#which is admirable tbh

[seventh-district]

i’ve just finished season one of TMA, and being someone who’s okay with spoilers is fun because it means i can peruse the wiki and scroll through the tag and i get to become privy to all sorts of weird, wonderful, halfway-out-of-context information that i get to look forward to understanding in the future

like. what do you mean Leitner’s in the tunnels?

what do you mean Jon eats the extinguished sun??

what do you mean it’s spelled Gerard Keay???

#Jon‚ narrating a statement: '…whose passport had identified him as Gerard Keay.' #Me‚ an American‚ not yet in the habit of following along with the transcripts: 'Ah‚ yes. Jared Key.' #tma spoilers #the magnus archives #gerry keay #gerard keay #tma #i’m sorry but Why do british ppl apparently pronounce Gerard like that how do y’all audibly tell Gerard and Jared apart #anyways based on how i’ve glossed over the other two arguably much more shocking revelations i mentioned #i’m sure you can tell that i’ve latched onto Gerry and everything else is just background noise to me #okay that’s an exaggeration. i Do love the entire show and am invested in the entire cast to varying degrees but. #Gerry… my beloved… his role in Ep. 12 hooked me instantly #it’s bad‚ guys. ive already started making him a playlist. it’s safe to say there’s no hope for me. the fixation train has left the station #Gerry (and Michael) have moved in and will live rent free in my brain indefinitely #listen. you can’t just present to me a cryptic goth man with long poorly dyed black hair and mommy issues who’s covered in eye tattoos- #-and is frequently affiliated with the supernatural and then expect me to Not fall in love with him!!! #*looks at DoorKeay* …and i am also not immune to the opposites attract & human x supernatural entity tropes… #tbh looking at all this DoorKeay fan art has me suddenly remembering my EraserMic days #which is a wild thing to say i know but listen. it’s just the whole long-black-hair x long-blonde-hair similarity #and maybe a bit of the opposite personalities. idk why but i was just admiring one particular DoorKeay fanart and it suddenly hit me #i literally whispered to myself out loud ‘holy shit it’s EraserMic again…’ and it's not Really but also it kinda is and i think it's funny #but then i did More thinking and i think it goes beyond just them. i think i rlly just have a thing for Dark & Light coded character ships #Michael & Gerry… Navia & Chlorinde... Sun & Moon… Mic & Aizawa… #i think i’m learning smthn abt myself now i’ve gotta think if there’s more examples… #i'd almost say Alphonse and Seth but eeehhh not quite. and honestly i think the bigger-brain way to see their relationship through the- #-Dark x Light trope would be to take into account the resurgence of DM!Al and that kinds flips the dynamic #i think that if either of them are Moon-coded it'd be DM!Al. but they honestly just don't quite fit in that trope's box anyways #they're Pink/Black x Brown coded. not Yellow x Black #i do gotta say that i've pulled an Interesting number of songs off Seth's playlist while working on Gerry's... it's the mommy issues innit #i'd almost say PB x Marcy but once again we've got a character that's pink-coded‚ not yellow. i think they fall into a different category

[mejomonster]

On a serious note, I do feel mysterious case lotusbook has a lot of sincere themes about getting older, realities of responsibility and dreams realized, how it's difficult to succeed and not always the direct path one expects, how there's value in little aspects of life. Almost every li lianhua scene seems to be about that to some degree. The murder cases aren't particularly deep as far as super complicated to figure out or Able to be predicted super well (since they don't always give all the details in the initial setup), but the themes about who was killed and why do connect to li lianhuas situation.

