#Currently rewatching Avatar with a friend

[letmesleeponyourtummyordie]

Don't know if this has been done before

[rhemaji]

every jax theory i have as of now

Jax is gonna try to drown himself in the digital lake or already has tried and when this gets shown we'll see what his avatar looks like when he can't breath The way Goose threw in lil hints abt Kinger what with him wanting to be in his dark pillow fort and his interest in an insect collection, makes me think certain lines that sorta seemed like throwaway jokes will wrap back around to basically being easter eggs upon rewatch.

The reason why I theorize he either will try to drown himself or has already tried before is because he refuses to show anyone what it looks like when he can't breath and [thanks to my friend Leftsei for pointing this out] he instinctively avoids the water in episode 4.

also Goose has said before that he didn't react well to first arriving in the circus and i like to believe he tried to leave by dying before he realized that doesn't work. And this may be really far-fetched and fucked but i also think Goose's sketch of Jax throwing up is actually him coughing up water

Pomni will try to reach out to Jax but he'll reject her and say she's being cringe, pushing away the only circus member still willing to give him the benefit of doubt.

Jax finds out that Caine's stability is what holds the circus together and will selfishly try to break him so it can all finally end. This isn't one i'm super tied to bc it feels a bit dramatic and I don't have any evidence in the show or outside of it, but i think to some extent Jax will try to end it for everyone else once his bitterness and self-inflicted loneliness REALLY kicks in.

aaaaand finally

Jax will be the only current circus member to abstract [womp womp]

This is just based on vibes and what would be the most interesting to watch build up to. The aftermath of him abstracting would also be fun to see imo, i like angst and stories that explore the intersection of grief and confusion that can come about from losing someone who treated you poorly. I love Jax and if what I think'll happen does end up happening, I'll be so damn happy bruh. Even if the actual show ends up being different, I can't wait to see him get worse! ^^

[three-realms-archive]

Was Never Your First, After All

Genre: Angst, Oneshot Fic

Characters: Mammon, MC, other Obey Me! Brothers mentioned briefly.

If there was something Mammon prided himself on being, and constantly strove to be, it was your first man. Only he could be your first in anything and everything.

It was all he had; especially with Satan and Lucifer’s knowledge on everything, Asmo and Levi’s interest in human world media and trends, and Beel and Belphie’s little-brother cuteness. It was a dog-eat-dog world when it came to your attention; but there was one thing Mammon would always have over his brothers, and he treasured it dearly.

The Avatar of Greed was your first man. Your first pact. Your first friendly demon, who had been your knight in 24-karat gold armour from the start. And, true to that that title (and to his general greatness), Mammon had strove to be your first in all other aspects, too. He was there at your first movie night in the Devildom - the TSL marathon with Beel. He had gone with you to a café near RAD for your very first Devildom coffee. Granted, you had hated it so much and had scrunched your face up so tight he had almost tried to bring you to the emergency room in fear that you had stopped breathing… But! Still your first coffee.

He had been your first friend in the Devildom, too. You had told him such in a birthday card, even referring to him as your ‘first man’. And, though it was probably a joking reference to what he always said… it hadn’t stopped Hell’s second-born Lord from cutting out the snippets of that handwritten birthday card which had made his face go red, gluing them onto a smaller piece of card, and keeping it in his wallet. Secretly. So it was always with him; from the moment he woke up, to the moment he checked the wallet with a goofy grin before bed.

So, armed with solid, MC-approved evidence, Mammon went about his days secure in the fact that he would always be your first in everything.

… Until now.

Stupid human. Not you, of course, but a different human who had broken into Serenity Manor, stolen all your coffee, and was now holding you hostage.

That was: your childhood friend, who you had invited over for a movie night at Serenity Manor, currently drinking coffee you had offered him.

School break meant trips to the human world; naturally, with the Avatars of Sin right beside you. However, whilst out on errands, you had spotted a childhood friend of yours whilst shopping at the grocery store. Within just a few minutes, you were chatting with him as if no time had passed at all; and you had taken the opportunity to invite him over to rewatch an old movie, since he had expressed that he was only in the area for a few days more.

Mammon had really, really tried to listen to Lucifer and Beelzebub when they had attempted to calm down their family in the kitchen - just one room over from the living room, where you and your friend were engrossed in the movie. Asmo and Levi had pouted and whined sorrowfully, whilst Satan and Belphie had jealous, irritated scowls. Unusually, Mammon hadn’t said much. It made sense in his head. He and his brothers were used to being the closest to you in your life. It’s definitely what you were to them. You were meant to be their closest friend. You were meant to be their family.

You were meant to be… his first special person.

But it made sense, Mammon thought, that you had a life before them, with other humans - that was just common sense, and he had plenty of that.

So here Mammon was now, in the opposite corner of the living room to you and your friend, trying to will himself to listen to his mind instead of his heart. He had wanted to be better than his brothers, who were stropping and sulking around the house. He had thought maybe he’d look more big-brotherly. That he’d get to look cooler, in front of you.

… That was an hour ago. Since then, you hadn’t even noticed that he had entered the room.

“More coffee?” Your friend piped up, grabbing the jug of iced coffee set on a small table beside you. Jealousy gripped Mammon’s heart like a vice at the sight before him: you and your friend huddled too close under a blanket, the TV screen illuminating your smiling, happy faces. Mammon scoffed internally at your friend’s suggestion, though. You never had coffee in the Devildom. You hated coffee.

Although, this time, you nodded eagerly instead; raising your glass to your friend and letting him fill it to the brim before chugging half of it down in one, satisfying gulp.

“Thanks, man. I absolutely love this coffee.” You said, grinning. Mammon’s eyes widened in shock. “Do you remember when you made me my first coffee at your ma’s? It was so, so good…”

Mammon felt his heart drop, confusion and self-berating flooding his mind and screaming in his thoughts. One word repeated itself, over and over:

First.

