#SORRY I STARTED RAMBLING

[certifiedducky]

It’s so weird that thomas astruc claims that chloe was never meant to be redeemed when it is the only thing that makes sense based on the first three seasons. Like, why introduce Lila as the secondary/civilian antagonist if Chloe was never going to become good? Why not have another character being developed as the bee miraculous holder during seasons 1-3? Why give Chloe such a complicated backstory/home life if you don’t want people to sympathize with her?

something that really gets me is the fact that zoe was introduced so late in the show. like, there’s absolutely no way she was a character that was planned to be there from the start, and if she WAS always meant to be introduced, the writing is abysmal. She seems to have been added so astruc could say “see? chloe being neglected by her mother and acting like her in an attempt to gain love isn’t an excuse. zoe had the same mom, and SHES a good person.” like, how gross is it to make two victims and say that one of them is “good” and the other is “bad” based on their reactions to childhood trauma????? especially to say that the “bad” one can NEVER be good? it bothers me so much.

also, queen bee’s superhero costume is one of the best in the entire show, while vesperia’s is one of the worst. why would you give the permanent bee miraculous holder such a mid costume compared to the “evil” temporary one😭

zoe makes me even more upset because if she was fully fleshed out and was able to help chloe grow it would’ve been so heartwarming:(

[mmyashas]

also foolish noticed a while ago while exploring that all the map to the north was snow and ice biomes for hundred and hundreds of blocks and he even pointed out that the admins had to have planned that / generated it that way because biomes would never naturally generate like that …. Combined with today??? Exciting stuff is happening

oh my god thank you for send!ing me tyis this is like everyrhing i couldve wanted.THANKYOU FOOLISH TOO............!!!!!

+ adding to the fact in some places of the island if you dig down its different biome blocks....... this island goes crazy!!!!! the fact that if you go out juuust a little further its all snow and ice makes you thiink...

maybe thats why the federation is cold yknow? .because the offices + everyone are still in ice biomes

[auto-anne]

what are your thoughts on the minotaur? was it a "real" thing (assuming Johnny is "real" (on the outermost layer of the narrative)? is it a manifestation of Johnny's dwindling sanity and obsession with the manuscript? why do you think Zampano redacted it? i'm still trying to sort out my own thoughts on it, so i'm curious what you thought of it!

I personally think its trauma, its neglect and abandonment taken form, its why its called the minotaur, if our relationships are like mazes, then its what hurts the people inside them. Miscommunication and trauma rearing its ugly head. The play with minos and the minotaur features this as it is about their broken relationship, minos tries to repair it with his son but its too late, which ties back to Mark Z. Danielewski’s own life of having his father pass at the time and from interviews what I recall is that it was a bit of a strained relationship as his dad didnt support him or his sister in the arts.

the characters are interacting with the trauma in their own ways, Johnny copes by doing drugs and hypersexuality, zampano tries simply erase it as we dont know much at all about him and navidson obsesses over his work to distract himself. When johnny’s reliance on drugs and sex stops working, he has no choice but to confront it, johnny probably lied about the claw marks, and zampano, to begin with. None of its probably real besides Johnny's story as we all create stories to protect ourselves, pelafina hopes that johnny is having lemon meringue pie and hot chocolate and thats what the navidson kids (chad and daisy) have in the navidson record, i think the fact the navidson record has a happily ever after also goes to show its fake.

despite everything that happens the navidson family survives, johnnys family doesnt, the navidson record is how he wished it happened, forces he cant explain in a house thats changed into something cold and alien.

[wanna-be-bold]

Can you break down the Chenford confession scene? Because all I see is her saying Tim is the most important person in her life? She never mentioned her feelings?

See to me that was a confirmation of her feelings. Let's take a look back:

3x09 she tells Tim she has feelings for him as a prank to prove to him she could do UC.

5x01 she tries to play off their kisses as just biology BUT later she invites him in so even if she didn't have feelings for him he knows she's attracted to him.

Then in 5x08 he straight up asks her if she loves Chris and she says she should but she doesn't... and he tells her she deserves someone who's worth the effort

She had been coasting through her relationship with Chris because it was safe and there was no risk... then she tells Tim if "we do this and it doesn't work out I'll have ruined the most important relationship in my life."

This does 2 things for Tim: tells him she wants to be with him too by saying "if we do this" and tells him that he would be a risk (if this doesn't work out) but would be worth it (her calling him the most important person in her life.)

