#stop enabling meeeee

[awellboiledicicle]

Okay pondering how Anders would manage to use magic in Faerun because unless he can grab onto the Weave-- possible with some work, similar spiritual manipulation of energy, but he's not attuned to Mystra--he'd probably be casting exclusively through Justice.

Because this man would essentially be a self contained warlock. Which would be wild to those in universe, but once it was explained would make sense.

His spirit magic would be doing WORK, though he would have one key advantage-- excluding the wild shit being a Warden gives him. One thing that would make people very afraid.

Man does not have spell slots. Mages naturally recover mana.

And while he'd probably be super fucking wiped out at critical levels, he could probably just swap to adrenaline fueled "beat shit with staff" mode. Not that he can really reach that without hitting Justice taking over, in which case he'd berserk for a while before passing out. But he knows how to pace himself. There would be no ever-present whispers from demons in Faerun, either, so it would be wildly easier to remain calm when lower on energy as well. No whispers from the darkspawn taint as background radiation over most things.

Though it occurs to me his coat is probably padded for armor purposes so like. Light armor proficiency from his time in the Wardens if nothing else.

His ungodly appetite might be his limiter, if nothing else-- not to mention his reluctance to draw on Justice for fear of losing control. Which would be at risk of happening when they first get there because FADE GONE, VEIL GONE, DANGER. If he's on the nautaloid with Hawke, danger signals are going off. The restraints would be the main triggering moment before the "what the fuck is that" settled in, followed by "where am i" and "where's Hawke??"

Though if Justice was driving at the time, and probably only survived falling from the Nautaloid by grabbing onto Hawke and being just. deeply hard to actually kill, then he's probably going to be driving when Hawke wakes up and meets the gang initially. Because Justice would absolutely not trust Anders to make good decisions right then.

Because to get there, Anders would have had to go physically looking for Hawke through a rift after they were left in the Fade. A, you know, wildly big sin on top of being just a wildly suicidal gambit that he probably didn't intend to actually survive.

But that also means the first long rest is Justice going "I cannot hold control much longer. He will be unwell." And then Anders collapsing into Hawke, half aware of things going on and then probably passing out.

[dangermousie]

It's fascinating watching the former best friends. I completely get why Yan Xun not only shuts him out but loathes him.

And YY can tell, but he keeps persevering. The thing is, he's a smart man, he has to know that there is no way back from what happened, that what he did do and didn't do are both unforgivable, but it's a measure of how much he loved the friendship that he keeps trying in a hopeless cause.

Oooof, the face YX makes. Because it is true for YY sure, but that doesn't make it any more forgivable for YX nor should it. "I didn't participate in the destruction of your family and your life and your sense of self for kicks" isn't really much of an excuse. I don't hate YY in the slightest but it would be insane for YX not to. (And even if he knew the efforts YY took to protect him, it would STILL not matter, it would really only come across as trying to make it better on the margins while participating in the rest of the horror - a sort of "if he was one of the gang who tortured me, I am not gonna be OK with it because he occasionally slipped me painkillers" equivalent.)

Some protection! And I love how YX pointedly changes the topic.

This breaks my heart tbh because this is an admission that he was hoping there was some miracle of an explanation that would enable him to forgive YY.

Ouch ouch buuuuuurn!

These two are gonna be my head cast for Yuwu otp and you can't stop meeeee.

[that-foul-legacy-lover]

take this as your opportunity to talk about your automaton oc! i am intruiged :]

ohohohooo y'all are enabling meeeee >:)

(under the cut because i know not everyone is interested in ocs)

Name: Marine de Fontaine or M.A.R.I.N.E. (Multi-use Autonomous Retainer of Ingenious Nascent Errands) Light from the Depths of the Sea

Element: Hydro Weapon: Sword Constellation: Cor Munditiae (Heart of Purity)

A mysterious lady always by the side of the Hydro Archon, with closed eyes and a perfectly crafted smile.

Mademoiselle Marine is a peculiar figure- the public often sees her accompanying Lady Focalors, although she always goes ignored by the Hydro Archon, or occasionally speaking to Monsieur Neuvillette. The children and Melusine adore her, and she always keeps a polite and cordial smile on her face, yet her movements lack passion and haste. Perhaps it is the blank stare of her eyes that unnerves so many, or the delicate ring her limbs make when they tap against anything else. The most telling sign, though, is the faint glow coming from her chest, the tick-tick-ticking heartbeat turning energy into fuel.

MISC facts: -Is an automaton created hundreds of years ago to act as a mentor and caretaker to the new Hydro Archon (Focalors) -Taught Focalors how to fight and guided her through difficult times -In the present day Focalors acts like she's bored of Marine, but Neuvillette refuses to let her dispose of her, so Marine serves as Focalors' attendant -Accompanies Focalors to every trial and show put on in the Opera -Has a ball jointed doll-like body with swirling designs, kept almost entirely covered by clothing. Her limbs are the texture of porcelain -Speaking of which, her entire body minus her head and neck are covered out of courtesy to humanity (even if most people don't know she's a machine) -Marine is blind, having been created that way, and almost always keeps her eyes closed (her irises and pupils are white) -Her name literally means "Marine of Fontaine" because that's what she is -The people of Fontaine respect her and Neuvillette a lot more than Focalors (Marine and Neuvillette are good friends as well) -Children and Melusine love her because of her motherly nature- she's not really why, since she's just doing her job (being a caretaker figure) -Her heart is made of a flawless piece of Condessence Crystal that Neuvillette found -Rarely stop smiling, which is both reassuring and eerie depending on the circumstances -Focalors pretends she doesn't care about Marine but she does -Wears a hat with a veil covering one side of her face -Can dance very well and is waterproof -She and Arlecchino are extremely in love

[despair-to-future-arcs]

Jesus Ch- CAN SOMEONE STOP THIS MONSTER! A PATHETIC EXCUSE OF TEACHER!! A BIT-....

Okay, I'm calm, but for reals. GUYS! Turn your brains, open mouths and do something. You not some toys or exhibitions, please say something. Don't let Uglyteach or Smellyoko control you all!

*stands up* Okay y'know what! I'm sorry but no, no you can't just tell us that we aren't allow to visit a fellow classmate of ours and declare that we be dropped out!

Huh? Wait... Hatomi, you don't need to-.

No... honestly, I kept listening to this go on and on for a whole damn year and frankly it annoys me...

You are telling us that we aren't allow to visit someone that attempted suicide just yesterday and pretend it just never happen, like you usually do?

Wait Hatomi, just a second - look we don't need to start this-.

No no, let her talk... I want to see her make her point and entertain the idea.

So you want to just waste your time on someone you never care about or even saw as a friend, are you sure about that Hatomi Sato?

...I'm certain, after all; while I may have not been close to Nagito.

Honestly... I wish I did spend more time with me or got to check on him but I never did.

*Walks over and stands at the front of the class*

But the only reason I never got to is because you force us all to not befriend anyone in this class and I wouldn't even be surprise that you and Hiyoko likely told him to kill himself without us knowing!

Hu-Huh?! What why are you dragging me into this!

I didn't do jack shit, besides he had about killing himself so it's not my fault he did that!

