#this is just me ranting omg it’s so fun

[apocalyptic-byler]

hmmmmmmm thinking many thoughts about this scene

also thinking many thoughts about this particular photo

anyway mike wheeler watch your back 👍🏾

#mike wheeler #s5 mike #byler #<— target audience #stranger things #stranger things 5 #st5 #st5 spoilers #NONO CAUSE THE FACT THAT LUCAS AND DUSTIN KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE AFTER MEMBERS OF HELLFIRE #but mike doesnt cause yk bro was in cali and um he w a s n o t aware of amything going on in hawkins right and obviously the party most #likely told him BUT DOES HE KNOW THE SEVERITY OF THE SITUATION CAUSE OMGGGGGG #JASON ONLY WENT AFTER NANCY BECAUSE SHES AFFILIATED WITH MIKE #BUT NOW JASON IS DEAD AND EDDIE IS DEAD AND OH NOW MIKE IS BACK #mike’s in the flesh and jasons goons are literally right behind him and youre telling me theyre not gonna do some stupid shit to avenge #jason or something like that #michael wheeler watch your baaaaackkkkkkk #this is just me ranting omg it’s so fun

[12ratsinagnomecostume]

I love it when bsd crossover fanfiction say "and abilities are only in Yokohama" or something. When... most of the cast is not from Yokohama?

The decay of angels (including fukuchi, I don't think we know where he's from)? Not from yokohama

The guild? Not from yokohama

Mimic? Not from yokohama

The order of the clock tower? Not from yokohama

Even some of the agency and port mafia.

Dazai? There's implications that, just like the author, he's from northern more rural Japan. Probably not from yokohama.

Kenji? He *is* from northern more rural Japan. Not from yokohama.

Ranpo? We don't know where he's from, but he mentions traveling away from his home city, so not from yokohama.

Atsushi? Similar to Ranpo, we don't really know where he's from but it's, say it with me, probably not from yokohama.

Chuuya? Has an entire arc about how he's not from yokohama.

Most of the cast is not from yokohama, so it's just such a weird story choice? But my god is it funny.

#like #“omg this... comoany from yokohama ... traveled to yokohama! and two didnt come bc... i dont know.” #its fucking great #no offense to these people #theyre just trying to have fun and write stuff #they dont need to be me and try to make it work #this is more so me ranting and giving information to any other writers #other fun fact: europe is actually said to be one of the biggest heads for abilities in the world #especially the uk france and... germany? if i remeber correctly? #bungo stray dogs #bsd #bungou stray dogs #crossover #fanfiction

[thenamessparkplug]

shoutout to my old 4th grade teacher for being more supportive of me one time 6 months ago than my own mother's ever been< 3333

#it was like such a tiny interaction but i also never forgot #it was during some kind of family party thing for kids parents (and siblings) to come and eat pizza and some other stuff i dont remember #and anyways my brother(who currently goes to this school) wanted to go so my whole family went #and while i was there my mom saw my old 4th grade teacher and was like “omg you should go talk to her” #and i was like yeah i should she was a really cool lady actually #so i nervously was like “hi” and didnt think shed recognize me at all #but she IMMEDIETLY was like “ITS YOU! /pos” #she then points to my shirt and asks me “hey are those your pronouns now?” #and this was back when i still wore pronoun/pride pins in general #and i was like “yeah actually!” because no adult had ever asked me about it before and i was so happy to like be recognized as a person #and she gave me a hug and told me she was proud of me and how much id grown and i /maybe/ got a little close to tears but ignore that #and my mom just stood there the whole time #she didnt say anything #she didnt smile #and this was not my first time wearing my pronoun pin my TRANS FLAG pin even #never once did she acknowledge it #also like a month later she made fun of me for it and i havent worn one since #uh yeah anyways #sorry for ranting lmao #or ig venting?? this was not my intention mb mb #trans #transgender #lgbt #lgtbq #lgbtqia #(to be clear my mom has made it very clear she will never support me on numerous occasions it wasnt like a one time thing lmao) #tw vent?? #tw vent

[dykemerrilll]

re lrb in any case to me astarion’s arc is less about regaining agency than becoming aware that he already has it and has to act like that. there's a distinction between agency as a material fact, ie having the ability in theory to make your own decisions and act on your desires, and the awareness of having that agency.

