#and i'm not saying all those couples are the best or the healthiest

[rawliverandgoronspice]

one thing you must understand about me extremely fast is that the only pairings that make any sense to me are those where it's the worst idea you've ever heard and both participants are getting out of there in tatters

#thoughts #ganondorf and saeruk are actually the healthiest pairing I've ever written #and it's fucking saying something!!!!!!! #because it's Absolutely Not Healthy!!! #but it's still my best attempt u___u I know and I'm sorry #(that does include all my halfway home pairings btw for those in the know) #weirdly enough maddsen and gwynevir are not the worst either they do make it work for the time it lasts them #but yeah I have #“I can see people have healthy relationships in real life and that romantic love is objectively real. seems fake but ok" syndrome #so it's pretty hard to project myself re: healthy attraction and desire and couples as something that isn't a trap #this does impact my writing! in ways that are not super ideal honestly! #but oh well!!

[olive-fics]

⋆ ˚｡⋆୨-Harvest of Hearts-Abby Anderson Headcanons-୧ ⋆ ˚｡⋆

I'm sorry I can't help myself with October and my Abby Anderson head-canons tbh..hdsfkjhf

- Also this makes up for the fact I wont be doing KinkTober -`♡´-

-October held a special place in Abby's heart; it was her absolute favorite time of the year. She adored the crisp autumn air, the rich tapestry of colors that painted the landscape, and above all else, the enchanting magic of Halloween.

-Abby cherished the moments she spent with you, her girlfriend, in your shared love for autumn. Some of her most treasured activities with you included Pumpkin Patch Dates, Haunted House adventures, Apple Picking, cozy Movie Marathons, and dreamy nights of stargazing.

Pumpkin Patch Date: Abby would insist on an early start, knowing that the morning sun cast a warm, golden glow over the pumpkin patch. It was the best time to choose the healthiest and most vibrant pumpkins for carving.

-As you would wander through the pumpkin patch, she'd giggle affectionately when you picked out pumpkins with quirky shapes, unusual spots, or even ones with multicolored splotches.

-She'd suggest taking polaroid photos of each other holding the chosen pumpkins, capturing your smiles and the sunlight filtering through the leaves from the mostly barren trees.

Haunted Houses: Haunted houses held a special place in Abby's heart, and the anticipation built throughout the year was her favorite. It wasn't merely the chilling thrills or the eerie ambiance that drew her in; what excited her the most was seeing your scared face and when you clung onto her after someone in a cheesy mask jumped out at you two.

-To comfort you Abby would let you squeeze her hand and she would do the thing where she rubs her thumb over your fingers. Her touch was not just comforting but almost therapeutic, she made sure you were okay throughout the house with soft pecks and giggles.

-When startled by actors in costume, Abby wouldn't just scream, she'd also burst into laughter, turning the scares into a shared joke between you two.

Apple Picking: Abby fucking loves apples, there's no way. Abby's excitement for apple picking was contagious, and she wanted to ensure that your day in the orchard was nothing short of perfect. She'd insist on an early morning start, well before the orchard's gates opened to the public. It wasn't just about the freshness of the apples; it was about the serene ambiance of the early hours, the gentle sunlight filtering through the trees, and the crispness in the air that made it the ideal time for picking.

-Abby would gently coax you into parting your lips as she playfully stuffed the apple into your mouth making you share one with her, giggling.

-Abby paid close attention to your preferences, and if you had a specific type of apple you favored, she'd make it her mission to seek out and handpick only those varieties

Movie Marathons: Abby made sure to remember your preferences on scary movies so she could make a list to watch with you..

-The couch or bed would be adorned with a multitude of plush pillows and a couple of cozy blankets for you both to snuggle into. Abby had a way of making you feel at ease, she often became your preferred pillow since you got easily scared at these movies..

-Abby held you even closer, her arm wrapped protectively around your shoulders. She made sure to comfort you when you shook or gasped. Abby's grip would tighten briefly, as if to say, "I'm here", and "I've got you hon."

-If you fell asleep during the movies she wouldn't even be disappointed because she knew you were like this when all snuggled up and cozy..

Stargazing: Abby would lay out blankets on the grass, creating a cozy nest for both of you to snuggle into. The softness of the blankets and the warmth of her presence was all you needed.

Abby would hold you close kissing your forehead and whispering soft compliments and sighs.

Sometimes if it was damp out Abby would set up blankets and pillows just like she would in the fields and do it in the 'bed' of her pickup truck..

Okay this was really lazy, I have a headache and I need to write smth about mechanic Ellie (?)

I love Abby and October so I needed to write my fav head-cannons.. There's probably a bunch of spelling errors but..whateverr...

Okay bye bye!! -`♡´-

#tlou fic #lesbian #abby anderson fluff #abby anderson #wlw #tlou fanfiction #abby tlou #fanfic #abby the last of us #abby anderson x reader #october #fall #autumn #abby x reader #abby anderson x female reader #headcanon #abby anderson tlou2 #lesbian tag #tlou #the last of us #fanfiction #abby x you #fluff #oneshot

[yakumtsaki]

-Oh Sunset, I'm so lucky to be in a loving relationship with such a kind, loyal and non-criminally insane person such as yourself!

You're so on the money, buddy, the only thing you missed was 'sexually repelled by cousins'.

-I CAN'T DO THIS, TYLER, YOU'RE SUFFOCATING ME -I'm sorry! Also my name is Ty! -I KNOW BUT IT'S A STUPID NAME AND I'M NOT CALLING YOU THAT

She's right, Ty, and to top it off your last name isn't Union, it's like you're not even trying!

Bruh.. This chain of interactions from the hugging to the insulting to the making out took place in about 1 minute, I can't believe Stacy and Julian of all couples produced Sunset. Why can't you be more like your parents?? They were my cutest, healthiest couple ever!!

-They only thing they cared about having sex 50 a times a day! Aunt June basically raised me!!

Omg I'm looking at the pics of the spare updates I never posted because I suck and YA SHE DID, that explains so much, June is truly the platonic ideal of the hot-batshit combo.

Speaking of batshit-

-And hot!

