#and I'm sure there was an overlap there for her

[witchofthesouls]

I had a dream about batmobile-mom and sparklings in Transformers:prime and her taking one look at the sad feral cat that is TFP!Starscream and going "Ya...this is mine now."

To me, it's funnier because the Cat Distribution System is doing the Lord's work with overtime as it claims Starscream to send him straight to them since they're stranded with a crashed ship. (Not the Light Lost. It's actually a little ship meant for initial expeditions of a new planet or for research. Still capable of supporting a small crew up to eight.)

So it's less of "This is mine." and more of "Well, I got a cat. This is not my cat. I never had a cat in this ship. I guess, it's mine now."

Poor lonely Starscream coming across the Batmobile family during his time as a rogue and got kicked out of the Decepticon faction, and getting all of his protocols and coding screaming at him over them. Batmobile may be a tank, but they're fragging huge and strong with matte black shades and a powerful field and little ones that she's attentive to their care. Sure, she's not Seekerkin, but she basically has a lot of the really attractive traits of one.

He becomes an indoor-outdoor cat that's super skittish since his own frame-instincts is attempting to latch onto them. Batmobile is coaxing the guy with Energon, shower brushes, cute sparkling babble, and a research lab where the Liaison is actually attentive to what's he's doing. They may not understand the entirety but they do like listening to the guy.

Because his frame-instincts are super confused over Batmobile not completely the proper mannerisms of a Seekerkin femme accepting another mech in her space, it goes haywire by jumping between 'get closer until she finally makes a decision' and 'FLEE YOU IDIOTIC FOOL' since Seeker femmes tend to be violently territorial over their nests with little ones. She's not making the right behavioral cues that mean 'I have accepted you into my personal, private, and intimate space,' but she's making a lot of the 'you're a guest' and it overlaps with the 'I'm trying to get to know you.'

[skruttet]

Got the chance to bring this up again on Twitter, and though I've posted the summarised version of this from the article on here before, I don't think I've ever posted the actual clip before.

crappy google translate below:

"Our family, it's like the model for this whole thing, the Moomin company. But then... loneliness is a certain form of freedom. I might describe it better by talking about one of my characters who is a vagabond, called Snufkin. He is extremely admired by all the others in the valley because he is completely free. He comes and goes as he wants to, appears and departs, very much himself. Yes, he has been my idol too, but now I have begun to suspect that deep down he is quite self-centred and spoiled. He is a creature of luxury. It's very easy to go out into the wilderness when you're applauded when you get home, right? It's not hard to be alone like that."

[cbrownjc]

Alice is in her third trimester

I've seen a few comments about Daniel possibly cheating on Alice with Armand and I'm kinda like . . . you're assuming that Daniel or Armand -- who regularly, at least in the books, would be in situations where Armand would sit in a chair and watch Daniel have sex with other people -- would themselves view that as cheating. Because I don't think they would've. (At the very least, not younger Daniel.)

It's been talked about, more than once, about how the vampires in this universe are inherently polyamorous. I don't think Armand would care at all about sharing Daniel with another lover. And Daniel, being entangled with Armand (and quite possibly Louis as well) for so long might have himself become not overly concerned with such a thing.

I think Alice is the only one who would have cared that Daniel was sleeping with someone else (if she ever found out), and would have seen it that way. But I, personally, can see Armand and younger Daniel not caring about that view of things in the slightest . . . particularly because they were the ones who were together initially anyway. And that Daniel probably first ever got together with Alice during one of Daniel's running away periods.

Because the main thing that led to their splits sometimes, i.e. Daniel running away, was because Armand's refusal to make Daniel a vampire. Other than that, though? Nothing else in the relationship between them was a problem, particularly for Daniel. And I think that is going to be true wrt the show's version of events. Still being with his vampire lover, even after he may have gotten married? Don't think it is at all outside of possibility -- or that Daniel would have any guilt about it.

And THAT piece of information -- that the only problem he had with the relationship with Armand is that Armand wouldn't turn him -- is going to be the info that Daniel, in the present, likely won't want to face about himself IMO.

Daniel is clearly accepting of the fact that he was a shit father and a terrible husband. But accepting the possible true reason behind all of that?

I said it last year, and I'll say it again -- the revelation about the Devil's Minion that's going to hit Daniel the hardest is very likely going to be the one that reveals he has ZERO moral high ground when it comes to these vampires.

At the moment, Daniel can tell himself that he asked Louis for the Dark Gift because he thought Louis was wasting it. But that excuse is not going to work when it comes to the years and years he asked and wanted Armand to turn him.

That Armand refused to break his vow to never bring another into The Blood -- that is what ended up being what drove them apart. Not any moral conscious Daniel ever had, or grew, about being with Armand at all. Not even whatever transpired regarding Daniel and Alice (and Daniel getting her pregnant likely not just once, but twice, never mind marrying her.)

