#stream 4 walls

[recuperationdisliker]

f(x) tribute band called f'(x). you'd think the point would be to be derivative but it's actually quite easy to differentiate the two.

#yes this is about the girl group f(x) #stream 4 walls

[rudeboimonster]

hello ive been scramble egg brain'd

got an mri done of my brain for my hearing problems

i find it immensely funny that, well

"hey doc, sounds hurt like crazy. help?" "to the loud machine with you." "what?" "TO THE LOUD MACHINE"

anyways im still full of imaging fluid and im going to lay down

#1- #2- #3- #4- #5- #hollerin #also i saw billboards for fucking Frasier in LA???? #isnt that a shwo from decades ago #(apparently bc its on some streaming service but also huhwha) #also god i hope this mri finds fucking something we can actually work on im so sick of not being able to use headphones without pain #bangs fists on walls I WANAN STREAM. I MISS PLAYING GAMES AND GOOFIN WITH MY FRIENDS AND TALKING TO PEOPLE IN CHAT AND WEH

[crescentfool]

bonerattle arena fucks severely. i was not expecting it to rival my love for jammin' salmon junction, but wow. this map feels like a love letter to people who love and enjoy salmon run. (i ended up playing the rotation for around 3.5 hours... which you can watch here if you like!)

the map's circular shape on normal/high tide effectively makes the spawns from this map come from every angle. it's a test of awareness and movement skill- and the walls + inkrails really, really make rotating around the map feel so fluid and easy.

and low tide's hexagonal two-ring design is so fascinating too! instead of testing movement, it tests your team's ability to make judgment calls on luring and making sure you don't overwhelm basket from luring too much.

i also feel that every special in salmon feels really rewarding to use on this map- even reefslider! i've played enough to see that most specials bring so much utility and value, and i just love that no special feels like it's "useless" on this map.

there's also a few flyfish tech on this map that echoes the bomb tricks on jammin' salmon junction and spawning grounds (and i guess gone fission too), it feels really intuitive on what spots can pop two baskets at once (it's the grates and the rails) and i just? feel really rewarded for playing as much salmon as i do.

i feel that the map's inclusion of the ink rail mechanic evokes a lot of similar vibes to ruins of ark polaris- and i really liked that! there's definitely some things i want to fine tune and understand better about them, but they're really fun.

i still need to see how other weapons feel on this map, but it feels like both mobile and stationary weapons can exceed here- there's nice perches for long range weapons, lots of walls for quick weapons to use to escape situations... it's so swag...! a very good final map, i think!

#lizzy speaks #OOOUGH I LOVE THIS MAP SO FUCIG MUCH I NEEDED TO MUSE ABOUT IT ON TUMBLR #i streamed it on twtich cos iknew that i lked the weps and what i saw of the map.. oh its so good it made me so talkative #i won like 91% of my shifts (21/23) and idk I JUST FEEL LIKE MY practice on other maps and every weapon has paid off #the only real waves that i had trouble with was the night ones mostly in respects to quota. i think it was grillers/glowflies that made- #me have those losses so it wasnt a full sweep to evp 450 #but also the map's new so i can forgive ppl for that. i definitely felt i needed to pay more attention to snatchers on night waves #there's also the question of whether or not using the ink rails as a wall clinging equivalent 4 glowflies is a good idea (eggs inthe pits) #ough. i love video games. this map feels so polished TO ME... anyone who likes salmon should give this a try #ALSO THE NEW DUALIES. GOOD STUFF. i really enjoy it's turret mode against king salmonid it helps shred soo nicely #it feels like a nice hybrid of dualie squelchers (the range) and dapples (the fire rate) like OHHHH. idc if its bad in pvp if its good in s #ok thats all :) im gonna play more tomorrow :D maybe i can get to 600.... or 999 (if i am lucky) (i am over my head) #splatoon scratches an itch in my brain for sure this game is soo fun.... YIPEE! i hope everyone has smthn that makes them happy gn!!

[argo-bolo]

Damn my aphantasia!

I want to rotate the French cucumber starman in my mind!

☆ｏ(＞＜；)○

Je ne peux pas le faire :(

#argo-bolo originals #etoiles #the emoticon is supposed to be me punching a wall #i'm personally somewhere between a 3 and a 4 on the scale of not seeing shit in my brain #anytime i see a clip or see him in a vod i just no thoughts just happy #aggressively learns french because i want to get better so i don't have to read his stream as much

[calliopecalling]

QOTS Rewatch: Season 4, Episodes 8-13

OKAY. Here we go. The rest of season 4, in verbal-vomit format (sorry).

It's all uphill from here, folks. The second half of season 4 is a lot stronger (in my opinion) than the first half, with all the season's best episodes piling up towards the end, not to mention James's return at the very end of the finale. We made it! We rushed, but it wasn't SO bad. I actually enjoyed myself on this rewatch (as long as I watched a few fave scenes from other seasons after each episode in order to scrub Eddie out of my brain). It's a really good season for Teresa's character development, actually. I felt like I could really see this time how queenpin was born out of everything. Anyway, I'll dig in below the cut...

Like I did for the first half, let's look at the second half of season 4 plot lines and what they do for Teresa's overall character development.

Cheo and Luce Episodes 4x08 and 4x09 were taken over by this single story arc where El Gordo's guy Cheo (whom we met in 4x01 when Teresa met El Gordo at his cock fight and planned the heist of his shipment) is on the verge of becoming an FBI informant. As always, this somehow becomes Teresa's problem, and El Gordo sends an assassin to New Orleans. Teresa's supposed to help him take out Cheo, who is traveling with his wife and child. But instead of helping the assassin take him and his whole family out, she (well, Pote) kills the assassin and then threatens the wife and child in order to get them to convince Cheo not to talk after all and to go to prison instead. It works, but…. she could’ve also just taken Tony, gone to Belize, and left El Gordo to deal with his own mess.

