#listen I don't make the rules

[kimalydraws]

Edward/Blackbeard Remixes

This is not what I had planned for my wip, but I couldn't get this idea out of my head, so have these little thumbnail sketches for now.

#should have put gloves and boots on the blackbeard fit but i'm too tired and already spent way too much time on these #after separating them it occurred to me that the blackbeard one looks like an organization xiii cloak from kingdom hearts... #listen i don't make the rules #ofmd #our flag means death #ofmd fanart #art #artwork #ed #edward teach

[vox-ex]

string theory

Supercorptober Day 2 "Swift" 

thanks to @kmsdraws for the prompts 

Lena has some feelings about love and Kara and universe thanks to Heisenberg and Taylor Swift

day 2 on Ao3 

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It's one thing to know the fundamental limits of certainty, to reconstruct them in equations with your hand and your mind over and over. But no experiment has ever unveiled the uncertainty of the universe more than falling in love.

And yet we try.

Because love is the most beautiful kind of chaos.

Time, curious time Gave me no compasses, gave me no signs Were there clues I didn't see? And isn't it just so pretty to think All along there was some Invisible string Tying you to me?

Kara's voice is soft, drifting in and out with Lena's wandering thoughts. She can feel the rise and fall of Kara's chest with each breath. And Lena finds herself shifting closer, seeking comfort in the steady beat of her heart and the gentle warmth of her touch. It has been a long day, but a good one.

Time, mystical time Cutting me open, then healing me fine Were there clues I didn't see? And isn't it just so pretty to think All along there was some Invisible string Tying you to me?

In the darkness and far from the city, the sky seems to deepen here. The stars overhead faded into the string of lights wrapped around the porch. In the soft glow, she can just make out Kara's face still and tucks herself into her side, head resting on her chest as she feels the vibrations of her humming.

It's just them left now, but the distant sounds of their friends and family moving through the house behind them echo through the still night air and intercede the music every now and then.

And Kara has played this song enough times for Lena to know the words — sitting in the car with the windows rolled down, lying next to each other late at night when they both couldn't sleep, the park on a sunny day — but there's something different about them now. Or maybe it's her. And before she can find any reason to, her hands have pulled loose a thread from the blanket in her lap. And before she can find any reason not to, she loops it on itself once, twice, and then places it gently around Kara's finger.

Time, wondrous time Gave me the blues and then purple-pink skies And it's cool Baby, with me And isn't it just so pretty to think All along there was some Invisible string Tying you to me?

Kara watches her, blue eyes curious and patient as Lena tugs at the string until it's just tight enough, her brow furrowed in concentration. She hadn't exactly thought of what comes next. "I don't —," she starts, her voice low and hesitant, "— I don't believe in fate," as if that actually explained anything.

But Kara just smiles at her. "I know," she says, stroking her thumb over the back of Lena's hand.

Lena lets out a soft sigh, twisting the loose end of the thread around her own finger. "But I believe in you."

She feels Kara shift slightly behind her, then, the subtle press of a kiss against the curve of her jaw, "I know." She watches as Kara gently unwinds the string from her finger, retying it once more to match the same loop as her own. "I believe in you too," she says as she slips the thread back around Lena's finger once more, now a connected pair.

And it's all Lena can do to just nod and settle back into her arms. All the uncertainty of the universe held back suddenly by the defiant certainty of a few simple words and a single string.

#supergirl #supercorp #supercorptober2022 #supercorptober #love and science and paradoxes and Taylor Swift #i believe in you is really i love you to Kara and Lena #listen I don't make the rules #sg prompts #day 2

[andromedism]

Anyway they're going to crash into each other. All of the build up, the waiting, the wanting, the pain will pour over into them fully crashing into the most passionate kiss ever seen on television at the helm of their gorgeous ship. It's going to happen.

#our flag means death #blackbonnet #listen I don't make the rules #ofmd #David get on this please #taika waititi #rhys darby #so help me god #this is manifesting

[ceryulean]

just the best actually

#freminet #genshin freminet #genshin impact #genshin impact fanart #digital art #he's just #the best #listen I don't make the rules #my art

[scarefox]

the realization that Bed Friend became my new comfort show

#listen I don't make the rules #but to be fair i have worse comfort shows (....like..... Strangers From Hell) #bed friend the series

[misspe]

So watching Ep. 6 again

Wait a minute...

