#and if none will change yours?

[buggachat]

seeing a lot of talk of the season 5 finale, which is fun, i get that it was controversial (honestly the fact it was really risky is kind of one of the things i like about it lol) and wanting to add my two cents but can't think of much i haven't already said before

but something i do want to emphasize is that season 5 ending on Marinette telling the biggest, boldest faced lie she's ever told (that goes far beyond "protecting her identity") to kick off the Lila arc is by far the coolest thing they could've done imo, because I was not at all excited for the Lila arc before but now I'm totally invested. Now Lila isn't the Evil Liar to be taken down by Good Marinette. Marinette is the liar to be taken down by the very liar that she took down. It's not a story of "defeat that freakishly evil girl" anymore, but instead a story of "Marinette's own actions and decisions coming back to bite her". And the lie itself (WHICH LILA KNOWS IS A LIE!!) only exists because, and is most impactful towards, her relationship with Adrien, which is the core of the series!! I CARE about their relationship, and that's the stakes!!!

I just cannot get over how cool that is, and how much I didn't expect it. I know we all were expecting a big fight with Ladybug and Chat Noir just defeating Gabriel and then watching Chat Noir cry or whatever in the few remaining minutes of screen-time and then it's all over and done with, but that's a series finale. This was a season finale. And they did something really unique and unexpected with it, while making sure it's a juicy season-finale conflict that leaves me actually excited about season 6

also, a side note— I think the framing of the finale made this confusing so I totally get why discussions about it are kind of all over the place, but... 90% of the post-wish stuff we saw had nothing to do with Gabriel at all. It was all Mayor Bustier, who was already running for mayor and wanted to enact green laws and projected to win (she was up against D'Argencourt, the character whose schtick is that nobody ever votes for him in elections). I don't think Gabriel's wish included "Please, Gimmi, I want my son's school teacher to win the mayoral election this year" lol. So a lot of talk of "why is Gabriel's World presented in such a positive light?" is kind of weird to me. That's not Gabriel's World. That's Caline Bustier's. All we know so far about Gabriel's World is that Nathalie is in it and he is not. And frankly, the fact everyone is so happy and cheerful and living it up after his death is more a roast than anything

( also, just a reminder that the presentation of Gabriel's statue— the only scene discussing Gabriel in a positive light by someone In The Know— was done by Tomoe Tsurugi, a series antagonist, vowing to continue his work, with a song in minor key playing in the background. i feel like the question of "was this meant to be unsettling or triumphant?" is pretty obvious. just wanted to remind everyone. also by definition characters cannot celebrate gabriel as a "hero" without in the same breath celebrating monarch's, aka gabriel's, death. yknow? )

#ml s5 spoilers #re-creation spoilers #ml re-creation #recreation spoilers #ml recreation #as w all my posts this really isnt meant to be an invitation for you to tell me what you didnt like about it #i do GET IT because i think this finale was very risky and intentionally controversial so im not surprised/dont blame you if you hate it bu #i've heard a lot of arguments against it and tbh none have been able to change the fact that I actually like it a lot so #idk would probably be more productive to make your own post about it haha #also side note: WOOOOOOO THE MYSTERIOUS WOMAN CONFIRMED TO BE AMELIE WOOOO #me hearing that it was confirmed like ''why am I gasping? i already knew that''

[positivelyadhd]

i have been reading through the diary I kept from ages 14-17 and realising how helpful it can be to keep a record of how you're feeling at different moments.

not only is it helpful to write down and process how your feeling and give yourself time to truly think about it, it's nice to have something to look back on. to not just remember how you felt about a certain situation but to actually have yourself from that time tell you.

and also, from an adhd perspective, it's really lovely to have reminders of things I'd almost entirely forgotten. it's easy to think that your life right now isn't interesting, but in 5 years time? to know what songs you were listening to or book you were reading or even that Thing that you were so worried about but now you can't even remember the details. it's nice to have a physical reminder that time passes and things really can get better.

