#like yeah no you can state whatever general rules you think you want

[witchestower]

"Men dni"/"If you're a man or identify as a man"/"for women/nb/trans" what if I set myself on fire? What if there is a man inside my head ~~(...hot)~~ as well as the woman me writing this now who is usually fronting? What if I'm some mixture, bigender, questioning, experimenting? What if I'm early transition/delayed transition/what if my body is fighting me? What point is divested from man "enough"?

What do you see when you look at me? Who do you think lives here?

#gender #is a fuck #spurred by one particular bio/header but like #not unique to it #fucking melts part of my brain into slag whenever I see it #like yeah no you can state whatever general rules you think you want #but lord if those statements don't color how safe people think they can feel around you #even if they “pass” for the moment

[jimblejamblewritings]

luck be a (leading) lady | part 14.

[Posted 2023.08.12]

Summary: Y/N has always been a background character. That’s just life for some folks isn’t it? But what if she’s determined to not just be another member in the ensemble? What if someone helps her step into the spotlight in her own special way?

Warnings for the Series: a teeny bit of angst but mainly fluff

Pairing: ricky bowen x black!reader

Word Count: 3.0k

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Despite the documentary trailer coming out, the general public didn’t believe you and Ricky were together. According to everyone, the whole show was an act. A very entertaining act but an act nonetheless. Not that you or Ricky minded. With the increase in auditions and booking small roles, you wanted your personal life to stay personal for just a little longer. You told Gina that much as you helped her finish packing.

Her mom was back into so your roommate turned sister was officially leaving your house. Gina dragged her entire closet into your room so you two could pack up and watch a movie on the projector screen in your room.

“I can’t believe your moving. Seriously,” you said as you shoved her jackets into a box.

“You act like I’m leaving the state, I’m literally across the street.”

“Yeah, I can’t believe that old couple finally chose to live in a nursing home.”

You and Gina paused before you bursted out in laughter. It was really nice to have her stay near by. While you were friends with the rest of the drama club, Gina and Ricky were still your only close friends at East High.

“You know what I can’t believe,” Gina started. “That two of my best friends are leaving me next year.”

“Senior year. I still haven’t processed it yet,” you admitted.

A knock on the door caught your attention. Your dad was standing in the doorway with a plate of fruit. “My lovely senior and junior…”

You and Gina rolled your eyes.

“Gina, your mother wants me to remind you that she’d like you home by ten thirty and that you two can talk tomorrow at school.”

“Got it.”

“Thank you, here you guys go. Let’s try to finish packing before the night is over.”

“If you really want us to finish. Dad, you could he—”

The sound of your window opening made you all turn. You laughed as Ricky practically fell into your room. He jumped up with a quickness.

“Hi, Mr. L/N. Y/N, Gina.”

“Hello, Richard. You do know we have a front door, right?” you father pointed to downstairs.

“Yeah but since you guys said I’m allowed over any time, it’s not as much fun unless I’m going through the window.”

Your dad looked up at the ceiling. “I have clearly overstayed my welcome talking to a bunch of teenagers. Okay, Gina, home by ten thirty. Richard no sleeping in Y/N’s room but you are welcome to take any other room upstairs. Bed time is eleven, no negotiations. School’s tomorrow… I can’t believe my baby is a senior.”

“Dad, Dad, there’s plenty of time before I graduate. We don’t need to start crying now.”

“Oh, whatever.”

You chuckled as your dad left the room before focusing on Ricky again. He had no problem showing affection towards you with Gina in the room because she was the only person that knew you and Ricky were a real couple. She wasn’t exactly sure how she felt about being sworn to secrecy no matter the reason but she was still just happy to be let in.

Your boyfriend sat on the bed, actually helping you pack up Gina’s closet. “I wanted to give you something but I couldn’t really wait until tomorrow. Well, both of you, kind of.”

“What is it?”

“So, I’ve had this melody stuck in my head all day and it reminded me of Y/N.”

“Sap,” Gina muttered.

“I think it’s sweet.” You leaned over to give him a peck.

“Anyway, I know you don’t really write songs but you have an ear for music Y/N and Gina does write lyrics so I thought maybe we could work on this together?”

“Of course.”

“Okay.” Ricky stood up to leave. “I actually do have to get home. One of Dad’s only rules is bed by ten on the first day of school.”

“Seriously?”

He nodded. “Yep, it’s been a tradition since I started… and it is nine thirty so I do need to go.”

You gave him another kiss. “Okay, I’ll see you tomorrow.”

“See you tomorrow… Oh! Did Lucille send you the filming schedule?”

“Yeah, I’m just glad the filming is here. Senior year away from East High would’ve been such a bummer.”

“I know right. Okay, I’ll see you tomorrow.”

~~

You leaned against Ashylnn’s locker, chuckling as you watched Kourtney and Carlos take pictures with fans. It was weird to say you guys had fans.

“So what do you think, Y/N?”

“Hmm?” You focused back on Gina and Ashlynn.

“About Ash and Maddie giving each other relationship advice.”

You and Gina shared a look before you stood up straight. “I think that’s for Ashlynn to figure out but we need to figure out how to get to the drama club before we’re late for Ms. Jenn’s big announcement.”

Ashlynn’s eyebrows furrowed. “For me to figure out what?”

“Nothing,” you said with a laugh before grabbing her and Gina’s hands and leading them to the drama club.

You guys weren’t sure why Ms. Jenn called everyone in for a “surprise.” It was pretty obvious that the next play was going to be High School Musical 3. Without stupid Zacky Roy around to throw the Drama Club off their game, you guys were going right back to doing Disney TV shows for musicals. You just hoped that next semester you guys did Teen Beach Movie before you graduated.

You felt Ricky squeeze your hand once before you guys broke apart and left the drama room with everyone else to go to the Pep Rally. Staying lowkey was going to be so hard. You let Ashlynn and Gina walk in between the two of you on your way to the field.

“Can you believe auditions are this Friday? I need to pick a song,” Ashlynn said as she started searching through a list written down on her phone.

“What part are you going for Ash?”

“I’m thinking Kelsey or Sharpay. You?”

You shrugged. “Whatever doesn’t interfere with filming and my calculus homework. You know I’ve been demoted at Saltwater.”

“What?!”

You chuckled at your friends’ expressions. “Not like that. Bennet agreed that Principal dancer is too much to handle with school and filming so I’m only principal for the fall ballet since we’ve been rehearsing it before filming next month and then I’m just a first soloist for the rest of the time. It’s better this way anyway. This is the exact arrangement I’m going to having at Berklee. I’m thankful to get but my academic advisor sends me an email like every other day with updates. My inbox is dying.”

You guys sat down in your seats, finally moving to be next to Ricky.

“That still means we get to come watch you perform at Saltwater, right?”

“Yeah, you are looking at Coraline Jones in our fall production.”

Before your friends could celebrate you, the pep rally started much to your relief. You were still getting used to being the center of attention without losing the ability to breathe. Part of the reason you weren’t so prepared to be the lead in a feature film. A small film but still… The first Twilight movie was an indie film.

At least you didn’t have time to overanalyze that because the dude who played Coach Bolton was at the pep rally? You and Ricky rolled your eyes and sighed at the same time with the announcement of High School Musical 4 being filmed at your school. Just why?

Of course all the students were cheering no matter what, hoping that filming would mess with classes a little. You had a little fangirl moment when they announced one of the new stars of High School Musical 4. Mack and Dani.

Kourtney played Dani’s TikToks over and over again when you guys were at camp. Hopefully she could act because her TikToks seemed so nice. And Mack? Well you couldn’t help but squeal a little when they announced him.

Your friends looked at you causing you to laugh. “You don’t understand, I had one of the biggest crushes on him when I was little.”

“Me too!” Gina said with excitement. “Mark and Spark was my comfort show.”

“You know, he was supposed to be the first male lead in the movie I’m filming and my heart stopped until he cancelled of course.”

“Well now we know why,” Ashlynn said before focusing back on the stage.

You leaned your head on Ricky’s shoulder, having felt him tense up behind you. He relaxed when you grabbed his hand for a brief moment.

“You know I don’t mean anything by it. It was just a stupid celebrity crush,” you whispered.

“Celebrity crushes are still crushes.”

“Well then it was a stupid little crush. Is that better?”

“Yeah,” Ricky said with a squeeze of your hand.

You made a note to stay at Ricky's for a late dinner later after ballet rehearsal just to make sure he wasn’t still jealous. This relationship really was new territory for the both of you. But that would have to wait because now it was time for a second surprise in the drama room. You were getting real sick of surprises. And super sick of the security guard trying to block access to the drama room because of “filming”.