First.

First.

Your friend.

Your first.

Mammon barely registered your friend - your stupid, dumb, charming friend - chuckle amicably your reminiscing. “Yeah, those were the days, huh? I think we probably watched this movie for the first time the day after, right? Or was it the week after…?”

You laugh, touching your friend’s shoulder in a way which made Mammon’s irritation flare up wildly. Greed pumped through his veins, surging - accompanied by a primal, raw feeling of competitiveness. “I don’t know! We did a lot of stupid stuff for the first time - we were just kids.”

Amused, your friend raised an eyebrow. “You make us sound like troublemakers, man. We weren’t that dumb - and we turned out pretty okay, right?”

“Sure.” You joke. “It’s alright to admit that we were a bit wild, though. I guess you can’t help being reckless when you make your first friend.”

Your friend watches you laugh, with a fond smile that grips Mammon’s heart like a vice and twists it violently.

He thinks he sees the colour red flush across your friend’s cheek.

Mammon decides to leave, heading to his room; his chest constricting and his stomach feeling like it was churning.

He all but sprints up the stairs, slamming the door behind him and leaning against it. Nervousness and nauseousness flooded his body. Something wet was pooling in the corners of his eyes but he clamped his eyelids shut, rubbing at them furiously. Yet, even in the darkness of nothingness, Mammon couldn’t escape the images of you and your friend; drinking coffee at cafés together; cuddling under blankets, watching movies together; holding hands together; getting closer; faces closer; lips touching -

A few minutes passed. The rise and fall of his chest began to slow as he waited. And, though it took some time, eyes eventually became dry again.

If there was something Mammon prided himself on, and constantly strove to be, it was your first man. But, as it turns out, he couldn’t even be that.

If Mammon wasn’t your first in anything… then what was he to you?

Your first friend in the Devildom? What did that matter? You were probably freaked out of your mind seeing non-humans for the first time, probably missing the humans that looked like your childhood friend. Probably missing your childhood friend.

Your first pact? Mammon had to be tricked into his pact, and you needed the pact for both Belphie and your own safety. Being your first friend meant both your childhood friend and you had met and mutually agreed to grow closer to each other; to learn more about one another; to be there for each other. It might as well have been a proper pact.

And what was left?

Your first man?

How could Mammon be your first man, when someone else had already taken all your firsts?

Mammon sighed, forcing himself to puff out his chest and stride over to his closet. Suddenly, he felt like going out shopping. Somewhere expensive, with trendy clothes to cover up his emerging insecurities, and coffee shops to drown all the bitter thoughts stirring in his mind. Absentmindedly, his hand reached into his pocket to fetch his wallet, so he could check how much cash he had for his impromptu retail therapy session. It would all be fine. He’d go out, glow up, remind himself of how great he was, and forget why you would would ever even compare that lowly human to a literal Lord of Hell, like himself. A demon with money, charm and devilishly-handsome looks. That would be enough, he willed himself to think. It had to be enough.

Opening his wallet was a mistake.

The card - the one with snippets of his birthday card from you - fluttered out of his wallet, landing gently on the floor. His eyes briefly caught the first sentence.

You had said he was your first friend…

… in the Devildom.

He didn’t read the second part of that sentence, however. He knew what came next, and it wasn’t like it was important. First friend, that’s what was important. The rest hadn’t affected him at all.

It hadn’t affected him, which is definitely why he slammed his wallet shut and left it behind on his desk, taking out his credit card and ID. They were the only things he’d need, after all. He would open the door, leave his room and get out of the house for a deserved shopping spree. Unaffected.

Mammon didn’t need to be your first.

… And that’s exactly what he told himself over and over, as he broke down into tears; not having been able to bring himself to even turn the handle of his bedroom door.

Instead he sunk to the floor, curled up into a ball, and sobbed uncontrollably into the screaming silence of his bedroom.

(mammon next on my angst list, which is still the most requested genre after a week of polling! My second ever post had him breaking a vase in a hotel and now we have this lol)

(the first man thing is something mammon uses as a bit of a crutch in both canon and fanfiction. it’s a romantic line, its an excuse, its an identity, its all of that. i think its a nice, telling part of mammon’s character, and i tried expanding on it with other firsts. however, what if you took that away from him? and u get the idea for this fic. hope y’all enjoyed!)

(I’m also going to start putting genre and character stuff at the start, so people can easily know what they’re getting into. let me know if i should add anything to it)

[bethanydelleman]

People talk about Rent having problems, I'm sure it does, but rewatching it as an adult who has gotten much, much more accepting of it's content, I think it was absolutely brilliant for it's time. I grew up in a very conservative home, Rent was my first positive exposure to most of the pairings and expressions of queerness contained within and the way it exposed me was so smart.

What's amazing to me is that we have an avatar for the audience in Mark Cohen (like he's literally behind the camera), but unlike other media where he might have taken the audience by the hand and introduced them to all these people who are so different from the norm, he accepts all of them as normal without explanation. He's living with someone who has AIDS, he's friends with a gay man who is dating a drag queen, and his ex-girlfriend is bisexual, he doesn't blink at any of it. He treats his ex-girlfriend's girlfriend like any other ex's new partner, which may not seem radical now but my only other exposure to this situation was Ross on Friends and let me tell you it was not handled well.

I found the same-sex pairings uncomfortable at the time, but the writers gave me a great heterosexual couple to root for and root for them I did, even though they were a current and a former drug addict, both HIV positive, one was a sex worker (and everyone is just accepting of her being a sex worker!) Again, I was brought up very conservative, identifying with that couple was entirely new to me. These were people who I was supposed to accuse of moral failings but instead I just wanted them to find happiness. That is an accomplishment!

Also, the songs are just one banger after another. Honestly.

