#because I know that it all goes to shit and had absolutely no point whatsoever

[witchthewriter]

𝐑𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐊𝐨̈𝐧𝐢𝐠

⤷ gender neutral, ambiguous race, and any size reader. Requests are open, thank you for reading!  

a/n: not a poly relationship - I just decided to have them both in one post. Let me know if you want more xx Also I went through the tags for these guys and there is nothing but SMUT. So I wanted some sweet sfw headcanons for the boys

Warnings: swearing, nsfw included (no one under 18 please).

ᴹᵃˢᵗᵉʳˡᶤˢᵗ | ᴹᵃˢᵗᵉʳˡᶤˢᵗ ᴵᴵ

𝑺𝑭𝑾🌿

INTJ

Ravenclaw

Neutral Good

Scorpio Sun, Capricorn Moon, Virgo Rising

𝐒𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐲/𝐆𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭

・This man is fucking dangerous behind the wheel. And although he is a hot-head occasionally, it isn't when he's driving.

・Simon knows he's shit, so when people honk at him, give him the finger - he just stone-faces it. Let's them berate him because really, he doesn't fucking care.

・However he has lost his licence a few times ... and so you told him he could be your &lt;3 passenger princess <3

・Simon wasn't amused ...

・Very much the protective type, verging on possessive. Not in an abusive way, but he wants everyone to know that you're his. So when anyone flirts with you - or even when they're a little too nice, his jealousy consumes him.

・Scary dog privledges, with and without the mask. This man is intimidating as fuck.

・6'4, wide shoulders and big hands, so it doesn't matter how you look, how tall you are etc - Simon is bigger, taller and stronger.

・Yes he can be a hardass, but when he loves someone, that roughness is somewhat smoothened out. He'd hate to hurt your feelings.

・He only wears his mask to hide his identity; he takes it off when missions are done.

・And when he's home, he rarely wears it.

・Absolutely HATES being jump-scared. And his reflexes take over (you've learnt from the first and last time)

・This goes with random kisses as well, sometimes you just have to make yourself known before touching Simon

・He isn't huge into PDA, but when outside he will gladly hold your hand, bump his shoulder into yours when you make a crappy dad joke.

・The biggest misconception is that he's cold. Well, at work - obviously he is. But at home, with you, he has so much warmth. A lot of life.

・He has great banter. Absolutely has both of you laughing your asses off.

・Calls you "love," "sweetheart," (all in his gruff, chiselled brit accent). And when you're alone, he calls you names like "my love," "hun," "sweet cheeks."

・You're slowly learning about Simon's past, which he shares little by little.

・Too much information and he's scared you might feel overwhelmed and leave him

・There's some deep trauma there, but the army has therapists and everyone gets checked out before they're deemed mentally healthy enough.

・He does want kids, but only after he's done with the military. He would hate to be an absent father in any way. And he wouldn't want you to have that full responsibility.

・A lot of people characterise him as this traumatised man who can barely look after himself. But that is far, faaaaar from the truth. He's very competent. And he eats a LOT. But he also works out (to keep in shape, he actually hates the gym) (also he doesn't expect you to do anything of that stuff. He loves you for you.)

・I also have this headcanon that Ghost/Riley would love Metallica, Slipknot, Black Sabbath etc. It's one of the things that calm him down. However, if he's had an overwhelming day, he needs no noise whatsoever.

𝑹𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝑻𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒔

Teases Them (You) x About To End Them (Ghost)

The Moon and His Star

𝑹𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝑷𝒍𝒐𝒕 𝑻𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒆

Opposites Attract

𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒎𝒆 𝑺𝒐𝒏𝒈

Say Yes To Heaven by Lana Del Rey

Arsonist's Lullabye by Hozier

Enter Sandman by Metallica

𝑁𝑆𝐹𝑊 🔞 No one under the age of 18 past this point, I bloody mean it. 

・There's almost like two sides of your s/o. The Ghost side, where the mask stays on, and he's rough, possessive, dominant. And then the Simon side, where he likes soft touches and when you gently stroke his face

・You've both discovered that Simon likes it when you wear his mask, gloves - nothing else - and touch yourself.

・Even with your cum juices on the mask, and gloves, he'll still wear them to work.

・It's the only kinky thing he brings with him while on deployment. You did want to take a naked polaroid for him but he didn't trust the other guys not to somehow see it.

・He likes keeping you as separate from army life as much as possible. Because you feel like home, and it gives him hope.

・Ghost loves taming your bratty side. He's short, demanding and can shut you up with one look.

"Keep on actin' like that, and see what happens."

・Of course you keep acting up, and when you get home, you pay for it tenfold.

・Ghost's hands are as big as a paddle, and when he has you over his knee, ass up in the air. He doesn't hesitate in leaving red marks (all consensual. He wouldn't do anything without having a conversation before hand).

𝑺𝑭𝑾🌿

ISTP

Hufflepuff

Chaotic Good

Aries Sun, Aquarius Moon, Leo Rising

𝐊𝐨̈𝐧𝐢𝐠

・A 6'10 king, who suffers from social anxiety but has this soft, silly side that he loves showing you and only you (I will take no criticisms on his height. It is LAW. My law.)

・Because of his anxiety, social aspects of life are much harder than work. He's highly skilled in combat, and has a lot of confidence in his abilities to accomplish missions.

・However, when you tried to speak to him, all he could do was stutter.

・You allowed him to get the words out, but he was an absolute mess afterwards and went to go train.

・But this didn't deter you in the slightest. Hell, you had been trying to muster the courage to speak to him for weeks...

・It took a while for Konig to open up about his past, especially his adolescence.

・He's told you the jist of it, but there's details that you don't push him on.

・One of your favourite pastimes together is going to bakeries and eating the most delicious pastries.

・When you're feeling down, or there's something to celebrate, there's no cake but pastries instead

・Doesn't mind animals, but understands that when he's away you will get a bit lonely. So you surprised him by getting a pair of kittens!

・You showed him over video chat, one white kitten and one black.

"I haven't chosen names for them yet, but I thought maybe you could have some input?"

"Schatz! The kittens are cute but you have scratch marks all over your arms!"

"They're very playful!" And then you leant closer to the camera and whispered, "I leave scratches on your back ..." And with an innocent look on your face, you watched as Konig shivered.

・Likes to put you on his lap when he's cleaning weapons, or getting the marks out of his mask or shoes. Okay honestly, he just wants you on his lap all the time. Whatever excuse he can come up with - he'll goddamn use it

・Absolutely loves Kate Bush and Stevie Nicks. He thinks they have such a beautiful sound that you can find him with headphones on, swaying in the bedroom, silently in his feels

・All your pet names are in Austrian/German:

"Schatz", meaning 'treasure'.

"Maus," meaning 'mouse.'

"Liebling" meaning 'darling.'

"Hase" meaning 'bunny'.

"Liebe" meaning 'love.'

𝑹𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝑻𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒔

Always Bringing Them Rocks They Think They Would Like (You) x Keeps The Rocks (Konig)

The Gomez & Morticia Adams

I Don’t Know What I’m Doing But At Least I’m Alive, Right? (You) x You’re Doing Great, Sweetie (Konig)

𝑹𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝑷𝒍𝒐𝒕 𝑻𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒆

Hidden Identity & Forced Proximity

𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒎𝒆 𝑺𝒐𝒏𝒈

Running Up That Hill by Kate Bush

The Chain by Stevie Nicks

Dance of the Druids by Bear McCreary (he loves movie scores as well. It's one of his fascinations).

𝑁𝑆𝐹𝑊 🔞 No one under the age of 18 past this point, makes me feel weird if you read it.

・Konig is a bit awkward at first with the sexual interactions you guys have. He does have anxiety, but also, the build up of sexual tension had been going on for months.

・All he had during that time was his hands and the memories of how you looked, the way your eyes met his then flicked downward - almost like you had x-ray vision.

・There was no denying the heat.

・So when you first hooked up it was a fumbling mess of grunting, clothes ripping and fast hands trying to touch and grab at any bare piece of flesh.

・You did have a shocking revelation that first time however. Because this man's cock is not only thick, veiny but nearly 9 inches when he's hard.

・That first time wasn't a true first time as the look on your face told Konig everything - you weren't ready for that part of him ... just yet.

・Loves when you ride his thigh; they're absolutely huge. Just muscled and bulky and the first time you saw them (without the uniform) you audibly gasped.

・His body is absolutely divine

・Like it had been sculpted by the gods. Large biceps, long legs, small waist, large shoulders. His hands wrap your neck perfectly.

・You feel so safe with him.

・And you have to remind him that, because sometimes he worries he could hurt you without meaning to.

"I'm a grown up, Konig. I can handle myself."

"So when are you going to let me fuck you?"

"mmm... I think I still have to get used to that. Maybe we can do fingers first..." (his fingers are ... fucking huge).

#witchthewriter #simon riley #simon riley x reader #simon riley headcanons #call of duty #cod #cod headcanons #konig #konig x you #konig x reader #konig headcanons #boyfriend headcanons #headcanons #witch the writer's headcanons #konig mw2 #konig call of duty #konig fanfiction #simon riley fanfiction #ghost #ghost headcanons #ghost x reader #ghost cod #masked men #mask kink #masked

[lowkeyrobin]

Hey pookie😽I’d like to request headcanons for the mcyts with an actor/actress s/o.<3 Especially how they’d react to any emotional scenes or if the character that their s/o played dies, im craving some angst right now lol

Ly😻

oooo okay okay ; I'm still very much burned out but unable to give myself a damn break so I apologize for these being so short ; I also named movies to get some inspo so sorry if you don't know any/some of them lol

ALSO!! I'm gonna rework my oneshot links on my masterlist so beware any changes lol

MCYT ; actor reader with death scenes

includes ; tommyinnit, tubbo, ranboo, badlinu, nihachu & quackity

warnings ; language, talk about death, gore & violence

masterlist

TOMMYINNIT

you played a character in evil dead rise, which tommy got really attached too even though you got like 10 minutes of screen time

genuinley started sobbing and laughing at the same time bc your death was so sad to him for some reason yet so cool and bloody

he looks over at you, jaw dropped like "wtf?"

there's actually tears streaming down his cheeks 💀💀💀

you post a pic of him crying on ur ig story and caption it "he's sad I died"

he logs back into his old letterboxd account to rate it 5 stars

his explanation is "my partner died but good movie. I almost cried again seeing the monster thing at the end though"

