#your move Mate

[bladedhatsandstars]

"He's got a gun!"

@goldstuddedl ( i have no idea if i already sent in a meme but if i have you can forget this, i hav e a terrible memory ^^, )

@goldstuddedl

“Aye, and we’ve got more than that,” The tattooed man grinned maniacally as he and his pals cornered the young stranger in an alley. Most of them had weapons with varying types of blades displayed, including a scythe. Some of their faces were painted to resemble skulls or diseased corpses.

“Easy, Mates.” A calm voice nearby created a ripple effect on the gang. Silence fell over them and the middle of the group parted to allow two more men to approach. One had his hands in his sleeves and feathered hair clips. The other had matching pink feathers on his bowler hat and a bemused smile that was just visible under the shadow cast by his hat brim.

“Evening, Lad. What brings you to the armpit of London? Down on your luck?”

[bumblingbabooshka]

I can't read Janeway/Chakotay if Tuvok isn't there with the same energy of a passenger in the backseat putting his foot on Chakotay's chair and slowly increasing the pressure so Janeway doesn't notice but Chakotay does. Bc. He should have been in the front seat. And Janeway's the one who asked "Do you mind getting in the back, Mr. Tuvok?" and he said it was fine, absolutely fine, and she thought nothing more of it but everytime Chakotay glances in the rearview mirror he can see that man's eyes staring back at him. I know people cast Tuvok as the wingman in Janeway & Chakotay's tragic love story but I think it'd be way funnier and perhaps even MORE tragic if anytime Janeway tried to softlaunch the idea of Chakotay as a romantic interest Tuvok conveniently had a memory about her and Mark Johnson to share. Do You Remember when we all went to the Recreation of The Ancient Olive Garden, Captain? And you said you two were Mates of Each Other's Soul? That just occurred to me for some reason. Anyway, what were you saying about Chakotay? After Mark Johnson is out of the picture for good, Tom teases that Janeway & Chakotay would make a good couple and Tuvok, serious as a heart attack and with a dire warning in his eyes/tone (insulting the captain is a grave offense) says that the captain would Never do something like that. She is a woman of morals. She is a woman who holds herself to a high standard. She would Never. And Tom never brings it up again and Janeway is both touched by Tuvok's belief in her and...something else. Something that feels like being doomed. Tuvok doesn't even dislike Chakotay at this point, it's not about him at all - it's All about Janeway. Like, personally I don't think Tuvok would be that personally invested in Janeway's romantic life one way or another (they seem to me like they'd be uncomfortable talking in depth about that kind of thing) but if he's going to be invested wouldn't it be so funny, so intriguing, for him, as the only member of Voyager who has pre-existing history with Janeway, to represent the Past. The things Janeway wants to return to, what she fights to keep alive - and this is shown to us the audience through Tuvok reinforcing and nurturing her belief that she should NOT become romantically involved with her first officer? Janeway has standards for herself...and Tuvok will Ensure she lives up to them. Because he believes in her ability to do so. They are 'in this together', are they not? They will assist one other, will they not? Like always.

[biscuitboba]

Thinking about the "you are my captain luffy, and im your first mate" line and uhh, remember when luffy first asked zoro to become a part of his crew? while untying the ropes, zoro said to luffy something along the line "you can untie me, but i'm still not gonna be part of your crew", and he was all like "i mean it!", and then later luffy also asked nami to join his crew, but of course she rejected him too.

Anyway, later (after teaming up with nami first then zoro second) luffy told morgan that they are a crew (just luffy being luffy), but zoro and nami of course refuted his statement. Not just once though, after defeating morgan and the other marines, nami and zoro pulled out the "not a crew" statement simultaneously after the "im sensing a little bit of tension amongst the crew" line from luffy.

So like i cant help but think about how zoro and nami technically kinda joined at the same time? And not just that, but nami's actually the first person that luffy teamed up with! And this got me thinking, zoro what makes you think that you are luffy's first mate? I get if animanga zoro wanted to call himself luffy's first mate, but opla zoro? Like anyway all im trying to say is that opla zoro is a self proclaimed first mate, i said what i said.

Also i'd like to add something from what i've read somewhere about first mate and:

"First mate is the vice captain and is not necessarily the first person to join. A first mate is appointed after a sizeable crew is formed and the captain picks the most suitable person to lead his crew in his absence."

AND REMEMBER THE "you just got here you don't know what luffy needs" line from zoro??? luffy said that he needed zoro. Zoro heard what he said. This man is just ready to commit for life. He picked himself as the first mate like a champ, as he should.

