"The 100" Thunder Buddies

So my trainer’s bf cheated on her. She broke up with him. He’s holding her stuff hostage until she agrees to talk with him. Which she refuses.

She trains; for free mind you; three college linebackers, a college wrestler, two martial artists, a body builder, and… wait for it…. a Navy seal. We’re gonna go get her shit for her.

Arrival:

So the super friends all jumped into one of the linebacker’s explorer and headed over to dude’s house. Ok the squad: you all know me, but the other martial artist is a little wirey hapkido guy, the linebackers are all giants (an estimated combined weight of I’d say 750-800lbs), the wrestler looks like an escaped gorilla, then the navy seal looks like your average guy but something about him is unsettling. Really unsettling. Unfortunately, the body builder had to work. Anyway, we send the Hapkido guy and the wrestler to the door first and dude answers, screams at them, and then slams the door in their face. Then the giant linebackers head over and they ring the door bell again. Lo and behold, he was much more polite, but still denied access. Finally, me and the seal join the fray. I casually make my way towards the front of the group, but the seal decides to CLIMB THE BANISTER. We all just turned and started at him completely shocked when dude answers the door. He looks at this weird mismatched group of relatively threatening individuals and one guy perched on his banister like batman. He was like “FINE. Go take what you’re looking for.”

Retrieval:

So we’re all walking through the house gathering what we think are her things and putting them into two boxes. Mind you. We are completely guessing. We didn’t even tell her we were coming, therefore we had no list of items.The only one really being productive was Hapkido, who was legitimately looking for stuff. The linebackers were just randomly picking up furniture, turning it over, and putting it back down. Just showing off how strong they were. In case the numbers game wasn’t enough, I guess they were letting him know they could break him if they wanted to. The seal was just shadowing dude in his own house. Walking behind him, not saying much, just being creepy. Then there’s me. Who was causing general mischief…. He said to take what I was looking for, that’s what I was looking for. Ahaha and the wrestler made a fricken sandwich. Because “you guys look like you have it under control, and I’m a sucker for egg salad.” We were in and out in 15 minutes.

Delivery:

So the autobots rolled out and headed towards homegirl’s spot. She was conveniently outside when we rolled up. We got out and she was like, how do you all even know each other. The truth is, we don’t. She sent us all an email once and didn’t blind copy us all. She vented to all of us about dude holding onto her stuff and we started emailing and that was that. We told her that we went to see her ex. “OMG what did you say to him?” Nothing. We’re not messenger boys. We’re delivery boys. And we gave her her boxes of stuff. She went through the first box and said that was most of her stuff. Then she got to my box and asked “Wtf is all that shit.” So I explained that I took all the batteries out of his remote controls, his deodorant, the light bulb out of his master closet, every pair of dress socks that I could find, the laces out of his running shoes, and all the toilet paper in the house. The guys just looked at me and kind of nodded like they were impressed. She then unexpectedly started CRYING and thanked us. So you have this group of meat heads all standing awkwardly with this weeping trainer. It was quiet for a second when the seal was like “So…. chipoltle?” And we all got burrito bowls.

Looking at this post and just feeling again how I love that when two men hug on The 100, it isn’t some hesitant dance of shoulder patting + keep-your-distance-from-gay-cuties dudebro hug. It IS A FULL ON GENUINE HUG WITH ARMS AND HEADS AND SHOULDERS all tucked in. Jasper and Bellamy, Jasper and Monty, I think maybe others too though I can’t say off the top of my head. But there’s no gendered hesitance in the hugs we get on this show. They actually take comfort from each other instead of just having an awkward social moment when both young men have a minor panic of internalized homophobia. None of that “Where do my arms go?? Should we pat the back without letting our torsos make contact?” body language that I see all the time in American masculinity culture. In this apocalypse future, couples hug and friends hug–and while some hugs are more overtly romantic, the difference is not particularly big, nor is it worth getting excited over. A hug is more than that.

On this show, a man hugging a man doesn’t threaten one’s masculinity; instead it’s about genuine affection and trust. It’s a subtle aspect of The 100 but one of the ways it routinely impresses me with its rejection of toxic masculinity in the heroes.  These boys (and these men) cry on screen and no one mocks them for it. They express grief and talk about their feelings. They hug when they need comfort or when they are parting with a dear friend. Boys and girls can have friendships without nauseating discussion of a friendzone, because having a friend is valuable just as its own thing. Being strong in this show isn’t about rejecting things that could be perceived as feminine, because femininity isn’t presented as weakness. Strength for both genders is measured in loyalty, responsibility, perseverance, and giving everything you have to help others.

