#take a moment to support this if you can

[aq2003]

really love how throughout a lot of smith and jones martha is really skeptical and apprehensive towards ten (+ one of my favorite exchanges between them - "what, people call you 'the doctor'?" "yeah?" "well, i'm not. far as i'm concerned, you've got to earn that title."), not taking everything he says at face value, even doubting the fact he's an alien until over halfway through the episode.. And like. i really truly think the thing that wins her over isn't him kissing her or any of the other insane mixed messages he manages to send, it's this scene here, where he /earns that title/ in her eyes:

(+ david's bit in the commentary, where he says: "[the doctor] has actually sacrificed himself, and - i would say, that that final act of selflessness is what finally, eventually, welds martha to him. [...] and she now returns it. she returns that act of selflessness.")

this is what their relationship is built on. it isn't about martha being the second-best replacement to rose or a rebound or whatever. bc it isn't really about rose. it's about doctor-in-training martha meeting someone (quite literally, "the doctor") whose ideals she aspires to, and doing her best to be the same person to him as he is to everyone else. it's about ten in return admiring her intelligence and inquisitiveness and how she cares for human life, recovering his compassion, letting himself lean on her for support - and then remembering at the most inopportune moments that he's supposed to not need anyone and be on his own forever. And around in their little nightmare loop they go where they save each other over and over until one of them breaks

i've seen ppl look at martha and go "why she does she admire/why is she so in love with ten if he acts like that to her?" or something along those lines and like. it's not just the fact she's in love with him (in fact i'd argue she actively tries to push it aside post-gridlock). it's the fact that she knows he's the kind of person to put everyone else's lives/well-being over his own. she trusts him to save her when she's in trouble even though it's been like two days at most that they've known one another bc she recognizes that same "deep all-encompassing drive to help others" in him. and she also recognizes, much much earlier than him, that he needs someone to save him, especially when he's unwilling to save himself. and yeah for a bit she thinks he returns her feelings and is just playing hard-to-get, but she realizes pretty early on that this probably isn't the case, and i think that realization fully solidifies here:

(this is when she's listening to ten talk abt gallifrey). And idk it might just be me but i think this expression isn't just her empathizing with his loss. it's also guilt, for wanting something from him that he's clearly unable to give when he's wracked with so much grief. (and you see it in the next episode, where tallulah asks if they're together and martha says for certain that they're not, and that he doesn't know about her feelings for him. she keeps everything to herself bc she now knows that when he shut her flirting down at the end of 3x01 it was the genuine reaction of someone who a) isn't interested and b) is scared of getting close with someone else again)

freema described their dynamic as "she's keener than him" and i think about this all the time. martha doesn't really take what ten throws at her. what she does instead is constantly poke holes in his already-failing front of "i will show someone the wonders of the universe so i can ignore what is wrong with me". what she does is stand up and fight him when he tries to go off on his own. what she does is put aside her well-being in favor of helping someone - just like what she saw him do for the people in the hospital when they first met. tldr, that's the doctor and his doctor and rip martha you would've loved who's gonna save u now by rina sawayama

#THIS ISNT ABOUT ROSE WE CAN STOP THINKING ABOUT THAT WHITE GIRL FOR 1 SECOND. IDC #ALL SHE DOES W REGARDS TO MARTHA IS REMIND HER THAT TEN ISNT GOING TO FALL IN LOVE W HER. #ALL SHE DOES W REGARDS TO TEN IS REMIND HIM THAT EVERY TIME HE LOVES SOMEONE HES FATED TO LOSE THEM. WE CAN IGNORE HER PAST THIS. GBLESS #martha jones #tenth doctor #dr who #ten and martha #'theyre like a rebound' shooting you with my laser eyes sorry. martha says it when she still thinks he's taking her on dates #if he hadn't opened up about gallifrey she would've been totally fine w him taking her back home #and meanwhile ten is very unaware of any kind of romantic element until like the fuckinn. last possible moment lmfao #they are doctor and mentally unstable bus driver. Or perhaps grieving man (genderneutral) and their One (1) friend that has to support them #um idk what this post is. i wanted to pick apart martha's brain for a hot second. #edit: #it's not like 5 am and i'm reading these tags and they're a lot more mean than i meant to put them down as #Not changing them bc i already wrote so much it's out there in the world already sorry. just imagine i'm saying this all nicely #10 era