And who's the one that constantly bullied him to that point? Kept constantly making him and others feel like shit for it; well I know how much the teacher loves to freaking coddle and enable your bullshit so by that logic - you shouldn't be interacting with anyone then which I bet everyone would feel a lot better if you shut the hell up already!

...!

...waaa-.

WAAAAAHAHAHAAAAAA! TE-TEEEEEACHER, SHE'S BULLYING MEEEEE!!!

Hatomi! How dare you make poor little Hiyoko cry, she is just a child! You shouldn't be picking on children!

Oh for god sakes, fuck off with that coddling bullshit you do! Hiyoko is the same age as the rest of us and your just infantilizing her! The fact you just allow whatever the fuck Hiyoko wants is what annoys me the most, you just turning her into a mini me version of yourself!

Ho-How dare you speak to me like that! *walks over which as she raises her hand to smack Hatomi but then-*

*Suddenly Hatomi grabs her hand* ...!

Hu-Huh?! Wait did... did she catch that!?

I... I think she did and it was such fast speed too...

...

Well, given I am the Ultimate Archer; fast reflexes often come with the territory.

Now... where to? Ah yes, this is what I should of done when Nekomaru got that heart attack from you...!

*CRACK!*

*Hatomi breaks the teacher's hand*

TEACHER: KYAAAAAAAAAH!!!! M-MY HAAAAAAAAAND!!!

*Everyone stare in shock then Hatomi flipped teacher over her shoulder and she landed on the floor*

OOOOOOWWWWW!!!! M-MY BACK, YOU HURT MY BAAAAAAACK!!!

[goddessofsteel]

Hello @hedwig221b!! Okay, I am literally so stupid late to this and hear me out. Work has been a proper bitch but our visiting doctor is gone now so things should hopefully not be crazy busy but I was able to read everything. Finally!

I have to say that it was so gut wrenching! Poor Stiles and Derek at every turn! I haaaated Scott so much in this. And Allison. So glad Stiles did the deed! Holy shit. I hated them so much I wish I could’ve just materialized into your fic and start shit with them. I was yelling and crying and was just so goddamn worried for our boys but it was so good, so worth it.

*whispers* that smut scene? UUUMMM I remember that one form the trick or treat thing too! And it was so delicious thank you for just delivering the most juiciest scenes as always! Derek being so goddamn wolf is crazy! And Stiles just taking it? Because he goddamn loves it?! *melts*

So side story lmao today I watched that new Hunger Games with my best friend and there’s a scene (I’m not going to spoil it if you haven’t watched it) but I IMMEDIATELY went “yes Alpha” because TELL ME WHY I THOUGH OF DEREK AND STILES? If you get around to watching it, I would love to talk to you about that scene lmao IYKYK

Anyway side story over, Stiles using his powers? To help Derek? Fight? Fighting together?! Uuuuuuuuugh so good. They were so badass and I loved how Derek was so enabling and supportive of his predator mate and making Stiles feel LOVED CONSTANTLY AND ACCEPTED BECAUSE VOID LOVES HIM TOO JUST STOP LOOKING AT MEEEEE

Full and Void | sterek | E | 23k | Ao3

Tags: Established Relationship, Canon Divergence, Void Stiles, Dark Stiles, Feral Derek, Beta to Alpha Derek, Minor Character Death, Kidnapping, Gore, Top Derek Hale/Bottom Stiles Stilinski, Wolfed-Out Sex, Mates, Bad Friend Scott McCall, Dark Allison

Summary: Stiles could be meek, sure. In Derek’s arms, softened under the touch, pinned under his weight. He allowed himself to relax only in Derek’s sole presence.

Stiles could also look meek. Small, scared. Let the enemies think he was hiding in his mate’s shadow. After all, no one would stop to think that the shadow could ever be dangerous.

[bluewinnerangel]

so what do you think the big fat sigh was for? gimme your theories

haaaaaaa I was just commenting on how unhinged Harry was that day so seeing a big sigh from Louis larried me into he thought might be responding in a similar fashion to that literal cry for help later on during this concert asldkjaslkdj

buuuuuuuuut I just dug myself into a Fireproof on september 28 2015 hole looked at the whole thing and it’s not a sigh it’s a barf. He’s going I gotta puke to Liam, jokingly.

I’ve tried to gather context but there’s not much. Here before fireproof starts Harry does a lil hello crowd whatsup people talk and Niall, Louis, and Liam talk with each other (0:58 in this clip)

The video that gif is from isn’t available anymore, but I found the not-sigh moment in this video and I think this is the context: Liam points at something and then squashes his hands (right at the start of the vid):

 Then there’s the not-sigh moment (0:13):

Bit more context

Sooooo I’m thinking there was something nasty on the floor and Liam’s fking around with it, gesturing to squash it, with his hands first and then with his mic stand, Louis finds it nasty, pretends to be sick. Really the only context scoop out of thin air to make sense of it lol. Feel free to lipread into the potatoshakes.

This footage is fun tho. Cut because gifs and scrolls and stuff

I am LAUGHING when Harry’s singing “I think I’m gonna lose my mind”, paused it and see Liam and Niall looking like

NOT ACTUALLY LOOKING AT EACH OTHER BUT IM STILL SOFT

I’m just going through video’s this is going nowhere I did however find demon harry

lol what am i doing

Kissy on the demon nose boopboop

He scares meeeee

Necessary other angle, someone’s feeling the eyes on him

Even got a 3rd angle

THIS IS GIVING ME 18 FLASHBACKS

“Nobody knows you baby the way I do: ->

Other angle again lol Liam are you trying to distort the view with your mic

This shit just looks ridiculous lol like Liam going “that’s my cue”

It just keeps going bro it just keeps going

and then he just

he just

And then here’s the angle of Louis during that tarzan staring contest too 

is he thumbs upping on his face

Gotta stop otherwise I’ll just keep potato quality gif’ng indefinitely but thanks for enabling me to go on this ride <3

[calamity-aims]

Tell me mooooore about drift

jskfjds YOU'RE ENABLING MEEEEE <3333

Ok I based Drift of his MTMTE (transformers) appearances because. Original blorbo. But in the Clone Wars, his backstory is a bit different. He and his batchmate Wing were on Kamino training to be ARC troopers when the Battle of Kamino happened. During Ventress' rampage, Wing dived in front of Drift and was killed. Drift was left with a grievously injured spine, for which he got the sword-shaped implant, and sent to the Coruscant Guard instead of the front lines.

He had a bit of a depressive, very angry phase when he was first sent to Coruscant, but eventually managed to craft a facade of a more hopeful, happier Drift. He's the guy who lifts medical supplies to make moonshine for the battalion, and he's the guy who will sit in a keldabe for hours with a recently bereaved brother.

Goes on a lot of diplomatic missions, but when he's on Coruscant he doe his best to pull pressure off the shinies, like any other higher-up Corrie Guard. Due to this he has seen some SHIT. He and Thorn get along great; Fox tries to roll his eyes at Drift's optimism but deep down he appreciates it. I like to think that he annoys the living shit out of Remedy but hopefully there's some fondness there, you'd have to ask Terra.

