#they can’t help themselves

[buildoblivionthenwewilltalk]

also also also that whole bit when 14 talks about the edge of the universe, how he’s never been this far before and leans his body against the glass is just SO doctor who

#the doctor always wants to go further #they can’t help themselves #urgh the vibes of this were so GOOD #doctor who #spoilers #something something ‘the imp of the perverse’

[hang-on-lil-tomato]

collider OFMD article

My comment on the article

Lack of communication is the hallmark and fulcrum of all sitcoms and romcoms. While this show breaks out of any neat category, even defying the round holes of “comedy” or “drama”, it still uses many of the tropes. Like many romcoms, the issues arise from lack of communication. If they were able to just “talk it through, as a crew” so much would be solved, the show would be 2 episodes, and we could all go home.

As it stands, this is one of the best shows that television has to offer. I experience every emotion all at once. The performances by Rhys Darby, Taika Waititi, and Con O’Neill as well as every supporting cast member and even extras, are stellar. It’s one of the shows one can watch repeatedly and see new things every time. There are so many parallels and contrasts, contradictions and conundrums, it becomes an exciting Easter egg hunt.

David Jenkins and his writing team expertly weave in many historical elements, but play fast and loose with them. 

While there are many flaws to season 2, they still pulled off a great feat. 

I’ll definitely be enjoying this show for years to come.

I doubt it will be renewed, but I can hope. Shows this good seem to puzzle tv execs and they can’t wait to sabotage them no matter how popular they are.

As far as Stede and Ed being meant for each other…

Did you really write that title un-ironically? 

In real life, Stede and Blackbeard fell out after a puzzling alliance, and things didn’t end well for them. If Jenkins follows that, ultimately the series would end on a downbeat instead of having the couple run off to Vermont and start a B&B.

#ofmd #our flag means death #ofmd s2 spoilers #ofmd s2 #stede bonnet #ofmd spoilers #rhys darby #ofmd season 2 #gentlebeard #ofmd season 2 spoilers #Of course they’re not meant for one another that’s why they’re meant for one another #they’re definitely intertwined #They can’t help themselves #That’s the Romance of it #duh #Two disparate elements combined against all odds

[effluvlia]

#gencrit #they can’t help themselves #TIMs better at womanhood than actual women

[lhrry]

louis and harry really must miss rbb and sbb

#they can’t help themselves

[melhekhelmurkun]

Vader: hey I know I just imprisoned and tortured your friends and used them as bait to lure you here and also cut your arm off, but do you wanna join me 👉👈🥺

#we can rule the galaxy together or whatever #like I was saying yesterday with my Kylo post this type of dramatics is SO male skywalker #they can’t help themselves

[chaoswarfare]

dp x dc prompt #32!

Danny moves to Gotham, but instead of his ghostliness unsettling people and drawing attention to him, it’s the fact that he’s so openly nice to people.

He’s helping people in a way that most people have been too scared to do for a very long time, and people definitely take notice when nothing immediately bad happens, and he keeps up the same as he always has with no foul schemes in sight.

Danny’s handed out food to people that needed it, stepped into disputes before they even got violent, picked up strays off the streets and taken them to places they could live better, stopped various muggings single handedly, and even assisted the paramedics and evac teams during large scale disasters.

While the bats didn’t have a real reason to investigate this force of uncontained kindness, they did strike up conversations when they happened across the same trouble, and were very fond of the teenager that seemed to wander the streets at all hours.

So of course everyone notices when the unconventionally friendly kid disappears, with the evidence linking him to a shadowy branch of the government.

#danny phantom #danny fenton #dc x dp #crossover #dc universe #dp x dc #dp x dc crossover #writing prompt #writing #batpham #danny’s just a friendly boi #he can’t not help these poor people that don’t seem to understand how to enjoy life #he’s practically got a bigger cult following than batman #just a dude doing some good #gotham was finally starting to recover just a little #and people were getting back on their feet with a new reason to do good themselves #and then someone decides to kidnap the goodness? #hell naw #gotham going to war #if the bats don’t do something then half the city is gonna march on the government

[identitty-dickruption]

