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bruhstation · 4 months

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Since we see him every now and then, what is Ryan like in Casa Tidmouth?

ryan works at the harwick branchline with daisy. in the secret of the lost treasure and misty island rescue arcs, ryan is the bystander to thomas' adventures that lead up to his fight with sailor john and skiff, eventually adding to the number of supporting characters that got dragged into both the mystery surrounding the gold dust and the mess thomas has left on sodor. after sailor john got arrested and thomas went missing, ryan helped thomas' friends look for his whereabouts while also being the key witness to sailor john's mad ramblings about "lady of the legend" and his motives for almost blowing up the island. ryan never asked for any of this but because he likes thomas and knows info that other people don't, he just HAS to step in

outside of the plot-heavy stuff, ryan's one of the kinder sudrian railway workers compared to his weirdo coworkers. he considers daisy and thomas to be his closest friends despite the former having the tendency to push her workloads onto him in the past and the latter being a bit standoffish despite ryan's attempts at hospitality.

ryan's extended family, on the other hand...

ryan is connected to the gresleys through his mother. his mother is the daughter of joseph gresley I (the gresleys’ grandfather), so he’s the cousin of gordon, scott, spencer, and mallard. he doesn’t talk to his cousins often ever since he’s a teenager because they’re nutjobs who mostly care about themselves and ryan has self-respect and values his sanity

unlike most his cousins who has the power of hater-ism coursing through their veins, ryan is a perfectly normal man who cares about his friends. he talks about his issues directly instead of letting it simmer. he sometimes have drinks with daisy and thomas after work. he used to have trouble articulating his more “negative” feelings and driving his opinion, but he’s doing better lately. he wants to maintain peace by being kind to others, which makes him prone to being dragged into any weird business his cousins have whenever they have the chance.

whenever holiday season is around the corner, ryan knows exactly what to expect. scott, his most famous cousin, the only one who still GAF about tightening what’s left of the gresleys together, will ask him to come over for dinner with his cousins (his charisma stat is maxed out). ryan can’t refuse because scott will pull excuses like “it’s just once a year” or “there's a dog” and ryan doesn’t have anything else to do. the family party will start off normal, then when mallard brings out the wine (provocateur!!!) things go south. gordon and spencer would badmouth each other about each other's secrets/fails, they get into a fight, scott tries to calm them down, ryan frowns at the disinterested mallard, sighs, goes outside to the nearest telephone booth to call daisy and ask her to pick him up. at this point it’s comical

ryan’s really the opposite of his cousins, from clothing to backstory. when designing him, I took the key components of his cousins’ designs and invert them. his cousins dress lavishly – big coats and suits, but ryan just rolls up his sleeves and dons a vest. his cousins’ haistyles are combed back, gelled, etc, while ryan’s hair goes everywhere (parted bangs show hairline). most of his cousins have horrific trauma related to death and loss from their childhood, while ryan’s just a city boy who grew up with nothing eventful in his life (except attending his cousins’ funerals). he doesn’t even inherit the gresley surname and is oblivious to most of the gossips surrounding or is inside the gresley family.

ryan is his own person who gets thrown around like a volleyball a lot, but he still has a good heart. one can consider ryan to be what any of his cousins would’ve ended up like if they had normal upbringings. who am I kidding? lol

#asks #anonymous #thomas the tank engine #thomas and friends #ttte ryan #casa tidmouth #senjart #my most normal guy ever. my average joe. I love you #this post became mostly about ryan's connection with the gresleys more than it is about his connection with thomas' gold dust adventures #but hehe hope you enjoy #also I really liked the shading I did in this post's art #cream yellow really do go well with baby blue #also ryan has a teeny itty bitty crush on thomas. probably because he thinks thomas' angry pouty attitude is kinda cute #not that it's important because he's focused on THE BAG #also peep ryan's last name heheheh

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good-realtor-bad-realtor-dynamic · 1 year

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New Sunny podcast is out and, as teased, it's about the guys' upcoming films, Fool's Paradise and Blackberry, out on 12 May!

Meg showed up at 9:00 which some people might say is late.

Shopify ad is full of Succession references, "Glendall Roy!!!!" and Logan Roy-isms: "FUCK OFF!"

There are a few new clips for the creeps.

Fool's Paradise

Hollywood satire with a focus on persona, ego and stage names, hence why the main character is accidentally named "Latte Pronto" and a passive observer reflecting the surrounding characters' projections.

Explores different sides of the industry with the big cast and spirals into chaos by the end as the ppl behind the stars are revealed

Charlie started on the script during Sunny S10 (~2014) bc he felt certain '70s and '30s style comedies weren't being made anymore.

Felt he'd never be cast in them even if they were

Directed because he didn't want to give up control of his script especially if he was going to play the passive lead without a voice

Influences: Being There (1979) starring Peter Sellers and directed by Hal Ashby; also films by Woody Allen, Albert Brooks, Robert Altman, Coen Brothers, Paul Thomas Anderson, Buster Keaton, and Charlie Chaplin

Charlie plays the MC but Ken Jeong's character is the protagonist

Movie follows their journey together looking for real relationships in Hollywood.

Reshoots focused on making Ken the heart of the movie

Charlie worried that he was pushing Ken too much, but Ken was willing to do many takes to get to a non-sarcastic heartfelt place

Jon Brion's score is very classic old-fashioned Hollywood and used a lot of old recording techniques to add to the timeless fairytale feel of the movie

Glenn loved Charlie's script from the first draft and every revision

Charlie and Rob, the Original Glenn Girlies, found Glenn and his glacting choice to do a "vaguely European" accent (like Jan?) for his Business Manager character to be the funniest part of the film

Film contains Sunny easter eggs and actors like Peter McKenzie

Blackberry

Glenn was nervous about playing a character based on a real person, especially since he only had 3.5 weeks to prepare and couldn't do as much research as he would have liked.

IRL Jim met Glenn at the Toronto premiere and seemed to approve his onscreen portrayal.

