#101 ways not to say I do

[thornilee013]

101 Ways Not to Say I Do

As it turns out, people get a little pissed off if you don’t tell them you got married. Even more so when they find out that you don’t even have wedding bands. Hopefully Nicky can explain this in a way that will get through Andrew and Neil’s thick skulls.

PARTS: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45

#andrew minyard #neil josten #andreil #aftg #all for the game #all for the gay #101 ways not to say i do #lee's writing shenanigans

[leedee013]

101 Ways Not to Say I Do

I Love this file name XD - @jtl-fics

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Andrew cast a glance at the clock on his bedside table. 5:42 it read in its obnoxious, square font.

"Care to tell me why?" Andrew asked, his voice rough from the handful of hours of disuse.

"Because you're going to pick me up and have a nice, long chat with me on the way back," Nicky said.

Andrew paused and tapped his finger against the back of his phone. "You didn't tell me you were going to be visiting."

"Well, you didn't tell me that you and Neil got married," Nicky shouted back, prompting Andrew to hold the phone a bit further from his ear.

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#aftg #all for the game #andrew minyard #neil josten #the foxhole court #andreil #nicky hemmick #jtl-fics #I think you'll like this one Ash #101 ways not to say i do #ww013 4.10.2023 #wip wednesday #lee's writing shenanigans #aftg andrew #aftg neil #aftg nicky

[dimonds456]

It is not okay to speculate whether or not someone is suicidal. If they claim to be, you should 100% take that shit seriously and give them the benefit of the doubt.

That said, if someone is using their own suicidality as a weapon to gain sympathy, emotionally manipulate someone, or to push other people down, GENUINELY fuck that person. While it's not okay for us to doubt that statement just because they're weaponizing it, that also doesn't mean we need to ALLOW that manipulation to convince us of something.

If you feel the need to use your terrible mental health as a step-stool in a conversation to make your side more heard than the other, you need to take a step back and re-evaluate yourself. And I am saying this as someone who ALSO has shit mental health and has been in the trenches with it before. I get it. I understand. But also STOP.

It's tempting to want to save your own ass over recognizing where you've gone wrong, but just a word of advise: recognizing where you've gone wrong WILL save your ass and give you better mental health and wisdom down the line.

However, emotionally manipulating people absolutely will not.

#suicide mention #tw sui ment #tw suicide #suicide tw #tw sui #tw sui talk #james somerton #k with all that out of the way i do wanna say that this is a response to james' apology #im honestly glad he deleted the vid and also that he's going to genuinely get into a better place #that is GOOD #i mean this genuinely i hope he gets better #but also the fact that he opened the video with an emotional guilt-trip is something i have just been wanting to talk about for a long time #it's manipulation 101 #if you wanna tell your audience you're struggling with mental health that's one thing but not in a fucking apology video #and if you do need to mention it DONT MAKE IT THE VERY FIRST THING YOU SAY #that's such a shitty thing to do #what you need to do is apologize to everyone FIRST and say everything you need to say #and THEN bring that up #but even then i'd disclaim the shit out of it and make sure everyone knows it's not a guilt trip it's just true #but like. at the end of the day dragging your own mental health into an apology is a double-edged sword #tjhat really just depends on the situation #like i said i genuinely hope he gets better #but it's not just him doing this shit. i've seen like 3 cases of this shit in just the past few months #i guess james is just my excuse to finally say something about it

[tippenfunkaport]

It will never not piss me off that 80s She-Ra toys were action figures but when they went to make toys for 2018 She-Ra, they would only give us fashion dolls.

How did they learn nothing from the popularity of their own toyline?

Literally, three decades passed and somehow sexism in toys got WORSE.