February Flash Fic Contest

Well folks, submissions are closed and it’s time for the first voting round. 

We had so many awesome submissions, so we did have to break the voting up into two rounds. If you don’t see your submission in the first round, it’s because it will be the second round, so don’t fret! If you didn’t submit this month, we do hope you’ll consider joining us next month!

It was so exciting to see writers step up and take on this challenge, and to see how many different interpretations of hands there were out there!

Now, make sure to take your time and read through the submissions carefully. Otherwise our results won’t be accurate! Get out a small pad of paper or something to make notes on, mark down your favorite submission numbers so when you get down to the voting, you know which ones you loved!

Round One Voting

Opens now! (1330 EST)  Closes in 24 hours (1330 EST, February 23)

Round two will commence shortly after round one finishes, so stay tuned!

The top 4 fics from each round will move on to a final round of voting, just so we get the maximum amount of exposure for the submissions!

+ CLICK HERE TO VIEW ROUND ONE ENTRIES

Note: Once the contest is over, there will be an AO3 collection you may submit your entries to, but not until the competition is over! :)

February Flash Fic Contest

When: Starting now (1300 EST, February 20) for the next 48 hours (Closing at 1300 EST, February 22)

What: 200-500 words based off the given prompt for the contest. You can take the prompt literally, figuratively, use it in a sentence, etc. Be creative and let those juices flow! 

Submissions: All submissions will be through the submission box with the following format:

Title: if applicable

Body: Your drabble, consisting of 200-500 words based off the given prompt. (Obviously Bellarke-centric)

Note: please add an authors note at the end if you have a separate sideblog that you’d rather be announced at the end of the contest when the authors of the submissions are revealed.

Submissions will be compiled into a singular post (depending on the quantity of entries, there could be several rounds of voting, with the top 2-3 from each round continuing on to a final round) anonymously. To avoid author bias, all entries will be presented to the voting body anonymously with the authors revealed at the end of the contest.

The voting will be done by you the followers! 

The Winner: will receive a banner created by our graphics team, bragging rights, the opportunity to choose March’s prompt, and a spot on our winner’s page along with their winning entry.

Each author may submit up to two entries. No more than two, but two is not required.

Any questions? Send us an ask.

Prompt: ‘hands’

You have 48 hours, the contest closes at 1300 EST on February 22. Good luck!

This is Kjell Lindgren. He’s a NASA astronaut who just got back from 5 months on the International Space Station. There are two reasons why this picture is hilarious:

His wife is flawless and makes bad space puns to make him do household chores.

I have that shirt. Thousands of people have that shirt. That shirt is available at Target. Which means actual astronaut Kjell Lindgren, with his wardrobe already full of NASA-issued and logo-emblazoned clothes, was at Target, saw a NASA shirt, and was like, “Yes, I am buying this because this is what I want to spend my actual astronaut salary on.”

Courtesy of Wikipedia, here’s the poster NASA released for his mission to the ISS:

February Flash Fic Contest

thanks to @rashaka for the suggestion we try something like this!

What: 48 hours to write & submit a drabble based off the given prompt. Drabbles will be required to be between 200-500 words. The submissions will be compiled for mass viewing, and then voted on by our followers. note: if there are a large amount of submissions, the viewing and voting will be done in rounds. The top 2-3 from each round will move onto a final round of voting.

When: February 20th @ 1300 EST – check your timezones for accuracy. Submissions will close February 22nd @ 1300 EST.

Notes: Up to two submissions will be allowed per author. The prompt will be given at the opening of the 48 hours – February’s prompt will be chosen by our Features team, subsequent contests prompts will be chosen by the previous months winner.

Winner: Winner will be chosen through a poll, voted on by our followers. The winner will receive a winners banner created by our Graphics Team, bragging rights, the opportunity to choose the Flash Fic prompt for March’s contest, and will receive a spot on our Flash Fic Winner’s page, along with their winning entry.

Have questions? Send us an ask! 

their scene/fight/confrontation was so overdue and so needed yes EXACTLY bellamy yelling those things at clarke brought back some of the balance to their relationship that had been missing as of late in my opinion