I’m more than happy to treat/categorise alcohol as a drug, but whenever I talk about addiction I have to explicitly say “drugs, including alcohol” or “alcohol and other drugs” because most people don’t implicitly include it + language is about communication etc. but lord. I feel like the line that is drawn between “alcohol” and “drug” does not help the “addiction hierarchy” situation

anyway this is my regular reminder to my fellow alcoholics that we are in fact drug addicts and we are not fundamentally any better than any other addict just because our substance is legal and slightly more normalised. this is also my regular reminder to people without substance abuse disorders that alcohol being a drug does not justify treating alcoholics like shit, because all addicts are human beings and you should treat us as such. peace and love

#addiction #watch people clown on this #watch people with fucking ‘phone addiction’ go off about how everyone has an addiction #watch them. they can’t help themselves #anyway <3 #I love you my fellow addicts we are doing so well

[tanglepelt]

Dc x dp idea 18

Ghost are the embodiment of what they represent. An example skulker is the embodiment of hunting. Without skulker no one could hunt. It just doesn’t exist anymore.

In this a dc villain captures amorpho in order to find out hero’s identities. The villain has to figure out how to utilize amorpho. He’s only managed to trap him using tech from the fentons.

Danny cannot find him amorpho in time. The villain manages to take away disguise from everyone but himself. For Danny it’s not as big of a problem as it is for every other hero.

Danny has two whole separate identities not so much a disguise. (He transforms not just throws on a mask. Same would apply to captain marvel)

This leads to a pre teen and a teenager both pretending to be mature trying to find amorpho. They both have no idea what there doing.

After a bunch of nonsense they free amorpho. Disguises now exist again.

#danny fenton #danny phantom #dc x dp #dp x dc #dp dc crossover #dp x dc prompt #dp x dc crossover #billy batson #cass could theoretically join the fun #depending. like I’m a bit behind on her stuff but what i recall she doesn’t really have a civilian identity #i believe she stopped really using her civilian identity i may be very mistaken #Danny and billy revealed themselves to each other #they took full advantage of the lack of disguises #the dc villain was not expecting two children to be the ones tracking him down #Bruce is very much not okay with this. #it doesn’t help that caption marvel did not bring his communicator #so he can’t even get a progress report #lots of robbers get arrested cause ppl could see there faces through the ski masks #good day to be a cop #bad day to be a criminal #no hero’s are out and about but major villains aren’t either #Damian put on his mask #Bruce was like i can see your face #everyone tried after that #at the same time he got an alert from the watchtower

[designernishiki]

it’s kinda funny to me how that dumb scene in kiwami 1 of majima getting shot and left for dead in the harbor was basically just added as a half-assed way to explain majima not being around for a bit of the plot, but they accidentally(?) just made it seem like start of a chain reaction where majima ended up feeling slighted and heartbroken after being abandoned like that and then lashed out about it via smashing a big truck into the building kiryu was in. and yeah that isn’t inherently a romantic thing as-is but then they go and add the part where majima grabs a hostess and performatively hits on her as in-kiryu’s-face as possible, she says she’s already in love with someone, and majima lets her go immediately, no questions asked, making a big fucking point of it just to say see THAT kiryu? I appreciate when people are HONEST about their FEELINGS. people who won’t just BACKSTAB someone who CARES about them to save themselves. is that so crazy kiryu?? huh??? anyway make it up to me get down here and fight me right fucking now

