#adult pranks

[skylersprompts]

DC x DP Prompt *30*

If anyone would ask Bruce how he could have known, he would tell them that it is obvious. Phantom - the new part-time member of the Young Justice - who seemed to be forever young and their new engineer Danny Fenton who is in his early twenties have perfectly fitting schedules. When Fenton is working in the Watchtower, Phantom will be unavailable for the Young Justice and vice versa. Also, the pranks started after both of these figures appeared. Of course one could argue that they could just be related or somehow knew each other otherwise, but the pranks that were pulled on all of the mentors of the Young Justice were only possible with Phantom Powers. And because of the new Ghost Shield the young hero wouldn't be able to just fly into the Watchtower and had to use the Zeta-Tube, what would mean that they should be able to look at the logs. But Phantom never entered the Watchtower while the pranks were under way. And as soon as his team really needed him, Fenton would make an excuse to leave work early.

What he wouldn't tell anyone, is that he saw how Fenton had transformed himself into Phantom, shortly before the Flash got up to run for a snack, just to fall down because his ankles had been cuffed together.

And maybe he helped him from time to time, with a well timed question to distract his fellow heros. Because the motive became clear really fast. Everytime someone got pranked, that someone had done something to ignite the wrath of the younger heros.

All of that also meant two things.

First of all, as soon as Danny was at work, Batman would be extra aware of his surroundings. The pranks never worked on him, which meant he had to dodge more attempts for the rest of the day.

And secondly: He should talk to Tim, after he found out how he had put his foot in his mouth this time, since he just saw his spoon move in his coffee mug without anyone's involvement. He just let his (probably salty) coffee go cold, brooding. Maybe he should go home early today and spend some quality time with his son...

[eddiezpaghetti]

Okay, so my experience with Stranger Things is a weird one.

I didn't care when it first came out, started to watch it out of "might as well" in 2020, wasn't interested in it enough to make it past S2, forgot about it outside of going "oh, hey, cool, there's a lesbian in it now, I guess," in S3, got really annoyed when "Running Up That Hill" got popular from it because it was a song I listened to on fucking loop after one of my best friends died in high school and I fully expected its appearance in the show to ignore the whole survivor's guilt theme of the song (and was very happy to learn later that it did the exact opposite of ignoring the lyrics), saw people drawing Eddie, suddenly got a lot more interested, watched just the fourth season like a fucking psychopath because I was seriously only there for Eddie, then got interested enough to start the show over properly, having mostly forgotten what I did watch of the show before.

And let me tell you something from the perspective of someone who started with the complete fourth season, who wasn't there from the start, who wasn't tainted by ship goggles or this internal battle of hope and despair, who wasn't theorizing about what the painting could be or expecting Mike and Will to kiss when Volume 2 happened or rooting for Mike and Eleven's relationship to go down in flames or whatever the fuck. Just someone who went blind into Season 4.

It's really fucking obvious that Will and Mike are gonna be endgame.

Like holy fuck. It's so fucking blatant I don't even know why people are nervous.

No sane fucking person would shoot this scene this way if they wanted the audience to care about El and Mike as a couple. Despite being all blurry in the background, Will's reaction to what's happening here is smackdab in the fucking middle, clearly showing that the important part is what's going through his head here. What he's feeling. It's like the opposite of that scene from Kingdom Hearts II where Sora and Riku reunite and Kairi just fucking vanishes into the aether while it's happening because, despite the fact that she was standing between them when the scene began, she doesn't matter to the scene, so she's just kind of gone when the camera angle changes. Will could have been behind one of their heads, or so far in the distance he blends in with the background, but he's not. He's so obvious that despite being massively blurred out, he's still the first goddamn thing you look at. What, you think that's an accident? You think he's in the middle of this dramatic fucking scene because of a mistake? He basically has a big flashing neon arrow pointing at him with "THIS IS THE POINT" being screamed through a megaphone.

And then this?

