#((THIS IS SUCH A LONG ANSWER LMAOOO))

[ooeygooeyghoul]

"Alright, let's go, Fuzzy. I'm gonna turn you into a nice new rug for my lounge back home." Alphinaud asked if Shiun was really crazy enough to wrestle a bear bare-handed and did not expect the answer to be "Yes." Alisaie was the one who dared him to do it.

[urmultideadfandomperson]

Hey raddy and bini can you two kiss? (Just fix it)

"Oh. It's you again. Obviously, we won't be doing that, even if you fixed your sentence or whatever."

"Seriously, why the hell do ya want to make us kiss? We're just... friends. Bini knows that, too."

"Right, Bini?"

"..."

"..?"

"..."

"..."

Raddy was then hit by realization when Bini remained silent throughout the entire time, his cheeks now tinted in a light shade of pink. He knew exactly what she was thinking.

"... seriously?"

"... sorry."

"I ain't askin' for a damn apology. I just wanted to know."

"Oh, uh, yeah."

"God, you really are a weirdo."

"Thanks."

"..."

"..."

"Let's just get this over with."

Now that they face each other, the awkward tension between the Sprunkis only grew. But amidst of hesitancy, there was an underlying courage.

"So. You sure you wanna do this?"

"Y-Yeah, I think."

"You think?"

"I-I mean, yes. S-Sorry 'bout that."

"Stop apologizing for everything you do. Jeez, you're too nice for god's sake."

Raddy starts to lean in, and Bini mimics his actions. As they draw closer, they could feel their hearts beating audibly, in sync even. The red Sprunki feels a mixture of intense emotions; he couldn't explain them, but it felt nice.

Meanwhile with Bini, she can feels her hands trembling, her tail wagging in a quick pace. She had her first kiss before, but it was never this intense, this anticipating. But just like him, it was not a bad feeling.

And then...

The found their lips brushed against one another's. The can feel a sudden electrifying feeling rush in their bodies, their faces also painted pink and red respectively. Such a phenomenon was so foreign for the Sprunkis.

Bini cups his face as they kiss and Raddy holds her delicately by the torso. Never did they expect a simple kiss can bring them closer. No matter how much they choose to deny, it remains true.

And finally, they slowly separate their lips. Raddy was surprisingly more reluctant than Bini to end it all. Nonetheless, he knew they needed air to breathe.

"Hm."

"W-What?"

"We should do that some other time."

"You're not joking, are you?"

"Do you look like I am, bae?"

"No, of course not. Gosh, I love you so much."

"Yeah, yeah. Whatever. Love you too."

[soranker]

Hiiii not sure if anyone's asked this yet but any advice on how to improve on art & anatomy? I use to draw a lot wayyyy back in high school but then stopped because of life getting in the way but now I really wanted to get back into art but realized my art isn't as good as it use to be & I never really cared too much about studying anatomy so all my anatomy/proportions are really wack & I'd like to get better at it. Hope you're having a good day!!! 💞💞💞

HI!!! i dont have any formal training in anatomy nor have i really done any studies, so unfortunately i think i can only offer general advice, but hopefully you can still find it helpful! here's what i'd recommend based on my own experience...

focus on proportions BEFORE anatomy! nailing down the size/length of each body part in relation to each other will give you a good foundation before getting into the specifics of anatomy, since you can practice this with simple shapes (circles, boxes, tubes, etc.). then practice anatomy/build on top of that, rather than trying to figure them out in parallel

practice from real life observation/references (ex. figure drawing)! even if you want to draw stylized, it'll be much more helpful in the long run if you study from real life. you'll be a lot more informed in how body parts actually connect to each other or how they move. observe observe observe! take pics of yourself/watch how your body moves--you can be your own most accessible resource, and a mirror and camera can be your best friends

find a way to keep yourself motivated to practice anatomy! everyone says that you only get better with practice and time... and it's true! but i can understand that sometimes it's hard to motivate yourself. if you ask me, draw your favorite characters :) it's literally all i do HAHA. my mentality is that... if i'm drawing something that i like then the practice feels less of a chore lol

