#they slimmed down Ivan :(

[howtotrainyouragents]

Agent H's Movie Reactions

Ladybug and Cat Noir the Movie

A reimagining of how Ladybug and Chat Noir, and their secret identities Marinette and Adrien, met, fell in love, and saved the world

-I was trying so hard to make this a non-comparison reaction and judge it on it's own basis, but there's just too little in the actual movie and too much to actually say so here we go lol

-Truly I think the weakest part of this movie is just the script. The dialogue is so generic, it's almost soulless. It has to directly say what the characters feel at all times and has to give the most basic children's movie messages as the answer. For ex, that scene where she meets Tikki, and Tikki just speedruns the explanations is so bad bc like, the reveal of the power is an important part of any superhero story, and them speedrunning it is like "lol, we don't care, you know the deal, let's just move past it" which is bad for immersing yourself in the story

-Marinette is so generic here, it was annoying to me. And she keeps talking about her dreams and fears but what are your dreams and fears?? All she is just timid and awkward here (which makes sense why people are goo gah over this version)

-Personally, I don't like the idea that your old self is bad and you have to get rid of it but that's just me

-Marinette wears a tank top underneath the jacket??? she’s just like me fr

-That poll going around that was like, What was the message of the movie? I thought that was a joke and there was obviously a correct answer. But oh no. They genuinely just changed the message of the movie like every twenty minutes

-What was the point of making the Ladybug and Cat rivals if Ladynoir immediately solve working together like the second time they meet. And what does the "stronger together" mean, like was it making their superpowers literally stronger or was it just teamwork is better?

-Everyone just felt mean to each other? Like Adrienette/Ladynoir, but also like Marinette wouldn't be so mean to her dad? And Alya teasing her about being friendless? And Chat Noir could be seen as joking around but they don't give that impression enough, so he comes off as kind of just a jerk.

-Chat Noir is adorable until he speaks. I love that little arms-flailing run from the gargoyle in the church

-Also I need that dialogue scene of "I have nine lives, razor-sharp sense, etc." to be like a meme picture set please

-HE HAS LITTLE GLITTER ON HIS MASK :(((

-Yeah, I have no idea why Marinette likes Adrien other than he's hot when they first meet. (And I have no idea what his deal is. Why was he sitting lonely in the library? How does he know Chloe? How does he know Nino and no one else? No explanations!!)

I have no idea why Chat Noir likes Ladybug other than she saved his life. Like, okay, and? This movie seems to think that the only good acts is saving someone from danger, and all the million good tiny acts that the characters do in the show that fundamentally are a part of who they are isn't important

-Some of the Ladynoir banter was a little more banter-is-cool-right-right? than characters-actually-talking-and-bantering

-That being said, I AM NOT IMMUNE TO LADYNOIR

-The animation is gorgeous HOLY FUCK. I could watch these scenes all day. And I don't really mind, with some exceptions (ALYA. MARINETTE'S DAD), the character designs

-I did scream at seeing Luka. But upon a closer look, wtf did they do to him

-I liked Chloe's design in the promos, but I don't actually like it that much here, her hair is too stringy

-*Me cradling show!Plagg and whispering* "Who did this to you? Who hurt you like this? I will kill them all for you." (No, but seriously, No Plagg's galaxy design? The fart jokes? The not-caring-about Adrien?)

-I can't believe they've made me say this, but I think I prefer Hawkmoth's show design? His face is a little too expressive here (esp when Gabriel's really isn't), and it weirds me out

-I do think it's cute to have all the classmates and side character cameos

-There was some shots that just felt confusing, like I'm not sure where they wanted my focus to be

-Some of the back and forth scenes could've been edited a little sharper

-Hahaha, I like that they unnecessarily amped up the yoyo design

-If they were really doing such big-budget animation, they should've gone for it and given the characters new outfits and all each day. I'd pay for it

-I was THIS close to just skipping all the songs. And honestly I should've, they (except maybe the Ladynoir falling in love song?) didn't add anything to the story.

-I always love Lou singing for Marinette, but the contrast between Cristina's speaking and Lou's singing is SO BAD WHO APPROVED THIS

-Girl, you can't have a self-realization song in the middle of a fair on fire

-This movie owes me money for making me watch Gabriel sing. It was a fun song, but you owe me reparations

-"A she-ro!" Boooo! Negative points for trying too hard! Haha, Also Ladybug literally wasn't doing anything atm when Alya said that

-Nino having a crush on Alya is so cute

-Adrien sad boi hours

-“Evil Miraculous” Nooroo doesn’t deserve this slander :(

-Master Fu was, uh, a lot

-Also, they keep harping on, You have to save the world!! (Oh my goodness why was Tikki so serious) Which like makes me appreciate how the show smartly keeps it's stakes reasonable and contained to Paris bc that's such an easy pitfall for superhero genres to fall into

-Ladybug and Chat Noir didn’t even save the day??

-Sheesh, and you guys were mad thinking season 5 finale gave Gabriel a redemption (which it didn't)??

-YES YOU ARE RIGHT ADRIEN WOULD CRY LEARNING MARINETTE IS LADYBUG

-WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU HAVE THIS ENTIRE FUCKING FANFIC MOVIE AND THEY DON'T EVEN KISS

-Look, Adrien deserves to tell his dad off, but this Adrien doesn't because it doesn't feel built up or paid off at all

-Dude. The reveal of Emilie doesn’t mean anything in this version of the story

-People who love the show will hate the movie and people who hate the show will love the movie

[olympeline]

Would you want to say more about omega Arthur and how he presents as an omega? I like both alpha and omega Arthur but as an omega I think of him as the more rebellious type who doesn’t want to be forced into that typical omega role. 🤔

Oh and maybe tell us about his potential alphas and their relationship if you want to? 👀

Would I like to talk more about omegaverse Arthur? The answer to that question is always and forever: yes, yes I would love to 👀

To me, Arthur is one of the most fun characters to headcanon as an omega. It works in any setting but for simplicity’s sake, I’ll stick with the canon Hetalia verse.

National personifications are born from their people and reflect the societal attitudes of the time. Make it omegaverse and why would second sex be any different. Every country would want their nation-person to be an alpha because they’re seen as being the best. The strongest, the most powerful, the natural leaders, etc. Being part of a nation with an alpha personification is something to be proud of. In contrast, a nation-person presenting as omega would be shameful. An ill wind, a bad omen, a portent of hard times ahead, all that good bad stuff. Betas would be in the middle: not as good as alphas, not as bad as omegas. There would probably be a shared attitude that alpha nation-people mean empires, omega nation-people mean getting stepped on by empires. It’s not actually true - there’s no link between how strong a nation is and which second sex their personification has - but people believe it anyway. They wouldn’t stop believing it until omegas started getting equal rights. Something I headcanon as only happening in modern times, but that’s another story.

So, that’s where my interpretation of Arthur comes in. He’s always struck me as a character with a huge thirst to prove himself, which makes sense if you look at England’s history. Specifically if you stretch it back to the pre-Roman era. Extreme oversimplification here, but England/the British Empire is kind of the opposite of what happened to the Roman Empire/Italy. A nation that started out in ancient times as Europe’s punching bag, but then went on to become a great power. Which fits so well with the trope of an omega hiding their true nature to stop it being a hindrance to their rise. They’ve come out into the world, teeth bared and fists swinging, and are determined no one is going to put them back down again.

Arthur wants to be great. He wants to be strong like the nations who used to rule him. He wants to be an empire. He’s been raised to believe omegas aren’t empires. Been taught that what he is is shameful and a hindrance for his people. So Arthur, ever ruthlessly practical, decides if being an omega is such a problem then he simply won’t be one. I said he might try to fake being an alpha for clout in my other post, but I actually tend to headcanon him as an omega who fakes being a beta. I’m not sure Arthur could pull off alpha and make it believable. Even in canon he’s described as being “slight” and alphas are tall and larger framed. Think Ivan or Alfred. Arthur isn’t built like them and he wouldn’t want to arouse more suspicion than he had to. So he grudgingly settles on faking a beta identity even though he would have preferred alpha. Better to fake being second rate and not get caught than to try for first and risk being outed as third, you know?

