#idk how to explain this to people but iykyk

[jeons-catalyst]

I hope this is not a “going too far” question lol. But for some reason i often think about those “sus” jikook moments we saw on camera in the years and ask myself if they could be true. Like, i don’t know if you remember that video of the members sitting in a camper or something like that, and Jimin touching Jungkook’s inner thigh with his foot under the table. Or touching his foot under the table again on that vacation they all had. Or that interview, when Jungkook was standing behind Jimin and Jimin put his hands back, close to Jungkook’s… you know. Or that concert when Jungkook was saying he ripped his pants right between his legs and Jimin stuck his tongue out.

I just ask myself if i’m influenced by edits/clips/popular opinions or if moments like these are true and Jikook would actually do it on camera. What’s your opinion on it? Thank you!

Hey anon!

Sorry it took me some time to respond to ur ask and no this isn’t a “going too far” question. What fun would it be if we couldn’t even discuss Jikook and their “susness” lol. All these moments you mentioned are pretty sus to me too and sometimes i ask myself if we are maybe reading too much into these things or if there is some context we are missing or if perhaps we are misinterpreting things, i don’t know. The thing is some of these moments are very clear, like you actually see an action and a reaction which means that we are not just seeing things lol.

This moment where Jimin’s foot was touching Jungkook’s inner thigh….. i don’t know how else we could explain it but it is possible that it could have been the angle even though it does look like Jimin’s foot goes far up Jk’s thigh and the fact that Jk leans in and sorta blocks the camera, isn’t helping🤭

That moment in BV where Jimin touches Jungkook’s foot under the table is one of my favourite sus jikook moments because not only can you see the action but you can literally also see the reaction lol. Jungkook looked panicked as hell but my man didn’t move his foot💀

The J-14 interview is another head scratcher. In this one too you can kinda see the action and the reaction. Jimin and Jungkook looking around suspiciously didn’t help my delusions either. What was going on???!!

And then we also have this moment from BV 4. Another favourite sus jikook moment. See eh, one of my favourite things about being a jikooker is that we literally don’t have to force things that just aren’t there. Here we see Jikook seated close to each other in the room with the other members and we can clearly see Jk’s toes rubbing on Jimin’s leg and then there’s a cut and next thing we know the members are asking Jimin why he is all red, Jungkook fleeing the scene with his hands in his pocket (iykyk), Jimin stuttering trying to explain why he is red and then looking down at his “member”, Jungkook later coming into a “hot” room with a huge parker on and constantly trying to cover his front area. Idk man, make of this what you will but this whole moment is sus as hell and i cannot for the life of me find another explaination for it.

Someone on twitter once said Jikook must be freaky type of couple (if they are together like that) because why on God’s green earth would Jk be talking about his ripped pants and then Jimin looks him dead in the eye and sticks his tongue out? How else to you explain this? Is this what some people do with their bros? Bro is talking about feeling the breeze in his tushie from his ripped pants and the best thing Jimin thought of doing in that moment was this????!!!

Don’t even get me started about this moment. Jimin going down on his knees, looking Jungkook dead in the eye and sticking his tongue out seductively????? What was the reason? What was the reason fellow brethen? Can someone explain this to me in “bro” terms because i just don’t get it!!!

This moment doesn’t seem to be a very sus moment to many jikookers but it is extremely sus to me. Not only because Jungkook literally shifts Jimin’s top and digs his hands deeper to caress bare skin but because Jimin literally has zero reaction. Look, i get that all of the members don’t understand the basic concept of personal space when it comes to exploring each other’s bodies but this right here to me is very sexual and Jimin’s lack of reaction and the ease in which Jk does it greatly suggests that this happens all the time. Plus I don’t think i have ever seen Jk do this to any one else. Them touching each other’s pecks, hitting eo in the gonads, cuddling, giving each other kisses etc are normal. We have seen them all do stuff like that with each other but why would Jungkook just feel the need to lift Jimin’s top, to put his hand inside to caress his bare skin? He wasn’t even really paying attention to it too so we cannot say he was just goffing around. Idk man.

This moment right here is also pretty sus for me and no matter how much i think about it, i really don’t see how this can be platonic. Jk literally acts like he is about to whisper something to Jimin but he doesn’t say anything and instead just rubs his cheek slightly against Jimin’s. Why?

This moment too is another moment i sideeye. At first glance, it doesn’t look like much is going on but the more you pay attention to Jk’s hands slipping up Jimin’s thigh and Jimin’s body language immediately Jk does, things start looking pretty sus but maybe that’s just my schizophrenia talking lol

Are we all collectively going to act like Jungkook was literally asking Jimin to netflix and chill here? I mean, i would have brushed it off as friendly banter for giggles because it isn’t uncommon for friends to have some risque jokes but the reason i can’t brush it off is Jimin and Jungkook’s reactions immediately Jungkook said that plus Jimin’s response. Jk goes “Do you want to have ramyeon” which is the most common sexual innuendo in Korea and Jimin’s answer is, “Let’s sleep now, i’m tired”??!!! What?

Just like you anon, i have sometimes asked myself if perhaps we are reading too much into these things but one reason why i don’t think we are is because most of these things only happen with Jikook and no other members. Plus, there is usually some sorta panicked reaction which suggests even they feel like they are doing something they don’t want to be caught doing.