If you say so, Barth is putting the moves on Marla Biggs, whomst we last saw when June (there she is again) used her to dump Erik-

-Yes, and that one wolf whistle from June turned me gay for all eternity, so don't even bother!

-UGH. So I guess I have no choice..

-..but to sleep with another one of my second cousins! -Oh Barth, I can't believe this is finally happening!!! -I know, Cyan, it took way too long!

We've been here for a week.

-Don't worry, nothing will interrupt this magical moment-WHAT THE FUCK I'M BEING CHEATED ON GOTTA RUN SORRY CYAN CATCH YOU LATER

Ok apparently I was laughing too hard to take a decent pic, but yes, BARTHOLOMEW CAUGHT HIS COUSIN 'CHEATING' ON HIM AS HE WAS HOOKING UP WITH HIS OTHER COUSIN. I HATE MY GAME.

-AND I HATE YOU, SUNSET. YOU BROKE MY HEART -FUCK YOU, BARTHOLOMEW, I'M NOT GONNA BE PART OF YOUR SECOND COUSIN HAREM -I HOPE YOU DROWN IN THE POOL -This was so beautiful, Sunset, I think I'm falling in love with you💙 -GET OUT OF HERE, TYLER -It's Ty! -NO ONE CARES, ASSHOLE -DON'T TALK TO TYLER LIKE THAT -That's not my name! -IT IS NOW, SHUT UP

I gotta hand it to Ty, he's in it to win it, whatever it is one could possibly 'win' when it comes to Sunset.

-Oh Sunset, you're the queen of my heart! -Gross!🥰

-Aw baby, I love spending all our awake time woohooing and doing nothing interesting, huhu!🌞 -It really is the best, thanks to your horrific LTW we don't even have to try! It's so awful people are bound to vote for us just to watch the trainwreck!

Ya I wish I had a counter-argument but you two really have this thing figured out, even I wanna watch me have a mental breakdown trying to raise your 6 asshole kids.

-Our kids are not gonna be assholes!🌞

LOL YA OK MEADOW, whatever helps you sleep at night.

-Meadow and Felina are not the only ones with a perfect relationship! Britannicus and I are also deeply in love!! I'm writing a novel about it as we speak!!!

Jimmy no offense but I literally forgot you live here and I can barely remember who Britannicus is half the time.

-THE PARTY HAS ARRIVED

Oh Britannicus here you are, thank God, you're so indispensable to this legacy!

-All you main-houser bitches look down on me but I have a lot to offer!! I'm grandpa Gunther's heir!!!

Of course you are, now give us the pizza so the people who matter don't die.

-I'll show you! I'll show you all!! >:(

Yes yes, it's been lovely catching up-

-and now it's time to get serious and break Cyan and Barth up! Hit us with your best shot, Marg, we've been on a winning streak lately with those matches, please don't go back to Cyn's leftovers.

-Got you, say no more..

-Here's Kennedy Cox!

MARGARET

-Well it's very hard to find someone Cyneswith hasn't banged!

Ok ya that's very true but Cyan is understandably like 😬 so let's try this again, here's another dollar.

-Alright, you didn't want Cyneswith leftovers..

-How about Sandy the Zombie leftovers??

I hope I don't have to explain to you why that's SO MUCH WORSE

-And I hope I don't have to explain to you that you get what you pay for when you give a dollar for a date!

Fucking touche, Marg, get out of here.

And now for another sequence of events so absolutely ridic I'm just gonna describe it with no dialogue:

So I send Cyan inside to check the college directory thing and see what available bachelors we might booty call up, but there's no one that I like for her so I send her back out to ask Margaret for another dollar date-

-once outside, we find BRITANNICUS SERENADING BARTHOLOMEW, to which Cyan has no reaction as she's probably too shocked-

-poor dumbass loved up Jimmy has no clue and is inside getting high-

-Cyan asks Marg for another date as Barth is performing the Second Cousin Vagina Monologues-

-Margaret gives us Neon Vest Zomb AGAIN and I'm like wtf-

-at which point Britannicus, who just one moment ago was serenading Barth, WOLF WHISTLES AT CYAN-

-CAUSING BARTH TO FEEL CHEATED ON AND DUMP HER

-BETRAYED BY MY OWN BLOOD TWICE IN ONE DAY! OH, THE SHAME!

BARTH SHUT UP. BRITANNICUS WHAT. THE. HELL

-I told you! >:D

Ok you know what, at least with this I feel we have peaked and there is simply no way the situation in this house can get more insane and degenerate-

-Think again!

NO FUCKING WAY. NO. SPICE WHAT ARE YOU DOING YOU'RE DATING ELDERLY GOOD WITCH, I SPECIFICALLY FOUND YOU A GF TO KEEP YOU OUT OF THIS BS

-I know but there's something almost genetically inherited drawing me to Cyan! -Yes, It's almost like our parents were into each other but there was some invisible force separating them!

YA THAT WAS THE LAWS OF NATURE

-Oh please, it was the extended family mod and we no longer have to function under its oppression!

NOTHING IN THIS HOUSE IS REMOTELY FUNCTIONING. You know what, enjoy this while it lasts because I'm breaking every single one of you mofos up, istg I feel like I'm fighting the Hydra, I chop one semi-incestuous head off and two others pop up. WELL I'LL WIN LIKE HERACLES

I'd like to end this disgusting update with this image of the rose Ty left for Sunset next to the flaming shitbag Neon Vest Zombie left for Cyan. What is this world coming to that men no longer appreciate you cheating on them with 2 of your cousins during a date?? Chivalry is dead!

#unions #gen 4 #ts2 #long post

[majaloveschris]

I agree with your points about how this relationship doesn't make sense. Sometimes I'm like wait.. is this real, and then other times I'm like - is he ok? Because he shook his head the entire time he spoke about their wedding at ComicCon.. body language! And like you said, the tone/mood shifted. He's either really uncomfortable/anxiety about it.. or this is fake. BUT, if he is uncomfortable about it with the real world.. that is incredibly sad. He should be proud and excited to show her off in a respectful way. That's me.. and this relationship has altered who I thought he was. Her crew of people seem so unlike him. And I'm just so curious how they met, what made them click so well to lead to a marriage.. It's all really confusing and interesting.

