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c2-eh · 1 month

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no comment, the video speaks for itself

#look at that... look how fast he moves those fingers #when he did it with two at first i ascended #lucky are the people he pleases #aka charles #unholy thoughts during the holy week. poetic #carlos sainz jr #carlos sainz #australian gp 2024

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uncanny-tranny · 9 months

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I'm still thinking about how ashamed I was (and am) with being open about my pain because I am so young. It's so hard to feel worthy of having your pain taken seriously when the people around you insist that young bodies are always in pristine, untouched condition and that you must earn your pain through aging. Never is it considered that young people aren't lying or being a hypochondriac for expressing their pain.

Young people can be in life-altering pain. Young people can have debilitating pain. It doesn't matter what age it happens because pain doesn't discriminate. Complaining about pain and doing things to prevent needless pain aren't something you have to "earn" through aging.

If you want young people to be in less or lesser pain, then encourage them to do whatever they can to minimize it. Don't downplay what they're experiencing. Not everything is a lie, not every experience that is different than yours is exaggeration or deceit.

#disability #ableism #ableism tw #this is one of the big reasons i was ashamed of admitting when i am in pain #and it's one of the reasons i was ashamed to address the pain i have #and i'm angry about that actually! nobody should fear being labeled as essentially having munchausen syndrome because...#...'young people NEVER have pain or disabilities and you're a liar!'#i really do want to start addressing my pain because i know it's not normal but holy shit batman it can suck sometimes #i honestly like talking to my dad about this because he also has a lot of pain (moreso than i do now) but he actually TRIES to listen...#putting this in the disability tag but i still don't feel right about labeling my own pain as such...#...but i know so many people with disabling pain who would relate...#...maybe it's internalized ableism on my part or maybe i just want to be respectful of people with worse pain #this is me really just reflecting on m the fact that i haven't ever had an amazing body in a lot of ways (though i am lucky still)#i'm still thinking about having an emergency cane to help me get up when my pain is bad but idk if it's worth the investment #so if anybody reading this has suggestions (esp. for those with back pain)... please hook me up i will platonically love you forever

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rileys-battlecats · 4 months

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PSA, keep your dog on a leash when you're in a public, unfenced area. dedicated to the lady that just tried to reassure me, "no she's nice! put your dog down! she's nice!" babe i believe you when you say your dog is nice. what you have not considered is that the dog I am holding is NOT nice and WILL attempt to attack your dog if I put him down. also we are RIGHT next to a busy road and there is Nothing stopping your dog from running into traffic. pls put her on a leash im literally begging you it is SO dangerous for her to not be on a leash here

#rye.txt #the dog I was walking is my grandma's dog and #for the first 10 years of his life #he was NEVER around other dogs or socialized with them #he is CRAZY reactive but it's never been a problem because I keep him on a short leash+harness so there's no chance of him #slipping out and charging at another dog #bUT THAT DOESNT HELP WHEN YOU ENCOUNTER A DOG THATS NOT ON A LEASH AND SPRINTS DIRECTLY AT YOU #im lucky he wears a harness for walks because I was able to just snatch him up directly with the leash #and then spent a solid two minutes dodging the excited dog with her owner going 'put your dog down! she's nice! put him down!'#trying to explain to this woman that I cannot in fact put him down because he WILL start a fight with your dog #it literally took several minutes before the woman realized I was saying 'yes your dog might be nice but MINE ISNT'#'NOW PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD PUT HER ON A LEASH'#augh im so frustrated. like I get what she was saying. she was trying to diffuse the situation like #the dogs just need to get acquainted and then they'll play #but like. GIRL. you are at least in your mid 40s you should be old enough to be able to listen when people tell you that a situation is bad

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compacflt · 9 months

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So one of the things that made me cry (and laugh) the most, when reading the whole series was in Debriefing when Ice has surgery and Mav kisses him on the forehead, then Ice types out “I am cured” with like no punctuation. (Because of course Ice is the punctuation man 99% of the time.)

