#unless they’re actually just the biggest assholes on the planet

[bbyboybucket]

I’ve seen a lot of people saying Sam’s not included in What If? bc Mackie is too busy to voice him. So do y’all think that maybe in his contract, it says he’s the only person who’s allowed to play/voice Sam? Bc thats the only logical explanation….or at least the only one I would accept

#unless they’re actually just the biggest assholes on the planet #and I think that the only other people who aren’t voiced by og actors are characters that are dead/gone in the main universe? #idk for sure though so don’t take my word for it #but even if this is the case it still doesn’t excuse that he hasn’t been mentioned at all in any project after being cap for over 2 years #I’m just trying to speculate bc I actually can’t wrap my head around him not appearing except for as a zombie #when tons of other characters even very small side ones have appeared #sam wilson #anthony mackie

[rotationalsymmetry]

My take on John in Harrow the Ninth surprise! sctually being a villain is...he’s nice. Everyone else in the series or nearly is in some way a fucking asshole and then we have this guy who should be the biggest asshole, why wouldn’t he be he can get away with being as much of an asshole as he likes, and surely you don’t get to be in that position without being an asshole, and... he keeps being apologetic and stuff? And ... thoughtful? And apparently concerned with the other characters’ well-being? And kinda letting himself get pushed around by the Lyctors to some degree but also being like “no, we’re doing it this way” when that needs to happen?

(I have a thing for morally ambiguous authority figures who are on a personal level nice and considerate and so on, as a fictional trope that exists in fiction.)

I kinda fell into reading him like Iroh: as in, yeah, there’s Unfortunate Implications in his backstory but maybe there’s going to be some contrived justification for why an otherwise reasonable person might have to do what he’s done like with (also spoilers) the Lord Ruler in Mistborn, and after a certain point you have to take the bones decorations as just sort of ambiance rather than any sort of moral statement (why am I reading a story about necromancers)....

...so I was, genuinely surprised when he became from Gideon’s and presumably Muir’s perspective the villain. I thought it was going to be one of those situations where, OK he’s an emperor and also everything within the home solar system is all crapsack world but somehow that doesn’t translate to him actually being a bad person? I mean, sometimes it’s a little hard to figure out where Muir’s moral stances within the Locked Tomb universe are going or if we’re just ignoring good and bad because it makes for a more entertaining story that way.

Still curious what Cytheria’s motivation was in Gideon the Ninth. I think vengeance would be narratively/thematically satisfying (if you take the “empire fueled by death magic” concept seriously as a moral thing and not just as “bones are cool”, where else can you go with it other than “burn it all down”?)

(Also: that thing where they’re killing planets specifically so that the Resurrection Beast can’t feed on them, maybe that’s set up for some (plausible or implausible from a reader’s perspective) justification for the empire? I’m very confused about the ongoing absence of any justification on that front. Even if it’s not meant to be seen as compelling to the readers. the people who actually live in the world should have something they’re telling themselves about why it’s OK to conquer and gradually destroy other worlds. Unless necromancy is so deeply ingrained into their worldview that they don’t actually see death and killing as a bad thing? And yet clearly they do.)

Anyways, it shocked me at first, but I think he’s actually a supremely well-done villain. Because his niceness is a front to keep people from seeing him as a villain (basically an extension of his lying) and there’s something incredibly realistic about that.

...I’m talking about realism in a book about space necromancers. Unexpected.

#Harrow the Ninth #harrow the Ninth spoilers #locked tomb trilogy #John the god-emperor #Gideon the ninth spoilers

[khoicesbyk]

Dark Pleasure.

A/N: This AU is between my two all time favorite books Bloodbound and The Royal Romance! It is the crossover to end all crossovers.

A/N 2: This fanfic will be dark! And sexy! And violent! And delicious! And will quickly become your guilty pleasure.

Rated: Mature. | Contains sexual content and strong language. (You know? The usual from me. 😁) | Bolded and/or italicized words are conversations and thoughts of the characters. | Main Characters: Tristan Rys (LI) and Latisha Tucker (MC) x Adrian Raines and Tiana Reynolds-Raines | All Characters and names: (except MC and original characters created by me) are property of Pixelberry.

Current Word Count: 1,210 words. (more or less. I stop counting after editing and re-editing. 🤷🏾‍♀️)

Prompt Time! Today I’ll be using @wackydrabbles prompt #87 “No offense, but I'm not interested.”! It’ll be in bold in black.

If you’d like to be added to my tag list. Just reblog or dm me and I will gladly add you! 😁😘

Series TW: drug use, violence, murder, mentions of torture, prostitution.

This series is rated Mature. It is NOT reading material that is safe for those under 18. Reader discretion is STRONGLY advised!

(MAJOR SHOUTOUT TO @secretaryunpaid!!! SHE GAVE ME THE KICK IN THE ASS THAT I NEEDED TO START THIS SERIES! I DON’T THINK I WOULD’VE HAD THE BALLS TO WRITE THIS IF SHE HADN’T HAVE PUSHED ME IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION!)

Chapter 1.) Into The Shadows.

Tristan Rys has everything any man could ever want. Money, power, cars, girls, homes you name it, he’s more than likely got it. As President and Chairman of Rys International Group, it’s his job to provide his clients with every luxury their hearts desire. After all he’s known all around the world as The King Of Cordonia.

His late father Constantine started the company with just one small hotel and when he turned the business over to his youngest son, Tristan turned it into a powerhouse that rivals Marriott and Hilton. He has his Le Roi de Cordonie hotel group, his Lotus spas and The Underground nightclubs all over the world.

And now he’s looking to expand to the US. After scouting possible headquarter locations in California, New York, Miami, Boston and Chicago, he settled on Washington D.C. He took a liking to the busy city vibe. With D.C. being the home and hub of American politics and the potential growth of his client list, he was sold on the location. Because what better way to grow his true business than to be in a city that thrives?

What is his true business you ask?

Tristan isn’t just the owner of Rys International Group, he’s also one of the biggest drug lords in the world. No one has ever been able to touch him.

And right now he’s about to have the biggest investment meeting of his life. If he’s able to make this deal it would mean he’d truly be unstoppable.

He’s about to meet with Senator Adrian Raines.

Adrian has known Tristan since he was a kid. He and Constantine were great friends and eventually Adrian became one of Rys International’s biggest clients. After all, they hosted Adrian and Tiana’s wedding. So when Adrian heard that Rys International was coming to D.C., he had to see what brought Tristan to town. Although Adrian doesn’t run the day to day of Raines Corporation he was still willing to meet.

Both arrived to an empty Ocean Prime Steakhouse for their meeting.

“Adrian! It’s good to see you!” Tristan said as he stood to greet Adrian with a handshake.

“It’s good to see you too Tristan. It’s been a long time. I haven’t seen you since you were a kid.” Adrian replied, returning his handshake.

“Thank you for meeting with me, Senator.”

“Please you know you can always call me Adrian.”

“I know but I want to respect you and your new position.”

“Thank you. What can I get you? Scotch?” Adrian asks.

“Whiskey if you don’t mind.” Tristan replies.

Adrian signals for the waiter to bring them a couple bottles and glasses.

“Now before we get down to business, I gotta ask…how’s that spitfire wife of yours?” Tristan asks.

Adrian snickered.

“You know how she is about you. She won’t shut up about the new spa you opened up in New York. I can’t keep her out of there.” He replies.

“Yes I know. Still the best sex I’ve ever had.”

“You’re a liar but I’ll take the backhanded compliment anyway.”

The two shared a laugh as the waiter brought them two bottles of whiskey.

“I don’t know about you but I’m starving! So shall we order?” Tristan asks him.

“Of course let’s order.”

They placed their orders and while they waited for their food to be delivered, they started to discuss business.

“So let’s get down to it. Why am I here Tristan?” Adrian asked.

“I have a business proposal for you Adrian.”

“Oh? And what is this business proposal as you put it?” Adrian asks.

“Consider it a bit of a ‘you scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours’. I’m new to town and I know how cutthroat D.C. can be. And I’m a small fish in this very big pond.” Tristan replies.

“Meaning?” Adrian asked with an eyebrow raised.

“Meaning you give me protection here in D.C. and I fund your entire senatorial re-election and future presidential campaign.” Tristan replies.

Adrian scoffed.

“No offense, but I'm not interested.”

“Come on Adrian! You can’t seriously be passing this up!”

That’s when their food arrived.

“Need I remind you that you are one of the biggest drug dealers in the world? You’re a danger to my campaign!”

Tristan shrugged.

“Suit yourself Senator. I was actually looking forward to working with you but I’m sure your opponent in New York will be happy to take the deal.”

“You wouldn’t dare.”

“Oh no? Why not? Because you’re an old friend of both me and my father?” Tristan asks.

Adrian smirked.

“You’re an asshole. You do know that right?” Adrian asks.

“High praise!” Tristan replies.

“If I agree to this, what do I really get out of this?” Adrian asks.

“Like I said, a fully funded re-election and future presidential campaigns. On top of the perks of being a valued member of Rys International’s platinum club and a few other personal perks and favors, of course.” Tristan replied.

“All while you get to set up shop here in D.C. and run your legal and illegal business, correct?” Adrian asks.

“A win-win situation if I do say so myself.” Tristan replies before pouring himself a drink.

“And how would we go about this…business?” Adrian asks.

“Very simple. Your head of security Jax will meet with my head of security Drake Walker and coordinate.” Tristan replies.

“Jax won’t agree to that.”

“Why not?” Tristan asks.

“Jax doesn’t like working with people.” Adrian replied.

“Neither does Drake. Unless it involves sex and liquor.”

“Oh well in that case, they’ll be great together. They’re both brooding, moody and love liquor and women.”

“Now you’re getting it.”

“What about your brother Leo?” Adrian asks.

“Simple. While all that happens my brother will work with Raines Corporation on the business side of things.”

“And what about us?”

“Just two old friends working together to make sure that you are re-elected and my business flourishes here in America.”

“And no one will know about your cartel?” Adrian asks.

“Nope. Hell I’ll even throw you a cut of the profits…and a few of my finest girls.” Tristan replies.

Adrian sat back and thought about Tristan’s words.

“Come on Adrian. I know you’re considering it.”

“You’re an egomaniac!”

“And you’re the vampire who is married to the most powerful woman in the entire universe. And together you and I will become the two most unstoppable men on the planet!”

Adrian just shook his head then grinned.

“Damn you’re good…”

“That’s the nature of my business. So what do you say? Do we have a deal?” Tristan asks.

“This goes against everything I have believed in! I am better than this!” Adrian hissed. “And yet…this is too damn good for you to pass up.”

Adrian took a deep breath and Tristan rolled his eyes.

“Just say that you accept the damn deal old man!”

“Fine! You’ve got a deal! I can not believe I’ve been talked into this.”

“Wonderful! I’ll have my legal team contact yours and we’ll hammer out all the fine print.”

“You truly are ruthless, Tristan.”

“Jay-Z said it best. I’m not just a businessman, I’m a business…man.”

Adrian snickered.

“Here’s to a very lucrative partnership.”

“Finally!”

The two toasted to their new deal.

#choices #choices stories you play #pixelberry #khoicesbyk #choices fanfiction #fanfic #bloodbound #the royal romance #dark au

[jngles]

Thoughts You Definitely All Asked For on ‘The Mandalorian’ Season 2 Finale!!

These are in chronological order for the show.

One of my biggest fears about them reintroducing Boba Fett was that by removing some of his mystery, they would make him less cool. Thank god that has not been the case. He’s still an aloof and nasty piece of work but with dimensions added.

We all know the Empire is most often a metaphor for America right? At least when it’s not being Nazi Germany? The Imperial pilot talking about destroying an entire planet (of peaceful weaponless civilians no less) to stop terrorism hits a little too close to home of the nuclear bombs the US has dropped and the endless destruction of the Middle East in the “war against terror.” And of course we frame all our wars in similar language like “our troops died to keep our country safe,” which hasn’t really been true since WWII.

I do think it’s worth noting that this is the first time SW has had someone acknowledge the human losses of the Death Star blasts. Usually it’s framed as a loss in construction time, strategical advantage, and power. The Empire proved time and time again that the lives of its soldiers were utterly expendable, which always made me question why people remained loyal outside of fear. Through this pilot’s phrasing, you can see the propaganda Imperial superiors used to twist the truth to their followers, always blaming those deaths on Rebel aggression instead of prideful Imperial neglect (I.e. not abandoning ship when there was still time) or even direct Imperial aggression like Operation Cinder where they fired on thousands of their own (discussed in S2E7.)

You can’t tell me Din wasn’t into it when Cara shot that asshole pilot. That cold faced revenge shot? 100% Mandalorian style, and also very very hot.