Yeah, I get that the way people reacted to their relationship wasn't the best, and I'm sure that even if this was a real relationship, it would bother both of them, but I don't think you would see that in their body language this much. 

Yeah, we can all say that people call them out for valid reasons (most times), but those words would still have some type of negative effect on the happiest and healthiest relationships. But I think what you see on them is not because of that. I just don't see love, peace, or comfort when I look at them. He always looks anxious and uncomfortable around her, and it's not like they are forced to make public appearances. And I don't mean the VF party, but they called the paps several times. I think they should be the ones calming each other down, and they seem to have the exact opposite effect on each other. 

I agree that her crew of people seems so unlike him. I know we don't, like, know them personally, but still. It's not even about the age gap, but they seem so immature. Yeah, much more than him. 

I just can't see them as a real couple. 

#majaloveschris #chris and alba pr #chris and alba relationship #chris and alba vanity fair #cevans-love

[belong2human-kind]

Hey guys, Clara here!! How are you??

I'm here to talk about something more serious right now. But don't worry!

As someone who is deeply in love with the SW Rebels saga since even before the first airing and someone who has accompanied all of the development of this amazing expansion of the Star Wars' universe, I want to say that this is one of the most diverse community I've met, and this makes me really happy about how so many different beings share the same interest and passion for this show as I do 🧡

So.. my profile won't lie huh? I'm down for a ship of this show so so bad, and if you, person on the other side reading this, still don't know what I'm talking about, let me tell you: I'm a biig sabezra shipper and fan! Since the first time I saw these two interact, I feel in love with their dynamics. And as the show continued, the sentiment that they could be one of the healthiest pairings of the entire saga only grew more. I love both characters individually, Ezra and Sabine, and also love them as a couple.

Joining tumblr and being active here about them, I entered the community and even dared to share my weird thoughts and stuff and own creations about this universe I love so much. I was so so so motivated by amazing people who gave me support to show my little creations, and I made truly wonderful friends here on the ship community that I'll cary for life. I won't lie that I am very eager about this ship so whoever I see engaging in Sabezra, I tend to follow XD (I hope this isn't too weird heh ^^)

I'm here to talk about two things.

1. I am very thankful for the friends I've made on the ship community and the series community as a whole too. Also, the majority of people I interact with are absurdly amazing, kind and sweet, and as I said, it's really touching and heartwarming to me to know that such a different and diverse community is united by one specific passion about SW. You guys are amazing, stay awesome 🧡💜

2. This being said, unfortunately, things can get a little heated up about some topics, specifically the ones involving pairings. So, I'm here to talk/ask, all of the people who, like me, are part of this community, to just remember that, at the end of the day, it doesn't matter who you support your character with or without: we are still united by the same interest, this one being the love for those characters with such deep, unique and touching stories.

The Ghost Crew is a family, and we, the fandom, are kinda like a big one too. So what I'm here to ask is: Hey, be kind to each other 🌻 Different opinions exist, but this is not only fine, this is amazing. It'd be boring if everyone on earth loved Rebels or even my favorite ship, sabezra, because if everyone did then it wouldn't be something so unique and especial, and it is. As I said before, this community is so diverse! We can enjoy different things, we actually should do that! But, by the end of the day, we're just a bunch of people who love star wars. I think we can all agree on that ^^

That being said, I also apologize. I try to not engage with any hate spreading messages, and I know that there are quite a few here on both the shipping communities and the entire community too. Nothing can really justify being mean to someone (at least that's what I believe and try to hold myself on) but I know that we never know what's really happening behind the screen for someone, even if they share. Life can be tough, I know this myself. So I apologize for all of my friends and community colleagues that might have hurt on others, and also, apologize on myself as well if I did let this happen too. As much as I try always being kind, I'm still a human, with ups and downs and one that can make some mistakes too. I try my best to make people around me (physically and virtually) to feel comfortable and embraced because I think everyone deserves that. But at the same time, we can hurt people intentionally and unintentionally so easily :( So yeah, I apologize for that. And I hope we can interact with each other with kindness and respect. I think this is one of the most important things to do as a human: be gentle to others and the nature around you.

Uhh I speak so much :'n It's 2am now and I have class tomorrow, my adhd brain is still running on circles on my head LOL so I'll be off for now. Keep awesome guys! And stay safe 🌻

#about sabezra #sabezra #star wars ships #sabine wren #ezra bridger #be kind #i hope things get better soon #i hope we can all enjoy our shared interest with kindness and respect for each other! #stay awesome guys 🌻

[michverdun]

Well, In the few months since Hadi Choopan's Mr. Olympia win, there have been no signs of him, or explanations from any official about the odd growth that occurred directly after his win. However, new information has added more to the confusion, namely that Hadi wasn't the only one who was growing.

In the confusion surrounding his upset win and the growth that followed, nobody seemed to notice, but soon after it became clear that all of the competitors in the Men's Open category were growing at incredible rates. Some have kept their growths well documented, but almost all of them have declined to talk about the situation, for fear of being considered a cheater. That is, until I was able to interview one of the competitors, provided he is kept anonymous. The contents of that interview are transcribed here.

Q: Hello. First, I just wanted to thank you for letting me interview you about this, it's very much appreciated. When do you remember the growth first occurring?

A: Hey, no problem man, it's nice to explain what I know. It was right when they were announcing placements for the top guys. I didn't place, but I still wanted to support the guys who did, so I was out in the crowd. I felt this like... dull heat? I started sweating really badly, and next think I knew I had like... the best pump I've ever had, but it wouldn't go down.

Q: Did it ever go down? And did it feel painful in any way?

A: No to both of those. I feel just constantly pumped now, and it feels good. Almost too good.

Q: Many people have claimed to noticed the growth correlating to the placement of the competitors. Has this been the case for you?

A: Kinda? I mean, I'm not as big as the top guys, like Derek or Nick, or even close to whatever Hadi looks like by now, but I'm growing faster then some of the guys who placed, and there's some other guys who didn't place who are growing crazy fast.

(Image Description: Derek Lunsford posing a couple of months after Mr. Olympia 2022. While he has not disclosed his current weight, he has grown considerably since the contest.)

