#And they're genuinely such nice and cool guys too like there's just nothing not to love. They never fell off and never will. In my eyes

[mellotronmkll]

Sorry I'm actually gonna talk about TMBG again sorry I literally want to stop posting and talking about them but I physically cant sorry I have autism. But I just finished listening to all of their studio albums in order again and something I realized is that I really do like every single one of their albums which is actually so rare for a band that's been making music for 40 years straight like the worst thing I can say about my least favorite album of theirs is that I only Really really love about 3 or 4 tracks and then the rest I feel ambivalent is about and there's 2 songs I always skip. That's pretty good considering some of my other favorite bands have albums I wont touch with a 10 foot pole (sorry genesis) like they've just been so consistently good. They had kind of a dark period quality wise from like 1999 to 2006 I think but the stuff from within that is not that bad it's just not great. Then they went back to making great music just great in a different way from their early stuff. But it's okay. And they're so insanely prolific but every short little song they write is so delightful to me almost every time. And like the album they released in 2021 is so damn good. I had kind of gotten sick of them around that time and never listened to it until this year I fully admit. Because when they brought back dial a song and stuff I got overwhelmed but anyways like they really still are just so themselves and making such good music. And they're still So fun to see live. And I can't believe I'm actually still really excited for the new album they hinted they will be releasing this year.. its like wow my lifelong love for them just continues and I hope it never ends. I hope they live forever

[bigfan-fanfic]

Iphicles (Male!Reader x Percy Jackson PLATONIC)

Big brother!reader x Percy Jackson PLATIONIC Just headcanons of him protecting and helping and just genuinely being a good brother please 🥹

tw angst, mentions of emotional and physical domestic abuse, injury

NOTE: I was thinking of making this a series and continuing it through to Last Olympian. This one doesn't have as much Percy x big brother interaction, but think of it as a setup. Let me know if you want more!

Did you know Heracles had a brother?

While Heracles was the son of Zeus and Alcmene, Alcmene had a husband already - Amphitryon, a mortal man. So there were two babies in the crib - the child of a god and the child of a mortal.

This child was named Iphicles. And while he was never as strong as his brother, he was a powerful warrior in his own right, and accompanied his brother on his quest.

You think about this myth a lot.

You're about four when you meet Poseidon. He went by Yuri then, and it was only later you found out it was short for one of his other names, Eurykreion, which meant wide-ruling.

Yuri loves your mom, you know that. But it's hard, that year, when they get close, and you start to get attached to this guy who might be a father figure to you, and he vanishes.

Leaving your mom pregnant, and you with nothing.

Nothing but a brother with a weird name.

You're ten when Mom meets Gabe. Gabe seems kinda cool at first. He lets you ride in the front seat of his Camaro when he takes you to school, teaches you how to open his beer bottles on the corner of a table (oh what a red flag that turned out to be), and he takes an interest in you, when most of your life since Percy has been about the really weird stuff that starts to happen around him.

You remember screaming when you saw that snake in Percy's crib.

You're pretty sure that that lady who tried to take Percy from his stroller wasn't just wearing a funky coat, and actually had wings.

Or that bus driver with the one eye.

Mom freaks out you bring home a book about Greek myths from the library. She bans you from showing it to Percy.

And that's when it kinda clicks. These monsters you read about... they're part of the world, but they fit in differently. They're not robbers on the dangerous roads between Athens and Thebes, they're mattress salesmen and reclusive sculptors, and kindly old women on the bus, and teachers that constantly demean your little brother for his dyslexia.

Like, you're ten, and MOM can barely even say dyslexia, so how could your six year old little brother figure it out?

And then Gabe shows his true colors. All the little warning signs that could be forgiven from a nice guy start to balloon to almost comic proportions.

You've been a good big brother to Percy. Yeah, it's your job to take care of him, but you love him too. He's tiny and adorable and afraid of everything, and you just wanna show him that things can be good. Like the blue food your mom makes, or the little moments you can make for him that aren't weird or worrying.

But then Gabe tears your little brother away. Percy gets sent off to boarding school after boarding school. For six long years, the only time you see your brother is during the summer, or when he gets expelled.

Part of you wonders if he feels that same sibling bond, if he wants to leave his fancy schools to get back to you.

Gabe's a shit. Way more when the little kid isn't around, and as you get older, he gets bolder, more willing to get nasty the less you look like a baby.

You try not to get bitter, but it sucks so much, living like this. Your mom works soul-crushing hours at that candy store, and her mean boss says you can't just hang out there after school anymore cause you'll distract her.

You wander New York as long as you can after school rather than be alone with Gabe.

And the one time you tried to talk to a counselor at school, she perked up oddly and mentioned your little brother Perseus (how did she even know?) and her eyes changed color and you ran as fast as you could.

You feel angry at the world. At Gabe. At your mother, for letting your brother get sent away, for doing nothing when Gabe yelled at you for no reason, for all the little things, and at yourself for blaming her, for being powerless yourself, for barely recognizing Percy when he gets home, for almost hoping he gets expelled soon so he can reunite with you sooner.

You've had suspicions since you were nine. You turn sixteen and you scream at the Harlem River, daring Poseidon to fight you.

And for any other mortal, he wouldn't show up, but a hand lands on your shoulder and you turn to punch Yuri in the gut.

Your hand breaks, but he pulls a starfish out of his pocket and plasters it over your hand and you can feel the bones mending, and you both sit and talk.

The gods are real.

And they suck.

Your mom refused his offer of a palace under the sea, and you can't decide whether to hate her for it or hate Poseidon for dating your mom when he's already married and he knew he couldn't stay.

He's never been there for Percy. Never been there for your mom. Never been there for you.

Gabe hits her, does he know that? How long until he starts hitting you? Hitting Percy?

How long before the dwindling light goes out?

You hate him so much, you growl, but he hugs you and all the fight leaves, like the tide finally setting back out.

You are not his son, but in that moment you are of the sea, and he understands you.

You are the son of Sally Jackson, the brother of Perseus, and you will be the Earthshaker where the Earthshaker himself cannot tread.

It doesn't change anything, but when Poseidon finally says it, finally says "I am sorry," it moves you. There is someone out there that can see and acknowledge your suffering. Poseidon has lost countless children, was eaten by his own father, betrayed by his brothers. He has witnessed the entire breadth of humanity, and yet in this moment, a god apologizes for the woes of a mortal.

You are sixteen when you meet a god.

He will not be the last.

Poseidon kisses your forehead, drenching you in seafoam as he vanishes, and you feel reborn.

You are worn smooth by waves, hardened by salty brine, and you bide your time, even bringing yourself to smile at Gabe when you get home. You make the bean dip so Mom can rest when she gets home, and you smirk when Gabe is visibly shaken by your confidence.

You wait, because like Poseidon said, Percy is getting older, and things may come to pass. He will need a guardian, a guide.

There is a place for children of the gods, like him.

Camp Half-Blood.

[studentinpursuitofclouds]

Hi, how about oblivious farmer? Like half the town is in love with them and they give them hints they don't see. The farmer treats them as good friends and says they want to be friends with them forever lol. It would also be nice to see them compete with each other a bit (Especially Alex vs Sam, because I like them the most. But my character probably won't get involved with anyone because I'm a little afraid of them having kids. Of course I like kids and would be nice having children, but I just i heard that in sdv they are creepy and people turn them into birds, i'm a bit worried…so story almost taken out of my character's life in stardew valley). Sorry for writing so much and have a nice day

Thank you so much for your ask, dear anon!

