#we all have our vices ig

[leonsliga]

so many fetus leon posts on my dash... bri why would you remind us of his cringey fboy days 😔😭

Because if you don’t love him at his

Then you don’t deserve him at his

[nomaishuttle]

if i was the bride in that video where they played an LMFAO WEDDING MARCH MASHUP? it would have been a bloodbath in there

[lowkeyrobin]

If you're still writing for The Umbrella Academy, I would love to see a Viktor x Reader one shot about Viktor bringing his S/O home to meet his family and just seeing how they react to his S/O. :)

-🦠

AWE OMG YES ☹️☹️☹️ ; thanks for requesting, hope you enjoy 🦠!!

VIKTOR HARGREEVES ; meet the family

summary ; vik brings you home to his mama and daddy (his siblings) (I'm making fun of country ppl pls get the joke)

warnings ; language

disclaimers ; post s3 ig but they still have powers (for the plot cause I thought it'd be fun)

word count ; 836

masterlist

Being Viktor's partner, especially for this long, had long called for a family reunion for you to meet them and vice versa. To say that was nerve-wracking was an understatement. That fucking man had six siblings. Six siblings you needed to impress. Six siblings you had to prove yourself to. Six siblings you had to give a good first impression so they knew you were good for Viktor.

Yeah, no, you weren't prepared to step inside the Hargreeves' mansion of a home.

The first to greet you was Allison, sporting long, dark curls against platforms, black, bell bottoms, and a white top. Get it girlfriend.

"Oh my gosh, hi Vik!" She smiles, wrapping her shorter brother in a hug.

You stand beside them awkwardly, nervously, thinking quickly in your head on what to say, if you should speak at all. No, of course you speak. Speak when spoken too-

"Hi, I'm Allison" She smiles, holding a hand out for you to shake.

You quickly accept the handshake, a kind smile on your face. "I'm Y/n"

"My partner" Viktor smiles.

Allison's soft smile turns into one of joy, much more gleeful. "Congrats, both of you." She looks between you both, a mutual smile being thrown back and forth. "You're a lucky person to have him, trust me"

"Thanks," you reply, looking to your boyfriend. "I love him a lot"

"Good thing I won't have to rumor either of you into saying it out loud," She jokes, patting Viktor on the shoulder before heading back into the living space.

You raise an eyebrow, looking to Vik. "What'd she mean, 'rumor us'?"

"Her power is to rumor people. She says, 'I heard a rumor' and essentially has power over their mind and actions, " he answers.

"Oh..."

"Don't worry, she's just joking. Sorry"

He pulls you into the living room, seeing his other siblings having a grand old time already. At the couch sits Diego and Lila, sipping on some fruity mocktails.

"Well, hello chaos bringer!" Lila smiles, quickly greeting Viktor with a hug. "Who's this lovely looking friend you've got here?"

"My partner" Viktor smiles, looking to you.

"Y/n" You smile, stretching your hand out for her to shake.

Lila accepts. "Lila. Diego's wife" She nods back at Diego.

From the couch, Diego smiles and waves, chewing on a slice of the orange which was in his drink. "Hi! I'm Diego, the only good sibling here"

Lila rolls her eyes, turning to Vik. "Do they know about all our powers?"

"We're just learning as we go" Viktor chuckles.

Lila turns back to you. "Well, I can replicate other people's powers, which is kinda shit sometimes." She shrugs, shoulders slightly knocking around her shoulder length, platinum white hair. "Diego's a master at corn hole. Don't challenge him"

"That's not my power!" He exclaims. "I have better aim than all you dorks, knives are for men!"

Lila and Vik speak to you in unison. "Guns are for pussies"

You chuckle, a hand over your mouth, finding comfort in this chaotic family already.

"Viktor, Lila" A new voice speaks, nodding his head as he speaks. "Who's that?"

"Five, meet Y/n, my significant other." Viktor smiles, turning between the two of you, "Y/n, this is Five. He's the one trapped in a younger version of his body, but he's actually like, seventy"

"Sixty-two," He corrects. "But, welcome to the family, Y/n. You're going to hate it here" He whispers.

"No, they won't!" Klaus groans with an eyeroll, appearing out of nowhere. He places his hands on his shoulders, which quickly fall to his sides after Five teleports away. "Hi, I'm Klaus" He smiles, quickly hugging you.

"Hi!-"

Lila continues, recapping you on powers. "Five can teleport and time travel, and Klaus is immortal and can speak to ghosts"

"And created a cult" Vik adds.

Klaus smiles, stepping back, looking between you and your boyfriend. "Let me know when the wedding is. I'll have to go shopping"

"Klaus!"

"Coming, Diego!"

As Klaus leaves, Luther and Ben approach, being the last of the siblings you had to meet. They both shake hands with you, then begin to argue over who was in charge of dusting the paintings on the walls.

By this point, you were wondering how they even put up with each other, then remembered that they barely did. I mean, you understood. You wouldn't want to be around your collection of siblings anymore after saving the world three times.

Lila turns back to you. "Luther is super strong, Ben has tentacles in his stomach"

You slowly nod. "Gotcha"

Five clinks a fork against a champagne glass, silencing the room. "Let's raise a toast to Viktor and his new partner, yeah?"

"Hell yeah!" Klaus smiles, picking up a stray glass of water off the coffee table.

Ben hands you and Viktor a drink while Five speaks, then drinks once again.

Vik turns to you as Lila joins Diego on the couch again. "Thoughts?"

"Many"

"I'd be worried if not"

[sgiandubh]

Ashley was in Scotland Glasgow and Edinburgh already before London on this trip .

Dear Already Anon,

Sorry for the short delay: I was having a late lunch with Shipper Mom. Best Chinese takeaway in town, a stone throw from our home.

I think you are wrong. It was Siobhan Mackenzie who was in New York, on November 1, 2024, as a recipient of the American Scottish Foundation's 'Young Scot Award for her outstanding contribution to contemporary Scottish fashion':

Connections being what they are (el mundo es un pañuelo, heh), it turns out Barbour's Vice-Chairman wore one of her creations at a previous event organized by the same NGO.

Siobhan's arrival in the US has been cheerfully announced by herself, on Ashley Hearn's IG, on October 28th:

And look who liked that post - Nicorette, LOL:

More details came to those who can read:

And also, hey, look who liked that post, too:

Finally, Siobhan herself thanked the hotel sponsor in a very clear post from NYC, pics taken by her friend, Ashley:

If you happen to have more info, I stand corrected, as always. Last thing I know, Ashley was in London, touring all the fancy & expensive bars, in what obviously was a promo spree. It's been a tough/busy week for many people in here and I obviously wasn't following very closely.

Please step forward for more, in DMs, or forever hold your peace.

[Later edit}: @mojo106 knows better than me and can prove Ashley was in Scotland on Monday and Tuesday. Check out her post, reblogging and amending mine: https://www.tumblr.com/mojo106/766684292109811713/ashley-was-in-scotland-glasgow-and-edinburgh?source=share

See, Anon? That is the beauty of it. We are a team of people with normal egos, here. No Queens, no Experts, no Timelines, no Arrogant 'Remembers', no cackle and no libel. A common, honest effort to look for answers - by friends, for friends.

Thank you, darling. As for the Milady thing, I am not so sure. What I do know is that there were two NYC get togethers: one at Paul Donnelly's Soso bar (no C), one at Milady's (C present).

Could it be that Ashley and Siobhan left for Scotland together? I think so, not that it would be important.

