#i cannot win TT TT

[beesgav]

haroku (and tochi)

#captain harlock #space pirate captain harlock #spch #albator #harlock #tochiro oyama #tochilock #digital #art #sketchbook #romantix #the crop on harlock fencing is bad because it was edging in on a drawing I can't post yet #I'm finally figuring out a way to draw harlock i like and now i feel like tochiro's way off #i cannot win TT TT

[incorrect-hs-quotes]

DIRK: My roommate and I have started texting each other like democratic fundraising messaging.

--- gutsyGumshoe [GG] began pestering timaeusTestified [TT] at 15:15. ---

GG:

GG: Dirk - it's Nancy Pelosi and I'm asking for your help. When Jane takes out the trash, I NEED you to replace the bag. Otherwise, we're letting MAGA win!! Can I count on your support?

TT: Yep, my bad.

--- gutsyGumshoe [GG] ceased pestering timaeusTestified [TT] at 15:15. ---

--- timaeusTestified [TT] began pestering gutsyGumshoe [GG] at 20:57. ---

TT: I'm in disbelief: Nate Silver's FiveThirtyEight just announced we need more boxed mac and cheese for dinner.

TT: -- We're WINNING in Florida.

TT: -- We're WINNING in Ohio.

TT: -- We're WINNING in Pennsylvania.

TT: -- We're WINNING in Georgia.

TT: -- We're WINNING in Nevada.

TT: -- We're WINNING in New Hampshire.

TT: I cannot emphasize this enough: We have a once-in-a-lifetime chance to GO to the store for mac and cheese.

GG: The votes are in: We're getting mac and cheese.

TT: Fuck yes.

--- timaeusTestified [TT] ceased pestering gutsyGumshoe [GG] at 21:02. ---

#source: @paigemoskowitz and @tylerevansokay on twitter #these two. their friendship is Important To Me. theyd be so insane together if they lived in the same house #homestuck #incorrect homestuck quotes #incorrect quotes #mod dave #dirk strider #jane crocker #............and nancy pelosi .

[catcze]

I GOTCHU I GOTCHU

wriothesely wrapping his hand around your waist and using his thumb to rub that area slightly below and to the left of your tummy area because he can

wriothesely being a man that has a closed lip smile usually... but his smile widens to a full, teeth-showing grin when he sees you while still maintaining that grace to him

and of course... wriothesely making you a sangria at 5pm because he knows you deserve it

AAAA ying ily so much !!! The way i whole melted when I read these TT please excuse me while I write something quick for this my thoughts cannot b contained ajksd

「 ### : 」 established relationship, fluff, mentions of alcohol/implied alcohol consumption, comfort for tiring days !!

Wriothesley can tell that it's been one of those days by the way you stumble into his office looking half-dead. He raises his head from the paper he's been reading just as you shuck off your coat and toss it haphazardly onto one of the couches. You take a seat where your coat landed, struggling to remove your shoes in your exhaustion.

In an instant, Wriothesley kneels before you, and you lean back, acquiescing the responsibility of removing your shoes to him.

"Hey," you tell him, the word borderline a sigh. You look exhausted, melting into the plush of his couch like you could fall asleep any second. "Missed you today."

"Missed you too, Dearest," Wriothesley says, pressing a kiss to your knee as he places your shoes to the side neatly. "Long day, huh?"

"Like you wouldn't believe," you groan, tipping over on your side so you're flopped across his couch like a seal. Laughing quietly, Wriothesley mauvers his way beside you, pulling you up so you're instead leaning against his shoulder, face pressed against his sleeve while one of his arms wrap around you, holding you close.

You purr when his hand, situated just near your tummy, begins stroking soothing circles into your skin. The touch is so natural–– it's something he does whenever you're nearby, and the familiarity of it soothes your nerves like nothing else can.

"If you keep doing that I might just fall asleep on you." Your words are muffled by his sleeve until you push up from him slightly, just enough for him to see your pout.

"You're always welcome to," is his simple response. His hand is still drawing comforting shapes into your skin, but his grin is wide–– wider than most people think Wriothesley's smile can get. While other people are more accustomed to a frown, a blank expression or (on rarer occasions) a tight-lipped quirk of the mouth from him, you have the honor of being familiar with the way his whole face lights up when he smiles at you like that, teeth showing and all.

"No, no," Sluggishly, you motion to get up and out of his hold, even though his grip around your waist remains steadfast. "You still have to do your work. Archons forbid that pile of documents grows any taller than it already is."

A sigh escapes him, but he releases his hold from around you anyways, getting up from his seat to ease you back into your flopped over seal position from before.. "I suppose you're right, as usual. You sure you'll be fine here?"

"I'll just take a nap, Wriothesley, it's fine." As you wave him off, encouraging him back to his desk, you can feel the yawn crawling out of you. Wriothesley has to keep himself from settling back down to join your nap.

