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aita-alternia · 4 months

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am i the asshole for culling highbloods, fair and square in a strife duel

i (a goldblood, masking my quirk so the haters/p dont find me, otherwise goldblood is all you need to know) often participate in strife duels when im not busy being the best fucking engineer this shithole has to offer to our great empire

and lately ive been getting flack for culling these bitches like the unworthy they are, people complaining about "fairness" and "i started it" or whatever

let me give you a little story here to clear things up

so im walking right, just chilling up in the highblood part of my big city because there are NO laws that say i cannot legally just fucking stroll wherever the fuck i want as long its not trespassing, cause maybe i dont wanna flex my psionics by just flying everywhere and i have places to be

and this stupid ass indigo, pulls up, walking by me, just a couple inches taller than me (im 6'4 btw so this chick was pretty big) fucking shoulder checks me, deadass just bumps into me and doesnt say anything so im like

"dude, are you good? the fucks your problem?"

and shes like "whats YOUR problem, you should mind your space, blah blah blah blah highblood jargin im not assed to type, its disrespectful" and then her fucking moirail or whatever some olive just taps her shoulder and tries to get her on her merry way but whatever i dont give a fuck

and im like "dude you should mind YOUR space pay attention" and she gets all mad like damn bro whats your problem im fr just going on a stroll so im like "you wanna go dude we can strife right here if you wanna stay mad" and even though her moirail is protesting shes like "ok fine this wont be too long" (cocky ass bitch) and they look sad that their moirail is gonna cull some moody lowblood scum like me or however those two viewed me

so im like shit, okay, bet, you wanna play, ill play?

indigo pulls out her dinky fucking mace or whatever, sounds to me like a strife duel just began, so you know what i do?

i fire up the goddamn engine (my psionics) and PUNCH her ass, right across the jaw faster than she can say "mustard", bet she didnt expect to get fucking punched with psionics, it's a free ass way to give someone nerve damage so she kinda locks up all surprised (probably the energy i sent across his nervous system too) and next thing you know i got this bulgehead on the ground and im slamming her stupid skull into the sidewalk until its been painted filthy ass indigo (tell you what no one is immune to severe nervous system damage)

his moirails like yelling and shit and calls me a piece of shit or whatever and fine, okay, i feel kinda bad for culling someones moirail but thats just alternia man, strife rules dont care how much your moirail means to you, if i had a moirail im sure he would be sad if i got culled in a strife duel

and i knew this olive was gonna try and avenge their partner so i just sorta flew off before i had to cull someone else in a duel that was probably in an abusive relationship anyway thats always how it is with lowbloods and highbloods mixing

so am i the asshole? i didnt do anything illegal, i asked if she wanted to strife, she said yes, so i won the fucking strife duel i dont know why i feel this way, she fucking started it i dont start shit man

#TBH ^T TH^T POINT IT IS JUST N^TUR^L SELECTION #am i the asshole #unreality

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musicfeedsmysoul12 · 2 years

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A few people liked it so here we are! The Lesbian Izuku AITA thread idea! Add your comments as if you were actually commenting on this post! Go NTA, YTA if you want- have fun!

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AITA for not saying I’m Gay?

Hey so like English isn’t my first language sorry so hopefully this is okay! Using a throwaway cause some friends know my main! (And hoping that like NONE of them look here for a while)

So I (24F) have been in a relationship with my girlfriend (24F) since we were about 19. We met when we were 16 when for work experience I went to her country. We ran into each other and after we got lost spent a few days together. After which we traded numbers and worked on my English and her Japanese!

I’ve always known I was gay from a young age and my mother’s known to. When I told her I was dating my GF she was happy for me and that’s it. However I’ve never told really anyone I’m gay other then her and my GF. Without saying to much, I’ve been busy working to become a hero and that’s crazy so I never really like paid attention to dating and stuff in high school. I did get asked out but I turned people down to focus on being a hero. My GF and I only got together when she moved to Japan with her siblings for her job. I’m open about having a partner to the media (I am a hero) as well as to my friends. They have met her, while she along with her siblings live with me. We visit my mom and go out with friends together. She does work in a job where she travels fairly often so sometimes it is just me seeing them, but she is often with me.

But anyway, I went home to visit my mom during medical leave after being hurt during work. Nothing serious but I got told to take a week. While I’m visiting, my mom’s friend showed up. I’m not the most friendly with her, due to the fact her son is a piece of work who used to bully me but I was like hi and she was hi back.

Then we had this conversation:

Her: so, I haven’t seen your partner around.

Me: huh?

Her: well when did you two visit (mom)?

Me: like two weeks ago?

Her: what?! I didn’t see him! I just saw you with your roommate!

Me: what?

Mom: (Friend) were you spying on us!? (She lives three blocks away and unless she’s coming here to see Mom, she would never go down the street otherwise. I found out she purposely came down our street after hearing from mom I was visiting with my partner.)

Her: of course! I have never seen this partner of hers! Obviously he’s not serious if he’s never around! We all know she’s going to end up with (her son) anyway.

Me: WHAT?!

Mom: (Friend) WHAT THE HELL?!

Me: My partner WAS HERE because it is my (GF)

Her: what?

Then it like all comes out. Turns out she didn’t know I was gay, and she was convinced me and her kid would have a romance later in life. I was stunned and confused as hell because again- he used to bully me and frankly I stopped hanging around them long ago. But apparently he’s been making comments about me and how I’ll ‘realize my ‘boyfriend’ is bad news’. So I’m just like wow.

Of course then she’s like why didn’t he know and I’m like: I never told him but it should have been obvious!

Which then led into a lot of crap because it turns out NO ONE knew.

My friends were all surprised, my work was shocked, everyone but my mom was surprised!

Which then leads into my issues. My former bully is claiming I’m an AH for not telling them, a few of my friends are also saying I’m the AH for not saying anything and even people at work are to! My mom and some other friends are on my side but like… AITA?

#bnha #bnha au #they're lesbians #fem izuku #rodydeku #sorta idk #act like commetors!