Probably picks up a lot of Jedi philosophy and aspects; starts training with a sword - a vibrosword, not a lightsaber, but still. (Gonna be completely self-indulgent and say he trains with a Jedi Knight in the Temple named Rodi and they're besties). Absolutely lethal with blasters and blades and even unarmed.

UHH and then he goes to @kkrazy256's evil medic Pharma's clinic to have his implant looked at, and discovers exactly what Pharma's been up to. Remedy arrives because he knows his batchmate is a piece of shit and Drift stopped responding, long story short Pharma's down a pair of hands and Remedy has gained someone who will always watch his back.

fdjasaj SORRY FOR DUMPING

[deputy-ajay-ghale]

Kiba: *has been singing along to Dear Agony and crying into Hinata’s lap for three hours*

Hinata: *stroking Kiba’s hair* There, there, Kiba-kun. It’ll all be alright.

Shino: Hinata, stop enabling him.

Hinata: He’s going through a rough time.

Shino: Kankurou went home for the weekend, it’s not the end of the world.

Kiba: *lifts his head* It’s the end of mine!

Kiba: *singing* dear AgONYYYY just let GO OF MEEEEE!!!!!!!!

[sovinly]

Tom Corbett: Space Cadet with Tom, Roger, Astro, and huddling for warmth!

(The best thing about this canon is that there is no survival trope too far-fetched, honestly! I realize you didn’t explicitly ask for this as an OT3, but that’s kind of implied with them, right? XD Thank you for enabling meeeee

“Everything’s secure and holding steady,” Tom tells theother two as he climbs back into the Polaris’ small kitchen. The heat has tohave already leached out of the farther reaches of the ship. “I think it shouldwork.”

“The math says it should,” Roger replies, the seriousness ofthe situation stripping any stung pride from his tone. He’s folded himself upin one of the chairs, hands wrapped tightly around a cup of tea and face buriedin the collar of his suit.

Even Astro has deigned to pull his shirtsleeves on, and hesmiles at Tom even as he pours another cup of steaming tea. “Thanks, Tom.”

Tom takes it gratefully, joining them at the table. “CaptainStrong has to have gotten our transmission. He’s always come through for usbefore.”

“Now we just have to hold out for a day,” Astro agrees, a deepfrown creasing his face. “Guess we’ve survived worse, though.”

“Can’t be worse than the desert,” Tom replies, trying forcheerful and ending up somewhere closer to wry. He sighs, then drinks his tea,hoping to finish it before it goes cold. The kitchen should be bearable, andthey can spare the energy to run the kettle, at least, so they’ll be able tokeep a little warm. None of them are injured, other than a few contusions andbruises from their fight with the space bandits. That’s a relief, at least.

He listens fondly to Astro and Roger’s half-heartedbickering, and tries to press down the worry that something else will go wrongand the Polaris won’t make it safely back to the Space Academy. The cold seepsin even further, and his instruments tell him that there’s still another threedegrees to go.

They distribute the blankets they all dragged out from theirquarters, and do their best to bundle up while eating leftover sandwiches, butTom can feel all of them starting to lag.

Roger, grumpily tucked back into one of the chairs, shoveshis hands under his armpits and glowers at the situation in general. He shiversviolently anyway. “Why is it we can never end up stranded somewhere warm andpleasant, or at least somewhere with beds,instead of half-freezing or half-frying to death on our lonesomes?”

“Oh, come off it, Manning,” Astro says, gruff andexasperated, but he bodily lifts the pathetic bundle of astrogator out of hischair and drops down on the floor with Roger in his lap. “There, you can stopfussing now.”

Roger’s face flushes with surprise and then suddenindignation, scowling up at Astro and then over at Tom. With viciousness bornof hurt that Tom really should have realized he was hiding, Roger snaps, “Ithought you both said we needed to be professional.”

“Well, we couldn’t exactly go around kissing you in front ofthe brass,” Tom points out, but he leaves his cup on the table and brings hisblankets with him as he crosses over to join them. He leans in against Astrowhen the big cadet makes room for him and twines their fingers together. Tomthen swings his legs over Roger’s knees for good measure. “There aren’t any ofthose around now, though.”

Defeated and maybe reassured, Roger huffs and relaxes intoAstro’s arms a little more, relenting enough to pull Tom’s legs to a morecomfortable angle. “Still.”

Astro catches Tom’s eyes and rolls his eyes heavily, but herests his chin on the top of Roger’s head affectionately. “Still! This is thebest we’re gonna get until we get leave back at the Academy, and I doubt that’llever last as long as we’d like it to.”

Trouble never does seem to leave the three of them alone forlong, and they all share a grin at that, thinking fondly of all the narrowescapes they’ve had while working together.

Tom is never warmer than when he thinks about how much heloves these two, how much trust and affection they’ve built up. He’s glad theyhave it, even with all the close calls they’ve had, and it makes even this coldtrip back home easier.

“I’m glad you’re here,” he tells them both, and leansforward to kiss the rest of Roger’s sulkiness away. “It’s not ideal, fellows,but at least no one can send us on errands for another day!”

“There is that,” Roger allows, and when Astro snorts, onlyrolls his eyes and presses a kiss to Astro’s knuckles.

Tom rolls his eyes at both of them, but does it with asmile, and settles in to wait out the cold.

[lost-on-kamino]

@kkrazy256 @mwolf0epsilon

You two stop enabling meeeee

That feeling where you want to make another oc but don't want to cause more chaos.

Cons: Another mouth to feed

Pros: Its fun and I know this character a lot more

[nointrustions]

Season 2, Episode 2- “Heart Me”

hey, it’s me! here i am, back at it again. (i’m gonna aim for once a month with these, because, like, emotionally i am not down with spending 4 hours a week doing nothing but analyzing csi cyber. i have shit to do. like not watch csi cyber.)

if you’ve lost the plot a bit, i’ve got a list of all my recaps here. some quick stats for people who don’t want to read all that shit

times the writers didn’t actually know how computers or other electronic devices work- 65

times someone should have been fired or arrested for bad policing or hacking- 45

times brody should have been sent back to jail- 7

van der geek death toll- 4

times the writers forgot how time works- 22

times the writers forgot how the police works (for example, that there are other police and fbi divisions, including people who are qualified to do CSI shit)- 28

times i wanted to steal krummy’s lunch money- 53

times they used the holodeck that they invested millions of taxpayer dollars in- 4

times they use l33t sp34k to convey that someone is a hacker- 7

times vdg is a bad parent or partner- 13

times avery does bad psychology- 33

characters named ricky skaggs- only 1, unfortunately

times IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU- ALL OF THEM GET OFF THE COMPUTER

Triggers for this episode- alcohol, stalking, blood, drugging, kidnapping, basic entitled dude bullshit

we open at a hot, hot nightclub that's apparently an old castle or some shit. It's full of attractive young people drinking and dancing and using apps, so you know shit's going to go down. Raven is there with a friend, Tracy, and she asks tracy how she found this place. Tracy used an app to find it, so she's going to be the victim in this episode. She tells raven what she's been missing working every friday night- namely, “major male hotness.” man, i've really missed the csi cyber writers interpreting things that an actual human being might say. While they chat about the male hotness, some guy hearts them both on heartmate, an app which is not at all like tinder. They make fun of him for being a loser, a skill that raven needs to leverage more often in her professional life.

just as they team-reject this guy, some guy walks up behind tracy and hits on her. He asks if he can buy her a drink, and she turns him down, and he's like “hey that's cool I go to alcoholics anonymous” and she's like “samesies” and it's kinda weird and uncomfortable. He tries to pick her up, but she tells him she has a boyfriend, so he fucks off out of there, giving us a nice view of the fact that, in this incredibly packed busy nightclub, there's a solid 10 feet of space between the bar and any people. Tracy laughs and reveals that she lied about having a boyfriend to him. “But this guy,” she narrates as a guy hearts her on heartmate, “unf, hell to all the yeses.” these writers! They're so good at talking to people! The guy who hearted her walks over and starts nuzzling her, and rejected club guy watches from afar, glaring.

