Kal ⁉️

screencap from the above link: I have found this problem fairly endemic to the romcomantasy (eh? eh?) subgenre to which McCallum’s debut belongs. Oh, I am so tired of reading book after book where nobody has ever done a single thing wrong, or, even if they have, it was all a terrible misunderstanding. I cannot bear these characters with personalities as smooth as Ken dolls, who run dear little retail shops in interchangeable Fantasylands and placeless middle Americas, unbothered by problems of inventory or human frailty. I am going to chew right through the bars of my enclosure, and go rampaging all around the countryside, if I am called upon to read one more book where a character’s big secret finally comes out, and the other character is like: “No problem, babe, I know your heart, and I understand that, while you initially had a scheme to sabotage my dreams, you changed your mind over the course of our courtship. Due to the trust we have built together, I understand this perfectly without your having to explain it.”

real footage of a critic being driven slowly out of her mind

The mind goes from "a very well done adaptation of a comfort read that I need nothing else from" to "CNC brainworms" so quickly...

I am proud to have caused such domestic strife and Lego freedom to roam in the Denzer household !!🫡🫡🫡

When Kathyrn Hahn's glasses are fittin/Kal's fingers will go a-clicking (or something)

Kathryn Hahn cupping Connor Storrie's face while presenting at the Actor Awards (nee SAG)

Screenshot of AO3 tag list: Consensual Non-ConsentDom/sub UndertonesLight Dom/subMiscommunicationKind of a 5 + 1 for the concept of consentDirty TalkInternalized Homophobiaprobably got canon timelines wrongBlow Jobsbad communication then good communicationAngst with a Happy Endingbrief mentions of shane's food rulesExplicit Sexual ContentRape/Non-con Elements(only in the CNC roleplay)if you eat the vegetables (honest communication with your decade long situationship/unacknowledged lover) you can have dessert (noncon roleplay)spittingDegradationIntergluteal SexRough Sexvery schmoopycnc has a real inspired-by-jackass flavor (boys tussling)Face Slapping

Hudson Williams smiling with the quote Condemn me, it does not matter; history will absolve me.

Tags!

Plate Number 346. Wrestling, lock 1887 by Eadweard Muybridge

Hello I have written a #hollanov fic!!

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Unpave My Path
2/2 ▪️ 9k ▪️ consenual nonconsent baby!

That’s the problem. Everyone assumed consent was good. And it is, but in Ilya Rozanov’s hands, it became something else. Something twisted, something – almost evil.

Glad people are settling on the term "pervert glasses". Bonus points if you also say it while posting a picture of Mark Zuckerberg or call them Mark Zuckerberg's pervert glasses.

The year is 2015. Pete Hegseth recklessly hits a man on live TV with a throwing ax.

The year is 2019. Pete Hegseth declares he hasn't washed his hands in 10 years and doesn't believe in germs.

The year is 2026. Pete Hegseth, now with the power of the U.S. military at his fingertips...

CBS and CBS News, HBO and HBO Max, CNN, DC Comics, Harry Potter, TikTok, Star Trek,Warner Bros., Comedy Central, South Park, Avatar Studios, Turner Classic Movies,The Food Network, HGTV, Discovery, TLC, OWN, Adult Swim, TNT, TBS

CBS and CBS News, HBO and HBO Max, CNN, DC Comics, Harry Potter, TikTok, Star Trek,Warner Bros., Comedy Central, South Park, Avatar Studios, Turner Classic Movies,The Food Network, HGTV, Discovery, TLC, OWN, Adult Swim, TNT, TBS

the absolute BLOODLUST of it all is so depressing...you used to have to pretend to care about the dead soldiers at the end of it

This is a good response.