[scrumptiousstuffs]

I think it's because First isn't the one people care about. I don't mean that in a mean way, but more and more fandom prefers and talks about and pays most attention to Khaotung. I think that's why most of the "acts of service" everyone mentions are from years ago when the balance was more even or maybe even First was the more popular one and they cared enough to notice, but now that has shifted and people are way more focused on Khaotung and how adored he is because they adore him. It's normal in fandom and I'm sure every cp has the one everyone likes better, but I will admit it's rough on me since First Kanaphan is my bias and I want to hear about how adored he is. 🤣🤣

So, I guess this is in relation to a recent ask, where that anon wanted to know if there were moments Khaotung did the work to make his CP with First a reality because from the outside it seems First did the bulk of the work and staking his claim. Or perhaps anon, you are talking about the previous asks I have answered pertaining to some anti-First fans?

Either way, I'm not sure I follow when you said most of the acts of service "everyone" mentions were from years ago since it is as recent as the Busan trip? And most of the facts spilled by First (re: Khaotung) occurred in the last 12-24 months (i.e when they officially become a CP). I don't think we will ever know the depth of what Khaotung did for First and vice versa. All we know came out from First himself (and occasionally Khaotung).

I agree that there will be fans in the fandoms who have bias, and that's perfectly fine (personally, I adore both of them equally). We can have favourites as long as we don't resent the other person in the CP.

You can of course disagree with me, but I do not think First is losing popularity in the fandom or as you put in, Khaotung being the current focus and adored more by the fandom. First has more followers on Instagram (the boys have roughly the same on Twitter). However, there is Twitter account that keeps track on FK engagement every week - I can tell you, new followers for IG/Twitter for First always outstripped his bestie.

What you might be seeing is the fandom currently retweeting more about Khaotung because in the last 12 months he has been getting nomination for international awards (and really, there is not much else to retweet cause our boys have very little events in the last 12 months 🙃) - firstly, as Gaipa in MLC, then more recently Let's Try for Asia Contents Awards & Global OTT Awards and now, for the upcoming 29th Asian Television Awards.

Of course, we all will love to see First getting nominated too because he was (and still is) an amazing actor. Personally, First's characters in the last few roles are quite hard to nail because it requires restraint with only subtle changes in his eyes/facial expressions to convey his feelings (but he did it marvelously). Don't worry anon, I have no doubt his time will come sooner or later.

And anon, you don't have to worry about First not being adored. Every single directors and actors who have worked with him all want to work with him again because he is that amazing. He also has a loyal fanbase.

But no matter how much we adore him, it's safe to say, we will never beat how much Khaotung loves his bestie (so we just have to accept being second place in this instance! hehe). A different anon (in another ask) described First as Khaotung's sun. I agree completely.

19/10/2024

[ingravinoveritas]

So what ur thoughts on the bafias nominations David been nomination for best comedy actor while Michael hasn't been nominated for anything and the fan on twitter can't understand why now I personally think after Al aggressive behaviour on a post when they got his name wrong on his favourite radio station and how her stories on ig recently just werid behaviour do u think Al may had sabotaged his chances of getting a nomination for anything

What ur thoughts

Hi there! So I am once again on the road and attending a conference in Las Vegas that just wrapped up, and now I finally have a chance to comment on today's exciting news.

I'm sure everyone has seen by now, but congrats to our lovely David on his first (main) BAFTA nom for Male Performance in a Comedy!

It seems almost surreal that David has never been nominated for a (main) BAFTA before now, and given the breadth of his other recent TV performances (Des, Litvinenko) nominating him for Good Omens season 2 is certainly a choice...especially in the absence of a nomination for Michael. Looking at the list of nominations, it appears that Best Interests was nominated for Limited Drama, as was Sharon Horgan for Leading Actress...but no nomination for Michael for Leading Actor, either. So very quickly, this starts to look like a visible and intentional snub.

In terms of why Michael would be snubbed, I think there are a few possible reasons, but none of them have anything to do with AL. Readers of my blog know that I am never hesitant to call Anna out when it is merited, but in all likelihood the BAFTA nominations were decided long before now, and in my opinion she would not have any influence on whether Michael is nominated regardless of when her social media posts were made. So it does not make sense to place blame on her in this instance.

My feeling is that the reasons for Michael's lack of a nomination (and really, David's nomination specifically for GO) are likely twofold. One is that I'm guessing Amazon/whoever submitted David for consideration didn't want to pit Michael and David against each other. If they were both competing in the same category, it could split the votes, so only nominating one of them seems the best way of avoiding that. The second reason (again, in my opinion) seems to be political.

I was surprised to recently learn that Prince William is the president of BAFTA--British followers, help me out here, because this is very, very weird to a confused American--and as we know, Michael has spoken out on a number of hot button issues over the last few months: Opening a conversation about Welsh independence. The question of the devolution of the crown estate to Wales. And of course, abolishing the title of Prince of Wales. Not to mention all of the backlash incurred by the release of The Way, which was roundly savaged in the press and accused of promoting anti-English sentiments.

Granted, there have been politically active nominees and winners at the BAFTAs in the past, but it really feels like the combination of all these things is somehow working against Michael. Let's also not forget this epic picture from the BAFTA film awards last month, with Michael giving Wills the side-eyest of Welsh side-eyes:

All this said, it is difficult (if not impossible) to think of Michael and David's performances in GO as separate things, because they are so inextricably intertwined. The reason that we got David's incredible performance as Crowley is because Michael was there as Aziraphale, and vice-versa. I think David and Michael themselves would be the first ones to say it, as well as to be in awe and so supportive of each other's acting. The response of fans to this nomination news--saying Michael is a better actor, Michael deserved to be nominated instead, etc.--is so perplexing to me, because I think he was probably the first one in line to congratulate David, and would chew out anybody who put down David's acting for any reason.

I also think that if the lack of a nomination is due to the above-mentioned political reasons, then Michael is probably wearing it like a fucking badge of honor. I think he is also happier for David than anyone else on the planet right now (because that's his boyfriend, damn it), and I truly hope the stars align and give us Michael presenting David with an award again like at the NTAs in 2021. (Michael subsequently carrying David off the stage bridal style would be the cherry on top of the already extremely homoerotic cake.)

I also feel that there is no question David is as taken aback by his nomination/Michael's lack of a nomination for GO as much as the rest of us are. While I have no idea what David's chances of winning truly are, I think he would wholeheartedly and enthusiastically share that award with Michael. And I think he will share that night with Michael no matter what, regardless of what happens on the broadcast.

So many possibilities come to mind, really. I can imagine David and Michael re-enacting Every (without the heartbreaking bits, of course) on stage. I've seen people making references to the infamous Slow Show fic/how it parallels to real life, and while I've only read part of it (haven't gotten to finish), the thought of any kiss between Michael and David is beyond gorgeous to contemplate. Not for the sake of "content" or as a joke, of course (because I don't think they would be willing to kiss as a joke, because if they were, they would've done it by now), but because we would see a facet to Michael and David's relationship that's always been there in private become public. And it would be their choice to share it with us.

Those are my reactions to the BAFTAs announcement today. I'd love to hear from my followers as well with your thoughts and comments. Thanks for writing in! x

[waitmyturtles]

THE MORNING AFTER: ONLY FRIENDS, EPISODE 8 ("TAKE A LOOK AT YOURSELF IN THE MIRROR AND CRY") EDITION

Oh my gosh, I am shaking my head and just laughing. I have no idea where to start writing this, but it's gonna be damn fun to pick this episode apart.