#i think part of whats makes it so special to me is that (like it is for a lot of people) those ages where so *much* #and i was so stuck in my head and socially anxious and i feel like those years of school rly shaped who i am now ect #but id kind of forgotten? its become a blur emotions over time and its nice to see it clearer #but also how i changed? and to read into it and see what i did or didn't write #im also a big fan of the inner child and doing things for your younger self and its a lovely gift to have her speaking to me directly #also if you want to journal i highly recommend doing it in a normal notebook rather than a pre planned one #it gives you the freedom for it to be whatever you want with none of the pressure #recovery #tips

[boliv-jenta]

Yet again, I feel like I need to justify my place in the Pedro Pascal fandom.

When I say I'm a fan of 'Pedro Pascal' I mean I'm a fan of his work, his incredible talent for choosing and creating amazing characters. I'm a fan of the persona we see in interviews and on social media. This energetic, funny, articulate, kind man who often advocates for others.

I don't actually know that much about him. I don't care to. My enjoyment of his work would not be enhanced by knowing where he lives or who he spends his time with. His personal life has no effect on his work, and his work is all he's obliged to offer us as an actor.

I cannot fathom why people push into his personal life. If you did that on the Internet to a random person, it would be considered wrong, but because he's famous, you think he's fair game. It's still wrong, and you should be ashamed.

#pedro pascal #let's advocate for him for a change #leave him alone #stop saying shit about him #his personal life is none of your business

[avornalino]

lizbeth lovell :: leader and main vocalist of Starstruck, the newest biggest girl group in town 🎤🌟

what she wore in their newest mv; what she wore on stage at simapalooza; what she wears to dance practices

#ts4 #the sims 4 #*starstruck #*lizbeth #more info on the other members coming soon... #aka whenever i feel like taking their pics :) #im hesitant to post these bc i feel like her outfits are gonna change so much ive been struggling so much with it i think i need more cc #anyway im still workshopping the group dynamic and all that like im still figuring their genre and stuff #ive been listening to a little kpop recently so i wanted to do like an americanized version #however! i found a group called blackswan which is kpop but none of the members are korean which is interesting so like maybe? but idk #anyway yeah i have a few tidbits of lore about her so if youre still reading heres a lil spoiler... shes the niece of a certain celeb...... #i just think nepotism is a fun thing to work with idk !!!

[sivvan]

@userdramas event 11: inspiration

↳ oh yoon-seo + insp

#touch your heart #mine #userdramas #asiandramanet #kdramaedit #kdramanetwork #haeyeongs #lextag #udeokmis #userginpotts #userhannah #roserayne #ubareums #this was meant to be a 5 gif set buttttt i probably won't have the motivation to finish it before the end of the event so #i'm posting it!! #pretty happy with how this came out seeing as i was already accepting that i wouldn't get anything out for this month #but i realised after finally finishing that last gif that none of the gifs are of her absolutely blinding smile #but i worked so long on that colouring so i was like i can't change itt even if i could find another scene that worked #anyway she!!!!! perfect!!!!!

[beebfreeb]

I wish people on the internet were more regular about mentally ill people. (Semi-recent experience)

#funny talking tag #if you know you know . none of your busiess. #fyi i have changed nothing abt the og oc he is still perfect (character wise. to me. subjectively) i just understand him better

[chaos-potat]

You chose friendship reassurance

Next

#“None of this is your fault”..... #that line always hurts #That would never change that he feels like it is #Casey needs comfort #Casey should feel happy again #It's hard for him to tell when he deserves those things #childhood dreams tmnt au #tmnt #tmnt 2012 au #tmnt donatello #tmnt 2012 #tmnt casey jones #tmnt donnie #tmnt 2012 casey jones #tmnt 2012 comic #tmnt casey #tmnt casey 2012 #tmnt comic #tmnt 2012 donnie #tmnt 2012 donatello #my art

[mollysunder]

Time travel is pretty op in League, and doubly so in Arcane, the drawbacks might be devastating tho.

This exchange always comes to mind because it's so ironic, Ekko does that all the time with the Z-Drive he just doesn't have it right now. For the concept to then be straightforwardly called out as dangerous just screams dark foreshadowing to people (Ekko) who practice it.

Ekko even has a real voice line where he jokes about the after-effects of time travel.

