#by day i mean their luck

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

shoutout to Frank, he's gonna fall for / has fallen for the most suspicious puppet in the neighborhood

#godspeed you funky homosexual your love interest is utterly fucked #and by proxy so are you! probably #frank: im in love with eddie! surely this wont affect me in any negative way! #meanwhile eddie is in the corner with a clock-themed leitmotif playing in the background #man im RABID im going RABID #i feel like the 'honey. youve got a big storm coming *snap*' meme #i mean its directed at Everyone but oh man oh man. franklydear is gonna be so much more insane than i suspected huh #like yeah obviously it was gonna go hard #but mmmmm man man man. eddie eddie eddie. its getting real and i suspect none of us will survive #no we will! we'll come out of it haunted and bloodsplattered and so so happy about it #good luck with your romance frank you're gonna need it #absolutely unprompted #welcome home #franklydear #i love how two days ago i was on the fence about eddie being That Sus #i mean obviously he had something going on #but now? choo choo the Something Extremely Fucked Is Going On With The Mailman train has left the station! #and is barreling towards a wall at mach 12 #if i were the main detective in a crime movie #id be restringing my entire corkboard and putting eddie and sally at the center. mainly eddie tbh #move over wally there's a new Something Is Seriously Wrong With You guy in town #rn by comparison wally is so so Unsuspicious #thumbs up and grinning! and shaking slightly in fear! #frank bby i wish you luck in these trying - hopefully very fruity - times

[learn-and-accept]

I think the most annoying part about all of this watcher shit is that if they had just originally said they'd be releasing content earlier and ad-free on their own website, none of this would've happened. Like sure maybe people would be a little bit upset/disappointed they couldn't afford to see things earlier, but at the very least they wouldn't have completely obliterated their reputation and ostracized their fan base. They just went about this in such a shitty and demeaning way and I'm glad they apologized and backpedaled, but I sincerely don't know how they come back from this, especially after it took them three days to respond. I don't know how their audience will ever be able to trust them again

#im really glad they listened amd apologized and didn't double down but holy shit guys #you employee 25 people but clearly none of them are in pr because my god i dont even know how this idea made it past a pitch #you guys are nowhere near the level where this could even begin to be a good idea #and tbh the apology feels weird and insincere and so fucking scripted #it just never needed to be this way #and i dont think fans that were once so loyal are going go ever trust you guys again #i mean fuck ive been a fairly casual fan since the buzzfeed days and even i feel betrayed #i cant imagine how people who spent money on merch and tours and patreon or made fan art or submitted stories feel #it's just so disappointing #anyway good luck i guess #watcher

[narwhalandchill]

oh my fucking god i feel. SO stupid rn at How i didnt make the (super sane very normal just absolutely. Yes. Surely) connection earlier but uhh

so anyway im now like 89% certain that whatever the "traces" of the narwhal that remain on ajax and facilitate their (ever-growing) innate connection are like. an actually fundamental aspect of it (them?) more or less.

why? because if you consider its pov just for a moment. the narwhal was literally about to depart teyvat for good. it had nearly finished consuming the primordial sea and preparing to breach surface to finish the job by eating the french for the leftovers their human bodies were made from. its an interstellar voyager it does not linger on planets it devours. it goes glug glug and it leaves.

and like if it wasnt for traveler intervening its confirmed through narzissenkreuz and renes world formula that teyvat wouldve just been destroyed. no one could have stopped the narwhal not neuvillette not focalors not anyone.

so what was the one other thing it did right before going for that french brunch? calling for ajax. getting them reunited in the primordial sea. like all the possible implications aside bc theres many different ways to speculate on the exact reasons why and the nature of that link. the point remains.

it wasnt leaving teyvat without finding him.

like the narwhal is about to fucking Dip from this cringe planet and whatever part of it that ajax carries within himself his narwhal Absolutely wanted to be reunited with. what the fuck am i supposed to read from that. hoyo???????!??! answers?!?!?!

and its not only the calling from the narwhal side itself either bc this is ALL coinciding with the growth of a 'restless power' within ajax and his vision malfunctioning (the things celestia is literally confirmed to harvest energy thru to repair its damaged authority) and his connection with the narwhal reaching an actual conscious level (arguably subconscious n emotional too bc i find it Curious his mood is poor right as the narwhal is repeatedly described as positively malding to the point its boss fight mechanic is literally a rage meter). ajax' power is growing. his destiny is starting to shift and something is drawing him to fontaine... right as the narwhal is getting close to finished with the primordial sea. funny how it overlaps eh. how it aligns 🤨🤨 why are they orbiting each other like this (they should kiss)

