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nicks-disks · 4 months

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** CHRISTMAS SPECIAL SPOILERS!!! **

honestly, I lowkey liked the ending of Ghosts. But like, lowkey, y'know? I do sort of mourn that we lost the chance to have an open ending, as I think it's under-utilised in shows and such a heartwarming, comforting and undramatic end for a series, but I definitely don't hate what we got given.

Is it perfect? No not really. Is it good? I mean yeah I think it is, I enjoyed it.

I see it as more of a showcase to display how much all the characters have grown, as they all act in ways that would be insanely out of character and unbelievable if they had done so in season one.

My main gripes with it are really kind of petty and very subjective and based on personal opinion, so literally, genuinely take them with a grain of salt.

It was a bit too dramatic for me, Ghosts has always been one for realistic dramatics, the type of stuff that's not a huge display but so immeasurably important and I feel like this Christmas special deviates a little from that. I was hoping for something more standard and something that felt a bit less, like, "the end" y'know? But also I think that stems from me not wanting the show to end while also not being too fond of the "found family splits" trope, so it doesn't quite hold up lol

I thought the semi-B-plot with Mikes's mum felt a bit off for some reason, a bit shoehorned in at times. I do like Mike's mum, and I thought her thinking the house was haunted and bringing in a priest was funny as shit, but it did drag slightly. This with the more dramatic, somber tone made it feel like a bit of a downer not really the pacing you want for a finale. Again though, this is exactly how Mike and Alison were feeling, so it deffo helped me empathise and understand why they chose to move out, it's very smart filmmaking just not what I personally prefer for the finale.

However, I actually do like the whole idea of the Christmas special. I think it's very mature, I think it's pretty realistic, and also I think it's kind of for the better for Alison and Mike. They have their daughter, Mia, and fortunately and unfortunately she will need to be the most important thing in their lives as she grows up. They just can't afford to live in Button house, both figuratively and literally.

But I think the best way to have fully realised this idea and plot would be to have made it another season!!! It feels a bit rushed and underbaked just being one episode, but imagine it being fully explored and developed over let's say 5 episodes, a miniseries. For example, a very vague overview that I'm gonna pull out of my ass on the spot,

Episode 1: Essentially the Christmas special. Mia is brought home, Mike's mum is being a bit overbearing, and everyone is kind of miserable. All of the same events play out, the Ghosts are all in a funny mood because of the new edition and Alison has to tell Mike's mum she needs to take a step back, yada yada. Then, like the Christmas special, the Ghosts make the speech that Alison needs to leave and she agrees, it's heartfelt and meaningful. However, something that's said is that Mike and Alison can handle taking care of Mia all on their own, and that they'll be absolutely great parents.

Episode 2: The Ghosts begin regretting their decision. They start to fear their afterlives will return back to how it was before Alison came into the picture, and while they want to beg her to stay like they have so many times in the past, they also try to convince themselves that Alison, Mike and Mia's wellbeing is the most important thing, and that they shouldn't get in the way. The episode ends with the Ghosts understanding that they're allowed to be upset at Alison leaving, they're allowed to say that they're going to miss her, and they have permission to mourn the loss of this live they've grown to love. However, it's also okay to let these feelings sit and experience them while also letting Alison go. It's a miracle that as Ghosts, they can feel at all, and honestly the fact they have Alison to miss is better than decades of boredom.

Episode 3: After having briefly contacted the contractors off-screen, it fully sets in for Alison what it means to the ghosts that she's leaving Button House. As a way to subside her guilt while also trying to ensure they continue to have the best possible afterlife with her out of Button House, she says that she'll try and get it so the golf hotel thing will have a request from each of the ghosts. They all put in their wants, like Pat wants a movie night and some clubs, Robin wants a pilates class, the plague ghosts want the basement revamped (the idea of a sauna would eventually be put forward by the contractors), so on and so forth. However, Alison promises this before the possibility is even finalised, so she spends the whole episode running around and nagging the contractors to allow her to add these things, in the end basically saying "you might be buying this land and house off me, but it's mine. It has stayed in my family for decades, and I've housed so many friends and memories. I would like to have a say in what happens to it, even after I leave it behind." and after a bit of debate, it's allowed.

Episode 4: Over the course of these episodes, Alison and Mike have been trying their absolute best with trying to take care of Mia between the ghosts, dealing with contractors and selling Button house, but it is so so, so difficult. The plot in this episode is putting that as the centre, with Alison and Mike struggling to keep up with all the demands of being a parent. As Alison runs around, she pushes the ghosts aside and gets annoyed at them, and while the ghosts have come to terms with her leaving, they still want to spend as much time as possible with her before it's too late. However, them being so insistent makes Alison even more irritated, and this episode ends with Alison snapping at the ghosts due to her exhaustion and frustration. That's it. This episode ends on a bummer.

