#that escalated quickly

[nonooos-footballs]

If I had a nickel for every time I crush on a footballer and he wins the World Cup (Griezmann in 2018 and Lamine in 2026) and played for Barcelona at some point (we don't talk about Griezmann at Barça that was a nightmare), I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.

Also lwk ironic, since the teams I support tend to lose more often than win.

It's funny, cause I feel like Lamine and Antoine are like same person different font for some reason. Like I started to have a crush on them for the same reason, cause they act silly and stuff.

On a more serious note, I've been doing more introspection lately (maybe cause I have more free time idk), and it just makes SO MUCH sense that I feel attracted to Lamine — or at least what he projects.

I relate to the "burnt out gifted kid" to a certain level, and I feel like liking Lamine heals that part of me, in a way. I've also played volleyball for a major part of my life, probably for seven or eight years, but I only have a few good memories about it.

I've always felt a bit jealous of other teams at competitions and stuff, because they all seemed so close and so supportive with each other, and I didn't feel that way with the two teams I've played with. Sometimes, there wasn't any energy at training, most of the girls looked like they didn't want to be there (tbf I understand that, not everyone has energy after a long day of school), no one was smiling, laughing, cracking jokes. And one thing about me is that I don't like being in groups of people that are too serious or cold.

I feel like I am drawn to people who can bring energy, bring smiles and good mood. I wanted to be that person, but I was too shy and too reserved for that (which I regret not being able to, because I was scared of my teammates reactions), and for that, again, Iiking Lamine is also healing. Because he has that cheerful demeanour that I wanted to have. He's unapologetically expressing himself in the way I wanted to, and in the way I'm trying to be.

And it feels good, because I'm past that point of feeling jealous about others' qualities that I wanted to have and instead let it inspire me to become better.

I had many experiences that build my self-confidence, and I'm still working on it, but when I used to play competitions, I was always so panicked before. I had so much stress, so much pressure, even if it was just regional or departmental competitions, and that took away so much of the pleasure of playing games. I was so scared that I would play like shit, that my teammates would blame me if we lost, that I forgot to have fun. I stopped playing it two years ago, because it was becoming a bit too much for me, and I felt like my mental health was taking a hit that I didn't need, especially since I was starting college.

I think that's why I really feel drawn to Lamine's confidence as well, and really, now that I think about it, I wanted to be like that, like him.

I'm sad I didn't find the courage in me to be myself or to find my confidence during those years of playing volleyball, and it made me feel more frustrated than happy, but I'm still grateful for the good moments, for the wins, for the successes I had, even if it was the smallest ones.

This started with a joke lmao but it escalated quickly. Idk I really needed to write down what I felt, maybe. Also I want to play volleyball again in my new college in September, because I felt like I've healed enough to pick it up again, which makes me so so happy.

Lwk hope I can grab the 19 jersey just to remind me of what I want to be, because it has become important to me now. And I also feel a bit bad for not liking Lamine as much for his skills as well, but I don't want to flood my brain with any negativity right now, so I'll just keep with what makes me happy, because I need it. 🩷

[chrissy-kaos]

Milking myself right now for the third time today over your pics

Sounds like you have a personal problem and you might need to see a therapist for that 😂

[touchofhemlocktea]

Dead tired being a pair of freaks. Danny is inhuman. Tim finds this hot. Tim is an obsessive, possessive, over protective, territorial, stalker. Danny finds this hot.

Add in things like ghost's fight-flirting/attack-flirting, biting, marking their mate, and being territorial/possesive, and protecting protective spirits being flirting and all that fun stuff.

Danny doesn't need to breathe. Tim enjoys keeping his cock deep in Danny's throat as he works.

Danny was very easily convinced to choke Tim out with his dick to make him sleep and fuck his unconscious body as much as he wanted.

Danny rather counterintuitively loves knife and medical play. He loves it when Tim wants to cut him apart and experiment on him. They once cut him into pieces and Tim set Danny's head aside to watch Tim play with his dismembered body parts, feeling everything he did. They ended the game by tim fucking up into his severed neck and cumming out his mouth.

....

[last-sol]

I opened up Tumblr for the weirdest reason today. I was sitting down, minding my own business, when my brain out of NOWHERE coined a whole term from the ether complete with logic behind it and examples of what it would be used for. I don’t know why.

I do not have a story plot that would fit such a thing nor do I know of any books, TV shows, movies, or games where this exact term would fit. My brain just said “screw it, random lore for nonexistent fictional world time.” So uh. Here you go. (Complete with bullshit lore that I made on the spot for the hell of it.)

The term is simply ‘using a Gideon’. It means to use something that guarantees a victory in battle, basically ignoring whatever was going on and saying “no, actually, I win”.

However, in the random fictional universe I manifested from nowhere, the term is a bad thing, as it indicates a lack of honor. To win by using a Gideon is worse than to lose without.

Often times both sides will have a Gideon and either refuse to use them or have them be the last-ditch measure since the people would rebel if the Gideon was abused too much. Using it also brings shame to the royal family.

The mere act of using a Gideon requires damaging a tapestry, depicting the kingdom when it was founded, by tearing a hole into it vertically- allowing tears to be located near each other without making it difficult to view.

If the ruler refuses to damage it, another royal subject makes the slash, and adds an additional horizontal slash through it as well- making it harder to view the tapestry and creating gaping holes.

If overthrown, the tapestry is not replaced but rather repaired- to show that someone dishonorable was removed and someone else took their place. The repairs are a different color as well, making it impossible to hide.

And most of all, the tapestry is on public display. Anyone who attempts to damage the tapestry themselves is sentenced to prison for defiling it, and any damages made this way are repaired with the same color to indicate that it was not the ruler who was dishonorable, but someone else.

Rulers who are honorable would rather surrender an unblemished tapestry than to be the one to tear it. The longer a tapestry remains untorn, the more impressive a kingdom is.

The term arose from a ruler named Gideon who had one such weapon- as he discovered how to launch a volley of bombs large enough to level the battlefields and leave both sides essentially defeated, from a vast distance. And since the opposing side could not prepare for if a volley was incoming due to how far it would be, while Gideon had methods to contact his troops, it fit the term.

Gideon’s enemies were initially made to constantly panic. They always glanced upwards, terrified that the bombs would rain down at any moment. But, as time passed, Gideon got careless- since the bombs were so effective, he stopped caring as much. And thus the enemies prepared more- realizing that only one volley could be sent at once.

And with Gideon at war with multiple kingdoms due to how he felt undefeatable, an alliance was struck. Attack the kingdom from all sides, all at once.

Gideon tried to retaliate, even ordering construction of more of the weapons. But by the time the second was built, the troops had the kingdom surrounded and Gideon couldn’t use it without threatening his own people.

He used it anyways. Which angered everyone in his kingdom too.

Once the battle was over, Gideon was locked away, and the weapons deconstructed. The kingdoms that had defeated him were still at war with each other, but that day, the leaders all gathered in that one place, and made the agreement.

It did get modified as different factors came up, such as a ruler refusing to damage the tapestry or someone damaging it while it was on display.

So far, the only tapestries left have few tears. None horizontally. And nearby the ones that do have any, are other tapestries claimed from fallen kingdoms.

Those ones are battered, torn, and nearly illegible. Tears of all sorts, in both directions.

Every kingdom does have a Gideon, yes. But at this point, there’s dust around them, and some might think they don’t even work.

But if someone wanted to threaten the peace of all, one might find out the hard way just how well they do.

[dramatictrajectory]

What? Are you trying to stop me?

Definitely unhinged, but also, so sad...

[tryingmybestiguess]

WHAT THE FUCK

[zennorwrites]

I have a very random headcanon that Ren is not a man who goes to public bathhouses. The only one he ever visits is Funbari Onsen.

A lot of the time when he's in Japan this is because he literally can't - dude's got a full back tattoo. The fact that Anna chooses to ignore this and would throw out anyone who complained is simply coincidence, of course.

But people who don't know Ren aren't just looking at his tattoo. They look at the prominent scars. Look at the muscle, and the wealth and how well put together he is, and all of these things wordlessly spell out Yakuza. Or Triad. Something dark and dangerous. Guilty, no matter how clean his hands appear to be.

So when people look - and people always look, it's not with respect or admiration. It's with fear. Caution. And despite the perfectly plausible explanations for all of these things - some of them things that Ren never had any choice over - the way people look at him undressed in a public bathhouse is both condemnation and the truth.

And Ren hates to be reminded of how much he hates himself.

[okatanihideki]