#we’re shit on defense and that was a good goal

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that little blond twink shouldn’t even be on the pitch btw

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NFWMB - part 2

Summary: “Y/N’s first self defense class leads to some inevitable tension, all of which is thrown out of Y/N’s mind when she gets an unexpected visit at her office desk…”

Wc: 4.8k

Tropes: boxer!Harry x innocent!reader

Warnings: sexual TENSION😈, brief mention of SA, blood

A/N: hi everyone! I am so positively overwhelmed by the great response this new series has been getting🥹. I have such a good feeling about this and I hope you’ll appreciate this little adventure we’re going on😋. Xxx

P.S. I would also recommend listening to ‘Knuckles’ by the Snuts. Not only because it’s a great song, but along with NFWMB, it’s kinda the theme song of this series🤭.

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It was 8:55pm.

Harry had never been so fixated on time before. It was like his brain was counting down each second, even when he was trying to concentrate on quite literally anything else.

All weekend he had been wondering whether or not Y/N would show up tonight. Even though he had other things to do, and plenty of more urgent matters occupying his mind, the thought of her still managed to take up some space.

He hadn't heard from her. Not that it was technically possible; he didn't give him any contact information. God, why was he sweating this so much?

8:59pm.

The gym was entirely empty. He always closed early on Tuesdays. The rest of the week he stays open until 12am. There are more people who go to the gym late at night than he thought, but since he needed to cut himself some slack, he decided to use Tuesdays for that.

Not that he really cut himself some slack. He'd stay and do his own exercises, then stay longer to work on administration. He would eventually go home at around 11pm. Greg scolded him for it, demanding he take some time for himself, but that seemed to be impossible for Harry.

He loved this. He loved helping people and the shitty administrative stuff was nothing in comparison to the smiles he would see on people's faces upon leaving the gym. Whether that was one of the women in his defense classes, or a man who'd reached his new weightlifting goal. He loved seeing people happy.

9:04pm.

A wave of disappointment flooded through Harry's body. He didn't even know why he thought she'd come. It's not like he gave any indication that she wanted to. She actually told him, outright, that she didn't. He needed to check himself into a mental hospital or something... occupying himself so much with a girl he met once. He needed some sort of reality check.

The sound of the reception bell tore Harry from his thoughts, his head shooting towards the hallway where the sound was coming from. His feet began to move before he could even comprehend, and when he turned around the corner, a small sigh left his mouth.

Shit. There she was. Wearing baggy sweatpants and an oversized Rolling Stones t-shirt. Her hair was up in a ponytail, much like it had been the last time he saw her. It still looked different, though, as if she had put in more effort this time. There were no stray hairs, and the ponytail was braided. Her eyes were as big as ever, and he could've sworn they gleamed a bit when they landed on him.

Angel.

"Hi." She smiled shyly, adjusting the strap of her duffel bag that slung around her shoulder. The corner of Harry's mouth tugged up.

"Hi."

She didn't say anything, just stared at him and waited for him to continue talking. Harry, however, was too busy with looking at her that he forgot he should probably say something. It's why it took him a little longer to say:

"C'mon, let's go to the other room."

He waited for her to pace towards him before he turned around and walked to the training room. He tried, he truly did, to stay casual and just keep walking, but he couldn't help it. His head turned—just to check, he said to himself—to see the beautiful woman still walking behind him. She really was here.

Having entered the training room, Harry walked onto the mat, Y/N following him closely. He turned around and gestured for her to put her bag on the ground. She did as instructed, and stood back in front of him. He noticed her posture, the way it was extra straight. She was compensating for the insecurity that displayed in the way she fiddled with her fingers behind her back. She probably thought he didn't notice, but there were mirrors all around the room, so he could see every single part of her.

Harry titled his head downwards and looked at her. He was only realizing it now; the height difference between them. He had seen it last week, but now that he was standing close to her, it was more prominent.

"I want to say beforehand, that during these classes I will have to touch you." He said softly, his voice still in that low baritone. Y/N's lips slowly parted, but no words came out. "Is that okay with you?"

From the way her cheeks flushed after vigorously nodding her head, he could tell she had found her quick agreement to be a bit embarrassing. Harry only smiled.

"Words, please, Y/N."

"Y—yes," She quickly answered, and Harry opened his mouth to communicate his approval, but the continuation of her consent caught him off guard. "You can touch me."

His heartbeat began to pick up a bit, blood rushing towards parts that it should definitely not be rushing to. He clenched his jaw and balled up his fists, hoping the tension in the other parts of his body would refrain his cock from straining too hard against his pants.

Jesus, what was wrong with him? Why was he acting like he just got out of prison?

"Let's warm up." He said gruffly, sounding more moody than he wanted to. Y/N nodded, looking at her feet as she took a step backwards. She waited as Harry walked to the bench to get jump rope. When he walked back and handed it to her, her eyebrows knitted in confusion.

"It's to get your heart rate up. It'll have you ready for the exercises."

"Okay." She took the rope from his hands and got ready, but never started the exercise.

"What's wrong?" Harry asked. Her eyes went all big like it did in that first class.

"Oh— no, nothing. I was waiting for you. I don't know why... you're the instructor, of course." She was rambling again, shutting her eyes tightly for a few seconds after closing her mouth. Harry bit his lip to keep himself from chuckling at the woman in front of him.

"You know what, you're right, I'll join you. I haven't done my exercises today anyway." He said as he grabbed another rope. It was a big fat lie; he had trained for a good two hours today. But these exercises were harmless fun, and if it would make her feel more comfortable, he'd do it in a heartbeat.

"Would you like some music? I always prefer it because it tends to get kind of quiet in here. But we don't have to. It's really a personal preference." Harry explained, holding up his phone. A small smile appeared on Y/N's face.

"Uhm, yeah, that would be great. What do you usually listen to?"

Harry shrugged. "Uhm, rap usually."

Y/N hummed. Harry squinted his eyes at the woman in front of him, then raised a brow.

"You don't like that, do you?"

"What? No! I don't care, really. You can put on whatever you want." She was quick to defend herself. She wasn't exactly lying. Y/N didn't care, she wouldn't dream of opposing the man in front of her.

"What do you usually listen to?"

"Uhm, I like older music." You confessed. Harry tilted his head.

"Yeah? What kind?"

"Jazz, Soul, classic rock, a bit of hard rock, disco."

Harry nodded, and looked down at his phone to type in something. Y/N frowned—probably wondering what he was doing—but a giggle escaped her as 'Let's Hear It For The Boy' started playing through the speakers. Harry's eyes twinkled as he took in the sight of her. He couldn't help but smile pridefully, knowing he made her laugh like that. It felt like an accomplishment.

"Okay, let's begin."

And so, Harry and Y/N began jumping with the jump rope next to each other. He told her to count until fifty out loud, and she obeyed him. By the time they were done, Y/N's heavy breathing made her realize that her physical shape had gotten a lot worse since moving out. She always used to run back when she lived with her parents, she told Harry, but she hadn't found time for it since she'd moved.

They did a couple other warm-up exercises together, and when stretching the final time, Harry dared to comment.

"You're pretty flexible."

Y/N looked up, shrugging at her instructor. "I was a cheerleader back in high school, and I used to do a lot of yoga in college. Maybe it stuck."

"Yeah, probably." Harry nodded, admiring the woman in front of him. She talked so casually about herself. She was actually impressively flexible; it's why he noted it in the first place. She was taking herself for granted, he could tell.

"Okay, let's start, shall we?" Harry said, getting up to his feet. Y/N silently nodded as she followed in his footsteps. "I'm going to teach you some basic things, but I also want to ask you if there are some specific exercises you would like to focus on. If so, we can start by handling those after having learned the basics, okay?"

"Okay." Y/N said, taking a deep breath.

"You can think about it, and tell me next time." Harry added, and as The Jackson 5's ABC began to play, the real exercises started.

Y/N listened intently as he explained her the basic things about throwing a punch. Balance was the most important thing, Harry had said. She followed his instructions closely and stood with her feet shoulder-with apart, her right foot—the dominant one, he told her it had to be—slightly ahead of her left one.

"Good." Harry's sound of approval had awakened something in your stomach. "Now clench your fist— you have to wrap your thumb around your index and middle fingers. Otherwise you'll break your thumb."

Y/N did as he said, keeping her wrist straight. Her stomach dropped as he let out a disapproving hum. He went to stand beside her as he lowly said:

"Bend your knees."

As soon as the words had left his mouth, Y/N bent her knees a bit. From all the nervousness she kept stretching her limbs all the time, going against his order. Seeing her answer to him so quickly had made him smirk a bit.

"Good."

He didn't miss the deep breath Y/N took as he spoke. She desperately wanted his approval. It was endearing... and other things that it shouldn't be. Harry mentally slapped himself in the face. This was a professional environment, why were his thoughts racing the same way they used to back when he was a teenager? It was pathetic, really.

"Now, when you punch someone, it's important to put your entire body into it. If you punch without moving the rest of your body, it won't have as much of an impact. You have to generate the power from your core and legs. That way, the blow will land way harder." He explained, trying not to smile at Y/N's faint frown as she took in all the he was saying. She was so concentrated, wanting to absorb every piece of information he shared. "Like this."

He showed her what he meant. Y/N nodded and tried to imitate her instructor, but without much luck.

"You don't have to lean forward that much. If you turn with your entire body, it'll do that for you." He said, and had to fight the small grin that threatened to form on his lips when she tried to hold herself back too much this time. She huffed in annoyance.

"How am I ever going to be able to defend myself again if I can't even get a punch right?" She murmured, mainly to herself, as she pinched the bridge between her nose. Harry's ears perked up at what she said.

What did she mean with 'again'? Rage started simmering in his body at the sole implication of someone having done something to this woman that made her have to defend herself. Is that why she was so interested in the class? Why she wanted to learn so bad despite being so shy? Because someone had hurt her, or threatened to, and made her feel unsafe?

"Can I touch you?"

Y/N's gaze shot up to Harry's, keeping them locked for a few seconds before she let out a soft 'yes'. He nodded once, went to stand behind her, and told her to get back into position. As soon as she had, he grabbed her hips. Firm, but light.

"Do it again, slowly."

Y/N did as he said, and let him help her move her body in the right way. Automatically, her foot stayed in the right position, and she wasn't really leaning forward anymore.

"That's it." Harry said proudly. He was kind of caught off guard when Y/N sucked in a breath and turned around, his hands falling off her hips immediately. For a second, he felt bad, not having wanted to make her feel uncomfortable in any way, but when he saw her swallow, biting her lip, he knew that his touch had caused something else.

Fuck. He was definitely better off not knowing.

"I— Can I drink some water?" Y/N asked, almost sounding like she was out of breath. Harry did his best not to let it get to his head too much as he nodded, biting inside of his cheek. She scurried over to her bag, and took out a water bottle, of which she probably gulped half down before she set it down on the bench.

"Okay, c'mon. We have a lot to cover." Harry said when he felt she was lingering by the bench too much. She immediately walked back to him, and there was sense of pride that filled Harry's chest. Such a good listener, she was.

Y/N was exhausted. Her first self defense class was finally over, and it was a lot harder than she thought it'd be. They went over the basics of punching, and Harry had decided that she definitely needed to build some muscle. In the end, they practiced half an hour longer than the original hour Y/N thought the class was going to be. The regular classes were sixty minutes, so she'd just assumed.

It was also unbearable. She couldn't believe how worked up she was getting over the proximity between her and Harry. It was embarrassing, she had to be ovulating or something. Of course, it probably also had something to do with the fact that Harry was singlehandedly the most beautiful man she'd ever seen, but she shouldn't have let that distract her from her goal. She needed these classes, she needed not to be weak anymore.

