#see you guys on Saturday :)

[applebees4prez]

snl wishes they could be this funny prepared, let alone off the cuff. nobody has perfected the art of comedic timing like zac oyama has but also, nobody could work with other comedians well as these guys do.

[heliswife]

"What perfume are you wearing?" Taehyun's voice snaps you out of your thoughts. The silence in the room was too much for the pair.

"Hm, it's one of my favorite scents, I just finally found it at the store I go to buy perfume," You explain. "Why?"

"I noticed you smelled different, sounds a bit weird saying it out loud, but you get it, right?" Taehyun responds. It's just you and him, your best friend, in the comfort of your bedroom.

You snatch one of your plushies from the sea on your bed, squeezing it in your arms. "Mhm, do you want a better smell?" You held your wrist up for him.

"Ah, sure..." one of Taehyun's gentle hands hold your wrist as he presses his nose against it. "Smells good, is it vanilla?"

"You know your scents." A small smile appears on your lips. Then, it feels almost as if time slowed down for the both of you as Taehyun slowly inches closer to you.

"I like you," He bluntly states. His cheeks are dusted pink and his hand is still holding onto your wrist.

"Do you really?" Your hand gently strokes his dark hair, trying to cover up your surprise.

"Do you want me to show you?" He suggests. He's closer to your face now, cupping your cheeks. You can only meekly nod before he presses his lips onto yours.

One could say sparks were flying in your room that day, you and Taehyun were like neighboring pieces of a puzzle, lips fitting on his perfectly. Once he pulls off of you to get some air, he could only look at you with half-lidded eyes, clouded with admiration. "Yeah, I really do. I'm assuming you return the feelings?"

"Of course I do, Tyun," You tell him.

[hrokkall]

ULTRATOBER DAY 28 /// MYSTERIOUS DRUID KNIGHT (& owl)

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[gojonanami]

alright who wants a teaser for prof geto (3)?

[somegrumpynerd]

Time for a new toy!

Camera stayed ahead pretty much all week, so tomorrow there will be a camera in the garden!

So now...

("Nothing" option will still attract a cat!)

[slay-the-monster]

[hey guys! Sorry for not posting in a few days, I got better but I've been swamped with school work all week so yeah. I'll be free on Saturday though so I'll probably be ready to continue then!]

[xxplastic-cubexx]

just so you know i get the biggest smile on my face whenever you post art or just normal text posts

if you feel a sudden sense of joy and whimsy thats me telepathically transmitting it to you i hope you know that

[bitchfitch]

I finally got to see a gut doctor today to try to figure out why I've been spitting up blood for two months. after looking at all the (clean) labs and my general medical history, his diagnosis was "stress and anxiety"

I am. very tired.

[pardonmydelays]

listening to saturday on a loop at 6 in the morning i bet my neighbours love me

[nina-ya]

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE HAPPY MONDAY!! First monday of the new year!! I hope you all have a good day lets get this new year off to a great start!!

[seyaryminamoto]

Scenes of a Peaceful World: Sokkla Saturdays 2024

Day Three - Stability

Rated: T

On FF.net//On AO3

"Do have to?" Shun groaned, his posture slanted: his small boomerang failed to hold his interest.

"Of course!" Sokka exclaimed. "You can't sort out all hardships in life with bending, kid."

"And I can sort them out with a boomerang?" Shun asked, blinking blankly. His father huffed.

"You might! Oh, you'll see what it can do soon enough, you grump!" Sokka exclaimed, dismissing his skeptical son's glare. "Take up your positions!"

Shun sighed, though Yuuna seemed excited, instead. Hotaru smiled, raising her boomerang as well: unlike her siblings, she held it the right way, for Shun clasped it dismissively, whereas Yuuna was holding hers on the wrong end by accident, something Sokka was quick to correct upon noticing it.

Their training session in the garden was witnessed by a curious Azula from afar. She smiled from the garden's roofed corridor as Sokka instructed the children: Hotaru, unsurprisingly, was the only one who managed a decent first throw, but she failed to catch the boomerang on its way back. Yuuna and Shun had theirs bouncing on the ground – they scrambled after each of their assigned weapons at once, and it seemed that chasing down the boomerangs was more fun for them than learning how to throw them properly.

"Quite the spectacle they're putting on for you," a familiar, deep voice spoke near Azula. She smiled.

"It's serious, proper training. My entertainment is a secondary matter, Mom," Azula declared. Her mother laughed.

"No doubt," Ursa said. "You should join them. They'd listen to your instruction far more than to Sokka's…"

"Theoretically, yes, but… I don't know how to throw a boomerang," Azula said, simply.

