#Weird and unfortunate things are happening

[creatingblackcharacters]

You don't have to answer if it ain't appropriate, but as a Black person, it kind of weirds me out when non-blacks throw around terms like lynch mob as being equivalent to anyone being mildly critical or mean to them. I see it occur in a lot of online discussions when people talk about media, with very little respect to Black people, and anti-blackness makes that term so loaded.

(Once again, you don't need to answer this because I know it's a weighty and triggering subject matter, but with pieces like Sinners and other media, it's making me think about how aspects of Black trauma are often trivialized and disregarded.)

Yeah, I feel what you mean. While lynching itself includes anyone under the definition, it absolutely brings forth a violent antiblack history that people don't seem to realize they're invoking when they use it lightly to suggest they're under attack over comparably lighter deals. ESPECIALLY when no one here is ever willing to deal with actual targeted antiblack attacks on this app.

Because they've seen digital lynch mobs come after Black bloggers and bloggers of color on here to get their blogs removed. Crickets. There are even still real lynchings in this country. Trayvon Martin's death, for example, was a lynching. But tell someone that their raceplay fic has Implications™ and SUDDENLY-

It'd be one thing if they actually knew what they were talking about, but even then, if they knew you'd like to think they wouldn't do it. Unfortunately, I'm learning that the boundaries are growing ever thinner; the line that can't get crossed continues to get further and further away. I cannot say at this point just how many words that we use to describe serious, important things will be trivialized into non-meaning, just that it continues to happen.

[mehwmidklpe]

𝐂𝐔𝐑𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝔹𝕆𝕐𝔽ℝ𝕀𝔼ℕ𝔻

You were laying on your bed, your head on your boyfriend's chest as you scrolled down on tiktok.

Now Walker, the boyfriend in question, was not paying attention at all cause he was too busy watching Deadpool.

Typical.

As you scrolled down, bored out of your mind, you came across another ‘current boyfriend’ video.

Now you never tried the trend out yourself because you weren't the type to post a lot of videos like your friend and costar Dior.

You almost never posted, and when you did you put it in archives like a week later.

That's something you and Walker had in common.

But right now you were just really bored so you decided to just do it.

So you quickly tapped on the plus button to start a video, put a random marvel ranking filter on and looked up to your boyfriend.

“Blondie.”

“Pretty.”

He acknowledged, still facing the tv that hung up on your wall.

“Wanna do a tiktok with me? I'm kinda bored.” The blonde directed his gaze toward you. “Sure.”

You smiled slightly. “Okay so we just have to rank the marvel characters that pop up.” You said, already showing your phone screen.

Walker smiled. “Sounds kinda fun. I'm in.” With that and a smile, you finally pressed play.

“Hey, this is Y/n–God this is weird.” You started, cringing from talking like this to your camera infront of your boyfriend.

He smiled and shook his head. “No no, keep going, introduce us.” The boy insisted.

You cleared your throat. “So, I'm Y/n, which you might already know cause.. this is my page.. and this is my current boyfriend Walker. We're about to rank these Marvel characters from 1 to 10 and see what else happens.”

Walker just nodded along, completely clueless of what you'd just called him.

“Right, so, is 10 best? Like 10 out of 10?” He asked, probably inexperienced with these kind of things.

You shook your head no. “No, 10 is worst, 1 is best.” You explained.

“Oh okay, can I go first?” He asked. “Sure.” You allowed him to take your phone and tap the screen.

It stopped on Scott Lang, Ant Man.

Walker hummed, thinking. “Mhmm, he's funny.” “He is. But don't be too fast, if you put him too high and a better character comes up you can't change it.”

He raised his eyebrows. “I can't??” “Nope.” “Oh dam. I'll put him on six then..” And he did.

He handed you your phone back, and you smiled.

You tapped, Natasha Romanoff, Black Widow.

You grinned. “Solid 2.” “I'd say 1 cause you played her younger version.” Walker smirked.

"Shut up Schoolbell.” But despite that you were blushing, unfortunately.

“I have a stupid current boyfriend, guys.” You announced to your phone, hoping Walker would notice now, but he didn't.

Of course he didn't.

He just smacked your head of his chest in a playful and non-harmful way before taking the phone from you.