One, Ice is actually so fucking funny with the “I am cured.” Like no one would believe how funny he actually is. (And I headcanon that Mav knows this, of course, but almost no one else believes him. Which drives him up the wall.) Two, that exchange was so simple but so loving??? Foaming at the mouth here. Especially after those crazy 30 years. So my question is, what are Ice and Mav’s kisses of choice? Forehead, cheek, regular ol’ lips, the world is their secretly sappy oyster.

I haven’t read that chapter of debriefing since fucking last October! Whoa! not sure how i feel about it .

regular ol’ on the lips :) it means something more than all the rest, it’s romantic in a way none of the others are (which is why it’s so dangerous)

okay yes re: ice being funny yes. wait wait wait let me find it in my doc hold on

here!

#Let this post make up for no wip Wednesday #augh ough #don’t like thinking about it #ice’s/val’s cancer is my ‘i don’t want to talk about it’#PLEASE don’t talk to me about how ice Will probably die before mav i simply do not want to discuss it i simply won’t think about it just #like ugh don’t ugh ough it is so painful sometimes i just. Like. i fucking hate old people ngl like this is so awful #regarding this post specifically:#this is Christmas 2014 #i feel like: why Ice fell in love with maverick is pretty easy and obvious #why maverick fell in love with ice is pure selfishness #no one else ever gets to see the real ice #as my cyclone said about mav—‘You’re the only one of us who knows anything of him at all’#and he feels lucky beyond belief for that but he is also not interested at all in sharing #pete maverick mitchell #tom iceman kazansky #top gun #icemav #asks #edts notes

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blocksruinedme · 11 months

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Jimmy may have a bad memory but he is a CLEVER and hardworking boy

who pays very close attention to how other youtubers do things, and takes notes, and works so hard, and now he has 810k subscribers because he knows how to do it.

(well, sometimes clever and always hardworking)

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If anyone wants my spreadsheet just lmk. my data mostly came from the youtube wiki and MaxData's visualization of new life smp members' subs numbers. oh, i'll include that!

Jimmy was at 609k when new life started in may 27. he made a (lovely!) pink house.

Twenty one days later he's gained 201,000 subs.

Between cpk and pix now probably, having jumped ahead of oli & pearl.

Y'all when people talk about jimmy being dumb, watch and think how much is an atrocious memory, and how long is not being quick to understand things. If he settles in and works at it! If he's in a group event in mcc and not individual! If he has a strong team captain in mcc who he can listen to! (he's said the last one is how he succeeds).

Jimmy can fucking do it, just in his own way - and he doesn't care to put a lot of effort into learning some things that some viewers want. As I barely care about minecraft, I do have an interesting perspective here! <3

Jimmy can't just get by on his minecraft skills plus his winning smile, comedic timing, charisma, and skill at social rapport and interpersonal... okay I've made it sound like a lot but he has some brains. Those brains just don't know the recipe for... things I also don't care about.

Jimmy Solidarity. You appreciate him. Good.

#late night jimmy rantings #came back to edit tags #cause it's easy confidence #and his humility #how much he appreciates every one who has ever helped him and he will say over and over how lucky he was with who he found #his lack of real ego #his willingness to fail! in public! and just laugh it off and be mildly self deprecating #unlike the 'are you okay i promise you're smart please it's okay' self deprecating i've been seeing in one CC i finally started watching #he works with other people easily #and skizz says he makes space for other people right?#he works hard cause he can't just rely on being an amazing builder or redstoner or whatever who people will just come back for #he's a professional silly boy who loves to play the fool #please people please understand he is the one running these jokes #go listen to his *acting* as he's saying don't call me ken while he's making these shorts #i think one problems with 'internet people flip out about jimmy's relationships with his close friends based on what they see online'#is that many people don't understand how well he can act?#jimmy can make untrue things look genuine through acting #he said once - when asked - that if he couldn't do this he'd love to be a voice actor #solidaritygaming #solidarity gaming #new life smp #jimmy solidarity #nlsmp

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crossbackpoke-check · 4 months

