#This is wild lol look how far we've come

[echoofheartbeats]

I posted 31 times in 2022

That's 6 more posts than 2021!

3 posts created (10%)

28 posts reblogged (90%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@radioactiveswampmonsters

@everythingeverywhereallatonce

@onereyofstarlight

@the-forest-of-talking-trees

@rhystheceo

I tagged 28 of my posts in 2022

Only 10% of my posts had no tags

#everything everywhere all at once - 8 posts

#euphoria - 4 posts

#cries in euphoria - 3 posts

#fleabag - 2 posts

#taylor swift - 2 posts

#midnights - 2 posts

#a beautifully foolish endeavor - 2 posts

#my post - 1 post

#i literally watched all of season 1 and two episodes of season 2 in one day - 1 post

#i mean 30 ish min episodes and a total of 12 - 1 post

Longest Tag: 139 characters

#i took my time with this show and finished it on tuesday and then i spent most of thursday and some of friday and saturday binging it again

My Top Posts in 2022:

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October 3rd, 2022

Briana and I went to Powell's on the first day of our trip. Being that Fairy Tale was just published September 6th, 2022 and it's by the Stephen King meant it was on ever end cap and right in front of our faces. With quite a bold rich blue color and a contrasting gold orange, it was easy for it to catch my attention. That day I could barely comprehend what the summary was, I didn't even really flip through the pages, I just knew I was intrigued. That day I did buy 3 other books, but couldn't keep my mind off Fairy Tale.

October 16th, 2022

Even though I tried to read my other books, I ended up buying the audiobook and started to listen. Seth Numrich's narration seriously blew me away.

It has felt really special to start something that feels truly like mine. A lot of what I consume are recs, from friends and family and the general internet. I always love it, but it's been thrilling to not have heard a single thing about this story and to truly have no idea where it would end up.

November 12th, 2022

I just completed Fairy Tale and I had a little cry and told a few people I finished it and decided to write this. I have a hardcover print version on the way. I'm excited to reread my favorite bits and look at the illustrations. I truly loved the world and characters that were created. Listening to a 24 hour audiobook sounded like a big task, especially since I'm not great at or consistent with reading at all, but somehow, Charlie's story swept me up and transported me. I can see how some may critique it for being long or slow or typical for a fairy tale, but that's what I found so charming about it. It was simple but complicated, it conveyed one's journey with themselves and others so well. To me it was full of twists and turns and was an ultimate escape. I also really feel like Fairy Tale connected me to so many things I love - stories that King intentionally referenced and not.

Somehow after the fact, I'm thinking about the bravery and courage of Harry Potter fighting the snake-like Voldemort, Charlie versus the Flight Killer. Radar had a Winn-Dixie feeling to her (or really name any important hound in film). A dog that touched the hearts of many. The Empisarians/the gray people's melted deformed features kind of reminded me of the horrors of Coraline. I expected King would get even darker or scarier but that's super okay it didn't go there. Even simply his name being Charlie, reminded me of Charlie in the Chocolate Factory- it's truly a name I've loved all my life. Giants and mermaids, animals that were too large and a cranky old man with secrets. Another world that you travel into thru a fairly normal appearance on the Earth side reminded me of Narnia.

Fairy Tale by Stephen King connected me back to the fantasy and wonder I've been needing again and for that, I say thank you and I highly recommend my new favorite book to anyone who is ready for an adventure of good and evil.

<3

Also keeping my eyes peeled for the movie that is already being talked about being produced!

This girl is feeling super sappy and mourning the end of Fairy Tale but also so happy that I was able to experience it and happy that I get to keep experiencing it in the future.

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My #1 post of 2022

Me when watching The Boys:

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[tabithatwo]

are we ready to talk about shauna's barely hidden but somehow very ignored psychosis and how it, like a ton of her other qualities, is brushed aside by both those around her and the audience? like, i think its clear that a central focus of the show is the way lottie is the only one who got stuck in a facility (and natalie in and out of rehab being the next closest to reckoning with her shit) when the rest of them are very clearly not okay. as a certified Crazy Girl, i've been weary of how they'll handle lottie's story line (blurring psychosis and the supernatural is a very delicate and tricky thing and thus far i've been sort of just waiting to see where it goes). our data on and understanding of mental health is incredibly limited for a lot of reasons (but that's a rant for another time) but there is a large mainstream misconception of when hallucinations and delusions can happen. psychosis isn't just something that happens in schizophrenia and its very complex, so if you want to learn more there's plenty of info out there i'm not going to get into it here, but it happens in a lot of other cases. psychosis is, most simply put, a loss of contact with external reality. ptsd can cause psychosis, especially auditory and visual hallucinations.

so shauna is shown to have these experiences and i didn't realize that they were being so heavily overlooked by a large amount of people until the reaction to the scene where she beats lottie nearly to death. shauna is introduced in s1 as having hallucinations of jackie 25 years later. she is shown to disassociate. in 207, she both holds the baby's body and believes the delusion that they ate the baby. the episode shows her fighting the delusion until she can't anymore. meanwhile, adult shauna tells lottie she keeps callie at arms length out of "fear that she would die...i guess? or maybe that she was never even...real to begin with." then she adds "i think something is broken, lottie." implied: she's broken. something is wrong with her. this is the is the most honest about her mental state we've ever seen shauna be.

why? because lottie has always been and likely will always be perceived as crazier. lottie is the one they pin it on, lottie is the cult leader both then and now, lottie is the scapegoat, lottie is the one who got sent to switzerland. i think there's something to be said for the effect lottie has on people (again, a whole other post) but honestly, that alone is enough. shauna is feeling vulnerable for a lot of reasons and she can tell lottie that she thinks she's crazy, that she's never quite sure her daughter exists, that she's constantly afraid she'll die to the degree that she doesn't let herself interact with her in a real, tangible way, because it's always safer to tell the crazy girl you're crazy, too.

