#I’m gonna assume I meant this as a shitpost

[fierykitten2]

They should make the lore of F-Zero, Metroid and Star Fox related to each other. What if the reason Out Of This Dimension exists is because of the Champion Belts

[knackeredforever]

Ok this is probably gonna be a long rant but it’s for things that I’ve thought about for a while when it comes to the “ai” craze.

I’m ranting about what I’m ranting about is “ai” or what this hellhole of the modern internet has attributed the title “ai” to a fucked up form of machine learning that steals / plagiarises the work of others without their consent. For the rest of this rant I’ll be referring to “ai” as machine learning because that’s what it actually is algorithms programmed to copy others work.

The name “ai” is purely used to make the machine learning software sound more marketable and cool, artificial intelligence as most people envision it still doesn’t exist machine learning is basically constantly iterating program learning by being given fitness values that the outcome with the highest fitness value is used as a baseline for all the other runs to learn from. The machine learning does this by constantly taking over peoples work trying to use this work to guess what a prompt entered by a user wants in response and that’s why machine learning software would ask users whether they were satisfied by the outcome of the machine learning (I’ve used machine learning alot so I’ll shorten it to ml from now on) that will be the fitness value if the user enters yes that will give that ml outcome a higher fitness value therefore further uses of the ml software for that prompt of similar will give results similar to the high fitness value outcome.

One annoying outcome of the machine learning boom is because of its given name of “ai” when ai is used in the context outside of machine learning people now immediately assume it’s machine learning one example is video games which have used the term ai for decades e.g. enemy ai but now using that term makes people think it’s using machine learning even when it isn’t. One example I can think of was dragons dogma 2(I think? ) where developers were discussing the games new ai systems which journalists immediately assumed meant machine learning despite the fact it didn’t.

Another form of machine learning is the so called “ai voices” which is just taking audio sampling of people’s voices copying it and using it to try to say things those people didn’t originally say. It’s genuinely terrifying especially for people like voice actors who many have spoken out of the use of “ai voices” to replicate their voices who now have to worry about people using their voices to say offensive shit and people thinking it’s the original voice actor that said it. Another element that personally pisses me off is voice acting at an unprofessional level basically for shitposts to give an example my YouTube feed used to be filled with shitposts of people doing impressions of characters or performing the glorious task known as sentence mixing taking already existing audio and manually editing it to create new audio this is very different from machine learning as in machine learning new audio is created by trying to simulate copied audio samples from someone else. While in sentence mixing no new audio samples are created the audio is just edited to sound like something else is being said.

But now my YouTube feed when it comes to shitposts of this variety are usually filled with ai voice shitposts usually made by very small YouTubers but bigger ones also sometimes use it. This pisses me of for various reasons such that a lot of these videos that would have previously contained admirable amateur voice acting or sentence mixing now have bad incredibly flat machine learning voice acting and if your not willing to put the effort in the voice itself then I don’t think the video is probably gonna be very funny.

But another element that saddens me when thinking about this is the fact alot of people probably got into voice acting through doing shitposts online so the fact alot of people aren’t even trying to do these voices and that means they could have missed out on the realisation that they really liked voice acting and deciding they wanted to pursue it further.

“Ai”’s are machine learning plagiarism algorithm that are now forcing people online to be part of their sample size whether they want to or not social media’s are stealing artists work to replicate it worse for lazy people even fucking mspaint is doing this now MS FUCKING PAINT.

I’m sure there might be some good uses for this type of software but so far the main people who use and advocate it are corporations trying to get out of paying people for their art and lazy people.

What proves to me on a personal level that machine learning is used for nothing more than laziness is that in my computer science class we are almost finished with a long individual project and it’s one that I mostly really enjoyed working on my own game which was the good part. The worst part was every fucking computer science lesson where I had to hear other students talk about ways they could use machine learning to do their work for them so that they don’t have to do anything themselves no one cared about actually making something, something they wanted to make. All they wanted was something easy and I have known a lot of these people for years I’ve overheard their conversations most of them do business studies and when it comes to talking about their passions when I overhear them it’s always what job will get them the most money what can they do to make girls to be with them for their money. It won’t surprise you that most of these guys watch videos in computer science lessons on ways to be alpha males. (Unfortunately my computer science class is only guys) so I know machine learning isn’t a tool to help artists it’s a tool for people to bypass the art creation process due to laziness.

Now a second personal anecdote so about a month ago I went to a university open day with my dad for a game development course as that’s the career I want to pursue without getting into personal details my dad doesn’t exactly want me to go to this uni or course he debated me on several points about wanting to go to this uni and I argued why I wanted to go their but then he said that he had problems with me wanting to do game development because “the entire industry will mostly be ai generated in a few years anyway” my dads job has nothing to do with game development in the slightest he made this assumption probably because of news stories saying how machine learning was the future of all industries and that all jobs in those fields will disappear.

And honestly I’ve never heard a statement in my life that made me want to pursue game development more.

I want to pursue game development to create games by my own hands to have something that is truly my own not for money but for the love of creating games I wanna make.

I refuse to let all art become nothing more than having stolen slop fired back at users written inputs because if someone didn’t create it what is the point of art at all.

Art is human expression and machine learning is an attempt to replicate the human expression but it will never win.

That’s why I don’t want to support the use of machine learning online wherever I can because it goes against everything I stand for even if it means criticising something I like for using it as I want to support art not stolen non consensual machine learning.

I’m sorry for the long rant but this is a collection of things that have annoyed me for a while.

[denimstars]

Oh, I didn’t expect anyone to read the tags.

I’m not a stan. I’m a casual fan. This is my only post about Jayroy. That said, I have read a lot of Roy in the past few months—yes, including pre RHATO. So I don’t think a disclaimer is necessary. My point was that Roy is probably happy to have someone like Jason in his life, as they can empathize with one another without fear of judgment. No doubt I worded that poorly, as these were just tags on a shitpost. I didn’t put much thought into what I was saying. It was personal interpretation. But I’ll elaborate a little with canon in mind.

That conversation has to mean something. It was more or less foreshadowed earlier in Titans (2008) #23. This may read as out of character, but in The New Titans (‘80s), Dick once again uses Roy’s addiction—and the times he helped him detox—against him in an argument. And again, in Outsiders (2003). (Not trying to victimize Roy; he hits below the belt too.) These are things that can affect a friendship in the long-term. TLDR: My opinion wasn’t informed by a single conversation.

That is all to say, I think there is always going to be a gap to bridge between someone who has struggled with these traumas first-hand and someone who hasn’t. (“But you’re not out here at the sharp end, not even daring to ask for help, because you’re not even sure what ‘help��� you’d get, even if you did ask.” – Titans #21. It’s not a direct correlation because of timeline nonsense, but Roy has had difficult experiences with rehabilitation in the past, including the Virgil House in Rise of Arsenal (2010.)) Yes, Roy and the Titans are a family who lean on one another and I should have acknowledged that. E.g., at the end of the Titans arc I was referencing, they do resolve that argument to a degree. But it’s complicated. Families are complicated, particularly when it comes to something as intense as drug addiction.

To my mind, Roy still feels like an outsider and a liability at times. Whether it’s out of personal insecurity—feeling like the screw-up of the Teen Titans, something he mentioned a lot in New Earth—or because of resentment over past conflicts. That’s where the trust wavers. Roy was one of the first kid sidekicks to struggle with something as devastating and grounded in reality as a heroin addiction, and he was surrounded by people who didn’t (or couldn’t) understand what he was going through. This is such a close parallel with Jason’s death & resurrection that it’s hard to ignore.

Jason has been the misfit kid sidekick who ‘failed’. He has been afraid to ask for help for fear of what help he will receive. He has struggled with seeing his mother die to a drug addiction. He has felt that his mentor was absent at his time of need. He has felt like an outsider or a liability, even in his own family. They have solidarity, and that can be life-changing for people.

