#no offense Shaun

[junoinferno]

The Doctor and Donna together forever. That is all.

I will not be accepting platonic reads at this time or in fact, ever. Thank you.

#spoilers #Doctor Donna #Shaun #I don’t know him #no offense Shaun #it’s not your fault #but I saw someone throwing himself between soldiers and your wife and it wasn’t you #I need fics like yesterday

[maxkillertart]

I don't think they should keep infantilizing Dr. Murphy I think they should let him go batshit and stop treating him like a baby and let him just beat the shit out of people #autismoslay

Mount Rushmore, 1x2

#the good doctor #shaun murphy #im watching more medical dramas and.. #theyre just so ableist its stupid. #house was bad but at least he didnt give a shit and the comments are openly seen as offensive

[ihopesocomic]

Is this right?

Hope: Hunflepluff because she is patient and kind

Storm and Adamant: Gryffindor because they are both brave

Diamond: Slytherin or Ravenclaw because I'm not sure if she's more ambitious or smart, but I'm sure she's a good king lol

How about just no to any of this? Normally, I'd delete this but just in case anybody is even remotely thinking of doing this:

We do NOT want any of our characters depicted in the HP universe in any capacity.

The author is an unapologetic transphobe and it was only this week she's been in the media spotlight for trying to drag the reputations of anybody she knows who stands by trans individuals.

This is a comic with trans characters in it that is also trying to appeal to trans readers. Please think before trying to do crossovers with content made by bigots who are actively trying to take away their human rights. I don't care if you want to "separate the art from the artist": read the room. Even with that said, the books themselves also have their fair share of shit going on that is pretty offensive. No, we're not going to discuss it any further. There are plenty of articles and a video on YT by Shaun that goes into it. Thank you. - RJ

#ask #ask us stuff #rj answers #general comic stuff #announcements #announcement #tw transphobia

[alwaysbewoke]

being anti-genocide is not allowed on meta

like i said before, i don't mess with shaun king like that, but that being said, many things about one thing can be true at the same time. it is very clear that there is a wave of censorship happening across social media against pro-palestinian content in favor of israeli propaganda. so whether or not you like shaun or not, it is very clear what is happening and why. there is clearly a genocide happening in gaza that is being perpetuated by colonizing power. a genocide against an indigenous population for land, resources, and power. basically the same thing america did to the natives here. had it not been for people like shaun king (flawed as he may be), many people would not be aware of the heinous acts of israel against the palestinian people right now. so even as someone who is not a shaun king fan, i am not so myopic in my view of things to not realize that he served a positive purpose when it comes to the israeli genocide of palestinians.

on a much larger scale, whenever a platform or a power attacks someone popular, one of the goals is to send a message to everyone else that they are not safe and that they should back off. it's like a football coach picking on and cursing out their hall of fame quarterback. when everyone else who isn't as popular or powerful sees that on the team, they immediately realize that they must fall in line or worse can happen to them. that's the goal of banning shaun king from ig. however as a black man who understands how connected all oppressive systems are, we cannot slow down. may i remind all my brothers and sisters that israel is where police forces like the nypd go and train in abusive violent tactics, which they then come back to america and overwhelmingly exercise on black and brown bodies. so if you think this does not affect you, you are sadly and deeply mistaken. additionally, this kind of censorship is going to spread. if we don't fight back, it won't be long before you will be arrested for speaking out against israel. this is what israel wants, and they have the money and political power to make it happen. you can either sit back and let it happen or you can fight back. however, make no mistake, it's coming, and this is the first major blow that the enemy has struck in their offensive against our free speech.

#censorship #pro palestinian #israeli propaganda #gaza genocide #colonization #indigenous rights #shaun king #awareness #oppression #free speech #fight back #police training #black lives matter #political power #solidarity #speak out #no censorship #resist #palestine solidarity #human rights

[teecupangel]

As someone who very recently came into possession of a labradoodle who is more poodle than lab, how about that for dog!des? Specifically the fact that their fur is a fucking nightmare to deal with if not brushed regularly. Like twice a day regularly.

(We’ve been making fun of Malik for a while now so let’s change things up)

Shaun was an awful owner.

Truly.

He should never be in charge of any pet at all.

Desmond felt like his second life as a labradoodle is his own personal hell than a chance for a second life.

Forget about his plans to become the most awesome Assassin dog once he grew bigger.

He wasn’t going to survive his life as a puppy because the new mentor (some dude named Elijah) ordered Shaun and Rebecca to take care of him.

Okay.

Rebecca was awesome.

She never forgot his meal time. She walk him around the little suburban compound they were staying at the moment every morning and every afternoon. She let him run around the house and threw balls for him to chase (look, Desmond learned early on that he cannot fight certain canine urge, it was part of the whole “I got reincarnated into a dog” deal).

But she was, and Desmond could not stress this enough, nine months pregnant since last week.

Desmond couldn’t even wrap his head around the whole “yeah, Shaun and Rebecca are now married and soon will have their first kid” thing.

So…

Rebecca was ordered by a doctor named Chewy to rest and to not do any stressful and/or strenuous activities.

And, according to Shaun, Desmond was a stressful and strenuous activity.

First of all, fuck Shaun.

Second of all, Chewy also told Rebecca to try and move around the house and Desmond accompanied her whenever she did and, not once, did Rebecca call him a stress fur ball (like Shaun).

Third of all, Desmond knew that Shaun was actually the most stressed among the three of them. He was worried about Rebecca and he was still doing work for the Brotherhood.

But still…

“What happened to you? Why is your fur like this?”

He was so awful at taking care of Desmond.

He didn’t forget meal time (thank god) but that was because they timed his meal time at the same time as their meal time. Rebecca reminded Shaun to eat with her each time and Shaun automatically prepares Desmond’s food during that time (according to Rebecca, the mentor told them that Desmond cannot eat dog food so Desmond’s food is usually rice, some kind of meat and a bit of vegetables that are okay for him to eat, all… not seasoned at all but Desmond can deal with that)

Walk though… Desmond had to bark at Shaun just to remind him to walk him. One time, Shaun was in the middle of a debate (via messenger) with one of Erudito’s hackers and Desmond just gave up and peed on his leg.

No.

Desmond was not embarrassed. He lost all semblance of human embarrassment when he first had to shit on the grass while Rebecca was watching.

Now, all he felt was smugness whenever Shaun would sigh but grab his jacket so they could take a walk.

But Shaun’s worst offense was his inability to remember Rebecca telling him that Desmond needs to be brushed often.

Like…

At least twice a day.

Thrice would be better.

Rebecca usually brushed him after every meal and after their walk.

Because she knew how much of a nightmare his fur would become if it wasn’t properly cared.

But Shaun.

Shaun kept forgetting it and Desmond had to sit still while Shaun grumbled as he brushed his fur.

Seriously…

Desmond was honestly worried that Shaun would have this much trouble caring for their future baby.

Desmond would probably have to step up as the dog nanny.

Yippee.

