Here for Peggy Carter.

[gremlininho]

[postwarbucky]

THE FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDIER — 1.04 “The Whole World Is Watching”

[lipstickhamlet]

would hamlet say six seven: a study

arguments for:

six seven itself has no actual meaning and originates from a clip of a viral song on tiktok, so hamlet's way of pretending to be "mad" could be repeating something widespread but meaningless, like how he quotes song lyrics and idioms (2.2, 430-432; 3.2, 306-310; 3.2 371-372)

hamlet often uses nonsensical, surreal humor, usually ones that appeal to the youth and confuse the older generation, to cope with his despair (2.2, 190-199; 5.1, 204-207)

he puts on the antic disposition partly to confuse claudius and gertrude, which this absolutely would

i don't think hamlet would ever have gen alpha humor, which is the point. he's changed to the point of being unrecognizable in his madness (2.2, 4-1; 316-321)

polonius would try to find meaning in it and come to an entirely incorrect conclusion

arguments against:

hamlet may not have tiktok or even know of this meme in the first place, because he's said to be a stable and well-liked individual prior to the play (4.7, 18-20)

it's actually rosencrantz and guildenstern who would keep saying six seven until hamlet decides to kill them

[sinni-ok-sessi]

I do think the ability to emoji-react is a net win for human communication. not only does it give you an outlet for 'I see and acknowledge this but don't have a verbal response' but it also adds a pleasing alethiometer element to things

my coworker announces that he's off to the dentist. someone reacts with a tooth emoji. is this a statement of dentist solidarity? a wish for my coworker to return with more (or fewer?) teeth than he set out with? simple word association? who can say

[softness-and-shattering]

Friend of mine calls it active listening. Ah yes we are speaking of tooths. I understand and respond. Here it a tooth image. I have heard you.

[onlytiktoks]

[shinyhappygoth]

Time to FROLIC!

[bobomcfoe-art]

Videos i like so much i painted them

[hazard-symbols-that-fuck-hard]

[redlipstickresurrected]

Ashley Percival (British, based Falmouth, Cornwall, England) - Borb Therapy, Paintings: Digital Art 🐤 🐦

[dduane]

Wow, but this sums up the situation exquisitely

[doctorhelena]

PeggyNat Fic: Come away, O human child (chapter 3 of 4)

I am participating in the AU Roulette Challenge over at @au-roulette again this year! This year, instead of writing three separate AUs, I wrote one AU combining all three of my prompts (Dystopia, Paranomal Investigators, and Urban Fantasy).

All four chapters of this fic are complete, and I’m posting them once a week on Tuesdays.

Title: Come away, O Human child

Fandom: MCU

Pairing: Peggy Carter/Natasha Romanoff

Summary: As humanity, about to lose a decade-long war with the Fae, teeters on the brink of potential extinction, Peggy, Jarvis, and Dugan are stuck hunting ghosts in an eleventh-hour Hail Mary play that really doesn’t seem like it’s going to work. Natasha, a fairy (and double agent) is working on a last-ditch manoeuvre of her own. And Peggy and Natasha are - well, it’s - complicated.

Rating: M

Read Chapter 3 on A03

Read the story from the beginning

Excerpt:

Nine and a half years ago

“Hey, Peggy.”

Peggy whirled around, but relaxed as she recognized Natasha’s voice, even before Natasha herself came into view. “Natasha.” Every time they met, she remembered all over again just how hard it was to keep her distance, when it would be so easy to - no.

Natasha took a step towards her, as if drawn by the same magnetic force, then visibly caught herself. “I assume SHIELD has given their final no to working with me.”

“They have,’ Peggy confirmed, sliding her hands into her pockets to stop herself from doing anything terribly unwise. “I suppose I can’t blame them. They have no reason to trust you farther than they can throw you. After all, they aren’t bound to you by an ancient fairy conjugal - ” she tilted her head curiously. “Actually, I've been wondering. Are you and I technically married? By Fae law?”

“What? No!”

“Good. Just checking.”

Read the rest of the chapter on A03

[birdandmoon]

What critters are common in your neighborhood, but really exciting to visitors?

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[important-dog-pics]

[helenvaughans]

imo this website is so weird at least partially bc at least half the user base basically sees everything as a joke and takes nothing seriously and then the other half is deadly serious about everything and has no sense of humor whatsoever

[my-flying-sister]

I love rebloging. It’s the adult equivalent of showing everyone the cool rock I just found.

[the-dandy-liar]

[captainjonnitkessler]

How much discourse do you think there is in the kpop demon hunters universe over Huntrix's breakup? I assume half the fans are analyzing every second of footage from the last three years looking for signs of tension and arguing about the whose fault it was and half the fans are posting that it's actually kind of fucked up to ruin the Idol Awards with a fake onstage breakup just to build up to dropping a new song, even if it is kind of a banger

[captainjonnitkessler]

@sagewiththyme You know that's a fascinating point because I figure the two options are a) no one really remembers what happened at the end because of magic bullshit or b) they play it off as a really elaborate but fully planned performance.

