#see comment above

[eileeny]

Also Crowley/Magic Mirror 😌

Three words: what. The. Fuck.

send me a ship!

#see comment above #who tf actually ships this #if this is not a crackship i am So Concerned #disney twst #dire crowley #the magic mirror #cannot believe im tagging them but hey here we are

[andreacsenge]

FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST: BROTHERHOOD, OP 1 They're her family, and something horrible happened to them. And... that kind of means that something horrible happened to her, too. — Milena, LM Reactions

#fma #fmab #edward elric #alphonse elric #winry rockbell #fullmetal alchemist #guess who learned to gif just for this #the quote is from the named channel's video on episode 9 #under which a commenter said to the quoted thought above: #''I think this is why in the intro you see Winry get buffeted by the wind. I used to think that was kind of dorky‚ but now I realize- #-it's to communicate that Winry was just as affected by the events‚ just not physically'' #because YES! that's IT! #i used to also not get the wind thing and chalk it up to 'they had to put winry in there' but this makes so much more sense #my gifs

[curapicas]

I think Laios comment over the odd grip would be way more effective if, you know. In their goodbyes Kabru hadn't grabbed his hand in The Exact Same Way

#dungeon meshi spoilers #look. I swear I just described what I saw but the ALT text still makes it look like Kabru is Down Bad #in other words get a fucking room #note: the comment on the odd grip is to highlight that Kabru is magically shackled. either way see the point made above #this too is labru #labru #dungeon meshi

[guinevereslancelot]

babe would you still love me if we were superheroes and you were in danger and i went absolutely bonkers and crossed every moral boundary imaginable to protect you at literally any cost?

#would you still love me if i was covered in blood for you? #anywayyyy more superheros going of the fucking deep end for love thanks <3333 #this isn't based in anything in particular unfortunately i would simply like to see it #anyway.....people compromising their morals for love!!! doing the wrong thing for selfish reasons!!! #too many people commenting on my betrayal post think its about ur lover changing your mind/making you realize u were wrong #no!!! its about choosing the wrong side in purpose!!! going against ur beliefs bc u love someone more than ur conscience #KNOWING its wrong but doing it anyway in absolute AGONY because what other choicebdo you have!!! #anyway <3 #sacrifice ur soul for ur lover or don't waste their time #this has been a shitpost #please tag your blorbos <3 #ig this is lowkey and anidala post but i want the superhero version please and also without the totally implosion of the ship and hero #i want the good guy lover to live with the weight of his sins knowing he can never atone but he would make all the same choices again 🤌 #devotion to your lover above everything!! past the point of redemption or the ability to forgive yourself!!! #(this is good when the lover is horrified but better when they forgive their lover for the atrocities committed for their own sake) #otp dynamic fr #worm discourse

[nachosncheezies]

People like Bill Jr. got all kinds of things wrong about Scully but probably none moreso than thinking it was tragic that Mulder was dragging her along on some descent into madness, when actually the real tragedy was how few of the people she loved ever realized it wasn't a descent.

(It couldn't be bc 1. it's not madness and 2. she was already there.)

#she worked hard to mask it and clearly did a good job #Mulder's gift was he could meet her where she was #I think Maggie knew it I think that's why she liked him immediately and continued to despite all the tragedy that followed #setting aside the way he was right there with her clearly devastated and ready to go berserker on a whole hospital over her daughter #and the unspoken vote of confidence from Scully herself when they found out he was the one who witnessed her living will #'oh he sees through her too. AND she hasn't jettisoned him for it. iiinch-resting.....' -maggie scully probably #i love that relative to the people I knew when I first watched now all these years later i see so many more people #recognizing how incredibly Not Normal this Put Together Human Adult Woman is #this (including above tags) has been in my drafts for weeks thems was fic-readin thoughts #i think i had just started reading AV's henry au and was having a moment over the comments about scully having a recklessness in her #and her self-destructive streak #might've also been incrementum and the part about she's crazy and he loves it bc he's pretty sure he's the only one who knows #also was not long past cancer arc and emily on my rewatch so basically #get rekt bill jr #anyway #notes to self #x files #the x files #scully #bill jr #nachos thoughts

[not-poignant]

Are Sebastian and Alex going to learn about bdsm and safe practices/negotiation? Or do they keep fumbling around and doing what they're doing?

