Tags: Requited Love, Friends to Lovers, Stargazing, Hand Holding
Summary:
The tradition consisted of a simple activity: stargazing. Their outings had taken on a certain amount of tension as of late, but Ignis was attached, resolute in his commitment to ride it out. Someday that tension would fade. Noct would be married and Ignis would remain by his side, loyal in servitude and in friendship, feelings long-forgotten, devoted to his duty.
• Make a fist with your thumb outside, not tucked inside. If it’s tucked inside your fist, when you punch someone, you might break your thumb. The thumb goes across your fingers, not on the side.
• Don’t be like in the movies—don’t aim for the face. Face punches don’t usually stop people, and you can miss when they duck their head or break your hand on their jaw. If you want to get away quickly, or end a fight, aim for the chest, or the ribs. If you really want to do some damage, e.g., you’re being attacked, aim for the throat, which will make it hard for your attacker to breathe for a hot minute.
• When you punch, you want to aim and hit with your first two knuckles. Not the flats of your fingers, and not your ring or pinky knuckles, which can break more easily. You can use your weight, if you’re on your feet, to add wallop, and spring into a punch with your feet and torso.
Useful information, esp. if you haven’t taken self defense.
I reblogged this once before to add this and I’ll do it again…
keep your wrist straight.
You can also risk breaking your wrist if you allow it to bend.  I actually can’t believe this isn’t in there.
Other good pointers:
if your attacker is male, go for his junk - especially if he’s wearing loose pants. There’s no sportsmanship when it comes to assault so fuck them balls UP
punching pretty much ANYWHERE in the face is going to actually hurt you a LOT (just think - you’re punching your bones into their bones and ow). If you’re going for the face, my suggestion is to strick upwards with your palm.
see that meaty portion highlighted in red? There’s a lot of muscle and fat right there which makes it excellent for striking. Hold your hand as shown and aim for the nose or chin (though I’ve been told in extreme circumstances, doing this to the nose can be fatal but I’ve never really heard if this is true or not) and just aim upwards
other delicate areas:Â
the shin (hurts like a bitch if you kick it right - also, you can hit this spot if you’re being held in a choke-hold and if your attacker has to move in order to stop you from kicking him, he’ll have to angle his body so as to expose his stomach and crotch to the wild spastic jabbings of your elbows)
the solar plexus (either jab while holding your hand in a sort of spear position or use your elbows - unless you’re super strong, your punch probably won’t wind your attacker. Your elbow or a spear hand will, however)
Originally in (most) martial arts, you hit the solar plexus because it supposedly contained an important chakra. Now we know that it actually also contains like a bunch of necessary organs that are exposed just below your ribs and is also (roughly) where your diaphragm lives so getting punched there is not pleasant.
the clavicle (from experience, getting hit in your clavicle HURTS LIKE A MOTHERFUCKER. If you strike downwards with your knuckles, the person might just cry. Like I did.)
the ear (this is probably the best place to punch besides the throat. It’s all cartilage so it probably won’t hurt you all that much and most people will be like “DUDE YOU PUNCHED ME IN THE EAR WHAT THE HELL”)
the kidneys (this is harder to hit without training but if you somehow get your attacker’s back to face you, try to hit’em in the kidneys. Again, from experience, this FUCKING HURTS. You can’t really hit the kidneys from the front with any effect but from the back it is super painful)
if you’re held in a choke-hold, try turning your head so the forearm isn’t pressed into your throat. If you can position yourself right, you can sort of force your chin into the crook of the elbow, making you able to still receive (limited) oxygen and provide time for you to kick some shins or elbow some spleens and shit
-Also, remember that a guy’s junk is not an off-button. Don’t think that you can rely on a swift kick to the balls to immediately incapacitate him in an emergency. Adrenaline and anger can keep somebody going for a long time even through extreme pain, and if you expect to end a fight with a single groin-attack you might be caught off-guard when he doesn’t drop. Certainly go for it if you get the chance, but keep hitting him until the fight is over.
-Draw blood if you can, especially if you can draw it from the face or the eyes. Blood in the eyes is not just a good way to impair your attacker’s vision, it’s also a really good way to freak them out and let them know that they might be getting more than they bargained for by picking a fight with you.
-Elbows and knees are really powerful weapons. Elbows are very sharp and very strong and if you are in close-range they are often more effective than trying to throw a punch.Â
-Yelling and shouting makes you scary.Â
Nothing much to add to this, it’s pretty much all there. So. Reblog. Oh, also, it’s really easy to break a nose - go for the eyes too. All it takes to avoid a shot to the throat is tucking your chin.
Also, that part about the ear - don’t punch. An open hand over the ear hurts a lot.
Tumblr teaching me how to fuck a bitch up
Also if you fuck up their face it’ll be easier for police to identify the attacker.