#jimin #jungkook #jikook #my asks #jikook blog

[ver-caster]

Original meme template: https://x.com/mhuyo/status/1787888207465468088?s=46&t=eeV9nZktIUVTTiPRBkz3Dg

#ffxiv #ff14 #ff14 ffxiv #ffxiv fishing #ffxiv blue mage #blue mage #bluemage #fishing #idk how to explain this to people but iykyk

[velvetineblue]

lynnie mentioned a "tseng family barbecue" and i'm so obsessed with the image of that akjhjkaj it's an incredible picture in my mind everyone is having a good time. tai's dad is grilling premium kobe beef steaks like 'who wants some MEAT', looking super sexy and dilf-like at the grill ... meanwhile tai is in the corner like

i hate you i hate you i hate you, i'm crushing you with my MIND

#tai: * ANGRILY CRONCHS ON BBQ CHIPS!!!! * while everyone is having a grand old time adhjjaj #no but fr there's something so hard to explain that i love about their dynamic... how anger @ Gioven is almost a form of familial intimacy. #because almost Everyone loves his dad or at least enjoys his company....... #EXCEPT for people who get super close to him. #bc his dad is one of those people whose so charming & fun to be around but... those in his fam learned the hard way: #you can't depend on him. you can't emotionally rely on him. he hurts everyone who gets close to him bc of his selfishness. hes kinda toxic. #but he's so fun to be around & most people never have to get close to him so it's like...... his barbs never touch them. #which makes tai & the small handful of other people who know that side of him to seem....... almost IRRATIONALLY angry at him. #cus like most other people DON'T GET IT& dont see what the big deal with this guy Is aksjhja. #and i think that makes tai bitter too. like its not FAIR that everyone likes him & gets to see him as a Fun Guy... #but tai & his mom had to experience him as a nightmarish emotional destructor... #idk if that makes sense but if you know someone like that... ?? theN YOU GET IT.... iykyk askjja #but it makes it such a fun funny but also.... ultimately rly Tragic family dynamic. #MY FAV adjkxjj

[kidkubrick]

((no bc yknow why i think max and gus' relationship is so good? i think it's because the one time we see gus fring before hes Gus Fring is during the scene where max gets shot and that scene is genuinely so fucking powerful. the thing is, gus works alone, that's his whole shtick. he either works alone, or you work under him. max is the one time we see someone working with him, and at the same level. it's the one time he shows an emotion more than polite listening, or stoic brooding silence. and you can tell how much max cares about him, getting close to tears trying to apologize to eladio. for this very fleeting brief second we see what happened to make gus gus. i think that's the point of that scene. we get all this lore abt who gus was, how eladio knows who he really is, etc etc, who he was when he was in chile, but the scene doesn't exist to establish the beginning of a gus backstory plot. i think it exists to show us a) the ruthlessness of the cartel and b) the main motivation for gus' actions following the murder of his lover. none of this even has to do with max and gus' relationship im just venting abt how much i love their dynamic, and how fucking good the acting is because it is. its so good that you can convey all of the micro-expressions and feelings, and have your audience get it. james martinez is fucking masterful at it, as is esposito. like i can scream this until im blue in the fact but oh my GOD dude.))

#tig goes insane #the thing is #its almost like an iykyk situation #they never outright say in that scene or breaking bad for that matter that gus and max are dating #its all based in subtext #so its likely that the only people who are gonna catch that theyre together romantically are queer people who understand the dual meaning #behind words like partner or brother #how queer people are gonna b able to catch that the way they treat each other is absolutely way more than friends #and how viewing their relationship in a romantic light rather than a platonic light makes everything make sense #but thats just me #idk bro i tried explaining this to a dude i know whos the most cishet guy im aware of and he did not get what i was saying but i swear i #have a point its just a point straight ppl dont and wont understand

[porlatamconlouis]

louis in panamá! louis back in latam!!! louis is back in his spirit home!!!

the crowd was amaaaazing! listen, every louis show i've been to holds a special place in my heart for different reasons. but being in a crowd where everyone around you gives out the same energy, even when they don't fully know some songs, is something i've been craving for a long time now, and it's just the beginning and i'm sooo excited. the venue itself was kinda meh inside, the way they used the space was terrible in my opinion but as a brightside, gaby and i had lots of space to jump and dance and lose our entire minds.

the setlist order change threw us off, but god i love it. the 'chemical' cover... idk how to explain it but the videos i've seen so far (which haven't been many, i'm on wifi most of the time) don't do it one bit of justice. his voice! his voooooooice! that's all i kept saying throughout the song. because i didn't know the song, and the arrangement was so punk that i thought it was a song from an early 2000s pop punk band that i wasn't recognizing. but duuuude, his voice. i hope we get a good version, because that boi whined away with his whole chest... honestly. and i can't fucking wait to see how more and more comfortable he'll get with the song and more people singing it with him, and just... yeah!

oli, krystle and helen were in the open space where there were no chairs, right in front of us... oli walks to not draw attention to himself, but boi, most of us know you by now. i didn't see anybody coming up to them which was nice. they went to the sound booth for a big chunk of the show. and during ooms krys and helen came back to jump and dance to the side there. i loved seeing them like that!

the happiness we felt when we saw lucia coming down! gaby and i were jumping up and down screaming "lucia! lucia is back! lucia!", hajshajshs. and theeeen, at the end, as i always do if possible, we went to the soundbooth to thank my friends (jdelf, tom and oli c.) for the show, and we thanked them for bringing lucia (the lightbulb) and not leaving her behind, and they were amused (and probably a bit weirded out (they've seen me in the same shirt at least 4 times lmao)) and saying thank you for appreciating them and just yeah. i like to think maybe they already knew her name was lucia, but also, i'm glad someone on the ground straight up told them how fucking appreciated she is. 💚 look at herrrr! (lol)

living all my favorite songs live again was so cathartic. didn't know how much i needed it, wow. also, how are we gonna call that insane set of songs before the encore? my vote is for "rip steve's arms" or "no breathing mix" or "lose your shit time". because going from 505 to bty to kmm to ooms is fucking wild, man. it was absolutely incredible, i think i ascended a little bit and was fully exorcised, thanks.

oh! the kmm lights? soooo good! i know they've been done at all the shows after '22 but like... idk. it felt a bit extra special? and he sensed it as well, he couldn't contain his little smiles. and he gave it a shout out. literally everyone knew they had to do it. so cool!

as a sad note, during sibwawc, the lights from the stage weren't really colourful, they just kinda went from orange to white from what i remember. gaby and i waved our flags for the entirety of the megamix (and a bunch of other songs too, hajshajs, duh) and since we were going off the whole time, and not as many people were, he did see us all the way to the back and pointed at where we were and we looked at each other and just kept going. we then corroborated our stories in the hostal, hajdhaj. enjoy the following video as if you were next to us and just jumping around, okay thanks (when you see everyone else jump around that's when he comes to our side).

anyway, i wrote all of this while on the airplane that's gonna take me to puerto rico, which is a bit delayed. oh, and el puma rodríguez is on this flight, lmao. iykyk. some ladies, while boarding, just stood in front of him and took a selfie, eeep. right, here's some carpet photos.

i'm so lucky i get to do this insane adventure, i'm so happy.

