#this is a REALLY lovely message btw

[homosexual-harry-hart]

Just wanted to say I haven't been keeping up with your timor chapters but OH MY GOD? How are you creating such long and polished pieces of writing that quickly??? /pos /gen

Mad respect, keep up the good work, love your writing just have the attention span of a gnat :3

If I'm honest!! It's because I've planned it out SUPER well (by my usual standards) so it's just sort of filling in the gaps to get through it--also I'm so so attached to my silly little son Timor that I don't think I physically COULD stay away for too long

[sixteenthtry]

I know bro wrote this while pushing his glasses up with his index finger and a hand on his hip☝🏻🤓

[lyxchen]

This post has very big spoilers for Squid Game season 3 in it so please don't read it if you don't want to get spoilered!!

I had to make one more post about this cause I didn't wanna just add it to my other post

I think Squid Game does a lot of those things that won't happen in other shows because it'd be too sad. In many shows things happen where you're like "that's unrealistic, but it's sweet and hopeful so I'll take it". But in Squid Game they do push it to that point of "I didn't think they would go there" "I can't believe this really sad thing actually happened and nobody came and stopped it". Nobody stopped Gi-hun before he fell, nobody was there to catch him. Nobody was able to help Jun-hee cross the jumprope game, they didn't make an exception for her just because her ankle was hurt. Myung-gi didn't stop himself for a second while on his killing spree with Nam-gyu to maybe think about who he's actually killing right now and that Hyun-ju was with Jun-hee and nobody noticed him quickly enough to be able to stop him either. It's very sad, it's very unfortunate but it's real and it's how this show has always been. No exceptions. Nobody came and helped Sae-byeok when she was hurt (all of this is excluding Gi-hun btw. I'm more talking about the guards and game makers here). Her death was so undeserved in the end. She would have deserved a better death at least, but overall she would have deserved to Live. But this isn't what Squid Game is about. Because it's unrealistic. There's no deus ex machina in Squid Game, nobody who comes in right on time and saves the day. There's no plot twist good guy who helped all along. Everybody in this show has their strengths and weaknesses and every character has their own path that they're walking. But nobody is perfect. Both Hyun-ju and Sae-byeok had enormous potential to win. But they got hurt and that was fatal to them. They didn't die because they were weak. They died because if you get a giant glass shard to the stomach and have nobody there to patch you up again then you're very vulnerable and nobody in those games who has any power cares enough about you to help you. They died because if you get involved in a physical fight with knives and against people who are determined to kill you then you will get hurt at some point and you will be in distress and you won't think clearly and once you're out of that fight and really hurt you just aren't able to watch your surroundings at all times in case somebody else comes and tries to murder you.

But to get back to what I said at the start. Squid Game does all of this because no other show ever does. Every other show would have at least given Sae-byeok and Hyun-ju and so many other characters a death worthy of them. Even if unrealistic. Every other show probably would have found a way to get both Gi-hun and the baby out of there alive. Every other show probably would have had Myung-gi finally get back to himself and sacrifice himself for his child. But Myung-gi panicked and he really really didn't want to die and who can blame him for that? That is so human, that is so real. And in such a panic you can't think clear. And in the end he died because a stupid jacket wasn't sturdy enough to hold him in the air and that's so damn sad and it didn't even help his child survive. It did nothing. But it is so On Point for Squid Game because sometimes in reality things do happen like that. Sometimes people do stupid irrational things, sometimes people die in ways that they did not deserve. And I think most media shies away from that brutal realism but Squid Game doesn't and it would be disrespectful to assume that it would or should. It's hard and obviously really sad but I think it's also so special because it's so real. And that's why it hurts so much

