#also squad goals

[harlquinzels]

-Returning here... Who decided on that? -Oh, that's right... I have a letter from Mom.

#sailormoonedit #smedit #sailor moon #usagi tsukino #rei hino #ami mizuno #minako aino #mikoto kino #and more #the squad #*sm #* #i love when everyone criticizes usagi's handwriting #also ami's outfit is goals

[devilsrecreation]

I will never get over Njano’s little 😈 grin it’s so adorable

Look at this evil lil gremlin

#danganya would be so proud #i love him sm #he’s one of my fav outlanders #definition of mischief right there #he’s so adorable when he’s being mischievous #also i love the pic with the other skinks #squad goals #and him with ushari is perfect #tlg outlanders #the lion guard

[foursaints]

i have literally never been interested in the slytherin skittles until hearing your interpretations of them (excepting reg). still not really interested in any other versions of them tbh, yours are superior! i’m especially in love with how you present evan and pandora!!! they are fucked up little victorian children who you would think were ghosts if glimpsed them walking around their estate !!! they are creepy twins who hold hands all the time and don’t blink and speak in riddles!!!!! in another life, they were one. and now they are separated forever by death, and how fucked up is that??? anyways live laugh lobotomy your blog is ever so captivating and i love it!

sometimes a family can be a pretentious emo boy experiencing grimm's fairy-tale levels of "woodcutter's secondborn son solving an impossible riddle" doom & anguish at all times, a boy so committed to living solely in opposition to everything Good & Expected & Sensible that he's effectively forfeited his personhood entirely ( fairytale in reverse: he's a real boy becoming a puppet), and the fucked up twins from Hansel and Gretel except they're both convinced they're the one who made it out of the woods (when really they're both the one left in the cauldron)

and they're all huddled quietly together under a tablecloth at a pureblood summer luncheon one of their parents is throwing.

#a #idk why this ask took on a fairytale theme but im thinking about it now. rosier twins also giving rumpelstiltskin. #they would spin flax into gold... #anyway barty & pandora are the ones riding the bicycles and reg & evan are the ones sitting on their handlebars. do u see... #I still cannot believe they all became terrorists together (except pan). literally squad goals

[red-elric]

beta kids really are such a ride or die squad ugh like they all like each other so much. 'there is no dave vs john thing' 'rose is my friend she just sent me the code for her crystal ball' like theres no hesitation!!!!! theyre friends they get annoyed w each other but never really MAD. dave will get pissed at rose for deep diving into his psyche and uncovering things he doesnt wanna think about and then hell continue texting her about his dreams. john loses his shit and is generally really annoying around jade and shes just like 'john are you okay' rose tears apart johns house and hes just like 'do u see the problem here.' but its all just jokes :,) rose has a little teen angst about everyone but when they force her to talk to them she makes jokes about her grimdarkness to make them feel a little better. like ahhh theyre besties in ways the trolls (alternian and beforus both) and the alphas really are not ❤️

#it me #beta kids #homestuck #john egbert #rose lalonde #dave strider #jade harley #theyre also all really cute..... peak characters #will agree that some of the alternian trolls are as ride or die as the beta kids tbh #karkat and terezi in particular have a little bit of that sweetie pie je ne sais quois #but man w the betas..... SQUAD GOALS #truly tho the way john/dave and rose/jade dont even HESITATE when the trolls try to spark rivalry between them #even dave when he gets a little put out over not being able to catch up to john #theyre just...... so good

[volivolition]

suggestion do you have... any wants? like obviously you do but like? suggestion my guy my ourple boy. both the easiest and hardest to write. you need a skill to say something to move conversation along but it doesn't fit any skill in particular? about 80% of the time you can have suggestion say it and it will make sense. but like actually characterizing him... how do i define you dude... what makes your character tick... urgh. i dont get you yet. im trying to understand but you are difficult.