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Hello, im wehaveagathering from my main blog, im kind of obsessed with your hockey poetry edits and I think your blog is great! I guess I kind of have a dumb question, where do you find the images you use for your edits? Did you say Getty in your tags?? I’ve gotten into making icons recently (and i have ideas for poetry edits hrrrghhh) but it’s hard to find high res images. Thanks for your time and I hope you have a nice day :)

first of all thank you so much 🥹 and second that’s absolutely not a dumb question!! i do pull a lot of images from getty and i’ll also download pictures from sports articles (i got a lot of the hugheses pictures from online access articles, for example), or sometimes from instagram/facebook/twitter if an account is public. freely admitting that i am not technologically advanced? inclined? in the slightest here, but the image editing software that you use and how you import/export photos with it makes a difference in the quality of them as well!

if you haven’t seen them yet, i would also recommend checking out @simmyfrobby @national-hockey-lesbian @hauntedppgpaints @tapedsleeves @starscelly and @captainbradmarchand’s blogs just off the top of my head!!! they might know more places to get high res images and also i love their work 💕🫶

#sorry can’t type hands all butterfly hearts i’m just out here like 🥰🥰🥰🥹🥹🥹😭😭😭💕💕💕#@ everyone i tagged ty i love you i hope you don’t mind the tag 😘 also i KNOW i am unintentionally forgetting people so tag them at will #forgive me i am eepy. we are running on <4 hours of sleep and over 18 hours awake 🫡#liv in the replies #join the club!!! join the club!!!!! we love the hockey poetry edits!!!!!! i’m so excited to see what you create!!!!! :)))))#the process of me finding images is very much like. either i have a vision in my head and i troll getty looking for it or my screenshots #if i know i have one l m a o but either way i am always 68 pages deep in a hyper specific search labeling my photos like ‘ohHHH buddy’#‘menace 1 abd 2’ ‘but he’s not a cup winner’ ‘ohhhh the nolpat media scrums are rich earth’#‘because WILLY WON’T CUT HIS HAIR’ ‘deJA FUCKIN MILK BAYBE’ ‘is it truly sn edit if u don’t find a devastating baby pic’ ‘yes MF last line’#and so forth. like. glad it’s comprehensible to ME but if anyone else ever tried to use these photos based on file name alone i am so sorry #also i forget that y’all can’t see all of the metadata notes on photos to know where they’re from :/ i gotta be better abt making it clear #also on the note about image quality i just need to state for the record i am so photoshop whatever illiterate.#i learn one (1) new trick on GIMP a year maybe two if i am lucky & no i have never figured out consistent sizing 🫡 but the one hack for res #i HAVE figured out is that when i do edits i usually make a whole doc w/the poem lined up on it (helps me keep somewhat consistent sizing)#and then i export that document as a pdf and edit the pdf in the software instead of trying to screencap or jpeg or anything. PDF quality >#that is probably so convoluted lol if anyone has tips please lmk i am always learning #ANYWAY. rambling u did not ask for but is inherent to Me.#have a great day too!!!!! you literally made mine so 💕😭#wehaveagathering #indecisor

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landgraabbed · 1 year

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malin doing his best to channel his inner botw link

#p #skyrim tag #please ignore the dead guy #this isn't abt him smh #i was so lucky to have gotten that glass mace drop #malin is absolutely a sword boy and eventually i want to level two handed as well #but as a battlemage/spellsword he favors a sword + offhand spell #i just like thinking that in his earlier days in skyrim laying low & knowing how the avg skyrim citizen feels abt the thalmor #he just avoids going full magic bc he fears people will turn on him #whereas he used to favor magic previously #i just like the thought of him leaning into martial skills out of necessity in this new land and the mastery of them paralleling how malin #*comes to think of skyrim of his home #and his forays into lycanthropy and later vampirism just turn him even more off from the idea of transcending mortality #maybe being a mortal is a good thing!!#and other heretical thoughts for a good purebred altmer to have

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crowleyholmes · 8 months

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#just a little tag rant to say #can we please calm down #neil (and terry (and a lot of other people involved)) gave us this beautiful story #and these amazing characters #and neil comes on here in his (presumably) free time #to talk to us #and as thanks you guys give him shit and are rude?#like i know he said he doesn't need anyone to defend him or whatever which is why i'm keeping this short #i just wanted to say that some of you really need to calm down and learn some boundaries #and also remember how lucky we are to have neil #and david and michael #don't take them for granted #be respectful jesus how hard can it be PLEASE

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listenupcupcakes · 25 days

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WHAT WAS THAT ABOUT MY FAE ARSEHOLE!?

