#wouldnt mind if David was there

[formerly-evil]

Just because I haven’t seen anyone talk about this yet and the trailer drops today and i want to be one of the first people to talk about it on here

Let me introduce you to the reason I will absolutely lose my mind on august eleventh

Them

[skunkes]

got ya

[keepgettingphds]

serious question. did the writers give Rossi a black ex wife because they realized Strange Fruit was so fucking weird. "he cant be racist look he had sex with a black woman"

[elynalime]

justin saying ' i say we go to this ball yall ' in the obcr just . does things .

like it has this smooth , curly , really really gay , italian quality and it just . gives italics ??

i cant explain it ?? but also i want to write like a 5000 word essay on that one line and just . every little . accent and emphasis and the way it just . sounds .

someone help me

[menlove]

actually can u imagine if instead of regenerating right away 13 had held on kinda like 12 and she had been in the specials........ I would have killed for that actually

[boreal-sea]

Yeah people that are interested in stuff exclusively like Lolita or pedophilia fiction definitely don't have an interest in those things and doesn't say anything to their character that that's what they're into in reality at all. Nope just crazy that projecting things onto fiction isnt indicative of inner character at all or a way to explore those things. Certainly wouldnt enable people into making those things real.

You're a joke and a clown.

You have no idea if they have an interest in those things IRL. You have no idea if it's enabling or not. You are listening to your knee-jerk feelings and trusting your disgust about something you don't understand and you are not thinking with your head.

I like noncon in fic. I like rape fantasy in kink. I find it to be incredibly arousing to momentarily pretend a character (or myself, or my partner) is being taken against their will, often by a villain or a beast or something so strong they cannot resist. I like the "sex pollen" trope, wherein characters are driven to feel an uncontrollable urge to fuck someone they normally wouldn't. I love stuff like vampiric mind control. I love omegaverse heats and ruts, where the character is so driven by their biology they can't stop themselves, even if they wouldn't normally consent. I love "fuck or die" scenarios.

All of those scenarios involve a lack of consent or questionable consent on the part of the participants. A lot of those scenarios, if they they were happening in real life, would be outright rape.

Now. According to your logic, all of this means that I actually, secretly, think rape in real life is super awesome, and I either actually want to be raped, or I want to rape someone. According to you, reading that kind of fic and participating in that kind of kink play should turn me into a rapist or someone who wants to be raped.

It hasn't.

I have always thought and still think real rape is in fact a horrific violation of someone's rights and boundaries and is inexcusable.

Because I know the difference between pretend play and reality.

Horror movie script writers, directors, and actors don't secretly yearn to be serial killers. David Jenkins and Taika Watiti do not want to become pirates. Bryan Fuller, who developed the NBC Hannibal show, does not secretly yearn to consume human flesh or murder people.

Authors are not always the things they write. You have got to learn this.

[tobbesdiscordkitten]

I always see people say things like "oh i wish i was erin everly/shes so lucky to date axl rose" etc and after falling down in a rabbit hole, i found an article about the Erin lawsuit and one quote hit me really hard

"Despite pleas from friends and her mother to leave Rose, Everly refused. “I always believed things would get better,” she says. “And I felt sorry for him. I thought I could make [his early childhood suffering] all better.”".

People have said that she isn't innocent victim (which makes sense since yes she also didnt have the best upbringing) but still my heart breaks for her. In the article David Arquette who was in a relationship with her after Axl, says that she flinched a lot and he had to constantly reassure Erin that he wouldnt hit her. I sometimes try to imagine what their relationship would be if he seeked professional help early in his life. At some point i was certain that he loved Stephanie more, but i guess at the time he was dating her, he was just at a better state of mind and knew better how to express his love.

Totally. It would’ve been interesting to know how their relationship would’ve turned out had Axl gotten therapy sooner. I can speculate that he may not have been as aggressive or had as many frequent outbursts as before.

Some fans said that if Axl didn’t leave Erin for Stephanie then his cycle of abuse would’ve continued. But since he was with Stephanie he managed to break that cycle, ponder what went wrong in his relationship with Erin, and tried to be better, not only for himself, but for the people around him, including his new partner. This kinda debunks the early therapy part because, if Axl received therapy, but continued his cycle of abuse, then it’s clear that he needed to leave Erin for his own mental sake.

I’m not trying to demonize Erin here. Believe me, I like her a lot more than Stephanie, but she wasn’t right for Axl either. Sources mention how Erin was the aggressor who would push Axl’s buttons, or provoke him in a way, that caused him to lash out/defend himself from her. Instead of indulging in a screaming match with each other, they both should’ve communicated with one another and try to see the other’s perspective on what not to do and how to make things better between them. What’s sad is both Erin and Axl didn’t get to love each other properly because of the damage in their lives as Axl once noted:

I think One is one of the greatest songs that have ever been written. I put the song on and just broke down crying. It was such a release. It was really good for me. I was really upset that my ex-wife and I never had a chance because of the damage in our lives. We didn't have a chance and I hadn't fully accepted that. The song helped me see it. I wanted to write Bono a letter just saying, "Your record's done a lot for me."

