#*ramble ramble ramble*

[bitter-hibiscus]

the thing about Bruce Wayne is that he loves a lot and he loves forever but also his love isn't actually worth anything. if Bruce loved you once, he's never not going to. but also that makes no real difference in your life because his love is defined by inaction

idk I'm just thinking about how like. Jason is very desperate to be loved forever and so strongly it smothers him. and Bruce fits that bill. he does. but Bruce doesn't know how to love and he doesn't want to learn, so Jason will always be tossed aside for the sake of something more important, and it'll kill Bruce on the inside to do that, but he will still do it

[notdailynoco]

what if noco was yuri….. thoughts.. 👀👀

day 68: yuri

[gorehoundhammett]

this is what I mean by filled out.

from Seoul 2006.

[green-static]

So you downloaded the hottest dating app in hell, Vinder, but all you see is this weird fucking tv holding a shark thing??? You had to deal with enough assholes holding fish on earth too, WTF?!?

[connorboyyy]

Thinking about deviant Connor looking in the mirror and seeing nothing more than a man-made appliance—just a case full of wires. Even his blood nothing more than a component to the machine.

And thinking about Hank’s gentle reminders that follow. Hell, I’m just a sack of veins and blood, just like you. Different stuff, but same design.

It’s the mind that counts, he says, tapping Connor on the LED still spinning yellow. All my emotions are just signals from my brain. Just like yours.

Hank could go on to say that Connor doesn’t have to be human. He can be this new, intelligent species that’s utterly separate. That his advanced intellect probably leads to more intense signals. Intensified emotions, quicker thinking, stronger body…

But he doesn’t. That’s not what Connor wants to hear yet. Connor just wants to feel real. While he holds Connor in his arms and feels very human-like tension in the body he’s cradling, he just smiles at that simple task at hand.

They can just focus on accomplishing that first.

[illicien]

At D&D today one of the other players wound up questioning me about how I feel about Stony and about Stucky, literally while I'm wearing one of my Zemo shirts.

Me: ... I mean........ personally I write WinterBaron.

Her whole face scrunched up like "isn't Bucky problematic enough???"

Ma'am you come into my house to slander Bucky like this???

Anyway it was all perfectly chill but I sat there for a very long moment while she was showing off her Stucky shirt like... I am going to have to work on fic again, because I am not letting this stand. I will make things more problematic on purpose.

I'm glad you enjoy the ships you enjoy, I'm not here to trash talk them. I believe we all deserve to space to enjoy whatever aspects of fiction we like.

I simply happen to like the complicated and fascinating dynamic between a character whose only power against a physically super powered individual is his words - and somehow he is successful. This man could crush Zemo's neck in a second, and he doesn't despite the provocation. It's interesting as hell to me.

It's intriguing to see Bucky navigating the space between having spent so long being controlled, and learning to claw back control even in the face of someone who's willing to play with elements of that control, even without the power to truly back them up. It's neat as hell to explore what drives Zemo to treat Bucky differently than he treats other super soldiers, and what made Zemo decide that Bucky "got to live" / was an exception. What drives a man with such a strong code to make that kind of exception?

WHAT DID YOU SAY TO ZEMO, SAM???

[there-are-no-angels]

i feel like there is a specific design philosophy that only applies to total drama characters that grew up on a farm. like. look.

the way the boys have spiky hair but round body language, while the girls are entirely round, that face shape, the freckles, the colors?? i feel like they could all be cousins

[matchlessmagus]

Stick with me on my crazy thoughts that 1610!Peter accidentally caused the Spiderverse? [This Post] God forbid that Peter really was the OG and the collider caused the others. He sounds so tired until he meets Miles. There's this really, really small glimmer of hope. The other Spiders coming to 1610 world. Their pull there was, Spiderperson, yes, but...

Peter's thoughts: > I thought I was the only one. > I can help you. > If you stick around, I can show you the ropes

Then these Spiders get here and they all sort-of want to help Miles. I mean, ultimately they discount him and decide to take over to get home... But like... What if it's not that Miles is an anomaly because some silly Spider didn't bite the 'right person'. He's an anomaly because he's from the "first timeline". He didn't come from any... Peter strain? Our boy got ripped of his mentor and every other "mentor" after was... Well, you know he had to do his own thing in the end.