I appreciate that it was a pretty equal match between Boba and Koska Reeves. So much of Boba’s advantage comes from his suit, but since she also has one, it’s a battle of wits on how to use it, and they even out. This both maintains his legendary badassery and also that of highly trained Mandalorian warriors, and hopefully avoids asshole chauvinist SW fans on the internet complaining abujt “pandering to feminism” (fuck off @ all of them, especially since Mercedes Vernado who plays Reeves is a WWE champ and could kick all of your asses.)

Din point blank asked how many Death Troopers there are and Dr. Pershing never answered, and that annoys me.

Why is no one suspicious why Dr. Pershing is being so helpful and revealing so much information? He totally did not have to tell them about the Dark Troopers or any of the specifics of locations on the ship. He’s still with the empire post-fall, implying he’s a loyalist, so... wtf on his part (since no tricks come of it), and “be smarter” on the part of everyone else. Unless he’s been captive as a clone engineer all this time. But couldn’t he have made his escape back in Season 1 when Din killed everyone at that lab to get the kid back?

Bo Katan really could’ve just told them how the retrieval of the dark saber needs to work in the flight before the mission instead of being vague about “he belongs to me.”

Boba Fett’s usage of “Princess” and “don’t worry about me” are a good throwback to Han Solo and the culture they both grew up in. You can never quite tell if it’s based in misogyny or resentment for upper classes, but both of them seem to use it as a shield for begrudging respect they hold for a woman they think is brave but following a fool’s errand (the Rebellion and retaking Mandalore).

The Comms Officer (Katy O’Brian) assisting Moff Gideon will forever and always look like Ilana Glazer to me, and then I get swept up imagining what would happen if the Broad City cast accidentally got transported to Star Wars.

The launch tube sequence has some amazing cinematography.

The second I saw Boba was cut off from the pack, I really thought they were going to kill him again and make his return bittersweet. Glad they didn’t.

God this team of Bo Katan, Koska Reeves, Fennec Shand, and Cara Dune is SO BADASS. I’m just obsessed with all these characters and their various motivations to get shit done. I honestly didn’t even think about the fact it’s all women until my re-watch, showing that the writers made it feel natural, the way women deserve to have their representation done. You can bet I am SO EXCITED for my future daughter and the wealth of possibilities she’s going to have of characters to play pretend as, action figures she can relate to, Halloween costumes to wear, etc. It’s so validating that we’ve gone from only Princess Leia as a female main character to all these women + Rey, Jyn Erso, Ahsoka, etc. etc.

Can’t wait for the trap remix of the Dark Trooper activation noises. (And the transition from that to the minimalist flute theme is perfect.)

The spy movie version of the main theme music is sick.

The Dark Trooper droid faces have a lot of similarity to Darth Vader’s mask. That callback is especially apparent when the one is literally lit from the inside with fire. He was already a martyr/legend to the Imperial remnants, Kylo Ren didn’t start the trend of ignoring his redemption.

Cara’s “excuse me” right before shooting up Stormtroopers is hilarious. Literally “can’t talk rn, doing hot girl shit and murdering space Nazis.”

Finally an Imperial ship got some frickin security cameras. Truly- the amount of times people just wander down hallways they’re not supposed to be in with no one being able to find them throughout the course of Star Wars is ridiculous when you think about the degree of surveillance our real life society carries out. I also love that this means The Mandalorian characters have also seen The Mandalorian.

The storytelling does such a service to Pedro Pascal and his already heroic efforts to portray emotion through a helmet. For example: Din easily could’ve killed the one stormtrooper outside Grogu’s cell much more efficiently, but instead, to show his absolute rage, they wrote in Din choking him out with a spear.

Moff Gideon would have been the BIGGEST pain in the ass in philosophy class. “Assume I know everything” my ass. I want to hear about his backstory (he would’ve been “coming of age” at the time of the Clone Wars) mostly just to hear about him getting bullied at school.

Smart move honestly, to try to tempt Din with the Mandalorian throne, given the Mandalorian power struggles of the past. Proud of our boy for keeping his priorities straight.

So has the blood from Grogu been transferred out of the ship and back to the remnant empire already, or do they have to find a new “donor” to help with building Snoke and Palpatine’s clones? Will they continue to go after him with Luke?

Lmao Din being so annoyed by Bo Katan being stringent about the tradition of winning the Dark Saber through combat is HILARIOUS, coming from a man who up until like a day ago hadn’t shown his face to a living being in decades.

The dark troopers can punch in blast doors but NOT Din’s helmet?? That’s a wild testament to beskar. Somehow that’s the comparison that sticks out to me, more even than its resistance to lightsabers.

This show works because of the cynicism of so many characters adding contrast to the moments of heart. Cara Dune is not a “fan” the way Rey was (for the record I love Rey, don’t come at her, it’s just different). Cara doesn’t see an X-Wing and go OMG THE REBELLION I LOVE THEM. She’s been through too much to believe in the magic saviourism of the “good guys,” and is instead thinking strategically when she, the one Rebel present, brushes off the usefulness of “one X-Wing.” The only positive things she seems to feel in battle situations are moments of relief and brief satisfaction in hurting the empire, with a dark knowledge that it will never make up for the hurt they did to her.

How do you keep a cloak hood on while fighting? Both from a technical standpoint (my hats fall off without me even having to move- is he expending force energy just to keep it on and look cool lol?) and also because idk, maybe it’s just me, but peripheral vision is helpful when surrounded by killer robots on a thin bridge above oblivion. I know his first lesson was to “see” through the force, but every resource helps, right?

Now that she has the ship, I wonder if Bo Katan can reprogram any salvageable Dark Troopers to help with retaking Mandalore?

There is nothing like seeing Luke’s fighting style, with its efficient choppiness and twinge of darkness. I always wonder how much is natural and how much is influenced by his first fights with Vader (that Skywalker diva flair). I love how they’ve advanced his technique but also kept him extremely “grey” here- like to straight up COMBUST a Dark Trooper takes some violent energy lol.

How tf is Moff Gideon alive after threatening Grogu’s life twice directly? That’s a wild testament to Din’s regard for Cara.

I love how seeing Luke slice through a bunch of murder droids like butter probably was a huge point in his favor for Din actually letting Grogu go with him. Like he will only send his child to boarding preschool if he knows the teacher will be a certified killing machine.

Oh my god they finally brought in some OG Star Wars theme music for Luke to take his hood off to 😭 It felt weird seeing him fight to different music, so the emotional payoff is huge when his themes come back for the face reveal.

Whoever added the digital young Mark Hamill face NAILED those classic shining Luke eyes and the earnest eyebrow lift.

Whoever shines the glass of Baby Yoda’s lil puppet eyeballs each day deserves a raise. The light caught in those babies is devastating.

Din is shaking as he takes off his helmet. This is the most enormous show of love he could give him, and possibly the last he’ll be able to for a long time. He only just got Grogu back and is desperate for a moment of real connection before letting him go once again.

This is the first time anyone has touched Din’s face since... likely his parents as a child.

Whoever wrote this scene clearly actually has kids. Anyone who’s ever had to leave a young child even just to go out for a bit or to drop them off somewhere knows that heartbreak of seeing them look in your eyes and hold on to your leg, trying to keep you with them. Especially when they can sense your mutual separation anxiety. The one thing that starts to make them feel better is something fun like a new toy or friend who can be their guide in the new environment, and R2’s friendly introduction is exactly that (since digital Luke isn’t being particularly emotive or child friendly... I hope that’s just because he’s reaching into Grogu’s mind while also keeping an eye on the multiple people with guns trained on him, not because he’s going to be totally unfeeling raising this kid.)

I love that Grogu and R2 are immediately buddies in contrast to Episode 5 when R2 was like “fuck this guy” @ Yoda stealing food and hitting him with a walking stick lol. I would imagine Luke must be reminded of that first introduction too and entertained by this display of playfulness in a *positive* light between R2 and mini-Yoda.

I need to know if Luke and Ahsoka have met- it is KILLING ME.

Does this mean Grogu will get killed by Kylo Ren when he fucks up Luke’s academy??? I will reincarnate Ben just to kill him again if that’s the case.

How does Luke not even fully SMILE at Grogu?? An adorable little baby version of his beloved master Yoda, and you’re telling me he doesn’t have the same heart stopping gasp we all did when we first saw him?? Maybe he did when they first connected through the force. He has a bit of bemusement on his face, and also wonder in his eyes, but I want a grin of recognition and welcome, dammit.

I really wish Luke had somehow acknowledged Cara Dune. Everyone else seems to see the tear drop Rebel sign and know it means Alderaan. He could’ve been like yo I have a badass warrior sister from your planet that you should meet. Or just “thank you for your service.” (I know this actually wouldn’t have been cinematically good but my heart wants it.)

Luke didn’t tell Din his name?? Or ask for any details about the kid and his care?? I could literally never let my kid go with someone, regardless of how worthy, and not be like, “Excuse me sir who are you and where tf are you taking my tiny beloved green goblin in case I need to find him? Here is my contact info. He likes to eat frogs and eggs, and he can have macarons as a treat. He’s 50 years old and his favorite toy is still a ball. Bedtime is 8pm and he’s allergic to dairy.”

Another reason I wish Luke had identified himself would be to see the mishmash of reactions that would ensue. Cara would be like DAMN IT’S THAT GUY WHO BLEW UP THE DEATH STAR AND KILLED THE EMPEROR, ACT COOL (and she would indeed act cool). Fennec would be like ugh it’s that guy who helped kill my best paying client Jabba the Hutt and then fucked over my boss Boba, I helped save the kid for THIS? And I would LOVE to know how Bo Katan feels about him, assuming she’s heard of him, and especially if she knows he’s Anakin Skywalker’s son. That confusion is probably the reason WHY the writers didn’t have him reveal himself- they didn’t want to break the emotion of the scene.

Let‘s all be real I’m just being needy about wanting things from Luke because of what he meant to me as a kid and my resulting innate need to have more canon of him, whatever it is, whenever I can get it. Especially in this form that’s so similar to ROTJ, a movie I watched on endless repeat. Even getting this was incredible though. Who else could we trust this lil heart-stealing green bean with so fully? Yet who would be so arrogant as to try to train a baby yodling (see: Ahsoka’s wise refusal)?

R2 is reckless as hell lmao. Not that we don’t already know that, but for him to just head on in, effectively abandoning Luke’s ship (how can they know if there are more troopers or not who might blow it up?) and also putting himself in the path of the ridiculously deadly Dark Troopers is NUTS. I’m usually on his side but he absolutely deserves a scolding by C3PO for this one.

I wonder if Grogu has any memories of R2 or vice versa since they did occupy the Jedi Temple at the same time. Can Grogu understand droids? They could swap stories about mutual acquaintances.

Does Din pretty much have to go with Bo Katan now since a) he’s shown his face and may not be able to go back to the Watch, and b) because he has the darksaber and has to figure out how to get it back to her without dying?

How in the hell did Bib Fortuna (whose chins age was not kind to) go from being butler to being boss? Were all the henchmen just like, “Fuck yeah, no Hutt parents no rules, let’s do what we want!!” And then they’ve spent the last ten years living off of whatever money they could salvage from Jabba’s non-banked wealth? Why has no one challenged them for that prime real estate and loot? I would love to hear that story.

Fennec Shand says “respect sex workers” so you better fuckin’ do it.

Idk dude Bib Fortuna really was a good butler, and he seemed pretty willing to comply with whoever’s in power. Did he screw Boba over in his attempt to return from the dead and earn that killing shot somehow? Or was this to make sure there was no one left who would have a claim to loyalty? Or maybe Boba just really wanted to sit in that chair.

Does “The Book of Boba Fett” mean we’re not on Din Djarin’s story anymore? Or is it a new show? I would much prefer the latter. I want to see Din help retake Mandalore or at least get a hug.

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[theodorerr]

Liam understands that it’s a sanitary emergency or whatever, but he really doesn’t like staying home.

Liam also doesn’t like going outside, let’s be clear, because outside there are people and no thanks, but being home all day means that he has to deal with his neighbors more than usual and his neighbors are even worse than people.

There’s Mrs Jenkins, Satan’s actual reincarnation in an old lady, who hates Liam for no other reason that he exists and that he sometimes walks all over her stupid flowers out of spite, but mostly because he exists, and she’s the reason why Liam can’t be in his own fucking garden: she’s always there, right at the other side of street, sitting in her wooden chair and staring. She doesn’t even keep a book, not even to pretend to do something, she openly sits there just to stare and judge him as soon as he steps outside, and she never stops, not even when Liam yells at her, which is all the time he sees her, and sometimes even when he can’t see her, because he knows that she’s still looking at him from inside anyway, her and her judjy blank gaze – the same one her nephew once used to convince Liam she is blind. Please, as if he would believe that.  

The left side of the house is also impracticable because the biggest assholes on planet Earth live there and if Liam as much catch a glimpse of them from his window his entire day is ruined. He despises Brett and Nolan so much, always trying to start shit with him. They went as far as to give him a cake when they moved in last month. Who knows what kind of shit they put in it, hoping Liam would fall for it. As if. He threw it in the bin and egged their house to teach them a lesson.