EDIT: after rewatching opla i just realised that nami used the first mate phrase not only once but twice (when talking to/abt zoro). But i still think that zoro is a self proclaimed first mate, cuz first mate should've been chosen by the captain and they (luffy & zoro) never really talked about it so i stand by what i said:D

[senualothbrok]

"It was easier to stare at the celestial abyss than recognise the emptiness within myself. Easier to pretend my destiny lay among such stars, than work to salvage a life on solid ground. You changed all that.

You see me as I am, and do not find me wanting. With these stars as my witness, I swear - you will always be enough for me."

[thedreadvampy]

my friend invited me to go with them to a show tonight

and the thing is it was not good. it was a cabaret with some amazing circus acts but each of them got like. 5-10 minute slots. and were interspersed with 20+ minutes EVERY TIME of some of the most tedious standup work I have ever seen from the MC and the same 5 physical comedy bits repeated ad nauseum. this guy literally did a Borat bit. in the year of our lord 2024. he sang 2 entire rounds of the Family Guy theme.

and it just KEPT GOING. it was meant to be a 90 minute show, which imo is already a slog for a show starting at 11:30PM but within the bounds of reasonable. it finished. at fucking 1:50 AM. ALMOST TWO AND A HALF HOURS OF THIS SHIT. and it did not help that the 5 bits were all of the 'OH NO SOMETHING HAS DISRUPTED THE SHOW' variety which is funny for a bit, less funny when you're literally 45 minutes past the end of your scheduled finish and still fucking going.

HOWEVER. what I did not realise was that this was in fact. my friend's favourite comedian. and if I had known this I might not have gathered up my stuff and walked out during the curtain call and probably would not have announced on the way out, 'that was the most tedious fucking thing I have ever endured.' and I almost certainly, when someone overheard me complaining about the length and tedium and said 'yeah it ran a bit long huh,' have replied, at the actual near-shouting top of my voice, "I AM GOING TO KILL MYSELF."

I feel. bad for spoiling the show for them.

in my defence I have been very tired this week, I got home at 2:30 AM, and raked seating really hurts my hips so I was in agony by the end of the first hour. but mostly I'm just a bitch who loves to hate tbh.

[ratatatastic]

local man haunts (me) open practise yet again more news at 11

[rosenecklaces]

I think gwynriels victim complex phenomenon needs to be studied like it's probably where the projecting into Azriel white-savior and fuckboy made-up personas came from. it's all clearer now...

[minai28]

I realized it's a crime to have Sophie without Belinda. They're a 2 for 1 deal dispite everything

[paverics]

i love the olympics but for some reason i just find the 100m and 200m sprints really hilarious. they train hard. for years. to answer a question that has been asked on every single playground across the globe —- who’s the fastest person here? it’s just a very primal urge, and an age old question that we apparently never grow out of answering. there’s no technology, no equipment, no game plan, no strategy, t’s just….run fast as fuck. i love it

[minnows-wc-blog]

My personal AU Poppyfrost and Cherryfall just being my fav auntie & niece pairing!

[ildiavoloro55o]

Being both a Charles and Carlos fan, the past few days have been exhausting… I have blocked so many anti Charles and Carlos accounts on almost all my social accounts. And I thought you know, the race weekend is done and there’s a two-week gap until the next one and things will a bit calm…

But now, what do you mean Carlos’s mum liked a tweet that was hating/calling Charles dishonourable? I don’t really care much what the drivers’ families do, because I am only here for the drivers and they are their own separate individuals. And whatever the families do shouldn’t reflect on the drivers or be their fault.

But this. This was stupid. Why would you do that? Your son is already not being liked and he had a good weekend (ignoring the robbery). And insulting his teammate who is loved very dearly and your son likes him too or at least considers him as a friend, you’re just making it worse for your son. You are just making him be public enemy number 1 without it even being his fault. Sure, he was already being treated as one by some people, and you’re just adding more fuel to that. Like chill. Stop meddling with your son’s team or whatever. You’re not helping. And this goes to Papa Sainz as well.

And Charles liking the tweet with 2019 Monza Podium picture with caption saying honour… that was so cunty of him! You tell’em baby!

Also, it’s not Carlos’s fault. You can’t blame him for something his parents decided to do.