Because of the clues that Jojo Tichakorn (below) and Ninew Pinya dropped before and during the episode's airing yesterday, my mind was totally on Freddie and Queen. I captured the tweet below and couldn't help but think of lyrics.

And the episode was titled "Save Me"!

Before I go on, I have a little personal note. During my watch of MAME's TharnType, I talked a bit about the bigotry against the queer community that I grew up with in my Indian family. During my childhood, Freddie Mercury was -- everything. He was everything to me. A part-Indian man who blasted past any obstacles that could have held him back to become a superstar, while leveraging unbelievable talent. My dad often wanted to snap my Queen CDs in half to keep Freddie out of our house. Up until I went to college, when a new world of music awaited me, Queen was MY BAND. I'll never forget watching his memorial concert on television in 1992, watching Axl Rose destroy "We Will Rock You," and subsequently watching Axl host a Queen documentary on MTV that got repeated for years and years. This shit was formative to my childhood, and I'm gonna guess, to Jojo's and Ninew's childhoods as well. We be old bags in here.

I'll get back to Freddie in a few minutes. but besides all of the Queen themes (quick note: the dude that Sand was about to make out with was wearing the same costume that Ninew caught in his IG stories, as Freddie sang "Love of My Life"), oh my fucking god, did this episode ever touch upon ephemerality, highs and lows, change, and a resistance to change that people have unto others.

Top and Cheum -- especially Top -- were clutching their pearrrrrllllsss at Mew's changes.

Top and Cheum notice that Mew's trying on a new suit. And Mew admits it! He says to Ray in the bookstore -- after the most BRILLIANT call-out to a BL trope if I ever saw one, the CRACKING of the romantic memories montage, which, omg, are we EVER seeing in Dangerous Romance, like three times a bleeping episode, LMAO -- "I'm bored with myself."

I love -- I hate it, but I love that this episode calls it out -- I love that Top and Cheum are calling this behavior out as if it were a bad thing.

Is it?

.... is it not okay for university students to take a bump of coke if they're curious about it? Barack Obama did it -- and Obama admitted it, AND wrote about it, AND became president, twice. Judge him, I dare ya.

On another side, Nick susses out Boston, and wants to check in with him. Boston wants Nick to go bye-bye. Nick tries a guilt pull. And Boston ain't having it.

Fuck. (Side note, Boston was my man this episode.)

I'm shaking my head in wonder for Mew and Boston to be addressing Top, Cheum, and Nick in this way. We've established (here and here, cc @ranchthoughts and others) that the kind of toxicity that this OF group of friends exhibits is just -- common, and pedestrian, and awful to think about existing, but in part, it's so awful for us to be thinking about it, because actually, it's ever-present in our lives, and so many of us survive dealing with other people on a daily basis by using means by which to ignore or avoid that toxicity, like our addictions to our phones, or addictions to other vices, like sex and drugs -- which takes us right back to Only Friends.

The dynamic I saw happening in this episode was like vultures (the friends) circling their prey (their friends), but instead of the friends eating their friends -- what some of the friends are doing is trying to correct the behavior of their other friends. Top and Cheum want Mew to... go back to being the old Mew, maybe. Nick wants Boston to know -- morally, I think you're a bad person. And Boston says, I paraphrase, "see. if. I. fucking. care." and literally creates the NeoTitle ship before our eyes, lmao, all while walking silently and ignoringly away from Nick.

Top, to Mew, says, "Are you sure?" Are you sure you want to be like this now, Mew? Cheum shares with Top her concern about Mew's changes, and literally teams up with Top to bring Top back to Mew to, what, straighten Mew out?

Last time I checked, Mew's a big boy. Mew's made his decisions to be with Ray, to drink with Ray, to snort coke with Ray. Are those behaviors questionable? Sure. Are they normal behaviors for a university student who is bored with himself, and wants to try something new? 100%.

I have written before, in my review of Theory of Love, that while behavioral change can oftentimes be massively difficult, there's another side to change that needs to be considered. When one person changes -- there are many others within that person's sphere that do not want that specific person TO change. If one individual changes, within a worldview of a group -- that changes a group dynamic. People like Top and Cheum are unsettled that Mew and Ray are dating, and that Mew's getting wasted and high. Are they rightfully concerned for Mew's health? For sure. But what about Mew's agency and happiness? Are the friends understanding that this is actually Mew's choice to do these things, regardless of how the friends judge his specific actions?

The fact that Top and Cheum are questioning Mew's agency, to me, is a ROOT, a FOUNDATION of the awful toxicity of this friend group, BESIDES the general drunkenness of the group, and Ray's particularly contradictory and dangerous behavior. THERE IS NO TRUST IN THIS GROUP.

Top and Cheum do not TRUST Mew -- an adult young man!!!! -- to make his own decisions. Cheum doesn't trust Boston with her little bro (oh, woops on that, big sis). Almost no one trusts Ray, although I'm not sure about Mew on that. Boston doesn't trust Nick. The list goes on.

Without trust, without a foundation of love and respect, without an acknowledgement that individuals within a group have agency to live their lives independently -- what you get in a group dynamic is UTTER mush, just a bucket of vomit like what we're seeing here in Only Friends. I am OBSESSED that Jojo and team are picking this apart SURGICALLY, and asking US to question OUR, the viewers', judgement of all of this. These friends are contradictory as fuck. Boston was SO right to ask Nick: "who are you to judge?" Nick acted as filthily as Boston in violating Boston's privacy and rights -- TWICE, bros, TWICE.

And Top.... @lurkingshan said it the best yesterday when she made sure the girlies knew that what Top was doing TO (NOT FOR, TO) Mew at the end of the episode was not consensual. Welp. Tie up Mew's agency with a bow and throw it out into the fucking dumpster, Top.

I haven't touched as much on the Sand/Ray dynamic in this post, but of characters that are acting at least consistently to their... what, their moral judgements or ethical structures, at least Sand, Ray, and Boston remain consistent in my eyes. Anyone who was surprised at Ray's behavior in this episode -- it was bad and icky, and the episode laid it on thick, but I found his behavior to be expectedly toxic.

This was a two-steps-forward-and-one-step-back episode for Sand, as I see it, as he stepped in to try to keep Ray from going to jail (and how interesting was it that it was Top who ended up sealing that deal). One other note about Sand: the show HAS to be making fun of First's inability to sing, right? That guitar practice in 2/4, oof. And to have Sand dress up as Freddie, one of the most magnificent singers in rock -- ironic. We know that Sand doesn't aspire to be a singer; he just wants to go to festivals, and... that's the right decision, my dude.

Anyway. To bring this back to Freddie and Queen. Talk about shapeshifting. In his 20s in the 1970s, Freddie Mercury started out with long hair and flowing, robe-y costumes. As the 1980s progressed, he took on an identity of a mustachioed, slightly muscular man -- very, very closeted, but clearly gay to anyone who caught the signal.

The dude that Sand was about to make out with at the party? He made a reference to Mary Austin, Freddie's longtime companion and best friend. They were lovers for a short period, before Freddie came out to her. And they remained friends all of the rest of his life. While Freddie died with a longtime lover by his side in Jim Hutton, Mary was always present and devoted to Freddie. Mary's presence often caused consternation with Freddie's lovers, especially after his death, what with inheritance controversies. But no one ever questioned Mary's loyalty, and her commitment to keeping Freddie's identity secret and safe.

