#I'm still thinking about it and asking more people their opinions

[shanastoryteller]

this is NOT a request for u to hurry finishing up the new chapter for siat (bc people who do that are ungrateful brats) but a genuine question. Do you feel even less drawn to it right now (spn brain aside) because of what JKR has done to English politics and the lives of trans women? Because I think it would be completely understandable if you felt this was ur final straw to not finish it but I would also get the opposite of it being ‘now there’s even more reason to finish it’ I think both viewpoints are valid and have their reasonings and this is really truly not in any way meant to be a “why isn’t there a new chapter yet!!:(((“ ask I’m just curious what HP fanfic writers (especially someone as well known as you) make of this as I keep seeing posts going around of the “if u still read/write HP fanfic you’re a terf too” variety and I just…disagree with that but also see where they come from (aka helping the fandom stay relevant. But even if we all quit reading and writing fanfic, HP would still be popular and imo the dent fanfic makes isn’t that big in the fandom bc locals still love HP and most people who now read fanfic hate JKR and wouldn’t actually read her books/buy merch)

Regardless of what you decide, know your Audience is behind you,100%. Hell, you dragged most of us (me included) back into Supernatural. I’m excited for the new chapter of tgp!! 💖💖

Thank you for all your words, whatever fandom they may come in (I.e I found you years ago because of your teen wolf fic specifically embers embers but stayed through so many fandoms and even read some I know nothing about) you are a beacon of light in this world and I treasure each of your works truly and with all my heart

thank you, this is a really sweet and nice way of asking, i'm so glad you enjoy my writing <3

but honestly: nah lol

jkr is shit and so are all of her opinions. the influence she has on government sucks and i personally think it's best to avoid giving her money, but i'm not pocketwatching other people

siat, which is a very popular hp fic, is 8 years old and has 2.8 million hits

in 2023 alone, 9.6 million people visited universal studios hollywood, the home of the wizarding world of harry potter

people should engage with media in whatever manner they feel most comfortable and sparks the most joy. but the idea that fanfic is a significant contributor to the cultural zeitgeist is just stupid

siat's on the to do list, i've just been infected with spn brainworms and wbt is also on the list but i feel more compelled to work on that one than siat just because huge chunks of it are already written so it seems a little silly to drag my feet as much as i have, plus at the time it had been a year since i posted the first chapter and i was like. ok come on let's go this is getting ridiculous

it's a goal to get back into a regular update cadence with siat. i'm not tired of it, i don't hate it, i still have an outline and know we're i'm going

it's partially that we're in sort of a tricky part to write, since it's about when a bunch of threads are about to come together and i don't want to fuck it up, and also that demands for updates honest to god really do kill my motivation to work on it. it's not punishment, i'm not trying to be a bitch, but i love the story and want to love sharing it with you, but being treated like a dispenser of fic, or like i owe people something and i'm somehow being selfish or inconsiderate by having fun writing what i want to write, really honestly just kills that. i don't want to write with that in the back of my head

people ask me about siat updates a lot. i don't post anything close to all of them. and if it was just "love the story can't wait to see what happens next!" that wouldn't be a problem, that's nice, i like that people are engaged and interested in what's to come

but a litany of "when will this update?" "is this abandoned?" "what about siat :(" "i don't care about x, why aren't you working on siat?" "you haven't updated siat in a while..." "why haven't you updated siat?" just makes me feel kinda bitter. which isn't a place i want to write from

it will be updated. i probably won't write the next chapter straight through and will alternate with tgp or wbt or whatever, but it's honestly just a mix of brainworms and having a lot of fun with these blorbos and wanting to have be in the right mindset while i write

[at0m1cm1m1c]

Spooky Month OC Interview - Interview with a Mimic.

GENERAL

[INTERVIEWER] : Thank you so much for accepting this interview sir, Who are you? Describe yourself in a few words!

Maynard: Hello [INTERVIEWER], my name is Maynard "Vicarous" Gastley. I am a 23 year old Transgender Burger Boy. I love to sing, dance, cook, etc.

[INTERVIEWER] : Where did you come from?  Were you born in this town or did you move here, etc.?

Maynard: Since you wanna know, i came from a cave near this town...I’m not elaborating where, I don’t want you falling down a hole and dying, dear [INTERVIEWER]

[INTERVIEWER] : How’s your family?  If they’re still around, what relationship do you have with them?

Maynard: I’m very distant from my mom and dad. My sister is okay though, she’s a one in a million sibling of mine!

[INTERVIEWER] : Do you celebrate “Spooky Month”?  If you do, what is your costume?

Maynard: Ah Spooky Month, My absolute favourite time of the year next to Yaxolin, Which is basically Shifterian Christmas don’t ya know! My costume you ask [INTERVIWER]? Me! I’m a scary unknown shapeshifting creature known as a mimic, hahahaaaa....i'm serious about that part, i'm not joking, i actually am a mimic!

[INTERVIEWER] : Okay, that's cool to know! What's your favourite type of candy?

Maynard: Bob’s introduced me to a lot of sweet stuff...too many to count actually, he really loves candy. I’ll say i dislike Liquorice a lot and my all time favourite are Nerds.

[INTERVIEWER] : Who are your friends in this town?  (other spooky month oc's can be included!)

Maynard: Ignacio! At first he hesitated to let me help him with his burns since i have healing blood, but now that i’ve hung out with him a bit more, he may be a grump, but he loves what he calls “Illegal Russian Pyrotechnics”. One hoof into the Modern Americas and i’m still learning new things, [INTERVIEWER]! Oh and frank too, he's loads of fun!

[INTERVIEWER] : Are you dating anyone right now?  If not, are you interested in a partner later in life?

Maynard: I’m in love with Bob, but he’s in prison still...not going to forgive him for leaving me with the Live Coverage of that one boring event called The Royal Wedding. I really don’t think you should air your weddings on “Television” [INTERVIEWER] and i’m glad that you agree.

[INTERVIEWER] : Do you work?  If so, what/where do you work as, and is that your dream job?

Maynard: I’m a burger boy working at Boys n’ Grill. I work on new concepts for menu items. Here’s one of mine called “THE CHEESEZILLA”. You make a giant burger patty and you squeeze 5 cheeses inside the patty, you cook it nice and good and put it in the bun when it’s done!

[INTERVIEWER] : Has two certain kids ever caused you trouble?  Or are they friendly to you?  I think they call themselves Skid and Pump.

Maynard: Awww, them two are so adorable! I’m babysitting Skid, Pump and Suzie at the moment and they’re great to be with. Our favourite thing to do is to play Mastotachi Life on the 5DS.

[INTERVIEWER] : Out of the three people you know, what are your thoughts on them?

Bob Velseb, love that man, think about him every day. Hobo Men, i don’t really know them, all i know is that they drink their own piss like a certain sniper from Stone Fortress 2. Frank, we’re edible buddies, don’t tell anybody [INTERVIEWER] I’M WANTING THAT A SECRET, DON’T BE A NARC TO THEM COPS.

[INTERVIEWER] : What is your opinion on the town's current mayor, Narciso Evermore?

Maynard: Fucking hate him, he’s actually a piece of shit. He does nothing for this town and he is what his first name implies, a Narcissist. Don’t get close to this guy EVER, [INTERVIEWER].

[INTERVIEWER] : What is your opinion on the overall police force?  Reliable?  Reckless?

Maynard: Don’t like them.

[INTERVIEWER] : The town is a bit dangerous from time to time.  Can you fight?  Can you protect yourself?  Are you willing to kill?

Maynard: Oh i can, that tail of mine can break your spine due to how beefy it is. Trust me on this when i say that i’ve been involved in a lot of Ritualistic Fights in Shifteria, those get wild and unpredictable if you yourself are unprepared for it. Those fights are frightening, they can either be Lethal or Non-Lethal.

[INTERVIEWER] : What is your opinion on humans?

Maynard: Humans tried killing my kind 2 centuries ago for their mystical blood, Right now, they seem to be unaware about Mimics as a whole and that is probably a good thing if i’m being honest. Some stones are just better left unturned in my opinion.

[INTERVIEWER] :  Do you know of (or have seen) the group of people who wear red robes?  Any thoughts on them?

Maynard: Group? What group. I’ve seen no group, you’re crazy as hell, [INTERVIEWER].

[INTERVIEWER] : And lastly, Have you seen the two big stars in the sky?  It’s pretty cool, huh?

Maynard: Yeah wow a bunch of stars next to each other. Cool right? anyways, i've got a really cool gift for you that you'll like [INTERVIEWER] : Really? what's tha-

THWACK!!!

IF OC IS A CULTIST:

WARNING: Maynard is completely aware that this is a cult and willingly partakes in cult activity and therefore will not be mentioning it as a group for this interview.

[INTERVIEWER] : Whuh? DAAGH! W-where am i?!?!?

Maynard: That's not too important...now where were we, dear [INTERVIEWER]?

[INTERVIEWER] : C-Can you share with us why did you join this g-g-group?

