#i am both 😳 bc i have not thought of this before and also LOSING IT NDHDKSHKD it's kind of funny but also questionable and concerning 😭

[starleska]

So glad ur talking about ken bc as soon as he was on screen and ESPECIALLY when he turned "evil" i was like 😳😳😳

i am so glad to have lovely folks like you joining me in the Ken Thirst because he makes me feel like a blushing schoolgirl and i'm so embarrassed about it 🙈💖 spoilers below the cut!

anon you are so so so right and i can see countless people in my notifs who feel exactly the same 🤭💖 i had genuinely never seen anything Ryan Gosling is in before (an issue i am going to rectify this weekend, starting with Drive) but the moment i saw his jealous little face in the party scene, i was gone;;; now this is all fictional, and i in no way wish to glorify misogyny or incel-like behaviour - i'm just a sucker for those kinds of characters in fiction!!! chalk it up to my own complex relationship with gender and intimacy, but i found the possessive, egocentric, downright bastard route Ken's personality took just a treat 🥴 i think Ken has struck a chord with many of us because he has that duality: the ultra-loving, 'perfect' boyfriend who goes on a dreadful power trip to try and rectify the lonely and purposeless life he was living in Barbieland. he's wonderful, he's a poor little meow-meow, he's horrible, he's sexy, and he's dumb as rocks 😂💖 i don't know what kinda juice Ryan Gosling was sipping whilst prepping for this role, but my God did he need to go that hard??? everyone killed it in Barbie, but Gosling was so scarily believable as Ken that i'll never be able to separate the two 😭 i think there's this eerie combination with his highly conventionally-attractive face and body, the 'no thoughts behind the eyes' look, and the sudden and ferocious depth of emotion that he conveyed as Ken throughout the movie. he feels alien, and ethereal, and plastic, but also someone we can empathise with and care deeply for... it's dreadful that we can also understand how Ken went down the dark route he did, and all because he wanted to be loved, and to have a purpose. that's heart-breaking 💔 far more intelligent people than me have already talked about how beautifully Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach have extended ideas of feminism, misogyny and inequality to both sides of the aisle, and Ken's gullibility/willingness to adopt a harmful ideology he doesn't really understand in order to feel seen strikes such a chord when you've seen men who've gone down that route... i think the outpouring of love for Ken from folks of all genders doesn't show empathy towards his misogynistic behaviour, but rather our desire to understand how someone ends up with such terrible ideas, and how we want to help fix them. a love for Ken is a love for us wanting to be loved ourselves. wanting to open up that dialogue and see where the gaps in knowledge are. an understanding that the patriarchy harms everyone, and that it is a system perpetuated by a lust for power which cannot be sustained without someone losing and getting hurt. ...with all that said, i am still a degenerate who just enjoyed Ken being a domineering 'alpha-male' asshole 🙈💖 it's a sign of maturity to simultaneously appreciate the vital feminist message of the film, and to fantasise a touch about Ken chuckling darkly and calling me demeaning names 🥴 perhaps someone ought to teach Ken about BDSM dynamics; then he'd be able to engage in a bit of consensual power-play which is mutually beneficial with his partners 😉

#ken #gosling!ken #barbie #barbie movie #barbie movie spoilers #starleskasks #naughty tag #suggestive #long post

[sparklingpax]

HIIIII following a recent question I got (keep lookout for another post like this answering the other one sometime in the future, y'all 😌), I'm taking this opportunity to Finally explain specifics & thoughts I have about how Landiver works as a ship in my mind, why I ship them etc. No it's not justification because I will not be Not shipping these idiots anytime soon, Landiver and Ginhawk are two of like six total ships from all my fandoms that live rent-free and undebatably permanently in my mind thanksss <3

and so yea on that note, any of yall reading this don't have to agree with everything I say!! (Pls don't tell me what you disagree with tho I'm not gonna stop you from thinking what you will and all opinions are valid esp in the realm of like, fan-interpretation of fictional characters, but I am so full of anxiety I will be afraid and scared; I am just begging, don't point out what you don't agree with just leave me beeeeee)

I also realize a lot of this is my personal interpretations of them, which may or may not be entirely accurate (tho to be fair, we only rlly did get glimpses of who the pretenders rlly are as ppl, considering how plot-heavy a series it was; I'd say Hawk got the most attention in terms of that and even he doesn't get as much expansion as I'd have liked 😭) so....there's a lot of room for said interpretation imo.