LET ME TELL YOU THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH MY FACE!!!

THE PAPER BAG I'M WEARING RIGHT NOW KEEPS MY SKIN SOFT AT NIGHT, YOU BLOODY TWIT!!!!!!

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I THOUGHT PAPER BAGS WERE THE BRITISH MILITARY’S UNIFORM.

I SAID NOTHING ABOUT YOUR FACE I JUST POINTED OUT THAT YOU WERE BRITISH

AND YOU LOOK LIKE YOU ARE BRITISH.

#let’s all play (drum roll please) is solly being stupid or an asshole?#the answer is usually both!#does he believe that all British people are ugly? maybe!#either way he’s a little mean #we should sit him in the corner until he learns to play nice #solly is talking a lot about appearance for someone who has had drastic changes to his appearance (size) is both directions #all of this is of course exaggeration by the mod #aren’t we all lucky to have such a funny mod #he’s not actually calling the gunner ugly #he’s just pointing out that the gunner is British #and looks like it #(if it turns out the gunner isn’t British i apologize in advance lol)#solly speaks #solly answers #gunner interacrtion #does this count as a tall answer?#eh whatever #7/10

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rosicheeks · 29 days

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Unfortunately relatable. I grew up in the church and have a lot of Christian trauma from that. I show up for special occasions for my parents… sometimes. But it’s uncomfortable from the moment I step through the door. Bigoted pastor, the self-righteousness disguising the prejudice, the political comments from the altar. Shots at young people left right and center as if the hell on earth wasn’t caused by the same older generation 90% of the congregation belongs to..

I miss being young in the choir and the youth groups and not struggling with it. It’s wild to look back at the younger version of me who was unshakeable in his faith and honestly just saddening.

I was texting my sister today about it and she said

“I 100% think ALL of us have a ton of religious trauma and everyone else in the family just doesn’t realize it cause they’re still drinking the kool-aid.”

I ran out of tag room and didn’t want to delete any 😭 seriously not lying I could write a book about all my thoughts and experiences

#I relate to all of this so much #and it’s so sad how many people truly have religious trauma #I still find myself lucky and privileged cause I know there are stories MUCH worse than mine #it’s really hard cause my parents still think I’m a Christian #honestly at this point I have no clue what i am #even if I end up still being a Christian that doesn’t help or heal all of the years of church trauma #but the hard part is still acting the part for my parents #growing up I always tried to fit into the good Christian girl mold #cause I know that’s what my parents wanted and I didn’t want to disappoint them #but once I started smoking weed and they found out? it went all downhill from there #their perfect angel fell from heaven #and I feel like ever since I haven’t been really their daughter…. I’ve just been living on the outside looking in to everything #it hurts looking back at all the years I spent brainwashed into believing that was the ONLY faith #it genuinely makes me sick to my stomach thinking about the fact that I went to a pro life rally #the thing I was talking to my sister about was how mental health was never talked about in the church #when I started dealing with it and went to my parents or the pastors or any adult really and told them what I was dealing with #wanna know what the first thing they would ALWAYS say? well have you prayed about it? the way they treated mental illness was that it was #YOUR fault cause God is punishing you for something…. that you need to pray or go to church so then God will eventually take it away #and the thing is I don’t necessarily blame my parents (which kinda sucks cause I want to blame someone)#but honestly it’s just the environment they grew up in too… like I’m 99% sure my dad has dealt with depression his entire life #but won’t get diagnosed or anything cause they always believe faith has something to do with it #which makes me incredibly sad cause I just think about how much my dad has suffered and how he didn’t need to #^^ I was typing this out when I was late to my family gathering hahaha but then I think my sister called or something so I had to stop #sorry this post is all over the place - I swear I could write a book about religious trauma #yesterday went ok surprisingly but today? TODAY is going to be so much worse #sure I’ll make a post about it later but I guessssss I should go to bed now? it’s 2am and I have to get up at 5:45 🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃#and I have a fuuuuull day of fun Christian festivities while I’m dealing with all of this bottled up and unresolved crap from my past #please don’t get me wrong I love my parents and like I said I don’t blame them - they did their best #it just really sucks wondering what my life would have been like if I didn’t grow up in the church or in a super religious family #I wonder if when I told my parents I was depressed if they would have instantly brought me in to get help

