#we need a distraction

[inspectorspacetimerevisited]

‘Greetings! I’m the Inspector. I believe you were looking to eviscerate me?’

[princepsfianna]

I feel like all of these could apply 😭😭😭

When I'm rp'ing it's generally broody bastard or evil but also sometimes, rarely, "soft UwU baby" Socially aloof + generally just strange at times I believe makes me seem less intimidating. hard to be seen as machiviliean if you can be distracted by talking about someone obscure and esoteric declaws you! Anyway I am a sigma male, thomas shelby smh smh

If your specific mischaracterization isn't here feel free to add in the notes.

I've experienced several of these in real life, too, and it is annoying either way.

[etherealhoneypie]

let me distract you

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Sublime Equine.

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[warper-in-training]

[ 1:39 am ] I feel like he's watching me – maybe he's as obsessed with me as I am with him.

[sesamestreep]

I really feel like one of the best details in “A Scandal in Bohemia” that I never see people fixate on enough is that the story starts with Watson stopping in to see Holmes at Baker Street on a complete whim, because he happens to see that he’s home (and Watson is now married and living elsewhere). Like he doesn’t send word first, he’s not invited, he just shows up and surprises Holmes. Which is not that weird but then Holmes is like “oh good, I’ve got a case anyway, you might as well hang out!” which just makes it funnier when the King shows up and is like “I’d really rather speak to you alone, actually” and Watson tries to leave and Holmes is just like “anything you can say to me, you can say to my best friend John Watson, and if you ask him to leave, I would consider it a grave insult, you would be my enemy and I will not help you ever!!” And the king is like “…ok” and just moves on.

like, that is crazy behavior. Holmes is talking about how there’s probably lots of money in this case, and then almost turns away the client for…not knowing who the fuck Watson is?? He’s not even supposed to be there?? He just came to say hi?? “It is both or none”… girl, GET UP.

[emmavakarian-theirin]

it just makes sense to me that lucanis would be the one to kill the venatori mage and he deserves it

[wishchip106]

Erik when Charles showed him the brightest corner of his memory system and telling him there’s good in him:

[melrosing]

alas my dad is dead. it was a drawn out but peaceful passing and we were all there but yeah feel like ive been hit by a freight train!! i don’t really know where to put all my energy now he’s not here. have a lot of knowledge about brain cancer that i no longer need! very shit. but wanted to say thanks everyone for all the messages you have sent throughout this. I would like u to know that even though none of us know each other and this is a goddamn aso/iaf blog, I appreciated them all, and especially from those who are going through/have gone through similar shit. can’t promise I’m done posting about this shitty experience but yeah we’re now past the cancer posting. and to my new followers….. welcome lmao

[inkskinned]

one of the things that i think we should pay attention to, socially, about the disney v. desantis thing is that it is really highlighting the importance of remembering nuance.

in a purely neutral sense, if you engage in something problematic, that does not mean you are necessarily agreeing with what makes it problematic. and i am worried that we have become... so afraid of any form of nuance.

disney isn't my friend, they're a corporate monopoly that bastardized copyright laws for their own benefit, ruin the environment, and abuse their workers (... and many other things). this isn't a hypothetical for me - i grew up in florida. i also worked for the actual Walt Disney World; like, in the parks. i am keenly aware of the ways they hurt people, because they hurt me. i fully believe that part of the reason florida is so conservative is because it's been an "open secret" for years now that disney lobbies the government to keep minimum wage down, and i know they worked hard to keep the parks unmasked and open during the worst parts of Covid. they purposefully keep their employees in poverty. they are in part responsible for the way the floridian government works.

desantis is still, by a margin that is frankly daunting, way worse. the alternative here isn't just "republicans win", it's actual fascism.

in a case like this, where the alternative is to allow actual fascism into united states legislation - where, if desantis wins, there are huge and legal ramifications - it's tempting to minimize the harm disney is also doing, because... well, it's not fascism. but disney isn't the good guy, either, which means republicans are having a field day asking activists oh, so you think their treatment of their employees is okay?

