#they just call each other cousins

[tricoufamily]

just some ivy league kids trying to figure out necromancy

[from-here-from-me]

Congratulations to the cast and crew of "The Bear," for a record-breaking 23 Emmy nominations!

THE BEAR — Season 2

[adios-gatos]

i show my love for things via ocs

bonnies based on electric mayhem from the muppets but also very vaguely dolly parton :3

[corsairspade]

Halenthir scenario where they get married for tax benefits (in a platonic good friends sort of way) and fall in love long distance via sending each other letters with ideas on how to best leverage their marriage for tax evasion.

[risingmoonyue]

Someone write me a ShinRan fic that reads like a stereotypical shojo. Whether this takes place in canon or an au is optional. The only requirement is that Shinichi is cast where there is usually a girl, and Ran where a guy is.

[tbookblurbs]

Ancillary Mercy - Ann Leckie (Imperial Radch, #3)

5/5 - Just the right mix of battle and political intrigue; i deeply love these characters and this premise

This novel took on a very appropriate goal for the end of the trilogy. Too often, I read a novel with incredibly high stakes that is unable to wrap itself up nicely (or at all) because there is simply too much to deal with. Ancillary Mercy is an exception to this pattern. Having Breq aim only for the safety of one or two systems in the face of a tyrant who's been around for two thousand years makes sense. It's realistic. It feels achievable.

The characters themselves are fascinating - I can't say that I've read something in recent memory which treats AIs as something "living" and "breathing" that changes over time. Indeed, the last book I read outside of this trilogy that discussed AI made the AI seem static and unyielding across time. Anyway.

I think the conclusion, while quick in some ways, makes the book feel all the more like a part of a real universe. Nothing is wrapped up quickly. Our main characters are still going to have to sit in meetings for months to figure this out and I loved it! We need more open-ended stories!

On a final note, the Presger and Translator Zeiat are two of my favorite pieces of the book. They're just so, well, alien! A treat to read to be sure.

[kouhaiofcolor]

I really miss the natural hair community & watching natural hair content generally. That was so good for Black Women; we were thriving at it, too. And as rapidly as it rose to popularity, it’s crazy how dead the whole concept is now. I think it had more to do w all the division created over routines around maintenance than anything else. Everybody was entirely too pushy w trying to make what worked for them personally a staple for taking care of textured hair in general — & that shit walked so that colorism, featurism, texturism & misogynoir could run. Now the same ppl who was riding the wave a few years ago & swearing by all these products, brands, sponsors, wash day & styling methods have put natural hair away as a concept entirely.

Also, why the hell did we waste all that energy prefacing everything w, “Stop doing this and do these things for your hair to grow to tailbone length overnight🤡” — just to go right back to weave and perms? All that researching for what? All the dedication to disproving antiblack/misogynoir notions about Black hair for what? All the redefining of protective styles for what? All the trying to unlearn the belief structures around the colonization of Black hair for what? What did we teach ourselves fr? How did we make things any easier for Black Women and little Black girls? It’s tragic af. The Natural Hair Community/Movement is dead, it seems like. I don’t think we fought hard enough to prevent what happened to it honestly :\

[callilouv]

what makes people a friend to u

[florsial]

Hello friend! I’ve never sent an ask before tehe but i was thinking about your post on rodolphus because your interpretation of him eats my brain and specifically the part where you mentioned how he acknowledges him and regulus’ relationship as strange but doesn’t do anything about kept pushing itself to the front of my mind because why wouldn’t it. Anyway my actual ask is, what do you think rodolphus’ opinion on regulus is or their relationship if you think they have or had one? Like does he approve of regulus for his brother or just as a person? Did his opinion on regukus change from when regukus was young to when he grew up? So many questions I believe you have the answer to

In a small summary: He views Regulus as a part of Rabastan.

Background Info: The Lestranges, despite what you might think, are very VERY family oriented people, (maybe with a couple of exceptions but family above all mostly) they are distant but that’s how they love (a clear example is Rodolphus’ “freedom as a love language”). In fact, a lot of these wealthy, old family pure blood branches are (Blacks, Avery, Malfoy etc etc) (But not Rosier which is why Evan and Pandora are also viewed as an anomaly to the high class pure bloods.) (But I won’t get into that rn).

Anyways back to Reg and Rod.

Rodolphus has always viewed Regulus as a part of Rabastan. This mostly stems from his choosing not to care but also because Reg and Rab have been around each other from the very moment they met. From late boyhood to mid 20s, Rod has always seen Rabastan with Regulus, on his arm, in his arm, sharing a seat, a bed, etc etc. So he’s just associated Regulus with his brother.

But that doesn’t mean he sees Regulus as his brother! In fact, I could say Rodolphus knows little to nothing about Regulus and that’ll be more accurate than anything else. It’s best to remember that Rodolphus and Rabastan are more brothers than they are twins. There is always going to be a disconnect. They weren’t each others constant, they are nothing alike. Yeah sure maybe they were familiar as children but by 8 years old they were so different it was almost as bizarre as the Rosier twins being so very much the same. They don’t have that same relationship as twins that other pure blood twins do (unhealthily codependent, intertwined in ways beyond romance or platonic understanding, that’s how pure blood twins are raised, they are viewed as one in their families (except Rosiers))

Rodolphus isn’t close to Regulus at all because he never had a chance to meet him in his “prior to Rabastan” days. From afar, it does kinda seem dehumanizing to Regulus because Rodolphus associates Regulus with Rabastan and doesn’t see him beyond that. So he never had an opinion on Regulus that didn't involve Rabastan.

