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margotstjust545

2 weeks ago

normalize my 12th grade English teacher, who admitted that his favorite TV show was Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and when a male student suggested that it was because Buffy/Sarah Michelle Gellar was hot, wrinkled his face like he’d bitten into something rotten and dead, and said, “At my age (he was 53), there is nothing less sexy than a teenager. You’re all disgusting messes.” It was 1999, I was 17, and I’d grown up in conservative Christian schools and churches. In my life I’d heard heard dozens of sermons from male preachers and teachers and even some older students, whining about how hard it was to be a dude and not commit the sin of thinking sexual thoughts, and how they needed women to wear long skirts and cover their bodies to not objectify them

and my bitter, misanthropic, atheist Brit Lit teacher, who hated my class because he was obsessed with teaching Tom Sawyer but got stuck with Shakespeare and Jane Austen, was the first, and this day the last man I have ever heard articulate a rebuttal from the depths of his soul to the idea that it was normal for teenage girls to be desirable to middle aged men

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margotstjust545

2 weeks ago

"Sleep." As in "rubbing the sleep from your eyes"

What do you call the stuff that accumulate in the corners of your eyes while you sleep?

Morning dust

Grandma's tears

Goblin tears

Night salt

Eye goobers

Soundlies

Nighties

Dreamies

Mouse droppings

Something else (please share)

I know this concept but have no word for it

I'm not familiar with this concept

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margotstjust545

2 weeks ago

I finished reading The Lord of the Rings for the first time in my life. With all of *vague gesture at everything* this going on.

I Am Not Okay

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margotstjust545

2 weeks ago

“My body, my choice” only makes sense when someone else’s life isn’t at stake.

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margotstjust545

2 weeks ago

Luo Binghe is busy trying to build up his reputation when he hears a terrible rumor: Peak Lord Shen Qingqiu is dying and soon.

Luo Binghe panics because excuse you, Shizun can't die, certainly not yet and certainly not without Binghe! So he does some digging.

Poor Shizun has been poisoned yet again and is acting way too chill about it also yet again. The thing is, unlike Without-A-Cure, there is a clear timetable to save his life and he, for some unknown reason, is actively refusing it.

Well, Luo Binghe decides that saving Shizun's life might prove his righteousness and redeem his filthy blood in Shizun's eyes so he makes an excuse and flees Huan Hua Palace for Qing Jing Peak.

He is joyously accepted upon his return, to his own surprise, and practically thrown up the peak where he finds...

Two Shen Qingqius.

One, dressed sloppily, not even wearing a guan, too caught up in his own grief to leave the sword mound he constructed for Luo Binghe.

The other, as sharp as ever, perhaps even sharper, without flaw and without mercy.

Both accept him, with reluctance from one and pure relief from the other, and both refuse his aid.

This might be harder than Binghe thought.

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margotstjust545

2 weeks ago

One guy doesn't know about the mutual dune buggy building! From his perspective his Nemesis just one day started thinking he's An Okay Guy, actually!

I mean Johnny has every reason to get a dressing down. He's acting like a jealous neanderthal. Amazing Spiderman 21

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margotstjust545

2 weeks ago

NOOOOO! DAMN IT, BILLY-BARD! I love Shakespeare so much, but this one play just will not stop haunting me. I'll never reach the ends of it. It's like a puddle that goes down far enough to have angler fish.

I have been exposed to this more than any other of The Bard's work, and never once by choice. I have been forced to read this play cover to cover four times in school, including for one exhausperated highschool teacher who got the lot of us engaged by giving extra credit to whoever found the most dick jokes. I've seen it performed by every kind of troop from school kids to the actual globe theater. I once got roped into playing a bit part in a performance art street production because I happen to be walking by, and I NEVER CAUGHT THIS?!?

I tip my hat to you, thank you for showing me yet another facet to the peerless jewel I am repeatedly clubbed over the head with whether I like it or not.

It's a perfect sonnet.

14 lines. 3 stanzas in ABAB rhyme, and a rhyming couplet at the end.

It starts off with each of them speaking a whole stanza. Romeo offering up a self depreciating metaphor (a pilgrim at a holy shrine, sinful for wanting to place a kiss on her hand), and Juliet returning it (it's not a sin for a pilgrim to touch the hands of a saint. Pilgrims and the saints hands can touch. )

Then they share a quatraine, keeping the rhyme and rhythm steady, the flirting turning even more overt. (Saints and pilgrims both have lips, yeah? Well, sure, for prayer. Well if a pilgrims hand can touch a saints hand, then their lips...)