After the class, Harry told her to be here at the same time next week, and she thanked him before walking out of the gym.

Harry probably didn't expect her to still stand outside ten minutes later when he walked out to lock up, but when he noticed the pouring rain, it looked like he understood.

"Did you walk?" He asked casually, locking the door. Y/N shook her head.

"Bike." She pointed to the soaking wet bicycle a few feet away.

"D'you need a ride?" He questioned, stepping towards her. Again, she shook her head.

"It's fine, I'll just wait until this blows over."

As if the universe and the weather were playing a crude joke on her, loud thunder ripped through the sky just as the sentence left her mouth. Harry tilted his head a bit.

"Yeah, no. I'm dropping you off at home." He said, and before she could protest, Harry began to walk away, right into the rain. He stepped into his car and drove over to Y/N, then got out of the car again. As he approached her, he asked:

"Where are the keys to your bike?"

Too stunned to say anything, she just handed him the keys. She was a little occupied with how hot he looked all soaking wet and— oh Jesus, she needed shock therapy.

She watched as Harry carried the bicycle and out in the trunk of his car. The grey hoodie that he must've thrown on before leaving the gym was a few shades darker now, and strands of his hair clung to his forehead. He made his way to the passenger door, and opened it, a wave of his arm gesturing for her to get in. She ran into the car, the door closing behind her with a harsh thud.

Harry ran around the car and got in himself, closing the door and turning the vehicle on immediately. Y/N's eyes went wide as Harry pulled the hoodie over his head, tugging his t-shirt up a bit along with it. She eyed the tattoos that inked his hip bones. They seemed like... leaves of some kind? She couldn't exactly make it up in such a short time because she shifted her gaze to the car window and strictly kept it there as soon as she'd realized she was staring.

"Where to?" Harry asked, but Y/N only replied with a distracted hum, not daring to take her eyes off the car window. She had never been around someone who'd made her so nervous before. Sure, she'd been awkward a whole bunch in her life, especially around her crushes in high school. But she was 23 now, she shouldn't be behaving like this around men anymore!

"Y/N?" He leaned forward, waving a hand in front of her face. She snapped her head to him.

"Oh, sorry!" She said, her tone revealing how stressed she was.

"It's okay. Just type in your address, and I'll drive you home." Harry answered sweetly. His soft, green eyes made him seem like much less of an intimidating man. That was, until one would look further down his body of course. The man was extremely jacked, and while that was very hot, it could also be quite scary. But she couldn't find any part of herself that was afraid of him.

No, he might've intimidated her, and that might've made her act like an complet fool in front of him, but she wasn't scared of him.

The silence during the car ride was mostly filled up with Harry asking Y/N questions about herself. Where she was from, what she'd studied. She, alike, returned those questions and found out a bit more about Harry's past as well.

The he was a boxer, retired two years ago, and now owned several gyms. Y/N knows she should've been taken aback a bit when she asked Harry's age and he said he was 29, but for some reason it worked the opposite for her.

Was this a topic for therapy?

She hadn't time to think too much of it, as he soon pulled up in front of her apartment complex. They both got out of the car and Harry helped carry her bicycle to a little garage for bikes at the side of the apartment.

They walked back towards the car, both drenched in water by now, and Harry turned around to say goodbye, but Y/N interrupted him.

"What do I owe you?" She asked, not caring that she was standing in the pouring rain and she was shivering from the cold. A sort of didn't want the conversation to end just yet. Harry thought it over for a few seconds, then shrugged.

"Nothing." He said, to which Y/N knitted her brows.

"But I need to pay you for the classes." She stated the obvious, at least she felt like she was.

"It was a try-out class." Harry replied with a smile.

"I already had my try-out class." She reiterated. Harry shook his head.

"That was your group try-out class, this was your private try-out class. Try-outs are always free."

Y/N bit her lip, unsure of what to say to that. Eventually she settled on something in the middle. "Fine. I'll just tip you extra good the upcoming classes."

Harry let out a laugh. "Sure, angel."

She could've sworn that her heart skipped the beat at the sound of that nickname rolling off Harry's tongue. Did he really just call her that? Y/N scanned for answers in Harry's face, and only noticed a slight shock in his eyes, but it was quickly covered up with that casual ease that always seemed to be hanging over him.

"I— I'm gonna get inside. Thank you for the ride, and the class."

Harry just gave her a small nod. "Anytime."

With that, Y/N turned around and hurried to her apartment complex, shivering by the time she got inside her own place. Her mind was racing, everything that had happened tonight kept flashing through her brain and it was like she could feel the burn of his fingers on her hips.

This was so unlike her. Unlike anything she'd ever done. Taking this class was a risk, one she'd thought being worth it, because it would bring her safety and security.

But this... these tingling feelings crashing into her like an avalanche— she hadn't felt like this since college. Hadn't had a crush become so intense in such a short time.

What the hell was she gonna do about this?

All she knew is that she couldn't stop thinking about him. Not as she got in the shower, nor as she got into bed. She kept tossing and turning until she gave into that feeling that had been nagging at her all night, her hand slowly sliding down her belly and to the sensitive ache that had been growing between her legs.

She closed her eyes and didn't even have to try to imagine Harry's hands on her again, the way he'd said those words to her. As if he wanted her to misinterpret them for something dirty.

"Can I touch you?"

"Do it again, slowly."

"That's it."

The sound of his voice ringing through her head had Y/N rubbing her fingers faster over her clit, her legs starting to close from the immense stimulation. Nevertheless, she forced herself to keep them open as she pleasured herself. Small gasps for air began leaving her body as she felt her climax coming closer and closer.

"Sure, angel."

The teasing tone in which he spoke, the playfulness in his eyes and the accent with which he said the nickname, that memory is what made her make a mess all over her fingers. A small moan even left her mouth in the sound of his name, and although no one was there to hear it, Y/N was embarrassed as she went to the bathroom, cleaned herself up, and went back to bed.

She did fall asleep quite quickly after, though. She was exhausted.

The next morning, there was a slight flutter in her stomach and a smile on her face as she opened her eyes. A new reason to get up in the morning had been making its way into her life, and she couldn't feel anything but giddy about it. Having a crush was always fun.

Despite the replaying of yesterday's practice over breakfast, and the heating of her cheeks at the memories of his words in the car on her way to work, Y/N knew that she was playing with fire by letting herself indulge in this crush. She needed to be careful not to let it go too far. A simple crush wasn't a problem, but he was her instructor and if she truly wanted to learn something in those self defense classes, she better separate business and pleasure.

With the loads of work she had to do at work, Y/N managed to drown out most of the thoughts about Harry the rest of the morning. She was finally relaxing after getting some important papers sent over—which was a stressful problem, as they had to be sent yesterday but some incompetent idiot messed up, leaving Y/N to solve it by herself first thing in the morning—when she got an e-mail from Sophie.

You are invited to

SOPHIE'S 30th BIRTHDAY PARTY

SATURDAY 5 OCTOBER

8:00pm (don't be late!)

Theme: Casino Night

Y/N stared at the invitation on her computer screen, a wide smile covering most of her face. She knew she didn't have any plans, but she still checked her agenda to make sure she was available Saturday next week. She felt like a child who'd just gotten her first ever birthday invitation. It sure felt like that.

Y/N hadn't really had such sweet friends before. Getting along with Sophie had been so incredibly easy and although she always felt like it was too good to be true and there must be some sort of trap, there never was. Sophie just enjoyed Y/N's company, and vice versa. It was like having a big sister and a best friend in one.

About five seconds after silently celebrating having received the invitation, Y/N began to stress about what present she should bring her new friend. It had to be something good. Sophie had earned a lot of money, and could basically get herself anything she wanted, so it had to be more of a sentimental gift.

Y/N had her eyes on a present already. She was very enthusiastic about it; it was something Sophie would really like.

All caught up in the excitement, she didn't notice a tall shadow standing over her until he coughed to get her attention. Y/N looked up, dread filling her stomach as she locked eyes with Oscar. She was still trying to remember how to breathe since her body just shut down out of anxiousness at the sight of him, when he started talking.

"Look, I'll keep this short, because I know you don't want to talk to me," He looked to his left and right before grabbing onto the desk and leaning over it. "but I just want to make sure we're on the same page."

Y/N could do nothing but blink at the man in front of her. What was he talking about, 'same page'?

"Things didn't really go how I thought they would that night, and I've accepted that. But I would appreciate if you wouldn't go around telling people."

"Telling people what?" The words left her mouth before she could stop herself. Originally she didn't want to utter a word in front of this man, nor did she believe she was able to, but this demand of his made her stomach twist. The way he said it, the distaste so apparent on his tongue. As if she were an inconvenience to be dealt with. He'd really mastered that heartlessness that only the cruelest of lawyers could conjure.

"You know what..." He said through clenched teeth, giving her a bit of a warning glare. The anger that boiled within her was new. She had never experienced it in such a large quantity before, and it had her acting out of character.

"What? About you assaulting me?"

The sentence had barely escaped her mouth when Oscar leaped forward a bit, frown so deep that it had made the vein in his forehead extremely prominent. She flinched at the sudden movement, tilting back into her chair. She felt the sped up pace of heartbeat as she clenched her fists, the rest of her body frozen in anticipation of what he was going to do.

"I did not assault—" he stopped himself, his crazy eyes calming a bit, as if he realized he was still in the office. "You know what, you can run to whoever you want. This firm trusts me, and they know what kind of man I am, that I would never do such a thing. Either way, it’s most likely not my job you'll be risking by bringing forth such an accusation."

Y/N had no idea what to possibly say to that. Not that Oscar gave her the chance, seeing as he backed away and walked off before she had the chance to come up with something. She began breathing more heavily with every step he took away from her.

Did he just threaten her?

A tingling pain in her hand distracted Y/N from the rabbit hole of thoughts she was just about to fall into, and when her eyes moved to see what it was, she raised her brows at the sight of blood in her hand.

Unconsciously, somewhere in between looking at the invitation and Oscar's impromptu visit, she must've grabbed the pair of scissors that were laying on the desk. She must've balled up her fists so much that she cut her hand.

Staring at the blood, a thousand thoughts running through her head, only one was the loudest.

She needed to get out of here.

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SCORE THAT GOAL! — 25. NOT my boyfriend

(wc: 1.054)

“thank you for waiting for me.” chenle had walked over to you with a happy smile present on his face. you returned the expression and stood up from the bench you had sat on. “no problem, i felt like being nice today.” you joked and handed him the bottle he had asked you to hold for him. chenle chuckled. “i better savour this rare moment then.” dapping the sweat off his face with his shirt, he quickly put on his jacket and motioned for you to follow him out the basketball court.

“did you see that c cut i did when i was cornered by all of them? i'm too good at this.” chenle boasted as he continued to gulp down his water. you shook your head. “i'm going to be honest with you, i barely understood what was going on but you scored a lot of times so i'm just going to agree with you.” chenle laughed, sparing you a quick glance. “that’s all that matters.”

“what’s with the sudden request of watching your club practice anyways? do you like my company that much?” you teased, earning a nudge from chenle who quickly went into defense mode. “don’t get too full of yourself, sungchan snuck away when i wasn’t looking and left me by myself today. can you believe he said he’d rather go home and sleep than attend the club today?” chenle exclaimed in full disbelieve, making you chuckle.

“that’s actually very on brand of him.” you responded back, smile growing as you watched chenle accept the truth. “well yes- but, what happened to bros being there for bros? what happened to the saying ‘be a keeper, not a sleeper’?” chenle sulked. the two of you had started to walk without much of an aim, barely aware of where you’re heading too. the wind was carrying the journey and neither of you cared.