But yea anyway, I'm talking purely canon Landiver (not gonna get into my AU anytime soon because it's relatively similar to this with more focus on different details bc they have different pasts and such in that....so yea)

Without further ado, my rambles are below the cut. Apologies for any grammatical errors, I typed this on my phone on the bus going home and while laying on my bedroom floor 😭✨

Enjoy! :']

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I think they work as a ship for a bunch of reasons (I'm only gonna mention some of my thoughts about this because I don't wanna go on for too long 😳)!!!!!

One, their personalities being somewhere in the middle of "opposites" and "the same." Like not "yin and yang" kinda thing but they're also not the same type of person either. Lander might be more confident, talkative, and quicker to get emotional/heated about things compared to an exponentially more easy-going and level guy like Diver. But Diver isn't shy or unemotional, and he is most certainly confident in himself. Both of them Give 0 fucks™ but in different ways, I guess. In that regard, I feel like they also mix very well personality-wise. Lander is more interested in doing the talking, the ranting, etc. Diver says what he needs to in shorter ways in general, prefers listening and making input here and there, chuckling while Landmine fumes about some guy at work. However he might also be slightly more wordy when talking to Lander. Conversely, Lander might be more chill and show the "softer" sides of himself with Diver, the side that loses that usual "cool, confident, smooth guy" composure for example. Fumbles up his usual fast-paced talk because he's distracted w the guy in front of him (when they're in a mostly romantic mood, that is) Lander is certainly more organized and can be a little uptight about things going as they were planned to, whereas Diver (like me lmao 😭) is kind of just perpetually confused a little bit, and just going with it. But see, it doesn't seem that way because he always has this look about him that says to the outside world that he's got this and he is not fazed. He forgets stuff a lot, spaces out, dozes off, etc. Lander's got his back with that tho ✨

Diver isn't as emotional as Lander, so he's a great touchstone for Lander to center himself when he starts to panic or flip out about something. And he only lets himself do that with Diver because he feels like he can. And, being with Lander for so long has encouraged him to express himself and be emotional in his own way more often than before they met. Slowly, over time.

They have different interests for the most part, and aren't going to pretend they want to adopt every single one of each other's interests, but they have a mutual understanding of that, and enjoy the difference in tastes. So they just let each other be. Little things like: Lander's a city person, Diver's a nature guy. Lander prefers style and flashiness, Diver just wants what works, and doesn't mind. Lander is watching like five different dramas at once when he's not working his day job or out on missions, and Diver enjoys reading more (which might be because he's out on be boat or busy doing lots of really hands-on work with aquariums and such for his day job, spending less time than his partner does in an office doing paperwork). Diver will easily take a beer over an expensive wine Lander might've found, and Lander likes finer-quality alcohol, but both would be willing to have the other thing if they're hanging out together and one really wants to have their thing that night. And, they both love a good fistfight, enjoy physical touch as a primary (Diver) or secondary (Lander; his primary is actually gift-giving) love language, drinking, and collect cassette tapes together ✨

Also quick aside, but I HC they chose human bodies that put them around mid-to-late-40s. This is interesting because for example, Hawk has a body that puts him at like 23 (yes specifically 23 don't ask 😳) in human years, and Phoenix is mid-30s. Then we have the other humans characters who are actually just their age (Ginrai is 19, etc...) However, in Cybertronian years, the Pretender team are relatively like the same age, give or take a [cybertronian] year. This is another reason they are so easily connected in a way, because both in human years and cybertronian, they're around the same age, but especially as humans, they'd be not rlly old or super young. Idk how to describe it properly but maybe you know what I mean?? 😳

They are also incredibly playful with one another--always have been. Like, lowkey harassing one another (affectionately) and constantly joking around/making witty quips back and forth in their way, with a specific type of energy no one else has. In fact, they have energies that match in a way where they are as they always have been: like old friends. No one else quite gets it. They're just....a pair. Always together, which I feel like even in the anime you see them fooling around together and perpetually side by side. (Take that one bit where Diver grabs Lander and like ruffles up his hair....i love their vibe sm 😭✨)

They never descend into a serious argument because even their constant "bickering" isnt really bickering at all and more just making comebacks at one another over something on which they disagree, until one bursts into laughter and the other follows.

