Tea for thought

The OPLA writers are doing me a huge favor as a shipper because Buggy having to mention Shanks in every single appearance with that same bitter I-can’t-get-over-my-ex tone and projecting all his frustration onto Luffy in such an OBVIOUS way gives me the doomed yaoi angst I need as a person who has Shuggy as their OTP in this damn universe, thank you.

10/10 post bringing it back for 2026

OPLA Buggy every time he sees Luffy bangs his head against the wall repeating to himself STOP REMINDING ME OF MY EX, STOP REMINDING ME OF MY EX, STOP REMINDING ME OF MY EX while Alvida is completely over being stuck in the damn drama of two long-term doomed gays one of whom she doesn’t even know.

kinda crazy how like every cult documentary is like "here's the survivors we spoke to who all have a range of different experiences, beliefs, talents, skills and stories" and all the survivors of the cult are like "i consider myself a rational person and this initially gave me a sense of community and was offering me the one thing i needed, it was a wonderful experience at first and i was surrounded by people i loved and who loved me, and by the time i realised how bad things had gotten i was in too deep and had alienated all my friends and family outside of the group and had been brainwashed over a period of time to think that any suffering was deserved and that by leaving i would be causing harm to myself and everyone i knew, and if things had been good once then maybe they would be again, and i had to believe that because i had nothing else left" and then half the reviews are people talking about how stupid cult survivors are and how they would NEVER be so dumb to join a group like this, clearly these idiots KNOWINGLY joined a cult and therefore deserved everything that happened to them, maybe if they had tried been as smart and rational as me,

Betcha Grandma was writing original k/s slashfic decades before you kiddies were born.

Yes @ceruleanteacup , Grandma was

i hope everyone knows that OP wasn’t just saying this generally - she quite literally was the star trek grandma. she passed in 2018, rip to an icon

Incredibly violent take of mine but I actually don’t think you need to relate to a story in any way to enjoy it. You can enjoy a story even if you can’t point at a character and insert some aspect of your personality or identity into them. In fact I would argue the need for a character like that to be present in every single story you experience is a sign of stunted growth.

Thinking about the Holmes story where a blind girl goes to him and is like "My fiancé is missing and he kept telling me the week leading up to his disappearance that he would always love me and come back for me,were anything to happen so I think he knew he was in trouble and I love him so much and I'm going to wait for him but I'd like to find him faster,ya know?" And Holmes figures out that it was this girl's parents to scam her out of money she was owed from an estate which she gave to them because she was still living at home,which she wouldn't be if she ever married,so her step father PRETENDED TO DATE HER for MONTHS to keep her from ever getting engaged to a real person and when Holmes finds out he confronts this man and this man is like "Well,you caught me! But it wasn't illegal:) so:)" and Holmes is like "No,but it was sickening and cruel and if she had a brother or good male friend he should post you up and whip you but she doesn't." And the man is like "No,she doesn't." And does the Victorian version of sticking his tongue out and Holmes is like "Well,I guess I'll do then!" And HE PULLS OUT HIS HUNTING WHIP.

This is what we mean when we say everyone should support people with disabilities

Be the Sherlock Holmes chasing domestic abusers with a riding crop that you wish to see in the world.

I should point out that her fake fiance "disappeared" on their wedding day on the way to the church.

The push and pull of “relationships can be very affectionate and still be platonic” and “those are the gayest motherfuckers I’ve ever seen”.

I love how One Piece Live Action takes these ridiculous designs and then makes them live in the world. Like everyone has blue and green hair in ridiculous styles but then it looks all salt-blasted and frazzled. Their clothes are in bright cartoon colors but they're dirty and sweaty and torn. The buildings have these elaborate whimsical flourishes but they're scuffed and worn and the paint is peeling in the sun.