#assassin's creed #desmond miles #shaun hastings #rebecca crane #ask and answer #teecup writes/has a plot #fic idea: assassin's creed

[muddyorbsblr]

man of the month part 7: july & august

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Summary: Shaun tries to convince you of Loki's feelings; Steve tries to convince you to have feelings for him; Sam tells you what you need to do with your feelings for Loki

Pairing: Loki x Reader (eventually)

Word Count: 5.4k [get some wine ready]

Warnings: red flag MrSatchel; cringe nickname; Steve can't take a hint; language

Things to be aware of: mutual pining; idiots in love

The screams of Thor's adoring fanbase picked up once again when the blond oaf walked out of your studio still without a shirt and showcasing his bulky exaggerative muscles. Outside of the photography studio, the remaining men who hadn't had their appointment with you yet were seated by the various seats strewn about the common area, with Loki still prominently at the front of the entire group, occupying the seat closest to the studio door.

He looked at his brother with significantly less apprehension after their exchange earlier today during his shoot with you. I am on your side. I only wish for you to be happy. Even after all this time it was such a foreign concept for him to be on the same side as Thor after centuries of being framed as each other's opposition.

Still, however, this particular set of circumstances somehow felt as if they were finally taking the steps to heal the scars, both known and unknown, that their strained relationship held. Their mother would have been proud if she were watching over them from Valhalla right now. 

Thor threw a look his way. "Well obviously it is not me," he said without a trace of resentment, a gigantic smile stretching across his face. "But I know who it is." 

Those words sent a frigid chill down Loki's spine. "She told you who it is?" 

The look on his brother's face grew proud, and yet unarrogant. "I figured it out," he stated jovially. The two men from California had jointly muttered something about welcoming him to the club, making him smile and give the two a knowing thumbs up. 

Deciding that perhaps he could save himself the anguish of going through this same exercise for a few more days as you finished up the appointments for everyone's photos, Loki approached his brother. "Just tell me who it is, Brother. Spare me the agony of waiting only to find out it isn't me after all."

The blond god gave him a look of mock offense. "Loki I will do no such thing. There are no shortcuts when it comes to matters such as this." His look softened when he saw the visible frustration on his brother's face, however. "I will tell you this, Brother. The super soldiers will most definitely be the most persistent in their efforts. I suggest taking Lady Y/N up on her offer to visit tomorrow. Just in case our dear Captain will be too disbelieving when she inevitably rejects his efforts." 

So it isn't Rogers, Loki thought to himself. And if my brother is giving me a forewarning to look after her upon Barnes' appointment as well, then he knows that it's not him, either. She and Wilson are friends and he's never shown any visible interest in her beyond that despite the time they've spent around one another, which excludes him from the possibilities as well. And Banner is borderline fatherly to her, much like Stark.

His heart pounded in his chest as he let out his running hypothesis. "The only ones left are Strange and myself." 

Thor clapped a hand down on his brother's shoulder. "Very good, Brother. You're catching on." 

The schedule for today had you on edge. Scott's words of 'the serum boys having it bad for you' made you nervous about being in the same room as Steve for potentially more than a few hours, assuming he tried to stretch out the photoshoot for as long as he could. You booked him early on in the day, and gave Sam a heads up to be ready in case you finished early.

Hopefully that had been enough of an indicator that not only did you know about what was going on with the men on the team and their intensions toward their respective appointments with you, but that you did not reciprocate the attraction that Steve supposedly had for you. 

Perhaps in the back of your mind yesterday afternoon, you'd thought of your appointment today as well when you extended that invitation to Loki to stop by if ever the spirit moved him. Part of you hoped that he wouldn't just take you up on that offer throughout the duration of the shoots, but that he would do so today. 

Funny how you were apprehensive to be in a room alone with the hundred-something year old veteran who could break a log in two with his bare hands, but you were unfazed over being in such close proximity to the thousand-something year old god who could easily snap the soldier in two with just his mind if he so wished. 

"Suppose I'm just stupid in love," you muttered to yourself in the empty studio, your eyes widening at your words. In love? Was that really where you were now? Sure, you'd harbored a mad crush on him for the longest time, but for those words to just come naturally to you after the last few days caught you off guard; however, you couldn't exactly say you were surprised at the turn your emotions had taken. It wasn't as if it was so unfathomably difficult for someone to find themself in love with the raven-haired god; in fact it came all too naturally to you. "Fuck." 

"That's a whole mood." Your gaze snapped to the door to find Shaun walking in with a plate in his hand. "Bacon and cheese muffin. Figured I should get one into your studio before Thor ends up stealing your piece." You let out a chuckle just as your stomach obnoxiously grumbled as the scent of the bacon and cheese hit you. "Looks like my timing was perfect today," he said with a laugh as he set the plate down on your desk. "You want some company?" He looked over to the near empty coffee mug next to the plate. "Or a top up?" 

"I wouldn't say no to both." You smiled at him. "Thanks, Shaun. You've been…really cool about all this and--"

"Hey, don't even mention it. I'm just glad we get to be buds. Honestly I was convinced that after the whole thing with my shoot that Loki was gonna mess with me every time he saw me even go near the door--"

"There you go again with your Loki conspiracy theories," you groaned. "I'm telling you. You're seeing things that aren't there."

"And I'm telling you that you're refusing to see things that are there," he shot back, an amused smile stretching across his face, chuckling as you rolled your eyes at him. "Tell you what. I'll prove it." He picked up your mug and started walking out the studio. "Gimme two minutes." 

"What in the actual--" you muttered to the now empty studio, shrugging off Shaun's latest antic and opting instead to start picking at the savory pastry he brought for you. Not two minutes later, a thrill ran up your spine as the next voice you heard was definitively not Shaun's.

"Y/N?" You were helpless against the smile that tugged at the corners of your mouth when you looked up and caught sight of Loki walking into your studio, your little Heckers & Salutations coffee mug looking smaller than it actually was in his hand. "Xu had to attend to something with Lang and my brother and it seems he'd forgotten that he was supposed to bring this back to you," he explained as he placed the mug back on your desk next to your plate.

"Thanks," you squeaked, trying to consolidate him being here with what Shaun said about 'proving it'. Before you thought too hard about it, however, you stopped yourself. As beautiful a picture it would be if the god loved you back, it was nothing more than that. A beautiful picture. A tantalizing dream.

"Darling?" Your heart thumped in your  chest at the nickname. "Are you alright?" You looked up at him, trying desperately to hide the longing in your eyes before his keen observance caught sight of it, answering him wordlessly with a nod. "You seem…apprehensive," he prodded, concern seeping into his tone as he perched himself on to the stool next to you and gingerly taking your hand in his. "Is it your morning appointment?"

Dammit, how did he know? you hissed inwardly. You nodded slowly again. "It's--stupid, I know. It's just…ever since Scott told me about 'the Serum boys' I haven't exactly known how to…" You struggled to find the words as his thumb started to rub the back of your hand in slow circles. "I don't know how to act around them…with them. Because I don't know if they would misunderstand that for reciprocation. It's not exactly the easiest thing being around someone you know has feelings for you that you don't feel the same way for. Just like how it's agonizing to be around someone you dohave feelings for when you know that they don't see you that way, nor will they ever and--and I'm rambling, uhm…sorry," you mumbled into your coffee.