[Landiver in general is a whole different vibe to say, Ginhawk, both having intimately sweet moments but in very different ways.]

They are more than willing to bring it up when they don't like something/have something to talk about, not worried even for a moment what the other will think, because it will always be the safest place to simply talk it out amongst themselves. They would be hard-pressed to trust anyone else when either have somth serious to discuss. Maybe (hard maybe) Phoenix, since he's usually hanging out with those two when he's around (which is just not that often at all, I'll get into that in the other thread haha) and is somewhat a close friends...but usually it's just Lander and Diver. However even s, they rarely ever have to because they don't really have lines to cross with each other...they do not hold back when goofing around in their definitely shared sense of humor 😭💀✨

Also, I feel like it took them an extremely long time to actually formally get together just because...like, they've always been together anyway, but didn't really know how to go about,,, relationships in the official sense--if that was even something they wanted. It was on and off and on and off again for a while, Lander and Diver trying other relationships with other people for a long time (especially in the period of time after being separated to the different parts of the country once Lander got his new job over in New York and left where he'd been with Diver, again a whole separate thing I have HCs for which I touched on in my "In Relativity" fic; on that note I wanted to mention in both my AU and in canon, I HC Lander as bi and Diver as gay ✨). But they always found it didn't really....connect. over and over, both of them coming back together but not really being sure what it even was they had...and then something happens where it just clicks, and they realize, that...there isn't really anything else they should do. They do belong beside one another. They can be true only with each other, because when they are together, they are "home." As friends in a deeper, more intimate sense of that. Partners....lovers. But always friends, because they both think the whole relationship labels thing puts a wrench in the vibes. It's just very complicated to explain for them, but there's never been any kind of malice or struggle between them other than coming to the final conclusion how the answer has always been in front of them. They've known each other for centuries in our human terms, and they know they've been together forever in a sense, but sometimes it feels like they've known each other even longer.

(When they finally, formally got together, Ginrai and Phoenix just nodded to one another, like they've been waiting for this for ages, and Phoenix playfully punches Diver, who just starts laughing. Hawk, the other godmasters and the kids, are all just happy for the two)

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#kuni talks #kuni rambles #landiver #masterforce moment òwó 🥺💖✨ #super god masterforce #rare pair #ship #ship talk #hcs #rambles #tf #transformers #anime #transformers anime #<3 #lander #landmine #diver #waverider #this was brought to you by a tall cup of coffee. yes ive had two today <3 might have another soon <33

[nulltune]

😳😳😳 me mayhaps?

lemme scream abt our muses!!

OFC BIBI!!!! I HOLD U.... i said this before but i'll say it again, pLS LEMME LOVE UR OCS!! so yes i wanna scream abt them uwu

for ran: HMMMRGH listen i'd make a royalty au just to have hakuno interact with her- but yes!! both of them are so sweet and you did mention ran loving making friends (hakuno too! she is so lonely no matter the verse aha pls befriend her). i just think the concept of a princess ran and a commoner hakuno would be so wholesome..!!! as you can see from url, i do associate my hakuno with music (i hc her as a pianist typically but my brain is kinda dead rn so i can't remember if they'd have a piano in that time era SASDFG) so i think her and ran doing something musical together would be so cute too :pleading: hakuno would def be her little hypeman, complimenting her voice and singing always. also!! since ran likes sewing and hakuno's commoner in this verse, i'd imagine hakuno's clothes to have some wears and tears here and there (rhyme not intended btw-) so this is just a lil thought but like,, ran patching up hakuno's clothes for her? HER MAKING CLOTHES 4 KUNO WOULD BE SO CUTE TOO BTW METHINKS ;_; :heart: my thoughts are just soft for them rn aaa but i am patiently awaiting for more ran lore!!! really want to know more about the kingdom of shimizu too if you have some lore on that bc i feel like it'd give a lot of possibilities to play with! also, i just want to say that i would love for ran to make a nickname for hakuno UE UE UE hakuno speaks really formally too so i think it'd be sweet for them to like,, slowly soften up to each other :pleading

