#rofl if you would be so inclined

[soullessjack]

thinking about this again. Plagued by it even

[bambi-kinos]

Hopefully, this ask is a fun one! I've noticed that a lot of times you mention Paul is a bottom, and honestly, I agree 1000% per cent, but I'm curious how you came to that conclusion

For me, I feel like it was a result of tons of reading up on him, body language + his lyrics, and I think the whole control freak (misleading in a way too) part makes some fans think he's a top. Meanwhile, I sit here and think, nope, he's totally a bottom lmao

A lot of it is just wish fulfillment as a result of Paul's bus-sized ass. We're not the only ones thinking about it:

Like it would be a crime if John didn't fuck Paul in the ass. Right??? So it's easy to think "yeah Paul is a bottom" rofl.

But more seriously, I view Paul as a bottom for a number of reasons.

The first is simply how long John and Paul knew each other and how they naturally shaped each other's interests and desires. Paul may not have been that 'swishy' (i.e. effeminate) if he had never met John in the first place. It's easy to see how John and Paul's understanding of homosexuality would have shaped their presentation and the roles they took with one another. Like, in modern times two gay guys can just be Guys Being Dudes. They can both take shirtless selfies of themselves holding up fish with the 🤙 going "shaka braaahhh." In the mid 20th century this idea was not terribly widespread so even among gay people there was an impression of "well someone has to be the woman and it's not going to be me."

So I think that's a big part of it. It's impossible to know how conscious a decision this was but IMO John and Paul reached a consensus of some sort that Paul would take up the feminine role in response to John's masculine one. It's a natural (for a given value of 'natural') position for the feminine half to be the one who is penetrated. Paul, who has demonstrated a number of times his sharp awareness of homosexual activity and how society perceives it, would know this. And he took up that position anyway and kept with it, voluntarily. (And to be clear I think Paul stimulated John's butch attitude and grew that to make John more overtly masculine as well. This goes both ways.)

It's not hard to see why this happened. John is a lot more naturally traditionally masculine than Paul is, no matter what John said about being "soft velvet" and "le Oscar Wilde!!11!!1!" He's the one who got into bar fights and hammered the shit out of other men. He's the subject of a rumor about kicking Stuart in the head, not Paul. Personally I think Paul is perfectly capable of violence, even extreme violence, but he simply isn't perceived that way due to his feminine appearance. Meanwhile John is overtly aggressive and in your face about it, even when going through his druggie periods, which is simply a more traditionally masculine trait no matter how you slice it.

I guess what I'm saying is, Paul responded to and was shaped by John's personality and preferences. John likes to fuck, Paul leans more towards feminine expression, feminine = 'the one who is fucked' not necessarily 'the one who fucks.'

I don't believe they were thinking about this as teenagers (and I don't think they did anything besides circlejerking before Hamburg.) And Paul likes using his dick! However it seems obvious to me that John woke something up in Paul that would have naturally lain dormant under other circumstances. John had a habit of doing this for people, he woke them up to their higher inclinations that got them out of their boxes and I 100% believe that he nudged Paul's 'swishiness' awake and that Paul quietly used this to get out of the box other people wanted to keep him in. He was able to embrace this more fully while with Linda. For Paul, that swishiness comes packaged with a certain set of implications and to me there's no reason why he wouldn't embrace that.

That's not to say that he was completely gung-ho from the start. People who write Paul going 'wtf I'm not doing that' in response to John wanting to fuck him are writing material that feels 'real' for lack of a better word. But I also don't think it would be that hard of a sell once he got used to the idea. Really look at this gif:

John's interest in Paul's backside is overt. Paul seems surprised and a little overwhelmed in the moment but he also smiles a little in response to John checking him out. It seems to me that there's interest there, albeit tentative. In other words Paul seems okay with being the one who is piped.

It's a lot to surmise from a single gif, I know, but otoh we don't have a lot of these moments where John's feelings are overt and Paul responds to them.

In addition to all this, Paul is a curious hedonist. I think John could prevail on him to at least try it. Then I think Paul would enjoy it greatly. Anal orgasms are somewhere between clitoral and vaginal for me but anal sex is satisfying in a way that PIV isn't, and I think Paul would actively seek it out once he tried it and realized how good it is. Anal sex is extremely intimate and John paid close attention to his lovers, Paul is guaranteed a good time once John takes him to bed. And John would want to make that special for Paul especially once Paul did 'break down' and go 'alright I'll do it' as part of their kinky power game. John did like to make things sweet for Paul.

Paul has this whole thing about wanting to be John's second and not necessarily the leader. He enjoys being lead and dominated by powerful men who are at the top of their industry. Check out this quote from McCartney Legacy Vol. 1 in Chapter 26:

Paul explicitly giving in to a "strong and demanding" male after putting up a perfunctory fight that he had no intention of sticking to? What does this remind us of?

And look, Paul invites this himself very deliberately:

Paul is doing this on purpose. He shows his ass off to entice us, the viewers, into imagining his hole and putting our dicks inside said hole and inside him. Women appreciate a nice ass but lack the equipment to fuck it properly. Men do have the equipment and by 1965 Paul knows his effect on heterosexual men. He's very much dangling the fuckability of his ass as a carrot in front of everyone who wants to look. No other Beatle displays this kind of overt neediness for this specific kind of attention. Paul knows what he is doing.

Paul is a bottom. A needy and bratty bottom who enjoys being put in his place and has a thick kinky streak to be sure, but a bottom nonetheless.

The insistence that Paul is a top has always smacked of contrarianism, to me anyway lmao. It's always packaged with making fun of McLennon fanart where Paul is yassified and John is butch or with complaints that Beatle fandom is making Paul "too feminine" and John "too masculine." There's a lot I could say about it but for now I'll just leave it at this: it's usually paired with bitching that McLennon fans are having too much fun. Many are guilty of it.

John and Paul themselves acknowledged this dynamic between them in oblique ways. John, Paul, and even Yoko always imagined Paul as being a woman as well as acknowledging that Paulina would have been romantically attached to John. Paul acknowledged it with the "if I were a woman maybe I could have...." thing, Yoko said that Paul would be a "great threat" if he was a woman in her audio diary that she recorded in 1968/1969, and John also has a quote floating around about the potential that lay in Paul being a woman though I'll be damned if I can't find the stupid thing. And then there's the insulting "Lennon's Princess" nickname from Apple staff. They perceived the dynamic as well.

John and Paul, consciously or not, actively pursued this dynamic with one another. They enjoyed it and Paul voluntarily stayed in that role even during a time period where he might have been justified in going "okay we've hit the big time, no more of that!"

Just look at Paul's posture here lmao. John is shoving his erection into Paul's shoulder. Yeah he's trying to hide it but Paul is fine with it, shoulders relaxed with no tension in him at all. Paul wasn't just John's princess, John was also Paul's knight, and that comes with certain responsibilities as well as privileges.

John was overtly more stable when he had sex on tap. John and Paul actively lived together for months at a time where few people could get to them. Seems to me that Paul not only did his job but took a lot of pleasure in doing it and John reaped the benefits. Notably John didn't start falling apart until they stopped touring and his sexual access to Paul was bottlenecked. Then 1967 rolls around and John just sorta, moved in with Paul and noticeably got back on an even keel.

Many thunks are to be had my friend! Many thunks indeed and one of them is that Paul is a bottom. Not just that, an enthusiastic one that likes courting powerful and even emotionally unstable males capable of overpowering him.

Much to consider!

