#Mailbox Covers

[evilxdoodles]

I've been seeing cool looking art of X that makes him look intimidating. Imagine making Xisuma have the shadowy and scary look of Batman only to make him come into the light with a plate of cookies revealing the least intimidating man you've ever seen in ur life

rookie mistake, anon, our blog is dedicated to the SUPERIOR xisuma.

(for what's worth i think your idea is really funny)

[thegodcomplcx]

Please write that Amy’s choice essay

amy's choice is an elevenamy episode masquerading as an amyrory episode and in this essay i WILL be addressing that.

the whole concept of the episode is deeply interesting to me. this is one of the first instances of amy actually not really having a choice at all. at this point, halfway through season, we've decently established amy and the doctor's relationship, and the hints we've gotten of rory have been. uhm. crazy.

rory is introduced to us as amy's bumbling boyfriend, who, while well meaning, is ultimately not someone that is seriously compatible with amy. amy has experienced some childhood trauma (her parents were eaten by a fucking crack in spacetime and then the only guy she could sort of trust disappeared on her for 12 years. yeesh) that has stunted her emotional growth and leaves her in a state of sort of perpetual adolescence. rory is a band-aid to the solution. rory is representative of someone that amy could have wanted to be with if she didn't carry this trauma. but that's not what happened to her.

the major appearances that rory has had when we start amy's choice is the eleventh hour where amy does not want to admit they have a serious relationship (she calls them just friends still. idk if this is in general, or just in front of the doctor, but she does not want to be perceived as in a relationship with rory. lmao) and then at the end we see amy actively using the doctor to run away from her obligations to rory. then she cheats on him with the doctor in flesh and stone. and then they meet up again in vampires in venice where amy basically avoids making a choice by dragging rory into the tardis, even when rory himself expects that they will just go on a break or something. i would argue that this in and of itself is amy not choosing rory. she is not ready for marriage. she still wants to explore herself and who she could become if she doesn't settle down.

amy's choice starts off with amy and rory in domestic bliss with amy barefoot and pregnant. the show makes a deliberate choice to frame being a wife and mother as the only thing amy will be if she chooses this life. there are plenty of women who find enjoyment in being a mother and women who continue to have rich lives in addition to being a mother. but amy doesn't get this. being a wife is a cage to her. it will only trap her.

then, when they flash back into the tardis, the doctor describes this vision as a terrible nightmare and even hugs amy to reassure himself that that won't happen to her. (elevenamy crumbs. as we know, eleven and amy are one entity, so we can assume they have similar views on the matter). then we meet the dream lord who we know is the manifestation of a dark part of the doctor's subconscious. and he sets up this entire game of choosing. the fact that dream lord knows this is the sensitive spot to poke shows that the doctor is aware that amy has feelings for him that are actively stopping her from fully committing to rory. (and the dream lord knows about amy's sex dreams. which could mean nothing.)

amy and rory have a conversation in the fake tardis world where rory wants the leadworth life to be real and amy can't fathom ever "giving up all this" (traveling + the doctor). she also says she never wants to grow up. when she is blatantly asked by rory if she still wants to get married, she says "someday" which is another nonchoice! she wants to keep both these men in her back pocket and avoids doing anything that will lock her into a choice, lest she regrets it later.

the main part of the episode that people point to as "amy choosing rory" is when he dies in fake leadworth. when he turns to dust, amy demands that the doctor fix it, and when he can't, she says this must be the dream and insists on elevenamy joint suicide. what i find interesting about this is that amy has "chosen" rory in a way that still leads her back to the doctor. she says she can't exist in a world without rory, so the one where they're still traveling with the doctor must be the real world. i also think this is another example of amy being strong armed into a choice. rory is clearly very important to amy, but i don't think that means he's whats best for her, or that his values align with hers. amy not wanting rory dead does not fix their incompatibility.

amy insisting that the doctor fix it and saying "whats the point of you" when he can't is also deeply interesting to me. amy is so aware of the doctor's otherworldliness. she turns him into a god in many ways and i think she almost has to view him like that. he's never allowed to be flawed. he saved her when she was a kid and he came back for her and he took her to see the stars. amy literally views the doctor as a panacea. in any situation, the doctor has an obligation to save her. in this instance, it's stopping rory from dying, but in most of their relationship, the doctor is saving her from having to marry rory.

i don't think amy ever fully chooses rory. she's never put into a situation where rory explicitly (and without the threat of death) asks her to leave the doctor for him. (i think he doesn't ask this because he knows amy won't choose him.) rory comes along with her and the doctor because amy is not capable of making a choice.

