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This would be the pinnacle of my OC Synth going: "GodDAMN I love humanity!"

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Omg it's him, it's wifeguy!

I called my brother a wifeguy and he was like “what’s that” so I told it’s a man who’s obsessed with his wife, and there was a pause as he went through all 5 stages of grief in about 20 seconds, and then said, “well what do other people do??”

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“Oh my god you’re a writer? Can I read your stuff?”

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old man

quick little doodle. maybe someday ill make something more presentable

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this scene is so fucking funny the english dub of this show is so good

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I love this analysis because it reminds me of why I paired him with my OC Synth. She's stronger than him, will argue with him when he's being stupid and call him out on his bs.

It's why I loved their relationship so much because they helped each other in ways they both needed. Her someone to be with and be welcomed, him someone to stand with (woof that's a pun unintended) on semi equal footing that he can depend or lean on.

So hell yeah for this observation.

I have an opinion about Holly Kujo and I’m a little scared cause I dont know the Jojo fandom enough to come in with what I think is a hot take.

I’ve noticed that, in fanworks, a lot of people portray Holly as tougher than she is in the show. And it makes sense, cause the idea of her being so weak-willed that she couldn’t handle a stand when even baby Shizuka could manifest one is kinda bs and a testament to Araki not being very confident with writing women at the time (thank GOD he got better though, so, so much better).

But. What always gets me is when her relationship with Jotaro is written to be a little more standard, still loving but with the child having a healthy fear of their mom’s anger- unlike what we see in Stardust, with him constantly being a brat, calling her “bitch” and her shrugging it off with an “Okay!”. And also him getting himself thrown into jail while she still can’t bring herself to get mad, just upset. And that’s a very fun play on them too, but I just worry that people who default to this dynamic for Jojo and Holly might not see how the canon characterization of their relationship is interesting in its own right.

Because even tho Holly being a doormat is a creative choice born from Araki pussying out of giving her a stand, it doesn’t change the fact that once he made that choice he gave it great importance. I think the fact that Holly’s idea of supporting her son is just accepting everything he does without any anger, is central to their relationship. It’s how, despite having a mother who loves him unconditionally, Jotaro is still a very troubled teen and emotionally withdrawn. Though it’s easy to blame it on Sadao’s implied absence, or troubles in school, we don’t have a lot of textual evidence for that.

But kids who are raised without at least some semblance of discipline and structure typically stop seeing their parents as authorities, and most importantly, protectors. A more textually-backed explanation for why Jotaro is always acting tough and independent is because he doesn’t have any adults in his life who he would trust to help him. He loves his mom, he traveled the world to save her life, but while doing that he saw himself as her protector, not the other way around, not the way it typically should be.

Think about, for example, how the adult he mouths off to the least in his life is probably Avdol. And I think part of that is because Avdol walked into that police station, took one look at Jotaro, and instantly clocked everything I just said. Because while Holly and Joseph tried to to get him out with simple words (and for Holly, tears), Avdol was there to force him out. And at first Jotaro says, “If he tries to force me out, I’ll just stay here even longer”, but Avdol doesn’t give him choice. And he doesn’t really overpowering him (if he had, I dont think he’d have gotten the same positive result, I am not pro setting troubled teens on fucking fire) but he outsmarts Jotaro and doesn’t quit the fight until his goal is achieved. He stays in control of his emotions when talking to him, and proves himself to be someone strong and assertive. So later, on the trip to Cairo, Jotaro is more willing to rely on him than he is to rely on his own grandpa. (+, it’s a similar thing with Kakyoin, who he trusts almost more than anyone else, because he saw Kakyoin’s will and power first-hand when they met, and left with the lesson that Kak is someone he can rely on to protect of both himself and Jotaro. Someone with strong convictions, but most importantly, willing and capable of clashing with Jotaro if necessary.)

All this to fucking say. In a world in which Jotaro was raised to fear his parent’s reprimands (and I don’t mean fear to an unhealthy amount, an abusive amount), he would act very differently than he does in the show, and his relationships to other characters would probably look very different. Holly’s personality and parenting might seem like it was an afterthought to Araki, but I think he truly did take great care in making it consistent with her son’s character. She is a very loving mom, who is very loved in return, but what I think a lot of people perceive as a flaw in her writing is actually just a flaw in her character, with narrative weight and interesting consequences. And I’m not sure how many people are really aware of that.

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Let me tell you a story. It goes like this: my father is the worst man alive, and i am his favourite daughter

— on fathers, mirrors, and unwanted inheritances.

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Enjoy a little splat doodle :)

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i dont consider myself a 'fashion guru' by any means but one thing i will say is guys you dont need to know the specific brand an item you like is - you need to know what the item is called. very rarely does a brand matter, but knowing that pair of pants is called 'cargo' vs 'boot cut' or the names of dress styles is going to help you find clothes you like WAAAYYYY faster than brand shopping

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Alternate Timelines- To blue, or not to blue

So I've been writing Warcraft fics lately, mostly drabbles and such. Today, when going into old Shadowlands raids for transmog, I came across THIS when entering the sepulcher of the first ones and IMMEDIATELY was like: I need to write this- hold my keyboard.

So (as a heads up) I'm working on an AU fic of Arthas Menethil with an ancient OC of mine named Scillea Dawnseeker (Rightworn originally but after 10+ years I wanted to spruce up some things) So a lot of things won't make sense, but this ones supposed to be a funny haha snippet.

There is supposed to be a scene of the canon universe meeting the AU, and seeing blue uther again made me lose my mind and spew this up:

Uther stood there trying to maintain composure as his other half talked. Arthas could see that he was struggling, given how the corners of his eyes were creased in that 'just smile and wave' kinda way. It was a familiar look Arthas knew well.

It was usually pointed at him right before a deep conversation was about to happen about morals and 'being just.'

The Lich King shifted slightly, leaning over a bit to the shorter 'mortal' and whispered: "You okay?"

Uther side-eyed him with exasperation but not out of anger for the question. He leaned toward Arthas and said, "Why am I blue?"

Oof. Arthas grimaced and gave his teacher an apologetic look. "I have no idea. This other timeline is..." he rolled his hand to gesture vaguely before an idea struck him. "Do you remember that drug that was being carteleded in the undercity when I was 18?" Uther raised an eyebrow at him but nodded. "Yeah, this whole place reminds me of that. Just-"

"Sheer hallucinations of grandeur while self mutilating yourself on a high that could kill a horse?"

"Yeah," Arthas nodded, "That."

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Don't make me tap the sign.

Bro absolutely got obliterated by the sword soul wise and made into a meat sock puppet.

I've been seeing some hot takes on r/warcraftlore lately and I'm not impressed. I know i don't know everything about wow, lotta timeline stuff Im not 100% accurate on an what not. But I can guarantee you, that sword cursed af.

is anyone on r/warcraftlore aware of warcraft lore

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Don't know how I feel about Chromie manipulating the timelines to fuel her shipping habits.

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Don't know how I feel about Chromie manipulating the timelines to fuel her shipping habits.

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arthas

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“Babe are going to bed? How did you get under there???”

“Mreh!” >:(

“Oh, I’m sorry! G’night!”

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