#Seriously what will this new Blorbo be?

[makeshiftstory]

So I realized there has been a weird trend when it comes to whatever characters in other media that I like, they almost always end up being an absolute Turbo Garbage Gremlin (Envy FMA and Little My to name the many gremlins in this grouping) as Curly had put it. There are only a few characters that are genuinely sweet that I adore (Kurama YYH and Melody HxH being among the very few). Though, at this moment and this reflects it, there is another character I like but still have no clue if they're going to be a Turbo Garbage Gremlin or a Sweet in the Blorbo category. Another question to everyone out there, do you too categorize your Blorbos? If so, what do you categorize them as?

[kjell-e]

Reading the book about the very normal spaceship by @derinthescarletpescatarian and I have about 80 Chapters left but with every sentence I read the capslock of the words DERIN WHAT THE FUCK in my head get bigger and bigger and bigger and

[seventh-district]

7am, eating cold leftover teriyaki stir-fry for breakfast and crying over blorbos

[lotus-pear]

HEYY!!

Ok sooo, I LOVEEE your art and you seem like a super cool person :)

I’ve literally been in art block for like… 6 months… DO YOU HAVE ANY TIPS ON HOW TO GET OUT OF IT????

(P. S. Sorry if this sounds awkward 😞😞)

ok firstly your user is soo real i hate gingers sm (as a childe main and a chuuya stan)

ok so i'm gonna tell you my personal method for beating my art blocks but you can't tell ANYONE ELSE bc i will be judged...........................................we're alone? ok. it's dazai. i just draw dazai. literally just try it ik what you're saying not everyone can draw dazai. no. sh. holding my finger to your lips. trust me. this is a tried and true method i have used time and time again and it has not failed me yet. that mothefucking whore of a man is somehow so easy and pleasing to draw imo. he's my go-to if idk what to draw.

[whysamwhy123]

Now that Mariah May's officially in AEW, I can write that silly little crackfic idea I've had bouncing around in my brain ever since the rumours started! Like everything I write, this fic will be for precisely no one, even more so than what usual. But IT'S FUNNY TO ME IN MY LITTLE BRAIN AND I WANT HER TO INTERACT WITH MY VARIOUS BLORBOS SO IMMA WRITE IT AND THERE'S NOTHING ANYONE CAN DO TO STOP ME except not read it, rendering it a waste of my time and making me feel bad about myself, I guess

[linabirb]

only a few mutuals know how insane i am about sunday and robin (and like. most of my faves.) and i would love to talk more about them but 1) i am not smart enough for that and i will just say the obvious things or i will just. project a lot and 2) i will not say anything deep and cool i will just go "ehehe they're pretty <3" every five seconds and 3) i love them in a "i have a robin body pillow and sunday is treated like my real bf by my mom and my therapist and i am very serious about it" way. yeah

[nobodysuspectsthebutterfly]

#why is anyone shocked the tradcath mama’s boy wound up resenting his mother the second he got laid lmao (via @dwellordream)

the level of shock and dismay from greenies about aemond calling alicent a fool is insane. i thought you guys liked them being dysfunctional and hating each other. i thought we all agreed their being a team of evil misogynists wasnt a negative

[bunji-enthusiast]

‘And what are you… exactly?’

A/N… mostly just cackling about think how the blorbos would interact with rocket!reader. Invincible as a whole will not leave my mind so I’m making you suffer with me. Formatted as headcanons for my sanity cause insomnia is a BITCH.

Canon-divergent themes, included mention of rocket’s backstory, mentions of past stress, found-family, platonic relationships, generally just you unwillingly forming bonds with trauma-sacked idiots/nsrs/p

Debbie Grayson 

A strong, kind-hearted woman at her core — no doubt. Especially since she’s had to deal with wrangling Mark [in his childhood youth] in particular, and her husband as well, who was quite the character. So one can imagine that she’s seen things. But this was unexpected. 

A literal raccoon. 

“This is new to me.”

“Right, and you didn’t live with an alien for a husband everyday.” 

Debbie chokes on air, taken aback by your comment. But then she divulges, “You’ve known him?” 

“Oh you bet I do!” You grin, arching a brow. “I got all sorts of juicy stuff on the guy.” 

That alone definitely wants her knowing more, and since you were a lover of chaos. You happily obliged to her request, no money wired. 

It was due to circumstances that you ended up having to be around the lady for awhile, but surprisingly enough; you two got along. You could respect her willingness to stand up to others, despite her state as a human. Debbie on the other hand was admittedly shocked when she first saw you, a walking-talking raccoon with the intelligence of a genius. Being able to jury-rig things up in a second, enough to get you out of a sticky situation or just generally being able to empathize for others despite your hot-headed temperament [in defiance of your tendency as a trigger-happy shooter]. 