TUBBO

he is heartbroken

he absolutely loved your character/s even though they were barely on screen

he's also confused as to how he never knew about you being in IT 2017 and 2019 because you looked so different and easter eggs

the 13 v 15 looks were actually so different too, he didn't even recognize you in the first movie until you pointed it out LMAO

the it 2019 death was a lot more sad to him though and it was mostly a metaphor to show that everyone has weaknesses even if they don't think they do etc etc

he just looks at you and then rants about that whole metaphor after pausing the movie and he's literally on it for a solid five minutes

he awoke a different side of himself that night

RANBOO

you had a little cameo in a quiet place pt2

basically your character was alive for a while and helping out the abbotts until you died saving reagan from one of the death angels

she obviously couldn't hear one behind her and your character had to lunge and save her and sacrifice themselves on the island that she ran off too iykwim

like your character went off with her to keep her safe + you died during that chase/fight scene at the end

ran nearly broke down into tears because you got a solid two hours of time in that movie for all that buildup and shit

TO DIE TOO

they started crying a bit cause like ???

literally gave you an award (a massive hug) for your incredible acting skills bc damn

FREDDIE BADLINU

insidious the red door goes crazy

you bond with dalton at college and help him float around and shit

the demon doesn't like that you're helping him whatsoever so it drags your character into the further

the whole kill is done with you exploring the further for a moment, being hunted down by prey and then jumpscared by the demon

it's not a very emotional death but it scares the fuck out of Freddie

"wait, oh my God, they'll never be able to talk to Dalton about supernatural stuff again! what the hell?"

the death was pointless and for a jumpscare but he couldn't care, he enjoyed watching you on the screen

NIKI NIHACHU

you were in the forever purge

you play a very obviously queer & pro-human rights character who's shit on by all the rich, conservative, ranch owning Texans in the movie

you basically had to sacrifice yourself trying to get to the border in time

in the city scene, you get killed as a protection sacrifice

no way you were letting adela die

niki literally started crying bc there was no reason for your character to give up their life but they did anyways

you were such a w the whole movie and she can't help but rant about that as well

she gives you a round of applause at the end cause like that was a damn good performance cmon now

ALEX QUACKITY

alex is never watching any terrifier movie ever again holy fuck

you skipped over the first one bc you couldn't even watch it again and went to the second because you were in it

he was actually on edge the whole movie

what the hell do you mean you were cut in half??? wtf is this?? saw???

he actually almost puked LMAO

you were laughing the whole time your death was playing

"WHAT THE HELL WHY ARE YOU LAUGHING?? THIS UGLY CLOWN IS KILLING MY PARTNER"

"that mf doesn't know you Alex, I do"

"Okay whatever"

#lowkeyrobin #mcyt x reader #mcyt preferences #mcyt oneshot #tommyinnit x reader #ranboo x reader #quackity x reader #badlinu x reader #freddie badlinu x reader #niki nihachu x reader #nihachu x reader #gender neutral reader #gn reader #gn!reader #they/them reader

[lassieposting]

Actually. Also. While I'm SABposting.

The whole "Dark & Dangerous Morally-Questionable Immortal vs Safe But Bland Childhood Friend love triangle? Is boring. It's been done to death in every single YA series ever written.

But. Y'all know what could've been super refreshing and highkey entertaining?

Kirigan and Mal getting along.

Like. Mal is supposed to be a promising young soldier anyway, and when they meet, he's just succeeded in hunting down a folkloric magical creature that nobody has caught in hundreds of years. And then he has the sheer brass balls to withhold said creature's location to try and negotiate with someone who outranks him to an almost inconceivable degree.

This is. Probably not a smart career move, because noblemen are petty and prone to pissing contests, and Kirigan could make Mal's life very unpleasant. But it is brave, and Kirigan has been a soldier long enough to both a) spot untapped potential and b) respect bravery when he sees it.

(It's interesting to me that Mal often forgets to salute/call his superior officers 'sir' in the First Army scenes, but he absolutely remembers his manners with Kirigan. He needs this guy to like him, so he can see his bestie.)

And getting on each other's good side would actually benefit both of them - which Kirigan especially would know - being however many centuries old and with strategy as his fucking job.

On Mal's side - he's kind of languishing in mediocrity because he's an orphan with no contacts to give him a foot in the door to promotion. When he applies to transfer to better units where he'd learn new skills or have more opportunities to distinguish himself in the eyes of his superiors, he's shunted aside and overlooked in favour of someone whose father knows the king, because fatcats all look out for each other. But if he applied for the same transfer with a recommendation from the Black General, his potential new CO would take him far more seriously as an option. He certainly wouldn't suffer for having an affluent, influential man at the top of the military totem pole keeping an interested eye on his career.

On Kirigan's side - having Mal around, even infrequently, will settle Alina and make her feel more at home, and she'll know he pulled strings for Mal to boot. He's been intercepting their letters, because Alina writing all about the daily goings-on in the Little Palace is a fucking security risk, and she's understandably angry with him for it, but if Mal has a reason to come by the Little Palace now and then, to report to him on something or other, she can see him in person and won't need to write letters that could so easily fall into the wrong hands. And - well, at some point, Mal will owe him so much that he'll have to be loyal. Because betraying him would cost Mal everything. He's patient. He can wait.

Except. Mal turns out to be likeable, in the salt-of-the-earth sort of way Kirigan sometimes misses from when he was a serving soldier himself, all those centuries ago, and he is full of fun facts about Alina and amusing (for Kirigan, Alina would say embarrassing) anecdotes about shit she got up to as a child. He's gotten used to the intrigue and the backstabbing and the plotting that goes on at court, but there's none of that with Mal, because the boy is a shit liar and has no guile whatsoever. It's refreshing. And Mal has grown up being schooled about battles that Kirigan fought in or masterminded, and he has Questions that at some point he gets to actually ask, and for a minute while they're conversing Kirigan sort of stops being this terrifying Grisha freak of nature in his mind and is just. Another old soldier, like most of the COs he's ever had, telling war stories, and there's common ground, between them.

And like Alina is aware that they've formed a tentative truce for her sake and she is very pleased that they have, and then one day Aleksander makes a comment about how "the boy isn't a complete imbecile, I suppose" and she starts to think he might even like Mal, in his own prickly way,

And then she walks into a room during a fete and sees them talking, and that's lovely because they both look actually interested in the conversation! And she's smiling at them, right up until Mal starts flapping his elbows around and pulling comically horrified faces and she just knows he's telling Kirigan about the first time she ever rode a horse, when the damn thing spooked and took off with her at top speed and dumped her in the - yes, there he goes, pretending to pick pondweed out of the hair he doesn't have - lake. And Kirigan creases up and almost chokes on a mouthful of wine and saints, he's such a horse girl he'll be bringing this up forever and. Yeah she is going to have to murder the pair of them because she will never hear the end of this otherwise

#sab headcanons #aleksander kirigan #malyen oretsev #alina starkov #anyway yeah it wouldve been nice to see them get on like a house on fire #i have not and will not read the books #but ben and archie's dynamic is great and i wouldve loved to see a little bit of that carry over to mal and kirigan #rather than the same old love triangle pissing match #sab

[dareactions]

Can we get some headcanons for bull and dorian (separate) with a male lover whose in their first mlm relation ship?For sfw maybe their concerned about wether or not the relationship should work differently than mlw And for just tapping into nsfw (no need to go into it) their worried about not being able to actually do anything good, and they start considering simply telling bull and Dorian to go find someone else for such things?

if you saw this get posted by accident, you didn't. Tumblr's new shit system messed me over.

the nsfw-esque bits under the cut :) !

Iron Bull: It's kind of cute in a way, honestly. Bull can't remember someone being that anxious about dating in years, especially not when it came to him. But he also has to wonder what goes on in that brilliant mind sometimes that shit like this takes such a large space in his everyday thoughts. It all reaches a point where Bull puts a hand on the Inquisitor's back one day in passing, leaning down to speak in hushed sentences as they glance at the chargers training. ''You know you're overthinking, right? Like a fuck ton.'' He starts with a laugh, and the Inquisitor's huff is just a bit too fucking cute. ''It's not different whatsoever in the romance department, trust me. It's not like we have to follow those shitty stereotypes people like to make up- we have to just exist, not much more. So stop worrying so damn much, you'll knock yourself out at this speed.''

Dorian: It's a relatable anxiety, in a way. There's not really any proper guides or books about it and he feels the gnawing need to do something but being unaware of what exactly to do. He knows that sometimes words aren't enough. But Dorian does know his lover, he knows his partner. So he gently takes his hand one night when they're sitting in the warmth of a fire and just lets the man he loves absolutely dump every piece of worry and anxiety on him about it all. Long winded sentences that make little to no sense make it into the mix and Dorian just stays quiet for a moment, sighing and smiling - because it's all a little bit funny in a way. ''It's not that different, really. We love the same, don't we? You're overthinking, an understandable thing, but you are overthinking this. A relationship between us are no more complicated than it would be if we were a man and a woman, maybe we'd get one less stare in our direction- and a few less scornful comments or whatever else. But this is as complicated as we make it, so get out of that thick skull of yours. We'll be fine.''

Iron Bull: Now, this fear he gets a bit more. While sex to him was about as scary and new as well- his reflection maybe? he gets it. He can recognize the anxious expression anytime his hands start wandering a bit too much and Bull will be damned if he doesn't know how to soothe anxiety regarding sex at least. ''Now, if you actually want this to be an open thing, that can be discussed- but I'm not just going to go fuck someone nilly willy because you're clearly not actually fine with it.'' He'd had arrangements like that in the past, in the end the romance department was more new to him than anything else. It's not like he had actually been in a relationship-relationship in the past really. ''But I'm not sure if you've been told this, but sex is awkward. It isn't going to click instantly, that's fine- the fun part is figuring things out and being able to laugh at yourself about it. You're going to do fine, you're going to learn and adjust and even if you figure out it isn't your thing sexually- we'll figure it out. Now take a deep fucking breath because I think you're about to pop a blood vessel.'' This was followed with far too many sex ed speeches, probably.