“Ahh!”

You all turned at Kourtney’s scream.

“Corbin Bleu?”

“Oh great,” Ricky muttered.

“Okay, okay. I deserve that a bit. But I am here to make amends. I know that documentary wasn’t what any of us expected.”

“Seb isn’t talking to me.” Carlos pointed out.

Ashlynn nodded along with him. “Yeah and Big Red is in Cairo for six months.”

“I hear you but we’ve found a way to make it up to you.”

“Uh, who’s we?” you asked with a raised hand.

You heard footsteps before you saw the people attached to the noise. You couldn’t believe it. Standing right in front of you was the original cast of High School Musical. Honestly, Corbin might have actually gotten you guys the best apology gift ever.

Featured extras in High School Musical 4? That was sick! So was everyone character development. You had to admit that you didn’t see Troy and Gabriella being in couples’ therapy… because you thought they would’ve broken up freshman year of college since they were such an on and off again relationship. The entire class was giggling uncontrollably at the prospects of being together on set.

Kourtney raised her hand. “Well, if the movie is going for authenticity casting a drama class to play Ms. Darbus’ drama class then Mack and Dani should consult us. The real life kids of East High.”

“This is why she’s the smart one,” someone said as you all high-fived.

Apparently, the OG cast thought she was brilliant as well because it didn’t take them any convincing. She was immediately assigned to Dani. You playfully shook her shoulders to let her know you were proud of her.

“Do we have any volunteers for Mack?” Lucas asked.

“Right like someone who grew up loving his tv show. Or two someones?”

You tried to back out of being Mack’s guide but it was too late. You were stuck co-guiding with Gina. All you wanted to do was focus on movie rehearsals, ballet rehearsals, your relationship, school, and drama club. That was a lot of things. Guiding Mack was not on your list of things.

You acted like that wasn’t the case when you went to go see the superstar, putting on your best smile. Your eyes went wide at an almost naked man getting his calf measured.

“Oh my,” you and Gina said at the same time.

Mack looked over. “Can I help you?”

You let Gina take over as you tried to look everywhere but at Mack, feeling embarrassed and more awkward than usual.

“We are so sorry. We are real students here, only one credit on IMDb so far but anyway, we were assigned to give you a hand.”

“Yeah, I’d love to know who assigned you to interrupt my costume fitting.”

“No. That was our bad.”

“Yeah,” you offered up. “If we had known you weren’t dressed we would’ve come way sooner before school ended… Soo-sooner because you’d have clothes on. Not whatever you l-look like you, like you’re thinking of. Oh my goodness.”

“Would you mind turning around?”

You and Gina looked at each other before doing just that. “That was probably the first thing we should have done.”

“Okay. So, I do have to ask,” Gina started. “Do you still keep in touch with the dog from the show?”

“There were seven of them and they all retired to a farm upstate.”

“Oh that’s so swee—”

“Uh, G,” you cut her off. “That means they aren’t, um, currently pr—”

“It means they’re dead.” Mack had put on a shirt so you guys could turn around. “The farm is heaven.”

“Well that ruined everything,” your friend muttered. “Okay, we’re going to leave now and we can all pretend we never met.”

“Oh, I’m way ahead of you.”

“Good luck on the movie, Mack. Hope you break a leg, literally.”

“Good luck with your lives, superfans.”

You felt your face get hot as you marched up to him. “Her name is Gina Porter and can I just say, I’m so glad High School Musical 4 took you in. Acting alongside you in Sweet Pea Americano would have literally killed me… G-Gina, why did I just say that?”

“I’m proud of you.” She swung her arm over your shoulder so you guys could leave. “Even with anxiety, you always stick up for your friends.”

“I think I’m going to pass out.”

“Come on, let’s go see if Ricky got a smoothie for us at the food truck.”

While you were mortified at your actions, Gina proudly recanted the entire story to Ricky who echoed her sentiments. You guys went you separate ways. There was no carpool with Gina today. Carlos called her over for an emergency meeting of the Finer Things Club at Kourtney’s house, leaving Ricky to drop you off at Saltwater. You guys stopped at a salad bar first so you could get some real food into your system.

“Oh, Gina finished the lyrics to the song.”

“Already?”

“You know her. Once she gets started on a mission, she can’t stop until it’s complete. Do you want to hear it?”

“Of course, do you have the lyrics on you?”

You handed Ricky your phone to look at the screenshots of Gina’s song journal. Your harmonies were rough and sometimes the melody fell off but the two of you had fun singing all the way back to the car.

“Are you sure you don’t mind picking me up?” you asked him as you leaned into the driver’s side window after getting your bags from the back of the car once you guys reached your destination. “Because we don’t get out till eleven and Mrs. Porter said it was fine for her to pick me up since Saltwater is between Kourtney’s house and ours.”

“It’s fine, baby, I like picking you up.”

“Okay. Oh, don’t forget. Gina’s driving tomorrow morning.”

“I can’t believe she got a car.”

“I can’t believe she got a license.”

You said bye one last time and headed inside for you ballet rehearsals. While you were dancing, Ricky was doing homework, and Gina was laughing as she got into Kourtney’s room. Ashlynn and Carlos were already there and Kourtney… well, she was meditating at the edge of her bed. While, Ashlynn had nearly forty missed texts from Maddox. Gina so had to tell you about that when you and Ricky came over for breakfast tomorrow morning.

Her smile faded at the announcement that Kourtney wasn’t sure about doing the school musical or not. She wasn’t sure if Dani was the best thing for Kourtney. She especially wasn’t sure when her friend suddenly became supper eager and chipper to answer her phone call. Kourtney put Dani on speaker after the others swore to be quiet.

“Hi, so I was studying you. Not in a creepy way but I’m really trying to get into character as a real East High drama student.”

Gina made a face when Dani suddenly stopped the speak pretty harshly to the driver taking her to the airport.

“Anyway, you’ve got that X factor, Kourt, and I want to help you grow your footprint. But I’ve been looking through your post and to be honest I’ve noticed something.”

“It’s the honesty for me,” Kourtney said with a nervous lilt to her voice.

“If I’m going to show you exactly what it’s like to grow an audience and you’re going to do the same for me as an East High student, I want you to tell me everything you know about Ricky Bowen.”

Gina bit her tongue as her other three friends stared at each other with suspicious looks on their faces. She got strange vibes for some reason but didn’t want to act on what could be nothing. Besides, she promised you two that she wouldn’t say anything to anyone. And how could she tell Kourtney not to mention Ricky to Dani if she didn’t ended up revealing something?

~~

You looked down at your phone to see a text from Ricky.

I’m still on my way, baby. Don’t worry, I’m stopped at a red light. I’ll be there in like 10 minutes. I wish your rehearsal didn’t end so late so we could’ve stayed up cuddling.

You smiled at the text before sending a little heart emoji, nothing that would require Ricky to look down at his phone after the light turned green. You ruffled around your bag to get your water bottle, reaching for your phone again when you felt the familiar vibration of a text. Another one from Ricky.

This red light is long. Do you want to get McDonalds after this?

You shook your head, deciding it was better to just answer him in person. A groan left you mouth when you felt the vibration again. That light wasn’t going to be red forever, if he was texting while driving then you were going to scold him because that could seriously inju—

Why was Mack now following your Instagram?

(part 15)

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[undercat-overdog]

Do you think out of all the people in silmarillon, sauron got to live his best life as he actually almost succeeded in doing whatever he wanted and was even enjoying watching his enemies fall to ruin?

Thank you for the ask, anon, I always love them 💙

And lol! There weren't many people in the Silm who got to lead their best life, were there...

But I don't, actually. One thing that comes up in a lot of places is all the negative emotions that he experiences. You could argue that something like black anger can be grimly satisfying - and it can be - but fear is also one of the main emotions. It doesn't pop up all the time, but it's a common one. In LotR, he's said to be afraid of his enemies' plans.

I talk about fear with him less than I might in meta because. Hmm. Because I think it doesn't come from deep personal insecurities? He's not afraid all of the time and when he is it's often very rational. Like he's right to be very scared when Luthien beats him. He's right to be afraid of the Numenoreans, because their army genuinely can beat his (canonically why he surrenders to Pharazon; it wasn't his preferred choice but the better ones - diplomacy that let him stay ruling in Middle-earth and/or militarily defeating the Numenoreans - weren't possible). And yeah, he's right to be afraid of Gandalf too (he doesn't understand Gandalf nor what Gandalf will do, which makes him more dangerous).