[runayachi]

okay so you know when takeda manages to get ukai to come watch karasuno play for the first time and kagehina show off their freak quick and ukai is like "sensei how long have those two been paired together" and takeda is like "oh kageyama and hinata? they just met this year i've heard it was rocky at first but they're getting along well now" and ukai is like "what a shame". do you think he goes home and looks into them and finds out that kageyama's the lonely king and that his teammates abandoned him. do you think he looks and looks for hinata but can't find him until finally he stumbles across a no-name school that barely had a volleyball team and their only match lasted 31 minutes. do you think he wonders about how lonely they were. a coach can't replace teammates but do you think he decides to try and make sure that no one on his team feels lonely again.

#hinata shoyo #kageyama tobio #ukai keishin #THAT MOMENT MEANS SO MUCH TO ME LIKE. WHAT A SHAME. UKAI LOOKING AT KGHN AS HE SAYS IT. #i dont even know if it makes sense but like. i was thinking about how ukai does his best to support his boys #like as long as they try he'll try too he'll take them as far as he can as long as they run beside him #but like do you think he looks into the kids and their backgrounds and thinks how can i make this a safe space for them. #do you think that besides his own knowledge of how it felt to be replaced he was worried about isolating suga #do you think he worried about kiyoko and yachi feeling left out #god. im just thinking about ukai and kghn and AUGH i dont even know where im going with this but yeah. #hey yall idk how old this is but i found it in my drafts so congrats! u get it now #lyz speaks

[braisedhoney]

some tragic love stories be like: if i could bottle the galaxy, i would pour it into a cup so it would be easier for you to drink. do you want them? do you want the stars? or do they suit you better as adornments for your eyes than glitter on your lips?

but they don’t want the stars. they don’t want the galaxy. but how can they not? is that not enough? (it’s too much, that’s the problem. it’s too much.)

#ney's idle chatter (random textposts) #me trying and failing to capture why hadestown has embodied Love in a way i don’t think i’m really capable of comprehending fr #but also this can be about whatever blorbo you want #when i think about that one line in chant #when hades says ‘brighter than the light of day’ #‘look. look at what i can make for you—see?’ #meanwhile the last thing persephone wants is to be reminded of this hollow echo of what their love is in her memories #when i think about that scene when eurydice tells orpheus they need to get food #but he’s working on his song and she makes the choice to trust him and go #to work harder and longer and search for things to feed them and trust he’ll bring spring back #THE WAY PERSEPHONE TRIES TO KISS HADES GOODBYE AT THE START WHEN SHE COMES BACK FOR SUMMER #AND HOW IT PARALLELS EURYDICE KISSING ORPHEUS GOODBYE WHEN SHE GOES TO LOOK FOR FOOD #and hades pulls away. because she’s leaving him and he’s terrified. he’s terrified and turns it into anger because otherwise he’s helpless. #and orpheus doesn’t respond when eurydice leaves because he’s working—he’s working and he’s going to give her what he promised. #but she needs his help. she needs his help now—she needs his support and he isn’t there. #thinking about the moment she takes the ticket from hades and #it almost implies she starves. that she dies. that she starves to death trying to find food for them both #i promise you however unhinged i seem about this musical i am being purposefully restrained so i don’t spam you all too much orz #holy SHIT these tags are LONG #even for me this is ridiculous there’s a whole other post down here #high five to you for reading it ig damn #hadestown

[plaguedoctormemes]

