#normally i'm good with directions

[useless-catalanfacts]

Btw if you come on holidays and stay at an AirBnb instead of an actual registered hotel I hate you personally. Not "I hate the gentrification and touristic massification and the way we can't live in our homes and are forced to move away because of tourism" in an abstract way- No, not just that. I hate you.

#I'm from a seaside town that has become popular with tourists who come for the beach and the mediterranean climate #and the typical whitewashed walls of mediterranean coastal towns #in just a few years the average rent has gone up so much that now the average rent id #*is over 1000€ per month #one thousand! #that's a whole salary! #in the past 2 years they've been building a new neighbourhood. they've destroyed the vinyeards to make a new neighbourhood that will make #the town 1/3 bigger than it is. that's a lot. but all those houses are luxury houses with private swimming pools for rich foreigners (we #already have 2 private British schools high schools and college(in the british sense)/baccalaureate where their kids go and never have to #interact with locals. I teach some of those kids and they're very prejudiced against locals and very bigoted against the catalan language #(which ofc they never bother to learn) #there's a law in catalonia that says that for every certain amount of houses you build you are obligated to build a certain percentage of #affordable housing. so in this new neighborhood they built the bare minumum affordable housing which is still too expensive for us #and since there's so few of them everyone is competing to get them. the city hall and the bank have had to make an official competition for #them but you only classify if the renr would not be more than 1/3rd of your salary which is impossible. my cousins who are in their mid 30s #and have been working a good qualified job for 15 years (and their partners too) are considered too poor to be considered for the #affordable housing #everyone is having to move out to other cities away from their friends and family and current jobs. the only jobs left here soon will be #mostly directed at tourists #and the only way to continue living here if you're a normal person and not rich is if you're an only child who one day might inherit the #parents' house #but we look around at what's happening in nearby cities and we see the next step which will be airbnb taking the houses that are left #in many places (I've posted about thia before) there aren't any flats for rent or sell anymore that isn't an airbnb #I'm still lucky in my town when compared to other places like Barcelona which are already full of the airbnb plague #actualitat #airbnb #tourism #touristic massification #gentrification

[lavenoon]

Best to let them be. Their cryptid loves them.

@naffeclipse I'm pretending Vanessa's fine once again but only to make things worse for her <3

#post let luce #fnaf sb #fnaf sb au #cryptid sightings #cryptid!sun #cryptid!moon #cryptid!eclipse #naffeclipse #me in stream earlier: haha wouldnt it be mean to make Vanessa older to insinuate it's been many years #me: anyways *adds wrinkles* #Vanessa after years of believing Y/N died gets called to hunt a vampire (? the sightings sure are *something*) #and whoops (: #wonder how 'hates all cryptids with a burning passion' Vanessa would cope with that #also I am still rattling the needing a new name in my brain I am SO normal about that line #Naff I'm making direct eye contact about it #good morning btw <3 #hope u didnt expect anything but insanity from me #fighting tumblr fr to let me upload this it keeps eating images or tags wtf

[james-stark-the-writer]

19:45 into the absolute rom-com classic Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na bc i wanted to feel good today and revisit a little bit of nostalgia and i was in the romcom mood so. here we are. anyway, this movie is like Camp Excellence, and also astonishingly well directed, i'm glad young me had great taste, this movie is very much from the year 2008, but, along with Mamma Mia! which somehow also released in 2008, nothing else even comes close to making me love love and life as this does.

#james talks #james watches stuff #jaane tu ya jaane na #jaane tu... ya jaane na #guess something about 2008 movies just hits different #also yeah i did chuckle at the gay joke. it's from 2008 guys. let it go. #and Ratna is just playing a toned down Maya Sarabhai and i'm having a blast #but also her getting fake mad at Jai to stop him from dreaming about his father triggered like real PTSD in me lmao #asian parents are the fucking worst. #they'll say shit like 'i can't believe you'd dream about that. i'm so disappointed you even had that thought' and genuinely mean it lmao #anyway banger songs great acting really good direction and writing AND they synthesized a literal audience and made it work!!!! #you want me to be normal about romance? you want someone who grew up on Imran Khan romcoms to be normal about romance????

[beanghostprincess]

i hope y'all know that episode 957 rewired my brain completely. one piece is better than cocaine.

