#truly he is like a saint to me

[junespriince]

"oh this li would have beef with this li" "no no li would hate this li"

Zayne would hate every single li we have rn. Think about it in his shoes, your love one just drops that she has this jealous coworker who apparently been fighting wonders since 3yo (or that he's from S DIFFERENT TIME PERIOD), a man who claims to be a fish boy that conically paid someone to stalk ya so he could go to your college and an artist that painting kinda def killed someone, a mobster from the n109 that is the most wanted man ever, and ya dead childhood friend who might be evil (idk yet but ya ate a apple menacingly dude wtf) coming basically back from the dead and prob has some beef from childhood he def be carrying around for years and you try not to hate every single one of them lol

Tara be like get that bag baby, and him too but also wtf how do you keep adding more danger to your life.

In short, mc gonna make that man gray early or is and he's been dying his hair this whole time.

[incorrect-ikevamp-quotes]

Leonardo: Dinosaurs aren't extinct. I mean, le Comte is walking in this room.

MC: *wheeze*

[swearingcactus]

it's my first time playing saints row 4 and the gist of the story is you get stuck in a simulation of the real world that turns out to be a prison of the mind and consists of your worst nightmares ala the matrix; and you have to save your friends from their nightmare simulation.

now i'm very haha about this cus i didn't expect to replay cyberpunk 2077 when i installed this game, but im all for this angst-ridden plot treated with the sillies. also the antagonist is very much a comic book villain who monologues about the futility of your situation and how you are destined to fail to save your friends despite your best efforts, yadda yadda.

par for the course, i expected my character to snap back with a witty badass anti-hero-esque remark as he always does. instead he answered "So what do you care if I try?" and

[bookshelf-in-progress]

I've had an odd nostalgia for the Once Upon a Time series of mediocre short-novel-length fairy tale retellings. I've been wanting to read the retelling of "East of the Sun, West of the Moon" from that line.

The trouble is that there is no such book.

Which makes me want to write it.

Unfortunately, the only straightforward traditional retelling of that fairy tale I want to write doesn't fit with that style.

But thinking about it got me excited about that old idea all over again.

[yuwuta]

nurse bf yuuta and his soft touches when you get a check up at the doctor, one of his palms resting on your lower back while he checks your heartbeat, insisting on giving you one of the silly kids bandaids after you get a shot, sneaking in quick kisses because it will make you feel better!!! doctors orders!!!!

oh pls you get sick/come in to wherever yuuta works and conflict of interest be damned, he is going to be the one in that room with you. the provider that’s around just lets it happen too bc yuuta is capable, but it’s also very clear that he will not let it happen any other way 

he also (1) forces you to get checked out in urgent care even if you’re sure it’s just a cold and then (2) coddles you like crazy once you’re home. yeah, he’s a nurse and rationally, he knows this will pass, but he’s also your boyfriend and that comes first. you nap every other hour bc your meds make you drowsy and yuuta is so bad at trying to be stealthy to check your heart rate and change the cold towel on your neck, and you always wake up to him like inches from your face giving you a deer in headlights look before he smiles and pats your head and tells you to go back to sleep :( 

[gomzdrawfr]

If u see me descend into madness or the sad in these few days it’s either because of my fever + cold that has made my brain fuzzy (and thus, susceptible to rollercoaster rides of emotions) or the way im knees deep in elden ring lores (which are both magnificent and also depressing)

[mariocki]

Donald Sutherland guest stars as the appropriately named Philip Guest, a less appropriately unbalanced kidnapper, in Gideon's Way: The Millionaire's Daughter (1.21, ITC, 1966)

[kelev9]

hi everyone i've been off tumblr for my own sanity but!!! i went to a dog show last week and i got to watch some scentwork trials (extremely fun) and even better yet i managed to make it in time to see the curly coated retrievers at meet the breeds AND my #1 choice of ccr breeder was there and i got to talk to her about all things ccrs and asked her outright about curlies as service dogs and she was so wonderful and kind and excited to talk about curlies with me i will absolutely be getting a ccr puppy from her at some point, service prospect or not

[handsomegentlebutch]

My 3 little cousins were baptized today. "Triggered" is kind of a strong word but being in a catholic church again... I'm a little fragile rn ngl.

[not-so-superheroine]

Elder Graham Needs to Come Get His Mormon Cricket Legion 🦗

saw a comment youtube that read “a swarm of mormon crickets is enough to make you wish for a nuclear winter.” and another that read “i’m a latter day saint and we don’t claim them (the mormon crickets)”  then i thought, “no, you need to claim them. come get your legion of crickets, Joshua Graham.” 

[thesmokinpossum]

woooooooooooow, so apparently my 22 years old cousin fell down the manosphere rabbit hole and now he violently hates his mother for the dumbest ‘reasons’ (including my absolute favorite ‘how can I trust this woman when she made me believe in Santa Claus for years?’) and I’m freaking the fuck out 🙃

[incorrect-ikevamp-quotes]

Oh we are so BACK

When I tell you I saw this and died. HELLO?????