Glenn felt like he lacked film experience where characters have arcs, so it was a challenge to keep track of Jim's anxiety levels through the story while shooting out of order.

Read the script many times and talked to director Matt Johnson about every scene because he didn't have the benefit of being a writer here like he does on Sunny

Worried about being too unlikeable but committed fully to the character because of his experience with Dennis

Glenn played Jim very earnest and sincere, and not at all for laughs — that's where the comedy comes from

Rob and Charlie found Jim to be nothing like Dennis or Glenn because even though they both experience rage, Jim is competent and has a cold killer look in his eyes -> DENNIS IS NOT A COLD CALCULATING KILLER.

Matt Johnson shot with long lenses on gimbals so that the cameras were far away enough for the actors not to know if they were being filmed and what was on screen — this adds to the handheld thriller but kinda comedic aesthetic of the whole film

Charlie was excited that a director finally let Glenn go full Glenn all over this movie and wished he was in every frame

Also wished he was the one directing the movie showing off Glenn

Rob, Charlie and Meg are annoyed that people are so surprised how good Glenn is in this role (we know and agree!) and predict that he will get more roles off this performance

Glenn has a theory on why he thinks things are shifting for the Sunny cast BUT HE DOESN'T GET INTO IT BECAUSE THERE'S NO TIME LEFT NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

The girlies were all too happy and nice-looking today for me not to screenshot away.

I'm so excited to watch these movies... can't find any showings for Fool's Paradise yet, but Blackberry is playing at my local cinema later this week, and I will be there!

#iasip podcast #always sunny podcast #tasp #glenn howerton #charlie day #rob mcelhenney #fool's paradise #blackberry 2023 #blackberry movie #rcg #68 fool's paradise and blackberry #glacting #sur rambles #sur

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laines-laments · 7 months

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･:*:･ﾟ★ intro and masterlist

･:*:･ﾟ★ greetings and salutations

hii ! welcome to my blog, i'm laine !! i suffer from chronic teenage girl-ism and i fear i may never recover lolz !! my requests are always open as i am in constant need of inspiration, just send me an ask !! if you want to support me by funding my spending habits do so here !!

･:*:･ﾟ★ masterlist

♥︎ - smut / mature

✿ - fluff

★ - angst

House, M.D

Gregory House -

Jame Wilson -

Lisa Cuddy -

Robert Chase -

Thirteen -

Be More Chill

Michael Mell -

Jeremy Heere -

Richard Goranski -

Jake Dillinger -

Homestuck

John Egbert -

Dave Strider -

Rose Lalonde -

Gamzee Makara -

Karkat Vantas -

Mituna Captor -

Sollux Captor -

Nepeta Leijon -

Cronus Ampora -

My Chemical Romance

Ray Toro -

Mikey Way -

Frank Iero -

Gerard Way -

Kobra Kid (Mikey Way) -

Jetstar (Ray Toro) -

Party Poision (Gerard Way) -

Fun Ghoul (Frank Iero) -

Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton -

Thomas Jefferson -

John Laurens -

Phillip Hamilton -

SallyFace

Sal Fisher -

Larry Johnson -

Ashley Campbell -

Travis Phelps -

Danganronpa

Gonta Gokuhara -

Rantaro Amami -

Nekomaru Nidai -

Kazuichi Soda -

Sakura Ogami -

Leon Kuwata -

Kokichi Oma -

Mondo Owada -

Yasuhiro Hagakure -

The Magnus Archives

Jonathan Sims -

Martin Blackwood -

Timothy Stoker -

Elias Bushard -

Peter Lucas -

Jerad Keay -

Nikola Orsinov -

Criminal Minds

Spencer Reid -

Law and Order : SVU

Olivia Benson -

Elliot Stabler -

John Munch -

Fin Tutuola -

Evangelion

Shinji Ikari -

Rei Ayanomi -

Asuka Langley -

Stardew Valley

Sam -

Sebastian -

Abigale -

Harvey -

Creepypasta

Jeff the Killer -

Ticci Toby -

Eyeless Jack -

Ben Drowned -

Laughing Jack -

Repo: The Genetic Opera

Grave Robber -

Pavi Largo -

Luigi Largo -

Amber Sweet -

Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Bubba Sawyer -

Heathers

Heather Mac -

Heather Duke -

Heather Chandler -

Ram Sweeney -

Kurt Kelly -

Jason Dean -

Veronica Sawyer - how veronica would be as a teen mom (PG13)

My Hero Academia

Katsuki Bakugou -

Shoto Todoroki -

Izuku Midoria -

Touya Todoroki (Dabi) -

Endeavor -

Tomura Shigiraki -

Jin Bubaigawara (Twice) -

Beetlejuice

Lydia Deetz -

Beetlejuice -

Bojack Horseman

Bojack Horseman -

Mr. PeanutButter -

Princess Carolyn -

Diane Nguyen -

Sarah Lynn -

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ailendolin · 2 months

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14 and 8 for the lovely Ghosts ask!

Thank you so much! I'm glad you like the ask game! 💙

8. What lines never fail to make you laugh?

The one that always gets me is Mary’s, “Oh, laughing horse!” I don’t know why but the whole delivery in that scene is absolutely hilarious. Also Mary’s, “What be a Tootsie?” and “Be there a third option?” always make me laugh. Just, Mary’s lines in general. She had so many great moments that it’s no wonder she’s my third favourite ghost.

Other lines that come to mind are Thomas’s, “I always choose pistol,”, “The garden view comes with the screaming woman,” and “I’m going to drown myself in the lake. I mean it.” Fanny’s, “I thought you were a prostitute,” (plus her Fanny-isms in general) and also Alison’s whole dialogue when she accepts she’s seeing ghosts and asks them what they want. Oh, and the Captain’s, “There’s a hare.”