#mysterious lotus casebook #lb #by all this i mean: a lot of the positive things li lianhua AND di feisheng say are fairly good advice tbh #like a fei? hes like you need to be fair in your decisions for your actions to be worthwhile and earned #li lianhua: sometimes being the one taking all responsibility was bad for you and the people you led who felt burdened #by You taking the burden. and stepping back can be a respectable choice. #cooking is more difficult than fighting. keeping yourself alive is Hard and its the hardest thing we do #and its admirable even when youll never be a hero never be able to achieve what those around you might #your peers are worthwhile if they choose diffetently than you (qian wanmian isnt lesser for not choosing to lead a sect and instrad #dissolving it. di feisheng doesnt think li lianhua is no longef worth his time even though hes weaker now. li lianhua is still someonr he #wants to see alive see brlieve in himself see passionate about things. the monks think its never too late to #reconnect to people again. that people who love you will want you and accept you even when you fail. #even fang duobing by knowing li lianhua gets the experience of someone who wants him alive #and fondly smiles and Is proud of him. evrn if hes learning and fails and moody #fond of him in a way his family wasnt that strangers lied about due to his status #in a way that he clung to li xianyi for ALSO seeing value in him when he felt he didnt live up to expectstions of the world #its the Kindness of little moments of acceptance. of being kind to yourself and kind to others (even down to #not wantjng to kill suspects but take them to trial. not wanting scapegoats blamed. which arent usually done in wuxia) #its the fact this show is quite about gentleness and healing (i see the Love and Redemption screen writing ismilarities) #rather than about power struggles. do you know what i mean?

[brobotsbro]

Me: cringe culture is dead! Like what you like, write about your blorbos who cares if it's self indulgent or bad or whatever!

Me: unless it's me. I can't let anyone know I Feel

#i wish i could at least ATTEMPT to write tf fanfiction #but i am battling my own cringe feelings like doom guy vs the forces of hell just to post here sometimes #the idea of writing an actual Tale is too hard. even if i could actually Plot or Write Well which i doubt #bc my brain keeps telling me its deeply embarrassing to care #i wish i had a smidgen of the confidence of the folks writing wildly ooc robopreg. i do not run in their circle but i admire their grit #the bravery to unapologetically write Weird Shit for your own pleasure and tbh. pog.

[todayisafridaynight]

I’m fairly new to the fandom, but I do have a question if you can answer it! Why do people ship Daigo with Aoki / Masato? I tried looking to see if they’ve interacted before, but couldn’t find anything! Sorry for asking I’m just </3 dumb AND I LOVE YOUR ART OF THEM!!! Nerd looking ahhhhhh

hi ! welcome to the community i hope you're having a lovely time so far and ty for enjoyin my stuff :) no need for apologies it's a very fair question to have :]

i cant speak for everyone (all. ten people into masadai anyway) but Personally To Me i just think the idea of them together is very funny. thats quite literally it im afraid..

#snap chats #//twenty page google doc in the background// ignore that. it's mostly for comedic purposes #might also be my fault idk sorry about that. allegedly. idk ive had like three people tell me they started to ship them cause of me 🧍‍♂️ #@mementoasts is another person who's drawn masadai and whose stuff i love and am inspod by .. i love their disneyland fic sm ... #there was another artist on twitter who posted a neat drawing of them but i cant remember who they were and i didnt bookmark it //screams// #recently there's been ANOTHER masadai artist ive started following on twitter - @wifekiryu. his account's n/s/f/w fyi before you go looking #he has a tumblr too @foxdies. i say cause i realized as much recently vjeaKLGJALKGJ #oh but I GUESS ill get deeper into why. /i/ personally ship masadai or whatever #first off they're opposing factions yet their character alignments Do Not Match their roles. stereotypically anyway #aoki who leads the 'surface' of society and is meant to be an admirable figure and someone 'just' when really. he sucks LMAO #though that's not atypical of politicians but just from a stereotypical This Is A Respectable Individual perspective of his role #daigo on the other hand leads the 'underbelly' of society- yk comprised of dangerous criminals and outcasts and whatnot #yet as we know him daigo's compassionate and considerate of his men- he doesnt treat them like tools like aoki does #if put in a room with the two daigo would be most people's choice of person to hang out with. probably open a trapdoor on aoki tbh #and i think thats really cool and epic i always love that kinda Subverting Expectations thing #theres also the fact they both started off like. edgy/angsty in the franchise and then brush up down the line #masato does a stronger 180. publicly. obviously but its still really funny they both have to get their act together #if you wanna talk about in-text reasons. there really is none LMAO I TELLS YOU masadai is pure crack #but if i wanted to pull a muscle reaching then there's daigo being on aoki's side while everyone else is on arakawa's during the funeral #im lying of course. mitsu was behind him. rgg tryna make me forget mitsu exist .... put him back in y8 .... #and ofc ichi joins that side to even out the seating but moving on another Goofy Reason is arakawa being like #'the chairman and my son are like p much the same age Surely he knows how he thinks :)' #and then i just think daigo being all smarmy about outsmarting aoki is really goofy and im choosing to interpret that as personal #they both also have issues with their dad. s. dad/s/. anyway. #tbh the google doc tag was a joke but i really could sit here and list every dumb reason why i think theyre funny together #like i started going over the tag limit so uhhhh yeah needless to say i have a lot of. dumb reasons 💀💀💀💀 #one day ill use the main text for long rambles like this but todays not that day Point Is my imagination is rampant im afraid #so the short and sweet of it is I Think It's Funny. And They'd Be Terrible Together. Which Is Why It's Funny. #and the unfortunate part is anything i find funny i obsess over for a year so. //gestures to the mountain of bullshit thats my masadai tag/

