#a longass hug

[miraculousbohemian]

carmilla baby let me HUG YOUUUUUUUUUUUU

[loumoonz]

how do you feel about steven's moral alignment if you had to pin it? (aka, do you think he's neutral evil, true neutral, etc etc, anything off the character moral alignment chart)

OOOOHH okay okay so, me personally, i think that he would be lawful neutral.

Actually, probably on the whole lawful spectrum at points.

Since he is quiitee the awful boss and person in general in the first game, doing things that i would evaluate as "evil" such as framing Jack for murder, all while still estimating murder itself as too evil. Although he didn't really bother whenever someone died in the springlock suit...

That's it, he never really bothered in general after he got springlocked. I would say he definitely is lawful, since he always sticked to his "cause" or, what was made to be his cause after being turned into a Phoney. Always doing what Fazbenders demands/expects from him, such as sending Peter to the factory. Which is quite the awful thing to do. But it is lawful in that sense as well as.. evil? Would be quite lawful if he did it for the companies sake and his loyalty to it, which he does seem quite attached to in general ooorr he might've done it for selfish reasons. Cause he's a coward. Which woouuld push him more to "evil"

All the while,, before he was a Phoney, i would clearly say lawful good as much as we can tell from how far the story goes. Cause he had the moral backbone to stick up to Henry after seeing him murder children and tried to stop him, even to his own demise.

After that ig he just kinda.. broke? I mean it is quite a thing to go through. He probably just got scared and even abandoned his morality to follow orders and just stopped caring for anything besides that. Using every opportunity to let out his frustration on his employees in being an angry ass. (Plus his loss of memory,, which doesn't scrap everything from how it seems, but it does change quite a bit of the Phoneys former personalities logically.)

Maybe he was just too scared from then on, too scared to face the consequences of his actions after that one action led to his own doom. Or just afraid that (since we don't know how much he had before being a phoney) that he loses the only thing that he still has and that might still be important to him (his job) if he disobeys. And fears getting fired. Or rather discontinued i suppose... i sure got a bone to pick with that damn boss of fazbenders

Apart from all that, can't forget that he did stick up to all he did in the end (even if just after lots of pursuing..,) apologised and wanted to make up for it. So he definitely can't be inherently evil. I think he's juuust a big ass coward.

Sooo yeah my conclusion would be lawful neutral all in all! Haha.. i totally did not enjoy this question.. thank you so much.

[noahtally-famous]

not me popping back on here with a post after months of semi-inactivity (uni is being a bitch) just to reiterate how much i love writing the pahkitew island cast.

aside from sammy and amy (obviously), literally everyone else can be shipped with one another and it'd make sense to some degree, like it takes skill to create a group of people so inherently shippable (platonically and/or romantically) and ofc the writers didn't know it they just shoved a bunch of random ppl together and dusted their hands off on it but fr tho 😭

(yeah im planning out my leonave 'stranger things inspired' au, and the gears are turning, and i forgot just how much i love writing for this dumbass group)

(i swear im working on the next chapter of a guide to surviving the apocalypse too)

[seiwas]

user shotorus here’s two cookies for you 🍪 🍪

NO because your tags on my co-parents au is so sweet!! i love megumi and gojo’s dynamic so much it’s probably my favourite from jjk so i’m glad you like the way i wrote them out💌💌 and i was especially proud of the scene building so thank you angel i’m so glad you liked my lil found family fic❤️ you are genuinely so generous with your tags every single time

rina my darlingggg my babyyyyy i am munching on those cookies tyvm 🥺💕 you are so very welcome!!

i love anything w gojo and reader co-parenting/found family for megumi pls 😭 some of my fave fics are set in that kind of universe 🥺 & i love the megs-gojo dynamic too!!! it’s so endearing to me!! you wrote it so well my bb!!! you deserve all my tags and MORE!!! 🥺

[sevicia]

I shall elaborate since you all asked so nicely (I just like talking sorry)

BASICALLY I found an old test from the 2nd semester of 2022 that I absolutely FAILED at, like didn't even get CLOSE to solving the whole thing in time. And I see this and I think "Well I am a lot better at this now and understand things better, I'll give it a shot"

The situation (of the test) is that there's a racer who wants to log the time it takes them to cover a circuit across many tries.

The format of the times is minutes:seconds,miliseconds.

There are time records for medals (gold, silver, bronze).

There's also restrictions over some methods? Things you could use that I didn't really care about cause I don't 100% understand them. So I don't see the point in using them.

For the test you have to make a program that:

Receives n amount of entries

Shows the racer's best time

Shows the racer's worst time

Shows the times ordered from worst to best

Shows how many medals they got (also showing which ones)

So I take however many times I put in, and then do some splitting to get rid of the ":" and "," parts of the entries. I didn't wanna do it by position cause it's just... harder tbh. I Think.

