#we’ve earned it

[bewitchedbewilderedbisexual]

To the Elder One Direction Fans:

Many 1D fans don’t identify as being fan in their teens. For us, 1D wasn’t the band we grew up with. Not a part of our childhood, but damn were we invested. I sit here in my mid 30’s thinking back on my times in the fandom and all it gave me. Blood, sweat, and tears for almost 15 years.

For us older fans I say this, your sadness is valid. Allow yourself to grieve. We saw these boys grow up in front of our eyes and could recognize the responsibility placed on their shoulders. More often than not, Liam stepped in to take attention off the band as they stretched their legs in this new world and made mistakes.

He was given the nickname of Daddy Direction and he took that title seriously. Liam always tried to strike a balance between making money for “The Powers That Be” and trying to be a boy who was lost in the world because this is all brand new. It was always expected that he’d know what to say, how to act, how to lead. As the years went on, it started to wear. I am afraid he never got the chance to show us who he was authentically.

So for us older fans, feeling sad and heartbroken is not childish. Don’t let people tell you that you’re too grown to grieve.

Don’t let them dismiss the tragedy because the boy who began carrying the world on his shoulder never believed that others would help. The world showed him instead that they’d add more weight. When he buckled under the pressure he hurt many people. And the people he trusted enabled it further.

Liam made many mistakes, of that we aren’t shying away from, but give yourselves space to grieve the boy we got to know. The “snake habitat…turn around” boy. The “Mr. First Verse” boy. The “you sing!” boy.

The boy who had a dream and stopped at nothing to achieve it. The boy who I hope has finally found rest.

[mmolly-ringwormm]

We should leave work today and never go back, as a treat

[josephtrohman]

mcr fans talk about fob the way that dog ppl talk about cats, and fob fans talk about mcr the way that cat ppl talk about dogs. and what i mean by that is that mcr fans have to be like “fall out boy sucks and they’re evil and have never had a good song and their singer isn’t talented and the lyrics don’t make sense” and fob fans are like “idk mcr has just never been my thing :)”

[buddiesmutslut]

Plugging this again bc I WROTE A FIC WHERE EDDIE DIES (he doesn’t actually) AFTER THE SNIPER AND BUCK HAS TO DEAL WITH THAT & FINDS OUT ABOUT THE WILL & DEALS W ANA & THE DIAZ PARENTS AND HIS TRAUMA AND REALIZING HE���S IN LOVE WITH HIS (not actually) DEAD BEST FRIEND & IM SUPER PROUD OF IT

[sun-undone]

can we please get in depth podcast episodes on Spotify for season 4?

well i was gonna make a separate post about this but i guess this is as good a place as any to say that i will officially be ending the diver down podcast.

i’d been promising for a long while that i’d get to season 3 and had just recently decided to skip it entirely and cut right to season 4 instead since i enjoyed part 1 so much. but after part 2, it really REALLY fucking sucks, but i think a lot of y’all will understand me when i say that i do not want to participate in meaningful analysis of this show for a very long while (maybe ever again) after the complete disrespect we as fans have been shown by the writers and (some) actors of this show. it hurts so fucking bad and it sounds dramatic but i feel like a safe place has been stolen. we all joked about the pates’ lazy writing and bent over backwards to make their decisions make sense sometimes, but this is a whole other level of bullshit that feels personal. it’s not just the jj stuff either. sarah and pope’s storylines (if you could even call them that) also reeked of some very foul ideologies that the pates seemed to be able to hide well enough in the other seasons but suddenly decided to bring to the forefront in a very disgusting way in 2024 of all fucking years.

i’m just incredibly disappointed and betrayed and angry and while i had a lack of motivation and lukewarm disinterest in deep diving season 3, this is an entirely different level of visceral distaste.

so i will not be making any more podcast episodes about outer banks.

from the bottom of my heart, i’m so very grateful to everyone who have listened and found joy in listening to all of my rants. it means so much that i could be a bright spot in people’s lives, even if it was just for one single hour. this fandom has created so many incredible fucking pieces of art and i feel so lucky to have added a small piece of my own to that. as betrayed as so many of us feel, no one can take away the community we’ve formed and the art we’ve produced. i don’t regret a single second of it because of that.

i’ll probably make a short explanation/goodbye episode but it will likely be very concise and not go into detail about my specific thoughts on what went so very wrong. i hope some of y’all stick around if you’re interested in the other stuff i’m watching/reading cause wow they’re miles better than obx and i will always have rambles to share.

thank you so much again and i’m sorry if this is disappointing to anyone or a piece of even more bad news after an already taxing week ❤️

[turtleblogatlast]

Headcanon that Future Leo was really good with Casey Jr. while the kid was growing up, and this is largely because Leo had previously gotten a lot of experience looking after Hueso Jr. as well.

[antvnger]

((Scott and Ant-Mun will be back tomorrow, gang. All is well, I promise. We’re just taking some much needed R&R. Love you all and have a good day/night!))

[the-shy-artisan]

Did I ever tell you that I had a pet hedgehog?

His name was Prickles!

[seagreenstardust]

Just me, absolutely insane about how normal Katsuki is with his friends these days. Teasing Shoto about his older brother definitely liking the really really hot udon, both because he’s a little troll and knows that’s the opposite of what Shoto likes, and because teasing could lighten the mood and maybe help Shoto feel better?? No yelling?? Just hanging out with the boys!!!

He’s grown so much

[dindjarindiaries]

We saw Din Djarin get Coruscant wine so now we deserve to see him get just a tad bit wine tipsy

[dodgebolts]

skephalo have met dnf have met is the universe finally going to be kind to us please say yes

[unfortunatelypassionate]

OFMD SPOILERS ‼️‼️‼️

Seeing how amazing psycho lesbian Mary and Anne brought it up do you think black bonnet will actually take the next step this season orrrrrr

[your-ace-cousin-clover]

Playing Primera Cita rn

[westerberg]

Feel so mentally exhausted all the time even though I don’t even have a job rn (and even when I was employed it was pretty much part time) and I feel like a loser but then I remember Oh yeah I lost both of my parents by the age of 20 and before that was also Not so good and I also have basically no other support system other than my even more mentally ill sister. So I guess it’s okay if I take it easy on myself for a little bit? But like I sort of feel like a loser and I wish things would start happening for me but like. Sometimes things just don’t really happen for people LOL and I wish I could just chill the fuck out about it all.

[gwendolinechristie]

first vacation of my entire adult life in 2 weeks

[gobbluthbutagirl]

will you ever go back to the target (like if they paid you a million dollars a day or something)

i mean in a hypothetical situation where they paid me a million dollars a day, yeah sure why not. but in real life they pay $17.75 an hour(up 50 cents from when i quit a year and a half ago!) and there’s another target a mile away that’s within west hollywood city limits and therefore pays $19.50 an hour. and even the second-closest target(in the same zip code as the infamous one) pays $18.25 an hour. so even if i did go back to target, it wouldn’t be that one. but here’s the thing: i will never go back to target