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So I saw The Apprentice (2024) today, and came on this site to look for screen caps or gifs to reblog. But what I’ve found is a lot of publicity photos of Sebastian Stan and a few interviews about the film, but… nothing of the film itself. Which makes me think most of his fans who are blogging about him being in it aren’t actually watching it. And yknow, fair, it’s not an appealing log line, I get it.
But 1) he’s really good in it. And, more importantly, 2) it’s a good film and obviously Very Relevant right now!
I don’t know I just think at this point it’s such a given for some of us that he’s awful as much as it’s a given for others that he’s a Success, and these two groups of people have entirely forgotten to actually care about the fact that what we separately think is not the same thing. We should care about that! We should want this film! We should not be so averse to the complexity of human beings!
#this is compounded for me by the fact that like#I’m trying to decide who to vote for for mayor in my town#and really strugggling with the fact that the answer isn’t easy#bc I don’t know the candidates (except the incumbent and no thank you)#and I don’t know what separates them on policy proposals#and I’ve got a couple round table videos to watch but I’m having a hard time actually getting into it#I really want to value my vote but recently voting has become so entrenched in absolute extreme stakes#that being able to be Normal is#I am finding#quite hard#anyway#the apprentice#film
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fellas, is it gay to give up a guaranteed future with the girl of your dreams and the collective happiness of most of the people in your life for the sake of one homie?
redraw of THE page from chap. 275:
#we are not acknowledging the dark impulses plot twist i am sticking with the belief that they were an allusion to mikey's compounded trauma#they're the Definition of a mutual “it's rotten work -- not to me. not if it's you” and i love that for them#maitake#sano manjiro#hanagaki takemichi#tokyo revengers#tokrev#sart#spoilers#<- ? i have no idea where the anime is#wow first like legit manga fanart in Years despite the fact that i read a lot of manga#something something itd be easier to move past if there wasnt so much SQUANDERED POTENTIAL#takemikey
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Always funny to me that Dick Grayson put so much effort into disguising himself every single time he entered and left Starfire’s apartment so no one would know he lived there, only for a 13 year old kid to show up at her apartment asking for him by name. And then when Dick isn’t there, Tim just breaks into Dick’s previous apartment he hadn’t lived in for months. At that point why bother with the disguises if a 13 year old is always figuring out everywhere you live.
#also Dick gets back from meeting Tim and soon enough Tim just shows up on his doorstep again and is like ‘train me’#the chaotic brother duo where Dick is just being stalked by an enthusiastic child with an unlimited bus pass budget (canon)#humor compounded by the fact that Dick’s reaction to this after ‘wtf’ is ‘you’ll make a great robin :)’#tim drake#dick grayson#batfam#batbros#bonds: I knew it was you#heroesriseandfall#batman: a lonely place of dying
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So my little brother and I are not allowed to be on the same team for family game night when we play games like Taboo, because most of the time we share a brain cell and the rest of the family has decided it's an unfair advantage. Today, I was trying to remember the word hummus but completely blanked, so what I said was: "Cabbage. No, hermitage" And my brother guessed "Brussels sprouts?" "No, it's a brown goo" I said, but my brother heard "it's a round goo" "Hummus!" he said "that explains the green from cabbage" "It was hummus, but hummus isn't green????" "Oh I was thinking of guacamole" So like. Even when he and I are thinking of totally different things we can still come up with the same word lol
#the person behind the yarn#the family calls it our twin powers (we are not twins)#today's confusion was compounded by the fact that my brother is colorblind#so I had a moment of like 'wait is hummus green to him???'#sometimes I can follow the logic of the alternate words my brain gives me instead of the word I want#not this time though lol#for the record when I blank on a word at work or another place where I can't just say random words#I just don't say anything#or say 'I apologize I can't think of the word'#or just let the subject drop. depends on the circumstances#my brother and I can also use our twin powers to find objects#in that if one of us loses something we'll say hey come activate twin powers#and then the person who asks for help immediately finds the missing object. like. 9 times out of 10
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AELSWITH (ripping my heart out and destroying me 😭😭) IN 1x07
#the last kingdom#sevenkingsmustdie#tlk aelswith#G O D#this episode#THIS#EPISODE#KILLS ME#g o d#everything about aelswith in this episode just destroys me#the fear and anguish of everything that is happening compounded by the fact that her baby is sick and possibly dying and she can do NOTHING#GOD#it drives me insane#I could write a whole essay#I won't#tonight at least#but GODDDDDDDD#your honor I love her#I'm crying I'm weeping I'm sobbinggggg#aelswith cry I cry#also the fact that like in every season aelswith is just out here suffering because something AWFUL is happening to at least ONE loved one#I CANNOT#every season she is just going through it#(and basically going through it alone but thats an essay for another time)#anyway#michela I promised pain#here it is
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I keep seeing poste about call to stop infighting because "conservatives all see us as the same" and I just. Don't. Think that's true?? I'm too exhausted to properly type a post about this rn but like whatever happened to intersectionality?