[got-into-worm-by-mistake]

Agitation 3.7 Live Reactions

(This is me, writing reactions as I read, because why the fuck not. They're not complete, mature thoughts taken after I sit back and evaluate what I've read. Consider them as such)

Grue was already out of his vehicle and halfway to us by the time Tattletale and I had shut the doors of the van.  He was using his power at a low degree over the entirety of his body.  The darkness soaked into and through the porous leather of his costume, making him look like a living shadow.  Brian had showed me how the visor had vents at the edges, to direct the effect of his power around the sides and top of his head, so it wouldn’t obscure the face.  It wasn’t that he couldn’t see through the effects of his own power – he could.  He’d explained that the vents were there to create an effect where you could see glimpses of a black-painted skull floating in the vaguely human shaped form of even darker black.  When he had the money to spend, he had told me, he was going to get a more complete costume custom made for him in the same way, to expand on the effect.

I read a fic where Grue was describe as suffering from 'FYGEP' - Fuck You Get An Evil Power' (i.e. he got a power that's just... really hard, optically, to use as a hero even if he was so inclined) and... yeah, he's playing that card hard here.

“Got enough?” his voice echoed.  I thought maybe I caught a touch of humor in his tone, behind the influence of his power.

Two things you can never have enough of: Dakka (If you're an Ork) and Bugs (If you're Skitter)

These weren’t just the bugs I could draw in at a moment’s notice, though.  Traveling the city had given me the chance to be picky.  These were the good ones, each of them fast enough to keep up with me, or capable of being carried by those that were.  More than that, though, the majority of them were either durable sorts like the larger centipedes, cockroaches and beetles, or capable of stinging and biting, with bees, wasps, ants and blackflies making up their bulk.  To round out their number, I’d gathered moths, houseflies, and mosquitoes, who weren’t the best attack bugs out there, but were easy enough to get, and served to distract the enemy or bulk out the swarm. There were three hundred and fifty cubic feet inside the rear of the van. Tattletale had told me that.  When they were packed in just tight enough that they wouldn’t damage each other or spill past the barrier and into the front seats, it added up to a pretty amazing amount of insects.  I called them out of the van and watched as their mass seemed to expand as they spread out.

Gyah! Just reading all that is making me twitch.

Her costume was skintight, beaded with droplets of water

And I'm sure that does nothing for you. :rofl: (Jk, technically, but also the council has made a stupid-ass decision meme and all. Canonically straight or not, no Taylor is not)

He still wore the hard white mask with the silver coronet, but he had shown me how the interior of the mask had foam shaped to the contours of his face, with only his mouth left free, so he could talk without being muffled.  In a similar vein, the loose white shirt he wore covered up a mesh vest that was molded to the shape of his body.  He was idly twirling a scepter in his fingers.  The scepter wasn’t purely thematic – apparently the crowned orb that topped the scepter had two electrodes built into the tines, for the taser that was built into it.  It was all about misdirection, misleading and giving the impression of vulnerability.

Of all the costumes, this one sounds the most visually interesting. Definitely would love to see a life action interpretation.

To do that, you punch in the regular code, 3-7-1, but you hold the one down, then press the number sign and the asterisk keys down at the same time… Voila.  Try it.” Grue pulled on the door.  We waited in tense silence for a moment for the angry blare of the alarm, but none came.  Tattletale grinned at us. “What’d I tell you?”

That has got to get old fast.

Muscle and bone showed beneath, and the arrangement of said anatomy wasn’t exactly typical.  The change was slow enough that you couldn’t see it if you were looking for it, but if you looked away and looked back a moment later, you could tell they were bigger, that bone at the shoulder was longer, the eyes were deeper set, and so on.  Spikes, spurs and an exoskeleton of bone growths had appeared to fill or cover gaps and grow in at places where the bone was already close to the skin.  The tail of the smallest dog – Angelica, I think Rachel called it – was twice as long as normal and prehensile, now, and the other two were well on their way.  It looked like someone had torn out a pair of human spines, the meat still hanging off them, and attached them one to the other before tacking the end to the dog’s hindquarters.

Kill them! Kill them with Fire!

(Have I mentioned I'm afraid of/hate dogs?)

would be making a call to 911 and reporting a crime in progress by costumed criminals. 

I guess the fear of Cape interference would encourage normal criminals to not wear elaborate costumes to protect their identities during robberies.

In the next room, Regent grabbed another hostage.  I caught a glance of the man, graying hair and thick around the middle with a pink dress shirt and no jacket, staring at us with eyes wide.  He opened his mouth, I think his intent was to cry for help, but broke down into coughs and sputters instead.  A second later, he keeled over and collapsed onto the floor.  He tried to climb to his feet, but his elbow buckled and he hit the ground a second time.  While he continued to struggle, Regent strode into the room with an almost lazy air, grabbed him by the collar and shoved him towards the hallway where we stood.  Defeated, Pink-shirt didn’t resist, half-walking, half-crawling forward as he joined us.  He met eyes with the other employee, but didn’t say anything.

Pretty terrifying power when you think about it.

I closed my eyes.  With a mental command, my bugs flooded into the room from the hallway behind us, flying and crawling over, under and around us to spread through the room.  I noted each person in the lobby as my bugs made contact with them, and left several bugs crawling on each individual.  I took five seconds to double check I’d gotten everyone, and belatedly remembered the two employees we had brought forward from the back offices.  A group of bugs returned from the darkness, brushing my skin on their way to make contact with the pair.

Gyyyyyah!

“Fifteen minutes,” I called out to the room, my heart in my throat, “We won’t be here any longer than that.  Stay put, stay quiet, we’ll be gone before fifteen minutes are up.  You’ll be free to give your statement to the police and then go about your day as usual.  This isn’t a TV show, this isn’t a movie.  If you’re thinking about being a hero, don’t.  You’ll only get yourself or someone else hurt.” I held up my hand, finger outstretched, a familiar spider perched on the tip, “If you are thinking about running, making a phone call or getting in our way, this is a good reason to reconsider.  This little creature and her one hundred sisters that I just brought into this room are under my complete control.”  I had the spider drop from my fingertip, dangling by a thread, by way of demonstration. “She’s a black widow spider.  A single bite has been known to kill a full grown human, or put them into a coma.  You move, talk, try to find or kill the spiders I just put on your bodies, in your clothes, in your hair?  I’ll know in split second, and I’ll tell them to bite you several times.”

That slope is looking preeeetty slippery, innit Taylor?

But also, a pretty effective speech. Did she practice this one ahead of time?

 A teenager with freckles and brown curls was glaring at me with raw loathing in her eyes. 

AMY! Babygirl! You're here! Don't worry, this won't go down as the worst day of your life for more than a few months!

What a great way for the members of a ship I like most to meet! (Not sarcastic, I love hate at first sight as the start for a ship :P )

My taking hostages like this?  It had been my idea, so help me.  As horrible as it was, it had been necessary.  The worst case scenario was some regular schmuck in the bank pulling some stunt and getting themselves or others hurt or killed.  I couldn’t let that happen, if I was in a position to help it.  If it meant keeping them quiet and out of the way, I was willing to terrorize them. As I saw the effect I’d had on these people, that justification felt really thin. I was going to hell for this.

Oh, you're not going to hell for this Taylor. You'll have a lot more and better reasons to go to hell by the time Contessa shoots you in the head and tosses you into Earth Aelph.

But as usual, the rationalizations continue, and I just love each one.

[destinyc1020]

I don’t follow Austin and Kaia but if they are actually broken up why would she be on a date already. As I typed that out it sounded slut-shame and I’m really not trying to come across that way (I’m genuinely confused). But since I’ve seen her in the public eye, Kaia has not been single once. Like idk it’s not making sense to me.