[lupismaris]

Played fuckin D1 rugby players today (we are D3 for the record) and for the entire 30 minutes I was on the field they did not score. Neither did we, mind, but while I was with the pack those fucks did not score and that's what matters.

#i landed in two inches of frigid standing water at least three times. did about twelve back to back scrums. dunno the tackle #number there were many. one dog pile that fucked my neck a bit because that blond bitch diagonal from me kept wrenching #i played with the starting pack and im very proud of everyone. i could have done better but I didn't go into it with the best headspace #had some good convo with coaches tho about the pack and our set up and tbh they felt i did solid for my game time so maybe its me #being hard on myself #got a lovely drunken ode of admiration from the fierce side captain which had me ready to cry #rest of my squad is out partying with the dc team. i am soaking these old bones and hoping they get home safe #im the sober dd as always this season #brunch at 11 tomorrow 🥂. Saturday is a Rugby really means your weekend is never your own lmao

[grimsdeadb0nes]

I wonder what she's doin', what she's thinking about?

She's having.... thoughts

She's having.............. THOUGHTS....

#😭😭😭 #she's having thoughts and tbh who could blame her- #zavok jumpscare???? if that matters??? #she's ADMIRING in her minds eye #something I saw on twitter gave me the visual idea i cOULDNT HELP IT im sorry but most definitely not sorry either #my oc #my art #Zenyx #zeti oc #zeti #zavok #sorry she's having an internal simp-ish moment mayhaps 😂 #if i had more finished art of him that she could have thoughts to i would have used them instead but i dont and im lazy so yoinks it is #which may or may not be better 😭 LOOK AT HIM- #alright i'll stop now #i just needed a funny aaah warmup dont come after me 😂

[strangesickness]

the it miniseries dvd is arriving early march i am. going insane. i'm going to have a monthly it movie night it'll be great

#the desire to collect IT stuff is getting out of hand tbh #i am very VERY close to buying the world of IT (which is THIRTY DOLLARS BTW) #and i have 2/7 losers pop figures and i can't very well separate them #and my copy of IT is very beaten up #(idk how this happened tbh middle school me took VERY GOOD care of his books so i have no idea why IT was the exception) #my copy is the 2011 paperback with the orange sky #so i have that copy and i want to get another copy (preferably one with the original cover. idk if they reprinted that but yeah) #so i can keep the new copy on display in perfect condition and admire it from afar #and i can highlight and annotate the shit out of my original copy #i also want at least one of each loser as adults and children from the mystery minis #and then of course theres the part of me that wants to collect physical copies of every movie/song referenced in IT. because. of course. #i don't even HAVE A VHS OR MUSIC (of any type) PLAYER #i DO NOT NEED I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF AND I DO NOT NEED EVERY ALBUM LITTLE RICHARD EVER RELEASED #posts afflicted with a strange sickness

[ride-a-dromedary]

Speaking of pipe dreams, future flash, Isaac's Union file is brought up on screen, the top says "Finn, Isaac".