i'm no psychologist, but in my experience one of the most helpful steps in recovering from mental illness has been the awareness of my own agency ─ yes, sometimes I feel as though my life is completely run by my intrusive thoughts, but invariably getting out of that place has involved a recognition that ultimately, I am the one in control of my thoughts and I have the agency to work through them. that doesn't mean that it isn't hard, or time-consuming, and sometimes I don't succeed in the way I'd like, but nonetheless the ability to at least try is and always has been in my power.

in baldur's gate 3, your companions appear with varying degrees of agency (aside, obviously, from the tadpole they all share). they range from gale, whose current situation physically and magically restricts him but who at that moment in time doesn't have many other immediate restrictions on his day-to-day actions, to wyll, whose every move is watched by his abusive warlck patron.

nonetheless, your companions benefit from being shown that they not only could have agency at some point in the future, if they break their pact/shar's curse/free cazador/free orpheus/fix the infernal engine/get the crown of karsus, but they have agency now and must therefore use it responsibly. wyll is already to some degree aware of this, i think, even if it's only because he is so morally forthright ─ he's one of your companions who remains actively trapped by their abuser during the game, yet he refuses to kill karlach because he knows that would be wrong. even within his severely limited circumstances, he makes a choice, he demonstrates agency. in the shadowfell, shadowheart ─ a cult victim subjected to extreme psychological and religious abuse ─ has the choice whether or not to kill aylin, and can make it either way.

astarion, at the point at which you meet him, has just been given freedom for the first time in, essentially, his life. it's no surprise that he doesn't know what to do with thise newfound agency, and doesn't recognise it for what it is, given that he literally cannot remember ever having control over his own life. that's deeply tragic, but it doesn't erase the fact that he has control over the things he does during the game. those actions (for example, given i am still talking about that last rb, talking about the children he kidnapped and gave to cazador as though they were nothing), are things he has agency over and is responsible for. nonetheless, he acts as though he does not, lurching from one attempt to gain power to another (killing the druids to suggesting you use whatever's in moonrise to your advantage), because his own self-perception as someone completely powerless is so overwhelming. he must accrue power because that is the only way he can make sure he's safe and can never be hurt again. it's just that that self-perception is not completely accurate, he does have agency; if he makes choices that result in moral wrongs, those moral wrongs are his to bear.

i'm not getting at astarion here, I don't mean to imply that he's at fault for this attitude. it is, obviously, the natural response to 200 years of enslavement and abuse. kind of the whole point of the game, of all of your companions' quests, is that if people are hurt and abused often they will feel as though their only avenue towards power is to do the same to others. but being severely traumatised doesn't make his behaviour okay; he doesn't get a free pass to do whatever he wants because of cazador. you can like him, literally who am i to say otherwise (i like him too!), but don't just excuse everything he does or get rid of the most interesting parts of his character because you're unwilling to grapple with the fact that as it stands in the game, he's morally incredibly complex.

i think there's a tendency to assume that a character either must or must not have agency, and to present it as a binary, because for some reason it's used as a shorthand for moral culpability, when in reality the relationship between agency and culpability is significantly more complicated. i haven't really been getting into coerced choices here because that's a whole other kettle of fish (though i will give the necessary disclaimer that my stance on this is quite clearly influenced by the fact that deep down i'm a bit of a virtue ethicist). nonetheless, while this is my pop philosophy take and i'm not trying to impose this overall moral framework on people, i think it's pretty reasonable to say that lack of agency does not mean that what you did was not wrong.

implying that astarion is at fault here would be indicative of the very attitude I am trying to oppose ─ the idea that people either have agency or don't, and if they do bad things with agency they are evil, but if they don't have agency they are victims. astarion is both ─ he is the victim of horrendous, harrowing trauma and yet he has done bad things and in fact visited that same trauma upon other people. there's no escaping this, and i think it would be bad for astarion to just brush everything he did for cazador under the rug because he did it for cazador. he still did those things ─ he might not be culpable, i do not think he can be considered as such, but there's no way you go through all of that and don't feel guilty for it.