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talatomaz · 4 years

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divided pt.ii | team arrow x lance!reader

a/n: this was too long so i had to split it into 2 parts. i also tweaked the powers a lil bit

warnings: mentions of death/blood

word count: 2.1k

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pt.i | pt.ii

r is a lance!sister aka baby!lance and has the powers of teleportation. she works with team arrow but is also in a relationship with dinah. she has always been loyal to ota as they’re her family but when they betray dinah, rene and curtis...who’s side will she take? the love of her life or her family?

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“Y/N?”

You were currently standing in Felicity’s apartment alongside the OTA and NTA. After the disastrous events that followed yours and your father’s rescue, Rene, Dinah and Curtis had formed their own team which left you in between the two teams.

OTA had asked you all to meet them so they could discuss the situation. Oliver had apologised for his actions and wanted to start with a clean slate. NTA had unanimously declined but that wasn’t an opinion you shared.

You walked over to stand beside OTA, looking back at your girlfriend. You opened your mouth to apologise before being interrupted by Dinah.

“I told you, y/n. What’s right for you.”

She said matter-of-factly as your mind flashed to a couple of weeks prior.

You teleported outside Dinah’s apartment, not wanting to walk there. You had just left the bunker, Oliver reluctantly letting you go and you felt exhausted. Raising your hand to knock on the door, it was almost instantly opened by Dinah. Her look of anger softening at the tears in your eyes.

She ushered you into her apartment and led you to her sofa where you both sat. Your voice not strong enough to speak, you wrapped your arms around you, rocking yourself. Dinah immediately gathered you into her arms and you allowed the tears to fall.

“I‘m sorry. I didn’t know.”

She soothed you as she cradled you against her chest, gently shushing you as you murmured your apologies.

When you had finally quietened, you stayed still in her arms until Dinah pulled back so she could place her hand on your cheek, lifting your face up to stare at her.

“I don’t want this to make you upset. You have to do what you have to do. I will accept your choices, y/n. That is what a relationship is. We support one another. If you decide to go back to Oliver, then okay. You do what’s right for you.”

***

“Oh great, are you going to tell me not to out Oliver too?”

Laurel turned around as you approached her, the court having just taken a break.

Oliver was currently on trial for being the Green Arrow and Laurel had been called as a witness. A worry to everyone, to say the least.

“No. Honestly,” you added when she raised her eyebrows in disbelief,

“I just wanted to say that I get that you’re in an impossible situation. You can either tell the truth which protects you but Oliver is convicted or you could lie which helps us but puts you in danger.”

“A way to sum it up, y/n. And you think I should be more like your Laurel and say-“

“No, Laurel.”

You sighed, “I know you’re not my Laurel. You and her are different people. I would never expect you to be like her because you aren’t her. You can only be yourself. As much as I love Laurel, she wasn’t perfect. Seriously.” You said when Laurel frowned.

“She used to say once you let the darkness inside, it never comes out. She had her own secrets, as do you. It’s not black and white. I don’t expect you to be one or the other.”

“Why are you even telling me this? Dinah’s not gonna be happy.” Laurel deflected, crossing her arms.

“Yes, you killing Vince strained our relationship but we worked through it. To paraphrase what someone close to me said, You have to do what you have to do. I will accept your choices, because that is what friends do. You have to do what’s right for you.”

“Y/N. Laurel.”

The both of you looked back at Dinah and Diggle who were standing outside the court doors. They told you that the court was back in session so Laurel walked past you but stopped when you grabbed her arm.

“Whatever mess Ollie is in right now is his own doing. He knew this was a possibility the moment he first put on that hood. Don’t worry about him. And you’re right, you’re not my Laurel but you are Laurel Lance. I am your sister and you are mine. You being from another Earth doesn’t change that.” You said fiercely.

The blonde nodded and the two of you walked back into the court room.

***

“Hurry.”

Using your powers, you teleported the team and the FBI to the abandoned building where Diaz was holding Laurel and Quentin.

After Laurel had testified that Tommy Merlyn was the Green Arrow, therefore exonerating Oliver, she had been taken by Diaz. Your father had agreed to meet him to get her and got himself kidnapped too in the process. But you were able to track him through his pacemaker so you teleported all of you there.

As the others ran to find them, you remained in place and focused on your heart. You knew you’d be able to find your family quicker that way.

Locking onto your father’s heartbeat, you teleported into a metal cage and saw a gun raised in the air.

“2...1...”

“NO!”

A gun shot rang out as you pushed your father aside and jumped in front of him and Laurel. Falling to the ground with a groan, white hot pain seared through your body and you clutched your stomach but blood quickly coloured your hands.

“Y/N!”

Laurel and Quentin shouted in shock as they clambered to your side. Then you all looked up to see Diaz gone and Dinah in his place.

“Oh my god,” she gasped before looking at Laurel.

“Dee, please.”

You uttered, wordlessly begging her not to resume the feud between her and your sister. You watched as she raised her weapon and pulled Laurel’s sonic dampener off her neck.

You felt yourself being lifted in your father’s arms, Laurel and Dinah on either side, using their screams to defeat the bad guys.

Once you were out of the building, your father quickly but gently laid you on the hospital bed in the ambulance. The car engine came to life as it sped away, the sirens filling the air but slowly fading away.

Opening your eyes, you were surprised at your surroundings.

You were in your apartment that you had shared with Laurel. Sitting upright, your hands flew to your stomach as you lifted your shirt to see the wound but were shocked when you felt nothing but smooth skin.

“Y/N?”

You stood up from the sofa and stilled at the familiar voice. You slowly turned around, not believing your ears. When your eyes fell upon them, they widened as your jaw dropped.

“L-Laurel?”

The blonde smiled and you realised exactly which Laurel she was.

“Oh my-You’re my Laurel.”

“Hi, babygirl.”

At the use of your nickname, you ran towards your sister and launched into her arms, tears running down your face.

“God, I missed you. Wait, how am I here? Am I dead?”

You asked, arms wrapped tightly around Laurel, as if scared that the moment you let go, she’d disappear.

“You’re not dead, honey. This is the world between worlds. Your safe place. You’re in a coma and your mind is here but your soul and body are in the hospital.”

Resting your head in the crook of Laurel’s neck, you hugged her once more, still not believing she was here.

