#not exactly surprised it happened

[pearwaldorf]

cw: colonialist appropriation, Beyonce, Israel

I saw a video of an Israeli settler dancing to "Break My Soul" while holding an Israeli flag and I wanted to throw up. It is an obscenity this song is being used to celebrate genocide, and a desecration of an anthem for Black liberation.

You can't control how people use your music. But when you find out what they're using it for you can absolutely snow them with copyright claims until they'get the message not to even try it.

#cranky post #i will cheerfully argue this is not fair use #because i don't think it is #i am so fucking angry #not exactly surprised it happened #but still disappointed

[redthemarten]

Revenge.

#genshin impact #Wriothesley #Neuvillette #Wriolette #comic #doodles #my art #other things to come but since my friend's birthday happened to be exactly one month since last vibe check #I had to serve some more fluff #I mean Neuvillette would totally schedule a surprise vibe check one month prior #just to 1 hit KO Wrio

[hayaku14]

nothing more tragically hilarious than kaito excitedly taking shinichi out to a surprise date only for it to be at tropical land

#kuroba kaito #kudou shinichi #kaishin #dc prattles #detective conan #dcmk #please it's so funny #kaito's got it all planned out as if it's a heist #like he needs to get it right cos it's life or death #but the second he uncovers shinichi's eyes (because ofc the date location would be a surprise til the end) and he sees his expression darke #he knew he fucked up #but kaito is sharp so even though he doesn't know exactly what happened #he knows shinichi and he knows that that expression was reserve for the B.O. #shinichi who doesnt want to mess up their date tries to will away the nausea he feels just by looking at the place #but he knows kaito will see through him #they end up going someplace else #thinking about shinichi is to tropical land is what the aquarium is to kaito #i just need more shinichi whump okay LOL #also im back bitchhhhh

[eight-pointed-star]

fics where someone goes to angband instead of/with maedhros

[in the brackets are the characters who are captured]

For Want of a Crown by theScrap_Witch [maglor]

The Price We Pay by theScrap_Witch [maglor]

A Perfect Pair by SunflowerSupreme [finrod and maglor]

A Songbird in Angband by AdmirableMonster (Mertiya) [maglor]

Mountains Don't Sing by MathConcepts [maedhros and fingon]

Animal Skins by Ilye [celegorm]

In Gold gefasst and Prized Jewel by Siana [maedhros and maglor]

A Fair Evil by Siana [maedhros and maglor]

A Broken Voice by Silentx13 [maglor]

Wisdom Prevails by Ardruna [nerdanel]

What If It Hadn't Been Maedhros? by ArvenaPeredhel [maglor, celegorm, caranthir, curufin, amras] (it's five different stories, not "all of them get captured together")

Aphonia and Mother Who Bore Me by ArvenaPeredhel [maglor]

Hard Choices and Silenced by waitingfover [maglor]

+ two in russian

Услышь меня, брат... by Nolofinve [feanor]

Кроме пыли и пепла by vinyawende [feanor]

this list probably isn't comprehensive, if you know more fics with a similar plot, please tell me!

if you are the author of one of the fics here and would like to be @'ed or to have your fic removed from here, please tell me! if i made a mistake in the descriptions tell me also

#the most frequent maedhros substitute: maglor #the most surprising one: nerdanel #disclaimer: i haven't read most of these. honestly i knew there was a lot of these but SO MANY OMG !!!!!!!!!!! #THERE WAS ALSO a fic i don't remember what exactly happened but ? i think all of the sons of feanor were taken #and some of them killed later #and the remaining ones got out but they were super traumatised #i remember maglor died and maedhros was unnormal about it. that's all i remember lol it was a long time ago #IF YOU KNOW THE FIC I'M TALKING ABOUT PLEASE PLEASE SHARE #also TWO different fics in russian by different authors where feanor gets captured surprised me #i've only read the second one but i think in the first fic fingolfin also saves him? more similarities? though i've only skimmed through it #silmarillion #fic recs #maglor #i'm only tagging him lol bc the other characters have like 1 fic per character #well okay #maedhros #he's also there