I see you don't know Kaia very well Anon lol 😆

Chiiiiilllle Kaia was already jumping on Austin's d*ck less than a month after she and JE broke up!! Rofl 🤣 😂

I don't CARE what single people do in their spare time. IF she's single, she has a right to see whatever guy she wants to see. Whether it's two months after a breakup, or two MINUTES! LOL 😆

I really don't care.

So no, if they've broken up, I don't think it would be too soon at all. She moves on fast lol 😆 😂

I personally don't think they've broken up.... yet. 👀

Now if I spot him getting cozy with another woman, then I'd be more inclined to think they've broken up. 🤔

[greenyvertekins]

Your problem. Not ours. If you’re being affected by some stranger’s opinion on the Internet to this degree, you 1 - Need to grow a thicker skin and a spine and 2 - Come to the realization that when you’re affected this deeply, chances are you know, however subliminally, that the other side has a point and turned away from the book as a result. You don't get to bawww about how (Well-founded) criticism from people whose views you can simply choose to ignore shooketh you.

No it wasn’t. When the MV arc was progressing, I actually went with it with an intrigued eye, giving my observations and feeling of suspense month-to-month. Hell, you can peruse this blog over the time period that each issue released. Which is over the course of 2019/2020 and see this. Don't expect you to since it would contradict your claims but it's right there. Be my guest. I know other people were very critical of MV arc over the course of it's release. I was not one of them. So I'm inclined to think that you're confusing me with someone else. And again, not my problem that you get this tied-up over a stranger’s opinion on the internet.

Never happened rofl. It’s especially funny because I’ve had nothing but praise for the English script! And I even think the JP one is very much inferior. But hey, let’s not allow facts to get in the way of our anonymous whinefest amirite?

Never happened 😂

Goes both ways doesn’t it? 😊 Of course, I’m not going to ignore posts like these that are so full of shit they could be a manure wholesaler.

And your evidence for sockpuppetry is....where? Let's get one thing straight - I do not sockpuppet. This BS claim aside, I don't know where you getting it from that I've had victimizing asks. I haven't even been that active over the past week on here. BTW, being called sexist slurs online (Which is what happened. Though your false claim that I was called "retarded" would also be bad due to being just plain old ableism) is harassment, it's literally in every social media's definition of what constitutes harassment. Regardless of what you believe about abusers being able to evade retribution because you like to portray those on the receiving end of their bile and who report that shit as analogous to small children tattling;

Not everyone has your standards. Thankfully.

[austinslounge]

LOL!!! 😅😄

Omg this post is sending me lol.

It's crazy to me how you as a fan would probably know how to create a more thoughtful cake for Austin than this so-called "friend" of his rofl.

You know, I'll admit that at first, I thought the cake was cute and kind of creative. It didn't escape me that it seemed a bit weird that Kaia and Milo's names were on the cake, especially since he's only known Milo for like less than 2 yrs, when he's known Darla (his mother's dog) for way longer. 🤔 Seemed kind of attention-getting, but whatever. I just tried to ignore it.

But as I took a longer look at this cake, it started to seem more and more off to me.

1st off --- I think Miss Kaia (or her family) was for sure behind the ordering of this cake. I'm sorry, but it just screams sus!! How are you going to have Kaia and Milo's names on the cake, but nobody else in Austin's life that he's close to, like *ahem* Ashley, who's throwing him the party in the first place?? Or even just his sister?

Where is an Elvis reference? That was his big break role right?

Why is there a pic of Kaia's dog on his cake like it's his own when he's only known the dog for less than 2 years lol? 😄 That's so weird to me. No matter how close I've been to my roommates' pets, or my bf and his dog, I've never felt like the dog was close enough to be MY dog. I would only feel that way if my bf and I both got the dog together as a couple.

Where are the oranges? (He's from Orange County, and the smell takes him back to his childhood)

Where is the hint of MUSIC?? Where's the guitar? Everyone who knows anything about Austin knows that he's very musically-inclined, and always has been. How can you have a cake for Austin made with things he loves without the very important aspect of music lol? 😅

Where's art? Pottery?? Photography?? Boxing?? He loves all of those things! Odd that those items are all missing from his cake.

Yet, we see tons of sports jerseys lol. Tons tons tons lmao

Tbh I'm actually kind of wondering if this cake ordered by a "friend" was simply just a fan who called into the shop as a "friend" and ordered a cake for "Austin Butler" rofl 🤣

Seriously guys --- David Beckham is on the cake, when Austin was just spotted with him in Canada? No reference whatsoever to his mother or his family? Then, the "house sold" portion, with Kaia and Milo's names prominently visible for all to see??

I'm sorry, but this cake is so sus and corny that I'm actually hoping that his gf Kaia was not the one who ordered it for him, and that it was just some crazy fan who's trying to convince the fandom of how "serious" A/K are lol. 🤣 Because if this was an attempt at some sort of PR stunt on her end, then it failed miserably.

The David Beckham thing was what really made me give it the side-eye. Kaia and Milo's names on there already made me side-eye it, but David Beckham? Lol 😅 Let's be for real lol

Here’s how they could have made a better cake for Austin if Kaia actually knew anything about him:

Get rid of all the weird sports jerseys, and put boxing gloves on there instead. He loves boxing and MMA fighting

Put some CDs or little vinyl records on there for his love of music

Get rid of the weird egg in a frying pan and instead put some oranges on the cake, to reference the orange tree he had as a child

Instead of the sports jerseys yet again give him an Anaheim Mighty Ducks reference since we know he likes that

Get rid of milo, Kaia, and the house because that does not need to be on his birthday cake. But I suppose if anything, put a picture instead of his childhood dog Jake or of his moms dog Darla. And put some pictures of his family on the cake for Christ sake

Since the man like vintage clothes, put a cute little denim jacket and combat boots in there with a shopping tag

The film stuff I’m not horribly mad at but it’s too general and not specific to him. Put the sword of shannarah on the cake, alongside an Elvis style belt buckle perhaps, and a green shirt in reference to Austin’s first extra job on Ned’s, which was wearing the green and orange shirts.

Put some VHS tapes on there of Fight Club, Serge Gainsgourg's film Slogan, Pulp Fiction, Raging Bull, and East of Eden to represent his favorite films.

Put a journal and a pen on there for his love of writing.

And boom, fixed the cake and made it better in 2 seconds.

[neelamkishabdvaahini]

The Lingua Franca

lol!

lmao!

ROFL!

omg!

tysm

btw...

ttyl

And of course- "OOTD"

My "Free Grammarly Subscription" does not show the zig zaggy red line under these words (if you consider them as words). I wonder why?

Well, I think I know why this kind of slang and short forms have become a part of our daily conversation. It's not just about being an Indian and being obsessed with the so-called coolness of English. The reality is that we have found in them a tool to hide our shortcomings.

Shortcomings because English is now like a barometer. Otherwise, for me, there is no harm in just being well-versed with your mother tongue. Well, I am not rambling on about "English"- language or skill. That's a whole new topic to write about.

Gone are the days of Queen's English. Gone are the times of Oscar Wilde. Gone are the moments of patient reading. Please tell me I am wrong.

But still, when somebody says that we write in short forms to save time, I have a good laugh. Because if they really had to save time and really wanted to convey the purest of emotions, they would care to ring up my phone instead.

Firstly, we are detaching ourselves from our mother tongue. Secondly, we really don't see English as a language. And most importantly, we are ruining the Lingua Franca. The audacity!

The other day in our school assembly, (well a lot of inspiring things happen in the assembly...in case you understood what I am referring to) the Principal said, "So, today is your English exam, the easiest one. English has become, for all practical purposes, your mother tongue."

Well, I do understand the figure of speech used by him, but still...What a shame it is on us!

Haruki Murakami — ''Learning another language is like becoming another person.''

Well, I don't think so. Why can't English as a language just add to your personality?