You watched his smile grow as you settles back onto his chest. “Who is it.”

“Wanda.”

Your eyes widened. “No. You are not putting her on 1 just because you have a crush on her.” You refused.

“Why not?”

“Cause I'm your girlfriend.”

“And I'm your boyfriend.”

“I know you're my current boyfriend but that doesn't change anything.”

“It does because you're gonna put Peter on 1.”

You paused, bit your lip to hide a smile, failed at that.

“Touché..” You gave in.

Walker sighed. “Fine. I love Spider-Man too so I'll put Wanda on 4.”

You frowned. “Why not 3?”

“Because you wanna put T'Challa on 3.”

Oh he knew you so well.

Of course Black Panther was gonna be 3.

You smiled.

“I love youuu.”

“I love you too.”

“Best current boyfriend ever.”

Then, Walker suddenly sat up a bit.

You frowned. “What?”

“Current boyfriend?”

Oh and now he did notice?

So clueless.

Oblivious.

Now you see why he was casted as Percy Jackson.

“..Yes..?” You said slowly.

“What does that mean? As in–you're gonna have a different boyfriend in the future?”

Blink.

“What??” He said, a slight giggle leaving his lips, but it wasn't exactly a happy giggle.

“Well you are my current boyfriend, aren't you?” You point out.

He shrugged. “Yeah but you're making it sound like our relationship is just something un-meaningful for now, we'll be breaking up later on and you'll have someone else.”

You bit your lip to suppress a smile again. “Walker–” “We're not breaking up.”

“I didn't–” “I let you wear my Deadpool shirt, we have movie nights together!”

“I know but–” “I'm your permanent boyfriend. Not current. Permanent. Forever. Till death do us appart and even then we'll haunt each other.”

You laughed a bit at that. “Walker–” “Tell me I'm not your current boyfriend but your permanent boyfriend and we'll never break up.” The curly head pleaded.

A sigh left your lips. “Walker. It was just a trend, you are my permanent boyfriend.”

His smile grew again. “Well better. Don't prank me again. Who do you think you are? Connor Stoll?”

“Yes.”

He eyed you.You just hid your face into his chest.

But you felt your phone slipping away from your hands.

“What are you doing?” You asked.

“Ranking Peter Parker as 1, duhh.”

Oh how you love your permanent boyfriend.

I'll do a real lay out later I'm lazy rn

[hedwigoprah]

OC as a Companion

I was tagged by @curiouswisp, thank you dearest! I'm absolutely obsessed with the idea of turning Veryl into a companion so I thought A LOT about this. We're talking days. I also got inspired by @biowaredisasterbisexual and the way they approached this tag and included a mini quest line for Veryl.

Companion Questline:

- Because the War of Banners never happened to her in this timeline, she is still comes recommended as The Spectre and is recruited as a Rogue class problem solver. One of the other companions had to verify whispers and then made the suggestion. - Veryl's contact (someone from her team) back at the Necropolis has mentioned there being an artifact that could help in the battle against the gods. Unfortunately, while trying to track down that artifact, you keep encountering an opposing force. First, it's just cronies that aren't supposed to be there. Then it's Sylvester, the De Vries Family Fix-it man. - Veryl puts two and two together and realizes that Amelia De Vries, of Nevarran Nobility and Veryl's benefactor, is also searching for the artifact. Having been open and fairly vulnerable up until this point, she shuts down and avoids talking about it until after Arlathan. - Veryl will explain to Rook their relationship and what's going on before finally asking them to help her confront Amelia. The choice comes in whether or not Veryl kills Amelia or just runs her off.

Dialogue:

Cold/Hostile (-75 to -5)

Greeting: "What can I do for you?" and "Need something?" A bit bored but straight to the point. Devoid of all emotions and all about the mission. She's here to help but that's it. Dismissals: "Alright, then." An understanding of her role and what might be required. "I'll be around." Still trying to uphold aloof demeanor and make sure things don't get too friendly.

Asks about Rook but doesn't easily divulge personal info. If Rook is an Ingellvar, they might ask about the Spectre rumors and she will not answer.