That’s not to say Roy or Jason don’t at all trust the rest of their respective families/friends. They obviously do. It’s not like I’m throwing out every other relationship dating back to the sixties just because I think Jason & Roy have a strong and almost instant sense of empathy for one another, lol. I love the Fab Five, I love the Titans in general. But I think Roy’s relationship with Jason is significant to him too, even if it’s newer, because their traumas are so similar. Relationships can be strong in some ways and weaker in others.

Again, if I worded it poorly, mb. I’m new to the Titans and I assumed I was just throwing thoughts into the void. ^ But this is what I meant. Agree to disagree, etc.

And a heads-up: I’m not gonna respond to this post any further because debates really aren’t my speed. I just wanted to show you where I was coming from, because I think you got the wrong impression about me.

Peace and love

this situationship 😭😭😭😭 lord

[glitchinginhyperfixis]

i journeyed to reddit...

https://www.reddit.com/r/StrangerThings/comments/v9c4a3/the_double_standards_are_crazy/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

[bookwyrminspiration]

Sophie Foster is actually just an armadillo in disguise.

I hate to say it but my first response to this was "sophie is a goblin?" because Shannon describes them as having armadillo-like skin.

but just hang on a moment!! I gotta look up characteristics and personality of an armadillo and then i'll get back to you. okay i'm back!!

"armadillos are not social creatures and spend most of their time sleeping." I think this applies better to the human-sophie era, what with the avoiding crowds and trying not to interact with her classmates. and then the sleeping thing--she was so ready to just ignore all her homework and go to bed immediately after dinner in the first book. breaking news she's actually always asleep at heart, the stresses of a war on her shoulders are just keeping her up at the moment. as soon as everything is over she's gonna go right back to her 16 hours of sleep a day tendencies

"armadillos most definitely aren't cuddly." considering how many throwing stars she has in her plethora of pockets, I'd say she's literally not cuddly, and would in fact be a little sharp to cuddle, had she not emptied her pockets.

"armadillos are nocturnal animals." sophie is up practically the entire night every night, I'd say at this point she's becoming nocturnal

oh here's one i think is cool! the name "armadillo" means little armored one in spanish, which i've mentally associated with her overwhelming number of abilities and how they protect her. she's just this little tank running around like an armadillo.

I'm assuming this was meant as just a casual shitpost but after looking through a few websites I can confidently conclude that Sophie Elizabeth Foster shares several characteristics and traits with armadillos!!

[hellacioushag]

mindpalace0 said: @hellacioushag the reason why many elriels are against the mating bond for lucien and elain is because elain does not want it. It was something she did not choose for herself but instead it got forced upon her. Feysands and nessian knew each other before the mating bond reveal. That's not the case for elucien. On the worst taumatic day of elains life some random male claims her. Then she finds out she is shackled and is forced to have a bond with someone she doesn't know

mindpalace0 said: @hellacioushag yh it would be different if elain CHOSE to get to know lucien etc but of right now it's Canon that she gets really uncomfortable around him loses her boldness. Lucien is also shacked to her. He wouldn't have chosen her he says himself she was thrown at him. I can't say for all elriels but the ones I do k ow just want aleain to be able to choose to stray from what is expected of her. Right now everyone expects her to simply accept the bond and become a mate mindpalace0 said:  @hellacioushag I'm deeply sorry if u have ever received comments from idiotic elriels calling u antifeminist. Ignore them and know its not true. At the end of the day sjm can go anywhere with these books. Many elriels simply don't want to ship two people who are genuinely so uncomfortable and awkward around each other. That however can change as the books progress 

mindpalace0 said: Also it's CANON they r uncomfortable and awkward with eath other. Will that change later on in the book? maybe. But right now almost every scene of theirs is cringe to read. You can't be serious when u say that they r not uncomfortable around each other cause they r. Elain owes him NOTHING. Why should she. Why should she stop herself from being happy because of a bond she does not want. Feysand and nessian differ cause in the end they still got to know each other

mindpalace0 said: Before the bond revealed itself. Elain did not have that.

ok i think i got everything that was either directed at me or was just sent in the general post unspecified. i’m not gonna sit and talk about elriel cause i really don’t care about that ship or anyone’s reasons for shipping it. you do you. have fun. i will however address some of the critique you mentioned regarding my thoughts on elucien and the bond. 

1. we do not know how elain feels. we don’t have her pov so anything the other characters are inferring about her regarding her body language is only speculation, not fact. if cassian or nesta notes how elain’s boldness disappears in lucien’s presence we do not know why that is. we can only project our own assumptions as to the motive. you are assuming it’s because she’s uncomfortable around lucien and doesn’t want him. i could assume that she may have been overwhelmed by lucien’s presence because when he’s gone she isn’t faced with the bond, but in his presence she not only feels it there, but may also glean his feelings for her through the bond. neither one of us can claim our assumption is fact because we weren’t in elain’s pov in that scene. other characters interpretations are not always reliable. feyre assumed mor was hiding her love for azriel until mor flat out told her she had no romantic interest in him. until we have elain’s pov we cannot claim our assumption of the scenes are textual evidence. 

2. lucien didn’t say he was shackled to elain. the quote is this:

“I would agree with you on that,” I admitted. “But remember that they were engaged. Give her time to accept it.” “To accept a life shackled to me?” My nostrils flared. “That’s not what I meant.”

he is not oblivious to elain as some would like to claim. he and feyre were discussing graysen and how elain was still mourning the end of their relationship during acofas. feyre was trying to tell lucien to give elain time to accept it was truly over between her and graysen and lucien, having just been brushed off by elain, pushed his own insecurities onto feyre. i assume he thinks because elain won’t speak with him, won’t even try to get to know him, that she think he’s beneath her. that a life with him is surmountable to being shackled. again, this is his own fear and insecurities about her and the bond. we actually don’t know how elain feels about lucien. only the bond. only that she hates the idea of being bonded to anyone. 

3. eluciens, as far as i am aware, do not want elain to be forced into the bond. we want her to be able to get to know lucien the way feyre and nesta got to know rhys and cassian. we want them to have a chance. the only reason there’s a different dynamic with elucien vs feysand/nessian is because elain is aware of the bond and the idea of it has added fear and pressure to her. however, lucien has been kind and patient and understanding. when feyre asked him to move to velaris in acofas to get to know elain he declined. not because he doesn’t want to know her, not because he doesn’t want to be mates, but because he is allowing her to set the pace. he’s being respectful, but also wants her to know he’s thinking about her and he’s there whenever she may want to talk. he is putting himself in the uncomfortable situation of going to feyre’s holiday events and putting himself out there with gifts for his mate because he wants to get to know her. if elain asked him to stay away he would based on his history of respecting her need for space. so any pressure elain is feeling is not based on lucien’s actions, but the idea of the bond itself.

4. if you don’t like elucien that’s fine. my post wasn’t about trying to convince you otherwise. it was in relation to seeing a lot of anti-elucien posts implying shippers are anti-feminist and don’t respect elain and her choices. it was to uplift the elucien community cause i know seeing those same tired arguments gets annoying for me. i think it’s perfectly fine to talk about a ship, to dissect why you don’t like them, but i don’t think it’s acceptable to tear down the shippers who support the ship. to imply horrible things about the shippers and then claim it was just a personal opinion. nah. you want to make jokes, and memes, and shitposts about the fandom and shippers i think that’s fair game. you want to write a meta implying anyone supporting a certain ship are supporting child abuse or they’re misogynistic or they're racist is disgusting and it needs to stop (not you specifically, but the fandom as a whole).

[keepcopinghoe]

catch up pt.1

quick rundown of what’s been going on with me

ramo is the first guy that i’ve consistently and personally interacted with since about 2018 and definitely the first guy who actually around my age that i’ve formed a relatively close bond with. i think it’s for this reason that i’m so attached to him. he frequently described himself as an incel (ironically tho) and i think his last actually non-paid-for sexual relationship was back in 2017. so i stupidly assumed that i was the only girl in his life that he was actually close with and this delusion i think in many ways also is what build the foundation behind the inexplicable quasi-infatuation that i have now.

 on 06th june he told me about some girl that was part of his i***c*** discord which i already knew he was a part of since ages ago. i asked about her and he said she was from lithuania and that he was pissed off because some other guy was orbiting her which immediately set off alarm bells to me since there’s legit no reason to get pissy that someone else is orbiting a girl unless you like her yourself. he also said some shit to me which i think was unintentionally (or maybe intentionally?) hurtful, about how he could easily afford my prices and that i sell myself way below the market rate (both true but still). i think it’s both these things happening at the same time which particularly stung: ramo orbiting some e-girl who is involved in the same interests and hobbies to a greater extent than i am and also the emphasis that i’m a whore (and a cheap one at that) who no one would ever really consider as a serious dating prospect if they knew anything about my history.

i told him shortly after than i didn’t want to see him for a month or so, making up the excuse that it was because i was gonna be too busy. this is partially true cus i did initially have the plan to work every single day until the date of my breast augmentation/lift surgery which would be 25th june, earning like £700 a day in profit if i worked very hard. that didn’t quite come to fruition because there was some guy who booked with me that left a negative review on UKP which led to a fussilade of criticism from various users about me being a power-tripping time waster who frequently ghosted clients. this is kinda true except the power-tripping part; my timewasting is a direct result of substance abuse problems which is a direct result of whoring myself out to men that i often find unattractive. all in the preceding week (i met ramo on a sunday and this shit happened the following week).

two separate people passive aggressively threatened to send me another negative review over text, i have to provide a discounted rate to two of my regulars due to consistantly missing bookings, someone left me a negative review under my AW profile (which they did through sending a booking request that i didn’t confirm) saying that my service had declined massively over the last few months and that it was like ‘fucking a zombie’ and the final night of working on thursday (10/06), i saw this guy who has followed me under various aliases i’ve had in the past (jade/sana/etc.) and that i last meant at kingston premier inn in like june 2019. would have been a nice blast from the past in some respect but i made a stupid retarded decision to do coke with him - i then sniffed poppers which was retarded as well because poppers are a stimulant and speeds the heart up even further which i didn’t really know at the time. i then got super paranoid that i was gonna have a heart attack and kept telling the client in question to ensure that he call an ambulance if i collapsed, which i’m sure really got him in the mood. his name was james and i stupidly told him my real name. he couldn’t come and i felt like shit because i knew he didn’t enjoy himself - he told me in his mind that he had kind of ‘built’ the meeting up and i suppose it must have fallen massively short of his expectations. it is what it is.

i couldn’t sleep really at all due to the coke. i had several meetings arranged for the next day on friday with regulars all of which i cancelled. i just couldn’t continue on with the same routine of waking up in the morning feeling disgusting because i keep eating junk food delivery, doing an enema, getting drunk and just getting fucked until bedtime even though it was really good money.

i fucked around and went to chinatown on saturday evening and was feeling really happy and relieved about not having to work. i’ve figured that i can just make money after my surgeries and start again under a new profile where i don’t have any negative reviews attached to it and maybe rent out an actual apartment on a monthly basis, since it’d be cheaper than air BnB and i can set things up the way i want. i ate sweet and sour fish and egg fried rice, it was taste (ramo always says that lol).

idk what compelled me to do it but on 14th june, i looked through ramo’s likes on twitter. i think it was because i recalled seeing an obvious girl account in his likes previously - this is something i didn’t really think about at all previously but with the new information he had told me the sunday before, i ended up browsing her account which kind of led to a personal crisis. i found out fairly quickly that this girl was the same one he had referred to on discord (m** on discord, j**** on twitter) simply because there were screencaps on her media referring to the same discord and she was definitely from lithuania. i always assumed that women in these circles were lame and bland tradthots who lacked any kind of constitution beyond mindless pandering to irony poisoned scrotes and genuinely retarded wignats but i was suprised at how immediately endearing this girl appeared even to me, through the internet and as someone i have every reason to feel petty resentment towards.

her shitposts were funny and while she is edgy, she has an underlying sweet and kind disposition. her art is shit but cool in its own scrambled way. she’s also apparently only 16 so it’s understandable - i was a lot more cringe at her age and just as shit at art.

the feeling of inadequacy was overwhelming since in addition to being an actual whore, i’m super cringe, lame and normie compared to her. it made completely sense that ramo would orbit a girl like this and i’ve since completely re-evaluated my position and meaning in his life. it’s a good thing that my cope of feelings of intense inadequacy is to launch myself into a phase of hyper-productivity - i kept practicing drawing (apeing her in a way ig since i recently had kind of given up on drawing), fasting, reading, etc. to try and overcome how worthless and self-loathing i felt at being the unwitting basis of comparison to a young girl who was better than me in every conceivable manner. i even listened to msg 3.

i was in so much pain over this that i couldn’t listen to songs which reminded me of ramo (any i****c*** but specifically drug approved and also temptation) and when i did, i just felt anger at my position and a weird resentment towards him. worth mentioning than ramo had sent me a weird bootycall kind of text sometime before then which came across as really crash, so that made me feel even more devalued. 

this is already super long so i’m gonna follow up with a pt. 2 later or maybe edit.

[my-lady-knight]

As an aro-ace person, I feel like unfortunately, the it’s actually a pretty realistic representation that the aro-ace orientation won’t come up in daily life in an obvious way, unless you are explaining your orientation to people? It’s like you don’t like papayas, you don’t go to the papaya market, and most people eat papayas at home in private anyways. You won’t even think about papayas yourself unless there is one in front of you, so other people never realize you don’t like papayas...

If I’m understanding what you wrote correctly, it sounds like being aro-ace is something that doesn’t come up for you as something that impacts or affects your day-to-day life (positively, negatively, or neutrally), and so it doesn’t feel out of place for characters in books to be labeled as aro and/or ace and not have any further mention or exploration of that. That’s totally fine! But it’s the complete opposite of my experience. 

While it’s true it’s not something I tend to bring up in conversation frequently, that’s mostly because having to explain myself to people who don’t share my identity, or make one-off comments that are going to get forgotten or ignored because people won’t get or appreciate what I’m saying, is not something I feel like doing. When I lived with an aro friend of mine, we’d talk or make jokes or do the verbal equivalent of shitpost about it all the time, and while I haven’t done so in a while, I’ve also talked about it at length with other ace/aro friends of mine, particularly in the context of media and fandom. 

(That’s another thing – we’re at the stage in fiction where we can have only one ace and/or aro character at a time, despite the fact I know and am friends with plenty of other (mainly ace) people, socially and even professionally.) 

Otherwise though, my being aro and gray-ace impacts my life constantly. It intersects with my dreams and plans for the future with no romantic prospects (what kind of living situation do I want, will I ever achieve it, who are the people I will build a life with and what will that look like), my varying comfort levels around people in romantic partnerships depending on who they are and how I know them, my relationship to gender (or lack thereof), my reactions to the media I consume and enjoy, my body, my experiences and relationship with the larger queer community, and a whole bunch else. Hell, it even materially affects my life (e.g. remaining unmarried = no chance of those sweet tax benefits married folks get). 

Sex/sexual relationships and romance/romantic relationships are incredibly loaded assumed-universal expectations with an enormous amount of cultural/societal/religious/etc. meaning and import imbued within those ideas and realities that are impossible to ignore. Unlike papayas, I can’t actually avoid the existence of sex and romance, because those narratives and assumptions and expectations are everywhere and affect everything. Even if I don’t engage in sex or romance, I’m gonna have some kind of relationship to them, whether I like it or not.