He gets away with it because he presented late. That slim frame came from a childhood of high stress where there often wasn’t enough to eat. Arthur got his first heat way past when he should have. Everyone had already accepted him as a beta, so it was easy to hush up his true nature. After that he just maintained the illusion. Until some handsome alpha catches him out during a surprise heat and all the steamy sex happens because yes please give it to me I will never get tired of this trope shut up and take my money

So, to sum up my thoughts: omegaverse Arthur wanted to be an alpha, thought he was a beta, only to eventually present as an omega. World prejudice against omegas made him decide to keep faking a beta identity. Both to avoid disappointing his people and to make the international community take him seriously as a potential world power.

There you have it. I hope this was entertaining to read because I love rambling about this stuff. Oh, and if you’re wondering about what happens with Arthur’s future mate, about his interactions with the alphas in his life, about when his true second sex would eventually be revealed to the world, about the resulting fallout from it, etc. my answer is: I think I’ll save those questions for their own post because this one is getting too long. 😉

[ourflagmeansgayrights]

ofmd s2e1 rewatch where i pause to jot down my thoughts and other random shit

not quite a reaction post bc i've already watched the whole thing. not quite a liveblog bc it's one post and it's probably gonna take me a full hour to get through a 28 minute episode at the rate of pausing and typing i'll be doing

s2e1, s2e2, s2e3, s2e4, s2e5, s2e6, s2e7, s2e8

anyway, pirate time:

i love how much fun con is having choking on his own blood

dream!stede's extremely teary face right before he takes off running down the beach is doing psychic damage to me

also dream!stede's stupid ridiculous outfit with all the long ribbons and shit...

ed and stede make contact so hard shjfkhsgjkfd the loud OUGH sounds from both of them

also the return of ed's old beard! i didnt expect to see her at all this season, so that was a surprise.

"babe" "love" im tearing out my own hair

stede has yet to learn that ripping ass near your beloved can be a love language

stede is a terrible fucking roommate just deal with wee john's gas in silence like the rest of them. goddamn.

WHO HAS THE OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH TRAMP STAMP. WHO IS THAT.

i like when the background OST is familiar to me lol the little strings when stede starts his letter throwing me back to s1

olu: that–that's the swede the swede: Im the swede roach: he's single ;) me: *pissing my pants with laughter*

also the direct confirmation that the swede literally doesn't have a name. incredible

shjkfhdhfkj the crew encouraging him. stede's "it's okay" and roach "be brave" im CRYINGGGGG

stede doing customer service is something that can be so personal. "reservation?" "eat my fuckin' shit" "right! walk-ins, then" average restaurant experience

the random background guy saying "my favorite hand!" abt getting stabbed in the hand is making me giggle. i love the humor on this show

why does stede have so much shoulder movement going on when he's walking through the bar. whore behavior.

"this is for mom!" sorry but i want to know more abt whatever's going on there

also the purple mohawk. dope.

buttons is so distressed LET HIM RETURN TO THE SEA THESE CONDITIONS ARE INHUMANE

"i know the odds of you finding this are slim but so were the odds of us finding each other in the first place" IM RIPPING OFF MY OWN SKIN

also stede's lil sad hopeful smile after throwing the bottle... i care him

i love how they make this wedding fucking suck so we don't feel too bad abt the whole massacre thing. "the natural condition of humanity is base and vile. it is the obligation of people of standing, such as yourselves, to elevate the common human rabble through the sacred transaction of matrimony" if i was at a wedding and the officiant said that i'd also start killing people probably

yayy murder montage :)

FANG BREAKING THAT GUY'S SPINE OVER HIS KNEE

the whole cake scene is so fucking funny im sorry. i love u jim drawing the line at attacking a shitty wedding. i love u archie who wasn't here for the good old days so you dont really see a problem with how things are. i love u frenchie with ur box in ur brain that u never open again. i love u fang it's gonna get better i swear. i love u frenchie again bc u just took the cake right out of fang's hands while he was fucking sobbing hfjhgkjhdkjkf

I MISS IVAN JUSTICE FOR IVAN. wish they could've said he'd just fucked off somewhere instead of dying but i think that would've raised the question of why hasn't anyone else fucked off since they all seem so miserable

very relieved that stede isn't taking the racist/antisemitic caricature drawings of ed to make like a boyfriend scrapbook like some people were theorizing. would've been overkill if after episode 4 from last season stede still didn't realize that ed hated these sorts of depictions of him.

INTERESTING DETAIL THO the background music in this scene is "a pirate's life" aka the song frenchie sang in the pilot. it's an instrumental version obviously but yeah i recognize that tune

also more cool background ppl with dyed hair man i love this show

zheng yi sao flirting with olu is so good. he deserves it.

how nice of ed to offer his drugs to the crew. sharing is caring.

also it's so funny to me that the thing izzy is tormented by is ed saying "you can't do the job, someone else will" the toe thing's happened three times and apparently that was fine but the thing the show edits together right before izzy breaks down into the most pathetic aheemheem whimpers isn't any of that it's ed threatening to fire him

also they cut ed throwing knives at izzy!! what the hell.

releasing the clip of izzy crying kinda ruined it for me when it came time to watch it in the show bc i watched it several times since it dropped and now seeing it in context i was like "ok i've seen this already fast forward." i mean i didnt fast forward through it but i did kinda zone out bc i've seen this bit already. this post kinda sums up my thoughts on it

"trifling ingrate plan" dshkjfshgdskhfjkhgkjh

"SEMI-CLEAN WATER"

JACKIE CALLING THE SWEDE "BOO CAKES"

"i know that guy we had breakfast together!" "you'll be having a lot of breakfasts-es together" "oh, okay" i fucking love this whole dynamic like i can tell they're writing the swede out of most of the episodes for budget reasons (sorry nat faxon) but by god do they give him such an excellent fucking send-off. can't wait to see him again when he's in his trophy husband number 20 era

roach is upset abt not being able to cook, buttons is tied up so he doesn't go running back to the sea (i assume). stede you are not giving your crew the environment they need to thrive.

olu being an optimist :)

buttons opens his mouth to drink the rain and in the background u can see roach yanking the rope around buttons back fhdjskgfjhgkjfh STEDE YOUR SEA WITCH CANNOT THRIVE IN THESE CONDITIONS

stede tries to make things sound good in his bottle letters to ed but out loud he says his actual insecurities... it's so fucking tasty tho that he thinks ed could be doing better without him and THAT'S why he's been stalling so much. not afraid for his life even a little bit he just assumes he's not wanted. brb i have to cry now

"im sorry if that's a little bit creepy" "you are creepy" in this scene where they're soaked from the rain. ofmd said this prince ricky guys is creepy and wet.

stede's fucking FACE when prince ricky says "you're my hero" his fucking "clearly you dont own an air fryer" face I CANT STAND HIMMMMMM (affectionate)

prince ricky "these rubes" "men of our standing" yeah i cant fucking stand this guy (derogatory) i love how he's barely even in this episode

stede's face when the swede is talking abt how happy he is with jackie... my man believes in love so much im gonna cry

also in what fucking way does the swede owe them a life debt. roach and buttons literally tried to eat him

izzy's "you know me better than anyone knows me and i daresay the same about you" this is literally so false i dont even know where to begin. izzy in e6 being like "if i didnt know any better i'd think maybe ed might possibly maybe be actually enjoying bonnet's company" while ed and stede are giggling and making each other friendship bracelets. this guy doesn't know ed at all.

also i cant get over how izzy wont make eye contact he's like staring blankly into the middle distance delivering these lines so flatly until he goes to say "i have... love for you" and in that moment he looks like he'd rather ed were feeding him more toes.

