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the--highlanders · 2 years

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the novelisation adds in an extra scene where jamie, alexander, kirsty, and colin get attacked by two redcoats on their way to the cottage and. we have alexander killing one man and attacking another, we have kirsty pulling her father aside, but we never get a description of what jamie does. other than the fact that he stops alexander from chasing after the second redcoat (possibly to their detriment! alexander does make a valid point that he could bring reinforcements)

and I just think it’s interesting that. the highlanders doesn’t exactly shy away from death and dark subjects. the novelisation itself has a somewhat graphic depiction of alexander killing the first redcoat here. but - jamie threatens two, ben, and polly with a knife, sure, says their blood is warm enough to kill them - but we don’t know if he ever would have gone through with it. he doesn’t act at all here, other than to stop alexander killing another man. he stands at the window and stares in horror when alexander eventually dies. he pushes trask overboard during the fight on the ship, but it’s not a death sentence. in amongst everything going on, we never find out if he’s actually capable of killing someone. but I think he /knows/ the answer to that question is no.

which feels significant, given how influential he is on two’s character development, and hence the doctors development as a whole. he’s serving in an army, but he’s a piper, not a soldier. he’s just witnessed a massacre, and knows his life is in danger too, but he won’t kill to protect himself. he calls alexander back from chasing after the redcoat by telling him that his priority should be looking after his injured father. surviving and healing, rather than fighting and dying.

#second doctor #i'm so!!!!!!!!!!!#he's so good. he's so important.#and. crucially. i think he is DEEPLY messed up by this knowledge of himself.#i think he feels immense guilt at the knowledge that he couldn't force himself to 'contribute' by killing someone #and i think he hates the fact that he feels guilty for it #also i'm thinking about eleven saying 'good men don't need rules. today isn't the day to find out why i have so many'#bc i think that quote says something v interesting about the doctor's moral compass and what they see 'good' to be #and i think two (who as was discussed today gfkgdkj. is certainly not above a little violence) sees that in jamie #rightly or wrongly #possibly he idealises it a little #but i think he looks at jamie and sees /good/ in him (when jamie is tearing himself to pieces from guilt)#and thinks it's a good he simply isn't capable of #but i think also something he believes he can strive for #hence why two settles so much after early series 4

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isagrimorie · 4 months

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The more I dig into the Voyager rewatch, and the more I see Janeway is giving in more and more to the Valkyrie she's always inside. The more intriguing Janeway is. I already think she's great but digging deeper into Janeway is amazing.

I keep thinking of how Janeway holds on to the Starfleet regulations and it makes me think of that Doctor Who quote and how she fits the description to a tee:

"Good men don't need rules. Today is not the day to find out why I have so many."

I feel this is Janeway -- she has rules for a reason, she's not evil but she also knows she can go very, very far.

Janeway has been through a brutal border skirmish in the conflict with the Cardassians. She downplays it but, how Kate Mulgrew, it feels like there was a lot more there.

She ranked up from Lieutenant, not because of being a Science Officer but because she's a decorated vet in a bloody siege, where they won.

As we've seen from Sige of AR-558 and the episode in Strange New Worlds ground combat is a whole different beast from ship-to-ship battle.

(Tom looks like a zombie in the last one btw)

Also, IMO, she's one of the more inventive tacticians in Starfleet-- the way she used the torpedoes in Year of Hell as a mine was amazing!

That's a great naval tactic shit. Hot girl navy.

But also, Janeway fits so much the Doctor Who, Good Man Goes to War rhyme:

Demons run when a good man goes to war. Night will fall and drown the sun, when a good man goes to war. Friendship dies and true love lies, night will fall and the dark will rise, when a good man goes to war.

It's also true of Janeway that when the three people that form the basis of Janeway's mental health died and/or became very sick, Admiral Endgame Janeway happened. And then she destroyed the Borg.

Janeway needs rules for a reason.

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#star trek voyager #kathryn janeway #character thoughts #thinky thoughts

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starlightshadowsworld · 2 months

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Kunikida: That's enough! I won't stand here and let you hurt my partner!

Dazai: Kunikida smiles I'm alright.

Kunikida: Like hell you are.

Mori: Oh? Intrigued Does this anger you, Kunikida?

Kunikida: glares at him Of course it does.

Mori: smirks Than I have nothing to fear, do I? The anger of a good man is not a problem. Good men have too many rules.

Kunikida:... Chuckles That's where you're wrong, Good men don't need rules. And today is not the day to find out why I have so many. Leave.