Real talk if you reblog shit about israel and gaza, and honestly any sort of situation where REAL LIVES are impacted and give it a cute little tag like “ ___ discourse” thats just like, absolutely disgusting and shameful. It’s like some internet debate game for you. Open a window and get some fresh air. Look at yourself in the fucking mirror. you arent helping people by tagging triggering content. If you really care you’d use normal fucking tags. Just say it like it is: What you’re really doing is creating a little shelf of posts that make you feel morally superior and justified by collecting “gotchas” over people you disagree with. A box of clout that makes you feel better about your tiny existence by having “the right opinions”. You don’t care about the people that its actually affecting. No fucking compassion or sympathy for those who are actively suffering while you argue semantics and make bad faith claims on your stupid fucking device like it’s made up bullshit on Netflix. No further introspection or questioning of values or morality.

You should probably have a little more tact and at least pretend like you dont view this shit as the same as fandom or shipping discourse. If you’re doing this i hope you know that if i knew your face, i’d spit on it.

#the doctor is in #cw israel #pls let me know of better tags to use #palestine #free gaza #cw genocide #honestly if you see anyone reduce real world issues to ‘discourse’ you should not engage with them. #im not kidding i would stop being friends with someone for that type of shit #posting because i just saw someone trying to ‘debate’ + spreading misinfo and being pompous and passive aggressive on a post abt palestine #while at the same time reblogging disgusting zionist posts ridiculing palestinians and tagging it as ___ discourse like… what the fuck #but honestly this even applies to many people that claim to support palestinians but pull this shit in the same breath as well as taking #any moment they can to squeeze in antisemitsm #like… at LEAST make a new tag jesus christ but dont reduce this shit to DISCOURSE.

[brittlebutch]

finally found a place to read With the Light online and i'm thrilled; if you haven't read this manga i do Legitimately recommend it

#N posts stuff #like don't get it wrong it Is Not a series about being autistic it Is a series about raising an autistic kid #but also don't be put off by that because it's legitimately a series that I feel Loves autistic people with its whole being #it's kind of a teaching manga so it showcases a lot of different opinions/characters/conflicts/etc. but the Framing is very consistent #in that the manga is Extremely of the opinion that autistic people are People who deserve to be Valued and Accepted As They Are #the onus for change is never put on autistic individuals the framing is basically Universal in the 'the World needs to change #to be more accepting' -- it's a very Social Model depiction of autism that ALSO never veers too far into the #'autism isn't even Really a disability' fallacy; it's very much a 'A lot of autistic people will need constant support in a variety of ways #throughout their lives but that isn't the roadblock preventing them from having their own lives; ableism in society is the roadblock' #the first two chapters are the hardest to get through bc they take place before Sachiko has any real understanding of autism and #so she's isolated and stressed out and the ignorance makes it difficult for her to care for Hikaru properly (there's also a lot of #other characters Blaming her for what's going on which goes unchallenged at this point though that changes later); but after she #understands what autism is she's Firmly in Hikaru's corner for the rest of the series - you can skip right to ch 3 without a problem #if you're not interested in reading about that initial conflict #there's still a Lot of conflict ofc but by then the chapters have some of my favorite moments so i don't want to advocate skipping #them; like Hikaru's daycare teacher explaining how Hikaru's difficulty speaking is the same as other kids' troubles with #things like jump-roping/etc.; and then a mother who has An Issue with Hikaru's presence in her daughter's class realizing the #depth of the problematic opinion bc Her mother (who had a stroke) faces similar ableism from her peers #i'm cutting this post off b4 the tags get Too long but if you're curious but still hesitant man. send me an ask and i will Happily #write an insanely long essay about how much i love this series; i have all the books i'm not excited about the online availability #for Me i'm excited bc i've been wanting to rec this manga for like almost a full decade and i can finally give you a link instead of #saying 'well. you can find used copies sometimes' lol

[blackbirdblackbird]

Maybe it’s time for Kara to try this gauntlet instead of Supergirl.