for phillip: NGL RIGHT OF THE BAT I CAN RLLY SEE A LOT OF SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THEM N HAKUNO..... they're both really similar but the vibes they have are like. so different-- them and hakuno are like day mode vs light mode methinks SDFGGFH they're both the type that's more concerned over others' problem than their own though, which really makes me wonder how they'd interact with each other :thonk: a lotta potential for character development though, i think. that aside, hakuno's the super curious type which i love because i just know she'd be really interested in phillip's origin and his experiences and all! (which is super good for me because i am too!). also, i would sooo love for hear to learn more about their and eric's relationship :pleading: because they sound really cute to me and my hakuno!! just really wants to know what love is :,) okay but because pip (kinda off topic but pip is such a cute nickname btw :pleading:) has a mission of guiding humans to a brighter future..... i'm thinking it'd be interesting for them to be tasked with that with the human hakuno (the one the npc is based off of!). quick summary is that this hakuno has amnesia syndrome, which is the disease that causes her to lose her memories and eventually die, and mmmm yeah, her life doesn't end very happy! :chinhands: them interacting with this version of hakuno would be reaal interesting i think!!

#volfinas #&&. out of #q. #TYSM FOR SENDING THIS BIBI !! #ofc i will always say yes to u okok.... ily!!!

[parcai]

ngl, why DO you listen to me 💀💀💀

IDK BUT IT'S SENDING ME NOOO 😭😭😭😭

#1:30am is revelation and self reflection hour 🤕 i have made myself ill by coming to this realization #i am both 😳 bc i have not thought of this before and also LOSING IT NDHDKSHKD it's kind of funny but also questionable and concerning 😭 #i think it is the former #mostly bc i wish not to pursue any deeper meanings of my personality 💀 #the former: it is trivial to me and imposes little inconvenience to indulge you w something that will marginally amuse and please you #💀💀💀 hmm that sounds clinical as fuck! much to think about 😭🚶‍♀️🚪 #logan tag #answered

[sxlver-sweet]

So first off, call me a cutie again and I will jump outta the screen to give u a smooch 😳😳. Second, please don't put yourself down about not being able to write new things consistently, sometimes you just need to let them ideas marinate for a while! Also I love writing analysis's on stuff so don't even worry about it!

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So I've decided to take a look at one of your Dazai fics because I'm a simp, specifically Arm Candy.

Ok so first off as soon as I started reading the imagery grabbed me by the throat and shook me down for cash, like woW! I mean the line, "...completely missing the devilish smirk reflected in his glass of high-quality champagne..." is incredible, really sets the tone here, like I read this line and I'm immediately thinking of the classy upscale vibes of one of those older black and white movies.

And speaking of the devil, I love to see how Dazai is portrayed in this, cruel and mocking, taunting, everything from his actions to his words are just so condescending. Normally I'm a fluff lover but MAN do I just love to see Dazai in his port mafia element, everything about him is just so much more intense here, literally hair raising omg.

And Reader's characterization as well! It's easy to connect with those desires as you describe them. Like when she's like "you figured that it wasn’t so bad serving as dazai’s plaything—especially when all of his manipulative ruses and teasing result in your desires being satiated." it just becomes so clear that she's not even thinking straight, just lost in her own lust to care. The way that you write is so good you can almost feel those sensations as their own. I am also lowkey a dumbass so maybe I was big time relating to losing at the chess game lmao-

So then we get to the climax (not that climax tho lol) where Dazai is taunting reader after she starts whining (mood) and the way you describe her fear is incredible. "dazai would never… you try to reassure yourself, but even the echo of your thoughts is hollow. would he?" The way the doubts start creeping in is so natural as well and then the way Dazai reassures her is still so mean. It's so mean spirited, and then at the end you realize that Dazai was just saying shit to make her submit and you remember what an absolute bastard he is and yet he's still so soothing in the end.

In all, this fic is so great because it just piles up all those conflicting feelings together to make something so intense it leaves you just reeling. And I absolutely love it, even though it hurt my feelings a bit #justicefordumbasses

-☂️ Anon

i’ve been holding onto this all day because i didn’t wanna lose it on my blog, but i just NEED you to know that this genuinely made me tear up. part of it was bc of the reassurance, but most of it was because i have never received such detailed and thorough feedback for any of my works before, and i literally didn’t know what to do with myself after reading it. you make me… not??? hate my fics??? idk if that came out right lmao. but seriously, that restored some of my faith in my writing, and i cannot fully stress how much i enjoyed reading your analysis.

i was super worried about characterization for both dazai and the reader, so i’m thrilled that i was able to make the reader’s transition from certain to uncertain as smooth as you claim it to be. i’m also so happy you were able to pick up on dazai’s characterization in the part about him being an ass just to make her submit. i thought that part was pretty choppy.

again, thank you sm <3 it really means a lot to me, love.