The reason why I did not keep my English and Hindi blogs separate and the reason why I write "Namaste" at the end of every blog is that this is who I am. And I am proud of it. I am not running away from the truth. I might have an inclination towards a particular language, but that doesn't mean I don't respect the other.

The language I speak does not define me, but it definitely is a significant part of the definition of my life. And that is why I should not at least injure it.

#notshorforms #stoppretending #thisisnotcool

I greet the divine within you - "Namaste"

[leofiat-bunny]

Ep 12

(Added later: in which I lose my goddamn mind at how cute I find these 2.)

When you're in so early you're getting connection errors.

Sorely tempted to scroll through once to watch any scenes I'm looking forward to, and then rewatch the rest after. SORELY tempted.

Oh, are they actually getting married this ep? Genuinely thought that would be in the special. But that's good. Increases the chances of the special having LeoFiat 0.0

I'm guessing ChampDoc get together either because Doc is like "invite me as your date" or AT the wedding, because getting together at weddings is a drama thing.

It's working!

Part 1

She really is a beauty.

Go Thanya! Shamelessly manipulate the bastard. He doesn't even deserve that.

Get owned. (I may have spent too much of today laughing about GME.)

Did I literally clap at the scene change? You bet I did. :-D

rofl. Priorities.

They're actually being really careful with one another. This is a MONTH after ep 10? On the one hand "they've been together for a month. Surely their friends already know" On the other "... they'll have noticed the fight ended, but there probably wasn't much else TO notice. THEY WERE ALREADY SLEEPING TOGETHER!!!"

"It's over" XDXDXD

HA calling him RIGHT out! Hilarious, but seems a bit dangerous: if you'd played along, you'd have escaped early AND generated good will. If you wanted to play some more, the 3 of you could after they leave.

Note: he's taken off his watch to play, but not his necklace. That might be SOP since the watch is more likely in the way, but I'd be inclined to take off all my jewellery.

I'm getting through this VERY SLOWLY ok? I get too excited. Ridiculous? Very, but I'm happy so I don't care.

BLANK HIM! Brazen it out! That's awesome. XD

Flirting for realsies doesn't feel the same does it baby?

They're so HAPPY!!!

YAY! More!

He's ditched the tie. 0.0

(I was working on a timeline update yesterday and one conclusion was they weren't 1st years, Leo was just CHOOSING to wear a tie.)

"The same feelings" Adorable shy baby STILL talking around it... just don't let there be doubts okay? Then it's less adorable and more stupid clown.

So is Leo the actual captain and Fiat was acting captain while he was away?

Ah, no, just his dom. Okay, same page now.

"Like"? "LIKE"? BOYS WHAT THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN DOING SINCE THE START OF EP 11???

Okay, so it was just that he wanted verbal confirmation of what was already true. Okay. Leo's bad at verbal, Fiat sometimes needs it, and apparently has difficulty ASKING for what he needs most, no relationship is perfect.

(Fiat's like the proverbial whining incessantly about a paper cut while insisting the just chopped off arm is no biggie - personally I just whine about ALL PAIN.)

Anyway, excuse me while I rewatch those 2 scenes, possibly without pausing. Back in a bit.

Deliberate indirect kisses are sweet <3

Part 2

Could use a tl for the shirt. I'm not going to pretend I know a singe damn thing about buddhism. (I have gotten an audio book about Cultural Literacy for Religion, but I'm at the start, and they started with Hinduism. So: working to fix that, but don't hold your breath. If it's not my special interest, depression is still beating me into the ground.)

I do love Type's mum.

(I said that BEFORE she brought Tharn in, not in response to doing so.)

Doc, Champ's wearing a hat.  Chekov's hat right there. That means it's "hot".

Told ya.

Mild's so much fun. I want to see him act with Sammy! In a show where she gets a girlfriend!

Phu is so cute.

While I'm no fan of Cir, I do want to see the actor in something else, what I don't like isn't his fault at all.

Part 3

That shirt/dress looks really comfortable: I want one.

Evidence that I'm awful at faces: haircuts make for wonderful disguises.

Congrats to Gulf for not corpsing.

Gulf's father's actor looks like a really sweet man; smiles a lot.

Ooh, nice time shift.

They're very good at the love/pine eyes.

Hospital. Presumably ChampDoc again. I'm interested.

You were warned that you'd have to be blunt. You chose him. (Also, I adore that Champ's been single all this time and there's no implication that his life is less for it. That Doc would make his life richer, not a boyfriend.)

Ouch. I get it, but ouch.

Happy to be wrong with my starting guess though.

Okay, we clearly have different definitions of the word "clearly".

Well that's the exact opposite of the boys: "If I can't date you, I can't/don't want to be your friend." 0.0

Oh yeah, he has to learn how to take care of himself. That's good for him.

Okay, I'm pretty sure that "you may not get a good view of this calendar" trick is confirmation that they don't know when it's set either.

(But it starts early May, probably between the boy's 1st & 2nd years, possibly just before their last. Which makes them older than I thought. There's a calendar in Italy, part of the update I was working on yesterday.)

Oh, are Seo and... his boy going to get together this ep too? They're cute.

Part 4

Ooh, I want to stroke them pjs. <3

Oh! That was refreshingly quick. I was just settling in for a few minutes of boredom. Thanks <3

Babies! Happy babies!

Ah. Thats how they're fitting in the wedding. Makes sense.

Lots of pretty.

Cottoned on to it being Thorn's wedding all of about 20 seconds before they showed us Thorn.

Yeah, special ep is wedding. But what about my babies? They need to be in it somehow.

Am I the only one who thinks Thorn looks a lot like Saint?

Please don't be too long about this. I really don't care.

Ok, for the curious, the updated cut won’t be available until tomorrow: my laptop is awful; it takes about 3 times as long to process the video as the video actually is, and I’m not sensible enough to just do the new part and join them apparently? I MIGHT do that. I’ll have a look. 0.0

[the-blind-geisha]

Just venting. rofl Do not ask me about this here. I will not answer. If you want to DM me about it, you’re welcome to. ♥

I often wonder if the reason you make more dummy accounts is because you’re snooping around my stories, comparing yourself to me and my achievements. If that’s the case, you need to quit. What you’re doing is hella unhealthy. 

If that is indeed the case, you need to stop. Stop it right now. If you’re block circumventing because you have these 25 dummy accounts (and no, we’re not blind to it--none of us are as they’re so easy to catch) and you’re reading this, let me say a few words:

You made yourself insanely more infamous than you realize in this fandom. You not getting the love and attention you want is nothing on me and never will be. I think that guest swooping in to defend me on chapter 4 should tell you that. You’ve made people paranoid, angry and scared--me included--when it comes to even wanting to do certain things in this fandom. Hell, given all the weirdly coincidental stuff that’s happened lately, I almost never want to be vocal about my ideas in worry you’ll just take them to be vindictive. 

You need help. Serious help. You allowed your jealousy of others’ success to cloud your judgement and used an excuse as to why you did it. The reason I want that accusation to stay? I know it was you. Even when we made up that night, I knew it was you. In another convo that same night with another person you attacked, she asked if I would delete them and I told her: “No. She (you) made her choice, and now she can live with it.” Also, three times? And then you kept flaming me? Yeah, you didn’t learn, and you wouldn’t unless I stood my ground. The reason it stays is because I know you’ve learned nothing. You continue to show that day by day. Numbers on your fic(s) and your fragile ego will always be infinitely more important to you than other peoples’ emotions. You can build that up all you want to that you love your new friends, but deep down, you want them as comment fodder and support. It’s gross.