and lottie knows. shauna knows that. lottie clocked her psychosis almost immediately, when she was in the meat shed for all hours. the other girls were shocked by the makeup, and their shock was so fucking strange to me when i watched it, but now on reflecting i'm realizing maybe its the lottie effect. like, have i done the shit shauna has? abso-fucking-lutely not lol. but does my mind work in a way where i immediately would assume shauna was doing something along the lines of the shit she was doing out there, because to me its like...what else would it be? yeah. like sees like, in a way. lottie knows what this looks like at baseline, even if its coming out way different in shauna. even if in shauna it looks like aggression and violence a lot of the time. lottie gets it.

jeff doesn't get it, he thinks strawberry lube is too wild. taissa gets it to a degree, and we see shauna be the second most open with her, but tai suppresses and hides it a degree that she wouldn't dare step foot in a therapist's office (this is yet another thing that makes me crazy but is a whole other post lol). shauna's main goal in this life she's created is pretending to be normal. and she's like, impressively bad at it. but people let her, because what else are they going to do? addressing the clear issues is taboo, because we categorize people so heavily. she masks better than lottie, but it's fucking wafer thin. you see this when she interacts with people who aren't her family or the other yjs. the way she speaks to the taylors? to adam? shauna is only sometimes masking passably when she's in her set world, where she has a routine, and is surrounded by people she only has to half-convince of her sanity.

if shauna is honest about the level of psychosis she experiences, she knows she'll end up like lottie. and i think there's an argument to be made that the people around her (which at this point in her life is pretty much just jeff because she's done another common thing and insulated herself from other people, re: the way she behaves being clockably off to others who won't overlook certain things or can't relate) understand that too. it can't be addressed, because then in their minds there must be action of some kind if it is. (taissa yelling you're acting crazy, shauna is one of the most purely terrified moments we see of her in relation to shauna, because she knows she's admitting something. jeff yelling something to the same effect after the carjacking, same thing.)

the person we see try to get shauna to open up about it is callie. her teenage daughter, who bares the brunt of her difficulty maintaining reality, (who knows that shauna has never accepted her fully as her child, and seems to actually sense that there is a deeper reason for that), asks her to open up. she tells her after the club scene that she knows something is wrong. she even mentions jackie directly. she spends all of s2 trying to relate to shauna, to get her to be open with her about everything. there's no way shauna's trauma and psychosis and general issues have gone unnoticed by callie. daughters always know. they see it in their mothers before they even have a concept of the world. so we're watching a 16 year old try to get her mom to open up, because she doesn't understand fully why that's so dangerous to shauna. to callie, it may even be a secret she thinks other people are in on that she's being left out of. i think maybe she's realizing that it isn't personal and that shauna is guarded like this in general, and we're watching that happen.

callie is learning to care for and relate to her mother and she doesn't see why shauna won't let her in, because to her it's an innate truth that she'll be by her side no matter what (if only she'd let her be). she has unconditional love for her mother and that is the scariest thing in the world to shauna, because the last person who had unconditional love for shauna died because shauna didn't know what to do with it. a baby she never got a chance to meet in reality could've replaced the love that jackie gave her, and shauna was maybe starting to look forward to that, but that ended before it began. so twice shauna has killed that figure in her life. the one who loves her wholly and for who she is, which is terrifying to shauna in it's own right (she tried to take that away from jackie in their last moments, maybe you never really knew me, because that would be easier. shauna can't handle someone really knowing her because she can't handle really knowing herself because, again, that means addressing things that go unaddressed). and she doesn't plan on killing that figure again.

(if callie's even real, because the baby wasn't real when she met him and jackie wasn't real every time she's talked to her in the last twenty-five years, so who the fuck is to say callie is real?)

[hollowtones]

ayy monhun fan! what are you thinkin of what we've seen of wilds so far?

The initial trailer they dropped months ago was pretty cool. "World" is my least favourite game that I've played (even thought I liked it a lot!!), and 90% of why I felt that way was "this is the first time they're making a game of this scale / scope / direction", so it's exciting to see them make a successor to it now that they're not also learning how to make a game like it from the bottom-up & not also building the tech side of it from scratch.

Big desert environments have me excited!!!! I love the way these games do deserts. I'm always dreaming of Val Habar. I love the colour palette they're using for this area. Big fan of Yoshi being a new mechanic. In general I'm noticing a lot of things in "Wilds" that feel like a really cool mix of ideas from "World" and "Rise" in a way that feels a little more grounded. It's cool that they're bringing back a buddy you can ride around on & control. I wonder if they'll let Yoshi fight with you. I don't remember if they showed that off already. Getting to hotswap between 2 weapons without having to run back to base camp feels like a big deal that I haven't really wrapped my head around yet.

The focus mode thing seems fine. More granular control over aiming sometimes seems neat, & the footage we've seen makes it feel like positioning & animation commitment are still a part of it, which I like. Expanding part-breaking into "opening wounds that take more damage & enable special attacks" seems cool! (There was a similar-ish tenderizing mechanic with the Clutch Claw in "Iceborne", and I fuckin hated using it. Loved the idea of it at first. Having to do this whole separate action that interrupted the flow of the fight in a weird way to enable more damage felt awful after a while!! And they designed all the fights around the fact that you have it & use it! So I'm glad they're seemingly taking what I liked about it & chucking out the rest, haha.) I remember there was some hubbub about focus existing at all when news was first dropping. Some people were mad about it? I feel like this happens every time they announce a new Monster Hunter. They reveal a new feature, and a couple guys crawl out of the woodwork to go "THEY HAVE MADE THE VIDEO GAME PITIFUL AND EASIER - THIS IS THE DEATH OF THE FRANCHISE!" The franchise has died every game since the first one, by my count. (They end up buying the game anyway, of course.) I hope they put out a demo soon, though. I wanna get my hands on it & see how it works in the middle of a fight to see how I actually feel about it.