"im worried about you, we all are" not gonna lie my dude you've had a weird way of showing it thus far. where was all that worry when you told him he was better off dead than wearing a robe and singing songs?? where was that fucking love then?

and NOW izzy wants to talk it through. izzy literally voted to make blackbeard great again and now he wants to give open communication a chance???

lmao there's a limit to how many characters can be in a bulleted list so here's fucking. part two. on the same post:

ed asking everyone if the vibe is poisonous and fang cant stop crying and ed's face is just like "eh good enough" im fdhksgfkjtdkh

anyway ed with a loaded gun under his chin talking to himself is hurting me so fucking much actually. ed my beloved babygirl for whom i would die. this poor traumatized man. yes he is making this workplace toxic as hell but god. GOD. im gonna throw up.

the way ed is so fucking casual about shooting izzy in the leg. just calm and jovial as he promotes frenchie to first mate. stepping over izzy all crumpled on the floor. everything about this is so fucking good. i mean it's horrible for ed and everyone around him but for me watching the show this shit is DELICIOUS. i love when the pirates get violent and unhinged i love when this shit gets fucked up. ed's mental state is so bad right now and it is causing me severe anguish but also it is so tasty. fuck.

anyway frenchie trying to turn down the promotion fhjkghdfjkhf

the cut to the swede performing the husbandly duties is INSANE. COMPLETE TONAL WHIPLASH. I LOVE THIS SHOW.

"fuck those hammies up!" spanish jackie i love you

black pete why are you so fucking loud AND WHY WOULD YOU JIX IT LIKE THAT???

why is prince ricky so small. he's like a full head shorter than stede. also this guy is insufferable i love how stede just fucking abandons him fhjkgdhkdfghkj

"the calf muscle is the most mysterious of alllll the muscles" what the FUCK does that even mean. oh swede i will miss you

NOSE REMOVAL FUCK YES. I LOVE THIS SHOW.

obsessed with the swede playing dumb. the dramatic gasp. "wow, so bad!" fhjsghdkjf

"aint you that soup bitch?" "im the money bitch" i love women.

sfdsjkh spanish jackie being into double-crossing. and slapping the swede's ass on the way out. i love this show

i love how zheng says "this much indigo is worth three times what i paid" while spanish jackie and the husbands are still like, right there. and they just don't hear that bit. incredible.

OUGH the back of jim's weird rope armor looks like a ribcage that's so cool

i love how jim is so fucking bad at telling this story. i love how the monkey's paw comes into it. i love fang asking them to do the voice. i love archie trying to hold back her laughter i love jim and fang giggling together I LOVE THIS SHOW

ed's fucking voice breaking through his whole convo with frenchie. im tearing out my own teeth

HEY DID YOU GUYS KNOW THEY HAVE POST-CREDITS SCENES IN THIS SEASON?????????? WHAT THE HELL

i take back what i said about jim being bad at telling this story their version is so much fucking better. squeaky voice "I pray to you, Dark Lord, to make me real flesh! I want to be real flesh!" IM FUCKING OBSESSED. JIM I WOULD DIE FOR YOU

[maspers]

Ranking the Miracucast by how they'd react to being chosen as the next holder of One For All

Marinette: She would scream and cry and do everything in her power to avoid becoming the next Symbol of Peace. She would then proceed to be one of the most beloved and powerful Heroes the world has ever seen. 9/10

Alya: Depends on when she gets the Quirk. Early Seasons Alya is all about fame and branding, and she'd be loved by the populace as a hero but make a decent amount of rookie mistakes. Late Seasons Alya would be way more competent as a One For All user, but she also knows how to keep things subtle. I can see her becoming an Underground Hero like Eraserhead. Either way, 7/10

Adrien: Yes. 10/10

Nino: He would be very confused as to why he's being chosen, but if his friends were in danger he'd do it. Would much prefer to focus on his music than hero work, and as such would be known for the former more than the latter. 3/10

Chloe: She would try so, so, so hard to be the ultimate superhero that everyone loves. Unfortunately we saw how that went down in canon. She has the potential to great things, but motives will always be a serious problem for her. 4/10

Sabrina: Getting One For All might be what it takes to get her out of her shell. She'd never reach the fame and reputation that All Might and Deku have, but she would treat her powers with utmost respect and very few people would have bad things to say about her as a hero. 7/10

Mylene: She would be very confused, and very scared, and honestly would probably reject the Quirk outright. If forced to take it she'd be great, but I just can't see her wanting to hold on to it. She prefers to change the world in other ways. 3/10

Ivan: Everyone would doubt him due to making assumptions, but he would surpass them all and come into his own as a beloved and respected hero, albeit one that's pretty intimidating. He wouldn't really focus on quirks other than the super strength, but hey, it worked for All Might! 8/10

Rose: Be afraid. Be very afraid. 6/10

Juleka: Guaranteed to be more of the Underground hero type. Possibly might go full vigilante. She would use the Quirks very differently than most would expect, so people won't make the connection to past One For All holders. She does not want to have a body count, but definitely has one. 6/10

Kim: Kim is a total doofus who would immediately gain a rep as a reckless hero who causes lots of collateral damage but makes up for it by just trying really hard. Deep down he will feel unworthy and self-conscious. Local Himbo has internal turmoil and Does Not Deserve It. 5/10

Max: Would reject the Quirk outright and only accept it in the most dire of circumstances. Max does not want a messy complicated Quirk like One For All. Max likes simple and efficient, stuff he can manipulate from the get go. One For All is not simple. Give it to someone else. 0/10

(side note: while Max does not want One For All, Markov absolutely does, and finding a way to give Markov One For All would make for an interesting challenge. But Max still isn't taking it.)

Alix: Would politely decline taking it. Because she's already received it (and passed it on after engaging in brief shenanigans with it) in the future, and knows it is not her battle to fight in the present. Alix/10

Nathaniel: Please let this poor boy have some sleep. He is very tired and very angry and accepted the Quirk on impulse and really doesn't want to do this. Eventually manages to figure out his niche being a artist/spraypaint hero (Alix helps), and may or may not accidentally trigger the downfall of a corrupt government. 7/10

Lila: She obtained it under false pretenses and we are all doomed. There's a slim chance she'll do some hero work for the sake of her image, but like. The cons will definitely outweigh the pros. This was a mistake. 1/10

Luka: Accepted One For All during a time of great need, and knew the moment he received it that it was something Important. He puts on a front of being chill, but treats his work as a Hero with the utmost of seriousness and will do what has to be done. Like his sister, he would actively strive to not have a body count, but definitely would have one. 9/10

Kagami: She's a superhero with a sword. Awesomeness is the default. She will have no idea what she is doing but like. She has a sword. Stuff is getting done. 7/10

Marc: Look, you know Worm? You know Legend? One For All Marc would be like Legend except less hunk and more bishonen. The fangirls and fanboys will rejoice. Marc does not want all the attention, but he has it anyway. 6/10

Ondine: Kim accepts his role as the ultimate trophy boyfriend. Ondine would be competent, but she would also create even more collateral damage. 5/10

Aurore (New!): If there's one thing she knows, it's branding. She may not be known as a particularly powerful hero, but her branding would be top notch. When people figure out she's the latest successor she will OWN it and turn it into more branding. 5/10

Felix: Was likely offered One For All by someone who thought he was Adrien, and accepted it under that pretense. Would do a good job as a hero (and would give Adrien the credit in the process) but would figure out how to use all the Quirks very quickly and have a gig as a vigilante going on under a different identity, using different quirks to keep people in the dark. Very sus, Felix. You can be better than this. 2/10

Zoe: Look the populace would pick up on the fact that she's blonde and associated with America and immediately assume she's related to All Might. That's just going to happen. All Might will basically have to end up adopting her, if he's still around. She does not like this, but makes it work. 6/10

[aspiringwarriorlibrarian]

I expected the side plot of Bottoms gathering thing for his transformation thing would last the whole season and end not working but lead to learning more about him but no it actually ended up fucking working and he just fucked off turned into a seagull was so much better. (I suspect that, Ivan off screen death and the sweede staying with Spanish Jackie was the way for the writers to slim down the cast a bit so it wouldn't be clutered and more focused)

I know, I loved it so much. God bless whatever writer in the room heard "Okay we only have Ewan Bremner for half the season, what are we gonna do?" and replied "He turns into a seagull so he can make love to the sea.", as well as whoever let them get away with it.

