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[greenlightbulbonawire]

Misfits (yeah like the Arcane song)

XI.

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Author's note: Another day, another chapter! Enjoy :] xoxo

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You fell down with a thud again. Your limbs ached, your ass ached, your lip was cut. You got up with a grunt and Ekko chucked dryly.

"Again."

He was watching a from a safe distance as you stood up on a hoverboard, which you learned were the devices the Firelights flew on. The machine started to shake again, becouse of your inability to keep balance. You moved your feet to the stance you saw them use, or at least tried to recreate it as much as you could, and leaned slightly. The hoverboard started to fly with you slowly, you tried to stop it. And your ass hit the ground again.

You sighed and let your body lay limp on the hard ground. Footsteps approached you, Ekko was looking down on you with a entertained grin. He offered you an arm, which you gladly accepted and he pulled you up. It reminded you of Vi's training a little. Yet it was so different. You felt stupid, it normally didn't take you this many attempts to get a grip on something.

"This is worthless."

You muttered to yourself, but maybe a little too loud and Ekko heard you.

"You said that you would do anything I wanted you to, if you got time to learn. Don't disappoint me."

Yeah, real pep talk. You scoffed.

"I just.. It normally doesn't take me this long to learn."

Ekko shook his head.

"If you'd let me show you how, it'd be quicker."

You stepped up again, this time, Ekko was standing on another hoverboard in front of you, offering you a gloved hand to keep balance, you took it hesitantly.

The device wasn't shaking now, you learned to keep steady a little, after a lot of attempts and a lot of falls. Ekko shifter his feet, his stance vastly different from the one you used. You repeated the action, mirroring his stance. He then shifted his weight and his board started to move, you did so too, but somehow your board moved backwards. You panicked and held the boys hand harder, making you fall of your device and get dragged slightly.

"Sorry."

You said and got up again, your arm and the left side of your face were slightly scraped.

"I've ever seen someone be sorry for getting hurt but sure."

He replied with his head slightly tilted. You felt your face with your hand and then looked it over too.

"You good?"

"I'm fine, let's try again."

You said with a determined face and went over to the hoverboards again, but he grabbed you by your arm, stopping you.

"I think I've seen enough for today."

"I can do better."

You turned your face to him and furrowed your brows. He rolled his eyes and let go of your hand, turning his body to face you.

"Sure you can."

He folded his arms and raised his eyebrow. You turned your whole body to him, your face hardened.

"I do."

He sighed and shook his head, chuckling a little.

"Aight, let's do it differently then."

"Differently?"

"You'll see."

[coddda]

I wish we could have met in some other way.

Lawlight Week Day 2: Soulmates

If you saw me repost and re-edit this several times uh No you didn't </3

Still frames/Individual gifs:

If you know what every frame is from you get a free cookie. by the way

[biomechabird]

Despite everything, it's still you.

[andsewingishalfthebattle]

Novice sewing pattern: Cut out shapes. Line up the little triangles on the edges. Stitch edges together. We've also included step-by-step assembly instructions with illustrations.

Novice knitting pattern: yOU MUSt uNDerstANd thE SECret cOdE CO67 (73, 87, 93) BO44 (63, 76, 90) 28 (32, 34) slip first pw repeat 7x K to end *kl (pl) 42 * until 13" (13, 13, 15) join new at 30 pl for 17 rows ssk 27 k2tog mattress lengthwise BO and sacrifice a goat to the knitting gods. WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU WANT "INSTRUCTIONS," I JUST GAVE THEM TO YOU

[rubikor]

would you hold my face softly and tell me it will be alright?

[yanderespamton78]

AJDJSOAJW I MADE MY SPAMTON PLUSH THE DEFRAG OUTFIT

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I'm so normal. About. This comicc

Yes

Defragmentation by @zarla-s go read it if you haven't rjkwsjdkdhkash

[triangular-static]

look i understand if people just don't like the idea of billford, i think we have a different internal concept of what shipping means (they're not good for each other at all but i need to dissect their dynamic like a bug. you understand. it's fun) but it's fine to avoid things you don't like, good for you genuinely

however people saying they like. don't see it. like. i'm not saying there's no platonic way to read it, i'm aroace spec myself i'm all for reading things in different ways. but i do think saying they weren't partners in any queer sense at all is trying too hard to go against what the narrative is trying to say, or missing it. somehow

anyway media literacy time if a character makes a joke like this

and the previous context of that joke within the show is that it's about an ex wife. what connection do you think the text is trying to get you to make.

and that's just from a writing point of view. not even noting that from an in universe perspective ford likely knows the joke from the same source as stan. and is therefore. placing himself in that role of the joke are you seeing where i'm coming from

(not to mention bill's side of this text which is. extremely manipulative but also does not read very platonic. again, it can technically be read as platonic! bill literally can manipulate ford's feelings. but the specific wording used is very much meant to look like possessive ex partner wording whether the character means it that way or not. it's coding. look again i'm not saying it was good for them i'm just saying there was something there.)

and then there's also the divorce/break up/rock bottom input on the website. like. how else is that supposed to be read. and the corresponding page in the book itself.

the language being used here. like yes he's saying it in a joking way but then there's the other side that isn't joking which is him crying at the bar. it's the both sides (the very coded language on top of the very genuine emotions and dynamic beneath)

i know most of us are on the same page with this i've just seen a couple people saying they don't see it when this is some of the most clear cut coding i've ever seen. and these are just the things that explicitly reference a relationship off the top of my head i'm not even including the general vibes of Everything

tl;dr it's barely even subtext anymore it's all but straight up text. what's not clicking have we forgotten what coding is (lighthearted i just enjoy the phrase what's not clicking. what's not clicking)

[opikiquu]

(disappears for a month and reappears with a slightly obscure hyperfixation) Hey guys

[jontaro-kun]

That one time a pose study (looking at art of pretty women and telling myself I was being productive) turned into Portia

[0ccams-chainsaw]

Going away for a week…what do I tell them…..

[a2zillustration]

I carried this thing for MONTHS with the EXPRESS PURPOSE of putting Raphael in it (knowing full well Larian wouldn't let me do that, mechanically) and I had one major miscalculation.

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[mischiefbuckley]

“What’s up with the Spider-Man routine?” - Buck

“I don’t know. I just did it.” - Eddie

[quotidianish]

I’m gonna be fr this ain’t my proudest work it looks goofy asf but after spending 10+ hours on it there’s no WAY I ain’t posting. Thank u @hanktalkin for the realest fics ever you get the tf2 characters. READ IT !!!!! NEOW!!! https://archiveofourown.org/works/29065188?view_adult=true

[sacchiri]

Hellsing 2002 calendar illustration.

Ein wunderliche und erschröckliche Hystori von einem großen Wüttrich genant Dracole wayda Der do so ganz unkristenliche marrter hat angelegt die mensche, als mit spissen als auch die leut zu Tod geslyffen

A wondrous and frightening story about a great berserk called Dracula the voivode who inflicted such unchristian tortures such as with stakes and also dragged people to death

[bumblingbabooshka]

My name is [BRUTUS] and my name means [HEAVY] so with a [HEAVY] heart I'll guide this dagger Into the heart of my enemy

Something about having absolutely no choice in who you marry. About being literally forced by the law to spill blood - to accept this stranger as your husband over a man you truly care for or accept the fact that the man you love might die because you put him in danger. Something about risking becoming the wife of a man you've never even seen before a few minutes prior because you know anything would be better than putting your beloved in harm's way. Something about the trust inherent in that decision and in the way she speaks of it after. Truthfully, T'Pring doesn't know the captain and she doesn't know Spock. Either one of them could have taken her as their wife but she does know Stonn. She knows that Stonn will remain by her side no matter what. They made a plan together. They have an agreement which T'Pring believes will be upheld even though the plan changed with the arrival of Kirk. Stonn will always be there, always, and Stonn will be hers. Something about the language used around T'Pring: Ownership, subservience, non-personhood. T'Pring is an object that Spock can win. She cannot reject him, she has no say in the matter other than having Stonn 'claim' her instead. Even when Spock leaves after being very clearly rejected by T'Pring he says "Stonn, she is yours." as if despite her clear rejection he still owns her and is must formally 'give' her to Stonn. But the language T'Pring uses around Stonn is a break from that: "There was Stonn who wanted very much to be my consort, and I wanted him." Stonn who wanted very much to be HER consort and she WANTED him. The language here is very particular - It's not, for example: "Stonn wanted me to be his wife" - he is HERS. And she WANTS him. There's a mutual affection there and a strong trust - a trust which seems to be well founded since Stonn (though silent) stands by her side at the end of the episode. <- That might seem small but if Spock would reject her for 'daring to challenge' (again, the language is not 'because I don't want you' but more of an implied disgust at her having the AUDACITY to reject him) then it's not a stretch to assume that it'd be considered an insult in the TOS Vulcan society to NOT choose Stonn as her champion after a prior agreement. Anyway T'Pring was a woman in an impossible situation within a society which saw her as more of an object than a person and she wanted Stonn and Stonn wanted to be hers and she trusted that he would understand if she had to publicly pick someone else to ensure his life would be spared and he did understand.

[front-facing-pokemon]