#we are so busy today

[marmotsomsierost]

Me: "What brings you to the ER today?"

Patient's family: "Their heart is going really fast. They drank an energy drink."

Me, internally: ....no, okay, stop that, maybe this is a four loko situation or panera lemonade or something, nip that eyeroll in the bud

Me: "How many? What kind?"

Patient's family: "One Celsius can"

Me:

Triage nurse, extremely, extremely tiredly: "just...i'll put the order in, just take them for the ekg."

Me, handing ekg to doctor: "here, from the lobby"

Doc: "whodis?"

Me: "tachycardia. After an energy drink"

Doc:

Me:

Doc: "...why"

Me: "happy new year"

Doc: "go home. Them, not you. You have to stay and suffer with us."

Me: "thanks"

Doc: "do not take that as incentive to bring me something interesting ok. No thu-rvr-days."

[xxplastic-cubexx]

hey can you guys watch them for a second

[wherewolf]

the responses i’ve seen to shiv’s ending seem very quick to write her off as just another sad victim of the cycle, which isn’t without truth BUT!!! that is not even remotely the summation of shiv’s story.

i don’t think she votes yes to “save kendall” or to try to finally set her brothers free. and i don’t think her main concern was that ken was becoming their dad. she absolutely noticed and didn’t love it, but that was not her motivation in betraying him. she was thinking about herself.

it’s tempting to make a martyr out of her as she is the only female child and we see her suffer the onslaught of misogyny that comes with that. but to make her into a saintlike figure who got beat takes away the power and intelligence behind her decision.

at this point she’s stuck between two non ideal choices, but she recognizes that they have accidentally made her the single most important player in the game. because while she can’t have the outcome she’d prefer, she has the power to decide the fates of everyone else. the written off lone woman now holds in her hands the fate of every man in her life.

so she thinks about the long term benefits of both options and realizes that one side leaves her completely without any leverage.

her brothers have proven to her multiple times in the last few days alone that they will cut her out and walk all over her the first chance they get. siding with them leaves her nothing to bargain with. she would just have to hope that ken would actually take care of her. and that level of vulnerability is not only unacceptable to her, it’s stupid. and shiv fuckin roy is not stupid.

so she thinks about the other side and about what she actually wants for her life. and against her better judgment, it’s becomes unfortunately clear that she wants tom. the way she wants him is not altogether loving or even good but it is necessary to her. she sees relationships as having winners and losers and she chose this man specifically so that she could be confident in her ability to win. except now he’s grown some balls and made himself unavailable to her.

she may not like the way her husband is evolving but she already placed her bets on him, so she’s sure as hell not losing to him now. there’s also a part of her that feels intrigued by this new man she’s married to. it’s interesting to have a sparring partner in him instead of having to looking for excitement outside of their marriage.

so for maybe the first time ever, she processes what tom has said to her and thinks about what he actually wants.

he needs her to prove that she cares. he needs to know that she is capable of sacrifice. if she can’t find it within herself to do this for him, then she will lose him, and by extension, she will lose.

siding with tom gives her the opportunity to once and for all make a grand-stand gesture of love, but more importantly, it creates leverage for her. never again will he be able to hold the moral high ground over her head. never again can he say she doesn’t love him. never again can he call her selfish or uncaring. above all, he can never betray her again, because she just removed all of his moral justification for turning on her. he doesn’t realize it yet, but she’s just taken back all the power in their relationship. just in a more subtle way than she’s used to operating.

and just like that, she has the ceo of a multi billion dollar company in her pocket, while situating herself as the only descendant of logan roy to still be playing the game, having removed her brothers from the equation permanently. she may still be far from the top but she’s creating a path for herself to climb.

so yes, she’ll let tom play king for a day, and she’ll have his baby and say “congratulations,” and play the gracious wife, but tomorrow is a new day with lots of room to maneuver. and when her husband puts out his hand, she’ll place her own on top. but she won’t grasp it because she doesn’t need to.