Fear and rage and bitterness and anger that others are living well are there, and those emotions generally aren't fun to experience. Then there's his longing for the Ring.

Which isn't to say he's not confident (if anything, his self-esteem is far too high). He came very, very close to winning the War of the Rings.

And, well, he did lose. Multiple times. Loser 🥰

But I do think he had fun too! He definitely enjoys himself from time to time and watching his enemies fall to ruin was likely enjoyable. I headcanon his emotional state as quite mercurial, and amusement is definitely part of that.

Haha maybe "living his best life (thwarted)" is how to describe S.

#i'll make some silvergifting shipper exceptions to the enjoying the enemies falling to ruin bit #but in general? yes #sauron #ask #anonymous #meta #living his best life (thwarted) is amusing me too much

[toaarcan]

Every now and then I see the Capitalism Ruined Tieflings post float past and my brain just goes "Skill Issue."

For context, this is a popular post that states that in D&D's second and third editions, Tieflings had a huge variety of appearances and then in 4e they were homogenised into generic devil-people because Hasbro was calling the shots and demanded that Tieflings all look relatively the same because that way it was easier to sell minis of them, and now Tieflings are ruined forever because you can't make one with greasy skin that smells like farts.

But here's the thing: You can absolutely still just do that.

"But the book says-"

Fuck the book! This hobby is 50% improv and the highest authority you'll ever have to deal with is most likely going to be your friend Jim, when it comes to pure roleplay things, there is literally nothing stopping you. The D&D Police aren't going to kick down your door and haul you off to RPG Jail for the crime of not playing a Tiefling like they're described in the PHB, because there is no D&D Police.

The PHB is great for telling you what you get mechanically (or the "crunch") and can be entirely ignored for everything in terms of lore (or the "fluff").

I've been playing 5e for something like seven or eight years now, and during that time, across all those groups, we've used vanishingly small amounts of official lore, one official setting, and precisely zero Hasbro miniatures (largely because all of those games have been online).

If I had gone to any of those DMs, both the good and bad ones, and said "I wanna use the Planescape Tiefling tables for my character's appearance", I don't think any of them would've said no. Now, that's not something I personally would ever do (I'm not leaving my character's design up to the RNG that hates me), but I don't doubt that the option would exist if I wanted it.

Additionally, people have always broken from the official limitations of the books with these things, and a few really obvious ways.

Per the books, Tieflings have the full range of human skin tones, plus varying shades of red. Now, how many people actually keep to that limitation? I've seen blue, purple, orange, green, yellow, bone white, grey, black, pink, etcetera. Even the Planescape table only gives you red, green, and blue, random 5e players going "What if it was purple!" and disregarding the PHB is fully and openly accepted.

Hell, two of the most prominent Tiefling characters in the current era of D&D are Jester and Molly from CritRole's second campaign, who are blue and purple respectively. "Tieflings are just red" says Hasbro, and "No they aren't" says literally everybody else. Even Hasbro themselves don't care too much about it, there's an official Lego D&D Tiefling minifigure coming out this year, and they're orange, not red, when Hasbro could easily have demanded that Lego make them red.

Additionally, the book says Tiefling eyes are a single, solid colour, with no visible iris, pupil, or sclera. Yeah that one gets ignored a whole lot too. In fact, that one gets ignored more than it gets followed. I've made at least ten of these fuckers and one of them followed that rule, and only did so after her Sorcerer bloodline activated, and nobody, DM or player, has ever called me out on it.

The book says nothing about them having weird legs, I've still seen plenty with varying forms of digitigrade gait, whether it's with hooves or something else at the end of them.

If you want to make your Planescape Tieflings, then you absolutely still can. And if your DM says no, then they're probably just still in their Rules Stickler phase. Give 'em a little time and they'll loosen up, it happened to most people in this hobby.

That's the great thing about playing D&D. Most of the time, you really can just do whatever the hell you like as long as it doesn't futz with the mechanical side of things (and sometimes you can do it with that too).

Capitalism didn't ruin Tieflings. Sure, you can argue that it tried, but the only thing letting it succeed is a lack of imagination and an unwillingness to go "Hey, can I just do X instead" on the part of the players.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna go make a character that's mechanically a Tiefling and lore-wise a completely different species, because nothing can stop me doing that.

#D&D #Dungeons and Dragons #Dungeons & Dragons #Tiefling #Tieflings #D&D 5e #D&D 4e

[softguarnere]

can you write something for Johnny Martin?? Maybe something kind of angsty but with a fluffy ending??

Thank you!! Hope you’re doing well!!

The Depths of Despair

Johnny Martin x reader

A/N: Hi anon! I hope you're also doing well 🤗 Thanks for the request, and I hope you like it! (This is written for the fictional depictions from the show - no disrespect to the real life veterans!) Warnings: mentions of war

For a moment, the two of you sit in silence, neither sure what to say. The past few days have been so full of fun, sunshine, enjoyment, and general disregard of the rules that the announcement this afternoon has put a damper on everyone’s mood. Well, everyone except for the lucky few with enough points to go home.

It seems unfathomable that Johnny should be getting ready to make yet another jump while you get sent back to the states. They can’t spare a fighting man for the upcoming conflict, but apparently they’re just fine shipping nurses who are willing and able to work home. Of course, there’s work to be done there, but you’d rather be doing the work required here – or, more accurately, wherever in the Pacific that Johnny may be sent.

“What if I just don’t go?” You finally suggest. There are probably better solutions. However, in the depth of despair, the most obvious resolutions are often the most difficult to initially find, let alone hold onto. What you’ve come up with seems like a start, though.

Johnny’s eyes go wide. “Why wouldn’t you?”

“What?”

“Go home,” Johnny clarifies. “(Y/N), you have to go home.”

Now it’s your turn to be confused. “Johnny, I can’t do that. I can’t just – just leave you behind and go about my life while I worry about you over in the Pacific.”

“I’d rather you be safe,” he counters. “I would be worrying about you the whole time if you were still in an aid station.”

You could argue more. There’s no good in being at home if you’re worried sick; there’s no use spending so much time apart worrying if one of you is doomed; you should spend as much time together as possible while you can. Instead, you decide to save your breath and stick to the last one and enjoy whatever time you have left together.

“Come on,” you say, changing the subject by taking Johnny’s hand in yours and leading him out into the streets, toward one of the massive buildings that makes up Berchtesgaden. “I heard Tab say something about a ballroom somewhere around here. I want to dance.”

When you glance back at him, Johnny looks bemused, but not upset. Finally, he smiles. Maybe he’s just reached the same conclusion that you have and is too tired to argue. “Okay. Yeah. Let’s dance.”

. . .

He hasn’t looked this happy for days, you realize when Johnny strolls into the tent where you and a few other nurses are organizing supplies. A wide smile paints his face, and though it doesn’t seem possible, it only grows when his eyes land on you. His skin is slightly pink from sunlight, his hair tousled from sweat and running. It’s then that you realize his chest is heaving ever so slightly, like he’s just run here, or he can’t quite catch his breath, or both.

You abandon the box you’re in the middle of sorting. “Johnny?”

“It’s over,” he says.

For a split second, you think he means the relationship. You blink, stunned. Several other nurses glance over in concern, with one even dropping the pencil she was holding seconds before.

“What?”

“The war,” Johnny clarifies, still smiling, none the wiser to the heart attack he’s just given you. “The Japanese surrendered. The war is over.”

“Oh my God!” Someone cries out, sending the tent into a tumult of excitement as everyone abandons their work, hugging each other, cheering, some even crying at the news.

As for you, you practically fall into Johnny’s arms when he holds them out to you, his embrace warm. After the awkwardness of the past few days as you attempted to navigate your time together without it devolving into another disagreement, you can finally relax. Entangled in your embrace, you feel Johnny do the same.

Over the sounds of celebration, you whisper in his ear, “We’re both going home.”

“Together,” he whispers back.

No worrying about him while he’s in the Pacific. No worrying about you in an aid station. After all this time, you’re free, and heading back to the places where you began. Your heart races in your chest as you start to realize how different things will be this time, now that you’re in each other’s lives. Of course, there are details to be worked out, plans to be made, decisions to be finalized, but you can cross those bridges when you get there. Right now, all you care about is enjoying this haze of happiness and celebration as long as you can.

“Together,” you agree, smiling at the promise of what is to come.