Neutral / Warm (-5 to 74)

Greetings: "You were looking for me? Here I am." and "You're back? Good." She has become more personable and trusting, willing to express an emotional response to Rook. She's happier and less cordial. Dismissal: "When you need me..." It's an inevitability that you'll be back and she's accepted that role. She'll actually ask Rook to call her by Veryl instead and talk about home and what the Necropolis is like and all the weird things that happen there. If Rook is an Ingellvar, Veryl might compare notes if asked.

Friendly (75 to 125)

Greetings: "Good to see you in one piece, let's keep it that way." and "What's on your mind?" A personal vested interest in Rook's well-being. You can hear the smile in her voice. Dismissal: "I'll be here." An assurance that she won't just disappear into the wind.

She'll tell Rook about what she gets up to at home and some of her teammates (codenames only) and her friend Detre. She will also start to explain the Spectre rumors and that not everything is what it seems.

Romanced

Greetings: "Did you see that? The world just got a little brighter. What can I do for you, sunshine?" and "Whatever it is, I'm on your side." and "You seem to glow these days. I like it." Now that you've got her, she's a chatterbox and really sweet about it. Dismissals: "sigh, If you must." And "May the darkness retreat in your presence." and "I'm not going anywhere."

Gentle tags for @notyourmamasdeerbat @strugglinggranola, @trashwithvariety, @paramortality, @sofiemystique if you haven't done this yet or feel like doing it :)

Trivia for your time: Japan has one Vending Machine for every 23 people.

[seafoam-taide]

I want so badly to be writing fic about The Whole Situation but its evading me so bad so you all will continue to get dumbass inaccurate comics

And this 💕 the best part about all of this is I get to finally do my favorite thing (shattering a character's incredibly flawed perspective in one fell swoop and forcing them to get back up again) to soooul yaaay. Have 1 million heart attacks boy

Extra rambling about my thoughts below

In the process of drawing this had more thoughts on how exactly The Situation goes and works. And i want to talk about it

Okay so obviously this is the part where my shit goes from 'really weird version of the album story' to 'none of this shit happened remotely'. I know I posted a comic that directly contradicts what I'm about to say but that was a for fun what if. Bc I need to draw soul suffering at least once a day. But anyway so. Shit. Fuck. Just realized I also need to actually Explain what the hell is up with the fake whole first

So like I said in previous words post soul is lying always to himself and. Haha. Well. His selves. Which means he's either struggling to be a person in real life or he's playing a role inside his own head 24/7. He has No one to talk to and Never feels safe to let his guard down. So whenever he isn't chasing down the other two or trying to people he's just holed up somewhere dissociating and spiralling so bad. And at one point he starts venting aloud to himself to at least pretend anyone was listening. But then he got embarrassed about talking out loud to no one so he was like ! Idea. I'll just pretend like I'm talking to myself but when I'm normal. Bc me when I'm normal would tell me to stop freaking out over every little thing 💕 I'm so smart.

And that's just. A thing he starts doing and never stops doing. And he's pretty much like "might as well atp" about it bc he already views h&m as the same thing. Only fair to make up a him that will be nice to him. (And then he uses that to beat himself up further at his lowest point in the cycle but shhh)

Anyway 👍 one cycle for whatever reason- bc and I won't get into this but the cycles also progress like. They Do remember them somewhat. Things change progressively. Sometimes worse sometimes better. So one cycle his lowest point is Very low- he still can't genuinely bring himself to. Actually dying. But during one of his vents he spirals about wanting to never have to deal with any of this again and to just exist without having to be him. And he's like "oh. Soul's the one that has to do all of this. I just have to not be soul. I just have to make soul like i made the others" <- he loves depersonalization its like a sport to him. So he attempts to do this. It does not work bc unfortunately he IS soul and soul is already real.

And he's immediately like oh my god why did I do that I'm not allowed to do that you're so fucking stupid but also sad bc he's still himself (and also scared bc of the Implications) and then he looks over and uhhhhhhhhh uh oh. That's a guy. Like a real guy. What. What? What???

And then from there it's a huge ordeal but eventually it results in them all actually communicating and existing as a normal fucking system instead of violently repressing it every other week and erasing nearly all progress they make.

Also also to add. Thought about it. Regular concord in the cycle they shouldn't really be like. Fully unmasked flourishing. So heart & mind are still just Afflicted instead of fully embracing themselves. Soul barely fucking changes at all. The awesome fun creature designs they can only get during The Whole Situation 💔 sad.

Okay 💕yay 💕 I'm done for now. I recognize it's late as hell rn you better believe I'm reblogging this in the morning

[xxkajtattooxx]

Kaj didn't want to jump to conclusions, or rush into anything, but he wanted this to continue. As much as he enjoyed hooking up with whoever he wanted to, he didn't mind having these innocent moments. There were no expectations, or pressure for more to happen. She actually wanted to get to know him, and not his body. He nodded. "Top secret info," he said, motioning as if he were zipping his lips. "Maybe you'll be lucky enough to see it." Looking towards her, he widened his eyes and put on his best 'crazy' look. "What do you mean? No crazy?" He shook his head and looked away. "And what's the rush? We have plenty of time." Usually, he was the type to rush things, but he wanted this to be different. Previous encounters had proven that rushing things didn't get him anywhere; if anything, it destroyed whatever there was before it could go further. As she spoke, he just sat silently. He could tell there was a little bit of soreness on the topic, and he wanted to give her the understanding she deserved. "That's all that matters," he echoed. "You have a passion within you, and I think that's the most important thing to have. I think, without passion, you have nothing. It's... The foundation of everything." He enjoyed listening to her speak about her career. It seemed she loved it as much as he loved his own career, and he loved to see that. The passion was attractive to him. "It's like you have thirty of your own kids. Just know that what you're doing is so, so important, and if others can't see that, the issue is with them, not you." He laughed and sighed. He loved his dog more than anyone in his life. Kaj spent more of his time with Lazarus than he did with anyone else, and the bond they had was unbreakable. Three years ago when he got him, Kaj didn't think he could have such a deep bond with a dog; little did he know, they'd become the best of friends. "He'd eat the whole bag in a sitting if I let 'im. That's what happens when you're the size of a small horse." Jade held his hand a little longer than he'd expected, but he didn't think much of it. He simply let it happen. "Whatever you want to do," he said. "I won't complain. You want to do pink, purple—whatever." He'd let her do whatever she wanted, if only he would get to spend more time with her. "You're observant. I like that." Being checked out by women wasn't new to Kaj. It happened more often that he'd care to admit he noticed, but he loved it. There were certain things he would let go to his head, and that was one of them. "I won't stop you at all. I'd kill for a good meal after work—one I didn't have to make myself." Kaj hated cooking, but unfortunately for him, he didn't have much of a choice in it. "It's either I get in the weird position, or my client does, or both. Either way, someone is hurting."

"Such is life. It sucks, but it's what we've gotta do." He turned his car off and got out, making his way to the trunk. Opening the trunk, he pulled out the cables he'd retrieved from his house, and slammed it closed. He made his way back to the front, and opened the hood, the smell of warm oil filling his nostrils. He hooked the cables up to his car, and once she'd opened her hood, connected the other side of them to hers. "Okay, I'll start my car and then give it a couple minutes." Getting back into the driver's seat, Kaj started the car back up and sat for a moment to give it time to charge.

