#why the fuck can't i just use square peg square hole

[mythfanite]

Wake up samurai

We've got a city to burn

[fatal-3nvy]

After watching Max's promo on Collision, I have been obsessed with his reasoning behind what he did to Danny and for going back to his old school heel ways.

He's blamed the ENTIRE audience, the fans online and at shows. He brought up his RSD promo (a promo that still makes me cry, because I have the same shit and it FUCKING SUCKS). He then proceeds to blame ALL OF US for what he did, that because WE have "left him" he had to do what he did. Completely burning that bridge while he still can, before he gets hurt again. As someone who has RSD, and is also prone to catastrophising, it doesn't matter if it was a vocal minority that turned, you will find that handful of negative people and tar everyone with the same brush. Just like what Max did.

He opened himself up to us, when he was injured, people seemingly moved on and that killed him inside. So now, he's going full blown scorched earth, hurting everything WE THE FANS love about current AEW. Because, some people did move on from Max, people did criticise the end of his run. And he sees that as a personal attack on himself, beating himself up for being vulnerable. So he's going back to what he knows, what makes him feel safe, even if it means hitting the self destruct button in the process. (That hits almost too close to home for me lol).

Then, there's going back to the suits and scarf plus the general attitude. Funnily the same suit he wore when he first confronted Adam, before BTYBB even began (teehee). Before Adam helped open him up, before he became "the people's scumbag", before Adam hurt him in the most brutal way possible. Even using Max's FORMER BODYGUARD and the only other person who might've known Max more than surface level to do it (rant for another time).

Max is essentially, fitting a square peg in a round hole. Trying to revert back to what he was BEFORE Adam, but he's gone too far on his own journey. He's already opened up to Adam and the fans, he can't shove it all back in, hide it all, pretend to be the truly devilish heel he was. Because HE knows that WE know why, and that terrifies him. He can't just be MJF anymore, he's Max. The same Max, that he said in THAT EXACT PROMO ABOUT HIS RSD that he was so scared to show, in case he got hurt. And look what happened.

[tehri]

There's a weird tendency for people to think that if you start something, you obviously finish it no matter what it takes. Especially if this Something is Your Education.

And there's a number of reasons for why I find this take incredibly frustrating, but the number one reason would be the fact that sometimes, the brain does not work that way. Sometimes, the brain holds up one thing and says "this is the most interesting thing in my life" and will hold that up for maybe 3 months before it suddenly drops that thing and declares it garbage fit only to be buried six feet deep and never looked at again.

This is my brain. This is why my education has gone in very weird wobbly paths. I've never been a poor student, I've never been bad at learning, I've never been bad at school. It's just that school lasts longer than my brain is capable of holding on to what it is interested in.

I took a course in creative writing in the early 2010's that lasted just one school-year, and during that course, I lived on the school grounds and I pretty much lived that entire course. By January, my brain was saying "okay, it's been fun, but enough". I struggled my way through the months until the course was over, even if it might not have been very obvious. I was not doing great mentally because my brain had already moved on to other things, but I was still physically and academically stuck in that course because I had to finish it.

"Just force yourself to finish it" is not really a solution. That's making an assumption that you can always force things. A square peg might fit in a triangular hole if you use enough violence to either break the hole or the peg, but it's not going to be a good result, because you were still using the wrong fucking peg.

Which brings me to where I am right now. University. Last year of a five years long degree-program. I am mentally fucking done, and have been for two years. I am still here, not because I am forcing myself to finish it, but because I have had the very wonderful possibility to choose random courses that interest me.

Yeah, it would probably have been better if I chose an area to specialize in. I would probably have an easier time finding work once I'm done. But limiting myself to a single area is not what my brain likes to do, because I have a pretty damn wide field of interests. And I realised pretty early on that if I limited all my electable courses to just a single subject, I would grow to hate that subject and I would grow to hate those courses because I couldn't spread out the way I want to do. So, random courses. I've taken a bunch in history (various areas, including one focused solely on colonialism and another focused solely on stereotypes of North and South and West and East and the tensions between them), I've taken some in philosophy, one about children's rights, one on group dynamics, one on social identity, and so on and so forth. Stuff that I thought sounded interesting.