14. What is your favourite part of Button House / West Horsley Place?

My favourite part of the house itself is the library. It’s the kind of room I’ve always dreamed of having as a child (all that’s missing is a grand piano for it to be perfect). I love its atmosphere, Thomas’s sighing spot, the witch marks in the wood, the view … Also the little nook that leads to the basement in the show. I'm just drawn to places with lots of books (the Geraldine Room with its beautiful ceiling comes to mind as well).

Ask Game is here.

#bbc ghosts #bbc ghosts ask game #ask #mp bbc ghosts

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philosophicalconservatism · 1 year

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"Capitalism is not an 'ism.' It is closer to being the opposite of an 'ism,' because it is simply the freedom of ordinary people to make whatever economic transactions they can mutually agree to."

Thomas Sowell (1930-) American economist.

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alloutofgoddesses · 5 months

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Five Star Fics of 2023

I started a FanFic log in May, so here on the ones that I rated five stars!

Peeta's Games by igsygrace - This fic made new pathways i my brain. I will never be the same. Go read it. Right now.

From the Shadows to the Light by PeaceHeather - All other Merlin Fix-it fics PALE IN COMPARISON. At least, to me. Once I have time to reread 579,547 words again I definitely will.

White Lighters/Afterglow by lurkinglurkerwholurks - I reread this fic often. It hurts, but in the best of ways.

Harvest by coyote_nebula - Imagine putting two city boys on a farm. They are father and son. Now imagine them working through their complicated relationship while they do it.

Dared to do it by PerconnesInconnu - Hey. Listen. It's fucking hilarious.

Yesterday's Voices by LemonadeGarden - This is at least the second time I've read this story and by god, it is worth it! I will always love Bruce trying his best.

Ponderings of Brucerman and NightBunny by Ptlea - If you need a laugh, this one is for you.

The Long Way Home by itsnatalie - You will quickly come to find that I love it when Jason and Tim are put into situations. This is arguably the most situation of all time.

what catches and who holds by victoria_p - If you say you didn't cry after reading this, you're a goddamn liar.

a soft place to land by unchosenone - If you say you didn't cry after reading this, you're a goddamn liar. Again.

you gotta push all doubt to the side of your mouth by danishsweethearts - More Steph and Dick please. It has so much potential that is clearly not been explored.

A Mediation on Railroading by Eggmacguffin - I have read this fic so many times. I will do it again, probably. I love Tim and I love Jason and I love it when Jason is shunted into being a big brother.

Aftermath by ivy_and_ivory - THAT"'S HIS DAD! THAT'S HIS SON!!!!! AND THEY LOVE EACH OTHER!! AAAAAAHHHHH!

The 70 Days After Groundhog Day by Ptelea - I love time loops but the exploration of what happens /after/ a time loop? Oof. I leave notes on all the fics I read and this one was "Two things I wasn’t expecting: 1) A story about Jason stuck in a time loop from Dick’s perspective 2) To be absolutely emotionally beat up, wrung out, and left to dry." AMAZING and a must read if you're a BatFam person

Older Sibling Duty by Icestorm238 - I'm a big fan of nicknames in my personal life, and there are so many nicknames around in the BatFam fandom. The exploration of them made me tear up. I'm also just such a big fan of this author.

PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT PIECE I'VE LOST by Orpheusaki - Talia Al Ghul is fascinating to me and I am obsessed with characterizations of her where she is a total mama bear. This is an extreme example of mama bear-ism but it's wonderful.

BOY WITH THE SUN SONG by Orpheusaki - I am a major Jason Todd fan and OH MY GOD!!!!!! This is so sweet and I love it. Love love love it.

IF EVERYTHING IS TEMPORARY (I WILL BEAR THE UNBEARABLE) by Orpheusaki - TIME TRAVEL! I've read fics where Bruce's kids go back and meet Martha and Thomas, but before this, I never read one about /Bruce/ going back in time and seeing his parents. It was everything I could have ever wanted in a fic like this.

little taste of heaven by loserlesbian - Surprise! This is a Sokka/Zuko fic. I loved it so much, I'm a big fan of slow burns. I will say - the characterization of Zuko was very reminiscent of me as a teenager lol.

#fic rec #lets be real its mainly batfam so #batfam fic recs #merlin fic rec #hunger games fic rec #zukka fic rec

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iteratedextras · 2 months

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Thomas Umblr-Anon: The Communist is a pagan, fleeing at the thought of a thousand isms, which control the world around him and even his own mind.

Thomas Umblr-Anon: The Reactionary, meanwhile, is a monotheist, worshiping only the unstoppable terror of evolution.

Interviewer: Uh, I thought this was supposed to be an interview about javascript frameworks?

Thomas Umblr-Anon: * dunking a bagel into a mug of coffee * "Java-script," the script that you write when you are on the java, yes? Do you prefer three, or five cups?

#half shtpost

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viadescioism · 5 months

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Viadescioism

Overview

Viadescioism is a contemporary spiritual and philosophical system rooted in the synthesis of various religious, spiritual, and magical traditions. It is a path that emphasizes the interconnectedness of all things, the practice of ritual, and the pursuit of understanding and enlightenment. The system draws from a diverse range of sources, including but not limited to, traditional pagan, shamanic, and esoteric teachings.

Etymology:

The term "Viadescioism" is derived from Latin, combining elements that translate to a deep understanding of one's path or way. "Via" means road, way, highway, or path; "de" signifies "of" or "from"; and "scio" translates to "I know". The suffix "-ism" implies a practice, system, or doctrine. Collectively, Viadescioism means "The way of 'I know'", reflecting the teachings of the religion and the self-knowledge obtained through this path. The word Viadescioism is pronounced as vī-ah-de-shi-oh-ism.

Historical Context and Development:

Viadescioism emerged in the early 21st century, synthesizing elements from various historical and cultural traditions. Its development reflects a broader trend in contemporary spirituality that emphasizes eclectic, personalized spiritual paths. Viadescioism was founded by Jackson E. Thomas, also known as Jaxa, The Wolf of Antimony. Officially established on December 10th, 2017, it marks the beginning of a new religious movement, integrating elements of religion, philosophy, and practice. Since its inception, Viadescioism has evolved and expanded, encompassing a broad range of concepts and practices. It is recognized as a religion of existence, emphasizing the interconnectedness of all beings, wisdom, and divinity.