[linnielinnielinnie]

100 random songs i quite like

time lapse lifeline - maria taylor

rewind - goldspot

two weeks - grizzly bear

don't call me whitney bobby - islands

fountain - sara lov

you on my arm - leith ross

simple song - the shins

it's only time - the magnetic fields

insomniac - memo boy

forest whitaker - bad books

when the devil's loose - aa bondy

are you ok - wasuremono

hey beautiful - the solids

heaven - the walkmen

what's in the middle - the bird and the bee

if the hudson overflows - goldspot

soft shock - yeah yeah yeahs

anchor - mindy gledhill

there she goes - the la's

sunday - the cranberries

limang dipang tao - barbie's cradle

dancing in the moonlight - toploader

landslide - liam titcomb

ho hey - the lumineers

in the bosom - sweet after tears

from the ground up - sleeping at last

moral panic - y la bamba

break the rules - ruen brothers

it never stops - bad books

rebirth - vancouver sleep clinic

the gilded hand - radical face

the longest time - billy joel

call off the hunt - lowpines

lost here - fauntella crow

half light - fossil collective

tongues and teeth - the crane wives

monument - fossil collective

promised land - the milk carton kids

the fold - ivan and alyosha

freight train - sara jackson holman

broken brights - angus stone

when the morning comes - jon allen

just like heaven - the cure

harness your hopes - pavement

1983 - neon trees

close your eyes - split screens

trouble - cage the elephant

paul - big thief

overjoyed - matchbox twenty

melancholy astronautic man - allie moss

heaven knows (this angel has flown) - orange and lemons

from eden - hozier

figure me out - the cocanuts

i wake up - the glorious

july bones - richard walters

what am i - lola marsh

put it together - langhorne slim

into the mystic - van morrison

time - angelo de augustine

therese - maya hawke

pyotr - bad books

petite mort - bad books

no sides - bad books

no reward - bad books

friendly advice - bad books

ambivalent peaks - bad books

42 - bad books

lost creek - bad books

the after party - bad books

buddy holly - weezer

boys don't cry - the cure

tears over beers - modern baseball

evergreen - richy mitch & the coal miners

it's okay to think about ending - earlimart

out of the blue - john lennon

almost home - moby

baba o riley - pete townshend

street lights - the cocanuts

the afer you - miakoda

cool about it - boygenius

germany and rome - the ridleys

everybody wants to love you - japanese breakfast

handclap - fitz and the tantrums

two wuv - tally hall

my heart is buried in venice - ricky montgomery

snow - ricky montgomery

cabo - ricky montgomery

explode! - mother mother

sweet talk - saint motel

still feel - half alive

loretta - ginger roots

do it all the time - idkhbtfm

odoriko - vaundy

unti-unti - up dharma down

flowers - the red pears

after hours - the velvet underground

tim i wish you were born a girl - of montreal

this december - ricky montgomery

i'll be your mirror - the velvet underground

savage good boy - japanese breakfast

[littlepup93]

Holy heck, I meant to finish this piece months ago. I actually had most of it done, but when I got to the flower border, I just kinda put it down and didn't touch it for such a long time. I bothered to actually finish it yesterday! Let's introduce this guy.

Name: Adam Trueblade (he/him)

Age: 23-29 (An older version of himself was isekaied into a younger version of himself)

Birthday: Nov 1

Height: 6'

S. Orientation: Hetero-flexible

Notable Skills: Sword and Shield Combat, Swimming, Horseback Riding, Charisma, Networking, Legal Knowledge, Finances, Piano

Favorite Drink: Dry Red Wines

Notable Relatives: Victor Trueblade (dad), Vivian Trueblade (mom), Julian Trueblade (older brother)

After struggling to have their firstborn, Julian, Victor and Vivian were told by their family physician that the odds of having another child were slim to none. This held true for a number of years, as Vivian's fertility troubles persisted. Ten years later, however, she miraculously carried a second son to term. Although small, Adam was otherwise healthy. Vivian was overjoyed.

Growing up, Adam faced a mountain of expectations, often compared to the accomplishments of Julian. He was expected to follow much the same path and reach the same success, but with every passing day, the gap between them yawned ever wider. Victor demanded no less than perfection. Unfortunately, perfection is a lot to ask of a child. Although he was smart, Adam struggled academically, preferring his more active sword training over book learning. Ultimately, he would learn what he needed to, but not without a great deal of clashing with tutors.

Like Julian, Adam's parents arranged his future marriage while he was still young. His betrothed was a noble girl, Eliza Greyswallow, who was close in age to him. However, the two of them seldom got along when they were pushed to spend time together. Eliza was attention seeking and prone to jealousy, pushing Adam to spend more time with her twin brother Elliott, who he shared more interests with. Adam complained to Julian and close family friend, Ivan, constantly about how frustrating he found Eliza, only for his brother to tell him to simply try and indulge her. Ivan was more sympathetic to his plight, but couldn't interfere on the Trueblades' business.

When Adam turned 10, he began his training to become a Law Paladin, which required further combat training as well as more intensive legal study. He was expected to take the Paladin's Oath when he became 18, however that was never to happen.

As his 18th birthday drew near, with the suffocating promise of his oath and marriage closing in, Adam acted out. He started cheating on Eliza, seeking the company of other women, until he was eventually caught. This wiped Lord Greyswallow into a rage, and he berated Adam personally in front of his parents before demanding the engagement be called off (against Eliza's wishes). Soon after, Adam refused to take the oath, which further upset Victor. Years of training had gone to waste, or so he claimed.

After that, Adam left home on a quest of self discovery in the company of Ivan. Soon thereafter, they picked up Gregory, Jacqueline, and Eric into their group. He's left with a lot of deep seated guilt and insecurity over his decisions, and finds himself often drawn between trying to be his own person and seeking reconciliation with his father, who he keeps limited contact with.

Other Tidbits:

*I wrote Hetero-flexible, but technically Adam's only ever been with women. The thought of sleeping with a man doesn't normally cross his mind, but it doesn't repulse him either when it does. He also has a very hetero-normative world view because of his upbringing.

*Adam's not very vocal about his self doubts, and often over compensates by not giving himself time to reflect on them at all. This comes across as him being reckless and hotheaded.

*Adam keeps a diary. He squirrels it away in different hiding spots because he doesn't want people pawing through it.

*While Adam and Julian aren't on bad terms, they aren't especially close. Julian is more forgiving than Victor, but is still highly critical of Adam's actions.

*Adam doesn't play piano much anymore. Most of his current company is unaware he ever did. However, he used to love it.

[cptn-m]

One Piece chapter 1096 review

I knew it. I knew we'd be coming back to God Valley later. I feel vindicated for not getting my hopes up too high. Oda does a great job of building up what a massive convergence of big names it was, even if we only get a prelude here. At least the fanbase seems to be taking this blueballing better than they did the similar fastforwarding in Kaido's flashback last year.

Oda takes the chance to show off what he does best here, introducing a ton of striking one-off character designs for the Holy Knights (very interested in the one with the bull's skull for a headpiece), the nobles participating in the hunt (with Mannmeyer dropped as potentially the tenth of twenty Celestial Dragon family names) and the various pirate and marine crews coming to fight.