Freddie and Mary's friendship was in part a protective arrangement for his life in the closet. He only revealed he had AIDS the day before he died. But Freddie claimed the friendship, claimed agency to it, and wanted it in his life. The friendship was steady, and never wavering.

Quite the opposite of the devotions, or lack thereof, in this group. These young folks are demonstrating NORMAL resistance to watching each other change. But while that resistance is normal... it doesn't make it all the less toxic. I'm afraid that as of right now, I read that all of these friends want to sell each other out for the sake of their own selfish desires, and for the benefit of their own worldviews alone.

HAPPY SUNDAY, Ephemerality Squad, if we can be happy after this demonstration of toxicity, ha! @slayerkitty @ranchthoughts @chickenstrangers @lurkingshan @twig-tea @distant-screaming @clara-maybe-ontheroad @neuroticbookworm @elizabethsebestianhedgehog @thatgirl4815

[dropdeadgorgeos]

What's this? Your a NRC student who still hasn't found there dorm? Well then, let me introduce you to our ei- seven dorms!!

Welcome to ✨Heartslybul✨ where you can eat yummy sweets and hangout with hedgehogs and flamingos. Not to mention the housewarden tries so hard(to the point he needs help) but you know! What's wrong with a little hard work to get you through the year? What's that? You don't wanna constantly hear "off with your head" if you break the smallest most stup- *ahem* little rule? Well then, next!

Ahh yes, ✨Savannaclaw✨ the place where it'll smell bad and have sweat on everyone like there an animals. But I mean they basically are animals. You'll get really good at magic here and get to learn tones of sporty ways to play! How often do you work out? Because you'll do that a lot here! What's that? You don't wanna wake up super early constantly eat meat and probably be weaker then all your dorm members? Well then, next!

Welcome to ✨Octvanille✨ Oh this dorm? Do you enjoy being underwater? Singing the little under the sea hmmmm? It's nice... Calming... Your not forced to eat healthy... But you are forced to pay. You have to work for your housewarden non-stop until he says so. Want some food? Pay. Can't pay? Get money. Can't get money? Starve. Hm? What's that? Not your cup of tea? I see... Well let's see if you like this one!

Welcome to ✨Scarabia✨

Here You can have feast and have fun! Constantly running with energy! Leaping up a nd down with your friends! What's better? Oh? You don't want a dumb housewarden(I am so sorry) or a super suspicious Vice housewarden? Or to be aware your dorm is sad as shit? Dang! Next one I guess!

Welcome to ✨Pomefoire✨

Ahh yes, you see that castle? A queen lives in there.. A beautiful one.. And this place.. Is beautiful... And so magical... And rude asf like you can get yelled at for anything. But don't let that stop you! You get to go in the woods! Not many dorms have a woods! And you can't to live in a room of this castle! Whaaaaaaaat? You don't wanna be lectured (stepped on) by a (beautiful) man for having a small bit of your tie undone? Or a stalker perhaps? Wow. You are quite picky. Next one ig?

Welcome to ✨Ignihyde✨

This place is amazing! You get to stay inside and never go outside! Play videogames constantly and getting to read! And stay home! Put all your worries aside and probably fail! And even if you don't put all your worries aside you probably still have a good chance of failing! Huhhhhh? You don't wanna stay inside and never see the sun again? You wan tro go- *gasp* OUTSIDE?! WELL THEN! YOU NEED A NEW DORM!

✨Diasomnia✨

Huh? Why does this place look so dark? And why does it look like if you fell off you would d̶i̶e̶?̶ Well, you would yes. But this place isn't that bad! Look at it! It's beautiful! With knights and a dragon as your housewarden! Yes, you may not see him very often... He may like pretty scary... He may... Okay okay I get it! Just... Uh... Be nice! What? You don't wanna risk eating lilia's food? You don't wanna be yelled at by Sebek? You don't wanna randomly find Silvers body sleeping somewhere? And hear constant rants about Gargoyles? You are quite the picky one my friend.

*sighhhhh*

We've looked everywhere! Whatever! Well ask the mirror!

Oh- uh- are you sure?

I see..

Okay we get it! We'll my friend... Looks you must go to ramshackle! Lemme show you around!

Soooo basically, your bathroom doesn't work, your poor asf, you get no privacy because there are no locks on the doors or windows oh yeah and this rat- I mean we- I mean ca- I mean The amazing grim! Is your housewarden and now your basically his pet. Enjoy!

[millerflintstone]

I learned yesterday that Parker Short, the president for the Young Democrats of Georgia, was classmates with Krav Maga couple's kid. We haven't seen Krav Maga couple IN AGES but I'm IG and TikTok friends with wife half. That's wild. I remember there was a party over at their house and their kid was also having some friends sleep over. I wonder if Parker was one of them? They all kept to themselves.

Parker is currently going viral for his excitement at the Atlanta rally that our Vice President had a couple of days ago. I noticed Krav Maga wife had commented on someone's post that she's known Parker for a while and that he's always been interested in politics as long as she's known him.

[ptseti]

KAMALA HARRIS NOT FOR REPARATIONS

US President Joe Biden appears to have heeded calls from fellow Democratic Party members to withdraw from the 2024 US presidential race, ending his re-election bid on 21 July.

This follows his debate performance on 27 June, which fuelled some Democrats’ worry about Biden’s ability to defeat former President Donald Trump. Public opinion polls released over more than a year have shown Biden faring poorly against Trump.

He has endorsed his vice president, Kamala Harris, whom reports say is the only other Democrat who could access $91 million in Biden-Harris campaign donations.

Since the announcement, Harris has secured the backing of several Democratic Party bigwigs. However, beloved figures like former President Barack Obama held off on endorsing Harris. The Democratic Party will hold its nominating convention in August in Chicago. Still, it remains unclear how the party will democratically choose a nominee, with state primaries ending in June.

The mainstream media has touted Harris’s identity as a mixed Indian and Black woman as why her candidacy is notable, showcasing her as a champion of Black people.

However, in this 2020 interview with theGrio senior correspondent Natasha Alford (@NatashaSAlford on IG, X and TikTok), Harris made it clear that she does not support calls for paying reparations to Black people who are descendants of enslaved people in the United States. Meanwhile, a Reuters/Ipsos poll in 2023 revealed that at least 74 per cent of Black people support reparations.

That position, as well as her record imprisoning Black people as California’s attorney general, has raised questions about her loyalty.

Like Biden, Harris fares poorly in polls against Trump.

Video credit: @theGrio (YouTube)

BUT someone made this comment :

It does a disservice to voters who are in the election of a lifetime to share this clip without the full context or a balanced analysis of her civil rights record. VP Harris has endorsed HR 40, a bill for a reparations commission (along with an anti-lynching bill, Black maternal mortality initiatives and more). She has given nuanced and slightly different answers on the reparations issue with various outlets over the years, each revealing how her thinking has shifted- as most politicians do. This won’t be satisfactory to some people, and everyone is entitled to their opinions about the way she answered the question in 2020. But that was FOUR years ago. The Trump administration does not support reparations, let alone DEI. Civil rights for Black Americans are being rolled back before our eyes. The choice between Trump and Harris is day and night. Let’s advance the conversation further so people understand what is at stake right now.

