#war and leisure

[bmwkmx1]

“Nighthawks” - by Edward Hooper + inspired various media 2

#nighthawks #csi #the tick #simpsons #bobs burgers #family guy #lego #cowboy bebop #star wars #pulp fiction #leisure suit larry #star trek #elvis #marilyn monroe #humphrey bogart #spike spiegal #jet black #faye valentine #homer simpson #fred flintstone #cartoon network #spock #captain kirk #Edward Hopper #vincent vega

[normalbrothers]

tommy loves horses of course, and there's a lot going on there (re trauma), but he has a pretty utilitarian view on them most of the time; it's not as much of an affectionate relationship to the animals as i think fandom seems to believe. there's also rather a greater symbolic meaning in general to him than bonding himself emotionally to a single horse, the way it tends to be with most horsey narratives

#he *uses* them and i think it has something to do with his self image and - as i said - trauma #horses as vehicles as tools in war race horses etc etc #dunno where i'm going with this; i think there's some opportunity to do something w that in the movie #he surely was different here before the war and you can clearly imagine little tommy spending all the time at the stables #and talking more to the horses than to any of the people around or in general but yeah #his overidentification with something that he tends to objectify & then again not all his horse comparsions or metaphors are positive or #positively connotated either #& it's also a class thing even as there's an affectionate layer to this he wouldn't look at a horse and see a cherished coddled pet #they are animals bred for use and not leisure and that's the sentiment he grew up with as well

[totallycorrectjediorderquotes]

Ki-Adi: Are the training halls clean? Tomorrow's garbage day

Cin, not looking up from his book: Oh really?

Cin: I'm surprised they have an entire day dedicated towards you

#Cin can and will roast everyone who interrupts his rare leasure time #leisure* #Cin Drallig #Ki Adi Mundi #disaster lineage #star wars #star wars: the expanded universe #star wars: the clone wars #Star Wars the Prequel trilogy #incorrect star wars quotes #Source: unknown

[talesfromthebandgeekmafia]

I fucking love audiobooks so much thank you audiobooks for allowing me to get back into reading

#I’ve been going at a decent book or two around every month #which is so much more than the zero I’d been at since basically the 8th grade #I’m really enjoying being able to read for leisure again and that’s thanks to the accessibility of audiobooks #I can work I can drive I can just wander around engaging in other secondary activities to keep myself focused and stimulated #they brighten my days idk I’m just really about them lately #shoutout to This Is How You Lose The Time War for kicking off this whole thing #I think I’ve listened to it like 2 or 3 times all the way through now it’s become one of my favorite books #I think I may get a physical copy just to have maybe I’ll annotate it or something #I just finished Emma I think I’m gonna read An Absolutely Remarkable Thing next #spilling the Tea

[sad-endings-suck]

the fact that there is so much beef between jon and dany stans and then also arya and sansa stans is so sad and hilarious to me because… have we learned nothing from the text?? arya and sansa fighting each other and criticizing one another is not meant to be agreed with and replicated by the fandom. jon and dany both being set up as “chosen ones” is not an indicator to pit them against one another; it’s meant to show their similarities.

#i mean of course critique at your leisure but stop the flat out wars please #asoaif #asoiaf thoughts #daenerys targeryan #jon snow #arya strak #sansa stark

[lillywillow]

War on Leisure

Summary: All Bucky wants to do is to relax and spend some alone time with you but for some reason, all the bad guys of New York attack within very short times of each other

 Written for: @buckybarnesbingo

 Words: 1081

 Square Filled: B1- Interrupted by Supervillains

 Pairing: Bucky Barnes x Gender Neutral Reader  

 Warnings: Mild adult suggestions, mentions of mental breakdown, annoying villains

 You woke that morning to soft kisses being pressed up and down your neck. Smiling, you rolled over and wrapped your arms around your loving boyfriend.

 “Morning, handsome,” you purred, nuzzling him.

