#this was NOT very cash money of jimmy

[samijey]

conflict: noun [c] confusion or worry at needing to choose between clashing ideas, feelings, or beliefs

[calciumdeficientt]

what do you think context was behind justin's dialogue "derby told me last night i was his best friend"

Ohhhhhhh I’ve been ruminating on this ever since i listened to all the quote videos (please dont ask me why i did that i really really dont know) i pride myself on being somewhat of a stickler for the most inane and pointless background stuff.

Today i plan to answer the question:

WHY THE HELL DID DERBY SAY THAT?!?!?!?!?!?!

The easy answer here would be to say that Derby was drunk, and simply feeling very loving(that sentence feels so insane to me for some reason).

Harrington house feels very much to me the hotspot for “gatherings” of the bullworth’s brightest, best and most sickeningly rich. The little guest list on the desk as you enter, as well as Bif on the door in the weed killer mission, and obviously the general worldview of the preps points towards a general pickiness to guests, likely not accepting anyone by on their own social circle. Another key background factor to consider is the little bar that derby cowers behind in Glass Jaw during his bossfight and also the bar in the beach house, leading me to believe that the events hosted at Harrington house are usually organised with the intention of drinking copious amounts of excessively strong and exceedingly expensive alcohol.

There’s bound to be a few contentious objectors to drinking, at least excessively, on school grounds and on school nights and i think the ever-pining proto-jock Justin probably doesn’t partake as much as Derby “I’m too rich to bother attending class” Harrington. All this to say, Justin was 110% more sober and therefore 110% more receptive to derby’s drunk babblings than any other partygoer, prep or otherwise.

In my mind, Derby Harrington, despite having everything he could ever conceivably want at the snap of his fingers, is one of the loneliest students at bullworth academy. He mentions being beaten by his father for fraternising with a nanny, and shows a general disdain for his betrothed, pinky, by not even bothering to show up for their dates. He cannot truly get close to anyone because of his position as an heir to a pretty substantial oil empire. Great care is needed to avoid being sliced right out of the will and being condemned to hush money by his father. Bif is great, but he’s not all that much emotionally, at least not in derby’s mind anyway. He’s far far beneath Derby, that’s made abundantly clear when Bif loses his boxing match to Jimmy; he’s sneered at with the kind of vitriole that can only come from someone who views himself as king of his own private universe. Justin is in the same boat just presumably with a lot less petty cash at his disposal. He’s a weird ass bitch who’s so incredibly desperate to expand his social circle into the Jocks’ because he feels somewhat inadequate in his own. To use his verbage, he’s a peon in the prep hierarchy. He’s weak and scrawny and of little use in the stature department, at least not when compared to Bif anyway.

This night, Derby is drunk out of his mind, as usual, and Justin is beside him, a little buzzed but not enough to put him off his studies for the next day. They are sat on opposite ends of a chaise longue in the drawing room. Well… Justin is sat, Derby is more slumped, folded over the armrest in a way that does not look comfortable in the slightest. He’s telling a story from a recent trip to Europe, about a girl he met in a city that his drunk brain just can’t seem to decide on the pronunciation of, gulping scotch out of a crystal glass like its going out of fashion. Justin is listening actively, trying to piece the story together amongst the many asides derby seems to be wandering off into. That’s when the bomb drops “know, i like to think you’re my best friend here Justin” “what?” “You heard me….. anyway this damn woman”

Safe to say it was the best night of Justin Vandervelde’s life.

[madametamma]

Thanks, that has been a thorn on my side for a while, because the new suits really look like they don't need a trunk or a skirt, but once you drawn them, they look so good on it.

I also have to ask, with season 3 coming, which job do you think Kara would work, if Clark works on the Daily Planet?

I was thinking Kara would do a few jobs here and there. She tries working at a cafe, or in a clothing store. None of those jobs last long though. Something always goes very wrong. Eventually she gives up on finding work like that.

She helps out with building things with the Brain and Mallah but that doesn't really pay. She helps Jimmy with Flamebird, giving him info about alien stuff for his podcast.

For some reason however even though her work with Jimmy or the fun gay mad scientists don't really earn her a living wage, she always has a lot of money in her pockets.

Jimmy in an emergency: "How much money do you got on you right now?"

Kara: "Uh, about 4,180$ in cash in my pocket."

Jimmy: "WHAT- WHY ARE YOU CARRYING- WHERE DID YOU GET- NEVER MIND! LET'S GO!"

It's a mystery as to why she just always seems to have so much money in her pockets at any given time. Clark, Jimmy and Lois keep meaning to ask her about it but it's never really a good time. They're a little worried she's gotten into something illegal.

It turns out that the reason Kara gave up on finding real work is because she discovered humans value diamonds so highly and she can easily make diamonds out of coal with her bare hands. Then she takes the finished products to pawn shops which give her cash for them. She has no idea what to do with the money after she gets it other than to keep it in her pocket, stuff it in a drawer or buy food.

[blockmenmakemecry]

HERES SOME MORE OF MY INSANE RAMBLINGS FOR THIS AU

Grian used to be apart of a smaller gang called Bad boys, the trio ending their small crime spree due to the injury and near death of Jimmy(whose code name was Tim/Timmy)

Impulse and skizz came as a duo having spent most of their lives together doing petty robbery (convenience stores/five finger discounts are a speciality of Impulses)

Skizz is very much the talker of the two, he would talk to ear off the cashier haphazardly waving the gun around while he talked to them asking them nicely to "be a sweetheart and put the money in the bag won't cha" or chatting to them about the rise in gas prices while Impulse was quick to discount the items they needed for the week

Scar or just Mr.Goodtimes as he was known before he joined GIGS was a seasoned hit man, hired to get rid of people if you had the cash to back it up. Sometimes he would take other things in trade for his services. Depending on what the target had done, some clients didn't pay at all.

Gigs has some extra crew members behind the scenes

Mumbo was hired to take care of the tech side of things, often listening in on their communicators to make sure they knew the layout of the heist locations and to update them should someone notify the police to their presence early.

Mumbo tried to join them for a heist in person but unfortunately the lanky mf is a bit too anxious for this line of work and sticks to staying on his side of the communicator

Gem has a background in medical having worked as a full time nurse in the ER before quitting and falling into the hands of GIGS

She was being over worked and underpaid so when she was offered a gig with GIGS through a mutual friend(pearl) she took it surprisingly quickly, they treated and paid her better anyways.

