#thanks for the ask bri!!

[beardog]

It's halfway through the year! Got any favorite albums/books/tv shows/whatever to recommend?

i always freeze up like a deer in headlights any time anyone asks me something like this. i don't know if there's anything i can truly recommend exactly, but i can definitely tell you some of the things i've enjoyed lately

the third and final season of sound! euphonium is currently airing, and it has been so so good. there was a gap of nearly a decade since the previous season, and the improvement in quality (writing, animation, acting) has been astounding to see. episode 12 left me a sobbing wreck, and i'm not ready for the final episode next sunday :')

i feel late to the party on this one, but i just got into chappell roan lmao. been enjoying everything i've listened to

this is EXTREMELY late to the party, but i recently watched utena for the first time all the way through. it cut me open and made me SO unwell!! hoping to watch the movie soon

right now i'm catching up w an anime called girls band cry and that's been a ton of fun. all of their songs slap, too

she loves to cook and she loves to eat is a super wholesome and down to earth manga :)

a few months ago on a whim i watched both seasons of the demon girl next door and was pleasantly surprised. super cute and funny w a surprising amount of heart

i have been very sporadically watching episodes of buffy every once in a while. still on season one. it's very silly

lately been really enjoying listening to media club plus. i've never seen hunter x hunter, but i enjoy hearing keith, dre, jack, and sylvi talk about it while i do chores and stuff

i've been steadily gobbling up all of i'm in love with the villainess (novels, manga, spin-off novel series written in claire's perspective). it's not a perfect series, but rae and claire are so dear to me. i'm constantly rotating them in the microwave of my brain

wife and i went back to some childhood faves. her fave franchise growing up was digimon and she got me to watch the first three series, and this year we finished watching digimon frontier. and then not too long ago i got them to watch one of my beloved childhood anime shows kaleido star. it was cool to go back and analyze and interpret everything as gay

lastly, not a piece of media, but highly recommend: drawing for fun! basically like yesterday, i rediscovered that i actually really love drawing. no worrying if it's good or not - making stuff is fun!!

[quasar-concept]

1 and 12 for thunderpride asks :D

Thank you for enabling me to continue my trans girl Gordon agenda XD 1) Talk about a favourite trans headcanon

Trans girl Gordon lives rent free in my mind. Like,,, late discovery, and the utter confusion (and possible distress) at not realising earlier? The comfort of her brothers and family as she learns what being a girl means to her?? just *chefs kiss* I LOVE (especially when you add in Trans Buddy and Ellie as welllll)

12) what queer headcanon would you most like to be canon?

This is a tough one! Scott being bisexual/pan feels the easiest to me to integrate into canon as it is... Having said that, I think queer Grandma would be SO fun in canon

questions [here]

[jesuistrestriste]

SAGE SAGE SAGE SAGE

ARE YOU SEEING THIS

he is EMPLOYED

WHHHHAAAAAATTT ! ! ? ! ? i’m gonna frow up

i was driving all day today w my friend + just got back from a concert abt three hours ago and i missed this???

:( i’m so incredibly happy for him :(( he’s gonna do so well ! YAY MIKE !

[leonsliga]

I love that manu went running to sven because he knows he will collect a card lol but then thomas ran to save manu because DON'T TOUCH HIM

Everything about that sequence is pure, concentrated comedy gold from start to finish 😂 so let’s do a play-by-play, shall we?

Now if you’ll direct your attention to the bottom right of the gif below, you’ll see a wild Sven Ulreich absolutely BOOKING IT from the stands, ready to go on a warpath. The Ulle cometh, so to speak.

And naturally, he wastes ZERO time, nudging his way right into the thick of it.

Strong words are exchanged, and by exchanged I mean it’s pretty much just Ulle cursing out anyone on the Union Berlin coaching staff within shouting distance.

Sensing the escalating conflict in a way only a mama bear can, Manu swoops in to save the day (or to save Ulle from cutting a bitch—you decide).

