[notahorseindisguise]

the "came back wrong" trope except like... they didnt. like this mad scientists wife died, and so he studied necromancy, brought her back, and she came back and it all worked. like she came back exactly the same as she was before with literally no difference. but the scientist guy is like "oh no... what have i done.... shes Different now!!!! she came back Wrong!!!!" and shes just like. chilling. reading a book. cooking dinner. shes just so so normal but in the guys mind hes like "oh shes soooo weird" but shes just normal

[mysticorset]

Peer reviewed tags from @somanyofthekids

[notahorseindisguise]

NO its a JOKE and YOU DONT GET IT. ITS NOT THAT DEEP

[hiveswap]

While she was dead he put his memory of her on such a high pedestal that she could never live up to it alive

[midnight-revelation]

alternatively‚ she came back perfectly fine but he thinks she came back wrong‚ because the tragic reality is that he never actually knew his wife

[notahorseindisguise]

im going INSANE thats MY POST.

[tumbleweedtech]

ALT

[xenosaurus]

Today’s project of the day is a comedy about an arranged marriage between a vampire prince and the daughter of a warlord who turned his whole army into werewolves, with both sets of parents trying to use their child as a spy. One problem with that plan: the kids were secretly childhood friends and have genuine feelings for each other.

To avoid their parents realizing they’re more loyal to each other than the politics behind their impending marriage, they decide to pretend to hate each other.

[xenosaurus]

The daughter is also a werewolf, the whole point of that was to keep the soldiers from turning into vampires (curses cancel each other out) so she’s got it too!

[xenosaurus]

Vampire lineages are maintained through turning children— vampires age and they’re sterile, so they mostly kidnap orphans to keep their families going. Feeding on someone doesn’t ALWAYS make them a vampire, usually it just kills them, but if you keep someone alive and have a vampire feed off them repeatedly they’ll turn eventually.

Adults are turned as well, but that whole ‘thrall to the vampire that bit you’ thing is a rumor, it’s just because most vampires were RAISED by the vampire who bit them.

[xenosaurus]

This is how the main characters know each other— they’re in their 20s now, but when they were little the not-yet-werewolf lived with her grandparents, who owned a butcher shop, while her not-yet-warlord father was off being a soldier, and the not-yet-vampire was an orphan who lived in the same village. The kids used to play together and the not-yet-werewolf stole from the shop to feed her friend.

However, a homeless kid who smells like blood because he’s been lurking around the butcher’s is going to be prime pickings for vampires, and he went missing around age 10.

[xenosaurus]

They’re around 23 when they’re introduced for the “first time” as part of peace talks and the amount of effort they have to put into not just tackling each other is unreal. They missed each other! The werewolf thought he was dead! When they do finally get a moment alone they have a big dramatic hug and there is significant happy crying.

[xenosaurus]

Personalities, public and private!

The vampire does a great job of playing the aloof, intimidating prince, but he just has a really good poker face. He’s screaming internally at all times. When you take the mask off, he’s really something of a drama queen, extremely emotional and passionate. He’s wary of revealing his true personality to the court, because he’s honestly pretty afraid of his sire, and a lot of the comedy comes from the drastically different impressions his staff and retainers have of him.

The werewolf, on the other hand, is rowdy. She plays up the wolf thing to cover for the fact that she’s always been very take charge and opinionated, often to the point of outright rudeness. She’s a pushy sort of affectionate, the type who will happily fight your battles for you. However, because she’s a young woman being ‘sacrificed’ to vampires, a lot of her father’s soldiers are very protective of her, and she’s not above playing the innocent virgin or shy, weepy lady if it benefits her.

[xenosaurus]

The vampire prince’s name is Ambroz the third, according to the court. His real name is Walter (Walt for short) but he’s supposed to take his sire’s name, it’s a royalty thing, and nobody was going to take “prince of the night, Walter” seriously anyways.

The werewolf’s name is Zelda, and it has always been Zelda!

