#sometimes it's because they're rancid and sometimes i just don't vibe with what they make (like m00dboards and readers and wrong quotes)

[percy-x-luke]

Had no one else to rant about this too. When people ask me dumb questions about me shipping Luke and Percy. Like do you know about their age difference. Do you know that Percy fictional age first starts as 12/13 and Luke's fictional age starts off at 19. It annoys me soooo much that I have to block people and their stupid questions. Ok news flash this is a book series based on Greek and Roman mythology. My gay ships having age gaps is the least problematic thing about the series. I am so sick of Fandom purity culture bullshit.

I don't think anyone has ever asked me why I ship anything and whenever I see a post that reads something along the lines of "why do people ship this" I generally take it in bad faith (because they're generally asked in bad faith) and block the OP.

Anyone who asks you to justify any ship (or the love of a character; because let's be honest, these losers were whining about how evil people who like Luke are for almost two decades) is doing so in bad faith and should be silenced (aka don't give them a platform or the satisfaction of a response - nothing pisses them off more than being ignored because attention is really what it's about). Don't give them the time of day.

Blocking is your friend. I have thousands upon thousands of blogs blocked and it's better for all of us that way.

People have a stupid take? Block em.

People hate a character you love? Block em.

People hate a ship? Block em.

People post stuff you don't like? Block em.

[fourmoony]

Hi!

Oh, I just saw your halloween thing and I think Pumpkin Patch Date #9 Would be adorable adorable with Remus!

I love your works, I'm going to go finish binging all of them ♡

thanks for requesting lovely!! ♡︎

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"That is rancid!" Remus splutters, thrusting the offending coffee in your direction like it's personally offended him.

You take the coffee, unable to help the laugh that escapes you. Lucky for Remus, he hadn't been convinced enough by your love for pumpkin spiced lattes enough to buy one of your own. So, he washes the taste from his mouth with his own coffee. "How can you drink that?" Remus asks, visibly disgusted.

You follow him along as he starts to walk, the sound of leaves under his boots accompanying your laughter. Taking a drink of your drink, you shrug. "I dunno, it just tastes... festive." You tell him.

Remus scoffs, mutters a quiet festive under his breath.

Laughing, still, you bump your shoulder into his. It's as good of an excuse as any for Remus to pull you closer, tucked under his arm as you walk your way through the park. There's a mixture of browns, greens, and yellows all across the park, a chill in the air that makes you glad you stole one of Remus' knitted sweaters.

"So," Remus huffs, "The Potter's are having a masquerade party for halloween."

"I've always wanted to go to one of those. They always have such romantic vibes." You sigh wistfully.

Isn't it every little girls wish to have a prince chase after her, trying to find her, because he doesn't know what she looks like - only that she's the love of his life?

Remus smiles down at you. It pulls the tiny scar atop his lip taught. You can't help but reach up to peck it softly. Remus doesn't believe you love his scars as much as you say you do. But it's true. They make him even more handsome. Infinitely more interesting to look at. You could stare at him all day long if he'd let you.

"Okay, well, I doubt that'll be the vibes at this one. More like Monty and Euphemia net working whilst Sirius makes us get drunk in the parlour like we're still sixteen." Remus laughs. "But I'd still love for you to come. To meet James' parents."

Your boyfriend's own parents have always had a strained relationship with him. They're good people. They just don't see eye to eye with Remus sometimes. You know well that Remus thinks of the Potters as a second set of parents, a safe place. And you're honoured that he'd like for you to meet them.

"I'd love to, Rem." You tell him.

He smiles, eyes crinkling in the corners. He's so beautiful.

You reach a small bench, Remus pulls you to sit beside him. You drink your coffees in silence, commenting only when someone passes with a cute dog. The leaves fall around you and you feel utterly content.

And when Remus kisses you, soft and sweet, he doesn't even complain about the taste of pumpkin spice latte thats on your tongue.

[brucewaynehater101]

Santa AU

Gun batman is unhinged and doesn't notice he lost his gift, his own deductive skills have degraded significantly but he's too arrogant to really realize, none of that group realize because they're so caught up in their own heads and trauma

Tim's ability to realize what someone wants most isn't just a matter of looking at the person and having it pop up in his head, he needs their name and has to actively want to know what the person wants, otherwise it would be too obvious and too overwhelming, and once he thinks of what the other person wants, his own deductive abilities fill in why whatever thing is definitely the answer

kon doesn't know why some people give him rancid vibes, which is why he points them out to Tim, he gives his bird enrichment and he starts to trust his own judgement a bit more so it's a win-win all around and kon does eventually start to figure out who he can trust without the vibe knack as he gets more experience with people, the knack just makes things easier

Cassie, again, is pretty sure her sudden talent with languages is because zeus and zeus is a jerk who is totally fine with stealing someone else's credit

Bart hasn't really ever kept track of how much he eats at any given time, he can make a general estimate if needed, but that he needs to eat less sometimes hasn't really registered, and no speedster is going to race another for no reason since no one wants to risk falling into the speedforce or whatever because they were curious about who's the fastest so no one knows Bart got an extra edge in speed

People being naturally inclined to trust Greta only works as long as Greta doesn't do something that would hurt that trust in her and since she's basically a decent person, she's good

Cissie figures that blonde girls are a dime a dozen and that's why people don't spot her and she needs to work harder to stand out in acting if that's the case but she's fine with that, she's always worked hard anyway

Anita doesn't realize her illusions that make people happy have some extra oomph and she doesn't actually like gingerbread enough to make it very often.

Slobo is super strong already, being able to pack away more things and balance them on one another isn't something he thinks to do very often or need to do very often so it goes unremarked

The gifts santa gave them are powerful but subtle, little things to give them an extra edge but nothing they'll rely on like a crutch, but things that'll definitely help them make their delivery to apocalypse and survive to do it again the next year

I like how subtle the gifts are and how personally they fit. They aren't overt, and thus nothing that would become something they rely on. It makes sense that Gun Batman wouldn't have the gift, nor would anyone on his side.

Kon giving Tim cases is exactly the same as giving a bird enrichment. That's a perfect description of it ^^

Kon's morphing into him just eventually knowing without needing the power is fantastic. It probably still works, but he's got the initial step down.