#band of brothers #band of brothers x reader #band of brothers fanfic #band of brothers imagine #johnny martin #johnny martin x reader #my writing

[qqueenofhades]

oh, absolutely! and that’s why i’m honestly so fed up with these online leftists. they act like they were the first people to sound the alarm on bunch of horrible shit and go all defeatist, completely disrespecting the work of activists and organizers who have been trying to fix these issues since before they were even a thought. there’s this widespread idea that the systems won’t ever work in a way that’s fair because they weren’t designed to, and while yes, the systems were designed to be unfair and awful to marginalized groups, gutting them won’t solve the problem if there’s nothing to replace them with. mutual aid is a wonderful thing and i’m happy to see people talking about it but i don’t think a lot of them realize it can’t replace a system. it can help but it can’t be this thing you throw everything into because you’re disillusioned with the systems. the only way to make those systems better is to vote in candidates who will but these people are so sick of being told to vote they just refuse to even entertain why people may be telling them to do that.

See, this is where far-right libertarians and far-left "burn the whole system down!!!" ideologies once more collide. Far-right libertarians don't want to participate in society and don't want to be responsible for the welfare of others and don't want any rules and definitely no regulations and so on and so forth. Far-left "revolutionaries" claim to want the same thing in terms of destroying the existing system, but they do so out of some misguided idea that either some new and completely perfect system will magically spring from the ashes (spoiler alert: no), or that informal neighborhood-level networks of mutual aid (however they define that, when they're often willing to totally exclude people who disagree with them about the smallest things, so why would they help people they disagree with on everything else?) can replace, as you say, the entire system.

The thing is, if you're reduced to informally scraping along with your local neighbors and have absolutely no other recourse or formal system of governance and/or distribution, you're living in a failed state, and nobody who has ACTUALLY been through that experience thinks, as the Online Leftists do, that it would be a great idea. This is another thing about their total failure to learn from history, or listen to anyone who isn't American, despite the tankies' insistence that America causes all evil in the world forever. My friends who grew up in the former USSR sure don't think their system was great, even if it was called "socialism" or "communism" or whatever terms the left wants to use with no appreciation of their difficulties. And so on.

Basically, it reminds me of when the Brexit loons were insisting that it made no difference to food supply if Britain left the EU, because, and I quote, "Britain is a nation of farmers, we can grow food in our back gardens!" As if the entire point of human civilization has been to bring us back to personal subsistence farming, which has generally been acknowledged throughout history to totally suck and also be the least reliable way of providing for yourself, and also... the idea that personally growing food in your nice back garden in Kent can replace the entire structure and system of the EU single market and customs union is completely absurd. To say the fucking least, and to anyone whose brain isn't poisoned with Brexit Brexit Brexit! And yes, hey presto, Britain is now experiencing food difficulties and frantically blaming it on anything except Brexit. Meanwhile, Sunak finally negotiated a new Northern Ireland protocol with the EU, but it's anyone's guess if it'll pass the Commons, since the Tory backbenchers just reflexively nuke anything that suggests any cooperation with the EU or any acceptance of EU law. Because they want to pretend the EU never existed! (Even though it was Margaret Thatcher's idea/initiative, shh.) Yeah. That'll work.

So yeah. If you live in your own world where facts don't exist, or exist only to support your preferred ideology, and your insistence that destroying the system with nothing to replace it is the best idea... it is, uh, dumb. Which is the nicest way I can possibly put it. It's never worked out before, it won't work out now, and honestly, "I'm tired of being told to vote after I didn't vote and then things went wrong!" is an argument I have NO sympathy for whatsoever. I know things are bad. You know things are bad. If there's a simple, easy way to start fixing it -- and systems CAN be fixed, even if it takes time and is not the instant dopamine gratification of moral posturing on social media -- where you have to participate once every two years, and you don't do it, then yeah. I don't think that person is serious about fixing anything, and I have no obligation or desire to listen to them at all.

#anonymous #ask #politics for ts #uk politics

[duchi-nesten]

Grayghost for the ask game!

it's been one hundred years, but i have not forgotten to answer the 983478349 of these i have left in my inbox.

-

Valerie was so ready to finally, officially, fully kill Danny.

Don't get her wrong, she really loved her boyfriend a lot. After all the secrets were out, they really bonded and were now dating for almost 4 years.

Since their anniversary was coming up, they both decided to celebrate it by going on a roadtrip across a few neighboring states. They've been saving money for this the whole year!!!

When summer break hit (they were in college now (rip)) they wasted no time, packing Valerie's new (old) car to the roof and going off into the unknown. (unknown = usa)

Valerie insisted that she was gonna be the one to drive the whole time. She didn't really trust Danny and his certified Fenton Driving SkillsTM to not wreck her car.

Danny argued for a while, since he didn't want her to drive so much. It was cute how worried he was that she was gonna be too tired or whatever, but she made it very clear to him that she doesn't mind. He was banned from the driver's seat, no matter what.

Unfortunetly, that led to a little issue that Valerie did not think well enough through.

"WE GOT A NUMBER ONE VICTORY ROYALE, YEAH FORTNITE WE BOUT TO GET DOWN (GET DOWN), TEN KILLS ON THE BOARD RIGHT NOW, JUST WIPED OUT TOMATO TOWN."

Danny was in charge of the AUX cord.

And Danny was abusing his AUX cord rights.

Hard.

"Danny, can you PLEASE turn on some NORMAL MUSIC?" Valerie asked for what felt like the 1000th time.

"What do you mean? Chug Jug With You is such a banger." Danny asnwered with the biggest shit eating grin on his face.

"I can survive stuff like All Star and the rickroll, but the shit you've been pulling up is too much." She let go of the steering wheel with one hand just to quickly gesture in the direction of Danny's phone connected to the car. "What even IS THIS?"

"A banger."

"Danny, I beg you."

"Well. You know the rules. One person drives, the other chooses the music." he said, shrugging.

"I can hardly call your playlist music."

He ignored her comment and continued, "You could always... Let me drive. The you can choose the music."

That Little Shit.

She knew he did this on purpose. She realized when he pulled out an already pre-made playlist. This was his plan all along. Maybe she wasn't so far off when she was insiting he was evil those few years ago. He sure as hell could be evil when he wanted to be.

Well, she was definitly not gonna give in. She couldn't let him win this.

"No. You're banned from driving." she said, holding the wheel just a bit tighter when a new song started playing. It sounded like a badly recorded version of Take On Me. She prayed it was only that, but her dreams were crushed when some little kid with the shittiest mic known to humankind started talking over the song.

"Well, that's fine! We get to listen to the legend himself, Mcap Steve!" Danny exclaimed and started singing with the kid about... mining? diamonds?

And calling it singing was generous, all of it was just screaming.

Of all the minecraft songs, he had to choose the one that was giving her an incredible headache.

.

She eventually gave up and let Danny drive after he pulled out this Mcap Steve's entire discography...

Possibly dying in a traffic accident was way better than another minute of that minecraft parody hell.

_____________

@hannahmanderr and I actually made Danny's roadtrip playlist, so you can listen to it and see what torture this boy put his girlfriend through yourself!

[THE PLAYLIST]

Also: Danny's right, those are bangers.

#kad answers #1 like = 1 prayer for valerie #astravis #ask game

[davekat-sucks]

You know what maybe postcanon is more fun to read when you actually want to see the characters at their lowest and bastardized into these careless and impulsive gods. An ending where everything gets wrapped up and we move on from the lives of the kids is never gonna happen, so relish in it. Hell yeah I want to see Jade at her worst, no social cues, no sense of personal boundary, no sense of consequences and does whatever the hell makes her feel better. Fuck Rosemary, I want a dumbfounded Kanaya who has lost any sense of her loved one and watch her wife turn into a cold calculating apathetic manipulator who uses people’s feelings to run away from confrontation! I want Jane Cricker to actually have a memorable character and flaws beyond being annoyed at how cryptic her friends are, I want Dirk to relish in his flaws and double down on his incompetence and actually be a character in the story he caused. Act 6 Act 6 Intermission 5 gave up on character development halfway through its chapter so let’s do character regression!! Yeah! Happy endings are boring anyway, I need characters in an ever changing state of escalating conflict!!

You can even see the fans of Homestuck acting like this, they love this update, they love how Rose is a terrible person. Homestuck is dead, welcome to my edgy reboot.