 “Morning, doll. How’d you sleep?” he softly asked, his voice a low, deep rumbled.

 “Very well with you by my side,” you gently sighed, feeling safe and warm in his arms. “What about you?”

 “I always sleep best when I’m close to you,” he replied, kissing the top of your head.

 The two of you laid there for a while just content with being in each other’s arms.

 “Can we stay here all day?” you asked, sleepily looking up at him.

 “I don’t see why not…”

 Then, the alarm rang out alerting everyone in the Avenger Tower that villains were attacking reminded you exactly why you couldn’t spend the day in bed. Groaning, you both got up and prepared for the upcoming battle.

 That was just the beginning of your week.

…

 The next time you were interrupted, you were once again in bed, just having a quiet moment to unwind. Bucky had his head on your chest, listening to you read one of his favourites while you idly ran your fingers through his hair. He closed his eyes, ready to drop off to sleep when the alarm went off again. You both felt annoyed, still stiff from the last attack but got prepared to fight, nonetheless.

…

 It was late by the time the fight was over. You were both so exhausted, you were ready to just flop into bed. Bucky held you close and breathed in your scent to calm himself down.

 “I’m here, baby. I’m here,” you assured him.

 Bucky kissed you deeply, pressing you close to his body to remind himself you were truly there and that you loved him. You kissed back, holding him just as close. These were the type of kisses that you loved. The kind that could go further but didn’t have to. They were loving and intimate. Just feeling close to each other, feeling the heat of one another’s skin… only for that damn alarm to go off again. Didn’t these stupid villains ever sleep?! Since you were already dressed, you got up to fight once more.

…

 The next day, you had drawn Bucky a bath. The hot water and Epsom salts would help to relieve his aching muscles, calm his mind and get him to relax. You washed his hair while you hummed to him. Bucky closed his eyes and surrendered to your touch. Just as you rinsed out the shampoo, that infernal alarm so rudely rang out. A small whine came from the back of Bucky’s throat as he got out of the tub to fight again.

…

 The day after that, you were giving Bucky a nice massage. Bucky laid on your bed as you rubbed lavender oil into his skin. He was just about to fall asleep as you worked out all the knots from his tender back muscles… that tensed up and undid all your work as the cursed alarm chimed out and you wanted to rip that stupid thing right out its circuitry. Bucky’s jaw clenched as he prepared for yet another fight.

…

 When you returned from the fight, you were gently tending to Bucky’s injuries. He had barely spoken a word, not even flinching as you applied antiseptic to his scrapes.

 “Bucky? Look at me hon…”

 As he made eye contact with you, your heart broke.

 “I can’t… I can’t keep doing this, Y/N! I’m not The Winter Soldier anymore! They can’t just expect me to keep fighting and be okay! I’m not… I’m not…”

 His voice sounded so broken. As you wrapped your arms around him and held him close, Bucky started sobbing, hugging you tight. It hurt you to see your boyfriend so utterly shattered. You were definitely going to have to talk to Fury about this.

…

 As soon as you made sure Bucky was sleeping soundly in bed, you went straight to Fury.

 “Sir, I’m requesting time of for Barnes and myself, effective immediately,” you demanded.

 “We can’t do that. In case you haven’t noticed, we’ve had an influx of attacks recently…” Fury began.

 “Precisely my point, sir. Bucky may be a super soldier but he’s human and you forget that too easily. You can only burn a candle at both ends for so long before it burns out…”

 Fury regarded you carefully. It was true, for whatever reason, the villains of New York had decided to all attack at once but if he continued to send his human Avengers to clean up the mess, they would eventually tire out and there would be no one left to protect the city. Maybe he did need to organise some breaks for the team.

 “Fine, but only for a week. When you come back, I fully expect you to resume your duties,” he replied.

 “Yes, sir and thank you.”

 “Now, get out of my office,” he ordered.

