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littletealights · 3 months

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twilight sparkle is jonathan sims except purple instead of green and friendship magic instead of spooky eye gods

#i dont think ill be taking criticism for this #actually #this also #isnt meant to be serious #ive just noticed a trend in the fanart #okay?#okay #the magnus archives #jonathan sims #rusty quill tma #tma podcast #my litte pony friendship is magic #twilight sparkle #mlp fim #the way i had to check to make sure his name was spelled right #anelleoriginal

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tamariasykes-art · 6 months

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Random Vesper Sexuality Headcanons

V.I Freud: He distinguishes between two types of people. Bad pilots and good pilots. If someone is part of the latter group then the changes for them to catch Freud's interest are still low unless they actually manage to give him a interesting fight. Once someone does catch his interest tho, they better run because he isn't going to let them go anytime soon. He also has an on and off relationship with Snail.

V.II Snail: He is bi as in bitter old men. In his younger years he actually had a few relationship but none of them lasted too long due to him prioritizing his work more and more. Sometimes if he is frustrated enough he gets freaky with Freud, but that is the barest minimum of human contact he can handle.

V.III O'Keeffe: He was in a close relationship with Middle Flatwell when the latter was still working for Schneider. It has been years since they went their separated ways but for O'Keeffe, there is no that makes him feel like Flatwell made him feel. No one else can fill the void in his heart. (He is not over him)

V.IV Rusty: Rusty always loves 621/ Raven. No matter in what time, not matter their gender, not matter what they look like, one thing always stays the same; Rusty adores 621.

V.V Hawkins: He doesn't have a set preference. What he cares about in a partner is a kind heart and mutual understanding. Since he became the leader of the Vespers fifth squad, most of his time has been consumed by work and he hasn't had a chance to meet people. Luckily, one of his fellow vespers would be all to happy to help him relief some of his frustrations.

V.VI Maeterlinck: She takes her work very seriously and believes a relationship would be nothing but a distraction. You wonder whether or not she is likes men or woman? She's wondering why you would waste her time with such a pointless inquiry.

V.VII Swinburne: Similarly to Maeterlinck, he doesn't bother with such trivial things as 'relationships'. And even if he tried, he would probably drive away any possible partner with his attitude. After his re-education however he gets weak in the knees as soon as someone is even remotely nice to him.

V.VIII Pater: He likes men. Especially if they are older than him. And his superior. And hard to get. He also has been spending a lot of times with V.V Hawkins lately.

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skitskatdacat63 · 7 months

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And now a matching Fernando :D

#he IS the moment #oops yeah sorry au art on the race wknd apologies #i dont know whats gotten into me #i just sit and draw something from start to finish for 3 hrs straight #ON SCHOOL NIGHTS #im serious when i say this au has infected me 😭😭😭#if no one is feeding me i gotta feed myself!!!!!!!#also posting this as manifestion for luck for fernando this wknd!!!#scheduling it for btwn fp1 and fp2 so lets hope both go well haha #every time i draw fernando the most important part is his lower lashes omg #i gotta give him little itty bitty lashes hehehe. i draw him like i draw my own self portraits 😭😭#uhhhhh the shirt isnt really supo #the little tongue is both to match seb and to reference this random pic of him from zandvoort 23(i think)#very important to me that he is the most ostentatious man ever #i meant to draw his coat with the embroidery but aghhhhh im such a sucker for those puffy ruffley sleeves #hope uou guys dont mind all the au stuff(i know you dont but my anxiety forces me to still say so AGGHHHHHHH)#but as ive said ive not been this creatively driven in a while so lots of fun :D #f1 #formula 1 #fernando alonso #f1 fanart #formula 1 fanart #catie.art.#f1 art #formula 1 art #boy king au

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speedydestinydream · 1 year

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Tmf isnt very accurate in many ways but I like to think that one of the main accurate things rosy nailed was the fact that the jomies have been bullies for years and still haven't been (onscreen) punished and not even stopped. You'd think that after middle school to junior year of highschool the school would notice and stop them for good, but guess what! Nope!