“you just made that saying up yourself.” you once again chuckled and chenle sighed. “whatever, this is why you should’ve joined the basketball club instead. sungchan is fake and you’re my bff, the fact that he is in the club and you aren’t just doesn’t make sense!” chenle had a mixture of a disappointment and annoyance on his face, trying to get sympathy out of you. clearly you didn’t care, because you just laughed in his face right after. “hey, be happy sungchan joined.”

“and if i had joined the club, i wouldn't have gotten to talk to jisung.” you reasoned and chenle let out a long groan, throwing his head back before he stopped in his tracks. “what do you even see in that guy? he’s weird, can’t communicate with people for shit, tall in a derogatory way and did i mention that he is weird?” chenle tried to persuade you. yet the grin that grew on your face made it clear that non of those negative traits changed your perception of jisung.

“he’s cute and good looking, he’s fun to talk to as well now that we’re friends.” you had never seen chenle’s eyes widen like that, on the verge of bulging out even. “friends?! no way… next thing you know he’s going to replace me as your best friend. i can’t let this happen.” chenle complained, holding onto your shoulders to shake some sense it you. you removed his hands, starting to feel dizzy already.

“calm down, you’re still my bff! i want him to be my boyfriend, that’s different!” you tried to explain, but the unconvinced look on chenle’s face made you sigh. in a swift motion, you pulled him in for a hug, one tight and full of assurance that would hopefully get chenle to stop sulking. “i’m serious, it’s not easy to replace you.” you pulled back with a smile and you could see chenle fighting his mouth from twitching into a grin itself. he scoffed before nudging you away (patting your head once before doing so) “i better not be.” he finally smiled.

a smile that left all too quickly, forming into a frown. “speaking of the devil himself.” chenle whispered, making you turn around instantly. you almost screeched seeing jisung standing a few steps away, stopped in his tracks as he waited for the two of you to finish your affectionate moment.

“jisung! what are you doing here?!” you exclaimed, an awkward smile forming on your lips as you sent him a wave, simultaneously taking a few steps away from chenle. jisung was silent for a second before hesitantly lifting his hand up. “hi?”

“well, i.. i forgot something at college, but you guys were kind busy. did i.. interrupt something?” jisung said carefully, exchanging looks between you and chenle who had a scowl set on his face. you turned and almost gasped at the expression chenle wore, quickly tugging him aside and hitting his ribcage.

“ah sorry, we didn’t meant to block your path!” you apologised and moved all the way off the side walk, motioning for jisung to walk past. “thank you.” he muttered, gaze moving from you to chenle who was still threw him a nasty glare. “i-i’ll see you tomorrow..?”

jisung wishes he never assumed his previous encounters with you were peak awkwardness, because nothing could beat the awkward silence that overtook the air at this current moment. you were stood 10 meters away from, trying to give him space to walk while your friend looked at him like he was mentally putting a curse on him. all of this happening in total silence.

“y-yeah. i’ll see you tomorrow. hope you find your stuff at college.” you were hesitant to move, hoping jisung would move first. he did, picking up his previous pace, sparing you one last glance.

only when he turned the corner of the street did you let out a breath of air you had been holding in. the first thing you did now that you could breathe was repeatedly punch chenle on his upper arm. “ow! what was that for?!” chenle took steps back from you and your assault.

“no what was THAT about? did you have to glare at him? now he probably thinks you hate him.” you rubbed your hand over your face in distress, it didn’t help that you could hear chenle laughing from beside you.

“he wouldn’t be wrong.”

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[diorsluv]

feather , part 31

“ i’m gone ”

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slightly (ish) suggestive, nothing extremely explicit

( socialmedia!au )

yourusername

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yourusername three fit checks all rolled into one 🤭

and thank you to my photographer mackie because he would cry if i didn’t give him credits

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username77 😧

lhughes_06 holy shit

lhughes_06 wait i didn’t mean to say that

lhughes_06 actually no i said what i said holy shit

lhughes_06 fuck

lhughes_06 goddamn

lhughes_06 you’re so pretty

liked by yourusername

→ yourusername lukey are you sure your girlfriend won’t get jealous 😥

→ lhughes_06 so sure

→ markestapa he’s so gone

→ luca.fantilli we lost him boys 😓😓

→ edwards.73 what a fucking simp

→ _alexturcotte i mean… let’s not act like we’re so much better

→ trevorzegras speak for yourself man i’m not even trying to act _alexturcotte

→ jamie.drysdale z buddy i think you’re forgetting THATS MY FUCKING SISTER

→ mackie.samo yeah my pictures are really doing her justice here

jamie.drysdale be careful when you go out like that make sure to bring your pepper spray and shit

→ yourusername it’s okay my super cool boyfriend is really good at defense

→ jamie.drysdale yeah but is he good at offense 🤨🤨

→ yourusername might be even better than defense 🙈

username63 see i feel like jamie’s whole thread is just them dropping really obvious hints

username2 I WILL LITERALLY DO ANYTHING IF YOU GIVE ME ONE CHANCE

username16 🛐🛐

markestapa so

→ yourusername so?

→ markestapa what will it take to make you break up with him

→ yourusername MARK

→ markestapa IT WAS A JOKE HE TOLD ME TO SAY IT

rutgermcgroarty if i bought you a ring would you marry me

→ yourusername RUT

→ rutgermcgroarty HE PAID ME TO DO IT OKAY

→ yourusername how much was i worth ☹️

→ rutgermcgroarty an undisclosed amount that would result in my immediate banishment if it were to be disclosed

→ rutgermcgroarty but it’s way over what you think (probably)

→ yourusername UHHHH $500

→ rutgermcgroarty still over

→ yourusername wtf is he doing

username75 i just screamed

adamfantilli i know you’re not into younger guys but..

→ yourusername adam babes… 😭😭

→ adamfantilli ARE YOU GIVING ME A CHANCE

→ yourusername i’m not a cheater ❌

→ adamfantilli good

→ yourusername OH MY GOD DID HE ASK YOU TOO

username54 luke is concocting some evil shit

username85 luke fucking scored holy you’re gorgeous

mackie.samo you look very beautiful

→ yourusername be so fucking honest did he ask you to say this too

→ mackie.samo 🤐🤐

→ yourusername HOW MANY OF YOU DID HE ASK

→ edwards.73 me 😥

→ colecaufield me 😑

→ _quinnhughes me 🫢

→ _alexturcotte me 😔

→ lhughes_06 me 🤯

→ dylanduke25 me 😱

→ markestapa me 😬

→ trevorzegras me 🙄

→ rutgermcgroarty me 🫣

→ adamfantilli me 😢

→ jackhughes me 🥰

→ luca.fantilli me 😃

→ jamie.drysdale this is still MY FUCKING SISTER

username35 luke got the whole squad trolling

username11 MY BODY GOALS

jackhughes i love you so much

→ yourusername i love you too (?) 😭

→ jackhughes tú es muy bonita

→ yourusername tú es muy bonito tambi��n

username9 wait.. JACK??

username65 JACK ROWDEN HUGHES?????

username98 i’ve fallen in love and i can’t get up

username34 WHAT THE FUCK IT’S JACK?

username27 THIS CAN’T BE

lhughes_06 please just one chance that’s all i ask

→ yourusername i’ll consider 😳

→ markestapa this is very obviously favoritism

→ lhughes_06 bro you’re my biggest opp markestapa

_alexturcotte well now that you know that he asked all of us i have nothing to comment 😕

→ yourusername you know imy turcs 🫶🫶

→ _alexturcotte you should fly over i’ll pay for the flight tickets

→ yourusername free airfare ⁉️

→ _alexturcotte only for you

→ lhughes_06 bro you’re an even bigger opp 😟

username72 i’m flabbergasted but in the best way possible

username90 THE WAIST??

lhughes_06 you know i bet your boyfriend is thanking the lord he’s dating you

→ yourusername lukey you’ve commented like ten times already

→ lhughes_06 can i not appreciate my best friend?

lhughes_06 but i also think he doesn’t even know how he managed to convince you to date someone like him

→ yourusername well i think it’s for the same reason your girlfriend is dating you

→ lhughes_06 which issssss?

→ yourusername because you’re you

→ lhughes_06 so specific

username68 wait this is throwing me off..

lhughes_06 your boyfriend also (probably) thinks that if he ever lost you he would cry and beg for you to come back until you did

→ yourusername oh!

→ lhughes_06 yeah

→ yourusername well he’s done it before when we weren’t even dating so..

→ lhughes_06 oh!!

→ yourusername yeahh

→ luca.fantilli you’re both so fucking weird

→ yourusername he’s my best friend for a reason 🙏🙏

username17 WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ONNNN

yourusername

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yourusername he’s so pretty when he goes down on me 🥴

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trevorzegras YO

→ yourusername IT’S. A. SONG. LYRIC.

→ trevorzegras 🤫🧏‍♂️

→ yourusername what if i just decided to push you off a cliff one day

mackie.samo TOUCH TANK?

→ yourusername YOU KNOW IT

→ jamie.drysdale do you just know every song she knows

→ mackie.samo nah nah i jus put her on good music

→ yourusername I LITERALLY SHOWED YOU HALF THE SONGS ON YOUR MOST USED PLAYLIST??

lhughes_06 i know i do, you tell me every time

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lhughes_06 😳

→ yourusername 😳

markestapa GOLD SKINNED EAGER BABY

→ yourusername BLUE SHIRT OUT THE LAAAAAAUNDRY

→ _quinnhughes when will you ever stop

→ mackie.samo HE TELLS MEEEE HE’S GENTLE WHEN HE WANTS TO BE

→ dylanduke25 SO I THINK HE WANTS TO BEEE

→ edwards.73 GENTLE WITHHHH MEEEEE

→ yourusername never 😈 _quinnhughes

username15 why are his eyelashes so long

→ yourusername i ask myself that question every day

username7 they’re so in love it hurts me

adamfantilli what type of songs are you listening to

→ yourusername BRO IT’S LITERALLY A POPULAR SONG KINDA

→ adamfantilli sure it is

dylanduke25 interesting!

colecaufield your captions are getting raunchier every time you post

→ yourusername ITS A SONGGG

jamie.drysdale caption 🤨🤨

→ yourusername it’s a song 😔

_alexturcotte HEY WHAT IS THAT CAPTION SUPPOSED TO MEAN

→ yourusername HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO EXPLAINNNN

→ trevorzegras maybe “he’s so pretty when he goes down on me” wasn’t the best lyric to quote then 😐

→ yourusername i mean he is pretty when he goes down on me but that wasn’t my intended message

→ jackhughes HELLO????? yourusername

→ _quinnhughes damn kids these days

→ lhughes_06 bro cannot keep her mouth shut

→ yourusername we’re no longer best friends 🖕 lhughes_06

username44 the amount of times you’ve friendzoned him is unhealthy babe i’m starting to think you’re NOT dating him

→ username35 the evidence is too incriminating

username48 your vague posts infuriate me but i love you

rutgermcgroarty i’m going to projectile vomit all over the place

→ yourusername you’re disgusting

→ rutgermcgroarty YOUR POSTS ARE DISGUSTING

→ yourusername I’M NOT PROJECTILE VOMITING ALL OVER THE PLACE

→ rutgermcgroarty YOU’RE PROJECTILE VOMITING YOUR LOVING BOYRFRIEND ALL OVER THE PLACE

username32 well he has curly hair so it can’t be jack

→ username37 we’re being gaslit into thinking it’s jack when we’ve all known it was luke from the start

edwards.73 he always complains when we touch his hair 😕

→ yourusername it’s because i’m just better

→ edwards.73 HIGHLY debatable

→ yourusername ask the whole gc they all know it’s me 🥱🥱

→ edwards.73 in your dreams

jackhughes what would we do without your constant reminders that you’re dating someone

→ yourusername you would be sad because you would’ve forgotten i was dating someone!

njdevils 💓

→ yourusername WAIT WHAT

→ username24 YO WTF

→ username99 THE DEVILS???

