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one-strugling-bean · 2 years

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Okay so I just got to Clingy Duo's big argument before Tommy is exiled and I gotta say, c!Tommy is pissing me off so much.... It's great, I love it

So, even though it's been way too long since this arc happened and I am merely throwing words at a wall, I need to write down my personal opinion on this whole mess

So uh, on the affirmations that Tommy was 1) not acting selfishly, and 2) the only one to have compromised something for L'Manburg up until now, and the affirmation that Tubbo is getting closer to becoming the tyrant Schlatt was... (i read so many comments on the videos i watched about their argument claiming this):

(just warning that bellow are my unfiltered, biased opinions on this whole thing, so if you're very fond of Tommy, you might not agree very much with what i wrote)

((also, no, I don't hate Tommy, he just really annoyed me during his fight with Tubbo))

(((also also, don't take this too seriously, I literally just needed to write these thoughts down somewhere)))

-> Tommy is being super freaking selfish and Tubbo is definitely in the right here

Everyone has sacrificed things for L'Manburg already. It's like viewers are so fixated on the idea that Tommy is "the hero", that he's Theseus like Techno predicted, they forget everyone else has been fighting this whole time too.

Just during Schlatt's reign:

-Fundy sacrificed his relationship with his father and friends to become a spy

-Quackity sacrificed his power as vice-president (and if we go back to those days, Quackity did appreciate his position a lot, he used to be pretty power hungry too)

-Willbur sacrificed his goddamn sanity and consequently, his life

-Tubbo sacrificed months of himself as a person, working as a double spy for Pogtopia, putting his safety on the line /every single day/ just so he could give Willbur and Tommy the aid and info they wanted

-Literally every single other L'Manburg citizen? Who fought in the wars, laying down their lives for the country

If sacrificing something for the greater good is what makes someone a hero, then every single one of these people are heroes. Tommy is just one of many

The only things that separate Tommy from the others is Dream's ridiculous obssession with him and Tommy's own childish, reckless, irresponsible attitude

Everyone else is still doing their best rebuilding L'Manburg and trying to protect it, continuing on devoting themselves to the land they've fought so hard to keep. But Tommy has completely shed his "hero" skin already, and is back to being a reckless kid who doesn't think before acting and is ready to throw himself into a fire, causing trouble for petty reasons and playing with forces that are far beyond his reach, uncaring if that means he'll drag his friends down with him too.

Everyone is compromising. Everyone is giving up personal things for the greater good of the country. Even Dream is, to some extent. But Tommy is arguing - claiming he deserves a chance to "put himself first for a change" - as if he were the one single hero, the only one who's had to put aside personal things.

So yeah I'm sorry but no, Tubbo is not becoming corrupted - he is maturing, and growing into the best leader we have seen on this server yet, someone who cares about his people and is able to be level headed when problems arise. And he's still as loyal as ever too! It would be much safer for L'Manburg to exile Tommy from the start. But he still fought for Tommy's freedom. Only when it became the only viable option, did Tubbo truly consider the exile option.

Meanwhile, Tommy is indeed acting selfish. He is only thinking of his own self-interest, ignoring everyone else's needs (heck, ignoring their lives, who are at stake because of him!), disrespecting Tubbo not only as a superior but as a friend and a fellow comrade in battle, acting as if he were the only one who had to give something up, who had to endure things he didn't want to, as if he fought all those goddamn battles alone!

Tommy handing Dream the disks in favor of L'Manburg's independence all those months ago was supposed to be the turning point for him, where Tommy realised that no ammount of material objects, as emotionally attached to them as one could be, could ever compare to a human life (and loved lives at that).

But apparently he hasn't learnt that lesson yet.

And let's be honest, how many times has Tommy even listened to those discs anyway?? They are nothing but pieces of plastic, easily replaceable by others exactly the same, that, ever since Tommy has gotten them, have been collecting dust in someone else's Ender Chest. Tommy has no freaking use for those things, as sentimental items as they might be. They are useless and yet have been the cause of dozens of deaths and are the root of Dream's power over Tommy.

Can Tommy sacrificing his comrades, his whole country, for a couple of dusty discs that he doesn't use really be called anything but pure, petty selfishness? Sorry, but for me the answer is an easy no.