(meant to save this in drafts while the video uploaded but guess it got posted instead, hajshajsh. anywaaaay... thanks for the lovely notes, loves.)

#jules blah blah #show ciudad de panamá

[autisticbokutoenthusiast]

do u have any bokuto timeskip headcanons friend? :>

yes! some of the ones i consider to be foundational to my timeskip bokuto lore since im sleepy:

to preface i am a bokuto lesbian moms believer and i think he is really close with them and continues to rely on them for help navigating his life forever. you will have to pry the way they baby him from me in a fight to the death

he and atsumu are like, the word isnt inverses but theres something about them to me that is the same but different idk, anyway i think theyre friendship is super important to both of them, like theres unspoken understanding between the two of them. soulmateism but for teammates turned friends. one of them has a problem or is experiancing overload the other one already knows and is on it kinda thing. is it realistic? no but i dont care. i think tho, from an outsiders perspective theyre just friendly, or just spend a lot of time together because theyre teammates almost the exact same age, but iykyk.

bokuto to me is someone who can be friends with anyone, but not anyone will be friends with him. i think if you can kick it with someone without prejudice you can kick it with him cause he has a very open heart but not everyone can handle its strength. he is however very genuine with his affection so most people at least get along with him over time if not at first

he is considered a bit of a risk when traveling because of his tendency to wander around paying attention to small details instead of important markers and gets lost

i also think bokuto and aran are best friends because bokuto is practical enough to ease aran's anxiety and aran doesn't hold strangeness against you

i think him and ushijima are work nemesis for a period. why? maybe bokuto retains some of his friendly competition for ushijima from high school and it rubs him the wrong way, maybe bokuto misinterperets ushijima's demeanor as dismissive of him in a way people who dont like him are, who knows, all i know is they one day both decide theyre over it and become ride or die acquaintences like they dont hang out but if you give one of them shit the other with triple homo spike pass you to an early grave

i think bokuto, if he gets upset on the court, is probably gonna get upset at himself, or the lights being a little brighter than he anticipated, or he didn't give the pose he wanted when people took pics on the way in or whatever- when his teammates start yelling at the other team/ref or kicking at the net, hes the one to calmly redirect them to focusing on the next play. all of this to say that if you see him pissed.... its a match for the history books.... im talking turkiye v brazil vnl 2023 vibes- fucking crazy

the little acrobatic tricks he does at the beginning of the jackadlers match is part of my personality. you (furudate) can force me to accept he graduated from university, but you (furudate) will never make me believe he didnt at least try to go to clown school.

he is one of those volleyball players that has your regularly scheduled match/ sponsorship/ travel/ occacional fancams posts but also whatever his current interest is is super obvious because his feed will be broken up by a million posts about cacti or a type of australian spider or a deep dive into every type of cloud or the color blue or something

hes the type of player who gets interviewed midmatch and after throroughly complimenting everyone on court he recounts every point like it has been the highlight of his life- the interviewer is always extremly confused and unsure of how to cut him off

hes also one of the life of the party players- gets a service ace and does a lil victory lap or does tiktok dances from the bench when the camera is on him

also this is slightly less related but bokuto's moms have taken akaashi as one of their own and bokuto gets really upset if they all hangout without him and dont send a selfie of their time together.

i think at somepoint aran explains to him kita's definition of confidence and after that he is better at not shutting down midmatch- he tries to anticipate things he cant anticipate and focus on the parts of the game that remain conistant- but it continues to be hard for him in day to day life- in fact id say that the older he gets the harder time he has

he and kuroo text everday- about everything and nothing- but they continue to be besties

i mean this seriously i think he can dabble in drag as a treat

i think he has to balance being himself and being loved for it and being aware of the ways people negatively perceive him...

everyone assumes he is a pr teams worst nightmare but actually that honor goes to sakusa, but bokuto will help him with it

im too sleepy now but thank you for asking!!

#haikyuu #bokuto koutarou

[thenon-fictiondays]

yooooo this hits so hard. I totally relate to the experience of getting flustered not bc [romantic thing] happened but at the realization that other people/the other person perceive it as romantic. It makes it really difficult to tell how you actually feel- your heart is pounding and your stomach feels funny which everyone tells you is "love" but it's actually just......a response to the knowledge that its "supposed" to be love? If that makes sense? Idk im explaining this really badly but iykyk

#kagihira liveblogging

[oatbugs]

as someone who is also trying to overhaul their entire wardrobe after throwing out fast fashion pieces,, do you have any specific brands you like, advice on places to get clothes for long-term wear, etc? ty!!

thank you for asking! this is a long post but it's been my life for a bit now so i would suggest reading through it to skip the learning stages that i went through the hard way! there is some important and useful info here :) brand recs at the end

i would suggest looking for vintage or secondhand clothes first and foremost bc that's how you can find quality pieces for a reasonable price :)

if you want pure longevity, synthetics like polyester, nylon, elastane, etc will last not only your lifetime but your grandchildrens' too. they can be quite comfortable sometimes BUT:

they will likely break down in hundreds of years

they are NOT biodegradable and so will break down into microplastics and toxic microfibers

for me and a lot of others, you will notice the difference in quality in synthetics vs fabrics like cotton and virgin wool. i refuse to buy synthetics for the above reasons but also bc they just Feel Worse idk how to explain iykyk (tip especially valuable for autistic ppl)

brands: all depend on style so look for the styles you like/want to dress in on pinterest, then track down the original designer of the dress! from there you can search irl places or plug the designers into apps like:

vinted: cheaper vintage or second hand clothes from all sorts of brands

vestiare collective: more high-end, pieces are authenticated and usually in great condition