[babykittenteach]

Since we're talking cancellations, and seemingly are cursed to forever be, I wanna note it's especially dumb and uncool that the most passionate kind of fans are probably the slowest to hop on a new thing, and that streaming's impatience means those fans never get a chance.

Because most people in Fandom aren't like my mom. She'll watch whatever new thing comes out as it's airing/however long it takes to finish the season that dropped, and then she's done and on to the next thing. She enjoyed it or didn't, but unless something really pisses her off or provides her with a joke she can reference, she's not thinking about it much for long after.

Fannishness is a whole damn emotional commitment. It means you might not be trying new shows when they come out because you're still in thrall to feelings about something else, and it means when something goes Wrong with media that you're invested in --cancellation, terrible writing, creator being an irl asshole, queerbaiting, etc.-- you're genuinely hurt and can wind up with trust issues about new things. "Yeah that show looks good, but is it going to get cancelled?" "Oh I heard about it but is it actually gay or are people exaggerating?" type thinking. And the way people get over that when we're stuck in it isn't usually going to be a social media ad. It's going to be word of mouth. A friend tried it first and told you it'd be good, or someone you follow tried it and now you're getting swamped in retweets/reblogs/discord messages about it. They have vetted the show for you. Someone can vouch for it and now you feel a little safer to try it, and you see how emotionally invested they got and want to give those emotions a go for yourself.

It's inherently slower than an ad campaign. It takes rounds and rounds of people actually watching the show --and however long that viewing takes-- and then passing on that confidence, and in that time the window for renewal numbers might pass.

But what's a fan supposed to do? Getting your heart broken time and time again isn't really conducive to just hopping on the next thing as soon as it's out. The wariness isn't irrational. We keep getting hurt one way or another. Why trust the next thing?

[bitter-hibiscus]

Thinking about how much shame Hal must be feeling right now, having to live in the Watchtower because he's homeless and unemployed otherwise. Thinking about him walking those halls and wondering just how much money was put into this unbelievable structure, how he's never going to see that much money again in his life and how said money came from people he's supposed to see himself as equal to instead of lower than

[changingplumbob]

So I got an email...

Excuse me? You're going to try get me to add it to my cart without telling me what the discount even is?

@ethicaltreatmentofcowplants have you got one of these? You might be one of the few people I know who doesn't have the pack and I'm wondering if it's a regional thing since they hiked our price...

[luckyspacerabbit]

also not to get emotional about a 13 year old game. but it is berry interesting to think about a paragon shepard who is used to doing “whats right” and has always been treated like a good guy, suddenly finding themselves needing to justify everything they do to the outside world in me2. Like not only do you have to wrangle with your own morals but the eyes that once saw you as a hero look at you with suspicion, fear, distrust. and you cant even blame them. how does that change how you see yourself

[gorehoundhammett]

The entirety of Metallica has Kirk bound and gagged somewhere so he doesn’t get on Twitter and remind us of his blood feud with the American government.

[green-static]

I don’t think I’ve posted much of my au here, but here ya go!

Mabel and Dipper!

[violentdelightsandviolentends]

sorry i’ve been quiet here lately. i’ve been working nonstop and this fuckass job is making me miserable <3 also i’m going insane because we haven’t had any summer weather and I literally need sunshine to survive

no time to rest, let alone write. but fear not, I have one (1 whole) day off coming up so hopefully i’ll get to writing a little then.

might do some more of your blurb requests, they’re short and sweet. if you’re waiting on a chapter update of something, i’m afraid i’m going to make you wait a little longer. sorry!!

I feel like so many people are in a slump at the moment. if you are, you’re not alone, i’m right there with you. if you ever want to send me an ask/slide into my inbox and just have a chat, ask questions, tell me about your days (especially if something good happened!) please do. love you

sorry for complaining!! I know you don’t come here for negativity. my apologies. not trying to kill the vibe <3