#chemi chats #there are some skills that i just dont understand yet and that just means i have to work on their character study chapter #im reading his bio and i think suggestion is a good manipulator and it's instinctive and he tries not to feel bad about it? #he's clever!! charming!! friends with savvy and drama. planting seeds in the mind and coaxing them to grow towards him like he's the sun. #a crude oil reservoir lying beneath a carefully laid flower bed. taps into the roots. the plants don't know any better than to drink. #he's great at sensing what makes people tick and uses that to his advantage. he needs goals to look forward to so he knows how to best #pull the strings to get them there. otherwise he's a bit aimless. he likes being useful. and since influencing others is helpful #he just keeps doing it? because it's what he's good at. and he tries to convince himself its fun and cool and just cuz hes charming and #it's his role as a skill and manipulation isnt thaaaat bad because it's helpful to them after all... but he does feel bad sometimes. #oh im listening to his voice lines and i just got to ''brother you should have put me in front of a firing squad'' and im sad about him now #but what do you want for short term little guy?? probably for people to like him. he likes chatting with people. i bet he'd like genuine #conversations with no strings attached but there's always some part of him filing information and tidbits away that he can't turn off #subconsciously figuring out things he can hold over them or how he can nudge them into thinking someth-/wait.../ no. no he's just talking. #he's /supposed/ to just be talking stop analyzing them stop falling back into that just have a normal conversation!! but he can't help it.. #hm. this is all really helpful for his chapter. he and empathy are very alike but also different. very interesting... #task: swept up #okay good talk everyone i think i understand him a little better now lmao?? still gotta figure him out some more hes not fully there but ye #also i think he goes by whatever pronoun you think he'd use. just ''oh what do /you/ think i am hm?? what /would/ i use; do you think?? :)' #funny fella. i love you.

[slightlytoastedbagel]

actually On Your Feet gave us two good things (well. three if you like Realize which I do). Kohane's "it's frustrating" line and the great crack fic idea of Vivid Bad Squad getting cancelled online for skipping school to yell at The Kotaki Taiga as he was about to go back to America.

#no because. he went there to continue radder's dream yeah? the one about becoming world successful musicians #and they had a record label for a bit. they were definitely going to make it at least somewhat. #so we can assume taiga is at the very least a semi well known musician yeah? #one that someone about to either leave or enter japan might know about. who will see this musician they enjoy #being shouted at by a high school girl in her school uniform about how they will surpass him or something along those lines #with three other kids (in uniform from a different school) standing behind her #and then going onto sekai universe twitter to post about it and the taiga kotaki fans taking it by storm #taiga gets off the plane in america and finds he's trending and it's because people are making fun of a blurry picture of his ex pupil #meanwhile vivid bad squad just don't know because it was contained entirely on twitter and. #be honest can you see any of them having twitter because i can't. an maybe but akito doesn't have time for social media and toya is toya #and kohane is a tumblr girlie if i've ever seen one #however it does give the great concept of someone else seeing it and debating if they should say anything #because mmj definitely has an official account they could have seen it on and also there's ena shinonome and mizuki akiyama #but anyway this also means when they do put on the event to surpass rad weekend (or whatever their goal ends up being) #there will be a crowd of people looking at it and going “isn't that the group of kids that twitter made fun of ages ago?” #and then taiga kotaki stans on sekai universe twitter will be stunned because they did in fact surpass him #if it wasn't for the gcses i would write this but alas. enjoy my weird thoughts #bagel's rambles #project sekai #i am scared to main tag this one but. fuck it we ball

[sailforvalinor]

Who doesn't like Edmund??????? HOW can they not like Edmund?????????? He's the best of the Bertrums!!!!

Well, to be fair, being the best of the Bertrams is not too difficult, lol.

But yes, a LOT of people dislike Edmund, like, probably the majority of the Austen community. I agree!!! It’s so frustrating!!!

Like, Darcy insulted Elizabeth’s family to her face and actively separated her sister from the man she loved, Captain Wentworth ignored Anne’s existence and courted other girls in front of her on purpose, Edward was engaged to another woman while courting Elinor, and we give them passes, but we come down so hard on Edmund for *checks notes* letting Mary ride on Fanny’s horse for too long.

Yes yes, obviously there was more to that incident, but the point still stands—Edmund has committed far less grievous mistakes than most Austen heroes, but he’s the most hated. Why is this??