#spop #shera #she ra #I want my SPOP action figures damn it #they could be completely lazy and just make the same toys again but make them look like the new show and I would take it #scratch action Catra but OUR Catra? #give it to me #i will even take bubble power she-ra idgaf #god I wish mattel wanted my money #*resists the urge to rant about the toy industry and all the ways they did this merch line dirty* #I'm not tagging mattel because then I will get the dudebros who think they know more about the toy industry than me when they SUPER don't #beyond the whole Target limited run / DC dolls thing shooting the SPOP toy line in the foot #the spop merch was very clearly made quickly as a reaction to the shows popularity #instead of ready at launch like a show that depends on toy sales #and if you are too clueless to understand the most basic way the industry works #you are not worth fighting with #'no one wanted the toys' ok jan #go on ebay and look at how much the spop toys sell for and try to say that again with a straight face #toylines that are legit bombs don't have a resale value like these do that's toys 101 babies #resale like that means supply issue #i'll stop now #this is my longest tag rant yet sorry everyone #and for that one specific dudebro let me clarify that obviously it would be great if all toys were made for everyone #but this toyline was specifically made and marketed for girls #and it's impossible not to factor marketing and intended demographic in when talking about this #see I said I would stop and it was a lie #now I'll stop for real

[roobylavender]

obv the movie is titled zoey 102 but the most annoying thing about it was that we didn't even really get to see quinn and logan in their relationship. like the focus was almost always on their conflicts with regards to the marriage but the first real moment between them where it wasn't about that conflict was when they had their first dance and quinn teased him about the oyster shuckers. and it was such a small moment but i loved it and i want more insight into their daily life and the everyday teasing and uplifting and idk like again obv the title is zoey 102 but i don't think most people would disagree that it fully being a movie about quinn and logan would have been so much better. like the zoey and chase plot took up so much unnecessary space and their sudden bout of closure didn't even make sense bc they had one conversation prior to it after over a decade of mutual non-communication so why was any of this more important than quinn and logan. esp logan tbh. like quinn kind of had the liberty of a few moments to herself where she expressed her worldview in her own way but logan had close to none up until the proposal and yes i do love that he's quinn's number one supporter but i also wanted to know what that was like outside of the context of the wedding if that makes sense. like how he exists in their day to day relationship. there were glimpses of that in the final wedding sequence but i wanted so much more and i know the idea of a spin-off is so delusional at this point but the cast do apparently want to do it and i for one would love an exclusively quinn and logan spin-off where zoey and chase can be side characters ig 🙄 so.. why not!

#zoey 101 #zoey 102 #quinn x logan #quogan #i was very wary of the idea of a spin off at first but now that we know dan schneider is completely divorced of the project #i feel more inclined to want it if it's possible #granted i do still think the cast needs to work out their issues with alexa bc that was still shitty #but with the way the timing of jennette mccurdy's book worked out i have this feeling it contributed to their maybe #reevaluating their relationship with him. like they reunited with him barely a few years ago so it was surprising to see him not involved #in this movie. but the fact that production started only a few months after jennette's release really feels significant to me idk #like obv i don't want to make excuses for the cast but when you're a kid doing that work and parents are largely controlling you bts #i think it's fair to say you may be less inclined to want to admit that your experience working on a show was fucked up #bc it's scary to think it could have been. and from the response jennette got i feel like it was a huge catharsis for a lot of people #so who knows. maybe her book was what they needed to recognize that how he treated them was fucked up too #or at least that's what i hope. but anyway. erin and matt are super super sweet and their chemistry is phenomenal and i want a show

[theophagie]

Kairi's unresponsiveness during the final battle in KH3 is so infuriating and so many of the excuses people make for it are utter crap to me... I don't think it should slide, but at least I can concede that she may have done nothing when Terranort attacked her because of her past with him, but not fighting back at all when Xemnas grabbed her? Bruh... literally all they did was say "we have Got to shove this girl in the fridge no matter what". Lea went through the same training as her and got his ass handed to him as well, but at least he had multiple things to fall back on when that failed (reuniting with Roxas and Xion, his whole deal with Isa). Kairi didn't even have that...........