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bumblingbabooshka · 10 months

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Tuvok is no doubt the best off amongst the main crew when it comes to his life post-Voyager. His wife and children are still there, he won’t have any personally complicated feelings to sort out about Starfleet (other than its treatment of the Maquis he served with and Seven of Nine but again he seems to be very loyal to Starfleet as a baseline and generally willing to give them the benefit of the doubt) and he’s got that Vulcan emotional control. However, I do wonder what being seen as the one who’s got it all together would have on him. I can easily imagine other members of Voyager’s crew casually asserting that Tuvok is doing well, better, the best compared to all of them. He’s got nothing to complain about, does he? Now that his illness has been cured. I can imagine this was also the case on Voyager. Tuvok’s gonna be fine in the end, he’s Vulcan and he never seems to be affected by all the weird and disturbing shit that happens to us. Tuvok himself likely adds to this perception of himself because I imagine it’s easier to lean into the idea that you’re above any potential damage you might’ve sustained when there’s so much of it. If you assert hard enough that you’re fine, you’re mature, you’re Vulcan, and everyone around you seems to affirm that then maybe you don’t have to work through everything. Especially when there’s so much, more than you’ve ever experienced in your life, and time is so limited.

Vulcans have very volatile emotions and have to process them carefully in order to function. I can’t imagine that Voyager, the horrorship with ten disasters a day, (all of which concern you as its inhabitant and security officer) is conducive to being able to completely internalize and accept your emotions especially when you’ve just lost essentially your entire support network (immediately after being undercover) and are surrounded by aliens who you’re not allowed (culturally and also because you’re sort of stubborn and reclusive) to be fully honest with and lean on for that support. (It would be a weakness, you might think. Not for them, they’re humans but you are not human. You can handle things on your own.) It’s just you and you alone really. No one to turn to, no one who you think might understand and help you the (Vulcan) way you need. But also again I don’t think Tuvok would dwell on this much on Voyager because there’s nothing he can change about it so it’d be illogical and very unhelpful. Also because the idea that he’s unaffected is ‘good’ for him (better than the alternative which wounds his self-image and also to an extent ship morale <- latter is somewhat of an excuse, in his nightmares he can hear people gossiping that even the Vulcan’s losing it.) and his general personality is one that is obviously prideful to the point of others calling him arrogant or holier-than-thou. Tuvok would definitely take being seen as unfaltering and unflappable (undamaged) to anything else. Anything less. He can do a bit of unintentional self-mythologizing as a treat instead of therapy. It would help him feel like he’s still himself, still Vulcan, still whole. However, when he’s back in the alpha quadrant and amongst other Vulcans, people who are allowed to and do know him intimately (or even strangers who are just the same species as him and thus are not encumbered by preconceived alien notions of Vulcans) I bet this facade of being unaffected by everything would come crumbling down fairly quickly.

#Tuvok meeting any member of Starfleet to get a quick fix of 'Tuvok you're so damn lucky your life's perfect and you're doing great'#before going home to his family who all say 'Tuvok you're so damn stubborn please get help we can see clear as day you're doing terribly'#you might say that 'ship morale' is positioning Tuvok as more important than he actually is to the average crewman #which is true but also I can imagine Tuvok having a bit of a self-importance thing - it's a trait he and Janeway share and it becomes #exacerbated in the delta quadrant where they really are to some extent INCREDIBLY important #People tell T'Pel she's lucky she & Tuvok are Vulcan so they're pretty much fine and she sort of looks away and slowly says...mm.......#st voyager #Tuvok #STARFLEET?? I meant Voyager #one day Janeway & Tuvok are gonna turn on each other #'once loyal enabler betrays friend by suggesting therapy' style

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pa-pa-plasma · 3 months

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i'm sooo fucking sick of seeing that stupid video of that guy screaming & gesturing with a WILD SNAKE & people defending it as if that's a normal way to act around WILD ANIMALS i am literally BEGGING people to have some fucking braincells for once