#source: doctor who #kunikida doppo #bsd kunikida #bsd dazai #bsd mori #bungou stray dogs #bsd

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ddejavvu · 1 year

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we always talk and dbf!hopper and maybe he’s a little mean but we are MISSING THE MARKET HEREEE

cus what about parents!bestfriends jopper.

joyce can be all soft eyes, holding hands, soothing words, rubbing her hand up n down ur back making excuses while hopper simultaneously gets mean with swatting ur ass during a punishment or a ‘reminder’

(in my head with the reminder thing, he’d probably make it make sense, saying it’s for ur own good, cus ur a good girl but this ensures u stay one, he knows u haven’t done a single bad thing but! look at how well ur taking it now! and this is just him repeating how u should act or who u shouldn’t speak to etcetc, even if you follow their unspoken rules religiously)

today is multiverse monday, send me any au you can think of! :)

this post is 18+ (and so are its characters), minors dni.

cw: (legal) age gap and power dynamics at play, don't like, don't read.

NO WAY.. babe, why did you spring this on me at the beginning of a work week bc i won't be able to focus at ALL. jesus christ, okay i need to foam at the mouth for a bit about this thank u <3

joyce is kissing your face, smoothing out your hair, holding you on her lap while your ass is bared for jim to swat at. they'd both been unnerved by the way one of the neighborhood boys has been ogling you lately, and they know you'd never give him the time of day, but they just want to make sure.

joyce is all sweet smiles and soft words, kissing your trembling lips as you wait for jim to spank you again, practically pushing your ass out in search of his hand. technically, it's a punishment/reminder, so you shouldn't be enjoying it, but they both know you do, and jim isn't going to take that away from you. she's promising you that you're their perfect angel, that they know you'd never bother with men like that, but that they just have to remind u just in case. And even typically mean dom!jim is softened by how earnest you are, begging him for kiss between swats at your ass.

he's softened by your sweetness, and he takes your face in his big, rough hands, cupping your cheeks like you're made of glass and pressing soft kisses to your lips as you press your own, more desperate ones to his. he lets you kiss at his mouth and reciprocates gently, calming you down from where you're begging for more. and when you're done, when your ass is sore and jim can't find it in himself to remind you of something he knows you won't do anyways anymore, he'll switch positions with joyce, settling against the headboard of your bed and opening his arms for a cuddle. you crawl up against his chest, and joyce tucks herself against his shoulder as you get pampered and loved on, promised that you're perfect for them and that they love you more than anything :')

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mlmxreader · 3 months

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New prompts

this prompt list for the explicit and only purpose for requests to be sent to @mlmxreader

rules & guidelines

"It's not fair, you know"

"I just feel like shit lately"

"Don't you think we've done that enough?"

"You can't change the past"

"I'm happy here with you"

"Can you love me a little louder today?"

"It's your favourite, isn't it?"

"I'll bring this motherfucker down"

"You can't just say that and then act like it's nothing!"

"No, no, and once more: no"

"Oh, go suck a fuck!"

"I've had it with you lot, honestly"

"It wasn't my fault!"

"Please, please stay with me"

"I can't go on without you, you know that"

"I couldn't stand to think that you were gone..."

"H-how? You... you're dead..."

"Don't go... don't go... please... I need you here... please..."

"Do not leave me"

"I can't be alone right now"

"I told you - war was not a place for us"

"There is no need to hide"

"Just take my coat, would you?"

"Even if you're lying, tell me you love me"

"Take your chances"

"It's a small risk, we can afford it"

"You just have to go and ruin it, don't you?"

"When I'm with you, I'm the king of everything"

"I don't need nothing, but some peace and quiet"

"You could whisper, and I will hear your call"

"Why are you up so late?"

"You are my river, and I will always find my way to you"

"Don't listen to them, they don't know anything"

"No matter where you go, your name will always be in the wind, and it will always tell me where home is"

"I'm not unhappy, just had a shit day"

"I picked these for you"

"It's not much but... I need you to know I love you to the point of creation"

"Meet me for coffee later?"

"I could spend the entirety of my life here with you"

"These valleys are my home, and... and I want them to be yours, too"

"Get over here"

"What? I like showing you off"

"Everything I do is to show you how much I care"

"I don't need heaven, I just need you"

"I don't want to know about the outside world, I just want to know that you're here with me"

"Turn the telly off, I have something to say"

"Kiss me, before anyone notices we're gone"

"Listen, the only way anyone's getting out of this alive is if one of us doesn't"

"No! I can't go without you!"

"I told you I would always be loyal to you, now moreso than ever"

"There's that look in your eyes again"

"You're so handsome when you know no one's looking"

"Get in! Quick!"

"It's a long journey"

"It's been a while, far too long, really"

"I never thought I'd see you again..."

"You're home, you can relax"

"I don't know what I'd do without you." "You'll never have to find out, I promise."

"You look so good, I... I don't know what else to say"

"It's you and me, always"

"I will always come back to you"

"One day, all of this will be worth it"

"Come here, I have something to show you"

"Don't try and hide things from me, I can read you easier than a book"

"Is there a reason you aren't sleep?"

"I forgot what it was like to wake up next to you"

"See? I told you this was a terrible idea!"

"Don't go too far without me"

"We're not going anywhere until this rain clears up"

"You are aware that I do actually care, right?'