Weapon & armour design so far has been great. Happy about that. The bits of NPC designs we've seen have been cool. I don't really like the smith's look very much. Which makes me sad because I'm pretty sure she's supposed to be Little Miss Forge. LOL

When they first showed the game off I remember thinking "yeah, that's cool, I'm looking forward to this, but it's coming out Next Year & we're not even halfway done with 2024." Well now we're almost two thirds of the way through the year. And they keep dropping gameplay trailers. And they look hype as fuck!! And now I'm feeling more impatient!!! I wanna try this shit out soon!!! I wonder if they'll drop a public demo after Gamescom or something. I wonder if my computer could even run it...

I liked the way Hunting Horn played in "Rise" but it's cool to see the more traditional recitals back. (But faster!! And with new combo paths!!) I think I've spent a cumulative hour or two watching that horn trailer over and over again for little details. The funny bubble reminds me of bead of resonance but it seems like it might also be some kind of AoE team buff? It could also just be extra damage like bead was. But I loved bead. So I'll take it. Being a Hunting Horn fan is accepting that you'll be playing an entirely different weapon in every subsequent game, so I suppose I fuss less about whether or not it plays like any one specific game. But mannnnnn it looks cool as hell this time around.

[cinamun]

*Tink tink* Happy late 9 year anniversary get together party for Cinamun the writer of Things Fall Apart - The Indya Drake version. Thank you for wearing your RR t-shirts! Hope everyone enjoyed their ghettosa's, mocktails, icebox pie, wings, veggie burgers, and the comfy leisure sectional furniture while listening to the Author's cut commentary on one of the simverse's best fan stories. *Begins to collect the red cups, passes out foil and plates for to go plates, takes down the large RRR picture of Raven Symone, pays the DJ and the Kenji impersonator -- um, the "entertainment" and sends everyone home with a swag bag and a hardcopy of TFA- The Indya Drake edition - 9 years of pivotal moments lookbook.

Thank you Miss Cinamun for continuing to write the fun, engaging, roller coaster ride of the Drake Family et al.

Waiting on the play or Netflix series...

FRIEND!!!!

LOOK HOW FAR WE'VE COME!!! I can't believe its been so long and y'all haven't gotten sick of me yet! LOL slips Kenji impersonator $5 to stay an extra hour

This all started with a hot-headed, materialistic heffa with a bad addiction to big dicks and bloated balances. She took us from her humble roots in the Springs to her dream of getting to the top of San My in a luxurious penthouse. We pulled out our hair, we threw tomatoes at the author's face for good damn reason and we braced ourselves for whatever was next!

I am so super thankful for you and everyone who has become apart of R³ and my wild imagination. I've been a writer forever but never have I had the chance to really explore themes and dive head-first into controversy like I have with Things Fall Apart.

I HOPE YOU NEVER LEAVE AND WE JUST SKIP AROUND THE DASH FOREVER AND EVER AND EVERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

[that-g3-artist]

Very tempted to ask for another ghost fic snippet because it looks really fun so far but instead I'm gonna go for the modern reincarnated one. Also, where do you post your fics when they're done?

I post all my stuff on my Ao3! I usually post links on my tumblr too, but that's where they go lol

For the modern reincarnated au--it's basically a rehash of a botw au i was rotating in my brain a few years ago (i think i posted it somewhere but i'm not linking it lol its bad) but make it lu! It's several thousand years after botw (i'm ignoring totk cause i have Issues with it), Hyrule is now in the modern age, and all of the Links have been reincarnated as themselves at the same time. the only clue they have are these vague dreams about their past lives and a sense that something Really Bad is going to happen Really Soon. it's kind of like a mystery, trying to figure out what's up with their shared dreams and how to stop the bad thing

I don't have much written, but here's a little snippet :]

"Alright, children," Warriors called as he pulled up in a beat-up, old minivan. "Did everyone get their permission slips signed?"

Sky laughed. Legend flipped him off.

"You know, I didn't picture you driving a mom van, Captain," Four said. "Are we going to soccer practice?"

"Ha ha, very funny. And no, it's not mine,"Warriors shot back. "And unless you've got something better that'll seat seven people, it's the best we've got."

"Get in, already!" Wind yelled from the passenger seat. "Let's go!"

Warriors elbowed him. "In the back, punk."

"What? Come on, that's no fair!"

"Yes, fair, Twilight's navigating. Go sit in the back."

Wind shot him his fiercest glare, crossing his arms. Warriors simply raised an eyebrow.

Wind went to sit in the back. "This is such bullsh--"

"Hey!" Twilight and Warriors warned at the same time.

Legend and Sky had already claimed the two middle seats, so Wind ended up squeezing into the backseat with Four and Hyrule. Four, at least, was kind enough to give him the window seat.

Twilight swung into the passenger seat, and with that, Warriors shifted the van into gear. "Everyone ready? Seatbelts on?"

"Yes, mom," came Legend's voice. The younger boys laughed from the back.

Twilight chuckled too, pulling up the directions to the Great Plateau. ETA was a little over two hours, Warriors noted. Switching on the radio, he desperately hoped it wouldn't feel as long as it actually was.

"Ugh, nobody wants to listen to your trash pop, Wars," Legend groaned.