On another, less mad, note, daaaaamn everyone's acting was so good! Dream played off his part as the Big Bad Villain so goddamn well, I am amazed

And Tubbo too, his acting was phenomenal the whole stream! You could feel the hurt in his voice, the barely concealed anxiety over all that's happening, his anger at Tommy mixed with tons of worry for him, his fear of Dream, fear for L'Manburg, Tubbo forcing himself to stay strong and unbiased - like, jesus christ, it's so obvious this is the last thing he wants

Tommy was also great as usual but that I'm already used to - his face is really expressive too, it just adds even more emotion to each scene. He just knows how to entertain his audience

Anywayyy

In conclusion: this season has been super interesting so far and I can't wait to see how Timmy's exile will go, it will probably be chaotic as heck

#dream smp #I love tommy and tubbo's characters so damn much #they are so good #and their progression makes so much sense #Im anxious to what tommy will do that will exile him #probably something super dumb #Anyway #dsmp #c! tommy #c! tubbo #tommyinnit #tubbo underscore #clingy duo #dream minecraft #dsmp commentary

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ganondoodle · 8 months

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i often really do feel like an .. unwanted part of the fandom, i dont draw beautiful landscapes, i have unpopular but strong opinions im constantly annoying about and rarely change, dont like/dont draw the pretty young popular twinks and hot gurls to fanboi over nor do i turn characters into one, the opposite moreso, draw only one ship no ones heard of really, got little energy to interact with the few people that are nice to me and send me asks so it probably looks like im ignoring everyone and unfortunately but still rarely get so stressed i get overwhelmed and emotional about pehaps seemingly minor things and spiral almost into a breakdown feeling super embarrassed about it afterwards but the damage is already done and i look like a freak or agressive weirdo

#ganondoodles talks #also probably sounds like self pity #but this feeling hits everytime i see a super popular artist be the popular cool artist #i am a little weird i know that and thats not somethign bad i think #but the internet never gets to see that much of me #i tend to write posts when i am at my worst bc it has to go somewhere #so the image it tells people is that im a weirdly strong opiniod freak that gets breakdowns over nothing #i also dont feel like im otherwise -cool tm- enough to balance that out #i dont think my art is as stylized or as inventive as others nor am i cool to interact with bc idk how to be cool to interact with #i feel double bad when i misstepped with someone i used to talk to bc of something stupid ... or just dont know what i did wrong #im guessing its especially when i am in that spiraling state of mind where i really am not myself tbh #it still feels very bad bc i feel like i can never make it up to anyone again #sorry i acted like a jerk my brain was exploding in emotions in a desperate attempt to deal with something idk how to deal with-#-and made me not act like myself but now i feel really dumb about it #doesnt sound like a good excuse #... i want to thank those that do stick with me #even if i acted strange sometimes- even if i disappointed sometimes- even when i couldnt keep a promise #there are little things that still make me angry at myself #like that one time i asked in the tags whod read as long as the end of them and if someone did shoudl send me an ask so id draw a lil thing #and i got two #and i kept trying to remeber oh shit i need to do that and forgetting again/not having energy for it in a loop #i still feel like a jerk about it but now its probably too late #i wish i could answer all asks i get but man my energy for that is always rock bottom #no matter how much i enjoy the ask #and i love getting asks!!!#im sorry :((

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kicktwine · 5 months

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Alphinaud and Alisaie is speedrunning breaking through every single layer ch'ari has, and the poor cat just wanna suffocate them in Every Fashion Possible

FASCINATING: weird feral cat starting to have feelings because some kids had one (1) feeling in his proximity

#critical success. yes they’re going to get pushed down a hill. yes they’re getting hugged. no they didn’t ask to have that happen #none of them did #ch’ari fully forgot thancred’s name for months. ch’ari was frustrated by minfillia. ch’ari was only charmed by yda because she’s goofy #ch’ari didn’t care until he accidentally saw alphinaud get… worried… about something???#and instead of just appreciating his company as a blunt object looked relieved he was okay?#⚠️ ch’ari will remember this infinitesimal kindness.#he was friends with tataru first and then it all went downhill from there #ask #anon #ffxiv #What was up with that quest where tataru got super worried alphinaud was hurt and then he was fine and it worried me half to death.#for nothing. Ari spent the next few quests surreptitiously sniffing at him to see if he could smell blood or spellwork #dumb kid. he was probably like ?????? stop— please. um #but like. I think the tipping point for him was seeing a scared kid fr #having not encountered it except at a distance he was like OH. I KNOW THAT FEELING. I AM GOING TO STOP THAT FROM OCCURRING. NOW.

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queenofthursday6599-blog · 2 months

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You know, when I think about Arcane I can't help but think about the fact that I'm not a huge fan of how Vander handled things.

I mean his heart was definitely in the right place, he wanted to protect his children and his people, but to be honest there were moments where I felt like he was very confidently doing the wrong thing.

