#AH WAIT JUST IN CASE

[southern--downpour]

WIRED

[turtleblogatlast]

One of the biggest things that makes me see Leo as trans is absolutely the size of his carapace in comparison to his brothers’.

And I’m not talking about height! I’m specifically looking at his shell here, because when you compare him to the others, particularly Donnie who is nearly the same height as Leo, it’s very clear that Leo’s carapace is much longer in proportion to the rest of his body.

Like - standing side by side, even though Donnie is shorter his carapace ends noticeably higher up than Leo’s does. And I like this not only because it really helps push the idea that Leo could very likely be trans (or intersex!), but it’s also just a fun design difference between them.

(It also lends way to future scenarios of Donnie eventually getting taller than Leo, but sitting down still has Leo being the taller one haha.)

[twinklecupcake]

There's a post about American tourists not bothering to learn the language of the country they visit versus at least making an attempt, and I don't wanna derail it because it's not a tourist story but I remembered two incidents from when I worked retail.

Once, I was ringing someone up, and I was supposed to ask "Do you want help putting it in the car?" I did, and the customer stared blankly before saying slowly "I don't speak English. Español." I blanked for a second, but I do remember some words from high school, so after a bit of pause I pointed out to the cars and asked "Ayudar?"

I remember her expression just lit up suddenly, and she shook her head and said no. I added "Sorry. Mi Español... mal. Muy mal. Habla poquito." The lady laughed, reached over the register to pat my hand, and said "No. Good. Good." And for the rest of our encounter, she would tell me the Spanish word for whatever I was ringing up.

Years later, at another store, I was ringing up a couple and their teenage son. The couple spoke Spanish, and they wanted cigarettes. But I couldn't understand what one they wanted.

I said "No habla. Poquito. Perdon..." and pointed at the box behind me. "Roja?"

They helped me figure out what they wanted based on the color (They wanted the gray box. I said "I don't know 'gray.' Perdon."

Of course then it turned out the teenager spoke English the whole time, he'd just not said a word until I was finishing up their purchase (his parents looked happier) and he just said "'Gray' is gris. Also you're saying the formal 'sorry,' you wanna say 'lo siento.'"

When I told these stories years later, I mentioned how both times they looked happier after I spoke. My friend told me "Yeah, they were happy because you were making an effort."

[ask-the-totally-real-peppino]

Ovd mhzjpuhapun. Aopunz zbylsf zllt av il ahrpun h abyu dpao aol spaasl vul. Dl hdhpa fvby lhnly ylzwvuzl, klhylza “Pep”. Hz fvb ohcl Uhtlk fvbyzlsm.

Ho, dhpa h tvtlua, Fvb hyl uva opt. Hyl fvb? Uv thaaly, dl hyl zbyl vby tlzzhnl pz yljlpclk lpaoly dhf.

[Amusement, curiosity]

-Dark Anon

Peppino: "Is this thing busted...? I guess Pep did-a find it in the garbage..."

Gustavo: "Maybe Theodore could look at it! He's pretty good with gadgets."

Peppino: "Ugh, like I'd-a willingly go to him! He'd hold it over me for the rest of time!"

Gustavo: "Aw, c'mon, Peppino! Y'know, he's much more tolerable out of costume. And if this is broken, wouldn't you want it fixed for Pep and our new friends?"

Peppino: "Ugh, fine... I'll at least talk to Hazel tomorrow morning. If anyone can convince him not to be a little shit, it's her."

[thedeadthree]

thinking thoughts thinking thoughts thinking thoughts th—

what if irulanne was from the same clan as m*erril but raised a city elf since she was found in that crypt

what if she’s from the al*erion on her moms side and a l*avellan on her dads

what if lhysas father (an assassin just like his daughter lhysaa <33) had allies in his days as an assassin a pariah of his family

what if he wasn’t the only one that was betrayed when a thing went topsy turvy (will be getting to how that went down eventually !!!!!)

what if lhysas father moved on from lúthien the mother of the inky and her brother (she sort of went *poof* for reasons of her own that golly i need to write all of this down jdnxgcg i mean tungle post is a good place to start dnbxgxg)

what if unbeknownst to irulanne her and lhys and feanorian are half sibs what if her mother gave birth to iru and hid her in the crypt what if they found her and thought her to not have magic at first so she was raised by the elder of the alienage. (her mother was likely to have passed on as well poor iru 🥀🥲)

what if they kept an eye anyway knowing the bloodline she hailed from (lonans line lhysa and feanorians line has a STORY if there ever was one i will yell about it soon prommy !!!!!) and low and behold none too long later her magic manifested what if they waited a while more until she built her network of little creatures she reanimated that relayed her things and gaggle of friends what if she had a kingdom of her own and she refused

what if she was thrown under a bloody ritual to wipe her memories so that all she knew was the sisters a sort of sect of necromancers within the mourners that had their own ideas and machinations and saw her as their heir of sorts??

what if it was like she was to be some sort of lich queen…thing(?) ruling the living and the dead from the necropolis and that it went topsy turvy (to irulannes benefit ubeknownst to her at the time!!) when the thing happened and that whole her having a mage heir to rule was merely a side thing that if it happened cool but the main goal was the lich queen thing.

