#also i don't care if my guys don't fit because cringe culture is dead to me

[oswaldddavis]

Hi guys this is an OC I made for the X-House universe I mess with basically all the time nowadays. (He/She/It) is a drummer for Coldsteel's Garage-Level Industrial-Metal Band that I absolutely made the f*ck up because I can. Anyways, his name stems from his blood-red fur colour, and he got the nickname Rusty due to a lot of people not wanting to shorten it any other way.

He'd seen Coldsteel in the Sonic Fighting Academy, where Steel was an SSS Rank student, and himself an A Rank, but they wouldn't have their fateful encounter to form a band together until a couple years later during a music convention with a common interest in the band Nine Inch Nails. Their friendship consists of being violent with each other basically all the time, while Nails watches, because that's their common language.

( Additional Design Notes : His Ear Piercings' placements are supposed to be Constellation, & his Lip Piercings are Angel Bites. He has back scars that stretch around to the front torso area, as a result from a break-in & attempt on his life. He wears fingerless gloves because he likes how the damaged wood of his drumsticks feels. He colours in his eyebrows, applies eyeshadow, & dyes the tips of his quills because he likes the contrast. (The eyeshadow is also to hide his sleep-deprived eyes from his sleep paranoia that he'll be assassinated in his sleep again.))

((I just like making up nonsense and world-building for the guys I shove into Multiversal Collaborative Stories 🥺))

[generalherasyndulla]

for the ask meme, the five numbers you like the least. not the questions. the literal numbers.

"the five numbers you like the least" bruh I'm still not sure why I'd be expected to have strong number opinions but here we are I guess.

Also you didn't specify a fandom so I'm just gonna jump around here for funsies

12. the unpopular character that you actually like and why more people should like them

Alright listen aitsf/aini fandom. I get why a lot of y'all don't like Lien. His interactions with Kizuna early on aren't great and there's a valid critque to be said about that dynamic perpetuating creepy stalkerish tendencies "wearing a woman down until she accepts a relationship". BUT there's a lot more to him than that which is super compelling. Lien at the chronological start of the game is a former criminal trying to better himself and feeling bummed out because he got fired from a legitimate job he had because of his criminal history. Ultimately his relationship with Kizuna motivates Lien to better himself and not give up and find a job that suits his skill set. I think the exploration of classism and the struggles of trying to better yourself in a society that believes "once a criminal always a criminal" in Lien is compelling plus he's just a big dumb guy that loves his girlfriend. YES their first meeting was bad but dammit Lien being Kizuna's legs for her so they can dance is so fucking cute and it fucking got me. Sorry haters in this house I love Lien Twining.

17. there should be more of this type of fic/art

I think there should be Sam and Max fic that actually fits closer to Steve Purcell's style. I've seen some really great fanart/fan comics that I think feel very Sam and Max and fit the style of its various incarnations but fic is kind of a different story. I've definitely read some INCREDIBLE sam and max fics but overall most of them are kinda mediocre and I think it's because a lot of sam and max writers are young and aren't quite equipped to tell a story that fits sam and max, mostly by treating them too seriously. Sam and Max is first and foremost a comedy and even canon at its darkest still manages to have plenty of genuinely funny moments. There's nothing wrong with trying to explore a more serious side to the characters mind you but a lot of it in my opinion takes it too far to the point where Sam and Max don't feel like Sam and Max.

18. it's absolutely criminal that the fandom has been sleeping on...

Okay buffy fandom, maybe I am looking in the wrong place by why is there Robin Wood fandom. I know season 7 sucks but Robin is a highlight of that season for me. I think he's a very compelling character, the son of a slayer who lost his mom at a young age and takes up the fight himself. I don't think the show really used his character to the fullest potential but that's what fandom is supposed to be for. At least it is when the character with untapped potential is white but ALAS here we are. Anyway I love Robin a lot I don't talk about him much but I think he's neat and I wish there was more appreciation for him out there.

19. you're mad/ashamed/horrified you actually kind of like...

