#what to say other than RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[somespicyshrimp]

love how it’s become completely normal and acceptable to say explicitly sexual shit to random strangers on the internet, especially if they’re women. girl on tiktok has more than a b cup? top comments on anything she posts are automatically “mommy sorry mommy sorry”. woman on the internet is pretty and also feminine? “submissive and breedable” like that’s not the exact kind of gross, infantilizing shit women hear irl every single day. i constantly see comments on teenagers’ posts saying “hey don’t sexualize her she’s a minor” like it’s not weird or misogynistic to talk about a stranger’s “mommy milkers” online so long as she’s 18 or older. fuck. maybe i’m a prude but i just don’t think you should get to make gross objectifying comments at random strangers just because you think the veneer of a mom fetish makes it #coolquirkyandprogressive instead of just creepy

[wolves-in-the-world]

thinking about the Sterling & Eliot fight scene in the context of that thing where Eliot seeming to be out of control is pretty much always a grift. It's something I didn't properly twig until reading this meta of the french connection job - and it surprised me how perfectly possible it is to watch the show and believe his performance at every turn.

(even with the example early on of Eliot using this trick - anger as a performance, quickly switched off - to get Sophie to admit that she wasn't apologising. I will never be over season one Eliot successfully tricking the team's grifter that way. And for such a gentle reason.)

so we get Nate strolling casually up to the table to ask Sterling what he's doing here - which, big mob boss vibes there, it's gorgeous - and I'm just thinking about how Eliot 'snapping' and going after Sterling allows Nate to be civilised, because Nate doesn't have to threaten Sterling or remind him not to mess with them; his man, working for him and under his control, has already done that. And Nate being civilised and calling the shots allows Eliot to safely lean into his don't-mess-with-me angry hitter persona, probably to make a point, probably to have a little fun as well. (Really I don't even stop to justify that scene. It just causes me so much joy as it is.)

the first time I saw the french connection job, the 'call off your dog' bit bugged me. Nate hearing that and (after a moment) doing so meant he was implicitly agreeing with the idea that Eliot was his dog, and that Eliot wasn't capable of standing down by himself. Which goes entirely out the window if it's a grift. Reading it as almost transactional, an agreement between the two to enable each other to lean into their respective roles in little plays for their marks' benefits - and their own - makes it so much better. Nate gets to come across as reasonable and in control of powerful assets; Eliot gets to scare people into believing that he really would hurt them badly if they gave him a reason, and his reputation survives another day, and people don't look too closely.

"You know, people underestimate you, Eliot." "That's kind of the point."

there's quite a bit of trust in it, both ways - and an unspoken understanding of what's really going on - and it just... I just think it's neat.

[yayee-prsp]

Ty Lee + Traditional Thai clothes

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[gerrydelano]

explicitly deciding to romanticize fat body features the way we romanticize being able to see someone’s ribs or the crests of their hips by emphasizing the softness of someone’s double chin or the way their belly moves when they laugh really hard. deliberately choosing to write these things and make sure no one can forget about them not just existing but being beautiful and attractive and the little thing you find yourself thinking about when you’re trying to get to sleep but they keep popping into your mind and making you smile too much to get tired.

edit 1/21/23 i can't believe i have to turn off reblogs on a good fucking post but the amount of fetish blogs flooding my notes are too much. Stop It.

[thisiswhereikeepdcthings]

Bruce: Diana, you are my favorite co-parent.

Diana: Thank you.

Bruce: Ra’s, get out.

Bruce: *looks at Clark, Dinah, Talia, Lois, Barry, and Iris*

Bruce: You can stay, I guess.

Talia: There is no getting rid of me, beloved.

Bruce: I am aware.

Bruce: *looks at Oliver, Hal, And John Constantine*

Bruce: I have done nothing to deserve this.

Oliver: Hey now, I distinctly remember in eighth grade you were a little-

Bruce: MOVING on.