And I have my lists with the minutes separated from the seconds separated from the miliseconds, and I put them in as sublists into a bigger list so I can have them all in one place

And I start going for getting the best & worst times before doing anything else, which is a very stupid choice given that I had to sort them as well, and after sorting them I'd just have to get the times in the first and last positions and that would be it. But I can't read and I was excited. So I try to brute force my way into getting the two extremes. I would talk about it but it's not interesting at all and also makes me look really, REALLY stupid, like even stupider than I look rn;;

Anyways I go eat something, I come back, I learn how to read for the nth time, and I feel like maybe I just need to calm down sometimes and not just jump into things that I find fun. Now I'm focusing on sorting the times from worst to best.

And this part is where I start thinking that I just need to open up my own brain and have a talk with whoever's running the place because this guy CANNOT be a real person in the real world.

Because my idea was to. Well I don't even know WHAT it was!!!!! I already had a separate list from each time unit/group(?), so a list for the minutes, the seconds, and the miliseconds. And obviously some of the values in each of these are gonna repeat, and in my head I'm trying to come up with a way to deal with the repeats.

For some reason I come to the conclusion that the best solution would be to single out the repeating values from each list along with their positions (within the list, which obvi corresponds to that time's place in the big list with all the other times as sublists), and then check the next "level"s values in those positions specifically to see if there are repeats in there as well. So it's kinda like trickling down?

Like if I have [1, 2, 1], [6, 5, 5], [4, 3, 2], as minutes, seconds and miliseconds, the positions with repeats (in minutes) are 0 and 2, which in the "seconds" list are 6 and 5. Since 6 and 5 are different, the comparison "path" stops there. I went another level down to compare miliseconds for when there's the same (repeated) number in the same position in both minutes and seconds too.

But obviously I haven't sorted ANYTHING yet, so I sort each list individually, save the position each repeated number ends up in in its respective sorted list, and..... I honestly can't even explain it at this point, I was just doing shit. Comparing the unsorted positions of the repeated minutes with the second's, then checking where the seconds/minutes were in the unsorted lists, then trying to make Frankenstein's creature except it was Dante's overcomplicated numbers.

I don't even know what I'm doing at this point btw. I've been looking at this screen for HOURS, a non-insignificant amount of them being dedicated to spacing out and going "ehehe...." while daydreaming, my brain is fried, my back kinda hurts, and any idea for a solution I have, I forget instantly.

So I just try using sorted() on the main list with all the full times as sublists, and it works. It fucking works. I have been using that method for other things through this entire ordeal too btw, so it's not like I didn't know it existed or how to use it. I just didn't know an element WITHIN an element. It seems so stupidly obvious now, like how else would it work when used on a list that ONLY has other lists inside it??? I think I need a suck of water. Can I have a suck of water

I think I should just fucking kill myself already because I just spent a ridiculous amount of hours attempting to solve what is basically a weird Rubik's cube of my own creation just painfully trying to come up with a way to do it and many times during those many hours I'd think to myself "I bet this is one of those things where it's actually super easy and you just don't see it somehow" and you will Never fucking guess what happened to me just now at 3 AM. I had a moment of "Wait, what if... well I don't think it'll work but let's give it a go" and it WORKED. And it was just one word. I could've just typed ONE WORD and two parentheses and be done with it, saved myself an entire afternoon and part of my night. I'm actually not even mad I am just shocked at my own brain.

[chaosismybestie]

started ac brotherhood again and... it breaks my heart bro

claudia has spent so much time managing monteriggioni, managing the reconstruction, year after year in that lonely villa, abandoned by her brother, and left there to take care of their mother.

she probably didnt even have enough mental space to grieve her family properly. her father, her brothers, they were killed in such an awful way, and yet ezio told her what happened way later. how she must have been so worried, during hours, and watching over maria after she got assaulted. that's so tough.

and /then/ she learns about what happened to giovanni, federico and petruccio and- she's left all alone in a small town she doesnt know, along her uncle she barely (if at all) knows, and she lost her home, her stuff, her habits, her social circle, everything. all that's left of her family is her shocked mother (and that could get a full post in itself), and an absent brother who's acting all big-brothery towards her.

and so she manages this town. for so long. she learns how to deal with money, with investments, with the townspeople. their questions, their expectations, their judgement, their not-so-warm welcome towards that lady who thinks she can handle /their/ town.

and in one night- it all goes away in such a brutal way. she loses even more family. her uncle is dead. once again, she's left with so much to bear, without a minute to process it. ezio tells her and maria that mario is dead and they don't even have time to digest it. what's left of her precious work? of the town she thought of as a home, eventually?

to me claudia put so much work in monteriggioni bc, ofc she had to, but also as a way to cope with grief. with how everything she used to know got destroyed so she finds a way to /build/ something.

imagine the damage, when the precious result of that specific coping strategy gets shattered, too. UGH

anyway sorry about that longass post im just. claudia deserves better. claudia deserves recognition. and a hug. and everything good in this world.