(& not to even Mention how ajax just Happened to get that absolutely exponential and borderline unbelievable feat of power spike in extending his foul legacy endurance as massively as he did. while. within the primordial sea. with his narwhal. who had at that point all but incorporated the power of that sea into itself. i s2g if childe was getting passive home turf co-op bonus exp with a 4x multiplier automatically the whole 40+ days 💀💀)

#man the way its lovely reunion but tjen ajax fucking ATTACKS IT ON SIGHT you couldve gotten married!!!!11!1 fucking unbearable i am in agony #anyway contrary to popular belief we still have no fucking clue whether ajax' link to the narwhal was innate #skirk saying the traces remain on him after meeting it isnt saying tht much. the parts he shares w it couldve well been innate but dormant #instead. also just the fact that he woke it up already shady #then like. monoceros caeli being his from the beginning is completely plausible despite ppl acting like its been confirmed his const change #and like them being halves of the same entity on some lvl would make the narwhal being so weak without him n until ajax found it again #make very much. sense. anyway ajax toxicity jokes aside if the narwhal was just trying to eat him point blank without even a hello #i do get why hed react aggressively. but also bros been telling everyone n their mom hes fighting his narwhal the seconf he finds it again😔 #so i feel somewhat confident in assuming he started that 40+ days brawl #anyway if ajax Isnt the celestial narwhal on some level or possibly becoming it as their link grows. #riddle me this atheists. why is his 3rd phase boss theme. the song about His individual murderous rage at us #bc he thought he was outplayed by us. His personal wrath #whys the song for that called the wrath of the celestial narwhal. of the star swallowing whale. Hmmmge. his individual rage. #why does tusk of monoceros caeli speak of him embracing the narwhals innate qualities as embracing mere parts of Himself #funny how tjat goes!! (the OST n boss drop is not 100% serious theory but it does drive me insane. bc why would they phrase it like that) #anyway either theyre 2 halves same original entity or theyre soulmates idgaf . they should fold teyvat in half and eat it for brunch #aaand im going to be consumed by this realization for the next month wish me luck #WHY DID IT NEED HIM THERE SO BADLY???? HUH?????? #i mean relatable dont we all. but its sooooooooo inch resting. Curious indeed #rambles #genshin #childe #childeposting #narwhalposting

[moeblob]

My boys! (Mr. Svarog I really adore you but idk how to draw robots I'm so sorry)

Trailblazer like "look at this guy! he's half a unit!" and Dan Heng just unimpressed with that being enough to add to the count.

#honkai star rail #trailblazer #dan heng #svarog #listen i love mr svarog and hes just a good guy! he counts! and the little TWIRL ANIMATION #AND HIM CATCHING HIS SWEET CLARA After she twirls and loses balance im sobbing #because we're family ??? as a follow up????? CRYING MY EYES OUT HE LOVES HER SO MUCH #one day i will get another guy #but unfortunately when i tried my ten pull today after i realized i could on the standard banner i got 10 light cones #which tragically means not enough to get me Sampo #im sobbing bc i just..... dont have any luck..... please..... i want .... any guy

[significant-ace-nnoyance]

what's gayer?

(a) being gay

(b) a randomized character created by the duffers

#they just- turn out gay #all of them #the duffers dont even mean to it just- happens #call it what you will #fate #the gay agenda #pure dumb luck #it certainly is quite a feat #and i thank god every day for it #all my lil gay babies #ooh option (c) aggressively telling your same-gendered bff that you guys are FRIENDS nothing MORE just FRIENDS #hehe #byler #lumax #elumax #elmax #steddie #ronance #jargyle #jopper being bi wife energy #ace eleven

[hidey-writes]

Day After Day | 日复一日

25k | T | Weilan | Case Fic, Undercover Married, Grief

Shen Wei swallows. “And this is why you asked me to—” he makes a vague gesture that means go undercover as your husband “—pretend with you.” Zhao Yunlan comes to a stop, eyes on Shen Wei. “That’s why the cover is a married couple. The reason I’m asking you is because there are no other options for people to go undercover with.” Shen Wei scoffs to give himself an excuse to look away. “You certainly know how to flatter someone, Zhao Yunlan.” Or: Four Haixingren disappear for two months after a stay at a romantic mountain retreat. Shen Wei and Zhao Yunlan book a weekend there to find out what happened.