There were times that you weren’t proud of how you behaved, but seriously, Earth had some genuine pricks. You had no idea how Debbie lived this long, or how she put up with all these people for that matter. There were few humans you genuinely liked, and even fewer super-powered beings.

You had off-handledly mentioned to her once or twice about your past history, what made you become who you are now. Not the entire story however, just a few intricate details. Understanding one another was something you often weren’t in the mood for, but with someone like Debbie, you could feel the sense of resolve and peace within her. So you just sort’ve started forming a bond with the woman. Much to the surprise of anyone else who oversees your interactions. Whenever anyone tries to question how or why this came to be, you always just shrugged it off with a half-assed comment. 

Debbie just… has the most genuine warmth, closest person to a parental figure that you almost had. You didn’t let that thought last long though, you already were almost as old as her — or older than her. But it made sense to you, she’s been through it, and gets it. Even more than other humans you’ve met. 

Though despite your loud and larger than life personality, you still were a small thing – so you always made up for that in other areas. Which gets people to really pay attention to your danger as an enemy. This exceptionally comes to light when you jump to Debbie’s defense [even if you knew she could handle herself, she was a damn good woman and a good friend], hacking off cleverly worded insults against the perpetrator and structured uses of words that no one dared to use. It’s really quite the sight to see when you're riled up on her behalf. 

You were used to being the guy who had to cheer people up, or offer comfort in your own awkward way. Nonetheless, Debbie, ends up being one of the first to actually offer comfort. Despite the fact you were stiff as a fucking board, and she — not being used to actually comforting a literal talking animal who can think and act — made the effort to do so anyway. You hated it at first, but it was nice. Something you never admitted aloud. 

Even in the face of your past history, you put your knowledge to good use: one way was to teach Debbie a few things about technology. Things she could put to use, just to protect herself, or to find things out. You had tried to get her to accept more lethal options, but she gave you a firm ‘no’, so you resolved on non-lethal options. 

Unfortunately you tended to be paranoid at times, so you begged to add in some more safety measures within her house. Moreover, since you weren’t technically under Cecil’s charge, she eventually accepted it. Since you had also given a wide walkthrough of how everything works. 

As a genetically-modified genius, particularly a half-worlder; your conversations with her are few, but very fortunate ones to have. Debbie is far more understanding then you expected in the beginning, but getting to know her was something else entirely. You really like the lady, and wish nothing but good for her and her sons. 

Rex Sloan

A walking human grenade and a genius raccoon with a penchant for shootouts. It tracks, initially you two don’t get along well. But eventually? It’s a diabolical pair-up. You both are snide fuckers, who don’t take shit from authority figures. Everyone else absolutely hates it, however—as much as they hate it, your team-ups elevate the battles to levels that let your entire team gain the upperhand. 

You never thought you’d relate to someone like Rex, but the more you two talk, the more you realize how similar you are. Bettering relationships, mellowed out in terms of hot-headnesses, the augmentations to the body. As much as you hated to admit it, you actually liked the kid. Rex, as far as you knew, was in a bad place — but he had the guts [more than anyone you’ve met in space] to pull himself out. You could respect it, despite his less than favorable actions in the past. But hey, you aren’t a saint either. 

The conversations you engage in with Rex are usually very, very interesting. The subjects are usually diversified, if it wasn’t Rex talking about one thing, it’d be you talking about another. It’s absolutely swell talking to him, you’ve even found yourself laughing at his verbal antics; especially even chuckling before if he talks about someone you both have a strong dislike for. 

You bark out a laugh at his insults, “Damn! You don’t hold back, kid.”

“Asshole deserved it anyways.” Rex grins, a taper of confusion in his expression. “—kinda curious though, how old are you?”

Immediately you blank at his question, blinking offhandedly as you thought about it. ‘How old am I?’ You thought, and you realized — You never counted how old you were. Always too busy being on the run, and collecting bounties. Especially saving the god-flarkin galaxy. 

“Oh my fucking god–” He wheezes, crouching down as he attempts to hold back his laughing fit. “You don’t know? Seriously?”

“Shut up!”

As a hero, he was far more gutsy than a lot of people you’ve seen on Earth. Rex was charming, difficult to get along with sure. But he was a reliable dude in situations of distress, he always had a way of being able to alleviate the stressing aspects into something more manageable. Though his ability to manifest explosions was something that fascinated you greatly, you asked a question or two about it. Rex to say the least was not used to people taking an interest in something like that, he was used to hearing things about his body being used as a weapon [by the same familiar assholes since childhood]. But the way you say it was as if you were just more considerate of his physical health and how he manages it. Definitely something he was confused about for a good long while. 

