#I'll think of more later...

[dirtcola]

We already talked about 191st Street, but here are some other cursed subway stations that get honorable mentions:

181st Street (1) - Only one stop down from 191, I've seen people shooting smack into their necks in the stairwell at rush hour at this station. It's elevator-only to exit, but I consider it slightly better than 191 because it's less isolated/eerie, and at the very least there is no Tunnel of Doom and a giant fuck-off hill to walk up.

53rd Street/Lexington Ave (E, M, 6) - If you want to transfer from the E/M to the 6, SO MANY STAIRS HOLY SHIT and your only other option is a rickety escalator (which may or not be in service).

4th Ave/9th Street (R, F, G) - Not especially dangerous, but the R is very deep underground and the F/G are very high above ground, so if you're making the transfer from the R you gotta climb up like 5-6 stories and it's killer.

125th Street/Lexington Ave (4, 5, 6) - Truly one of the wildest stations. Super grimy, grungy, and filled with people of questionable intent. There's always something crazy going on here, and it's never good.

34th Street Hudson Yards - This shiny new station has an escalator that is so steep that riding it gives me vertigo, and I'm not normally someone who struggles with that!

[barghest-land]

i have nothing smart to say about bg3 yet but have this

[magnetic-dogz]

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First piece of Mob fanart. Gotta make it count

[bixels]

Learning that fans hated Applejack and called her "boring" is crazyyy to me because I genuinely, unironically believe AJ's the most complex character in the main six.

Backstory-wise, she was born into a family of famers/blue collar workers who helped found the town she lives in. She grew up a habitual liar until she had the bad habit traumatized outta her. She lost both her parents and was orphaned at a young age, having to step up as her baby sister's mother figure. She's the only person in the main gang who's experienced this level of loss and grief (A Royal Problem reveals that AJ dreams about memories of being held by her parents as a baby). She moved to Manhattan to live with her wealthy family members, only to realize she'll never fit in or be accepted, even amongst her own family. The earlier seasons imply she and her family had money problems too (In The Ticket Master, AJ wants to go to the gala to earn money to buy new farm equipment and afford hip surgery for her grandma).

Personality-wise, she's a total people-pleaser/steamroller (with an occasional savior complex) who places her self worth on her independence and usefulness for other people, causing her to become a complete workaholic. In Applebuck Season, AJ stops taking care of herself because of her obsessive responsibilities for others and becomes completely dysfunctional. In Apple Family Reunion, AJ has a tearful breakdown because in she thinks she dishonored her family and tarnished her reputation as a potential leader –– an expectation and anxiety that's directly tied to her deceased parents, as shown in the episode's ending scene. In The Last Roundup, AJ abandons her family and friends out of shame because believes she failed them by not earning 1st place in a rodeo competition. She completely spirals emotionally when she isn't able to fulfill her duties toward others. Her need to be the best manifests in intense pride and competitiveness when others challenge her. And when her pride's broken, she cowers and physically hides herself.

Moreover, it's strongly implied that AJ has a deep-seated anger. The comics explore her ranting outbursts more. EQG also obviously has AJ yelling at and insulting Rarity in a jealous fit just to hurt her feelings (with a line that I could write a whole dissection on). And I'm certain I read in a post somewhere that in a Gameloft event, AJ's negative traits are listed as anger.

Subtextually, a lot of these flaws and anxieties can be (retroactively) linked to her parents' death, forcing her to grow up too quickly to become the adult/caregiver of the family (especially after her big brother becomes semiverbal). Notice how throughout the series, she's constantly acting as the "mom friend" of the group (despite everything, she manages to be the most emotionally mature of the bunch). Notice how AJ'll switch to a quieter, calmer tone when her friends are panicking and use soothing prompts and questions to talk them through their emotions/problems; something she'd definitely pick up while raising a child. Same with her stoicism and reluctance at crying or releasing emotions (something Pinkie explicitly points out). She also had a childhood relationship with Rara (which, if you were to give a queer reading, could easy be interpreted as her first 'aha' crush), who eventually left her life. (Interestingly enough, AJ also has an angry outburst with Rara for the same exact reasons as with EQG Rarity; jealous, upset that someone else is using and changing her). It's not hard to imagine an AJ with separation anxiety stemming from her mother and childhood friend/crush leaving. I'm also not above reading into AJ's relationship with her little sister (Y'all ever think about how AB never got to know her parents, even though she shares her father's colors and her mother's curly hair?).

AJ's stubbornness is a symptom of growing up too quickly as well. Who else to play with your baby sister when your brother goes nonverbal (not to discount Big Mac's role in raising AB)? Who else to wake up in the middle of the night to care for your crying baby sister when your grandma needs her rest? When you need to be 100% all the time for your family, you tend to become hard-stuck with a sense of moral superiority. You know what's best because you have to be your best because if you're aren't your best, then everything'll inevitably fall apart and it'll be your fault. And if you don't know what's best –– if you've been wrong the whole time –– that means you haven't been your best, which means you've failed the people who rely on you, which means you can't fulfill your role in the family/society, which makes you worthless . We've seen time and time again how this compulsive need to be right for the sake of others becomes self-destructive (Apple Family Reunion, Sound of Silence, all competitions against RD). We've seen in The Last Roundup how, when no longer at her best, AJ would rather remove herself from her community than confront them because she no longer feels of use to them.

But I guess it is kinda weird that AJ has "masculine" traits and isn't interested in men at all. It's totally justified that an aggressively straight, misogynistic male fandom would characterize her as a "boring background character." /s

At the time of writing this, it's 4:46AM.

[chipper-smol]

star abducted :3

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

The dog days are over.

[First] Prev <–-> Next

[paintedcrows]

Some Fords! (and Martin K Blackwood is also there)

[rapidhighway]

HI, i'm just gonna drop this in your lap and run actually, a future AU

Part 2

[cutiesigh]

❤️🖤🩷

Wuthering Waves has taken over all of my free time recently, so here's a sketch of Scar!Ren I originally shared in da 14DWY Discord!!

[thilsiktonix]

small little doodle page for you @niceguyanonymous !!!!!

((I tried my best, I'm not a very good writer, but I hope you like it <33 sorry I didn't put too much detail into this one, I wasn't sure how exactly to interpret it!))

[salamispots]

read a manga and went a little bonkers

[crocmr]

Decided to throw lovestruck, clubber, and tht new au into a little group, the little guy with the bandages has never actually been introduced but he's pretty cool In this group I decided to make Clubber the father figure because I can, and yah, is so cool😋

[tubhole]

Congrats to quesadilla island's newest girldad and what's about to be the most spoiled little princess ever

sunny's outfit inspired by this post

[psirem]

doodles

[bixels]

tarpit site.

[alonzoarts]

I did that meme with 2 of your biggest comfort characters everyone was drawing a few weeks ago. Luckily, I only have two comfort characters. I think they would have an interesting dynamic lol.

Total Time: 7 hr 46 min

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