[vampeyerate]

two drawings i did forever ago and revised a little just now bc i forgot about them. the train incident (leaving the scene) and dmitris bear hug. going in with the "the circle is a punk house in my heart" theme he is an oldhead punk/metalhead with stretched piercings and longass wispy hair.

characters as always r @reverieaudios 's !!

[squeakyleftsneaker]

Watching Voltron for the 1st Time: S6 Ep. 1-3

Oh brother. Oh dawg. Oh my fucking god. We've really reached this point in time. If you're stumbling across this and thinking to yourself "What on earth possessed you to take this cross upon your shoulders?" This is the epic backstory in a longass post. If you don't want to read that, I tutor a kid, kid likes this show, I said I'd check it out, kid got really excited. Also, now that I've sunk too much life into this fresh pile of shit, I need to see it through to the end. Cannot BELIEVE we're six seasons in bro.

Fine. Okay. Sure

Lance and I are on the same page abt Lotor

Sure let's learn about the Galra whatever this is an acceptable exposition form of things

FINALLY LEARNED WHAT VREPIT SA MEANS

They really could've set up this Shiro Is Compromised bit much better but I am happy they've finally remembered they have to keep it going. Which presumably means it'll be resolved soon enough bc I don't think they have forethought skills on the level of consistent foreshadowing more than like. Half an episode.

Keith's hot mom omfg I'm giggling and kicking my feet and shit Keith shut up and do what she tells you

WOW the abyss is beautiful. It's gorgeous. Again, these artists man. They've really cooked up some of the most gorgeous visuals in service of MID.

Oh cool Shiro and Keith are going to fight.

KROLIA IS MOTHERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR waow

Whales in space bro. I fuck w it.

Choosing to believe that this yeehaw rootin of tootin man with an eyebrow slit was the one pregnant with Keith

I actually kinda like these flashbacks but they are still SO reliant on just telling us shit in it.

DOG SPACE DOG FLUFFY CUTE LIL SPACE DOG OH YES FABULOUS GIMME EIGHTY MILLION OF THEM WITH THIS TIME PASSING MONTAGE OH AND IT TELEPORTS OH DEUX EX PUPPY I LOVE YOU

Also lmfao they aged Keith up now they can Korrasami ending homo him with literally any of the guys in the cast no problem (if they do this it is LAZY writing)

Yay! D&D!

SHIRO JUST PLAYING HIMSELF IN D&D BITCH I KNOW YOUR TYPE OF PLAYER I KNOW WHAT TF YOU ARE love his lil tiara I LOVE HIM YOU FUCKING DORK

"I'm going to be a Paladin again" CRYING HE'S SUCH A NERD I WANNA SHOVE HIM IN A LOCKER AND GIVE HIM A HUG

Lance is a FURRY???????

PLEASE HOW MANY TIMES IS SHIRO GOING TO DIE (in D&D and fr in the show)

"I wanna be a Paladin again" DAMN RIGHT U DO BABY

New Heights Of Skill Issue

If they'd made Lotor seem even VAGUELY trustworthy these episodes would work much better

Again I CANNOT believe that this show sets up the fact that Voltron is acting at the behest of Lotor and NEVER explores it. Lotor is set up to be a fascie-lite colonial wannabe! They're working for the fucking ruler of this horrible empire when he's made NO real reform efforts! They've become a symbol for HIM too and the show does NOTHING with that and like. WHY????????? WHY NOT

That's Not How Welding Works I'm Not Even GOOD At Welding And I Can Tell You That

Allura is Jesus and she will die for our sins ig but also I'm PISSED at this show for what they've done to her so she can be with Lance man FOR FUCKING WHYYYYYY

Just because you've letting Keith's hot mom do the exposition doesn't mean I'm going to forget you're doing a LOT of exposition

KROLIA UR MAN IS MY WORST ENEMY

JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE DOING IT WITH MY HOT ALIEN QUEEN DOESN'T MEAN I FORGIVE COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF EXPOSITION THROUGH FLASHBACK

ALSO THAT MAN??? MID. KROLIA PLEASE JUST GIVE ME ONE CHANCE ONE SINGULAR CHANCE

They're telling us Lance has never really liked someone that she's not like any other girl and like. YOU COULD'VE SHOWN US

Lance has Miami Cuban Energy [derogatory] in this episode (and yes before you get mad on my ass I am hispanic and no you don't get more details than that. Trust I know the Miami Cuban energy WELL and I have earned my ability to poke fun at them)

I'm just kinda annoyed at how much they've relied on TELLING us everything about Lance. HE'S OUR AUDIENCE STAND-IN! HE IS US! WE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT HIM !!!!

