#So he doesn’t have a reputation

[not-a-snowman]

He can’t keep getting away with this (and he didn’t)

#Secret life #life series #traffic series #bigbst4tz2 #BigB’s an interesting player #He’s got this quiet sort of charisma to him #He’s just a nice guy #He’s not up to anything #You wouldn’t kill a little guy would you? #But also he is SO ready to betray people #And such a good liar #And he’s able to keep these things under the radar (unlike scar) #So he doesn’t have a reputation #He could go so far if he really went for it

[picture-me-in-the-trees]

brett goldstein’s chest hair

#sorry guys #i’m actually not sorry at all #i have so many inappropriate things to say but i have a reputation to uphold #that’s a lie my reputation is being insane #however there are simply things i shant say on the internet #but man oh man #if he doesn’t let me **** *** **** i’ll **** ****** #mine

[meat-loving-meat]

I’m thinking about Modern!AUs in fanfiction and why sometimes they’re some of my favorite fics and also sometimes the Worst™️. (<-that is a joke. There is no such thing as bad fanfiction, just fanfiction I don’t personally like.)

Because I LOVE Modern!AUs that ask interesting questions about how the setting of a story impacts the characters—how much of the setting can you remove while still being able to recognize the characters in question? All of it? None of it? What new problems would living in a world with planes and phones create for these characters? How are the social and political tensions of the original canon reflected in our own world?

The “problem” (again, not an actual problem, just a personal preference) is that most Modern!AUs COMPLETELY refuse to engage with any of that. They instead become a stale rehashing of the original canon except with lower stakes. Nothing about the modern setting adds interest, and everything interesting from the original setting falls away.

I think that a lot of people write Modern!AU fics to deescalate the conflict of the original canon and give the characters more relatable problems, which isn’t universally terrible, but it can so easily become boring. I don’t WANT to know what it would be like if one of these characters was a florist and the other was a tattoo artist; I want to know what would happen if you gave one of them a gun.

#yes this is about my Vanyel nuclear weapons AU. IMO Vanyel as a character should be doomed to be a living weapon no matter the setting #This is also about the locked tomb #my good friend harrowhark nonagesimus didn’t give herself a lobotomy to end up working at hot topic #and gideon didn’t throw herself on a fencepost with the full understanding that her soul would be consumed in the fires of lyctorhood #just to work at a gym. I think they should’ve been raised in a pseudo-catholic death cult and harrow should be an ecoterrorist #This is also why I think tgcf modern!AUs leave me a little flat. Like Xie Lian is SO WEIRD because he willingly submitted to #getting stabbed a hundred times. He also got buried alive. There is simply no modern!AU explanation for how weird he is!!! #(<-says the person who has a tgcf modern!au posted on his ao3) #On the flip side this is also why I think MDZS modern AUs kind of work?? #because SO MANY of the problems MDZS characters have are just. #‘my dad likes my adoptive brother more than me’ #‘my family doesn’t want me associating with this person who has a bad reputation’ #so at least like the front half of MDZS is modern!AU-able #people lose me when they try to make a modern analogue for the genocide of the Wen. like oooookay #I don’t think getting their company shut down should be presented as equivalent to a genocide but w/ever #I do not like it therefore I shall not read it

[sariastrategos]

Hux, straddling Kylo, doing his eyeliner. Kylo is looking tenderly up at his man.

That's it, that's the textpost.

(Aka unoriginal art ideas I'm too lazy to draw)

Kylo looking lovingly up at Hux who is frustratedly trying to fix the lines Kylo fucked up stop blinking at me you fucking idiot or I’ll never get this done!

Adding on to my Knights of Ren band AU, Kylo is once again riding the line of being late on stage but not on Hux’s watch.

#asks #Kylo in makeup #Kylo really bad at doing his own makeup #at least quickly #Band Manager Hux will not have his reputation sullied just because the lead singer doesn’t understand the importance of punctuality #or the amount of effort it takes to keep a show on a schedule #honestly he’s so under appreciated why did he even bother #star wars #general hux #armitage hux #kylo ren #kylux #Knights of Ren Band AU #Band Manager Hux #Lead Singer Kylo #Knights of Ren

[kinokoshoujoart]

wow i can’t believe everyone in forgotten valley showed up for my engagement announcement to rock!!!! <333