That leaves the right side, which was once Liam’s safe place. It’s still the only side where he allows himself to open the windows, but it’s just out of habitude since the days of old Gerard Argent living next to him are long gone –just like he is, heart attacks don’t forgive. Liam has been cleared of all the accusations by the way.

Now Theo lives there, and Theo is the worst of them all, always finding new ways of making Liam lose his cool.

The last one of his evil schemes being the piano.

It was already bad when Liam had to hear his tragic attempts at learning how to play it only in the morning, but now that they’re officially advised to stay home it’s nonstop and Liam’s ears had enough. It’s not even that he’s bad at it, he’s even decent, Liam guesses, if that’s your thing, that is, but it’s a matter of principle. As a neighbor you have the duty to not let the people living next to you know that you’re alive. Any constant and audible noise coming from your house into theirs is a serious infraction of that rule.

“You know, you’re not supposed to go outside unless you have an emergency.” Theo says as he opens the door and glances at Liam with that superior air of his.

“I have an emergency.” Liam explains before tackling him to the ground.

**

 They’re still rolling on the floor growling insults at each other when it happens, because Theo is a childish little shit and he refuses to say that he will stop playing the piano with his window open.

“Don’t make me call the police again, just say it!”

“Please do call them, didn’t they say they were going to arrest you if you disturbed them one more time?”

They did say that, because police officers in their town are too lazy to do their jobs and if you call them a few times when no one is dying they’re gonna be all rude and unhelpful about it, but Liam didn’t think Theo heard it too.

“They said they were going to arrest you.”.

“Yeah? Let’s ask them since they’re already here.”

Theo is such a liar and Liam is about to bite his calf because of it, it’s already in his face anyway, currently trapping him in some weird wrestling move –where did he even learn that, god, he’s so annoying – when the blue light of a police car actually blinds him and only then Liam registers the metallic voice filling the streets.

“...and all the necessities will be delivered at your doorstep. We repeat: do not leave the house for any reason, together we will prevent the zombie apocalypse from happening but we need your collaboration. Everyone that will be found outside, no matter how close to their habitation, will be arrested no questions asked. Starting from now.”

 Liam runs.

 **

 Liam runs right back.

“What the hell do you want now?” Theo scoffs opening the door. “Didn’t you hear them?”

“I forgot my keys” Liam admits miserably because in his rage he totally ignored the part where he was also going back after shutting Theo up. “I need you to help me force the lock.”

“You just attacked me for no reason, I’m not helping you.” Theo crosses his arms challenging, because why would be helpful for once, right?

“It wasn’t for no reason, I did it because I hate you, now shut up and help me before I get arrested.”

At that Theo stops, frowning thoughtful before taking a step towards Liam.

“HE’S HERE! THERE’S SOMEONE OUTSIDE, HE’S RIGHT HERE, COME AND GET HIM!”

Liam tackles him.

 ***

 “Hey, what part of doors closed isn’t clear to you two?” There’s an officer on Theo’s doorstep, looking down critically at where they’re once again rolling on the floor. “I’ll let it slide for this time since you’re inside, but keep it closed.”

“Wait, he doesn’t live here!��� Theo doesn’t hesitate to rat him out and Liam does bite his calf this time.

The officer stops and throws them another thoughtful glance.

“Well, congrats, you got yourself a roommate.” He announces before closing the door behind him with little care for Theo’s shocked gasp. Fucking drama queen.

Liam faints.

#thiam #what lockdown does to me #if they keep me trapped long enough there might be part 2

[larnauxous]

Life is Meaningless

There is absolutely too much garbage on this earth. Now, befofe you think that this is a speech about saving the environment, I'll clear it up right now. It isn't. My friends seem to be earth's biggest fans and it drives me absolutely insane. My one friend, he's a wonderful person, I'd probably put him out if he was ever set on fire. Yeah, he's THAT good. However he's president of the "we love this planet" fan club, and it's a little too much for me. He will actually pick up cigarette butts that I throw on the ground. This is not a joke. He does this. I always question him about it. Why the hell is he picking up my butt? I'm done with it. That's why I hucked it, you know? I get why he gets mad when I throw a candy bar wrapper out the window of my car. I get it. He's powerless to pick it up and show me what a great person he is by protecting the environment, and what an asshole I am for destroying it. I get it! But, a cigarette butt? That's a little too hardcore.

"The planet is dying." No. It isn't. The planet is doing just fine. Hey, I betcha I'll die before the planet does! I betcha that. And I betcha the planet will outlive him also, so maybe he should just focus on taking care of himself and shut the fuck up once in a while. He stresses out when I litter, and stress isn't good for you. He always tells me that I shouldn't be putting garbage on the ground. Really? Is the landfill aware of this? Here's an entire place designated for garbage to be on the ground. Sometimes they ship the garbage by boat and it falls into the goddamn ocean! So, what's doing more damage here? Honestly?

I wonder if he'd be okay with me if I was at the dump and just started chucking shit all over the place. My guess is no. He'd say there are certain areas for certain things. If I throw a chip bag onto the tire pile, he'd likely give me the tits about it. Fuck you, okay? I PAID for the luxury of legal littering. Don't ruin this for me. This is pretty much heaven for me. I throw a chip bag in the landfill, where it "belongs," it costs money. If I throw it out my car window, it's free. When it comes to littering, I've shopped around. Found the best bargain.

What exactly are we saving this planet for anyway? The people. That's right; the next generation that can start a war where people die, or join a religion where they hate one another. There's a lot of garbage on this earth and it's in the form of human beings.

Look at the animals that humans are so arrogantly trying to save. Bees are big on that list. We need bees! Why? "Without bees there would be no honey!!" And? That benefits YOU. Humans want to save the bees because they make honey, and honey tastes good. You look at the animal kingdom. Magnificent. It serves a purpose. Every creature has a role in the eco system. Every single one. Even the extinct animals served a purpose and played a role, and after they were gone, the eco system still functions, and life went on. Nature took its course and eliminated certain species, and guess what? Life is still going on! So stop worrying about the fucking bees. I saw 3 bees today. They're fine! And this year, the bees are bigger than I am! Who the fuck is giving these bees steroids? It's too much! They're absolutely huge! They could fuck 80 to 90 flowers an hour these days. These motherfuckers are going to produce enough honey and pollinate enough flowers to last a lifetime. Take a fucking breath, okay?

Every animal and insect, whether big or small, has a role in making the ecosystem work. Even gross disgusting spiders help keep the mosquito population down. They're gross, but they do help out. So then we need to ask ourselves this: what do humans do? We protect the earth and try to limit pollution and plant trees and keep the water clean! Well, if there were only animals on the planet...yeah. WE ARE HERE TO CLEAN UP AND IMPROVE A PLANET WE DESTROYED AND PROTECT ANIMALS FROM EXTINCTION THAT WE KILL! If there were no humans, the bees wouldn't be in any danger! We're cleaning up messes and solving issues we caused ourselves! Humans are the real litter. Humans are the garbage. The planet wouldn't need to be "saved" if humans didn't fucking threaten kill it to begin with!

Life is absolutely meaningless. We serve no purpose on this planet. We're arrogant, self absorbed idiots who sit at the top of the food chain and our only role is to survive until we die. That's it. I hate to break the news, but we are not essential to this planet. It doesn't need us. It never did. We are so fucking arrogant and self absorbed! Have you ever noticed that we can literally kill anything that isn't a human being without consequence? And we even cashed in on it with hunting and fishing licenses! You buy a license to murder animals! You go to prison for murdering a human! Unless you're in cameo and doing it for your country. Then, you're a "hero." Maybe I'm not supposed to get it.

But, all I know is this planet does not need us and would be better off if we all just went extinct.

#atheist #real life #ranting

[trillmilk]

@doomsayings replied:

its so interesting to hear ur take on this bc the prime directive is probably one of the most interesting parts of star trek to me! maybe its just the IR major in me... i think they do get it wrong Often but ive always seen the point of the prime directive to specifically avoid cultral imperalism, from a spivak 'does the sublatern speak' kind of way

i think the problem that they cant actually encapsulate that mindset bc the idea of supra-nation human federation is already inherently defaulting to a very western structure of governance, and its treated as the default for all humans which u can argue is colonial to begin with

but i do See the intent......there is actually a TNGepissode where they respect assisted suicide!!! so it doess depend on whos writing

they also do attempt to tackle the question of aid (bc im pretty sure they often treat it seperate from the PD) theres tng episode where they offer 'neutral' aid to a planet only to find later the aid wasnt being distributed properly and they were actively helping one side of the conflict

tldr: i do agree with you tho!!! just some further food for thought jkdhfdkjf i do think star treks biggest failing is not realizing when its doing cultrual hegemony

okay 1. you are literally so smart, you are so cool, your brain is so big and i love you

2. i haven’t read spivak but i’m going to pirate this essay now that you’ve mentioned it! i’m excited to read it

3. i DO think the prime directive is interesting but to me it’s interesting in like... a doylist way of like... how did this writer approach this? in this situation how did these characters interpret the prime directive?

bc trek, like main continuity comics, is difficult to engage with unless you make peace with just letting go of consistency because your favorite character who you know very well and love very much is going to act wildly out of pocket all the time because some dumb asshole is writing them and their actor didn’t get a choice in the matter (i KEEP hearing about how ds9 cast influenced their own character arcs esp siddig, brooks, and visitor!!! i wish shimerman and rene (i can’t spell his last name off the top of my head i am so sorry sir) had the same say in their arcs bc we would’ve gotten quodo marriage like day one)

4. i DO think that the main struggle here is exactly what you said about writers just not being able to encapsulate that perspective. it’s very like... when the writers will say something like “this is a species so completely different from us in every way! they’re totally alien they are nothing like us at all!!” and then if any character from that species sticks around for any length of time at all they become just... so human. this happens SO MUCH with the dominion like why the hell do the founders, vorta, and the jem h’dar just end up with human values and perspectives on everything no matter how much they look at the camera and say “i do not understand your human perspective”

sometimes tho the writers challenge their own human-centric perspective tho! in that s2 episode where sisko and quark get stuck somewhere quark confronts him about being prejudiced against ferengis and sisko’s like “no quark i just don’t like YOU” and quark goes “okay, that’s fine, but are there any ferengi you DO like?!” and sisko kind of backs off on that

he EVEN many seasons down the line, defends nog when he and jake have a disagreement. sisko tells jake that he and nog have to work this out, and jake says “but you didn’t even want me to be friends with him! you said that humans and ferengi can never be friends” and sisko says “i did say that, and i was wrong” because his whole perspective on The Ferengi and also the three ferengi he knows personally has changed

but that kind of change of perspective is super rare!!! it’s very much like the writers can’t get out of their own humanity/the audience’s expected human perspective

5. IM” RLY EXCITED TO SEE THOSE EPISODES U REFERENCED BC THEY SOUND SUPER SUPER INTERESTING

i love your star trek opinions i want to pour toasted sesame seeds over them and shove them in my mouth

#mine #doomsayings

[thinkingoutlouddblog]

doubt us

Summary: Harry is less famous than y/n, causing the whole world to believe he’s using her for her success.

Tags: angst, fluff, famous reader x less famous harry 

A/N: thank you so much @littledreamybeth​ for this request! I appreciate it so much xx 

I am taking blurb requests at the moment (this one just ended up being a bit long) so please send them in!

It wasn’t the instagram comments that affected Harry.

Though they were on every photo he posted of his love - whether it be a picture of the two of them backstage at his concert, or a picture of y/n fast asleep on the couch, having crashed after her own - he paid little attention to them.

Sure he saw them, read a few.

“Usually such a private person… and yet he’s posting all these photos of y/n… couldn’t possibly be chasing clout,” commented one of y/n’s fan on his photo of his love, smiling in the sand and drowning in the widest brim beach hat to exist.

“Can’t wait for y/n to realise he’s just a gold digger looking to elevate his career,” another wrote, bringing a frown to his face.

He shook his head at himself.

These people didn’t know him. Didn’t know y/n. They were either just over-protective, devoted fans or jealous ones. They didn’t affect him.

With that thought, he locked his phone.

It wasn’t the news articles that affected him.

Not the flurry of them that were published following his concert in New York.

“At his concert in New York on Saturday night, Harry Styles was accompanied by girlfriend Y/N Y/L/N for a duet, covering the classic ‘You’re Still the One’ by Shania Twain in an attempt to increase both his album and ticket sales, with his upcoming Australian tour yet to sell out,” the first lines of each article would read.

“Y/N, as per usual, has had no trouble selling out her upcoming international stadium tour, beginning early 2019,” each article would somewhere read.

“Will this attempt actually cause an increase in sales? Considering Y/N’s busy schedule with the impending premiere and press tour for her most recent film, A Star is Born, I would say no one could be expecting a second duet anytime soon,” all of them would conclude.

And though they were right, yes his Australian tour was yet to sell out, and no there would not be another duet anytime soon, they were dead wrong about his intentions.

