#this is the one i was talking about:

[lexa-griffins]

This may seem completely random but I just discovered your noble x feral au. And I gotta say, it's everything I ever wanted in an abo fic! Like holy shit, I've had the though for a very long time. Like, hey abo dynamics is actually a really good vehicle to study gender role structure and society hierarchy!

Also, as a bio nerd, I actually believe it's possible that if humans were to possess more.... animalistic traits, the "female" (ie the one giving birth/laying eggs) would for sure be in a position of power socially. I mean you hold the power to prevent "males" from passing their genes. That's like the one and only resource that rules over any and all for organisms that reproduce sexually. Since omegas can't get pregnant outside of knotting, this is basically giving them reproduction agency. This translates to social and gender supremacy over alphas/betas in a civilization. It makes sense! (Sure there are other factors, but let me dream dammit😤).

Anyhow, that got away from me. I was gonna ask a question about whether or not Clarke had been a alpha toy to other omegas before lexa but ended up raving about this au.

I think pre-lexa, if Clarke were to be taken by an omega who wasn't very.... kind, it would add to her back story of why she was feral; why she was slow to trust lexa; and why, even when she has to leave the Woods household, she refuses to be gifted to another noble house. Like sure Clarke's not a big fan of the pound, but it's a known evil. She's not about to risk it even if Lexa vouchs for her putative new owner. Also I love me some angst for Clarke. Like after clexa get closer maybe Clarke can talk about what happened, maybe show some of they physical scars etc etc. And then Lexa's like poor bby, come here lemme make you feel good. Just imagine the softness🥺

I need to stop, this is getting out of hand. Imma stop right here.

I!!!! Love playing with the more traditional dynamics of ABO in historical settings!!!!! And!!! Noble x Feral au is one of my attempts and i just love how people seem to love it 🥰 (I have another one with a similar dynamic, although its more clan focused and has some magical elements, its my Omega Queen Lexa and Alpha pack leader Clarke, i can tag it below :) )

No, yes, yes, exactly! This is why, in a noble setting, mates are vetoed by the omega themselves. While, of course, there are desired non physical and personality attributes like family business, wealth, estate, etc. it is the time for the omega to see if their mate is a person they would like to have children with as this is pretty much what their entire relationship entails. Not to say there might not be love, but an alpha is there to give an omega and their family a new generation of children. That is why there is usually more than one alpha courting the same omega as the one who is rejected can be seen as not favorable, and with enough rejections, it could mean no marriage nor children and somewhat of a burden to their families as any child they might have will always belong to the omega family, not theirs (they could marry a beta, but betas are highly discouraged from it because alphas are "too agressive" and omegas have a better grip on them and it could be dangerous for a beta if an alpha loses control. That being said, omegas and betas are very common, and if a beta is from a noble family, it's even encouraged - Lexa's parents are beta/omega). While outside of higher circles, the omega still has a lot more power socially - they are still expected to have children and not work, but in a light that is much more on the "omegas carry and care for children and should not be expected to have to focus on tasks that of work and house work, that is a alphas duty to provide and care for the omega" - things are more liberal and far less by the books as they are in noble circles.

This to say that Clarke growing up with a higher status because of her parents work so she was seen as a somewhat more proper alpha as noble alphas and such are (due to education and how they are socialized very early on to be good and charming unlike eough and unruly lower class alpha). Clarke soon got tired of that role and started to hang out with deliquents and soon found herself as a criminal and thrown in the pound. She has never been a toy before, although she had been with omegas (and other alphas which isn't to heard off, as well as betas, can you say ✨️bi queen✨️) and there have been instances where Clarke felt pretty used by some omegas that felt very unkind and where Clarke was fairly used like a sex toy, so while omegas are taught to distrust alphas and only accept one that was "raised right", alphas also gain a distrust in omegas because there is some violence towards alphas, for sure.

So, it definitely adds to the trust that takes time to build with Lexa. She knows that noble omegas will often be horrible to their toy alphas, and Lexa seems so... untouchable and cold when she gets her from the pound, and yet she is so very gentle with Clarke, and the thing is that still, Clarke's light at the end of the tunel lasts so little because the moment she falls for Lexa, there is no freedom if its not with Lexa and soon her only choice is to go back to the pound and be put down. And somehow that decision comes about much easier to her now, before she was terrified of death but now, knowing her choice is to die having spent all the time she could with Lexa or live the rest of her life without Lexa.... its easy to pick the first. Death doesnt scare her after that, a lifetime without Lexa does. And all because Lexa showed her that softness - a softness Clarke barely ever knew, a softness Lexa never showed, and yet its so limited in time it feels like if they had just met in another time, if Clarke hadn't turned her back to the way she was raised maybe she could even be considered to be Lexa's mate if her parents managed to be influencial enough, maybe if Lexa had run away like she dreamed of once upon a time with Luna. Maybe..... but maybe didnt happen.