They're paired up like they're taking fucking prom pictures. Each one of these pairs is so fucking close to one another and so fucking far from everyone else. It's not, "Oh, they're standing vaguely near each other in a group shot," it's fucking Noah's Ark out here. Again, there's no way to take this as an accident. It's not just a framing issue. If they wanted to make the shot look balanced while still not hiding anyone else behind El, they would have scattered people around much more naturally. Even if they wanted to keep Nancy with Jonathan and Hopper with Joyce, there's so much room on that hill for three people to stand on El's left and three on her right. But they didn't do that. They put Mike and Will together on purpose in the most obvious way possible.

Like I get that coming up with crackpot theories is fun in and of itself and I'm not blaming anyone for having fun. I totally get the appeal of arguing a point and reaching for every stupid little thing to pull into it because it's like a game, okay? I've done that. But if you're trying to actually convince someone (whether it's someone who wants to believe or someone who's pissed at the very idea that Mike and Will could be in love), stay away from blue and yellow lights, stay away from costume design, stay away from the existence of closets in backgrounds. And don't worry about whether Mike's gay or bi when he's in love with Will either way. I'll give you a little tip about persuasion: You're only as strong as your weakest argument. Even if you've got strong stuff in there, too, the person you're trying to convince is going to dismiss anything you say as complete insanity the second you start going on an entire tangent about the shape of a character's fucking pocket.

Sometimes, clothes are just clothes. Sometimes, there's a closet in the background because it helps establish that a character is in a bedroom. Sometimes, blue and yellow are just a couple of colors that look nice together. And sure, it might be set designers and costume designers and cinematographers smirking and winking at the audience from behind the camera. But if the show was just those things, instead of those things in the context of everything else, they wouldn't be saying anything of note.

But this?

This tells a story all on its own. Someone with no context can look at this and automatically assume that each paired person is standing with someone they care about deeply, seeking comfort as they watch some sort of disaster unfold. And yeah, romantic couples usually come in twos, and we live in an amatonormative society, so that's going to be the first association anyone makes seeing a bunch of people paired off.

It's the same reason you look at this

And go, "Oh..."

"Those two are probably a couple."

And I genuinely don't understand how people could have watched S4 Vol. 2 and gotten scared. Because as someone who went in with no investment whatsoever, I just looked at these two--

--and went, "Oh, those two are a couple. Good for them." And I moved on. Shut up about the trees for five seconds and just see the forest for what it is.

Oh, and if you're still nervous? Little thing from a storyteller here: You don't leave a hanging thread like "Will confessed his romantic feelings for Mike by projecting them onto El, but Mike either didn't understand or at least didn't say he understood," without coming back to that later. That's Chekov's gun hanging on the wall, babes. It's gonna fire at some point. If Mike was going to reject Will's feelings, if they weren't relevant, they would have had that discussion in Argyle's van. There'd be no reason to leave you in suspense.

[happypeachsludgeflower]

Apparently, there are real people that exist that can do this absurd thing where they shut off their brains and don’t think about anything for hours at a time.

[evilkitten3]

one thing i think isn't talked about enough is how much kid!hashirama would've hated the man he eventually became

[bridoesotherjunk]

do you think Venom likes rain? Not thunderstorms, but just rain itself?

How many planets do you think Venom has been to where the rain is dangerous and painful?

Do you think Venom sometimes drags Eddie outside during a rainstorm so he can sit there and enjoy the feeling of the water running down his smooth, gooey form?

I bet Venom secretly collects rainwater in a little pouch so that he can dump a whole bunch on Eddie's head when he least expects it.

[luffyrose]

Dc x Dp Random Blurb #2

I know I just made the first but it's midnight, I can't sleep, and I'm thinking about random things.

Anyway. Siblings. And Pranks.

You know how people always kinda portray Dick as a little chaotic but mainly the one doing damage control for his brothers? Yeah, that's total bs when it comes to siblings.

My oldest sibling most literally tried to convince me to jump off the roof of a church on time. I WAS 8. They also cried when I went on a school trip for a week because they were worried I would get hurt or something.

So. Got me thinking. Dick is SEEN as the tame one by his siblings solely because he's too tired tm to do anything and no one seems to remember him being an absolute gremlin so he's not gonna just out himself when he could cause mayhem later.

Only Cass is vaguely aware of how chaotic Dick can be and that's only because she walked in on him pouring a literal ton of sleeping meds into various things Tim eats while giggling maniacally to himself. Of course, she's not gonna rat him out though, he gives the best hugs.