"Truly? He never taught you?" Ursa asked. Azula shrugged and smiled.

"I suppose it was kind of… his thing? I never thought about… huh," Azula raised an eyebrow. Her mother's wrongful assumption had some merit…

"Well…" Ursa smiled, squeezing her shoulder gently: the kids had scattered, with Yuuna and Shun running off, arguing over something again while Hotaru promised her father that she'd reel them in. "If you'd like that to change, this is your chance."

Azula smiled too. She squeezed Ursa's hand gently before taking the plunge, stepping into the garden.

Sokka sighed in resignation as he picked up his children's dropped boomerangs when Azula stopped beside him.

"Oh, what can you do? Kids are too unruly to learn useful skills in life," Sokka said, dramatically. Azula smiled.

"Kids might be, yes. But… have you considered changing your target audience?" she asked. Sokka raised his eyebrows.

"Have I?"

He understood her intent right away. He smiled in grateful surprise, and Azula shrugged.

"My mom's idea. Frankly, I'm not sure why it never crossed our minds sooner," Azula laughed. "But, if you want an obedient pupil…"

"You? An obedient pupil?" Sokka smirked. Azula laughed again.

"Now, now! I can be, until I feel bold enough to challenge you at whatever skill you're teaching me," she said. "At least I can promise to take this more seriously than our kids. How about it?"

Sokka smiled: he stretched his hand towards Azula. Once she clasped it, he pulled her towards himself, making her twirl until she wound up with her back against his chest.

"No takebacks now. I will be… a ruthless, relentless teacher," he teased her. Azula laughed and nodded. "How does that sound?"

"Fascinating, clearly," Azula smiled. "I've always admired your most ruthless sides, love. Now, then, should I use one of theirs, or…?"

Sokka shook his head: he raised a hand to his shoulder, unsheathing his own boomerang. Azula hummed in surprise.

"For you, the very best," Sokka smirked. "I'm sure you can handle it."

She clasped it firmly with her left hand: Sokka nodded approvingly, placing his right over hers.

"Better grip than the kids. You're a natural," he teased her.

"I've had years of… well, seeing you hold it. You pick up a thing or two, if unintentionally," Azula reasoned. Sokka chuckled.

"Well, that's a good start. But now… flex your legs slightly, yes. You need stability, to stay grounded in order to do this…"

"Right, right…"

Their training, naturally, was more of a flirting session. Ursa smiled as she watched them from afar, ever relieved to see her daughter's face brightening whenever she was with her husband.

The older woman was of half a mind to leave when an unsurprising scream reached her ears.

"Yuuna! Stop! Mom, she's trying to stick a squirrel-toad down my shirt! Moooom!"

Ursa froze on the spot: Sokka sighed and dropped his head on Azula's shoulder. The kids chased each other – Yuuna, indeed, had a squirrel-toad perched at the end of a long stick, and she ran after her terrified brother, a delighted grin across her face. Hotaru chased after them, too, calling their names, failing to stop them.

"Oh, these kids…" Sokka groaned, glancing back towards them… only to glimpse, instead, as Ursa stepped into the garden, raising her hand, urging him to stay put.

"I'll handle them this time. You two… carry on. Boomerang training is very important," Ursa said. Sokka smirked.

"You know it. Thanks, Ursa!"

Azula bit her lip and smiled: Sokka wrapped his arms tighter around her, swaying in place briefly as Ursa took to calling the children, who knew better than to be too reckless around their grandmother.

"Sokka! This… is not stability. Nor do I feel grounded," Azula laughed: Sokka kissed her cheek, hugging her tightly before taking her hand in his once more. He ensured that she'd stand firmly, the boomerang gripped properly between their hands.

"Okay, okay… let's get serious. Aim, and…!"

Azula smiled as, for the first time, she threw Sokka's boomerang: he smiled at her as he caught it when it spun back towards them.

"My best student," he smiled.

"The best teacher," Azula decided, leaning in to kiss him fully, disregarding the noise behind them: her hand met his over the boomerang, once more.