The World Government's dystopia is in full swing here, with emphasis placed on not even the children being spared, and the cruel lie of salvation in three week's time. While Ivankov is right about false hope being a useful tool for keeping the spark of life alive in prey, I think he misses its perhaps more pertinent utility of pacifying the fodder to prevent exactly the kind of operation Ivan's group pulls off. People with hope of things working out don't take matters into their own hands. People with other options, even slim ones, wouldn't gamble on a million to one shot of successfully raiding the Most Dangerous Game's prize pool. If you hear there will be some survivors, your point of view as the protagonist of your own life tells you that the story can't end here, that you must end up in that small number for things to go on. I don't think humans are inclined to really see themselves losing a death lottery while other options still exist, even if the odds are against us. A shame we can't all have an Ivan to guide us from the 0% chance the powers that be said was a 3% chance to the 1% chance that is the actual only hope.

Garp's presence in this chapter is something I'm torn on. I can't get a read on if he knows the full details of what the Celestial Dragons are really doing, if he thinks it's just some inspection or pleasure trip for them. If he suspects only that it's not good but maintains a plausible deniability of what to keep himself from acting out. I love Garp as a character, but he's always been a protector and enforcer of this world's most heinous systems despite his sympathetic motivations. And in these days when Roger is his rival, you would think this is Garp at his most wild and rebellious and willing to disobey orders, but he'd still rather face Roger than deal with the slave hunt.

Maybe if he knew what monsters the Five Elders really were he'd actually be interested in measuring his strength against theirs.

At a guess though, I think he doesn't know the full story, and will find out about the slave hunt only after arriving. Remember that Sengoku's recollection of Garp and Roger's teamup at God Valley was to "protect Celestial Dragons and their slaves," which is an interesting choice of words to say the least. Why make a point at all of protecting slaves that were already (literally) branded for death? Perhaps the truth is that both were protected, but the Celestial Dragons were protected from Rocks, and the slaves were protected from the Celestial Dragons. I'm sure he could find a way to play off giving the slaves a chance to run as "just protecting your property from getting cut down by Rocks, go after then when it's over" and pretending he didn't know better. Remember in chapter 957 that right before talking about the teamup at God Valley Sengoku is reflecting on how much Garp's personal moral compass disagrees with the Celestial Dragons and how close he's come to being eliminated for insubordination. I think we're edging closer to the full picture here, and I hope that's not just my enjoyment of Garp's character talking.

The cameos as the battle builds up are amazing to see, really tying in 20 years of continuity to make it all feel connected. From the number of Rocks Pirates that ended up being used for Thriller Bark zombies to Boggard finally showing himself again.

I do wish we got to see a little more of the operation to rob the prize pool, and the how of Kuma's escape. Did he blast other slaves away in different directions before pawing his own group to the one island, or did the rest of the 500 just leave first? I'm willing to buy a teleporting man escaping from the likes of Saturn without having to watch it more than I would most other characters, but at the very least the moment he's forced to give up on the idea of taking anyone else and leaves the island would have been good to see to make Kuma's role in this sequence feel closed off. As it is, the end is pretty abrupt.

That said, the dialogue with Saturn lays out the core themes at play fairly succinctly. A lot of people characterise One Piece is being a story about freedom vs authority, which it is in many ways, but it's also massively (I might even say moreso) about universal personhood vs selective personhood. The heroes of this story, whether they sail free as pirates or rule as kings, are the ones that accept all people as human beings, while the villains, whether monarchs or pirates, are the ones who think there are certain people undeserving of human rights and human status based on arbitrary and uncontrollable things like their place of birth or bloodline. Doflamingo, who was both a cruel noble and the evil kind of pirate, literally stole the human forms of his society's underclass, if you want to get really on the nose about it.

(There's an essay in there somewhere, full of choice villain quotes about 'discrimination creating solace' and hero quotes about 'existing never being a crime' and the series' most poignant death scenes ending with words of thanks from the departed for showing them love in a world that would not otherwise have afforded it to someone of their origin)

Getting back on topic, we get an origin for Kuma's bible-carrying habit. Religion is an interesting topic in the One Piece world. Though the World Nobles are self-styled gods running a technical theocracy in their own name, they aren't really concerned with worship (beyond paying tribute), and there obviously aren't any public churches of Nika. This vaguely Christian-looking faith shows up often enough to feel like a widespread belief, but there's almost nothing we actually know about what they believe, how they worship, and what kind of organisation (if any) the church has.

Ivan ducks out. That might be the last of him for this flashback, but I'm not sure if it's really the last time he's seen Kuma. Presumably their paths must cross as Kuma's ties with the Revolutionaries develop. But will Ginny live for that second encounter? My hopes aren't high. The happiness that grows through the super-cute scenes at the end of the chapter can't possibly be built to last. Once again, Oda is setting this flashback up to hurt. Badly.

If I'm honest, I was worried I wouldn't find much to write about for this chapter. The amount of fanservice at the start had me thinking there'd be little to do except list out the deep cut cameos, something other people online already dead based on the scanlation release that wouldn't interest me to write. But I was happy to find a lot of meat on its bones when I looked a little closer. This is One Piece firing on all cylinders.

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[tasteofdeathao3]

Your post made me realise that I see Izzy as 24/7 regressed just fluctuating in age, he's Like That because he's a 7 year old with adult responsibilities, and as much as he'd rail against having the adults take over his stressors and gentle him all the time so he can just be a happy kid, it is exactly what he needs, he isn't gonna go down quietly though

yes thank you anon!!!!

like he's a grumpy shit... because he's a child dealing with violence and danger and an intense workload managing an entire crew as well as the person who really should be managing him.

he spits and he snaps and he grabs and he pulls and yanks and snatches and yells because he literally has no other way of expressing himself. 90% of the time he's not in the right headspace to realise he could explain himself, he could ask, he could wait, he could get Ed or Stede, he just knows there's pressure on him and he needs to get it off of him.

the likelihood of him ever accepting help from any of the adults is.... pretty slim, but if anyone ever managed to pull him, kicking and screaming, from his responsibilities and give him even a tiny bit of the gentle care and help he needs it would benefit him so much.

of course, he's not going to let that happen, because he firmly believes that he is not a regressor and would never need to regress or have a caregiver or anything like that, but on the off chance that it does?

For the first time in at least ten? twenty? years, he's not completely squashed by his responsibilities to take over everyone else's responsibilities and then manage Ed and all of his responsibilities, and he's finally able to relax and just.... be chill.

So after what was probably hours, if not several days worth, of screaming and kicking and fighting and then a fair bit of tears, he's calm and happy and holding as tight as he can onto Ed's arm until Ed has to use a chamber pot and is forced to pry Izzy off of his arm and onto Stede's.

By the time any of the crew catch a glimpse of him, he's calmed entirely and is happily trailing around behind random crew members and hauling around one of Stede's miniature mannequins and asking politely for a second serving of dinner and telling Pete as nice as he can to please be quieter because his ears are hurting, and the entire ship is completely bewildered and suddenly very aware of the situation at hand.

also I think once the general consensus that Izzy is a chronic (?) regressor spreads across the ship, a lot of his aggression is just treated like a toddler ramping up to a tantrum.

like he pulls Fangs beard and then Ivan's hand is around his wrist and is gently prying Izzy's fingers out of his beard and telling him "Hey, we don't do that. That's not nice. Use your words." Which of course makes him more cranky until he simmers down and ends up very sleepy and getting a midday nap in Stede's bed.

The next time he's yelling at a crew member for not securing the sails or tying reliable knots or swabbing the deck, oluwande or one of the captains will come down, get the information out of a very wound up Izzy and calmly reassign jobs so that everything gets done properly, since regressed Izzy kind of can't communicate his stress and worries without snowballing into anger and physical aggression, and then Stede or Ed will take Izzy to go get calmed down in private and come back for an apology (from both parties) once he's calm enough to be able to ask for help communicating.

once some of the stress is taken off of his shoulders (i.e. the crew start picking up their workload) Izzy is way more chill, and if that work gets done correctly? it's smooth sailing.