Pearl is a runner, shes constantly running around different jobs when she's needed. Something about not liking being tied down to a singular group.

Bdubs!!! Bdubs, cleo and Etho run the black market on guns and explosives.

Sometimes when making deals with them Grian swears he saw gunpowder on Bdubs face like hes been eating it. Mumbo often accompanies GIGS members to these trade deals, it still makes him anxious but he likes the trip out and getting to talk to them is always a nice change of pace.

[catboylister]

any ark headcanons for pre or post canon?

AAAAAA OKOKOK SO

pre-canon;

lister has never been to the beach before and jimmy and rowan find it ridiculous becauze they from fucking kent. so they go together and lister just has a field day. he goes in the sea band then freaks out because it was freezing. then spends and hour digging a big ass fucking hole like boys do. srsly everytime ive been to the beach with guys they just start digging holes like what is up with that ??

due to the money struggles, louise ended up homeless for a short while, so she had lister move in with his dad and step-siblings for a month or two when he was about 9, but he didnt really understand what was really happening at so it was a confusing time for him

rowans parents work super hard to give him a good childhood, so he was in a bunch if extracurriculars since a kid.

jimmy and his sister were actually quite close when they were younger, bit drifted as he started getting famous because she would compare herself to him a lot over it.

lister knew how to swim when he was little, bht then never went in a pool again for years so he kind of just forgot. rowan teaches lister how to swim again. with a lot of struggle. but he does it.

lister would get in trouble in school for not handing in work a lot, and ditches class most the time. after becoming friends with jimmy and rowan he attempts to focus on his work more but for some reason he just doesnt get it so he just. gives up.

when learning abt listers financial situation, rowan and jimmy make sure to bring extra cash or snacks to give to him at school but are always like oh i mustve got two on accident oh nooo. lister knows what their doing but he appreciates it.

jimmy and rowan would have sleep overs basically every other weekend. they had their own tooth brushes at eachothers houses.

post canon;

the ark group therapy is very important to me i think itd take a while for all of them to actually be onboard with it but they get there

also they should get a pet. i think a cat because. i like cats. its in the username. or maybe a bunny because their super cute. tho i feel like listers the type of guy to get a snake or some type of reptile.

lister uses a cane for a while after kent due to his leg injury, he refuses to use it at the beginning but realises hed rather not be in pain all the time and uses it to win fights with rowan. (also rowan has 100% once pushed him too hard while play fighting and lister j straight up collapses. he apologies like 20 times but lister cant say its okay because hes laughing so hard)

frowan. idk what abt them but just frowan. oh i do like the idea that rowan is a fan of uc and has found frances art style super cool and unique, all while frances has no idea who rowan is lolol

lister sometimes fills up an empty bottle of vodka with water, then drinks it in front of rowan to see whats happens.

did i mention the cat already ?

[thetomorrowshow]

survival

esh au hiiiii

Announcement: I'm going to be doing whumptober! A week from now is the 1st of October, so in addition to the next oleander update, i'll also start posting my whumptober fics :)

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He doesn’t stay in the city because of course he doesn’t stay in the city. He’s the prime suspect in a double homicide, after all.

Still, Jimmy sticks around the streets for a while, ducking into the shadows whenever he hears a siren. After all, it’s a bit suspicious to see a dirty teenager out on his own, nothing on him but his clothes and his backpack (still with his cheap geometry textbook and his assigned English reading stuffed into it, because they make for somewhere to lay his head that isn’t hard ground).

(He’d thought about going back to school, at first. How ridiculous is that?)

He sticks around for about a month—far longer than he wants to live on the streets, but his parents are cremated and so the funeral service isn’t urgent, and is held three weeks after their death.

Nobody notices the sallow sixteen-year-old boy loitering in the church front entrance, listening to the echoes of the eulogy. They don’t notice that he spent the last bit of his money on a white button-up from a thrift store, that he’d braved a homeless shelter to be able to shower. They don’t notice the tears that streak down his face, that he desperately tries to wipe away.

Then the loudspeaker in the entrance sparks and smokes and stops working, so Jimmy leaves.

He knows he has to get away. He’s barely been surviving nicking food from convenience stores and restock trucks. He doesn’t dare show his face at any of the homeless camps around the city, nor any of the charity food organizations. He’s certain that they’ll just turn him in.

But he doesn’t have the money to go anywhere, nor the survival skills to set up in the woods somewhere, so he does what must be the inevitable. He breaks into someone’s house and steals every valuable he can find.

The house he chooses has a lot—expensive electronics and sparkling jewelry, and he feels utterly awful about it but he decides against leaving an apology note and just runs, ignoring the way the door falls off its hinges behind him.

There’s an unforeseen issue, though: for a street rat, he doesn’t really have any connections—and he’s too much of a good kid to even know how to go about making connections. The one time he tries, he somehow ends up with three necklaces gone and a small packet of white powder in exchange. That he manages to pass off for some decent money, but he gets out of that area quickly before he ends up getting into the wrong sort of business.

From then on, he robs the nice-looking houses (he doesn’t really care about security and wears a mask and hoodie to do it, and when alarms are inevitably tripped he somehow evades capture) and only goes for cash. Eventually, he’s got enough of the stuff in his backpack to rent a place far away, a shady place he’d checked out online that’s a good thirty minute drive away from any sort of civilization (and quite far away from here) and the landlord doesn’t care that he’s paying in cash.

How to get there is the next question.

The cross-country bus doesn’t run in that direction, and even if it did the price would be over $300, so Jimmy nixes that idea pretty quickly. He can’t hitchhike, that would go poorly. He can’t steal a car—he’d never finished learning how to drive, and it would be a matter of time before a crash.

He ends up doing what he’s only seen in movies—he hitches a ride on a cargo train headed in the right direction. The trainyard at the edge of the city has very few cameras; it had been a piece of cake to sneak into one of the middle cars of what seemed to be a train full of grain and hide out between the stacks of it.

In that train, Jimmy sees the countryside for the first time in his life.

He’s never lived outside Empires City, and while he’d learned about rolling fields and corn for miles on end, he hadn’t actually believed it.

He believes it now.

