#points at ed and pam

[scarrletmoon]

okay i know the Discourse™️ has been going on for way too long at this point, but

i think some people outside of the OFMD fandom don’t actually get why we’re particularly annoying about this show

OFMD is not the first queer show to ever exist. if anything, it's a late entry in decades of queer media. over a year and a half since the first few episodes aired, everyone knows that OFMD is queer. that doesn't make it particularly special

but back in March? this is the trailer that dropped in February of 2022, 2 weeks before the premier. if you're used to seeing queer chemistry in shows that aren't intended to be queer, you might see the hints between Ed and Stede here. but to most people? it's just a silly little pirate comedy. just guys being dudes. the trailer doesn't even hint at the other 2 canonical queer relationships in the show -- the closest it gets suggesting romance is the music and the pink in the poster

so when people watched this show in March 2022, they went into it expecting subtext and nothing else. to them, it was like watching Sherlock or Supernatural or Merlin in the 2010s. if you were in any of those fandoms -- especially Sherlock and Supernatural -- you know what it was like; constant jokes at our expense, being mocked for creating explicit fanwork, made fun of by the creators and within the show itself. if we saw queer subtext, that was our problem. this was a time when you pretended NOT to be in fandom, for fear of ridicule. we kept our fanwork to ourselves, we DID NOT share it with the cast, and we accepted that our favourite ships would probably never be canon. maybe one day, if we were lucky, we'd have a show where the subtext wasn't mockery as much as deliberate foreshadowing -- but that had to be YEARS away

right?

OFMD was never billed as a queer show, not in the beginning. there was no LGBTQ+ tag on (HBO) Max, it wasn't on anyone's list of upcoming queer shows in 2022, it flew under the radar through most of its first season. this was a show about pirates, and sure, some of them were queer. but not the LEADS. if you think they're romantically involved, that's must be fandom brain poisoning

except the 9th episode aired, and they kissed. and the show said "you're not crazy for thinking they have chemistry because they really do. it's been a romance this whole time". and in the 10th episode, Stede realizes that he's in love

(not mandating you watch this clip if you don't care for the show, but there's something that feels particularly earth shattering about no one saying the word gay but knowing that Stede's realizing he is, that it's completely unambiguous and explicit in a way that only straight romances are usually allowed to be)

this is why people freaked out about this show. no one knew. even the creator, David Jenkins, was surprised when WE were surprised that it was gay for real -- he set out to write a love story, using all the tried and true beats of a rom com. he'd never even heard of the term queerbaiting. he looked at historical Blackbeard and Stede Bonnet and thought "oh, there's something here" and just...wrote that, with very little fanfare, like it was inevitable. like it was obvious. of course Jim and Pam end up together. of course Buttercup and Westley end up together. what kind of disappointing ending would it be if You've Got Mail ended with the main characters just going their separate ways?

so of course Ed and Stede are in love

look, i get it. we're annoying and won't shut the fuck up about this show that seems mediocre at best. i watched the whole thing back in march, thought "huh, that was cool" and was sure that i'd forget about it in a few days

an hour after looking at fanart on twitter, i was lost in the fucking sauce

there's just so much to unpack from a mere 10 episodes. it covers racism, toxic masculinity, gender expression, sexuality, trauma and abuse. and i don't think we should overlook the fact that the non-white characters in this show get to be fully human in a way i haven't seen in my favourite shows in recent memory

additionally, most OFMD are 25 or older. we're not people who've been spoiled by queer rep, who don't get how hard it used to be, how you'd have to grovel for scraps, how shipping and fanfiction was a way to find queer rep where we thought there never would be. we've been here. we're annoying about this show because for a lot of us, it's the first time we've been treated like our queerness isn't an anomaly that needs to be relegated to its own section, that needs to be praised for the bare minimum of acknowledging that we exist. it's not pulling punches to avoid scaring away a straight audience. it just is.

OFMD for me is like when i watched Black Panther for the first time and realized that this is what white people felt all the time. have there been other black superhero movies? of course! does Disney fucking suck? BOY does it. but that was the first time i got to sit in a movie theater and watch a mainstream film that looked at Africa and said "look at how beautiful you are, exactly as you are"

and idk. i think that's really cool

#scarrlet rambles #ofmd #cant wait for all 5 notes on this post #and dont be fucking mean i'm not trying to start shit #anon is off btw if you want to try that #we're going to have a productive conversation or none at all we're adults here #for some reason tumblr didn't save my links and stuff THANKS TUMBLR #anyway the typo version is floating around now i guess 🥲

[alittlesilhouettoofaman]

I think there's an important distinction between Bohemian Rhapsody and Rocket Man that isn't taken into consideration when they're compared and criticized.

Bohemian Rhapsody is often criticized for sugarcoating Freddie Mercury's life. The viewer is left wondering who the real Freddie Mercury is.

However, Rocket Man is praised for being a very personal and intimate look at who Elton John is.

But the difference is that Elton John is alive.

Freddie Mercury is not.

Elton can tell us what he wants us to know.

Freddie doesn't have that luxury. He has to depend on those who knew him to tell his story.

Brian and Roger want to protect Freddie, even now. They were very careful with the parts of Freddie exposed in Bohemian Rhapsody.

I don't think this is necessarily a bad thing, especially when we have exploitative biopics like Blonde or Pam and Tommy. I do wish we had gotten more from Bohemian Rhapsody. But I can't help but wonder if anyone ever really knew Freddie.

He was so guarded with his personal life, and his true friends were few and far between. He was a persona, a character, and an enigma.

I'm not sure what Bohemian Rhapsody would have been like if he'd been alive. I'm not sure if Freddie would have ever gotten to a point in his life where he was comfortable with "telling all."

I highly doubt that Elton John told all with Rocket Man. I think he told a lot, but I'm sure there's plenty he kept to himself.

All that to say, yes, Bohemian Rhapsody is perhaps not a great look at who Freddie really was. But he's dead. He has no say in what he wants us to know. Instead, Brian and Roger are in charge, and they loved, love Freddie. Of course, they want to protect his memory.

Wouldn't you do the same?

When we lose someone, we love, we have a tendency of overlooking their flaws. We have a tendency of remembering them differently in death than in life. We want to share the very best of the person we lost.

Perhaps, Ed Sheeran said it best, "And everyone I love will know exactly who you are."

#freddie mercury #rocket man #bohemian rhapsody

[fruit-salad-ship]

I know this is a weird question, but would you be able to make a list of what pokemon the Trio has? It's just that between the teams of Peach, Plum, Grey, and the house mons, I can't keep track.

I'm copy-pasting from an old post, but here you go. It's worth noting the pokemon are mostly interchangable by this point. Only a few will not obey the other trainers. Ie. Val, Riot and Harley. They refuse to listen to anyone other than their OG trainer.

Grey: Gai (Lucario) Jo (Tangela) Harley (Cubone) Jinseng (Garchomp) Marcellus (Blastoise) Saxon (Houndoom) Chigby (Alolan Rattata) Zeke (Darumaka)

Plum: Missy (Dragonair) Minerva (Lopunny) Wednesday (Misdreavus) Don (Rockruff)

Peach: Bob (Torkoal) Valka (Vulpix) Booker (Teddiursa) Riot (Lycanroc-mindnight) Boadicea (CharizardXGarchomp) Donut (stantler) Murder King (Omanyte)

HOUSE MONS (No official trainer) Chip (Seedot) Lump (Lotad) Scooter (Surskit) Mocha (Milcery) ED (Scrafty) Pam (Pancham) Champagne (Trubbish) Killer B (Hitmonchan)

Thats all the mons that hang around a lot, but theres plenty roaming around the island elsewhere taht have either been parters or have bonded to the trio.