#L: kara are you even listening to me? #k: you are so hot #supercorp #supergirl #spgrl s06e15 #*mp #L: yeah supergirl's okay I guess but kara is my hero and also my wife #also idk but I'm having vague ideas about the courage whatsit tying into the 513 reveal moments #and after this convo also 'kara danvers you're my hero' #and maybe after that like just some random quiet moment with lena #and she either isn't in control or she's pulled out before she can do anything #she's back in the tower and lena is right there being all concerned and supportive bc it didn't work again #but then it hits kara that it is trying to get her to tell lena #though not about supergirl but about how she feels #lena in this middle of this rant like we'll figure out this stupid thing if it thinks you aren't courageous it's broken #she kinda trails off seeing kara smiling at her and kara says #it's okay. I figured it out. #and she takes lena's hand and tells her what they both already know but haven't had the courage to actually say yet #they kiss with the sound of the courgae thing telling them it worked in the bg but they both ignore it #at least until alex finds them making out #and kara is like look we were doing the courage thing okay this is very important world saving kissing just listen

[the-official-account]

I hate working but I actually really do love working with kids. Like how dare you interrupt my (barely kept) internal stream of complaints to very politely say "I've never been here before and I'm kind of scared can you help me?" Like of-fucking-course I'll help you!!!! and I'll heal a discombobulated little part of myself too while I'm at it or whatever. Damn

#i only work with kids occasionally but its so nice. i really think more people should value intergenerational interactions. #shit is wholesome! #you're just a little guy!!! im also just a little guy but im pretending km not s little so you feel less little #but omg secret!!!!! we are actually little together isnt that crazy? #some of these gremlins are rude as hell HOWEVER i forgive them imagine being 14? uhh #the worst #and YEAH actually im hard on the stance of let kids have more relationships with adults #there are better steps we can take to prevent abuse that isn't ''let the trauna festef in isolation of mature perspectives'' #cause kids are gonna be abused. thats a fact of the universe. #we cant prevent it ENTIRELY but we can offer ghe type of immediate support and understanding #that prevents a bad moment from actually becoming trauma (its not instant! respince matters!) #anyway off my late night little tirade #just feeling so much love in my heart (in general) #lush chats

[dimiclaudeblaigan]

listen i know lots of ppl hate three hopes, especially bc of the gw shenanigans

but listen okay shhh listen hear me out tho

i’ll never forget that feeling i felt when i played the demo before the game was fully out and it told me rodrigue was now playable

i’ll never forget that moment in my life

#DCB Comments #we all have our feelings abt hopes but. nothing can take away the glory of that moment #it was otherwise very exciting when i first played the demo #i had lots of fun with the new story in ag even just with the demo! but man... man you could get every C support #and get all rodrigue's c supports i did as fast as my little gaming hands could manage #no matter how bad some moments of hopes were... nothing will take away the fact that hopes was #true and absolute JUSTICE for my mans rodrigue and gave him the glory he truly deserved #and gave US that same glory bc finally we could get the content we needed #that man is a legend and hopes gave him the world as he deserved #DCB Three Hopes Stuff

[hussyknee]

The one silver lining to having to endure these "don't throw away your vote 💙 over a single issue (genocide)" takes is that they've managed to seemingly do the impossible— get every infighting leftist faction to come together and finally throw liberals out of the left into the garbage.

