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schlong2 · 1 day

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latest fix rant time

none of my friends want to talk to me about monkey movies and then i remembered i have a whole blog dedicated to my latest fixations so. i've watched Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes two (TWICE ✌️) times in theaters. this was after watching the newer trilogy (Rise, Dawn & War) and the first 1968 original in prep.

things (SPOILERS!!!):

Kingdom's run time is 2 hours and 25 minutes. this is incredibly long for a movie. compared to 1968's 1 hour and 52 minutes, that's a half hour difference. Infinity War was 2 hours and 36 minutes for reference. that's a whole marvel cinimatic convergence, but ape. the run time isn't exactly the issue i've seen talked about. it's the pacing. sitting twice through this movie was not a problem for me. i sat there engaged all the way through. on the second watch, i tried to be mindful of times in which it might have been dragging for the average person, and i like, literally couldn't find any. pretty much every scene had meaning and didn't drag imo. which is something these newer movies do extremely well. Kingdom is pretty equally split between verbal communication and sign language compared to the first three before it. the apes use both verbal and visual cues to talk. but because they don't talk every single time, it makes every moment that they do feel special. it reminds me of the Quiet Place concept, where most of the movie you only hear a human voice a few select times when it's safe to do so. Rise, Dawn, & War were kind of like this, as Caesar only really spoke when he was trying to make a point or communicating to humans, who are mostly speaking in those movies. he speaks more as he gets more fluent, and by War, he can speak very well. we see other apes like Koba, Maurice, Blue Eyes, and Bad Ape also speak English. these moments are rationed pretty well throughout Kingdom, making the dialog more select and meaningful. this makes every time these beasts talk feel like it means something and isn't just fluff to fill your ears. every other scene feels like it's building or showing a side of a character we hadn't seen before, and the scenes between those advance the plot or are like, really action-packed. i just don't see why some people say it has pacing problems. it's just long. i understand the average person's attention span is super short, but when you're sitting down to watch two and a half hours of movie, you gotta know there's gonna be downtime. moments where they're not fighting or advancing the plot. and i think that's GOOD man. but im also not one for action/adventures very much so maybe that's it? i think a lot of people maybe watch these apes for the violence and conflict rather than their introspection, genuinely thoughtful world building, and complex characters. and hey, that's completely fine to enjoy, but POTA is originally about morals and asking the audience questions and posing dilemmas to popular beliefs at the time. ok

Raka. he's great. Peter Macon has this butter smooth voice that's just perfect for the kind of character he plays. you can't help but like him. but he dies like 1/3 into the movie and is really only there to religion dump about Caesar (ape jesus) and then he's swept away. people are complaining that that's all he was really there for. to explain the real values of Caesar and provide a foil to Proximus. and i agree to some degree. i really hope he's not actually dead. his presence and death are felt throughout the movie, as both Mae and Noa (mostly Noa vocalizes it, Mae just silently shares in his loss and i think cries at one point?) seem to mourn him, saying shit like "if Raka were here..." and especially at the end when Noa gives the Caesar pendant to her. it's the shared memory of Raka and what he devoted his life to. but they never really like, actually linger on his death. there's a moment after he's swept away, and the shot stays on the rushing waters, Raka no longer visible and plays some sad tunes, but like. C'MON. he's not really dead. he isn't please tell me he isn't PLEASE

Noa isn't Caesar. i honestly do not get why you would want otherwise. of course, he isn't Caesar. we don't need another Caesar. he had a whole three movies to be the center of. i would be extremely disappointed if they just made a carbon copy of him or made Noa like a direct descendant of him or whatever. i hate that Chosen One bullshit. Caesar was just a guy that wanted peace for his people and that got him killed in the end. Noa is also a guy who wants peace for his clan. they're both leaders and have good hearts, but like. they're different characters. i LIKE that Noa has no relation to Caesar, i LIKE that he's his own character with his own ideals and purpose. Owen Teague does a wonderful job making the character his own. i mean Andy Serkis is Andy fucking Serkis. pretty big shoes to fill and i think Teague has the right foot size you know. i heard one guy say like "we've had our time to mourn Caesar" and yeah. we have. let's accept that and move on

WHERE MY APE DIVERSITY AT. we get a fuck ton of chimps, ONE orangutan, ONE gorilla, and ONE bonobo. what the hell. i mean. what is with the bonobo villian. Koba i fucks with because bonobos are some of the most playful, nonviolent apes out there. that humanity and its cruelty could twist a naturally peaceful creature into what Koba became.. i mean, that's great. but again with Proximus? maybe trying to evoke some of the same energy and nuance Koba had? ALSO. GORILLA PSA they are like so sweet. all that muscle is there to protect their families, and they're strictly vegetarians. i feel like Rise, Dawn, & War portrayed this better with most of the gorillas getting bodyguard jobs because of all their bulk. especially when Luca tucks that flower in Nova's ear. man. and Red going out like he did. gentle giants. in Kindgom we just have Sylva. gorilla henchman for Proximus. that's it. then we have Raka, the one orangutan character that i saw. wise and knowledgeable, guides and accompanies Noa and Mae then dies. at least we get one female chimp character that's more than just wife or mother. wikipedia lists Soona as Noa's love interest, which i can totally dig, like it's there. he takes her to the telescope at the end of Kingdom, which is more than what we saw romance-wise between Caesar and Cornelia. and the only other important chimp female is Dar, Noa's mom. in Rise, Dawn & War there was usually only one of each species of ape assigned a main role, but we saw much more diversity it felt like. maybe that's because there were smaller in numbers and have since spread out in the last 300 years? also like, bonobos are known for having female-female & male-male sex. dont know about the other apes. my friend mentioned that Raka said something about having a male companion and promptly searched reddit. all they had to say was: gaype?