[letsboldlygomotherfuckers]

If ur not careful I might have to watch torchwood… do u recommend or is it an affliction you would not recommend to others?

hehehehehe >:3c gottem boys

no fr like. you have to look past the fact it's a low budget bbc production at times and embrace the slightly see through lesbian alien with foot long fingers that can read minds. you have to embrace the sex alien that absorbs people through her pussy. crucially, you have to watch it in as few sittings as possible. the only proper way to watch torchwood is to watch the entire thing absolutely nonstop and nothing else in between until your brain falls out through your ears :)

#I cannot stress to you enough how queer every single character in this show is #my gf is still surprised every time something gay happens im like what show exactly do you think that you are watching #also s1-2 are Proper Torchwood #s2 especially mwah chefs kiss #s3 is bearable but wildly falls apart in the final episode #s4 Is A Different Show John Barrowman Happens To Be In #dont worry though theres endless books and audio dramas #i especially recommend the audiobooks read by the cast where everyone tries to do each others accents #JB literally laughed while reading one line and they just left it in lmao #also HIGHLY recommend the fake relationship suburban life au jack/ianto audio drama where its a fake relationship except theyre also shaggi #and ianto spends the entire episode absolutely clawing at the walls of the house begging to get out while jack laughs at him fondly #it made me feel insane #someone talk to me about torchwood i am begging #kez talks #samwisegamgeeee

[whyissupernaturaltrending]

hiii re: your most recent post, im pretty sure i remember the voice actor of spanish dub dean confirming that y yo a ti was not scripted? there was a panel a while ago where either he or the spanish dub director said it was not scripted/part of the translation but was a choice made by the team on the day based on the rest of the work they had done on the series. sort of along the lines of like, they decided to add y yo a ti bc they knew the show well and knew that's the right response for dean? i would have to dig through 2 years of my blog to find a source for this but I do remember it

ah yes! i honestly forgot about that one ksjshs. i've dug out a couple of posts: [one], [two], [three], and yes, it looks like it would've been the team's/director's choice based on that. some of the posts i linked here aren't 'official' sources, but neither are the recent posts about the translator's confirmations. though it's been almost three years and different people involved so i'm not too surpised about discrepancies

#just from personal experience - adding/removing/changing stuff as part of translation is quite common as in most cases you wouldn't be #translating word for word especially if we're talking about media etc. but i don't know much about script translating so maybe there are #different rules there. what i mean to say is that i wouldn't be surprised at all if the line was added by someone #though scripts do go through numerous changes so can't say what exactly happened there #the line could've been there in english at some point though that's obviously very much a random speculation not based on much #unfortunately i don't remember how many/if any versions of the script have been made public but might be something that could help #with clarifying stuff as well #spn trending asks

[befuddled-calico-whump]

After his incident with Melchior, Logan is transferred to a backwater ground detachment. Just when he's getting used to his new life, a rumor starts going around that there's a double agent at his post; a spy for the Riot Kings who's feeding the rebels Fleet secrets. Wanting to avoid a long, agonizing investigation, the rest of the det pin it on Logan, who's not all that popular anyway.

The statements of his co-workers, paired with the cause for his transferral (trying to kill Melchior, an ex-Riot King who's now trying to help the Fleet and who might have recognized "double-agent" Logan, prompting the murder attempt to try and protect his cover), is enough evidence for the Fleet to detain and interrogate him.

whump art tag:

@kira-the-whump-enthusiast , @whumpsday , @regrets-realization-acceptance , @kixngiggles , @randomlifeunit