#recap #the trio's teams

[xxxcertifiednerdxxx]

Time to pull out the big guns.

it’s me, boy, I’m the slug, watching as Ladybug doesn’t even stand a chance against the awesome power of Party Crasher.

[image description: screenshot of Party Crasher vanquishing Ladybug, with a live slug reaction image slapped on in the bottom left corner]

[image description: SpongeBob burning paper meme, edited to say Haters burning a paper that says “Party Crasher is the Most Slay Akuma”]

[image description: infidelity meme; red girl says “Campaigning for Party Crasher to win Most Slay Akuma 2023”; man says “Me”; blue girl says “My responsibilities”]

[image description: comic of guy with flat top hair cut and yellow sweater vest reading a book. The book is open to a page edited to say “Party Crasher is Most Slay Akuma material” and “You cannot deny this, nor can your lungs deny oxygen.” Guy looks like he has seen nirvana]

[image description: Pooh vs dapper Pooh; Pooh says “Voting for Heart Hunter as Ugliest Akuma 2023”; dapper Pooh says “Voting for Heart Hunter as Ugliest Akuma 2023 AND Party Crasher as Most Slay Akuma 2023”]

[image description: Lisa Simpson presentation meme edited to say “Party Crasher deserves to be Most Slay Akuma 2023 and if you don’t vote for him you’re a COWARD”]

[image description: side eye monkey puppet meme with caption “Me when people make silly excuses for why anyone other than Party Crasher should be Most Slay Akuma”]

Me waiting for Party Crasher to win Most Slay Akuma 2023:

[image description: Mr. Bean waiting in a field of flowers]

[image description: crying girl vs girl under blanket; crying girl says “Me, advocating for Party Crasher to win Most Slay Akuma 2023”; girl under blanket says “People who follow me for anything other than ML”]

[image description: one of the kids from that ed, edd, and Eddie show or whatever, and they have a book of facts; they open it and point to a page that is edited to say “Party Crasher is, indubitably, THE Most Slay Akuma”]

[image description: someone holding two pics, one edited to show Party Crasher and the other edited to say “Most Slay Akuma,” and saying “Corporate needs you to find the differences between this picture and this picture.” Pam from the Office says “They’re the same picture.”]

[image description: sweating guy must choose between pressing two buttons; one is edited to say “Vote Party Crasher as Most Slay Akuma 2023” and the other is edited to say “Live in regret for the rest of your life”]

[image description: Gru’s plan meme, edited to say: “I convince everyone to vote for Party Crasher as Most Slay Akuma 2023”; “Party Crasher wins Most Slay Akuma 2023”; “After the poll, everyone forgets how amazing Party Crasher is”; “After the poll, everyone forgets how amazing Party Crasher is” :(]

[image description: guy holding a mug sits at a table with a sign edited to say “Party Crasher deserves to win Most Slay Akuma 2023” and then, unedited, “CHANGE MY MIND”]

[image description: Fred from Scooby Doo grips top of tied-up villain’s mask, and mask is edited to say “Most Slay Akuma,” Fred says “Let me see who you really are”; Fred unmasks villain, who is edited to have Party Crasher’s face, and Fred says “I knew it !”]

[image description: comic of guy who found the scroll of truth, except guy is edited to be “Fools” and scroll is edited to say “Party Crasher is Most Slay Akuma”]

[image description: grey guy is “Xhanisai/Gale-Ganglepenguin” and is reaching out to hold yellow ball labeled “Chat Blanc/Safari Campaign”; grey guy sweats nervously as big pink blob guy, who is “xxxcertifiednerdxxx/is-nino-actually-luka campaigning for Party Crasher,” grabs grey guy around the waist]

[image description: meme saying my heart goes crazier as images change from Party Crasher attacking Carapace to Party Crasher attacking Pegasus to Party Crasher attacking Ladybug]

[image description: Uno meme, where card says (edited) “Lie and say Party Crasher isn’t Most Slay Akuma 2023” (unedited) “OR draw 25”; guy holding a bunch of cards is labeled as “Me, someone with integrity”]

[image description: was anybody going to tell me guy, edited to say “Okay, was anybody going to tell me that Party Crasher is Most Slay Akuma 2023 or was I just supposed to see Millie’s/Frank’s/xxxcertifiednerdxxx’s spam posting myself?”]

#party crasher #party crasher or death #vote party crasher most slay akuma 2023 #party crasher most slay akuma 2023 #party crasher is obvi the most slay #lengthy article #ml #ml meme #ml memes #miraculeakless #ml leak free #ml leak safe #mlnl #akuma poll 2023 #meme #memes #nerd out #nerd-out

[ivczoloft]

Andy & Erin from The Office

I'm on my 100th rewatch and I will never understand why they weren't endgame, all that build-up for absolutely nothing. Yes they both were a bit immature and Andy was a jackass in the last season, but every single couple on this show was toxic af at one point (well, except for Michael and Holly but some might think is debatable), the writers could've just made them work their issues out, not throw in that Pete (AKA Plop lol) boy in the last minute to try and make a Jim/Pam/Roy 2.0 situation, besides Ellie Kemper and Ed Helms had lots of chemistry imo. I'll forever headcanon that they found their way back to each other idc.

#ed helms #ellie kemper #erin hannon #andy bernard #erin and andy #andy and erin #the office #the office us #unpopular opinion

[danepopfrippery]

Thank you @countesspetofi for tagging me to share my 10 favorite characters from 10 different fandoms!

LET THE PARADE OF BLORBOS COMMENCE

(Cuz adhd im just gonna not rank, just a random assortment of my obsessions)

Pam Poovey (Archer)

Pam saved me from a bad relationship so ill always love her. Im basically Pam irl but classier and not as physically tough (also shes literally fucked everything and everyone on the show minus ray, not for not trying, so shes cooler than me). She says the most inappropriate things (as above) but she tells it like it is

Jane (from Daria)

Jane was so cool. Jane is more who i am as an adult vs as a teen, as a teen i was all sourpuss daria wishing i was quinn. She has some of the best lines in the show, she always rebelled against authority, and was just a bamf. I love her

Lisa Simpson (the Simpsons)

Cant tell im an animation geek? While simpson finally lost me in s33 but Lisa raised me. Im not sure i could ever meet Yeardley Smith, id prbly snot cry

Ed (OFMD)

I love him. Hes a damaged hottie whos a murder and a softie (much like Guillermo). I cried when he was in the blanket for. Taika seems to be immensely annoying as a person rn (blackfish wife and not apologizing for terf ass shit from 2013-14) but ill always love his acting in this. Thanks Kayvan for teaching me to separate the character from the actor

Miss Fisher (Miss Fisher)

I dunno why i took so damn long to watch this show given i love feminists, 1920s, and sassiness. She is the og bamf. And id kill for any part of her wardrobe

Val (Uncle)

Val is so awesome (nvm gorgeous con o neill with his titties out owning a male strip club and being a good dad). Val isnt a main character and you can tell by the end they were figuring reasons to keep him (Val identifies as male) around. His relationship with Andy is really great too. Starts out pure hatred, for bothering his daughter (Andy’s ex). Ends with them being good buds

Laszlo Cravensworth (WWDITS)

Much like ofmd this list could be pure wwdits if not per fandom. Im going with Laszlo. Id fuck him today. Id also fuck matt berry today good god that man is sexy af. Believe it or not pre wwdits i hadnt really heard of him (i hate it and im american so most of it passed me by). Hes a good dad, unlike nandor he found a way to grow even if small. Hes a loving husband, and beyond that he doesnt give a fuck about anyone. Just fucking and sucking, loving his wife and his son

Franklin Sherman (The Critic) (shame on tumblr having no gif)

Franklin is what u get when u mash Frank Reynolds with Pam Poovey. The Critic was a brief but shining star and its Simpsons crossover gave us some great lines. Franklin was rich as piss, former govenor of new york, and completely well despite being a weirdo (theyd tell ppl he had a stroke to explain his personality like nandor). I love Franklin

Peter (The Great)

I call The Great straight Ofmd. Same loose history as ofmd about Catherine the Great. Irl she killed Peter. In the show she imprisons him. He starts as an enemy and does shit as dumb as Nandor (kills her lover cuz she actually loved him despite peter fucking everything). BUT then he takes a Laszlo turn: hes deeply excited to be a dad and is actually a good dad to the point other rich ppl are like ew wtf? Hes also extremely wtf?

