#lockdown going down

[donut-doodles-doodles]

Ratchets secret technique: defibrillator boxing!

#procreate #art #transformers #maccadam #tfp #tfa #cybertronian #cybertron #au #robots in disguise #ratchet #boxing #like bro is squared up #let’s go #lockdown going down

[elasgottoomuchfreetime]

So what you‘re saying is that the Archive might be down for weeks?

Do you even realise how much pain I will experience if it isn’t back up when GO2 airs?

#i mean it might be good to… idk focus on writing but… yeah we‘ll see… #ao3 is down #good omens 2 #i wanted to read Star Trek fanfic today ffs #ao3 #good omens #Is this what people felt like during lockdown when they couldn’t go out to party or whatever? #i could read somewhere else but… do I really want to?

[martyrbat]

you know a character is actually good and interesting when looking at their main tags on here gives you a stomach ulcer

#sorry to anyone excited for me to transcribe that one thing and sorry to my knightfall & nml reread i was planning #we're on a talia lockdown now #although will say shes also a victim to the comics themselves making me angry too because my girl cant catch a fucking break #but like... you get my point. any interesting character gets flattened down to either offensive stereotypes or boring fanon cliches #instead of going in main tags you just gotta post shit yourself and wait for mutual approved posts to cross your dash

[gideonisms]

Let us all send up a positive thought that I will get hired somewhere else soon, win the lottery, or my landlord will suddenly decide they don't care about rent

#back to applying for retail jobs it is! damn at least i was scared of the karens and not of the gun lockdowns #i will apply to some tutoring stuff and city customer service stuff too but. #this winter seems in all but a couple of ways destined to go down as a low point in life #you guys have truly been here for so many different arcs of my life #customer service/pandemic arc roach tent arc limping to the finish of my degree arc and now we are at the gun alert arc bless

[transingthoseformers]

Happier version of How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth

Megatron can't find his hatchlings because they're being pampered by the Autobots :3

Exactly and he'll find them, and it'll be a whole ~thing~ but since it's a happier version it'll turn out (mostly) well in the end

Mostly

#maccadam #transformers #it's still hurt/comfort after all #and the Lockdown stuff is likely still gonna go down :) #bayverse optimus prime #bayverse megatron

[i-am-become-a-name]

making my list of The Year of Braxiatel books/audios/short stories/misc with a goddamn key to try and work out in what order I'm going.

#god i should've started this in january it really is going to take me all year #and that's if i don't get distracted by other things (cough cough complete lewis dvd set in the mail cough) #random #i'm gonna have to dedicate a real life notebook to this. with my lists to tick off. maybe even write down an opinion or two of each bit #i've done. (strings of curse words and insults after some of the benny audios no doubt) #a girl really sees a short story titled Lockdown Conversations: 4 and has flashbacks huh #WAIT THEATRE OF WAR IS NEAR THE END OF THE LIST? WHAT THE FUCK????? #I THOUGHT THAT WAS HIS INTRODUCTION. FUCK. BUT YEAH NO GUESS THE COLLECTION IS RUNNING #THE SECOND COLLECTION???????????????? #WJAAKFH:SLI DHOAGSDSYOUF

[whump-it-like-its-hot]

Whumpee walking somewhere by themselves. Well - They’re in public, but there’s no one around that they know. Maybe they’re shopping, or in a library.

When suddenly, they start to feel weird. Their vision appears distorted, and the ground seems to wobble beneath their feet. Everything feels distant and out of reach, but somehow they manage to steady themselves and sit down on a nearby bench before their legs have the chance to give out beneath them.

As they sit, things start to clear up again. The dizziness slowly disappears, but it’s soon replaced by this godawful tiredness. From one moment to another, they feel like they can’t keep their eyes open another moment. After they wake up from an involuntary doze of a few seconds - Or was it minutes, they can’t tell - They decide to give themselves a push, just head home and plop into bed.

So they get up, gather their things, and immediately, the feeling of earlier returns - Only that it is now accompanied by this awful, splitting headache. They blink, try to turn their focus on what they’re doing, but before they even have the chance to take action - They’re out cold on the ground, their books or whatever they were carrying sprawled out on the ground next to them.