If someone gets you from behind and you cant punch them, go for the underside of the upper-arm. A bad pinch there is legit so painful because that skin is super sensitive. Also this cant be stressed enough, if the attacker is a guy then fucking rip his junk off.
Something that kinda needs to be stressed as well most martial arts teachers agree: a strike from the elbow is the most powerful strike you can do. If you can get close enough to safely do it, DO IT.
But don’t risk your life to try and get in closer if punches can do fine.
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Idk if its a translation thing but if it isn’t, here’s a whole new world of pain.
In episode 1, Viktor’s FS is named “Stay Close to Me” (at least the song was so I’m also assuming that’s the name of his skate).
Sento una voce che piange lontano/I hear a voice crying far away Anche tu sei stato forse abbandonato/Have you been abandoned as well? Orsù finisca presto questo calice di vino/Come now, let’s empty this glass of wine soon Inizio a prepararmi/I’ll start getting ready Adesso fa’ silenzio/Now be silent.
Con una spada vorrei tagliare/With a sword I wish I could cut Quelle gole che cantano d'amore/Those throats singing about love Vorrei serrar nel gelo le mani /I wish I could seal in the cold the hands Che esprimono quei versi d'ardente passione/That portray those verses of burning passion
Questa storia che senso non ha/This story that makes no sense Svanirà questa notte assieme alle stelle/Will vanish tonight along with the stars
Se potessi vederti/If I could see you Dalla speranza nascerà/From hope L’eternità/Eternity will be born
Stammi vicino/Stay close to me Non te ne andare/Don’t go Ho paura di perderti/I’m afraid of losing you
Le tue mani, le tue gambe/Your hands, your legs Le mie mani, le mie gambe/My hands, my legs I battiti del cuore/The heartbeats Si fondono tra loro/Are fusing together
Partiamo insieme/Let’s leave together Ora sono pronto/Now I’m ready
As established in many many metas before, the skate is about the singer pleading to his lover or someone special to stay by his side. The singer is lonely, looking for love, pleading desperately for it to the point where he wants to kill love because he’s afraid of losing it.
Viktor and Yuuri skates this separately. But its artfully synchronized with each other.
Viktor skated Stay Close to Me in episode one after meeting Yuuri. That’s after the banquet where Yuuri stole his heart dead drunk and doesn’t remember it.
Viktor’s skating because he’s calling out to Yuuri. And Yuuri? He’s unknowingly calling out Viktor with this skate as well. Yuuri was looking for something to continue skating again.
…..and Viktor answered.
Now let’s go back to episode 12. The skate is now named “Stay By Me”. Again, I have no idea if this is a translation thing but now “Stay By Me” is the program name.
Stay By Me, the name itself, is already a lot more definite compared to Stay Close to Me. Stay Close to Me implies that the person you are talking to is faraway from you, that they may not stay because they’re so far. It’s a plea.
Stay By Me implies that the person is right there beside you and you are telling them to stay. It’s kinda like “Stand By Me” - you’re telling the person to stay and support you and never leave you. It’s a command.
Episode 12’s skate is the perfect end to the series because after all the drama and the build up, Viktor finally has Yuuri. He’s found the special someone from the first skate. Yuuri keeps Viktor and his career for one more year (or five).
Back to the lyrics,
Sento una voce che piange lontano/I hear a voice crying far away Anche tu sei stato forse abbandonato/Have you been abandoned as well? Orsù finisca presto questo calice di vino/Come now, let’s empty this glass of wine soon Inizio a prepararmi/I’ll start getting ready Adesso fa’ silenzio/Now be silent.
When the programme opens, Yuuri skates alone. The first verse of Stay Close to Me is kept, the singer is still lonely and yearning for his lover.
Stammi vicino/Stay close to me Non te ne andare/Don’t go Ho paura di perderti/I’m afraid of losing you
Then Viktor joins him at the chorus and they both skate together. The female singer also joins in at this point. They’re skating together.
Le tue mani, le tue gambe/Your hands, your legs Le mie mani, le mie gambe/My hands, my legs I battiti del cuore/The heartbeats Si fondono tra loro/Are fusing together
Partiamo insieme/Let’s leave together Ora sono pronto/Now I’m ready
The angsty part about killing love has noticeably been cut and for good reason.
The singer is no longer lonely anymore because now he’s joined by his lover. They’re both telling each other to not leave because they’re both afraid of losing each other. They’re telling each other that no matter where they go, they’ll always be ready to go together.
And what do we have as the final scene? Yuuri has moved to Russia and probably lives with Viktor since he’s running with Makkachin.
Stay Close to Me is the song that provides the narrative for Victuuri’s romance up to this point. It’s masterfully altered to have different meanings at the start and end of the series. It showed off how they both fell in love and ultimately got together in the end, promising each other that they’ll always be together.