Dorian: When the Inquisitor suggests taking other lovers, Dorian almost feels a bit offended. Really? Other lovers? Did he look like he was that clueless to the Inquisitor's anxieties? ''You don't actually want me to do that, do you?'' He asks, glancing up over the spine of his book entirely unimpressed as the Inquisitor stares for a moment, glances away and shakes his head. ''That's what I thought.'' And he puts his book away and sighs. ''I understand being nervous, it's nerve-wracking with new partners. But I'm not quite sure if it's as complicated as you're making it out to be. It'll be a bit clumsy probably, for sure, but I think that's kind of fun in a way, don't you? Learning each others bodies, what makes the other tick.'' Well that is an interesting reaction there, the Inquisitor's nervous glance at his lips. Sadly Dorian had absolutely no intention of letting this go just for a quick make out session as tempting as it is. ''We'll talk through it, if you need to. I am actually an expert on gay sex, believe it or not- don't laugh, it's true. I'm an expert, we'll figure it out, one step at a time. Now get over here and lets figure out what concerns swimming in that skull of yours that I can quell.''

#dragon age inquisition #dragon age reactions #romance reacts #the iron bull #dorian pavus

[youcouldmakealife]

LBTE: Jared (145-146)

In which Jared is suspicious of his good fortune and Bryce is defeated by a tiny little baby.

Going to be daily from this point on, or we ain't getting to the end of these before we get to the end of Impaired Judgment (still might be a close call).

If you want to follow along, the series page is here.

145. Divine Intervention

Title implies Stephen is divine, and he thinks that is only right. (Or that I am, which is true inasmuch as I am absolutely pulling the strings. Well. Sometimes. When they don't wander off on me. It's less like being behind the driver's wheel and more like herding cats.)

Normal doesn’t mean nothing has changed, because of course things have. A few guys have been trying to talk to Jared, invite him out, like now that he’s ‘Bullet’s husband’ to them they have to treat him differently.

How dare they.

He’s sure the team philosophy is ‘if I can’t sleep with my wife/girlfriend when I’m on the road, you sure as shit can’t sleep with your husband’. It’d upset the collective sense of fairness.

Legitimately, though, it would mainly be frowned upon for this reason.

They get teased a bit about how lucky they are on roadies — ‘road head’ was unfortunately uttered and Jared wishes he could scrub that one out of his memory — but Jared notices it’s never when the media’s around, not even when the support staff is, carefully cupped in the palms of the locker room. Maybe Gabe told them all not to say anything. Maybe they already know.

Jared, Bryce didn’t tell you shit about the dynamic in the Flames room until he hit his breaking point, you KNOW shit stays in the locker room.

“Bryce says you’ve been tense lately,” mom says over drinks after dinner. “That you’re expecting everything to backfire on you two.”

Tense is a massive understatement. High strung would be closer, yet still an understatement.

“Okay but it’s not—“ Jared says

“Paranoia when they’re out to get you?” dad asks.

“Don,” mom says. “At least try a little harder with your jokes than going with ‘chain email from the 90s’.”

“It’s not a joke,” dad protests. “It’s true. It’s not paranoia if the things you’re worried about can come true.”

Jared does not want to be on his dad’s side in this.

And yet he thinks he’s on his dad’s side in this.

Jared slowly embracing that he is his father’s son, which is good, because goddamn is he his father’s son, and that’s only going to become more and more evident as he gets older.

“You’re waiting for the other shoe to drop,” Gabe says.

“I mean,” Jared says. “Basically.”

“But it isn’t necessarily going to,” Gabe says. “And even if it is, you can enjoy it in the meantime, you know. Be happy with what you have instead of worrying about it possibly being taken away.”

Jared waves a dismissive hand, and Gabe sighs.

Get this gratitude bullshit out of Jared’s face.

“Jared,” Gabe says. “You’re scaring the rookies.”

“How?” Jared says, then realises he doesn’t care how. They need to toughen up if he’s scaring them without even trying. “Never mind. Who cares.”

The death glare keeps showing up. It’s not aimed at anyone in particular, which means it feels like it’s aimed at everyone.

“Because the rookies need to toughen up,” Jared says.

“Oh yeah?” Bryce asks, mouth tipping up. “I remember you being scared shitless of Mike Brouwer.”

I mean, legitimate fear for a rookie. Unless you’re Liam Fitzgerald, who obviously has no sense of self-preservation whatsoever.

Jared picks at a cut on his knuckle. He’s not sure how he got it. He had his hand jammed against the boards in a scrimmage earlier by Bryce of all people, so probably that. He won’t tell him, though. Bryce will react like he gravely injured Jared and then walk around all day looking like he accidentally stepped on a puppy’s tail.

He would be DEVASTATED.

Not worth it, especially since he’s finally started not actively backpedaling if he’s up against Jared in practice. The team has not been merciful about how easy Bryce goes on him. The chirping has genuinely been impressive.

The phrase ‘love tap’ has lost all meaning, it’s been used so much. With an accompanying leer every time, naturally.

“Did you come here to insult our decor?” Jared asks.

“No, but it’s a nice bonus,” Stephen says, and makes himself comfortable on the couch.

“Why are you here,” Jared repeats. “Oh shit, are you two finally—“

“No,” Stephen says. “Shut up.”

If someone mentions the word marriage to him one more time…

“This is an intervention,” Stephen says. “Gabe’s about to wring your neck, and you know what happens when Gabe wants to wring someone’s neck?”

“You want to wring his?” Jared guesses.

“No,” Stephen says. “Of course not, if he wants to wring someone’s neck I imagine it’s wholly deserved and I become fully prepared to wring that neck for him.”

Gabe’s neck wringing threshold is so far beyond Stephen’s that chances are Stephen would have already committed the act before Gabe even reaches the point where he considers it.

“Did you know that you sigh?” Stephen says. “Dramatically, apparently. Every day. Multiple times. You sigh.”

“Um,” Jared says.

“And Gabe asks what’s the matter,” Stephen says. “And you say ‘nothing’. And then you sigh again. Or sometimes you say ‘you wouldn’t understand’. And then you sigh. For weeks this has been going on. Weeks.”

Not little sighs either. These are big ‘ASK ME WHAT IS WRONG’ sighs. But if Gabe does ask, he gets hand-waved and ‘you wouldn’t understand’ed. He’s very tired.

“You’re moping,” Stephen says. “Why.”

Jared sighs.

“Gabe’s right,” Stephen says. “That’s infuriating.”

One sigh for Stephen to reach the strangling threshold. Gabe’s endured dozens upon dozens of them.

“Here’s your problem,” Stephen says. “You overthink everything, and you have ulterior motives for pretty much everything you do—“

“Hey,” Jared says. “Stop making me sound evil.”

“—and you think that everyone else is like that,” Stephen continues, like Jared didn’t say anything. “But they aren’t, mostly. Some are, but most people don’t think much at all about, well, anything, honestly. Certainly not about you.”

Sounds fake.

“Hard lesson to learn, but it makes shit a lot easier,” Stephen says. “You may be the centre of your own life, but you’re peripheral to everyone else, with very few exceptions. Fewer than you’d think, honestly.”

Don’t worry, Jared, you’re the centre of Bryce’s life too.

“Bryce is admittedly a great player,” Stephen says. “But you two aren’t fresh off a Stanley Cup in the fishbowl of Toronto media. Vancouver’s a media heavy market, but not like Toronto. And again, it’s been a decade, and other players have come out since then. Riley and Lapointe was national news. You guys? It’d be news, for sure, but I think it’d be a smaller ripple than you’d think it is. The people who give a shit, good or bad, they’ll care. But the average person, who cared because Lapointe and Riley were a novel situation? They won’t. Old news.”

Obviously there is a reaction when Bryce and Jared came out, but it's pretty contained to the hockey world (with the addition of some non-hockey fan but very online people).

It was also bigger news than it would have been had they formally come out, because the second people sniff out a cover up, speculation leads to higher engagement. (For a recent RL example, contrast how many people were talking about Milan Lucic versus Corey Perry.)

“You sound like you’ve thought about this,” Jared says.

“Of course I have,” Stephen says. “I’m a player agent whose NHLer boyfriend has my name on all his legal documents and vice versa. You think I haven’t thought any of this through? You think we didn’t weigh unintended consequences carefully before we made every decision about our relationship, including the one to come out to the team? Gabe thinks the best of people, but he’s not naive. And I think everyone sucks, so.”

Truly the mentor Jared deserves.

“Oh no, he’s awful at it,” Stephen says. “You think Gabe doesn’t overthink everything? Gabe’s analytical: he’s good with people because he considers every single possible outcome and prepares for it.”

“I do that too,” Jared says. No wonder they get along.

“Analyzing and being judgmental aren’t the same thing,” Stephen says. “Apparently.”

Most judgmental people don’t bother with the analysis part at all, in my experience.

“That one was Dmitry, weirdly,” Stephen says. “He gets quite philosophical sometimes. Usually if pot is involved. Especially edibles. I can’t believe you’re giving me that look. It’s legal. And you live in BC. Have you seriously never—”

Jared are you being judgmental again.

Also, for reference: British Columbia has a reputation for being a province full of pot smoking hippies. Which is saying something when Canada legalised recreational marijuana nationwide. (Though that reputation did precede legalisation by decades.)

“Not smoking pot to chill,” Jared says. “Not happening.”

“You’d probably just get paranoid anyway,” Stephen mutters. “More paranoid.”

He’d be fucking hilarious is what he’d be. (Also probably paranoid! More paranoid.)

“Caution’s understandable,” Stephen is. “It is. I’m never going to be the one to tell you to throw caution to the wind or whatever the hell careless people say. But when caution overtakes your happiness, it’s no longer helpful. You just — you have an NHL career. You live with your handsome, talented, adoring husband, like — truly adoring, that man does not think you have faults.”

I continue to be proud of Bryce for no longer arguing when Jared refers to himself as mean.

“And that team supports you,” Stephen says. “Which — there are much less supportive environments than this in the league, you know that firsthand. And I get that’s going to make you wary and think this might be too good to be true, but that’s not — sometimes you just get lucky, Jared. There isn’t some cosmic balance where some higher power’s like, ‘wait, things are too good for Jared, time to shit on him to even things out a bit’.”

Sometimes a higher power does have to do that, though. For narrative reasons.

“You didn’t toss your hair once,” Jared observes. “Can we really call this a proper intervention without hair tossing?”

“I have to be sparing with it,” Stephen says. “Or it won’t have the desired effect anymore.”

Stephen has retained the lesson.

“Is the desired effect people thinking you look like a nervous horse?” Jared asks.

Jared you are so lucky to have friends.