"Hey, my music isn't trash!" 

Sky made an uncertain noise. Rude!

Twilight reached for the aux cord. "Here, I'll put on something--"

"No!" Warriors and Legend shouted together.

"Why not Twi's music?" asked Four.

"He only listens to country," Warriors shuddered. He turned onto the highway.

"Hey now, country's good!"

"Yeah, no, sorry Twi, I'm with them on this one," Four said. "Let's stick with the trash pop."

"What's wrong with country?" Hyrule asked softly.

Legend gasped. In the rearview mirror, Warriors could see him twisting around to face the backseat. "Oh, you poor, innocent child," he exclaimed. "I need to show you some actually good music."

"I'm, like, two years younger than you--"

"I bet he listens to a bunch of emo shit," Wind not-so-quietly whispered to Four.

"Alright, shut it, all of you!" Warriors called back. "Driver picks the music! Anyone else complains about my trash pop, I'm giving Twilight the aux cord, capeesh?"

"Yes, mom," came a chorus of voices.

Warriors sighed. Something told him this two hour trip was going to feel more like eight.

(yes wild and time are absent, yes there is a reason for that)

[misc-obeyme]

I had a random thought about our boy Barbatos because we know that Someone is becoming more and more demon I had a thought like... what if that's happened before. Barbatos has supposedly been around forever and Nightbringer was the first demon or something whatever but here was my thought

Barbatos going around and doing what he wants and not caring about the consequences is kinda fae behavior. what if he used to be fae? I mean, technically his power is pretty damn strong for a demon

my next point comes from the stuff about the fairy king being imprisoned or something like what if Barbs transformation happened originally way back then? what if Barbatos serves little Diavolo because Dias most likely to try and bring all the worlds together peacefully?

what if, and I know barb LOVES Dia so it's not like nefarious, but what if it's kind of some kind of plot. like barb does know enough of the future but (by love of Dia) has promised to stop messing with it and barb HAS found peace with that. but he also DOes know that dias gonna unite things so he will loyally serve Dia without questions and cos he can't look into the future he basically will follow every command, trusting dia

I also wonder if something barb did is what caused the demon lord to be sleeping under the castle (doesn't barb have a torture room under there) so

my wild imagination will be going forever on this until there are answers

- 🐌

You may end up speculating for the rest of eternity because my experience with this game has been that answer are few and far between. Or they create new questions that are even more baffling lol.

I have heard the fae Barb theory before, mostly because of the fairy king situation. Like in the game it says something about the fairy king being trapped by the first demon king so that the demons could take over their land and create the Devildom. Some speculate the fairy king is Nightbringer and that could be the case. But if Nightbringer is also the father of demons then that would at some point require some kind of transformation right? Nightbringer always says he's a demon, but is he??

Of course I think it's also possible that Nightbringer is NOT the fairy king, but Barb IS. Or was. Which would mean that Barb couldn't also be Nightbringer.

The thing is we don't have enough canon information on how such transformations work. At least in the case of angels, it makes sense for them to become demons upon falling or being cast out of the CR. But what would a fairy have to do to end up a demon? I have no idea. But since there's no canon saying this isn't possible, then it certainly still is!

Though I never considered that it was something Barb did that caused the demon king to go to sleep. The torture dungeon is a rumor, but there's definitely a dungeon down there. Henry 1.0 lives there after all and we've been there several times.

Personally I think all of those things are possibilities. And there are probably many more such possibilities we could speculate about, too. Because this game has been dragging out the Nightbringer answer and the Barb past explanation for SO LONG that anything could happen at this point.

It's both frustrating and fun. Because wow are we ever gonna get those answers? But also I like your ideas and they're probably better than whatever the game ends up giving us anyway lol.

[lemotmo]

Hi! I hope you're doing fine. I just wanted to say how much I appreciate your blog because you always have such a great way to explain things but you're always so polite and respectful about it.

So I just wanted to ask you about what do you think is that bt seems to be more popular (at least here on Tumblr) than buddie? Is something I can't understand, why is buddie less popular now?

It's absolutely fine if you don't want to reply to my ask, I was just really curious about your opinion.

Anon SB

Why hello Nonny! Good to see you today. You have come to my askbox on a great Buddie day, I have to say. :)

Thank you for the lovely compliment. But I'm just another person on Tumblr who has been in fandom spaces long enough to know that yelling and hating doesn't get you very far.

As for your question?

All I can say is: They aren't.

I'm sorry Nonny, but your question made me laugh out loud. BT fandom bigger than Buddie? Not by a long shot. LOL!

The BT fandom on Tumblr is still a lot smaller than the Buddie fandom. They are just a lot more vocal and loud about it. Look, I get it. It's a shiny new couple in a shiny new fandom. It's appealing! We've all been there. In the beginning you're riding that high and you want to shout your love for them from the rooftops, so you do. It's fun.

In the Buddie fandom we have 6 seasons of 'Will they, won't they?' under our belt. We are much more cautious about shouting things from the rooftops than new fandoms are.

What we do have going for us is the fact that all of us know this show inside out. We know every little nook and cranny of it. We have learnt to predict things that no one else saw coming, because we are very observant. Hence the reason why so many of us are convinced that Buddie is coming in season 8.

Instead of yelling and shouting from the rooftops, we were busy analysing season 7 and the scenes they showed, seeing what was really there and seeing it for what it really was. We were seperating fact (canon in the show) from fiction (wild Lou headcanons sold to the fans in cameos) from the beginning. No need to shout and scream when you can see, from miles away, where a certain storyline is going. ;)

The same goes for other fandom spaces by the way. Buddie is the more popular fandom everywhere. Just check out the official Instagram post for the announcement of season 8. Look at the comments. It's very telling. :D

Last, but not least. Read this post I made earlier. It's written by someone who ships BT, but they are rooted in reality and realise that Tommy is nothing but a plot device to get to Buddie. It's truly a refreshing read.