Sure a cis gay guy and a trans woman might both be "freaks" to your hypothetical strawman. But what if the cis gay guy is also non-white? Is he suddenly a more "dangerous freak" because of that?
What about a conservative that doesn't really care about gays but has been caught up in the current culture war and decides to enforce stricter bathroom policies at his venue because he is terrified of trans women preying on the poor wombyn.
What if it's not a conservative? What if there was a liberal, or a "leftie" that was sooo chill about queers, has plenty of queer friends. But they get weirdly uncomfortable whenever trans women are around.
Sometimes I feel like people have a really weird idea of what the word "infighting" means. If you actually wanna stop infighting then listen to the genuine grievances of the people who are being mistreated, even within our own community. Listen to them and make an effort to recognize when/if you are part of the problem.
#i dont have energy to write more despite having so much more to say#it feels like such a white ignorant take. where is the intersectionality. where is compounding bigotry#if you get called in for an interview and your voice doesnt match the expectations behind your name thats gonna impact you a lot#whether thats because you have a gender identity that doesnt correspond with what your employer expects. or if you have an accent. or if you#have a speech impediment#add to that the fact that most employers just sort out names that sound foreign to them#especially if they are brown/black sounding names. and then they dont even get the interview#this shit makes me mad
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"you better not be shrignold doing his makeup in the mirror when i get there"
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#fun fact this drawing gave me two migraines. we just get silly like that sometimes#and another fun fact: i tried to make his irises resemble bug eyes/compound eyes 👀#🦕#my art#dhmis#shrignold#fanart#lovecore#cupidcore#shrignold the butterfly#dhmis shrignold#shrignold dhmis#rendered art#possible eyestrain#full render#digital art#fanartist#pink#dhmis art#dhmis drawing#dhmis fanart#dhmis gijinka#dhmis hcs#dhmis headcanons#dhmis human#dhmis love cult#dhmis show#dhmis series#july 2023#75 notes
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Cats
What's not to love about these lovely creatures? Honestly, growing up I was always a dog person (even despite the fact that I was attacked by one when I was young). But then I realized I wouldn't be able to take care of a dog for, well, a buncha reasons, thought about how it would be to have a cat, and thought, yeah, it would be nice to have one. For so many reasons. The eternally lethargic me could never take care of a dog properly. A cat, though? I probably could.
#the void asks back#I physically still can't bring myself not to freeze up or get away when a dog is nearby#despite the fact that I still love them#my first thought when one is nearby is always “what if it decides to attack me?”#obviously the answer is that it won't but childhood trauma does shit to you lol#that's the first time I've ever called it trauma but now that I mention it it really is huh#still remember sobbing afterwards about the wounds on my back#shame I never got any scars#the least I could get for going through that#fun fact: The next house we moved to after that incident had a dog that was chained that I played with#one of my strongest memories with the dog was of accidentally hurting it because of how sad and guilty it made me#like damn I really liked that dog#despite the fact that I still couldn't get too close given the whole recently formed trauma thing#I do also remember getting chased by a crocodile with my aunt back in the same home the dog attack took place in#or was it an alligator#but honestly I have trouble believing that memory wasn't a dream#even though that's the only memory of that time I'm unsure is a dream or not#one day I should ask my aunt if it was a dream#also we were in the house's compound so we were able to run inside and be fine#but somehow I doubt that that really happened#oops there I go rambling in the tags again
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I went to a little pottery festival in a small town close to mine this morning, and I obviously understand I'm a visually alt/queer looking person living in the deep south. Yes. I get that. But the whole time I felt like a horrible fart everyone was desperately trying to pretend they didn't smell. I had a lovely conversation with a Spanish lady I bought a mug from, but many of the vendors desperately avoided my eye contact, and a few flat out ignored me. Which is baffling, do you even want my money?? my scary gay money?