If Armand had decided to break his vow back then, then IMO, Daniel would have accepted. Alice or no Alice. Kids or no kids. Because while Daniel in the present has nice, even sincerely heartfelt memories about Alice? His past self was clearly emotionally checked out of whatever relationship he had with her by the time of that pregnancy announcement in 1985.

1985. The same year when, in the books, Armand finally did break his vow and turn Daniel, on Halloween. And this is what Daniel had to say about it when Armand finally decided to turn him:

"But don't you see," Daniel said, "all human decisions are made like this. Do you think the mother knows what will happen to the child in her womb? Dear God, we are lost, I tell you. What does it matter if you give it to me and it's wrong! There is no wrong! There is only desperation, and I would have it! I want to live forever with you."

As long as Daniel held any knowledge of not only vampires but of Armand specifically, this is what he would think, what he would always want. And that, IMO, is why he was emotionally checked out when Alice announced that pregnancy. Because, at that point in time, he still held the knowledge, of not just vampires, but Armand himself.

And they were still very much entangled with each other at that time IMO. Still lovers.

My theory is that it isn't Daniel kicking his drug habit that had him "getting his shit together." Well, okay, he did kick a drug habit, but the drug in question was actually Armand's blood. Not to mention Armand himself.

And I think that event happened sometime around when Alice was in her third trimester. (Hence, the name of that track listing).

. . . .

I'm also beginning to wonder if Armand actually was the one who repressed/blocked Daniel's memories of him, or if it was someone else. No, I don't think Louis was the one who did it, (or Lestat either btw), and Armand doing it does make the most sense, given he clearly is not harboring any happy thoughts about Alice, and Daniel splitting from him for her. But a day or so before the new clip came out, @faerywhimsy made a comment to me about who could have also done it, given a comment I made elsewhere about the timeline length Daniel and Armand were apart, and what book-event that matches up with and well . . . .

That person being the one who took Daniel's memories not only tracks wrt the timeline Armand and Daniel spend apart, but it would also track when it comes to the relationship Armand has with that person too. That's all I'm saying . . .

. . . .

Anyway, yeah. I think it was around Alice's third trimester when Armand and Daniel actually split for good. Which, depending on when she got pregnant could conceivably be around towards the end of 1985. Though, more possibly, go over into 1986. But I think that is why there is actually a track named that when it comes to the score for Season 2. Because that time period became a significant one. The time when Daniel actually "got his shit together."

And maybe why, in the present, he can have such love and loving thoughts about Alice. Because the reasons for his being emotionally checked out were no longer at the forefront of his mind for so long anymore (even if he still ended up being a shitty husband and father still -- with Alice as his ex and his kids not speaking to him -- without them).

[elainemorisi]

I do think that the single most chilling thoughtless/accidental piece of timing in all of DS9 has got to be that Ziyal was conceived like, firmly within the same year as Kira Meru's (incredibly untimely and implausible) death

[outeremissary]

Tell me how Ismene is problematic 👀

Little Miss "TN because I have no principles and refuse to develop any"? Yeah I can do that. I hope I've done this right

privileged princess used to getting what she wants

manipulative

terrible communication skills and blames other people for it

super elitist intellectual who will constantly belittle people she considers less educated than her

any form of discourse it is possible for a wizard to be involved in she has a strong and obnoxious opinion about

has Zhentarim friends

nonconsensual scrying is unproblematic

enjoys publicly humiliating others

thinks she knows better than everyone else in the world

will insult you and then gaslight you about it

repeatedly

she doesn't even get anything out of this she's just mean

necromancy is unproblematic

high key terrible to be friends with

would kill for a beautiful woman. has killed for a beautiful woman. happy lesbian visibility week

mind control is unproblematic

Bhaalspawn

20 year old elf who would like to get laid. I've done elf age discourse before I know where this lands you

with great power comes great ability to Not Help avert horrible world atrocities and claim this was for the greater good

with great power also comes great ability to facilitate atrocities for goals that are Definitely not the greater good

everything surrounding her death

which she might have faked.

what a lifetime legacy of delights.

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[texas-bbq-pringles]

spooky controversial thoughts below the cut oh noooo

also this might be jumbled bc i'm sick right now so if you need me to clarify anything please reach out and i will

i'm gonna be completely honest i don't think a lot of y'all are helping with the hannah situation. obviously she has a long way to go in holding herself actually accountable, i've seen her apology and it's not a very good one. however, the amount of people foaming at the mouth the minute she posts anything takes away from the seriousness of any calls for accountability that might still be happening and buries them. people picking fights in her replies bc she "talks about her producer too much" when her producer is her boyfriend or some random shit just isn't productive and frankly she had the right to defend herself against that behaviour in the replies to her tweets. it might just be me but i feel like making a massive deal out of pretty much everything she posts does more harm than good.

by all means, please ask her to actually take accountability if you want, especially as there's no way for her to actually counteract the harm she has caused without it. call her out on these things- we need to make sure that's done, even if she ignores it so that marginalised members of communities who will know who she is know that behaviour like hers isn't accepted, but i am begging you please stop throwing at tantrum at generally harmless posts because it's just counterproductive.

i know the fact that i have publicly said that i like her music and i don't hate her might mean this is easy to overlook as someone that wants to sweep it all under the rug or smth like that so i am gonna make it clear that she has a lot of work to do in terms of accountability and the main purpose of this was to try and point out that some of the gvf fandom are holding that back which could perpetuate the issues with the things she has said, and personally i'd rather not see that happen.

and i'm gonna quickly clarify one last thing- i cannot accept any apology from her for her racist and fatphobic comments, so obviously i won't. it's not my place to do that. i am queer and disabled so could accept an apology for her queerphobic and ableist comments and as of right now, i don't accept her apology bc like i said, it's not a good apology.