#i've been crying for 20 minutes thinking sabo was dead #he's not dead tho but i was so fucking scared for a second here guys you don't get it #and also what the actual fuck is going on with arabasta #AND WHERE THE FUCK IS SABO #AND THE WHOLE THING WITH THE SHICHIBUKAIS???? I'M GOING FUCKING INSANE HERE #the directing is amazing outstanding brilliant btw #the music hit in all the right places and the lightning bro and and and the pacing #so good i think i moaned in director #morgans is one of my favorite characters fr he's SO good #koby also hi baby #i am so normal about this episode bro #one piece

[ratcandy]

i could do whatever i want with monch's character and what will you do about it? huh? tell me i'm wrong? tell me their dialogue contradicts my ideas? Their Dialogue? Huh? All 2 of It?

#sorry i'm having a battle in my head #one half of me is like ''my city now'' and grabbing this moth so fiercely and running very far into another direction #while the half of me that's still foolishly reliant on other people's perception of me is like WHAT ARE YOU DOING!!! COME BACK!!!!! #but it's too late the self indulgent half of me is going WATCH WHAT I CAN DO *explodes #anyway #exhibiting really normal behavior. very. yeah. #i'm gritting my teeth rn because i have such a good title in mind for a fic I could write but I don't even have an idea laid out for it #i just have the title #this is like the opposite problem i had with musings and it SUCKS!!!!! #clamtalk

[redwayfarers]

Decembhyur Day 28 - Love

A/N: This is a snippet of a larger piece but not all of it would fit in the conditions of the prompt. So I chose the love confession itself, which is shorter, sweeter, fits the conditions of Decembhyur much better, but I will link the whole piece on ao3 + independently post it on a later date. I just really wanted this scene to be for this prompt, even though it wasn't written with it in mind!

“In Ishgard,” Artoirel starts, “to announce our serious intentions in pursuing someone, we court.” Nika squints. And Artoirel stands before him and swallows again. “Please let me finish, Nika. Ordinarily it would lead to marriage, and ordinarily we would not have slept together beforehand, but this is no ordinary situation. But I do wish to– to court you. To show you I am serious. We don’t have to say anything yet.” 

Artoirel reaches for Nika’s hand, yet allows his fingers to dangle in the air. Nika looks down, away, anywhere but Artoirel’s face, and pouts. 

“We can just try and see where this leads us,” Artoirel offers softly. “I want to think this meant something for you. I want to think that I mean as much to you as you do to me.” 

“You do,” Nika says after a while, almost inaudible. Artoirel’s hands itch to wrap around Nika’s, yet he refrains. Not yet. Not until Nika gives his consent. He will not force his affections on him. Yet, Artoirel can’t look away from the emotions that fight on his face, from the way he trembles. Artoirel trembles too, the patter of his heart drowns all other noise but Nika’s voice, and his stomach ties in innumerable knots. 

They sit like that for what feels like an eternity, on the precipice, ready to walk away or fall together. Eventually, Nika lifts his hand. Artoirel squeezes it. 

“We can give this courting thing a chance,” Nika says, breathless. “Because, I–we– yeah.” 

Artoirel breathes out. “Fury take you, Nika,” he mouths, and kisses him. Nika rises on the tips of his toes and kisses him back, draws him close, and Artoirel holds onto him, his grip strong enough to almost lift him off the ground. 

When they part, Nika’s eyes are wide and round, as they were last night. Artoirel’s cheeks burn like a furnace, but he doesn’t care; it’s his first day of courtship, as unusual as it may be. He can’t find it in him to let go of Nika, and if it were up to him, he’d rather see Eorzea aflame than let Nika go to save it. 

He knows Nika doesn’t like that anyway. 

Frankly, Eorzea doesn’t matter anymore. What does is the way Nika clings to him, and the way his hair smells, and the warmth of his body against Artoirel’s. What matters is them watching the city move about, away from it all, standing by the window together. Together. 

The rest of it really does not stand a chance whatsoever. 

#ffxiv #nero plays ffxiv #inspo birb has come to town #nika perseis #artoirel de fortemps #nika x artoirel #decembhyur2023 #i'm so normal about them. they're so evenly matched but in opposite directions #and they match each other's vibes so well #like. the way nika doesn't fault artoirel for having tried to kill him. #the way artoirel accepts nika's nature as not that good of a person. #arguably artoirel himself isn't either if we're going by heavensward characterization #bc i've heard it changes. somewhat in the enw caster quests that i won't play for a long long time #if i ever get to any caster class that is. #so like. heavensward!artoirel is what my understanding is based on #*sobs* why'd i have to sell my soul to a guy in npc jail #wolship #wol x artoirel

[hazeism]

I also want to talk about Daneel's 5d gender : ) (ft. some misc Baley in Trantor considerations that aren't worth explaining here)

