if the agrestes weren't rich i think that gabriel would be the normal one. like gabe's problem is that he stopped running into natural limits due to absurd wealth and his obsessive nature led him to develop some kind of god complex where he won't accept that anything is out of his control. I think that if gabe was broke again and just simply couldn't afford to go on an international goose chase for ancient magic artifacts of untold power, if he had to work a 9-5 to live and couldn't just disappear into his basement lair to commit domestic terrorism and say evil monologues to himself, then he would be way more normal. he'd just be some guy. he might even let himself have a mowhawk again. but I think that emilie would be way LESS normal if they weren't rich. like emilie needs so many people to be obsessed with her so much all the time in order for her to function. and gabe would still have his toxic codependent obsession with her, sure, but that wouldn't be nearly enough. emilie has to be at the center of the world's spotlight at all times because she doesn't know how to exist if she's not performing. anyway all this to say I am so certain that if the agrestes were not disgustingly wealthy, emilie agreste would one million percent be running a massive family vlogger youtube channel
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one of the oddest arguments i've ever gotten into was like. i had agreed to give a dude a chance. we were on a first date. and he got. just. so mad. because i had told him i read about 2-5 books a week.
but he found out it was actually that i listen to 2-5 audiobooks. he was dead set on the idea - that's not reading, it's just listening. that i was lying, somehow, by implying i'd "read" the book.
language has a beautiful ability to adapt over time, particularly in the face of technology. when i "connect to the internet" i'm referencing the oldschool method of literally plugging into the internet - which i very rarely physically do. i roll down my window, which is a reference to the circular mechanical action it used to take. hell - the floppy disc remains our resolute save file icon. when i say i "ran to the store," nobody expects me to actually run - and what my version of running to the store looks like and your version are probably pretty different.
i told the guy, baffled: i look at things through glasses, that's still seeing. nobody complains i'm filtering the image.
he says: that's not the same and you know it.
i use audiobooks because i have adhd, and it makes it so i can actually focus. i am using it to help a medically diagnosed condition.
language also has a really cool ability: when we read something, our brains look at a word and make an image. when we hear a story, our brains hear a word and make an image. whether we hear it or read it - the word means the same thing, written or spoken. there is no quantifiable difference in the knowledge-encoding experience - i still happily hallucinate while i'm listening.
and i just kind of stared at him while he was telling me that "claiming" i had "actually read" a book that i had actually-listened-to was lying
and my only baffled response was like: "... are you gatekeeping the experience of... reading?"
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Really fucking funny when Verna is like "it didn't have to end like this. It could have been peaceful. I'm sorry" to some of the kids when insane shit is about to go down. Sorry, you're all fucking doomed to die in horrific and grotesque ways and it's not even the fault of this omnipotent force of nature. Can you imagine.
Except Frederick that guy earned it for real
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Truly great moment was Ryo fresh out the hospital jumping out of his car and sucker punching this poor guy to steal his motorcycle. Imagine having to file that police report about how you got knocked the fuck out and your shit stolen by some shirtless blond severely injured 17 year old freak. I would just let it go. Thankfully that guy didn’t have to live with the shame for much longer though considering how the story goes
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Ok, look, I love to watch Dean Winchester suffer as much as the next person, but fuck do I need there to be a light at the end of the tunnel. This is why angst with a happy ending is my favourite tag, because UNLIKE CANON, he will get a happy ending in my world dammit!
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DPXDC Prompt #34
Season 4 Spoilers for Harley Quinn below
So like, I’m still a little mad that they killed Nightwing in Harley Quinn, so what if Danny is with her that night and he stops her from killing Nightwing… that’s it that’s the idea
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I wake up, I greet Selunite Shadowheart, she smiles at me, I cry because I CAN’T HAVE HER, I fantasize about her, I go searching for her favourite flowers, I give them to her, I cry, I go to sleep
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The real reason why Tulin is Link’s companion instead of Teba is cause Nintendo saw how overpowered the bird was in AOC and letting an avatar version of him run around with the small overpowered twunk no one would survive
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