so there is this thing I've speculated over many times but I never mathed it out before so:

This tells us that Blaine was born at some point between 6/4/1980 and 5/4/1981 (I assume it's not his birthday bc I feel like he would have mentioned it but he also might not)

We also learn this:

Now this seems to slightly conflict with this -

-but I'm actually more leaning towards the first one, because Angus was actually sane then (by McDonough standards) then and it's a legal "document", while the other is a "Brother Love" doing a sermon.

Also, we can see on screen, that the will was recorded on March 4th 2012 - so minus 35 years, that actually means that she's been working for him since before Blaine was born (1977 or 1978)

Which would really mean she was there all of Blaine's life. This is also kind of supported for me by this:

Now...in present day, Blaine mostly refers to his father by his name, using words like dad or pops etc sometimes for the sake of it. But...assuming that he's actually quoting something he remembered saying at some point (which it sure sounds like in that scene), then he must have been pretty young to still have referred to his father as "daddy" - especially considering Angus' long absence and generally...low tolerance for "weakness" or sentimentality. I feel like he wouldn't have humoured that for long but that's just speculation. But my point is that Blaine would have been pretty young at that point which supports the earlier theory that Frau Bader really was there for most of his life.

The thing is, personally I always speculated that she was hired because Angus was barely home/didn't really spend time with his son and because his mother was too mentally ill/traumatised to take care of a child. but. Unless Blaine has a secret mysterious older sibling we never hear about, Bader cannot possibly have been hired as a nanny. Which kind of makes me wonder whether she was supposed to be a kind of "caretaker" for Blaine's mother before that. (Or whatever else her connection to Angus might be)

i'm sorry some of y'all need to get your ears cleaned or something and take a step back because that was........not good

the way Miguel conceptualises the alternate self and Gabriella is sooooooooo ahdhdjfj god he’s so mentally ill and emotionally isolated. like, he views himself and the other Miguel as functionally synonymous (“I found a universe where I was happy”) and thus sees Gabriella as essentially as much his own daughter as she was to the man she actually knew.

Been thinking about my body a lot

not to throw my hat in the ring with the 2080238403948th goth music discourse post but it's annoying how the argument keeps crossing my dash flattened of all actual nuance lmao

[ i'm giving you a Read More cuz i'm generous ]

you do have to listen to goth music to be goth, yes. but also no. if you were born between 1982 and 1995 there is a strong chance that in your neck of the woods, generic Mallgoth™️ (a fashion which incorporated aspects of metal, skater, hip-hop, fetish, and rave clothing/style into The Look) (a culture which was built around ALL heavy music of the period regardless of hard-and-fast genre demarcations through the brilliance of corporatism & the need for ease in marketing to the largest possible swath of a niche population) (which is a separate & distinct thing from GOTH-goth---y'know, people who go to goth nights & goth clubs & dress more tradgoth/deathrocky) was the predominate or ONLY alternative culture you grew up around, and because Mallgoth™️ was/is such a conglomerate type thing, there's no doubt you probably listen to a few Goth Bands at least casually but there's a much higher chance you also listen to a lot more metal, industrial, etc. cuz that's what was being pushed & marketed to METEORIC success as part of this corporate-driven culture.

does that make you any less goth? no, not really. the fascinating, terminally-online thing abt this whole discourse is it's clear how many of you motherfuckers here on tumblr dot edu do not go outside, because if you spent two weeks walking around Out In The World it would be really easy to tell Who's Goth And Who's Not, cuz you're either gonna get trash hurled at you from passing cars and people screaming shit about your genitals at you and other people trying to pray over you in public and other other people trying to pull their kids away from you or refusing to speak to you or even acknowledge your existence, or you're gonna get asked by timid nine-year-olds if you're emo.

bracket A is goth. bracket B is probably more-than-likely not. i don't give a shit what's on your playlist cuz "goth" is functionally a much more culturally-expansive label than this one small slice of specific bands & nobody gives a fuck about this except people who have too much time to argue with each other online and the current state of The Discourse™️ erases this cultural and developmental context as if the culture operates in a factory-sealed vacuum and never intersects with either capitalism or the hell that is other people. how about you go get among some bitches maybe

Naruto Modern Fantasy AU - Bijuu & Patrons

Order and Chaos are two of the oldest divinities and are responsible for the creation of the systems that exist within the Nexus (my world). Respectively, they're famously known for the creation of the Order of Angels & Life (Order) and Hell & Death (Chaos). Other achievements include the Seven Heavenly Virtues and the Seven Sins (Partially out of commission).

At an early part in their life, Order and Chaos formed an understanding relationship that developed into romantic feelings. The result of that romance and their union were the bijuu, their nine (related) children. Very soon after Shukaku was created, they separated and began their long-standing and bitter feud. In addition to their together children, they each have their own offspring, the Goddess of Life and Creation & the God of the Dead (prev the God of the Dead, Death and Decay; alt title as King of the Dead).