His self control and sense of responsibility wins out though, and he finds himself back at his desk while you fall asleep. But before he looks back down at the papers that are calling for his attention, his gaze finds your form again, already so seep into your slumber. Changing course, he finds himself opening one of the bottom drawer to his desk instead, pulling out a bottle of red wine that he keeps close by more for your own consumption than his, and wonders if they might have fresh fruits in the fortress' break room.

Later, when you blearily open your eyes, it is still on the couch, but this time with your head on Wriothesley's thigh, wrapped up in a small blanket burrito, with his hand idly playing with your hair as he reads through some papers. Your eyes are still heavy, threatening to shut again but out of the corner of your eye you see just one glass filled with sangria beside a plate full of finger foods and fruits, Wriothesley's go to snack to pamper you with.

Feeling warmer than before, you bury yourself deeper into Wriothesley's lap, hoping that he can feel the curve of your smile, before sleep claims you once more.

#「 🐈‍⬛ 」 catcze.desserts #「 🍓 」 Fave Flavor !! matcha.chocolate #Wriothesley x reader #genshin impact imagines #Wriothesley #genshin impact #Cw Alcohol #Cw GN reader #ying ily so much you gave me such THOUGHTS ♡♡♡

[evertidings]

bro i dont know who to romance i love all of them so m uch wtf TT

usually theres always one ro i want to romance and i dont really romance the rest but omg i literally cannot help it right now ajhshfkajsfa stop this give me some guidance who do i romance please

romance A if you want friends to lovers angst, but mostly fluff and pining over little things that make you want to explode from how cute it is.

romance Blane if you want rivals to lovers angst and the sharing a heavy backstory that results a lot of character development on their end. they’re an unexpected romantic, someone with a cold exterior but a kind heart.

romance N if you want the classic strangers to lovers trope. no angst here, just a bunch of fluff and gooey goodness as you win the heart and soul of the kindest person you’ll ever know.

romance K if you want hardcore angst and someone who is (initially) emotionally unavailable. their route is frustrating but satisfying as you watch them fall in love and accept their immortality.

romance Rylan if you want a light romance riddled with angst, or enjoy a cocky flirt with a tragic backstory. their smiles are a mask which worsen when they genuinely fall for the hunter, knowing that a bounty and a hunter can’t possibly be together.

hope this helps <333

#ask:ros

[chronicallyblyrie]

MAGNUS PROTOCOL SPOILERS YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED

ALRIGHT, its time to go off about these first 2 episodes Episode 1: -SAM AND ALICE MY LOVES

-Gwendolyn was either going to be the biggest win or the biggest loss for lesbians, SHE IS A WIN

-I still cannot get over everyone immediately going "Nah Sam, you touch grass, which means you CAN NOT work here" - So it seems all the audio is being recorded by the computers as opposed to tape recorders this time (except for the scenes like sam and alice at the bar which is somewhat confusing me but whatever) This is DEFINITELY falling into line with the technology theme still and I am loving it

-I really cannot tell if Lena is evil or not, I don't think Rusty Quill would be like "yeah this is just Elias all over again" but who knows, she still gives off the same icky evil person vibes so I could be totally wrong -Going back to eye imagery just immediately in the first episode with gory photos of eyes in a chat forum, welcome back ceaseless watcher we missed you so much

-THESE SNEAKY BASTARDS USING JON AND MARTINS VOICES TO TAUNT US I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING JONNY SIMS

-Also 3rd voice is who??? we obviously know now that the 3rd redacted character is going to be a tts voice aswell but my question is who is this tts supposed to be? its a possibility that it is Jonah but I am not entirely convinced

-Sam mentioned that the talk of the institute was a "Blast from the past"? now THATS interesting

-Okay cool so Colin is just paranoid and does not trust anyone good to know

Episode 2:

-WOOO SHORT STORY TIME

-This sounds like some flesh shit ngl

-"Time isn't real" so true Alice so true

-The Alice and Gwen rivalry is so goofy I cant get over these two silly little gals

- Alice has a brother, lets hope this one doesn't pull a Danny Stoker

-Oh no Saaaaaaam don't go researching the creepy institute nooooooooooo, would be a shame if you got yourself tied up into some eldritch horrors

Anyways I think thats it cant wait for next thursday so I can giggle and kick my feet again while I listen to more horrors beyond my comprehension

#tmagp #the magnus protocol #magpod

[favouritecyclistpoll]

THE FINAL: Tadej Pogačar v. Jonas Vingegaard

All propaganda under the cut:

Tadej Pogačar Propaganda

Jonas Vingegaard Propaganda

He is CUTE, he is SMOL, he has a CUTE NOSE and FRECKLES and EYES AS BLUE AS THE ENDLESS SKY---

OK no but seriously, he's amazing. As absurd as it can sound since this is one of the best riders in the world, he's always the underdog in people's minds. Somehow, no one ever thinks "OK I think Jonas is going to win this stage today", and when he does, they're like "OK he won but he still wasn't out of this world, it's because the others were having a bad day", and when he has a stellar day they're like "HE'S DOPING FOR SURE". It's like nothing he ever does is good enough and YET he doesn't give a fuck and keeps performing despite the pressure.