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Oh Yoba, bless the heart of the oblivious Farmer. And bless the patience of all the bachelors and bachelorettes who are trying their best to make almost obvious hints to win the interest of the young and chaotic Farmer of the whole Valley. But the real chaos began when word got out that Farmer so-and-so didn't mind dating both guys and ladies. That is, the bachelors began their competition for the Farmer's heart, not realizing that the bachelorettes were also determined to win the Farmer for themselves. Moreover, each was for himself, and one individual has to have as many as 11 potential competitors.

Some left the "game" as soon as it started, not believing that they would have any chance (Penny, Shane, Maru and Sebastian), some began to show "aggressive" friendship to Farmer, almost sticking to them like a faithful dog that would bark and cackle at the sight of outsiders (Alex, Abigail Sam), while others did not employ any tactics, considering sincerity and friendship to be the key to winning hearts (Harvey and Emily). Some decided to go for the sly, and with the help of not too damaging friendship and mental health gossip cleverly push the competitors away from Farmer and win themselves over (Haley). And it also happens that some people were so caught up in the battle for young Farmer's heart that they didn't notice how they fell in love with each other (Elliott/Leah).

The married and adult residents of the Valley looked on in total shock. Someone, namely the parents of some of the bachelors (those same Jodi, Robin and Caroline) also tried to hint to Farmer that their son/daughter really liked them. Someone (Lewis) tried to talk sense into the love-crazed youngsters by nagging them to stop their "loving advances". The children (Jas, Vincent, and Leo) looked on with incomprehension, believing it was "just another grown-up fad" that they, alas, could not yet comprehend. How the others (Marnie, Willy, and Gus) laughed heartily at the whole thing, and how George grumbled at home because all that "love cacophony" kept him from watching TV. Also laughing heartily, the old adventurers (Marlon and Gil) genuinely didn't understand how their young Guild member could calculate sophisticated tactics against dangerous monsters, but can't figure out when someone is flirting with them (they even made a bet who would win, just for fun). Rasmodius shook his head and asked the Farmer if they had knocked over the love potion.

What's funny is that in the end the Farmer's choice fell on Krobus. Because they're a sweet, kind, cool monster, and they smell like licorice. Who would have thought that happiness can be found in stinking sewer drains. Although, given that diamonds or gold ore are found in some garbage cans of the residents of Stardew Valley, there is nothing to be surprised at all...

PS: Also yeah, you're right. Sometime, children in this game looks like a nightmare fuel 😅 And the fact than you can rid of them by turning them into pigeon... Oy vey.

[doodlyreone]

Smiling Friends at Pony Town Memories ADVENCHA!!!

Part III

An experimental bit to compensate for my always delayed screenshottter phone and archiving ponytown instances to doodles. I roleplay as Charlie and these are the highlights of my interactions with a Pim kinner @mellowvisions .

Although I haven't taken drugs, I felt like I am high in these conversations, it's just one shower thought after the other. This is the last bunch for today and it feels right it ends this way.

Hours pass and it's really coming along greatly. There's this awesome dude was nearby and like wow I can't take off my eyes on him like get this – he has more beard than any Santa Claus I've encountered in any mall. Like all natural beard. He let us touch it and it feels like an ancient artifact. It looks so cool and I'm considering about growing out a beard myself.

(Charlie and Pim having beards just makes them looking more akin to their voice actors bwhahshck. I really saw bright orange shirt with blue accent and white bandana having pony and I was like "IS THAT A DRAGONBALL CHARACTER?" I-)

Turns out the guy just got released out of prison and got the prison bar glitch 50 years ago. It is rumored around here in the local area with how bad the police are in their jobs that the prison cells are so tired of being empty, it just teleports in people, regardless of they're innocent or guilty. I don't really believe it, like I just think it's the police but it might as well happen here. I hand out the Smiling Friends building address to the guy by writing on his palm. Oh, the pen was from Pim, he always had some just in case we need to write on something and that pays off.

(I just love like trying to make sense of the show and its lore. Like as a charity that wishes to help people lift spirits, I wouldn't question like the building having a facilities to cater to those who are homeless or like neglected by society – have you noticed their building is beside an asylum. I improv that theres a public showers available and I wanna imagine they hand out free food too.

Uhh also referencing what happened to the background character in the Who Violently Murdered Simon S. Salty? ep like dude just walks out the theatre and be lookin confused when he's behind prison bars the next scene release him he did nothing wrong)

It's pretty uneventful after that. Pim and I discuss what just happened.

( I really like Charlie's front face in the Charlie Pim And Bill Vs. The Alien episode it reminds me of Captain Underpants somehow oml. Also, the disjointed phrases is mostly to blame with Ponytown chat limited-words-of-pop-up-at-time but it feels right since it emulates like Charlie and Pim sometimes cutting each other off it's brilliant)

What I heard is groundbreaking, earth shattering, reality tilting notion. I genuinely thought I'm just imagining the heart swelling chime because it feels nice but- but no Pim is actually hearing it too. Had the clients heard it as well? Is there someone tailing us behind waiting to play that chime when we'vedone our job? But no that can't be right cuz there's the constant decibel and tune and like we would have notice it and like no matter where we are, it's the same thing, as if it's not in the room for it to change its aural texture but instead like- like a sound bite overlayed on top of a show. I-I think I might actually puke from this, oh my God.

(SMILING FRIENDS IS INCOMPLETE WITHOUT EXISTENTIALISM BWHAHAHAHA. The genuine distress they're under after becoming too self aware oml. It translates to what if 4D dimension exists and we are just tv show for them kind of bit. Also I kept the misspellings and missing words cuz it adds character and funny - the sequel.)

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[isa-ghost]

what about Philza and social situations headcanons? (Parties, meeting strangers, that sort of thing)

Smh this is just Irish Goodbye bait /j

qPhil headcanons masterlist

Okay yeah obligatory Irish Goodbye mention. There's so many islanders and he gets distracted so easily, if he says goodbye to everyone he's gonna get stuck in 600 more conversations and he'll never leave the Whatever he's at when he intends to.

Also obligatory: He will genuinely enjoy the gathering to its fullest but he will still be on high alert. He cares for every single islander no matter how infrequently he sees them, which means while he's still immersed in the get-together, he remains vigilant to ensure nothing can harm anyone, ESPECIALLY when there are eggs present. The banquet with the fake eggs really reinforced this.

The above is why, especially while everyone is just bantering before the real event begins, Phil will perch up high on and off and just observe everyone chatting. He's on the lookout, making sure no one is vanishing inexplicably or worse, being taken. Keeping mobs and other threats away when necessary.

When encountering strangers, he plays it cool, he's very kind and engaged. But he is observing the shit out of the person. Analyzing them, their body language, forming an impression of their Normal, their Default state, so in the future he can tell when they're off.

Hilariously his memory is ass sometimes so it takes A Few "first" impressions for him to really ingrain in his brain how a person generally is.

Once he determines your vibes check out and you're a neat person, he's ride or die. No man left behind when it's Us vs The Feds in his eyes. You need something? He's got you unless you'd rather do it yourself.

When it's not an islander though... He'll put on a nice face, he'll stay civil if they're civil first. But truthfully, he is Not interested in the stranger whatsoever, ESPECIALLY if it's a new Fed worker. Then he's straight up suspicious. It takes a lot longer to determine whether or not they're a threat, if they're worth being bothered about, or if it's fine to live and let live.

The capybaras are excluded in the above though, he fucking loves those funky guys he wants to see them more often. He loves that they're so invested in helping him get cool pictures and stuff.