What do they wake up to? The face of a worried but somewhat helpless stranger or employee who’s trying to help them to their best abilities? Maybe they’re looking up at dozens of people crowded around them, staring, no one daring to make the first step in helping until one person finally does, and then they lash out at everyone for being too pussy to do anything? Or what if the first thing they see is an EMT and Whumpee actually has no clue what’s happening, they just feel absolutely awful and want to sleep, but why is this person telling them to…stay awake?

#whump #whump prompt #passing out #unconsciousness #whumpee #fainting #man #this was uh. definitely not inspired by personal experiences today LMAO #I went back to our library for the first time in months #now before first lockdown hit this place was like my second home. like I’d spend hours there every single day #but then I accidentally didn’t give my books back and now I’m still in debt there so I was too scared to go there in like the last year #but today I went again #and I was walking around and everything felt literally so weird and it was like the floor was made of jelly #so I sat down and wanted to catch back up on Norwegian a little and do some school work but the very moment I sat down I just. dozed off #yah #got up again and headache ensued for literally no reason #I did not end up actually passing out. that part is made up but #the rest just somehow happened today and I got no clue why #BUT ANYWAY #yes I wanted to put this experience here because I felt like some of y’all would enjoy it hehfnvndnvnldmf #Have fuuun with this #also I did not like. proof read this. and I gotta leave for school in 5 hours so like yet

[spiltcandycoatedpunkblood]

just so you know how normal the UK is, left wing climate change activists and anti-monarchy protesters are getting jail time and beaten for simply holding up banners and being considered disruptive whilst right wing bullshitters against shit like ULEZ (literally about having areas that are specifically for ultra low emissions so we, y'know, don't constantly have to breathe in fucking car fumes and other pollutants because some fucking people actually bizarrely want to???) and road safety limits EVEN FUCKING RIGHT NEAR SCHOOLS are driving basically massive vehicles through the streets and are not considered a disruptive protest

#this is also after being a year or so into a fucking protest bill where the government can cherry pick which protests to break apart #also naturally police are turning off bodycams because of course they are #and a van was stopped by police because 'they had reason to believe they were going to disrupt the tory party conference' #also laurence fox - known fascist - was yelling in public about protecting children from trans people #and i haven't heard shit about the covid inquiry because bozo the clown stepped down in a tantrum when he wouldn't hand over his phone #despite the fact that probs about 17 parties that he was involved in took part in and around 10 downing street #DURING A FUCKING PANDEMIC IN DECEMBER 2020 #WHEN EVERYONE WAS MADE TO FOLLOW THE RULES OR BE SANCTIONED #there's a giant wall in London with all the Covid victims and with the darkest irony #it's literally opposite the Houses of Parliament #and i highly doubt any of those people in there - especially the higher powers - have even fucking visited it #this is also the same fucking country that attacked a vigil for a woman brutally murdered by a police officer #claiming it was an unlawful gathering #whilst ignoring the christmas parties at downing street and the anti lockdown protestors #vent #rant #uk politics #my heart is fucking dead i don't have the fucking enthusiasm anymore #i wanna go back so damn much #my family and I do not have many friends now as a result

[slingbees]

The thing no one tells you about being autistic is that headphones actually work

#I'm lying everyone is always saying this #But I used to function relatively well in public except on occasion I'd become overwhelmed #But ever since lockdown when I stopped being used to going into grocery stores I get. #Really stressed out in crowded spaces #Not just bc of getting coughed on and getting sick either just like...... #It's loud and my luck is such that if I go down an empty aisle it becomes crowded immediately #And I don't know. Just can't handle that anymore #So. Headphones fix me most of the time #Still hate podcasts tho

[draqonsblues]

the way the kisses we got this week parallel the kisses mudeok and uk had in s1. the first kiss is in parallel of uk kissing mudeok bc she was jealous and the second kiss in parellel when mudeok thought uk will die bc of a soul shifter. also the way yeong melts into the kiss when uk initiated it im in tears i hope yeong gets her memories back i just want them to be happy

#alchemy of souls #alchemy of souls: light and shadow #GUYS THE CROWN PRINCE CONFRONTING JIN MU AT THE PREVIEW #IM SO EXCITED FOR HIM TO GO DOWN #i have so much thoughts on ep 3 and 4 #aos lockdown

[musical-chick-13]

What do you think is up with the male protagonist of Apothecary's Diaries???

