#BOY I AM SORRY ABOUT THIS
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One of the fun things that having this sort of crossover lets me do, that I don't get to often, is contrast these characters who occupy SIMILAR spaces in their own narrative, but are fundamentally.
First of all, everyone in Overwatch is more of a Growned Up. I age everyone in SM up to their early twenties-very late teens because I can't with the baby teenage thing while also allowing them to be fully realized people and squaring with the choices they have to make. But still! early twenties is an age where you still don't really know if you're coming or going.
Add to that, every person in Overwatch wants to be there. They aren't drafted. Meeting with Fareeha, and Lena, and Angela, who committed themselves to this, who have the skills necessary to carry things out, I think it could be both frustrating and also inspiring! In the way meeting people who are self-assured and useful can sometimes be.
So, Lena and Haruka both occupy a space of "I am not college material" but they think about it very differently. Haruka, it's just another reason to beat the shit out of herself, like fucking everything. She's stupid, she's useless for anything other than as a human shield, etc. Whereas Lena is basically, "No thanks!" and quickly searching "easiest A levels the RAF will accept" readying herself to do the bare minimum to become a pilot, because she has a sense of purpose that I think Haruka just doesn't. Haruka has no clue what she's meant to do or be.
And some of this comes out of their different backgrounds (Though, I guess, I came up with their backgrounds based on the person I had in front of me) Haruka did not have a supportive home life, she did not feel like her gifts were actual gifts. Lena, on the other hand, is deeply loved by her family even when she's annoying, and has been her whole life, so has an intense resilience, and optimism--not naivete, but the sense that you can always try--, and knows more or less who she is, and that who she is has good qualities.
I just think it would be neat for Haruka to ATTEMPT to see herself in that light, that she's not fucking Ami, for sure, but that doesn't make her nothing at all. Here's Lena, having a very particular type of education that Haruka would think of as 'uneducated', she's successful, she's happy, people respect her, people LIKE her. She's not wildly handsome or built or anything, but she's charming and funny and it lends her a quality of attractiveness. She keeps comparing herself to Fareeha, but Fareeha is, uh, one in a million. My hope would be for Lena to be someone Haruka could IMAGINE herself being (even if it is not, strictly speaking, true. Lena's dauntless confidence and easy cheer are things that are essentially foreign to Haruka even when I let her calm down in old age.)
#BOY I AM SORRY ABOUT THIS#I'm just the fuck over here like 'mmmmm the scent of blorbos in the morning'
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Quick note on Charles's speech for fic writers or anyone interested, really.
Charles uses tag questions, where he ends a sentence with a question, doesn't he? I see a lot of "innit" thrown at the end of sentences, which is right, sometimes.
There is unfortunately grammar. First off, if the main verb is negative, the tag will be positive, and vice versa.
When the main verbs in the sentence is a form of "be" or a modal verb (must, could, would, have, will, can, do etc), he's going to repeat that same form at the end of the sentence. An exception to this is a positive main verb of "I am" in which case the tag will be "aren't I?"
"[You're] Not going back to hell, are you?"
"I wouldn't wanna be dead with anyone else, would I?"
"No, we're not going anywhere, are we?"
"Well, I can't see where you're pointing to, can I?"
"We don't want a repeat of the infamous puppy debacle of '94, do we?"
He uses "innit" a lot less than people think, I think. It took me a while to find examples of him saying this, I ended up having to search a transcript. It follows the same rules as above, except the subject is always a thing, or the pronoun "it," and the main sentence is positive, so that the tag can be the negative "innit" (isn't it). *Edit* "innit" is not used as a question! It's mainly used to reinforce a talking point! (Thank you @elizabear). While the other tags are like rhetorical questions, this one is flat tonally and can end with a period, too.
"Boxing's a gentleman's sport, innit?"
"Magical void, innit?"
"That's the injustice we fight, innit?"
When the verb is not one of those above" he uses a form of "do."
"Well, that sounds a lot like you, doesn't it?"
"Wanna keep things professional, don't I?"
Charles also ends a lot of sentences with just the word "yeah."
"Psychic thing makes case work go a lot faster, yeah?"
I am usamerican, but I have a masters in Linguistics. People who actually use tag questions, though, please add on or correct me!
