#then know that one does not negate the other

[probablynottola]

I just wanted to elaborate a bit on this edit and on my thoughs on Loumand because i came across some hate/doubt about this ship and... they loved each other guys! it was toxic! but the love was there! First off, i do think armand really loved louis. this to me is apparent by watching the show. he was in love with him right from the start, he was captivated by him, he was determined to get close, he even put his position and status openly in danger for it. the eventual betrayal does not negate that to me, because armand has all sort of twisted ways to discard what is good and right and pleasurable in favour of self-preservation and compliance (see: traumaaaaa). i also think the idea of love that armand has is obviously not one that is healthy, and is then not incompatible with this level of lie and betrayal. In moder days, (San-fran onwards) I really think he is trying to make it up to louis, and his immediate reaction to louis walking into the sun in e05 is honestly so hard to watch because in his cries and in him taking louis back inside i hear and see the desperation of someone who loves a person who is attempting. It's a very hard to watch scene from all points of view. Now, concerning Louis. i do think he was in love with Armand and that Dreamstat was partly his doubts but, also, partly, his guilt - and more precisely the part of him trying to prevent himself from moving on out of his guilt (catholic boy louis i get youuuu). Also, the scene in which Madeleine acknowledges Louis' love for Armand and Louis is sort of bashful about it makes me really think he is afraid to acknowledge it to Armand, yes, but also to himself - so this means it is partly because he does not want to be vulnerable, and partly because i think Louis is the king of aviodance and he can be low key manipulative towards his partners by witholding his love. (which. is. there.) I also see a lot of the pain and precision with which they hurt each other during the san francisco scene as a sign that they really do know each other well. they talked about their past, they know each other's soft spots. this is not a superficial type of relationship. And i think that the bdsm component also adds another layer of depth to their dynamic. What we see is a strained marriage in dubai, sure. but we see familiarity, we see devotion, we see two people who know a lot about each other. which they don't always use for good. because, in the words of Kehlani "all of this love is... toxic".

Loumand - Toxic (Kehlani)

[crispyliza]

Rip to Vi but if my little sister went evil and started murdering people I'd still love and support her and her hobbies 🥰

[turtleblogatlast]

I think a lot about Leo standing up for his brothers in the things that really matter to them.

Like- Leo is the one who immediately pushes Mikey and Donnie into finding Raph the second it’s clear that their oldest brother is missing because he knows Raph can’t handle being separated like that.

Leo is the one who stands up for Mikey when Mikey wants to go on a solo mission, actively vouching for him and being the one to convince Raph into letting Mikey go, because being independent and proving himself just as capable of standing on his own two feet as everyone else means so much to Mikey.

And Leo defends Donnie’s honor in particular when his brothers’ intelligence is insulted because Leo is well aware of how important Donnie’s smarts are to him - and how important having those smarts valued and acknowledged is as well.

All this goes right into just how well Leo knows his brothers. For as much as he’ll tease or fight with them, he knows them, and he loves them.

[sukibenders]

*taps mic* Celebrities do not owe you insight into their sexuality, nor do they have to define or abide by your standards of how they act regarding their sexuality. You do not know them personally enough to inspect their private lifestyle in such a way, and even if you did that behavior still isn't warranted. Just because celebrities are more known to the public, doesn't negate the fact that they are people with feelings and aspects of their lives that they might prefer to keep quiet about. Sexuality, in general, is an intimate thing, that everyone experiences and expresses differently, and having random strangers deny or question their queerness does more harm than good. Stop acting like you're entitled to it.

[fragmentedblade]

The "Dan Heng is Dan Feng" dogmatics annoy me a lot. It entirely brushes off one of the most interesting and prevalent questions posed by the game, incarnated by several characters and stories that give the question different hues with different potential answers, and a constant also in HI3, like a thread waving the two games together

[jlf23tumble]

Jen, v random but I think you follow the whatiwillsay pod? I was wondering if you had thoughts about their larry ep from a couple of years ago? 

I do follow her on spotify, but I don't always listen (depends what I have in queue, the topic, etc). I *did* listen to that ep, though, and I disagreed with pretty much all of it MAINLY because you can't have it both ways, i.e., you can't say here's all this gryles proof, here's all this swiftgron proof, then dismiss larry or kaylor when it's the exact same amount of evidenceTM. Like, I'm all for reaching, reach away! But when you're matching, then match it! If it's fandom bullshit, call it as such, but where there's that much smoke, there's at least a wee bit of fire!

[cobra-creampuff]

i think a lot of people have never been in a truly desperate situation but think they have, and this causes them to pass really harsh judgment on people who made bad choices when either irrational or having no good choices to pick instead, and i really wish people could get some fucking self-perception and work on their compassion skills and not fucking do that as much anymore

[bumblingbabooshka]

Something real to me immediately post-Voyager is that both Tuvok and Janeway are looking around at their crew like “God...these poor folks are not dealing with this transition well...” in an earnest but also slightly condescending way (as they are prone towards thinking of themselves as examples to be followed and somewhat superior to others, even if that isn’t the language they’d use/how they’d understand themselves) but in reality they are also dealing with it extremely and visibly poorly and are thus unable to help literally anyone and everyone who sees them is like “You guys don’t seem to be doing well” but this flies over their heads or they think to themselves, shaking their heads sadly, ‘this poor bastard...trying to say that I need help when they’re obviously the ones suffering...thank God I don’t have any problems.’

[grahamcarmen]

[psychicthepsychic-daily]

what do you think mind games 2 would be like

I think it would have had a lot of potential, since the ending of the first week left plenty of room open for a sequel/prequel/otherwise continuation of the story.

there's the opportunity to explore Psychic's relationship with the Dearests, particularly DD and GF, since even though he's canonically close with them we didn't get to see them interact in the full week. personally I'd have loved to see a reference to his weird friendship with Void because mod cameos give me life /lh

like. imagine a song taking place when DD and Psi first meet. I'd love that. or a song between Psi and GF where she convinces him to look out for BF's safety. there's so many potential interactions Psychic would've had with each person at Some Point so there's plenty of ways a second week could play out, not even including any completely new characters from his own lore, etc.

[fragmentedblade]

It's sort of ironic how fans often link the leaf 🍁 to Dan Heng, considering "Feng" means "maple", but it's also so fitting

[omarwolaeth]

Sincerely, what is the allure of writing up 1 Card In Hand combos for cards?

[beast-of-the-void]

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[ephemeral-winter]

have been at my job for five months now but we have reached the point where i am spending saturday night Remembering every embarrassing thing i did when i still didn't know how to do my job

[sunsetsover]

i think the reason i like firstkhao so bad is bc they have bangtan energy. don't ask me to explain bc i can't but growing up in borahae village i hear first say some shit like 'suddenly the voices in my head are saying khaotung is so cute' and im just like yeah that sounds about right.

[xcziel]

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