notably, if shadowheart kills aylin and wyll kills karlach (if he can? i actually don't even know if he can do that, but hypothetically), they are still responsible for that action and it was still morally wrong. they have to deal with that: part of dealing with it can be to recognise the coercion they were subject to, but the fact that they lacked agency doesn't just erase the wrong or mean it was never wrong in the first place. likewise, astarion becoming the ascended vampire is still obviously a terrible thing to happen for him and everyone else, and is in no way justified just because it might finally give him the sense of safety and control he craves. the whole point of that moment is that even when he is being retraumatised, when he has returned to the place and person that hurt him, astarion has the capacity to choose, and to choose the right thing. acting as though his trauma means he has absolutely no agency whatsoever and so never has to address the fact that he can, at various points, greatly fuck up, just removes one of the biggest themes of his whole character.

tldr: astarion has agency, one of his greatest challenges is realising that he does and that he must use it responsibly, and acting as though that is not the case does a disservice to his character and the story it is trying to tell. also it is deeply deeply boring. the end.

#bg3 #i logged into tumblr on my laptop to type this out instead of learning how to use a pivot table #hence the abrupt change in capitalising I #i keep going on about this because it's a general attitude towards trauma and mental illness that drives me completely up the wall #yes life is hard yeah you gotta take steps to make that better #yeah thats tricky. sorry. gotta be done though #anyway i could literally talk about this all day like. gale or lae'zel and agency is a WHOLE thing and i could rant about those two for day #but this is getting too long as it is #also obligatory disclaimer that this is in no way a commentary on anyone's gameplay #im not trying to do a 'omg if u ascend astarion you're a terrible horrible person forever' or anything #i think it's great and fun that you can do that and explore his character that way #this is directed at people who just try to make him like uwu traumatised little baby who has never had any agency ever #in his whole entire life #and so cannot be morally responsible for any action he has ever taken

[httpiastri]

how about if... i just... don't do my work.....

#ohhh right i was supposed to connect my phone! i totally forgot about that!! and i didn't read that par #of the email you sent me... just all other parts... and even though you told me to do it this tuesday and also last week i just forgot... #pls i'm so unmotivated #i speedran a lot of my work stuff but now it's like #my job computer has freaked out and i should go to the like it services help but i just can't be bothered #idk the guys working there are kinda sketchy (and they're probs on lunch break rn) plusssss i don't have a like access card (????) so like #if i leave the office i cant really get back in so i'll have to knock on the door and hope someone lets me in lol i just don't wanna #the only assignment i have left for the day is something i need the work computer to do but i just don't wanna talk to people to get help.. #also none of my bosses or coworkers in my department are here... its just me and this one lady from the economy department so no one knows #she either listening to really loud music in her headphones or she doesn't even have headphones?? either way i can hear her music clearly 😶 #also!! the n1 thing i should do but just cant is #im supposed to go to the front desk and like connect my phone to my boss's number so i get her calls because shes on holiday or whatever #but like... i still really really *really* can't talk on the phone #there's just no way im doing that #i just don't know how to fake like #sounds believable? #much more fun to rant in tags than to work 👍 #and to think of how obsessed i am with lando norris #OMG PAUL F2 ANNOUNCEMENT RN AS IM TYPING AAAAAA #HELP

[subarashiihibi]

Please let 2024 be the year the durarara fandom stops making “jokes” about Izaya being in a wheelchair 😍😍😍

#literally the same jokes as 2016/2017 durarara fandom #like yes. he did this to himself and yes. he purposely makes it worse by refusing treatment #he’s still disabled ? i just don’t get it… #idk it just rubs me the wrong way cause why are you so quick to be like ’lol guys he’s in a wheelchair’ #like why is that funny. please answer quickly #‘but light he’s a fictional character’ I don’t give a fuck girl what about the disabled fans who see that 🤣🤣🤣 #u wanna make fun of the circumstances that led to him in a wheelchair cause he’s a coward? sure! #u wanna make fun of him specifically cause hes IN said wheelchair? hm. no! #watever maybe IM the snowflake 🙄🙄🙄 #it just feels like Izaya being disabled is a trivial thing #AND ANOTHER THING #can u ppl stop fucking saying shit like ‘omg I hope izaya gets out of his wheelchair :((((‘ girl fuck you #cause if you were saying it in good faith as in u want him to stop being so stubborn and self harming that’s one thing #but I know damn well it’s not and you just can’t stand that he’s disabled #ok Rant over I need to go study for biology lab test 🤓 #I think I said that last part already but I just felt like saying it again idk 🤷‍♂️