#the last three are vaguely based on something i've written (the blue one is a direct scene really but I don't know if it'll ever crystallize #into a finished fic because it's kind of really involved but I did really like the scene. I'm trying though) #anyway i've seen so little of the TV show and while it's fun I'm not super invested though there are some elements I'm interested in #but mostly I was mad about David Goyer's monopoly on Daneel gender politics. they should let me do it. I'd be so good at Daneel gender poli #Eto Demerzel #my Demerzel is here also because I thought they'd be funny. if they interacted. Daneel pluralization is literally normal #TVzel would be the only person who could interrogate bookzel as the shrine (to Elijah ofc) that he really is lmfao. so obvious. #Asimov Chronology #this doesn't really correspond to any of the books particularly #R. Daneel Olivaw #doodle #queue #visual #those are all the indexing tags this needs I think #oh yes #Elijah Baley #my design for him changes every day don't look too hard okay

[eyeballcommander]

soo...Commander Peepers. How's everything going? We haven't heard from you in a long while and I just wanted to check in to make sure you're alright

Bad. Not really feeling social.

#At least I can write and type now without excruciating pain #I'm telling ya- blasters aren't designed for handling recoil in that direction! #Especially if you- like me- hold it with two hands when you REALLY can't miss the shot! (Which put my arms in an awkward twisted position) #.....................................that stupid dollshit was worse #As in that BULLSHIT with treating me like a doll!!!!!!!!!!! #Oh I cannot WAIT to replace him!!!!! #I've already expanded my search by loosening the watchdog requirement #And since eyeclops USUALLY have at least a little magic potential #If they're not magical powerhouses (which are unfortunately almost mythical with their rarity) #I'm SURE someone who can take him down without being out of place here will contact me to arrange an interview any day now! #Ugggghhhh- the sooner the better #I'm willing to lower my standards further if I don't get any bites by the end of the year #Not only to rid this universe of HIM #But because I'm REALLY sick of this throwaway number's prank calls #normally I wouldn't mind them much #But it sucks to get your hopes up only for some stupid stock joke- y'know? #[[tbh I'm an engineering student and it's finals season so I've been online far less 😭]] #[[3 more days including this one....]] #[[btw Peepers was on bedrest during the end of my spring semester too]] #[[I'm glad me and Joey roleplayed this now because him being injured and depressed is a good way to explain his absence]] #[[he also gets reclusive and depressed when he's forced to stop working]] #[[Because Peepers is bipolar (type I) and he NEEDS that adrenaline/momentum to keep the mania part of it prominent]] #[[so that's another good reason he's not really online]]

[july-19th-club]

by the same metric that angel doubles down so hard on atonement and caution is because he knows how capable he is of monstrosity, you could (and i do) argue that the reason spike doubles down so hard on proving he’s monstrous is because he’s aware of his own capacity for humanity

#he's always jumping around going HEY EVERYBODY. I LOVE MURDER . do you need somebody slaughtered? I'LL DO IT I LOVE THAT #hey im only hanging out with you guys because you give me an outlet for my destructive impulses . be ready to hear THAT five times a day #i think i will try to cause discord and distress amongst the friend group because i'm a dick and that's what evil guys do . is it working? #IM GONNA BE MEAN and like. im not saying it doesn't work (he's often mean) just that it's patently transparent #like if you want to do a direct foil situation here . for angel good and bad are things that HAPPEN to him #he isnt capable of separating them on his own . spike's like. normal so he has to choose to be evil and eventually he gets bored of it #this isnt like new analysis but it's my analysis lol #buffy the vampire slayer #q

[soldier-poet-king]

I am going to be SUCH the bigger person about this I saw a post that not only was wrong and annoying and a little mean spirited, but it was about something I am specifically knowledgeable and passionate about and which affects me directly, AND I kept my damn mouth shut and out of the replies despite the fact that it's killing me to do so

#rose i am taking a page out of ur book #truly i am going to get a mediocre but passing grade in not being a huge bitch #smthn that is normal to want and possible to achieve #its just like. actually. when i am not actively depressed and working toward my own self effacement out of guilt #ACTUALLY im incredibly smart and right about almost everything and almost everyone is stupid and annoying and I'm tired and angry #i am NOT a kind person by nature!!! thats the depression and guilt talking #deeper fran is just. why am i not the world's benevolent dictator. i think they should allow me to be in charge #entering my villain era #yes i AM tired of being nice and yes i DO want to go apeshit #fully just admitting to being an awful person on main now. no more pretending my kindness is anything more than a mask #i wear it because its right and good and i ought to. but ohhhhhhh shes fake and unfortunately #years of practice has not made it my true self #if anything the less chronically depressed i am the meaner i am. bc i have less navel gazing #and more mental energy to direct outwards. in my natural sharp tongued quick tempered opinionated meanness #i think ive finally reached the parentified eldest child point where im allowed to fully snap and be a littke evil #people pleasing is OUT

