I’ve been rewatching the MCU from the beginning, and I can’t get over how happy everyone looks at the start of their movies, before everything implodes on them. I mean…
LOOK AT THE INNOCENCE IN THIS MAN’S EYES
SO MUCH INNOCENCE
THE UNFETTERED JOY
And okay NOT INNOCENT BUT HE DOESN’T LOOK LIKE HE’S ON DRUGS YET
(Oh look and here’s Thor and Loki being innocent happy cuties together)
And now:
look
at all
the pain.
D:
Marvel… look at what you’ve doneto these poor babies.
The worst part is, it was much harder to find the gifs of them happy.
Hey, guys, Nike doesn’t believe in anything but stirring up shit to sell shoes.
If you think Nike is pro-social justice, you should look into their labor practices.
The amount of times I could have been that white girl in the horror movie could honestly be a movie in itself and it’s honestly a waste that my entire life isn’t constantly recorded on film because it would be HILARIOUS
1. That one time I decided to see what was past the old gate in the woods, but when got there it had been smashed in half and there was a decapitated sheep head with no skin just off the trail, so instead I just turned around and went home.
2. That time some friends and I went camping and we found a pile of bones wrapped in a garbage bag buried under a log, but the adult supervisor told us it was nothing, so we just put it back and didn’t talk about it again.
3. The time I was getting chased through the woods at night and I realized “wait it’s dark as fuck” so I just held still until the guy gave up and left.
4. The time this dude said he was in love with me and so he was going to cut my head off and dump my body in a lake, so I told him to grow the hell up, but then he got caught stealing girl’s underwear a day later and I never saw him again
5. That one time in college where I was taking a shortcut on my home at night and a car followed me into a dark alley, so I stared directly into the driver’s side of the window and walked towards it to psych them out
6. The night I was out on a walk and this old guy told me he’d locked his keys in his truck and that he needed someone my size to crawl in through the back window for him, so I told him “you know that sounds super suspicious right” and told him where to find a pay phone for a tow truck instead
7. The one time this random guy on the street said he was in love with me and so he was going to follow me home on my bus, so I clapped him on the shoulder and told him that if he got that close to my bus then I was going to throw him under the wheels, but then this really nice homeless man from Nigeria told the guy to fuck off and then checked to make sure he didn’t follow me onboard
8. That big cat with yellow eyes who I found in a well and brought home who used to put rotting meat in my closet and wake me up by chewing on my face, until I put him back outside and never saw him again.
9. My one cousin who used to come over for the summer who kept calling me ‘piñata’ and hitting me with sticks, until he went back home and was sent to juvie cause he finally got caught torturing animals
10. The time I got lost on the way to a meeting and wound up at a circus tent instead, and got followed by a full-out clown for three vacant street blocks
11. The pet hamster I had when I was seven who would scream all night and eventually escaped by ripping a bar out of its cage and wiggling through the hole. My mom caught it and put it back but it lived another year and a half until one night the screaming just stopped
12. The time I was whistling in the woods and something started whistling back, so I went home
13. That one night at summer camp where a group of girls got together to play ‘bloody mary’ in the lavatory and invited me to come with them so I said “no thanks” and stayed with the camp councillors and drank soup instead.
14. The old abandoned house I just moved into with the door that leads into a big empty room full of dirt and empty cooking pots that I just sort of… locked up forever and never go near
15. Once when I was at an ihop I saw a coffee mug do a full 360º spin with nobody touching it, so I said ‘that was neat’ and never ate there again
16. The time I took a photo of a big old raven sitting on the crucifix on top of the old town church cause it was the most goth thing I’d ever seen, right? But then it swooped down towards me, so I apologized immediately for being rude, and I felt a little silly for a while but the car that hit me on the way home didn’t even leave a bruise so idk be nice to birds
Sorry I know I bring this shit up a lot but sometimes im awake at night and I just. keep thinking
I think the secret to survival is to be good to animals, stay away from men, and say “no thanks” to everything else
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Sapiens by patternofdefiance, 8 k,
explicit. Magical AU. Sherlock is amazed when he realizes his flatmate is not
quite human. John’s hidden tentacles are fascinating, and something worthy of
study. John, who left the water years ago, is worried where things are going.
Merfolk sexy times is a big thumbs up!
The
Merman and the Soldier by thefilipinozombie,
5 k, teen. John had heard all the
stories about the creatures of the Lake. Maybe he’s going mad, but is it
possible they’re true?
Drowning Is Boring by
GoldenUsagi, 4 k, teen. The one where Sherlock is a merman John meets while on
holiday at the seaside.
Out in the Waterby MojoFlower, 3 k, explicit. Shameless merman/pirate
porn, y’all. John is a merman.