She didn’t even pay attention to what time it was. It was probably something o clock in the morning or maybe midnight, Jade wasnt sure and wasn’t looking at the time at all. She was focused more on the lighthearted, teasing, flirty, sometimes deep conversations that was happening with Kaj. They were off in their little bubble getting to know each other. They didn’t know anything about one another except for Jades car broke down and she needed a jump. That’s it. However, as they walked back to his place, grabbed the jumper cables, and now was driving back to her car, they have come to know each other. Even though nothing deep was shared expect for family issues, she still got to know some sides of Kaj. She didn’t expect them to disclose everything about each other right away, that would take time but she was looking forward to it. “Of course. It’s a secret after all. Can’t have everyone knowing.”she nodded with a smile and soft chuckle. Jade shook her head. “Mmmm I don’t see any crazy. I won’t rush anything. Take our time.”She said. Jade looked over at Kaj, he was just listening to her let out her feelings about her family. Her friends had heard her talk about them and even it showed on her face when they asked. With Kaj he was allowing her to express her emotions. She wasn’t getting worked up over it but it was still a subject that she tended to talk about through gritted teeth. “You’re right and I chose exactly what I want to do with my life. I’m not letting anyone else influence me especially not my parents. I’m doing what I love to do and that’s all that matters.”she said. Teaching was her passion. She knew that she was making a difference in her students lives. She was teaching them skills that they would take with them long after graduated. A lot of people didn’t understand that but it seemed that Kaj did. “You’re right. That’s exactly what we do and it’s bittersweet when we have to send them onto the next chapter. I’m happy that they are moving onto kindergarten but at the same time sad to let them go because we’ve been together since the beginning of the year. We’ve bonded together.”she said thinking about her students that she said goodbye to and now a new batch of students will be enrolling soon. Jade chuckled. That sounds like dogs. Want to play all the time and then eat us out of house and home. “Sounds like a growing boy. Needs all the food that he can get.”Jade held onto Kajs hand, not really looking at his nails at this point. Just wanting to hold his hand. “So you don’t care if I do a rainbow of colors. Just go to town? Your handsome hazel eyes. Yes i do notice your eye color.” When Kaj was talking, Jade was watching and even checking out his eyes. Really she was checking out all of him, discreetly though. Maybe not so discreetly. Jade did notice the quick look down but then away: she didn’t mind Kaj checking her out. “See what I mean, how many guys can say that a woman actually took the time to pamper and spoil her boyfriend, husband, or partner? I feel that guys should be spoiled just as much as women. So I would do that. I can only imagine. Hunched over, body twisted to get the right angle to finish the tattoos.”

“It does. Especially with paying rent, Car payments, utilities, food, dog food, it’s a lot but making do one day at a time. Thank you, if only.”She nodded. Jade wanted to say no. That it wasn’t her car and they keep driving around the block until they came right back to the same car. She took a breath when he parked his car in front of hers. “Sounds great.”she got out unlocking her car and popping the hood.

[poltergeist1111]

ᴍᴏɴᴏᴛᴏɴᴏᴜs ; 単調

6. COMPANIONSHIP

COMPANIONSHIP:  ✧˖*°࿐

What the hell is that weird theme song? It sounds like something from a comedy show or something, and why is it playing inside your head?

You were immensely confused by Teruhashi’s powers and aura. You concluded that she was an experiment conducted by the Japanese government, which would try to repopulate the country by artificially conceiving the most beautiful women to entice men. (Saiki raised an eyebrow.)

If you thought that you were safe from weird people, you were very wrong.

Not only did you meet up with the weird kid, who doesn't seem to remember you, oddly enough. A feeling of déjà vu clings around his presence, so it wasn't inaccurate to say that you have seen him before. The one person whom you vividly remember who world-built an entire backstory, character, and character roles, if it weren't for the Gary Stu-like main character, plot holes and its predictability. You would've thought it was good. 

You also remembered his personality before, he was quite shy. People change, don't they?

You also met … him, the one everyone avoids in school, and everyone blames him for any incident that has happened. Some people even go out of their way just to not cross paths with him. You were sure no person like him ever existed before, I mean, you were pretty shocked that he didn't repeat the past three years of his time in high school.

 the guy has a literal buttcheek on his face and the weirdest haircut known to mankind, you have never seen this creature in your life. You would compare him to a gorilla who was the founder of the yakuza.. If you didn't really have any manners. Other than this stupidness and appearance, there's nothing much wrong with him.

Although.. You were quite confused why they stuck around you (and the pink-haired boy), almost attracted to your energy, like moths flying over a flame. The abnormal becomes curious with the normal. 

Now you had the unfortunate fate of being stuck in their friend group, in which you were slotted in between Nendou and Kaidou, basically another case of a weird group adopting another introvert. Your plan of returning home after school was demolished by the two perpetrators beside you. 

They practically brought you along, treating you like they had known you for months. And for some reason, weird-cat-yokai-psychic esque guy or… lab experiment wasn't objecting. Your weak denial of their request (and your inability to say no when it comes to these requests) kind of allowed them to kidnap you to wherever they were going.

Walking along the streets, you weren't expecting much to do with them. Yeah, the grass is green, it's a clean street. You have no choice than to otherwise to listen to their conversation. Your plan of going home and doing whatever with your life you were doing before this hellhole of a school. Thankfully, you did not have to suffer the wrath of your own mother and listen (you didn't have a choice) to her lectures about wasting your youth away again. 

