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before the poll, a quick definition of terms:

"mutual" - you found this post from a mutual (on their blog or your dash) "following" - you found this post from someone you're following, but who isn't following you "random" - you found this by scrolling through someone's blog, who you don't follow. this includes people following you "For You" - you found this on the For You page "recommended" - you found this in a "Check out these blogs" popup, or a "recommended" post when looking at a different post "other" - you found this post some other way. comment how? "reblog ✅" - you're going to reblog, queue, or schedule this post "reblog ❌" - you're NOT going to reblog, queue, or schedule this post

with that out of the way:

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Made the worst brownies ever created just now

#Food #> supposedly #Is SCATHING

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*releases pack of dads into home depot* go……be free

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i’ll forgive a fat girl for so many annoying things simply because i know how fucking miserable it is to be a fat girl. like. you dont get to exist freely and with any joy until you go through a decades long soul search full of extreme emotional pain OR you nearly kill yourself to become something society might accept. or you toughen up after years of bullying forced you to be more confident. literally there is no painless route to being a fat girl in your 20 somethings. so like. fat girls can be annoying as a treat. you have all been annoying our whole lives

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the circus was in town that day 🤡

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i love it when characters are codependent. i love it when losing someone feels like losing a limb. i love it when two people "complete" each other so wholly and terribly that one can barely function without the other. i love it when the fear of losing the only person who understands them is so all-consuming they'll destroy anything to stay together, including themselves.

#breq and seivarden #Yes I'm blorbo tagging what's it to you #imperial radch

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I really really hope we get to see how Blitz and Millie met.

She's always so lenient with him when he oversteps her and Moxxie's boundaries, always so chill around Blitz no matter how unhinged he gets. And the more I rewatch the show, the more I feel like the reason she's so chill might be she knows things about Blitz the others (and maybe even we the audience) don't.

It makes sense that the way they met affects how she sees him, too, because we already know how the way Moxxie and Loona met Blitz impacted their relationships. Moxxie was at his lowest point in life, with no friends, family or partner he could trust; a victim of abuse and a member of a mafia he knew nobody outside of. And in prison, on top of it all. And just when he was about to give into despair, Blitz showed him sympathy and took him under his wing. So now, even though they bicker and get on each other's nerves, Moxxie does show that he appreciates Blitz (for example, in Truth Seekers after their bad trips). The same is true for Loona, who everyone had given up on, but who Blitz took in as well. Even if she complains about his displays of affection, she constantly gives him small smiles and softens around him, and takes care of him, like after Bee's party.

From what we know, Millie had a pretty good family life before she joined IMP. Unlike the rest of the IMP crew, she doesn't seem to have a horribly traumatic past. So, while there could be more that we don't know, it doesn't seem likely that her appreciation toward Blitz comes from him taking her under his wing when she was at a low point, the way he did Loona and Moxxie.

So I can't help but wonder if the opposite could be true. If maybe she met Blitz at a low point in his life—low enough that he couldn't keep his facade around her. There are theories going around that Millie could've been Loona's babysitter (the one Blitz mentions when he meets Moxxie). I don't know if it'll turn out that way, but I do like the mental image of Millie meeting Blitz at the very beginning of his parenting journey, desperate to fight for the humanity and the well-being of this extremely violent and unhinged 18-year-old girl. Desperate enough to hire a babysitter for an 18-year-old. I wonder if, maybe, one of the first things Millie learned about Blitz was just how desperately he wanted to be the adult role model and caregiver that Loona needed. I wonder if she saw him taking Loona's violence over and over, and still not giving up on her; not just that, but giving Loona the only bedroom in his flat and sleeping on the sofa every night just so she could have her space to decompress and feel safe. I wonder if, at some point, Blitz broke down and told Millie how scared he was of being a bad dad, or of Loona deserving someone better than him.

I just love the idea of Millie being this completely chill and functional young adult, and Blitz being this struggling 30-year-old dude who clearly cares so deeply and feels so inadequate that his whole life is a massive trainwreck.

So now, whenever Millie witnesses Blitz being overbearing and obnoxious and over-the-top, she immediately recognises it as an act, and understands that it's his way of communicating appreciation and seeking connection, which he can't do in other ways because he doesn't think he deserves those things.

Idk man. I just hope we get to see more of Blitz and Millie. I just think their interactions are neat.

#god. I need more Millie in general but especially with Blitzø #> prev tags #My thoughts exaxtly #She has so much potential #And this is a fantastic idea. I hope their cannon backstory is similar #Helluva boss

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Breq!

#:D #imperial radch

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Guess who just took her last final!!!

#Time to sleep for like 48 hours

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To The Lab Technician - Jordan Bolton

My first book ‘Blue Sky Through the Window of a Moving Car’ is now available to pre-order! Get it here - https://smarturl.it/BlueSky

#As someone studying to be a laboratory scientist this one hits close #It's easy to get desensitized to the normal blood and tissue and other samples we analyze when you can't see the real person in front of yo #With abnormals it's different. of course #When you look in and see a blood smear overwhelmed with blasts your chest tightens #Because you know a cancer diagnosis is likely going to turn someone's whole life upside down #Or you receive a csf sample that's consistently pink or red instead of clear #And you know right away that somethings gone very very wrong #But the normal ones #The average diffs and healthy cells and values within range #Those can feel so routine. so mundane #But they can mean just as much if not more to someone who's been waiting with baited breath to know that everything's okay #It's reassuring to think of all the people who get a phone call with good news. especially when you're so hyper-aware of the bad news #From the lab tech: we celebrate with you #Stay healthy friend

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if you like penis coladas.. and getting shot in the brain!

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normally there's just a few judges sitting up in the box (where the football commentators usually sit) but sometimes they have people standing on the field to judge. sometimes these people step on cords and unplug the synthesizer so we can't hear it anymore. this has happened before.

#Never minded them too much #Sucked when they stand right in front of you during tough choreo tho. Feel extra pressure to do it perfect #Or if they end up right on your dot. it's like alright man but it you take a mellophone to the head that's not on me lol

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why yes i will be drinking a generous amount of beer tonight..... tenfold thimblefuls!! 🤣😝😁😛😜🤪😂🤣😂😃😅😀🙂😉😌🙂😐😮😮‍💨😯🤧😪😧🫨😵‍💫🤢🤮😣😰😨😱😵🫠🪰🪱💀🪳🐜🪱🪰🍄‍🟫🍄🌧️🌱🌿🍃🪵🌾🪻🌿🌱🌳🌲🌾🌲🛻💨😏🚬😮‍💨🥴🚬😏😮‍💨😶‍🌫️🤤🥱😴🚬🍃🌿💥🔥😶‍🌫️😧🔥🔥🌲🌳🔥🔥🌲🔥🔥😦🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

(did you catch the story at the end of the post? what can we learn about laughing too hard? have you ever laughed so hard your corpse spawned a forest that was later incinerated by the craven misdeeds of the Smoker?)

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Link in bio. What will he learn?

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Thinking about ghost quartet

#Let this just serve as my status update until the end of time #Just assume that it is always. to some degree. an accurate description of my state of being #Ghost Quartet

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Don’t Stop Talking

About Palestine 🇵🇸