The song One from U2’s album Achtung Baby was released in November of 1991, the same year Axl started dating Stephanie Seymour. He was still mourning the loss of Erin when he was with Stephanie and he was trying to heal from other things like his childhood past that came back to haunt him. Axl did view Stephanie differently because, for him, she was the right person to be around, and he thought she was perfect. She supported him when he talked about his childhood trauma in a Rolling Stones magazine article and when Izzy left the band.

I understand Erin and Axl were a cute couple, and I know there are lots of fans who still wish they were together. But the truth of the matter is…those two weren’t meant to be together for the long-term. As for Axl and Stephanie, it was the wrong place and the wrong time for them.

From my experience, the people who wish they were Erin are the ones who don’t know much about that relationship lol. I don’t blame them for saying that either tho, sometimes I think I could’ve helped Axl, but at the same time…it might’ve been impossible, and I don’t think I could’ve lasted as long as Erin did. Reality sucks…

I know Axl deserved better. He truly did 🥺 and it breaks my heart knowing he hasn’t found the love of his life yet. I’m still manifesting that he’ll find the right woman someday, but only if he wants it to happen.

[pandoraroid]

The Pack Wedding 💥💥💥💗💥

reaction rambles bc yes

please keep in mind this is meant to be lighthearted i love these men with all my heart n life n soul

THIS IS 43 MINUTES IM SO SCARED WHY CANT I PRESS THE VIDEO this is too much nervousness for seven in the morning im dead

DAVEEEYYYYY HIIIIIII GMORNING MWAAAA

"it's the pack everything's gonna go crazy." bro it's the SHAW pack what does that say about you hm 🤔 /j i love you david 

"reception's gonna be a solstice party on steriods" I SNORTED SO DAMN LOUD 😭

now should be a good time to say that part of the reason why i like redacted so much is because it's so funny and lines like that do it for me every single time.

"i love you angel so very much" BOOGSH 💥 im so in love with you david shaw 

i think bro's in love with us guys idk 

"beautiful... you.." NO YOU 🫵 david we are not doing this back in forth in the morning JUST ACCEPT IT

he's triggering my cuteness/love aggression SO FUCKING SAPPY I LUV U MWAH

"you fucking menace c'mere" HIS LAUGH OMFG GOOD FUCKINH MORNINGGGG

IS ASHER NEXT PLEASE TELL ME HE'S NEXT 

MY MAN MY MAN MY MAN

"oh fuck it's the day" me just this morning

"asher breathe we're good you've been training for this your whole life" ELABORATE???? id love to know how exactly youve been training for this asher

"it's our wedding day. holy shit it's our wedding day. i'm gonna be a husband." KILLL MEEE RIGHT NOW I CAN HEAR HIM SMILEEE OMFG WEAR THAT SHIT WITH PRIDE ASHER

"i've always been husband material look at what we're working with" KILL ME RIGHT NOW /pos baabe smacking him though HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

id kiss you for the rest of my life asher

laughing against/while kissing THIS MAN WANTS ME DEAD

"say how much time do we have before we meet everybody in the lobby" LET THEM FUCKING WAIT

MILO AND SAM???? OH MY GOD???? (should go without fucking saying but... drive safe..... please...)

in my head: sam is driving. david's shotgun. ash & milo are in the back. just because. >> BRO I WAS RIGHT????

darlin driving in another car with the other mates??? that... isnt what i think it is.... is it......

david sounds so tired of their bs HAHAHA "rounded out with a little traditional opinion from them of all people" DARLIN FIGHT BACK

"hey we're fun too, right?" ASHER PLEASE

"well let's see: we've got a grouchy grandpa drivin us-" 

"hey." 

"at least he didn't call you cowboy." BRO

"now don't you start." 

"and we got the grumpy alpha."

"i'm not grumpy. just preoccupied."

"right. right." bros didnt even try to sound convinced

"we're fun." 

"asher. we spent your bachelor party playing destiny 2." 

"and smash!" 

"oh my mistake."

this entire conversation. peak.

"i dont even wanna imagine what chaos those four are getting up to piled in one vehicle." OH WOULDNT YOU LIKE TO SAM 

DEAD ASS SILENCE I LOVE IT i cant fycking breathe this is too funny.

in my head, they were definitely arguing over directions. or darlin's driving, or making fun of the other car.

wait darlin what

"or you'll likely end up staring down the maw of my own beautiful mate-" SAMUEL COLLINS

"oh move it mr. wedding day" WHY DOES THAT SOUND SO GOOD

"and fix your hair."

"it's suppose to look like this!"

"are you trying to look like you got married in a wind tunnel?" BRO NOT ON HIS WEDDING DAY 💀

sam encouraging milo omgomg

"you talk more than anyone i know. and i know asher." AHAHHAHAHAHAHA

"is my tie on straight?" 

"is it ever?" is the one wearing it straight /jjjj

david helping him with his tie someone kill me right now

GABE'S CHILI RECIPE WHAT

"why did you pick me?" OH SHIT

i seriously just listened and payed attention to their conversation so no thoughts head empty only them

"what really mattered in a beta was having a person that was the other side of your coin."