Nothing tbh. CRINGE CULTURE IS DEAD BABY IN THIS HOUSE WE'RE BEING GENUINE ABOUT WHAT WE LIKE!!!!! THAT'S WHAT THE REAL COOL KIDS (TM) ARE DOING

23. ship you've unwillingly come around to

Probably franmaya. Like I used to really like not like it when I was younger (mostly because Maya is my favourite character while I didn't care much for Franziska. Like I didn't hate franziska per se I just didn't like her as much as other. idk what to tell you somehow I didn't get the crush on franziska gene that every other sapphic woman has) but due to it being a common background ship in narumitsu fics and one really good analysis post tumblr breaking down maya and franziska's similarities in a way that actually made it click I've softened on the ship. I still won't actively seek it out but I might reblog a cute fanart here or there if I come across it.

Thanks for the asks dude, even if u asked them in the weirdest fucking way

send me some more "choose violence" fandom asks

[nanjokei]

i just think some people get a kick off of feeling superior to people who like one of the biggest normie games in the market currently. i can't comment on it myself, cuz i did not get far in it (i just don't like open world games), but a lot of people who aren't even into the story like the game for the game part! some people just think the characters are cute. it doesn't have to be a masterpiece and the characters don't have to have the best designs in the world. sometimes you read a stupid ass comic strip in the newspaper and you get excited every sunday to see the extra long strip of it. it's not that deep.

it's weird because it's ok to like bad and weird things, but only as long as it's "in" and still hipster. i think it's because genshin is so mainstream that it is an easy target. but it's precisely because it is mainstream that i increasingly find it cruel. the reason people are so wowed by simple and "generic" (this is incredibly subjective by the way) because it's probably one of their first entry points to anime style games and the like. so it just feels... more and more BAD dunking on it.

not to mention that despite typing all this up, i truly could not care less about it and my frustration mostly stems from a place of "you guys aren't criticizing it because you care, you're criticizing it from a place of bad faith". idk if that even makes it sense. but even if i don't like something, personally, i try to at least understand where it and its fans are coming from. even if i don't agree with it. because nothing is more frustrating than people casting shallow assumptions and running wild with it.

people wanna be like "cringe culture is dead" and "like what you like" while also doing this. the other day i tried out star rail and thought it was really fun, but i was too embarrassed to praise it publically without resorting to some kind of "but im self aware" safeguard. i really examined those feelings after the fact, after i made that post. i wanted to understand why i acted like that even though i don't like that kind of behavior. even if i try to be above it, social pressure is such a drug. wanting to fit in and not come off a certain way, enjoying something people potentially consider cringe and bad, i struggle with it more than i want to admit. i don't think i can be too loud about enjoying that game even if i try to critically tackle my behavior. because of the pressure and silent (loud) hostility.

if you play this game you think it's the best thing ever and play nothing else. if you like these characters you think they're the only characters in the world. if you like this design you have no taste and your standards are low. SO EXHAUSTING. IT'S SO MUCH PRESSURE. this hyperbole people just toss around is so hypocritical...

i will never claim to be an ideologically pure person, or a person without bias. ever. i am a very flawed human being. i have opinions that are mean and elitist, but i try to keep them to myself, or soften the blow, keep it in a less public space, and i try to have empathy above all else. i'm not perfect. i don't know. just having a moment of introspection. thinking about why all of this bothers me so much. sorry for the long post. also im on my period right now so maybe that's why

people living in glass houses shouldn't cast stones

i dont ride or die for hoyoverse but the brand of post just dunking on the games and their fans for existing is so exhausting. like yeah, easy target, easy validation feedback loop, whatever. do what you need to do. i don't even disagree sometimes. you won't catch me thinking good things about genshin most days but at some point just like how the designs are supposedly so generic, the criticism is pretty generic too. don't people get tired of consuming the same opinion over and over? and also repeating it?

i should not be getting so bothered and defending a game i don't even like and probably will never get into (ive tried two seperate times) but that genre of post just gets on my nerves now. just as annoying as the annoying fans

[pettykarma]

Ok gonna finish this one real quick

Daini Light (Namagem) x Ashley Adderley

I found this pair, it's rare and I'm giving my reason why I ship it.