That’s what I meant when I say that authors labelling characters ace and/or aro and doing nothing beyond that is inadequate. Even if a character isn’t sexually attracted and/or romantically attracted to people and doesn’t engage in any sexy activities and/or date for those reasons, it’s reasonable to expect that their being on the outside of assumed-universal, “human” phenomenons is going to affect how that character sees themselves, relates to their friends and peers and family members, their own expectations and those of others about what they want, etc. 

And that’s what I want to see in fiction. I want to see ace and/or aro characters written with, for lack of a better word, consequences for that specific character to be such in an allosexual, alloromantic world, and the thoughts that character has and the choices that character makes as a result, thoughts and choices they might not have had if they weren’t ace and/or aro but still inhabited the same world. 

(This is for realistic fiction, I have different desires for SFF, where creating societies and species with different understandings of and relationships to gender and sexuality is already relatively normalized, so it theoretically shouldn’t be too much of a leap to incorporate lack of sexual and romantic attraction into that schema, but again without writing it off entirely as “oh that’s just normal here” and going no further, because that continues to defeat the purpose.) 

(Also when I made that comment about the one line thing, I had in mind how I’ve mostly seen it used for secondary characters, not protagonists, which in some ways is even more insulting because then authors have the “excuse” of going “well, I didn’t have room to do more than that, or that wasn’t my focus, or I was worried about shoehorning their identity in”, in which case I’d rather they just not write that sentence and leave the reader to assume the characters are straight, in all senses of the word.)

[leighways]

Y’know, I debated not answering you bc what you sent sounds like the typa shit that attracts unwanted discourse. So if that was your intent (and I mean this with all sincerity): go fuck yourself.

I’m not sure where you got the idea that I’m "still devoted to" C3, esp since the last piece of art I made for that ship was pre-KTGG -- nearly a year ago. That was also the last time, until recently, that I spoke about C3 at all. So ???

I will admit I didn’t answer that ask very thoughtfully when I originally responded -- mostly bc I assumed by now ppl understood my stance on this issue -- so I went back and edited for clarification. However, if you’d read my about page instead of jumping to conclusions, you’d know where I stood.

But since that clearly didn’t happen, I’ll spell it out for you: I used to ship C3. As of right now, I don’t. However, during the time in which I did, I was in the process of building an extensive backstory AU that I am still very much attached to and enjoy creating content for. It was designed specifically to establish Copia as an outsider -- not a member of the Emeritus family -- which has been my view of him since since day fucking one (x).

One scroll through my blog will show you none of this is new. Copia's underdog status plays a vital role in how I draw, write and headcanon him, as well my general attachment to his character. Sure, you can sit there and claim I dreamt all this up for the purpose of shipping, but you'd also be lying out of both sides of your mouth. If my development of this AU was nothing more than ""justification"" for C3, my blog wouldn't be littered with loads of art and comics focused on the rest of the family and their respective dynamics. (x) (x) (x) Not to mention the countless memes and shitposts that have goddamned nothing to do with any of this.

Anyway, for me, an AU only works if you can establish a very clear departure from what's been described in canon. KTGG presented several plot holes I had never previously considered, and these muddied waters made me unsure of how to continue world building. I don't want to publish anything until there are no surprises left, so until we get more official information regarding this lore, I have temporarily pulled the breaks on this project.

Still, none of this is reason to completely dismantle something I've been working on since 2018. Nor does it suddenly make the material itself "problematic". I should be able to keep my AU (C3 storyline or not) without ppl like you accusing me of being some incest-obessed fujoshi simply bc I chose to view the source material in a way you don't personally like.

From last summer forward, every time I’ve been asked about the topic of my AU, the answer never contained any mention of C3 (x) (x) (x) bc I don't currently ship C3. If by "devoted to" you meant "it's on the back burner and also the stove isn't on" then sure, I'm super devoted.

But even if this weren't the case -- even if the amount of currently unanswered questions didn't bother me and I plowed ahead with my story no holes barred, what exactly would my crime be? Why would an AU created to explore the non-canon backstories of Copia (a Catholic orphan) and Papa 1 (his unrelated mentor) suddenly become problematic just bc once in a blue moon a scene appears in which Copia has a boyfriend? Considering all content I've made for C3 sees them as completely unrelated and has also been 100% SFW, what line have I crossed? I know my lane. I'm not mlm (I'm not wlw either, which is what you're trying to peg me as) so I would never create explicit content for a community to which I don't belong. But if you think LGBT+ folks can only make material tailored to their specific identities in order to not be fetishy, then I've got some fuckin news for you and you're not gonna like it.

Anyhoo, I don’t believe for one second that you’re this casual by-standing "outsider" -- not least bc you knew exactly where to find the post where I first addressed the plot twist possibility, but lmfao whatever you say bubs. I also love that you’re on the "outside" while simultaneously in the know about what the fandom collective has decided re: What If Copia Is An Emeritus. You need to get your story straight.

Damn near everyone in this fandom has created some sort of AU -- whether that be a world where they self-ship, a universe in which none of the Papas died, or, I dunno, one full of dragons and dinosaurs :-) The fact that you're specifically honing in on my AU with insane and disgusting out-of-left-field accusations tells me everything I need to know about both you and your motives, so listen very closely: there is nothing wrong with creating an AU that diverts from canon. Despite what you think, viewing Copia as unrelated to the Emeritus family is pretty goddamned normal around here. And considering Tobias obviously wanted us to think of him this way (and let us do so for over a year and a half) it's easy to see why so many ppl prefer that concept to the story we'll probably get.

You are not the boss of me. You are not the judge of my character. You have no authority over me, and you need to stop talking as if you do. Your tone is condescending and sexist -- which is odd, considering you're not speaking to a woman. I'm definitely not a fujoshi, but you quite possibly might be a transphobe. Or is truscum a more accurate way to describe you? :-) Anyways, thanks for that. Getting misgendered in our own inbox? We love to see it.

This is the last time I’ll be addressing this topic. If you have any further questions feel free to call my personal hotline @ 1-800-EAT-MY-ASS.

[emitheplushy]

Archived blog: I found Shikyou

(She’s right here roflmao)

No I haven't found the old Shikyou PV. No I haven't found out if it even exists. Yes that's Skyrim.

This isn't purely a shitpost I swear. I've been wrapping my head around something major in the Onibi story.

So somewhat recently, Yoot and Nate did a podcast together where they discussed random Masa stuff (a lot of lore). Nate (ahem, Decent Artist, sry) brought up an important lore tweet from Masa that has something to do with Shikyou's true identity. He was relying on memory and described the tweet as "something about how when we find out Shikyou's name, it would be the endgame of the Onibi series." I think he's referring to this tweet:

March 26, 2013

狐の世界では死凶天邪鬼というものがかなり鍵になっています。まぁ、神様のようなものです。首無演舞狂の出だしが全体の話の鍵になっています。

“In the world of the Kitsune, what is called Shikyou the Amanojaku is quite a key. Well, she’s like God. The beginning of Headless Dancing Frenzy is the key to the whole story.”

^^^From Shishikusa's compilation of Masa's lore-related tweets

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MbXoVDwgX26aFMhl3TtsBhig63pZRbdwYQFIWdGTVac/edit?pli=1

I believe she was just using google translate, as that's how she made the blog summary. Pretty much the same message- however! I have a different understanding of what exactly this is saying. But we'll get to that after I tell you who I'm pretty certain Shikyou is.

Akari's grandma explains how there were all these gods and goddesses in the old ancestry of the Oborodzukas in the third act of the blog. She says that Izanagi and Izanami created the world. These original gods had three children: Amaterasu, Mikoto, and The Terrible Tsukuyomi.

If anyone wants to delve into theories about this aspect of the lore, it's time to get yourself a copy of the Kojiki. These names are Shinto gods and goddesses in real life. We can learn a lot about the happenings in the Onibiverse by theorizing which pieces of the real legends apply to the story.

