#( I JUST WANTED TO POST IT BEFORE I CHICKENED OUT-- )

[junipers-ghost]

Them again

[the-down-upside-finch]

OST Tag Game

In honor of this dumb meme getting way more attention than I thought it would, I decided to make a tag game out of it!

If your current WIP were a show (animated, live-action, etc.) then what songs would be played during the intro and outro/credit sequences?

My WIP, Stained Integrity, has this soundtrack in the animated series that plays in my head:

Intro: Needed a Change of Pace (Jhariah)

Outro: Flight of the Crows (Jhariah)

(Yes I know the songs are from the same album, I just love the vibes so much)

I thought this might be a fun way to share music we like, as well as share some of the vibes that we associate with our WIPs!

Tagging (with absolutely no pressure): @my-cursed-prince, @r0tting-raspb3rry, @athenswrites, @tabswrites, @da-na-hae, @amaiguri and anyone else that wants to join!

(Also this is my first time doing one of these so please be gentle with me haha)

[woolpuppet88]

Whelp incredibly niche movie time!!!

Red shoes and the seven dwarfs, if you haven’t seen it i 100% recommend it! If you saw any of the atrocious advertisements for it I promise the movie is actually so wholesome and just really wonderful!

now for actual g/t lol

Imagine after Merlin and Snow get married Merlin got cursed again (to his credit it wouldn’t be his fault it was an actual witch this time) like I’m imagining he’s out fighting a witch with the rest of the f7 like old times Yknow? And well being cursed to be a troll for a whole year and not being able to keep your skills sharp must suck when fighting a witch that’s keeping everyone else too preoccupied with minions to help you fight the main bad guy who decides to use a.. tiny.. curse (hilarious i know)

Yeah don’t worry the guys handle the witch before anything bad happens (unless your angsty, I’m not tho) i fear i do not have a good enough grasp on their characters to actually write something like this but listen you people are free to use these I’m just the idea dispenser

[alastyr-not-alastair]

Hhhungryyyyyyyyyyy

[dooxliss]

Gari Gari, my good friend Gari. Can I please please get an H3 Mr. L? 👀

(send a mario character and an expression!)

hate this guy /j

[good-beans]

(Milgram self-insert oc masterpost hehe)

Name: For the sake of posting online I’ll call her Rose!

Color: #E7355B [the pink in the art]

Age: I guess she’d be 20 given when Milgram started huh.

Status: Milgram Staff, Machine Technician

Symbols/imagery: ballet/musical theater, science experiments

Song genre: very similar to Mahiru's, something upbeat and extra pop-y

Tentatively she's number 011? She's not really prisoner but she's also not free to come and go, so I'm not actually sure if she'd get a number (Edit: I've decided she'll actually be 012. Staff is given the 01X range, and even though Es doesn't actively have a number they'd be staff member 011, making her 012.)

Story: Since the project is supposed to be realistic/present day, the mv machine would be brand new and unpredictable tech, so they’d want someone keeping up on maintenance and making sure the brain-invasive process won’t cause any harm to the prisoners. Rose was studying abroad in Japan working on some cool neuroscience tech (irl I know nothing about technology or brains but shh) and she stumbled upon some secret tech/plans from Milgram. Long story short, she was dragged into the experiment to make sure things ran smoothly.

Writer's Reasoning: She’s really fun for me to play around with, as she allows me to work with a character who has a tiny bit of pull over Es’ mindset in conversation but not the final decision (aka mirroring the voting system), and someone who is simultaneously trapped in the prison but has a reason to see all the canon content.* I really enjoy the character interactions and dynamics Milgram has set up so far, so it’s been super fun seeing how things change for better and worse when someone not quite aligned with either Milgram/the prisoners is thrown into the mix!

*As much as I love dramatic irony in fiction, it would drive me crazy if I knew every detail of of the vds/mvs but Rose didn't – and every single Milgram character is The Worst Communicator Ever so I couldn’t justify that she’d hear it secondhand from them...

Story roles:

She’s a bit conflicted -- she’s officially Milgram staff and knows she should remain neutral on the prisoners, since she won’t be allowed to interfere with the process/executions. At the same time, her job description is literally “make sure the machine doesn't hurt them and everyone's safe :)” and she's way too emotional to avoid getting hopelessly attached to everyone 😅

I really enjoy the theory that the machine extracts videos based off of priming, so one of Rose’s duties involves listening in on the interrogation and making sure there’s been enough material discussed/not too much time has passed overall (hence the ringing of the bell happening at different lengths for each vd -- That's her ringing it :3). She then watches the mvs along with Es to make sure there are no machine glitches, and know how to calibrate it better for next time.

