#tbf it was also kind of like this in 2021

[ahli-stuff]

Guys is fyozai dead or something why can’t I find new content in like any platform

[skyburger]

lately ive been going through my google history when im bored (which is so incredibly entertaining btw. highly recommend) and apparently, after double-checking my camera roll that date & finding proof to support this theory, i did indeed first watch hlvrai on november 4th of 2020. absolutely insane. i thought i hadnt seen it until mid-2021 at LEAST.

shoutsout to my friends who i watched it with at the time half of which i dont talk to anymore... i owe u for getting me into funny half-life series. thank you oomf

WARNING !!! below the read more is a long fucking list of funny* things i found in my camera roll from the week i first watched hlvrai. like not the images themselves just me talking about them. i dont know why i thought that was a good idea but alas i already spent 90+ minutes writing that all out and tbf i did have a good laugh looking at that shit. anyway the warning is because its long as fuck and i'm willing to bet not at all interesting to anyone who isn't me. i think if i talk any more i will ramble for fucking ever so ill shut up. WARNING OVER !!! miami make some fucking NOISE. dj tsumugi.

*please note these were funny to both me in late 2020 (age 15) and me now (older but not at all wiser). what im trying to say is read at your own risk because 90% of this is unfunny as fuck but it could be worse. it could be shit from when i was 12. That would be really bad i think

anyway here are some highlights from my camera roll from like the day before, the day of & the day after "the incident" (me watching hlvrai):

a ridiculous amount of terezi pyrope pictures. i had not (and still have not) ever read homestuck

at least 30 pictures of hugh o'conner. probably more if im being honest with myself

the same few pictures of kokichi ouma? for some reason?

like a lot of pictures of nagito komaeda. there is at least one screenshot where my discord pfp is nagito. Something Happened

vriska and nepeta also make an appearance. the former more so but not nearly as much as terezi for some reason

a lot of screenshots of discord convos involving various hughdebeste aus. some favorites are the homestuck au, the peabody & sherman au(???), the meet the robinsons au(??????), splatoon au

blu and red scout tf2 they have taco bell and kfc shirts respectively?

professor sycamore from pokemon and professor sycamore from layton. there are multiple images of each and theyre right next to each other

screenshots of the homestuck wiki. Concerning

a screenshot of an email i got from nintendo about the special edition fortnite switch releasing

like a lot of screenshots of alfendi layton from when i was playing lbmr. not surprising but theres kind of a ridiculous amount

a picture of alvin (the chipmunk) that just says "WE DID IT"

screenshots of me talking in ridiculous 13375P34K on twitter and being accused of kinning from homestuck. quite frankly? i deserved that

hatsune miku makes a few appearances

many tumblr post screenshots. However i did not take these myself i just saved them from reddit. really ashamed to admit i did this for literal years even when i used tumblr at the same time

picture of professor layton standing in that one pose in that one picture i dont know how to describe it. the "you know i had to do it to em" one

that one bugs bunny suit meme and it says "i wish all boobed men a very pleasant evening". this was apparently important enough for me to save twice like an hour and a half apart

many screenshots of me on discord AND twitter posting quotes from hlvrai as i watched it. this includes on my masked disciple roleplay account

a picture of my danganronpa trilogy for ps4 copy. but its one of those live pictures so when i click on it i get attacked (i had the flash on because i took this picture in the dark)

that one really terrible picture of tommy coolatta thats like the first non-fanart picture of him on google images. thrilled to announce i think thats been the only image on his wiki page for years now

picture of hime & mikoto meika's mmd models. i think they had recently released or been announced at this point

catboy apollo justice & wolf boy klavier gavin gacha life gifs. i think my friend made this (if it was in fact my friend and not someone random this was the same friend who streamed hlvrai and thus changed my life forever btw)

that old meme about not passing [xyz] the aux because theyll play [abc]. it says "Do NOT pass the kinnie the aux / They'll just playin 'Alvvays - Archie, Marry Me (Official Video)'"

screenshots of calendar events i set up celebrating the anniversary of two dgs characters' deaths (genklimt fans rise up!)

screenshot of my real kinlist on my real carrd from 2020. i can tell it was just edited because this screenshot has scribbles on it (i circled the latest addition to my kinlist which is in fact "dr. coomer")

screenshots of me and my oomfs on this one specific anime rp roblox game that i WISH i could remember the name of. it let you import pngs of any character you wanted so we had pictures of ace attorney guys hanging out with madoka girls at some point. this specific instance includes klavier gavin, baby trucy wright, rosie from animal crossing & a blue orb thing(??). we are all incredibly small for some reason

john cena suit gangnam style depression. this is saved multiple times. does anyone else remember this post i used to be obsessed with it for some reason

picture of a historical moment in my life (the day i changed my ps4 username to "TheKokichiOuma" which i have regretted for years now. in my defense it did actually use to be worse than that im so serious. 2018 was a dark time why did i pick the name "DabWeebPolics". Horrific!

screenshot of a string of tweets between me and a friend at the time. the tweets arent actually important except for the first one which reads "these gummy bears taste british i cant explain it". this is only important because i remember these fucking gummy bears and they DID taste british in like the same way heathrow airport feels british you know

this one picture of my chemical romance in a forest(?) but bob looks like my fucking dad at a quick glance and it scares me every time i see it. i saved this multiple times over the course of that day

various pictures my friend made of jove justice being set on fire

the really short businessman with the fuckass bob from the lorax but my oomf edited him to look like kazuma asougi

picture of byakuya togami which is only funny because it has text on top of him that says "I. DO. NOT. GEC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

a single screenshot of a tumblr post about the events of That Day (destiel putin election day.) the only other thing referencing this in my gallery is a screenshot of the trending tab on twitter (the trends are, in order. 1. #TrumpMeltdown 2. destiel 3. #ElectionResults2020)

two paper mario character pngs followed by that one misha collins picture. you know the one

various screenshots of a mishapocalypse happening on twitter

more super paper mario pngs

im going through pictures slightly further out from nov 4th now (i think after i look at nov 2nd & nov 6th ill call it quits). first image i see is that "gay people i respect vs. gay people i dont respect" image and i dont know why i saved that nevermind i scrolled and immediately found i made a dgs meme out of that

phoenix wright BASED ON GAY MANGA?

went through the ace attorney mamboleo person's deviantart that day i think so i have various funny works of theirs saved. i think the average person actually would know them as the stamp on the ground animation person so. Thats them too. on a side note watching that video after you got into metal gear is fucking insane

that mom against cat boys tshirt

a lot of unnoteworthy professor layton & ace attorney & dgs images

ben shapiro on the ace attorney witness stand?

oh im finding out i got really fucking mad at william petenshy that day. iirc i got so fucking annoyed at this case i didnt even finish it i just. skipped it. i wasnt even playing it i was just watching it???