#very accurate to the real school system #btw this isnt a serious or deep post about the shitty school system #im just making fun of it in both tmf and irl #tmf #the music freaks #the music freaks rosyclozy #tmf rosyclozy #oh and what i meant by the statement that tmf isnt very accurate is that like #i doubt that jake could be forgiven in a single month by drew and hailey #let alone fall in love with hailey while still trying to work out their friendship issues and friendship in general #and vice versa #and also them switching up the club mysic preformance plans last second #i feel like if milly really got into a lot of fights the school would probably just take her out of the music club already #and like (not a nitpick but something else) how the hell did henry and liam climb up to the bully rank??? theyre so fucking goofy #(in a good way) but they dont feel like serious bullies or they arent on the same level as drew #the rest of the music club knew about hailey and zanders bullies (im pretty sure) so why didnt they know about jake??? he literally was #with them all the time and was very persistent in.. idk being an asshole #theres a lot of plotholes in tmf and i could sit here and ramble and rant about them all i want but i wont cause that would be stupid #i still adore the series for what it has and is #plus sometimes you can fill in certain plotholes for yourself to make the story more enjoyable in your point of view #idk idk man i like rambling about tmf A LOT.#this is way too many tags #oops #EDIT: SORRY SORRY i meant i doubt jake could be forgiven in a single month by zander and hailey #*music #goddamned typos

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snickerdoodlles · 2 years

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having a lot of thoughts right now at 4am about chay being ruthless

there’s a specific animorphs quote i’m thinking of:

"People don't understand the word ruthless. They think it means 'mean.' It's not about being mean. It's about seeing the bright, clear line that leads from A to B. The line that goes from motive to means. Beginning to end. It's about seeing that bright, clear line and not caring about anything but the beautiful fact that you can see the solution. Not caring about anything else but the perfection of it." — Marco, The Reunion by K.A. Applegate

specifically the bit: It's about seeing the bright, clear line that leads from A to B.

now, i dont think chay from season 1 is ruthless. but i very much see him as having the makings of it. chay has a very simple and direct approach to things; he sees something he wants, so he pursues it (he asks his idol for lessons their first meeting, he doesn’t let kim skip out on tutor lessons, he confesses twice because he had a homework goal and then a personal goal, he wants the truth so he confronts kim that same day, etc). and we see this theme of ‘chay has a goal, chay pursues goal’ most often with kim because they specifically foil each other in this. kim has a grand speech about making sacrifices to achieve your goals, but he’s stagnant between the world he was borne into and cant fully leave because of his brothers, vs the soft bright world he wants to be in but cant because he comes bearing blood. this directly contrasts with chay, who pursues his goals fullheartedly and recklessly

now, chay's not ruthless. not...yet. but there’s also these little...hints of a ruthlessly practical mindset to him. the most standout point for me in this regard was episode 1 when porsche is worried about his uncle. he’s sent arthee away, but he’s still planning “how do i get uncle out of trouble, and how do i maximize it?”

but chay? chay’s straight up like “uncle’s problems aren’t ours, lets just runaway to go live your dream of owning a bar on the beach”

i love this scene between porsche and chay so much. not only is really heartwarming, but i think it rly solidifies who they are as characters right off the bat. porsche is a caretaker. he takes care of everyone around him, whether he has an obligation to or not. but chay is fully ready to just leave their uncle behind. uncle interferes with brother’s and mine’s future plans? then no uncle in future plans. chay doesn’t even seem to mourn nor care that his uncle, one of his two caretakers left, is just gone from his life after ep1. like...that’s a really cold assessment for a teenager to make about one of his two living family members (that he knows of)

for me, what holds chay back from tipping into any sort of ruthless so far is mostly his naivety. not innocence (chay is not innocent yes i am still fighting on this hill), but he has certain expectations of the world that don’t necessarily match what the world is. to me, this shows most clearly when he sees warning flags (”...how do you know i have a brother?”) but is fully willing to ignore them in favor of pursuing his original goal(s) instead of taking the warning flags into account. and since he doesn’t plan for them, when some of those flags grow into actual problems, they really trip him up in ways he’s not prepared to handle. but he doesn’t have that any more at the end of season 1

if we do get a second season, i would be v curious to see where chay’s character develops. im apparently the outlier lol, but i actually really love where kim and chay ended in s1. they were on a trajectory to crash in the middle and instead they missed and landed where the other started. kim, the kid running away from the things he’s always wanted, puts himself out there with zero expectation or surety that chay will reach back. chay lingers over the video, unsure if he wants to respond to it or block it, so he throws his phone away to deal with it another time. and it’d just be really interesting to see how these two characters would react following the same trajectory the other one originally did, but coming at it with a very different background/development. and for chay specifically, i would just rly love to see how his ep1 “lets just abandon uncle to the debtors and go live our dreams on a beach” hints might come back/come into play in a mafia world setting