Now I'm not saying that the message of the show is "the world is evil and nobody helps you and that's just how it is so deal with it" because that isn't what the show is about. It is however about how hard it is to choose kindness in such an unforgiving world. All of this is very real but you can make even a slight difference by being good and helping those who need help from you. And it won't always work, you won't magically fix all of society's problems because you always tried to be good. But it does make a difference for somebody. Gi-hun's love for humans and his kindness and selflessness gave Cheol a home and eventually his mother back. He gave many other players hope, hope that even if they didn't make it, somebody would make sure that their death wasn't for nothing. Gi-hun's selflessness is the reason why an innocent baby that was born into horrible circumstances and that got treated like an object is now able to grow up safe and without even having to worry about money. Gi-hun kept his promise to everybody who trusted him, who he was kind to and who was kind to him in return and he made other people's lives better. He couldn't save Sang-woo and Sae-byeok and Jun-hee because that's unrealistic. They're all stuck in games that are specifically designed to kill them. It was so unlikely that any of them would have survived. But through his kindness Gi-hun did survive and though he couldn't save his friends he was able to save the lives of their loved ones. And this goes for other characters too. No-eul persevering and continuing her fight in protecting Gyeong-seok and getting him out of the games alive no matter the cost lead to a little girl surviving cancer. It didn't fix any of the world's massive problems but it changed the world of a little girl for the better

This show is about the real world, yes. But it is also about the fact that kindness still exists everywhere in that real world no matter how cruel that world might be. And this message would have hit so so so much less if the show had shied away from that realism

[coldpintglass]

So sometimes an idea grabs me and I have to ensure I see it through - 3 magnets and 2 badges later I think that’s enough for the time being 😭🤍

[liriostigre]

‎ 💭 🛌🏻

[necrotic-nephilim]

in lieu of having posted any writing/headcanons/asks in the past few days because i have been *so* busy and unable to do anything fandom-related which is terrible and evil, i have a poll out of morbid curiosity and self-indulgence. i've been meaning to ramble here about how i feel about DC's lack fo Deaf representation and which Batfam members i would personally make Deaf, but i am mildly curious about the larger opinion and now i will subject you all to the question, i would love to hear thoughts/opinions/headcanons on any specific choices. (would love d/Deaf/HoH opinions esp but i'm mostly expecting this to reach the hearing crowd, so opinions from hearing ppl are ones i'm very curious about. if you've never given it thought before you are going to now or else /lh)

[fishparasite]

anxious about messaging my friend who i've known for 2+ years but it'll all be worth it have faith

[residentialsinyomakai]

Yokai to Human Form Tidbit

Ok so there's human designs/ forms for Caspian's yokai friends 1, for fun, and 2, cause there's some situations where it's convenient/just better to have some in human forms (EX: Whisper coming to Caspian's choir concerts and conferences bc his parents are. fairly absent). Everyone has their own opinions on it and stuff and in this post I'ma talk about Baddinyan's!!

So fun little fact he does Not Like being human. This is mostly for body dysphoria adjacent feelings, like all of a sudden he has different hair, no fur, different ear placement, etc. The 'phantom limb' thing tends to happen with his tails, too, which is trippy and kinda uncomfortable. He also hates that a lot of his senses are dulled. smell, hearing, sight (especially in the dark), it makes everything feel kinda hazy and causes him to be a lot more stressed about everything.

Idk maybe I just think it's kinda funny to see a character thrown into a whole new form and reasonably be like. what. the hell this sucks. His easygoing (nice way of me saying his lazy ahh) and usually pretty chill/surprisingly level-headed mood is def worsened when he's constantly feeling skin that doesn't technically belong to him. A form he shouldn't really have.

As a result, he's oftentimes irritable and anxious in this form, with some days being better than others. He typically avoids having to use it unless he needs to though, and refuses to take his glasses off for anything. Has to be bribed with a Chocobar to enma forbid go out in public. He's also less used to it than most due to his extreme aversion to it. He just hates it and everything is physically gross and cloudy and nothing's in the right place and he can't explain why.

Badude, on the other hand, doesn't mind being human! It feels more similar to his body than it does for Baddinyan, and is kind of a fun change of pace every now and then. He's Baddinyan's like. closest friend besides Caspian in this AU, so he's typically who's convincing him to not kill everyone in the room and/or take off the stupid leaf in public lol. Their convos can sometimes go like

"C'mon, it's just until we get outta the store. Don't get your non-existent tails in a twist-"

"Shut up and do nyot remind me right nyeow."