Maynard: I joined this cult to get a better understanding of my own species, mainly what are our origins, were we able to cast certain spells and so on. i do experiments, research rituals, accountancy of which i hate and espionage.

[INTERVIEWER] : Since j-joining this group, what is your erm... view on the t-towns(people)?

Maynard: I still think Evermore is a POS, nothing is gonna change that. As for the townspeople, i think most of them are really fucking stupid,

[INTERVIEWER] : H-how involved are you in this group?  Do you do anything, or do uhh... you seek recruits or are w-willing to... work behind the scenes, etc.?

Maynard: Very much so [INTERVIEWER], and i do indeed get my hands extremely DIRTY. I murder, kick, dismember, eviscerate, flay, mutilate for human flesh. I am considered to be this cult’s knowledgeable flesh fetcher, both in the Recruitment and Literal sense.

[INTERVIEWER] : Finally....H-how loyal would you say you are to y-your leader/The Eyes?

Maynard: We actually don’t know who our new cult leader is now, i’m still trying to find out who it is. I seem to be the only one that has their head screwed on at least, there used to be two, now he’s dead...As for eyes, i am very loyal to it, Sometimes i sit in its chamber to meditate and get away from the world, Perhaps you may find it relaxing to be at peace with yourself and join me too, [INTERVIEWER]... [INTERVIEWER] : Wha?

Maynard: You seem to be so tired of this town and all of its people... and you look like you want purpose again, Why don’t you join us dear [INTERVIEWER]? We can make you feel important and loved again...

END OF INTERVIEW.

Hope you enjoyed an insight into Maynard himself! i really enjoyed doing this!!!!

SPOOKY MONTH OC INTERVIEW MEME

this is intended to be "in-character"; you answer as if you are your character OR like a story/narrative! you don't have to though. send a number to the user/reblogger (if they ask for it) for them to answer the question!

you might notice that there are alternative questions under the same number. you can choose one that suits your character OR answer both if it applies!

there are also questions that are for certain characters, so be sure to mention if your character is non-human or cultist, etc.! it is also up to you whether your OC is answering honestly or not! ;]

for any clarification, please see the "read more"!

GENERAL

1. Who are you? Describe yourself in a few words!

2. Where did you come from? Were you born in this town or did you move here, etc.?

3. How’s your family? If they’re still around, what relationship do you have with them?

4. Do you celebrate “Spooky Month”? If you do, what is your costume?

5. What's your favourite type of candy?

6. Who are your friends in this town? (other spooky month oc's can be included!)

7. Are you dating anyone right now? If not, are you interested in a partner later in life?

8. Do you work? If so, what/where do you work as, and is that your dream job? (IF OC IS A CHILD) What do you want to be when you are older?

9. Has two certain kids ever caused you trouble? Or are they friendly to you? I think they call themselves Skid and Pump.

10. Pick 1–3 different characters from this generator. If you know of them, what are your thoughts on them?

11. What is your opinion on the town's current mayor, Narciso Evermore?

12. What is your opinion on the overall police force? Reliable? Reckless?

13. The town is a bit dangerous from time to time. Can you fight? Can you protect yourself? Are you willing to kill?

14. What is your opinion on monsters/the supernatural? (IF OC IS NONHUMAN) What is your opinion on humans?

15. Do you know of (or have seen) the group of people who wear red robes? Any thoughts on them?

16. Have you seen the two big stars in the sky? It’s pretty cool, huh?

IF OC IS A CULTIST:

17. Can you share with us why did you join this group?

18. Since joining this group, what is your view on the towns(people)?

19. How involved are you in this group? Do you do anything, or do you seek recruits or are willing to... work behind the scenes, etc.?

20. How loyal would you say you are to your leader/The Eyes?

- - - - - -

Because this is like an interview, the questions are written rather vaguely with implications, so it's up to you to write as of your OC notices the implications or not.

Here is some explanations to help you answer!

For 10, some monster characters are included because while your character might not KNOW them, they might have SEEN or HEARD of them... heh

For 11, this is more about Evermore as a Mayor rather than a person; however you can interpret it as however you want!

For 15, the red robes is referring to the cult/cultists.

For 16, this just depends if your OC just sees it as regular stars, or knows it as The Eyes, or something like that.

For 19, "work behind the scenes" implies if your character would get their hands dirty AKA hurt others for the cult... like Ignacio! Or the group of cultists that targeted Father Gregor!

For 17–20, I say "group "because not all cults consider themselves as cults but rather another church or religious group, and cult members don't recognise they are in a cult either. WE know it's a cult; the characters (unless they are journalists or knows people in it) may not ;]

[inquirepannacottafugo]

If you want to could you talk shit about the others in your team? I like drama. You can skip Giorno if you want because I know you love her ❤️

I will include Giorno because it is for fairness,

Bruno:

-Likes fish a little bit too much, I think there's something deeper going on. I'm not sure what, but something is happening with him and those scaly creatures.

-Bad at cooking, specifically soup.

-He doesn't fucking use doors, he just zips his way in. Fuck locking the door, he'll zip his way in, like the nosy scum he is. Respectfully, keep it zipped.

Mista:

-Said he has never tried fresh celery, dirty little man.

-Unpleasant smell, it sticks to everything. Trust me, you know when he's coming.

-Asks the worst questions over meals, I don't want to hear his validations for cannibalism, even if he's against cannibalism himself.

Narancia:

-Plays his music too loud. His room is directly attached to mine by shared wall and he puts his speaker up against that wall in particular, I need him to stop.

-I don't understand how he talks sometimes, I didn't almost get a degree to have to learn what a 'skibidi' is. I don't care about Mr Toilet or his camera men, are they in a harem or something alike?

-He peels fruits and leaves the skin on the table and the table almost always has fruit juice on it, irritates me. I don't want my hand being on a sticky mess, it ruins my day.

Trish (I suppose she counts) :

-I believe, in my personal opinion, she has too much stuff. There is a lot of items in her ownership and it's getting hard to keep track of.

-She keeps calling me emo (I'm fucking NOT.)

-Generally annoying, she keeps taking MY seat at the dinner table (which I've had the same seat for three plus years) and she needs to recognize that she doesn't always have special privileges. If anything, she should have reduced privileges because she was the ex boss of Passiones daughter, indirectly, she caused a lot of people to die/almost die. She will make me end my life if she takes MY favorite seat one more time, I don't like sitting anywhere else and she needs to know her place under my heel, not on my chair.

Giorno:

-Doesn't let bugs out of the house when someone tells her to, 'it's their home too now, they're too little to know where they are'. Shut up, Narancia's plenty little too and he fucking knows where he is. Plus Abbacchio's a little cockroach, he knows where he is, get those fucking little crawlers OUT.

-Keeps turning my pencils into frogs, stop it. I need my pencils, what I don't need is a Lake Titicaca Frog. Thank you very much.

-More of a complaint directed at Golden Experience, but she willingly let's Golden Experience out, so it's on her. I need that damn stand to STOP hugging my stand, Purple Haze is a rabies ridden little freak who does not deserve a hug. Additional little point, stop comparing my stand to a dog, Purple Haze may drool like one and rub his face against things, but that freak is not a dog.

Abbacchio:

-Ugly.

-Seventeen teeth.

-Seventeen teeth and one growing.

-Still bitching about his seventeen toothbrushes that went missing, one for each rotten little tooth.

-Hasn't replaced his toothbrushes in over fifteen years.

-Alcoholic bitch who leaves glass bottles on the floor in front of my room to watch me trip over, it's NOT funny.

-I'm convinced he hasn't read a book in over ten years.

-Ex cop.

-Smelly.

-I haven't seen him sleep in his actual room in over three months.

-His lipstick looks bad, It's not your color, let it go.

-Has a stupid little 'A' bag that reminds me of the Lost Relic Of Atlantis from Spongebob Squarepants.

-Hair looks like Squidward (from Spongebob Squarepants') tentacles, it also makes the noises when he walks, I bet it's so greasy it sticks like tentacles too.

-Copied my hair color.

-Has a stupid fucking stand who looks like a stingray.

-Stand has ugly eyes.

-Listens to bad music.

-Stupid.

-Outfit is an ugly color.

-I don't like his shoes.

-Depressed.

-Broke the toilet by shitting too hard a few weeks back.

-Pisses really loudly, seriously, it sounds like chicken being fried.

-What is up with that stupid fucking little purple thing on his stupid fucking cone head?

-Resting bitch face but in a bad way.

-Why does he look like that?

-In dire need of cosmetic surgery.

-I'm half convinced he didn't graduate Elementary School.

-I don't like his personality.

-His beer is cheap and tastes like shit.

-Eyes are an ugly color.

-I saw him eat cake barehanded once, no utensils, no nothing, he didn't even wash his hands before or after. He just committed the diabolical act and left the plate on the side, before scurrying out like the little spineless rat man he is.

-Should be dead.

-Generally just disappointing to be around, he's just so uninteresting.

-Owns a rat, which he probably got so he could sit on the floor and munch cheese with and claim it to be 'bonding' instead of him trying to be the mischievous little mouse he thinks himself to be.