Influences:

The development of Viadescioism has been significantly influenced by various spiritual and esoteric traditions. It primarily draws from New Age, Neo-Paganism, Chaos Magick, and other forms of occultism and esotericism. The influence of the Dominic Christian culture of the 2000s, both Protestant and Catholic, is also notable. Viadescioism is a part of the Western esoteric tradition, which includes streams of thought from Chaos Magick, Wicca, Thelema, and Ceremonial Magick. This heritage informs many of its concepts, including the use of spells and magical practices ("magick" with a "k"). While it has numerous influences, some extending beyond the Western paradigm, the core structure and essence of Viadescioism are rooted in the Western esoteric tradition.

Yamasa, Divinity, and Divine:

Yamasa is a term used in Viadescioism to denote aspects of divinity and spiritual entities. It is a gender-neutral term that encompasses the traditional concepts of gods and goddesses, reflecting the inclusive and broad perspective of the Viadescioic system.

In Viadescioism, the concept of divinity centers around Oxakna, which is the primary divine entity of the religion. Oxakna represents the entirety of existence and serves as the starting point for all aspects of Viadescioism. It is described as the main divine, and its significance is such that it interpenetrates everything, essentially forming the foundation of the religion's cosmology and philosophy.

In addition to Oxakna, Viadescioism recognizes other divine entities, which include Damakna, Dasakna, Madaqa, Ladaqa, Sadaqa, Ukna, Nakna, Shakna, and Dakna. These divines are seen as emanations of Oxakna and collectively constitute the existence as understood in Viadescioism. They are to be honored in the same way Oxakna is, reflecting the interconnected nature of these divine forces within the religion's framework. Central to Viadescioism, these terms refer to the ultimate reality or the source of all existence. Unlike traditional concepts of a gendered deity, 'Divinity' in Viadescioism is gender-neutral.

This structure of divinity in Viadescioism is integral to its understanding of the cosmos and the role of individuals within it. It emphasizes a harmonious existence where the divine is both a part of and beyond the individual, guiding the principles and ethics that shape the practice of the religion.

Kna:

In Viadescioism, a philosophy and religious practice, Kna is a central concept, embodying the idea of energy or life force. It is a key term within the treatises of Viadescioism, replacing more conventional terms like "energy" to align with the unique perspectives and teachings of the practice. Kna is not just a passive force; it is seen as an active principle that permeates existence, influencing and interconnecting all things. This term reflects the intrinsic nature or indispensable quality of something, that determines its character in Viadescioism.

Rites and Ritual:

Practitioners of Viadescioism engage in various Rites and Ritual. Just as a single goal can be achieved through different rites, each rite can include multiple rituals, each offering unique pathways to the desired outcome. This diversity allows practitioners to tailor rituals to their individual needs and circumstances. The relationship between rituals and rites in Viadescioism can be likened to the process of cooking soup: making soup (the rite) represents the overall objective, while the various recipes (rituals) represent different methods to achieve this goal. These rituals often involve the use of symbols, chants, and the manipulation of kna. The use of divine masks in rituals is a distinctive practice, allowing practitioners to connect with and embody different aspects of the divine.

The Viadescioic Virtue Ethics:

These ethics are utilized in Viadescioism as a guide for resolving conflicts in complex situations in a harmonious manner. The ethical system of Viadescioism encompasses 10 specific virtues, namely xaoxa, najaar, umao, a'jau, laarda, tau, vadaska, davaabt, xaeua, and abtgha. Each of these virtues represents a mean between two extremes, which are considered vices. These vices are characterized by either overindulgence or deficiency of the virtues. In this system, virtue consists of correct reasoning guiding actions, while vice is seen as faulty reasoning. This emphasis on virtues is a central way of understanding one's current state, and the avoidance of vices helps in making better decisions.

Lajava Ona, The Sacred Script:

Lajava Ona is a significant aspect of Viadescioism, serving as its lingua franca. This term refers to a language adopted as a common means of communication among speakers of different native languages. In the context of Viadescioism, Lajava Ona fulfills this role for its practitioners, uniting them in a shared linguistic framework.

Scripture:

"The Divine Treatises Of The Emanations," also known in Lajava Ona as "Ja Yamasa Lausha Iba Lajava," is a central text in Viadescioism. Initially composed of multiple treatises, it was later recompiled into a single comprehensive volume. This text is pivotal in laying down the fundamental principles and establishing the knowledge base of Viadescioism.

#Viadescioism #spirituality #occultism #religion

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ao3feed-brucewayne · 17 days

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sorry im not home right now im walking into spiderwebs

