#this is so old this is from yearsss ago

[bagsyy]

underwater, coughing with my gills

gojo satoru, 700+, love is hard for big dumb idiots

You had your arms draped over Gojo's shoulders; his long hands placed on your hips. He leaned in to press a kiss to your cheek, feeling the heat radiate beneath his lips. The scrunch of your nose encouraged him to continue his barrage, smiling widely between each attack.

One to your lips, nose, forehead—over and over again until you were trying to escape his grasp. He continued to attack any piece of skin he could reach, eliciting the loudest giggles he had ever gotten out of you.

“Tell me when you’re ready to give up,” he chuckled. Another kiss, this time placed gently on the corner of your mouth. Before he could migrate to a different part of your face, you uttered something that stopped him in his tracks.

“I’m sorry—it’s just—what did you say?”

“That I love you,” you said with a quirk of your eyebrow.

“Come again?”

“I said I love you, pretty boy. I’ll tell you one more time if that’ll help.”

The room became thick with silence and the four walls that contained them began to feel more and more constricting. You felt his grip loosen from around you. You had always gotten the impression from him that commitment was a concept that came with an uneasy feeling. You both knew that what the two of you had wasn’t something that was promised. That there might be one night that he doesn’t come home despite how many times he’s promised you that he’s the strongest. Because Satoru knows that he wasn’t blessed with the ability to love freely despite being so full of it. Admitting that he loved you was giving the universe permission to take you away from him. 

But you’d known that you’ve loved him for a while now—there was just never an opportune time to say it, and this moment seemed perfect (to you, at least). You had never been one to hold back, but with him you found herself mulling over your words a bit more carefully. There had been many times where those three words sat on the edge of your tongue, waiting to spill over, desperate for the dam to break. Now it had been broken, and Gojo was drowning.

You tried your hardest to conceal the defeated expression on your face as your grin melted into a muddled mess of regret, but it was clear to see. He swore he had never seen your eyes dim this dark until now.

Your face was burning and you had lost any feeling that you had in your limbs. You cleared your throat before you spoke.

“I’m so sorry, Satoru. That was so stupid I—” you retracted your hands from their place around his neck, bringing them up to your ears to fidget with the jewelry adorning them, a nervous habit that you were sure he was going to tease you about later.

“You don’t have to say it back. If that’s not how you feel, then—”

Gojo was uncharacteristically silent for someone who always seemed to have a witty remark prepared for everything. He wished he had saved all the unnecessary words he’d ever uttered in his life for this moment so that way he’d at least have something to say. Better to say the wrong thing than nothing at all, he supposed.

Say something. Say something, say something, say something.

Finally, the words bubbled up from deep within his chest and tumbled out of his mouth.

“No, baby—please, it’s not that. It’s just,” he paused, attempting to corral his thoughts and connect them with the words that were spilling out of his mouth. “I’m sorry, I just didn’t think you felt that way.”

A lie, he thought. He knew you loved him. It would take a fool to not notice it. You would not suffer through a bottle of sickly sweet moscato, his favorite, and a Love Island binge on a Tuesday evening if you didn’t love him. Nor would you stay up entirely too late listening to him gush about the little boy he took in all those years ago and how he’s starting to not be so little anymore, how he’s so protective of his sister, how he’s proof that there is still good in the world. 

He would sooner die than admit that the thing that has him so flustered is that he wanted to say it first.

#gojo satoru x reader #gojo x reader #gojo fluff #satoru gojo x reader #jjk x reader #my comeback era #this is so old this is from yearsss ago #this was originally a very rough draft of a tahnorra fic i wrote down in my western civ google doc.... #and i was clearing out my drive the other day and said wait a MINUTE! #so if there are grammar issues im sorry it was written by me (an idiot) and proofread by leah (a bimbo) #anyways i love u all kisses mwah

[mattodore]

OH also while i was gone i found old photos of some of the sims i made back in..... jesus... i'm not even sure. 2017?

this was netty and freida

#river dipping #they were buried in my google drive folders from when i backed up my old laptop right before it broke on me yearsss ago #there are ALSO!!! tray files!!!!!!! so i'm excited to pop them in whenever i finally get back on my desktop to see if they're still there #i will ABSOLUTELYYY be snatching freida up and putting her in my game like she's so gorgeous..... #i'm not sure i have any of her cc still but... we'll see #also found photos of my zayn sim kdjnhkfjnh... do we wanna see those too #you can date the zayn sim by the tattoos he has bc i absolutely put in the hours of work making all of his tattoos #i was NAWT normal abt that man

[youremyheaven]

Rahu & Ketu: The Nodal Urge To Rebrand ✨

I got an ask several days ago that triggered some thoughts✨in me lol. A lot of people in the public eye often have a drastic change in image? where they go from one extreme to another and the person who asked me about this also suggested that perhaps its a Nodal (Rahu + Ketu) thing to swing between extremes. So, i did some digging and turns out it is indeed true. It is a very Nodal tendency to rebrand yourself and be in the public eye in several different avatars.

The Rahu naks are: Ardra, Swati & Shatabhisha

The Ketu naks are: Ashwini, Magha & Mula

5/6 of these nakshatras belong to the Shudra caste which is the lowest caste (Outcaste naks exist outside the caste system entirely). Ashwini is the only Nodal nakshatra that is not Shudra caste and as you will see, it does not show up as often in the placements for any of the people I'll mention on this post. The themes of Ashwini and its place in the hierarchy are all different compared to the other Nodal naks. All that said, broadly speaking when one is Shudra caste and at the bottom of the hierarchy, one is always trying to climb up the ladder and be "accepted" by mainstream society, this means embodying different avatars at different times. This is only a partial explanation as to what contributes to this specific nature of Nodal natives. The other explanation is that both Rahu & Ketu are disembodied and never feel "whole". Every other planet brings with it certain structure, principles, qualities and boundaries, Rahu & Ketu being shadow planets lack any of this. Lacking form, lacking definition, lacking any inherent purpose means limitless freedom to be anyone or anything. Most people feel bound by their identity, they're x so they can't be y. But when you have no inherent identity, you can be xy and the whole alphabet lol and that kind of seems to be what a lot of these people embody.

