Saskia Being A Whole Mood

#11 for supercorp plss

oh this one was so fun :) I had to do it both ways

1) Domestic supercorp with Kara stealing some potstickers - ft. one of my favourite Lena shirts from the last season (which I absolutely believe is a gift from Kara)

2) And an upside-down Lena kiss inspired from a scene in Let Your Damage Damage Me, which is absolutely fabulous and you should definitely read :) (please note fic rating, warnings, etc :))

Let’s talk about some glow ups

You’ve probably heard of Akita Inus: 

And Shiba Inus:

Which  are really cool and cute Japanese dog breeds. Let me introduce you to these other cool and cute Japanese dogs, which I think deserve equal attention.

The Kishu Inu:

The Hokkaido Ken:

The Kai Ken:

The Shikoku Inu:

I just really love dogs, and look how cool they are! Dogs!!!

Richard Savoie.

The Crain Kids + smiles

Art by Juan Ruiz

The most uninspired, boring, unorganized USWNT game I have seen in the last five years I’ve watched the team. These last three games have been a disaster, and I think it mostly falls on Vlatko. A disorganized defense, a weak and cautious offense. There is no confidence in this team and they are being told to play things too safe, creating holes in every position and taking away opportunities for great plays because of potential risk. This was never the attitude of the USWNT until Vlatko became the coach. He is afraid of losing and that’s proven by how willing he was to draw. His attitude is affecting our players in a massive way.

The Half of It is so good not just because it’s a beautiful queer love story, but because, at its heart, it’s about different kinds of love - not just romantic. 

Watching Paul, a straight white guy, love Ellie, a Chinese lesbian, was just the sweetest thing ever. I am literally crying while writing this. 

You can see throughout the film how Paul just cares for Ellie: making sure her time is compensated, sliding a guitar across the stage at the talent show, making her food, spending time with her father even with their language barrier, encouraging her to go to a party and making sure she’s okay after getting drunk at that party (he literally tucks her into his bed and he sits on a chair). 

Ellie’s a quiet nerd who doesn’t seem to engage at all with other high schoolers, let alone talk about herself. But you can see how Paul kind of disrupts that. Her ultimate expression of love and trust is revealing her past (specifically, her dead mother, whom she still clearly grieves for). She writes letters to food critics so he can do something he’s passionate about, she goes to his football games even though she doesn’t even like football, she literally facilitates dates between him and her crush. 

And so Paul thinks he’s in love with Ellie, because he doesn’t understand that his love for her isn’t necessarily romantic. He thinks there’s only one kind of love. And Ellie doesn’t think she understands love at all. They’re both wrong. 

I honestly thought the film would end with some declaration of love. I figured that Paul would shout “I love you!” as he chased Ellie’s train and that Ellie would mouth “I love you” back. But that’s not how they express love - it’s expressed in how Ellie cries and laughs and how Paul grins like a moron. 

TL;DR: The Half of It is a touching love story between two friends.