#they are dysfunctional and whole together

[lee-v5x]

dogman and petey are the most curious case of enemies to lovers to me because how are you gonna go from essentially house pet and evil villian to mutilated/frankensteined canine cop and villian to eventual co-parents who both cooperate and help provide for the villian’s mini-me/child after fighting together to keep said child safe from evil villian’s previous antics. please dav pilkey why must you thrust this peculiar cat/dog dichotomy onto us. i never knew i needed it until twitter shabanged me with a shit ton of detey fanart before i was like: okay. maybe it’s time i give this series a shot after nine years.

(the series is peak also GO WATCH THE DOGMAN MOVIE PEOPLE)

💙🧡

also that end scene where the whole family’s howling outside of dogman’s home is just…I can’t…maybe having a child does bring dysfunctional couples together…(not) (but they are the exception)

[barnbridges]

you didnt ask but for marion there's an older brother named jason barnbridge who... let's just say it was mr corcoran who walked her down the aisle at the wedding.

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

anyone else have multiple traumatic memories associated specifically with holidays/family vacations? because that is a topic I never see discussed in all the So You Had A Shitty Childhood, Now What? self-help books i've been reading. but for me, it was a significant thing. and the more i think about it the more it seems like this would be an (unfortunately) common experience. would be grateful to hear if this matches other peoples' experiences...

[harbingersecho]

WODtober 14 > Lines Drawn In Blood ⥄ RVBtober 14 > Crossover

"He and I are closer than friends. We are enemies linked together. The same sin binds us."

So. Here's some possible bg/lore mixing - idk if normal, 'non-secret service/intelligence agency' humans in this universe know vampires exist but disregarding that -

I think a lot of the vampires, esp the ones in space, are pretty high generation or thin-bloods (i.e. they're weak). Originally Locus + Felix were on the v edge of being thin-bloods (like gen 13) but... they're not anymore. The wonders of diablerie - not that they really advertise it. Views on that haven't really changed. They're also autarki aka freelance/mercenaries, but I dunno when they were Embraced; could've been before, during or after the War. Doesn't rly matter that much, they can all work imo but at least for Locus post-War works best

Locus could have either the Blood Addiction bane or the Noxious Blood bane since I think both could work for him, and Felix would have the classic Ravnos Bane of needing to move around.

I'll post more thoughts abt why I chose those clans for them + more abt sharky etc a bit later bc I don't want this to be too long lol <3

[significant-narratives]

'codependent teammates' this 'codependent teammates' that. i don't think that word means what you think it means.

[mummer]

they could never EVER neverrrrrr ever ever do this even ryan condal would never cede such an “iconic” setpiece & “memorable” dialogue and even if he wanted to HBO simply would not allow it but in my minds eye ideal hotd adaptation of the battle of the gods eye completely discards EVERYTHING supposedly recounted/editorialized in fire and blood no anime dialogue no ultra choreographed fight scene no cinematic beautiful shots of the dragons dancing no leaping from dragon to dragon its actually like incredibly fast and loud and incomprehensible to the audience just beasts colliding and ripping each other apart dirt and blood and horrific and disgusting and ultimately super SUPER pathetic ❤️ daemon and aemond dont get to make any epic last stands theres no glorious blaze out, no chilling last words, no grand narrative, in the end it really is just two men thudding to the bottom of a lake and getting eaten by fish. make the craziest climax in the world an anticlimax. ultimate antimoment

[timechange]

MCFLY JULY ‘24 — playing hooky.

MARCH 8, 1983

“Hi Doc, sorry I’m late.”

The fourteen-year-old greets @doctorbrown as usual, sliding the key under the mat and leaving his skateboard by the door. Einstein immediately bounds over, tail wagging, and Marty scratches him behind the ears.

“What’s on the list for today?” the boy continues, completely oblivious to or deliberately ignoring the fact that it’s Tuesday at 12:03 PM and he should most definitely be in Mr. Johnston’s fourth period geometry class right now. “More welding, maybe some circuitry? Dreamin’ up some new schematics?”

As if sensing his best friend’s discontentment and knowing he’s been found out, he groans, flopping onto Einstein to give the canine an impromptu hug. The sheepdog, pleased at the attention, thumps his tail more vigorously and licks the teenager’s face.

“C’mon, Doc,” Marty wheedles. “Linda’s skipping today too! It’s not like I got any tests or anything. Anyway, I learn more from you. You know that.”

What he’s pretty sure the scientist also knows is that, other than Doc himself, nobody actually gives a shit if he’s at school or not. Not his parents, especially not after last night. They probably don’t even realize, and sure as hell don’t care, that he’s gone.