This whole little side-plot is meant to illustrate how Teresa’s changed from someone who would avoid harming any innocent bystanders at all costs, even if it made it harder for herself to escape the business, to someone who would willingly harm innocent bystanders, if it meant she didn’t have to escape the business. Obviously she chooses a more indirect form of harm—rather than killing Cheo’s family, she merely uses fear to get them to do what she needs them to do—but it’s still harm. And I guess I don’t buy it. I don’t really get why she doesn’t just take the opportunity to be like, ok, screw it, we’re getting out of here. Supposedly she doesn’t want to uproot Tony again, but… she doesn’t want to uproot him to a better life in the Caribbean away from the cartel violence and threats to his and her life…? It doesn’t add up. I get what the writers were trying to accomplish here, but it wasn’t nearly subtle enough and didn’t even feel believable.

Javier/Emilia Javier continues to be a ball and chain, dragging Teresa and Emilia down with him. His lie about Rene manages to get Emilia killed, then Tony, and finally Teresa has to turn him over to the Judge herself in order to save Oksana. He goes down in literal flames, and I have to say: I actually really, really love the season finale and part of it is it FINALLY gives Javier screen time that I enjoy. The emotion between him and Teresa now that she finally knows the truth is real, it’s so believable, it is gut-wrenching. Actually her good-bye to Javier is consistently the only scene in the show that makes me cry every time. I’m not really a crier when I watch stuff but man, that scene, and Alice’s and Alfonso’s acting… truly truly great.

But the whole Emilia storyline feels like wasted time, another little side story that could be cut out of the season without leaving a trace. I feel like she was brought in to be a parallel to Teresa and Eddie? Like both her and Javier are looking in some way for normalcy outside their lives in the business and Emilia is the cautionary tale of what could go wrong, while Teresa luckily manages to cut Eddie off before it gets to that point? Idk but quite frankly I would’ve been more than fine with Eddie being the one to die a horrible and sad death 😂 I don’t think we needed to watch a second innocent female character this season die. AND, I don’t think the story helped Javier at all. Look at how powerful it was once he was actually being honest with Teresa, look at what those two could do together on-screen, the emotion they could generate!! SO MUCH LOST POTENTIAL in what could’ve gone down between them this season instead. Heck, I would’ve even preferred a failed romance between them than having to watch two boring failed romances with Eddie and Emilia, and for the record, I do not in any way ship Teresa and Javier, I just think it would’ve been better writing than what we got. SO THERE.

Tony Man, I am starting to sound like a cranky old-timer, but here I go again: this story was more wasted potential. The actor didn’t do it for me, he didn’t feel like real Tony, he felt like an actor. There were a few great moments with him and 4x08 when Teresa breaks down in tears while telling him about Chino and Guero and how Pote was originally coming after her to kill her too is one of them. Alice I swear to god can create screen chemistry with a doorknob, not to say the actor who plays Tony is quite doorknob level, but… Anyway, that scene feels powerful to me at least in part because she finally says out loud that Guero was to blame for where she ended up. Feels like she’s put him definitively to rest, no more sheen of nostalgia. And the emotion in recounting the trauma of those early days in the cartel feels so palpable, so real. It was nice to have that callback to season 1. But otherwise… I don’t know, they could’ve made the tension with her trying to figure out family vs. cartel, normalcy vs. impossibility of normalcy, a lot more emotional in my opinion, so that when he died, I would actually have felt her grief. But the early part of the season distracted so much with other crap that I didn’t really feel that invested in Tony, and the fact Teresa kept him at arm’s length meant that the emotional investment in him didn’t really build.

Pote/Kelly Anne Their relationship felt sweet this season. I’ll give them that. But I’m struggling to think of any time Pote was otherwise actually useful to Teresa? It seems like maybe the purpose of focusing his screentime with Kelly Anne and Tony was to build him up as this possible family man—not just the teddy bear sicario, but someone you root for independently and also want to see survive to a post-cartel life. The problem is I feel like it kinda neuters him as a character. By the time episode 4x11 comes around and Teresa’s in a coma, Pote’s running the show and I kinda don’t care about him? Sorry?

Kelly Anne, though, man she’s so good this season when she’s sharing screen time with Teresa. Episode 4x10 is one of the strongest of the season because Teresa teams up with Kelly Anne to take down a shady banker. It’s SO SATISFYING! Teresa gets so little screentime with women this season compared to the first two especially, but even the third, and I find myself wondering why didn’t they feature Kelly Anne more prominently in relation to Teresa??? Why did she have to get siloed with Pote? They could’ve made her and Teresa overcoming the season 3 betrayal a bigger part of the story, idk, or had all of that happen earlier in the season so that there would be more time for her to be on display as Teresa’s lawyer. Because she’s SO GOOD in that role. And speaking of Teresa teaming up with women in 4x10…

Oksana My heart starts to hurt when I think of all the screentime dedicated to Javier/Boaz/Emilia or to Eddie or even to the Judge/his son that could’ve gone to Castel (sob) or Kelly Anne or Oksana. She was so delightfully sleazy with respect to Teresa, a refreshing change from all the men who are sleazy with her. Her arc this season is fairly minor; El Gordo connects Teresa to her so that Teresa can start distributing up the east coast and then Oksana facilitates Teresa’s expansion to NY via her invisible cousin, Kostya. I think the main purpose of these characters in season 4 is to set up the final season, or that’s what it seems like given how little we actually saw of Oksana, but this is another one they could’ve done a lot more with. But like Kelly Anne’s team-up with Teresa in 4x10 to take down the corrupt banker, Oksana’s team-up with Teresa in that same episode to finally take out El Gordo is just as satisfying, if not moreso. Oksana feels a little bit like Camila at first: she’s sexy and chilly and intimidating. You can almost imagine that if Camila hadn’t been so jealous of Teresa, or had met her as an equal like Oksana does here, that they could’ve had similar vibes. Unsure if they can trust each other, cautious about any ulterior motives, fully aware of the risks and how powerful they each are. Anyway, I love Oksana, and it’s so good watching her agree to side with Teresa against erratic El Gordo. Oksana corrected him back in 4x05 that a woman doesn’t need to be twice as brutal as a man in this business—just twice as smart, and maybe he got a little too confident that he could get away with whatever bullshit and she wouldn’t come down on him. Well, dude, how’s this: women can still be brutal, too, and neither Teresa nor Oksana needs you now, so they outsmarted you to boot.