Q: Do you have any examples of non-placing competitors like that? that would really put a wrench in the leading theory.

A: I mean, if you look at Antoine right now, he fucking massive! He's almost 500 pounds now, which puts him above even some of the higher placing guys.

(Note: Antoine did not place during the 2022 Mr. Olympia competition. In a recent Instagram post he posted that he was "512 pounds and still growing.")

Q: Have there been any issues in your life because of all this?

A: Physically, my doctor says I'm the healthiest I've ever been. I've heard of some guys being accused of cheating, but I never got that, plus once it was clear everyone was growing that died down. I guess the biggest issues was buying new clothes. Not many places carry 6XL. Honestly, I kind of hope I never stop growing. I got into bodybuilding to get huge.

Q: Last question, do you have any ideas to why this might have happened?

A: I'm inclined to believe it was some weird coincidence. Like, I can't think of someone who would want all of the guys competing to get crazy huge, and I'm sure the IFBB is a shitshow right now trying to explain it. Yeah, it seems like it was something random, or something trying to be nice. Whatever did it though, I'd thank them for this.

Q:Well, thank you for your time, and I hope that this growth spurt works out well for you.

A: No problem man, and don't worry, even with everyone else growing crazy, I promise I'm gonna be the biggest. they're gonna be using my chest as a billboard when I'm done.

While my interview didn't illuminate much about the actual cause of this event, It did clue me in to the thoughts and feelings of someone who was affected by this. Hopefully we'll her more from the men who grew that night, including from Hadi himself when he finally posts again.

EDIT: Hadi just posted on his Instagram for the first time since the competition. The post consisted of a video in which Hadi slowly walks over to what seems to be a heavy-duty bathroom scale, and the scale quickly errors out and breaks underneath him, which he then gives a thumbs up to the camera he is holding. He keeps himself out of the camera for the most part, but the parts that can be seen clearly show that he is incredibly muscled, even compared to his hypermuscular counterparts. It is also important to mention that the specific kind of bathroom scale he stepped on maxes out at 650 pounds. Underneath his post he wrote a quick caption, and translated it reads "don't worry, I'll be getting much bigger."

It seems that no matter what happens, 2023's Mr Olympia competition is going to be incredibly big, in more ways than one.

#muscle fiction #muscle morph

[panelshowsource]

this is such a great episode!

for anyone who hasn't listened yet — it deals with some heavy things including food addiction and eating disorders, death, and more, so anyone who wants to check it out should be aware it's about richard's own history and his self-identified "failures", and it's not particularly light-hearted or funny even though it's endearing and inspiring in many ways

i really appreciate his honesty and how carefully he speaks. he has every right to be angry — with his father leaving, with his relationship to food and shame, with the ever-present confines of modern masculinity making life so lonely for men — but he never seems to be. he just cares about being the best, healthiest version of himself. and i appreciate that he doesn't talk at people, preach, act like he knows more or best; he just knows what he knows all while seeking to always be learning more. i really appreciate him!

i've never heard of a podcast by tailors, how interesting! i listened to the episode with alex and it was really sweet! i'll post this in case anyone else wants to check it out :)

(of course 💜)

same, i'd only really heard of it because i got a bunch of messages about it! (i was a little unplugged from scripted tv when the first series came out 😅)

TOTALLY AGREE about jon pointing! his comedic timing, his facial expressions, he is just too hilarious — even though...can i just say...why was that old ass man playing a uni student X_X

anyways — i knew him from plebs!! that's quite a famous itv2 series, so you should check it out and see if you like it! i love tom basden ugh and if you check my non-panel shows masterpost i have live at the moth club and he does standup in ep1!

i am somewhat familiar with it as someone who likes to watch some of the nextup specials (alistair barrie was one i enjoyed recently!) and tries to keep abreast of the festival nominees & winners, but i don't have as much time as i'd like to really weed out my favourites only because there isn't enough time in the day and i'm already trying to watch 100 things a day 🥲

one thing i find funny is how i pay more attention to who would do well on tv opposed to who is just GOOD. like, i didn't get john kearns until stopped thinking about him in the context of dictionary corner and started acknowledging his written set as a very, very specific piece of work that really shouldn't be disassembled and consumed in morsels. but i do see my interest in — and potentially my preference for — panel shows reflected in some of the circuit guys i like, such as alasdair beckett-king, huge davies, larry david. i just know they would kill panel show world if they were pushed properly :')

i find that i like standup a lot more live than i do on screen — which i think a lot of comedians would understand!

as well, i find the discourse about how difficult it is to get started/off the ground now that edinburgh fringe is becoming less and less accessible extremely fascinating and try to listen to all of the podcasts/convos about that that i can. it's costing comedians upwards of 5k just to debut a modest set at edinburgh — which is madness. here is tom mayhew talking to bbc news about this just a couple of weeks ago...

anyways, is there someone you wanted to recommend? i would love to check out anything 😚

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daniel sloss standup — added a couple of those to drive! god i looooooved him when i was in high school and still do! highly recommend him on roast battle uk if you need extra sloss content. i'll work on the others over the next couple of weeks

alma's not normal — added to drive!

here we go — i know exactly where this is so i can hook you up but imma need you to dm/ask me off anon for the deets!

hold the front page + the unofficial science of home alone — sorry anons i don't have these on me but they're very easy requests someone can hook you up with on r/tv_bunny, so post them there!

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[mrspockify]

Loved the previous angsty ask about Mario's daughter. So have a couple more.

What if Bowser harms his daughter, whether that be physically or emotionally? (for example, having Kamek use his magic to torture her or Bowser scaring her by saying Mario will forget about her?) If Mario was bad when she was kidnapped I can only imagine how much worse his outburst will be then.

This is about King Boo this time. What if King Boo comes in the picture and traps Mia in a portrait, like in the Luigi's Mansion games? I can imagine King Boo is delighted that he got Mario's daughter, Mario would be ticked and terrified and dear old Uncle Luigi would go ABSOLUTELY FERAL and put aside his fear of KB and be a lot less merciful fighting King Boo to save his niece. Oooo the PTSD and angst this would bring! The nightmares Mia would have, the PTSD it would bring Mario and the wholesome fluff the father-daughter comfort would be.