[lunar-wandering]

people of tumblr, aita for getting mad at my younger brother for spending an hour and a half in the bathroom???

listen. he only started doing this in the last year. every single fucking time he enters that bathroom, he takes at least an hour and a half. sometimes more. he's not even DOING anything in there. he sits down on the toilet and watches videos on his phone. i cannot even keep count of the amount of times i've wanted to go to bed, only for him to beat me to the bathroom, and for it to result in me not getting to get in there and get ready and go to bed until 2am, even when i have a busy day the next day. this morning i wanted to get up and start my day at 10:30, and didn't actually end up being able to get in there until 1:15.

and yet, when i so much as utter a single complaint about this, simply by irritatingly saying "he's been in there for over an hour! i want to take a shower!", i get yelled at by my parents for "bitching", and get told that i should "apologize to your brother".

[blackjack-15]

okay we're still in grace. i don't think God is present in that household right now, i think it's the Other Guy. and massive amounts of fish. drugs and alcohol and fish.

"i think spending that [cooking] time on the people that we love is how we show them that we love them" and there's the theme -- not of this episode, not of any particular character, but of The Bear in general. cooking means something different to every character here, but it's all love in the end. cooking is closeness, it's community, it's time and effort. it's love.

"may God bless us and keep us safe in the new year, and please give michael the strength not to throw that fork. amen." AMEN

that was a lovely speech. there are like three minutes left. what horrible thing is about to happen, b/c this family dinner is Not ending on a good note. wrong pacing for that.

the fact that everyone has to sit and just basically worship donna in order for her not to have an effing tantrum is just. ugh. no one growing up in this house had any emotional support.

"are you okay?" NOOOOO

carmy's face. oh land.

a+ to michelle for sticking up for nat. she seems to be the healthiest of the berzattos, and has a great marriage. i wish her every happiness.

carmy patting natalie on the arm afterwards is a nice, small, subtle gesture. absolutely love it

LEE SHUT UP

oh. there it goes. final straw. final fork?

THE CAR??? DONNA THE CAR???

and of course she's not gonna open the door. all the attention is finally on her.

and carmy staring at the fork in the cannoli, that looming anxiety attack finally beginning. anxiety attacks look (and feel) so different from panic attacks, and The Bear takes a lot of care to show that. carmy's anxiety attacks, like a lot of people's, make him very still, very white, and you can barely see him breathing -- incredibly acted by his actor, and devastating to watch

nice Virgin Mary shot there of Nat at the end. this is her feast, after all

(the feast of the seven fishes commemorates the Vigilia di Natale -- "natale" being the root that "Natalie" is derived from)

[a-nice-egg-offering]

I just know they’re gonna make macdennis canon and it’s going to rly piss me off when they do lol. It doesn’t make sense with every piece of character and world building they’ve done but as the years go on they’ve started to lean into what the fans want rather than their original vision so I won’t be in the least bit surprised it’ll just be disappointing

Had this in the tags but I want it apart of the post actually

[fullcirclehuh]

wait slime and Mariana literally gamed the court case. That was the best possible outcome they could've gotten and it wasnt even one of the original options

[cuntwrap--supreme]

Having to explain to my 57 year old mother that, no, it is not funny to send me photos of a clearly exhausted woman at the airport at 3am who had an accent she thinks makes her stupid. Like. Just tell me what she said that was funny. I don't need a series of photos of this woman exhaustedly explaining to your coworkers what she needs.

[outlying-hyppocrate]

i just found out that my dad originally planned to live with my brother and send me off with my mother and now i fucking hate him. also i might try to be less of a people-pleaser starting now because i'm always trying to appeal to everyone (except for my brother somehow)

[archtroop]

It all sounds so familiar.

Where have I seen this behavior before.

Ah, yes. Hot take:

FreePalestiners hate Israel, the same way an unemployed invel hates a successful woman.

This is it. That's the whole charade, that's why the sympathize so hard. Victimhood is sexy to them. Especially by a party that they view is inferior by a twofold.

[poughkeepsies]

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[deluluass]

I just can’t stop thinking about your sukuna fic, it’s so good you had me in tears 🥹 I was just wondering, did y/n really fell in love with sukuna in their first life? I’m so sad that she had to suffer so much in all lifetimes and the cause of these pains is sukuna’s pining.

Thank you so much for this fic! Icb you’ve already written three new fics in a span of one month. You’re a genius 🫡

im so so happy to hear that!! 🥹 i havent written in a while so hearing that u had that response WAA gives me the butterflies djjjdhjd thank u, beloved anon!! 🫂

to answer ur question: yes. she did love him in that life (unfortunately :")) in my mind, having sukuna (someone highly intelligent & tactical) to play shogi with gave her an equal, & thus a sense of companionship (w/c must've been a blessing to someone who's all alone in that village). having to beat him was a source of fulfillment too (stimulating her hinted at competitive nature). i was inspired by komugi & meruem from hunterxhunter (one of my top 10 ships of all time), but without the transformative power of love lmao. in their story, the love made it worse :"))