MY RESPONSE TO HER COMMENTS:

I completely get where you're coming from—this is the first time I've actually sat through all her comments on the issue. The REALITY is that none of our so-called leaders have a clue how to tackle this. Sure, they back it as a right to right a wrong, but not one of them has seriously put in the work to make the reparations issue coherent. And let's be honest, all those "leaders" are too scared to even whisper about it to their colonial overlords. So she's just doing what they all do best—DANCE around the question. Until we, as Black people, UNITE and form a global commission with representatives from the Caribbean, Latin and North America, and Europe to sit down, analyze, and figure out what and how much reparations are due, all this talk is nothing more than post-slavery freedom of speech.

[viilpstick]

╰┈➤ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐯𝐞

𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔: Ruggie & Vil, Monique & Daisy and 3 others Twisted Wonderland ocs

𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔: Oc x cannon

𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒓𝒆: Fluff, crack/comedy (ig), action (? I REALLY DON'T KNOW) and if you squint your eyes angst

𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕: too lazy to do it now, but it is long.

𝒂/𝒏: i actually got the idea of double date sooo (monique in here is vice-perfect, bc in my head Daisy is the main character) + I TOOK A LONG TIME TO WRITE, BLAME MY WRITING TEACHER, taking my creativity away :,))

Laying on the bed, both of Monique and Daisy looked over some polaroids taken by them, with some light laughing, they smiled at the picture, not enough to wake Grim up in the other room? It wasn't until late, they turn to see Grim coming inside with a pout. With his stripped pajamas. 

"Why you both laughing? Shouldn't be in bed by now?" He talks like a tired mom, who had to change rooms for sleep and still didn't worked as much as he though it would.

"Why, don't be so serious now." Monique chuckles a hand covering her lips. 

Daisy on her side nods with a smile, as she sit straight up in the bed. "After all, tomorrow we won't have any class." 

"Still, I need my beauty sleep!" 

"Oh, Grim, you need more than just sleep."

Monique jokes with an amused smirk in her face and Daisy in her side couldn't contain her laugh. Of course, Grim doesn't take her jokes as an offense, yet, he couldn't help but pout.

"Hey! I am very handsome, thank you very much." 

Huffing and angrily stopping on the floor, Grim says, making Daisy opens her arms for Grim lay with both of them.

"What is so funny anyway?" Grim asks looking over Monique's shoulder on Daisy's lap who held the pictures.

He could see some pictures where Vil and Ruggie's face was blurry and the next one a clear overblot of someone. 

"Our first double date." Daisy says showing him the picture of them together.

Vil was holding Monique and Ruggie holding Daisy. 

That could make any single person sick.

"What is that one?" Grim points at the one where someone was with an overblot issue. 

A woman with skin purple pale, long eyelids and really skinny, the ink dropped on the restaurant's floor, as an guy on the side screamed loudly (for what the picture showed), he was buffy, almost like Ashton, yet couldn't seem to defeat the purple woman, who's looked to be around Leona or Sam's age. On his side, another slim guy screaming at the overblot, this one didn't seemed as able to defeat the woman.

Both of the girls flinched at the memory before sighing.

"Oh, that woman..." Monique sighs deeply, that one where you can feel the air running and going out your lungs.

"She was certain an experience, but, can we really blame her?" The blond one comments. 

"Well?"

Awaiting Grim says, they raise their one eyebrow confused by what the cat-like creature asks.

"Well, what?" The brown haired girl asks Grim.

"Are you really going to keep as an inside-joke?! Nuh-uh! You will tell me what happened." He sits in their waiting for them to start.

Both look at each other before chuckling. 

How does it all starts?

"Here they are." The model attention was snapped back as he pronounced his words, looking to Ruggie and Daisy, who approached them.

Monique waves at them both, smiling brightly, as Daisy did the same. With a small greeting, the silence was installed. Ruggie and Vil, they were clearly someone to have a neutral opinion about each other.

Ruggie didn't knew Vil.

Vil didn't knew Ruggie.

This was an unlikely duo to be in a double date. Well, but, they girlfriends knew each other, so, they might just pull up with it.

Ruggie came for a hug, Vil for a handshake. They stare into each other. Vil comes for a hug, Ruggie a handshake.

How cliché.

"Well, shall we go inside?" Vil asks, as the girls nods. Ruggie only followed by since Daisy was dragging him.

If Ruggie were to lie, he wasn't a bit amazed to be in a double date with THE Vil Schoenheit. He just never talked him before... It felt like he meeting Leona for the first time. 

The first whatsover thing that happened once they enter the small restaurant was hearing a teenager complaining.

The guy, tannish skin, black hair and ebony dark eyes. A red jacket and a REAL bad taste in clothing. If Monique were to have the guts, she would already had talk a GOOD talk with him.

"A table for four?" The man, just as tall as Vil in his high heels asks. His skin was a lighter tone of tan, with long black hair, his uniform purple and yellow.

As the two couple makes their way to the table they still hear the teen complaining with a beastwoman with cat ears and tail, a long purple hair and indigo tired boring eyes sighing at each word the young man said.

"So," Vil started trying the attention to go off of the table on their side. "What you all thinking of ordering? It's a pretty basic, but, Monique enjoys it, so, thought of calling you both over to here was the best."

Ruggie and Daisy nods before getting a look at the prices on the menu: "BASIC?!" was the first thought of Ruggie's mind. 

He shallows the dry, usually him and Daisy will hatch the bill. But, how does Vil and Monique work? Do they do the same? Would Vil mind to pay everything and then Ruggie can pay them later.

Daisy puts a hand on Ruggie's shoulder. Reassuring to let everything go as it should, and not worry too much with it. Yes, a simple touch in the shoulder like that meant it all.

"Well, I think just a steak... For me. Uhh... And you, Daisy?"

"The pumpkin soup with garlic bread, sounds just fine." And then, Daisy looks to Monique.

"Just some pasta." Monique closes the menu, turning to Vil. 

The silence felt uncomfortable, even Daisy and Monique would talk alone, but the fact Ruggie and Vil was in there, made weird?

"Yagya! I told you I don't like pinneaple! Change it." The teen with ebony dark hair says crossing his arms. He looked to be around fifteen or so...

The quartet turn to the supposedly Yagya, awaiting for her response. With her pale skin. "Sir, with all respect, this has been your fourth change."

The boy could only glance.

"Sir?"

"He looks younger than us." Ruggie head goes to Daisy in shook.

Vil clears his throat, he doesn't want to gossip in the moment, it felt inelegant. "Ruggie, you are from Savannaclaw... Do you like-"

"Vil. I know you are about to ask. Don't." Monique puts a hand in his arm, trying to stop her boyfriend.

"-Have a special conditioner for your fur?" 

"No?"

"I thought so."

Monique sighs putting her head in the table. Vil is a little too strong head when it comes to meeting people, yet, she didn't want this to end in a mess.

"Oh..." Ruggie panics as he looks to Daisy who, again, with only a look reassures him, that is all fine. And with the other two, Monique glances at Vil as if telling him to not go so far off. “How was the uhm… Battle, thing- Or whatever. You had with Neige LeBlanc? Did you-“

Ruggie felt a squeeze in his arm, turning to face Monique and Daisy who were begging him to stop talking with only their eyes.

“You mean the one I lost and overblot?” 

Oh no, the silence. 

Bitting his lip, Ruggie for the first time prayed for everyone need his help with anything else at the moment. For an extrovert, Ruggie was sure quiet. Vil was holding back a frown, he opened his mouth to speak, but then again…

“That wasn’t what I asked!” The table of the four teens groan, the boy goes again to complain. “What? She is getting my order wrong.”