#remember belle's reaction to xaldin in kh2... it's not even a matter of being too pure hearted or some other bs #they just needed her to be a helpless doll #and. like i said at least the terranort thing is excusable but everything else... #also. say whatever you want i will never Not think that it's a disgrace that it's always only girls who are put in the #''ohh i am and feel weak and insecure i'm not ready enough for this'' situation. talk to the wall #ESPECIALLY because. again. they literally went out of their way to make her as unresponsive as possible for Man Pain #so hers isn't even a matter of a simple subplot about overcoming insecurities or something... we are literally doing mysoginy 101... #and another thing. you expect me to believe that she couldn't shake off xemnas or even Try to when she was just fine fighting goatnort? 🫠🫠 #''because sora was with her in that case <3'' i will kill you i Will. how could that be any good... #especially in light of what happens in MoM...... #mytext #sorry. literally a plot crafted to infuriate me specifically... #when some of her stans are like ''why don't people care more about her. it must be because of SHIPS''...... #because of ships stocazzo girl if i think about her for more than two seconds my veins start to pop because of how pissed i get #video games #kingdom hearts

[videogamelover99]

I Had a Realization About Ch.101 and No One's Talking About It

I had assumed that Dazai has the option to stop the flooding procedure in the Control Room but now that I think about it that is most likely not the case.

Dazai presents to Sigma a sequence of events that differs from what might actually be happening, timeline-wise. Dazai reveals information to Sigma in a way that makes us think every new step in Ch.101 that he reveals is a re-concieved way to defeat the new two-vs-two teamup of Dostoyevsky and Chuuya. But if you look at the events as they are happening in real time, that does not make any sense.

What's actually happening, in sequence:

Sometime before Sigma sees the Control Room, Dazai's cat lady stops time so Dazai can kill all the guards and set up his trap to kill Dostoyevsky.

We don't know exactly when this happens. It could have been before Gogol even showed up. It could have been when Gogol was explaning the rules. All we know is, it had to have been before Fyodor falls for the trap. So lets set it aside for now.

Other than that, what happens?

CH.98, after Dazai picks Sigma. Dazai dances around with Sigma some, seemingly wasting time.

Then this happens?

And Dazai abruptly switches to heading directly toward the Control Room. Which is interesting, because Sigma doesn't notice anything. This is most likely when the cat lady stopped time and Dazai was able to set up his trap. Because now that everything's in play, he can see it laid out for him with Sigma.

It's right after that we get the first signs of an intruder.

Dazai most likely knew Fyodor was going to pick a pawn to help him escape. What he didn't know, I'm sure, was that it was Chuuya.

Not only cause Dazai's entire demeanor changes when he realizes this, but because Dazai only says "I see" when a genuine realization comes to him, often times too late.

After this, Dazai sets up the "two vs. two" battle strategy for Sigma. Except here's the thing. That doesn't make sense if the trap is already in play. There is no battle! It's already decided!

This panel happens after the locking mechanism on Fyodor's side breaks, meaning that Dazai is stating this when his plan is already in motion. Dazai is explaining how they're going to beat Chuuya and Dostoyevsky as if he hadn't already set up the trap, so that Sigma thinks all of this is happening in real time.

Here's the important part Dazai mentions: Once closed, the walls will never open again and there's no way to stop the flooding. The walls will never open again implies that it's impossible for anyone to open them, including the people at the control terminal. "No way to stop the flooding" is also very specific. Dazai doesn't say that it's impossible for Dostoyevsky to stop the flooding, but impossible in general. (Interesting also how Fyodor says that Dazai got the circuit already as if he predicted the locking mechanism would blow up, just not this soon).

After his little explanation to Sigma, Dazai doesn't seem to do much except turn on the mic to the flooded room.

Dazai presents the facts to Sigma as if every action he took in the past he is taking due to the circumstances of the two-vs-two, but that's not the case, because Dazai has set up the trap in advance, most likely before he even knew Chuuya was the pawn. And it is a trap he himself cannot stop once it's triggered. Meaning that, unless a new factor comes into play, Dazai literally cannot do anything at this point except watch Chuuya drown. Dazai created the perfect plan, one that he himself cannot reverse. It's not about Dazai letting Chuuya die, it's about if he can stop his own plan in the first place.