“I miss you so much, Laurel. When I see Black Siren everyday, it just makes me miss you that much more.”

“Speaking of which, how is my doppelgänger?”

“She’s not evil if that’s what you’re asking. She used to be but I think she’s just conflicted. You two actually have a lot in common.”

“Y/N Lance, always seeing the best in people.”

“Me and Black Siren have gotten quite close recently...” You said warily, your smile faltering.

At this, Laurel cupped your cheek, tilting your head upwards, so you could look into her eyes when you shyed away,

“Baby, she’s not me. She’s a completely different person. And from what I’ve seen, she cares about you too. This whole parallel worlds thing messes with my head but I think you need someone.”

“You have Dinah on one side, who is doing great as the Black Canary by the way, and Black Siren on the other. I may not be physically with you, well, I am technically.”

She laughed before continuing,

“What I’m trying to say is, is that it’s okay if you want to get to know her. I’m still with you, wherever you go.”

“I don’t want to leave you.”

“You have to, babygirl...You have a world you have to get back to.”

“I don’t want to live in a world that you’re not a part of. I-I can’t lose you again.”

“You won’t lose me. I’m always with you.”

She took off her necklace and put it around your neck. Then she placed her hand on your chest, over your heart and you covered her hand with yours and squeezed in longing.

“No matter where you go, I will always be by your side.”

She placed a kiss on your forehead and wrapped her arms around you once more before you felt yourself slipping away.

“I love you, Laurel.”

“I love you too, y/n.”

***

“I’m sorry. We tried everything.”

Dr Schwartz solemnly said as tears fell down everyone’s faces.

CRASH

Everyone ran towards the hospital door and were surprised at what they saw.

It was you. Or was it?

You were laying in the bed, eyes closed, seemingly dead...or unconscious at the very least. But there was another you, like a projection, that was currently fighting Diaz in the room.

He had you pinned against the wall, hand around your throat, when you faded away and materialised again, now out of his grip.

“This is for shooting me.”

You kicked him in his groin causing him to keel over in pain.

“And this is for kidnapping my family.”

You swung at his head, successfully knocking him unconscious as he slumped to the ground.

You looked up at the door where everyone was stood, including Sara, and you opened your mouth to speak when you noticed the FBI agent.

“Well, cuff him. He’s not gonna stay down forever.”

Once Diaz was handcuffed and escorted out of the room, you felt yourself fade away again.

Then you, the you in the bed, woke up in a rush, lurching to sit upright. You blinked hard when the room span, and again when there was a sharp pain in your side. You had forgotten that you had been shot.

“What the-“

Rene stopped himself from letting out a curse.

“I didn’t know you could do that.” Sara said.

“Neither did I. Astral Projection...Cool.”

Sara, Quentin and Dinah walked to the side of your bed, each of them hugging you but taking care not to touch your wound.

“God, what is it with us Lance’s and stomach wounds?” You laughed but cringed when a sharp pain ran through you.

“Hey, where did you get that?”

“I gave it to her.”

Laurel replied to Felicity when she pointed out the necklace around you.

Glancing down, you smiled and looked back up at Laurel. It was the exact same necklace that your Laurel had placed around you earlier.

“You and my Laurel really are similar. It’s a long story.” You added when everyone’s eyebrows were raised in question.

“So...what’d I miss?”

Your family caught you up on everything that happened when you were in the hospital and you explained that your projection teleported Diaz to you after you had focused on your wound that he had caused.

Soon enough, everyone was laughing together and you couldn’t help but smile because it had been a while since you all were this happy.

“Are we finally done with the fighting? I don’t want to choose between you all.”

“Yes, we’re done. All we care about now is you.”

Dinah said, tenderly kissing your lips but with a ferocity that usually comes with almost losing someone you love.

Pulling away from the kiss, you smiled against her lips when she touched her forehead against yours before straightening beside you.

“Thank God. I love you all. But that feud was ridiculous. So...now that Diaz is gone, what’s next?”

The moment the words left your mouth, a figure appeared, dressed to the nines in weird space-type clothing.

You and the rest of your family looked at the man in concern when Oliver shouted, “Who the hell are you?”

“I am Mar Novu and there is a malevolent force at work, one driven by a singular goal. The destruction of all there is. The time for preparation has passed.”

“The Crisis is now upon us all.”

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robron-til-the-end-of-time · 4 years

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I'm actually not at all surprised. EE is not a good show, b#llm fan or not. ED maybe dreadful right now, and it is, but they haven't been as dreadful as long as EE and Corrie have🤣🤣

Die hard shippers look at soaps in a different way than the GA do. The NTAs are very GA.

I have less than no idea why Corrie is the highest rantings soap, most often program in the country. It’s DREADFUL. (Clearly I have a problem with IM regardless of where he works.)

I don’t think EE’s ratings should be AS low as they are. I also think Kate Oates and her penchant for bad boys fits far better at EE than the other soaps. Even though all she’ll ever be remembered for is Pat Phelan.

I don’t think it’s been a classic year for any of the soaps (probably producer musical chairs having a knock on effect for ALL of them) but I also don’t think Emmerdale is nearly as bad as the blogs would have you believe. It still has moments and characters that are nice and light in the middle of the soap nonsense.

And other than their own internal slip, they did keep Pierce quiet. And Maya quiet. I always loved that about Emmerdale growing up. We knew everything about the other two, but we never knew everything about Emmerdale. When Karl!Robert left, we knew one character would die and one would leave, but not who. When Cain left, we knew him and Sadie were going, but not how. They’ve always done well on it.

Plus Emmerdales ensemble cast is far better than the other two combined. A few years ago Tracy was a named extra. You’d never thought she had it in her. Lydia, Sam, Cain, Charity, Moira. When they let their characters get air time (Marlon TONIGHT) it’s far better than the other two. I’ve watched Corrie scenes before and wondered if they were outtakes.

That’s my rambling thoughts.

#producer talk #ntas #nta spoilers

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babblingblondegenius · 5 years

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Felicity Megan Smoak-Queen rules the roost aka the Queen residence

We been knew that Oliver will do anything she says and William should know by now who runs the world (or will, once she gets Smoak Tech launched). EPISODE SPOILERS AND SPOILER-ISH SPECULATION AHEAD...