one of those "tag yourself / which mutual am i" posts but all the options are characters from my kinlist. one of the titles is a jfk clone high reference

screenshots of dms to klimt van zieks begging him to drop a kinlist

a screenshot of a friends reply to my tweet (hi doop) which did just remind me of my "damon gant is apollo justice's grandpa" theory. this tweet manages to tie yanni yogi into the family tree

screenshot of a discord music bot playing a youtube video (remember when they could do that?). the video is titled "henry ledore does his taxes for 10 minutes asmr"

apparently i looked at characters i share a mbti with that day. highlights include souseki (the dgs guy. no idea about the real one), ron delite, flora reinhold, pyro tf2, agent 8 (splatoon), n harmonia & my goat DERPY HOOVES

screenshot of part of twitter's trending page. it says that trending in the united kingdom, with at least 3,610 tweets, is "Homosexuals"

screenshots of multiple tweets in a row from me. they all involve me frantically talking about how i really want to kin nagito komaeda even though i know fuck-all about him

various pictures of markiplier (both in real life & in fma)

real screenshot of me unironically saying "mental illness innit" in reference to myself. this was in my twitter dms with my friends klimt van zieks roleplay account which is even worse

original gina lestrade & egg benedict image made by me. if you know the apollo gant image its basically that

okay i lied i went back to nov 1st and i think i'll check nov 7th afterwards. one full week of nonsense. this proved to be a good idea because i immediately found a screenshot of a text to my mom asking her if she kinned gnomeo from gnomeo and juliet. she said yes

possible origin of why i own a boss baby poster: oomf kin-assigned me the boss baby

possibly my favorite example of the twitter feature where it shows you the original tweet and then the last two replies on a long thread of replies to that post. the original tweet is me saying in all caps "i care him so much he is so small" about luke triton (what a 2020 sentence!). the last two replies are from me and then my oomf but i think only the first of the two needs recounting. it says "do you really want to explain vore to your teachers". i know i say i want context a lot but i genuinely do really want context for this what the fuck happened here

oh good! boss baby update: theres a screenshot of my ebay purchase of "BOSS BABY Poster A5"

im on pictures from november 7th now. i think i went through a figures bot that day because i have a frankly ridiculous amount of figures (mostly nendoroids. mostly miku nendoroids.) there's also the default hime & mikoto png in the middle of these

twitter notification screenshot. apparently kristoph gavin ace attorney followed me that day

i think i went and looked through a christian memes subreddit or twitter account or SOMETHING i dont know where else these all came from. this is followed by a staggering amount of facebook minion memes

side note: does anyone else remember the aatwt (ace attorney twitter) & puyo puyo twitter crossover event in the michael's customer service chat incident? that feels like a different universe

this one is really nothing compared to any of this other stuff but i do have proof of me saying "pog" unironically

grand finale to this saga is actually from a couple days after (nov 9th 2020) but after seeing the staggering amount of death the kid images i had saved over like two days (i had watched a couple episodes of soul eater with my pals) i felt compelled to dig up my "death the kid get wifi anywhere you go" fancam. i might post it later cause its a classic (only to me)

thank you all so much for watching remember to like and subscribe and whatever. thank you for reading this if you read it for some fucking reason. i spent just over an hour and a half looking through this shit & typing this but it was a nice walk thru memory lane tbh! im gonna shut up now before i start rambling. feel free 2 ask for the images or context to any of these i literally love rambling. peace and love on planet earth. LOVE YOU ALL!!! GOODNIGHT NEW YORK CITY

[jupitercl0uds]

hi! i'm ash

they/them/xe/xem • panromantic • asexual • non binary • autistic (with suspicions of having adhd) • english • atheist quaker • a tad bit silly

been on the tumbler since 2021 so i know my way around here but i dont get every little reference (i get most and for the ones i dont i just nod and smile along). i am still a teenager so some Classic Posts are older than me and most are from when i was in primary school.

i dont really have a sophisticated tagging system, but if it helps, spouting to the void is my text post tag. i dont even strictly use it for text posts tbf

blogs i run:

this one (obviously)

@blues-amazing-blog - oc blog (currently on hiatus)

@wswe-autism-fic - fanfic blog (for waluigi says 'wa' everyday until dekuyama is popular). i also treat this as an alt account for fandom stuff sometimes

@knuckles-with-a-keyboard - silly little blog where i pretend to be boom!knuckles (i really really love this blog its so fun)

@jupitercl0uds-art - my art blog (shock horror)

@nonbinary-sticks-the-badger - my sonic blog

external links (whoops forgot to add this)

maybe one day ill set up a linktree idk

ao3

letterboxd

twitter (i only use this for posting from my switch now)

spotify profile

email me - jupitercl0uds.burner@gmail.com

dm me on discord: jupitercl0uds

i think thats it

click this link for more external links including some of the above ones but specifically how to contact me if i cant use tumblr

interests:

omg i love so many things its not even funny. a few important ones are waluigi (special interest), sonic the hedgehog (special interest AND hyperfixation (omg please kill me)), art (like, as a general thing, but particularly visual) and you WILL find me randomly posting oh-so-passionately about something ive never even mentioned before.

i do animation and illustration but that's over on my art blog. also all my animations are WIPs. you probably won't find anything other than a few weird lip syncs from when i was like 11 (i got into animation because of gacha life and animation memes). most of my art is sonic atm lol.

i also read and write fanfic! my wattpad and ao3 is jupitercl0uds :D

wattpad is mostly old stuff, crack and occasional reposts of my ao3 stuff. ao3 is mostly whatever is on my mind at the moment and WSWE.

misc

occasionally i get all heated up about actually important stuff. that's usually sandwiched inbetween my regular goofy goober behaviour. for the basic gist of it: very left wing, the tories are cunts, vote green, free palestine. you also need to understand the weight of that sentence because i hate swearing.

i have other socials too but i dont really use them that much. got bored of twitter and i forget about all my other accounts. only ones i use now are whatsapp (lmao), tumblr and i guess ao3 and wattpad. theres no real point in linking something i havent used in months

anyway, have a nice day and please go to bed on time!

faves (non-exhaustive)

AUTISM BOY!!!! ANXIETY GUY!!!! MILES 'TAILS' PROWER!!!! he's been my favourite sonic character since i was little!!!! except for that brief period where it was amy because i found out tails was a boy and i, as a 7-year-old girl who had just learned about misoginy, decided amy was better because she was a girl. and that briefer period where it was cream because she had confetti in sonic dash.

my favourite iterations of him are scu tails, classic tails and sonic boom tails!!! i h/c him as autistic, having anxiety, low self-esteem but also being really cheerful and nonchalant about a lot of stuff. i enjoy trans tails of all kinds, but i believe in cis gnc tails.

NON-BINARY ICON!!!! TOP SURGERY GUY!!!! WALUIGI!!!! call me thomas jefferson cause i have an entire binder on this guy. waluigi is THE blorbo from my spin-off-party-shows. i got into him because 'hahahaha! it is the funny garlic man's funny rose partner!' and that became 'they could marry me and i'd say yes on the basis that we'd get to see each other everyday, even if i only love him as a friend.

im very passionately hateful about 'hot' waluigi. shut up. waluigi is perfect. i hope he can be canon one day <3 i h/c him as autistic, transmasc non binary and really into gothic lolita. i interpret their relationship with wario as romantic partners and waluigi being super super poor. also, wlw mlm solidarity with rosalina!!!!!

anti-faves

dr starline i love a bisexual icon as much as the next person but starline is not it. i want him to Suffer. which is why i then go on to make loads of fanart of him where he's crying over something. in the one shown above, i have just kicked him in the balls (full image). i also would love to be a VA for him because that'd really piss him off. good style tho. you go girl.

manjimutt (sorry but i only have 1 image of him)

hello to the other living yokai watch fan out there. i hate manjimutt. when i was younger i felt sorry for him, cause i was like 'oh, poor guy, always going to jail!!!' no. die. i do not like him. i hate manjimutt. i do like saying his name tho. MAnji-mutt! i think i hate him more than starline, because at least starline has redeeming qualities. the only redeeming qualities manjimutt has is pity because hes not actually committing crimes. thats it. hes not a nice person. hes just a guy. hit him with a wooden plank (har har).

that poor poor poodle though

posts i like

idk posts on my own blog i like a lot. idk if thisll be A Thing because im literally only doing tthis because of the first post on the list

recognising a url and the chaos that followed

stuff about my lgbtq+ identity idk

THIS IS HOW MUCH I KNOW ABOUT SONIC OK!!!!!

can you call me that slur?

[ghostypetrainer]

I posted 4,808 times in 2022

That's 4,808 more posts than 2021!

