#they knew who was topping

[happypeachsludgeflower]

okay. so, in Troilus and Cressida Act 2, Scene 1, while being beaten by Ajax, Thersites is cursing Patroclus and Achilles out and says, “I will hold my peace when Achilles' brooch bids me, shall I?”

now, I just kinda assumed that was the equivalent of calling Patroclus Achilles’ bitch and implying that they’re fucking. which, fair. they totally were. and it makes sense in context with Thersites personality.

but I’m scrolling through the wikipedia article reading the summary of the play for Reasons ™ right?

and omg 😆 it says the definition of ‘brooch’ during the 16th century basically meant a “pointed rod, spit, or pricker” which jjfkjckska

I’m pretty sure Thersites called Patroclus Achilles top guys

[the-apocalypse-is-upon-us]

are you guys seeing this shit

[genderqueerpond]

We don't talk enough about the fact that Amelia Pond, s5 Amelia Pond, before the timeline is reset, isn't just a normal orphan. Her parents didn't die, didn't abandon her, and didn't send her away. They never existed in the first place.

And if her parents never existed, then Amelia cannot exist. She is a causal impossibility.

"People fall out of the world sometimes, but they always leave traces." A photograph. A face carved into an apple. Yes. Sure.

A child.

Now that's too big, surely.

But that's what she is. She is exactly the same as these things. A trace. An echo of something that could never be, never was, never could have been.

And the universe should never allow it. A whole person, that's just too much. She could not have continued to exist indefinitely, in normal circumstances, after her parents never existed.

In normal circumstances.

Because the Doctor didn't just save her from things coming out of the crack in her wall. He saved her from going into it. And he didn't just save her from the threat of going into it simply because of its vicinity.

No, by arriving when he did, he interrupted a process that was probably already in motion. And then by arriving again only moments later on a cosmic relative timestream (too quickly for the process to complete) and yet in the local relative timestream, years later --- years of a potential future caught midway through the process of rewriting -- he solidified that existence. Amy is a creature from another timeline, caught in amber. The Doctor prevented her from never existing, but only after she could already never exist.

And so, no one around Amelia thinks about it. Neither does she. There's some kind of consciousness block, because if you thought about it, really thought about it, for two seconds you'd realize she cannot exist. And the human mind can't deal with that. So, to protect itself, everyone's brain simply slides off it before ever noticing. They just assume that her existence makes sense, and don't question it, and don't notice what they don't question, that is staring them in the face.

But of course, to some extent they do notice. They can't think it, but they notice subconsciously that there's something they can't think. They notice there's something wrong with her, something uncanny. And they don't like it, and they alienate her even more because of it.

"Does it ever bother you Pond that your life existence doesn't make any sense?"

[gatheredfates]

"James, honey, did something happen to you? After we got separated in that long hallway? Are you confusing me with someone else? You were always so forgetful.... remember that time in the hotel? You said you took everything, but you forgot that video tape we made... I wonder if it's still there?"

🔪 ALL SAINT'S WAKE GPOSE CHALLENGE: VIDEO GAME | Maria & Nurse, Silent Hill II (2001) ft. @riftdancing

[tangledinink]

OH MY GOD IS HE MISSING HALF HIS PLASTRON?!?!!! AGANGKUSGKUAVKUSUKVAI MY BABYYY

lmao yeah they've had this discussion a few times now. it's slowwllyy starting to sink in for don now.

[ swanatello ]

[hyacinthsdiamonds]

To the people who are mad at Oscar for racing... Y'all would've been screaming, crying, throwing up because of Schumi and Red Bull era Seb -

[om0000]

my wife

[gonkaccino]

Season 4 hope/prediction: Deb's show is solid, zero issues, runs flawlessly with great ratings, but her personal life is completely eroding. We start with her discovering Marcus is leaving, and it culminates in DJ going into labor right before a taping. Deb chooses the show. When it's over, and she finally flies to Vegas, it's too late -- Aiden's not letting her in because he loves his wife too much to let DJ get into a shouting match with her mom right after giving birth, and instead takes the brunt of Deb's wrath, with her making excuses and talking about how they used her money for IVF, and anyway, DJ's fine, so who cares if she wasn't there? Kathy's in the room with DJ and the baby (DJ's the closest she has to a daughter, after all) and Deb leaves too furious to think about how badly she's hurt her family.

She heads back to her Vegas mansion -- empty, obviously, Josefina and the dogs would be in LA -- and pops open a bottle of wine. Alone. Completely alone. Can't call Marty, she has no friends, the closest she's got would be Kiki and wouldn't that be embarrassing, calling your poker dealer to talk about your feelings --

and then Ava's there. She got the news about DJ's labor, she got the story from Aiden (who was distraught, by the way, man's too much of a sweetheart for Vance drama), a spare key from Damian (happy to pawn that off on her, though if it isn't returned promptly he's taking legal action) and has arrived just in time to see the Deborah Vance having a breakdown the likes of which no one thought physically possible. Crying gives you wrinkles, you know. But Ava has to be here. She's the physical embodiment of a lesson Deb never truly learned: you don't have to like someone to love them.

In my imaginary fantasy land that I am concocting this would then subsequently lead into them fucking nasty but I understand that this may be a step too far for the surprisingly large number of very normal people who watch this show and would forgive JPL for not taking it that far. However I do believe they should fuck about it and let Ava take the reigns in their relationship while they see how many of Deb's bridges they can un-burn.

[front-facing-pokemon]

[emily-mooon]

Scott Pilgrim Characters as Text Posts but they’re mostly of Stacey and Neil cause I’m obsessed with them :]

[bougiebutchbinch]

rotating..... her

(transfemme wade wilson)

[omgkvp]

"talk to me, goose"

[petermurphysmugshott]

Why are Ballister's eyes so big? So he can see men better??? Thats kinda gay.

[c1nto]

[kabukiaku]

relationship dynamic: sleepwear edition.

[ethercollective]

KASHIMO WAS SO RIGHT WHEN HE SAW SUKUNA AND IMMEDIATELY WENT "HE'S SO BEAUTIFUL".

LOOK AT THAT DAMN SMIRK. GEGE YOU ARE KILLING ME.