Specially in a child rearing sense. Now I just want to put it out there, that we the audience are shown a biased depiction of Vander.

Just about every scene he's in he's surrounded by his people who (mostly) look to him for protection, his children who adore him, or his enemies who are literal drug lord gang leader bad guys and corrupt policemen. Who are not humanized by the story until after his death.

For one there's Vi's pretty obvious eldest daughter syndrome, which Vander does nothing to try and curb. In fact I feel like in most of their scenes together Vander is treating this unhealthy dynamic as Vi being her sibling's leader and that she therefor needs to take more responsibility for them.

Even though I feel like Vander teaching Vi that way of thinking caused a lot of problems for all of the kids.

Sure it's great when your kids can work together, but there shouldn't be a pecking order among them, and if there is you shouldn't encourage it.

Vander fully expects Vi to take responsibility for Powder(which makes some level of sense considering she's 4-ish years younger than Vi), but also Mylo and Claggor, who are both the same age as her.

Meaning that if Vander trusts Vi to look after herself (and Powder) I feel like he should be able to trust Mylo and Claggor to look after themselves.

Vi should not be saddled with the responsibility of being in charge of her siblings, who are literally the same age as her.

If Vander is going to be reprimanding Vi for getting into trouble, he should be getting on to Mylo and Claggor just as much.

Sure Mylo and Claggor mention that Vander is going to be upset, but it's very obvious that the majority of the responsibility rests on Vi's shoulders.

Which, sure they look up to Vi and listen to what she has to say and what she thinks they should be doing.

But if it's to the point where Vander thinks it's gotten to the point that they will literally blindly follow Vi into dangerous situations because she said so. Then I feel like it's time for Vander to have a sit down with the rest of his kids and have the very important "Thinking for yourself" talk.

It's- You can't raise your children to just blindly follow their oldest sibling their entire life, and raise the oldest child to be the caretaker of the rest of their siblings their entire life.

Yeah, Vi needs to think things through a bit more, because the other kids look up to her a lot, and will go along with whatever her plans are, because they think she knows what she's doing and they trust her.

But also the other kids need to know how to assess things for themselves, rather than just blindly follow whatever it is Vi says, no matter how much they look up to her.

Like this man fully thinks that his 15 year old daughter, who clearly has problems with her temper and being impulsive herself, should also be responsible for her two adoptive brothers who are functionally the same age as her [one with a pretty obvious superiority/inferiority complex], alongside her younger sister who already has problems of some kind of anxiety.

Mylo and Claggor are just fully not held to the same standard as Vi in spite of being the same age, and literally getting into the exact same trouble. Their choice to go along with what Vi planned, is put onto Vi's shoulders when it shouldn't be, because if Vi is old enough to know better in Vander's mind, so are Mylo and Claggor.

If it was just Powder I could somewhat understand. She's younger, more impressionable, she idolizes Vi, she's not as strong or fast as the other three and if Vi forgot that at some point Powder could have gotten left behind or hurt.

You know the general "You need to be a good role model for your younger sibling because they look to you for guidance" stuff.

Like the fact that Vi feels the need to fight Piltover in order to secure a better life for Powder in Act 1 tells me so much just how parentified Vi is when it comes to Powder's care.

Which I do think originated from before Vander adopted the girls, to be fair to Vander. Vi gives off the vibe of looking after Powder having always been her responsibility.

To be unfair to Vander, I don't think he did anything to try and undo Vi's over responsible and over protective mindset when it came to Powder after adopting them.

#arcane #thoughts about Vander's parenting style #I know he probably did spend more time with Claggor Mylo and Powder that we're just not shown #but the show didn't show us that #so in the actual show it kind of feels like Vander is trying to parent his children via the trickle down economics way of things #like if he's just Super Good at parenting Vi and he leaves her in a role of responsibility over the others #that said good parenting will just trickle down the sibling totem pole to his other three children #and I just gotta be like mmmm doesn't work with economics and it sure as hell doesn't work with parenting #he wonders why they all go along with Vi's dumb ideas that go against the rules he's made #while he makes Vi responsible/in charge of them and the other 3 all know this #Like the man really put what seems to be his most rebellious (literally) kid in charge of the rest of his children #and then wonders why they're out breaking laws and getting into street fights #Sometimes I gotta grasp the thought that Vander very suddenly became a dad of 4 after never having had children very tightly when watching #because sometimes he'll say something that sounds really wise but it's actually genuinely unhelpful #like the talk he had with Vi is literally what gave her the idea to hand herself over to enforcers and act as the fall guy #the man gave paternal advice worded so poorly his kid almost gets sent to jail over it

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scratching92 · 8 months

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My favorite part of GMing is inserting dumb jokes into throwaway details.

