#absolute crap

[seagullarx]

KABOOM KABLOW KABOOM

[ratfc]

Nothing pisses me off like windows 11 and it's fake update and shut down like why ARE YOU REBOOTING WHEN I SAID SHUT DOWN ????

[serenyt]

Joining the hype with a rindou speedpaint

how can he look both so cute and hot in the new chapter *^*

[newtonsheffield]

Domestic: A Bridgerton and Sons fic is coming tomorrow. If I ever actually write it

[abqryan]

An open letter to MLS, regarding their streaming move from their own service to the new ESPN+

So, after delaying some while I was on travel I decided to go ahead and check out the new MLS streaming option ESPN+. I cut cable a number of years ago now and have been happy with the exception of sports. In that area I have had some trouble but in the past few years was actually very happy with the MLS roku channel. It gave me pretty much everything I wanted to watch games for my local Rapids, the only downside was the 48 hour delay, though it was not usually a big deal for me as I am often busy and sometimes would not be able to watch the game within that period anyway.

Being able to follow the team like that and see all the games, as my schedule permitted, helped make me a bigger fan and lead to me being interested enough to go through the effort of attending games in person when I was able to with my schedule.

Looking at the capabilities of the new ESPN+ I see that all of that is, hopefully temporarily, a thing of the past.

I loaded the Roku channel and checked it out and was able to find a good list of MLS matches, inconveniently not easy to sort through and seemingly in random order until I was able to find the date, which created another very serious issue for me, they are all future games.

Searching some more I was able to find the option for recent replays, some soccer is included in the current list of available options, though not a single MLS match. I searched throughout the entire ESPN+ menu structure but did not find that I had missing anything. If there is any way to watch previous matches it is very well hidden.

Without that capability I do not see the app being worth $5 a month to me, or even zero dollars, as it will go unused. Furthermore I would not be surprised if my attendance in person at games, without the ability to watch matches when I am free to do so, will be very near, if not at, zero for this season and likely most future seasons baring a change in the availability of streaming games.

To say I am disappointed in the change would be an extreme understatement.

I know I am just one person and the league has to consider the entire fan base as well as other financial considerations. I am hopeful for MLS that ESPN paid handsomely for the streaming rights to replace the best streaming sports experience I have ever seen with unquestionably the absolute worst.

I plan to keep up with the league online and may catch some matches here and there as I am able. I am hopeful Altitude decides to create a direct streaming app like they have been saying they are planning on for years and then I would at least hopefully be able to watch Rapids games that way. Otherwise, until there is a considerable change to the streaming option I am not going to be able to be an active fan of the team or the league any longer. And that is a hard thing to say for someone who remembers those horrid San Jose Clash socks and the 15 minute cable outage I had to wait through during the first match against DC United way back in the day.

[lets-imagine-fanfics]

Dark Side [Poe Dameron x Sibling!Reader] [GN]

Words: 1.5K Pairing: Poe Dameron x sibling!reader | Kylo Ren x Reader Warning: Bullying; Domestic abuse; Manipulation A/N: I hope all is well. This little one shot (It was only supposed to be an imagine) idea has been in my drafts for MONTHS, I have finally emptied all my drafts and completed them.  

Based of this imagine [Master-list]

Yourself and Ben had both been brought up in the resistance and since you were both force sensitive you had decided to seek help from the only Jedi you knew. Luke.  You had been rather successful in your training, being very connected to the force.   Ben started to become moody, you had caught him talking to himself a few times but never said anything because as a young teen you didn't want to cause any trouble. You decided to ignore Ben's little habit. You would walk him with him anyway, and you began to fall for him. Ben was nice to you, he was kind and listened to you.   "Hey, Y/N" Poe would greet you at the door of your flat. Poe was the only one in your family left, and being your brother, he made it his mission to keep you safe... so he didn't like the fact that you was talking to a boy. "Hi, Ben" Poe added, spotting the guy that was currently carrying your coat on the warm spring day.   "Hello, Poe" Ben spoke with a smirk. He hands you back your coat "I'll see you later, Y/N" Ben says with a smile before he turns and heads to his home.   "Y/N" Poe brought you back into the real world. "I have to go to class, but I made some food, it's on the table. No boys, no trouble, remember" Poe said with a chuckle as he walks out onto the 'street'. That was your typical day. You would chat and sometimes flirt with Ben as he walked you home, your brother would meet you at the door before heading to his classes or to a mission.  