There’s an old saying ‘If mama ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy!’ and clearly having had Moira Queen as a mother, Oliver knows this well. So when mama Felicity says no pancakes until we talk, there will be no pancakes. In the interest of full disclosure, it took a while for William to grow on me. I blame the writers (for more than I could ever possibly write about but let’s focus on William right now). But tonight I was #TeamWilliam. As much as it hurts him to hear, Oliver needs to know how his decisions have affected and do affect his family. He is so worried about redeeming himself to the team and the city but he needed to start with his wife and son. So I truly appreciate that they gave William a voice.

William not only used that voice to call out Oliver but to call his grandparents. I don’t believe William did that to lash out at Oliver (okay, maybe a little) but to regain control. William didn’t have a say when Oliver sent him away in season 4. William didn’t have a say when Samantha died and Oliver assumed custody in season 5. William didn’t have a say when Oliver cut a deal with the FBI at the end of season 6. Felicity had talked to William about the realities of this life and fallibility of Oliver Queen. Felicity, more than anyone, knows that Oliver defaults to making decisions alone and isn’t always forthcoming with the truth. Felicity chose to leave when Oliver didn’t tell her about William and didn’t include her in his decision to send him away forever. Felicity chose to stay even though Oliver didn’t tell her about the sacrifice he made for the team. And as Felicity knows well and William has learned, loving Oliver Queen isn’t always easy.

Of course in true Arrow fashion, the timing is bizarre. William lived with Oliver (and then Oliver and Felicity once they were married) for all of season 6. Their apartment was shot to smithereens during dinner. Oliver outed himself as GA, went to prison for what was supposed to be a life sentence, and William went with Felicity into witness protection, where they were attacked. Instead of going to live with his grandparents, he is sent off to boarding school. Last episode, he was pissed at Felicity for that decision and now one episode later, he decides he wants to have a normal life?!? Kiddo, that’s not possible with these two. :/

One of the best parts of the episode was Oliver defending Felicity to William’s grandparents. Felicity has cared for and treated William as her son. She was willing to die fighting Diaz to protect him. She has loved and nurtured him and I’m very glad that Oliver recognizes that. And I think William does too.

I’m a fan of horror movies so I was really looking forward to seeing Stan terrorize the team. Except I wasn’t nervous or on the edge of my seat like I should have been. I was bored because the flash-forwards have sucked all the suspense out of the show. TBH I probably wouldn’t have really cared when DD got her throat slit regardless but I already knew she wasn’t going to die. I thought they might kill Curtis so I was just confused when it didn’t happen. I am a little concerned how much I related to Stan. He was wielding a knife but dropping some major truth bombs about NTA to Oliver. They aren’t your friends and you shouldn’t trust them. Preach it Stan. So while I loved Oliver, Felicity, and William working as a team to take down Stan without anyone else’s help, it kinda sucks Stan isn’t the big bad and it looks like Diaz is back next week. Yawn, no surprises there.

Arrow did drop a couple of ‘surprises’ tonight, if things the fandom has known for months count as surprises lol. The first surprise was Arrow letting Curtis live. I’m okay with it since he did me a solid before he left and gave Felicity his part of Helix so she is now free and clear to establish Smoak Tech. #finally!!!! The second surprise is that Felicity is pregnant / Mia is Olicity’s daughter. The Olicity baby is on her way. This has been a long time coming....

...especially for Oliver. Oliver may have been conflicted about his dual identity way back when but he knew if he ever let himself have a life beyond the mask, that life would be with Felicity and their own genius ninja babies.

However, since we have barely seen Oliver look at Felicity onscreen since winter hiatus, I’m gonna need the writers to provide proof of the conception. ;) #theonlytimeflashbacksareacceptable

These are both huge developments in Felicity’s life and both will be part of her legacy. I am keeping my fingers crossed (and expectations low lol) that the writers will show Felicity being a kick-ass mother-to-be as Overwatch and the future CEO of Smoak Tech. There is no doubt in my mind that she can do it all. I’m just terrified after the last two episodes where she has been overlooked for her contributions, not deputized and completely separated from the team that the pregnancy just gives them more reason to sideline her. I hope I’m wrong.

I also hope I’m wrong about the very bleak picture that the flash-forwards are painting for Olicity. It seems they are estranged from both their children. The fact that Mia asked if William had dated Felicity means Felicity is single and that means that Oliver is dead. It appears at this point that Oliver will be Oliver and sacrifice himself in the season 8 crossover which is right around the time when Mia will be due (talk about angst on top of angst) and Felicity will have to raise Mia alone. Arrow asked a question in season 6 that I thought we got an answer to when Oliver went to prison.

But this scene wasn’t talking about prison, even a life sentence. It was talking about a more permanent removal of Oliver from their lives. What happens to Felicity Smoak without Oliver Queen? I think Arrow intends to answer that question in the upcoming episodes. Clearly, a world without Oliver is a dark dystopia but I believe Felicity will honor the dead by fighting, continuing the mission that Oliver began and trying to help the city as best she can. Oliver is the love of her life; she has been in love with him from the start and she will honor his legacy until the end. For the record, I’m not waxing poetic about this speculation. I want Olicity to have the happy-ever-after they deserve. After seven years of investment in this journey, I hate the thought of Oliver dying so young and never getting to live the life he so desperately wanted. I hate the thought of Felicity feeling scared and alone like she did in witness protection, only there is no reprieve.

Nope. Not freaking acceptable. Give these two their own version of the Queen mansion; Olicity raising their kids in a happy and loving home; in a city that has recognized them as heroes and is safer because of them; Felicity running her tech empire, and Oliver cooking for his family and doing whatever makes him happy and fulfilled. Let our heroes live long lives to see the fruits of their labor and the difference their sacrifices made. <3

As always, thank you to the fandom’s amazing gifmakers! :) 6x11 gif credit: Felicity Smoak gifs and 6x18 gif credit: M-Art Revenge

#long post #longer than expected #and not as ranty #the thought of smoak tech and the olicity baby has dulled my anger lol #arrow spoilers #arrow speculation #olicity spoilers

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msbeccieboo · 5 years

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Arrow 7x08 brain dump

It wasn’t that bad!!