we have been trained there is a right answer. you're right! you're in the good group, and you're winning at having an opinion.

except i have the Internet Prophecy that in 2-3 months, even left-wing people will be ripping apart activists for having "taken disney's side". aren't i an anti-capitalist? aren't i pro-union? aren't i one of the good ones? removed from context and nuance (that in this particular situation i am forced to side with disney, until an other option reveals itself), my act of being like "i hope they have goofy rip his throat out onstage, shaking his lifeless body like a dog toy" - how quickly does that seem like i actually do support disney?

and what about you! at home, reading this. are you experiencing the Thought Crime of... actually liking some of the things disney has made? your memories of days at the parks, or of good movies, or of your favorite show growing up. maybe you are also evil, if you ever enjoyed anything, ever, at all.

to some degree, the binary idealization/vilification of individual motive and meaning already exists in the desantis case. i have seen people saying not to go to the disney pride events because they're cash grabs (they are). i've seen people saying you have to go because they're a way to protest. there isn't a lot of internet understanding of nuance. instead it's just "good show of support" or "evil bootlicking."

this binary understanding is how you can become radicalized. when we fear nuance and disorder, we're allowing ourselves the safety of assuming that the world must exist in binary - good or bad, problematic or "not" problematic. and unfortunately, bigots want you to see the world in this binary ideal. they want you to get mad at me because "disney is taking a risk for our community but you won't sing their praises" and they want me to get mad at you for not respecting the legit personal trauma that disney forced me through.

in a grander scheme outside of disney: what happens is a horrific splintering within activist groups. we bicker with each other about minimal-harm minimal-impact ideologies, like which depiction of bisexuality is the most-true. we gratuitously analyze the personal lives of activists for any sign they might be "problematic". we get spooked because someone was in a dog collar at pride. we wring our hands about setting an empty shopping mall on fire. we tell each other what words we may identify ourselves by. we get fuckin steven universe disk horse when in reality it is a waste of our collective time.

the bigots want you to spend all your time focusing on how pristine and pretty you and your interests are. they want us at each other's throats instead of hand in hand. they want to say see? nothing is ever fucking good enough for these people.

and they want their followers to think in binary as well - a binary that's much easier to follow. see, in our spaces, we attack each other over "proper" behavior. but in bigoted groups? they attack outwards. they have someone they hate, and it is us. they hate you, specifically, and you are why they have problems - not the other people in their group. and that's a part of how they fucking keep winning.

some of the things that are beloved to you have a backbone in something terrible. the music industry is a wasteland. the publishing industry is a bastion of white supremacy. video games run off of unpaid labor and abuse.

the point of activism was always to bring to light that abuse and try to stop it from happening, not to condemn those who engage in the content that comes from those industries. "there is no ethical consumption under late capitalism" also applies to media. your childhood (and maybe current!) love of the little mermaid isn't something you should now flinch from, worried you'll be a "disney adult". wanting the music industry to change for the better does not require that you reject all popular music until that change occurs. you can acknowledge the harm something might cause - and celebrate the love that it has brought into your life.

we must detach an acknowledgment of nuance from a sense of shame and disgust. we must. punishing individual people for their harmless passions is not doing good work. encouraging more thoughtful, empathetic consumption does not mean people should feel ashamed of their basic human capacities and desires. it should never have even been about the individual when the corporation is so obviously the actual evil. this sense that we must live in shame and dread of our personal nuances - it just makes people bitter and hopeless. do you have any idea how scared i am to post this? to just acknowledge the idea of nuance? that i might like something nuanced, and engage in it joyfully? and, at the same time, that i'm brutally aware of the harm that they're doing?