There’s a couple reasons for this, I think: we never get to see him actually in love with Fanny, and, unlike most Austen heroes, he never gets to perform any sort of grand gesture to make amends for his mistakes. We know that he does fall in love with Fanny and that these amends must have been made (especially seeing how quick he is to apologize to Fanny when he realizes he's been neglecting her in other places in the novel), but Austen deliberately chooses to narrate these events without actually giving them to us directly. Admittedly, this frustrates me, but I understand why: Mansfield Park is not a love story. There is a romance in the story, but that isn't what the narrative is fundamentally concerned with--the narrative is fundamentally concerned with Fanny's development and strength of character independent of (you might even say in spite of) the other characters in the novel. Unlike Pride and Prejudice or Emma, Fanny's character development is not incited by the actions of the hero (which, to be clear, I don't have any issue with--Mansfield Park just has a different narrative formula). Fanny overall is what you might call a static character--not in the sense that she is not fleshed-out or well-developed, but in that she does not go through a lot of character change. Rather, instead of her arc being about changing to become a better person, her arc is about her struggle to remain the good person that she is in spite of outside pressure to change to become more like the rest of the world. (For a really good example of a static character arc, look no further than Captain America!) It's not that Fanny doesn't go through any character growth whatsoever, she definitely does, but this growth overall roots her more deeply into what she believed before, rather than inciting change. The more I think about it, actually, the more it seems like Mansfield Park is a typical "Austen" story told from the perspective of the love interest.

It is actually Edmund who goes through the more dynamic character arc that we associate with most protagonists--which is why I've been thinking for ages that a retelling of Mansfield Park from his perspective could be REALLY interesting. Because told from his perspective, Mansfield Park undoubtedly becomes a love story where it did not hold that status previously. And Edmund would make such a great protagonist!!! There is SO MUCH about his character that I find absolutely fascinating. He of course has a very strong moral compass, which is something I've always admired him for, and despite his attraction to Mary and delusion about her character, is never once even tempted to change his profession from a clergyman to earn Mary's love. We really don't give Edmund enough credit for coming out so well-adjusted and morally upright as he did, coming from a family like the Bertram's. He is also fundamentally very kind, but what's so interesting about him is that he is not, though he certainly tries, always the most attentive. He certainly never neglects Fanny on purpose and is horrified when he finds out that he has, but the fact still remains that he is not the most emotionally perceptive (I'm actually very tempted to draw some parallels between him and Catherine Morland here). Edmund possesses a lot of book-smarts, but is somewhat lacking in social intelligence--or, for lack of a better term, street-smarts. I don't know what textual evidence there is to support this, but I've always had the impression that up until the beginning of the novel, Edmund hadn't had much experience mingling in society, given how as soon as he finished college he was brought straight home to manage Sir Bertram's estate while he was away in Antigua. Regardless of whether or not this is actually the case, it's clear that Edmund is a terrible judge of character despite how morally upright he himself is, which is absolutely fascinating to me. (Again! Catherine parallels!!) Fanny makes a direct contrast to Edmund in this regard--she does not possess the same book knowledge or have the advantage of the education that he had, but she is, though unconsciously, the most emotionally intelligent person in the room and the best judge of character in the entire book.

It is this contrast, but with their shared beliefs about the world and what is right and good, that cements my belief in how well-suited they are for each other. Edmund does not challenge Fanny to change, but Fanny's steadfastness of character does motivate Edmund to change--when he realizes that she perceived what sort of person Henry Crawford was all along and that she was right to refuse him, it exposes to him just how blind he is to the character of others. Edmund basically goes through the same sort of arc that Austen's heroines go through, but this time the roles have been reversed! IT'S JUST SO COOL

Anyway, sorry for rambling. TL;DR, I'm not going to try to convince you that Edmund Bertram is on the same level as Mr. Knightley or Mr. Tilney, but PLEASE examine him critically before you write him off as trash, because he really isn't.