He LOVES new islanders. It's fun to watch the initial impressions, seeing who bonds with who most, joining them in picking their place to set up home, and checking in in the future to see how their new abode is coming along and how they're settling in. Honestly? It's partially that Hardcore Historian brain, he loves discovering what's been built in his absence.

When he's stressed, a lot of the above goes out the window, or becomes inconsistent at least. He's no longer observant for protection, he's observant out of fear; especially for himself. He perches almost always, or never stays in one spot for too long. He gets tunnel visioned. He really doesn't want to socialize at all. He dislikes being caught not in his best shape and he can get very paranoid and self conscious about it.

Btw he sometimes has the social awareness of a fucking grape so like. If you have an issue with him, please say so. Please communicate. He's a birdbrain boy in a birdbrain world ok. Tunnel vision and ADHD go brr.

Sometimes he socializes with birds the same way he does people. Just whole ass short conversations. Usually when he's bored and lonely.

He's down to socialize literally any time. The one time he probably Doesn't want to be bothered, at least not very often or for long, is when he's Eggza doing task grinding or resource gathering.

He hates being out of the loop of things because he has no idea what to do or say when a crisis arises, which makes him feel kinda useless, and that SUCKS when the person(s) impacted are particularly close to him. But at the same time, he has so much going on already at any given time and he Always prioritizes safety (esp of the kids) over anything else, so if there isn't an immediate threat or emergency, he'll stay out of it and just let people come to him about the thing if they deem it necessary. He's not the U.S, he doesn't feel the need to insert himself into every going on on the island. Especially potentially dangerous ones, getting involved if he doesn't have to be is just inviting harm and stress. He's not everyone's dad or guardian or whatever, he doesn't have to rush to aid everyone in their time of need. He'll offer it if relevant and he'll of course come rushing if asked, but generally speaking, he minds his business if he's not roped into it in some way and then hope that someone will fill him in well enough in the future. Fit's usually got his back.

You are Not getting his ass out and about at night, at least not unless you're just inviting him to your base. Especially with the kids. You're just not. Way too dangerous, shit always goes awry.

[rappaccini]

arcane act ii

controversial opinion: oh this isn't good its just pretty to look at

ok yeah the time jump is not good. so many important things happen that we're only catching the tail end of.

speeding past the adoption of jinx as a symbol. speeding past the firelights realizing ekko is missing. jinx goes from suicidal and self serving to Joan of Arc in one week. ?????

the sequences with different animation styles were cool... would prefer more character work. (why is this giving me what-btsv-will-look-like vibes? why does it feel like that's what they'll do-- jam in a ton of pretty-looking scenes while failing to wrap up all their loose ends and relying on fanservice to get emotional moments)

ambessa having no real strong reaction to mel being missing... no that doesn't work.

mel being stuck in the shadow realm... good on her for not being fridged yet but look idk wtf is going on there. secret lineage plotline included. if we got one hint of her being connected to any of this in s1 i coulda dug it but it truly reads like the writers threw her this out of nowhere plotline bc they didn't know what to do with her after deciding she'd survive the blast. i'm at the point where i'm like. maybe she should have died bc literally nothing would change except a slight amount of political maneuvering.

jayce... well him shooting vik was fun but idk man.

viktor becoming jesus felt about right. hate that sky's trapped in his brain forever. HATE the 'fridged woman haunting the guy who killed her to make him vaguely guilty' trope. free her.

ambessa and caitlyn's mentorship is still great. kinda want them to kiss too.

salo seeking viktor out was a great idea. wish we could have SEEN IT instead of the aftermath.

the whole scene with the sisters' mom and silco and vander... no actually i dislike how all of a sudden everyone is related to everyone. zaun doesn't feel like a city anymore it feels like a tiny town. also it doesn't click at all with how silco doesn't give a fuck about vi.

zaun in general feels so empty without silco or ekko to articulate its needs. piltover's reeling post-jinxbomb felt adequately established but zaun's... nothing. just vague shapeless chaos in a music video. even the zaun v piltover conflict feels limp. i feel like this is largely because, again, the major zaunite political players are dead or in the fucking spiderverse. and jinx is off babysitting instead of being the avatar of zaun's anger and desperation, and finding a new sense of purpose post-silco in owning her terrorist attack and riding that wave into being the face of the zaunite faction. insane to me how fucking isha just swept in and derailed that entire trajectory because i guess jinx just wants to play house.

okay so jinx's psychosis being so backseated in act i wasn't because she was drained emotionally and suicidal and is genuinely bc the writers are yoinking her mental illness back to make her more likable. hate that!

this warwick thing... i like the way it brings the sisters back together but i hate the conceit of 'hey that traumatic death that shaped you and everyone in our society? didn't happen!'

also idk the reconciliation sure didn't take long. the antipathy between jinx and vi's been built up for years, so it really feels disappointing that just like that they're cool again. hanging out like it's nothing. okay.

also get jinx jr the fuck out of the group hug.

isha has no personality. no flaws. no interests. no lines??? she's just there to be cute and sweet. such a downgrade from how the kid characters were handled in arcane i.

she truly just feels like a plot device to make jinx heroic and sympathetic. instead of the audience and vi empathizing with jinx for her own sake, it's because she's just so darn nice to this sweet kid. fuck off.

her entire death felt so... ugh to me. i'm not sad because i care i'm sad because someone's holding onions under my eyes and playing a sad song in my ear, not because this feels earned in any way. just comparing this to milo/clogger or silco is laughable.

cait sure turned on a dime. nvm her arc sucks now.

... so where the hell's ekko. why has he gotten benched in the spiderverse all season when his reactions to learning that silco died, watching the war break out, the zaunite power vacuum and people deserting the firelights for jinx and viktor could have been So Interesting. what a waste.

yeah you can absolutely sense that while s1 was labored on for years, s2 was rushed and had to condense a ton of story. riot sacrificed arcane so they could get the rest of their lolcu going and it shows!

[finnitesimal]

thinking again about the missa/etoiles dynamic and it's like. man. qmissa just keeps collecting the Weird Ritual guys huh. etoiles thinks he's being obvious about his feelings bc he keeps upgrading missa's armor and finding cool weapons for him and hoarding blocks for his builds. meanwhile missa is just so fully oblivious, thinks etoiles keeps coming around for phil and is trying to tamp down his own jealousy about it. etoiles sulking bc he thinks missa hates him but phil has to tell him 'nah he's just like that'. disaster polycule where none of them are operating on the same wavelength, None of them realize they're being courted

One "words of affirmation" guy vs. Two "acts of service" bitches

Missa accepts the help because Etoiles is too cool and genuinely nice to be any kind of abrasive towards and he does enjoy the visits when the desert gets too quiet but at any point Phil is brought up he's immediately on guard = he's only hanging out with me so I break it off with Phil peacefully