Marcel OH MARCEL. Okay, I forgot when I did my recap for the first part of the season that he really truly redeems himself by the end. It doesn’t change the fact that the way he treated her in the beginning was sexist and violent and unfair (strong-arming her into working with him, bullying her, attacking her business, and then killing Birdie), but it shows that he, like everyone who works with her, grew to truly respect her, was changed by her, even. She showed that it was possible to take the moral high road and not carry resentment or ill will, and that burying the hatchet was not showing weakness, but strength. And with those lessons, she earned his true respect and loyalty. So by the end, their relationship was one of the biggest strengths of the season. The moment in 4x12 when Marcel meets with the Judge and is faced with the pressure to betray her is a real nailbiter and then the follow-up moment when he calls Teresa to warn her that the Judge is coming for her at the end of that episode is soooooo good. I may or may not have pumped my arm and shouted “YES!” at my screen at that part. Even though this is my second time watching this season all the way through so it wasn’t as if it was a surprise.

The way Teresa allies with Marcel this season is still “old Teresa.” Despite so many changes and sacrifices she’s had to make, she is fair with Marcel, and transparent, gives him the benefit of the doubt and takes the higher road, as I’ve said. This is part of her she hasn’t lost yet, this desire to do business respectfully, honestly, and with integrity. I hate that it’s the part of her she’ll lose as soon as season 5 begins (and I’m sure I’ll dissect that more again when I get there…). But I love that it’s her that helped Marcel believe in it being possible to do business this way (much like she convinced King George, and James, and Taza), since he sure wasn’t operating that way at the beginning of the season.

The Judge Finally, the Judge. The season’s ultimate antagonist. I think I said this in my first-half recap but I do appreciate the show making the villain a representation of the (white/male supremacist) political establishment here in the U.S. And I mean, he is sooo evil, but it’s still largely believable. At least, the extortion and the blackmail and the funding private prisons and funneling innocent kids to those same prisons is believable. The whole weird side-plot with his son and dead wife felt a bit hollow and I just didn’t find myself caring, not to mention the time dedicated to the detective sidekick, and would’ve preferred the screentime to go to anyone in Teresa’s inner circle. But as a villain, I can’t complain.

Still, idk, as far as screen chemistry I wish there had been anything that could’ve come close to filling in the gap Camila left. Partly I think it’s just that this season had so many fewer women playing opposite Teresa. But also Teresa and Camila had such great chemistry together. I even felt (as I’ve written before) that season 3 suffered from siloing Teresa and Camila apart from each other, though I recognize their relationship and proximity needed to change for story purposes. I also realize Camila wasn’t relevant anymore to Teresa’s rise, so it’s not like I think she shoud’ve stuck around. I think I just kinda maybe felt like the villain didn’t need to be quite so personified anymore this season; it could’ve been a more character-driven season with Teresa having to just slowly come to terms with what the heck she’s doing in this business. Definitely still need the enemies, and I definitely like having the white government official bad guy, so I wouldn’t toss him altogether, but give him a little less story maybe?

Do you appreciate how I’ve basically made this recap an excuse to talk about all the things I would’ve done differently this season? Lol. That wasn’t my intent. Overall I actually really really enjoyed the last third of the season, from 4x10 on. The episodes are really solid; the plots focus on Teresa and her core crew; Boaz becomes a more present character which will lead into season 5; Teresa’s badass and idk it all just WORKS. I love it. (4x11 is a weak link, especially with the rewriting Tony timeline, but the other three are REALLY good.) And then, of course, at the end of them all, James comes back. It’s about time. YOU WERE MISSED.

#qots s4 #4x08 #4x09 #4x10 #4x11 #4x12 #4x13 #2021 rewatch #txt post #qots reaction post #qots meta #I did try to half-ass this but it's literally impossible for me to keep anything concise #so instead you get stream of unedited consciousness #sorry? #also I couldn't get the gif search box to find me a season 4 Marcel or season 4 Oksana gif wtf #I know they exist #but couldn't figure out the right search terms #so you'll just have to imagine them and I apologize for the wall of text

[heymeowmao]

LIVE SLUG LYN REACTION

#liu yuning #lyn livestream #i keep thinking abt this #this was from the 4/10 stream #i left it among the wall of text #now i keep thinking... abt attaching this image to a screencap from the shl concert #zzh & gj singing tian wen #🤣🤣🤣🤣

[welldrawnfish]

Do you know what its like to be trans?

[Comic description: A comic about being trans. Long descriptions follow.

1. A light-skinned trans woman with shoulder-length brown hair stands at her bathroom sink wearing a T-shirt with a fish on it, draped so that her left shoulder hangs out. The text reads, ‘Let me teach you, what its like to be trans.’ 2. A blister pack of unlabelled pills sits next to this are two prescription bottles, one of Estrodial and one of Spironolactone, the latter of which is on its side with pills spilling out. The text reads, ‘What it’s like to spend years of waiting / For the right people to tick the box to tick the box to say your sick enough to get treatment. / Treatment to be you.’ 3. The woman brushes her teeth while looking at a tablet propped up by the sink. The text reads, ‘Do you know what its like to be a prop for political power? / To know they Dont actually care?’ The word ‘actually’ is underlined. 4. The woman sticks her tongue out in concentration as she works on the clasps of a bra behind her back. The text reads, ‘Do you know what it’s like? Do wait years for your body to change?’ 5. The woman starts shaving her cheeks and chin, which are covered in cream. The text reads, ‘What its like to work (emphasis) so (end emphasis) hard to overcome every toxic gender norm?’ 6. The woman touches her own shoulders with an unhappy expression. The text reads, ‘To take stock at the damage puberty has done?’ 7. A bottle of nail polish lies on its side dripping onto the counter. Polish has been splashed against the wall. The woman’s hands are visible in the sink, with just her right thumbnail painted. The text reads, ‘Do you know what its like? / To paint your nails only to see how disgusting your hands make you feel?’ 8. The woman bends over the sink, with her eyes shut and tears streaming down her face. The text says, ‘What its like, To do your makeup wrong / and see every feature you hate (emphasis) highlighted (end emphasis)?’