#dead boy detectives#dbda#charles rowland#sorry if this is obvious to people but I've seen “innit” thrown in at the end enough in fics that I just wanted to share#ignore if you want to! Charles and edwin's speech is part of my favorite things about this show though#dbda fic#sorry for forcing grammar on people#but also not really lol I am a teacher this is my job#I <3 grammar
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time for skeleman
with the lack of any other info yet, all I can focus on are those Charles Lloyd-looking sunglasses. they are absolutely sending me. I feel like we're gonna fall through a tree or whatever and this stitched-up boney gentleman is gonna pop out from behind a gravestone and start serenading us with some smooth jazz on the saxophone.
or should I say...the saxoBONE???????
#art#twisted wonderland#twisted wonderland spoilers#doot#i drew this so fast i'm so sorry#god. we don't even have an event name yet what do i tag this with.#the only thing we know about him so far are 1) glasses#2) ~*wagahai*~#(is wagahai a jack thing because that's incredible)#(hold on i gotta look up the japanese dub)#i have zoomed in and i THINK he's got orange eyes but the pixels are defeating me#anyway excuse me for a moment while i vibrate so intensely that i start phasing through the floor#nightmare event is nigh!!!!#this is the number 1 event i have wanted most i can't believe it's real and it's actually happening#i've been dreaming of halloweentown boys for forever i am SO excited#slightly bummed it looks like there's not going to be a sally too but we can't have everything i guess#(unless...? 👀)#stream on the 29th let's GO#and for once it's not at like 4 AM my time thank you for small mercies twst#i wanna see my guys in fancy halloween suits!!!!
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I am haunted by the detailed, completed map of Hell that Edwin took notes on. You don’t understand, it makes me sick. It’s one thing to have a basic layout, a vague idea, or a rudimentary map but it was meticulously detailed. Down to doors and what they do and where they go. Down to secret spaces in the walls. He even knew what ringing an innocuous bell would do. It can only mean one thing. We don’t know when Edwin began trying to escape, but assuming he started from the get go, it means that he spent all his decades in Hell trying to find a way out. He never stopped running. And that is assuming he never stopped. From his second trip, we could see he resorted to his old ways and ran. But he was eventually caught, reduced to pieces. Even when Charles showed up, he didn’t seem very optimistic about their chances. He could feel every second of those 70 years. There were likely many times he fell to hopelessness, trembling in the corner watching himself be desecrated knowing it was going to happen again and again. How long? How many times did he try to be so, so quiet, hoping he would have a few moments before the next round? How many times did he muster the ability to run, just one more time? How long did it take him to run, discovering the ends of each ring? How many times did he sprint up, down, north, south, east, west, trying to escape? And what happened when he finally escaped? How long did it take for him to be able to relax, even a little? Because he can never relax. He must always outrun Death and her constituents because he can’t count on them to be fair. How many times does he look over his shoulder, waiting for the monster to claim its eternal meal once again? His breath of fresh air, his first taste of companionship in ages not only keeps him company, but sticks by him. And then, in that blessing there comes a curse, because now you have something to lose. Because when you taste ambrosia how can you return to starvation? He feels safe with Charles. Happy and comfortable, but the threat always lingers. And he knows that Charles couldn’t fend off Death. He never considered he could fend off Hell beasts; after all, he’s just a ghost kid. He watches innocents be slaughtered on repeat, unphased by the level of violence but no less affected by it, because no one has even a clue what it takes to be this kind. Even at his most happy, he has so, so much to lose and he goes back to Hell when hope was dangled in his face like the fruit of Tantalus. When he returns, he’s subjected to Hell once again, sustaining through torture that obliterates souls, only to watch his best friend, his confidant, his platonic soulmate, die horrifically. This woman who gave him sea-glass courage, so powerful and yet so fragile. Allowed him to be himself, gave him permission to do so. Was the openness to his closed self, and now she is gone. And he retains his composure, his stiff, British posture because it is what has saved him from madness and Despair, protected him, and now the world is darker without Niko Sasaki in it. But surely he saw this coming. After all, humans are messy. And yet, he shows up for their souls, time and time again.
Edwin Payne is THE character.