I keep hiding my face lahshjsdhjgfsaf HE HAS NO RIGHT. NO RIGHT AT ALL BEING THAT SEXILY INTENSE AAAAAAAAAAA

Anyway, I should probably try to make some attempt at describing the event since. If I don't I'll just be barking/crying/hiding my face for the next twelve hours.

Basically--and I'm not sure this is going to be across the board, but it held true for Napoleon and Sebastian at least--each suitor has a birthday event this year instead of a separate story. Comte's won't be released until tomorrow, but they have posted a preview.

From what I gather, he talks a little bit about himself and reveals parts of his past that haven't come to light in the game yet. There wasn't really enough to convey a coherent narrative beyond attending a party, but the line displayed here does get across the larger theme:

Comte: (I don't need momentary pleasure or ephemeral affection any longer. Now that I know love, there's nothing but you.)

He talks about how the aristocracy have thrown parties and extravagant celebrations for his birthday for most of his life. But none of it has ever really made him happy, largely because he knows that they are attempts to strengthen and broadcast power relations within high society. While I don't think he means it's entirely devoid of well wishes, I do think he sees it as a nexus of influence--and thus, by nature, impersonal. And honestly, I don't think he's wrong about that; the higher the echelon in social standing, the more it requires performance to maintain the position.

That being said, there is a fascinating flashback where he remembers a pureblood telling him about how falling in love with a human is an experience of another caliber entirely. My understanding is that Comte was still a fairly young vampire at the time, so he didn't really understand what the person was getting at. It seems like the other pureblood was trying to convey the difference in feeling, perhaps the fact that humans are more grounded in accordance with how they live--the reality and necessity of change.

After reading this--and the recent 5th bday story--I can absolutely see how change is something Comte has a complicated relationship with. He's known a certain way of life for so long, has constructed a sensibility of distant, rational maturity. After all the heartbreak of his youth, and two very acute traumatic events in his life, I can see why he'd be so afraid of broaching any kind of proximity with another person. Because on some level it's so much easier not to put your feelings on the line, to never have to fear devastating loss. And that's to say nothing of the worry of being unable to measure up on behalf of another person, of letting them down.

I'm so excited to see the rest of the contents, but something about the preview made me equal parts giddy and enamored (all I do is kick my feet with excitement LOL). I think what gets to me with Comte is that he truly does love companionship as a place to rest, a place where he can be honest about himself and his feelings without fear of ridicule (and the same goes for MC). In a world increasingly obsessed with surface level performances of power, status, and emotion, it's hard not to feel his exhaustion to the core.

Also, because these lines at the end more or less destroyed me in the best possible way:

MC: ...The you who had nowhere to belong no longer exists. In much the same way...Abel, I belong to you. Comte: ... Comte: I wish I could say to myself all those years ago, the me who kept indulging in such paltry things. Comte: Until you meet MC, you will never know love... The warmth of MC in my arms filled me with such joy I was near tears. (I don't need momentary pleasure or ephemeral affection any longer. Now that I know love, there's nothing but you.) The moment my lips found hers, the sweetness lit a fire deep in my body. Comte: These cute lips that melt against mine, the heat of your skin, the love that envelops me in your embrace--always leaves me so deeply in love with you.

[lunaticamic]

doing my french homework at work. i’m #practical

[miraruinada]

interesting that for many, a character who is cruel, brutal, and remorseless for their status or their greed, and written about as people who vie for power to become tyrants, or because they're sticking to a rigid moral code and that makes them believe that killing 'the evil' as paragons of good and honor is justified, it's good shit to explore.

but the moment i introduced a character who is cruel, brutal, and remorseless, but this time fighting for 'the wretched of the earth', for something that he doesn't place morality on, (honor is nothing, love without justice is anemic, my motive is power, i did not come with a flower but with a sword, etc.), and to actualize high ideal standings like justice etc. without simply being placeholders, i got anon hate on some snark ass 'don't put politics into this hobby'.

[foursaints]

my opinion on jarty is that they couldn’t even have the kind of passionate, bloody “you construct intricate rituals which allow you to touch the skin of other men”-style homoerotic grappling which everyone seems to want them to have. because if james ever got mad enough to threateningly bring his fist even somewhat close to barty’s face, barty would lick it, discombobulating him

my opinion on jarty is that if you asked each of them the most dangerous animal they think they could take in a fight, they would both get extremely pissed at the other’s answer for being “unrealistic and stupid”. despite ALSO having an extremely stupid answer that they got to using different logic. and it would be, like, a month long debate

[mariocki]

Donald Sutherland steals the show as a disarmingly charming bank robber (turned convict, turned escaped convict), as John Wood in The Saint: Escape Route (5.14, ITC, 1966)