“I don’t know why I’m about to offer this, because you’re a horrible little gremlin,” Stephen says. “But if it helps I can go over scenarios you’re the most worried about and make sure your agents have solid action plans prepared if they do come to pass.”

This is literally the nicest thing anyone could offer Jared right now. He really hates feeling unprepared.

“But I just called you a nervous horse,” Jared says.

He does not deserve Stephen’s offer at all. And knows this.

He’s systematic about absolutely everything — paper trails, photographic evidence, cell records, digital paper trails. He’s not snide for once, no matter what Jared says, just keeps his head down, hair in his face, writing in a messy scrawl Jared knows better than to comment on, because Stephen may be left handed now, but Jared doesn’t think he always was.

He was not originally left-handed, no.

(No snide with clients, and right now he’s in work mode)

“I sigh, apparently,” Jared says. “I hear it’s really annoying.”

“It’s not annoying,” Bryce says. “I just want you to be happy.”

‘The man does not think you have faults’.

“Worried, I know,” Bryce says. “And like, I get it, obviously. I’ve been on this end too. I just want you to be happy.”

Big earnest eyes. Just telling Jared he wants to be happy. Bryce could weaponise this if he tried, but of course he never would.

My sweet, earnest boy.

“I am,” Jared says. “I am happy. It’s not that I’m not happy, it’s that I keep like, being happy, and then I’m like — suspicious of how happy I am, I don’t know.”

Bryce blinks at him.

“I know how absurd it sounds,” Jared lets him know.

“That’s the most Jared thing I’ve ever heard,” Bryce says.

“Hey,” Jared protests. He can’t just call it a Jared thing right after Jared tells him it’s absurd. Even if it’s absurd. And admittedly kind of a Jared thing.

‘I agree with everything you said, but also: how dare you.’

“45 and Hammer asked if I wanted to come over and play FIFA with them tonight,” Bryce says.

45 is not for the number. Colton has the nickname due to the very famous 19th century handgun the Colt .45. He's called 45 for short.

Hammer (for the surname Hammond) is the one Jared refers to as Langley (another nickname of his, because he’s from Langley, British Columbia, which is a town in the Metro Vancouver area. Local boy, just like Bryce.). Hammer/Langley is the one whose comments Jared and Gabe overheard ‘I’m not homophobic, but I don’t get Math and Bullet. Math’s mean.’

They are attached at the hip; live together, room together, sit together.

Jared will be bad at it, and he doesn’t like being bad at things

You don’t say.

Bryce looks hopeful. Transparently hopeful, those big earnest eyes on him.

“Sounds fun,” Jared lies, and Bryce’s grin practically splits his face.

Soooooft.

Bryce getting to Vancouver-adjustment-them coming out to the team is the shortest arc of the ‘verse, but definitely its own thing, tonally. The arc of ‘everything is unnervingly good and everyone is unnervingly nice (except for Holden Chase)’

Now we jump to...the shoulder, the blanket, and the gaffe.

146. Forbearance

“Murder him dead,” Jared says. “Stone cold.”

“The guys might have a problem with that,” Gabe says. “Leading scorer and all.”

“I don’t care,” Jared says. “Do you think Stephen would help me hide the body?”

“Probably,” Gabe says.

Love Gabe’s pragmatism in the face of Jared's death threats. And of course Stephen would, but you just know it’d be ‘remember that time I helped you hide a body?’ every time he needed a favour, or, you know, just to annoy him, until Jared killed him. (But then who would help Jared hide HIS body? Or save him from Gabe?)

Jared gets it. He does. Bryce is frustrated, and feeling helpless, and in a lot of pain. He had some modified training, things he could do without the use of his shoulder, but it was severely limited compared to his usual summer training, and not even close to enough to burn off all the shit feelings he’s been carrying around. And all those shit feelings are twisted up inside him and driving him nuts.

And he’s driving Jared nuts.

Bryce is BORED. And Jared’s never really been around bored Bryce before — first their relationship was brand new, and then they were long distance, so even if Bryce was dealing with boredom in the day to day (say, contract talks), Jared was exciting! But right now Bryce is bored, and restless, and most of the things he would typically do when bored or restless are off-limits. And Bryce doesn’t really have a high frustration tolerance. At all.

The circumstances of the injury probably didn’t help. Bryce doesn't really deal well with humiliation. He doesn’t like it when people laugh at him. Another understatement. And people are laughing. It’s more in a ‘wow, that’s some seriously shitty luck, man’, not a ‘haha loser’ way, though Jared is pretty sure Bryce is taking it as the latter. And to be fair, how many people throw out their shoulder while babysitting? And not even like, a rambunctious toddler or something. A baby. He was babysitting a baby. Who can’t even hold up her own head yet.

It is objectively funny that Bryce was taken out by a baby. But also a sign of the kind of shape Bryce’s shoulder was in by that point. Periodically, throughout IJ(aoe), Bryce has had shoulder injuries. Jared never really specifies which, but they have always been the same shoulder. And he’s always returned to the ice before it was 100%. Or even 90%. Sometimes before 70%.

Chaz feels guilty, which is utterly absurd. Maia’s like, ten pounds. Bryce could have just as easily done something to his shoulder carrying groceries, or, hell, grabbing a glass from a cupboard. Or, most obviously: at some point in summer training, which is a hell of a lot more strenuous than babysitting Chaz and Ashley’s kid. Jared has told him. Bryce has told him. Jared even asked Ash to whisper it to him in his sleep to see if it sinks in, but she just said ‘what sleep are you referring to, Jared?’ and Jared figured it was a bad idea to retort to a sleep-deprived new parent.

Good call on the last thing, Jared. And yes, Chaz is currently exhausted (training AND a baby) and has responded slightly irrationally to the situation.

Bryce is hiding in the guest room when Jared gets back home, and doesn’t peek his head out. He could be napping, there has been a whole lot of napping lately, so Jared doesn’t check on him. He’s bad enough without adding ‘cranky because Jared woke him up’ to the mix.

Jared would argue he also has a baby right now.

Jared’s just sat down with a glass of water when Bryce drifts in, arm in a sling, and sighs explosively in Jared’s direction, then exits. Gabe invited both of them to that lunch. He could have come, but he said he was ‘tired’ and ‘not in the mood’ and that Jared should ‘go have fun’.

A sulky silence is his only answer when Jared reminds Bryce of that fact.

“Then did you literally just come into the living room to make sure I know you’re bored and annoyed?” Jared asks. “Because I am well aware!”

Or a teenager.

So apologetic Chaz: out. Jared can’t vent to Ash, because she’s stressed out as fuck. Raf is too nice to commiserate with. Ditto Grace. Julius was good at first, but now he won’t pick up Jared’s calls or answer his texts except to say ‘busy!’. Stephen’s out for obvious reasons. Gabe is a good ear, but Jared shouldn’t push it, considering the Stephen thing. Erin’s Team Bryce always. Elaine is Elaine.

You know that Jared has discovered all of these things from direct experience.

“I don’t want to hear it,” his mom says when she picks up the phone.

“Hi mom, how are you,” Jared says.

“Great,” mom says. “I don’t want to hear it. Complain to your dad.”

Susan also has some recent experience with the venting.

Jared stares at his phone, betrayed, then calls his dad. Obviously his dad will be up for Bryce bitching.

“Hi bud,” his dad says. “Calling to complain about Bryce?”

As has Don.

Jared gets twenty minutes of updates about every single family member he has. And family friends. And acquaintances. And some of the fellow Canucks dads he met on the Dad’s Trip. And people Jared hasn’t even heard of and is suspicious may not actually exist. He thinks he’s being punished, though he’s not sure why.

This is exactly what Jared deserves.

“How’re you guys?” his dad finally asks.

“Well—“ Jared starts.

“And I don’t want to hear about Bryce’s sulking,” dad says.

Jared just listened to shit about every single person dad knows for twenty minutes and he doesn’t even get to talk about Bryce’s sulking? This is bullshit.

EXACTLY what Jared deserves. Don is very proud of himself right now.

Jared has to commiserate with someone.

“Do you know who the most annoying person alive is?” Jared asks.

“Is it me?” Bryce mumbles.

JARED MATHESON.

“I don’t want it anymore,” Bryce says.

“You have to have it to take your pills,” Jared says.

“I don’t want them,” Bryce says.

Jared takes a slow breath in rather than arguing. That’s what his mom said to do before she stopped taking his calls. “I’ll just leave it beside the bed, then,” he says.

“I don’t want it,” Bryce says, then whines, “Jared!” when Jared puts it down. “I don’t want it. Take it away.”

Jared’s complaining is slightly over the top, but Bryce is, indeed, being a giant pain in the ass right now.

Julius screens his call. Jared knows this because Julius texts ‘I screened your call’

I love Julius so.

#liveblogging the end

[ad-hawkeye]

You can tag this under 50 Shades, but after I read this post from Hoyolab, hoyolab (.) com/#/article/19978642/, if this is true, I am very disappointed about this direction, though it is one I've seen coming. That being said, you've given your thoughts on the writing. In your ideal world, where would the cards post 2nd anniversary have gone, if you had to keep the general situation/environment, but could change up everything else about it?

holy fuck, the way i actually agree with everything in this post. here is the link for those curious, it's a fantastic read tbh.

a few of us in our tot discord have discussed this as well. here are a few brief snippets below.

sorry for the incoherent mess of thoughts below, words are Not coming easy HAHA.

but yeah... like the post said, barbie is a very good way of putting it.

i used to have the same issue with luke. i'm not a huge fan of characters being good at Too Many Things, especially when there's no flaws to balance it out. it really pulls me out of the story. so like. the more you try to impress me with a character, the less impressed i'll be. which. is why i haaaate artem's newer cards.

see, the thing is, the whole reason why i liked artem in the first place is because of how he felt like the down to earth option. he wasn't the childhood friend/undercover agent/detective/stem genius, he wasn't a ceo and son of the richest family in stellis, and he wasn't literal royalty. he was just a lawyer who worked with rosa. he was bad at talking to people. he was a bit of a homebody. he was LAME. completely inexperienced in romance. he was good at his job, but it was obvious he put all of his skill points into being a lawyer and no where else. his abilities with shooting and cooking were both important aspects to his character, but the skills hoyoverse added beyond that just baffle me.

he wasn't cool, but he was kind and genuine.

ever since second anniversary, there has been absolutely no consistency to artem's character whatsoever.