#cora clownposting content #Joke but i have no idea who says this #it’s in the npc other dialogue file #from anwl #rock tumbling (sos) #ok joke setting back ON #he’s so slandered by everyone in town and i can’t say he doesn’t deserve it but. stop anyway i wuv him #you’re enabling his ‘i’m cursed with the reputation of being the ultimate ladies man’ delusion #bokumono

[danothan]

okay waitt this is making me step back and think. bc i Am always saying that i’d hc hal as aromantic if barry hadn’t swooped in and changed everything

man. is That the solution?? is demiromantic the answer to the ‘aromantic -> fully committing to a romantic relationship’ pipeline?? this is very new ground for me, i gotta ponder this

#everything is starting to click for me now bc i always said he’d be aromantic #not bc of his non-committal partyboy reputation #well. that too actually #but just bc of how lost he is abt the romantic order of operations #and how relationships always seemed to have an ulterior meaning (not to be mistaken with an ulterior motive) #and how he has no awareness of romantic consequences #and how his little flings never mean anything to him yet he’s dated/flirted with his friends’ exes on numerous occasions #like he genuinely doesn’t know why it’s so hard for him and why he always has to make it so hard for other ppl #being demiromantic but not finding out bc you’re so hellbent on retreating to ‘simpler’ relationships out of fear of intimacy #very interesting. this is rly opening my eyes #hal jordan #green lantern #dc #danbles #aro

[teddy-bear-d]

I’m not saying that Etho isn’t washed up but… Okay, hear me out, hear me out, I’m in denial:

So Etho mentioned the concept of ‘roleplay’ last session, something we all previously thought he’d been avoiding. Then he either consistently whiffs every swing he throws or just stands there or slowly retreats as the others are attacking him.

So I’m not saying he is still a menace at pvp, I’m just saying maybe, just maybe, he’s been purposefully doing worse.

#ethoslab #limited life #limited life smp #I’m still trying to figure out why #like obviously he isn’t great with pvp #and he hasn’t been keeping up with the pvp updates #seen in Gems video #but I don’t think he’s as bad as he was last session #like he barely swung at anyone #he just stood there talking or jokingly backing away #I think either he’s doing it to go along with the washed up joke #because that is in fact something he would do #but he could also be doing it to get rid of his previous reputation #sure it kinda showed the reality of his pvp skills in gems video #but I think he might’ve purposefully whiffed a bit to solidify that change #people have been weird about him forever #so I can see him trying to change his reputation so he doesn’t have to deal with that anymore #or he was just legitimately not thinking about it at all #and just didn’t bother to fight back for no particular reason #also note #I’m not trying to make a conspiracy #I more just find it funny how bad every one is bullying him #since he clearly wasn’t fighting too hard #anyway #if you’ve read this far in my tags #what do you think #is he just a wet cat #or did he do it in purpose

[unnerving-presence]

not my nemmy obsession folding me into a chair bc i’m playing re3r

#the ogs know of my love for tyrants #i’m replaying all the re games #this game is like #okay at best but i want these achievements #i’m so sad 1st stage nemmy is in the game for like 2 seconds why does he mutate so fast #also jill treated nemesis like he’s a dust particle is so infuriating why did they do such a good horror villain like this #yeah call him a bitch and a fuck face in the first 2 minutes of him being on screen #that’ll surely make the audience fear him and signify that he’s a real threat #isn’t he supposed to be like the latest model of tyrant which is like super powerful #sure he’s a prototype but clearly when he’s in game he can sprint and molly whop you in seconds #but in cutscenes he takes a little stroll on over to kill like it’s his morning walk #why does he do nothing in cutscenes but suddenly in game he wants to get more aggressive #it doesn’t make sense and it’s lowkey frustrating #pls i just want nemmy to have a good reputation

[keclan]

my brother is getting us taylor swift tickets and i’m making him pick one of the locations where phoebe bridgers opens because unfortunately neither of us can justify the trip to arizona to see paramore open

#we went to the reputation tour together #so before midnights dropped i told him we should go to her inevitable midnights tour #alas i didn’t know i wasn’t going to like midnights #i don’t have the heart to tell him #and i will still have fun going so he doesn’t need to know #nobody tell him

[the-starlight-papers]

The conservative student org at my school is having a very well known politician from my home state (which recently banned gender affirming healthcare for minors) come and give a talk about wokeness.

So you know I might just so happen to have been tearing down any of their fliers that I could find over the past few weeks. They have started adding more staples and pushpins but I cannot be deterred.

Now the hard part is going to be figuring out how to snag as many fliers from the people passing them out in order to make them run out faster.