Then they each speak half a couplet (the saints dont make the first move, but if its a prayer....well, here I am, praying....), and share their first kiss.

It's flirty and silly and a little irreverent, and they become more and more in sync as they speak.

This is a heightened, fantastical, almost reality bending moment. This is a moment where two lonely teenagers, one who is having her future decided without her and the other fresh from an unrequited rejection, feel the world shift around them.

And the foreshadowing sits at the end of stanza 3. This is an act of faith, but if it cannot be, it will turn to despair.

And I just. The craft of it. The poetry of it. How the form and the rhythm mirror the metaphor and mirror the emotion of it.

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amazing romeo and juliet goddammit shakespeare like me Exhausperated Is exhausted and exasperated at the same time Everytime I learn something new about this play My hubris is endless but alas so is the depth of this narrative

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margotstjust545

2 weeks ago

Re-blogging not just for the hot take, but also for that terrible (wonderful) pun

I'm totally stealing 'literary hurts' to substitute for 'literally hurts' when it comes to classic literature fuckery

I keep forgetting how absolutely cringe Fitzwilliam Darcy is before his first proposal...🤣

The guy was so clueless it literary hurts

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margotstjust545

2 weeks ago

Seriously tho, WHAT is that hairstyle? Bright red cornrows with the world's sharpest widow's peak?!

It's got to be like a jughead's hat situation where it's an abstract representation of a known real-world thing, and the real world thing is no longer ubiquitous enough to be instantly recognizable, but damned if I can come up with the explanation.

Norman could be such a good man if only he allowed himself to be. Amazing Spiderman 47

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margotstjust545

2 weeks ago

Every step seems perfectly executed, but somehow I never have even the slightest idea where this is going.

The text "Shen Comix: Untitled Wolf / Sheep Comic (The Whole Thing)". The word "wolf" is stylized with wolf grey, light grey, and brown, with the "W" having a wolf tail and the "F" being a wolf claw. The word "sheep" look like it's made of wool, with a sheep ear on the "S" and the "P" and two ribbons on the two "E"s (blue, then reddish pink) making them look like small sheep. Also, there is the head of a wolf in a sheep costume in the top left, and the head of a sheep in the top right.

The full thing for anyone who wants it!

Panel 1: A wolf is in a sheep costume with a yellow ribbon on the neck. He's in a flock of sheep. He's thinking "Hehehe... They don't know I'm really a wolf."

Panel 2: A few of the sheep have approached the wolf. One is touching his 'wool', saying "oh my gosh, your wool is so soft!" Another is touching his ribbon, saying "and your ribbon is so pretty!"

Panel 3: The sheep are pulling him along with them somewhere, saying "c'mon, let's go dance in the meadow!" and "let's dance and graze!" He is smiling and beginning to blush.

Panel 4: Two wolves are sitting at a campfire. One has his head in his hands. The other is saying "It's been 4 days, where the hell is he."

Panel 1: A wolf dressed as a sheep with a yellow ribbon around his neck is dancing in a circle with a bunch of actual sheep, hands joined. They are all laughing merrily.

Panel 2: Closeup of the wolf laughing, having a good time just dancing together.

Panel 3: Still that closeup but he he now tied up in the dark somewhere.

Panel 4: We zoom out to see that he's tied up sitting on a rock in the forest, with two other wolves from his pack standing to either side of him. One is saying "we're definitely gonna have to do some 'de-programming' here."

Panel 5: The other wolf puts his head on the sheep-wolf's head and says "don't worry, buddy! We'll get you back to your regular wolf self in no time."

Panel 6: All three of them are now dressed as sheep and dancing in the circle.

Panel 1: A sheep is standing with a blank expression holding a hoof-glove in one of his hooves.

Panel 2: It's revealed that he took it off of a wolf in a sheep costume with a yellow ribbon. Maybe he tried to take the wolf by the hand and the glove game off, revealing his wolf claw, which is now outstretched towards him.

Panel 3: The sheep has an expression of absolute horror looking at the wolf. He says "you ... y-your ..."

Panel 4: The sheep, still with a horrified expression, looks down at the hoof and yells "YOUR HOOF FELL OFF!!!!"

Panel 5: Two sheep are carrying the wolf on a stretcher and one is running alongside with the hoof glove. The wolf is holding his claw up vertically like it's a broken hand.

Panel 1: Sheep's POV. A wolf is holding out his paw, and the sheep is inspecting it with their hooves. The wolf, otherwise dressed in a sheep costume with a yellow ribbon, also has the hood of the costume off, revealing his ears. Wolf is saying "See? I'm not like you."