it's finally here!!! my beloved fic for the 520 day guardian reverse exchange! this was written for trobadora, who gave me the most delicious set of ideas to fit into a story. it was so fun.

i have no idea how to describe this fic, frankly - this is, hands down, the most complex and most heartwrenching and most incredible thing i've ever written in my entire life.

here is a list of some things in it: a kiss, a mystery, a change of heart. old chinese people, dark energy world-building, lesbians, big-time character parallels, forgery of documents, rainstorms, rowboats, lollipop symbolism, [redacted], bedsharing, grading, the stupidest undercover name ever. zhao yunlan described with so many light metaphors. shen wei being the most shen wei i could make him.

read Day After Day | 日复一日 on ao3 here!

#guardian #weilan #zhao yunlan #shen wei #zhen hun #镇魂 #520 day reverse exchange #man this fic is just so. its so. guys. i can't even say. this is SO personal and also SO a product of these exact two months of my life #truly this is just MY personal ideal weilan casefic that i lucked into being able to write as a gift fic #i remember talking to d in mid-april coming up w/ the case premise and they were like 'wow this will be complex to write' (paraphrased) #and i was like 'wow yeah ahaha. i love the idea though. maybe i'll just write one part' HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. haha. hah. #now that its done the last month and a half lowkey feels like a fever dream. the total count of hours i was literally sitting and writing i #a frankly alarming number when considering it happened in the context of a month #god this was SO FUCKING FUN though. i got to think SOOOOOOOO much about 1) including so much chinese stuff from my childhood in here #and 2) making references to chinese chengyu that i learned over the last four months of nonstop watching cdramas #and 3) soooooooooooooooo much additional meaning in the names of everybody and everything possible haha #anyway. mwah THANK YOU I LOVE YOU to everybody who is being so fucking niceys to me about this fic. i love you!! you are making me so happy #520 day fic 2024 #<- if you want to see cut scenes from this / earlier versions of this fic. they are in this tag #my fic #banner post

[sapphorror]

Okay but my favorite GIR moments are ALWAYS the ones that imply he's just aware enough of what's going on to know that the thing he's doing will fuck up Zim's day, and he still does it anyway, possibly specifically for that purpose.

#invader zim #gir #iz posting #natterings #most times its not even malicious #or not like SPECIFICALLY malicious beyond gir being a gremlin who enjoys chaos in general #i think a lot of the time he just wants to secure zims attention and making him mad is the easiest way to do it #(+ i mean zim kind of models this strategy all the time so can he really be surprised girs learned it—) #or sometimes the terrible thing will eventually end up leading into accomplishing something useful #and its easy to say this is just fools luck and totally inadvertent on girs part #but there are rare moments that suggest he mightve a little bit done the thing on purpose and im obsessed with that #that one comics issue where he impersonates dib torments zim for days on end and then wheedles zim into praising him for it #lives rent free in my mind #BUT ANYWAY I ALSO THINK THAT MAYBE SOMETIMES IT COULD BE A LITTLE MALICIOUS #given that gir in his natural state isnt really CAPABLE of resentment or anger or even dislike #and the one time he was able to feel those things he turned on zim in less than 24 hrs #in a way that was clearly very personally motivated (note to self write meta about gir goes crazy and stuff i have so much shit to say) #which suggests to me those emotions probably are there festering on some inaccessible level and yknow #imo a little healthy sadism is a GREAT outlet for that #zim absolutely deserves it

[goddess-reborn]

ON MY FIRST 10 PULL WHAT IS HAPPENING 😭😭😭😭😭 IS THIS MARCH BABY SOLIDARITY?????

#I’m sorry I’m not trying to brag but when my luck with oracle was SO bad I feel like the last 2 days has made up for that tenfold #like rafayel what is happening I mean I’m not mad but what changed my love #😭😭😭😭 #truly a great birthday #it’s because I’m also a fish isn’t it #Pisces babyyyy fish solidarity #love and deepspace #love and deepspace rafayel #love and deepspace qi yu #lads #lnds #l&ds #lds #lads rafayel #lnds rafayel #lds rafayel #l&ds rafayel #lads qi yu #lds qi yu #lnds qi yu #l&ds qi yu

[naamahdarling]