 You walked out and headed back to Bucky who was still deep asleep. The poor man was so exhausted that you could only hope this peace would last long enough for him to get a decent enough rest. You’d let him know of your plans first thing in the morning.

…

 The following day, you had packed your bags and organised the use of one of Tony’s private islands. The others were under strict orders not to contact you unless for some reason your lives were in danger although at this point, you were more dangerous than any enemy. Bucky was a little sceptical but by the second day, he felt more relaxed.

 At the end of the week, Bucky was totally stress-free. A week alone with you was just what he needed. The villains were still there when you got back but by now, they had slowed down their onslaught. By now, Bucky was ready to take them on again and as long as he had you by his side, he knew he could handle anything.

#buckybarnesbingo2022 #bbb2022 #Bucky Barnes #bucky barnes x reader #War on Leisure #mild angst #marvel #marvel fanfiction #marvel one shot #Interrupted by supervillains

[foldingfittedsheets]

The hardest thing about school is my brain being in hyper drive. All the time. Even on break. There is always calculations running like: I have to work on this class, I think I can allocate that day, which means my other class I’ll work on tomorrow and I can put off this class’ work. Oh no, I can’t work in the allocated time slot, now I need to mentally rearrange my shit and make sure I don’t forget any of my many plates that I must keel spinning at all times!

This week I’m ahead. I front loaded, I worked a long Monday and hauled ass on game project to produce my share before our milestone. That means no more working on game until Monday. And because of the holiday I don’t have anything cooking for character design. So that leaves coding and my rigging project class. I’m well ahead on rigging because I like to rig. That means my whole weekend is just one small coding assignment and however much I want to rig. But it doesn’t matter. Because the schedule in my head is whispering “If you don’t work you’ll fall behind, there’s no time to rest, are you sure you’re not forgetting anything? Better work ahead just to be extra safe.”

#my life #ramblies #it doesn’t ever pay out though #even when I work ahead I don’t feel like I then get to rest accordingly #and I don’t actually have a leisure activity I’m excited about right now #I’m not reading a good book and I just finished replaying spirit farer #so I’m in a leisure lull where I don’t know what activity to put into a relaxation slot #I’d like to buy god of war or Pokémon violet but I can’t justify the expense

[countess-of-edessa]

the way people jump to the defense of video games whenever someone is like "what a stupid hobby to spend more than the barest amount of time killing effort on" really just reinforces to me that video games is objectively one of stupidest things to waste your life on

#well I don’t think it’s not worthwhile!!!!!! Well that is because you are addicted to video games. #everyone has a hobby and mine is video games!!!! any hobby that involves physical effort be it a sport or art or wood carving #is worthwhile. you are putting something into the world #video games does not put anything into the world. and is less likely to #negatively impact all the other parts of your life. i have never heard a woman complain her husband is playing golf 12 hours a day everyday #to Be a human being in the world you have to participate in the human experience #effort creativity exertion earnest attempts to succeed #video games a facsimile of effort and toil and experience that give an ultimately hollow sense of accomplishment #because men (and everyone) these days have fewer outlets than ever by which they can express those things organically #especially in a high-adrenaline high physicality way #and i think a lot of men would like to but find themselves unable #and like sorry about the industrial Revolution and it’s consequences on the human race guys but you still have to do something about your #life despite it. I’m sorry you can’t go fight in a cool war. #maybe take up boxing #or woodworking #or rugby #if video games are anything more than a passing way to spend a small amount of leisure time i think they are bad. so. #text posts that i think will probably be fine but might get reblogged by the wrong people and make everyone mad at me dot com

[elsolaer]

i have many thoughts in general but this tidbit from tingyun's voice lines is one of the things i wanna elaborate some more on at some point...

" Every time I head out, I leave a letter behind and lock it in the drawers of my shop. If I come back, then I'll burn it later. If I don't... then it'll be something for others to remember me by."

#OOC. #this post is more of a reminder to myself before i go try to write some stuff for nat and/or stelle #but idk i like her concept of being pacifistic despite the inherent dangers of her position as... basically a galactic ambassador? #it says that most reps take weapons with them but she refuses to because she believes that you should build relationships from a foundation #of peace instead of threat of violence #which has worked in her favor but idk its kinda sombering knowing that she basically leaves her last words in a letter every time sh #e leaves for another planet to do her job because she knows shes leaving herself vulnerable if somebody wanted to do something to hurt her #and she burns it every time she comes back only to rewrite it again months later when she goes on her next trip #xi.anzhou's lore is ROUGH dont get me wrong but theres a lot of fun concepts in there that im smashing together LMAO #also her traveling the way she does opens up so much room to meet literally anybody #its just jarilo-vi right now but as more worlds open up it just gives her more room to work with #also the fact that it opens up a lot of possiblities for world building for her to come to these planets because she's there ON business an #trade & commerce is one of the BIGGEST things a society needs. one decision could steer the entire direction of their society in a complete #y different direction #like even just introducing more leisurely/hobby focused products can be a huge turning point for a war stricken world #or better materials for their tech and their buildings #new crops in exchange for what they have #literally the exchange we see in her lore is her discussing taking just a few samples of a world's plants and growing it on xianzhou for #commercial sale AND that world would recieve shipments of said crops along with wahtever other deals they struck #and blablabla yes i know capitalism whatever. tis the way of the world and i think its really interesting frmo a worldbuilding standpoint #tingyuns a very interesting character because she can change a lot of things in very little time in the big picture #i feel like she's commonly brushed off as a shallow character who doesnt do much but she's one of the most accomplished characters in xian #zhou EASILY #yes you could argue that jing yuan is more because of his general shit or yukong is the helm master blablabla like Yes they are also very #accomplished but she is the literal only reason that the grand fairs are FAMOUS throughout the galaxy. they werent until she took leadershi #she's completed trade missions to SIXTEEN different panets and is implied to have formed alliances with at least a few of them #and was the one to renew xianzhou's mutual alliance with the IPC #i dunno #also i think people see her as way more of a trickster than she is #like ... i thought she was too but she really isn't particularly mischevious? girls tried to leave MULTIPLE times during the story bc she

[monkeesrainbowroom]

okay i found an approximately 72 page notebook in my notebook drawer overspilling with notebooks fully finished and half started i think i will take war and peace notes there... on the one hand there's like five times as many chapters as that on the other i do not believe in my ability to actually consistently write things down...

#im starting war and peace btw... i wanted to wait till summer but i listened to great comet one too many times and im giving in #wizardspeak #only once i'm done with the fucking spain presentation + maths hw + finding my compass + literature studying #sunday's a write-off re: leisure so tomorrow hopefully... or . next week the closest </3

[westcoastmidnightrun]

NEOM SAUDI ARABIA AN EPIC DISASTER IN THE WINGS

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia via various popular online press outlets and venues (such as MSN) have been leaking their plans for a new Mega City on the eastern flank of the kingdom, known as NEOM and also dubbed The Line.

The Kingdom is touting this new milestone in urban design to be on par with modern marvels of engineering and construction, something to behold along the lines of Egypt’s fabled pyramids – and to compete with Singapore’s Marina Bay, Dubai’s Marina, Jumeirah’s Burj Al Arab (the distinctive hotel shaped like a sailboat), and most recently Burj El Khalifa, one of the tallest buildings in the world – all of which are pre-eminent business, visitors and tourist destinations in Asia.

However, it would seem the price tag for this ambitious project originally estimated at One Trillion US dollars is now edging closer, per some sources, to $2.5 Trillion US dollars and many of its grandiose features and plans will have to be trimmed, cut back, or removed entirely from the project destined to open (in phases I would surmise) starting in 2035.

What is believed to the kingdom’s most ambitious undertaking yet, the region’s DISNEYLAND, so to speak, and perhaps a new economic engine for the region and the Kingdom, could also be one step closer to the undoing of the current boom enjoyed throughout the Persian Gulf region, from Kuwait and the Emirates to Saudi.

