something about marvels only popular queer character being burdened to be alone forever just dosent sit right with me idk.

francesca is also lowkey insane since she has “46” tattooed on her butt cheek…….

Like... What was the need for it....

THIS SHOW IS FUCKING DANGEROUS CAUSE I KIN EVERYONE OF THESE MOTHERFUCKERS!!!

it’s bad, guys, shit’s bad

and then i didn’t really answer because i spent the next hour and a half pretending to be narrating a nature documentary about genshin impact characters

this is the fruit of my labors

kokomi, a descendant of the ancient species ‘barbara,’ is set apart from her predecessor by a variety of specialized abilities that allow her to more effectively fill the exact same niche

kokomi has many evolutionary advantages over the barbara, such as a symbiotic relationship with a specific species of jellyfish known as the ‘bake-kurage’ and the ability to secrete a protective, jelly-like coating. even so, kokomis remain on the brink of extinction, due to their low reproductive rate in comparison to the barbara

the barbara is a primitive species, first appearing in the fossil record over 400 million years ago. the barbara most commonly fills the role of ‘healer’ in which she will provide a valuable source of nutrients to other, stronger characters in exchange for protection.

fascinatingly, the barbara has also split into two more groups, that, while not considered by scientists to be separate species, fill their own, entirely unique roles within a party of characters. the older of the two is known as the ‘main-dps barbara’ and sacrifices her ability to entice other characters to protect her in order to protect herself. this barbara uses the water she filters to create nutrients and expels it through her ‘catalyst,’ which is, in truth, a modified blowhole, violently enough to tear through flesh. the newer group, the ‘sub-dps barbara’ or, as it is more commonly known, the ‘clam barbara’, was evolved only recently, with the first population explosion of the ‘kokomi,’ a relative of the barbara. the ‘clam barbara’ is in fact a misnomer, as the ‘clam barbara’ is not in fact a clam. rather, the barbara exploited the very same niche opened by the kokomi for her own benefit, and was able to do so due to their incredibly similar morphology. the clam barbara, like the kokomi, consumes an explosive clam that evolved deep in the inazuman sea, allowing the clam barbara to preform her duty of creating nutrients while occasionally using her highly developed forelimbs to create pressurized bubbles of shrapnel using the pieces of the clam she has not been able to digest.

the ‘thoma’ has often been described as a variant of the ‘tartaglia’ due to their incredibly similar appearance, but this is a misconception. in reality, the ‘thoma’ and ‘tartaglia’ are from completely different branches of the genshin impact evolutionary tree, and can be described as an excellent example of convergent evolution, which is the phenomena of two separate species evolving to share a common trait that did not exist in their last common ancestor, often because the trait has proved evolutionarily successful.

the ‘tartaglia’ can be described as a ‘false sword user’ given that he operates as if he had the short, sharp appendages colloquially called ‘swords’ when he in fact does not, and only creates the same effect using a strange technique scientists have yet to fully understand. the tartaglia instead possesses a largely vestigial ‘bow’ or flexible bone lined with sturdy tendons used to propel projectiles. many tartaglias have been observed attempting to use this bow for its intended purpose, but none of them seem particularly good at it. whether their skills with a bow have deteriorated with the creation of the false swords, or if it is this lack of skill that pressured them to create an alternative method, it is still unknown.

the ‘beidou’ is an ambush predator originating from the seas of liyue. this unique organism will cloak herself in a lining of electricity and sit in wait for hours, often going days or weeks without food, waiting for her prey to approach. the beidou is unlike many other ambush predators in that she exclusively preys on her own predators, using a powerful swipe of her heavy claymore bone to simultaneously electrocute and slash at the approaching predator.

the anemo family is perhaps one of the most overlooked due to its ’primitive’ and ‘neutral’ nature, but it also contains some of the best examples of organisms who have stretched their biology to its absolute limit. one example is an ancient species known as the ‘sucrose.’ the sucrose usually fulfills a supportive, mutualistic role, providing the chemical known as ‘elemental mastery’ in large quantities to her hosts in exchange for nutrients and protection. the sucrose also defined another niche within the ecosystem, that of the ‘anemo driver’ where, in addition to providing elemental mastery to the other members of her party, the sucrose will also actively use her own supply of elemental mastery to create powerful reactions with other elements when exposed to air. another one of the oldest anemo characters, thought extinct until recent sightings, is the ‘venti.’ the venti is a relative of the sucrose, and because of this the sucrose’s catalyst shaped lungs can be seen mirrored in the venti’s ‘bow,’ an external lung covered in a thin layer of bone. the venti uses these incredibly powerful lungs to exhale strong air currents on which he can use to fly, and uses them to inhale and create a vacuum-like vortex that can trap predators. the venti commonly also possesses a filter within his external lung that infuses the air with elemental mastery, increasing both his own potential for danger as well as other members of his party.

often considered to fill the same niche as the venti, the ‘kazuha’ is descended from a branch of ‘jeans’ that migrated to inazuma. the jean and the kazuha are set apart from the sucrose and the venti by their use of a sword as their main offensive strategy, which is made entirely of tough bones and does not contain a lung. instead, the jean and kazuha possess special pores which they can use to expel air, though the pores are less effective and thus they are able to do this less frequently than the sucrose and venti. the kazuha, while similar to the venti in his ability to use blasts of air to pull objects in like a vacuum and propel himself into the air, possesses a unique adaptation that allows him to temporarily absorb elements from his environment and use them to attack. the kazuha also possesses the ability to create a large swirl of wind around himself using a single, incredibly powerful current expelled from the forelimb from which his sword protrudes.

