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#you just KNOW that guy got there five minutes ago and was waiting with the skateboard until the last second to crush their hopes #funniest possible entrance 10/10 #rip to the econ majors. at least it ain't business

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you contain multitudes i contain multi dudes *5 guys emerge from my mouth and make you a really overpriced cheeseburger*

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before twitter goes, here’s my favorite tweet of all time

#FABIO WHEN I GET YOU FABIO

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i feel like tumblr would expose super heroes secret identities real fast with all its crazy ass jokes

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I saw a post about teachers giving their students shit for accidentally yawning in class and so I just

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“slut era” i whisper to myself as i rot in my bed, sick like a frail victorian child

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Me: [stands up too fast] 💫⭐💫⭐💫⭐💫

My entire cardiovascular system: [still sitting on the couch] Idk where the fuck you think you're going, but I am not coming with you

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The Taste Of Love Is Sweet When Hearts Like Ours Meet…

One of the things I love about Kelly Thompson’s Rogue & Gambit series is that it not only brought back Rogue and Gambit as a couple, but also the seldom used endearment of “mon coeur.” Gambit first uses this in John Francis Moore’s X-Men Annual (1997) as he and Rogue share a rare moment of domestic bliss and kiss without consequences more dire than gumbo boiling over. Hearts– along with the French language– are infamous clichés of romance in American culture and are so over-used that they become stale and shallow vestiges of deep genuine feeling. However when used unironically, sincere sentiment can redeem even clichés from stagnant ubiquity and ineffective schmaltz. For Gambit to refer to his heart– something integral to the core of his being– in reference to Rogue usually only occurs in moments of true vulnerability, either when he is being completely honest with himself, or when he feels so close to Rogue that their heartbeats could be synchronized. Part of the reason this has such a powerful resonance is because it suggests an impossible acknowledgement of his own inception as a character– and that without Rogue, there would be no Remy LeBeau.

By the time Gambit was introduced, Rogue was already a fleshed-out dynamic character. Their creator, Chris Claremont has stated that although he did not originally intend for them to become the power couple they are today, Gambit was essentially created for Rogue. Over the years, writers have made Gambit a compelling character himself, revealing the heart among the aces he hides up his sleeve. In Klaus Janson’s Gambit #3 (1994), Mattie Baptiste assures Rogue that Gambit has a “heart of gold.” Scott Lobdell’s X-Men #48 (1996) contains the first correlation I have noticed between Gambit, Rogue, and the Queen of Hearts. In that issue Gambit purposely loses a poker game even though he has a winning hand consisting of the Ten, Jack, Queen, King, and Ace of Hearts. Before discarding the ace, Gambit instructs Cannonball, “Never ever show all y'cards at once” – alluding to Rogue’s rejection of his own heart in Fabian Nicieza’s X-Men #45 (1995). Finally, in Steve Seagle’s Uncanny X-Men #350 (1997), Rogue, aware of the significance that playing cards have for Gambit, symbolically inserts herself into the deck by giving him the Queen of Hearts as a way to remember her, and later that issue throws it back before she abandons him. Claremont, who similarly has Nightcrawler refer to Daytripper as his “heart” in Nightcrawler’s 2014 series, renewed the heart theme for Rogue and Gambit in X-Treme X-Men. Ready to sacrifice himself, Gambit asks Bishop to tell Rogue, “Mon coeur et sa coeur… toujours.” When his “sweetheart” tries to rescue him, the two are impaled together– through their hearts. Later they agree to move forward with their relationship, and Rogue drops Gambit’s cards– with the Queen and Jack of Hearts falling together. In James Asmus’ Gambit #11 (2013), Gambit suggests that Rogue absorb his powers before a fight, handing her cards with the Queen of Hearts on the top of the deck. Later in the series, Gambit is hurt when Rogue labels him as a “thief at heart”– inadvertently dismissing his deeds as a hero and his love for her.