Hope you have a great day Nonny! Mine has been perfect so far.

[vixendoesstuff]

I haven't completed any new art concepts for the Techno!Branch AU yet, but I got some notes on how Branch ended up with the Pop Trolls.

So as I've mentioned before, his egg is somehow found on the Troll Tree, even though there was no river or any water source for it to be washed up on.

And according to this map, the nearest water source to Bergen Town is on the west, and the Techno Reef is on the north or northeast. So here's what I've come up with;

When Branch was still an egg, there was a massive storm on Techno Reef that caused the waves to go out of control. I'd wager it spread onto the other kingdoms nearby like Volcano Rock City, but it's not enough of a concern for them as it is for the Techno Trolls.

The currents underwater was going wild, and amidst the chaos, Branch's egg was somehow swept away. Whoever's in charge at the time probably wouldn't notice an egg going astray, too focused on getting the rest of the Trolls to safety from the storm.

Soon the egg was washed ashore on a random beach north to Bergen Town. How did it end up there?

I don't know, maybe it went through an adventure Disney's Dinosaurs style if any of y'all watched the movie (something like this : https://youtu.be/xeMV6gQto_s?si=kteSk28Q9lsG6ElS)

It's a kids series, anything can happen.

Anyway, the egg then ended up carried into Bergen Town, either by an unsuspecting Bergen just messing with a little ball thing he found on the edge of town and decide to throw it into the Troll Tree, or we can do a Cooper and have some bird drop it into the Tree.

Either way his egg ended up on the Tree regardless, nestled neatly on the base of the Tree, no crack in sight.

How that happened, I don't know, maybe Techno Troll eggs are resilient to attacks lol

The egg was then found by either John Dory or Grandma Rosiepuff (I'm betting on JD, though) and was brought back to their home 'cause maybe they thought it was a random Pop Troll egg that got lost and they didn't pay close attention to it.

It was only when the egg is in the house that they realized that this isn't a normal Troll egg.

Now I don't know for sure what Techno Troll eggs look like. The ones we've see onscreen are one for the Glitter Trolls (who are a part of Pop, so we can assume most Pop Troll eggs look like the ones shown), the Country Trolls, and the Funk Trolls. Best official reference I could find of the eggs is from this image; the one on the far left is, presumably, the Techno egg through its design alone.

If I didn't know any better, this is probably the official design for the Troll eggs. My initial headcanon is that Techno Troll eggs are more spherical in shape and has the same consistency of a goldfish egg.

But for the sake of simplicity, let's say the image above is the official egg design and leave it at that; the only thing important to note is that the eggs look different for each tribe.

Anyway, the bros realized the egg isn't normal, and it wasn't long until it started to shake, to their dawning horror.

The final eggshell fell off, and out came baby Branch in all his Techno glory.

And that's that! I'll be making more notes and headcanons in the future, but for now this is what I got so far.

[lost-in-reveriie]

*its pitch black* *suddenly a beam of light and i appear* TIS I HERE FOR YOUR FAVOURITE PART OF THE DAY *stage starts to glow*

Addy!!

How are you today? Its the weekend yay!!!

would you prefer to go frolicking in the fields with a picnic or have morning tea (is that a thing where you are?) in a cafe on a rainy day?

If you could have only three foods for the rest of your life what would they be? (idk if we've done this one lol)

ALSO im changing my theme soon any ideas on what i should do?

and im currently on the episode where ross and rachel take a break. AND ALL ROSS NEEDED TO DO WAS STAY IN THE FREAKING ROOM AND TALK TO RACHEL AHHHH

*smoke comes pouring in the room* *lights start flickering* *i appear on stage with you!!* *the audience goes wild* (this might be my fav intro so far, but the phoenix one was pretty funny) (waiiiitttt could i do tomorrows i have a good idea!)

Emma!!

im doing alright today!!! and yesssss weekend!!! i went skiing with my family earlier today but now im just watching friends :)) how are you?

oooohhhh hardest choice ever!!!! but i think i have to go with the first one cause it seems like a more unique experience? idk. (yeah id say its a thing? at least for some people, my sister is obsessed with tea and she has like 4 cups a day) which one would you choose??

heres a question for you: would you rather live in this cottage, or one of these windmills? (yes i put links 😭)

hmm probably pasta, subway sandwiches, and crepes!! (no i dont think we've done this one before!) what about you?

oohhh!!! okie!! honored you asked for my opinion! do you have any ideas in mind yet? with a quick look around my pin i can find a lot haha 😭 but you could do a reddish white one like this, or maybe that? and i could always look for some other ones too!!

random question, but what time is it where you are?

AHHH HES SO OBNOXIOUS!!! i just finished season 5!!

[etherealnoir]

Depending on the finale and how season two turns out I’m debating dropping it too. The kidnapped turned kidnapper only works if they get wild with it and so far they’ve been doing playground shit. The most intriguing parts are the flashbacks and the few times Gabi loses it on Sir and they have a nasty little back and forth lol. I read an interview where MPG says the choice not to age him up was on purpose because of time constraints? didn’t really make sense 2 me and he plays it like Sir is completely (non sexually) obsessed and taken with Gabi and wants to nurture her brilliance but doesn’t know how Shanola plays it which seems weird to me because aren’t y’all supposed to bounce off each other? But yeah that obsession it comes off on his end and the hate comes off hers so it works. They just need to make it more crazy. Hopefully the finale kicks things into action.

