see the thing to consider about the early years of the cage is like. michael and adam's relationship (<-as a general term. the BEGINNINGS of it) was developing directly alongside the prime example of an archangel absolutely turning upon his vessel re: sam and lucifer. and they were bystanders to this! they could see what was happening! but first of all adam was powerless to do anything about it/would've been depending entirely on whatever protection michael would've deigned to give him back then during a time where they probably very much did not like each other and second of all while michael implied in 5x13 that he viewed what the other (arch)angels did to their vessels as something to disapprove of ("unlike my brothers, i won't leave you a drooling mess when i'm done wearing you") he still fundamentally does not give a shit so long as it doesn't affect him.

like while michael has always treated his vessels with respect while possessing them just based on his phrasing i'm like 90% sure he only did it (back then) to set himself apart from his brothers and keep himself established as the big brother setting the example. if that makes sense. he was being very proper about it he was like you see as much as i also think humanity is beneath me god favored them and so i will treat my vessels with respect as he intended. yknow. and i do think that seeing lucifer absolutely tear sam apart would've reinforced this? like ohhhh i am so much better than lucifer i would never stoop to a level like that. i think at least SOME of the early cage years with michael leaving adam alone would've been because of the fact that he's trying to be better than lucifer and what better way to do that than to prove to god that he isn't some savage animal who would turn on his most favorite creation with a lust for sadism.

and this would have to be present for their early interactions is the thing! because adam is THERE! he can see it happening! like not only is he helpless in the face of sam's torture but he is also put in a position where he is constantly Very Much Aware of the fact that michael. at any point. at any time. could turn on him and start doing the exact same to him that lucifer was doing to sam. and he has a VERY real reason to feel this way because for all that michael may leave him alone he literally already signed off on his torture once. what was stopping him from doing it again but with his own hands this time? his own pride, and that was pretty much it. and when you compare it to how they are centuries and centuries later, when adam speaks his mind to michael without any fear whatsoever and doesn't even flinch when michael snaps at him because adam had him backed into a corner, it's insane. but in those years back then? when michael's faith in god and that he was the better of the two of them was pretty much the only reason that adam wasn't getting ripped apart like sam was? yeah no adam would've been. absolutely fucking terrified of michael. like there is just no way around that.

but at the same time he is in! that! position! where the only thing he can do is RELY on michael. and it's a horrible position to be in and to look at from an outside perspective. even with the future knowledge that michael never once betrays adam's trust in him and that they will eventually grow to care for each other as deeply as they do. it's like you have adam sitting there listening to sam's screams and not being able to do a thing about it and watching michael and going. if you think it's so savage then why don't you do something about it? and then you have michael going because it's none of my concern. and besides, he was the one who diverted god's plan. he's the one who got us all trapped down here. and then you have adam going well why aren't you torturing me then? for not being the true vessel? and then you have michael going don't be ridiculous. i would never stoop to my brother's level of monstrous, and it's hardly like you're worth my time. and then you have adam, who stays very very quiet at that because his real thoughts about it might piss michael off. might dig himself deeper into this hole he's found himself in. because he's thinking, buddy. you're just as much of a monster. you've just got a different complex about it. but he can't say that and so he doesn't.

Can we stop W the “if you have a different opinion on sp you clearly haven’t watched the show” bit. it’s. Very annoying

I'm seeing so many people on rwrb tumblr being like "I love nick and taylor but I'm not watching cinderella or the kissing booth" and I'm here like 🫣 already having watched both before rwrb came out cause me and my uni friends would watch ANYTHING just to get out of studying 😅

Mobei Jun's training regime

Oh my god

So 6 weeks or so ago BaldBastard tells us to get rid of the black supply tote, we're getting clear cube ones. Whatever.

The cubes are working surprisingly well, the sign holders fit perfectly in them, keeping it neat and tidy. Everyday supplies like tape, masks, and trash bags are in one, lesser used ones in another. Great.

Motherfucker shows up today and goes "you guys need a black tote. Like put the cubes in there. I don't know who told you to use those but you need the black tote."

BITCH IT WAS YOU!!! YOU FUCKING TOOK OUR TOTE AWAY! YOU FUCKING FORCED THE CUBES ON US!!! YOU!!

Then he was bitching ab how we need to liquidate more and it's like uh huh that's gonna work great until the liquidator tells us to stop sending him shit unless it specifically is in liquidation status bc they dont have the fucking money. You know, like what happened LAST YEAR.

AND he and FGM were like "you guys have a lot in the steel..." and RC and I went "no we dont! It's all basics! Trust me! Go look yourself!!!" And then they were like well pull from boxes then. Okay bitch so we're gonna have a full table of one item bc theres nothing fucking new.

I swear to god you could put an actual chicken in charge as our store manager and there would be no difference. No, it might actually IMPROVE.