The heart theme between Rogue and Gambit persists into alternate realities. In Chad Bowers and Chris Sims’ X-Men ‘92 #10 (2016), as Rogue flies away Gambit says, “Je t'aime de tout mon coeur.” Ivan Velez Jr and Klaus Janson’s What If…? #100 (1997) has Gambit scatter a deck of cards composed of only Queen of Hearts cards while thinking about Rogue, foreshadowing the significance the card would have in the main 616 universe with UXM #350’s release a few months later. In the television series X-Men Evolution episode “Day of Reckoning” (2001), Gambit simply hands the love-struck Rogue a charged Queen of Hearts rather than fight her during their first encounter. In “Cajun Spice” (2003), Gambit kidnaps Rogue and monologues to her that he always saves the Queen of Hearts to use last because he considers “her” lucky. By the end of the episode they genuinely empathize with each other and he again gives Rogue a Queen of Hearts, this time as a gift. Brian K. Vaughan’s Ultimate X-Men #51 (2004) begins with a parallel scenario. Gambit kidnaps Rogue and suggestively asks her to play hearts. Rogue kisses Gambit to absorb his powers. In the processes she glimpses a memory of a dark-haired woman with an eye patch, telling Remy, “…tu es mon coeur… tu es mon âme” – which is very similar to what Gambit says to Rogue in Claremont’s X-Treme X-Pose #2 (2003): “…you are in my heart and soul.”

edited images from: X-Men #24 (1993) by Fabian Nicieza and Andy Kubert Cable #20 (1995) by Jeph Loeb and Ian Churchill X-Men #45 (1995) by Fabian Nicieza and Andy Kubert Rogue #2 (1995) by Howard Mackie and Mike Wieringo X-Men Annual (1997) by John Francis Moore and Steve Epting Uncanny X-Men #350 (1997) by Steve Seagle, Joe Madureira, and Andy Smith Uncanny X-Men #382 (2000) by Chris Claremont and Tom Raney X-Treme X-Men #10 (2001) by Chris Claremont and Salvador Larroca X-Treme X-Men #16 (2002) by Chris Claremont and Salvador Larroca X-Treme X-Men #19 (2002) by Chris Claremont and Salvador Larroca X-Treme X-Pose #2 (2003) by Chris Claremont and Arthur Ranson Gambit #11 (2013) by James Asmus, Clay Mann and Paco Medina Gambit #17 (2013) by James Asmus, Clay Mann, Jay Leisten, and Ed Tadeo Rogue & Gambit #3 (2018) by Kelly Thompson and Pere Pérez

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I know "60s housewives who invented slash fanfiction" has taken on a life of its own as a phrase, but Kirk/Spock didn't really exist until the 70s and THOSE WOMEN HAD JOBS. They were teachers and librarians and bookkeepers and scientists and they damn well spent their own money going to conventions, printing zines, buying fanart and making fandom happen. Put some respect on their names.

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i watched one (1) video on how to draw hands that changed my life forever. like. i can suddenly draw hands again

these were all drawn without reference btw. i can just. Understand Hands now (for the most part, im sure theres definitely inaccuracies). im a little baffled

#ref

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look. look. you have to honor what you want and what you feel you need, even if it’s cringey. you have to. if you don’t, if you ignore your weird animal desires and your petty hungers because you feel shame about them, or because they’re not practical, or they’re not what you “should” want, you starve your soul. and one day, you’ll meet people who don’t starve their souls, who give themselves the things you denied yourself and are happier than you for it, and it will hollow you out further with resentment and rage.

the good news is that it’s never too late to start. you can always ask yourself what you want, and maybe if what you want lives at the heart of your disdain. do you know what it feels like to have a well fed soul? would you like to?

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First art of the DeadBoyDetectives Amazing series, go check it out!

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ayyy so I watched the first ep of DBD ^^

Never actually read the comics but the show is fast paced and fun! can't wait to inhale the rest

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Reposting this here so the Tumblr people can see. Good bye college.

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#GO GIRL GO!!

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anonymous reviewer: i don’t like the way you’ve written this character in this fic

me: