Write That Down

writer. poet.

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I wonder how much of gojohime's miscommunication trope is based on him thinking Uta has resting bitch face. Like does Gojo believe Uta grimaces 90% of the time or that her irritated face is solely directed to him 🤔

It'd be so funny if that was the case an that's why he thinks they have a gimmick going on when nah, he is hated by her

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My hc for gojohime is that Gojo love Utahime being mean to him. He likes pissing her off, gets her to laser focus on him even if she chewing him out cuz that's the attention he wants from her. He's used to the praise and the admiration, but Utahime is a challenge (especially since he don't know she actually don't fw him for real lol)

It's not just a classic shoujo trope, but an irl thing where the dude tries hard in anyway to not be ignored by a girl that stays scowling at him

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Aaaaah I just saw this official JJK Phantom Parade game vid where Gojo is trying to figure out what sport the students should play during the goodwill event. He convinces Utahime to go to the batting cages with him, offers to pay for her, and says "exercising is best when you're irritated" after getting on Utahime's nerves lol

The banter was exquisite cuz they're both roasting each other as teachers. It's here Gojo gets the idea of baseball for the chosen sport after watching Uta hit homeruns. The crumbs given about their dynamic is so cute

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Thinking about how Gojo would be so peeved if anyone else could get on Utahime's nerves besides him

Gojo is possessive of his title as Utahime's biggest headache

And Utahime accidentally reassures him that he can't be replaced (cuz who can surpass Gojo)

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Feel like Gojo's so used to being the one that flirts so when Utahime matches his energy as like a "two can play that game" he becomes very shy and stutters and gets quiet and Utahime is glad she can shut him up but she's also shocked at her own flirty actions

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I like the dynamic of oblivious no-nonsense Utahime x seriously pining yet super jokester Gojo in fanfics

They're both awkward, with Utahime unable to recognize flirting (especially since its coming from Gojo) and Gojo being so flirty its never seen as genuine (unless he drops the smile and reveals his eyes)

What's that one internet tweet? Gojo was born to shoujo but forced to shonen. He is the classic shoujo love interest MC to Utahime's goal oriented shoujo heroine. That so 90s/early 2000s coded which is funny since gojohime would be kids growing up in that era as canon 80s babies. And it's also refreshing to see older woman x younger man pairing especially since Utahime is in her 30s which is the decade lots of media see as terrible fate for women to age into

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The dynamic between Gojohime is so fun cuz it doesn't just have to be romance (tho I like seeing that part of fandom too). It can literally be a forming friendship kind of thing with their canon miscommunication trope (Utahime despising Gojo's teasing/Gojo thinking Uta and him have a routine shtick they do)

They're coworkers who have the potential of becoming close one day, with Gojo repping the "we go way back" guy vs Utahime's "talk to me during business hours only" guy

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I really don't get why people dislike gojohime to the point they have to rain on the shippers parade. I'm old school where anything and anybody got shipped like Elsa and Jack Frost or the Brawny paper towel man x Mr. Clean mascot shipping days

We shipped just bc and there was no rhyme or reason, it's just cuz we like shipping. And if we didn't like it, we simply didn't engage, not try to convert people into antis like it's the crusades

I'm a multishipper too and Gojo is a very shippable JJK character so I'm down for suguru/nanami/utahime etc as possibilities. I just think it's crazy unfair and unserious that shippers get put on the spot to defend why they like something. It's like defending why you prefer savory over sweet or spicy. It's just what we're in the mood for and it's harmless.

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An Iranian stamp commemorating Malcolm X.

Iran was the first country to issue a Malcolm X stamp in 1984.

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The Life of Toussaint L’Ouverture (1986-1997) - Jacob Lawrence 

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Let There Be Light

In all this chaos I can only feel peace. Wonder exactly what's wrong with me. How can I feel calm like still waters while others find themselves drowning as the disempowerment at play. A game no one asked to participate in yet we're forced to make a move anyway. Everything taught seems to be a lie and enemies form within allies, solidarity emotions now transformed to demise and despise. Fingers pointed like guns, blaming words materialized into bullets, shot into the core of disbelief.

Grief, plagues the air, thick like smog. Those religious, questioning faith in God. Nothing is even, eyes only see the odd. Kids stuck under the thumb of elders acting cowardly and it's some new shit happening hourly. Yet I still find peace amongst the madness.

Maybe cuz finally the veil's been lifted and everyone can be in my shoes for once. Experience the bull we forced to shovel and smell. Might've been heaven to you at one point, but I always knew this place was Hell.

Let it all burn so we can begin anew. World ends in fire, right. Darkness had its turn, let there be light.

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398. Tracy Deonn (a.k.a. legendQuest) — Legendborn - The Skiffy and Fanty Show

Secret societies, challenged legacies, and creepy shadow monsters, oh my! Shaun Duke and Jen Zink tackle Arthurian myths and Carolina legaci

I love listening to Tracy's interviews. Around the 47-48 minute mark she confirms that Nick and Sel's arcs will not have tensions due to Bree. Any tensions they have will solely be their own.

An icon because we're tired of that trope! Any tensions they have will truly be their own. Love that for us!

💙⚔️💜⚔️♥️

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Updating this upon recent events. LB3 we now know is called Oathbound.

- I think that beyond the magical bonds tying the three together, it feels like Bree picked her nontraditional squire and Merlin for Camlann. They've been with her all along.

- Oathbound, as you will recall, was the name of the bonus extended chapter 51 from Nick and Sel's POV that explored their complex relationship and how Bree changes that dynamic. I'm thinking that Oathbound the book will likely be an expansion to that. At the very least it seems like all three may be needed to break the curse.

- In one of her last twitch interviews she mentioned she was going to explore Nick's character more in book 3, so I'm also considering she was planning this sense the original Oathbound came out.

Also, I'm between Cancer and Aquarius for Nick. I have extended reasons but they're in the Legendborn Discord somewhere and I'm too lazy to dig them up! I'd love to start a pool on Nick's sign!

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We have less than 3 months until Oathbound!!!! Less than three months until we see Bree and the gang again! 💙💜♥️

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Guests With Wings

Often, I get visitors in the shape of birds. The feathers, always the color red. Grandma used to say to me, back when I was younger and she was alive, that those who have died pay us visits like this.

On the porch, no matter the weather or season, together we see 2 red birds or more. We welcome them and wonder which family member could they be. Is it Grandma's sons, my uncles? Is it Grandma's husband, my grandpa? Is it her grandson, my cousin? Every year, after another funeral of someone who was gone too soon or passed on in their ripe age, those red birds come to visit us, just for a moment yet it is enough time.

When it was Grandma's turn, life support the only thing keeping her shell of a body with me, I was visited by a hummingbird and found out it meant "healing". So, we let Grandma go, we are healing, and to this day, I am still visited by the red birds. The cardinals of the ones that are no longer with me, finding time to visit, saying "hello".