#yes I know that's not a technical term

[justletmeon12]

"So, how are you enjoying OB/Gyn?"

"..."

"Hard to say?"

"No, I'm just trying to think of an answer that doesn't use the word 'slimy.'"

[chirpsythismorning]

Yeah a teaser dropping on ST day would be cool. But can we agree that a DNA board reveal would be infinitely better?

[gumm1defloor]

Vox can understand Velvette just fine. They don't necessarily need to get along all the time, but they have a mutually beneficial contract that guarantees her support in the most efficient way possible, just how they both like it, short and strict and to the point. Vox does not understand Valentino. It drives him unimaginably, disgustingly insane. He knows how to handle him, make no mistake. Valentino is a never-ending powerhouse that wrangles out content from his employees like there's no tomorrow. He's proven himself to be Vox's most lucrative investment yet. He is resourceful, well-connected and most importantly predictable enough to rein in. Because he listens to you, because he needs you.

He is also, undeniably, out of his goddamn mind. Yet you've already invested too much in the corporate empire you've built together and there is no point turning back now that you have him so close to your side. It's OK however! He couldn't possibly be stupid enough to throw away the best partnership deal he's ever had just for the sake of something petty cause -oh, wait - he genuinely might just be that stupid and you never would've guessed because he's so cocksure of his bullshit that 80% of the time it ends up working in his favor anyway.

Fuck his life indeed. The kicker for this of course is that Valentino, genuinely does believe he has struck gold with Vox. Valentino is a clingy, possessive, immature, perverted, sadistic, egotistical man-child with severe rage issues and zero impulse control. No he is not aware of this at all. No he does not know why nobody is able to tolerate him and why every single person he gets close to hates his guts with every inch of their burning rotting souls. All he knows is that hell has now given him a flat faced prince in shining liquid crystal armour, riding on a cash filled horse with promises of power and luxury, who's practically handing him success on a silver platter. Doesn't mean that Val trusts him, doesn't mean he doesn't enjoy seeing him lose his shit. But at the end of the day vox has his back, and as long as Val keeps calling for him, he'll eventually turn up and make everything better. Cause hey if Vox hasn't left him yet for this long he must be doing something right. Right?

[marciaillust]

mom come pick me up people related to my personal posts too much

[oh-katsuki]

the modern age is very scary to me because of the internet. employers go through your personal accounts and form some of their opinions based on your outside of work life on whether or not you're a viable candidate. they look through your personal profiles unrelated to work and use it to determine part of your viability based on that. that is very scary to me, not because i've done anything bad, but because i keep work and play very separate and i think they should remain separate.

[lost-in-fandoms]

https://www.tumblr.com/thicciardo/761905055702122496?source=share

Having big thoughts about Daniel being a photographer and Max being still a F1 driver kajgkajgksjjg. Maybe Daniel needs the money so he takes a job being a F1 photographer and it's not his passion exactly but it pays well. He is going to take pictures of cars going vroom, travel everywhere and being paid for it (so he can take pics of what he really loves. What it is? I don't know).

But he didn't know Max. Like, he was aware that Max was F1 world champion??? But he didn't expect Max to be so breathtakingly beautiful. So maybe he has a little crisis about it. Idksugid. I have to go to sleep but ESIIIIII DANIEL BEING A PHOTOGRAPHER 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹

Hello lovely I miss you!!! I have been having big thoughts about this since I saw your ask last night, but I only have this little thing to offer. Might revisit in the future because I love this idea very much <3

Daniel doesn't exactly know how he finds out about the job offer. He thinks maybe Blake mentioned it to him, having heard about it from a friend of a friend, but it's not really important.

It wouldn't be a bad gig: being able to travel the world, mingling with famous people, filling his portfolio, and getting paid for it. Sure, cars and millionaires aren't exactly his preferred subjects, but he can look past it for that kind of salary and perks.

So he goes over his CV, trying to make himself sound more professional than he feels, and sends it. You miss every chance you don't take and all that.

He's not expecting to be called back, to be honest. Even fattening his portfolio with all the people photos he has, good or less good, he knows it's mostly wildlife and nature, not exactly what a formula 1 team might look for, and yet, two weeks later, he wakes up to an email with three suggested dates for an online interview and a we'd be excited to offer you a position as soon as possible.

And three weeks after that, he's stepping on a plane, flight fully paid and brain already adding up his new salary to the savings in his bank account.

--

The scanner beeps when Daniel puts his pass against it, a thrill of excitement traveling down his spine at the small sound, and then he finds himself in the paddock.

It's still early, so it's not as crowded as it will for sure become later, but it still makes him think of the savannah, people milling around minding their business, swayed from time to time by the sudden arrival of a celebrity or a driver, circles forming and breaking, flocks in the grass.

It settles his mind to think about this as another wildlife shoot, as if this wasn't a stepping stone towards his dream, but the open door to it already, and he makes himself smile by taking a picture of Lewis Hamilton like he would of a leopard, half hidden behind a plant, light catching his earring like a fleeting spot. Even the cars have something animal about them, growling engines and opening wings, wheels pushing the ground like running deer.

The Red Bull hospitality building (a waterhole, his brain suggests) welcomes him with air conditioning and handshakes, both from people he's met already the one time he has gone to the factory, and from strangers, too many names being thrown at him to try and remember them.

And then there's Max Verstappen.

Daniel hadn't met him at the factory. He knows who he is, obviously. Even if formula 1 isn't his preferred flavor of motorsport, he is not completely clueless about it, and he had brushed up his knowledge before coming here, just to try and make sure he doesn't embarrass himself. And yet, it is different to meet him in person.