In this day of age, I can somewhat understand the appeal of series showing people their absolute worst with no restraints. Makes them the most funny and interesting that monsters like them could exist, even if morals and rules were still there. Not just for things like antagonists or villains, but characters who believe that they are a good person in an egotistical sense. Another way to spin it in a funny light, some could make Homestuck Beyond Canon or Homestuck in general, as a cautionary tale of a series that could have become something, but became irrelevant so quickly that it's almost a taboo to bring the series up. I like a balance things that will cheer me up to ignore my problems and sadness that can feel understanding that I want to go goth emo scene express my disdain of real life. I think something with Homestuck recently, it's a bit too much of depression and people being their worst. And not like in an edgy dark humor. If certain parts are supposed to be that, either it's a poor execution or just not a fan of the punchline. It's cool that you can find some enjoyment out of HS characters being their absolute worst for Beyond Canon. I hope you can enjoy and laugh to see how far James Roach and his team would go. Sometimes it's not too bad to see and have a little chaos.

#homestuck #homestuck 2 #homestuck^2 #homestuck2 #hs^2 #hs2 #homestuck fandom #Homestuck Beyond Canon #HSBC

[mytalemyworld]

Love Like The Galaxy - Cheng Shaoshang & Ling Buyi (Episode 25-28) 

I am glad that their relationship is evolving continuously. Because they still have so much to learn from each other or their mistakes and this is so good to watch. But it’s hella heartbreaking too. The worst part is that her words hurt him like hell. The good part is that she seemed to be affected by their argument as much as he was. 

While Ling Buyi doesn't know how to communicate the other people, Cheng Shaoshang only expects to see the worst side of people.

I get why she was upset. She hates not having enough power to retailate and just because he can do what she wants to do, she directed her frustration at him. (The most amusing thing was her finding him influential. Honey, the guy has no common sense, people are scared of him because he is simply crazy, even the emperor can't reason with him.)

Being a woman, being a daughter of a low class general sucks. Yeah. But I am not accustomed to seeing her like this. That sudden marriage proposal threw her off balance. She was definitely expecting another control freak and thought she saw what kind of person whom she would live with. He said "my power is your power. Becuase we will be husband and wife" but she didn't see it that way. She wasn't in her usual self, you can see she was clearly in a depressive state.

All of this time when someone didn't want her to do something, the aim was always to control and restrict her, especially when her supposed to be family members did that, she learnt to interpret these as a sign of lack of affection. If people love somebody they should let them whatever they wish to do. But sometimes people can warn you out of their concern not because of the desire of dominating you.

As for Ling Buyi, he is literally not capable of initiating any normal social interactions. He has been living according to military rules, he doesn't have a family and he is mostly on his duty. Probably his perceptive of  being family is more like how he is with his soldiers. He wants her family to be healthy and strong. Just like his soldiers.

Also to him, the duty of a fiancé is like what a soldier's duty to the people they protect. He is extra protective around her family because he simply does not know what he should do. So that's why he does what he is best at. Also probably seeing the worst-husband-of-the-century a.k.a his dad gave him some ideas about what he should do as a husband candidate.

Then we saw the shoes Ling Buyi brought for her. The shoes aren't for her to look beautiful. He still thinks like a soldier and is practial, pragmatic through and through. This is how he shows his affection. If someone said to him "buy some flowers for your fiancé", he would ask "are they eatable?" The man clearly has no idea about how to be a normal fiancé but when he does something for her, he really puts his heart into it.

It's a nice detail that she was upset even before her maid told what Ling Buyi did for her. She was truly sad because of what happened between them. She even didn't eat anything which is huge since she isn't someone who rejects food.

The second detail I love is that after she had talked to her parents, she found herself thinking about their words.

"You're so sure he won't make things difficult for you. Why do you think so? Isn't it because you know Ling Buyi likes you?"

Then she remembered all crucial moments that she lived with him.

This is a good way to show that she came to understand that some actions which she found overbearing might be out of good intentions. She associated his actions with his love. She said to him "I'm going to be suffocated by your love" but while thinking about her moments with him she remembered that she never felt like she was suffocating. Also he wore his heart on sleeve unlike those two-faced people around her. So his sincerity, openness and devotion are his best qualities to win her heart.

"Don't you like Ling Buyi?"

She asked her friend "what is it like to like someone?. She doesn't know how to love, yeah. But when she thought of this question that came from her mother she remembered the moments that only included him. She did not even recall the ones with Yao, she did not need to make a comparison. Because she only feels this kind of thing with him. 

So when she finally understood what she wanted to do, she beamed again. The next day she turned back to her usual self and she made a formal complaint so that the emperor would give a warning to the girl who slandered her at the banquet. If this is the way, she will just seize it. 

Favorite Moment :

“I know. You always doubted that our relationship would be unequal. You were always worried that I would oppress you. Today, I will tell you this. I, Ling Buyi, treat you as my wife. Everything I have shall belong to you. In the future I will do everything I can to protect you. I will never oppress you. I will make you believe me.”

This might be the biggest smile we’ve seen on his face and I died on the spot.

#love like the galaxy #cdrama #zhao lusi #leo wu #thoughts

[wowbright]

The thing to remember is that SAG-AFTRA is focused on its own members and how to organize them into an effective strike.

If you are not a member and don't ever plan to be a member, you don't need to worry about the details of the strike rules.

If you hope to be a member one day, the only thing you need to worry about is not scabbing. If you scab, you can be refused membership in the future. The only way to scab is to take paid work that would otherwise go to a union member.

Getting into the gritty details below:

The reason people are getting confused is because SAG-AFTRA put out clarification of strike rules for members covered by its influencer agreement, and these clarifications got screenshotted and put all over the internet without context, leading people to think these rules somehow apply to every fan who has a social media account.

But, according to SAG-AFTRA, this is what you need to be covered by its influencer agreement (and by extension its strike rules for influencers):

News articles have also made this confusing by saying the rules apply to "creators," an even broader term than "influencers."

1. Your influencer-generated, sponsored content must be made for distribution on your social media channels/feeds or your brand’s social media channels/feeds (places like TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat, Twitch, etc).

2. Your content includes an on-camera (video) and/or behind-the-microphone (voiceover) performance.

3. You’re solely responsible for the creative, production, performance and distribution of the branded content.

4. You have a corporate or business entity, such as a corporation or LLC.

5. You have a contract directly with the advertiser.

6. You own the final content.

7. You’re the only performer in the content.

Basically, by "influencers," SAG-AFTRA means "brand influencers": people who use their personal social media accounts to promote brands.

During the strike, such influencers should not sign contracts to do promotion for struck companies. Nor should they do promotion that they are indirectly paid for.

What's a possible example of the latter? Big Influencer received money from Big Movie Studio to promote Big Movie. Big Influencer decides that one way to do that is by dressing up as a character from Big Movie and showing up to The Big Fan Convention.

Big Influencer's contract with Big Movie Studio didn't explicitly state that they would cosplay at a fan convention as part of the agreement, but it is work related to the agreement and they are doing it because they have been paid money by Big Movie Studio. So it is in violation of the strike if they are a member. And if they are an influencer who meets the qualifications laid out by SAG-AFTRA, it could also be considered scabbing.

Another possible example would be if Big Influencer doesn't have a sponsorship or advertising contract with Big Movie Studio, but tries to get their attention by cosplaying as Big Movie character and posting it all over their social medias. Basically, Big Influencer is doing work with the goal of creating a paid relationship with Big Movie Studio that is not permitted during the strike. So they shouldn't be cosplaying in that case, either.

So yeah, this applies to maybe three* people on Tumblr total, and probably not to what they do on Tumblr at all because who the fuck makes money off of being on Tumblr?**

So the vast majority of you can continue cosplaying and posting about whatever media you like without scabbing or violating the strike rules. Do it if you want to, don't if you don't.***

The most effective ways for non-members to support the strike**** remain:

make donations to the Entertainment Community Fund and other support funds for affected workers

let streaming companies and studios know that you support workers.

*USDA-certified hyperbole

TLDR: Are you a social media influencer promoting a struck work/struck company from whom you receive money? Or are you trying to develop a financial relationship with the company during the strike?

If not, you're not violating the strike rules for influencers.

If so, and you are a SAG-AFTRA member or hope to become a member, read SAG-AFTRA's website to figure out how the strike rules might apply to your situation. If you are a member, you can also contact your union rep for further clarification.

**Disclaimer: This is neither a legal advice nor advice from a union rep.

***SAG-AFTRA to change what they are asking of fans in the future, but given how strikes usually work, is highly unlikely that a request to desist such fannish activities would come anytime soon.