#this is v stream of conscious like. this isnt anything super serious. 5am is not a time for serious lol #anyways. i have. thoughts.#didnt want to expand in the post bc this is SO very much thumb tacks and strings and headcanons but. i also want to see chay's ruthlessness #and how it might mirror/follow namphueng's ruthlessness specifically #my read on namphueng is that she's playing her own game. and whatever game she's playing for her survival. she did it knowing that she'd hav #*have to abandon her sons and that she cant/wont reveal anything to them right away #there's some fun ideas to play with there between porsche's phoenix symbolism and korn's chess bs #so i would rly love to see like. porsche v much takes after his dad in his caretaker and big heart traits #where as chay is v much namphueng's son and they have a bright clear line between point a and point b they'll pursue without hesitation #there's a fun playground in there between chay and korn but that probably interests me exclusively bc it relates to talk shit get hit series #lol ANYWAYS i personally would love for namphueng backstory and a namphueng backstory that includes her selling out her original family #specifically (i mean the family the theerapanukuls killed and took her from). then namphueng tried to get away from them #that would be v fun for me its the top of my s2 bucket list #btes if ive misspelled anything shhhhhhh its 5am ive been up since before 7am spelling isnt real #this isnt rly meant to be anything lol just. been keeping me up all night. oof.#kinnporsche #mine: kinnporsche #pls stop saying chays this weeping willow or doe-eyed bambi or innocent bean or whatever i am so tired lol #chay did not abandon his uncle to the wolves for this kind of slander lol #he did not sell himself like he was living a y/n fanfic for you to box him into innocent maiden tropes #he didnt push every step of his and kims brief relationship for yall to make kim the dom lmao #.......promise im done. this isnt a tag whine lol. its just like. idk. did yall forget the shit chay's pulled in canon #he's the same wavelength of insane as kim thats why they work #tag rambles #tag rambles: kinnporsche

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enderspawn · 2 years

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SO. to avoid clashing w the ship poll, the final voting version will not be available until it is done. BUT, in the mean time, we've entered the nomination phase for...

the unofficial councilblr/jrwiblr superlatives!

vote for YOUR favorite blogs in a collection of the worlds Worst Superlatives (ranging from pure goofs to semi-serious).

submissions for nomination will be open for the next 1 day/24 hours from this post being made (9/18/22), after which polls will close and the final superlative quiz will be sent out to decide once and for all which blogs claim the titles.

#jrwi #og post #SORRY i love attention too much sorry fjdsklfj #you can also write in yourself if you'd like? im trying to avoid double voting but idc if you wanna put yourself at any point. im not a cop #again this isnt meant to be too serious nor like. exclusive? which i realize. this entire Thing is a popularity contest basically but #i just wanna make sure everyone has a good time okay JFKDSLJFLK

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basslinegrave · 27 days

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at this rate i will never do the damn animatic. i just overthink everything

#saw one post like a week ago about ppl taking some parts too seriously and it stuck with me and its like killing my motivation #even though it shouldnt. they make a point but its also like. fanart is fan art for a reason. its not meant to be canon stuff all the time #its about the creativity and about taking things and building on top of them no?#and yet im like damn. it really isnt that serious or emotional or whatever. so why blow it out of proportion

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schneckmag · 1 year

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Something I love about the characterisation in tf2 is how almost none of the characters do things because they think it's funny, (other than maybe scout). Just completely committed to the bit.