You taught him a thing or two on how to manage his cybernetic hand, considering that you yourself walk around with a cybernetic skeletal structure. You knew all too well about the discomfort of the possibility of having to rely on someone [or something] you hated, the same agency that essentially diverted the course of one’s life. So you essentially bestowed him with the knowhow on fixing, or otherwise maintaining the ol’ cybernetics. Even if Rex was reluctant about it at first, your help afforded him good faith in you. 

Despite how much you’d attempt to refute it, you developed protective instincts over Rex. He’s someone you want to see living a good life, not having to spend every second on the brink of death. You know he could live a better life for himself, with the people he loves. Though you knew this is what he built his life around, even if it was forced on him. But that didn’t mean you couldn’t help at least mitigate the devastation he goes through 24/7. 

Rex has seen things as a hero obviously, but give him some credit; the last thing he expected was actually talking to and befriending a literal raccoon. Even if you had told him about your prior history with the High Evolutionary, and the experiments, he was still a little weirded out. But he eventually accepted it as normal. Seriously though, you considered paying for his therapy at one point. 

Shapesmith

You’ve had your fair share of interactions with beings of the Martian race [considering you were a traveler of the cosmos], but Shapesmith in particular was a very interesting one. He’s lived as a hero on Earth for a while, and though you haven’t known the shapeshifting being as long as anyone else on the guardians had, he didn’t radiate bad feelings. Not someone you’d find yourself being around often, but he was quite the useful person in battle. You could tell right away if the martian was being disingenuous or honest, dude does not have a bad bone in his body. 

It's not often that you converse with Shapesmith, but he was easy to talk to. Unlike most of the pricks you’ve met so far throughout your travels. Cover his back, and he covers yours. A mutual exchange you could get behind. 

Some of his comments about your being as a raccoon really pissed you off though, however, after some sternly worded corrections from your end — Shapesmith very quickly reworded said comments. Though when you necessitated an apology, mainly from yourself, as you were quick to temper. He was very understanding, which you inherently didn’t expect; as most would be rightfully a little pissed off. Shapesmith was certainly someone to behold, both in experience and living as a human hero. 

You like the fella, his reasons about certain subjects were simple and straight to the point. 

Allen The Alien 

Allen had always been a bit of an anomaly, with his knack for showing up at the most unexpected moments, and today was no exception. You’ve met the unopan more then once, which was much to your displeasure when the two of you crossed paths once again. Allen against all odds was still alive, which frankly — you found baffling. However, once he explained the circumstances behind his situation. Everything fell into place for you. 

One: it pisses you off, you don't know why. But it really does, the dude dies once — and he just gets…. Stronger. 

Huh? Why couldn’t you have something like that? 

Two: You could actually find a use for him in fights. 

That was a thing, you could always find uses in everything. Even out of the smallest scraps of heap. 

With Allen however, you could always find your fur bristling. It was a fifty/fifty. But nonetheless, you had mellowed out over time. Which meant you also had stopped getting angry at the drop of a hat. Something that surprised Allen. 

Over time, your banter and playful rivalry turns into a mutual understanding of each other's strengths. Your tactical mind and Allen’s adaptability make for an interesting—if not dangerous—partnership. After an impromptu competition, Allen offers his hand, now more curious about you than ever.

"You’re not too bad, for a walking trash can. You ever think about joining the Coalition? We could use someone with your skills." He asks, his tone light as ever. Of course Allen brings it up, he was always looking for someone to invite. 

You, with your sharp, cynical grin, consider the offer.

"Nah—I’ll pass. But if you ever need someone to cover your back in a fight, you know where to find me. Maybe next time, I’ll be the one winning." 

"We’ll see about that. But hey... keep it between us, alright?” He adds, gesturing vaguely. Allen almost laughs, “I really don’t want to explain to my superiors why I lost a bet to a raccoon." 

Despite your differing missions, Allen couldn't deny that you had grown to be more than just an unpredictable anomaly in his life. You were a valuable ally to have, even if your methods were a little... unconventional. Your tactical mind, combined with your readiness for a shootout at any moment, made you an effective problem solver. 

Regardless of your apparent lightheartedness, there was always a depth to your intelligence that made you far more insightful than anyone gave you credit for. Allen had noticed it from your first encounter, and it had only grown sharper over time. He respects that about you a lot, even if you didn’t notice it yourself. 

As always, whenever you two were in the same place, things couldn’t stay calm for long. A few jokes, some banter, and then—the sparring begins. You, with your quick reflexes and keen combat skills, took every opportunity to take a shot at Allen, who responded with his own impressive agility and strength. Even if you refute that you hate the guy, your actions say otherwise.

[would-they-listen-to-that]

How to Make a Self-Ship Playlist (when you're too afraid to ask)

hey there! you! yeah, you, lurking in the f/o tag, i see you. so you wanna make a self-ship playlist but don't know where to start? welcome to "would-they-listen-to-that" radio, ran by a self-shipping veteran! this post is a special request from an anonymous caller, so let's get into it! how do we make a self-ship playlist when we have zero idea what we're doing?