#I understand that people might have an interest in going to see this person talk solely because he is a well known political figure #but I also really wish that events like this didn’t have to come around and make it much harder for me to pretend #that I’m not on a very conservative campus #plus the guy who I’ve been working on an engineering project with stopped at open of the people giving out fliers and was talking to him #about how great it was that he was making people in the engineering part of campus aware of this event #and wow really looking forward to getting to sit with that guy in a lab for 3 hours sometime soon #also apparently I have developed somewhat of a reputation #at least in my uni’s trans support group for ripping down a bunch of fliers seems like something I would do #also. yeah I understand it’s a jerk move. they worked hard putting up fliers and doing chalkings. #but the speaker that they’re bringing in doesn’t want trans people to exist so like #you want me to not exist on your campus? I pull down your posters #qsa rarely puts up posters because we don’t really have enough people because no smart queer person would come here for colleg

[bawstens]

vault tracks are good but the production value on the re-records are so bad

max martin where were youuuuuu

#don’t say go and slut! are so v good but also so midnight coded #not tagging this bc i am not insane #style tv’s production is so bad #yes I know she couldn’t get him back bc he doesn’t like to recreate old songs but if I were her #I would be crawling to max martin to beg him back for reputation #it’s my fave album and if she’s doing these sins with 1989 which is pretty much universal loved what is she going to do with rep 😢 #sorry apparently I have more feelings about tswift than I thought I did

[yourqueenb]

The nerve. The audacity. The unmitigated gall of this bitch is astounding.

#choices loa #choices laws of attraction #choices #choices stories you play #playchoices #if you’re using your position to take advantage of people so callously like this then all of your cases SHOULD be appealed #because I’m sure that as many terrible people you put away you probably put just as many innocents away as well #I hate that we have to work with this man for the long game #I hope we still get to destroy his ass in the end #he doesn’t deserve to come out with his legacy and reputation in tact #choices app #pixelberry studios #pixelberry

[starbuck]

God. Okay. Not to still be making Jesus Christ Superstar/Black Sails posts but there’s SUCH a parallel to be drawn between Pilate and Rogers in the way they’re both desperate not to be seen as villains, not because they object to committing horrific crimes against humanity which make them inherently villainous, but because they’re afraid for their reputations and how they’ll be remembered by history.

And they both mistakenly believe that they, as leaders of imperial occupying forces, should be able to control how they’re perceived within their narratives. But they CAN’T and this infuriates them.

this vs. Rogers and Madi’s convo in 4x09. Truly nothing like telling a man who is used to there being no limit to his power “you cannot control the outcome of this situation” (or, in Madi’s case “I’m not going to let you”).

#they’re both like ‘can’t believe i’m being FORCED to be the villain by the mean people i’m oppressing :/‘ and it’s like #dude. YOU entered into this situation!!!!!!!! YOU chose the role of ‘villain’! #you just didn’t think you were gonna get caught bc you thought all your atrocities would get passed of as ‘justified’ #but NOPE hahaha fuck you! #people give JCS!Pilate a lot of shit for having a prophetic dream that killing Jesus would damn him for eternity and then doing it anyway #but that’s the whole POINT!!!!!!!! #it’s not that he doesn’t realize - it’s that he knows EXACTLY what he’s doing as he utterly destroys his reputation for all eternity #and it is SO satisfying #because that’s the whole reason he’s trying so hard to avoid crucifying Jesus - not because he’s a good or merciful person but because #he’s afraid for his good name #which is SO reminiscent of Rogers insisting on offering Madi the treaty again in 4x09 #he frames it as an act of mercy inspired by Eleanor but i don’t buy that for a second #it would just be a lot more convenient for him if he could get both a signed treaty AND the cache out of this situation #because then his debts are paid AND he can frame himself as the ‘hero’ who stopped a war that could have ended civilization #whereas if he just kills them all - he doesn’t get that glory and risks not getting the cache either #AND - as it turns out - it also leads to him being defeated and having his reputation destroyed in the historical record #i am Once Again Saying that a JCS-esque AU where Flint and Silver know the ending from the start (to varying degrees) would be SO good #and it DEFINITELY involves Rogers having a prophetic dream about his defeat and humiliation and being even MORE terrified of that happening #Billy somewhat plays Judas to both Flint and Silver but so does Silver to Flint #and i don’t feel like anybody else fits in specific boxes - it’s really just Black Sails But With Selective Narrative Awareness #and it is VERY sexy and i think about it every day of my life #anybody who wants to talk more about this MESSAGE ME - i’m about to go to bed but my brain is EXPLODING #black sails