Micexposition is STILL not forgivable to me

Do I think a D&D episode is a good use of our time when this season has six episodes, none character, and left exposition? No. But I like D&D so ig whatever

I'm screaming WE GET D&D EXPOSITION? WE NEED EXPOSITION TO FUCKING PLAY DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS? I COULD MAKE A BETTER D&D CAMPAIGN WITH THE CONCEPT OF THIS SHOW THAN THEY CAN MAKE A SILLY LITTLE D&D EPISODE IM SO

Lance is a FURRY???????

This was a massive waste of time but oh well I had a good time

THE SCIENCE TECHNOBABBLE IN THIS SHOW PISSES ME OFF SM FR GUYS I'M SO

Guys this show is so dumb. SOOOOOO dumb. But I do really like D&D. Dearly. Anyway let's discuss the Implications.

If, say, a competent, patient, and unskillissued writer were to look at Voltron, the easiest and by far smartest way to handle "Voltron aligns with Lotor" would be to have them interact with a previously subjugated planet rebelling from the empire. Have Voltron split off from Lotor who is doing some weird emperor shit, have Voltron go check it out, and have the locals respond VERY NEGATIVELY to Voltron because, well, they're with Lotor!

Have Voltron really get to grips with what they're coming to represent! Have them have to realize from the people they used to really help that they've become a symbol of the status quo of subjugation! The Omega Shield episode was such a waste of time bc it's highly conciliatory to the Galra.

When Lotor said "That's one of our labor planets" IT SHOULD'VE BEEN POINTED OUT THAT THEY CANONICALLY HAVE LABOR CAMPS! FOR PRISONERS!

Allura has been so nerfed to make her Need Lance and Lance has just been shuffled off into "Makes snarky comments at Lotor and mopes over Allura" territory (one of those is needed bc Lotor sorely needs someone to punch him) which sucks because again, I cannot stress enough, he's the audience character. We are supposed to get him. He is supposed to be our character.

Idk. Keith is just there now he's honestly kinda dead to me bc my loyalties are solely to his hot mom, but ig they aged him up bc they can't decide what to do with him. Which. Clearly. We can tell bub. I am intrigued by them finding Even More Alteans like sure what the hell why not but also let's get a GRIP bro and let's put ourselves together. The inevitable Shiro fight is happening this season because these writers can't fucking plan for more than 2 seconds without just doing it anyway.

The main thing I liked from this is just that Shiro really is a massive dork and he's a big nerd and I want to shove him in a locker or shove his head in a toilet or something wow he's adorable. Love him. I think it's a shame they haven't bothered to do too much with him on the whole in the way I think it's a shame they haven't bothered to do much with Keith the whole time. The only established interpersonal connection on this show and they've really squandered it by NOT HAVING ANYTHING HAPPEN.

We shall debrief at the end of this season which I intend to finish TODAY.

[goodbadhabit]

if i met you irl i would be so scared to talk to you... which i know is silly but i think you're v cool and hot and i would be Terrified of screwing up. so either i would come across as shy and clumsy or (more likely) i would activate my Social Anxiety Self Defense System which means i just. talk. So Much

so yeah if i met you irl i'd probably talk your ear off and maybe b annoying as hell but i would give you a very genuine and good hug if you let me (i've often been told i'm v good at hugging. the secret is to mean it, always (plus it helps that i have longass arms))

This was in my inbox for a few days too many prollyy but oh honey pls don't think I'm cool or anything, you'll just be disappointed by how much of a loser I actually am

[nerdwithabirb]

In Praise of Bluey

I haven’t been on Tumblr in a hot minute because life marches on and I forget about some of my socials for a while.

Anyway, today I’m doing something a little different in the form of a longass rambling post so if you read to the end, you’re great and I hope all of the dogs you meet want you to pet them. (If you’re not a fan of dogs, insert whatever your favourite animal is.)

I’m not a parent. I will most likely never be a parent. I got my tubes removed almost two years ago now, by choice, because of medical issues that would impact a pregnancy, and sociopolitical issues I don’t want to bring a kid into. If I decide I want children, I will adopt them. But for now, my nephew is enough to get my fix of hanging out with kids.

With that said, I adore Bluey. It’s a masterpiece of animation, especially as far as modern kids’ shows are concerned.

Conflict Resolution and Realistic Characters

I find that many modern children’s shows are, for lack of a better word, sterilized. They don’t seem to like to show any sort of conflict. Bluey shows conflict. The Heeler sisters get frustrated with each other, with their friends, with their other family members. Bluey herself can be bossy and vindictive at times, occasionally bullying her sister Bingo, her cousins Muffin and Socks, and her classmates. Bingo is shy and sensitive and has a love of nature, but she runs into problems standing up for herself. 3 (later 4)-year-old Muffin behaves like an average toddler: absolute chaos, but not trying to be bad on purpose. Chilli and Bandit aren’t perfect parents - they get frustrated and sometimes hurt their girls’ feelings as a result. But they all learn from their mistakes, and they’re not afraid to admit when they’ve done something wrong — even the adults.