‧₊˚🖇️✩ ₊˚🎧⊹♡ STEP ONE: BLORBO ROULETTE ‧₊˚🖇️✩ ₊˚🎧⊹♡

The first step is to pick someone who catches your eye! Who's that fictional character lurking in the back of your mind? Who have you thought about snuggling with to distract yourself from the monotony of a three-hour geometry lecture? Whose tag did you take a "casual stroll" down last night? If you've got someone in mind from those questions alone, there's your target!

‧₊˚🖇️✩ ₊˚🎧⊹♡ STEP TWO: DATING ‧₊˚🖇️✩ ₊˚🎧⊹♡

No, not that kind of dating. I'm talking about historical dating! The time period your character comes from influences the music they listen to! Are they a vampire from the late 1980's? Try some early trad-goth bands and hair metal! Are they a magical girl from the early 2000's? Try some y2k girl groups and rnb! "But mod, what if my character is anachronistic, and their whole shtick is they act like a 1940's jazz singer yet they live in 2020?" If you somehow catapulted Ella Fitzgerald into the nowadays, don't be afraid to be anachronistic with your playlist! Billie Holiday can go right next to Billie Eilish!

‧₊˚🖇️✩ ₊˚🎧⊹♡ STEP THREE: SOUNDING IT OUT ‧₊˚🖇️✩ ₊˚🎧⊹♡

If your f/o has one, listen to their soundtrack for inspiration! What genres are present in their soundtrack? If they sing, in what style? What do they sing about? What kinds of music reflect their environment? If the character has any musical inclination or is a fan of certain musicians, take that into account! If your blorbo is a canon Weezer fan or sings along to Frank Sinatra, that gives a strong basis of what they listen to.

‧₊˚🖇️✩ ₊˚🎧⊹♡ STEP FOUR: ULTRASOUND ‧₊˚🖇️✩ ₊˚🎧⊹♡

That's right, you gotta look inside yourself. You're a character in this self-ship too. It takes two (at least) to tango! Find songs that are meaningful to you. What types of music do you enjoy? What songs do you believe are integral to your relationship with your blorbo? What songs describe your feelings towards them? If you have an enemies-to-lovers relationship, look into songs that have a similar theme. Don't be afraid to explore new music too! Who knows what you might find? There's always an opportunity to hear your new favorite song!

‧₊˚🖇️✩ ₊˚🎧⊹♡ STEP FIVE: BE FREE ‧₊˚🖇️✩ ₊˚🎧⊹♡

Seriously, cringe culture is dead. If it's not, I'm giving you and your f/o hammers so you can kill it. You're allowed to have fun with fiction. The FBI isn't gonna swarm your house because you wanted to give Batman a kiss. It sounds cheesy, but the first (and only step really) to making a self-ship playlist is to have fun and be yourself. You don't need to listen to this post! I'm not the be-all end-all of self-shipping! Whether you take my advice is totally up to you! There really are no wrong answers here!

If you made it this far into the yap session, thank you so much for reading! I hope this advice serves you well! If not, that's okay too! As always,

thanks for dialing in!

[mrstsung]

We wont get this raiden again

(ALSO IF YOU DONT AGREE. LEEEEEEAVE! THIS RANT IF FOR THE ACTUAL RAIDEN FANS. THANK YOU!)

and honestly

I blame fans. (Mostly non raiden fans but eh)

No seriously.

I do.

Because if it wasn't for fans shitting on him. Mischaracterizing him. And nrs flopping tf outta him for plot and $$$.

We wouldn't have problems. And honestly. Im sick of people blaming raiden when liu kang hasn't earned or done shit as a character truly since the 90s. No offense guys.

I only bring up liu kang because 90% of the time people be praising him in spite of him being such a failure god. When he wasn't even supposed to be one in the first place.

Raiden whos BEEN A FUCKING GOD. not demigod. Not mortal farmer john. No a fucking god who is based after an actual deity in Japanese culture. Yeah its a culture that actually exists outside of your tumblr space and animes hunny fucking weebs. (Pisses me off that people just dont get it. But whatever. What else is new?)

Back to raiden.

Like ffs people. Raiden aint even my blorbo. But it's increasingly frustrating to see people just not understand WHY PEOPLE WOULD HATE MK12/MK1 raiden. Yeah we do. Real raiden fans do.

Because we KNOW THATS NOT RAIDEN. that farmer john. Liu kangs self insert while he dicks around with the cosmos playing tootsies with a plot convenient shang tsung HE CREATED.

So yeah they have a right to be pissed.

Raiden. The real raiden.

Is this. If you dont understand that. I cant fucking help you. And maybe you shouldn't be at my table ever.