3,084 posts created (64%)

1,724 posts reblogged (36%)

I tagged 4,162 of my posts in 2022

Only 13% of my posts had no tags

#asks - 2,255 posts

#zoroark possession au - 954 posts

#reincarnation au - 504 posts

#submas - 496 posts

#ingo - 405 posts

#team chaos au - 295 posts

#emmet - 225 posts

#lord zoroark au - 200 posts

#pla akari - 159 posts

#cyan tag - 157 posts

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

wouldn’t it suck if when Ingo returned home, Arceus mentally yeeted Ingo back to the exact moment he left. it’s one thing if he physically blips out of existence and then blips right back into existence, four years older but just imagine that Arceus thinks he’s doing Ingo a solid by not only returning him to the exact time he left, but also the exact age!

(It is not, but Arceus does not know that.)

POV: You are Emmet. Your brother suddenly collapsed, but before you can call an ambulance, he’s already waking up again. You sigh in relief, but it’s short-lived because now Ingo is staring at you like you’re a stranger. He’s saying something, but you can’t understand it. It isn’t any language you know.

Something is verrry wrong.

280 notes - Posted May 11, 2022

#4

non-serious AU where Pokemon fuckery happens while in Hisui and Ingo and Akari switch ages. they get stuck in a space time distortion and when they come out, Ingo is 15 and Akari is 29 but are otherwise mentally the same.

finally the great debate over Ingo’s actual age is settled, but not in the way everyone thought it would be. Melli is so frustrated bc he’s either forced to admit that Akari must just have really, really good genes to looks so young at 50 or that Ingo was actually a lot younger than he’d thought.

Lady Sneasler sees that her warden has gotten so much smaller and her eyes just sparkle. he is truly a little kit now. she’s going to dote on him so much.

tbf the urge to dote on teen Ingo is very strong. his glaring eyes and constant frown wrap back around into being adorable when put on a teen’s face.

Akari is having the time of her LIFE. She’s a cool adult now. Arezu I need a new cool adult hairstyle STAT.

It’s less fun when she keeps hitting her head on things bc she’s used to being short though.

kamado voice: what the fuck is this bullshit

Akari still refers to Ingo as ‘Uncle Ingo’ though, just bc old habits die hard and also it is very funny to me.

Ingo’s coat is too big for him now so he just resorts to wearing it tied around his waist instead. He begrudgingly gives his hat to Anthe to (hopefully) temporarily resize and she sneaks in a few repairs while she’s at it. maybe if this problem doesn’t resolve itself she’ll finally be given a chance to fix his damn coat. it bothers her every time she sees it.

285 notes - Posted May 4, 2022

#3

some other fun facts:

Akari is fifteen years old when she’s dropped into Hisui. Immediately upon arrival, she’s attacked by a wild Pokemon and is badly injured. Irida is thankful that Lord Zoroark was there to find the strange girl and bring her back to the settlement- it likely saved her life. It’s a shame about her memories, however, but it is to be expected with a head injury as bad as hers.

Lord Zoroark frets over the girl the entire time. It’s kind of sweet, he seems to really care about her. Maybe this could be a good thing! This girl has nowhere else to go, and they have been looking for a Warden for him... maybe this is the solution they need.

Akari gratefully accepts the role, although she wishes it didn’t meant living in a tent on the boundary between the Icelands and the Highlands. It’s not as freezing there as the Settlement, but it’s still cold. At least Lord Zoroark will let her bury herself in his fur on the really chilly days.

Ingo does not really know what to make of his new lot in life. He supposes he’s grateful that he’s come to an understanding with the humans, but being assigned a Warden feels... strange. He’s not used to be treated like a Pokemon, as much as he’s always been one. He grew up being raised human, after all.

He does... sort of get used to it. There’s not much he can do about it. He cannot go home, and he’s unsure if it would even truly be a good idea. He regrets leaving things unresolved with Emmet, but maybe it’s better this way. Maybe this is his punishment.

He does grow very attached to his Warden, though. He sees Akari as a little sister, and helps teach her how to survive in Hisui.

A year into living in Hisui, Akari discovers Lord Zoroark can speak human language. He definitely didn’t mean for her to find out. She promises to keep it a secret, even from Irida!

Sometimes Ingo debates telling Warden Akari his name. It would be nice to hear it from someone that isn’t a Pokemon, but he decides against it. He’s gotten somewhat used to being called Lord Zoroark anyways.

It doesn’t matter anyways, because a year later Lord Braviary gets a new Warden. Sabi knows his human name somehow, but she promises she won’t tell anyone else. She also knows he can speak. When he hears she’s clairvoyant, he’s not even surprised. That makes sense.

Ingo befriends a Gligar and a Machop during his time in Hisui, and without really thinking about it, helps train them. It reminds him a bit of his old life, so he enjoys it. Akari thinks they’re his friends, and helps find the items to achieve their final evolutions. People naturally assume they’re her Pokemon.

Akari has a Mismagius and a Lucario! She doesn’t tell anyone that Lord Zoroark has been helping her train them. That would sound so silly!

The Pearl Clan grows to deeply respect their new Noble Pokemon. He is not nearly as intimidating as he first appears, and seems... strangely polite for a Pokemon, much less a Zoroark. For his part, Ingo finds it strange to be spoken to with such respect and reverence but he does get kind of used to it after awhile.

The Pearl Clan also finds out that you can summon him just by blowing three short notes into the Celestica Flute. They do not know that he’s just responding to a reasonable approximate of a train whistle.

Even after Ingo is restored to his human body and everyone returns to the present, Ingo and Akari keep calling each other ‘Warden Akari’ and ‘Lord Zoroark�� out of pure force of habit. They sort of give up on correcting it after awhile.

334 notes - Posted May 6, 2022

#2

scenario where Ingo returns to the future but he’s still in Sinnoh and doesn’t have his memories, so he just chills there for like a year until someone finally recognizes him as the missing Subway Boss and gets into contact with Emmet.

He’s just been living in Celestic Town all this time. Most of the elderly locals just know him as the very polite young man who helps them with the upkeep of their homes and daily tasks that become more challenging as they start to get older. One of them lets him stay a spare room in their home, and they all just sort of assume (not incorrectly) that he’s a time traveler who ended up in the future and doesn’t have anywhere else to go. Cynthia visits her grandmother a couple of times during that year, but she always just misses him so they never end up meeting.

Ingo simply did not realize he’d been returned to his own time! He didn’t remember! So he just did what he did in Hisui- adjusted. At least he got to keep his Pokemon with him this time. He’s pretty sure he didn’t the last time! He’s just starting to think that this is something that just happens to him every couple of years or so. Occasionally he challenges trainers who pass through, always excited for the rare chance to battle and help these young trainers improve their technique.

377 notes - Posted May 12, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

akari’s arc-phone has a food delivery app. if she uses it, a tiny portal forms in front of whoever was unlucky enough to pick up her order at which point they just sort of. drop the bag through the space time hole. it’s a little jumbled up once Akari catches it, but hey!! she’s got take out now!!

Akari: UNCLE INGO CHECK IT OUT. I CAN GET US BURGERS.

(Akari places the order. Seconds later, a bag of fast food burgers drops from the sky. she catches it expertly)

Ingo, who definitely does not remember what a burger is but does know he’s been craving one: BRAVO AKARI

506 notes - Posted May 25, 2022

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[myjunkisyuzuruhanyu]

Hiii! First of all I want you to know that I love your blog. I have a question about something I saw on twitter about Stephane not being a good coach because of the Rika situation and something that happened with Dennis, but like, i really don't understand and i really dont know what they mean i haven't hear anything bad about Stephane before and now i am curious. Do you know anything about that?

Thank you

Thanks for liking this blog. 😊

I think to put Stephane Lambiel on a pedestal is wrong because no human - skater or coach - is perfect and without flaws.

One thing is for sure there is no skater who ever has come forward with any allegations against Stephane, but tbf that doesn't say much. I think though that we actually don't know that much about how he is in training behind closed doors. We know a lot about abusive methods when skaters or coaches are open about it like Team Tutberidze and don't even find fault in that, but with Stephane we know his approach which I find no fault in and the outside view he gives off at events

That being said first I don't know what situation exactly the "Deniss situation" is referring to, but Deniss has been coached by Stephane Lambiel for the most of his senior career and I know perspectives that say that Stephane is maybe too invested into his skaters to not have the best coach-student professional distance and I can understand this perspective from an educator point of view. For example to let a skater live at your home even if it is shorttime. I have no direct example with Deniss Vasiljews I could name that was problematic, so I can't help much with that.