Episode 5: This episode is a continuation of being a bit of a joykill. The ghosts try to completely stay out of Alison's way, not wanting to further add to her stress again, and Alison feels incredibly guilty. Eventually she voices her fears to Mike, wondering if they'd be good enough parents to raise Mia (mirroring the parental freak out Mike had in series 5, honestly all parents go through it and it's so valid). Alison confesses that if they leave Button House and still can't take care of Mia, what would it be for? Would it be a mistake? How can they be so responsible when they're really, truly not? Mike tries to comfort her, but he's having the dame doubts and fears too. Remember how in episode 1 they said they'd be able to raise Mia without any help? Yeah that's bullshit, all parents need and deserve help to raise a kid because it's such an immensely fucking gigantic task and no two people should feel they have to tackle it alone. While they're both scared that asking Mike's mum will result in her being overbearing again, they give her a call and she comes over. She gives them both a heartfelt pep talk and remembers to not be too pushy, but her assistance allows Alison and Mike to have the first good sleep they've had in months. The ghosts, also having heard Mike's Mum soothing Alisons fears, give her the lecture on confidence she needs, saying that both her and Mike will be incredible parents, they already are in Button House and they might even get better once they leave (*cue snarky yet fond smiles*). Then, cue the end of the original Christmas special where Mike and Alison drive off, saying goodbye to the ghosts while they follow the car. And also the final scene when Alison and Mike are old and grey, and they check into the golf-hotel thing and it's all so so sweet and lovely.

And that's it, that's the end! I tried to basically make it how I'd see the team expand the story, keeping in all story beats and ideas that I'm personally not fond of but still think they're interesting and worth keeping in. But like, isn't it kind of better now that all the ideas presented get expanded on?? I feel like the awkward pacing in the Christmas Special was just because they had so much to say and no time to say it.

I'm so sorry for the absolute goliath of a post and I'm sorry if it's all over the place, I wrote this on the spot so it's sort of just rambling but I hope it sort of explains why while I do have some complaints, overall I did like the Christmas special, I just think it would've been better fully realised as multiple episodes instead of one

If you have any thoughts or ideas I'd lovveeee to hear them! I know the Christmas special is CRAZY divisive and I completely understand why but I'd like to hear your reasons too <3 let's just try and be respectful to the Ghosts team while we air our opinions though, at the end of the day this is their show and it honestly probably means more to them than it does to us.

Plus bfr I know we're all hurting, but it's honestly not that bad. It's not the way we wanted or expected it to go, but it's a great piece of television and it's their piece of television

Edit: Also I'm stupid but a bit of closure for the ghosts and Alison between them leaving and the final geriatric scene would be nice, but I guess it's not necessary. Like how it's stated before that the ghosts would have been miserable with Button House being a hotel, please show why it's perhaps less miserable than anticipated. The plague ghosts were a great example, but the upstairs ghosts probably get the brunt of the hotel life so seeing how they'd grow accustomed to it would be super interesting. Honestly, the only thing us fans want is to see the ghosts happy because it makes us happy, and admittedly it's a bit parasitic but we have grown to care for their wellbeing. Plus, showing a few cute hijinks would be, well, cute. Perhaps instead of a full episode where it intrudes on the pacing, it could be done as a separate short.

People say Alison would be miserable because she can't find a house without ghosts but that's not true, there's newer houses with less history with no ghosts, she just didn't like it because it was too quiet. Now I don't actually think this is a bad thing, it's just something that she has to adjust too. Also it's probably going to be less quiet now with Mia, so that issue is half solved. Honestly, now they have the money to chose a piece of land that has no ghosts and build their perfect dream house, so finding a suitable property probably isn't going to be that hard.

Of course she's gonna miss the ghosts and vice versa, but just because an ending is bittersweet and has some changes that everyone has to get used to doesn't mean it's a miserable disaster.

#bbc ghosts #bbc ghosts spoilers #bbc ghosts christmas special #bbc ghosts finale

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bruised-violettes · 1 year

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The Godfather (‘review’/notes)

"Family Values"

Director: Francis Ford Coppola

Screenplay: FFC, Mario Puzo

Based on a book of the same name (also written by Puzo), apparently, The Godfather's legacy is practically undying. While watching, I kept in mind the quote, "It insists upon itself" a la, Peter Griffin, but the only insisting I found was that of other people upon it, rather than The Godfather upon itself. In sane person speech, I mean that the culture surrounding The Godfather is much more masturbatory than the actual contents of the movie.

I find this to be the case with many iconic 'films for the ages'. For example, The 400 Blows. I think it's generally considered one of the greatest (or I suppose at least most influential) films of all time, but personally, I wasn't so moved by it, even though I consider it to be great. Of course it was the 60s and yada yada it'll feel unoriginal because I've already seen everything derived from it, Citizen Kane style idk, but anyways, my diagnosis is that The Godfather is quite good.