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#my psych who prescribes my psych meds is a resident and is moving on in a couple of months #i don't even remember the names of them all at this point #this happens over and over and I cannot find a clinic that will put me with someone who intends to stay #thst will also prescribe my adhd meds #and my anxiety meds #and the real kicker is that twice now they have LIED about it and said they would #only to reveal after all the hoop-jumping that oops sorry they didn't really mean it #so it's a risk i have to take any time i leave #and rhen there's the issue of new people almost always wanting to DO something #but instead of talking to me about it they just decide that my meds need overhauling and pressure me to go off shit that works #but that they morally object to i guess #and my psych for some stupid reason has decided she wants bloodwork for my cholesterol and blood sugar stuff and im just like #what hell does THIS presage because if she harasses me about the results or tries to put me on drugs for that #I'll give her a nasty scrap about it #im not interested in those meds at all #and im certainly not messing with my diet since food is the only pleasure i get most days and even that is marginal at best #and removing that would just make me worse #but medpros for the most part really don't give a fuck about that #and so now im afraid - because i do not and cannot trust them - that if i disapprove of the meds they will retaliate somehow #which good luck proving that when management and oversight often don't even care if they course of treatment will HARM you #if it relates to being fat or having bad numbers #they just gotta pathologize! #so yeah im sick of everything and just kind of want to bury myself in a bog forever #i shouldn't have to deal with this

[marzipanandminutiae]

the fact that The Ossuary in Salem has almost no natural-fiber garments is a source of continual disappointment to me

nice staff! Gothic Victorian vibes! cool art and jewelry! really pretty clothes that are near-universally made of plastic

I weep

#personal #salem ma #I mean I don't blame the staff exactly- good luck finding anything that's not made of plastic or MAYBE cotton these days #for wholesaling too #once in a blue moon there will be linen. once in TWO blue moons- wool. what is this Silk of which you speak #and ALTERNATIVE clothes??? in Not Polyester or Spandex??? better learn to sew babey #(which I can and do. I'd just love to not have to for once)

[a-wondering-thought]

Do you ever just read a post about something in life, maybe about a small beauty or kind strangers or someone expressing their feelings about their love for life or a million others and just think like "woah, you captured the beauty of that thing perfectly, you put this enchanted feeling i get when thinking about this into words" yeah.. because i'll love those posts forever

#i hord these posts in my drafts #*side eyes the 106 drafts that have been piling up even after i cleaned out 300 in december* #also hiii!! #wow this is probably the longest ixve gone without posting #(i mean it was only actually a couple of days) #anyway #i missed you!! #im watching past lives rn and i can just *tell* im going to sob by the end #this is going to be one of my favourite movies ever #it feels so real #the love thats shown in it #its quiet love #its like love irl #i love it sm its making my heart so happy to see #sam screams into the void #O'wonderings of writing #oh im also listening to chappel roan all day #good luck babe hits the best part of my brain

[rosicheeks]

🙃

#today is the day #I’m so NERVOUS #and sleepyyyyyy #I wanna go back to bed #I know I know this is huge #and a good first step #doesn’t mean I’m not still incredibly anxious #I wish I could have prepared more but I have no clue what to expect #send me some good vibes today please #and allllll the good luck you can #shut up rosie

[tricoufamily]

my two final interviews are both on friday back to back.......

#good news: at least i'll hear back from them sooner #bad news: technical interview. less time to prepare than i thought. #gotta prepare for both.....and i'm fucking dogshit at technical interviews i always choke #and i Absolutely Cannot Choke Under Any Circumstances this time #i have to do ANOTHER behavioral interview dog what the hell #i mean to be honest i killed the first one #best interview i've ever done #probably because my life literally depended on it #but my LIFE DEPENDS ON THESE INTERVIEWS #AHHHHH #i thought it'd be the TWO most important days of my life not ONE #and so soon!!!!! #wish me luck 😐

[heymrspatel]

Something fun? Erm…

Tomorrow I’ve got an assessment class (with real life paying customers!!) and if I pass, starting next week, I will officially be an archery instructor! 😳

So, in that vein… here’s a scenario that would never happen:

The entire Gallagher Milkovich Fisher Ball clan go for an archery taster day…

Who’s good at it? Who’s awful? Who’s really into it, but still super bad? Who is a sore loser? Does anyone throw a hissy fit and storm out? Does anyone break the club rules and fuck about so much they get benched? And why is it Lip? lol

oh my god michelle aaah have i left you hanging.... CRINE! you're so cool! i bow down to you, ARCHERY INSTRUCTOR MICHELLE!!! 🏹🎯