"Shut it! I don't wanna hear it!"

"You're happy, I'm happy"

"You poor bastard"

"How can anybody be so cruel?"

"I dread to think"

"Are there even any of us left?"

"Don't count your chickens"

"That's so fucked"

"No."

"Please don't forget me"

"This is not the end"

"But how much can you promise?"

"My gold is good and my word is worth a thousand men, what more do you want?"

"I'm just about ready to fall asleep"

"Be gentle with my heart, won't you?"

rules & guidelines

#✌🏻

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lionheartedmusings · 8 months

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also also... yeno? who q!bad reminds me a lot of? in a way i was not expecting? the eleventh doctor.

"good men don't need rules. today is not the day to find out why i have so many."

"i'm not running away from things. i'm running to them before they flare and fade forever. that's all right. our lives would never remain the same. they can't. one day, soon, maybe, you'll stop. i've known you for a while."

"people fall out of the world sometimes, but they- they always leave traces, little things you can't quite account for: faces in photographs; luggage; half-eaten meals… ; rings. nothing is ever forgotten, not completely, and, if something can be remembered, it can come back."

"900 years of time and space and I've never met someone who wasn't important."

and perhaps my favourite and most telling:

"what if you were really old, and really kind and lonely, your whole race dead. what couldn't you do then? if you were that old, and that kind, and the very last of your kind, you couldn't just stand there and watch children cry."

#qsmp #q!badboyhalo #HE'S SO 11 CODED #THE ANGER THE RAGE THE HIDING BEHIND SILLINESS TO TRY AND CONTAIN THE HORRORS #THE ABSOLUTE SAVAGE SOUL #ugh i need to make my all encompassing post about q!bad but the thoughts #they're so many

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dresshistorynerd · 11 months

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You were right to correct the fashion part, as I sent that ask in anger and indeed used faulty reasoning on practicity and did not develop the other points. I apologise for sending a message in this state, as it is in no way a good manner to open a discussion. While I do not agree with you and find the speculation detached from what a masculine woman might feel, her point of view, I see that I am not approaching this fairly and thus, wasting your time. Perhaps other masculine women may have better insights on that topic... if not, have a nice day.

I'm glad you sent another message. I also didn't offer you much benefit of doubt in my answer so I'm impressed you did now. I was debating weather I should give you a benefit of a doubt when I was answering to your first ask, and decided it was not worth it, but maybe it would have been. I can understand now better where you're coming from and why you sent a message in anger.

I don't want to sound harsh, but the post was not about you. I understand you probably identify with Julie d'Aubigny, which is completely fair, but that doesn't mean you know her and doesn't mean I'm talking about you, when I'm in fact talking about her. You say I was speculating on the feelings of a masculine woman, but I was not. Why are you so certain she was a masculine woman? Why are you so certain you know how she felt and who she was? I sure am not certain about really anything about her or her life, certainly not her feelings. Which is why through the whole post I speculate what information about her we can trust, what might have happened and what was unlikely to have happened.

We don't know for sure she was masculine, or that she even dressed in men's clothing, that could have been a rumor to other her, make her seem weird to the people of her time. Especially because of her (likely real) sapphic relationships, this is a real possibility as gender and sexuality were seen as so strongly connected. On the other hand she was also described as beautiful in her society's standards by her contemporaries, which would mean she would have reached some feminine beauty standards. Maybe she changed between masculine and feminine presentations depending on a situation, which I think is probably the most likely explanation, but that's my opinion not a fact. Maybe she was a feminine woman, maybe an androgynous woman, maybe a masculine woman, or maybe not a woman at all. People, who didn't fully identify with womanhood or manhood, who we might call today non-binary or genderqueer, have always existed, but how did they exist and present themselves in a society that had so extremely binary gender system? I think it certainly would have depended on a person, but certainly one possible way would have been to fluctuating between masculine and feminine presentations. What about a trans man, who was famous as woman from a young age, whose career involved fame, how would they have presented in a society like that? Maybe he would have presented in a more comfortable masculine manner, whenever he could, but maintained a feminine presentation for when it was needed for his career. And then how would you determine for certain today weather a historical figure, who was afab and likely presented both in masculine and feminine ways, was a androgynous/masculine woman, non-binary person or trans man?

We know very little for certain about Julie's life and I don't think we can for certain make any determination about how she felt about her gender. I don't think we have evidence to rule out any possibility. I tried to not make any assumptions about her or her life without evidence in my post, while presenting what I think was most likely. I think she was a woman, I think she was sapphic and I think her presentation was androgynous if not masculine. Knowing how at the time gender was constructed and what her cultural understanding of gender would have been, I think she probably had a complicated relationship with womanhood, a relationship that today might be described as genderqueer (I'm using this in it's broadest definition). (I talked about the gender construction at the time in my addition to the answer of your first ask so I'm not going to go into it here.) I raise other possibilities to highlight that we can't know for certain, if our interpretation of her is true.

