#THANKS BESTIE for so many asks

[shortkingkenny]

42, 51 and 66 for kyman. im procrastinating my cleaning

omg you sent me so many of these. I am also procrastinating cleaning. answering these asks is my reward for getting little bits done hehe

kyman, huh? let's see...

42. Who has the most self-control? Kyyyyyyyle... I think. very in control of himself until he's pushed to his absolute limits. whereas Eric lacks self-control in many ways- he lacks control in general from the people in his life and that reflects on his own behavior. he's indulgent of his wants and goes to unnecessary lengths to obtain them.

Kyle just happens to get shoved to those limits often enough, so it probably seems like he lacks self-control, especially in regards to Cartman specifically, but I think he's got a good grasp on it.

this one was difficult to answer for some reason.

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51. Who overthinks the most? oh, both of them. Kyle canonically has multiple existential crises and Cartman overthinks situations to ludicrous degrees, usually to justify his actions and often because he's paranoid and distrusting of others intentions. they overanalyze each other most of all. I think it's something they would both have to overcome in a relationship. in the beginning I think there are a lot of "is he doing this (nice thing) because we're dating or is he up to something?" type scenarios.

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66. Who would survive the longest in the wild? man, this is a hard one BECAUSE Kyle has probably researched how to survive in the wild. he would know how to start a fire, while Cartman would be whining for someone else to do it. he seems like the kind of guy who could identify poisonous plants and berries. he knows how to use a compass.

but Cartman is willing to go to insane lengths without hesitation for less. he'd drink dirty stream water because he's already dropping the world's nastiest shits so who cares if he gets giardia? he'll eat anything if it means he gets to survive another day. that is to say, if it came down to it, I think Cartman would eat a person and Kyle wouldn't.

if they got stuck in the wilderness together they would immediately turn it into a competition of survival. they'd both make it out alive but they'd emerge from the ordeal as new men... but it's them so they'd probably get lost in a Costco for three hours and walk outside beaten and bloody to Stan and Kenny asking where the hell they've been while they enjoy their $1.50 hot dog/soda combos.

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[mirensiart]

seeing key and chain makes me want to make loz ocs and im Rotating concepts in my head

DO IT!!!!! IT'S SO FUN!!!

and like, even if you move on from the fandom, you can still re-use them for an original project hehe

Like, for example, back I'm 2014 I made these zelink and hildavio ocs (warning, old art)

Which were a lot of fun ngl lol and now I re-used the zelink boy in my og story (:

(Here he is with his bestie, who ALSO was a zelda oc but from the twilight princess game lol)

Making fan characters is really great and a 10/10 way to make fandom experience fun, so I encourage everyone to make loz ocs hehehe

[explodingstarlight]

WHO ARE THESE TWO I NEED TO KNOW I LOVE THEIR DESIGNS SO MUCH WHO ARE THEY !!!!

https://www.tumblr.com/explodingstarlight/747441619339558912/a-bit-late-but-a-welcome-back-from-burnout-gift?source=share

Oh, hi, hello!! Always lovely to meet a new face!

These lil guys are Xor & Nova--colloquially known as the Cyberspace Duo (get it?). Nova is my Rise OC/turtlesona, while Xor belongs to the very cool and rad @snailsnaps ✨

Xor 🤝🤝 Nova: Meeting for the first time while running away from their own fanclub of angry Hidden City residents (did you mean?: angry mob)

Both Snails and I have some additional art and references for the both of 'em, so you're always welcome to check 'em out! Most of my own posts are under the #rise nova and #cyberspace duo tag (⁠｡⁠•̀⁠ᴗ⁠-⁠)⁠✧

(and thank you so much for your ask & kind words!! <3)

[hella1975]

are you doing good? Are you making sure that you're not burning out because people are pressuring you to write? I always worry about big fanfiction writers- I love your work to death but please take care of yourself first

hi. blushes. hello. looking at u with big wet eyes like this 🥺🥺🥺 im okay thank you love xx

[indecisive-dizzy]

I love Latter Pillar so much you don’t understand i adore him have have some headcanons for him

Daisey literally pulls Howdy BY THE ANTENNA and makes him give Latter a hug. They like Latter, he’s sweet. But him being dramatic sometimes gets on their nerves

Daisey and Lizzy do partake in the Latter teasing, but they usually shut it down if it gets to mean (Latter protection squad say what)

Latter and Eddie besties real, Latter reads his poetry in the post office and Eddie just listens while doing his mailman duties

Honey’s mean to him, but secretly like his poetry. He thinks it’s so bad it’s funny