Arnold Schwarzenegger- Mula Moon

Arnold was a bodybuilder, he later became an actor and after that turned to politics and was the Governor of California. Most people cannot devote themselves to one career and he's had 3 incredibly successful careers. He wasn't some average bodybuilder, he was one of the greatest, he was Mr Universe, he isn't a particularly talented actor but he worked his strengths (action movies) and has starred in some of the most iconic films of all time?? and his movies have grossed over $1 billion and he served two terms as a Governor?? yk how many celebrities have turned to politics and failed lol? He also married into the Kennedy family. He has Pushya Sun and a Punarvasu stellium so I will attribute his longevity and continued success to that but the rebranding is def on his Mula Moon.

Drake, Ardra Moon

I dont even think most people now know this but Drake was a teen actor initially. He was on the show Degrassi yearsss before he became a rapper.

Ricky Gervais, Ardra Sun & Mercury, Mars in Magha and Ketu in Shatabhisha

Ricky Gervais started his career in the 80s as a singer and was part of a synth pop duo named Seona Dancing before he turned to stand up comedy and writing.

Dwayne Johnson, Mula Moon

He was an extremely successful WWE wrestler before he switched to acting. Now he's one of the highest paid actors.

Taylor Swift, Ardra Moon

She was a teen country singer before she became a popstar. Not many people who cross-over can do it successfully. Taylor is an anomaly.

Caitlyn Jenner, Swati Sun, Rahu & Rising

She was an Olympic medal winning world class athlete then a reality star and now a transphobic weirdo who is a transwoman

Lady Gaga, Swati Moon

Gaga went from being an edgy avant garde popstar to being a method actor?? lol, she's definitely channelling old hollywood starlet these days for sure

Troye Sivan, Magha Moon & Mars, Rahu in Swati, Ketu in Ashwini

he was a teen YouTube sensation before he became a mainstream singer. very few people successfully shed their influencer image and Troye is one of them

Taylor Momsen- Swati Moon

she was a child star, then a teen star on Gossip Girl and is now vocalist of a rock band

Brie Larson- Swati Moon

she was a child actor, released music as a teenager, then was a supporting actor in indie films and then became an Oscar winner was most notably Captain America

Drew Barrymore, Shatabhisha Sun

Drew was a child star, then later did some edgy roles (after she went to rehab, was emancipated etc) and posed nude for Playboy etc, then started doing romcoms in the 2000s and is now a vv successful daytime TV host

Katy Perry- Swati Sun & Rising

she started out with church music before becoming a pop star and now TV personality

Madonna- Magha Rising & Mercury with Ketu in Ashwini

She went from like S&M sex bomb to Evita to Earth Mother, and several personas and styles in between. she's had more personas than i can count tbh

Matthew McConaughey, Swati Sun & Mercury

all throughout the 2000s he was best known as a romcom leading man not a serious actor and now he's an Oscar winner

Ariana Grande, Ardra Sun

Ariana was a supporting actor on a Nickelodeon show and now she's one of the biggest popstars ever. not many people can do that (manyyy child star turned singers have flop careers)

Snoop Dogg- Ashwini Rising, Swati Mercury conjunct Venus

He was a rapper who was frequently in and out of prison. He later converted to Rastafari and released an album based on it and then converted to Christianity and released a gospel record and now is just some weird stoner uncle when he used to go to award shows with half naked girls on leashes

Rihanna, Shatabhisha Sun

when i was growing up Rihanna was a singer who released music pretty much every year but she's now a billionaire businesswoman who sells makeup and lingerie

Martha Stewart, Mula Moon, Swati Rising

she was a model, then a stockbroker and then became a TV personality

Zendaya, Ashwini Moon

she was a disney child star, a singer and became a hyper-successful fashionista who also acts

Rooney Mara, Ashwini Sun

she had a complete change in image and went from playing supporting roles to being an avant garde serious art movie actor

Dua Lipa, Magha Sun

Dua had a veryy different style and sound back in the day before she embraced the 80s synth sound and rock-glam style and became a pop princess

Lana Del Rey, Ardra Sun

she used to sing under her real name Lizzy Grant and made vv different kind of music before she became Lana Del Rey

these are all the examples i can think of rn, lemme know if you have other examples in mind<33 ill add more if i find them

#astrology notes #vedic astro notes #sidereal astrology #astrology observations #nakshatras #astro notes #astro observations #vedic astrology #astrology #astroblr #rahu #ketu #jyotish #swati #shatabhisha #magha #mula #ardra #ashwini

[slashingdisneypasta]

which Disney villains do you think realistically would make the best romantic partners and which ones would be the worst? In your opinion, I would love to know!

Hmmm in my opinion?? 😅 Okay lemme see XD

I think they all have their pros and cons, of course, and it all really depends on what you're willing to put up with (Your girl trynna make a coat outta puppies? Your man having rage issues? Bugs??) but these are the best (By Disney Villain standards at least! 😅 I don't really think any of these relationships would be truly healthy in real life)- and worst. Or at least my thoughts 😅

Best of the Worst:

Red font is like 'the best of the best of the worst'. Like, the ones that I genuinely think would be pretty okay and are the safest bets.

Alameda Slim- So long as you met him in a typical forum (Maybe in town grocery shopping, or mailing a letter), I feel like he would keep his cattle rustlin' business separate from his married life completely and treat you sweet <3 I don't think he gets angry in his regular life, just when it comes to his Crime Counterpart. Honestly, I don't think he'd ever even tell you about the, uh, hobby.