In a Lancer game I'm running today the players will have the opportunity to peruse a marketplace aboard a space station that includes such products as "Silent Period Nestorian Pottery", "Ethically-sourced Hearthian Jewellery", and a full box set of the Karrakin historical-military drama "Shattered Dreams: A Tale of the Glass Brigade".

#Lancer RPG #Incidentally I think Shattered Dreams is probably a romance #Like it probably takes some famous general or something who died in the Glass Brigade and exaggerates their life for dramatic effect #Real “In the TV Show he was super devoted to her and was heartbroken to leave for war but in Real Life he cheated on her twice” vibes #Combat prep? Nah we're inventing fictional prestige television #This is the real fun of GMing #subjecting your players to whatever this dumb nonsense is

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rainbow--skies · 2 months

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Fandom culture on other sites is mindboggling to me because I just saw an Insta post complaining about people’s redesigns and reimaginings of characters, and it was already an annoying ass post that people were making more annoying, but the craziest part to me is people in the comments were genuinely trying to call queer headcanons that get added on sometimes fetishization 😭

#rainbow rants #like who do you think drew that… because it was probably queer people #their reasoning was that adding it on top of a redesign is unnecessary and using queer people as an aesthetic but that’s dumb #if you want to throw out everything internet fandom has been doing for years and rebrand it as problematic… why the fuck are you here???#comments were also filledddddd racism and fatphobia who cares if a redesign is black or fat. they are pixels #‘it’s too different make your own character’ should be about characterization not appearance (unless you’re making the character wear #something that contradicts their personality maybe)#the only valid criticism is i hate when people headcanon characters that are super homophobic as gay #or change canon queer characters’ sexuality #that’s actually annoying #rest of the stuff these people were saying was some bullshit though

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tails-boogie-board · 1 year

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It's my 100th post! It means nothing but I'm sentimental so have some baby!Tails. This one is a bit older, it takes place before the other Chaotix one with Charmy. It also explains why he and Sonic were there in the first place

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"Nope." Vector said, casually throwing out Sonic's only real lead. "We aren't investigating anything this weird and last we saw him, he was normal. No idea what happened to him."

With a huff, Sonic dropped the orange box on Vector's desk anyway and rolled his shoulder. It was some machine, with Tails' logo in the corner and more importantly, a sticky note with 'vector chaotix tomorow. grab tweezers' still stuck to it.

"Which was?" Sonic asked.

"About 2 days ago." Vector said, and the timeline matched up, "Tails was helping us out. The car got... uh"

"The cops took it!" Charmy announced from the floor, not looking up from his crayons.

"It wasn't the cops." Espio said, sharpening a kunai.

"Uh, yea they were. They had badges 'n everything."

"That didn't make them the police."

"But when we pretended to be cops, we had badges."

Vector sighed, looking up from his desk as the two argued behind him and gestured to the lump of technology.

"It got impounded when we were helping out with Eggman. Tails was givin' us a hand getting it back."

At his name, Tails flew up to the desk to hover next to Sonic. He was holding his drawing close to his chest, but eyed the machine hungrily.

"They always take stuff!"

Vector scooched to the side to give the kid room to land, but Tails just circled curiously.

"He was supposed to stop by yesterday, but we figured something was up." Behind him, Charmy was slowly rising to be taller than Espio.

"That doesn't always mean they're cops, Charmy!"

Tails looked between Sonic and the table and then down at his paper. He dropped to the ground and walked over and Sonic dropped to a crouch instantly.

"What's up, buddy?"

Tails' big eyes got even bigger and he stared up at his brother in awe and Sonic smirked. Rocking on his feet, the kit used his paper to hide his smile before he shook himself down to the tips of his tails.

"Here."

He pushed his drawing at Sonic, not looking away and Sonic inspected the back of the paper for a second longer than he wanted to admit before he took it.

"Hey! Remember what I said, if you throw crayons, he can throw kunai."

And Sonic had seen enough blueprints in his life not to recognize it, even if this one was in crayon. It was for some kinda plane and Sonic's grin softened, Tails never really changed. There was arrows pointing to potential improvements, probably.

His own name grabbed his attention, and on top of the plane was him, with Tails in the cockpit. They were both smiling and he was pretty sure that it was Angel Island in the background, and the Master Emerald wasn't the large red dot on it.