In the midst of his efforts to pry a positively irate Ulle out of the fray though, Manu sustains a few gentle shoves himself. This of course angers beloved twink warrior Thomas Müller, who rushes in to assist his decade partner in his Sven Ulreich rescue mission.

Now this may seem, to the untrained eye at least, like standard operating procedure for a hardened Bayern diplomat. In actuality though, it’s a desperate, last-ditch effort to get his bf tf outta there (mostly unscathed). And let’s face it: the only way to do that is to remove our notorious (affectionate) pot-stirring goalkeeping deputy from the scene so Manu doesn’t have to mediate for anyone anymore.

Once the dust settles, only a visibly furious Thomas remains, who, naturally, has to be escorted away, because HOW DARE THEY touch his bf and brother-in-arms and think they’ll get off without a scratch?

In all seriousness though, I love that even though Ulle is pretty much benched whenever Manu is fit, he’s still just as invested in the match and willing to do battle for any of his teammates whenever they’re slighted in any way. That’s why he’s our beloved little card collector—our favorite justice warrior 🥰

And we all know that when someone even thinks about harming his dearest Manu, Thomas’s protective instincts go into overdrive and he can’t help but give them hell for it. All the better that we got angry Ulle content out of the deal—a two-for-one special folks! It’s impossible not to love the complete circus that is our Bayern squad, I swear 😂 even when they’re not playing at their best, you can’t say they’re not entertaining!

[fantastic-nonsense]

Hi! I was looking to see if you know of many comics with Batman's villains at the lead!? (Besides Harley and Selina, who've had multiple series and are pretty easy to find). Other than the "Joker" Novel and Penguin: Pain and prejudice, i couldn't find any. Any good suggestions for Joker, Ivy, Two-Face, or any other villian from the Batman universe?

the tldr is that Ivy has several, Two-Face has a handful, the al Ghuls have a couple, and everyone else has had a couple of single issues starring them.

In general, the Batman Arkham series functions as a Batman Rogues Gallery "Greatest Hits" collection. While most of the stories collected in these trades don't feature the rogues as a protagonist, they all explore the characters and their backstories/motivations and feature them in a starring role!

On principle, I generally refuse to recommend Joker comics. Clown man has enough stuff starring him and they're generally easy enough to find without me promoting him more than he already is. Also, to be honest with you I occasionally go out of my way to avoid stuff starring him because he's frankly bored me ever since DC decided to emphasize him as a psychopathic serial killer instead of a funny villain with a clown gimmick.

However, The Joker's Five-Way Revenge (Batman vol. 1 #251) is a fun read, Joker: The Man Who Laughs and Joker's Last Laugh are both good, and Batman: The War of Jokes and Riddles is decent as well. Another fun one that's a little out of the box is Superman: Emperor Joker.

Other than that...I generally recommend the following for Ivy:

Batman Arkham: Poison Ivy (basically an 'Ivy Greatest Hits' collection)

Batman: Poison Ivy (1997)

No Man's Land (yes, it's long. No, Ivy's not a 'lead'. yes, it's also ground zero for Ivy's redemption arc and features her in a major role)

Gotham City Sirens (2009)

Swamp Thing by Scott Snyder (specifically Vol. 2, Family Tree, and Vol. 3, Rotworld: The Green Kingdom)

Poison Ivy: Cycle of Life and Death (2016)

Poison Ivy (2021) by G. Willow Wilson (curently ongoing)

Ivy also pops up in Ram V's Catwoman (2018) run and pretty consistently in Harley's solo books after 2015.

For Two-Face (my beloved), read Batman: The Long Halloween and Batman: Dark Victory (which function as a double feature). Then read any of the following:

Batman: Faces (Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #28-30)

Batman: Two-Face (1995)

Batman Annual #14: "Eye of the Beholder"

Gotham Central, which has an extended Harvey-Renee Montoya subplot

Batman/Two-Face: "Crime and Punishment"

Batman/Two-Face: Face the Face (2006)

Two-Face: Year One (2008)

Batman and Robin (2011) 23.1: Two-Face

Detective Comics #1020-1022: “The Ugly Heart”

Two-Face: One Bad Day

And for a couple of stories that aren't Harvey-focused but feature him as a prominent antagonist...read Robin: Year One, A Lonely Place of Dying, and Batman: Prodigal.