It goes on for absolutely ages, field after field after field, occasionally broken up by barns or houses, but not nearly frequently enough. It’s insane. Some of the fields are for livestock—there are whole herds of cows, just roaming around out there.

It’s beautiful, but soon enough, the monotony gets to him. It’s nothing like the city, with its bright lights and forever bustle, and eye spy isn’t fun by himself. Jimmy ends up rolling up his hoodie and shoving it under his head, then lying back and falling asleep.

Somehow, the trip passes mostly uneventfully. He’d done a decent bit of research at a library computer (which had flashed error screens halfway through his scouring of train depot maps) and knows that this train will take him almost all the way to his destination, leaving him with a two day walk into town and then a day of walking to reach his rental. The walking part he’s fairly confident about, and there’s a couple of printed-off maps stuffed into his hoodie pocket to guide him. What he’d been worried about was the train.

The train doesn’t break down, though. The most that happens is a couple of bags split open, grain spilling everywhere. Jimmy doesn’t think too hard about it, just hugs his backpack a little closer to himself. He always gets a sick feeling in the pit of his stomach when his power manifests these days.

He hopes, if Lizzie’s alive, that she’s all right.

She hadn’t been found, either. The last time she’d been seen was by some friends at band after school on that fateful day. She’d vanished off the face of the earth, much like he had.

Jimmy swallows back the tears that burn at the corners of his vision. He can’t. He can’t think about her. He can’t think about his past at all. He just has to—he has to get away from everyone so that he never hurts anyone ever again, and then everything will become okay.

He sneaks off the train at his stop (a small depot, a couple of houses spread about and a place for the train to stop), slipping and faceplanting in the dust. He stumbles back up, hikes his backpack further up on his shoulders, and starts walking, through the tiny settlement and then along the side of the freeway that cuts through it.

There’s a gas station about three hours into his walk, thank goodness. He’s been out of water for far longer than he predicted, ever since his water bottle cracked down the side five hours ago, forcing him to drink all he could until the bottle was empty. At the gas station, he purchases a six-pack of cheap water and a pre-packaged pastry.

The pastry is moldy, of course. He eats around the black spots.

A two day walk. Into town, at least. Then another day to get to his rental. And after that. . . .

Jimmy’s not really sure what’s left of his life after that. Unless he can figure out how to control his powers, he’s stuck out in the middle of nowhere forever. He’ll have to become a farmer or something, raise chickens and grow food for himself so that he never has to subject the town to his misfortune.

For the first time, Jimmy stops to think about his long-term plans.

For the first time, Jimmy wonders if he should be alive.

-

The house sucks.

The fridge doesn’t work. There’s missing shingles on the roof, and the first time it rains the ceiling leaks all over the threadbare carpet in the living room. The air conditioning won’t turn on, and two weeks into living there the ceiling fan just falls out of the ceiling, narrowly avoiding crushing him (he walks away with some smarting scratches on his legs).

There’s some technically good things, he supposes. For instance, he gets pretty good at using a screwdriver after the cabinet doors and the doorknobs repeatedly fall off. Having a bed is nicer than sleeping on the ground, as he’s been doing for quite some time now. Even if the bedframe collapses on him during his second week. And rent is cheap!

Once a week, the city bus comes by to the bus stop a couple minutes out from the house, near the water tower (most workers at the water plant ride the bus to work), and when Jimmy eventually works up the courage (and entirely runs out of food), he rides it into town.

He doesn’t have enough money to last him forever. He can maybe survive for a year out here on what he has. If he starts a garden, though, gets some chickens like he planned. . . .

Jimmy goes back to the house with an armful of groceries, ten packets of seeds, and three chickens following him. It’s just getting to gardening season, so it’s the ideal time to set something up.

The work of turning the dirt with the rusted rake he finds in the garage is hard, but feels so unbelievably good. It’s awfully nice to have something to do, something that isn’t moping around the house, trying not to destroy everything he touches. He feels like he has something of a purpose, a purpose to plant a sustaining garden and raise three chickens and make something out of the profits.

If things go well, and he becomes less dangerous, maybe he can set up at a farmer’s market. Less exposure to the outside world than an actual job, so less chance of hurting anyone. Still bringing in a bit of money, enough to hopefully keep up with his rent.

His rake strikes a rock, which flies up and hits him square between the eyes. Right. Less planning for the impossible, more cultivating a garden.

For the second time, leaning on the handle of the rake as he rubs his forehead, Jimmy wonders if he’s meant to be alive.

-

By some stroke of luck, all goes . . . well.

The garden isn’t the best garden ever. The chickens are, perhaps, a bit more scraggly than the average chicken, their eggs more often rotten than not by the time Jimmy gets to them. But he can survive off of it, and for a teenage boy, he feels pretty proud of himself.

And he starts to settle in.

Maybe he can make this work. He can . . . he can just be a recluse, maybe work some sort of online job to pay the bills, survive off of his own garden and animals. If he saves up, he could maybe get a goat or two. Goats give milk, right? Edible milk? Having some milk would be nice.

It’s that autumn, of course, when things start to go wrong.

He’s heading into town for the first time in over a month, hungering for something other than bitter lettuce and tomatoes and eggs and Malt O’ Meal (his last box had run out that morning). Maybe he can spare some money on a frozen pizza (he knows he won’t—he’d already made a list for bread ingredients, a cookbook, and plenty of peanut butter and jelly).

The town feels . . . empty. He doesn’t pass anyone out walking or kids playing in yards, houses shuttered and doors closed. There are only three cars in the grocery store’s parking lot, and one of them is an employee.

The groceries are overpriced, but Jimmy doesn’t have any other choices. He’s thirsty, too, and stops for a bottle of water before heading to the single employee for checking out, but the shelves for bottled drinks are bare.

The cashier checks him out with an apology—

“Sorry, we’ll be getting more water on Tuesday, when the shipment comes in. If you can’t hold out until then, I’ve heard that our Belton location has some. Stay safe.”

And that, more than anything else, really worries Jimmy.

The library’s closed (it must be a holiday, or a weekend, or something), but there’s a newspaper box at the bus stop. It cracks open at his touch, so he takes a paper without paying and reads while he waits for the bus, hoping that it’s recent enough to have some news about what’s with the water.

As it turns out, it’s on the first page.