You felt a lump in your throat as he gently touched his fingers to your chin, tilting your head to look at him. "You aren't stupid for having your reservations. Unreciprocated affections can turn one into something else entirely, and while I dare not assume that it would happen to anyone on this team, I would not rule it out, either." His hand squeezed yours slightly before he spoke again. "If at any point in this morning's appointment, or any of your appointments, you begin to feel a disquiet  in you, I will be right outside. Just call for me."

Your heart began to swell at his words. "Really? You'd do that?" 

His other hand moved from your chin to tuck your hair behind your ear. "Darling, I've been there this entire time." 

"So you believe me yet?" 

You looked at Shaun as he gave you a little smug smile as he helped you setting up the plain light-colroed backdrop as well as draping a large black tablecloth over a table for Steve's shoot. "I don't wanna talk about it. Maybe you're on to something and I've been stupidly blind. Maybe you're not and you're just having a bad case of shipper brain. I'm just trying to get through this shoot, Xu." 

"Right right," he muttered, his smile fading. "You want me to check up on you? Like maybe half an hour after the shoot starts?" 

"Holy shit you'd do that?" Relief began to flood your system knowing that you didn't have to find a way to go outside and call for Loki, making up some excuse to even exit your studio if ever things went south in this shoot. 

"Yeah, Scopes, of course! We're buds now. We gotta look out for each other." He threw his arm around your shoulder and pulled you into a playful headlock. "I'll put on a timer after he gets here. When the timer goes off I'll head over here with some lame excuse about lunch or something and if you're in need of help, give me this hand signal…" He pounded the table with his fist once, then snapped his fingers, and did a shaka sign. "Do that, and I'll call in the big guns." 

"Wait. Big guns, you mean--"

"God-tier backup. The kind that's been stationed outside your studio day in and day out making sure you're okay." You rolled your eyes at him again. "Just calling it like I see it." 

You jumped at the sound of a knock on your studio, bringing you back to the present moment. "Right then. Looks like it's time," you told Shaun with the most cheerful tone you could muster. "Start that timer, please," you muttered as softly as you could, your tension easing when you saw him do exactly that on his phone. 

"Relax, Y/N," he told you softly, patting your head. "We're right outside. Everything's gonna be fine." With that, he let you go and walked out your studio as you were walking back to your desk to finish your coffee.

"Hey, Scopes," you heard Steve greet you as you were drinking your coffee. "Or should I say…heckers and salutations," he finished with a chuckle as he motioned toward your mug. 

"Mmmph, no--" you protested. "That just sounds weird when someone actually says the words. Too old-timey. Even for you." 

Your words made him break out in a hearty laugh, but something in the sound felt too strained to you. He sounded something akin to a schoolgirl flirting with the quarterback trying to laugh at his joke in order to stroke his ego. So that maybe later she could stroke something else after the game.

It didn't sit right with you. But regardless, you made an effort to seem like you paid his attempts at stroking your ego no mind. Making it obvious that you were unfazed by his reactions, his presence.

"That was a good one, Y/N," he sighed as you put the strap of your camera over your neck, giving you one of his well-practiced Captain America smiles that always had his fangirls swooning where they stood. "So it's as naked as I'm comfortable with, right?" 

You swallowed hard, willing the lump in your throat to ebb. "Yup. I'll--turn around. Lemme know when you're ready." 

He took a step toward you as he untucked his button down shirt from his slacks. "I'm comfortable with whatever you're comfortable with," he told you with a seemingly good-natured smile. 

The whole sequence had a knot of tension settling in your stomach, slowly moving higher and higher as if you were about to retch and see your breakfast again. You strived to maintain your composure and answered him with a tight-lipped smile. "That's not how this works, Captain. I don't determine the degree of nakedness you're supposed to be comfortable with around me. That's all you. I just take the pictures." 

He looked at you with eyes that were teeming with fulsome intent as he undid the buttons of his shirt. "Then I suppose this shouldn't be an issue, since I hope that after today I could be quite comfortable with you." 

Those words sent a chill down your spine. "Excuse me?" you trembled, your voice suddenly dwindling down to something that could be likened to a church mouse. 

"Y/N, I'm sure that by now you know that I like you." You could have sworn the temperature dropped a good ten degrees as the words escaped him, goosebumps breaking out all over your arms as you were suddenly filled with this urge to run. 

If you did, though, would he block your way? And if he did, then what? 

The answer came to you awfully fast. I would scream. Loki's right outside. He'll hear me. 

You took a deep breath, your hands gripping your camera tighter in an attempt to get them to stop shaking. "Listen, Cap--"

"Please, Cookie, call me Steve." Something in you recoiled at the nickname he'd taken to calling you. There were only a few names you were partial to being called. Tweety by those close to you. Scopes to the rest of the world.

The exception to that rule being Loki, the only one whose head you didn't want to chop off whenever he called you Darling. 

This name, however…this one you had to nip at the bud. Nobody deserved to be called that…unless they actually wanted to be. 

"Captain," you insisted. "I'm aware of what Tony told you guys…about me having feelings for someone on the team. And, while I am flattered that you found yourself attracted to me…I'm sorry but I just…" You sighed, deciding you  had to rip off the bandaid in one go instead of tiptoeing your way around what you eventually had to tell him anyway. "I just don't feel the same," you said in a rush.

Your urge to flee grew stronger as his confident smile faded into a grim line on his face and he assumed an almost combative stance like he used in the training rooms or in the field, straightening his stance and squaring his shoulders. "It's not me?" he asked, his tone coated with incredulity. 

"It's not," you pressed on. "Listen, you're attractive and I'm sure the good-natured boy scout thing with the blond hair blue eyes clean shaven look does it for so many women, but…just not me." As his eyes darkened when you uttered those last words, you felt the need to murmur, "Sorry." 

"And you're sure?" 

"Pretty sure," you shot back, doing your best to bite back the sarcasm you usually would have answered that with. "I'm sure you'll find someone." You tried to take on a more comforting tone, as if you were trying to console a friend, even though at this moment he felt like anything but.

"Why?" The tone he'd taken on had become interrogative, demanding an answer instead of deflection, and it inevitably irritated you that he was acting this way.

"Because you're not my type," you answered with a bit more bite in your tone, the irritation seeping into every word. "I'm in love with someone else. And I'm sure that's hard to understand for someone who's so used to girls just falling all over him ever since you put on the stars and stripes, but you don't have to understand it. You just have to respect it." 

"So who is it then?" 

"That's none of your business." You were beginning to find your voice again; your body, however, still wanted to shrink. Or flee. Anything other than freeze, but you found that that was all you could do. "Your only business is that it's not you--"

"There's five of them left." You willed your face to remain expressionless other than the visible annoyance upon the assumption that he was about to list them all down trying to get you to tell him who he "lost" to. "Is it Sam?" 

You kept quiet.

"Banner?" You fought the urge to roll your eyes at his childishness. "Bucky?! Did I really just lose again to my best friend?" 

"Captain, stop this," you tried to plead with him. "Come on, be mature about this. Let's just take your picture, and we can move forward from this." 

"Is it Strange? It's the facial hair, isn't it? Or the magic?" You sighed sharply. You willed the time to go faster, for Shaun to check up on you already. "Ohh for heaven's sake!" He circled around in place, hands on his hips, taking a few more steps toward you when he faced your way again. "It's Laufeyson!" 