I'll say again that I understand relating to historical figures and seeing yourself in them, but when we try to actually interpret history, I think it's important to put aside those feelings. If we project our feelings to history, we can't see past our cultural biases and our understanding will be lacking. It will make us blind to the things that won't fit our understanding of the world, instead of better understanding how world was seen in a different time.

You can disagree with my interpretation, by all means, but if you don't have some evidence of her life that I don't, I don't think you can fully disregard the possible interpretations you disagree with. I disagree with the interpretation that she was a straight woman, but I can't disregard that possibility, because the evidence we have of her attraction and relationship to other women is not fully reliable.

I think this second ask of yours is very fair and even the first one raises important questions on how we should interpret and approach history, so I don't think you're wasting my time.

I hope you have a great day!

#answer #history #queer history #lgbtq history #julie d'aubigny #julie de maupin #anon

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factorialsotherfandoms · 6 months

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(A sequel to the fic here [ao3] where Fit and Philza discussed what happens after they escape the island, with Fit and Tazercraft. Set like 2 days after Pac escaped the water prison.)

It is an average day, if a little late by Fit's schedule. Ramon did not fancy waking, but that was okay - there was still time for his tasks. Fit intends to use the time to instead empty his rucksack, an eternal chore he always put off.

Much like right now; Fit is not emptying his rucksack, but instead spearing catfish.

Underwater he nearly misses the beep of his communicator. At first he thinks some pondweed just caught him, but when he looks... The flashing light of a private message.

He surfaces, swims over to the shore, and checks

mikethelink whispers to you: can you come over? mikethelink whispers to you: Pac's freaking out mikethelink whispers to you: he won't calm down

Fit does not even need to think about the message. He texts back a quick 'yes', grabs his warpstone, and warps over to Chume Labs.

He does not really need the turtle and elevator rides to work out what might be wrong; it's only been a few days since Pac returned, of course he's in distress. The fact Mike is calling Fit of all people for help, however... Fit can only do his best.

It's not hard to find them when he enters the lab. Even from the elevator shaft he can hear Pac's sobbing.

When he reaches them, its much as he expects - Pac curled up in Mike's lap, choking on his tears despite the hand in his hair. Mike, too, is a little wide eyed, tense and alert for anything.

Pac's leg is missing, the prosthetic still being repaired from too much salt water in the mechanisms. Mike reckons its salvageable, but Fit would have just stolen another if it were him.

"Oi," Fit calls as he jogs over. "How're my favourite scientists today?"

It's an obvious question; Mike just looks down at Pac, still clinging to him.

"Hey Pac," Fit does his best to be softer, but his voice naturally booms. "Who do I need to kill?"

"Nobody!" the snap back is a little hard, a little desperate. "Don't - you mustn't! Please!"

"Hey, hey," he lifts his hands in surrender. "Just a joke."

Mike's death glare informs him this is the exact opposite of what he was supposed to do; Pac climbs half out of Mike's lap - one hand still in his lab coat - and grabs Fit with the other.

"They'll take you!" Pac half screams, half sobs. "They'll take you and hurt you and why even try we're stuck here stuck here stuck here we have to play by their rules, Fit, we have to! Even if we win, where do we go? You can't get taken too, you mustn't!"

"Hey now," Fit puts his hand over the one in his shirt, squeezing it gently. "I'm right here. Nobody's got me."

"But they will," he sobs. "They will! They'll hurt you, they'll hurt everyone, we should just... Just do what they say... It's not like there's an out, it's not like we can leave, where would we even go? Better to stay here. It's the prettiest prison we've ever been in."

"It's still a prison," Mike scowls. "We break out of prisons, remember."

"We break out and then we're alone!" Pac shudders, then continues half-screaming, though he switches to panicked Portuguese and Fit is not really good enough at it to follow.

The tears that break through, though?

Fit understands them.

Mike's arms tighten a bit around Pac even as he looks up to Fit. "He's asking you what's the point in rebelling when losing means torture and winning means losing everyone."

There's exhaustion in Mike's tone; this must have been going on a while. Maybe Pac woke up with a nightmare? Fit hasn't seen them all day.

A nightmare of torture, a nightmare of prison, a nightmare of a life with Mike but on the run... Who really knows?

Fit's far, far, out of his depth, but he does as all death fearing men do; he takes his chances, and leans on good old Philza Fucking Minecraft.

Thank fuck the crow already has a plan, or at least a dream of one, because this would be even worse if Fit couldn't envisage a future for them either.

But he can, so he leans forwards, cups Pac's cheeks, and moves so close there is nowhere to look but each other's eyes.

Pac quiets, left only with hiccuping sobs.

"Pac," he whispers, brushing his mechanical thumb along Pac's cheekbone. "Pac, it'll be okay. There's a plan - I promise. You won't loose me, or Richarlyson, or anyone else. We can get out of here /and/ have each other."

