#Business Competencies

[swamp-chicken]

etho being so nonchalant ohhh if you're ever bored or lonely on the server bdubs come hit me up. real ones know this is the equivalent of etho begging crying on his knees asking bdubs to please hang out with him more PLEASE. bdubs take pity on the man and get online a little more often.

#same tbh. i know bdubs is busy being a competent father and good person #but i want him to hang out on hc more and get into shenanigans!!!! #txt

[absolutebl]

BL 2023 - BEST KISSES

Not from Thailand... but still GREAT

Best kiss of 2023:

Why R U? Korea

The backpack drop. This actually won best kiss of the year over all from me. A big surprise upset from Korea.

This pair in general did v good!

Best slow burn FINALLY kiss:

Our Dating Sim

Best Queer AF kiss:

The New Employee

Best high heat kinky fuckers kisses:

My Personal Weatherman

Best hella thirsty kiss:

I Cannot Reach You

Best kiss from a BL side pair:

Mr Cinderella 2

Best general making out and sex scenes:

Kiseki Dear to Me

Best missing umbrella kiss:

also My Personal Weatherman

Best At Kissing ALL THE BOYS:

BV in Vian

Most notable moment in KBL: I'm not sure you actually kissed but it was really significant:

Bump Up Business (two idols from the same 4th gen group, OnlyOneOf)

Only non-Thai BLs that completely ended in 2023 are included in this list.

(source)

#best bl kisses of 2023 #bl 2023 #best of list #best kisses #everyone by Thailand #they compete in their own category #Korean BL #the new employee #My Personal Weatherman #Japanese BL #I Cannot Reach You #Mr Cinderella 2 #vietnamese bl #Kiseki Dear to Me #taiwanaese bl #Bump Up Business #OnlyOneOf

[clownieboo]

i always see raridash in response to the rarijack vs appledash discourse where people always like “let them be poly!!” which is like awesome and cool and stuff bc all the mane six are dating anyways but also.

i wanna see raridash in a vacuum. it doesn’t always have to involve applejack grrrgaagah!!!! don’t get me wrong, aj’s my fave, but she ain’t gotta be there!!! rarijack can just be about rarijack and not about resolving silly ship discourse with aj!!

anyways i love them they’re so silly

#also The Episode with them not knowing why they’re friends is super weird cuz like #they do have a LOT in common personality wise #maybe i’ll make a post on that later #they’re the cringe highschool couple in the hallway that get WAY too into calling each other pet names #i’m so surprised raridash isn’t up there competing with rarijack anyways #they have no business being as rare of a pair as they are!! #justice for my sillies #raridash #mlp #mlp fim #mlp g4 #mlp friendship is magic #my little pony #rarity #rainbow dash #rainbowdash #rarepair #shipping #fandom ships #ship discourse

[scintillyyy]

like the thing about making janet power hungry and vicious and cold and scary/terrifying and the idea that tim gets all his calculating and terrifying traits from her is that 1) it is the thinnest veiled refrigerator mother trope ever, let us leave that misogynistic nonsense in the 40s and 50s where it didn't belong, but it existed and 2) though it is *so* often used in an outright misogynistic way, even the attempts to frame tim getting his viciousness from her in a positive way leans heavily into misogynistic ideals where the only good woman mother is one whose traits are cold and logical and thereby "manly" (dare i say....male character coded?) in a way that *does* devalue traits like empathy & compassion & caring as strong traits to learn from the source of a female character.

(and let me make it clear! i don't believe these traits are male vs female in real life, of course humans are complex and show a wide range of characteristics and women aren't inherently emotional and men aren't inherently logical. it's just within fiction, it's very telling that the way to make a female character strong is often, lazily, just to give her traits that are usually associated with male characters instead and call that a day. because why make a woman emotional and strong when you could just get rid of all those pesky traditionally feminine coded traits instead #feminism#genderneutralmeansmaleright)

so like, you have janet. and basically before she dies, she is explicitly shown as the more emotional parent before she dies given her two appearances are

she's very visibly the only person in the audience crying at witnessing the tragic death of the flying graysons

she's crying at the terror of being kidnapped

and yea, janet being cast as the more emotional one to jack's firm resolve reeks of good ole 80s sexism (women are hysterical, right?), but when you try to remediate that by making her a cold, vicious, terrifying Strong Woman instead you have just horseshoed around to perform sexism in a different way. why are all her more emotional traits such as caring, compassion, fear removed to make her tim's vicious rol model instead? why aren't those traits seen as good, strong traits for tim to get from her instead? why does his cold viciousness have to his female role models? why is is that when a woman is made to be a strong character positive or negative, the answer is always to make her cold emotionally?