He looked up from the paper and Tails bashfully ducked behind a Tail. Sonic pulled him into a one arm hug and after a second, mused his fur, it was still kit soft. Tails squirmed to get away and Sonic leaned into him, holding him down with his weight, the drawing safely in the air.

The kit dropped to the floor and Sonic followed, hitting his quills on the desk.

Tails. baby. shorter. Right.

"No! No one throws anything, capache?"

He groaned and there was a victorious giggle above him. Sonic rolled over onto his back, picture clutched to his chest. Tails was hovering above him and shot him a thumbs up before he finally fell to temptation and landed on the desk. Taking a moment to collect himself, Sonic looked at the picture again and at the one star in the clouds.

Rolling to his feet, Tails bare twitched an ear. He was busy messing with the thing -though it was technically his so Sonic figured it was fine.

Vector had Charmy under one arm and Espio's wrist in another and they were both arguing. Vector's headphones slipped and bass filled the air and Charmy yelled louder in response.

The desk beeped and all noise stopped.

Sonic's shoulders hiked and he was a step away from grabbing Tails and bolting before he caught up to himself. Tails looked surprised too and pulled away from the machine. A green light was on, but otherwise it looked the same.

"It's doing some weird stuff." Charmy said, floating closer.

Tails pressed the button again and the light turned off.

Espio leaned in close and looked at the machine, Tails pressed the button again and the light flickered on.

"I assume it is some sort of an EMP or it causes some equal disturbance."

Charmy laughed, "Bet it would take off the boot, no problem."

Vector pushed Charmy away and nodded at Tails who cheerfully turned the machine off.

"Hey Sonic, up for some fun?"

#Sonic #miles tails prower #sonic the hedgehog #tails the fox #team chaotix #charmy bee #espio the chameleon #vector the crocodile #baby tails #get it? bees use electromagnets to interact with other bees among with other potential uses!#its super interesting #bees are sensitive to changes so charmy knows something's up but can't put the words to it #impounding a car during a disaster when youre helping civilians is a dick move #so yes they steal their car back #tails is fine with this bc he only believes in laws if they're good and this is a dumb law fr #this is pretty unedited so im probably gonna clean it up later but i want validation #fanfic #my writing #i cant explain how much i love writing team chaotix theyre literally the worst its the best #if i can say anything its that i think i have a fantastic charmy

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snowyfrostshadows · 1 year

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It's all fun and games until it isn't

#dumb doodles #master m au #1) i think it'd be neat if he tagged along with the other minions sometimes not to help but to follow around the hero(s) to make them laugh #the princess and the green guy are doing this hero thing all WRONG #they should be happy and smile because that's what heros are supposed to DO #the turtle gets it; he seems thrilled as heck during all this #plus....there's just something extra annoying about greenie not enjoying being the main hero and being so /miserable/ looking....#2) ....does. anyone else think mario might... subconsciously internalize his image as a hero?#like; don't get me wrong; he loves helping others and is by default; a happy lil guy #but...it probably is a lot of pressure to be that constant rock and source of comfort #he's probably mostly okay with it and it probably doesn't cross his mind to be resentful or bitter about always being the hero #there's just this small small; easily ignorable part of him that's tired of it #that the mister m persona brings to the forfont in a kinda ugly way if you crack that mask hard enough #in other words; if he drops the smile; then i think his more bitter thoughts and feelings he hides both as mario and master m #are a bit more...obvious if that makes sense #ANYWAYS THOSE BOYS ARE GONNA NEED SOME THERAPY AFTER THIS #3) i. honestly forgot if the mimi fight was before or after the first mr. l one lmao #i just wanted to do some silly puns before the sucker punch #anyways; it's an au; luigi probably isn't collecting hearts in the proper order chaotic lil man he is #super mario #mario #luigi

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hollowsart · 1 year

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Scenario.

Acedia is sitting in the bar where Quentin works, a boy begins to bother the poor friendly neighbor female sloth and Quentin came to the rescue her

-cracks knuckles-

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The back of the small restaurant in a simple modest booth is where Acedia liked to sit whenever she visited. It was quiet and out of the way, she liked the spot near the window. Sometimes she came with a friend, but most visits she came alone. Bringing only her phone and bag and nervously ordering the same thing.

She was quiet, shy, and didn't think too highly of her appearance.. so it came as a surprise when a stranger slid himself across the table into the booth with her. A drink in his hand and a smile, too. He tried to have a friendly tone, but there was a distinct lilt to it that said otherwise.. as did the tingle of her senses as she was jolted back to reality and out of her thoughts by his presence.

A stranger.. she didn't like this situation. Her anxiety was screaming to leave and nothing had even happened..