Prefacing this by saying that I'm about two-thirds of the way through the show, so I don't really, completely know all of what Jinshi's deal is. Nonetheless, I shall try and collect my thoughts so far!

Spoilers through episode 16 of The Apothecary Diaries under the cut.

Jinshi is an odd character for me to try to define. Because I do genuinely find him annoying at times (and not just in an "All people are annoying sometimes and characters should have flaws to enrich their personalities and feel more real" kind of way), but...I don't find myself hating him.

For one, his interest in Maomao (despite her open and obvious abhorrence of a good portion of his behavior) isn't based in any of the story beats I hate that frequently accompany this kind of dynamic (i.e. "Interested guy maintains long-standing attraction toward disinterested woman"). It's not, "I hate women, except for this super special one who is my Only Equal," it's not, "She's the only person who doesn't fawn over me, so she's the only one here who isn't Completely Stupid," and it's not, "I think winning her over is a challenge that will prove how macho and cool and suave I am."

Jinshi is considered unearthly beautiful, to the point where people are constantly making passes at him, leaving him creepy gifts to express their obsession, and trying to slip him aphrodisiacs to push romantic and/or sexual contact on him. It's so bad that he can't have younger servants, no one except his older attendants (and later Maomao) is even allowed to see him when he wakes up in the morning, and he has to bar the doors to his office at night. Despite her consistent disdain toward his antics, Maomao is, paradoxically, the only person in Jinshi's relative age range who actually sees him as a person; because her hatred of his behavior means she's evaluating him for something other than his beauty. Even if she doesn't often like how he presents himself to her, her judgment of him is based on who he is and what he does, rather than how he looks.

And this lends a level of nuance to the show that I think prevents me from just being frustrated at Jinshi and that being the end of it. There's other nuance there, too: he does take his political work seriously; he obviously possesses significant analytical ability, and is pretty good at fighting, but doesn't think those qualities mean anything because he doesn't supremely excel at them (which, wow, what a mood, as the kids say); he tries to play nice with Lakan despite finding him incredibly off-putting because he knows it'll help keep things stable. Jinshi has some. Trouble. With personal boundaries (more on that in a second), but we are shown that he has some standards. He's willing to let Maomao go when he thinks that's what she wants. He seems genuinely horrified at Lakan's predatory comments about the courtesan he was attracted to, and at Maomao's story of how she got kidnapped. He pays for Maomao's removal from Verdigris House, but this only happens after he makes a comment to her about it and she says that it might be a good idea. And (at least so far, again, I haven't finished the show yet), when he takes her on as his personal servant, he never considers using that position to order her to accept his romantic advances. He definitely has some flaws (and I can understand if those flaws make him too off-putting to care about to some people). But I do recognize and respect the obvious effort that was put into making sure Jinshi doesn't come across as a one-dimensional character.

I've seen a theory that his, uh...less-than-stellar understanding of day-to-day personal boundaries are related to all of the things I mentioned above, in regard to how doggedly people keep pursuing him. (My sincerest apologies to whoever wrote that post, I tried to find it again and I can't.) And I do think this makes sense--that he internalized a lot of negative behaviors from his immediate environment and the way people act toward him. (I even think you could argue that, since beauty is so important for women in this setting--to the point where it's almost seen as a necessity--extreme physical attractiveness is more broadly viewed as a "feminine" quality. And since Jinshi possesses this """feminine""" quality, plenty of people treat him the way they would a woman: as an object to be looked at and obtained for clout.) I think it's also worth noting that Maomao only really responds positively toward him when he's not being flirty or pushy, during moments where he's being genuinely thoughtful (like the hairpin giving scene, Jinshi taking her to the infirmary after ingesting poison at the garden party, and catching her when she falls off the wall after drinking with Ah-Duo). So, between the deeper aspects of Jinshi's characterization, the fact that he does clearly have some principles, and the specific way Maomao's reactions to him are framed, I still find myself interested in seeing what will happen with him next.

All of that being said. I also frequently find myself going, "Dude. Wtf." And given my own personal preferences in characters and the types of relationships I like to see (which I will not get into because it's not particularly important and this response is already very long), I doubt that will change during these upcoming episodes.