Roger Smith (American Dad)

Wonder why Guillermo doesnt bother me? Been watching this dude since 2005. Hes an alien the smiths take in while playing every gender and sexuality he can think of (to the point the world falls apart without him unless the illuminati have killed him). Hes also a serial killer, commits many acts of violence, says he hates sex back home on his planet cuz its ‘all consensual.’ Hes also fucked and been many celebrities real and imagined

I dont think i got 10 active mutuals on here but ill try a few: @hotdiggitydollie @pundromeda @liliam4066 @cookinguptales @mulderscully @ritahayworrth @elite-earthbender

#archer #pam poovey #ofmd #our flag means death #simpsons #daria #jane lane #uncle bbc #val bbc uncle #wwdits #laszlo cravensworth #the critic #franklin sherman #the great #american dad #roger smith

[batmanisagatewaydrug]

Oh good someone found the 'metrosexual' Eddie! I tried finding it but there's so many comics to look through... anyways though the one where Poison Ivy grabs him by the balls and tells him he doesn't have any is from Detective Comics 797-799. Ed also spends the whole time lamenting that he "doesn't understand women" while being led through Ivy's jungle by a hulking handsome man and wondering why that guy's here to lead him around when Ivy hates men. He's really just like that post that goes "a character so misogynistic he circles back around to being gay"

alright well. I auditioned a couple quick jokey responses to this that would let me just get on with my night but. nope. simply wouldn't suffice. since you went to all the trouble of telling me EXACTLY which issues to dig this up in, might as well have a gander.

first off I'd just like to say from the bottom of my heart

outta my way gay boy I'm boutta get it

anyway this whole plot is apparently kicked off because everyone's pissed off at Eddie because of the Hush thing and trying to kick his ass and for some reason he decides the solution to this is to hide out in a park that Poison Ivy has taken over and turned into an impenetrable super-jungle. I personally love when the Riddler is being hunted for sport, so this is great for me.

already lost and sweaty he encounters the hulking handsome man anon warned us about, who looks like this if anyone's curious

not really my cup of tea but he looks like he takes great care of that hair and I respect that he's dressed for comfort

should be mentioned that this bullshit takes place as an entirely separate story smack at the end of issues that are actually mostly about Bruce, Barbara, and Cass trying to stop some kind of turbo gang war. may or may not be related to whatever's going on over in Poison Ivy's helljungle; I'd like to thing the editors threw it in as a little treat for the readers. alright gang, we've slogged through an awful lot of violence and Bat-angst - now put on Yakety Sax and watch the Riddler have an absolutely terrible time!

anyway, onwards to #798. the Eddie and Pam segment begins with what I can only describe as an incel collage

in light of that last one I do feel the need to bring back this bad image I made recently as part of my awful ongoing quest to watch Gotham

Pam tells Eddie that he's not a real supervillain because, and I am paraphrasing slightly here, he's a little bitch and absolutely no one wants to work for him because there's 0 prestige involved. she announces that she's going to kill him (fair) and he decides to just take his chances jumping off a cliff instead. godspeed, you little freak.

the Pam & Eddie portion of #799 opens with Eddie once again sweaty and hauling ass through the jungle while Pam dicks around with him, getting increasingly aggravated. she steals his tie to be petty and also says this, which

idk there's some kind of metaphor for queer discourse in there somewhere, right?

anyway Pam gets his ass so good Eddie just begs her to get it over with and kill him, at which point Pam pulls the ol' switcheroo and decides to just let him leave as an even bigger emotional wreck than he was to begin with.

anyway in conclusion he's pathetic and definitely riding the self-pitying incel train hard but there's not actually any instance of Poison Ivy referring to, targeting, or otherwise involving his balls in any way. her MO here seems to lean much more towards vine-based bondage and asphyxiation than CBT.

and that's probably for the best.

anyway for those curious this mini-story, titled "Low," was published in 2004, written by Shane McCarthy with art by Tommy Castillo, Rodney Ramos, Tony Avina, and Nick Napolitano.

#edward riddlehands

[lacontroller1991]

Drunken Confession (Gordo Stevens x F!Reader)

Requested by anon: 110 with Gordo and 94 with Gordo 🥺

Main Master List. Writing Prompt Master List

150 Random Prompts

94- "You need a place to stay for tonight?"

110- "Is that a drawing of me?"

Warnings: Drinking, alcoholism, language, reader tries to gaslight Gordo, it doesn't work, drunk confessions

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You cringe as you watch Gordo slam back another shot of Jack, aware that he probably doesn't even taste it anymore and is just drinking it for the feeling. Meanwhile, you sip on your water, since you're more than likely going to drive him home, wherever that is for the night.

"God, she's such a bitch," Gordo rambles, signaling for another round, though Pam and you know it's just colored water at this point, Pam having cut him off three drinks ago. Still, Pam pours more of the amber liquid into his cup.

"Why is she a bitch?" You ask out of compliance, already knowing Gordo's thoughts on his now ex wife. Gordo slams back his drink and grimaces before looking at the glass.

"This shit's weak," he turns to you, leaning his head on your shoulder, "I was so... so supportive of her and then when I came back, she wants me to move out. Of my own house." He grumbles, obviously annoyed at the prospect as you think on it for a minute.

"You need a place to stay for tonight?" Pam shoots you a glare as if to say 'don't do it.' "I have plenty of room. Pretty sure Ed or whoever will appreciate a break.

"You'd do that. For me?" Gordo's lip quivers slightly as you nod your head while Pam shakes hers.

"Of course, that's what friends are for," the words taste bitter in your mouth and for a second you can see a pang of longing cross his blue eyes. "Come on, pay Pam and let's get you some shut eye."

He nods, fishing in his his pockets for bills, only to produce 20 dollars. His bill is definitely not 20 dollars. You give Pam a small smile before handing her your card as she nods in thanks. Gordo notices. "What's that for?"

"Just paying for my drinks," you give him a small smile, gripping onto his arm for his stability as you pocket your card. "Night Pam."

"Night guys. Get home safe."

Gordo stumbles through the door, laughing at his own joke, though you don't find it very funny. Walking into your living room, he looks around at the various trinkets, some of them from the moon, others replicas of LEMs and LSAMs decorating your shelves. Gordo whistles as he picks up the LSAM he piloted a couple of missions ago.

"Why do you have this replica?" He sets it gently back down before grabbing your mission patches, his name, well, his wife's name, next to yours. "I remember this mission. Trace was so happy to go on it," he smiles fondly as you fidget slightly, annoyed at the mention of his ex.