#tldr: dazai fucked up by being too smart for his own good? #also he says time stops 'in the morning' and i dont think we get a time for when gogol shows up right? #cause if we do and its the afternoon we know dazai planned this out WAY earlier #oops #i realize this is not reassuring for people who want fyodor and chuuya to live BUT #it at least points out that dazai wasnt just gonna make chuuya a casualty bc he needed to kill fyodor he most likely didnt have any CHOICE #bsd theory #bsd meta #bsd manga #bsd chapter 101 #bungou stray dogs #dazai osamu #nakahara chuuya #sigma #fyodor dostoevsky #nah but if we get the reveal that dazai did infact play himself it would make so much sense character-wise too #cause we all know dazai would not kill chuuya willingly #and even pretending to kill chuuya to get a one-up on fyodor seems too convoluted to me #i dont think its accidental that dazai pretends like he's GOING to beat dostoyevsky while we already see fyodor drowning like the rat he is #soukoku #idk how dazai's gonna unfuck this one BUT #i see dazai making a deal with Gogol possibly? very enticing #bsd analysis

[muppetbyers]

ive said it before i’ll say it again but just because el is brought up in mike and wills conversations doesnt mean theyre actually talking about el

#like its also simply the fact that they are having the conversations at all. that they are vulnerable with their feelings to each other #in low stakes situations simply because they are best friends and trust each other and Want to confide in the other. #the same cannot be said for mlvn and thats just the objective reality #so like. i dont see why this is seen as a valid ‘gotcha!’ for bylers. it is not. #also yeah will is in every mlvn scene and thats Still gay. like the subtext is skewed gay in every way idk 🤷 #take that up with the duffers man… ‘every byler scene mentions el’ yeah and Whyyyyy do they do that Think w ur brainnn #this is like. queer subtext 101 #also the el mention in one scene literally being ‘i was worring too much about her that i feel like i lost you’… do i eveb have to day it #*even *say… damn #also so funny to say this when the van scene exists. The most textually obvious example of them using ‘el’ to talk about themselves #like u expect me to take this argument seriously when there is literally a scene where will used el name but is not talking about el at all #yeah okay lmao #uhm anyways #its late im tired sorry for being cringe about byler again. #goodnight and godbless #byler #mine

[aslibekroglu]

im finally getting around to watching s2 of aşk101 (really just the osman parts sorry not sorry) and it’s so cute seeing osman all in love and head over heels but then they cut to who he’s supposed to be in love with and no offense to the actress but every single time im just like

#like they just do not fit to me #in any way shape or form #and i remember ppl saying that when it first came out and i thought they were exaggerating or something #but no they were right #aşk 101

[linguenuvolose]

I do a lot of translation in my job and I've started enjoying it so much more since I started letting myself be a bit more free in my translations. Communicating the message and the vibe is more important than the phrase structure or wording being exactly the same.

#it also improves the quality of the texts because they actually make sense #sometimes these Italians love to put 40000 words that mean nothing and the same thing in a sentence and it's like #girl we don't have to do all that #in the sense that Italian and Swedish text conventions are different and what sounds fine in Italian risks sounding v formal in Swedish #also sometimes I sit there with an Italian origin text that I first have to edit and it's like do I not understand what this says because #1. my Italian isn't good enough in this field #2. this is a complicated field #3. these people don't know how to write #and sometimes when I'm done editing the Italian text and go to do the translation I'm like oh I have no idea what they're trying to say #and think to myself hmm maybe I should've done more editing but oh well eccoci qua #I mean this is like translation 101 but I have done exactly one very bad translation course 5 years ago #that made me go I never want to do this for a job #but my increased freedom now is just I don't care as much about it being exactly the way my boss envisioned #like everything we publish has to go by him first which puts a certain pressure on the text #so when I first arrived at this job I was like uuh the Swedish has to be as similar as possible #but now I'm like man it's more important that it sounds Swedish and not Italian than it being exactly the same #and my boss also doesn't speak Swedish in any case so what does he know #snicksnack #comunque sì queste le riflessioni della serata #domani ho preso il giorno libero perché i miei colleghi mi hanno un po' rotto er cazzo sinceramente so :))

[thornilee013]

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"I still hate you," Andrew added in an equally hushed voice.