#iwtv series #iwtv show #iwtv amc #Interview with the Vampire #i see what you did there #lestat is a ho it's amc official #listen i don't make the rules #even louis thinks so #iwtv tv

[maxkirin]

A recent study found that if you wake up with a song in your head then it means that's your theme song for the day and you're legally required to listen to it until 11:59 PM or else

#listen i don't make the rules

[gonnabreakhisheart]

writing fic like:

damn, wouldn’t it be hot if Bradley did this?

damn, wouldn’t it be fucked up if Phoenix said this? 

damn, wouldn’t it be so painful if Jake did that? 

and then doing it. because i’m driven by angst and sexiness

#Top Gun Maverick #Bradley Bradshaw #Natasha Trace #Jake Seresin #Jake Hangman Seresin #Bradley Rooster Bradshaw #Bradley's just out here giving blowjobs in the navy showers #listen I don't make the rules

[thatdamnsquadra]

prosciutto's overbite <3

#prosciutto #teeth #overbite #la squadra di esecuzione #listen i don't make the rules

[tsarnvoiny]

@marvelmyriad bringing it to my attention that the barnes / wilson fam is basically the incredibles but with more murder . . . and on crack.

#✡ / out of control : crack. #listen i don't make the rules #i just work here #blame nyx! #it's all her fault!!!!!

[inkskinned]

one of the things about being an educator is that you hear what parents want their kids to be able to do a lot. they want their kid to be an astronaut or a ballerina or a politician. they want them to get off that damn phone. be better about socializing. stop spending so much time indoors. learn to control their own temper. to just "fucking listen", which means to be obedient.

one of the things i learned in my pedagogy classes is that it's almost always easier to roleplay how you want someone to act. it's almost always easier to explain why a rule exists, rather than simply setting the rule and demanding adherence.

i want my kids to be kind. i want them to ask me what book they should read next, and i want to read that book with them so we can discuss it. i want my kid to be able to tell me hey that hurt my feelings without worrying i'll punish them. i want my kid to be proud of small things and come running up to me to tell me about them. i want them to say "nah, i get why this rule exists, but i get to hate it" and know that i don't need them to be grateful-for-the-roof-overhead while washing the dishes. i want them to teach me things. i want them to say - this isn't safe. i'm calling my mom and getting out of this. i want them to hear me apologize when i do fuck up; and i want them to want to come home.

the other day a parent was telling me she didn't understand why her kid "just got so angry." this woman had flown off the handle at me.

my dad - traditional catholic that he is - resents my sentiment of "gentle parenting". he says they'll grow up spoiled, horrible, pretentious. granola, he spits.

i am going to be kind to them. i am going to set the example, i think. and whatever they choose become in the meantime - i'm going to love them for it.

#writeblr #i was doing a lot with high school students. over and over again #other teachers kept asking me what i was doing differently - why the kids listened to me. i am not particularly foreboding #and i have a pretty firm personal policy of never reacting in anger #godhelpme. #i was always kind of taken aback #because in general the kids were pretty easy. i explained i needed to keep everything “PG-13” because this was my workplace #and it was kind of their workplace #too. besides #i love swearing #and since i couldn't swear #neither could they - so if they were going to say “fuck” or become violent #they needed to choose a really specific time #because we only get “the one”.. sure enough - nobody wanted to waste the one very specific “fuck” utterance. kids listened. #i think just because - that rule makes sense. the kids understand that i don't want to be unfair to them #that censorship is stupid #but that i'm under these rules too so like let's ride it out together #also i look young and tbh between me and u nobody wants to make the nice english teacher cry #the way these kids defended me to their friends was really genuinely so heartwarming bc the Grouchy Frat Boy #would be like MISS RAQUEL DOESN'T DESERVE THAT KIND OF AN ATTITUDE BRO DON'T TALK BACK TO HER

[cringeyvanillamilk]

Consider this: What if the Wizard Kings got a second chance in life?

I like to think that Edward would later become a member of the Black Bulls. He vibes with them so much and is already ready to die for them. They really need a GILF grandpa figure. 👀

#black clover #noelle silva #edward avalanche #black clover movie #spoiler? #LISTEN #Edward would be a splendid grandpa for the squad #I'm imagining all the head pats and soft wisdom #Still firm when needed to tho #The best gilf I don't make the rules- #Every member yearns for his pats and grandpa approval #Edward would refuse to be in any other squad #The black bulls are his children now #Would visit the orphanage around the kingdom #ESPECIALLY ASTA'S #Makes friends with father :) #AND THERESA #Would prob make shave ice for the kids too #MY HEART :(((

[iampastelry]

Man I love pairings where it's like a disgruntled but undoubtedly excellent in his field silver fox has to deal with a 30-something-year-old terminally average American Dream looking man who's just getting through this shit way easier than he ought to be and being an annoying little shit about it.