#no one believes his protests that he's innocent #because thats exactly what a spy would say #eventually they get a polygraph technician in and he comes up as telling the truth #but by then its too late to cover up nicely #so he's sent to a nice prison to at least wait out the fleet/RK war #and when i say 'nice prison' i mean there's a paperwork mixup and he goes from one blacksite to another #this is canon :) #it hasn't happened yet and wont directly intersect with the main story but its canon #this happens once the battle between fleet and riot kings is in full swing #and the fleet is being over paranoid because Mercury took them by surprise #i started a script for this sidearc but no idea when ill draw it #thanks mill for the reminder #if i would've drawn it a month ago i never would've had this level of inspiration lol #was gonna post in the morning but got impatient #riotkings #rk logan #whump art #captivity whump #military whump #whump comic #tw bruising #stress position #whumpy art #whumper turned whumpee #interrogation #tw blood

[ritz-writes]

me: i want to go into good omens 3 completely blind so when the trailer gets released im staying off everything. ill be reading books and watching movies and drawing. no spoilers for me

me but in my brain: You are on Tumblr dot com literally every day. As well as YouTube and TikTok. You are unemployed and have chronic boredom, as well as ADHD that will have you struggling to read that often. You will stay off for 5 hours before getting withdraws. You will cave in, see a spoiler, scream about it, make a post about tagging spoilers correctly, then maybe stay off for another few hours. Then, the next day, you will filter every Good Omens tag possible and stay on the website in fear, desolate as your feed is covered in 'this post contains filtered tags' and wonder if its actually worth it. You will say yes, it is worth it because you want to be surprised, but you will live in agony regardless until s3 is released.

me: yippeeeee lets go blindddd

#im calling it now #this is exactly whats going to happen #cuz its what happens with lego monkie kid #but lmk is easier cuz the trailers r always released AFTER the season #for some reason #but this??? #hhhhh im gonna die guys #gonna actually cease to be #ppl can call me extra if they want for avoiding the trailer #but its how i enjoy media #i want to be 100% surprised #.....but i might cave in #who knows #good omens #good omens 3

[keungking]

watching people shamelessly admit that they just skip over every only friends scene that isn't firstkhao

#don't get me wrong the eclipse is good but i thought we were watching a movie #like for the plot #not for the memory of another movie #only friends is so good too! i didn't expect it to but it's queer cinema fr like i love queer cinema #''the other characters are boring and uninteresting'' this might be presumptuous of me but that might be bc you skip all their scenes #the amount of people i saw both on here and on twitter say they might drop the whole show when raymew happened was flabbergasting #it's such an interesting story to me! all these life situations and fates and experiences and how they intersect and bring different things #to light #and you're just watching to get to see akk and ayan kiss again? #i was gonna say no judgement but that is exactly what i'm doing i am judging HOWEVER you do you tho like keep it up! if that makes you happ #i'm just surprised at the state of things #only friends #keung talks

[actual-changeling]

Ellie takes promises seriously, or rather, she wants to take them seriously, but it is still hard to trust people sometimes, even Joel. After he lied to her about the hospital, they eventually figured it out, sure, but now a nagging voice in the back of her head whispers, what if he is lying again with every 'I swear' or 'I promise' that leaves his lips - and she cannot help but think that it might be right.

However, she does trust Joel enough to tell him about that, and after a few days of him gritting his teeth and mumbling, inadvertently blaming himself, and trying to fix it, he does present her with a solution.

"A what?"

"A pinky promise: you lock pinkies, and it makes it count."

Ellie stares at her own hand, wiggling her fingers, and trying to decide if this is the stupidest thing she has ever heard or something that might actually be helpful. His expectant gaze weighs her down more and more the longer the silence stretches around them, and when she lifts her head, the smile on his face seems more tense than anything else.

"How is it different from a normal promise?", she asks, but she also shuffles closer to him on the couch and rests her cheek on his shoulder, Joel's arms a glowing embrace keeping her warm, keeping her together. She can feel his lips brushing over her hair when he responds, and maybe it can be stupid and helpful at the same time.

"You don't break pinky promises, ever. I used to do it with Sarah when she first started preschool. Pinky promised to come back for her, and I did every single time."

When his fingers fill the empty spaces between her ribs, her heart flutters with something akin to fond excitement, and she can't help the smile tugging on her lips as she gives in.

