#A Heart and Brain Collection

[quirkycatsfatstacks]

Review: Heart and Brain: Onward to Good Things!

The Awkward Yeti Presents: Heart and Brain: Onward to Good Things!: A Heart and Brain CollectionAuthor/Artist: Nick SelukPublisher: Andrews McMeel PublishingReleased: May 2, 2023Received: NetGalley Book Summary: It’s the return of Heart and Brain! Okay, not really a return, as they haven’t gone anywhere. But it is the latest installment of their graphic novel collection. Onward to Good Things!…

[starcatchingsnake]

There is no greater feeling than realizing you missed ao3 being down and now you don't have to sit in agony waiting for our brave warriors to fix our beloved site.

I was helping my bestie clean her house today, blissfully unaware of the tears and bloodshed happening on ao3 and hellsite...

What a wonderful day, where I can just read my bedtime stories without any horrible error screens.

[ar-mage-ddon]

my roommate is a little weird

[usergayeddie]

the peanut gallery™

[trolithfoxyflint]

Vincent gets used to [Halloween Town] in small increments. Here, he blends into the environment so well that residents are surprised to find him a newcomer.

…

He speaks with the Werewolf, avoids the awe-struck vampires and listens to the band in the evening, perching on the light pole to overlook the sprawling township.

-Smoke and Mirrors Keep Us Waitin' On A Miracle by Gothams_Only_Wolf (@bamfcoyotetango ) on Ao3

I’ve been rereading some of my older Ao3 bookmarks and idk what possessed me, but I had to draw something for this one lmaooo

[kaahmbem]

[scribefindegil]

Obsessed with the POV choice in Imperial Radch as well, both because Leckie does some really wild stuff with how expansive the strict first-person is able to become due to the worldbuilding and who her narrator is, and because it's SO entangled with the central thematic concepts of identity. In the first book flashbacks when the narrator is still a warship, "I" can encompass so many things, and sometimes explicitly refers to different facets in the narration--is "I" Justice of Toren, or One Esk, or a specific segment, or Breq narrating from twenty years in the future? "I" isn't simple, isn't unified, and while this is most literal and obvious with Breq/One Esk/Justice of Toren and Anaander Mianaai's split factions it's true constantly throughout the work at every level of scope. Individual characters struggle with internal conflicts and hit their breaking points--what is it that makes someone decide they have to disobey orders and make a stand or they won't be themself anymore? How do you know who you are if you've been forcibly changed (Tisarwat) or if the world you knew has moved on and become unrecognizable (Seivarden)? How does a character on a colonized world navigate the split identity that comes from the pressure to assimilate to the dominant culture? And then there's the Radch writ large, all the Radchaai so deeply invested in the idea that there is only one true concept of Radchaai society, of civilization, but of course there isn't! It changes based on location and over time, and Breq muses that the Radchaai empire would be largely unrecognizable to the isolated sphere of the Radch itself. In these books, even if you aren't the last remnant of a destroyed spaceship and its legion of bodies, "I" is such a complicated concept and the narrative never lets you forget it.

[r0zzk1ll]

"this man, is weird.. CRAZY weird.." "he was always very bright.."

[pekodayz]

idk i guess I gave one squeak. im not putting myself thru this anymore (will)

[akkivee]

from kaigen to terminus, i feel like that’s one crazy switch up on kuukou’s part lol

[kwoojii]

OMG AEPRYL HIIIIII 💕 What’s their height? What’s their fav food? Their fav colour? Do they specialize in speed, magic or power?

SORRY FOR THE LATE REPLYYYY!! I was thinking about how best to reply this. I hope my handwriting is legible LMAO.

Aepyrl (khux) has a heart of gold and is extremely observant. So their intellect and strategy is pretty good. That is about it. Their strength is average, magic and speed even less so. Social skills are basically nonexistent. It's hard to say they specialize in anything, but they're trying their best. By the Keyblade war, they at least defend themselves long enough to barely survive.

On the flip side, I imagine Aepryl (khml) has the physical skills of a honed warrior. It's basically muscle memory that was never utilized in their first life (lmao rip khux aepryl). So when Aepryl (khml) picks up a keyblade for the first time, everyone (including themselves) is really thrown off. However, their technique and strategy is technically sloppy since Scala raid and teamwork systems are different (headcanon). Their luck is also not very good. They run into trouble without meaning to. Big victim to the first couple pranks and scams. What use is maxed strength when you accidentally k'o your teammate instead? Good going Aepryl!

anyway thank you for asking EEE

[jellyfishvibes]

The urge i have to buy the kh ultimania and get it rebound to look like jiminy's journal

[sincerely-sofie]

hey sofie look at my cool heartgold team

I have no words, only screams. And also a question.

Did Bugsy just... destroy you? Body and soul? Half of these people take at least double bug-type damage. If a weedle mean-mugs Celebi a little too hard she's going to turn into dust. How did you survive? What horrors have you seen? What atrocities have you committed?

BRB googling how to start a challenge run of a pokemon game with this as my team.

[interstellarsystem]

When a fictional character has that big of an impact on you that you literally steal their name.

[stick-by-me]

Metallic super chicks!

[jelliebeanbitch]

I CAN DO THIS!!!! I CAN LEARN TO BE A THEATER DESIGNER!!!! YES I AM JUST STARTING OUT AND DOING THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME!!!! THATS CUZ IT IS A TRADE AND YOU LEARN A TRADE BY PRACTICING!!!!! SO I AM GOING TO PRACTICE DAMMIT!!!!