He had suggested it because he loves that song, he loves y/n and there’s nothing he loves more than performing with her. And they had never done so in front of a crowd before. New York was always going to be a special show so he wanted to do something special for the crowd and do something special for himself and his love.

People had taken it the wrong way but that was okay. It didn’t make it any less special for himself and his love. Nothing ever would.

It wasn’t even the people who were close to him that affected him.

“Doesn’t it bother you that your girl is more successful than you?” One of his mates had asked him one day.

Taken aback, Harry had looked at his friend with his mouth open, trying to figure out how best to reply, but his friend filled the dead air first. “I mean no offence, you’re obviously doing really well but this girl is one of the biggest singers and actors on the planet right now. You’re successful but just not that level you know? Doesn’t it bother you?” He asked out of curiosity, not malice.

“No mate, not at all,” Harry paused, gathering his thoughts, “I’m just proud of her and everything she does. People just expect that I’ll be bothered because I’m a guy, and my girl is more successful than I am. No one would ever expect a girl to be bothered because her boyfriend has a more successful career than she does. And generally they aren’t. And neither am I.”

“My masculinity is clearly not as fragile as yours is mate,” he finished with a teasing tone and a laugh.

It was, however, the people who were close to you that affected him.

“Let me take a picture baby,” Harry laughed as you sat at your friend’s Christmas party with a glass of champagne in your hand.

“Fine, one picture and then I’m going to the bathroom,” you giggled, smiling for him and then poking your tongue out when Harry took way more than one.

As you slipped away to the bathroom, Christmas crown still adorning your head, Harry looked at the photos he had just taken of you, smiling to himself over his love.

“You’re not going to post those are you?” The voice of your friend, the host of the party, burst his bubble.

“Um- I was going to. Unless I shouldn’t for some reason?” He shifted, uncomfortable under your friend’s menacing gaze.

“Oh no, go ahead. I get it. You need everyone to know you were at the most exclusive Christmas party in London with the y/n y/l/n. Gotta climb those charts somehow,” she smirked at him and without another word turned right around and walked away, leaving Harry in absolute shock.

He felt as though someone had plunged a dagger of ice into his stomach. Everywhere he looked, everyone seemed to have the same expression as their host. Judging. Disapproving.

He sculled his champagne and yours in less than a minute.

When you returned to where you had left him, he was nowhere in sight.

By the time you found him in the large mansion in which your friend lived, nearly an hour had past and far too much of the bottle of whiskey in Harry’s hand had been emptied.

He was drinking with a few other people you didn’t recognise, all of them just as wasted as he was.

“There she is!” Harry yelled. “My lovie! The only person here who doesn’t hate me!” He giggled to himself, even though his words only brought you confusion.

“Hey, we don’t hate you anymore man,” one of his new drinking buddies slurred, patting him on the back.

After an hour of trying to find Harry, just to find him in this state, you were far too mentally drained to play into their little game, whatever the hell it was.

“We need to go now Harry,” you wrapped your arm around Harry’s waist trying to lead him away. “Thanks for taking care of him guys,” you said to his company. Even though you did shit all.

“She’s not kicking me out is she?” Harry asked worriedly as you led him towards the door.

You laughed at his clearly drink foggy mind, but played along. “Why would she be kicking you out, love?”

“Because she thinks I’m just a gold-digging, fame seeking asshole who’s using you,” he slurred, but you picked up on his completely serious tone.

“What?” you stopped walking, completely shocked by his words. “Who told you that?”

“She did,” he frowned at you.

“Well that’s bullshit and we both know it okay?” you continued walking, just metres from the car now.

“Now I’m going to pop you in the car and then I’m going to go back inside and grab something I left behind. Then we can go home and get you into bed, alright?”

Harry nodded as you unlocked the car. Once you helped him into the car, you marched back on into the party.

Your eyes locked onto your target within minutes of re-entering the mansion, and you made a beeline for the party host.

“Hey y/n! I see you’ve lost your attachment,” she joked as you approached.

Without a word you snatched her drink out of her hand and basically slammed it on the nearest surface, needing an outlet for your blinding anger.

“You keep your bullshit lies about Harry to yourself, do you hear me? That man loves me, okay? Not my fame, not my money, not my connections, me. Sorry if you can’t relate to that in your own life, but don’t go projecting your own issues onto me and Harry,” you spat, trying your best to refrain from yelling.

You turned to everyone around you who had stopped what they were doing to spectate the commotion. “And that goes for all of you as well. One wrong word about Harry and I can promise you, you will be out of my life quicker than you can blink.”

With that, you turned and left, smirking to yourself.

Later that night, after Harry had emptied his stomach of the worst of the booze and you had helped him shower, the two of you laid in bed together. You stroked his hair gently as he held his stomach loosely, regretting every sip of alcohol he had.

“They’re not going to bother you anymore,” you whispered, just wanting to take away every single ounce of hurt he had ever felt.

��I know. I figured when you didn’t actually come back with anything that you had probably gone in to sort them out.”

The two of you laid in silence for a moment, just facing each other.

“You know nothing that they said is true right? And you know that I know everything they said isn’t true?” you spoke softly, reassuringly.

“Of course I do, lovie. The world may doubt me, but I will never doubt us.”

Tell me what you think of this or send me ideas for other stories or concepts!

#harry imagine #harry styles #harry styles angst #harry angst #harry styles fluff #harry fluff #one direction imagine #harry x reader #harry styles x reader #harry styles blurb #harry styles fic #harry blurb #harry fic #harry styles fanfic #harry fanfic #harry styles fanfiction #harry styles imagine

[annoyedbritishperson]

Raptors

What if instead of humans being space Australians or space orcs we were more like space raptors; we appear like an old extinct race that has faded into distant memory and rarely anyone knows about their true nature, they’re hesitant around us because we’ve been known to be violent predators but when they do come into contact with us their fear grows due to our intelligence and ability to learn quickly (their knowledge might be genetically programmed into them making it harder for them to learn but they see themselves as overall more intelligent, which I don’t blame on them since they wouldn’t need to put in the effort to learn like us) but since we imprint and pack bond were seen as potentially powerful allies.

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After around 20-30 Terran years after humans were officially contacted it became a large talking point in the media about them, not because they were a new sentient species, this wasn’t the first time a new species was contacted, but instead because they bore a close resemblance to documents of an ancient extinct species. While it was absolutely certain that they were unrelated to this original celestial civilisation that didn’t stop blogs, talk shows and news reports from jokingly making the link. As a result of this inadvertent advertisement this builds a symbolism around the humans, while typically this might be seen as a happy coincidence it causes some of the more rich and powerful aliens to desire our “company” or in other words, have us as pets.

At first this went unnoticed, by both the IGU and the human government. This was largely because only adult humans were taken; when contact was made with taken individuals they claimed to like it, they were basically treated like kings by their captors, mainly as a result of the media symbolism that caused the desire for them. Unfortunately their symbolism is the only thing going for them, and this help quickly becomes hell as demand for them rises.

Because of the lack of contact, our language(s) haven’t been commonly added to universal translators, and so our speech is still heard as growls and hisses (lets be honest here, foreign languages do typically sound like that to non-native speakers, so it would probably sound even more primitive to an alien species that might make different noises e.g clicking) coupled with the fact that we still growl when aggravated.

At first the aliens didn’t think this increased demand would be much trouble but to the humans, this was awfully reminiscent of a time of human trade and tragedy: slavery. Now, you might be wondering why the imagery of slavery wasn’t triggered in the first place; largely as a result of the high treatment of them, they were never asked to work or labour so not paying them seemed fair as they didn’t exactly do anything, secondly, it didn’t come to mind since, at first, so few were taken to this “new life”. You might be thinking of their families, those of the taken humans to be exact. Well, to put it simply, it was easier to take those with nothing than those with a life; basically, they were homeless.

While the first humans taken for this “exotic pet” trade were fine, even happy, with this new life, as demand for humans grew, it became obvious that their dislike of being captured and potentially taken from family and friends was stronger and there were risks on both sides. A risk for those capturing is that they’d have to deal with an aggressive human, a creature typically on the larger side for a supposedly sentient being and one known for its carnivorous traits, meaning there’s a high chance of the hunter becoming the prey (or at least from the aliens perspective). And there was also a risk to the humans, for one, the traps could potentially cause injuries and secondly, so little is known of them they could easily be sent to live with aliens that don’t know how to look after them properly.

While you’d be more likely to capture a human on their native planet, “Terra” it’s commonly called, this is considered a bad idea since there are also a number of other creatures that could pose a threat to the alien trapper; as a result they typically target human colonies, the more recent the colony the better. This is due to the fact that humans have decreased the amount of rovers they send to possibly habitable planets, they merely send a satellite to determine its habitability and see if it’s worth colonising, this is important as the lack of rover or drone checks decreases the knowledge of the planets finer details, thereby meaning they assume losing colony members is inevitable, whether there are hostile forces there or not.

Certain types of human also had different value, top of the list being young calico humans, who are essentially humans with vitiligo. They could go for millions, even on rare occasion, billions of credits.

Private ownership was rare among common individuals, likely because trappers charged high prices as a result of the high personal risk of capturing humans, but they still wanted to see this newly contacted species in the flesh; this caused zoos to begin requesting humans. Now that zoos started wanting them they wanted younger humans too and that’s what caused the trade to be put underground or at least to be hidden from the human government. The main reason that zoos wanted younger humans was because that they could have them for longer and it would be easier for them to imprint with trainers. Unbeknownst to the trainers their youth makes their minds more malleable to learning, however they don’t know this, meaning they assume the tricks they’re taught are instinctual.

Unfortunately this also causes some of the more, egotistic, for lack of a better term, of alien species deem humans practically evolved to be pets, that is, until they manage to acquire their own human and quickly learn that they don’t like taking orders without personal gain, or at the very least as a favour (of course we only give favours to those we like, why would we waste time, effort and dignity to entertain - again, for lack of a better term- an asshole) of whom quickly learn their lesson once pinned to the ground by a beast typically twice to three times their size, faced with a mouth filled with white teeth bared directly at them.

Now, what the zookeepers and “exotic pet” owners didn’t expect was that humans had an annoying tendency to escape, frequently; too frequently, more frequently than was thought possible for any species, sentient or otherwise. Unlike with the rich, of whom would typically have only one or two humans at a time the zoos usually found their humans nearby after. Common instances of escape for “pet” humans ended with the human leaving for good, never to return to their “owners”. Zoo kept humans however usually only escaped their enclosures, an interesting result of this escape is that they always raided snack bars and food storage for both their own foods and other animals foods. There were some more concerning incidents however where, if it wasn’t the biggest zoo and didn’t have many snack bars to raid or many creatures for food to be stolen from, worst came to worst and humans would sometimes break into separate enclosures and consume other zoo kept animals, though this was less of a concern if the captive human wasn’t especially young when taken or of Hunter/farmer status.

After these occurrences became widely known it became standard to have extra food for the humans merely to subside their voracious appetites, it even became law on certain planets when it was found out that the majority of humans had a particular taste for certain sentient species, most notably the Gar’el (later studies found that their flesh tasted almost exactly the same as a preferred human food known as “burgers” (and I’m not just saying the burger meat I mean the combination of flavours that make a burger, cooked and all)) and the floons (of whom also bore a flavoured resemblance to “cookies” the texture difference from their exoskeleton and soft flesh beneath only made them more desirable to certain humans). As a result of this it was advised for these species to avoid circumstances that would lead to contact with humans.

Escape isn’t guaranteed, provided that the human(s) in question are well cared for. In these cases they will likely pack bond with the individual(s) that care for them. This is a good thing for multiple reasons, the first being that they’ll never willingly hurt you or let you come to harm in general (provided that they could prevent this harm). This trait was briefly considered as beneficial for war but when put into practice the humans being “trained” revolted within two weeks, unfortunately there were no survivors.

While pack bonded humans will protect and even care for you this also means they’re more confident around you in general, in most cases this is a good thing but when faced with a situation or circumstance they don’t like they’ll make it known in the form of growling. This may be perceived as a threat display but provided there’s a pack bond they will refrain from any actual damage. A classic example of this is getting in the way of their food, they’ll express frustration and even growl but they won’t actually attack (unless you’re straight up starving them).

It’s common practice for Alien zoos and poachers to use locks unfamiliar to humans; due to the fact that we weren’t pre-programmed with the knowledge of how to escape them, it was thought that caught humans would be trapped. This was also proven incorrect as older humans tended to find methods of escape. This is another reason why younger humans were put into captivity more frequently, they found it harder to escape as quickly. While this was a plus for the trapper it would also bring concerns, younger humans find it harder to contain their emotions and will commonly lash out in fear; subsequently it’s not unusual for trappers or even zookeepers to lose limbs or even die as a result of these fear induced reactions.

