I think one aspect of the bucktommy date and how it went wrong that I haven’t seen people talk about is — did Tommy even know if buck was out? From his perspective, buck’s been giving off Vibes and basically outright asked him out at one point, flirt game on fire, jealousy, telling him he was trying to get his attention. So it makes sense that Tommy would feel like buck knew what he was doing, even if we the audience know that’s hilariously not true. Cos honestly if tommy knew that buck had literally only just realised he was attracted to men and Tommy’s first instinct was still ‘cool let’s go on a very public date. no time to process no time to accept your new queer identity’ that’s kind of a dick move. Tommy not wanting to date someone closeted is 100% valid and a choice he should definitely be able to make for himself, but expecting someone who might not even be out to themselves yet to go along with that no questions asked is basically akin to outing them. BUT buck says that it’s his first time out with a guy DURING the date, so I feel like Tommy didn’t know until then just how new this was to buck, which is why, when they run into Eddie and buck flips out, he calls it off. Not because he doesn’t wanna date a closeted guy (though that’s probably part of it) but because he realised he had misjudged this a little. He says it himself, he didn’t want to pressure buck, which asking him on a public date before he was even out to himself was, Tommy just didn’t realise it. Did that make any sense? I’m sorry
Makes perfect sense!
I don't think Tommy knew if Buck was out or not. Based on all the interactions between them, I'd say Tommy would have no reason to doubt it either.
And then the way that Buck admits it's his "first date with a dude" is communicated in the way of a confession.
Like, "hey, I know I've kind of led you to believe I'm experienced in this sorta thing but before you just genuinely think my nervousness is about being out with YOU specifically... I'm a newborn baby bi."
Then, of course, Eddie shows up all, "gotcha, mfer!" and there is really no time to recover for either of them. That date was doomed as soon as Eddie stepped into that establishment.
I hope we get to see a GOOD date soon!!
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I find it so bizarre that I’ve seen some of your anons say they remember when she got super famous around 2008… as an international ex-swiftie I can tell you right now that is so far from the reality at least on a global scale. Maybe in the USA she was super famous then but she was still relatively unknown until the whole Kanye VMA situation, and even then only a small number of people knew her for her music itself. I was a fan since her first album but she wasn’t like an overnight global success (tbh I think she hates that she wasn’t cause it definitely feels like she tries to make it seem like she was). And when she did start to become “Taylor Swift” the brand it was NOT COOL to like her. In fact I remember being picked on for liking her. Like why would I like that lame country singer. Country music is lame. It wasn’t till 1989 that she became cool to like her (I could argue I Knew You Were Trouble but for the sake of it I’ll say 1989). Then the whole Kanye 2.0 situation and she went into “hiding” (aka didn’t call paparazzi on herself). Then Reputation is where I think people were back on the Taylor train. She’s not really fallen from grace since well until now. I just find it interesting the perception she was a mega star in 2008 when I don’t think globally she was till 2014/2016. And even then most of the success for her music followed personal drama that increased her fame not the other way around. Don’t get me wrong she has always been in the public eye but definitely more of an American Celebrity than a global one for the most part of the start of her career. Even now I see a lot of other international people saying she’s not got a large global pull like she does in the USA. She’s no Michael / Madonna / Janet / Britney / Beyoncé.
this ask is so funny “(tbh i think she hates that she wasn’t)” is so true. she is the queen of taylor swift historical revisionism and i feel like her rerelease campaign is part of revising the history of her personal brand too
thank you for this ask this is so insightful. im american if it isnt super obvious already enough but she’s always been big here. idk if other americans are aware of this but we’re an incredibly self centered country and assume whatever the american opinion is is the default global opinion which is fundamentally not true. she’s always been big here and her blowing up around 1989 (or her full shift to pop) makes sense. she makes really catchy pop music (if i accidentally hear a song it will get stuck in my head for days) and isn’t vocally challenging to sing along with.
“she went into hiding (aka didnt call the paparazzi on herself)” LMFAO SO TRUE! her reputation era was hilarious cause she framed herself as being universally hated yet had the highest grossing tour of 2017…like let’s be real.
i feel like the eras tour is her establishing herself as a global force on par with michael/madonna/beyoncé/britney etc. but it isn’t really sticking. like it is financially but also…its not? idk i just feel like she doesn’t have that IT factor no matter how much she tries to fabricate it through other means. her brand is not her music (despite being her being the first billionaire solely off her music) its being Taylor Swift™️
idk. only time will tell her actual legacy but she will go down as a musician whose 4 AOTYs did not deserve their awards. and i got so sidetracked but yes swifties do overhype the timeline of her intl fame to fuel their delusion over her
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Harrow the Ninth Reaction - Chapter 49
ORTUS NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO GIVE AN IMPROMPTU POETRY RECITAL
and Harrow’s started reciting the Noniad despite the fact that she hates it! aww, goes to show Ortus does mean a lot to her, especially after their little bonding session a couple chapters ago
oooh and Abigail’s coming in clutch with some kind of spell
they summoned the ghost of fucking Matthias Nonius!!!! guess it really is the time to give an impromptu poetry recital
‘why am i speaking in meter’ omfg thats hilarious, i didn’t even notice
imagine meeting the long-dead guy you wrote an epic fanfic about, Ortus might die again from sheer joy
‘Gideon [...] might have better appreciated the anonymous monster [...] she was a prodigious fighter’ i think its very cool that Harrow’s here watching the non-necromancy dream combat sequence, while Gideon’s off dealing with all the ancient necromancers and their weird dynamics. they’re both very out of their depth
i don��t have a lot to say about this combat other than go the Ninth!, Matthias Nonius is a sick fighter. guess i did get to find out more about him after all. now i want to know how the fuck Matthias Nonius originally died, it better have been old age because i don’t want to meet what/whoever could have taken this guy out
‘she had been, once again, so slow’ oh me fucking too, i just accepted that all of this just might as well happen. but there is a kind of weird dream logic to it all, where the rules are those of the mind
‘plastered themselves in red whorls’ listen to me, book, listen, you gotta be less ambiguous and tell me if the hair is red from blood or its natural colour, because that is very much going to colour my perception of whats going on 👀 and if the Sleeper is the woman on the portrait that happened to look a lot like Gideon …
‘but i still don’t know why i’m talking in meter’ someone free this man
i kinda ship Ortus and Matthias ngl
and the Sleeper has a metal tag, kinda like a name tag but it says the word ‘awake’, like some kind of message to Harrow to wake up?