Hi anon,

People who learn about BDSM don't necessarily practice safe practices or negotiation.

And there are elements of negotiation in this story! It's not a black and white 'they're not doing this in a paint-by-numbers sort of way and therefore it doesn't count' situation, y'know?

They are two characters in their mid-20s who live in a tiny town, one of those characters is dyslexic to the point that he can barely read, and the other's method of doing things has worked for him all his life (or so he thinks), they don't have any reason/s to learn about BDSM, and it's not likely that either of them ever will.

That also doesn't mean that they can't enjoy their kinky sex life.

There has been a lot of discussion already, and there will be more and more going forwards. It might not be at the level most people want, but Sebastian has certainly obtained consent (more than once), offered and then insisted on debriefs and post-sex discussion, explained to Alex how to communicate if he hates something, and made it clear that what he likes is unusual and sadistic in nature. It's also clear that Alex likes being pushed, i.e. - not being forced to give consent in every circumstance when someone can take control and give him what he wants anyway. That's actually pretty common in some people with a child abuse background who become people pleasers.

If you want negotiation + safe practices at a certain level, you'd have to completely remake Alex's character into someone who can magically be a functional, communicative, healthy human being, and he's not that. Alex is getting better at communicating (that's how we go this far in the story in the first place), but if you expect this story to end on Alex being a perfect human who can do Instagram-level kink negotiation, then no, this isn't the story you want, anon.

If you look deeper and don't expect cookie cutter kinds of dialogue, there has been ongoing negotiation in the story since the early chapters. When Alex makes it clear through physical response and then verbal that he doesn't like yelling, Sebastian stops yelling. When Sebastian makes it clear that he has complicated feelings about hiring his ex-school bully as a cleaner, Alex makes it clear that he doesn't share those complicated feelings, especially in light of the pay rate. Sebastian consenting to Alex being his cleaner makes it clear that those terms are acceptable to him.

When Alex tries to undervalue himself, Sebastian makes it clear that he's not comfortable paying someone less simply because they value themselves less. When Alex then takes that pay, it's a form of consent to Sebastian's attitudes. Their relationship has been an ongoing negotiation since the beginning, and that's how they've grown closer. If you're used to only looking for very obvious signs of negotiation, it might be easy to miss the non-verbal and subtle forms of negotiation that are happening.

For example, it might not seem like it, but Sebastian - many chapters ago now - talking about how he likes control in the bedroom and that turning Alex on long before they'd ever shared anything sexual together, is a form of communication. Alex learns he likes the idea of it without it ever been forced on him, and Sebastian wouldn't have that conversation with someone he didn't trust (for example, Alex in the beginning of the story). They had to have trust to have that conversation, Alex had to have trust to ask Sebastian questions about it in the oblique way he did, and they had to share a common comfortability have a conversation in that direction in the first place.

In A Stain that Won't Dissolve, these things don't look like a psychologist's version of: 'Okay, what do you want, and this is what I want, and here's where we meet in the middle' - a lot of life doesn't look like this (but if you want that, I've written that in Falling Falling Stars - it still has dubious consent though, lol). Both Alex and Sebastian have poor communication on their side, and it's a growth story for the two of them.

But no, I have no intention of Sebastian ever learning terms like 'subspace' or 'RACK' or anything like that. A lot of people in the world, especially prior to easy access to the internet, figured this stuff out on their own and many of them made it work even without the rigid or codified structures of the world of BDSM (and some of those people went on to invent the world of BDSM that we take for granted today).