-I fucking hate him.

[factual-fantasy]

26 asks! Thank you!🐕‍🦺

I believe that AI generated """art"""/images are extremely harmful to real artists. Its just a weapon that steals mountains of peoples hard work and is causing real people to lose their jobs.

Its a rotten thing that should be obliterated from the internet. I'm sitting on the edge of my seat waiting expectantly for its downfall.👎👎👎

@axolotlcookie0

If you're talking about making fanart of my designs/character/AUs, please do not. I'm really not comfortable with it :( If you're just trying to show your support then just leave a comment on my artwork or stop by my ko-fi. Those will go a long way for me <:))

I had no idea there was one! <:0 I haven't been keeping up with Welcome Home since Matpat took a step back...

References. Just drown yourself in references. I'm in a discord server that has a bunch of refs for the bots and also am taking dozens of screenshots as I rewatch the show. Just gathering reference after reference and using them religiously as I draw. :00

You mean the factual fam? :0 I thought about adding another character once I hit 30k followers. But when the time came I didn't really have any ideas that I liked.. So for now it'll just be the 5 of us :)

Also thank you so much! :)))

(Referencing this post)

XDDD Average day in the Autobot base!

(Link in ask)

I have not, but they have a neat artstyle! :000

@cherrycreamfairy

Nothing in particular, it been same old same old. 😔

Don't worry! I don't think you're asking to many questions! <:00

Also, I love LOVE LOVE!! The bond between Ratchet and Raf 😭😭💞💞💞

Lastly, I love that character! :DD It looks really neat :)))

(Link in ask)

Man, that's just disgusting. I'll do whatever I can to get it taken down. Thanks for letting me know 👍

I've never heard of it <:00

XDD You're welcome! Use that power wisely now, don't do anything Optimus wouldn't do!☝️

@misscherrypie (Referencing this post)

JHABDJHEHF XDD

(Link in ask)

Thank you so much! :DD I have a fanfic side blog but have since privated all the posts out of embarrassment- so currently I don't write/have any fanfics to share 😅😅--And other than sounding like a hyper five year old when I made that post😅 my opinions remain somewhat unchanged.

Soundwave is still my favorite Decepticon for the same reasons. The silent type that is a beast in combat, and is fiercely loyal to Megatron will always be cool to me. As for the other Decepticons, the way I would describe them has changed just a bit.

Megatron: I hate him in the way you are supposed to hate a villain. I think he's a really cool character and I enjoy seeing him on screen and seeing what evil deed he'll craft next.👀

Starscream: I used to really hate Starscream. But now his pathetic, sniveling, and cowardly behavior is more funny to me than anything. And its always funny/satisfying to watch him backstab Megatron and throw a wrench in his plans over and over XDD

Knock out: Knockouts incredibly vain and Egocentric personality is really getting on my nerves this second time around. He annoys me whenever he's on screen and keeps making me think that Breakdown was more deserving of life and a redemption arc than K.O. As I close in on the episode where he becomes an Autobot, I highly doubt there will be any satisfying character development that makes his switch from Con to Bot believable. I will surly post a rant about him sometime soon and maybe completely overhaul his character for my AU. 🙄

Shockwave: I've only seen a few episodes with him so far. But I really like him. A hulking scientist that can absolutely flatten you on the battle field. Cold, alien, calculated, unfeeling, shows no mercy or fear.. he's pretty cool to me XDD

Airachnid: I hate her but not in a fun way like Megatron. She's just an annoying villain with an annoying personality that keeps getting away when she really shouldn't have. 🙄

Predaking: Only seen this guy for a few episodes too. And I haven't gotten to the ones where he talks yet. But I don't like him much already. The stakes already felt high and realistic enough. But then you add a reincarnated overpowered cybertronian dragon thing into the mix? Just made it feel more fantastical and like there's too much going on at once. Not really a fan of him so far. <:/

Dreadwing and Skyquake: The ending these two had made me very sad. Skyquake dying in his debut episode and then having his death/body striped of all its honor by being resurrected and used as a weapon.. Only for him to mindlessly wander the shadow realm for eternity.. I can only hope he became one with the allspark and has no connection to his body..

Then Dreadwing.. The pain he must have felt when he learned of what Starscream did to Skyquake.. and he didn't even get the chance to avenge his brother.. I really hope they're both at peace together with the allspark.

I really liked the two of them, and think they were very well written and interesting characters. I will definitely be writing them into my AU and give them a happy ending where they can be reunited.💚💙

Breakdown: I really, really liked him and think it was horrible writing to kill him off after his encounter with Silas and Bulkhead. Like seriously, what happened in the writing room for this character? They couldn't have hammered it into our heads any harder that Breakdown was setting up to switch to Autobot. I went back through that episode (Season 1, Episode 16) and took some dialogue just to showcase what I mean.

First of all, we have what Megatron said after he is notified that Breakdown was captured by Silas. "If Breakdown allowed himself to be captured by those smaller than him, weaker than him. He deserves whatever fate awaits him."

This shows the viewer that Megatron sees Breakdown as weak for being captured by humans, and thus deems him useless.

Then we hear what Breakdown says when Silas comments about Breakdown being too valuable to let go. "Haha! Megatron will never pay a ransom!" His laughter and this comment shows the viewer that Breakdown believes Megatron will not negotiate with the humans and will simply eradicate the humans in order to rescue him.

These two things showed the viewer that Breakdown thinks Megatron values him and will rescue him, when in reality Megatron absolutely does not value him and has no intentions to rescue him.

Then later on with the bots we get these lines:

Bulkhead: "Mech can melt him down for all I care, let the cons rescue their own!"

Optimus: "It is unlikely that Megatron would bother with an arrand of mercy."

Arcee: "Okay, but this is breakdown we're talking about"

Optimus: "Sometimes we must rise above ourselves for the greater good."

Bulkhead: "Oh what's that supposed to mean!? Breakdowns gonna go all soft and join the cause??"

Optimus: "While it is unlikely any Decepticon will choose the path of good, even they posses the potential for change."

THIS, implies/hammers it SO HARD into the viewers brain that not only is it likely that a Decepticon WILL change, because Optimus believes they all have the ability to do so. But that BREAKDOWN SPECIFICALLY might change after they save him.

After this, we have this interaction between Silas and Breakdown after the Autobots were supposedly blown up.

Silas: "Enjoying the view? Ironically your would be rescuers may be in more pieces than you right now."

Breakdown: "Decepticons don't break that easy!!"

Silas: "Who said they were decepticons?"

Breakdown: "That doesn't make sense. Autobots wouldn't come to rescue me."

This shows the viewer two things. That Breakdown really believes the cons will rescue him, and he doesn't believe the bots would save him for any reason.. But then Bulkhead shows up.

Bulkhead: "It must be your lucky day"

Breakdown: "w...what are you doing..?"

Bulkhead: "Getting you outa here. Yeah, I don't believe it either."

Bulkhead: "Can you walk."

Breakdown: "I.. I think so"

(Alarm starts blaring)

Bulkhead: "Can you run?"

Breakdown transforms his hand into a hammer: "Never run when you can fight"

Bulkhead: "Just keep that thing pointed away from me, alright?"

Breakdown then pauses and kind'a looks at his hammer as Bulkhead moves forward. Eventually following after him.

Later in the fight against Silas, Bulkhead was weakened and fell. Breakdown rushed in to push him out of the way of the helicopter firing the laser. They look at each other, both kind'a surprised by what Breakdown just did.

Later, we then we get this interaction with Starscream.

Starscream: "Consulting with the enemy, Breakdown?"

Breakdown: "Bulkhead got me out of there!"

Starscream: "Many sparkfelt thanks, Autobot. Now destroy him."

Breakdown and Bulkhead look at each other. Both look shocked and hesitate to do anything.

Breakdown: "But y-"

Starscream: "Do you plan on joining their ranks anytime soon? No?? Then be done with it already!"

Breakdown hesitates for several more seconds. "Tough break Bulkhead, maybe in the next life." And then attacks him.

This, once again, was hammering home that Breakdown very likely was going to become an Autobot. He fought alongside Bulkhead and protected him when he didn't have to. And when he was told to destroy Bulkhead, he seriously hesitated and tried to argue with Starscream about it. Before giving in..

Then finally, he have the most damning evidence of all. After Breakdown and Sarscream escape the scene and meet up later on down the road. They have this interaction.

Starscream: "One day you will repay your debt to me Breakdown, the day it comes time to choose sides."

Breakdown: "Uh.. between bots and cons?"

Starscream: "Between myself, and Megatron!"

Breakdown: "...."

Starscream: "Incidentally I suggest that Megatron never know of this rescue. You do want him to think you overcame the puny humans on your own.. don't you."

THIS, interaction is the cherry on top. Starscream implied that if Breakdown wants to go back to the cons, he better make himself look useful and say he got free of the humans himself. This shows Breakdown that Megatron didn't actually send anyone to rescue him. Megatron does not care. So his view of Megatron and the deceptions as a whole was changed with this interaction.