#also that other video of that guy with the bears. please stop. this is ridiculous. there is no way you actually believe that is okay #if this was a pet snake that the dude knows personally i'd be less inclined to argue about this #but this is a wild snake. a WILD. ANIMAL. you could hurt yourself &/or the snake by acting like this #''but Steve Irwin acted like this--'' Steve Irwin is dead because he acted like this. try again #he isn't even the only person. this has happened with other people. tiktok just curates the content you see #so you never see this type of behaviour having the consequences i know it does #if you act like this around wild animals & haven't been injured yet that isn't because it's okay that is because you are very very lucky #''but this animal is super docile'' every animal is docile. until it fucking isn't. stop being a dumbass #you're also stressing the animal out. for fucks sake just stop

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silverislander · 4 months

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prof said congrats for writing up a proposal so early i am going to get a good grade in. well this is literally going to be graded. but yk the meme

#i really hope its decent proposals are really hard for me to write. i never really understand how much im supposed to say #also i dont plan stuff in advance! i hate drafts and proposals why cant i just jump in and run w my topic #i dont Know exactly what im going to cover just yet can i get back to you once ive covered it #levi.txt #i spent One page just opening the two page proposal so. i know it needs some cleaning up #but the last time i wrote one of these i only got a 75 (not a bad grade but i could do significantly better) bc. and i am not kidding.#i wrote a several page intro abt the themes of a story i was super pumped to write. and forgot the /plot characters and title/#a 75 was honestly generous. that prof already liked me and knew my work so i got very lucky #also i just think the guy im working with for my essay is so cool and i want to impress him bfhshsk #ive taken 2 classes with him before he is so smart and so enthusiastic. i was 1 of only 3 who was there for every class both times #everyone whos helped me has been so cool and very nice to me i want to do a good job and prove that im as capable as they think #and also jesus fucking christ ive worked so hard for this degree PLEASE #if i dont get honours im walking into the forest laying down and letting the fae take me as they will #side note: i have 1.5 movies left (its late and im finishing army of the dead tomorrow + watching evil dead rise)!! thats so exciting #theyve (mostly) been really fun and i feel like i have a really good general idea of where im going w my essay now #the movie eras are starting to kind of organize themselves into coherent themes in my mind #i think its smth along the lines of racism/xenophobia -> social change -> satanic panic -> action and militarism -> prejudice/bias #and i actually think were in smth of a thematic reckoning w zombies rn as a culture that im excited to discuss!!#for so long weve accepted that zombies arent people but weve really been starting to interrogate that since abt the mid 2010s #w tropes like searching for a cure (not just a vaccine) or movies like warm bodies or evil dead where you can truly turn back #and im really excited to see where the future takes the zombie genre!!

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tricitymonsters · 1 year

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Is it weird that I want to do nice things for Amir more than I want to bone him? I still want to climb him like a very fashionable tree, but he deserves so much better than what he got so far.

Honestly not really, I feel that way about him too to be totally transparent. One of the things i wanted for Amir's route was to have a different approach to sex than most "romance" routes in visual novels. Its a lot easier for him to experience platonic (or lightly romantic) intimacy in sex than it is for most people and he's got very few hang ups treating various trysts as a way to show general appreciation for someone. So like, you don't have to work all that hard to open that interaction. One of the reasons i was kinda stressed about people not clicking with him is because I wanted it to be way harder for the MC to like... REALLY gain his trust so they'll really have to put in the time and effort to get the emotional resolution with him despite the fact that he's open to sex super early in the interaction. So, expect some late Act Three Emotional Breakthroughs if you're an Amir main because unfortunately he's going to make you work for that "being totally open and vulnerable" moment.

But yeah honestly, his backstory is really rough and while I love all of my blorbos, I ESPECIALLY want Amir to get a happy ending. That man has been THROUGH some shit.

