#that truly is a flat fuck

[texas-bbq-pringles]

holy shit

flat fuck friday

[nenestansunsthings]

having svsss au ideas beyond my station

thinking. shang qinghua goes on a mission as a young disciple to some town in fuckoff nowhere and finds himself in the qiu household. and there he finds a young shen jiu, undergoing the plot he originally intended for him and hadn't realised had become real and he's so young oh god hes so young why is he so small what do you mean that part was real, he hadn't kept it why is it real—

and he panics and sneaks him the Fuck out of that house

and he's not sure what to do but surely sending him to cang qiong will fuck up something in the plot and he can't come under even more investigation and cang qiong tryouts dont happen for months anyway and his system would probably never allow it (it doesnt. it would interfere with yue qingyuans story) but shen jiu is refusing to stay anywhere near this place and wants to learn cultivating to protect himself make sure nothing like this ever happens again and sqh panics harder and

calls mobei jun.

okay. on second thought, maybe this was a bad idea. but he stumbles over himself and shushes baby shen jiu's very understandable freaking out and asks his king for the first thing hes ever asked for other than his own life.

is there any way this human child could learn cultivation in the demon world?

[extrashortshorts]

...☀️

[lemongogo]

anyways . silly thing

[ricky-mortis]

A portrait of Sir John Herschel because I‘m normal about Pulp Musicals

[utilitycaster]

(this is tagged for it as well, but putting it here: the below involves some non-graphic mention/discussion of suicide in relation to episode 3x78)

I think it's important to keep in mind, regarding the most recent episode, that while Ashton's behavior was extremely dangerous and reckless, it was not suicidal in intent. Ashton thought it would work. They thought that they would fix things, and they ignored all the smart people warning them against it because it would imply a lot of negative things about their parents. That doesn't mean it wasn't an action taken out of a certain lack of self-regard (Ashton's realization of this is what drives much of his conversations in the first half of the episode); but it's much more akin to an accidental overdose, or a drunk/reckless driving, or other dangerous choices. It feels very true to the idea of punk that Taliesin is going for, in which dying young is always very much a possibility, even perhaps an expectation; but not necessarily a goal. Ashton did not expect taking the shard to result in their death, and is incredibly shaken specifically because it did.

With that in mind I think the party's reactions seem very real and very understandable. The fact is, when someone does something very risky and nearly dies (or even is briefly clinically dead, using real-world terms) but ultimately survives it's extremely normal for one of the emotional responses to be anger that they put themselves in such danger. It is not, perhaps, rational, but most emotions aren't. It hurts a lot when someone one is close to does something that harmful to themselves. I don't judge the other members of Bells Hells for expressing those feelings. Frankly, them not expressing similar feelings in the past might very well be why Ashton made the decisions he did: the party lacking trust and walking on eggshells around each other is why he didn't confide in them, and why they fell apart so completely here.

I think it's relevant that Chetney tells Fearne, after stating he likes Ashton, that either she or Ashton can talk to him if they "want out", and he pretty heavily implies that this indicates not just leaving Bells Hells, but suicide, and that he has considered the latter in the past. It's clear that initially Chetney considers that a possible reason for Ashton's actions. He then gives Ashton the "You should leave" speech only after everyone present has been talking at dinner, after Ashton has indicated that he will help find Laudna. It only comes out after Ashton's emotional state is made more clear to him: it's pretty bad, but not actively at risk of self-harm (and indeed, desperately trying to avoid it and to change).

Finally, it's worth considering how important anger is to Ashton. Obviously I don't think having Imogen, FCG, and Chetney yell at them feels good. I also think it's going to feel better than apathy, and more honest than any other option. I don't think a forced gentleness would be better; in fact it might be worse, with them taking a break because clearly Ashton is having a hard time and needs to recover (shades of how Marisha mentioned Laudna feeling like a burden following her resurrection), rather than "we are clearly all in disarray and all have been not dealing with a lot of emotions, and this could have been any of us, and we should all regroup." I mentioned before that ultimately what's important is, angry as they are, Bells Hells undeniably stayed, and FCG and Imogen at least made it clear early on that they would, even if they were angry. Ashton was abandoned in the past by people who weren't even angry, is the thing. I don't think they cared enough to be.

[carmineskiesandspidereyes]

A Softer Trigun, part 17/?

pt. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

[vitamin-zeeth]

rise of the nutters ollie and emma flat breakup scene my beloved

[crossbackpoke-check]

the pics of morgan and joel are from travis sanheim's wedding this weekend!

^^^me experiencing the one-two knockout punch of “oh they WERE each other’s wedding date” followed by the realization that sanny finally got married 🥹😭 cheers indeed!!!

[madsmilfelsen]

didn’t really think of how much mads lore my twt carried, I’ve got to reestablish the facts for those tricked into following me: i’m gross.

[adriartts]

plane sheep (sheep from the plane)

[local-magpie]

"i like to packbond with everything" is um. a really fucking concerning statement to make when discussing AI, especially the question of if AI can reach sentience. that really should be the very first alarm bell you learn to watch for when you get into studying AI 😬

[tickletails]

I’m so obsessed with that pink flat fuck! He is just so sweet & silly, & he loooves being mischievous & pulling pranks so he likes to just tease his friends with a few pokes or something, or uses his powers to tickle them & act all innocent & clueless. Obvi Finn & Jake are the ones who find out he’s ticklish first. When they ask he’s all laid back & shrugs & smugly goes “pft, I doubt it. I’m a wishmaster!” “Well, did you wish that you weren’t ticklish?” “What? No, I don’t get my own wish-“ “so how do you know?” & Jake’s hand stretches up to where his armpit is on the wall & Prismo jerks away & is suddenly on the opposite wall staring at them like uhhhh what was that? & f & j are just grinning from ear to ear before they pounce! I just love this dude, I think he’d have such a cute laugh

Dude oh my GOD this ask has me vibrating in my seat and kicking my feet i LOVE THISDJXJXGSCFGxbjcgdj YOU ARE SO RIGHT ABOUT ALL OF THIS

[coachbeards]

beard’s flat (and presumably house) being so full of personal touches and warm colors and it’s so cluttered but it screams beard

But ….. his childhood bedroom being absolutely bare…twin sized bed, nothing on the walls, maybe just a desk for him to do his homework…. But there’s not a lot of personal touches. At all. No books (his conservative Catholic conspiracy theorist mother disapproves of a lot of books that weren’t about god), no color, nothing. Fun. Maybe just his chessboard, maybe ONE rubik’s cube….but that’s it. His childhood bedroom was devoid of anything personal,,,, and he absolutely hates it every time he goes home

[merlinmerlot]

I could play one of the most beautiful well crafted video games on the planet and it will never be as appealing to me as one that kind of sucks shit but has soooo much potential

[mercuryislove]

man. I can't believe people like. fall in love lol