"I know. I'd say your hatred grows exponentially, but technically it follows a more linear rate than anything."

"Abram."

"Every time you mention how much you hate me, the percentage you mention tends to grow by only one or two rather than by the multiple of the previous number in the sequence."

"736%."

"See? Last time it was only 734."

"740."

Neil turned and pressed another kiss to Andrew's cheek just as Nicky finally reentered their apartment.

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#lee's writing shenanigans #aftg #all for the game #wip wednesday #jtl fics #101 ways not to say i do #aftg andrew #andrew minyard #andrew and neil #aftg andreil #andreil #aftg neil #neil josten #ww013 10.4.2024

[leedee013]

101 ways not to say i do, because who doesn't love weddings?

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Andrew paused for a moment. He had an eidetic memory, but he couldn't recall ever telling Nicky about the drive-through chapel they'd found. But of course, one particular loudmouth who knew about the fake wedding came to mind.

"Matt. Matt told you."

"I'm not going to confirm or deny that accusation," Nicky said calmly before returning to a louder volume. "But either way, I should have been one of the first people to know! Aaron's also pissed, by the way!"

Now, why had Nicky gone and told Aaron about it? "Nicky, calm down."

"I will not calm down, Andrew! Ma—my informant also told me that you two don't even have rings! I raised you better than this, Andrew Minyard."

The apartment door creaked open, and a few footsteps later Neil Josten was in front of Andrew, in all his sweaty glory, dabbing at his face with the bottom of his shirt and exposing a midriff littered with scars and accented by toned muscle.

Neil nodded his head at Andrew's phone and raised an eyebrow. Who is it?

Nicky, Andrew mouthed back.

Neil beckoned for the phone, and Andrew happily handed it over. "Hey Nicky," Neil started, only for Nicky's aggravated voice to blare through the speakers, once again lamenting being left out of their wedding.

Neil sighed. "Nicky, it's not a real marriage. We drove through an attraction at Las Vegas that was offering fake marriage certificates and two-minute ceremonies."

Andrew could hear Nicky's response, even if he didn't have the phone: "Yeah, well, that wasn't fake!"

Neil's eyes widened as he locked gazes with Andrew.

"Fuck," they both mouthed.

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#aftg #all for the game #andrew minyard #neil josten #the foxhole court #andreil #aftg neil #aftg andrew #nicky hemmick #aftg nicky #101 ways not to say I do #whoopsies #leedee013 #ww013 4.10.2023 #wip wednesday #lee's writing shenanigans #itsyouitsmeorpheuseurydice #<333

[recklessmoss]

maybe it’s just my paranoia & general unsafe feeling when it comes to the internet, but the way just a huge majority of people disregard general internet safety is so scary to me...

#maybe i'll go into detail on a reblog but like #i wanna say that I'm not calling anyone stupid about it because we are entering a new are and stage of the internet where a lot of people-- #--put their experiences out there and whatever so i'm not gonna point fingers or call faults. #but just. #based off on what i see on tiktok alone. the way people are super open about what i'd personally call ''the very nitty gritty'' of #their private lives is just... insane to me.... #like i'm not just talking about general internet 101 safety altho thats also important to keep in mind #IDK it's just scary like... i feel like the concept of 'private" is quickly losing its meaning on the internet lmao #then again i do have a lot of personal thoughts about general internet dos and donts so. i do what i know and go on with my day aoughfg #do feel free to give me ur thoughts on this btw or talk about ur end on the matter !!! in fact i encourage it cause i guess it makes me #feel a little less alone if that makes sense djfghdfjg

[dashiellqvverty]

so evil that i can't find a single gifset of them in this episode at least not from searching the episode number like i usually do