What exactly are we alluding to? Allow us to explain in an upcoming revue segment to be featured in West Coast Midnight Run’s Lifestyles section of the Kiosk.

WHY MIDNIGHT - THE #WHYMIDNIGHT CAMPAIGN FROM WEST COAST MIDNIGHT RUN™ PUBLICATION

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Visit us often as we develop this segment and several others for your curiosity and pleasure, we have additional segments in the works, including an overview of the Paris Olympics, prelude revues to tentpole movies such as the 2025 Superman from new studio creative James Gunn and The Fantastic Four from the new Disney/Marvel and Fox Studios conglomerate, as well as several fashion collections sneak peeks.

#lifestyles #lifestyle #NEOM #The Line #Saudi Arabia #West Coast Midnight Run #UAE #Emirates Airlines #dubailife #star trek #star wars #scifi #scifi art #dubai marina #pyramids #ancient egypt #superman #The Fantastic Four #disney #marvel comics #james gunn #Persian Gulf #burjkhalifa #burj al arab #Jumeirah #Le Meridien #ihg #Hospitality #Leisure #Pierre Maertin

[whats-in-a-sentence]

The media churned out charming propaganda about the munitions workers, as journalists and later historians enjoyed the idea that women of all classes had come together in essential war work:

They have come from the office and the shop, from domestic service and the dressmaker's room, from the High Schools and the Colleges, and from the quietude of the stately homes of the leisured rich . . . Even in the early days of the advent of women in the munitions shops, I have seen working together, side by side, the daughter of an earl, a shop keeper's widow, a graduate from Girton, a domestic servant, and a young woman from a lonely farm in Rhodesia, whose husband had joined the colours. Social status, so stiff a barrier in this country in pre-war days, was forgotten in the factory, as in the trenches, and they were all working together as the members of a united family.

"Normal Women: 900 Years of Making History" - Philippa Gregory

#book quotes #normal women #philippa gregory #nonfiction #media #charming #propaganda #munitions #journalist #historian #essential workers #office #shop #domestic service #high school #college #ww1 #wwi #world war one #leisured #rich #class divide #earl #shopkeeper #widow #girton #rhodesia #farmer #factory workers

[fakeplasticmusic]

Sky Walker (ft. Travis Scott) - Miguel

#sky walker #miguel #travis scott #war & leisure #psychedelic pop #r&b #2017 #mellow monday #Spotify

[aworsening]

On becoming someone else

i. War of the Foxes, Richard Siken / ii., v., viii., xi. Leisure, Hannah, Does Not Agree with You, Hannah Gamble / iii. unknown / iv. Mimmo Paladino / vi. Book 20e, In between here and there, Beata Wehr / vii. unknown / ix. unknown / x. @heartlessqueen

#web weaving #web weave #parallels #my post

[prettybbychim]

is it just me and my irritable attitude due to sleep deprivation or was everything drawn out far too long for dramatic effect in ahsoka

#ik it’s supposed to build suspense and be cool #but like why u moving so leisurely lmao #ain’t there like a war on the horizon ur trying to stop

[groovetrill]

Un poco de sabor (a little bit of flavor)

Es todo que yo necesito

(That's all I need babe, that's all I need babe)

Voy a ver profundidades de tu amor

(To the depths of your love, your love)

Si viene conmigo

(Should come my way babe, should come my way babe)

Now and later, hour glass, sour patch

Put that pink starburst on my brain

Running through your candy lane

Caramelo duro, deja que te vuelva loca

Muy limpio, que puro, no te dejaré sola

Regálame un poco de azúcar

Regálame un poco de azúcar

Regálame un poco de azúcar

Regálame un poco de azúcar

Dulce

#miguel #kali uchis #caramelo duró #war & leisure #groovetrill #Spotify