Speak of the devil, Kaidou spoke up. “When will we get there?” 

The background music was the only thing that remained after the silence, well... hence ‘background’ music. It's been lurking there inside your mind for 5 minutes straight.

Mind you, you don't even know where you are going right now.

It hasn't even been five minutes and —

Whoosh!

Your eyes go temporarily blind from Teruhashi's aura. If you do somehow actually get blind, you'll make Teruhashi pay for the hospital bills.

As the cherubs sing praises, the heavens part ways like Moses split the seas, and the earth is proud of her creations ever since humanity's existence and the one who transcends all beauty standards. She who was shaped with love and care by the gods, for there she stood, a vision so exquisitely crafted, so divinely favoured, that one almost suspected the gods themselves had taken a hand or perhaps a particularly discerning eye in her creation. One who is God’s favourite!  Behold, Teruhashi!

‘...... another headache, ’ both you and Saiki managed to think the same thing, although you weren't voicing your opinion out loud. Both of you would have exasperated tones.

You and saiki were probably both introverted hiveminds at this point, just that one is what the other aspires to be like. (normalness). 

And now you were both going to suffer at the expense of your sanity, as well as the other two, get completely smitten with her beauty.

[coquettecouture]

[my-rose-tinted-glasses]

Time has come, the results are in, it was a tight race, and we have a tie! So let's see who got it wrong. A lot of you, since the one with least votes was....

#2 The LIE. Learned how to play the piano as a child. I never learned how to play it or any musical instrument for that matter. My sister did. You know how it is, younger siblings get all the breaks lol. No, actually, she just had an amazing ear. She could play anything in the piano after hearing it once and then she taught herself guitar and my thing was always singing so I would do that while she played whatever. I had some guitar lessons in uni but it didn't stick.

#1 Had to work with an ex after they dumped me. TRUTH! I appreciate some people saying they hoped this one was the lie, but unfortunately it's true. And it happened twice with the same person. But unlike the show, we weren't together that long, like less than a year. It was in my mid-twenties and I was working in theatre, and he was an actor and, as it turned out, a prick. It was very dramatic, but long story short, I had to see him every day during rehearsals and while the play was running. Funny thing about this though. One of the things I always think about when I talk about this is that part of my job was to handle the set and props. The actor in question had to drink something at some point in the play. Every day I was tempted to put something in that bottle, just like hot sauce or even lemon juice, because he had to chug that thing in one shot. But of course I never would've done it, because that show was as important to me as it was to everyone who worked on it. But I'd be lying if I said I didn't think about it every day. Honestly, I was kinda crushed but I got over it quickly. And this isn't even the worst work/romance related story I have.

#3 Went to uni with an olympic gold medalist. TRUTH! There was indeed an olympic gold medallist in my uni. Triple jump gold medal to be specific. A couple of years younger than me, but we got to hang out during freshman orientation and he was cool. But yeah, he was the university pride and joy. Not unlike Jiwon. Weird thing is that I keep forgetting about this. It wasn’t until I was talking to @colourme-feral about the show and how I found it weird that he was so famous for a gymnast and then I was like, wait a minute. That’s exactly how it was when I was in uni. It was similar in the way that when he walked in the room everyone turned around to look at him. But also he was really tall, so he was hard to miss. But it was mostly in the beginning, after a while he was just another student. Which is probably why I keep forgetting about it. This was fun. Tagging folks who interacted with the original post under the cut so they can see the answers.

@colourme-feral @mikuni14 @thisonelikesaliens @littleragondin @incandescentflower @yannig @italianpersonwithashippersheart @sorry-bonebag @delesaria-blog @watchthisqqq @porridgefeast @pickletrip @benkaben @toastofthetrashfire @nabi-unveiled @dramalove247

Two truths and a lie - QL edition

I was tagged by @yannig here. Decided to make my own post and put my own spin on it. It's still two truths and a lie but make it things ql related. Cause I can make anything ql. It's pretty self explanatory, but yeah, two of these things are from a ql show and my life, and one just from a ql. Vote for the lie.