#CUTIE #okay now where’s my kiss🤨 #🍬arba’s got mail🍬 #[darling.☂️] #[candlelight.reverie] <3

[stylesloveclub]

omg you said best friend harry and i’m bad at having cute friends bc i be like... homies can kiss 🌝 and then it goes downhill, so i am so sorry if this was meant to be more platonic LOL but here we gooooo 🧚‍♀️ (1/8)

harry had invited you to come on tour with him. he swore that you’re his “good luck charm” and that knowing you were near just made him perform that much better. “we want the fans to have the time of their lives, don’t we darlin?” that boy asked you with that dumb grin on his face and how could you say no? you rolled your eyes before accepting, laughing as your face was pulled into his chest and he placed a kiss right on your head. (2/8)

you were hardly surprised when you opened your hotel door at midnight to harry wrapped in a blanket. money was going to waste as the two of you always had your own hotel rooms, but found yourselves sharing every night. it was basically a routine: one of you couldn’t sleep (even though you didn’t understand how h didn’t just hit the pillow and knock out) and found yourself in the others room. tonight was hardly the exception: “movie? or just some cuddles.” (3/8)

you turned around as soon as you asked the question, ensuring the door was locked. harry didn’t even give it a second thought before pulling the covers up and extending his arms to invite you in. you let him engulf you into a hug, your head going to its usual spot against the swallow on the right side of his chest. you let your finger trace the other one as you let a yawn exit your lips. “sleepy already? have i lost my party animal already?” (4/8)

you shook your head, pushing yourself up with your palms against harry before pointing a finger accusingly directly at his nose, “no, but you sir should be getting some sleep. it makes no sense to me that you just travel, put on a ridiculously amazing performance — which by the way, you killed it tonight. you are stupidly talented, it’s unfair. where was i? oh yeah, then get to the hotel, and still don’t just go to sleep. tell me styles, are you part robot?” (5/8)

harry was biting down on his bottom lip, smirking as to not to let a laugh out during your tangent, before ultimately failing. “compliment me more, bug. i think feeding my ego before bed gives me the sweetest dreams.” he adjusts the two of you so you’re properly spooning, his arm laying over your waist. your head turns to look at him so he can see your eye roll, “you’re intolerable.” (6/8)

he presses a kiss to your forehead, “but you love me.” you sigh, adjusting your head back onto the pillow. “you’re lucky i do, who else would let you hog their blankets every night.” harry pulls you in closer to him so your back can fully press against his chest. “nobody, but i wouldn’t want to.” both of you had your eyes closed, shifting slightly so you’re both comfortable enough to sleep. “good, your cuddles are all mine.” “of course.” “love you harry.” “love you more darling.” (7/8)

the ending kinda of died but i just didn’t want it to go on for ages! but i really could have dragged this on much more. oh to be harry’s bff and cuddle with him 😳 also it wasn’t letting me send them so i scammed the system by going on my laptop, hopefully this works? if any are missing lemme know! good morning

YO YO YO THIS WAS PERFECT THIS WAS EVERYTHING MY BEST FRIEND HARRY HEART COULD’VE EVER ASKED FORRRR THE WAY HE JUST OPENS HIS BLANKET UP SO THAT YOU COULD JUST SNUGGLE IN WITH HIM 🥺ALSO “you shook your head, pushing yourself up with your palms against harry before pointing a finger accusingly directly at his nose” PLS THIS MADE ME LAUGH IT’S SO CUTE AND THE RAMBLING ON ABOUT HOW TALENTED HE IS PLS PLS PLS THAT WAS SO GOOD!! THE WAY YOU FULLY WROTE THE CUTEST 500 WORD CONCEPT IN MY INBOX MAKES ME LOSE MY BINGO BANGO MIND U ARE SO TALENTED B R U H (also hi good morning tehe)

#🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️ anon #ask #concepts