#I think on another level he was sorta saying like ‘hey kiryu. you’re making it extremely clear that you don’t trust me and my intentions #and I’ve been trying to show you- over and over again- that I’d do just about anything for you and your safety #but I can’t just let my mask fall off in front of everyone- I need to keep up the unpredictable morally grey wildcard act for both my sake #AND yours. because disguising my helping you as crazy random violent outbursts and weird stalker behavior #is the only way I CAN help you. do you think it would go over well with shimano or literally anyone else if I was outright helping you out #of the kindness of my heart and fondness for you? stop being so fucking dense and look past the crazy wacky nonsense for a second and #maybe you’ll realize that all I do at the end of the day- really- is help you and put my own life and reputation on the line for you. #I am an honest guy when it comes to my real values and when I told you I wouldn’t let anyone kill you unelss it was myself- I meant it. #I’ve taken a knife and a bullet for you now. can you REALLY not see through the act yet? am I REALLY that unpredictable when you think about #it?’ #that was a longer explanation than i intended but. it was difficult to put into words #I basically feel like it could be read as him implying kiryu shouldn’t backstab the people who put themselves on the line to help him #and/or pointing out that he’s never actually done kiryu dirty and has stuck to his word protecting him in the ways he can #trying to say yeah all this is a crazy act and all but when it comes down to it you Can trust me #it really makes sense when you think about it that he’d have to help kiryu/show affection towards kiryu in unpredictable convoluted ways #at that point in time because. I mean. there’s a reason he was the only person who showed up to welcome kiryu when he got out of prison #and that’s because A) he sticks to his word and his loyalty to people he cares about and B) no one else had the balls or the batshit insane #mask to wear to ward off anyone asking real questions like majima did. because ANYONE associating themselves with the supposed #patriarch-killer was a HUGE NO-NO at the time. someone important showing up for kiryu and welcoming him back outright could’ve caused #all-out warfare probably. except majima. because majima was dedicated and smart enough to use his widely-feared wildcard persona #(that everyone tended to view as incapable of having any Real agenda to worry about) to his And kiryu’s advantage #does that make sense??? I feel like it makes a lot of sense if you get it to click in your head #kazumaji #majima #kiryu #yakuza #kiwami 1 #yk1 #rambling

[hang-on-lil-tomato]

new word to me, evidently and oldie! it’s Ed and Stede soooooo much!

#1952 #meet cute #our flag means death #ofmd #gentlebeard #stede bonnet #edward teach #they can’t help themselves #theyre so cute #I get to be the cute one - Rhys Darby on the Cryptid Factor #stop it boys #you’re ALL the cute one

[lilbitofmac]

The sorcerer feels a cold chill run down his spine…

#ironstrange #doctor strange #tony stark #stephen strange #iron man #marvel #mcu #my art #mmm I haven’t drawn this AU in a hot minute #I miss these boys #most of the time I like to think of ghost!Tony messing around with Stephen with little pranks #but other times I can’t help but wonder how Tony would feel being spiritually attached to the man who put them on the path to his death… #these two just have such beautiful angst material between themselves #also sorry for the messiness of this piece I wasn’t trying too hard with the sketch and line art

[snixx]

I’m normally all for parents giving their kids freedom in their life choices and I’m also all for kids wanting to try and experiment with things to express themselves but if you buy your kid who’s not even 16 expensive beauty products or take them to get waxed before they’re even a fully grown adult I am. side-eyeing you tbh

#listen if kids want to do that shit let them but DONT FUCKING ENCOURAGE THEM #let them figure it out for themselves let it feel like a novel secret to them idc #beauty standards are a curse on humanity and adults who validate them to their kids need help #like it’s healthy for kids to be curious and want to try things obviously. even if this is a very slippery slope #but let them understand all the baggage that comes with it. let them save up to try these things don’t feed it to them on a platter #at the very least let them ask you first don’t go prompt them without volition #if kids like makeup let them like it because it’s novel and fun and a way of expressing themselves #not something they can’t live without #anti beauty culture #anti makeup

[kicktwine]

the urge to just grab both twins’ heads and make absolutely sure they know how good they are they’re so good you’re so so good !! you’re such good kids!! you’re so good you’re so good!! is getting a little too strong to handle over here

#play game #they need to know. they should know this. removed from the context of eorzea and your responsibility you still chose to help ! #in such an impactful way that people know you! They know you as little champions! you chose to help a swath of people who need it #who can’t help themselves who love you !! Wow!!!!!!! you’ve grown so much!!!! #if anything happens to them I’m going to CRY #I’m going to kill everyone in the room and then myself etc #oh my gosh I’m tearing up. That’s not good #not a good sign #I don’t have any fancy words I just need to pet them. ok? Ok. Good kid #ch’ari is funny to look at as a whole he’s like no friends >:( angry >:( and then like seven years later he’s holding a baby and crying

[perfectlyripeclementine]

i am, once again, thinking about someone clearly really enjoying witnessing my attraction to them. we’re sitting at a bar - maybe it’s a bit of a cozy setup, we have to sit close so our knees are nearly touching - and i’m running my fingers around the rim of my drink. i’ve worn something i hope they’ll like, jewelry that accentuates my hands, makeup that accentuates when i make eyes at them. at first they are a little bit tentative, but they relax over time - i see them grow more confident as i laugh at their jokes, as i lean into them. maybe at one point i whisper something to them.

they’re bold when we get back to my place. they let their hands roam - they’re holding my face and their kisses are intense, they’re pulling me onto their lap. i feel them hard. they kiss my neck and when they hear my voice they put their palm on my throat to feel the vibrations and it makes me louder. i start to grind onto them, finding friction through both our clothes, until they bring their hands to my hips to still them — they think it’ll make me whine and they’re right. they feel my breath go shallow under our kisses. they press their palm to my sternum to feel it.