[ratatatastic]

"I gotta have you talk about Barkov a little bit... 'cuz, you know, he's your Captain but like... What should we know that we don't know about this guy? He's so quiet, he keeps a low profile—I'm sure that's by design—but he's the quietest, incredible superstar that...When Chris Pronger was working there (VP of Hockey OPs/Senior Advisor from 2017-2020), I remember he used to say to me, 'Hey, this guy is a Top 5 player in the game.' Even when nobody was even putting him in the Top 10 at that time, you know? But what makes him so great? What do you know about him now that you thought you knew before you got there?" "You know, well, everything—because I'm with you! I knew he was in the league, I knew he was a great player but playing on the other side—I'd see him play twice a year and I wouldn't watch that much and I had no appreciation for how good he was. But the answer—I'm gonna give you an answer about Barkov and it's not gonna be good enough... 'cuz I can't answer that question about him yet, I still haven't gotten to figure it out. I don't know to do it justice but he's this extreme perfect blend of absolutely no ego and an incredible drive to be better at the same time. So usually the guys that are really driven have a bit of an ego. Ego's not bad always, right? Maybe I'm using the wrong word to describe it but he will put his teammates and his—everything—first, and it won't bother him one bit! That's exactly the way he wants it! He doesn't want to be the first guy out, he doesn't want to—it's not that he doesn't want to do interviews because of the media! Talk to this guy! You walk in our room—you don't know hockey and you don't know names—you can't tell if he's the 1st forward or the 13th forward by the way he treats people. That's absolutely the truth! And the reason he's not appreciated as much as a player is: I have never, ever once seen him even remotely cheat to the offensive side of the game to score a point. He just won't do it. That doesn't mean he's sitting back defensively! He doesn't give a rat's ass about his point totals, he just wants to win. So he's never gonna put the numbers up that he could. If Barky decided he was gonna generate points—if somebody'd convince him, 'Hey, Barky! If you just cheat the game and score—we'd got a better chance of winning!' I don't know, [he'd put up] 120, 130 points? Like he is brilliant but he will never, ever put the game—you know, what? He wouldn't put himself in front of the game. The game demands certain things and you can't get past that no matter how good you are. There are certain things you got to do in this game and usually those are hard things... he'd never once put himself in front of the game." "You can't score 120 or 130 without cheating a little bit, right? It's just a real—" "Yeah, except those guys don't call it cheating! They call it anticipating. Bad players cheat, good players anticipate." "They see things before they happen, Paul! That's what happens!" "Exactly, exactly!"

The Cam & Strick Podcast | 9.24.24 (x)

[vinnyandthephenomena]

hellow . (putting a microphone up to you) any headcanons about tim wright or specific thoughts u have about him at the moment....

hai!!! .. oh geez! i will now YAP! (ramble.) buckle up. hold on tight. you will regret this. /j

.. i’ve read these before & those who say he’d be such a typical southern ‘dad’ type. i think so too. that one is quite funny but i think so too. probably would buy his menthol cigarettes & beer at the gas station. or stand on the porch and tell one it’s gonna rain.

i feel like he’d be good at cooking actually. i like to joke that he’d call hamburger helper food and enjoy ambrosia salad cuz i’m mean.

definitely has mommy issues .. but i do too so that’s okay.

i often think about PTSD he would suffer from growing up in hospital :( i’ve experienced it myself, and it would be hard to live with along with everything he went through post MH. that’s very troubling to think about! he couldn’t simply “move on,” post mh events. so i think about what it would be like for him quite often. so, id say its along the lines of C-PTSD. not to begin to psychoanalyze here .. but i do think of what his life would be like.