I have forgave many sins of mk(and they have a lot of them) but destroying entire characters. To the point it's someone's oc. Instead of you know. ACTUALLY THE FUCKING CHARACTER. treated like marvel piss one off comicbooks instead of being an actual fighting game based around hong kong cinema and respect to the mythos they built for decades. Yeah screwing up raiden is really fucking stupid. Let alone screwing up scorpion?! Ya know the pikachu of mk?! Wtaf nrs? Wb doesn't help. I genuinely think they are allergic to $$$. And actual business. Because they'd actually listen to fans. Ya know what the people actually want. But obviously mortal kombat have been gentrified and they dont make games for us anymore. They make it for brainrot consumers. Or just make it for their numbers instead of actually making a good product.

Back to raiden.

This is the thundergod. Not john the farmer

Oh and btw. PUT SOME RESPECT ON FUJIN TOO! and dont make him the "nicer" bro because you got personal hang ups with raiden.

[raointean]

Funniest responses* to the "What does "Blorbo" mean?" question

(In reference to my silmarillion fandom linguistics project, the results of which you can find in my "survey says" tag)

*not necessarily the full response, some are just fragments from longer responses. Also, I'm not filtering by "correct" or "incorrect" responses

Special Little Guy (gender neutral)

Lmao. That's like, my special little guy. He takes up my brain space. I'm rotating him.

you know how lilo from lilo and stitch has that doll she made, complete with backstory? basically like that

one's blorbo is a character one cares a lot about. it kind of has like... condescending or woobifying connotations? like expressing that Maedhros is your blorbo is sort of uh... one imagines like, a chibi Maedhros. cute, not scary. but it doesn't necessarily imply the speaker has distorted perception of the character in general, just a sort of fondness

The character a person wants to use as a doll/stuffed animal

A character who the author loves too much (and knows it)

"OMG Blorbo was in the new trailer for 5 seconds!" is a common statement

which often provokes... strange thoughts at 11pm.

Beloved character who you think about entirely too much and also enjoy putting in Situations

It implies some degress of being pathetic as well.

No relation to Blorbo Baggins.

The character you put under a microscope, put through the cheese grater, put into the salad spinner, and squeeze like a plushie.

A beloved character whom you want to both stick in a microwave and protect with all you have

character one fangirls* over (*gender neutral)

Just a little guy, whom I am deeply enamored of and just want to squish on the head and see what happens.

Favourive character, often pathetic, someone to pity as much as love

obsessed. baby. Will run my mouth off about them

the word "favorite" wasn't enough to encapsulate "the exact kind of character made specifically for me in the lab" either. my friendgroup started calling those types of characters "callouts" because they were calling you out by existing Exactly To Your Tastes

(not necessarily in a way that condones their actions, but deeply beloved nonetheless)

The "cinnamon roll" kind. Idk I love Namo but I'd never call him a blorbo, it just wouldn't feel right.

??

dear?

My personal favourite character, whom I want to adopt even if he's a dark lord

A particularly beloved (or beloathed-in-a-positive-way) character.

Generally seem to be problematic favs.

I think it was originally meant to be somewhat mocking, but it was wholeheartedly adopted and is now used unironically.

A favored character that usually is subjected to great amounts of trauma and or fluff.

A favourite character, usually male

The obsession character

Feanor/character you are unreasonably attached to esp. if they are a Bad Person TM

The character who is most special and beloved to you (and often that means you're gonna put them through The Horrors)

a character that makes you chew on the bars of your enclosure

Special little character from my shows(tm)

usually having an aura of kicked wet puppy (brimby)

You'd build a shrine to them

Idk, ask the children 😹. Er. Hot character you like? I'm sure people have very complex definitions explaining why they like the hot character but I don't take fandom that seriously.

Your guy (gender neutral), not a comfort character, but perhaps a character you would like to see experience the worst situations possible (affectionate)

occasionally blorbo from my floor (my cat)

Just a widdle pathetic guy 🥺😈

A favourite character, thuogh usually one you squash like a stress ball or squeaky toy rather than put gently on a shelf

Ungoliant

Guy (gender neutral) who I hold in my hand like a neat rock and look at

character whom i will put in a glass and shake

character you are putting in the metaphorical salad spinner

A favourite character, often a war criminal treated like they did nothing wrong, they are a little kitty

(character you're particularly attached to and usually put in physically and/or mentally torturous situations for fun)

A character you’ve imprinted on and like seeing in misery. They’re your wet cat you enjoy pouring water on but also toweling off

Your favorite character, to whom no harm may come (except in the service of angst)

my guy. my friend my buddy. the person

Literally your favourite ever character, but not like you want to f*ck them, more like "how much can i let them suffer?"