I read an interview where MPG says the choice not to age him up was on purpose because of time constraints? didn’t really make sense 2 me

I looked up that interview you're referring to, and they meant that they didn't have time to give him age makeup. Which I totally understand. Honestly, MPG looks GOOD for 50, so I don't blame them. But since they wanted to keep him at his actual age, they should've aged Gabi up. Because he doesn't look 15 years older than Shanola lol

I guess, by the time casting rolled around, it was too late to change that part of the storyline so they just rolled with it and hoped everyone would look the other way lol

Shanola and MPG do play their respective characters off of each other weirdly, sometimes. Gabi treats him like he's this annoying burden she has to deal with (which I suppose is true to some extent), and not a guy she WILLINGLY kidnapped. He's pretty consistent with how he plays off of her, but she's sometimes hot and cold. Which, again, makes sense with the character. It's just sometimes jarring when he's playing something super intensely and she's like ":/ ugh."

Which is wild because I KNOW Shanola can play intense. We've seen her do it. But every scene with him reads like annoyance rather than internal (or external) turmoil lol

I don't want to see my babygirl get upstaged on her own show! They need to fix the writing for her. Let her express some more vulnerability sometimes!

[gaykey]

Kibum has always been my gay icon but if someone would have told me in 2011 that in a decade or so he would be covering Lizzo on TV and releasing literally dozens of gay club bangers I would NOT have believed it and not only because solo projects were basically unheard of. Legends only.

no for real like, looking back, we've come so far.

i mean, back in 2011, i was getting anon hate for even suggesting that kibum might not be straight.

now, the very idea that he is, is so wild to people lol

i know we were saying this yesterday, but, he is so brave. and i think we underestimate just how much sometimes?

i am so proud of him.

[taigertea]

spoilers for the new additional 6 pages of Tiger and Bunny 2 (which you can access through this post (big thanks to TLF and @tnbdirectory), i wrote a less coherent rant about this on twitter but like omg

I believe now this is the 3rd (?) time Barnaby has explicitly shown/said he wants to be with Kotetsu, with it being of his own volition

(The three times I can think of 1. when Barnaby comes out of retirement with Kotetsu end of S1 2. episode 21 of S2, in cour 2 when he wants to be partners with Kotetsu for the last time 3. the new TL'd 6 pages for post S2 ending where he really makes it clear he wants to support Kotetsu by Kotetsu's side, without any snark about it, just really requests that he stay and help even when Kotetsu tells him he doesn't need to stick around)

(I don't really count the elevator scene from S2 ep 18 and the final scene from The Rising because though it's obvious to the audience what Barnaby is thinking, I don't think it's clear enough for Kotetsu to REALLY get it. Though you could debate more with the elevator scene, I'm open to conversation lol.)

But I'm just pulling my hair out at how Kotetsu still just really wants what's best for Barnaby, when he looks at Barnaby's bangle it's feels like he's just about to say something along the lines of "can you really be here?" when he could be doing something "more important" or actual hero work.

But Barnaby doesn't even dignify Kotetsu's attempt to push him away just giving that line (that makes me insane) of how he wants to be Kotetsu's support. Also just the way Barnaby KNEW what Kotetsu was going to say.

It's so wild that it's like a mini version of their Rising situation, but this shows how far they've come. Like Barnaby does not stay silent here. I'm sure he remembers how that went down, and at least this time Kotetsu asks Barnaby instead of making the executive decision to leave him in the dust on his own. Barnaby's just so honest here? No bullshit, little snark, just here it is, all on the table. It does make me wonder if the past couple months not working with Kotetsu has made him not want to not cloak things as much and say it straight. Though this might have been something even spurred on as early as S2 ep 21 when there was real risk of their partnership being over, after his super ernest confession.

But this made me think, Barnaby's made it pretty clear to Kotetsu he wants to be partners, even in non-hero situations, but it made me realize that I don't think Kotetsu has ever reciprocated verbally? Not because Barnaby isn't important to him or that he doesn't want partners, but more because of how Kotetsu views himself as a burden/problem to Barnaby? And also because I don't think Kotetsu's love language is really through words (though I think it's important that Barnaby DOES show love through words occasionally without snark, because Kotetsu's a pretty insecure and dense guy, he needs it spelled out for him plainly).

Like Kotetsu seems more to me as an act of service love language guy, which we've seen (and @abluescarfonwaston has made a great post about here). Which makes sense how he reacts in seeing him being a potential problem for Barnaby and trying to remove himself as the problem. Which would be great... if that actually wasn't causing MORE of a problem in Barnaby's life (in that Kotetsu's not a problem at all AND PLEASE STAY FFS).

The big moments that indicate Kotetsu appreciates his partnership with Barnaby directly are basically just in ep24 of S1. Every other time he's just kinda... gone with the flow? Like it's usually Barnaby initiating or asking Kotetsu, except in the elevator scene which was a question and not really an affirmation. WE as the audience can see how clearly Kotetsu adores Barnaby, but I wonder how it comes off to Barnaby in the show when he can't see how torn up Kotetsu gets at the thought of or actually having lost Barnaby as a partner (Rising and hospitalization).

And yes, we see they can "know what each other is thinking without saying anything" but I don't think that's 24/7, as shown by a couple moments throughout S2.

Despite being the more "tsun" one, Barnaby has been more explicit and straightforward about what he wants from Kotetsu (Kotetsu in his life, whatever form it may take).