"Sure, we can do that. But if you ever break one, I will kill you."

Joel's chuckle vibrates through her skull and comes to rest at the bottom of her stomach, warm and comforting and a promise all on its own.

It does become something they do afterwards, hesitantly at first but then for anything and everything, and the splintered trust hanging fragilely between them sprouts new leaves and heals itself from the inside out.

They do it before she leaves for school over breakfast, locking pinkies and saying "I'll be here when you come back" or "I will pick you up later," and no matter which one it is, Joel sticks to it. There's "You get to choose the movie tonight" and "I really am okay, promise" after Ellie's nightmares leave even Joel absolutely terrified, and she curls up against his chest and exhales the weight on her shoulders when he promises to keep her safe, mumbles that carry her through her dreams all night long.

There is "You won't get hurt," "I didn't eat your chocolate," "I will come back," and "You matter to me."

There is "It wasn't your fault" and "I'm sorry". There's "You didn't fail me" and "I will never let you go, never send you away."

In the dead of winter, snowed in and surrounded by blinding darkness that tastes like sharpness and metal, like hands holding her down and blood coating her skin, her pinky shakes when Joel wraps his around it, but she finds his eyes and doesn't look away.

Promise me, she starts, and she doesn't really know how to finish it.

Promise me spring.

Promise me warmth.

Promise me that he won't haunt me forever.

Promise me that I deserve to be here while everyone else isn't.

Promise me you love me.

Joel cups her cheek with his free hand and presses a kiss to her forehead, both of them hidden away beneath layers and layers of blankets.

I promise, he says, and when their breaths mix in the small space left between them, their eyes both golden and tired, she squeezes his finger and he squeezes back, and it means everything all at once.

Promise, they say, over and over again, and they keep every single one.

#alex writes tlou #the last of us #tlou #joel and ellie #joel miller #ellie williams #fanfic #the last of us hbo #tlou hbo #can you believe that this was supposed to be like two sentences and not it is almost 700 words #i shouldnt be surprised that it keeps happening BUT IT DOES AND I KEEP BEING SURPRISED #also fucking pinky promises man i need them to do that i need it i need it so bad #it is exactly what they would do #just silently lock pinkies before joel goes on patrol and they dont say a word but they both know it means #please come back #i promise i will

[dreadeves]

i don’t follow bnha anymore but sometimes something so hilarious happens that i have to check it out. 407 is fucking hilarious. like that’s what i thought you’d do. fucking star wars fan.

#am i surprised? is it darker than i thought? yes. but at the same time this is exactly what i thought would happen #bnha #bnha leaks #bnha 407 #bnha 407 leaks #i do not follow bnha i have no idea what tags ppl use #bnha spoilers #anyways. horikoshi isn’t beating the 2nd & yoichi furiously made out allegations #if anything he lost them even harder than he did before. howd ofa carry on horikoshi? give me a diagram.

[bethanydelleman]

Edward’s Engagement to Lucy

The novel Sense & Sensibility makes a very important point about Edward’s engagement to Lucy Steele and it’s NOT that Lucy was a master seductress (though she is probably the most intelligent of the scheming women, after Lady Susan). Edward’s engagement to Lucy happened because his family circumstances left him vulnerable.

Edward is the most dependent of Jane Austen’s heroes. He only has £2000 of his own (about £100/year), which would be too little to marry upon, almost too little to support himself in the gentry. He wants to go into the church, but he can’t because his mother won’t support him. This is a real, legitimate issue. Without family support, Edward might have ended up as a permanent curate, making about £50/year (£150/year total) and never having enough to marry. This is a real thing that happened in the time period. So, as Edward explains:

I should very soon have outgrown the fancied attachment, especially by mixing more with the world, as in such case I must have done. But instead of having any thing to do, instead of having any profession chosen for me, or being allowed to chuse any myself, I returned home to be completely idle; and for the first twelvemonth afterwards I had not even the nominal employment, which belonging to the university would have given me; for I was not entered at Oxford till I was nineteen. I had therefore nothing in the world to do, but to fancy myself in love; and as my mother did not make my home in every respect comfortable, as I had no friend, no companion in my brother, and disliked new acquaintance, it was not unnatural for me to be very often at Longstaple, where I always felt myself at home, and was always sure of a welcome; and accordingly I spent the greatest part of my time there from eighteen to nineteen

Which means that Mrs. Ferrars was the author of her own destruction, something that is just more delicious than Lucy being the ultimate schemer. Basically everything she does towards her sons backfires. She tries to push Edward into a fancy career, instead he gets engaged to her last choice for him as a wife. She signs over an estate to Robert, and Robert marries that same worst choice.

Edward got engaged to Lucy because he was unloved, vulnerable, and bored. All Lucy had to do was be pretty, kind to him, and to actually support his desire to be in the church. It’s easy to see how he was attracted to her.

Parents/guardians in Jane Austen who try to push their children into marrying for wealth ultimately fail. This happens to General Tilney, Sir Thomas Bertram, Mrs. Norris, and Mrs. Ferrars. I wonder if Jane Austen was trying to show that it was both imprudent and immoral to push for marriages without any thought towards love. 

#jane austen #edward ferrars #lucy steele #mrs. ferrars #sense and sensibility #Edward was a teenager and he was lonely #his engagement to lucy is the least surprising thing in the world #even Elinor is like yeah I can see exactly how that happened #and she doesn't even blame Lucy for being schemeing #not until the present day #Because once she's met Fanny and Mrs. Ferrars it all become crystal clear #they suck #so does robert #Just need to mention here how much Robert sucks

[goldensunset]

Do you know for sure the snails died because of the betta? bettas usually can't outright kill snails unless they're exposed on their backs or fail to get into their shells fast enough which is really rare.

we think so bc it looked like there were torn up pieces of the snails' bodies floating around... but i wasn't there that's just second hand info. i could ask around for more

#i know we think it's weird too #like we've heard don't keep bettas with other fish #or at least not other bettas #but it's surprising that it wouldn't tolerate a couple of snails... #dunno what else could have happened exactly #asks #playtwewy

[happyk44]

I feel like if Percy were to snap and go batshit, Grover would be rightfully freaked out but he'd also be like "oh damn, thought this would be happened WAY sooner" and keeping a respectful distance while Percy lays siege to whatever the fuck tipped him over the edge. And then maybe he'd get him a burger once he's calmed down and they would never speak about it again.

#grover underwood #grover would be so freaked but at the same time he know exactly who percy is and isnt surprised at all that it happened #percy jackson #happy talks pjo #he would also only intervene once Percy's rage began destroying all the nature and wildlife lmao #just a panicked HEY MAN NOT THE DAISIES #someone in the back yelling grover stop him! and grover is just ?? the fuck am i supposed to do?? fucking die??

[astralwukong]

they're in actual talks about V10 coming true now????

#im happily surprised ngl #i might be spilling nonsense but im under the impression that crunchyroll refused to renew and they had to #wait an entire year before talking to other partners because of the previous contract with V9 #it's just curious that this is happening exactly one year after the last release

[front-facing-pokemon]

#azurill #okay let's see if i can be functional for this set of tags. azurill is a retrofit baby prevo for some fucking reason #i was under the impression that these mostly happened in like gen 4 but here we are. i've been surprised multiple times #and this experience has been showing me that they're spread out everywhere they feel like being for no reason #and natdex ordering makes no sense forever and ever #i am currently very cold and i woke up earlier than i should have and did not get enough sleep because my body decided it wanted to #which i think is a pretty shit reason but it wouldn't exactly allow me to go back to sleep so now i'm up. and. well. i am not liking it #azurill is like cute. it's like. cute. it's blue so i always thought it was a water-type. it has the pikachu cheeks. ummm #it used to be a normal-type until gen 6? and then boom. fairy-type. the azurill kid in pmd sky who drops his apple #shouts to that kid. end of sentence