He runs a poetry club, he’s made a few friends from it too :3

Lizzy loves her brother, she really does, but she cannot stand to hear his bad poetry. She send him ads for poetry lessons and he gets sad about it

Also randomly put in but I love those little bee kids (I don’t know their names :,) ) they look so cute I love them

Latter has 6 arms me thinks, idk if that’s confirmed lmao

I’m mentally I’ll and that update destroyed me so I’m focusing on Howdy’s dramatic, flamboyant brother :3

The Howdy's nephews (the cater-bee children <3) are Howdo and Youdo! I can't remember if its one "o" or two tho haha

But yes Latter is just,,, he's so,, Soo ajdhjssj <3 I love him and his silly dramatics and bad poetry

Forcing siblings to hug is hilarious! I should know as a Certified Annoying Sibling Who Likes Hugs >:3 so good Daisey lol Howdy needs to hug his brother

Lighthearted teasing is fun, and I think if Latter was genuinely friends with whomever he'd go along with it, maybe do improv poetry to tease them back dramatically pff

Yeah you think Howdy would be upset that his brother is friends with the mailman? Bc Latter and Eddie besties Is real and in your home <3 They could write each other letters when it's not the holidays and Latter send Eddie his poetry for approval bc Eddie is too nice to say it's bad <3 (cough Latter getting a crush on Eddie? whaaaatt cough)

Howdy secretly enjoying things feels on brand lol. but him enjoying it for the wrong reason (so bad it's funny) is hilarious

Sorry but my oc CJ would be apart of Latter's poetry club <3 They're friends now Speaking of the poetry club, I imagine they do slam poetry and Latter is really bad but trying his best lol

Not the Poetry Lesson ads 😭 sobbs why she gotta do him dirty like that sjdbsjdhj lmao

[melit0n]

Talking with some of my mutuals and wishing I knew them when I was eleven and it was sunny all the time. I think I would have liked playing Pokémon with you all

[twig-tea]

Rose's Day of Asks

Top 5 beach day scenes.

Have a great Day💜

Rose ILU this Day of Asks is supercute and also I love how you've tailored this ask to my personal interests and inability to limit myself to five choices!

Beach scenes are all about that transition, from one phase in a relationship (usually not-yet-a-relationship) to another. A good beach scene uses the beach as a metaphor even as it also highlights the beauty (and intensity) of the ocean. The ocean is for contemplating things bigger than we are, and helping us to feel humble. And the beach is a place for raw honesty.

With that in mind, there are so many to choose from because most directors get this instinctively! So I'm going with my heart and the scenes that came to me first (and ngl, that have the best gifs):

His: I Didn't Think I Could Fall in Love

I love this scene so much; the intensity in this hug is everything to me. These two kids are both so terrified of being in love with one another, and both so relieved they don't have to lose this connection they found. The ocean being the thing that first brought them together (via Shun falling in and losing his keys lol) is now looming in front of them as the thing that will separate them for a time (because they met on an island). It's not a typical beach day scene, but it's the first one I think of because of how hard this scene hits me every time. And of course I love thinking about it in the context of the very different rocky lakeside beach in the sequel film.

The Eighth Sense

The ocean was (again) what brought them together, and was also a source of trauma in the past for them both; the exchanges "why did you kiss me?" "to get past your trauma...why did you kiss me?" "to give you trauma" was iconic even before it became Too Real. I love how the ocean is a looming presence in this entire story; the trauma from both of their childhoods looms even on campus, it's there as a soundtrack to their vulnerable conversations, and of course it's in the background of their first sexual encounter. When Ji Hyun acts out the 'two steps forward one step back' with Jae Won before Jae Won finally breaks and admits he wants to be with Ji Hyun, that movement is like a wave relentlessly washing up on shore. Anyway! This entire series is an ocean scene to me.

Blueming

SiWoon's first kiss by the water going so poorly, the brief sulk, and then DaUn initiating this re-do moment?! Whew. In terms of standard "beach scene" fare, this ranks highly at the top for me because of the second take at a first kiss. I love a realistic 'oh wait it's my first time so I'm actually not very good at it' moment. This also comes after the first time they've really talked and listened to one another; plus it comes with a bonus "blinding light of love" visual. Love it.

Until We Meet Again

Is there anything more iconic than this scene? The double confession; the flirting; the lift; playing in the water; the kiss. These two were so desperate for an escape and this scene was real catharsis. And of course this dialogue; Intouch insisting that in order to get through what is to come, they'll need each other. Heartbreaking considering we know what they both do not long after this. It becomes almost a curse for their reincarnated lives--you won't be happy until you have me with you. AND THEN WE GET THE PROPOSAL SCENE that perfectly parallels this one, between Dean and Pharm in Between Us the series. The only thing I love more than a beach scene is a beach parallel. Speaking of which....

