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hopetorun · 1 month
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matthew asking keith not to talk to the media about him isn't new information (the athletic, 5/10/2023), and as the lede of that story makes clear, keith honored that request:
Matthew Tkachuk put his father in “timeout.” That’s why Keith Tkachuk, an 18-year veteran of the NHL and one of the league’s best American-born players, wasn’t available to talk about his son’s remarkable run that has taken the Panthers from “biggest disappointment” to one win from the Eastern Conference finals. [...] Now, there’s no time for distractions, and Matthew wants to keep a lid on his pops, who informed The Athletic of his “timeout” via text.
that article goes on to quote matthew's mother, sister, family friends, teammates, and coaches and mentors at various levels, so it's safe to say that keith's exclusion is a notable one.
as far as i can recall, the interview last night is the first keith has talked about matthew publicly since, and it wasn't a comment on matthew's performance or his team's play. should keith have said on the broadcast that matthew gave him the silent treatment? hard to say from the outside! i don't think "he didn't talk to me for a bit" gives us any meaningful new information* since we could already infer that he was mad, but i can understand why someone else might want to keep that particular detail private.
i don't bring this up a lot in my fannish posts and comments on tumblr because it's a little bit peeking behind the veil, but the tkachuks have very clearly made being a family the brand. now, that was a low hanging fruit for sure, because the nhl loves father-son narratives and fraternal narratives, but they absolutely lean into it. as a consequence, we know a lot about the family, and can often infer even more. (think brady not quite saying it but boy was it clear that he didn't appreciate matthew interfering with his contract stuff.) they can't just not talk about each other at all, because the story they've woven about themselves requires it. there's no version of this where keith never gets asked about matthew again. i think it's quite impressive how long he's managed to go without commenting on matthew's play. did he even say anything during the conference final?
look, i think there's plenty of things to point to if you want to construct a narrative about matthew and keith not always getting along (especially since no one gets along with each other all the time, perhaps especially not their parents). and there's plenty to dislike or find grating about keith! i also have my own beliefs about where in their relationship there's most likely to be tension, which i'm happy to get into on request but aren't the point of what i'm saying here. and if you're just here to play around with the idea of really contentious father-son relationship and have picked matthew and keith as your paper dolls for this purpose, then who am i to stop you? as one of my dear friends always says, all rpf characterization is fake.
but for me at least, the leap from the information we have to "keith hates and/or disrespects matthew" is a big one.
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manyblinkinglights · 3 months
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I'll never understand pro models with kind of shit weight painting.
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WHY'S THE BUTT COME WITH, THOUGH.
THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF ANY TAILED MODEL. ;o;
like I GUESS the creator is assuming nobody wants to see the asshole, and that it would be posed and filmed the etc to hide hole anyway. And now that I think of it, of all the cats, I bet on snow leopards you actually DON'T see cat asshole continually, because it's cold, and they probably keep it protected.
but not like THAT.
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daz4i · 21 days
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yknow i noticed the small steps method doesn't help me and only stresses me out more. and like i just get stuck on the first step anyway and never move on to the next one, i'll probably even go back to the start eventually really. i'm apparently an all or nothing guy i can't think of an action as multiple actions bc it stresses me out i just need to either do it or not. the problem is i usually end up not
#i talked to my social worker abt this today#bc like he said that in order to have an easier time going outside i need to do it often enough to get used to it#but for me it's like. i go outside when i need to. yknow?#(days where my anxiety is painfully debilitating don't count lol)#i'm gonna be uncomfortable anyway. bc being outside is inherently unpleasant for me. it's not smth i can get used to#i compared this to going to the dentist. you do it bc you have to but you won't go just to get used to it yknow?#so my thought process is. i'm gonna have to start going outside every day soon for the art program. so i'm just gonna do it#i took a bus one time with my mentor/guide(??) to see that i can do it and i did. so i broke the barrier kinda#but it's not like i'm just gonna take the bus for fun?? i'll get used to it as i do it. i think. like i was before. hopefully#idk it feels pretty obvious to me but it baffled him i think 😭#both of them offered to just go downstairs with me. sit at the lobby of my building or smth#but it feels silly to me like. if i'm getting dressed i may as well go do smth yknow??#idk. again it makes a lot of sense to me but i don't think they get it#i think i'm generally very odd when it comes to other ppl in this recovery program 😭😭 just like i was in that social anxiety support group#(aka everyone went there for stage fright which isn't an issue for me i like being on a stage. hate one on one conversations tho -#- which was comfortable for them. so this was. well. the first step!!! in a lot of its sessions. and it just made me feel bad)#anyway that was my ramble. sorry. my brain is weird
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b-blushes · 4 months
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got a good grade in 'not having something wrong with my brain that opticians can detect' and also in 'buying bananas' (not from the optician) 👍
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falsepsychictales · 2 years
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I’ve heard it may be canon so i’m probably wrong, but in my personal opinion diagnosing Gristol Malik as a delusional narcissist (at least in the clinical sense of those terms, and without further elaboration) is a fairly shallow interpretation of his character. I think it’s important to make a distinction between delusional versus deluded, and narcissistic versus entitled.