[awek-s-archived]

ummm my mom and her bf basically just officially broke up and im??? i know it’s just bc i can’t handle change or endings / finite situations in any capacity but i feel inexplicably guilty and anxious about it even tho it has nothing to do with me

#i mean all he does really is get drunk and chainsmoke on the daily and it’s awful bc he did some. bad things #like he went to pick my mom up from work drunk. in the fucking dark. and he tried to blame her for it even tho she never told him to pick #her up. another time he got wasted and left the house for 3h even tho he said he’s only gna go to the store for a bit and he wasn’t #answering his phone and she was worried sick #and recently he started to badmouth her at work??? to her coworkers?????? and telling lies about her and ruining her reputation #bc he’s very bad at communicating and can’t take responsibility for anything so he takes it out by bitching at work #and obviously her work friends told her and she’s been 🤨 ever since #also it’s just. sad like he doesn’t take care of his hygiene on purpose bc he’s like ‘I’m not a duck I don’t have to wash all the time’ #(he showers once a month basically) and it’s not like bc he can’t for a disability reason he just doesn’t want to #didn’t pay shit til a month or two ago my mom was basically supporting everything #like there’s loads of v valid reasons that my moms had enough but I feel sad bc I don’t want her to be sad even tho she isn’t ??? #and like I said endings give me major anxiety in general I kinda wanna cry abt it like some kinda loser lol #anyway sorry.. #aweks.txt

[newjenns]

the thing that gets me about the john mulaney dave chapelle stuff is that like john is perfectly aware that he has a young and queer audience like when i saw him a week ago or whatever he made a joke about ppl who didn’t know who he was needing to ask their daughters or their not straight sons about him so unless chapelle brainwashed john into thinking he’s not a bigot and everything got blown out of proportion i can’t understand why he would’ve thought that guy would be a good guest opener 😭

#and tbf that could be the case #because john also made A LOT. of jokes about how his reputation is different now and how ppl can be fickle with how they perceive you #so he could absolutely just be extremely anti sociel media which is where chapelle’s backlash is coming from #and given his buddy the benefit of the doubt #on top of him just being a privileged white cishet male who doesn’t really have to think about that stuff #perfect storm really #i don’t know #he has the worst pr team in the world i’ve never seen someone’s career and rep change so drastically #and like when the divorce and rehab happened i was like well that’s not really any of my business he’s still a funny comedian and generally #an okay guy i’d still like to see him on tour #and a week later this shit happens like 😭 #i have bad taste we all already knew this #hashtag vent #tw transphobia

[akkivee]

dice: could be academically smart and chooses not to be; very street smart

jiro: is not very academically smart; pretty street smart

kuukou: could be academically smart but sees no point in being so; not street smart but trying to be

#this is vee speaking #different thoughts popping up and i’m just thinking aloud lol #bb in general seem to be pretty good at working the streets in their favour i think #tho it’s a little different with saburo lol #but jiro being street smart is something borne from imitating ichiro #it makes me morbidly curious if he could handle the darker aspects that ichiro had to #ichiro’s kind but i personally think jiro’s kinder and i’m very grateful jiro seems to get most of his info from his peers and urumi #i like the thought of dice actually being a genius lol he just applies himself in the most unconventional ways lol #and i like to think that brain and his natural instincts has kept him safe on the streets #that dod chapter with hanabi showed a teenage dice that was still attending school and i really wanna know when he said🖕and left home #something tells me he left at the start of the h era #which gives me some questions about the ramuda project timeline but nevermind that lol #and kuukou’s rarely home present day because he’s trying to be street smart and doesn’t have ichiro to fall back on anymore #and it actually pretty funny to think about it like this lol but kuukou might just be a delinquent because of his aesthetic lol #i mean he definitely had a reputation in middle school even before almost killing someone #but kuukou knew nothing about anything unlike samatoki and ichiro #kuukou was probably that kid who had a look on him that rubbed delinquents the wrong way and was often jumped because of it #too bad for them kuukou was already strong enough to take on multiple men at once and then his reputation just snowballed from there #so kuukou might be like a middle ground between rosho ‘in it for the aesthetic’ and samatoki and ichiro ‘grew up on the streets’ #literally just thinking out loud lol #c: jiro #c: daisu #c: kuukou👑