Hundreds ill. Contaminated water. Reports from analyzing labs that indicate that any water from the tap is deadly—as soon as it enters the water tower it becomes contaminated, but they’ve tried disinfecting the tower or gathering rainwater or taking it straight from the treatment plant, but nothing works. Anyone who drinks any water gets sick.

And Jimmy knows, instinctively, that it’s because of him.

After all, he lives within walking distance of the treatment plant.

It’s there, waiting for the bus, that Jimmy decides that he can’t stay here. He’d always known, deep down, that it wouldn’t work out. He’d hoped, of course. He’d hoped that the creaky old house could have contained him, held him there. That maybe he wouldn’t be dangerous if all he could hurt was himself.

Clearly, nowhere is far enough away. Even when he separates himself from civilization as much as possible, he can’t escape hurting people. He can’t escape himself.

He doesn’t move away immediately, though he’s so disgusted with himself (he can see the water tower through his window, and the now-frequent workers trying to fix it) that he wishes he could. Instead, he spends a week harvesting what he can—a few limp handfuls of lettuce and about a dozen tomatoes—and fixes what he can on the house.

When the time comes to leave, he doesn’t take the bus. He walks, his chickens following along behind, until he reaches the town.

Jimmy lifts the chickens one by one into someone’s backyard, leaving them a couple of tomatoes to eat until their new owner finds them.

He feels lucky that he hadn’t managed to kill his chickens. He really did come to love them—he had built the shoddiest of coops out of spare wood from his shed, and he’d petted each of them on the head every day, and frequently carried one around when he was too lonely to do anything. They can’t come back to the city with him, though—he’s sure that they wouldn’t survive the trip.

For back to the city is where Jimmy is headed. He’d considered just wandering, a vagrant, but he doesn’t exactly have the skills for that. He doesn’t know anything about scavenging or hunting, he hates stealing from people who aren’t already well-off, and he’s been feeling unwell for the past couple of days. He can’t survive wandering the country.

And in the city, there’s . . . well, there are more people to hurt, but there are more people to fix his problems. More places for people to go for help.

And maybe he can do some good instead of just isolating himself, get a job where he can be helpful. Balance out some of his karma.

Or maybe the train he hitchhikes on will crash and burn and he’ll die.

Jimmy’s not sure which would be preferable.

[beardedmrbean]

If you were secretly that big of an asshole and you had the money why not get personal security?

I guess he does have the money, not in cash but still.

Considering how many people would likely be very happy to punch him in the face it does make some sense.

Meanwhile in the unproblematic world of Keanu Reeves

Oh lord, this is too funny, ahh sad Keanu.

I gotta balance out the negative jimmy falon crap tho.

I've seen the video of this, anyone but Keanu and a very few others would have gone and waited in the first class lounge, Keanu hops in a van and gets everyone snacks at a gas station.

This went a oddish way, but I think it's a improvement over just talking about a terribly unfunny man being a douche.

I think most will agree

[freakartack]

Got any HCs towards why half of the gang left WW Inc. during DIY? And what happned towards the brand new Micro game company?

I actually live for this workplace drama

Truly the short answer is "no" because I have no idea what he could have done to fuck up this bad. but if both mona and jimmy t jumped ship you KNOW it's bad.

These are all (in-universe) forum speculations so your salt grains may vary but something interesting about this is that one of them throws out that wario never did any work. Now wario is lazy and an asshole who never pays anyone but despite the fact that he's making money off of all his other friends' work, he HAS made his own microgames. In most games he's even made twice as many microgames as each of his friends (one set at the beginning and one set at the end). So what happened here? Was he refusing to make his own games this time? Did it come to light that he HADN'T actually made all those games? Did he plagiarize them? Did he outsource them? Are YOU, the player, partially responsible for this friend group schism? He certainly isn't above using his friends' assets after they left the company.

But you know who else isn't above profiting off of the demise of his social life?

DOCTOR CRYGOR!! Not only is he letting you, Wario's only employee prior to Showcase, use the makermatic engine, but he's ALSO supplying it to everyone in diamond software AND wario-man software. He's playing both sides for cash money!! No wonder wario is friends with him!

But crygor isn't even the only person who's profiting off of this. People in wario's life are quite literally coming out of the woodwork to make money off of this fiasco. I speak of none other than:

MASTER MANTIS!! Why is he here?? Smooth moves, the game he and cricket debut in, is a departure from the typical warioware storyline in that we're not even sure if anyone made any games. Rather than the typical "everyone pitches in to make this game for you" plot, there's all that jazz about ancient artifacts and allusions to people literally playing microgames in real life. (Or at the very least, having fun holding the wii remote in various positions. I don't judge.) Either way, there is no mention of either young cricket or master mantis being hired at warioware incorporated. So they would have had no horse in the race of its temporary dissolution.

UNTIL NOW!!!

MASTER MANTIS, YOU FUCKER!!

But not everyone is looking out for themselves in this game. SOME PEOPLE actually care about their friendships. SOME PEOPLE, whose friendships were unfortunately split up in a tragedy of indescribable proportions:

The fact that 9-volt left warioware inc is crazy in itself because he is easily in the top 2 wario fanboys. Equally crazy is the fact that he also broke up with his bestest buddy in the whole wide world. So what happened??

18-volt's post-boss break on diy showcase depicts 18-volt extending an olive branch of peace and being callously rejected by a devious-looking 9-volt. Of course, 18-volt made this cutscene. Despite this animation showing otherwise there is certainly enough to suggest that he's still at least somewhat bitter about whatever argument led to this:

So, what really happened? Obviously, wario committed a dick move of gargantuan proportions if 9-volt was mad enough to walk out. That being said, 9-volt has had ample opportunities to work with THE Wario. He worked on mega microgames, possibly mega party games depending on how you interpret it, twisted, touched...meanwhile, how many games did 18-volt make? It's not a stretch to imagine that a desperate wario went through his rolodex of "people he's heard of" and went to the guy that 9-volt talks about a lot, and 18-volt leapt at the opportunity to finally make a warioware game. Maybe he was also a little upset that 9-volt never tried to get him a job there to begin with. Meanwhile, 9-volt is probably pissed that 18-volt is doing the kiddie version of scabbing while he's still mad at wario. Truly painful stuff.