9. Fully dressed with a bag on her shoulder, the woman stands in her doorway with the door open and light streaming in. The text reads, ‘Do you Know what Its like to go outside? / When all it takes is one person to think that you are large enough danger to childrens lives to end yours.’ 10. The door is closed. A single point of light streams in from the peep hole and hits the woman’s head. She has one hand on the door and is looking down at the doorknob with a sad expression. Her bag lies on the ground beside her. The text says, ‘It paralyzes you.’

11. Back to the scene in the bathroom, similar to the first panel but mirrored and with a large black X scratched over the woman’s face. The text reads, ‘Do you Know what its like? / To not be seen as a person? / Because that’s what you taught me.’ \End descriptions]

#illustration #doodle #my art #art #oc #comics #webcomic #original art #transgender #transgirl #transisbeautiful #when im tired the bad thoughts cant be stopped #Welldrawnfishcomic

[catkyunie]

I accidentally went on another hiatus and never got to do anything for our Ateez as a baby Atiny experiencing their first comeback cries in Atiny

#anywho #did i cry while listening to the album with my friends in discord? #yes #how many times you ask? #at least 4 #I straight up sobbed for Youth #and them putting Everything after Youth??? #diabolical they will be hearing from my attorney #ateez #ateez comeback #atiny #also if you think crazy form is a weak title track literally argue with the wall #it may be a different sound for them but it is not weak #mingi did things with his flow and voice that he never really got to explore before and my jaw was on the floor #and hongjoong's verse hello?????? #literally has replaced deja vu as my second favorite verse from him #bc nothing touches guerrilla #anywho ill shuddup now #stream the world ep.fin : will

[zorasapphires]

"If I be sane, then surely it is maddening to think that of all the foul things that lurk in this hateful place the Count is the least dreadful to me; that to him alone I can look for safety, even though this be only whilst I can serve his purpose"

#and thus the vampire tropes were born #my bro jonathan had seen dracula climbing on all fours head first down the side of a caslt wall only 4 days prior. my guy #im reading dracula now btw #vampire fiction has got me #thoughts live stream

[cijheil]

absolutely awful tweet to see when u try 2 b a student

#clawin at the walls #help girl. autism #n e ways excited 4 his stream

[cl6teen]

affection, ln4 ❀ chapter i. clueless

masterlist || chapter ii

in which everyone can’t believe that a certain mclaren driver and f1’s resident rich girl aren’t dating already

contains: smau, oblivious lando & oblivious reader

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yourinstagram a much needed vacay

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landonorris im still offended by the lack of an invite

yourinstagram thailand is for the girls, not sorry!

bsfsinstagram there was a strict no lando norris rule for yn

user i have gyat to go to thailand

liked by yourinstagram

carlossainz55 the book is upside down dummy

yourinstagram i’ll turn you upside down

oscarpiastri what an informative post yn

yourinstagram hehe, can’t wait to see you

user omg yn at the next race???

user literally what are all these f1 boys doing in her comments

user shes a nepo baby i think

user her dad is mclaren’s biggest sponsor so she’s able to attend a lot of f1 events

user my fav honorary f1 wag

yourinstagram wag?? i’m very much single thank you

daniel ricciardo 🌚

yourinstagram don’t give them things to read into daniel.

lanny

i miss you

hey yn

miss youuu

when are you coming back

thailand can’t be that fun

y/n/n

thailand is totally that fun

in fact we’re about to go on a boat

lanny

you can go on a boat over here

y/n/n

it’s not the same 🙄

i don’t know why you’re so hung up about me taking a vacation

monaco gets boring sometimes

lanny

yeah but the second i get back from racing around the world you’re already gone

y/n/n

well i’ll be in the uk just in time for silverstone

lanny

you’re going back home?

y/n/n

my father said it’d be good to be around for a home race

so i’ll be in the uk for some time probably, it’s been a while since i’ve been back

lanny

okay good

i better see you cheering for me

it’d be embarrassing if my best friend was rooting for someone else

y/n/n

i’ve got my mclaren 4 cap ready to go

cant wait to see you ❤️

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lando.jpg home dump

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yourinstagram and it’s all just a bit too much…for littol lando norris

lando.jpg im hiding in your walls

yourinstagram creep

maxfewtrell stream time? 🤔

lando.jpg let me race first bro

user not lando feeding yn pasta and lobsterrrr

carlossainz55 aye, was this a date??

yourinstagram he wishes, he got me from the airport & we went straight to eat

danielricciardo who’s that cutie?

yourinstagram i’m right here!

danielricciardo oh..i meant lando

oscarpiastri 😬

user im so confused, are they dating??

user no, but they’ve been like best friends since lando’s rookie year in mclaren

user shes better than me, i would have fallen in love…

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yourinstagram couldn’t be prouder of my boys!!

tagged landonorris and oscarpiastri

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mclaren loving the love from our papaya girl 🧡

yourinstagram mwah

user yn ate today on the paddock

user she’s wearing lando’s hat im gonna cry

bsfsinstagram ugh get these men off my feed and show me ur pretty face

yourinstagram i was held at gunpoint and told to post this :/

landonorris the 6th photo…

yourinstagram ikr can you believe that loser got p2?