the visuals. dear god the visuals. this movie is just visually stunning. absolutely breathtaking. they did a great job. i mean Rise, Dawn, & War are all triumphs of cgi and are excellent examples of the animation style done right. i did hear some guy say there is a loss of texture, as mostly everything in Kingdom is cgi, from the characters to the landscapes. but there's an explosion of texture in this film. there's one point where Noa is covered in the ash of his village and you can see it on his fur. there's quite a couple water scenes where the moisture clings to the apes' fur. It's all very impressive. great work

the references!! Rise especially has a ton of them (IT'S A MADHOUSE!!! & GET YOUR STINKIN PAWS OFF ME YOU DAMN DIRTY APE), and names like Nova and Cornelius, but Kingdom... i picked up on at least three main instances, but im sure there are more. there's the scene where the apes are rounding up the feral humans, and its very reminiscent of the scene from 1968 where they're doing the same thing for sport. there's the scene where Mae is running in the field, and she jumps on that log structure to get to Noa, which is nearly identical to a similar scene in 1968. the scene when Noa, Soona, and Anaya are exploring the human bunker and they come across an old classroom. one of them picks up a doll that says a distorted "Mama" which was huge in the original because that was evidence that once man did speak, why else would he make a doll that talked? superb call backs to the og. respect what was there before

SCHLONG THEORY

here me out guys. the starring ape-human relationship in Rise was between Caesar and Will. this type of love is called storge and describes the love a child has for a parent as well as the love a parent has for their child.

the starring ape-human relationship in Dawn was ultimately between Caesar and Malcolm. which i believe is truly philia towards the end, the love between friends and allies. just two dudes trying to keep peace in the world.

in War, i mean Caesar well and truly hates the Colonel. like more than he's hated any human in his life before. close to mania, obsession. anyways it's a study on this type of relationship between an ape and a human. true, all consuming hate.

SO in the newer movies we've explored familial love, platonic love, and hate, between an ape and a human.

in Kingdom the main ape-human relationship is between Noa and Mae. and their relationship is complex. not really that friendly and certainly not familial. no trust. some kind of begrudging respect maybe? i just think it would be neat if in further installments they explored a romantic love between a human and an ape. ok.

i KNOW Noa and Soona are probably going to get ape married and they're never going to touch on the subject but i just find it hard to believe that in the last 300 years or so that's NEVER been heard of. apes have the same level of intimacy between each other as humans do in this universe and can willingly consent. what are you so afraid of wes ball

after all, the whole franchise is about how apes, when given intelligence, compare to humans and begs the question: how different are we really?

is it possible for an ape and a human to fall in love?

#WILL talk about sentient apes for hours #straight off the noggin #kingdom of the planet of the apes #he was an ape #she was a girl #can i make it any more obvious

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oceanwithouthermoon · 3 days

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people hate teenage girls so much that i can literally say "teruhashi is conceited, fake, judgemental, and manipulative, but she has incentive to change and is only that way because of how shes been treated her whole life" and theyll still go "wow are you justifying the horrible things she thinks? youre acting like shes a perfect, hurt little angel who did nothing wrong"

PLEASE READ !!! GENUINELY BEGGING YOU TO LEARN TO READ !!!

#its so dumb i hate misogynists I HATE MISOGYNISTS !!!#u guys literally cannot stop yourselves from hating women its actually crazy #the literal only way to misunderstand her that badly is if u hate her cuz shes a woman im so serious #i was arguing with this random tiktoker and i said 'she isnt necessarily a good person but she isnt a bad one either'#and they were literally like 'why like her then if shes not a good person? she deserves the hate' oh my god media literacy is dead #u guys cant handle characters who arent completely black and white #it came as no surprise when that person eventually admitted that they only watched season one of tdlosk #i dont know why they started an argument with me when they literally have not seen the show #people do that all the time.. why do they gen think they know the series when they quite literally have not seen it #ok sorry this is like my millionth post complaining about misogyny in this fandom #its a problem though for realsies #saiki k #tdlosk #the disastrous life of saiki k.#teruhashi kokomi #meows post

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ask-the-rag-dolly · 2 days

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ok the askbox is open. im taking this opportunity to say ohhhhh im going crazy over the narrative constructed here. specifically with how audience (anon) interaction is intertwined with the main conflict.

because its like.. we are inherently a BAD THING. yes, some of us are actually malicious, but even if we do have kind intentions, and only want the best for ragatha.. just being there is a negative impact that outweighs any positives. we are a parasite, after all. and technically, the only positive action we could do is to simply.. stop engaging. leave the askblog alone. leave ragatha alone. except we could never do that, because we're too curious now, too attached- we want to see how the story continues, how it ends. we cant leave well enough alone, we just have to know. we need to know. so the cycle will continue nonetheless due to our nature. and we have to watch as our main character, the person we're rooting for, gets worse and worse. knowing that its our fault, because we're choosing to engage. we're choosing this path of pain. because we're curious, and that curiosity would kill us if we didn't feed it.