And this is why I'm still here. This is why I'm not having to force myself to get through this. I finally cracked the code of how to get my brain to cooperate and not just decide that it's time to drop school. Yeah, it would probably be better if I had chosen an area to specialize in - but I would have hated it. I have a wide field of interests for a reason, and my brain jumps between them a lot. So just to ensure that I actually get through this degree, that I actually finish this, I kind of have to accept that this is how my brain works. That I can't just force it. Square peg, triangle hole, all that. I just needed to put the square peg in the right hole - or, perhaps, I needed to make the hole the right shape.

[itsjustmyunpopularopinion]

Time to live up to my username.

Here's an Unpopular Modern Gaming Opinion:

Bridget shouldn't have been made Trans for Strive.

Let's get one thing clear - I have no issues with the idea of creating new characters with a trans identity, what I take issue with is when you take characters with longstanding, pre-established lore, and hamfist things into their lore, like trying to hammer a square peg into a round hole.

Throughout Bridget's history in the Guilty Gear storyline, Bridget's whole story circled around a superstitious village belief surrounding identical twins. Bridget was raised to dress like, behave like, and speak like a girl in order to avoid being banished/killed.

Once he was of age to journey on his own, Bridget opted to become a Bounty Hunter in order to bring great wealth back to his village, hoping that, by doing so, it would help prove the village's superstitions wrong.

His ORIGINAL storyline would end with him returning to the village, fortune in tow, disproving the village's beliefs...only to discover that, in his absence, his twin brother had been absconded with, leading him to strike out in search of his whereabouts.

The constant gag running throughout Bridget's storyline in games where he was present, were people mistaking him for a girl - something which he would constantly, adamantly refute (much to the trauma of one particular pirate leader).

So, it makes no sense to many longterm GG fans (y'know, the people who actually PLAY the games and learn the convoluted lore) why, seemingly out of nowhere, Bridget suddenly decides "Actually, maybe they were right, maybe I was wrong, and maybe I AM a girl".

Bridget was a trailblazer when they were first created, giving us a GNC character who wasn't played off as a joke (See: Dan Hibiki), and was balanced as being just as strong as 90% of the other fighters (Fuck you, Potemkin).

Daisuke wanted to create an unconventional male character, and that's what Bridget gave us (also, Venom, who was revealed as gay through official audio dramas).

If they had taken the slow, long-term approach of having Bridget go through some sort of trans awakening (even if it was just in the backstory of games they weren't involved with as playable fighters), it would've made the whole reveal in Strive a lot less of a confusing shock to the longtime fanbase who'd been waiting for this character to return after 9 years of absence.

Like, at the end of the day, most of the fanbase just decided to drop it, accept it as Daisuke saying "This is how it is now", and moved on.

Like, at day's end, I'm just glad that Bridget was brought back to the fore, I just wish they weren't handled so sloppily. Like, if they confirmed that Xrd, Revelator, and Strive were all an alternate timeline from the Original games, that probably wouldn't have resulted in such a backlash, but we can't change what's been set in stone. Word of God and all that.

[thanotaphobia]

congrats you have Unleashed me.

see the thing about translation and "AI" translation machines (i will specifically use google translate here because it's the one i'm most familiar with) is that they're never really accurate. you can use them to get a word-for-word translation or if you forget how to say something in another language or are just curious- they're good starting points. a place to bounce off of.

but a language is so much more than random vocabulary. a language is made up of syntax, grammar, nonverbal cultural cues, accent and speech, non-english alphabets, phonological systems, semantics- all of these things (and more!) add up to what a language is and how that language is melded into a cultural space. which is why translation is so difficult. there can really never be a "perfect" translation from one language to another, because they're so fundamentally different and shaped separately. it's like trying to fit a square peg into a circular hole- if you push hard enough and apply enough pressure, technically you can force the peg through, but it takes effort and time. the same applies to translating.

with the QSMP, there's a translation system. text to speech and vice versa- it's not perfect, and it can't be. for one, it just picks up people's voices wrong if they talk too fast or have an accent (looking at you, Philza Minecraft). watching the subtitles can be really funny sometimes when the AI mishears! and it's an amazing tool- don't get me wrong. it's fucking awesome. the QSMP is awesome. and it is translating to a certain degree- but there will always be things lost on a cultural level. that's where the relationship between streamers comes in, and the willingness to share that culture.

i guess to kind of tl;dr, i don't have any grand statement to make. the QSMP is an amazing international community which has sparked a huge change in how content can be made, and it's super important, but it's also important to recognize how complicated linguistics are and how studying and understanding them are difficult, but also really really fun and yo creo todas deberíamos aprender un otra lingua, por que ellos son muy intersante y divertidas!!!

don't ask me about my thoughts on translation and linguistics especially bc of the qsmp just dont i simply have too many of them

[friesian]

Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii I am blanking on names rn cause I just woke up, but I want to come ask about the new salad blorbo! U know the one, we talked in game about em!

Where'd they start in life? Any specific trajectory planned that they veered off of? What's their favourite way to relax? What's they're least favorite kind of person? Are they someone who gets a good first impression from Marwyd or a bad one? Do they like relaxing or hate it? How big is your brain to keep coming up with characters I need to know more about?

@mystery-salad (I hope your cat is inside and safe 💜)

omg. thank you for remembering about him. i could certainly use a pick-me-up after what just happened. so i really appreciate it... something to keep my distracted is really nice. he is inside and safe!

his name is quinntyn! he's my ranger. so. i'll let the deets slip about the concept because i DID get him to 80 last night. (now i just gotta get him untamed...)

(temp outfit for now. maybe.... i wish i had more sylvari cultural armor lol... the good ones are expensive!!!)

so he starts out pretty as per the in-game story. however, the big thing is for him-- is that essentially he's from another timeline. in that timeline, he's the commander. he's INCREDIBLY idyllic when it comes to the role. he's calculated, logistic, dignified, and has everything down to numbers. he used to be a warden but essentially dropped it to be the commander.

think of him as marwyd's near polar opposite.

HOWEVER.

essentially, in his timeline??? he failed. miserably. as a last ditch effort they sent him through the fractals of the mists to try to find a way to get help for their timeline, sorta stealing the whole idea from the aetherblades.

it's far too late now. his timeline is NOTHING anymore essentially. it got overtaken. he's now stranded in marwyd's timeline with no home to go back to.

now he HAS to help this timeline or else it'll happen again, but he can't command because that's not his place. it's marwyd's place.

here's the kicker; he's EVERYTHING marwyd thinks he should be, and has nearly everything marwyd ever wanted. so he HATES him so so so so much for it. equally, quintynn thinks marwyd is INCREDIBLY incompetent and should step down from the role and let it be handed to him.

so there's this sense of 'quinntyn is perfect but if he's so perfect, how the hell did he fail???' and on the otherside it's; 'marwyd is so damn incompetent, how the hell did he manage to get this far? farther than me???'

THERE'S A BASIC GIST! now as for your questions, i think i vaguely answered the first, but if not feel free to ask about it more;

Any specific trajectory planned that they veered off of?

i think the place that he REALLY took a turn is that most of the time, quintynn comes off as incredibly emotionally distant. i think in his timeline he did this to about everyone. there was no sense of bond, and i don't think he even really bonded with aurene to the extent marwyd did. i also think he's honestly more of a coward than marwyd, and left fights to other people that numbers deemed were more likely to succeed than him, but yaknow how it is with the commander and odds.

What's their favourite way to relax?

i think he honestly likes paperwork. he likes sitting at a desk and making sure all the numbers line up, that there isn't a single margin of error. equations and statistics practically call to him, and because they're so patterned and precise with how they're done, it's a sense of comfort.

What's they're least favorite kind of person?

MARWYD. whatever the FUCK is going on with marwyd. he wings everything. he charges in head first without even giving it a second though. there isn't any rhyme or reason to his actions. loud. boisterous. mismanaged. ABSOLUTELY dysfunctional but continues to make it work by smashing a square peg through a round hole REPEATEDLY. he doesn't get him. he doesn't get how this place is even still WORKING BUT IT IS??? WHY????

Are they someone who gets a good first impression from Marwyd or a bad one?

BAD. if everything else i said wasn't apparently LOL. this dude is SMOKING WEED ON THE JOB. he's got some RANDOM CHARR WOMAN as his ONLY SECURITY. everyone there treats him like some sort of guy they just KNOW when he's something far different. what the FUCK is this guy. i hate him!!!!

Do they like relaxing or hate it?

they adore it since it gives them time to organize, collect his thoughts, and maybe take a stroll to enjoy nature. he's still really close with all of his roots, especially the tree and the grove in general, so the more opportunities to feel close to nature, the better! it's something that's practically ritualistic at this point, and if not given the time to have a walk or stroll in the forest he tends to get even more rigid than he already is.

How big is your brain to keep coming up with characters I need to know more about?

I DONT KNOW!!!! this is just a guy i use combining my fav tropes of 'man out of time' and 'guy who the protagonist sees as perfect but in reality has Really Fucked Up'!!! i think they're KINDA cliche but im a sucker for these. i REALLY REALLY AM.

thank u for remembering him... i was wondering when i would have ample opportunity to talk about him but didnt know when to wedge it in. i guess this is a start!!!

[three-headed-monster]

Is it terrible that I just laughed seeing that both Canada and US failed to advance? This whole mens olympic hockey has been a disaster since the start. They waited to long to decide the NHL players weren’t going, which then screwed up the teams and the coaching staffs. They didn’t have enough time to prepare or learn their players. They made bad choices. Hope everyone is rightfully embarrassed that what would usually be 2 of the top teams, didn’t even make it to semis.

i took a day to just simmer on this ask anon, i hope that's okay. i just needed some time to collect my thoughts on this.

i have a few things to say about the way the team was put together and the coaching staff and all that.

1) the team makeup

honestly, i'm gonna throw shane doan a bone here and say the team was built...fine. obviously i would have liked it to be built maybe a little younger and a little bit faster, but in terms of what hockey canada has done in the past for world championships and wjc even, i thought it followed their m.o. now is their m.o. a little bit stupid? maybe so. but there's nothing that tells me he built an exceptionally "bad team" based on what hockey canada has done before.

and i think a lot how the team was built was actually the coaching. which people forget: the coaches have a say in who gets to be on the team. why else would they bring 6 former habs to an olympic tournament??? like...it's not like they fall off trees, you have to actively look to find them. i definitely think it's why they didn't go younger, because claude julien Hates Children. they had guhle on the long list but didn't take him because they wanted "vet dmen" on the team (minus power). kent johnson wasn't even supposed to be on the team initially because there were "concerns about his lanky figure". personally, to me, that sounds like a coach decision. remember, shane doan was the gm that put an unknown entity of a kid in owen power on the worlds team last year on a whim and shoved teeny tiny 5'10" cole perfetti on there too. i can't imagine those decisions about vet dmen and big guys came from doan himself.

that being said though, doan is the one who makes the final calls. and him being pushed around on those is...questionable.

2) preparation time

honestly, idk how much this played a part. like yes it was late, but they already had a long list of b players from the summer. new people were added and taken off, but from where i see it, they had it already set by the time wjc was cancelled. the lack of preparation time had little to do with it, and tbh, they could have pulled any coach from junior to do the olympics. it would have been fine.

3) the coaching itself

i personally believe, in my heart of hearts that the coaching is what sank this team.

the refusal to play devon levi, despite upper brass promising him two games to even get him to beijing. the unwillingness to change anything about the lines that clearly weren't working. benching kent johnson because he's a "defensive liability" when the game is 0-0.

i cannot believe i'm saying this but they looked WORLDS BETTER under colliton than they did under julien.

at the very least, colliton changed things when they weren't working, mixed up the lines and let more people get a shot. julien kept trying to shove a square peg in a round hole.

julien wasn't able to change his viewpoint on ANYTHING. when asked if devon levi was going to play, it's an "i don't know" when your starter just LOST you a pivotal game. him refusing to put eric staal down the lineup and just assuming it was ho-sang, when he was LITERALLY PRODUCING POINTS PRETTY MUCH EVERY GAME. it was the godawful powerplay who only got it done against CHINA because he refused to put an actual pp quarterback in owen power on the first unit, in favour of jordan fucking weal.

julien is honest to god an old fart and i could go on for days about how his coaching ruined this team. the fact of the matter is that i could have coached this team better.

at the very least, i would have put OWEN POWER ON PP1

really i think what this tourney boils down to for me is the coaching. it just wasn't good enough and certainly not fluid enough for a tournament like this. i'm sad for the boys, but more mad because this team had the talent to do it all. but they were screwed by bad goaltending and coaching and we'll never know if they had what it takes. and a lot of these guys, especially the young ones, will never be back here again. and it sucks that it ended for them because of one person who wasn't even on the team.

[king-of-wrath]

What was it like when you first experienced Wrath?

"Alright, tiny grey demon. I'm gonna tell you a story right now..."

"You see, back at the literal start of the universe, everything was cool. I flew between the stars, went anywhere I wanted, whole worlds were my playground and I could do anything I wanted. There was always new shit to explore and have fun with."

"I can't properly express how FUCKING AMAZING this shit was, brother. It just was the actual fucking best."

"...But then, the Big Man decided to make something else. No more galaxies, no more worlds, no more continents and oceans, no more fun little animals or cool bad-ass monsters. Instead, He decided to make just one more thing---one small, weak species a little bit smarter than the other ones and he'd be done creating. He made HUMANS."

Satan then puffs-out his chest, straightens himself up and begins talking in a deep, fake-serious voice. "Behold, our last and greatest creation! They will be the inheritors of all the worlds! All the lands, all the seas, all the plants and beasts will be theirs! Let us bow before them!"

Satan ceased this mockery, sticking his tongue out and feigning a gag reflex. "Now, some of us did what we were told and never asked why. Those losers bowed. But some of us were really confused by this. Lucifer... My bro, my oldest bro, my BEST bro just said: '...THE FUCK IS THIS SHIT?!'"

"Oh Myself, you couldn't even imagine the look on those losers' faces! Gabriel, Michael, Azrael? Their jaws FUCKING DROPPED! Every cutesy little cherub GASPED! Sure, some of us were pretty shocked too---NOBODY EVER took that tone with the Big Man, you showed Him the proper respect."

"Now, the Big Man took Lucifer aside for a little one-on-one chat and even I don't know what all was said between them, but Lucifer was FUCKING PISSED! But the universe went on and we just kinda rolled with this for now. Was it really weird? You bet your ass it was, but we gave the Big Man the benefit of a doubt---and you know, Lucifer can be sort of a bitch about little to nothing sometimes."

"But Me damn it, I learned the hard way what things were gonna be like: I couldn't just go around to my favorite spots anymore, I couldn't just fuck up some shit for fun anymore, I couldn't even go near these shitty little humans. Just rules, rules and more rules. It just. FUCKING. SUCKED!"

"I always had bros like Gabriel on my ass about some stupid shit, I was used to that, but now? Now the MASSIVE FUCKING SQUARE PEG THAT IS SATAN had to suddenly squeeeeeze into this teeny-tiny delicate fragile little round hole? I was just: 'FUCK THAT!'"

"Turns out, I wasn't the only one getting nagged about all these stupid new rules. We talked sometimes, we vented our frustrations, but we figured the Big Man knew what he was doing. It couldn't be forever, right?"

"WELL WE WERE FUCKING WRONG! Lucifer heard us talking and told us exactly what was going on! I'm not getting into all that shit right now, but to answer your question? That. That moment, right then and there. THAT was when I was truly, unfathomably, beyond all reason, beyond any hope of forgiveness, beyond consolation, intensely, dramatically, destructively, maliciously and unendingly just balls-to-the-wall fuck-ass mad."

"So we all agreed: 'Fuck this shit!' and told it to the Big Man Himself. He tried to put us on time-out, we said 'Fuck that!' and... Well, you know the rest..."

[changhomin-hatsukoi]

I love you rant. I have been feeling this since episode 1x01. I don't ship Clary with Jace or Simon because I can't stand her character but I recognize chemistry. Simon x Clary have great chemistry but she treats him horribly as a friend and especially now. I watched Clace in ep 2x14, they are so bland, no chemistry and rarely smile around each other. It is forced and awkward. Maia has chemistry with Simon and Jace but those ships won't last because of fans and ultimately book ships. Tbc.

Magnus x Alec are the one couple exception to the rule. They have great chemistry, emotional scenes and writing. They sizzle yet fans pit Magnus and Alec against each other, trying to rush their relationship with a marriage and kids like you said. The problem is they need to stop trying to put a square peg in a round hole. The tv show is so different from the books, the characters are adults with the exception of Simon/Clary/Maureen who are 18. No one is barely a teen on this show at all. Tbc.

I agree again about Simon x Isabelle. Sizzy barely interacts. It is zero romantic chemistry. Their relationship is shallow. Izzy has way more depth and a connection with others. Simon has better chemistry and connection with Maia also. He really has it in spades with Jace and Raphael too. The show is so flawed but the writing has turned into its own entity. 2B is moving even further from the books and turning things political like what happened in the Seelie Court with Jace/Simon/Clary.

Simon doesn’t deserve this! I refuse to feel sorry for Clary though. She knowingly kissed him back despite having lingering feelings for Jace even after the truth came out about Jace. I don’t care for Climon because of Clary mostly. The writers also don’t have the real balls to go against the fans. I feel like the only 2 book ships that crossed over to tv are Malec because they are more visible and Luke x Jocelyn before they killed her off. Sorry about the asks. Your rant set me off next.

See, that’s the thing: I don’t hate Clary.. infact, I actually like her. I really do. I mean, she’s the typical ‘tries to do the right thing as long as the right thing is in line with her interest’ kinda main character… which is normal, i guess.. PLUS Kat is cute and so sweet and nice that I can’t help but like her character too.

BUT I disagree the fact that she keeps leading Simon on when she knows for fact that she’s still undecided about Jace. That’s not fair.

That’s downright cruel actually..

Clace fans were all like ‘Serves him right’.. ‘Simon should know better. Clary belongs with Jace.’.. ‘Simon is such a creep. Perving on his best friend’.. ‘Simon shouldn’t force Clary to be with him’..etc..

I wasn’t even a diehard Climon fan nor am i anti-Clace (I just think Climon is cute due to the characters developed such sweet and happy atmosphere when they’re together - again, chemistry is something we can’t control) and even I was like:

How on earth it was Simon’s fault? In which way he was wrong? Because he was happy that his longtime crush finally reciprocate his feeling? He never did anything beyond being her best friend and just steadfastly be by her side, supporting her - no matter how much it must’ve hurt to be ridiculed by Jace and yes, even Alec.. for being a mundane (and later vampire). He didn’t even confessed until after Clary and Jace broke up (and was so nervous about it too). And it was still up to Clary to accept him or not.

How the hell was he to know or even suspect that Clary never fully loves him? Yeah sure he might’ve  realize that Clary wouldn’t get over Jace so quickly.. but he figured it’ll okay since they found out that Jace is her brother. So obviously he felt insecure when Izzy told him that Jace wasnt Clary’s brother after all which was why he decided to follow them to Seelie’s Court - some fans called him a jerk for this..

Hello~ excuse me? Simon never once forbid Clary from doing anything/interacting with Jace.. never once questioned her.. He trusted her but yeah, he is still an 18 years old boy and yes he still feel that insecurity and felt this need to show Clary and prove to himself that he is useful… that he has nothing to worry about.. Clary is his best friend and lover, of course she loves him..‘

His face when he found out otherwise in the most humiliating way possible.. just… hurts my heart so much.

What gets to me is that  at the end, Clary will get her happy ending with perfect Jace (coz OBVIOUSLY Jace is only concerned about Clary’s feeling and who the fuck cares bout the guy he just so gloriously up’ed one more time, right?) and thats that.

And if Simon dares to even show that he’s hurt and doesn’t want to see/help the Shadowhunters for a while after this, if he dares to show normal ‘ i’m done with all of you’ reaction, fans would crucify him. They expect and want him to just accept it and brush it all off and jump into bed with Izzy as soon as possible so he won’t be a bother to Clace ship anymore.

And if he dares to be otherwise.. to show how deeply hurt he feels, well~ he is a jerk and stupid for not seeing this coming.

I never hate Clace but (most) their fans seriously are horrible jerks.

Oh and btw:

Clary kissed Simon first.

So tell me again how it was his fault that he thinks Clary likes him back?

See, I’m all about chemistry..

- That happy laugh that Clary have when she’s with Simon.

- That beautiful easy smile she always have when she looks at him

- That at first cocky turned bewildered turned awed turned amused turned affectionate turned shy looks/smiles Jace has for Maia throughout their encounters.

- That contempt turned annoyed turned pity turned grudging respect turned ‘you’re pretty but you’re still annoying’ turned affectionate ‘you idiot’ look from Maia to Jace

- That soft looks in Raphael’s eyes when he looks at Izzy

- That shine in Magnus’s eyes when Alec is near

- That barely concealed affectionate smile Alec has for Magnus when he thinks Magnus is being cute (to be fair, Alec thinks Magnus is always adorable^^)

- Those glances Alec keeps giving Magnus as if to constantly checks that the warlock is okay.