#thank you for asking!#amir gives me a lot of feelings i love him very much #people underestimate him so much #treat him like an object #and while he's very resilient and so so smart and cunning #god that must be so incredibly taxing to smile through every single day #my special fancy man #i want him to be able to like really earnestly love again #i know your mcs can do it >:3 #like ofc he's beautiful and ofc i would be lucky to mess around with a guy like that but yeah i feel you anon #i want to make him coffee and brush his hair or something like sir PLEASE chill tf out

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softquietsteadylove · 1 year

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Gil is always the patient sweet teddybear we all love dearly!

What if he loses his patient towards someone who won’t stop flirting to Thena? Who won’t listen to Gil’s 2 warnings? Him being so bold to even touch her and press her to his body? This would be the final straw where Gil finally loses his patient and just gives him a clean hard punch! (You can do a little fight or you can make him unconscious after the first punch. However you like!)

You choose the AU! I’m looking forward to read it :)

Thanks for your work!

Gil had told him--he had told Eros multiple times at this point that he needed to back up when talking to Thena.

Not that the little whelp seemed to really excel in listening to people and behaving respectfully. And he already had a history of not listening to Thena when she was trying to be clear that he was in her space.

But this was different.

Gil was on the outskirts of the after-party, as were plenty of other personal security guards. They could enter and mingle if they liked, but most of them weren't willing to risk lowering their awareness of the environment. Gil in particular was keeping a very close eye on Eros and how close he was getting to being in Thena's space.

These sort of after-events were just as crucial to mingling in the business as the awards themselves. It was at Kingo's insistence that she was here at all, all things considered. Although it did put her in the position of not being able to refuse any unwanted conversations.

"Do you've any idea?" Eros squeezed his eyes shut as he slurred out his words, "how good we'd be t'gether?"

Thena - who hadn't drank a drop and was really feeling the gap between her sobriety and Eros' intoxication - squirmed. "I suppose I don't."

"Thena, Thena, Thena," the young pop star shook his head, his perfectly coiffed hair swaying and bouncing after the long night it had endured. "We were made for each other, I just know it!"

Thena turned her head away from him as the stench of his breath puffed into her face.

"Aw, don't be shy, dearheart," Eros purred, leaning closer and wrapping his hands around her lithe little arms.

"Believe me, that's not what is happening," Thena grumbled, trying to pull away from him without making a big deal of it. She pulled, but it only ended up pulling Eros with her. "Let go."

She could have screamed the words or she could have whispered them, but Gil heard them loud and clear, turning around with a look of fury on his face.

"C'mon," Eros attempted to sway her again, leaning his head closer to hers as she squirmed in his grips. He moved closer, his knee now pressing into the inside of her thigh. "I'm called the God of Love for a reason, you minx."

"Get off me!" Thena hissed at him, fingers pressing into his skin as he tried to lean in for a kiss.

It was all Gil needed to hear. He had been on his way over to them already, and hearing it even more loud and clear from Thena made him break into a jog. "Hey!"

Eros barely turned around before the crack of Gil's fist meeting his cheek caused half the room to turn and look at them. Eros stumbled before falling flat on his back. He looked just as drunk as he did before, although he was remarkably more sober after a hit like that.

"Oh my god, someone call an ambulance!"

That seemed like a bit of an overreaction, Thena rolled her eyes. She looked up at Gil, who was already leaning over her closely, making sure she was okay. She leaned into him and the safety he offered her just by existing.

"Sorry," he whispered to her as he wrapped his jacket around her shoulders. He held her hand in his as he moved them out of the way of people rushing to Eros' side. He was of a certain fame of his own, being Thena's bodyguard. She was rarely seen without him, after all. But at an event like this, he could offer Thena the distinct protection of anonymity. "Let's get you outta here."

Thena just nodded, happily huddling close to Gil as he led her out of the eye of the storm. "I don't think anyone's ever seen him like that before."

"He's lucky I didn't break his jaw," Gil growled out, and really he only resisted it because he really couldn't afford to be sued for it by Eros or his agency.

Kingo appeared beside them, although he didn't stop them in their rush to get Thena outside and - hopefully - in a car and on the way home. "You wanna tell me what that was before I start getting DMs asking if Thena beat the shit out of Eros?"

"He was harassing her, Kingo."

The usually chattery manager/stylist went deadly serious. He looked at Thena, who was opting for silence, holding onto Gil's arm. "Thena?"