Etoiles is instantly stumped that first genuinely innocent thank you ^^ while holding a sword that could cleave him in half if he dropped it wrong and handing him continuously more powerful gear partly as a bit to see if he notices turning into feeling actually happy about seeing one of the pieces he gifts him being worn and when he tells people where he got it from and the same baffled-bashful tone in every thank you and being torn between going over that line between helping-you-Not-die and actively-getting-you-gifts and well. Philza SAYS there's nothing going on on His side at least = hello man who hates me can I please give you another op sword

meanwhile Phil is on a sliding scale between amused to concerned to boss music looking over this. Hm why's my current best training buddy asking about my marital status. Is this another one lmao well I'm pretty sure he knows I'm loyal to my husband. No we're not anything though ahaha. -> Ẁ̸̪̩͎͈̪̻͗̈́̂͌̽̔̈́͌͘͜h̴̡̛̳̟̯̐̉̑̀â̵̡͈̜̼̝͇̺̙̆̇͘͝t̸͖͎̅̆̈́̅̿̕ ̴̨̤̹͌̒͆̀̑̿͗̿̊̇̕d̷̨͎͔̦̜͔̞̈́̿́̚͘ơ̷̧̧͓̱͈̼͎͎̂̿̎͆̐͘ ̷͐̆̔͘ͅỳ̸̻̱̠͋̓̓̈́̂̂̈o̶̤̦̬̘̖̹̦͔͛͌͜ų̷̛̳̪̘̫͕̙̣͓͚͗̋̓͒̅̚ͅ ̷̞̩̗̖̣͒̈́̉̂͂̕m̸̡͍̲͇͉̥̫̗̼̟̍̿͐͋̄͐̇e̵̫͈͚̺͗̏̓͌̐̒̀ą̵̯̼͖̦̟̖̱̮͕̆͗ṋ̵͓̬͍̰̄̓̚ ̴̻̯̝̳̥͇̍͜͜i̶̤̜͈̰͗̓͂t̴͎͇̯̓̾́̈͋̅'̶̡̹́̔̐́͒͐͛̂͌̈́s̴̢̧̳̬͓̭͈̮̔̓̎͛̔̾ ̵͚͇̂͠t̶̺̮̳̼̋̀́̃͂́̑̀̚̚͝h̴̛̤̝̐̀̐̏̎̓͐̕e̷̡̹̹̤̪̙͑͗͛͠ ̴̬͕̉͋͑̆o̵̢͎͚̰̙̗̅̂̄͗̍͂̅̕͝ṫ̴̝̯̤̤̤̪͉͈̦̌͠ẖ̷̨̢̙͇͚̗̦͕̿̑͛̑̌̀͒̎̿̓͑͜ͅḙ̷̡͔͚̺̑̈́͌́͘r̴̩̼̾̅ ̵͈͇̬̳̤́̈́͂̒͒̔̊w̷̢͔͙̺̮͛̆̅̃̾ą̶̞̗̻͙̩͓͖͋̿̎̒y̷̪̓̈́͛̎̿͛͜͝ͅ ̷̛͓̆͂̋̅̿̔̑̕a̴̱̘̪̞̣̭͍̘͐̃͝r̴̫̦̖̖̄̿͑̃͌͊͑̿͠ŏ̷̘̎̇ụ̸̥̰̱̻̰̈́̊̉̈̎͘n̵̨̞͓̹͇͕̲̰̂̎̀̿͋̈́̅͘͘͠͝d̴̺͌͗̉̏̔͋̈́́ ̴̢̡̬̣͉̱̗̤̹͇̀̽͑̽̽̈͂̓̈́̚͝ͅ.

= 10hrs danger sound effect

[quailxcrossing]

who sleeps with the most blankets? who sleeps with the least? anyone who needs a whole stack of pillows in just the right spot to make them comfortable?

I LOVE THIS QUESTION SO MUCH i had to save this one bc its just. like. i love my characters sleeping so much i dont know why im just completely, genuinely enthralled with picturing them sleeping, it is how i get myself to sleep like every single night

it was so hard to pick just one guy for such category, so ill take the opportunity to talk about a few guys! okay i made a new rule i can only talk about 3 guys per category i'm yapping too much

SLEEPS WITH TONS OF BLANKIES KINDA GUYS-

- Caius! Caius gets cold extremely easily, even in summer nights, so they always have a nice big comforter and lots of throw blankets. PILLOWS TOO. He likes to have something on every side of him, be it a pillow or a boyfriend. Wrap them up

- Cian! She sleeps wrapped up in a weighted blanket every night, and then Turrie snuggles around that. She needs to be smushed. Turrie sorta falls into the sleeping with minimal blankets, as she often doesn't have a blanket, only a sheet. and she likes that! it feels good to keep her wings very outstretched in the night, and they can keep her warm in the winter.

- Louin! His bed is covered in big thick quilts which provides a great hiding place for him and/or his plushie collection if anyone walks in. He also likes to find blankets large enough to cover him during his shifts, but he won't tell anyone thats why he's buying them. Dude just wants to be snuggled and hidden when he's a big doggie

SLEEPS WITH MINIMAL BLANKIES -

- Ruse! Well, I suppose the better way to say it is that Ruse CAN sleep with minimal blankets. Even in freezing weather, she can get herself to sleep! She can sleep most anywhere really...she is first to volunteer for the floor when visiting others, and her friends gotta beg her to take the couch. She's a bit confused about it, she doesn't NEED anything, so why is everyone so concerned...she is very used to sleeping on the road when she was a knight, as well as any sleeping accommodations she received being stolen from her as she was very non-confrontational and an outsider of her troop who everyone just walked all over. It was very easy to take things from her; she didn't really feel like she owned anything, anyway. SO learning to sleep with nothing became a necessity. That's not to say she doesn't love blankets....she is quietly very grateful for what she has at Cradle's complex, although she would be prepared to forfeit it at a moment's notice.

- Goat! Goat sleeps warm and restless, his blankets always end up tossed across the room by morning. Sometimes, I mean that very literally- he wakes up from a light frustrating sleep and mindlessly tosses his blanket off to cool down or because its texture is bothering him (even if he loves the texture by the morning) and then zonks back out. What he NEEDS is pressure...and a fan

- Winnie! Winnie likes to sleep above the blankets, despite Cheriko's urging. Winnie feels trapped under blankets, which is also why she likes to sleep on top when Cheri is shifted. She's also really fluffy, so probably gets a bit too hot too. What she neeeeds is to sleep snuggly with her girl but also not feel too trapped by fabric

NEEDS THAT REALLY SPECIFIC SLEEPING CONDITION - (putting this in the category of who needs a whole stack of pillows)

- Maiceo! pillow guy <3 with all the growing pains of having their insides sloshed around and giant ram horns splitting out of their skull, they took to propping themselves up with lotttsss of pillows to get comfortable. typa guy who kept grouching around asking people if they had extra pillows because Hierophants aren't supposed to buy things they "want" (only need). Also a particularly semisoft one can be perfect for spooning, and they're just fucking miserable...

- Auï!! he's not so much of a blankets guy as he is a pillow guy. He loves his NEST!!!! he will get soooo comfy cozy with a pillow on every side of him. what will he do!! snuggle one on his side? lay flat on his back with one on his chest? lay on his stomach and cling the one beneath him? oh his possibilities these days are endless. Goat loves getting lost in his pile of pillows, if he's still enough you cannot see him at all

- Runo! okay he's a little special. He also is in the big-fluffy-blankets category, but his biggest sleeping tell is he needs pressure like Cian, but a LOT. He needs his wife using him as a bed, basically. He didn't always need this, but unfortunately, he can't sleep without her now...when Peony had a broken ankle and couldn't sleep on him, Runo didn't sleep. When the babies were born and it was her turn to check on someone in the night, he'd just lay there unable to get back to bed. he used to be normal....then he got married to me, it looks SO uncomfortable to have a person directly on top of you as you lay on your back, but to him, its instantly zzzzzzz's

[pokemon-my-beloved]

the differences between teams flare, skull, yell, and star (and why only some of them work)

post under the cut because there is. a lot to say

so we all know that the villains in pokemon peaked with team plasma right (this is a matter of opinion but that's beyond the point)

and after team plasma, we have team flare. and team flare is. different.