****Because wga and SAG-AFTRA have repeatedly said so

#sag aftra strike #sag aftra #cosplay #sag-aftra #labor unions #fandom #labor solidarity #I hope this helps somebody #the panic I am seeing on my dash is really wearing me out #which probably means I should take a little break from Tumblr but oh well #misinformation #disinformation

[bunniesnuggie]

Hey it’s my birthday today and I was wondering if you could do an Eddie/ little! Reader and what he would do for their birthday? Hcs or fic, either one is cool :))

first of all, happy birthday lovie!!!! im gonna do head canons so i can get them out faster!!! sorry if it’s short and sucky, i wanted you to have them today :3

~ Birthday Baby! ~

cg!eddie munson x (gn)little!reader

summary: it’s your birthday, eddie’s favorite holiday

• eddie LOVES to celebrate you, doesn’t matter the reason

anniversaries (he’s the type to celebrate the day you first spoke to eachother, even if it was only a word), good grades, any accomplishments, tying you shoe and especially your birthday, to put it lightly he celebrates everything you do

• did someone say birth week?

because that’s what eddie heard when you told him when your birthday is. you’re his baby bunny boo-boo you deserve the best, and he feels bad that he can’t afford the best so he prolongs it for as long as possible

• like I stated in my first headcanons about Eddie, he doesn’t make a lot of money but he’s crafty

 homemade cards? Oh yeah, the pop-up kind. he may not be that good of a cook but he does try and he makes you breakfast in bed every morning, whatever you want!  And of course he writes a new addition of “Sir Edward the Noble Knight and his Precious Prince/ss” where it is the Royal‘s birthday. he makes birthday hats for all your stufffies so you can wake up to a tiny surprise party!!!

• takes you to build-a-bear!!

you both make bears that look like each other. yours is a brown bear with curly fur, you dressed him in a band tee, jeans, boots and your daddy even bought you a tiny guitar for him 🥹 his is your favorite color and is wearing a little onesie and we’ll as has it own tinier bear (bearception). he splurged so you both could record a secret message for them. his was a funny little song / lullaby he always sings to you, and you left him a sweet message about how much you love and appreciate him. he definitely doesn’t cry when he hears it, and he definitely doesn’t sleep with it when your not there. he does kick dustin’s ass for making fun of the little bear

• if you don’t like cake, he makes you a birthday sundae with a candel

a little self indulge sorry hehe but i don’t like cake (sensory thing) so all week you get a different treat with a candle in it!

• since he celebrates all month week he does at least one “big” surprise and one “little”

not like, in size. buy like you get a present big you would like; concert tickets, jewelry, recreational things 🧍🏻‍♀️etc. but he makes sure to get presents little you would like more; stuffies, blankeys, cartoons, little space gear. he loves to give you gifts in general, but you light up the most when small

• it’s basically a rule free week

no bed time, allowed sugary drinks and candy whenever, no limit on screen time, stuff like that. you still have to be his good babysitter. he’s already pretty lax anyway, but he still has things set for your own good. one week won’t hurt

• biggest celebration is on your actual birthday

it’s all day. you wake up to a huge breakfast in bed, alll your favorite foods are made. this is when the tiny stuffies surprise party is btw!! he has your daily card set out with two gifts on the night stand. he lets you pick out your lil birthday outfit, crown included and he takes you to do whatever you want that day!!! then that night he takes you to dinner, nothing super fancy, but it’s perfect. when it’s time for bed he puts an extra scoop of sugar into you angles milk <3

• you watch tangled a million times that week

bc duh

• he just loves his little peanut so much, thinks they deserve the best

(which you do!!) literally plans it a year in advanced, as soon as the day ends and your in bed. he’s reading you your new story and planning next years 🥹🥹

• ofc on his birthday, you always return the favour

he never got the normal birthday experience when he was young, so you try to give that to him, it makes him 🫠 so now, birthdays are a thing in the munson trailer

a/n : saw this and got super excited because my birthday is in two weeks, cancer supremacy :D

also i’m actually going to build-a-bear for mine so that’s where that came from!!

\\ tag list \\

@bootlegmothman420 @angelbaby-fics @lil--bun @stardancerluv

#cg!eddie #cg!eddie munson #cg!eddie munson x little!reader #age regression #little space #sfw agere #sfw littlespace #sfw smolspace #sfw little friends #sfw little post #age dreaming #agere post #sfw age dreamer #age dreamer #sfw agere blog #age regressor #agere blog

[musicfordinner]

He absolutely did that shit.

Listen there are so many things I want to talk about in relation to this story and I’m sure everything will be spoken on and spoken about in the coming year.… however, the most important thing that I’m taking away from this is a lesson I hope younger women learn by looking at these artists. It is something that I’m glad that I learned when I was younger and I thank God every day that things didn’t turn out worse for me.

Dating older men ain’t shit — it’s for the birds. Most older men dating younger women are insane. Absolutely fucking nuts. They’re predatory. They can’t stand against the women in their age group because that would force them to take responsibility for their actions. That would force them to think logically about their behaviour. That would force them to not be able to hide. Not to say women they’re age aren’t experiencing abuse, but there’s a level of “getting away with it” that older men think they’re going to be able to do because the woman is much younger and is unsure of herself.

All of this story and the abuse that Cassie sustained at the hands of Diddy is fucking monstrous. I actually was discussing it with my father last night and we watched On the Record and talked about how insane power hungry men can get and he was like yeah: Russell Simmons is a fucking rapist.

I think it’s really telling when people wanna date teenagers or people who are like one or two years out of being in high school or the new, young upstart at their business or company. It always reeks of desperation and power imbalances. You know its generally because they’re trying to exact a level of control over somebody. Throwing in some HP references: those niggas are death eaters. They’re literally dementors and they’re absolutely insane. They get off on domination and control.

I’m so glad that there’s so many fucking warrior women coming out to speak about their insane relationships that they had with older men in the public eye when they were very very young.

I loved Taylor Swift for writing about these predators. I love Demi for doing it. It’s like when women hit 30 and realize the fucking gag, they pull that pen out and holy shit I can’t wait for the exposure. It’s what’s changing and shifting the landscape right now in music. We can barely listen to fucking male rappers at the moment. Who is bitches and who are the hoes you speak of sir? Listen, a hex on all their houses. I can’t wait to see Beyoncé in her 70s/80s write that memoir, I’m sure she’d talk about the grooming and the violence she sustained with Jay, even though in a somewhat typical Black family tradition, they’re staying together. He claims he learned his lesson. I guess Lemonade must have taught him some shit as we heard on 4:44. Or he figures it’s cheaper to keep her. Whatever, that memoir is finna be fire.

Circling back — as a young girl you are not fully aware of what’s transpiring in these age-gap relationships, until it’s too late. It just feels like you’re getting special attention from someone to look up to. Popular decorum dictates that there is the campfire rule that if you’re dating a younger girl or a younger guy you’re supposed to leave them in a better state than you found them, but that’s not usually the case with famous and rich men. They’re cheap. They’re abusive. They may want you to engage in acts you’re not comfortable with because you don’t hold the upper hand and more times can’t fully stand on your own yet. Maybe you’re not as notable or popular or you’re new on the scene and most times they hope: less experienced. If you look at a relationship like Quavo and Saweetie’s, they can be violent jealous liars that act one way for the cameras and another when you’re trapped in an elevator with them fighting and forgetting that there are security cameras around. If you’re someone like Diddy, you’re paying 50K for the security camera footage so that the public doesn’t see you Ray Rice-ing your girlfriend in the building. It’s fucking nuts. AND THEN on top of that — they want you to have sex with young studs for their voyeuristic pleasure because they probably can’t get their dick up enough to develop a meaningful, healthy, sexual relationship with you. Lastly, if you’re a Black woman, shade be damned, you could be a Cassie, or a Serena, or anyone who has had to deal with domestic terrorism from your community and you leave the community and marry a non-black man (not to say that outsiders won’t abuse you either becauseeee whew chile), then they (said men in your community) want to cry racism. It’s stupid. Everything sucks. BUT the major take away is that older men are particularly vile because they want to rob you of your youth, your popularity, and your talent because they’re fucking vultures. See: Drew Dixon, Sil Lai Abrams, Anita Hill, etc etc etc.

A former coworker of mine died this past week. It is a challenge to mourn for him because he was an abuser, he was violent to young women, women that are my friends that he worked with. He was inappropriate. He was a cheater. He was older than us all. He cheated on his wife constantly. She more than likely knew. He was vile. He put vulnerable people in fucking awful situations that he will have to pay his dues to the creator for. These men are everywhere.

When I worked for another company, music-related, there was a man there who sexually harassed every young woman that worked there, including me. We reported it/him. I fucking left that job before he did. Him and his cronies both engaged in that behaviour. Picture that. You’re trying to work and get your cheque and these folks stay being inappropriate. He’s probably dead now too and honestly, the world is probably a better place for it.