[helloimjennsco]

Change of Pace

Chapter 1: A savior comes from out the skies in answer to their pleas

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Queen Anne’s Revenge needed a new drummer.

Jack had stormed out in a huff three months ago after another in a long line of screaming matches with Izzy over not overpowering the guitars and hadn’t returned. Izzy insisted he’d come crawling back eventually, but Ed had his doubts. Fang was doing a bang up job as a temporary stand in at their latest gigs, but Ed could tell from the way he looked over at his guitar case at practice with a longing sigh that they couldn’t go on like this for much longer.

After exhausting their network and coming up empty, even Izzy agreed that it was time to do what they never expected a band of their stature to ever have to do again—they booked a local venue for the day and held open tryouts.

It went about as well as they expected, which was badly. The usual suspects turned out in droves—teenage metalheads with passion and the beginnings of skill who weren’t quite there yet; aging rockers aiming to recapture their glory days by dusting off their rusty rhythm skills. There’d been a few promising options: a tattooed 25-year old with blue hair and solid skills, but a pop-punk background. A solemn, middle-aged Latina woman who kept incredible time but played too softly. But with only an hour left, Ed was about ready to call it. They’d tried.

He’d stepped back in from a smoke break and heard Izzy’s voice, sharp with irritation, punctuated by a softer, higher pitched voice that sounded confused at first before shifting to match Izzy’s tone. He rounded the corner for a closer look.

Izzy stood with his back to him, hands on his hips before the last man Ed would have ever expected to turn up at an open audition for a metal band. The man was tall, blond, and good-looking, dressed in the slim cut jeans and and polo shirt of an off-duty dad. His immaculate Vans high tops and the well-worn drumsticks clutched in his fist, however, suggested he knew exactly what he was here for. Ed stepped forward, clearing his throat, and both men’s eyes snapped over to him.

“What’s going on, Iz?” Ed asked.

Fang & Ivan had left around 15 minutes ago when it didn’t look like anyone else was coming, but he regretted sending them home now—would have been nice to have some backup, judging from the ‘get a load of this fucking guy’ look Izzy just shot him.

“THIS guy says he’s here to tryout for drums. And as I already explained to him,” Izzy said, glaring back at the now affronted-looking blond man, “tryouts are now closed. So piss off, you’re too late.”

“The flyers said tryouts ended at six,” the man pouted. Adorable, Ed thought.

“Izzy, c’mon,” Ed sighed. “The flyers did say six, and he’s already here. Don’t be a dick.”

Ed turned to look back at the blond man, whose eyes now glowed with the hope of a golden retriever staring down a snack. “I’m Ed,” he said, extending a hand. “What’s your name?”

The man smiled at him, wide and dazzling, and took Ed’s hand in his impossibly soft one for a solid handshake. “Hi, I’m Stede.”

“Steve?”

“Er, no, STEDE, actually. With a D.” The apologetic set to his mouth now suggested that this was something he had to say a lot.

“My bad, man,” said Ed with a warm smile. “Nice to meet you, Stede. You been drumming long?”

Stede’s eyes lit up in excitement. “Only a few years, but I’ve had a lot of time on my hands since the divorce. Plenty of time to practice when the kids are at their mother’s.”

Ed ignored the swoop of disappointment in his gut that attended Stede’s words and hitched his smile up higher in response. “Well, I’m excited to see what you have to show us today. You like metal, then?”

Stede looked thoughtful. “Not at first, admittedly. But I found out fairly quickly that it’s the most fun to play, so I’ve been broadening my horizons a bit more lately.” Izzy scoffed from behind him—Ed ignored him.

“That’s fine,” said Ed pointedly. “S’not a requirement.”

Stede looked a little embarrassed nevertheless, twisting his drumsticks nervously in his hands. “I know I don’t exactly look the part,” he said softly, “but I really do love playing. I’d like to play with you and your band, if you’ll have me. It’s…always been a dream of mine.”

“You and every other boring middle-aged fuck we’ve seen today,” Izzy grumbled, not quite low enough for it to count as ‘under his breath.’ Ed shot him a glare and he held up his hands in mocking surrender before crossing them in a huff. Ed turned back to Stede.

“I’d love to see you play,” said Ed, clapping him warmly on the shoulder. He was surprisingly solid under that dorky, but expensive-feeling polo shirt. Ed settled into the chair by the sound booth and gestures for Stede to climb the stairs to the stage and sit behind the drum kit.

“What song are you playing?” Ed asked. “I’ll queue it up.” Izzy sidled up next to him, opening his mouth to speak before—

“Painkiller by Judas Priest, please.”

The words died on Izzy’s lips, his sneer dropping into a look of pure shock before shifting into indignation. “There’s no fucking way you can play that fucking song,” Izzy snarled.

“I assure you I can,” Stede sniffed primly.

“Bold choice there, mate,” Ed said, hiding his surprise only a little better than Izzy had. “Excited to hear what you do with it.” Ed found the track and hit play. And then Stede…well, there was no other word for it.

He transformed.

His charming, affable face went steely with focused resolve and, for the first time since his arrival, he went completely still. He launched into the famously difficult drum intro with furious precision—

—and absolutely fucking nailed it.

Ed’s jaw dropped. Out of the corner of his eye, he was dimly aware of Izzy doing the same. But he wasn’t watching Izzy. He was watching a hot, blond, rich suburbanite-looking dad named Stede play the absolute shit out of the drums.

Stede didn’t miss a single beat for the entire six minutes. His brow furrowed with concentration, swaying his entire body with feeling, making it all look effortless. He even scaled back the volume during the guitar solos—it was exactly what they needed from Jack and never got. When he finished the blistering closing drum solo, he exhaled, long and low, and flashed Ed his charmingly lopsided grin once more.

“So?” He asked, pleased but anxious. “What did you think?”

Ed didn’t even look at Izzy before replying—“You’re in.”

“But—“ Izzy started.

“I’ll text you the rehearsal schedule.”

Stede’s smiled, another wide, sunny number that made Ed’s mouth go dry. “I suppose you’ll need my number for that, hey?”

Oh, now that was a look, wasn’t it? Ed felt a glimmer of hope return to him.

Ed met Stede’s glittering hazel eyes with a knowing smirk. “Suppose I will.”

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This was originally a twitfic that I then posted to AO3 because Twitter is sinking into the sea. Now I’m posting it here as well! Come say hi, I’m metavenhorst on AO3 and Twitter.

P.S. there’s also an excellent podfic of the first two chapters by @lindie-kninjaknitter !!

[cawcawrobinjay]

ok tf2 cosmetic autism powers activate

Jeremy (RED Scout) - unidentified shirt, closest match is the Thermal Tracker? maybe Beaten and Bruised, too. Jane (RED Soldier) - Veteran's Attire + Killer's Kit + Gunboats, could be wearing the Nuke too based on the way his hair is styled in the meet the RED team art (https://www.tumblr.com/pastel-medic/750731202365882369/meet-the-red-team) Cyrus (RED Pyro) - Combustible Cutie + Rail Spikes Tavish (RED Demo) - Stunt Suit (my BELOVED) + Storm Stompers Misha (RED Heavy) - Apparatchik's Apparel (Outdoorsmen) + Steel-Toed Stompers Franklin (RED Engie) - Texas Slim's Dome Shine + Antarctic Researcher + Support Spurs Ludwig (RED Medic) - Archimedes, Uberwear on the alt ref LINKS Austin (RED Sniper) - Down Under Duster + Final Frontiersman + Itsy Bitsy Spyer Pierre (RED Spy) - Hat to Kill For, Blood Banker