What’s sad there? The three people (me included) who would have supported you and given you crazy, outlandish support that you so wanted, you hurt. I don’t read peoples’ fics unless they’re a gift or done with me as an inspiration in mind.  But if I become friends with them also, I’m more than inclined to read them, because I love them and their character(s) and ideas. But the moment I was going to consider having that within me, you ruined it. Again, you’ve proven your status in a fandom means more to you than anything else.

You can say it wasn’t you in my comment section all you want to but I find the circumstances of events are all too hilariously obvious. Thiefflamer13 being made the day they commented on how people were ‘stealing from you and how rude it was’ only for me to get TrixieVixen telling me I stole from you later? Hah. Funny. Also, Malphasfan666 and Thiefflamer13...are obviously you. Your love of ominous and perverse numbers is so easy to see through. You’re not fooling anybody. Ever. The reason you’re now making signed in dummies? Hu, that Guest really got to you, didn’t they? Now you think if you make all these dummy emails and send out the code for new accounts to be made nobody can tell. No. We’re not dumb. None of us are. Even if you actively use them in the fandom. We know it’s you.

We’re all keeping a close watch on them. 

Use them to make comments if you want. I don’t care if it somehow strengthens your fragility. Indirectly attack me in your comment section if you want to, because you hate me for whatever reason beyond the obvious. I don’t care. But leave others alone.

Did you write the first ever Dark! Demi story? Yes. I never said you didn’t. Sadly, you have to understand that some people can come around the corner and knock you off your pedestal (or lack there of). The same can easily be said about me and whatever I may write. It doesn’t mean they deserve your rage just because readers took to that story better.

We write differently from one another. Accept that, move on, and get better.

[cleoselene]

caught up on Disco

I had stopped after I think 1x07?  I was still pretty lukewarm but the episodes since have been really solid.  I got spoiled on the Lorca reveal and it made me much more inclined to keep watching.  It’s better this way because there’s a legitimate reason for a Star Trek captain, though it feels a little antagonistic to the audience to tease an ~ev0l~ captain, but plenty about this show is antagonistic to the core audience and I’ve made my peace with that.  Not sure I concur with Anthony Rapp’s assertion that it’s satisfying to have been “chafed” for several episodes, but if that’s how this show is gonna work, I’ll roll with it, because the positives are worth it at the moment.

The Terran Empire as I said in my other post is amazingly tacky and it fits with the current political climate to have a ship that looks like a casino and uniforms of shining gold for the evil empire.  also lmao there is no reason for anyone in space to have a sword, I’ve been saying this for fucking years about the Klingons, but ofc the tacky ass Terran Emperor would wield a huge sword.

deadass lost it at Sarek having a goatee, rofl.  James Frain continues to rock my socks every time he appears.  He and Sonequa have the most amazing dynamic and and their scenes really elevate this show every time.

looks like Voq is gone judging by his girl’s death scream.  Ash 2 is going to be interesting.  

I don’t want to see Mirror Georgiou become soft, I don’t think it tracks for the Emperor of the Terrans to have a big squishy spot, even for Michael, and I think maybe it’ll be a good exercise for Michael to confront the idea that -her- Philippa is actually dead, that she’ll know it in her heart.  

So, Prime Lorca is probably dead, yeah?  Too bad, I would have liked to have seen him.  I bet he was legitimately a great guy.  But I think Jason Isaacs wants to probably go do movies so I’m not holding out too much hope.

unrelated to the plot: Dax would be either Emony or Audrid in Disco’s time I believe?

This show is making me feel warmer to it with each passing episode, though.  And watching the most recent episodes was nice because it was all good stuff and nothing new to irk me like the early episodes did.

EXCEPT that I could have lived my whole life without seeing Klingon tits.  Really.  That would have been cool.  

finally I don’t remember what episode it was but when Michael said “I finish what I started” and did this little lip twitch because you know she was thinking about the fact that this war is on her shoulders?  Amazing.  Sonequa is knocking it out of the park every episode and she is really the reason I have stuck with this show.  She’s excellent.  I loved her on The Walking Dead and I’m happy for her as an actress that she’s off that hellshow that pays its actors shit and only uses them once every few episodes and has a show where she is the true lead, because she’s really good.

[valeriemperez]

Do you think something could still happen to end Ceciles pregnancy or do you think they're going through with it?

The time for it to have been a false positive was this week, so the only options now are go through with it or put her (and Joe) through a miscarriage. I do not think they would choose the latter based on the tone they want for the season.

from what we’ve seen so far (Hazard and her bf cheating, Cisco/Gypsy, the Harry sex reference about Wally/Jesse, and the strippers coming up next week), i actually don’t think this new crop of writers is as tame with the sex stuff as the old ones. so, given that, i totally think we ought to get a Barry/Iris fooling around scene, even if it’s playful.

Yeah, I think a cute scene of Barry and Iris being suggestive is very possible. 4.05 and 4.09 are the likeliest candidates imo.

Yiiikes at TF went down to a 0.7 in ratings yesterday, I think that’s the lowest it ever went. Granted yesterday had Halloween and the World series

Series low because they had those two factors against them, but I’m certain they’ll bounce back next week. I just hope they make it back to 1.0.

It’s too bad this ep was such a dud to me, I thought TC actually did a pretty good job at directing, there was a lot of cool new camera tricks and angles that most of the directors of ☇ don’t bother with, I just wish the writing was better

Aside from the somewhat confusing cigar group hug, I thought he did a god job. I liked the episode a lot more than most, I think, but it didn’t give me the happy high that the last three did.

That was my least favorite episode so far of the season. I liked the Cisco storyline, and that it was completely independent of the Dibney story. We got to see more of Cisco as a person who is clever, witty, and a really good bf. However, the jokes fell flat for me tonight. I don’t think I laughed at all, and Tom C said this was the funniest episode, ever? I don’t get this humor, lol. Also, was Dibney masturbating or just scratching in the lab? That was an odd sight!

I am inclined to agree. I love seeing Cisco lead his own romantic story, and I also think Hartley did very well as Dibny, but I’m not a big fan of the potty humor or fat jokes. And LMAO I have no idea what Ralph was doing, but I am gonna guess scratching.

I’m also with you and the anon. While it would be nice to have a WA sex scene, I’m not in a hurry. I’m just happy we even go a kiss when I expected nothing this week. Besides, we were reminded that Iris is still in charge of the team (Thanks, Joe for calling her Boss), and we got to see WA team up outside of Starlabs. Now let’s see them kick ass together, too.

Yes! I hope we get way more moments like Dibny’s office, because this is a nice new side to WA that we haven’t explored yet. I also want romantic/playful scenes, but there is time for them.

@eboniangelvibez said:

I cannot wait to hear B+I’s wedding vows 👰🏽👨🏻‍⚖️ at the waterfront, where they first kissed. I can’t even imagine how simple, yet beautiful they will be. Admittedly, I’m kind of bummed that Joe and Wally aren’t there, but it is what it is. At least they’ll be married and she will finally be Iris West Allen. I’m hoping that after the hiatus we’ll slowly-but-surely get reporter Iris working with Flash. I really like them working together. However, they may just start taking about children.

I agree with all of this! I’m also looking forward to how much we get inside the church, and I hope Barry cries rofl.

One reason that I don’t like the idea of a Jocile baby is because haters will find a way to bash westallen once again… I saw a fanboy tweeting that this newborn will be raised having a sister and brother who are married -.- The writers having Barry calling Joe dad doesn’t make things better, even though I agree that he is a great father figure, but he’s not Henry. I know that we shouldn’t care about the Iris/WA hate because people always find something to hate, but it’s overwhelming sometimes

I don’t feel like Barry has called Joe “Dad” recently and I don’t think he will call the new baby his sibling, but yeah I get how the hate can bring you down sometimes. Mute/block buttons are your friend in that case.