Captain Hook- He would be constantly struggling between 1. Being a good Husband, and 2. Being a good Pirate. And these things do not really cooperate with each other 😅 But hey at least he's trying!! And by villain standards I think that's pretty good XD

Dr Facilier- You know he would treat his partner with the deepest respect and always be charming. Of course, he's also full of bitterness and an ache for revenge, and messes around with things that should not be messed with, and that can all effect you- but just... just try to stay away from him when he's in Villain Mode 😅

Hades- Its not there anymore but yearsss ago, on Hades' wiki page, it said that he is one of the few Disney Villains who is not clinically insane (Sure, he has serious rage issues- but he's not mad) and that has stuck with me. I think that garners him major points XD

Long John Silver!!!!!- Long John Silver long john Silver l o n g j o h n s i l v e r. Ha 😅 Similar to our shadow man, he is consumed by his own demons (Here they are greed and... mostly greed), but he would do his damn best to treat you well.

Queen Narissa: Okay so we don't know her very well and she DOES seem to be quite manipulative towards Nathanial... But listen she doesn't like him!! I'm sorry 😅☠ I think if she liked you then she would be capable of treating you a lot better.

Rourke: Sure, he's got a divorce against his name already- but next to huge misogynists, psychopaths and power-obsessed lunatics I think its a strike that can be overlooked 😅 Rourke is a villain who's villainy would be totally separate from his relationship. He may a bit distant sometimes but other then that he's just a regular hot old dude, to you. Unless you go on trips with him.

Shan Yu: I- I- I dunno why I have it in my head that Shan Yu would be such a good partner but I just do *hides*

Shere Khan: Another one who's able to keep his villainy/prejudices separate from his husband time ^^ <3 <3 Also takes your safety very very seriously.

Stabington Brothers: Like Hades I don't think they're crazy... just greedy (And maybe a lil economically struggling, which I get).

Worst of the Worst:

Here the red ones are the worst of the worst of the worst XD

Clayton: /:/: This one, I just... I mean, could YOU live him constantly talking himself up, and re-telling you stories of his conquests, and rarely listening to you?? Cuz that's what I envision when I see marrying Clayton. Also, you know, he's a bit smug & misogynistic.

Gaston: ... I don't really have to explain myself, do I? I for one do not wanna spend my evenings rubbing his stinky feet, that's for sure.

Frollo: 😑.

Jafar: Tell me this man wouldn't hypnotise you to get his way.

Mother Gothel: She would be so emotionally abusive and so manipulative. 0/10, do NOT reccomend-

Oogie Boogie: He would just be so physically and socially draining!! He is very high energy. You would need to be sporty and an extrovert to have a chance.

Percival C McLeach: Okay so this mainly because, as far as we know, McLeach has not been exposed to other people in a long while and he doesn't know how to treat them well (Nor does he seem to care). So being with him would mean some work, and I don't recommend being someone's bob the builder. Sure, Jane did it, but Percy is not Tarzan 😅

Queen of Hearts: Where Hades has a problem with anger but is sane... Red here has a problem with ager AND is insane. And that does not bode well...

Scar: Scar is one of the least stable in our line up... so as much as I like him, I do not like his chances at being a good husband.

Sykes:

Toon Patrol: It is in each of their names. They literally come with built in warning signs!! Greasy, Psycho, Smartass, Stupid, Wheezy. Some are definitely worse than others... but I wouldn't risk it with any of them 😅 (*cough* or maybe i would. what don't look at me)

Turbo / King Candy: If you marry him before King Candy then you're gonna lose the man you fell for, and if you fall for him afterwards then you're gonna eventually find out that he's a lie. Either way, seems ultimately unpleasant.

Some of them probably slipped my mind but these are my thoughts right now ^^ Let me know your own thoughts!

#XD the second i read your ask i was like #*looks at andreas deja villains* ... alright get in the basket #*basket is labelled 'worst'* #Disney Villains #thank you for the ask! XD this was fun

[wrestlezaynia]

Hiii mate, thanks for replying and answering those questions 😁 I know I don't need to reply to it but I wanted to anyway. So I'm not expecting you to reply to this one 😂 (not that you shouldn't reply if you feel like it 😆)

Ugh honestly I can't get enough of these two. I think it's cause of their history as well. They really are like an old married couple 😌. Absolutely lovee that Hug me! Hold me tight! gif!! They are soo affectionate and not afraid to hide it.

Honestly I'm veryy late to the party. I discovered them only a little after they won their tag titles last year. So I've had to go back and do a bit of digging and now and then I'll find something that everyone already knew about yearsss ago 🙄😂 and I'll get all excited over it, but no one to get excited with cause everyone's already been there done that 😂 (also absolutely no one I know likes wrestling or really even knows about it 😭) I know I've missed out on a LOT with these two 😭 and I get only glimpses of the past here and there, but I guess as they say better late than never 😁 So I'm enjoying your posts as well as the other zowens supporters haha that's how I get my "fix".

Its pretty admirable to be able to write like that, putting down words on paper that were once in your head, making the people reading it feel all kinds of things 😊 I'll definitely be keeping an eye out for more writing from you. Also um... skinny dipping 😳 what are you tryin ta do to me 🫠 😳 can't wait 😆

Ta

🐨

PS. I have no idea why I liked Hey Arnold! as much as I did back then now that you brought it up 😂

Your messages always bring a smile to my face, thank you so much! And it's okay, I still find myself delving into old interactions between them and going feral, so you're definitely not alone. Feel free to drop by anytime so we can gush about them together! 🤭

[xplrvibes]

how long do you think it’s gonna take sam to delete the “meet my girlfriend” video😭 i’m sorry i know i’m digging up the grave rn but i am seriously still in shock about kat and sam. i never felt they would actually get married but their breakup was so abrupt and final. sort makes me wonder how long sam was thinking about doing it because i think it was entirely sams idea and i don’t think you make a life altering decision like that in just a few days

it just does my head in a little because i cannot comprehend dating someone for 7 years of my life just for my partner to just one day decide he doesn’t want the life we’ve been envisioning for yearsss. i pray this never happens to me. i would go balls to the wall insane.