.. hmmm .. i feel so tragic about him in general .. but also .. hehe :3

i heart him and jay! the whole “what could’ve been.” dynamic with them .. or if they could’ve met under different circumstances? i think of it they’d ever become close once more in a different scenario? (cries.) i listen to music and think about jam alot. like, would they get along under different circumstances? hmm. it pains me to think of their relationship and what the loss would feel like. (cries more.)

ANYWAYS! sweet baby (a literal grown man.) did not deserve any of that. i also find myself relating to him, so that’s definitely a (depressing) thought. sometimes i just think about him and wish he was real. as one does.

[azaracyy]

one of my finished ych commissions. other finished artwork can be found here. the tailmon is based on the twitter meme / trend of tailmon with pikachu build

[apatheticlexicographer]

i never really considered it before; i noticed the connection but i figured we won't find out the REASON for the library's significance til s5, but. it sure is Inch Resting how the gates converge at the same exact place where will was plugged into the vines (which we have never seen happen to anyone else and i soooo need elaboration on) and DIED. and there was also the skeleton there that never got brought up again.

very fucking i n t e r e s t i n g.

i'm not sure if they're meeting there BECAUSE he died there or if he was brought there for the same reason the gates met there. either way, it's sus as hell. every time i think about any of the circumstances around will's time in the upside down i lose all my sanity.

one thing is painfully obvious: it's not a coincidence. all of the demo-creatures have been shown to be hunger-motivated, yet for some reason when the demogorgon finally finds will it??? brings him back to its nest unharmed and intubates him with a vine tendril that implants little infant demo-slugs in him??? its nest that just happens to be in the same place that the gates converge, which is also the centre of the grandfather clock when u map the shatterlines on the glass to the gates???

[also just going back to the demogorgon thing again, i feel like we as a fandom absolutely do not talk about this enough, because WHAT, AND I CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH, THE F U C K?!??!?!!

if it was the demogorgon that got him in the end, will would have gone out the same way as barb with his remains left in castle byers. imo that is the most blatant evidence that the demogorgon was not what took will (or at least that it was being controlled) because how do u even dispute it???

and the demo-slug thing... the actual possession only kicked in when the mindflayer entered will's body, but he had been experiencing the now-memories prior to that. that means they probably resulted from being physically connected to the hivemind, not from being turned into a dust puppet. and since he's retained the physical ability to sense vecna... he should also still be able to experience the now-memories??? and when/why did he stop the slug thing??? DID HE EVEN TELL ANYONE ABOUT THE SLUG THING??? I FEEL LIKE THAT'S KINDA AN IMPORTANT DETAIL SIR-]

[askainon]

"Hellooo dearest! I've been thinking about you since we met.. something about you has captivated me, and I've decided I won't be playing little games with our feelings here... I do believe I've experienced this phenomenon known as 'love at first sight' .."

[she nervously clears her throat, before attempting to compose herself again]

"This is definitely rather straightforward, but, oh the curiosity has simply been KILLING me.. do you, perhaps, feel something similar for me?"

~ ✂️🎀🥩

. . . That Was Definitely Straightforward Of You . . . I Do Find You Quite Suitable As a Partner , But If I Could Ask ... Why Me In Particular ? I'm Not Sure I Compute .

[ketchup-monthly]

It's my god given right that, pre relationship and mutual pining, jaime sees this

And goes " me next (shaking and crying and mentally kicking his feet)

[blackskorpi0n]

When you get this, list 3 facts about your favorite sim and send it to the last 3 people in your notifications! Let's get to know each other's sims! <3 (no pressure ILYSM MWAH!!)

3 facts about Nadia

Has purposely went to prison to kill a target, then escaped leaving the target dead in his cell 😁

Her signature weapon of choice is a customized, silenced Makarov pistol, expertly modified for precision and reliability

She has 2 pets, a pitbull and a black cat. Their names are Maxx and Hela

[xhanisai]

Hiii

Can you do 19, 21, and 22 for the artist ask game?