Theo (BLU Scout) - Ye Olde Baker Boy, Fast Learner, Long Fall Loafers Roger (BLU Soldier) - Soldier's Stash (Balaclavas are Forever), Classified Coif, Coldfront Curbstompers (the gloves are missing, but the shoes are the spitting image) Kasai (BLU Pyro) - Cat's Pajamas, Last Breath, Trickster's Turnout Gear Murdock (BLU Demo) - Tam O'Shanter, Gaelic Grab, Shin Shredders, HDMI Patch Ivan (BLU Heavy) - Siberian Sweater Dell (BLU Engie) - Thermal Insulation Layer, Teufort Tooth Kickers Fritz (BLU Medic) - Pocket-Medes (Pocket), and a shirt i can't identify; it could be the Dead of Night, the Gramma's Sweater Hidden style on the Der Wintermantel, or theWooly Pulli (Formal) Ethan (BLU Sniper) - Trophy Belt, Villain's Veil (Trained Killer), Crocodile Smile, Chronomancer, Triggerman's Tacticals Maxime (BLU Spy) - Frenchman's Beret, Assassin's Attire

Axel/Rene (VLT Spy) - Fancy Fedora, Le Professionnel (Turtleneck)

❤️ Meet the Mercenaries 💙

The RED and BLU team's designs have finally been completed! I'll be making an intro post for more info on each of them including their names soon, but for now enjoy their design refs! 🥹�� However, my ask box is open if you want to ask questions about them before intros are posted! 😉✨

Also important note, VLT Spy is the BLU Spy head with his body reattached! He works alongside Miss Pauling now and they're besties! 🥰💜

Alternate refs:

Reblogs greatly appreciated! 🍰💌

[theorist-influencer-untitled]

11.19.24 Tuesday--- Oh! I wanna do craft! But we are so broke while thinking & waiting for a new job,again and waiting for him ( BF )....

12 am

Still,have windblow...

Yeah! This coming Wednesday is the 40th day of my friend Ely...His older sister Ate Eden invited me to attend Ely's 40th day of being dead. We will go to "Providence" they put him there, I'll just wait for her update by tomorrow night....

It is really a shocking thing for me... Whew! I just didn't know if Disney+is killing or wishing a negativity or simply a coincidence of situation.

Not Ohkay coz we don't have our own electric and we can't use the washing machine... One of the reasons I wanted to end up right away with my first cousin white on my Aunt Ten/Tin, coz of my super tight situation and not my ideal life. I know they are still somehow in middle-class and he should save me and I must be his favorite aside from I really like that cousin... He is my most-loved and most-favorite cousin....

Life has its own mystery,right? The first time I saw him, I wasn't that matured but I have a maturity of an adult but it was incomplete... Sometimes being too much matured is not good...I was too much matured with Brien that I wasn't happy, I don't know but he was my friend since high school. Yeah! He helped those days on money....We had have a financial ups and downs after college,after I had my depression and broken heart coz of Rocky...My maturity wasn't that complete until 2013 that I knew deep within me,that I was really a fully matured human being... After I read the entire bible...

Hmm....Supposed to be I planned to do blazing....I know he is my most-loved and most favorite cousin white on my Aunt Ten/Tin but still I wanna do the "I heard the rumuor thing" about him and his entire family....I just can't let go of the angry or my madness on him... Whenever I think of him adding a toppings on ice cream, I just can't accept it if he actually did it on our 2nd degree cousin... Do he did it? Did he do eat the ice cream without me??? Without my knowledge???!

8:26 am

Still,have windblow...

Thanks to Mr & Mrs Salarda...

For these... I'm so happy it is slimming coffee,they know I'm super broke...

I really,really like these coz it is "slimming Kohi"... Kohi is a japanese term for coffee...

I met Rosie in De La Salle, we were both a choir member in the church. Rosie is a Roman Catholic and I was a member of INC or Church Of Christ-- was & had or PAST!

Caramel Macchiato is a bit bitterish hahaha funny but the Melon Collagen is a winner coz it tastes like a real melon!!!

Wishing for more of these, angels...

8:37 am

Still,have windblow...

Rosie's mother is also in Japan in & out... We had a bit of same story... She and her hubby Ivan went to Japan from the past years and they went back here in the Philippines... Coz it is weird to go in Japan these days... Rosie's family is as well into a showbiz world mostly are singer's as well as the old character of my family here, a thousand years ago...

8:57 am

Still,have windblow...

Meet Cali the youngest baby of Rosie and Ivan... She gave birth a month ago...

A shitzu...

9:18 am

Still,have windblow...

Uncle Jun just simply dropped these black coffee... Huh? Simply a black coffee...

Thanks Uncle Jun...

Is there added creamer or sugar please???

10:31 am

Still,have windblow...

Is Jean with Mitch? Daughter of Ate Cha? They are not my friends but I just see them here in this village...

1:19 pm

Still,have windblow...

Whew! I'm still worrying thinking of money and job....Again,this is more than a couch potatoe, no choice but to sacrifice for now... I'm hurting, angels... Please Santa help me on money.

5:35 pm

Still,have windblow...

I love my cousin-white on my Aunt Ten/Tin... I hate this windblow trap....I wanna have a new circle... My old fakers friends are gone and fakers.

8:05 pm

Still,have windblow...

I feel biiterish... I'm really panicking... I'm not happy being just like this... I'm self-pitying and I feel jealous on things that I didn't know, that I must know...

My old fakers friends didn't like me to be around since 2007....

I feel bad,where can I find my cousin-white on my Aunt Ten/Tin, I still feel angry on things that I don't know,that I must know as well...

I can't get a bf for 17 years and can't get my cousin or any youtubers... I feel so out of place...

I feel jealous that I don't know why.....I feel angry...

[sadistpet]

@mirrorsofwar:

"You walk around in that uniform, lording over others, pretending to be something you're not. But when it comes down to it, who's really the monster? The man who does what he must, or the one who hides behind power, causing pain for the thrill of it?" He steps closer, his voice low and intense, the weight of his experiences pressing down on every word. "I've seen real monsters. I've fought them, killed them, and buried them. But they weren’t men like me. They were men who lost their humanity, who let power consume them until there was nothing left but a husk." Snake’s eyes narrow as he looks Raikov in the face. "You don’t know the first thing about what it takes to survive out there. So don’t talk to me about monsters. I’ve stared them down, and I’ve walked away. Can you say the same?"

backed against the wall, there's little raikov can do but raise his hackles and bare his teeth. the american advancing upon him smells like the jungle, wet dirt and sweat and humidity barely concealed by the scientist's coat that fits ill across his musculature, and his nose wrinkles in disgust. had he noticed the man's odd stature earlier, he wouldn't have found himself cornered like a wild animal, meeting the blue, hardened eyes of a man with the blood of the world's best on his hands.

someone so barbaric shouldn't be lecturing him on what makes a monster and what makes a man. shouldn't be daring to even speak to him, let alone disparage him. snake toes the line of man and beast, in some respects, but to raikov he is nothing more than an animal. a diseased, fetid animal that needs to be put down.

yet with the deaths of multiple cobras beneath the other's belt, ivan knows his chances of landing a hit on the man - of surviving this encounter, even - are slim. a gloved palm flurriedly scans the wall in search of the radio alarm system, a fruitless endeavour that draws his hands, instead, to the makarov strapped at his waist. the leather holsters unclips with ease, fingers coil around the grip. in a blink he draws it to eye level, jaw set and shoulders hunched, index finger curled, waiting, feather-light on the trigger.

          " god, your pathetic american pig-headedness has convinced you that you're so righteous, huh ? you're not a man ! you're a dog ! "

nimble and quick does he move. a less than ideal swing of one ill-positioned leg ( given how meagre the space between them is ) directly towards the weatherworn face of his opponent.

[alleycatallies]

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Cats, like Llorin, live in peace in their outdoor home on the historic site and are beloved members of the San Juan community. See and share Alley Cat Allies’ latest victories and updates to protect Puerto Rico’s cats and learn what you can do at alleycat.org/PuertoRico.