Last Twilight in Phuket

How do I choose only one beach scene from this set of shows? There are so many; I love all of them so much. So many from ITSAY: The hammock scene; the scene on Their Beach where Teh and Oh-Aew play the most tension-filled game of chase I've ever seen; the float and underwater kiss; the post-kiss blow-up; the conversation they have when Teh first reappears in Oh's life and Oh says he isn't sure he can be close to Teh again (!)...and then of course in IPYTM the scene where they reunite and agree to try again. But I'm going with LTIP because of all the symbolism they wrapped up in this scene. Teh and Oh-Aew try to go to their beach but it's closed, they need to instead go to the public beach, and so their goodbye is imperfect. We get to see the way they are both so much more comfortable being in pubilc and visibly together than they were in I Told Sunset About You--this is something they both had to work on for different reasons. They're both struggling with having to say goodbye, because they'll be going to different universities. They also know they're leaving Phuket and they talk about how by the time they come back, Phuket will have changed. This moment at the beach bridges their childhood and adulthood, and is so symbolic of life as ever-changing and those changes being impossible to stop.

Gameboys the movie

Speaking of beach scenes that aren't about getting together; this was a particularly good moment because it was not about establishing their relationship it was about reaffirming it/cementing the strength of their bond in the face of separation. I loved that they go out there ostensibly to spend time together and get away from the crowded house but it's also a way for them to have the scary looming conversation about separation. I love so much how good this show is about real conversations, and this one felt so real. The way they talked about not holding one another back, and how they could make it long distance, and what that would look like for them in future...it made me so happy. Gav and Cai looking at the possibility of long distance as doable and not an immediate obvious need to break up was such a breath of fresh air after so many noble idiot plots that all rely on the assumption that long distance is not doable. ANYWAY also this scene is just really pretty.

Life~Love on the Line

This one is so interesting because it was the moment Ito convinced himself he couldn't stay with Nishi. Technically this is the morning-after-the-beach-day but I'm counting it because it's such a unique version of the beach day; in this case, the truth Ito thought he was facing was that he and Nishi had no future--rather than seeing the blinding light of love for what it is facing his own fears head on, he closed his eyes and embraced them, and ruined years of their lives. This scene is an important reminder that the beach is not an infallible relationship panacea! It is your (the character's) responsibility to bring the right energy to it or it may lead you astray.

Bad Buddy

Pat and Pran at the eco-village finally with a moment to themselves, admitting to one another that they feel most free when they're together. This is the first time they acknowledge to one another that the situation they're in is bullshit; that they actually do like one another's company, and that maybe there is a possibility that this thing could actually work between them, if they try for it. I loved this scene so much as a turning point for them, and the way it keeps pulling in and out so we get these close-ups of Pat and Pran, and then the camera pulls away and we see how small they are. The perspective in this moment is so important. As is the hand touch (whew).

Theory of Love

This is one of my favourite twists on the beach scene: Khai goes to the beach alone because he has to figure himself out. He's not at the stage where he's ready to have an honest conversation with Third yet, first he needs to have an honest conversation with himself and realize his own feelings. He has a good, open conversation with someone he hurt in the past in order to figure himself out in the present and pave way for his future with Third. And then we get the bestie trip when all of them go together, which was delightful.

Bonus gif because I don't have enough shots of group friend trips in this list and it's so important to me that after this solo trip Kai comes back with everyone:

Your Name Engraved Herein

This beach scene is crushingly painful. Birdy and Jia Han go as far as they can to scream their frustrations into the sea, have a moment of freedom, but with the knowledge they can't have any more than this and will be saying goodbye afterwards. It's the most devastating truth of all of these faced at the beach: They can't be together in this time and place.

Bed Friend

The silhouettes are iconic; I love the way body language was used for these shots. And the way it felt like King was finally, slowly getting Uea to see him as a dating prospect in these moments? Really beautifully done.

Be My Favorite

Including this scene because it is one of the few beach scenes that leads to a rejection (of course the show then fixes this later with a parallel scene at the end, my beloved). I loved this anti-beach moment; rather than going to the beach to face hard truths, Pisaeng (and then following him, Kawi) went to the beach to hide from the truth. But the beach doesn't work that way and Kawi had to face hard truths after all, including the truth that in this universe he ends up losing Pisaeng from his life entirely because of the way he treated him. The line "you want to get in the water but are afraid of getting wet?" from Pisaeng to Kawi was so heavily loaded with meaning. Perfection.