and of course its on a tadc tumblr ask blog of all things lol. no hate btw. im here enjoying it after all! though honestly i say that like this had any opportunity of existing outside of the askblog genre... or even the tumblr landscape itself- i feel like the anon feature itself is also a big part of this sort of narrative, as it allows those actively malicious anons to be even nastier. because it distances us from our actions. like.. we're given a mask, something that obscures our true identities (both to the other askers.. and to ragatha to an extent, as most all look the same to her. who knows, maybe that one supportive anon trying to cheer her up is the same one also encouraging her downfall! she cant tell!)- a thing that wipes our hands free of any consequences. a chance to become faceless and untraceable- so of course some people will indulge. be as horrible as possible. because, hey, its not like you'll be getting any consequences for it! no way to trace it back to you! no way to be held accountable! you can just sit back and watch the fire you made grow higher. more bright. thats the main goal, after all- to make a spectacle! to move the story along and make it exciting! thats the only thing that matters to you. that its entertaining. not the people you'll be harming in the process.

anyways sorry for the fucking. essay. in your askbox. i like talking and also i fucking love dissecting meta-aligned narratives like this. gggrrggrgrgrrrr chewing on this blog like a chewtoy. i hope everyone gets worse and this whole blog blows up!!!!!!!

i can't stop giggling at ' its on a tadc tumblr ask blog of all things ' . this was really originally supposed to just be a silly blog with little story but here we are . you really won't get this anywhere else

i get pretty happy when someone dissects this silly thing so no need to apologize !! i'm my own harshest critic when it comes to this blog so it's often difficult for me to grasp what meaning people get out of this lol truly thank you guys for wanting to see my insane , Unhinged ideas come through

and i love the dissection on the mean anons - a lot of this thing hinges on actions having consequences after all ! every little thing will have an impact on ragatha's mental state . i'll say i think the anons have potential to not be as harmful - as there was a point in the blog's time where they acted more like inner therapists to ragatha than reality-bending beings of chaos ( good times ) . it just really depends on being patient with an actually mentally ill person like ragatha - it does fascinate me how people's frustration with her echoes real life mental health situations .

but yeah thanks !!! i'll be kissing this essay and pinning it on the refrigerator that i call my brain (:

#[ ooc ]

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clairedelune-13 · 13 hours

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Ok, I’ve heard some people say that we don’t know if Ricky September was racist like the others. And who knows? He might’ve been. He lived in Finetime, after all.

But the point of his character was to illustrate that in every bad situation, there’s some good.

Finetime was AWFUL. But Ricky was able to see that and tried to augment his behavior by educating himself on things outside the Bubble. He didn’t wear his Bubble as often, turned off the Dot.

I think that was why he existed in the story. Cuz people can push the boundaries of what they’re told and learn to think differently.

Sound familiar?

Literally that’s The Doctor. Always trying to do their best, be better,

#doctor who #dot and bubble #ricky september #fifteenth doctor

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gleefullypolin · 1 day

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Stacy's tipsy ramblings about season 3:

I have thoughts...and I've had a bad Friday sooooo....here we go.

Do I want Pen to write as LW past S3? Yes and No. Fantasy Stacy wanted Colin and Pen to be Lord and Lady Whistledown spitting truth across the ton to all who needed to hear it. Reality Stacy wants her to have a true career and write a real novel as Penelope Bridgerton where she has her own success and Colin has his.

How are we feeling about the Ben storyline? zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Sorry.....was asleep. Wake me when we give him something to actually do.

Do we feel sorry for Cressida and want to see her arc redeemed by the end of Season 3? Nope. Every story needs a villain and I'm perfectly fine to see this one drown.

Do I enjoy John and Fran? No. Their story is not exciting for me. Sorry. Nothing against them, I'm just not enjoying it, personal opinion simply my own. I'm sure others might be in the same boat but unlikely to voice that opinion and that's fine as well. Again. Personal opinion and nothing against them. Just how I feel.

Should Colin forgive Pen so quickly in Part 2? Duh. It's a gossip column. I'm sorry that she wrote some honest things that cut close to the vest for people. She didn't lie. She tried to talk to these people over and over and over again and NO ONE listens to her. Colin patted her on the head like a puppy...."Pen you are so good" when she tried to warn him and she saved his ass from twins. Soooo, yeah. Let him feel his feels but honestly, lets move on.

Do you feel like Colin's character is OOC and the brothels are unnecessary? Nope, he came back as the person society expects him to be. Just as he said. He tried to fit with the Lord Douche Brigade and went about his business. The only time he was himself was with Pen. The whole point of that was to see the difference. Brothel mess and all and I was good with that. Clutch your pearls when you want to complain about his brothers having threesomes and fucking in public against trees.

Is Pen trapping Colin by not telling him right away about LW? Girl just got all her dreams converging into one. Confessions of love and fingering all in one. Then thrown into a family marriage proposal, immediately blackmailed by Eloise to confess, Cressida taking all her life's work credit from her, the Queen hunting her down. She's 20 years old. Image the pressure. Not only that but she gets the one thing she's been coveting since she watched him fall off a horse and now it could fall to dust. El already showed her what could happen by telling that secret and she was the love of her life. No one gave her a chance to breathe much less think of what these repercussions could mean. Either way, mistakes were made, but not unforgiveable, and nothing she would not have allowed him out of. When you allow someone the chance to remove themselves, it is not a trap. Point. Blank. Period.

Is the season rushed? I don't know, I've only watched four fucking episodes. Have you watched more than me? Please tell me where to watch the other 4, I'll pay!

Am I an asshole? Nah, just had a bit to drink, did you not read the top part...ok show time over! Before I really tell you how I feel!!