The others not realizing why they have their powers on explained well. I probably wouldn't notice being able to pack things away well or the gingerbread houses (I haven't made any in years).

[ragnarokhound]

🚪🫷 😲 🫸🚪

JAYTIMKON WOLF DOG SHEEP FIC??? IM LOSING MY MIND AND I NEED YOU TO SAY MORE RIGHT NOW

- @bi-bats

OHOHOHO WELL

if you insist ∠( ᐛ 」∠)＿

The premise is timkon established relationship, but Tim is scheming to acclimate Kon and Jason like introducing two cats through a bathroom door. Eventually, he gets Kon on board he and Kon tag-team Jason, pspspspsing him into their relationship uwu jaytimkon endgame FTW

More specifics and small snip under the cut ;)

This is based on that one post that went around a while ago talking about the herding dog x wolf x sheep dynamic UwU and I thought it would be interesting to do a 3-part fic with 3 different POV's and they each take turns in each of the roles depending on the POV character's perception OwO

I don't have a lot written for it yet, and I would appreciate a vibe check on my Kon voice so far because I don't write him very often (ie at all), but here's a snip of the start:

Kon does not like Jason Todd. He doesn’t really think he has to explain why, because of the, like, everything about him. But in the interest of full disclosure— He’s an asshole. He kills people. He hurt Tim real bad that one time— no, not that time, at Titan’s Tower, that other time, with the batarang he stabbed into Tim’s fucking chest— He’s also never properly met the guy, but so what? He doesn’t have to. He can tell. The vibes are rancid. So he's not really sure why, exactly, Tim is friends with him. They hang out together on the nights they're both in town, after their patrols are done. Jason never stays after Kon gets there, shifty-eyed and staring too long after Kon's kissed his boyfriend hello. Like clockwork, his heartbeat will start to race loud and annoying in Kon's ear, picking up like he's getting ready for a fight. Then Tim always asks if he wants to stay a little longer, that they were planning to watch a movie or grab ramen from that place up the street, and he's welcome to join them. Barf. Kon would go along with it. Begrudgingly. Because despite his extremely correct feelings about Jason, he knows Tim likes him. That he thinks it's water under the bridge. Tim is too generous to forgive sometimes, when he thinks he's the only one who was hurt. But Jason will just raise a cocky eyebrow, glancing at Kon like he knows what he's thinking, and smirk all lop-sided and fake. He'll beg off, making his excuses and slinking out like a thwarted wolf, knowing better than to snatch a lamb when the guard dog's on duty. Kon always tracks his racing heartbeat across town, just to be sure.

[sugdenlovesdingle]

I tried vibing some sunshine your way! I'm in England and we don't seem to get much of it these days, so maybe that's why it put me in such a good mood today.

I'm the same as you, only got into 911 properly after 7x04 (though I'd watched lonestar since the beginning - apparently everyone hates Rob Lowe but I still see him as Sam Seaborn from the west wing (one of my all time fav shows) 😂).

I've got no idea why there are so many interviews either, and maybe it's adding to how bad some of them are? Like it's diluting whatever messages Tim et al are trying to convey because they're doing it every week and there's only so many teasers you can keep coming up with?

If the current plot resolves with Tommy coming back by hiatus, or by the end of 8B, then the earlier interviews about hurdles to overcome, deepening the relationship, their romance being a romcom, Oliver saying he likes slow burns, etc etc will all make sense - but then the intervening interviews since then will look like total bullshit/outright lying? Idk, I know alot of interviews are by buddie 'journalists' and words can be misquoted and written with a bias, but some of them still seemed pretty clear the current relationship is over. Plus there's the interviews mentioning plots to come that definitely never happened, so I think I'm just back to wanting to ignore them as they cause too much unnecessary stress.

Plus why focus on the stress when the fic and speculation is fun. I've enjoyed mpreg before but never this much 🤣, for me it's the combo with the angst of a breakup makeup that makes it just chefs kiss.

And finally a robron question as I am pretty out the loop with it, do you think there's any chance of Ryan coming back on the horizon??

Sunshine from England?? No wonder it didn't work! That's too rare to send over!

I never watched Rob Lowe in anything before Lone Star really. Not REALLY. sometimes i see things and i'm like 'wait... he was in that???" - i did see some gifs (i think) of him and lisa edelstein in another show where they *also* played a couple. I don't remember what show that was though. But yeah -i've always preferred lone star over the OG. Even now every monday is like "oh hiii babies!!" And i don't think the fandom is as fucking rancid as the og fandom can be. (not the bucktommy fandom - i love everyone in this club, but you know what i mean) I've never seen anyone so *violently* hate tarlos and send hate to Rafa or Ronen just because they're not the person they think the other half of the couple should be with. Even my fellow Nancy/Marjan shippers (all 5 of us) who don't want Nancy with Mateo don't go around harassing Jules.

ANYWAYS - the interviews are bullshit. I mean Tim teased tension between henren and madney over mara, he teased eddie being the third wheel and buck not having time for him, he teased buck leaning on Tommy with the Gerrard of it all - none of that happened. And if you look at the quotes from Lou's interview especially it's more up in the air like "i have a job lined up, i'm going back to SWAT, and a few other things coming up and if they call me to come back i hope i'll have time" he never said he definitely 100% will never ever ever come back as Tommy. That's what the buddie baiting "journalists" turned it into.

And yes speculation is half the fun! I mean how many speculation fics has this fandom written the past six months? Or this-never-happened fix its. Or Tommy-was-there-after-all- fics. Keep 'em coming people! I'm not keen on mpreg fics though but hey if you're all having fun with them - have at it! I know how to blacklist and keep scrolling ;)

As for Ryan coming back... I REALLY hope so... but realistically speaking... i don't think so. But if emmerdale wanted to prove me wrong and give me Robert Sugden back for Christmas, i wouldn't hate that! just FYI @ soap gods

[stitching-in-time]

Voyager rewatch s5 ep13: Gravity

I remember really liking this one back when it first aired. On rewatch, I have some caveats about it, which is a shame, since it has so many great qualities.