I don't think Sam will delete any of those old videos, tbh. I doubt that's even a thought in his mind, at this point.

This is going to be very controversial and liable to get me into trouble, so behind a cut I go lol.

I think I mentioned this once, a long time ago - but I saw this breakup coming a mile away, and am surprised how nobody else did.

Sam never made it a secret that he saw marriage of a deathknell of sorts; an end to his youth, to his fun, to Sam as he knows it. He always said he didn't want to get married until he was well into his 30s, and there was no part of him that was honestly acting like someone that was changing their minds on that.

If anything, he seems to be age regressing, but I digress lol.

My best assumption as to what happened is that Kat and Sam had been talking about marriage for some time, but in very broad terms ie: "when we get married someday, we'll do this." Sam was fine with that, because someday is a vague as fuck target that he could move the goalposts on any time he felt like.

But I think sometime in 2022, Kat starting wanting more. She wanted to finally be treated like a priority, and not just the girl he was casually dating. They both alluded to arguments they had about how Sam always worked and couldn't spend enough time together, which I'm sure was grating on her after 7 years of it.

So, Sam starts trying to spend more 1:1 time with her. Date nights, domestic dinners with just the two of them, mini-vacations, hiring editors for himself so he had more time throughout his days...the whole run. And this worked, for a while.

But the thing with this, is that both of them saw this move differently.

Kat saw Sam prioritizing her and their relationship as a step in the right direction, towards marriage. Sam saw it as a plateau move in their relationship; a way to continue to stave off the inevitable creeping hands of old age and death for as long as possible.

So, Kat starts bringing up their marriage plans again and at first, Sam is down for it because he's still looking at it as a vague, far off and almost hypothetical goalpost that he can move whenever HE wants, so he's all "yea sure, we'll do that," and he's into it and everything is hunky dory.

And then one day he realizes something: Kat isn't speaking in hypotheticals anymore. She's starting to move the goalpost, instead of letting him be in control of it.

And we all know Sam loves being in control of everything, at all times.

Now, he's starting to lose control on the marriage situation. He's starting to feel pressure to live by someone's else plans and timetables, instead of his own.

And then Colby gets cancer, and boom - another situation he has absolutely zero control over.

And I think one day he just flipped. Who knows what actually sparked him making the decision to break up with her; maybe it was a massive case of flight or fight and he (weirdly) chose flight. Maybe he just felt like he needed to remove one stressful out of control situation from his life, and he certainly wasn't going to cut Colby out in the middle of all that, so Kat lost.

Who knows, maybe he was still freaked out about Colby and Kat made the mistake of pressuring him to prioritize wedding planning in the midst of all that.

Or maybe, just maybe, all of the pressure and the loss of control and the fear of being forced into this "deathknell" situation of marriage tailspun him into a massive midlife crisis.

Who knows what triggered it, honestly. But I'm not surprised it happened, not at all.

I feel really bad for Kat, because I think the situation is so out of left field and painful - and then to top it off, she had to slap on a smile and hide it for months while fans continuously spammed her with things like "oh Sam, you need to wife her up" and stuff like that. And then they film that video and he's there - the man who literally switched up out of the blue - sobbing and saying how great their relationship was and framing himself as the hero of their story and of course she had no reaction, she was angry and hurt! But now he's getting all the sympathy and she's getting all the hate for a breakup she clearly did not ask for, want, or see coming.

It's truly awful, and I feel for her.

But honestly, it's for the best. They can both move on, find themselves, find who they are as people outside of being "Satrina" and grow.

Anyway, did that even answer your question? I have no clue lol.

#asks #disclaimer: my opinions are not law and are not that important please don't lose sleep over me

[confessions-official]

Dressing up is hard. I have no sense for fashion except for what is comfy.

Unfortunately I have work that doesnt require uniforms so i have to think about what ro wear everyday and its hell. Its very hard.

What if im wearing the same outfit combo too long? I love this pants because it doesnt give me the sensory hell for now but i dont think i can wear it for the whole week. Am i favouring this type of jeans too much? Am i wearing the same clothes too much?

I dont have many clothes to begin with. Clothes shopping is very stressing and the clothes available around here is... Old fashioned and awkward to say the least

I remember buying a shirt from one place yearsss ago, to the point of it basically worn out already. And i still see the same shirt for sale

Online shopping is like having to willingly participate in doom scrolling. I wish theres easier ways tbh

 

#confession

[boymeetsweevil]

i think i sent an ask yearsss ago about how for science was my fav jungkook fic….i just reread it after years and years and wow seeing that line about it being 2018 hit me hard.. i don’t really read fanfic anymore but every time i scroll thru my following list now it all says active 5+ years ago…thanks for writing that fic again i miss nerdy kook sm missing the good old days

i would love a life update from u if ur comfortable sharing!

Thank you so much for this message! It makes me so happy that people want to return to stuff. And it makes my heart ache a little because yeah, same, I don’t really read fanfic anymore either. But I do still like writing/reading fiction (especially romance 😤 ) and I really do want to do it again but maybe without fandom. I feel like it can put a restrictive kind of pressure on you that can make it tough to do long term. Not to dismiss fandom—it’s an opportunity to connect to other people and get your work circulated way easier on here :/

In terms of a life update, I’ve been trying to work and save as much as I can because I’ve had to take care of my parents in the last few years. It was hard but I think it’s going to pay off soon. And maybe I’ll be able to turn back to writing for fun! If I can create a new writing account, I think I’ll post it here for any people that might be curious and probably move all my stuff to AO3. I don’t want to get rid of the stuff, but Idk when I would write for bts again tbh.