[fivefeetfangirl]

ouf the closer i get to moving the more i regret that decision

#like i keep thinking about maybe i picked the wrong choice maybe staying in the city actually wouldve been better #but also i am betting that this new place will give me more responsibility and flexibility than a job in the city #i think i just live in this disillusion haha where i hope someone will just hand me something and it will turn out really good forgetting #that that has actually never happened ive always worked for stuff so yeah i gotta stop thinking that hahaha #i talked to my sister and she was like youre gonna regret it more if you dont move to this new place and yeah shes right #i think im just tired and wish things wouldnt go so slow. also my exam is killing me #omg i got so humbled today cause i was researching law degrees in the us spn stuff haha and a faq was which degree is the easiest and MY #DEGREE WAS AT THE TOP!!!AND IM HERE REALLY STRUGGLING WITH THIS EXAM WORKING PROBABLY MORE THAN 40 HOURS PER WEEK FOR THIS DEGREE #anyways. so that was fun 🙃 #wow i really needed to rant haha

[punkalope]

im kinda sad gen 5 of mlp isnt as good or popular as 4, because like. my little pony was the easiest gift for me. if i had impulsive spending urges, i could tame it easy without hurting my wallet much by buying cheap blind bags or cards. the collectibles were SO nice but gen 5 is .......... meh.

and like. i LIKE gen 5. izzy is probably my favourite pony cause shes hashtag me core (at least movie izzy, i think they really messed her up in the show and just kinda made her a pinkie pie clone) but like. the merch for this gen feels so. not fun?? i dont wanna say corporate, because gen 4 obviously was an easy cash cow for hasbro, but like. its merch feels so lifeless to me?? which sucks i love the designs for these ponies sm

like... this is so....

its ... ugly.

compared to this! which isnt perfect but it looks so much nicer in quality!

(man i wish i still had my brushables ;__; )

ofc gen 4 had its fair share of uh. not great merch LOL. but it got better! and i dont think gen 5 will cause...its not as popular. lol.

IDK!! i was thinking of opening my pony tin and sharing whats in it recently but im scared of ruining the contents somehow lol. but i also just miss having an easy collectible. i used to be able to tell people that if they didnt know what to get me as a gift then ponies were such an easy one cause they always made me happy

#burrow.html #im thinking about the horsies... #srsly tho i really like gen 5 i love izzy sm cause omg finally a pony just like me fr and the designs are so cute i prefer them over gen 4 #but gen 4 has been playing so safe it sucks! cause the movie was so FUN #this isnt to say its bad btw. i still LOVE IT. its funny. #i just wish it was better! argh! #sorry for the horse rant.

[missmitchieg]

Sometimes I imagine Haley and Will bonding over hating their spouses jobs.

#criminal minds #''oh boo I hate when my FBI agent spouse has to go be an FBI agent'' #should've... probably... idk considered that before getting married... y'know like how Will asked if JJ wanted to break up and she said YES #hmm Haley & Will could've been a fun friendship #could've added some spice to their characters #maybe then Will and Haley wouldn't be Just There for me #as The Guy JJ Forced To Be Her Dirty Little Secret For A Year Like OMG Get Some Self Respect My Dude #& Hotch's Pretty Ex-Wife Who Hates His Job & Good On You Divorcing Him Because You Hate It So Much Like WOO Also Sorry You Got Offed #like oh my god she literally said she wanted to break up it could've just been over then & there because she realized she's actually in lov #with Spence and that adorable scene where lil Henry decided to dress as his favorite profiler for Halloween could've been ''I'm YOU dad'' I #seriously why did the writers Do That and make it weird like eww #wait #oh oops #Tag Rants With Mitchie

[if-i-say-to-you-tomorrow]

just need to announce that this is a pro-ITTOD blog. anti-ITTODers dni tbh

#the only real dud for me on ITTOD is Hot Dog. which like. obviously. #i don't hate it. it's fun but kinda embarrassing to be on that album #Fool in the Rain is a masterpiece #Carouselambra is... an epic of sorts. it is what it is. but the bridge (?) is one of the best moments on the whole album #people are so harsh. i don't expect it to be people's favorite lz album (it's far from mine) but it's really good #also Coda has some good moments omg. hello? Bonzo's Montreux??? #alright that's all. just wanted to rant :)