I really like Lori Petty, A League of Their Own was one of my favorite movies when I was a kid, and she'll always be Kit to me, but I thought she also did a great job in this ep as Noss. It's hard to encapsulate being tough and charming and heartfelt all at the same time, but she does it with ease. I really like the relationship between her and Tuvok, but now I feel like the way it was framed detracted from it significantly.

When Tuvok and Tom are marooned on a desert planet after their shuttle gets pulled through a spatial rift and crashes, they encounter Noss, a survivor from another crashed ship, who takes a shine to Tuvok, and falls in love with him.

The scenes of them surviving on the planet together generally have a nice quiet and simplicity that gives the story a unique feel, which is rather beautiful, but having it interspersed with flashbacks to young rebellious teen Tuvok learning about the perils of falling in love didn't fit with that vibe, or even with the story itself. Having Tom make such a big deal out of Tuvok being into Noss didn't help either- there was no reason he would be so invested in Tuvok and Noss getting together that he was pretty much yelling at Tuvok about it. It broke the quiet meditative vibe that was so refreshing about this episode, and it didn't make sense from a character standpoint. Tom knows Tuvok is married and not interested in a relationship with anyone else, and it just makes him look like a jerk to push his friend into a relationship he knows he doesn't want. Thankfully they had him apologize after saying to Tuvok that he might never see his wife again, because obviously he would realize that was an incredibly mean thing to say, but then they had him start in on him again, and it's like, what??? Why?

They're trying to frame the whole reason why Tuvok doesn't want to get involved with Noss as some sort of Vulcan hangup, like if he weren't so uptight he could be with her, no problem, but like, that has nothing to do with it??? The problem isn't that Vulcans don't let themselves love, it's that he has a wife he loves already, and won't give up on her, no matter how much he and Noss may like each other. The problem is just timing and circumstances- he feels and expresses affection for Noss, in his own way, and if things were different, Tuvok and Noss might have been together, but as it is, Tuvok can't let go of the hope of seeing his wife again, which is a positive character trait, and absolutely the opposite of this episode's bizarre idea that Vulcans always cut themselves off from feeling love. It would have been a much more beautiful and impactful episode if the writers had recognized any of this, but instead we get this weird harangue about how he's uptight or missing out for not cheating on his wife, and they make Tom be the mouthpiece for that very bizarre and frankly rancid take, which makes it worse.

I don't know why in later seasons they sometimes randomly made Tom act like more of an asshole than he ever was even in the first season. He was never mean or rude to anyone, even back then. Honestly even if they'd had Tom just quietly say to Tuvok, 'it's okay if you like Noss, you've been alone a long time and your wife would want you to be happy' or something, and then dropped it, it would have been more in character with Tom's usual supportive and nonjudgemental friend role than all the yelling and getting up in Tuvok's face for no reason. Idk why the director had Robbie play it so loud and angry either- it was way too much for how understated the rest of the episode is, and it just doesn't work for the story or the character. It also undercut the impact of when he told offTuvok for hurting Noss's feelings and almost driving her way, which actually was something he would do.

The sci fi concepts of the subspace rupture and the pocket universe and the time differential were very cool, and it had high stakes with Voyager racing the clock to rescue them before it was destroyed. I liked having the universal translators be broken so that they can't understand each other at first, and have to slowly learn about each other and gain trust through actions instead of words. The desert locations looked beautiful, the comraderie in the scenes of them living together on the planet were lovely, and we got quite a lot of grey undershirt porn as Tom and Tuvok peeled off more layers of their uniforms as time went on. Alas, there's no amount of grey undershirt exposure that can make up for bad writing though, and I'm kind of bereft at finding the holes in this one's story when it has so much good stuff to offer. Even the ending scene of Tuvok and Noss's goodbye, which is a bit of a heartbreaker, and beautifully played by Lori Petty and Tim Russ, now makes me wonder why Tuvok couldn't have just done the litle mind meld with Noss before, so that she could understand and feel better sooner?

The more you think about it, the more the weaknesses in the writing become apparent, which is a shame, considering how this had so many good elements going for it. There's still a lot of good stuff here, but I can't love it as much as I used to.

Tl;dr: A beautifully made episode that falls short of being as exceptional as it could be due to the fundamental misunderstanding of Tuvok and Tom's characters. Tim Russ and Lori Petty are both terrific in it though.

[transfemmbeatrice]

parker's personal much ado primer

i'm gonna keep posting much ado shit so here is some background on my personal favorite interpretation of the characters; this is not a primer on the actual play and these opinions somewhat differ from my like. canonical readings of these characters. this is what my personal action figures are like when i'm talking about aus. i'm mostly leaving physical descriptions out bc they can vary quite a bit.

when i say "we" i mean me and my wonderful spouse @zaxal because so much of this we sort of developed together over the years and none of these characters would be quite who they are to me without them.

Beatrice: beatrice is a trans woman to me!! i talked about this a bunch here. she will also always have red hair to me (thanks catherine tate for that one). she's hot, she's confident, she doesn't give a fuck what anyone thinks about her, she has relatively good judgement, she sometimes struggles to be vulnerable or soft with other people, she loves hero more than anything. she's also arrogant as hell! and often quite angry. beatrice is all fire all the time, she is alive and loud and proud and really likes having the last word. you will always know when she is in the room.

Benedick: oh this man is such a slut. grade a whore. pansexual as shit too. always cracking jokes to cover his own insecurities, desperately needs to be liked or if not that at least the center of attention--even if people don't like him, if they're thinking about him and watching him, that's good enough. he loves being witty and he is prideful and acts somewhat detached when in reality he feels things the Most and gets desperately attached to people and doesn't truly believe they could love him back.

Pedro: strong sense of duty. pedro is one that tends to vary more wildly because we've fallen into "suffocated by responsibility and shitty father, actually kinda shy and dumb and kind" which i love but in the play he is mostly just kinda shitty but i don't WANT him to be, so sometimes we try to lean more into the shitty side of him but often he is an earnest idiot (affectionate)

John: as mentioned in my beatrice post, i hc him as a trans man! sometimes more genderfluid or nonbinary. he's quiet, serious, and calm, and has been done fucking dirty by his dad/the world. generally our thought is that he was raised by his mom until about age 12 when she died and he got dumped on the palace steps and the king extremely resented taking him in and everyone was shitty to him because he's illegitimate. everyone thinks he's a villain and he knows he'll never convince them otherwise so he doesn't try; he just keeps to himself and doesn't form many attachments.