#these feelings are compounded on by the fact ive been feeling awkward about how i move through the world lately so im probably more#emotional about it than usual (most of the time i try to harness “if you cant stand looking at me pluck out your eyes!!!) but it makes me#feel very excluded 😔#on a brighter note i did get an amazingly soft dark umber corduroy shirt and the lady was sooooooooooo sweet and we had a great#conversation and i got two very delicious (and overpriced) tacos. so i think thats a good day reguardless.#also last thing an insanely elderly man infront of a shop exclusively about baby dolls said to me “you look like youre handing out money”#and i have no idea what the hell that means!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! what!!! he croaked it at me and i just went “well im just looking around”#anyways who knows. may have been an evil wizards curse#goober.txt
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hey guys did you know that. apparently. if you don't buy anything through amazon for 6+ months. your account goes dormant and. apparently. the easiest way to fix this is just to make a new account. and have your old one deleted. apparently.
#if you can Find my account and tell me that it's dormant#surely. SURELY#there should be an option to reactivate it. surely#i rarely need to buy something with amazon#and in fact the last few times i've tried i've gotten locked out for unusual activity#which just compounded the fact that i never need or want to buy anything with amazon#but i finally called because i wanted to buy a book and it once again locked me out#and they were like oh. yeah it's dormant. we'll delete your old one and you can make a new one with the same email#and i was like#well that is the stupidest shit i've ever heard but okay#sorry i just. need to yell#i KNOW amazon is bullshit and stupid but good lord this is bullshit and stupid#i just want to get my silly little book !!!!
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Ok so the way I see it I don't think Talia would claim Jason as her son like even if the Lost Days #6 Incident (tm) is not a factor being an al Ghul is a family curse in and of itself and she cares about him enough to not drag him into that. Like I know Talia's characterization got massacred for Damien angst reasons but as of right now in either version of canon one can assume that her relationship with Jason is significantly less volatile than her relationship with her actual son. We never see them meet post-Red-Hoodification but even if they never spoke to each other again they left off on decent terms which is leagues above the whole cloning and disowning situation she has with Damien. A situation that arose because of League heir and family legacy reasons. I think Jason decidedly being Not Her Son means that they dodged several al Ghul family curse bullets
#in both versions of canon Talia gets him out of that compound immediately post Lazerus pit she is NOT leaving his ass in there#this is why 'Talia keeps Jason around to mold him into a league weapon' fanon confuses me she did not and would NOT SAY THAT#the fact that Jason is not her son means that she doesn't need to mold him into an heir or a weapon of any kind. He's just a kid she's#looking out for. Getting adopted into the Bat Family Curse got Jason killed the 1st time so she maybe she was like hey let’s not…#Jason Todd#Talia al Ghul#Dc#to clarify: I think even in the alternate universe where Talia is not rewritten as an abuser the specter of The League puts a strain on her#relationship with Damien that is not there with Jason. Because Jason is not her son and doesn’t inherit any of the baggage that comes with#being her son. Which is why I don’t think she would claim him as a son even if she treats him like one#I should not be blorbo posting this intensely when I need to wake up at 6:30
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friendship (one-sided)
#mikety#ty i love you so much. why did u fall in love with the guy ur actively torturing#AND HE KEEPS TORTURING HIM#something smart about the themes of control in woe.begone and how hard it is to dismantle big powerful forces#and the fact that how the fuck would they ever take down the flinciate compound. and the fact mike walters will probably suffer#forever and ever til the end of time. or something like that#its 8 am dont expect me to be smart on things#talking tag#alke dont look (wbg)#wbg#woe.begone#w.bg#woe.begone spoilers#w.bg spoilers#wbg spoilers#ty betteridge#wbg ty betteridge#mike walters#SORRY i like views