#The Orville #clisaac #Jemi talks the Orville #i dont know if he would take claire's last name but tbh i think season 3 isaac is getting there #that he would actually be like yes this is a display of devotion and trust and admiration #i hate this stupid show and its stupid robot in love #also yes he officially is instated in the union in this future #he already serves under them as is #it's one of those...you've proven yourself and we have given you the highest honour we can bestow #the first AL in the union #like...isaac chose his own name - which is a symbol of differentiation and independence - him taking on claire's name #would just be another fuck u to the kaylon - like i am who i want to be i am isaac not a unit

[krysanthemun]

“C!Tommy kinda deserves whatever C!Jack is planning.” i say into the mic.

the crowd boos. i begin to walk off in shame, when a voice speaks & commands silence from the room.

"They’re right," it says. i look for the owner of the voice. there in the 4th row stands: CC!Jack Manifold himself.

#THIS IS A JOKE I truly love C!Tommy #I am a Tommy apologist tbh #but also #and I mean it fondly and with upmost admiration #C!Tommy is a right prick sometimes #which is kinda why I like him but also C!Jack deserves like 1 thing to go right in his life #dream smp #tommyinnit #jack manifold #please don’t attack me over this lol #c!tommy critical

[fideidefenswhore]

can anyone who favors the wolf hall portrayal of AB > the tudors like...explain themselves?

#im speaking more specifically of the tv adaptation but like #im about to make a checklist and if the tudors isn't better it's certainly not worse #both depict her being manhandled by a male relative #AB 2021 and BSR are the first to avoid this but in the former it might count if you count henry as one which technically so (spouse) #AB 2021 also interestingly has a different portryal of her relationship with the duke of norfolk than traditional...? #there's resentment simmering underneath but for all that it's still on the face cordial #tobg's of that relationship (film) is also actually rather interesting. because it starts out very positive . almost sweet #and the book it's very like. gross in some ways but seems to begin with a grudging admiration on his part actually #he respects her intelligence and then this deteoriates #the best one i've ever read of that particular relationship is actually christopher rae's series. again #AB 2021 was supposed to be inspired by tobg but the relationship btwn AB and the duke of norfolk seemed more like it picked up where tudors #s1 left off....tbh...

[haruichi-mamiya]

man and i was over here thinking we had some kind of sci-fi world that i just didn't know about but no this guy is from cael's world

#👓 #yeah so apparently the cn translation of his title is star admiral which tbh #sounds way cooler than prefect luminary 😭

[namimikan]

truly cannot decide which is cuter to imagine as hitsukarin’s first meeting in the bleach sequel

1) similar to the anime, they just... meet and hit it off? they don’t have the words for it, but their connection is unmistakable. ‘damn,’ karin says, ‘i wish i’d met you sooner.’ (and it’s like... welllllll, in the anime, you did!!!)

2) they fucking hate each other. i would just. find it so funny that i’ve built it up for so long that they like each other p. much from the get go, and the reality is. at least initially. they cannot stand each other. (before they fall in love!)

i mean, i guess they could have met during the first and second manga, and already have some kind of relationship but like. this is more fun to imagine tbqh.

#onion sprouting text #hitsukarin #tbh the anime is subpar for a lot of reasons but i love the hk eps and some moments that truly elevated the manga -- which is v. rare tbh #but like? momo's admiration of aizen before getting stabbed? renji's regrets over losing rukia? sublime.

[winepresswrath]

I was checking out the Chengyaosu series and I'm wondering: a variation of that where Jiang Cheng is full on team Jiggy? Like, Jiggy hasn't done (IIRC) anything that directly harmed his loved ones (apart from CQL having him be responsible for Zixuan dying) so if he finds out how Madame Jin and his father are treating him, and also gets it into his head that the two of them will be an awful environment for Jin Ling, he may just go over to JGY and be like 'hey, let's kill your dad'. Xue Yang and Su Minshan are mad JGY listened to him and not them about patricide.

It's very compelling, but hm. I think it would take a lot of work to get Jiang Cheng to a place where he thinks killing your parents because they are not good to you is a good plan. After the fact comforting by way of hysterical scolding and digging a hole in the yard for a version of JGY he loves, absolutely, but I think it would be hard for him to conceptualize patricide as a positive thing or a good life choice rather than a source of new, potentially unsolvable problems. Dead dads can never love you or give you approval! Murdering your dad is extremely disreputable and taboo! But in a universe where he's very in love with both Qin Su and Jin Guangyao and he finds out what Jin Guangshan did to their moms, and, by extension, to them I think he can maybe make the leap. Especially if, as you said, he thinks it'll improve the vibe for Jin Ling. They can finally be one happy family! Jin Ling can just marry someone conceived after JGS conveniently kicked it!