Being consistently good when everyone expects you to win is talent, but being consistently good when everyone hopes you'll lose is something else too.

And he's an incredible human being to boot. He's kind, he's compassionate, he's sensitive, he doesn't have a mean bone in him, he's affectionate, thoughtful. Remember that time during TdF 2022 when he asked Grischa to tell him if he could slow down at the end of the TT to let Wout win the stage? Yeah. He's that kind of guy.

He's a crier. It's cute and it makes me want to hug him. He loves his family and he always has a good word for his rivals and he's humble and I relate so much to his introverted personality and he's a cinnamon roll and a cutie patootie. But when he puts on his sunglasses, he looks like A WAR MACHINE.

(but a cute one)

He got a lot of heat when he didn't wait for Sepp on the Angliru during this Vuelta, only the instructions of the team before that clusterfuck stage were to battle it out between them and he probably liked it even less than us because he wanted Sepp to win the Vuelta from the beginning.

And need I say anything about the absolute sportsmanship of this man? When he lost his balance in the Col of Spandelles, TdF 2022, Tadej didn't miss the opportunity and powered away from him, but when Tadej was the one who crashed two minutes later, he waited for him. HE WAITED FOR HIM.

And he made the sport all the better for it and gave us one of the finest images in cycling history.

if you like MvDP, consider that though in these days when van der Poel is showing up with a mullet, Jonas did long hair earlier and better.

though there has been a change of style

If you like WvA, consider that some of the BEST hug pictures only exist due to Jonas being the kind of teammate whom others want to hug AND eminently sized for hugs/lifts

(we've all seen this but we can look at it again)

He's got sportsmanship. He's got incredible skills. He's even a dad! Maybe he's not always good at smiling for the cameras but he can sure smile for his family

Most importantly, he's a TdF winner with the time trial of the year and he cannot ride his goddamn bike without hands without his body language screaming oh god someone help me

#tumblr’s favourite cyclist poll #poll tournament #cycling #tadej pogacar #jonas vingegaard #the final #Youtube

[rubywonu]

fun idea:

if your moots call u from jail, what reason would you think they went to jail for?

thank you so much for this nonny, it was so fun!! im so sorry if i haven’t tagged you i ran out of ideas TT~TT

@etherealyoungk - physically will not allow anyone to put this cutie patootie in jail. i’ll go to jail defending my pookie skye. so sweet and kind its impossible to send her, maybe she killed someone with her kindness but that’s it.

@fairyhaos - stealing/heist. yena’s giving major ocean’s 8 vibe. very badass planning and she’s going to be super rich by the end of this. but why do i feel like she’s kinda forgetful..hear me out yena would probably forget to cover up her tracks if shua posts something.

@wheeboo and @slytherinshua - major bitch fight energy. although rania is a sweetie, i feel like such kwan energy would come out and she’s cursing left and right while throwing hands. zanna on the other hand would scream at the other person, without letting them speak. it’s safe to say she wins the fight (by being petty..)

@kyeomyun - jada gos to jail for serving cunt. yes officer that’s the one, she slays too hard. cannot and will not go to jail. but also jada will probably not survive jail, she’s too sweet.

@blue-jisungs - major murder energy but she kills people who deserves it. axe would prob start an organisation that kill people who deserve it, kill boksoon energy right here.

@pixieskie - i will not let her go to jail but prob car theft idk prish seems like the type of person who would dabble in a little bit of everything.

#nia says! #nia's friends!

[plantcrazy]

Lost Children Progress Update 17/4/24

It's been a little while since I did one of these. I've been giving small updates here and there, but a big one once in a while is nice, and I enjoy sharing my progress. It's sort of motivating. You know? To look and see, 'Oh wow, I did a lot' or 'wow, I didn't accomplish a lot, but I'm proud of what I did do!' (Some chapters take their time to come together, other the ideas just flow on to the paper).

ANYWAY! You don't care about this. You want to know how long till the next chapter comes out, right????

So, will start with the elephant in the room: Ch.19. It's only 8 pages, which is why, despite the first 3 technically done (anything at 90% is just to digitalise & add text), I haven't uploaded anything.

It's about done. I'm just stuck on page 5 (and two panels of page 4). They're a flashback. A god-damned nightmare of a flashback to draw and... I don't want to do it TT , but for effect and impact, the story needs it >>

Otherwise:

(That should be 20/22 chapters done :P )

Part 1 is coming together swimmingly! With the recent addition of 2 new chapters and, I think, this is as big as part 1 will be getting. I'm finishing off tidying up how I want Part 1 to end at the minute, and then we'll have a small time skip to part 2.