Given the vague religious imagery in his mind and the parallels to Imperial Russia, it’s very likely that the Maliks believe in the divine right of kings, meaning he’s been raised since birth to believe that he was literally chosen by God to be Gzar, and questioning that or himself would be nothing short of heresy.
The ride in his mind is explicitly filled with propaganda--which begs the question of who that propaganda is meant to influence. He doesn’t seem to be expecting visitors, but he does go through the ride himself, probably on a regular basis. And it’s not like he’s pathologically incapable of critical thought; in his mind post-game he ponders the implications of his plan’s failure, only to pause and then quickly revert to the same old i’m-the-rightful-gzar narrative right when he could have realized something. In the physical world, he sings the propaganda song to himself, maybe trying to shut down these thoughts.
Like Raz, Gristol been raised on a false narrative that’s been passed down generations--but he actively chooses to fill his own mind with propaganda rather than admit that he’s been lied to.
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caenith · 4 months
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Books that I've been thinking about getting physical copies of literally went from ~20GBP to 30GBP to ~37GBP each (!) in the span of... a week? Two weeks?
What is this economy exactly.
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I don't even like men and I'm somehow already a military wife, what goes on
PS. Don't open the tags unless you want a big ass wall of text of me rambling on your screen
#hit#im just honestly so glad that I've become a lot more chill with the whole being an army thing#in the sense that i used to be a lot more attached and hyped over everything#i do still get very hyped and i do still have an attachment to them n their work but y'know just more toned down#(i mean i remember the days of staying up all night to watch award shows knowing damn well they'd always perform last)#(mma 2018 was an emotional rollercoaster like i legit cried a little from the tiredness and being overwhelmed with the performance)#so im glad im a lot more calm about the enlistment news than what i would've been say three years ago before they started to#take longer breaks and eventually announce the hiatus this year#it's like they did it in purpose so that the fandom would grow a bit more used to it n im glad to see that a huge majority are very calm#many are sad ofc but its not being treated as some kind of horrific news#if anything ppl are coping with humor including me lmao#so idk im mostly just happy for them that they're taking their VERY well deserved break before doing their service#i just hope everything goes well and is decently peaceful (as peaceful as enlistment can be at least lol) for them once they're there#now why am i rambling in the tags? bc i need to put my thoughts in order but i don't wanna clog my blog with a long ass wall of text 💀#I'm at least relieved to know that they already have a set plan of when they're going to go and return + BH is sure af gonna keep putting#out a lot of content that they've filmed over all these years#i mean run bts; documentaries; probably even music and ofc not all of them are gonna go at the exact same time#and ofc stuff related to the HYYH and Chakho#them being absent won't as hard for most hopefully#and hey 2 years aint nothing ive waited far longer for stuff to come out than that we'll be fine!#*cries in silksong and the YOI movie
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wellthatschaotic · 10 months
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things are happening and im excited about them!!
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jjsanguine · 11 months
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Dr Cha: how've you been? are you married?
Sang Hoon: well, I'm waiting for my first love to get divorced :) /hj
Dr Cha:
Dr Cha, hugging Ji Myeong: How's Olive doing babe?
Sang Hoon: ...Olive?
Dr Cha: oh, haven't you heard :) ?
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thedorothea · 1 year
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you and me forevermore, tumblr.
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duovxq · 8 months
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yunho's done his vuja de challenge with: boa, rain, hyoyeon, taemin, changmin, red velvet, those aespa girls
ok now infinite and yuta please🧍‍♀️
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cheekblush · 8 months
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feeling very embarrassed about the thinness of my life tonight...
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the lonely city: adventures in the art of being alone by olivia laing
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meggsngrits · 1 year
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Working on learning Spanish so I can talk to my friends. The game has a translator but it sucks ass so now I'm trying to learn conversational phrases so we can talk more easily. Who knew that after years of wanting to learn a second language it would take a silly mobile game and a chill group of people to make me want to actually stick with it?
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naomiknight-17 · 1 year
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Jon's work still hasn't paid the balance of vacation pay we requested for the week he was off sick
I'm sitting here debating whether to go into my overdraft to pay for meal kits. This is so frustrating
Why can't the payroll at his work get their shit together!! It's hard enough to make ends meet when he does get his full pay, and now he's missing half a week and despite Jon contacting multiple people about it we've had no explanation and no correction
Do they not realize their employees have bills and need to you know... EAT in order to do a good job?? Fuck's sakes
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togepies · 2 years
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iamphibolous · 9 months
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Well girlies, it has been a bitch of a day but at least it's finally over
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