#I KNOW HES CANADIAN LOL

[unoreversecowgirl]

ryan gosling was not picked as ken because he looks like ken, obvi lol. gosling was picked because of vibes, personality and what he represents: “all american”, conventionally attractive, generic but handsome, golden retriever, himbo. he’s not ken, he’s Ken-esque.

edit: and i like the casting :)

#I KNOW HES CANADIAN LOL #chillllll #i’m not saying you have to like the casting!!! #it’s totally fine if you don’t #but thats why he was cast #i’m p sure #i like it him tho #barbie #barbie 2023 #barbie and ken #ken #barbie movie #barbie meme #barbie mattel #mattel #ryan gosling #margot robbie #:)

[frankiebirds]

I've always been a little thrown off by the way the characters (the team and the passengers) react to Reid trying to talk down Ted, and I've never liked that the episode ends with Ted being shot (although I appreciate that he survives).

I'm not saying this to be critical of the characters: the team doesn't have audio, and the passengers (save for Elle and the incapacitated psychologist) don't have the knowledge to see Reid getting through to him, but:

I don't know. Look at Ted's face. I'm bad at reading expressions, but at the very least, this doesn't seem like the expression of someone unaffected by what's being said to him, or the face of a man who's about to start shooting people. During the conversation, Ted stops aiming the gun at Reid, and yells at Leo to shut up when he tells him to shoot Reid.

I really think that Reid was on his way to talking Ted down, and I wish he'd gotten to do it. I don't think Elle hitting Ted while Reid is talking him down makes a lot of sense*. She's one of the few passengers who can understand that Ted is calming down, and I think she's at the right angle to see his changing expression. I wish Reid had gotten the chance to keep talking, because I do think he was close to ending it without anyone else getting shot.

One other thing I noticed while watching this episode—throughout the episode, Leo has always been onscreen while he speaks, either in the same frame as Ted, or the camera cuts to him while he speaks. However, if you rewatch the scene, notice that whenever Leo speaks during it, not only is he always offscreen, but his voice has an echo to it that wasn't there before. I don't think most of the analysis I post is reflective of the writer's intent, but that seems very intentional to me, symbolizing that Leo is becoming less real to Ted and therefore losing his grip on him.

*this is a criticism of the writing, not the character. yes, elle is impulsive, but the choice to hit ted while he's being talked down and is no longer aiming the gun at anyone seems like a strange and risky choice.

#some of this might be coloured by me being a canadian #we dont even have life w/o parole much less the death penalty #+ my political beliefs re: police violence and prison #but i stand by it #i could see an argument that we arent supposed to agree with the businessman because hes established as being on the train because he wants #to shoot his wife who is divorcing him. not exactly a stand-up guy #but other characters seem to agree with the choice and the episode seems a little unempathetic to ted in general #i dont know if im making sense lol #not fic #criminal minds #spencer reid #criminal minds rewatch #criminal minds s01e09 #derailed #tw gun mention #character analysis #scene analysis #i guess? #lmk if i should add a crit tag by the way #because i realise some of this reads as negative #god now i want to rewrite the ending of this episode where ted doesnt get shot and reid gets to talk him down

[sfsolstice]

perhaps one day i might find myself amongst the québécois, should my brother follow through with plans to see montreal and if my friend wishes for a weekend or two spent with her;

i might find myself thinking of you then, perhaps just a distant ache or a fond winter memory, walking the cobblestone of the vieux and admiring the flora in the jardin;

how popular is parc du mont-royal? how beautiful is the notre-dame, and how sweet the produce of jean-talon? would we have affaired within the city's sights, in its days and its nights?

i know the thought might come, and i know it will likely pass, but i know— not without the heart heavy with regret; perhaps i might wonder of another life, perhaps i might hope it was true, but perhaps one day i might find myself amongst the québécois, and perhaps i might think of you.

#poets on tumblr #writers on tumblr #poets corner #poetscommunity #writers and poets #original poem #poetry #poem #poetry on tumblr #poems on tumblr #poems and poetry #spilled ink #spilled words #spilled poetry #spilled thoughts #sfsolstice #needed my brother's help a bit since he knows french lol #also needed my friend's help since shes canadian and i dont know ANYTHING about canada

[harpermiller]

This is my brain trying to make sense of the new Eddie/Shannon/Chris timeline

With Shannon’s birth year now canonically being 1992 I thought I’d throw together a rough timeline for her and Eddie’s relationship since it seems to be confusing some people. (Although it doesn’t really matter what year these characters were born and we shouldn’t put too much thought into this bc the show retcons backstories all the time)

It’s canon that Shannon was born Oct 1992 and that Buck was born June 1992 and so logically Eddie was probably born either Sept 1990/91/92 (Edit: Its canon everyone! Eddie is a 1992 baby!). I like thinking that he’s a little older than Buck and so I’m going to stick with Eddie being born 1991. I have edited this to reflect his canon age.