[homestuckreplay]

The Wizard of Atari-Sega-Nendo 🧙🎮

On page 1056 of Homestuck, John Egbert thinks that his new Serious Business Goggles make him ‘look way cooler, like one of the kids from SPY KIDS’. Fletcher Wortmann, in an extended piece of meta on Homestuck that I will read in full when the timelines match up, describes the comic as ‘Suda 51’s game adaptation of David Lynch’s remake of Spy Kids 3D: Game Over’.

Today I rewatched the movie Spy Kids 3D: Game Over (2003), a formative movie for my own childhood, and it is absolutely a John’s Movies movie.

Spy Kids 3D focuses on a new virtual reality video game with the very on-the-nose title Game Over, which in-universe is the biggest and most immersive video game ever made, created by a mysterious entity ‘The Toymaker’ who is unavailable for interviews. The OSS spy organization has figured out this game is nefarious during its beta test period, just before its official release. The Toymaker has promised a sort of Ultimate Reward of riches beyond one’s wildest dreams to anyone who can beat Level 5, however, Level 5 is unwinnable, and the Toymaker plans to trap every kid who plays the game inside it. As one of the OSS agents frames it, ‘you control the youth, you control the future of the world’.

The movie’s protagonist is Juni Cortez, and as this is his third adventure, he’s confident in the protagonist role. He’s left the OSS and has become a hardboiled private investigator looking into petty crimes – it’s obviously played for comedy, but he’s clearly in charge of his own life and certain about what he does and doesn’t want. He’s very different to John Egbert in this way, but John watching this might envy Juni’s assertiveness and his clear belief that he should be taken seriously.

The biggest connection to John’s other movies is the theme of family. It begins with biological family – Juni is playing the game to save his sister Carmen, not unlike John playing Sburb to save his dad – but is later expanded to include friends and allies from the Cortez family’s previous adventures. Juni also has a grandpa who he’s able to summon into the game, who gets some incredible NPC powerups and shows up unexpectedly to help Juni when he’s struggling, not unlike John’s dynamic with Nannasprite. The movie introduces an intergenerational conflict, with Juni’s grandpa wanting to find the Toymaker and confront him, and Juni believing this isn’t safe and that escaping the game and shutting it down is the only solution. In the end they overcome this, and family in its broad definition wins out – just as it does in every single movie that John has on a poster.

Spy Kids 3D deals with the boundary between the physical and digital worlds, and the ways they’re increasingly becoming entwined. In the game, Juni interacts physically with coins, powerups and a hovering question mark. He has nine lives, and if he loses them all, it’s game over with no restarts. When he fights in an arena, the stands are populated with PlayStation 1-quality NPCs. And at the end of the movie, the game enemies enter the physical world as the Toymaker escapes, and Juni and his sister Carmen have to put on 3D-style glasses in order to fight them. Of course, this ‘digital bleed’ a common theme in media from at least the 1990s onwards, so it doesn’t uniquely share this with Homestuck.

Spy Kids 3D is also harsher on gamer culture than Homestuck is, and seems to come to the conclusion that digital worlds can’t replace real. The movie begins with the fictional US President and former head of the OSS stating that he prefers his current job to his former, because the ‘perception’ that he’s running the world means more to him than the ‘reality’ of doing it. Two ‘Programmerz’ of the game appear as cool, black-clad Matrix-style guys, and have their avatars removed to reveal stereotypical computer nerds underneath. And when Juni’s co-players show up in person, having previously only met each other in-game, it’s ‘revealed’ that Mr Strong isn’t actually strong, Mr Smart isn’t actually smart, and Mr Cool isn’t actually cool.

At the same time, the movie is filled with stupid gamer references – its first frame proclaims it ‘A Digital File by Robert Rodriguez’, a character is named Rez in order to make the joke “Hi, Rez”, a character claims to have got into the game ‘on a beta tester’s visa’, after falling into lava a character says ‘I saw all my points flashing away before my eyes’, and when a character is threatened, another steps in to say ‘you have to go through me first, Game Boy’. In perhaps the movie’s most famous line, Demetra, the girl Juni likes, gets a Game Over screen, and Juni says ‘I never even got her email address’.

I wonder what business a movie filled with jokes targeted towards gamers has in making fun of gamers. Juni’s co-players didn’t even change themselves that much in game – they didn’t present as older, or a different gender, or have wild superpowers. Entering the game just gave them the confidence to be slightly better versions of themselves, overcoming judgments based on physical appearance and others’ existing perceptions of them. At a tight 84 minutes, the movie definitely could have added extra scenes to give a little more characterization to the gamers Juni plays with, but in the final showdown Juni is only fighting alongside his real life friends and family. His internet friendships aren’t seen as important, and in that way the movie is very different to Homestuck.

In the game, Juni falls for another player named Demetra and even gives her the extra lives he collected – but she turns out to be a holographic game construct placed to deceive and mislead the players. When she betrays Juni, she says ‘I’m sorry, Juni. But it’s in my programming’. Just a scene later, she’s able to overcome her programming and hold open a portal for the real players to escape. She perhaps more than anyone else represents this blurred boundary, and while she doesn’t appear outside of the game, she reminds me of WV exploring perhaps his first taste of free will after arriving on Earth.

My big criticism of Spy Kids 3D is that the game doesn’t feel coherent; it’s hard to tell what its plot or objectives are beyond ‘reach Level 5’, and while the individual gaming scenes are cool they don’t necessarily feel like part of the same game. In their November 2009 Q&A, Andrew Hussie states that Sburb’s system, mechanics, universe and goal are the elements they’ve had planned since page 1 of Homestuck, and it shows. I don’t think Robert Rodriguez or his team were as focused on this element.