Which makes me wonder, man would Barnaby just snap, like all the safeties are off, and just kiss Kotetsu if he ever explicitly told him that he wants Barnaby in his life? The other option is acting tsun but I think the previous option would be infinitely more fun.

also bonus thing I noticed:

Barnaby says "WHY" for the word game and Kotetsu asks if he couldn't choose another word. Barnaby refuses, but the next thing Kotetsu says is "YOU" which works out in this situation lol (dunno if this is a English TL version only thing but thought it was funny how it worked out)

also wondering why Barnaby was so stuck on keeping "WHY" 😆

[mlobsters]

supernatural s9e19 alex annie alexis ann (w. robert berens)

i need a never-skip-recap button for spn on netflix, i need all the help i can get to remember wtf is going on. jody and vampires, let's get it

The episode title is a play on the title of the 2011 psychological thriller Martha Marcy May Marlene.

and you know who's in that? our hugh dancy (from hannibal)

little cillian murphy vibes

okay, adorable haircut

JODY Eh, only aches when it rains. How you boys been? DEAN Peachy. SAM Touch and go.

lol sam's face. skrunkly

i am ... vaguely distressed for this actress that had to have jared padalecki aggressively swabbing her gums. awkward

DEAN So she's a blood slave. We've seen it before – vampires keeping people as pets, human feedbags. Sometimes these slaves... SAM Stay loyal to their captors.

this episode is uh. it's got a lot of kinky subtext potential

so is bloodbag girl gonna come to understand how her parents must have felt when she got taken from jody's son dying? and/or is jody just gonna adopt her?

also when are we circling back to the sam "only child" winchester brother angst? aside from skrunkle faces we've been pretty much acting normal

sure dean would be happy to go do some morally just slicing and dicing rampage

this reminds me of that hannibal episode with molly shannon collecting a family of kids and having them murder their actual families

hannibal s1e4 oeuf

DEAN Okay, that "girl" can't be trusted. She's a lure. She's a-a honey trap. She's been feeding people to those vamps! JODY I don't care. Whatever she did, she did because they made her.

speaking of hannibal, jody said abigail rights

DEAN And how do you even know she wants to be saved? For the past eight years, she has been baiting the hook for an entire nest. She's got more blood on her hands than most monsters we kill. JODY Are you saying she's on your list?

jody could use a little heads up about dean being extra murdery due to the mark

love this vampire lady's hair. red and curly and wild

sam's empathy is getting a workout lately. all these soft understanding looks he's trading with jody (and everyone) when dean's all bloodthirsty

shades of the benders. cool and nice cop lady, fucked up murdering family that eats people with a daughter for a lure, a winchester bound to a chair while the other is threatened

s1e15 the benders

SAM Nice work back there. "Look at me, bitch"? DEAN Well, hey, you got another snappy one-liner, I'm all ears. SAM What I'm saying is – it looked to me like you were enjoying it. Maybe too much. DEAN And? Well, sorry for not putting on a hair shirt. Killing things that need killing is kind of our job. Last I checked, taking pleasure in that is not a crime.

A hair shirt, also known as a cilice, is a garment made of coarse cloth or animal hair and typically worn in religious circles to cause pain and discomfort for the purposes of repentance and atonement.

are we expected to know what this is?

why are all these plotlines such slow burns. do they still not know the mark makes him extra murdery??? TOO MUCH SHIT IS GOING ON

so far moc!dean seems kind of like fresh out of purgatory dean

editing to add that they did squeeze in a little brother angst with that brief

DEAN Yeah, I know. You wouldn't have done the same for me.

[ballonleaparadise]

A Review of Pokemon Horizons Ep. 1-12

We are (as I'm writing this) a dozen episodes into the new pokemon anime, so I thought it would be a good time to make a review. When it was first announced that Ash was being retired as the main character, I was unsure how the anime would continue. After 25 years of Ash Ketchum, it must have been a difficult decision for the writers to replace him. However, Pokemon Horizons has proven to be a breath of fresh air, and I'm loving it so far. *Major spoilers ahead for eps 1-12*

I'm going to start with Liko. Firstly, I'm glad that the writers did not make her a clone of Ash. On the contrary, she has a personality that is very distinct from Ash's daring and bold character. She is shy, and finds it difficult to approach others. It's refreshing to watch pokemon from the perspective of a more introspective character. However, the main reason why I like Liko is due to the way in which she has been handled. She fills in for the narrator, which gives us a glimpse into her inner thoughts and feelings. This makes her relatable, as it shows us as an audience what Liko thinks versus what she says out loud. Finally, Sprigatito is the perfect partner pokemon for Liko. They are both reserved, wary and a little reckless. While anipoke feels weird without Ash, I think Liko has a lot of potential, and I'm looking forward to seeing how she develops.

Moving on to Roy, I also really like his characterisation. He's more similar to Ash in terms of his enthusiasm, and his compassion for pokemon. However, he has his own unique traits, including his curiosity about the ancient explorer and his friendship with Fuecoco. Speaking of Fuecoco, I love this little guy and his comedic moments. All of the pokemon in the main cast have individual personalities, and I'm here for it. In addition, I really like Roy's relationship with his grandfather, who appears to have had a significant influence on both him and Friede. In terms of Roy's goal, I'm excited to see where his pursuit of Rayquaza goes. The latest episode gave us more information about the ancient explorer, so it'll be interesting how the story progresses.

Next, I have to touch on the other crew members of the Rising Volt Tacklers. Friede is a loveable dork who just happens to be a professor. Orla is best girl and I can't wait to see more of her. Murdock, Mollie, Ludlow and Dot are also interesting characters. Dot is slowly warming to Liko and Roy, which is nice to see. To add, I have to mention Mollie's backstory in episode 11. Although I thought there was something to the nurse Joy theory, I never expected it to be confirmed true- so this episode proved me wrong lol. I like how Mollie subverts the traditional role of working in a pokemon centre by helping injured pokemon in the wild. It shows how caring she is, and I hope her backstory is expanded on later in the series.