There's a long pause. Fit lets it be a while, and then says, "you'll still have me, when we win. And a home."

Pac gives it another moment, and then whispers, "Really?"

"Really."

"And… and…?"

Pac looks at Fit with watery eyes as he says it, hope not quite yet rekindled, but sparking at least.

"And we'll get ourselves a house," he promises. "Mike, you, and me. We'll build it ourselves and each have our own rooms, but we'll actually sleep in a pile beside the living room fire. Richars and Ramon will have their own rooms too, and one for guests, but everyone will live in the same village anyway. We'll come and go from the world whenever we want, and we'll have a vegetable garden we fill from our adventures. Across the river you and Mike will have your lab, and in the middle of town I'll build a new gym - and fight arena. We'll go adventuring and exploring together, and the eggs won't have to be afraid of death because everyone will have infinite respawns. Instead of a fence we'll have a rosebush, thick and spikey, and we'll make Mike look after it for us then he'll throw the sheers at me and I'll have to do ir anyway. Does that sound good?"

The head in Fit's hands nods, shaking as it does. Mike, behind Pac, has gone very, very still.

"You can paint the living room," Fit promises. "You're the one of us with taste, anyway."

"I want the bathroom," Pac manages, voice shaky. "I want... I want a bathroom. It will be peach."

It sounds atrocious; Fit does his best to smile and not grimace, "a peach bathroom it is. But you have to keep fighting, okay? No peach bathrooms until we get out of here."

"But..." Pac shudders.

"Even if we don't, we'll still bring you with us when we win," Mike's voice comes again. "But if you don't help us, the bathroom is being turquoise, not peach. And we'll bring you with us, so you have to see it. Live with it."

Live with us, nobody says.

Nobody promises he won't be abandoned, but Fit thinks they all know what he means.

Pac slumps forwards, leaning on Fit's chest. Fit runs a hand through his hair, and Mike holds his hand.

"I can't promise they won't hurt you again," Fit says, because he can't. People suck, and that's just how it is. "But Mike and I? We'll kick their asses and get you back. We all get taken? We either break out, or Phil and Cellbit will come get us. Everyone on the island taken? The Feds don't know what they're in for. They're never going to keep you, Pac. And, one day, we'll be free."

Free of this island, free of contractors, free of the cops - it'll just be Pac, and Mike, and Fit himself against a brand new world.

Well and the rest of the island. There's always the rest of the island.

That's about Fit's limit concerning pep talks for the day, however; there's no way he can handle more honesty and emotions than that. It's for the best, then, that Pac seems to be falling asleep against him. Cried himself out, probably.

"Fit?" Mike asks. "Can you lift him? My room's just this way."

Fit doesn't ask why, he just scoops Pac into his arms. Pac reaches up, and wraps his arms around his neck, but that seems about the extent of his wakefulness.

Mike leads him to a room Fit already knows the location of, and together they tuck Pac into bed. As soon as he's on the mattress Pac is grabbing the both of them again; they sit one on each of his sides, holding his hands and promising to wait while he sleeps.

They wait for a little as he falls silence, and Fit just sits and watches as Mike attempts to clean the tears from his cheeks.

Eventually its done; Mike wriggles around so they are both on the same side of Pac, holding one of Pac's hands and flopping to rest his head on Fit's shoulder.

"So," Mike begins. "Is there really a plan?"

"There's most of one," Fit does not look at Mike, instead watching Pac sleep. "It's Philza's not mine, though; he's the one of us who knows the Void best."

"You trust him with it?"

"With the world," Fit tilts his head to the side a little. "Well. Maybe not the world. He did that once and it wasn't terrible, but I don't want a repeat. You know how it is. Or you don't? Either way I believe his plan will work."

"Talk me through it," says a man who has made more than enough plans and devices and schemes, but is perfectly willing to make more.

"There's not a whole lot," Fit tries to sound like the plan is more certain than it is. "Philza scouts out and chooses worlds for himself semi-regularly. Once he can get out, he's going to find a place, then lead us there. Ideally the goddess he serves will take the burden for it, else he can manage us a few months. Between him and Wilbur there'll be time to find a more permanent place if she can't. Or to contact another host."

"Goddess?" Mike asks. "Like Mine?"

"Mine?"

"Creation," Mike hesitates a moment, before pulling out a ring. He does not hand it over, but he does show it to Fit. "She and I have an arrangement."

Fit does not try to take it, but looks at the galactic engravings around it. "I don't really get goddess things," he admits. "But, if you talk to Phil, he'd probably appreciate the help."

Mike hums a little, "I'll talk to Pac about it. It's not like she's a secret, but…"

"It's personal. Don't worry about it," Fit sighs, freeing an arm to tug Mike against his side.

"Who else knows?"

"Just the four of us, far as I know," Fit considers it. "It's not a secret, we're just not telling; he doesn't want to get people's hopes up when he's not convinced we'll ever break out."

"Will we?"

"Yes."