#Theyre obviously still silly #Goofy goobers if you will #But it'll be completely sincere most of the time #Soldier is a prime example of this. He will try to get a brand of cereal banned for being anti american propaganda #And it'll have been 100% serious buisness #Its percect comedic writing and probably why tf2s comedy is so well done #It doesnt spoonfeed it to you #And in the moments where the mercs are goofing off it isnt always meant to make you laugh as much as show their character #Like in expiration date and the meet the spy vids scout makes jokes at spy's expense but not necessarily to make you laugh #Mostly to show that he doesn't take stuff seriously #The writing for this game is brilliant. With characters so complex yet consistent who are written to be unpredictable #Which makes it hard to replicate. But that's also part of the beauty i suppose #I like the funny old man game :)#Glad the dev team is kinda reviving itself by the looks of it #Tf2 #Team fortress #Team fortress 2

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dunba1pha · 1 year

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I think liam as a character is entirely encapsulated by where he hides the nogitsune

#and im 100% serious actually like yes theres the goofy stupid why would he do that #but theres also the refusal to let it out of his sight even in a heavily guarded location and the way he steps in front of all the jars #as soon as theres a threat and the way he is on guard and ready to fight the moment that door opens #so fiercely protective and paranoid that of course its in the noodle shop because thats where liam is #and if it was anywhere else he'd be so paranoid that nothing would get done #and i truly believe liam took it to japan with the intention of getting it out of beacon hills and the rest of his life in japan #was not planned at all and was just something that worked out in his favor #I'd say hes been there since like right after he finished high school or not long after like hes been there Years #at least 5 but potentially even a decade #even if whatever threat that made them move it isnt a worry anymore he just. dedicated all he had to this #yes he misses his friends and family but he will put saving them over being happy every time #anyway idk how this turned into this it was just meant to be a funny little shitpost #headcanons.

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zindagi-jhandwa-firbhi-ghamandwa · 1 year

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I'm not anti-capitalist. I just think capitalism is like nuclear fuel. When used in conjunction with controls, regulations, and multiple backup safety features, it can be great and damn useful to society.

Capitalism does exactly what it says on the tin. It creates capital. Societies need capital. It's also great at incentivizing innovation — though it doesn't have a monopoly on innovation, unlike what evangelical capitalists might tell you.

Coming back to my nuclear fuel analogy, we use nuclear fuel to generate energy that we can then harness to run the world and make people's lives better.

Unrestrained or unfettered capitalism is like a runaway nuclear reaction. It will generate much energy (capital), alright. Too much energy (capital), in fact. Enough to destroy the very things we are trying to use it to power.

And it will continue to kill and maim people even far, far away from the core of its implosion. This process can last for generations. Radioactive ideas such as meritocracy, billionaires being "job creators", or that a human being's worth is dictated by how many resources they can hoard in a lifetime.

We need capitalism, just like we need nuclear energy — as a stop-gap solution until we can achieve equivalent or greater energy independence and security with sustainable energy sources. We can then dispense of capitalism and nuclear energy while achieving a post-scarcity anarchist society.

#it's ya boi #capitalism #socialism #nuclear fuel #this is the most serious thing I have posted on Tumblr #I know this isnt what this site is meant for #But I can't draw my favourite fictional characters are cute e-boys #skill issue #not because I don't want to #so this is all you get #also for some reason I feel comfortable using Tumblr to write shit I dare not post anywhere else for fear of ridicule or worse ignominy #the content that dare not speak its name #Spotify

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berniecranes · 2 years

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Have you seen the movie M*SH? I hope your answer is no. Don't ever subject yourself to it ♡

I wrote this shit fast, so pls excuse any typos I just needed to ramble and get this off my chest. And yes this meant complaining not only on IG but here too. This movie sucked! I almost posted this to my m*@*s*h blog but nooooo. I need you all to see how much I suffered through this film. Holy shit.

#i wanted to kinda clarify the MOVIE says Hawk has a wife and kids NOT the show #i only fixed one typo bc the other ones i caught....i think you csn figure out what i meant.#also...maybe this movie isnt bad it rlly captured everything awful and why i hate military men so maybe the writer did a good job #(sarcastic abt doing a good job but serious abt the portrayal)#just max ramblin'#i am in pain #misogyny #pls let me know if you need anything else tagged!#long post #EDIT: Mmkay so I rewatched the movie with my epic sibling...and second time around wasn't....as painful. Like the parts I hate I still hate #but I left a lot less upset and more just..... 😐#bc like nothing happened for most of the movie.#I think the 1st watch was even though I told myself I knew it was different #I still had everyone from the show in my brain and everything felt was worse.#Like I still think it's a bad gross movie but not THE WORST thing ever.#edit: watched the movie again and it was like i was hit by a semi it fcking SUCKEDDDDD

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oathofkaslana · 1 year

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xiaoscarabedo is like a joke to everyone else but I’m Not Laughing.