→ username12 well now there’s no denying it it’s luke

elblue6 tell us when you plan to visit the lake house again! 😍

→ username80 ELLEN?

→ username31 yall arent slick 🤨

→ yourusername hii ofc i’ll tell you!! ☺️

→ username24 what is this 😨😨

luca.fantilli what the actual hell is going on and why is your caption the way it is

→ yourusername is your whole life just surrounded around questioning me 😐

→ luca.fantilli yes why????

→ yourusername i swear you can’t go one day without pissing me off

→ luca.fantilli I DIDN’T EVEN DO ANYTHING THIS TIME

→ yourusername “this time”

_quinnhughes BRO YOU’RE A CHILD STILL

_quinnhughes and also he’s gone back to his old ways and is whining about not being able to call you

→ yourusername tell him to call me anytime he wants and i’ll always pick up for him

→ _quinnhughes god you two make me sick

→ yourusername i was just being a good gf 😓

→ lhughes_06 yeah let her be a good gf

→ _quinnhughes absolutely sick to my ass

→ trevorzegras i don’t think that’s the saying

→ _quinnhughes shut up zegras

→ yourusername he’s right tho that’s.. not the saying

→ _quinnhughes i’m sick to my stomach which just happens to have fallen in my ass from the amount of times i’ve seen some lovesick post from either of you

username5 quinn’s a professional hater

username43 so tell me why i thought you and luke had been dating this whole time

→ username39 i think we all know why 🫢

username30 touch tank is luke coded.

lhughes_06 you’re pretty when you go down on me too

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next chapter notes ) so this is my 69th post AND I WAS FEELING A LITTLE DEVIOUS.. so this is what the end result is and ngl i was kicking my feet writing this

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[happylikeasadsong]

carmy’s always running out of time

i just need to get this out of my head once and for all.

i don’t know if someone has already mentioned this, but time is a recurring issue for carmy this season. He often feels like he’s behind schedule or something.

watching it for the first time i didn’t notice carmy’s mention to time until i got to the syd and carmy scene in episode 9., so i decided to rewatch just to catch every time he mentions it throughout the season.

so he’s reasoning to stop smoking was time, not health. it was the means to get to the end goal (get the star, not let the team alone) he wants to stay sharp and focused and he can’t waste five minutes on a cig break. so he gets the nicotine tablets instead.

(just a side note: ijbol every time his speech was compromised by the damn tablets I couldn’t take him seriously when he was fighting to not spit that thing out. i also wanted to smack that shit out of his mouth so many times)

not smoking leaves him impatient and more sassy than ever, and I can’t help but to trace a parallel line between not smoking and his sudden bursts of anger (him telling nat to figure out the money thing and stomping out of the office)

when sugar comes in she asks him why is he doing all that for, his answer is straight forward:

we see the first glimpse of the carmy we’re gonna see for the rest of the season: impatient, anxious and snippy.

in episode 3, doors, when richie comes up with his own non-negotiables list, he gets angry and defensive that someone would try and challenge his ideas. but he doesn’t have time to explain why cause he’s running out of time. He doesn’t even want to listen, cause he’s running out of time.

in episode 5, children, uncle jimmy brings the computer to run an analysis on the restaurant finances and things aren’t looking too good, but carmy, once again, refuses to listen, he just wants to get back to work and block all noise

it gets to the point jimmy has to pull him aside cause he’s being so annoying about it.

then we have episode 7, legacy, where we have this:

this scene, once again, reinforces the idea of him always getting ahead on the next thing, never really enjoying the moment he’s in cause he has a job to do.

he barely lets sydney finishes her sentences, he already has everything mapped out in his head and thinks he doesn’t need to let her in the loop. he never slows down, is go go go time in his mind.

every second counts.

then finally, episode 9, apologies, where he apologizes to syd, he’s tired of always getting ahead, he wants to do differently:

she’s the only person he apologizes for constantly pushing for time and making her constantly having to play catch up.

as sydney states, it wasn’t a skill issue, but communication, something that she told him before and he didn’t listen. he never enjoyed the moment.

it made me think of when sydney asked him in episode 5 if he knew what he had was special when he was working under chef terry and he said he was always too busy to know it at the time.

now that he’s faced with ever closing, a place he thought it would last forever, I think he’s ready to admit that he doesn’t have to run anymore, he needs to stay in the moment.

(now this is just crack but this is so non-stop by hamilton coded lmfao

the man thinks he’s Alexander Hamilton writing the other 51 confederalist papers, assuming he’s the smartest in the room and that attitude will be his doom, sorry for the ref)

[fruitbasketball]

wnba recap 6/19

washington mystics vs. indiana fever

ARIEL ATKINS LOOK AT THAT LONGHORNNN that 3pfg nasty tho we’re not gonna worry about that. 17 minutes for emily engstler?? i’m impressed

lord does this team miss kira and edd. aaliyah off night but did she get hurt??? i saw she had like a stiff back or smth someone lmk.

washington struggled mostly on efficiency and got out rebounded on the defensive end. they also got out scored in the paint, and it looks to me like they didn’t convert off of turnovers as much as they could have, which again comes down to issues with efficiency.

on the other hand, indiana won this game because they did all of those things better. neither team was hot from 3 but caitlin clark has a double double and aliyah boston and kelsey mitchell get 22 each for a pretty solid night. alarming lack of bench production for indiana tho.

seattle storm vs las vegas aces

i mean seattle just got outplayed in a star to star matchup. you have a’ja and jackie showing the fuck out with 27 and 32; absolutely ZERO mercy. the storm shoot like shit from 3, jewell is effectively absent (35 whole minutes with not a single field goal made and only 1 point off of ONE free throw.

jordan horston and ac both get solid minutes off the bench tho. i mean jordan gets 18 points off the bench, talk about second string production. aces bench was more or less absent except for ac - kate martin girl your iowa is showing. 10 minutes and nothing to show for it but a foul? jesus CHRIST.

good to see chelsea gray getting some mins in before the olympics. can’t quite place why the aces have been having such a tough time, but i really do think it’s the fact that they don’t have chelsea gray distributing on the floor.

atlanta dream vs. minnesota lynx

not much to say here either like it just looks like it’s a matter of lesser of two evils from box - 29% fg vs 35% - i guess it really came down to the 3 ball, but minnesota only shot 32 from the arc so it’s really just a matter of the little things here

getting to the line, sure, but more importantly: FINISHING at the line, and points in the paint, which minnesota had the leg up on, even tho atlanta got to the line more.

tina charles plays a complete game, haley jones plays an efficient one, but both get stuck with 3 fouls. bench not hugely helpful for atlanta except on the boards. even phee didn’t have that good of a game last night.

yeah this was just not good basketball overall - two middle of the pack teams duking it out to see which one is worse is just… meh. honestly don’t have huge hopes for either team in the postseason this year.

[pucktoxicity]

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I kind of agree with you but I'm willing to wait until the 20 game or so mark to start panicking. New system, players coming back from pretty big injuries etc. it was always going to take time.

The goaltending does worry me. They should have won the last two based on how they played but goaltending let them down. Also the lack of scoring 5v5 worries me. There's too much talent to be "goalied" every game, at some point the forwards have to start scoring (outside of Nico, he's been insane)

Need to give Luke and Pesce 5-10 games more to get their timings back/brush of the rust and learn the system. They're quite obviously rusty. They've both made some good plays but a new system, whilst not playing hockey in 6 months with no preseason is really hard. I'm a little confused why they played so much last night though? They both played nearly 20 mins 5v5. Surely you'd want to shelter them a bit? Unless Keefe wants to give them the minutes to brush off the rust faster? I'm sure if you gave Luke the same minutes Keefe gave Seamus (i.e as sheltered as possible) he'd look a lot better than he does (not criticizing Seamus, he looked fantastic, particularly offensively, just that he was given the easiest minutes/match ups available).

I also would like to know what he plans to do with Simon. Can't leave him in the press box, that won't help his development, obviously he hasn't been great this year and it sounds Keefe believes it's an effort issue (which I think coaches hate more than mistakes say Luke has made) but he can't sit on the sidelines forever. If he was an LD I would say maybe rotate him and Luke in and out but he has never looked good on his left side.

definitely agree with ALL OF THIS, and yes, the game twenty mark is where i also think we’re allowed to start panicking LOL. (can’t believe we’re planning when we can start saying this season will be a long painful one 😭)

on everything else: i’m glad i’m not alone in being concerned with our goaltending. i do think defensively we need to do a better job overall too but still, our goalies should be able to stop plenty of the goals they’ve let in when our defenders weren’t there to help. and yes, luke and brett definitely need to get a few more games in and get back into it and i hope they start lighting it up soon, we desperately need them to 😭

also, this may be a hot take, and i love him so very much, but dougie has not looked good for me at all. does anyone else have dougie concerns? just me? let me know, you guys. maybe i’m being too critical too early in the season.

and on simon… again, i adore him, he is such a sweetie pie and kind soul, but… 😬 like coach, i’ve also got my concerns, especially thinking about how dominant he was out the gate last year when the time came and how consistent he was right away. even if he wasn’t a “future greatest of all time” defender. he was just good. (like, he bodied brad marchand in his fifth? sixth ever nhl game? do you guys remember that iconic shit?) and i don’t know, i’m not seeing it lately. i hope it changes, but… ugh. pain.

i think seamus maybe should’ve stayed on the roster. (and i’m not saying that in a umich fangirl type of way, or anything like that just because he’s him, either. looking at his performance from prague onward, he was performing very well, and well above what most people expected of him.) that’s another question for you guys: should seamus have stayed on the roster?

[godasfarasyoureconcerned]

this is super long and maybe mostly rambly and idk who will read it but i hope it finds the right audience, or no audience at all haha

izzy haters will say he calls ed slurs and is a racist cop-lover and that he never does anything for ed and then shit on izzy fans for reading between the lines with his character. i don’t get how izzy crit folks will say “ed doesn’t need izzy” or “literally everything izzy does is useless and makes things worse” or “izzy is homophobic and racist and classist. end of story” and then get mad when fans say “izzy is justified sometimes” and “ed loves izzy in some way or else he wouldn’t still be around” like the hypocrisy of getting mad at people for making positive assumptions and generalizations about him while you make negative assumptions and generalizations about him is interesting

there’s a few reasons i completely understand why it’s easier to hate on izzy than anyone else. izzy is the antagonist. hes actively working against all the main characters. but he’s not a villain. he’s driven by selfish motives and his lack of compassion in general makes him difficult to like. i get it. he’s a dick and he’s done some extremely fucked up shit. he’s manipulative and a liar and thinks so highly of himself it’s laughable. but like

i saw someone say “there’s not a single scene where izzy does something good for ed” and like.. that’s not true.. i know izzy goes out of his way to do things that are counteractive to ed’s goals with stede, but when he doesn’t feel the need to counter what ed is doing (whether you think his desire to separate ed and stede is defensible or not is irrelevant here) he does try to do things for ed. of course ed and stede have more scenes together like for as much as izzy fans love him he doesn’t have many lines. and i’m trying not to count anything izzy only says he does (“for years i’ve followed your every whim” and “managed your increasingly erratic moods” and “massaged the crew when they questioned your judgement” etc) since i know he can be an unreliable narrator but like. he’s up giving ed space for his bum knee when they’re about to go on a raid with stede’s crew. he attempts to get ed down from his harness after his performance and stops when ed is questioning his methods and unappreciative of the effort (“the fuck are you doing with your head between my legs” “you think you know everything about everything in the whole fucking world— it’s j— hdhfd”). he offers to kill stede, he literally thinks he’s doing ed a favor. he’s wrong, of course, but that doesn’t mean he’s doing nothing. idk if it’s worth mentioning the deleted scene wherein izzy puts the little purple bow ties in ed’s beard because it didn’t make the cut for time so i’m not sure if it should be counted but c’mon. the writers clearly intended to make izzy the guy who does things for his captain