2026 nuclear family meme— featuring Fritzi as Neurodivergent Aunt, Sluggo as Sluggo, Nancy as Daughter, Nancy Jr as Woke Dog

non-reylo fic rec of the week: @kalx58.bsky.social's glorious new hollanov fic, 'unpave my path' (archiveofourown.org/works/80072251). it packs a huge punch in under 10k as shane realizes what he wants from ilya. fave tag: 'kind of a 5 + 1 for the concept of consent'

okay thank you for this -- maybe I will soldier through and try not to conflate book annoying things with show annoying things...i do love Nice people and benedict is hot!! people are liars

he genuinely posts about Zohran as if he's his Marxist son

adam actually changed the voice animation game with the “adam driver bar” which is now apparently quite popular & well-known

Since July, more than a dozen pregnant children have been moved to a single facility in the small town of San Benito, along the south Texas border. The children kept in Texas are as young as 13, and about half are pregnant because of rape, according to a joint investigation by the Texas Newsroom and the California Newsroom. In Texas, abortion is banned in nearly all circumstances, including rape and incest.

the phrase “more than a dozen pregnant children” ringing in my ears www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

it's always overstuffed imo and the penelope sideplot I didn't care about and i'm generally not a fan of any cinderella type trope/plot

Sophie actresss was so good (from the 2 episodes I watched because I always forget how bridgerton has something that pisses me off)

I know I’ve said it before, but fandom is a community this is a SHARED space. We’re all here because we love our blorbos & their worlds. Some of my favorite comments are keyboard smashes, “reread kudos <3,” or questions that I absolutely will RAMBLE in reply to.

ALSO: give your artists love too!

In the United States, "Crazy in Love" spent eight consecutive weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 and received an eight-times platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America. Internationally, it topped the charts in the United Kingdom and Ireland and peaked within the top five in Australasia and several European countries. Music critics praised its catchy production, Jay-Z's rap verse, and Beyoncé's vocals, particularly the "uh-oh, uh-oh" hook. At the 46th Annual Grammy Awards, "Crazy in Love" was nominated for three awards and won two: Best R&B Song and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration. Rolling Stone placed it at number sixteen on their 2024 revision of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".

Tiffany Pollard "Beyonce??" meme

Very funny to be a music fan enough to have a radio show but not know the obscure indie hit Crazy In Love

YouTube video by Ady Manifold Chi-Lites - Are You My Woman (Tell Me So)

I was on a road trip last weekend and was listening to local small town radio and the guy played the song famously sampled in Crazy in Love -- the horn, bahhhhh ba-da-da-dum-dum-dum run. The DJ then said "I think that was sampled by someone. Jay-Z? Maybe Puff Daddy?"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hm2Y...

I don’t know how else to convince legacy publications that the idea that there’s too many trans kids is both wrong and inherently harmful to trans people’s existence without being labeled an activist. So here we are.

“if it comes from a person’s mind, there will be people that like it” 😭😭😭

Every trans woman I know has had "why not be an effeminate man?" shoved in our faces for ages and yet thus piece suggests that even once suggesting an effeminate boy might be trans is some sort of crime against humanity.

This is transphobia.

decorative moodboard with the title THE WORLD WE MADE. in the top right are the words chapter three: worth fighting for. below that are three images. The first is a dark-haired woman wearing a black and gold formal dress, with a gold and black cape draped over her shoulders. The second image is a crown around a dagger thrust into the grass, and third image is the hands of a man in an embroidered black suit. at the bottom are the words "His voice is a low rumble, eyes never leaving hers. 'Then you'd better finish what you started.'”

UPDATE #reylofic #reylo

the world we made

E | chapter four | 3.2k

👑 fantasy/medieval au
👑 King of Naboo Kylo Ren x Empress Rey
👑 "porn with just enough plot"
👑 featuring: semi-public sex, mild angst, and feels

also also a very polite suggestion if you love something so so much and cannot wait for the next chapter (a great and terrible feeling!!) it generally feels better to get a comment that emphasizes the OMG I LOVED THIS versus the WHEN WILL THERE BE MORE

also a comment can just be like "omg I love this" -- free yourself the english class high school reading response stress if it doesn't serve you!

yes I have the same Shame! like I have gotten so much joy/art from their work and all it takes is a comment! it doesn't need to be the perfect comment!!

I lurked until I started writing fic and I regret it! A single compliment can make someone's day/it makes you feel better/you learn about yourself/you become a better writer by commenting