Su Minshan would like everyone to acknowledge that he gave Jiang Wanyin the idea. Read the minutes of the evil meeting Jiang Wanyin wasn't even invited to in the first place.

#tbh I think they'd be better for each other than any of the people they fixate on except Yanli #like they do a slowly escalating pile of atrocities and validate and reassure each other about them the whole way down #it's wonderful for everyone except the people they keep chained in the basement #and Lan Wangji who is lonely #but Jin Ling is happy and Mingjue lives so Huaisang is also happy #i think jc is too damaged for jgy to admire the way he admires anyone he's really down bad for #like even in universes where jgy is into him he's sort of a su she nhs hybrid #he has the outward markers of respectability and power that jgy is very very drawn to #but he likes them with capital M Morals #the kind of person who would absolutely reject him for his crimes #which is why it will be so meaningful when they finally accept that his crimes weren't his fault and he was totally justified #JC is too easy #it doesn't count!

[prolibytherium]

The first time I had someone ask to write a fic based on something I posted.... I THINK the post was me wanting to see a fanfiction of Otacon and Solid Snake stealing Liquid Snakes corpse (canon event, very funny, would still like to see it), and they made it into necro shit, either having DRAMATICALLY missed the memo or done specifically to spite me (almost definitely the latter)

#Which is an impressive hater move tbh very high effort I have to admire the commitment to the bit #Other two times were positive and flattering and not psychological warfare but also not in the intended spirit of my piece #Ok now see I've had a minor resurgence of my MGS interest and now I'm sitting here thinking 'damn I SHOULD write that' #I almost definitely won't but. #mgs

[voidsaber]

me: praying to goodsmile every day for a cute thrawn nendoroid or stylised statue or figma

hot toys: brings out £200 poseable figure of live action thrawn where you can see every pore of lars' face

me: :/

#thrawn #grand admiral thrawn #this is not what i wanted #so we either got hugely expensive ugly ahsoka thrawn (with no bf) #or boring undetailed rebels thrawn bust #or from the west that shitty limited edition funko pop which is both expensive ugly and poorly painted!! like all funko pops tbh #i just want my guy to have a ysalimir and not go bankrupt acquiring him

[inkykeiji]

i keep reading that lil story u shared and that’s just so heartbreakingly cute(?) idk,, i’m sending him good vibes

aw anon!!! 🥺🥺🥺 this is really sweet :(( i understand what you mean! it’s stuck with me for years, especially the way he said it like the ‘i can’t—i can’t take you out just yet’ was so,,, honestly i don’t even have a word to describe it. really earnest, maybe? not desperate or begging but a genuine hey, i’m getting out of here soon and i’d really love to take you on a date the moment i can. i dunno, it was really endearing! i really do wanna write something inspired by it 🥺 i sincerely hope he’s doing wonderful <3

#i literally said ‘i have a boyfriend; i’m really sorry’ because he was so aaah i dunno yeah it really is that like risking it to just catch #up to me for a moment and talk to me #i think it was also just that hopeful note in his voice #like almost proud that he’d be leaving soon—which he should be!!! #that’s awesome #it takes a lot of bravery to be there and go through their programs etc #my dad could never make himself go through rehab so i have a lot of respect and admiration for the people who were brave enough to do it #people don’t understand how terrifying it is to do that and the strength you need to stick with it #so really hope this guy is absolutely flourishing now #sending him tons of love #probably would’ve said yes to him had i been single tbh #anyway anon!!! i’m glad this story touched you! i don’t know why it was on my mind today but i wanted to share it #because it has touya vibes #dabi was out presumably homeless on the streets from ages 16-24 so #i’m rambling i shall stop now #i hope thursday has been treating u well!! <3 #stay safe n drink water bb <3 #inky.bb #clari gets mail