You couldn't stop yourself. Your neck twitched at the sound of his name.

"Jesus Christ, Y/N, really?! The guy hates everyone! He even hates his own brother. He destroyed so much--"

"He brought you all together," you hissed. "He gave you all the chance to be informed. To be prepared. Tell me, Captain. Do you genuinely believe that if he hadn't come here in 2012 and you hadn't all come together that first time, that the world would have stood a chance when Thanos attacked?" 

"Every member of this team was on this world long before Loki landed on Earth," he argued petulantly. 

"Yes. But you wouldn't have been a team," you bit  back. "Nobody in this team would be here right now. I  wouldn't be here right now because there wouldn't even have been a team to work with. So don't you go around parading your high morals telling me that his destructions outweigh his contributions. He has made amends for his indiscretions time and time again, so nobody is in any right to hold the events from ten years ago over his head." 

"So it really is him, huh? You wouldn't defend him like this if it wasn't." 

"Yes I would." You tilted your chin up defiantly at him. "I don't like bullies." 

With the look on his face, you may as well have slapped him with those words. "I'm not--"

"Hey, Y/N…" You looked toward the door to see Shaun with a poorly veiled concerned look on his face. "Just checking to see if the shoot's gonna be done soon and ask if you wanna check out that new Mexican place that opened a few blocks from here. I've got a craving for some chimichangas." 

You plastered the most casual smile you could muster on your face as you answered him. "Uhh…yeah, we should be done in a bit." You gave him the hand signal, making his eyes widen the slightest with clear alarm. "I'll see you when we're done." 

"Sure thing, Scopes…" he trailed off, the tremor in his voice so evident to you as he backed away from the door. "Captain." 

"Xu," Steve answered him with a practiced smile, giving a salute his way. Then he turned back to you, his stance rife with defensiveness after your last words towards him. "I'm not a bully, Y/N. I just can't understand for the life of me why you would choose him--"

"What? Over you?" you fumed. "And for the record, I am not choosing anyone. I'm in love with someone. Okay? They're on the team. And other than that, it's nobody's business. Your only business is that it's not  you. So can we please just take your picture and we can move on from this?" 

"So you won't even consider anyone--"

"I believe the lady already turned you down, Rogers." Relief flooded your system at the sound of Loki's voice floating into the studio, the sound of the cadence of his steps nearly feeling like a warm blanket fighting away the chills that had broken out throughout the course of this exchange. 

"Stay out of this, Laufeyson. This is between me and Y/N." 

"Based on what I heard from this exchange, there is no 'you and Y/N'," the god shot back, placing a hand on your shoulder, choosing to maintain a considerable distance from you. "And as far as I know, this is her studio. Her space. She's told me that I am welcome to stop by throughout the duration of this project. The only one with the authority to send me out of here is her." He turned his gaze away from the veteran and towards you. "Do you wish for me to leave?" he asked you in a comparatively softer tone.

Your immediate answer was of course you didn't, but you knew that he didn't particularly like spending his time around other people; hell, he barely tolerated spending time with his own brother. Why would he want to pass his time with you? "I don't wanna trouble you," you muttered in response. 

"Sweetheart," he sighed, your heart jolting at the new nickname. "You could never trouble me." 

"Then I'd like you to stay," you said quietly, the lump remaining in your throat but now for an entirely different reason. Was he really so willing to stay with you through another shoot after he'd just done so yesterday? Was that actually a sliver of affection in his tone earlier as he called you Sweetheart? 

Holy fuck. Was Shaun right? 

His brows furrowed as he moved his hand from your shoulder to your upper arm, surely feeling the goosebumps that erupted from your exchange with the persistent Captain. "You're cold," he whispered, moving quickly to shrug off his cardigan and place it on your shoulders before rubbing his hands up and down your upper arms over the thick fabric. It was all you could do not to sigh and lean in to his touch. 

The sound of an impatient huff brought you back to reality. "So can we please just return to the matter at hand, Captain?" you addressed Steve again, noting the visible irritation radiating from him as he kept his gaze fixed on you and Loki. "If you could just go over to that table in the black set, and we can get started."

"Y/N, I just don't get it," he said with a raised voice, spinning in his spot again. "I'm a good guy—"

"Everyone on this team is a good guy," you pressed on. You raised an eyebrow at him as you emphasized, "Everyone."

He glared at you, then at Loki. "I'm a gentleman!"

"Not today, you're not, you little punk." Your gaze turned to the door to find Bucky sending a severely disappointed look Steve's way. "If you really were you wouldn't have to shout it at the top of your lungs, people would just know." He turned to look at you. "Scopes, I'm really sorry if I knew he was going to behave like this I would have stationed myself as his parole officer." 

"It's alright," you answered him. "Like you said, Bucky, you didn't know." 

"Steve, do what she says," the metal-armed assassin instructed the now sulking Captain. "You've wasted enough of her time with your entitlement." When the Captain finally followed, you could feel the remainder of the tension leaving your body, feeling infinitely more relieved by the moment knowing that this particular shoot would soon be over. 

The shoot itself didn't last fifteen minutes, the awkward atmosphere creating an environment that was so tense you could almost feel that the two super soldiers just wanted to exit the studio as soon as possible. You faintly heard remnants of Bucky conversing with Loki, thanking the god for calling him as soon as he'd heard about Steve acting out. 

The information took you aback. He'd approached Bucky? Voluntarily? You were always under the impression that he found the two soldiers intolerable, that he would rather sit through one of Tony's self-aggrandizing two and a half hour long speeches than be in a five minute conversation with either of them. 

"Alright, I think I have what I need," you said loudly for the benefit of everyone in the room, standing up and walking away from the set you'd prepped with Shaun not even two hours earlier so that you wouldn't have to look at Steve a moment longer than necessary. With those goddamn puppy eyes that were putting you through an unwarranted guilt trip even though he was most definitely the one who should feel guilty for making you feel like you needed the backup of his best friend and your--

And Loki. Not 'your' anything. Just Loki, you thought bitterly. 

In the end, Bucky ended up choosing the shot that would go on for the July layout, reasoning that the Captain shouldn't be anywhere near you until he's had a chance to cool down and realize that he most definitely owed you an apology for cornering & interrogating you the way he did. And that he owed Loki an apology for shit talking him behind his back, too.

"I'm really sorry again for Steve's behavior, Scopes." Bucky's tone had been rife with remorse and secondhand embarrassment as he lightly nudged at your shoulder with his hand. 

"Your bestie needs to learn how to handle rejection," you remarked, giving him a small smile to show him that you didn't hold anything against him for how the other super soldier had chosen to act around you. "I'll uhh…see you in a few days for your shoot?" 

"You can count on it." He pointed a finger at Steve. "You. Training Room. We're gonna spar. Give me a reason to beat some sense into your idiotic head." 

After grabbing lunch with Shaun, Nat, and Wanda, it was time for Sam's shoot. That had gone exceptionally better than your previous appointment. No checkups and no backup needed, just two friends laughing away the entire shoot and the entire premise of Tony's proposition toward the other models. 

"Can you imagine their disappointment if I go out and tell them 'I win y'all!'?" he pondered, chuckling as he posed for another picture in the same set that Steve had been in this morning. "Nah…Horns would probably rip my head off and mount it on his wall if I did." 

"Come on," you grumbled from behind your camera, giving him a hand signal to turn slightly to his right. "Loki wouldn't do that." Although from the aura he had during the exchange with Steve earlier, you were almost convinced that he would. "What would he care if it was you?" 

"Uhh…Tweety, he'd care," he insisted. "Because it would mean that it's not him." 

"Alright, Big Bird, what aren't you telling me?" 

"Do you honestly not know that ever since this entire thing started, he's been in the front of the group whenever the shoot ended? Looking like he refuses to let oxygen enter his cocky ass lungs until whoever walked out tells us all that it's not them?" You furrowed your eyebrows together in confusion. "Motherfucker you really didn't, huh?" 

"Dude you kinda sounded like Fury for a second there. I mean…I never heard him say the word, but it kinda feels like something he'd say when he's alone, you know?" 

"Don't avoid the question, Tweety. You really didn't know that that's what's been going on these last few days?" You shook your head at him as you signaled for him to stand by the window instead, letting the wall of the studio be his backdrop instead, which he quickly complied with. "Y/N if I didn't know that you had it bad for him, I'd feel sorry for the guy." 

"Wait wait, hold up." You put your camera down on the ground so that you could give him a proper look. "You know?" 

"You're obvious," he said simply. "At least to me. And I just want you to know this. If his shoot comes up and he doesn't take the opportunity to shoot his shot? That's his mistake. Just don't make the same one." 

"What do you mean?" 

"I mean, little Tweety bird, if he tries to be all proper Asgardian gentleman on his shoot, it's on you to climb him like those trees you always do when we're on a mission, and go for the kill shot." He emphasized his point by bucking his hips and making a slapping motion with his hand, making you break out in a maniacal bout of laughter.

"You fucking dork."  

Hearing your laugh bleeding through the closed door simultaneously made Loki's heart swell and ache as he sat outside waiting for Wilson to exit your space despite him already knowing that the outcome of this shoot would be a negative as well, based on his conversation this early morning with his brother.

On the one hand, he was relieved that your mood had taken a turn for the better once your appointment with Rogers had concluded. And hearing evidence that this current appointment was much more lighthearted than the last had him breathing easier for it meant that he need not be concerned for your safety while you were alone with the veteran soldier.

On the other, however, hearing your laugh made him ache and yearn for you, finding himself once again wishing that whenever he found himself alone with you, the atmosphere did not feel as heavy as it always did. As if you felt that if  you spoke one word out of line he would cut you down. It made him wonder if that sliver of hope that he was holding on to that he'd be the one you so boldly stated in Rogers' face that you were in love with was truly him holding on to nothing.

He found himself picturing how completely shattered his heart would be once Strange's appointment came up and the vain former Midgardian healer turned sorcerer emerged from your studio, a triumphant smile on his face, as he declared for the entirety of the team that you were his. Would he be able to handle seeing you the next day, on his appointment? How comfortable would he be around the very woman who'd unknowingly destroyed him? Would he even tell you about his affection? 

No, he answered himself resolutely. He would keep his emotions a secret if that be the case. He would wish you well, and hope that the sorcerer would treat you with the respect and devotion you deserved. 

"I only wish for you to be safe and happy," he muttered into the emptiness of the common area. "Even if you do not find that with me, my love." 

A/N: Never thought I'd be writing Steve with them "I'm a nice guy!" vibes and yet here we are…whew. 🥴

Next 2 chapters will be written by Mochie and I can confirm…there's an extra little surprise for the next chapter that'll have us all 🤣 in our seats

Now…I'm off to write for the requests pile again because I'd like to have some good progress done on this before requests open up again in less than 230 followers 😳👀

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[gamergoo]

The good doctor is like genuinely the most offensive portrayal of an autistic person I’ve ever seen, Shaun’s entire worth is in his savant powers and the people around him only tolerate him for that it’s like. So fucking bad I’m so glad everyone is shitting on it

[yan-sideblog]

Hi! Mind if I ask for a group headcanons with a s/o who's in a good place in their life? Super successful, happy... Then here comes the yanderes oop-!

Ok I'm really sorry to earlier requests but this scratches a long standing itch in my brain 🤣. Anon this request is giving me life rn you have no idea.

Jack

He's conflicted.

On the one hand he never actually wants his sunshine to feel bad and is glad they're in a good place.

On the other it's harder for him to convince them he can be all they need when everything is goin good.

Ian? Ended on good terms. Shaun? As supportive and friendly as ever. Their boss? A great guy who always understands needing downtime.

So he has to be more subtle in his manipulations and "help them see they're being deceived".

If he has to he's willing to use his influence to make Y/N do something to make their friends stay away.

Alan

Ren

He doesn't really know how to feel about it.

On the one hand he's glad his doe eyes is happy bit on the other he doesn't like having their attention off him in any capacity.

Will try convincing them to spend more time with him.

Also deletes their class schedule for the week hoping they'll just forget to go.

And as we all know he isn't above axing someone he views as "to close" but saves this as a last resort.

It all ends the same though. He'll prove how much happier they'll be living with him, away from everyone and everything.

There are some aspects he likes and some he HATES.

Peter

His angel being happy with their job and where they live? Great. Them having a wider circle of great friends? Yeah fuck that shit.

He feels like other people don't even deserve them.

So for his angel to not only be giving other people so much of his time and attention but also enjoy it? He's not a happy camper.

He doesn't blame them of course. They're so sweet they just don't realize they're being tricked.

Will use his hacking skills to either decimate tje "friends" bank accounts or get them arrested.

It really makes no difference to him, he's already decided from day one they were his.

If any of their so called "friends" get in his way he'll just get rid of them.

Will definitely "encourage" his darling to take more time for themselves away from everything.

As for work he'll nitpick every little thing and twist it to an offense. Boss called on their day off? Rude. Coworker asks for extra help? Shirking their responsibilities.

In the end he's convinced himself that they're actually miserable and need saving.

So he'll whisk them away to live "a better life." with him.

#jack #something's wrong with sunny day jack #sunny day jack #alan #my dear hatchet man #ren #14 days with you #peter #your boyfriend game #swwsdj #sdj #mdhm #14dwy #ybf #sdj headcanons #mdhm headcanons #14dwy headcanons #ybf headcanons #anonymous #yan-sideblog

[allhailthemightyquattro]

Got around to watching The Star Beast, so thoughts:

The good:

Donna Noble is back!

Murray Gold is back!

Love the opening credits. Best they've been since Matt Smith (Capaldi's credits weren't bad, but this sequence is better).

Beep is so cute! The special effects department/props department deserve all the praise.

Beep is so evil! Love to see my little war criminal embrace their megalomania.

Sylvia's reaction to hearing the Doctor's voice was priceless!