Fit doesn't even need to think about that.

#qsmp fanfic #qsmp fitmc #qsmp tazercraft #qsmp pac #qsmp mike #set during that bit pac just got out the water prison and was doing not good and wanted to abandon breaking the law #this set of fics are not canon compliant but canon diverges very very slowly #AKA only once I can be bothered to diverge it slowly #I'll deal with ao3ing it in the morning its late

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calisources · 1 year

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DOCTOR WHO MATT SMITH ERA MISC QUOTES SENTENCES. this includes spoilers for the show's fifth season of the revival, so approach with care. change names and pronouns as you see fit.

I started to think you were just a mad man with a box.

There’s something you better understand about me ’cause it’s important and one day your life may depend on it…I am definitely a mad man with a box.

I am definitely a mad man with a box.

Have you ever run away from something because you were scared, or not ready, or just… just because you could?

Don’t know. I think a lot. It’s hard to keep track.

The lost language of the Time Lords. There were days, there were many days, where these words could burn stars, raise up empires, and topple gods.

There’s one thing you never put in a trap, if you’re smart. If you value your continued existence, if you have any plans about seeing tomorrow, there’s one thing you never, ever put in a trap.

He’s not some kind of madman?

Has anyone ever told you that you’re a bit weird?

Something old. Something new. Something borrowed. Something blue.

Completely astonished. Never expected that.

When I was a little girl I had an imaginary friend and when I grew up he came back.

When you wake up, you'll have a mum and dad, and you won't even remember me.

I'll be a story in your head. But that's OK: we're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh? Because it was, you know, it was the best: a daft old man, who stole a magic box and ran away.

Did I ever tell you I stole it? Well, I borrowed it; I was always going to take it back.

And the times we had, eh? Would've had. Never had.

2,000 years, (name). You won't even sleep - you'd be conscious every second. it would drive you mad.

Good men don't need rules. Today is not the day to find out why I have so many.

"Very rarely, impossible things just happen. we call them miracles."

I have lost things you will never understand!

And I know things, secrets that must never be told, knowledge that must never be spoken! Knowledge that will make (name) bleed!

Because I’ve lived a long life. And I’ve seen a few things.

And I watched universes freeze and creation burn!

I walked away from the last great Time War. I marked the passing of the Time Lords.

I saw the birth of the universe and watched as time ran out, moment by moment, until nothing remained. No time, no space. Just me!

If you want me to travel with you that’s fine. But as me. I’m not a bargain basement stand-in for someone else. I’m not going to compete with a ghost.

You remind me of someone.

Someone who died.

#rp meme #sentences memes #meme call #roleplay memes #sentence meme #( cali meme. )#rp memes #rp prompt #rp musings #roleplay prompt #roleplay meme

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alphaman99 · 1 year

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Doctor Who:

Madame Kovarian : The anger of a good man is not a problem. Good men have too many rules.

The Doctor : [turns his head slowly to look at her] Good men don't need rules. Today is not the day to find out why I have so many.

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shyjusticewarrior · 2 years

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Gotham Incorrect Quotes Pt 48

Oswald: The anger of a good man is not a problem. Good men have too many rules.

Jim: Good men don't need rules. Today's not the day to find out why I have so many.

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Barbara: What if the voice inside your head is your soulmates'?

Ed: Then my soulmate's a fucking asshole.

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Oswald: Being disabled is the only minority I can make you a part of. Talk shit, get hit.

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Ed: I don't wanna ask the wrong person and end up with some subpar crack.

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dream-about-dancing · 1 year

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#Polls #ninth doctor #ten doctor #eleven doctor #twelth doctor #Doctor who #I tried to remember a good quote for the thirteenth doctor #but my mind and google was blank #Sorry #Maybe my love for the RDA era is too strong 😅

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infamousbrad · 1 year

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If Josh "Haulin'" Hawley has a problem with his manhood, he should take that up with his shrink or his friends or whatever, because my manhood's just fine.

In today's Washington Post, book reviewer Becca Rothfeld takes Hawley's Manhood seriously (soft-paywall link), arguably way more seriously than Josh Hawley's Manhood deserves, and honestly, just from listening to him lecture about it and reading the reviews, we pretty clearly are talking about Josh Hawley's Manhood, not America's.

Josh Hawley's church filled him up with stories about what the Real Men of the Bible were like, and he feels like none of the men around him are living up to those stories. (You will not be surprised to learn that he doesn't even get the stories right.)

For professional or emotional or psychological reasons or whatever, Josh Hawley tries to make the case that unlike the rest of us (I roll my eyes here) he did grow up manly, that his Manhood is fine. But to "prove" this he has to straight-up lies about his biography, leaving out the three quarters of it that could threaten his Manhood.

Josh Hawley's Manhood is very, very threatened by a bunch of ancient Greek and German philosophers that only Harvard grads like him have ever heard of, that he imagines liberals are obsessed with, because he somehow thinks that those philosophers held out the promise that, among other things, men can preserve their manhood without obeying Josh Hawley's church's rules for manhood. (Not only is he wrong to think that liberals care about or have even heard of those philosophers, Rothfeld points out he doesn't even get those philosophers right.) He finds this temptation to stray from biblical Manhood very, very threatening. And finally ...

Josh Hawley's Manhood is very, very, very threatened by the fact that he doesn't think that he gets praised enough for being brave or obeyed eagerly enough, like real men should be. Which he blames on liberalism making it unfashionable to be manly, and creating too many temptations for unmanliness.

Look, Josh, I know you don't actually live here in the state you represent, but as a Missourian who's quite confident of my manhood and who doesn't feel at all threatened by any of those things, as someone who doesn't spend hours and hours every day worried that somebody's going to take away my manhood? You really need to look up "fragile masculinity" and then have some nice talks with a therapist about it, or at least with a good friend.

Because honestly Josh, you're right, we don't take your Manhood seriously. The cartoonish performance of masculinity that you've embraced isn't how confident men act, it's how scared little boys act when they're afraid of being called sissies. And even by that standard, you're not doing a great job, and that's why we're laughing at your Manhood (and your manhood).

#josh hawley #manhood #fragile masculinity #washington post

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transingthoseformers · 1 year

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So I promised to write more about what makes Optimus Prime snapping so scary, and why I fucking love it. We put so much trust into this character, in g1 he was specifically made to be the character to trust. Optimus is this strong but kind character, with the power of a literal god in some cases. The less trustworthy of us see this and go "Oh that guy is a ticking timebomb that I want nowhere near." Also, I don't know if anyone else has picked up on this, but there's propaganda in the early continuities that rubs the wrong way. I need to dig up an old post about it to sufficiently explain it, but now in the 21st century, it makes the autobots somewhat uncanny.

— okay this post sat in my drafts for five days, unfinished. Since I'm in a little goofy "rip and tear" moment, I'm going to finish it. Another part of why I love this version of Optimus is because I've damn been there. I understand what it's like to have to be the bigger person all the time, to be so damn careful and everything constantly goes wrong anyways. I understand the want to just go apeshit. Not to quote doctor who, but I believe The Doctor stated it very well: "Good men don't need rules. Today is not the day to find out why I have so many." The protagonist isn't always the good guy, and that's what's so fucking amazing about these kinds of depictions of Optimus Prime.

#i was going to scrap this post. was #au #optimus prime #it's actually part of why Bayverse Optimus is one of my favorite characters; because you can see his mental status flux through the movies #I've seen people joke about how angry he is when like. he fucking deserves to be angry #i did find the post mentioned in the older section yes #partial shattered glass #maybe #idk

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Guess who has two thumbs and was effectively tricked into agreeing to work on his day off tonight?

Also, why the fuck is the title "Closure Encounters", I thought it was a typo at first...

No saga sell, we enter The X-Files and die like men, lets go.

"I'll go take a look", says the man about to be abducted by aliens...

Okay, legitimately, were those children real?

And why were there lawn gnomes?

Okay, given how "Star Light, Star Bright" actually did confirm aliens existed in the world of Quantum Leap, it's going to be interesting if this episode honors that.

"Look, maybe we can deal with the potential alien shit first, the relationship shit later?"

"Ziggy still doesn't know why you're here." Ziggy still doesn't know how to talk, Addison.

Project Sign flopped so Project Blue Book couldn't, checkmate, atheists.

Calling it: the police forced Carrie to take the blame.

And the car radio is being a real piece of shit right now.

"Pretty much remember everyone now." Meanwhile back at the Project, Tom starts to sweat and he doesn't know why.

"Can you take me through what happened?" "There was a car crash, and I wound up here." "Not what I meant."

They crossed into the Twilight Zone.

RULE OF THUMB: You cannot outrun a UFO, hitting the gas will only fuck you over.

My guess is that Melanie fell and hit her head, causing her coma.

"Like it or not, this is a criminal manner." "And I'm the criminal." Everyone's batting 1000 today.

Okay, calling it: the government is trying to cover up the UFO, so they moved the coma girl back into the car.

...or Russell Hunt did the coverup, honestly, either is likely at this stage. Not a good first impression.

"Say what you want, the law is on his side. Now if you excuse me, I have to be his lapdog."

"Okay, nine minutes of leap, one minute of Project, now you can't complain about us taking a break!"

I love the implication that it took Ben roughly eight hours to find a reflective surface.

"Could she really go to jail?" "Look, I don't wanna think about that right now, can I please just have a coffee?"

The atom bomb and yo-yos: Two horrors born out of World War II.

In this family, if you are a male, you either become the Sheriff, or you die. It's the 1940s, those are the rules.

So, is this a car chase scene, or...

Oh, how I so wish he just decided to floor it and play chicken- Okay, shut me the fuck up, then...

MORAL OF THE STORY: The sheriff has more stones than a random fuck with a hat.