Hero: usually soft spoken but whip smart, doesn't like a lot of attention, stem major, big lesbian facing comphet vibes. she and beatrice are basically sisters. she's insightful but she doesn't share those insights with most people, and is by far the one who calls beatrice on her shit the most. we've ended up friendshipping hero and john because they're both such flat characters who exist at the whims of others and i love the idea of two wallflowers finding each other.

Claudio: obviously the villain. there are lots of different approaches to this--he might be an entitled golden boy, or a rich kid not used to hearing no, or an incel--but essentially he's a bully. i think its most interesting when he appears very nice at first and then when there's any amount of pushback things get ugly but i hate him so much i often make him pretty rancid from the start.

Margaret: outgoing and fairly relaxed, a jock, bi, in love with hero.

Conrade: john's bf, utterly loyal, and by a twist of fate it has become a running joke that he has tumblr disease (purple eyes/white hair). we usually depict him as similar to john--stolid, serious, not interested in taking anyone's shit, but lately i've been wondering if maybe he should be the bright sunshine in contrast to john.

Borachio: essentially a stray dog john and conrade adopted. he comes and goes. he's a mess.

Antonio: beatrice's surrogate parent, and elder queer genderfuck who uses ve/vir pronouns. general chaos agent.

ship abbreviations:

b&b: beatrice/benedick bbp: beatrice/benedick/pedro benepedro: take a guess beap: beatrice/pedro heromeg: hero/margaret johnrade: john/conrade

[bulliness]

(cw for mentions of sexual assault) Speaking of, it's been driving me CRAZY because I've seen not one but multiple LGBT people proudly "come out" as pedophiles recently and then claim they were only getting hate for being LGBT like if y'all don't read the fucking room... "thought crime" my ass. I really don't vibe with the idea that because someone is sexualizing something on the Internet that means they can't possibly be doing that crime in real life. My older sibling was in online spaces regarding anime, furries, fandom etc. I won't go into details but he sexually abused multiple children, family members, and animals. Whenever I see someone bragging about these things and showing no remorse online I can't convince myself they aren't doing it irl! I know it's my trauma but it really happened to me it does cause real harm, I have PTSD and am constantly suicidal. "thought crime" im sure child abusers are giddy as hell about the pro pedo sentiment that's getting more popular in spaces that used to be more safe. I feel like I'm going to chew off my arm. Sorry, something about imaginary sister in your post made me go !!! bc I was the sister but I definitely wasn't imaginary, yk? In the past couple years I keep seeing these 4chan esque morally reprehensible arguments that make no sense. "kill the cop in your head that says assaulting people in their most formative years is wrong" bitch do you hear yourself?! I've been here a long while and I miss the days you could talk about wanting to kill your rapist when this site was, at the very least, larping as feminist. I'm literally too scared to bring this up on my own blog bc sometimes pedos will send ppl who disagree with them csam. Also I'm not trying to start the most triggering rancid internet shit storm ever in my notifs :/ I did not mean to write out this much omg. You dont have to post this btw lol

No you're fine!! I completely agree that people have gotten way more comfortable being open about being into these things in the name of "queerness" and it actively detrimental to the community.

There was a time when even I was being accused of pedophilia baselessly, that thankfully didn't result in any harassment because all my mutuals called the anon on their shit. So like, yeah, there's baseless accusations and hate campaigns against innocent trans people (mostly women).

But the whole point is that these women DON'T have "MAP" or "big sister" or whatever in their bios. The second you do that shit, you stop being a victim to me because you thought what you jerk off to was more important than the safety and comforts of people that faced abuse.

It's just really frustrating having to scan every tag and post on a blog before following, just in case they're a secret freak. He'll, the reason I didn't know about this blog is because her tag for it wasn't something I'd thought to check on her blog. Actually pisses me off.

Anyway I hope you can avoid this stuff as much as possible. This is quite literally the first time I've been caught off guard like this, because everyone I follow is chill and rarely get into arguments with these people. Good luck 💜

[turtlesocksv2]

4 Minutes ep 3 Liveblogging

opening with another dead body, killed the same way and in the same place as Tonkla's brother. HMMM.

Yay my boy Dome is awake!

re: the intubation Something something Tyme having to be in control and desperately trying to stop the inevitable something something trying to save Great something something Great's powers. It's not fully formed, but it's in my brain bubbling.

The way the clocks change back to normal when other people are around and the message on the coffee changed... i love it. but lmao poor Great is going to have a breakdown. "Can you forgive me?" is very interesting! What exactly do you need forgiving for, alternate timeline Tyme???

"which friend?" because lmao Great knows he doesn't have friends. Tyme is such a stalker. luckily Great is into it. But it really is kinda Sus.

LMFAO at Great getting yeeted back 4 minutes because he tried to reschedule a date with Tyme for a night he didn't have an assignment due! Goddess of Time really said Fuck Them Grades, Get That Dick. The theory that the visions are all leading Great to Tyme just seems more and more accurate. Great opening up to Tyme about his visions is going to be Important.

Tyme asking Den the good questions. Why 4 Minutes. (it's totally the brain death thing)

they're so cute playing the rigged arcade games. the black and white stuffed kitties have Thematic Color Coding.

Hmm so wait, am I getting this right? Great's mom was a mistress? and became Second Wife after First Wife/Korn's Mom killed herself, and Great was already born then? I see... more rancid family dynamics.

Frizzy Hair girl is in danger, I feel it. She's gonna die at some point. Anyway no shame for the frizzy hair i know mine would also be looking a mess in the Bangkok heat and I don't think illegal gambling rings like, provide flat irons or curl cream. Aaaand she's immediately caught. Her name is Nan...what was Tyme's ex-girlfriend's name again? just pondering.

Chief himself taking Win off the case. Yup, sounds about right.

