just look harder for work.#just try harder. just work more jobs. just sell your blood in addition to your time body heart and soul.#its like people are hearing 'socioeconomic factors beyond our control influence how we live our lives' and they still go#'but why dont you wanna just buy more money?'#theyre HEARING words but they arent LISTENING#ONE person in that looting threads comments mentioned police brutality. one.#and they shockingly weren't getting downvoted into the negatives but they definitely werent being heard either#i feel like thats the most glaringly obvious one#like the entire world saw our police force going apeshit and they went 'woah are black ppl in america ok?'#and everyone said NO PLEASE HELP#and... nothing fucking changed!!!#everyone supported water protectors that 1 time. but the water protectors in the great lakes region still fighting?? crickets#i dont get it. i dont get it!!!!#in the news: heres 20 current events making life untenable for disenfranchised people#everyone: i dont get it? why are they breaking stuff
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I hate when I'm ringing up nd chatting a bunch with a cute and/or cool person but then I'm struck by the realization that they're not wearing a mask inside the crowded store and it just :((( sours the whole thing for me.
#idk idk idk maybe im just a paranoid bitter shrew but. sigh#there's also two coworkers ive been really enjoying and were like friends now???#buuuuut neither of them wear masks/do unsafe shit so like. idk if ill ever hang out outside of work#which makes me so fkn sad i just want to connect with people :(#one of em helps manage a women's shelter for their other time nd im like WHY ARENT YOU MASKING 😭😭😭#id bet a bunch of the folks there are disabled!!! come on now!#*other job. fkn typos...
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i genuinely dont understand the sheer cognitive dissonance to be posting about how masks are soooo soooo important for preventing covid (true!) and then NEVER wearing one yourself irl. are you..... looking forward to catching covid? like are you doing it on purpose? idgi
#text#i mask everywhere including outside so dont try to come for me#are you like. hoping that youre going to get exposed and then infect someone?#i cant imagine anyone WANTS to do that except rly insane antivaxxers#like... why post about how everyone should mask if YOU arent going to mask. are you virtue signaling??#do you just want points for posting about it on social media but not want to have to practice what you preach??#do you actually care about getting yourself sick? like ignoring expoisng other people are you genuinely ok getting covid despite-#-knowing in detail all of the really horrible ways it fucks you up?#why would you share information encouraging other ppl to mask and then not be encouraged yourself??#its a level of cognitive dissonance i dont get#posting about how covid can cause brain damage and how to prevent it. and then. not preventing it#like posting a ton of pro-helmet propaganda and then not wearing a helmet. like what is the point
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i just loooooove being confronted by assholes for "still" wearing a mask ♡♡ it's so fun it's my favorite activity ♡♡
#fuck my coworker and fuck that random asshole in a suit#there were like two hundred people in that building. why the fuck arent YOU wearing a mask??#like even if you think it's overkill (incorrect) leave me the fuck alone about it??? go gossip about it with your shitty republican friends#i mean. if my coworker had friends she could. (she does not. there are good reasons for this.)#ughggghhhhh#mine
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