I'm going to break this down by year and bold the stuff that is confirmed canon the other stuff is was I could piece together to make it make sense.

And yes I know their ages might fluctuate depending on when birthdays fall I was just making it easier on myself.

2010:

August: Shannon and Eddie have known each other since they were 14. They start dating in their senior year of high school. Shannon finds out she's pregnant, her and Eddie get married, Eddie enlists in the army (Shannon: 18, Eddie: 18)

Basic training is about 10 weeks plus 16 weeks of medic training so Eddie is away at basic for 26 weeks total (Sept 2010 - Jan 2011)

2011:

Eddie finishes basic in Jan 2011 and goes on his first tour in Feb 2011

Tours are anywhere between 7 and 15 months - lets say Eddie's first tour was 9 months

Eddie gets leave from his tour to be there for Chris' birth but has to return soon after (Shannon: 19, Eddie: 19).

2011-2013:

Eddie is in the army on tours and periodically home

Eddie misses Chris' diagnosis

2013:

Eddie re-enlists without telling Shannon (Shannon: 21, Eddie: 21, Chris: 2)

From my research enlistments are usually 4 years in active duty and two years inactive. However, after you've completed active duty you can extend or re-enlist for another four of active duty. This would align with Eddie's timeline as 2010-2014 would be his first contract and he re-enlisted in 2013 to start his second contract as soon as his first is done.

2015:

Eddie's helicopter gets shot down and Eddie is discharged early from the army (Shannon: 23, Eddie: 23, Chris: 4)

Eddie is a Staff Sergeant at this point which is possible for his age just not common

Shannon leaves to take care of her dying mother

2017:

Helena and Ramon try to take Chris from Eddie

Eddie and Chris leave El Paso for LA

Eddie starts at the Fire Academy (Shannon: 25, Eddie: 25, Chris: 6)

2018:

Eddie joins the 118

Shannon returns and dies

(Shannon: 26, Eddie: 26, Chris: 7, Buck: 26)

Do with this as you will :)

#does it all line up with what is said on the show? no but i did the best i could with what weve been given lol #especially since in eddie begins they say chris is born in 2011 and then later in 2015 eddie says chris is 6 when hes actually 4 #but yknow continuity #eddie/shannon/chris are very dear to me and so i wanted to piece them together more #I didn't go into detail about how shannon and eddie met and their relationship before she got pregnant because we really dont know anything #but i'm partial to them being high school sweethearts #i apologise if anything regarding the us military is incorrect im canadian and all my info came from research i did on google #eddie diaz #shannon diaz #christopher diaz #evan buckley #evan buck buckley #911 on fox #911 fox

[xariarte]

Team Canada

Raptors/rockets (couldn’t choose one 😭)

Dillion Brooks sympathizer (affectionately)

When I saw this in my inbox, I laughed, because I knew the last part was coming for me one day. 😂💖

But before Brooks takes over this ask, I’m real glad that my Team Canada posts have become a defining factor of my account! I never meant to post this much about Canadian basketball but I actually really enjoy it. And it’s definitely both Raptors/Rockets over here. 🇨🇦

And then the last part…listen, I have to explain myself. 🤣 I know I’ve been flinging Dillon Brooks’ name into Tumblr uncensored 😭. This is good timing to talk about all this because the Olympics are coming up too (and he's gonna be doing stuff, I know).

I’ll split this into a short answer and a longer one under the cut. 😭😭

Short Answer: I don’t necessarily sympathize with him all of the time — he has done CRIMES after all — but I am perpetually amused by his existence. I’m usually looking at him like, “why are you like this?” 🤨🤔 I like him AND hate him at the same time for various reasons, like sometimes he is The Best and other times he is The Worst. 

I do know that when I decided to talk about him on here, it was scary at first because he is so hated (for valid reasons). But I was like, I can’t NOT talk about how amusing he is to me! I also find it immensely funny that my posts on him always end up framing him as "some guy on the team". 😃

I will say though if you hate him, DO NOT let me or my posts stop you. He is a villainous menace. If you don’t want to see him, mute my dbrooks tag!

P.S. If you know Molly Morrison on Twitter/Tumblr, just know I highly relate to what she’s said about Dillon Brooks over the years. 😭😭

Longer Answer (aka the backstory lore of WHY): 

When I restarted my Tumblr account, I met Tumblr user siakam. One of the topics we discussed was the cursed idea of a Fred VanVleet and DB fanfic, because we thought they could be enemies thanks to their conflicting personalities. I was intrigued, but I didn’t know anything about Brooks’ personality. Sadly I do love researching things... 😭😭

This research collided with the NBA season/me getting into Rockets basketball/me catching up on FIBA content…so by accident, Brooks was everywhere. 😩 Houston had a honeymoon period with him and he took over the Team Canada run (and stole the hearts of the announcers and the photographers and the reporters and the crowd) so because of that, most of Canada now ADORES him.