I put off watching it for a while actually. Because it's three hours long, and I rarely have the attention span for movies that long lol. But in all seriousness, in one of my first attempts to watch it, I ended up falling asleep, so I only got tiny little vignettes, and I had no clue what was happening. In all of my attempts following that (up until now), I tried to watch it on the same pirate streaming sites, and I just couldn't get into it because of the unfavorable quality. But this time! I torrented it. Because it's on paramount plus and it's one of the only streaming services we don't have, and I'm not going to bother getting a free trial because fuck that, anyways. This time I was watching a version that didn't sound like it was recorded on a toaster, and I was fully ready to stay invested for the full three hours. And I did! It was very compelling to say the least. Very suspenseful, and after an hour and a half I started sweating whenever someone got into a car.

I do have to say though, that it's not my kind of movie. As in I watch it and I don't feel the desire to imitate its artistry, only its prestige. As in I want to make someone people like as much as The Godfather because other people like it a lot, not because I like it lot. Anyways, I digress, plus I doubt you get what I'm talking about. X_X.

Anyways, it kind of made me feel like I want to have a big loving family of my own, but without the mafia parts of course. Spoilers for a movie that came out 50 years ago; I thought it was stupid how Michael married that one Sicilian girl, and then just went right back to Kay after she died. This seems like a weird thing to focus on, I know, but it kind of ruined their relationship for me. Why did he go back to Kay when he had no intention of ever seeing her again until Wife-1 died? It didn't seem like he actually wanted Kay, but like he was just like "fuck it, whatever", which isn't fair to Kay, you know?

Well, those are my thoughts on The Godfather. 9/10

Also I feel like if you put Sylvester Salone, Al Pacino, and Robert Deniro in a line up, I wouldn’t be able to guess who was who x_x

#the godfather #al pacino #marlon brando #francis ford coppola #movies #movie review #movie reaction #blogger

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existentialbby · 9 months

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Sometimes I like to think about the fact that in 1492 Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue but like, honestly, that is such a random historical fact that has for reason gained relevancy like it's common knowledge now that the vikings landed in the US before Christopher Columbus and also like uh maybe the literal native Americans hello????? Like just cause everyone in England was too busy fucking inventing new ways to kill eachother to realize like oh shit there's more land over here doesn't mean that the America's were some sort of huge discovery, like why the fuck do I even care that Christopher Columbus existed other than the atrocities he committed being bad. It's not even a particularly relevant history to the America's if you ask me like the colonies sure that's kinda relevant thats when Europeans started to immigrate but idk I think I would have just liked a section that taught native american history. Like the most I ever got was the Thanksgiving speech and even that shit hole lesson was conceived by an ass hat who had no idea what was going on or trying to needlessly dumb it down for me. Very frustrating. I think that sometimes we spend a lot of time trying to dumb things down for kids, and lord believe me I know that some kids out there do totally need it to be dumbed down, but like, nah man immerse them kids in a cultures and educated enviornment so they can grow up and recognize parallels between the lives of people past and their own experiences. There are so many modern examples of happenings in the world that we can look back to history and say "wait, haven't we done this before?" Maybe that's the nature of humanity, to be in an infinite loop of constant fucking up and repeating out mistakes, but I'd really like to believe that we're more than that, that we can truly learn from our past and our mistakes if only we open our hearts to the possibilities. Sometimes, it seems like it's surely too big an ask to be even remotely possible, but such is our burden, the burden to try against that which is impossible. Every day we wake up and face the horrors of our reality, the mundanity of life, and though it may be a struggle, ultimately we do find ourselves doing our little tasks and serving the capitalism gods above us. We do this in spite of our eminent ends. Maybe we don't always recognize that, we choose to not constantly think about how any day can be our last, but it is a fact that we celebrate in many ways. With each passing year we celebrate birthdays, both for the monumenntous occasion of our entering into this cruel and beautiful world, and for a grim but subtle reminder that our time here is but a trial. And sadly, no one knows when it's going to end.

Maybe that's what makes our little lives precious, of course there's all the rest of being a person and Yada Yada Yada, but I find that there is something uniquely human in our determination to face everyday despite the literal hard wall of the inevitable. Often, instead of feeling down, though I have down days too, I feel inspired to create, to pour my heart out into these posts or to write a hilariously bad piece of poetry. That too is a burden in of itself, a constant battle of wanting to outplay my own past experiences, to one up myself in an infinitely scaling tower of incredible mind numbing expository greatness, or to somehow eventually create something so profound that it doesn't just touch your heart, it shatters it. I think it's hard to convey emotion through any medium, how is it possible that great artists can use the forms of music or paint or word to twist us up? How can I surpass their ability to give you an emotional and mental experience like no other? How can I wire to you, directly, the feelings that I have? I want to blow your mind. I really do. But it's hard to constantly reach that level when sometimes all your brains wants to do is be like hehe hehe froggy. So I don't know, there's a lot of things I don't know. Like

The primordial soup right

DNA was just forming

How did that happen? Obviously there's theories but like imagine being there in person to see it. It would probably look like nothing but still, that could be cool. Isn't it scary to think about how we're all nothing but constantly running chemical reactions? Everything including us could be reduced to simple cause and effect. Like, you say bazinga, cause I asked you to and the effect I'd that it would cool I think

B*zinga (derogatory)

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springatito-moved · 2 years

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k wait seeing clarification i now want to genuinely get into the "is sapnap a liar" thing bc OOOH man do I have thoughts.

/rp /dsmp yada yada

So the whole thing is "did he intentially lie to or mislead george into thinking dream didn't care about them to get him on his side rather that Dream's" right? Well see that paired with a very small amount of what happened sure I guess you can draw that conclusion. until you continue watching their arc and getting more context into dreams behaviors.

turning this into just a "george and sapnap thing" when dream is VERY MUCH a key factor is why sapnap's words get twisted all the time.

Where did Sapnap get the idea from?

He got it from hearing the Spirit speech. Where Dream literally says he doesn't care about anything other than Tommy's discs. Now the truthfulness of that speech is a whole can of worms, but then Sapnap asks Tommy what it means.

Tommy says Dream only cares about George. What people forget is that cc!tommy is a dirty toxic dnfer who will not hesitate to make a dnf joke at every turn. He's not saying that Dream only cares about George bc its true, hes saying it to make a dnf joke bc he just does that some time (he literally made one during one of the prison streams where his character was in a very stressful sad situation and he still made a fucking dnf joke Please stop forgetting he just does that sometimes)

but it does lead Sapnap to this conclusion based on his limited knowledge: Dream plans to have Tubbo exile Tommy because of what Tommy did to George. When Tommy went after Sapnap's pets, Dream helped Tommy and even gave him Mars and thus betayed Sapnap. Dream said out loud with a lot of conviction in his voice "I don't care about anyone!". Then Tommy says "Well he cares about George."

So at this point he has a lot of reason to believe Dream doesn't care about him specifically.

2. Okay, so why did he say Dream didn't care about him and George?

He has just been put into the very stressful position of realizing his best friend is a big fuckin' jerk who doesn't care about him and has been using him. He didn't want to lose anyone else so he panics and he chooses to say Dream doesn't care about George. But not out of malicious intent. He doesn't know what the truth is and doesn't want to lose someone else.

He's not lying, he just doesn't know the truth. He's choosing to believe what Dream said over what Tommy said, because he figures Dream knows his own mindset better.

3. Didn't Dream dispute the claim during the dethronement?

He did! When Sapnap brings it up, Dream says he didn't mean it. But George fires back with "Why'd you say it then?" And he's right to ask that! Dream exiled someone for George but then told said someone he only cared about the discs. Then here he comes to dethrone George to "protect him", something George also refutes by saying that if Dream was around more often he'd be a lot safer.

George is smart enough to make his own conclusions. Sapnap hardly elaborated on anything so it came down to George putting pieces together himself. Sapnap says "he doesn't care about us" and then Dream dethrones him with a very shaky reason and then proceeds to attack and harm him and his friends.

So even though Tommy said that Dream cares about George and Dream himself said it wasn't true, George figured out pretty quickly that Dream doesn't care. No matter what Sapnap said he would have been hurt by Dream.

4. But Dream does care about them!

Sure. If your definition of caring about someone is repeated violence, blowing up their home, destroying important landmarks to them, stealing their things, manipulating them, and using them for personal gain.

He says things to catch people in his web. To use them. Just because he said he didn't mean it, doesn't mean he's also telling the truth. If he cared about them he wouldn't have blown up Mexican L'manberg. He wouldn't have pushed them around or been a huge jerk to them. They stepped out of line and he got upset and decided to act violently. He doesn't care, he just liked how loyal they were. When they stopped being obedient he felt the need to show them their "place." Like he does with everyone.

5. So, is Sapnap a liar?

Not at all. He had two conflicting pieces of information and his anxiety led him to believe one (Dream) over the other (Tommy.) He has no ill or malicious intent. He was scared. He ended up being proven right as well. He didn't lie, and he didn't trick George. He just frantically said something he didn't have full context of in hopes that his other best friend wouldn't also leave.

He's not a liar, he just has anxiety and abandonment issues.

#dsmp #dsmp analysis #c!sapnap a #ill defend him until i die.

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petalbypetalmyself · 2 months

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50/366 | weight loss is just math & spiralling is not helpful

Yesterday I listened to various Coaching Calls. And they both hit hard. I hit the spot, because I searched for "When All You Want Is Chips" (i. e., when you don't trust yourself around food) and "Self-Discipline." Why? Because I know myself enough as to know what I'm looking for in myself.

Rachel repeated several times during the call that "weight loss is just math." If I stick long enough to my calorie goal, then I will create a deficit that will result in weight loss.

"Weight loss is just math" -> I have been eating around 1800-2500 kcals daily. I haven't created a deficit, but a surplus, at least according to the equation. I should be eating 1650 kcals according to LoseIt, and 1392 kcals according to Jordan Syatt's calculation. I will reach for a range of 1300-1700 (tops!) kcals of only certain foods. More on this later.

"Weight loss is just math" -> I went from 54.8-55.1 kg (even during my period) to almost 56 kg and to 55.5 kg the last time I weighed myself. Probably my weight has gone up again because I went out to dinner and let it spiral until today.

Until today.

"Spiralling is not helpful." That's another phrase of Rachel's. I always let myself obsess and let my thoughts and feelings dictate my unhelpful behaviours consisting in overeating and punishing myself. "I always do this" seems to be saying "therefore this is who I am."

But that's not true. I'm many things and up until this point I let these things blow out of proportion. But how silly is it really? Very silly.

It's so obviously true that what I've been doing up until now is not helpful. I'm not sleeping well at night, I'm not being productive during the day, I'm taking laxatives and sleeping pills frequently and I'm constantly riding on an emotional rollercoaster—bad moods, jumpy attitudes, laughter and crying. These are facts.

But how do I turn them around? Well. Here's when the second podcast I listened to comes in handy.

"Self-discipline is not boring. The only thing self-discipline does is help you do what you want to do." This is a coach's way to say what William James said so beautifully about routines. Routines are helpful because they free our time.

"The only thing self-discipline does is help you do what you want to do."

Deep down I have two wants. I want to lose weight and I want to be more cultivated.

Now, I must manage my time so that I can fulfill both my tasks and my wants.

The key is consistently leveling up. Consistently reminding myself of these two wants. Not only why I'm doing this, because sometimes "Why" is not enough. I have to say no to my own excuses. "It's just one cookie," "I just don't want to do it now," "I'm very tired," etc. I'm doing this for myself. I should start treating myself with respect.

For starters, all of this Ashley Eckhoff business always throws me off balance. I begin obsessing and frankly boring myself to death with her workouts. I don't buy her speech completely, and I don't want to work out because I have to but because I want to. If you lose weight you lose weight overall. Now, I think squats and yada-yada can sometimes bulk you up if you're weight lifting weight, i. e., certain workouts will affect how your body is built. That's why I want to complete these two programs.

FB Flex R2, 3x a week. I want a toned upper body and to have a stronger back.

And then I would like to add ballet and ballet fitness 3x week.

The Weightless program. It's actually very important for me to finish this program. It's not only about food and ballet fitness. But about organisation, home decluttering, time management, discovering what's important to you, tracking your progress. I never had the chance of finishing it and this time I'm committed to do so.

It really feels great, this ballet fitness business. I feel really well now. Mobilized and mobile.

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kimoralov3 · 2 years

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dad!druig

a/n: so someone requested something cute and fluffy with druig, and due to recent events this was the first thing that came to mind lol

paring: druig x afab!reader

warnings: mentions of pregnancy symptoms like throwing up, swearing (what's new), lots of fluff, very slight angst

a/n: look at his arms oh my gawd

finding out that you're pregnant

so you'd been feeling a little sick lately

and it wasn't like your normal sickness symptoms, you were throwing up a lot and just generally feeling a little bit sluggish

and obviously he takes notice towards that because he's always trying to make sure that you're okay

"do you want to go to the doctor? i think we should go to the doctor." "druig, it's proably just a stomach bed. it'll pass."

the two of you sat there and argued (not really argued but just trying to convince the other that they're right)

eventually druig won and scheduled you a doctor's appointment

also side note imagine that it's like the dead of winter when you're going and while y'all are getting ready he likes helps you put on your coat and tie your shoes??? fucking adorable

anyways i'm getting sidetracked

so you're sitting on the bed/table thing in the doctor's office and druig is sitting in one of the provided chairs and his leg is going a thousand miles an hour

what if you were sick??? were you dying??? how was he going to live with himself if you died???

his thoughts were interrupted when the doctor walked in

"hello there! i hope you're doing well because i have some great news."

neither of you were sure what could be so great about you possibly being sick but y'all didn't want to be rude and interrupt him

"you're pregnant!"

there was a moment of silence

the two of you looked at each other then back at the doctor

"i'm sorry what?"