TL;DR

Cringe warning ahead

As you guys know, Ashley is Aki (megaman) love interest. Yet I don't feel it fit each other and felt rush. Daini (Namagem) is Aki twin or evil twin in the show, he is more anti hero material. Ashley and Namagem doesn't even know each other exist, yet I see potential ship in them, because of the dynamic they could give off. Like the dynamic emo boy x nerd girl, Ashley is portrayed as a nerd in the show and canonically is a nerd with a style in my perspective, while Daini is in fact emo boy cause of his conflict.

How I can make sense of this crack/rare ship ?

This two can meet at one point in the show. The time around the show finale or the end of the comic book. Either way this two meet offscreen when Aki isn't around

So maybe Namagem won't immediately fall in love but slow burn will make him go to a flame after he has feelings after he overcomes his trauma and issues.

Ashley doesn't want to see this stranger but they don't know when they will meet again. They will meet frequently at random places

At first meeting they will ignore each other, second meeting will be awkward, third is when they just talk a little bit due to how coincidental it is to meet more than one time for a stranger.

Daini barely know how interact with a person, good thing Ashley is the one who lead the conversation.

They chat about robotic and technology in general, once they know each view about said subject, they will think 'maybe you aren't that bad to talk with'. At some point they don't know they got comfortable with each other if they keep meeting and talk with each other.

I like to make a plot point where Daini need to help his family and Ashley got dragged into it because she care about her friends and want help them, calling the good guild doesnt help so she do this by her own.

She doesn't worry about being an armed, she know some self defense and have useful gadget like Suna but hers' is a stunt gun and shield protector, I mean at an episode she made a camera, flying drone, chemical substances, and a functional robot for science fair.

Daini as Namagem (no obsidian armor) just try to save his twin brother from total destruction while Ashley try to get Suna and Aki to save ground (Ashley thought Aki is in trouble like Suna, turns out he will be scrap metal if Namagem can't save him). So when these two meet each other again, they have teamwork (Namagem know it's Ashley but Ashley doesn't know it's Daini, she thought he was a robot master).

So these two have the same goal to save their friends it won't be hard to have a quick teamwork. After saving their friends, Namagem just leave and let Ashley handle his siblings. He legit trust her because he thinks this girl is like his sister, cunning and smart.

Of course, I want Ashley to interact with some harmless robot master. Maybe let Ashley help iceman with his autism speech literalness that almost freeze Daini when he tried to confront icey. Give a situation where Daini want to say his apology to fireman and Ashley help by trying to make sure nobody is on fire (literally). Hey what about Ashley accidentally meet Hypnowoman who try to help Daini overcome his trauma, won't be pleasant for him but at some point he needs therapy and a new home.

I want to make a fanfic, where Sgt. Night broke out of jail and start a fight with the Light family again but this time he's under someone control, at this point when Daini wants to fight Sergeant, he almost lose. But the robot master who were wronged by Sergeant came back to bite him in the face, so let say a scenario that Ashley managed to go into that battle field with a weapon.

Remember Chemistryman chemical that turn people into platinum, Ashley learn how to make that potion again from Mr. NRT himself this time (after convincing him to teach her high leveled science) she used that to her advantage.

She used that potion to Sgt. Night new powerful armor and BAMM that armor turned to stone.

I wanna put a quote. Sgt: "Who do you think you are, you're just a child" Ashley: "Yeah, and this child turn you into a statue, also what you did to everyone is just unforgettable."

Yeah she burn this jerk to the ground and let every robot master have their fun with the jerkface. Daini and Aki will be smitten by her.

Well there should be a scene where Daini want change in him, Ashley give him some advice

Daini: I will need help in this 'redeeming' myself

Ashley: you should start by getting to know your family first or be open up to them, let be close to you

Daini: What if they hate me ? What if I can't ? What if I'm just a monster ?

Ashley: I'll help you.

Daini:It will be ugly and hard

Ashley: if it's you it'll be fine

Daini: Why ?

Ashley: You always want to change from the start, from fireman, drillman, iceman, Hypnowoman, feeding and caring for the scavengers, and then convinced my parents you're a good guy.

Daini: *having internal crush to her even if he has poker face on* *God give me strength I'm in love with the greatest person alive*

That's all from my 2 cent.

I know it's cringe.

But cringe culture is dead anyway