I love how they addressed trans issues. It didn't feel like a tv show telling us that they support trans people and that we should too. It felt like a tv show showing us trans issues. They had a trans character and their family facing problems that a trans person and their family could (and do) face in the real world, and they let the audience decide if they are okay with that happening or not. Showing people a particular side of an issue will always be more helpful than simply telling people that their side is wrong. The hardcore transphobes won't be swayed either way (and probably would only be watching to authenticate their hate) so addressing the issue with them in mind would have at best alienated the audience and at worst insulted them (looking at you last few minutes of Orphan 55).

I particularly liked that they included Sylvia's difficulty with knowing what to say to Rose. It's clear she loves her granddaughter exactly how she is (a great contrast between her treatment of Donna in series 4) but she doesn't know if she's doing things right. It's something that I don't often see addressed in internet fandom spaces, where every small slight is condemned as a terrible offense. Changing cultures is a learning curve.

I think they had a shot of Rose at Donna's wedding at the beginning, which helps (but doesn't really solve) the age issue. Donna started dating Shaun in 2009 and is not visibly pregnant at the end of that year, meaning 2010 is the earliest possible year Rose could have been born, making Rose 13 if this episode is set in 2023. Having the wedding scene from the End of Time be set after Rose was born helps with believing Donna could have been pregnant during that story.

The TARDIS looks pretty cool. I love the call back to the classic TARDISes.

The Doctor proudly proclaiming that Beep was defeated by the DoctorDonna as he holds Donna in his arms 🥹

Shirley Anne was awesome.

Donna's little speech about Wilf when convincing Sylvia to let her go, reminding us that Wilf also suffered a loss when Donna lost her memories.

The psychic paper not catching up and listing the Doctor as a "mistress".

Rose inheriting the metacrisis. There is a catch to this that will be explained in the next section, but by and large I loved the idea.

The not-as-good:

I was hoping for a few more non-RTD references considering it's the 60th anniversary. I know we still have two more specials to go, so I should be patient, but it's still a little disappointing.

I'd hoped they would do something a little different than the comic. The comic is great, so this isn't really a bad thing, I'd just hoped for something more.

Having the metacrisis be a reason for Rose's transness (is that a word?) wasn't great. Everything else about the reveal was great - the toys, the shed, her name - but her gender being part of that just cheapened the issue they were doing so well with. Just for the sake of being clever. I suppose you could say they were making a point about time lord gender, but that point has been made. It got made years ago. It wasn't needed.

For most of the episode, Finney being older than her character didn't bother me... except when they showed her friend, who was played by someone much closer her character's supposed age. The age difference was very hard to ignore in those scenes.

Beep mentioning "the boss". Very menacing and very foreboding... but the Most High does not have a boss. The Most High is the most high and death upon whoever says otherwise!

Donna and Rose just letting the metacrisis go kind of ruins her goodbye in Journey's End and is somehow both lazy and overthought. Sharing the metacrisis between two people would have been a convincing enough reason for it to not kill Donna. They had their fix it already. And it was a good one! They didn't need to add another, much worse one.

#doctor who #dw spoilers #doctor who spoilers #the star beast

[realbeefman]

your analysis of house md is so fascinating and it makes me wonder, what's your take on the g*od doctor? I find it hard to reconcile that they're by the same person but maybe there's an obvious reason behind-the-scenes why they're so different that I'm not aware of

had a long discussion with my mom (who has actually watched the good doctor in it's entirety, unlike me lol) about this ask.

i think it comes down to the intention with, and context within which each respective series was created. i'm assuming your ask is referencing the way autism is portrayed in each series, so that's what i'll focus on here.

house md is created in 2004, in an era of television where the antihero protagonist is becoming increasingly popular - house is coming out of an era of television that created iconic, enduring characters like walter white, tony soprano, and don draper. house very much belongs to this antihero craze, and he's written to intentionally be an asshole, who acts like an asshole to everyone around him, and continually ruins his own life.

house md isn't created to be an uplifting, heartwarming piece of television, with an autistic main character who is just trying his best in a horrible, ableist society. we, the audience, aren't meant to interpret house as autistic at all.

this is explicitly told to us in 3x04, "Lines in the Sand." (brief summary for context: the team treats a severely autistic 10 year old in the A plot, while in the B plot, house performs shenanigans throughout the hospital in an effort to annoy cuddy into giving him his old, blood-stained carpet back.) in this episode, cameron, acting as the audience, interprets house's behavior as him being resistant to change, which in her (the audience's) mind, is proof that he is autistic. however, the narrative reinforces again and again that no, actually - cameron is wrong, because he really is just doing this to get a rise out of cuddy. this is eventually reinforced when wilson, the voice of narrative reason and in this episode, the voice of our dear showrunner mr. shore, lies to cuddy about house having "asperger's" (autism) before later telling house that he isn't autistic - just a jerk who wishes he had an excuse for behaving like one. the episode ends by reprimanding the audience for having come up with such a theory - the answer is simple, he isn't autistic, just a jerk!

in stark contrast, we have the good doctor himself, shaun murphy.

the good doctor is an adaptation of a k-drama by the same name, and airs it's first episode in 2017. the american television landscape is an entirely different place, and antihero protagonists simple aren't in vogue anymore. attitudes towards disability are, on a surface level at the very least, changing, and america's tastes have changed as well.

shaun murphy breaks out onto the screen as an intentionally autistic character, in an era of television in which our hearts are meant to be warmed. unlike house, shaun's autistic traits aren't something that have been unintentionally included in the writing of his character, the fact that he is autistic is literally his defining character trait. shaun isn't meant to be a standoffish jerk, who goes about the hospital reigning abuse upon those around him and attracting lawsuits like a malpractice magnet. shaun is a severely autistic man, who is incredible at his job, and most importantly, we are supposed to like him.

so, on the one hand we have house, who the creator's didn't intentionally write as autistic, who was written in an era where douchebag's with a penchant for offensive behavior was vogue, and on the other hand we have shaun, whose autism is the reason we, the audience, are supposed to root for him.

while i do think there's a whole other laundry bag of complaints to address in the way in which the good doctor treats shaun as a character, and particularly in how the show itself portrays autism, i think those critiques are best left to somebody who has done more than a cursory overview of the show and a consult with their mother, and fundamentally, i do believe authorial intent is the major contributing factor to the difference in how these shows portray autism.

#hope this answers your question anon #house md #the good doctor #ask #house md meta #the good doctor meta #david shore #meta

[shiaawtheharmless]

YOU ARE GAY!!!

no offense...

Best episode so far from Shaun The Sheep: Episode S1E10

#sam and max freelance police #sam and max #samandmax #big and small show #big and small cbeebies #big and small #shaun the sheep #aardman #fanart #bugsnax #bugsnax art #bugsnax fanart #shiaawdraws

[arrestdujour]

White, Shaun Michael

Garden City, ID

Age: 18 Arrest Date: Mon 1/29 Time: 12:00 PM Status: OUT

Agency Ada County Sheriff

Failure to Appear (No New Offense) - MDMFTA Warrant

#mugshot #hairstyles #visible tattoo #eyebrows #warrant

[steampunkforever]

ALSO. i would like to officially request Fran and Braeden from Tapirs Hate Him

Been meaning to revise this script so that I can start showing agents now that both film worker strikes are over. Anyway it's a good script I need to revisit.

