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Name a better cover than these Polish covers of the Captive Prince Trilogy.
You can't
don't ask me why but damen's hand on laurent's waist on the polish cover of king's rising lives in my head rent free
TW: canon compliant mention of sexual assault/non-con
Let's talk about this scene from the end of Captive Prince. Damen is trying to convince Laurent to take him with him to Delfeur, and he says this line, implying that Damen is the only person Laurent can trust. Which is ridiculous, because Damen is his slave, who Laurent has had beaten and abused, and because Damen tried to run away literally only a couple pages ago. But the crazy thing is that Damen is right, and Laurent knows it.
Damen is the only one who tells Laurent the truth, ever. He doesn't talk in riddles. He doesn't try to manipulate Laurent at any point. He just says the truth-- even when propriety would demand him to do otherwise. This is in part because Damen was also raised a Prince, so he never got in trouble for saying what he wanted, and I guess that's a hard habit for him to break. It's also part of his personality-- Damen just tells it like it is.
Anyways, Damen tells him that he needs to take him to Delfeur, because Damen is the only one Laurent can trust, and he's right, and the assassination attempt just proved that. Damen just showed, explicitly, that when push comes to shove he will be on Laurent's side, even when strategically it might make more sense for him to let Laurent die. During the assassination attempt, the assassins expected Damen to hate Laurent and want to let him die. They didn't account for the fact that Damen is way too caught up in his morals to let this happen, especially because it was an unfair fight (four against one).
When push came to shove, Damen did not let Laurent get murdered. He did not help the killers, or stand idly by, or anything like that-- he helped Laurent defend himself. And then, when they were alone, he STILL didn't try to hurt Laurent-- even though that would technically be a fair fight according to him, since it'd be one on one.
In one of the later books, I think I remember Laurent mentioning being scared of Damen. I think he was scared that Damen would try to kill him the first chance he got, but also that he would try to sexually assault him. Laurent knows that Damen is attracted to him-- which wouldn't come as a surprise, because Laurent definitely knows that most of the people in the palace are attracted to him-- and he has confirmation from the scene in the bath. Remember what got Damen whipped? It wasn't his disobedience. It wasn't him speaking out of turn. It was the fact that he grabbed Laurent's wrist, wouldn't let him go, and was looking at him lustfully, and that TERRIFIED Laurent.
I think Laurent would've been very worried that if Damen didn't try to kill him, he'd try to r*pe him. And then, the assassination attempt happened, and they were left alone together, and Laurent LITERALLY HAD APHRODISIACS IN HIS SYSTEM AND DAMEN KNEW. And what did Damen do?
He noped right out of there. Because at the end of the day, Damen didn't want revenge from Laurent, or sexual pleasure or whatever. He just wanted freedom.
You can tell how little Laurent expected this, too.
Laurent really hadn't considered the possibility of Damen using this excuse to make a run for it.
In this interaction, Damen played all his cards. He showed that he cared about Akeilos, he cared about fair fights, and he cared about his freedom. The one thing he didn't care about? Hurting or taking advantage of Laurent.
Now, Laurent knows exactly where Damen's motives lie, and that he isn't interested in the slightest in hurting him, even though he has plenty of reason to be. And that's what makes Laurent trust him. In a land of manipulation and deceit, Damen is the one person who Laurent can expect to find any sort of consistency from.
TLDR: Laurent trusts Damen because during the assassination attempt, Damen showed that he would rather run than get revenge, which makes him safe.
Formula 1 AU Greek-Australian Damen was indirectly responsible for French rival driver Auguste's career ending injury because of his choice of aggressive overtake, which through a chain of events causes Auguste's steering to lock up at high speed and send him flipping seven times through the air before careening into the barrier and having to be dragged out of the resulting inferno. He is left with facial scarring which even his shining smile cannot deflect from, and reassurances to Damen that he places no blame on his shoulders does little to absolve Damen of the guilt.
Cut to four years later and four seasons of lackluster performance, Damen is reinvigorated by a seemingly out of nowhere Swiss seventeen year old with shining gold hair and icy disposition towards him from the word 'GO'. Rivalry blossoms between the pair and Damen has a comeback that shoots him into the top spot race after race, with the other scarcely missing out.
The younger boys' attitude towards Damen worsens, to the point he is heavily reprimanded for his scathing remarks towards him behind closed doors and threatened with heavy fines if he cannot maintain a professional working relationship.
Hoping for a chance to talk, Damen seeks out the other driver at the hotel the night before their race in Budapest, the same race four years ago where Damen ended Auguste's racing career.
Just before turning the corner in the corridor, he overhears a mans voice he cannot place encouraging the boy to act even more aggressively towards Damen during the next race, and to ensure it "... happens on the 12th corner of the fourth lap, as we discussed". Damen hears the man say that the necessary changes had been made and that all that needed to happen was for Laurent to play his part, like a good boy.