[batsplat]

How well is Marc actually doing on the GP23 cause I know he’s ahead by a lot to the other GP23s and no disrespect to them but I feel like they aren’t a good comparison because Marc is just better and has a lot more experience so how do you judge how well his season actually is would it be by adaptability or by looking at how good Martin and Pecco were on the bikes last year or by an entirely different criteria cause he does do well to keep up with the GP24s it’s really impressive. And Aragon and Misano did showcase how amazing he is in tricky conditions kind of like Sachsenring 2021.

y'know, in motorsports you can never know these things with any certainty. there's just too many confounding variables. like we know the gp23 is worse than the gp24, we can be reasonably confident it's a bigger gap between specs than in years past... but beyond that? it's not as much worse as bez is making it look, for instance. sometimes it really just comes down to how a rider adapts to a specific bike, whether they're being hindered by any pesky changes to the tyres, that sort of thing... but it is a problem, because bez was kinda supposed to be our benchmark going into this year. right now, marc doesn't have a great benchmark. again, we know he's adapted well, we know he's doing a 'really good' job, but obviously that's all pretty vague. you also can't compare what he's doing right now to what jorge/pecco were doing last year on the gp23... I've seen some people compare lap times between seasons, which, no!! don't do that! the reason why EVERYONE'S lap times have gone down by so much is because michelin have introduced a new rear tyre. it is a completely meaningless comparison. keep it away from me

so, yeah, we don't really know. I'm interested in misano next time out and the flyaways to get a sense of what marc's performance is right now in a 'normal' weekend. like, those two wins were undoubtedly impressive, but also they don't tell me anything I didn't already know. he's very good at anti-clockwise circuits! specifically sachsenring, cota and to a slightly lesser degree aragon... the margin he had over the field was exaggerated by track conditions all weekend, which were of the slippery low grip kind he's always been incredibly strong at, but this was always marquez territory. he also took full advantage of the brief rain at misano to do his thing - and he kept up a very impressive pace when it was drying out, though we were perhaps denied a more extended battle by pecco's physical condition and championship considerations. as marc said, he didn't have anything to lose in that race. but y'know, again this is all in line with expectations. during the summer break I did kinda think that marc's best chances of winning this year were a) aragon and possibly phillip island, or b) a gross ever-so-slightly wet race. his pace in austria was also strong, albeit half a step behind the two gp24 frontrunners - which is what you'd probably expect with the machinery deficit. it's obviously important that he's gotten back into a winning habit again, maybe ironed out a few of the gremlins in the gresini set-up. everything he needs to finish the season strong and come out firing next year

the one slight question mark I still have is the whole qualifying situation. he currently leads his teammate h2h 8-5 which... well, given the kind of disgusting beatdowns of gifted qualifier dani pedrosa he used to deliver,, it does raise an eyebrow. I'm perfectly open to the argument that this is all just about adaptation, about being unfamiliar with the circuits on a ducati, circumstantial factors and a string of bad luck... but, well. just something to keep an eye on. he did need a slice of good fortune in misano - otherwise you just wouldn't be in victory contention at that track from ninth. that's a problem! prime!marc would go entire seasons without qualifying lower than sixth; I know he has a reputation for being a crasher, but back in the day he was able to walk that fine line extremely well to give himself the lap he needed in qualifying without binning it. maybe it's a question of the margin for error still not being quite there at the moment (outside of aragon, obviously), maybe it's something about the risk/reward calculation... who knows. maybe he'll be closer to prime!marc again in qualifying in 2025. but obviously it's worth mentioning in this discussion; by every other metric, marc is completely brutalising the other gp23's

let's quickly compare average grid positions of marc versus his teammate throughout his premier class career

(btw, updating this made me see that marc's average grid position is still the third best on the grid, which.... I mean it's a gulf to second... but given how much I've been bullying him for his qualifying, this makes me deeply unimpressed by what certain other riders have been doing this season)

anyway, look, no cause for alarm, not got a terminal case of being washed quite yet. qualifying can sometimes be the thing that declines first... valentino was never close to the qualifier marc is (defo not a bad qualifier but very much a sunday man)... but that part of his game definitely declined sharper and earlier than everything else and he had some horrendous qualifying seasons when he was still otherwise competitive. it'll be interesting to track next year for sure, defo curious to see how the h2h shakes out with pecco

[scarycranegame]

hot take: everyone whos mad at chappell roan for still loving her conservative family and friends in missouri did not pay close enough attention to the lyrics of pink pony club

[front-facing-pokemon]

[itspileofgoodthings]

I assigned reading homework for the weekend and was hit by this wave of irritation with the implicit lying that goes on where they act like they’ll read the homework but they never actually do and so I called them on it and started teasing them and of course they laughed but then I was like “you know my secret dream is that you go home and you walk in the door and someone wants to do something fun with you or you get a text but you hold up your hand and say ‘no no, I have to read ten pages of Beowulf’ and then you sit down and do it” and they scream-laughed at the idea but I like to think it at least presented it to their minds as a possibility

[gamergirlcrustacean]

IT'S SCAR SATURDAY!!?