[xenosaurus]

Some other Comedy Bits:

—The werewolf guards being useless the days around the full moon and various characters being able to get away with wild shit because the guards are play fighting or got restless and started running laps

—Ambroz has a young attendant who completely buys into his mysterious edgelord act and thinks he’s the coolest thing ever, this kid can’t decide if he’s crushing on Ambroz or wants to BE Ambroz.

—on the other end of things, Ambroz’s maid has had him figured out ever since he moved into the castle and serves as an extremely exasperated older sister. Ambroz, stop crying, sir, I will help you find your shoes. Yes I know your sire will be furious if you lost them. You are a grown man, sir.

—Zelda is DEFINITELY not a virgin but regularly plays at not understanding extremely basic sexual concepts to keep people from figuring out she’s thoroughly deflowered her fiancé

—Zelda’s best friend is constantly trying to find herself a goth gf lady vampire and is very much not a werewolf so she keeps nearly getting turned instead

[what-even-is-thiss]

When I grow up I wanna be upper middle class.

[what-even-is-thiss]

I want like… a condo. And enough money to go on vacation sometimes. And maybe a mug.

[sbpstudios]

bro look at thrift stores or garage sale for mugs

i once got a set of four cat mugs for a dollar. one of the best days of my life so far

[what-even-is-thiss]

Maybe I’m tired of going to thrift stores for mugs. Maybe I’m tired of the $5 target mugs. Maybe I want a really nice mug. Not like five hundred nice mugs. Just like… one or two would be nice. You know? Maybe I’d hang one on my wall. I think I’d like that. Owning a wall.

[i-need-glitter]

@what-even-is-thiss

Go to any streets that close for art events, you’ll find at least 1 good potter selling their wares there

I got the cup I use for my bathroom at Las Olas, Florida for their art fair a few years back, it was like $15ish but the potter had a set all in the same color combo of a bowl, 2 sized plates and 2 different mugs. I just wanted the one small cup but I’ve got the card somewhere

At the same art fair a year or two later a different potter was there selling his stuff and that’s who I got one of my tea mugs from for like again $15isb

[what-even-is-thiss]

Again, people are misunderstanding my actual desires represented by the mug.

[what-even-is-thiss]

There you go.

[i-wear-the-cheese]

Every time we go into a Big Fancy Houseware shop just to browse, I stare wistful at the mugs. “We have enough mugs” I will say. But I know I my heart that all the mugs at home are mismatched and old, or secret Santa gifts from across the years. None of them have been purchased solely for the joy of buying a fancy new mug.

[parkasaurus-rex]

Like you could even go to the clearance aisle for mugs. The change of seasons always brings new and interesting things. OR A GOODWILL TRIP? Holy shit this person is going on and on about expensive ass mugs when what you really need in life is to not fall into the trap that capitalism has inevitably laid for all of us that makes us believe wholeheartedly that the only happiness we will find in life is the ability to purchase expensive things and to own expensive things

Go green and try to re-thrift for shit that’s so trivial it takes one slip of the hand to watch it completely fall to pieces

[what-even-is-thiss]

I made this post over a year ago now and inevitably whenever it gains more traction someone will pop up completely misunderstanding me, not understanding that I’d just like to be comfortable. I don’t actually want advice on how to acquire mugs. I own a couple of mugs. I’d just like to be able to have some security. Maybe a pool. Maybe I’d like to own a small amount of property. A condo, maybe. I’d like to be able to travel. You’ll notice that nobody here is giving advice on how to acquire a condo or a vacation. They’re just taking the mug part seriously. All I wanted to do was fantasize about a world where I don’t live in a studio apartment that takes up half of my paycheck in rent alone and maybe I have a stupid white dad device mounted on the wall to showcase my mug collection. Can everyone just shut the hell up about telling me how to acquire mugs? I don’t care about the traps of consumerism! I just wanna be able to afford to visit my aunts sometimes! And so what if I do want an expensive mug? That’s my goddamn business.

[strongorcbutch]

This is a perfect summary of what it’s like for try to communicate any idea that can’t fit neatly into a single sentence on Tumblr Dot Com.

[bitterrosebrokenspear]

Those “curtains were just blue” memes did irreparable damage to society.