So how did they get back together?

Diamond software is run by Manager Joe. Manager Joe does not slack off. Manager Joe runs 5 businesses in one afternoon, and is so punctual that mona literally shoots at a fleet of police cars just to get to his workplace on time. You'll remember that wario, allegedly, never does any work. He slacks off. But you know who else loooooves slacking off?

I think that, unlike wario, manager joe actually tried to manage a game company. And NOBODY is used to that. Nobody is used to deadlines, or formal work meetings, or work emails (I said WORK emails, jimmy t), or anything that can't be accurately labeled as "hanging out with the boys". (Except for mona, who if you'll note in the last forum screenshot, has the best-loved games in diamond software. Mona's games are consistently really good anyways, but I wonder if in this case it's an indicator that she was more acclimated to the fast-paced work environments of manager joe.)

I think that's what made everyone come running back to wario. Manager joe is a nice guy, but despite everyone's qualms with wario they are all very wario-like themselves. They jump at the chance to make a profit and they'll jump even higher for a chance to just goof off. And it just isn't the same without the guy who is exploiting their labor all the time. Toxic workplaces FTW!

[valenthario]

'cause you know I'll be right there beside you riding through all these western nights

JIMMY DUTTON. SHE/HE. FOUNDER OF THE DUTTON LEGACY.

loyal. rancher. mean 🏇 championship rider

jimmy had to just leave. that's it. money has never been easy for her family, resulting in all of them getting into very shady situations just for some quick cash. jimmy still has all the scars he got from getting beaten up when he tried to get by for the week. she's had enough, so he picked up her late grandfather's old truck and hit the road as soon as she graduated from willow creek high. passing by all the towns, stopping here and there for years on end had finally worn him out. now, as a twenty-eight year old, who has had enough life experience under his belt, he's yearning for a place to just settle down in. going east on a highway from strangerville, she stumbled upon the quaint town of chestnut ridge. he'd grown up watching all sorts of horse championships on the tv, dreaming of one day becoming a full fledged equestrian. of course, those dreams have been left in the past a long time ago... but, oh well, maybe? would it be so bad if her little 6 year old heart would finally be satisfied?

[gumdytoonsen]

I made fanart for MrBeast (Jimmy Donalson) He is a Famous Youtuber Who Makes Game Challenges to Earn Money He gives away everything like:

Cars

Cash

Prizes His own Products like:

The Burger and Chocolate Chain He is also recognized for building 100 Wells

Schools

Energy

Internet Access and Houses in Africa but He arrived in Latin America to Save From the Heavy Rains and Hurricane Beryl Causing Damage in Every Poor Town Now He Built 100 Houses in Latin American Countries as:

🇨🇷Costa Rica

🇬🇹Guatemala In collaboration with the Government of Bernado Arevado

🇯🇲Jamica

🇸🇻El Salvador in collaboration with the Government of BUKELE Causing Salvadorans Peoples and Families to cry with happiness for their help and gifts of Chocolates

Soccer Fields

and Balls But also

🇲🇽Mexico

🇨🇴Colombia

And 🇦🇷Argentina I am glad that this American Youtuber Millionaire He says that He is going to be President of the United States but to be President you have to be 32 years old MrBeast Thank you very much for giving away the 100 houses in El Salvador I hope you come to

🇭🇳Honduras In collaboration with Shi Fujiyama, Copeco, the secretary of education and the Government of President Xiomara Castro May God Almighty Bless

MR BEAST IS GREAD

[thesimonkshow]

The Little Tag Team Match That Could

Tonights WWE PLE Fastlane has received some criticism for not having a good enough build & only relying on Cena’s star power to sell tickets, however there is a surprise match that could help set the scene for the Road to WrestleMania & it’s the match that will open up the show: Damian Priest & Finn Bálor vs. Cody Rhodes & Jey Uso.

The WWE Universe was stunned when The Judgement Day stablemates and occasional rivals finally put their petty squabbling to rest at the behest of Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley and captured the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championships from beloved fan favourites Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn, however anyone watching how they have dominating the scene on RAW wouldn’t be surprised, they are up with the World Heavyweight Champion Seth ‘Freakin’ Rollins as the stars of Monday nights, so this was bound to happen at some point.

However their reign could potentially come to an end as they face the American Nightmare & Main Event Jey Uso, weeks following their first successful title defence against Owens & Zayn, and the results of this match could shake the table for the tag division, especially considering the truce orchestrated by Ripley & Paul Heyman, which saw Jimmy Uso & Solo Sikoa align with The Judgement Day on last night’s SmackDown.

Let’s discuss what could happen if the tag team of top faces snatch the titles away from The Judgement Day, which could prove costly for Rollins who is in a Last Man Standing match alongside Shinsuke Nakamura as tonights Main Event, his first LMS match in WWE. These matches are hazardous for both champion and challenger and if Rollins retains against the King of Strong Style, he would still be very worse for ware, which could lead Priest to strike as he still has his Money In The Bank contract, but the only reason he would cash in, alongside it being a stipulation match is because he lost the Tag Titles.

Now this could lead to two seperate things happening: Firstly, JD McDonagh (who despite being an ally to The Judgement Day has been a thorn in Priest’s side) could cost him the cash in (either by causing a DQ which leads to Rollins retaining or by stealing the contract inside the briefcase so that Damian has only a brief period of glory before it’s ripped away) & takes his place in the group and alongside Uso & Sikoa, faces the Face Team at Survivor Series: WarGames. McDonagh will eventually face Rollins at WrestleMania 40 & through his mentor Bálor’s nefarious means, he’ll capture the title, only for the bictory to be short lived as Priest seeking revenge, cashes in to become the World Heavyweight Champion, having his big solo moment on The Grandest Stage Of Them All

Secondly, Priest cashes in successfully at Fastlane and becomes the new World Heavyweight Champion. This alongside Dominik Mysterio’s North American Championship recapture on NXT this week + the addition of Uso & Sikoa to the team’s allegiances would lead to Bálor & Mcdonagh battling it out to take the last spot in Team Judgement Day. Now either, Bálor will be chosen and McDonagh in a fit of rage, coats Priest at his next title defence, which will likely be the final RAW of the year which falls on Christmas Day causing him to drop the title to the surprise returning CM Punk (whom despite controversies, is set for a shocking return to WWE & will likely be a member of Team Cody at WarGames, as the event is held in his hometown of Chicago, Illinois)

This could also affect how Team Cody is structured for Survivor Series: WarGames. Initially it looked as if Owens & Zayn would join the team of faces, however last night’s SmackDown, in which John Cena & LA Knight were joined by Rhdoes & Uso caused a massive crowd pop, meaning the status of the remaining members of the team are now thrown up in the air. If Cena & Knight are chosen to be in the team, then Rhodes & Uso would have to win the titles tonight and face Owens & Zayn at Crown Jewel, with the two ultimately pulling themselves from the match due to not being at 100% for the event, or due to their egos being bruised. Drew McIntyre will also likely be approached but will turn them down flat out, which will only add fuel to the fire for the Scotsman’s eventual heel turn. Desperate in needing members, the two will turn to the always reliable faces who will accept and together alongside Punk will most likely win the match.