This is as close to a confession as she's going to give him before they're together and you can see her freak out as Tim processes everything she said and then she starts to backtrack but he doesn't let her get far. Instead he tells her "unless it is" which to me tells Lucy that Tim thinks she's worth the risk (after he practically told her she's the most important person in his life too) then he asks her out and she says yes and they've both agreed that despite the risks, a relationship between the two of them is worth it and if that isn't a roundabout way of confessing their feelings I don't know what is

[khytal]

Anon who asked for the manga link here, damn y’all weren’t lying that trigun maximum sure can differ from the ‘98 anime, at first while reading I was like okay this is basically the same but soon I was like good lord there’s Plot in here

YEAH it changes real quick o(-<

there's a bunch of stuff that the anime only scratches the surface of; it's crazy how much 98-anime-only's are missing out on

but it's also interesting to see what parts of the anime were actually retained/expanded on in maximum, considering maximum was still being written when the anime aired

this is why the manga is so much better to read after the 98 anime imo; the show is still enjoyable but I imagine it's harder to watch what's essentially a heavy reduction of the original story

and if you've only seen 98 you're probably not going to like stampede, which resembles the darker/more serious tone of maximum (hence why I suggested reboot -> og anime -> manga to newcomers)

[madame-mongoose]

Question: Have you ever felt once, as an artist that your art is so inferior to others, that you convince yourself that you must be a Picasso in skill before talking to someone that is like a quarter of that?

nah, i think its not a good mindset to have to value yourself based on the quality of your work. and just bc you may find your art inferior doesnt mean they wont!! it's good to have confidence in your work :3

[jinn-exe]

I’m glad to see someone bring up the professors’ journals, because that excerpt confused me. When they wrote about finally managing to bring a Paradox Pokèmon to the present, they finish it off with “I’m so close to making the paradise from the book—a paradise where we three can live together forever”. I thought they meant “humanity, modern day Pokèmon, and Paradox Pokèmon can coexist in the modern world” but then it just? Sounds awkwardly worded if that’s what they were referring to? I would’ve said “a paradise where we can all live together forever”, because the use of “us three” sounds like three individuals rather than three different populations. Which then made me consider if they meant “me, my partner, and our son Arven”, but I’m not sure how that would connect to Paradox Pokèmon being brought back to life/being brought to life early. I feel like we need to be given a little bit more information regarding their motives; we know they wanted to bring about this paradise, but why? Did they believe the world would be better for it? What purpose does this paradise serve? What made this paradise so important that they decided that neglecting Arven was worth doing? Really hoping to learn more about them in the DLC, since we know a new Paradox Pokèmon will be appearing, and that suggests that the time machine will be restarted (I doubt these new Paradox legendary Pokèmon were just wandering around Area Zero without being noticed).

At first that's what I thought too! But then it doesn't sound right? Because if there are three parties involved, we'd assume it to be humanity, the paradox pokemon and the pokemon that were already established. The way they worded it seemed really vague, so it was either that, or they were referring to their family. But the fourth station journal made me think that it was the latter since it says, "I need more people. More time. That man/woman walked out not long after the boy was born .... if only there were two of me", so this is all assumption but from my understanding, the journal in the third research station was when Arven was still in the womb. Now, the other journal in the third station also says, "Our time machine research has yielded a triumph— a Pokemon from the distant past/future" meaning that both professors were working on it together. I think that's where it went south, because the professors had already become too obsessed with making the time machine a reality with the pretense of, "I must do it so that my family and I will live happily together in paradise" so when it worked, the professors must have wanted more or they were busy analyzing the new pokemon, which led to their partner leaving them because it was already a lost cause. I'm assuming after the other parent left, the professor and Arven moved in to the lighthouse. They must have raised Arven with Kuraidon/Miraidon, and when Arven was old enough to join the academy, they went back to Area Zero to complete their dream of making the paradise come true, which was probably the professors' "treasure" in a sense. Anyway, this is all still a conjecture of mine, and of course you're free to put in your opinions together! I'm just trying to make sense with the minimal information they placed into the lore, I hope this answers some of the questions you were wondering about! Honestly we really need more of their backstory, putting two and two together without any other piece of information is just making my brain hurt LMAO, im super excited to see what they have in store for the DLC, especially if the time machine is going to be restarted like you said! I doubt we'll be getting more lore abt that but one can hope </3

[randomhatthief]

also! if you are in a hot place and start to get cold chills, fuck whatever you’re doing - drink some water and cool down! That is a symptom of a heat stroke and is a much more serious problem than the already serious heat exhaustion.

to cool someone quickly, put an ice pack or a cool rag against their major verins - their neck, under their arms, in the bends of their legs - you are aiming to bring the core temp down.

if you find yourself nauseous, you are too warm! you should be able to have a snack on your cool down break.

if you feel sick, you need a longer break - tell someone with you so they can help keep up with you as you recover.

you don’t want to eat food that makes you feel heavy, but you need salt, vitamins, and minerals - I highly recommend a cold sandwich. 