My Phobos facecanon:

Thinking about how Knuckle Joe, Silica, Benikage, Vee and Inki (waaay before meeting Magolor) would go on a One Piece / ATLA style adventure around the universe and bond with one another along the way and overcome with their own personal struggles in between the episodes of them meeting Kirby and the final showdown against Nightmare.

my favourite coworker started when I left and I relayed the entire saga of Woman Who Has Been Doing The Same Job For 40 Years And Yet Doesn't Know Anything About It Screams At Sick Child For Almost Passing Out and he promised me he'd tear her a new one later. love wins ❤️

i do think the reason michael and adam work so well together is because there is no fear whatsoever in their relationship. like there have been so many instances in supernatural where we see a pair of characters arguing and one of them is flinching back from the other when a voice gets raised and and with michael and adam you just don't see that. michael raises his voice at adam for all of one second and adam does nothing except sigh. like he has such absolute trust that michael will not hurt him no matter what and michael honors that trust even though he is an archangel and hurting something as small as adam would be very very very easy. and adam reciprocates in his own way! in a show that has like three hundred plotlines about someone keeping a secret from someone else michael lays literally all of his feelings out in the open in front of adam and trusts him not to use it against him or judge him for it or whatever else. and adam doesn't! it's very fascinating to me because it's fucking supernatural of all shows that's presenting this type of relationship. they very much took adam and michael and went this is what a healthy relationship looks like: there is no fear in it. there is no fear of being hurt and there is no fear of being open. and because of that lack of fear a line of communication is established and they can speak freely around each other. there are a lot of jokes about how michael and adam have the healthiest relationship on this show but quite literally i think michael and adam do have the healthiest relationship on this show

ok yea but don't forget about what daigo did in yakuza 4. how could he throw away his most valuable officer like that? he made such terrible decisions there. he was not a good choice and kiryu should have known better. (i am not prev anon btw but i do agree with them)

i didnt forget: i make fun of him every other day for it actually. His Widow Era, i dub it

but in all seriousness i never said daigo was perfect or the "perfect choice"- every time i defend him i emphasize that he isn't perfect and more or less joke about yayoi being chairwoman. but i don't intend to make him seem perfect- i just want to say he's not totally helpless and he didn't run the tojo into the ground like people seem to believe. daigo making one fuck up that got resolved in a week isn't fair enough grounds to brand him a failure for his twelve years of service

plus, who else was kiryu supposed to choose? we already went over how kashiwagi isn't the kind of man to lead people- guide, sure- but not lead. and majima surely didn't want to lead the tojo, he hardly even wanted to be there. kiryu made it clear his options were exhausted and anyone but daigo would be an irresponsible choice (and that was made evident with the likes of shindo running around). again, it was a gamble, and luckily daigo managed to work things out despite his inexperience and hasty inauguration

BUT this ask has inspired me to make a general timeline of daigo's career complete with W's, L's, and things totally out of his control so we can all come to our own conclusions on whether he was cringe fail or not

text version below, left to right:

(Post-Y2) Daigo's Inauguration - January, 2007

Peace Period - January 2007 to March 2009 (2 years, 2 months)

(Y3) Daigo is shot in an attempt to protect Kazuma Kiryu's land - March, 2009

Peace Period - March 2009 to March 2010 (1 year)

(Y4) Daigo is cornered by Isao Katsuragi and the police - March 2010

Peace Period - March 2010 to December 2012 (2 years, 9 months)

(Y5) Daigo slips from the Tojo to visit Tatsuo Shinada and causes a potential rift between the Tojo and the Yamagasa family - December, 2012

(Post-Y5) Daigo resolves the tension between the Yamagasa family and the Tojo Clan - December, 2012

Peace Period - December 2012 to 2015 (3 years)

(Pre-Y6) Daigo, alongside Goro Majima, are framed and arrested for the fire in Little Asia - 2015 to January 2017 (~2 years)

(Post-Y6) Daigo and co. are released from prison, deciding not to get revenge for Kiryu's sake - January, 2017

Peace Period - January 2017 to Late 2017 (~1 year)

(Pre-Y7) The Tojo Clan is pushed out of Kamurocho as a part f the Kamurocho 3K Plan (Late 2017)

Daigo, Saejima, and Majima are forced into hiding - Late 2017 to Mid 2019 (~2 years)

(Y7) Daigo and Masaru Watase put an end to the yakuza and go legit as a security company - Mid 2019

how come you didn’t change your username till now? was the one you wanted taken?

yea it was taken! I made a deal with the guy who had it prior LOL

Shibata lost. Tony when I fucking catch you

eddie and i truly best friends in love just this morning while we were brushing our teeth we got into a serious discussion about who in hair metal we think has the most sex appeal

Look I don’t want to drag this on to much, I just want to say that its perfectly fine to get upset with someone an all but the thing I was referring an felt crossed a line was you saying quote " I was gonna suibait but this is funnier to end on" I understand my wording was harsh in my original anon an that I'm sorry, anyways bye

Would it be inappropriate to say that a certain grammy winning hot british singer songwriter who happened to be someone she is "never really over" with is also single.🤭

no bestie we are all thinking and whispering it at this point, we truly have come to this. i'm writing up a message in a bottle as we speak 🤪