"Yeah she was, I'm gonna get my spare bedroom set up for you, you can just stay here, just... don't move." You disappear out of Gordo's sight as he sets the patch down, continuing to look over every crook and crany in your house. He has never been in your house before, and come to think of it, he doesn't think anyone has been in your house before. Which is why he's taking every advantage he can get to look around.

After digging through your various vinyls he takes a seat on your living room couch and taps his fingers against his thigh, his eyes still looking around the room before falling to a notebook on the coffee table. Leaning over, he reaches out to grab the notebook and inspect it.

"Hey Stevens, how many blankets do you want?" Your voice rings through the house and Gordo drops the notebook, almost getting caught snooping.

"Uhhh, just 2. Thanks," he waits for a couple of seconds before picking up the notebook and opening the cover. He know he shouldn't be looking through your personal stuff, but something draws him to it.

Flipping through most of its contents, Gordo realizes that it's just a normal journal. Some entries about the training program, some entries about space, some entries about feminine things that has him cringing, it isn't until he comes across a wordless page that he stops his investigation. There, in the middle of the page, is a photo of him. And not just some random news clip or mission photo, but a drawing. A drawing of him.

Meanwhile, you round the corner, a faint smile on your face at the prospect of having your long term crush sleeping in your house. But the sight of him on your couch, looking in your journal, makes your blood run cold. "What the hell are you doing?"

Gordo's eyes snap up, blush blooming across his cheeks as he looks back down to the drawing before finding your eyes again. "It's uh..." He can't lie his way out of this, there's no way. "It's not what it looks like."

"What it looks like is you snooping through my stuff," you're quick to rush over and snatch the notebook out of his hands but he holds on tight, bringing it close in to his chest. "Gordon, give me back the damn notebook."

"Is... Is that a drawing of me?" He allows you to snatch the notebook out of his hands once he realizes how close you and him actually are to each other.

"No. It's not."

"Yeah, see I don't believe that. That looks exactly like me," you move away from him and hold the notebook behind you, trying your hardest not to break down in front of him. You don't know how long you've liked him for, and drawing him seemed to help keep your feelings for him at bay. You just hope he only saw that one and not the dozens of others.

"It's not. You're just seeing things. You're drunk." He moves to stand up and stalks over to you, your heart beating out of your chest.

"I've never actually been that drunk to the point where I can't see things." His breath is hot against your face as you turn your head, refusing to look at him. "Look at me, please?" You shake your head, licking your lips as you move away from him.

"Please, just go to sleep. You're not thinking right."

"What I'm thinking is that you like me."

"Stevens, if you don't drop this subject I'm going to kick you out of my house," your threat is empty and he knows it.

"Hey, (Y/N)."

"What?" He raises his hand and gently grips your chin, guiding you to face him.

"Do you like me?" You stammer over your words. Should you tell him? Would be remember? Would he like you back?

"I don't think we should have this conversation right now."

"Please, I knew you guys were swapping my drinks with water. I'm sober enough to know what I truly feel. So just answer me. Do you like me?"

"Yes."

"Good," his lips crash against yours as one hand cradles the back of your head, the other dragging you into him. You stay in his embrace for a minute before he pulls away, resting his forehead on yours. "I like you too."

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[booasaur]

I cannot wait to hear your thoughts about FAMK 308. I have a few questions for you (kindof spoilerish) 1) Do you think Pam (and Larry) are right, that Ellen was always meant for greatness and she'd want more? Im not sure. I think that's used to fit the narrative so Ellen could be president but IMO I think Ellen would have been happy playing CEO of a space company which no one knew about but Ellen. 2) What were you thinking when Ellen left Pam's and their interaction / meaning behind it all?

I typed up a long answer to this last night and then my Tumblr tab went blank so I took a wee break to be mad as hell but let me try again today. :)

First, thank you for giving me questions to form my answers around! It's tougher when it's just vague thoughts.

For 1), even as I was watching their long scene and loving it, y'all know my favorite f/f activity is just open communication, I was like, what are you talking about, Pam? I know I've said this a million times, but the show never acted like Ellen had these huge personal ambitions, she just always wanted only space in general, then specifically Mars. If anything, this track kept her from personally going to Mars. If Ed could, she sure could have.

And okay, as you said, maybe only Ellen knew that heading her own company was even an option, but then that's just absurd character writing. We're meant to think Pam and Ellen never talked about life outside NASA, about what would happen if Ellen came out, as she was increasingly implying in s2 she would? Pam must know of Ellen's family, she never herself thought about that connection?

However, even as I was thinking that, I was finally at a point where I was like, you know what, even if I don't think that's how they wrote it, the writers are clearly now building upon this particular narrative, so whether it's a matter of bad writing or retconning or even a scene being left out, fine, this is the current reality. Ellen was ambitious and Pam gave up on their relationship for her. Okay.

And then immediately I was again like, Pam, how are you remembering young Ellen as this fiery activist who would be disappointed in her presidency when she was the most quiet of the candidates and pulled her hand back in the bar and chose to marry Larry? What's more, how can you blame her for not fixing the country's homophobia in a couple of years when you literally lied to her and left because you knew that would be needed for Ellen to be president? THAT compromise is okay? Though actually, that's the kind of thing I can excuse more easily, where it can be more about an individual's own perceptions and justifications, flawed as they might be. Unlike the straight up false reality everyone's trying to create around Ellen in s2.

For 2), let me also bring in another ask:

And another ask:

FAMK SPOILER - I feel, Pam's bitching to Ellen about her lack of progress re-ignited the fire in her belly that's been missing for decades due to Larry's bs chatter about being gay is bad. I can't wait for you thoughts on this episode wrt Pam / Larry / Ellen.

When I was answering these last night, I had been like, on this show, perhaps their scene was meant to bring closure in addition to giving Ellen a kick in the pants to finally take more of a stand against Larry's arguments to go for the safest option but you know... I mean, I haven't been liking Larry for a while now, but that's based on how he's been written and I'm a little sad that not only did they make him cowardly and selfish to the degree they did, which could have been simple character traits, but he's actually framed as the antagonist Ellen's needed to fight back against. Like, the lesbian astronaut politician's biggest enemy for two decades is the scared gay guy? But I suppose this show is still...I trust it to at least pull that back, have them come to some kind of understanding.

Then I was gonna say, on a different show, I'd assume Pam reappearing would mean a reunion at the end, if they're really gonna hammer in her being the love of Ellen's life and appear now in the third decade, it's ridiculous to just have her go away again. But based on this next ask from earlier today:

And another ask:

I'm getting excited about FAMK ep 9, Pam in promo pics staring at something. Hmm wonder what it is.