landonorris not too much now

oscarpiastri i look crazy

yourinstagram you look so cute??

oscarpiastri you shoved a camera in my face while i was eating

yourinstagram i did nothing wrong 🥰

user who was the man you were with on the paddock though?

yourinstagram my father!

user girl your daddy fine

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bsfsinstagram user you have great taste

maxfewtrell send me that lando photo please

yourinstagram will do 🫡

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onlyyn i luv a good arfter prty

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danielricciardo me when i’m on the hennessy

onlyyn hehe

landonorris im looking for you

bsfsinstagram please don’t do anything crazy babe 😭

onlyyn i’ll try

lanny

y/n

where are you?

i thought you were with oscar

y/n/n

i let oscar leave! he looked tired

lanny

you should’ve told me that then

i would’ve kept an eye on you

are you drunk

y/n/n

i’m not a child oscar

lanny

*lando, but i’ll ignore that

and i’m not saying you are yn

there’s just people here that can be like

weird is all, who knows

are you drunk??

y/n/n

i don’t know, i’m not sober

are you drunk

lanny

i’m not sober

y/n/n

i thought you hated alcohol?

lanny

carlos convinced me to do some shots with him and max…

i regret it a little

do you wanna go home

y/n/n

yea

my feet hurt

lanny

i’ll carry you until we get to an uber

so can you tell me where you are now??

y/n/n

i’m in the bathroom

lanny

don’t move, i’ll come get you

y/n/n

god you’re the best ever lando

lanny

yeah i know 😁

#f1 fanfic #f1 imagine #f1 x reader #lando norris x reader #lando norris x you #lando norris imagine #f1 x female reader #f1 x you #f1 smau #f1 x black!reader

[thefirsthogokage]

Fuck AMPTP and the bullshit going on. I'm tired, might not do this well:

(link to article in above picture) From The Article

Receiving positive feedback from Wall Street since the WGA went on strike May 2, Warner Bros Discovery, Apple, Netflix, Amazon, Disney, Paramount and others have become determined to “break the WGA,” as one studio exec blatantly put it.

To do so, the studios and the AMPTP believe that by October most writers will be running out of money after five months on the picket lines and no work.

“The endgame is to allow things to drag on until union members start losing their apartments and losing their houses,” a studio executive told Deadline. Acknowledging the cold-as-ice approach, several other sources reiterated the statement. One insider called it “a cruel but necessary evil.”

The studios and streamers’ next think financially strapped writers would go to WGA leadership and demand they restart talks before what could be a very cold Christmas. In that context, the studios and streamers feel they would be in a position to dictate most of the terms of any possible deal.

[Image IDs: Twitter thread by David Slack posted July 12th, 2023 that reads in totality:

And right on cue, here’s the inevitable Deadline article claiming that the AMPTP and their CEO bosses are ready to wait us out and let us “go broke.”

They’re not. They can’t. This studio propaganda, and here’s why.

In the increasingly mega-merged and hedgefundified Hollywood, these companies live or die on their quarterly earnings reports. It only takes one bad quarter for their stock price to plunge, putting the company and the CEO’s job in jeopardy.

But their stock prices are holding steady, right? Right. For now. Because our industry is a pipeline that starts with writers. The TV and movies they’re releasing now are shows we started making for them 4-12 quarters ago. But what happens when that pipeline runs dry?

What happens is they run out of product. No new shows in streaming to drive and sustain subscribers. No new shows in broadcast and ad-supported to bring in ad revenue.

No shows, no money.

No money, bad earnings report.

Bad earnings report, bye-bye stock price. Bye-bye CEO.

After 70+ days with no writers to create their product for them, the pipeline is running dry.

Their stock price isn’t tanking yet. But if they don’t make a deal with us, it will.

And they know it.

If they make a deal soon, they might be able to weather it. Stretch out releases. Rush some new stuff through.

But the longer they keep us out, the longer that pipeline runs dry, the more unavoidable a catastrophic dip in new high-quality shows becomes.

And they know it.

So yeah, the studios are planting articles in the trades that make it sound like they’re so determined not to pay us the 0.02% of company revenues we’re asking for that they’re willing to hold out forever.

Bullshit.

I’m sure the AMPTP bosses would love to break our union. But they love their jobs more. They love money more. They can’t make that money without us.

And they know it.

Ignore the trades, walk the line, stand together, and win. #WGAStrong

/End ID]

Bonus: John Rogers' Reaction

[Image ID: A tweet from John Rogers that he posted July 12th, 2023 that reads:

I was trying to be cool and professional about this strike, but this AMPTP “we want to drive them to homelessness” shit means I’m going to be dug in at WB Gate 4 like Hiroo Onada. They’re gonna have to send @ellenstutzman with a bullhorn to order me out of the bushes.

The second image is Ellen Stutzman's Twitter bio that says:

Cheif Negotiator for WGA MBA, Assistant Executive Director, Writers Guild of America, West; Cornell ILR and UCLA Anderson alum. Views are my own.

/End ID]

EDIT: Please see the update on this HERE

#david slack #wga strike #wga strong #john rogers

[littlemelaninfics]

Just One More

WARNING: Overstimulation, crying reader, language, fingering

“No, no, no, no!”

There you are, 4 orgasms in and writhing wildly in Bucky’s arms as he continues to rub circles around your clit. You're trembling with tears streaming down your face while you desperately try to get away from the torturous manipulation of his hands. All he could do was smile as he keeps the cold, heavy metal of his left arm tight around you middle.

He kept pulling you back into his chest when you couldn't help but buck your hips and gasps for breath, “Bucky… please… no more, I can’t-”. He puts two fingers in your abused opening,

“Yes, you can,” he says sternly, mouth pressed to your ear. The bass in his voice vibrates the wires in your brain. He's all you crave.