#I have a penchant for rarepair polycules that rarely meet and either are #entirely comedic in concept or narratively beautiful #also x.iao and bedo are two of my faves so #it was meant to be yk #personal #ok edit this sounds so serious but i promise it isnt kjhsvdhajbd im making fun of myself here

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aria0fgold · 8 months

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I've gone and done it. I was joking around how one of my OCs fit right in as Cain's brother (It's Alec, the guy in my pfp) and I was like, haha would be funny if I made him Cain's older brother. And now I suddenly made an entire background to how they will be as a family goddammit.

#aria rants #ALEC ISNT EVEN MEANT TO BE A MHYK OC #HES A FR LEGIT OG OC WITH NO FANDOM AND YET HERE HE IS #AN ALT VER OF HIM IN MHYK AS A BROTHER TO CAIN CUZ MY JOKE TURNED SERIOUS #tbf he also has an alt vers in one of my omori aus too #hes mr worldwide

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bastardlybonkers · 23 days

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thinking about how marcille thinks that her feelings for falin are parental while the audience can see the attraction that she either cant see or doesnt want to see

parental doting, nagging her to use the stuff she bought her

this fucking cover. every single relationship pictured here being parent/caretaker and the one being taken care of.

how when marcille starts this matching scene its like a mother bathing her child, right up until falin rises over her and grasps her hand, to which marcille is very suddenly confronted with a cocktail of complicated feelings, attraction, fear, shock, confusion. this isnt just a horny scene guys Look at marcilles face, her eyes, the black background on their clasped hands. how marcille doesnt blush until the interaction is over, then slips right back into the comfortable dynamic of calling falin cute and small and inviting her into her bed

this is how marcille sees their dynamic. parental, caretaking. safe.

is it that kui genuinely meant it like this and we as an audience found a different interpretation? is it that marcille is dense to her own feelings, misinterpreting protectiveness for parenting? is it that marcille doesnt Want to understand her own feelings? is it that shes an elf, and elves generally infantilize shorter lived races? is it a conscious or subconscious method of self protection, denying herself the fact that shes in love with someone who wont even make it past her own young adulthood?

(also im gonna need you guys to be so fucking serious here if you even Think about making the claim or god forbid saying that Im making the claim that farcille is ""problematic"" because marcille has complicated and nuanced feelings for falin im going to combust)

edit for clarification: i meant if the attraction was intentional not the parental feelings lol just making sure cause i think some ppl mightve thought i meant it the other way around

#dunmeshi #dungeon meshi #farcille #marcille donato #ok honestly.#it reminds me of that early ohshc plot.#where tamaki doesnt realize and doesnt really want to realize that he has a crush on haruhi #so he appoints himself a “”father“” figure to haruhi instead to deal with his protectiveness and jealousy #and everyone else is like oh god hes being soooo weird about his crush on them...

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w0rmm1lk · 3 months

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Texting.

Reader: not mentioned.

characters: all characters i write for (besides kota and eri)

type: can be read as both platonic and romantic

sumarry: how i think the mha characters would text.

warnings: possible swearing, denki being denki.

👾Mina Ashido👾

she abuses her emoji privledges. like nobody will ever receive a message from her that doesn't have an emoji. lots of all caps.

👓Tenya Iida👓

oh you were texting him? bitch writes as if he's writing a formal email. your ass is lucky that he doesn't start that shit off with "I hope this message finds you well.". not even kidding will proof read every message he sends at least twice.

♾️Ochaco Uraraka♾️

will end every message that isnt on a serious topic with :D. its so sweet tbh.

⚡Denki Kaminari⚡

this man uses so many abbreviations that even if you think you use a lot just know you're learning a new one everyday. not even kidding makes up his own shit. once sent mina "lmkiydthesicci" and nobody could figure out wtf he meant. lowkey flirting with every mssg he sends. every single person in the class, girl or not has received a message from him that just says "hey bbg ;)". he received a very long lecture from iida and a very confused reply from todoroki. todoroki didn't actually know wtf bbg meant. thought he misspelled bbq at first.