#polin #bridgerton #bridgerton spoilers

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thlayli-ra · 2 days

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Stray (part 2)

Characters - CM Punk, Drew McIntyre, Larry

Pairing - CM Punk/Drew McIntyre

AU - Stray AU

Rating - Mature

Warnings - Strong language

Words - ~1,800 words

Summary - Punk brings the stray home

The storm was raging furiously by the time they reached Punk's penthouse. Larry trotted in through the open door first, shaking the droplets off his fur before heading into the kitchen area for his bowl of kibble. Punk took up the rear, red-faced and panting from the effort of carrying the strange man home on his shoulders.

'Here we are,' he announced through his heaving breathing. 'Home, sweet home.'

He gently lowered the other man down and allowed him to lean on his shoulder as he helped him up the short flight of stairs. It was a gruelling task for both men with the stranger whining in pain each time he was forced to put his bad foot down but eventually they made it to the top then through the hallway to the living area. The stranger glanced around him warily as he hopped on his one good foot, taking in the industrial interior of Punk's penthouse apartment; the exposed brickwork, the dark tones of graphite and wine, the brass fittings as well as the certain quirky tastes of its owner. Punk wondered if he'd met anybody else with large paintings of famous Universal monsters hanging on their walls.

Finally, they reached the small lounge at the foot of the stairs and he set the stranger down on his large couch. 'Here,' Punk said, grabbing a blanket from the back of the sofa (an insistence from his younger sister, he'd have to thank her for her foresight later) and carefully wrapped it around the other man's wet, grimy shoulders.

Stepping back, Punk used the opportunity to study the stranger in the better light. Behind him, the three-storey tall windows displayed the storm in all its terrifying glory, white flashes of lightning flooding the room while the walls trembled from the boom of the thunder. But in here, they were safe from the frightening elements outside.

Yet the man still shivered in fear. With his head bowed and eyes downcast, the strange being pulled the blanket in closer around him, jerking with fright every time the thunder roared above him. Punk's heart ached, his gaze straying towards the chaffed skin on his wrists.

'How about that coffee?' he asked, trying to break the tension but as soon as he tried to step away, his arm was snared by a tight grip. His breath hitched but he soon relaxed when he noticed a sliver of blue eyeing up his jacket pocket. 'Oh yeah, how could I forget?' Pulling out the bag of muffins, he passed them into the man's large waiting hands. 'They're all yours, kid.'

That was all the incentive the other man needed and he tore the bag open and began stuffing large chunks of chocolate sponge into his mouth, gobbling the treats down like a man starved. Punk gnawed at the vacant spot on his lip watching the poor creature, feeling a surge of grief inside him.

Meanwhile, Larry had finished his bowl and came scuttling through to the lounge to hop up on the couch.

'Oh no, you don't,' Punk said, grabbing the little dog before he could plonk himself down. 'You're wet and filthy. Into your bed, you go.' He set Larry down in his dog bed, the fleecy fabric as good as new considering it was never used. Ignoring the vexed expression Larry gave him, Punk walked off towards the kitchenette, not noticing the look shared between the two former strays. A mutual recognition of loss and dread, forgotten for a time in a home that had welcomed them both in. Letting out a resigned whimper, Larry lay down in his dog bed and placed his chin on his front paws.

In the kitchen area, Punk's mind was racing a million miles an hour as he waited for the coffee pot to brew. Ok, so you found a feral, naked guy in the streets and got him to come back to your apartment. Great! What now? What do you do now? Calling the police seemed like the most obvious option and yet, it didn't sit right with him. From the state of him and the metal cuff around his ankle, it was clear the stranger had escaped some terrible ordeal and was still suffering from the shell-shock. Tossing him into police custody to be interrogated and probed about his trauma when it was so fresh seemed cruel.

Not to mention that Punk wasn't exactly the greatest fan of cops, and they were not particularly enamoured with him either.

So... what? You just... let him stay. Why not? You don't know a damn thing about him. Does that matter? He could be dangerous?

Punk peered over his shoulder, finding the back of the stranger's head, his dark hair cascading like ebony waterfalls into the pool of soft blanket around his shoulders.

No, he's not dangerous. Just a guy, all alone in the world, desperate for someone to help him.

Just like he had been. All those years ago.

The coffee machine beeped and Punk poured two cups, bringing them over to the lounge area. It was grabbed up as eagerly as the muffins had been but Punk placed his palm flat over the mug before it reached the stranger's lips. 'It'll be hot,' he warned the other man. 'Let it cool first.'

The order was obeyed immediately and the stranger put the cup down on the coffee table in front of him, placing it gently on a coaster. Sitting on the armchair adjacent to the stranger, Punk watched as the other man leaned forward, his two sapphire eyes staring intently at the cup, as if expecting it to disappear the moment he flickered his gaze away.

The pair sat in silence, only the sound of the storm raging outside breaking the stillness. Larry gave a sleepy grunt as he rolled onto his back, his tongue jutting out between the fangs of his underbite. A smile crept up Punk's cheek at the sight. Sometimes, if he felt like teasing the small dog, he would poke the little pink tongue with his finger. Looking back across at the strange man, he felt a thrill of joy at seeing a similar flash of pink sandwiched between his full lips.

'It should be alright now,' Punk's words jolted the stranger from his concentration. The dark-haired man glanced up at him with blue eyes wide with hope. Punk returned a gentle smile. 'Go ahead.'

The stranger grabbed up the cup in his large hands and loudly slurped the coffee down, eager as a kid who'd gotten trapped in the Slurpie machine. Punk huffed a small laugh when he spotted a solitary muffin on the table, sitting pretty on a coaster.