As previously mentioned humans have the rather annoying ability to escape with ease, studies eventually pinpointed this trait to unnaturally fast learning capabilities. While this faced a problem for most that had to keep and care for them since theoretically no lock could keep them in, zoos took this differently. Instead they took inspiration from Terran zoos and tried to train the humans to do tricks in exchange for food. Again, you’d think this wouldn’t be a problem but it just instead increased their demand to the entertainment industry and the fact that this time you’re getting them to follow orders without volunteering to take part in this (aka jobs) only raised the Terran suspicions of slavery. But among these tricks they were trained against hostility, basically they were taught not to attack; this was mostly effective except for training scenarios where their trainer would be attacked of which it was common for the “attacker” to face the force of a swipe from a 170 pound mammal.

It’s not long after this spike in demand for humans that it became obvious that where this was going wasn’t desirable. A few rare cases of adoptive abduction could be overlooked provided that the humans taken were ok with this new life, a whole trade in humans was a bit harder to turn a blind eye towards. Since they were so recently contacted no laws were put in place to allow or prohibit anything concerning humans and they weren’t part of the IGU either so violence from humans towards aliens was completely legal. This lack of laws around them allowed for their capture with little consequence; fortunately it also allowed for their revolt with little consequence.

Typical escapes still ensued but now they all happened at once, as if planned. (You must bear in mind that since humans were kept and typically treated as less than equal, the fact that we were also a sentient space faring species faded from mind). In zoos, humans didn’t just escape to raid food anymore, they visited other zoos, a fair amount of the time they came back in the early morning before anyone had noticed, other times they just left; forming packs that simply roamed the streets for resources. Escaped humans were typically treated like raccoons or bears, avoid feeding them etc or they might see you as a means for resources and stay, whether you want them or not.

However it was soon discovered that they weren’t only breaking out to visit others of their own species, they were stealing, and stealing weapons at that. Unlocking homes and raiding them for plasma guns and sharp objects (some kept them for self defence like some people do with guns). Fortunately they didn’t hurt or kill anyone during this process but it quickly became a concern when news broke out about a silent weapons burglar.

For months this continued until the captive humans were sure they were better armed than their captors and all other nearby individuals. The first revolt was on fskarr 150-c, hundreds escaped but instead of silently slipping out like shadows as usual they chose to escape in the middle of the day. They most likely chose to do this as a show of power; a statement not to be messed with. And it worked. The city was terrified, not only was this creature able to escape, with ease, but is also intelligent enough to outsmart their defence systems. They were prepared for a blundering beast and entirely confident with the prospect of facing one, what truly terrified them was that they could so easily learn and outsmart them.

The police forces ordered to neutralise the issue were somewhat successful, they managed to capture a fair amount of humans, but they weren’t quick enough. The humans were apparently able to take in information even during these stressful situations. Long story short they were able to steal a ship and return to their respective colonies, but there were casualties a result, most of whom weren’t human. With the stories confirming what the Terran government had feared they released propaganda in their news to rebel against this trade.

Around 12 years into the human trade their language is finally added to universal translators, making direct communication possible. It’s quickly discovered that humans were more complex than previously thought, despite all indications towards this. As a result, the IGU decided to ask for a conference with the Terran government on the subject of human rights. New laws are put into place confirming that they’re actually equal to other sentient species and have the same rights to freedom as each other.

Though they’re considered equal now their stereotypes haven’t exactly faded, and are now commonly hired for the old jobs they were bought for. A fortunate side effect for the humans is that they can charge ridiculously high prices for their services and get away with it.

(I kinda wrote this in a sort of history book format because I was too lazy to think of characters and a story lol sorry. Feel free to add on and give feedback)

Moral of the story: don’t hug a hungry human

(Ok maybe, some are very cuddly)

#humans are space oddities #humans are space australians #humans are deathworlders #humans are space orcs #humans are weird #humans are awesome #humans are space raptors #humans #aliens #space

[lordshaxxion]

All for Edix!!

omg i swear u guys hate me holy shit. all under a cut again

Where were you rezzed?

“In a grave outside of a long-abandoned village. Lots of burnt-out buildings, lots of Fallen arc spears around. It looked like there had been a battle there forever ago.”

How long ago was it?

“Well, I was a child when I was rezzed, and I’m in what would be a mortal late-twenties now. So a long time ago.”

Did you have anything in your pockets?

“No, but I was buried with a stuffed bunny toy.”

What was your first week alive like?

“Stressful. I was just a child and I couldn’t defend myself, so my Ghost had to ping the Vanguard on the emergency frequency for a rescue. We hid under a rusted-out piece of metal for a day before Zavala, my dad, arrived.”

How did you react to your new role as a Guardian?

“When I was old enough to understand and start training to be a Guardian, I thought it was great. To be able to stand up for what was right and to defend the last of humanity, it felt right. Now though? I just want to be left alone to study my plants and raise Kilgharrah, my Ahamkara.”

Do you have any regrets?

“That I wasn’t able to save Cayde in the Prison of Elders.”

How did you get your name?

“My dad named me in my first life. When I was brought back to the Tower after being resurrected, he recognised me immediately and reinstated my name and got to raise me again.”

Does your ghost have a name?

“Spiro. We found audio logs about an old game with the same name when we were exploring, and he liked the name so we used it. Turns out we spelled it wrong until we found a copy of the game, but I don’t care. It’s cute.”

What is your ghost like?

“Spiro is a worrier. But at the same time, he’s got more common sense than I do and he’s really good at talking me out of bad moods. I don’t know what I’d do without him, irrespective of being a Guardian.”

How do you feel about the last city and the vanguard?

“The Last City is my home and the Vanguard are my family, but they need work on how they operate since Cayde died. Dad’s become more distant and Ikora is more unpredictable and I worry for the both of them.”

What’s your favourite place to go?

“Io, to see Asher, or to just hole up in my garden or greenhouse and continue my studies.”

Do you participate in strikes or the crucible?

“Strikes. I rarely go into the Crucible. While I respect Lord Shaxx, it’s distracting hearing him shout at me all the time in Crucible matches and I get stressed out faster when he does. I know it’s meant to be motivational, but I don’t like it a whole lot.”

How do you celebrate the holidays?

“I spend it with dad, or with Artie when she returns to the Tower from her ventures. I’ve tried repeatedly to persuade Asher to come to the Tower for Dawning at least, but he isn’t interested. So I split my time between home and Io for him so he isn’t lonely out there.”

Who is your favourite NPC and who is your least favourite?

“…. I’m fond of Asher. Everyone calls him an asshole and an angry prick, but he has his reasons for being like that and I believe that underneath it all he’s a charming man. That said, I don’t like Petra. She puts too much stock in her Queen, if she can even be called that anymore, to the point it blinds her to Mara’s failings. I could stand there until I’m bluer in the face telling her this, and she’d still find reason to call me a liar.”

Where do you sleep/call home?

“I have my own apartment in the Tower, but sometimes I do just go back to dad’s apartment if trying to cope by myself gets to be too much. I’m lucky that he always welcomes me there, and it’s good for him too for me to be there. Dad doesn’t exactly have a concept of sleep, so if I’m there it means he can try and rest.”

Do you have any pets or companions?

“I may or may not have an Ahamkara called Kilgharrah, three cockatiels called Bert, Den and Dor and two cats, Nebula and Merlin.”

(side note, the cockatiels are named after my nan’s cockatiel - Bert - and my late grampy and nan - Dennis and Doreen

Does anyone live with you?

“Aside from the actual horde of pets, not really no. Artie sometimes stays over if she’s gotten in trouble, or for other reasons. Other than that, no. It’s just me.”

How do you unwind or comfort yourself?

“I hole up in my garden and greenhouse for days at a time if things have been bad. It’s not a great attempt at comfort, but it does help a little. Normally though I just sit down in the evenings with my crochet and make a bunch of stuff.”

What would truly break you?

“… losing those important to me, or getting left behind by them for something or someone better. It’s… it’s a scary thought and I try not to think about it.”

Most embarrassing moment?

“Having to explain to Asher why I wasn’t available on Io for a couple of days after my top surgery. He took it really well, and was fully supportive in his own way, but it was still embarrassing to have to explain.”

Any cherished memories?

“Meeting Kilgharrah and his mother for the first time beneath Io. While his mother died shortly after, she was the most breathtaking sight I’ve ever seen. A real Ahamkara, in all her glory, just sat there. Her wings and feathers and scales were just incredible and were largely immaculate, despite being hidden where she was for so long. Another cherished memory is meeting Artemis for the first time. She’s been a dear friend, even if she has her own dangerous endeavours. I don’t know what I’d do without her.”

artie is @slumberblues​‘s

What was your highest and/or lowest point?

“After the incident regarding Crota and how I got my scars, I was at my lowest point. I wouldn’t eat, hardly spoke. I got caught apparently performing Hive rituals in my bedroom on three different occasions before the Vanguard realised there were shards of Crota’s soul crystal lodged in my eye.

My highest point? That would have to be when my transitioning was finally finished with and I could be me.”

Views on the enemy races?

“I don’t believe the Fallen to be our enemy, despite the fighting I think they could be our biggest ally.. The Vex and Hive, and by proxy the Taken, are perhaps our biggest threats and need to be dealt with first. The Cabal are just pathetic and the Scorn are abominations.”

Which enemy race is your most/least favourite?

“The Fallen are most interesting to me. I’ve tried to communicate with Captains on various occasions, before some Guardians came blundering in and slaughtered them for no damn reason. I hate the Hive and the Vex.”

What’s your role in a fireteam? (Tank, support, buff/healer, comic relief? Or are you the dead weight?)

“Dead weight.”

“Healer, Edix.”

“Thanks, Spiro.”

Do you have any mentors/mentees?

“The commander is my mentor and my father. I hope I don’t end up with any mentees, I’d be useless to them.”

What is your favourite weapon type/favourite weapon?

“Better Devils is a good handcannon and I will hold onto it forever. After that, I really like Thunderlord. Handcannons, auto rifles, shotguns and machine guns are the ones I prefer to use when I have to. Although, Eternity’s Edge is a good sword on the rare occasion I use it.”

Do you play Gambit?

“No.”

How do you feel about the Drifter?

“I don’t trust him. I’d like to, I hear about his intentions a lot and how he means well for the most part, but it’s just the interactions with the primevals and Taken that concern me.”

If you could be any class/subclass (not just your own), what would you be and why?

“I’d like to be better at using Ward of Dawn. I didn’t realise until lately that I actually had that ability, but it isn’t as strong as dad’s.”

What are your thoughts on the Nine?

“I don’t like them, since their whole business is shady in and of itself, but their aesthetic is cool.”

Any secret crushes or relationships we need to know about?

“…. noooooo…..”

“He likes Asher.”

“Spiro!”

Does your Ghost approve, or haven’t you told them?

“Of course I know, Edix spends a lot of time in his head and I can always hear his thoughts unless he really doesn’t want me to, which is rare. He’s just embarrassed to admit to it and thinks it couldn’t possibly come to anything, given Asher’s nature.”

You’re about to go off-planet on assignment, and will only be able to eat protein rations and food gel for a month. What’s your last meal?

“Anything my dad cooks. Despite all the jokes everyone makes about the commander, he does make really good meals.”

If you could take over any NPC’s job, who would it be and why?

“I don’t know. I think it’s expected that I take up overseeing the strikes and nightfalls from my dad, but I don’t think he’ll relinquish his duty that easily. Asher’s job is interesting, but I fear the day he… y’know. I don’t like to think about that.”

What is the most beautiful sight you’ve seen?

“I’m not sure. I’ve seen a lot of beautiful things, varying from places to things. Although, I think when I caught the rare blooming of a flower on Venus is pretty good.”

Do you have a favourite colour?

“Blues are nice colours.”

Show us your favourite outfit!

“I don’t have one”

What’s your favourite shader?

“The Io shaders are nice, even though people say they’re not. Some of the ones Calus offers are pretty good too, though I don’t really like things that are overly ostentatious.”

If you could make a wish to an Ahamkara for anything - no strings attached - what would you wish for?

“I’d never ask Kilgharrah for anything when he’s old enough to actually grant wishes, but I suppose I’d just ask to be able to help people more than I already can.”

#long post #destiny #destiny 2 #edix mohl #kilgharrah #commander zavala #guardian asks #seigephoenix

[duhragonball]

Dragon Ball Z 019

Not a hoax, not a dream, not an alternate reality!   Goku finally meets King Kai in this episode.

Yeah, I’d be surprised too, if I were Goku.

When Goku first got here, he thought the monkey was King Kai, but no, it’s just King Kai’s pet Bubbles.   Bubbles, of course, was named after Michael Jackson’s pet chimpanzee.   I looked him up and apparently he’s still alive, although Jackson had to turn him over to an animal sanctuary in 2003 because he was getting to big and strong to keep as a pet.    I never knew this before.   I had heard of chimp owners getting viciously attacked and losing fingers, eyes, and faces, but I didn’t understand how it ever got to that point.   Apparently the chimpanzees that everyone thinks are cute are just young chimpanzees.    The adults are much bigger and more aggressive, to the point where humans just can’t control them.     At least in the case of Bubbles (the real-world chimp, I mean), it took twenty years for him to get to that point.  