“Kaizer-“ The boy with long hair, or, Kaizer. Clear his throat. “I mean, sir, this was exactly what you order.” 

“But, that was fifteen minutes ago. I want something else now.”

The other group of teens watch him with an unamused and shocked face. The tall waiter steps to their table. “My name is Kenji, everyone. I will be taking your orders.” 

Vil was about to speak up, when Kaizer is the one to speak… Again.

“Kenji! I want you to take my order first, now.” Kaizer says looking over his nails. 

A lot would said that, Vil’s head turned to Kaizer. But no, it snapped. “Oh, sevens, no.” Vil crosses his arms, and Ruggie couldn’t help to do the same. 

This guy was getting into their nerves, blood boiling and a strong deep breath, was necessary to survive. Daisy wonders if that have happened before, but, it wouldn’t make sense, specially for Vil, bring this headache to them all.

Monique notices Ruggie confused glance as she shrugs. Clearly, this never happened before.

"You know what? DAD!" He calls out, and immediately Yagya's face falls into a despair one.

When least or most expected, a bigger guy comes out of the kitchen, but, his face was the softness itself.

"I swear, this never happened before when we were here." Monique whispers to the other two and Vil could only nod.

At this point the whole restaurant had their heads to the table where Kaizer was. Not that it was a full place, it had at least three or four other tables with people on it. But the noise and the lack of politeness was louder than anything else, unbearable to ignore.

"Yes, son?" The tall bearded man, just as tall as Malleus, if not taller asks with a sweet kind face.

"Fire Yagya, she has nothing but trouble."

"Excuse me?" The blonde girl over the other table asks shocked, turning to her boyfriend.

Everyone was just speechless as the two couples, how can someone believe this is how things work? The consideration was probably burned in the kitchen and thrown out of the window. 

"What a terrible excuse!"

"If Leona had that excuse, I would be already thrown out of NRC." 

"I wish a had this excuse against Neige." The three teens turn to Vil with an unamused look. "I wish I had but, I don't."

"Hey! I can hear you all." Kaizer pouts, after all, they were the closest to the table where all the drama is.

"Good!" Both Ruggie and Vil said a bitter tone and with a slight frown.

Yagya head turns desperately to Kaizer's father, pleading for him not to do as told.

"I am really sorry, Yagya. But, you are fired."

The silence was only broken by Yagya falling on her knees her ears and tail down, with Kenji rushing to her side, making sure she was alright.

Daisy felt nothing but pity, and shattered heart like a crystal into pieces. Her eyes winded once taking a look at her wand, how long has this woman been dealing with this? It was the point where her enough, was overuse her magic and let her hatred, sadness, or whatever she was feeling was her magic wand getting the worse of her.

"I did everything I could. I don't understand what I am doing wrong. I was polite. I did everything I possibly could."

"Well, if you want to feel better we can give you a resume to your next boss." Kaizer gives Yagya a damn smirk, as if he didn't just humiliated her infront of everyone. "No hard feelings?"

He extends her hand to her.

But, she slaps away.

"Oh no..." Whispering, Daisy knew exactly was going to happen. Even if she wanted, how could they avoid what was already happening?

"You aren't going to get your resume like that." Kaizer pouts.

As everyone stands up, they see a rush of ink crawling around Yagya, her feelings were mixed in the dark place, the lights flickered, people were starting to understand what was about to happen.

"I am DONE!"

Yagya long dress decays into a longer one, her hair goes to the back all spiked up. Her big eyelashes turning into pure ink, the pale skin into a paller purplish tone and a big over collar.

"No, because, she's kinda slaying-"

"-Not the time, Monique!" Daisy takes Monique away from her thoughts by pulling her arm.

"She has a point, thought!" Vil yells hiding himself, throwing the table on the floor to hide.

The others left the restaurant in a heartbeat, meanwhile, the quartet stays behind a table using it as a shield, awhile in the other table is seen.

"Why when there's trouble is always you two around?" Perplexed at the thought, Ruggie asks the girls who shrugged.

"Pretty people must suffer, Ruggie." Rolling his eyes, Vil answered.

"Poor Daisy, you must been through a lot then." Ruggie snickers.

"Are you four seriously FLIRTING?!"

Kaizer asks behind the other table, with his father and Kenji. The older man scoffed, standing up going to Yagya's front.

"What are you all so afraid about? It's not like she is that powerful-" Kaizer's dad ate his words, literally, since he was turned into a chicken by her powers.

The six teens stare in shock as the poor chicken runs away for his life. With a side shocked look, Daisy turns to Ruggie. For all the time she had dealt with overblots she knew how to defeat them, now, this was just a random woman. She didn't knew nothing.

"Alright, who is Yagya's friend?" Ruggie asks the other two guys.

As Kaizer was about to raise his hand there was a union when all of them said: "No!" And then he lowers his hand.

"Well, I could try." Kenji stands up, as if about to say... "Listen to me, Yagya, this isn't you! Stop!"

He actually said it. Oh, my sevens.

Facepalming, Vil turns away, almost having a break down at the stupidity. But instead, Yagya eyes soften and as everyone thought they were saved-

Yagya turned Kenji into a cow.

Perfect.

They stand up, awhile Kaizer stays behind the table in fetal position awhile repeating the words: "Happy thoughts, happy thoughts", over and over again.

"Hey, guys, now that I've been turned into a cow. Can I go home?" Kenji asks the most serious and honest question anyone could ever ask.

"You are excused." Vil says opening the door to Kenji, who runs away.

Pulling their wands out, Vil and Ruggie tried to contain Yagya until they founded a way to stop her. Meanwhile, Daisy could see Kaizer trying to run away, but he is immediately stopped by Monique who cross her arms.

"You know, exactly what to do."

She forcefully turns his body to Yagya's pity form. Where inside the anger it was a cry for help, it was a pain inside her chest, seeing inside her deep blue eyes, all of that was written.

Step forward, doing the right thing, Kaizer face-to-face looks to Yagya and speaks up. Who was ready to throw all her rage at him.

"I am sorry. I actually like pineapple. I am sorry, I actually tried to test you for my amusement. I am sorry, I made you believe you are bellow me just because you are my assistant. I am sorry, I am wrong." The eyes covered in a blind revenge, soften up. "I know, I shouldn't push you that much. I know, and because I know, I am sorry. Yagya, I am sorry. I now understand-"

Her eyes turn back into anger, blood boiling. "You don't understand!" The silence falls down. Even the chicken stays quiet from doing any movements. "You don't understand how tiring, my life is. I am a servant, I have to keep it quiet! All the damn time!" The head of the hyena turns. "No one understands."

The ink flows on the place, in a way to cover them to see her sadness. A cold feeling rushes through Ruggie, as he silently takes a step forward.

"I do." He shows the arm who hasn’t recovered after Leona’s issue. "I really do." Yagya looks at him silently. "We always think for all, we aren’t enough, for our family, friends. Anything. And we are judge when we want to take care of ourselves."

Surprisingly, Yagya gets on her knees. Feeling weak. "Yes… We do, don’t we?"

"Hard-work is not that respected, Yagya. But, it’s not an issue we should take ourselves as the one to blame."

The ink starts to disappear, Daisy smiles brightly to her boyfriend, awhile, Monique noticed the chicken with two buffy arms.

Yagya calmed herself, the overblot energy going away. As Daisy approaches her to check if everything is okay.

"Don’t think, you are just what you work for."