Rika Kihira is a different case in my opinion. The criticism is that Stephane contributed to aggravating Rika's injury by letting her train and compete when she was under Stephane's supervision. Some also said his methods were wrong like practicing with weights. I think there was no explicit discription of her training though, so it's hard to judge whether those weight lifting methods harmed her or not. Rika fans give Stephane fault for her poor outcome at Worlds 2021 and competing at WTT 2021 with an injury.

Rika came to Champery for a training camp, it was never meant to be a long time solution, it happened because of the pandemic and Stephane was just an interim coach for Rika. Mie Hamada was still her coach and imo still the one with the most say in decisions and until this day she is still listed as her coach. Rika was already injured when she went to Stephane for that camp. And injuries don't just disappear. Did Mie Hamada let her rest and recover from her injuries before she went to Stephane? No she didn't. Rika has been dealing with injuries for all of her senior career. So at this point I don't how much you can blame her injuries aggravating on Stephane. Still training with this much load certainly didn't help but show me any skater who isn't dealing with some kind of injury, it's a side effect of elite sports. It doesn't make it better though or excuses that the injury couldn't heal.

But I think we have to consider some things. Here comes the part with unpopular stuff that lots of ppl don't mention, that I do think have played a big part as well and makes putting blame not that easy: Rika is not a child who can't decide for herself. Rika has always emphasized how much she decides on her own about her training, a thing many Rika fans are proud of btw. It was her decision this season also to return to competition despite doctors telling her she would need 6 months off ice to heal. Now she is with Brian Orser and I don't see those complaints ppl had with Stephane with Brian. It's the same situation. I don't say that because I want ppl to blame Brian as well, but because she is making her own decision despite knowing the doctors advise. So it's on you to decide whether Stephane would have had to keep her off ice and if he would have been able to do that. 2nd and this is something that a lot of ppl don't even ever adress, she didn't spend much time in Champery between Japanese Nationals which she won with the first quad by a Japanese women (and she didn't seem to be badly prepared or more injured than before) and Worlds 2021. After JNats she stayed in Japan to do ice shows, she went to a training camp in the US with Mie Hamada, she just returned to Champery one week before Worlds. So who was in charge of her well being at this point and for her preparation, Stephane? Well...partly... We know the outcome at Worlds and it was pure heartbreak. She really didn't seem to be herself at all in the free skate. Rika, just like the other Japanese competitors, had to go to Japan right after Worlds because of the covid protocols. Stephane didn't accompany them, but came later with the rest of the teams. She should have withdrawn from that competition, but I am not sure if she was able to because she would have had to make that decision directly after Worlds to let someone else take her place. Already at the event it was impossible due to the covid protocols to just bring someone else in. So I am almost sure she wouldn't have wanted for Japan to place last because they would get 0 points for one women. It's a team competition you cannot just think about yourself. There's also a lot of money at stake for everyone competing there. We also don't know if she got pressure by sponsors etc. So again the question remains how much influence Stephane really had on those decisions about withdrawals.

I think we should consider those things for a final judgment. Btw it's not about blaming Rika at all, even if it may sound like it, I am aware that Rika is influenced by her surroundings and upbringing and this sport expects you to perform even if you're unwell. The sport career is too short to wait for injuries to heal. So I do understand why Rika competed and practiced. I just think the plan for her 2020-2021 season - no matter who had the final say in that - was not a good one and mismanaged on all sides.

Was there mismanagement in Rika's case? For sure. On Stephane's part? I won't say it's got nothing to do with him. But I actually blame mostly Mie Hamada. She is the reason Rika never healed from injuries, she is the one who had most influence on Rika's mindset about competing while injured. Rika was in Stephane's care for a while, so he is not free of any faults, maybe he should have not agreed to be her coach or insisting on her rest. It's always easy to blame without all information on our part. I just think it's not as black and white and easy like "Stephane destroyed Rika" or "he's a bad coach"

Is Stephane a good coach? I think there is no entirely good coach anywhere. And not every coach no matter how good they are for one skater may do the same good coaching on another skater. I think certain styles and methods work for different ppl for some they are right and for some they are wrong. So I don't even have an opinion about if Stephane is a good coach. I just know that he is a good match and coach for Shoma,but that doesn't necessarily mean he is a good coach for everyone and it doesn't mean he couldn't have been a better coach for Rika. (Rika herself never said any bad word about Stephane and praised training in Champery, but I am not sure of the value of such statements as no one knows what is really going on between a skater and their coach behind closed doors unless your name is Eteri Tutberidze and your not even ashamed of your methods to even let camera film them

Not sure if this was the answer you were hoping for, but this at least is as far as I know about the situation with Rika and shows my not knowledge about a Deniss situation.

[leqclerc]

I think they need news especially with how little inside info they have right now. They can't really go after Fred who just took the job and is already pretty honest in itw.

They did this weird thing with Charles vs Carlos in 2021 too. And look how 2022 turned out for Charles. Without him Ferrari would have been nowhere. He saved it, despite the clownery. Even last year there were a few bad takes (still not over the strategy thing, seriously saying Carlos makes great strategy choices).

One thing that bothers me is I think we sometimes give too much credit to garbage papers. Because we take so many articles seriously but when we are not Italians, we don't actually know if those are valuable papers or if everyone knows they are full of sh*t (not just about Ferrari). We are more aware when it's UK or US press. I feel like lots of it comes from tabloids, trash papers making things up as they go. We've seen this past few weeks how wrong they were about Ferrari itself. It feels like giving credit to Twitter controversies written by nobodies just for the clout.

Except of course those "journalists" are paid for it.

100% on the Carlos hypetrain and media portrayal in 2021. Shades of the same thing at the moment.

You're also right about the papers. I try to consult an Italian mutual and long-suffering Tifosa as much as I can because I'm aware that as "outsiders" we don't have the full linguistic or cultural context. About this guy, Terruzzi, in particular, she says she doesn't usually bother with his content, but that he's "unfortunately very big here." I guess it's kind of like La Gazzetta - everyone knows they're going for sensationalist headlines and have a tendency to exaggerate stories, but they're still one of the juggernauts when it comes to sports journalism. Again, tbf, this guy did face some backlash on Twitter for that article and all of its implications (he remained unapologetic, telling people they misunderstood/didn't read it or whatever), but it's always kind of worrying when stuff like that is coming from powerful established journos. Even if they're taking out of their ass. 🫠

That same mutual also pointed out (in relation to the first Ferrari media meltdown of the season post-Bahrain) that press about Charles just sells. I don't believe this guy didn't know what he was doing when he invoked Charles's personal history to chalk his results up to him being supposedly mentally weak and overly emotional, especially in comparison to his Chad teammate 🤨Only to do a 180 in the literal closing lines of his scathing tirade, acting like he was pro-Charles the entire time. Hate clicks, after all, are still clicks.

[theflyingfeeling]

11,12,14,15🖤

11. Have you ever sat front row at a show?

- I wonder if this is about literally sitting in the front row or just being in the front row in general, because why the heck would you sit down on the front row (unless, of course, you have a physical disability or smth)?! 😅 At least if we're talking about rock shows and the like; at a classical concert it migh be more common to sit down 🤔😂 Anyway, yes I have been at the front row, in my latest concert (BC) last month and also at BC's Stockholm show last summer, as well as Käärijä's Ruisrock show this past summer!

12. Stadium show — where are you grabbing seats? (ie: floor, lower bowl, middle bowl, nosebleeds)

- Just answered this one!

14. Are you a phone in hand recording/taking pics so you can watch later concert goer or a phone in pocket living in the moment type?