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/JluGxC2 by ditzybat With his infamous Parker luck, he managed to find himself in the one city where meta-humans (or enhanced) aren’t welcome, all because the local hero (Batman, is he a bat? Ridiculous name, at least Peter earned his name, he’s a humanoid-spider!) dislikes them. That’s probably some sort of racism… or abelism… okay, it’s an ism. At least Peter isn't running around in leather and bat ears like some sort of kinky furry. — Peter Parker traverses universes with a green haze clouding his vision and an infinity stone embedded in his very core, gets adopted by crime lord, stalked by birds of prey, aliens, and considered an enigma the bats can’t quite crack Words: 10677, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English Fandoms: Spider-Man - All Media Types, Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies), Batman - All Media Types, DCU Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Categories: Gen Characters: Peter Parker, Jason Todd, Dick Grayson, Tim Drake, Duke Thomas, Stephanie Brown, Cassandra Cain, Harry Osborn, Johnny Storm, Felicia Hardy, Bruce Wayne, Natasha Romanov (Marvel), Loki (Marvel), Stephen Strange, Tony Stark Relationships: Peter Parker & Jason Todd, Dick Grayson & Peter Parker, Peter Parker & Natasha Romanov, Tim Drake & Peter Parker, Peter Parker & Duke Thomas, Loki & Peter Parker, Cassandra Cain & Peter Parker, Harry Osborn & Peter Parker, Peter Parker & Johnny Storm, Felicia Hardy & Peter Parker, Peter Parker & Johnny Storm & Harry Osborn & Felicia Hardy, Minor or Background Relationship(s) Additional Tags: Dimension Travel, Soul Stone | Soul Gem (Marvel), Peter Parker Needs a Hug, Peter Parker Acts Like a Spider, Found Family, Crack Treated Seriously, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Spider Mom Natasha Romanoff, BAMF Peter Parker, Peter Parker and His Mini Harem, not really but you’ll see, cherry picking canon, Not Canon Compliant, Dick Grayson is Peter Parker's Biological Parent, Dick Grayson Needs a Hug, Past Peter Parker/Johnny Storm, Past Felicia Hardy/Peter Parker, Past Harry Osborn/Peter Parker, Romani Dick Grayson, Past Rape/Non-con, Dick Grayson and Richard Parker (Marvel) are the Same Person, Court of Owls, Dramatic Irony, Song: Spiderwebs (No Doubt) read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/JluGxC2

#IFTTT #bruce wayne #batman #the caped crusader #the dark knight #dcu #ao3 #ao3feed

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leonsliga · 7 months

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Goretzka is really becoming Thomas, the only difference is that I would eat Muller's food, while Leon's wouldn't even come close. sorry leon

You know what? It’s so funny, because initially, when I was developing this vision of Leon and Jo as the Thomas and Manu of the future, I always figured Leon would follow more in Manu’s footsteps. And don’t get me wrong, the Manu-isms are strong with our beloved Leon Goretzka, but I have to agree: lately he’s really been taking more after Thomas. The extra-goofy Instagram stories? The postmatch analysis posts? The foodblogging?!?! I think he’s been hanging out with our club legend a little too much 😂 not that I’m complaining; every time they’re together, it’s sure to be comedy gold!

I’m with you though; for as much of a wannabe foodblogger as Leon is, I’m not sure I trust his cooking 😅 Thomas at least knows his way around a kitchen; we already know he makes some damn good food! He’s practically Bayern’s Masterchef at this point lmao

#anon 💖#I wonder if Thomas has ever cooked for the team before #or invited them over for dinner #ya know…as unofficial team dad and all #thomas muller #thomas müller #thomas mueller #leon goretzka #my asks

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sendmyresignation · 4 months

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I didn't finish Girls to the Front partly bc I got distracted but partly bc I heard a few other people saying it felt biased or lacking a further critical analysis, I'm curious it it references any of the women who were involved in DC hardcore or hardcore in general, re the books assertion that hardcore is overly technical and masculine point thay you alluded to in your tags. I know that it was still a very male dominated scene but the continued way that some people act like the women who were there didn't matter or aren't worth discussing has always irked me, and I'm curious if you had thoughts

sorry, i just got the time to answer this! i wanted to be able to give some quotes so it didn't look like i was pulling anything out of my ass. but yeah, so while the book does occasionally mention women in hardcore, Marcus has this rhetorical strategy where she brings them up, but not without first diminishing their existences and then dismissing their contributions.

There's reasons for this, I think, actually. One is that she really wants to sell this idea that punk was more influenced by women in the 70s and then, suddenly hardcore happened and the "macho-ism" of hardcore meant that the 80s lacked the previous generations female presence: "its penchant for louder-faster-harder performances and frenetic slam dancing were catnip for boys anxious to blow off adolescent steam... [the mosh pits] drove most girls to the sidelines". This is true... but only to a certain extent and is also a generalization, the other thing is I think she just reallllly wants to make riot grrls this supreme influence on women in the 90s, like there were sooo few women in DC (not out front, not as personalities, as she quotes from Jen Smith). But, by writing off the entirety of the 80s, she loops hardcore and posthardcore together?? like rev summer bands were explicitly challenging the violence and the "hard" rhetoric with vulnerability- spiritually v connected to riot grrl. and, ofc, rev summer was conceptualized by amy pickering! like she is directly responsible for not just the term but is herself the catalyst (Marcus says: "The scene's previous golden age... was what Fire Party's Amy Pickering had then dubbed Revolution Summer" which I feel removes a lot of her involvement, esp when Marcus criticized the fact Fire Party rehearsed religiously for months before performing live, therefore they weren't a part of the summer itself and also stood in contrast to the Olympia-riot grrl values of anyone-can-play diy). She also, in an attempt to re-enforce this riot grrl linage into The Canon excludes women in DC who weren't direct inspirations on riot grrl (so for example, Chalk Circle is mentioned a hell of a lot in these histories bc she was a mentor for Olympia grrls after moving to Cali, wrote a precursor zine that a lot of riot grrls read, and was in a band with Kathleen Hanna, Holly Rollers always gets mentioned bc of Juliana Luecking, etc) but Pickering and others gets left out bc she's an imperfect role model (wanted her band to be seen outside the paragram of gender, she worked at Dischord, booked shows, was friends with most of the hardcore scene). Unsurprisingly, then, Marcus v. conveniently leaves out the black women in DC; Pickering's band included drummer Nicky Thomas (who is literally never named in the book, only Pickering is mentioned when talking about Fire Party which i find particularly egregious) and their first show was dedicated to Toni Young of Red-C and Dove who were legit hardcore bands.