Maybe that’s why people think they can keep them as pets in the first place.    They don’t realize that chimpanzees have such long lifespans.    A cat or a dog might die of old age before getting anywhere close to 20, but a chimpanzee is just reaching adulthood.    That’s nuts.   I’m 42.   If I adopted a baby chimpanzee right now, I’d be in my 60′s right around the time he’s old enough to dismember me and anyone else who tried to come to my aid.   That’s just insane.   No one needs to be doing that, I don’t care who you are.    I’ll bet you a dollar MJ probably waited too long to give up Bubbles, too.   It’s probably more like fifteen years and then you’re in moral peril.   

Like, big cats, that’s another stupid thing.  On paper, they pretty much act like house cats, maybe.   Even if that were true 100% of the time, they’re still huge.   A house cat will claw you for no good reason.   They’re assholes, but we keep them as pets because they’re small enough that they’re not dangerous.   If a lion got a little overeager at playtime, he’d probably disembowel you and not even realize he’d done it.  Oh he might feel real sad about it afterward, but you’re still dead.    I’ve encountered enough sketchy dogs in my lifetime that I wouldn’t want to mess around with anything bigger and less domesticated.  

You know what?   Horses are kind of bullshit too.   People act like they’re totally fine and you can sit on top of one and nothing’ll happen, but that’s insane.   Christopher Reeve knew what he was doing and look what happened to him.   Forget riding them, I don’t trust their giant teeth.   People hold food up to their mouths like it’s no big deal, but I bet a horse could bite your finger off and not even care.   You get stitches and have to re-learn how to hold a pen, and Mr. Ed probably gets put out to stud because “You just didn’t handle him right,” or whatever.   No.   Not me, pal.    I don’t hate horses.    They’re beautiful animals.   Steel Ball Run was great.   I just don’t want to be anywhere near one, for the same reason I don’t want to be anywhere near a minefield. 

Sorry, I got off on a tangent.   My point is that Michael Jackson took Bubbles to Japan for a world tour in 1987, and Wikipedia says Bubbles drank tea with the mayor of Osaka, so I’m betting that had something to do with King Kai’s pet monkey.    But I trust King Kai to have a pet monkey, because he’s super strong and Bubbles seems pretty chill.

Where was I?   Oh, right, King Kai’s super into puns, which seems to be a stable of Japanese humor, probably because there’s so many homonyms in the language.   None of this translates very well into English, which is why the subtitles rely on rhymes instead of puns, or just really, really bad puns.    The Funimation Dub just fell back on corny jokes, like “What’s the difference between a jailer and a jeweler?”   There’s puns incorporated into the jokes, but from what I can tell the Japanese version is strictly into wordplays without setups or punchlines.  

Goku has to fake laugh a lot around King Kai, because he threatens to not train him unless he has a sense of humor.   This is why puns suck, by the way.   Used sparingly, and with great care, they can be very funny, but too many people try to use brute force in place of comedic timing.   “Hey, baby, do you have 11 protons?   Because you’re sodium fine?”   The words “sodium” and “so damn” sound almost nothing alike, but they share exactly four letters, so someone decided it barely qualifies as a wordplay, but we all know that it really doesn’t.   The “joke” is actually that it’s not a very good joke at all, since the setup takes forever to execute, and it telegraphs the punchline, which requires a lot of mental gymnastics to even interpret as a punchline.   It doesn’t provoke laughter so much as a feeling of “Oh, I guess that is vaguely a word play, so it’s mildly clever.”    The real satisfaction of telling this is to irritate people.     You can either laugh at the joke and pretend it’s funny, or you can no-sell the joke and everyone gets a tickle out of how “humorless” you are, when no, it’s the joke’s fault for not being funny.   

What makes King Kai a funny character is that he’s the gag.   Humor is about reversing expectations, like when you read an anime liveblog and the guy starts ranting about how you can’t trust horses.   Goku was sent to train under this guy because he’s like the god of all the Kamis on every planet in the universe.    He’s supposed to be the best possible instructor there is.   Then Goku runs all this way to meet him and all he wants to do is talk about puns.    He sounds exactly like the narrator (or, if you’re watching it in English, he sounds like Goku doing a funny voice, which is also kind of freaky when you think about it.)  

But the biggest punchline is that he’s not even that powerful.  Oh, he’s stronger than Goku, sure, but the Saiyans heading for Earth are still stronger, so Goku will have to surpass King Kai just to stand a chance.   And it took Goku over six months just to get here.   He’s got 158 days to close the gap, and he just wasted ten minutes on a free comedy lesson.   The world is going to end.    But not yet.   One sells watches, the other watches cells.

First thing’s first, Goku needs to get acclimated to the intense gravity of King Kai’s planet.  As small as the planet is, the gravity is ten times that of Earth, which is why Goku is having such a hard time moving around.   But the other Saiyans all grew up on a planet with the same gravity, so it’s just as well that he get used to this now.   King Kai tells him to chase Bubbles around until he can catch him, and once he pulls that off, he’ll be ready to train in earnest.   

Goku struggles at first, but then he remembers to take off his weighted training clothes to make things easier.    He wasn’t even wearing those when he died, so it’s kind of weird that he got to keep them.   

Goku also asks for a meal, since he hasn’t eaten since Princess Snake’s place.  King Kai finds it unusual that a dead man would be hungry, which sort of makes me wonder about all the other Saiyans who have died.   Do they hunger, even without their bodies?   Best not to think about it. 

King Kai tells him to put his weighted gear back on, since it’ll make the training more effective.   Goku isn’t keen on that idea, but King Kai explains to him how dangerous the Saiyans are, and how he’ll need to do whatever it takes to defeat them.

But Goku’s not worried because he’s a Saiyan himself.   That... hasn’t exactly helped him so far, but I like his confidence.

Meanwhile, back on Earth, Piccolo is still training Gohan.    Gohan finally manages to score a blow on Piccolo, so I wanted to make note of it here.   Good hustle, Son.

BEST GREEN DAD

BEST GREEN UNCLE DAD

BEST GREEN DAD

BEST GREEN DAD

BEST GREEN DAD

In spite of Piccolo threatening to murder his father, Gohan tells him that Goku always used to say that the current Piccolo isn’t as bad a guy as the previous King Piccolo.   Gohan agrees with that sentiment.

So Piccolo gets all tsundere on him.    “I’m totally gonna kill your dad, b-baka!”

Back on King Kai’s planet, Goku indeed manages to catch Bubbles.    Even with the weighted training clothes on.   Good hustle, Son.

King Kai is impressed.   To overcome the gravity in just one day is remarkable in itself.

He even entertains the hope that Goku might be able to master the Kaio-ken technique.   But those beads of sweat on his head suggest that we’re a long way from a guarantee.

#dragon ball #2019dbliveblog #king kai #bubbles #goku #gohan #piccolo #dragon ball z #saiyans saga

[ronweasleydefensesquad]

Personal headcanon/rant: of magical prowess and bashing

You know all these fanfics where you have Super!Harry with a bunch of superpowers or Hermione creating spells that Merlin himself wouldn’t be able to dream about? And how, oddly, Ron is pretty much always left out of the loop when it comes to the Powerful!fanfic bunch, because people would rather have a spoiled brat of a Death Eater or an asshole teacher be übermensch?

We know Snape is a good duelist and has “created” spells (unless he simply dug them out of a library somewhere), but he’s got twenty years of experience along with some skirmishes he must have gone through with his fellow DEs. We know Hermione’s good at spellcasting but that she also studies heavily, and that she has trouble with spells that are not entirely theoretical (the Patronus). Harry doesn’t study as much as Hermione does and is not that great at magic; the only spells he can to cast without any problem are the Patronus, Expelliarmus and Stupefy. As for Malfoy… He does Serpensortia once and then we never see him fight again because he’s a big coward. No super-strong magic here.

So why am I complaining about stupid fanfiction that makes characters who have no superior magical prowess whatsoever into the new Merlins of the world?

First, because they always leave Ron out.

Second, because if there’s one wizard in the Potterverse, apart from Voldemort and Dumbledore, who deserves to be given attention about his magic powers, it’s Ron.

Windschild8178 (some of you Ron-lovers might recognize them as the author of the excellent fanfic Stay Standing on FFN) is writing a few Ron-centric stories right now and has written an extremely good author’s note on their story The Boogeyman, a rant about all of the hidden potential Ron’s character presents, and how it gets ignored by pretty much all the HP fandom. I recommend you read it because it’s pretty much as if they took the very soul of Ron-lovers and put it into words.

And now, on to my own, much bigger, much less organized personal rant.

I’ve always had the feeling that Ron was the most magically gifted/powerful of the trio. His so-called “averageness” is very much a lie. His magic is fuelled by his emotions and as such becomes even stronger. This headcanon of mine is founded in several actual canon happenings that we can observe throughout the series (in the books only. Come on, dearest Stevie giving credit to Ron? Now there’s a laugh).

Not only does Ron react very strongly to external magic (the Veelas, Crouch Jr’s Imperius Curse leaves him skipping steps for more than twenty minutes after he’s been freed from it, he notices the locket’s “pulse” whereas Harry only vaguely feels it, he has the very correct feeling that Voldy’s name shouldn’t be said out loud), he also demonstrates great abilities when he gets serious. … and when he doesn’t, as well.

I mean, the class genius masters Wingardium Leviosa and makes her feather levitate 20 inches. Great, fine. Four hours later, the the kid who couldn’t do just that casts Wingardium Leviosa and makes a shit heavy club outright fly 12 feet off the ground!! And nobody thinks that this is slightly impressive?! Hermione states “Ron knocked it out with its own club” and no teacher raises an eyebrow? It’s like Ron is actively ignored by pretty much everyone besides Harry and Hermione.

Second year, Hermione herself tells us that the slug-belching charm is a spell that’s hard to cast, and it’s even worse with a broken wand. Guess who casts it, NONVERBALLY, with a broken wand? Ronniekins, that’s who! Percy was barely learning how to cast nonverbal spells at the time! Oh, oh, and you know what’s even more impressive? Ron’s wand was broken, but it wasn’t even his own wand! It was Charlie’s! Ollivander tells us that a good wizard can do magic with anyone’s wand but it’s easier with their own wand. Basically: holy shit, Ron!

Ron’s crazy magic settles down a bit during PoA and GoF, or at least I can’t remember any instance where JKR describes something unexpected happening concerning him.

However, we then have OoTP, and this time our beloved redhead’s quite in shape. For example, during his Charms O.W.L., it’s said that he transformed a plate into a toadstool/mushroom without knowing how he did it. A wooden plate… into a toadstool… a toadstool, which can actually be considered as… food.

HOLY SHIT RON JUST BROKE GAMP’S LAW OF ELEMENTAL TRANSFIGURATION.

Yeah yeah it was a throwaway joke and JKR created Gamp’s Law in the seventh book so she could justify why the trio was able to starve during the Camping Trip Of Pointlessness™, but she should have known better, or actually establish Gamp’s Law earlier on in the series (after all, they turn pincushions into headgehogs at some point in the earlier years, who’s to say you can’t eat a hedgehog?). And some people might say “but nooo its not food if its a poisoned toadstoool ron is not good at megic bcuz hurmion is bettur, ur full of lies” well guess what, in order to be poisoned you actually have to eat, meaning chew, swallow and digest - or rather fail to digest - the poisonous thing. BAM. IT’S CANON. RON BROKE GAMP’S LAW OF ELEMENTAL TRANSFIGURATION. (And JKR has the freaking gall to give him the same results as Harry only slightly less better. Can you feel her prejudice against her own character?) And that’s not all he does in fifth year!

At the Department of Mysteries, Luna tells us that she, Ron and Ginny fled from four Death Eaters that followed them into a room full of planets. Four Death Eaters. One breaks Ginny’s ankle and Luna blasts him with Pluto. Then they collect Ron, who got cursed by “them” and is acting all loopy and run back to Harry. … what about the three Death Eaters unaccounted for in the planet room? Well apparently Ron fought all three of them, got cursed by at least two, and still won, considering no DEs are chasing after Luna and her group. All hail the King.

In HBP, finally, we’ve got that time where Ron broke up with Lavender and was feeling so guilty, he was simply waving his wand around and… and it starts snowing. INSIDE HOGWARTS. He’s making it snow. INSIDE HOGWARTS. No incantation, no spell, nothing, just “I feel like I’m a coldhearted bastard” and suddenly it’s snowing INSIDE HOGWARTS.