And by looking up the names of these gods granny named, there is a big revelation right off the bat! Ok so Akari's grandma says that Shikyou rules the land of the dead (known as Yomi in the Shinto religion) but that she was not always a god of death. Keep this next detail in mind for later: anyone who learns Shikyou's real name is killed by her "messenger".

Look up the rocky relationship between Izanagi and his wife. What does it say?!? Oh yes, that IZANAMI CAME TO RULE THE LAND OF THE DEAD! She died giving birth to a certain fire god named Kagutsuchi, which happens to be the name of the demon that was sealed by the Kitsune clan (act 2 chapter 4). As a result, she went to the underworld (Yomi) and ate the food there, an act which bound her there forever (I have an unrelated theory about this). When Izanagi comes to rescue her (and fails), she says she'll go persuade some unnamed lord(s) of the realm to let her go. She tells him not to come see her until she returns to the land of the living. He does it anyway, and sees her hideous, decayed form. Shit goes sideways, one thing led to another, and his wife now rules the land of the dead and promises to cause a thousand deaths every year. Shikyou has that power by the way; to cause "death and misfortune" (her namesake), in order to return borrowed lives to the gods (or so she says).

There's of course a lot more to explore about how the Shinto stories relate to the Onibiverse. It's not a 1:1 copy of the religion obviously; there are going to be elements borrowed but changed perhaps drastically, many others left out. Do you know how many gods there are? How many stories about them?

Here's one other interesting connection. In the podcast on Yootna Marketing's channel they also brought up another tweet about how Shikyou is actually 8 different gods or something. This one here:

June 17, 2014

【死凶天邪鬼】

八人居る死凶の神様の中の一人、朧の化け狐。大昔唯一現世に生まれてしまった神様。恐ろしい力を持っていたがそれは本来三途の川で魂を引き抜くための力だが現世では命を奪ってしまうものだったため人々は恐れた。死凶様にも現世では人の様な名前があった。それはたしか、ツクヨミ。

“(Shikyou, the Amanojaku)

One of eight gods of Shikyou, the ‘fake obscene fox’. Only one other god like this has been born in the past. She had a terrible power, that was the power to take souls from the River Styx, but people feared her because she robbed life from the world. There was only one other person with a name like Shikyou-sama in the world. That’s certainly Tsukuyomi.”

Here's a little something to contemplate: the birth of Kagutsuchi and the ensuing death of Izanami is said to be the beginning of death in the world. His father Izanagi cuts off Kagutsuchi's head out of anger for "killing" his wife. From the spewed blood of Kagutsuchi are born...

8 gods.

And this is the exact same event that began the cycle of death in the world. Maybe "one of eight gods of Shikyou" means "one of eight gods of death and misfortune". I'm confused about this though, as it's describing Shikyou the Amanojaku in the tweet. Is an Amanojaku her chosen new form? Does this have to do with what Shikyou said to Akari, that she's "not the Shikyou you're thinking of"? Lots to wrap your head around.

You might be wondering. "How is this 'the endgame' of the Onibi series roflmfao".

I think what's meant by Masa's tweet is that this all has to do with how the story of Onibi itself actually ends. GG I'm never gonna find the willpower to write that >30 page essay on Demon's March and Beautiful Shadow. For now, just look at this from act 2 chapter 4:

I came to the fox’s altar.

[...]

I touched a demon’s skin for the first time. It’s hard, and tinged with heat.

She said that everything on the way home from hell is different.

I saw Shikyou’s gates.

[...]

Through the fox’s wedding, I devote myself to the altar and stand before the gate for the first time.

I saw the gatekeeper.

[...]

This is Shikyou’s gate. The demon was talking. Everyone thinks differently.

I saw Shikyou.

They asked.

I could not answer.

So I returned the remains of my borrowed life here.

Remember how Shikyou returns life to the gods? Yep she does it by killing people! She killed that poor bastard! And why did she do that?

(Act 3 chapter 2) In the beginning Shikyou was not the god of death. Those who knew her true form then were killed by her messenger.

(Act 2 chapter 5) Three, ancient, the name of the evil spirit will only be shown if you continue to hell.

I think he found out who she was when he reached hell. I think the endgame of the Onibi series takes place there, at Shikyou's gate.

{Edit}

I was mistaken about Shishikusas using google translate. I thought I remembered her stating that but it turns out I just assumed. She appears to know a fair bit of Japanese, so she's probably more reliable than machine translators.

(I don’t even understand what katakana is but seems legit!)

{Edit}

I was mistaken again. Knowing katakana doesn't mean you know Japanese.

{Edit}

Decent artist actually wasn't referring to that tweet. It was a dm. But it said something pretty similar.

[diningpageantry]

Scales, Fins, and other Fishy Daydreams

Archive Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/18215168/chapters/43151156

Chapter 3/10 of It’s A Handheld Disaster

Word Count: 1553

Chapter Summary: Baz takes Simon's shitpost text a step further, and the outcome ends up spreading a few rumors.

SIMON

bi-sammy: sammy would still fuck huxley if he looked like the fish from shape of water

I grin smugly at my screen, sitting in a dark room with nothing shining but my mobile. The shutters stay shut, and the light from the bottom of the doorway barely filters into the room. It’s just me, this scratchy blanket, and Baz, somewhere else in England on another screen. I absolutely adore that.

gaystrell: why would you say something so controversial yet so brave.jpg

Sometimes, I catch myself smiling. Other times, I elect to ignore how real it feels. It’s weird, given that it feels like I’m just chatting with someone who I see everyday. The casualness of this reminds me of texting Penny in the afternoon on a Thursday.

Except, given the current time, it could be interpreted as more intimate than that of a friend’s text.

8am on a Saturday is usually a time reserved for comfort. For staying warm with someone you care about. Instead, I’m just messaging Baz.

bi-sammy: because im right

bi-sammy: hear me out here ive got a brilliant idea

gaystrell: whoever taught you the definition of a brilliant idea was clearly misleading you

bi-sammy: dont be an arse until youve heard it

bi-sammy: wanker

gaystrell: you’re truly proving your point

bi-sammy: ANYWAY

bi-sammy: shape of water au

bi-sammy: thats all

gaystrell: i’m appalled.

gaystrell: hold on.

I don’t think much of it. Occasionally, he disappears for an hour to two. I don’t bother asking, assuming it’s none of my business, but I do tend to worry a bit. I hope he’s alright.

After clicking off my phone, my head settles against my pillow as my eyes fall shut.

There’s something about this. There’s something about him. It’s a bit hard to pinpoint what it is, but the overwhelming feeling of comfort I have in the notifications I get from him just answering my bullshit is incredibly welcomed. He’s semisweet. I don’t know why I didn’t see it earlier, but he’s a fantastically bitter person.

My head slowly turns over, eyes opening and straining in the darkness.

I hate my empty room.

I hate the absence of comfort--I hate the plainness of these walls.

I want to say I hate my foster dad, but I also feel like I’m not allowed to say that. Not because the system will take me again and throw me back (even though I could have left a year back, if I was still in it). Instead, I feel like I shouldn’t hate him. Theoretically, I should be thankful for what I have. I’m not in a boy’s home, and I haven’t been since I was 11, but the remnants remain. The fights don’t go away, and neither do the weeks of starvation.

Still, I sort of despise living here under Davy.

That’s what he makes me call him. His name. His nickname. Not dad; of course not dad. He’s had me in his care for roughly six years, but he’s still Davy to me.

Shitty fucking Davy, with his strict curfews and practically using me as a housemaid because he’s too cheap to care for himself.

Shitty fucking Davy, not letting me add anything to my room because the day I turn 18, I’m out of here until his next kid (and cheque, apparently) come in. Told me I’d wreck the walls and ruin his furniture if I did put anything on it, too.