'Is this for me?' he asked, pointing to the cake. The man paused from his coffee and lifted up his hand, closing it in a fist at eye level, then titled it down like a cat's paw. Even though he found the gesture weird, Punk understood what it meant. 'Thank you,' he replied and picked the muffin up.

'You know, what with the storm and the, you know, everything out there, I didn't really introduce myself.' Punk pulled off a chunk of soft sponge, a hint of warmth still radiating through it and popped it into his mouth. By the time he'd finished chewing, the other man was staring at him intently. 'My name's Phil, but everybody calls me Punk. It's kinda my 'professional name'. What about you?'

Lifting up his hand again, the man began to throw up different gestures and signals. Punk finally realised what he was doing.

'I'm sorry, I don't know any sign language.' The look of deflation on the other man's face was heart-breaking. Punk hated that look so quickly added. 'You can hear me though, right?' Cat paw motion, meaning 'yes'. 'You don't have a problem with your ears?' The cat paw shook from side to side, meaning 'no'. Good, they were getting somewhere. 'But you can't talk?'

The man hesitated, his brow furrowing with conflict. Eventually he replied with both the 'yes' and 'no' signal. What did that mean? Punk bit back the question, it didn't matter right now.

'Are you finished your coffee?' The stranger's face perked up and he eagerly bobbed his cat paw. 'Good, how about we get you all cleaned up?'

Another falter. Fear creeping back into that captivating face.

'I said out there that I wouldn't hurt you and I meant it,' Punk tried to reassure him. 'I won't touch you if you don't want me to, ok?' Cat paw. 'Ok.'

Punk turned around and eyed the stairwell leading up to the top floor of his penthouse apartment. His ex had once called them a 'death trap' and he had taken the accusation to heart, openly scoffing in retort, but now looking at the way they twisted and snaked above him, climbing steeply, he understood what he meant. There was no way he was going to get the stranger up there with his bad leg.

'You know what, there's a shower downstairs in my home gym so, WOAH-!'

Punk had turned his head back to the centre of the room to find the stranger crawling towards him on all fours. He'd shed his blanket, revealing every inch of lightly tanned skin, the taut muscles of his back rippling with each slow, sumptuous movement. As he edged closer, the stranger kept his large, sparkling eyes on Punk, blue punching into hazel. Hazels that were growing larger by the second, not unlike another part of Punk's anatomy down between his legs.

'F-f-f-fuuu... ok, OK!' He put up his hands to ward the bizarre jungle cat off. The man blinked and sat back on his haunches, tilting his head with confusion. 'Um, yeah...' Punk was sweating as if he'd just run a marathon. 'Let's not do that anymore, ok?' Cat paw. A forlorn one. Oh, don't do that to me, fuck! 'Not that it wasn't... um, nice? But uh... it's just not... appropriate, right now. Ok?' Cat paw. 'Ok, good. Good. Fucking... great.'

He scrubbed a hand over his face. Jesus, he was never going to get that image out of his head. Not that he wanted to, it was the prettiest damn thing he'd ever seen! Nevertheless, this was a man he'd just picked up off the streets and that sounded bad enough but he was trying to fucking help him, not get in his pants! As tiny and skimpy and not-leaving-anything-to-the-imagination-tight as they were and FUCK-!

'You know what?' Punk shook his head harshly, hoping to dislodge any perverse thoughts from it. 'Think I could do with a shower too.' Yeah, one as fucking freezing as the Artic! 'You first, though. It'll help warm you up.'

Punk grabbed the discarded blanket - a little too quickly - and threw it over the stranger's shoulders before helping him back up on his good foot. Together, they lumbered out of the lounge and headed towards the back door where the stairs for his home gym were.

'You coming, Larry?' Punk called over his shoulder. 'You could use a bath.'

The little dog gave a lazy grunt and snuggled further into his bed.

'Suit yourself. Sleep tight, buddy.'

To be continued...

#Thlayli-writes #cm punk #drew mcintyre #punkintyre #stray au #wrestling fanfiction #wrestling fan fiction #yeah I'm having a lot of fun with this one!#drewpunk

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chosolala · 4 hours

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𐙚⋆°｡⋆♡ jjk date headcannons

like the title says, here are some headcannons of mine for the jjk characters and what dates I think they’d take you on :)

characters: gojo, geto, choso, megumi, itadori, inumaki, yuta, maki,

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satoru gojo

if you managed to win gojos heart, i think deep down he’d be a very traditional guy

first date would probably be a really fancy and expensive restaurant you’d never heard of and pay ofc

such a gentleman, holding doors for you, pulls your chair out for you

he tries to impress you on the first date so he isn’t as silly as he usually is

probably still eats some food off your plate and feels bad so he gives you some of his food

takes you back to his place after

suguru geto

arcade dates or amusement park

he’s really good at arcade games but whenever you’re watching him he gets nervous and messes up

he pays for all your game tokens and snacks

whenever you play 2 player games he lets you win most of the time, unless you’re talking yourself up a little too much then he’ll obliterate you

what makes it extra annoying is he doesn’t even acknowledge how he completely left you in the dust

he is so insanely good at crane games so you leave the arcade with a hand full of plushies

he’s really good at guitar hero and it’s his favorite, sometimes he goes to the arcade alone just to play it

choso kamo

cooking class except you’re really bad at cooking

it’s a fun experience though

he feels really bad about how terrible your meal came out so he forces himself to eat all of it anyway despite you reassuring him it’s ok and he doesn’t have to

he also feels too bad to correct you incase it hurts your feelings so he just watches you use the wrong ingredients and measurements

he is surprisingly good at cooking and after you tell him how you’re still hungry after the failed cooking class he brings you to his place and cooks you a meal

the night ends with a candle lit home cooked meal

megumi fushiguro

he would take you on a museum date, just because he wants to hear how you interpret certain pieces

not that he would like or dislike you anymore by your answer, just because he wants a second opinion on what he already thinks

he also sneaks a bunch of pictures of you in the museum

also picking up boba or coffee before the museum, a cafe stop :)

he shows you his favorite pieces in the museum too

yuji itadori

mini golfing date !!