[theygender]

This has been on my mind for weeks and I talked to my therapist about it today and told my girlfriend about it too so now it's time for me to update the gay people in my phone: I may have schizotypal personality disorder

[super-paper]

Every time I read a MHA thinkpiece that can be summed up as "AFO is an evil All Might and Tomura is an evil Izuku", I'm like.........,

[shuriflurry]

Hey, welcome to the world of toh criticism! Glad to have you here. I second all of your thoughts on toh's worldbuilding, there was absolutely no effort put in there other than 'what if human world but ugly'. And you are so right about the school's placement system. Why they thought it made sense for the only courses they offer to be a kindergarten level class and an advanced class for high schoolers, with the only thing separating them being knowledge of two spells, is beyond me. I'm excited for you to get to Belos though, he does give the series that much-needed plot structure and while they do drop the ball on his story it's really only towards the end and he's easily the series' strongest (or only strong) point up until then.

Thank you! Happy to be here 😁 and yessss I am so looking forward to plot. The episodic nature of the show is driving me mad. Especially when they are blatently copying story beats from other media (I'm looking directly at the episode where Luz goes to school for the first time and most of the jokes/events are obviously taken from HP)

The school's advanced placement system is so fun to make jokes about. @monkeymindscream and I got much enjoyment out of that.

[caninecowboy]

had the most stressful day ever and it's not even over yet pray for me

[avocado-frog]

Last line tag

@the-stray-storyteller tagged me and in a day when I respond to my other tag, I will tag her back. get wrecked

I accidentally made myself a bit sad with my own writing so now I'm pushing my "dylan probably met elliot pre canon" agenda (which is apparently becoming the dylan gets adopted au) anyways implied child abandonment because it is dylan

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She came to find out that even after a year, Dylan was still under the impression that their parents had to come for them at some point, and she had to be the one to tell them that it wasn't going to happen, and Elliot had to be the one to bribe them out of their locked room with a cookie and a box of apple juice.

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Tags, no pressure, open tag, you know the drill

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[glittercorvid]

lrt one of the main reasons i used to say i couldn't be autistic was that i "didn't get bullied". looking back now though i can think of at least 9 people who have tried to bully me, both at school and in the work force, through various social insincerities that i was just too autistic to pick up on. got a lot of mean spirited compliments and asked mocking questions that i just responded to completely earnestly. didn't even notice they were trying to shame me. most of the complimentors got a heartfelt compliment in return and everyone got a big smile. which honestly? kinda ideal. i didn't experience emotional scarring and it's very, very funny to imagine how these people must have felt. they were trying to stab me and i would giggle because it tickled and then pat them gently on the head before continuing on my way

[absensia-archived]

I’ll be working on refining and solidifying charlotte’s canon timeline when I come back as well as writing up her handful of verses!  As per usual,  her verses are very much meant to serve entirely different canons and narratives that simply cannot mesh with her canon lore and timeline,  and I don’t think I’ll be writing her in different parts of the timeline even once it’s set out,   ie.  having distinct verses for her within the established timeline and “writing backwards” in time,  so to speak.  plots and dynamics,  however,  can certainly have their roots in any part of the timeline, but mainly,  charlotte exists in a perpetually developing present,  as always.  

[mycenaae]

they should've let crowley keep his beautiful beautiful 11-years-ago and 5-years-later hair the whole time instead of subjecting david tennant to the doctor who hairstyle again but this time red

[infiniteglitterfall]

OMG THEY DID?!? THAT'S GENUINELY AMAZING I'M NOT EVEN JOKING

My mind is exploding right now. Is Susan half-human? Do we know how many hearts she has? We can't know that because they didn't say the Doctor had two hearts until way later... but maybe they mentioned it in canon stuff later? Books, audio adventures? But can we count on ANYTHING in canon anymore, when the new series so deliberately destroyed canon as even a pretend concept, with the Time War?

People who have seen under 20 years of Doctor Who: Aw I can't believe they teased the Doctor's family but we didn't learn anything

People who have seen Too Much Doctor Who: THEY CONFIRMED SUSAN'S PARENT HASN'T BEEN BORN YET?? FINALLY A SIGNIFICANT UPDATE!! WE ARE MAKING REAL PROGRESS!!