Hope youre doing well anon :) thanks again for the message

[ahhale-werewolves]

i was clearing out/looking through some old word docs of fics i started yearsss ago and never posted anywhere and honestly i have so much backlogged rickyl that im now like “damn i should finish writing this because i really want to see where it goes”

Rickyl drafts i have on my laptop:

- cowboys/outlaws (rick leads a gang of outlaws that are preparing to score on a town, daryl’s the barkeep that gets pulled into their orbit)

- pirates AU (rick is a fearsome pirate and he takes a liking to daryl during a siege)

- rick’s head of a biker gang and daryl’s a beleaguered bar owner that the club frequents

- rick is a ranger on a mountain/park and daryl is his most trusted guide

- a random oneshot where shane moved out of his and rick’s shared apartment because he got more serious with his GF and shane finds daryl to fill the room/rent payment and daryl for whatever reasons wears these ridiculously tiny booty shorts. it takes wayyyyyy too long for rick to find out that daryl is wearing them to try and seduce rick into making a move.

- they’re in a band, rick’s the lead singer and daryl’s a guitarist and there is the level of sexual tension you would expect from two men trying to deny they are in love with each other and grinding on each other NoN-sExUaLlY during a show

- and like so many stories of them being vampires or werewolves lol.

#rickyl #Rick Grimes #daryl dixon #The Walking Dead

[corruptimles]

I'd love that actually, hearing other people's takes is fun !! (most of the time anyway)

Yeee okay so again I haven't watched the last 2 3 eps yet so who knows if any of these points would change but I'll expand on my last answer below

For some more context, here's which KR shows I've watched to compare to: Kuuga, Blade, Hibiki*, W, OOO, Fourze, Gaim, Ghost*, Ex-aid, Build,. Zero-One, Revice, Geats*, Amazons*, Black Sun*

* means I'm still in the middle of them. Everything else I've at least watched the first two episodes for. I've not seen any of Showa yet.

Spoiler warnings ahead for: Geats up to ep 46, some of Kuuga, Fourze, Ex-Aid, and Gaim

Warning this is a LONG answer

It's done some things that I wasn't expecting from KR, at least from a Reiwa/Heisei 2 style. Heisei 1 had its serious/scary moments since those leaned more into the J-Drama side but those were yearsss ago so seeing it in Geats was an interesting whiplash (SPOILER: referring to some scenes/revelations that surrounded child death and existentialism)

Neon Neon Neon Neon the girl ever

She was unknowingly wished into the world to replace a murdered daughter. Her dream to have real genuine love because of her unkind parents suddenly feels further out of her reach. She was created at the suffering of others, clearly it's almost selfish to want something for herself, right?

We are originally introduced with version of her backstory where she was in a hostage situation. A saved 8yr old Neon is returned to her family.

And then the scene gets re-contextualized with Beroba revealing that it was all fabricated, and the flashback replays anew, where Akari in a body bag is brought out instead. This is the most explicit visual an focus of a child death they've had in a main series lately. The scene of her running to her mom's arms is replaced with the dead silence of a mother in grief. Everything up to this point with Neon and her parent's actions are in a new horrifically understandable light. This leads into so so so much for Neon as she struggles w the meaning of her own existence, desires, and relation to the child she replaced.

(again I say lately because some v-cinemas can get violent, Amazons and Black Sun are violent, and Kuuga is a main series that had a horrific serial killer type situation and suicides but that was 20+ years ago. Closest thing for Heisei 2/Reiwa of a human death was Gentarou dying in Fourze because you watch as his heart stops beating. Other human deaths have like. a character fading into sparkles, going off screen, or turning into the monster and then exploding)

Her relationship with her parents? Complicated. Fascinating. Riveting. Really compelling. A suffocating mother that wants her daughter to stay at home, follow the rules, never stray from her, later revealed to be fuelled from nearly losing her daughter in that hostage situation. When she gets her memory back, realizing her memory of Akari was rewritten with this stranger, that's not her daughter because her daughter died 11 years ago. She yells at her, pushes her away, only to struggle again because isn't she just losing a daughter again? but that's not her daughter except she is but.,, and it's hard! She's not a good person, she's controlling, her grief doesn't justify that, but she's so complex. Her father? losing the ability to love the day he lost his daughter. He fabricates a new one, one for him and his wife to raise but for him, as a successor to the business, not as a daughter. To secure his position. But he was still mourning, really. He focuses on Neon as a means to an end because he's still mourning Akari.

And it's not simply that the Kurama family reunites after realizing their wrongs! It took time! It took discussion and breathing room. When Neon left, it's not that she fully cuts ties, because that's not that easy. Eleven years is still eleven years. She sees her mother one last time, her father in prison, laments how he is unable to love.They're all deeply traumatized and going through revelation after revelation. Neon doesn't hate them, she understands the situation. It's alien. It's not fair. The parents don't hate her. They sit and talk to each other about this! She's still a kid they brought into this world. A child that grew up with them for eleven years. That's eleven years they couldn't truly love her because of the loss of Akari, whether intentional or subconsciously. They explicitly discuss with each other that they owe love to Neon. They acknowledge Neon's desire for true love is because they've been depriving her of that. They could do better and they want to do better.

The Kurama family had a premise that was grave and emotional and the resolution was handled with a maturity that could've easily been done hand-waved in a lighter, shallower beat. It's not new for characters that'd done awful things to be forgiven rather easily in these kinda shows which like, I get it, but,, But no, the Kurama parents still remain complicated people that did wrong and know they did wrong and it's not an easy fix, especially for the mother's controlling behaviour because that's trauma, but they're given the chance to start that I like a whole lot

[deletes my even further paragraphs about why Neon is my favourite rider girl]

I do have nitpicks but not enough to really ruin the experience for me. To be vague, it's about an arc's relevance/writing,

The Among Us Dezastar arc feels the weakest by far. It just felt so strange to me. I know it was important to introduce new cast (Daichi) and I think challenge how much characters are willing to do to win (Neon) but it could've been less awkward?

There's whiplash from the reveal that everything was in fact, a show, that their actions are broadcast as entertainment, not to really save anyone to whatever this arc was They were just kinda, hanging around? Compared to how other revelations were treated in the future, this just felt so jarring to follow up with. I thought they were gonna lean into the reality show aspect more to get into even more characterization but...