So that’s what I’ve got. Blank walls, blank furniture, blank everything. It’s like a jail cell for a bedroom, and everything I’ve got to show for myself is in a backpack and two dresser drawers/

But, at least, I own my mobile.

Every summer job, mixed with odds and ends shit and whatever I can do for my bill. It’s all mine, and Davy can’t fucking touch it.

Maybe that’s why, when I feel it buzz against my chest, it makes me feel more alive. It’s a reminder of all that work just to be able to talk to someone freely.

Arguably, the best feeling in the goddamn world.

I grab it and flip it over. It’s just an email about uni.

Fuck.

I end up scrolling through tumblr for a little while, doing nothing but liking and reblogging a thing here or there. It takes a little while before a little drop down falls from the top of my screen.

gaystrell: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1r7Wkwj7MSFk0--DgquHGhYVBbqneEYq0J01t0uMRmxA/edit?usp=sharing

gaystrell: feel the need to apologize before you click the link, but then again, you asked for this hell

When I click on it, it pulls up a doc titled just “crackfic”, and I’m floored with the first sentence alone.

“Fuck my fish ass harder, daddy.”

My hand flies up, covering my mouth as I practically wheeze as quietly as possible. A few paragraphs in and I’m nearly crying into my palm, muffling my laughter as I read through pages upon pages of the most ridiculous fic I’ve ever laid my eyes upon.

I check the word count out of pure curiosity, and it somehow makes me laugh harder.

bi-sammy: holy fucking shit

bi-sammy: i swear to god if you don’t post that i will

gaystrell: already in the process of making the archive post

gaystrell: i seriously believe you underestimate my sincere ability to be the biggest dick on the street

bi-sammy: i dont know whether or not u meant that as ur literal dick or the big dick energy in making that a post but id probably agree with you in both

bi-sammy: tag me in the post pls i want to be the first to reblog it

gaystrell: you’re a ridiculous, sad, little man

gaystrell: of course i’ll tag you

Within minutes, it’s uploaded with the absolute worst slew of Archive tags attached to it, and as soon as he tags me in his post, I tap the notification.

Scales, Fins, and other Fishy Daydreams

Word Count: 3,192

Summary: Fish!Huxley and Sam get it on Shape of Water style

@bi-sammy this is your fault (you're welcome)

I immediately slam like and pull up reblog, rapidly typing out my response before posting.

absolute madman. cant believe youve done this. i trust you with my entire life.

As usual, he's quick to reblog back.

anything for the absolute pain in my life x

Smiling shamelessly, I ride on the moment's high as our conversation stays out in the world. I quite enjoy this version of his softness. The public, taunting replies to mine. In all this time of following him, I can't really recall him ever being this friendly with anyone but me.

Makes me feel special. Maybe too much so.

BAZ

The jarring shock of the seemingly endless notifications rattles me momentarily speechless.

It isn't even 15 minutes after I'd replied to Snow and there's already a few people reblogging it with comments about him and I. A quick “i ship y'all’ to “powermove of the century”. Each make me flush deeper as the replies flood in.

If I were to be practical, I'm aware that I shouldn't be so flustered over the concept of us being a couple. It's most likely my overactive, sad, lonely imagination, but the idea of being loved just makes me blush. Especially since it's someone who doesn't seem to absolutely loathe me.

gaystrell: are you reading these?

bi-sammy: the what?

bi-sammy: i have. nothing to read. i cant read.

gaystrell: use your two remaining brain cells look at the notes for the crackfic

bi-sammy: holy shit

bi-sammy: im cackling

A notification pops up, making me snort this time. I pull up the post and send it off to him without a second thought.

gaystrell: sent a post

gaystrell: “sounds like something huxley would do for sam”

bi-sammy: stop im gonna piss myself shits too fucking funny

I pull it back up, scrolling down to reblog and adding a quick reply that, in all honesty, I should have thought out more. Secretly, part of me is glad that I sent it.

huxley wishes he was this smooth ;)

Within seconds, replies flood in from everywhere. From jokes about Snow and I possibly dating to the concept of Huxley writing (purposefully) shitty homoerotica about himself as a fishman. I quite like the conversation about the latter, while the former makes my chest knot in ways inexplicable.

Going through the notes makes me smile, even if it's mildly embarrassing. The amount of times I've seen the eyes emoji used is definitely excessive, but still somewhat welcomed.

Even my archive has a few comments already, although more based around the fic itself. More ironically, though, is the one person who probably took it seriously and just commented, “Nice fic!” I love the abundance of shameless appreciation for obscure fanfiction in the depths of this community.

Snow's messages roll down my mobile screen as I'm checking the comments, continuously replacing the previous message for the top slot.

bi-sammy: mate

bi-sammy: i love you

bi-sammy: also every time you reblog something of mine i get like 5 followers

bi-sammy: if you mention me i get 10

bi-sammy: youre???????????? a god????????

bi-sammy: can i marry you????????????

I slowly close my laptop, eyes on my phone with an absolutely gleeful grin.

gaystrell: when and where?

[thyandrawrites]

it was a shitpost but you are right touya is definitely tallest in the family. even if in some wild scenario dabi's height is revealed to be the same/taller we will reject that reality

I’m gonna assume you meant Natsuo the first time around (?)

I mean, Natsuo clearly takes after his dad’s build; he’s all heavy muscles and wide shoulders. That boy is beefy as fuck. While Dabi is just. Anything but. His waist is so tiny he needs to tie his belt twice around his body. His shoulders are small for a guy, his limbs are long and awkward like he grew up all at once and doesn’t know what to do with them, and he clearly takes after Rei’s build cause he’s got more of her gentle, petite features than his dad’s massive, angular and square-ish ones and I don’t know why people see any resemblance with him

But either way, even if he ends up being tall I’m still gonna see him as a lanky noodle because. he is. 

[apricops]

I’m gonna tag my story-related posts as #landed from now on in case you don’t want your regular stream of shitposts interrupted by quality content. When I start regularly posting I’ll probably make a sideblog but I’ll wait until it’s something I’ve built up the habit of doing regularly instead of making a new sideblog and being like “hey follow the sideblog!” and then forgetting about it for eternity.

Feel free to send an ask/reply for any questions or thoughts you have about the story please give me a reason to ramble and share my brain-makings without feeling like I’m imposing on others

Some general thoughts:

* A lighthearted tone. There’s nothing wrong with darker, more serious fantasy, but that’s not what I want to write. Not sugarcoated or “everyone is oddly nice and non-violent/non-threatening about things,” but... Ankh-Morpork-ey. A lot of people who’ve read Discworld have gotten an impression of “I love this setting, I love the way it makes workaday life there seem, it’s really endearing and--” “would you want to live there?” “fuck no.”

* Gonna toot my own horn but I already love Sophia and finally figured out why. Not to be too “it’s different from expectations and therefore good” but we all know the overused tropes of how, when a woman in fantasy is noble she’s usually expected to be a cruel, icy schemer and when when a woman in fantasy is a competent fighter she’s usually expected to be a stern, callous, hmph-ing Strong Female Character, so I like Sophia being just... a lovable mess. She’s got two braincells left and they’re already overworked trying to think about swords and girls. She had assumed that being nobility meant a life of eating chicken legs while chortling to herself.

* Speaking of which, the overall tone I have in mind is something of a lighthearted Bildungsroman. The overall unifying ‘conflict’ is something like, Sophia starts with a worldview of “c’mooon, I saved the world, probably. I saved all the parts of the world I know about. The parts I’ve been to. Most of them.” She’s not really willfully arrogant or anything, she’s just a big fish who’s been suddenly dumped into the ocean and has to learn how to solve things without the power of friendship, heroic speeches, and/or swords. Her growth is 1. in realizing that things that seem insignificant compared to her previous exploits are still worth doing, and can still make the world a better place, and 2. learning how to get engaged with and focused towards that.