LMAO at Tonkla trying to get high to stop a breakdown and Immediately the Hot Cop shows back up at his door. double LMAO at Tonkla calling his ass out for liking him. i love Tonkla so much.

the transition from "I shouldn't be doing this you're still grieving" to them banging is perfection, love the classical music in the background it really fits the vibe.

Tonkla really just wants SOMEONE to fuck him raw but keeps getting denied. funniest plotline.

"you can call me anytime" Win already being a better situationship than Korn. This is gonna be so messy.

"If you don't stop prying I'll kill you!" hmmm that exclamation mark really makes me think it's Title. And that would certainly tie some plot things together...but what is the motive other than Title being The Worst?

Great diagramming everything out and well on his way to a murderboard is a Good Choice on his part. Keep track of everything. Anyway, he's right to be freaked out by the change to 11:02 that's some ominous countdown shit even if it's not literally a countdown.

"he's not answering my calls" he's literally a surgeon who sometimes works in an emergency room??? like, I get that you're freaked out I would be too you're so valid my needy wet cat of a man but like Tyme's prrrrrrrobably not ghosting you he could literally be wrist deep in someone's chest cavity right now. give the man a minute, damn.

Ahaha, that ending was so funny a perfect cliffhanger. I love this show so damn much.

[dreamedofyou]

OF Favourites Rankings (Halfway Point)

Got tagged by @thatgirl4815 and thought it'd be fun to do but as usual I'm a bit late, as this was supposed to be done before ep 7 aired. 😅 Ah well, I'm still going to rank the characters only up to the halfway point of the series (aka the end of ep 6) so bear in mind that this was my list before ep 7 (and it did slightly change since).

Ok, let's get into the rankings, from last to first place:

7. Boston

Said this before and I'll say it again: I enjoy having Boston on my screen because he always makes things interesting and entertaining. He's just a character I absolutely love to hate. As a person, though, he is just so rancid that he takes my last spot in the ranking and I base most of that on the way he treats his friends tbh. If this is the shit he does to people he's supposed to be close with and care about, then I dread to think how he treats those that mean absolutely nothing to him. The thing is I'm usually a huge fan of characters who do bad/toxic stuff (as you will see later on in my ranking) but they need to have reasons other than their ego for it and at the halfway point I don't see that in Boston. This might change by the end of the show, of course.

6. Cheum

I have two main reasons why she's so low on this list, the first of which being that she simply doesn't have enough screentime/storylines for me to form a strong attachment to her character, and the other being that she sometimes annoys me with her remarks. I enjoyed the conflict we got between her and April but it was so brief, I wish the female characters got the same treatment as the male ones instead of feeling like an afterthought. This is actually my one major criticism of the show but unfortunately it's a problem most BL shows suffer from.

5. Nick

I sympathise with Nick but at the same time I'm also like "you kind of brought this on yourself, my guy." The way he's either blinded by Boston's sweet-talk or just doesn't mind Boston's assholery frustrates me so much sometimes, which is why he's only nr. 5 for me. That and the fact that we don't know that much about him (yet) either. I need more to fully connect.

4. Top

I feel like this is an unpopular opinion but I think Top gets too much shit from the fandom. Yes, the reason he started pursuing Mew was shitty, but along the way he did genuinely develop feelings for Mew and imo him wanting to change and settle down is sincere. I'm a big believer in second chances if people are genuinely willing to change and better themselves, which I do think Top wants. Obviously, him sleeping with Boston (and lying to Mew) was shitty and it's one of the reasons why the nr. 4 spot is probably as high as he can go for me but I'm way more lenient there than most people because he was heavily manipulated into it by Boston and then regretted it and felt guilty about it. This isn't an excuse on my part, btw, I'm not absolving him of blame, but context makes a difference for me personally. I also think his character has the potential to grow a lot and I'm a hoe for character development (as you'll also see later).

3. Mew

Same as with Top, I feel like my opinion on Mew is somewhat unpopular, especially when it comes to his relationship with Ray. Basically, I don't think he's a bad friend at all and I believe he genuinely wants to help Ray but sometimes goes about it the wrong way (possibly due to previous experience). I think his heart is in the right place when it comes to most things and he's just like... a pretty normal dude, which I appreciate. That doesn't mean he has no flaws and can't be petty or nasty if he wants to be, however. I guess my one problem with him is I sometimes struggle to see why he fell so hard for Top specifically (what was so special about Top) because we weren't really given much of a reason. Unless it's just one of those situations where you fall for someone's looks/vibes and like that they're nice/sweet to you, and it isn't much deeper than that (because that happens to people, but Mew doesn't seem like the type to fall for those reasons). Basically, I like Mew much more when he isn't with/around Top.

2. Sand

I don't even have much to say here because I literally love everything about Sand, flaws and all. The only thing that slightly irritates me sometimes is the fact that he (unintentionally) self-sabotages by not wanting to talk about his feelings, probably because he wants to appear as if he's fine all the time even when he's clearly not. Sand is also the character I relate to most. Honestly, if it wasn't for my tendency to obsess over "broken" characters who do destructive things but are otherwise not bad people (and have a huge character development potential) then Sand would be my nr. 1. But, alas...

1. Ray

Ah, yes, we've arrived to the aforementioned "broken" character. This man has more issues than all the other characters combined and it's exactly what makes him my favourite character, oops. Unlike Boston's shitty behaviour, which is driven by ego, Ray's is driven by loneliness, abandonment issues, a lack of love, the list goes on. I genuinely think he's not a bad person, but he's self-destructive (which ends up endangering others as well) and obsessive/unable to let go (particularly when it comes to Mew), which is a recipe for disaster. He wants to be loved so badly but he wants it from the wrong person (Mew) in the wrong manner (romantic). As I said before, I'm a hoe for character development and Ray's potential on that front is off the charts. I want to see him deal with his numerous issues and grow from it as a person. What can I say, I'm just a sucker for those types of characters.

I want to conclude this by saying that there are two wolves inside me: one is a Sand Protector and the other is a Ray Apologist. They are at constant war with each other. Whichever one wins a battle at any given moment determines which of the two characters is currently my nr. 1 and which my nr. 2. That is all. 🙃

Since I'm late with this, I won't be tagging anyone but if you see this post and want to do your own ranking, feel free to consider yourself tagged.