I grew up with an emotionally abusive father who was always too afraid (or too many beers deep) to form a meaningful connection with me. He’d belittle me for being interested in the arts and actively bullied me when I passed my driving test instead of congratulating me at all. He’s never apologised for any of it. Bandit is the dad I never got to have: he’s entirely devoted to his wife and daughters, even when it humiliates him. He’s not afraid to own up to his mistakes and learn from them.

Chilli reminds me of my own mother in a lot of ways: witty and sarcastic on the outside, completely losing her marbles on the inside because she’s afraid she’s not a good enough mom. Like my own mom, Chilli has a passion for drawing and encourages her daughters to keep practicing. She’s warm and welcoming and gives great hugs. She’s got both jokes and sage advice. And she sets out to right all the wrongs - my mom apologises to me all the time for stuff that happened years ago. (I love you, Mom!)

Tackling Serious Subjects and Different Family Dynamics

Another thing Bluey does absolutely spot-on is addressing serious subjects tactfully and in a way kids can understand. In the episode “Copycat,” Bluey starts her morning annoying the hell out of Bandit by copying everything he does. Things take a turn for the serious when the pup finds an injured budgie and rushes to the vet with her dad. The little bird doesn’t make it, which crushes Bluey. To cope, she plays out the events of the day in a game, but budgie-Bingo doesn’t get the memo and acts all better. Bluey realises that, like the budgie dying, Bingo derailing the game is out of her hands, and she comes to accept it.

In “Dance Mode,” Bandit steals Bingo’s last French fry. She’s given three chances to activate Dance Mode on her family, but gets all of those taken from her as well. Poor little Bingo is absolutely heartbroken when Chilli asks her an important question: “Does your outside voice sometimes say yes, when your inside voice is saying no?” As an (at the time undiagnosed) autistic kid who often struggled with speaking up and asserting myself growing up, this hit me like a ton of bricks.

“Early Baby” tackles premature birth with Bluey’s classmate Indy, “The Show” nods to Chilli having had a miscarriage, “Grandad” emphasizes that aging parents still need to take care of themselves for their adult children.

“Flat Pack” is an allegory for evolution, faith, getting older, and the struggle that is putting together flat pack furniture.

“Sleepytime” and “Baby Race” show some of the more everyday aspects of growing up, like sleeping independently and learning how to walk, all set to beautiful arrangements of classical pieces (Gustav Holst’s “Jupiter” from The Planets and Bach’s “Prelude in C Major,” respectively). And I won’t lie, as a nightmare-prone kid who was super attached to my mom, both of these episodes hit me hard too. I can’t watch either of them without getting a little misty-eyed.

In a more general sense, and regarding different family structures and dynamics, secondary characters like Judo, Winton, and the Terrier brothers are all shown with single parents. Rusty’s dad is in the army and, as a result, away on deployment for long stretches of time. But none of these things are made out to be a show or a spectacle or something bizarre, just a fact of life: different kids come from different backgrounds. I can guarantee that if a same-sex couple were to be introduced, it would be in a way that feels natural, like one of Bluey’s or Bingo’s classmates saying “My mums/dads are here to pick me up!”

Humour and Art-Related Ramblings

The character designs are simple and memorable. They have extremely expressive faces and movements despite being made of basic shapes like rectangles and ovals. The animation is smooth and fluid while embracing the “cartoony-ness” of being a cartoon. Everything is colourful but not to the point where it feels like a rainbow exploded on your screen. The backgrounds are simple, but not TOO simple, and many settings are nods to actual places in and around Brisbane.

Joff Bush and anyone he collaborates with on the soundtrack can convey everything from the beauty of nature to a boring workday via music alone, whether through arrangements of classical and folk music or original pieces. Bush isn’t afraid to use a variety of instruments, from a delicate music box in “Charades” and “Mount Mumandad” to a rambling banjo in “Grandad” and everything in between.

The humour is amazing, especially for children’s media. There are a few jokes that are clearly aimed at the adults in the room, like Bandit’s Polaroid camera going off in “Bob Bilby” when Chilli arrives with her tandem bike, or his discussion with Fido about getting a vasectomy/neutered in the original cut of “Perfect.” Bingo innocently asks Bandit questions about where babies come from in “Takeaway” and “Daddy Putdown,” though he always dodges the questions. “Dad Baby” is all about the struggles of pregnancy from the perspective of Bandit carrying Bingo in an old baby harness and it’s frankly hilarious; despite not being a parent myself, I have a nephew and I’m in that magical spot in my twenties where several of my former classmates are having kids left and right. There are well-timed fart jokes (“Daddy Robot,” “Fairies”) and slapstick moments (“Dad Baby,” “Born Yesterday”).