#blorbo from my regency novels #sorry this took so long i wanted to be able to give a full reply #i held myself back from giving my take on the edmund x mary shippers because that would've been a LOT #but suffice it to say i hate it given how much mary fundamentally disrespects his profession and therefore his goals in life #could she have changed her mind someday? maybe but it would take a lot of work #fanny is better for him in the end because their beliefs about the world are so aligned and she actually respects him as a person #which is. you know. why she's the one he ended up with #(also i feel like people would be MUCH more offended by her attacking ed's chosen profession if it were literally anything other than him #going into the clergy. just saying) #mansfield park #edmund bertram #fanny price #jane austen #edmund bertram defense squad

[dreamyeyedrose]

you won't believe half the things I see inside my head wait 'til you see half the things that haven't happened...yet

#akeshu #akeshu edit #taylor swift edit #ravi rants #my edit #ravi oc #I've been trying to do more things that I want to but that intimidate me #especially after matpat's video about saying yes and failing at golf #this is the first edit I've ever done like this #it's not going to be the last simply because I have loftier goals for learning how to edit #I'm pursuing a lot of scary art things #digital photo editing and play direction and.... #well it was pointed out to me by a gift of a friend #by a new member of the bestie squad #that....cinematography would be a good meld of those two #and i think i could be good at it... #but that means i have to get good at editing #and also of putting my work out there #because if I don't the main person I'll disappoint is myself #and no one else can be disappointed because they don't know what I'm capable of #......and truthfully I don't know what I'm capable of either.... #so I want to take it upon myself to find it out #and let people see me along the way #regardless of how...... fundamentally terrifying that is as a mere concept #let alone an execution of decisions and choices that i have to commit to #......because i deserve to find out.

[fastwiemagie]

When you're running a J-fashion Bring & Buy with your local lolita community but feel more like wearing mori kei on the day... mori lolita it is!!!

Morning temperature was 12°C, so I wore nylon tights, a knee sock for my bad left knee, a white lace cardigan and my newly thrifted pastel green jacket and a golden scarf. Was chilly but okay.

When I left the subway station on my way to the event two goth girls approached me and squealed over my outfit and how adorable and cute I was! They were even fellow fat girls. That was so precious!! Made my day from the start! I got an insane number of compliments that day! So much love!! Thank you everyone! That sure does wonders. Someone on insta commented "you look like a lovely flowery breeze of spring". They have a way with words for sure!

I bought the wrist cuffs at the bring & buy because they matched my outfit so well (and are very beautiful!). Also bought a red bonnet by Angelic Pretty and can't wait to style it with my little Red Riding Hood Cape (I've converted an old school Baby the Stars Shine Bright skirt into that cape). Both have lovely red velvet! A match made in lolita heaven! Couldn't resist the cute pins and lovely flower resin charms either. But hey, I have new work and more money to spend! So I'll support my local artists!! As you should.

#all the layers #squad goals #egl community #plussize j fashion #plussize mori #plussize mori lolita #mori kei #mori girl #mori lolita #thrifted fashion #second hand fashion #this outfit is pretty much half handmade half thrifted #thrifted: green jacket and golden scarf and white crochet shawl and short sleeved crochet cardigan #vampire lady doll head is old miss danger #support indie brands and artists #i bought the wrist cuffs at the bring and buy #and the red bonnet #also 4 cute pins from this artist cuteparadise.at #and two flower resin charms from my friend royalduck_auris #you can find those two artists on ig #tulip pin was a present from my friend #you know who you are and thank you #lace headband was also a present from another friend #love wearing presents and having my friends with me #thank you for supporting me #aren't we squad goals? #i'm so happy to have the girl gang i always dreamed of as a lonely teenager #love my lolita friends a lot #guessing game: how many of us are queer? #handmade stuff: includes a green skirt and bloomers and the dress with the pointy skirt and a blouse and a gilet and the kneesock

[harryswinks]

should have put the ball in the back of the net then shouldn’t you

#also… sitting back and defending suggests we weren’t trying to get over the half way line #which isn’t true #our football IS risky because we tried to play and arsenal kept winning the ball back #anyway watching players i hate have stinkers in front of goal hehehehe lovely stuff #but we showed with our goal that when it does work it’s good which is exactly what the original tweet was saying?? #we’ve not changed how we play at any point this season #we don’t have a squad as strong as arsenal or chelsea or city or united and even if we’re getting beat we’re not giving up and that’s the #point!! that’s what we want to see #arsenal fans are SO entitled i don’t care if you’re used to winning all the the time and used to beating us #they’re sore losers and it’s kind of hilarious #stacey speaks #and actually they kept fouling us too!!! it’s not like we just banked up