#i hate you people #apparently people hate him which. okay it sounds like it gets Worse but #idk as far as the way trans people are being presented it feels Not That Bad #like yes we're doing trans 101 but also it's nice that he gets to have that idk :) #like idk the scene where everybody has cringe tumblr identities but at the same time hes like okay im gonna learn :) #and like hes presented as in the right. like yes that was for people to laugh at nonbinary kids #but also to say the right thing to do is be open to people when you dont Get Their Whole Deal #does that make sense? idk #like i also dont think this show has a Responsibility To Educate which is why it kind of feels weird that thats what theyre doing #especially when they only Kind Of know what theyre doing #it also feels awkward when they do it with ian re: mental health like since when does he Talk Like That #but overall i truly think its not that bad but i dont even want to care if its that bad bc it shouldnt be the point #anyway i think its very fun that everybody else is having real problems and ian gets to have a break for a while #and have his biggest problem be 'oh no we're both tops' #r.txt

[gregmarriage]

will always have to begrudgingly remember (and hate the fact) that one must find joy in the small things in life, and live in the present

#rn it’s playing animal crossing every day and watching bob’s burgers every wednesday #i do have things to look forward to even if they seem far away (and often are) #at the end of april we have a caravan holiday #and yeah it’s only barely march rn #but at least it’s something #more recently tho i’m planning on dying my hair blonde and going shopping #trying to become human again and come back to life so to speak #bc i haven’t felt very much like a person lately and i’m trying my hardest to get back to normal #but if i relapse i’ll just have to work through it #truly i’ve been redoing my course in mental health 101 and regressing quite a bit #but it’s fine #i’m working through it #idk i’m like dipping in and out of here rn #but anyone is free to come hang out by way of asks or you can folllow my insta or whatever you want #i think maybe i need also retake a course in friendship #bc i haven’t been a very good friend lately and those people know who they are #but i love all my friends dearly <3 #and anyone is always welcome to come make friends with me #i love chatting to people so come say hi! #and i wanna rekindle things with the friends i already have #rn i’m just a lil car going down a road very very slowly and i need to be careful about things #it’s such an obvious thing: you’re a human being with only one body and mind and you have to take care of it #but sometimes that can be hard #and that’s okay #anyways please don’t be shy about talking to me i don’t bite! i’m just relearning how to be a person and that includes talking to ppl #but i’d still love to talk to you! #anyways catch you on the flipside i guess (or whenever i happen to be active on here imao) #gwen rambles #gwenposting

[concerto-roblox]

honestly i cannot explain the gender feelings i get sometimes. like i see a picture of a man and i think "god i wanna be him" or "god that's so me" but not like. i don't want to look exactly like him or be percieved as a man at all (like not even in a butch or gnc way i skew pretty femme most of the time)... but it's like if i was that man but also a woman that would be epic... or if that man was a woman he would be so me but also if he was still a man?? what is gender.

#i am like 99% sure i'm cis which ik saying that makes it look like i'm actually not #but trust me multiple of my longtime close friends are trans/nb i would've figured it out by now #and i have experimented with stuff but she/her are the only pronouns that have worked for me (ik pronouns don't equal gender but yknow) #i think the way i feel about gender can be complicated when not only am i autistic so i interpret stuff differently from allistic cis ppl #but also being a queer woman like yknow how some ppl say their gender is lesbian?? i get that but i'm bi so it's not as clear cut for me #like sometimes i feel like my gender is like... femme bisexual?? like not strictly woman but pretty close to it #because i'm not not a woman but sometimes the way i feel about my gender in relation to the theoretical person i'd be in a relationship wit #it doesn't feel completely clear cut woman if that makes sense?? #which i know gender is fake and you can do whatever you want forever but idk that's just kind of how i feel about it #like i don't want to be a boy or anything related to that at all but also if someone referred to me as 'boyfriend' i think i would like tha #does any of that make sense at all???? idk #it's like some men are me but i am not A man... do you understand #i am NOT non-binary but i'm also not binary... do you understand this too #how to be cringe 101 #gender