the whole car ride back was dead silent

both of you were too shocked to say anything

when y'all got in the house y'all kinda just stood in the couch

neither of you were upset about the news, the two of you had just never talked about having kids

so neither of you knew how the other felt about having kids

"druig" "yeah" "are you...happy about this" "of course i am. i know we haven't talked about it but i would really like to start a family with you"

he then goes into this long ass speech about how much he loves you and how he'll do anything to protect you and yada yada

basically he makes the really cute speech that leaves you a sobbing mess

during the pregnancy

druig would be a great person to be around when you're pregnant because he is so insistent about doing everything you ask him to

need a foot rub? he's doing it before you even ask

you want a baconator at 5 in the morning? he sleeps with his keys in hand so he can rush to the car

he spends a lot of time on pregnancy and parenting groups getting advice

he also calls phastos a lot to ask about random things

"how high off the ground does the crib need to be" "druig, i haven't even had my morning coffee yet"

the first time the baby kicked the two of you were cuddling on the couch

"ow" "what happened? what's wrong" "your child just kicked the shit out of me"

he then spends the next few days trying to catch the baby kicking but he's unsuccessful poor druig

he also uses the last 2-3 months of your pregnancy to build a whole nursey

like i'm being so serious he didn't buy a crib from Walmart, he went to home depot, bought some wood, and put that shit together himself

he's there for every appointment holding your hand

if you ever worry about anything (i.e. not being a good parent) he'll be there in a heartbeat to make you feel better

i've said this before but druig definitely has a way with words so he knows exactly what to say

once again, he'd be the perfect person to be around while you're pregnant

the baby year (years??? i don't know how long they count as babies)

before the baby was born you and druig agreed that the two of you would take turns taking care of the baby so you weren't as stressed about having to wake up in the middle of the night

although sometimes druig would trick you into thinking that it was his night instead of yours and stops the baby from crying because you need your rest

there's a baby section in almost every room of the house, each one has diapers, bottles, wipes and formula so no matter where the two of you are with the baby

druig takes his job as a father very seriously as you can tell

almost a little too seriously at times

but honestly you don't mind because he's adorable and he's just trying to show that he cares

but there are days where you have to like force him to sit down while you take care of the baby

"go read a book or something, me and the baby will be fine"

the main people that come over to help are phastos, sersi, and makkari

makkari and sersi because their your best friends

and phastos because he's had enough of the 2am questions so he basically sits the two of you down for a masterclass in childcare

also gil and over thena come over a lot with food

y'alls baby literally loves thena it's so fucking cute

a/n: i was going to write for toddler to teen or young adult, but one; i'm really tired cuz it's 1:30 am but i'm up for moonknight, and two tumblr is really fucking testing me and fucking up my writing so i'm gonna go and play the sims before i commit arson or some shit

#i'll prolly do a pt 2 later #druig #druig x reader #druig x afab!reader #druig x fem!reader #druig x female reader #druig fluff #druig imagine #druig fic #druig fanfic #druig fanfiction #dad!druig #dad!druig x reader #druig x you #kimoralov3

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therealvinelle · 2 years

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What if Torgrim was Edwards secret weapon instead of Aro/Caius? When they're all looking for people to join their little army, Edward runs into Torgrim. Maybe he sees his gift in action and it happened to work out for Torgrim. Edward's rubbing his hands together like a stereotypical villan. "Hehe, take that Aro!" He somehow keeps this guy secret from the rest of the group until the big show down. Keep in mind, Edward thinks the Torgrims gift isn't random and he just ignores Torgrims desperate attempts at explaining as being modest or low self-esteem. Just when things are getting real tense and everyone's convinced their going to fight, Edward does this weird, elaborate whistle and Torgrim comes awkwardly shuffling out of the woods. Everyone is like, who the fuck is this guy? Edward goes on a monolog about Torgrims gift and incorrectly explains how it works. Torgrim is just fed up with this guy at this point and doesn't bother interrupting. This just makes the tensions even worse. Let's say someone, Caius, calls his bluff and Edward puts Torgrim on the spot. He has to demonstrate his gift or else be seen as impotent. His patience runs out and he's like "fuck it" and thanos snaps. What happens next?

(Note: Torgrim's text file of killable vampires now includes hybrids. This means Renesmee, Nahuel, and Joham's daughters are on the line.)

You know, you could have ended this question with "Torgrim is Edward's secret weapon", because everything else is just par for the course what Edward and Torgrim would come up with.

But, alright, these two somehow met, Edward (and Torgrim, for that matter) don't entirely understand Torgrim's gift, and Edward keeps Torgrim hiding in the bushes as his ace in the hole.

And then suddenly, one thing has led to another, speeches have been made, now Torgrim is put on the spot.

He snaps his fingers.

Torgrim blows up Carmen

(Oh, I laugh, because per the last post, this means Carmen got so close to the sweet release of death. So close!!)

Caius bursts out laughing, Aro's hands fly up to cover his mouth, and even Marcus raises an eyebrow. Slightly. According to some accounts.

The Cullen side, meanwhile, yells and screams in horror, oh holy god did she just die, yada yada.

Edward whirls on Torgrim, YOU TRAITOR!!