🪨Kirishima🪨

unironically sends messages that just say "rawr". uses the :} face a lot bc he thinks it looks like his unbreakable.

🐙Mezou Shoji🐙

i feel like he has such a low screentime that if anyone needs to text him he's only available for like an hour a day. accidentally leaves ppl on read. messages seem very bland usually.

❄️Shoto Todoroki🔥

another bland person but tbh hes the worst out of them all. like he can look at a whole paragraph asking him if he wants to go to the movies with the rest of the class and all he will reply with is just "ok." uses periods at the end of every message but I swear he's not mad.

💥 Bakugo💥

if he receives any messages past 8pm the "reply" will be you getting left on delivered even if he's still up, or a message just saying "shut the fuck up and go to bed.". also bland but he's more of a "k" bland rather than a "ok." bland.

🥦Izuku Midoryia🥦

he will not even kidding receive a message that just says "hi" and will send a whole paragraph that is basically just a lengthened "hi! how are you?". uses the smiley emoji a lot.

💫Momo Yaoyorozu💫

lots of ! at the end of messages, you can feel the happiness through your phone screen. uses heart emojis at the end of messages and memorizes the meaning of each color so she can use them accordingly.

🖤Shihai Kuroiro🖤

another :} user, sometimes uses :] but mainly :}. only ever texts ppl at hours like 2-4 am. you cant convince me he gets enough sleep.

👔Neito Monoma👔

you think hed text you?/j kinda just an average texter, any message about class 1a will be in all caps.

😈Dabi😈

oh look. another bland ass texter, at least he takes the time to actually type out "okay," only sends emojis if he's talking about how weird the emoji looks.

🔪Himiko Toga🔪

uses :] all the time. not :}, or :). just :]. if anyone texts her, even if its just a simple "hi." and she isn't busy, congrats you've agreed to a 3 hour face time call.

✋Tomura Shigaraki✋

he leaves everyone on read. if you question why he left you on read all you're getting is an "if its so important then talk to me face to face."

🃏Mr. Compress🃏

so you know how earlier i said you were lucky Iida didnt start with "I hope this message finds you well,"? your luck ran out. he writes it like you're a long distant friend who he is sending some fancy ass shit letter to. not even kidding ends each message with "--Compress."

🪽Hawks🪽

types so fast his phone doesnt even register his hands. half his messages be looking like "se tht ouds ood". he doesn't even bother to edit it or correct himself.

👁️Aizawa👁️

he texts like a dad. texting this mf be like:

"ok👍"

"*photo of a weird boat*"

🌙Midnight🌙

miss girl uses so many ;) that its hard to tell if shes suggesting something weird or not. ended every greetings message with that one kissy emoji.

🙂Mirio Togata🙂

uses the 🙂 all the time because he thinks it looks like him. it does.

🌀Nejire Hado🌀

lots of !!! and :D, also uses the :> a lot lol. lots of blue heart emojis aswell.

🦋Tamaki Amajiki🦋

sends articles about different butterflies he likes or thinks the person he sends it to would like along with a message along the lines of "I think this fits you :]". rarely texts first but when he does he clicks send and sitts on the other side of the bed as his phone while staring at it intensely, just waiting for the reply notif. wont actually read the reply for a good minute.

🐈‍⬛Hitoshi Shinsou🐈‍⬛

sends photos of random animals he sees while out and about. usually just cats. (no way this man doesn't feed the strays around ua) another person that only texts at night time.

🛠️Mei Hastume🛠️

uses >:D a lot, shows blueprints of her new babies all the time, ngl they are usually rlly messy. texts are just :

"LOOK AT THIS NEW BABY IN PROGRESS >:D"

"* incomprehensible image of a blueprint *"

⭐Yo Shindo⭐

uses the thumbs up way to much but like in the passive aggresive way yk? but also if you send him a photo of something ur proud of he will reply with a simple "oh that's cool!" but there's so much fucking emotion behind it ur just kinda like ???

🛡Melissa Shield🛡

her messages are so sweet. sunset pictures of the ocean every other day. lots of :).

wrote this is one go and now my hands hate me. i think this was at least 20 characters-? idk I'm struggling to count.

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transpeculation · 1 year

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Okay so let’s talk about dramatic irony.