THEN you have the fact that Bulkhead saved him. He doesn't understand why, but no doubt this changed his view of the Autobots and Bulkhead entirely. With their limited resources, they still went out of their way to try and rescue a Decepticon. No doubt the Bots are looking much more merciful and kind than he may have originally thought..

And lastly, us as the viewer get what Breakdown said. "Uh.. between bots and cons?" LITERALLY. This question makes the VIEWER AND BREAKDOWN consider that choice! Why else would they have Breakdown AUDIBLY QUESTION which side he should be on if it wasn't implying that he would later change???

I think it was just garbage writing to kill off Breakdown the way they did. They made an entire episode that basically spelt in big bold letters "Decepticons have the ability to change, and Breakdown is going to choose to become and Autobot." They could not have made that message to the viewers and to BREAKDOWN any more clear if they TRIED.

So basically. I really liked Breakdown and the direction his character was going. And I absolutely hate what the show did to him.

@narrator-girlart (Referencing this post)

Ah sorry, that was just a paid drawing request. I'm not actually apart of the fandom <:/

But I mean hey, I plan to reopen requests soon, maybe you could place an order for me to draw more XDD

@fancymussmuss

Aww that sounds really sweet! :) Any opportunity for Ratchet to bond with the kids and learn more about human culture is a win for me! :DD

@ilobewallmark

Thank you! :DD And I plan to! :))) And after I finish watching the show and make simpler redesigns for the bots, I imagine I'll draw them even more! :))))

@sussyhahag

(I wont show the artwork because it is not mine to share, but the text next to Miku said: "I KNOW THINGS ARE HARD RIGHT NOW, BUT IM SO PROUD OF YOU FOR MAKING IT THIS FAR! LETS KEEP DOING OUR BEST, OK?💙")

Aw <:))) Thank you! Does this mean Miku will bring me ibuprofen and cold water? 🥺

@beryl-shade

From the picture, it looks to be a beautiful lake! :00 I'm sure my OCs would think its beautiful too! :))

@knifecatss

SCREAMSSS THANLYUUU!!! :DDDD 💞💞💞💞

Oooo I might have to look into that :00 tho I don't think I'll make my holoforms bleed <XD I cant find a way to make that make sense..

..Well, maybe if the bots main body is injured, that injury will be shown on their holoform as a glitch or tear in their bodies. But idk if you can injure the holoform itself 😅

Woof. Thank you so much for the information! This really helped me make up my mind.

Its sounds like Rescue bots is a show I'd be willing to give a shot someday. Just for its lightheartedness alone tbh. At first I thought I wouldn't like a kiddie transformers show, but as I transition into season 3 of TFP I find myself missing season 1 and the lower stakes/day-in-the-life-of vibe it used to have. But I would be sure to just 100% disconnect it from TFP.

As for Robots in disguise, I think I'm bagging that show entirely. Bumblebee and the others acting way out of character, stupid/non threatening Decepticons, the main cast never learning or developing their character, it just sounds like it would be SO frustrating for me to watch. I can imagine I'd be ranting the whole time and rolling my eyes at Bee. So I won't be trying that show anytime soon.😔

@beryl-shade

I can imagine they'd be be in awe of the car factory. Maybe slightly disturbed..? Maybe it'd feel uncanny to see cars be assembled like that..

As for the DMV, half of the cars wouldn't pass inspection XDDD

@littlelightfish

He's probably chowing down on some good food and listening to the bigger cookies tell stories! :)))

@heaventhehedgi3

I actually don't remember him <:(( I don't think I've ever seen that movie before.. 😔

I've actually drawn Sherlock Gnomes and Watson before! :0 It was a long time ago tho 😅

[icantbelieveitsnotbutler]

Hello! Back here with another ask.

So, the Sebastian vs Undertaker fight in private school arc: what was that all about?

In my translation of the anime Sebastian’s lines amounted to “According to the contract your life comes first. *beat* I’ve put a lot of effort into raising you. I won’t let anyone take you away.” which sounds awfully cute?? Dadbastian time, people! Yet, their faces are weird: Ciel looks shocked to hear him say it and Sebastian looks equally shocked that he’s saying it. I thought that on the whole it was an unexpected show of care from Sebastian even in violation of an order, which is probably accepted as a good thing by Ciel since he’s not objecting after that. But then I noticed that Ciel doesn’t just look shocked: he looks scared. He was shocked a moment ago and his face was completely the same except for the face shadow. So something must be wrong here.

So I found the manga page and yep, “I went through the trouble of cultivating it. I won’t let myself be robbed of it.” indeed sounds less like a confession of affection and more like a declaration of possession. Still, the way we can’t see Sebastian’s eyes in the first two lines suggests he’s lying or hiding something, and when we finally do see them it’s a weird indescribable look.

So, I looked into what people thought about it and, as it usually is with these two, there are two polar opinions.

One: Sebastian could be sure that the Undertaker wouldn’t harm Ciel, as he’s been repeatedly shown to not take the chance to kill Ciel when he had it, so it’s not his goal. Therefore, Sebastian has been selfishly protecting the contract, as in his moment of epiphany he realised that the Undertaker wanted to use bizarre dolls to put Ciel into another body and to free him from the contract in this way. Then Sebastian lies about acting according to the contract to excuse his crime of not letting Ciel be saved. Sebastian looks fiendish because someone dared to interfere with his property. Ciel is terrified because he’s reminded of being a snack. The relationship is somewhat damaged.

Two: Sebastian could be sure that the Undertaker would cause Ciel harm, as he’s been repeatedly shown to put Ciel in dangerous situations that could be deadly had Sebastian not been there to save him. If he died the Undertaker would probably just bring him back in his usual style. Therefore, Sebastian has been selflessly projecting Ciel at the expense of the contract, as in his moment of epiphany he realised that the Undertaker’s next aim for bizzare dollification is indeed Ciel and Sebastian won’t allow that. Then he lies about having acted according to the contract, in the same way as Ciel did when he lied about the reason he tried to save his aunt: to cover up for the fact that it was an emotional decision, and to convince the other the contract is still on - since, I think, Ciel COULD pull out of the contract at that moment on account of Sebastian disobeying his order and therefore breaking a condition. Sebastian is scared of this possibility, hence the look. Mirroring Sebastian, thought, Ciel falls for the lie and takes it at face value, and is terrified of being a snack. The relationship is somewhat damaged, which was the Undertaker’s direct intention putting Sebastian in this situation.

The truth is probably somewhere in the middle, and it seems to me that some leaps are taken about Sebastian suddenly figuring out the Undertaker’s plans, but I don’t have a better idea. I’m not caught up on everything, so I might have missed some important details. Curious what your thoughts on this moment are!

This ask has apparently been sitting in my inbox for 6 days, so first I want to apologize for not seeing it sooner. But I'm happy you sent it because it's a moment I've been wanting to talk about.

Sebastian's lines here are tricky to translate because the words he uses encompass the meanings of several more specific words in both English and Japanese, that the translator is forced to reduce into a single word. Japanese also allows the subject and object to be dropped and the translator has to fill them in from context to make the sentence grammatically correct in English. (e.g. Candy bought. Want? = I bought candy. Do you want some?)

Sebastian's first line is straightforward enough: according to the contract, Ciel's life (命/いのち/inochi) must come before everything else, including direct orders.

Then he says (the panel with his eyes hidden) that he went through great trouble to 育てる(そだてる/sodateru), but doesn't specify an object for that verb. 育てる means to raise/rear/bring up a child, plant, or animal, or to educate or train a child, or to develop/promote/nurture/cultivate the growth of something.

In the panel where he smashes the zombie's head, he says having the unspecified object snatched away would be たまらない/tamaranai: intolerable or unbearable.

The thing that he raised/cultivated and doesn't want snatched away could be Ciel's 命 (his life), which was just mentioned and therefore could be dropped from the next sentence. In this context, Sebastian is referring to the animating force keeping Ciel alive, i.e. his soul, which he has been cultivating.

The dropped object might also be Ciel himself, which would be inferred from the context. If a human were talking about protecting a child's life, and then used the verb 育てる, they would obviously be talking about raising the child. But because Sebastian is planning to eat Ciel's soul and has technically been developing it, the meaning becomes ambiguous.

He's either saying "I went through great trouble to raise you, it would be intolerable to have you snatched away," or "I went through great trouble to cultivate your soul, it would be intolerable to have it snatched away." Or maybe he's saying both?

Because English allows for less ambiguity, the official and unofficial manga and anime translators are forced to choose one version. I've seen people bothered by either version, because it doesn't fit with how they view Sebastian.

However, in my opinion (as someone with very limited knowledge of Japanese; please share your opinion if you think differently!), Toboso wrote these lines to be purposefully ambiguous. Like I said in this post, I don't think we're supposed to know how Sebastian really feels about Ciel.

I think Ciel looks scared because Sebastian just exploded someone's head close enough to him that the blood spattered on his face. Usually Sebastian is more careful because he knows Ciel doesn't like gore.