And the second one - can you fucking imagine.

Imagine one of the most popular bands in the world have this ongoing lore bit that they're actually demon hunters and they're always referencing it in their songs. And then one day a new boy band pops up and gets wildly popular with an over-the-top-cutesy hit. They're so soft and sweet and respectful. They're called Saja (Lion) Boys and they're all like "join the pride!" How cute!

And then they announce a new concert and you get there and it's fucking this. They're all dressed as demons/grim reapers. Surprise, "Saja" meant Jeoseung Saja all along! They're singing about how they're here for your soul and they relish in your pain, just a stunning 180 from their previous personas.

And then while you're trying to process the emotional whiplash the fucking demon hunter band bursts in and beats the shit out of them with the most insane pyrotechnic show you've ever seen in your life. They "kill" the boy band demons and then you never see them again. The whole band was a fucking psyop for Huntrix to play up the "demon hunters" bit.

I would never recover. The cheesiest fantasy power metal band has NOTHING on that level of commitment. I'd be stanning Huntrix for the rest of my life.

[nebulations]

[ID: A comment by @‌sagewiththyme that says, "Didn’t they also say that the Saja boys were fighting onstage and that’s why they swapped time slots with the girls? Double breakup and makeup type thing". End ID]

[ave-aria]

"Yeah, the Saja Boys were a fake band. We paid them to steal the limelight for a little bit while Rumi's voice was out of commission. We thought it would be a cool setup for a triumphant return, you know? The cute little Lion Boys end up being secret demons trying to steal your souls, and Huntrix steps in and slays them in a triumphant return? ...Yeah. We planned it all, the songs, the heel-turn, the special effects, the whole shebang.

Except, uhhhh. We didn't expect them to get so popular so fast? They For Sure weren't supposed to make it to the final round of the Idol Awards. Like, for Legal Reasons. We were almost visibly panicking on stage when they announced that! I mean, do you know how it would look once it eventually came out that Saja Boys were working for us? "Oh, you planted a fake band so you could win the competition!" No joke. I mean, that is a pret-ty clear conflict of interest there. You know?

The Idol Awards are all about the fan's choices, and we just accidentally rigged the game.

The Saja Boys had to win the Idol Awards, now, but there was no chance. They only had two songs, Soda Pop and Your Idol. We couldn't have them push up the debut--I mean, we thought about it, Your Idol's a banger song and it totally would've given us a run for our money--but we'd have to follow it up with This Is What It Sounds Like, first off, and second, 'killing' the Saja Boys onstage would be like. The Media equivalent of announcing we won, like the Fans didn't have a choice in the matter. At the Idol Awards? Ha. Yeah. That's a no-go.

And I mean. Soda Pop is catchy but not that catchy guys, c'mon. We were totally gonna cream them with Golden.

So we were all scrambling. Rumi and Mira and I were trying to write and choreograph a brand new song, Takedown, something good but not Good Enough To Win, to maybe prolong the Rivalry, you know? To make our comeback all the more sweet. But it was all such short notice, and the song wasn't working, and Huntrix never gives a shoddy performance, on principle. We couldn't do it. But it was looking like the only way we were gonna legitimately lose was if something... happened during the competition.

And then Rumi had this brilliant idea..."

[spacetime1969]

Memes

[whispersinthetide]

And then it becomes even more complicated once it’s been awhile, and it becomes clear that no one’s heard anything from any of the “real” boys since the awards.

Like, obviously the Saja Boys weren’t a “real” band, so it makes sense they’re not coming out with new music, and since they’re “dead”, of course all their official band accounts have gone quiet, but like… someone would have had to be portraying the band members, right? Even if you wave that off as them being some of the same actors who portray the “demons” at their concerts, someone would definitely have to be lending their voices for the songs. Who were they? They couldn’t have been well-established in the industry, otherwise they’d have been recognized too quickly and the ruse would have been up, and something like this would have been a huge break for new performers.

So why’d they just disappear?

Where are the actors?

I’d imagine this would never gain too much traction within the fandom, but it still lingers long after the dust has settled and the scandal clears up. Go deep enough into the comments on any HUNTR/X-related posts, and you’ll find someone commenting #WhereAreTheBoys.

[aleisters]

🥺

[betasunkern]

[t4nku-deactivated20181226]

don’t leave out the best part

[dramaticspoon-deactivated202207]

I’ve never seen the second photo before.

[wobblebees]

Being a notorious robotlover in the current state of "AI" is the worst. I love robots discovering how they process their feelings in fiction, but when a chatbot pretends it knows how to love it feels like an insult to the craft