Either way, no one is aware or remembers how much of a gremlin Dick can truly be, especially being the eldest sibling of many.

In comes Danny. For whatever reason.

Danny LOOKS just like Jason and that tripped everyone up. But when he settles into living with them, they discover that this 'Jason 2.0' is in fact a mini Dick Grayson running around causing absolute chaos.

Dick is delighted by this news and get out of here depression, he must show his newest sibling how to hand from a chandelier long enough to drop a bucket of the most rancid things imaginable onto the first person, minus Alfred, to walk under it.

Upon the gremlin duo having free, acrobatic range, of the house, Bruce is reminded why he questioned adopting his oldest son when he was still younger. That plus the chaos he did with the other heroes in training at the time.

It's one prank too many that Bruce, at dinner, stares dead ahead and just sighs.

"Not again Dick, not again."

Because I think we can all guess who a moody teen who runs around beating up bad guys at night would prank the most if said baby hero had been grounded. Danny's own abilities just seem to make it much easier for the now SUPPOSEDLY adult hero to do the same pranks to his very unsuspecting family.

[theshadowrealmitself]

Crewmate 1: This all your stuff? You don’t have like…a giant bean bag type chair for meditation?

Crewmate 2: Vulcans don’t use bean bags, why would you think that???

Vulcan: They must have seen my cousin’s meditation furniture

Vulcan: My cousin is Human and has health issues that make using a traditional mat too painful, so a supportive “chair” is what they use, but [2] is right in that Vulcans don’t use that

Vulcan, to 1: My cousin still has that item?

Crewmate 1: Well they said their old one got too small so they got an even bigger one, takes up a huge portion of their cabin

Vulcan, already walking off: I see, excuse me

-Later-

Human Cousin: Hey, you didn’t tell my cousin about my meditation chair, right?

Crewmate 1: ….Why?

Human Cousin: They hate admitting that it’s helpful for them too because “Vulcans use mats” but they have no problem sneaking mine away from me

Human Cousin: I always have to go on the hunt for it and they’re much better at coding doors to stay locked than I am at getting them unlocked :(

Crewmate 1 & 2: *guilty silence*

[oatlystrawberryicecream]

jason would be such a good older brother when it comes to teaching age old kid mischief like picture him in a lanky teen stage and damian age five sitting criss cross applesauce serious as hell playing concentration 64 naming venomous animals, or flipping each other off behind talia’s back,and like can you imagine the intensity of them playing hide and seek tag?

[thenamesblurrito]

May we see O-3 with your coswave pairing?please and thank you ouo

did two of these since Soundwave doesn't have a mouth and also i've already made adult designs for Frumbles

Soundwave deigns to show Cosmos the stars for a few stolen moments and Cosmos thanks him with a surprise kiss. for once, Soundwave is still and quiet not from his internal bickering stalemate, but from shock

much, much later, after [major spoilers] upends the world and gives the twins some time to figure out who they are without being Soundwave, it's still easy to lose track of time with Cosmos. she still looks at the stars with the same wonder that's so encouraging to be around, and now maybe they can return the favor

[seriousbrat]

what do you think lily's flaws were likely to have been? I hear so many people complain about her being a "Mary Sue" and I feel like it's true that the narrative doesn't really give us problems with her character in the way that it does for James/the other marauders.

Love this question!! I actually think we do see some of Lily's flaws in the narrative, they're just not quite as obvious (or grievous) as Sev's or James's.

In her conversations with Sev in the Prince's Tale, we see that she's willing to overlook pretty unforgivable behaviour because of her friendship with/loyalty towards Sev. He's friends with Mulciber and Avery, he calls the attack on Mary 'a laugh'. In the post-SWM conversation, she displays awareness that Sev calls other people 'mudblood'. Sure, she's not okay with it, but she still tolerates it; it's not until this actively affects her that she decides to end the friendship. I read this as a mixture of naïveté but also just willing blindness. She knows better deep down, but chooses to ignore it because of her love for Sev.