[expelliarmus]

[skitskatdacat63]

The casual affection, I'm going to throw up

[arcanegifs]

if caitvi doesnt win the entire ao3 top ships poll and i have the giant 30 gifset made then i’ll just keep it to myself????? i guess????

Yall i have been making hundreds of gifs of them and the show for free for YEARS and really, all i ask if your help to vote for caitvi here HAHAHAHA PLEASEEEEE

[jesncin]

Bentara Budaya's Daya Dara Gallery event opening! What an incredible night of celebrating Indonesian women and women-adjacent comic artists! I know if I had this event growing up I would've felt a lot less alone wanting to be a comic artist and writer!

We were among such incredible talent, and I'm still amazed that they let us show some very queer pages of Lunar Boy and our Superman fancomic, haha.

[temeyes]

egg pies and shortcakes

[cathalbravecog]

Drew these to practice drawing him but I went kinda ham on it again

[starryluminary]

Welcome to the second Noco Collaboration: Lights, Camera, NoCo!

Any and all are welcome to join in and celebrate our dearly beloved Noco! This time… in Hollywood!! Riveting!!

Details

To grab a spot in the collab, simply send me a DM and specify if you’ll be participating as an artist or an author. You’re only allowed to be one or the other for the sake of letting as many people participate as possible.

The deadline for submissions is August 17, 11:59 PM AST (Atlantic Standard Time). The final collaboration would then be posted between the 18th and the 23rd.

If it happens that you’re participating and find that you can’t make the deadline, please let me know as soon as possible to take appropriate action in a timely manner.

General Submission Guidelines

Noah and Cody on the “lights, camera, action” theme. This includes things like movie or television references, genre parodies, or production if that’s more your speed. As long as it has to do with the Hollywood filming industry, it's fair game.

Please no NSFW. Pg-13 and safer. Please.

You can feel free to send your submission through tumblr’s messaging system, but if you’d prefer it, you can send it to me through discord! (starryluminary_49344)

FOR ARTISTS: The drawing must be full body and a transparent background. Both digital and traditional art is accepted! Should a traditional artist need help making a transparent png, I am willing to help! Sending your submission through discord ensures a higher quality image when sending, but feel free to send it through tumblr’s messaging system if you don’t mind the slightly lower quality.

FOR AUTHORS: Make sure your piece can be read in one sitting. Feel free to make it as long or short as you like, so long as it’s a one shot. You’ll have to choose one sentence or quote from your work to be displayed in the final collaboration.

You have full freedom to post your submission once it’s done. Every single entry, along with being grouped, will be highlighted individually, showcasing the work and its creator. Everything and everyone will be tagged and credited appropriately. If any of this discomforts you, you can always be referred to as “anonymous”!

That’s it! Please let me know if any questions or concerns you might have, and I’ll be sure to help and clarify to the best of my ability. Here’s to another great collab! Have fun!! <3

ARTIST SLOTS AVAILABLE: 0/15 (FULL!!)

AUTHOR SLOTS AVAILABLE: 7/10

Closed! Thank you all for your enthusiasm and contributions to this collab!!

[dizziesims]

Lucky Palms is my fave world if you couldn't already tell

[horsemeatluvr23]

etho doodle!!!!! this one is late because i was having an identity crisis and thinking about moving to lebanon. anyways the necklace is bdubs missing tooth from secret life <3

[osarina]

MERRY CHRISTMAS 🎄🎁

[pistashxo]

sick day

[jasontoddenthusiastt]

“Stop excusing Jason killing just because he died!!1!111!!1”

We don’t excuse his killings, you ignorant fool. We actively encourage it.

[tetzoro]

ITS FRIDAAAAY !!! good morning friendz :3 i am so relieved we have made it to the end of the week omgee !! i am so proud of us because i know a lot of us have felt the effects of this wonky week, but we did it. i think we all deserve a treat ! please be kind to yourselves, because you’re here despite it all & thats absolutely wonderful ❤︎