In the older days, each Bijuu was worshipped and had devoted followers because they were so important, and at the time were the only minor gods around. Eventually, after the creation of the New Gods, the Bijuu lost relevance and were in danger of fading away. A deal was struck so that they could maintain their form and power but they had to have a patron that they fused their soul with. In rare cases, the patrons are willing participants who offer themselves in exchange for help. In most cases, the patron is an unwilling sacrifice, pushed by devoted followers (or power-hungry men) who want to keep their god alive. In the very special case of Mito Uzumaki who offers herself to keep Kurama alive by making a deal that she'll honor his wishes in exchange for power and safety,,, she absolutely does not follow through. This builds up decades of resentment, especially when he is passed down to Kushina who does the same, which starts off his rocky relationship with Naruto.

In another very special case, Rin, who is forcibly made a patron to Isobu, dies within the early stages of his soul intertwining with hers. Later she is resurrected, as the initial soul intertwining process was botched, and Isobu and Rin's souls are now one in the same. Meaning that instead of switching out consciousnesses like a regular patron and god can do, they share it. After the resurrection, Rin also displays physical features of Isobu such as red sclera and protruding spikes.

Patrons receive their patron god's powers and abilities in exchange for either sacrifices or completing quests/tasks, often they're centered around the patron god's title. For example, Matatabi requires Yugito to exorcise and guide spirits/ghosts to the afterlife. In Killer B's case, him and Gyuuki are just vibing. Gyuuki has a historically good relationship with B's family and all of his patrons volunteered willingly, so he freely exchanges his power. Fuu was unwilling sacrificed, but thankfully Chomei adores her enough to provide her power for protection, even helping her leave her followers.

Kurama - God of Vengence

Gyuuki - God of Persistence and Adaptability

Chomei - Goddess of Luck

Saiken - God of Patience

Kokou - God of Determination & Freedom

Son Goku - God of Courage & Strength

Isobu - God of Still Waters and light rain showers

Matatabi - Goddess of Exocisim and Safe Passage to the Afterlife

Shukaku - God of Overindulgence and Partying

Whenever I see Lien, I'm always reminded of the masterful presentation of the gold coins in John Wick

The audience doesn't need John to turn to the camera and explain their significance. All we need is the phone call where he requests a dinner reservation for 12, then he counts out and hands over 12 gold coins, one for each body being cleaned up. The audience learn in a single scene that gold coins are the criminals' currency, dinner reservation is code for body cleanup, John is fucking loaded, and the criminal society is highly sophisticated and terrifyingly efficient

Meanwhile, Lien are designed to look and sound like credit cards, have different colors based on value like Canadian bills, and are treated like both on the rare occasion money actually comes up

I'd hate to be an accountant in Remnant

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Been rolling the symbiote au around in my head and considering a timeline where Emmet either isn't knocked unconscious, or he is temporarily but wakes up relatively quickly. Everyone still knows him as Ingo and he goes along with it (but they take note on the days he smiles more than he frowns)

Akari still is using an unconscious/comatose Dawn as a host, rather uncomfortably. She's trying hard to keep a low profile and therefore eats a TON so she doesn't get hangry and start biting off people's heads. Ingo and Emmet are acting as wardens but also trying to figure out where the hell the other symbiote is (they know the signs, after all). It's the stupidest game of cat & mouse.

Ingo and Emmet do eventually lose the trail because they get into an accident in front of Akari, one bad enough that Ingo needs to reveal himself in order to heal Emmet. They both try to reassure Akari that she's fine, that she's safe, that they wouldn't hurt her... They think she takes the news awfully well, for a human, and are relieved that she seemed to get over her (presumed) terror really quick!

Meanwhile Akari is having a crisis and deciding the best thing to do is stop eating so much and spend more time outside of Jubilife Village and away from Kamado so she doesn't lose her temper and snap at him (or snap his head off with her teeth).

All these years later and I'm struck by the idea of a TSME AU on my way home from work. Sometimes the characters never really leave us, huh

just a quick lil rant before i head to bed

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T’Pel travelling for her work and talking to her husband with a hidden communicator. They talk often while she travels and sometimes they leave the channel open even though neither of them is speaking.

I'm curious about something, Lucas realized that Athy liked Ijekiel when they were younger?

I mean, in the sense that he got jealous when they interacted, then I guess so. But the thing is, other than finding him handsome and charming, Athy never let herself get emotionally close to Ijekiel. This is more prominent in the novel, but you can see it in the manhwa too (Roger out of all people explicitly tells Ijekiel just that). So she never developed any real/deeper romantic feelings for him. I'm bringing that up because the only time when Lucas and Athy talked about her relationship with Ijekiel was when Athy had just rejected him. (In one of the best scenes of the whole novel, in my opinion) Athy is troubled about causing Ijekiel pain and she opens up about it to Lucas, how she always tried to put a distance between them but that she had to end up openly rejecting him, which made her feel bad for him. Lucas then replies that she doesn't have to feel guilt over not reciprocating anybody's feelings, as she didn't have that obligation, making Athy feel better. That's how their dynamic played and sorted out when they got older.

do you guys think i should steal the outdoor cat that’s been roaming around my apartment complex and just keep her in my apartment. know that if even one person says yes i will probably do it

woah i. wrote a lot.