She also is weirdly inconsistent about the contributions of female instrumentalists (that idea of personalities...); again, the members of Fire Party outside their vocalist are never mentioned, Unwound is briefly offhandedly namedropped but Sarah Lund's name never appears, Christina Billotte is mentioned and quoted when she's involved in riot grrl (Autoclave-era; later she would grow distant from the DC meetings) but is only passingly mentioned when Slant 6 is formed and none of her bandmates are named, Maria Jones is name dropped as a significant presence in DC because of the Holly Rollers connection but none of the other bands she was in are shared, including the all-girl, all openly queer Broken Siren, I could go on and on and on. Unless you were a frontwoman or directly involved in riot grrl, you were not relevant enough for Marcus to care about, which I find frustrating. who gives a fuck about female vocalists when the "technical" nature of guitar or drums makes them much more gender-locked positions in rock music? again, there's also a divergence about proficiency, as if attempting to perform complex, serious music was like.... giving into the masculine musical culture? which i find incredibly essentialist and insulting to women invested in their craft. Ultimately I find Marcus incapable of adequately accounting for the variety of women and their reasoning for being in a band during this period and it does a disservice to the history to simply pretend any woman not Doing It Correctly is worth forgetting or dismissing. so, hopefully that answers your question lmao. id still recommend girls to the front, if just because it presents riot grrl pretty unedited and the timeline is super helpful when dealing with a very fragmented small subculture and seeing that it gets preserved. but MAN did a lot of the analysis get on my nerves lmao

#if you want to actually read about women in DC i think Dance of Days (mark anderson of positive force's exhaustive history of punk in dc)#does go out of its way to track the contributions of women at every point in the scenes history (including riot grrl!)#its also a really fascinating supplement to girls to the front bc there's two or three events that are mentioned in both texts #from slightly divergent perspectives (like the benefit show in dc during the march for reproductive rights among others)#i think thats super interesting in the context of oral history and such but i digress #anyway. that is soooo much but this is My Thing now so.#my posts #igottheanswer #void-flesh

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abbyholmes · 11 months

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I though my Cillian Murphy Fangirl-ism had reached its absolute peak when I say him act in the theatre and he picked the dude in front of me for audience interaction (basically ‚attacking‘ him as a crow as part of the play) and for two seconds, looked up, and directly into my eyes.

Grief is the thing with feathers was the performance of a lifetime and that short stare gave me heart-palpitations.

But now that I have seen Oppenheimer, I am EVEN WORSE.

That man…GIVE HIM AWARDS. PLEASE.

He has been horribly overlooked for his Thomas Shelby. Now serve him justice for Oppenheimer. This performance is BREATHTAKING.

(Amazing movie btw, whole cast smashes it out of the park, score is unbelievable, dialogue delicious, cinematography less pretentious than Nolan usually goes, a fucking 10/10 all around.)

And sidenote: Fucking hell, Cillian is a beautiful man. Give him any haircut, force him into any shape. He is and will always look pretty in the most vulnerable, fascinating way.

#cillian murphy #oppenheimer #grief is the thing with feathers #oppenheimer film #christopher nolan

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tssidesfics · 1 year

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Credit to @wisecolorthing for helping me come up with this nightmare crack fic. I can't entirely remember how we started talking about it but the conversation wandered to Remus in a Spencer's and this was born. It is pure crack. Completely ludicrous and ridiculous while also being completely in-character because we're talking about Remus, here.

God should have skipped the flood and just unleashed Remus on the world a few thousand years early.

Then again, humanity might never have recovered at that point, so what do I know?

Welcome to my little circle of hell, everybody. Yes, you are all correct that my relationship with the others can be best surmised with the "this house is a fucking nightmare" vine, but you don't get any points for it because it's not hard to figure out. I subsist off coffee, spite, and sarcasm (but differently from Janus, who subsists off wine, spite, and sarcasm) and exist solely to, in Remus' words, "vibrate like an overripe chihuahua on meth and five espressos with a dildo turned on up its ass"--AKA I am an anxious mess when I'm not spiraling ever-deeper into the bowels of worst-case scenario-ism. I live in a very weird gay man's head with my roommates, some of which (Logan) feign sanity 80% of the time and the other 20% conduct deranged experiments on furniture, food, and sometimes people like he's the last mad scientist left and has to preserve his culture. Some of them are actually (mostly) sane, like Patton (although we have to affectionately--and in Rage's case, literally, but they have a complicated relationship--beat on him to make him start crying when he needs to, so all things are relative). Some are just plain weird, like Roman (seriously, he's not even a type of crazy I can qualify, he's just unhinged). Some delight in feigned psychopathy (Janus). Some really need anger management therapy (do I seriously need to clarify?...actually, yeah, Logan could use some too). And some, AKA the problem child of this fever dream, defy description, but a DSM-5 edition bursts into flames every time they get a very specific little lopsided smile on their face--the one that slowly dawns like panels of light until it's blinding and suddenly nauseating to look at. That feeling is always proceeded by destruction of property. Always.

And of course Janus and Rage are gleeful enablers. Is it any wonder why I yeeted myself off the first exit ramp out of that 24/7 Mardi Gras festival?

In case it was not made shockingly apparent by literally everything about me, hi, I'm Virgil. Kill me.

My Nightmare #347 began with Patton yanking himself out of Thomas' head into the passenger side car-seat with a giddy smile on his face. "Hi, Thomas!"

Thomas screamed and jumped so hard he swerved. I neglected to appear to him physically--given I didn't want to make matters worse--but I did start fluently cussing and climbed the wall.

"Patton!" Thomas righted to the car as a cacophony of honks chastised him. "Hi, buddy. Next time, not in the middle of traffic!"

"Oop. Sorry, Thomas." At least Patton was appropriately contrite. I didn't often consider him an asshole--"cinnamon roll" is so apt he literally turns into a cinnamon roll sometimes--but today, I could make an exception. "I was wondering if we could all hang out with you at the mall today."

"Pat, it's hard enough with you guys providing running commentary on my every social interaction in my head," Thomas pointed out. "I'd like to just enjoy seeing Joan again while they're in town and I will have to corral at least five of you if I let you out."

"But Thomas..." Patton whined, bouncing frustratingly in his seat. "The Mindscape is boring!"

"You can bake an endless amount of cookies and turn it into whatever you want. I literally don't see how it could ever become boring."