And of course we can’t forget how Voldemort casts a Silencing Spell over the people of Hogwarts, holding his Elder Wand, saying Harry died like an idiot, only for Ronald Weasley, official best friend and badass extraordinaire, to scream AT VOLDEMORT “HE BEAT YOU!” and the charm, the super-powerful, cast-by-Voldemort-and-the-Elder-Wand Charm BREAKS. He wasn’t even using a wand, he wasn’t even saying an incantation, Ronald Weasley, through the simple power of his rage and grief, freaking breaks a silencing charm made by VOLDE-FREAKING-MORT AKA THE GUY THAT COULD HOLD HIS OWN AGAINST DUMBLEDORE.

So that’s well and good but if Ron was so talented, why didn’t he put his magical power to a use, the Ron-lover asks curiously and the Ron-basher sneers contemptuously?

The answer’s simple: 1) blame JKR for getting prejudiced against her own character as she was writing her series; 2) his perpetual negative billions self-esteem that could have been solved had any of his friends bothered paying a little attention to him.

One of the reasons why I’m so hostile to Ron-bashing is because these people look down at someone who already considers himself to be less than worthless… and then they proceed to dig him even deeper. That’s manipulative, abusive, borderline psychopathic behaviour. They do exactly what Draco Malfoy does with Weasley is our King in the first place: they kick people when they’re already down. They act like Snape acted towards Neville Longbottom (you know, the kid whose biggest fear would have been Bellatrix Lestrange had she not been hijacked by a teacher who delighted in belittling him and tormenting him?).

Ron’s the kind of person who needs reassurance to function. He needs affection and nice things said about him. Some people might think it’s pathetic but we all know better. Who doesn’t like to have nice things said about them, and to them? Wanting to be praised, to be appreciated, to be told he’s doing things right for a change, that was everything Ron Weasley needed to blossom, and that’s everything he’s denied for the whole freaking series.

Do you know what Weasley is our King is? If you’ve seen only the movies then no you don’t, and then you have no right to bash Ron. Because this song, this anthem to Ron’s glory used to be a song used to humiliate him so much, he wouldn’t be able to play Quidditch.

Picture it. Draco Malfoy. Sitting down at a table. Thinking “how can I make Ron’s self-esteem take such a nose-dive he’ll be literally paralyzed and unable to play?”. Picture Draco Malfoy actively looking for Ron’s greatest insecurities and fears of inadequacy. Picture Draco Malfoy writing a song about them and teaching it to every Slytherin in the school.

And then try to sell me Draco Malfoy the redeemed little angel, The Boy Who Made The Wrong Choice(s). See me spit right in your face because I refuse to praise an arrogant, bigoted, spiteful little bully, and you should too. He’s not so bad anymore, yes. But do you even begin to understand how Ron must have felt during this school year? How he was probably flushing in humiliation any time he saw something related to Quidditch? How he would have blamed himself for Harry and his brothers’ ban from Quidditch because he thought it was his fault for letting Malfoy get to him? How Harry never, not even once, tries to reassure him? Hermione might try but what does Hermione know about Quidditch? Ron being utterly alone and ashamed and filled with self-loathing? Hm? How’s that for sweet little Draco Malfoy who’s never been bullied and tormented by anyone, ever?

Draco wasn’t irredeemable when he joined the Death Eaters. He was irredeemable as soon as he opened his mouth to say that all Weasleys had red hair, freckles and more children than they could afford. Because while JKR “loathes a traitor”, I loath a bully. I’ve been bullied. I’ve seen people shipping characters with their bullies. I’ve seen people call such relationships as being those of “star-crossed lovers”. I’ve hated these with all my soul. Because being bullied is not romantic, nor is it cool or cute. It’s freaking awful, it’ll make you miserable, cause you to lose your friends, turn your life into a living hell.

Weasley is our King is a metaphor for harrassment and school bullying. It’s basically what a (blessedly) few teenagers have to go through during their school years. Do you know what usually happens to these teenagers? Suicide.

And the worst part? JKR herself partakes in it. JKR herself bullies her character. Do you know what happens after the triumphant reprise of Weasley is our King is sung for the very first time, when Ron saves all these goals, when he shows how incredible he can be, how good he is despite all the mockeries he’s had to endure during all of his fifth year that we didn’t see because it was All About Harry™ as usual? After Ron has finally triumphed and “proved” he was good enough to the entire school?

She has him bump his head on the door’s lintel.

Because being humiliated for an entire school year then proving your abusers they’re wrong without being ridiculed isn’t allowed when your author is named J.K. Rowling and you’re Ron Weasley.

I went on several topics there; Ron’s obvious magical prowess, how he could have used said magical prowess had JKR not restrained him with extra-heavy plot chains, and the disgusting prejudice there is against a kind-hearted character who happens to have a few faults while the bigoted bully next door gets a get-out-of-jail-free card, all by the will of an author who apparently had a nice long discussion with Steve Kloves in-between PoA and GoF to prepare the first movie adaptation of Harry Potter… and we all know how this ends.

That was my little… *looks at slider* … enormous rant on Ron, magic, and bullying. Hope I didn’t bore you that much. Cheers, Ron-lovers!

#ron #defense #submission #ronweasleydefensesquad #ron weasley defense squad #ron weasley #Harry Potter

[dr-oshawott]

LoL Support Champion Stereotypes

Take note that this is bad and is not meant to be taken seriously.

Alistar: This guy lives for the turret dives and making those Flash W Q combos.

Bard: Probably watched Aladdin too many times or just wants to screw someone over: whether it be through his magical journey, ult, or roaming

Braum: Generally a guy who isn't looking to be toxic but just might if you don't follow up his engage.

Blitzcrank: Probably really hates squishy supports or just wants to make the enemy bot lane's life a living hell. Plus they're probably him because Pyke was taken or banned.

Janna: Probably one of the most laziest players you'll ever see. Though agressive one's that poke with W can be irritating.

Karma: These guys love to poke you out of lane and intimidate with the root. Chances are she'll level up her Q in the early game, so try to pick a kill support

Leona: Where do I start? I could go on about how they go ham 24/7, how their overloaded kit of CC, damage, and 10,000 armor/MR make you want to uninstall. Why her W doesn't have a longer cooldown so she can't engage all the time is anyone's guess.

Lulu: There are two types of Lulu players. One group tries to be appropriately aggressive and lose more than half their health for doing so (me), or there are ones that are perfectly aggressive and can manage their mana correctly so they're always prepared. So Lulu's can either make lane a living hell or you'll wish you dodged from all the feeding she did.

Morgana: You love to see your enemies cry as they sit in a 3 second root while they rapidly rightclicj to avoid danger but can't because the root lasts forever.

Nami: This is either a player that's actually nice and plays fair champions or they're one of league's assholes. The latter will use champion emotes when you see them to tilt you.

Nautilus: Chances are they really love bioshock and/or keeping someone in one place for a long time. Ones that duo with Jhin on the other hand kick puppies.

Pyke: Chances are they're an asshole in game and an real life. Seriously, whoever designed this character's kit needs to retake a physics class because a support that's designed to execute is not balanced in the slightest.

Rakan: They're either playing him as some ghetto Leona or only because Xayah's the ADC. They're also probably nice people.

Sona: Sona players like to piss off the enemy in the lane with their stupid Q and an ult that guarentee's death most if the time. Plus they have a heal as a crutch so that's fun.

Soraka: These players only know 5 things, and those are flinging Q all over the place, mashing W on the carry, warding, putting E under the carry, and keeping an eye on everyone's health. Paired with a poke carry like ezreal, she just hates everyone and everything.

Tahm Kench: These guys are either the biggest trolls on the planet, ths most ass-wipe of a person, or really good at sustaining their carry. His tounge taunt is funny enough, but his laugh spam will make you wish emote spam was a reportable offense.

Taric: Probably 'Heya' fans or like the playstyle of a healing tank. That and they live for incoming teamfights with the ult and love that chest

Thresh: Finally I get to talk about the evil King of support. These guys always talk shit in chat, spam their mastery 7 and land hooks like they script. The ones NOT like that though are tolerable, but dealing with Thresh is nevee fun unless you're uninteractive yourself by playing Sivir

Zilean: He probably pairs up with an Aatrox for the never-ending death or thinks his carry isn't smart enough to stay alive. That and BOMB THROWING.

Damage supports: I've decided to clump all the mage supports ("supports"), such as Brand, Velkoz, and Zyra, because they all go as following:

People who play Damage supports are pieces of shit.

Supports are supposed to hold the carry's hand and help the team out with utility, not be some kind of fucking secondary midlaner and ruin the game for bot lane. People who play them are either upset they didn't get a role known for killing, or they're so bad at the game they need to lane with someone else just to do anything but die.

#take these with a grain of salt please #I'm not the best at determining stereotypes like soundsmith is #idea from his tf2 stereotype videos

[for-the-fel-of-it-blog]

Warcraft Demons

and Whether or not They can be the Bound Demon of a Demon Hunter;

Brought to you by the horde of people I need to constantly correct and fight over this with. No salt there are all! :) For context to be able to be a bound demon to an Illidari the creature must have a soul, an edible heart, drinkable blood and be able to be killed by a normal elf, armed only with hunting daggers.

Added note for Tumblr’s sake. I GM a guild called The Spectral Watch. That likely means nothing to most of you even in the RP world but to a select few on Argent Dawn, EU, it basically means I make DH lore. My guild is one of oldest Illidari RP guilds and, essentially, it’s the only Illidari guild on the realm who are still active and recruiting.

One of my discretions as GM is being able to decide who joins the guild and who does not. And we currently have a monopoly on Illidari RP. And I am a massive lore whore. I know my Demon Hunter lore back to front and while I am forgiving of newbies who merely don’t understand, I don’t have time for God Modders and Mary Sues. A lot of people will disagree with this list, or say certain ridiculously powerful Demons should be bound. Frankly I’m just calling them wrong.

And while I’m not Blizzard’s lore team (lol, as if they have a lore team) I am pretty much the face of DH RP on one of the biggest EU realms. So if you are European and want to RP a DH Alliance side, you will probably meet me at some point. And I will silently judge you if you’re bound to bloody Mannoroth. Anyway!

Disclaimer I apparently need to add; my presentation style is of smug prick. I am meant to look like an asshole via this writing style. The amount of people who are calling me out for it, despite me having already clarified this in a reblog, and having no prior engagement with my tiny RP blog is ridiculous. Literally only my six followers who know that I am being satirical and my RP buddies were meant to see it. I clarified this in a reblog everyone has universally ignored. Oh well! Be warned, from now those being needlessly rude will be blocked.

Abyssal;

They are constructs and lack a soul, therefore cannot be bound.

Annihilan (Pitlords);

Obviously not. They are massive, monsterbeast. They would absolutely crush you. They are among some of the most daunting Demons in the Legion’s ranks. There is no way you can be boud to these.

Antaen;

These things are so big Illidan and Velen mistook the head of one for a siege weapon. There is no way in hell you can be bound to these things.

Aranasi;

Yes… And no. Aransi broodmothers (the humanoids) are far too powerful to be a bound Demon… But broodlings (the spiders) are acceptable.

Bilescourge;

Bilescourge are pretty small creatures and not exactly the most powerful or intelligent, being almost batlike and bestial in nature. So in theory they could be bound but they are found only on Argus. Meaning in order to be bound to one, you would have to have been trained as an Illidari during the short months on Argus.

Darkhound;

Yes. They are considered a mere nuisence by the Forsaken in Tirisfall Glades and while their origin is unknown, they appeared shortly after the third war in Azeroth. Therefore, they would be viable for very early Demon Hunters, or those trained after the DHs were released by the Wardens. But those trained at the Black Temple might not have had them as an option, given they were stuck on Outland.

Doomguard;

Massive warriors who serve the Burning Legion with such passion, they are part of Archimonde’s personal escort and serve directly under Pitlords. They could not be bound.

Doomlord;

These are the most powerful Doomguards and are elite Commanders of the Legion. They cannot be bound.

Dreadsteeds;

Unlike Felsteeds, who are merely horses warped by great amounts of Fel energy, Dreadsteeds are Demons from the planet Xoroth. A fiery world where they are cultivated by Dreadlords. Despite being Demonic mounts of the Nathrezim, they are rather similiar to horses and are beast at their core. They could be bound.

Felbat;

The adults are massive and vicious, tearing seasoned warriors limb from limb… But youngsters and many and plentiful, and would be an easy kill for an Illidari initiate. The hatchlings can be bound.

Fel Beast;

Far too big and unyieldy to be easily killed armed with only daggers. Also made largely of stone and fire, so it is possible they’re actually constructs but it is not confirmed. They cannot be bound.

Felguard;

The base line soldiers of the Burning Legion and, interestingly, a type of Mo'arg. Could be bound.

Felhound;

Yes. This isn’t even speculation. This is the one Demon who, without a doubt, is confirmed as Vandel in the Illidan novel is bound to a Felhound. The one who killed his son, even.

Fel Imp;

More powerful than normal Imps, but still perfectly bindable.

Fiend (Terroguard, Fear Fiend, Terrorfiend);

No, no, no. Massive, powerful and easily able to bat you to the ends of the earth with those wings. These are off the menu.