"Y/N, wake up"  

You woke with a start, it was still dark so you know your brother wasn't back yet. You groaned before turning over, trying to get back to sleep.   "Y/N, Wake up" This time you definitely heard it and shut up in bed. You looked around trying to get your eyes used to the dark. When they finally do, you see Ben leaning close to you.   "Ben?" You ask, rubbing your eyes of sleep "What are you doing here?".   "Run away with me, Y/N" Ben whispered.  "we can be together, and not have all the adults doubt us like they do now. Luke doesn't understand how you can be force sensitive but I see how amazing you are." "Ben, I can't run away, what about Poe?" You ask, hoarse sounds still present in your voice. Ben carries on "Your brother doesn't spend any time with you, I've heard that he is ashamed of you, I would never be, we could prove them all wrong and run away together." Ben almost pleaded.   "Why are you saying this, Ben?" You ask, incredibly hurt and also doubting what everyone has ever told you.   "BECAUSE it's the truth, I am trying to help you. Your talents are wasted here, Y/N. You may as well be worthless to the force, you don't want to be worthless do you?" Ben asked, it was more of a command.   That night you left your brother behind. You had ran away with Ben to the dark side, he had managed to convince you to join whilst he belittled you and bullied you into submission. He promised you that he would be there for you, and that the pair of you are destined for greatness.   Ben had found a mentor to train the pair of you, and you had all started your mission to form a First Order.  