Afterwards, raven and tracy leave the club and hop in a cab. Rejected club guy opens up heartmate and clicks onto raven's profile. He somehow uses the distance feature to track her down, despite them being in a cab and him being on foot. When he gets there, he calls the police to say that he's worried, because his neighbour might be in danger and the guy's still in there. Oh, you sneaky boy!

a swat team breaks into raven's apartment, where tracy is sleeping on the couch and raven is apparently full naked in the bedroom. Wait, how did he know what apartment she was in? There is no way that heartmate is that precise in distance tracking, and even if he saw them through the window or something, I think “my neighbour is in trouble, I heard gunshots? Oh, where she lives? Uh, let me find a street number…. Yeah I don't know her apartment number, but I know the window faces the street and I think it's the third floor….” would not raise some questions.

one week later, raven is chatting with brody about the SWAT team. Brody, I know it's casual friday, and apparently permanent casual friday for you now, but I think you still have to wear your id. He asks if she knows who called the team, and she teases him because apparently when the swat team was called, he snuck out via the fire escape! Wait, what? Did she go home with tracy then call brody over to bang? Or was he waiting there all night in her apartment all alone? We know they're not roommates because apparently the knowledge that they were in the same apartment would be trouble, even though they're talking loudly about how they're totes magotes banging in their workplace, but whatever.

meanwhile, avery is looking at a tablet in her office, and db walks in with a baby binky in his mouth. Oh, so this is going to be one of the weird fetish episodes. Db says that he didn't get them so mommy avery could give bad baby db a spanking, but actually because they're bluetooth enabled and can detect the baby's temperature, location, and what medications the baby had. I don't know why he bought seven of them, but, like, whatever, you do you, dude. He asks how avery's doing, but before she can answer, van der geek wanders by to tell them that they have an update on the “infamous” (a word which here means that we've never heard his name) garth rizzo. You know, normally i'd say this guy might be a friend of ricky skaggs, but idk, he seems like a rat to me.

garth rizzo is otherwise known as “the most hated man on the internet.” he runs a revenge porn site called shamedexxx.com, which kindly places big black censor bars over the women's tiddies. Wait, even with the censor bars, is it still fine to just bring up porn on the big screen in the cybercave? Why did they have to give his website the hit? Anyway, vdg makes a point of how he really, really wants to arrest this guy, but he hasn't actually done anything illegal yet so they have to prove he's been hacking people. You know, guys, far be it from me to criticize vdg, but, like, this is the first time ever in his life that he's ever given a shit about due process. It's a bit weird that the first time he doesn't just show up and tackle a guy to the ground is the porn guy for jilted exes. I'm just saying, mister “i know what it feels like to want to murder your ex-wife!”

they explain what revenge porn is, and then raven glances at her phone so avery tells her to leave while they go through all the victims, track them down, and contact them to get their devices and see if they've been hacked. This guy hasn't even committed a crime yet! Are there seriously no proven hackers left?

raven goes to get a latte with tracy. She's been having hella computer-based problems. Her utilities were shut off, then her mail was put on hold via an online form (oh, no, not the mail! Like, seriously, it's been a week since they met club guy [also spoiler, it was probably club guy what did it] and it's 2015, it's not like anything important comes in the mail) and then she got fired from her job for sending an e-mail to her coworker about how she was going to tell his wife about the affair they were having. It's notable that he did not get fired for that same affair. Finally, two days ago, she got kicked out of her apartment, because she apparently e-mailed the landlord and requested to end the lease. I am not an expert on DC rental law, but I think 5 days isn't enough notice for your landlord to completely shut you out of the apartment. Did he get a new tenant, despite not showing the apartment to anyone because otherwise she would notice? If not, why would she not just sign a new lease under the same terms?

Then she went to the cops, and the cops told her that they couldn't do anything because she didn't know who hacked her. That's, like, the best cop-work i've seen ever? “sorry I know there has been a crime but I can't help you because you have not already solved it on your own, and we can't kick it to the cyber division because they're too busy tracking down every woman in revenge porn on the internet to see if they've been hacked.” raven offers to check out her computer and shit to see who hacked her, and just then her phone gives her a notification to let her know that her bank account has been emptied. Because that's a thing that happens, I guess.

meanwhile, back at the cybercave, vdg is telling someone on the phone that they're being unreasonable. He then gets back to work immediately, but avery stops him with an “elijah, there comes a point where whatever's going on in your personal life starts to reflect on your work.” yeah, and that point was halfway through the last season when he started emotionally abusing coworkers, destroying physical evidence, and committing some pretty serious police brutality because he was mad that his wife wanted to get her dream job and take the daughter that she was more or less raising on her own with her, but you were pretty much down with that noise.

It turns out that he was on the phone with his father, who had been refusing cancer treatment. This is a pretty personal and nuanced issue, which vdg boils down to “it's not fair to MEEEEE that he's chosen to go gently into that good night.” how dare he, when he could be taking care of my daughter for me!

time for a sick cyber-montage, in which raven hacks into tracy's bank accounts! We see that, instead of just transferring the money out, the hacker purchased several expensive things that just happened to add up to the exact amount left in her bank accounts. That takes skill. I would have expected the bank to call her about it, because usually banks do that when you spend several thousand dollars in three minutes, buying multiple TVs in one transaction, that sort of thing. She could also call the bank and explain that she was hacked- oh wait shit never mind I forgot that would make sense. Or maybe that cop from earlier also runs the bank. Who knows.

Anyway, she finds an odd ip address. The hacker is a guy named kyle bristow, which raven tells avery. Avery goes “listen, one case of bank fraud doesn't require the whole cyber division.” no, avery, it just needed raven, and she solved it. The rest of the cyber-division can keep working on trying to find what this one guy who is, I cannot emphasize enough, innocent of everything except being a scumbag, might have done wrong. Avery agrees to send van der geek out, as long as raven stays to work on garth rizzo.

vdg's gun is out! He sees a blood trail leading from kyle bristow's front door, which is oddly even and symmetrical, but stops abruptly at the end of the walkway. He runs in, gun out, and sees that someone's murdered kyle before he got the chance. Rough day for vdg.