(well, we know why)

#janet drake #'what if janet was an absolute shark that terrified men & tim learned how to shame business partners from her-' #'what if her treatment of people was a sharp as her nails and tim admired this-' #what if she could be both competent and immensely kind have u considered. #what if traits such as empathy and compassion were considered strong and admirable in female characters

[valenfield-inspo]

Jill Valentine and Chris Redfield Resident Evil: Revelations (2012)

#resident evil #resident evil: revelations #revelations #jill valentine #chris redfield #valenfield #jill x chris #chris x jill #i really felt a gradient text wouldn't of worked on here with this set so stuck with a regular format with a tiny font underneath #i think the gradient text would have competed with the captions in the gifs and made the whole set look too busy #idk just experimenting with different styles really #my edits #reviledit #crxjvr

[morganbritton132]

I love the idea that while eddie is away the 'kids' take up the tik toking mantle. For 2 express purposes, firstly to reassure eddie that Steve is fine. But secondly, and most importantly, to bully Steve (affectionately).

Also I love this series!! I spend far too much time at work checking ur page to see if you've thought of something new:DD I always find myself smiling when I'm reading it, and I haven't even watched stranger things lol!

I love this idea so much! It’s cute and entirely on brand. They make it a competition on who can distract Steve the best (because the only thing worse than Eddie and Steve being lovey together is how mopey they get when they’re apart). Steve kind of knows that they’re distracting him (or worse, babysitting him) but now that everybody is grown up, it’s hard to see each other as often so he’s fine with it.

Dustin posts the first Tiktok of the competition. He actually posts multiple videos. The first one, he picks Steve up from work and bullies him into letting Dustin stay at his house.

The second one, they’re in Steve’s favorite rinky-dink pizza shop. They’re arguing about if Steve’s phone is working or not because Eddie hasn’t called, and then Dustin steals his phone and says he won’t give it back until Steve beats him at ski-ball. The third one is after Dustin helps Steve set up for his zoom study session because his students really do have a test this week.

The fourth video is Dustin locking downs his win and calling Eddie so him and Steve can FaceTime. They fall asleep on the phone together. It’s disgustingly cute.

Lucas posts the next one. Him and Steve are playing a round of Whores (It’s Horse but Eddie misheard the name once and no one has called it horse since) in the drive way since Steve installed a barely used basketball hoop. Lucas argues that this places him above Dustin because Steve wasn’t checking his phone.

Max and El take Steve and Robin out for drinks and karaoke that same night and Lucas accepts his loss. Steve and Robin give a tipsy but surprisingly good rendition of Somebody That I Used To Know. Eddie stitches this and rants about how he’s been trying to get Steve to sing on one of his songs for years and he refuses.

Will takes Steve out for lunch. It’s not going to win him the competition just it’s a nice afternoon.

Mike destroys everybody in the competition with very little effort. He gives Steve the keys to his car and takes him to do donuts in an empty parking lot. Eddie stitches this one and tells Mike to count his days. Mike replies in the comments a series of middle finger emojis.

Mike thinks he’s got the win in the bag but Robin - who is not even in the competition- destroys all of them by getting Steve what he actually wants… a plane ticket to Vegas for Friday night and a backstage pass to Eddie’s show.

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#Erica is too busy dealing with the shit in DC to compete but otherwise she would have won #Ozzy the entire time Steve is spinning this around a parking lot: sir. you are no supposed to do this. #steve harrington #eddie munson #eddie munson tiktok saga

[pauls1967moustache]

idk i think the fact that there are these weird little pockets of time in 1968 where john/paul/yoko are playing at some semblance of normalcy between the three of them suggests that john had not actually decided to give up on paul in any regard.

#i think john very much thought his new artist/activist identity with yoko and his partnership with paul could co-exist in some form #for a while #it was paul who was uncomfortable when it was clear johnandyoko was a serious thing that could compete with lennon/mccartney #and the artistic/business tensions about the future of the beatles that only mounted more throughout 1968 are the true thing #that convinced john lennon/mccartney was this limited thing #so. not india. #it's like how we all thought the get back sessions were worse than they really were until we saw proof #i feel like india and 1968 are probably painted much worse than they actually were #in reality it probably felt much more ambiguous than we make it out to be from like. the barest evidence.

[madmonksandmaenads]

Something I have learned while reading about magic:

NEVER TRUST AN OCCULTIST WITH MONEY OR A DEADLINE.

#part of the reason you get so many schisms is that mystical abilities do not correlate to leadership skills #and they might be negatively correlated with orgabizational skills #the history of occult publishing is filled with unfulfilled promises and failed businesses #you really need someone boring and competent to make these things work

[disneydatass]

At the end of Enchanted Giselle was the CEO of Andalasian dresses for little girls and had her own brick and mortar in NYC and in the sequel she is this depressed housewife? Did she lose her business to covid?!