"You're the one who called Project Sign." Honestly, did not expect that plot twist.

Addison, no need to state the obvious.

Okay, that's how you know the Sheriff is cool: He tampers with the crime scene to protect his granddaughter.

"I don't see why anyone would go out of their way to brush over their tracks." Yep, it's a coverup.

"Ben, I need to talk to you-" "Addison, if you are about to tell me there's no aliens, and Carrie is guilty, I am going to scream."

"Hey, this girl's in a coma, what do we do about it?" "Eh, just hang a cross over her head, it's the 1940s, that's good enough medical care."

"But it sounds so crazy..." "Honey, you're talking to a time traveler from 2022, possessing a man from the 1940s, investigating aliens."

My personal rule of thumb rears its head: Green is evil.

Ah, yes, that's smart, get Indiana Jones to help you beat up Agent Mulder in the middle of the street.

And now the Sheriff is packing.

So, basically, because Carrie crashed her car into Hunt's backyard, he has a fucking vendetta.

I will fucking laugh if Ben actually sees a UFO for real before he leaps out, and the Project is made to look like dummies.

"Addison, your ex-fiance is getting reckless, tell him to calm the fuck down." "Magic, I flushed my ring three years ago, I will do no such thing."

Calling it now, Hunt is in the middle of burning his helicopter in the middle of nowhere.

And back to the blue dimension.

"Grief is a strange thing." Well, according to Queen Elizabeth, and a shithead fanfic, grief is also the price we pay. [I will not be explaining the context to that latter bit.]

And the Imaging Chamber conked out, that's how you know it's aliens.

Also, soft confirmation that Janis isn't coming back for Season 2.

"SHIT, I ALWAYS WANTED TO SHOOT A UFO/HELICOPTER!"

And the cameraman snaps and mauls Raymond Lee.

[I don't know which is worse: The fact that Glade Pods had that guy make time stop by making love to his blanket, or the fact his name was Steve.]

And Ben wakes up either in the sheriff's house, or a fancy ass hotel.

Translation: Ben is openly suppressing his emotional problems.

Okay, so, did the cameraman inject Ben and Melanie with evil?

But when was the military ever exotic, Ben?

"You said you didn't believe in UFOs." "Well, I'm an open-minded man, and I hate Hunt more."

Okay, Ian, could you bottom-line what that drug was, I know you said Ben was right, but you just said gibberish to me.

Oh shit, a triangle.

Why does this 1940s neighborhood look like the 1980s?

And the sheriff is about to pull a Thelma and Louise.

"Ben, if the sheriff leaves, Hunt's going to send him to jail." "Yeah, I got that."

Is Ben going to get shot by the sheriff in broad daylight?

"Ben, you can't just walk into a military base, Ben why are you ignoring me?!"

"Look, I got a syringe of adrenaline, I'll be fine!"

Meanwhile, back at the Project, it's pointed out that Ben's plan is stupid.

This is the closest Ian has ever gotten to being in Independence Day.

And Ben chooses then and there to flip the fuck out over his relationship shit, like a sane man.

[Switching to WordPad.]

And Ben gets attacked by the Splinter Cell guy, and wakes up in Area 52, that's how you know this episode is sane.

Meanwhile, in MASH.

"DUMP THE BODY AND FLEE, MEN!"

"BEN, WAKE UP, YOU'RE SHIRTLESS!"

"Okay, we're in luck, my ghost was able to see everything, we have proof now!" "Son, did they fucking drug you with the hard shit this time?!"

And the climax takes place in an empty field.

Why does the Man in Black look like Kevin Costner?

This was the same mine they faked the Roswell Incident in.

Gamma blue 5, coincidentally enough, would later go on to be used in the invention of Monster Energy.

You know it's a good ending if the heroes are about to blackmail a new car out of the government.

"I don't know how best to thank you." "Just keep living your life, I guess, I dunno, the episode's almost over."

"Okay, I just trimmed my bonsai tree, now the migraine's kicking in."

Addison, he was just unconscious, it's not like they stabbed him in the jugular.

"Look, maybe I should just leave the show-" "Yeah, that ain't happening."

Is Tom the Poochie now? They basically just did a Poochie.

And while Magic talks to Phone Guy, Ben still hasn't leapt yet.

"All's well that ends well." There's three minutes left, Ben.

Annnnnnnnnd I am instantly suspicious of the waitress.

[Okay, am I wrong, or did it only get established it was 1949 right then and there?]

"Bye, Hannah." "Wait, no, Red vs. Blue taught me saying goodbye is bad!"

And Ben wakes up on the set of a heist movie.

[Next time on Quantum Leap: Ben discovers the horrors of Hollywood. On a completely unrelated note, the SAG-AFTRA strike is still ongoing.]

Truly, that was a closure encounter.

#quantum leap #closure encounters #spoilers #the x-files #the twilight zone #independence day #splinter cell #mash

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