now when you think about it, the members of the organization knew so little about rum that they don’t know their gender or how they look, but what they knew about their eye. so doesn’t that mean their condition w their eye is so obvious that people remember it more than how they look. conan realized it late that rumi’s right eye is blind and it wasn’t obvious. doesn’t that leave us w only wakita and kuroda as rum suspects
I think I am officially Fandom Old. I am so worn out from the arguments on who’s the top or the bottom (who cares), what is allowed to be written (anything you want, bejeebus), what is Problematic (I know, just tag it), what other people Should Do (they Should live their lives free of judgment). There isn’t a Right Way to do things. Tag your stuff appropriately, don’t read stuff you don’t want to read, and leave other people (me) alone.
FIFTH ANNUAL Talk Like a Pirate Day Bias List! ☠️
Alright ye landlubbers!!!
Today be the mun’s favorite day o’ the year! And before the swashbuckling shitposts commence, I’ve got a tradition to honor. Since about 2015 ( with the exception of 2018 ), every September 19th, I make this here bias list promoting every ( active-ish??? ) pirate related blog that I follow or love. In other words: all my pirate homies get a big ol’ PIRATE PROMO!! But honestly this year I feel like we all could use a bit of love so on top of all that, I’ll also just be promoting my mutuals and friends. I’ve been celebrating this day for 5 years, and I’ve spent 7 years her with Jessica and with you. I love you all; it’s you people that make this fun. Thank you all for your patience and your passion. Talk Like a Pirate Day is always fun on this blog but I really missed community shenanigans so LET’S GET ON WITH IT THEN!
Thank you all for daring everyday ta be yer selves!
Happy Talk Like a Pirate Day, everyone! Sorry in advance if I left anybody out qwq. May the wind fill her sails, and may ya never run out o’ rum!!! And thanks to all of you, me real pirate pals, for making this place so damn fun.
honestly what i love about watari is how even though he likes “manly” things, he’s still quite open to those around him. he openly and happily took care of onagawa and not only looked out for him but went out his way to make sure onagawa wasn’t pushing himself. he’s openly cried in front of the team more than twice now and he’s more than ok w showing physical affection towards his teammates. he isn’t this walking advertisement for toxic masculinity just because he likes “manly things” but rather he’s the opposite; he shows his emotions and he cares for his friends and he still is interested in stereotypical “manly” stuff. i think that’s pretty cool
You measure your life out in the rituals and habits that you punctuate your time with. The precise moment you shut off your alarm before the racket really kicks in, the side of the bed you get out of. The pillow you use. The coffee you drink, the route you take to work, the exercise you do. How long, how far, how hard. You turn yourself into an amalgamation of activities until you feel like you’re properly defined. As if, through the expression of habit, you can feel out the edges of your personality.
And every time you step outside of those habits, life becomes a little less certain, and a little more unpredictable. You become a little less certain and a hell of a lot more unpredictable. You surprise yourself, surprise the rigorous outlines that you’ve established for yourself, and push and break past the boundaries and borders that you once thought were so very well maintained.
You find yourself with your fingers around the handle of a knife, when you swore that that wasn’t something you were interested in. You find yourself waking up next to someone when you ensured yourself you were going to take it easy for a while. You find yourself somehow able to let it all wash past you without falling apart, without having the edges of your personality burst, and your very selfhood come gushing out in a great tidal wave of anxiety.
So much of D/s is about bolding those outlines, shoring them up nice and tight and using protocols and habits reassure you that you are who you say you are, your tastes lie exactly where you thought they did. And so much of it is about exactly the opposite. Pushing, pulling, twisting and contorting you in all the ways you never thought you might bend, until you’re barely recognisable, and yet completely aware. And it’s those times that really define you, that really show you who you are. It’s not about the affectations but the effects, how you handle things not how you’ve learnt to allow life to handle you.
I’ll take whatever Matthew Stover was having when he wrote the Revenge of the Sith novelization-
“This is how it feels to be Anakin Skywalker, forever: The first dawn of light in your universe brings pain. The light burns you. It will always burn you. Part of you will always lie upon black glass sand beside a lake of fire while flames chew upon your flesh.”
“This was not Sith against Jedi. This was not light against dark or good against evil; it had nothing to do with duty or philosophy, religion or morals. It was Anakin against Obi-Wan. Personally. Just the two of them and the damage they had done to each other.”
“But even in the deepest night, there are some who dream of dawn.”
“In the end, the shadow is all you have left. Because the shadow understands you, the shadow forgives you, the shadow gathers you unto itself—And within your furnace heart, you burn in your own flame.”
“This is Obi-Wan Kenobi: A phenomenal pilot who doesn’t like to fly. A devastating warrior who’d rather not fight. A negotiator without peer who frankly prefers to sit alone in a quiet cave and meditate.”
“Everything dies. In time, even stars burn out. This is why Jedi form no attachments: all things pass. To hold on to something—or someone—beyond its time is to set your selfish desires against the Force.”
“Obi-Wan looked down. It would be a mercy to kill him. He was not feeling merciful”
“This story happened a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. It is already over. Nothing can be done to change it.”
I’m not joking- this is the kind of writing I aspire to have. Matthew Stover’s work on this novelization is perfection.
i reblogged that post about screenshotting instead of doing prev tags but actually if we’re sharing granular social media etiquette i think we should all go back to copy and pasting tags into a reblog and then adding “(via @username)” afterwards. that’s how it was done when i joined tumblr in 2010 and that’s how i think we should do it now. simple. accessible. clear cut. i am an old man shaking my fist about the kids on the lawn
The Contenders: Team Homicidols Best of 2022 (So Far)
The Contenders: Team Homicidols Best of 2022 (So Far) @situasion_info @_Buddha_TOKYO_ @YUPYUPinJP @Craveit_staff @CROSSNOESIS @InnesOfficial @Isiliel_jp @lng_info @MADMAO_staff @_RAY_world @_spc_official @ylmlm_staff @ASP_idol #homicidols
We lost so many veteran and A-list talents last year that there were thoughts that 2022 would have a dearth of compelling new chika idol releases. To our surprise, the first several months of this new year have instead seen veteran idols producing some of their best ever work while new units have been dropping captivating releases from the word, “Go!” We usually wait until much later in the year…