[maggiecheungs]

so I’ve got the empress of ayodhaya (with mai davika) and scarlet heart thailand (with tu tontawan) to look forward to….. icb i’m finally getting some big budget female-led historical thai dramas about political power struggles 😭😭 i have waited so long for this

#I’ve waited so long for more boran lakorns that aren’t only romances 😭😭 (well scarlet heart is going to have romance but i will ignore ❤️) #POWER STRUGGLES!!!! POLITICS!!!!! #historical political dramas are my number one favourite genre and always have been #i need scope i need scheming i need it alllllll #the empress of ayodhaya #scarlet heart thailand #AND with two of the most talented actresses working atm.... i'm very normal about this #ummm but i need to look up the male cast of scarlet heart because i was NOT paying attention to them #did i see win as the ml? dude’s gonna get curbstomped in the acting skills department 😬🙈 #god I hope the rest of the demand cast is good. please don’t just focus on the men gmmtv #i mean it’s p’fon directing so I’m hopeful!!!!! #ellistxt #tangentially related but sri ayodhaya 2017 has been on my list for ages.... maybe this is my sign to finally get around to it

[chaoswillcalmusdown]

i feel like everyone's watching the bear s2 hating claire meanwhile i'm here like 'hmmmmm interesting that carmy is trying to have a normal relationship with a girl who def knew michael and reminds him of a life 'before' shit happened and when things were nice and easy'

#if i get to the end and carmy's like 'oh yeah just getting shacked up with claire' i'll be vaguely disappointed but like #he starts off talking about how he doesn't even know what fun is #and he's here trying to go to parties and be a normal young person and catch up on all the stuff he missed which makes sense #i'll be surprised if the writers want it to be real and deep bc it's so far very shallow and like. he's trying to be normal!!! #i paused halfway through ep 6 and i'm just thinking #i do think the casting of claire is a bit off bc i keep thinking they look like they should play siblings or like cousins #she looks more like jaw than the girl who plays sugar #the bear #though i will say i hate the directing choices when they talk #the bit in the store?? when it was like 5 seconds on carmy then cut to 5 seconds on claire cut to 5 seconds on carmy etc #something was not good with those angles and just. no #though also: what's more realistic for a straight white man who is going through some shit than for him to cling onto some girl ? #instead of going to therapy... just find a girl who will listen to you..... it's incrediBLy realistic

[galaxxies18]

「届きはしない思い」 「声にならめ声で」

「T R E A S U R E Y O U」

Please don't repost anywhere else!

Invidivual versions below the cut 👇

#i think about treasured a humanly normal amount #ALSO THE ANXIETY I GOT AS I WAS FINISHING THIS BECAUSE CSP ALMOST CRASHED BROOO IMMA CRYYYY #anyway this song is the bane of my existence #it gives me nightmares in my waking hours #i hate thing song i hate that it was sung by Team K I hate that Rindou's singer has a hand in composing the lyrics #and even in canon story rindou directed the play (at least for yoshino's side iirc?) #i hate this i hate this song haunts my every living breathing moment #i hate that rindou's singer also sings this as well for concerts #like YOU GUYS ALREADY HAVE MY WIG AND MY WALLET WHY ARE YOU TRYING TO SNATCH EVEN MY SCALP #mr donuts i dont feel so good- #10/10 song i would put myself under therapy just to forget this song (just to fall in love with it again) #i mean- song is mid #yeah #defenly mid uhuh #no one better @ me for this @@@@ you two bitches specifically #<- crying in roughly 36 hours? of doing this? #idk I didn't keep track of the legitimate time but I know I did this over a span of 5 days #“is kei missing a necklace?” yeah he is its called tactical redesigning im done with this sh- #the amount of details I had to go thru for the jewelry even though you can barely see it makes me (shakes fist) #ALL THE SHITPOSTING ASIDE I'm really happy with how the end product ended up looking! #I tried to recreate the coloring style they do in the game...it's not bad LOL #also idk how to make clothes but I'll be damned if I don't give him a Treasured outfit #also Rindou deserves to have hairpins c'mon donuts its free real estate #; galaxxi's art. #blackstar: theater starless #blackstar theatre starless #blackstar theater starless #bsts rindou #bsts yoshino #adding salt to the wound these three are gonna be singing for christmas- so 🧍‍♀️

[walmart-miku]

This scene fucks me up so much more knowing what I do now about Yosano's backstory.