#historic mask off moment for liberal grifters everywhere #the left finally marking a colour line #you will not use the suffering of black and brown bodies as props to drive your voter banks ever again #i used to hate them both equally but i would genuinely take a tankie over a liberal now #by far the more ghoulish imperialist self-interested worm #but then Im also supporting houthis hamas and hezbollah over the west so it's definitely a time of strange bedfellows #if these fucks drive me to supporting putin next for any reason i might just kill myself though #but just anyone at all that can make the killing stop please god #free palestine #fuck joe biden #genocide joe #liberal brainrot #white liberals #racism #knee of huss

[chelseasdagger]

i just saw the most beautiful act of love. gonna be sappy in the tags real quick :’)

#okay so some background: i work in a wellness center that has a good handful of medical services along with our other ones and one of the #medical services we offer is hyperbaric oxygen therapy?? <- in case you don't know what that is it's basically like a sleeping bag that we #zip you up in and give you a nasal canal with 90% oxygen and we pressurize the bag so it's similar to going up in an airplane. it's good fo #mental clarity and also for getting better sleep. like 1 hour in there is equivalent to 4 hours of REM sleep. super cool!! #also we use walkie-talkies to communicate with you since you're all sealed up in there and it takes like 10 minutes to pressurize up n down #however!! one of the other benefits is that it can help with symptoms of dementia. i've seen people with brain injuries come in before but #today was my first time seeing someone do it for dementia. and he brought his wife in with him for support #i just walked over and saw her sitting on the floor beside the chamber he was in and she was smiling and staring at him through the window #she was speaking into the walkie and laughing with him and i just. the idea of her wanting to be with him in these hard moments 🥺 #she's now reading a book but still sitting right there on the ground beside him. my nurse offered her a chair but she's not leaving his sid #i just i can't y'all i love love. #chelsea speaks

[hecatesbroom]

I hope you don't mind the influx of GG/Dorothy asks you've gotten because I really love your takes and your fics really touch upon a more vulnerable part of Dorothy that I feel was rarely fully explored but was very much present. I was watching recently an ep where Dorothy says she thought her father didn't like her or love her and Sophia cracked that he always talked her up ... to try and sell her to gypsies. Dorothy says "do you know how much that hurts me when you say things like that?". It's one of those lines that's never really followed up on or given a big moment but it stays with me.

Not at all!! I love hearing from you! <3 (and if you ever feel up to it, feel free to send me a dm as well! I'd love to hear more of your thoughts!)

Thank you so much :') I started writing Golden Girls fics precisely for that reason: Dorothy's vulnerability is left so underexplored in the show, even in the moments that (in my opinion, anyway!) presented the perfect opportunity to delve a little deeper into her feelings. I had to give her a moment to shine haha.

That line is the perfect example of what I'm talking about, actually! They throw in those really poignant lines or moments (or even just looks, at times) that hint at so much going on beneath the surface, but it's never expanded on. The only emotional moments she does get, that are fully followed up on, are those relating to Stan -- and even there I feel like a lot is glossed over (often by Dorothy herself, first and foremost).

I could probably write an essay on this but I'll spare you, but I think Sophia's often treated much the same -- if slightly differently -- in the show! And I mean, considering she raised Dorothy, I'm pretty sure she inadvertently ended up teaching Dorothy that covering up your vulnerability is the only way to deal with it. Sophia covers her feelings with quips and jokes, Dorothy does it through dismissal.

And because both of their methods for covering up are very convenient for a sitcom (I can drag Blanche into this as well, by the way. But I promised not to write an essay) it's *so easy* for the narrative to just. go along with their own dismissal of their feelings. Have Sophia distract from her feelings with a funny joke, and the audience is on the floor. Have Dorothy dismiss her feelings with a Look, and there's another opening for someone else to keep up the pace and move the scene along into lighter territory.