The Day I Loved You

This was such a beautiful gesture, especially from a high school boy. Including this as an iconic beach scene because it both does what a beach scene should do (get the characters to face hard truths, be honest, and progress in their relationship) and was intentionally meant to invoke a trip to the ocean (they're freediving!) at home for Nikko so I don't even feel like it's cheating.

Night Dream

The show wasn't perfect but the way they paced the reveals about their past with the flashbacks was good storytelling and the tension in this beach scene was palpable over several episodes!

The Eclipse

This conversation between Akk and Ayan made me cry. The entire sequence, driving out with Ayan as an interloper, hiding from the The World Remembers crew and their boyfriends, Ayan being so worried about Akk because he is so on alert for suicidality, and Akk just doesn't know how to face any of it. Ayan telling Akk "you're allowed to be weak" broke me. Luckily the beach is here to help facilitate personal growth. [Also have to shout out again the reciprocal beach scene where Akk then says the same thing back to Ayan, my beloved]

Love Sick

I love them your honour. AUGH. Honestly, the Love Sick scene that always comes to mind is the night before this when Noh is dancing on the stage whipping his hoodie around his head and Pun is watching him fondly, but this moment afterward in the quiet of the morning, when they've agreed to have just this moment of truth by the sea and then go back to their lives, is so beautiful (especially your gif of it Rose!). This is another melancholy one, where they're coming to the sea to admit that they want what they can't have, and giving it to themselves anyway for one night (little did they know, they were going to fail at abstention lol). The longing is so palpable between these two in these scenes, so much good tension.

My School President

Gotta have at least one scene with the whole crew! What i love about this beach outing is that the hard truth they were facing was not about whether or not they cared about one another, but how to tell people and when--and this is one of the reasons why it's important it's a group trip, because that decision affects the whole group. And look at this gif, it is perfection. These kids are puppies! I love them.

3 Will Be Free

Talking about group dynamics reminded me of this iconic moment. It's not quite a beach day trip in the traditional sense because they're on the run etc. and this is night time, but it's very personal to me. The sea said make it poly, so they did.

Never Let Me Go

Can't talk about one of Jojo's series without bringing up this other one. Listen, I know that its placement in the series was...oddly timed [I think my mother might be dead, let's go to the beach and frolic]. But this is one of the most beautifully shot and colour graded sequences, and for aesthetic reasons alone it is on my list! Sometimes I am but a simple bisexual (which is also why I'm using this shot from the BTS rather than one from the show, even though there are so many pretty ones to choose from). Speaking of!

BONUS GL addition:

Lulu

Gotta have at least one song! This entire GL takes place at a beach house so the whole thing is pretty much beach or beach-adjacent scenes but this one where they are flirting and then sing together was a good turning moment for them; and of course it calls back to when they first met (where Abi saves Sophie from drowning) and also parallels the end credits scene. I was so here for how thirsty Sophie was as soon as Abi showed up, and this beach scene is one of the places where this played out most memorably to me.

[crossbackpoke-check]

Dysprosium, Mary Soon Lee

dysprosium, AN 66, is a silvery-white rare earth metal. its name is derived from the greek dysprositos, meaning “hard to get at”, owing to the difficulty in separating and isolating this rare earth element. dysprosium is used to measure neutron flux, to fuel reactors, and to activate phosphors. terfenol-d is a magnetorestrictive alloy, meaning that it changes shape when a magnetic field is applied, and is used to manufacture underwater acoustic systems.

jason “robo” robertson, dallas stars #21 for @simmyfrobby’s nhl periodic table poems <3

[mushroom-through-the-stargate]

bestieeeeeeeeee i would like some Info Dumping about the asteroid field scene in sga pls and thank yooooooooooooou gimme all the Fun Facts

omg ok ok ok SO im gonna go full mckay here alright so just keep that in mind just listen listen asteroid fields? not that densely packed. at all. theyre so far apart from each other theyre barely in each others gravity fields theyre just atlantis was not in peril in that way the big asteroids can't- its not physically possible for them to be that close together the gravity would cause them to collide with each other please cinema stop making densely packed asteroid fields you're making my heart sad