The Hunger Games:

Fran would win. Her penchant for lethal force (or at least threatening it) and show business means she's tailor made for a combination of the two.

Braeden would be mid pack I think. He'd backstab his was up for sure and then hide when his clique turns on him. Would die in the woods for sure though.

Nope:

Fran is confrontational enough she'd definitely die like the cinematographer. Trying to document Jean Jacket for a script or something.

Braeden would be fine because he never leaves his house and has bad posture.

The Thing:

As a strong leader Fran has the skills needed to defeat The Thing but is a little too self absorbed to notice that anythings wrong at first.

Braeden would die in the first 20 certifiably.

Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory:

In an ideal world Fran would rally the children and start executing Oompa Loompa's by firing squad, providing the strong disciplinary hand that these kids were missing in their family life and giving them a productive outlet for their misdirected energy.

Braeden would make an offensive joke and Wonka would drown him in the chocolate river

Saw:

Braeden would be dead in the bathroom.

Fran's trap would involve her insensitivity and her trap would involve knives to the back or nerve damage.

Any Slasher Movie:

Fran would definitely survive in Halloween. Braeden would fall for the ghost trick and die the exact same death.

Any Zombie Movie:

I think Shaun of the Dead would provide very different outcomes for Fran and Braeden even though they both would've been oblivious to the spread of the virus through self absorption and reclusive nature respectively. Braeden would have better chances of survival, as he would hunker down in his basement, but Fran would probably join the special forces in gunning down the zombies if she didn't get bit first.

#thank you! #I love hypothesizing about my projects #tapirs hate him

[transformers-mosaic]

Transformers: Mosaic #432 - "The Girl Who Hates Powerglide"

Originally posted on November 19th, 2009

Story - Mario Coleman Art, Letters - Sam Palmer

deviantART | Seibertron | TFW2005 | BotTalk

wada sez: Readers, give me strength. This strip is particularly interesting coming off the back of yesterday’s strip; I wonder if it was a deliberate decision on the part of the Mosaic editors to serialise them consecutively. This strip’s art style looks like it might also be a ripoff of all-round-douchebag Matt Moylan’s work on Lil Formers, though equally I may just have been biased by yesterday’s strip; this one isn’t nearly as close a match. The premise here is a riff on the cartoon episode “The Girl Who Loved Powerglide”, though presumably that isn’t the same girl in question, Astoria Carlton-Ritz? Strangely, despite this one being less offensively bad than yesterday’s, it received a much more mixed reaction, with a whole debate kicking off on TFW2005 after one user described the strip as “horrible”. Co-editor Shaun Knowler weighed in to refute the idea of the project’s standards dropping: “[...] The project is and always has been an "all-inclusive" sort of thing. We really weren't expecting it to explode like it did, especially in participation. We're not "pushing" for more, we just continue to get a good deal of submissions. If we didn't run them as often as we did (and believe me, we'd love to go back to the once-a-week schedule), it'd take eons to get them out there. And yeah, that's gonna lead to a great variance in quality, but honestly, I'd rather run most of them then spending days explaining to one hurt/offended fan or another why we decided not to run the strip they poured their heart, soul, blood, sweat, whatever, etc into. And don't think we haven't. And really, if you're suggesting otherwise, where does the line get drawn? Why not enforce some kinda "Your Art Must Be This Good to Post Here" policy in TFW's fan art section? Because that's not what it's about is it? Anyway, just seems that people get more vocal and blunt about "feedback" with Mosaics than they do with other fan art. Just found that kinda interesting, that's all.”

#Transformers #Transformers Mosaic #Maccadam #Sunbow Transformers #Mario Coleman #Sam Palmer #Powerglide

[threadsun]

Anonymous Asks: "What do you think are Joseph's, Jack's, Shaun's, Ian's, and Nick's pet-peeves?"

Joseph:

There are certain nicknames that rub him the wrong way. Champ, sport, bud… anything a father in the 80s would’ve called his son. They’re guaranteed to get his hackles up

People who talk while they’re chewing gum. It really grosses him out and he finds it annoying

Paper straws. Sure, they’re better for the environment, but they’re shit at being straws. They disintegrate halfway through the drink and they leave a gross aftertaste

Passive aggression will make him roll his eyes and scowl every time. He doesn’t have time to play games, say what you mean or don’t say anything

There’s something about the way people pronounce data like “da-tuh” that just makes him so irrationally annoyed. He can’t explain it but he can’t stand it

Jack:

Swearing. Hands down, his biggest pet-peeve is when people swear. Mostly in anger, he thinks it’s foolish to use such strong language when you’re already not making good decisions. He can let it slide if it’s not for a negative reason (especially if it’s while he’s fucking you, that’s a huge turn on for him) but swearing in anger will make him very disappointed in you

It seems such a silly thing, but people being confidently wrong about things. Once again, he believes everyone should think about the impact of their words before they speak

The entire concept of pranks just seems so meanspirited to him, he doesn’t like it at all!

Unnecessarily aggressive knocking. There’s no need to pound the door down before he’s even been given the chance to open it!

When people mix all the food on their plate together. Something about it just feels… wrong.

Shaun:

Oh god he cannot stand eating sounds. The sounds of chewing or slurping or any other mouth sounds just grates on his nerves

Amateur film bros who criticise movies when they don’t even know half of what goes into making a movie. They learn what a MacGuffin is and suddenly think they know everything there is to know about film theory

Philosophers. Ooooh he hates philosophers, what a stupid waste of time. And all that “if you hate philosophy that makes you a philosopher” bullshit? No.

People who sleep with socks on. If your feet are cold, get better blankets, like what’s wrong with you?? Socks are not for sleeping in! No socks in the bed in his house

He likes to listen to asmr to fall asleep sometimes and it really bugs him when an asmr video has a plot. He’s trying to sleep, but now he needs to stay awake to know what happens next!

Ian:

When people put dishes in the sink to “wash up later”. Are you actually going to do it later? Or will you end up with a sink full of dirty dishes for days that you have to work around? He doesn’t trust like that

Unread emails! Why do so many people have so many unread emails?! How does it not drive them insane?! It certainly drives him insane!

He doesn’t understand the point of jockstraps as underwear. Underwear should cover your ass, that’s the whole point of it! They should only be used for sports

Baseball. This one he can’t explain at all, just something about the entire concept of baseball and the sight of people playing baseball or in baseball uniforms is insufferable to him

Men who he considers more attractive than himself (unless they’re dating him please he wants to kiss hot guys)

Nick:

Bullshit fake “daddy doms” who don’t understand RACK or safety in kink and think that the perfect submissive has no limits. He has strong opinions about bdsm

People who get weirdly territorial over aesthetics. They’re just words, chill out. Who cares if that kid on tiktok is calling herself cottagecore but doesn’t own a flowy white dress? She’s having fun, leave her alone

Flimsy phone cases. What’s the point of a phone case if it doesn’t stop your phone from breaking when it falls? Now you’ve just got two broken things to deal with

Rom-coms. They’re always vaguely offensive to at least one group of people, bad about consent, and often involve some level of cheating. And they’re not usually funny either

The entire concept of music genres. At a certain point they get so niche, you might as well just talk about individual songs

Jean:

People who correct him when he’s wrong. Especially if it’s in the middle of talking, don’t interrupt him when he says something stupid or wrong

Candy and fruit mixed together. Why would you ruin something delicious with something healthy? Come on, just eat them separately. What are you, a baby?