what if feanorian was in the area for a reason or another (maybe i can think of that with emms episode !!) he’s looking for the rook on behalf of lhysa who has her ex to thwart/save and a demigod daughter to raise etc etc (things i am planning to yell about later oo there’s so much to yell about with lhysa but this is a iru lore essay <3)

what if the prodigy to gifted kid burnout between lucanne (heir to bloodline etc etc luca and child of nothing destined to inherit everything irulanne) made me insane <3

[bcneheaded]

artemis officially has..... another new patron... (side muse) his name is Loomy and he was once a kids imaginary friend (he thinks. tbh he cant remember exactly what he was at first if he was anything but this is fine) tldr we have yet another pet for the shop--

[moeblob]

I kinda maybe put a lot of my OC plot tag lines on a Wheel and gave it a spin so outta 79 options, it landed on "Cellphone Justice" which is... these two.

Matthew "Skittles" Mouse and Daisy Eddington

Partners in justice (of sorts). They're basically vigilantes and their orders are simply text messages. They don't really know who their bosses are but they do as they are told.

Skittles is a very mediocre guy. Doesn't stand out. The most color he has in his wardrobe is blue jeans. He's amazingly asexual and has zero interest in romance regardless of intimacy and yet he gets partnered with Daisy. The gayest lady he has ever met. Great start. She enjoys calling him fun little nicknames but seeing as they're monitored closely (via cell phones/technology) she is scolded and told to pick a single one. So she does. She dubs him Skittles. The candy as gay as her.

The one thing they have in common is their number one weakness: cute girls.

Daisy turns into a stuttering MESS of a human being. A disaster. At the mere sight of a cute girl. Skittles on the other hand is TERRIFIED of them. When asked, he simply blames his life growing up. Daisy doesn't really push the matter just thinks it's a little weird to be scared of every single cute girl (no offense to the not being afraid of her taken).

[dimiclaudeblaigan]

nah but like

they're "seiros lapdogs" because they're fighting back against the people who attacked them completely unprovoked??? also because it so happens that thales is at garreg mach so they have to go there to reclaim the area to defeat him???

i just hate this because it's just perpetuating things about faerghus and its people that just aren't true. it frames it like they jumped into the war willingly for the church and that they're only here for the church. like nah buddy, it's not faerghus' fault you're out here fighting to protect thales and ludwig.

it also is batshit to me how he and leopold are fighting to stop faerghus from advancing but like... they know what's happening to the empire and that edelgard isn't even calling the shots anymore, yet they still stupidly fight for the very person who is literally razing their country and burning their villages. they know the empire is in shambles and that the kingdom isn't targeting them and is specifically aiming for gm to get it back from who? thales; who, mind, at this point is in his real form and not posing as arundel anymore. everything is laid out plainly, but they still act like faerghus is the bad guy.

but yeah, okay. faerghus BaD for defending themselves, fighting back, finding out who is behind all the puppeteering and heading to take him out. sure, that makes them seiros lapdogs. like what are you, an agarthan mouthpiece??? may as well be like yeah you go retreat and leave you agarthan lapdog. if they don't realize it's Someone Else in charge of course, then ludwig lapdog works fine too.

and it sucks because other than this shit, i like waldemar just fine as a character. it's just like, it feels like they forced someone to have to stick in that final faerghus BaD insult before the grand finale so they just randomly picked someone to remind us that faerghus is Always Wrong as long as they continue to fight back and prevent being attacked in the future.

waldemar here is just basically ag caspar. fighting and risking his life for thales, who is destroying the empire and basically holding the emperor hostage. if the writing here had any decent plot points, they would've all stopped and have been like hey wait, shouldn't we be fighting to get our emperor back? why are we stopping these guys from killing the people who are destroying this country?

and like, they literally went from siding with ludwig during the insurrection to siding with edelgard in this timeline to... jumping immediately back to ludwig as soon as he was at the top of the food chain (thales notwithstanding). as soon as the person in charge changes, they jump ship immediately; then of course get mad that the people they attacked are coming after them... and fighting them as they defend the very people who are letting adrestia become a literal, physical ruin.

it really just tells me that these people don't care about adrestia itself, but status, power and wealth. they don't care about the country itself as long as they're doing well. that's like, the only thing i can get from still fighting with/for ludwig/thales. the fact that they just fight for ludwig again as soon as edelgard is out of commission is also pretty gross to me. they have no loyalty at all.

and it's like, i want to like waldermar and leopold, but they come across as just selfish, entitled and only there for their own asses to be covered. and i get that - that is a realistic take on politicians, but the fact that the game regularly loops back around to faerghus BaD despite that and despite portraying these people as opportunistically selfish is like... what are they even trying to write??

[skitskatdacat63]

I'm sry to keep going on abt this but "Donald is someone that you got to have a lot of respect for in many ways." is haunting me so badly.