some folks love to hate on izzy’s abusive behavior but handwave ed’s. “izzy hits people” “izzy shouts at people” “we’ve never seen ed do anything so abusive” like.. we didn’t see it because something (depression, stede) has been stopping him. we pick up on some so-unsubtle-they’re-hard-to-miss hints that blackbeard is abusive before we ever see him in the breakup robe as the revival of the kraken. it’s not stede leaving that creates the kraken. it’s not izzy telling him to stop pining. we as an audience are meant to understand that that’s how he was before he met stede and before he fell out of comfort with the kraken persona. we’re meant to understand he hasn’t been that way since before the narrative. at the end of s1 he has reverted back to his kraken ways, and everyone can see that, both the audience and the people aboard the ship. fang is a dick like we haven’t seen him since his first appearance, izzy even tells them all “blackbeard is himself again” (and some people don’t believes a single word from his mouth but i honestly don’t think he’s smart or socially savvy enough to plan out every interaction to be a lie, nor do i think he’s a compulsive liar) like ed’s been the kraken before, that’s what we’re meant to understand

stede says that piracy is rife with abuse and also that blackbeard is one of the most fearsome pirates ever (i doubt he’d be a fearsome pirate, which are canonically generally abusive, without being such himself), the crew is very aware that he is likely to kill them when they first board (they literally ask if he’s gonna let them live), izzy says making them work before executing them is “the uzhe” to ed so they’re frankly right to think that he might kill them, even fang who is on his crew gets nervous as hell when he thinks blackbeard is about to walk in on him naked with lucius, when in reality ed’s on a party boat pulling his gun out to use against folks who laughed at him. ed also made fang kill his dog, which we don’t see but all of them in the room know what he’s talking about and it’s not a surprise to any of them, it’s just the norm. we see him ask fang to skin that frenchman for calling him a donkey, which is both a disgusting thing to want to happen to somebody, and a disgusting thing to force someone else to do for you because you can’t be bothered. ed even tells stede “love a good maim” like c’mon now don’t tell me he’s never been abusive. of course calico jack brings news of worse behavior, like burning down entire ships, and of a history of being abused by hornigold, which goes to further normalize the idea that ed grew up in an abusive environment and has learned that’s how the world works. and ed admits even more when he himself says that cutting off some bloke’s toe and making him eat it is laughable for him (stede is horrified and ed sounds regretful, that doesn’t mean it didn’t happen both in the past and in the future narrative)

i get you can say “hes had a rough past” and “he’s better with stede around stede makes him a happier healthier person” and “he wants to be better” and “abuse is normalized for him” and “he’s growing it’ll take some time but he’s a good boy who regrets his past choices” and i agree with all of that. what i then don’t get is how so many people lack the same charitability towards izzy. why is it that ed grew up in that environment but the idea that izzy, who has been at ed’s side for years, has not had to deal with some of the same stuff? or i suppose they get mad at izzy fans for assuming that level of generosity towards izzy without as much context to make him deserve it. like we get some backstory for ed, we see that he was in fact abused, we see that it drives him to dark places. we see ed cry about who he is and we see him say he wants to be better. but i don’t get why people assume izzy wouldn’t want the same thing for himself. like why would ed want happiness and peace with the person he loves, but to assume that about izzy is somehow delusional? as if bad people don’t also want peace and happiness? as if you haven’t been watching the same show as i have, the one that says that everyone is worthy of love and respect no matter their mistakes? as if he is undeserving of it because we don’t have context to justify his actions. i understand it’s easy to leave his backstory blank in your mind because we don’t get any of it in canon, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t there. that doesn’t mean his motives are entirely unjustified and irredeemable, just because we don’t have any backstory for him. i know that makes it hard to connect with him as a character and makes him more one-dimensional. i know that makes it easy to see whatever you want in his backstory, including nothing but homophobia and racism. but if you’re gonna be critical at fans for reading into his actions, you shouldn’t then read into his actions. and if you’re going to be mad at fans for saying that his behavior is not founded in hate and evil, you should then not do the same thing for ed and all of his vile behavior. sorry for not thinking he’s Just a Villain, but i don’t believe he’s driven by evil, nor do i think his actions are much if any less justifiable than ed’s

TW WARNING F SLUR IN TEXT (if it makes you feel better i’m queer as fuck quoting somebody else who i also have to assume is queer as fuck because they’re in the fandom):

seen someone say ‘izzy called the man he ‘loves’ a slur so it’s not real love and how could he actually have any respect for ed at all to treat him like that’ like literally using the f slur in their post (for dramatic effect, granted) but like. if you think all slurs and derogatory words are the same you’re being a silly goose! and if you think “namby pamby in a silk gown pining for his boyfriend” carries the same weight and is borne of the same vitriol as “limp wristed faggot bitch baby” like i’m sorry but i think you are now reading between the lines a little too. i know there’s a lot to be said about izzy’s fucked up views on strength and manliness and shit but there’s a difference between ‘stop bitching about your boyfriend’ and ‘stop being attracted to men, it’s making you a bitch’ like they’re similar in delivery but the meanings aren’t the same. he’s definitely got some hurdles to get over with his ideas of masculinity but his message isn’t “you’re a loser for being attracted to men” or “you’re a loser for being left by a man” his message is “you’re a loser for being weak and sad about the man who left you” i really don’t think he cares that ed likes guys in general. if he did, why would he send calico jack? he knows their history. he sent jack because he knows that jack and ed have had dalliances and that jack will be just as attractive to ed this time as he was previously. he was baiting ed with the relationship he knows already exists. whether you think it’s homophobic of him to capitalize on their relationship is up to you, but it doesn’t read to me as “i hate that he’s attracted to men” it reads more like “i hate that he’s attracted to stede, i’d rather he be attracted to jack until i can get back into his graces and he can be blackbeard again” and i think it would be just as bad to do if ed were straight and heartbroken over a woman. i would call it manipulative and dickish, two things i’ve already acknowledged izzy is. i would also say that i’m sure he prefers the kind of relationship ed and jack have vs ed and stede because it’s rougher and less emotional. that ties into his toxic masculinity, of course, because hes averse to softness and emotional intuition. not sure that it’s fair to say that makes him homophobic, unless you think queerness is synonymous with softness and emotional intuition, which i don’t think it is. they’re related, as is femininity and masculinity, but to say “he’s homophobic” is as much reading between the lines as is saying “he feels unsafe on a ship so suddenly Not Focused on survival” (which is to say, it is reading between the lines, and it has some valid foundation but some valid criticism as well). to say “he called ed a slur” or (literally, and again it was for dramatic effect but if you’re going to do character analysis don’t throw in your own dialogue for dramatic effect) “a limp-wristed faggot” is just plain not true, and i might as well say that spanish jackie was being transphobic when she said “bonifacia.. the bitch who stole my joy” (also not true, though could be supported if i stretch really far)

and like. what’re you gonna do if we ever get literally any izzy backstory? like we get flashbacks to stede and ed and jim’s childhoods. those are the three mainest protagonists. the backstory is put in their to contextualize the character and help us understand them better. we don’t have anything for the main antagonist yet, so it’s harder to connect, but we’ve got tidbits about other crew members (lucius used to be a pickpocket and knows how to read and write, frenchie used to be a slave, even wee john used to sew with his mom) and we know nothing about izzy, and very little about his motivations besides “edward” rn the most izzy lore we have is that he’s the best swordsman in the world, he’s worked for blackbeard for years, and in fact his thoughts seem to be consumed by blackbeard. so my question is: what’ll happen if they ever give him any backstory? if we find out that he too had a rough childhood? if we find out what drives his actions? will there be any amendment of the izzy hate? any “oh i see yes he went through xyz, now i see why he’s Like That”? the same way we got with ed and stede? starting off, it’s hard to root for stede because he’s such a buffoon, but he’s got such a good heart and he’s been through such a complicated and sympathetic story that you can’t help but like him. so if we ever learn anything clarifying about izzy, will the hate be retroactively undone? like a “he sucks in s1 but wait until s2 then he becomes a character worth enjoying”? or maybe like a “he wasn’t justified before i knew his reasoning but now he’s still unjustified but i understand him better at least and can see why he chose to do the things he did even if i disagree with them” the same way you can do for stede and ed? or is he just forever irredeemable by his nature? because if you think that i again think you haven’t gotten one of the main lessons from this show. everyone deserves love, even the most vile pirates. the idea that izzy would be immune to this theme makes no earthly sense. like what?? blackbeard is defensible and redeemable but blackbeards right hand man isn’t?? as if the writers would ever deign to make such a flat, uncomplicated antagonist after creating such a fun cast of other characters

more on that point, i’m reminded very much of zuko from atla. he served as the main antagonist for much of the early show, and were not supposed to like him as a character until we learn some backstory. “oh he’s damaged from his dad” “oh he’s trying to redeem himself” “oh he’s desperate for respect from his family and nation” it gets easier to sympathize when we learn what made him that way, and when we see the ways in which he’s similar to our main character. the redemption only comes after he does a bunch of self-reflection when he gets what he thinks he wanted. he thought he wanted a place in his fathers fire nation, that was his drive for much of the series, and what drove him to antagonism. it’s not until he gets what he wants that he realizes it’s not how he envisioned it and he’s still unhappy, at which point he realizes his real goal should’ve been in line with the main characters from the start. it’s probably wishful thinking to dream of such a wholesome redemption for izzy, but it’s less wishful to think that they might do any sort of redemption. if you think the writers of the gay pirate show are lazy enough to create a one-dimensional antagonist with no depth or anything deeper driving his actions, you’re silly for that. izzy’s in the perfect position for the writers to create a good redemption, he’s in the exact position where zuko was (having “achieved” his goal to the naked eye, got the thing hes been pushing for) and the idea that they wouldn’t take the opportunity to further drive home main themes of the artwork for the sake of maintaining a layer of superficiality to the main antagonist of the first season is silly.