Your favouritest character from media that you like to put in all kinds of situations, but is not morally problematic.

favourite character you want to bully

a fictional character that you like to an obsessive amount, typically more than other favourite characters; your specialist little guy; someone you are unwell about; you don’t always have to like your blorbo per day but they must take up constant thought space

[panseemia]

Aigt so time to actually get my guys in order here some rain world ocs. its gonna be a long one xd

Across Delta Fields

-is the senior of her local group, being a center for the wealthy in her local group she was often pampered and praised and in a short was a favorite child within her group, more or less resulting in honestly kinda being a crappy senior who probably absolutely entitled.

-It wasn't until one cycle did she had a seriously malfunction and whether its by the sheer amount of karma flowers often gifted to her or some echo doing funny tricks the end result is of her remembering her past life as a surface dwelling ancient and as any could imagine remembering its quite a humbler!

-This more or less result her closing off entirely from almost everyone entirely in both regret and contemplation for her pass actions. Even when she did interact with the world outside she had some rather blasphemous stands, care for the environment? she gone mad! better social program for the low and middle class? insane! some even say she may not approve of ascension but of course such a opinion would be decommission worthy even for the favorite child...good thing there no confirmation of that!

-now days she mostly keep to herself as aside from a occasional health check as her duty as senior she is rather estranged from her local group as many are rather unsure of her new change in character or still hold bitter feelings for her (which fair enough). She is rather reserved and quiet now days with a dash of social awkwardness due to her isolation but she is sure to look out for others when she can.

-Tho as of recently she has begun to harbor a local colony of slug cats with some rather ability to produce electricity through friction! how unique!

(more blorbos below )

Splendorous Silver Sovereign (if ya know ya know)

-a iterator built in the frozen north as the first of many in a excursion to the north. however her construction marks the first foothold in the north, a outpost in a field of white. The climate has proven to be challenge, facilitating the construction of a massive generator to keep the temperature within viable range but the architecture has fail to account for the winter storms what would wreck havoc upon the city, resulting in quite a few causalities.

-As a result the curfew was placed upon the city but as moral dwindle in the sea of white eventually a captain was place as public figure a first shift in the government. It wasn't until the STORM occur did things really turned up, with most of the council frost bitten or dead the general public wounded and struggling it lead to a new change of the government in a form of totalism.

-she was given a mobile puppet for moral support of the public, a odd modification but one that serves its purpose well enough as having a visual presentation of their "god" helped quite a bit

-she was given combat training by the captain under the guise of "protection of the mighty iterator" but in reality the captain felt it was within their parental obligation to pass on such knowledge to their child, especially in such unfamiliar lands like these.

-over time she begin to place the survival of her city over solving the great problem, feeling more like the whole idea of ascension was something more akin to prayer for a better end in the frosted tundra land over time

-she had a few friends and acquaintances perished during the storm while she may be a iterator it was a loss none the less, after a few more similar storms pass she has begin to shrink away from her people somewhat but was always there as a pillar of support.

-near the public ascension a quiet overthrow was enacted upon the current council one that put her under much harsher restrictions to her chagrin.

-when it was time for the public ascension sovereign actually end up feeling quite betrayed by her people, seeing it as a cowardly escaped from the world their ancestors have try so hard to build. in the end she was ultimately powerless by administrative action but has since become bitter and cold, harboring quite a strong hatred for ancients as a result.

Tidal Corsucate

-part of Delta's local group, tidal corsucate was a experimental research iterator meant to study the deep sea of its ecological wild life and fauna. but to also study near by volcanic vents for traces of void related activities

-small for a iterator! her can is right above the sea after all but this kinda ended up in her taking the beating of neighboring iterator rain cycles but she also designed to handle that!

-gets a funky puppet cause they got a funky head engineer! shes somewhat insecure about it with her local group until the introduction of Six Nights of Sandtide tho so she not alone in being funky!

-while she was initially surrounded by excitement by what new frontier she could bring to the great problem but as it become clear she is as stuck as any other iterator on the great problem the excitement ultimately died down something that deeply hurt her after all the phrase and cheers she was surrounded by in the early cycles, especially for her unorthodox construction

-for this she hold some resentment towards Delta for some time, especially in her early years of senior ship but as cycles pass and delta had her sudden character flip she has since came around as a awkward friend of sorts. awkward but the two are ultimately well meaning in hopes to built a better relationship then they one they once "had"

-really wants to make a very pretty kelp forest, cultivate a secret garden of modified kelp within her laboratory and making sure the fruits it produce are very edible! tho currently twitting her thumbs on if to release these into the wild or not, plans on hold currently.

-personality wise she a easy going gal with a bubbly personality, looooooves to share critter facts and her discovery, more or less spewing her stream of consciousness out if you let her and she trust you. kinda non judgmental until you actively hurt someone/something so really if you get her mad thats one heck of a accomplishment.