So, if there is a connection between Spy Kids 3D and Homestuck – which, given John’s explicit Spy Kids reference, is not out of the question – I have a few predictions. First, Juni at one point has to fight another player, Arnold, who wants to win the game to save his family from poverty. I think Sburb will also try to pit its players against one another, putting them in a situation where one player can save a family member at the cost of another. Next, The Toymaker wants Juni and his friends to reach Level 5 and is secretly trying to help them, because he wants Juni’s grandpa to find and confront him. I’m going to be very suspicious of any NPC or game construct in Sburb that seems too helpful, because they might have ulterior motives for wanting John to succeed, and that includes Nannasprite. Finally, at the end of the movie, Juni’s grandpa is reluctant to return to the real world, where he has less power and agency due to being in a wheelchair (although he later changes his mind, finding power in his real life too). Eventually, John and his friends will get the chance to escape the Medium, and one of them may be reluctant to do so. Their lives aren’t great outside of the game, and they have access to theoretically infinite alchemy within it as they advance to the late game, so it’s easy to imagine one of them being tempted to stay.

As a high grossing and child appropriate movie, Spy Kids 3D doesn’t have the freedom or flexibility with its storytelling that Homestuck does, nor is it able to explore its themes in as much depth. But it’s fast paced and funny, and relatable to a kid playing video games in the 2000s. I agree with John - in his suit and serious business goggles, he does look like a spy kid, and if he can find time to rewatch this movie in between alchemizing and imp slaying, it might help him with his current situation.

Movie Rating: 9/10

[superluigiglitchy]

Just finished rewatching SMG4 What-if? and now im having feelings

aka Fuzzy Meggy au based on that fucked up Fuzzy Desti au @duckapus made where Mr. Grizz found Desti's body in the ocean and decided to do the trial runs for the fuzzy ooze which brought her back to life but fucked her up BIG TIME but like its Meggy instead (here)

(Long post ahead)

a few things before I start explaining away

Since Meggy's death each member of the gang have started wearing an article of orange in they're usually outfits (Saiko's twin tail ribbons are orange, Tari has an orange arm band on her hoodie, Mario has an orange Inkling patch stitched onto his overalls etc.) as a way to commemorate her

The three pieces of Meggy's head gear went to Luigi (beanie), Mario (headphones) and Tari (goggles) all three of them guard these pieces with they're lives

So many people blame themselves for Meggy's death that it can give someone chronic depression (read: me) but here's a few people of note

Axol: Despite the reassurances of the gang (including that of Desti's) Axol deeply blames himself for not knowing that Francis had made another Sephiroth and being able to erase it before it went and killed someone

Paige: Since their older sisters death they have double down on being the NSS's Captain and have worked harder than ever before much to the other agent's worry and concern, they have sever survivor's guilt an a guilt complex and as much as the other agents and cuttle fish try to help they either outright refuse or avoid them however that may change soon during the NSS's exploration of the ancient human settlement known as Altera

Tari: having lost her best friend and in the throws of grief she decided to learn to be stronger earlier than in canon with the help of Saiko surprisingly out of everyone she seems to have gotten a control over her grief, she still deeply wishes Meggy were still here with them but she knows that's not possible however she's been having strange dreams lately of her late friend but surely those are just that, dreams... Or are they?

Luigi: Since Meggy's death he has learned to not be as much of a scaredy cat and to pull his weight around in the team he still deeply misses her but he also acts as a rock for whenever the grief of the others gets too much for them, Especially for Mario however he like the others misses her greatly and often tries to 'think like Meggy' as he puts it when stuck in a pickle

Mario: Out of everyone he has the most grief over the lost of his best friend and sister, because of this it was like a switch was flipped and now he acts more subdued and not as chaotic (think of him as a mix between his memey self and pre-smg4 self) (which deeply disturbs everyone, even Peach surprisingly enough) however he is still the Avatar of the universe so he still gets dragged into insane adventures because of it only with a more subdued attitude and more responsible and smart (again deeply disturbs everyone) he often wonders that if he didn't instigate the anime challenge would none of this have happened? Luigi tries to assist him in processing the grief and guilt and help with his depression but it doesn't seem to be quite working

Desti: she is currently on the hunt for Sephiroths head and to get revenge so she has too much anger right now to process her guilt and grief which can rival even Mario's if not surpass it

Peach: since the fiasco of the anime arc Peach has become more thoughtful to others and careful in her decisions regarding Mario's antics and feels responsible for this mess having happened (she WAS the one responsible placing the ban in the first place) she acts much like her canon self here, everyone has mixed feelings over her however, Saiko especially who personally blames Peach for what she sees as causing the death of her friend Saiko hasn't really expressed this as not to aggravate the others but Peach sorta knows with how often Saiko shoots the Stink Eye at her

And that's about it now onto the au itself

During Splatoon 3's story mode (or at least this universe's version of it) the NSS find themselves stalked by a cat-like creature covered in scars and brown fur

(honestly they wouldn't really have noticed if not for Captain 3 halting everyone from moving pointing out that they were being watched by something and ironically enough the thing showed itself) shockingly though it began to smother Captain 3 with affection and purring like crazy much to Paige's annoyance and confusion and Callie and Marie's amusement

Callie: hehehe, it looks like it likes you captain

Paige being smothered with affection furiously by a purring cat creature: I am aware of that agent 1- HEY NO LICKING!!