Ahhh, well. I kinda wish I'd been able to just be surprised when she showed up, but nevertheless, interesting. She's in eps 7, 8, and 9, if they don't include her in ep 10 this time!!! I guess we'll see. :o

#replies #femslash related stuff #sent on 20220729 #sent on 20220804 #Anonymous #5 #for all mankind #for all mankind 3x08 #ellen x pam #I'd been giffing their scene last night too and then gave that up too in my anger at tumblr :P #probably should do it in the next 2.5 hours :o

[amlovelies]

rules: shuffle your ‘on repeat’ playlist and post the first 10 tracks, then list 10 songs you really like, each by a different artist. then tag 10 people to do the same thing

thank you for the tags @grapecaseschoices and @roxaro 💜

on repeat

the taste of ink - the used

I see fire - celtic woman

sometime around midnight - the airborne toxic event

a little death - the neighborhood

I'll see you in a while - brooke bentham

scars - boy epic

sing of the moon - the collection

tear it all down - ed proseck

muscle memory - lights

chasing twisters - delta rae

as usual my on repeat playlist is either stuff from my discover weekly or chargestep bullshit

songs I really like

november rain - guns and roses

little red corvette - prince

nfwmb - hozier

lightning in a bottle - the summer set

maybe it was mephis - pam tillis

the melting point of wax - thrice

vegas - all time low

so long - niall horan

vice - miranda lambert

hopeless romantic - michelle branch

my no pressure tags are @horchatabun @lord-king-saint @nerdferatum @griever-receiver @griffin-wood @kittlesandbugs @gingerbreton @freckled-lili @dinosaurfucker and @queerdetectiveblue

#thanks for tagging <3 #tag games #radio

[meddwlyngymraeg]

Vocabulary (truth)

gwir -> truth (n), true, real (adj.)

(The adjective and the noun are both gwir.)

yn wir -> truthfully (adv.)

cywir -> truthful, accurate, correct (adj.)

cywiro -> to correct, rectify

cywirdeb (au) -> accuracy(/-ies)

anghywir -> false, wrong, incorrect

anghywirdeb(au) -> inaccuracy(/-ies)

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Mae hi'n deud y gwir. She is telling the truth.

A gweud y gwir, dwi wedi blino hefyd. To tell the truth, I'm tired too.

Yn wir, dweda wrtha i beth wyt ti'n ei gofio. Truthfully, tell me what you remember.

Mae'r disgrifiad yn cywir, ac felly cafodd y datganiad ei gywiro. The description is accurate/correct, and so the statement has been corrected.*

*This is the passive speech form in Welsh a ddysgais i'n ddiweddar, that I learned recently.

In Welsh, you say that something "got itself [verb]ed" in a sense, using cael and the reflexive pronoun (whatever would replace itself). In the past tense.

So the paper was corrected -> the paper got itself corrected -> cafodd y papur ei gywiro.

Ces i fy nghywiro fy hunan. I corrected myself.

Cafodd hi ei chywiro. She was corrected.

Cafodd e ei gywiro. He was corrected.

(There's a contraction of "e + ei" out there that's escaping my mind right now... Anyway, the point of doing e/o and hi sentences was to highlight how the mutations work: they're dependant on the subject: e/hi)

Anyway, I'll do a separate post on it sometime. Moving on to more sentences...

Pam roedd fy ateb yn anghywir?? Why was my answer wrong/incorrect??

Mae llawer o anghywirdebau yn ei ddatganiad e. There are many inaccuracies in his statement.

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Some extra vocab from the sentences

dweud (/deud (N)/gweud (S)) wrth [rhywun] -> to tell [someone] (literally, say to someone)

disgrifiad(au) -> description(s) (m.)

datganiad(au) -> statement(s) (m.)

ateb -> to answer (verb)

ateb(ion) -> an answer, answers (noun)

fy/dy/ei hun/hunan -> my/your/him/her/itself

ein/eich/eu hunain -> ourself/yourself/themselves

#vocaulary #sentences #grammar #source: dictionary #linked #this took longer than I had thought it would wtf #source: text #dysgu cymraeg #langblr

[mutant34]

The Rogue Files: How Ivy Got Her Name part 1

Eddie and Ivy were sitting on the couch arguing which wasn't unusual, in fact it happened quite often. Ivy started screaming "The Riddler is nothing compared to Poison Ivy" and that's when Eddie lost it "you wouldn't even be Poison Ivy if it wasn't for me". It's true Eddie gave Pam the name Poison Ivy. It all started a while back when they both were starting out and first came to Arkham. Eddie already had his criminal name however but Pam didn't, and she ended up sitting next to Nygma during lunch while he was arguing with Aaron Cash. Eddie threw his lunch tray across the room and ended up hitting Bane in the back of the head. "AARON THIS FOOD IS UNEXCEPTBLE..., AND YOU WONDER WHY WE WANT TO ESCAPE SO BADLY". Aaron shook his head and started clapping his HANDS together. "I'M SORRY ED, I'll get right on that 5 star dining for the criminals" . Aaron walked away laughing while Eddie muttered "the only thing criminal around here is the food". Ivy sat next Edward reluctantly, she would later deny this but his little performance had scared her a little. Ed was solving sadoku puzzle and looked up slightly to see Ivy but looked back down at his puzzle, he didn't even acknowledge her. Ivy started to dig inside the food but upon the first bite she spit it back out. Ed leaned over, grabbed her tray and threw in the same direction that he had thrown his own, except this time he hit Killer Croc in the head. Pam at him angrily. Ed looked up at her and began to speak" why are you so angry you weren't going to eat it". Ivy looked at him puzzled. "It doesn't matter its the principle of the thing." Eddie turned his head up and began giggle miniclly, it started low and gargly before getting louder and clear."I like you", Pam couldn't help but blush a little as he smirked at her."What's your name?". He looked at her for a minute " Are you joking you don't know who I am, she shook her head. " I'm Edward Nygma, the Riddler, the clue leaving conundrum, the prince of puzzlers, king of cundrums. Ivy started to remember "oh now I remember gothams premeir Master mind" Ed started grinning "the one and only, now what is your name". Pamela Isley". "Oh your that plant lady who been killing people, so what's your villian name again". Pam eyes widened and she began to frown a little, "I don't have one" Eddie's smirk slowly turned into a frown and his eyes began to narrow. "What you need a name that strikes fear, that shows your power" he began to scream" you realy want people to run around screaming it's the Pam oh the Pam anything but the Pam". Ivy didn't like his tone but he had a point. "your right" Ed calmed down and fixed his hair "of coarse I'm right" she rolled her eyes "You don't want to bel like Mr V using your real name even Mr freeze at least changed the spelling". Victor v heard him "watch it Nygma I still have room for another tally". Ed leaned over and whisperd in her ear "he's just mad because Tally Man was already tacken" and victor grabbed the knife of his tray and scratch a tally onto his palm. Pam laughed he was kinda of funny, not stupid funny like the Joker but a Witty kind of funny. "Pam I have an idea" Eddy said slowly," what if I help you pick out a name it should have the in it thise names are popular right now the penguin, the Joker, and best of them all the Riddler". Ed's ego was tad much but his enthusiasm and charm made up for it. "ok "Pam said finally and Edward almost "simultaneously jumped onto the table top. Gather around everyone ate dear friend needs a new name". None of the guards seemed to pay him any mind even Cash. This went on for hours and one lunch was up theu continued there conversation in the rec room where Eddie stood on top of the table behind the couch. A man in the crowd of villians raised his hand. "I SWEAR TO GOD, DECKER IF YOU SUGGEST GREEN LADY AGAIN I'LL WILL BREAK ALL OF YOUR FINGERS OFF ONE BY ONE" and with this Crazy Quilt lowerd his hand. Pam noticed somthing, Eddie was genuinely frighteningly sadistic and quite terrifying, not that she was much better.