(And maaaaaaybe I'll go back to the start and add an intro chapter to give more info on what the heck happened in the Triple Threat Ending to make Henry think screwing up the timelines and making a new one was a great idea. IDK. Still on the hedge about where to put this info)

Also! The poll I'm running looks like everything in one fic will win, for how it gets uploaded on A03. In two days time once the poll is finished I'll work on implementing those changes (, unless the poll swings back the other way again :P ).

Part 2:

The order of the first 9 chapters, take with a grain of salt. I'm still finalizing the order.

For the most part it's just detailed ideas of what I want to happen in each part + 4 chapters finished, 2 being edited.

'Standing on the Ledge' came out FANTASTIC. I cannot wait to upload that one. Personal favourite of the part so far. 2nd place going to 'Stuck With You'.

And what is that at the bottom? A familiar chapter name! Yes! We're getting back to the Wall. Slowly but surly our characters will be reunited with their frozen prisons, well-

Those who I haven't/ don't kill off~

*eViL lAuGhInG! >:D*

jk.

Or am I?

Anyway,

Part 3:

Part 3 is mostly a butt-ton of editing. It looks like most of the new chapters will land in part 2 (asides from 4), so part 3 will be similar to the original version, but not, given all the minor changes you're about to witness snowball into avalanche sized consequences!

^^;

Anyway, I've edited 4 so far dated them since it's going to be a while till we get to Part 3. That being said, given it's 85%ish editing, it should hopefully just be rapid fire chapter uploading when we do get there :)

I think that's about all I've got to say?

Er... you guys should be aware by now of the 'I'm in uni, chapters are as I have time/wrist able' disclaimer. So...

OH! Also, this is all going up on A03 (once the poll is done), so I can keep the readers over there who don't follow this Tumblr up-to-date with what's going on. So when you see a new chapter update in your inbox, don't get too excited ^^;

And finally, for you.

My dear read.

Who has read through my long waffle and sporadic episodes of evil laughter and fun!

I have an... 'opportunity'

*Snots* I sound like a Mafia boss with Liam Neelson's voice reading this allowed.

I left my colour coding in Part 2 (as I couldn't be bothered to remove it ^^; ), so... will have some fun with this.

Whoever can figure out who's POV are colours blue or green will get a free half or full body drawing of one character (SFW), of their choice (mine, oc, stickmin or another fandom (at my discretion)).

And we'll say... 2 guesses a person (either two on one colour, or one guess for each colour) to make it fair. (It shouldn't be too hard, there's only 12 POV's, and you've met them all but one coming in at Part 3.

OH!

And there will be three winners in total.

Good luck :)

(btw, I'm going to bed now, so first people with the right answers are the winners in case you all rush in here with your answers over the next... 10 ish hours...

Unless... you're the only person to read this far >> )

#thsc #the henry stickmin collection #lost children of the ccc #update #fanfic #lost children #long post #you should totally read to the end *wink* #wip

[caniscathexis]

Takayuki Tatsumi: The extrapolation of the American situation in your sense seems a fiction technique closely related to the traditional way of writing SF.

Samuel R. Delany: You assume there is a traditional way of writing science fiction. . . . You may be confusing a way of reading with a way of writing. But I see what you mean.

Well, if you're a science fiction writer, those are the generic conventions you have to work with and within. You're stuck with them, for better or worse. The thing to do is see what you can make them into. What you want to do is take those conventions—and break their necks!

TT: What about Butcher in Babel-17? Although at first he looks like a slave, later the linguistic explosion makes him free. Is the linguistic system a kind of slavery for you?

SRD: Again I detect an embryo allegory between me and one of my characters in mitosis within your question. Let me stall its formation just a little. The Butcher was, for me, primarily an object of desire. He was someone I wanted to possess; not someone I wanted to be—or, indeed, thought I already was. I wanted to rub up against him—like a large, dangerous teddy bear. Here and there I'd seen aspects of him in the streets, or now and again glimpsed him in the pages of other books. So I polished him up and put him in a novel, where he would be safe. Or where I would be safe from him—at least for a while.

Now to your question.

Glibly speaking, all speaking subjects are trapped in Nietzsche's "prison-house of language." But who are these glibly speaking speaking subjects who so speak? (Isn't "glib" the perfect modifier with which to characterize that particular linguistic figuration for the materiality of language?) What do they risk (what can they win? what can they lose? and what must they remain blind to?) by reminding us of that slavery? (Perhaps I remain blind to one or another three volume explanation of history I accidentally wrote in this decade or that, while I wasn't looking. . . .) A writer is usually someone who gets a masochistic enjoyment out of being enslaved to that particular house. I used to say very frequently—and have written occasionally—that you only gain some control over language when you become clearly aware of all the things language cannot do. I love language. I love the specificity of English. I love to play with it. And I love the way it plays with me.