#just. really enjoy someone enjoying teasing me #not in a way where they enjoy seeing me frustrated #(altho that’s got its moments too for sure) #but in a way where they can’t get enough of how much i want them #they can’t help themselves but take more and more of my desire #as they well should — it’s for them. #that’s the energy #nblnb #this post is about queer sex #genderless nsft #genderless #genderless sext #queer nsft

[kbade123]

the fighter pilots love to play with the aircraft models

#they just can’t help themselves #sometimes they’ll make sound effects #this mission will be very risky and your odds of survi- whoosh! #top gun #top gun maverick #ron slider kerner #jake hangman seresin #kbadesposts

[nellasbookplanet]

Okay I've talked about the tragedy of Laudna now let's talk about the tragedy of Imogen.

It’s been a while, but her moment in the Feywild truth exercise where she says "I think I’m tainted. I don’t know if I want to save gods that don’t love me" has really stuck in my mind. The thing is, I don’t think she’s specifically talking about the gods here, but rather summing up and projecting her entire experience as a ruidusborn. She isn’t thinking "Why aren’t I the gods' special little princess? Why haven’t they come to save me specifically?? You better love me or I'll let you die" (which we have seen does seem to be a common attitude in the Vanguard) This is her fear of being against her own will tainted by something evil. Her fear that, despite knowing how wrong it is, part of her longs for the power and belonging that comes with giving in to Predathos. It’s knowing that this thing is the antithesis of the gods, and that no matter what she does and how much she opposes it, it is still part of her. And because of that, the world doesn’t love her. Her mother left, her father can barely look at her, her own body will betray her with feelings and powers she doesn't understand, her community ostracized her, her allies view her with suspicion, the gods will not lend a hand in their own rescue when she asks despite Imogen putting herself and her loved ones in danger for their sake.

And Imogen is tired. Tired of being the bigger person, tired of resisting. Logically she knows the gods don’t hate her specifically but it ads up, and as the lure of Predathos does promise love and belonging part of her wants to give in because why should she risk so much to save a world that has never once tried to save her.

And that’s where she, as well as Laudna, get so interesting. They have deeply sympathetic reasons for their doubts and flaws, as well as for why they value each other so much higher than the entirety of Exandria (tl;dr because they have only ever gotten genuine understanding and unconditional love from each other). But that doesn’t mean it isn't flaws. It doesn’t mean Imogen, if she hadn’t met Laudna and the Hells first and realized the harm the Vanguard is causing and that their promises are ultimately lies, couldn’t have been drawn in by the Vanguard's ideas. It doesn’t mean they aren't wrong in blaming gods for bad things in their own lives, or in demanding special treatment. But it’s deeply understandable, which is the very reason they and people like them're such excellent targets for the Vanguard to convert. And once in the Vanguard, it doesn’t matter how tragic and sympathetic you are, you are still doing evil.

#critical role #cr3 #imogen temult #meanwhile Laudna's negative attitude towards the gods is a bit more complicated #in that she really does blame them for not saving her #she's repressing all of her negative emotions about her fate and situation but those feelings are still THERE #and lately they’ve been heightened due to the stressful situation of trying to save the gods #and laudna doesn’t want to save anyone she just want to chill and enjoy what little life she has #and so when the negative emotions do come out she projects them at the gods bc she needs SOMEONE to blame #and since she’s never interacted with a god they’re easy to blame bc in a way they aren’t entirely real to her #something that isn’t entirely real but very powerful can’t be a victim but it can be an easy scapegoat #bells hells travel past the divine gate and physically interact with the gods challange #it would be so juicy to see imogen and laudna be forced to face and process this projection of guilt against the gods they both share #i think it would help them realize that sometime randomly bad things will just Happen and it’s no ones fault #and in seeing that stop looking for someone to blame (both themselves and the gods) and start to heal #nella talks cr