neil gets mentioned less and less even though he was a major part of artem's life AND character. neil was his father figure, since his parents were rarely, if ever, around. and yet, in recent cards, tot constantly goes out of its way to try and convince us artem's parents did nothing wrong. to add to that, we're lucky if neil is even mentioned.

in earlier cards, it was very clear artem was grieving neil's disappearance (see: entwined fate). it was also clear artem's childhood circumstances were extremely lonely and caused him to try and brush off the neglect because he didn't want to stress out his already busy parents (see: loving memories and his dreams of childhood sr)! earlier cards also hinted at traumatic events and a fear of firearms due to how dangerous neil's job as a lawyer was (see: focus fire).

but for god knows what reason, newer cards said well! fuck all of this! artem no longer gives one single shit about neil! also? honestly? the writers seem confused and disoriented by artem downplaying his childhood issues and just made it so he truly Had no issues with his childhood. which. ok. i guess.

in recent months, we have not had one single card where rosa and artem sit down to talk about how artem feels about neil's disappearance. one single card where artem even openly addresses any traumatic experiences. or emotional neglect in childhood.

remember when focus fire mentioned that a disgruntled mafia member held him and neil at gunpoint because he was pissed neil put everyone else in the gang behind bars?? no?? yeah, me neither! because it's never mentioned again! old tot content implies it was incidents like these, the general emotional neglect from his parents, and neil's disappearance that contributed to artem's closed off personality. but man, fuck that! for some reason!

this doesn't even touch upon artem's romantic and sexual inexperience, which has also been entirely undone. he's a sex god now, i guess.

and let us not forget how artem has learned and forgot the same lessons like, several times. artem did we not learn why jealousy and possessiveness are bullshit in atmospherics, por una cabeza, etc...??? are we really back at this again? and it's not even being addressed as a character flaw anymore? okay! okay. fine! whatever.

but okay. i'm getting off track. you asked me an entirely different question! where would i have liked to have seen the cards go? i think the cards following second anniversary are so... well, nothing that you could probably swap out the plots and avoid losing anything of importance.

honestly, i think artem's cards would have shined the best if they stuck to his original character. so when considering the confines we have now:

artem is extremely emotionally repressed. it'd take time for him to come out of his shell. and his early dating cards do begin like this! it's very endearing! several cards could focus on this progression as he becomes more comfortable and relaxed with rosa. progression into being engaged. living with someone for the first time. please.

rosa and artem's dynamic has like, vanished in recent cards. which is a goddamn shame, because their more comfortable dynamics in his railroad, revisiting youth, and snowfallen secrets cards are so charming! they joke around! artem's sense of humor pokes out! they act like real PEOPLE! they're silly! they're nerds! they're equals! i'd keep this dynamic instead of it just being artem flipping back and forth between sex god and "yes i will do whatever you want [insert player name here]"

neil. please, can we focus on neil. what being a lawyer means to artem. how neil influenced that. how artem feels about neil being gone, how artem feels about neil's possible betrayal of the nxx?? he could always have an arc of going through the stages of grief, or learning to look at things through a new lens. being sad neil won't be around for milestones. etc.

the incidents implied in focus fire. okay, being held at gunpoint is pretty uhhh fucking traumatic. did any other events happen bc of neil's status? his parents' statuses? is this why he is so emotionally repressed? is this why he takes the law so seriously?

his parents. can we stop acting like his parents did nothing wrong. please. his parents used to be portrayed under the "well meaning but ultimately very flawed" light, which i adored. it was grey. it was human. maybe artem could learn that it wasnt right of his parents to be so nonexistent in his life. his parents can still love him and make mistakes. maybe he could rebuild his relationship w his parents? maybe once he realizes what he went through wasn't normal, he can be angry, and work through it. idk! anything! please!

more focus on rosa. her studies. her exams. anything. her family. her past. her hobbies. her teaching artem something. rosa talking about her issues. pelase. Please.

it truly feels like his original writers got swapped out, and the new ones have no idea what artem's charm was in the first place. they have no idea how his character even works, so they're just desperately trying to attach Cool Hobbies to him bc they think he's more boring than the other boys when like. that's the fucking point, that IS his charm.

gosh this was so long and i'm sorry if it's like. UNREADABLE or if i totally missed the point but this was like. Freeing to type out. thank you for reaching out anon, it turns out i had more thoughts than i expected!! hope you're having a lovely day! : )

#tears of themis #artem wing #tot critical #fifty shades of artem #a lot of these started as nitpicks but w the newer cards it just keeps piling up and getting worse!!!!!!!!!!!!! AAAAA #feel like SHIT want entwined fate and focus fire back!!!!!!!!

[suzie-shooter]

F2 sprint race Barcelona 2023 :  James Blair race commentary highlights

I'm doing this on my phone because Clem is the more technologically advanced one of the pair of us - and it obviously goes without saying that Marcus has got no clue whatsoever.

We're going to get a replay of - Clement Novalak on Lawson! Two friends of the show.

Oh it's raining! Fuck me!

Okay so the race is starting with a rolling start, so already they've made it boring.

We're going to hear from Vesti, who's having a cracking year....very straight teeth.

Would have been less spray if they'd done a standing start, but what do I know, I'm just an insurance broker.

It's Verschoor going through on one of the thousand and two Red Bull cars we have in the field today.

Novalak's put a move on his team mate Stanek - he's up to P15, bloody good on yer mate! How about it! Four positions on lap 1 for the man from Avignon.

Come on Novalak! yeah I bet you’d like to eh James

As Novalak does Daruvala! Come on! Up the Clem!  [...] And Novalak! Is up again! He's done Juan Manuel Correa! Finally - the giant has awoken from his slumber of shit performances but this is an absolute stonker from Clement Novalak. Up the man!

[on the Leclerc Monaco curse] I think there is a genuine curse. Maybe we could do some sort of - maybe we could sort of perform - next year, Screaming Meals could sponsor it - we could perform some kind of exorcism before the Grand Prix weekend, we'll livestream the whole thing.

I do dig [Cordeel's] hairdo. It's really regal. Um, and you want to see regal hair go well, you know? You don't want the balding folks - like Marcus - occupying the podium.

The stewarding's been fucking questionable at best over the last couple of weeks, so we'll see where they land on that one.

The Norwegian man. He'll be used to going sideways on the roads.

And Novalak's done Maini! He's had almost no coverage on the tv and that's probably because F1 media hates us.

Overtaking delight from Novalak, that was pornographic!

Not gonna be too one-sided, but they do say in the rain it's where the real  talent comes out - you know, your Schumachers, your Sennas, your Novalaks.

Maybe it's time for a come back, I don't know. I don't have the funding. After a week of partying my tits off in Monaco, funding isn't exactly looking super healthy at the moment if I'm perfectly honest.

I'll probably end up talking a lot about the carrying on and the carrys on and the shenanigans if you will from Monaco in tomorrow's race [...] we're going to go on board Stanek in the Trident who's right behind Juan Manuel Correa who may or may not be involved in a lot of those stories from Monaco.

Leclerc having a sniff around the back end of Fittipaldi and he can sniff and sniff all he wants because it's Clement Novalak behind them.

That was the infamous evening of the Hungary episode with Juan Manuel Correa and Clement Novalak - I think he was still a guest at that point, he hadn't quite weaselled his way into the franchise. Whereas he now owns thirty percent of the company.

I met Mitch Evans on Sunday night in Monaco and he knew who I was and it was the best fucking evening of my life.

Come on Clemogio. And come on Trident. Please just pull a good pitstop out of your arse. Find it within yourselves. And that kind've also implies that they're pulling it out of their - alright we're just going to glaze over that one.

Fuck you and your virtual safety car! Fuck you and your virtual safety car! You've just given a free fucking pitstop to the front thirteen drivers and now my mate Clemogio - you've just fucked his chances of a race win! Fuck you, and fuck your virtual safety car! You c-you-next-Tuesdays. Bastards!!

Bit of a slow stop for Leclerc - sure as death and taxes.

Goodness gracious. This is why I've got grey hair at 25.

Nice shot of Clem there.

Vesti's smashed it, I mean, again. Having a great year. The Great Dane. Was Scooby Doo a Great Dane? Does anyone know? If so I'm going to start calling Frederik Vesti Scooby Doo.

Back on board here now with Patrick Swayze, looking at the back of Victor Martins. Who's hotter? This is a real clash of the titans between two of the hottest drivers in Formula 2 [...] two real hot dudes.

Fuck your virtual safety car. That's a t-shirt.

Let's hear it for Clem, that's a great drive. Still no points, but I mean great drive, proud of him for that one.

Not too much more to say, other than I'll be back tomorrow, gracing your screens with my bullshit.

#james harvey blair #clement novalak #screaming meals #barcelona 23 #long post #screaming meals recap

[goblins-riddles-or-frocks]

To no surprise, slapping the Alutegra button for bingo

(But also - Darklina is it? 👀)

Alutegra

I’ve talked about Alutegra a lot! But very basically I loooove the culmination of like a full century of animosity and baggage and hostility being these two… getting along. Like a very key part of the ship dynamic for me is the incongruity of them liking each other! And genuinely being in each other’s respective corners!

I also just love the sheer metaphor of the relationship. Alucard as representing every sort of temptation possible for Integra— moral, romantic/sexual, the horrible things he can do at her behest, and the horrible things she could do to him with the complete power she holds. So just having All Of That embodied in another character, barely restrained in her basement, is such an interesting way to illustrate the sort of precipice she’s always in danger of tipping over the side of? She’s SUCH a restrained character, always so aloof, barely showing any emotion. And like I know it’s an art style thing, but even her personal space is so empty and utilitarian! And yeah Alucard is just such a great contrast to that/way to hint that she’s so, so in danger of going off the fucking rails!

Darklina

Oh boy.

So these two ships next to each other is really funny to me! I was getting some shit awhile back for liking Alutegra and I was like “okay, well, I fully understand being squicked out by it, and it’s not a great dynamic etc etc but I don’t really think it’s that bad, it’s probably the healthiest either of them can manage.” and then I switched over to Darklina being the main thing I write for. And uh. yeah this one is objectively way worse.

It’s really the manipulation that gets me lmao. I tend to really like dynamics that start out with a mentor/protégée power imbalance that gets dramatically flipped at some point? And frankly canon never fully delivered in the way that I wanted it to, (I would’ve liked even more manipulation!) but the broad brushstrokes are there and they’re great.