GEM: a gem of a site truly, accumulates all the finds from your search from different websites like ebay, etc

depop: honestly not the biggest fan but can be good sometimes! make sure to buy vintage/secondhand and ask sellers for the brand to not get sold an aliexpress dupe for 100 bucks

vintage shops: especially good for accessories like belts and ties. vintage shops usually have much better stuff than charity shops

kilo sales: THE BEST PLACES IRL in my opinion i got a 2k+ virgin wool coat for £20 . honestly in my experience kilo sales are great. check out Worth the Weight if you're in the UK!

remember that brand history matters! for example vivienne westwood has a great reputation as luxury punk but the pieces produced in recent years are actually very low in quality, defintely not worth the money for a lot of people! pay for quality, not just the name :) same goes for jean paul gaultier's recent pieces imo.

additional VERY USEFUL tips:

the standard zipper used by most of the companies making your garments is YKK. if you look at any zipper you're wearing rn and inspect it closely chances are you'll see YKK engraved on it. before buying a piece check that it has opti or riri zippers - this is some indication of a higher quality

one of the first things to do before buying a piece is to immediately check the materials it's made of!! the tag detailing materials is usually towards the bottom of the garment . i immediately dismiss things that have higher than 5% synthetics but i'm just rly picky w materials

EACH MATERIAL HAS DIFFERENT USES !!! BUT GENERALLY: virign wool is the best kind of wool, full-grain leather is better than most other kinds of leather, mulberry silk is better than other kinds of silk

brand recs:

yohji yamamoto, yehufan (i own a skirt by him!!), marina eerrie, ann demeulemeester, jw anderson, solovair for shoes (much better than docs), maison (martin) margiela (esp artisanal line 0), miu miu (i wear their beret i thrifted for £15 almost every day), valentino esp pre 2021 , lemaine , undercover older pieces , early raf simons , ...honestly there's a lot, if you need more send another ask or DM :)

p.s. if u can go runway shows etc go to the sample sales afterwards sometimes the pieces there are gorgeous !! but sometimes v pricey :')

all recommendations and advice, don't take my word as gospel and defintely do your own research + formulate ur own opinions ! hope this helps ♡

#alternatively take a flight to sweden and a train to malmö and go to the cute vintage stores there #asks #anon #fashion

[starfxkr]

I been saying this since the first time I saw outerbanks but it makes so much sense that the rich girls in that show are environmentalists!! Like I don’t wanna give too much credit to the creators of that show because let’s be fr like they probably didn’t know that they cooked a bit here, but that’s like the main thing rich people who wanna feel moral go towards. Like it’s weird but it’s like the main thing they choose because they think it’s easy and don’t have to confront themselves too much either, idk if I’m explaining myself correctly but iykyk. Ik we not talking about racism but it reminds me of that meme where the white lady was like “I can excuse racism but I draw the line at animal abuse” 😭. Also the reason why I wasn’t fucking with kie since day one because her“kook” side really showed out multiple times when it came to how she spoke about her friends issues. Like she ain’t gaf about popes interview thing, and even after he ditched his interview it was for nothing because they still waited around for hours at the dock doing nothing! I get heated when I see stuff like that happen in shows and it never gets brought up again? Like a character will be ignorant/have ignorant tendencies and it just gets brushed to the side or seen as normal for everyone while no growth happens (can you tell I’m rewatching lol)

exactly like do i think the writers thought of that....well no but rich girls love to be vegan and go hard for the environment because it doesnt require them to check their privilege and as we see thats something kie hates doing lol

#✨.txt

[jinxed-ninjago]

Ninjago Characters But I Assign Them D&D Classes, Alignments, and Races* Because Why Not: Redone and Categorized By Canon/Loosely Canon Group

*how many of these are going to make sense considering the ninja have canon parents? read on and find out, I can tell you right now Lloyd's definitely doesn't

The Upply (come on I have to start with Ninjago's local D&D crew on a post where I specifically assign Ninjago characters D&D classes, alignments, and races)

Plundar - Chaotic good tabaxi rogue. I've mentioned Plundar being a tabaxi in my mind a few times lol

Fungus - True neutral half-elf sorcerer. No specific reason for Fungus being a half-elf, but I've been obsessed with Honor Among Thieves so I wouldn't be surprised if that influenced it lol

Korgran - Chaotic good barbarian. I'm leaning towards half-orc for his race but I'm not entirely sure tbh

The Ninja

Jay - Chaotic neutral wood elf bard. Can't explain why I chose wood elf but I definitely see him being a elf of some sort and a bard.

Cole - Chaotic good human fighter. I also think Cole could fit into the barbarian class, but I'm leaning more towards him being in the fighter class. Not entirely sure why.

Kai - Chaotic neutral dragonborn sorcerer. It just makes sense to me, idk

Zane - Lawful good half-elf paladin. ZANE WILL ALWAYS BE A PALADIN IN MY MIND AND YOU CAN FIGHT ME (also I know most people would probably make him a warforged because he's a robot but here's me disagreeing because I like the idea of Zane being elvish in nature, and him being a half-elf still provides some of the outsider-ness of him being a robot in the original show, due to how half-elves are treated by humans and elves alike within the universe of D&D)

Lloyd - Chaotic good dragonborn rogue. I will not elaborate on Lloyd being a rogue because I don't know how to lmao

Nya - Chaotic neutral dragonborn barbarian. I don't need to explain why I gave her the barbarian class

The Ninja's Allies

Wu - Lawful good human wizard. Iykyk

Garmadon - Chaotic neutral tiefling rogue. Initially I was gonna say his alignment would be chaotic evil, but I wouldn't say he's ever really evil tbh, even in seasons 8 and 9 (I'm not analyzing that right now, go away)

Misako - Neutral good human ranger. Idk either lol

Dareth - Chaotic good dwarf monk. Look, it just makes sense, let's move on lol

Ronin - Chaotic neutral human rogue. Ronin being a chaotic neutral rogue is basically canon, I'm just adding a D&D race *shrug*

Pixal - Neutral good half-elf fighter. It just makes sense lol

Okino - Neutral good human ranger. Don't really know how to explain myself on this one

Mystake - Chaotic good tiefling druid. TRUST ME HERE LOL

My brain decided to stop working after I came up with Mystake so I might come up with more later, but for now, Ninjago characters but I have assigned them D&D classes, races, and alignments 😌

Also, feel free to let me know your opinions on these. Have O P I N I O N S on what race a chose for a specific character, or have a solid idea for what race Korgran should be? Let me know in the notes, I love hearing what other people have to say on my posts like this :D

#lego ninjago #ninjago #dungeons and dragons #dungeons & dragons #dnd #d&d #crossover au #ninjago crossover au #ninjago dnd au #also origin for my mini breakdown over paladin zane: zane hates cheating so much that it takes kai several minutes to convince him to #thats is really. true neutral paladin behavior right there lmao

[emblazons]

As much as I dislike that we will probably get a delayed season (in most likely 2025 lets be real), I also would not want a rushed sort of production or writing for the show's last season. Also the strike is important.... and i think it does extent the writers but also that other production staff is involved too. Idk, i definitely get some ppl's frustration but also that it is a needed strike.