After everything Ace, Keiwa, and Neon went through, especially the last episode's scene defeating Girori, into the introduction to the new DPG where they not just ignore Keiwa as a funnee, have the weird Girls vs Boys thing, or Girls vs Boys vs Keiwa because we bully Keiwa now, that was all just kinda weird

I know Neon kinda had to throw someone under the bus because she was the culprit but there were so many scenes that just shoved Keiwa around just cuz. The revelation he had about the Jyamato acting like dead participants was serious but they're like noooo sorry you're sus loser :/ At least Ace was neutral on the matter cuz he been-knew, but man...

a specific character's writing,

Keiwa again :( I love Keiwa! But out of our main 3 (Ace, Neon, Keiwa) he has the strangest writing by the last half

He has such a strong start but then gets pushed down when the other characters are the story focus. You can have the other characters in the spotlight without needing to belittle and make fun of another. From Dezastar Arc onwards, he got fairly side-lined until the my next few points

Him getting mad at Ace for his mother being the Goddess was just, so unprecedented? Again he's been with Ace for a long while now but the 180 to 'HOW COULD YOU?' when even Ace just learned this. Ace just learned his mother was suffering as the Goddess and Keiwa, notably empathetic and world peace Keiwa, immediately went to blame rather than any sort of consolation or attempt to understand the situation.

I won't say Keiwa is not allowed to be angry or complex but they had set him up for like 70% of the series as the good hearted one, to the point that his devil in the crossover movie was still him wanting peace for others

on a related note, he did it again with Michinaga! Michinaga blaming himself for killing Keiwa's sister despite not knowing is interesting, but Keiwa once again goes over the fact the other guy is feeling just as terrible. I'm not saying Keiwa would be okay with his sister dying but he immediately treats Michinaga as if he actively, knowingly, killed his sister If this wasn't after having the exact same level of reaction to Ace's mother, it probably wouldn't feel as bad, but it did, so it felt like a 'here we go again'

Which leads to his Bad Guy arc which is not inherently bad as a concept. It's might as well after the stress they've already added to him. A character that's full of fairly naive hope losing the last family he has, learning that the system he's in has taken away his loved ones again, getting devastated and desperate when he has to listen to them die again just when he thought he had his life back I love the idea that "i want everyone to be happy but that means me too, what's the point if it's not mine and my family's too'. It's a neat take on that type of desire! But the execution was not a descent or even escalation, it was just another flip like the last two - Clothing change. Not the worst. It happened to Mitsuzane, who went from good kid to delusional fratricide. It happened to Jin, it happened to Hiiro w/ Masamune, it's just cheesy wardrobe change. (I'm going to personally believe Kekera had a part in this because he was shaping Keiwa into the rider he wanted him to be) I do wish Keiwa kept the new hair actually, it was cute lol - New edgy af henshin. Stop cracking ya knuckles. Goofy. Not the worst again, but in combination w the clothes kinda takes me out of it -overall edgy af mannerisms and movements -treatment of Tsumuri Everything escalated, he became desperate, was being manipulated, so capturing Tsumuri and making her use her new creation powers is understandable. The idea of him actively taking advantage of her empathy to his pleas and tears (which were probably real tbh) to get a new item? That's sick of him but in both a cool and awful way. What I cannot handle as an active choice from Keiwa? The god. The freakign. The classic creepy face caress when Tsumuri was imprisoned. Why did he do that!? Literally no reason!! It was just weird!! He's depressed and angry, not automatically a creep???!?! It can't really be justified as him like, mentally breaking, because it doesn't add up w literally anything else he's done. Especially when he looks normal again. We're just gonna ignore that happened? He went so close to her face so much. It felt unnecessary. Who told him to do that. Whaddahell.

I firmly believe are other ways to portray a character being threatening and aside from the overdone touchy creep(tm) style.

So just all of that in combination and in such a short amount of time was over the top. If we had to do the bad guy arc, I think we could've had more of the crocodile tears thing he had. Sad, pathetic but manipulating/guilt-tripping. We don't have much bad guys like that.

and a more inconsequential thing like lack of some specific character designs.

where are Kamen Rider Lancer and Kamen Rider Garun's designs!!! where are they!!

It has a consistent belt/power-up gimmick and is surprisingly versatile despite people only using the same one or two belt type

Realized how often I use the word 'consistent' lol. It's just one of my pet peeves if rider/power systems are just, thrown away, and people start getting belts and forms up the wazoo w no decent explanation. [deletes a bunch of typing here] That's another few paragraphs worth of explanation so I'll shorten it to this: it makes it less tv show and more toy commercial, if that makes sense.

After discussing this further w a friend I realized these points ^ only exist because I was watching this fresh outta Revice and unfortunately Revice had frustrated me quite a lot so that's something I'll spare you of for now

So those are the ups and criticisms I can recall for now. I still would probably have Geats up there on my personal favourites though. Despite how much I love Fuwa and Aruto, I like the overall story for Geats over Zero-One out of the Takahashi stuffs. Ex-aid is still higher overall. I'll need to finish those last few episodes and movie before deciding where I'll place Geats in my overall KR list.

#talk to me tag #the-one-shadowfox258 #0 days since writing an essay in response to an ask #this actually isn't as long as my mob psycho pokemon crossover essay because it has less pictures lmaooo

[0clu]

slipknot x splatoon because i feel the need to combine my interests all the time

originally i was gonna have all 12 here but i decided to keep it as the original 9 we all know and love since i hardly even know the new members.. i would have loved to have them under here tho

so basically these guys arent really an actual team (yet) but they do have scrimages with eachother. like all the time. everyone has basically the same traits and personalities as their irl human counterparts.

i went off of vibes i get from them btw

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#0 Sid Wilson

Inkling

• he has the rat/ray tail

• most annoying skirmisher..