Hello!!! Of course, of course~!

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19 - Where do you find inspiration?

There are plenty of things that inspire me. Often it's music or other people's art that I come across on twitter. I also have a really good imagination so sometimes an idea just breaks its way into my head.

21 - What do you think your art style would taste like?

That's a hard one. I think maybe something fleeting and subtle like my micromillimetre line art. Maybe elderflower?

22 - Do you have a favourite colour palette to work with?

I don't really use or stick to a palette when it comes to colouring. Everything is done by feeling LMAO. At the moment, I really love using teal or electric blue.

Thank you for the ask!

[jen-with-a-pen]

If people aren't comfortable reblogging fics to their blog (which I am not, due to a personal history of being doxxed and humiliated to my irl friends and family), are comments sufficient enough engagement or would you rather that reader not engage with your work at all?

I feel like that came out sounding passive aggressive but I truly mean it as a genuine question and am just not sure how to rework it to sound less snarky! I see this discourse on and off from different fic writers and respect both opinions and think everyone should be able to curate interaction with their fics as they see fit.

Hi, anon.

I've been thinking carefully on how to respond to this. I can tell you're not trying to come off as snarky– which i say as someone who can't read tone for shit most of the time and whose own tone can come off aggressive or bitchy when I don't mean it to be.

I'm gonna address your ask as thoroughly as I can, if that's cool. Sorry if it's a long response. I'll put a cut in so I don't interrupt feeds ✂️

First, I want to pose a question to your question, which I mean genuinely with no spite whatsoever: why are you on Tumblr if you're not reblogging or don't even reblog?

As I've stated in other replies to the post I made a few weeks back, from the way I see it, Tumblr is literally built upon the foundation of sharing creations and content. There is no dead-set algorithm here like there is for Instagram or TikTok. Sharing is, quite fucking literally, caring here. We are able to form communities of all sizes because we share things. Reblogging is essential to the upkeep, and quite frankly the existence, of fandom and communities. Without sharing, our communities crumble and become ruins. We are actively seeing this as we speak: many mutuals and authors I follow are starting to quit writing due to passive, demanding consumption patterns and 0 engagement.

I know you probably know this, but I thought I'd restate it for answer's sake.

To answer the meat of your ask, I will pull from both personal experience and mutuals' experiences and input.

In my own personal opinion, if you are solely commenting on fics and are not engaging in anything else (no likes, no reblogs, etc.) then I personally think that Tumblr is not the site you should be on and, frankly, you should go sign up for AO3 if that's all you're going to do.

And I mean this earnestly. If all you want to do for engagement is commenting, then AO3 needs you because sharing does NOT affect authors nearly as much over there as it does here. In fact comments on AO3 are the literal equivalent to reblog on Tumblr: we don't get any and when we do it's like finding an oasis in a never ending desert.

Now in terms of what mutuals and other authors have said on the matter, it seems the consensus is that commenting without reblogging is a case-by-case basis. I'm going to quote a mutual of mine here:

"...if someone is commenting on my work but not reblogging… I'd say it's case by case. If it's just MY fics they aren’t reblogging, then it'd be a problem, but if they don’t reblog ANY [fics] I'd be more okay."

Another mutuals also put it this way:

"... I feel like there *is* both sides in this sense; yes comments are nice and engaging even though they aren't the preferred and most helpful way to boost writers..."

I feel like both of them put it into words where I struggled to. I will also say that I do agree with the point being that if you're not gonna reblog ANYTHING– no art, no content, no photos, no other fics, nothing– AND your profile adheres to the guidelines set forth in basic Tumblr etiquette (not looking like a bot and not a minor) then sure, comment away.

The verdict, in summary with my opinion and mutuals': it depends on your behavior and your interactions with other works and content.

I hate the word content but I couldn't think of another one.

But, my question still stands: why are you on Tumblr when you don't even participate in the basic fundamental function of this site?

I also wanted to take the time to address the other part of your ask regarding the doxxing and people finding out your identity.

It has been very widely known for (close to) two decades now that Tumblr is the place where you can have an anonymous identity. Truly. I've been on here for the collective half of the last decade and have been on the Internet for a little more than half my life, now, and Tumblr and fandom are literally the biggest and best places where you can be someone else. You can be completely anonymous.

The common denominator, however, is you.

The amount of information you have on your blog is what you choose to put on it. If you state your real name, your state and city, have one of those (imo stupid) carrd things or whatever, then honey– and I mean this in the nicest way possible, truly– that is on you. I know for a fact (from good and bad experiences) that you have all of the power in the world to annonymize yourself while still maintaining yourself on the Internet. That make sense?

A couple of mutuals made very excellent points regarding this:

"...I have a best friend irl who has Tumblr and is so close to the fandoms I'm in, and she doesn't know I write here. I am anonymous on here. I'm suprised she hasnt connected the dots because my aesthetics are the same in real life..."

"...I personally think its pretty easy to be anonymous on tumblr. Especially since usually all we ask is you have that you aren’t a minor at the top of your blog..."

"...it's really easy to be anonymous on the internet [...] you can be an ENTIRELY different person on the internet..."

From that last mutual, I'll paraphrase and go off of another point they made: the fact that you do want to participate and comment negates your ENTIRE arguement because someone– anyone– can find you and your blog through said comment(s).

Your digital footprint is what you leave behind. So if you have your city and state and grade and real name and all this other shit in your blog or carrd or whatever, then you are the only one who is responsible for having put said information out there.

Hell, I've been mutuals with some people going on 2-3 YEARS at this point and the only other things they know about me is my state, general city vicinity, my cat, and what I do for a living. That's it. And we span from early twenties to married with a kid or two.

We are in charge of what we share and I implore you– as someone with a certification in legal information technology– to please educate yourself on your Internet privacy and digital footprint. Please take the time to think about your actions and the information you have online. I STILL do this to this day, even after getting certified and being on the Internet for half my life.

I am sorry that you've gotten doxxed in the past. Truly, I am. It's a horrible act and I hope you never have to experience that again. Please know I am not being dismissive of that nor trying to blame you for said acts.

But it all comes down to you at the end of the day. In general, it's you, your actions, and the consequences of your actions. And if you happen to be a minor, then I strongly urge you to rethink your decisions and maybe step away from social media and utilize critical thinking in order to asses your situation and who you surround yourself with, both online and offline. I wish I had someone to tell me that when I was 14– fuck, even when I was 18.

And I mean it when I say AO3 might suit you more than Tumblr. If any fandom site has more capabilities to be anonymous than Tumblr itself, it's AO3.

Anyways, I think that's all I have to say for you. My DMs and ask box are always open and I am open to more commentary on the matter and related ones so long as it is civil and respectful. I refuse to stop having this conversation.

Thank you for listening ❤️

[unproduciblesmackdown]

further thoughts re: [idea behind mitb] & [winston billions]

that ofc the specific situation of mitb of even being so thrown into a seismic shift in perspective in this moment, brought on by like whoa what if actually being alone / rejected by the person who was always on my side, like winston in canon can't ever be in that position lmao like even with the continual [people turn on him] moments, nobody was ever actually on his side in the first place & people only Turn from [less of negative attention upon him] to [more]

But then pointing to like wait, one thing, the very ending: all you know about me is my name / awesome party, i'm so glad i came [cha cha cha] like assign that to winston's departure from straightforward in-office employee with the fun details of: • we don't even know his name, rare No Last Name Ever Bothered With for any recurring character, much less one who's been around for seasons. just quant things • probably only any party b/c he arranged it for himself (what arrogance, as opposed to being pointedly ignored / denied baseline acknowledgments as deserved) & • nonzero people pointedly refusing to attend b/c they hate him more than anything, as opposed to the people who do attend to express hostility & contempt as per the I'm The Ultra Cool Guy Normal Person(tm) ideal of "if i interact with / observe someone & consider them such a Lesser / Other to me & issue whatever disparaging cues, any third parties would totally recognize my superiority" uhh nnnyeThis guy, umm ohh kayyy lol. scoff sneer etc. Extremely epic yes

also shoutout to billions for both Needing to show us that "uh lol winston can't just Get to Leave" expression of contempt / vicarious power trip But also that's not enough lmfao like he really can't get to leave, casting its yugioh card of "essence of [most dangerous time in an abusive relationship? trying to leave it]" like again, You Don't Get To, then Uh Oh winston in leaving is not only acting without permission but in doing so is denying us our property! time for some assaulting & stalking & killing :) figuratively we swear but who would know what nonexistent mitb happens :)) wheee haha Hell yeah so affirmed & fulfilled in our power & superiority. wretchedly like why is this also what happens with wendy & axe at the end of s5 as axe resents wendy not acting like his property / without his permission & gets vindictive & aggressive & it's like okay well with the stalking & surveilling in the mix i'm sure wendy will now finally get to be Done. wrong! reveling in romance (dragged over glass) as wendy is sooo special that she can still just Understand & Choose Loyalty even as unideal as axe was, truly, she's powerful enough to handle axe :) unlike other bitches who'd get all hysterical & give up. selfish

also speaking of the "you have to pay attention & listen to how this guy feels for 5 minutes" like with pointed [my personal perspective & considering Just Like Real Life] i don't like, especially with canon, really have that for winston in terms of like that even if people Had to listen, which would be the only way they did b/c winston Does express how he feels at all & it gets pointedly ignored / suppressed / punished, like they wouldn't change their perspective lol. when i consider "well winston could hope they would, think they might, want & try for this" like i don't consider that it would work lol, definitely not based on canon dynamics, where Just Like The Perspective Of The Show Itself like winston can seize some opportunity & express himself "perfectly" but it wouldn't work b/c everyone's already decided to think of him as inferior & not a person & will continue choosing to do so / choosing to play into the idea of their superiority rather than letting it be threatened, much less embracing that & questioning themselves / that concept. Oops Same Essence once again when like all that's questioned about Power is that only Meritous, Truly benevolent godlike individuals ought to have it :) no problems detected when wendy is really exactly the same as prince b/c of course she'd have to be when it's just "nothing wrong with seeing people as inferior, in fact it's inevitable & necessary & good & we love it, just so long as Really superior people are correctly arranged in the hierarchy over Really inferior 'people' who i'm not really hurting or wronging or using when they bring it upon themselves & are wrong in their lesserness"

so like shoutout again to "billions is like, the song 'be more chill' in be more chill, seeing the squip as the protagonist like yes wheee yay tell jeremy everyone's right to treat him as they do & he brings it upon himself & should be dead & twist his arm however you want to get this" only i think in bmc you can interpret that the squip really does want to "redeem" jeremy by forcing him to become a different person & all & just conform to the norm & play & win the game....billions might Supposedly want that, framing wendy using & toying with other people's lives & feelings as she sees fit as Necessary, Correct, & Magnanimous, but really like oh no wendy doesn't even really "fix" people b/c welp there's still the hierarchy of ranking on everyone's Inherent unequal personhood & we can't all be the most special best person in the world like wendy but she can Redeem us a little bit if we're not the lost causes too inferior to recognize & defer to Her superiority. plus she's busy with the enrichingly complicated & important cases of: enabling someone like axe :) like billions is just into the power trip really of like "wow yeah you're correct in judging that person as inferior & bringing it upon themself" & "really" fixing someone by killing them & replacing them with an allistic person e.g. isn't actually of that much interest b/c then the power trip would, theoretically, be done with. no thanks