So like many I was a liiiittle bit disappointed this week. I really tried to recalibrate my expectations, but I think I was so pumped by the surprise fabulousness of last week and then the buzz online (so naive I know) of the advanced reviews for this week. I was also doubly excited as it was the first time I was watching it via live stream (wow...all the adverts) rather than waking up super early to stream it the following morning (I’m in the UK). I just think that we could've spent more time on the personal life of THE MAIN CHARACTER(S) after he had been in prison for half a year, but hey, live and learn. Luckily I have ZERO hopes for the crossover so next week should be fine haha!

However, I have slept on it, seen everyone else freak out, and decided it could have been way worse, we got some quality Olicity fluff/angst content and Felicity is still the driving force of the storylines this year in both timelines so PositiveOutlook!Beccie is here!

So the episode...we didn’t get our shower shenanigans scene...*pouty face* (my review last week got flagged cos I wrote the ‘explicit’ s*x word twice, so all naughtiness shall hereby be referred to as shenanigans, until I get bored of typing shenanigans). HOWEVER, the feelings of PTSD we got from Oliver in that scene, and throughout the episode, were great, and something I hope we continue to see and actually be acknowledged. Oh yeah, and we got the FLUFFIEST SCENE TO EVER FLUFF!! The zip!! The mirror!! The rubbing of the wedding ring!! The RECITAL OF THEIR WEDDING VOWS!!! HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!! Ahhh and then some bed shenanigans 😉😉 (which could have been a bit longer, really Beth, come on!!).

Source: oliverxfelicity

We all have Felicity, we all have!! We have been starved and we just want some good foooood!!

Then there was the gala, with allusions to Oliver’s first meal *cough Felicity*, a smidge of Laurel side-eye (always fun), and a classic forever-rebloggable gif from Mrs Smoak-Queen:

Unfortunately the gala also came with NTA. Rene bitching that they didn’t get an event thrown for them when ‘they’ caught Diaz...err excuse me now, who caught Diaz?? At least it makes a change from Curtis being the whiner of the episode!

Then we see the shit hit the fan with the break-in and Felicity’s reaction to it, or rather, Oliver’s reaction to Felicity’s reaction to it haha! Oliver’s cry of “Felicity” before diving across the room to protect her (yes I swooned), was swiftly followed up with Badass!Felicity pulling a gun and shooting the intruder, like a boss!

Source: oliverfelicitygifs

Oliver is shocked and mad that she has a gun....huh? Why? She’s protecting herself and her family in their own home, not, say, seeking out criminals and inflicting bodily harm on them willy nilly like some kind of....vigilante???! How many times have we seen her knock a villain out before, except this time Oliver sees the anger, rage even, in her, and THAT is what could harm her, that is where his fear lies and that is what he is really concerned about. This is followed up with a rather delicious Olicity angst scene, which may I add, WE ALL HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR. We all wanted to see Felicity lose her shit over what Oliver did and show him how she has had to change because of it. The sad part was seeing the way Felicity sees her ‘old self’ as weak. The important thing to see here is that this is how Felicity is feeling because of what she’s been through the past few months, not what the writers, or Oliver think. Oliver's look of incredulity when she said that was a thing of beauty. Girl you have never been weak, you are just scared and angry, and this is something that Felicity will come to accept over the season, I am sure. Again, Olicity are walking in each others shoes, and Oliver will need to be her light this time and show her another way to channel these feelings than do something that she may regret later.

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Their conversation continued at the end of the episode, which is where people are freaking out I think. I’m not worried. I found it annoying that they effectively ended Season 7a at this point of their discussion, but Olicity are not splitting up!! The red pen mention... “I love you more than a human being should love another human being” *my heart*...then the notion that they are growing apart/moving in different directions, but Oliver is there asking how do they get back on the same page again. Oliver will not let Felicity walk away again....Felicity won’t walk away again...they are acknowledging that they have changed/grown independently and will just need to learn to grow back together again cos they are endgame!!!!

Oh and Emiko Queen is the new GA, and Oliver’s half sister...I am SHOCKED (I’m not shocked). I did have a giggle that the charred remains of the Queen mansion were still stood there as full-mansion-sized charred remains ~5 years after said-charring 😂😂

Future timeline

So, on first appearances it seems that Maya is not our Olicity baby...apparently William doesn’t recognise her. One of the first things I did think when we actually saw her interacting with William et al was how reminiscent of a young Thea she was...the only alternative option I will accept for her is that she is Thea's and Roy's...especially as Roy wasn't with them to meet her. But her and William....totally had that ‘we have a secret’ eye-contact thing going on. The season theme is legacy, why go to the trouble of casting a relatively well-known actress and hyping her up weeks and weeks before her first appearance for her to not fit into that theme in a major way? Girl is a Smoak/Queen or a Queen/Harper or I’m out!

Also, it seems that they are trying to make us think that Oliver is dead in the future too....hmm ok then, Oliver and Felicity are dead and before she died Felicity was also evil and wanted to level the Glades...

(I think this is the first time I’ve actually used this gif! Yay!)

Things I wasn’t keen on...

Dyla...I think I need to watch their scenes back cos I zoned out a bit there...why are they seeing Lizard boy?? Actually I DON’T F-ING CARE BE GONE ALREADY DIAZ!!!

When is Oliver gonna find out that Dig has been next to useless the last 6 months? Cos there is no hint of him having the slightest clue...this would also help him to understand Felicity’s position better.

The Max Fuller storyline was just essentially to show Oliver working for the SCPD and using a different route of justice, so why did they need to spend sooo much time on it?

My main gripe with the episode wasn’t the way the Olicity angst was dealt with necessarily, but rather the lack of time dedicated to it. I also think that the episode requires a re-watch as soon as I get home to fully digest and make sense of it. Sometime recently I seem to recall @jbuffyangel saying something along the lines of, if you have to re-watch the episode straight away to understand it, it's kind of a crappy episode. I would somewhat agree in this case, but we did get some goodies in there...I think I will enjoy this episode better when the season has finished and I can binge-watch. That’s how I watched nearly the first 4 seasons of Arrow and those are some of my favourites (I didn’t even mind Ray upon binging!).