#arcane #ekko arcane #ekko #ekko is such a well of angst #it's already a mindfuck to literally experience other timelines none of your companions remember or expeirenced #so you there's a lingering feeling that you can't be sure it happened #but you have this power and you KNOW it did but some timelines are SO horrible why bother believing it happened #now include the possibility of BRAIN DAMAGE #and even if he noticed Ekko would still keep going becuz if he had the opportunity to change things from going wrong he'd take it #look at what happened with cait and the crystal he wanted to use it and was steered away #Ekko's probably going to be more reluctant to listen to other's caution and follow his gut #arcane meta #ekko lol #league of legends

[cowboyvillainz]

herostaire. I like him.

something I have never done before is draw out the way a character's fashion sense progresses over time. it was super fun to think about... I love to draw clothes and this took it to another level by mixing it with characterization and story arcs. TASTY!

#alistaire #but like.. actually not technically?? #fine he gets a tag #herostaire #heres the part that doesnt matter: if youre confused by the names up top #alex is his name before he changes it #since he has a secret identity as a hero he keeps his boring birth name #he changes it later to be cooler and more awesome and dope and have more swag #tarnished and sterling are the universe names #he gets yoinked out of his home universe tarnish and plopped into sterling #with none of his belongings #and crashes on that universe's charlie's couch for 8 months

[laurfilijames]

I am back from 5 days of debauchery in AZ and promise to be active on here again by the end of the week/weekend. If you've sent me an ask, I've seen it and am eager to get to answering it! If you've tagged me in something, I've also seen it and will try my best to save some spoons to get to it as well 💗

I haven't slept in....many hours now, and my eyes and brain are not at all functioning, but I've missed my man Charlie (and all of you too!) and have a little fic in the works I hope to get out in a reasonable time to honour his birthday 🤴🏼🎂🥳

In the meantime, please never hesitate to continue to send asks, gifs, questions about upcoming works etc to help keep me going!!

Lots of love to you all💗💗

#clubbing in your thirties is a tough go #time changes are a bitch #and planes have the most uncomfortable seats in existence #but your girl had a ton of fun and learned she still has what it takes to get free drinks and eye fucked by men 🤣 #none of them were Charlie though 😒

[greenerteacups]

What do you think as Hermione's career would be post battle of Hogwarts? To me her being minister for magic really doesn't make sense. She does not have patience or tact to wade through murky waters of politics 😭😭

So hard to say! The Trio are so, so young when we leave them, I find it almost impossible to project their futures farther than a few years out. The job that suited me at 17 would be radically unsuited to me now. That's why of all the Trio, Ron's ending strikes me as the most realistic — he jumps straight into the save-the-world business again, burns out, realizes he's actually Done The Fuck Enough, Thanks, and pivots into a low-stress career where he gets to see his family a lot. Feels accurate! The others are weirder to me because they do seem to just... pick a lane and stay there.

With Hermione, you could spin her a couple ways. You could say that she leans into her bookish side and does research or teaching, which is not my preference for a couple reasons (namely, I don't think Hermione would like academia as a profession; she finds her classwork interesting and enjoys intellectual validation, but she'd be stifled and wasted in a DPhil program, and she'd be infuriated by the administrative politicking of your average higher-ed faculty). You could say that she gets disaffected with politics and ends up as a barrister or a lobbyist of some kind, but if anything that requires more political finesse, because you don't actually have institutional power, you're just handling the people who make decisions and trying to persuade them of your goals. This is not Hermione's preferred method of influence. She's not even particularly good at persuasion, she just happens to be smart enough (and right often enough) that people take her ideas seriously.

Or you could say her brashness fades with the years into a softened flavor of tell-you-like-it-is honesty, which some politicians actually do successfully trade on; as we see in British politics today, you don't have to be all that charming or clever to get ahead, you just need to be really driven and well-connected (which Hermione completely is; she fought shoulder-to-shoulder with the first postwar Minister and her bestie, the Literal Messiah, runs the Auror Office.) But I don't know if Hermione especially wants to be Minister, after the war. She's just watched years of horrendous bureaucratic incompetence plunge the country into a violent civil conflict. She's had not one, but two Ministers of Magic try to bully or shame her friends into complicity with fascism. Her view of government is... likely extremely dark.

