the expression you’re looking for is reining in. it is NOT reigning in. it comes from horseback riding.
you REIN IN your horse when you pull on the rein to tell him to slow down.
similarly, you GIVE HIM FREE REIN when you loosen your grip on the reins and let him run as fast as he likes.
that’s where the metaphor comes from. you can rein in your evil vizier when he proposes a little too much child murder, or you can give him free rein when you need your enemies obliterated and only underhanded treachery will do. but unless he actually pulls off that nefarious coup he’s plotting, the only one reigning here is you.
what if you slept all day and woke at night, lonely and frustrated. what if you couldn’t go to social events, or even mundane public spaces like stores. what if you couldn’t see the sun. what if you couldn’t go to the pool, or the beach, or the creek. what if you couldn’t eat what everyone else is eating. what if you couldn’t eat at all. what if your basic needs came at the cost of your loved ones’ quality of life. what if you became agitated, confused, maybe even violent if your needs weren’t met. what if people blamed your behavior on demons, or worse, your own inherent evil. what if people saw you as a threat to your own community. what if the default response to your suffering was either indifference or violence. what if people thought you were better off dead, that you no longer count as human, that they’re doing you a favor by letting you disappear. what if people assumed you must somehow deserve all of this. what about that.
I want to implant Shawn and Gus into every media I watch they just have that immense power to seamlessly fit in and inevitably elevate whatever is going on. it literally wouldn’t matter it could be a post-apocalyptic wasteland and Shawn would still show up at the survivor camp wearing shades drinking from a pineapple like “wow this place is sadder than Gus’s dating life in high school” and Gus would be all “the water here isn’t even being boiled properly Shawn. I’m not staying at this camp I will not be getting dysentery I’m already fighting my sciatica flare-up” and all the people at the camp would be like “what the actual fuck” as Shawn and Gus walk off bickering into the distance and disappear
You could tell me the creators of the show wrote this dialogue and I would believe you, this is so in character it hurts, obsessed I fear
Imagine what it must be like for your first name to rhyme with your second name. Like, why would anyone do that to their child?
The only examples I can think of at the moment are fictional and sound awkward or cringe as hell: Ronald McDonald, Luke Duke, Kevin Levin, Amelia Bedelia, Georgy Porgy, Humpty Dumpty
I guess ‘Jack Black’ is pretty cool. Ha! Eat your heart out, Amelia Bedelia!
Behold a rare fluffy guest—the charming Pluton, son of Mania and Borys, from the Poznań Zoo!
Pluton is absolutely gorgeous: friendly-shaped, big-eyed kawaii, and plushy charming—like a sweet kitty straight out of a painting! 🥹
But don’t be fooled: his keepers say Pluton is spirited, temperamental, and a fierce wild fellow. He is the dread of mice and quails! In short, he is a true manul! 🔥
Pluton resides in a section of the zoo that is closed to visitors.
We are grateful to the Poznań Zoo for the unique opportunity to see and photograph this fluffy marvel to share with you! ❤️