Yet.

The stranger greeted her, asked her questions of what her name was, what she was doing alone, questions that she didn't want to answer. Questions that only made her more uncomfortable. Had this been any other situation or location the questions and sudden appearance would have been normal, more so had she been someone else entirely.

She squirmed back away into the back of her seat, gripping the table. She opted to stay silent, but that seemed to spur the man on, making his ask again, but with a bit more frustration.

Acedia knew she could easily take the man on, but she was too scared and didn't want to make a scene.. but her nerves were on fire and she wanted to cry, feeling so useless and not knowing how else to handle the situation. To make this man leave her alone. She just wanted to have lunch in peace.. Just is her luck that life finds a way to deny her as simple a pleasure as this.

The same patron came in again, sat in the same spot and ordered the same thing, too. She'd become a regular at this point, for how often enough she came. Without fail it was always when he was working there, Beck thought to himself as he cleaned up a table. Picking up plates, bowls, and cups and placing them on his tray to take back into the kitchen. He glanced back over his shoulder in the direction of the woman before making his way toward the kitchen to dispose of the dirty dishes.

It didn't appear she was waiting for someone, with her phone in hand and a calm look on her face. Beck thought about it, about going over and checking on her.. but why would he do that? It's not really like he liked.. err.. knew her. She was just a random customer, nothing more. Although.. he felt an air of familiarity with her. It made no sense to him, though, as he was sure he'd never met her before.

When he came back out to tend to more empty tables, it was like instinct to glance her way.. and he paused. There was someone else there in the booth with her. He'd never seen her with any man before.. Beck averted his gaze and got to work clearing the next table. He shook his head as he picked up a plate and cup and moved on to the next table over, his thoughts moving on as well.

Why did he feel concerned about who she was with? She was no more than a stranger to him as he was to her, surely.

As he moved on to his third table, closer to the back, he heard it. The one-sided conversation happening in the booth.

"Come on~ Can't a guy get a cute girl's number~? And a name? I've told you mine, I’m not a stranger anymore, am I? Hehe."

"..I.. What? J-just 'cause you told me your name doesn't mean I know you.. I'm not.. I'm not givin' you that information.. Please.. Leave me alone.."

Yeah.. To heck with it. If there was one thing Beck hated, it was this. He wasn't going to stand for this. He dropped the tray of dirty dishes and waltzed over to the booth with a well practiced customer service grin, and a bow for flair as he looked between the two.

"Hello, hello. I will be your server for this evening! Is everything alright over here? Sir? ..Madame?"

Acedia noticed Beck coming over and sat straighter, on alert. Oh gosh, she wasn't alone now. She could ask for help. Her eyes darting toward him several times as her thoughts raced with what she needed to say. However, the stranger beat her to it just as soon as she opened her mouth and lifted a finger.

"Yeah, we're all good. Can you get me a refill? Thanks." His tone was annoyed as he jerked his empty cup of ice toward the waiter. Acedia shrunk back down with a quiet whine.. Embarrassed by the situation, the way this man was acting in front of the waiter whom she.. Well.. She couldn’t really say.

"...Certainly." Beck's smile dropped as did his jolly tone as he looked down and took the cup. Swiping it from the man's hand and, just before he turned to leave, he looked toward Acedia and winked when she looked back.

Acedia gripped the table harder and bit her lip, looking away and out the window beside her. There was so much happening, she didn't know what was going on or why, but her company had left and it was just her and this stranger once again. Why didn't this guy just leave? Her heart was dropping and racing, her throat tightening as her nerves fried.

The man was clearly more frustrated with her now, he didn't want to take no for an answer, no matter how polite she tried to be about it. He kept pushing for responses and she kept pushing down her intense desire to just cry. It was a silly response to this situation, but she was beginning to not care.

The man reached a hand out to try and take her own. She pulled away and moved back, pressing as far as she could go into the pleather plush seating. This only made him angry.

"Why are you playing hard to get? Stop running away from me! Women these days! Can't you see I'm interested--?!"

"Can't you see that she's not?"

The stranger was cut off by the refilled drink being dumped on him. Beck had returned (when did he do that? She hadn't noticed at all) much to Acedia's surprise and joy. Quickly she swiped her things and clambered out and away from the booth, shuffling behind Beck. Although she hated to make a scene, she'd run out of cares to give at this point, just relieved to get away from that man.

Beck carefully held a hand behind him as comfort of her. His full attention on the man, now fuming mad, still in the booth. Acedia looked down at it and thought a moment before gently taking hold.