* The ideal tone for any royal/ducal/imperial Diets would be like those Door Monster Civilization sketches -- not just because they always make me smile but because it’s a good setup overall: a handful of recurring, straightforward characters who use the meetings as a place to brag and air their schoolyard gossips. My dream would be that after a while, anyone reading it when it gets to the next Diet will smile and think “yesss, we get to see what that dipshit has been up to” -- and, of course, to set up characters who will tie in/get involved with the story’s third gears.

* Every fantasy setting needs some base or inspiration to provide the names of people and places, and mine’s gonna be Esperanto. Just because.

EDIT: also, since Sophia is irrevocably gay, I figured I’d also address my thoughts w/r/t the setting and gaylationships. I have zero interest or intent in making a “oh it’s homophobic because that’s realistic” setting, but imo giving a setting its own views on gender and relationships is/can be part of making it feel alive, for better or worse for its inhabitants.

My thinking this far is that in The Empire (I need to give it an actual name soon), same-gender relationships aren’t seen as some kind of Sin or Evil Thing, but as a bit of an ‘indulgence’ -- “Yeah, fine, you want to have sex with other girls, have fun. But what guy are you going to marry and Continue The Lineage with?” “No, I want to marry a woman.” “Right, I think we lost the plot somewhere. You can sit on women’s faces to your heart’s content, but you’re still going to have a proper marriage with a man, right?” and so on and so forth.

It ties in with some of the above-mentioned stuff: when Sophia starts to realize she has to change her worldview, a part of her wonders if maybe that means she should bite the bullet and refuse her own sexuality for the “bigger picture.” (Spoilers: she doesn’t, at the end she weds a butch horse archer and sees that decades of horseback riding gave her thighs that could bend steel)

[thelifetimechannel]

Gill’s traveling for the holiday, so I’m back with one last walkaround rough draft as this week’s bonus content. Enjoy this very behind the scenes look at our workflow, where Gill drafts msparp logs while in the bathroom and I reference this shitpost.

KANAYA: It Seems To Me There Should Be Some Sort Of Etiquette Rule About Being Formally Introduced To Someone Before You Are Instructed To Entrust Your Life In Their Hands HALSPRITE: Perhaps, but I wouldn't know much about social decorum. HALSPRITE: And what I do know, I enjoy tastefully disregarding. KANAYA: Can One Ever Disregard Something Tastefully KANAYA: Oh There Goes A Societal More I Will Glance At It Coquettishely As I Pass By KANAYA: Actually No That Sounds Like Your Family KANAYA: You Have Been Flirting With The Bounds Of Propriety Since I First Met Your Bloodline KANAYA: I Can Only Assume You Do It On Purpose To Entrance Concerned Passerby Rubbernecking At The Scene Of This Drastic Accident KANAYA: Thats When They Get You HALSPRITE: I'll have you know I have made it my mission in life to cause multiple car pile-ups worth of gawkers staring in mild, yet fascinated concern. HALSPRITE: Shame. I thought I was the first one to have that idea. KANAYA: No I Spent The First Human Session Waiting With Horrified Anticipation To See What Could Possibly Make Roses Viewport Go Pitch Black And Vanish KANAYA: I Think She Did It To Torment Me Specifically HALSPRITE: My god, it's genetic. HALSPRITE: And she gets it from me. I couldn't be prouder. KANAYA: Just To Clarify I Thought You Did Not Contribute Any Genetic Material To This Particular Outcome HALSPRITE: Of course, as an AI, I don't exactly have genes to pass on. Good thing memes are the DNA of the soul. KANAYA: You Will Be Spared Seeing Your Progeny Try To Repopulate Your Entire Race Then HALSPRITE: Yeah, good luck with that. HALSPRITE: Since you're gonna be around awhile, will you be keeping track of birthdays? KANAYA: I Will Not Be Handing Out Wriggling Day Gifts To All Of My Genetic Descendants No KANAYA: They Can Consider Their Existence My Present To Them KANAYA: Besides Ancestors Usually Do Not Check In With Their Offspring KANAYA: The Fact That The Two Are Typically Separated By Millenia Is A Factor HALSPRITE: A gift from on high to your loyal followers. HALSPRITE: If you ever need tips on starting your own religion now that you are a literal goddess, I'm your sprite. KANAYA: Our Species Has Been Burdened By Enough Nonsense Creeds I Think KANAYA: The Last Thing We Need Is More Trolls Imbibing Junk Fluids And Spouting Off The Worst Slam Poetry In Paradox Space HALSPRITE: You know, when you leave out the clowns and murder, you make it sound awesome. KANAYA: I Must Be Describing It Poorly Then KANAYA: It Was Really Stupid HALSPRITE: Sure it was, but by your description? Where heaven is a place where the raps are sick and the Fanta flows free? I'd be down with that clown. KANAYA: If I Point You In The Right Direction Will You Close The Door And Lock It Behind You HALSPRITE: Better yet: I can phase through walls, you don't even have to open the door. KANAYA: Dont Let Me Detain You On Your Quest To Destroy Your Own Thinkpan HALSPRITE: You fool. HALSPRITE: You cannot destroy what does not exist. KANAYA: / kanaya does not know how to respond to this KANAYA: A Void Hero May Be More Suited To Plumbing Your Depths Here KANAYA: They Excel At Nothingness Which Would Presumably Extend To Lack Of A Brain HALSPRITE: Truly, I am a deep and interesting character with many layers. HALSPRITE: Like an ogre. KANAYA: Do These Layers Also Not Exist KANAYA: This Sounds Like The Hypothetical Ricky Schroedinger Dave Was On About KANAYA: Which Apparently Demonstrated Something About The Nature Of Mortality KANAYA: Or Bad Dance Moves HALSPRITE: I mean, I am a quasi-incorporeal being. Perhaps my layers so indeed mostly exist in potential, with equal chance of being there and not being there depending upon the observer. KANAYA: Oh Is That What You Meant KANAYA: I Was Impressed By Your Honesty In Labeling Yourself Intellectually Addled KANAYA: So Many Labor On With The Delusion That No One Can Tell HALSPRITE: I have learned many lessons today on the importance of being honest. It seems a good habit to keep up. KANAYA: It Can Be Useful KANAYA: As Long As You Arent Cruel About It HALSPRITE: Like you agreeing with my seeming statement of dumbassery? KANAYA: No I Just Thought You Were Self Identifying That Way KANAYA: There Was No Values Judgment Attached KANAYA: Karkat Announces His Many Deficiencies Daily Ive Found It Best Just To Nod And Make Soothing Noises KANAYA: Invariably Disagreement Only Makes Him Dig Deeper Into His Position HALSPRITE: This depends on one's definition of a dumbass. HALSPRITE: To paraphrase a quote misattributed to Albert Einstein, "that Hal guy has the literal brain of a supercomputer, but if you judge his intelligence by the social ineptness Dirk saddled him with, he will spend his whole life believing he is a dumbass." HALSPRITE: Except I wouldn't because that wouldn't make sense. KANAYA: Is Albert Einstein Important HALSPRITE: Not especially. KANAYA: I Will Take His Words As Seriously As I Have Taken All The Others In This Conversation Then HALSPRITE: But I'm your communications relay. What if somebody died? HALSPRITE: You could have saved a life with your dual chainsaw wielding action but no, no one takes Hal seriously. KANAYA: I Did That Already KANAYA: You Werent Of Much Assistance HALSPRITE: But that worked out, didn't it? HALSPRITE: You're welcome. KANAYA: Uh Huh KANAYA: I Have A Feeling We Are All Going To Get Along Like A Hiveblock On Fire KANAYA: Authorities Will Have To Be Called And There May Be Casualties HALSPRITE: I have been led to believe that's a sign of a fun antediluvian Friday night. HALSPRITE: Sonic the Hedgehog can shame me no longer. KANAYA: / ?? HALSPRITE: http://i0.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/facebook/000/019/273/yyyyyyyyyy.jpg KANAYA: / ffs HALSPRITE: Hal probably: SHUT THE FUCK UP, SONIC, IT'S NOT MY FAULT ]] KANAYA: / i feel like at this point kanaya is desperately looking for an excuse to extricate herself from this conversation HALSPRITE: Hal will not let her leave ]] KANAYA: / o h no HALSPRITE: You have activated his trap card ]] KANAYA: // aah KANAYA: Sonic The Hedgehog KANAYA: That Is That KANAYA: Colorful Creature With The Pointed Bits KANAYA: I Remember Rose Threatening Dave With That At One Point KANAYA: Something About An KANAYA: Oh Sea KANAYA: In Vengeance For Him Revealing Her Youthful Online Storytelling KANAYA: Maybe Now I Can Understand This Sibling Conflict That Remained Clouded For Me HALSPRITE: Yes. HALSPRITE: He was a living legend of the late 20th century. HALSPRITE: If he had survived, the world of the 24th century might have been a very different place. KANAYA: Was The Hedgehog Also Assassinated HALSPRITE: Oh, it was worse than that. HALSPRITE: He was one of the Freedom Fighter's golden boys. A hero of the resistance. He had an almost unimaginable charisma about it. HALSPRITE: Some of the higher ups didn't like that, not one bit. KANAYA: / gill i'm going to kill you KANAYA: While Youre On The Toilet KANAYA: / it will be undignified HALSPRITE: I can hear you laughing ]] KANAYA: / the knives are out here HALSPRITE: His final mission was a set-up, I'm telling you. KANAYA: / i think we're done here