Bruce: *looks at Slade, Pamela Isley, Edward Nygma, Lady Shiva, and Lex Luthor*

Bruce: Okay, so I have some concerns…

Captain Marvel: *raises his hand*

Bruce: Yes?

Captain Marvel: I think I’m in the wrong meeting.

Bruce: You are excused.

[joycrispy]

Sometimes I think about how Taliesin would say, “Caduceus is Percy if nothing had happened to him.” 

And I think about how Percy is a white-haired anime boy, angst and all. 

And how under the pink dye, Cad’s natural hair color is white.

[silverwhittlingknife]

i love them.

[sugarcube-stinkysock]

idk wtf they were saying but marichat nation was fed today lmaooooo

Mari just chillin here like a motherfucking boss

this was actually so cute please 😭

also welcome back Chat, we missed you sm

[drawsmaddy]

[ID: A black and white digital illustration of Essek Thelyss from Critical Role. He looks to the right with a smile. End description.]

One last Essek doodle as we reach the end of 2021 💜

[worstloki]

full offense but no line with or without context in the Loki series can light a candle to “so I am no more than another stolen relic, locked up here until you might have use of me?”

[teacorgi]

pinkie pie helping fluttershy put her eyeshadow on so they can go shopping :)

[acanvasofabillionsuns]

inspired by this post

felix keeps telling nino wilder and wilder conspiracy theories - he'll throw in milder stuff like "marinette keeps a hamster in her purse" or "all xy's songs are secretly about lila" that are just plausible enough to make nino look into it before he realizes felix is, once again, lying - and then one day nino, fed up, sarcastically gives him one back, and felix just nods and goes "oh, i heard this about it too" and seamlessly expands upon it in a way that has nino impressed (almost. he still hates him).

and so then he starts telling felix conspiracy theories, just to try to come up with something crazy enough to actually trip him up and not because it's become sort of a fun game. not at all. (he finally succeeds when he suggests that adrien is chat noir and half of his emergency photo shoots are him dealing with an akuma, and felix had inconveniently started taking a sip of his water and almost hacked up a lung.)

then one day felix comes up with something that would actually make a great movie?? so of course nino has to stop and start writing that down, and felix, thrown off by the change in routine, is like "what are you doing?" nino explains, still frantically writing it all down, telling felix what he'd change and add to it, and felix makes suggestions, and then the conspiracy theory game is laid to the side for the next several weeks as they come up with a movie plot and like 80% of a script (they run out of steam and mutually decide to leave it be for the rest of the quarter, at least, so they can come back inspired again).

the day after they agree to set aside their movie project, there's a bit of awkwardness at first as nino no longer knows how to interact with felix. they're not talking about the project, are they going to start trading conspiracy theories again? will felix just ignore him? should he - nino shudders at the mental image and immediately discards the idea - try to make small talk? then felix turns to him and says, "the entire class is either dating or secretly in love with each other" and nino snickers and asks, "excluding adrien and marinette as love interests?" felix tells him, "of course," with such a 'no, duh,' expression that nino can't help laughing.

they leave mylene/ivan alone but decide that alix has a thing for juleka and rose's aesthetics, juleka admires how loud alix is about her opinions, and rose is super impressed by alix's athleticism (and also thinks her pink hair is gorgeous and would be fun to braid). chloe and alya argue too much to not be a little into each other.

nino suggests kim/max, but felix scoffs at the low-hanging fruit and tells him that clearly max and nath are secretly dating. "think about it," he says around nino's laughter. "they're both quiet. neither of them hang out with the rest of the class much. nath and alix are best friends, and alix makes stupid dares with kim, and besides marinette and her group, who else does alix hang out with? her best friend's boyfriend. you have to maintain good relationships with the people you care about's people they care about." nino nods and says that he sees it, still giggling.