#they did only have 24 minutes to tell a story after all! #so if you have characters who will conveniently cover up their vulnerabilities then you won't have to take up all that time to explore that #and you can move on to the driving factor of every sitcom: the plot #they fit *so much* story into that short runtime it honestly kind of makes sense #i feel like all the girls have those moments where there's clearly something else going on but it's never explored bc the plot moves on #but it's easier to put blanche or rose in an emotionally heavy plot than it is for dorothy #i think #because blanche does keep up a facade as well but she *cannot* let go of it #she puts up a performance but she's *putting on a performance* (constantly). so there's enough of a base for the narrative to focus on #rose even actively looks for support. i'd argue she handles vulnerability very well! so again: easier to centre a plot on #dorothy though?? dorothy will probably go on like nothing's wrong #and *that* doesn't make a compelling central plot in a sitcom #(which is part of why i love 'sick & tired' so much! dorothy has to be vulnerable there because she *cannot* run this time) #oh no i'm so sorry. i went on a tangent in the tags #anyway THANKS for this ask anon! you made me very happy with the opportunity to talk about this haha #the golden girls #ask #anon #dorothy zbornak

[glitterghost]

brb mourning all the past mutuals/friends/followers that I've had delightful conversations or interactions with, who either have deactivated unbeknownst to me, or have changed their handles since we've last spoke and I may no longer recognize.

#you all make everything ten times better #and my heart hurts when i think of past mutuals i loved talking to dearly #only to find out one day in the past present or future have deactivated #and ill probably never find again #know that i wish you well in everything you do or have done #and my love and support follows you like a trail of ghostly lights making sure you're safe #that all the moments weve shared meant worlds to me and i can only hope they were the same for you #miss you forever and always and tucking away all the sweetest memories into a box to brush off and open sometime down the road #only to think of you fondly once more with a tenderly aching yet loving feeling in my heart and mind #sorry for the lengthy rant but i can remember users who have just dissipated like a mist into what i hope is a better place beyond #i hold those memories like fragile spun glass now #though they felt like cotton candy memories full of lightness & joy & pure undiluted happiness #that is all & now i must take this nostalgia sword out of my heart and press on #all my love #your very own glitterghost #✨️👻

[bigcryptiddies]

Very good description of how it feels to discuss antiblackness in the current social climate

#saved tiktoks #in this specific case yes there is something that is clearly more important #but do you really know how many times we hear that even when there isn’t? #we can’t have anything without it being taken or misconstrued #and then when we speak on it it is ALWAYS prioritized under whatever is happening at the given moment #there doesn’t have to be a genocide currently taking place for people to deprioritize black pain and upset #and what happens when there is is this co opting of a very real tragedy and injustice to silence black people by acting as though no one is #capable of caring about multiple things and causes at once #I am always black! I cannot stop caring about my life as a black person when other people are also suffering! that does not mean I do not #care about the suffering of others and will not do what I can to support them and stand in solidarity with them

[widevibratobitch]

aaaaaaand it's starting. mom's bestie just texted me asking to come over this weekend cause it's Bad and it's probably the last chance to talk and maybe say goodbye to my mom's husband and i need to take care of her. god. i wont get through this weekend unless im high or drunk istg.

#time to slightly overdose my depression meds again ig lol #anyway. it is a little better with me these last two weeks. turns out the meds do work when you actually take em regularly #but first my best friend's break up that she's blowing up to unimaginable size #acting as if she just got divorced with the love of her life after 20 years #and not ended a few months long relationship with a guy who's been the source of most of her troubles since the moment they started dating #(ofc she's valid and id never tell her that because like. i get it. some people feel stuff more deeply. but its hard to be supportive #when you genuinely feel like this is the best possible outcome for her and that the relationship was only dragging her down all this time) #and now this. and this is gonna be infinitely worse. and then it's gonna get a million times worse when he actually does die. #and i feel like the worst most selfish person ever which like. probably am. but i did tell my cousin who actually knows my mom really well #and she said she understands and that my fears ARE valid because SHE'S terrified of how she's gonna handle my mom #and she wouldn't wanna be me in that situation cause it's gonna be so much worse for me lmao #like i feel like people who know my mother casually really dont understand just how unhinged emotionally she is #anyway. i feel so overwhelmed. i cant handle this jesus. #but im also emotionally unavailable and refuse to actually confide in another person because i dont want to be a bother <3333 #god i love tumblr. i can literally type anything in those tags lol it's the perfect form of venting since you can just scroll by #but i will still have let it out of myself anyway uwu i literally dont need that therapy fr #anyway. i feel so unbelievably fucking lonely and on one hand it's my own fault for withdrawing and refusing to ask for help. #but on the other hand. i AM alone. like there's no one who can help me in this particular situation. #i have no siblings. obviously my dad isnt gonna help. it all falls down to me. good god. i wanna throw up.