What is Mario and/or Luigi gets injured in a battle with Bowser while saving Mia? Poor girl must feel really guilty. How would Mario and Luigi deal with this and comfort Mia?

Hope you enjoy the angst! Sorry if this is too long.

I have a hard time imagining Bowser would actually physically hurt Mia that badly. He's evil and malicious, but that's also very much a child, and I think even he has his own moral stances that would keep him from doing too much harm apart from maybe some rough handling. That might leave a few scratches and bruises still, and Mario would absolutely pick up on those immediately, and he would be furious. He'd inwardly vow to make sure Bowser's left with some of his own wounds, severe enough to be permanent reminders never to do this again. I do think Bowser would say a lot of things to Mia to hurt her, though. A lot of "this is your fault, when Mario comes to save you I'm going to finally kill him, and it'll be thanks to you setting the perfect trap, he's going to regret coming to your rescue," etc. Obviously those are lies, but once Mario rescues his daughter, he can't help but noticed how apologetic she is for some reason. When he finally pulls from her the things Bowser said, he's devastated, and he spends all night holding her and reassuring her that none of it was true, and things like that are never her fault.

I think that situation would pull together the most unstoppable brotherly duo imaginable. The moment Mario discovers what happened, he would go straight to Luigi and ask him what they needed to do. Luigi would end up needing to take charge for most of the adventure, because I think Mario would do his absolute best to fight his own fear response and trauma to being trapped in the paintings, but he would definitely be having a hard time. He'd still do everything in his power to help, but his own trauma and his overwhelming worry for his daughter would be very distracting (imagine that scene in LM3 where he's sobbing about Peach and begging Luigi to help, but even worse). Luigi, on the other hand, would be fueled by the instinctual need to save his niece no matter what. Even King Boo would be surprised at his determination and lack of mercy. He's not scared anymore. He doesn't have room for fear. Fortunately, Mia has two parents who know what she went through, so they are very well-equipped with experience and know exactly what kind of recovery Mia is in for. She also has her brave Uncle Luigi to remind her that she'll always be safe, and he will always bring her back home.

Similar to the first answer, I think Mia would struggle a lot with feeling like it was somehow her fault. The brothers could spend hours telling her it's not, but they would see the guilt in her eyes. It wouldn't be the healthiest way of dealing with things, but Mario and Luigi would 100% hide the true extent of their injuries to make her feel better, reassuring her that they weren't in pain and it wasn't actually that bad. A severe leg injury that leads to a limp being hidden by always sitting when she's around, third degree burns hidden underneath clothes at all times, pained winces kept at bay whenever she hugs them, etc. They'd do anything to keep that guilt from her eyes.

#ask #headcanons #dad mario #luigi #mario

[citylawns]

I had my last psychotherapy session for at least six months today because my therapist is going on maternity leave (I'm so happy for her, I love her so much) and I felt okay afterwards. I bought myself a treat and cried a bit.

What I really want to say and don't know quite how to say it is my therapist confirmed that I experienced sexual abuse as a child and I only just realised/remembered that a few days ago. I was crying and dissociating for days, called in sick to work, started getting veritgo that I couldn't get rid of.

But after that, I paradoxically feel the healthiest I have ever felt. I feel like everything is clearing. Like I am freeing myself. That things actually make sense for the first time in my life. I don't remember much about what happened, and maybe I won't ever remember. I think I can make peace with that, I dont really want to remember anyway. I also cant force it. But for the first time I want to take care of myself instead of harm myself at these memories and very visceral and uncomfortable emotions and I think thats also a first for me. Like over the weekend I very much did self injure in some way but I dont have that urge now. I was very much trying to hurt myself last year.

There are a couple things I want to say

(1) therapy has saved my life. trauma informed psychotherapy specific to the issues I have experienced.

(2) I share my emotions a lot on here (knowing the risk, knowing the benefit) and get people telling me "don't be sad just be happy :)" and "all you talk about is your pain is your life really that miserable?" and I want strangers who read this and think those things to understand that yes, life has been that painful. it's been devastating in more ways than I can even express but its been beautiful too, and I'm trying my best to have more beautiful moments. but you need to learn to not go around and invalidate someone's pain or tell them to change it like they have control over that because you don't know their history or what they are coping with. they might not even fully know. it's not wrong to feel bad. it's not bad to be in pain. it's not bad to be unhappy. it tells us when something is wrong. I wrote something about that a while ago before I even fully understood it, and I still forgot it and got angry at myself for feeling sad. I will keep reminding myself of my own lessons.

(3) when people say "it gets better" they are half right. we can all only speak from our own experience, so in mine I want to say that I have fought for it to get better. tooth and nail. better isn't perfect. but my god its not what life was before. better also looks different for everybody.

(4) I wouldn't change a thing about my life despite it all. I'm just so happy I get to live

#personal

[knifebaby3000]

Your OC Tian looks like he could he my OCs brother and I'm so obsessed with him. The beauty marks and the oblivious glazed over look really fucking do it for me

can u share more about him :0c

Omg thank you so much!!!!! I designed Tian to be so extremely husband-coded To Me so I'm happy some of the boxes he checks 4 me ✅ are checked 4 u also ✅🙏🏼

Tian (and Zhu) is the protagonist of two of my projects, the original and its overgrown AU. The OG is........ A xianxia romcom bildungsroman like....... Swan-maiden myth meets FFIX meets Disney Hercules.......... And the AU is what I usually draw/upload, which is a neo noir like...... FFVIII meets........ Drive (2011)....... Meets........... Disco Elysium which is a connection I'm only making right here, right now, as I type?????? Anyway OG-style Baby T is "tiger", "spring", vs Big T who is "dragon", "winter". Both are True Neutral tho I think Baby T leans Chaotic...