you’re allowed to hate him. the crew of the revenge hates him. you’re allowed to criticize his actions (i in fact encourage it!) you’ll notice that when ed’s actions are criticized by stede, he changes them. you’ll also notice that when izzy’s actions are criticized by ed, he changes them. this can be seen when hes being very rough with the crew, and ed says to not brutalize their guests, at which point izzy spends much of the rest of the scene only sneering at them and quietly seething. can be seen when he’s planning on leaving, and ed gets him to change his mind with the prospect of becoming captain. he even changes his actions bitterly when ed’s just displayed a little fuckery for the crew and izzy tries to get him down from the harness. even there, quickly and spitefully, izzy changes his actions, and leaves him hanging there as he storms off. but he didn’t continue whatever the fuck he was doing with his head between ed’s legs. for ed, stede has the most pull on his actions. for izzy, ed had the most pull. i truly don’t believe that he would have dueled stede if ed had been more involved. ed said “we’re not doing this” and izzy said “you’re not so i must” but i really think if ed had said after that “no i’m serious you’re not doing this either, i have another way to sort it out let’s talk about it (like you’ve been approaching me to do)” instead of turning his head away as izzy’s weapon pierced stede to the mast that things would’ve gone about much differently. like i don’t think izzy would disobey the command, he quite clearly obeys orders even when he doesn’t want to. think it would’ve been a blowout between he and ed since that’s where the contention lies

hypothesizing aside, criticism of stede’s actions as a captain clearly changes his behavior. the people he loves literally instruct him how to improve his behavior and become a stronger leader and pirate. stede does the same for ed, literally instructs him how to be softer and less prone to violence. it’s interesting to me that, just like both of these situations, there are also moments where we see ed giving izzy a lesson, or izzy one to ed. they don’t have literal lessons, but they have conversations where they criticize each others actions and get a change in behavior. even from the start, we can see ed talking izzy into doing things he’s not inclined to do (“oh edward can’t i just send the boys?” “no he’s a gentleman and we want to make a good first impression”). i don’t understand how these small interactions can be overlooked. like?? when stede changes ed’s behavior, that’s because he loves him. when ed changes stede’s behavior, that’s because he loves him. when izzy changes ed’s behavior, that’s because he’s a manipulative piece of shit who only has hate in his heart. when ed changes izzy’s behavior, that’s because it’s his job as captain and he’s standing up for himself, and also because you’re reading between the lines to blorbify a homophobic colonizer (despite stede being the one raised in wealth and literally born in barbados and who is shown capitulating to western standards of race in the very first episode, and despite stede being so unsure of himself and too much of a Baby (affectionate) to acknowledge his own (lack of) attraction to his wife despite obviously having sex with her. but when calico jack says “anything goes at sea” and izzy obviously agrees enough to send him over, that’s irredeemable bigotry and how dare you enjoy this character’s existence?!!) it just seems like.. idk a double standard? hypocrisy? idk what’s the exact right word for it but it’s just very Bruh

the audience should recognize izzy has done bad stuff. anyone saying he hasn’t done fucked up shit is lying to themselves. but stede has done fucked up shit too, and so has ed (and so has our b plot main jim). i dont get why there’s so little charity towards izzy. i get we don’t have backstory. i get hes a dick. i also don’t think that the writers of the show would make a character as one dimensional and VillainousTM as izzy haters think he is. it’s honestly like.. idk almost offensive as a writer like if it were me and i made such good characters like ed and stede and jim and lucius and olu and frenchie fuck i love all of them but like one of them has to be an antagonist for the sake of plot because an external threat isn’t as threatening if it’s not tied into an internal one as well, and then the audience looked at the antagonist and went “he’s the antagonist. he’s a bad character” like i think my feelings would be actually a little hurt. like i put care into characters, the protagonists and even the deuteragonists like i put care and effort into all of them except the antagonist?? why would you assume that?? what like i just phone it in for antagonists? they’re the bad guy so they have to be badly written characters too?? just because the audience (or heck maybe even me as the writer) don’t have backstory for the character yet, doesn’t mean the character doesn’t have a backstory. a good character has depth and a past. why would writers as good as what we’ve got just.. not put the same care into an antagonist like izzy? particularly in a show about love and growth. a main theme of the show full of gorgeous characters is “everyone deserves love” and you think this doesn’t apply to one of the show’s creator’s favorites? i don’t get it

okay think this is long enough but yeah. rambly defense of izzy as a character brought to you by a zuko stan and someone whose favorite sesame street characters were allegedly bert (not bert and ernie together just bert) and oscar the grouch, so take this all how you will

[mxtomituck]

I think this extends to the interpersonal level, too, and I want to add something really important to this because when I bring up these points I usually get one brand of comment: “I’m angry and my anger is valid. Nobody gets to tell me what to do with that anger.”

The recurring theme seems to be anger and especially self-defense. I think a lot of us are raised on the idea that vengeance - especially vigilantism - is like THE way to get closure for injustice... and I couldn’t disagree more.

I once worked with a parent of a child whose kid said that the punishments the parent put in place weren’t going to change the disagreeable behavior (in this case, missing homework and poor grades). The parent replied “I don’t care. It makes me feel better.”

I think this is where a lot of that mindset comes from. Crime and Child-rearing are large, abstract, intimidating concepts to wrap our heads around. We feel better when we can be an active part of solving a problem, but it’s enough to perceive that we’re solving them. Locking someone up, taking their PS5 away, or beating the shit out of them can feel good in the moment but it doesn’t ultimately solve the problem. It just makes everything worse.

As mentioned above, the American carceral system might as well be designed to churn out violent criminals. Arbitrarily punishing your kids only makes them feel more helpless because they can SEE the punishments are arbitrary, making ALL discipline LESS effective.

To be clear, it is NEVER the job of the victims or targets of these things to give these resources and supports to the people who victimized them, but if the goal is to solve crime or get a kid to do their homework, we HAVE to STOP thinking of SUFFERING as a SOLUTION.

The thing is, until you get past the mindset of "justice=punishment" you will never be able to create lasting change. We have actual proof that punitive justice creates more crime and makes criminals more violent. We have actual proof that rehabilitation reduces crime and recidivism. But some of y'all are so stuck on this idea that the wrongdoer must be punished for justice to be done that you will choose sating your need for revenge over actually moving toward a better world every time. And that's sad!

[m1ckeyb3rry]

And yes Nagi and Reo would not have been bad! I know the E4 were on the volume of the first version I figured they’d switch it up this time ofc the double itoshi is a big opp move but yeah anyways just glad to see tabieita getting their moments LMAO wait you had a Kunigami stan era omg LMAOO what happened to the no ginger rule /j but yeah he’s chill I just don’t have any heavy investment in him

Justin bieberitis LMAOO YUKI the “my culture is not your costume” has me wheezing otoya would definitely break the fourth wall too it’s such a dumbass otoya vibey thing

I remember that scene of Reo losing his mind screaming at zantetsu it was actually so hilarious LMAOO I do love their silly little dynamic but Reo got roped into the L taking club LAMAOA

SHAJS OTOYA REPARATIONS yeah I guess he can’t be catching ALL the strays I definitely also forgot ampharos has a mega (probably didn’t help that I don’t think I ever really had/used on) I’m still salty that megas were never brought back or continued like they could’ve just expanded and added more megas in the future games instead of swapping up mechanics each gen….but WHAGEVER RRJHSJRH Karasu fr just being surrounded by electric types that can kick his ass LMFAOOO

LAZYTOWN BEING BLLK BORUTO this is too funny but SHSHS DW YOURE ALL GOOD yeah i didn’t realize tumblr sucked this much hopefully it fixes soon?? But also take all the time you need to respond LMAO

No serious young aiku….young aiku…….but alas the stubble exists guys if PxG can have that much hair gel why doesn’t Ubers have a razor…guys come one…..but I agree still in the oaeu bestie zone LMAOO I need him to be my wingman irl

BRO I KNEW IT ITS THAT ONE ARTIST im ngl their memes always have me teetering on conversion territory their art style also definitely evolved a bit since they last posted!!! I saw that and lowk I agree but let’s remain strong for now it’s not the time to fall….but FR we’re gonna be eating so well s2 im so excited to see the favs in action!! All the recent promo material has me losing it too bro THREE DAYS WE’RE SO CLOSE SHSHSKSNSJA you’ll be getting a lengthy ask in your inbox once it airs so you can trust that you’ll need to open it then LMAOO

OMG ANOTHER MIRA DRAWING I’m crying otoya would so say that also the fact that you write in cursive just makes it 10x better HAHAHAH but OOOOH hairstyles!!! Are you deciding between the two or are these two forms of Tullia that exist depending on scenario in pursuit? They both look CUTE THO

OOOOOOOH WAIT 1K EVENT REQ?? Very intrigued and very excited if it does come out by this week I fr will be so stocked on content between that and s2!! Actually wait either way it works because I forgot s2 will be weekly starting from this week (WAHOO) Also wait it HAS been awhile since I’ve been surprised LMAO “how long it ends up being” anytime you say that i know it’s gonna be on the heftier side /j

Also SPICY WHITE GOODBYE also spicy white what does that even mean I’m crying if he was drunk too you should’ve said yes and gaslit him into thinking you were speaking in irish

- Karasu anon

HAHHA yeah right when i started (like in the first couple of eps) i liked kunigami!! ig i was really determined from the beginning not to like isagi…in my defense before the match against team v my options were isagi, bachira, chigiri, the rest of team z who are lowkey irrelevant, niko who actually is rather pretty but is just a bit too little-brother-coded to be attractive, and barou but specifically barou in his UGLIEST era 😭 kunigami was the best in a bad lot SDLKFJ also in that time he was far and away the most talented of team z (esp pre-chigiri-awakening) so there was that aspect…as SOON as nagi showed up though i was like 😍 and never looked back (that’s a lie i actually didn’t think i was going to like nagi at first i was so determined to wait for rin but then i realized i was lowkey giggling at some of nagi’s scenes and rewinding to watch his goals again and shit and that’s when i was like oh…)

JUSTIN BIEBERITIS it’s fr spreading!! LMAOAO no poor yuki i feel like i shouldn’t bully him sm his illness is even worse in pursuit because he was supposed to be an elite four member (hence why chris prince is his mentor) but he was banned from proper competitive battling because the stress made his condition worse 😓 that’s why his team is crazy strong and lowkey not aesthetic-maxed?? like you would think the man would have a milotic or an altaria or some other such elegant pokémon but his starter is a breloom and his team has such stunners as steelix, noivern, and alakazam but it’s because he was meant to beat aspiring trainers’ asses 😭 he just switched to contests because they were less stressful on his eyes and body due to having more of a focus on artistry than sheer-force victory…that’s why he ends up being a good mentor for reader and co he really teaches them how to not waste any energy and be super efficient in every move instead of wasting time and effort!! he’s super cool actually i really do like him unfortunately he’s SOO easy to slander it’s insane 😩 otoya definitely looks into the camera like he’s in the office unironically while in blue lock HAHAH can you imagine one of his teammates does smth stupid and he just stares into ego’s soul with the most unamused expression ever…it probably starts as a joke w karasu and then they both start doing it without thinking because it’s like a habit

YESSS THAT’S THE ONE pls it has me cackling every time reo looks so silly and zantetsu is so miffed meanwhile nagi just looks so concerned in the background bro was fr met with a completely different side of reo than he was used to 😭 reo being roped into the taking l’s club because he was linked up with king of losers tabito karasu #real honestly i think a little bit of humbling is good for him…bonus points if tullia’s watching the battle and reo’s like “this one’s for you ��😉🫵🏻” before proceeding to get his shit rocked by the biggest idiots on the planet KSDJHFSLKD the negative aura is unmatched it’s only salvaged because otoya is tullia’s number one opp so she’s still team reo and karasu even though they lost

I LOVED MEGAS imo they were the best gimmick because they were the first and truly felt original/well thought out?? like there was lore behind the megas and the designs were different and pretty instead of just being “pikachu…but BIG” it’s the same with the alolan forms like it was cool the first time but why does every region have its own forms now…anyways yeah i’ve never been a huge ampharos user (as in i’ve never used it) so i always forget it has a mega but it does!! it’s funny actually when i’m looking at it which characters can and can’t mega 🧐 of the main-ish (aka relevant to us) characters nagi, chigiri, and tullia all don’t have any pokémon with mega evolved forms!! meanwhile reo has gallade + mawile, reader has houndoom + gyarados, karasu has pidgeot + garchomp + lucario (i literally forgot about lucario until i checked my notion page w everyone’s teams lowkey this is a win for the karasu girlies??? bro is eating), otoya has ampharos + altaria, barou has houndoom + sharpedo, isagi has charizard, and even hiori has metagross 😭 ofc these are only options definitely not all of these characters will get megas let alone all of the pokémon for each character but it’s def fun to look at!! also wait it would be really funny if otoya can only evolve his altaria since mega altaria is even more fluffy cutesy “girly” as well as being a dragon FAIRY type so that would def make bro crash out just a bit (the coolness of mega evolution does ease the sting a bit though)