For the al Ghuls, apart from the Batman Arkham collections you're primarily looking for Tales of the Demon, the Demon Trilogy (Birth of the Demon, Bride of the Demon, Son of the Demon), Batman: The Chalice, and Batman Annual #26 (the prologue to Resurrection of Ra's al Ghul, which is also fun). Two of Damian's Robin solos (Robin: Son of Batman (2015) and Robin (2021)) also prominently feature Talia. There are...certainly other options, if you want to read about the al Ghuls, but they're rarely well characterized in those (except Talia's LexCorp CEO arc; all hail Talia's Lexcorp CEO arc).

Clayface (the Basil Karlo version) prominently featured as a protagonist in Tynion's Detective Comics Rebirth (2016) run.

Everyone else...apart from stories where they're the prominent antagonist, there were several Villain takeover issues during the period of Batman and Robin (2011) when Damian was dead, Year of the Villain had a few issues focused on the Batman Rogues, and the One Bad Day series focuses each issue on a different Bat Rogue.

There are plenty of other stories centered on various members of Batman's Rogues Gallery, but hopefully this gives you a solid starting place!

[appalesbian]

@sweetorangepoptart @creampuffqueen @ozais-lobotomist @croissanthemum thank you for the ask, friends, and my apologies that it is late! Five songs I’ve apparently been listening to a lot lately (thank you, On Repeat playlist on Spotify for making up for my lack of self-awareness😅):

-Love is Stronger than Pride by Victoria Monét

-Relative Fiction by Julien Baker

-Symptom of Life by Willow

-The Loneliest Time by Carly Rae Jepsen ft. Rufus Wainwright

-Burial Ground by The Decemberists

No idea who has and hasn’t been tagged in this but feel free to participate if ya like!🤗

[carpisuns]

marichat

HDSJKSKS IM DYING THATS SO. YEAH EXACTLY

[ask-eden]

Goddess shifts in the den, her expression still somewhat sad Goddess: Yes.. his actions can appear cruel... maybe some of them even are... Goddess: But... you must understand. It comes from a place of hurt. Goddess shuffles her paws, almost nervously Goddess: He could've been worse... I would like to think that protecting the universe from another disease scare like that... I think that's on the worst end of things one can do. Goddess lays her head back down and shuts her eyes Goddess: But I cannot convince you to believe or see anything in a certain way. That is merely the reasoning. Whether or not you choose to understand, is entirely up to you. The jolteon is silent for a moment, but lets out one last whisper Goddess:..... I hope that if one day... I ever am blessed with children... That I will never have to experience their death.... - - - [ Anonymous ]

[unfortunate--moth]

Absolutely share some, please 🙏

- Milgranon

Ok here we go

Then who's watching Foxy?!

We all have them! Who needs them? They're just like us.

He's on his period

Say Gex

the ruikasa kissing gif

they want me to give up and kill myself but i wont let the pillsbury fascists win (pillsbury can be replaced by whatever is more relevant to the convo)

blasted dog stole me nugget

Nasty Freak Monday

tboy/tgirl/nb summer fun

Mista in the milk carton

monday already? You know what that means!

the dobby gif.

the apple gif.

the watermelon picture.

Horse plinko

Right now? Tonight? Right now?

Is this weezer?