they were the first evil ceo, unless you count cyrus, which i don't because cyrus (in my mind) was more about nihilism than corporate greed or anything

and lysandre is too, kinda? he's interesting enough, but literally everyone else in the team is boring as shit, especially compared to every team that came before them

so in kalos, we've got a villain team that doesn't really know what they've signed up for aside from the leader (probably it's been a hot minute. the admins might know), which makes sense, but the grunts and admins aren't entertaining at all. they're built up as a threat and exactly one of them is. it doesn't work

(this (imo) applies to most of gen 6's story but that's besides the point)

and then in alola, we've got team skull! this was the first generation i paid attention to the buildup for, and if i remember correctly, before release they were built up as the villain team, but not a threatening one. and in the game, that follows. no one really sees them as a threat on their own, cause they aren't.

but we've also got the aether foundation! and they were built up as mysterious but benevolent pre-release and in-game (didn't necessarily succeed but they tried well enough), and this was the first "twist villain" that pokemon did, and it was new and fresh and worked

and team skull isn't a threat. but they are an annoyance, and that's exactly what's needed during the storming of aether paradise. by allying team skull with the aether foundation, it gives both of them more of what they need most (seeming like a threat for team skull and character for aether foundation)

bonus points for aether foundation working well with the buildup because while almost everyone there is corrupt, we've still got wicke, who is genuinely benevolent and provides some nice contrast

the combination (as well as the fact that all of these dynamics were new) really sells the whole thing for me. it works

then we get to team yell :/

team yell was (pre-release and a little bit in-game) built up as villains and they Aren't. at all

and then at the same time, they expect us to believe that macro cosmos is totally fine and benevolent and nothing is wrong with anything they do? what the fuck

the part where you work with team yell to storm macro cosmos is fun and cool i guess, but that isn't enough to save either of them

team yell isn't a villain team, it's just an extension of piers being an overprotective brother and should have always been treated like that (amplified even more by the fact that marnie tells them off multiple times)

and macro cosmos doesn't work at all either because they expected us to be totally blindsided and then didn't even have the decency to have a single character who was morally good or benevolent like wicke!

at least aether foundation was built up as mysterious but benevolent, macro cosmos was just like "yeah we're a power company and good guys our chairman has the most rancid vibes you've ever seen but that means nothing" and then later it's like "oOoOoH wE'rE aCtUaLlY eViL aReN't YoU sUrPrIsEd????" like no!!!!! i'm not!!!!!!

and at this point the corrupt ceo bullshit and incompetent team bullshit is wearing SO thin, no one likes it or cares at ALL anymore

it's just like, go back to the mafia or whatever! i do not care about this! if i wanted to be mad at a ceo i've got enough irl to choose from!

which brings us finally to team star! they were built up as a villain team pre-release like the others, and we're all just like yeah okay whatever we know they're not a threat and probably fine people and we all know geeta is going to be the actual villain you aren't clever gamefreak

but then! we get to the game! and they aren't treated like villains!

they're treated like victims of circumstance who have gone too far and need to be stopped for their own good and it works

it works incredibly well, compounded by the fact that the actual villain was one no one was expecting

i have. many thoughts about the subversions of expectations that the professors pulled. but that's beyond the point-ish

but team star is not treated as a villain. at all. the closest we get is penny recruiting us to take them down, but that's more "they're a problem" than "they're a danger" and it works

tldr no pokemon villain has ever surpassed team plasma and gamefreak needs to join a union and stop making all their "twist" villains ceos thank you and goodnight

[ryuichirou]

Replies

Some replies! About a lot of stuff, including Ace/Idia, Snake and Silver being similar and Floyd/Epel infiltrating people’s dreams…

Anonymous asked:

https://www.tumblr.com/nerenda/767945480214806528

Honestly, it’s very nice seeing that so many people are fed up with this kind of behavior.  It used to be such an effective tactic to harass both the creator and people who interact with their work in any way, so many people became antis simply because they were paranoid that they would get “oh so you think this is allowed? Oh so you like this kind of thing?” treatment.

But as more and more people acknowledge that this whole issue is a made-up problem and a nothingburger that only serves to deflect attention from things that actually do matter, it slowly gets better. I hope more people see this.

thestarlightfae asked:

I love the background! The glow from the windows! The gold tentacles dripping... something... Do I want to know what that is?

Thank you so much!! I am very happy you like it. We wanted to finish this one for a while now, so I am very glad we can finally post it.

Oh don’t worry, it’s nothing that is too bad … just some octopus juice~

Anonymous asked:

This is amazing

I sent both of the tits asks, thank you

I knew it. Those ask were very specific hehehe.

Still, I’m glad you liked it, Anon <3 It was necessary for me to talk about this topic for two days in a row lol

Anonymous asked:

do you think ace and idia would work out? shipping everyone with everyone and thought they'd be cute lol

I think they might, Anon! They really are cute together, and they were very cute in the Ghost Marriage event. Ace loves being all cute and sleazy with his senpais, but with Idia, it seems like he genuinely thinks that he is cool and would love to hang out with him; he is also very impressed with his gaming skills in ch6. But he is also a little douche who likes to talk shit about people around him + call out their bullshit, and those qualities are incredibly specific, but also somehow the qualities that Idia kind of gravitates towards. I think if they were to hang out together more, Idia would develop a soft spot for Ace, and Ace would be both an adorable (still sleazy) kohai and a cool social charmer, which is like the boyfriend trope in Idia’s head (and that would make the whole thing so embarrassing to him). Ace wouldn’t mind helping him out with all the talking~

I’m not sure about the longevity of this potential fling, but they would have a lot of fun with both the videogames and shittalking lol And this is basically what both of them want out of the relationship, so…

thedragonofbadasstemple asked:

I just dreamt that I was on the internet after a new TWST update dropped in the JP server and everyone was going crazy because Epel and Floyd started dating canonically. I think the art y'all made that one time of them going on a date permanently altered my brain.

OH MY GOD 😭 I am sorry for affecting you this way, but also, what an amazing dream lol

It would’ve been so funny. Out of nowhere, and this exact ship out of every possible ships… I’d love to see everyone’s reaction~

Flopel couple SSR card 🥹

anonyanonymouse asked:

ohh my god,,,, Silver and Snake are so similar and I have been having thoughts about them both... crying thinking about Lilia doting on Snake and his snakes because he reminds him of his son???? Silver teaching Snake to wield a sword?? All of Snake's snakes instantly adoring Silver 😭 it's so cute... I am also thinking about Lilia and Sebek pushing poor Snake way past his limits because they're used to Silver accepting anything, and Snake wouldn't even have the confidence to tell them to stop!!! HELP!!!!!

They really are similar… and both are so precious.

Awhhh, Lilia doting on Snake sounds so sweet! He’d immediately feel the bond, which would probably be a little weird for Snake at first; why is this guy acting this way towards him? He is not much taller or older looking than Ciel, and yet he’s acting like he is Snake’s dad… a dad that Snake never had~

Lilia would befriend the snakes very quickly AND YES OF COURSE the snakes would instantly adore Silver!! Ahh, this is so cute!

Also, it sounds as if Silver and Snake somehow exchanged: snakes for Silver and Lilia+Sebek combo for Snake, and boy oh boy Snake is not ready for these two LOL Poor thing, he really won’t be able to even utter anything that would make them stop… and Lilia would get so excited that it’s probably going to be Sebek who’d notice that this not-Silver is panting so hard that he is basically passing out because of such a rough treatment.