- I do film videos during shows, although not the entire time, obviously. I like to have at least something I can look at and hold on to afterwards; living in the moment is great and all and I get the sentiment that memories are more valuable than "things", but bruh, memories fade?! I for one can't remember shit about any concert I've ever been to when enough time has passed 😅 They are just fleeting moments, and that's why I also like writing concert reports (I don't know how interesting they are to anyone else, but I'm writing them mostly for myself anyway). Also, especially at BC shows there's just sooooo much stuff happening on the stage all at once and it's sometimes difficult to decide what you're gonna focus on, so it's fun to look at the videos afterwards and notice all kinds of silly stuff that went on in front of your very eyes without you even realizing it at the time 😂 At the same time, I do think it's easier to focus and just enjoy the show when you're not filming/taking pictures (tbf I never take pictures except sometimes by accident, they always turn out so blurry and unfocused so there's no point), which is why I loved the BC show in Lahti in 2021, because I got to both enjoy the show with no phone in my hand AND I had a bunch of front row quality videos to look at afterwards because the sweet girl in front of me wanted to film me videos as a thank you for lending her a hairtie 😭 I also rarely film during the songs I REALLY want to just get absorbed in, e.g. WANS for Blind Channel

15. who is an artist you haven’t seen that you’d love to?

- I'd love to see Alvaro Soler 🤩

thank you <3

[slow-button-off]

Re: max. I don't deny that he's definitely grown in maturity and is much more cool and collected. But I wonder how he'd be on track with more competition. Last year he looked all put together and "perfect", but I think that it's because he knew he had it in the bag pretty early on. 2021 he still had flashes of impatience towards the end of the season when things were closer like in Brazil and Saudi with some dodgy moves, so just wonder how he'd behave if that were to happen again. I think also that's why you can't really compare charles this past season and his France error, because at that point he was under quite a bit of pressure - pressure that max wasn't really under for the whole 2022 season because even after his bad start to his season the gap was never that big.

Tbf they all have their moments where they lose it a bit.

I think it's also always a question of who they are battling. Because osme drivers characteristics work better together than others.

Also re Brazil that es imo a racing incident. That shit just happens. Lewis shut the door hard for someone that kinds had to know that Max was still there but this happens. I just wouldn't lay the blame solely at Max for that.

The move in Silverstone where Charles loses his endplate wasn't that different. (It was a little bit but I hope you get the point I am trying to make)

But yeah pressure definitely also changes how drivers drive

[rostekhorn]

TBF, it's not just because Republicans were working against him.

Part of the issue is that we tell people that it's important to vote blue, and then they do, and then quite a few things don't get done, not just because Republicans fought against them, but because that small critical mass of Democrats also fought against them. We don't have a public option, or several other things that would've made the ACA a stronger bill, because Joe Lieberman and several other Democrats refused to vote for it. We don't have a new voting rights act because Manchin and Sinema refused to vote for it. We haven't even been able to remove the filibuster, for crying out loud, a completely self-imposed restriction whose abolition amounts to the basic principle of "maybe when Democrats get a majority in the Senate they should actually be able to pass stuff," because too many too-broad-minded-for-my-own-party Democrats in both 2009-2011 and 2021-2023 went "no, we don't want that, we don't think parties should actually be allowed to govern, that's just partisan, which is bad."

So yes, there are low-infos who literally think the Presidency of the United States is a dictatorship. But there are also a lot of low-infos who think, okay, you told me to vote blue, I did vote blue, we got majorities for the White House, the House, and the Senate, so why isn't this passing and how can you still say that it's all the Republicans' fault? And while this too speaks to a poor understanding of U.S. politics, it also comes from the not unreasonable expectation that you should be able to vote for Democrats and get, well, Democratic governance.

This gets even worse at the state level, where you can see things like a Democratic state senator in North Carolina getting elected and then switching parties to give Republicans a supermajority, or a group of New York Democrats forming an Independent Democratic Committee to caucus with Republicans and keep the government de facto in their hands for most of the previous decade. This kind of thing is why "controlled opposition" narratives proliferate on Facebook and have no trouble finding believers.

The short version is that we need more and better Democrats, but my God, is the second half of that sentence as important as the first.

It's finally dawning on me that a lot of hard leftists actually do think the US presidency is already a dictatorship.

Like they think that the reason the Biden administration didn't cancel college debt on the grand scale they pictured, is that he just didn't want to. They have no comprehension just how much Republicans were working against him to stop literally anything he could do to make things in this country less dogshit. (BTW, this is why we need to vote blue all the way down the ticket.)

And then they think they can elect some third party rando with no actual allies in the senate or congress or anywhere, and people will just have to do what they say, and won't try to sabotage them even harder because they're even further left. (The aforementioned efforts to sabotage Biden? It would be even worse for an actual leftist president.)

Like no, sorry, the US presidency is not actually a dictatorship.

[bisluthq]

idk much about Matty but for a guy that seems a bit flighty and prone to ghosting, he seems to have had a few serious relationships though. More than Taylor actually. So the whole promising her marriage and all, it doesn't seem like just a lovebomb tactic. Unless he just realized he actually didn't want it or couldn't see it happen with her, cause the fantasy version of her was better than who she actually is. As a person I mean, cause as an artist I feel like he respects her and all. I just wonder if everything else apart from the artist that makes Taylor, Taylor is actually the kind of woman Matty he's into

He def has had multiple serious relationships. And I agree he didn't just "lovebomb" like as a manipulation tactic and genuinely thought this was dead serious. But I do think the vitriol online absolutely shook him to his core because Matty reaaaally likes dicking around online and seeing that much hate about himself must've really hurt him. People were straight up signing petitions and calling him a Nazi and shit (which he isn't lbfr) and idk that any girl's worth all that like even if you really fucking like her, if you also really like being online, and if you have pretty delicate mental health (which he does). I also think he got to know her pretty well 2021 onwards so yes he really really really liked her beyond liking her as an artist and also he (clearly) actually really really really wants to get married and have kids (Twigs -> Taylor -> Gabby pipeline). I'm not Matty and fuck alone knows what he was thinking but my guess would be he ghosted because he wasn't sure what to do? Like he obviously really liked her but he didn't at all like the situation they were in. I also still think eventually they would've split anyway but I do think what spurred the ghosting was all the online stuff and how much he likes online stuff. He did deactivate shit and whatnot but the problem is he... likes doing that kind of stuff. He really enjoys being online. So to give that up would be like to give up a part of himself/his identity/his life and idk that he was willing to do that or that it would be a reasonable expectation from someone. There was also pressure on him to change his show/act and look like he was willing to make adjustments (he did stop kissing fans and tbh when he goes back on tour now that he's engaged/possibly is married when they next tour, I wouldn't be stunned if he stops doing that again) but he can't just create a new act because that's... who he is? He's Matty, the frontman of The 1975, and he performs as a weirdo called Truman Black. Doesn't mean we have to like every decision he makes but yk what I'm saying? Like he can't change everything about himself for a girl and tbf I don't for an iota of a second think Taylor wanted him to but her fans/the internet did and that must've been tough. He handled it really weirdly and badly though still imo but yeah. I think they're better off split, I think he should've handled it differently, and I think both still have some unresolved questions in the back of their heads (not in a Maylor way but like they've never gotten the opportunity to really truly give it a shot - personally I think it'd still fail lol but hear me out - so there will still be some "what ifs" going on for them probably forever tbh unless they do a Tatty 3.0 one day but even that wouldn't be a proper test because now there's sooooooo much baggage lol).