nooo Abby i don’t want to say bye to all of you ghosty guys again
and the whole ghost gang is gonna go help Gideon the First fight the RB! thats a fight i wish i could actually see on page. speaking of, poor Gid, he’s the only Lyctor apparently doing his actual job at the moment. he’s gonna be so fucking confused when a bunch of stabby ghost cavaliers show up to help him
Harrow is finally getting some therapy. from ghosts, but it'll have to do
oh no but now Harrow has a terrible choice to make. and like i know that accepting Gideon’s death is technically the right thing to do (and probably better for Harrow’s mental health) i also really really don’t want Gideon to die again
‘Jeannemary said to tell Gideon hi’ awww Jeannemary’s lil crush on Gideon is still alive and well, unlike either of them
‘actually i’ve got something to tell you’ ohhh some brand new and shiny information is apparently coming Harrow’s way. would love to know what it is without the dramatic cliffhanger
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A Series of Unfortunate Attempts (ao3)
Moxxie
“So, your highness, hypothetically speaking, if someone wanted to propose to you—uh, how would one do so?”
“Why, I thought you and Millie were happily married!”
“Wha—No! It’s not like that—I’m not…oh, crumbs.”
Millie
“Your highness, didja watch the episode last week? Wasn’t the proposal scene soooooo romantic?”
“Heh, I suppose it was.”
“So cutting out your enemy’s heart as a gift is something that’s to your liking?”
“Hmm, that’s an interesting question…Oh, Millie, do you want this man catcher? Someone tried to use it on me today and I kept it because I thought you might appreciate it.”
“Oh my gosh! That’s so sweet! Thank you, your highness!”
Loona
You received a message from an unknown number
Loona: Dude how do you want to get hitched
Stolas: Preferably with silk ropes.
Loona: yea no im not doing this
Fizzarolli
“Do you think I’m taking this too far?”
“What? Nah, he’s totally freaking out right now. It’s fucking hilarious.”
“...do you have videos?”
“Boy, do I!”
Blitzø
“Alright, bird, fuck this shit, you and me, we’re getting fucking married and if you say no I’ll jump off this tower right now but please don’t because I spent a shitload on this ring so if I break anything I can’t go to the hospital and I’ll just be a mess literally and mentally—and super broke too—oh fuck you why aren’t you saying anything—”
“Sorry. I’m just, I’m just so happy. Oh dear, it’s…how odd is it to be this happy…”
“That’s not an answer.”
“I wasn’t asked a question.”
“Ugh fuck off—you know what I want to say—”
“Do I?”
“I tried to get everyone to find out how you like this done—”
“Oh, did you? I didn’t realize.”
“Shut up. Not my fault they don’t know jack shit about how to be sneaky. You won’t even throw them a bone, or maybe you never think about this…”
“I think about this all the time.”
“...and you never pop the question yourself because?”
“I was afraid, well, I didn’t want to make you feel trapped, or—put pressure on you. It might be too much and…”
“And I’ll leave?”
“And you’ll leave.”
“Ha, good luck with that, birdbrain. I’m sticking around. I’m sticking to you.”
“I would like to be stuck to you.”
“Come here so I can put this ring on you.”
“Hmm, no.”
“Ugh, fine! Will you marry me, for fuck’s sake?”
“Yes.”
“Get over here.”
“Yes, yes, yes…”
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pretending to be a boy won't make society accept you. embrace yourself for who you've always been, don't change because others tell you that's the solution.
???? HELLO? LMFAO This is a ridiculously insulting and ignorant ask. “Ohhh embrace what you’ve always been” That’s really funny because “what I’ve always been” IS a Boy. I was never a Girl. I’m not “changing because others tell me that’s the solution” I’m just embracing who I’ve always been (a boy) instead of being what others expect and want me to (a girl). How backwards it is to suggest this at me. Dude no one is TELLING ME I’m trans, in fact, MOST people in my life are telling me I’m NOT trans or that I SHOULDN’T be trans (as if I have a choice) so you my good friend are WAY the fuck off.
And…. DO YOU THINK IM TRANS BECAUSE I THINK SOCIETY WILL ACCEPT ME?? NO! BEING TRANS MEANS SOCIETY FUCKING HATES ME LMAOOOOOO bro please do your research and stop annoying random ass trans people in their inboxes 💀 and while you’re at it, get off anonymous so I can block your ass, I don’t want you here if you thing I’m “pretending to be a boy” lol. Why not show yourself, you fucking coward. That way I can properly remove you from my internet feed 😂
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