"I am afraid I will have to ask you to leave. Causing trouble for our customers will not be tolerated. Should you choose to remain we will have no choice but to contact authorities."

The stranger didn't like that. He tried to play it cool, but quickly switched to playing the victim, pushing the blame off himself.

"I was just trying to have a nice conversation with this lovely little lady when you came along and ruined everything! You're just some busboy, but you can't even do your job right! I have half a mind to report you--"

Acedia held tighter, really wanting this guy to just leave.. or at least for her to get away from this mess. Beck noted this and simply turned to escort her to the door, ignoring the other man entirely as he proceeded to yell now.

They stepped outside as the other staff came out to further diffuse the situation and take care of the unruly patron. He pulled her over out of the way of the entrance and looked at her, glancing down at their hands between them.

"I'm.. really sorry about that." Beck started, "Don't worry about payin' anything, I'll handle it. Are you.. alright?"

Acedia flinched, letting go of his hand and quickly darting her eyes away. She adjusted her glasses and he brought the now free hand up to rub at his neck as she responded.

"Ah, yeah! Y-Yes! Thank you.. Sorry about all that.."

"Nah, don't worry about it, I've dealt with worse." Out of a nervous habit he put on a voice and placed his hands on his hips in a way, “A guy like that ain’t nothin’ when you’ve worked in service long enough. nah, nah, with my experience I bet I could even take on that human rhino, too, no sweat!”

She couldn’t help the bubbly laughter, she cursed herself internally, but he just smiled at the sound, relieved. An odd silence fell between them, the only sounds now being the dying commotion inside and bustle of the city outside.

"Hey.. Uh," Acedia looked up as Beck broke the silence, "don't go anywhere, I'll, um, I'll be right back, okay? Okay." Curious.. she watched as he ducked back inside, confused by his odd actions.. She knew who he was. Who he really was, but he didn’t know.. didn’t recognize her without her mask. So his behavior was quite different from what she knew of him when he wore the cape and fishbowl helmet. It fascinated her. She’d be lying if she said it wasn’t the reason she kept coming back to this place.

He didn't know why he was doing this.. but there was something about her.. He couldn't just let her go without something. He just couldn’t let her leave on a bad note like that. Not her or any other customer for that matter.. he told himself in attempt to deny himself any civilian connections.. but he just couldn’t help himself.

It didn't take long before he returned, however, a to-go cup in hand. She perked up at this, slipping her phone quickly back into her pocket as she carefully took it. Before she could even ask about a straw he held up his empty hands, smiling knowingly as he waved and flicked his hands to make a straw appear from presumably nowhere at all.

“It’s on the house.” He held it out to her and she smiled, taking it with her free hand, uttering a quiet 'thank you' as she did.

"Ah, wait, hold this please-!" She quickly handed the items back to him and began to dig in her bag for her wallet when he took them again. "H-here!"

Beck looked down at the small offering of cash then back up to her, "What's this for? You keep it, I can't--"

"No, I can't just leave without paying for something, a-at least let me pay you for this.. please?" She insisted, taking back her cup.

Beck hesitated, but sighed and took the cash with a smile nonetheless. Turning back toward the door as he handed off the straw.

"You're an odd one." She smiled at that, "I gotta get back inside now, you have a good day.. Miss.” Nodding his head as he opened the door to go back.

"You, too, and thanks. Sorry again, for the trouble."

He paused in the door to look at her a moment, smiling before he slipped back inside and letting her go on her way.

"No trouble at all."

#I am not tagging this but also.. uhm. hi. I can't believe I wrote something.#//long post #later that day they meet again but it's cuz he was trying to break into a building and steal some tech and information Lol #I wrote this all in one go with minimal tweaking as soon as I woke up and saw this ask lol sdkfhjdfskhd enjoy this this is dumb--#man this is super long I'm so sorry sdkjfhsdfh #there's probably flaws in this but whatever skdfjsdf IT'S FINE.#spidersona #tagging just for my own blog so I don't lose this

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faevi · 5 months

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i can’t help but get so frustrated that i am constantly getting headaches when the weekend begins because it prevents me from writing, when i just wanna write 🤠

#fae; personal.#also me - do people even like my writing GNSJFJSJRE #insecurities suddenly coming ayoo #ik it’s so dumb cause it really does not matter in the end #like logically i know #and i don’t really care most times #but when you see other posts by people get notes super duper fast and people even commenting #you’re like damn what am i doing wrong #i love to write but i’m also an insecure gal who gets encouraged by validation sjfjsjfjsrb #i know its wrong 🤧#thats why i get so happy especially when someone says something #but yeah ignore me probably cause i feel the headache already approaching #i guess i just also sorta miss like 1-2 years ago where people were more ‘friendly’ in the sense of comments etc #there seems to be a lot more silent readers #which is totally cool i do it too #it just makes me wonder do people actually like my writing