[phantomrose96]

Not missing the meta-textual irony that this has exactly recreated the conversations that happen at society-level where someone from the Younger Generation says “I would just like financial stability. I would just like simple pleasures in life without the vice-grip of financial strain limiting every decision” and the Older Generation think pieces come pouring out like “Oh just make your coffee at home to save $4 :) Oh just limit yourself to one tv streaming service to save $10 a month :) Oh just don’t get the expensive avocado toast they charge $3 for the avocado you know :)”

It’s not about the mug it’s not about the coffee it’s not about the avocado toast. It never was and never will be. It will always be about being able to live a nice life.

Study shows Millennial Men do not think of women as their equals

[karadin]

A majority of millennial men failed to see women as equals, according to the study, which looked at how college biology students viewed their classmates’ intelligence and achievements, the Harvard Business Review reported.

Among the findings:

• In every biology class surveyed, a man was seen as the most celebrated student, even in instances where women earned significantly better grades.
• Men were also found to overestimate the intelligence of their male classmates over that of female ones.
• Men continued exaggerating their assessments of the male peers, despite unequivocal evidence that their female peers were performing better.
• Women, conversely, weren’t found to display a bias: Their assessments of fellow classmates tended to be spot-on.

The National Institutes of Health researchers pointed out that female STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) majors drop out at significantly higher rates than their male counterparts.

“The reasons for this difference are complex, and one possible contributing factor is the social environment women experience in the classroom,” they wrote.

Still, scores of men are under the impression that they’ve become the target of reverse sexism. Conservative columnist John Hawkins ranted in Town Hall last year:

“Men have it rougher in America than most people realize. In part, that’s because they’re one of the few groups (along with white people, conservatives, and Christians) it’s cool to crap on at every opportunity. In case you haven’t noticed, there’s a nonstop assault on masculinity in America.”

But research has confirmed the reality of gender bias against women. A staggering 90 percent of women reported experiencing gender harassment in the workplace, a 2010 University of Michigan study found. The results suggest that such harassment had the purpose of driving women out of jobs and not the generally assumed motivation of trying to draw women into relationships.

“One could argue that, in these instances, ‘sexual harassment is used both to police and discipline the gender outlaw: the woman who dares to do a man’s job is made to pay,’” the researchers wrote, quoting an article by Katherine M. Franke, an associate professor of law at the University of Arizona College of Law.

As for millennial men specifically, they have been less accepting of female leaders than their older male counterparts, according to a 2014 survey of more than 2,000 adults residing in the United States, the Harvard Business Review reports.

Half of Millenial men said their careers would take priority over their partners’. 

Three-fourths of women, on the other hand, said their careers would be at least as important as their husbands’.

[cutiequeercris]

oh look its the shit women have been saying all the damn time and antifeminists stamp their feet and cry about

[kaylapocalypse]

Yikes

[bogleech]

Scientific studies confirming these issues aren’t new or rare yet said issues are still denied most fiercely by people who claim to just be “logical.”

[rovermcfly]

I really wish that "asexuals don't have to want sex but lot of them will still have it with their partner!" wasn't centered in like every asexuality acceptance post. I think it's genuinely damaging to asexuals and their relationships. A lot of us don't want sex. A lot of us are sex repulsed. A lot of us don't even wanna talk or hear about sex. A lot of us don't enjoy porn or wanna "hand out drinks at the orgy". Some of us have sexual-related trauma. Some of us are sex repulsed, not 💖✨sex repulsed but actually really cool about it✨💖

Allos are out here getting into relationships with aces and then pull a pikachu-surprise-face when their partner doesn't wanna have sex with them bc everyone constantly emphasises says how we totally will do it for them. Some of us won't. That's okay. That doesn't constantly need to be followed up with "but a lot of aces will so don't worry!!!!!" We don't have to make every post about us in a way that makes allos comfortable. It's not necessary to reassure allos at every turn that we're not all that asexual and they don't have to worry about us being different in a way they might notice. Allos need to accept and internalise that some people aren't gonna want to have sex. No terms and conditions. No "unless" "but" or "except". Just none.