He lets out a deep breath when he slides a third finger into your hole. You were helpless and at his mercy. Your hands are trapped behind your back, between your torsos with a red Christmas ribbon he found. Your legs were trapped between his so when you tried to close them, he just had to spread his wider. There was absolutely nothing you could do to stop him from playing with your sensitive pussy.

“Ohhh, I’m not done yet, Baby. Not yet.” He pulled his fingers out and went back to the same speed on your clit.

“Oh my god, Sir… fuck, please, don’t stop,” you moan loudly, trashing in his grip when the tight coil in your abdomen comes undone. Wave after wave of pleasure crashing through you. You're full on sobbing in blissful agony before going tractable in his arms. All your body could do was tremble from head to toe when he pressed his nose into your slick neck and finally slips his fingers out of you. He loosens his hold on your torso, allowing your legs to close a bit to give you a well deserved moment. You go to close them more when he cups his hand possessively around your pussy. He’s still not done.

You start to cry again; the combination of the tears and your whining making you sound so pathetic and helpless. He just eats it up.

“Noooo… Bucky, please, no more… stop, I- I can’t… please, no…”

“Shhh. You're doing so well for me,” he says, pressing his lips against your temple. "What do you say to get me to stop?"

He laid a light tap to your swollen petals, "tell, y/n. Stay with me."

"Brooklyn," you said in the faintest whisper.

"Why?"

"It's where we met...FUCK!"

He doesn’t wait another moment before slipping two fingers back inside your sopping pussy, making you cry out when they graze your ultra sensitive walls.

“James-FUCKKK!,” You drag out as you sit your head up to watch his attack on you,

"You want me to stop? Say it and I'll stop." He knew you wouldn't and he reveled at the fact that he had complete control over you. The fact that he didn't reprimand you for using his legal name meant that he was having way too much fun in this torture session to even care.

“No! Please don't stop…” His fingers reached the spot that undoes it all and your eyes roll back as you place your head back on him, completely quiet.

"Jesus fucking Christ," Bucky watches, mesmerized that it's him who's making you cum like this.

You whimper in his arms, gulping in large breaths that pass right by his ear from where my head is resting on his shoulder. Your entire body is trembling. Your sweaty skin sliding along his own when you try to wiggle away from his touch.

You stay like that for a moment before he presses another kiss to your temple. By this time, your eyes are closed and you're starting to come down. Your breathing stables until you feel a heavy, icy sensation start to travel back to your overused cunt.

"You've been such a good girl for me. I know you can give me another, Baby.”

#bucky barnes fanfic #bucky barnes fanfiction #bucky barnes #bucky barnes fic #bucky barnes x reader #bucky barnes fluff #bucky barnes imagine #bucky barnes smut #bucky barnes x fem!reader #bucky barnes x black!reader

[sunsetsimon]

boyfriend simon riley ♡ pt 2 nsfw edition

more nsfw here

simon 'ghost' riley x fem!reader

sorry this took longer than planned :( i kept overthinking it since i haven't written smut in like 4 years. let me know if you want the rest that i cut off of here since i didn't want it to be too long! - sun

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nsfw under the cut! mdni

☼ when it comes to having sex for the first time, simon moves really slow. he's in no rush building his connection to you, but he's also facing his own trauma at the same time. you'd have to initiate for the first time, grabbing his hand and moving it to cup your breast while you're making out. he groans into the kiss, massaging you through your pajama shirt. he can feel your nipples harden through the thin fabric and his cock throbs. you whine into the kiss as he pinches your nipple, and it sends a spark right to your clit.

simon pulls away shortly after, a light chuckle on his lips, "i still need to shower, love."

he stops short the next few times too, doing some light touching over your shirt and on your ass until he gets bold enough to fondle you under your shirt. his rough fingers pinch your nipples, making them harden instantly. you mewl against his lips, tugging at the soft hair on the back of his neck. "like that, doll?" he asks, voice low with lust.

it's late one night when he finally touches you, his fingers deep in your pussy as he flicks his tongue on your nipples. you're so close, the wet squelching of your cunt echoes through the room. he has 2 fingers inserted, curling them hastily while his other thumb rubs circles into your clit. "c'mon lovie, need you to cum for me."

☼ the next time he wants more, his desire to please you just increases every time you're together. simon's large frame is between your thighs as he devours your sweet pussy, feeling dizzy when you grind down against his tongue, desperate for release. "fuck simon! i'm gonna cum..!" you whine, squeezing the sheets so hard your knuckles turn white.

he doesn't stop, easily pushing 2 fingers into you and curling them in a 'come hither' motion. you cum instantly, your walls clamping down on his fingers and flexing as he finger-fucks you through it. your clit burns in pleasure as he sucks on it, flicking his tongue on the small bud of nerves. you don't know if you want him to stop or make you cum again, it's all too much.

but simon decides for you, pulling away with a grin on his face, his chin covered in your juices, "was that okay for you, pretty?"

☼ then finally, after a few drinks together, he lets you touch him. he's so sensitive, his tip pink and swollen dripping precum. simon's eyes watch you the whole time, loving the way your brows furrow as you focus on him. one hand is wrapped around the base of his huge cock while you take him deeper into your throat, lightly gagging around him. you look so fucking cute with your little mouth full of his huge dick.

simon has the urge to fuck your mouth, his hips uncontrollably bucking as he gets close. he cums seeing the way you look at him, tears streaming down your face as drool drips from your mouth. his hips stutter, moaning your name as he grips your hair hard, shooting hot sticky cum down your throat.

☼ when you finally have sex, he's very gentle and slow to start in missionary. making sure you're completely sure and prepared to do this with him. he's nervous but won't let you notice it. he pushes in slowly, giving you light thrusts to be able to adjust to him. you're so warm and tight, feeling impossibly good already. he kisses you at first, moaning against each others lips while he fucks you. but then, simon tucks his head down into your shoulder, mind blank as he focuses only on you.