#i am unwell#i am unstable#i am so sorry this was so long#but I’m not actually sorry#because you all need to know about Edwin Payne of the dead boy detectives#dead boy detectives#edwin payne#charles rowland#niko sasaki
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are. are you telling me that if the romanced mage warden dies and alistair is king, he deadass stares greagoir down over her dead body and grants the circle of ferelden its autonomy after ordering it rebuilt somewhere safer. first you have to deliberately leave him behind so he won't die for you and then he does that for you once you're gone, even when you're broken up??? absolute and literal king behaviour of the highest order????? the actions speak louder than words of it all??????? I think I hauve covid
#that's the hottest thing I've ever heard I feel nuts#what an absolute chad alistair continues to be tbh there may be a day when men fail but it will not be when he's here#like I'm very sorry to the blond chantry boy repeat crowd but cullen could & would NEVER!!! they are NOT the same!!!!#dragon age#dragon age origins#alistair theirin#alistair x warden#can u imagine what it must be like to be irving standing there watching this happen. you're free and your kid is dead. congrats#tried to free her from the circle and she's the sacrificial lamb that bought the circle's freedom instead. fuck dude#it does make for a very sad kind of symmetry that every time irving tries to get clever with it he triggers a monkey's paw situation fhdskj#I am replaying the game with my new canon (mistress amell + king alistair to save him from the da:i fade choice lol)#and in doing research I found out about this and had my world rocked. I've never had my warden die before so this is new to me#(my warden isn't dying in this canon to be clear she's going to be the reason no one would dare assassinate king alistair lol#nightmare bae eminance gris behind the throne/loving and supportive partner with a fade connection and a vengeful side#she's going to be like sam vimes tiredly fending off assassins as the watch books go on except she murders a lot more people back)#the way his voice breaks in the version where they were broken up tho... sick and twisted and mean to me specifically
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My friend was listening to mag 118 where Martin was burning statements and Elias came in and suggested Martin turn the recorder off
and my friend says
“Nooo I don’t want Martin to be lonely”
oh boy
#oh fucking boy#god i am so sorry#also she wasn’t exactly very happy about tim’s kayaking trip either#the magnus archives#tma#magpod#magnus pod#tma podcast#the magnus protocol#tmagp#martin blackwood#elias bouchard
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sometimes a guy is also a creature. im gonna make a sticker out of him
#dungeon meshi#laios touden#no more tags. this isn't going in my art tag. sorry this is the first dunmeshi art im posting lmao#i about lost it when he got down on all fours and started barking like a dog#on all levels except physical i am a wolf type of weirdguy. boy the things that are wrong with you
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Isaaaaaa
#edit: i had fucked up the pose (i don't think my skills are enough for what i was aiming but hopefully this alright now)#change it up au#shout out to @/murkyskull for informing me about prosthetics#isat#isat au#in stars and time#i feel like every time i draw isa he comes out a diferent shape? i am sorry isa I love you i'll find a way to be consistent in your arts#*gently slaps isa head* this bad boy can fit so many self worth issues#isat isabeau#mari draws#cook!isabeau
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pov you are a locked chest or perhaps someone bleeding to death
#hello 🤙#it has been 84 years i am SO SORRY#im genuinely going to try to stick around this time!!#this may be a broken ass website but you people are lovely and i have missed you :3#anyWAY. VIDDY GAME#noah gaël gamer era#baldur’s gate 3 is not a video game it is a magical place that stores all my boyfriends#you can have this weirdo though i don’t want him#/lying#but he is still SO RUDE. TO MY TAV#every morning my tav wakes up and casts lesser restoration on himself and this is how astarion repays him?#worthless boy. mean and impolite#he keeps getting away with it because I’m still silly about him though :(#baldurs gate 3#baldurs gate fanart#baldurs gate astarion#astarion#bg3#bg3 fanart#bg3 astarion#artists on tumblr#digital artist#illustrators on tumblr#noah.jpg
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you're grabbing lunch with a nice man and he gives you that strange grimace-smile that's popular right now; an almost sardonic "twist" of his mouth while he looks literally down on you. it looks like he practiced the move as he leans back, arms folded. he just finished reciting the details of NFTs to you and explaining Oppenheimer even though he only watched a youtube about it and hasn't actually seen it. you are at the bottom of your wine glass.
you ask the man across from you if he has siblings, desperately looking for a topic. literally anything else.
he says i don't like small talk. and then he smiles again, watching you.
a few years ago, you probably would have said you're above celebrity gossip, but honestly, you've been kind of enjoying the dumb shit of it these days. with the rest of the earth burning, there's something familiar and banal about dragging ariana grande through the mud. you think about jeanette mccurdy, who has often times gently warned the world she's not as nice as she appears. you liked i'm glad my mom died but it made you cry a lot.
he doesn't like small talk, figure out something to say.
you want to talk about responsibility, and how ariana grande is only like 6 days older than you are - which means she just turned 30 and still dresses and acts like a 13 year old, but like sexy. there's something in there about the whole thing - about insecurity, and never growing up, and being sexualized from a young age.
people have been saying that gay people are groomers. like, that's something that's come back into the public. you have even said yourself that it's just ... easier to date men sometimes. you would identify as whatever the opposite of "heteroflexible" is, but here you are again, across from a man. you like every woman, and 3 people on tv. and not this guy. but you're trying. your mother is worried about you. she thinks it's not okay you're single. and honestly this guy was better before you met, back when you were just texting.