YOUNG AIKUUUU MY BELOVED no actually that’s so real should’ve switched rin and barou just so all of the hair product warriors (barou karasu shidou zantetsu) could’ve been on one team SDKLJFH lowkey i would love to see more zantetsu and barou interactions i think they’re so funny together 😭 fr though i know barou def has a spare razor lying around somewhere he’s too neat to NOT so aiku has zero excuse…okay wait actually can i confess that BAROU with the stubble in that one scene where he’s a depressed dilf was SO FINE SDLKFJHSDKLJ FHSL BROOOOO I LOST IT I NEED HIM TO FAIL AT SOCCER AND LIVE THAT LIFESTYLE (WITH ME)

hehehe barou just does it better SORRY aiku anyways yeah i need him to wingman for me HEAVY…IDEC WHO bro can set me up with barou karasu yukimiya nagi reo…i guess sae…otoya (i can actually fix him i know it) karasu karasu did i mention karasu??? karasu—

their art style is sooo pretty but agreed they post rlly infrequently (whenever they do it ends up on my fyp) and they always have a slightly different art style every time!! it’s cool to see the development in real time hehe anyways yeah trust i won’t fall!! although the character i’m writing a request for is pissing me off because they’re being too agreeable to it which is making me…not CONVERT but appreciate them yk (ig that’s process of elimination that i’m not writing a karasu rec but considering how the rest of the characters aren’t miraverse golden standard favs it doesn’t narrow it down too much)

SLKDJFHSD PLEASE i was between writing that or “‘humane euthanasia is the only option’ — eita otoya” for it HAHAHAH yeah i always write in cursive and i think it does add a layer of humor to things because it’s the most ridiculous nonsense written in my pretty handwriting LMAOO 😭 for her hair i was thinking it’ll be scenario dependent!! so like the base hairstyle is the one of her hair down but she ties it back in the messy bun (so #y/n of her) when she’s doing more gross or intensive stuff if that makes sense?? so like the bun is more of a rare find (kinda like no jacket rolled up sleeves karasu) but still present which is why i drew both hehe

1K EVENT REQ YESSSS i’m actually enjoying myself writing it idk if it quite fits with what the requester had in mind but eh wtvr i’m having fun so it’s okay!! it will all end up for the best…yeah unfortunately i do sense it getting to be to the heftier side we’re past 2k words and haven’t met the love interest yet soooo anyways…YESSS WEEKLY S2 I’M SO HYPEEE CAN’T WAIT TO CHAT ABOUT IT AND WATCH IT AND CONSUME EDITS NONSTOP!!

SPICY WHITE HAD ME HOWLINGGGG actually funny enough that was the same night as the coke dude that wicked game was based on as well as the linkedin guy SLDKFHSDLKFJDS anyways apparently spicy white is white but not like white anglo saxon protestant white??? so basically mediterranean and sometimes slavic i think…look i know i look really racially ambiguous and get mistaken for a lot of things (i’ve had people make fun of my parents to my face for not teaching me spanish since they think i’m latina and i have to be like “well they don’t know it either i’m actually indian”, almost everyone including other indian people think i’m either irani or afghani, and when i’m in europe i’m mistaken for spanish or italian quite frequently) so i wouldn’t have been as flabbergasted if he had just gone straight to greek (that was his second guess) but IRISH???? first of all irish is the opposite of spicy white regardless second of all i may be pale by indian/poc standards but irish people are on another level of whiteness typically…like NO ONE ELSE has EVER looked at me and been like “yup she’s irish” as you can tell that was just an insane night all around truly everything was happening

[pint4punt]

4th & 2:00 A.M. :

For Those Times When You Just Have to Go Home With Someone

So here you are! It’s almost closing time and you’re still scanning the room looking for a piece of action before it’s too late. Well we’re sorry to tell you, that you didn’t necessarily come to the right place. But that being said if you’re here, you clearly don’t have any better options.

While we won’t promise this weekend will be everything you fantasized about, we will do our best to help you find someone you can take home before the clock strikes 2:00 (or you know 6:30 or whatever the fuck British time is for Ravens vs Titans). Players have already cleared waivers and if you’re desperate enough to be reading this, we’ve got one last ditch option for every position to help you throw a Hail Mary and try to score before the weekend ends. So prepare to make your gutsiest call, as we get go for it on 4th & 2:00 A.M!

Quarterback: Joshua Dobbs (26.7% Rostered)

Pros:

6:2 Touchdown to Interception Ratio on the Year

Facing a divisional rival playing several young players

Rushing upside

Cons:

Arguably their best offensive player in James Conner is out

Would you start any of his weapons????

Running Back: Salvon Ahmed (4.6% Rostered)

Pros:

De’Von Hype Train just went on IR, giving Ahmed a huge opportunity behind Mostert

Miami will probably be up by 100 by halftime forcing the backups into action

Facing a piece of shit Carolina Team with the Second Worst Run Defense that frankly, should kill itself in very public fashion

Cons:

Mostert is clearly the guy

Wide Receiver: Jonathan Mingo (11.8% Rostered)

Pros:

Coming off his best game of the season (5 of 7 targets for 48 yards)

Like the Giants before them last week, facing a Miami team that’s going to force them to throw after hanging 100 on them

Cons:

Bryce Young is his Quarterback

Has yet to crack double digit fantasy points

Tight End: Jonnu Smith (13.8% Rostered)

Pros:

Has had consistent fantasy production outside of Week 1

Facing a Commanders’ team that just got lit up by Justin Fields in the passing game

Desmond Ridder fucking sucks dick and needs to lean on short to mid yardage threats

Cons:

Desmond Ridder fucking sucks dick

Smith is coming off a minor ankle injury

Defense: Raiders (20.5% rostered)

Pros:

Mac Jones has about as good of a chance of lighting up this Defense as Stephen Hawking (past or present) has of giving Teanna Trump the night of her life

The Patriots have been out scored 72-3 their last two games

The Empire is Dead?

Cons:

Jimmy G may put this Defense in horrible positions

We would stream the Patriots’ Defense almost as quickly as we would stream this one!!!!

Kicker: Brett Maher (47.7% Rostered)

Pros:

Playing for an Offense boasting Cooper Kupp and Puka Nacua

4 of 4 for FG’s less than 40 yards (gets a little dicey after that though)

Should have ample opportunity against a bottom feeder Cardinals’ Defense (giving up 27.2 points per game through five games)u

Cons:

Shaky beyond 40 yards

Didn’t even attempt a field goal last week

[cocoartistwrites]

Your answers are always so thoughtful so I’m going to give it a try. TW: Eating Disorders

My sister (15) is following a lot of ED twitter accounts. I’m not assuming these accounts are ED, they put it on their bio ‘edtwt’. Some even put their BMI and their weight loss goals on it.

For a bit of background, my sister and I followed each other on twitter and other socials. We are not too close because of age gap (I’m 28). But we’re pretty close and she occasionally talks to me about boys and friends drama etc.

In elementary school she was a bit overweight, but not way too big. She was a bit chubby but my family and I think it was because of the vitamins to help her grow. As far as we know, she’s not bullied and to this day, she’s still very good friends with her elementary peers. Some of her friends probably weighed the same as her. So she’s not an odd one out.

However, she did loose her weight a lot in pandemic because my parents have turned my bedroom into a home gym with proper equipments. So she works out and eat better because my mom cook healthier food during pandemic.

Now that I have noticed that she is getting skinnier. I usually asked her about her friends in school and I have met her friends and they seem like very good kids. Most of her friends are girls and they’re all in the same art club. So I don’t have suspicions that maybe her friends bullied her or anything like that. I could be wrong though.

I want to ask her but I’m afraid she will get defensive and just shuts me down. Making me harder to reach her. According to my parents she’s been a bit moody, but we all think it’s just teenager stuff.

I can’t talk to my parents about this, they would be very upset and will book a therapy session at the very second I told them. They’re good but very dramatic. At least not now.

I can’t monitor her closely because we live in a different city. She still talks to me every now and then, sending me memes or asking to borrow my stuff at home.

I want to approach her but my communication skills that require empathy might sound fake? I don’t wanna sound like a therapist too. I just wanna make sure that she knows those accounts are not very good to follow. I’m afraid she has an ED.

So first of all I’m so sorry that’s so stressful!!! I think maybe it does sound like she has an ED or at least is seduced by the narratives around it. I actually don’t really know what you do with that. I’ve had experience with it with very close friends and nothing really seems to help if I’m honest, and that’s such a shit take sorry. What you can do is assess how she is otherwise. Try to be supportive and get closer to her without being seen to judge or monitor her. If you’re not close that would probably drive a wedge between her and you guys need to forge more of a bond and create some trust I think? I’m not sure. You should call an ED charity and get some more expert advice though I reckon. And just try to be there for her for now.

That being said if it’s early and she loves you and she’s not caught yet you could maybe say hey look I saw some of the accounts you follow and I’m not sure why you do will you talk me through it?

In my experience treading softly is better than wading in too hard. But also like I said my experience is third hand and not necessarily 100% on point.

More informed opinion? You know where my ask box is.

[beauspot]

there’s so many issues with twilight, we know this but with the information we’re given in story…nobody should be team jacob. first of all the obvious thing is that he has nice guy syndrome and secondly he SAs bella and thirdly he imprinted on a fucking baby, yeah i know there’s “technically” an explanation for it but he is very clearly planning to marry this baby

while there are a lot of issues with bella and edwards relationship (i don’t really care it’s fiction let us live) edwards main goal is always protecting bella even if that means he can’t be in her life. he tries to distance himself from her for her safety, he lets her decide to become a vampire even though it’s not something he wants because he respects her, he’s supportive of abortion (see stephanie meyer is anti abortion and that reflects in breaking dawn which is annoying because it places edward in the wrong when he’s absolutely justified! renesmee literally killed bella) all he wants is for her to be ok

jacob is kind for like one movie then he becomes a wolf(or shapeshifter) and turns into the biggest dickhead on the planet. he becomes constantly angry and has this weird possessive attitude towards bella this at one point almost gets edward killed. he is constantly trying to guilt bella into loving him saying shit like “maybe you’ll care when i’m dead.” (???) just so she’d kiss him. bella made it clear from the start edward was it for her, she never lead him on(which i have to say because a lot of M E N say she did) but he doesn’t care because he likes the idea of her

obviously the reason jacob is written this way is cause of racism, duh. he’s the angry aggressive brown man opposite his pure of heart white counterpart. i don’t think anyone would disagree with that. that doesn’t change what he actually does in the story though. jacob is not a good person and that’s baked into the story, so yeah. i really don’t understand anyone who’s team jacob.

anyways…this is a belward defense account

i have to watch these again soon

[titleknown]

I will say, having come across this essay by a person being disturbed by the amount of stagnation in book Twitter’s reading takes, and while it makes some good points, there’s one thing I think it ignores...

MOST PEOPLE RESPONDING TO THE PERCEIVED STAGNATION OF READING TASTES ARE FUCKING ASSHOLES WHO ARE ACTIVELY MAKING SHIT WORSE!

Like, a lot of my defensiveness over my own tastes is traumagenic, I will freely admit to this! But the essay’s solution to this is as follows:

and maybe that harshness isn’t the right approach to persuade people who i’d hope would be persuaded, but i don’t know, honestly i think we’re long overdue to start being harsh about it and i’m going to give that a little nudge. at this point, my visceral reaction to seeing this is just thinking “grow up”, and that they’ve been indulged and welcomed and catered to enough already now.

 Do you think it’s going to fucking help to encourage me to diversify my interests by replicating my trauma in a public space trying to make it unsafe for my interests via shame? NO, NO IT DOESN’T!