• inkbrush main all day

• sucks at zipcaster and corey berates him for it

• A rank isnt treating him well but he doesnt care. hes just having fun (joyful little guy he is)

• loves qr ssu and ninja squid

• you know he has the record player in his locker

• dj

#1 Joey Jordison

Octoling

• reliable frontline slayer

• if the dapple dualies has only 1 fan on earth its him.

• also plays jr and sploosh 7

• could get top 500 if he wanted to but he doesnt care much abt it

• prefers nouveau to vanilla despite its special

• still pops reefslider like its splashdown

• plays in a band

#2 Paul Gray

Inkling

• midline

• average mini splat/nautilus main

• misses the zink variant from years ago (the old bubbler)

• just your basic S ranker, good but not the best

• comes up with the wackiest comp ideas

• "what if we all used weapons with splash wall as the sub... or quad big bubbler on tc"

#4 Jim/James Root

Inkling

• anchor

• heavy splatling, ballpoint

• came from greater inkopolis (is that what they call it?)

• him moving made his rank reset from S back down to B- so now hes scared to touch ranked

• "im a backline, man... what if my teammates are fucking braindead?" ion know

• new to the group so doesnt really know these guys

• got in from a tryout session

#3 Chris Fehn

Octoling

• midline slayer

• used to be insane with the sting ray special before it got banned

• shotpro main and jet dick rider for life

• never thought abt gear building until like a year ago, its amazing how he even got to X rank running opening gambit on jet.

• pinocchio mask in his locker he sometimes wears to turf war

#5 Craig "133" Jones

???

• slayer

• wiper. lives and dies by the sword

• he just kinda popped up one day

• ...

• him talking is like a big foot sighting

• really good. like... super good... almost mick level

• everyone wonders what the hell he mained before splatanas were a thing

• well decorated locker. nice color theory

#6 Shawn Crahan

Octoling

• anchor but can be mid for faster comps

• explo is his babby. slosher is nice too

• 'they dont know i served in the octarian army'

• was basically the groups leader 24/7 until corey came

• his strongest feat is making strategic decisions and pop up plans for the team

• has been S+/X rank for yearsss

• probably responsible for some of the map callouts you hear today (ex. skipper pavilion, blackbelly skatepark)

• his locker has a dried squid corpse playing a miniature drum set inside

#7 Mick Thomson

Inkling

• as anchor as it gets

• "do you ever play anything other than 5k??" "...5k scope"

• frequent top 500 in tc and rm

• wants the original eliter 4k to make a comeback

• evil charger main #666

• will talk you to death about chargers and their history

• his locker just has a singular eliter in it

• "come into MY house, suck MY dick, call ME gay?!?" incarnate

#8 Corey Motherfuckibg Taylor

Inkling

• the most "splatlands born and raised 💀" guy ever

• aggro midline

• 💞flingza💞, stamper

• hates big swig it feels like a knock off flingza to him

• S rank isnt treating him well and he does care. bro is suffering

• some know him as "the great big mouth"

• no ass unfortunately

• shawn saw him in turf war once and immediately went and got him to join his team afterwards

• was found as a soggy flingza main but gradually learned to have great team spirit and become a good leader :D

• just kinda puts shit in his locker.

• joey says he has frontman energy

#splatoon #splatoon 3 #slipknot #sid wilson #joey jordison #paul gray #chris fehn #jim root #james root #craig jones #shawn crahan #mick thomson #corey taylor #splat 3 #nu metal #numetal #splatoon oc

[wh0r3r4ngh43]

❦ About Me ❦

Just a lil random stuff to get to know me better<3

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My background info:

⌞ My name is Ali (I also like being called “Al” or “Alex”), I’m 18 (2005) and I’m from Sweden.⌝

I was born in Sweden but moved to South Africa when I was young and grew up there until I moved back to Sweden 4 years ago ^^ I’m not rlly connected to my Swedish roots, so that’s why my first language is English n etc.

I’m afab but currently unsure what I’d label myself as gender-wise, so any pronouns are fine<3 Though, They/them is probably my most preferred. Sexuality wise, I’m unlabeled/unsure. What I do know for sure is that I’m very much not straight XD

I’m currently finishing my last year of school before uni, and I’m currently majoring in “Social Studies”. I plan to eventually study onwards to become either a criminologist or someone that does research in psychology (regarding the brain).

Important to note:

⁀➴ I’m diagnosed with “AuDHD” (a combination of ADHD and Autism), so pls be patient with me and respect boundaries.

Groups I stan:

Main-> SVT

Besides them, I also (mainly) stan NCT + BTS.

I’m “into” a bunch of other groups tho, but I’m usually just a casual listener.

Main Biases:

✮ diehard Hoshi lover ✮

practically all of SVT tbh, but I adoreee BSS

Suga has such a special place in my heart fr

in NCT it varies from time to time—currently: Chenle, Haechan, Xiaojun, TEN, Johnny, Jaemin, YangYang

Hobbies/Interests:

Music: KPOP, Rap/HipHop, R&B and practically anything that I just happen to like.

Languages: I rlly enjoy studying/learning languages. School has kinda fucked up my flow when it comes to keeping up with the specific languages I want to learn.

Dance: It’s not something I do often atm bcs I’m living in an apartment with oldass neighbors, let alone the fact that I live with my grandparents who do NOT like noise.

Guitar: Currently trying to relearn the guitar, but it’s hard to find time for it.

Gaming: I really love gaming, despite how pissed off it manages to make me lmao. I loveeee anything resident evil n Silent Hill related :D. Open world games like Skyrim are things that I also adore. Besides allat, I tend to stick to horror games; shooter games; RPG; and fighting games like tekken. Sadly I game on a crusty old Xbox, but I love it regardless.