I wonder if my list will change after the series finale.

[mallowmaenad]

im unemployed and smell bad. im slightly addicted to thc, i couldn't get passed undead burg in dark souls 1, I have manic depression, bpd, ptsd, autism and something like schizophrenia, i suck ass at most physical activities, I make microwave quesadillas at 3am, i eat pepperonies straight out of the bag, I can easily be pushed into a spiral of panic and sadness if you use a harsh enough tone with me, I drink to get drunk, all of my previous friend groups have abandoned me for my rancid vibes and mental illness, I have opinions on hentai, ny favorite streaming service is tubi, when i was a kid i would always get into the flash in the pan comeptitor to pokemon that would inevitably fail, i have completely silent orgasms, i sometimes go two or three days without changing clothes and sometimes don't shower for several days. I am still touch starved even though I have a girlfriend (im polyamorous but i dont think anyone else wants to hit at this point) I can't drive, I dropped out of community college, I have a fear of rain, I have given up on leaving my house to socialize, my favorite video game series of all time is Borderlands, I liked the live action super mario brothers movie, I go too far when it comes to kinning fictional characters, doing the dishes makes me really sad, I have such a specific hair color that it is hard to accurately render it in a piccrew. ive been on tumblr since 2013. I think homestuck is good. im a lesbian but id fuck big the cat. i feel bad about exerting authority in any of the like three discord servers I administrate. I kind of like the newest limp bizkit album and playsation 1 y2k liquid dnb jungle compilation playlists on youtube. I have just the right cocktail of adhd, memory loss, DID and chronic pain to make me seem like a lazy inconsiderate asshole. I dont care that the designs in dragon's crown are sexist. I have not listened to any presently relevant music other than Kendrick Lamar's diss tracks and struggle to recognize artists and celebrities by name, most of my skirts are so short that they're slightly inappropriate to wear in public and im not conventionally sexy enough to pull it off, my tits are small but are just large enough that they dont appeal to people who like small tits, I unintentionally put random affects on my voice, I want to learn japanese one day for nerd reasons but probably wont. I liked Rogue One, I suck at reading books, I hate going to places with a lot of people that play loud music, I hate 21st century pop a lot, I feel disconnected from the lgbt community despite being a transgender lesbian, I crave intimacy and pleasure but hate sex, im extremely easy to misunderstand in drastic ways, i think i might be a demon no i cant do any cool demon magic, i havent made music in several months and what i have made isnt very good and is technically incompetent because i dont have any actual training in any instruments, I think Pinkerton was a mediocre at best album, I like taco bell and don't care how much it fucks up my stomach, im a germaphobe with a piss fetish and yeah that makes it just about as conflicting and complicated as you may think it is, ive been kicked from age regressor discords, when I was early into my transition i modeled my fashion after vriska serket, i used to live off of shoplifted protein bars, ive barely ever paid rent on time when i was still paying rent, at multiple jobs ive worked at management has made it clear that everyone working there hates me. i play weird and obscure races in dnd. I do not like most of the final fantasy games released after final fantasy 9, I get sniffly and congested embarrassingly often, my dick is too short to be attractive to people that like long girldick and too long to be attractive to people that like short girldick, I like that cheap hot sauce is 70% vinegar. im like if tomoko kuroki was too large, too masculine and just old enough to no longer be moe anymore. anyway my dms are open

there is literally nothing in this world more endearing than a girl who is an absolute loser

[astralartefact]

FFXIV 6.5 Thoughts and Feelings the 1 ffxiv player that didn't come here for the story (me) keeps winning while everybody else seems to be losing

I debated writing a review at all - but I'm just weirded out enough by the discourse that I feel the need to say something.

I don't really get what's happening right now. The Fandom vibes in certain places are rancid (thankfully it's not here on tmblr all that much (yet)) and I don't really get why and how it happened so quickly.

I understand not liking the void quests or not liking that Zero gets a cecil makeover into default paladin or that Yoshi-P's vision for this game is kind of questionable at times or whatever else you don't like about these patches, but for some reason everyone is acting so... heated about it? We somehow went from "This game is the best Final Fantasy that ever Final Fantasied, I love you Yoshi-P, take my firstborn" to "This is the worst FF expansion I've ever played. Yoshi-P is a hack and a fool and I don't trust the devs to write something good ever again" in the span of one meh-at-worst patch cycle and I don't know how that happened??? And I know, 6.0 already brought this underlying "Hmm. Not as good as Shadowbringers..."-attitude with it, but still, It just doesn't really feel proportionate how heated people are right now.

To give you my feelings: I don't care. Perfect Indifference. Yes, some pieces are feeling like they're missing from 6.X, but the devs were obviously trying to restructure things in a way that just simply didn't work out. I'm sure they know that nobody really liked it all that much and will adjust for 7.X - but a lot of people are acting as if the devs are suddenly just stupid idiots when the same people - and this time it really is the same people - were acting like Yoshi-P could do no wrong just half a patch cycle earlier.

For the Void Quests: I do think this would have been better as an optional trial series or as the direct prologue to a void expansion right after it and not as a filler bridge to Dawntrail (a contrast you couldn't make more drastic) - and there are more than enough other things I could complain about (The mo-cap eating animations. Why is everybody so jazzed about them wasting so much resources and screen time on fcking eating animations???) but still, I just don't really care. At the end of the day I'm having fun every time I open this game. Yay for me :)

I have realized over the past few weeks that I never really cared about stories in video games. I might be able to really be into certain stories, but generally I'm just simply not a person that cares about that stuff all that much. If it's bad I just don't care. As long as I have something else to enjoy about it I'm good. And I just simply don't play this game for the story either, I play this game to see my definitely not self-insert WoL do cool shit and look good and that's the one thing this game constantly delivers on for me.

But why would I write all of this if I didn't actually care? Why type all of this out at all and not just move on with your life? Do I think I'm better than the naysayers for accepting mediocrity??? Certainly not, we're all equally capable to check if the thing we invest time and money in is worth our while. But clearly something has to have gotten under my skin here.