"Someone you have to respect" um no???? No you do not!! I do not want to see people defending him saying that he was put in an uncomfortable position w that question. He could've said literally anything else other than what he did. And using his first name is crazy to me 😭 like bruh wdym first name basis. I'd even rather he say Mr. Trump or something. Also McLaren's defense pisses me off as well. They basically implied they were forced into having him as their guest, idk man, just say no thanks??? If you're so non-political, just tell the FIA that you dont want any politican in your garage. But no you're spineless. It's "we don't want f1 to be political" only when it's things like blm and pride, wow.

Also. I hate it bcs now I see maga people using pics of Trump w mclaren and with drivers, and they use this to say, omg they support him!! Not to mention Trump calling them "friends" on twt 😭😭

[skruttet]

GUTSY ANIMATIONS’ ‘MOOMINVALLEY’ SECURES SEASON 4 GREENLIGHT, VIAPLAY JOINS AS COPRODUCTION PARTNER

"Produced by Gutsy Animations, Moominvalley is based on the beloved Moomin stories by Finnish-Swedish author and artist Tove Jansson. Season four is set to launch in late 2024 and will be directed by Nigel Davies (“Shaun the Sheep”), who has worked on previous seasons of Moominvalley and will take the title of Series Director for the new installment.

Journey into the magical world of Moominvalley, an idyllic place where the Moomins live in harmony with nature. The series is a whimsical coming-of-age story of family and friendship, and in the fourth season, the 13 new episodes will be full of unexpected, dangerous and hilarious adventures, each inspired by the importance of taking care of the environment and finding a more sustainable way of living.

Season four will culminate in a thrilling ending as the beautiful valley faces its greatest threat yet – inspired by one of the most famous storylines within the original Moomin books, a comet speeds towards Moominvalley and nobody knows what to do. Only the kindness, acceptance and unique sense of humour of the beloved Moomins can save the day."

[on-a-sunbeam]

So please correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think Alias ever really talked about how awful the whole doubling process would be? Like, the actual process itself would probably be pretty painful, sure, but remember going through puberty and having your body adjust to all that? Except this time your entire DNA is being changed. But not your brain, apparently. (WHICH, while I'm rambling, according to this report, you 100% can identify different brains from each other. In Alias, however, they say you can only tell if someone's a double through their eyes, which means that the person's actual brain is also changed, so I guess Alias just casually tried to tell us that souls or something of that ilk do, in fact, exist, and then never mentioned that again)

Which puts us in a very unique position! Because your brain's shape is now different, it's literal dna is different, and that does affect you as a person, except no?? It doesn't effect the doubles? As far as we see they're the same person. Ignoring the way more fun option of this does effect the doubles and maybe they start to show traits that the original had which would've been SO much fun but whatever, let's just say that your brain shape/makeup doesn't matter. Everything you do, everything that makes you you comes from something else. Your soul, your spirit, Rambaldi controlling you like a video game character, whatever.

This would make being a double really, really suck. Because your consciousness just got poured into this new body, essentially, which means that you have ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA HOW TO USE IT. The proportions are just wrong, first of all. Maybe the original's legs are a little longer. Now you have to walk up a flight of stairs, and not only are their legs longer, maybe they're a little thicker. Maybe they have a bad knee that you never knew about. Maybe they work out a lot and their legs are way stronger than yours were. Even if you guys were exactly the same height and lived exactly the same way, you would still have fundamentally different legs.

But for the sake of argument let's give them the benefit of the doubt and say okay, so maybe you still have your soul/consciousness/whatever, but that just contains your memory and personality and what not. All of the physical aspects are controlled by your brain, which should be suited to your body either way because that's how the process works. (Disclaimer: I am not a scientist and have no idea what I'm talking about) Okay, fine. That's fair. Except...even if your brain can move your legs perfectly, wouldn't it still be terrifying to remember that this isn't how they normally move? Your body might be perfectly functional, but your mind still wouldn't be used to functioning it.

(And this is all very sudden, too! I mentioned puberty earlier, but that is something that a) still takes place in your own body, with your own brain. It's hormones changing, not DNA. And b) might come faster for some people, but you know, generally takes a little longer than a couple-hour long surgery)

Also if we were to go that route, what would happen if the original person say, had some mental condition? That's a brain thing, not a soul thing. Your physical brain is now the same as theirs, so would you inherit that too?

In conclusion: local idiot rambles about how Allison should've misjudged a step and fallen down a flight of stairs and gotten adhd from Francie.

[wich]

no but like yuuji is so right; my de would be a train station too

[crestedpalls]

omw to watch kim hyeyoon on sudden meeting after an emotionally draining day

[aromanticasterisms]

literally cyno and cyrus family moments are killing me. they are so...

[ro-bug]

the art discord server i’m in has announced another group challenge, and this time we’re doing dragon age inspired tarot cards with our ocs

and at first i wasn’t even gonna participate, but after looking up meanings behind some of them now I kinda want to make a whole deck with my bugs lmao - it’s a neat way of sneaking some spoilers right in your face >:D

[which-waychip]

did i really not buy an ephemeral timepiece during notn. exploding everything forever