(IEdit: I've since decided to add in official trial mvs, but before when I wasn't ready to tackle that:) She has to run some tests on the machine to make sure things are calibrated correctly, so she'd extract little things here and there. It gives me the opportunity to think up lyric snippets and recurring symbols for her without worrying about full encompassing music videos.

I'm not afraid to admit she can fall into Mary Sue territory every so often by being everyone's friend, because it's less about "aw everyone likes her" and more about "canon is too painful rn and I need a fix-it tool to take care of these guys and give them hugs and tell them someone forgives them and cares about them and unfortunately these characters wouldn't let anyone less than a friend do that." Rest assured she's definitely not perfect and will fuck everything up on occasion :3

Miscellaneous: Whenever I play around with normal au ideas she's still working on the machine (but in a public, more ethical setting), and she's Mahiru's roommate :) Her character isn't super focused on love, but if I had to pick a cover song it'd be Stickybug II. It's very much my vibe, the lyrics fit well enough (better than most songs, at least lol) and it's one of my favorites out of my limited knowledge of unchosen Deco songs! (Edit, I've actually given her non-deco cover songs hehe)

So yeah, I hope she's not too boring without a cool crime to decipher, but I wanted to share since I was really proud of her! It took a bit of tinkering to find a way to fit her into a perfect secret-third-thing role that runs very smoothly with all of canon, so I was very excited!

[mysteryninjasweaterdork]

Even on his birthday trip Ghost can't catch a break akasgahwadua

(don't ask me how long those bones took me it was both too long and not long enough)

[bobendsneyder64]

Yesterday I came back from my first ever holiday on my own. Today I spent the whole day relaxing and only doing laundry as I traveled almost all day yesterday. I had a lovely time, it was great to be able to decide what I wanted to do on my own and then doing it or deciding to do something totally different. I really enjoyed it, it felt really freeing. It also was a bit lonely sometimes, especially when I would be the only one on my own. Like when I ate breakfast at my hotel and was surrounded by couples, friends and family. Or when I went out for lunch or dinner on my own. Also the fact that you can't share it and talk about it with other people. I spammed my family with pictures just to feel like that for a bit. But the positive things did really outshine the negative ones. Who knows, I might do this again and travel farther or longer. But this was a great start!

[respectthepetty]

TW for a bad man who does bad shit and possible spoilers

This is Midnight Motel's Sun

Sun is, well, he is... I'll let Mote explain

Basically, Sun is a bad man

Like a really bad man

But sometimes he smiles

And it makes him even worse

Because he seems to really enjoy being a bad man

I'm sure he's going to die before all of this is over

But, and this is a big but (Sir Mix-a-Lot style big but), what if we fixed him?

Wild thought, I know, but he was trying to protect Kat, which turned toxic and evolved into possession because he was terrified she would leave him like everyone else has. His mother was also physically and emotionally abusive to him, so he doesn't trust women and must use them first before they use him. He is bad NOW, but with some therapy, water, and a good hug, he could be better.

Or, we could do that?

Fucking him does seem more manageable based on his likely upcoming death

But IF he doesn't die in the finale, I have a bottle of Topo Chico and two warm arms waiting for him.

And then we could find a couple's therapist.

[clochanamarch]

" THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS. " - Sherlock, Jimmy, Sebastian, and Carmo lmaoooo (or any number of them that feels right to you never any pressure ♥)

send in " THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS. " and i'll answer the following questions in relation to aisling and your muse! ( ACCEPTING! )

( listen i went for all of them bc god won't let me do things in moderation, also ur muses are all too excellent to be ignored! )

SHERLOCK:

would she trust your muse to look after her children? so she would trust him in terms of keeping them alive but she's seen the inside of his fridge and she just decides that somehow the task of babysitting the kids is smth that needs sherlock to be with john. that said, the kids are all super excited to have sherlock looking after them!!! it's just that aisling worries that it's not something sherlock would appreciate!

would she name a dish in the diner after your muse? she would! (i'm so sorry, the best one i've come up with in the years of our friendship is the sher-lox holmes bagel--)

would she specifically introduce your muse to stanley and richard? she absolutely would, and stanley immediately decides that he's gonna have to find ways of sneakily adopting him bc "hey now u can't be going into your little mind castle without a good meal" and richard's just relieved to find someone to help him with his lifelong goal of solving the NYT crossword puzzle.

