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I was able to buy two of these club chairs from them. They were very pricey because of shipping someone: I think that for small businesses they make perfect sense however if you've got the money for the shipping, they will do individual items at wholesale prices.

Ugh.

"You cannot bid on items from this seller."

That seller is EVERY FRICKING BJD LISTING.

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My favourite moment is when you see his face in the reflection of one of Drakon's thug's gas masks before he knocks the guy out and takes the mask and puts it on in one smooth motion. I swear there's also an episode somewhere where we see him shooting in energy weapon and it's super hot.

HIM 🙌🙌🙌

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Have you tried

Ugh.

"You cannot bid on items from this seller."

That seller is EVERY FRICKING BJD LISTING.

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they were my giant freaking robot movie otp

that one deleted scene

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I had to personally email Sherry Fang and plead my case because Paul Zanbgy blocked me from buying any of their doll shoes solely because I left him neutral feedback on a single item.

Ugh.

"You cannot bid on items from this seller."

That seller is EVERY FRICKING BJD LISTING.

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It's a truly delightful successor to Xena in so many ways.

love how when starting Renegade Nell you're like "oh yeah the sister is gonna be the rational one here" and then two seconds later "WITCHCRAFT AND DECEIT"

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I feel the same way about 'The Edge's tbh.

It hints at a whole hidden life we only just glimpse, with the two of them rolling up their sleeves and like breaking out the welding torches or some shit. I mean, someone has to machine all those parts for the Coyote 1.0, MacBeth, and other androids and robots, right?

Not to mention Owen in 'Deadly Force's, which is one of his all-time greatest hits.

HIM 🙌🙌🙌

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in reality, it would probably be more likely Bill Skarsgård.

And then there's Freddie Fox...

New Owen Burnett head-casting just dropped.

#owen burnett #fancasting

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New Owen Burnett head-casting just dropped.

#owen burnett #alexander skarsgård

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I think I 'ship them.

#ken #allan

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My fake band name is CROWD WALLA(H)

Kind of hilarious to me how poorly the title "Mob Psycho 100" localized to English-speaking areas. To someone whose first language is English, it scans as:

Mob (Yakuza, Mafia)

Psycho (violent person with "crazy" behaviors)

Thus: a particularly violent member of organized crime.

But in Japanese it scans as:

Mob (background characters in crowd scenes in manga or anime)

Psycho (short for psychic)

Thus: a psychic who looks/acts like someone you'd never pick out of a crowd scene in a comic.

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It's genuinely embarrassing how long it took me to realize Anyone But You is a modern adaptation of Much Ado.

#amilyn #shakespeare #i can't believe it's not the bard

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seriously. 65 episodes and we see him with his ty loosened and his sleeves rolled up exactly once.

HIM 🙌🙌🙌

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I feel seen, heard, known, called out, and am now running away at speed from the McDonald's parking lot of life.

the neurodivergent experience is thinking you’re sharing fun, interesting or helpful information in a normal human conversational fashion while they think you’re an asshole lecturing them or looking down at them like they’re stupid and also that no matter how many times you have this experience you always think you’re doing it the right way this time

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*shows up fourteen years late to Tumblr with very cold Starbucks* So that Sherlock show is pretty good, huh!

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Alec Hardison's Superpower is Defying Stereotypes

Leverage showrunner John Rogers was pretty open about the fact that the show’s scriptwriters utilized plenty of tropes in their stories. In his blog, he often wrote, “You say trope, I say well-honed narrative tool.” However much they used those tools in the writer room, Leverage somehow managed to escape being a showcase of stereotypes, and no example is more obvious or satisfying than the character of Alec Hardison, the team’s expert hacker with a plethora of other talents, one of which is avoiding  becoming a walking, talking cliché. Can I just say how very much I enjoy the fact that the black male member of the cast is the least physically aggressive man on the crew?  Dear god, Hardison, you know I love you, but you are the most hilariously unconvincing hoodlum I have ever seen, and it is glorious. I loved this exchange, right after a confrontation with a street gang in The Miracle Job:

HARDISON: How about that, man? Did you see me? ELIOT: He was injured.

HARDISON: Well, somebody gotta fight the injured. Shoot, that’s my niche!

Hardison can do any number of incredible things: he can disarm a bomb on a plane while he’s miles away on the ground, he can forge an antique artifact in less than a week, he can even manipulate a mark’s perception of reality to a truly astonishing degree. And he’ll try really, really hard to be intimidating when the job needs it, but more often than not he’ll end up shooting a car engine while aiming for the enemy, or needing a rescue after his tough guy act gets him kidnapped. And that’s more than okay.  I’m happy that Hardison escapes the racist stereotype of black guys as hardened gangsters, that he tells Nate when he has to pretend to rob a grocery store that he has “no frame of reference” for that kind of violence. It’s great that Hardison portrays a different kind of masculinity than Eliot’s, that he’s allowed to express fear and panic without being declared a coward or somehow less than a man. Who the hell cares how hard this hacker genius can throw a punch? He certainly doesn’t need that skill set to overthrow a president. Another stereotype that Hardison definitively rejects is the image of the shy, socially awkward nerd. Hardison is charming, witty, and self-assured–he can smooth talk his way in and out of most situations as long as he doesn’t get overly cocky, which is the opposite problem of being shy. Also, next to Sophie, he’s the most stylish member of the group, with his scarves, vests, and bowties–and dear god, the man looks stunning in a suit. And for all of these, he is proudly and unapologetically a geek, with passionate opinions about Star Wars and a healthy obsession with fantasy RPGs. Also, his artistic, creative gifts are shown to be as much a part of his genius as his more “masculine” engineering skills. He paints, he sculpts, he plays the violin, he mixes his own music–he’s a goddamn Renaissance man, and nobody ever questions it. One more facet of this character that doesn’t play according to formula is Hardison’s history as a kid in the foster system. While Parker shows how very, very badly this situation can go wrong, Hardison’s story proves that not all foster kids end up traumatized. He was raised by a foster mom who cared, his Nana, who instilled in Hardison not only his convictions but the healthy self-image of a child who grew up knowing he was loved. Of everyone in the group, Hardison seems the most emotionally secure, the one who sleeps peacefully through the night. He has his own inescapable issues, sure, but his life as a foster kid is no cause for pity. He had Nana. He was loved. Basically, Alec Hardison is a foster kid, a geek, and a black man, and he owns the hell out of these identities while rejecting the tired clichés associated with them. What’s more, he does it all with a sexy, confident flair, and we can’t help but fall in love with him for it. After all, it’s the age of the geek, baby. Age of the geek.

(bethanyactually, do I get tea and cookies now?)

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@rubynye o hay thar

can I interest you in some gay ancient roman matronae on this idea of march