[snackoons]

two dumb bitches telling each other "exaaaactlyyyyyyy"

#besties being squad goals even #also this post is for nico

[ilackallhonour]

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#ehhh i’ll probably regret using tumblr like a diary later #but sometimes i want to share a little story from my little life #went to a röyksopp concert in Amsterdam last night #and my two friends and me ended up in the middle of what was very obviously #a polycule and/or a group of queer friends #consisting of 7 dilfs and one (1) woman (squad goals tbh) #and seeing them dance and have a good time with each other was so lovely #like good for u gents we love to see older queer people thriving #also one of them was extremely attractive to me (RIP) and i really tried my best not to stare at him #because being a creep isn’t cool #but in my defence he looked like a tall and muscular izzy hands #complete with grey beard and slicked back grey hair and earring and tattooed arms #and like one hour into the show my friend leaned in and said #did you notice that man kind of looks like izzy #and i was like yes darling i have actually been wildly aware of this fact for the past hour or so #and the show was SO good and röyksopp themselves were clearly having a blast too #bc they went “oh im sure we could do one more? would you like one more? shall we just keep this going?” #they ended up playing for THREE hours #my knees are wrecked from dancing ahahah #do you know that feeling that you get sometimes when you’re totally in the moment #and everything is actually perfect #and you are also able to appreciate the fact that this is a moment of perfect happiness #they usually only last about 30 seconds maybe but they’re so good?!! #just felt so lucky to be sharing a beautiful night with the beautiful people of this world <3

[themyscirah]

Why are recent comics incapable of being at all normal about Amanda Waller

Hate this so much

#i have a lot of reading to do bc im actually not at all caught up on her current appearances #but all the stuff im seeing is just. so bad. bad bad bad #like wyy is she some horrifically evil supervillain that only exists to manipulate people and have no goals except like evil like GUYS #shes just a very ambitious lady who also sucks. and you're supposed to root for her. shes the main character of the suicide squad like cmon #blah #just saw the absolute power solicits or whatever the hell #was going through a full waller readthrough to make a reading guide a while back but it stalled up a bit #need to work on that more esp with rhe recent stuff so i can like. actually know what im talking about #but i dont trust any of these ppl with her #like idk was maybe hoping the nicole maines suicide squad would be semi decent w her but thats very doubtful w the event and recent waller #comics plus also shell likely just be used as a horrible bad guy to make dreamer more sympathetic or whatnot #i dont know i dont know #should read more comics before i start throwing out opinions

[modernghostfare]

okay. things everyone new to cod needs to know:

1 play multiplayer.

2 soap doesnt LIKE DOGS

#i liked the setup of mw19s multiplayer with there being opposing sides but also separate squads with their own personal goals #i have no fucking idea whats going on w mwii but i dont think könig is ever going to work w like.. price and them

[darlingdesiredelicious]

((what are these hugging clips

plz tell me my OG tav can now truly be besties w astarion w/o having to smash))

#ooc #my tav astarion and karlach are squad goals #laezel is there also but she is shy lmao

[southstand]

sometimes i think people just throw words around and don’t truly understand the meaning of the word ‘rebuild’

#chill out please. obviously it’s frustrating being out the cup so early in the season and that #especially due to team selection but it’s also like we should be able to trust our squad and give them minutes it’s literally just good #player management. ange needed a competitive game to assess his players like every other manager does #now were 9 changes the way to do that? idk man am not a prem manager but perhaps not #but now he knows who’ll make the mark and who doesn’t. like be serious did anyone truly believe we would win anything this year? #the rebuild’s gonna be painful man we will lose games and lose them badly is this the wake up call you needed? #all things considered this wasn’t even a bad loss they won off an unlucky own goal and pens #we win together and we lose together! sure we’ve been doing a lot of that losing this century but the club is on an upward trajectory #just give him time and a few windows and give the players time and patience too #it’s frustrating of course and nobody is above criticism but we’re literally 4 games in #it happens man. it’s a cup game. wild shit happens. #we move! 🤍 #rahul.txt