meanwhile perhaps some restraint for this last point brought on by Oops already verbalizing a lot but the one thing i did only just think of was like, obviously winston comparable to jeremy & the material surrounding jeremy But i was like oh hey i kind of think of the winston & tuk dynamic as glimpsed in canon & extrapolated upon thusly as respectively michael & jeremy esque & sure never framed it that way to myself lol. this duo of like the ultimate losers around but who can kind of obviously also bond / deliberately unionize over this; winston as the "well they'll treat me like this either way so i may as well do my own thing fully at least" more confident one while tuk is similar enough & it's like oh i can be not just myself but More myself with this person than maybe i even am Alone alone & we like each other & have fun & i'm encouraged &c & so on, being a bit more "ah jeez :( i do kind of try to see if i can manage to play by the rules better & maybe be killed less," & even sure have thought about the conflicts that could arise as like "yeah it's good if winston being around me can kind of insulate me & involve encouragement But Then Also downsides like, can it feel overbearing if just feeling eclipsed by winston's personality, if feeling like yeah following winston's lead helps me but what if that defines me too much / what about getting by outside that, can encouragement from that Confident Vivacious personality feel pushy?" all very much like that conflict jeremy & michael have of jeremy wanting to change things up & figure out his relationship with himself & what he can do through that a little bit more, hardly able to express that to himself much less michael, michael who doesn't know quite what's going on & but of course is also affected by how people treat him, as we did know but yknow impossible to have real serious feelings & act vivacious & cheerful, & feels supported by his relationship / dynamic w/jeremy too....wouldn't be the same b/c there's no high school scifi plot & also like, no [um frivolous teen problems are for teens only. adults don't do the bullying & popularity & insecurity &c] as has been said lol like it doesn't just Stop, but that like they Are older so probably could have an at all easier & more successful time talking through things & understanding their own feelings, but always fun to imagine some drama & conflict sure lol like even just a period of some Confusion / Mixed Feelings like ah new good friends with tuk but maybe tuk withdraws / avoids winston a bit then to try to take a breath & get perspective from a step back, maybe it can seem to winston like we're having a good time what a promising new relationship but then sudden/confusing irritation with me / some apparent rejection, an easy issue is just like as seems to be canon lol like well nobody's known winston for eons here, just met, winston's Already got the independently big personality / doing his own things mode, could be hard to warm up to that / even Understand it, especially in [hierarchy play the game kill each other it's them or you] bullying world anyway. however also tuk has ben who is also sort of relatively on the Less outwardly bold seeming side who is also there to buffer or insulate or intervene, But that can also just be [same issue parallel to jeremy/michael] lmao like does it mitigate it or exacerbate it or bit of both / varyingly, depending. do we all kiss at the same time

[histi27]

bilingual (I am Italian-Japanese Gio truther) Giovanni who also learned English VS Ghetsis who only knows English (I think he also knows Latin but that's less applicable). Ghetsis would be so peeved that he'd been 'outdone'

Japanese-Italian Giovanni >>>> But honestly I've been thinking about this and while I love the language barrier team rr content, seeing how many regions in pokemon are based on Japan (first 4 gens basically), how Alola is connected to Kanto (pretty sure there was a city in there inspired by Kanto culture), how the currency is based on yen, I believe that Japanese is the dominant language/culture in the universe rather than English.

Having said that Giovanni would still learn other languages outside of Japanese and Italian because it's just good for business. And Ghetsis knows Japanese for the same reason, but other than that he'd only know like ancient languages he needs for his historical research. So he'd still feel outdone because while knowledge of dead languages is cool for showing off it's not that useful in day to day life lmao (at least it lets him understand the modern languages somewhat but still not nearly on the conversational level). Basically jack of all trades vs guy whose knowledge is needed in specific situations (and you just know that he acts soooo full of himself whenever Gio needs his expertise).