The purple haired beastwoman nods, holding Daisy’s hand to stand up.

As Kaizer’s dad shows up in their front, back to normal.

"I am apologise, Yagya, for everything." Kaizer's dad said with a shinning smile "You still fired thought." He says his sympathetic tone tuning into a deadpanned look.

"I know." Yagya smiles as she used Daisy as a support for her height, she was a bit too weak to stand by herself.

"Why are you smiling then?"

"To not break your face-" Daisy hits Yagya with her elbow.

"Excuse you?!"

"To not overblot again." Both girls nod with a smile. Kaizer's dad leave and the purple haired one sighs deeply. She looks to Ruggie and Daisy. "Truly, thank you. Please, I am so sorry for every mess caused."

"Don't worry, we saw what you went through. Don't always lower your head."

On the other side of the same place, Vil some money in the table, before huffing. "I didn't even liked this place." He takes Monique's hand before glancing into Ruggie and Daisy's eyes. His frown turn into a smile, a genuine one, even tho the circumstances. "Daisy, it's been lovely time with you, truly. We should go out more often. And Ruggie..." Shallowing, Ruggie waited for the absolute worse, but instead... "You are a great guy, I appreciate your personality. But remember, break Daisy's heart, I break your neck."

"Understood, sir." Ruggie smirks, he knows Vil was just a diamond heart in the rough, could he really blame how he acted?

"We will be outside, for us to take a picture, this moment has to be remembered." Heading outside, hand to hand with Monique who had a lovestruck look.

Feeling a hand on his shoulder, Ruggie turn to see the face of his girlfriend.

"I am proud of you."

"For what?"

She makes him turn his head to Yagya, someone who had a tough life, just like him, smiling, just like him.

"For this." Daisy kisses his cheek, her hand going to take his. "Now, let's go take the picture."

He smiles back, following her outside.

Back to the present, the story had came to the end. Daisy feel asleep by Monique telling the moment they lived, head on Monique's shoulder, like older and younger sister.

"But, how you both took the pictures."

"It wasn't us, it was Kenji, he gave it to us a day after he turned back into a human. The only picture we took was the after fight." Monique puts everything in a safe place, called under the bed, awhile, Daisy's head fell into the pillow.

"Soo, what happened to Yagya? She still got fired."

Grim asks as Monique turns to him. Smiling sweetly, the brunnette one answers. "We showed her that Sam was needing assistants in his shop, and she got the job. She seems way happier, and even more relaxed."

"And Kaizer?"

Before answering, she thinks for a while. "He learned to be a better person, after another accident, apparently, Kaizer turned to a Llama with a poison accident. He showed up three weeks ago apologizing to me, Daisy, Ruggie and Vil." Pausing, she puts a blanket over Daisy. "Probably, he apologised more to Yagya afterwards."

He hums, hoping from Monique to Daisy's side, comfortably laying. With a smile, Monique turns off the lights, closing the door. There was a small smile in Daisy's face of that save feeling, for there she is.

It felt a calm rushed through Ramshackle. Cold breeze was calming, the brightest star was shinier than ever.

𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒊𝒄 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒘𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓: @midnightmah07, I love your Oc x Canon, a lot (I guess it is obvious lol) so, this is kinda of a (shitty) gift for the 200 days celebration of Daiggie!! 𝒇𝒖𝒏 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒕: My dog was adopted (no, I gave birth to him/j) in Peru, so, by that we named him Cuzco, because of the Kuzco from the Emperor's New Groove movie. Who was Keizer twisted version, at the start of the movie Kuzco is an asshole, so, in this fic he was an asshole at the start as well.

DO NOT COPY, TRANSLATE OR REPOST IN OTHER MEDIA MY WORK viilpstick © copyright 2023

[ccoocckk]

Trump is a master of English short form creative writing, meanwhile Kamala can’t even come up with parsable sentences like 50% of the time. America will never get pushed to the left if we keep ruining the minds of young people with jubilee, shitty video essays, and ig can a infographics. We need ppl enrolled in stand up and improv classes, working at the French fry station, answering the phones at the 911 call center, selling knives door to door, and wearing chastity cages if the left is gonna have any sense of rhetorical style that’s compelling and not obnoxious and easily discredited. We need people who can bring the IRL to the WWW and vice versa. Also people need to be more factionalised so people can stop pretending we have a false consensus of any sort within our government. People also need to be allowed to celebrate big wins like political assassinations without being stifled by some whiny loser calling for decency and peaceful resolution of conflict. Kill all centrists, literally…

[bigfeelingstiedtongue]

i don't drink a lot. only on special occasions with friends. i drink for a good time, not to deal with bad times. i never take it up as a coping mechanism because it's slippery slope i'm not willing to risk falling into.

but sometimes it gets really tempting.

it's always so disappointing looking at them and seeing the kind, amazing people they could have been. they constantly say that we can be whatever we want and not to compare ourselves to other people but to who we were in the past, yet they constantly say things that contradict that so badly. and i know its a generational thing because i've always heard the same from my grandparents, and i absolutely despise it.

i recently found out that one of my younger cousins from my father's side basically made it his goal to outdo me academically (consistent honors student that makes it seem effortless, ig) because our grandmother kept comparing us. i hate that for him, and i hate it because i know my brothers feel the same way even if they would never say it. when things get really rough, i hear the bitterness in their tones when they speak of me and the constant criticisms. i try my best to comfort them, but i'm probably the last person they want to speak to when in those moods.

i never wanted to be the standard. i nearly broke under the pressure of having to be the pristine first grandchild who could do no wrong (no vices, great grades, rarely complaining, etc.). in my head, if i kept it up, all the attention and they would be free of the pressure that has haunted me. i was wrong and i ended up as another tool in this cycle of generational trauma, and i absolutely hate that.

my mother may not know it, but she does make me feel like an investment to an extent. she uses herself and her siblings as an example of constantly helping each other financially, but she doesn't see what we see as the next generation.

we see how our grandmother disregards our aunt's feelings to the point our uncle has to step up.

we see how while they do help their eldest with financial problems, they hold it against him sometimes.

we see how one of my grandmother's brothers is such a deadbeat that he relies on his sisters for most of his financial needs because he decided to have more than 5 children with multiple different women without having financial stability. and we see his youngest growing up to be exactly like him

we see how they want to appease family so bad that they'll do nearly everything for approval. at one point, my grandmother let some extended family sleep in her room for a night and she got expensive jewelry stolen, but she didn't know who stole it so she let it slide.

we see how until now, they're so afraid to disappoint family that they're willing to compromise their own desires and boundaries.

i don't want that for us. am i wrong for thinking that? am i wrong for not being willing to disrespect myself for other people?

at some point you just get used to that emptiness that you don't even notice it anymore. i can acknowledge to some degree that i need some help but i've been doing fine so far so why bother, right? i'm coping just fine, so until i can no longer cope, i'll keep going as i always have.

i like to think i'm in a better place now, though.

[yourinterestisnotcringe]

different anon - what just rubs me the wrong way i guess is the implication of the cast ‘taking over’ ian and anthony’s spot. fans back then where shamed about thinking or being worried that the cast or the content they created would be pushed away on the main channel when unscripted content wasn’t coming back, but now fans are ‘valid’ in thinking that the cast are taking over ian and anthony’s place.

i’m just uncomfortable with the insinuation (whether intentional or not) that the cast is ‘taking’ a spot thats not rightfully theirs and vice-versa. i think there’s a balance that can be made on the main channel and that there’s no need to alienate one over the other. it all just feels like that time the smosh squad got introduced and i feel like we shouldve grown past that way of thinking.

Hi 👋🏻

(Firstly: your last point was the reason I made sure to say I love the cast again and again, because I agree. This is not an anti-squad thing. I hated that back in the day.)

It wasn't right or ok to shame people for having that opinion, I agree. Though, I was always of the opinion that they weren't pushed away from any spotlight, the main channel just changed direction again (people were upset over cast member channels vanishing from main, but actually they were just moved to Pit - which doesn't mean anything deep, Main just changed direction and content concepts). But shaming people for their opinion in this context is never nice.

I didn't intent to make my reply to sound like the cast doesn't deserve screentime or they don't deserve a spot on main because it's "not rightfully theirs". Everyone on Smosh "deserves" a spot anywhere, it's their job after all. I think all this is messy af because we're all protective of our faves and there lies the source of lots of bad fandom discourse.

I can't put into words well what I'm feeling, I'm sorry. But I'll try again.

The age old debate in the Smosh fandom will always be scripted vs unscripted (or I&A vs Cast ig, which I hate). Scripted was on main, unscripted on the other channel(s). Scripted was I & A and the cast (minus the very beginning), Unscripted was the cast and I&A. Ideally, when things were/are going well, everyone has a place where they could shine. Some viewers preferred Scripted, some Unscripted (some, like me, both). Then Anthony left and the place where Scripted took place slowly became un-/semi scripted. Naturally there wasn't a place for I & A to shine, because I & A didn't exist anymore. It was Ian and the cast. Some viewers were sad over that understandably so. Their fave content was vanishing.

Then Anthony came back, the Scripted place became scripted again (making the sad viewers mostly happy again and other viewers sad) and cast got more empowerment on the Unscripted side (shows, the new pitch admission system, etc) while semi scripted stuff happened in the form of Live Shows. Intense Nostalgia stuff happened and then cast got more parts again on the Scripted side.

What I and others are now a bit worried about is that the Scripted stuff on the Scripted Main Channel will vanish again and be replaced by Unscripted/Semi-scripted stuff - stuff that wouldve been on the Unscripted Channel normally. And that content featuring I&A will slowly vanish or hardly be there. That might sound irrational but those feelings are also valid. When the cast wasn't in a few new sketches, they were still around Pit and Games, so we wouldn't worry over not seeing them anymore. If the Scripted content vanishes, people are worried over losing I&A content. Seems irrational, i totally get that. But it is what it is.

I'm not trying to alienate between both "sides", pls believe me. I absolute adore the cast and love many scripted formats they had during Anthony's absence.

I just want both concepts to co-exist and not be shamed for still loving I&A and the kinda neat thing of Main = Scripted feat I&A and the cast, Pit/Games = Unscripted feat cast and I&A. To me that seems perfectly balanced and idk why they would mix that up.

Pls understand that I'm not having ill intentions, I've watched Smosh through sooo many changes since 2006 and stayed watching. I personally never shamed any person that mourned cast being gone from main for a while.

(Then again, who knows what the announcement will bring and maybe I'll feel sooo silly over all this 😬)

I have a feeling you chose that wording (rubbing you the wrong way) because I used it the way i did, I apologize. I meant that it rubs me the wrong way how people have prejudice against people that like I&A and think they must hate the cast or that they shame those people.

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I genuinely do not understand why everybody wants BTS to be goody-two-shoes. For f-k's sake, I personally don't give a rat's a-s, even if they start following gangsters one fine day. It's their life, their choice, it's their account, as long as the person they follow is legally allowed on the platform, it's fine. I get that they are celebrities and need to stick to certain rules, but this is truly difficult for me to understand. They can't follow fellow female k-pop stars or anyone who perhaps interests them, like, what is this?!! I used to think that this is a cultural difference because maybe, I just don't understand Korean Idol culture in depth, but now to my utter dismay, I see it's my friends who I hang out with that make a big deal out of who they follow or unfollow.

I mean, everybody's allowed to judge anyone for being friends with people of questionable reputation, but to spew hatred and nonsensical stuff of this degree, just for this is just so f-king toxic. I swear this fandom is bat shit crazy. And for once I wish they would just start randomly following anybody and everybody they want to, and keep following regardless of the hullabaloo of "ARMY". This catering to the fanatical whims of "their" fandom gets on my nerves. Sometimes I feel BTS themselves are also very insecure about losing their fandom, which funny enough, kind of makes me feel sad for them. This whole need of BTS Armys to forever visualize them as sweet soft teddy bears, who don't have vices and needs and wants and everything else like regular humans, (when they are actual billionaires) is simply delusional.

And BTS needs burner accounts, for what it's worth.

You're preaching to the choir here. Army obsesssed with the IG accounts, obsessed about the people BTS members interact here and how it's perceived. All from this moral high ground, as if their opinion matters. As if they can control the actions of some adult men that can can and should do whatever they want, especially in the case of such non-issues. I wish Tae would grow a pair and just follow whomever he wants and not backtrack on it. What would actually happen? Nothing. Because it's not that serious. The fact that they only follow each other on their public IG accounts is such BH ot7 bullshit cause god forbid there's a chance for their narrative to be in danger. It's silly and innacurate of their real life, which is the case with so much BTS content out there. That entire need for authenticity and what made them relatable in a way through the way they interacted online and shared so much of their process and journey, it's long forgotten.

They won't lose their entire fanbase. They'd still get their money and fame and adoration. But nothing will change for the better if they don't put their foot down and send a clear message to their fans that they're not some kids. Because Army is not treating them like adults (and everything that entails) as long as they call BTS "our boys" that need to be protected in situations when there is absolutely no need for that. Imagine thinking you need to protect men close to their 30s. Like, just think about it and take out BTS out of the equation and them being regular men. Is this where we are at? Not me, certainly.

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Oh my god yes to everything you said in your Amsterdam rage post, just YES!!! I’m so f’n angry for all the reasons you listed. Because this is what I learned from this season, everyone gets a proper character exit and/or hope for their ship (Manstead, Kelli Giddish, Will, Stella goes to get her husband in the finale) except for Jay/Jesse and Upstead who are instead given the most disrespectful OOC storyline that could possibly be concocted! And to make it even worse we had to watch it dragged out and get worse and worse over the course of an entire season! I am 100% certain they did that to keep upstead fans watching. 10x20 was the last straw for me, they lost me for good but I'm still so angry! And not having an outlet to voice our thoughts to the writers is driving me crazy! Not even one single interview where awful show runner or Tracy could have been asked good questions by a good interviewer such as “wtf was the reason for this BS?!”

This is a few days old and got lost in my inbox, so I am SO sorry. Life got a little hectic once I landed because I perforated my ear drum.

I know with different shows and ships it's always an apples and oranges scenarios, what works for Med doesn't mean it will work for PD and vice versa. But there also is the sheer aspect that it could have been done differently and made it a way to fit into PD's world, but they still chose not to do it.

I think the disdain for how things have been handled has been loud enough across socials that people are aware - Luce replied to some comments on IG a few weeks ago. So they aren't completely out of touch, but... Then again, they aren't really saying much either. Not that they really would either, historically, they've tended to be quiet on the press side of things.

I am very interested to see how they move forward with storytelling because it was catastrophically all over the place for season ten. There were moments of great things for each character and some of the ships, but I think they really struggled with the overwhelming, cohesive storytelling other seasons have had. That's just my own opinion though.