#Riddler #Edward Nygma #Poison Ivy #Pamela Isley #Aaron Cash #Crazy Quilt #Bane #Killer Croc

[miawritingaboutgenre]

SECTION 3: Women in Film Noir:

British film scholar Janey Place, communicates the complications that come with the character trope of the Femme fatal, the spider woman, or any prominent female characters in classic film noir. She describes the women in film noir to be ‘active, not static symbols’ who are characterised by seemingly positive traits such as ‘intelligence…if destructively so’ who ‘derive power, not weakness from their sexuality’ (Place, 1994). The focus on the noir woman’s sexuality is highly significant in noir due to its ‘danger to the male character’, which is visually expressed through iconographies and mise-en scene, such as noticeable makeup and jewellery, cigarettes, and their legs, amongst many others. Similarly, this can be achieved through lighting and camera positioning/angles and movement which Janey explores through analysing films such as ‘Double Indemnity’ (Wilder, 1944) and ‘The Postman Always Rings Twice’ (Gatnett, 1946)

‘Mildred Pierce’ (Michael Curtiz, 1945) is a noir film that consists of different types of film noir women, and certainly conforms to many of the noir typologies. The film follows Mildred Pierce who is a lower-class home-owner, a wife and a mother to two young daughters. Mildred is devoted to her children, which essentially leads to her downfall by the conclusion of the film.

Pam Cook who is Professor Emerita in Film at the University of Southampton, challenges the films typicality within the 1940s genre which is ‘characterised by a prevailing mood of pessimism and paranoia…a visual style dependent upon expressionist lighting…and a convoluted orginisation of narrative’ (Cook:69). Similarly, she claims that the film ‘signifies its labour by which men command the means of production and women remain within the family’. (Cook, 69). Despite Cook’s exploration of the film does not discus the roles and significance of women in film Noir, her writing still manages to highlight the ways in which the films’ characters conform to the typologies of women in noir.

Mildred Pierce, released in the same year of the ending of World War Two presents a female protagonist who essentially conforms to the way women were supposed to behave in society after the war: as a mother and house wife. According to Pam Cook, Mildred becomes ‘the historical need to re-construct an economy based on a division of labour by which men command the means of production and women remain within the family’. The film ends with Mildred returning to her original husband and loosing her children, placing her back into the domestic role that women were expected to succumb too.

Veda Pierce, Mildred’s daughter who is portrayed by Anna Blyth, can be considered the femme fatale of the film, which is one way it can be considered a noir film.

As displayed above, the lighting is very conventional for film noir. Veda is extremely manipulative and morally corrupt, and she utilises her sexuality and feminism to get what she wants which can be applied to a point that Place makes in regards to the femme fatal, when she writes that she’s someone who ‘tempts men and brings about his destruction’ (Place:47) While Veda certainty fits the visual appearance of a femme fatal due to her hair, makeup and other features that are considered iconographies of the genre, it is her independence that stands out; during the world-war two society in which women were expected to be providers, like Mildred, Veda stands out significantly as an ‘intelligent’ woman who certainly does ‘derive power…from her sexuality’ (Place:47).

Works Cited:

Place, J. ‘Women in Film Noir’ in Kaplan, E. Ann. (1994) Women in Film Noir, London: BFI, pp. 35-67.

Mildred Pierce (1945) Directed by M. Curtiz. [Feature film]. United States: Warner Bros

Cook, P. ‘“Exploitation Films” and Feminism’, Screen, Vol. 17 no. 2, summer 1976.

Cool, P , ‘Duplicity in Mildred Pierce‘, in E Ann Kaplan (ed), Women in Film Noir, (London: BFI Publishing, 1980), pp 68-82, p. 68.

[biglisbonnews]

We're Learning So Much From Pamela Anderson's New Memoir Pamela Anderson is retaking control of her own narrative and oh boy, what a wild ride of a narrative it is.Having already teased her new memoir and its corresponding Netflix docuseries early last year, Anderson's answer to Hulu's much-buzzed-about limited series Pam & Tommy has finally arrived. and the new tell-all is definitely living up to the hype. Covering everything from childhood trauma to her various high-profile relationships, Anderson's new memoir, Love, Pamela, is offering us new insight into the star's highly publicized life and generating a slew of ChatGPT-esque tabloid headlines in its wake. From watching the 2008 Obama inauguration on a blown-up mattress with Vivienne Westwood and Jurgen Teller to the time she found a crack pipe hidden in a Christmas tree by ex-husband Rick Salomon, the book is apparently rife with plenty of interesting anecdotes and celeb-riddled run-ins interspersed between bits of prose and free verse poetry. There are plenty of references to a variety of intellectual, literary and artistic influences ranging from James Baldwin to Angela Davis, Che Guevara, Diego Rivera, Ed Ruscha, Jungian psychoanalysts and more. ​Among some of the notable takeaways include Anderson's account of her relationship with Kid Rock, who had a pointed dislike of photographer David LaChapelle, not believing he "was really gay." The two were on the verge of moving in together until the romance came to a spectacular end at the premiere of Borat. Up until that point, Anderson had hidden her role from the rock star, which sees Sacha Baron Cohen's titular character hatch a plot to abduct the actress at a book signing in a ploy to get her to marry him. “I forgot about the part in the film that referenced the ‘sex tape,’" Anderson writes. "Bob [Kid Rock] stormed out, calling me a whore and worse. He was embarrassed, and his reaction was not thought through... After I chased Bob to his car, he peeled out, leaving me there alone. I turned back and apologized, then asked if anyone could give me a ride home. When I walked in, Bob was smashing a photo on the wall. He said he was sick of waking up to a picture of me and David LaChapelle every day. But it wasn’t me and David — it was Marilyn Monroe and Bert Stern.” Elsewhere in the memoir, Anderson remembers the early days of her whirlwind romance with Tommy Lee, admitting that she barely knew the Mötley Crüe drummer's name when they eloped in Mexico in 1995. “On the flight home, I asked him what our last name was, and he said, ‘Lee,'” she writes. “I said, ‘Oh, I thought it was Tommy Lee... something. Jones?'” As we all know, the honeymoon phase would, unfortunately, turn out to be short-lived, with their marriage being marred by numerous accounts of physical abuse, substance abuse, a suicide attempt involving vodka and a bottle of Advil, Lee's 1998 arrest and an infamous leaked sex tape. Anderson recently opened up about the trauma of having to revisit the sex tape in the trailer for her new Netflix series. “I blocked that stolen tape out of my life in order to survive, and now that it’s all coming up again, I feel sick,” she says, though she's clear to point out that she's "not the damsel in distress." "I put myself in crazy situations and (laughs) survived them," Anderson said. "Why can’t we be the heroes of our own life story?"Pamela Anderson's new memoir, Love, Pamela, and Netflix series, Pamela, a love story, are both out now.Photo via Getty/ FRANCOIS GUILLOT/ AFP https://www.papermag.com/pamela-anderson-memoir-2659336733.html

#Love pamela #Pamela a love story #Memoir #Tommy lee #Kid rock #Celebrity #Relationships #Borat #David lachapelle #Vivienne westwood #Jurgen teller #Pamela anderson #Matt Moen #PAPER

[onlinefishingguide]

The Ladies in Proficient Bass Fishing Today - Where Could They be?

I had a medical procedure last week and couldn't fish or drive, so I was working on the site and conversing with certain companions on Facebook while observing some live competition inclusion, and the subject of why we don't see numerous ladies fishing in proficient bass occasions came up.

It truly made me think since I hadn't given as much consideration to this as I ought to have.

I chose to reach a few lifelong companions in proficient bass fishing both male and female and get their contemplations on it, and I think you'll be shocked at what some of them said.

To begin with, on the off chance that you didn't know it, ladies haven't forever been permitted to fish B.A.S.S. occasions.

The principal lady to contend in a co-ed B.A.S.S. competition was Vojai Reed. She fished the 1991 Missouri Invitational and completed 58th! not terrible, yet it wasn't a thing to show that ladies planned to win a great deal of Bassmaster Fisherman of the Year grants or begin bringing back home Bassmaster Exemplary prizes.