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stillresolved · 1 month

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the way i kinda want some angst (and maybe a few more partners/new dynamics) but then also feel kinda bad for wanting them 🥲

#ferre said something i hope it was dumb ( ooc. )#and ships.... :'D #esp for annie. baby girl....she deserves some love ( and also i want to see ara's reaction </3 I'M SORRY LYNNIE )#they can be fun....i just end up being SUPER picky about them :'D #either that or i get a shy about asking #although most of the muses here are taken in all technicalities....calum isn't tho (he's on a single muse blog)#maybe i'm due to finally make a promo....#anyways i have some drafts i finished today so i'll probably do a mass post when i get home tmmow <3

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shopcat · 3 months

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also i'm going to go ahead and say making a 2014 You Are Valid style post telling people they're good people 🥺 even if they don't boycott simple things that they 100% can live without or didn't participate in any striking or support zionist celebrities blindly or don't talk/share/try to learn about palestine at all is the most ridiculous chronically online behaviour ever and you should probably delete your account. and die. making a validation post to soothe people's worries doesn't count when the thing they're feeling is their FUCKING CONSCIENCE? insane

#🐾#the way people act about boycotting is actually the stupidest thing in the world to me like it's seriously not that hard #and even if it is somehow super hard for you you know what you could do. just like shut the fuck up ?!#have you ever shut the fuck up in your life #like yeah sure you're probably not the devil or putting money in israel's pocket with a lot of things but holy fuck it's not that hard #but also like. you can just shut the fuck uo about it. if you so need to buy starbucks or something like why are you talking about it #and openly undermining the movement itself. which IS a zionist action by the way like 100%#like saying shit like it doesn't matter and you personally aren't impacting anything so it's fine i mean #i'd say these people are literally children but children usually have more basic ... compassion #anyway this is referencing a dumb post i saw nothing else ..#the rationalisation to run away from their own guilt is crazyyy

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yellowocaballero · 2 years

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i saw disney brand she hulk shampoo at walwart last week and my first thought after ugh capitalism was haha nice mens rea reference

I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT

I had completely forgotten that the She-Hulk show was coming out at all, mostly in self-defense, and when the trailer came out just as I was starting to post the story I was big :O. This does somewhat ruin the joke of having an obscure character like She-Hulk partnering up with the obscure character Moon Knight, since with Disney+ shows they are very much no longer obscure, but maybe it still works because it looks bad. And it's double hilarious that my jokes about She-Hulk's beauty line leaked into irl lmfao.

Although I do have to say - although it is TREMENDOUSLY WEAK and VERY COWARDLY and OBJECTIVELY DUMB how skinny they made her look, I disagree with people saying that she should just look like the Hulk with a ponytail. That's really not the point of She-Hulk. It's important that She-Hulk is very, very conventionally attractive. That she is tall and buff, yeah, but wears all the slinkiest dresses and the highest heels and is constantly having casual sex and sips martinis with the girls. I talked about this in the fic, but if the Hulk is all about Bruce's hidden undesirable authentic self, then She-Hulk is all about Jen's publicly desirable inauthentic self. The Hulk is who Bruce really is - angry and childish - while She-Hulk is who Jen wishes she could be. She's wish fulfillment for Jen, which means that she is hot and confident and a sex goddess and everything. Up for debate about how interesting this is, but it's very much the character.

I feel like Disney+ is gonna give some kind of "be yourself!" moral to this story, but the She-Hulk story deeply does not lend itself to a "be yourself!" moral. That is never the point and that's never the stage she reaches. It's more like she's always running from something, and she keeps on filling up that emptiness with superheroism and Law and Order and Avengerness. In the comics she did eventually learn that although She-Hulk does have a lot of really amazing value to her, Jen Walters can have value too. It's not that She-Hulk is bad, it's just that she's not all there is to Jen. Fun!! Cool Mens Rea reference!!

#my writing #sorry I only bring this up because the entire tumblr tag was like this and i agreed but also i didn't #YES the fact that the guy hulk is monstrous while the girl hulk is sexy is dumb #and it was probably constructed in a dumb and uninteresting way #but byrne and slott and others made something super interesting out of it #and struggling with those self-image and self-esteem issues that a lot of women face #i think is more feminist and interesting then saying that a woman's story should be identical to a man's

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