#mc13 watches the apothecary diaries #mel on anime lockdown #multi t(ASK)ing #I guess my feelings on jinshi boil down to: 'I'm interested in his plot/enjoy him in many respects but I'm not going to go feral™ over him' #(he is no seishin) #and ditto with the ship? I'm not opposed to it but I don't see myself Adopting It Into The Fold unless a LOT of other stuff happens #but I think the writing is excellent (obviously. because I've been on Show Lockdown since I started it.) and I also think there's value #in depicting the story in this particular way #I'm not sure I'm the best person to try and break down the aspects of his characterization considering that I am BY FAR more invested #in maomao and the way the women are presented. because our female lead was...basically tailor-made for me to love dearly. and that #DOES kind of eclipse everything else for me to a certain degree. but I'd like to think I can recognize when an aspect of a story is done #well but doesn't necessarily directly appeal to the deepest parts of my soul

[yusuke-of-valla]

Society needs to start seeing layoffs as a sign of bad business practice. Like just bully companies that lay off 1500 people in December

#this is about Spotify but with all the tech companies firing people at this point it's an evergreen statement #also like. it is bad business practice. #like part of the reason we're seeing all these layoffs now is companies hired a bunch of people during lockdown and assumed lockdown era #growths would stay consistent #which is stupid #if you thought that you're bad at managing a company #so like if you had to do this your company fucked up and the stock prices should go down

[stars-inthe-sky]

First Lines of Fic Game

Tagged by @etraytin

Rules: share the first lines of ten of your most recent fanfics and tag ten people. If you have written fewer than ten, don’t be shy and share anyway

Tagging: @running-rabbit, @lulabo, @kyrafic, @formerlyir, @scullyseviltwin, @stillscape, @miabicicletta, @mhalachai, @blithers, and @gallifreyburning

1. le feu dans mon âme (The Musketeers AU): “You’re late,” Athos says, barely looking up from his position leaning against the bullpen gate. “And you’re sober!” Aramis retorts. “Quite a morning we’re all having.”

2. More Than a Hunch (Life With Derek): “Honey,” George calls from the kitchen. “Are we good parents?” Nora finishes closing the front door against the summer heat and wanders to the back of the house. “Well, we’re definitely parents.”

3. lit a fire while i waited for more (Buckynat/Marvel): It’s the kind of kiss where no one cares who made the first move—only that it got made. The problem is that it happens in the midst of a practice bout, when they’re both wearing the base layers of their respective tactical gear, none of which is meant for easy removal.

4. it was summer when i saw your face (Buckynat/Marvel): Natasha comes to, and the toxins must be out of her system because she feels perfectly fine, if cold in her hospital gown. She blinks and shakes her head, then takes account of her surroundings.

5. looked like a teenage runaway (Buckynat/Marvel): “No, I think Barnes is doing a group thing with some of the others,” Clint says. “Much as I’ve enjoyed your strictly platonic couple’s costumes the last few times Tony’s made us all dress up…”

6. those endless nights that we traveled (Buckynat/Marvel): Bucky rests his forehead against the shower tile, letting the hot water wash over sore muscles and trying not to groan with relief.

7. we were shotgun lovers (Buckynat/Marvel): Natasha is hanging upside-down from a thick pipe in an otherwise empty sea of cubicles when a familiar head comes into view.

8. some killer queen you are (Buckynat/Marvel AU): “Still can’t believe that worked,” Bucky commented, locking the front door to the furrier shop for the night and closing the shutters. “The alliance, sure, but also you bein’ open to playin’ so nice.” “You and I both, Mr. Barnes.” Behind him, Natasha is carefully secreting the several bottles of liquor that had earlier sealed the deal—Stark’s jury-rigged Sambuca, moonshine whiskey from Rogers, the Odinson’s aquavit, and her own bathtub vodka—under various floorboards.

9. how to get back there (Buckynat/Marvel AU): Natasha starts running in the breath after she wakes and sees the helicopter she’d fallen from fading into the horizon. She had landed on a flat roof, fortunately, and she bolts toward the fire escape at its edge, zigzagging to dodge the laser fire peppering the space around her. Something fast and hot ghosts along her left hip, but she pushes it out of mind, letting momentum carry her forward.