[sonsofslytherin]

BASS

Blaise Zabini

Stage Presence:

Blaise Zabini is the definition of Zen.

Where Theo is anxious quiet, Blaise is a self assured quiet. He knows he's good, he knows he looks good, and he knows his band rocks. It's as simple as that.

He's actually the one who had suggested the band to the guys

He totally brainwashed them leading up to the actual formation of the band. He just kept dropping little comments like "wow you know what you'd be good in a band" or "tbh you could go professional for real" just little things like that until the boys were fully convinced that they had randomly come up with the idea to start a band

He's pretty chill, except when he hears cheering for him or he's looking into the crowd, you cannot miss that smirk.

He's got amusements/smugness oozing out of his body, it's infuriating but you can't be mad because it's so warranted

He is unbelievably sassy too like before the show or when they're starting he's just watching everyone and fully judging them

Or like if the boys mess up even if it's the simplest slip up and he's just there watching with one eyebrow raised and they hate it, they won't even look his way anymore but they can FEEL it.

He takes silly pics of the band when he's singing or whenever he has the time and he makes sure that they're as unflattering as possible.

He posts them everywhere and for sure makes them into memes

He tends to stick to his spot when he's playing and doesn't really migrate further than that but now he'll go and dance with the others awfully

He doesn't really move around a lot but you can just see the music flowing through him

He's so good with playing the bass and it's the first part that they go off of when they're writing songs

Wardrobe:

Blaise is a fashionista, there's nothing else about it honestly

He really has the Rockstar aesthetic, but I'd say it leans more towards the Glam Rock aesthetic

He's really genuinely so pretty and cool and really everyone wants to be him or get with him

I see him leaning into leather. Jackets, shoes, and maybe the pants (but they wouldn't be tight)

He wears a lot of black and I can see him wearing a lot of jewel tones too like a nice dark green and deep purple

Sheer shirts are common but usually with the jacket he's very toned

He wears nice pants, I can't see him in jeans but I also don't think slacks are too common with him, I don't know he just wears proper pants

Sometimes he'll be in a full-blown suit, but like slutty

He's definitely a jewelry guy, he wears rings and a few chains or necklaces

If he were to have any piercings I definitely see him having his ears or his septum pierced

If he has any tattoos, they're very few. Probably on his chest where you can see but only if he wants you to

Through that sheer shirt!!

The guys all go to him if they need some fashion advice

Also they are not allowed to go if they have like an important event to get ready for without his approval. It's because of that one time Enzo showed up without a shirt with his boxers on the outside of his pants because he was "trying something"

[creepylittlelady]

My own two cents on the Fanon vs Canon argument [Mainly just me defending fanon]

Alright, so I have a history with the Creepypasta fandom. I was sadly too into MLP and Vocaloids to be all that into it in 2013-2015, but I did join in 2016 and spent majority of my childhood years in the Creepypasta fandom. Unfortunately after lockdown ended I decided to try a hand at forcing myself to grow up, which was a very miserable time littered with very very bad memories.

This year I've gone from daydreaming about the Creepypastas but refusing to interact with the fandom or any content to yk, interacting with all of you guys again. I really missed this fandom as these edgy fictional serial killers really defined who I am now.

However one thing that I can clearly remember very very well about the Creepypasta fandom is its knack for having a fuck ton of arguments with each other, specifically one; which one is better, Fanon or Canon?

Now, I remember when I was younger the Creepypasta fandom was more fanon-centric, the mansion, Slenderdad, Emo sadboy Jeff and Waffles Toby were staples. However nowadays I've seen a lot of influx of more 'canon' content; more disturbing headcanons, the characters not being that nice to each other, no slendermansion, just pure old canonicity.

I really enjoy that side of the fandom, I really really do. However I've actually seen a fair share of slander for the fanon side, about how they're mischaracterised a lot of characters over the years and ruined a lot of good Creepypastas with their incessant flanderising. However, I sort of disagree.

You see, whilst Creepypastas are also entertaining to toy around with in their more canon forms, what exactly is wrong with headcanoning the creepypastas in a more light-hearted way? Although we can all agree that none of these guys would EVER withstand being within a mile each other, and that Slenderman wouldn't ever be that nice (OH GOD I HAVE SO MUCH TO SAY ABOUT THIS TOPIC), that the Proxies don't exist in the first place, it's still fun. It's got a comfort and entertainment value that canon Creepypasta just doesn't have.

It's cool and interesting sure; but you have to admit it's just not as charming as the idea of all of these supernatural beings and Serial Killers all living in a home together ran by an exhausted faceless Eldritch. As someone who was a very lonely child and to this day lives with abusive parents, this concept means so much more to me than the idea of canon Creepypasta ever did.

Keep in mind, this fandom is OLD. Not ancient, like the Harry Potter fandom (shit is it still kicking?), but most of the fans do tend to be people who've grown up alongside these characters. Although I am still pretty young I've been a Creepypasta fan since I was a young child too, and lemme tell you that the found family aspect of things is just simply more nostalgic. And lemme tell you, no matter what other better concepts there are, NOTHING beats nostalgia.

As someone who prefers the fanon side a bit more than the canon side, it's just stupid fun and that's the charm of it.

Also, it's kind of odd to try and make Creepypasta more 'serious' considering that the whole point of the Creepypasta fans and the Creepypastas themselves is that they're just edgy OCs made by teenagers? I can get the more serious side such as Marble Hornets and most Slenderverse ARGs, but you have to admit, it's pretty damn odd to try and make Creepypasta this serious thing when I don't think it was ever really meant to be that way.

Also, the canon side does its own form of flanderising too. You really mean to tell me that Ticci Toby will abuse you? I get the fact that people are trying to bring awareness to the fact that these guys are Serial Killers and aren't your surrogate parents and siblings, but genuinely strange lengths SOME (KEYWORD) people will go to to prove that point is insane. Considering Toby's family history, do you believe that he will actually physically and verbally abuse you if you were in a relationship with him?

He's mentally unstable sure, but he's not an abuser because of that. I can understand that viewpoint for Laughing Jack and Jeff the Killer, but for most of the others I just don't see it. I can also see it for Slenderman but yk HE DOESN'T HAVE A CANON.

Also this post isn't just fully defending fanon; it's had it's nasty little mistakes (*cough cough* FANON MASKY *cough cough*), and I definitely won't defend that.

TL;DR/Conclusion: Fanon and Canon are both great, you don't need to attack each other over it, and especially no need to attack those who seek comfort in the fanon side. Creepypasta is a fandom of edginess and we should be celebrating that instead of trying to turn away from it and mold it into something it just ISNT.

Thanks for reading!