"look at me si," you whisper, pushing him back so he sits up. he sees the way your face twists, the creamy ring around his cock as he fucks into you with ease, the way your boobs bounce with each thrust. fuck. he's overwhelmed by the need to cum with you. simon leans down and takes your nipple into his mouth, sucking and nipping at it, his hands pushing your thighs back and further open. his pelvis kisses your clit and you quickly cum, walls clenching down tightly. he keeps fucking you, the spasms of your gummy pussy around him quickly pulling him to his own release. he quickly pulls out, pumping himself a few times before shooting his load all over your stomach and chest.

☼ he's a horny fuck all the time after that. wants sex anytime, anywhere, and has a long list of things he wants to try with you. also starts regularly jacking off again when he's not able to be with you.

#ghost x reader #ghost x you #simon ghost riley x reader #simon riley x reader #simon riley x you #.wbm #cod x reader #smut #simon riley smut

[verstappen-cult]

#. . . Five times Max refuses to acknowledge he’s sick + one time he does.

request made by @lucien-calore. . . “hi, you asked for a max request and i shall deliver! can i please have a sickfic where max refuses to acknowledge he's sick (a flu or something, nothing too serious) but when he does, he acts like a drama queen?”

#1

You’re making dinner when you hear Max coughing from his streaming room, then the laughs of his friends making fun of him. 

You don’t think too much about it. That is until he can’t stop coughing while you’re eating, and when you’re getting ready for bed, and at all during the night. 

It’s only in the morning, as you’re making breakfast and he’s feeding the cats, when you decide to say something. 

“Baby?” You say, trying to look nonchalant while making the eggs. 

“Yes?” He puts the cat food away and makes his way to you. Max hugs your waist from behind, resting his chin on your shoulder. “What happens?”

“I’m gonna go to the pharmacy after pilates, do you need anything?” 

Max hums, like actually thinking about it before saying, “No, love. Got everything I need.”

“You sure? Nothing for that cough you have?”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about.” He kisses your cheek and pulls away, grabbing an apple. “I’m gonna be streaming, make sure to say goodbye before you leave, okay?”

#2

“Are you okay?” It’s the fourth time in less than an hour that Max enters the kitchen to fill his bottle of water.

“Yeah, it’s just that all the singing and screaming at the concert last night left me with a sore throat.”

You try not to laugh but it’s impossible. It’s been three days since he started with that horrible cough, which hasn’t stopped, but he still doesn’t understand that he’s probably sick. 

“Max, I’m pretty sure it wasn’t that.” You close the book and get up from the couch, he looks confused as you get closer and place your hand on his forehead. “Jesus, Max, you’re burning up!” 

“I’m hot, don’t you think?” 

“Max, I’m serious, you got a fever.” 

“It’s probably nothing,” He reassures you by placing a kiss on your cheek before turning around. “I fell asleep on the terrace. I’m gonna take a shower, okay?” 

“Max, I swear to God—”

“You look hot when you’re angry.” That’s the last thing he says, walking away. 

“Max!” 

#3

It's impossible. You’ve tried everything to make Max understand that he’s sick and needs to rest, but he won’t admit it.

This morning you practically begged him to stay in bed to rest and recover, but he did not listen to you, saying that it was nothing — as he’s been saying all week — and actually dragged you to the Padel court because ‘I’m gonna win this time’. 

Dani’s visiting, so, everyone got together to spend Sunday morning at their favorite place, promising to go to brunch after. But it’s been three hours and they have just finished the second game. Who’s fault is that? Max’s. 

It’s no secret that Max is not very good at Padel, but now that he’s sick it’s been torture. Every couple of minutes they have to stop the game for him to cough, so it’s been impossible to actually play and he doesn’t want to give up. 

And it’s worse because Charles is his partner. Only a look at the Monégasque and you know he wants to murder him. 

“Max,” You call his name, leaving your book aside and walking closer to the wall that’s separating both of you. “you’re sick, why don’t we go home?”

“But, baby, I really think I can win this one.”

“No you won’t!” Lando shouts from across the court as he’s stretching. 

“Oh shut u—”

“Max, I’m serious.” You don’t know what else to do at this point. He’s always been so stubborn, but this has reached new levels. 

“I’m gonna win this for you, baby.” He winks and turns around to join the rest of the group. 

#4

“Max? Why are you still in bed?” You enter the room, gaze immediately going to the watch on the nightstand. It’s two in the afternoon. He never stays in bed past ten, not even during winter or summer break. 

“Jus’ tired.” He mumbles, face hidden in the pillows. 

“I’m gonna make you a cup of tea, okay?” You sit next to him, stroking his hair. 

“Don’t want a cup of tea,” He opens his eyes, looking up at you and pouting. It makes you giggle. “I want you.”

“I won’t kiss you until you admit you’re sick.”

“That’s so unfair!” He pouts again, this time grabbing your arm and trying to make you lie next to him. “I’m not sick. I’m like super healthy.” You snort, shaking your head and standing up. 

“Then, no kisses for you.”

Max groans, hiding his face under the blankets. “I can survive without your kisses, you know.” 

That makes you laugh because you know Max, and you know how much he likes to kiss you at every opportunity. The chances of Max keeping that promise… Impossible.

“Whatever gets you through the night, Maxie.”

#5

“Hey, baby.” Max places a kiss on your cheek as you leave the grocery bags on the kitchen table. “You got everything for tonight?”

“Yes. I already talked with your mom and they’ll be here at around nine.” Max helps you put the groceries away, frowning when he sees some medicine and a special broth he knows perfectly well among the things you will need for dinner tonight.

“What's this?”

You try to hide a smile, pretending to be busy with anything just to keep you from looking at him. “Your mom said you used to love it as a kid.”

“Yeah,” He says, still confused. “when I was sick.”

“You are sick, Max. I don’t know how many times I need to tell you this.”