QLs referenced are - The Ex-Morning, Depth of Field and Ball Boy Tactics. I think there are enough qls around to make a bunch of these probably but I decided to go with recent or current ones.

tagging some folks to play if they feel like it but of course no pressure. you can just vote. @thisonelikesaliens @nabi-unveiled @dramalove247 @watchthisqqq @colourme-feral @mikuni14 @incandescentflower @littleragondin @sorry-bonebag @emotionallychargedtowel @troubled-mind @italianpersonwithashippersheart @mikuni14 @porridgefeast and if you see this and want to play consider yourself tagged here ➡️@💜

[who-do-i-know-this-man]

⚠️Vote for whomever YOU DO NOT KNOW⚠️‼️

[videogamepolls]

Requested by @lukewarmglassofsuudsu

[capribornio]

For the first time, I actually completed the entire page! Wooooooo!

Links to the individual art: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

AND I wrote four fics!

Remembrance, a Homestuck fic based on katreal's Defragmentation

The Perfect Family, a Spy x Family fic with aromantic Loidyor

Immortals, a Madness Combat AU fic with Employer!Doc

Hey brother, hey sister, a still in progress Adventure Time fic aout the souls known as Finn & Jake

[hopeymchope]

The Lazarus Finale and the Internet Hive Mind

With the finale of 'Lazarus' now come and gone, I can say... it wasn't a smooth landing. But it wasn't disastrous, either!

They failed to make this land as the all-time great it could've gone down as, but they also didn't completely fuck it up. It's... just kind of a "mid" ending. I think maybe they sped through things a little too quickly near the end and should've considered trimming some earlier content in the series in favor of building up to and closing things down more smoothly.

Various thoughts (SPOILERS herein!!!):

I really, really liked the ultimate solution RE: where Skinner was. Apparently, some viewers guessed it early; good for y'all!

I think the biggest issue with the finale is that Schneider's motivation never gets explained or makes sense. I wanted someone to drop a line about how Schneider never took Hapna and/or he was a huge self-involved narcissist, but I guess I just have to justify it for myself. Otherwise, who in their right mind would find secrecy and cover-up >>> the end of the world, including their own eminent death??? It doesn't make any sense unless you insert the explanations yourself. It would've only taken one or two lines of dialogue to do it, too.

Possibly the dumbest moment in the entire series comes in Episode 12 when Chris is asked to return to HQ to ID a man in a photograph. They find the photo via hacking (i.e., through the Internet) and then they call up Chris on her smartphone to ask her to come in and look at it. Uh. YOU CAN SEND PICTURES TO SMARTPHONES USING THE INTARWEBS, YOU GODDAMNED IDIOTS. It's barely 24 hours before all society starts dying, FUCKING THINK WITH SPEED.

The second-dumbest moment in the series unfortunately comes in the very same episode when Soryu is diagnosed with Disassociated Identity Disorder by someone who has never once met Soryu. I kind of assumed he was just... using an alias, hiding the fact that the agent was also the assassin, etc? But this lady just leaps to "D.I.D." and we're supposed to believe she's correct, based on.... ?????

Okay, the running gag with the cop who keeps being nearby after encountering Axel in the pilot but JUST missing him, and how it finally pays off? DELIGHTFUL.

Much of made of just how physically fucked-up Axel is after episode 11, and sure enough, he barely limps his way to a final confrontation... where I guess he gets enough adrenaline to suddenly bounce around like he's fine? Mildly annoying but relatively forgivable. Not like I haven't seen similar stuff happen in action movies/tv shows before. And I can't deny how cool that "surfing the collapsing building" bit looked...

Soooooo.... does Axel have a connection to the "Hundun" program or what? Feels like a dangling tease for another season....

I'm going to interpret the kiss from Chris as a "thank you" for what happened in episode 8. Otherwise, it's kind of out of nowhere...

I love the final dialogue with Hersch, Axel, and Skinner in that scene. Deep love. Those lines from Axel and Skinner are just... fucking perfect.

It felt kind of weird for the team to suddenly all believe Hersch was going to betray/liquidate them at the end given the lengths she went to in order to protect them as the series was in its back half. "Leland told us everything." Wait, so Leland was NOT going to get the same punishment??? I thought he was a (failed) spy for a totally different group anyway, not for Hersch or Alan. So how the hell would Leland have even known?