[medicinemane]

"It even connects to your smart phone!"

Well... that's a huge downside for something to have, don't like that

#don't like it cause not only might it be harvesting data on me; but that also means it probably is real susceptible #to the manufacturer just deciding they don't support it anymore; specifically with software #and of course that not just meaning 'not support' but meaning 'we've bricked your working device' #like I get why people like it; the convenience of your whole life in the palm of your hand #but I don't trust like that #to me it's an unneeded massive point of failure that risks me not actually owning the physical thing I bought #this is about a density meter for like... figuring alcohol content in home brewing #and like... neat... but the moment they said 'it even connects to your smart phone' that's a massive red flag to me and I don't like that #takes it from 'if I ever start brewing maybe I should get that' #to '...man... I don't know that I trust them not to brick my shit with hostile software' #know nothing about the company; but that's how I feel about all app based shit #maybe just like... measure my shit for me and keep and internal log... oh; and a usb port and the ability to interface with standard OSs #that would be nice; like then I can rip the logs off your thing onto my computer #but nah... I don't want a phone involved unless I plug it in with a usb #I'd rather it be a little less convenient for me; but not use a wifi signal #cause then you can't fuck with it; no one can fuck with it; except me when I plug direct into it #...don't want my shit connecting to the internet; and that's the other problem with apps #they pretty much can't mean anything but an internet connection... cause how else does it talk to your phone? #if it's not my computer; frankly it should be dumb and totally offline with usb ports (or other HDMI whatever) for communicating #tv should be a dumb blackbox; oven should be a dumb blackbox; sadly even thermostats and shit should be a dumb blackbox #this shit makes life easier... till it doesn't; and if I don't have total control over it then someone else does #like... if I have a closed system smart home; that's one thing; but if I use a standard one that means anyone can access it #both in terms of random employees being caught peeping on me (and tos that say they're allowed to gather data on my sexuality and shit) #to the fact that if it hooks up to the internet and someone can connect to it... they just have to get past security and they're in #like my car shouldn't fucking be harvesting data on me; that tos example wasn't random; that's lifted from one of car companies tos #online is vulnerable; online is unsecured more often than not; it's a fucking risk that isn't worth it #it's like all those keyless cars getting stolen cause all they gotta do is catch your fob's signal and then spoof it #I want it dumb and connecting to nothing 95% of the time #sometimes I want it dumb and connecting only with a direct wire #I in theory might want it smart but on a closed home network I have complete control over

[slverblood]

oooooooh feeling things about when you ask what Isobel intends to do now and she's like "take care of my angel, of course"

#OOC / HOLLY. #the whole like . . . she's been through horrors and it fills me with rage and I'm gonna love and support her . . . #I think with Aylin being the daughter of a goddess and the Moonmaiden's Sword etc etc #there's been this acceptance her whole life that she can handle everything and doesn't need support or to be taken care of or any of that #something she herself has bought into. she's immortal and kickass and of divine lineage filled with holy purpose #it's a given that she be indomitable and tireless at all times right? #Isobel was probably the first time someone told her she can be vulnerable and weary #and that that's not a failing. that she can lay down her sword a moment. take off her armor. and rest #lot of thoughts of Aylin immediately kneeling when she saw Isobel again #there's So Much to that gesture but relevant to the current discussion — Aylin putting her head in Isobel's hands or her lap #and letting some of her weight being held by another for a while #do you see what I mean do you get it