#enchanted #disenchanted #Amy adams #Robert still commuted they mentioned money for a bigger place #like?? Disney you have billions you can’t hire a competent writing team?!?!?! #i saw this as someone who absolutely was obsessed w enchanted and chose Patrick Dempsey as one of my str8 muses #y’all could’ve done better #and Giselle literally had magic and woodland creatures on her side if her business can’t thrive how am I expected to in society of 2022??? #anygays… #i know Disney has talent I wish they would tap the fuck in

[pepperpixel]

WHERES UR HEAD AT- AT- AT- AT?

WHERES UR HEAD AT?

WHERES UR HEAD AT?

FiNALLY MORE ART… Srry I’ve been gone for a while!!!!!! I… have just.. been super busy. And I’m still busy lol. I got a lot goin on!!!! But… But…!!! I managed to finish some art today!!! Thank god lol- so yeah! Behold this funky nurse creature..! she will be committing medical malpractice on u..!!! And that is a promise!! Or ur money back guaranteed!

#original #original art #artists on tumblr #nurse #demon #doodles #it’s the holidays dudes…. shit is fucking busy….. #but yeah… here is nurse tho… I hope u enjoy her… #I enjoyed drawing her!!! I tried to mess around w a lot of diff stuff! #like… I tried to not stress so much about.. making a polished end product.. and to instead just. draw… in a way I thought would be fun #and interesting! and it was!! #which was nice! #and also I think the end product turned out good too which is nICE BUT #I was trying not to worry about that while I was drawing lol. #I think.. she has soup for brains… but boy does she kno how to work a hacksaw…! #like. her brain is only made for surgery… almost scarily competent and cracking somebody open and messin around in there! #the scarily is cuz… u have to be awake lol… and also u don’t need surgery… she just wants to give it to u… so! ur getting surgery lol #but her brain has no cells or time or care for anything outside the operating room… #IDK IF ILL EVER DRAW THIS NURSE AGAIN SHE DOESNT EVEN HAVE A NAME #but there are those thoughts I had about her! #blood #knives #the scarily is also cuz. who KNOS what she’s doin in there!!! u certainly don’t!! other medical professionals dont! they’d be appalled! #straight up horrified! but! she knows…. she knows what she’s doin. that’s what matters in the end lol #also she def isn’t giving u any anesthesia lol she’s goin in raw #anyway yeah!!! she’s cute I like her!!!

[sysig]

I’m just saying I think he has a type (Patreon)

#Doodles #Wander Over Yonder #Commander Peepers #Sylvia #Black Eye #I guess technically sort of lol #The implication of ♪ The lead-up to ♫ #I read Peepers as bi with a preference towards men and Sylvia his inverse lol #They work well as mlm/wlw solidarity too! Including understanding each other in That Bi Way y'know? #But I do also think that Sylvia is his type haha ♪ All these things can be true at once! Relationships are complex and ever-changing! #I also think it works best one-sided on Peepers' end - Sylvia is busy! And as just stated relationships are complex #Not just in trying to keep a relationship - they do see each other fairly often! - but also in keeping it private to both of their comforts #Being found out by their counterparts would be interesting hehe ♪ Wander would support them of course #Hater would probably be furious even just at knowing Peepers had a crush on her tbh - feeling lonely but also worried about intel haha #He's smart he's not going to go around leaking information like that! If anything he'd probably just be more ruthless to vent his feelings ♫ #''Grop-darn Zbornak with her ability to bench me and stomp me into the dirt >O('' lol #The interpretation of him thinking he's sick over thinking he's romantically entangled is so correct #I also like the thought of Sylvia immediately having a repulsion reaction to finding out that Peepers likes her haha #''He WHAT??'' Wander would probably not help in her coming around just infodumping all his good points that she's not interested in lol #But then seeing him being that perfect little mixture of pathetic and competent that Peepers exemplifies <3 What's not to like about him #They have the right dynamic to get close! They have the potential! Fumbling and awkward the whole way but what other way is there hehe #It'd be so fun to watch ♪ What's there is already so fun to watch!

[he1ian]

sweet tooth

sorry lately ive been suffering from the convex syndrome - instead of brain there is convex

#goodtimeswithscar #cubfan135 #hermitcraft #convex #helian art box #trust me to make ridiculous connections just because i can #not my fault theyre both competing in the pastry business #and used to have the cake as their special treat when working together #AND THEY WERE ROOMMATES!! #gtws

[sickvacuum]

I’m trying to be patient and get some chapters piled up before I start posting this new fic but also I’m very impatient

so here’s an excerpt? Uh context claw is restricting terus powers 👍🏻

‘Suzuki pulled out a remote from his pocket and held it up to show Teruki. “But, throughout your stay, I can change how much of your aura it’s holding back. Depending on how well-behaved you are.” 