[pinkished]

ok i have to ask (if you can pick, that is) what’s your favorite my chemical romance song(s)? and also, any favorite album/era? (feel free to just gush about mcr if you’d like lol, i’m all ears!)

aaaaah eli, hello and thank you so much for the ask beeb!!! <3 my inner emo teen is practically screaming with joy haha also i'm s o sorry, i couldn't pick just one *insert skull emoji here* favorite mcr songs: - the foundations of decay - make room!!! - ambulance - na na na - sing - planetary (GO!) - party poison - S/C/A/R/E/C/R/O/W - DESTROYA - the kids from yesterday - dead! - welcome to the black parade - house of wolves - sleep - disenchanted - helena - the ghost of you fave album for sure is danger days but the pure nostalgia and aesthetic goes to black parade for era <3 I haven't listed to them in a hot minute but we're changing that rn!! ^_^ always feel free to drop in my inbox beeb, and if you're feeling up to it i'd be hyped to know all of your faves too!! so so much love to you, this was hella fun and i'm gonna have a good time bringing their stuff back into my listening <3

[statiicstag]

The goddamn idiot has overexerted himself again. In times like this, Vox wonders if Alastor does it on purpose. To annoy him, to inconvenience him, to force him to show more of the misguided care he has allowed himself to give the other.

Or, perhaps, there are other reasons, ideas he has secretly started to toy with since after the kiss they have shared. Maybe it's an excuse to be physically close, to let Vox coddle him, to be somewhat cuddled.

They are thoughts that send his head spinning and feel him with dread at the same time. He knows how much broken hopes can hurt. He has been there with his feelings for the Radio Demon already.

Still, he just can't deny his rival while he looks so...cute...inviting...irresistible...helpless. He tells himself that it's a way to feed his pride and nothing more, but the painful reality tells a whole other story. One the Media Demon prefers not to acknowledge.

"You fuckin' love it, don't you, you lazy asshole?" He grumbles, unsure of whom he is putting up the act for. Alastor or himself. "Having me at your beck and call. One of these days, I'm going to sit and watch until you beg me for it."

He won't and he knows it, and the old prick most likely does too. In any case, the firm but gentle way in which his arms wrap around Alastor's frame, picking him up bridal style as he did the day of the battle, speaks in volumes of where the truth lies.

And while he pretends not to see it, it still doesn't stop him from holding the other Overlord closer to his chest than it's strictly necessary. Not that he would admit it, not even under torture.

"...C'mon, you ancient bastard. Time to sleep. For you, at least. I still have a shit ton of work to catch up with."

pick alastor up ( at risk of life and limb )

It, shockingly, hadn't been entirely on purpose; believe it or not he still wasn't exactly appreciative of the fact that he was at Vox's mercy, whether their relationship had recently turned considerably less . . . strained, or no. Alastor wasn't fond of being at anyone's mercy; being incapacitated for this long simply wouldn't do.

He was at the very least able to move around on his own terms now, though, yes, pushing it to his limit and far past was a common occurrence during his recovery. Which is how he found himself sitting upon the floor, back propped up against an armchair. One he'd attempted to use to bring himself to unsteady feet; unsuccessfully, clearly.

Cheek pillowed against the cushion, his eyes creak open at approaching footsteps, one ear perking up and swiveling in Vox's direction.

❝ I can't deny having you at my command is certainly a source of amusement, though if I ever begin to beg for anything you'd best check my temperature because something is terribly wrong. ❞ he replies flatly, an arm already extended skyward in anticipation of being picked up.

( Spoiled ? No, no, surely not him. Enjoying this to some degree ? Certainly not ! )

Same as Vox wouldn't admit holding him closer than necessary with a gun held to his head, Alastor would not acknowledge it nor would he be owning up to the way his head gently lolls against his shoulder to rest there.

❝ Oh, yes, I'm certain. Busy, busy man; plenty of the masses to manipulate, yes ? ❞ All things considered, it's said rather playfully, missing the vitriol his words usually contain.