Torgrim, desperately, insists this wasn't his fault, he didn't do this on purpose, he'll make this right. Maybe it's that shield's fault! Yeah, maybe if Bella wasn't covering them all in this massive psychic dome, Torgrim would be able to kill vampires outside the dome and kill the people he's supposed to. Yeah.

Eleazar, sobbing over his wife's rubble, yells something unintelligible. What he's trying to say is, "That's not how any of this works, you idiot!"

Torgrim, however, interprets the unintelligible sob-babble as "don't let my wife's sacrifice be in vain, noble soldier!" and snaps his fingers again.

Torgrim blows up Irina

... I forgot to remove her from the list. Let's for the sake of the exercise assume she wasn't dead yet.

Caius laughs harder, while Aro at this point feels the need to assure the people gathered, Cullens, witnesses, and the lot, that he has never met Torgrim before, this guy is not working for him, the Volturi don't blow people up like this, really, no legal accountability here. Aro is as surprised as anybody.

Unfortunately, Aro's nervous ramble now has people on both sides thinking Torgrim is in fact a spy.

Which is bad news for Torgrim, who doesn't want to get the vampire equivalent of shivved.

He snaps his fingers.

Torgrim blows up Volturi guard member #9

Caius stops laughing, but he's still snickering. Aro, on his end, is relieved, for all that he'd never admit as much. "Oh, what a tragic loss! Carlisle, you need to stop your man before he kills any more people."

Carlisle, unfortunately, wastes precious seconds explaining to the crowd that Torgrim is not his man, in fact he's never seen the man before in his life.

Torgrim snaps his fingers again.

Torgrim blows up Random vampire across the globe #17

Nothing happens.

The crowd relaxes incrementally, and Emmett's heavy hand clamps down on Torgrim's shoulder. "Let's stop snapping, huh, buddy?"

But Torgrim doesn't like being told what to do.

He snaps his fingers again.

Torgrim blows up Peter

Pffffft.

Emmett moves to decapitate Torgrim, unfortunately Torgrim has time for one last snap. (Let's hope it's Emmett, that'll leave the crowd in terrified awe of Torgrim)

Torgrim blows up Mary

Mary, for the unknowing, is another one of Carlisle's friends.

Torgrim burns on a pyre, and the trial recommences, this time with the Cullen side just a bit more sparse.

#torgrim #mary #peter #carmen #irina #aro #twilight #twilight meta #twilight renaissance

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hoediaz · 2 years

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no cause like all the signs what if buddie was planned from the beginning but with eddie breaking down in front of buck what if theyre really taking it and going there?

listen i can't talk enough about how desperate i am to hear tim/kristen and oliver and ryan talk about buddie when it goes canon like i NEED to know when they decided to go there, how long it's been in the works, what they think about it, everything.

at this point i am 99.99998% sure they're Really going there like bestie buck's LITERALLY in the room that to me feels like more Proof of canon buddie than anything else, the will included, bc like obviously eddie would trust buck with christopher's life and safety and happiness like duh we've known this since the tsunami arc. the will is a Bonkers thing to do but eddie's a dramatic lil weirdo so like, it would be so strange for the show to let us know about this will thing (bc really. they didn't have to. eddie was never going to die, the will could have gone unmentioned forever, eddie could have talked buck down in a different way if they wanted us to believe buddie are #bros #besties) and then Not go there but there's still enough wiggle room to be like, okay, maybe this is...idk next level bestie goals.

but for eddie to trust buck with HIMSELF? that's. that's unreal tbh mlakfs like THAT'S the most damning piece of buddie canon evidence i think, so far at least. and you know obviously it's possible we're all just clowns yada yada whatever i don't really care bc i'm having a blast regardless BUT at this point? i really don't know how they could possibly build up anything that would even come close to comparing. ESPECIALLY on eddie's side of things. to go from ana, where he was actively having panic attacks and brushing it off and sticking it out and Hiding everything, to breaking down like that in front of buck in ONE season? there's no way they could ever build up a love interest for eddie that could compare. (i don't think they could for buck either, lucy included, but for the purposes of The Scene i'm thinking more about eddie)

which, anyway, sorry for THAT lil spiel what i mean to say is: i am pretty much almost 100% positive it's going there (i say this but i also have a meltdown like every 12 hours where i just laugh hysterically alone in my room thinking about the possibility of it like i believe in it but also i won't be able to process it until i'm like 90 years old) and i am DESPERATE to know when they started intentionally planning for it. because i tend to agree that s3 and the tsunami arc is when something Shifted but there IS so much in s2 that is. damning. not only the elf and the maggot call but all of stuck, eddie's gay lil speech to his wife, etc etc. so...was that just a happy accident...were they keeping the possibility open when jlh imprinted on kenny and they say the reaction to 2x01? tim, please come into my office i am so curious

#asks #anon #lkamfs sorry for not shutting up this was not the question at all #but i am feeling insane

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topconfessions · 3 years

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Dont wanna diagnose anybody but it also could be that TOP is on the spectrum. A lot of stuff he does, says, likes & dislikes could be characteristics of someone with Autism. It's a lot more common than some might think

We already spoke of this a long time ago on here. Take this with an extreme grain of salt but a tarot reader / psychic said TOP has autism and his nephew has it as well. She discussed how he is spectrum / in that range and that's why he comes off very childlike acting the way he does.