does she trust your muse enough to tell them about her past? i think sherlock would've figured a lot of it out long before the time came for her to decide to tell him, but she does eventually reveal what happened after seeing how he operates for so long. it's not even about solving the past, she knows what happened, she just wants him to understand her when it comes to certain things that might cause her to act strangely.

would she tell her children and the squad to trust your muse in an emergency? oh without a doubt!

would she give your muse a copy of the key to the apartment? yeah, but more specifically she also gives him the key to her closet so he can access files if she goes missing!

would she negotiate your muse's safety with the company (and would they grant that request)? she does negotiate it but the company already knows not to go after him bc they have no interest in getting involved with a man who has redefined thinking outside of the box in high intensity stressful situations.

would she tell your muse about the company? no, but i like to think that he's aware enough of their existence that she only omits her involvement with them, like he probably knows a lot about them already but she's content to play naive and not tell him how she knows them!

would she take your muse to ireland? sherlock is way too smart for it to stop him from finding out the truth, but she wouldn't volunteer to bring him there, even if it was to another county! she finds excuses not to go when he has business on the island, bc if she were to join him it would be a sort of catalyst in him finding out about her past.

would she tell your muse about eoin? i think she'd tell him a tiny bit! like "i was engaged once. he's gone now." but not actually clarifying how he died or what her involvement was. and it's just because sherlock is that brilliant that he'd figure out everything in the blink of an eye, yk? but if he ever brought it up more specifically, she'd come clean and probably give him some time and space to figure out if he wants to remain associated with her or if he'd rather cut ties.

JIMMY

would she trust your muse to look after her children? she would! and she also has the enthusiastic support of the kids to confirm that decision for her.

would she name a dish in the diner after your muse? she would! but it's a work in progress bc i gotta do some research and give him something better than the sherlox holmes bagel--

would she specifically introduce your muse to stanley and richard? she does but i love the idea that they already knew him from the bar! like she makes a big deal of introducing him to them over dinner and they're just thrilled that jimmy and aisling are becoming a thing bc they're some of their favorite people, yk?? stanley and richard shipped it long before any of us even KNEW--

does she trust your muse enough to tell them about her past? i think that in this case it's more like her relationship with jimmy is a special sacred space where her past isn't really given the room to unfold itself for him to see. so she doesn't tell him, not from lack of trust, but because she doesn't want to ruin what they have with the darkness of her history!

would she tell her children and the squad to trust your muse in an emergency? she absolutely would, but the context is slightly changed in that she would encourage them to hide in the bar until the coast was clear as opposed to putting him in a position of having to risk his safety. so it's more like "you can trust him to shelter you, he's never gonna betray you, but let's keep his hands clean."

would she give your muse a copy of the key to the apartment? she does! he's got it with a keychain with a selfie of them in the frame.

would she negotiate your muse's safety with the company (and would they grant that request)? she definitely warns them not to go near him, but it's only when they actually mention him in conversation, and even then he has a solid reputation in the local community so they're like. we're not going to physically harm him in any way bc it would come back around and hurt us in the long run if we did, but we're not taking him off our watchlist.

would she tell your muse about the company? only when she realizes they're keeping an eye on him, and she's very clear about who and what they are, but she's reluctant to explain how exactly it is that she's this knowledgeable of their existence and principles.

would she take your muse to ireland? sheeeee would! but not to the county she comes from, she'd bring him to galway or limerick, but not clare, just because her locals would give him a hearty helping of information on aisling and her past and the legacy she left behind her in ireland. the risk is a lot lower in the neighboring counties without the locals having a significantly different accent to her own.

would she tell your muse about eoin? after a very long time, and the same limited version of events that she shares with sherlock, but one day stanley tells him the full story after a date at the beach goes wrong and she can't bring herself to explain why she's reacting in the panicked way that she is.

SEBASTIAN

would she trust your muse to look after her children? she does, and the kids spend the first five babysitting experiences just figuring him out in their own unique ways. advik refuses to trust him until he learns his top five favorite animals and assigns him an animal reflective of his persona!

would she name a dish in the diner after your muse? the bashed burger is a fast and fond favorite, and the profits are all waiting for him in the thickest enveloped the diner has ever bore witness to. (it's a smashed burger but nobody will ever call it that, it's always the bashed burger--)

would she specifically introduce your muse to stanley and richard? she does, like she doesn't intend for it to happen when it does, but she does introduce him, and after a little warming-up they both agree that they trust him, particularly after seeing how aisling and the kids are around him.