As for Sebastian's actions, the last time he saw Undertaker was on the Campania, when Ciel ordered him to capture Undertaker, so he put Ciel down somewhere he thought was safe and prioritized the order. That ended in Ciel nearly getting killed, which Sebastian had to grievously injure himself to prevent.

This time, Ciel has again ordered him to catch Undertaker, and while Ciel is seemingly on his way to safety, Undertaker says "All that sets us apart are our goals" while glancing in Ciel's direction. Whatever Undertaker's goal is, it involves grabbing Ciel, and Sebastian has calculated that he can't protect Ciel and complete the order, so he prioritizes protection.

He may have been reacting solely to Undertaker's glance. He also might have thought that his own goal is to protect Ciel (at least for now), so Undertaker's goal would be to kill or hurt him in some way. Or, since Sebastian's (alleged) ultimate goal is to eat (kill) Ciel, he might think Undertaker is trying to prevent him getting his meal.

[lilybecca1]

AKA my opinion and why I think both of them suffer from depression

I know many people have been pretty pissed (including me) about the Epilogue and Katsuki's depression, but can we take a moment to talk about Izuku?

I think there is a lot of misunderstanding here because generally everyone tends to mischaracterise him and take his emotions at face value. But unlike Katsuki, who is pretty straight-forward with his emotions, despite trying to suppress them a lot, Izuku is more of an emotionally avoidant and unattached kind of person.

Yeah, according to the ending, he had to watch all of his friends become Pro Heroes and slowly lose contact with him while he lost the quirk that made him able to do the one thing that he loved, but he eventually accepted it and decided to become a teacher to help others who are just like him too. He has grown past his childhood dreams and matured enough to understand that being a hero is not the only way he can help others. And in the end Katsuki was the one who was still stuck in the past, chasing their childhood dream together, yet he'll never be able to reach it. He isn't Number One because he is just a shell of the person he was, he has nothing to fight for, no dreams to reach for. He is just Katsuki forever stuck waiting for someone who will never stand again by his side.

It angered me when everyone just straight up ignored his emptiness...did noone see how empty he was inside?? Can no one see the lack of life in his eyes? That he is still breathing yet not living anymore?

And especially Izuku, because we all might rightfully ask, how could he have done what he did in the end? How could he reject the one person who he has chased after for all his life? How could he go from admiring him to the point that he couldn't imagine a world without him, to turning his back without even a glance back, and leaving him in the dust? For someone who never used to be able to take his eyes off of Katsuki, it's so hard to believe and accept that he didn't notice what was going on with Katsuki. He might be oblivious but he's still very intelligent and has always known Katsuki inside and out, but that's not all.

He went straight against his character with how he acted in the Epilogue. But how? Who is Midoriya Izuku exactly? What is his character like again?

Determined to help others, and an optimistic, empathetic human being who is always cheerful and brings a smile to others' faces. Kind yet oblivious. Bubbly and always smiling. Never once being rude to anyone. Just like in the Epilogue.

Wait...that doesn't seem right.

This is exactly the point where people tend to stop at and just accept these facts at face value, not looking into his character any further. The amount of time I have seen him being mischaracterized like this, into this...twink, just makes me mad AF.

When was he ever this innocent fluffy ball of sunshine? NEVER. That is NOT the Midoriya Izuku I have known.

And originally I was angry that they made Izuku act like this in the Epilogue because this just goes against his entire character. But as I'm thinking over it more, I think I might have come to a realization.

So we all saw how depressed Bakugo was in the Epilogue right? Did his emptiness draw all of our eyes away from Izuku's own? I believe so.

Just think about it. By now we know how much Izuku actually suppresses his own desires and emotions in order to satisfy others and maintain social harmony. He doesn't want to burden others with what he feels. And he uses a mask of cheerfulness to hide his true feelings. Which of course, makes sense, because he WAS forced to leave his dream behind and have to accept that he'll never become a hero. He is a teacher now, and just like he said so, he has accepted this and is okay with this life now, he doesn't desire to join an agency anymore or be a Pro Hero. Yeah this all makes sense too.

Except

ARE WE FUCKING STUPID?

Of COURSE he was lying. Why do we all tend to trust Izuku's words so much??? Did he accept this life and that he's quirkless now? NO HE DID NOT. Is he okay with it and did he actually move on from his childhood dream? NO HE DID NOT. Is he okay with being a teacher, and is he actually okay with leaving Katsuki behind just like that? HELL NO HE AIN'T.

Izuku might be optimistic and friendly but boy can he be a selfish and emotionally stunt bastard sometimes. Throughout the ENTIRE manga, was there even one time where his actual, real internal conflicts have been processed and dealt with? NO. But that doesn't mean he doesn't have any, the manga just simply looks straight past it in favor of Katsuki's character development, cause, well, let's be real, he kinda needed it. There is also a lot of focus on everyone else's development. But never on Izuku's.

And so what happens when Izuku bottles up all these emotions that never ever have the opportunity to be addressed anymore, because the plot is over? There is no big epiphany moment or character development, it's all over, his story is over, he has nowhere left to put all these emotions in so he has no choice but to keep them all inside. Except, he actually does have a choice, he is just clueless when it comes to his feelings and isn't willing to rely on others for once.

Those cheerful and friendly smiles that we saw from him in the Epilogue? Those aren't real smiles, that is not real happiness. He is in fact not okay at all. He is depressed too, just as much as Katsuki is. And if it's so hard to be seen in Katsuki, it's going to be even harder to notice in Izuku. They are both struggling, yet neither are willing to open up with eachother and share their insecurities, their fears, their pain.

Does Izuku appear happy? Does he appear to have truthfully accepted his life and what happened? Yeah, he does. Does anything suggest that this might not be the case? Not really. There are no direct hints to show us that something is wrong, so from all I know, I could be wrong and he could very well just simply be happy and have moved on with his life. The only thing that MIGHT suggest that he's not honest with himself is the lack of determined, lively energy that characterizes him so well. Midoriya Izuku is Midoriya Izuku because he never gives up, he is always fighting for his dreams. And there might be a universe out there where he became a healthy version of himself and stopped chasing a daydream that he knew would never achieve, but that's exactly the problem, that would be a healthy version if himself.

Has this Midoriya Izuku ever healed? Has he ever addressed his trauma? He went to WAR, he lost his quirk, he lost Katsuki, then he felt like everyone left him behind. This is no healthy version of Izuku, so there is absolutely no way that he actually just accepted his fate and is "okay with it". He might seem like he's happy, but people like him are always so good at masking their emotions, at pretending that everything is okay, that they're fine. I'm fine, Daijoubu, DAIJOUBU, thats ALWAYS what he says even when he is literally standing with every single bone in his body broken to pieces.

I believe that the truth is this:

They are both too preccupied with surviving their own trauma and depression to notice that the other is going through just as much pain as them. They are always two sides of the same coin. There is no simply leaving Katsuki behind, there is no literal way of this ever happening in this timeline because throughout their life their fates have been tied together to the point that it's simply impossible to just go back to being strangers. Bakugo Katsuki is not fine, because he died, he witnessed the only person who was ever able to stand by his side lose his quirk, his dream got ripped away from him, he fell back by miles when his hand got torn apart, he was left chasing after everyone meanwhile the one person he wanted to be on the heels of for the rest of his life is unable to stand by his side again. Can you all imagine what it must have felt like to have that dream ripped away from you after everything you went through together? Then when he only had one hope left for Izuku to join his side again, he spent 8 years working for that suit for him only for Izuku to reject him and refuse to be a hero again. What is the point of Katsuki's life at this point? Being Number One is meaningless if Izuku isn't there by his side. He is depressed because he cannot find a new purpose to live, he is stuck in an endless cycle with no way out of it.

And Izuku? See this is exactly why I think he's a moron. Wanna know what that Epilogue really was? ANGST. Yeah. Literal angst. The one you'd see in fanfics. Or like with Reki and Langa. Reki was always the one with a bubbly and cheerful personality, yet deep down he felt like Langa was miles ahead of him and that he would eventually get left behind. And instead of talking it out, because well, apparently no one knows what therapy is, both Reki and Izuku chose to "not burden the other" with their own internal conflicts, and instead left without an explanation, only to pretend that everything is okay and that behind closed walls they are not depressed and struggling to survive day by day because it's all just hopelessness, unable to see a way out, unable to do anything about it, stuck in an endless loop of unhappiness and losing their spark in the process. Reki losing his passion to skateboard, and Izuku losing his passion to keep fighting and be a hero. Reki and Izuku going against who they are and acting like a completely different person. Because that is what depression does to you. It sucks away your life energy until you are just an empty shell, until you forget what true joy even meant in the first place. Until you get used to pretending to be okay, and in the end even you believe your own lies because you have forgotten what living felt like in the first place.

It's always misunderstandings. And in this case, there is no plot point to save their relationship anymore. Like with Gon and Killua...they separated over a misunderstanding too, Killua believing that Gon didn't want him there by his side anymore, while Gon felt guilty and like he was a burden, even though they used to be inseparable. It's always the "cheerful and friendly but emotionally a moron" and "detached and unfriendly but would die for the other" duo I swear.