Panel 2: Side view of the sheep and the wolf in a forest clearing as the sheep continues to inspect the paw. The wolf is sitting on a mossy rock, and the gloves that had disguised his paws as hooves are laying on the ground nearby.

Panel 3: Wolf's POV. The sheep begins looking at their own hoof. The wolf says "No."

Panel 4: The sheep begins tugging at the hoof, perhaps hoping to also find a cool paw like that under it. The wolf more sternly says "NO."

Panel 1: A wolf disguised as a sheep with a yellow ribbon is standing before a few other sheep. He has the hood of the costume off, revealing that he's a wolf. He's asking, "Now that you see that I'm different from you all ... can we still be friends?"

Panel 2: The sheep are mumbling among themselves, trying to decide what to do.

Panel 3: One of the sheep has a wide-eyed revelation and says "THE ELDER!"

Panel 4: The sheep talk off-panel, saying "That's right, we should as The Elder!" and "The Elder!" and "Let's ask The Elder!" The wolf has an air of innocent confusion, asking "who's the elder?"

Panel 5: One of the sheep is leading the wolf by the shoulders through the woods and into a clearing.

Panel 6: In the clearing is The Elder, who is an elephant and has maybe the worst sheep disguise yet. It's literally 3 pieces of wool strapped around him, one on his back, one on his belly, and one on his head. The one on the head also has fake sheep ears, despite his actual ears being massive because he's an elephant.

Panel 1: A full moon in the sky, with a couple of small clouds flanking it but not obscuring it.

Panel 2: A wolf in a sheep costume with a blue ribbon howls at it, going "AAOOOOoo".

Panel 3: He is joined by another wolf in a sheep costume (with a red ribbon), as well as a few sheep.

Panel 4: All of them (both the wolves and the sheep) are now howling at the moon together while a wolf in a yellow ribbon sheep costume observes from a distance. The yellow ribbon wolf has a blank expression -- not happy or sad, but maybe just sort of 'along for the ride' at this point.

Panel 5: It is revealed that an elephant, also in a sheep costume, is sitting next to the yellow ribbon sheep costume wolf. He is looking over at the wolf, while the wolf looks forward.

Panel 6: The elephant gives the yellow ribbon sheep costume wolf a reassuring pat on the head with his trunk, and also shifts his gaze forward. There is small text at the bottom reading 'thank you for reading!' and a smiley face.

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margotstjust545

2 weeks ago

And you think (W)right!

I just think Franziska and Gumshoe have Yzma and Kronk vibes

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margotstjust545

2 weeks ago

fallow up question, will the prologue be included in the physical book?

yes. also a secret extra bonus pre-prologue prologue they asked me to write so people would be less confused by the worldbuilding

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margotstjust545

2 weeks ago

Goddamn but an anti-Superman deathtrap is always something else, ya know?

It's like the writers take all their frustration about having to write conflict around Clark's ridiculous power set, and say "you know how I would catch this guy out..."

Some days it is not worth being Jimmy Olsen I don't care HOW much monster girl pussy he gets. Action Comics 712

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comics clark kent superman dc I'd get cranky too Might be good stress relief

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margotstjust545

2 weeks ago

"Everyone in this anime is so insane about each other that the relationship chart might as well be an example of ionic and covalent bonds in an organic chem textbook"

Pack it up, everybody, after two decades we finally found a way to describe the personal relationships in Yu-Gi-Oh. Shipping wars over, time to head home.

You know I love your reactios to yugioh so far. They areso funny and I findit even funnier that you see the potential in almost every ship inthe show 😂😂😂😂 like looking at your comments make me realize you are discovering almost every ship under the sun in this show.

I love seeing you interact with my posts so much, it makes my absolute day!!

Everyone is so intense and gay that every single interaction is loaded with emotion. Everyone in this show has emotional and vaguely definitely queer tensions with everyone else.

And it is not my fault that all these characters are very passionate about very other character, even between the characters that don't interact with each other all that much. Nobody in this show is normal about anyone else. Even the filler chracters

Everyone in this anime is so insane about each other that the relationship chart might as well be an example of ionic and covalent bonds in an organic chem textbook

it is my goal to find every single ship in this show and then i will rank all of them at the end :]

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margotstjust545

2 weeks ago

Hide a tazer in his hair; there's enough of it that no one could possibly discover it

with the concerning amount of times Mokuba is getting kidnapped by various people, he should really go for some self defense classes

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yugioh mokuba kaiba

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margotstjust545

2 weeks ago

Y'know, I rag on Jimmy Olsen as much as the next fan, but while he does get turned into a gorilla more than really seems reasonable, he's still a good character.