[m6pr]

i will say, while i do like the deco*27 songs i have listened to, they do all sound the fucking same; i tend to like existing remixes of them a lot more lol

i was really disappointed by the new release "Hao", i heard the hardstyle drum/bass beats in the beginning and i wish they(idk their pronouns) had stuck with a different style instead of reverting to the same pop rock style they always use

a similar phenomenon i've noticed with country, specifically wrt my actual listening habits, lauren alaina can also be really formulaic with her compositions, though tbf she collaborates with other people in writing those songs, and i will give her a bit more leeway because i'm biased lol anyway; her 2017 album Road Less Traveled gets a pass to me because the subject matter is varied enough for me to not care, whereas Sitting Pretty On Top Of The World (2021) has so. many. songs. about. relationship. problems. that it gets kind of annoying? it especially did on my first listen-through.

hachioji-p, one of my fav vocaloid artists, on the other hand, still has his distinctive electronic style, but it has evolved over the years(see his most recent album HIDEOUT vs older albums like Desktop Cinderella), and while some tracks of his sound similar in style, there is plenty of variety in structure. plus listening to his forays into new subgenres like hardstyle("JOUOU" was made for prosekai afaik specifically to be difficult to play but it still slaps) and slower, more romantic, poppier music ("Baby I Love You") is fun! i guess what i'm trying to say is it still sounds like him?

[rrxnjun]

yeahh stress is pretty bad and it got to me so🤕🤕 but doing much better now so that's at least good!! ahhh i hope u don't stress much as well!!!! and sometimes it's good to just take brakes from studying so i think u should count being on tumblr as that🫠

chenle hit hard dude and i'm so happy about it in a way cuz at least i relate to something🥲 but what took me off guard in the middle of wiping my tears is when i saw my birthday as one of the dates so that made me laugh so hard for some reason🫡 well it will be a while till i know the results so we will see but i don't think it will be better🥲 ahhh thank u for saying that i appreciate it i kinda needed to hear that so thanks;-;-;-;💓💖💞u are too lovely;-;💖💞

WELL THAT DOESNT MATTER IM JUST GLAD TO HEAR ABOUT IT🥳 uuuu i'm so excited about it wahhh🥳🥳 WELL I DIDNT MIND THE LAST ONE AS WELL CUZ I LOVED THE TRAILER SO EVEN IF IT WOULD HAPPEN NOW I WOUDLNT MIND I DONT THINK🤣

well i'm very glad that u translated it to me so u are the best slovak person out there imo🫡🫣

oo god🥲 IDK WHY PEOPLE HAVE TO BE SO RUDE ABOUT NOT SPEAKING A LANGUAGE☹️SOME PEOPLE ARE SO DUMB AND RUDE MY LORDDD☹️☹️and german is a hard language anyways🥲 that's probably more than enough german words a person should know🫡 well let's just hope and pray u only run into nice people in hungary!!! I WILL GLADLY HELP WITH ANYTHING NEED IN HUNGARY🥳🥳🥳 (ofc sending it right now as i write/j)

i'm not gonna lie i will call myself a stan of treasure but still have trouble with jeongwoo and jaehyuk for some reason AND I HAVE BEEN FOLLWOING THEM FOR LIKE A YEAR NOW AND ITS NOT LIKE I DIDNT WATCH A CRAP TON OF STUFF WITH THEM so🤕🤕🤕 and i genuinely don't know why i switch them up so often🫤 i'm praying for u hopefully u won't die from laughing too much cuz they are very funny (and i tend to be the same way so i feel u on that one🫣) DUDE I LAUGHED OUT LOUD LMAO u really said the communist bugs bunny meme with that one🤣 i knew it wouldn't be long till i have to share him💔he his just too amazing🤭 YEAH I SHOULD HAVE EXPECTED IT TBH🫠🫠that's what got me as well and his whole style tbh

U NEVER DISAPPOINT!!! AND U JUST NEVER MISS!!! i think my thoughts were kind of a mess cuz of the crying but it was amazing i loved the whole story so much!!! thank u for being an amazing writer!!!

(u are going to get me blushing for real i'm glad to hear that!!! ur replies usually make my day u are just too lovely🥹) (liebestraum anon💕)

awh i hope you relax even more soon, stress is a bitch. me personally i dont feel it but thats just bc i supress it a lot LMAO 😭😭 but thankyou for saying that yes i do consider tumblr as my mental health brake SJSJS

chenle did hit hard poor boy 💔 also omg no way???? which date 🤭 (if u feel comfy sharing ofc)) i originally wanted to add my bday too but it didnt fit with the timeline so i had to change it 🙄🙄 i did write abt marks and renjuns bday altho i did manage to sneak hyuck's in as well🤭

AHAHA no bc i was telling myself when posting it like "this is my promise that im gonna finish the fic" AND THEN I DIDNT DJSJSJ so i dont want that to happen again. i was clearing out my notes ((where i keep all my fic ideas) and found the liebestraum idea dated all the way back to 2021 😶 SJSJ i really do need to finish it soon

it was a middle aged woman tbf i shouldve expected her to act like a karen ☹ german is a hard language and also austrians sound completely different than germans do 😭😭 their dialect is kinda different and they even have different words for some things LMAO but thats not the point. also im arranging the budapest trip as we speak /j

AHAHA i think im a baby teume now dont tell anyone and after binging most of treasure map i can confidentely tell the three i mentioned apart like 70% of the time so 😶 im so sorry everyone. THEY ARE INSANELY FUNNY and also very very genuine i feel 😶 they are just some guys doing things and being real and i respect that AHAHA its like watching friends hang out and feeling like youre a part of their circle. altho every time yedam appears on the screen my heart breaks bc ive had the biggest soft spot for him ever since seeing him on the stray kids survival show 💔 he has a special place in my heart SJSJ when the news came out i was like oh that must be heartbreaking to hear im glad im not a treasure stan and look where we are now 😭👍THE COMMUNIST MEMEMSHSJSK STOP no but im afraid this is the reality i did not steal your boyfriend we are sharing. HIS STYLE!!!! but also his personality he is a menace (affectionate) and for some reason thats my type of men

also it breaks my heart to hear that ppl cry to my fics oh noo😭😭 but at least that means my words can move someone ig??☹ thank you sm for supporting me and for being great i always look forward to interacting with you

[racingliners]

F1 Re-Watch 2022: Round 14 - Belgium

So I remember sweet f all from Spa, bc I’m pretty sure that was around the time of both family stress, and my parents catching covid, so this and the next two races are total blanks to me bc I was both not on tumblr much and didn’t watch any of Channel 4 highlights.

(I mean I’m also running on the assumption that Verstappen won bc that’s almost all he did last year).

So let’s just jump in and hope Seb and Lewis had a somewhat fun time

I am highkey dreading this race, Zandvoort and Monza bc I have NO IDEA what happened so like these combined could be six hours I never get back

at least Seb looks pretty in the intro

As I also watched Spa 2021 I’m glad I have context for whatever that race was.

ANYWAY, starting grid:

Mick P19 :(

why the fuck is Charles in 15th????

NICKY P11, GOATIFI

Seb and Lance top 10 😭🙌

how on Earth did Alex get 6th in quali?! (I mean, the ultimate good for him, but HOW?!)

I’m really going to have to start looking up quali results before I press play to avoid all this whiplash bc I didn’t even notice Sainz on pole aovhaeog

[Start/Lap 1]: Perez almost driving into Alonso at the start aegehg 

“A brilliant start from Sebastian Vettel” THAT’S MY BOYYYYYYYYY

oh fuck me Lewis on Fernando violence

so Lewis does not have a fun time in this race then 😭

The racing gods giveth (Seb up into P5) and the racing gods stab you in the chest (Lewis DNF)

[Lap 2]: The way you can literally see the Ferrari bouncing up and down the straight. Yikes.

NICKY NO don’t take out Val like that

cut to a solitary Lewis by his car. Does not spark any joy.

Thank fuck we have a replay bc WHAT WERE THOSE TWO LAPS?!

Seb’s start was bloody gorgeous though. KING SHIT.

but yeah... no F1 car should be flung up into the air like that with any kind of contact.

Oh not even Lance and Seb being violent on the first lap. Everyone left their braincells at home it seems.

[Lap 4]: Charles making his first pit stop bc pain I guess????