Anyways now the NSS has this weird ass cat thing that's very clingy to their captain (the amount of black mail Andi has now is insane) and seems to have grown a liking to Andi as well ironically enough and ends up helping in the space battle quite a lot

Meanwhile as this is happening harbor and 8 end up helping Desti who was on the back ropes to defeat Sephiroth (much to her reluctance and stubbornness) and ends up taking her back to homebase cause 1. Cuttlefish were worried sick about her and 2. They ain't letting her disappear for several months again and it's here where they find out about the giant cat monster thing that the NSS have came to call Fuzzball instead of Subject 001 (which was the codename Mr. Grizz gave her) who takes an extreme liking to Desti MUCH to her confusion

Desti being cuddled to death by Fuzzball: what the fu-

Paige covered in orangey brown fur: you get used to it

Anyways something something the NSS and the smg4 crew have they're monthly meet up with a giant fuzzy cat thing in tow and because of E. Gadd shenanigans they find out that Fuzzball is actually Meggy *insert moment of disbelief and tear it filled moment here along with a bunch of reactions*

So anyways thanks to a combination of E. Gadd, the NSS, some help from Marina's memeverse and memery fuckery cause why tf not, they are able to find a cure for fuzzification for both the affected octarians and Meggy

But because of how long she's been trapped in Grizzco. and how long she's been experimented they weren't able to cure her all the way so now she's a cat bear squid human thing but that's just fine by the gang because they'll always love Meggy no matter what and BOY did they miss her

Bonus Megdesti:

[noelles-legacy]

tag nine people you want to get to know better!

Thx @choccy-milky and @karajluce for the tag<3

🎵LAST SONG- I don’t really listen to a ton of “individual” songs, I like listening to edit audio playlists. Normally if I listen to music I’m always in a certain mood, and those playlists really help me get into that zone. I also have a short attention span so the shorter edit audios really hit it for me… but if I were to actually pick a song I’d say labyrinth by miracle musical

🎨FAVORITE COLOR- dark red🩸

💿CURRENTLY WATCHING- I haven’t been watching a ton of shows recently, I don’t normally like to start new shows. I like to rewatch the ones I love or YouTube videos, mostly for background noise while I’m drawing 💀 but I can definitely list my favorites… 1998 Trigun, Castlevania, Avatar the last air bender, Neon genesis Evangelion, Sonic boom (it’s so stupid that I actually like it), and Ghost Stories eng dub (it’s iconic✨)

🎞️LAST MOVIE- Sleeping beauty, but if it means last movie I saw in theaters it would be Tarot, which me and my friend saw crazy high and don’t recommend watching it.

🍭🍟🔥SWEET/SPICY/SAVORY- sweet for sure but savory is a very close second. My ultimate weakness is ice cream and or cheesecake, and I’m not as picky when it comes to sweets. I love savory tho too, it’s hard to pass up some good ramen or fried chicken. Spicy is not even in the question, my bloodline cannot handle it 😭💀

💕RELATIONSHIP STATUS- other then all of the fictional crushes, irl me is enjoying the single life for now

🖤CURRENT OBSESSION- im going to take that as character obsessions instead lmao. Well, other than Ominis and hogwarts legacy, itachi (Naruto), Vincent valentine (final fantasy), Zelda (loz tears of the kingdom), Vash (98 Trigun), and so many more… I have phases lmao

💻LAST THING YOU GOOGLED- I’m looking for a new laptop, so it was a ton of research on that 😵‍💫

if you’re not in the list consider yourself tagged.

@the-ozzie @keri-mcberry @wrongcog @bassicallymaestra @boxdstars @lorrainmorgan @myokk @lamieboo @silvyadrakkon @siboom777

[eastwindmlk]

Questionnaire Tag Game

Thanks for the tag, @kay-elle-cee ! <3

Last Song

The Truth - Jonathan Groff & Jessie Shelton from 36 Questions

Currently Watching

Avatar The Last Airbender (Rewatch)

Galavant (Rewatch)

Currently Reading

I am currently only reading Fanfics

Current Favourites

Rant Reviews on YouTube, Movie nights with friends, the idea of being done with my move, hot showers and drinking excessive amounts of milo.

I'll be tagging:

@werewolfenthusiast, @letyepetyelepetye, @so-scarlett-maroon & @pia-bartolini

As always, feel free to ignore me.

[cuteniarose]

ATLA for the ask game!!

*stares blankly at my screen as I try to remember the last time I've felt any strong emotion for an AtLA character*

(no genuinely those guys just kinda Exist to me istg I’m not invested even when I’m actively rewatching the show)

blorbo (favorite character, character I think about the most) – This one’s easy: Azula. One does not simply go through their teenage years as a severely mentally ill girl with a shitty dad and emotionally absent mom who favours the other child and end up normal about Azula lmao. I need any and every canon media to leave her the fuck alone. No I do not have a vision as to what happens to her post canon. Yes I do think that what the creators went with sucks ass and thus is not canon in my multiverse thank you very much

scrunkly (my “baby”, character that gives me cuteness aggression, character that is So Shaped) – Appa. Just Appa. As a bonus, baby Appa. I need a plush of him more than I need to breathe (though Hanička might get to it so.. how good that idea is may be debatable). Oh, and The Duke. Have you ever seen him hugging Toph in the background of the last episode (I believe)?? Babies, absolute babies, they deserve the world, your honour

scrimblo bimblo (underrated/underappreciated fave) – …. Mai? I feel like Mai doesn’t get enough love in the fandom. My current objective is trying to get the friend I’m making watch AtLA for the first time like her :P

glup shitto (obscure fave, character that can appear in the background for 0.2 seconds and I won’t shut up about it for a week) – Okay, I’m gonna be honest, I’ve thought over this one for a good 20 minutes and haven’t been able to come up with anything because I Genuinely Do Not Care That Much, but during this past rewatch I’ve been doing with my friends I have had a *Leonardo DiCaprio pointing meme* moment at every reference to Yangchen thanks to A CERTAIN SOMEONE, so… might not be me who never shuts up about her, but she still counts (though I did go on a small infodump when my friend asked me “which one’s that one?” during the Avatar State montage in Book 2 Episode 1, so… perhaps there is more of a case to be made here). Oh, and Smellerbee. I wanna know what Smellerbee’s deal is. No one ever talks about Smellerbee :/