#arrow spoilers #arrow 7x08 #olicity #beccie's brain #arrow season 7

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callistawolf · 6 years

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staying too late at the show

aka: arrow season 6

I’ve always been a huge believer that a tv show is better when it acknowledges its shelf-life. That there’s a definitive end-date for new and interesting stories. That the better shows are ones that have a clear plan from the outset, follow that plan, and then skip out when the plan is complete. Leave ‘em wanting more. LOST, Breaking Bad, Sons of Anarchy... some of my favorite shows and they all did a pretty damn good job of sticking to the point and bowing out in tragic but satisfying ways.

I’ve never wanted Arrow to be one of those shows that just goes on and on past when the writers have good ideas for the characters. I would have been happy with the show ending in s5. Or s6. And I’m really hoping s7 is the end but I’m starting to think it won’t be.

Season 6 has shown that the writers, at this point in time, have no clear plan for what they’re doing. They haven’t evolved from the “we must torture Oliver to show him how to be a better hero” mindset that worked relatively well in seasons 1-5. The problem with that mindset in s6 is that Oliver had evolved past that stage, the other characters have evolved past that stage and it’s just old and tired now. There’s nothing new there. It’s just... more of the same. And it’s frustrating as heck.

I’m sure some of you might be surprised to see I have critique of the new season, that maybe I’ve gotten a reputation of being positive about all things no matter what. Not so. Just because I don’t believe in manifesting my aggravation in vocal ways, doesn’t mean I don’t feel aggravated. Truth be told, when I’m aggravated I tend to pull away, not double down. Why waste time on something that’s annoying me? This is why you don’t see me complaining about Felicity’s lack of storyline or how they’ve ruined the NTA characters or bitched endlessly about how stupid the BS storyline is. Its not that I don’t SEE that those things are annoying, its just that I choose not to engage with that aspect. Because what good would engaging do? Nothing. Its not gonna change those aspects of the show. In fact, NOT addressing it probably does more good than not due to the whole “all buzz is good buzz” thing.

Olicity doesn’t annoy me, though. (probably the only element, outside of Oliver’s family that I don’t have a problem with) So I’ve focused my time and care on that aspect. But if that spoiler room scoop I saw tells me anything, its that even Olicity is gonna take a hit. I’m not mad. I’m not even surprised. I’m just... *sigh* disappointed. But here is where I shrug and shake my head and decide to let it all just play out. I have lots of things to keep me busy in the meantime (trying to plot out some original fiction and binging The Royals at jbuffy’s request). I’m very much a “lets see how this plays out” sort with these things.

I want to amend what I said earlier... that when a show runs out of story ideas it’s time to bow out. There is a possible solution to this... and that is new blood. Maybe with a new showrunner and/or writers... new vision going forward... maybe we could still have a chance for some fresh storytelling. That’s what I’m going to hope for, at any rate. Yes, s6 has been a drag (and I don’t think even the haters can blame Olicity for this one), but that doesn’t mean s7 has to be. There’s been buzz lately about Berlanti and Co. having all kinds of new and fresh ideas so I hope that’s not just talk. I hope that’s an actual thing.

And I hope they allow Olicity to be a strong, united front amidst all that.

Edited to add:

I AM NOT GIVING UP ON THE SHOW.

I’m surprised I have to specify that but I guess I do. Heck no! I’m a little disappointed, not hopeless and despairing! There’s a huge difference. I love the show, I love Oliver and Felicity and Dig and I couldn’t fathom not watching them on my screen. When I said I pull away when I feel aggravated, I meant that I don’t engage with what aggravates me. I don’t spend a lot of time focusing on NTA or BS or Felicity’s lack of storyline or the awful villains or anything like that. I engage instead with what I love. Hence, me writing and posting fanfic, posting gifsets, etc and so forth. Because that’s the stuff that doesn’t aggravate me.

Honestly, if Oliver hooking up with Sara in s2 didn’t make me quit, nothing that’s happened this season has a half a chance. The only other time I got REALLY mad was the end of s3 with the whole Nyssa nonsense. I’m not mad, not even close. So... yeah.

If the years of being such a big fan of this show haven’t proven that I’m sticking around, I’m not sure what would. 😂

#arrow meta #my meta #arrow season 6 #olicity #ship: Olicity #show: Arrow #sharing my thoughts

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am-i-the-asshole-official · 2 months

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AITA for making a joke about my sex life to a student? 😏🐓 Nsfw text obv i know the title sounds bad but please read everything

I (Transmasc, 25) work on a school, very open as being gay, pride pins and it all, not as a teacher but I take care of computers, textbooks and the library. The younger folk seem to like me, but it's in high school folks things get ugly. Most just don't care about me, which I can't judge, being a teen sucks. Some hate me for telling them to go back to class. The ones that like me (mostly queer/autistic folk) like me for real.

There's this one boy (he's either 16 or 17 so he's NOT a kid) that always makes fun of me, is always skipping classes, is mean to everyone, implied a old teacher she should be better off dead, bothers everyone, talk loudly and complains about everything on his sight.

And he is. Very bigoted. I saw him more than once hurting the girls he studies with (slapping/punching) and caling the whores and more, telling them to suck him off, ride his dick, gag on his cock, etc, saying very hurtful things on gay men/anyone he deemed gay, and principal can only call his parents so many times before the parents stop showing and taking the concerns seriously. This is an ongoing issue since 6th grade, as far as I know. He hates my guts since I've called the principal on him more than once for going off on me telling me to fuck myself for asking him to go back to class.

My main strategy with him is ignoring him and the second one is answering as I don't understand him. Perks of being autistic I guess, being able to do this with a straight face. So: he calls me a chicken, I tell him they're my favorite farm animal, how did he guess? They're so amazing and cute. He tells me the lunch is gross, I say they can buy their lunch to bring if they want to, school food isn't that good (not true, the school food is amazing. Most students eat more than one plate). The computers are too slow, I ask him to please be patient cause they're old men that don't like to work, be nice to them :(. Guy says that the classes sucks, I tell him that the complaint box is at (governor's address) but yea they suck but at least he has only one year left.