he is really good at mini golf and he may or may not have suggested it so he could show off

he doesn’t go too overboard though because he doesn’t want to make you feel bad if he flames you

half way thought the map you guys stop keeping score though

you guys grab pizza and soda after mini golf and he brings you home :p

toge inumaki

fortnite duos!!

jk he would probably take you to a bookstore or something and read manga with you,

he puts you onto his favorite underrated manga,

you guys also pick up milkshakes on the way to drop you back off home

coincidentally, that manga you guys were readying together has an anime coming out soon

trust when the anime comes out he’s racing to your house so you guys can binge it together

yuta okkotsu

picnic date!!

he basically brings everything, drinks, blanket, fruits, bakery treats

i can’t decide if it would be a cute park picnic or a late night beach picnic

he brings you flowers too

you guys play games like heads up and charades

he’s holding your hand every chance he gets

it’s so relaxing and you feel so safe you could fall asleep right then and there in his arms

maki zenin

takes you on a hike

if you aren’t an athletic person you better start doing push ups now

she definitely slows down for you but it’s all worth it in the end because the view she brings you to is so beautiful

you both sit on the bench near the cliff admiring the view she brought you to

you guys watch the sunset and just talk to eachother, vv good and deep convos

then set up camp and fall sleep together :)

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Ie a couple things you've been talking about and the patreon page, you're obviously like very fascinated by trying to explain and examine irrational actors and human behaviour, but whats your proccess on balancing that for character writing without going too far into "ghosts killed my grandma, ok!!!???" or cliche or leaving a bit of "they're just like that" to a character etc?

lmfao omg i love your example thank you so much for understanding what i'm trying to avoid. this is also a really good question that i wish i had a better answer for other than "we'll wait and see" because i think this is something i have to be bad at before i can get good at it. which is not ideal for storytelling lol. i also think its ok for some people to just be Like That sometimes, but i feel like the trick is picking and choosing which elements need explanation or HAVE interesting explanation and which elements don't.

that said i've been trying to set up character motivations for maxine, valdo, and lily since they end up being the three who set the entire plot in motion and i think their motivations matter the most. if i cant get an audience on board with what they're saying/doing then how am i gonna get the rest of the cast to nod along and agree.

i will say this, given where im going with trying to do character development, i really wrote myself an incredible gift with making jack a former journalist. he is a nosey little twerp by birth and loves knowing things hes not supposed to. this gives him ample motivation to snoop. which he will, this chapter and the next chapter now that maxine isn't around to tell him to shut up.

thankfully ghosts didnt kill maxine's grandma but if they did it would be like the fate of the cousin in "suddenly last summer".

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themoonking · 6 months

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my mortal enemy that talentless charlatan sarah j maas does this thing that a lot of subpar writers do, where she doesn't write good and bad actions, she writes good and bad people. and it doesn't matter if one "good" character and one "bad" character do the same exact thing, or even if the good character does worse things, if the good character does it its a good action and if the bad character does it its a bad action. doesn't matter what the action actually is.

both the other characters and the narrative itself will condemn the things that the "bad" character does, proving that this is something that society in this world condemns, but those same exact characters, along with the narrative, will praise the "good" character for those exact same things. which is not only hypocritical, but also just shitty writing.

#yes of course im talking about acotar and rhys*nd 🤢🤮#it would be one thing if the narrative acknowledged how abusive rhysand is but the characters like his inner circle didn't #like they can't see rhysands flaws they just support him no matter what and rationalize away any wrong he does #but we as the audience are meant to understand that rhysand is just as bad as if not worse than tamlin #but sjm apparently just didn't notice that she wrote rhysand this way #i mean she also didn't apparently notice how she had rhysand literally SA feyre in book one so #anti sjm #i speak #but also joanne kathleen does this as well where making fun of fat people is ok if the good characters are doing it to the bad characters #but not ok if the bad characters are doing it to the good characters

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beatcroc · 1 year

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there's no way the bathroom at peppino's pizza is actually that big but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ . hey ummm anyway.... i care them...... anyway there's a lil ramble on my take on fake pep's like psyche or whatever in tags on the og post if ur into that kinda thing :y

hey! it's a series! fake peppino world tour: [noise] [noisette] [peppino]<- u are here [gustavo] [gerome] [noisette again]