[mangosteen]

[sheepydraws]

The secret Dungeon Meshi sauce that's getting people to eat better is that it's so non-judgmental. Senshi and the rest of the gang never talk about what not to eat besides things that taste bad and literal poison. They don't even talk about "health" that much besides the importance of a balanced diet. It's so much easier to eat well when you think of food simply as something your body needs, and that it's often worth the extra effort to make it taste good, especially when you understand how to connect "things your body needs" with "things that taste good"

[stemmmm]

bad youtube clickbait thumbnail that reads "I think I just had a therapy session with a DEMON???"

[butchfalin]

the funniest meltdown ive ever had was in college when i got so overstimulated that i could Not speak, including over text. one of my friends was trying to talk me through it but i was solely using emojis because they were easier than trying to come up with words so he started using primarily emojis as well just to make things feel balanced. this was not the Most effective strategy... until. he tried to ask me "you okay?" but the way he chose to do that was by sending "👉🏼👌🏼❓" and i was so shocked by suddenly being asked if i was dtf that i was like WHAT???? WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY TO ME?????????? and thus was verbal again

[vaindumbass]

love all the cute dungeon meshi pride art but chilchuck would not be caught dead wearing any sort of pride merch. you think that man is going to give out any personal information? for free?????

[tuttle-did-it]

David Tennant for Prime Minister, please.

edit- Since this is getting so much attention, edited to include descriptions of screenshots.

This woman has lost her fucking mind.

Jo, are you okay?

[hauntingyourself]

Are people with large beds not afraid of a ghost crawling in with them? I would be

[daftmooncretin]

spock’s room decor is actually fucking bonkers. The weapons??? the big red velvet curtain??? like ok phantom of the opera go crazy.

for reference jim’s room has some photos and a plant so we can surmise this is uniquely a spock being a dramatic weirdo thing

[noelledeltarune]

EVERY SINGLE DAY there are MILLIONS of characters in their late 20s who get falsely accused of being father figures to teenagers when in reality the description of "weird older cousin" or "step-sibling that moved out before you were born" is 1000000x more apt

[kiryuing]

[sanct1f1ed]

favorite stan twins characterization is that they're both equally insane. stanley just gets more air time to show it off. loosely inspired by a post i read earlier but here's some absolutely insane things both of them have done

stanley:

drugged a person and turned them into an exhibit in the mystery shack

had a vegas wedding to a prospector-themed novelty dispenser

gave mabel a grappling hook

failed to steal an animatronic badger

chewed his way out of the trunk of a car

punched at least three bald eagles

is multiply divorced, possibly even with the novelty dispenser

committed premeditated murder on a llama

faked a heart attack to get on Wheel of Fortune

took his clothes off in front of a live studio audience on Wheel of Fortune

has a rivalry with a fifth grader, a grandmother, and a man who exclusively dresses like a corn cob

stanford:

pulled a gun on a bus driver when he wouldn't let a pig on board

directly assisted in mind-controlling ronald reagan during his election in 1980

gave mabel a crossbow

got bitten by a vampire bat and subsequently began sampling human blood

owns contraband outlawed in 9000 dimensions; keeps it in an extremely flimsy plastic case

"accidentally" set a hawk on fire

has exes ranging from as normal as his old college buddy to as weird as a triangle and an alien with 7 eyes who put a metal plate in his head

wears turtlenecks because he's hiding multiple tattoos he regrets, including one themed around "all star" by smash mouth

is an Extremely wanted criminal across hundreds of dimensions; was completely kicked out of one for card counting

is, bizarrely, super into the band Eurythmics

can see shrimp colors

[crumb-crumblet-s-crumbington]

big bro jazz

[captainjonnitkessler]

You know I used to think "tumblr's absolute refusal to actually engage with the Trolley Problem in favor of insisting that there must be a third, morally pure option that doesn't require them to make a hard decision and anyone who asks them to make a binary choice is just a short-sighted idiot is really fucking annoying, but I guess it's not actually doing any harm".

Anyway that was before we asked tumblr at large to decide between "guy aiding a genocide but making progress elsewhere" and "guy who would actively and enthusiastically participate in a genocide and would also make everything else much, much worse for everyone elsewhere" and the response was that there must be a third, morally pure option that doesn't require them to make a hard decision and that anyone who asks them to make a binary choice is a short-sighted idiot.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Hey now, Let her cook!

[perfectlyripeclementine]

calling my lover "mine" but not in the way that my toothbrush or notebook are mine, mine in the way my neighborhood is mine, and also everybody else's, "mine" like mine to tend to, mine to care for, mine to love. "mine" not like possession but devotion.