(Do you realize how many Canadian compliments I have to read about this beloved Canadian menace. NO YOU DON’T. 😭💖)

Most of what I read about his personality, which was buried underneath all the media reports of his menacing, was just…normal and wholesome? At least I understand now why the Grizzlies sideline reporter always called him her favourite player, and why all his Grizzlies/Team Canada teammates/coaching staff love him so much. 

That being said, I don’t always agree with his actions though. He chose to do things to teams/star players and he should take the consequences for those actions.

Yes, I do love trash talking, yes, I do enjoy taunting (one of my favourite trash talking quotes is from Donovan Mitchell actually). He did a lot of things to GSW that went too far for me at times. I feel like the intense wave of hatred from last summer was good for him because it brought him down to earth (his ego is still sky high though). He’s been a bit better on the Rockets, more willing to admit his mistakes. But still. Sometimes he doesn’t play basketball and it pisses me off. 🤬

Anyway, apologies for the long paragraphs, but I did have more to say and I couldn’t squish it into something brief. 💔 If you did read all of this, I hope you enjoyed the extra xariarte lore! 💖

#despite the research I still don’t know why he is Like That #I admit it...I DO have a soft spot for Mr. Beloved Canadian Menace (with limits of course) 😂 #i was inspired by the canada bball twitter account #they kept posting photos of him like he was just some guy on the team !! and technically he kind of is. 😌 #thanks for the ask!! i enjoyed answering this one despite its long length 💖🇨🇦 #ask #p.s. if anyone has more questions about this then feel free to ask lol

[ultramantr1gger]

He was really good in Prime so I think he'll be good here

i didnt watch any prime cuz fuck dat but i trust you......

#ian flynn said knowing smile on the twitter post did he write prime? #ik they needed different voice actors cuz its a canadian show but i do not know if they had canada specific writers too LOL #|hyper key| #\\splash warfly

[aquarelleskies]

so in today's subconscious cooking up stories while i sleep, 1) my parents were rich af, 2) i was 16 or so and had a mental breakdown (for the only realistic part), so they 3) drove me to some facility and i was screaming and running away UNTIL 4) the therapy they assigned to me was a two hour walk around a huge glass building with the lawyer from Anatomy of a Fall 😭😂

i completely forgot about this meh film and the guy... or clearly not on some level. also 5) became friends with a fellow inpatient who looked suspiciously like Rayne Fisher-Quann.

okayyyyy

#and i know this is boring for anyone outside of this brain but i have to laugh at the weird randomness with strings of logic (there was lots #of snow?? let's add a canadian girl) #just lol. #personal #// #also i didn't realise who those people were in that dream - only later #it's a lot of nonsense but a nice break from body horror weird scary shit i usually get #it's definitely because i was crying over my teenage years recently! but the french lawyer bit i don't quite get #replacement father figure probably - dear lord what a sad little life jane #anyway he was really good at his job so maybe i should tell him to change careers? #OOOh just remember it had a weird horribly dark scene at the end unrelated to previous plotline - nevermind! couldn't get something #not scarring for once of course 🥰

[thornsnvultures]

every time I'm scrolling through insta and see a devon palmer video I get jumpscared thinking it's jq. it's for only like half a second but still, he does it to me every time

#he looks like jq's american cousin #or canadian #he might be canadian in not checking #*im #devon palmer #joseph quinn #i know someone's had to have said this before lol #but one just came up and its driving me nuts

[strohller27]

.

#you meet the most interesting people in retail #A guy came in while his wife was shopping at another store and started to look around for a christmas present #then he started talking about geneology and then *somehow* we get onto the topic of a training he did #and he’s telling me stuff that maybe probably should be classified about this military exercise he was a part of #and then talks about how he was an interrogator for the Canadian army and he teaches now #and he taught me a few things about how to interrogate people #which. who knows. might come in handy in retail LOL #but then he gets all cagey like ‘oh I’ve taken up all your time!’ and runs off into the night #goodbye super interesting man I hope you have a good life

[wolf-skins]

nvm the americans in the notes going “i live in america you don’t want privatized healthcare” are normies and fine it’s the fucking americans going LISTEN HERE YOU FUCKS

americans stop pretending you’re the main characters in the story and eat my entire ass