I mean (and this isn't directed at you, but generally)...I get the frustration as a consumer, but as a young professional and often creative worker, I say let them go as long as they need to for the protections they deserve. I don't mind waiting two more years for my favorite show if it means writers and showrunners get the professional respect they need to not struggle to live—especially given how they've dedicated themselves to a job that so many people enjoy constantly, despite not valuing it as much as they should.

sidenote: I know a lot of people outside of this anon will probably read this, so I've included links to things explaining/detailing the points I've made here, just in case you're new to writer's strikes or how the ST production staff fits in.

That said: given that this strike means that writers and showrunners won't be on set for shows still filming, in the editing room or the sound stage, I'm fairly certain the production on Stranger Things will come to a clear halt beyond a few scenes they might want to get done that don't require much oversight from The Duffers—especially given that Matt and Ross are both WGA members on top of being writers and showrunners, and therefore are literally bound not to do work while the strike is on (x)

We also know for a fact that M&R do writing while on set and filming (see: the scene they added with Jonathan in the SBP being written as filming was happening)—

—which they aren't allowed to do anymore either...leaving Stranger Things especially in a clear "this has to halt" place, given that the masterminds/primary storytellers behind ST are obligated not to do their job right now.

While it does give a bit of comfort to know that ST is so deeply tied to The Duffers themselves as storytellers as much as showrunners, networks have historically tried to have everyone from novelists to novices outside the WGA write scripts during writer's strikes—hence the clear drops in quality in shows throughout the 2007 strike (iykyk), and why there is still some concern on my end should this strike go on long enough for Netflix to get antsy and start trying to get back to production on one of their most popular shows.

The UK Writers Guild has announced their solidarity with American writers in the hopes that they won't take on US projects to accommodate networks as the WGA strikes, but. If this goes on for a long time, I don't think it's impossible that several shows people love won't be cancelled or extremely delayed, or that Netflix won't get testy with ST. If networks start doing what they did the last time though, we might get some really shitty TV (and really bad seasons) for a solid year before we recover from the damage of the strike...even outside of anything that goes on with Hawkins lmao.

That said, Stranger Things is in the (blessed) position to have already had 9 months of writing + being ready for filming as soon as the strike is over, so. For most of us here, it's just going to be a waiting game....which. I mean. Like I said before, I'll take another three year turnaround if it means the quality of the show stays high, and The Duffers (and their wider writers room) get to "stick their landing" the way they've talked about before.

This got long sorry lmao. But still—given what's probably going to happen to a lot of shows during this strike, I'd day we're rather lucky as a fandom, so long as we're open to being patient.

Thanks for the ask!

#yes. yes I I did do deep dive research on this to soothe my nerves yesterday lmao #also dying that the dash is yelling about cheating mike and I'm just like 'BUT THE WRITERS STRIKE' lmao I'm somewhere else entirely #asks #do the write thing

[croakings]

breaking my loz silence to be a hater but also, here's how totk can still win

i will preface this with the thesis but also bear with me, ok, so: let it be known that in most circumstances, like most people probably, i hate when stories go "And It Was All A Dream!!!"

however. under some certain conditions. it is So Tasty. and i think totk is like. i'm sorry i think this is the only thing that can redeem the story of that game even somewhat. to me. this is all obviously just going to be my own personal opinion if you liked totk you are valid etc and so on and so forth but this is probably not the post for you

a minor point i want to start off with is that we were promised majora's mask vibes and they did not (imo)(this will be the last qualifier/clarification as far as that goes just stick "imo" everywhere in your brain for me please. thanks) deliver on that so much...... UNLESS MY UPCOMING TINFOIL HAT/COPING "THEORY" APPLIES! (there is absolutely no evidence or support for any of this whatsoever.)

i know people have come up with theories and Themes Analyses as to why the totk ending is good and makes sense and i did like a lot of those, and those people are very smart, however what they do not take into account is that i do not like it. if there's one thing i hate more than It Was Never Real In The First Place, it's And Actually None Of That Mattered That Much At All!..........

unless! It Was Never Real In The First Place!!!!!!!!! (<- IWNRITFP)

SO many of my personal gripes with totk are solved by making "the primary impact of these events is just like. emotional there aren't a lot of other consequences if any" follow the caveat of Because IWNRITFP!!!

"but bug" you might say, "what the fuck are you talking about". that's fair despite all those paragraphs i've said very little. i understand.

i am team "pissed off about the arm". team "ZONAI??????? AAAAAAAGGHHHH". team "AND WHY DOES IT ALL DISAPPEAR IN THE END ANYWAY COME O—". team hater. if you will. zelda doesn't even get to have any dragon features stick around like come. ON. ok anyway

also. we have the Monarchy Good Let's Keep Doing That Actually. despite. gestures at all of botw and the info we get of link and zelda post-botw pre-totk. where they're like. really not so much doing the monarchy. is the thing. and that seems really great for them in fact. and this seems really kind of silly outside of it really being needed to continue The Cycle. of loz games. and in loz games. which is that there is a princess and link punches things. and monarchies are a little necessary for point one. there.

but also some of you know me. you know what my favorite activity is. it's Making Up Lore To Explain Mechanics/Whatever i know this is not mechanics it's like. Video Game more broadly. franchise continuity. and that too. put that after the slash idk how to phrase that. so here's the thing.

they go down to the castle murder basement. right. gloom is there. it's spooky. things Go Wrong. tale as old as time.

this is a reach but cope with me. bear with me. what if. the murder basement. is the last real thing that actually happens. (until the ganon fight)(i think)(disclaimer: i have played only like 35 hrs of totk and the greater portion of that was mapping out the depths. so please understand i hate this game and this essay is based on information i gathered trying not to be doomed to hate this game/attempting to gain motivation to like. actually play it.)(if you notice i barely succeeded. if at all. rip)(one of the first things i did was collect the dragon tear memories and that INSTANTLY made me tap out. iykyk y'know.)