[jadedadultritsu]

Ok so Imma keep this short and sweet before my overflowing feelings and shower thoughts disappear the next day lmao. Here’s my top 5 OTP’s that came into mind:

1) Levi x Hange (SnK)

2) Dojo x Iku (Library Wars)

3) Takano x Ritsu (SiH)

4) Kageyama x Hinata (HQ)

5) Dojin x Hye-sung (Love is an Illusion)

Which of your OTP would:

Have a grand GRAND wedding: Canonically speaking, 2 and 5 already had their grand weddings :’). OTP 1 is too tragic, 3 TBD, and 4 are too smitten/distracted with volleyball they’re just gonna wind up fighting who’s gonna take it to the altar.

Argue over honeymoon destination: OTP 4 OBVIOUSLYYY ROFL. Like, they’re literally fated to bicker with each other??? They’re born into their world for the sole purpose of it and they won’t survive a day without one. Otherwise, everyone else would think something’s wrong LMAOOO.

Have burnt food for breakfast: OTP 1 (Hange parody vers.) doesn’t know how to take care of herself so Levi just kinda barges in her room each time she’s too indulged with her experiments and Levi fills the perfect waifu role. Also, with OTP 3 knowing Ritsu’s state of apartment and poor lifestyle due to work.

Forget their anniversary/each other’s birthday: Oh this one’s easy, OTP 5. Everything happened so fast, the conception of Byul and all lmao. I just don’t think they’ve already known every personal detail yet. But I believe they truly love each other (cheesy).

Pick library for a place to date: OMG I just realized that my 1st 3 OTP’s would mostly likely do this and not be bothered by it at all. <3

Pick Titanic as their ‘Netflix and Chill’ background noise: 1, 3, 5. I just feel like it cuz the better halves are musically-inclined (gives off that vibes at least).

Hold hands and screaming aloud during a haunted house ride: ... I’d like to think all of them were emotionally trained by Elsa to conceal, don’t feel.

Have pillow fight instead of sex on their first night together after marriage: 1 and 4 absolutely. The rest are too horny, they can’t keep their hands to themselves.

Have intense snowball fight (and make snowman later,perhaps): ALL OF THEM LMAO. I can totally see the uke’s/fem ones initiating the snowball fight so the other one will be pissed and later fights back with even more/bigger snowballs (esp. Kageyama and Levi). In the case of TakaRitsu, Takano would most likely hit snowball at Ritsu first for his personal entertainment lmaooo.

Hang a lot of mistletoe in the house for excuse to kiss: 3 and 5 bc it’s in the seme’s personalities LOL.

Have a lot of make up sex: Uh ermm EXCUSE ME?!?!?! Canonically, 3 and 5. Bc the others have self-control and have other things to do with their lives than sex all the time lmao.

Wake up each other with kisses: This is so sweet. Imma go WITH ALL OF THEM.

Adopt pet(s): I don’t see them adopting any considering their too busy with their work/personal lives. :(

Be shaken because of love rivalry/third person: 2 and 5 would openly complain about it to the other. 1, 2, and 4 would tryna hide their jealous butts.

Do candlelight dinner at home and throw rose petals on their bed for anniversary: Surprisingly, NONE, LOL. OTP’s 1 (Hange) and 5 (Dojin) maybe...? The rest of the OTP’s are too bashful to do such an extent, hence they’re most likely resort to simple surprises might be fear of rejection idk.

Welp, that’s just a brief. I have something to say more but.. XD. Had to switch to laptop so I can organize this and cuz how OC I can get at times. Tagging yooouuu @sugarlove12 @takahasheesh​ if you wanna and have time <3

OTP Game

I was originally tagged in my STUCKY (FUCK ENDGAME STILL) account, thought I’d share :)

Pick top 5 OTP and answer the questions later! Tag some people to pass it on!

Kirishima x Yokozawa (Trifecta)

Isaka x Asahina (Mistake)

Ijuuin x Yuu (Sentiment)

Hiroki x Nowaki (Egoist)

Chiaki x Hatori (Domestica)

I’ll go with my Sekakoi JR OTP here but you can choose any OTPs from any fandom that  you’re in :D

tagging @boyimtrash @yoshiunova @girlwithships @jadedadultritsu (if you want and have time) and anyone who  wants to do it ^^

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[dmitri-smerdyakov]

Family ship meme for Jakweenie por favor :)