Damen hears the conversation come to a close and sneaks away. Who was the other man? What 'changes' had he been talking about? Damen sleeps fitfully that night.
The next day, in the hours leading up to the race, Damen is being interviewed when the presenter asks him if he had had a chance to speak with the F1 President who had been making the rounds that morning. Damen freezes, realising that the voice he could not place last night had been none other than that of Auguste's uncle, who also happens to have overseen the entire Formula 1 for the past three years since the accident. It was he who had encouraged Laurent.
Oh fuck, Damen thinks, Auguste had talked of his younger brother who he was fighting with the courts for guardianship over. Damen couldn't believe he hadn't seen it earlier. Laurent was Auguste's brother, and the President of Formula 1 was his uncle, and they were conspiring to take Damen out of the race.
Damen finishes the interview with as much tact as he can muster, and leaves trying to think of what to do. He demands his team check over the vehicle with a fine tooth comb for any signs of tampering, citing intuition, which his crew take to be paranoia.
Finding nothing, Damen is sent out onto the track with a call to snap out of it and race. Before he climbs into the car, he locks eyes with Laurent across the pitstops. Laurent doesn't look as he normally does, with fierce anger and ice in his viens. He looks afraid. He looks seventeen.
The race begins and Damen attempts to put as much distance between the two of them as possible, which is more than difficult considering the circumstances. Laurent is driving recklessly, far closer than he should be to Damen's wheels. He takes chances to overtake and then loses pole position just as quickly when he doesn't consider a follow through. As they enter the fourth lap, however, Laurent's vehicle swerves violently before straightening again as they come up to the 1st corner. Again at the 6th.
Damen doesn't know how or why, but the voice in his ear is not Nik. It's a voice he hasn't heard in person in nearly four years.
"Damen," Auguste says, "You need to crash into Laurent before the 12th corner."
It's hard to think clearly when going three hundred kilometres per hour. "What?"
"You need to take him out, Damen. He's going to die on the 12th corner if you don't stop him."
They've just passed the 9th, and Damen can scarcely breathe. He doesn't understand what he's supposed to do.
"Damen," Auguste says sternly. "You need to crash into him hard, and now. He wouldn't listen to me. He's going to crash."
They've just passed the 10th.
They slow for the 11th.
Damen slams into Laurent, spinning them both off the track and leaving debris scattered everywhere.
Laurent jumps out of his car, as Damen climbs out of his, and comes screaming. He rips off his helmet, demanding Damen tell him what the fuck he's doing, looking for all intents and purposes as if he is about to beat Damen's helmet open with his bare fists. Auguste is yelling in his ears, thanking him and telling him to give his helmet to Laurent. Track officials are pushing them away from the wreckage.
It's in the chaos, Damen realises.
"He tampered with your car," he says muffled by his balaclava, after he's pulled off his helmet.
Laurent stops in his barrage and glares at him, incredulous. "What?"
"I overheard you last night, and I thought he'd tampered with my engine or steering or something, but he hadn't. He wanted you to crash, Laurent. Your brother knew it too."
"Auguste?"
Damen hands him his helmet.
"Your uncle is trying to kill you."
Surprise surprise, that person's feed was straight up antivax (they even had a nice post there straight up blaming China for the entire thing). So far OP's post checks out entirely. Discriminate the fuck out of these idiots.
Treat them like you'd treat a potential sexual partner who refuses to disclose their STD test results. Sure, they have the right not to disclose private information, but if they opt for that right, you have every right to say hell no to fucking with them.
oh don’t mind me i’m just thinking about how this scene existed but was taken out and i can only imagine why (aka JOCK JEALOUS HIS BOYFRIEND IS TALKING ABOUT OTHER DUDES AND DEFEATS THEM MERCILESSLY TO IMPRESS HIM) also Gwaine honey, love of my life, you did good.
Update: I lowkey didn’t expect this to get any sort of attention and I am sorry for not being thorough but here’s the original youtube video as found in the description of the titok!
LEGALLY BLONDE (2001)
If you’re going to let one stupid prick ruin your life, you’re not the girl I thought you were.
Your father was captain of a Starship for 12 minutes. He saved 800 lives, including your mother’s and yours. I dare you to do better. Star Trek (2009) dir. J.J. Abrams Release date: May 8, 2009
Once upon a time I worked in this little burger/coffee/ice cream shop and a lady came in one winter and asked if we had a caramel apple drink and we were like ‘well we have cider’ and she was like ‘no I don’t remember what it’s called but this place made a drink that was chai tea, apple cider, and caramel’ and Breezy offered to try and make something for her but she changed her mind and left so Breezy and I were like ‘alright let’s try this’ because we had chai tea, instant cider mix, a shit ton of caramel, instant hot water from the espresso and too much free time.
And let me tell you it was delightful. It tastes like watching the leaves changing color and dancing in the wind. It tastes like picking out pumpkins and gourds and fresh apples at the farm up north. It tastes like witches and freedom.