Seb being in 5th is the race’s only saving grace rn

...there was a tear off in one of Charles’ front breaks is2g I’ll start causing violence next

right safety car coming in, I paused to grab some chocolate for emotional support snacking.

oh boy Charles doing his own strategy calls and you know what I trust him more than the Ferrari pitwall

[Lap 5]: Perez v Russell v Alonso. I AM IN DISTRESS

“Then comes Sebastian Vettel” INJECT IT INTO MY VEINS

I mean he’s just there in P5 vibing but GO ON SEB!!!

Verstappen already into P6 after starting 14th

oh no don’t cut to a solitary Lewis I’m sad again

[Lap 6]: ALEX??? PASSING A McLAREN????

What is going on in the House of Commons

Seb drops to P6

[Lap 7]: Jesus that shot of Verstappen closing on Alonso really shows how strong the RB18 was last year.

“We are for Plan B” Please... I’m not strong enough I am already at my limit 😭

[Lap 8]: Verstappen already into P3. If I speak.

also my emotional support chocolate had been devoured.

Charles passing Gasly at the bus stop chicane? Nice.

[Lap 10]: Okay I think the race has finally settled down now, apart from Charles making his way up through the field

I’m still this close to asking for a refund though

Clinging onto Seb in P6 and Lance in P9 with both hands rn

cut to Jacky Ickx, watch Ferrari disrespect his presence with more clownery

[Lap 11]: Ignoring potential RBR team orders and focusing on Seb being almost a second behind Alonso

oop Sainz pits, tbf comms have been talking about high tracks temps so no wonder people are complaining about high deg

[Lap 13]: Oh Verstappen got past Perez. 

anyway, Charles up to P6!!

“Could George Russell undercut Perez” oh I hope so I’ll take anything at this point

Seb also pits, it was slow 😭

[Lap 15]: Charles being a little bit unhinged trying to get past Perez, I support his right to go feral

“We are considering Plan D” I WILL BURN DOWN MARANELLO

No, I’m not kidding. I’ll call it a belated Ides of March.

Russell v Charles 👀

whew he actually got past on the kemmel straight!

George said I’ll avenge Lewis by dragging the W13 places it doesn’t deserve to be

[Lap 17]: SEB INTO P8!!! LET’S GET IT

I’m also acknowledging Ferrari putting Charles on Plan D and moving on

MICK PASSING NICKY UP EAU ROUGE!!! A KING!!!!

[Lap 18]: ...and Verstappen retakes the lead

“Hasta la Vista Carlos” eafuvhefuawh okay Brundle I’ll give you that one right it was funny

oh Seb is on the hards. I do not know how to feel about that.

[Lap 19]: Alpha Tauri finally remember to pit Yuki

“Why would we stop now” A very good question Charles, you tell em

[Lap 21]: I’m actually glad Seb is holding the gap to Alonso ahead bc I still haven’t recovered from the first lap

And Perez passes Sainz like he’s just taking a stroll

oooh Lance passes Galy round the outside of the the chicane for P11, noice

[Lap 23]: It’s me I’m the unimpressed McLaren garage

also thank fuck we’re past half-distance

Lance v Dan up Eau Rouge??? BOYS THINK OF MY NERVES

[Lap 25]: Seb watch: he has really closed up to Alonso, I’m stress

[Lap 26]: oh looks like we’re gonna get another pitstop shuffle *cue Disco music*

oh fuck Ferrari are double stacking

okay it wasn’t awful

[Lap 28]: Oh dear potential Canadian on Canadian violence.

Anyway Seb’s in P5 so I think we should end the race and call it a day

[Lap 31]: Charles closing up to Seb, my Ferrari boys 😭

oh and here we are with a Charles onboard

not surprising that was an easy pass, nice to see my lads briefly reunited though

[Lap 33]: Russell hunting Sainz for sport, gap down to just over 4 seconds

[Lap 34]: Seb pits, he couldn’t make the 1 stop work I guess 😔

but still in the poinnnnnnnnnnts!!!!!

[Lap 35]: and he passes Gasly for P7!!!!

oh shit he got double French tag teamed

asdfghjkl Ocon with the double slipstream, maximum zoom

[Lap 36]: Sainz v Russell watch: gap down to under 3 seconds

oh jeez not Brundle calling the Merc a Williams asvhauvhuhu

[Lap 37]: a 4 car battle for P10 you say? 👀

Midfield spice (beloved)

[Lap 38] I can’t believe it took this long to make reference to the Great Contract Drama of Summer Break 2022. I may have been tuned out of a lot of the races last year but boy was last Summer Break the most hilarious

“It’s too late for Plan G” McLaren???? Don’t take lessons from Ferrari I BEG

[Lap 39]: Alex having the best time being a train conductor as he clings onto P10. Pet power!!

[Lap 40]: I’m still trying to get my head around Verstappen going from P14 to P1 in the dry like ?????

Like yes I will acknowledge that Verstappen is a good driver, but jeez man

[Lap 42]: ANYWAY, Seb still in P8, please Spa give me something in the way of joy

Sainz v Russell watch: gap holding at 2 seconds so I think Ferrari are going to escape Spa with a podium

and cut to a replay of Yuki passing Zhou before the bus stop chicane

[Lap 43]: I was about to question why they were pitting Leclerc, but it’s to try and get fastest lap.

oh jeez but Alonso is right there. 

And he passes Charles. Clowneria Ferrari strikes again.

There is not a big enough facepalm emoji.

[Lap 44/Finish]: oh phew Charles got past Alonso on the Kemmel straight

and Sainz holds onto P3. Props to George for trying though.

Charles didn’t even get fastest lap. And he got a 5 sec penalty for speeding in the pitlane so he drops to P6 🥲

but anyway SEB POINTS!!!!!!!!!! WE LOVE TO SEE IT!!!!!

Seb finished in P8 and nothing else happened idk what any of you are talking about.

Ugh yeah I’m trying to not let my personal attachment to some drivers affect my thought on the race but... oof my friends. This didn’t spark that much joy. Granted, there was a somewhat decent amount of action, but the first two laps were not fun to watch. So I’ll give it a tentative 6 front wings out of 10. Next race - Zandvoort! 

[doomsdayradio]

26. How do your parts present in person? Is it externally noticeable you think?

27. Has anyone ever told you something you did or said without you knowing?

28. How long have you known about your parts? Comparing since then to now, what all’s changed?

we answered 26 here 🕺

27. yes though tbf i feel like it doesn't happen extremely often either because we don't tend to have blackout amnesia and also just like. idk i guess the people around us just dont bring that kind of thing up a lot😭 a really fucking. depressing example though would probably be that apparently we initally started therapy because we told a teacher that our dad hit our mom and we have just ZERO MEMORY OF SAYING THAT???

28. we've known since around like july of 2021 and oh jesus fucking christ most of us have changed so much?? 🎵 used to be a persecutor-protector and he'd go around trying to convince us the system wasn't real but he's gotten a lot better with that and accepted the reality of the situation also his relationship with 🎭 is way less hostile now (theyre gay gay homosexual now) they used to argue literally all the time

📻 used to have like an extremely hostile relationship with the entire system (for good reasons tbf a lot of shit happened in-sys) and while its definitely still not positive its way better than it was before😭 some parts who were active back then arent very active now like 🗝 so im not entirely sure how theyre doing but i know 🗝 personally became part of system maintenance at some point

[dj-yukio]

Day 23 : Crumble

This one is also for Chosen Ones, for @oc-growth-and-development oc-tober prompt list

They're surrounded.

Silver eyes glint in the darkness, and even though she’s practically a step from the edge of the circle formed from what the lantern’s golden light reaches, Kalypso thinks there might be, like, at least a million of them. It’s possible. The Fog’s creatures supposedly patrol the place, only held back from ripping souls asunder by the light of the lamp.