What's more, starting around 2018, they haven't!

I had a tackle store, guide administration, and a public broadcast at the earliest reference point of the web.

I had been associated with the old Redman Visit where I met a great deal of fishermen who are fishing at an expert level today, and I had opened Bass Master shops in Harrisburg, Dad where I did classes for TTI Blackmore, permitting me to connect with a ton of experts in bass fishing. I reached Andre Moore,who had Response Advancements and begun conveying his snares, and talking him on the radio shows.I was at the Exemplary when he proposed to Kim Bain in front of an audience.

I thought, how wonderful is this, a group like that fishing the Works of art together, she will go the distance.

Kim Bain-Moore was the principal lady to contend in the Bassmaster Exemplary. She qualified by winning the 2008 Ladies' Bassmaster Visit Fisherman of the Year title. In the Work of art, she completed 47th out of 51 fishermen. It was her first and last!

Pam Martin-Wells turned into the second lady to fish the Work of art. Like Kim Bain-Moore, she qualified in the wake of winning the 2009 WBT AOY grant. She completed 22nd out of 51 fishermen in the Classic.Pam Martin-Wells is effectively the most achieved female fisherman in B.A.S.S. history.Martin-Wells positions 123rd on the B.A.S.S. all-time prize cash list with $308,321.14. The vast majority of that was acquired through the WBT or in her solitary Exemplary appearance.

After the disintegration of the WBT in 2011 no lady has even verged on meeting all requirements for the title.

Janet Parker verged on meeting all requirements for the Elites in 2011.

Sabrina Thompson was profiled some time back on a neighborhood news station in Texas, she is a Master Fisherman and was partaking in that end of the week's Bass Ace Shops Bassmaster Focal Opens.

So why would that be no joking matter?

She was the very first person of color to contend in the bass fishing competition.

She fills in as the VP of the Global League of Dark Bass Fishermen, and has a non-benefit association "Texas Fighting Fishermen", where she shows ladies and youngsters the nuts and bolts of fishing.

Having been engaged with bass fishing in the Upper east, and bridging the country bass fishing and directing, for over 30 years, I got an opportunity to get to know a great deal of expert fishermen, both male and female, I invested energy with Judy Wong at the Work of art, I was there at Christie Bradley's most memorable competitions on the Potomac waterway, so I had high any desires for seeing a ladies win the Class or FLW visit.

Christiana Bradley posted a fourth spot finish at the Bass Star Shops Southern Open on Douglas Lake, making B.A.S.S. history.

It was the best completion ever by a lady in a co-ed B.A.S.S. occasion, beating Dianna Clark's fifth put finish on the Red Stream at a 2010 Open. Click here OnlineFishingGuide.com

I took Mary Divincenti, Ladies' Bassmaster Exemplary boss, out prefishing for the FLW and had her on my public broadcasts, so I was expecting an extraordinary arrangement from these ladies in proficient bass fishing, given the way that things were changing in bass fishing for ladies and I knew some of them by and by, which provoked me to contact the top female and male fishermen today and see what their considerations were on why this hasn't occurred.

This is the very thing that they said when I inquired "For what reason Don't We See More Ladies Fishing At An Expert Level Today?"

I think with the notoriety of the game developing you will see ladies fishing at the most elevated levels soon. With the secondary school and school programs developing at the rate they are it's getting young ladies required at before ages which allows them to invest more energy on the water to learn. Up to this point the folks that have gotten along admirably at the expert level have numerous long stretches of fishing experience with fathers, granddads, uncles or companions. This time on the water gives them an immense benefit over ladies. With ladies getting involved a lot more youthful and seeing a feasible calling they can put their time and exertion in it will attract ladies to the game.

Matt Herron

I would agree that it is only the numerical rates. There are presumably some extraordinary lady fishermen, however for all of them there are in a real sense a huge number of extraordinary male fishers. That is the reason no ladies fit the bill for the Elites. The first will make a strong half million every year in the event that she sells it! We will see.

Chad Pipkens

Insights show that ladies fishermen is a developing number.

Your inquiry is the reason the quantity of cutthroat ladies fishermen isn't bigger?

By and by, my story began with a family that fished, a spouse who fished and presently is steady of my contending in the Woman Bass Fishermen (LBAA) and before that as a co-fisherman in the Bassmaster Ladies' Star Visit (WBT).

I began fishing competitions with my better half, back during the 80's. I was truly open to fishing with my significant other. In any case, I do concede, that whenever he first inquired as to whether I'd fish a group competition with him, I didn't know different men would invite a woman fisher. I concede, I was off-base and I was extremely invited and later my better half became known as "Martha's significant other."?

Rolling out the improvement to fishing in a draw competition was enormous for me. Since my better half and I generally fished together, I was worried about going out with different fishermen, male or female. Having a female visit (WBT) was the open door I wanted. With that, I began fishing the BFL, and ABA Opens (both as a co-fisher and a boater). Presently I fish as an Expert/Boater with Woman Bass Fishers.

I additionally had family support.

In the 80's, my sister would watch our two kids so my significant other and I could fish the Saturday competitions.

My better half, is great! He is my "bass caddy" as I traverse the states contending in competitions. He upholds me and helps different women.

What's required for additional ladies fishers:

Women to feel great to start the new experience

Chances to "develop" the quantity of woman fishers

Training

Advancing women association

telling women how to get everything rolling

support

Presently, the ladies' ace visit is the Woman Bass Fishers. The times of Bass n' Ladies and WBFA, WBT, and so on are gone. I've seen such countless new fishers start out with LBAA. Having the potential chance to fish with a women visit is enormous. A few women need that safe place to get everything rolling. (I did indeed… )

Couldn't want anything more than to see more help and inclusion with LBAA.

The present ladies' star visit and a chance for women is the Woman Bass Fishermen. Having better supporters, having the option to offer better award bundles and payout would be colossal. To numerous fishermen the monetary honors aren't sufficient to warrant the extremely long travel and time responsibility.

Downtime and an opportunity to contend… LBAA currently has three normal season competitions and a Work of art.

Youngster care - Ladies are regularly the primary individual to deal with their families.

In one boat families, the spouse ought to share the "boat time with their wives". I've seen to many spouses have an impending competition so they have the boat and the "wife remains at home with the children."

Women need to know how to feel happy with contending in transcendently male competitions. To settle in, begin contending in group competitions with a relative or companion

Look at group trails:

American Bass Fishers Couples Series

Fishers of Men

Nearby group trails

Open group competitions

Clarify pressing issues

First inquiry is the manner by which to utilize the bathroom…

Put resources into appropriate apparel. Dress for the climate.

Martha Goodfellow

I genuinely believe everything revolves around to change… Young ladies today have the amazing chance to begin consummating their bass fishing abilities with help from their family, Colleagues and Mentor from their Secondary School Fishing Crew, Not simply Father or Grandad any longer.

I feel that young ladies keen on the game will get a move by guardians in light of the fact that in the end Fishing could procure them a full paid school grant! Then, at that point, they have their school fishing crew to rest on! You can't simply get up one morning and say I will fish the exemplary this year. Yet, today way more conceivable then it at any point has been. I figure you will see more young ladies in the game before very long.

Sarah Boyett Hicks

As far as one might be concerned, the cash isn't where it should be. In any case, for that to occur, more ladies would should purchase the boats and engines, not fishing out of a common boat. This subject came up numerous quite a while back with Mr. Dan Shad of Mercury.