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tbh i think one of the biggest things they could have done to make five and nine hate each other without bullying or bigotry involved would have been to lean into the thing where some adhdtistics naturally vibe, whereas others have an incompatible combination of nd traits that make them viscerally unable stand each other, and go from there
#lorien legacies#LL number five#LL number nine#like nine is very obviously coded adhd but he is also autistic as hell#and. gestures at five#this is also why canon!nine's brand of lying about things and getting his behavior excused as being 'bad at signals'#when that's Not What's Actually Happening irritates me#they could have even included elements of some of the others being a little too defensive of his behavior at five's expense#without it just being 'lol bully the fat autistic kid'#if they're used to accounting for the fact that nine is neurodivergent and having a Hard Time of It#in ways that make it easy to assume he's just a dickhead when he really genuinely does not realize or understand that's how he comes across#and/or is exhausted and defensive that he has to try constantly and /so hard/ NOT to come across that way#and feels like he's being fucked with when people correct him constantly#because 'that doesn't sound right but i don't know enough about social skills to dispute it'#and is also increasingly bitter at feeling like 'why the fuck should /i/ have to be the one to change everything about how i act'#'why can't people at least try to meet me in the middle for once. fuck this'#all compounded by brain damage from extended solitary confinement and physical TBIs#and it becomes more understandable for the others to kneejerk toward accommodating his access needs before five's when they conflict#while also y'know. being significantly less assholess toward five in general; and in fact treating him a lot less shittily BECAUSE they#have experience with not judging people for initially being awkward and kind of insensitive or seemingly abrasive#or just behaving in ways that seem Weird. it's still a blind spot that they favor nine here but they're not being ableist pieces of shit#nor are they trying to shut him up about abuse and force him to Get Used to It#anyway lots of thoughts about this need to write up posts etc#LL tag#ableism cw#dyn: lost boys
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I made this blog mainly as a place to store art + memes for my fandoms and doodles of my original stories. I’ve posted a lot of the former, but none of the latter, so… Here you go? Have some goofy “incorrect quotes” inspired jokes of a project of mine called The Name-Oath.
Context is indented and italicized, but you can probably read through the doodles below without getting too confused if you skip it:
The first half of the actual plot is your standard fae romance starring a human woman who doesn’t realize the male lead is a supernatural creature, and just thinks he’s really into cosplaying alone in a mansion in some freaky forest. The second half is rom-com shenanigans between the divorced human woman and male lead after the world's ugliest breakup. He desperately tries to get back together at every waking moment and she just wants to hang out with her bestie Summer and raise her half-fae daughter in peace. The human woman is named Eglantine, but goes by Egg. She got stuck with the nickname during high school and decided to start going by it in an effort to have a more "average" sounding name. This did not work as intended, but it certainly helped her avoid getting her name stolen when she first met the male lead. She's something called a skipwitch. This is a whole worldbuilding thing I'm not going to get into here. The male lead is named Kieran. He is a drama king. He spent several centuries under magical house arrest. He can talk to rats. He has pretty hair. This is all you need to know about him, except maybe the fact that he's royalty. Summer is Egg's best friend, and she is the resident fae expert in her and Egg's coven. Competitive and protective of Egg. She hates Kieran's guts, and the feeling is mutual. Egg and Kieran's daughter is named Violet, but she goes by Froggy. She is a terrifying force of nature by virtue of being the offspring of a skipwitch and Unseelie prince. Enjoys microwave pizzas, her pet beta fish, video games, and getting her way. Alois is Kieran's invisible butler. He's a surprisingly talented singer.