#ramble after realtags yeag. shoutout to serrangelic btw suggesting the silhouettes thing bc i would have Died otherwise #pizza tower #peppino spaghetti #fake peppino #gustavo and brick #arting #pizzaposting #so anyway i think fake peppino has like. a general awareness that he is supposed to Be Peppino and that he was Made to do that #and likewise he does generally try to...do that. the thing he does NOT realize is hes like really goddamn bad at it #not to be mean but like...c'mon. they are pretty distinctly different kinds of guys even beyond the physiology yknow.#he's neither on-brand nor fooling anyone dsjdsjjkgfsd. BUT!#since the rest of the cast generally likes him [at least as I play it] he thinks hes doing just fine #he's like 'oh they r happy with me so i must be getting a good grade in being peppino :)'#so getting told that 'yeah you actually really suck at that but that was never the reason people liked you'#and told that by og model peppino no less--yknow THE guy he's supposed to be living up to #who's already a bit intimidating for that and who ALSO totally wrecked him TWICE in the tower #making him acutely familiar with just how formidable the guy is and how much there IS to live up to....#it's a Moment for sure. not really a sad or hurt one though. just... contemplative.#thinking abt people liking him for being the guy he's already naturally been being even though that guy is Not Peppino #i don't think he's gonna be super broken up about realizing he has a bad grade in peppino given everything else hes got now #nor do i really think he cares enough to go like reinvent himself or whatever after the fact #he seems to b pretty clearly having fun with it already so i think he just keeps doing that #and in some cases he still has the pre-installed peppino traits/instincts like to cooka da pizza. and that's fine #is this projection. yes. but if youve been following me awhile you know most of my character writing is ghdhfdgf #gonna kinda expand on all this in the gerome one which is...one after next. itll be a bit but man.#anyway peppino will never admit to anyone and especially not himself that he's gotten a little attached to the guy. hee hoo #pep tends to be kinda surly but he certainly has his ways of showing he cares. all of which are on display here #''that thing is not my son'' says man currently watching thing's antics with the 'bemused dad' arms crossed pose. yeah ok buddy.#gus is totally onto him already but hes not gonna say anything.#if u read all this ur prize is not having to go decode fp's rot13. his lines are ''meant to be you...?'' and ''wrong question.''

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[A sad violin song plays over an image of a sad hamster]

Pac: This doesn't have anything to do with me – I wear a blue sweatshirt, you're crazy, this mouse doesn't even have a sweatshirt, this hamster! [Reading chat] Am I a depressed hamster?

[ Transcript continued ↓ ]*

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Pac: Actually– that's fine! I embrace that idea – of course I'm going to be depressed, are you crazy? [He hits his desk, then starts counting off people on his fingers] Fit is gone, Richarlyson is gone, Ramon is gone, Bagi and Empanada who were always there when we were there are also gone, I haven't seen them! It's just me and Tubbo, and sometimes Philza shows up.

Pac: I lost Chume Labs, I lost the Favela, I lost Murder Mystery, I lost Ilha Chume Labs, it's crazy! Look at how much I've lost, and I've gained nothing! Of course I'm going to be depressed, are you crazy?! How am I supposed to be happy?!

Pac: [Reading chat] "You have us Pac," that's true, thank you. No, that's true, sorry.

* NOTE: Please note that this is an incomplete transcript, as I was primarily relying on Aypierre's translation mod at the time and if I am not confident of the translation, I do not include it. As always, please feel free to add on translations or message me corrections.

#Pactw #QSMP #Pac #March 18 2024 #As much as I love keeping people updated about Pac / the other Portuguese-speaking creators #I think I might not make as many transcribed posts for their clips anymore #I just don't think I'm qualified enough to be transcribing things for a language I don't know #like yeah we have the Qlobal Translator and Aypierre's translators to rely on #And I'm always upfront when I'm not 100% sure about a translation #but I've been thinking about it a lot and it kinda makes me feel a bit icky. Idk.#I might be overthinking this but I just I don't want to spread around translations I'm not super confident about #esp. since I know a lot of people cite my clips in analysis posts or link them to other people as resources #and 90% of the time I'm like ''Hell yeah I love seeing people getting a lot of use out of the archive''#but sometimes I get a bit anxious like ''Did I do a good enough job translating this''#''Am I ruining someone's entire perception of a conversation or character because I left one word out or mistranslated something?''#And like I said that's normally not a HUGE concern since if I'm not certain about a translation I just won't post a clip. but you know #idk it might just be the anxiety talking but I really really don't want to spread bad info #Happy to hear other folks' perspective #I'm really grateful for people like Bell and Pix and others who translate clips and I always try to reblog those #but we don't have a ton of people posting clips & translating things on Tumblr since we're so English-centric #which is part of the reason WHY I like sharing clips of the non-English-speaking CCs #but at the same time I want to do an accurate job representing what they're saying #Maybe I'll just start posting things and give a TLDR context of what they're talking about but not a transcript #that way native-speakers can hop in and add translations if that's something they're comfortable doing #and if not then well. at least I'm not sharing something that isn't super accurate #idk I'm just thinking out loud a bit in the tags #But I'm open to hearing other people's thoughts on the matter #Anyways giant rant aside. q!Pac is NOT doing ok rn

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randomminty · 10 months

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Opened paint tool sai for the first time in 5 years immediately drew yuri

#couldnt for the life of me draw shizukus face jeezus. turned out ok #I LOVE SAIS BRUSHES I MISSED THEM!!!!!! BRUSH TOOL MY BELOVED!!!!!!!!!#art tag #prsk #pjsk #read all main stories reading through the early events rn. fun #might skip to the recent niigo events tho bc that looks crazy #wont be as good without the build up of the other events but....... mafuyu........#wannna do that thing thats like fav character from each group for prsk.... and maybe bandori/enstars/twst too. but prob not.#aneeway. these two. wehehhehehwhehehw #shizuku hinomori #airi momoi #project sekai #shizuai #almost didnt tag their ship my bad #okie this tagging this is so hard theres so many. can we decide on if its prsk or pjsk #uhm thays all. gootbye #going back to hiding in my literal closet to record audio for an assignment #OH DONT LOOK AT AIRIS HAND I FORGOT TO FIX IT EHHE. MY BAD. UGH

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what-is-it-to-be-pk-esque · 1 month

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Ok I know I'm heavily biased here but like I kinda love that Astarion's romance is one of the few in this type of video game where you basically end up canonically unmarried and childfree in his "good" ending? Just travelling the world??