But Hermione also isn't the kind of person who sees her life as a quest for happiness. Babygirl has a savior complex that makes Harry look selfish. (She basically kills her parents — yeah, obliviating is a form of murder, #changemymind — "for their own good," and justifies every batshit, vindictive, mean-spirited move she ever pulls on the grounds that it "helps" one of her friends.) She is a mean, lean, dragon-slaying machine, and she needs a dragon. After Voldemort, the Ministry is the no. 1 threat to muggle-borns and non-wizarding Beings. As a war heroine with basically infinite political capital, I'd be surprised if she didn't try to do something there. That said, Hermione is so vivacious and dynamic that she could potentially grow in a hundred different directions; it's possible that all of this, while true of her at 18, becomes completely inaccurate by 22. That's why I'm not too fussed about any particular fanon interpretation.

#greenteacup asks #sidebar: I know Minister “of” Magic is an Americanism but mea culpa #Someday I might actually bite it and pay someone to britpick Lionheart but I can't do it now #because I have a ban on editing published fic unless it's finished. Otherwise I'll never get around to writing the actual ending #I have a Process #is it the best process? likely not! but it makes the words go. so here we are. #I also think the fact that JKR is Gen X makes a difference here. careers worked differently in the 80s and 90s than they do now #i.e. we have the gig economy and a lot more mobility and EXPECTATION of mobility in your early life #that means career changes & professional pivots through your 20s and 30s are increasingly normal #and in fact have always been normal — but the image of the 'true' or 'ideal' career has changed #so we look at those careers and go hm. really? none of them changed? #none of them even went to uni? do wizards... just not? #but again. I believe the epilogue was written almost completely without consideration as to what happened between the BOH and then #I really believe that JKR did not know what happened to Harry except a wedding and 3 kids. because that was the whole point #I don't think she even knew what his career was when she wrote that scene #It existed to marry everyone off and do a quick munchkin headcount #because of the understandable temptation as an author to keep your hand on the wheel. but it didn't even matter! #the epilogue changed NOTHING! it was the most useless chapter in the series! I just — GOD #you can absolutely accuse me of being sour grapes about my ships getting nixed. I AM sour grapes. I AM a hater. #AND I have plot/theme/craft reasons for disliking it. #I'm not objective. I just want credit for being a sophisticated hater. my grapes may be sour but they're still artisinal.

[sapphosewrites]

garashir bad ending

(This was inspired by asking myself what I thought Julian would not forgive)

"I fail to see what you find so upsetting."

"Do you really?"

"You knew who I was when you married me."

"You're right. I agreed to marry a paranoid ex-spy with no respect for his husband's privacy or boundaries. My patients didn't."

"I didn't harm your patients."

"You cannot possibly believe that I would excuse your extremely illegal and highly unethical accessing of hospital files, tracking down my patients, and interrogating them because you have this ridiculous idea that I've been hiding an affair from you."

"It was hardly an interrogation. When I was in the Obsidian Order-"

"I want a divorce, Garak. Oh, so that's what shuts you up, is it? I mean it. You've absolutely crossed the line. You've destroyed my professional integrity and quite possibly the hospital's reputation. People need to be able to trust us in order to receive care, and you've jeopardized that. You've compromised the healing of people who know exactly what kind of interrogating you did in the Obsidian Order, and are terrified to be on the receiving end of it again. If you've convinced yourself I'm fucking someone else and lying to you about it, fine, I figured out that you were never going to trust I love you. But you don't do this. You go and- and- I don't know, call Ezri on subspace and ask for a counseling session or get drunk and read terrible poetry or blow up your damn shop again. You can self-sabotage as much as you like, and you've shown very well that I'm powerless to stop you. But you do not get to sabotage my patients."

"If I apologized..."

"Was that unfinished sentence your idea of an apology?"

"My dear, I'm sorry."

"I'm sure you are! I'm sure you'll go and wallow in self-loathing and enjoy it very much, but that can't be how this works, Garak. I shouldn't have to ask for a divorce in order for you to admit you did something wrong. If this is what our marriage is going to be now, then I... I can't, Garak. I don't know what it is that would help you, but whatever it is, I can't provide it."