Another thing that Horizons has done well so far, is depicting the Paldea region. The very first episodes set up the main story, with Liko and Roy joining the RVTs and the Explorers chasing Liko's pendant. However, the last four episodes have slowly introduced Paldea. We've already had appearances from Nemona and Brassius. On top of this, we will be seeing Iono in the coming weeks. It's a relief that the new region is getting the attention that it deserves.

I don't have any huge complaints about Horizons so far. Generally, I'm really enjoying the show. One problem I will mention is that the pacing is very slow at times. However, I think that this will pay off later in the series. The writers are taking time to establish and develop all of the new characters, which will make the overall story more engaging.

On a side note, I appreciate the variety of adult characters in Pokemon Horizons. Of course, Liko and Roy are the protagonists, which makes sense for a kid's show. However, the dynamics between the older members of the cast make it more watcheable for adults, imo. For example, moments such as the convo between Friede, Orla and Murdock in episode 11 create a more mature tone, even if it's only to a small extent. Also, as an adult fan, it feels as if the anime has suddenly grown up with us. Friede resembles an older Ash, while Orla and Mollie are like grown up female companions. The show really mixes the familiar with the unfamiliar, which is a great approach to the first series without Ash.

Overall, I'm thoroughly enjoying Pokemon Horizons. Until July 14th, the pokemon anime will be on a hiatus. However, the show has done an amazing job so far of introducing the characters and plot. We're only 12 episodes in, but I have high hopes for the series going forward.

[kuramirocket]

I'm on book 2 of Warriors, Fire and Ice, left off on ch. 18.

The brief moments we've gotten of Fireheart meeting his sister, Princess again and sneaking off to visit her; Sharing memories of her when they were kits and washing off her scent when he returns to Thunderclan. Thinking of how these are such happy moments for him, so much so that he feels confused and almost torn in his duties and loyalties to Thunderclan. Coupled with the resentment, bitterness and anger towards some of the cats within the clan who view him as beneath them for having been born a "kittypet."

And I just. Okay, where are my shipcest shippers at!! I haven't really been active in the fandom yet because I want to avoid spoilers (though I do more or less know what happens between them later. Lol).

And anyways, does this ship have a name? I tried looking it up, but didn't really find anything. If it does not have a ship name, how about Fireprincess? I think it sounds cute and is perfect because if I'm not mistaken Fireheart's name changes again later on to Firestar.

Anyways, Greystripe has the storyline I would have loved to see for Fireheart and Princess. LOL. I want to see the drama and more confusion of Fireheart having to be angry and defend himself seeing his sister who is a non clan member and worse for Thunderclan a "kittypet." I want more drama and angst of Fireheart having to choose where he would rather be - Thunderclan who accepted him, despite some of the cats attitudes and those he has come to care for or his sister who he just found and connected to again. Princess who is so kind and gentle and loves him for who he is. Warrior, Kittypet, it doesn't matter.

I don't know how it would work with the current storyline though - Bluestar being on her last life, Fireheart's apprentice in bad shape, Tigerclaw's shady character, Shadowclan and Riverclan's plots, Greystrip seeing a riverclan warrior. So much stuff happening. Lol.

I just want to see a fic that just focuses on that drama I mentioned regarding Fireheart and Princess. As for the actual shipcest. I'm not far enough into the series so I also don't know how the clans and kittypets would view a brother/sister relationship that is more than just sibling love. But for, sure I am all for the forbidden romance trope it could bring! Adds to the drama and angst!

It could make it even more better if imagine an au, where for his sister, Fireheart decides to leave Thunderclan no matter how grateful and how much he has come to love some of its members. I can see Bluestar respecting his wishes because she's a very wise and patient leader. Idk how Greystripe would react, guess it depends if his own love plot is still in this au. Lol.

But anyways, Fireheart decides to leave and imagine him starting his own clan made solely of kittypets. The ones he grew up with. Maybe like a best of both worlds scenarios. The kittypets can still live with and enjoy their two legs, but also have their own territory close to the two legs they guard and patrol. So they can be somewhat wild, but still have the comforts of a kittypet life. Idk how feasible this scenario would be, but I just think it's fun to think about. Especially, if Fireheart and Princess are sort of the "queen" and "king" of the clan and can eventually and finally be free to fully love each other and share a life together.

Idk what any of this is. I have lot of thoughts. Lol. I would love to hear everyone else's thoughts. Though, I would be thankful if spoilers could be kept to a minimum if possible cause I want to try and avoid spoilers as much as possible! I just had to make this post cause Fireheart x Princess (FirePrincess if it truly has no ship name) sounds like a cute ship xD

[dumpster-fire-deluxe]

How’s your novel coming along?

The thriller novel is currently at its third draft and the editing process looks like this lol

It's going to need a 4th draft after this and then it'll probably be ready for beta readers. I'm hoping that after the 6th draft it'll be ready to be sent to publishers (hopefully this summer)

The 1st draft of my fantasy novel is on hold until this round of edits on the thriller is done, but that is a wild project too. Revenge of the Sith vibes but queer and fueled by autistic rage. A burned-out gifted kid gets tempted by dark magic in a desperate attempt to keep living up to expectations. It's intense lol

Then there's the kidlit manuscript that's currently on submission. We don't talk about that one. It's the reason I refresh my inbox 10x per hour. I will not know peace because of it. I got an email the other day saying "We've received your manuscript, we're going to look at it👍" and I was like stay calm. CALM. I've received 3 rejections so far and I'm waiting for 11 more responses. It's madness. My excel sheet is the only thing holding the chaos together.

My brain has not yet combusted so that's good at least 😂