Another thing Lily-haters tend to harp on is her defending James, Sev's bully, to him in this conversation. And I do somewhat agree (although I think it's ridiculous to hold this as worse than everything Sev does to her) but I think it's another sign of her willingness to overlook certain behaviours that she shouldn't. She wants to believe that there's good in everyone because that's easier than facing reality. I don't read this line as 'you should forgive James for everything', I read it more as 'why can't everyone get along because that would be easier than dealing with conflict'. In some ways she's right, because there is good in both Sev and James-- it's somehow both her greatest strength and her greatest weakness. This blind trust is what gets her killed, it's what causes her so much pain in SWM, but it's also what saves her son in the end.

Another thing I think we see in SWM is her temper. Like I've said I think Harry gets his anger issues from Lily rather than from James, and I think she's impulsive, reckless, quick to anger. She leads with her heart. It would have been more rational to get a teacher but she dives into the confrontation personally. She insults both James and Sev pretty viciously in this scene (totally deserved, but still). Her giant squid rant is not some well thought out moral indictment of James's character or actions but an emotional response, a personal attack borne of anger. It's very similar to Harry's numerous all caps rages throughout OotP in which he takes out his anger on the people around him.

When thinking about Lily I think it's fair to extrapolate from Harry's character, because they're meant to be similar. Thematically, DH is largely about Harry realising that he's much more like Lily than he realised. Dumbledore says he was counting on Hermione to slow Harry down: Harry represents the intuitive approach, Hermione the logical. Too much reliance on intuition can't save the day, but neither can too much reliance on logic. It's about balance. Sev is the Hermione to Lily-- his learned ability to put aside his emotional needs and impulses for the greater good is ultimately how Lily protects her son through him.

[kissablelips-desireslure-vol3]

WINNING WAYS

Directed By: Jan Novak

Featuring: Patric Levaj Josef Sladek

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[scopop08]

Watching people start to get angry with Cub is so weird to me.

If everyone wasn't in on it Cub simply wouldn't place 3.5k sculk catalysts. No one would do anything on such a massive scale, especially something that effected the other players and their bases, that wasn't unanimously agreed upon.

I've also seen people call it "borderline griefing" which is a really weird take. Of course it effects the way landscapes look, but sculk only converts natural blocks (grass, stone, etc.) and will just put veins on player crafted blocks (planks, concrete, etc). Cleaning everything up would only take a couple players with hoes a few hours.

[rubberduckyrye]

Hey so like. I'm just gonna be real with all of you for a sec cause this popped up on my dash and I just want to warn everyone

If you get an ask from a blog that's got barely any posts begging for donations, stating that they are Palestine refugees in need of necessities that can only be obtained through financial means... it's 99.9% likely to be a scam.

A real person in need wouldn't be turning to tumblr for financial aid--they would be looking to other programs and social media websites, or especially the reddit dedicated to donation drives, and not tumblr which has no way to promote a successful donation drive other than "word of mouth" (reblogs)

Also, they would probably be looking for food, water, and shelter--not necessarily financial resources at this time.

I know it sucks that these people are weaponizing the war and using your empathy to steal from you, especially when you can't ever be 100% sure the asker is a scammer or a real person who maybe doesn't know there are better websites to ask... but it's better to donate to places you KNOW are legitimate rather than give some greedy bastard your money to run off with.

Please, PLEASE be careful when you click on links and answer/reblog those asks.

[badlydrawn-brostrider]

excuse me, mr strider, are you still in the smuppet business?

BRO: Drop the 'Mr', kid. Just Bro is fine.

BRO: Of course I'm still in the fuckin' business. How'd ya think I make all my money? Rich assholes will cough up a pretty penny for their niche

BRO: I don't film anythin' out in the open, gotta keep all my equipment away from the Mini's. The smuppets are still found in every corner of the apartment, though. Mini likes 'em, D not so much.

[fathercharlesoffdensen]

Kloktober 2023, Day 14: Fall Food & Drink - I'm really high on weed gummies atm so in my head it was utterly hilarious to use pictures clearly taken during other seasons and then idk I guess lie in wait in this post's notes until people pass by and then yell "GLOBAL WARMING LOL" and punch them in the arm so they will think i am a cool guy. I'm probably not going to do that btw and/or I might but there will be candy at the end. FRIENDSHIP: Achieved (with candy 🍬)!

[itzparkerjacobs]

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