Daniel had watched two videos of him to prepare himself: one about his racing, and one interview. The racing had been incredible. The interview had been so awkward and stiff Daniel had spent several minutes looking at the ceiling, trying to think about how to justify his yet-to-be-shot photos being shit without saying your driver is the worst model I've ever seen.

He doesn't look bad, of course he doesn't, he is actually quite handsome, but there's such a stiffness and coldness around him, one that screams rude entitled bastard from a mile away, and Daniel does not work well with that. He has actually been wondering if he had been chosen, with his warm toned photos and his soft focus, just to try and soften his edges a little.

So he's not surprised by the firmness of the handshake, or the quick Max as an answer to Daniel's hello I'm Daniel, it's great to meet you!, both exactly what he had been expecting, but then Max smiles and suddenly Daniel's fingers are itching for his camera.

Max's eyes crinkle when he smiles.

His cheeks bunch up, plush lips stretching wide, the freckle Daniel had already noticed almost disappearing, and suddenly it's prairie crocus in the alpine tundra, color and spring impossibly breaking the cold.

Daniel wants to capture the wrinkles by his eyes in golden light, wants to steal the sparkle in the blue, frame it like sunshine on the ocean, wants to take the blush on his cheek and print it, press his fingertips to every magnified pore. He can't wait to see him put on his helmet, wants to see the arch of his nose framed by the visor.

Suddenly, from mostly neutral bystander, he's turned into avid fan, desperately wishing Max wins, to shoot him through champagne drops.

Maybe this job will be his easiest one yet, after all.

[kutyozh]

I've shared this podcast before but every time I listen to it I get so delighted by linguists hyping each other up and getting excited talking about their area of interest I feel compelled to share it again skdjfhghj

[slavicafire]

the most annoying part of historical accuracy in glass is that I can't actually. call the vampires "vampires". every time I tell myself it's irrelevant and I can use that term like basically every other fiction writer I feel my second soul twist and whine and yell NO. no one would use the term vampire in 10 BC. no one would use the term vampire in 1411. get real.

[reflectionsofgalaxies]

the more photos of Sophie T I see the more I understand why she’s so beloved in the fandom. she’s just a whole fucking mood. like

first one she’s completely dead pan doing a perfect thumbs up

second one she’s doing an exaggerated stereotypical Italian hand gesture

and in the third one she’s just fully stanced up with her fucking coffee. what an icon.

[flamestar126]

Would a kiss suffice?

[justablogger234]

something people get wrong

So this is going to be another unpopular opinion but as you all know I don't care it I offend anyone about it because it's my opinion and it shouldn't be offensive.

So something that's been kinda getting to me about the show is the misconception of the main character and how season 5 will be wills season or that he should be the one to kill vecna by some weird magic way of acquiring powers.

The phrase "it started with so it will end with will" is something that is seriously annoying to me. As you all may or may not know, El is my favorite character and I'm not mostly saying this because of bias or preference but from a narrative perspective. But you guys do know that just because the very first episode of the show starts with will getting abducted it doesn't exactly mean he's the main character or that it actually started with him. Because technically it started with el opening the gate and now not even then, it started way back with Henry and the mindflayer.

An argument could also be said that it started with Brenner, but everything that lead to vecna coming into this world and will getting kidnapped was because el defeated him in 1979. I strongly feel that people forget that or are just unaware of that.

If it wasn't for El sending him to dimension x, technically the demogorgon would have never randomly abducted will. No I don't think it wasn't random. No I don't think vecna has some special plan for will or that he's getting some powers that's just ridiculous and cringy.

Again we have to remember that if it wasn't for El, henry would have destroyed the world by now and everyone in hawkins would most likely be dead including your favorite will.

So this is Canon. This whole thing actually started with Brenner, Henry and el. Will was just an unlucky unfortunate victim at the wrong place and at the wrong time. Luckily he was fortunate enough to have caring friends and family and a strong little girl who cared enough to save his life and even sacrifice hers (to which he still hadn't thanked her yet by the way). Yes the show did technically start with his disappearance but in the show in terms of timeline it really didn't. There were certain events that weren't yet shown in season 1 that led to his disappearance that later get revealed in the show.

But boy is next year about to be annoying with all the will stans and the bylers. I swear, all the will fans are bylers and it's annoying. It's also annoying that these fools try to make him the main character when he's not, we already know who is and it's not him but he's still gonna be instrumental in season 5 with his knowledge of vecna and the upside down but that's it.

[wcprideicons]

Calicocatic icons | self-indulgent

From left to right, top to bottom:

1. Redtail

2. Spottedleaf

3. Cherrytail

4. Sorreltail

5. Poppyfrost

6. Blossomfall

7. Sol

8. Shellfur

9. Mapleshade

[puck1919]

"What is food if never on is fed, when with strange disposals, even death lies dead?"

Mr. Mulligan, I know you considered Call of Cthulhu for "Mice & Murder"-- Lovecraft season when???

[mousetrappa]

Can I just say I love LOVE how the fight scenes in puss in boots the last wish are animated. The cut in frames makes it look slightly like stop motion and I love it so much.

[i-am-basil-boi]

Man, I’m glad that I’m at least theoretically allowed to tell people when they’re being bigoted in small, seemingly inconspicious ways that build to reveal a deeper, more harmful misunderstanding about the problems I run into as a person going throughout my daily life that they have the luxury of ignoring because they’re straight, white, cisgendered, neurotypical, and/or able-bodied, but why does it always have to be me examining your biases for you

[seaquestions]

not a man or a woman but a secret third thing (girlguy)