It was a few years later when your brother was captured and it was Ben who had captured him, although he decided he would want to be called Kylo Ren... for some reason. You were never to call him Ben, not even in private, he said it offended him and that Ben had died the day that you both left for the dark side.   "Is it true?" You asked Captain Phasma . "Is Poe Dameron here at the First Order?" You had ran down the hall to the cells when you bumped into her.   "It is true, Strafe Ren" She replied. Strafe Ren was you alter ego, you might say. The name came about when Kylo picked his name, and you decided to call yourself Ren as well since he had made all those promises about sticking together, you figures if you shared the same last name he would keep his word.   "Thank you, Phasma" You said before heading off to the cell area. As you turned the final corner to the cell, you saw Kylo Ren entering a cell. Upon further inspection you saw your brother, eyebrow bleeding and lip split, he wasn't looking good.   You started to hear him scream, Kylo was torturing him for information. He was searching through his mind and he was doing it in the most painful way you can, an art he picked up from his master, Supreme Leader Snoke.   Your heart lurched forward seeing your brother in pain. You wanted to protect him as he tried to protect you, you see that now. Running forward to the cell you here Kylo speaking but you don't take any notice until you hear your name.   "do you know it didn't take long for me to persuade Y/N to join the dark side, I wonder if your mind is as easy to manipulate." You run forward again finally reaching the cell. "Kylo stop it, you're hurting him" "that's the point" "stop!" Poe's screams in agony continued. "BEN, stop!!"   Kylo swung his hand at you, hitting your face. The attention wasn't on your brother, now it was on you.   "NEVER CALL ME THAT NAME AGAIN" Ben shouted. He hit you again before leaving the cell and dragging you with him. "I have what I need".   "Y/NN!!" Poe shouts could be heard from corridors away and you had heard them alright. ---- After a few hours alone and you had let your thoughts eat at you. You finally decided that you was going to leave. Making your way to the cells you spotted your brother being carted off down several corridors. You sped up and followed him and the storm trooper until they had reached an empty corridor.   "What are you doing, FN-2187?" You asked, putting on your most demanding voice.   "Taking this prisoner to Kylo, as requested."   "I shall do it." You responded, you wanted to take your brother and get out of here.   "Y/N, it's no..." Your brother started.   "I shall do it, FN-2187. You are dismissed" you commanded. When you saw that he had started to walk away you moved to your brother and whispered "I'm going to get you out of here, we're going home" Poe eyed you for a minute before understanding that you are telling the truth, he said you always had a tell. "Hey, come back" Poe shouted to the stormtrooper.   "what are you doing" you demanded in a whisper. The stormtrooper came back to stand next to Poe, since he didn't trust you and you didn't trust him.   "We are all trying to escape, so what's the plan?" Poe asked.   "It's simple, we get a ship and fly away" the storm trooper replied. At first it bothered you that they didn't have names, it was known around the galaxy that storm troopers were taking as children and trained from there and that bothered you too. What bothered you most, at this minute, was how little all that had started to bother you.   "It's not that simple, the bay doors are surrounded by hundreds of storm troopers" you added.   "The ships have guns, we can shoot." "Only if need be... They are still people." You spoke almost kindly, but when you brother looked at you as he saw the old you again, you stood up straight re-gaining your confidence from a commanding behaviour had not an hour ago. "follow my lead" you added before turning and walking to the end of the corridor. You all walked to the mouth of the Star Killer base, eyeing up one of the Tie Fighters. "That one" you mumbled. You all head to it, no one really noticing. When you flew off and finally managed to get free, a few storm troopers had followed in their own Tie Fighters as they tried to shoot you down. Luckily Finn, the name Poe had given the storm trooper, had managed to shoot them down. You, managing to squeeze in to the two person ship, were a little busy as Kylo-Ren spoke to you through mind link. ~'Y/N, come back to us, come back to me'~ ~'Do you want to go back to being nothing?'~ ~'Your brother is just pitying you, as soon as you go to the resistance they will lock you up'~ ~'ANSWER ME'~ You finally grew angry, with your brother there you felt strong enough to stand up for yourself.   ~'YOU HAVE NO POWER OVER ME ANYMORE'~ you responded before blocking his voice out of your head, finally after all these years you could think properly.

[animemestoruinyourlife]

[deestorys]

The Perfect Shot

It was a Saturday night, seemingly as ordinary as any other, when two people met inside a bar.

The conversation started out the same as any other. “So, how long have you lived in the area for?” she asked.

“About 5 years.” He replied. “What about you?”

“Ah,” Her eyes widened slightly. “I’m just visiting the area.”

“I see.” He committed.

After a bit of conversation going back and forth between them, they seemed to land on a shared topic. “How to take the perfect shot”.

“The lighting is everything.” he started. “Without good lighting, the shot is completely ruined.”

“Lighting is crucial, but if you don’t explore the area first, you won’t have anything to work with.” she countered.

“Indeed.” He leaned his head on his hand as his eyes wandered towards the bar. “You will have to agree, though, that it is best not to wait for the perfect moment.”

She paused for a moment before replying. “Yes, I do agree with you slightly but, it is best to not be too hasty or else the shot will turn out terrible.”

He shook his head in agreement. “That is very true!” He looked back at her. “What ab—”

“HEY JOHNNY, WE ARE HEADING TO A DIFFERENT BAR!” Yelled one of the male’s friends from across the bar.

“Guess that’s my cue to go,” Johnny looked down at the ground as he started to get up. “It was nice talking to you though, have a nice night!” With saying his final goodbye, he hastily walked out the bar.

She replied with “You too!” before directing her attention to the bartender and asking for another drink.

They both went their separate ways, with their conversation from a few minutes ago only being a fleeting moment in each other's lives. One thing they will never know, is that he was a photographer and she was a sniper.