It activates that fucking trauma response and makes me double the fuck down! Especially as an autistic person for whom “grow up” was basically used as a phrase to shit on me for my disability and my tastes, a thing I don’t think I’m alone on, but I digress.

And the linked essay (which, don’t be a dick to them, if you are you’re missing the whole fucking point of this rant) is the nice version of that. I’ve seen stuff saying that shit on this site that’s a whole lot uglier and a whole lot more dogwhistle-y ableist.

But, like, I’m a person who likes finding new and different shit. I can recommend you a fair few obscure and weird works, feel free to send me some asks on that if you’ve got a subject of interest!

But, imagine how much that fucks up people who don’t have that sense of exploration?! Imagine how much it makes them want to do less exploration, because the second-worst way to get people interested in something is to treat it as a chore and force them to do at threat of public shame!

The first worst way is to shit on people’s current tastes and interests in the interests of getting them to look at something else, which is what they also fucking do. Constantly. Because the same people who say that shit are so often the people who say “bring back bullying”

And on that note, the people who say that are shit as educators! They spend more fucking time bitching about the lack of interest in the classics than; say; actually getting people interested in them! Which like, I get that not every gripe and vent has to have a purpose of direct action, but when I keep fucking seeing a hole like that in your discourse, I gotta question your goal.

And don’t fucking get me started on how these assholes also keep fucking bitching about the “fandomization” of the classics they keep begging people to read, because it’s not fucking enough they read the classics, they have to read them correctly.

Or, if I can be even meaner, the only endgame I see to this cultural push in terms of where current action on the part of the people saying it leads is basically the whole “bring back bullying” shit via making shared spaces unsafe for “wrong” interests, which is viewed as somehow going to magically diversify people’s interests.

Which like, buddy, making people shit on fanfic again like it’s 2005 isn’t going to make Ao3 any less of a shithole and it isn’t going to break up Disney/Warner/Viacom. It will lead to a bunch of autistic kids getting bullied

Like, I think there’s some points to be made about the need to expand one’s tastes, and in fairness, at least that essay I linked tries to address some of the points I made, which are broadly directed at posts in the same Genre I keep seeing.

But the point stands, STOP BEING FUCKING ASSHOLES, YOU’RE MAKING THE PROBLEMS YOU CLAIM TO CARE ABOUT WORSE!

YOU ARE NOT GOING TO SOLVE THE FAILURES OF THE US EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM BY BULLYING AUTISTIC KIDS ON TUMBLR AND/OR THE WRETCHED BIRD SITE! YOU’RE JUST GOING TO MAKE THEM MORE OBNOXIOUS AND DEFENSIVE!

[animeengineer]

Whether it’s a plausible option or not is irrelevant. We make war plans based on whatever possibilities we can think of so when the President rolls in and says, “I want to blow up X,” you’re not starting from scratch. Donald Trump routinely signed off on big flashy operations that were mostly ineffective. First one he did got one of our guys killed because it was so badly planned Obama wouldn’t green light it. Then there was the time he wasted a good chunk of our Tomahawk inventory blowing up Syria’s old aircraft and leaving Russia’s new ones alone.

Equally important is that sometimes you have to explain how badly things will go, even in the optimistic case.

In the case of Iran, beyond the things you listed, the terrain is mountainous as fuck, much like Afghanistan. The Iranian military is about as good as Saddam’s pre-war militaries. Seriously, Iraq and Iran fought each other to a standstill for nearly a decade, and Iran had all the great stuff we sold them when the Shah was in charge.

Depending on how much we’re able to set up in nearby lands before hostilities start (all the months setting up in Saudi Arabia was critical to both Iraq wars, and Putin was setting up an attack column in Belarus for weeks before invading Ukraine, while the invasion from the East was direct from Russian land) and which countries decide to support us and which support Iran, and what the actual goal is (conquest, disruption, or much smaller goals) things could go “well” (I.e. for us maybe and definitely not for anyone else) and you get a Desert Storm, or you could get a Ukraine or Afghanistan-style quagmire, or a lot worse.

Sometimes the point of planning is to let you spell out how bad an idea is.

That said, you might be giving a lot more credit to Iran than they deserve. Maybe they’ll unite against the invaders, or maybe we’ll talk the Kurds into helping us with promises of self government. (Seriously, Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey all treat Kurds like shit.) Most of their military is treated as second-class compared to the IRGC. There could be a raft of other problems, communications issues, conflicting chains of command, and so forth. Hard to say.

I don’t think we’d need to bring back the draft. Afghanistan showed we could recruit plenty of racists who just wanted to “go over there and kill some ragheads.” Conservatives will be ecstatic about the demand this would create for the defense industries that keep them in office. And they’ll have an easy time painting their opponents, as well as any anti-war protesters, as traitors. It’s self-destructive, but they don’t care.

The existence of a military war plan doesn’t tell you much about what we’re really going to do.

Source

US warmongering, with special guest: Israel

[luminnara]

Pro Hero Bakugou + cam girl!reader fluff 18+ ONLY

I wrote this for myself c: i’m a SWer and i gotta live through my self inserts sometimes lol

Warnings: nsfw language

part 2

requests are open!

Everyone always expected him to end up with another pro hero. After all, he was Dynamight, a determined, powerful man with an even more powerful quirk. He had his own agency, he kept his area of the city in check, and he had a near perfect record. It only made sen that he would want to date someone equally as impressive and passionate about hero work, someone who could keep up with him and match him on every level.

Nobody ever expected that he would end up with someone like you, least of all...well, you.

You held off on telling him what you did for a living for a while. You weren’t ashamed of your profession by any means, but you had developed too much of a crush on Katsuki to risk ruining everything if he didn’t share your viewpoint. What if he hated your job? What if he thought you were an embarrassment to his name? No, it felt better to just tell him that you did something mundane, letting him believe you were an accountant or something rather than a full time online sex worker.

You were absolutely certain that the great Dynamight wouldn’t want the news getting out that he was dating someone like you, so even though it felt like you were lying to the man you were falling in love with, it also felt...better. It felt safe.

So imagine your surprise and horror when he casually brought it up on his own.

“What, you thought I didn’t know from the start?” He rolled his eyes, kicking his feet up on your coffee table as he raised a beer to his lips. “You think I’m stupid or somethin’?”

“What? No!” You said quickly.

“Then why’d you lie?”

You looked down in embarrassment. “Because...I didn’t know how you would react.”

He raised an eyebrow but said nothing, waiting for you to continue.

“A lot of guys get jealous, or just...shitty about it.” You sighed. “I figured that you wouldn’t want my job ruining your reputation as a pro, too. So...I just never said anything.”

Katsuki was silent for a moment, taking another drink. He seemed like he was thinking about your words, and with each second that ticked by, you grew more nervous. Was he about to yell at you for hiding such a big part of your life? Was he going to break up with you right then and there?

“Don’t be a dumbass.” He finally said. “I don’t give a shit what you do, long as you like doin’ it.”

His voice was harsh, but it made your heart soar.

“Thank you,” you said, letting out a relieved sigh.

“For what?” He grunted.

When he saw the sappy look on your face, he groaned and motioned for you to come closer. When you came and stood near his legs, he rolled his eyes, reaching out with one strong arm and pulling you down to straddle his lap.

“I don’t fuckin’ care what your job is.” He said, a big hand settling on your ass. “Kinda pissed me off that you kept hidin’ it from me, but I figured you’d bring it up at some point. Then you just fuckin’ didn’t, so I did.”

“How the hell did you find out?” You asked, suspicious that he had gone through your shit or something.

In that moment, the great Katsuki Bakugou actually blushed.

“Uh...” he looked away, avoiding your eyes. “I...mighta caught a livestream once.”

Your eyes widened. “You what?”

He rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly. “Yeah, I tuned in once or twice.”

“What? When?” 

“I didn’t go lookin’ for you specifically like a creep!” he said roughly. 

When you just quirked an eyebrow, he sighed. 

“It was right at the beginnin’. Remember that first date we went on? You were wearin’ that green dress...”

“Of course I do,” you smiled. 

Bakugou readjusted his grip on you and you settled in against his chest. “You wore that fuckin’ dress, ‘n you got me so god damn worked up with that.”

“Did I?” You teased, already knowing the answer. You were well versed in the world of horny men, and you could very vividly remember all of his awkward shifting and not so stealthy readjustments.

“Fuck, you have no idea,” he groaned. “Had a hard on the whole night. Thought I was gonna explode by the time I got home.”

“Well, you’re pretty good at exploding,” you laughed, leaning your cheek against his chest as you looked up at him. “You could have invited me in, you know.”

“Nah, I was bein’ a gentleman. I mean, you’re fuckin’ gorgeous, princess...but I asked you to dinner because I liked you. And when I ask a girl to dinner, I fuckin’ do it right. After I got home, I had to go rub one out...’n that’s when I found you on that camsite.”

You blushed. “Yeah, I, uh...remember going home and deciding I should go live for a few hours, since you made sure to have me home by nine.”

He rolled his eyes at your joking tone. “Yeah, yeah. I saw you under the now online tab, ‘n I couldn’t stop watchin’...”

“That was a good night,” you grinned. “I went straight from having some of the fanciest food I’ve ever tasted to having one of my work nights ever. I mean, I remember hitting my tip goal in like, half an hour! Because my highest tipper was some new guy and—“

You paused, realization dawning on you.

“Wait just a goddamn second.” You leaned back, sitting up to look at Katsuki suspiciously.

The shit eating grin on his face confirmed your suspicions.

“What, babe?” He drawled. “You were gonna tell me all about your highest tipper. Don’t stop now.”

“My highest tipper,” you jabbed your finger into his chest, “was a new guy whose username I had never seen before, who had to have a lot of money to pay what he did.”

“Yeah, well. There’s all kindsa rich people on those sites. They love gettin’ off to pretty pieces of ass like you.”

“And he even ended up tipping enough tokens to cover my bills that month,” you rose up on your knees, straddling him again. “He had to have been a celebrity. Or a CEO. Or a pro hero.”

His grin only widened. “Musta been.”

“Katsuki, I cannot believe you!” You laughed, lightly slapping his chest. “All this time, you’ve been watching me from a burner account?”

“Well, I can’t exactly just put my hero name out there,” he chuckled.

“Because it would be all over the tabloids?” You guessed.

“What? No, because you woulda found out right away. Like I said, I wanted you to come to me first.”

“That’s...really sweet of you, actually,” you sighed. “Thanks, Katsuki. For not telling everybody.”

“Well...”

“...you told Kirishima, didn’t you?”

“I was excited about how hot my new girlfriend was!” He said defensively. “‘N it’s not like he was gonna do anythin’ bad, anyways.”

“Yeah, there’s not a mean bone in that man’s body,” you laughed, sliding back down onto your boyfriend’s chest. “I just can’t believe you. How are you so good at keeping secrets from me?”

“You tried to do the same thing to me,” he pointed out.

“Well, now we’re even. But...I don’t exactly think the world would like knowing that a top hero is dating a camgirl.”

“Like I care.” He rolled his eyes. “You know how popular you’re gonna be when rumors start flyin’?”

“Rumors?” You asked, looking up at him.

“Oh, yeah. Everybody’ll wanna find out if that’s really the pussy that the best pro hero is poundin’ every night.”

“Katsuki!”

“What? It’s true.”

You were quiet as you thought for a moment. “You know, if you sign a model release, your dick can be on cam...”

His face lit up. “You wanna suck this cock in fronta all your loyal fans, baby? Wanna show em what a fuckin’ size queen you really are?”

“Full of ourselves tonight, aren’t we?” You asked dryly.

“You’re gonna be fulla my cum soon enough,” he flirted, leaning down to nip at your jaw. “C’mon, Princess. I gotta get my practice in before I can be your stunt dick.”