Conclusion

Bluey is a show that people of all ages can watch and learn from. It has heart, humour, and lovable characters. Its natural conflict resolution teaches its audience to be better people through showing rather than telling. It’s a beautiful show and I’m unashamed to watch it as a childfree adult.

[seaweedbraens]

hoooooooooly shit. i’ve been a longtime fan of your fic (since 2017 - if i were to pluck on your heartstrings was the first fanfiction i EVER read) and wcwsthwas has been on my radar since you started it, but i wanted to wait until after it was finished AND until i actually had time for it. so i took the last week-ish of 2024 to marathon that shit and i have literally zero words. your writing has always been an inspiration - plot, description, character arcs - and as an aspiring writer who has not written much At All, wcwsthwas (which is a long-ass acronym but fitting for the length of the fic lowkey) inspires the shit out of me. i’ve loved these characters for years, i’ve loved the way you write these characters for years, so i just want to send a big fat thank you. plsplsplspls keep writing (i would be insanely thrilled to see you try your hand at original novels), sending so much love & finally crossing wcwsthwas off my tbr💖💖💖

oh my GODDDDDDDDD what do u MEANNN my fic was the first you ever read 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭im gonna die wtf 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

no fr I have zero words thank you for sticking around for so long and taking on the MONSTER that is wcwsthwas (you're right, that IS a longass acronym)!! i am thrilled that you binged it and ever more pleased you liked it so much. it was truly my biggest undertaking and i'll never write anything close to it ever again, so every kind word about it fills me up right to the brim with unspeakable joy :)

thank YOUUUUU for being so lovely and sending this message!!! it fr keeps me motivated to write more fic; idk if i'll ever have the courage or the creativity to write anything original but let's not rule it out! thank you thank you thank you this marks such a nice start to the new year <333 sending love and hugs, and happy new year!!

[dateamonster]

longass monster high liveblog: season 2 edition lets gooooooo

rule school

very first thought of the new season: i want a doll of clawdeens wereruler armor so bad. also im excited for more worldbuilding lore stuff, and more varied werecreature designs! part of me gets a little irked sometimes that there seems to be disproportionate attention payed to werecreatures and the inner workings of their society over other monster species, but i cannot deny, i love a funny lil furry.

especially this side character bear dude who keeps showing up

rly feels like there should be a clause in were-society for what to do if ur wereruler is a fuckin kid. she should not have to be doing all this.

when she finally gets that armor off its gonna be like rock lee with the weights

i love these cunty old werewolf ladies ngl

damn speedreader clawdeen

that painting of foxford is soo cute clawdeen i loove u

toralei!! toralei HUG!!!!!!!! hug AND a pun!!! shes sososososo cute

oh and shes maaaad that she showed affection where other people can see lol the Dynamic.. it is unfolding before my very eyes..

oh damn the fox guy is a sneaky motherfucker? who could have foreseen this....... granted the whale plushie is unexpected

new witch in town

draculauras gay lil witch friend <333

lol is humans using monster slang a microaggression? much to think about.

im really interested in this developing plotline about draculaura being pressured to be like the model of Good Witchcraft. it works well with her established character and arc of like trying to live up to her fathers reputation and status in the monster world. poor girl never seems to be able to just fucking relax.

skelita! i love that shes trying out witchcraft, and the art-based magic is a fun angle too! i can totally see where this is going tho. drac is super serious about magic because theres all this pressure on her while skelita is just trying it out in a casual way so theyre at odds. its an interesting dilemma because i can def see both sides.

im really happy the writing seems like empathetic to both positions here. skelita deserves to try magic her way on her own terms, but its also totally understandable draculaura would feel protective over witchcraft when any misuse of it is ultimately going to reflect on her since she was the one working to legitimize it. respectability is a double edged sword fr!

play it again clawd

aw clawd is such a sweetiepie mamas boy. i def feel a little bad for him. imagine if ur little sister became the queen of ur entire society and ur just like. hangin out there.

oh were doing a groundhog day? im not a big timeloop plot person but ill try not to be too biased

this is also how me and my roommate act when theres a fly in the house

aw im rly glad they acknowledge that selena had like a whole life in beheme that she had to leave behind when she came home.. idk if theyre planning to actually do anything more substantial with that but yea when you think about its kinda fucked up! they probably had friends and stuff! clawd was *born* there! i get why theyd choose to stay here with their family and all even if they could easily go back, but like, its gotta be sad at times!

ok not bad as a timeloop ep goes. still not my fav but like clawds so cute and its so nice seeing him do stuff with his family <3

thats all for tonight i think! see u next time!!