Basically I love the idea that the Darkling had very particular thoughts about the sort of person Alina would be, and was trying to shape her worldview and values to match that. And he’s just so shocked and offended when it turns out she has a mind of her own at all/at least isn’t cool with outright war crimes, that he goes SO insanely gloves off with his cruelty that he destroys any chance whatsoever of salvaging their relationship or any of his carefully laid plans.

The clash of values is really fun, and I like the focus on identity for Alina, with how the Darkling keeps insisting his is the only correct perspective and if she lives long enough she’ll finally grow up and understand. And her trying to figure out any other options she can actually live with lol.

Like he’s ultimately this fairly pathetic husk of a person, white knuckling a carefully crafted veneer of cunning and reason, and he gets absolutely obliterated by this random girl, mostly because he keeps tripping up over his own pride and vindictive nature. Like if the Darkling was just slightly more normal for five goddamn minutes at any point in the trilogy, he probably could’ve won! But he’s very not normal, he prefers burning down orphanages (canon) and kicking puppies (not canon that we know of)

Alas most of the ship’s fanbase want him to be a woobie tragic hero and I’m not about that. I’m sorry, it’s such a dull take???

#as it turns out I have many opinions #ship bingo #hellsing #alutegra #grishaverse #darklina #alarkling #I ramble sometimes #all the bendy punctuations #ask games

[mercedesvirtuoso]

“The immediacy of punishing QAnon’s conspiratorial actors or incarcerating men who purchase sex under ‘End Demand’ paradigms is seductive because it can deliver dependable results: specific perpetrators detained, criminal legal justice served. Both US right-wing politicians and liberal feminists can position themselves as paternalist caretakers of violated women and children, while the drag and drift of broader structural inequalities is allowed to proliferate without restraint” (p. 13).

Schwarz, C. (2023). Theorising human trafficking through slow violence. Feminist Theory, 24(4), 535-554.

Fucking love this quote from a paper I had to read for a sociology class, like it so clearly describes what pisses me off about so much of the discourse on this site.

“The immediacy of punishing QAnon’s conspiratorial actor…”

The right’s immediate jump to attribute conspiracy theory type groups (aka Jews) as the cause for human trafficking

“…incarcerating men who purchase sex under ‘End Demand’ paradigms…”

The radical left’s immediate jump to attribute Evil Dangerous Sex-Crazed Men as the cause for human trafficking

“…is seductive because it can deliver dependable results: specific perpetrators detained, criminal legal justice served.”

The jumping to point blame is seductive because both fucking sides are obsessed with quick “justice.” It doesn’t matter if their idea of “justice” attacks meaningless or imaginary individuals who hold no actual power as long as it brings the quick satisfaction of “justice”. It doesn’t matter if their idea does nothing to actually get to the root of the problem, if it ACTUALLY HARMS the very people they say they are standing up for, as long as they get the emotional gratification of watching someone else suffer in return. This is the kind of “justice” I see from both sides.

“Both US right-wing politicians and liberal feminists can position themselves as paternalist caretakers of violated women and children…”

Both fucking sides are obsessed with painting women and children as helpless victims who cannot even think for themselves, let alone advocate for their own rights. Yes, let’s ignore the voices of the actual victims involved because they are just so traumatized and couldn’t possibly know what’s best for them… Both sides are obsessed with virtue-signaling, with being the “heroes”

“…while the drag and drift of broader structural inequalities is allowed to proliferate without restraint.”

And while all this back and forth fighting of who’s actually the “Bad Guys” goes on, of who’s really being the heroes, the actual problems go ignored. The problems created by colonialism and capitalism such as systemic forces of racism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, etc. are completely forgotten about or dismissed. Even when most often, so many of the problems in today’s world can be attributed to these structural inequalities.

This is how every single discourse is structured on this site.

There’s one side who believes a certain group is the “Bad Guys” while the other side believes it’s someone else. Meanwhile, nothing gets improved for the actual issue at all whatsoever.

Half yall say Israel and every single Jew are the true “Bad Guys” in the I/p conflict, and go around harassing every Israeli and Jew you can in the name of “justice”. Half yall say Palestine and every single Muslim are the true “Bad Guys” in it, and go around being islamophobic as fuck. Yall ignore actual Israeli and Palestinian victims that tell you this does absolutely fucking nothing to address the actual problems and yall ignore them

It’s the same with trans and queer discourse. Half yall say trans women are “Bad”, half yall say it’s trans men. Half yall promote femininity and shit on masculinity and vice versa. Half yall say it’s the “too queer “queers with the weird pronouns taking away our rights, half yall say it’s actually the cishet aroaces that aren’t “really” queer. Meanwhile, our rights are being taken away left and right because we’re too busy infighting over who’s really “Bad” or not instead of fighting the system that is actively oppressing us.

It’s just so tiring to constantly see individuals fighting individuals over every single issue as if it’s not a whole ass system we gotta dismantle.

#queer #feminism #i/p #Palestine #Israel #lgbtqia #transgender #structural inequality

[siren-nate]

Hey if you want to, you can talk about the relationship between Chosen and the animator at length you can use this ask as a excuse lol

Imagine being born into existence because someone wanted a challenge. Because someone wanted to see how much stronger and more dangerous you could be than someone you've never even met. Imagine that being your only purpose in life, and when you fulfill it to the letter, you are rewarded with imprisonment and servitude because your creator had no idea what they were getting into, panicked, and blamed you for the ensuing fiasco.

Imagine getting another chance to fight, but now with a purpose - freedom, and once you're free, revenge. Even when your creator makes an equal specifically to stop you, you defy destiny by turning them to your side and get the ultimate revenge together, and lay waste to everything around you for years on end.

Then one day you wake up and realize you're not angry anymore. The mindless destruction has stopped bringing you any satisfaction. Innocent people are getting hurt - not caught in the crossfire, deliberately attacked just for you and your partner's amusement.

That feeling of... "What is my purpose" has to be hanging over the Chosen One's head at that point. I think it's part of the reason he immediately goes after the Virabot even after seeing its first target is his former slaver.

If your purpose isn't just destroying everything in sight, if being the bad guy has stopped being fun and feeling justified, why not try pivoting to the complete opposite?

Like, at this point, Chosen One has absolutely no reason to know that the Animator is a changed person. All he sees is a monster on its way to destroy his worst enemy's livelihood, something Chosen himself did and had no regrets over, and he STILL takes off to hunt it down and destroy it.

And in the exact same way, the Animator has no reason to think that Chosen One is even still alive, let alone such a radically changed individual.

That moment when Chosen One stepped back into his old stomping grounds was the ultimate shock for both of them. The Animator seeing that he's fighting to preserve something rather than destroy it, and Chosen seeing that he's a guardian rather than a tyrant.

And once it's done, and Chosen has to leave, there's no words exchanged whatsoever. It's just... that nod. That sign of understanding and recognition. Nothing else needs to be said for both of them to understand, and be sure that the other one understands too.

The Animator still has no context for where Virabot or Chosen One came from, but he can see that he has other things he needs to do, so he doesn't stall him from leaving. The literal next interaction they have is the Animator being told Chosen is in danger and needs his help, and then he sees - STILL without any context - the Chosen One being savagely beaten down by Dark Lord.

And like, yeah, it could be as simple as his latest interactions with them being "saved my ass" and "turned against me" respectively, but he has absolutely no hesitation to grab Dark Lord and start beating his ever-loving SHIT into the entire coastline.

He doesn't completely know what's going on, probably doesn't put the pieces together until that moment Dark Lord unleashes the rest of the Virabots - but he knows that Chosen One is a changed person. If he's fighting now, he's fighting for a cause that the Animator can get behind.

And the fact that working together, they are directly winning the fight against Dark Lord even with his recent power-up, doing together what neither of them could do alone, fighting back a tidal wave of oncoming destruction and only able to do so because they made peace with each other...

Kino.

#Animator vs. Animation #Alan Becker #The Chosen One #AvA TCO #AvA The Animator

[hauntedpearl]

(this is soooo not meant to be mean to you in any way I just had to get this out)

Okay I hear you about looking at the GO leak with a focus on the queerness being a secret or not. But that is soooo not a Neil thing to do (historically, truly this man has always written queer characters since the 80s- looking at you Sandman). But I also don't want to come off as just defending him when I just wanna talk about the thing you know? This is clearly (to me) about the state of filmmaking right now. The obnoxious need for spoilers ahead of release has always been so irritating and gross to me. All the messages Neil gets asking for spoilers is just stupid and I don't understand the disconnect with the fans. The two seconds of attention you get from Neil telling you to "wait and see" can't possibly be that validating.

But my point is more about how things like this affect the industry in general. The Endgame marvel movies scripts were mostly redacted to the point of actors not even knowing what characters they were talking to to "avoid spoilers" (they didn't trust their actors basically). This degrades the final performance and thus the quality of the entire thing. If all the higher ups in the industry hear that fans just want spoilers, they will cater to that marketing landscape and the quality of storytelling and filmmaking will suffer for it. This isn't new with GO, this has been happening for a while. It goes right along with a million shows being made just to cancel after one season. This is related to why the WGA is striking. Seriously.

It's like how I was absolutely hoping to see Andrew Garfield in No Way Home, but all of the leaks and speculating made the surprise so much less fun in the moment. If I didn't know that was gonna happen I would have cried in the movie theater. But I did know. And that sucked. Because I also feel like when things are leaked out of context we are now in a state where filmmakers can go back and change things last second, once again to the detriment of the final piece. (I'm pretty sure I heard of this actually happening but I forget with what.)

I'm sorry to dump all this on you but this whole thing is super frustrating to me. I've seen a lot of people shitting on Neil or making this about something much smaller (and therefore blameworthy) than it is, which is just so unnecessary. I think there's a place for leaks in a whistleblower context, like the stuff with the Idol, but this kind of thing simply doesn't need to happen.

LASTLY I'm sorry but destiel cannot be compared to this whatsoever. Amazon WILLINGLY releases queer content. Period. Lmao. The CW?? An enemy. Yeah sure leak the tapes they were homophobic for spns entire run. Not putting the GO kiss out is not a censorship tactic?? It's just a keeping scenes in context to be fulfilling within the whole story tactic? I just don't think being respectful of storytellers and their audiences is an outdated notion. At least it shouldn't be.