🎉Gallagher Milkovich Fisher Ball Archery Day of Fun! 🎉

good at it: ian. the dude prides himself on being a sharpshooter and having impeccable aim and this has somehow translated into archery as well! no one understands how, possibly not even him, but he still struts away like he's hot shit.

awful at it: kev. he's so bad and looks like such a big goof while he's at it! still has the best time cheering/egging everyone on. giving shoulder claps and ass slaps any chance he gets.

really into it but still terrible: debbie and liam. i feel like they'd both have the most fun and silly time with it. at the end of it making it a game of "who can be the worst at this" and giggle at how off their arrows end up from the target! they take a bunch of selfies laughing and pointing at their terrible aim!

sore loser: lip. hehe i hear you! but i also think he would get in such a heated competition with ian and come out pissy about the fact that his little brother beat him.

threw a hissy fit and stormed out: mickey. he's good with a gun. he rivals ian in skill and aim. so why thE FUCK CAN'T HE GET THE LITTLE ARROW SHITS TO LAND IN THE BULLSEYE? THIS GAME IS FUCKING RIGGED, IAN! FUCK YOU! *kicks over the arrow holder*

broke club rules and got benched: carl. that boy is not a cop. he let that shit go so quickly, i just know it. and deep down he's still got that rebellious spirit that would get him into all sorts of trouble. i fully see him whipping arrows around and poking people with them until he gets sat down.

heehee this was fun! thank you for sending 💙

#hello? i'm so sorry 😭 i meant to answer this on the day i got it meaning to wish you all the luck on your assessment #then a couple days after meaning to ask how it went. but now enough time has passed that i got the news through discord #and now i'm hhhhembarrassed! because how did i leave this in the inbox so long and what is time and why didn't i just reach out anyway #😐😐😐😐😐 ANYWAY! i'm so happy to have seen that you got the job! you're amazing! #michellemisfit #asks #gallavich

[theywontletmebeprincipal]

1. the most literal possible interpretation of the english dialogue. deals with the idea that in the crucible era all was one and one was all, with no singular lifeforms or ideals. in this case the crucible knights and others tied to the crucible would be retroactively paying tribute to an age they did not experience

2. post-stew. individual lifeforms did exist, but actual thought and will as humans would think of did not. the elden ring equivalent of dinosaur times. crucible knights idolize these beasts’ uncomplicated strength, but still did not ever experience the era themselves

3. post-dinosaur times. both individual lifeforms and free will existed, but separate societies did not. all are one in the sense of there being no discrimination, war, organized religion, etc on account of survival still being the number one priority. the elden ring equivalent of caveman times. it’s possible crucible knights and the like did live then and are just really, really old

4. self explanatory. something that came before the elden beast and the greater will, but was equal in terms of technological and societal advancement. could possibly relate to the giants, the helphen, the deathbirds, etc. if the present day lands between are ancient greece, then the crucible era is minoan civilization

5. the crucible existed under the greater will, but only during placidusax’s reign. the idea of “all are one” can be interpreted here as being about beasts rising to the same level as humans rather than everyone starting out equal in the first place. when marika changed the ring, the crucible era ended

6. the crucible era and marika’s rule overlapped, and the crucible only ended once the erdtree stopped producing sap and things started going to shit. the end of the era could feasibly coincide with events the game directly tells us about, such as godfrey’s induction as elden lord

#personally I think it’s option 3 #a lot of the item descriptions about the crucible seem to allude to there being some sort of spirituality #(ie. horns n such being seen as blessings) #(we can argue about the meaning of ‘blessing’ but I see it at the end of the day as a fancy way of saying ‘good luck’) #but it didn’t seem organized enough to classify yet as anything more complex than that #n ofc you can’t have spirituality unless you’re sentient #to use another earth metaphor. it’s the neandertal era as opposed to ancient mesopotamia #sanders pollshit #elden ring

[galadae]

okay but tbh trying to improve my writing feels like 5d chess sometimes to me. I know exactly what I need to do if I'm struggling with art but writing is like. I have to analyze what is and isn't working and it feels like banging my head against a wall

#idk. like. art is just...study this thing amd analyze the form #writing hurts my brain #i know what i like but. idk i know not enjoying my writing means i want it to be better but. idk how 🤔 #sorry this has just been bugging me since i started writing fic again #and it's completely a me problem but i feel like i am not big brained enough to be good at writing #anyway. just going through the 5th time of rereading a wip the next day and liking exactly 4 sentences out of the whole thing amdjkd #wish me luck i guess 😭 #hannah.txt