[starpains]

12 and 50?

Hi! Omg way to call me out LMAO. Love these choices xD

12 - How many cups can you see from where you’re sitting?

More like, LYING DOWN, you mean xD. If there ever was a 30+yo thing to do it’s legit lying down on your couch, only wearing a home-hair-dye-stained-bathrobe and looking at ONLY ONE CUP (because your very 30+ husbandy husband does shit for you and cleans up all your dirty cups).

50 - Pro or anti throw pillows?

I LIVE for throw pillows. But all of them are thrown over our couches. Not a single one can be spotted on the bed, because, WHERE would I even store them when we go to sleep? Who has space for that? (I mean I still have space for 14 throw pillows throughout my apt, but NOT A SINGLE one of them would ever be audacious enough to make its way onto our bed).

Honestly though, I have this longass cat pillow on my bed that I hug at night because my husband’s too hot. He’s too hot in many ways, but at night, specifically, his body temp makes it impossible for me to sleep if even so much as my pinky makes contact with his insane body heat.

[marxthedumdum]

FERAL ASS S!3V3N X DAISY/CRIMSONOAK HEADCANONS LETS FUCKING GOOOOO

❀ this man nibbles daisy for the funsies and comfort (harmlessly ofc), especially her neck and shoulders... since he likes placing his head next to hers ❀ (dw daisy is fine with it) ❀ he def meows and purrs no questions asked. he can be both cat and dog but i think he'd be more cat-coded, at least around daisy :3 ❀ speaking of cats and dogs, since steven has that longass hair, he or daisy could. just. tie some of the hair up to make a downgraded pony-'tail' (ba dum tzzzz) that steven LOVES to wrap around daisy like an actual tail ❀ i hc that if daisy had a pokemon team, it would be only anyone in the bulbasaur line and clefairy/clefable because shes not the battler type. more like the 'i like to keep them as house pets :)))' type. steven would be more comfortable with letting miki out in the open with daisy and her mons. and if they somehow get along, even better! ❀ if they ever watched a movie or a series together (daisy could catch and bring a voltorb/electrode + porygon to get steven's oldass TV working again but i doubt daisy would ever do that cuz. you can only get porygon in kanto by gambling... or by spending a shit ton of money) theyd watch something like, campfire cooking in another world with my absurd skill (<- totally not because i just got interested into this anime) ❀ 99% of the time or even ALL the time steven will be stalking behind daisy or lifting her in a hug, hes very clingy and overprotective indeed ❀ daisy would bring some snacks for steven occasionally so he wouldnt risk scaring tf outta people seeing him hunting for pokemon to eat in his area (oh yeah and him killing the said people who saw him too to stop them from getting him be discovered to be still alive (and hide their bodies by eating them or just glitch their bodies tf out of existence with missingno)) ❀ steven def breaks into daisys home and watches her sleep (she'd be used to this after a while lmao), sometimes he would join in with daisy, picking her up and lay her on his body while shes still unaware and unconscious (his ass would take up the entire bed) before pulling the bedsheets over the both of them :3c ❀ like in my batch of general steven headcanons, he gets massive zoomies when hes around daisy. hes stimming all the fucking time (like kicking his legs and stuff)

[shitty-davesprite-daily]

okay, I can't Double Jeopardy you about being gay. BUT, I'm gonna fucking litigate you to hell and back about this.

In perfectly serious legal terms, FYM, 'pretend he cares about me'? Let's move onto the first piece of evidence: @badlydrawnjohn and his Dealings With The Fuck Hat.

John's first though upon learning the Truth was not to think any lesser of your own person, but instead worry about how YOU'D think of HIM! This ties back into Strider V. How Down Bad Is Davesprite For John Egbert (2023), (viewable here), as you similarly elevated your own concerns of the Fuck Hat and worried about John's views and opinions on you! And, with the effective ruling that You Are Down Bad For One John Egbert, this is certainly cause for further examinations on John's feelings! But, i'm not done yet! In our second piece of evidence, JOHN'S OWN THOUGHTS ON DISCUSSING TIMELINE FUCKERY WITH YOU!

NOT ONLY would he be willing to discuss his feelings with you (despite he himself being hesitant to do so), HE IS DIRECTLY-QUOTABLE IN SAYING HOW IMPORTANT YOU ARE TO HIM! But wait! I'm back for round three, with: WOULD HE HAVE SIMPLY LET YOU DO THE WINGY THING IF HE WAS NOT AMIABLE...