Fel Lord;

An evolved type of Felguard, working in direct service to Archimonde. Toweringly large Demons. Unable to be bound. However an Illidari bound to a Felguard, who takes on enough Fel magic, could transform their bound demon and gain many of the aspects of a Fel Lord. At risk, of course, of the power being too much and being consumed.

Felstalker;

Similiar to Felhound’s but pack hunters instead of magic leeches. They’re a pretty solid yes for being able to be bound.

Gan'arg;

Stunted Mo'arg. Pretty small. Pesky little engineers. Could be bound.

Imp;

Yes. Do I need to explain why? They’re too small to be threatening, apart from in a pack… But Illidari bound to one take use of their cunning and magical affinity and are in constrast very dangerous.

Imp Mother;

No. The thing that spawns the Imps is powerful, believe it or not, is rather powerful and are much rarer. They cannot be bound.

Infernal;

Are constructs and lack a soul. Cannot be bound.

Inquisitor;

Are far too powerful. Gifted Fel casters and specialists in dark pacts, armed with their many eyes, these would be impossible to kill only with daggers. No.

Jailers;

Similiar to Inquisitors in many ways, aside from being armed with their cages that trap both body and soul instead. No.

Man'ari Eredar;

No. The forefront of the Legion, the backbone and poster children. Most certainly are off the list.

Mo'arg;

Some of the smartest Demons in the Burning Legion. They make up for what they lack in strength with brains. Servants of Sargeras, once, when he still belonged to the Pantheon. These could be bound. I used to say ‘no, they couldn’t’ due to their smarts and high tech weaponary but in retrospect, said feltech would likely be taken from them before the ritual and physically an Elf would outpower them without it.

Nathrezim (Dreadlords);

Commanders, Lieutenants, Puppeteers of the Legion. Cunning and some of the most dangerous Demons to be pitted against. Even Illidan himself had some trouble taken on their more notable members, like Tichondris, who nearly destroyed all of Felwood. Could not be bound.

Observer;

Massive, floating eyeball demons. Absolutely disgusting to look at and rather mighty. Not able to be bound.

Overfiend;

There is very little lore on these other than being big, fiery hunks. Likely constructs. No.

Satyr;

Despite common belief they can be other races not including Night Elves. Illidan himself isn’t actually bound to a Demon, rather just Demonic in nature and corrupted by Fel, so in likelihood the closest description of his being would be a Satyr. In theory these could be bound, so yes but I heavily dislike the idea. It basically means you’re a Elf bound to something that is probably just a slighter eviler elf.

Shivarra;

The six armed fanatical equivilate of Demonic Priests. Very powerful and often weild swords in all six arms, blazzing the battlefield. They cannot be bound.

Succubus (Sayaad);

The nightmarish interrogators and slave drivers of the Burning Legion, conducting themselves with an air of seducation and cunning. Can be bound.

Tothrezim;

Cousins of the Nathrezim and those responsible for the creation of the Infernals. For similiar reasons, they cannot be bound.

Ur'zul;

Nightmare Fuel. Created from the broken bodies of Members of the Army of the Light or the Krokuul Broken. Existing solely on Argus as far as we know and very powerful as a result of the inhumane magic they were created by. Not able to be bound.

Vilefiend;

Canine like Demons infused with acid. Existing solely on Argus, as far as we know. These cannot be bound. Or touched unless you like acid burns.

Void Hound (Void Terror);

Two headed doglike Demons, infused with nearly endless amounts of magic, that roam the Twisting Nether. Cannot be bound.

Wrathguard;

Man'ari who serve as the honour guard for the Commanders of the Legion. Nope.

Wrymtongue;

Small Demons, used mostly for labour. Meek and usually kept as slaves, while they horde shiny things. Can be bound.

And that is every Demon in Warcraft lore as per currently (currently being the end of Legion). In total on this list there are 36 types of Demon in all. There are also in total 15 types of Demon all in all that can be bound, not including subfactions that I did not feel were different enough to merit including (Felhounds and Manastalkers, Felstalkers and Dreadstalkers, The different types of Mistresses and their powers for Sayad). That means the majority of demons cannot be bound but it does leave a good, varied range of choice and I would ask you stick to those 15 as law.

#wow #world of Warcraft #roleplay #argent dawn #moon guard #Wrymrest accord #Illidari #demon hunter #demon #night elf #Kaldorei #blood elf #sin'dorei #illidan stormrage #prophet velen #Sargeras #archimonde #Xavius #argus #legion #burning crusade

[lavellit]

ok so after 6 days and 70 odd hours, i finished andromeda. and i really liked it. there were also some things i didn’t like as much, but i’ll go at it by parts.

what i liked:

the overall hopeful tone. it has a really great star trek-y vibe, which as a massive star trek fan, delights the fuck out of me. that might not appeal to everyone, i don’t know what’s the tone of the original trilogy, i never played it, but i suspect it’s much darker. if you like star trek tho, you’ll enjoy andromeda to hell and back. that’s the best compliment i can pay. if you’ve always wanted a star trek open world game, andromeda scratches that itch something fierce. 

the combat. this is the first mass effect game i’ve ever played, because a) i dislike sci-fi games (sci-fi is my favourite genre of everything else, just not video games) b) i dislike 3rd person shooters ( the only other shooters i’ve ever played are fallout and bioshock, and that’s because they’re what i call “fun shooters”, they make shooting up mooks fun, and andromeda blissfully does this too, albeit not to the enormously satisfying level of bioshock, but on par with fallout)

the loyalty missions. it’s a bioware game, this one is a no-brainer. and in terms of action and duration, they are a lot deeper than in dragon age games, but, i’ll say, some of them don’t do much in terms of satisfying character development. all companion quests in the dragon age series do this a lot better. but over the course of the game, and through main, and secondary quest reaction cutscenes, most of the tempest crew does get some sort of character development.  

lots of cutscenes, even for secondary quests. what can i say, i love cutscenes, and having the opportunity to be a smartass as often as possible. seeing as the lack of secondary quest cutscenes is one of my biggest gripes with da:i, i was really happy that there were so many in andromeda. there could be more tho, i’m talking da2 levels of unnecessary cutscenes to send me to my happy place. 

kadara is amazing, has some of the funniest side quests in the whole game, one of the most engaging and rewarding questlines, and some really well-written characters. plus,  sloane kelly is voiced by indira varma, the same actress who voiced vivienne, and reyes vidal is voiced by nicholas boulton, the same actor who voiced hawke. enough said. all aboard the kadara dlc train

the turian ark rescue mission, i uhm...needed to walk away for a moment after that one. really atmospheric quest.

the missing memory questline is surprisingly rewarding, i say surprising because it was a pain getting some of those memories.

ryder is ryder, i can only compare andromeda to dragon age games, but ryder resembles hawke, a lot more than the warden or the inquisitor, you can make different dialogue options, but the tone is set, and you can’t really go against it. ryder is ryder, but that’s okay, because much like hawke, i happen to like ryder. instead of the sarcastic option you have the casual option, which when paired with the emotional option, leads to what i like to call: bleeding heart asshole, and it’s amazing.

so much background dialogue, it can become a little bit of a cacophony at times, but i like hearing it nonetheless, makes the world feel really alive.

lots of banter, no one shuts up in my game, between my squad, SAM talking about the weather, and ryder pointing out every single thing that came up, i don’t think i’ve gone more than five minutes in silence...but that also leads me to:

what i didn’t like:

lack of romance specific banter. i romanced jaal with scott in this playthrough, and was disappointed that there was no acknowledgement by any of the crew during banter. i didn’t realise this, but jaal was made available very recently as a bisexual option with patch 1.08, so that might be the reason for it. but i did a few searches and there were other ppl complaining about the lack of romance banter for other characters so it might be a general thing. i live for this, and there was so much of it in da:i, and da2, i really felt its absence. it seemed that when i was romancing sera in my first da:i playthrough it was all my party wanted to talk about, and i.was.living. - still, in my next playthrough with sara i’ll romance either peebee or vetra and then i’ll be sure if it is as lacking as i suspect.

the prologue. the only reason i even played as scott in the first playthrough was because my first save with sara got corrupted when i was playing during the origin installation, don’t ask me how that happened. but the sheer prospect of playing through the prologue again was so daunting that it made me start over with scott so it wouldn’t be all the same. the game is very worth it, but the prologue is uhm...a trial.

the nomad. listen i got better at driving the damn thing, but why the fuck do i need to steer with the keyboard instead of with the mouse? what’s the damn point, but it’s fine, it became fine eventually...except, being in the nomad, and the fact banter really only fires in the nomad, meant i had no desire to get out and explore, unless it was for a specific quest. points of interest? i drove right by. and this really frustrates me, because i actually loved exploring every nook and cranny in da:i, but there’s just no tangible reward for it, your party won’t talk, the planet will try to kill you, and you might end up not doing anything more exciting than killing some enemies.

the archon. unfortunately went to the corypheus school of bland villains, fortunately the remnant plot holds its own, and he’s more of a nuisance keeping you from discovering its secrets. 

none of my choices really mattered, at least not immediately, there’s a few i feel will have some serious repercussions in further games and dlc, but as of finishing the game, the consequences were minimal. 

none of my companions betrayed me/ left forever. what the fuck is up with that? honestly this might be my biggest gripe with the game. how am i supposed to pine if they don’t backstab me/ leave for tevinter/ disappear to study eluvians? not one of them blew up a building. 0/10

#mass effect #me:a #mass effect: andromeda #review #i guess #i dunno what possessed me to write this #but i might do one for the dragon age series too #i always knew i wanted to give this game a chance #ppl talked to much shit about da2 #and it's my second favourite #don't believe the hype ppl but don't believe the hate either #it's a good game

[inamii]

tagged by @sttchingllies (ty for tagging me in these i love doing them ajdhjahsd)

ok so 30 facts abt me??

im 5′11″ which is too dang tall someone pls trade heights w me

i just found out batwoman is gay and holy shit??

penguins are my favorite animal theyre just so cute man

i have the worst memory on the entire planet tbh its so bad i ask people things 20 times and i feel so bad every time

i have such a weird span of music interests from edgy shit like pierce the veil to cutesy idolmaster songs lmao

speaking of music i love gacharic spin so much, no one knows who tf they are but they’re such a great band (also their drummer is p gay and they made  a song abt her only cute cinderella ;-;)

i also love perfume!! (the group lol) nocchi is my fave tho i love all three of them and i would pay so much money for them to perform at the 2020 olympics

i have been distracted so many times while writing this and i’m only on 8 pray for me i have 0 attention span

i love inami anju so much???

i honestly spend too much of my time invested in rhythm games but w/e

i am the ultimate master of not being able to express negative feelings to anyone and seeming happy 24/7 it is my only skill

im rlly results oriented which makes it super hard to keep at anything im not immediately good at

 i have no sense of balance whatsoever i literally tilt and wobble while just standing up

i have this rad ass almost foot long scar on my leg that looks cool n edgy but has a much less cool and edgy origin lol

i rlly rlly like to journal and write my thoughts down?? i try to journal as often as possible in my phone bc i love reading through them later on (i have a ton from freshman yr that are great to read after the fact)

bc i rlly like writing my thoughts down, i have a notebook that i keep in my backpack for when i want to remember smth that happened or am just thinking abt shit, or i just write stuff in the margins of notes (my tok binder alone is full of either snarky remarks to what someone said or just lots of being in awe at how smart my peers are)

i have a rlly intense longing to play dnd like....ive never played it before but it sounds so fuckin cool and i swear i will join a dnd group in college

my favorite characters are almost always ones with blue hair unless they’re like, an asshole

i dont watch a ton of live action tv but i rlly love izombie (even tho i havent seen s3) and i just started watching supergirl and travelers also looks p dang good

tbh tho i dont actually watch a lot of anime either, the only anime ive completed in like years is bnha

i like people watching, and i think like, little behaviors n quirks ppl have are rlly endearing and tbh i just like ppl and find them all rlly cute???

in that vein, i love peoples laughs they’re all adorable no matter what 

uuh shit im running out of things.... my favorite vocaloid is gumi

i love drawing so much but im such shit at it tbh

i used to do a lot of video editing and even had a vine acct for su edits where i made a lot of stuff im actually p proud of lol

i go through cycles of enjoying stuff, where i’ll be obsessed with smth for months and then suddenly not have the energy to engage in it, even though i still enjoy it and would like to continue engaging in it i just...cant

i am like....the biggest crybaby ever honestly

i’ve only had serious crushes on 2 ppl (n one of them was in 7th grade lmao)

i wish i was better at communicating n hanging out with both my irl and online friends im just such a nervous wreck so im terrible at it ://

i have a cat names silas and i love him even tho he’s sometimes an  asshole and sticks his butt in ur face

uuuh as for tagging, if you see this, i tag you!! also anyone i tagged in my last post ofc!

#bij's blabbering #i didnt wanna tag yall all again cause i didnt wanna bother yall/// #man im surprised i could come up w 30 mildly interesting facts