I really liked the shared origin of the team, the reason for the team's name, AND their ultimate fates at end of the series.

...but wait, how did Skinner himself survive the direct exposure to the gas when he was right next to it? Shouldn't HE have a similar mutation?

I naturally assumed, given how close they came down to the wire on the first clinical trial subjects dying from Hapna, that the "gas leak" at the airport was a hint to how they were going to fix this: The cure was going to be gaseous and easily dispersed in the air, of course! But errr... no, it's an injectable medication. Sure, this is all taking place in a higher-tech future, so we can accept that production and distribution means had been significantly improved. But taking the deadline down to the wire still means that hundreds if not thousands of people DEFINITELY died before they managed to create and disperse that cure. Which I guess is a relatively small price to pay compared to the billions expected, sure. But... still kind of surprising, and not something that the ending really discusses.

Doug is the only member of the core team who never gets a clear origin, but I feel like there are vague-ass hints sprinkled throughout. Even that scene during the credits of him looking at a rib cage x-ray could be interpreted as possibly hinting at something about him .They'd undoubtedly give him an origin story if they got a second season; I wonder how likely that is to occur... ?

And speaking of those closing credits scenes... why was Eleina freaking out so much over her chair, anyway?

But now that it's over, I finally started looking into viewer reactions. And it is FASCINATING how different communities almost all seem to agree with each other, even if they COMPLETELY disagree with other communities. The tendency for human beings to jump on a bandwagon and blindly join a hive mind simply cannot be understated or overestimated.

— If you look up this show on Tumblr? Reasonably well-liked/regarded, but not a huge fandom. I think that speaks to there being some variety of response.

— But if you look it up on BlueSky? Largely a big ol' love fest! People are really into it and impressed!

— Okay, but now, if you look it up on Reddit? Lazarus is HATED passionately by every single person who posts. They do nothing but rip it to fucking shreds.

God, people. Your inability to think for yourselves is legitimately disappointing.

"Lazarus" absolutely demands your attention

A wonderous painkiller drug that took the world by storm is revealed, three years later, to stay in the body and slowly transform into a deadly poison. Which means that, in 30 days, the 90% of the world's population who have tried the drug at least once will begin to die. In response, the NSA forms a special team of criminal misfits with useful skills and connections to locate the scientist who created the drug. That man, Dr. Skinner, has been in hiding for three years... and claims to know a cure for the wonder drug's poison.

An extremely compelling central mystery/stakes

Increasingly likable, interesting characters with some damn good dialogue and gradual drops of intriguing backstories

Gorgeously fluid animation and amazingly choreographed action

A surprisingly frothy, fun tone at many points in spite of the heavy stakes

A complex web of plot threads leading to slow-drip reveals

If Lazarus can stick the landing in its last two episodes? It will be an all-timer in the action/espionage category of anime. They'll need to stop calling Shinichirō Watanabe "the 'Cowboy Bebop' guy" and start calling him "the 'Cowboy Bebop' and 'Lazarus' guy" if he can delivery a satisfying conclusion.

......but on the other hand, if they botch the ending, it's going to severely damage the series as a whole.

Fingers crossed.

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BIG BIG WARNING FOR FLASHING IMAGES/COLORS

[[ps: there arent many flashing images just one, in the half of the ending part BUT THEY AREEE FLASHING COLORS, BE CAUTIOUS]]

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The return of the text post generator, courtesy of this

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I just felt compelled to draw this, there is not much thought behind it other than "The girlies are talking".

I started replaying Weird and Unfortunate Things Are Happening. It's an excelent RPG Maker game with interesting usage of game mechanics and a very engaging story and world exploration.

I love the games that UnityDev makes, she is fascinating. Every game of hers has managed to somehow be extremely engaging and made me spend so much time. The end game dungeons of Wautah and Luxaren Allure made me spend like 50 hours in each game

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ALICIA COPELAND - Weird and Unfortunate Things are Happening

PROPAGANDA:

An Aunt who quite literally faces cosmic horrors and kills gods to save their niece (and also just so happens to save the world but who cares). I mainly just want more people to play the game its very good.