#my writing #i don't really do bad endings so the secret real ending to this is a second half i may or may not ever write someday #wherein garak does in fact call up an old friend but it's not ezri it's kira #because kira knows what it's like when the world is different and the rules have changed and your family's dead #and none of the ways you used to solve problems work anymore #and also they got close hanging out in mila's basement #and garak's like hm. what if i made a grand gesture of sacrifice #and kira's like what if you learned to interact with people and got a hobby #and over a very long slow period garak has to do the difficult work of finding ways to process his trauma #that don't involve ruining people's lives #even his own

[aro-culture-is]

aro culture is realizing that no matter how hard you try, you just lack the ability to see a lot of nuance in your friends’ romantic struggles beyond what logically makes sense… so you begin to space out whenever they enter lengthy conversations about dating struggles that you’ve heard over and over again, because the only response you can think of is “that sucks” or “you deserve better, move on”. But these are probably best left unsaid, so you say nothing at all and let the alloros handle it

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#Anonymous #aro culture is #aro #aromantic #actually aro #actually aromantic #ask #mod axel #honestly the best i've got is to validate their emotions and suggest communication #and if communication breaks down... folks seriously gotta enforce boundaries. #like... *actual* enforced boundaries none of the empty threats shit #aka 'i've asked you to either put your dirty clothes in the laundry or work with me on an alternate solution and you've done neither. i wil #not do your laundry until you change your behavior.' and STICK. WITH. IT. #or the classic communication of boundaries: if you can't trust them to communicate or respect boundaries on the regular... BREAK. UP. #a healthy relationship does NOT contain feeling ignored and disrespected on the regular

[drdone]

hello, my rent went up and I had a medical bill payment so this month I get the fun experience of being $400 short on rent. I'm also pretty sure my window AC unit is breaking, which might mean I need to pay a fee to fix it, and it's getting above 90 degrees F outside, so if you're able and willing to help, here's my ko-fi. Thank you

#i don't know what to tag this as anymore #but please help me #every single time i try to change my situation it just gets worse #don't suggest to me rent assistance there's none in my area #reddit won't help because every time i try to get the karma for those subreddits it gets messed up #i edit videos if you want something for your money

[ghosttotheparty]

has anyone written anything where everything is the same but steve has beef w eddie bc he saw hellfire coming out of the school the night of lucas’s basketball game

#and he realised none of them went to support lucas #and maybe he confronted dustin and like ab it bc what the hell guys he can’t change what day the game is why didn’t you support your friend #this was important to him #etc #and dustin and mike are like this was important to us!!! and steve is just??? idc??? you couldn’t do the campaign like? tomorrow??? #and dustin just kinda tells steve that eddie wouldn’t let that happen and he made them go find a substitute #which is why erica wasn’t at the game either #which steve noticed bc he goes to every game and he sees erica there every time but she wasn’t there that night #so steve just ends up pissed at eddie for not letting them postpone the campaign #also unrelated but i’m thinking about robins and lucas’s friendship like she’d def act like a big sister #<333 #anyway i’m just ranting #someone write this pls i have too many wips #steddie #steve harrington #eddie munson #stranger things

[punkeropercyjackson]

Yo.......Canon punk characters of color appreciation post

#honestly they're literal fucking legends.rukia and zuko ass kissers can whine all they want about them not becoming cops for their twu wubs #kat antis can keep crying about how the black girl is mean like all their fave white girls without being punished for it #and white hobie stans STAY mad at him taking punk for himself for what it actually is instead of limiting it to his aesthetic and attitude #but none of that will ever change thrm.katara is the best example because punk technically dosen't even exist in her time #so she was literally one of the og's in her world just like hobie.when will your rich upperclass skinny white boys EVER #pastel punk tag #ichigo kurosaki #katara #kat elliot #hobie brown #bleach #atla geekery #wendell & wild #spiderverse #atsv #btsv #the spider within #ichihime #kataang #kat x raul #punkflower #spiderman #punk #poc #💌 #summerposting