[covenofthearticulate]

7. What's the one thing the fandom gets wrong about your Blorbo?

Ask Me About My Blorbo

I never understood why the fandom always sees Louis as this Mr. Grouchy Pants Stick In The Mud type character!!! He may take himself a little too seriously at times, sure, but Louis has a great sense of humor that is ALWAYS overlooked!!

He's out here slapping his knee and laughing in Daniel's face during the interview! He's comfortable enough to try out new modern language (BULLSHIT!).

He's also incredibly quick-witted, especially in the TVL reunion scene! Lestat pokes fun at his clothes, and he plays right back to him with: "Can't always be the living legend"

He coined one of the cutest, funniest nicknames for Lestat as well: "Monsieur le rockstar"

idk man, I think the fandom gets a lot of things wrong about Louis, but I wish they'd recognize his humor a little more. he’s not a joker like Daniel or Lestat, but he’s so weird and smart and quick on his feet, I think he deserves more credit for that!

[artemistorm]

Here is my late rambling analysis of the new LU update:

I love Wind's face and posture. He's just like "Challenge accepted!" Hyrule and Wild my beloveds <3

A lot of people saw this sequence and went "oh no something bad is going to happen to Epona!" but I took it to mean that Epona doesn't want to go in the dungeon and that Twilight knows that Epona will be just fine hanging out outside (tasty snack time ehehehe).

I can't put my finger on exactly what's changed about the coloring but WOW it is popping. So vibrant. I love it. Made my eyes happy.

Also I love it when Jojo draws the gang in lines like this. It makes me think that she's doing it for fun (just like when you draw your OCs in lineups a million times cuz it makes you happy), that she still loves and takes great pride in showing off her blorbos.

Also, Wild is taller than Legend (and Hyrule) >:)

I love that he spelled this out to the others. Makes so much sense. In Lord of the Rings terms, most of the other Links are like Frodo and Sam running around to secretly bring the ring to Mordor, while Warriors is like Aragorn who straight up charged the Black Gates of Mordor with an army.

It's so funny how all the other heroes automatically assumed that Warriors' Hyrule had dungeons and that he just didn't bother to go through them. XD

So this implies that A) that comic where Wild and Hyrule met the wallmaster happened recently and B) it was sometime when Wars wasn't there with them, which makes me think that the wallmaster comic happened at the same time as this comic:

And then there's this:

I can't remember where I read it but I seem to remember Jojo saying that Legend was the most likely to prank others and this is an example of that. This is a characterization that surprised me at first (I would have expected Wind or Hyrule to be more of a prankster) but if you think about Who Legend Is, it actually makes a lot of sense.

I was trying to figure out which game this skulltula is from and my conclusion is that I think it is most similar to skulltulas from OOT 3D / MM 3D. I wonder if that means that they are in or near Time's time. Either that or this is a case of monsters getting mixed up between Hyrules like we saw in the Threatening Shadows story arc.

Time is clearly very wound up still over what happened to Twilight. While all the other heroes have seemed to pretty much bounced back after that harrowing incident and are caught up in youthful optimism and the excitement of a new dungeon, Time hasn't forgotten and he wants to make sure the heroes don't forget the seriousness of their situation and their enemy. Just because the Shadow was defeated once doesn't mean that they can do it again so easily (not that it was easy before).

My writer brain immediately interpreted this as foreshadowing that they aren't going to even make it to the central chamber before the group gets involuntarily broken up (trap doors my beloved mwahaha). Of course that may not end up being the case, they may make it the central chamber without incident.

I figure that ideally the group will split into 3 groups of 3, each group having at least one older Link (Time, Wars, Twi, Sky) and one younger Link (Four, Legend Hyrule, Wild, Wind). How much you wanna bet that Time wants Twi with him in order to keep an eye on him/protect him?

Anyways, that's all I got. Bye!

[thunderberryz]

Hey, everyone! After needing to delete the post with the old invite link due to the trolling situation, I am happy to provide a new one for my TMNT 2003-focused Discord server, Turtles & Turnips! Here's all the information you should know before joining!

What we have going for us

Dedicated channels for all of the major TMNT iterations (not just 2003!)

Monthly TMNT Watch Parties--we're still primarily doing the 2003 series for these, but there have been suggestions of doing the movies and other TV iterations IE 87, 2012, Rise, and Tales as well

An ongoing TMNT-themed DnD campaign hosted by @/atearyamallari

Art/writing prompts, as provided by our event coordinator team

Channels for posting fanart, fanfiction, and WIPs, as well as ones for brainstorming ideas and sharing art resources

Original Characters-friendly space with a dedicated channel for sharing your OC blorbos and their lore

Community input--we don't make any major changes unless we run it through our Server Lab channel so that members can provide feedback and suggestions for anything we're planning on doing.