10. the red and the white and the blue'll come through! (Team Cap/Marvel): Everybody takes turns suiting up and keeping watch—Wanda changes in the van—and they’re off to Leipzig inside of ten minutes. Steve takes the wheel with Sam riding shotgun; Bucky very deliberately sits directly behind Steve, leaving Scott and Wanda to clamber into the backseat while Clint settles nonchalantly alongside Bucky. They ride in tense silence for a few minutes, Steve taking extra care to follow every traffic law while avoiding main thoroughfares with heavier surveillance, before Scott says, “So…you’re really Bucky Barnes? Like, the Kid Commando?”

#fic meme #writing meme #fic is a way of life #god but i haven't written fic in so long #i had a pretty steady clip going from about 2012 through later 2018 #but then aside from that one musketeers number that i eked out during the initial covid lockdowns for red's birthday that year #it's been a complete dry spell ever since #it's not even a lack of time #just...inspiration. maybe even interest? #i like to think if i had a sufficiently good and fleshed-out idea that i'd write it down #but i really don't #and all the lovely fuckyeahbuckynatasha prompt-fests that used to get a LOT of fun stuff out of me have dwindled away #which is fine! canon has mostly killed the dream i dreamed! #(which is not fine but i mean i don't have more to write there anyway)

[shewantsitall]

Any one kid in any one school in any one district in any one state in this country is worth more than every single fucking gun there is and I'm going to need my home state's clown of a governor to start acting like he has two braincells to rub together to understand that with.

#promise I'll shut up about it soon #but not yet #fuck bill lee #today my kids had questions #today my kids wrote sentences about the lockdown drill from three weeks ago unprompted when writing about adverbs #they're scared #the second grade team watched body cam footage instead of planning for tomorrow #and we talked about all the possible flaws in security at our own school #and all the horrifying possibilities #and how scary it is to think about when doing... anything #that sending a kid down the hall to the bathroom is scary because what if they don't come back? #we practiced jamming the door with a chair #i decided i was going to be a teacher when i was in the second grade #as cheesy as it sounds...i feel like it's what i was born to do #i never dreamed this would be it #just my ramblings #student teacher sadie ✨

[vse-kar-vem]

thanks for the tag @khihi @da-proti-toku-grem!!! 💗💗💗💗 :^D

rules: share 5 songs you've enjoyed lately and then tag 10 people to do the same! (excluding jo songs because we've all heard them 😒)

1) klic- mrfy (i swear, every other time i listen to a song now it's this. i'm so obsessed it's bad (also stream umru zate as well))

2) i see it coming- maro

3) hoor je mij- s10

4) mountain man- koala voice (+ ker tu je vse tako lepo + spaghettification + drive. + woke up from yesterday. i'm a big fan sorry 😞)

5) saturn suv- fredo disco

sorry for chickening out but tagging people in tag games always brings me a great amount of anxiety so i'm tagging everyone who sees this! post your on repeat! now!!

#sorry for 2/5 being esc artists ive been in near virtual esc music lockdown since june 😞😞😿😭 #thank you for the tag!!!!!!! sorry these always take me so long to do and post 💔💔 i promise i enjoy getting tagged and doing these :^D #💗💗💗🥹🥹💕💕💕💞💞💞💓💓💖💖💖 #im going to start shoving tje koala voice agenda down everyones throat HEY DO YOU LIKE MRFY??? DID YOU KNOW MANCA FROM KOALA VOICE DID A #1NA1 W ŠTRAS KN LIKE 2020???? STREAM THEM SINGING KER TU JE VSE TAKO LEPO & BULLET TO THE BRAIN & BBY!!!!!!!!! #vee rambles #koala voice

[angeltannis]

People on eBay will be like Used Mewtwo Figure From 1998: one Million Billion dollars + $14.98 shipping

#pokemon #mewtwo #pokemon collector #pkmncollectors #God I NEVER could have amassed a collection the size of mine nowadays #when I was buying in like 2011-13 it was when Pokémon was on a downswing after B&W’s lukewarm reception in the US #Mewtwo hadn’t been relevant for several years at that point and the Genesect movie not being very good didn’t help lol #he started to regain popularity with his megas and Go and Detective Pikachu/ MSB Evolution etc #but ever since the big ‘TCG boom’ during lockdown his merch prices have jumped out of fuckin control and they never came back down #your 20 year old Tomy covered in paint transfer is not worth $100