wait, shit. are you doing the same thing as ariana grande? are you looking for male validation in order to appease some internalized promise of heteronormativity? do you conform to the idea that your happiness must result in heterosexuality? do you believe that you can resolve your internal loneliness by being accepted into the patriarchy? is there a reason dating men is easier? why are you so scared of fucking it up with women? why don't you reach out to more of them? you have a good sense of humor and a big ol' brain, you could have done a better job at online dating.
also. jesus christ. why can't you just get a drink with somebody without your internal feminism meter pinging. although - in your favor (and judgement aside) in the case of your ariana grande deposition: you have been in enough therapy you probably wouldn't date anyone who had just broken up with their wife of many years (and who has a young child). you'd be like - maybe take some personal time before you begin this journey. like, grande has been on broadway, you'd think she would have heard of the plot of hamlet.
he leans forward and taps two fingers to the table. "i'm not, like an andrew tate guy," he's saying, "but i do think partnership is about two people knowing their place. i like order."
you knew it was going to be hard. being non-straight in any particular way is like, always hard. these days you kind of like answering the question what's your sexuality? with a shrug and a smile - it's fine - is your most common response. like they asked you how your life is going and not to reveal your identity. you like not being straight. you like kissing girls. some days you know you're into men, and sometimes you're sitting across from a man, and you're thinking about the power of compulsory heterosexuality. are you into men, or are you just into the safety that comes from being seen with them? after all, everyone knows you're failing in life unless you have a husband. it almost feels like a gradebook - people see "straight married" as being "all A's", and anything else even vaguely noncompliant as being ... like you dropped out of the school system. you cannot just ignore years of that kind of conditioning, of course you like attention from men.
"so let's talk boundaries." he orders more wine for you, gesturing with one hand like he's rousing an orchestra. sir, this is a fucking chain restaurant. "I am not gonna date someone who still has male friends. also, i don't care about your little friends, i care about me. whatever stupid girls night things - those are lower priority. if i want you there, you're there."
he wasn't like this over text, right? you wouldn't have been even in the building if he was like this. you squint at him. in another version of yourself, you'd be running. you'd just get up and go. that's what happens on the internet - people get annoyed, and they just leave. you are locked in place, almost frozen. you need to go to the bathroom and text someone to call you so you have an excuse, like it's rude to just-leave. like he already kind of owns you. rudeness implies a power paradigm, though. see, even your social anxiety allows the patriarchy to get to you.
you take a sip of the new glass of wine. maybe this will be a funny story. maybe you can write about it on your blog. maybe you can meet ariana grande and ask her if she just maybe needs to take some time to sit and think about her happiness and how she measures her own success.
is this settling down? is this all that's left in your dating pool? just accepting that someone will eventually love you, and you have to stop being picky about who "makes" you a wife?
you look down to your hand, clutching the knife.
#writeblr#this is a mashup of like 3 dates i accidentally went on lol#by that i mean that i was out with a woman on a date in 2 of these situations#and a man just. joined us. and we were too awkward to say anything while he tried to ''date'' me#& one was a longterm friend that i was like. you what????#like he's nice he's a doctor and my mom was SO happy she was like raquel think about it#''it's a perfect love story you grew up together and reconnected as adults and like the same things and he's friends with ur brother#and his sister is one of ur close friends!!!''#yes but alas. he is a boy . she only likes girls. can i make it any more obvious#anyway im tryna write about like the force of male attention being actually incredibly ingrained to women like we are SUPPOSED to like it#it's seen as the only important thing#even if ur gay#and it's a nuanced thing idk#and while rn i i.d. as lesbian#like .... it wouldn't be UNTRUE to say i am probably like ''cusp bisexual'' bc i CAN experience attraction to men bc like .#sexuality is fluid...#don't tell straight ppl tho bc they do not understand the concept that ppl don't necessarily need a solid everlasting label#they're like GET in the BOX#if ur gay & in boston i'm 30 and pretty please come kiss me.#(i usually only date older ppl sorry in advance tho)
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gays be like "this is my comfort character" and it's a guy dragged around Hell on a gigantic spider made of porcelain dolls bleeding and screaming for 70+ years
#i am clinically insane about him. sorry#edwin payne#dead boy detectives#dead boy detective netflix#dbdshow#dead boy detective agency#dbda#marcela watches dbda