poor little meow meow (“problematic”/unpopular/controversial/otherwise pathetic fave) – Hama. Partially for Ming-Hua related reasons, partially because I’m obsessed with the concept of bloodbending (and yet cannot give two shits about Amon or Tarrlok 🤔 Hm, correction: the concept of bloodbending women :D), partially because I wholeheartedly believe that she was brought back to the South Pole and she and Kanna got to be lesbians together for whoever many years they had left – side note, how come every bloodbending woman is a lesbian? – and there’s a certain subsection of the fandom who have proven to not be able to be normal about victims of colonisation, hence the “problematic” category. (Also… not a character, but the Great Divide is a fun episode and you all are way too mean about it. Yes, it does have some.. questionable implications, but all the arguments about how it doesn’t further the plot are stupid as fuck because IMO, if we have time for half a dozen random Fire Nation adventures and a whole episode dedicated to Zuko’s sob story and the trashfire that Ember Island Players is, we have time for the Great Divide. Argue with a wall)

horse plinko (character I would torment for fun, for whatever reason) – Zuko. This is because I do not like him. No further commentary lest this fandom tear me to pieces. And Jet. This is also because I do not like him. And Sokka. But I actually do like him, I just think it’s funny when he suffers (/affectionate)

eeby deeby (character I would send to superhell) – Pakku. It has been 11 years since I watched AtLA for the first time and never once have I been convinced that Kanna actually married him. Absolutely not, to superhell with you. If there’s any NWT waterbender who deserves to get with Kanna, it’s Yugoda. Hama/Kanna/Yugoda polycule when???

[eirenical]

9 Fandom Peeps to Get to Know Better:

Tagged by @merinnan. Thanks! ^_^

3 Ships You Like: FeiHua, PingXie, Yan Dan X Ying Yuan x Yu Mo (started an Immortal Samsara rewatch last night, so sue me. At least I know @slangerogkatter will appreciate that one ;D)

First Ship Ever: ...I have distinct memories of constantly telling @tirrasae when we were in high school that "Captain Kirk and Uhura should get marriiiiiied." But I'm honestly not sure if that was 1) even genuinely a ship and 2) if it was, if it was my first one. I'm pretty sure it wasn't. XD

Last Song You Heard: (Side note: very much approve of your listening choices, merrinan ^_^) Also uh... it was probably whatever my last morning alarm was, which means it was something from the MLCB OST. Probably... 一壶莲花醉 by Hu Xia. ^_^

Oh, also whatever the Hangzhou City background music is on the DMBJ game that's been playing nonstop because I have the game open on my phone next to me. XD

Favourite Childhood Book: I'm not sure what really counts as "childhood" for the purposes of this question, but probably the answer either way is Snow Dog by Jim Kjelgaard. I was OBSESSED with that book for a decent chunk of elementary school. Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry was was up there, too.

Currently Reading: NOTHING REALLY. Everything I started reading I Have since stalled out on. I was able to read again for like... TWO WEEKS and then the ability to focus on reading left me again. *sobs aggressively* But if it ever returns, the books I was in the middle of when I stalled where Into the West by Mercedes Lackey and The King's Avatar/QZGS (全职高手) by Butterfly Blue (蝴碟蓝).

Currently watching: AHAHAHA. I'm watching too many things and almost all of them are rewatches. Nothing new. Things I'm rewatching with watchalong friends: The King's Avatar with @buriedbybooks and @thearchivisttheprime), Mysterious Lotus Casebook with @elenothar, South Wind Knows with @kalypartemis. Things I'm rewatching on my own: Immortal Samsara and I just finished up Leverage and and moving on to Leverage Redemption. Also just recently finished rewatching all of The West Wing. ^_^

Currently consuming: Nothing at the moment but my tummy is a-grumbling, so maybe I should fix that. XD To anyone following my MCAS saga, though, I am happy to report that most of my sense of taste has finally returned from the war! So that's exciting. ;D

Currently craving: A break <-- ...omg, merinnan that is such a mood. TT^TT But also these curry puffs with cucumber salad that the Thai place in town used to serve. Unfortunately, they're closed and will never serve them again. TT^TT

Tagging: if you've been tagged in this post, consider yourself tagged to do it ^_^, also if you just see this post and want to do it, please feel free ^_^, and specifically: @bbcphile, @difeisheng, @fixaidea, @takethewatch, @adorablecrab, @sephstones, @doh-rae-me, @ anyone who I'm forgetting because my brain just went splat. XD

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Ten people I’d like to get to know better!

Thank you @alwaysyouuuuuu for tagging me!!

Last Song: Down to you by Joni Mitchell ❤️

Favorite color: green! Like the color of early spring grass 🌱

Last Book: I'm currently reading a silly queer Christmas romance with my friend who lives far away from me called Nightmare Before Kissmas. It's ridiculous. Before that, I read Fight Night by Miriam Toews and it was incredible, 10/10

Last Movie: Wild Robot!!! It was so sweet and I definitely cried 🫶

Last TV Show: I'm rewatching Avatar the Last Airbender, and also watching Daisy Jones and the Six with my roommate

Sweet/Spicy/Savory: Savory!!! Or Salty :) I love Salty foods and chocolate

Relationship Status: Single :) I love being alone with myself to be honest, dating is very hard for me because I'd rather just be at home doing whatever I want lol

Last thing I googled: I looked up an actor in the show my roommate was watching to see if he was in something else I've seen, he was not!