"so what do i do?" ... well, often there isn't a right answer. i mean in this case, i hope mickey chops off ron's head and then does a little giggle. but truth be told, often our opinions on nuanced subjects will differ. you might be able to engage in things that i can't because the nuance doesn't sit right with me. i might think taylor swift is a great performer and a lot of fun, and you might be like "raquel, the jet fuel emissions". we are both correct; neither of us have any actual sway in this. and i think it's important to remember that - the actual scope of individual responsibility. like, i also love going to the parks. Thunder Mountain is so fun. you (just a person) are not responsible for the harm that Disney (the billion dollar corporation) caused me. i don't know. i think it's possible to both enjoy your memories and interrogate the current state of their employment policies.

there is no right way to interrogate or engage with nuance - i just hope you embrace it readily.

[bewaryofpity]

i can’t get the thought out of my head of bsf!luke bringing you to the team’s christmas party as a plus one and immediately getting jealous.

maybe he comes to pick you up and he already feels his neck blushing because you look so beautiful and cozy, and suddenly he doesn’t want to go to a stupid party anymore, he just wants to cuddle with you.

but you go anyway and he doesn’t leave your side one second. arms wrapped around your waist, tugging at your sweater to grab your attention because why are you talking to nico when he’s right there.

and he is a little bit jealous when later in the night you’re separated. nico is making you laugh and now he’s offering you a drink and now he’s standing too close to you.

“can you please not kill our captain with your eyes?”

“what you’re talking about?”

luke turns around to jack who’s already smirking wide because he knows and he also knows that nico's onto your plan of getting luke to finally admit his feelings.

“you’re jealous.”

“am not!” luke pouts, “okay, yeah, maybe a little.” and jack chuckles, his brother a little tipsy now that it’s nearing the end of the night.

meanwhile you’re on the other side of the room chatting away with nico, frustrated that luke hasn’t done anything yet and you're so close to abandon your plan.

“i should’ve put up a mistletoe somewhere.” he suggests but that wouldn’t have helped because luke is shy and he would never kiss you when everyone’s attention is on him, not for the first time at least.

and luke can't bear it anymore when he sees you giggle at nico again, so he uses that little courage he has in his body and finds the stupidest reason to get you away from him.

"let's get you a refill"

"but i haven't finished this one yet." and well, yeah, luke notices your drink is still basically full, which is embarrassing, but that doesn't stop him from dragging you away into the kitchen. and thank god he misses the wink nico sends in your direction.

so you sit on the counter, waiting as he's looking intensely at whatever is in the fridge because he can't mess this up, he needs to think thoroughly and the small dose of alcohol in his body isn't helping either.

"so, i was thinking of asking nico on a date."

"absolutely not."

when he turns around he thought you'd look confused but you're smirking at him like you already know the reason why he's acting so weird.

"what? you don't think he's good enough for me?"

and he mumbles something you can't understand as he places himself between your legs, head resting on your shoulder, making you laugh.

"you're jealous for no reason, lukey" you say as you take his face in your hands and he's so confused, yet he's looking at you with that lovesick look in his eyes that makes your heart jump.

"i'd rather go on a date with someone else anyway"

and he looks so cute, all clueless and cheeks red from the alcohol, or maybe from jealousy, letting your thumb brush against them.

luke's eyes widen when you keep looking right at him with a loopy smile on your lips and oh thank god he finally got the message.

"are you gonna kiss me or do i really have to do everything myself?”

"yeah sorry, sorry" he whispers before leaning down to press a kiss to your lips, ever so sweet and delicate, just like luke, and just like you.

[theladyofthevarioussorrows]

Hey guys...SURPRISE!

To celebrate Lestat de Lioncourt's 264th birthday, I will be uploading my newest piece: a Lestat x reader fic! It's been in the works for a LONG while, and I'm excited to finally put it out there! Part I will be available here as well as on AO3 at 12pm EST...stay tuned!

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[heybiji]

That causes Dande’s resolve to soften somewhat...

[jesuis-assez]

↠ Tim & Lucy ↳ 6x03 - Trouble In Paradise

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Danse Macabre

[Commission]

[mythtakens]