Like it's honestly the millennial dream lmfaoo cannot believe i chose what would undoubtedly be my favorite option, first try

#also love that he's basically atheist like ok thanks you made the man exactly coded to be my type #and the humor and beautiful curly hair is very much something my IRL partner has too so like... how can i resist #anyways not sure a lot of people relate cause i think a lot of people want that fairytale romance #even tho wyll is right there yall #but i love me an unconventional or nontraditional one!!#i'm TIRED of being married with children as the endgame pls let's not do it #also a lot of people seem into him being a dad and im like... how? why? where in canon did he ever lmfao #more power to ya if you dig it but i just dont see it being in character #like in DAI i loved cullen and my inquisitor getting married and having a dog #and they seem the type to wants kids one day. but Tav & Astarion? lol no #i just think it's neat #is this a hot take? i have no idea but i don't see it mentioned a lot as a new fan tbh #pls do not come at me you can enjoy whatever you like #i haven't seen the ascended stuff so idk if being his 'consort' is like being his bride #but i feel like overall it's not and the vibe isn't all that different in this sense #except that you're hosting evil parties instead of travelling :/#Astarion #bg3 spoilers #baldur's gate 3 #baldur's gate 3 spoilers #bg3 #also YEA he's nice to Arabella but you can tolerate certain kids without wanting one or being 'good parent' material #case in point: me lmfao #OKAY update i saw the AA stuff and yeah you're kind of implied vamp married and he does mention spawn as children 😫#but he also says in banter he won't make any other spawn??? so what is it dude #anyway that's also clearly the “bad” route and he doesn't seem as happy as unascended #who feels “truly free”#and if you're durge I'm pretty sure its even worse to consider having kids?? lol #but i digress

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sukizula · 6 months

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mdzs dad alignment chart thingy

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comradekatara · 1 year

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You've mentioned Zuko's "inability to kill" before, so could I ask you to elaborate on that?

sure. zuko is banished for, essentially, committing treason. he says to ozai that he was banished for "speaking out of turn," but simply speaking out of turn is not actually why ozai banished him. zuko said that people shoudn't have to die for the sake of further empowering the fire nation, and that goes against their nation's entire ethos. zuko lacks, as azula puts it, that "killer instinct that is just so fire nation."

while zuko does set fire to suki's village in his quest to capture aang, and you could argue that he may have committed other such acts offscreen, we never actually see him outright kill anyone. unlike zhao, who kills the moon, and azula, who kills aang in a manner that would have ended the entire avatar line had katara not revived him, zuko threatens and intimidates and harms, but when it comes down to it, he does not actually kill, because he simply cannot.

he threatens to kill zhao, and if he had killed zhao, no one in the audience would fault him for it. zuko does not even burn him upon winning their agni kai, going against custom; zhao calls him a coward for it. zhao tries to kill zuko on multiple occasions, including when he blows up zuko's entire ship. but, when the ocean spirit is dragging zhao under, zuko still extends his hand in a futile attempt to save zhao. contrast this scene with sokka arguing to leave zuko for dead in the same episode. he legitimately does not have a problem with letting zuko die, because, as he says, zuko would do the same thing to them (at least, sokka seems to think so).

sokka kills combustion man, toph kills yu and xin fu, and neither of them have any regrets. conversely, katara cannot kill yon rha, and aang cannot kill ozai. like sokka and toph, they are justified in killing these men, perhaps even more so (since yin and xin fu did not actually attempt to kill toph, "only" kidnap her), but they ultimately choose mercy. like zuko on kyoshi island, aang and katara's actions, such as blowing up the factory in jang hui, may have had indirect casualties (i don't count aang being merged with the ocean spirit because he was not truly in control), but they are never able to kill directly, because when faced with another human being, regardless of how much they may hate them, their pathos prevents them from delivering that killing blow.

zuko, as a foil to aang and katara and the deuteragonist of the narrative, is also someone whose instincts prevent him from being the cold-blooded killer his nation expects of him. it is why, unlike the rest of his family (including iroh), he is unable to produce lightning; he is too sensitive to become the perfect weapon his father wants him to be, which is why azula's reveal is so thrilling and terrifying to the audience, because she is what ozai wants in a protege, unlike zuko, who try as he might, fails at embodying the fire nation values of ruthlessness and power at any cost.

#some caveats before anyone misinterprets me:#1) zuko has still done awful things. i am not saying that he is 'inherently good' or that because he has 'good inside him' that makes it ok #just as i am not saying that azula is 'inherently evil' for having that killer instinct. morality is far more complicated than that #this isn't a 'zuko smol bean uwu' post. i'm just stating facts from the show #just because he never directly killed anyone and just because he was abused into believing he was doing the right thing #does not mean that he did not do bad things (burning suki's village being the most tangible harm we see him cause iirc)#he just cannot kill people directly which is crucial to understanding his character esp as he relates to aang and katara #2) i am not faulting sokka and toph for killing people! and anyone who thinks that i am saying that is a dumbass. ok bye #asks #zuzuthelord #analysis #zuko #not tagging everyone else

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