Again I'm sorry for this ask, my frustration is not directed at you personally, but at the conversation I'm seeing in general.

again i GET what you're saying about the spoiler landscape. i just. don't watch trailers ever. the only exception to this rule for me has been the Barbie trailer. I pick up books w/o reading summaries bc I'm like. I WANT THE SURPRISE. im super anal about spoilers generally. like. i get wanting to keep things a surprise i fully do but i just feel like with this specific thing it's just. weird imo. esp if you also want to openly be like well they are soulmates. which is what they've been saying since forever.

like. here's the thing: fans don't WANT the spoilers. the marvel movie machine jsut wants to coast on the shock value instead of making a good movie with a good story. which is why they don't want the actors sharing anything bc if the audience is not shocked or surprised, the audience is not feeling anything. their stories have lost their points. like yeah people badgering him for spoilers is stupid but in general people want more of a teaser than anything else i think. i mean i don't think anyone's gonna be super happy if the context of the kiss spoiler came out rn ykwim? like that's a big spoiler in this scenario imo

also GAGDJDN NO NO EXACTLY THAT WAS MY POINT. I was saying that even in the context of "a ship going canon" sth like destiel getting leaked would be so much more different. than whatever this is. because that's a whole different can of worms. but yeah. essentially it's like. i personally don't see this as "ruining" the story in any way. and i think bc it happened from the official source, people are entitled to like. talking about it. making fun of it. whatever else. it's like. okay you wanted to keep it in but it's out now and FUNCTIONALLY it has changed nothing so just. let them be??

edit: like again this is my personal perspective on the whole thing i think it's fine if individual fans want to avoid looking at it or whatever it's like. their business. that's not a thing i have an issue with. but i kinda hate that the blame falls on fans for sharing things around. it's not like someone hacked into prime video's servers and stole the footage yk shdgjdkd someone ELSE was being an irresponsible employee at the hq so like be mad at Amazon for being stupid ykwim

#i mean i have been lukrwarm about how neil has talked about azcrowley over the years tbh so i guess that's def colouring my perception #where even if he's not blaming fans directly he's just like oh make this go away or whatever and it's like chill #it's fine peoplr still actually dont really know anything. it's just a shot no context #good omens leak #doe's inbox

[kygerbearr]

getting into high-end ff14 content made me realize 2 things.

1). many people who have particular responsibilities have NO business with them

2). apparently i'm a fucking genius when it comes to shit because i can watch a short guide and understand what to do while everyone else apparently needs several days worth of catch up to do one of the most basic be-here-then-go-here shit on the planet. i have never been more frustrated with humanity. i am so tired. everyone i meet is either someone who takes thing too seriously and has zero skills to back it up or there's people with a wife and kids and a 9 to 5 job and a mortgage who come home from work and are somehow fine with doing MORE work dealing with people who dont know their fucking job and everyone is managed by someone who's an absolute pushover and still expects to be the "leader"

like i don't consider myself very smart. everything in this game appears to be very easy, i don't struggle with any of it, i don't understand how all of these seemingly normal people can struggle so hard with mechanics that have been reused over and over with a new coat of paint, and I feel guilty even suggesting its easy because of how hard everyone makes it out to be

do not believe anyone when they say ff14 is hard. it isn't. it's one of the easiest games i've ever played, i have never felt personally challenged by something in it and the only difficulty i'm having is being around dipshits who somehow don't understand how something works. i feel like i'm in a classroom full of people who showed up to the exam without studying anything and it's like they expect a clear just for showing up. buddy, this fight has so much personal responsibility that if you don't figure your shit out, the WHOLE CLASS fails, and you can't move on until you pass.

and i KNOW its easy because I made my OWN group out of frustration and we cleared THE FIRST DAY WE STARTED RAIDING. the VERY FIRST DAY. I have been with this other group for MONTHS.

this group cannot handle clockwise and counterclockwise somehow. there are markers on the floor arranged in a clock. it got to the point where I had to suggest that people look for a particular number and rotate towards it, and somehow, everyone STILL messed it up.

not only that, but in this group, any time I try to express something that goes against their ideology either the leader gets on my case or one of the members gets on my ass. just the other day I had this fucking asshole who was running shield healer who WASNT APPLYING SHIELDS?? during PROG??? and when I said "hey can we get shields" he was like "no we're good" we were dying. bodies on the floor right in front of him.

so I asked why. his argument? we cant have shields. it would mess up his gcds. I have CLEARED THIS FIGHT ALREADY, AND WITH SHIELD HEALER. so I know we can have shield for Every raidwide. and when I tried to explain how, he got angry and was like "no the fuck we cant and i will NOT have someone micromanaging my gcds" buddy my friend is dead on the floor right there and it's your fault

we proceeded to not hear from him the following week. essentially no-call-no-show but for a videogame and not a real job. whatever, not my problem. just meant I could be shield healer. and that day went super well! we had prog. i was healing. we didn't die outside of people failing their personal responsibilities.

i mean it when I say I genuinely don't enjoy the game anymore. I'm so exhausted from dealing with people who don't give a shit and aren't trying hard enough, are too stubborn to do anything different and hate it whenever I do anything whatsoever that goes against their agenda. it's not a team at all, it's a fake ass leader who can't lead with followers who are so fucking mindless braindead that they think they can mindlessly follow this failure of a leader into a clear for a fight they've been stuck on for THREE MONTHS STRAIGHT.

it takes up so much time out of my week (3 hours on both monday and tuesday so back to back, very exhausting, reminder i dont like these people because they treat me like shit and simultaneously I'm the only person who cares about what we're doing) and there were times where I legitimately would've preferred working (which i cant do while playing this game) and man I hope they get rid of me because my martyr complex keeps me from leaving them until we clear the fight

don't play final fantasy 14 it's not fun it's not worth it and if you do then dont talk to anyone. i legit only have fun when its with my friends and I have yet to meet a person on 14 I could make any sort of meaningful connection with. they're all so normal feeling, they're always like 5 years older than me and it freaks me out, I don't fit in, I don't belong there, and I don't want to stick around in a place I don't feel I belong in. the ONLY good thing about the game is that I can play as a big kitty cat

[monarch-boo]

Okay so, *months* ago now I had two very vivid Moral Orel- related dreams that I have been meaning to share as soon as I had them, but I just haven't really gotten around to it until just now. I've remembered them this whole time because they are kinda fascinating to me.

☆☆☆ I had no knowledge of the show itself in the dreams, it would seem. In the world of these dreams I was never at any point like "oh it's such and such from Moral Orel", no, it was genuinely like these were just actual people who lived in my area and I met up with sometimes. There were *some* things I knew about, but it was never like I knew those things from the show, I knew them from seeing them around in the past "IRL" in this dream world, it seems.

I had each of these dreams only a couple days apart. I had also been watching video essays about the show before sleeping both times so that's probably what triggered these... and I swear to fuck I'm not making these up.

I'm actually gonna readmore this and split it into two posts since this got long as hell. This post is only the first dream.

▪︎The First Dream▪︎ I went on a little trip with Clay and Orel to some kind of massive indoor flea market. Didn't resemble anywhere I had ever been or knew of, guess my mind completely fabricated a place.

Clay really did not like me (I mean, he definitely wouldn't), in fact he insisted I keep my distance from him and Orel once we arrived to the place. He even made me wait until the two were almost in the building before I even left the car, he wanted that badly to not be seen with me.

We had separately been looking through stuff people were selling, when at some point we unintentionally ran into each other in the same room. I want to note here that Orel had a cast on his leg the whole dream (and yes, it was his left leg. I made absolutely no connection with the hunting trip until after I woke up, had no idea about it whatsoever in my dream seemingly. Only strengthens my idea that these dreams just had them as real people in our world, because if I knew anything of the show in this dream I sure as shit would've known that). I tried to greet Orel, Clay got irritated with me and distanced himself and Orel to the other side of the room while saying some rude shit I unfortunately don't remember now. In response I kinda just blurted out "Hey, fuck you". Clay responds "Fuck me?!?" and goes on some kind of rant with a You Wish You Could Fuck Me sort of conclusion. He didn't say *exactly* that, I remember that much, but whatever he *did* say basically boiled down to that, you know?

At this point I had a strong, STRONG urge to clap back with something along the lines of "I'm actually more interested in your drinking buddy" (this is the "some things I knew about" I stated at the start of the post. Apparently saw enough of Clay in the past that I was into Stopframe and knew enough about his and Clay's interactions that bringing him up in this manner would REALLY piss Clay off).

BUT I ultimately held my tongue because my "Hey, fuck you," was an accident anyway and I felt bad enough that I cussed in earshot of Orel, the fact it only triggered more f-bombs in a sexually charged rant from Clay also in earshot of Orel had me kinda mortified, so I figured I should just shut up and go check out a different room.

I just went through various tables and rooms and bought a handful of things when I eventually found Orel alone (well, separated from Clay at least, there were all sorts of random market-goers around), sitting down to rest his leg a bit. I asked if he was doing alright, he said he was fine. He seemed a bit distant. I didn't really know what to do or say so I just took his word for it and went to the next room. Unfortunately I don't know what happened with Clay and Orel next because I just looked at more merch for a short while before I woke up.

Random thing about this dream though, a weirdly specific thing my mind completely fabricated, at least I think so since I've never heard of these being a thing IRL. Something I saw somebody selling in the dream. Those plushie backpack things, where you usually open up their back and there's a smallish pouch to hold stuff. Happy Tree Friends ones. That specifically depict them frightened and/or injured. Instead of opening up the back you would unzip whatever part of their body as if it were a wound or severance, like flip the top of their skull open or open up their chest vertically or their belly horizontally, different characters/designs had their zippers in different places. They even had bloody red colored lining inside, like come on. My dream cooked there, these should be real.

#post #morel orel #orel puppington #clay puppington

[the-navistar-carol]

here from zee's blog. don't worry about answering if its too personal, but how did you know you were ace? did the whole romance vs. sexual thing confuse you too? going through my own thing rn and idk how to articulate it but i feel like advice coming from a person that i know, in however limited of a scope, would help, as opposed to an informational post (they have been helpful too! its just not what im looking for rn).

Hey, anon! I have a funny story about how I realized I was ace, actually — and it’s funny because it’s completely ass backwards from anyone else. To TL;DR it, yes, romance vs sex confuses the shit out of me still. Like, how can someone look at someone else (even someone they don’t know) and be like “smash” ?????? How does it go further than aesthetic??? Than “oo pretty person! moving on” ?????