while water is very important and you should be drinking it most of the time in the heat, remembers that sodas are also salty and you can sip one alongside your water. Just be careful that the sugar doesn’t upset your stomach in the heat - sip it.

wear loose clothes that you can flap to cool yourself down.

use deodorant if you want to, but don’t use anti-perspirant if you’re in a place where you NEED to sweat to cool yourself - at some point we all ignore the sweat marks because it is just too damn hot to care.

if you are dealing with extreme heat or even just. moderate heat in your area right now. 80f/26c is when it starts getting toasty for a lot of people. if you are in a heat wave and you have not done yourself the favor of googling fucking "heat exhaustion symptoms" i am shaking you violently right now. look it up. burn the symptoms into your brain. heatstroke is no joke and it can and WILL sneak up on you before you're aware it's even an issue. ohh my god

[pastabaguette]

look guys i don’t like to argue but i hate it when people portray equius and nepeta like this:

i mean, they’re both just thirteen, come on.

equius is not her parental figure, and nepeta isn’t a fussy baby that can’t eat her fruits and veggies! equius isn’t some malicious evil guy, he’s just a stupid little teenager. that goes for eridan too (and i guess like, all of the trolls, but especially those two). nepeta’s not some innocent little baby. she’s the same age as all her friends. she kills huge wild beasts on the regular for consumption.

a lot of dubs i’ve seen, too, make nepeta sound like a toddler, and equius like a whole grown adult man, and i don’t really like it because neither of them are those things. (granted, i don’t watch too many dubs, so maybe i am wrong on this)

[investingestincest]

The pouring rain falls on the leaves and let them cry freely. And I watch, rotting.

[lazylittledragon]

taking all my american followers by the shoulders. listen to me. just because you have a more promising candidate now doesn't mean you just assume it's going to be fine and don't bother voting. assuming trump wasn't going to win is how you got here in the first place so you go out and fucking vote for harris and give everyone a fighting chance.

also if you're still in the 'they're both as bad as eachother' delirium, please take your head out from between your cheeks and consider that your options are an imperfect president and the literal worst person alive who is going to get masses of people killed. i've said it like this before, but it's like deciding between maybe getting food poisoning or definitely having a brain aneurysm. take your pick i guess but don't be surprised when you drop dead.

[sutorus]

this is best friend’s dad!toji and reader

[xxplastic-cubexx]

Hi!! Your Cherik is so good and gorgeous 🤩🤩 If you don't mind wanna try to draw some Fall of X Cherik please?

thank you so much !!

i have a couple of ideas relating to the fall of x period specifically since theres. A Lot i wanna play with, so i hope this lil thing may be a satisfactory start :]]

and the obligatory bonus:

[cube-cumb3r]

while im at it neopronoun opposition is weird to me as a swedish person.. the whole debate is so anglocentric that they assume every language landed on the same solution they did, to reuse a plural pronoun as a gender neutral one and then they think any other solution is absurd or unheard of. what do you mean you just made another pronoun up you cant do that!! etc

coz its like here in the 2014 the swedish academy accepted 3rd person pronoun "hen" (as opposed to hon/han) like officially into our word list after it gained some popularity in the 2010s. like that is a NEOPRONOUN that someone just Came Up With in like the 60s and then people just started using it and now its just a recognized part of our language. sure we could've also reused our plural pronoun "de/dem" as a gender neutral one but we just made up a new one instead. and to like imply that mainstream use of a neopronoun is just UNHEARD OF and that neopronouns is something the mainstream could NEVER GET USED TO EVER!!! is... your perspective is very limited to the english speaking world is all i can say

[licensed2faint]

I think it's important to acknowledge that the danger and the beauty are two sides to the same coin.

It's a triumph to make it- because not everyone does

It IS wonderful and it IS terrifying.

But to wake up on an unfamiliar mountain top and watch the clearest sunrise you've ever seen entails sleeping somewhere cold and vulnerable.

So it's good to romanticize it, but it's also good to acknowledge it's not for everyone.

I feel like folks romanticize traveling with Pokemon too much. It’s tougher than folks give it credit for.

Takin’ to the road with nothin’ but what you can carry and reliable partners at your side, experiencing new parts of the world with your own senses, bettering yourself and your partners striving for the same, knowin’ that every step and every achievement is a feat all your own…

. . . Dangit, I went and romanticized it again.

[verflares]

collection of some loz origin au stuff i've been chipping away at for awhile now ^_^ with a healthy amount of dunmeshi insp for good measure LOL (the ooccoo isnt relevant she's just here for size comparison purposes)

feat my beloved good friend @linkvcr's hylia design also. because i am obsessed with her and you should be too 🫵