[meownotgood]

told myself I was gonna work on some writing today but I actually spent the whole day playing genshin impact..... I'm sorry

#allow me to rant about genshin in the tags #I played for like 8 hours today cause I had the day off #and omg sumeru is so fun #it's very pretty I love all the new enemies and environments and the music is amazing as always #exploring new regions and areas will forever be my favorite part about genshin so when new areas are added I always play like crazy #I spent $50 cause I really wanted tighnari and I lost 50/50 so I spent $50 more to get him lmao #but I think it was worth it he's soooo cute #I love his big ears and his hoodie and ugh the whole aesthetic of dendro just appeals to me greatly #I also love collei I never read the genshin manga so I don't know much about her but her design is awesome #she has a little cat thingy I can't it's so cute #and her outfit is amazing it's adorable and really nice for a four star character honestly #the only thing I don't like about genshin is that you can't skip the dialogue for quests..... #like I have to take a break because my fingers hurt from mashing the space bar #okay I'll shut up genshin is one of my favorite things so I can talk about it endlessly haha

[florida3exclamationpoints]

I don't usually get mad when I'm driving but uuuuuuhghgduegehebjebr

#ill get frustrated. bc people are scary. but not mad #my dive to work is mostly a 2 lane highway #until it opens up to 3 lanes for the exit i get off #the 3rd lane last about a mile #i get over as soon as it opens #ok. so i get over. and this big work truck gets over right in front of me #going a lot slower obv #i have to slam on the brakes but i dont wanna risk trying to pass him and missing the exit so i just deal with it #we are going 10 under for a mile before my exit 😐 but its whatever #until!!! RIGHT BEFORE it exits #the truck. GETS BACK OVER IN THE MIDDLE LANE #HE DIDN'T HAVE TO GET OFF #EXCUSE ME???????? #there were SO MANY signs that say EXIT ONLY this is an EXIT #and he thought oh it would be fun to go super slow right there :) dont need to get off tho :) #HELLO????? #omg i got so ticked off akdhsjdndj #im good now tho 😘✌️ thx for letting me rant 😘✌️

[ghostedcas]

imagine like simon goes into some sort of surgery and has to be put under anesthesia, and when he gets out hes like still high asf on it 💀 and hes being a lil silly goose

okay this is such a cute idea omg, this is 100% based off that tiktok audio where it's like "my wife wouldn't like you touching me like that" "i AM your wife."

thank you so much for the request nonnie, a forehead kiss for you MWAH MWAH

simon 'ghost' riley x reader

wc: 563

warnings: none really, lots and lots of that good ol fluff, mentions of surgery, goofy simon, maybe a little ooc simon (he's high so it's fine)

a/n: i hope this is okay, i'm feeling a bit rusty with my writing but i've finally got back some motivation and energy to do so after the past two months of low energy and bad mental health. if you guys want to know a bit more about it and my mental health (i don't see why anyone would but lmao) let me know, i don't mind making a post about it if you guys want an explanation of some sort or whatever. anywho, sorry this is so short but i hope you still like it!! <3

a/n 2.0: i recently applied for a part time job at a bookstore so y'all pray for me that i get this job because i want it so bad. i am just gonna decide that i WILL get this job, because why wouldn't i?

simon had been out of surgery for just over an hour now, being a soldier you 'd think perhaps he was going under surgery for some kind of wound he had inflicted upon him on the battlefield but no, he was just getting his tonsils removed after a bad bout of tonsillitis ended up with him developing really bad tonsil stones.

so here you were, waiting by his bedside for him to wake up. the doctor and nurses reminded you just as he had gotten out that he may still be a little, well loopy, off of the meds depending on how quickly he woke up. you waited in a chair at his bedside, reading a book when you heard the blankets of the bed rustling just a little.

looking up from your book you see simon starting to wake up and you reach out to grasp his hand, only for him to rip it away from you when his eyes were fully opened.

"uh, si? you okay, hon?" you ask gently, maybe he just wasn't feeling too well after waking up, or perhaps he wasn't wanting physical touch, that happened quite often and you always respected that space he may want when he wanted it.

"don't call me that." simon said, voice hoarse and scratchy from the surgery, he sounded a little angry.

"what?" you questioned, this wasn't like simon, you couldn't understand why he wouldn't want you speaking like this to him.