This is where I might be the asshole, because I hurt myself going up and down a chair to organize some textbooks and I already have severe hip/knee pain so this only made me hurt worse so I am already pretty grumpy. A teacher asks for a banner of a periodic table and I have to find the table and go up a chair to hang it, and in the process, I let out a moan of pain becaude my knees dream of my downfall, and the teacher asks me if I am okay, so I tell yea, my hips and knees just hurt like a bitch. And this one student tells me "why, are you beaten up from taking cock in your ass?" And I breath deeply and answer "If it was from fucking I would be damn happy, but it's only from working. Anyways teacher here you go (with the periodic table)" and the teacher looks me with a surprised expression and all the class is silent and uncomfortable so I just left. Now the student can't look in my eyes but at least they're not talking to me anymore and the teacher hasn't said anything. AITA?

What are these acronyms?

#aita #am i the asshole

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aita-blorbos · 6 months

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AITA for wanting to kill this guy?

I (26m) met this guy (27m) and he's the most rizzless mf ive ever met in my life. His luck is so bad he literally had to bump his leg at the door once everyday. He also sucks at math and always surprised why there's only three dollars left when he went out grocery shopping. Everytime he talks i want him to shut up bc it always make me feels so mad like physically mad i had to stop myself from grabbing him and idk. Touch him i guess? Like his stupid smile and stupid lips and frankly very good teeth makes me feel angry all the time. Not even talking about how he keeps on being nice to me? I tried to kill him before due to an order but he took me home and helped me recover my memories?? Who the hell does that. And he just keep making good meals for me, take me out on walk in the park for "my mental health", he hid me from my abusive family and he was bad at emotional stuff but he's very supportive?? He doesn't understand what I've gone through but he does his best to help me stand up again on my two feet. I swear he should've killed me bc i keep on feeling like i wanna kill him again, push him down and sit on top of him or whatever and i feel guilty about it and i don't know what to do with that. Is there like any solution to this? Aita for feeling this?

#aita #am i the asshole #unreality

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AITA for forgetting about someone?

To begin, I’m K (F, teen) and I like to do art for fun. I’ve had this digital tablet + pen for as long as I can remember, but for whatever reason, I always found drawing with the digital pen hard. It’s not like I had to use it, so I just used my fingers instead.

One day, I decided to actually use the pen with the tablet, and drew myself with a hoodie on. Imagine my surprise when I look down, and boom. I’m wearing a hoodie! Apparently if I use the pen and the tablet together, whatever I draw temporarily becomes real. The more effort I put into the drawing, the longer it lasts for before vanishing.

I told my friends about it, and they were super excited. I immediately started drawing things for them, and everything was going well. Well, until later.

Now. My memory isn’t the greatest so I unfortunately can’t tell you what gave me the idea to do so, but I used my pen and drew what could best be described as a dark, edgy version of one of my friends. Nothing seemed to happen, but then one day my friends get attacked, and I’m sure you can tell who did it. I didn’t tell them that I had made this guy (who I’ll be calling O). I WAS going to eventually, but my friends had a blast foiling whatever evil plans O came up with and I didn’t want to ruin their fun.

Eventually, we managed to trap O in an alternate dimension after beating him for the umpteenth time. He swears that he’ll get his revenge, yadda yadda. We don’t think about it too much. You see, O would always find a way to cause more trouble regardless of what we did to imprison him, but for whatever reason, he couldn’t leave the alternate dimension. So he just stopped showing up. We had other villains to deal with, so we just sorta…forgot about him.

But as of recently, weird things keep happening to me and my friends and I’m starting to think that it’s O’s doing. I’m talking like suuuper bad luck, some friends going missing or being hurt seemingly at random, and just a general feeling that something bad is going to happen. I don’t have any proof that it’s O, but I remembered him as soon as these things started happening.

A week or so ago I sneak off to the dimension where I left O, and I couldn’t find him anywhere. That means he either vanished (since he WAS a drawing after all) or he got out. I feel a bit guilty leaving my friends in the dark like this, but I liked going on adventures with them and bringing bad guys to justice, even if I made them. AITA?

#original character #am i the asshole #aita #unreality tw

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iheartarrow · 6 years

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Randon Arrow thoughts

This must be the first time I’ve ever felt that both OTA and NTA were being big jerks. Unless it’s all part of the ruse to trick Cayden James, and Team Arrow knew about the bugs in the bunker all along?! I really hope so!!

- If my friend spied on me because I was a suspect of a big betrayal, I would punch her, then leave the team. So I 100% support Curtis on what he said. Dinah wasn’t honest with the team to begin with, even after she and Diggle agreen on “no more secrets”. So she can go join her Vigilante and then get burned so she will learn her lesson... With Rene - I feel bad for the guy. I do think that there could have been a better way to get his daughter back, especially since Oliver was the one who was helping him get another hearing. But betraying your team mate is really stinky. Oliver himself chose his son over the mask, but he didn’t betray anyone.

- Why is Thea still on the show, if the writers have made her so useless as Speedy?! C’mon!!!!

- So, this is how they chose to redeem BS, through Quentin?! Are we supposed to forget that she’s become a serial killer with no regrets? And how is Quentin (a former cop), gonna be ok with this version of Laurel, knowing how many ppl she’s killed?! If they wanted to redeem her so much, they shouldn’t have written her character as a psycho who enjoys killing. I think, the best they can do, is a similar “redeeming” story as with the Huntress. That’s the max I can take. Growing up without a father doesn’t excuse BS’s joyful murder spree.

- This was such a messy, clumsy, poorly written episode. It’s the weakest mid-season finale episode in all Arrow history, tbh. The best part was the first 11 minutes and a couple of separate scenes, the rest was a recycled mess. We’ve been over the betrayal thing last season with Evelyn, and Rene was “shook” by that fact, now he’s the mole?! Argh... The reveal of all the bad guys team up, was very predictable, color me not surprised, at all. Except I also expected Samanda Watson to join the line up, then it would have been complete.

- I guess, the show got fed up with the fans (especially Olicity fans, ha haha), promoting and singling out OTA above all other team members, that they decided to devide them into OTA and NTA so that they then can put them back together with a thought that OTA can no longer function efficiently on their own, and Team Arrow needs to be whole to win (like in S1 when Oliver had to go to Diggle and apologize to get him back on the team, we’ll get the same recycled shit this time around too, I believe.) Especially with this season’s theme - family.