They barely interact because Rabastan keeps them apart without really realizing it (insecurity and possessiveness) and Regulus is content with just hiding out in Rabastan's room or hiding in Rabastan's corner during meetings while playing his violin honestly (he doesn’t need another wizard poking around HIS family) (Ahem ahem James… who said that WHO SAID THAT) and Rodolphus doesn't mind either since he isn't all that interested in Regulus as his own person overall.

And this apathy and dehumanization isn't just to Regulus, it's also to Bellatrix as well, he doesn't really see her as anything past his wife as worst and his coworker whom he always gets put with at best. He's just not that concerned with people outside his family, which is why a lot of purebloods actually genuinely like Rabastan but can only respect Rodolphus.

As for his thoughts on their relationship, because Rod associated Regulus with Rabastan, the relationship didn't phase him at all. In fact, he sort of expected them to announce that they were getting married at any second.

In a sort of fucked way, it's like this: You and your sibling are family and together, but they also have their own stuff and you have your stuff but their stuff isn't yours, and yours isn't theirs.

Now, I never meant to insinuate this, and I'm so sorry lol, but Rodolphus does not view their relationship (Age gap) as strange. In fact, no one does. Rabastan and Regulus's relationship is meant to be weird to us (a viewer/outsider who doesn't understand high society pureblood views) but normal to them (The people who practice and believe in those views that get passed down the family line/spread around). It's a an interesting part of their relationship that these wealthy purebloods don't find their relationship weird but everyone else does. And it plays into this idea of, there is something wrong with this seemingly perfect, unassuming thing. Which also ties with Rodolphus not looking twice at Regulus and Rabastan!!

Like an example is Severus, who never aligned himself with these practices. So often I think, whenever he sees Rab and Reg, he has to excuse himself because he finds it hella fucking weird but he can't do/say anything about it because everyone else is like, "This is fine."

Cue Snape's heavy side eye at Rabastan during DE meetings and he's like, "Bffr rn"

[mugentakeda]

this is how i think azula is with lu ten

[as-salty-as-the-sea]

*throws my headcanon at you and ducks away*

idk what my thought process was behind this other than they were both redheads and had songs about love and stuff (*ﾟ益ﾟ)ゞ

i think that since jack didn't have a lot of friends growing up due to night swan's protection, the only people he could see were his relatives and since the bride was a similar age to him they hit it off.

i have a few more hcs below the cut, and feel free to add ur own too i'd love to check them out (*・ε・*)

- they're both pretty popular in the danceverse and would regularly shout each other out and start fake beef lolol

- when they were younger, they would do each other's makeup with night swan's makeup lol

- when it was out that the bride was going through her divorce with the rasputin coach, jack was the first one to comfort her (and also talk tons of smack about rasputin)

- they like to make fun of each other's fashion a lot, but are secretly very influenced by each other

[confinesofmy]

"love you more!" 💀 don't say that lol girl you might!!

[sherlokiness]

"Half brothers," Jon corrected.

And

"Our half brother," Sansa corrected, soft and precise.

I'm glad Jon and Sansa correct other people about this because it's really gonna be useful when they get married and someone accuses them of incest. They're cousins, so technically it's not incest.

[emile-hides]

I’m so obsessed with the Mario family and while I’m a very hard Uncle Tony stan I’m also insanely obsessed with Auntie Marie and her daughter. I want to know all about them.

[roboyomo]

just. places amor and apollo in your hands. take care of them

[ambyandony]

" 'violence isn't the answer' listen buddy his question was 'are you some kind of d*ke' and the answer was im going to set your house on fire."

The Mascelle family is full of normal and very well-adjusted individuals who like to use their runt little brother's head as an armrest and embarrass him in front of his boyfriend

tiziano is mostly concerned about squalos mental well-being in relation to his upbringing

[ID: The minicomic features Squalo, Tiziano, and Squalo's elder sister (OC) Tigre, who resembles Squalo, although significantly taller; with short, messy hair, bangs sideswept to the right and stripes of darker colour going down to her nape; she has a stud nose piercing and two tiger-stripe-like marks on her cheek, and is wearing a athletic tee.

The first panel shows Squalo, looking offscreen with a slightly agitated looking expression, holding a red lighter and saying, "Tigre got in trouble fer tryn'a set the school on fire, so…".

The next panel shows someone snatching the lighter out of his hand, saying "gimme that", to which Squalo responds with a shout of "OI!!".

The third panel shows Tigre, rolling her eyes with a scowl, gesturing indignantly and repeating Squalo's words mockingly, " "Tryn'a".."

The fourth panel shows Tigre, deadpan, now holding a box of cigarettes alongside the lighter, saying "brother, i did set the school on fire."

The fifth panel shows Tigre, a cigarette now lit in her mouth, leaning one arm on a very annoyed Squalo's head, while her other hand grabs one of his, stopping him from trying to snatch the cigarette out of her mouth. She says, "An' I didn't "get in trouble", I got arrested.", whilst Squalo snaps, "Quit that, would'ja?!" (presumably referring to the smoking as he tries unsuccessfully to snatch the cigarette).

The sixth panel shows a bewildered-looking Tiziano, who, after a small pause of silence, asks, "how long ago was this?" o which Tigre, holding up two fingers and presumably leaning a bit harder on Squalo's head, replies, "age 13 and 19, it happened twice." Tiziano says, "dare i ask why?" and Tigre responds, "teach called me a d*ke". He asks, "both times?" and she responds "Nah, but tha' otha' time was along th' same lines still."

The final panel shows Squalo attempting to remove his sister's arm from his head, shouting, "GET OFF'A ME YER GETTIN' ASH IN MY HAIR!"]