#I can tell you with certainty

[thelaurenshippen]

Hiya Lauren! I remember a while back you reblogged something about mark being romantically involved with nearly all other queer atypicals and it did mention oliver/mark as unrequited and I wonder if you could elaborate a little more on that?:D I'm just curious:) You don't have to of course! Ty!

oh gosh, I WISH I remembered this - I don't reblog very much that isn't fanart, so I'm having a hard time recalling what post this would've been and what I might've said/added to it!

I don't think of Mark/Oliver as unrequited at all. That said, in The AM Archives specifically, we were not writing toward that ship - it wasn't the intention and we had no idea that Andrew and Kristian had that chemistry until we were recording the whole season all at once. And then we weren't sure if we were going to get another season at all! So there definitely was a period when I was more uncertain about it, mostly because it was unclear what the future would hold for any of the characters.

While they don't get together in The College Tapes, I do think that they very slowly figure things out in the months and years afterward. In the TCT planner (which is technically the last bit of canon that exists in the Bright Universe, in terms of timeline), there's heavy implications that they're living together - or at least spending a lot of time together - and I think all of us who made The College Tapes were thinking of them as a romantic ship when writing that show.

They both have buckets and buckets of trauma and unresolved issues (as did Mark and Sam - and their inability to work through it together/the way they first met and got together, etc. is one of the reasons they didn't ultimately work out) so I can't say what their future holds, but as far as I'm concerned, they're headed toward romantic involvement the last time we hear from them (or already there).

I hope that answers your question!

#answered #brytz #the only couple I can say with ABSOLUTE certainty are together forever #is caleb/adam #my answer on everyone else changes every other day tbqh #but my opinion doesn't matter! #bc the likelihood I'll ever make canon about any of them again is slim! #mark bryant #oliver ritz #i'm sorry my memory is SO bad #as the pals discord will tell you #my memory of my own canon is shoddy #tumblr reblogs are FAR beyond my recall lol #but if you remember what the original post said I'd be super curious! #once again andrew nowak's chemistry with literally everyone makes me ship two characters I never meant to ship #*cough* mark and damien *cough* #at least with oliver it was like 'oh okay this COULD happen and be good what a relief'

[stuckinapril]

sometimes I surprise myself w the fact that im fluent in Arabic

#It’s ridiculously hard #Both English and Arabic are technically my native tongue and I can tell you w CERTAINTY #That English is so much easier #I still have to think about it when I talk in Arabic even though I was raised by an Arab mother #Do not get me started on writing it #I can read it fine but writing it kicks my ass #I tell myself every day that I shouldn’t let it completely atrophy and actually go out of my way to write in Arabic #But its HARD #p

[secretmellowblog]

I love the contrast between how Javert reacts to encountering Valjean before and after Valjean saves his life…

Before, when he recognizes Valjean at the barricade:

He raised his eyes, and recognized Jean Valjean. He did not even start, but dropped his lids proudly and confined himself to the remark: “It is perfectly simple.”

After, when he recognizes Valjean outside the sewers:

Javert thrust his bludgeon between his teeth, bent his knees, inclined his body, laid his two powerful hands on the shoulders of Jean Valjean, which were clamped within them as in a couple of vices, scrutinized him, and recognized him. Their faces almost touched. Javert’s look was terrible.

(…)

At length he released Jean Valjean, straightened himself stiffly up without bending, grasped his bludgeon again firmly, and, as though in a dream, he murmured rather than uttered this question:

“What are you doing here? And who is this man?”

#Les mis #javert #Valvert adjacent #the way he goes from certainty to confused/questioning … #but yeah this is another part of why I dont buy the ‘javert has a deep personal obsession with Valjean even before the barricades’ thing #before Valjean saves his life javert doesn’t care about him at all #he doesnt even like register him as a person #but we see what it looks like when Javert DOES have deep personal obsession with Valjean #and that’s how he behaves after the barricades #he’s not very good at hiding it #it completely shatters the way he normally interacts with Valjean #he’s a wreck the moment he sees him #ahsjdjdjd #you can tell Javert doesn’t have a deep personal obsession Valjean before the barricades because if he did. you’d Know #‘there was nothing in his soul that was not in his face’ and all that

[dawningfairytale]

"i love lgbtq people, i just don't support them" yet the fruit of what you call love is death.

#queer christian #ha can you tell i'm having a tough go of it at the moment? #i know there is beauty and joy in who God made me to be. #but i feel like i lack the courage and certainty to act like it #when Jesus talked about going away from one's family for Him. i didn't think it would actually be such a difficult concept. #because. only God's love is unconditional that i have unwavering faith in #and if i. were more divisive or whatever. i wouldn't be turning my back on God. but i would be going against so many people i know #who love me as who they think i am #whose love for me would be overshadowed by the elephant of my sexuality #and it's really hard. and i'm really confused. because i'm not certain honestly. i'm not certain about much at all #but people who are hateful have no qualms with stubbornness and pride. #because i don't think queer pride is the sin. i think the sinful pride is the hatred and judgment and exclusion.

[somethingusefulfromflorida]

People calling it a "quarter life crisis" forget that with the way life expectancy, healthcare, and food nutrient content is going these days it's probably a "third life crisis" at best.

#midlife crisis #quarter life crisis #third life crisis #percentages #i'm not even 27 yet #but I'll be LUCKY to get another 50 years #i feel like that post about hamsters #where they scurry along following a silver line connecting their birth to their death #scurrying without fear knowing with absolute certainty what's gonna get them in the end #I feel like I know how I'm gonna die #and it's not pleasantly in my sleep in my 90s surrounded by loved ones i can tell you that #i'm not in a good place right now

[trainingdummyrabbit]

about 5 seconds from spinning an entire barely-genre-adjacent au just because ikeep thinking abt Characters too hard

anyway angela and roland on the worlds longest, shittiest road trip to Nowhere

#[tagramble warning WAHA] #piktalk #projmoon #can you see my vision. its about the abandonment of certainty; of the decision to hold tight to no one but yourself. #its the decision to live dangerously; to live freely; or at least to try and learn what 'freedom' exactly means #what it means to someone who has never felt it. never lived it. #about the chance intersection of lines; of lives. and eventually; about solidarity even in the face of the unknown. #not trusting you; but trusting you. not knowing you; but knowing you. #i know not what you want nor if it is good for me; but youre here and will have my back when nobody else will. #i know not where you come from or who you are-- you will not tell me. but i know obscure facts about you-- what you like and what you dont. #its about discovering the Self where originally there was nothing. healing a Self that had broken down to scraps and dust. #its about what it means to be 'home.' what happens when you lose it-- and when you realize maybe youve never had one to begin with. #and the search for something that truly deserves to hold that title. the title of comfort; certainty; reliability; safety. #and maybe. maybe. if you cannot find yours; and i cannot find mine; then that home. maybe you could be... no; nevermind. #there's always more road ahead. #yes iam still thinking abt th transmasc angela post .

[br1ghtestlight]

we dont actually know where linda and gayle grew up we just know that it was NOT seymour's bay and that its likely an hour or two drive away from where they currently live (I like to think that gayle moved to seymour's bay after linda did because she wanted to be like her big sister lmao)

their hometown is specifically called Hunkawtaway which is apparently a play on native american appropriated town names in the midwest so I think she most likely didn't grow up in new jersery but still somewhere in that general area of america (like connecticut or massachusetts)

for bob I would say he grew up in the area surrounding seymour's bay but not actually IN seymour's bay because its a small-ish town and we don't ever see big bob's diner around. I would say they live maybe a 30 to 45 minute drive away from big bob (who still lives where bob grew up) so still definitely in new jersery but maybe somewhere closer to the bog habour area??

we know they both didn't grow up in seymour's bay as they never went to wagstaff or huxley high school (but it seems like at one point they were maybe considering that bob and linda went to the same high school, because the original subplot for linda's high school reunion episode was going to be someone from BOBS high school who had a crush on him was trying to flirt with him at their reunion. this got changed when they realized that bob and linda obviously didnt go to the same high school growing up) but I think bob definitely lived closer to their current location that linda did. they most likely moved to seymour's bay when they saw a resturant location in the area renting for very cheap and previously lived closer to bog harbour

