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thatsrightice · 1 month

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so apparently they put a lot of thought into putting together the members of a bomber crew and actually had a couple quirks like:

personalities must match or compliment well, specifically seeking to avoid personality clashes

one member of the crew must have type-O blood, the universal blood donor

no more than two people from the same state on one crew

#kinda crazy imo #the blood type one was interesting #considering they usually wouldn’t have much medical training #wwii #bomber crews #b 17 flying fortress #mota #masters of the air #real mota #aviation #information #huh

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constantvariations · 3 months

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A trend in Astarion fics that I find bizarre is the idea that he's never been treated gently during sex. This is difficult to believe for one simple reason: some of Astarion's victims were virgins.

Astarion: You were handsome. Shy. You'd never been kissed. Sebastian: You taught me how. And then you destroyed me.

I get the desire to make his current partner special by having their sex be good and wholesome in comparison to his other trysts, but this is a flawed sentiment. The cutscene of that first night together is incredibly tender from the kiss to laying on the grass - the only outlier being if you offer your neck - and if you sleep with Astarion but keep it at that night, Astarion himself says he will never forget you. Not because the PC was uniquely gentle with him in bed, but because they were the first person he ever slept with of his own free will. It's his choice that makes that night special to him moreso than anything the PC may or may not have done during that time.

#baldur's gate 3 #astarion ancunin #astarion #the only exception i have to this is rimming. im down so bad for him being overwhelmed from being eaten out its not even funny #also the blood drinking since that is canonically new. makes me wonder how not being hungry would specifically affect him during sexy times #it's an eat or be eaten out world #...anyway #other factors can and probably do make their adult fun times special for him. particularly the intricacies of personal dynamics #a night w a pc that listens to him. lets him drink often. and saves the tiefs is def more special than one w a pc who does none of those #i really enjoy the tension between his hating heroic types and them being the most likely to provide the things he needs to survive #oh and smth thats somewhat related to this #i don't think astarion ever let his conquests see his back #in the clearing he's always facing his partner and even the camera doesnt show his back until the dramatic reveal #given that his victims were all one night stands it'd be p easy to convince each of them to do it face to face #leaves plenty of positions and ftf is oft more romantic which could def be an interesting conflict for him and his lover #so many common gestures of affection have been ruined for him. theyre just motions at best now #that makes it easier for their faces to be ingrained in his head so. bonus trauma lol

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pushing500 · 8 months

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Oooh, a mysterious asteroid! I wonder what it could be?

It's very blue, and has eleven strange space creatures attached to it. I'm sure this will cause no problems at all.

Ah, so they're electric space eels. Neat. Next time someone can take the thrumbos when they're hunting these things.

Rogan the rottweiler did his best but unfortunately seems to have lost his left eye in the mess. I'll see about getting Fafo to make him a bionic eye because he's a very good boy, and he did his very best to protect Hazrov and Baz during their scuffle with the arcturan sky eels.

Hazrov is fine, by the way. Doctor Brennan dealt with the heart attack swiftly, and then Irwin used his 'preach health' ability just for an extra boost. Baz is also fine. He only had a scratched eye and a bruised arm and is already back to mining the sky steel.

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chirpsythismorning · 1 year

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I love it when milkvan accounts have "the superhero and the heart 💜💙" in their bios, like yesss address her by exactly what she doesn't wanna be seen as, and him as how his other love interest standing in the way of milkvan sees him

I can honestly say it's gotten to a point where I feel bad? Like, completely separate from byler obviously, just seeing some of their takes on things, it makes me feel pity almost because their interpretation of what's happening is just so superficial and yet they truly believe it's the most beautiful love story on the planet.

I'm not even the type of byler that hates milkvan tbh. I am a byler that was a milkvan back in the day. Like, I hate to admit this, I hate it so much, but I literally remember rewatching season 2 to prepare for s3's release and I skipped all of s2 practically so I could get to the end to rewatch their reunion! I was that bad!

For those that don't know, s2 was seen as like a big risk from Netflix's perspective, because they were scared that the show would tank since El wasn't with the boys again, specifically Mike, for the entire season. And so I can honestly say, at one point, I contributed to a large sector of fans back then who thought it was the Mike and El show and ended up missing a lot as a result. Though, upon coming across theories post s3 (Mike in front of the closet in Will's room was what opened my eyes officially), I remember rewatching s2 and seeing that shed scene and feeling instantly that it was romantic... And so apparently, all it took was me actually watching it instead of skipping over it to realize....

So that's probably a part of the problem for them still, is that they're watching the milkvan scenes with undivided attention (with rose-tinted goggles), and they're glossing over everything else. Even now, with one season left we still see them downplay Mike and Will's relationship by saying Mike hates Will? And that alone could not make it more obvious that they do not actually watch the show.