Well, there is one way to make me, specifically me, care about something too much and it's if I don't understand why something is received the way it is by the general audience/community. Doesn't matter if I think something shouldn't be as popular as it is or if something is consistently hated when I think it's not all that bad - if I don't get it, I can't stop thinking about it.

And I generally try to keep it on the positive/underdog side of things, mainly because I have better things to do than be negative about a thing I can't change anyways. In that case I will usually just happily live in my headcanon and ignore it - but sometimes something so egregious comes along I just can't help myself. And this time it happened again.

Everyone is so mad about everything except for the one thing I am really mad about. That one is apparently okay because it's bittersweet uwu. Yeah, just fully trivialise some of the most integral lore that shaped the entire run of the game, but it's okay because it's sad q.q And I just can't stand it anymore, why does this exact thing always happen to meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee?????

Fuck Eulogia.

Fuck that thing.

Fuck everything it stands for.

Honestly, it's kind of funny. I just wish I could commit to seeing it that way and not constantly feel threatened about it (I love anxiety <3)

Anyways. Moral of the story? Play YoRHa:Dark Apocalypse.

[betweenlands]

solar i am So Normal about prior literature please tell me more about the vikings ~autisticlalna

here is a handful of hcs/fun facts about each section in prior literature! in order from lowest to highest number rather than fic appearance.

section 1 (it/no pronouns) is nonverbal other than being able to laugh and generally kind of creeps the other sections out; however, its intentions are not malicious. its vibes are just absolutely rancid. it has a sense of humor but when you can only laugh you tend to come off more ominous than genuinely amused

section 15 (he/him) is one of the people who by default interacts with other people. he is lightly desperate to talk to anyone that is NOT himself. despite this, he at least passingly tries to get along with the other sections, though sometimes he can't help but insult them a little.

section 23 (he/they) is the one that comes up with the idea to use fix's iou as a prank; he doesn't mean it maliciously so much as he genuinely does not see the difference between funny prank (draw on someone's face while they're asleep) and funny prank (rolling someone off a cliff) because he just. does not parse Consequences. surprisingly fun at parties though.

section 35 (no pronouns) is a pragmatic asshole who does care about the other vikings but tends to like antagonizing some of them. 35 does very much care about the sections, although the same can't be said for other dominion members beyond "genuinely harming them could make the other sections upset at me". someday someone is going to drag section 35 into a redemption arc kicking and screaming.

section 42 (it/its) tends to elect itself a representative of the other vikings even when nobody else agrees with what its opinions are.

section 57 ("he/it but if you ask he’ll just laugh nervously") is the one that does the panicked evil laugh! he's extremely stressed out all the time from managing so much internal and external politics. he also has absolutely no filter which can. lead to him saying some extremely ominous things just because he's rambling. constantly having a manic episode to cope with pressure basically.

section 61's (they/them) appearance is loosely based on @mastasof-ravenkroft's phantom viking design! they're also very much a sweetheart and honestly don't have a lot of reason to want their body or memories back. section 35 considers them a pushover and often antagonizes them specifically in the hopes that they'll grow a spine. also, they're one of the vikings that has actually bothered memorizing the section numbers of the others.

section 84 (he/him) thinks he's the original (he is not) and that the others are just figments of his imagination (they are not), frequently referring to the other vikings as "headaches." he's kind of a jerk about everything ever and needs to get his head out of his ass. not irredeemable though.

section 98 (they/them) tends to chime into conversations in the middle with calm advice that makes it seem like they've been listening in basically the entire time. they can also be very straightforward to the point of it being potentially kind of unsettling. also they're listed in our vikings document as "this is the one that knows how to steal souls"

the epilogue (they/he) does not appear in this fic, but they are the viking left weeping at the end of marginalia. none of the other vikings have ever seen them, but sometimes when it's quiet they can be heard distantly weeping/laughing. closest thing to an "original viking" there is.

[f1-birb]

Not your earlier ranting anon but sometimes I really wish I chose a different driver to support. It kind of sucks and ruins the fun of sport when I can't go a single race weekend without Lando getting hoards of death threats and hate that come from so many different directions, it doesn't matter how many people you block, you're still going to see it.

Anyway not remotely a George or Merc fan, but I'm surprisingly happy for him and his fans? Like I know Sochi was DEVASTATING as a Lando fan, but George has had potential first wins stripped from him under similarly heartbreaking circumstances as well. I'm glad he and his fans got a little redemption for that (as long as they're being decent about it, the ones using this as a way to hate the other 2019 rookies idc about). I don't know, I know McLaren isn't anywhere near Mercedes right now, but it gives me hope Lando's time will come. Plus it's always nice to see a new race winner.

I know what you mean. Lando makes it so easy to love him and root for him, and he's so fucking talented, but McLaren and whatever they did to the MCL36 have made it so difficult to be excited for a race weekend, especially when whatever they do and whatever Lando does results in Lando getting hate (like you said from all corners) - trust me after Mexico I blocked 17 people in one night, I get it about blocking and still seeing it

You know what, I am actually happy for George now I've had time to chill. Sakhir 2020 was so shit for him, and it was during the time he was up there with Lando for my favourites, so I'm glad today's gone well for him. I still wish Lando had gotten his win in first, mostly because of some of George's fans' rancid vibes when it comes to Lando, but I'm glad George has been able to add his name to the list of GP winners

With how Lando drives his time will definitely come, he's had people having him on their lists as a future WDC since he was about 17 and Nico R doesn't shut up about how much he rates Lando (and we know half the grid and the decent sky sports commentators - the few valid ones - think so too) we can just hope it'll be next year and not too far into the future because I'm saving a pack of tissues for the day it happens

[thepavementsings-archive]

I've seen you hint at this a few times so, the Lando pairings?

HAHAH okay. This is a very funny one because... I think I have the most like... opinionated opinions on Lando ships than anything else. I know I know I just did that Max/Charles ask but really I just refuse to think about that one. these are ones I LOVE to think about what I love and hate about them. Under the cut

Carlando: This one is my favourite Lando ship. It's the one that's most *in the thick of the world* and experiencing a similar position in it that is one of the parts that makes sports RPF the most interesting to me that some of the other main ones here don't have. Like how do each of these people respond to similar circumstances both as individuals and together?