[2demon2slayer]

What does the not-friend group think of Sabito?

giyuu obviously loves sabito a whole lot. they're the best of friends. he's very nervous about being sabito's sort-of-caretaker now that he's a demon and kind of needs to be hidden from people. but giyuu's also kind of dealing with sabito's turn into a demon worse than sabito himself and is banking his entire mental stability on turning sabito back into a human. he's a little bit codependent

kanae was initially cautious about sabito (as you would be upon meeting any demon, no matter how friendly they supposedly were), but basically the moment she realizes that sabito really is a Good Demon, she's all in on becoming best friends with him. something about his existence is just . it gives her so much hope. hope for what demons could be. (arguably, maybe too much hope. she ought to be more careful or i'll write her another tragic death, but on-screen this time)

shinobu doesn't really know how to feel about sabito. she's distrustful of him at the start, but she's rational enough to recognize that he really is harmless towards humans. so she's generally nice to him, but she still finds mr fox boy sort of off-putting

despite his brother's relative faith in sabito, kyoujurou still didn't really trust the demon for a while! after all, it's a demon's nature to want to hurt and kill and eat people! he doesn't say it because he loves his brother, but kyoujurou thinks senjurou's a bit stupid for trusting sabito. but all it takes is one mission together for kyoujurou to realize that sabito's not only a genuinely good dude, but he's also Very strong. kyoujurou ends up dragging him over to train together a handful of times and ultimately decides that sabito's also very fun to be around. they get on like a house on fire. (kyoujurou also maybe goes to his brother afterwards and is like "hey, i'm sorry i thought you were stupid" and senjurou, heartbroken, goes "you thought i was stupid????")

gyoumei was initially distrusting of sabito, but with his teacher's (genya's) approval of the guy, and eventual proof that sabito's not bad, he decides that he's fine with the kid. they don't interact much, but if ever gyoumei encounters a weird fox that feels a bit too much like a demon, he'll give it a little pet before moving on

look. see, here's the thing. sanemi kind of has this thing where he cannot let himself believe that any demon could do any good. because if he follows that train of thought, it'll lead him to the ultimate realization that he murdered his mother for no reason when she could've been saved and reasoned with. and sanemi can't have that particular breakdown, so he hates sabito on principle. because fuck demons, am i right?

obanai has never encountered a demon who wasn't terrible awful. and in his mind, he never will. because sabito is also terrible awful and obanai Does Not like or trust him. nothing more to say than that

tengen thinks the fox boy is kind of scrawny, but pretty flashy! he definitely approves, even if he's not usually a fan of demons. honestly they don't really interact much.

and sabito interacts with kaigaku even less. kaigaku's kind of on the fence about sabito. he's heard good things from both zenitsu and tengen, but also sabito is a whole ass demon. kaigaku sometimes finds himself almost envious of sabito. all the power of a demon without any of the hunger. the guy's not even an actual demon slayer and yet he's allowed to follow around the goddamn sun hashira on missions. if kaigaku was a demon- ah, well. he's not, so it doesn't really matter

mitsuri thinks sabito's kind of really cool! he's a demon, which made him kinda scary at first, but then he turned out to be a good demon which is crazy but also super cool! he's a genuinely kind guy and really strong, too! mitsuri properly met him when he started hanging out with kyoujurou, and so the three of them tend to hang out all together! also, very important tidbit: his fox form is so fucking fluffy!!!!!!!!!

[delivish]

i have such a soft spot for tweek/kenny. they're super adorable to me, okay

i see them just being kind've ambivalent toward each other at first. super neutral at best.

'yeah i know that guy's face but i can't say we've ever spoken. we kinda move in different circles, man'. 'oh him? yeah, dude, he's my classmate. we're not really friends, though. i think his parents named him twit, dude, can you imagine? always has some bomb fuckin' weed on him, but don't even ask, he doesn't like to share.'

love the thought of them being forced to work together. and just arguing and cracking on each other the entire time. not even an enemies to lovers situation?? so much as like. here's a person who meant absolutely nothing to me and now we have to work together and its make or break. and you still mean nothing to me even in this situation lmao but since you're here. i guess i'll talk to you. I GUESS. and it doesn't matter if i'm lecherous or super scrungly or riddled with anxiety 'cause after this we're going to go back to pretending the other person doesn't exist. great? great!

except whoops! somehow in the middle of all this we've gotten to know each other better than anyone. and despite everything, we've kinda. become friends? and its genuinely nice. people raise their eyebrows when they see us together because, those guys shouldn't have anything in common. and we don't, but we do. sort of? it's weird. and fuck, that thing that used to irritate the shit outta me is kinda cute now. huh.

but they wouldn't like. be interested. at all. it's too weird. dude, he's cool, he's a friend. (just a friend).

'ngh, hey kenny.' 'hey, tweeker, what's up?'

super casual. a thousand little moments adding up. tweek never does let kenny take a hit (he's a brat and an only child, okay, he doesn't like to share). but one day he gets tired of kenny's bugging and shotguns a lungful of smoke into kenny's mouth. whatever, man. doesn't count as a kiss. (kenny thinks about it for days after).

ANYWAY fucking twenny

[cringecompanionapologist]

The Velvet Dark: The Short Trip Where the Master Does Some Stuff

Okay, there are probably enough Short Trips featuring the Master for the title to not make sense. This is just another Weird Doctor Who Thing I want to do a breakdown of. Honestly, as far as Weird Doctor Who Things go, this one's only slightly weirder than what you'd see on television. But Turlough's in it and he suffers, so let's take a look:

So we start of with Vislor being spelled wrong. I'm pretty sure this isn't the only short trip that does this.

So, we're on Earth, probably in England, and probably in the late 20th or early 21st century, but the details don't really matter. The Doctor is there to attend the Master's funeral, since he apparently died of natural causes in an ordinary Earth old folks' home. The Doctor is genuinely mourning his old friend while Tegan and Turlough try really hard to be nice about it. We start in Tegan's PoV and she misses Nyssa. Also Turlough has a big fur coat for cool rainy funerals now.

After the funeral, the Team goes to where the Master apparently spent his final days to collect his stuff and see if he left any interesting traps for them before he died. Tegan still doesn't trust Turlough, nor does she like that the Doctor seems to listen to him more than he listens to her.

They find nothing interesting, the Doctor sulks for a bit, and Tegan loses patience with the whole thing and decides to go get a cup of tea. She offers to get some for the others.

Tegan stumbles upon the plot when a nurse looking for a missing old lady has found a tiny doll of the lady in her bed that looks a bit too realistic. Tegan knows what's up here and begins her investigation.

Meanwhile, the Doctor and Turlough have lunch. Turlough has no idea why the Doctor wants to eat cafeteria food.

This is kind of a reverse of a bit in Kinda where the Doctor and Adric get some food, but Adric is still hungry after he finishes his and the Doctor gives him the rest of his own food. He's a growing boy. Turlough is just miserable.

The Doctor, who isn't actually an idiot, is still trying to figure out what happened to the Master and he decides to ask the elderly.

Did Turlough not know his grandparents or are old people built different on Trion?

An old man talks to them for a little bit about how the recently dead guy mostly kept to himself but he doesn't want to miss the next show on TV. The Doctor and Turlough banter over this for a bit.

Yeah, this place is supposed run by a Mr. Tase, which might just be the laziest silly anagram the Master's ever used.

Meanwhile, Tegan and her nurse friend have gone to the boiler room to find that a lot of dolls that look a bit too similar to the patients here are people burned. The Master confronts them. He's burned too. He's still the Ainley Master in theory but he looks like he did before he stole Nyssa's dad's body for reasons that will be explained later.

While going to confront "Mr Tase", the Doctor and Turlough suddenly remember that Tegan exists and find out that she might be in trouble.

So Turlough goes down to the boiler room, finds Tegan, and they're both captured.

The Doctor meets with Mr. Tase and immediately calls him out on being the Master. The Master doesn't want to kill him this time (as if he ever genuinely does). He just needs the Doctor's help with a thing and he knows that the Doctor will refuse to do the thing, so he got the companions captured to ensure his cooperation.

However cooperative the Doctor might be in this situation, Tegan is not. This causes a bit of a kerfuffle.

The nursing home was the Master's TARDIS btw. He materialized his TARDIS around the nursing home and absorbed it. Or something. None of the things the Master does make sense.

Anyway, the TCE (shrinky death ray thing) was fired. What was that about? They wait a bit before telling you.

