#seeing John Mulaney

[erinwantstowrite]

Erin I really don't mean to be a downer or anything but what are we gonna do if tr*mp bans ao3 😰

i will either A) learn coding or beg someone to help me and make my own personal website for my existing readers (which could be fun) or i will B) make a google doc and let my existing readers see it via a link given in my discord (and let them make comments, which could be REALLY fun)

actually right now im thinking about it and option B sounds fun either way... like i moved away from google docs because of AI so maybe i could find a different site that will let me do that but it would be fun to let discord folks comment on paragraphs...

[yashley]

fearne: *is an Animal* imogen: *Gives Scritches*

[professor-doc-emeritus]

I love the dichotomy we get between jinshi and the emperor that shows off how the traits that make jinshi a great prince, boss, friend (husband 👀👀👀👀) are the very same traits that will make him a terrible emperor.

His hard working streak that lets him handle his weird assignments with grace and manage the clashing egos of the inner palace is what will get him killed by overwork as emperor since he has no real head for delegation. It took 11 volumes and the intervention of most of his immediate family just to get jinshi to hire a secretary. The emperor always being free to host parties, sleep with the consorts, and bust jinshis balls in-between it all is, much like lakan always being free to annoy maomao, actually a sign of him being god-like at delegation and organizational management.

His lack of ego and willingness to look the fool if it gets the job done is great for avoiding political snafus and getting to the truth of things. It's genuinely the thing that makes all his expeditions to the western capital so wildly successful: he really doesn't gaf about how he's seen by the public, so long as the job gets done and his friends aren't in immediate danger. It's also the exact opposite of what you need from a head of state who's legitimacy is not-insignificantly based on the public perceiving you as an instrument of the will of heaven. The emperor being willing to kill people and their families over slights jinshi (and most sane human beings) would be willing to let slide is cruel and inhuman, but it's also what keeps the populace at large from being able to organize against him and challenge the imperial power.

Jinshis compassionate streak, his urge to save as many people he can and find the best solution for everyone possible, makes him great to work for. He'll give you assignments that match your hyper fixation, work around your crippling social anxiety, give you a post that just-so-happens to involve you staying with the love of your life for a few months. More over, he isn't gonna risk his life and your position over petty ego or greed when he can find a peaceful solution instead. But the hesitation he feels at using people like tools, and his unwillingness to act if it means throwing people under the bus, is what will lead to death and destruction if he's the emperor. Especially in a time of war. The current emperor is willing to ruin lives and crush nations if it reaches a goal, advances an agenda.

Finally, jinshis loyalty, I'd say even more than his looks, is what draws people to him. He loves his toys, can't stand to give them up. It makes him a great romantic figure. But when you're the emperor, and you need to be willing and able to marry someone for political ends, produce as many heirs as possible regardless of who with, and set aside the feelings of those women for your own sake, that loyalty is poison.

Idk, so often in stories with these systems they sorta follow the logic of "if he's a good person he'll be a good leader." I think it's cool to have a series talk about how being a leader involves being EXTREMELY comfortable with being an asshole, for a myriad of reasons, and how someone being pleasant to work for wouldn't make them an effect monarch.

[loganslowdown4]

Thomas: why should you be held to a different standard than any other side?

Virgil: because I was one of them—

Fanders:

[eemcintyre]

Ok WHEN did John Mulaney become a total dilf and was anyone ever going to tell me???

[warrior-kitty]

We were like horses with keyblades we were running wild

[autumnalmess]

Not very subtle, now was it Victor?

[jay-birds-fly]

The way they articulated mortality with found family in a gorgeous, storybook-like animation style was what got me

[buttrd]

Every time the bear adds a new guest star it's like that episode of Rick and Morty where they keep adding new characters

Like oh hey Mackelmore is back in from his gig at Ball State, he's the eighteenth Fack who is really good at foundation repair, he's gonna come in and smoke three rocks while Carm cries in dry storage and the fire alarm goes off

He's been there the whole time

He's YOUR family

You will address him as such

[a-passing-storm]

I have gotten myself a Dropout subscription as a little treat...

[tomwambscunts]

“Nevertheless, same individual, type of.” He has always been this way. He talked about how bad of an addict he was, how he was so good at keeping up appearances he even fooled his own parents but you people denied who he really is and wanted to believe to a persona that you have created for him in your head, which is the “tall child” image that will never ever do anything wrong and now you’re hurt yet it doesn’t give you any right to get mad or disappointed by him. It’s still your problem, again, not his.

[lulu-spooks]

You know I’ll say it I do think John mulaney looks hotter since his coke problem started

[goldrushwoman]

the bear season two, episode six

[cornsword]

[hannibalismos-jaaneman]

the way that fifth grader henry in the theatre where john mulaney perfomed baby j kept on distracting him, so did my childhood.

[bigleoenergy]

John Mulaney divorce and post-rehab child drama is soooooo boring. Let's talk about whether or not we think Olivia Munn got him into injections or low dose testosterone lol