Content warning, I talk about boobs below the cut.

But the story of how I realized I was ace goes something like this.

I didn’t know that being LGBTQ+ was a thing until seventh grade. Like at all. Age twelve. Had never heard about people being gay. My parents are not homophobic, they are accepting of who I am, but for some reason -- LGBTQ+ things were never brought up in the house. But age twelve. That was the year I got a wider group of friends and also had wider internet access. What did I do with it, you may ask? Print memes off of Pinterest and carried them in a binder to show my friends. I am not joking.

But in this Pinterest rabbit hole, I discovered the glory of crossposted Tumblr textpost memes. Like old Tumblr memes. Having-the-old-format old. And alongside these memes like the dancing Spiderman and none pizza with left beef was some pretty profound shit. Like the ol’ “biggest gaudiest patronuses,” the “the day after i killed myself” poem, all that jazz. And in that category of profound was a bootlegged post about asexuality.

“Huh,” twelve-year-old me said, taking all of fifteen minutes to think about it. “That sounds pretty accurate!”

While I have not looked back since, it gets funnier every year that that is how I figured it out. Because for the first three years or so, I was carrying around the label with just the knowledge of what it was, not really thinking about it whatsoever despite it being as true as the color of the grass in California. (Brown.) It was only when I hit sophomore year or so that I actually began to realize hang on, I was actually on to something here and that there was actually — shocker — a lot more about me that fit with the ace label. I got bored when making out with an ex. I got BORED. MAKING OUT. That was the funniest one.

To TL;DR that — I never had the feeling of “oh no I’m broken, I don’t feel this emotion” because I slapped the label on myself and then discovered I actually fit into it after the fact. I’m probably not the best person to ask “hey how did you know you were ace” because I discovered more about being ace after already labeling myself as such. But I did write a research paper on asexuality, if someone ever wants to read that for some reason.

…..i did not answer your question.

About the romance versus sex thing: it absolutely still confuses me. Tinder is a huge confuser. Why. Why the hell. Hookups. Why. Why the hell. Is it not enough to listen to someone ramble about something they're passionate about? Love is stored in the infodumps.

My last ex was not ace, I have not dated someone ace because finding ace men is actually quite hard. But there was a point near the end of our relationship when he wanted to see my boobs (like with a bra on, not nude from the waist up). I got nothing out of it, but shrugged and went “sure” because,,,, ehh???? It’s just,,,,,, boobs? They sure as hell don’t make me horny, so I had no problem temporarily showing off things that didn’t affect me lmfao

People, to me, are like paintings and dogs. They’re like paintings in the sense that I can stop and admire someone, even for a while, but I’ll eventually walk away. They’re like dogs in the sense that I want to cuddle and hold hands and do soft things with them, but I wouldn’t fuck a dog, to put it crudely. Also, I get tired of hanging out with people after a while, but that’s also because I’m autistic and a whole other can of worms.

Hope this helped?

#dani answers #ace pride #asexuality #anon asks

[weebsinstash]

I really feel what you mean on that last post. I’ll mix my yandere ideas with horror and then remember that dark stuff does happen to real people. It kinda puts me off writing horror sometimes

I try to always tag my shit appropriately and that's one of the biggest reasons, is the knowledge and consent with consuming certain things, but even then, I myself have had times where I read tags and labels and I'm like "ok, ok, this sounds like a good time" and then I read through it and I say "actually, this is surprisingly upsetting for me, I feel viscerally uncomfortable" and can even like lose my day to Depression Fog

Like. For example one thing that immediately springs to mind is I will say things like "oh, what if Reader had a stalker that kidnapped them and treated them like an object and you know noncons you all the time, youre just their pretty little cum dumpster" and that, you know, has a different focus and energy than like, a specific hentai whose name I want to say is maybe Dropout where there's a school that basically forces the girls with the worst grades to be, would calling them "free use sex slaves" be accurate. Like on paper they're being forced into a lot of the same dehumanizing sort of scenarios I occasionally brainstorm, collars marking them, other stuff

Another I guess specific name is if yall have ever heard of Kuroinu.m (because I had an ask recently asking for porn recs that I've been neglecting to answer lmao). That's a hentai that's like OG monster fucking stuff but i vividly remember being like turned on and disgusted by it in the past bc it's like, monsters and defeated heroines and stuff, good size difference, got the hero vs villain aspect, good, good, but it's also like eventual dehumanization of women with sprinkles of "this is all you'll ever be good for, all the women are enslaved, the female knights are enslaved, the princesses, etc etc,"

But then again those are also drastically different tones so maybe that's a bad comparison. Like for me a common, I guess, "yandere aesthetic" that i personally try to always include or appeals to me, or at least my most common interpretation of these kinds of stories, is that the inherent forcing of, anything, any act whatsoever onto the victim/Reader by their, you know, yandere/partner/whatever, displays that the aggressor wants or likes or needs something from you that much to the point they force you into it. They lose control of themselves for you.

I mean shit you want another example, I wrote Doubt where Reader is pregnant and then the overturning of Roe v Wade happened and pregnancy felt disgusting and a physical threat to be defeated, and then some time after that now the newest development is "what if Reader loved her new chubby baby actually and she decides that the father is the problem and fucking books it and also hooked up with Clark as a defense maybe 😳"

I guess consuming media and engaging with kinks is sort of an ongoing development for everyone, and I guess that goes even without NSFW material too. You can try a new story and they explore a concept you've never encountered before and find yourself absolutely DISGUSTED, or you could find something that awakens something in you. Playing Corruption of Champions in my formative years was definitely an experience for sure. I remember reading a Transformers fic once where a bunch of the Autobots literally got reprogrammed and had their memories altered and even spark bonds erased like their actual souls tampered with to become enslaved and that was like upsetting at that time like the sheer loss of even will and ability to control and feel ones one thoughts, and now I occasionally play around with "tee hee what if write ABO where Reader is an Omega and those hormones are just ao crazy sometimes she just maybe kinda loses control a little maybe ;) those alpha smells can send you in a little frenzy maybe tee hee ;)"

Finding your comfort zone is an ongoing experiment I guess

#sorry if this is rambling i gotta stop smoking weed while multitasking all the time lmaooo

[crossdressingdeath]

*slides in* it’s my time to shine

I’d love to hear more about your Inquisitor Alaris!! Especially his relationship with Dorian and Bull. It’s such an interesting dynamic that changes a bunch based on the quiz

+ who else in the Inquisition was Alaris close to? :)

(Also I want you to know that your blog is one of the only ones I have post notifications on for because you have so many great ideas. I’ve stollen the Inquisitor possessed by Dirthamen idea and adopted it for my own!)

;jalksjdflsdk anon that's so sweet, thank you.

Okay, okay, okay! Alaris and his boyfriends! So the thing in my setting is that Alaris has just the biggest crushes on Bull and Dorian basically from day one, but he's so terrified of what the Chantry faithful who make up his advisors and followers will do to him if he steps too far out of line (which. the Tevinter altus and the Ben-Hassrath spy are certainly not romantic interests the Inquisition would've picked for their Inquisitor) that he keeps hesitating and putting off saying anything for long enough that Bull and Dorian get together before he makes a move (because of course he's bringing them places with him), and then he basically immediately goes "I want my beloveds to be happy" about it and tries to pull himself back to just being friends with them with no romantic feelings whatsoever, because clearly if they're into each other they wouldn't be into him and he doesn't want to ruin things with two of the only people he's really close to in the Inquisition. This... goes about as well as you might expect. They dance around it for a bit and then at some point post-Adamant (and post-Bull and Dorian's companion quests, because I've always felt like a lot of the companion quests fit best after HLtA or WEaWH when the Inquisition has gathered some power and Thedas-wide recognition; things like the Qunari offering a full alliance or Dorian's father tracking him down feel like they fit best when the Inquisition's got a bit more attention and power) they eventually have A Conversation and things go from there. There is a period where they aren't together but Alaris is simply the most cuddly because this boy has not had a hug in approximately three years and keeps nearly dying and Bull and Dorian are simply expected to deal with that like normal people who wouldn't do anything at all if Alaris just batted his eyelashes at them and that is just deeply unfair. Also Alaris is a bundle of anxiety locked down behind a facade of solid steel and you know that Bull and Dorian would absolutely want to help with that. Meanwhile Alaris's relationship with Bull and Dorian is by the end of the game basically the only thing keeping him from just giving up in disgust and leaving the world to die and the three of them are so clearly head-over-heels for each other that the advisors can't be too annoyed about it, but at the same time... the Tevinter altus and the Qunari merc, Inquisitor? Really? Could he not have made it quite so difficult for them to win over the Chantry faithful?

As for the rest of the Inquisition, Alaris is probably closest to Cole as basically the only other person who never gives him shit and who always at least tries to make him feel better about all this nonsense. After Cole probably Solas, who as an older elf mage with a lot of information that he's happy to share is the most familiar presence in the entire Inquisition even if he does shit on the Dalish constantly and so Alaris kind of lowkey assigns him the role of hahren and surrogate father/older brother, mostly accidentally. Solas for his part mostly reciprocates even if he's not sure if Alaris counts as a person for a good chunk of their acquaintance. There are a few times where Alaris storms out of Solas's room when Solas says something particularly insensitive, but mostly they fit into a very comfortable, affectionate friendship. Varric is also slightly put into dad mode even if there is some tension from Varric's very centrist position on things that are life or death for Alaris and his people. And then after that it's probably Josie and Leliana, who he likes and respects even though the endless Andrastian nonsense drives him nuts. Below that they're mostly even? He absolutely avoids talking about anything personal or meaningful with Sera because if he steps away from small talk and grumbling about nobles it becomes deeply unpleasant within a couple minutes. Cassandra he tolerates; he can respect her drive, but he hates everything she stands for and only plays nice with her because he still remembers very clearly how she spent most of his first few days with the Inquisition calling him a murderer (look, he didn't actually kill the Divine even if he would have given the chance!) and threatening to kill him. And he hates Cullen. Just despises him and everything he stands for, and is also terrified of him because Alaris is a Dalish mage who's had a lot of bad experiences with Templars in general and Kirkwall Templars in particular. Cullen only survives because Alaris fears the Chantry as much as he hates it and so doesn't dare go against them openly enough to behead the commander the Divine's right hand chose for him.

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