It's the kinks that make you kinky, not the knowledge of an acronym or the world it engenders.

There's also no reason to think that Sebastian has access to a healthy education about BDSM there, it's not like Elliott was practicing much healthy BDSM in my other Stardew fic, The Wind that Cuts the Night, :D Elliott knew all about safe practices, negotiation, and BDSM, and chose to ignore a lot of the safe stuff over messing around more dangerously.

The fumbling around is the point, basically. Growing up is messy, and dubious consent is hot (for some of us), and there are many ways we communicate with the people around us, especially when it's two guys in a town the valourises machismo and stoicism over emotional openness, and one of those guys was beaten by his father over not being macho and strong enough which makes him exceptionally resistant to communicating clearly even about basic subjects and needs.

That's the part I actually really love about this story.

#asks and answers #a stain that won't dissolve #thespectaclesofthor #it's hard to read intent in your comment anon because it's really just #two questions chained together with nothing else at all #but it feels very purity-wank coded #the tags of the story don't give *any* indication #that they're going to do anything more than keep growing the relationship towards a happy ending #but with tags like dubious consent and miscommunication #it's going to be my version of a happy ending #and not necessarily yours anon #but also if you don't see the negotiation and communication already happening #this might not be your kind of story #as i said above #the fumbling around is the point #the messiness is the point #it's in the summary and everything #it's a story about two boys messily growing up #not two boys fulfilling some psychologist's brief about communicating perfectly

[akkivee]

there was some display gallery showing off the various logos in hypmic and the ichikuu peeps on the tl were in shambles over both of them using halos in their mc name signatures lol

#vee queued to fill the void #i understand lol this is a pretty big deal like actually lol #one fan suggested an nb logo could have angel imagery since nb was under stairway to heaven #another in a very fast paced series of tweets cried about it being potential sign of ichiro and kuukou’s bond spanning from life #but even into their deaths and beyond when they reunite in heaven (and even pointed out the meaning of stairway to heaven) #and goddamn i sure love being jacked into the hypmic hive mind i can’t believe i was just musing about kuukou and death #and then directly got food for thought LOL but ichiro!!!!!!! i wasn’t expecting ichiro lol!!!!!! #but bb has been weirdly associated with christmas aka the birth of jesus #who gave his life for humanity and i am too in shambles no way does both ichiro and kuukou have self sacrifice themes NO WAY #god i remember when the hella awesome banquet mv dropped and bat fandom banded together to dissect the video #one person commented it’s strange to see kuukou in association with catholic/christian imagery #but posted a wiki article talking about the similarities between buddha and jesus and the ideologies in those religions #*crying* i even posted about it the black crown above kuukou’s head was both catholic and buddhist and meant to be beneficial for humanity #ichiro constantly being shaken to his core by sacrifices…….. him trying to show the nation the path of hope………… #this is so much lol i love getting food for thought from random observations and drops lol

[servantleverslutdrop]

People who have Wylan as their favorite crow, explain to me why

#I'm being sincere #like comment your reason #Personally I can't imagine putting him above Kaz Inej and Jesper at least #But I see him smoking the polls all the time #wylan van eck

[ride-a-dromedary]

Has Hotfix 16 busted *everyone's* point and click lines now?

#BG3 Musing #because if so that's kind of hillarious #idk i'm currently playing and everyone except for player wyll is dead silent #i see the comment above the head but nothing #i click on them nothing #but this is good actually because now it might really get fixed across the board #maybe it's one of my mods not too sure but it's funny #only halsin still speaks when prompted to give a comment on an object which is VERY ironic lmao

[menalez]

Wdym? She wasnt 10 when that happened, this is recent. She and her mom formed their own child dance group like 3 years ago and one of the accusations is a child bleeding from their belly button due to some condition and being told to cover it up with a maxi pad so it wouldnt ruin the costume.