Rules and Regulations

We are a SFW server--NSFW/R18 discussions and media are prohibited

That said, all prospective members must be at least 18 or older to join.

Strict ban on all discussions and media relating to adult/minor and incestuous ships. (Yes, even those that exist just to complain about them.)

Discussions regarding real-world politics are also to be avoided.

Additional rules and regulations can be found here in our public rule book.

In addition, we now operate under a Three Strikes rule when it comes to instances of rule breaking or poor behavior. The first two strikes will result in receiving a warning from myself or one of the mods, and the third strike will result in a kick or ban depending on the seriousness of the offense.

Before I close off this post, I would like to thank all members old, new, and current. Running this server has not been all sunshine and rainbows--we've had our fair share of disputes and have even had to ban a few people for one reason or another--but I am really proud of how far the community has come along since I first decided to create T&T last year. Turtles & Turnips celebrates its first anniversary this July and we are planning something extremely fun for that, so look forward to it!

Here's the invite link! Hope to see you there!

[lunarbard]

I legitimately think that the first three borderlands (as in 1, 2, & TPS) are good dystopian satire, despite their questionable writing at times. A game/series that took itself more seriously could highlight this better, but Borderlands would lose a lot of its edge if it did.

Handsome Jack isn't just some charismatic villain that garnered a lot of affection from players by some fluke, but rather an excellent personification of the dystopian elements of Borderlands' background setting that make it engaging.

If you look at Borderlands 1, for all its effective lack of plot, the game is about these megacorporation's disregard for the human lives they ruin and their self-defeating obsession with attaining power and control (as seen with Commandant Steele's death). Borderlands 2 took that premise and swapped out the corporate antagonist, but it's not just a new coat of paint/roster of enemies: the motivations change while following similar themes as implied in BL1, now personified in Jack.

In BL1, the Atlas Corporation believes it owns Pandora, and everything (and everyone that primarily DAHL brought), on it is unrealized property they have free claim over. They believe the vault and its contents are owed to them, and it falls on the vault hunters showing up in the nick of time to remedy the potential resulting calamity.

Handsome Jack, meanwhile, has that similar belief that Pandora is "his," just that it's his to "save." He's Hyperion's current CEO because he is willing to do whatever it takes to get what he believes he is owed, one of which is respect as a hero of the people. The people he hates the most are those who deny or deprive him of those things: see his treatment of his daughter, after "what she did to her mother." His ego and disregard for the humanity of basically anyone else, treating them as a character in his story to be stepped on and/or discarded reflects an attitude of the megacorporations that makes the backgrounds of Borderlands so dystopian. I 100% believe that the system that makes a person like Handsome Jack could have produced nearly anyone in a similar mold.

Meanwhile, the Borderlands 1 vault hunters in 2 stand in stark contrast to not just Handsome Jack/Hyperion but also DAHL. Unlike Jack, they don't care about the aesthetics of heroism; they're just trying to protect as many people as they reasonably can from the horrors of Pandora. Unlike DAHL, they didn't abandon the planet and the survivors still there when the thing that brought them in the first place didn't pan out.

I think there's also something to the crude city of Sanctuary supporting plenty of residents versus the pristine city of Opportunity that's almost completely vacant of anything except instruments of war.

Of course, Jack's fall is thematically different from Atlas. Atlas gets defeated when it's claimed "property" slaughters the military sent to claim it; Jack gets defeated by watching his notions of heroism fall apart as the vault hunters cut down the calamity he summoned to "save" Pandora.

Then you get to Borderlands 3, which understood nothing but the aesthetic of the preceding series.

The only difference between the corporations you ally with and those you fight is the former have some friendly franchise blorbos (Rhys, Zer0, and Hammerlock). The corporations aren't fundamentally flawed factions that drive the terrible conditions of the setting for their lust for profit, they're just sometimes headed by someone evil and/or incompetent who maybe wants a merger (The "merger war" between Atlas and Maliwan is a good idea in theory, but it's ruined by going "this one is good" rather than focusing on helping those caught in the crossfire).

Meanwhile, the twins don't present a coherent threat as an element of Borderlands' underlying dystopia. They're just bad guys with lore things (derogatory) and their streamer gimmick. What I think is most insulting about them, though, is that they're just an excuse to use bandits everywhere with no though for an underlying point. The bandits of Pandora are the people DAHL left behind on that desolate rock of a planet, many of whom never wanted to be there in the first place. The twins could have shed some light on how receptive the bandits are to promises of salvation by whatever means because they have no hope otherwise.

I feel like a game that was trying to be more thematically coherent with previous entries would have flipped the villain script: the twins should have been misguided/tragic figures actively striving for a new, redeemed life for Pandora, while their corporate allies use them up and discard them.