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ok so here is my pitch for my dream buddie catalyst:

eddie and maddie are trapped in some sort of likely-fatal time sensitive situation together (drowning related probably because it's Them) (have they overused it yes is it still thematically appropriate YES) where one person could potentially sacrifice themselves for the other to survive. i want eddie and maddie using their combined experience and ingenuity to survive together and discussing who should be prioritized which means they talk about parenthood and how they both feel they've failed their children by "running," how their lives have been so defined by trauma and they don't want to scar their children any further by leaving them again. of course they're doing everything they can to get out together, but as the situation deteriorates throughout the episode(s) (c'mon something like this could be at LEAST a two-parter) they can't help returning periodically to the world's most morbid debate.

i want buck and chim on the outside both going out of their goddamn minds. they know that eddie and maddie are stuck (wherever), know that they're probably alive, but aren't sure in what condition and if they'll stay that way. rescue operations begin as everybody walks on eggshells around buck and tries to comfort chim, who wants absolutely none of it. time is running out.

eddie says that he couldn't possibly let maddie sacrifice herself for him and look buck and chim in the eye afterwards. maddie says that she couldn't do that either. she says that at least jee-yun would still have her father, and eddie says that christopher would still have buck. maddie says that of course none of them would just abandon christopher if something were to happen to him but—

and eddie cuts her off and says it's in my will. if i die, christopher will have buck. buck will have christopher.

they just look at each other for a weighted moment. maddie makes a decision. she says ...i meant it, you know. that i couldn't let you die down here (wherever here is i don't KNOW okay i'm not here to think up convoluted emergencies i'm here for drama) and look my baby brother in the eye knowing that i could have changed it. eddie says i know, okay, but it's different, you're his sister, and maddie says, yeah, but you're his... and she pauses. and eddie says what? best friend? partner? that doesn't—

and maddie says you're his. eddie, you're his.

and eddie... i want to see something slot into place. i want to watch him understand as maddie spills everything she's been suspecting since the day that buck came out to her and maybe since before she and eddie even met. maddie says you know, when i first came to california, you were all he talked about? you're still all he talks about. you and christopher. you're his. i couldn't... eddie, you're out of your mind if you really don't think that losing you would break him just as much as losing me. he would forgive us both, because he's buck, but i couldn't... i'm no saint, eddie, i want to survive. i don't want my daughter to grow up without me. but i can't do that to him. i don't know if he'd survive it. even if he did, the guilt would eat me alive.

meanwhile. buck is barely holding on to his sanity as rescue efforts are underway and time is running out. chimney is keeping it together as best he can but there isn't much that he and buck can do. he can't let himself fall apart because buck is already a stiff breeze away from clawing his own skin off and somebody has to keep their cool. something goes wrong—suddenly, their short amount of time has gotten shorter, and they may only have enough of a window to get one out before it's too late for the other. buck, who has been ranting and arguing and screaming this whole time... is silent. he is silent, and he stares straight ahead at nothing in particular, and we know that no matter which way the scales tip, his soul will be destroyed all the same.

eddie regards maddie for a moment. grief, heartbreak, anger, all flicker over him, but what settles is determination. he says that neither of them are going to leave again. that they'll survive together, or not at all, or leave it to the universe to decide.

of course they make it out. by the skin of their teeth, they make it out, working together, clawing their way back to life and love and possibility. maddie makes it out first, and eddie sees buck as she falls into chim's waiting arms. he watches as buck sees his sister, and reaches out to take her hand with trembling fingers and white knuckles, but there is no relief, no happiness in his red-rimmed eyes. just a deep, unspeakable grief, until his eyes slide past maddie and meet eddie's.

finally: relief. and then he is in buck's arms, a perfect parallel to chim and maddie, and we see eddie's face over buck's shoulder, and we know. he is in love, and buck is in love, and eddie knows, and he sinks into his partner's embrace with joy and acceptance.

after that, who knows? maybe a grand confession. a moment of quiet understanding. a passionate post-rescue kiss. a chaste, tender kiss in some kitchen or other. maybe eddie panics later, or maybe he's found peace for once. maybe buck has realized something and he makes the first move. maybe it happens immediately. maybe it takes a while, takes discussions about how it'll affect work and christopher and whether it's worth risking all that they have for all that they want.

and maybe they'll ask whether it's even a risk at all.

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Okay full disclosure I had been avoiding watching Hwarang because idk why

Anyways I grew a pair and did watch it and just finished episode 18 and I say this with all my soul KIM TAEHYUNG WHAT THE FUCK

I'm bawling my eyes out here wtf

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Someone: Thank the gods

"The Gods!!???? Thank me . I'm the one fixing all the problems caused by the gods" ~Percy Jackson probably

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Percy,in a posh British lady voice: be right down!Just going to the potty

Annabeth: Nice

Percy :I have a gift

Annabeth: Smiles

*proceeds to almost kiss the ground in a few minutes*

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No longer going to be silent on this app

Watch me spout the most stupid shit with no shame on here

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“Percy Jackson is a POWERFUL demigod. FORBIDDEN even. he is a DanGEr and a menace”

Percy, the moment he sees the Oracle: *worst voice crack imaginable* h i

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okay but like the way they introduced the fatal flaws was so subtle and soooo insanely good. like alecto playing on annabeth's pride to get her to give up percy versus medusa appealing to percy's loyalty to get him to give up annabeth and grover. sooo good fr fr.

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No but omg I love this so so so much! And I've never seen the show from this angle before 😭 LOOK AT HIM GETTING ALL EXCITED AND READY!! Look at him and how he always makes everyone feel included! AHHHH. HOW CAN YOU NOT LOVE HIM??? source

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Enemies to "I accidentally came across you while you were vulnerable and scared and I'm not a total asshole so I tried to help you" to "accidental mutual uncovering of softer sides and vulnerabilities" to "I can't be mean to you anymore, not out of pity but because it would feel weird betraying that brief truce we had" to "Fine I'll make an effort to be nice to you now I guess" to "actually now that we're not actively hating each other you're not so bad I guess" to "i think we're friends but I'm not going to say that because I'm afraid you're not gonna feel the same way" to "oh you also think we're friends? Great" to lovers

This was immaculate

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harry rn

*offended frog noises*

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I actually dont understand why reblogging pictures of the same 2 men every day keeps me entertained

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nobody talk to me

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ehm.. wtf

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And that everyone is how you kill me

unwell 🌹

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Backstage. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Night Two. © Joshua Halling

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things that have happened in the last couple of weeks that i don’t think have been properly freaked out about enough:

harry wearing jamaica and st thomas shirts while getting papped with olivia in italy

harry having an H and maybe an L written on his shoes

learning that baby harry went to a bookstore in 2011 asking for love poetry

harry going sparkly-eyed at the mention of artists hurting themselves goofing off on tour

harry posting on ig like a real human being???

harry talking about how much he loves the 1d boys x2

this lyric from harry’s first original song: “i’ll be gone in a week or two, going away to someplace new. i don’t need no jackets or shoes, all i need is you- the only luggage i need is you.” ????

harry wearing a (very cute) rainbow shirt for promotional content

harry bringing the peace ring back for one day

more blue-and-green-arena antics from louis

louis’ post-show song being “all of me” the night before hsh release day

louis’ post-show song being “lego house” the night after hsh release

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years have gone by but one thing that hasn't changed is the fact that Harry Styles is in fact a baby™