Ooh, yes, I’m always up for some Jakweenie! :D

* Who’s moreprotective?Can’t you just imagine Queenie being a bit of a protective mama bear? Jacobwould be that parent who maybe tries to allow the kids to do more stuff forthemselves, whereas Queenie is a little bit like, “okay but be safe! Don’t goout of sight!”* Who’s more carefree?They’re both really carefree, I feel; Queenie loves life and is generallyjust very carefree because of it, so I’m inclined to say Queenie.* Who’s the best at maths?Jacob(?) because he obviously had to plan out all the details about thebakery, about the loan, management etc. so I’m assuming he’s good at maths. I’mnot sure if Wizarding children learn that kind of thing as much.* Who’s the best at English?I wouldn’t say either is better than the other, really; perhaps Queenie hasmore of a way with words because of her Legilimency though?* When their children are upset, what do the parents do?Jacob makes the kids their favourite pastries, no matter what time of theday it is whilst Queenie settles them with some hot cocoa in the meantime. Thenboth parents sit with the children, giving cuddles if needed, and they talkthings over – Queenie can obviously read what happened, but they prefer thekids to say it themselves and not bottle it up.* What cheers up the children most?Days spent in the bakery with their Papa, helping him and telling thecustomers funny stories about all of the creature-shaped pastries. Also,bedtimes when Queenie sings them to sleep.* Who works most, and who works least?Once the children were on the way, Queenie happily left MACUSA/Wand Permitsto stay with their children – her being pregnant would have raised a great dealof questions, for one, and she really didn’t like the menial job. Jacobcontinued to work at the bakery, though Queenie often helped him.* How strict are they?Not really very strict; their children are brought up to be polite andsweet, so there’s not a great number of times where they need to be strict. Theonly times are when the kids are really misbehaving or causing trouble, and it’susually Queenie; she doesn’t shout or yell or even get angry, she justquietly/softly warns them to behave – and they do because they don’t want toupset Mama Queenie.* Private, home, or public school?They went to public no-maj!school before moving to Dorset, and then theywent to a muggle public school in England up until they went to Hogwarts. * Who spoils the children most?They both spoil the kids equally; Queenie showers each and every one ofthem with love and attention, indulging them with stories or songs, and Jacobplays with them and makes them whatever pastries they want.* How many children do they have/want?Oh, they have a whole brood! There’s Tobias (Toby), Daisy, then the twinsRuth and Abel, followed by Elijah (Eli); after they move to Dorset, they have adaughter called Lucy and they adopt a little girl shortly after called Penny.Jacob and Queenie love having a large family because there’s so much love to goaround.* Who brings up the idea [of having/adopting children]?Well, neither of them bothered bringing up any kind of contraceptivemethods – not even Queenie, who was aware of potions and such – but they weren’ttalking about it when they found out Queenie was pregnant with Toby. Obviouslythey were both a little hesitant when finding out because their marriage wasillegal, and if they were found out then the family would be torn apart – but theywere both excited, nonetheless.* How do they celebrate birthdays?Jacob and Queenie go all out whenever they can; Jacob bakes big cakes forthe child whose birthday it is, Queenie either buys or makes them toys/clothes/presents,and the children choose what activity to do for the day, depending on theweather/school/day. When it’s Queenie’s birthday, Jacob gets the kids up early to help him make hera big breakfast, and they surprise her with breakfast in bed and morningcuddles. All Queenie wants usually is to spend the day with the kids/family,though Jacob always does something a little extra for her; one year, he getsher a small little gold necklace – a locket – with a picture of their kids init. Once they live in Dorset, he gets Newt and/or Tina to watch the kids (inlater years, Toby is old enough to babysit his younger siblings) and he takesQueenie out. She loves going to the pictures because she can’t hear thethoughts of the people on-screen, and they go out for dinner too. Sex is agiven, of course.When it’s Jacob’s birthday, the kids wake him up by clambering on top of himand giving him hugs/kisses because they love their Papa. The kids make giftsfor Jacob, usually colourful drawings or stories, and he grins and gets a real kickout of them. Queenie insists on making him breakfast on his birthdays as he’susually the one who makes it (he makes damn good pancakes), and she gives himlittle presents that mean a lot: they’re not expensive or extravagant, justpictures of their family because she knows that’s all he wants really. If theycan get Newt or Tina to take the kids then they’ll go out for a nice dinner,and then return home for some nice birthday sex.* How does everyone show they’re upset?Jacob tries not to cry but he’s a real big softie, and Queenie knowsbecause of a) Legilimency and b) years of knowing him; he was brought up by afather who firmly believed that emotions were completely feminine and notmasculine at all, so he tries not to show when he’s hurting. It’s obvious whenQueenie is upset because she’ll cry – but also because Jacob will notice thather eyes aren’t shining as bright, that her smile isn’t as genuine or wide, andhe can’t have that because she deserves the world and more.Toby and Eli both sulk and remain in their bedrooms if they’re upset (Toby hasto be strong as the oldest, and he can’t have his siblings seeing him cry);Daisy and Abel both grow quiet and pretend to read a book or something,refusing to talk about it. Ruth lets everyone know that she’s upset byannouncing it, unashamed if people know she’s hurting (“Why should I be ashamed?”); Lucy denies she’supset and forces herself to smile…and then Penny, the little redhead, has afiery temper and snaps at people if she’s hurting/upset/sad.* Drinking? They don’t drink a lot, but… Gigglewater. It always, no matter how manyyears have passed, makes Queenie giggle whenever Jacob takes a shot ofGigglewater.* Do they take their children to work sometimes? (Worded weirdly)Queenie gave up work at MACUSA when the kids arrived, and even if she hadn’tthen I doubt she could have brought them with her. Jacob, however, brings thekids to the bakery whenever he can.* Who lays on boobs and who is the one with the boobs that get laid on? (thankyou Megan)(ROFL Why did Audrey put this in) Queenie obviously has the boobs, but Idefinitely see them lying together with her head on Jacob’s chest or shoulderbecause he makes her feel safe and loved.* Any special traditions, besides holidays?As I mentioned in my Newtina one, Tina and Queenie made a tradition ofremembering their parents on the anniversary of their deaths; at first Queenieisn’t sure how Jacob will feel about that, but of course he assures her that it’sa nice idea and that if she wants to do it then he’ll be there with her. So itbecomes a tradition – with the kids later joining in – to talk about Queenie’smemories of her parents, about the things that she and Tina did as children, andit’s just really nice.* Who has the dirtiest mind? Well, it’s hard because they’re both quite sweet on each other – obviously weknow Jacob has dirty thoughts of Queenie, though he gets flustered about itbecause “jeez, she don’t deserve men gawking over her like that, she deservesbetter”. However, Queenie is pretty loved up too – she has less concerns aboutthat kind of thing being taboo because she’s been exposed to thoughts about itsince she was young due to her Legilimency, so she has little problem inthinking her dirty thoughts about Jacob ;)* What are arguments between the two SO’s about?Oh, Jacob and Queenie don’t exactly argue; the closest to arguing is whenQueenie misunderstands something she’s gleamed from Jacob’s mind and she dwellson it before confronting him – i.e. when she’s seven months pregnant with twinsand gets overly-emotional because he’s been at work and hasn’t been homeenough, so she thinks he doesn’t love her anymore. Like I said, they don’targue because Queenie can read his thoughts and Jacob is a sweetheart and they’reboth too sweet on each other for that kind of thing, really.* What are arguments between the children and the parents about?When the kids are teenagers and Queenie reads their minds; they love theirMama, they do, but they wish that she didn’t hear their thoughts because there’sno privacy. They get really defensive about privacy. Jacob settles thingsusually in that regard.* What kind of house would they live in?In New York it’s a small apartment that really doesn’t fit their family asit grows but they love anyway. In Dorset, it’s much more spacious; the kids allget their own rooms, there’s open space, it’s close to the Scamander house, andthey don’t have to hide at all.* Any pets?When the Kowalskis first moved, Daisy and Ruth got into an argument thatUncle Newt settled by promising Ruth a Puffskein, a Kneazle kitten and ahippogriff. He didn’t go back on his word (Ruth is small but terrifying, youdon’t want to be on her bad side) and so that was how the Kowalskis ended upwith a Puffskein named Poof, a Kneazle named Pepper and a hippogriff called “Fluff-Feathers”(it’s the last time Ruth is allowed to name an animal, Newt privately tellshimself)(Queenie could have hexed Newt for allowing her daughter to own a fully-grownhippogriff. Jacob was absolutely thrilled)* What’s one odd quirk about the family?Family dinners where it goes absolutely silent and then Queenie/Daisy/Abelgo “Are you being serious?!” or similar after reading someone’s mind.* Married before or after having kids?Before – their marriage was very quick and illegal. To add, Jacob wanted tobe a gentleman and do it right for Queenie by waiting until marriage.* What are some rules in the house?Not really a rule, but the kids all end up pleading at one point “Pleasedon’t read my mind!”. Queenie is also adamant that the animals do not sleep onthe kids’ beds (this fails when Pepper the Kneazle snuggles up to Queenie onenight purring, and Queenie falls in love)* What’s the SO’s ‘song?’I don’t know really! I’m sure that they loved jazz as a couple or somethingsimilar, you know? Something fun to dance to together.* Some family-shared talents? (I hope that makes sense)Wizardry and baking :D* One thing the kids do that annoys the sh*t out of the parents?The kids don’t annoy their parents because their parents are wrapped aroundthe kids’ little fingers…but even so, it is a little grating when Ruth decidesto cry or shout…or when Queenie and Jacob are “getting busy” and Queeniesuddenly hears one of the kids waking up. In the end, they put a locking charmon the door and silencing spells on the bedroom to be safe.* One thing the SO does that annoys the other?Aww, they don’t annoy each other really! Queenie just wishes that Jacobwouldn’t think so little of himself/how he looks, you know? She loves him, sheloves every part of him, and she doesn’t want him to change for anything.