Kyle was murdered by being beaten to death with an ugly bookend he had on the mantelpiece. Vdg wants to give this case to the actual police, but avery says that raven proved he was the hacker (because it's not like the hacker could be his wife, because girls don't know computers) so there's a cyber element to this case so it belongs to the csis cyber. Kyle apparently had two phones, one of which was a burner phone with heartmate on it. Far be it from me to judge a cheater, but if you're going to cheat on your wife, why not use your real phone and hide the app somewhere? It's way less suspicious than just having a whole other cell phone. The heartmate phone has some very angry messages from tracy, with the positively incriminating messages of “DUDE. UMMMMMMM – you're MARRIED????? WHAT. THE. HELL.” and “You lying, cheating bastard. Is this some sort of sick game????? You're gonna pay for this. I could seriously kill you.” so they conclude that tracy is the murderer. Then we see tracy with blood all over her hands flashing back to the crime scene.

Intro at 11:26, although really we could stop here.

the definition of the week is cyberstalking. It's like stalking, but cyber! Thanks, csi, we needed that one spelled out for us.

raven and krummy are calling people up about the revenge porn. Krummy's entire interaction goes “I'm pretty sure this is your photo. Yeah. There's a naked photo of you online. No, this is not a prank. I'm an agent with the FBI. Hello? Ehhhhh well.” you got your typical-krummy-asshole-behaviour in my trying-to-deal-with-society's-objectification-of-women! Do they not have some sort of civilian-facing staff who could be doing this, instead of getting the best hackers in the world to waste time doing a job they're not qualified to do?

Raven is stressed because tracy, and krummy goes over to help, but raven takes the first opportunity to talk to literally anyone else. Unfortunately, that means van der geek, who tells her that tracy probably did a murder because she used to be an alcoholic. JUSTICE

for those who are interested in a sweet krummy cosplay, you can get his shirt here.

tracy leaves her motel room. How did she get a motel room? She has no money. Club guy is waiting outside, and follows her in his car after she turns her phone off. Once she's out of the area, he calls the police again to say that he found a murderer!

meanwhile, brody is explaining online dating to DB. Brody refers to the burner phone as kyle's sidepiece phone, and DB clarifies “side piece phone? You're saying that tracy was brody's mistress?” for any square old white dudes who may be watching. Kyle and tracy had been talking for a month, and she had been asking to meet for weeks. They then go over the messages we've already seen, because the episode needed padding. It turns out that kyle had also told tracy he was starting to fall in love with her, and DB goes “without ever meeting?” and brody goes “welcome to the world of online dating.” I mean, like, as someone who has dated online, it's a lot more likely to get unsolicited dick pics than love confessions, but hey, whatever, i've never been on heartmate. Nelson explains how tinder works, and then uses a girl as an example of how the app documents how often you cross paths, without noticing that the app also says she is literally 10 feet away from him. Db tells him to heart her, because apparently it's cool if the whole cybercave is a hotbed of fucking. Db is not into online dating, and tells brody that he's more into waiting for serendipity to strike. Brody asks if serendipity is an app. Get it? Because he's young! And they only know the apps and how to disappoint their elders!

raven is getting interviewed by the detective on tracy's case about how they found the murder weapon in tracy's hotel room, and she gets mad and says tracy was framed. She also lies about brody being in her apartment. Apparently they found tracy's fingerprints all over the crime scene. Raven leaves, and The detective then gets mad at avery and says that she needs to pass the case onto the police, because there's a clear conflict of interest on the cybersquad. We're supposed to think he's the bad guy for this. Avery says that it's clearly a cybercase, because it involves a computer, and that regular cops can't solve it. You know, it might help if there was another cybersquad, because apparently being on the cybersquad means that you will need to help solve cases that are directly related to your coworkers. Then again, I guess another holodeck that they never use would be a big investment.

The csis cyber legal guy tells avery that she needs to get on garth rizzo so he can close the case file, because if garth rizzo gets arrested for non-revenge-porn reasons, that means he can start lobbying for stronger revenge porn laws. That's… that's not how things work. You can still push for somcething to be illegal, even if the guy who does it hasn't done any other crimes. No wonder the legal guy is so chill about everything that happens in the cybercave, he doesn't actually know how laws work.

meanwhile, in the cybercave, we see that the only time that kyle's real phone and his burner phone were in the same place was at his house during the murder. They figure it out by tracking the data points on the heartmate app on both phones, despite the fact that kyle supposedly didn't have heartmate on his real phone.  That, and the fact that he types in lowercase on heartmate and using proper grammar with his wife, mean that the phones were used by two different people. They have to prove it with science, though. DB yells “Microbials” and runs the fuck out of that joint.

meanwhile, raven is telling a woman that her photo has been used as revenge porn. “i took that photo years ago,” the woman says, as a photo comes up in which she looks exactly the same, down to having the same makeup and hairstyle. It looks like she took the photo hours ago. Anyway, revenge porn is still bad and raven promises to hack the devices.

db is using everyone's unique face-germs to prove that the burner phone hadn't been used by kyle. “microbials are a new identifier, as unique as fingerprints.” Wait, why can't they just use fingerprints? That's still a thing that exists. Anyway, the germs are different, so the burner phone wasn't kyle. Glad we finally solved that mystery that the viewers have known the answer to since the beginning of the episode. Avery concludes that all the data from the sidepiece phone was all “cyberstaged.” we have a word for that, avery. It's “staged.”

club guy, meanwhile, is calling tracy's mom, pretending to be a detective. He asks where tracy is, and her mom tells him that she sent her a money transfer. What a garth rizzo.

at the cybercave, they're narrowing down who the catfisher was. They refuse to use the word “catfish” for some reason. They use the data from heartmate instead of the regular cell phone location data for some reason. He was following tracy around a bunch, so they triangulate the heartmate connections that aren't with tracy. Avery looks at his fake profile to psychoanalyze him because she hasn't done that in a while. “he chose kyle's photo. A handsome man, because our target has low self-esteem about his own appearance.” or because you don't catfish with ugly people, you dingbat. Some rando drops by a tablet that says kyle didn't do the hack, but that the hack came from a computer at a frame shop. Looks like tracy was FRAMED YEAHHHHHHHHHHHH. nobody makes that joke and it’s upsetting.

at the frame shop, they confirm that the hack was made from the employee computer and that he used a photo of kyle that he had brought in to have framed. They could have compared the schedule that they got from the heartmate matches with the employee schedule and catch their guy, but this episode still has a solid 20 minutes or so.

Wait, why would you catfish with someone who lives in the same town? That's asking for your mark to go up to the person in real life if they see them around and try to start up a conversation. they do realize that, like, there is a whole internet with pictures of pretty people on it, right? Here's my human lie detector analysis- this guy is bad at his crimes.

raven is stressed about rizzo and tracy, and has some emotions like “what if i'm wrong about tracy?” this loses some impact because we know objectively nobody in the cybersquad is ever wrong.

Tracy drops by the convenience store to get the money her mother sent her, but the transfer was cancelled- sorry, cybercancelled. She only has ten dollars in her wallet, and asks how much a sim card is. What a coincidence, it's exactly ten dollars! When she goes out to put the new sim card in her phone, however, club guy puts on a baseball cap and goes to talk to her. Oh, no, he slashed her tires and she has no access to money and he's offering her a ride!