"i'm taken."

"i know." you replied with a short laugh.

"you should be touching me like that then."

it hit you then, he was woozy from the meds and didn't recognize you. the realization made you laugh a little more. you decided to have a bit of fun with this high version of your boyfriend.

"sorry about that simon. wanna tell me about your partner?"

"oh, (name)? they're amazing, you know they're so pretty. and they're funny too. they always know how to make me feel better, i miss them." simon replies, ranting and raving on and on to you about his partner, about you.

"you love them a lot, don't you?" you ask him with a smile, it felt so nice to hear all these lovely things about yourself, your boyfriend clearly unfiltered by the effects of the anesthesia he was under.

sure he definitely said sweet things to your face, but something about hearing it when he was basically high as shit made your heart pound a little more.

"i love them with my whole heart." simon replies, a goofy little smile on his face.

you can't help but reach out to gently caress his face at those words, body filling up with some much adoration for the soldier in front of you.

"hey! what did i say about touching me. i have a partner!" simon scolds, trying to dodge your touch.

"simon, love... i am your partner. it's me, (name)." you reply with a laugh.

simon takes a good long look at you when you tell him this, he stares at you, looks you up and down before letting out a soft and quiet "oh."

you begin to hear the beeping of his heart rate monitor speed up, his cheeks turning slightly pink as he stares up at you.

you couldn't help but laugh a little more at this. what a sweet idiot. your sweet idiot.

#ghostedcas #casper writes #casper's 💌 #simon ghost riley x reader #simon ghost riley fluff #simon riley x reader #ghost x reader #ghost x reader fluff #ghost riley x reader

[mrfoox]

Spent the weekend with my friend and aaa yes love it

#miranda talking shit #Like i have a lot of different type of friends and i have different type of relationships with all of them #But having someone i can openly rant or share about my adhd/asd is so good tbh #I still am not used to having someone relate so much to that so im like omg yessss #With her it is still a bit like i need to... Put up some extra energy and get into my bubbly role but #What we talk about is fun and like.... Real so it doesnt take as much energy as when i do it normally ? #No real judgment and its all just fun even when its ...deep or sad its still shared in an open and light way #Its nice. She can be a bit too high energy for me but only if im already low energy and/or spend a lot of time togheter

[arklay]

oh shit i just realised i didn't post my modded claire screenshots here... i made a whole thread on cursed bird app lmao but mayhaps i do a lil recolouring of my favourite ones and post them all nice 🥰🥰

#leah.txt #literally playing through it was more enjoyable this time... i can't explain this idk why i'm so sorry but running around with her i was so #giddy i'm not even joking like kicking my feet and giggling when before i was like okay yeah whatever lmao adjskjdk #leah is a Hater for new character model oopsie... it's just. sigh. i think she's pretty and her face model is gorgeous but just doesn't #feel like claire to me and i have this weird disconnect when i see her because it just. doesn't fit. and i had that whole rant before i #deleted it but i feel like with the remake outfits for both claire and jill they took all of their personality away and it's just eh. and #taking away claire's auburn or red hair and making it light brown is so weird to me. like that was her thing. and giving them both the #skinny jeans combat boots tank top (+ jacket with claire) look of Action Girl was so boring to me idk they were in situations where they #could dress the way they wanted to and it didn't need to be the most practical because they both weren't prepared for the situations they #were put into. augh. idk. also skinny jeans like that weren't a big thing in the 90s anyways so yeah i'm pouty face crossing arms #i do love claire's necklace and bracelet though i think they are so nice and add a lot but yeah idk. i love claire's look with her shorts #with bike shorts underneath. it's so fun!!!! also her personality too idk there's like. all the elements of claire are there where she's a #strong and tough personality but she's still sweet and compassionate and jokes around. but it was like. a strange balance to me? and she #felt too like rough and tough when she's lichrally just a college student lmao she hasn't gone through the horrors yet why is she so pissed #off!!!!!! idk. who knows. she didn't feel as soft i suppose. sorry for being a hater on main i swear i love it i just there's a disconnect #in my brain that goes that's not claire....... idk idk sorry <3 #but yes running around with her in her dc outfit and red hair and a tweaked face model made me soooooooooooooo not normal lmao #also omg lmao forgot to say it oh here i think idk but happy new years besties!! i hope the new year only brings good to you all!!