Rhodes & Uso’s reign will carry on to the Royal Rumble, where against The Street Profits (and their corrupting mentor Bobby Lashley) they’ll duke it out in a brilliant match, only for Jimmy Uso to cost his brother and see the newly formed stable crowned Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions & this will ultimately lead to Jey eliminating Jimmy from the Royal Rumble, leading to several inter brand swipes that leads to an eventual Uce vs Uce match at WrestleMania 40, whereas Cody will most likely be a factor in a potential match between McIntyre & a returning Randy Orton, whom the former is set on destroying anything his former rival has touched (he’d already taken Riddle away whilst Orton was injured).

After several bursts of heel like behaviour (which will likely continue at the Royal Rumble, where other faces caught in McIntyre’s crosshairs like Uso, Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods will be eliminated by the Scotsman), McIntyre will finally crack after the Elimination Chamber, where upon being eliminated by Orton, McIntyre will attack Rhodes and cost him the match, fighting against the officials to ultimately put Rhodes on the bench in kayfabe. Rhodes will recover by WrestleMania and be involved in the match, though I’m not sure who the victor would be.

The Street Profits hopeful Royal Rumble victory could also help set the scene for the WWE Women’s Championship match, that is if Charlotte Flair ends up defeating Iyo Sky at Crown Jewel. Member Montez Ford’s wife Bianca Belair has been a decorated champion and a popular character with fans since she debuted back in 2017, competing in the Mae Young Classic. However she has taken a break over the past few months, which will set up a return for the Women’s Royal Rumble. She’ll initially return as the enthusiastically confident face we all know and love, however following loses, she will start to fall under the influence of Ford, his teammate Angelo Dawkins & Lashley, which will lead her to attack Flair and challenge her at WrestleMania 40 for the WWE Women’s Championship.

Belair & Flair have been intense competition in the women’s division and fans have been clamouring to seeing the two facing off on The Grandest Stage Of Them All, especially since their last match together ended in a DQ win for Belair, which cost her a chance at the RAW Women’s Championship. The only way these days to seemingly face Flair in a match at WWE’s flagship event is if it’s for a title, whether Flair is defending or fighting for one and her potential victory at Crown Jewel would signify her 17th reign (Knowing how popular the Saudi Arabian event is with WWE Legends & Flair’s own admission she wants her father Ric to be there when she surpasses his 16 title reigns, sadly the writing seems on the wall for Sky’s reign). Belair also has a reputation to fight for, as she has been undefeated at WrestleMania in singles competition since her debut at WrestleMania 37, her fourth victory coinciding with her fourth title reign in WWE is too good of a coincidence to pass up on.

Now on the other hand, let’s discuss what could happen if The Judgement Day retains their titles, likely due to an assist from Uso & Sikoa. The battling over positions could still occur as usually WarGames matches are 5 on 5 and again, if Bálor or McDonagh are left out, the stories I’ve placed for them above would carry through here, although it would either lead to the titles either being split between brands: DIY (Johnny Gargano & Tommaso Ciampa) for RAW & The OC (Karl Anderson & Luke Gallows) for SmackDown or the titles are left fused together, in which case I don’t know which team would be booked to win them. However the titles would eventually be lost due to McDonagh’s meddling, which leads to the World Heavyweight Champion Priest facing McDonagh in a championship match that also determines who stays in The Judgement Day, which I think Priest should win, but the result could still be up in the air if Hunter books it. If Priest wins & McDonagh is expelled, Bálor will be racked with pain for months leading to him leaving the group and turning face with McDonagh down the line.

HOWEVER with Roman Reigns returning on the Season Premiere of SmackDown this coming Friday, there could be a chance he rips up the alliance between the two, which could lead to Ripley taking the fifth spot (wouldn’t be the first time she fought the men), in which case the last member of Team Cody will be Orton, as the urge the audience has to see Ripley be hit with an RKO has frothed and bubbled over the course of a year). In this case, following Reign’s defence at Crown Jewel against AJ Styles, he’ll probably take Jimmy Uso to task for his subtle imitation of him and punish him with a brutal title match to close out the PLE, Reigns would obviously retain, but it will end off with a scathing promo which is interrupted by a returning CM Punk, setting the stage between both men.

TL;DR: Damian Priest & Finn Bálor vs Cody Rhodes & Jey Uso for the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championships has the potential to shake up WWE in such a way, it makes up for Fastlane’s lackluster build.

[iamnotcrying-iamallergictolife]

Do you think, in the Time Machine sequence, when Mike said he'd go back to when he took his first bribe, Jimmy was thinking about the Kettlemans? About 'I can't take a bribe', about the first time he showed weakness, about how that weakness, at the end of the day, defined his entire career?

'Upon this rock, I will build my church.' Do you think he's looking back, and realising how right he was? About how his success was defined by, and built from, from the very beginning, duplicity and fraud? About how he was doomed from that moment? His foray into the wilderness that night, and, as far as he was concerned, his death by exposure out in the desert that day? Both with a huge bag of money? It would be impossible for him not to see the parallels there. He's come full circle. Maybe Lalo was the beginning of the end - or maybe the end has been waiting for him from the very, very beginning.