- When Oliver and Felicity first saw each other at the reception (breathtaking scene, btw), the song that was playing, felt really ill fitted. But I loved “At Last”, so very fitting for Olicity, in my head, I always picked this song for their first dance.

- The Hoffmans came, LOL. Is this some sort of an inside joke the writers play?! I always chuckle when I see them, just the thought of Oliver and Felicity being friends with such an ordinary, boring, very normal couple while the rest of their lives is hyper crazy and secretive, it’s hilarious.

- Surprisingly, I really liked Curtis in this episode. I felt for the poor lonely guy, who was so desperate to catch the bouquet.

#olicity #arrow 6x09 #OTA #OTA vs NTA

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am-i-the-asshole-official · 5 months

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AITA for going off on my boyfriend for going in the wrong hole?

Sorry for something so obviously NSFW and TMI, but I don't really feel comfortable asking anyone I know IRL because I don't want it getting back to my friends and family who don't know I'm sexually active. (yes I'm an adult and it's perfectly legal but my entire community is very religious)

I (F19) have been courting a guy we'll call Alex (M22) for about a year now. Alex is a really nice guy and has always been respectful of my boundaries. I'm kind of soft spoken and he advocates for me harder than I do. If one of our friends interrupts or speaks over me he'll stop them and say "I'm sorry, but she was talking and we should let her finish." He's even defended me like that to my parents a few times. He also gives me rides to and from all my classes, and is always so attentive to me. He is so open with his feelings and communicates with me openly and freely, so much that he has made me a more open person as well. I genuinely feel like he brings out the best of me, and he says I do the same for him.

I say all this to emphasize that is absolutely the only aspect of our lives I've ever had a problem with him with. I told Alex pretty early in our relationship that I wasn't a virgin (a very bad thing in our community), and I understood if that was a deal breaker for him. He said it absolutely wasn't, that he still liked me and still wanted to court me. That he would keep that a secret for me no matter how our courting ended, either in break up or marriage. And that there was absolutely no pressure to ever have sex with him if I didn't want to.

I was also the one who told him I wanted us to be sexual before marriage and he agreed. The first time we did it he asked how I felt about anal, and I said it was a hard no go for me. He just said "okay" and never brought it up again.

But a couple of weeks ago we were doing it and Alex was behind me and suddenly it went from V to A. I screamed because I was surprised and it hurt a lot, and he immediately stopped and started apologizing profusely. He seemed so upset by it I ended up being the one comforting him and telling him it was okay, but obviously the mood was killed so we just stopped. But then a week later it happened again the exact same way. And again he seemed so upset by it and it immediately killed the mood.

Alex has tried initiating a few times since then but I really don't want to have sex with him if this is going to keep happening. He said he feels hurt that I cringe away from his touch like he's a monster, and I snapped back that he should quit hurting me like one then. That once I could understand but he did it twice and I would be stupid to trust him not to do it again. He looked really hurt by that and said it was just a mistake, that it happens a lot to everyone. I said it never happened with me and my previous boyfriend. He said that's just because we got lucky, that he has had more sex than me and he knows this sort of mistake happens all the time.

Then he said he could tell I was still in the feelings stage about this and not ready to work it out, so he would wait as long as it takes for me to come around and talk to him. Because he loves me and doesn't want this small disagreement to hurt us. That made me feel really small. Like I was a kid being scolded by a parent. Now I'm kind of feeling like maybe he's right? He does know more about sex than I do, and both times it happened he immediately stopped and we didn't get to finish having sex, so I have a hard time believing he enjoyed doing it?

So I'm here to ask tumblr, AITA?

What are these acronyms?

#aita #am i the asshole

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am-i-the-asshole-official · 3 months

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Am I the asshole for farting on public transport?

I feel a ton of anxiety over this, even though I find it funny.

A while back I messed up my lower abdomen from holding in gas. Not bad enough to give me a hernia, but it likely could cause damage if I hold it in or fight the urge. During the checkup I had for my gut trauma, the doctor told me holding it in at all is not a good idea, and to fart when I have to.

In any case, I try not to stink up a place, especially in public, but sometimes I sneak a fart or two, which I never used to do before the hernia scare.

With this in mind, I had to take a train for 3 hours to visit a group of friends over the new years weekend. On the train home, I was exhausted, and wasn't able to properly let out gas while hanging out with my friends. I'd gone to the bathroom, but it wasn't enough, so I popped a few farts quietly in my seat.

The air conditioning was going pretty well, so I thought I was in the clear. Plus, I only farted twice. I was masking cause public transport after New Year's is gnarly even without covid, so it was hard to smell. Usually, even with a mask, you can smell it, but I couldn't smell anything.

There was an older woman in front of me (maybe 60s?) who kept coughing. I thought she had covid or old person lungs, but at one point, she got up and looked behind her and said, "oh, god". I was pretending I didn't know what she was doing just in case, so I didn't see her face or if she was looking at me. I'm also visibly gay, and get called tons of messed up stuff by strangers, and lowkey thought she was being homophobic at first before remembering I ripped ass lol

The train was practically empty at this point, and had plenty of free seats elsewhere, though it didn't when I'd first boarded, which is why I was behind her. I thought, if she's upset about the stink, couldn't she move a few feet away? It can't be that bad. She kept getting up and pacing back and forth, then sitting back down, so she could always move to a seat not so close if it's cause I'm stinky.

At the end of my trip, she was walking around again. I went to get my bags ready, and she looked at me and asked "do you get off at this station or the next?" I told her this was my stop, and she didn't ask anything else. She took her stuff and left first. I didn't see her for the rest of the ride. She only had one small bag, so it made me more confused why she didn't change seats if she smelled something foul.

When I got home, I let that shit rip and it absolutely stunk way worse than I was expecting. I was surprised as hell, I thought she was overreacting. I've been thinking about it for a while now, and wonder if I should have done something differently.

Am I the asshole for farting in public?

What are these acronyms?

#aita #am i the asshole

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