I remember the first time I saw the movie an education and was like FUCK— no comment about whether or not this happened to me or other girls I knew. But Jesus. It’s such a common scenario there is movie after movie after movie about shit like it. Honestly, most women watching this Cassie/Diddy scenario play out probably can’t wait for these dudes to get the fuck outta here. There’s a reason these folks never marry and just replace one young girl with another. It’s sad. But it’s time for them to get the fuck outta here. Not to mention his poor business practices, alleged murder of individuals, the Shyne situation and the Mase situation. They’re even doing men dirty in these scenarios. It’s a level of toxicity that has known no boundary. I can’t wait for Diddy to get CAUGHT THE FUCK UP.

More to read:

#chantel’s sound diary #diddy #cassie ventura #music diary #music journal #music nerds #music nerd #music dreams #surviving diddy

[evenmoreofadisaster]

Okay okay idk if your familiar with the band metric but they like perfectly fit one and twos vibe/aesthetic and some of the songs lyrics perfectly fit one and two if you haven’t checked them out I recommend them but couple of songs and lyrics that I can think of right now I’ll put below with song title (album) lyric that I think fits/why the song makes me think of them

Two:

Holding out (art of doubt) “always waiting on the sidelines when is it my time to be the one the one the one”

Gold guns girls (fantasies) “is it ever going be enough?” (Idk this song just gives me two vibes like the beat and repetition of lyrics makes me think he’d jam out to it)

The void (synthetica) “all night, like a fool I stayed up to prove I can keep up with you”

Black sheep (arguably their most popular song since it was in Scott pilgrim vs the world) that whole song gives me like twos thoughts on one especially after the fallout

One:

Help I’m alive (fantasies) “if I stumble, they’re going to eat me alive” and “help I’m alive my heart keeps beating like a hammer, hard to be soft, tough to be tender”

Synthetica (synthetica) “but I won’t ever let them make a loser of my soul” (the whole song makes me think of one would like it because it’s all about not conforming into something fake/artificial)

Just the once (single) this just makes me think of one and usagi because like one it’s just a bop but still has that like darker vibe aesthetic that I think one would like this song and it would make him think of his usagis meetups and relationship and two the lyrics apply the them so well

I will never settle (formentera) I think this whole song is how one would feel about two especially post fallout

Gimme sympathy (fantasies) this just really strikes me as a song that fits one and also one that he would love

Both:

Artificial nocturne (synthetica) idk this one I think just fits them

Underline the black (art of doubt) “mad visions and wild decisions were made in the alleys that wind through my mind”

omg okay I feel like I've heard of this band before but I don't think I've ever listened to their songs until now. I took the time to listen to every song so that I can provide input <3

Holding Out: yes, that line fits Two perfectly! it especially makes me think of how Two always has to wait for One to give the order before he's allowed to do anything. It also makes me think of Two getting fed up and breaking the cycle

Gold Guns Girls: oh yeah, I love the beat! it's got a good rhythm. I can see Two sympathizing with it

The Void: these lyrics fit very well too! makes me think of Two tryna pick up One's slack lol and just generally wanting to be treated as One's equal.

Black Sheep: ooh, yes. Gives me big post-fallout vibes. "truth is just a rule that you can bend" stuck out the most. good vibes for post-fallout 👍

Help I'm Alive: oo definitely makes me think of what's at stake for One. Really like this song. Very good for One. I also liked "if my life is mine/what shouldn't I do?/I get wherever I'm going/I get whatever I need" fits One's state of mind especially for rn

Synthetica: another good one. I think of One's "u can't touch me" spiel

Just The Once: BOP. oh yeah, I can see how it fits One regularly going to the Nexus to see Usagi. "said it would be just the once" he said 🤨

I Will Never Settle: yeah! Especially "this is not the way I wanted to make you feel" also makes me think of how One would think after knowing how much pain he's caused Two :( "caught a glimpse of the normal life/terrified by the sight/we belong to another time" also makes me think about how One feels after being w/ the Hamatos

Gimme Sympathy: yeah, pretty upbeat. Love the chorus. "we're so close/to something better left unknown/I can feel it in my bones" reminds me of his obsession with getting his way.

Artificial Nocturne: ABSOLUTELY. The first set of lyrics immediately made me think of them "I'm just as fucked up as they say" referencing how they're viewed in the eyes of the Hidden City. Also sounds very cinematic

Underline The Black: love the lyrics. Fits their emo vibe very well

Good band!

#emd au #emd asks

[babacontainsmultitudes]

Lark Playlist :)

https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfseHI1QTBdxIdpeGj0wP7CfnU6vZAbqT

(Sparrow playlist here: https://at.tumblr.com/babacontainsmultitudes/i-made-a-little-sparrow-playlist/zg9o196okvhs)

Track list under the cut but this time with a few annotations/explanations/quotes on some of the song choices!

The Spider and the Lamps (Forgive Durden)

Literally just every lyric in this song… Mostly this is about Lark being manipulated by Willy into stabbing Henry

Caught Like A Fly (Falling in Reverse)

Mostly about Lark’s bitterness, resentment towards Henry, and general feelings of being neglected/shutting the rest of the world out, etc.. A few lyrics make me think of the more unfortunate/abrasive aspects of his relationship with Sparrow as well.

Breaking the Habit (Linkin Park)

On Lark’s confusion over his own feelings and not understanding why he acts how he does, on his lifelong dedication to fixing his mistakes, and perhaps on his deteriorating mental state more generally.

Death of a Bachelor (Panic! At the Disco)

Amsterdam (Nothing but Thieves)

We Don’t Have To Dance (Andy Black)  

Rule #4 – Fish in a Birdcage (Fish in a Birdcage)

Very obviously, I think, this is about Sparrow and the role he plays in Lark’s life.

Lark of My Heart (Eliza Rickman)

You’re more than welcome to project whatever ships you want onto this, but this is about Rebecca lol

Some Nights (fun.)

Just a lot of lyrics that can be applied in numerous ways, but…

“My heart is breaking for my sister

And the con that she called "love"

And then I look into my nephew's eyes

Man, you wouldn’t believe

The most amazing things

That can come from

Some terrible nights”

Like ugh just stab me in the heart why don’t you

Everybody Wants to Rule the World (Jonathon Young)

POWER (Sparrow got the soft NSP version so Lark gets the raspy metal version heh heh heh). Yeah, mostly about Lark and Sparrow.

Goodbye To A World (Porter Robinson)

On, you know, ending the world and all that.

“Though it’s the end of the world, don’t blame yourself”

I Don’t Love You (My Chemical Romance)

Mostly on Henry and the rogue card :(

#Hope someone enjoys this! #Lark oak #dndads #lark oak-garcia #dunegons and daddies #sparrow oak #lark oak garcia #henry oak #willy stampler #dndads playlist #Taylor next probably??? #sparrow oak garcia #henry oak garcia #normal oak #rebecca swallows #rebecca swallows oak garcia #playlist

[willowistic22]

Hi hello can I request a rant about ikeshot 👀 Anything you want like headcanons and stuff I'm begging pls I'm so starved for ikeshot content you're literally the only person here talking about them

Ikeshot. Let’s talk abt them.

Since you didn’t really specify what topic you want me to go over abt them i’ll just give you my general thoughts in regards to them and just specific general details i like to consistently characterize them when thinking of au’s and such.

Firstly abt Hotshot. He’s Korean-American in my opinion. There wasn’t really any specific actor that inspired this hc (not even the korean newsies cast, i don’t really know that cast that well) but i feel it fits him perfectly. He was born in Korea to Korean parents and then moved to the states for both canon and modern era (i hv no clue if there were any Korean immigrants in New York in the time where newsies take place and no i hv no interest in finding out whether that’s historically accurate<3). I like to think he’s the youngest. He has 12 older sisters. Idk it just feels fitting to me. His actual name is Park Ryung-Gu and i’m following the usual Korean naming rule so Park is his family name and his given name is Ryung-Gu (idk how to explain how to properly pronounce it other than like saying ‘young’ but with an R at the front followed by ‘goo’. Also i’m not very adversed with Korean naming and culture in general so there might be a few errors i make despite alr doing some light research. Srsly i ended up watching a kdrama compilation just to find out how to pronounce that name If anyone reading this can correct me then feel free to drop an ask).