(TATM is...interesting. once again amy is forced into a choice by the narrative; if the weeping angel wasn't there, amy would not have left the doctor on her own volition. i also think the narrative itself guilts her into choosing rory, but we can talk about TATM somewhere else. this is getting long.)

and if this whole episode is a metaphor for amy choosing between rory or the doctor, what does it mean that it's revealed that both the realities are false? that there was never a choice? it's about the lack of choice and agency that amy has. it never mattered what she actually wants, because she will not be allowed to make a choice. everything will happen around her, or the doctor and rory will make choices for her, but amy doesn't actually get to choose. this episode is ostensibly about her choosing rory or the doctor and she does choose the doctor. it ends the exact same way it started, with amy continuing to travel with the doctor (and rory on their heels), because amy doesn't get to choose. the plot moves along and takes her with it, not the other way around.

(also dying in a fiery car crash w someone (on purpose) is the most romantic thing in the universe argue with the wall)

[shittyutmv]

my aroace sisbrotheyit wsg 🔥

i feel like i should be angry because this is the MOST insane way to address someone but unironically it’s sort of endearing because you’ve hit every single aspect of my queerness. like yeah you nailed it. I’m doing pretty swell. next question

[articskele]

Not Shadow monster!Onceler wagging his tail as your step into the room only to slam a hand down on it to keep it from frantically swishing back and forth. except this backfires horribly on him as he lets out a little hiss of pain, still not used to his new limb and it turns out that slamming it down does in fact hurt. So now You're getting up close all worried and concerned and his tail is trying to wag but Once-ler is still holding it down and this man is just a mess, send help.

UAAAAAAAAH

And a little kissie to make it better!!! <3

He will NEVER recover from his tail doing that in the last image ghdskfjsdf

There are definitely times he's forgotten he Has A Tail now and accidentally slams it in the door or something, so maybe he has a habit of wrapping it around his arm if he needs it out of the way!

I'm picturing him sitting by the river, letting his tail dip into the water, and the hummingfish are just watching it swish around like :o

Pfft and yknow how sometimes when kittens hiss it's not a drawn out sound, just a sputtery little "ck!"? What if he hisses like that sometimes-

[steddie-island]

My brain has been mean to me this week, then I got a stomach bug AND my brain was mean to me some more, so I’m going to spend money on books and bleach/ dye. Because I deserve it. 😌

[butterscotch-goat]

If venice is sinking by spirit of the west also has serious escapism vibes to me. Idk

Len coming in clutch with the perfect song recs oh my god????? You're so right????? The vibes are so there I could imagine an OC amv to this so easily. It covers like all the themes bro....you're so right Len you're so right thank you mister music listener.....I cant at the moment but I will most likely be making doodles based on some of those lyrics soon....

also I looked up the sculpture mentioned in the song (Marino Marini's sculpture “L’Angelo della Città” for those who are unaware) and IT IS SO FUCKING FUNNY????????? WHAT A THING TO SCULPT

[nipseyhusslex20]

📫 💵

[salty-an-disco]

In the Heathens AU, without spoiling too much, do you have any ideas about what other vessels might be friendly with the voices, and which might end up being hostile? Also, in the Echomirror AU, how did Cold and Paranoid first meet? How often do they work together? I am just so curious about their overall dynamic and how it might develop tbh (you should have seen this coming 😔)

Welllllllll– the best way I can say is that there's only One other vessel who'll be friendly from the start, and she's the one of the next ones they'll be meeting. After that? Oh boy–

Cole's and Pamela's first meeting was a bit messy. Pam confused Grimm for a ghost and fired an acid gun at him, and because Grimm has the reaction speed of a turtle, he didn't even try to dodge it. Cue to a comedic convo between a panicking Little Shrike, who's terrified that she just fired acid at one of her teammates, while Grimm is pondering on whether or not to lick the acid. They're interrupted by Eye of the Needle tho, who's close to breaking out of her reality bubble; and while Grimm is curious about what that'd be like, it doesn't feel like dealing with Echo lecturing it on cautiousness, so it just charges at her. Still covered in acid. It burns Eye of the Needle when she tries to punch or grab her, angering her more, giving Little Shrike an opening to fire a sleeping dart at her, letting Grimm finish her off.