Current Obsession: knitting ❤️❤️

Looking forward to: Christmas 🎄!! And my friend coming to visit me next weekend :)

And I'll tag (only if you'd like to participate!) @lilacella @nocturnal-phantom @severedreamerfox 💓💓

[fyrewalks]

GET TO KNOW THE MUN.

what made you pick up the muse you have? why have to choose just one muse? fun fact - i used to have three separate blogs and eventually just moved everyone to a single multi.

is there anything you don’t like to write? just the standard list of plots that are no-no's for most people, beyond that i ain't too picky

is there anything you really enjoy writing? angst, relationship development (both familial and romantic), introspective threads

how do you come up with your headcanons?  songs, tv/movies, and an overactive imagination

do you write in silence or do you play music? music or a tv show i've watched a billion time. should probably write in silence more so i get things done.

do you plan your replies or wing them? i might think of or jot down ideas when i'm saving things to my drafts and don't have time to reply; sometimes i'll check in with my writing partner to see what they think, but mostly i'm just winging it.

do you enjoy shipping? yes, always! i love writing ships. it's what i want to write and have the most fun writing.

what’s your alias/name?  oliver

age?  25+

birthday?  october

favorite color?  green

favorite song?  currently - forever by noah kahan

last movie you watched?  twenty seven dresses (a classic imo)

last show you watched?  avatar (cartoon - doing a rewatch after the live action)

last song you listened to?  blood runs red by matt maeson

favorite food?  spicy garlic parm chicken wings (or a good steak)

favorite season?  fall

do you have a tumblr best friend? @parameddie @heartsbreaking @nursc just to name a few :)

tagged by : @heartsbreaking tagging: you, the cutie on the dash reading this!!

[daconfusedbanana]

hey there

welcome to my little digital corner. this blog will serve as my mind dump since my brain sometimes feels like it's running out of storage. this is entirely self-indulgent honestly. i'll probably use this to explore my fandoms, express my musings, occasionally share things i like. anyway, hi, thanks for stopping by! hope you have a great day :)

a lil more about me...

most recently read books:

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

Ariadne by Jennifer Saint

flow: the psychology of optimal experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

currently watching:

Blue Eye Samurai

One Piece (ha I'm on ep 40)

We Bare Bears

rewatching X-Men Movies

favorite shows/movies:

Avatar: The Last Airbender

Legend of Korra

The Matrix

Pacific Rim

Big Hero 6

top animes:

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

Great Pretender

Attack on Titan

Cowboy Bebop

Jujutsu Kaisen

fandoms i'm into/been into:

Korrasami

Catradora

Bumbleby (I haven't watched RWBY but I adore Blake and Yang)

The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy At All (Mitsuaya <3)

Feel free to drop me a message if you want to chat! Always down to make an online friend :)

[gaybd1]

9 people id like to get to know better

thanks for the tag @paramouradrift! ive probably definitely done this before but some questions look new and different!

so we gotta answer the questions and then throw one back to the original tagged. cool concept!

1. Last Song. First Light by Hozier. I was sharing my Divorced Zukka playlist with my friend lmao

2. Favorite Color. grrrrr I don’t have one and wish I did!!! maybe yellow or like gray??

3. Currently watching. Rewatching Korra again but only the Mako scenes lmfao bc I like to go through the Avatar shows and focus on different characters each time?? It’s fun

4. Sweet/Spicy/Savory. Hmm. I can tolerate all but probably prefer savory. I’ve found being in the US that everything is wayyyyy too sweet for me here!! So I LOVE sweet but it needs to be on my terms. Salty on their other hand?? A++

5. Relationship Status. Single my whole life tbh except for a couple months when I was in a very shitty relationship years ago. idk what my problem is I want a partner!!

6. Current Obsession. Avatar next question

7. Last Thing Googled. Let’s check. “do you have to charge airtags” I’m learning about these guys and hey they kinda suck!!

RETURN VOLLEY FOR @paramouradrift:

8. Hmm… Based off Vibes alone (not job/money/distance from family) what country/city would you live in??

Here’s who I’m tagging. Feel free to ignore!! @ozais-lobotomist @hawksatoru @sukiluvvs @linnorabeifong @wilcze-kudly @korrasamibottles @bumi-ii @gasmeros @lesmiserablol

[creampuffqueen]

Mal's Future Sukka Headcanon Timeline (Part 1)

hi guys, i'm currently in the middle of an atla rewatch so y'all know what that means: i'm being insane about sukka again. i've finally worked out my personal headcanon future for them after the events of atla and the comics, which i will be sharing here.

this post is basically just a bulleted list of events that happen. things they do, when they have their kids, more things that happen, all up until the events of tlok, which i tie in. (i currently have two different 'tie-ins', depending on how angsty i feel).

a few points before we start:

no, suki did not fucking die young

sokka is not suyin's father

i gave sokka and suki A Lot of kids. 12, to be exact. yes, you read that right. i will explain further in the post why they have so many and what allowed them to successfully raise such a large family

i've published a fic with sukka babies in it, however my timeline is now different from what i wrote then. that fic is of course still staying, because i love it, but it's no longer part of my 'personal canon', if you get what i mean

and finally, just remember this is my personal headcanon timeline for them. don't like it? go make your own headcanons. i'm sharing this because i love talking about sukka and their future together, i'm not trying to insist that This Is Definitely What Happened. it's all for fun!!

so, without further ado, let's into the timeline stuff <3

after the events of A:TLA, Sokka and Suki then spend the next few years helping out as Team Avatar. Suki splits her time between guarding Zuko in the FN and traveling with Aang, Katara, and Sokka

by the time they're 18, Sokka and Suki know that they've found 'the one'. they both know that they're endgame for each other. sure they're young, but why wait?

i like to imagine they elope on the battlefield. fighting some baddies or another, one of them is like 'hey, we should get married!' and the other is like 'i love that idea! aang, you're the avatar, you have the power to marry people, right?'