Sure, he had so many other choices along the way, but that was the turning point, really. That moment when he decided to take their bribe, when he lied to himself that it was justified, that he could take a 'retainer' instead. That it wasn't a crime, not really, if he could talk his way out of it. And that's what's made him such a great lawyer, over the years - 'I believe that, until proven guilty, every man, woman and child in this country is innocent.' - he can talk his clients out of anything. And if he can talk his clients out of anything, he can talk himself into anything. It's no surprise that he represents himself in court every time we see him on the other side of the bench - he's always been his own client, justifying his actions to a jury of one. He plays his own judge, his own jury, and, in the end, his own executioner. A man who represents himself in court has a fool for a lawyer. He doesn't know how to play anything but the fool. Half idiot, half crook.

And in the end, he went back to the Kettlemans. They were one of the key pieces of evidence in his and Kim's case against Howard, which lead to Howard's death, and Kim's exit, and the emergence of the Saul Goodman character we see in Breaking Bad.

Do you think that's what he was thinking when he asked Walter White that same question, years later? What was your bribe, huh? What did you trick yourself into believing was right, was just? What do you regret? And Walter sees right through him. Sees his regret, in his story about the slip 'n' fall. This is where he was always going to end up. This is who he's always been - and, ironically, it has always been his desperation to prove everyone wrong about him (with Detectives Dunst and Russo, leading to him tracking down the Kettlemans; with Chuck, leading to his entire career; again, and again, with Kim, Howard, Nacho, everyone), that lead to him proving them all right. 'So... You were always like this?'

For Walter, it was Grey Matter; for Mike, it was a bribe; for Jimmy, it was the Kettlemans. Everyone's got something they regret, the thing that got them in the Game.

'That night, I saw opportunity.' He finally admits to himself and everyone, in the end, that, yes, this is who I am, this is who I was always going to be, this is what you made me. Maybe he realised that, even before he met Walter White, he defined the man he was going to be, the character he was going to create, the church he was going to build, when he took that bag of cash.

[mandy4ever69420]

anemoneway 4.10

debbie is so fucking good. and so debbie. literally all the time forever. 'all i do is look for my family i should get you all ankle bracelets' [to fionas po] '[carl]'s really shy :)' 'i use [the shiv the PO found] for knitting :)' <-immensely based and careful and well executed lies. shes so s10 coded here

carl and bonnie are devastating always and forever. also whoever this little baby actress is is amazing. the way that she's having a ball on this bitch but also very clearly panicking while stealing snacks and chocolate milk w carl.

early in the episode mickey says of mandy's abuser 'its our house why the fuck should she have to leave' . very true observation also 100% related to his need to run away from his house to be away from svetlana constantly. notable how he only ever gets worked up when it's someone else in danger. svetlana was never really abusive but i think there was a pretty good point being made here w mickeys plot about him never being too tough to face that level of manipulation and control. wrt 'i promise you your kids going to be an orphan / hey no domestic abuse take it outside like everyone else' probably supposed to be reminiscent of darvo.

svetlana implicitly taking mickey's side in an argument with kevin about cash is fantasic. her only line in that scene is 'kelly girls' but you can see her angled defensively at kevin when he's heckling mickey for money. also another reason it makes me insane when people will frame mickey pimping in general as 'unethical' bitch are you fucking stupid

really enjoy how kevin was afraid enough of mickey / mickey was direct enough that the fear he experienced at the THOUGHT of mickey showing up was enough to fuck his relationship over in a horrifying traumatic way wrt: grabbing a gun and accidentally firing it in the house. quoth sameen shaw 'we imply [violence]. we may not have to use it'

its so much easier to be amused by sheila when im not trying so hard to like her

fiona's taking a van randomly across state lines was basically untraceable i wonder how far she wouldve gottten if she wasnt half in the door n being a careful committed family person. also this being her main association with 'running away' kind of makes me think her advice to ian in s7 might not have been about jimmy at all but about this. i mean we know mickey would never leave ian at a gas station but he did leave his former cell mate / other friend when he became a liability.

they show up at the police station presumably in hopes that turning herself in will reduce the severity of punishment but im not sure that's true. youre basically just making the cops jobs easier. im not saying its a good idea to just keep dodging but debbie did set up a pretty good lie for you guys with 'i think shes looking for a job or something, im not sure when i saw her last'

lips leap into parentification in the void fiona left behind when she got full up sick to bastard death of her own parentification and had a meltdown into prison is an interesting possibly unintentional foreshadow of lip's breakdown and debbies eventual inevitable role as the 'sue hurry up lts go more muffins what do you WANT' of the household. debbie's dedication to being a parent on purpose and how much older everyone is when she grabs the reigns might cut off the potential of this to be a permanent loop. also interesting how its never ian because ian is always looking outside of the house for places to be a person instead of getting overinvolved in everyones shit.

on the debbie WINS of the day was how she acted about mike's brother robbie. at his apartment. she's so my world

[jimothy-hopkins]

Cash and Jimmy’s mothers relationship

Jimmy’s mother is named Mallory (taken from the lovely @/deadpuppetboi)

Cash met Mallory in highschool.

Mallory was a pretty girl with a good reputation and Cash was the new kid that was labeled as a problem child.

They met through a shared English class where Mallory basically talked to him the entire time.

He thought she was pulling that popular kid thing where they treat the loner kid like their pet or ‘friend’.

However she wasn’t, and genuinely wanted to know about him.

They became very good friends, playfully bantering with one another.

Mallory would ask him to be her date to homecoming, and he agreed.

Good lord did he fall HARD for her.

Later that year Cash nervously asked her out at a skating rink, and of course Mallory said yes,

They dated through the rest of high-school and college.

After they got their respective degrees they got married and brought their own home.

The evntually agreed on having children. Unfortunately Mallory struggled with fertility, she had many miscarriages. This devastated both her and Cash, they wanted to have a family of their own.

When Mallory found out she was pregnant again, she and Cash were very nervous. Many nights they spent praying that they wouldn’t have to face losing another baby.

When the due date came, they were both overjoyed when she delivered a perfectly healthy baby boy.

They named him James Earl Cash Jr.

Cash was a very good father, he loved Jimmy. He took up his share of caring for jimmy when he was off work.

However, Cash had run into trouble with the law. It had been a long time coming.

He’d been doing many disturbing odd jobs over the years to help support himself and Mallory.

Cash left a note and all the money he had to Mallory before he left, telling her to change their sons name and that he loved both of them.

When Mallory found out she became extremely depressed.