so when she was 17? i mean that’s awful but again How is this any worse than what countless others famous ppl have been shown to do? why are they not cyberbullying her mom who was the only actual responsible adult in this situation? why did they only start bullying jojo so heavily now if the bullying is over sth she did 3 years ago? why do none of them actually criticise her for this & instead they focus on how cringe she is? these are just explanations y’all are coming up with to justify behaviour that have nothing to do with said explanations

#seeing the bullying all over the comments of all her social media posts is #just insane to me bc i have not seen ppl like shane dawson receive such treatment #or even jeffree star #or even james charles #all of these ppl have been exposed for doing awful things yet she #is getting much worse & i’m supposed to believe it’s bc of sth she & her mom did when jojo was 17! #i’m not saying she’s a saint but this level of cyberbullying is way above what i’ve seen directed at much worse ppl

[tomatoart]

Hi sorry if this is weird to say but i saw some of your Persona 5 art on Pinterest and i wanted to check you out bc i really really liked ur style and HOLY MOLY YOU HAVE IMPROVED. Ofc i know that it's old art and time passes and new things will look different n shit but!!! Dude!!! Your art looks fantastic!!!

NOT WEIRD AT ALLLLL HELP THIS IS SO FUNNY I LOVE U. Genuinely one of the best reactions gotten outta me like I can’t imagine going from seeing the older art to the new that fast you just like speed ran my own life LOL but srsly tysm!!! It always makes me smile so wide seeing ppl come from my persona art bcuz it is and was such an important part of my art & life yknow !!! I hope to draw more of it again!!! honorary verterans badge for liking my older stuff (blows my mind to think it’s still enjoyable dhakgswh) even if u weren’t here for when I was originally posting it cuz only real ones loved that stuff way back . This has done NUMBERZ for my brain btw

For anyone curious this is from an old comparison I did on my main last yr. HUHHH ⁉️⬇️

#TY AGAIN 🐢 #asks #not tomaart #I always struggle w insane thoughts like ‘I haven’t progressed at all *bashing head*’ and then wonderful little doves carrying a lovely #mssg from above (asks like these) and I realize #that time DOES pass and new things look better <3 hurrah #WAIT SORRY TAG RANT BC OLD ART REMINED ME #have i ever told u guys abt when I was rlly big in the persona fanbase here that ppl would comic dub my art all the time w/o showing me and #then I stumbled on one and the comments were like WHY DO THEY ALL LOOK LIKE GIRAFFES XD and the op was like IDK XD and that changed me 5eva #started drawing necks short n big to leave my tortured past (bullied on utube) behind *eagel caw* #like in this u cant rlly see the giraffe necks but I promis u. it was scary . #I think the true scare tho was when I didn’t draw noses for a time.... WHEN I LOVE DRAWING THEM⁉️ *hides under the bed* so scary

[mishtershpock]

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#not to sound like a broken record #i know this has already been talked about a lot in current fandom discourse #but all the tommy love also comes from a place of #misogyny (buck’s m/f relationships failed bc the women weren’t good enough. but his first m/m is perfect and destined and tommy is god) #(even though we know next to nothing about them as a couple. cough 1 kiss and 1 failed date cough cough) #and biphobic concepts (buck’s only relationship/partner that is worth shipping and love and fandom time is the m/m one) #(if he’s with a woman he’s not worth our time? the relationship/partner isn’t worth our time. right?) #some people kinda sounding like the conservative haters right now #oliver stark’s voice shouting from afar: he isn’t gay! he is bisexual! he still likes women! #some people like to celebrate bi buck (as we should) but then erase his previous gfs #in favour of this 1 man he’s shared literally 4 scenes with. okay #<- <- <- i drafted this like 6 hours before that interview came out. ollie came to back me up with the ‘he still likes women’ lmao #him dating a guy now does not erase or dismiss his previous m/f relationships or that he’s still into women #one final comment. any time buck got with a girl it was ‘they need to break up immediately’ #‘she’s not right for him’ #he’s with his first guy and it’s ’they should be endgame’ #‘they’re perfect together’ #huh?? one. we barely know tommy/them together #two. what exactly makes them endgame material? bc they’re both men? cough biphobic misogyny fetishization cough #three. it would be objectively hilarious if he realises his sexuality and within 2 weeks is dating a guy for the first time #and then that guy ends up being his endgame forever partner. lmaoooo that would be so dumb sawry #not to mention it would kinda lean into the biphobia and misogyny mentioned above #in that it would suggest that his problem with finding love previously was… women #and this problem is now magically fixed because… man #four. not to be a buddie endgame truther but if all the vocal support means this is what we get instead #instead of Them. i’m out see ya bye bye #i am sooooo reading way too much into this but oh well