(and we know that teddy has a long family history specifically in seymour's bay)

#thinking about a reddit thread where someone said that linda's hometown was seymour's bay #and that she probably just lived on the other side of town which is why she never went to wagstaff #and im like. ALL of that information is incorrect first of all #and who told you seymour's bay is a big enough town to have MULTIPLE elementry schools?? bcuz i have lived in oceanside towns #of a similar size #and i can tell you with absolute certainty that wagstaff and huxley are the only schools in that town #i wonder why lily ended up moving from brooklyn new york to the tiny ass nj town where big bob lived 🤔 #txt #bob's burgers

[mudstoneabyss]

neurodivergent but in the opposite way from what I see a lot. "neurotypicals are always using unspoken social rules and cues instead of just stating things clearly and actually saying what they mean like neurodivergent-" brother I am playing 5 dimensional chess with multiverse time travel

#i hate that post thats like ''neurotypicals blah blah blah use your words'' because let me tell you. im neurodivergent #& i Can Not Fucking use my words. my brain is scrambled I dont know what to say I can only throw things down & hope ppl are picking them up #joyousposting #sometimes I feel like. manipulative because I'll say stuff with the specific intent of getting someone else to say this thing in response #(with a large amount of certainty they will) #but all that ever is is like. getting them to ask a specific question because my brain cant Say What I Want unless prompted by a question #example: lets say I want to talk about X. I'll bring up X then be like theres this Thing about X knowing someone will probably be like #oh what is this Thing? then I can say what I want about X #trying to get other people to say what I'm thinking but not to persuade or manipulate them into thinking like me but to point at and go #yeah that thats what I mean but couldn't communicate #if left to myself I do this where I keep talking to try and properly convey what I'm trying to say without ever feeling like I successfully #do so and in fact make things more confusing #Your neurodivergent brain go roundabout ways to link seemingly unrelated thoughts mine throws them all at once at me at several branching #paths #slash j ik im not the neurodivergent who does this #this isnt a vent btw

[inun4ki]

i had a realization i don't like.

#tbd #/ and such is that kaede is absolutely probably *never* going to admit his feelings to anyone #/ like the only circumstance i can see him doing so is under extreme duress sdjfhds ahh #/ casually telling someone he likes them is an impossible task #/ but when he's got nothing left to lose and is on the brink of death? #' i've always loved you. i just never wanted to burden you with having to love me in turn. ' #/ which guts me #/ there are some very unique instances that challenge this but this is the rule. #/ if he loves you...he'll show you. but he won't tell you until it's too late #/ fear of rejection. fear of abandonment. fear of history repeating itself. fear of being known and knowing #/ he'll *show* you #/ although i guess there is one other circumstance? but it involves an impossible degree of certainty he just doesn't have #/ idk i'm a little sad about this actually

[zincbot]

i'm really enjoying disco elysium. way more than i thought i would it's just a really good game

#disco elysium #it's really 'my kind of game' as vague as that is (as my very favourite games fall into a few different genres) #but i Love a game that leans into poetry and makes you feel when you think #and i Love a game that doesn't require you to be fast or have good reflexes #and i Love a game with voice acting #and i Love Love LOVE a game that lets you check off tasks #and i like going thru containers and picking up coins and medicine eheehee #AND YOU CAN WEAR DIFFERENT OUTFITS #and i've fallen in love with your companion like everyone else has. kimz #kim #i know the game probably won't allow for it at all but in my head i'm playing harry as if he were bisexual and kim is gay #and they're navigating getting to know eachother and working together while also trying to figure eachother out #(i'm insane) #trying to figure out if someone else is gay or not is so stressful though i've had friendships for years where i'm dropping hints #and still can't tell for 100% certainty if they're also gay #but yeah the worldbuilding is a little dense for me at times but in an impressive way #and i sometimes have to fight my instinct to click every possible dialogue option because #i really actually don't want him to say that #i also don't really like that i can't understand what choices align with what personality i'm trying to create #but i guess that's gamifying it too much. but also i feel like i'm lacking in my understanding of political definitions #because this is a fictional world but many political labels are real #and in defining myself i've never been able to put my political ideaology under an umbrella. i just know what my stance is on major issues. #and that i'm extremely extremely left on the spectrum thing #so i was like: mm why is my communism score 12 and my fash score 3 etc etc #but again. it's a game. i'm just clicking dialogue options #it's a crazy good game though. #i wanna make an animatic for it mimicing the watercolour style of the art but i have No sweet clue how to work that style

[sleepingfancies]

my mom very gently going “we need to reestablish some boundaries” with my sister when she suggests she’s Not actually going to move out hoo boy it’s gonna be a fun friday night for us all

#personal #not to sound insane but the way i almost screamed KSDHBSDG #esp with her 'in three years i'm gonna be a mom' life plan like yeah and i will not be living in the same house as a fucking newborn #i can tell u that much with 100% certainty #whether that means You move our or i do i don't care hope this helps

[screamforyani]

lmao what did it for you for rafe what was the last straw

so here’s the story that you did not ask for! I started obx like last year but lost interest after john b and sarah hooked up at the bell tower or something but i’m currently hyperfixating on ethan landry, and a lot of ethan writers also like rafe. so I was like hm. I never liked this dude but i’ll pick up the show again and try to get the hype! and then immediately after he shot peterkin and I was like okay nvm I am never going to like him

like it was an instant turn off and I wasn’t even turned on to begin with. I can’t forgive that like the whole cameron family will crumble save for the sisters. idgaf if I like serial killers

so yeah i’m team pogue and I love jj’s crazy ass

#anon #answered #asks #i hate him and ward and rose so much like #i was hoping ward would have d*ed by now #i hear he does eventually #i hate the drug dealer too #lowkey i hate everybody #the only character i can tell you i love with 100% certainty is jj #idgaf what he does im a jj apologist #pope too #im on s2ep6 btw

[tardis--dreams]

Alright things are better today than yesterday. My lecturer, who deregistered me from my exam and told me that i couldn't get the grade for my term paper, which sent me into a state of massive existential despair and depression, replied to me after i explained the situation and said she'd love to give me the grade later when I'm enrolled again so i didn't do the work for nothing. It's all good now.

#well #not 'good' good #but #i was honestly quite. hurt. by her just taking this away from me #i was gonna say 'annoyed' but honestly. I felt mostly sad and almost betrayed lmao #(i like the lecturer and didn't think she'd do something which was imo so unfair #turns out she really wouldn't do that. i just overreacted because i do not have any optimism in me #and always just see the worst possible outcome #so when someone tells me 'well you won't get credit' i just go like 'yeah that seems about right' and cry about it for an entire day #) #anyway #obviously nothing is good yet. i still have no certainty about what will happen to me this semester #but at least when i have to leave university i can say that most people were really kind to me throughout #void screams #university ramblings

[emiliosandozsequence]

"there is no minimum amount of suffering before you are allowed to want to alleviate it"

unfortunately there is a minimum amount of suffering doctors force you to go through before they take you seriously.

#i know bc i've been trying to get them to take me seriously for years now #emilio.txt #i live in the south tho so you can imagine how well that's going #let me tell you how fucking scary it is living here knowing that #if something serious happens with my health i WILL die bc of medical neglect #that isn't a maybe #that's a certainty

[trainingdummyrabbit]

see the thing that i like so much about ruina so far is that it doesnt feel like its telling you to do something. like, specifically, it presents characters in situations, and reveals how they handle it. and afterwards... its just over. theyve simply done what they had to. theres never really any "ah, they were Flawed because they did This, so instead of doing That you should take This lesson from it." characters just... Are, and Do. theres no heavy urge to chamge the way you think, for lack of a better description. rather, it places down concepts and leaves it there, giving space for Thought rather than Explanation.

even with cut ins of angela and roland doing their own commentary-- it's never really presented as a You Should Take This Concept From This, but rather as... them Also figuring it out. because Everyone in the cast is just... odd, messy, flawed-- human. you can take away the same thing they do, or not. because everyone just does what they think is right, and deal with the consequences of it. it doesnt matter. things just move on. theres something refreshing about it.