Seeing that he had lived his majority of his childhood in the states, he’s considered the most fluent english speaker in his family. He likes helping his mother cook especially when she’s making kimchi. Man loves kimchi and can live off of eating that one single dish for his entire lifetime. He likes tiny hamsters but also big dogs. He actually likes a lot of k pop but can’t dance to save his life. Also one of his fav k pop boy band back when he was younger made him question his sexuality. His main sport is basketball but he come from swimming parents so it’s important that he knows how to swim well, thus he was able to reach the six foot mark by the time he reaches sophomore high school and ended up growing to 6’6. He’s good friends with Spot and Albert (i hc albert moving to Brooklyn at around age 10 before moving back to Manhattan for middle school so). He’s usually the more reserved calm and collected friend and dare I say the tired friend. Not to be confused as the mom friend bcs that’s Spot. Anyways. In some au’s Hotshot to me is a pharmacist or a beauty chemist. Whatever it is, he majored in a chemistry field for college bcs he’s best at chem class back in high school. It just clicks to him for some reason compared to other subjects like biology or economics.

Ok now for Ike. He’s younger than Mike by like 13 minites and Mike holds that over him bcs older brother duty™️. However Ike is taller than Mikd by like 1.5 inches which he holds over him bcs younger brother duty™️. Pretty sure it’s alr widely known that their names are Michael and Issac so yeah i stand by that fanon but i personally think their last name is Alvarez. In some au’s i hc them hving a little sister a year younger than them while other times i don’t. They are Cuban-American. Their parents along with their siblings are Cuban immigrants and gave birth to the twins in America. Ike is autistic while Mike is neurotypical. Throughout his childhood, Ike struggles a lot with sound and touch and regulating his emotions in general but he was mostly non verbal in his earlier years. The only other person he talked to back then was Mike up until like when he’s 8 or so was when he started getting better at his speech. Their mother in short isn’t the best person to be a mother. Safe to say it was for the best that their parents divorced when they were ten.

Ike was considerably the more reserved one between him and Mike but that doesn’t mean he’s not considered a troublemaker bcs in reality he still is. Despite still being able to joke around, he’s quite uptight. When he’s trying to regulate his anger he usually turns to boxing which is smth his father taught him back when he found out the twins were being bullied in elementary school. It serves as a great sport but also a great outlet to let out his anger. He’d punch a punching bag or ask Mike to spar with him. He’d dare to say that without boxing he might still not know how to regulate his anger in his adult years. However he’d say his main sport was soccer since that’s what he played in school teams. That does turn Ike to be a bit feisty, especially when he’s being disrespected. He doesn’t always go for the first punch, only as an act of self defense. Anyways, i hc him majoring in some sort of engineering field. Like he’d get a phd to research environmental engineering (renewable energy and all that stuff). He loves to learn actually and has an interest in technology + environment. He also loves cats. He has a brown cat named bear.

Now how did they ended up together you may ask? They met as a friend of a friend of a friend. Sorta. So while obtaining their bachelors degree, Ike has had bad luck with relationships. All the guys he’s ever liked are… terrible to say the least. He swears off dating until he gets his bachelors. Around his senior year, his good friend racetrack higgins just so happen to have a boyfriend from brooklyn named Spot who was also good friends with Race’s best friends and also Ike’s good friend named Albert. Spot and Albert also had a friend named Hotshot. One night when they were all going out to celebrate them nearly graduating, Ike and Hotshot met for the first time. Ike wld be lying if he said he didn’t find Hotshot to be attractive and Hotshot can’t deny he thought Ike was cute. However nothing happened and they only ever met every now and them in a big friend group setting. And ike was true to himself when he says he’ll put a hold on dating until he gets his bachelors (talk abt academic validation lolz definitely not self projecting here) in the middle of them obtaining their master’s degree, things start to escalate between them. They actually started seeing each other on their own and hv a fun time. When they finally gotten around to a confession (after being pushed by their friends to do it ofc) they started going out and took things slow to see where this was heading. As it turns out, they were a perfect match and ended up becoming more confident and srs with each other.

Hotshot and Ike are both reserved in their nature. Mostly calm and collected but can last in a fight if provoked. They’re not the most sociable person and it takes awhile for them to come out of their shell. So meeting and being comfortable with each other was great. Ike likes that despite the strength Hotshot displays, he is still kind and gentle to others. He’s very caring and sensitive. He gives Ike a sense of peace and security. He also gives the best hugs. Hotshot adores Ike for how careful he is at everything and how supportive he is. Ike is loyal and kinder than he lets himself believe. Ike always tries to better bcs he never really thought he was very great at displaying his affection when really Hotshot feels plenty loved by him. He loves how smart he is and how fun he can be when he’s comfortable but will also defend him till the end when he’s being wronged. He gives Hotshot a sense of comfort and warmth. He’s also feisty which is smth Hotshot finds to be quite cute in an affectionate way.

Ya so uhh… this was kinda messy but i appreciate the ask dude. Hope you like it:)

#if only i can just wrige faster #and hv more time #i cld get this one multi chapter fic out #and feed us ikeshot stans #damn college admission seasons #newsies #ikeshot #ikeshot newsies #ike newsies #hotshot newsies #headcanons

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thanks @lu-sn for tagging me!

Rules: Go to your published works on AO3 and list the first fic you ever published there, the last fic you published, any fic that you wrote for a fandom/ship only once, your favorite fic you wrote in the fandom/ship that has the most works, the fic you wish more people read, the fic you agonized over the most, the fic that sprang fully formed from your mind without any effort, and a work you are proud of—for whatever reason.

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first fic ever published: Settling Down, Settling In

this was Beka Cooper post-canon fic from 2011 and also the only het fic i ever wrote lollll though i then proceeded to publish nothing else for 8 years, i do still have a lot of fondness for this fic, and for the many, many het YA fantasy novels that have shaped the way i read and write

last fic published: a patient kind of guy

actually i lied, there's het in this fic too...specifically comphet, and the explorations thereof (it's a Be My Favorite fic, specifically a Pisaeng character study, nuff said). actually really proud of this one cause i like to think this fic showcases how far i've come in terms of being able to write angst, smut, humour, longing, and complex themes all in one 6k word fic

any fic i wrote for a ship only once: Five Times Wen Qing Writes to Jiang Yanli

huh, turns out i write quite a lot of ships only once, but i'm particularly proud of this femslash fic, firstly because in general there's not enough femslash in the world, and secondly because the MDZS ladies in specific deserved better!! also there's an incredible podfic recorded by some incredible people for it and listening to that was the COOLEST FREAKING THING

favorite fic for ship with most works: Thirty Years of (Someone Else's) Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!

you know what, i loved this ship SO FUCKING MUCH and this was hands down the most joyful cracktastic fic i've ever written and it's all about THE MAGIC OF FRIENDSHIP and yeah, if i could pick one work to remember of everything i wrote for these boys, it would be this one. sigh.

fic i wish more people read: Dad Joke

speaking of joyful cracktastic fics about the magic of friendship lolllll Macau and Chay have so much potential to be INCREDIBLE together as romantic/platonic co-conspirators and i didn't even realise until i finished writing this fic--this legitimately started out with me wanting to have Macau yell "it's a dad joke" about calling Pete 'dad' and then i woke up from my 24 hour writing fugue state with new, inconvenient macauchay feels lol guess the joke is on me (also i sometimes read this fic again and still laugh at my own jokes and i'm v proud of that)

fic i agonized over the most: Starving, Faithful

okay i'm sure i agonised over The Long Road Across The Wilderness - 荒尘渡 too (42k words of yi city boys on a big bang deadline ><) but FUCKING HELL the sheer amount of SCREAMING i did about the vegaspete post-credits scene for Starving Faithful man, and how it didn't ALIGN THEMATICALLY with how i'd conceptualised vegaspete in chapters 1 through 4 with the HUNGER and the OWNERSHIP and i rewrote that ending scene SO many times (with very patient, intelligent handholding from my incredible beta) and in the end just kinda went fuck it and gave up lol tbh i still have no idea if it's as resonant or consistent as i wanted it to be but overall i think i did pretty okay with that fic anyway

fic that sprang fully formed from my mind: Seven Years

444 words of Xue Yang character study that just flowed out in like 10 minutes inspired by this piece of fanart, one of the coolest collab and writing experiences i've had because i'm a plotter so that's basically never happened to me before and has never happened to me again lol (maybe i should actively look for fanart i like to see if inspiration will strike again hmm...)

work i am proud of: all of them. genuinely. i worked hard on every single one of those fics and at least one person has enjoyed reading each one of those fics, and i dunno i just think that's really, really cool. fandom is really pretty special <3<3<3

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tagging @ghost--houses and @giraffeter

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