I KNOW. BUT. HEAR ME OUT.

here's the story of totk: link and zelda go down to the catacombs. neither of them come out. like. link does. sort of. i guess. if you ask some people. but like. nothing he does seems to matter or affect people. or. most things. with a few direct Plot Related exceptions. no one recognizes him the famous Savior Of Hyrule (the sword one)(not the princess the other one) who has spent literal multiple years scurrying around speaking to without hyperbole every single person in the country probably multiple times in insane circumstances pretty much every time. everyone is just Have You Heard The Legend Of Press Down B To Slash Fancy AND I SOLVE THIS TOO. with Game Theory.

WHAT IF. what if. ganon's last hurrah. ganon who like. constantly loses. and is repeatedly killed by teenagers at best and children not infrequently. is to see these guys who pretty well won. because they lost. who have a pretty good chance of doing things differently. where he can't. and/or won't. who can set hyrule in a different direction, if they're allowed to continue on. and not let them continue on. "lol they're traumatized young adults," he might say, "i am The Scourge Of Millennia and HERE. is how i can still win." (<- loses)(inevitably)(of course)(BUT HE CAN TAKE THEM DOWN WITH HIM.)

what. if IWNRITFP. maybe we can say the zonai in some capacity WERE real idk. this is irrelevant to my essay but i do like the thought they're just Early Hyrule and we know nothing more about them that's true than we did in botw. i think it would be incredibly good soup if ganon just made EVERYTHING about zonai and the Ancient Times that we see and learn of in totk. just. completely up. this also solves how ganondorf (and also rauru and sonia like character-wise) kind of sucks in this game tbh: because he's The Villain. he's MADE himself THE villain. what are his motivations? you may ask. what the hell is he trying to do? what on earth is even going on with zelda and co in the past? irrelevant. you see if he is as cartoonishly evil as possible. and makes zelda and co (The Good Guys)(So Good Guys Wouldn't It Suck If Something Like Killed Them Mercilessly Or Whatever) completely miserable and sets up the perfect, most unassailable dichotomy in her mind of Me Evil, Monarchy (You)(plural)(The Royal You, even) Good, then zelda and link who are already traumatized can just be pushed more firmly into The Cycle. all of this if he just. makes them live out a nightmarish reality he constructs of "nothing that they are or have been matters and they have to cast it all aside to be The Princess and The Hero". and convinces them keep that going forever. because without them(The Princess and The Hero) there is only Him (The Villain). they HAVE to be in the cycle to keep him from winning the cycle by default. don't they. right. sure they do don't look at the man behind the curtain what man. who said that.

also the sages!!!! Bloodlines!!! Of Course It's About Bloodlines!!!!!! it's the cycle!!

and see the thing is link and zelda come out of the catacombs with Dragon Ganon Defeated and that can be real. that's the story. link and zelda finally do come out of the catacombs. they have experienced once again a bunch of things that no one else had anything to do with or could be reasonably aware of and there is nothing they can do to involve these other people. they can try to talk about it but everyone else really truly it cannot be emphasized enough was just doing other things. everything makes sense if it's about the isolation. The Role. idk ig parts of the surface stuff ought to be "real" or at least "interacted" with, but that wouldn't be very hard for a magical rage beast probably. the whole kingdom experiences a brief extended nightmare but link and zelda as usual get the brunt of the cosmic horrors. this makes sense to me.

also!!!! this makes the depths like. less. [picture so-so gesture here.]

i mean. they're still like. more should have been done with the depths. more (or less) should have been done with all of totk but i'm exhibiting favoritism here. the depths make sense if IWNRITFP. the yiga are down in an empty inverted-ish Ghost Monster Hyrule doing loony toons. they are also. cartoonishly. evil(?). do the yiga have a point in totk? like. really? do they. (other than Mechanics.) well. i raise you: do they NEED one? link loots stuff and knowledge from them. as in: you have to know things in dreams. somehow. sometimes. what i'm trying to get at here is aren't the depths and the yiga so much more funny if ganon is literally just making them up. like "here is Evil hyrule (look at the ghosts of all those you've failed) with my Evil minions (evil)(like me)(cartoonishly evil and bumbling)(this is a dry joke sarcasm HUMOR. if you will.)(what if ganon is like "oh yeah the yiga my doomsday death cult in botw what was going on with— did link throw that guy down a hole. that's hilarious. i'm going to make a whole thing about that.) and my Evil loot here have relics of past heroes. this doesn't mean anything btw don't worry about it just put them on. yes Put The Tunic On no don't think about it i'm not even here. what. who said that"

like. OH of COURSE no one recognizes you or says much of anything that doesn't somehow give you instructions or tasks to do if IWNRITFP. like. ganon doesn't care. link doesn't care!!! that's something people do. when he is running around trying to save the world. that makes sense..... DREAM SENSE. nightmare sense. this is me coping with the complete lack of character interaction and whimsy i like from loz background guys the totk npcs are SO BORING. and if they're cardboard cutouts. right. of course they are. duh. no friends in the hater zone.

do you all see my vision. is this anything. had i played more than 5% of the game or read more stuff i could probably expand on this or be at all coherent but DO YOU GET IT. am i communicating. please take this and run with it THIS is how we can still get majora's mask and. COSMIC DOOM AND HORROR also again justice for ganondorf (and zelda)(and link) on this one WHAT IF. he was evil. what if he was FUNNY. what if totk were good.

ganon with the last vestiges of his Evil Power from his corpse under the castle sealed for reasons of There Can Still Be A Good Story There: if two guys were on the moon and one guy killed another guy with a rock would that be fucked up or what. also wouldn't it be cool if i were a dragon. i’d like to be a dragon. i can make that happen and sort of kind of make sense. as a treat. while also doing that to the princess while tormenting her with (More) Visions.

welcome to his twisted mind...... mine.......... minecraft server. hey gamers have you ever THE CYCLE THE CYCLE GET BACK IN THE CYCLE

life could be a dream. IT COULD BE A DREAM

#* #chatter #loz #i thought of posting this to one of the quarantine blogs for brainrot but instead i will torment u all on main #i've never used one of these tags before but #totk salt #no one come pitchfork at me i tried so hard to be pitchfork repellent #also i wrote this while doing 3 other things as usual and i refuse to proofread. um. sorry. #my solution to everything is ''so and so could have a sense of humor. this fixes everything''

[primaviva]

Your post felt like those really popular 2020 K-pop videos on YouTube that were like “my unpopular K-pop opinions part 1” 💀 anyways SAY IT ALREADY

BAHAHA THATS ACTUALLY SO TRUE STOP I REMEMBER THOSE anyway unpopular opinion time!!! 😁😁

okay but like y’all can’t hate me….i don’t want miles and gwen to end up together but i do at the same time and you gonna know what i mean

JUST STICK WITH ME PLEASE im not tryna sound like those delulu fans ada and leon type shi… where people don’t want someone to be together for themselves like NO not like that

it’s just like for a while i feel like every time a piece of media comes out even if it’s not popular there’s always a love interest and i feel like not every story has to be a love story or involve one. and what REALLY got me thinking this was how originally in itsv, gwen and miles were supposed to kiss before they went into the portal and i was like why? like i can see their chemistry in the first film but the story can go the same way even with them as friends and when i see that in movies I’m like “did they really have to be love interests?”

MORE SO it’s just like every time a girl and a guy are friends in a movie or show it just feels like they always put a romance between them and it’s like yes, it makes good writing. are gwen and miles cute together? yes the dynamic between them is so good. but did it NEED to happen? like i just wanna see a film where a male and a female can be strong companions without a hinted at romance.

and just ignoring how impractical them being in a relationship across dimensions would be and how my the mcu logic if they were to be in a dimension for too long it would be like nwh all over again…. it just would’ve been nice if they were friends that built off one another but because they been edging this romance for 4 years or sum now i would be HEATEDDDDD if miles and gwen didn’t get together. and i have a strong feeling that they are gonna kiss in btsv or at least gonna kiss each other goodbye if miles finally leaves the spiderverse alone but it’s like UGH

i feel like nobody is gonna agree but im just so tired of people behind these big movies always making the male friend and the female friend have romantic feelings like i feel like it feeds the stigma that boys can’t be friends with girls or it’s always gonna lead to something more. tbh it just feels so hard to find a genuine friendship in shows or any type of of media that don’t show any hints of romance like yes it’s very realistic for miles to have a crush on gwen and her back BUT SHOULD THEY BE ENDGAME?? LIKE IM NOT SO SURE

i saw this btsv theory i loved about how like they think beyond the spiderverse is linked to the reveal that there are other verses beyond the spiderverse (obvi miguel and them ain’t know that) that aren’t link to every spiderman variant and all that and how they think the movie is gonna end with all of them accepting that they can’t keep messing with the multiverse and miles is gonna learn to let go and just say goodbye to all of them and how that’s gonna be his sacrifice having to choose his universe over all the others he been yearning to see esp gwen and peter idk i ain’t gonna explain it all so iykyk imma have to find the video

i fekt crazy writing this idk if anyone feels the same but i feel like the romance was unnecessary AND HOW COME EVERY TIME A BLACK PERSON IS A LEAD IN SOMETHING MAINSTREAM THE LOVE INTEREST IS MOST OF THE TIMES A WHITE WOMAN that’s a rant for another time bro

#🪽— angel’s spam

[sookayheresthething]

a comprehensive list of what numbers are good, from 1 to 100

good; it's One.

good; it's Two.

good; it's Three. heads up, basically all the single-digit numbers are valid, for similar obvious reasons

good

very good

good

good

good

good

fantastic. exceptional, even

not ideal. should be either 12 or 10. smacks of indecision. also prime, which is bad

almost as good as 10

hmm. I'm not superstitious but a lot of people don't like this one. avoid it so you don't make people uncomfortable

it's okay but it's overshadowed by 15. also has bad connotations

fantastic. almost as good as 12

A+. no notes

bad

meh?

bad. be 20

very good

not a fan of this one but I accept criticism

positives: multiple of 11. nice symmetry. negatives: overall mediocre in tone. too close to 23, which is bad. final score: ehh

bad

all the coolness of being double 12 is far outweighed by being overshadowed by 25. I guess it's hours in a day, which is alright

sexiest number on this list by far

not good. number of letters? try again loser

it's 3 cubed which is cool I guess? meh. skip it

bad, unless you're doing months

bad

good! very good. not as good as 20 but better than 40

meh

32 my beloved. how do I count the ways. me and 32 frolic in the meadows with flowers in our hair and the shimmer of laughter in our breath

much better than 22 but idk if I'd call it "good"

the first real pervert number. shame

pretty good

damn, that's a lot of nines! 36 keeps showing up where I least expect it. pretty cool I guess

bad but a little hot. naughty even

bad

bad

not as good as 30 but it's okay. try for 50 if you can

bad

the answer to life, the universe, and everything. overplayed. gauche

really really bad. really bad. bad. really really bad

about the same as 33 tbh

good! great, even. very kind number

meh

boldly going where no man has gone before. kiss me, 47

it's the same as 45 but a little sexier and no I won't explain. iykyk

honestly not sure I've ever seen this one before. when did we get this one? have we always had this one? huh.

fantastic. great. marvellous. solid number. you could moor your goddamn ship to this number. wise and strong. so good that it completely overshadows everything in its decade (see the following)

shit

what?

bad

bad

pretty good

bad

bad

bad

really bad

not great but alright. maybe a little better than 40

meh?