Teardrops on my Guitar is kind of a banger tbh

It’s not that I don’t LIKE the Fandom Popular Pairings, it’s that I find the assumption that everyone ships them and the general all-consuming nature of said pairings to be kinda exhausting,

The headline is pretty awful but this is one of those things that gets worse as you read it:

The 14-page petition, filed in Shelby County, Tennessee, probate court, alleges that Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy, who took Oher into their home as a high school student, never adopted him. Instead, less than three months after Oher turned 18 in 2004, the petition says, the couple tricked him into signing a document making them his conservators, which gave them legal authority to make business deals in his name.

"Michael Oher discovered this lie to his chagrin and embarrassment in February of 2023, when he learned that the Conservatorship to which he consented on the basis that doing so would make him a member of the Tuohy family, in fact provided him no familial relationship with the Tuohys."

Oher was a rising high school senior when he signed the conservatorship papers, and he has written that the Tuohys told him that there was essentially no difference between adoption and conservatorship. "They explained to me that it means pretty much the exact same thing as 'adoptive parents,' but that the laws were just written in a way that took my age into account," Oher wrote in his 2011 best-selling memoir "I Beat the Odds."

But there are some important legal distinctions. If Oher had been adopted by the Tuohys, he would have been a legal member of their family, and he would have retained power to handle his own financial affairs. Under the conservatorship, Oher surrendered that authority to the Tuohys, even though he was a legal adult with no known physical or psychological disabilities.

While the [movie] deal allowed the Tuohys to profit from the film, the petition alleges, a separate 2007 contract purportedly signed by Oher appears to "give away" to 20th Century Fox Studios the life rights to his story "without any payment whatsoever." The filing says Oher has no recollection of signing that contract, and even if he did, no one explained its implications to him.

The [movie] deal lists all four Tuohy family members as having the same representative at Creative Artists Agency, the petition says. But Oher's agent, who would receive movie contract and payment notices, is listed as Debra Branan, a close family friend of the Tuohys and the same lawyer who filed the 2004 conservatorship petition, the petition alleges. Branan did not return a call to her law office on Monday.

"Mike's relationship with the Tuohy family started to decline when he discovered that he was portrayed in the movie as unintelligent," Stranch said. "Their relationship continued to deteriorate as he learned that he was the only member of the family not receiving royalty checks from the movie, and it was permanently fractured when he realized he wasn't adopted and a part of the family."

For years, Oher has chafed at how "The Blind Side" depicted him, saying it hurt his football career and clouded how people view him. He has said that based on the film, some NFL decision-makers assumed he was mentally slow or lacked leadership skills.

"People look at me, and they take things away from me because of a movie," Oher told ESPN in 2015. "They don't really see the skills and the kind of player I am."

"Beyond the details of the deal, the politics, and the money behind the book and movie, it was the principle of the choices some people made that cut me the deepest."

One thing that rubs me so wrong is that Ukraine won last year and UK has "graciously" agreed to host the event, since it cannot happen in Ukraine for obvious reasons, but rather than celebrating Ukraine and their culture and heritage (because Eurovision wants to be impartial), they shove UK heritage down our throats instead. Like... didn't we get enough of that this week with your silly monarchy thing. Give us a break. Celebrate Eastern Europe!

couple more, because I'm incapable of thinking about anything else apparently! I promise I'll stop soon (depending on what the June schedule says)

(please don't make me wait another three months for the next part, I'm gonna explode)

sometimes i think about natural hair machete

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Bruce finally decided it’s time to reveal his identity to Superman and Wonder Woman, so he takes off his mask…and is met with two blank faces. Zero recognition.

Like, Bruce Wayne is in that celebrity category of being famous for being rich and famous and also as a local celebrity, so I like to imagine that outside of Gotham, if you’re not that into celebrity culture, you probably wouldn’t recognize him walking down the street. And yeah, Clark’s a journalist, but the celebrity stuff and charity fluff pieces aren’t really his area and Diana’s never really understood the fascination with celebrities. So yeah, they don’t recognize their coworker sans makeup and expensive clothes, with helmet hair, looking like he hasn’t slept in 48 hours.

So now Bruce has to sit there, trying to figure out the least dickish way to say “don’t you know who I am?” bc he’s just not used to the lack of reaction. So he finally stumbles out with, “do you not recognize me?”

And Clark is feeling the awkwardness now but trying to be polite, “I’m so sorry, have we met as civilians before?”

“N-no, that’s—that’s not what I meant.”

Diana, trying to be helpful, “oh, are you some kind of celebrity?”

“Uh, yeah. Yeah, I am.”

“Oh,” Diana is excited now, “are you one of those influencers I’ve heard of?”

Bruce thinks a little part of him just died inside. “No, no. I’m…no.”

He’s trying so hard to think of the best way to explain that’s he’s famous for being rich, stupid, and having his parents killed traumatically in front of him but without sounding like that guy, like he’s trying to brag to his coworkers bc he’s not, he’s just used to bigger reactions, okay?

But now Diana and Clark are staring at him all politely and earnestly, wanting to learn about their teammate, meanwhile Bruce is trying to shrink into himself like a turtle bc he’s feeling super embarrassed and he would have played this whole thing differently if he’d known this is how it was going to go

ABC: "How can we keep the fans interested during this 3-week hiatus?"

Oliver Stark: pulls out a clipboard with a checklist of interviews and random other insanity-inducing social media shit "I have a few ideas"

Seriously I have a love/hate relationship with showers…

Funny ADHD ASD Memes

“Harry, however, had never been less interested in Quidditch; he was rapidly becoming obsessed with Draco Malfoy.”

I just KNOW HBP Ron was SICK and TIRED of Harry

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