Fixations lmao: Being neurodivergent, I have hyperfixations that vary from week to week or month to month, as well as long-term special interests. What I’m rlly into rn is: Sharks, dinosaurs, history (like ancient Egypt n the medieval times), tigers (I’m not even joking, I blame Soonyoung tbh), psychology, criminology, neuroscience in general, and silent hill deep-dives XD. Not all of this at the same time though, it varies every few weeks but usually switches between these things.

SEVENTEEN in general: I’ve been a KPOP stan for YEARSSS omfg I feel old. Started being a carat around 2015, around 2017-2019 I was focusing on other groups like EXO n BTS. I was switching back and forth from SVT, but became a huge carat again early 2023.

I think that’s all? Otherwise I might update this later<3

Feel free to DM me btw^^ I’m always open to making new friends!

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#Spotify

[theherooftime00]

Hey stranger, you probably don't remember me but I've just been searching for my old followers from yearsss ago and stumbled across this account. So here's a lil positive note for your inbox ^_^

I hope everything has been ok over the last five or so years, and that things between you + Cthulhu have improved. Sending you a long distance hug!

WOAH I wish I knew who this was lol You must have been someone very special to me if you know that name. Well things are good for me because I am decided to cut contact people like Cthulhu lol. I am a lot happier now. Best wishes for you as well and also a hug right back!!

[atferdark]

Back when I didn't have access to the internet 24/7, books are my main source of entertainment.

I don't remember why I stopped reading, but I'm glad I'm back on it now since I still have a few unread books from yearsss ago. I really have been meaning to lessen my screen time as my eyes are concerningly becoming worse, and it's just so timely that I rediscovered my penchant for reading though not as much as before, but I'll get there. Hopefully. With the right book.

What I recently realized is that I've been losing my time to social media a lot, and that there are far more rewarding things to while away my time. And as amusing it is to watch a dog be goofy on tiktok, or read up about the latest gossip among "influencers," if you think about it, all of those are just short-lived returns of your hours spent - and as they say, time wasted is time lost forever.

Now I wouldn't say I'll stay away from it 100% (not even 70%, let's be real) at this point, but I will definitely try to be more mindful of how I spend my time and attempt to not fall back into old habits.

#personal #books

[seravph]

no as someone who wears/used to wear a lot of tennis skirts. ur literally right. my old tennis skirts from before they got picked up by fast fashion were so good and the stuff that's made/more heavily promoted today literally doesn't compare.... so so many people are just buying them from a unethical source to scrap them as soon as they get them because they look bad and are already falling out of fashion in some circles

I bought one from h&m yearsss ago in like 2015/16 when they were rlly in fashion and that shit was so uncomfy and the material was awful and it didn’t even look cute when I wore it like the material was stiff yet stretchy ??? And for that reason it didn’t like suck me in or lay properly on me so it didn’t flatter me LOL…. I think I watched sumn years ago which talked about how some fashion (esp fast fashion) isn’t really even made to be worn, it’s made to look good on a hanger 😭😭😭 tbh I think tennis skirts are a cool look kind of a Margot tenenbaum vibe but the fast fashion ones are flattering on no one

[laynemorgan]

how do you find writing inspiration when you're simply lacking it? i’m struggling to find that inspiration (for a few reasons), but i’m not sure how to get back into doing what i love. i used to write fanfic yearsss ago, and i’m thinking of getting back into that because it was such a wonderful creative outlet for me. i’m also considering exploring a new area of writng, but i think i’m worried about how well i’ll do since it’s so new to me and i feel like i won’t have a fresh perspective to offer. i know every writer is different. i’ve followed you for a few years now (when i had my old tumblr), and i really admire you so i’d greatly any advice or tips you can offer me. thanks, layne! ❤️

Totally depends. I mean the reality is that one of the things you have to learn to be a professional writer is that you can't let your productivity be dependent on inspiration. Otherwise when it comes to deadlines or anything else you're screwed. So the important thing to do is build a tool box for yourself that helps you kick into working gear when you're stuck. Here's some step by step of how I'd handle that.

1. Identify what has you stuck. Are you tired? Is it a mood thing? Is it an environment thing? Is it that you literally are at a fork in your story and don't know which road to travel? Is there a place you have to start and just don't know how to get started? Or are you stuck on coming up with an idea/character/etc?

2. If it's a mood related or environment related thing, address those. Meditation, music, clearing cutter, etc are all great ways to help your head feel focused. For me, I like to have certain things that tell my brain "it's writing time." I have a certain keyboard I use when I'm writing. A special candle that I light, certain music that I listen to. It works like a pavlovian response that whenever I put all of those things on, I'm in my writing space. I don't always NEED them in order to write. But when I'm feeling uninspired they're a good way to tell my brain it's time to get inspired.

3. If it's a decision making problem, I always suggest just picking one and seeing it through. Doesn't matter which one. Then after two hours, pick the other direction and see that one through. Then decide which you prefer. Worst case, you lost a few hours. But that's better than spending hours deciding and getting no where.

4. If you don't know how to get started, this is when it's helpful to have some kind of process. This is why it's important to learn process. What does a story need Does your have it? What does an episode/chapter/etc need? Does your have it? What does a scene need? Does yours have it, step it out. Start big, get smaller. If you have to work on one storyline that day and you have no idea where to start, just ask yourself "what is the emotion of this storyline? How is my character starting one way and then changing?" From there go to "what is changing them at the mid point?" Now you have an arc. Build around that. Having a tool box and knowing what point in the process to start at can sometimes help get you going.

5. If you're looking for actual idea inspiration, then I love pinterest. I start clicking images that speak to me and adding them to a board, then I refresh that board and get images that they recommend and I slowly start deleting and adding until something makes sense or one of the images prvokes a certain thought in me that works.

Unfortunately, the world doesn't care about muse or inspiration. As a writer, one of the hardest but most important tools in the world that you can learn is how to make writng happen even when you aren't feeling it. And don't forget that it doesn't have to be perfect. It can royally suck. let it suck. Just get it down. Then fix it from there. Better 20 pages of fixable suck then 0 pages of brilliance.