He pressed a button and the core in Teru’s neck snapped. His aura came crashing back through him, the familiar feeling washing over him and dousing him with confidence. Teru instantly leapt to his feet, lashing out with his powers and snatching Suzuki out of his chair before slamming him into the wall. He kept an arm held towards the man to keep him in place while Teru leapt out of his chair and raced towards the glass. His aura pooled in his fists to prepare to blast through the window, false hope rushing through his veins.

Just before Teru could crash through and make his exit, Suzuki launched himself off of the wall and dove into him, knocking the teen out of the way. Teru cried out as an aura-infused fist connected with his gut, fire spreading through his insides.

Suzuki brought a leg around and kicked Teru into the ground, causing him to crumple face-first into the tile.

“But even when I give you your full power back,” Suzuki explained calmly, moving to stand in front of Teru’s blurring vision, talking over his wheezing. He buttoned up his blazer, looking down his nose at Teru. “I will still have the upper hand.”

Teru heard a click and his aura was vacuumed back into his neck, the shock of its departure tearing through him and causing his ears to pop. Teru was back to being a pathetic, weak sixteen-year-old laying limp on the floor, vulnerable to the man above him.

The toe of the man’s black shoe dug into Teru’s side and flipped him onto his back. “So. Are you done yet?” He asked, staring at Teru with a bored expression.

Teru’s chest heaved, his muscles exhausted and his neck burning. He clenched his teeth and looked back up at Suzuki through wet eyes, puffing loudly. “What do you want from me?”

“You’re powerful,” Suzuki told him, his shoe still unnecessarily prodding into Teru’s waist. “But you are not as powerful as you think you are.”’

#That’s not a lot but yk whatever #I’m very excited to write more of this fic tho #It’s like if Claw was competent #Just ask mob! He knows #mp100 #teruki hanazawa #suzuki touichirou #I wanna have more chapters set up to upload in case I get busy and am unable to find inspiration to write for like two months again #Sorry needed <3

[creaturefeaster]

in a hypothetical scenario, what do you think foxgloves love language would be?

Oooh, very difficult to say. She's very, very adverse to close connections, and hasn't ever been good with bonding at an emotional level. She's always been too occupied with her duty in war, and continues to feel that way even after she's won.

That all being said, I think she'd be the most responsive to affirmation. Someone reassuring her, validating her emotions, trying to help her work through them, letting her know that somebody cares. I think there'd be a pretty strong push back from her, but it'd get to her far more than anything materialistic or involved in the physical realm (touch, acts of service, etc.)

Alas, she never lets anybody close enough to her for her to ever hear such affirmations.

As for giving? Honestly I have no clue. She's not a contact-heavy mime, she thinks gifts are a waste of time, she has no interest spending time with anybody if it isn't beneficial. Maybe acts of service, just because she's already good at getting things done on her own.

#foxglove has built herself up to be so self sufficient and competent #that nobody ever thinks to comment on her accomplishments #or ask her like. whats up. because shes also so reclusive and mysterious #ppl dont feel close enough to ever engage in that kind of talk in the first place #brambleramble #love just isn't her thing shes too busy dreading existence

[yellowloid]

how did we go from "general panic over paparazzi photos and shitty article about you know who" to "omg she hates miles" GUYS. please. i'm begging some of y'all to touch some grass so bad like i'm afraid it might not even be enough but still it won't hurt to try

#first of all HOW DID MY DUDE EVEN GET THROWN INTO THE MIX HE'S LITERALLY MINDING HIS OWN BUSINESS JAKXSNKSNSDBDH #second of all they're not in high school competing over a crush please be serious #do i believe they're less friendly with each other than miles was with previous gfs? yes based purely on what we see #which means we also have no idea how they behave off camera #but from that to 'they HATE each other's guts'? that's a long way lmao guys come on #stop dragging miles into shit he has nothing to do with challenge level: impossible #i'm not tagging this but you know. you know

[persephoneflowerpetals]

*yeets a pillow at Hades for no reason*

Get some fucking sleep idiot

—caretaker anon

Hades: *takes the pillow and tosses it* Hey, if I had the proper help around here, I’d be taking a 1,000 year long nap. Anyways, sleep is for the weak. How am I supposed to run a functional domain when I’m asleep? Y’know what I’m sayin’? What’s that thing you kids say nowadays? “Gotta grind for the hustle” or something like that?

#lol I haven’t done character rp asks for a few years now #this was kinda fun I low key wanna make a Hades rp blog #but I’m already busy with this one answering asks and working on fics lol #and I know there’s already a Hades rp account out there that I really enjoy #and I don’t wanna seem like I’m competing with them or trying to copy them or something like that #because I do enjoy their posts ☺️ #but yeah lol this was pretty fun ☺️ #also not sure if anon meant to send this ask to me or to the Hades rp blog I’ve recently reblogged lmao #either way it’s all good lol #ask #anon ask #disney #hercules #hercules 1997 #hades #hades rp #disney’s hercules #disney hades #hades disney #hades hercules