[bonefall]

I have a question abt thunderstar's justice. Why is killing Clear Sky the wrong thing to do in this situation? I mean I know the in-character reason is One Eye is seasoning him, but there's presumably an OOC reason that that's the situation, a moral that's trying to be told. Clear Sky is not only an unrepentant serial abuser but he's *still skyclan's leader.* he's still in a position to do immense harm as a petty immature warmongering autocrat.

Largely because it will resurrect a 12-foot-long prehistoric megabeast who takes his paychecks in the blood of your enemies. The climactic ritual takes place after One Eye's first defeat in this story, which Skystar had reluctantly joined into after he watched him eat Tom.

They only managed to defeat One Eye through quick thinking on Moon Shadow's part. After this, Star Flower seduced Skystar so she would be able to use him in a ritual to bring One Eye back. She kills him 8 times, bleeding him out fully, counting as 8 individual sacrifices.

Skystar is unrepentant, yes. Thunderstar's stand isn't being done in some attempt to acknowledge Sky as a worthwhile person, or bestow 'forgiveness,' saving him here is not a 'reward'.

But this isn't retaliation or stopping him from committing some evil deed; Skystar was seduced by Star Flower to end up on the wrong side of a sacrificial alter. He joined with the other Clans to oppose One Eye earlier. He's already died 8 times before Thunder arrives.

Thunderstar could have all the might of One Eye on his own side, if he takes Star Flower's offer. He could open up Skystar's worthless throat and be done with him right here. It would feel good, it would feel so, so good.

But where is the honor in that? And where would it end, afterwards, with an ancient God released back into the world?

"A true warrior doesn't need to kill to win their battles," means that there are times you are releasing someone who will go back to a position where they could do harm. But 8 lives down, after being helplessly tortured for hours, being sacrificed to a monster he had previously lent his strength to fight... that is where it crosses the line between Justice and Revenge.

It wouldn't make Thunderstar ""just as bad"" if he took that deal. He doesn't take it because he's better than Skystar will ever be.

[anonomi]

I am thinking about half-empty servers, when everybody left last round and only you and one other person are there after the map stops loading. Sometimes the other person leaves or requeues immediately, because who wants to be in an empty server with only one other person?

But sometimes they stay, we stay and it's for a while, until the timer runs out and the Administrator announces it out on the intercoms. And it's a surreal experience, because you can actually hear the ambience. You can hear the stock birds tweeting or the ever present wind howling. You can read the words on the signs. And you're alone, you're walking through empty hallways and chokepoints, where on any other server it'd be booming with players. If not an Engineer then probably a Sniper, just that one lonely Sniper that always seems to be there in the back lines.

But the thing is you're not actually, because there is that one person there on the scoreboard whose name you'll forget after this. Eventually you manage to find them, because if not for their footsteps, you can hear their voicelines echo throughout the map. And when you find them, you can take in what they look like when they're not running around or when you're not trying to kill.

And you look at them and you might think, wow what a cute loadout or wow that is actually very nice or wow that is so ugly, and no matter what it is, it's a sentiment you can actually stew in for more than the 5 seconds it takes to kill them.

And what ensues is something special, because sometimes they can't talk. Not ever since Valve silenced their voices. Sometimes they don't want to talk, not in any other way than what happens next. Where you just stare at each other, looking at each other's models breathe and watch each other. You nod, they nod. They go, you follow. Each movement of the mouse you make is scrutinized and when you look at them, you can imagine them at their desk and trace the outline of what you find there, of them sitting on some chair looking at the screen and sharing this moment with you. And maybe they are thinking the same thing about you.

And sometimes we talk, we do the harder contracts or we talk. About anything. The game, life. I've heard so much from people I will never meet again.

And sometimes we don't. We just stare at each other, go around the map, maybe fight each other every now and then. But we don't exchange any words, just our time.

And then it ends, eventually, and we are both looking at a screen with two usernames and a timer ticking down until the next map. And then maybe some pleasantries, some good lucks or take cares, or just nothing at all. Then we leave and we never see each other again, not as the people we were during these minutes and this empty ambience.

But I can think about what we shared. And I am thinking about it. I am thinking about it right now. And I am happy to have known you, even as brief as it was, that we could share something like that in a game like TF2.

[todayisafridaynight]

We rlly don’t need another majima game 😭 please give other characters a chance he already had the spotlight in 0😔

lord if i speak on goro majima.

[futterwacken]

for the record, this is exactly how i picture howl

[ratatatastic]

creo q la unica manera de publicar q estas vendiendo mate en la tienda official de la selección es de sacarle un foto del arquero tomando un matesito calentito durante entrenamiento q no XD

la argentinidad... mate 🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