Most bylers on the other-hand are capable of watching milkvan scenes, multiple times, like we analyze them to death. And most of us are coming from a good place, genuinely trying to understand these two characters and where they are both coming from. Though, I have yet to see a byler scene be analyzed by milkvans? Like they just don't talk about them beyond downplaying them both romantically and platonically? I'm convinced they've seen every byler scene maybe once bc they were forced to on the first watch but they've avoided their scenes ever since... Not great for their ability to understand the show obviously.

Many of them do in fact view that first meeting in the woods as like them falling in love at first sight. And genuinely, A LOT of people got hooked on Stranger Things in the first place because of Mike and El and them sort of viewing all of their interactions as irrefutably romantic.

And that isn't inherently bad! It's not! But now when you add Will in the mix, you start to see the hypocrisy seep in through the cracks. And it's because by comparison, they view fans merely speculating about Mike's potential feelings for Will as something to be seen as perverted or gross. And so that for me, is when I sort of start to question the groundwork of milkvan.

Because quite frankly, I didn't see any of these people getting angry and defensive about how gross 99% of the audience was for shipping Mike and El in s1-2. As far as I can remember, the show was a hit in large part because it followed this very successful trope of self insert nerdy boy meets girl who is way more 'cool' than him, and people ate that shit up bc we always do. It's what we're used to. It's safe. From what I recall, no one had any problem with Mike trying to kiss El in his basement bathroom after like 3 days of knowing her, during a very traumatic time in their lives and only specifically after Lucas implied Mike was already in love with her and wanted to marry her at this point.

They saw that and said, that's love bitch.

And bylers say this all the time, but it is absolutely true: If the roles were reversed, if El was the best friend of Mike's who went missing and instead Will was a boy they found in the woods while looking for her, fans would have been saying this is obviously a best friends to lovers story between Mike and El!!!.. And that bathroom scene? If that happened between Mike and Will? They would have saw that and said what the fuck kind of sick shit is this.? And maybe it would have been in large part because the circumstances at play, bc it doesn't really matter to me personally when it comes to that situation whether it was a girl and a boy or a boy and a boy, it was an odd choice to make, plain and simple. And that's what I'm trying to say here. That to them, one is true love, and one is disturbing.

Mike's known Will longer. If he is queer (he is), then it's very likely he did have a crush on Will at the time he met El, not necessarily super consciously or anything. But even despite that, I don't think Mike would have felt comfortable with kissing Will in that situation, nor any other boy or girl. They prove this when Mike's makes that comment in s2, chastising Dustin and Lucas for merely being interested in getting to know Max, despite never having spoken a word to her? Like that tells you right there the circumstances and everything at play is what led Mike to try to kiss El in that moment, a moment that was unprecedented and never would have happened in any other scenario.

Even in the case they found Will in the woods instead of El, I don't even think that scene would have happened either? And this is because the whole point of it was for El to ask Mike if she was still pretty despite having a buzz cut (looking like a boy like everyone in the story has been hinting at us that entire season), for Mike to say pretty, really pretty, only for him to look visibly uncomfortable with himself, followed by trying to overcorrect this moment by kissing her.

That scene wouldn't make sense with Mike and Will bc it was happening in the first place because of heteronormativity. And it existing and people thinking it's like peak romance, is in and of itself proving the hypocrisy of an audience that is eventually going to call Will and Mike ending up together, coming out of nowhere and perverted...

Bc you just know if El was Mike's best friend, they never would have had any interest in Will as this boy they found with superpowers. They would have got those scenes of Mike looking everywhere for El and instantly latched onto the boy/girl slow-burn best friends to lovers trope.

The crazy together scene???? If that scene was between Mike and his best friend El, fans would have been rooting for it to end in a kiss... Why do you think the Duffers had that awkward long pause at the end? They were nodding to the fact that this audience is willing to see one thing, but not the other. Even when the thing they're willing to see is overcast by things that should make you a little bit more critical of it in the first place.

Putting Will or any other boy in El's place in that scene in the bathroom or other moments between Mike and El in s1 would have completely removed the romantic lens for most of the audience back then, and it's because... wait for it... HETERONORMATIVITY!

We as a society see a boy and a girl being nice to each other and pressure them to make it official. Hell no a boy and a girl can't just close friends. Either one of them is harboring secret feelings or one of them is gay.

Heteronormativity is literally why most of society latched onto these 2 characters, not necessarily the pieces that made up the whole. And so they have to make up excuses despite the circumstances bc it is so normalized that they don't think twice about it, because they've never had to think twice about it up to this point.

Stories have always catered to them. In fact, the stories we've been exposed to our whole lives has created the expectations we have in the first place.