She gets in his car, and he starts getting weird about meeting at the club, so she turns on the phone with the new sim card.

Cut to Brody and Raven, who are hanging around the cybercave. A computer beeps nearby, because they've been tracking tracy's heartmate profile. As raven helpfully explains, heartmate will keep tracking you even if you get a new sim card! Wait, why would she spend her last ten dollars on a new sim card, then? That's not even something that really plays into the narrative. Anyway, Brody goes to call VDG, and raven gives him this look which I guess is supposed to be concern but comes off more as “wait, vdg? Do you want her to fucking die?”

club guy, meanwhile, is getting all weird. “so, how's your boyfriend? Must be nice to have a boyfriend? Someone you can trust? Because he isn't a LYING LYING SLUTFACE? Have you ever heard of the red pill?” luckily, the cops track her down and bring her in and she looks completely freaked despite the fact that, you know, she's at least 10% safer in prison. 20% if VDG isn't allowed in.

tracy gets interrogated by avery. She says she didn't kill kyle, but she doesn't remember anything because she blacked out and she keeps seeing images of his body on the ground and lots of blood, so, like, not the most watertight of cases. Avery tells her she was catfished, without ever using the words “catfished” because we can only use one new term this week and we needed cyberstalking spelled out to us. She pulls up a picture of all the guys who work at the frame show, and tracy points club guy out for us. Turns out his name is holden. She doesn't mention him going all serial killer on her, which I think is a relevant detail in a murder case. Turns out holden was catfishing for weeks to find out that tracy likes amy schumer, tupac, and watching tv in her Pjs. Tracy is completely shocked that a guy on the internet who she has never met and who didn't send any more pictures besides his propic is not who he says he is, because she grew up in an amish community or something, I guess.

avery tells the legal guy that tracy clearly didn't do it. It's clear that she was drugged and holden got a hotel room, took her unconscious body there without anyone noticing, and planted all the evidence! Wait, how did he get the hotel room? Most hotels won't let you use someone else's credit card to check in, and she was out of it. If she even had a credit card- she seemed pretty convinced that the ten dollars was her last. Did he get the room with his own credit card? How did that not come up in the investigation? He then sent the messages from tracy's phone after taking her from the scene, which can be easily verified as false given that heartmate tracked the time she was at kyle's house and presumably also tracks the time messages were sent. But, like, they're not going to do that for some reason. I guess that's giving up.

avery goes to ask nelson and krummy if they have any evidence that tracy didn't do it, and they don't, because she was at kyle's place in the window of his time of death. Avery yells enzymes and runs out with db because talking is for the pre-cyber era.

It turns out that db's got an experimental testing method to test the enzymes of kyle's muscles so that they can determine the exact time of death, and it's proven that tracy didn't do it. Avery then goes to db and is like “wait how experimental is this?” this was your idea, avery!

yay, tracy's free now. Raven comes out as an fbi agent to her, and she's chill about it. Tracy gets a new phone and laptop that are completely hackproof, and they give her a hotel room. Hurray!

meanwhile, van der geek is driving his daughter, michelle, home. He Is a bad enough dad that she asks “why didn't grandpa pick me up from school? Is he okay?” because it's completely unthinkable that vdg could do some gotdang parenting without his dad being dead. Vdg, being a good comforting person, tells her, “yeah, it's cool, he's just asleep.” she asks if they can get ice cream because it's friday and grandpa always got ice cream on fridays. Wait, what? The club night was explicitly on a friday. Then, when tracy met with raven, it was also a friday. The next day was when all the stuff after that happened- we know because VDG told raven that the murder had happened yesterday. And this is the day after that, which means it's sunday. Is michelle trying to trick her dad into getting ice cream? You're gonna be a great cybercriminal someday, kiddo! Hack time itself! Anyway vdg starts crying and michelle comforts him and it's very heartwarming, but we never know if they do get ice cream.

in comes the legal guy, to point out that the enzyme thing isn't going to fly in court. Yeah, if only they had an exact time for all of tracy's movements and proof that the messages were sent from her phone later. Anyway, avery's all “it's not recognized now, but it will be in the future! There's real science to back it up! You know I do things in an unconventional way!” he still gets mad because they let her out on this experimental evidence, instead of the real evidence that exists. Like, I can't stress this enough. There is evidence that, at the very least, she left the area way before sending an “alright i'm walking in the door now” text. That should at least shed some doubt on the story.

tracy is walking down the street, and gets a text on her new hack-proof phone about how she looks good in blue but she should be wearing an orange jumpsuit. Turns out holden found her anyway! She calls raven in distress, and raven is all “that's impossible!”she goes to krummy, who explains that holden was actually tracking raven, and he followed raven into the fbi, and then used a cell catcher to get tracy's number. That sounds wrong but whatever, i'm not a tech guy. He's got a fake heartmate profile by the name of brad, so raven calls tracy up to let her know not to contact anyone named brad and to just stay in the hotel room. I mean, like, tracy, don't pick anyone up on heartmate. Now is not the time. I don't care if you want to show off your swanky hotel room.

tracy is bad at listening. She opens up a new heartmate account by the name of “amy” and tells “brad” she wants to meet for a drink in 20 minutes. Wait, what? Why? Why would you do that? You're under police protection! You don't need that! Holden accepts, because, yeah, he's spent a month tracking this chick and has finally stalked her down to her hotel room, but might as well take a break to buy a shitty margarita for some rando heartmate girl at 3 pm. You've earned it, holden.

Tracy also steals a box cutter from the hotel lobby on her way out, which is fucking rude. Luckily, avery comes in to let them know that tracy never checked into the hotel, and raven opens up all the heartmate users' locations to figure out that tracy made a fake profile.

so they track down holden, which is easy enough and I don't know why they didn't do that earlier. Tracy's plan was to just walk, like, ten feet behind him and then stab him on the street, so raven stops her from stabbing him and holden is under arrest and tracy isn't going to jail for anything, even though she was just about to try and kill a guy despite being pretty much safe from him. Hurray, all the people we're supposed to like are gonna be okay!

Avery says “let's get tracy home” despite the fact that, you know, tracy doesn't actually have a home. Raven asks how avery found her, and it turns out that avery slipped one of db's  tracking pacifiers in the pocket of her jeans without her noticing. Has whoever wrote this episode ever worn women's jeans? You're not getting a penny in those shitty pockets without being able to feel it.

in the elevator, avery talks to vdg about his dad and he says he's real sad. Then she goes to talk to db and chides him for doing the enzyme thing, despite the fact that it was her idea. Avery, you're a bad boss. They talk for a bit about how the infamous garth rizzo is still at large, so I guess that the season villain is gonna be a guy who has not yet done any crimes. Then db mentions he keeps getting push notifications on his phone. Turns out brody created a profile for DB on soulmatestop.com, against his express wishes! It's not even a free site, it's just on a free trial period! DB's username is “dollabill” and brody and krummy go “DOLLA BILL YOOOOO” and it's…. this show is bad, guys. They make comments about db's virility and he says he's not comfortable with the situation and the show fades out on this blatant workplace harassment. Catfishing is cool when you're a good guy!