#i want to have empathy for the story they gave but to start off like a total wanker talking down to us like ontarians haven #t been freaking out about this and talking about it over and over for years now is disgusting #we don't need you to increase the fucking font size and yell at us like we're children we fucking know we don't want goddamn privatized #healthcare jesus christ i hate looking at cdnpoli online bc americans never stop making it about them as if they're the only one #who have ever suffered from bad policy or some shit and the rest of us are dumb fools needing to be told by y'all #i Know. we all personally fucking know bc there's plenty of instances like the story in the notes having already happened here #this bill would just be another last push. he's already done so much damage and if you cared you would know exactly what and how #GOD i hate this but it's so frustrating to see americans make it about themselves as if i don't have enough trouble #every single fucking day talking to canadians about this shit. bc so many normie libs are obsessed with looking at america okay just #stop it. if we can shut up and support y'all during your political struggles by god you can try to do it for us #anyways i guess the vote offered doesn't even mean anything but idk why i thought there would be #there's actually no stopping it unless somehow ford got booted in the next day but that's not a thing #it's just capitalism lol. and fascism. bc he's already violated the charter and there's already brutality and capitalism demands more and #more. violating federal law some more to make sure the rich can devour our corpses some more is just inevitable

[chemicalarospec]

L tries soooo hard to come off as apathetic, but, let me tell you, it's a complete facade because he literally has to do this every morning:

(I first saw a tiktok tutorial but they don't fully embed so I looked for a good youtube video, and turns out this is the one shown in the tiktok hahaha.)

#french emos. what an idea #though he could be canadian you never know #l death note #l lawliet #death note #emo #I said this #chem's death note arc #my emo arc never ends <3 #Youtube #depeding on his hair he could skip the ironining i suppose. part of me still thinks L is just another japanese teenager lol

[canadian-riddler]

reading a book about a lumberjack in BC and sometimes he talks about how other men don't know the value of hard work and how he's happy to work for a boss that works hard

but his boss is also super cheap and everything they have is broken and the boss won't fix it because he thinks men work better when what they have is good enough because it means they have to be like creative about problem-solving

and the narrator has to like. bail out a rowboat while he's rowing, run a steamboat by himself, cut up a tree that's forty feet long by four feet wide to fuel the steamboat by himself, sometimes has to go to bed with wet clothes on, works for a guy who's a huge asshole, and he does all this with a foot that got messed up from logging

but he never describes any of this as hardship. more of an inconvenience. he actually has a very romantic view of his occupation, like it's the greatest job in the world. and the person who wrote it actually was a lumberjack.

#so says Indy #I don't know where I'm going with this #the book is just very interesting #there's also a mention of how the American Depression messed with the Canadian timber market #also a mention that the London he is talking about is not London Ontario lol

[jaegerbroshoe]

I just found out President Snow is from Canada 😳

#the actor obviously lol #I know he’s a very accomplished actor but I literally just found out he’s canadian #I’m shook #the hunger games #misc

[sapphic-storm69]

I’m in the middle of hermitcraft s7 rn and I watched that episode where grian did hermitcribs (?ir something like that I don’t remember) on ethos base and I was so insanely confused by this man’s style of living that I’ve decided that I want to learn as much about him as possible

#I want to study him #bc I didn’t know anything about him before this ngl #thing I have learned about #ethoslab #: #he has a nice voice #I’m pretty sure he’s Canadian I remember scar saying something like that #I could be misremembering but whatever #this guy is pretty funny #I gotta watch more of his stuff #bc I’m just barely scratching the surface of his content #hermitcraft s7 #hermitcraft #thank the lord I’m almost done with this season #I’ve been binging it for the past 3 days lol

[spongebob-connoisseur]

#HE'S COMING BAAACK AAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH #i haven't an exact air date for the episode YET #but international releases are like next week and the week after #Surely the US release must be close by right? #I mean i use a vpn to watch the US release #I think the canadian release will be like a month or two later #As far as I'm concerned pearl wants to be a star is sTILL not available in canada #So now you know why i don't wait until it airs here lol #Anyways im so excited my cute disgusting little wormy boyyyy💞💞💞💞 #spongebob #the spongebob connoisseur #spongebob squarepants #sb #spongebon squarepants #spongebob meme #slappy laszlo #the patrick star show #the patrick show

[donuts4evry1]

Recently learned how to write possessives in Viet so I decided to complain about my broken umbrella to my mom

#And this is where Duolingo failed me because it teaches northern dialect and not hue (central) dialect #I told my mom ''cái ô cua con hu roi'' and she didn't know what I was talking about lol #She knew something broke but didn't recognize the word for umbrella #In hue it's cây dù #Same for my Canadian Viet community (which is p much hue Viet people) #I don't think there are other hue Viet where I live. Mm. I miss Canada #My grandpa used to do barbeques every summer before COVID and I haven't been to one since #If I knew the last BBQ I'd go to was in 2019 I would've enjoyed it a lot more... #Anyway I use Akuros for a lot of Viet stuff but I think it's because he is just fun to draw haha #He isn't actually Viet tho (even though that would be sorta cool ;w;) #mun rambles