So, in the end, Izuku looked in Uraraka's way because she was the only person other than Katsuki who has ever cared about actually understanding him. Him wanting to talk to her more is him literally craving for someone else to understand his pain. And why not go to Katsuki then? Well, Izuku has always had a very complex relationship with him. Izuku is subconsciously put off by Katsuki's feelings because Katsuki's pain is literally the reflection of Izuku's own conflicts, and being close to Katsuki means those emotions getting surfaced, and it makes him avoid him. It's basic human nature. What do we do when we feel an internal conflict? We avoid the people or things that make these emotions explode out of us, we avoid the things that makes us feel them. Yet we want to be understood, so we seek help indirectly. Not from our closest people, but from someone who could understand us without being close enough emotionally to trigger us.

Because just put yourself in Izuku's shoes. You lost your quirk, went through trauma and have been depressed since, but trying to suppress this depression and move on. What would you choose? To be with the person closest to you, who has took your own pain as his own, who hasn't been able to get over YOUR trauma himself and who is still trying to being back what you once had, the exact thing that you're trying to move on from and trying to pretend that it doesn't make you feel sad, and every moment you're with him you're reminded of what happened and how it made you feel?

Or your friend who understands your pain, but doesn't try to subconsciously force you to face it, doesn't view you as their biggest sadness and loss?

Yeah, I thought so.

This is not how to heal a relationship, yet neither of them know better. All Katsuki knows is that he just wants Izuku there by his side again, because without him, he is incomplete. And all Izuku knows is that he wants everything to be okay and doesn't want to be a burden, but the person emotionally closest to him keeps grieving who he used to be, someone who he believes he cannot be anymore. With his own depression, he doesn't have any energy left to pretend to Katsuki too. The closer he is to him, the more that trauma and pain surface, and the more difficult it gets to pretend he's fine.

Sadly, this is the reality of many friendships that have been through hardships. Some things are just too broken for you to know how to fix it yourselves. So you just end up fading away, out of each other's lives, pretending to have moved on, while a piece of you will always be stuck in the memories and the life that you two could have possibly had together, yet you chose to let go.

So, to answer:

Why are both of them so out of character in The Epilogue? Why did they throw both of their development out the window?

Why does it feel like The Epilogue goes against the essence of who they really are?

Because mentally they are not okay, and because that is what depression does to a person. Struggling mentally and emotionally changes you into a completely different person, it's an everyday struggle that makes you barely feel like yourself. It's not something that is logical, it's not natural yet people still tend to overlook it and brush it off. There is no logical explanation for why they are acting the way they are. "But Bakugo would never be so low in the rankings!" "But Izuku would never reject his offer to join his agency and be a hero again!" Tell that to someone who has been struggling to feel alive for years after they have lost interest and pleasure in the dreams that once kept them alive.

So yeah,the Epilogue felt surreal and fake and like it wasn't even part of the story. Well, in the end we will never actually know why it happened and what was truly going on inside their head.

[clawsdevour]

𓈒 ᩧ ◞ hakuba bf hcs

wc: 0.5k content warning: fluff, slight smut, aged up, post-time skip, not proofread

note: these hcs may definitely not be accurate since this character is still very unknown!! from what i'm thinking, he's like one of those more bubbly characters that give off golden retriever in a way :3

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-Hakuba, the type of boyfriend to enjoy making snarky jokes around you a lot. of course, they're always going to be light hearted as he's actually a very kind person inside. though, if he sees one of his pals make one of those jokes to, or about you, he's one to exchange a glare in return to show that he's watching and hearing what they just said. he doesn't want you to be disrespected, especially by the people he's surrounded by. if someone's literally rude, he would say it to their face and defend you right up.

-Hakuba, the type of boyfriend to be impressed the more he learns about you. first date? he's amazed learning about even the surface level topics you bring up. second date? he's completely immersed and wowed by the fact that you grew up the way you did. third date? he's never failed to be amazed even though you could be repeating the same story, just in different words. 3rd year wedding anniversary? he will always be impressed by the way you're the first thing he sees in the morning. he would for sure let you know too, he'd comment and be like DAMN! NO WAY! REALLY? he's overall probably a super active listener.

-Hakuba, the type of boyfriend to literally act like he's drank a shot of expresso and an energy drink at the same time when he sees you in the stands of one of his games. he's definitely going to point you out from the crowd and tell his teammates. hakuba's trying his hardest to impress you on the court, making sure to keep his eye on you at the same time. he's doing goofy things hoping you'd also see and laugh from the stands.

-Hakuba, the type of boyfriend to be your hype man. anything could make him awe right? well anything you do can make him hyper and become your biggest supporter. you could be out and about, making him hold your shopping bags and ask him for his opinion on a new outfit, and he would never complain but would rather start applauding because that fit you just tried on was the best thing he's ever seen in the last five seconds.

-Hakuba, the type of boyfriend to always be around you. if he's just gotten back from his flight, he would never wanna leave the house because he just wants to bask in your presence till his next game. you're the center of his life besides his career, he wants to be with you physically and spiritually. he's probably always having a hand on you somehow, waist, shoulder, maybe around you from the back. he'd also love cuddling on the couch on lazy sundays for sure, anything physical since he's most likely away for volleyball most of the time. (would also tell you he misses you all the time)

-Hakuba, the type of boyfriend to a total flirt. okay don't hate me here but he would do a little pda here and there. out in public he'd probably look around to check if the coast is clear and sneak in a few pecks on your lips, maybe even neck. he'd also like to whisper some flirtatious comments in your ear to see your reaction while his face has that innocent look behind that face that knows what he's doing.

-Hakuba, the type of boyfriend to lock in and become completely serious upon meeting your parents. of course, this could make your parents feel a bit intimidated to know that you're dating a 6'8" man who seems to be too serious. but, once they get to know hakuba a little more, they see him as a silly and kind guy who loves to be around you.

-Hakuba, the type of boyfriend to talk to you through it when he first engulfs his cock into you. surprisingly, he is very gentle and doesn't want to hurt you when you're being intimate. hakuba would make sure you're prepped to ensure you're okay from the start, during, and after. of course, he would go totally beserk if you tell him to go hard, fast, or start whimpering for his name. hakuba would also come to a complete stop if you tell him to.

-Hakuba, the type of boyfriend to put his tall figure to use. he definitely uses every inch of his height in every thrust--every thrust is like getting striked with lightning to which he's also going slow but the cost of it will make your legs shiver. he's also probably one to give you kisses, starting from your forehead to further down to your neck and check while you endure his length and great strength from below. he'd find the height difference to be super arousing.

-Hakuba, the type of boyfriend to get you all washed up in the bath and pick out a fresh pair of pajamas for you to wear. he'd tuck you into bed and watch you doze off while he's battling his droopy eyes to make sure you sleep well. he'd also be playing with loose strands of your hair or give you soft pecks on your forehead or the surface of your hand, maybe he'd even rub little circles on your skin and speak a little nonsense here and there till he's asleep as well.

masterlist here

[necrotic-nephilim]

for the recent ask game, i’m really curious about your take on 7 + 8 :P

for the choose violence ask game!

7. what character did you begin to hate not because of canon but because how the fandom acts about them?

i'll be so honest: Jason Todd. i know there's a lot of argument of "who has the worst fans" and i think that question is flawed and impossible to answer, but i will say Jason fans irked me so deeply. because i read mostly 90s era Batfam, i admittedly didn't have a lot of exposure to Jason for a while, expect for his New-52 runs i'd read years ago. and since i never liked him based on those runs, i could not understand *what* his fans liked about him, or where they got some of their headcanons/ideas from. i've never been more baffled. it ranges from "oh i don't agree but you do you, i guess?" to "what character are you talking about i am BAFFLED". and it soured me on Jason for so long that i actually hate read *most* of his pre-Flashpoint appearances just to understand what on earth people liked about him. and now i can say, i love him dearly, but i can also say, i still don't know what character his fans are talking about sometimes. and i hate the fanon version of Jason who feels almost, Deadpool-ified? with this self-aware slapstick humor but a sad soft interior but also sassy and will kill a man it's just. it feels very hollow to me and it has made me almost tempted to block his character tag more than once over the years bc sometimes certain takes make it difficult to even like him. i just have to tune it out or yell about it for hours.