When her depression dulled, she felt bitterness towards Jimmy. Since he looked a good bit like his father and had the same attitude.

This created problems in their relationship. It only got worse when Mallory began to date men that either hated Jimmy or put his own children above him.

Her current husband is alright. He’s wealthy, intelligent, and can take care of the both of them. But he will never fill the spot in Mallory’s heart that Cash will always have,

Maybe someday he’ll come back to her and Jimmy.

[unitedbydevils]

Fixing United: FM24 vs Real Life

Once upon a time, playing as Manchester United on Football Manager would be seen as an easy save. The same went for Real, Barca, Bayern, Chelsea... it was just a load of cash, a load of rep, and a stroll in the park with any vaguely sensible tactics.

These days though the likes of United, Chelsea, Ajax, Valencia are in disappointing form. Big name sides lower down the table than before. The upside though is that suddenly it's more of a legitimate challenge to take over one of these clubs on Football Manager and restore former glories.

Fixing United:

I'm currently in my second season at United, having won the League Cup twice and the Premier League and the FA Cup in my previous season. We also did alright in the Champions League, though lost to Barcelona and they ultimately lost to City in the final - can't stop the Blue Moon entirely eh.

The big changes to my side were RCB, RW, and RB. Todibo in from Nice replaced the outgoing Varane (Saudi league), whilst Diogo Dalot jumped before being pushed (to Arsenal) allowing me to bag United fan Jeremie Frimpong from Leverkusen - and for less money than I sold Dalot for. Bargain!

United's right side is very feeble. The game treats Antony as a good winger and supplier, but reality is yet to prove that point. I kept the Brazilian for the season, and also played Sancho (who remains) but I've brought in much more talent.

Mohamed Daramy from Reims is in - the Dane linking up nicely with Højlund. Johan Bakayoko (PSV) and Roony Bardghji (FCK) are both in but back out on loan at their former clubs for one final season of development, giving me time to sell Amad, Pellistri, and maybe Sancho - should a PSG/Barca bid materialise.

As you can see, I'm working on Højlund and Evan Ferguson (both ardent United fans) to be all-out complete forwards. Man of the Moment types. They have the skill set to be all United need, and so far so good.

Rashford plays left and only left. If he has a form drop, like real life, then Garnacho/Sancho/Daramy get his spot. Simple as that.

Bruno is currently the top scorer at the club with 28 goals and 13 assists. This is Ballon d'Or form.

Sancho quietly gets on with his football. Sports Interactive clearly don't know ball.

Mount as a roaming playmaker or a box-to-box midfielder is where I find him strongest. He did take time to establish himself though, so fans should give him this time in real life. There's a good, clever player there, and United need brains on the field.

Tchouameni was a fluke signing, having already bagged Joao Gomes from Wolves to replace the despondent Casemiro and to allow a more tekkie Kobbie Mainoo to work his way in as a Herrera type of DM/ball winner. Still, we take it, he's class, and everyone gets rotated.

The back 5 is obvious, with Frimpong in for AWB more often than not but also more prone to injuries due to his athletic approach and the skillset drawing fouls.

Beyond this the academy is doing well. Dan Gore (on loan at West Brom) has had a season like Jimmy Garner did at Forest IRL, so he's possibly ready to squeeze into the first team squad - especially if I do sell a few people. Mount can then rotate more in CAM with Bruno, and that opens my LCM creative position for someone like a Gore.

The interesting thing for me has been realising that United does have issues, for sure. RW and RCB are the crucial two spots that if you fix, the team really clicks into place, but also it's the depth of talent and the specifics of deputies. In real life we have Lindelöf and Maguire; able EPL defenders but not the same playstyle as Martinez or Varane. Ten Hag can't achieve with these deputies. Variety between a Dalot/Frimpong offense and Wan Bissaka defence... sure, that makes sense, but the footballing culture shift of high line passing defenders versus bruisers who sit deep and battle constantly... it's not it.

For United to turn a new leaf and escape the Banter Era there has to be consistency in both recruitment and development. United's squad and academy need to be working to the same hymn sheet of what Ten Hag's first XI need and how to fit it. The right wing suits me as classic winger, but ETH will be happy having a winger, an inside forward, an inverted winger ala Antony - whoever. Options are a good thing when they can still adhere to the core principles or tenets of a manager's style. For me, I like having a Rashford/Garnacho swing in off the left to double up with the CF, and the LB/RW being wide support.

Maybe Erik wants this too, maybe not, but FM24 has me as Master and Commander in the Fergie role. Ten Hag isn't about that, nor should he be. Sir Jim Ratcliffe needs to come in and establish this setup with reputable, reliable professionals who can be held accountable. With these people in place, then United can begin a 5-year project of overhauling the squad bit by bit. This is where you'll see young, suitable talent brought in at fair prices on fair wages to serve as backup to the starting 11.

[imabillyami]

Okay hear me out, I’m thinking about this whole booking situation.

Here’s my thoughts (reminder: personal opinion, doesn’t have to match your own):

They might change their Seth vs Punk plans to Seth vs Gunther (as to not “waste” the Seth vs Punk buildup and momentum on an injury).

So what if Gunther wins the Rumble (he was runner up last year after all) and chooses Seth.

He then goes on to defend his IC Title inside the Elimination Chamber and that’s how Jey wins that title, so Gunther is free to take the WHC off of Seth.

That way post Mania he can enter a feud with Drew.

(Or alternatively they’ve been teasing Drew potentially challenging Priest for the briefcase, so maybe he’ll cash it in for a triple threat at Mania or prior to Mania if Seth really can’t make it to Mania).

I think they’re gonna keep that briefcase as an insurance policy in case rehabbing doesn’t work for Seth, no matter if it’s Priest or Drew holding it.

As for Jey, we could then get jealous Jimmy (who eliminated his twin from the Rumble) vs Jey for the IC Title at Mania.

Again, just my thoughts and how I’d book it.

I’m very much still on the surprise Rumble winner Sami agenda, but right now it wouldn’t make much sense. What would though is making him the next Mr. Money in the Bank with the PLE being held in Canada. And that way he could still win his first singles World Title.

Plus it’d give them time to built up beautifully into Sami vs Jey eventually and set up Jey for his first singles World Title too.

That’s my current thoughts on the matter.