Scales and Skinby TheMadKatter13, 15 explicit. Potterlock,
Omegaverse. John never thought he’d present at all. The few times he’d put
thought to it, he’d never thought he’d present omega. And if he’d put any more
thought into it past that, he wouldn’t have imagined sharing his first heat
with a mermaid. Er, merman.
Salt
in the Woundsby janto321 (FaceofMer), 21
k, mature. Selkies, fairytale, Magical Realism. John Watson is home from the
Great War, but he’s never fit in to this tiny fishing village. One day his life
changes forever when he meets a selkie named Sherlock. From then on his life is
never what he thought it would be.
Ocean Treasure by consultingsmartass (consulting_smartass), 3 k,
explicit. OctoJohn has been trying everything he can think of to attract
Merlock’s attention.
The
Curse of the Cool Coatby LadyGrey, 4 k, teen.
Magical Realism. Sherlock’s coat is his heart. Whoever holds it holds his
heart. John, infuriatingly, refuses to take it once Sherlock confesses its
power.
+++
If you liked Gilded Cage …
Dilaudid by Lintilla, 62 k, explicit. Alpha!Sherlock and
Omega!John. Only males are A and O, and omegas are treated like glass and bound
as soon as possible to an alpha. John manages to live his life passing as a
beta on hormone suppressants that his pharmacist father developed. So many plot
twists, and rocky stops and starts between John and Sherlock, and such clever
reworking of canon throughout the story.
Dustfall by AmandaDBone, 19 k, explicit. Classic omegaverse
fic. Maroon space dust falls from the sky and creates the new genders later
termed alpha and omega. Wonderfully done story as everyone struggles to understand
this new phase for humanity. Sherlock is now an omega, and John an alpha, and
they dance around each other until they can’t anymore.
The Illusion of Control
series by starrysummernights, 19 works,
explicit. It’s not easy growing up as an Omega. John Watson knows about that
firsthand. (Locked to AO3.)
Omega’s Lament by
tunteeton, 7 part series. John is an alpha, Sherlock is an omega with a past.
John can’t let Sherlock suffer when he finds out Sherlock was bonded as a
teenager, then abandoned to ride his increasingly dangerous heats alone.
With Mycroft’s help, they struggle to release Sherlock’s old bond so that
he and John might be truly united.
A house in the country by PlainJane, 20 k, explicit. With new
“real rape” laws in place, every unbonded omega is at risk, including
Sherlock Holmes. Mycroft meddles hiring an alpha, John Watson, to watch over
his baby brother. Lots of sentimental moments, super hot alpha/omega sex, and a
nice sprinkling of canon with Jim and the pool.
Siegeby PlainJane, 55 k, explicit. In 1415, English archer John of
Kenilworth is sent by Lord Mycroft Holmes from the field of victory at
Agincourt to protect a remote French castle. Cherinfourde is under some dark
cloud and John means to get to the bottom of it, in his lord’s name. If only he
could stop thinking about the most unusual omega he has ever met.
A Fold in the Universe by darkest_bird, 152 k, explicit.
Omegaverse. This is an amazing plotty, parallel universe, action-packed
tour-de-force fic. With a premise to rival any top SF movie, this story has
John Watson switching worlds between a prime universe, and Wacky World – an
omegaverse universe that turns things upside for him.
London-based student Lewis Hornby is a grandson on a mission. When he noticed that his dementia-afflicted grandmother was having trouble staying hydrated, he came up with Jelly Drops—bite-sized pods of edible water that look just like tasty treats.
Each of these colorful “candies” is made up of mostly water, with gelling agents and electrolytes making up just 10% of their composition. Available in a rainbow of colors and presented in packaging reminiscent of a box of chocolates, Jelly Drops are an easy and engaging way to avoid dehydration—a common problem for those suffering from degenerative neurological diseases.
“It is very easy for people with dementia to become dehydrated,” he explains. “Many no longer feel thirst, don’t know how to quench thirst, or don’t have the dexterity to drink.” With this in mind, Hornby set out to find a solution. In addition to seeking advice from psychologists and doctors, he opted to “experience” life with dementia himself through the use of virtual reality tools and a week in a care home.
Once he was familiar with what dementia patients need, he brainstormed what they want. “From my observations, people with dementia find eating much easier than drinking. Even still, it can be difficult to engage and encourage them to eat. I found the best way to overcome this is to offer them a treat! This format excites people with dementia, they instantly recognize it and know how to interact with it.”
Case in point? Hornby’s own grandmother’s reaction: “When first offered, grandma ate seven Jelly Drops in 10 minutes, the equivalent to a cup full of water—something that would usually take hours and require much more assistance.”