That doesn’t stop them from attacking, however. Just not ripping your soul into the fragments that make up the Fog like an angry tailor would a useless piece of cloth. It doesn’t stop you from dropping your lantern and shattering the only way to get out of the Fog. Only then they’ll tear you a new one when the lights go out.

An involuntary shudder goes up her spine at that thought. What happens to the living, those who still reside in the Known? Kalypso doesn’t think she wants to know.

In the corner of her eye, she can see Nexus at the edge of the circular cliff on the other end, the lantern in the center of both of them. Kalypso feels one of her hands still firmly gripping the amulet on her neck, the other that had been gripping onto the lantern before feeling strangely empty. The silver eyes seem to glint between the amulet and her, and she clenches onto the amulet harder than before. The Kiun dagger seems to dig into her thigh, the sheath doing little to hide the sharpness of the blade that had pierced through her best friend.

She can’t lose now, not to the creatures of the Fog, not if she wants to bring her friend back together. The Fifth Gatekeeper, the Cleaver of Souls, is just a bit further away. That’s the only way for her to get the soul trapped in the dagger out, and to merge soul and body together once and for all.

All she needs to do is get that lantern.

The same light of the lamp that reflects her Identity, which she’s not holding onto now. Her heart feels like it’s in her throat as it starts to dim. Nexus had lost his lantern earlier, when one of the creatures pounced on him. Even when she had held out her lantern towards him, he couldn’t see anything but inky darkness, herself, and a sizeable circle surrounding the lamp.

Now she knows that he wasn’t exaggerating.

There are fairytales of living people tricking the evil god of the Fog and their creatures, the inhabitants of the realm of the Fifth Gate. Kalypso doesn’t think she wants to bet if she’s got plot armour like the fairytale characters.

The lantern flickers, and it’s then that Kalypso thinks she’d rather make a break for the lantern and risk getting attacked than find out if they fall. At the other end of the circle, she barely comprehends that Nexus has started running just like her. She feels the creatures touch her as she runs, and she pushes through the horde, feeling nothing more than multiple strong gusts of wind that seem to cut into her skin.

The light from the lamp is getting dimmer without anything to sustain the light. She thinks she can see the darkness about to envelope her as the line grows closer and closer to the lamp. The creatures continually try to slam her away from it, and she feels her legs tuck in before she lunges for the lantern with both hands.

The light flares gold, a brilliant blaze within to reflect her own Identity, and the circle widens greatly as she lifts it high above her head, the gusts stopping and falling back behind the growing circle.

Kalypso cheers. The silver eyes glare at her through the Fog, but she couldn’t care less about them. So long as she keeps a firm grasp on the dagger and amulet, she can—

They’re gone.

“Let’s go!” The prime minister’s voice sounds like she’s hearing it from beneath the water, garbled as her heart slows to a stop. Turning around, she sees them — metal glinting like the silver eyes among the Fog and gold shining like the lantern’s flames — at the edge of the circle.

It’s almost like looking at Mercury’s corpse at the edge of the portal before it fell in again.

Her mouth is dry as she stares at them. “The-the am-dagge—amul—Mercury. She’s—“

Nexus grabs her face, the older man staring at her in disbelief. “Are you an idiot? Leave her already! We’re almost back home!”

She pushes the man away from her, light flickering violently as she clenches her teeth. “I can’t just leave her!”

“Oh for gods’ sake! She’s dead!”

“She isn’t!”

“Just let it go! Even if she isn’t dead, she will be! She’s not—“ he grips onto her arms, stopping her in her tracks as she flails, her legs swinging wildly as the circle shakes, “—worth it! Stop acting like a child!”

All she can see are the dagger and amulet. She can’t lose them. Losing her best friend is not an option. Taking a deep breath, Kalypso takes aim.

Nexus lets out a great cry as he releases her to cradle his fingers, and she makes a break for it. However, no matter how fast she runs, the objects stay at the edge of the light’s reach.

The silver eyes stare beyond them, almost as if tempting her to take the bait. With a growl, she tries to step closer to them.

They don’t move, but once she moves her hand, the one with the lantern, it moves back once more.

The dagger and amulet are on the edge of the cliff. She doesn’t give a second thought before leaving the lantern on the ground and running back to it. Nothing resists her from leaving the lantern.

She catches them just before they fall into the chasm. Hand on the ground, she tries to make her way back—

Only for her feet to land on nothing, and she wheezes as the air, if there even was any in the Unknown, gets knocked out of her chest as she slams onto the ground.

The circle is almost reaching past her elbows, and she makes a mad scramble back into it, but the cliff disappears faster than she can move, and before she knows it she’s hanging off the cliff with her grip on the disappearing cliff.

What happens if they fall?

Don’t look down don’t look down don’t look down—

She can see Nexus in the distance, standing next to the lantern. For a moment, she feels relief, until she realises that he isn’t moving for the lantern.

“The lantern, Nexus, the lantern!” Kalypso screams, and her pinkie loses it’s grasp as she does just as he turns around.

But the face that greets her isn’t the soft, familiar face that she sees on rallies in the holoscreen. It’s not even the neutral kind that he gives her when she’s been irritating him a bit.

Instead, she sees the face of the one who caused all of this to happen. This is the face of the one who stabbed Mercury, only this time it’s with his own brown eyes that are not masked with the blue of the god in possession then. It’s cold and unsympathetic, saying that it’s all her fault.

“I’m sorry,” Nexus says, but he’s turned his back on her. She starts yelling, but the silver eyes are surrounding them, both between and around.

The cliff crumbles into nothingness, and she feels her body plummet into the depths.

As the cliff disappears beneath the circle, she hears the once kindly prime minister’s last words to her.

“You’re not worth keeping around.”

[idontwanttospoiltheparty]

controversial anon here again - thank you for your considered reply, and i just wanted to clarify that i don't necessarily think that john would BELIEVE the right wing conspiracy crackpot theories, but looking at his (as you put it) tendencies towards magical thinking, distrust of authority, wild mood swings, and incredibly distrust of the press, i just wonder if he'd be, well, kinda clapton-y in this moment. not marching for trump but saying really, really problematic things about the pandemic and politics, etc. or even health and wellness. that whole "i'm not scared of the big C because i eat macrobiotic" just echoes so strongly of "you should drink only lemon water and eat this highly restrictive diet to cleanse your body of toxins" or "i don't bet my kids vaccinated because i don't know what toxins big pharma is putting into these shots" etc. etc. like, i can see wellness conspiracy lennon in 2021, had he lived this long.

it's also possible that had he lived, he would have been properly reunited with paul as a friend and even potential collaborator, and the other beatles too, and we know that 1. all of them have stayed left of center and 2. they had a mellowing effect on each other. so it's entirely possible none of the above would have happened at all, that he'd be playing concerts with springsteen for obama and biden, that he'd be using his voice to ridicule brexit up and down the land, that he'd be marching for black lives matter, etc. etc. it's really hard to know. the possibilities go both ways.

but so much of his 70s interviews were so unhinged and so REACTIVE that it made me wonder. the real justice in it all would have been him getting to live so we could find out. but it occurs to me from time to time that had he lived, the potential for him to tarnish his image/legacy and the beatles' legacy was very, very high. that's all.

I think you touch on a bigger point with your comment on the Beatles mellowing each other out. (although tbf they're kind of all right-wing from a tax perspective)

I think John's more unhinged, superstitious beliefs correlated a lot with his current mental state cause he had a tendency to throw himself into belief systems and liked explaining away his complicated life problems with simple answers, which is EXACTLY how 99% of people fall into conspiracies. So basically, if he had mentally recovered slightly in later years, which IMO is entirely possible, I fully believe that would've extended to a general reduction in his paranoia. Also: a good support system would've been helpful. He didn't have much of one at all in the latter half of his life.

I feel like, either he would be pedalling this shit in 2021 and have endured an incredibly shitty, isolated life or he would've come out of his darkness and be normal enough. I don't see him (or maybe just don't want to) being all fine and dandy but also spewing anti-mask shit on twitter.