We’re Saving Cats and Kittens Every Day Thanks to YOU

From saving kittens like Alfredo and Sunny by providing access to veterinary care (they’ve since been adopted!) to fighting to end cruel and deadly policies against cats worldwide, our donors and supporters are the reason we can do it all.

Your generosity makes all the difference as we work toward a world where every cat is valued and protected. Make a lifesaving gift today at alleycat.org/Donate.

We’re 1.4 Million Advocates Strong

Alley Cat Allies is endlessly grateful to our supporters, who now number more than 1.4 million! Because of you, we can protect and improve cats’ lives every single day.

With cats still facing deadly policies across the U.S. and around the world, our work together is more critical than ever. Thank you for helping us meet every challenge head on and make true change for cats and kittens.

If you aren’t yet part of our movement, join us at alleycat.org/SignUp.

ADOPTED! Welcome Home, Opal

As you can see, Opal looks as happy as can be in her new home. In fact, she showered her adopter with kisses the moment she left her carrier!

Opal has come so far from the dehydrated, anemic cat Alley Cat Allies saved from inhumane conditions in a shelter, and it’s all thanks to you. Your support made her recovery—and her new start—possible!

Thank you for helping Alley Cat Allies save Opal’s life and find her the family she deserves. We still have animals waiting for a family to adopt them, so please meet them and spread the word at alleycat.org/Adopt

Providing Critical Care for Cats with Birth Defects

If you’ve been following us, you may remember Tank, Emporio, and Maximus; three beautiful cats born with a liver defect called a portosystemic shunt. They needed specialized surgery to have the best chance at survival—and Alley Cat Allies ensured they received it because of our supporters like you!

All are in loving homes today, and prove that cats with congenital conditions can truly thrive with access to the right care and a lot of love.

Adoption Update: Big Holly Slims Down

Big Holly isn’t so big anymore! Thanks to top-notch care from Alley Cat Allies, which was continued by her adopters, Holly has trimmed down to a healthy weight and is looking and feeling great.

Since Holly was 9 years old with diabetes when she came to us, the veterinary treatment and continuing care we provided was invaluable—and only possible because of our supporters like you.

Now Holly is 10 and celebrating a year and a half in her forever home! We’ll never get tired of seeing our cat ‘graduates’ thrive, and we hope you enjoy it just as much. YOU are the reason Holly is happy and healthy!

On Our Way to 1000+ Cats Helped This Summer in Atlantic County

Say hello to Ivan!

Alley Cat Allies’ lifesaving work with the Humane Society of Atlantic County in New Jersey is going strong. We’re on track to reach 1000 cats between May and October with spay and neuter including Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR), vaccination, and other critical care. That’s on top of the thousands more cats and kittens we’ve already helped in the past two years!

Ivan is just one of the cats recently neutered and vaccinated through our latest grant. He has since been adopted and is adored by his new family.

Content source: https://www.alleycat.org/we-wont-back-down-until-puerto-ricos-cats-are-safe-from-lethal-action/

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The Alpha's Boy - Chapter 1 - Part 2

Book Two In : The Alpha's Trilogy

*Warning - Adult Content*

Alistair 'Star' Claymore-Phoenix

Ivan was my rock, my sunshine on a cloudy day.

When I'm down, he was there to make me feel better.

I've spiralled out of control, more than once and when everyone thought I was at my breaking point, Ivan was there, to show me things could get better.

I watched as Silas took a knife and started slicing the cake, putting the first and biggest slice in front of me, then handed all the other slices to the crowd around us.

We didn't have an overly big family but the Autumn Falls' pack was large, one of the largest actually.

I'm sure it would be bigger had my uncle been here but he's been missing for years and if anyone had so much as said his name, Dad was likely to get emotional and the mood to the party would die.

Ivan bounced over to me, putting an arm around my shoulder and planting a kiss on my cheek.

I groaned, rubbing the feel of their cherry lip gloss off my face.

"How dare you rub off my kiss," Ivan said, a mock disappointment in their tone.

I looked up at him, he was flawless.

His eyes were a calming hazel mixed green, that always looked like they could see into your soul and his face was his 'best feature' as he liked to say.

Back when we were in junior high Ivan got into makeup and honestly, he killed it, his fake eyelashes were the perfect length.

He could go on for hours telling me about blush, contour, eye gunk and all that stuff.

I didn't really care about it but I sat there and listened as he went on and on.

I've spent more hours waiting for him to put his face on, then I have been waiting years, for words to come out of my mouth.

"Happy Birthday you mother-fucking Star-boy," Ivan said, with a laugh.

I glared at him.

'You're not funny,' I signed.

Over the last few years, everybody that I had contact with, went out of their way to learn ASL, which should have made me feel special but really all it did was make me feel awkward and embarrassed.

Sure it was cool that people knew what I was saying but I couldn't help the feeling of it being a burden on everyone.

It was fun teaching my Papa how to sign as Darren always made jokes while we did it and signed the easiest things wrong.

Silas already knew ASL when I had met him, so together we taught Darren, he also helped me teach Ivan.

Some people thought of me as special, that I had my own language.

They thought it was so cool but really, it was far from it.

I longed to laugh with my friends, swear at them, joke with them in a loud group.

I wanted to join in on the screaming contests my little brothers held.

I didn't want everyone to stop and pay attention when I wanted to speak, I just wanted to go with the flow.

I wanted to be like everybody else, so why didn't I wish for that?

Why did I wish to find my mate?

Because I'm fucking realistic that's why.

Darren and Silas had taken me to as many doctors as they could find to try and see if 'anyone' could fix my vocal cords but it was useless.

They were shot, scar tissue was built up, they were healed in the wrong place, fused to another part of my throat.

It would be more damaging to me to go in and try to fix them and the odds of them actually working again were slim to none.

So no, I wasn't making a wish for my voice, besides, when I was phased in my wolf form it was there.

That little voice in my head, it joined into the many other voices around us, a good reason to spend most of my time in my wolf form actually.

Hence why I went for runs most nights, sometimes alone, sometimes with friends because I wanted others to hear me.

I wanted to howl at the moon like the animal I was, I wanted to chew the head off my Father and Dad for embarrassing me and during those moments, I could.

"Now, how about we go for a little drink after this lame gig and get the real party started," my friend Liam said, putting a hand on both Ivan and my shoulder and leaning his head in between us, trying to lower his voice enough to not be heard by my nearby parents or Grandfather but honestly, Liam was a dumb-ass if he thought he could keep a secret around here.

Just as the words passed his lips, my Father and Pack Alpha, Silas glanced over at the three of us with a brow raised, while Dad let off a low chuckle shaking his head.

Ivan lets out a loud laugh as well, just as my Father was about to walk over.

"No way Lee. My big boy and I have plans to crash at my place after this and he's going to see if he can beat my high score in classic Pac-Man. Which is going to take all night because he can't."

With Liam saying that, I watched as my father turned back to Papa and start talking again about Malachi's upcoming therapy session.

'Be outside my place at 10:30' Ivan signed, with a smirk checking around to make sure nobody was actually watching us.

I wanted to snicker along with him, laugh with my friends but I just had to nod and smile, hating the feeling at turned inside me.

I look over, as my eyes met Rudy's who's stood across the room with our friend Declan.

I nodded my head to the right, indicating that I wanted to see him outside.

I got out from my place at the table, telling Ivan and Liam, I would be right back, before sneaking out the back door, with Rudy following not far behind me.

Rudy and I didn't always get along, he had Ivan had gotten close once upon a time and it had admittedly made me jealous.

It was during one of my bad spots, Rudy and I had learnt to work together, on some parts of our relationship.

I walked out of the back-yard of my house, enjoying the cold night air.

It was only eight-thirty but the sun still fell behind the skyline.

The wind was chilly but it was to be expected for January.

"How much did you need?" Rudy asked, digging into his back pocket and pulling out a small baggy.

'Two should hold me over, until I can get to Taylor tomorrow.'

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