"Logan won't let us change it from your living room."

Thomas sighed. "What are the chances I can convince Logan to lighten up a little?"

I snorted so loud Thomas heard it.

"Thank you for your contribution, Virgil." Thomas rolled his eyes. "If I let the rest of them out, do you promise you won't let them get into any trouble?"

I squawked. "You're expecting Patton to control the others? Are you insane? Patton couldn't control a drowsy teddy bear!"

Patton popped back into the Mindscape to turn hurt eyes on me. I crossed my arms. "No," I said. "I stand by what I said. Your backbone is made of silly putty."

"All right, Virgil," Thomas interjected before Patton could crank up the Guilt Trip'O'Meter as high as it would go. "You raise a good point. Why don't I leave you in charge?"

"I would rather crawl into a hot and rot, thanks."

"C'mon, I can feel how stir-crazy you're all getting. It's making me more antsy than usual."

"I don't see why that's a problem, considering you have never sat still anywhere a single day in your life. Someone could hold Joan over a barrel of piranha telling you they'd drop them if you couldn't sit still for an entire five minutes and it would be all your fault that Joan died."

Too late, I realized my mistake. Remus cackled loudly and sank out somewhere I didn't want to know but had to follow lest he murder the literal only reason Thomas had ever gotten me remotely under control.

"Why would you do that?" Thomas asked dully.

"You see why it's a bad idea to expect me to control these lunatics?"

Logan sighed, adjusting his glasses and snapping his folder closed. God knew what went on in those things; we only got independent internet access when we manifested and he certainly couldn't raid a bookstore without manifesting, yet he always had one in his lap, diligently working. It was morbidly fascinated. "Honestly," he grumbled. "Thomas, I believe that yes, your mental health would benefit from letting us manifest as a group. I can control the others."

"Logan," I began. "Buddy. Pal. My guy."

"Call me three of those ever again and there will be scalpels plunged into locations you do not want to think about."

"You cannot control them," I told him. "History has demonstrated multiple times that the only person who can control us is Thomas, and he's going to be busy catching up. He's going to let go of Remus' leash. Do you really--and I mean think about this--do you really think the time you want Remus off Thomas' leash is in a mall?"

"Fine. Then we'll leave him behind. At least venting some of--"

"He'll just start shooting off intrusive thoughts like a machine gun. You let more than one out, you open the floodgates."

"You're being paranoid."

"Funny that. I can't imagine why I'd be paranoid. Sounds completely unlike me, I'm normally so laid-back."

"The sarcasm was unnecessary."

"You're finally learning when I'm sarcastic." I was impressed. "Nice, Lo. I was getting worried."

Logan clicked his pen menacingly.

I grinned. Logan was easily one of my greatest allies in the Mindscape--Roman was insufferable, Janus, Remus and Rage were out of the question, and Patton could be obnoxiously patronizing--but never let his capacity for violence be underestimated. I once saw him take Roman's katana to a bundle of sticky notes because one of them gave him a paper cut. Despite that capacity for violence, however, I delighted in pushing his buttons.

"Are we manifesting today?" Roman called down the stairs with barely-restrained delight.

"Unless you can guarantee Remus won't set the mall on fire, hell no!" I called back up.

There was a long moment of silence. "Remus, I'll let you have Mrs. Snuffykins for one night if you behave yourself if we manifest!"

I had absolutely no idea what that was--I wanted to think a stuffed animal, but with Roman and Remus, all bets were off--but Remus' ecstatic screech was enough to tell me I probably didn't want to find out.

Roman looked back down at me. "He'll behave."

I arched an eyebrow.

"Prince's honor."

"Historically meant shit, Princey."

"Yes, but not Disneyally."

"That is not...remotely a word," Logan said, somehow a mix between dumbfounded and awed.

"Look, I'm just not optimistic that letting Remus out when Thomas isn't keeping an eye on him would end in anything except Thomas going to prison for arson, murder, or public indecency. Or worse."

"I'll keep him in line," Roman vowed. "Please, Virgil? I'm going stir-crazy in here, we all are."

I crossed my arms.

Roman pouted.

I snorted.

Roman glared.

I arched an eyebrow.

Roman slumped.

I grinned. "Deal with it, everybody. No manifesting. Get comfy. Janus, think about pushing your luck and I am ripping out each individual one of your scales and burying them in places you don't want."

"How delightfully Remus of you. Except for the part where you'll actually follow through on the threat."

"From Remus it wouldn't be a threat, it would be a bonding activity."

"Speaking of," Patton said shyly. "Didn't Remus run off after you said something about Joan getting hurt, kiddo?"

My eyes bugged out of my head. I sighed and hung it. "Why is it always me?" I mumbled and sunk out to chase Remus through the Mindscape.

~*~

After fishing out Remus' limbs from a pond of piranha he'd dismembered himself into when he heard me chasing after him, I borrowed some super glue from Roman's room and stuck him back together. It should have fixed him up good as new but it was Remus and any attempts I made to change things around here were easily superseded by one half of Creativity. Which meant Remus was now walking around with his penis glued to his forehead, fully erect.

Not as much time had passed by the time we returned as I expected. Which would have been great if not for the fact that the Conscious Mind was conspicuously quiet. All the dishes were clean, there wasn't any crap on the floor, and there were no Sides milling about. I could have taken the time to check each of their rooms upstairs but why waste the time when I knew exactly where they all were?

"Roman, you are in your thirties. A store called Forever 21 is not for you," Logan was saying after I manifested in the general direction of the others. "Hello, Virgil."

I glared. "What did I say?"

"Aw, but Virge--"

"You're inviting a Remustrophe right now, you realize that, right?"

Janus grinned. My blood ran cold.

"I WANT EVERY DILDO YOU HAVE!" echoed across the mall, and with horror, I realized what I'd done.

I'd loosed Remus Sanders on the Spencer's department store.