8. common fandom opinion that everyone is wrong about

i'm going to get particularly saucy with this one: that Dick Grayson has Eldest Daughter Syndrome. or more generally, that he was parentified. not a single ounce of Dick's backstory indicates him as being parentified. to be parentified you have to be a child taking care of other children either emotionally or physically because your parents are not fulfilling that role. and Dick was *never* a child at the time that another child was under Bruce's care. he has been an adult for the entirety he has known every other Batkid. and even then, the *only* one he was something you could akin to being a parent figure to was Damian, and Dick *chose* that. Dick was a grown-ass man in his late 20s who had the facilities and capacity to make the decision to be Damian's primary caretaker. he's never been parental toward any of the other Batkids, nor has Bruce ever forced upon him the role of having to raise them. did Bruce do a sort of questionable job with Dick? yeah. but i would argue Bruce did the best job with Dick of all the Batkids, and even if he was shitty with Dick, he couldn't parentify Dick bc there was no one for Dick to be parenting. and Dick wasn't parenting Bruce either. they just had a normal relationship of loving and caring for each other.

as for Eldest Daughter Syndrome i just.. i Do Not Like calling any male character "female coded" or "female rage coded" or "eldest daughter coded" because they're *not*. especially not in *this* medium. these are male characters, created by men, written by men 90% of the time, and written to be *male power fantasies*. nothing about Dick or Jason or any Batboy is female-coded bc they exist to be badass men. just because they show emotion and have complex relationships with Bruce doesn't make them suddenly women. Dick shows his anger in a very destructive, stereotypically "masculine" way. even if we strip it of gender, Dick doesn't exhibit most traits of Eldest Daughter Syndrome. he easily makes relationships with people his age, he has no issues telling Bruce no, he did not have caretaking responsibilities forced onto him by Bruce, he's not even really hyperindependent. Dick has a support system outside of the Bats, the fandom just ignores it. does Dick force caretaking responsibilities onto himself sometimes? can he be an overachiever? absolutely. but these are internal complexes that just come with making a character a superhero, it's a complex they all have. if i have to hear one more fan call him Eldest Daughter Syndrome-core or say he's a victim of parentification, i think I'll explode a little bit.

[seyaryminamoto]

Hello! Long time no see :) hope all is well!

Not sure if you’re still taking Q&A’s, but I was curious about your opinion in regard to this newest addition in the ATLA live action casting for toph. They have opted with making her “more feminine”. I have seen your interpretation of toph and it was very well executed all the way around. From her friendships and admirations, to her romance and personal struggles/goals. It was well rounded and very in character. That being said, do you think making her more feminine will be an issue? Would adding femininity, -in your opinion- take away from her accomplishments as a character ? Would it ruin what she stands for and the social standards she went against? Or could this be a not so serious variable that affects Toph as an individual? This isn’t counting any other changes the creators have/will make ofc.) I look forward to your answer whenever you have a chance.

Thank you for these latest chapters btw, they have been a true delight! Best of luck to you in your future works. XO - a fan

Hello there! I have a lot of stuff to answer and it's been piling on, but yeah, I've been terribly busy lately, so I'm sorry for that :( but here's your answer, and I'll keep it as... concise as I can make it. Haha... ha. It's me, brevity is not in my nature.

Usually, with ATLA's liveaction, I've been able to trace the reasoning behind their choices. Some, of course, are completely ridiculous and can't be justified as anything but fanservice (looking at you, 41st division), but with several others, while the effectiveness of the changes can be questionable, I can trace where they're coming from and why they're trying to do that.

I have struggled to make sense out of why Toph would suddenly need to be less of a tomboy and more feminine. I have a couple of theories right now: one of them is that they believe it would be culturally unlikely for a highborn girl to be too much of a tomboy for believability's sake. While I could, perhaps, concede on this on SOME level... I also find myself thinking on many modern Korean TV series I've watched, where even if the story takes place in the Joseon era, the female leads might even crossdress as male in order to have a stronger role in society, thus, they can be depicted as... not all that feminine? Not COMPLETELY, usually, because there always needs to be some level of femininity to sell the perfect romance, apparently... but they're willing to provide the characters with different facets of personality that make femininity a backdrop, rather than the core of the character.

If this is what they're going for with Toph, then I guess our Blind Bandit's going to be K-Drama-ized. Sort of. I'm not entirely sure whether that will make her believable as a character at all when you consider what her role was like throughout Book 2, unfortunately, but it's, as usual, a case of reaching your own conclusions when we see it live.

The second option is one I find a little more outrageous: the show may be looking to disregard a lot of "character stereotypes" from the 2000's. The erasure of Sokka's early sexism most likely comes from this logic (the bad writing around the rest of his character, unfortunately, makes it a lot harder to love him even if his egalitarian view of society should make him more likeable, weird self-own there...), it's an attempt to "modernize" the story and show us the character as something other than your stereotypical 2000's male cartoon character who masks his insecurities behind sexism. And I will say, in my eyes, the logic of "modernizing" a story is the very reason why remakes are supposed to exist: the issue comes when the people creating these remakes somehow fail to hit the mark and their new version winds up being less genuine and more shallow than the original (see most of Disney's liveaction remakes, ofc). I don't think ATLA's liveaction is necessarily doing EVERYTHING wrong, but while the changes can have their logic, in this instance it would be really hard to argue that the logic sustains itself, because...

I don't know who on earth finds tomboy characters offensive, but if such people do exist? I hope they step on a lego.

Tomboy characters can be great representation and validation for girls who (like me) weren't all that gender-conforming. It could even help some people make sense of their own gender dysphoria! All of which is very modern and forward thinking and not at all stereotypical of the 2000's because nobody in that era was creating these characters for those purposes. But upon removing Toph's "tomboy" status in order to turn her into a more "traditional girl", it leads me to think that Mai's NOT going to be a goth girl because "that's no longer such a common personality type, 20 years later, so its dated and needs to be removed", and Ty Lee is suddenly going to be written as an erudite because a carefree girl who doesn't seem to be all that intellectually inclined (note that she CAN be depicted as smart in her original characterization, it's merely that it's clear her interests don't lie in knowledge or so, she's a physical, spiritual kind of person, not bookish by any means) would be offensive and enforcing the idea that feminine girls are stupid! All of which would, of course, turn them into entirely different characters.

Toph was a great tomboy, a lot of people loved her for it, and a lot of people liked that she could be this while also being blind. It's possible that the liveaction people think that tomboy + blind are one too many traits and she needs to be nerfed (...???) in order to handle her better? I don't even know. While I can't say for sure how bad the result will be once this version of the show releases, I'm not very confident that this change will help her character in any way. I actually think Katara ended up having a curious arc in Book 1's liveaction, if not what her fans wanted, and I don't mind a lot of the changes they gave Aang. Zuko... eh, I will never love him, that much is obvious, but I appreciated that he seemed to take his mission and his honor a lot more seriously than in the show, where he seemed to think that sailing everywhere to find the Avatar was enough to get results even before Aang broke out of the iceberg (the fact that he had a BOOK here where he wrote things down was such a nice change! I was caught off guard completely by the notion that Zuko can write, let alone investigate things! :'D).

But this Toph change honestly seems to lean more towards the Sokka change... in the sense that on paper MAYBE they have their reasons and yet in practice it could just result in a character being completely derailed from its purpose and crippled on a characterization level, which then gets overcompensated with... uh... unnecessary convoluted matters like "my dad doesn't approve of me, my life is useless, this is where all my insecurities come from :((((", for instance.

Time will tell and I guess we'll have to watch it to see whether it works or not... but unless they leaked this information to gauge how to calibrate this change based on fan reaction? I'm not sure this is going to be remotely as agreeable a change as the liveaction's creators might have hoped it was.

Addressing your specific questions: a more feminine Toph will definitely need a wholly different character construction. Her clashes with Katara are bound to lean towards classism now ("I'm highborn, you're a peasant, why would you expect me to set up your tent? You should be the one setting up mine, lesser being"), which won't make her any more agreeable as a character, as long as they do retain some of the story beats from Book 2, ofc. Her training of Aang will definitely be weird because Toph was supposed to be the embodiment of earth, so in tune with her element that she's basically a rock, or metal once she develops that one. And worth noting, she develops metalbending by punching stuff: this isn't very feminine :'D I'm not entirely sure how they intend to recreate these scenes if her character will be fundamentally altered.

I do think that, unless the tomboy side is replaced by something even more impressive (and I can't really think of something), this change won't be very agreeable for me. A great deal of what draws people to characters like Toph is their personality and their willingness to go against the norm. She does this by being a tomboy and by being blind but embracing her condition rather than bemoaning how sad she is about it. And the issue is, considering Toph's background, the only things I can see them replacing the tomboyish behavior with, in order to obtain similar results, is... making her a social snob. Which people won't like. I, at least, can't imagine anyone enjoying that switch. Otherwise? She'll just be a cute, chirpy girl who is perfectly complacent and compliant with everything, meaning there will be no conflict with her character and all issues between her and the Gaang, while shortlived in canon, will be rendered non-existent altogether here.

So... yeah, I'm not exactly hyped, if still slightly curious as to what exactly they're planning to do to her character. It does remind me of Sokka's changes too, because... I don't really hate that he wasn't sexist. But I disliked the writing around him so much that the removal of sexism legit did nothing to improve him, in my eyes (I won't say the lack of sexism made him worse, though, it was the REST of the writing that did that). As a flaw for his character that I didn't really care for, it's weird that its removal didn't help my view of their Sokka in the least, so I am admittedly wary that a personality trait I DID like, Toph's tomboyish demeanor, will get nerfed or deleted outright... and it's hard to believe this can be an improvement for her. We'll have to wait and see.