In Circumstances Just As Meat-Dave and Karkat are having a blushy-blushy, You-Make-My-Heart-Go-Doki-Doki ass moment?? And Finally, for my Times Four John-Care Combo,

UN-GRIMDARKIFYING HIM WITH AN ACT OF LOVE AND CARE, WHICH WOULD'VE NEEDED TO FORCE THROUGH HORRORTERROR BULLSHIT, WOULD HAVE HAD TO MEAN SOMETHING TO HIM ON-PAR WITH CUTTING DOWN TO HIS VERY SOUL, The very ESSENCE OF HIS BEING! I rest my goddamn case.

Of Course, this isn't to downplay everyone else's role in The Un-Grimdarkening but you can't deny that it's still meaningful that the thing that dealt the final blow was The Hug. (sorry for the Longass Posts but. Davesprite man. Can You Blame Me.)

TG: oh my god dude i

TG: seriously

TG: what the fuck do you want me to say

TG: yeah okay maybe he cares about me

TG: for some fuckin reason

TG: and obviously i care about him

TG: but what the fuck am i supposed to do about that

TG: especially when people like you are absolutely reading into shit that isnt there about how much he "really" cares about me

TG: seriously man

TG: im fine. im cool

TG: just lay off

[daintyduck99]

 tearfully confessing in a lengthy text, too scared to do so in person just in case this all goes horribly wrong and any Carrie ship of your choosing?

"You hit send, didn't you?"

Carrie levels Kayla with a look that's almost impressively stone-faced, aside from the flush that dusts her cheeks and the tears that shimmer in her eyes.

She takes a long sip of her mimosa.

Kayla sighs, setting her own freshly made mimosa on her coffee table. She joins Carrie on the couch and pats her arm.

"Babe. Give me your phone."

"Or," Carrie says slowly, fixing her eyes on the fruit platter Kayla had preemptively made after the latest updates following Julie's tour, "we could go for a little drive and throw my phone into the sea."

Kayla rolls her eyes. "Just let me see."

"No. I'm never being vulnerable again."

What she's being is ridiculous, but Kayla supposes she gets a pass after pining for at least twelve years, and for growing enough as a person to be vulnerable at all.

Still, though. Self-flagellation isn't cute.

"I'm all for you confessing," Kayla soothes, "but you couldn't have waited like, a week? Doesn't she have plans to come see you first thing? That would've been perfect."

Carrie shakes her head. She releases a shaky breath, and a single tear escapes, cutting a glistening path down her cheek.

"I had to do it now. That dedication she did? I don't know who it was for, but I can't get it out of my head. She's always—affected me like that. Always."

Kayla wants to ask if she told her that, but Carrie continues before she can.

"But she could have anyone, you know? Hell, Luke is right there. If you wanted someone headstrong, why not go for him and not the girl who—who tore you down after your mom died? Why not the guy who helped give music back to you?"

"You're not that person anymore," Kayla says softly, "and in her eyes, you've done more than enough to make up for it."

Carrie scoffs. "Yeah, but she's basically a saint. And I had no reason to resent her—"

"You were grieving, too—"

"And it was selfish of me!"

Carrie's crying freely, now, lips trembling.

Kayla can only blink at her, astonished by the rawness of her outburst.

"It was selfish of me," Carrie repeats, furiously scrubbing at her face, "and the way I love her has always been like that."

Kayla gently pries the empty glass out of Carrie's hand. She wraps her in a hug.

"Care. Love is inherently a bit selfish."

Carrie sniffles into Kayla's hair.

"Yeah, well. My hopes aren't high, or anything. Writing it out seemed like the least humiliating way to admit it. I just want us to be able to move past this."

"She does love you in some way, she would never let something like this—"

Carrie's phone trills, and they startle apart.

She's a killer queen~

Kayla snatches it out of Carrie's lap, ignoring her indignant gasp, and dances out of dodge as she goes to snatch it back. She springs off of the couch, making her way around the table as she hits accept.

"Hello?"

Julie hums tentatively. "Kayla?"

"Yeah, I stole Carrie's phone. She wanted to ditch it at the bottom of the Pacific."

Carrie shrieks, chasing Kayla around the coffee table, but Kayla has the home advantage. She's also had less mimosas.

Julie lets out a startled laugh.

"Could you put her on? She'll want to hear what I have to say, I promise."

"Trust me, I'm not the one who needs any reassurance."

Kayla stops dodging Carrie, grinning as she wrestles her phone away with a huff.

"Hey—I know that was a longass text, I wouldn't blame you if you didn't—"

Kayla has to physically clamp her hand over her mouth to keep a squeal from spilling out as Carrie freezes like a startled doe, her brown eyes wide. She blushes.

"E-every word? Oh, that's—no, it wasn’t a perfect reply to your dedication, don't—"

Whatever Julie replies with is sharp, and Carrie's mouth snaps shut. Her eyes are shimmering with tears again, and Kayla takes that as her cue to leave the room.

Needless to say, she knows that Carrie won't be here with her a week from now, and Kayla smiles to herself, sipping at the mimosa she'd whisked off of the table.