In the 1st and 2nd gifs, Ben and Martin are engaging with the group humour, but note how in the 2nd gif Martin checks Ben, just briefly. It’s an ‘indulgent take’ which is a term for someone looking at another purely to enjoy the other’s reaction. [We do this with people we love/are fond of. We enjoy seeing them happy] It’s very cute.
In the 3rd gif when Martin says ‘I’ll push you back..’ Ben has to blink away [clear away] a visual image. He is sooo focused on Martin and that little nod is so reverential. I suspect it was not an image of the scene Ben needed to clear from his mind.
In the 4th gif Martin has to give a fond ‘pat’ to Ben’s shoulder, Ben is in character but Martin isn’t [unusual for Martin] and he feels the need to offer contact in a positive way.
The final two hugging gifs most notable feature is in that final gif when Ben puts his hand on the back of Martin’s head. Watch it; he raises his hand from Martin’s shoulder, where it had been platonically and manly patting during the hug, and he then ‘cups’ his hand onto the back of Martin’s head. Far more intimate. It’s a reassurance of nurturing instinct and done very briefly. Martin responds with a nod and what seems to be ‘ yes, alright’. Ben then does an assertive squeeze to Martin’s shoulder in confirmation.
ok yes, so society places unfair beauty standards on men “be tall, be muscular, but not too tall not too muscular, etc.” but the fact of the matter is that when men don’t obtain those standards it’s ok! society doesn’t say “well you’re useless now” even when looking at the ugliest man society will say “well he’s smart, he’s funny, he makes a lot of money” what have you, even if those things aren’t true, ugly men are still given value and ugly women are not. so if we could please stop saying things like “well yeah, but society gives men unobtainable beauty standards too” that would be great because they are just not the same.
unattractive men retain their humanity, unattractive women do not
Sherlock tapping in Morse code onto Johns chest in the middle of the night while he thinks he’s asleep but John, who’s just barely still awake softly smiles into Sherlock’s hair that’s pressed just below his chin not letting him know that he’s feeling every single sweet nothing sherlock’s been too shy to verbalize just yet
Sherlock is curled up against John’s side, curly head tucked under John’s chin, lips brushing his shoulder. Sherlock is, of course, still awake; he’s been quiet for half an hour, but the slight tension in the muscles under John’s hand gives him away. The flat is dark and silent, the street below blissfully calm. John is dozing, just about to fall into a proper sleep when he feels a light tapping on his chest.
At first, John thinks it’s nothing–Sherlock tapping his fingers while he thinks is not uncommon–until his sleep-heavy brain manages to pick up on a pattern. Sherlock is tapping with two fingers, index and middle: index tapping quick and short, middle tapping and then pausing before continuing. Morse code, John eventually realizes, and manages to catch the tail end of whatever Sherlock is tapping now.
-l-w-a-y-s b-e-e-n y-o-u
There’s another pause, longer, and Sherlock continues tapping.
I l-o-v-e y-o-u
Sherlock must believe that John’s asleep. He’s never said the words aloud before, nor anything half as affectionate, since they stumbled into this long-overdue relationship. John deliberately keeps his breathing slow and deep, afraid that the slightest movement will give him away and make Sherlock stop.
m-y c-o-n-d-u-c-t-o-r o-f l-i-g-h-t
y-o-u k-e-e-p m-e r-i-g-h-t
John can’t help smiling into the top of Sherlock’s head. Sherlock doesn’t notice and keeps going.
y-o-u a-r-e m-o-r-e t-h-a-n I d-e-s-
Sherlock stutters to a stop mid-word. His fingers curl against his palm, slowly, regretfully, leaving his hand resting on John’s chest. John swallows, imagining the quiet, sad expression that he would see on Sherlock’s face if he lifted his own head.
John gives up the game. He shifts to wrap both arms tightly around Sherlock and dips his head to press a kiss against Sherlock’s brow. A sharp, quick intake of breath tells him Sherlock is surprised, but instead of speaking, John taps his own message against the back of Sherlock’s shoulder.
y-o-u d-e-s-e-r-v-e e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g
Sherlock is still for a long, quiet moment. Then he tucks his face into the crook of John’s neck, and John feels Sherlock’s shy smile as he finally drifts to sleep.
ACD’s Holmes and Watson were a queer couple, okay? They were closeted, but they were queer and in love and they were a couple. They held hands, they kissed, they probably exchanged vows at some point. Secret, private, whispered vows, uttered hardly above a whisper in 221B or on one of their almost silent extended rambles in the park. They’ve been in love, and they’ve been queer the entire time they have been in existence. Watson loved Holmes. Holmes loved Watson. They doted on each other, utterly.