does she trust your muse enough to tell them about her past? lbr he knows a significant chunk of it already, but after a while she does reveal what happened after they were separated and how those events are impacting the present and future for herself and ultimately him as well!

would she tell her children and the squad to trust your muse in an emergency? she would, but even if she hasn't, they know full well that they can rely on him in an emergency. i like to think that he proves himself in small and inconspicuous ways that add up to them agreeing that he's a good guy to trust when shit hits the fan. plus aisling knows he has the training to support their collective survival in a bad situation.

would she give your muse a copy of the key to the apartment? she would, but she presents it to him in a casual way so as not to scare him off, like "hey, you should have this. you know. just in case." bc she's not about to frighten him off just when they've finally been reunited!

would she negotiate your muse's safety with the company (and would they grant that request)? i feel like they reach out to her the second they connect the dots between his sudden presence in the diner and his connection to aisling, but it's less about threatening to hurt him and more about sizing up exactly how much of a threat he's about to become. like she definitely negotiates on his behalf, but they're not about to piss him off first!

would she tell your muse about the company? she would, and she does, and it's very much because of the fact that they're siblings and that the company already have a naturally invested interest in him. the idea that he might benefit from knowing about them and that he might accidentally fall into a trap by NOT knowing is enough to compel her to tell him.

would she take your muse to ireland? yes, but largely because it's a shared trauma and a shared legacy. she can't really shield him from a place that already dealt the damage to both of them.

would she tell your muse about eoin? this is one discussion that she actively refuses to tell him about, because he knows so much already and that vulnerability isn't smth she's prepared to expose herself to. BUT! i feel like he's gonna find out through the trip to ireland or through stanley and richard in extreme situations.

[vivalasthedas]

hmmm

does this seem neutrally polite enough? I want it to be clear I really don't think it's intentional, that I'm not trying to be condescending, that it's up to them what they do with this info, but that if they're unaware of this they should probably take a second to do a google and make a decision for themselves

'This looks awesome! Just wanted to let you know, as I don't know how common knowledge this is, so I'm super sorry if you were already aware and don't intend to acknowledge it (totally cool!), but chonky lace ups - like these and along the line of docs irl - are often associated with the lace code. A way to sort of signify a belief or political stance. White laces is for white supremacists, and red are neonazis. Again, to be really clear, Im not saying you need to change any of these! I don't know if anyone will care, or notice in the context of the game, but I thought it was worth saying in case you weren't aware and if it were something you'd want to know!'

[seventh-district]

it’s finally getting cold enough that i can bring my cardigan collection back into rotation without feeling like i’m gonna melt into a puddle the second i step outside!!!

[cupcake-bee-boy]

I really want to make a family tree of Limited Life. I have an idea for a family AU or something along those lines. Lots of bio family and found family mixed together. Putting it under a cut because my ideas for everyone and how they fit into the family gets a wee bit long (and also maybe complicated. idk at this point of my thought process is fully understandable or not)

So, I start with the Clock family, obviously. Cleo Clock, their sons Scar and BDubs Clock. Then the absent father, Etho Clock. He lives with his roommates who are like brothers to him (Tango, Impulse, and Skizzle). I’m debating whether I should make them actual brothers, or maybe just some of them idk, but anyway.

Martyn is Cleo’s cousin. They had a rough relationship in the past, where he wanted to be close with his family and she wasn’t impressed. However, she introduced him to the man he later married, Scott (all of that is taking inspo from Double Life). So he’s newlyweds with Scott, we’ll have to see how that turns out. But he also has three grown sons who all live together. The oldest and middle, Jimmy and Grian, are from the same mom. And the youngest he actually adopted, Joel, although they all get along really well. However, the boys did start a fight with the Clock family across the street. Which did not make things easier on their dad at all. Also also, Martyn, still on his quest to connect with his cousin, is excited about being an uncle to her kids. Especially since he met Etho and crashed at his house for a little bit right before the marriage, so he feels extra connected to the situation.

Now, about his sons. The “mansion” they live in is the top floor of a shady apartment building/wannabe frat house. They aren’t exactly model citizens, though they don’t do anything too dangerous. More like typical dumb, reckless guys in their early twenties. Honestly, Jimmy is more just going along with his brothers because he feels like they’re the only one who “gets” him. He was always bullied in high school, and his brothers were the only ones who had his back. Despite also constantly teasing him about the same stuff, he knows they meant it out of love. And also, even though they’re younger, and always would stick up for him and fight whenever they heard of him getting mistreated. So he sticks by them, even when he knows they’re being stupid and reckless, because brothers got each other’s backs.