Colin’s big Flaw right now is his inability to be himself. This impacts his relationships with team members and also his football playing.

Ted’s speech from a few eps ago where he says “without shame” and the camera focuses on colin? that is where this flaw ties in with his growth as a football player.

We have seen colin make mildly homophobic remarks in the locker room “okay i’ll fuck zava”.

We have seen moments like this increasingly this season as the audience becomes aware of his sexual orientation.

This provides the audience with dramatic irony. The irony is that we know he is saying this to hide as a gay man but the characters in the scene do not.

We also know that what colin is doing is harmful to him. but he is unable to see that. all he is able to do is protect himself.

This episode is the first time (iirc) that we see him say something misogynistic instead of homophobic.

“i know what i’m doing this weekend”

to colin, this is not different. To most of the other players, this is not different.

To us, the audience, this is worse than what he was doing before. He is no longer weaponising homophobia (something he is a victim of) but misogyny (which he is not). you might argue that isnt worse but personally it rubbed me the wrong way and i think a lot of people would agree.

Importantly, some of the players on the team are also opposed to this misogyny.

At this point colin stops joking, and starts defending his real opinion (he shouldn’t have to delete his personal files just because they might be leaked).

This is an issue that some members of the team have beliefs about.

Jamie, Sam, and Isaac, stand up for women by making it clear that keeping nudes when there is a high risk of leaking is not okay.

But colin has skin in this game. Usually, he is never “real” in conversations like this. But this time things are different. He wants to keep the photos.

we see him defend this position by mentioning “memories.” this shows us that his desire is not lustful but sentimental in nature. i’ve seen others point out that this is a facet of his identity (that he is unable to outwardly express!). The photos mean something to him and he is angry at the idea that he is doing something wrong by keeping them.

I don’t think we have ever seen him defend an opinion genuinely before as the audience? In s1 he was pretty much trying to impress jamie. there was one comment about welsh pride but that came across as a joke. (Ted lasso writers make colin more welsh challenge)

And the first time he breaks his facade, the first time he shows his real face, he gets outed.

If he hadn’t cared about the photos he would have stopped arguing, stayed quiet and nodded along. made a joke maybe. something we’ve seen him do many times before. but he was honest about his opinions, so isaac was able to tell he hadn’t deleted anything when everyone else was.

SO: dramatic irony.

The audience knows that he wasn’t being serious with his first comment. “I know what I’m doing this weekend”

We know that that was a joke meant to act as a hyper-masc, homophobic, misogynistic shield in order to disguise his true self.

But the rest of the team do not know that. Issac does not know that. He has probably been making “jokes” like this, off camera, for years.

He leaps straight from a joke about masturbating to leaked nudes, to defending keeping photos that he knows there is a risk of leaking.

We, as the audience, know that he only wants to keep photos.

But Isaac thinks he might as well be defending the leak.

When Colin says “fuck off” to Isaac, he prompts him to take his phone. Isaac is acting the responsible team captain, here.

From what information he has, it just seems like colin is completely out of line. He’s defending misigyny, probably risking the safety and privacy of multiple women, being uncharacteristically rude and angry about it.

He probably has to deal with toxic behaviour from team members all the time. His own captaincy has been a source of growth for him, from the bully he used to be, to someone who tries to make sure everyone is behaving respectfully and as a team.

In any other situation I would want him to take the phone and delete the photos.

But he didn’t know that Colin also needed privacy. And colin was unable to express that to him as someone who is desperately hiding parts of himself.

So Isaac takes the phone.

I think this all explains Isaac’s reaction. Confusion, nods, leaves.

He is confused because he is learning that this interaction is absolutely not what he thought it was. He nods because he accepts that, bc it’s a totally different situation than he thought, he doesn’t need to delete the photos. then he leaves, because what else is he supposed to do.

And colin is left knowing that his slip-up (the first time we see him express a sincere and deeply held emotion in front of the team) caused the very thing he was so afraid of happening.

EDIT: oh also the irony of how isaac invades colins privacy while trying to protect other people’s because he doesn’t think of colin as someone who needs privacy from him. I allude to that but i meant to make is clearer. EDIT 2: corrected spelling of isaac

#ted lasso meta #ted lasso #colin hughes #isaac mcadoo #i have an essay due tomorrow im not proofreading this #hope its comprehensible

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