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adam parrish + the potential for villainy
maggie stiefvater, the dream thieves⎮interview with bugs by @nutnoce⎮unknown source⎮maggie stiefvater, the raven boys⎮@veniennes on tiktok⎮maggie stiefvater, call down the hawk⎮warsan shire, souvenir⎮unknown source⎮art by @gender0bender⎮maggie stiefvater, blue lily, lily blue⎮clarice lispector, the hour of the star⎮art by @heavensghost⎮maggie stiefvater, call down the hawk
#who had me returning to raven cycle posting on their 2024 bingo card#web weaving#parallels#adam parrish#trc#the raven cycle#ronan lynch#pynch#also want to clarify that i am not judging mr adam parrish he is so beloved to me#i've just been thinking a lot about how maggie said draft one of raven boys adam was supposed to become a villain#and how easy that would have been#n e ways#sorry there are unsourced things i'm trying my best#the dream thieves#blue lily lily blue#bllb#call down the hawk#cdth#the dreamer trilogy#sofia posts
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It's alright
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#ofmd#ofmd s2#ofmd fanart#our flag means death#“I am a brave boy and will NOT cry while getting reference screenshots of Ed” he said.#*barely manages to hit Win+Shift+S through the fucking tears*#I'm sorry but this is the only decent OFMD fanart I got in me for now#I'm shit at drawing people with faces/head and I still gotta learn and find a style but god knows the gay pirates are gonna help me practic#I still need to recover from this scene- this episode- this season- this show goddamnit#ngl at first I liked how I drew Ed's hair but the more I look at it now the less I like it >:C#did I forget to post this? no nope nuh uh I don't know what you're talking about#this absolutely blew up on twitter- lowkey hope tumblr dot com likes it too :>#ed teach#stede bonnet#gentlebeard#ofmd s2e8#tw blood#blood#akans art
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i love your riddle design so much, he's so pointy and british. so gracious. do you think he would enjoy a brazilian goiabada
thank you! ❤️🖤❤️ it's just. important to me on a level I can't explain that Riddle have an extremely pointy nose that he can stick into everyone else's business.
also goiabada is sweet and fruity and red, I think he would like it very much indeed!
not me stealth-editing because I forgot his antenna whoops
#art#twisted wonderland#me: riddle's nose is important to me (draws him without a nose)#a study in contrasts?#regardless it is my power as a fanartist to let riddle eat sweets and by god i'm going to use it#i also love british riddle. briddle. it's just RIGHT.#i think about how someday the anime will come out and get dubbed and riddle is going to have Generic Anime Boy Voice#instead of the most over-the-top prim little benedict cumberbatch accent like he does in my HEART#and the world shall be poorer for it. alas.#i also think it would be VERY funny if malleus had a super exaggerated french accent because something something french fairytale#i am probably alone in this however#(sorry still trying to catch up on everything!)#(all of my focus has been going towards Deadlines so hopefully i will have space to think...eventually :')#(i still have some main story things cookin' and i JUST finished tsumsted 3: the squeakquel so uhhh)#(there may be a bit of a flood at some point. you've been warned.)
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Not my usual type of post BUT it's gaz! So
#did i force that voice clip i found from raid in there yes i did.#did i also record gaz's battle rage line from multiplayer yes i did.#there is a FIFTEEN. MINUTE. compilation of Gaz voice lines from raid and boy are some interesting...#i have never really made a legit edit so do not judge me i was sick and on so much cold meds#waves i hope this lived up to your expectations LOL#all this to say sorry i am making gaz edits#i have a whole gaz playlist so yall better hope i dont have too much more free time#kyle gaz garrick#mw2#that clip where he falls backward while shooting I think about it all the time
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Made it with an hour to spare 😎
Read right to left bc i Always end up with everyone facing the Worst direction for drawing their hair so i had to fix that--
This is so dumb sjshsshgd happy birthday Mephisto get surprise objectified i guess???
#obey me#obey me smut#obey me fanart#obey me mephistopheles#obey me mc#obey me memes#based on a true experience sfjzjgzjg#would like to state for the record that this isn't meant to be mephisto slander i find his annoyingness to be endearing--#also just picked all the boys i think would be most bothered by the situation + asmo bc. he knows all. obviously#my determination not to give my mc ANOTHER bitch vs my constant need to imagine how every character fucks dhjvdjs#(and I'm a sucker for kinda pathetic boyfailure types esp ones that would probably get indignant about being dominated at first lmao)#i did not try at all on the lighting in Levi's panel and for that i am sorry but i literally cannot work on this anymore zjsbbxbzbz#lucifer#mammon#levi#asmo#kuroo#mephisto#my art
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