#I've had this sitting in my drafts for ages bc I was too nervous to post it. oops.#That one comic wasn't an exaggeration btw--- Egg DID survive her first encounter with Kieran despite not knowing magic existed#She kept evading all the stereotypical Fae tricks like asking for your name / trying to get you to eat and drink Fae food#COMPLETELY by accident#Like.#“Hello there. May I have your name?” “Just call me Egg dude. Everyone does it."#“Would you stay a moment and have a drink with me?” “No thanks I just want to use your phone so I can call a friend to pick me up.”#Kieran was spent a lot of the evening they met being very angry that none of his tricks were working.#And then he later found out it wasn't that they weren't working because this mortal woman knew exactly how to slither her way past them---#she had NO CLUE what she was doing.#He is even angrier when he learns this#and his anger is compounded by the fact#that he is developing a crush on the mortal woman who he's been trying to woo to break a curse on himself#and she is not at all wooed despite his best efforts#Like. At all.#His plan to break the curse has backfired horribly.#Oh “Lady Killer in Love” trope how I love thee#stuff by sofie#The Name-Oath#fae folk#fae#faecore#fae romance#fantasy romance
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Okay, I just wanted to do this for posterity’s sake, but basically this post is: Things About Dark Cacao Cookie That (At Least to Me) Point to Him Having Odd Origins (But I’m Probably Overthinking It)
No I will not shorten that name
So I really only have three points (at least that I can currently remember) that apply here, but let’s just mention them regardless
So first up: his abnormal strength
As shown below, his story specifically states that his sword takes 3 average Cookies to even budge, yet we see in game that he’s able to wield it with seemingly little struggle. There is no explanation ever given for this. I mean I suppose you could say that it’s the Soul Jam that gives him the strength, but given that none of the other Ancient descriptions mention their Soul Jam bestowing upon them enchanted physical attributes, it’s little more than conjecture, and it seems more likely to assume that this is just natural for him. But then the question remains: how and why?
Next up: the slit eye thing
In these two sprites, we see Dark Cacao have these slit eyes that he never has in any other sprite. The Wiki names them his “rage sprites”, and while yes, the Wiki is unofficial, the only times we really see these sprites in game seem to be when he’s incredibly angry, or in other words, enraged
Again, no explanation is given for these. I have seen some people say that it’s because cacao and chocolate have small amounts of caffeine in them, and the coffee Cookies are noted to have dilated pupils due to their amounts of caffeine, and thus this is a reference to him having small amounts of caffeine. And yeah, I can accept that as an answer. But also at the same time, these eyes don’t exactly operate like the other coffee eyes, given that they only show up at certain emotionally driven points for Dark Cacao, as opposed to them where it’s just natural and doesn’t seem to ever go away. Also again, this is just a fan theory, and in canon there is no official explanation for this
Now let’s get into my third point: his younger self’s clothes
I know that sounds a weird one but hear me out
Now there’s two parts of this that I want to take note of
First, let’s compare this to the other young Ancients’ outfits
I’d say that by comparison, Dark Cacao’s outfit looks much nicer than theirs
Now yes, you can have explanations for why theirs aren’t the nicest looking. From what I’ve gathered, Pure Vanilla was a pilgrim, and if the art book is to be believed, was once a shepherd, and let’s just say that kind of lifestyle probably isn’t leading you to be wearing particularly nice clothes. As for Hollyberry, while she know she came from a noble house, you can just say this is her adventuring attire, made for battle and roughing it out in the wild rather than looking nice
But that in itself isn’t the weird thing. The weird thing is that Dark Cacao’s clothes look a lot nicer than theirs, which is odd considering the Dark Cacao Kingdom doesn’t seem to be known for having clothes that look particularly high quality. I’m not saying their clothes aren’t of nice quality, it’s just that clothes like this look a bit too nice for just a presumably normal villager, no?