A big heart AND he works well under pressure! Action Comics 712

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margotstjust545

3 weeks ago

Powerpoint slide titled "Cabin Pressure and why you should watch it." Features an image of the Cabin Pressure main cast, along with fanart by kkbook of the Cabin Pressure cast in the airplane.

Powerpoint slide titled "What It Is." Features an image of the Cabin Pressure main cast, and fanart of the main cast by Sadyna. Text reads:

Cabin Pressure is a BBC radio series about the crew of a small airline company called MJN Air.

They have a single unreliable plane called GERTI, and are constantly getting themselves in and out of mischief.

It’s a complete series with 27 episodes – going through the alphabet with a city for each letter (Z is a two-parter finale).

Most episodes are set on the plane but occasionally they shake things up.

Powerpoint slide titled "Why It's Great." Features fanart of Douglas and Martin in the plane by tealin, and fanart of the main cast by halorvic. Text reads:

It’s hilarious! It’s the origin of at least a dozen quotes you’ve probably heard before.

The cast is phenomenally talented.

It lures you in by being funny, then turns around and gets you attached to the characters. All of them have unique arcs and play off each other fantastically.

It’s a complete package with a perfect ending that resolves all the character arcs and plot threads in a satisfying way. It’s my go-to example of a series that ended at exactly the right time.

(Also it’s excellent for long car rides and such. The whole thing is 12-13 hours.)

Powerpoint slide titled "Martin Crieff." Features an image of Benedict Cumberbatch as Martin Crieff, and fanart of Martin by tealin. Text reads:

The captain. He’s always wanted to be a pilot and is passionate about aviation. He’s a stickler who’s memorized the flight manual cover to cover.

He’s also not a very good pilot. And not very authoritative. And overcompensating for that a lot.

Tends to be panicky under pressure. Which is often.

Desperately wants to be taken seriously. That rarely happens.

Wears a ridiculous hat.

Voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch (before he was famous). It’s very different from his usual character type and he’s perfect in the role.

(He’s my favorite shhhh)

Powerpoint slide titled "Douglas Richardson." Features an image of Roger Allam as Douglas Richardson, and fanart of Douglas by tealin. Text reads:

The first officer. Thinks he’s the greatest thing to happen to the sky ever. Also a very good pilot.

Always has multiple schemes going and ulterior motives for everything. (Was fired from his last job because of it.)

Usually the one who gets them out of the problem. May or may not have gotten them into the problem in the first place.

Incredibly sarcastic. The master of quips.

Very annoyed that he has to report to Martin.

Voiced by Roger Allam, whose rich baritone voice is too excellent for words.

(He’s secretly sort of sad and the confidence might be a bit of an act.)

Powerpoint slide titled "Carolyn Knapp-Shappey." Features an image of Stephanie Cole as Carolyn Knapp-Shappey, and fanart of Carolyn by tealin. Text reads:

The owner and CEO of MJN.

Inherited GERTI when she divorced her ex-husband. Now she’s determined to prove she can run her own company instead of being just a little old lady.

Very sharp. Almost as sarcastic as Douglas. The Alpha Dog. Constantly wrangling her ridiculous crew.

Do not call her an old woman.

Voiced by Stephanie Cole.

Powerpoint slide titled "Arthur Shappey." Features an image of John Finnemore as Arthur Shappey and fanart of Arthur by halorvic. Text reads:

The steward/flight attendant. Carolyn’s son.

Arthur is an experience that’s hard to fully describe.

Incessantly cheery about absolutely everything. His favorite word is “brilliant.”

Zero brain cells. “He wouldn’t hurt a fly, because the fly would outwit him.”

Voiced by John Finnemore (who also wrote the show).

Powerpoint slide titled "Recurring Cast."

The first image is fanart of Herc Shipwright by tealin. Text underneath reads: Herc Shipwright. Carolyn's love interest, voiced by the incomparable Anthony Stewart Head.

The second image is fanart of Martin and Theresa, with Martin asking "Would you like to go to Duxford Air Museum with me?" by holligenet. Text underneath reads: Theresa. The princess of Liechtenstein. Yes, literally. Martin's love interest. (I love her and wish she appeared more.

The third image is of actor Timothy West. Text underneath reads: Gordon Shappey. Carolyn's ex and Arthur's dad. He hates that Carolyn wound up with his plane and shows up every so often to try and get it back.