"and that leaves... who? sabrina and kim?" felix asks. "oh! i know this one, dude. you remember when kim liked chloe and got akumatized when he tried to ask her out?" felix nods. "sabrina admired kim since before then, but she felt super bad about the whole valentine's day thing and gave him a little gift to try to make him feel better about it. he was touched and gave her one in return, and since then they've been locked in a gift exchange with each other. kim's too dense to realize she clearly likes him back and is nervous to ask after chloe, and sabrina's too shy to make an overt move, so they're stuck until one of them finally confesses or someone pushes them together."

"right, right," felix nods. "and then of course i'm in love with you."

nino sputters, taken aback. he's suddenly very aware of his heartbeat and facial expression. "right," he agrees, a bit strained. the way felix'd said it, so matter of fact... nino coughs and asks, "so are we dating or secretly in love with each other?" felix hums, a trace of a smile on his face, then decides, "either secretly in love or we're dating but you're too dense to realize." nino sputters again, this time offended, and protests, "i think i would notice if i was dating someone, dude!" "yeah?" "yeah!" felix just hums, smirking, and the teacher calls the class to start before nino can interrogate him on what the inflection of his hum meant.

later, felix asks nino if he wants to hang out after school. "really?" nino asks, a bit taken aback. it's not that he doesn't want to, just that the few times they'd done it before had been wholly focused on their project and he doesn't know what else they'd do. most of their hanging out at school is just making up dumb things and tossing them back and forth, making them more complicated until they've worn it through. "yeah," felix shrugs one shoulder, staring at him. "there's a new movie by one of the directors you really like, and i thought we could watch it and then you could tell me about what directing choices stood out to you over coffee." that's... surprisingly thoughtful. nino's kinda touched. "sounds good," nino agrees, and so they go watch it and then get coffee - hot chocolate for nino, plain black coffee for felix that he produces a caramel syrup packet from nowhere and pours in - and nino rants about how the positioning of the cameras in several scenes were at such weird, awkward angles but the choice to always give the love interest a jacket up until the final scene was inspired. felix listens attentively, sometimes asking a question or commenting on something, occasionally disagreeing on a point but mostly just listening to nino speak. it's nice.

the next week, felix asks again, suggesting that they walk in the park and trade music that they think the other would like. nino agrees again, and is in the middle of their fifth song when he realizes he can't tell if this is a friend hangout or a date, and if it's the latter, whether felix is doing this genuinely or to prove a point. he absolutely would be petty enough for that, is the thing. (and nino wouldn't really mind if it was a genuine date, is the other thing.) nino doesn't want to ask him, when they're having a good time and it might be presumptuous of him to almost immediately jump to "date," so he decides to wait until the end of the hangout, but forgets when it rolls around. this happens another three times, and it'd be weird to ask randomly, so nino just lets it be until two months have passed and they're still hanging out at least once a week. and it'd be awkward to bring it up now but it's more awkward to keep going on like this, so finally nino just has to ask: "dude. are we dating?"

felix snickers. glances around them at the fancy restaurant they're in because felix likes high-class stuff and doesn't mind paying for both of them, and nino (likes spending time with felix) is fascinated by the fancy desserts. looks back at nino and raises an eyebrow. "what do you think?"

"well that's the thing!" nino sputters, waving his arms around. "when we started doing- this-" he gestures emphatically between them "-it was right after you said i wouldn't notice if i was dating someone, and so it could've been that you were just trying to prove your point, but i don't think you'd keep it up for this long just for that! and i don't wanna assume, but if we're just hanging out as friends then it is kinda a weird vibe to go to fancy restaurants and hang out one on one multiple times a week. and if we are doing it as friends then that's cool!! that's chill! i'm down with it! but if it's not then i'd like to know, y'know? 'cause i might, like-" he coughs, rubbing the back of his neck. his face is burning "-i might be down with that, too. if you're interested."

felix raises his other eyebrow. "and if i am interested?" nino whacks his arm. "didn't i just say it? i- i like you, dude! whether you want that to be as a friend or as a partner is up to you." felix hums, and even though nino was telling the truth when he said he'd be fine if they stayed friends, his stomach dropped to his shoes.