Bad drivers. Listen, this man gets road rage, especially when he’s in a rush. If you’re driving under the speed limit or not turning right on red when you’re allowed to, he is laying it on the horn

When there’s a crying baby in a nice restaurant or other place that you really shouldn’t be bringing a baby. Why does your baby need to be at this five star restaurant? It’s unhappy, he’s unhappy, just go home!

Wrapping paper. It’s such a pain in the ass to open, just stick it in a nice bag and call it a day

#swwsdj #something's wrong with sunny day jack #sdj joseph #sdj jack #sdj shaun #sdj ian #sdj nick #sdj jean #sdj headcanons #18+ only #sunshine

[unmanageably]

whats the tea on kd leaving the warriors? i was a casual fan at the time it happened so i don't know the situation

well... let me be brief (1/278)

lmao jk but.... well a lot! and most of it is speculation, etcetc ofc we'll never truly know until 20 years later when the last dance-esque documentary comes out about the warriors in the steph curry era lmao-- but the story goes like this:

kevin durant was the superstar of okc thunder and was steadily building up the franchise over the years to become serious contenders for a championship. they were always close, but had never quite made it. but with a good FO/org behind him, westbrook by his side, they were always really close— but again, as we all know, it was never enough (made the finals in 2012. lost. would make the playoffs but always got defeated). in 2016, they once again get really close at the western conference finals where they led the series 3-1 against the warriors. despite that they lose. a mere month later, he joins the warriors: a team that's obviously at the beginning of a dynasty— they won a championship in 2015 and made it into the finals in 2016. but more importantly, the team that beat kevin durant and okc thunder at the conference finals.

there were layers to this "betrayal" and to this day people still think this one decision "ruined the sport" (lol). people saw it as a betrayal on KD's part and it took an incredible hit to his reputation. you almost make it to the finals, you have an incredible teammate in westbrook by your side, an org that supports you and is willing to uplift you to your highest star potential, and you leave? to join the team that BEAT you? to the team that has steph curry, klay thompson, draymond green, andre iguodala?

already a hugely successful team without KD, but with him, it was undeniable. a superteam. yeah, a lot of team has duos or trios. lebron and kyrie, lebron and dwade, harden and cp3, etcetc. but this team was different levels. a whole team full. the team was 73-9 without KD. massively talented already. but now? steph, KD, klay as offensive threats. draymond and andre as defensive threats. insanely good roleplayers like shaun livingston.

everyone was livid. not just OKC fans. everyone in the league! the warriors, and KD's name specifically was tarnished. how disrespectful for the warriors to even think about creating a team like this. how disrespectful for KD to leave an org that's done so much for him. sports media was tearing into them, fans were tearing into them, they were quite literally, the most hated north american sports team. fans were burning jerseys, making videos threatening KD, etc.

we all know how KD with the warriors went. winning fixes all, right? arguably the most dominant team in nba history (2017 warriors vs 1996 bulls a common debate to this day), the warriors absolutely dominated the nba, and went on to win the 2017 and 2018 championships. KD finally gets his two rings and a FMVP. and the warriors still stay the most hated team in the league. you either loved the warriors or hated them! no in between. the narrative is that KD's rings were called into question because he "had a superteam" so they weren't "valid".

2018-2019 is when it all kinda starts falling apart. the warriors are plagued with injuries, and it's just clear they don't have the synergy and chemistry that they did before. it was most clear during a game against the clippers where draymond and kd visibly fought after a bad play at the end where draymond refused to pass to kd. draymond had allegedly yelled at kd and told him to just leave the warriors, and that they didn't need him (kd's contract was up that year as well). KD has said in later years that that argument was kind of like the ~last straw for him and the nail in the coffin for him leaving. he had already been having feelings of being "the odd man out"— though they were winning together and had good synergy on court, the core3 plus the other players were already a tight knit family long before he had arrived. after the incident with draymond, the team never really sat down and talked about it: just brushed it under the rug (dray was suspended for one game but nothing was talked about). KD felt like it was a slap in the face, all this stuff about how gsw is known for good team chemistry and good culture but they just wanted to brush that very public incident under the rug? after that he started playing more selfishly— less like how they would play as a team and more in isolation. KD gets injured during the finals, and as we know, klay gets injured as well: we lose the finals. we don't get the sought after three-peat. KD signs with the brooklyn nets and the rest is history.

i talked a lot about the beginning of KD signing on to the warriors because i feel like that was really the root of why he left. he became one of the most hated players in north american sports. his own fans tore into him. sports media all tore into him. calling him mentally weak, pathetic, etc. and does winning fix all? i feel like KD with the warriors was proof that... it doesn't. KD gets two rings that he basically sold his soul to the devil for AND two FMVPs and people still don't respect him. on top of that he wins it with the warriors: which has always been and will always be Steph Curry's Team. yeah he was integral to those wins, but you can't compete with how steph has built the dynasty, yk? what steph has given to the warriors.

so at the end of the day, the story goes like this: KD "betrays" okc by going to the team who beat him in the conference finals, creates the first real "superteam" in the nba (the superteam discourse is a whole other thing smh like teams aren't trying to do that now but i digress). the whole sports world is going in on him, he's basically sold his soul for these rings. he gets his rings, he gets his FMVP. but his legacy and reputation is still called into question: he's integral but still won his rings and his FMVPs on STEPH CURRYs team, not his. Steph's. on top of all the outside noise, internally he's not happy either. he doesn't feel protected within the team. he has beef with draymond, and steph/klay + the franchise will clearly always have their loyalty to draymond. he doesn't buy into the team culture anymore, and he feels like the odd one out. the only thing that could make him stay would be to keep winning more rings. but the two rings he has didn't fix anything. so why stay? what does he have going for him?

(he goes on to bounce between different teams, tries to build his own superteams but never comes as close as he did. meanwhile steph klay and draymond go through a tough two years, considerably the lowest two years in the steph/core3 era, and come out on top: they win the '22 finals, against a celtics team that had an 84% chance of winning the finals. they save their dynasty, their legacy. steph proves that he won a chip BEFORE KD, during KD, and AFTER KD as well.)

#gsw #ask me things #clearly i cannot be brief #so sorry it took me awhile lol im also in the middle of moving so i was like let me find time to sit down and yap #personally i feel very complicated feelings about KD and the warriors because those years were the most fun to watch the warriors imo #and ofc i loved winning as a gsw fan lol #but like. KD was clearly not happy #KD's legacy was on the line but... steph's was too #i mean to this day steph gets disrespected and people call those two rings of his not valid for the same reason they called KDs #except steph has two other ones without KD etcetc #but yeah. plus i feel that kd is very misunderstood and i like him a lot so very complicated. sometimes i wish he would come home... #to the bay... but i also know it would never be the same! #and i don't blame really anyone for how everything played out. it was doomed from the beginning so it was nice that we got 2 rings out of i #and if klay hadn't gotten injured we'd have a 3peat plus yk everything that went down w klay etcetc #but such is the case!