Powerpoint slide titled "Other Things to Know." Features fanart of Douglas flying the plane while Martin screams by tealin, and fanart of the main cast by halorvic. Text reads:

Like most comedies, it takes a little bit to find its footing. The first episodes aren’t bad, but they’re the weakest of the bunch. I personally think it finds itself in episode four.

The episodes technically don’t go in exactly alphabetical order. But you can still listen to it that way, the continuity isn’t affected.

There’s a recurring heist type episode where Douglas tries to steal the expensive whiskey Carolyn buys for a rich passenger. It gets more and more complicated each time. (A lot like B99’s Halloween episodes.)

A few episodes don’t really have a plot, it’s just everyone hanging out talking on the plane. These are some of the best ones.

Benedict Cumberbatch was sick during season 3, so Martin is randomly voiced by someone else for an episode. Don’t panic, he comes back.

Powerpoint slide titled "The End, please listen to it it's great." Features fanart of otters aboard the plane by FangsAndNeedles, and fanart of Martin confronting a polar bear with a whisk and a pogo stick by halorvic.

I haven't made a fandom powerpoint in about twenty years, but listening to Cabin Pressure again awoke something in me.

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margotstjust545

3 weeks ago

By Talos, I've finally found it! A wild sword-drawing competition, perfectly preserved! They are so rarely seen outside the deep obscuring foliage of their natural habitat, middle school...perhaps if I'm stealthy I can observe further...

*adjusts binoculars*

Tag game!

Make your own sword!

@werewolfadmirer @whatonearthisgoingon @leoluvsgreenday @siriuslyobsessed394 @percyweasleyapologist @rey-just-here and anyone else!

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art so cool sword really though

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margotstjust545

3 weeks ago

The biggest problems of the series occur because an enormous flying murder beast demonstrably CAN

Laurence I understand it was all happening very fast but you can’t just kidnap someone like that

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margotstjust545

3 weeks ago

Oh hohoho this is gonna be GOOD

So I heard it was WIP Wednesday...? June of Doom preview, and, as you can see, I am not holding back on the angst (this is Lone Pine ca ~1980).

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fanfic yessss back to the future marty mcfly

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margotstjust545

3 weeks ago

mr migraine. my me a grain

make it the hurtest of my stupid brain

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margotstjust545

3 weeks ago

screenshot of a panel from aurora page 2.4.37; falst hanging off a lava rock (?) from his blue scarf. text overlaid at the top reads 'HANG IN THERE'

someone in the comment section on todays' page mentioned this and i couldn't get it out of my head.

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margotstjust545

3 weeks ago

YOOOOOO I JUST GOT MY FIRST LIBRARY CARD SINCE LIKE 2007 IT WAS SO EASY???

Like they literally just needed any photo ID with an address, I thought they needed like unopened mail and paperwork and crap, it took 5 goddamn minutes, I did it on my way home from work

And was NOBODY gonna tell me libraries have websites now with ebooks and audiobooks and documentaries and British TV and shit???

Why the FUCK have I been paying Netflix

GO GET A LIBRARY CARD

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margotstjust545

3 weeks ago

You know I honestly don't remember this show being quite this gay. Considering how gay I remember it being, that's really saying something!

BL writers are quaking in their boots

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margotstjust545

3 weeks ago

You live in a city whose main tourist point is a bulletproof flying alien! Action Comics 700

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hilarious Should be standard Can see this on an official case file for sure

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margotstjust545

3 weeks ago

"She's tilting pretty sharply bitchward" would live rent free in my head forever even if it wasn't part of one of the catchiest songs I've ever heard.

I'm still in a Galavant mood, so I'm posting a thing.

If you see this and you've watched Galavant, reblog this with one line from Galavant that you still find yourself saying/singing.

Mine is:

"A new season and it's totally bitchin'."

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margotstjust545

4 weeks ago

Holy crap, She-Hulk's werewolf boyfriend is THAT John Jameson?! I always just assumed it was just a case of a very common name.

The most frustrating fights are the ones where you know the other guy is meeting you honestly. Amazing Spiderman 42

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marvel spiderman comics she hulk learn something new every day

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margotstjust545

4 weeks ago

At least he was nice enough to let Mai keep her heels

He really went ahead and arranged them height wise

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yugioh yugi mutou joey wheeler mai valentine

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margotstjust545

4 weeks ago

One of the most well-known fics in the fandom includes a whole subplot based on the fact that this guy cannot stop getting his ass physically beat by virtual card games...