~*~

The good news: nothing had caught fire yet. Potential loss of life was yet to be determined as Patton yelped and rushed over to the prone body of the clerk behind the counter. That also proved fine when I saw him slump in relief after probing her neck for a pulse.

The bad news: Remus had slipped the superglue I'd used to piece him back together out of my pocket and was now using it to attach dildos, ripped out of their packages with plastic and cardboard shredded across the floor, to his costume. He was also dripping with something viscous, disincentivizing me from touching him to stop him from unleashing more chaos.

By rights, seven dildos glued to his top should have torn the damn thing, but it was made of sturdier stuff than that. I studied him for a long moment, trying to work up the nerve to approach, while he just continued to wreak havoc. Janus, meanwhile, the only one not preoccupied with horror or despair at Remus' antics, meandered over to the bowl in which they kept their sarcastic pins, perusing them idly.

"You better be planning to pay for those," I warned, then looked around. "Wait. Where's Rage?"

Logan glanced around. "Likely inflicting property damage on a jewelry store. He rather dislikes those."

I pinched my sinuses. "Logan, could you rein in your alter ego, please?"

"I am too evolved for my alter ego to be that idiot," Logan told me with overblown indignity.

"Yeah, yeah, whatever, you're the only one who can talk some sense into him. The cameras may not be able to recognize Thomas' face on all of us, but the less reason the cops have to potentially stuff him in a cell, the better."

It was true. Somehow, whatever bizarre magic allowed us to manifest in the real world also confused cameras and people so no one could trace the destruction of property likely to follow us back to Thomas. It was the only reason I wasn't already in the fetal position on the floor forgetting the basic components of breathing.

Logan rolled his eyes and broke off to track down Rage. I turned my attention to Roman.

"No," Roman said firmly.

"He's your brother," I told him.

"Yes, and it's your fault he's here. You were supposed to watch him."

"I wouldn't have had to take my eyes off him if you guys hadn't snuck out in the first place. I'm one Side. Do you really think I would have stood a snowball's chance in hell of keeping Remus from doing exactly this?"

"And I have any better chance?"

"No, but the alternative is explaining to Thomas what you guys did."

Roman glared at me.

I glared back.

Roman pouted.

I continued glaring.

Roman stomped his foot and whined.

I pointed at Remus, who was now smashing glasses on the ground and eating the shards. Blood was rushing from his mouth and gathering in puddles on the floor. He was still dripping.

"I hate you," Roman informed me bluntly.

"Oh, like you've ever made a secret of that?"

Roman adopted a punched puppy expression at that one.

I sighed. "Yeah, yeah, you've been doing better, now go wrestle your brother into a cage or something."

Roman dragged his feet over to Remus and summoned a hasmat suit he put on. Remus sliced into it with a rather sizable shard and sprinted away before Roman could catch him. Without thinking, I lunged after him, only succeeding in sliding down the length of his body like he was covered in lube.

Oh, wait, it was lube. It smelled like one of Remus' worst farts and tasted like it too. You would have thought the dildos would have either failed to stick with his clothes soaked in lubricant or at least they would have given me something to hang onto to stop him from escaping, but all they did was slap me repeatedly in the face with silicon penes of various sizes.

Remus left a slimy trail behind him as he cackled deeper into the store. I was positive he was headed somewhere with matches so he could set the building on fire.

I pressed my face into the floor, into a puddle of lube, and sighed. Miserably, I hauled myself to my feet and turned back to everyone else. "You are in so much trouble," I assured them without passion, dragging myself off to find Thomas and get him to suck Remus back into the Mindscape before additional damage could be done.

I found him in the food court, blissfully unaware of the chaos unfolding deeper into the store. Altogether the world seemed relatively unaware of the happenings, another magical defense mechanism. It wasn't that people never noticed what we were doing, it was just that they were less likely to find it alarming. Although once the fire alarms started going off, people would pay attention.

"Thomas," I greeted without etiquette, coming to pause next to his table.

"Holy shit," Joan summarized perfectly. People aware of our nonsense were usually pretty good at spotting us and processing our appearances.

Thomas looked dejected. "No."

"Remus escaped."

Thomas flopped forward like a fish on land and smacked his head full into the table. The pain reverberated through my skull. "Time to--"

The fire alarm blared. Rage ran past with a shotgun, screaming, "Adios, coppers!" as he went.

Thomas watched him run past. "We don't have to stop him, do we?"

I considered it for a moment. "Nah, he can stay. As long as everyone goes back in, we should be able to keep Remus there."

People ran past screaming. A panicked exodus spilled from the food court. Some people knocked into me and I stumbled. Thomas caught my hoodie sleeve, then gagged and pulled his hand back.

"Remus," I explained.

"Right." Thomas looked in the direction everyone was running from. "I guess I have to go toward the fire to stop him, huh?"

I nodded sadly.

"Sorry, Joan," Thomas explained. "Next time, my place."

"Deal. Want some help?"

"You don't need to see what I'm about to see."

With that, Thomas and I made our begrudging way toward the fire.

~*~

It resolved relatively easily once Thomas gave Remus a disapproving stare. We all didn't do well with Thomas' disappointment, even Remus, so he moped back inside the Mindscape without much complaint. Everyone else returned to the living room in my doghouse and I locked myself in my room, refusing to emerge. Rage stayed out for a while longer and later we found out three police stations had been set on fire with all prisoners escaped. No loss of life, which I didn't know how to feel about.

Later, through mystical means, the stolen dildos Remus had taken were discovered in Ron DeSantis' home. We laughed for a week.

I amend my earlier statement. Maybe we really do need to use Remus as the next great flood. He'll just focus his attention on the fascists and we'll all be better off.

Yo, God, you should get on that.

#sanders sides fic #character thomas sanders #virgil sanders #virgil pov #first person pov #roman sanders #logan sanders #patton sanders #janus sanders #remus sanders #rage sanders #anarchist sides #rage blows up police stations #and remus frames george santos for petty theft #antifascist #acab #crack taken seriously #funny talk of god and biblical stories

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