Some quick blips: Cap sun, Aries moon, Taurus rising, bday is 31 Dec; 6'2 188cm, ~190lbs 86kg, benches above his bodyweight; vegetarian, doesn't drink, healthiest guy you know (chainsmoking is healthy); blue MCR-coded tobacco depression wifeguy to Zhu’s red LDR-coded cocaine mania guywife

Charm points: natural curls, beauty marks, underbite

Talents: carpentry, wushu, gymnastics, fixing whatever

Likes: Zhu, tofu, his motorcycle

Dislikes: texting, cardio, doing laundry

Songs: MCR – Drowning Lessons + Fashion Statement + Desert Song (it's bad!!!!!!), The National – Walk Off, Hyukoh – 似是故人來 Like An Old Friend Arrives

Motifs: chrysanthemums, smoke, the temples, the moon

Not really a talker, he's all abt acts of service and can be hard to understand if you're looking specifically for words. I like to think of him as the lead in a Western film except the horse is a black motorbike – silhouetted against the horizon, never says more than he has to, does what needs doing. His catchphrase is basically "🆗", "Sure." Also he doesn't use guns but anything else goes 🔨

Some flavor:

More under the cut if this hateful app will let me add one 🤪

They also sometimes call him "Bodhisattva" bc he, due to Circumstances, grew up in a Buddhist monastery from age 8, along with Jin, his baby brother. He became an ordained monk at 20 but disrobed at 22 so he could help Jin thru university. During that time, he worked three primary jobs: seasonal construction worker/contractor, auto mechanic, and plumber. "why not model" No Vanities Lifestyle. He Is Just Some Guy. He Wishes He Were Still Bald. Fuck Fast Fashion Btw.

I think he's best understood thru the way other ppl talk abt him – so here are a couple names/epithets!

His maternal grandmother is a distinguished mobster known as The Old Empress, which is why most ppl call Tian "Crown Prince", "the Prince", etc. Their family is more/less popularly-elected local deities (see "city god" on Wikipedia) and he's the last of the bloodline But has been refusing to officially inherit for over a decade, though he performs all the duties anyway. Old, old agreements put them above virtually all modern law, generally thru loopholes that allow them to, for example, literally start a gang war at 23 bc you got a little too annoyed Or take an eye for an eye/publicly execute someone as ritual vengeance. Pls note that Zhu is a criminal defense attorney. Smile

With his name specifically, Tian Tian, 田 “field” + 天 “heaven/day/sky”, is his entire character – simple, no frills, unassuming on paper, but also strong, steady, salt of the earth. It's a name that once you see him both does and doesn't do him justice, like surely there's something fancier and yet between those two characters you already have the world. The name is also 9 strokes altogether! Fav number and an auspicious one – 9 heavens + if you've ever seen an imperial dragon robe, it's 9 dragons with scales in multiples of 9, eg 81.

A few bonus reasons I chose 天:

I associate him with swans (symbol of beauty but also violent, aggressive birds), 大天鹅 Big Heaven Goose

Single-character names are so elegant/Tough to me

Canonically seen as a "Fifth Great Beauty", literally a man named Heaven, the H is for Husband TO ME

FACT I decided on the monk thing after I named him and I think it's funny. His Dharma name is 釋恒心 Shi Hengxin btw which means "monk", literally, and "resolution"

Final bonus, literally my man:

#Thank u anon!!!!!!! I hope even 1% of this word wall is!!!!!!! Interesting!!!!!!!!! #I wrote this out between two Shinkansen rides and couldn't make it any shorter but I Did succeed in making it longer. My power... #Congrats on a no-doubt beautiful OC btw 🙏🏼 #Tian #Bab Talk #This wretched app is so annoying to use on mobile btw give me a break #Pls feel free to ask abt my characters btw I luv talking abt them

[manogirl]

HERE WE GO: Thai QL Favorites Tag Game! Thanks to @waitmyturtles for the tag.

Favorite Thai QL: I'm going to have to echo @waitmyturtles answer, and that's Bad Buddy. My runner-up is My School President, which is quite possibly one of the best QLs I've seen but also at least partly an homage to BBS. In terms of BBS, I've watched it so many times it's kind of silly. (I tried to do an estimate and came up with 50 watches in a year; that counts both my own watches and when I watch it through a reactor channel.) But also, it broke my world open, and I will never, ever let it go for that reason. It was the second QL I watched, and it changed my life and anyway, that's a story for another time.

Favorite Pairing: How does anyone answer this? Phew, I don't know. Right now I'm super inclined to say KanThua because I'm at the end of an Eclipse rewatch, and watching Neo play Kan's longing and fear and love and anger is just....phew. Thua is a little bit of a shit at the end of the show, but...they compel me. Runners-up? PatPran, SoundWin and KhaiThird. (I write fic about the first and last so...yeah, I find them compelling.)

Most underrated actor: I feel like if I notice acting it's because the actor is really good and everyone realizes it. Like, everyone knows Fourth Nattawat is already one of the best actors in the GMMTV stable, right? RIGHT?

Favorite Character:  Li Ming (MLC). Kao (DBK). Win (UWMA, Between Us).

Favorite Side Character: I've already mentioned so many as a part of couples, but....Tankhun from KP. The wardrobe. The lines. The love of two fish.

Favorite scene in a QL: Why are you doing this to me? Rooftop kisses always hit. Ep 5 in BBS, Ep 5 in NLMG.

Favorite line in a QL: I don't think I can answer this. First of all, I'm not sure I'm always understanding the nuance in any given scene because well, I'm watching in translation. But secondly, I simply cannot remember. Too many shows crammed into a year of watching.

Most Anticipated QL (& why): Only Friends. We're all going to lose our minds, and I for one welcome those halcyon days. I am also hyped for Cherry Magic and Cooking Crush because I love TayNew and OffGun.

Healthiest relationship in a QL: Uh. HeartLiMing? They have tons of time to become toxic.

Most toxic relationship in a QL: AlanWen. Uea's entire family in Bed Friend.

Guilty pleasure series: I don't believe in guilty pleasures. It's pretty central to the way I live my life that I own the things that I love and that I don't hide them. (FWIW, I've been reading romance novels my whole adult reading life and this is where the 'no guilty pleasures' came from; that and being a public librarian. Every day, people apologized for their book taste, and folks, it's not great to see and hear. We none of us should feel guilt for the things that entertain us.)

Most underrated series: Boy, I don't know if I know how to figure out if something is properly rated. I've been reading all the My Ride and La Pluie meta popping up on tumblr, which makes it feel like people properly treasure and rate these shows, but maybe that's only because I follow all the people who properly rate them. So uh, My Ride and La Pluie?