"i like you too," felix says quietly. nino grins at him, and he smiles back for a moment before it shifts into a smirk and he adds, "told you you'd be too dense to realize we're dating."

"i did!!" nino shrieks indignantly. "i did, i totally did, the second time we hung out then i realized it might've been a date and i was just too nervous to ask." felix's smirk grows and he teases, "it's okay, you can admit it. i just told you i liked you, we can be vulnerable here." "oh my gosh," nino diverts, pulling out his phone. "oh my gosh, dude, you just admitted you felt a single emotion. dude. this is history, i need to record this."

he finishes zipping off a text to adrien, points his camera at felix and starts a video. "here we see a felixian graham crackers in his natural environment," he narrates, deepening his voice and grinning widely as felix flushes. "they rarely display emotions, but we've just caught one in the act. if we're very quiet and still, he might repeat himself." he zooms in on felix's face. "shut up," felix mutters, shoulders hunched and hands half raised like he wants to cover his face. "upon displaying emotions, if caught, felixes will often become embarrassed or even aggressive. the distinctive bright red coloring around the face and ears will indicate this." "i'm going to murder you and not even feel a little bad about it," felix says, face now in hands even as he peeks through two fingers at nino. "no you won'tttt," nino coos, face almost sore with how wide his smile is. "you liiiiike meee." felix shifts in his seat. for a moment, nino almost thinks he isn't going to respond, but he gives a small nod. "we've done it," he whispers to his still-recording phone. "as you can see, felixes will most often show emotion in response to others initiating the action. they-"

he has the presence of mind to stop the video as felix lunges for him. they get kicked out of the restaurant a few minutes later.

[nosesinroses]

I feel like alot of the reasons people tend to villainize dream is because they fail to realize that he‘s genuinely just some guy.

He isn‘t the master manipulator some wanna paint him as, he‘s a 21 year old guy from florida who plays minecraft. Most of the things he does don‘t have some crazy agenda, most of his reactions, they aren‘t planned through to evoke some sort fo specific reaction.

He‘s literally just SOME GUY, not a disney villain.

[coquelicoq]

@heavymetalchemist's tags on this post about chengqing reminded me of my tags on this post about the yunmeng bros and listen. it's not that jiang cheng wants to be in debt to people or have them in debt to him, it's that he's afraid of being left and he's reminding them that he doesn't want to leave them. that if they'll let him, he wants to help them. and on the flip side, if they won't let him, then he'll respect that! ultimately that's what happened with the comb AND the fake duel AND guanyin temple! he will tell you in whatever way he knows how that he wants to be connected to you, and he'll use the language of debt if that's what's available to him, but that's not what's actually motivating him. if it were debt he cared about, he'd be just as interested in helping wen ning as he is wen qing, but he's not going around giving wen ning any get-out-of-jail-free hair accessories, is he?

ultimately he has people he cares about and people he doesn't, but if he cares about you, he won't give up on you without trying. he'll say "our debt ties us together" and mean "i want to be tied to you." he'll say "you promised" and mean "don't leave me." that's why, when you tell him that you're even now, that you owe each other nothing, what he hears is "so i don't need you." he hears "there's nothing here for me anymore." he hears "you're not worth it."

[shirozora-draws]

In the end, RL got me and I am just mad exhausted from work and class, but I'm really happy with how these illustrations turned out. At least, I'm happier with them than with the previous set. Idk, my brain is weird and dumb and always makes bad decisions. I hope these doodlebobbers get across the weight of the words they are illustrating because boy was this a real heavy chapter.

Chapter 8 of The Suns is now live.

[archersartcorner]

A collection of Vic doodles I did a few months ago Cus Im Thinkin About Him

Bonus Gen 3 Yes Man!