TT: So there exists a kind of "love-hate relationship" between you and language?

SRD: With more emphasis on the fact of love. Oh, certainly the hateful side is there. There's always the frustration that comes with the problems I try to solve. But if you don't enjoy trying to solve the problems (that's probably where the masochism lies), you wouldn't have become a writer.

TT: Can you be sadistic rather than masochist about language?

SRD: I don't think it's possible. It's all variations of masochism. With both sex and language, I think the sadists who take themselves too seriously are fooling themselves just a little. Sadism is a matter of desiring the desire of the masochist so strongly that, eventually, that desire becomes sexualized. Sadists almost always go through a masochistic period first, even if it's in early childhood. But it's surprising—and reassuring, at least in sex—how rarely you run into that sort of self-deceived sadist. The vast majority of the ones I've known personally have a pretty clear memory of the earlier stage and a pretty clear understanding of the process of transformation. One of the great crimes of the Frankfurt school, in The Authoritarian Personality, was the writers' uncritical association of real sadism—the social sexual practice—with social blindness, personal cruelty, and political oppression. They thought that sadism—which is, of course, the material social strategies of real people split by a particular formation of desire, some of which practices are responsible and some of which are irresponsible, and, as with any other social group, some of whom follow those practices and some of whom balk at them—was a safe metaphor, something so anomalous, so beyond the cultural pale, that they could pretty well use it anyway they wanted. It was an attempt to make their topic glitter.

But what they did was blind a generation of thinkers to what was actually going on in a whole range of social and sexual life with a whole range of men and women, children and adults, white and black, Jewish and gentile, gay and straight, rulers and ruled, oppressed. They momentarily forgot that sadism is traditionally known as "the perversion of philosophers"—philosophers as they were. And why.

from "science fiction and criticism: the diacritics interview", collected in samuel r. delany: silent interviews

#chip delany #interviews

[nocompromise-noregrets]

five good things

Seeing as I've been at this for ten years and I haven't done one for a little while...

I am so enjoying pinging back and forth with the lovely @mihrsuri on in-universe historical nerdery in her Tudors OT3-'verse! This sort of meta self-referentiality brings me so much joy and I'm so enjoying playing! <3333333

I have the week after next off work for my birthday and oh I cannot wait. Work hasn't been nearly as draining since I got myself onto HRT, but I'm still tired and in need of a break.

What else OH YEAH WE HAVE A NEW CAR :D :D :D the little Vauxhall failed his MOT for the first time in 12 years in early January and we'd already had to have quite a bit of work done on him, and then the missus' friend was selling an Audi TT for a very sensible price and I've always fancied a TT, and after a certain amount of identity-crisising because I have always been very economical and couldn't quite get my head round the idea of being allowed to do something frivolous, well...I now own an Audi TT. XD It's the nicest car, although it's five years older than the Vauxhall it's in fantastic condition and so much nicer and omg I love it. And the little fella has gone to my friend who had been without a car for 18 months and borrowing and hiring because second-hand prices in London where she lives had gone through the roof because of the ULEZ scrappage scheme, so...win win win all round. :D

The @bi-widower-dads February fic recs are out (here and here) and some kind soul recommended love remains - thank you SO MUCH! <3333333 I've been feeling a bit discouraged lately but between that and some lovely comments on my fics and a lovely message from @seagull-energy and collaborating with @mihrsuri I am feeling rather better :)

There are hundreds of pink blossoms on one of my peach trees (the other one only has buds on it but this one is in full bloom - bit weird, they usually flower at the same time, but the slow one is more shaded than the other so who knows) and it is absolutely gladdening to see.

I have discovered that John Lewis stocks Lumene so I have been ordering myself some lovely Finnish skincare - Lumene stopped shipping to the UK for a while (thank you so much Brexiters ugh) but they seem to have started up again now; but JL has been having some good offers lately so I've been taking full and shameless advantage. Also now apparently I am middle-aged and middle-class enough to have a John Lewis account XDDDDDD

We are in the throes of having a new boiler fitted (the guys are here right this minute), after ours finally gave up the ghost at the end of January. We've been getting by on the immersion heater for hot water and electric heaters for warmth and mostly the weather has been fairly mild so it hasn't been too bad, but omg I am so looking forward to having a working (and more economical) boiler you guys. Also our plumber is hopefully going to sort the bathrooms out for us later in the year and omg I've wanted that for YEARS (it sounds grander than it is, we have a tiny house, just we have a bathroom, an en-suite with a shower in it, and a downstairs loo), they're such shoddy quality thank you developers who built our house and so hard to clean because they're all hard-to-reach corners and dust-gathering ledges and ridges, definitely designed by someone who'd never done a day's cleaning in his life...so we're going to redesign them and hopefully get a bit more space and stuff that's easy to clean and clean around, I cannot WAIT.