The first time I watched this scene I thought the deaths she'd seen were medical related like in a hospital and from the murder cases the ADA would get. No. IT'S FROM WHEN SHE WAS ELEVEN AND KEEPING SOILDIERS FROM DYING.

The line "OUR PATIENTS' LIVES JUST SLIP THOUGH OUR FINGERS" goes hard as FUCK knowing what yosano had seen, had done.

#The whole yosano vs kajii fight is so good #I think that's prob when yosano became my fave #The while fight is just yosano being an absolute girl boss #Wait no #The while episode is her being a girl boss #Also I love how she told kajii off about death and science #Like lemon fucker what the fuck do u know about science hmm? #Also do you see the sorrow on her face as she talks? #The way she's angry at the end of it? #How her anger is directed at kajii but also at tachiharas brother for not valuing his own life? #I'm so normal about yosano #I'm really not #But if I keep saying it then it might be true one day #Also I was watching a react to bsd s4 yosano backstory vid #And the dude was like #“What an epic backstory for such a bland useless background character” #First of all #Fuck u dude #second of all #This guy just can't appreciate that yosano is a feminist a girl boss an icon a survivor a veteran a doctor a queen #I know he prob did it for the haha funny of it and for views #But also the guy was simping over ranpo #And u can't really simp for ranpo if u don't respect yosano #Ranpo is the whole reason the ada has yosano #And ransano siblings is real #smh #bsd yosano #bsd kajii #bsd #bungou stray dogs

[gingerbreadmonsters]

let's play a wip game!

rules: post the names of all the files in your WIP folder regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it! and then tag as many people as you have wips.

@friendlyfaded @bicyclepainting @krushkreates thank you for the tags! i tend to name a lot of my wips straight away, so most of these are more working titles than anything descriptive lmao ✌️

drop me an ask and we'll have a look! you can even send in several at once if you're feeling adventurous 👀👀

the whole shebang

五二零 (answered here)

frozen peaches and cream

get in, loser! (answered here)

FORMERLY a ring on the carousel

mad or sublime (answered here)

over the threshold

motion capture (answered here)

orangina, lemonade

tags: oh god ik loads of people have been tagged already - provisional tags go to @morgansplace @mar-the-magician @tiredandsleepyx @sealriously-sealrious @solclaw @barbabetos @amistytown bc i haven't checked the dash yet, but please - anyone else who is in the mood to play, you can say i tagged you, we won't tell anyone hehe 🤠🤠

#redacted asmr #ooh a game! #i don't normally share much about my wips until i'm in the home stretch #which is when you get those massive rb i do #and i NEVER share wip titles before the fic drops for good #so this is fun!! #some are subject to change but most will probably stay the same #i have so much fun coming up with and choosing titles #i much prefer to let that inform the direction that the fic is going to go in #rather than trying to retrofit a title to an already conceptualised piece

[chronosbled]

{ Kaiyo, my beloved bunny boy~. }

#{ That's absolutely all I have to say. } #{ He looks so pretty in this edit I did of him. } #{ I have yet to be able to use him yet. } #{ I'm working on his icons a lot lately. } #{ Probably because I'm excited to finally use him some time soon maybe? } #{ But please admire my pretty boy. } #{ He's super shy and timid with people he doesn't know due to being an introvert. } #{ He just likes playing video games and hanging out with his two younger brothers (triplets). } #{ Despite being so shy though... he's really strong and will kick someone's ass when needed. } #{ Especially if they hurt his siblings or people he cares about. Then he becomes really aggressive like his mother. } #{ Other than that though? You just clap loudly in his direction and he jumps. } #{ Perfect cuddle bug though for his lover though since he's so soft and fluffy on his tail/ears. } #{ Excuse the fact his face claim doesn't actually have the bunny ears or tail. I can't edit good enough for that. } #{ So he just has normal ears when he isn't supposed to. } #{ Just pretend he has the bunny ears please. } #☣ [ ' Tԋҽ σɳҽ ɯԋσ ʅҽαԃʂ Ⴆҽԋιɳԃ ƈʅσʂҽԃ ԃσσɾʂ. ' ] - ✡ Oυƚ σϝ Cԋαɾαƈƚҽɾ ✡