[average-hua-cheng-fan]

my thoughts on why the mdzs fandom is Like That

#mdzs fans will see ANY post of any level of effort or context and try to start shit or complain in the tags/comments #not on my ace attorney sprites actually 😇 but on every other mdzs thing ive posted theres SOMEONE #somehow mdzs is *uniquely* prone to discourse. i think because of the above opinions #I NEED TO MAKE CLEAR ive not actually been inconvenienced. its just annoying #especially for a guy that blocks fandom discourse on sight #lmao #mdzs #i speak

[mimikoolover]

let me just say something that in my opinion everyone else is more concerned about jikook's relationship status than jikookers. it's always the solos, tkkers, "insecure people" that look for any and all kinds of evidence to (dis)prove jikook dating each other. most jikookers that I see are not that bothered! it's kind of funny to me cause if jikook bothers them so much why are they preoccupying themselves with going to jikook accounts and crying? if they think jimin and jungkook are dating XYZ then what is the point of telling jikookers that? it's always these people starting shit not only about jikook not dating each other but about how they're not close, they secretly hate each other etc. and it's honestly so tiring to see.

#cause I can already see comments about #jikook going home in separate cars #that the above groups will talk about #when honestly who cares? #I doubt most jikookers care #in all honesty #but I could be wrong lol

[samarecharm]

Futaba called Ryuji a jock heehee

#chattin #strikers liveblog #got to this a while ago but i forgot to comment on it #its partially why i dont hc him as like. just toned. like the people who tend to do track and marathons #like they tend to be very lean; people will mistakenly give track runners HUGE legs and it KINDA makes sense #but most times those athletes are lean (source: i used to do track in my teen years LOL) #but ryuji likes working out For Reals. it feels like he likes working out and running #and track was the only school sports program that allowed him to expel all that energy he has #NOT to say that he only likes track bc its the only thing he can do in shujin #bc he clearly loves it #just that theres something about a good workout that feels similar to sprints and long jogs #no real equipment required like youd need for most sports #u just. go out and run. and be free. #anyway. Jock Ryuji is real and I approve #hed be so good at football man. throw it into his enclosure… #also #i know he can pick up anyone on the team w no issue i just know it #ryuji walking around w futaba sitting on his shoulders….wails…… #w their powers combined…they can see above the crowds to see the nearest food stalls

[stromer]

so-called "Free Thinkers" when cole caufield posts on instagram

#comment section proves what we scientists call the inherent power of a short king nicknamed “The 🐓” #he posts and all his past AND current bitches come running because they're simply junkies feening for the high of his attention #when society drinks nothing but the goal caufield beer.. then we will see true enlightenment and joie de vi·vre #we will truly understand the impact one tiny man can have on the joys of life... just like these guys pictured above #also what the hell was adam fantilli doing here... WHAt does that shit even mean jehkejhksh #is he pre-draft planning an in with the NTDP boys because he's gonna be sillying it up with zegras at some point in time?? is he fanboying? #also not pictured was suzuki all up in there. obviously #cole caufield