“I am not!” He huffs, rolling his eyes. You can see from the irritated expression on his face that he's tired of you repeating the same thing over and over again. “I’m gonna go play for a little bit.”

You grab his hand before he can walk away, pulling him closer to you. “Hey,” Max raises his eyebrows, waiting for you to talk. But you cup his cheeks instead, placing a soft kiss on his lips. “I’m sorry, okay? I’m worried, I don’t want you to get worse.”

“Yeah, whatever.” 

You can only watch as he leaves the room, Jimmy following closely behind. 

“Well, I tried.” You mumble, looking at Sassy perched on the counter. She meows and you’re glad at least someone understands you.

+1

“Schatje?” You hear Max’s hoarse voice say. 

“Mmh?” It’s your answer, busy peeling some vegetables. “What happens?”

He hesitates for a second, you see from the corner of your eyes how he avoids looking at you, which makes you stop and turn your attention to your boyfriend. 

“I’m sick.” He whispers, surprising you. But he deserves a little teasing. 

“What? I didn’t hear you.” You play dumb, and Max sees right through you. 

“You were right, okay? I was being an idiot.”

“Yes, you were.” He pouts, making you feel warm all over. You walk to him, placing your hand on his forehead. “You have a fever. Why don’t you go lie down on the couch, uh? I’ll heat up the broth.” 

“I’m sorry for being an idiot.” He breathes into the air, blushing all the way from his cheeks to his neck. You know that admitting when he’s wrong is not something easy for him.

“I know, baby. But,” You reach up and boop Max on the nose with your index finger. “I’m gonna take care of you, okay?”

“But I wanted to help you, everyone’s about to arrive.” 

“Worry about what your mom will say once I tell her how stubborn you have been.” He sighs, closing his eyes for a moment. “If you’re a good boy and take the medicine, I’ll think about giving you a… reward.”

If Max takes the medicine and finishes all the broth is only because he wants to get better. It has nothing to do with the reward you’re going to give him tonight.

#꒰꒰ 📁 ─ verstappen cult files ꒱꒱ #f1 x reader #max verstappen x reader #f1 imagine #max verstappen fluff #max verstappen x you #f1 grid x reader

[f1fnatic]

HORROR GAMES ⤿ l. norris 4

→ ( in which. . . ) you get bored while lando is streaming a popular horror game, so you decide to pull a prank on him.

→ ( fanfic genre. . . ) written

→ ( pairing. . . ) lando norris x reader (gender not specified)

→ ( content warnings/disclaimers. . . ) none

→ ( author's note. . . ) this one is shorter than the others, but its short and sweet. i hope you enjoy! see end for more

→ ( masterlist )

screams were heard coming from down the hall. you were sat underneath a knitted blanket, watching some new show on the tv. lando was in his office streaming something on twitch. he mentioned it was a horror game.

in the past, lando had voiced to you that he was not a fan of horror games. "they're unnecessary. what's the point?" he'd said.

"they're funny. especially when scaredy cats like you play them and freak out." you responded, poking his chest with your finger. he swatted your hand away and giggled. "maybe you should try one out, play with ria and max." you suggested, shrugging.

"that would be hell." he deadpanned.

"oh, c'mon, lando! they're not that bad!" you tried to reason with him. but you knew once lando was set on something, no amount of convincing could sway him.

while watching your show, a thought came to mind. you could pull a little prank on lando. i mean, you were bored and he was too engrossed in his horror game to pay attention to anything going on outside of his office, and maybe even inside of it.

you grabbed the tv remote and pressed paused, the audio stopped, and frames froze. you got up from the couch and quietly made your way down the hall to lando's office.

slowly opening the door, you saw the back of his fluffy head of curls as well as the back of his gaming chair. the way his office was set up was his desk was on the wall adjacent to the door. meaning, his chat saw you in the doorway before he did.

on your tiptoes, you stalked toward his desk. he was talking nonsense. nonsense about the game, about how he got into this situation, and about how stupid he was for listening to you and actually playing the game.

the chat was moving quickly, but lando was too focused on his monitor and the game to pay attention to it. you noticed a few people were trying to catch his attention, so you placed your pointer finger to your lips in a shushing motion.

you slowly brought your hands to grab lando's chair, at the same time, you mentally prepared for his reaction. knowing him, it was going to be big.

finally, you shook his chair and yelled. lando flew out of his chair and onto the floor. his headphones falling off and landing next to him. you stepped back and doubled over in laughter.

he looked up from where he was lying on the floor, a look of pure horror was displayed on his face. you quickly snapped a picture of him on your phone for safekeeping.

"y/n!" he shouted. "what was that for?!"

you couldn't stop laughing. your stomach hurt, so bad. everything from his reaction to his face was priceless. you knew his chat was enjoying this as much as were.

"y/n!" he whined.

"i-i'm sorry, lan!" you respond trying to catch your breath. tears were starting to catch on your waterline. "it was the perfect opportunity! i couldn't pass it up!"

he got up on his knees and kneeled in front of his desk. he put on a pouty face while looking at chat. "it wasn't that funny chat. i almost had a heart attack!"

"oh lan," you start, moving forward to stand behind him, your arms wrapping around his shoulders and bending down to rest your chin on his head atop his curls, "you can't have a heart attack, who will i scare in the future?"

lando rolls his eyes playfully and smiles. "uh huh, just wait till i scare you. i'm sure you won't be laughing then, love." butterflies fluttered in your stomach. you loved it when he called you that.

you couldn't help but let out a small giggle at his response. this type of banter was a staple in your relationship.

"whatever you say, lan. whatever you say."

ahhhh its been so long since i posted </3 i have been slammed with soccer, school, and i have had no motivation or ideas on what to post. this has been in my drafts for so long. its not the best or longest ever, i just wanted to get something out and posted. thank you for reading! as usual, feedback and requests are welcome, and make sure to leave a comment and kudos! (only if you want :P)

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