So, the TCE has a shrink ray version of a stun setting where it shrinks you but doesn't kill you. The Master just never uses it. Except now, mostly just to fuck with the Doctor. Also, instead of shrinking Tegan, who was actively causing trouble for him, the Master shrunk Turlough. The whole "surrendering and standing still" thing made him an easier target and the Master is a dick.

Tegan feels pretty bad about the whole thing and the Adric flashbacks it gave the Doctor.

Then, things get complicated, because it's the Master. Apparently, the Time Lords sort of half-exiled/half-executed him, taking away his stolen body, but his life force hung around by sheer force of will and he's actually been an invisible being in a castle this entire time. The burnt Master is his Watcher, who he's been acting through. He wants to do a thing with some mirrors to steal one of the Doctor's regenerations. I really can't explain it any better than that.

The Master continues to fuck with the Doctor by hypnotizing Tegan and we get...this:

Yeah. That.

Anyway, hypnotized Tegan is commanded to kill the Doctor and the Doctor is unable to fight back in any way without causing permanent damage to Turlough via the Master shaking him around inside a snuffbox, beating him up.

So, the Doctor screams and breaks all the magic mirrors because he can just do that now. I think the Fourth Doctor might've done something like this once, but it's still a bit anti-climactic here.

We just sort of cut to the Team all restored to normal trying to decide what to do with the Master.

This wrap-up conversation gives off this vibe that the Doctor just can't understand why Tegan and Turlough are so upset here. But it might just be a side-effect of this story about the Doctor still having some emotional attachment to the Master despite everything being in a hurry to end.

Or maybe the narrator doesn't get it:

I'm pretty sure anyone would be upset after being shrunk and kept in a snuffbox and might not have a whole lot of patience for someone protecting the person responsible.

Still, in the end, the Doctor sort of tries to humor him a bit...

How their complete trust was restored is unclear. They just decide to stop disagreeing with him for Reasons.

So, an interesting story, the a bit of a dumb one. I'm not gonna complain about not being able to follow the Master's plan because all of his plans are like that.

Ultimately, I think the biggest problem with this one is that the 5 isn't the Doctor you want for this story. We're exploring the Doctor's relationship with the Master. No matter how many times he tries to, and no matter what he says, the Master can't kill the Doctor because he likes him too much. At the same time, no matter how many terrible things he does, no matter how personal, no matter the scale, the Doctor can never defeat the Master completely, because he likes him too much.

The problem is that 5, though it was still a bit of a thing with him, isn't as friendly with the Master as most other incarnations. 3 treated the Master's antics like a game, but when 5 comes along, the Master destroys a quarter of the universe and traumatizes all of his companions in rapid succession. It's not fun anymore. The Master still thinks of it as a game, but the Doctor's no longer amused. This all resets later on, especially after the Time War, but for 5, that's our trajectory.

Think about how things between 5 and the Master end in Planet of Fire. The Master has pushed the Doctor so far that he can stand there and watch him burn alive. One of the things that sets 5 off is Kamelion's death. The Doctor had to kill Kamelion because the Master kept fucking with him. If Kamelion were an actual character, this moment might have the emotional weight it needed. The Master spends 5's run harming his companions. This is what really changed things. During 3's era, the Master developed a respect for Jo, the only TARDIS-traveling companion he had a chance to interact with. She almost became an extension of the Doctor. The Delgado Master, outside of a bit of hypnosis, doesn't harm the Doctor's companions. The Ainley Master does. 5's first story has the Master spend most of it torturing Adric. So, the entire dynamic of 5 and the Master is 5 losing his compassion for the Master because he hurt his companions.

This is a story for a later Doctor with some distance from these events. That's the serious problem. But the story is very silly, so serious problems aren't that big a deal, really.

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GMMTV 2025 Line Up Trailer Rating / Reaction Part II

Continued from Part I

Mu-Te-Love - SKY Hiiiii Sky. Hiiii Jan. Hiiii Luke. Lol okay I popped into the live show with this trailer and I'm not going to pretend that I am going to watch this unless it winds up airing on a day that I have nothing else going on, but I do love the cast. PREEEEM. Ohm and Leng again? Jeebus. Only if there's nothing else on. But honestly that was The Jungle for me too and I wound up kind of loving it even though it was dumb? So who knows.

Cat for Cash - this will the last time I complain about this but like...two times is coincidence, three times is a pattern, right? I guess First is just the designated emotional support forever now while Khaotung actually gets to have a plot beyond his love interest? Cool cool. I really genuinely don't see why they can't both have emotionally resonant stories - they did in The Eclipse - but what the fuck do I know right? I'm just one dissatisfied watcher in a sea of people who don't give a fuck so long as they can see Khaotung cry. Awesome. And you know I'm not even one of those that wants them to split up but this is just getting fucking old. I know I'm like the one person who thinks so but come ON they can BOTH do the job stop giving it to just one. Aside from that it looks like ridiculous fun. I love cats and I would happily watch these guys hang out with kitties all day so at least there's that for me. And it also looks like they're letting First move out of the more reserved character slot so I should just count my blessings and shut up. Which I will do after this. I am looking forward to seeing them act with Satang (mostly Khao, of course, because as I said he's the one that gets the actual story here) and it's nice that they're getting their own show, no ensemble. Will calm down and then probably watch.

Girl Rules - Hands down my favorite trailer of the line up my god I am so seated. I don't know how I knew that this was coming (a Jojo directed GL) but I did. I did and I couldn't be more pleased. Absolutely did not expect MilkLove to do something like this but am NOT complaining in the least. And Namtan and Film! Yay! I don't know Mim but I love View so I'm just. Ready. Please give me messy, toxic lesbians. Please let the people who can't handle the mess realize it's not for them this time and keep away (and this includes the ones who will inevitably throw a fit if and when the pairs advertised in the trailer wind up together). Please please please. Watching with bells on baby try and stop me.

Boys in Love - Despite it having the long awaited PoddPapang pairing (oooh, alliteration) absolutely not. I'm sorry but I'm never going back to high school again if I can help it.

My Magic Prophecy - I'll be honest, I'm completely uninterested in this one. That's a no.

A Dog and s Plane - TayNew was not on my non existent bingo card either, but I'm not sad to see it here. Looks like fun and you know I love New playing a brat so. Will be a nice lighthearted one for me. Will probably watch at some point but it's not one of the ones I'm really looking forward to, so we'll call this one on the fence.

Me and Thee - LOOOOL why is this already so funny. A loser mafia boss who is way too addicted to lakorns Pond hiring an exasperated Phuwin to help him woo? Switching targets halfway through because well of course he does? Reluctant bonding (on Phuwin's part mostly) because loser mafia boss is lonely and sad and very very pretty? Angst and shenanigans as mafia!Pond fights between his job and his heart? I dig it. Watching.

WU - I'm sorry, have you seen my blog? Is this even a question? Yes I am in, I don't care if it's BL or bromance I will watch (and it would crack me up if somehow Nani and Sky become GMMTV's first ever branded bromance pair. My cackling would be heard in GMMTV headquarters it would be so loud. Watching.

Memoir of Rati - Okay. I don't know. I just don't know. I...me and lakorns don't always get along, I have to be in the right mood. It really just depends if I am when this one rolls around. On the fence.

Ticket to Heaven - The thing that makes this one iffy for me is that religious themes. To me Fourth and Gemini are tiny babies and I have never seen MSP or MLMU and that is how it will stay, but I did love them in MLC I have to admit. And it's P'Aof. And the themes of religion and guilt are like...pretty much right up my street. So I guess we'll call this one as will probably watch.