I feel like everyone I read on tumblr has done this, so I'm gonna throw out some random names and if you've done it, humble apologies. @jyuubin @batmanaintapeasant @callipigio @gillianthecat @fiercynn

#thai ql favorites #thai bl #thai ql

[soracities]

First of all, I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for being so thoughtful while giving an answer to some stranger's rambling. I'm one of those anons who is in love with their friend. I confessed my feelings already, as I mentioned in my previous ask and at that time we both agreed we should keep some distance. Also I got a new job, so I didn't have much time to think about her at all. I even thought I was developing a crush on someone I had just met. Our distance wasn't long enough because a few months later she was extremely sad due to breaking up with her boyfriend and her parents going through a divorce. I felt being absent from her life when she needed me the most would be too cruel, so I guess I sacrificed myself (and my feelings) a little in order to be a good friend. Our friendship developed so quickly in a couple months, we started seeing each other all the time, we see each other quite often even now. I'm sure she's still in love with her ex and that i'm just another friend for her. Sometimes I really want to tell her I can't keep doing this to both me and her but then I feel I'm just being selfish and ruining our friendship. Sooner or later, we probably will stop talking with each other. I was hoping for her to come back to her ex, so my heart would truly break and I could let go of her. But I should just accept she'd never see me the way I see her.

You wouldn't be selfish, but rather the opposite. I think any relationship we have with someone will always involve an acknowledgement and assessment of each person's needs, and, depending on the particular situation, prioritizing those needs accordingly. Sometimes you put aside your feelings to attend to someone else's, sometimes it's the other way around. What you did for your friend, showing up when she was going through something so difficult and offering her support you felt she needed, is something incredibly kind and admirable and I'm sure that your presence meant so much to her through all of that.

Taking the same approach now, and prioritizing your needs, in this particular situation as it affects you now, will not detract from what you did for her, nor will it mean "ruining" your friendship or making you a bad person. I think sometimes it may help not to look at it in terms of "ruining" what you had, but simply acknowledging that your friendship has reached a point where it perhaps cannot sustain or fulfill you both in the healthiest manner, or in the way that you both need it to. That's not a reflection on you: it's simply the nature of any connection that occurs between people who shift and change and whose emotional dynamics in regards to one another fluctuates because that is what it means to be a person relating to and living alongside other people: we have to allow for each other's growth, including growth that changes where we hold each other in our lives.

You supported your friend to the best of your ability because you cared deeply for her; when you can no longer sustain that, it's time for you to try and turn that care towards yourself because you deserve to continue to move on, too. I'm not saying it won't be difficult for both of you but, especially if you both agreed to set some distance between yourselves when you first told her, your friend should understand that you also have your own needs in this. I hope you can have that conversation with her soon, anon, and I hope you both get the space and time to heal from your individual situations 💕

#ask #anonymous #notes from elsewhere

[thedragonagelesbian]

(After Here Lies the Abyss)

Solas: Cyrus, have you been sleeping well as of late?

Cyrus: Yes. Why do you ask?

Solas: I had thought to visit you in your dreams, as I have previously done with Gwendolyn. You are no mage, nor do you possess the Anchor to tie you to the Fade, but you have spent your whole life surrounded by magic. I assumed it would be easy to locate you. When I did not, I wondered if something else might have been keeping your mind from the Fade. The stress of becoming Inquisitor, perhaps.

(if Varric is in the party)

Varric: Nope. He sleeps like a baby every time. Practically the healthiest thing about him.

(otherwise)

Cyrus: It's kind of funny. Despite everything, getting a good night's rest has always been easy for me.

Solas: And your dreams have been good as well?

Cyrus: That I'm less sure about. I never remember my dreams.

Solas: Never?

Cyrus: Not since I was a child, I think. Perhaps they're all just really boring. I'm not a mage, after all.

Solas: Yet you are still an elf. You still connect with the Fade when you sleep, however distantly. You should retain some faint impression of those visits... Curious.

--

(After Return to Kirkwall)

Cyrus: Solas, I thought you should know, when I said I don't remember my dreams, that wasn't strictly true. They were more vivid after Adamant. Still... distant, but I would wake up with these lingering feelings. A vague notion that I was being chased, or some dull sense of comfort.

Solas: It stands to reason that our physical trip through the Fade strengthened your connection to it, though what could have weakened that connection in the first place is still a mystery to me.

Cyrus: That's actually why I bring it up again. They, um... It's probably unrelated, but it stopped again after visiting Kirkwall.

Solas: That's... Hm. I'm not sure what to make of that, actually. Magical phenomena in places where the Veil is thin are one thing, but to elicit such an acute yet pronounced effect... I'll have to think on this more.

--

Cyrus: You know, Merrill has studied my... situation, if you want to compare notes with her.

Solas: I have seen Merrill's 'notes' before. Factual inaccuracies and wild speculation aside, I don't have much use for deciphering page after page of doodles to eventually reach some small, genuine insight.

Cyrus: (irritated) Next time, just say 'no, I'd rather not' instead of insulting ma kitleth.

(if Sera is in the party)

Sera: Plus, her drawings make way more sense than any of your scribblings.

Solas: Come again?

Sera: Your stuff is all blah blah blah, magic this, Fade that, theoretical techniques for the primal manipulation of your mother's arse. Daisy's stuff fits, all the right lines in all the right places. You just gotta squint a bit.

Cyrus: You've... read Merrill's notes?

Sera: Skimmed 'em a couple of times. Gotta know the best place to put the dick drawings!

#cyrus hawke #heroes and songs au #e l v e s #the dick drawings are in fact of profound arcane significance #fake banter machine goes brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[tanaka-asuka-san]

I think my mental health is at an all time low.

Read if you want, but it's me rambling about my depression for multiple paragraphs. You are more than welcome to ignore this.

At 32 years old, I've never had a meaningful romantic relationship. The closest I've ever come was awful for myself and one of the worst "first relationships" I feel anyone can go through. They had just gotten out of multiple back to back long term relationships and after asking them out, I was told that they also liked me but wanted an open relationship because they wanted to be free to date whoever they wanted for a while. Me being so happy that someone actually returned my feelings in any way, I insisted I was okay with it to my own detriment. I never felt like I was enough and I ended up not being the person they stayed with at the end, so I guess I was right.