#piktalk #verrry tagramble but um #like um. grain of salt because i havent Finished and havent had time to gather actual thoughts abt it so i may just be wrong-- #but again. ruina with the steel chair. #not 2 get personal again but that has just kind of been on my mind a lot recently-- #how often it is that other opinions simply... rub off on you. how theres just what youre Supposed to do or think. #that theres just one True way of thinking that everyone should strive for. when thats just... not how that really goes. #that theres a Right way to think and a Wrong one. when really its just kinda... choices. made to the best of ones ability in the moment. #it doesnt Have to be Good or Right. life goes on anyway. and somehow that can be just as scary as some sort of percieved 'wrong'. #and additionally-- how easy it is to Say you should act or think a certain way-- when truly understanding; believing; following it-- #--is an entirely different story. its easy to tell yourself to just not worry; to have patience and kindness; to just keep your head high. #but actually enacting it takes effort. and not just that; but that those dour emotions that come with that inability-- #--are just as important to acknowledge and give their space. #idk. i could be bullshitting. ig what it comes down to is #its nice to watch characters just... Make Decisions and Deal With Them. and thats it. no grand sweeping statements of Certainty. it just Is #ruina is very much one of those series i feel unqualified to speak for; as if others just Get It more than me; but... i speak anyhow !

[pascal-oswell]

Hi, friend 💕

Me again. I'm here to give you FE3H and TOH of you want ✨

YAAAAA NESSA!!!!!! i do want to i like talking about things i like hiii

fe3h -

blorbo (favorite character, character I think about the most) : its not that true anymore but ill still say edelgard considering how much i lost my shit over her back when i was actively playing the game. also dorothea

scrunkly (my “baby”, character that gives me cuteness aggression, character that is So Shaped) : idk probably bernadetta. i kinda dont like how exagerated her behaviour can be at time for funsies value but also id tuck her in and kiss her good night and kill anyone who wishes her harm

scrimblo bimblo (underrated/underappreciated fave) : where's the manuela love. i love this mess of a woman. her tag is SO dry i still cant believe it. and WHY is she only ever with hanneman dear LORD

glup shitto (obscure fave, character that can appear in the background for 0.2 seconds and I won’t shut up about it for a week) : i have no idea. maybe the monastery's cats. its been too long for me to remember a char like that 😭 i wont say that one guard bc hes far too well known to count

poor little meow meow (“problematic”/unpopular/controversial/otherwise pathetic fave) : i mean i feel like edie fits the controversial part but she doesn't feel like a poor little meow meow. i dont like dimitri i cant say that. whos a poor little meow meow in this game??? is linhardt one?? ill put him here just so people know i like him. there u go.

horse plinko (character I would torment for fun, for whatever reason) : i am throwing lorenz into the meat grinder as we speak :-) hes funny but hes funnier when terrible things happen to him

eeby deeby (character I would send to superhell) : idk. rhea maybe. not in a mega hate way though i dont have anyone i viscerally hate really. or annette's dad etc etc.

toh (i still havent finished s2) -

blorbo (favorite character, character I think about the most) : mmmh idk..... i dont have any HUGE fav bc i like most chars honestly but i do have a special fondness for lilith

scrunkly (my “baby”, character that gives me cuteness aggression, character that is So Shaped) : i like king :)

scrimblo bimblo (underrated/underappreciated fave) : do the blight twins count. i remember liking them theyre silly. the school's principal also i think hes a nice guy

glup shitto (obscure fave, character that can appear in the background for 0.2 seconds and I won’t shut up about it for a week) : god only knows

poor little meow meow (“problematic”/unpopular/controversial/otherwise pathetic fave) : i feel like if u stopped at s1 i could still say lilith but otherwise. idk. who the hell even is controversial

horse plinko (character I would torment for fun, for whatever reason) : funnily enough. also lilith. put that lady through situations RIGHT NOW

eeby deeby (character I would send to superhell) : BELOS????? or that one guy who was trying to capture the not-luz creature i forgot their name

#asks #IM SORRY MY MEMORY IS SO FOGGY AROUND TOH I CAN ONLY TELL YOU WITH CERTAINTY I LIKE LILITH #blabla