Then they detransform and Cole faints from the acid burns.

After that, Pam decided she should prolly keep an eye on this guy, and Cole didn't mind it, since she's a lot more interesting than their other 'teammates'. While they still often go on separate missions, everyone else considers them basically a dynamic duo.

[mymarifae]

have you seen the new kohane untrained!!! vbs looks so cute :D

it's cute yes but how am i supposed to focus on that when meiko is right there looking like this

[lycankeyy]

hi!! i'm interested in reading your FNF + pico's school fanfic because i love your other work (i think about amanita the paras every day and i am a huge semicolon enjoyer), but i don't know very much about either piece of media. is there a baseline level of knowledge about the sources that i need to read your fics? if so, do you have any recommendations on learning more about the games and/or your characters and universe?

Hi Hayes what if I cried what then /silly

So as you probably know considering you read Semicolon is that my approach to sandbox-style media is "take everything we know, try to find unique ways to interpret it, and have fun with all the leftover space". In a funny way, PS and FNF are about as good for this as creepypastas (probably why the fanbases have such insane overlap).

Additional good thing - being browser games, these games are short. You can breeze through the entire Pico's School catalogue in, like, an hour and a half, provided you're decent at old flash "point to shoot gun" style games. If not it's easy to find playthroughs of each on YouTube. FNF is a rhythm game and presently a demo, so it's equally quick to go through.

In true sandbox fashion, though, these games don't have a lot of lore themselves. Most of That is revealed through word of god. Thankfully those are meticulously documented on their respective wikis. Honestly I think half of what got me into these games is how fun it is to read the character trivia LMAO

As for Funkycule specifically, I don't think there's a lot you need to know outside the baseline knowledge about both source materials (basic plot and characters of Pico, characters and original plot of FNF). I have admittedly gone Off The Rails at this point with stuff I have added we are approaching critical mass of "these are basically my ocs but I'm too autistic and hyperfixated to make them my ocs" JDKQJDK. I do my best to put important posts in the funkycule tag

Hopefully that covers anything you might want to know?? Tbh I've been high-key considering making a commentary video playing through the Pico series for people who don't want to play it (for understandable reasons) while also giving explanations for word of god lore. If enough people are interested I might make that NDKQJSKS

[evilxdoodles]

did the evil x’s see the solar eclipse?

yea, before going blind. wear your eclipse glasses, kids!

[gorefreaklintjrwi]

Ooooo i wish they were buttons!!!!

Alas… they are tiny clay beads… and i have a mighty disdain for them (they’re finicky and its taken me like 4-5 hours to finish the first row)

Cheesecake?! And prime defenders!!!! >:D

Have a will wood….

On e of my favorites….

tbat song is like kieran from pirate story.........

^ thius is a good one and i am normal about this one right here

[yingren]

"Cover them up." Yingxing throws a jacket at him. Despite the joking nature of the comment, the garment itself is well-made, tailored by some new artisan acquaintances of Yingxing's, but he did as many parts as possible himself. It's dark gray to better blend in in the dark, fairly modern but still unmistakable in its Luofu-style. It even has a hood for quick hiding from cops!

"what the... i already have a—" ren looks at the jacket, its detailing standing out almost immediately, and then hangs it over his arm only to proceed by stripping down & removing the jacket he is already wearing ( along with the shirt underneath, thank you yingxing! ) before triumphantly draping the new garment over his shoulders, leaving it open. "thanks."

[nexus-nebulae]

love watching weather science videos but like. why am i 1000x more interested in tornadoes over hurricanes. they're both spinning air

[jennaismaking]

mailbox cover :-)

[punch-love]

Can I ask why Hebrew? Is it like for Christian reasons? Jewish reasons? Or is it like for the aesthetic of how Hebrew looks?

My mother is jewish and so I am jewish (by blood) I wasn't raised in it, but there was a time in my life where I was actively learning how to speak it + the alphabet and so there's a connection there for me. the one on my hand translates to "eye for an eye, burning for a burning" which is a shortened version of exodus 21:23-27