Besides lets call a spade a spade and be brutally honest: when started opening up and revealing his extreme narrow interest in niche things like CHAIRS and all this other stuff, I don't give a single fuck how much everyone wanna excuses it and act like it's cute 4D interest he passionate about - that was enough for me. As many special needs and disorders do have these traits of people having this sometimes showing a great consuming interest in such things like this.

It's very common and I dont like how the community for some reason ALWAYS has some justification or bs shield that everyone says for him and other idols like idols are unicorns that are exempt from having health issues, illnesses and special needs. This has come up a lot but the fans will attack like theorizing that he has Autism is saying he has schizophrenia like that's a hateful death sentence as if it makes him a bad person or less than a person.

You'll learn really quick how people truly view handicaps, mental illness and disabilities by how they react and what their responses are when stuff like this comes up.

Angry anons y'all can bitch all you want but to me and others its beyond obvious TOP is undiagnosed autistic. And PLEASE PLEASE DO NOT MESSAGE LEAVING " well my cousin, my mom my yada yada has it or Ive seen people with it and....."

No, I don't want to hear it. While Autism Spectrum and other related special needs disabilities has similarities and standard behavioural symptoms, in general one person can define how everyone with it behaves and handles it. TOP is a celebrity who most likely is on spectrum and he works in an environment where he himself IS THE JOB and his behavior, speech, his ideals and how interacts is his job and he has free range to do whatever he wants so he is in a rare environment and lifestyle where his autism can go undiagnosed and actually benefit him cause he is not living with standard challenges and restrictions regular and working class people are living with.

Nobody will be rushing to clock him or monitor him nor will they be aware cause it is presented to us as him performing. Its presented as his image, fanservice, pandering, entertaining us with him being 99% aware of his actions and in control of it.

Even HSH herself said TOP was bizarre and although I don't like her she probably noticed it too but is not aware that he is on spectrum and just takes hus behavior as him being a weirdo as special needs isn't a huge championed issue in South Korea like it is in America. When is the last time y'all heard any special needs idol debuting and becoming massively successful?

Think about it. Anyways. Thanks anon. I always knew this and thought this. But many fans don't want to accept it.

#choi seung hyun tttop #choi seungh hyun #bigbang kpop #vip bigbang #bigbang t.o.p #t.o.p bigbang #kpop

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aspiring-holistic-otaku · 4 years

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randomly woke up at 1.30am so I might as well make a random post about a random thing I hate/makes me anxious when it comes to manga aesthetics/quotes/idk reality is absurd I guess???

eg.1) the above is the original image as downloaded from the site I was reading it on and below is how it would look on twitter because the aspect ratio focuses on Ichigo's face in the second panel and that just didn't have the same feel I was trying to give

(even though if someone were to click on it the above is what they would see I think first impressions are very important n being as unsuccessful as I already am I'd like to always put my best foot forward haha)

so first I simply cropped it to see what it'd look like

and then some minor "editing" to get out the speech bubble/make it less obvious n boom

it's not super obvious after the fact and maybe I was overreacting initially too but like if I were to just post as is on the get go n it got the usual 3 likes n 1 rt I'd blame myself n say it's cause ppl hated the aspect ratio crop n a "good" aesthetic page would've made sure everything fit in the crop n I suck n yada yada yada 🤪🤪🤪, the voice prattles on. the edit makes me feel better n if it doesn't get interactions after I at least feel a little better knowing I tried. I do get a little anxious tho that one day someone is gonna confront me for these kinda edits Ace attorney style like "OBJECTION!! I KNOW THAT PANEL AND YOU'VE EDITED IT YOU FRAUD!!!" but that hasn't happened yet so haha

eg.2) the above is the original image, just cropped to focus on this character looking cool and honestly I don't mind the volume cover being on the panel that much it's just that it cuts into one of the puzzle pieces n breaks the immersion of that complete focus vibe I'd want to give

so I got it outta there n it looks fine as is but I may not ever post this on the page because despite how cool I think it looks I also don't think that many people read blue lock (especially on tumblr haha) so I figured I'd get the title out too

now it looks a little too empty yk? but still great overthinking meme potential I think,,, idk lol, idk anything...

but yh... stupid shit that makes me anxious about aesthetic posts n such

#just another day #it's like 2.10 now #prolly make a post on the page then head to bed again #ranting is my default mode of communication I'm sorry :^)#making this also gave me a little bit of anxiety cause tumblr moves the images around sometimes n the post doesn't make much sense like tha #hope nobody saw before i fixed it haha

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