I mean, both the cape and top have those trims you usually put on clothes to make them look nicer (at least I think that’s what it’s called, sorry I’m not good with how clothes work), as well as his nice looking brooch that has a small gem in it. Not to mention the sword he’s carrying, which looks like it has engravings and has what looks more like a dark gem at the pommel. Compare that to the swords we see the Watchers at the Citadel use, and it looks much higher quality. Again, odd for a normal person of a kingdom that isn’t known for its wealth or high quality of clothes or swords (again not to say they can’t have it, it’s just odd in this scenario. Those people who do have high quality stuff are cookies of high ranking in the kingdom, not normal cookies. I don’t think I’m wording this well)
There’s also the fact that it’s purple, which back in the day, was hard to come by and rather expensive. Yes in the current day kingdom, we see people wearing purple, but first off nowadays purple isn’t as hard to obtain, and second those cookies are all those who are at the Citadel, the place of highest ranking in the kingdom. They’re probably allowed higher quality clothing. But also keep note that these are Cookies, not humans, and how clothing colors work could easily be different, so take this point with a grain of salt, it’s probably not all that strong. And I know he’s associated with purple, so it makes sense for him to wear it, but it doesn’t look a particularly dull shade of purple (I mean it does somewhat, but it’s nice enough that it doesn’t just look like grey fabric with a purple tint), and that’s why I call it out
Secondly, there’s the fact that aesthetically, it doesn’t really match the Dark Cacao Kingdom
Now sure, fashion isn’t constant, and it’s not ludicrous to imagine that outfits 1000+ years ago would look radically different, but let’s compare this to the only other cookie we see of the soon to be kingdom from this time period
Just compare the two and they look nothing alike, which is odd considering they’re supposed to both be from the same place. (also it again affirms my point about his clothes looking pretty high quality; Reluctant Cookie here looks like they’re wearing torn and ragged clothing unlike Dark Cacao)
Like Dark Cacao has said himself that he is native to this land, and his features compared to other members do support this idea, so why doesn’t he dress like them?
I mean sure, at this point the land was a bunch of different tribes, and you can assume they probably each have their own style and don’t all look the same, but still, the radical difference
Now okay, those last two points are more speculation on my part, while the other two are objective facts, but you see what I mean? Him being a normal Cookie from the (future) Dark Cacao Kingdom just doesn’t seem to add up
I mean yeah, I know he’s an Ancient, he’s not a “normal Cookie”, but like, everyone else only became “different” later in life, they seem to have started out relatively normal. Dark Cacao stands out as the odd one of the bunch (I mean other than Golden Cheese, but that’s probably because we don’t know anything about her yet)
Originally, back when I was first getting into Cookie Run, I speculated his oddities could be because he’s related to the dragons or was raised by them, hence his unusual traits and clothes. However, Might of the Ancients seems to disprove this, as there, he seems to not be familiar with the dragons at all, not even knowing they were the ones causing the odd storms and snow, simply trying to find the sources of these “anomalies”. And when he does know, nothing tells us that he has any familiarity with them. So I think it’s safe to say he’s not connected to the North and South Dragons
Alright, I so I should mention here that I don’t actually have an answer for all these oddities. I just made this to point them out and say they were weird, at least to me. Hopefully at some point these things get answered. Or again, I’m just overthinking it all
#cookie run#cookie run kingdom#dark cacao cookie#ramblings#not really speculation/theory as I’m not doin anything with this info#merely pointing it out#so if you want to know how I got here#so after hearing of Capsaicin I thought “so I guess food compounds are fair game now”#“what about a Theobromine Cookie? Since they’re like the only other compound I know aside from like caffeine?”#“but if there was a Theobromine Cookie they’d have to be related to Dark Cacao/Choco”#“since theobromine is named after the cacao tree and is mainly found in cacao and chocolate so why wouldn’t they be?”#“but if capsaicin is a Super Epic would theobromine also be? (I forgot that Super Epics could also be normal Cookies)”#“and also just given the name (and the fact that it means “food of the gods” which is metal as hell) they’re probably not just a relative”#“maybe an ancestor or even parent of Dark Cacao that’s possibly supernatural in origin?”#and yeah everything spiraled from there#that was just my imagination going wild I don’t actually think there’s gonna be anything like that#or at least it’s not seemingly necessary#(though I’m not opposed to making that just for personal fun)#but it still led me to want to talk about possible weird things about Dark Cacao’s origins#and so yeah#random stuff
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hc that the official story is ukitake is the one who mercy killed kaien and the shiba’s + byakuya are the only ones who know what really happened
#rukia already struggling with what happened + compounded by the fact she literally can’t talk to anyone about it = still feeling so guilty#40 years later you passively accept an unfair death sentence#and byakuya is so vague when he brings up kaien (which is just a storytelling trope) but it’s fun to read it as he’s being vague because#they lied to their military government#….actually the more i think about this the more i love it if canon disputes this no one tell me im having fun#like this was probably a pr nightmare: a revenge quest aided by a frequently ill captain and a nepo baby who didn’t finish school and it#ends with a dead noble oof#rukia#kaien#ukitake
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