This is pervert country

theres probably more but i cant think

[gallopinggallifreyans]

Okay for the ask game, i’d lobe to hear an opinion on assassin’s creed and also an opinion on TLT

Where do I even START

Assassin’s Creed has, no joke, changed my life. I used to be a polisci/international relations major and HATED IT so bad. Picked up the asscreed Ezio trilogy in 2022, changed my major to archaeology, haven’t looked back. The gameplay varies between games, and I think Odyssey has fairly clean fight mechanics but the parkour is lacking; on the flip side, everything pre-Origins has pretty good parkour mechanics. Unity is supposedly the best but I haven’t played that yet. My favourite part about the games is probably the detail that went into building the worlds. Some of the maps aren’t perfectly accurate and that’s okay since they’re built more for gameplay function than historical accuracy (like the maps for AC2 and Brotherhood). Each game is set during weird periods of history that have a lot of blank spaces with so many possibilities. Like Brotherhood focuses a lot on the Borgia family and their scandals, Odyssey plays with the known history of the Peloponnesian War, Origins takes place in that fuzzy time in early Roman Egypt. And the VISUALS, my god. Please watch a playthrough of Revelations. The moonrise over Ayasofya is the best thing you’ll ever see. I regularly climb the minarets just to watch it. I’ve never been to Türkiye but the Grand Bazaar feels so familiar, the environment reminds me of my birthplace, it’s so comfortable. And in AC2, Florence just feels like home. I can run that city with my eyes closed. Don’t even get me started on the music. Home in Florence (AC2 soundtrack) is my study music. I adore these games so much.

TLT might be one of my favourite series and that’s going up against my longtime favourites Jurassic Park and The Martian. I was soooo hesitant to start it and then I did and yknow what? I’m gayer for it. It helped me study for a couple of my bone/evolution related midterms lol. Tazmuir sets up GtN as a murder mystery and I love those; it was a real treat trying to work out who the killer was. I think I texted my dear snootual about a thousand times with theories. HtN opened my third eye and now I’m writing a thing that’s partly inspired by the second person pov fuckery in HtN. It fucks you up on the first read but it’s pretty straightforward after that. NtN killed me. Emotionally, mentally, physically. It was heartbreaking to know we would never see certain characters again, and it was heartbreaking to find out some characters had come back. On top of all that, TLT dives very deep into a few separate mythologies and I appreciate Tazmuir’s inclusion of Hindu mythology. It’s ancient and vast and arguably an influence on quite a few later mythologies, and I feel like that isn’t appreciated enough, but TLT appreciates it to the point I pulled out my copies of the Ramayana and the Mahabharata just to put together some theories.

In conclusion. These are two of my favourite media in the whole wide world. Deeply impacted my psyche. 10/10

[duskholland]

how's your watch of criminal minds going? you (and my inability to start anything new) inspired me to start it over again lol

i’m about to finish season 4! i have spencer brainrot on a level never seen before by another human being. i’ve written 6k words in the last 24 hours for this man and ive not even consumed enough content to know how to write him properly HAHHA. i am Loving it tho !!! love love love and love.

[louiswilliamtomlinsons]

what’s your favorite louis hairstyle!!!

overgrown peaky blinders and the one he has right now

send me "what's your favorite.." asks 💫

[furymint]

Q. One missed call. Any mix of yours and my characters. go wild. (or just one! your choice. ^_^, and that includes the XVI boys)

wc: 488 | header | minific meme

Elliot’s name was not announced at the party. He knew it from the first: as he navigated the busy floor, dodging dresses and flapping fans, few people hailed him to share pleasantries. Even as he recognized baron, dame, and cardinal, and the music ebbed to open conversation among the guests, there seemed to be an unwarranted shortage of acknowledging glances and how-do-you-fare's.

Faces he knew closer than some scripture welcomed him. Their warmth reassured him, but he did not come for tranquility. When Lady Ottoline began stroking his hand and nattering about squirrels licking icicles, he balanced his champagne flute on a chair back and floated away.

Gustave le Berre. Lucien Tedalgrinche. Adrien Charroix. The names continued. Karoiseka O'dayla.

Almost every soul stiffened. People paused, their heads swiveled, eyes narrowed. Forks returned to plates and skirt bustles dropped from hands. Whether they looked to the grand doorway or not, every person knew the night would be irrevocably different from this moment. The savior of Eorzea--now savior of Ishgard, after a fact--had arrived, and now gossip must follow her.