Last two to go. Pearl and Big B are the neighbors (obviously). Two college students who are roommates because they’re broke and the other one seems friendly. They have chatted a lot with Cleo and met her sons, as well as everyone else in the neighborhood. Big B knows Cleo from the past, and they’re not on the friendliest terms. I haven’t decided what he’s done in this AU yet, but he feels bad about it while also thinking they should move on. He did what he had to, it was nothing against her. Anyhow, the two college students want to get closer to the messed up family. They know they seem nosy, and maybe they are, but both agree they want to be connected to the community and this is a great way to start (also, okay, sue them. there’s a lot of drama in this family and they live for watching it. Nobody’s perfect)

So yeah. That’s my idea so far. I still want to draw it out and also come up with more ideas. I’d love to know if anyone else is interested in this/has ideas.

[nomaishuttle]

the way i balance staying true to my tumblrina nature while also having a job and bills and rent is that at work while cleaning a room ill think of something id like to post and then repeat it over and over in my head and refine it until it sounds right and then i either post it as soon as i get a second to Or i forget it bc i think of anew post to make. and they always get 0 notes but its ok

[krockat]

hey. Hey. person reading this right now. if you already feel bad about this, or are aware of this, and you for example have intrusive thoughts about dirt and stuff - don't feel so bad about this.

and i think the implication that 'everyone should feel after touching any public surface like they've touched dog poo'

and by extension that that should feel poison and by perhaps extension even perhaps Should make you feel dread, and perhaps even feel like a bad or shameful person for it?

i think, we should probably walk that back a little. i think it easily comes across as that, and could be triggering people's anxieties about this, in an unfair way.

absolutely - cleaning your hands good and keeping good hygiene is good, but the feeling bad about it part? you do not need to feel bad or anxious or dread about it during or about it.

you also do not have to Make yourself feel so bad about it.

and if you read this and realize maybe you haven't taken your hand hygiene seriously enough, you can always change and improve.

and that it will be okay. change, good change, can always start today. there are also many good handwashing tutorials that came into (re) creation after covid hit 2020.

also, for context - because I do not mean to be rude to op or previous commenter, i am specifically writing this as a person who has intrusive thoughts and dirt phobia, but am recovering,

and I just feel like this post has great points and perspectives that I don't often see shared - that I want to reblog! and also wanted to talk about that perhaps moral ocd/dirt ocd triggery thing, and not let that pass without that commentary.

and that also as a person with intrusive thoughts and dirt phobia, that YES oh my gosh THANK you,

it really is so scary sometimes and isolating how people do not even consider these things with hygiene, and I've also talked to people about it but they still don't see the point!

i know my fears and concerns about dirt are not Just irrational - and I feel like people often dismiss my knowledge about dirt and hygiene Because I have these diagnoses.

And i Guess it's easy to ignore my concerns and pleas if they can dismiss me because of them.

Washing my hands as I come home?? a given. also washing my hands before I touch my cat!

cats can also get covid (last I heard, that was mid early hit of the pandemic hitting though, science might have found more) and so like i do Not want to mess around - not for me Or for him!

also I've known so many people who don't wash their hands after using the bathroom.

tw for below: REALLY nasty hand hygiene

i had a parent (i disowned them) that used to sometimes skip out on washing his hands after he shat.

like I could hear him shitting and could also hear him flushing, not turning on the washbin, and immediately exiting the bathroom.

i tried to tell the rest of my family members and others but they just didn't believe me.

also if you touch your genitals (including dicks) or underwear in the bathroom, or touch the toilet, or the toilet roll that has been used, You should wash your hands! It's Not Cleannn

I Do Not get people who do not get that. at all.

in the vein of "how do you stay safe from getting sick", I wanna say that something I always noticed as a kid was that a lot of the time when I went to people's houses and we would leave at some point to the mall or the park or something and then come back home…I don't remember any of them washing their hands when we got back inside. they'd just immediately lead me back to their room or the living room or something, and then I'd feel incredibly self-conscious about going to their bathroom to wash my own hands. and I always thought it was absolutely bizarre because the way I was raised, the first thing you do when you come back home after taking your shoes and jacket off is go wash your hands. it's common sense. why on planet earth would you not wash your hands. you've just been touching a hundred public surfaces that could have anything on them and you think as soon as you set foot in your own house all the germs you've picked up just evaporate? it's absolutely insane to me to know that so many people don't bother washing their hands. WASH YOUR HANDS.