[floralflowerpower-deactivated20]

You know what's been bothering me all morning?

Like it won't leave my freaking head?

Danny technically fits the criteria of a banshee.

And yes. Typically those types of spirits / faries where woman. But there were male ones too.

The males just went by a different name and were extremely rare.

They also frequently had white hair and black, gray, white and green color schemes.

Sound familiar?

Originally posted by oddteen19

Not to mention they were omens of death and in some cases destruction or catastrophes.

Like their sorrowful wails would fill the night with dread and anxiety right before bad things happened.

Also some stories describe the wail as being destructive at times or comforting in an eerie way, at others. It varies.

The shattering glass thing is what stuck with me.

Originally posted by kylephantom

They're also supposed to be able to sense doom and death.

So what if that applies to Dannys ghost sense. It's not just a ghost sense. It's literally a death sense.

He's sensing the dead before they show up. Just like a banshee can sense death beforehand as well.

This may also be why Vlad doesn't have a ghost sense in canon.

He's not the same type of Ghost as Danny is.

The ghost sense seems to be unique to Danny, specifically in the series.

Again male banshees are rare so that makes sense.

But the reason this won't leave me alone is because it fits Dannys character so well but also for the levels of angst it can provide as his ghost instincts get stronger.

He starts to get premonitions of Doom before they happen and his obsession naturally compels him to try and prevent them. But he doesn't just settle for giving a warning like other banshees. If Danny can prevent the disaster and save people he will. He's driven to protect, and help those in need as much as possible.

But then he gets those urges some nights, ones where he knows he will not be able to help.

He knows someone is about to die, and so he crys.

His wail is long and haunting and at first the citizens of amity fear it.

They assume that phantom is causing the deaths.

But then someone captures him in the act. Takes a video of his tear stained face as his voice carries out in sorrow.

And they realize Phantom is mourning a citizen he can't save.

[danosaurs-and-philions]

im a bad person who thinks bad thoughts like ‘ew what is that girl wearing’ and then remember that im supposed to be positive about all things and then think ‘no she can wear what she wants, fuck what other people say damn girl u look fabulous’ and im just a teeny bit hypocritical tbh

[nikolaecuza]

I was always taught by my mother, That the first thought that goes through your mind is what you have been conditioned to think. What you think next defines who you are.

[quadzilla-rising]

READ THIS THEN READ IT AGAIN

[dr-gloom]

i havent seen this post in like 3 years but i was telling the bolded bit to a coworker the other night

this is fate

[chronophobica]

this is the one post that’s stuck with me through my entire time on this site

[spytap]

I remind myself of this a lot.

[jadejemdoesstuff]

I had an interesting night last night

[skygemspeaks]

can't wait til narnia is in the public domain so i can write my own version of events where the pevensies take advantage of their immortality glitch (live a lifetime in narnia, go back to their home world where they return to being children, and then immediately go back to narnia to grow up again)

they rule narnia for centuries as kings and queens and at first everyone is cool with it, because their original reign was considered narnia's golden age. But as the centuries go on and on, they slowly start going mad and eventually become the villains because at this point they've been alive longer than any human should ever be and their minds can't take it

eventually this all culminates in the residents of narnia trying to kill them, but the pevensies manage to escape back into their home world before they die. in the process however, the rings they had been using to travel between the worlds (as in the magician's nephew) are destroyed and they're stranded in their own world - a world they haven't been in for over a millenia except for a spare few minutes in between the times they reset their bodies. it's a world that's completely alien to them, with no memory left of who they used to be, what they used to love, how they used to live

[skygemspeaks]

This post has been making the rounds again recently which is fun because I really like it but I think the funniest part is the people in the tags saying "Aslan would never let that happen"

Besties what makes you think Jesus' fursona is gonna be anywhere in my book. I'm unallegorying your Narnia

[goldyke]

Ok but like actually DNI if you support the death penalty. Yes there are people who deserve to die for their crimes. No there isn’t a court in existence that should be given the power to decide who those people are