[starrykitchen]

Ya know, this week is becoming an especially busy week of “social media-ing” for me especially BECAUSE... I’M GOING TO BE IN MY BANANA SUIT TOMORROW IN A DUNKING BOOTH ALL AFTERNOON TO BRING IN THE VERY LAST @LAFOODFEST!! No joke (except maybe all the balls jokes I’ve dropped over the years, me wearing the banana suit for so many occasions, and the fact that I did originally propose this idea not knowing it would happen 🤷‍♂️). This is for all the people I’ve annoyed with my (balls/megaphone/unapologetic double entendres galore) antics over the years. This is for the people that refuse to eat our food because they just vehemently dislike me. (Which just means it’s more for me to eat😋). This is for the people that love our food, but still can’t stand me. (But I still love YOU😘)This for all the people that came to the @latimesfood #bitenight one time and waited for me to take a really quick pee break to finally bum rush our table to try our food because they definitely did not want to deal with the banana man. This is for that one guy on @midtownlunchla’s blog back in the day that when asked what his least favorite cuisine was his answer was curtly, “Starry Kitchen.” 🤣(Just to be clear, ALL of this makes me ROFL, I get it and... I LOVE IT 😭😭😭)... It’s also for anyone that just wants to have fun and just dunk the shit outta me too! So tell all your friends on the newest place to meet people I’ve just heard about... #FRIENDSTER, invite that dude @myspacetom that’s been creepin’ on “some” of you (how’s he EVERYONE’S friend anyway, HUH?!? 🤷‍♂️) on that-there-cool-with-the-musically -inclined #MySpace and let’s gather as many of our asses and get out to @santaanitapark and try, we gonna TRY(+HARD💪) to get that ultra-rare-and-coveted-that-we’ll-need-to-convince-a-hard-to-attain-250 ppl-that-MIGHT-use-this-new-thing-called-social-media (pfffft, who uses this stuff anyway😱) to gets that #Swarm baaaaaaaadge on @foursquare (that I hear is good for nothing but bragging rights... which hardly seems worth the effort the more I ponder this ��🤔🤔) AND... DUNK... MY... ASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🍌💦👍... 👈you can interpret this triplet of emojis anyway you see fit. 😉☝️ (at Santa Anita Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzRYFdNh0vu/?igshid=a3zbsph9t9xs

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Without Malice: ‘Crazy’ Mohan Tickled Our Funny Bones

Death is what comes at times when you least expect. And these are the times where mortality stares at us. In his passing, ‘Crazy’ Mohan leaves the Tamil theatre much poorer. He went when he was still reigning and he left without a murmur. There are certain people who we think will stay immortal. We never imagine death will come to them – that too when they are in the most happening times. As someone said when Steve Jobs passed away, he died ‘medias res’ – in the middle of a story. By any stretch of imagination, ‘Crazy’ Mohan had a lot left in him!

‘Crazy’ Mohan, even at a distance to a commoner like me, provided a sense of ‘all is well with the world’ feeling. He orbited within a defined space, never courting controversy even for a pickle (as a Tamil saying goes). Kamal Haasan’s tribute best defined him – a childish innocence that never left him. What is more remarkable is his absolute lack of malice towards anyone or anything. A proud product, as he would often, of a joint family system, he kept his gaze at the daily goings on and gave silliness a new comic meaning. His word twists, as Baradwaj Rangan, says in his tribute – postman fell ‘thabaal-nu’ – came as a great relief to our own straight-line gaze at the world. A sort of convoluted thinking and a twisted way of approaching anything in his plots that gave way to a series of knots, which untangled one by one, was his trademark. It seemed to come naturally to him – this is where he attributes his writing to the joint family he lived with.

I was not a veritable fan of his plays, but I enjoyed catching up whenever I stumbled upon it or when I deliberately wanted to see some of his plays. There was always a pull, always an inclination to watch. There was something enjoyable, there was something funny, there was some way of leg pulling of our own lives, there was something that felt good because it was not political, never smelling of someone or something current. He simply gave us a lot of joy. He made us laugh – again and again at our own silliness and at the silly things that others did. His word play facilitated the carry of his humour quite tellingly.

Repeatedly he has said a few things that are quite instructive of his approach to life. He would say, ‘Life is crazy; take it easy.’ He never seemed to think of anything outside the family. His simple demeanour was endearing. ‘Madhu’ Balaji, his brother, was offered films as an actor, but he staunchly refused them as it would lead to discord with his wife. That said a lot about the values that the joint family practiced. He often talked about his joint family system coming in good stead for his writing. He spoke of the twisted ways sometimes life was looked at by his large family. ‘Crazy’ Mohan never defied discipline even when he began to court films for script writing. He never spoke ill of anyone – another gracious trait.

His script writing was as neither much of an ROFL variety nor was it subdued British humour type. It was loud and obvious to shake us out of our inhibitions – to have a hearty laugh without a worry. There was always this word play that came in good stead. The twists and characterisation together worked only to make us laugh more. Kamal Haasan as the hero of his scripts delivered memorable comedies that went on to become blockbusters. You could watch those films repeatedly without getting bored. My favourite is Pancha Thandhiram for its sheer word play, the Crazy Mohan type. There was a time when I binge watched the Kamal starrers with Crazy’s scripts just to get out of a low moment. It worked wonders. Right from ‘Evlo periya mathre?’ to ‘Janaki medium form’ (for Maragathavalli) to ‘Kelvi kettarathu romba easy mama’ to several others make the film watchable innumerable types just for the unadulterated fun. Repeated watching of Kamal Haasan movies with Crazy’s writing just enhanced the experience, never making you feel tedious. That was pure magic of ‘Crazy’ Mohan. Another great snatch of a scene that would give us a laugh anytime we watched was the ‘mean’ (meen?) comedy in Michael Madana Kama Rajan.

‘Crazy’ Mohan was multifaceted – he could do skilful art, giving hours of painstaking attention, and write even more sophisticated limericks (venbas) in Tamil. He was supremely talented and genius at inventing comical situations out of the ordinary. Never for once was his scholarly visible, never once did he weigh himself above. He remained so rooted to his simple outlook of life, so grounded, so simple mannered. His joy of defining his life was such a pleasure to hear – ‘I will feel homesick even in Mambalam’. He earned friendships on the weight of his simplicity and he was so courteous and gentle.

And even in his passing, he was gentle but made us cry.

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McPinechez family portrait, and probably one of the last pictures from when this family was whole and happy! Hi also welcome to my first ever drawing of Alejandra McGucket, she and Fidds had a whole “we met in the first grade and he smiled and i fell in love instantly” puppy love thing that literally lasted until Allie’s untimely death. Allie is a nurse practitioner which is pretty fuckin lucky for this fuckin family of dingdongs who keep getting hurt real bad in the pursuit of “science.” I like her look so far. The blondes are kinda mad that they’re going gray so much more noticably than the brunettes. Ripley and Toiba have the same eye color- technically so does Baby, but for some reason I just really felt like giving them  those big ol’ glossy dark eyes. Maybe this picture was taken while their pupils were dilated for the eye doctor? That’s it. Baby gets their glasses soon after. The adults are all 39-40-41 here and the kids are 11-almost-12 and 9-and-a-half. Toiba is trying superhumanly hard to be “good” for the picture. You’re doing great Toiba. Your cousin was literally incapable of not-talking during this photoshoot.

Fidds and Allie were hoping Tate would inherit Allie’s nose and chin/jawline. As you can see... ...that did not occur. As the child of engineers/computer scientists in the early 90′s, Fiddleford’s mustache and shirt gave me literal flashbacks.

@ Stan and Fiddleford: guess what in 5 years all your children will be significantly taller than either of you, how do you feel about it

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GOD i love allie’s extreme side part and nape-of-the-neck bun. the skirt, not so much, that thing is heavy polyester and I DON’T LIKE IT. also fiddleford lmao your family is making fun of your awful mustache, shave it off buddy. i’ve only had to look at this mustache since this evening and i’m already sick of it. also fidds clearly missed the memo about the bowties.

Oh so I realize I have not been clear before but literally nobody in this picture is straight. Also, I just did the math, and if you think a person in this picture is cis you’re probably wrong. This also counts for the canon One Sword, incidentally.  Frankly I’m only counting Ripley and Ford (in absentia) as cis parents here because one’s a traumatized amnesiac who has not had the time or inclination for self reflection and one is the product of an emotionally stunted childhood where masculinity was the only thing he felt was allowed to reach for in the context of a very specific 1950s/60s set of societal rules who decided to funnel his entire identity into his academic career as a way of escaping feelings of inadequacy in every other department.

i just noticed baby looks almost entirely like my little cousin jeannette rofl