Also? Thank you very much for your kind words regarding how I characterized Toph <3 I actually got used to Toph fans not being very happy with how I wrote her since she was so very aggressive and bold at the start instead of having softer sides all along, but that's why you write very long complicated stories! To flesh things out as you go along rather than since day one x'D Along with that, an older Toph whose life grievances festered for about 7 extra years, and who never had the Gaang's influence, sounded like one hell of a molotov cocktail of a character to me, so I really enjoyed working with her based on this premise. So glad you've enjoyed her <3 and really happy to hear you've enjoyed the newest chapters too! Finally a bit of deserved respite, haha, be it for you guys or for our main dorks <3

[factual-fantasy]

If you did commissions, would you also want people to not use those as backgrounds and profiles, or would you feel differently since someone might ask you to draw their oc? Asking for reference if you did do them!

Ngl this question has been on my mind a lot these pat few days.

With how things are going in my life, I have been considering opening up commissions more and more. But also I just dread trying to get into the nitty gritty of it all.. 😔 So I thought "okay, What is the simplest way I can possibly do this?"

The idea I had was, someone would pay me 5 bucks up front and say "draw sonic eating a burger" within an hour I whip up the sonic doodle and post it to my blog. Done. Transaction over. Onto the next commission.

But then I thought about people using those commissions as pfps and backgrounds. Which to be totally honest I wouldn't like people using my art as that. But if they paid for me to draw it, am I even allowed to tell them not to use it like that?

I asked some people in my personal life about it and got a lot of "I don't know" "Your art isn't worth 5 bucks! Charge them 20!" "You should have them pay half upfront and then pay the other half after" "I think they should be allowed to do whatever they want with the drawing because they paid you to draw it. Especially if its their OC"

In my attempt to find a simpler solution I just ended up with different questions. You can always count on me to make things unnecessarily complicated 💀

So all in all my answer is no. I wouldn't be comfortable with people using my art as pfps or backgrounds no matter what. But I have no idea how that would effect my commissions or if I cant/shouldn't do them because of this boundary. 😔

[james-stark-the-writer]

just finished Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, and it is a game written by cowards for cowards.

the final twist genuinely ruins the game. it's so stupid as a narrative decision. i hate it so much. it almost makes me understand what the people yelling about The Last Jedi being too subservient to its themes were yelling about (OBVIOUSLY not the ones that were being bigoted and loud and wrong about it, but just the ones who had actual issues with its narrative directions/execution). genuinely, the twist takes what could have been an extremely solid 8.5, maybe a 9/10 game down to a 4/10 game with nothing of interest to say deluding itself into thinking it's saying anything of worth by thoughtlessly repeating patterns as if that's supposed to generate meaning without any real effort of actually committing to that meaning, or seeing the world as anything beyond its basic binary worldview of Good and Bad.

putting that twist in fundamentally cuts the legs out from any actual, interesting and substantive critique it could have leveled at the legal system and our feelings about people on trial and their perceived guilt or innocence, and it just ends up reinforcing it as a power of good that Will Ultimately Prevail In The Search For Truth, as if that is even remotely a thing any legal system is concerned with, especially the one in the game that mostly just stumbles into The Right Choices because it's a game controlled by the player. it's frankly ideologically incoherent to the point of saying nothing because its critique is unfocused and toothless. best it can muster is "maybe some people are corrupt and lying, but if You take Advantage of The System, you can beat them" as if malicious compliance is supposed to change the system. fuck off.

ran out of tags but. i'm serious about this lol, i really hate it as a narrative and ideological choice. the game threatens to say something bold and interesting and then just pulls the rug out from underneath you. it sucks. it's very much like 12 Angry Men in that way, i think, except at least that movie Knows what it's saying and that its basic premise is its ideological downfall, this just doesn't really feel like it says anything much interesting or coherent, ultimately, because the criticism either drowns in the length and comedic nature of it, or just ultimately isn't focused and pointed and nuanced enough to actually say something meaningful. like ik someone's gonna do a "kid's game" thing but hello, kid's shit has always been nuanced and just bc it's "for kids" doesn't mean it has to abide by some binary ass morality that flattens all its interesting critique, especially when you're constantly led, structurally, to the more interesting and nuanced narrative choice only to have a twist completely ruin it and making it all feel like a waste of your time. plenty of things are nuanced and interesting and "for kids" without deflating their themes and messages by writing a stupid twist that undercuts the interesting parts of its arguments.

[mad-hunts]

✧

send me a ✧ and i’ll bold all that apply to your muse! (with italics as a 'sometimes' option because i'm a rule-breaker and things may depend on the situation).

i would kill you. ✧ i would physically hurt you. ✧ i would attack you unprovoked. ✧ i would manipulate you. ✧ i dislike you. ✧ you annoy me. ✧ you scare me. ✧ you intimidate me. ✧ i hope i intimidate you. ✧ i pity you. ✧ you disgust me. ✧ i hate you. ✧ i’m indifferent toward you. ✧ i’d like to get to know you better. ✧   i’d like to spend more time with you. ✧ i’d like to be friends with you. ✧  i’m unsure what to think of you. ✧ i’m unsure how I feel about you. ✧ you are my friend. ✧ you are my best friend. ✧ you are my mentor. ✧ i look up to you. ✧ i respect you. ✧ you are my hero. ✧ you inspire me. ✧ you are my enemy. ✧ you make me happy. ✧ i want to protect you. ✧ i would fight by your side. ✧ i consider you an equal. ✧ i think you are beneath me. ✧ i think you are above me. ✧ i would lie for you. ✧ i would lie to you. ✧ i would sleep with you. ✧ i would sleep by your side. ✧ i would hug you. ✧ i would kiss you. ✧ you are family to me. ✧ i would die for you. ✧ i would kill for you. ✧ i would trust you with my life. ✧ i would trust you with my most precious belonging. ✧ i would trust you with a secret. ✧ i would trust you with my biggest / darkest secret. ✧ i love you (platonically). ✧ i love you (romantically).

[cathodic-clairvoyant]

You are actually the only person I have seen say anything that makes sense regarding HDWR recently, thank you for your good takes. I love this manga, but it really feels like I’m not reading the same story as most people sometimes

I for the record think that there is a lot (in fact i'd say majority) of interesting discussion about hdwr, even now, (just the other day in the main tag i saw a post that i liked talking about tamaki as a character & her and miwa's relationship and despite the subreddit having a lot of silly posts lately i think a couple months ago around ch. 113's release there were a lot of good comments about MiwaSae and both of their development throughout the story and I think even now there's good discussion about ch. 119 and miwa and tamaki burried in the silly stuff) and in some sense like i feel like the current wave with ch. 119 was always going to happen, it's a very emotionally charged topic that we're seeing how much it hurt a character people tend to like so like i understand being upset by it and having strong opinions about it.

That all being said, the kind of discussion that tends to surround the story of "sae was unfair/toxic to miwa" "tamaki has always been manipulative" "yuria is unfair to sae" are baffling to me because I feel like to get anything out of this story- to not instantly just be frustrated with it- you have to interact with it a little bit on its terms and I think part of that is acknowledging that these characters are more complex than the simple one word "abusive/toxic/manipulative/innocent" labelling and have complex emotions and imperfect reasoning that cause them to make mistakes, be cruel to each other, and do the wrong things. This doesn't excuse the characters' actions but that's not what the story is interested in doing anyway.

And like, I don't think the story is for everyone, I don't think everyone has to want to interact with the story on those terms; which is why while i personally don't agree with the kind of people who say "i had to stop reading when miwa and sae broke up bc it was too sad/too frustrating" and the like, I can at least understand it as just the story has goals that reader doesn't want to engage with, which is completely understandable. Where it confuses me is getting so far through the story and still not choosing to interact with the story on its terms. What are you getting out of this story then??? Does viewing sae as toxic enhance the story for you? Is it a useful way in looking at the narrative?

Especially since I feel like tamifull has attempted to make these characters realistic almost to invite us the reader to examine both ourselves and our relationships as we read. Is How Do We Relationship a useful tool to to analyze yourself or your own relationships with if you flatten the characters into good and bad? Is that a lens you'd want to view your own relationships with? I don't think so. I feel like the only things it could lead to is "i wouldn't make that mistake because I'm not toxic." "i wouldn't find myself in this situation because me and my partner aren't like them." So like. What benefit does viewing these characters in this way give you? You clearly seem to agree with/like the goals of the story if you're still here 100+ chapters later so like. What are you getting out of this?

I dunno. Like i said, I do think there's still a lot of good discussion about hdwr. That's why I still lurk the subreddit and read posts in the main tag. It's just this specific genre of discussion i can't understand especially when it happens with like more recent chapters

[amandabe11man]

don't tell anyone but I skipped work today because I knew we might've been forced to raise NATO-flags along the city wall and I'm not gonna fucking participate in that shit 🤭

[moonlit-orchid]

good evening to everyone except a certain few fucking anons

[cowardlycowboys]

I get asks more nowadays then I ever did back in the day I'm sorry but your experiences are not universal