And so like... I do feel bad but only bc I'm a decent person and don't like to see people hurting genuinely.

No doubt I will feel satisfaction seeing some folks who were hurtful to bylers get a taste of their own medicine, but I genuinely hope that they can eventually learn to accept it and appreciate the story for what the Duffers intend it to be when it's all said and done.

As for the superhero and the heart... again, I feel bad like genuinely, I don't know how to even explain the unnecessary guilt I feel that these strangers who I don't even know are going to be whiplashed tf out of next season...

#stranger things #anti milkvan #sorry that i sort of went off on a tangent #i just don't feel like i'm the type of byler to hate milkvan?#maybe it's bc ive reached a point where i feel zero threat to like byler or whatever?#but that's the thing #it's not even about shipping byler and like wanting them to be together #i've just been along for the ride this whole time and going along with what's presented #and byler is obvious to me based on the evidence #and so i like talking about it and analyzing it bc there is so much to still discover #if byler didn't happen i wouldn't like be heartbroken #i would just be like 100% genuinely confused #bc i'm not here bc i'm like queerbaited constantly #i'm here bc i like tv shows and movies and get fixated on ones that are smart and interesting every other year #and st is the fixation rn #and byler is like the life and blood atp #bc there's just soooooooo much!#hopefully milkvans will allow themselves to rewatch byler scenes finally post s5...#bc you just know most of them can't bc it makes it near impossible to convince themselves milkvan is superior...#like... it's obvious the show doesn't want you to feel that way by the end of s4 #so...#but it's inevitable they'll have to choose between being bitter forever or just simply accepting it and appreciating it for what it is #i wish them all well #besides like genuine homophobes who are pieces of shit #i look forward to them saying this was fanservice or last minute or something #that will be... peak entertainment

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addamvelaryon · 5 months

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I don’t talk about it enough but Addam/Ben is such a good dynamic. Because while Addam would have been under a lot of stress, considering his present predicament (as a wanted criminal technically), he can still have a brief moment of happiness with someone who doesn’t judge him unnecessarily. And Ben, who is depicted as a person very concerned with honor, still chose to trust Addam and follow him. He’s the one who commanded the centre in Addam’s army. It’s mentioned in Fire & Blood that Ben has experienced more of the horror of war in his short life than many other people his age or older. It made him kind of ruthless and violence prone but I think he would be able to relax and let his guard down a little around Addam who is repeatedly shown to be protective of others. Their characterizations work really nicely together.

Regardless of whether it’s just a platonic friendship or something more like romance, Ben must have cared a lot for Addam. After Tumbleton, when the Riverlords retreated from the battlefield, they left their dead behind. Except for Ben, who took Addam’s body with him rather than leaving it to the carrion crows. Even laying his remains to rest at Raventree Hall, despite Addam not being a Blackwood (unless they got married at the Isle of Faces, in which case…).

#valyrianscrolls #fire and blood #asoiaf #addam velaryon #benjicot blackwood #addam x ben #the dance of the dragons #text #I’m personally more partial to their relationship as a one sided romance with ben being the one more outwardly interested in addam #addam doesn’t seem like the type to engage in a romance considering all that’s happened to him so far #and certainly not while he’s busy focused on the war efforts #if he had any feelings for ben he would suppress them #but I do enjoy their relationship in all its iterations though #homoerotic besties >>>>>>>>>>>>

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wolves-etc · 1 year

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notes from a convo with @darkfinch that we both got carried away with:

— the actor's terrible wig is also Anton's wig (picture him taking it off post-episode in a moment of emotional exhaustion and vulnerability and only having something between stubble and short scruffy curls beneath, it's touching, right)

— Anton is shorter than Clayne Crawford (there's a bizarrely contradictory arrest record with a typo in it that I'll add below the cut)

AND, BEST WORST OF ALL,

— Virgil (evil bf) likes his lovers to wear fingerless gloves. I'd add picture evidence (the nameless woman who slips out at the beginnning of the awful confrontation scene) but tumblr might well bonk it so please just enjoy glovéd Anton all over again.

and the promised arrest record:

notable points: — wallet name is indeed Jeremy Parks — he's listed as 5'9" despite the mugshot clearly showing him over 6' — hair colour listed as R, presumably red; curly brown(?) hair in the mugshot — no tattoos in the identifying marks section despite the one visible in the mugshot (I actually don't blame them for that, CC's tattoos are a lot to square away with his characters) — DATE OF OFFESNSE

#lost children of the blood #orig #I actually kind of feel bad drawing attention to the arrest record when they clearly didn't expect anyone to care but. look.#I wasn't the one who made one (1) excellent casting decision that saved this episode and made it interesting #also YES I TYPED DOWN THE HEIGHT WRONG AT FIRST the lore is evolving oh no

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