I've been doing 'five good things' for just over ten years, I can't quite believe it. It hasn't caught on yet, but there's still time!

#five good things

[nyxreads]

Yes I think Azriel trusted Elain's capabilities or see something to offer her the TT, but it's also the same one when Az trusted Gwyn can win the bloodrite. Also Az is still too protective of Elain in acosf and cannot let her do her own thing. I still believe it's toxic for both of them.

First of all, Az doesn't only trust Gwyn alone, he trusts Gw*n, Emerie and Nesta. Second of all, how the hell is this comparable to the TT scene? Where Az who's literally limping still offered his dagger (that he never let anyone touches) and assured Elain it will serve her well? Azriel trust the three to win the rite vs Azriel offering the TT and trust it to Elain ALONE. Make it make sense.

Third, explain to me why Cassian's losing his shit during that time, Cassian who's Nesta's mate, while Azriel was willing to save Eris more? You mean to tell me, Cassian doesn't trust Nesta's capabilities? So you also mean that since Cassian was going feral and wanted to save Nesta, it's a toxic behavior? Or it only applies to Azriel and Elain's situation? Or maybe anon, you should consider that that scene is meant to be romantic for Nessian and not for Gw*n and Az. That certain scene was there to show HOW MATES would react on whatever danger comes for their mate. Cassian cares for Nesta and will die for her, he literally went feral to save her. So is Rhysand who will protect Feyre at all cost.

If you think of it, sjm writes her endgame couple in a way where they trust their mate but also WANTED TO SAVE them or keep them from any darkness:

Cassian trusts Nesta but still worries over her and literally wanted to save her. Canon. So is Feysand.

Azriel trusts Elain's capabilities by handling her the TT, yes, but also he goes feral when she's in danger or will be exposed to one. Sounds to me as mate behavior.

I don't know about you, but a male who didn't even fret when his "girl" is facing danger, is so bland for me. Azriel being protective of Elain is toxic for you because you don't want to acknowledge that Az cares for Elain more than he should. And he never showed it towrds Gw*n. And pls let's not bring his duty to save her when she's been SAd, it's not something we should romanticized.

#anon asks #anti gw*nriel #elriel #pro elriel

[thevoidisscreamingbackatyou]

player week prompt 7: "I'm not going anywhere."

last one!! i couldn't figure out what to do(again TT) so now it's kind of like a prompt poem? have fun lol

@playerappreciationweek tysm for this event!!! it was so fun :D

rating: gen

warnings: implied kidnapping

characters: VILE, ACME, Player

“I’m not going anywhere.”

a lie in its own right,

a fate that one cannot escape, try as they might.

a young boy trying to help his friend,

stuck in a situation 

where rampant runs manipulation.

black sheeps and white hats

aren’t enough to save him

when he’d targeted by the organization.

VILE has its eyes on any friend of Red’s,

and ACME does too.

so it was expected he’d be caught, but the question was who?

it was an unfortunate coincidence

that it was VILE in the end

that caught the white hat friend. 

it’s a difficult game to win,

but the team’s not letting him go so easily.

what’ll happen? i suppose we’ll wait and see.

so, personal note: this is gonna be my last time on tumblr for a while, hopefully. ive made posts for most of the year tho, so yall shd be getting content like every month still lol. love yall, see u!! :)

#player #csplayerweek2023 #cs player #player cs #carmen sandiego 2019 #carmen sandiego #acme #vile #vile faculty

[profoundalpacakitten]

Okay but I have thoughts on superhero community betting pools, okay? Okay. I know this is the kind of stuff everyone has a headcanon for, so this is my time to spill some of the DC Alpacanon.

So what I'm thinking is basically betting pools had to be regulated after "The Incident."

(I'm gonna stay adaptable to anybody here, personnally I have my own OTPs so my hc Incident is SuperBat getting together, but ymmv, so this event can be anything that would have most of the superhero community betting, like legit they would get Diana, J'onn fucking Jonzz betting, MERA BET ON IT, villains got in on it on the downlow, etc.)

Anyway The Incident led to WAY too much money changing hands. Remember that there are some billionaires in there, and Arthur decided to bet using Gold Bullions. There were also som many incidents cropping up as the bet got "settled": the betting sheet got stolen and accusations of mind reading, and cheating got thrown around. Fights broke out between teams, Dolphin had to sleep on Wally West's couch for some reason, Oracle stopped helping on comms out of spite, the Tean Titans had bet their fucking Headquarters with the Doom Patrol so there was this moving out thing...

It was a mess, the superhero community came this 🤏 close to calling in like… some Oa peacekeeper. A UN representative. Asking idk, fucking Lex Luthor to actually settle the bet (and that's how the superhero community knew it was too much because the villain community had also the same fucking bet running).

So after all this was said and done, rules were put in place:

Betting pools are limited to Team sized. Inter-team betting pools are made common (you win as a team you lose as a team) No involving villains. Betting sheets are held by one individual and the rota must be made official (for example by sticking it on the JLA fridge for the JLA, the game room TV ofr the TT) Intra-"family" betting pools should not spill over into Team betting pools. Magic users cannot "go on a quick trip" during a running long term bet (this after Zatanna used divination shenanigans to find out if 3 years down the road, Hal had finally had a threesome with Barry and Iris) If the bet runs on people's relationships, Telepaths are the bet sheet holders and can't participate

People forbidden from betting ever:

Bart Allen (too chaotic, tried to make his speed clones bet) Bruce Wayne and Olliver Queen cannot bet at the same time Diana's mother (stop bothering her) Hawkwoman (she was mean one time and Clark cried) Jor-El (he's an AI please stop asking him) Only one Conner can bet don't ask his clones Dr Fate (he trolled the last bet one time too many)

#dc meta #dc headcanon #the jla betting pool #some superbat in there #the JLA fridge is just filled with bets #Any fridge is just 60% betting sheets

[jinkicake]

I DID YEAH IT'S OFFICIALLY THE ONLY SIGNATURE WEAPON I HAVE FOR ANYONE AT ALL I mean if you play on NA we should coop maybe my luck rubs off hehe but SCARA TRULY TOOK ALL MY BUILD LUCK NGL

Honestly felt that hehe right now I've been having so much fun playing with him or Alhaitham but I mean Alhaitham is mainly cause it gives me something really pretty to look at lmao

That's me with the world and story quests whoops lol I only really try to pain attention to the archon quests compared to all the others I should pay attention whoops

omg yes please!!! my levels are SO low on my NA account bc it's my side account but- youll just have to ignore that and carry LOL!!! I cannot believe you got so many good pavilion pieces like i'm so jealous TTTTTTTT that domain HATES me! ugh his crit dmg is so high... i- I WANT THAT!!!!

hold awnnn you got scara AND alhaitham?! did you win both 50/50s?????

no me too TT like i zoom through all the quests on my main and then actually pay attention when i play them over again on my side account LOL but even after paying attention i still dont know whats going on! so i guess it doesnt matter if you pay attention or not HAHA

#sarahandoikawatalkshit

[al-n-cartoons]

Whilst I wait out the duration of my food’s cook time and avoid my academic obligations, I would like to ramble about an AU/story that I have somewhat written and likely will never post (though I have posted some art…); A Story Told.

Quick background, A Story Told is the bastard child of a fifty thousand word long, abandoned fic I belted out last summer. This story idea kept poking me when I was busy working myself into the dirt, preparing to move, dealing with family nonsense, and poorly managing medical stuff.

The framework of A Story Told is that Ben (Ben 10) becomes slightly displaced from his reality per an attempt on his life nearly succeeding. When Ben gets back from the reality the Omnitrix threw him into, he finds that he pulled bits of other worlds along with him and that his world is now stuck in episodic time loops. He cannot leave the city Bellwood is inside of without leaving his reality, and the loop restarts the moment he’s returned. When tomorrow comes, it is generally after several loops (from a few days to several months). One other person is in Bellwood who remembers the loops, but they don’t exist outside of them; they’re a person who (like Ben) is technically supposed to be dead and had been in the same place that the Omnitrix threw Ben in. This person, of course, is Edward Elric because I make the rules and also Ed’s fun.

Ben and Ed spend the first while trying to figure out what the heck is going on and what the rules are for them. They come to learn that any changes to Ben are undone at the start of each cycle (whenever a day repeats) whereas some changes can stay with Ed (if he has something on his person, it will stay on him the following cycle; if he started with something one cycle and takes it off before the next then he sometimes winds up with two of those items and sometimes winds up with neither). They also learn that either of them can make changes to the areas outside of the city (out of bounds) but that anyone or thing they bring from out of bounds will return to its original location by the next cycle (unless it’s on Ed).

Bla, bla, bla, my food’s ready but I want to keep going. Also, my eldest (Kira) says “Hi” in meowmer. Okay, continuing on;

The two look for anyone who might have answers and eventually come to find some people from beyond bounds who might. Ben finds someone who has accidentally time traveled per portal hijinx (Rex Salazar) whereas Ed finds a small group of people who have been dealing with pseudo undeath and dimension hopping for quite some time (Danny Phantom et co.). While not in a loop, Ben eventually finds Zak Saturday whom at first seems to be a potential resource for answers– but none of these people do. Ben eventually finds a dimension-hopping magical type who has answers and knows what’s going on, but the solution isn’t something that Ben nor Ed find desirable.

What this person (Raven from TT) tells them is that, while Ben avoided death, Ed is supposed to be. Ed exchanged kits body and mind in exchange for kits little brother (FMA 03’s final episode) but was caught up in the Omnitrix’s cheat such that it’s bearer’s reality was bending over backwards trying to correct for someone that shouldn’t be there and simultaneously couldn’t be anywhere else. In cases like this, she explains, the reality eventually wins out and erases the one who shouldn’t be there. The reason why kit hadn’t yet was because Ben was serving as stabilizing agent and was slowing down the process.

Raven tells them that Ed is unable to die in the loops because (1) kits undeath and (2) kit gave kits body to the Gate and the body wouldn’t be allowed to die so long as the Gate still had it. She explains that the reality would erase Ed from start to finish and that the only way out of undeath is rebirth; reincarnation. Ed says that kit doesn’t want to give away kits mind while kit still had it (before the reality had started tearing it at the seams) but that it might be a viable solution if what Raven says will happen does happen.

To put it in plain terms, Ed has been handed an early diagnosis of a terminal illness and is trying to plan the next few (and last) years of kits life. Ben is in the corner trying very politely to not have an aneurysm at the bomb that was just dropped in his lap.

The first loop came when Ben was fifteen and, by the time he is seventeen (when Omniverse rolls around) there have been five years in the loop (but only three outside of them). The loops were originally every other day and, by the time Omniverse comes, they’re only a few times a month. Likewise, Ben eventually learns that he can go to places that should be out of bounds (to Rex or Danny) even when not in a loop.

Alright, I’m running out of steam and need to get back to work. Blaaaaaaaaaaaa.

Bla.

Bla.

…

(Gwen and Kevin know about the loops and have come to accept that Ben is supposedly a time looper. Max does too– but he thinks it’s just an elaborate cover story to explain why ben never brings around this person who’s Ben’s home screen picture with whom Ben is totally just friends with.)

(Ben doesn’t bother explaining the situation to Rook because he doesn’t think it would make a difference, especially when no one else seems to believe him in the first place.)

#ben 10 #edward elric #A Story Told #it's AU time baby #Rex Salazar #Danny Fenton

[favouritecyclistpoll]

Semi-Finals, Match Two: Matej Mohorič v. Jonas Vingegaard

Matej Mohorič Propaganda

Jonas Vingegaard Propaganda

He is CUTE, he is SMOL, he has a CUTE NOSE and FRECKLES and EYES AS BLUE AS THE ENDLESS SKY---

OK no but seriously, he's amazing. As absurd as it can sound since this is one of the best riders in the world, he's always the underdog in people's minds. Somehow, no one ever thinks "OK I think Jonas is going to win this stage today", and when he does, they're like "OK he won but he still wasn't out of this world, it's because the others were having a bad day", and when he has a stellar day they're like "HE'S DOPING FOR SURE". It's like nothing he ever does is good enough and YET he doesn't give a fuck and keeps performing despite the pressure.

Being consistently good when everyone expects you to win is talent, but being consistently good when everyone hopes you'll lose is something else too.

And he's an incredible human being to boot. He's kind, he's compassionate, he's sensitive, he doesn't have a mean bone in him, he's affectionate, thoughtful. Remember that time during TdF 2022 when he asked Grischa to tell him if he could slow down at the end of the TT to let Wout win the stage? Yeah. He's that kind of guy.

More under the cut:

He's a crier. It's cute and it makes me want to hug him. He loves his family and he always has a good word for his rivals and he's humble and I relate so much to his introverted personality and he's a cinnamon roll and a cutie patootie. But when he puts on his sunglasses, he looks like A WAR MACHINE.

(but a cute one)

He got a lot of heat when he didn't wait for Sepp on the Angliru during this Vuelta, only the instructions of the team before that clusterfuck stage were to battle it out between them and he probably liked it even less than us because he wanted Sepp to win the Vuelta from the beginning.

And need I say anything about the absolute sportsmanship of this man? When he lost his balance in the Col of Spandelles, TdF 2022, Tadej didn't miss the opportunity and powered away from him, but when Tadej was the one who crashed two minutes later, he waited for him. HE WAITED FOR HIM.

And he made the sport all the better for it and gave us one of the finest images in cycling history.

if you like MvDP, consider that though in these days when van der Poel is showing up with a mullet, Jonas did long hair earlier and better.

though there has been a change of style

If you like WvA, consider that some of the BEST hug pictures only exist due to Jonas being the kind of teammate whom others want to hug AND eminently sized for hugs/lifts

(we've all seen this but we can look at it again)

He's got sportsmanship. He's got incredible skills. He's even a dad! Maybe he's not always good at smiling for the cameras but he can sure smile for his family

Most importantly, he's a TdF winner with the time trial of the year and he cannot ride his goddamn bike without hands without his body language screaming oh god someone help me

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