She sighed, as if every word she had to speak was a chore. "Kid was drunk, tried to kiss me--even grabbed onto me."

"We'll find footage of it, or we'll come out with a statement," Gil mumbled for Kingo's sake, although his focus was getting Thena away from people so she could try and relax. "But that little bastard does not get to play the victim about this."

"I'll get on it," Kingo answered readily, already with a phone in each hand. "You take her home."

Gil was way, way ahead of him on that one. He led Thena straight to the car, which he always had waiting in case she wanted to leave at any given moment. It wasn't very standard practice, but Gil always told their rental services that he always wanted to be ready.

"At least this gets me out of that party," Thena sighed as soon as Gil closed her door for her and was in the backseat with her. She ran a hand through her hair, "even if I do need a shower after that."

Gil moved over on the seat, letting her know he was there for her in not so many words.

Thena already knew, moving over eagerly and setting her head on his shoulder. "Thanks for coming to my rescue--again."

"It's my job," he settled on saying, although it was so much more than just a contract he signed. He rolled up the divider between the backseat and the driver escorting them, offering Thena true and genuine privacy. He turned his head against her hair, "you okay?"

"Hm," she sighed heavily, letting go of herself against his shoulder. "I was getting ready to claw his eyes out, but I should have known you were already on your way to save me."

"Every time, Thena," Gil promised, letting her lean all her weight on him as they drove him. She would probably be asleep by the time they got to her building, but the staff knew who he was by now.

And he still had a key to her place.

#Thenamesh Bodyguard AU #Gil means fucking business #when he says not to get in Thena's face #because Thena is what?#talented and antisocial and anxious #all of the above #I don't think private security would really be needed at something like that #like they would be like we're all industry people here it's fine #and Thena is like no #I don't go anywhere without Gil #he's my emotional support malewife #and Kingo is like fine you can take Gil #please be good for the love of god please be good #Eros knows he's lucky his jaw isn't shattered #although his cheek has definitely seen better days #but he should be grateful his mouth didn't have to be wired shut #Kingo is out for blood #also the people in Thena's building are so used to him by now #they're just like *tip of the hat* evenin' Gil what did you and the missus get up to tonight?#Gil carrying a sleeping Thena in his arms: I don't wanna talk about it

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I know sometimes covid is unavoidable like you can do everything right and still get sick cos you got unlucky or you're a healthcare worker and it was only a matter of time before you were exposed or your careless roommate brought it home with them and didn't bother to isolate or get tested when they started feeling yucky but like. truly... sometimes it IS your fault! and I'm seeing so many people come down with covid cos they've relaxed their masking rules and then just shrugging it off and still fucking! going to big events or eating in restaurants or refusing to mask once they test negative again and it makes me fully insane. like. again I know it's not always the person's fault if they got covid and if that person is masking and being responsible and still got it anyway the last thing i'd wanna do would be to add any more guilt to their plates... but if you come down with covid you truly need to be honest with yourself about whether you were really doing your best to stay safe & keep others safe and if the answer is no you need to tighten up your act asap. both for your own sake and the sakes of your community's most vulnerable members

#my friend is stuck taking care of their dad who just got covid bc they decided to go for a weekend trip with some buddies #(and obviously didnt mask)#and they were fucking terrified for their immunocompromised dad AND terrified they (also vulnerable) would get it #(they still might... testing negative so far)#and this man. this man was moaning about how scared he was covid was gonna kill him. and how scared he was he'd give it to his kid #and how GUILTY he felt #but two days lucky on pax he got lucky and was feeling a lot better and all that. disappeared!#and now hes excited to go on ANOTHER trip with some OTHER friends next week!#what! a fucking! idiot!!!#just saying this bc i see a lot of people on here are going to these massive concerts #and i hope to GOD theyre at least masking in those big crowds #im getting so much second hand anxiety just hearing about it #like statistically so many of you are going to things i know some of you are gonna come down with covid #so just like. i know y'all gotta live your lives and everything but please god just be as safe as possible ok???#people act like covid is nothing now like its inevitable or something you get every year like the flu well #i still havent had it #its not inevitable #just wear your mask

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