So, the tumblr site crashed the first time I wrote this out, so I had to rewatch the episode to make the commentary again. And you know what? This is a boring-ass episode. No wonder it took me a year to get to it. At least it had some half-decent basic social commentary, wrt entitled dudes. I guess they had to get all the good good social justice shit out there before the next episode, because that's the black lives matter episode and, guys, it's not good. It's a bad time.

Logging off the cyberweb, see you soon.

[lawfulgoodedgelord]

FUCK WAIT THERE’S A CLASS

[lilyshadowwriter]

Replies <3

Another round of replies for the ever wonderful @femmesim, @thesimperiuscurse, @aoihana2510, @nisukiye, @msmidnightblonde, @simsmono, @theothersim, @freckled-pixels, @explosionofpixels, @lyrea, and @simtonomy! <333

femmesim replied to your photoset “Living Room, Dining Area, and Kitchen.”

those are my favorite colors to decorate with tbh. AND RED

SAME!!!!!!! INCLUDING THE RED! I swear I have to stop myself from dressing all my sims in red sometimes, lmao. Oh and black. I use that a ton too. It goes with everything!

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thesimperiuscurse replied to your photoset “ROSALINDA IS EXCITED AND SO AM I. I LOVE HER HOUSE TO PIECES. So I’m...”

AHHHH I wish I could have all her beautiful houses too �� My computer can't handle so much pretty clutter though ;_____________;

EXACTLY. Gosh in TS3 I haven’t even installed one of her houses for fear my game might explode just because I already have SO much CC. With TS4 I was just starting out, so I figured it couldn’t hurt, lol. If anything, it saved me from having to look for a lot of clutter XD ....kind of tempting to restart my TS3 CC, but....ugh, it would take foreverrrrrrr.

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aoihana2510 replied to your photoset “ROSALINDA IS EXCITED AND SO AM I. I LOVE HER HOUSE TO PIECES. So I’m...”

Wow, beautiful and cozy home atmosphere!

nisukiye replied to your photoset “ROSALINDA IS EXCITED AND SO AM I. I LOVE HER HOUSE TO PIECES. So I’m...”

She's an amazing lot builder! And heck yes, everything looks beautiful <3

msmidnightblonde replied to your photoset “ROSALINDA IS EXCITED AND SO AM I. I LOVE HER HOUSE TO PIECES. So I’m...”

omgggggg it looks so beautiful! asdfghj And she's so cuuuuuute! I love it all. <33

Thank you so much, you three! I KNOW RIGHT? It’s gorgeous. I adore RubyRed’s houses to pieces! A lot of it I didn’t even change because it was already perfect!

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simsmono replied to your photoset “ROSALINDA IS EXCITED AND SO AM I. I LOVE HER HOUSE TO PIECES. So I’m...”

If it's one thing I'm envious of it's the interior cc for ts4! The place looks really cute!! xxx

Thank you! RubyRed did a wonderful job. And I know right? Literally the first day I started looking for housing stuff for TS4 I ended up searching to see if I could find some of the same stuff for TS3!!! I actually did end up finding a chunk of it, but now I’m realizing I might explode my game if I add it all because I already have so much CC in TS3 and bahhh. Plus I find decorating to be a real pain in TS3 because I can never find the items I want, lmao. That new search function in TS4 is a such a time saver!

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simsmono replied to your post “Replies <3”

I'm glad you're enjoying it at least! I tried it a some time ago but couldn't stand it so reverted to TS3. Admittedly, the cc available for TS4 is tempting, but I love my sims too much to abandon them for a game that doesn't do anything for me. Anyway, I look forward to seeing more of your pictures xxx

That’s similar to what happened to me the first time I tried to get into it! I played it for about two days and then got completely disinterested and went back to TS3. Things seem to be going better this time around, but Idk, haha, I still don’t think I’ll be abandoning TS3 anytime soon. I’m having fun seeing all the nice TS4 cc, but I don’t want to abandon my TS3 sims or their stories. I’ve put way too much time into them!

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nisukiye replied to your post “Me: I love how fast TS4 loads! Me: *downloads 16 GB of CC* Me:...”

HAHAHA XD exactly the same too

theothersim replied to your post “Me: I love how fast TS4 loads! Me: *downloads 16 GB of CC* Me:...”

MEEEEE

freckled-pixels replied to your post “Me: I love how fast TS4 loads! Me: *downloads 16 GB of CC* Me:...”

lmaooooooo SAMEEE

LOLOLLLLLLLLL. GLAD I’M NOT ALONE. MUST DOWNLOAD MOAR!!!!

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explosionofpixels replied to your photo “Rosalinda.”

She's so pretttttttty omG ����

Ahh! Thank you so much! I’m pretty much in love by this point. So glad you like her too!

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lyrea replied to your post “Replies <3”

I have sadly not found a way to tilt the camera and I seen over on the forums that several people asked about it, but no one seemed to know.

That seems to be what I’m seeing too. It seems that if you hold down the mouse wheel or hold CTRL and use the up and down keys you can tilt the camera up and down, but I haven’t seen anything about tilting it vertical or anything. It doesn’t seem you can. For now I guess it’s just a matter of messing around with the controls and seeing what works.

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aoihana2510 replied to your photo “Rosalinda.”

beautiful lady

Thank you! ^_^ <3

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simtonomy replied to your post “Replies <3”

Yes! The pausing thing is annoying af. I wish I could tell you I found a solution for it, but nope :( Do you use the TS3 camera? In settings, you can enable TS3 camera mode, I like it a lot better, especially for screenshots. Oh and as for the Alf-Si eyes, there are several sets. I meant these: http://alf-si.tumblr.com/post/129303707742/default-eyes-non-default-eyes-face-paint They looked weird for me in game first, but I just had to make the iris smaller. Love them now.

Yes! I do use the TS3 camera--definitely a lot better for screenshots. Even though it says it’s the TS3 camera though there seems to be things it can’t do that the TS3 one can, like rotate the pictures vertical and all. Ahhh well, I’ve eventually get the hang of it all...hopefully, lmao. And ah yeah, I like them a lot better with the smaller iris! <333

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freckled-pixels replied to your photo “Rosalinda Martinez.”

*o*!