#resident evil #ethan winters #karl heisenberg #resident evil 8 #wintersberg #detroit become human #dbh connor #hank anderson #hankcon #the stanley parable #tsp stanley #the narrator #stannarrator #i think i have a type #it's. it's the silver fox one. #points for alcoholism #or like. smoking. #or neither actually #like just be really disgruntled at absolutely everything and you're set #listen it's either absolute posh British dudes you wanna see wrecked or it's absolute mess disheveled man who you want to wreck YOU #i don't make the rules

[solarmorrigan]

80s Vampire Movie Steddie AU

No listen hear me out

Steve is working the closing shift Friday night at Family Video (open until midnight. Fucking awful if you ask Steve)

It’s just after eleven and it’s been a surprisingly quiet night. It looks like he might actually get out of here on time for once, instead of being held up by annoying, indecisive customers who leave the store a mess

Aaaand he spoke too soon, because someone just came barreling in through front doors, panting and wild-eyed like they’re being chased by the hounds of hell (or the cops)

(Why do the weird ones always come in on Steve’s shift?)

But then Steve does a double take, because he actually recognizes this guy. Long hair, patched vest, chains–

“Munson?”

It is indeed Eddie Munson, resident drug dealer and fucking nerd of Hawkins High. He’d been doubled over, hands on his knees while trying desperately to catch his breath, but Steve’s voice seems to shock him back into action; he scrambles for the front doors and turns the lock with fumbling fingers

Shit

“Hey, man,” Steve says slowly, watching as Eddie backs away from the doors again, “I don’t want any trouble.”

Eddie looks at Steve for the first time since entering the store, and Steve is simultaneously reassured that he’s not about to be robbed, and put on edge by whatever put that look of terror on Eddie’s face

“There’s–” Eddie gasps, still trying to get his breath back, “There’s something after me!”

“Something? Like what? Like– like a dog?” Steve rounds the counter to stand by Eddie, the hairs on the back of his neck standing up (he still remembers those fucking vicious junkyard dogs he and Dustin’s friends had run into when they’d been out searching for Dustin’s cat; Steve still can’t hear barking without jumping a little)

“No, man.” Eddie shakes his head hard, hair flying. “It was – It was like–”

“Dude, spit it out.”

“Okay, look, I was doing a deal. Met my buyer at the park, next street over, right? And we’re just finishing up when this – he just looked like a guy, he walked up, and I thought we were busted, but instead, he – it–” Eddie swallows hard. “It grabbed my buyer and fucking – it ripped her fucking throat out.”

“What?”

“It had these crazy red eyes and fucking fangs and I think it was, like– drinking her blood?” Eddie’s voice is shrill, clearly still panicked, but all of Steve’s alarm quickly plummets into annoyance

He might not be a pop culture nerd, but the kids have forced him to sit through Fright Night enough times for Steve to know where this is going

“Drinking her blood, huh?” Steve asks flatly. “Like a vampire.”

“I fucking guess!” Eddie shouts, digging his fingers into his hair and tugging

Steve rolls his eyes. “Okay, man, I think you’ve been hitting your own stock a little too hard. Just take a couple of deep breaths and–”

“Harrington, I’m not making this up!” Eddie snaps, rounding on Steve. “I’m not fucking hallucinating, there’s something out there!”

Holding his hands up placatingly, Steve nods. “I know you’re freaked out right now, but there’s no such thing as vampires.”

“Tell that to the girl whose fucking throat just got ripped out!”

“Munson–”

The argument is interrupted when someone—or something—slams against the front doors

#summer is campy vampire movie season man I don't make the rules #steddie #steve harrington #eddie munson #stranger things #but listen I specify 80s vampire movie because they just have a certain vibe y'know? #everyone in those movies was fucking unhinged and it showed. it was good #eddiesteve #solar wrote

[wallbang-buzzkill]

Woah, L.T! Nice piece!

#okay maybe i kinda ship them #john soap mactavish #call of duty #modern warfare #simon ghost riley #up at 1am listening to oldies and failing at anatomy #on an off note graves listens exclusively to music from before 1985 sorry i don't make the rules

[paperairplanesopenwindows]

Please appreciate my first real fanvideo for the Leveage OT3 set to Flaws by Bastille! I'm pretty proud of it and my Leverage Secret Santa giftee (@nickelkeep) seemed to think it was pretty swell!

You can also bookmark this fanvid on AO3!

#Leverage #Leverage OT3 #Eliot Spencer #Alec Hardison #Leverage Secret Santa #Leverage Secret Santa 2023 #listen Flaws is the theme song of the leverage ot3 i don't make the rules #Vimeo