She didn't look armed. She didn't look decent. But neither of those things were fully true.

In the frame of the archway, the Warrior of Light was small, intense, and beautiful. Even if her eyes could be described as tired, they were striking first, and the blue of them matched her hair in a way that seemed to prove that this was the woman chosen by Hydaelyn. Reports spoke of a crystal-lined bow with arrows that could pierce dragon scale. Still, few could doubt that if it came to magic, she would not be able to cast without a staff.

It was either bold or ridiculous that she wore no armor. A sleeveless gown was out of fashion whether her gloves bore jewelry or not; somehow the lace at her breast and the tall collar were enough to excuse it. The black skirt of her dress rippled without a petticoat or hoop, sliced on one side from the thigh to the floor, and teasing a sight at her leg as she drifted forward. Once again, the thing that mattered was smaller than the whole: her shoes were a flashing, bright silver, with a thin, curving heel and beaded ankle strap. Perhaps, in the same way, what mattered of her was herself and not her title.

A scary, dark, one-eyed rascal of man was beside her, and he did not look nice, so he did not matter. Relations were impossible to escape in all places but the ballroom, and so Elliot would forget--for the next three bells--that the man had whispered to her in a way that seemed to let him kiss her ear.

As the room tried to seesaw back into nonchalance, Elliot chose sensation.

Perhaps, in a different way, she was kind.

He was the first to speak to her, and the first to be seen doing so.

[pleasetakethis]

Get To Know Me

Rules: Answer and tag nine people you want to get to know better and catch up with.

Shoutout to @harrowitzer for the tag! 😍

Favorite color(s): All of them, but cool colors especially: greens, blues, purples.

Last Song: Run the Jewels ft. 2 Chainz - Out of Sight

Currently reading: Nothing but the current AO3 tab is Win (Marvel, Tony/Peter/Venom) so that's what I'll read next.

Currently watching: Rewatching Brooklyn 99 as a comfort show, currently toward the end of Star Trek: The Next Generation but needed a break from paying attention due to real life stuff.

Currently craving: Nothing, drinking a Starbucks latte (venti, extra shot of espresso, 2 pumps caramel syrup). Coffee tends to curb any food thoughts. Also have ice water, so I'm good.

Coffee or Tea: Coffee. Used to drink tea but it's been years. If I ever have to quit coffee for health reasons, I will go back to tea.

Hobby To Try: I'm expanding my cardmaking/papercrafting/painting/mixed media art life, currently dabbling with journal making (junk journals, altered books, etc.). I don't need more hobbies, I need to play and use the supplies I own. I gel print a lot for all of the above and it's a blast.

Current AU: Writing? Hanahaki disease, which is a first for me. Reading? Not really fixating on any specific ones at the moment but I'm always a sucker for soulbonds, soulmates, and soulmarks.

If you see this, consider yourself tagged :) I always love to know more about my mutuals!

[leonsliga]

Manuel Neuer | All or Nothing: Die Nationalmannschaft in Katar | Episode 3: The Goosebumps Moment

[banannabethchase]

11, 18, 48 for the adult meme! 💖

Oooh fun! Thanks doll <3

11) What’s something you saved up for and then regretted buying?

I am...very weird with money. I don't spend very often on things I want. This is a weird question for me! Uhhhhhhh...Oh! I kind of wish we had gotten a stainless steel microwave instead of the white one? Apparently stainless steel is more ~in and better for when we eventually sell the house?

18) Pro or anti tchotchkes?

I think I am well in the middle - while they get dusty and messy at times, good ones with fun meanings and the like make me go all fuzzy, like the little plush lobster I got from our first trip to Cape Cod and the little disco ball cup we had for Victoria's bachelorette. I like them, but they need to have some sort of meaning.

48) If you could build your home from scratch, what outrageous feature would you want to build into it?

Outrageous based on expense: a pool

Outrageous based on concept: an indoor swing

Outrageous based on both: indoor pool with a slide and a swing.