HOWEVER

the micro asteroids are entirely accurate everything in space is moving incredibly fast and speed equals kinetic energy and we all know e=mc² tiny amount of mass incredible amount of energy those teeny tiny asteroids WOULD be like bullets same devastating effect same or faster speeds why couldnt THAT be the entire peril those little whizzing space pebbles couldve knocked out systems it happens all the time on the iss AND to top it all off the tiny ones ARE that densely packed so they could be knocking out systems left and right they could be breaking windows cracking crystals severing wires you name it theyd break it

matter of fact, John's predictable solution of blowing up the big asteroids in their way was actually possibly making matters worse because ✨️shrapnel✨️ while yes you can shoot a bazooka at a chair and it'll get out of your way, there will be splinters in everything in a 50 foot (or more) radius thats just how explosives work

[ceoofyearning]

🫣 prepare for some angst

[k7tt1]

[ rubs gremlin hands maniacally because nobody is here to witness my ramblings, ]

[moonlit-orchid]

Astral, Sasuke and Yuno bond over having the most annoying younger siblings that are crackheads.

I AM SO SO SO SORRY THIS HAS BEEN IN HERE FOR SO LONG 😭😭😭😭😭😭

I was really really REALLY wanting to draw these three sitting down and yelling about their brothers (or at least Astral and Sasuke are doing the yelling, Yuno is sitting there like 😓) but I've not been well and life has been so busy and I'm not getting any less busy so I had to abandon the idea and I am SO SORRY 😭😭😭😭

Regardless you are ABSOLUTELY right, these three meet up at a cafe once a week just to vent about their idiotic siblings that they end up having to parent half the time because either there are no parents (Astral) or the parent is useless (Sasuke) (Yuno never even TRIED to parent Asta- he grew up doing what Asta said and when they grew older he tried maybe once to stop Asta doing dumb shit and gave up at once) while also drinking tea (hot chocolate in Astral's case)

One of these sessions had Sasuke joking that they need child leashes for Naruto, Yuma, and Asta.

They bought the child leashes for Naruto, Yuma, and Astral.

All six of them got child leashes by Kakashi and Yami (Yuma and Astral have no parental figures because Kazuma is dead (to us) and Astral's... complicated-)

[tennis-kittens]

AO 2024 • Doubles • R1 • Miscellaneous

[mariemarieohcontrary]

James: Is my play good?

Emma thinking of how messy and all over the place the play was plus the switching speech patterns.

Smiles through grit teeth

Emma: It's amazing babe!

[hella1975]

while I’m not the a ride-or-die fan of atla, I am an absolute sucker for fics that delve into the nitty-gritty dynamics of Zuko and Azula’s relationship, so seeing you do exactly that in tams just makes my day every time a new chapter is published <3

i genuinely have such a good time getting into their dynamic like it is SO fascinating to me that in this particular canon divergence the best way to keep them in character actually sees ZUKO as the one wanting to turn a blind eye and not care about the situation and AZULA as the one pushing to fight and join the avatar and end the war. hello. they are crazy bananas to me

[magicaldreamfox1]

🕯️🏜️🎨

🕯️ — on a scale from 1 to 10, how much do you enjoy editing? why is that?

hmmmmm maybe 8?

since my first draft is already pretty much finished fic material, editing isn't as much effort as writing the thing in the first place.

it's also enjoyable to me bc usually when i edit i find that parts i didn't like/was really critical of aren't as bad as i thought them to be and also rewriting parts where i was struggling before into smthg better !

🏜️ — what's your favourite type of comment to receive on your work?

hmmmm i love getting any kind of long comment it always makes my day

comments that comment on particular writing choices i made or sentences the commenter liked have a special place in my heart tho 🥺

🎨 — link your favourite piece of fanart and explain why you like it

hmmmm this is a difficult one

this michael distortion fanart by @sherkathyy probably always be one of my favs ever simply bc it's just so creepy and captures his whole being very well which i think is hard to do ! i also really like the art style and the colours op used! i also like it bc it depicts this specific part of the episode like u can hear the and she did not hesitate which is just mm. so good.

as for kpts specifically. hmmmmmm

atm i really like this art by @lambhouse i love the vibrant colours and just how lively they look. and the mischief in their eyes !!! and like the way vegas his arm slung over pete's shoulders in a casual show of possessiveness is just sooooo good.

another all time favourite is probably this art by @bolete i'm already in shambles over this moment in the show but i love their art style i love the softness of the brush and also the bruise on vegas' cheek is also so so good.

and im sorry but i have to bring this up pls honourable mention for my favourite ever: live pete reaction by @kinnporschegl it makes me laugh every time i see it. i wish op would sell prints or keychains so i could carry it around with me and look at it every day. it's SO FUNNY

send me an ask for the writer's truth & dare ask game!