this one strikes me as pretty cool for some reason. I don't vibe with it but I'm happy to sit back and watch it do whatever it does

oh. huh. hmm. I'm not sure about this one. it's a little scary

dude, FUCK yeah. after me and 32 frolic in the meadows we sit down for tea with 64 and comb each other's hair in the shade of a great oak tree

less than ideal but it's doing its best. honestly rating 65 immediately after 64 feels unfair.

slap another 6 on this bad boy and you get an S-tier number. as it is, feels a little rushed and incomplete

everyone's favourite two-thirds approximation! functional if clunky

bad

nice. second real pervert number. shame

COMICALLY overshadowed by 69

no thanks <3

pretty good

bad

I feel an odd dark kinship with this number..... it worries me

good number. fantastic. not as sexy as 25 and not as sturdy as 50 but is still wise, strong, and kind. I'd trust an impressionable child to be raised by this number

it's okay but it's no 75

wow! 77!

honestly undecided about this one

bad

good! I like 80. has a nice shape to it. it's round in both texture and personality

bad

baaad? kinda??

very very bad

dude, stop trying to be 64

it's pretty good if you can't get 80

isn't this a food service number? I don't like that

hmmm. this one raises some good questions

this is the nazi number. FUCK this number.

reminds me of 88. fuck it

pretty solid number! about the same as 80 but might be a little better or worse depending on context

bad

bad

bad

meh

this one's kinda sexy ngl 👀 95 got me acting unwise

I'd rather not thanks

ooooOOOooh I like this one

dude this one is GREAT

99 is a beautiful number and I love it, it's musical and enchanting and a little sensual

I have extremely complicated feelings about 100, but overall, I'm leaning towards "very good, but lacks variety"

[crackedmultifandom]

pushing my portuguese!eddie munson agenda.

i can’t really explain why but something about eddie screams portuguese. maybe I just really need a character to share something with me that i’m really proud of but idk ig.

anyways here are some portuguese!eddie munson headcanons (+ lil bit steddie)

- eddie (obviously) calls people he loves pet names; coração (heart), minha vida (my life), meu bebê (my baby), linda (pretty/beautiful), anjo (angel), querido (darling) and many many more.

- eddie doesn’t really like pastéis de nata but he LOVES alteria doce (the best thing you will eat in your life, trust me)

- he’s been to portugal two times, once with his parents when was little and one time, when wayne put a lot of money to the side so they could spend christmas there. he loves the beach and all the pretty people there.

- when steve finds out about eddie being portuguese and also being able to speak it fluently, he BEGS him to teach him some.

- his accent is terrible and he keeps twisting the words but eddie can’t stop smiling because he’s so happy.

- eddie flirts in portuguese a lot, it’s just sounds so much better and prettier. (and steve LOVES it, he thinks it’s the most beautiful and sexiest thing).

- he also swears in portuguese a lot. (like A LOT)

- eddie is a DANCER. HE KNOWS HOW TO MOVE HIS HIPS.

- eddie is scared of chinelos (iykyk)

- he gets really frustrated when people say “so it’s like spanish right? it’s the same” (no it’s not, thank you very much)

- he calls wayne “tio”

- eddie has a portuguese flag in his room.

- he’s just a really proud portuguese nerd.

#eddie munson #stranger things #steddie #steve harrington #steddie headcanon #eddie munson headcanons #eddie munson is portuguese #wayne is too #portuguese

[heartbreakinmyveins-blog]

BASIC ASTRO OBSERVATIONS

sb: i’ve been learning about astrology since late 2020 and FINALLY wanted to make my first observation post. this is from what i’ve gathered from the ppl i’ve met over the past few years.

- cancer placements (esp women) LOVE to look presentable. ladies always have their nails/hair done and in general have good sense of style and love to take pictures. all of them ik put a good amount of effort into their daily appearance on a regular basis.

- cancer placements hate sitting still/being alone. every cancer ik always has to have SOMETHING to do (vs me, a pisces, who LOVES having nothing to do). they can be clingy, especially if ur their favorite person, and HATE being ignored.

- virgo placements (esp risings) always have such a DISTINCT NOSE. not even big, just prominent.

- leo venus men have BIGGG 🤭 lollll. they are very persistent when it comes to someone they want and also have a huge dominance kink; aggressive.

- 8h profection year REALLY IS SHITTY omgg. every person ik has had an event that changed them drastically occurring at 19 years old. (not to scare anyone lol. drastic life changes are inevitable).

- taurus ppl have a green/brown/gold aura. idk how to explain but iykyk lmao.

- you can always tell a sagittarius from the way they talk. they talk a lot in general but when talking about something they’re knowledgeable in, they’re very “matter-of-fact” & always think they’re the smartest in the room lol. a little bossy too, but with good intentions.

- geminis r also easy to spot. they have kind eyes, makes them look v warm & friendly. gems talk w/ their hands and talk A LOT. when they’re silent, it feels weird.

- sag/cap cusp suns are the easiest signs for me to spot. they embody both sag traits & cap traits. talkative, personable, flighty, BUT ALSO hardworking, goal-oriented, and a strong sense of self/leadership.

- most, if not all libras i know, have puppy-like features! lol not in a rude way, they are so cute. but i can always tell one someone is a libra sun/rising bc they have a puppy nose (very proportionate) or puppy dog eyes.

- as someone w/ heavy mutability in my natal chart, we can be so fake. i find myself acting different depending on who i’m around. geminis get the “two-faced” stereotype, but it’s really all of us. i’ve noticed sags & virgos are def more blunt tho.

- i love scorpio placements but they are such LIARS! they fabricate stories/purposely leave out certain parts to others and i really dk why! def one of my favorite placements tho. makes for a beautiful & deep person.

- i’ve noticed with my cancer in 11h, i ALWAYS end up having friends with cancer placements.

- & even though i’m never regarded as the “mom” of the friend group, my cancer 11h and virgo 1h means people are ALWAYS coming to me for advice & comfort. even people i barely know always feel comfortable enough to tell me their deepest secrets & open up to me about things they don’t tell many others.

okkkk if i think of anything else i will add it, but this is all for now! toodles