Hahahahaha, thank youuuuuuuuuuu <3333 That was my reaction once she was all done too! XD

[brunhiddensmusings]

flashbacks on when in the ‘avengers- civil war’ movie the footage of the avengers saving new york from both an alien attack and being nuked by the military was edited so heavily it removed both the alien attack and the US military trying to nuke new york of course you COULD have slippery slope arguments in superhero universes- if superman exists should he be expected to stop wars too? iron man stopped terrorists several times but do you expect him to stop all terrorism? should superheroes cross international borders? to what extent are they protected by law in the course of trying to do superhero stuff? whole comics such as ‘grrl power’ tackle that exceptionally well, delving into government involvement and procedures that would be taught to aspiring new ‘heroes’ and its a rich field to explore as ‘the incredebles’ opened us up to back to spiderman though there is a strong argument i put forward multiple times about the scope and scale expected of a superhero- if an asteroid is heading towards earth you do not expect spiderman to fix it, nor do you expect him to take down godzilla, he has a specific range of things that are within his ability to tackle, and things that are clearly beyond what you ask him to do. conversely while batman and superman are -capable- of stopping convenience store robbers we as a populace expect them to focus their attentions on more appropriate dangers to the community at large such as psychopaths trying to poison the drinking water or space invasions so berating superman because a child got molested in utah is unrealistic (thats the punishers job) and of course just because the stakes arent insanely high does not mean an audience cant be invested, which is kind of the DBZ problem- if your only two types of ‘risk’ are ‘if we loose the universe ends’ and ‘if i lose then someone else gets to be named world champion instead of meeeee’ the audience doesnt care either way- if you loose the world goes boom then typically the audience is very assured you will win, again like ‘oh noes a bad guy shot superman, will he be okay?’ levels of suspense, to the point if you show the planet exploding and being reduced to molten slag the audience holds up their watches because they are timing how long till you have a wish granted to restore the planet or go find a time machine within the last ten minutes of todays episode or the middle thrid of the next episode. however very low stakes can be compelling- just one hostage, who is actually capable of dying, someone of importance that could realistically be gone forever is still a compelling risk, even if the risk isnt even of them dying. just because spiderman is trying to save like five people, or stop a corrupt politician passing a shitty law that would enable his enemies, or the destruction of peoples homes instead of ‘save teh werld’ does not mean spiderman is less compelling

This is mostly based on this: http://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/4701650.html

A lot of credit to crinos, who summed up my feelings on this subject fairly thoroughly.

Honestly though, if you live in a world where supervillain attacks are a regular thing, it’s a real world problem.

[kittisbumblebeebat]

god im just so mad that im back to being paranoid and anxious all the time like i was in highschool and before i started dating my ex. Its wild how one person trying to make you out to be the bad guy and airing out dirty laundry can fuck you up. 

im just gonna keep my thoughts on my side blog though bc again, im paranoid, and i want to avoid people getting the idea that im being childish by talking about it still. I have no idea what he’s saying either publicly or to his friends and its making me crazy. 

Some of this is so so childish and stupid but still insanely hurtful. The fact that i have been radio silent about our breakup, other than telling my family and the couple of friends who reached out to me and I NEVER said anything bad about him EVER. All i said was that i wanted to focus on school (this was right before i finished my second year) and i didnt have the EMOTIONAL capacity for a relationship. I made that SO CLEAR to him too. I KNEW i was being distant, i need to think, and when i realized that i was suffering emotionally and that he was ALSO SUFFERING, SO I ENDED IT. 

Now he’s out here mocking me in a post on his finsta to our MUTUAL friends, making it seem like i was lying for the almost 2 years we dated. If you’ve ever been vagued on tumblr you know what that feels like so now imagine that it has real life consequences and how fucked up that is. Im so so lucky that i have friends both online who helped me through this and our mutual friends who reached out to me to let me know he was going off for no reason. 

He was being such a hypocrite and so hurtful, saying that i threw away two years of HIS life (as if i wasn’t a person who was also apart of this relationship) and that it was terrible for me to be on tinder or any dating app and that he couldn’t believe that i was deleting photos together. keep in mind this is over a month since we broke up! i thought i was moving at normal pace and doing normal things by getting rid of pictures because uhhhh, we’re not together any more! but apparently thats a crime worth screaming about, and not bringing up with the person you actually have an issue with. 

and i did feel a little bit bad that he was so upset, and i felt like maybe i was doing something wrong UNTIL I FUCKING FIND OUT THAT NOT EVEN T W O W E E K S AFTER WE BROKE UP HE’S ALREADY ON BUMBLE LOOKING TO FUCK PEOPLE????? (in the middle of a pandemic too mind you??) and yet im suppose to feel guilty? huh?? and it doesnt help that his friends are enabling him the entire time!! and they dont say shit on his hypocrisy when he rages in their group chat (which i was still in at the time and could’ve been reading in real time when he was talking shit about me how fucked is that?) about me. like hello?? and yall have the nerve to continue to tell this boy how mature and sweet he is for not being afraid to show some emotion? noooooooo hes nooottt

I got mad, and posted to my finsta saying that who ever is sending him my posts and letting him stalk my finsta they can block me and never speak to me again cause its creepy and weird and they need to look at themselves and figure out what the fuck they think they’re doing. So naturally he fucking emails me. yes EMMAAILLLS MEEEEE a god damn mla format  5 paragraph essay detailing some bullshit about how i OWE him closure and that he just wants to talk “like adults” and stop “taking shots at eachother on ig”. FUCKING AS IF WERE ON THE SAME LEVEL OF IMMATURITY RIGHT NOW. 

the email is wack as shit too, saying “im not trying to guilt you, buutt” like no fuck off literally everything you say after those words is entirely unnecessary to whatever point you’re trying to prove! shut the fuck up! i dont need your justifications, and i dont feel bad about what i said or did. 

he tries to make me feel bad about tinder by saying it didnt feel fair cause i had told him that i didnt want to be in a relationship. WHICH WAS TRUUEEEEE. quaratine is and was ROUGH ON ME. my semester was ruined, my only outlet for stress was taken away and our relationship was falling apart because i didnt want to communicate since all of my problems were met back with whatever issue he was having and how that suddenly became more important. so sorrryyyyy for not communicating until i felt like i was backed into a corner and needed and out immediately.  

i guess i should feel slightly honored though because at the end of the day i can say my ex wrote a shitty break up song about me. lmaaaoooo

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spaces | between

J and I starting school together this semester was the advent of me going all sorts of crazy obsessive and clingy. With us having the luxury to spend at least a little bit of time each day together, I started to make things ugly, thinking along the lines of “why can’t we spend every single day together? what’s more important than me? why can’t the time be MADE FOR ME??!!!?! WHY 1 HOUR NEVER REPLY MEEEEE!!!!1!!!1″ 

And I guess it wasn’t really until yesterday that I had let this part of me go (see: previous post where God totally lifted that ugly mask off me) and it feels amazing 

I think I had quite well respected the time we spent apart but I still felt bothered and ticked off by the smallest things. I couldn’t really be happy for him during the times we weren’t together? In retrospect it sounds gnarly and totally crazy but it’s the truth: I thought that I had to be his only source of happiness and that everything else was a competition to me, everything else was bad 

But I guess there’s a new revelation that I’ve gotten last night/today that has helped me see things with a better perspective. Let me try my best to word that thought: 

J and I both love each other very much 

But that doesn’t mean that we stop pursuing new interests, new friendships/ relationships with people, new commitments 

Not because we’re not ‘enough’ for each other and we need other things to fill up our time or whatnot, but we are blessed and are able to bless through all these places and people we get to interact with/in and that enables us to be better persons for/to each other, and most importantly, for God 

Our love for each other doesn’t have to be split up and shared with all these other aspects in our lives, there is no need to be afraid of losing or having to compete with anybody/anything 

Last night even after the initial encounter and peace that I felt from God, I still had some negative thoughts lingering. And so I continued to pray and I asked God to please help me understand and process things rationally because even though I’m such an emotional person, I need and find comfort in a proper breakdown of what I go through and have experienced. So really thank you God for Your grace and love! I love you (: