#the account’s IG story is very entertaining

[louisupdates]

via neilbarrett IG story [9.9.2023]

[lukolabrainrot]

Long ask anon with an even longer ask (I truly don’t know how to make long story short, but I can do the reverse), sorry. I am dividing this in two parts in case you decide to post this, so it would not be such an essay.

Part 1. Intro

Something has been eating up at me for a while but I only recently gathered the courage to do anything more than lurking. I actually am quite new to this, mostly because I was not allowing myself to even get into this in the first place. I am a very chill person when it comes to celebrities, I truly couldn’t care less about their lives, don’t even follow them on SM (L and N included) (not that I use SM all that much to begin with), I don’t know why but it always seems strange for me to be invested in strangers’ lives. I am not big of a fan girl either, especially media wise, I am much more interested in books and have no patience for tv shows most of the time. All of this to say, this is unusual behavior for me, watching all of the interviews with repetitive questions (those poor actors having to repeat themselves over and over again), paying attention to actors (beyond just knowing their names).

Polin is one of the rare ships that captured my interest, so I was very excited to learn about s3 being them, and when the wait for even the slightest info seem to be dragging on endlessly those interviews served as a great entertainment. Until they were not, until I started noticing things I wished not to. What started as “oh, they are so cute, and charming, and their friendship is so endearing!” very quickly turned into “babes, WHAT THE F*CK DID I JUST SAW/HEARD?” At one point I was honestly thinking “did I miss something? Are they together? What is going on?” So I checked, out of curiosity nothing more, but found nothing OFFICIAL suggesting that (as in N nor L never claimed anything). So I moved on, watched the show, other interviews (my brows still rising at some points), and then post Part 2 premiere I saw the picture on IG.

Everyone on internet seemed to be screaming about Ls’ GF, and being absolutely vile to him, which I found so disgusting I immediately checked out of the situation and turned my attention back on fiction again. It would be insincere of me not to admit to a certain disappoint on such a development, but that was as far as it would go. Though I can also truthfully say that that girl was not giving me the best impression based on the picture, something just seemed off. I only saw one at that point, where it appeared as if they were holding hands, why did it seem off? Because L looked displeased, almost angry, his eyes averted from cameras, while she was boldly looking right on them smiling as if she was walking her red carpet. As I said that was that, just continued watching the show, reading Polin fanfiction, hung out on a Polin reddit account and some Polin Tumblr blogs. And then I stumbled upon your blog (it was already past papgate 2.0), and now I’m on this bloody ship, and can not seem to force myself overboard, because those two are so soulmate coded (and yes, I realize how cheesy that sounds).

What has been bugging me, is that most, if not all, in this fandom seem to be of the opinion that L is the primary reason why N/L are yet to develop into lovers phase of this friends to lovers arc. From outright blaming him to passive aggressively calling him a dummy for not going after N. And I comprehend that most of it comes from the presence of a certain adjacent. But putting aside the OBVIOUS, LOGICAL point that we, non of us, are privy to their real lives, and bts truth, I still don’t see where that point of view comes from. I know that everyone says L is most like his character, so perhaps part of it is projection of that, but for me it always seems that L is actually a Penelope of this situation. To me, he himself gives it away.

Same Anon... same!

I have never thought L was the hang up in this situation. I think N has been burned in love, is pretty closed off with this stuff, and a TOTAL workaholic. L DEFINITELY fell first (no one can convince me otherwise). L also seems to kind of be a hopeless romantic and public lover boy, which I don't think N is use to. But I feel like that is why they kind of balance each other out ❤️️

[astralnymphh]

hopping on this train about the whole smut is overdone and sexualization of ellie thing since i'm bored ! i agree with the whole thing about certain scenes centered around struggle and sorrow being sexualized, and the watering down of her character— it definitely happens quite often, and whenever i do see those scenes where ellie is at her lowest i have a sense of like "my poor baby noo" so i can see that. think ive only used that image of her torn up back for reference once, but that was it. sometimes i do think her personality gets very misrepresented, but tbh i don't mind a purely cocky or purely loser ellie when it's done in balance. feel like when you write one, you get called out for not putting the other into play. unless im hallucinating. idk.

on the other hand, the debate about smut and the need for more angst, fluff, and plot— i'm a tinge in the gray area abt this. if you've seen any of my works (oneshots or series) especially copy that romeo, you know i'm a plot warrior 😭 unreleased knight!ellie is literally my most yappalicious fic (in the shakespearian way). yet most of my works feature smut, cause i'm either horny or feelin romantical, but also it's entertaining to write. tickles my pickle, mayhaps 🔥. but like, realistically? from the bottom of my heart? bottom of my booty? plot is hellacious to delve into. making stories from scratch or even sewing up a new path within the realm of a different video game— can be grueling. so, i can see why people don't jump into it as much. i encourage people to try, definitely, even a modicum of plot can really put the ommphh in your fic IF you are searching for it. but I'll be so so honest sometimes fleshing out stories makes me want to BOIL and get straight to the romance dialogue or whatever. so when i say i can see both sides— i do because writing smut woven by a majority of dialogue can be funner and simpler. like a little treat.

a lot of people debating this state these as opinions, and claim nobody is targeted in the process, but with the passion i'm seeing being bootyfucked into long long paragraphs, i just think that some names have to blossom to mind?? like almost indirectly, yknow? or maybe i'm just paranoid. i love love LOVE all the people debating this don't take this wrongly, TRUST i love some of ur accounts, especially those who like to analyze ellie's charecter I LOVE IT (i already forgot the name of the person who kind of sparked this whole thing but ily) but yeah. i just feel even opinions could be taken to heart by those who want to write, or write smut, and feel guilty for it. maybe that's how my brain works but. putting it out there ig.

anyways ELLIE WILLIAMS BREEDING KINK fic is in the works and that definitely has plot (kms) so buckle in for that ride!!!! 🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯

DAILY CLICK . IMPORTANT TLOU POST . PALESTINE INFO

[accio-victuuri]

some february fake rumors 💭

i am referencing these two contributions here & here. while we’re preparing ourselves for the chaos of xz’s mfw appearances, let’s enjoy these sweets first!

i’m using a very sexy xiao laoshi just because… 🤷🏻‍♀️

the first one is so funny and nostalgic with how it was presented. usually, fake rumors are in conversation form or in paragraphs. or, at some point, there is a story and then OP will include stick drawings to better explain what’s happening. this was popular when the topic are unofficial bts content before the videos were released.

this contribution tho only had the stick figure 😂😂

you can clearly see what’s the “story” here. lol. the two of them were caught by someone. this is not the first time a story like this came out but seeing it this way is entertaining. fans are also pointing out what they are doing, the faces are so close! kissing! 💋

the second one goes back to the usual format of conversations.

the first part is a staff telling yibo that be brought so much and then wyb says he doesn’t have the car to carry the stuff. he also said he has divided it, to which another staff says it’s easier for them. they tell wyb that he should eat more mandarin oranges.

wyb: Yo, you’re back

wyb: Come on, I brought everything with me.

xz: If I don’t eat, I’ll stay up late tomorrow and die of swelling.

xz: gone

🏃🏃🏃🏃

wyb: Look at me going all the way here and you’re ignoring me.

xz: Aren’t you pretty good at the game?

wyb: That's different

xz: Why is it different? Please explain it carefully.

wyb: Fierce me 🥹👈🏻Brother x, look at everything about him

xz: 🙄🤛🏻

wyb: If you don’t eat carbohydrates, your temper will get worse.

LOL. Years later, WYB is still worrying over XZ and what he eats lol. and how WYB wants all of XZ’s attention, and his gege playing along. I can imagine him saying “please explain it”.

staff 2: 🍊 So delicious

staff 1: I’ll take two more

xz: You guys eat so much

xz: Come, come here

i love how wyb’s love language is giving gifts, and it shows here. this is allegedly a fake scenario during the CNY holidays, and ofc, Bobo won’t forget gifts for XZ’s staff as well! what a good brother in law!

🚪🚪🚪🚪

I don’t know anything. I only know how to eat. You can talk wherever you like. Where can we go to talk? We'll make up soon anyway.

🚪🚪🚪🚪

xz: Okay, I won’t argue with you anymore. I went back to take a shower and sweated all over.

wyb: Then I’ll go back too

xz: You eat here and eat with them

wyb: I’m afraid of getting swollen even if I don’t eat.

xz: Okay?

wyb: ☺️☺️🥰

wyb: Withdrawal ✋🏻

wyb: You should ☺️ take a sip to reduce swelling.

xz: you😂

xz: Is it okay if I ask Brother A to buy red beans for me?

wyb: Let’s go upstairs☺️

The use of the door here and this commentary from the OP made fans think of the “drawing” from the rumor i discussed first. It’s like OP is implying that he was only there to enjoy the food from wyb. The previous convo looks like the two are bickering, but they will be sweet later. make up soon? what does that mean? Did OP see them kissing?

P.S: if you have a weibo account, please like all the comments with yellow circles in this xzs new post. take this as a reminder to do the same for the MFW posts in the coming days. 💪🏼 we have to show our support! XZ will most likely post on IG too, so this is your reminder to follow him.

-END.

[luhafraser]

Let me be clear: although many think I don't have a real life, I do. I'm not just a Tumblr account... I have a family, dogs and a cat. I'm currently recovering from bronchitis 😮‍💨🫁, and dealing with the school holidays 👧🏼🛝 and lots to do at work. 🤯🤯🤯 That's why I'm not at all sorry for being MIA... I have my priorities, my family and my health...

I've said it a few times... Sam and Cait's shitshow is just a pastime for me... So back off, nasty Anons... You're wasting your time here🖕😜

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It's not a real timeline, but look at this amazing script... Brilliant... 😝🤣

1) Sam in London; 2) a "fan" says Sam was with a "female friend"; 3) Susie in London; 4) P's innuendos; 5) Susie posts latergrams in a hotel room and gym, it looks like one of rooms at the Firmdale hotels; 6) P says she won't publish without a real evidence 🤣; 7) Susie returns to her home; 8) Another "fan" says she saw Sam on a flight to Gran Canaria; 9) Sam shows himself in a mysterious room on IG Live; 10) Sam's small group of stalkers (surprisingly, they're not the evil shippers 😜🤣) certainly discover that it's not a room in a luxurious hotel (the kind Sam usually stays in) ***(Sam has people monitoring his online steps and who he follows on Instagram, etc... Nothing new there... But I'm curious how someone who isn't a fan gets "here"?! And this fandom have some here, they are not fans of Sam and Cait or Outlander. See below 😉); 11) P releases the name of the new blonde; 12) the current blonde posts several pics/videos showing some gym in Gran Canaria and an airbnb Villa; 13) Sam's voice appears in two of the blonde's videos; 14) B posts the blonde's airbnb Villa; 15) The war of the "queens of Mordor" begins (I don't believe anything about this war, but it's funny and keeps people entertained, just what SamCait and PR want); 16) B says that airbnb Villa is not the place where Sam did his Live; 17) B goes back on what she said, and shows that the male SH and the female SH are in the same Villa 🤣; 18) Chaos begins in the fandom; 19) Sam appears in Austria/Audi Ambassador stuff; 20) blonde posts with her son at her home (latergram... 🤦🏻‍♀️); 21) Ok... Susie, Sarah, who will be the next S? ⏰️

😜🤣

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Script to look like James Bond... Women and cars... ?! 🤦🏻‍♀️😬 No, you are not Bond, Mr. Heughan... Sorry! 😝😂

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But on the other hand...

You know.. I'm not on the "gay train", but hey... I can't blame anyone who thinks he's gay. And have you noticed how several women, linked to Sam, are always traveling to paradisiacal beaches or going to gyms with their gay friends... ?!? You don't even need to follow them on Instagram to know this, there are accounts here that posted everything about them... All that was missing was their blood type... 😝🤣

"Hawaiigate Oops Gran Canaria gate" didn't seem like a good script to prove that Sam occasionally has affairs with women... Even because the place is known for...

But, it certainly moves things around here... Just saying 🤷🏻‍♀️😂

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OMG... Laughing a lot with #Samarah... 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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And Sam/PR decided to fix a flaw in the script and his speech, something that became a joke in this fandom, at least among shippers...

There are women in Glasgow, people! After 10 years, he finally had time to meet a woman there...

Amen 🙌

🤣🤣🤣

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I find it very difficult for a taurus man, who calls himself a romantic, who is used to staying in hotels like those from the FS and Firmdale chains and who has already made this type of comment...

Taking his supposed girlfriend to a place with these reviews... 🤔😬😂

After 10 years, Sam knowing how this fandom is, being the guy who claims to preserve his loved ones, would he leave breadcrumbs for "fans" to create a new story if he was really dating this woman? I'm amazed that she, with a son, gets involved in this shitshow, but who will know her reasons.... Even Cait used her pregnancy and child in the Belfast promo.

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Let's see if Sam will follow P's wishes and take Sarah to the TCND event... And let's pray 🙏.

I see THE RING 👰🏼‍♀️ #Samarah 🤣🤣🤣 This didn't even take 7 days, it seems! 🤣🤣🤣

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I still spend my free time looking at what SamCait shows and what this fandom says because I want to see the end of this shit, when Sam no longer has P or B and his onlys... One day Sam and Cait will fall into oblivion and that's why that they keep feeding this whole circus... What, or rather, who would Sam and Cait be without all this crap? I think it's funny that Sam pulls all this on himself... Except during promo, he's the one who moves things around here (right now Gran Canaria gate, Austria trip, Scottish Sun article, a new company with an enigmatic name... It could be SDFGINEEDTHISSHITSHOWCVBN 😝🤣, "Audi Quattro",...). But to me... This seems like something from someone protecting their loved ones, taking on all the shit for himself. Although, every now and then Cait needs to show that she is alive and with her husband by her side.

I watch and wait... And I know I'm not alone in this! 🧘🏻‍♀️😜

[ko-existing]

i just wanna say that even though there’s been surging a lot of controversy around those debunked posts, i’m still very thankful that you did it.

i’ve seen a lot of confusing terms (for example the ‘subconscious’ thing) and it never made sense to me as i read those. like why is that even a topic? 😭 and i’m just so glad someone spoke on it, cause that’s something i was willing to ignore and just “follow blindly” no matter what (very naive of me, but still).

it’s nice to have someone give you that reality check that you shouldn’t just take anyone’s word for it.

people can be offended all they want, but they can’t deny that what you guys are doing is actually helpful. if you don’t like it then just don’t engage with it.

thank you! བདེན་བྱས་ཐོབ་པ། 🕉️

On our stories it was mentioned that those post were by different accounts and the "dissecting" of posts is something that's been done way before too, to point up the talk of "subconscious" and "ego" within the ''modern' version of "AV". Claiming it was done because of an "ego" that doesn't exist and jealousy at play for not having an account that is being idolized is truly an interesting statement that stems from the illusory idea of being in a tangible reality.

At "Absolute Zero" like realitywarpingg likes calling it, "who" is there to idolize and be idolized? " • "

We replied and dissected because we're talking to our-self, about our-self. There is no difference so why not keep things busy?

With the same argument of "everything is illusory so why are you even replying?" or "Your actions come from the 'ego' " you might as well ask us why we still eat and drink, go to the bathroom or why we still buy food instead of just stealing it🤣or why are Chen and I in a relationship? Why are some of us studying nursing or still engage with our "families and friends"?

We're running this account for seeming unrealized appearances of our-Self. We know there is no one separate here.

It was never a x vs. y thing, it's "One".

We've deleted 521(?) of previous posts/reposts on IG months ago because we wanted to reduce the amount of dms and questions we reicive. "People" tend to obsessively rely on mear words and seek something that's right there. If they want to put "others" and their words on the pedestal, so be it🪷

It was said that "it's illusory but i'm still going to add my 2 cents because it's entertaining". For a lack of better words, if any of us 4 were asleep, not realized, our account wouldn't be here nor would we live the 'life' we're seemingly living. We'd still be deep within the "illusion" ! 📿

Now, we have nothing to lose or gain, we already have everything we want. Social Media is just a little side thing we can stop at any time.

Having an account or not does not change anything in our experience. It's already complete, we're not here to learn anything anymore.

Being realized doesn't mean you have to sit in a cave and chant mantras. It means you can now do whatever you want to, "create" whatever you want to because you have realized it is nothing but SELF seemingly appearing as something. བཀྲ་ཤིས་བདེ་ལེགས།!🙏🏻🕉️

[theblackdandelion]

my theories for Bridgerton S3 pt2

might be a bit spoiler-y, so don't read if you want to be 100% in the dark (which is fair, i wish i had that kind of self-control)

my guess on what's gonna happen based on the teaser for pt2 and some photos that were released and then deleted from different ig accounts (about which i know thanks to Sammy Bates's videos):

afer Colin announces the engagment, Eloise and Pen have the arguement where El asks "does he know?" - Pen tells her she's gonna stop, that she will write her last column where she will say goodbey, she'll maybe even use a line from the books - "i cannot make heads or tails from a world where Penelope Featherington will marry a Bridgerton" (i'm paraphrasing). Eloise isn't happy but is willing to accept this for the time being

Queen is gonna be displeased with this - one of her few entertainments is going away? no way! we're gonna hunt her down using the ton and 5 grand!

Cressida gets on the train, El refuses to help her (saw this here, sorry, don't remember the user, but their friend from Ireland is a reporter and saw the whole season an told her what happened, apparently; plus one of the photos in Sammy Bates video is of what Cressida has written as LW), and this fake Whistledown is what gets delivered when Colin is looking scared or whatever around the 0:32 mark in the teaser for pt2 (see attached picture). Also, i think this whole scene is happening during their engagement ball or something similar, but also might be on their wedding, but i hope it's before the wedding

Pen gets angry, because no way is she letting Cressida of all people take her work, and decides to publish one more time. Colin finds out (one photo from Sammy's video is of Colin seein Pen in the printer shop with her blue cloak on), que Carriage Scene 2.0 (i heard there might be another one, but i don't recall whether it was just a someone saying "if only" or if it was someone who said they knew it was gonna happen). They fight, they take time apart, they'll make up. Sometimes during this Colin starts to figue oout "shit, i wanna be a writer", and Pen releases her pamphlet about Cressida not being LW

Cressida figures out Pen is LW and starts to blackmail her. Pen freaks out, Colin tells her to chill, he's got it covered (he loves to save Pen, this is basically another of his wet dreams coming true), he plans to tell everyone so Cressida won't be able to hold it above their heads, he tells Anthony and the rest of the family (at this point i'm just following the book's plot)

Pen has no idea wha Colin has planned, is very stressed, faints, everything ends up well. Her faintin was because she's pregnant (another user pointed out that in regency era stories fainting often meant that that chracter is pregnant and she doen't know yet), she's the one to give birth to a boy (her sisters have daughters), and she's the new Lord Featherington's mama

Bridgertons' reaction to who LW is

i also read somewhere that different people will find out who LW is and there's gonna be an array of reactions to the news. So, here are my guesses at he reactions:

Anthony - shock, just shock. He'll be looking at Colin for 5 minutes and just asking what??! with question marks instead of pupils

Benedict - he's gona laugh his ass of

Colin - anger, betrayal, jelaousy, acceptance, pride

Daphne - no Daphn this season, so no reaction. shame

Francesca - calm surprise

Gregory - he won't care that much, he's not that interested in gossip

Hyacinth - she's gona be over the moon. Her new sister is Lady Fucking Whistledown?! Fuck yeah!!! (she won○t be too happy about having to imitate glue, though. IYKYK)

Violet - she'll try not to lose her cool, and will be mostly perplexed. It's a depth of Penelope she never expected to exist, but at the end of the day, Colin loves her and that's all that matters to Mama Bridgerton

Kate - Kate's gonna be probably happy there's another person with more than half a braincell in this family, and won't be angry (there wasn't that many bad things Pen wrote about the Sharmas)

Also, I very much hope for bi!benedict to happen this season. if it doesn't i'll survive it, but it would just make sense if it did

If you read all the way here, congratulatons. Sorry for the typos and me giving up on upper case somewhere in the middle of this. Have a nice day. Get yourself a coockie, you diserve it.

All of those things are just my theories and nothing more. I don't know anything about the production of this or any other TV show. I am just an obssessed 25yo

[starshinadraven]

Hello! My name is Draven. He/him, 20 years old, from Brazil, and a writer (allegedly), currently working on a comic draft. I write queer whump mostly. My WIPs are below the page break. For the sake of everyone's safety and comfort, here are the trigger warnings that can be expected from this account. Please stay safe and mute the tags.

SA — #tw sa

Torture, gratuitous gore, body mods, bodily fluids galore — #tw body horror

Sexuality and gender (forcemasc/forcefem, do keep in mind that I'm FTM so if transfems feel fetishized please do let me know) — tw gender manipulation

Sex, violence during sex (consensual), general horniness — #tw sex

Military/war themes — #tw military

Necrophilia, dead body handling, grave desecration — #tw necro

WIPs

All my WIPs are nameless so far because I am Very Lazy and Fear Permanence. I'm currently focused on Black Tulip

Black Tulip, Zinc Garden (#WIP black tulip)

Very early stages, most of the plot points and settings are likely to change as I refine it. Set in Afghanistan, 1980s, during the Soviet invasion. The story follows primarily Nikolai (Kolya), our initial whumpee, an emotionally numb and socially stunted young soldier who's assigned to a particularly shitty unit (details are murky. Further research is needed). He meets Arseniy Lisitsin (Lisya, or Senya if you want to die ig), our initial whumper. Whumping ensues. The catch is: both characters take turns being the aggressive part, and they get increasingly creative in their whumping methods.

Trigger warnings: dubious consent, unfair power dynamics (initially), unhealthy relationships, actual war, period typical homophobic language

I will say, since whump is largely a form of entertainment and trauma release, I won't write any whump surrounding the civilians caught in the war, as I don't think that the tone of this work lends itself to depicting their trauma in a respectful way. So only soldiers will he harmed here.

Prussian Bluest (#WIP prussian bluest)

Set initially in the 1990s, but most of the whump takes place in flashbacks to WW1. The story follows Bowie (placeholder name) whose hyperfixation is on Manfred von Richthofen, the Red Baron. During a trip to Germany and Poland for the sake of his research, Bowie makes a pilgrimage through the more relevant places to Richthofen's life, including the three burial sites where he had been interred. Shenanigans ensue, Bowie causes the Baron to come back as a spirit. The story switches between them trying to figure out how to fix this mess while Manfred has to relive days of his life at random (ranging from his actual death, in which he feels the dread, the pain, the fatigue etc to his first day of school), and Manfred reminiscing over his memories. Oh also Bowie experiences psychosis so that's fun (I Will Make My OCs Have My Illnesses And You Cannot Stop Me). Cue some psychological and existentialist horror since I like that

Trigger warnings: again Actual War, psychosis inducing narratives, sexual trauma (barely showed but it's still there), queerphobia. And this last one is not a trigger but it'd piss me off so content warning for historical inaccuracies and piss poor portrayal of a historical figure

Very excited to yap with you all 🫦

[chasedeys]

anxiety ridden babbling ahead that i felt the need to type out but literally no need to interact with this at all lmao but feel free to read for entertainment!

one of the superstitions i have is not liveblogging bengals matches or even being on here for some reason i cant explain. and this oh well whatever fuck it idgaf mentality im trying to apply vis a vis the 4-7 record negates that sort of. but if i lb and it all goes to shit I might kms lmaoooo /hyperbole ofc but the entire thing is crazy and im hemming and hawing over this like an insane person

like i had a trial run (laughing at myself as i type this) with the steelers browns game but since the stakes are ??!???!?! the results are very much inconclusive because if the steelers lost then good for the bengals! that means that the steelers can be beat by a team with a shit record and a team we already beat once (that had 3 different qbs for one game and clearly going through shit throughout the game which is a whole other variable fuck up) but the browns defense is sigh and bengals defense is also sigh of a different direction and if the browns lost that would be better for us making-the-playoffs-wise because of the w-l records etc but also bad bc ffs how are we beating the steelers and then the steelers lost which is good but also not good because now we're literally a single win record in front of the browns. for fucks sake bengals literally what is the matter with BUT ANYWAY my point is should i really actually make myself lb because i have so much shit to say like i can YAP yap you know and keeping it all in hurts idk that's an exaggeration i just like typing shit out dramatically as you can see from literally this entire post im actually pretty quiet irl off tangentially sorry but anywayyyyyy

another superstition i have is i have to like every insta post and story. every tweet and thread from bengals official account. and read all the news segment in the bengals app and also the photos section PRIOR to the game. while the liking posts thing is throughout the game so i have to check twt and ig periodically. and this weirdly has been proven (😭!! fucking stupid ass of me i know but) bc i couldn't check on shit at all for the chargers game bc i had pressing plans and when i finally came to check the box score they were in a 6-24 stupidity and then when i fully liked all the posts and scrolled the news and photos in the app they miraculously started getting touchdowns?? this is very much not a correlation or causation of events its just a plain fucking coincidence noticed only thanks to my delusional borderline obsessive compulsive ass. but the fact that it did went on that way did not help this annoying crushing superstition of mine. but because this has been proven (they still lost but thats just a them thing and the word proven has quotation marks okay) i Cannot Not do this for all the games left 😭😭😭 lowkey borderline ocd literally hands shaking if i don't do this

i hate it 😭 but the idgaf mentality!!!! How Do I Do This. i am Not built for sports watching wow

[mysteryman-17]

* B1RD-BR4IN 3000 - ATK 10 DEF 5 * One of the Conductor's greatest props ever. * Or so he says.

Time’s End is an AHIT/Undertale crossover AU of sorts, taking place in the aftermath of a timeline where you lose the final boss fight against Mustache Girl. You can find the write-up here! In addition, you can find the write-ups for the Neutral Endings and TimeWarp Route Requirements on Google Drive! The logo for Time's End was designed by @bittybattybunny. She's an incredible artist, be sure to check out their work here on Tumblr and over on Twitter!! This track was commissioned from my boi Wisteria Bird Studios. Be sure to check out his work too!

Motifs:

Battle of Award 42

Train Rush

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You can listen to this track in high quality on the AU’s SoundCloud here, and in their separate "in-game" loops on Google Drive! The rest of the description is underneath the Read More.

The Conductor fills Mettaton's shoes in this world. He may be the sole greatest influencer in the bird entertainment now (thanks to him ousting Grooves during the initial "Time's End" fiasco) but… he's incredibly bored and agitated. There are no obstacles in his path to success, and only now does he realize how much he despises it -- though he'll be damned if he EVER admits to missing DJ Peck Neck for now at least. His kinder side -- although still faintly there -- has become a LOT harder for his crew to see over time, especially Thomas the Inventor, who receives the brunt of Conductor's unchecked cockiness and fury nowadays. Bow Kid's arrival in the Mafia Flows makes Conductor immediately pounce on the opportunity for something CLOSE to a rival in his life again. For the "dungeon" scene in this AU: the Conductor had a mech built from and disguised within the remnants of his first ever train (which derailed and was damaged beyond repair,) and after some reminiscing, he ambushes Bow Kid and SMASHES the old passenger car. The battle starts from here. …Unbeknownst to Conductor, Tom has his own ideas, so the mech has a lot of faults that Bow Kid is able to exploit.

Ye ik it's still not funni musriel his theme real but I was low-key getting a bit tired of putting so many "heavy" tracks one after another on the account. So here's the song that plays when you fight a scottish bird's mecha built from a goddamn steam train. This is yet another one of the ideas in this AU where I had no ideas initially, then wound up shitposting my way into coming up with something needlessly-but-also-majorly awesome. Except this one actually winds up tying a bit into the "arc" I settled on for this part of the story! (A large string of these sorts of ideas also happen to be in the "Hotland" portion of this AU, come to think of it. Sexy robot rectangles and weeaboo lizards overcomplicate things ig lmaooooooo) The track is very much inspired from Digga-Leg's Theme from Super Mario Galaxy 2; the Super Mario RPG flavor was all Kristian's idea, and he did a fantastic job on this piece. Was fantastic working with him, as always. Hope you guys enjoy! :) (P.S. uhhhh don't worry i have an idea for the "Oh! One True Love" replacement too, i just honestly don't give enough of a fuck to wait to finish that one before i post this one. out-of-order posting for the win baybeeeeeeeeee!) (P.P.S. ik i didn't post the updated track 71 here on tumblr after the soundcloud post last month, part of me honestly doesn't rly feel like it but i'll maybe see about doing it when i can force myself lmaooooooo)

[he-is-lightning-in-a-bottle]

Plz send halp.

I have fallen down a MewTul rabbit hole and I can't get out.

Things Mew has said about his faen:

~Has blood type O (Tul's blood type is O)

~Lives in NYC (Tul lives in NYC)

~Was with him at New Year's (Tul was with him over New Year's)

~Is currently not active in the entertainment industry (Tul has retired to finish grad school)

~Thai reporters probably already know his faen (Tul is already known to Thai reporters)

~Does not like or play football (Tul hates football)

~Have met each other's parents (They've obviously met each other's parents)

~Is sulking because Mew is slow to answer his phone (Tul has several times, quite publicly on social media, sulked over Mew not answering his calls)

~The most expensive thing he bought his faen was a bag worth 100,000 baht (He bought Tul a Bottega Veneta bag worth 100,000 baht)

~His faen sent him a video of them singing Blood Type B in English that day (earlier that same day Tul posted then deleted a video of himself singing Blood Type B in English to his IG Stories, ie he probably meant to DM it to someone or filter who saw it)((THIS IS VERY SPECIFIC AND WHAT ARE THE CHANCES))

~He's traveled abroad with his faen (Mew and Tul have been to both Vietnam and NYC together)

~Their love blossomed while filming Ocean Eyes (Tul also worked on Ocean Eyes)

~They don't announce their relationship but they don't hide it either. They go out in public together and it's fine if fans see them together. (Fans have spotted Tul and Mew together many times, and they both appear in each other's and other's IG stories often. Meanwhile, there aren't any consistent fan sightings of Mew with anyone else.)

Things that make me go hmmm:

Mew has twice called Tul his "baby" in English.

Mew has said his happiest memory is in Chiang Mai (he and Tul just went there together over New Year's).

When at the hotel together in Vietnam over Christmas, Mew shared an IG story of the hotel's pianist and violinist performing Perfect by Ed Sheeran with the note that he had been the one to make the request. (Odd request for dinner entertainment with your bro, not so odd if you're with your faen.) Later Tul shared an IG story of a pic of NYC skyline with a clip of Ed Sheeran's Perfect playing over it. Mew later posted a throwback photo dump from Vietnam on his IG and in the pic from the Regent resort gym, you can see Tul reflected in the mirror as the person snapping the pic. Fans also have pics of them in the hotel together. And yet despite all this proof they were in Vietnam together, Tul posted a photo dump of NYC Christmas pics to make it seem like he wasn't there. Why the subterfuge?

Mew repeatedly posts to and tags an IG account (@growaswegoooooooo) with romantic language "You complete me. I complete you. We complete each other." "I'm already missing you" etc. The account was created during Mew's trip to visit Tul in NYC last October. None of the pics have selfies in them, but they are most often of places he and Tul have been together. Like Vietnam over Christmas, Chiang Mai over New Year's, and even NYC during October. He even posted pics of an overnight stay at a small B&B in Cold Spring, NY that were taken on Tul's birthday with pics of Tul's Bday cake (the one he posted himself holding a week later with the semi-nude IG pics) and a flower bouquet (how many bros buy bouquets for their bros on their birthdays?? while staying at quaint, secluded upstate B&Bs?? and apparently doing an almost nude photo shoot together??). In another pic, the account's "where we had our first brunch together in Chiang Mai" pics showed the table set up from Tul's POV, and Mew posted the table set up from his POV with a bit of Tul's shirt and arm in it on his primary IG story, and fans had pics of the two of them at that restaurant wearing those exact clothes. The mystery IG account is clearly run by Mew and heavily features Tul while not actually showing either of them.

If Mew's faen lives in NYC and isn't Tul, why did Mew spend Tul's entire winter break with him in Vietnam and Chiang Mai? Why not spend the holidays with his faen?

If Mew's faen isn't Tul, who else was 1) with him while filming Ocean Eyes, 2) famous enough that Thai reporters would know them, 3) no longer currently active in the entertainment industry, 4) also living in NYC, 5) also with him over New Year's in Chiang Mai, and 6) type O blood? That's just too many coincidences stacked on top of each other. You could argue it was an Ocean Eyes crew member from NYC who is also friends with Tul, but why would Thai reporters know a random set employee?

If Mew's faen isn't Tul, why create that secondary IG account using romantic language and tie it so closely to Tul?

If Mew's faen isn't Tul, then what's with all these weirdly specific answers that only apply to Tul? If they were an onscreen couple I'd immediately dismiss it all as fan service, but they have NOTHING TO PROMOTE together. They're clearly good friends in the very least, but he's got to know how his answers sound.

What is going on??

[louisrosepetal]

I am actually genuinely heartbroken about the passing of Liam Payne, and I haven’t thought about anything else. My thoughts are all over the place and my heart is just heavy. I didn’t even know you could feel grief like this over a celebrity, especially one that you’re not even a fan of, never mind someone I’ve actually told myself I disliked, and whose behaviours I didn’t and still don’t support.

I was very naive when I for some reason never even considered that his substance abuse would lead to this. In my head the only future I saw for Liam was one where he got sober, was held accountable for his actions and made amends with the people he hurt.

I used to spend entire days watching one direction performances, interviews and video clips, analysing or just be entertained by watching their different personalities and friendship dynamics. I obviously didn’t know what went on behind closed doors and in Liam’s personal life, and I didn’t really follow him as a solo artist, but I knew younger Liam’s voice, his laugh, his face, his humour, his joyful energy and his overall personality extremely well. Everything about him is so familiar to me, which makes the fact that he’s gone and is never coming back so surreal and so painful, and what makes it even worse is the unbelievably tragic ending, and with how young he was. I can’t stop thinking about that. They were always asked about what they thought their future would look like, and they’d always say that it’s so unpredictable and impossible to know, and I know that those 19 year old boys would’ve never ever predicted a tragedy like this to happen only 12 years later.

Someone said on twitter that the saddest part about all of this is that there’s no closure. Maya Henry will never get justice, Liam will never get better and the industry will continue to exploit young people, and I couldn’t agree more. It’s absolutely heartbreaking.

I also can’t stop thinking about his son. Louis’ IG post absolutely crushed me, especially when he mentioned Bear. I just keep thinking about how that boy will grow up on just stories about his own dad, told by other people than his dad. It’s just all very sad and my deepest condolences goes out to his close friends and family, especially his son. RIP Liam

[freelancearsonist]

Start from the beginning.

That winning smile takes over his face again as he pushes his sunglasses up to rest on the top of his head. “Excellent. I’ll get the paperwork emailed for you to sign. What’s your email address?”

You write it down on a paper napkin for him, with your name just to make things extra official.

“Oh, yeah,” he chuckles as he runs his thumb over the ink. “Guess I got a little over-excited, forgot that part. I’m Dieter Bravo.”

“It’s nice to meet you, Mr. Bravo.”

He makes a face at that. “Just Dieter.”

“Just Dieter,” you repeat with a warm smile.

With a glance down at his phone, he stands abruptly. “Shit, I’m late! I’ll email you the paperwork!”

And just like that, he’s gone.

There’s a bit of a whirlwind feel to the entire encounter. This entire situation is completely bizarre. And yet, as the kind little woman returns from the kitchen with your hot breakfast plate in hand, you can’t help being strangely optimistic about the opportunity.

You get the paperwork later that night, just as you’re getting ready for bed. Not from Dieter himself, but an actual HR company. It’s surprisingly official; an I-9 and direct deposit forms. Everything seems up to snuff, so you sign away all your information with only a little hesitance.

It still doesn’t seem entirely real–more like something you dreamed about a couple nights ago. You go about your days searching for a new job because as fun as it was to entertain Dieter Bravo,  the logical part of your brain tells you that you’re never going to hear from him again.

You realize with sudden clarity that you’re very much legitimately employed by Dieter Bravo when you wake up on Friday morning to a $2,700 check direct-deposited into your bank account.

Monday morning, you get a text.

Unknown number: I have a job in Kansas. Shouldn’t take more than a week. Pack a bag.

Unknown number: This is Dieter BTW. 😘

Unknown number: I meant 😁

Unknown number: Eh. Both IG.

An hour later, you’re picking him up from a sizable home in Sherman Oaks.

When he said that you would have to haul equipment, he really wasn’t kidding. He’s got bags and bags and bags full of only god knows what, and they barely fit in your little car. You wonder if he actually even uses half of this stuff, but you don’t ask.

“You should get a van or something,” you huff after the last one is precariously crammed into the backseat enough that you can slam the door shut. There’s going to be an avalanche when you open that door at your destination, but that’s future you’s problem.

He looks at you for a long moment, then smirks. “I knew I made the right decision hiring you.”

Surely the idea of having a van for this much equipment isn’t that much of a novel suggestion. It’s not even the smartest idea you’ve ever had, but his compliment makes your skin prickle with pride regardless.

It’s a long trip. Twenty hours of driving time, to be exact. Dieter has packed almost his body-weight in snacks and drinks, which makes the trip even longer because he has to stop at least once an hour for a bathroom break. It’s like taking a toddler to Disney World except he’s forty-five years old and you’re not going anywhere nearly as fun as Disney.

It turns out that you can get to know someone pretty well when you have nothing to do for twenty hours but talk. He tells you all about himself–growing up in Texas with three older siblings, his short and failing career as a stage actor in his early twenties, how he got into the paranormal business and made a stupid amount of money from it–and asks for your life story in return. He knows you better than most people do by the time night falls and he decides it’s time to stop at a decent-looking motel somewhere in the middle of Utah.

Neither of you are very good at packing cars, apparently, because both of your suitcases ended up buried beneath loads of equipment. 

“I’ll go get rooms,” Dieter says after eyeing the dangerously piled bags in the backseat. You would be annoyed at him for choosing the obviously easier job, but you actually kind of like the guy after talking nonstop for ten hours. 

You like him just a little bit less when you open the door and a cascade of falling bags nearly wipes you out. 

Somehow, you manage to dig your suitcases out and shove everything back into the car with no casualties. Dieter, however, comes out of the motel office with a look that says he didn’t have as much luck.

“There’s only a single room available,” he says sheepishly, eyes not quite meeting yours. He almost looks embarrassed.

You sigh heavily, because of course you would go through all this unloading effort for nothing. “Is there another hotel nearby?”

“Not for fifty miles, she said.”

You consider offering to drive further, then hesitate for a moment. You’ve already been cramped in close quarters for ten hours, what’s one night in a hotel room together? It’s clear already that your relationship with Dieter is not a typical boss/employee relationship. You might as well just get used to unconventional situations now.

“We’ll make it work.” You grab the bags and follow him over to the room while he fiddles with the key–and then he swings the door open for you, and you nearly drop the suitcases. There’s only one bed.

“I… I thought there’d be two beds,” you respond quietly to the questioning look he gives you over the rims of his sunglasses.

“I said it was a single room.”

You’re not sure why you thought he originally meant a singular room with two beds versus one room with a single bed. Wishful thinking, you suppose.

You try not to show your nerves as you set the suitcases down on the floor by the foot of the bed. At least there’s a small loveseat against the far wall. You’ll have to fold yourself in half, but it’ll work. It’s better than being all pressed up against your new, suspiciously attractive boss in a narrowly-double bed, at the very least.

He looks at you, then back at the full bed, then back at you. Apparently, he’s just now figuring out how awkward this situation is.

“I… I guess we’re sharing?” He murmurs, running a thick-fingered hand over his patchy beard. 

Choose your card carefully.

The Devil - “Yeah, why not?”

The Hierophant - “Actually, I’ll take the loveseat.”

[necroangelz]

HIA YOU SEEM SO NICE JAJAAHDHEJWV- I remember following you from one of my Tumblr accounts (I have like 4 and have forgotten about the passwords of most of them)- So you may know me from there ig!!

Actually I came back here because I wanted to ask something- What is "Needy Streamer Overload" about?? I keep finding the game pretty intriguing and since you had it on your layout I thought I could ask you- (I also felt that it was a perfect opportunity to try to socialize a bit and meet more people on Tumblr-) Sorry if I'm bothering you! ^^

@.mistysaur

AWWW THANKIEEE 🥹🥹 and yeah I'm pretty sure i know uu from there!!

oh boy. let me see if i can explain NSO without dropping 19 paragraphs LOL

also, don't worry, uur not bothering me at all!! i love when ppl send me asks bc i have a hard time talking to ppl first, so this is also a good time for me to socialize!

ramble under the cut >:3

anyway, at its core, NSO is a game about managing the streamer career of a very mentally ill girl. the player is p-chan, the manager of their ' girlfriend ' Ame or k-angel/omgkawaiiangel, and they basically tell Ame what to do throughout the day. they can hang out, spend time together, play games, go on the internet, go outside etc. doing certain actions gives Ame ideas fur streams. there are many types of streams uu can do, each streaming category has level 1 up to level 5 streams, streaming is what gets uu followers. certain streams can get uu more followers but they would also increase ame's stress...

the player also has to manager her stats, her affection, stress, follower count and mental darkness. there's not much story because the whole game is centered around the players actions if ya get what i mean. the endings center around the effects of ame's stats if that makes sense.

NSO is a very fun game (i guess it's obvious that i love it lmao) the gameplay could get a little repetitive bc it's all the same but the graphics and music are so so cool. the interface is like this little computer and stuff and uu see Ame through the webcam screen and uu select her daily activities through app icons. the music is so catchy and perfectly fits the vibe of the game.

NSO is also a good portrayal of the toxic side of the internet—during some of the worst endings, ame spirals in front of the camera during a stream, and instead of having sympathy for her, her fans are quick to turn on her and dogpile on her instead. laughing at her misery as if she wasn't a person at all. they spread rumors, talk about how they always hated her from the start, doxx her, and then move on to the next entertaining internet personality with no loyalty to ame at all. it shows how people online can become cruel to each other because, well, it's all online, so they believe nothing is important or significant. NSO also depicts parasocial relationships, internet addiction, and wanting to get attention, love, and gratification from the internet. in general i love how NSO portrays the internet because everything feels so... real. the stream chats, the comments under ame's tweets, even Ame's texts to the player, they all feel so natural. like they're all actually said by people who spend way too much time on the internet and hence use slang and ways of speech that are common online. i always felt really bothered that mainstream media, especially those made by adults, SUCKED at portraying the internet. NSO isn't like that

so ya that's nso :3 if one thinks that NSO is something one is interested in, and one is sure they won't be triggered by it (bc yeah this game is super heavy) please by all means check it out!! i don't have any playthroughs to recommend since i don't watch playthroughs, but there's def some fun ones on yt! or buy it!

[alrightsnaps]

what do you think of the queen charlotte show

*deep sigh*

well.

to state the obvious: i think that no one in the bridgerton fandom would have minded this show if it weren't for the shitty treatment of the bridgerton series by shondaland. some may have loved it, some may have passed on it but in either case there would have been no hard feelings.

the problem is that at this point shonda is using a show that's supposed to be about the bridgerton family for her own OG characters, while screwing over the canonical protagonists.

it's one thing to make a spin-off about an OC. it's been done before. as a matter of fact when i first watched s1 (before i read the books and waaay before the disaster of s2) i remember being intrigued by the charlotte/george scenes. but combined with what's become of the main show? where instead of focusing on the bridgerton fam (spouses included obv) and expanding on them half the screen time is about trashy plotlines of the featheringtons and queen charlotte obsessing over some gossip rag writer? where the most beloved couple received #that treatment in s2 and kate was little better than a supporting character in anthony's story? well.

plus the whole social media thing is just the production provoking fans atp. what spin-off doesn't get its own accounts for promo?! why do they call it a bridgerton story when it has nothing to do with the bridgertons and there's not even a bridgerton character in it?

with that out of the way: my honest opinion after seeing the trailers is that it's gonna be a bingeable show. unlike s3, which i honestly believe is gonna be a snoozefest outside the 5 minutes kathony, frannie and benedict get, QC has a very strong female lead in india, the chemistry with the male lead is there and arsema’s lady d and young violet will probably steal the show too. the story looks compelling enough for it to be a big success.

there's the issue of the shitty plotline of king george marrying a black woman and “uniting two societies” but ig we'll have to wait and see how that plays out. at least im glad that from what we've seen so far it seems that black people have been an established part of the aristocracy way before the george/charlotte marriage (charlotte’s brother makes a comment about them coming from a european aristocratic bloodline or something and lady danbury is a lady) so at least it won't be like. king george marrying a woman from a socially ostracized minority and that magically bringing equality to the realm. then again i may be underestimating shondaland’s ability to fuck up and i’ll be eating my words. it's happened before when it comes to bridgerton predictions and will probably happen again.

but entertainment wise it shows that it'll be good.

[cooledtured]

REIGN: The Conqueror — Madhouse Studios’ Medieval Futurist Anime

Anime ahead of its time, REIGN: The Conqueror (アレクサンダー戦記 [Arekusandā Senki]) is a Madhouse Studios (One Punch Man, Death Note, Trigun) gem deep in its back catalog. Based on a novel by best-selling Japanese author 荒俣 宏 (Hiroshi Aramata), it’s the story of the rise and ensuing battle against Persia of the ancient world’s greatest emperor, Alexander the Great.

We’ve an engaging cast of characters which are all, at least in name and relation to him, accurate to ancient accounts. Onscreen are King Philip II of Macedon and his pagan queen Olympias, both rearing Alexander to one day assume the throne. Alexander finds adventure alongside many friends including Ptolemy I, his most trusted general of the fearsome and mighty Macedonian army. Carrying Alexander to victory is his famous black stallion war horse, Bucephalus, who takes down soldiers and assassins with golden armored mechanical muzzle and hooves. Also in this epic is Alexander’s personal tutor and famous ancient philosopher of the Western World, Aristotle, driving story subtext and plot. In fact, many memorable philosophers are there, such as the cynic-philosopher Diogenes “The Dog” and the ghost (or “essence”) of Plato.

One interesting dynamic to REIGN: The Conqueror is we never quite know if we’re watching the past or the future unfold. It subverts any familiar timeline, suspended in a surreal and timeless period where fantasy elements abound, such as shapeshifting spirit alchemist factions (like the Pythagorean Cult, bent on hopes to assassinate Alexander), cloud resident titans and elemental gods. While undercurrents of electricity and advanced technology are part of this world, battles are won by horse cavalries, swords, spears and shields. Landscapes are adorned with moving walkways and extreme architecture. Flying machines course the sky. This is medieval futurism at its best, and Madhouse Studios probably couldn’t have chosen a better art designer to create such hypnotizing and impossible juxtaposition. That animator’s name is Peter Chung, the very same Aeon Flux legend himself.

Perhaps none of the ethereal themes would have been so elegantly animated, or as moving and entertaining, without Peter Chung (IG: @peter_k_chung) at the helm of this multi-nation anime project. Chung’s animation is influential for many. Those less familiar with his work, you might be surprised to know his portfolio includes some of the best and most popular animation of the last 35 years. Notwithstanding his well-known MTV series, Aeon Flux, his animation and collaboration is responsible for the original Transformers TV show, the title opening sequence for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and also co-designing Nickelodeon’s Rugrats. Chung’s art direction and contribution is part and parcel to the stunning visual imagery and magic you experience in REIGN: The Conqueror.

I could imagine this 13 part series landing perfectly among today’s anime and post-Game-of-Thrones era. But it aired on WOWOW and Adult Swim a little too ahead of its time in ’99 and ’03. REIGN: The Conqueror challenges watchers to sit back and enjoy the beauty of anime that’s packed with style and memorable story, makes you feel anime in a visceral way. It will surprise and intrigue you.

Enjoy the series on YouTube here!

JEFFREY WELLS | Writer

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