People have already said this, but I also think CARLOS is really really interesting to me as a character because you take a guy who I really just don't think is interesting at all on his own, but then you watch the way he unfurls and opens up as a character because of Lando? I've said some stuff about what makes Carlos compelling to me before you can find it in my carlos tag. Sometimes I think in the typical characterizations of Lando in Carlando he isn't always afforded the agency I think he should/would actually have in their dynamic which is why I can see the issue some people have with it, but when it's done well it's so so good! I just find the way Carlos is fascinated with Lando so interesting, and the way Lando plays off him really really fun to watch. And the unboxed McLaren episodes are a treasure trove of just, two people realizing how much they like being around each other so much!

Max F: This one is very complicated for me because like as a SHIP I understand it I get it all my mutuals who love them are correct about them but... they feel too outside the scope of F1 for me to really get into it? @yekoc said it perfectly shipping them feels like shipping Charles/Charlotte or something. I literally couldn't care less about Max as a person outside of Lando, and because that's his only way in it takes me out of sports rpf into like, some twitch streamer dudes who are also kind of athletes rpf ?? I fully separate the quadrant Lando from the F1 Lando in my brain because I don't think they're really the same character to me. If you showed me them outside Lando being in F1 id be onboard but it doesn't do it for me in this particular fandom context. But I do like thinking about them sometimes (the roomates -> Monaco move thing IS very compelling I got in my feelings about that one) and I really enjoy the Lando fodder that comes out of my mutuals' work on them! Its something where I'm like, if everyone else does the work for me. Also the A03 work on this pairing is quite good I will say!

Daniel: @cvrthage said it best i'm gonna say it maybe meaner: it's a watered down version of Max/Daniel that I think people use because they don't find Max palatable. Which liked listen, I get it. But they're vibes are actually RANCID. Like as a ship truly truly rancid. And I think if it were actually to play out it would be a very very ugly side of Daniel that comes out of that and I cannot get past that pit in my stomach when I think about it! Also it takes everything about Lando I find fun (prickly rich bitch!) and pushes it way too far into obnoxious and annoying and then I can’t stand him lol. It's only interesting to me in a gen context where it shows us more about why Max/Daniel works the way it does, and I think could be an interesting plot device in bringing forward Lando's agency in the Carlando characterization issue I talked about earlier. I think if I'm looking for a more fun/casual daniel PWP pairing (which doesnt work with max) im going with Charles/Daniel or Daniel/Lewis or literally whatever before that. And for Lando that's where I would dip back into Fewtrell.

Jenson: Again, I don’t really care about Jenson (outside maybe a Daniel bisexual awakening angle but even then like, on a tertiary level at best) and he’s not on the grid so I’m like okay.. you serve as a secondary cahracter for me at most. And the thing I care most about in main pairing shipping is that each person in the pairing is viewed as their own person not just a half of whatever the dynamic is, or a merely vehicle for one character. Also Jenson is... twice Lando's age. I know they're both consenting adults so that's fine if it's your cup of tea, but Jenson was already in the advisory/mentory role when Lando was still an underage teenager in the McLaren ranks and I can't get past the experience gap. I get the praise kink appeal thing people go for for Lando here it just doesn't land for me at all! Also like, where do you go with them as an actual relationship (imo you dont). This is an edit Im adding this but it also feels like it’s almost a ship through which Lando tries to find/discover his own agency? Which for overall Lando characterization is important to me, but doesn’t work when there is an established power imbalance inherent in the pairing IMO!! SO they dont interest me at all. 

George/Alex: This is the only throuple I consistently see in the F1 A03 tags no one on my dash really engages with it but ive seen it around so just in case you are looking for it in this answer? I dont engage in throuples that often (im an OTP bitch im afraid...) but I think I could see the appeal of this in like... an AU setting? I dont know though! It would take a Lando that's a little bit OOC in my opinion but I could see like a rookie year PWP type thing being interesting maybe. If I stretched my imagination a bit. But overall I don't find Lando interesting romantically with either Alex or George, or both. I think Alex serves as perhaps an interesting "oh yes okay, that would've been my first gay crush" realization point for Lando's sexuality journey, in a side pairing or reflection type of way in other fic not about Alex/Lando itself, but other than that there's nothing there for me.

[kayfarafey]

Love your posts and vibes and everything about this blog. Like seeing some of your posts sometimes makes my currently stressful life so much better. I even read and enjoy your baroryuu thoughts even if I don't really like that ship. Try to sell baroryuu to someone who doesn't really get what's so good about the ship. Have a nice day :)

anon 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺 im so glad someone can withstand my rancid, rancid vibes

also listen... i am not going to force anyone to like the ship of all time (/j) but honestly i love it for all the same reasons i like wrightworth? i like the prosecutor/defense dynamic, i like the Working Together To Find The Truth, i like the banter, i think they're both hot and they should kiss,

and i am Not Going To Lie and this might be scandalous but if i could choose between friends to lovers and enemies to lovers i would choose the latter every time. w/ wrightworth it's about the blind devotion more than the history* so i dont mind it but with baroryuu there's a distinct level of Choosing the other person because that's what feels right--no precedent, just a gut feeling. like, dedicating yourself to them even though the only aspect of them you've ever known is what they are now, believing in them because you do instead of because you already know they have the capacity to be better. an inexplicable draw to someone that maybe you shouldn't be drawn to is very romantic to me. i love a relationship thats cute and a little bit unhealthy too! there's a martyr complex/savior complex thing going on for sure and a little bit of hero worship at the end of dgs2 on bvz's side imho and well i just think that is fun. also, not to be a tumblr gay, but the YEARNING........... oh boy. anyway if you have read my brry navel-gazing posts you might already have a good handle on my thoughts, so if it's not your cup of tea you are 100% justified. it is a controversial ship! that's literally the reason why it's in my bio because i don't want to have someone who follows me get a nasty shock :/ i understand the drawbacks have a lot of weight in this one

honestly tho my friend if i can curate some content for you to make you smile please let me know!! i will write you a little drabble or smth because you made ME smile and i want to return the favor