Barbara Stevenson

I consider one the large issues is most ladies don't get involved for the right reasons. Numerous ladies fish with a sweetheart or a spouse. Not on the grounds that they have a totally enthusiasm for the game. I live inhale and rest fishing. I feel like I have a characteristic sense for the game. I truly think it begins at a young level. We want to get our little kids engaged with the game as soon as could be expected.

Kendra Mueller

I have a great deal to say regarding this matter. It's something I contemplate day to day. I think there are such countless reasons. Energy. Penance. Families. Certainty. Obligation. Obligations. Absence of regard. Pressure. Time. Funds.

[fruit-salad-ship]

my dudes the rot it strong this weekend.

Can’t shake the idea of Grey being away for two weeks, a business trip to Unova while Peach holds down the fort. Several key members of staff contract a nasty flu going around, and the woman’s suddenly rushed off her feet more so than usual. With no backup, she’s worked tirelessly, and often stays up into the early hours making sure everything’s done, and the stress is off the other staff come daybreak.

Plum takes time to walk her Pokemon after her shift, noticing the lab lights still on, not overly unusual, there’s sometimes night shift workers looking after patients, and Pari is known to cover these rounds now and then too. This time however, she sees the last remaining professor, sitting up at a desk, swamped with paperwork, something she knows peach hates with a fiery passion. Despite this, she’s doing it, Val toying with a scrunched up form that she filled out wrong and threw to one side.

This goes on for a while, the staff seem worried, and whispers in the break rooms start to circulate, some of them trying to pick up some slack wherever they can to help Peach keep up. They dare not say they’re doing it, because she would only dig her heels in and work even harder, so they could get home on time, and not have to break a sweat over their jobs.

Plum eventually catches wind of this all, and decides to start snooping. She’d seen Peach carry the bulk of the work before, but not like this, her moods became more exhausted, bags under her eyes far darker than normal, and she had no energy to snap back at the ranger, something she had noticed more and more each day.

3am, plum is forced out by her Meowth, waking her up to go outside and walk around, taking a detour past the labs again. Seemed quiet, but the house next door, where peach and grey lived, was wide awake. Lights from the downstairs windows shone through blind slats, you couldn’t really see in very well, but something was certainly moving around in there.

Plum had to fight herself to work the nerve up to knock on the door. She sat with her meowth for a while, looking at the front of the building, talking with them about the best excuses, reasons to be there, settling on ‘grey texted me to check in on you.’

Yeah! That’d work…the more she thought that, the less convinced she was, but didn’t someone have to step in? Peach couldn’t do everything alone, it’d wear her down too much. This place would do that to anyone, she wasn’t exempt.

And so plum stood, approached the door, and knocked loudly three times, waiting.

Minerva answered, the lopunny looking rather tired, but none the less up and around, waving to her, waiting for the rangers next move.

“I uh- grey asked me to check in with peach. Says she’s been sounding tired on the phone.” She had been, she’d overheard a phone call just yesterday that proved that.

“What do you want plum? I don’t have a lot of time.” Minerva stepped aside, allowing the woman to enter as she shut the door, spotting peach held up at the kitchen table, papers scattered, a half empty pot of coffee, ED asleep up against one leg, Val on the other side. The house was pretty quiet, normally when grey and her had their catch ups, peach was out, and the house was riddled with Pokemon, but tonight, at this hour, they seemed all pretty tired out, curled up all over the room.

“you look terrible.” Peach looked up from her work at that comment, dead eyed, irritated.

“rude, but true.” Pinching the bridge of her nose, she winced a little, checking her phone for the time.

“‘why are you up? It’s nearly 4 in the morning.” Plum pointed to her Pokemon, a nocturnal sort, and said nothing, peach immediately knew what she meant, and left it alone. Pam, a rowdy little pancham came up to the ranger, greeting her with kindness, which gave plums awkward energy an outlet, stooping to pet her.

“Not too keen on grey thinking I need a babysitter, he should know better than that, I’m perfectly fine. You can go back to your apartment, don’t bother checking in on me again, I have everything under control.”

With a heavy eye roll, plum had to confront that bull headed attitude.

“please, you look like you’ve not slept since grey left. It’s been days, you’re falling apart.”

“i get power naps in here and there, I’m fine.” Peach managed to write the same word twice on a form, having to scrunch it up and restart the papers with a tired sigh.

“You…wait you’re not sleeping? You’re going to burn out before the weeks out, you know that right?” Perhaps it was peach’s exhaustion, or the late hour which made being a little more open a little easier for her, night time was her time, when no one needed her, no one relied on her, she could be less than perfect for a second, so she faltered for a moment.

“I can’t sleep. when Greys around it’s fine, but it’s less easy without him.” Plum was not use to the vulnerability she was witnessing, despite the professors stern looking face, and lack of eye contact, you could tell she was actually really struggling, and it irked her severely. “look it doesn’t matter, I’ll handle it, it’ll only be a week and a bit, and then he’s back and everything returns to normal.”

Minerva at this point was empathising, her tiny hand on her trainers shoulder, looking to plum as if willing her to do something. Even Val had one eye open, watching the scene play out, keeping tabs on the ranger.

Did she have to intervene? Was it her place? They’d fought endlessly but right now, it was hard to try to keep that up. Plum didn’t…want to? What did she want to do? Her mind couldn’t quite decide, standing here in a vastly empty silence for a while.

“‘C’mon I got so much work to do, go home Plum, not like you give a shit, don’t stand there pretending like this matters to you. Waste of damn time.” Peach felt stupid saying what she had, and began her retaliation, pushing people away as she usually did, wanting her own time and space back so she could continue until the morning.

But plum sat down, earning her the second direct look from the professor that night.

“‘give me a pen.” Grabbing a stack of forms she knew all too well.

“‘I don’t need your help.” Snappy, the professor wasn’t happy she wasn’t leaving.

“‘Minerva, can you find me a pen please?” Plum bypassed peach, asking her Pokemon who hurried off to find one.

Before long, the lopunny returned, handing over a pen, retreating to a comfortable seat on the sofa after being thanked.

Plum started to work, no words, no questions, and in return, peach left it alone. Just this once.

The two spent an hour at that table in a weirdly comfortable quiet state, the odd Pokemon stirring, getting up to be let out, or to get a drink. Plum, being a real dab hand with the forms, managed to sprawl through them at an alarming rate. With the work finished, she gets up from the table, stretches, yawns, turning deadly serious for a moment, finger pointed towards the professor.

“You owe me.” Expecting hostile retaliation, but instead, peach shrugs.

“guess I really do.”

The duo part ways, peach trying for an hours power nap before she’s got to get up again to start the routine feeding for the island residents. Plum unable to get back to sleep, sitting up in her apartment, contemplating why that woman can’t sleep right. She’d seen her dozing all over the place before, seemed fine, but now she’s got a problem?

She would have to perhaps pry a little later…and tell Theo all about this. Hell, she might even know something plum didn’t. This just leads on to plum digging for info, realising Peach gets bouts of nightmares, wakes up in a cold sweat, shaking uncontrollably. She's tried a million things to fix it, and normally gets past the issue with a little support, but just cant seem to shrug this one off without Grey. Plum considers mocking her for this, but like, she's actually really not in a good place??? She can't bring herself to do it, no matter how much Peach pushes her and tries to keep her at arms length, eventually she crashes on the sofa with the presence of someone else enough to let her actually properly sleep for the first time in days.

#this one lives rent free in my head #fruit salad #brainrot