I make it every year now and this year I walked in the house on the morning of October first with all the ingredients and shouted ‘FALL DRINK’ and my roommates were like ‘????’ so I made them Fall Drink and now every time they get home from work they’re like ‘Fall Drink pls?????’
Anyway I remember literally nothing else about that woman but I’m very grateful to her.
for anyone wondering about proportions/etc here’s op’s answer from the repiles:
@gaslightgallows I feel this would be relevant to your interests.
I don’t like caramel but I can vouch for hot chaider being amazing.
Deareat @simonalkenmayer I feel like this is relevant to your interests.
Also, I do something like this in the crock pot with the overly sweet Growers Pumpkin Apple Cider, chai spices, cloves, a bit of orange juice, and some super dry Pinot Grigio.
Mix, heat, and serve on a nippy night best spent cuddled under blankets with a book.
My friend, you have essentially backward engineered a wonderful winter drink from the Stuart period.
White sack wine, cider, spices (clove, cinnamon, nutmeg, mace, ginger) tea, sugar, and if you want it authentic, a bit of cream or whipped egg. All this is brought together in a low temperature and then stewed for a time. It can also be “pulled”, a process in which one “stirs” the concoction by using a ladle and pouring it repeatedly from high in the air. Makes it foamy and frothy.
Serve warm.
On a cold night, this is a delightful thing. Believe it or not, we also used to make it with a stout beer instead of wine. For a darker richer flavor.
One Black Tea Bag, One Cup Apple Juice, 2tsp butter, 2tsp brown sugar, cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger to taste will also accomplish something similar (just melt the butter and brown sugar together and whisk them around a pan a bit - don’t bother making proper caramel) Make your faux-caramel then you add the apple juice and then the rest; heat it up to a boil then turn off the heat, drop the tea bag in and let it steep for 3 minutes, serve with gingersnaps.
Nothing better than tumblr recipe posts
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here's a comic i wasn't expecting to go viral on twitter today
....and the inevitable epilogue.
btw here’s the deer carcass
oh holy shit it's gorgeous.
Dungeons and Dragons: A new generation.
how can him go inside but me not
itis okay. you can stil particitate in othor fert activties suck as:
sleep
sleep
and sleep
This is illegally sweet.
this is so important. please read it if you have any interest in adopting a dog.
Pleased to see this was put so well in something published.
More weasel words to be alert for: “shy” and “nervous around new people” mean fearful, probably undersocialized, possibly fear aggressive. “Best with someone who works from home” and “loves to be with people and upset when left out” means separation anxiety that couldn’t be dealt with and may be beyond fixing.
Get a dog that’s good for you.
Because people automatically go on the defensive any time it is implied that pit bulls might possibly not be the most perfect easy family angel dog for every owner in the world, let me remind you all that they are TERRIERS. Pit bull type dogs are generally extremely affectionate and loving, but please stop to consider that APBTs, AmStaffs, Staffies, etc belong to the terrier group for a reason. Terriers are powerful, energetic, tenacious, and prone to small animal aggression. That doesn’t make them bad dogs, but it makes them the wrong dog for a lot of people. And pit bulls are one of the largest terriers out there. Yes “pit bull” is not a breed and yes many dogs are incorrectly labeled but it still doesn’t do these dogs any good to pretend they are incapable of any wrong doing. Border collies are the wrong dog for many owners. Huskies are the wrong dog for many owners. And pit bulls are also the wrong dog for many owners. Acknowledging that doesn’t make them bad dogs, or vicious, or deserving of their bad reputation. But we can find some middle ground between “pit bulls are mindless killing machines” and “pit bulls are nanny dogs that can be trusted unsupervised with babies and small animals!!!!” Stop setting dogs up for failure. These dogs need and outlet, and they need an owner willing to put in the time with them, especially considering most of them come form shitty backyard breeders with no health or temperament testing.
I wish i could find this one article written in I believe the 90’s that went under the radar on abortion. The author said that the “life” arguments are basically useless on either side and what actually matters is that humans shouldn’t have a right to use other human bodies as a resource without consent no matter how alive or sentient they are, even if they’re on the brink of death you have the right to deny them access to you. It probably was too radical for pro-choice activists back in those days but like…that’s the most robust arguement lol so we need 2 being that back and dead the pontifications and splitting hairs about “life” in my honest onion
I found it. Actually, it was written in the 70’s. She was way ahead of the curve.
The article is ‘A Defense of Abortion’ by Judith Jarvis Thomson. Essential reading!
http://spot.colorado.edu/~heathwoo/Phil160,Fall02/thomson.htm
If you cannot demand that a person donate their organs to keep you alive, you have no right to legislate that an embryo gets to use a woman’s body to keep itself alive without the woman’s consent.
@fandomsandfeminism has used this argument a lot and one of the things she said that really stuck with me is that saying a fetus can use the body of a pregnant person without their consent gives the fetus more rights than any born person has and gives the pregnant person less rights than a corpse.