My cat is 16 years old and is not the healthiest. He's about the only thing that keeps me going most days and I know he doesn't have a lot of time left. I really don't know what will happen after he's gone and if I think about it too much I break down.

I work in a call center for tech support because it's that, retail, food service, or manual labor. I've been passed up for promotions 5 times now in the 3 years I've been there. A couple of those by people who were less experienced and less reliable. But they wait hand and foot on management and I refuse to do that. I ask relevant questions and push back against changes that will negatively affect my department, my job, and my team. But upper management doesn't want that. Can't think for yourself, just do exactly what they want when they want and question nothing. I'm good at my job and the only thing it gets me is fuck all.

And to top it off, I've learned recently that within the next year or so, the home that I thought I finally had, won't be my home anymore. Will we even be able to pay off the mortgage by selling the house? Doubtful. The housing market is shit right now. I feel like there are other options but it seems like I'm the only one who feels that way. That was honestly my breaking point. I've cried so many times this week and I doubt that will be stopping. I can't start over again. I just can't. I'm just so tired, every fucking day, and I don't know why I even try anymore. The continue screen costs more coins every day and it feels like I'm running out.

I've been depressed for nearly 2 decades now and honestly it doesn't even feel like depression anymore. I feel empty every day of my life. I have no goals, no aspirations, and any I had when I was young have long since died. I don't even know who I am as a person. I just sit in my basement cycling between vtuber streams, games, anime, and books, all to keep myself out of my own head. I just don't know what the point is anymore.

I've always been the person who does their best to help their friends when they're going through shit and telling them that it'll get better. But all this time I've never been able to look at myself in the mirror and say the same thing. I'm so fucking fake.

I just needed to put my thoughts and pain somewhere because if I don't, I'll fucking explode. Who am I? I certainly don't know.

#i know some people from my personal life follow me on here in some form #you are more than welcome to ask me about this #i dont have it in me to gloss over any of it anymore and act like I'm okay #so I'm not going to #so if I dont seem like myself #you never knew me #you knew the me i wanted you to know

[vermontsober]

Day 1: Vermont Sober.

Ah, Christ. I really made a tumblr, at 30 years old, about sobriety. My 19 year old Tumblr self would be cocking her head to the side like a confused puppy. But here I am, a solid 10 years from my last Tumblr post, back from the grave to hopefully, bring myself back to life.

Maybe starting a blog on day 1 of my sobriety (from alcohol) journey is a kiss of death. I'm surely jinxing myself by assuming that I will make it a year, and I will look back on this like I look back on my "Sober Skier" TikTok account I made in December of last year that lasted, oh, about a month. But fuck it. I've been screaming into the void with clacks on the keyboard since I learned how to type. I NEED an outlet. Journaling in a notebook is too slow, I lose my train of thought and also lose the notebook itself.

I've gone two months without alcohol twice. Most recently, I stopped drinking from Mid February to Mid June. I learned a lot in those 4 months of clarity. I always look back on my sobriety stints lovingly, longingly, hoping to be back in the bask of the pink cloud though beer soaked eyes. It always seems so far away, yet I know in my heart of hearts that if I really WANT to- all I have to do is start today, make it through tomorrow, and I'm there again.

I've been obsessing about sobriety for the better half of almost 3 years. In fact, a binge of Clair Pooley's audiobook, "The Sober Diaries" is the entire reason I'm starting this blog in the first place. She wrote every day, starting on day 1, and I have a theory that one of the reasons I started drinking again in June is because I didn't have an outlet to help sort out my thoughts. I didn't want to start drinking again- at all.

So many amazing things began to happen around that 4 month mark. I had made moves and changes to my life that aligned with my values in such a short period of time. I began to truly love the person that I saw in the mirror. My partner, Mike, said he saw the changes in me. Then came my 30th birthday where my mom invited my siblings and their partners for a weekend in the mountains, and suddenly I felt the enormous pressure to drink. In reality, nobody would have cared if I'd abstained that weekend- but trapped in my mind was the thought that I would ruin the weekend that everyone went out of their way to attend for me because I'm a sober bore. If I had somebody to talk to and understand the pressure, or if I had, say, a blog to rant to where those thoughts trapped bouncing around my brain could escape and I could start to make sense of them, I would have realized that instead of caving to them.

I thought maybe that I could moderate the drinking this time. That I had taken enough time off to fix my consumption rates. But like clockwork, after a couple months of moderate imbibing, the scale has tipped, and I spent last evening throwing up in my lawn and spending today trying not to throw up and periodically crying over how much my head hurts.

I know that I can do this. I know that I want this. I know that I WILL do this. And this fricken' Tumblr is going to help me get there, damnit.

I am NOT going to let other people's perception of my journey stop be from being the best, healthiest and most peaceful version of myself. Self reflection is important, along with accountability.

There's so much that can be said about addiction, about alcohol. But the one thing that I wrote down the other morning after a long night of too much boozing, with sweaty, shaking hands, through dizzy vision...

"You can't live your best life hungover."

And ain't that the truth.

(P.S- the name "Vermont Sober" is a play at "California Sober" as I live in Vermont and still smoke weed. Hey, one thing at a time here.)

[ladyonfire28]

What other F/F couples you like from tv shows or movies?

Those are the first couples that come to mine. And please keep in mind that i haven’t watched everything with wlw stories in it !!

Movies: Ronit/ Etsi in Disobedience, Carole/Delphine in La belle saison,  Mia/ Frida in Kyss Mig, Hideko/ Sookee in The Handmaiden, Carol/ Therese in Carol

Series: Root/ Shaw in Person of Interest, Danvers/ Sawyer in Supergirl, Cris/ Joana in Skam España, Andrea/ Colette in Call My Agent, Rue/ Jules in Euphoria

#i havent seen Rafiki or Mullholand Drive for instance #or shows like Dickinson or i am not okay with this #and i'm not saying all those couples are the best or the healthiest #but they're interesting to me #ask #anon