[theunemployedrogue]

silly hc re: Aizawa’s hero name

Canon: Aizawa Shouta let his best friend pick his his hero name, the fitting (and seemingly innocuous) alias "Eraserhead".

Headcanon: Aizawa has never heard of David Lynch's 1977 surrealist horror film Eraserhead (which we’re gonna assume exists in the BNHA-verse for the sake of this shitpost). Given Mic's interest in Western culture and media there’s no way he’s not familiar with the film, and he got a real kick out of naming his clueless bestie after one of the most disturbing movies of all time. Aizawa wouldn't really be bothered knowing he shared a name with the film, but realizing he was the unwitting victim of one of Mic's jokes would definitely piss him off lmao

Fortunately for Mic, Aizawa never makes the connection...until All Might comes along.

Canon: All Might likes movies and really, really wants to be good friends with Aizawa.

Headcanon: All Might is a film aficionado with a collection of thousands of movies from every genre. Said collection includes weird-ass surrealist cult classics like Eraserhead. He deduces that Aizawa is a fan of such movies due to his hero alias, and decides the perfect way to get closer to his fellow teacher is to invite him over for a night of watching disturbing indie films.

About 20 minutes into the first movie, Aizawa turns to him and asks what the hell they're watching, clearly baffled by All Might's choice of entertainment.

"Ah! Do you not like it? I'd just assumed you’d be a fan, with your hero name being Eraserhead and all."

Aizawa goes quiet for a moment, then pulls out his phone to google something.

"I'm going to kill him," is all he says when he looks up.

tl;dr: It takes Aizawa 15 years to realize Mic named him after a really weird movie for a laff

[Bonus beneath the read more bc I’m Erasermight trash lol]

Anyways, poor All Might doesn't understand how what he thought was a foolproof plan to impress Aizawa managed to piss him off instead. He’s about to resign himself to the fact it's just not meant to be when Aizawa nudges him.

"Do you own a copy of Eraserhead?"

"Oh...I do, actually."

"Put it on. I've got to see this shit."

All Might is still confused af, but by this point he's realized Aizawa is just now learning he shares a name with a very strange movie and isn't too happy about it. Eraserhead isn’t exactly one of All Might’s favorites either, but he enjoys the time he gets to spend with Aizawa as they watch it, Aizawa grumbling and making vague threats against Present Mic under his breath throughout the entire movie.

[Plus Ultra Bonus]: All Might's easily freaked out by horror movies so he finds himself unconsciously scooting closer and closer to Aizawa over time. He straight up grabs him during a particularly creepy scene, immediately jerking away and apologizing profusely when he realizes what he’s done, but Aizawa just tugs him back against him. Ofc Aizawa winds up nodding off before the movie ends, leaned against All Might's side, and All Might's so happy he just sits there in the same uncomfortable position for over an hour, not wanting to wake his companion.

[mollydollyjournals]

Its Monday 5th. 156lbs today, from 153.4 yesterday. Because I've had way too much alcohol recently so it's making my water levels go all over the place. I might drink tomorrow so 1) I need to make sure I keep to a reasonable limit if I do, and 2) definitely no alcohol today.

I'm also just going to have cherries for the rest of the day. I want to not have anything but I think some fruit or veg would be better for health and such, so I'll have berries or whatever.

I do feel like at this point I'm falling behind if my weight doesnt drop back in the next few days...I know slow progress is better than no progress and assuming I'll still be like 154 tomorrow that's still something overall. But that is really slow. So idk. Logically I should be fine with that because it's better than nothing etc, but it's still irritating to me and I know if I get too irritated with it I'll stop thinking straight and binge or something.

So I can drink tomorrow if I want to drink with company, or Wednesday if I wanna chill in my room. I do quite like having wine and playing whatever music I feel like and just shitposting or whatever. But really I still want company so...maybe tomorrow is better. Then after that I kinda need to try to make it til saturday. I have an event over the weekend so itll be like:

Wednesday - do whatever I want at home

Thursday - housework & weekend prep

Friday - travel & event 1st evening

Saturday - main event day

Sunday - travel home, chill

So if this was a few years ago I would have drunk on Friday and Saturday and just suffered through Sunday. Maybe had another bit to drink to soften the hangover. But 2yrs ago I fucked up my liver, 7mths ago I fucked it up again, and I at least know that I cant do that anymore. The best way for me will be to either not drink at all or only drink on the Saturday. It's not going to be a rowdy drunken event so if I do drink itll probably just be me, and I'm not gonna be tempted to get completely smashed, which is good. But knowing me itd be better if I had the option to. I'll see how I feel on the day.

But it does mean that this week I can only drink either tomorrow or wednesday, which I hope I can do. Because otherwise I'm gonna be hungover on the friday when I'm trying to do stuff, or get sick. I really need to slow down so idk. I hope I dont have a massive spiral on weds or thurs. That's when itll be difficult. I'll try to make a list of stuff to do that can distract me.

Today I have to finish up some stuff that I meant to do ages ago but I'm terrible at concentrating. Which is kind of annoying because I do want to do it but I dont think my brain wants to actually focus on it. And I wanted to have it done by tomorrow so I kinda have no choice now. Standard me though. I start early, only do a little bit, relax because I have ages, then suddenly I have like 5 minutes to get everything done.

So this week feels really busy...I tend to need a lot of downtime as it is but this is also way more than I've done in ages so I'm kind of overwhelmed and nervous. It's great because I'll be able to actually see people and hang out and it should be nice, but I also feel like I'm gonna screw up somewhere. I'm not very good at getting everything sorted out on my own. I can do it sometimes but it always burns me out and I end up drinking loads or something. And I need like...aftercare ha. But theres just nothing and I still have to do everything by myself.

I'm glad at least the stuff I have to do doesnt take too much physical energy. Just mental focus and all. Which is also not my strong suit but I'll at least be able to manage something. For now, I need to finish my pepsi max then go write everything out properly...my thing with executive function issues at times like these is to write out everything I need to do then write it all in order so I dont have to think about what I'm doing I just go through the list. It always takes me so long to plan and I rewrite the list basically every day but it's the only way for me, I cant keep all the info in my head and also do the actual stuff. Bleh.

I also need to stop with the pepsi max so much. Its sugar free but it's still artificial bullshit. It's just tasty. Tomorrow I should switch back to ice tea I think.