"(Oh it's like. that kind of day whoopsies) Mbmb, we can ditch these nerds and go look at the candy isle or somethin' for a bit..?"

He stinks at comforting people or anything like that but tries. Sometimes. idiots

I'm working on references, but all I have to say about their designs for now is vitiligo Black-Mexican Baddinyan and Mexican-Japanese Badude CANON!!! See you for now! :) Have a radtastical day out there, don't implode or get rocks thrown into your inbox!! (again for some of you...)

[saetiate]

me personally i think every cora f/o who doesn’t spoil you senseless financially and otherwise should be dropped down into some kind of fiery pit

context: poll by lvmimis about f/o's spending money on you

ariiiiiii ueueue I LOVE YOU SO MUCH DO YOU KNOW . I LOVE YOU SOOO MUCH I WISH I COULD PUT MY LOVE IN A BOX AND GIVE TO U SO U WOULD KNOW!!!

but yes thinking about arisugu <3 the loves of my lifes <3 i think you should let him spoil you ARI !!! LET HIM HE WANTS TO SO BADLY!!! every time you're like noo lemme pay he is internally like :( HE WANTS TO DOTE ON YOUUU . AND LET OLIVER BUY YOU THINGS !! wah maybe i must also dote on ari so ari becomes more and more used to it and gives in and then all your f/os can also benefit <3 they will thank me HAHAHA (lighthearted) (playful)

[m0e-ru]

bro causing the bedsheet and dry ice industrial supply shortage

[wikipediaboyf]

stimboard request for @compassionately :3

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[demons-i-get]

WAIT BIG BRAINED THOUGHT:

Sam does smth stupid hoping Dean won't find out.

Someone rats Sam out to Dean.

Sam gets in trouble and a lecture from Dean (bc Dean is a parent and he is Sam's parent I will not accept criticism on this matter).

Later, Sam makes a group chat consisting of everyone who could have told on him to Dean and just sends this video:

[georg-prime]

Is alcohol really needed to have fun?

I don't know how to tag this and if anyone will/could help but, I've seen people say before they wished there were places to gather that wouldn't have alcohol. I'm guessing in the way bars are opened in the evening/at night, while coffee shops usually close early (at least most of the time, since they usually open during the day).

The coffee shop Time Out Space I talked about here, was opening until 9-10pm, but they had almost no one showing up so at some point decided to change a bit their opening hours, but it still didn't work unfortunately.

Now the people who run it think it must be because they don't sell hard alcohol (except for one type of light Korean beer but people have to also buy something to eat with it, for license reasons). They see bars all around town completely full every night, like so crowded people can't even find sits sometimes, and would even stay standing outside some bars with their glass awkwardly hovering until a group leave.

I think they simply didn't find the right partrons yet, people who have money to spend and would be into pop culture and would rather have a nice calm place to eat and drink soft drinks, and be able to play games and/or discuss nerdy stuff. I believe people who don't like super noisy full of drunk people bars exist, and it's sadly just hard to reach people through social media if you're not constantly pumping content and sharing pretty things, but being able to sell alcohol still wouldn't help them.

Does someone have ideas to be able to attract the right regular clients attention? Or are they right and the problem is the lack of alcohol?

[wayfinderships]

Goodnight Gamers👍 Someone remind me to make Peppermint an official f/o tomorrow lest I get too busy and forget-

[volcanicsleep]

Watched Mutant Mayhem! It's pretty good, didn't re-write my brain chemistry or anything, but it does some novel stuff that I thought was interesting.

My only advice is to not watch it in 3D, lmao, it actively detracts from the experience

[corvidaedream]

saw such a good extremely bloody deathmatch today in the sweltering hot parking lot of a diner an hour from my house w one of my best friends and then an old metalhead at a flea market sold me a cassette tape by "this kid who's a vegan commie twink down in brazil who deserves way more attention than he's getting for this stuff" and im really excited to listen to it