they get battlefield eloped, but end up having a 'proper' wedding with their friends and family when they're 19

they're ridiculously in love and very happy to be married

so, they weren't planning on having kids right away. they're very young, there's plenty of time for that in the future

however, life has some other plans for them

Suki gets pregnant very soon after the wedding. like, right after the wedding, honestly

at first she doesn't really want to believe it. but eventually she can no longer deny it, and it's time to face the music

i want to emphasize here how complex feelings can be about pregnancy. Suki wants kids, but she feels very thrown off by getting pregnant so quickly and so young

but she and Sokka make a wonderful team. although they're both worried about the future and what it will look like as a family of three, they begin to get excited about welcoming a baby

their first baby is a little girl they name Yuki, born on a warm spring night on Kyoshi island

and while in some ways their lives do change, it's much less than they expected

both Sokka and Suki take to parenting like fish in water

so now they're just continuing their regular jobs and adventures, but with a baby in tow

Sokka with a baby carrier lives rent free in my brain tbh

for a while things continue pretty normally. Suki is no longer in charge of guarding Zuko, as that's a bit more dangerous than she's comfortable with, she's still the leader of the Kyoshi warriors and all that entails

and then Suki finds herself pregnant again, when Yuki is about seven-eight months old

this sort of forces her and Sokka to reevaluate their plans

Yuki is a great baby. but soon enough she's going to be a toddler, and they'll have a second baby to take care of

when Suki is too pregnant to work anymore, they have to make some decisions

they love their kids. they love their family. they love their communities. they love their jobs

after some discussion with the rest of Team Avatar, Sokka and Suki elect to take a step back from all the Big World Peace missions

they want to raise their family

their next baby is born, another girl that they name Saya

everything starts to feel right

as much as they love helping out the entire world and bringing about world peace, they also love raising their little family together, being able to benefit from the peace they've helped create

nobody blames them for this, of course. they've done their part in saving the world. now they get to live their quiet life and raise their kids in a peaceful world

they still work, of course. Suki still leads the Kyoshi warriors, and Sokka is always in close contact with their friends, giving his advice wherever needed. he's just not traveling as much, staying home to look after his babies

now is a good time to point out that Sokka and Suki are amazing parents who take a very equal role in raising their kids

they also have a very close-knit community to help them out. Kyoshi island has such an emphasis on community. there's always someone to help out. their kids are taken care of in equal part by their parents and the larger island community

this strong community is a major reason why they end up with so many kids. they have the support system around them to do so

Suki gets pregnant again when the girls are 3 and 2, and has another little girl that they name Umari

time passes peacefully

Umari shows waterbending abilities right after her second birthday. a bit unexpected but not totally surprising

around this time Sokka and Suki decide to move to the southern water tribe for a time, to help Umari harness her waterbending

and at this point Suki decides it's time to hand over her mantel of leadership to another very capable warrior. she can't very well lead them if she's living in the south pole

it's a very bittersweet moment for her. she's adored leading the Kyoshi warriors. she'll always be a Kyoshi warrior, of course, just not the leader anymore. she's sad to leave them, but at the same time she's in a new phase of life at this point, and focused on being a mother

and before anyone says any kind of bullshit about Suki giving up her career for motherhood, i want to emphasize that that's not a bad thing, when it's the woman's choice. being a mother is important work. Suki was not forced to give up her career to be a mother; she was successful at being both for a while. but she chose to give up her position as leader for the benefit of her daughter learning waterbending in the SWT

and in the SWT she still works. there's always plenty to do

soon after their move she and Sokka welcome their fourth daughter, who is named Kyiasa

and then Hakoda decides he wants to retire as chief

Sokka, as his son, is technically next in line

and Sokka loves his tribe. he's happy to serve as their chief for a few years and help rebuild

so they stay in the SWT for a while

during this time they welcome two more babies, both girls. Akedi, born three years after Kyiasa, and Kanna, two years after Akedi

Gran-Gran Kanna passes away right before Kanna 2 is born, which is where she gets her name

Kanna also happens to be a waterbender as well! Oh yeah and Kyiasa is an earthbender, which absolutely nobody was expecting. Apparently Suki had some earthbending ancestry she never knew about

eventually though, Sokka decides to step down as chief as well. his family is still growing, and he wants to be present for their childhood

with the SWT more stable, the family decides to move back to Kyoshi

one of the first things they do when they get back? have another baby lol

they welcome their first son: baatar

at this point, with the kids getting older, it allows them to do more traveling

they spend time on Kyoshi, time in the SWT, time in the Fire Nation, time in Ba Sing Se, time in Republic City

the kiddos all love traveling

and of course, Sokka and Suki are still having more babies. they're wonderful parents, they love their kids, and Suki has a relatively easy time with pregnancy and childbirth. why not?

again, the emphasis on community. it's only through this supportive community they are able to have all these kids

they welcome more kids: Senna, Iknik, and Kio

at this point Sokka and Suki are in their late thirties. when Suki goes years without getting pregnant again, they assume they're done having kids, and get happily settled as a family of 12

life goes on

then, five years after Kio's birth, Suki finds herself unexpectedly pregnant again. wild

they happily prepare for their eleventh baby

but life has one last surprise for them

omfg i've run out of room. to be continued!!!!

[mothqueton]

tagged by @pizza-hats-of-the-world-1882

Last Song/Album: My Hallelujah by AutoHeart. Kinda Bo Burnham vibes, but with less soul shattering lyrics

Favourite Colour: Purple <3333

Last TV Show: Avatar the Last Airbender (The original) I had the pleasure of showing this to a friend who had never seen the series. We watched the first three episodes and it was so much fun rewatching it!

Last Film: I think it was the Princess Bride? It's my go to "I wanna watch something" movie when I'm in a movie mode.

Last Thing I Looked Up Online: Verbatim, this was what I saw when i opened my safari: "John Smith Disney lamd". Al was telling me one of the face characters for him looks just like one of our OC's and they were absolutely correct.

Relationship Status: Married and annoying about it <3

Current Obsession: I'm in my Monte Cristo era babyyy. Just finished my second read through and starting a third read through with wife, who is going through it the first time B)