"i picked you because you were the one person i trusted more than anyone else. you made me feel safe at a time more than i couldve explained. you were everything i wasnt. where i was distant you were outgoing. where i was rough you were warm. where i was analytical you were intuitive. you're the other side of my coin. you always have been. so it never mattered to me what anyone else thought of what i needed in a beta because they didnt know me. i did. you did. and i needed the person that was right for me not for anybody else."

i couldve typed out everything david said but THIS!!!! I WAS SOBBING!!!! THEY ARE THE OTHER SIDE OF OTHER'S COIN NEVER FORGET THAT!!!!!!!! their vows to each other fr

this is wrecking me THEY LOVE EACH OTHER SO MUCH

"you're too hard on yourself too."

"well we had to have something in common other than destiny and smash bros, right?" the range of friendship everyone 

THEYRE HOLDING BACK TEARS IN THIS ONE TRUST ME 

my heart felt so heavy in this WHY

"i think you're the best fucking beta i could have ever asked for. i think you're the besy friend i could have ever asked for. i deserved most of the time."

aaaanndd got heavier 😁

GROUP HUG GROUP HUG GROUP HUG GROUP HUG GROUP HUG GROUP HUG GROUP HUG GROUP HUG GROUP HUG

"i just feel bad that i'm going to be up there looking this good y'know people are going to get confused on whose wedding day it really is." EAT EM UP SWEETHEART (i meant milo but them too ofc)

"do we get a step stool for behind the podium?" HAHSHAHAHAHHA THE CONCERN IN HIS VOICE HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA

"i love you milo"

"i love you too asshole" CRYING 

"thank you for doing this milo"

"i got you. always." ALWAYS.

CEREMONY CEREMONY CEREMONY CEREMONY CEREMONY CEREMONY CEREMONY CEREMONY CEREMONY 

"when i was asked by my friends to officiate their unions, i only had one question for them: how much does it pay?" ASKING THE REAL QUESTIONS

im really listening on this part so head empty.

oohh asher (i think it's asher) laughing through baabe's vows IS SO SWEET I LOVE YOU AND I ALWAYS WILL

OH DAVID GETTING CHOKED UP ON ANGEL'S VOWS KILL ME

"you're the best part of me. and i'll spend the rest of our lives showing that i'm worthy of that." oh david shaw you dont even have to try

"i now pronounce you all married the-the pairs of you to each other not all together" OH THEY ARE NEVER GOING TO LET HIM LIVE THAT DOWN

THE KISSES OMMMGGGKFHEKHEJSS 

CONGRATULATIONS ANGEL & DAVID

CONGRATUALTIONS BABE & ASHER MWAAAAAAAAHH TO ALL OF YOUUU

[one-annon]

2. orderlyshipping!!!!! typical hallway crush idea you love so much. maybe a little zep imagination moment :3 im giving you freedom there

"That's pretty punk."

-- SHEPARD "ZEP" HINDLE X DAVID RADFORD - ORDERLYSHIPPING

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part two of the razzle dazzle series! i really need to get these out faster this is like 80% zep angst and 20% orderlyshipping my bad i also like did not follow the prompt but we talked about it HAHHA

shepard always had a habit of biting his nails. it wasnt something he was aware he was doing half the time, it was pure instinct by this point. he had started wearing medical gloves around work so he wouldnt be gnawing his fingers while he was checking in, it was just a sanitary precaution. he didnt want his patients to get the wrong idea or anything. he seemed to care more about his patients than other people.

usually, with his patients, he was working in the oncology section. he was mostly helping out doctor gordon where he needed him, but today, since the doctor was gone due to something with his daughter, he was placed in the er. not totally unusual, hes been there before. it wasnt his favorite place to be, too fast paced for his paranoia, but its whatever. he got paid either way.

all day, he couldnt help the creeping feeling of something being wrong. something was going to go wrong and he didnt know what. all day he's been blaming it on his paranoia, wishing he could just go home and sleep the feeling away. he didnt know why he was feeling this way, he took his medication and everything but it just..wouldnt leave him alone. which sucked when you work in a place where you have to remain relatively calm.

of course, nothing had gone wrong. the night was going by smoothly. zep's nails remained unbitten. until he heard a voice he was all too familiar with.

he had been talking with a doctor about one of the patients when he heard it. "i need a doctor!” they shouted. the voice was one of a patient he knew well. his head snapped around, seeing two people - the only two people who have ever treated him with such kindness. john kramer and his wife. he knew john from his visits with lawrence. zep had been the one to check on him when he needed it. oh fuck.

suddenly, he was panicked. what was wrong? he noticed the blood. zep didnt get nauseated at the sight of blood. hes seen too much of it for it to bother him anymore, but he couldnt help the feeling of wanting to either vomit or faint when he saw the blood on jill. he was the first to her side when the nurse called for an orderly.

he started hitting them with panicked questions. what had happened? being the main one he wanted an answer to. when he looked down at the woman, he noticed his own hands. his hands that had no gloves. he swallowed hard, trying to regain his breaking composure. he knew about jills pregnancy. john had told him. zep couldnt help but feel excitement from it. his two favorite patients were having a child, and now he looked down at jill and realized that wouldnt be happening.

it was a long night. the baby was deemed dead. shepard stayed by their side for a long while. he couldn't help but notice how distressed they both looked - understandably so. the feeling of bile rised up in his throat but he stayed. he kept a hand on johns shoulder, explained to them how awfully sorry he was. eventually, shepard decided to leave them be. the child wasnt his to mourn, even if he did feel like he, too, had lost the poor thing.

he had ended up in the break room, one hand holding his head up and the other with it's thumb tucked between his teeth, nibbling and peeling away the skin near his nail. zep was alone for what felt like hours. it felt just how it did before he met the kramers. he had no one to comfort him at the moment. shepard didnt lift his head when he heard the door open, and honestly, he barely heard that. his mind was full of thoughts - none of them any good to help him.

"shep?" the quiet voice calmed him immensely. he knew who that belonged to. maybe he wasnt as alone as he thought.

he forced his head up, watching as his fellow orderly take a seat next to him. david was always there for him. he made zep fell less alone. he actually called him by his name. that in itself was a miracle. david made him feel wanted. it was insane to him that someone as cool as david would even think of befriending him. he was pathetic. zep wouldnt admit the slight crush he had on the man.

david's hand on his back helped him relax. which was usually a good thing, but when you're holding back tears, relaxing meant the waterworks were let loose. he refused to cry in front of the other. crying in front of david meant embarrassing himself, which meant being seen as a loser, which meant david would leave him alone. he didnt want to be left alone again.

his voice was quiet, loving. "you alright, big guy? something happen?"

shepard couldnt hold back. he told david how connected he felt with john and jill. how they treated him so well and he was so agitated about the way they lost the baby, how angry he felt that their baby was killed rather than lost. jill had told john what happened at the clinic with zep in the room. he wouldve left if he didnt need to check a few vitals on the woman. she said she trusted him enough to be okay with him listening too. she trusted him.

the first thing the punk noticed about shepard was the way he bit his nails as he sobbed. perhaps it was to quiet his cries, perhaps it was a nervous habit, maybe even an angry one, but he didnt like it. david hated seeing zep in pain, even more so, he hated seeing him hurt himself. even if zep wasnt fully conscious he was doing it in the first place. he lifted his hands, slowly taking zep's wrist between his fingers and tugging his hand downward.

david kept his hand away from his mouth, letting him finish his sentence before he asked, "would you like it if i distracted you? i wouldnt mind. i can help you with your biting problem too.

he offered a lopsided smile, which made zep's heart flutter when he pulled away from his shoulder to see it. davids smile was always so pretty to the other. it took him a long moment to regain his senses, to remind himself where he is. he shouldnt be acting like this at work, its unprofessional, is it not? whatever. shep took a deep breath, wiping his eyes of salty tears. he nods, the corner of his mouth lifting just slightly. "yeah," he replied, "that would be nice..thank you."

dave shrugged. "its nothing, really. just here to help a friend out."

as he dug through his bag, zep couldnt help but smile more. friend? david considered him a friend? he was worried the boy was getting sick and tired of him but hes willing to label zep as his friend. it wasnt very often zep gained a friend. when he first arrived at the hospital, he considered dr. gordon to be his friend, but once he realized how the man dehumanized his patients, dehumanized shepard himself, it made him feel awful. he was disgusted and repulsed by the blonde.

his eyes followed davids movements. after a moment or two, he lifted himself back up, setting black nail polish on the table. now that zep takes a look at his hands (like he does every hour), he noticed some new scars. maybe a fist fight or something. he also noticed davids nails were newly painted. was he going to get his nails painted? hes always thought about having black nails.

"you always seem to have your fingers in your mouth." david chuckled. his words had no bite to them, especially not when he smiled at zep like that. "i thought we could paint them? i did it for my cousin and it seemed to work."

shepard's head moves faster than it ever has in his life to nod. david "super cool punk guy who zep has a huge hallway crush on" radford-stanheight is wanting to paint his nails? fuck yeah! zep would take all the contact he can get from the guy. plus, it might do as david states and help him with his nail chewing.

it was better than constantly wearing gloves, in his opinion.

zep held his hand out, watching at david shook the bottle. the cap put up just a slight bit of fight, even if the polish was new. shepard didnt miss the way the veins in davids hand bulged just slightly for a moment as he twisted. he always noticed little things about david. he noticed when he cuts his hair, when he lets his scruff grow out just a little from neglect, when he changes to slightly taller platformed boots. everything.

to say he was obsessed with david was a smidge degrading but whatever. it was the right word anyway. a jolt of electricity went through his nervous system as dave took his hand and rested his four fingers over his own, his thumb resting just above the nails to hold his hands in the perfect position. he seemed like a professional nail tech, though they both knew he wasnt.

watching david paint his nails felt a little odd. zep didnt usually indulge himself in self care like this. was it considered self care? he did feel more relaxed - wasnt that the point of most self care routines? he didnt know. he barely cared for himself, even in the shower. hell he used a fucking 3 in 1. was that bad enough? it didnt matter to him, really.

the brush felt a little weird against his nail, and the polish was a tad cold. zep didnt mind. just having david in his mere vicinity made him feel comforted. he doesnt know what it is about david but he felt so safe with him around. maybe it was the fact that david was able to stick up for himself and zep needed the comfort of having someone to stand up for him. zep wasnt the type to be able to defend himself. he just took what he was given.

he enjoyed watching his nails get painted. occasionally he would look up at dave, make sure he was still there, and the pure concentration on his face was wonderful. seeing him to focused on zep and zep alone has his head spinning. the touch, the attention. it made him dizzy with some feeling.

the feeling which hes felt around david before. he wasnt a stranger to it, unfortunately.

he knew there was no chance of david and he being an item. whatever, he can fantasize. having him here, so dedicated to making shepard feel better, was enough. david was enough. he was a wonderful person and yet he just couldnt see that. zep wasnt aware david thought the same about him. to david, zep was a wonder. a curious little thing he wanted to study. how can one be so utterly pathetic and utterly beautiful at the same time?

they stayed silent as david switched hands, allowing the first to dry properly. the color was lovely. dark, like ink, but not as shiny. zep didnt mind the matte coloring, in fact, he preferred it. his eyes wouldnt catch the color as often when the lights shined on it. and, as much as he wanted to remember this moment and keep it in his mental david files forever, he had to stay focus on some of his own tasks.

it was a treat watching him work on something other than cleaning up around the hospital. zep knew david hated his job. he wished the other would quit to go pursue a job he would actually enjoy, he wished the other would stay so he could see him almost every shift. he couldnt decide what he wanted. as much as he wanted david to be happy with his life, he couldnt bare to think about him leaving.

david finished his nails, that cute look on his face slowly relaxing into his usual cool guy state. a pleased smile graced his face. shepard couldnt have been more grateful for this moment. he felt so blissful and almost wanted to thank whatever deity was watching for making jill lose her baby. oh goodness, that sounded awful. deity watching them, he takes that back. he said almost, it doesnt count.

the punk leaned back, examining his work. "nice." he commented with a smile. "that's pretty punk."

something about hearing that made zep's stomach turn. not that he was going to puke, but that he was nervous. he was the total opposite of punk and yet david, who did his nails, is saying hes punk? well, he wasnt saying shepard as a person was punk, merely his newly painted nails. either way, it made him feel that feeling again. it was a mix of nervousness, embarrassment, and excitement.

shepard wouldnt realize it until his punk went missing, but he was feeling love. he loved david and it was stupid and shameful and he couldnt help it. david made him feel important, even just by spending time with him. he was pathetic. so stupidly pathetic. and in love. jesus fucking christ, get a grip, shepard!

by the end of his shift, zep felt ten times better. david made him feel better in every way ever. when he visited the kramers again the next day, he brought up his nails, happily showing them off. jill complimented him, saying they looked nice. of course they did, david did them! john, on the other hand, just stared. sure, he gave a slight nod of acknowledgment, but he said nothing. zep wasnt offended. the man was probably just processing everything.

even when he was nervous later on, zep didnt bite his nails. they stayed painted for a while. david painted them again when they would chip. he kept them painted when he saw john the next two times, one being for a screening and the other being another er visit, this time from a suicide attempt. he wanted to bite his nails, but he refrained.

until 2003. that fateful day that david was deemed missing. he couldnt help it. like many things in life, shepard went back to his old habits, biting at his nails and destroying davids work. he would always be a nail biter, even to the day he dies.

[obsxssedwithstuff]

I think something people dont realize is how scary it is to be jewish, even in europe. I was in the netherlands recently and hanging out with another jewish person. I was wearing my star of david necklace. Two arab guys passed us and, while I didnt notice, she did, they stared very intensely at the necklace. She started saying to me why i wore my necklace and how wasnt I scared somebody would try to stab me for it.

I wouldnt mind because they would be the ones getting punishment and it would just be another stain on the pro palestinian movement.

She hides her necklace, its a flower that looks a bit like the star of david. She lives in a big city.

This is what your movement is accomplishing, fearmongering, nothing more.

[us3rnam3-r3dact3d]

we're only like a third of the way there you say? 22 more chapters you say? babe wake up Baz just posted and im shaking. a third seems so big yet so small omg we're not even there yet and I'm already sad about this story ending,, such an amazing story im honored to witness it live

there's something so intense and intimate about 2 people being in the front seats of a car, it's like the energy of a living room, literally anything could happen. it was the perfect setting for this conversation. I felt like I was there

the contrasts in the 3rd paragraph are incredible. going from quinn's violence to his "love", to sam's "violence" to his care. it's like darlin's brain can only jump from one extreme to the next - they can't even begin to comprehend sam's gentleness for them,,,, a little too relatable 🫠 being so lost in this cycle that you, first of all, can't imagine a way out, and second, can't imagine that you even deserve it.........my heart is aching,, and david's defeat, knowing someone you care about is hurting and them being juuust out of reach HEY!!! OUCH!!

YOU WERE 16!!!! YOU WERE 16 IT WAS NEVER YOUR FAULT DAVID KNOWS IT WASNT YOUR FAULT PLEASE DARLIN NOOOOO

and when he got out of the car my stomach was TWISTINGG I thought he was going to THROW UP. I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO THROW UP. I am so so so glad that they told him and that it came from them, cuz like idk, hot take (it's really not) david was lowkey mean during that confrontation video, u just learned that your pack mate experience something incredibly traumatic and ur first instinct was to show up to their home and sass them? hey get out of my apartment by the way im never talking to you again. I'm glad it was a david & darlin vs quinn and not david vs darlin vs quinn.

he knows what it's like to go through something devastating and not being able to speak out or get help and he's not going to hold it against them, guys we're making huge strides right now

AND OF COURSE QUINN IS HERE BECAUSE WHY WOULDNT HE BE. FUCK OFF 🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕

david has picked up angel and darlin under his arms like 2 footballs and he's getting the FUCK outta there. what a man.

I felt like I couldn't read fast enough

I can't wait for what happens next, it's been a rough couple weeks for me but your stories always make me feel better (no matter how angsty), help me forget about life for a while and make me remember what really matters,,,,,hot men,,, god bless

take care of yourself!!!! 🫶

-🦀

I knooowwwww!!! I honestly thought this story would be MUCH shorter tbh?? I had no idea it would even be ten chapters, let alone 30 something. When I was first conceptualizing this story, I had like… six or seven critical scenes in mind and that was IT! I’m glad that the story has become what it is now. I’m truly so excited and happy with how it’s turning out.

Bro some of my best and most heartfelt conversations with my siblings have been in the front seat of a car. I base a lot of David and Darlin’s moments on my relationship with them, so I wanted to incorporate that intimacy and friendship. I’m so glad that the setting translated well!!

Bro the contrast between Quinn and Sam continues to be a mind fuck for Darlin’. They said it themself a few chapters ago, love has always been intimately tied with violence for them. They can’t imagine a world in which the man who loves them doesn’t hurt them. They keep trying to merge the person they understand Sam to be with the way they understand love. Sam won’t hurt them. So Sam can’t love them. For Sam to love them, he has to hurt them.

They’ll get there.

David can see how they’re torturing themself. He wants to just shake them and tell them to STOP but he knows it won’t help. It didn’t help him.

THEY WERE JUST A KID!!!! I was struggling to create the power imbalance of quite old vampire and mortal person, until I was like “Oh. He was for sure a 25 year old who hit on teenagers.” And poor Darlin’ had no support at home. Perfect target for an asshole like Quinn.

David very nearly did throw up. His internal monologue was “I’m gonna kill him im gonna kill him I’m gonna hurl oh my god oh my god I have to sell the house I’m never letting them (both Angel and Darlin’) out of my sight I’m gonna kill him with my bare hands.” He stopped the car because he knew he was going to crash it if he didn’t.

And YEAH!!! I felt like Darlin got very little agency in canon so. They get a lot in this. To mimic canon, they’re going to FEEL like David’s taking this out of their hands, but he’s actually about to give them more tools and community.

Of COURSE QUINN RUINS THIS!!! HE RUINS EVERYTHING!!!

David is about to carry every person he loves out of Dahlia and hide them in a hole somewhere. He needs to PROTECT THEM!!!! EVERYONE!!!

I’m so sorry your past few weeks have been rough buddy!!! I’m glad that my silly little stories can help! I love writing them and I love hearing your thoughts. Your asks are one of my fav parts of posting.

Can’t wait to post more for y’all!!

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a long post about how xander would behave as fan because idk im obsessed with xander

i dont know how to start this since this was just my messy train of thoughts so yeah. none of this would be coherent at all because its not an essay

i think the reason of why xander would be a healthy fan is because of the person he is, while he had shown up with some tendencies of putting david in a pedestal, hes still trying to learn about his and everyones boundaries, its just that hes human that he cant control himself, after all, he describes himself as someone "who feels very strongly abour everything" yet he still tries.

to start of why xander behaves like a massive fanboy of david, i think its obvious because it begins with how david was there for his worst moments, when his family died, of course he would set such a big pedestal for a man who basically saved his life from going into a spiral of depression, anyone in his place would behave the same when meeting his "hero". and about how he defended david when teruko tried to said something "bad" about him, remember that everyone had in mind the good and nice image of david

in contrast to david, who only knew xander for 3 days, who saw his crimes, he is in a big denial about it. while we dont know how xander would react to what david has become, in my theory or headcanon, i think he would be pretty disappointed and heartbroken, because he stands for whats right, what david did, lying about murdering arei AND then trying to commit mass suicide, its a low point even for xander. BUT this js just a headcanon for now

i also think how xander is a polite person because how hes always referring the girls with a "miss", even arei who he doesnt quite like her, while the male cast he refers them with "mister". often whatnot he calls teruko by her name only and its only when he was trying to get her trust or truly meaning something (to those curious, he only referred once david by his name and it was when telling him that he wont let him down because he has always liked by who he is lol)

(i have all xanders quotes written down btw)

continuing about his politeness, when he tried to fight with min, he didnt truly disliked her who she is but rather her talent (since its a big trauma for him when it comes to studying so much), he apologized to her saying that it was because of how he tends to work things up, of course it was when they called him out for trying to slander min.

what does these have anything to do with xander being a good fan? i just that with what kind of person he is, he tends to learn and apologize, and even tries to get everyone involved in something, i think he would try to make a nice and healthy circle in his david chiem fanbase, i also think he wouldnt be chronically online enough to stay in debates and discussions there anyway, he literally get politicians in jail like he shouldnt have time be on twitter he needs to plan shit to get literal government officials in jail

ok thats all byeeee

[helloceci]

So like side rant: it’s my birthday (I want a bunch of Lasko fans lol) and like it’s 4:00 AM and now I’m thinking

Actual rant:

I’m like looking at the timeline and everything and just following order but like I have done Jack shit recently… but might I digress I keep going back to the idea of what if Gavin didn’t get freelancer… cause (I saw from another post) if Freelancer was initially supposed to be with Damien… would Gavin end up with Lasko? I mean I see it then what would happen with Dear? Like no way they would end up with Huxley?? Cause like how though? I mean I feel like Lasko and Dear would be friends and then they’d find out Lasko is with someone else and would like Dear be single at that rate?

ALSO INVERSION I FEEL LIKE DAMIEN AND HUXLEY WOULDNT CHANGE! But Gavin and Freelancer?! I feel like they would but my mind is making up that Lasko would help him and freelancer made the speech… but like idk

Ngl I want Ivan back like he was interesting like I was in a similar situation and like ever since I watched his first couple audios and then slowly I was like “Oh god… Oh god!… OH GOD!”

I don’t know about you… but like I want to know more about Dear ngl… like like who would dare say that just because they are a water elemental they have to be strong?! Like nah man I feel you but like no don’t believe them. I’m wondering why move to Dahlia is it like JUST for business or is there a deeper reason? Or are they a latent or empowered human or human born? What is their family like do they have siblings? Like I have too many questions!!!

Also I want to just ask for personal opinions on if IF The redacted universe wasn’t magic and like all college based: what would the boys majors be?? I am in college I study Kinesiology with a minor in Nutrition For me it would be:

Huxley: Architecture and Design (I don’t know if there’s a major in construction) that or something plat science and he got scouted for a D1 team

Damien: Something that involves Social Justice since like he stands up for a lot of people

Gavin: PSYCHOLOGY!! Demons and Daemons know how to feel peoples emotions! I like see Gavin having notes only on specific things. He’s also the type that’ll hardly go to the lectures

Lasko: He’d be an undeclared but he’s do something in Education… he’d also be a TA

David: Idk I am getting stumped but something in Culinary or like some criminology major

Asher: Criminology with probably a minor in some form of Art

Milo: Another Criminology lol but like he won’t do what his dad does

Sam: Probably a form of health sciences. Either something in like lab pharmacy or like rehabilitation. Probably started his career early

Vincent: I am ngl I’m stumped on Vincent… he’d probably use to be undeclared in like a Liberal arts but he’d then switch to Culinary

Caelum: NO BABES YOU ARENT READY! He’d definitely do a psychology and because he has to do something fun do some art

Elliot: He’d be Psychology based with a minor in Visual Computer Art or something along the lines of that

I know Ollie and Guy has a degree. Guy having a degree in creative writing but I don’t remember what Ollie’s degree was… I’m pretty sure Aaron and Ivan have some degree

Anywas sorry for the long ass rant that I have a 4 in the morning have a good day yall

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Fantasy Month :Sword of the Valient

So Ive been looking at diffrent stuff for Fantasy Month:Video games ,comics,Radio plays ,Cartoons ,a retrospective and even a concept album ,but I havent done the main thing I do for these motnhs :WAtch a film I havent seen before .Now some of you might be disappointed this isnt Ladhawke ,Die Nibelungen or Son of the White Mare ......But I wanted to start with a light one(Especially since the LOTR reviews are so in depth ) and Ive had this DVD for a few years now ,so lets talk about Sword of the Valaint

In this 1984 film The Green Knight (Sean Connery ) he purposes a game to the knights of King Arthur (Trevor Howard ) ,to which only a squire Gawain (Miles O Keefe) accepts ,cutting off the fey knights head only for the fella to put it back on and gives the young man a riddle to which the answer will save his life and one year to solve it.......Or his head belongs to the Green Knight

So this is a very loose adaptation of the poem Sir Gawan and the Green Knight,,,,,,,,But also its a remake,Stephen Weeks directed a film version of the poem in 1973.....And I guess ten years later he wanted to remake his own film.Now Ive actually looked at that film as well as the excellent 2021 film the Green Knight .....But while I could compare Im not going to ,I want to view the film on its own . If you want the short version ,this is better then the 73 film,but the 2021 film is better then this

As for the film itself....It is what it is ,kind of a standard sword and sorcery film.I guess I wanted a little more .I dunno I love this tale and a lot of the actors in this like John Rhyse Davies ,Peter Cushing,David Rappaport ,Douglas Wilmer and Ronald LAcey are good performers.....But other then Lacey who is the main villain ,a lot feel under used .Will say LAcey is a perfect villain,slimey and creeppy.....Though I think Lacey might be too old for the role ,cause his dad is played by John Rhyse Davies,,,,,Who Lacey is VISIBLY OLDER THEN.....By 9 years

Miles O'Keeffe is decent as Gawain and I like the idea of his journey ,but I dunno why but I dont really feel him change that much .Also the original choice was Mark Hamill,but the producers at Cannon really wanted Miles O'Keefe.....Which baffles me cause wouldnt getting HAMILL be such a coup for this film ,but who am I to argue with the guys who made superman 4

Now lets talk about our main antagonist,while most takes on the Green Knight are more neutral ,this is an antagonistic take ,An ancient and powerful fey who even Morgan Le Feys power is eclipsed by him,and he is played by Sean Connery ,one of the most beloved moviestars of the mid to late 20th century ,and the favorite actor of my grandfather ......And I am of two minds on Connery.On one hand ,I prefer the more mysterious takes by Ralph Ineson and Nigel Green ,and while those actors sort of embody and become the character,,,,,Connery is just Connery ,he is one of the most recognizable actors of his time and doesnt disappear in the role ....At the same time Connery has great screen prsence ,its fun to see Connery play not a villain but certainly an antagonist when we are so used to him in heroic roles ,I really love his costume design very elaborate but effective without being to inhuman ,and its just fun to see Sean Connery with magic powers ,

I keep flip flopping but while not a lost classic,it is fun to watch ,especially the glittery Connery .I do think it is especially an interesting watch now that the Green Knight exists

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TW: Mentions of SA

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Me: *Wakes up* Ah what a wonderful day! Surely nothing bad will happen today!

The news: Did you hear about Neil Gaiman?

Me: Oh, What about Neil? I love Ne-

The news: He's been accused of SA

Me: ....

The news: Twice.

Me: WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK!? SINCE WHEN!? WHY!? HOW!?

In all seriousness, SA is NOT a joke, and I suggest you do your own research on the case. This being said, as someone who is a victim of SA, this is not something to be taken lightly. It's all just so unfortunate, especially seeing as I looked up to him greatly as many people did.

It's okay if you are in shock, it's okay if you still enjoy his work (You can be a bad person and still write well), you can know that the author has done wrong and still enjoy fictional charaters. You can not know how to react and decide to leave a community. It's okay if you decide to wait for more information. It's okay if you take time off social media.

It's okay if you want this all to be fake. Its okay if you want this to be all some sort of fucked up political sham. You are allowed to be sad, you can feel guilty, you can feel pissed and you can feel betrayed.

That is all okay.

What's not okay is attacking those who aren't sure how to feel on the matter or those who are waiting for further information.

What's not okay is attacking those who will continue to enjoy his work (because contrary to popular belief, much like the music community you can watch/read without directly supporting the writer, such as libraries who probably already have his discs and books)

What's not okay is thinking "he would never do anything wrong" because no matter how famous someone is, they are capable of wrong.

What's not okay is shoving REAL VICTIMS under a rug and choosing to be blissfully ignorant because of a show you like. (While I haven't seen it, I have a feeling there's going to be people out there that will want this to go away for the sake of his shows alone)

And whats not okay is demanding his friends make a statement or immediately accusing them of sidding with an accused rapist. They do not owe us anything. For all we know, they had no clue. They are people, too. They deserve time to process and possibly grieve their friendship just like anyone else.

My personal take:

(not that it matters) is that, while it IS a little suspicious that this is being released right after the beef with the prime minister and David Tennant, as well as the same time as UK voting, and the fact that this wouldnt be the first time the goverment has used trans activitsts as pawns during election, This does NOT mean that i'm defending anyone!! I personally am right on the fence. If this had happened any other time then election time I would believe it right off the bat, but this is the part that's making me feel on the fence. There's an uneasy feeling in my stomach about the whole thing because in the US I've watched so many people be accused of all sorts of things during elections and 2 weeks later the same people who accused, admitted they lied for elections. So personally, I'm sitting this one out for now. Im waiting for more information. For now i'm sitting with ultimate betrayal and disgust at the thought of him doing something like this, because I've been in the spot where no one believed me. It's rough. Especially when you are young and the other person is much older. Even if this does turn out to be false, I still don't think ill be able to look at him the same way I did before.

General PSA disregarding the case:

In the US, there are politican ads on how a local senator "hates hospitals," which clearly isn't true. No one in their right mind would "want to defund hospitals".

This being pointed out, try not to immediately believe everything you see on the internet (especially around election times), and don't let them win. We know a lot of politicians' goals right now is to hurt thriving LGBT+ spaces.

Unfortunately, Neil has greated several of them with Good omens and Sandman, being in the top 100 influence writers list, our fandoms are huge and seeing how happy we all are makes the torys and many other transphobes MISERABLE.

If we are making them this upset by just drawing angel and demon pride art, that means we are extremely powerful as a fandom. It means we have a voice. Use this voice for good. Don't let these bigots tear us down just because they can't stomach the amount of happiness we have.

TL;DR: I stand with the victims, period.

If this is true, Fuck Neil, i feel guilty for ever looking up to him as a writer. If not, it's unfortunate (but not suprising) that they're targeting David's friends. Your feelings are valid, You can hate the creator and still have a loving community. They hate a loving community because all they have is hate ❤️

[puhpandas]

Ngl, considering how this whole thing started because of the gathering of Remnant, I had the funny thought that maybe the reason why Gregory looks so small and tiny (small enough to fit comfortably in a baby stroller xD) is because, while under the Mimic's control, the crazy bot injects the boy with it to stunt his growth and keep him as young as possible~ Since David, the child he was made for was young an what no, so Gregory growing older was obviously a no no. XP Can Remnant actually stunt the aging process, who knows. XD But it's a fun thought to think bout.

I think it would be funnier if it's a retcon (not rlly since he never had a canon age, but he seems younger than 12 in sb) and they just make him unnaturally small with unnaturally big eyes and unnaturally short legs and a high pitched voice and also like 13. if they embrace it it's funny af

but what u said would make sense. since mimic was mimicking Afton maybe it really was just collecting remnant for nothing, just to complete Aftons task? so maybe Gregory as dr rab was super exposed to it and it stopped him from aging physically. its tragic and upsetting when you think about it and I love thinking about how tragic the mind control and the mimic really is for greg and vanessa

(plus the effects wouldnt show clearly on vanessa bc shes an adult already)