#and a lotta depending factors

[didderd]

Hello! First of all, Tic is so cute I would just love to give him a hug! But also have a tiny question.. How does it feel when a tic is about to happen? I could imagine that sometimes it's hard to register before it happens, but I also know you can supress them a litte? So I'm very curious!

(U get litol Tic hug, bc I felt like it. :3)

Ok, so there is a very specific feeling/sensation, which may be hard to explain, but the closest comparison I can think of is like. the feeling you get before a yawn? but a bit more? tingly?? Most ppl compare tics to sneezes, but I think at least the feeling itself is closer to the urge to yawn. It's also more. in your body, or specifically the part of your body that want's to tic.

(I hope I'm explaining that well. I don't often take conscious notes of how these things feel lol.)

And yes, you'd be right about that. It is sometimes hard to register before it happens. Sometimes we might not even feel it at all before it happens, or it can also be just to sudden to catch.

[eclaire-went-bam]

"covert" narcissist this "overt" narcissist that, are y'all actually that consistent?

[houseofwolvess]

i keep seeing posts about ppl's *eyelashes* thickening after starting testosterone, and like. how did i not hear about that before

[my-autism-adhd-blog]

So I'm a teen and I'm going to be working soon-ish (depending upon other life factors for the most part) and I was wondering if you knew of any jobs that are like sensory friendly? A lotta teen jobs are like working as a cashier and I know I couldn't do that and I wouldn't be able to be a lifeguard in the summer so I don't know anymore.

I'm not autistic and I don't have ADHD but I have an auditory processing disorder which makes it very hard to follow conversations and makes lots of noise and loud noises super overwhelming.

If you have any ideas, that would be great. If you don't have any ideas, you can totally ignore this, thank you!

Hi there,

Unfortunately I’ve never been employed and I receive SSI (social security income). So I’m not familiar with this. But I did find some jobs that could be easily and hopefully not too overwhelming.

I hope some of these sound good for you. Maybe my followers can share some sensory friendly employment? I know there are some that are familiar with the workplace.

I’m very sorry if this doesn’t answer your question. But I appreciate the inbox. I hope you have a wonderful day/night. 😊

[superscourge]

how do you get people to take notice of your commissions? ive been at this for five or six years now and can count the number of comms ive gotten on one hand lmao

WELL this is always rly hard for me to answer bc it really depends on So Much Shit... 😭

like for one thing a lot of it is genuinely luck. like. luck in terms of who sees your work and wants to buy it at the same time mostly? BUT ALSO, this can be helped a bit by How you increase your reach--reach is very important if u wanna sell comms.

ive found what worked for me is drawing fanart, which i know feels like a cop-out to a lotta ppl but it honestly works! and by attracting attention with fanart ive been able to get more eyes on my work and increase the chances of getting a bite :]

another factor is unfortunately following, but that relates to ^ reach and attention on ur work so i dont feel like i need to rly dive into that again x'D

customer service is important too imo. like, how nice and pleasant and easy u are to work with :3 ive worked hard to be really approachable and easy to work with so i think this plays into things. i want ppl to wanna work with me again yknow? if the experience is pleasant then theyre more likely to return <3

one last thing is that like...hmm how do i word this. the appeal of ur art does matter to Some degree i think, but not as much as i think ppl assume? like ok. there are ppl with insanely detailed and intricate work that looks incredible like painterly masterpieces but they are Unable to get commissions bc of some other factor like lack of reach or something. then there are ppl with really simplistic art styles that may seem significantly "less quality" than the painterly masterpieces from the other person but they get commissions out the wazoo. so while i think you do have to have some level of appeal with your art, i dont think its the Only Thing that matters bc like i mentioned ppl dont always care abt how the art looks in terms of "quality" PLUS art is very subjective and one thing could look insanely good to one person but it looks like shit to someone else yknow? so i dont like to place a lot of emphasis on this.

in relation to ^ this, i think popularity matters to Some degree sometimes. i do know ppl who have kind of "lower-quality" (i hate saying that) work compared to others but still get an insane amt of comms bc theyre way more popular. ppl want to say they own a piece by this popular artist yknow? if that makes sense??? so just reiterating its not always about how the art looks, sometimes its other stuff in addition to it

uhhhhh gosh. i hope Any of this was helpful, like i said this is always an extremely difficult question for me to answer bc again things that work for me do not work for everyone because we make different things and are different people! i consider myself EXTREMELY lucky to be able to get the amount of comms i do (i do this for a living; commissions are my Only income which is why i put so much emphasis on them) and i know a lot of people cannot achieve this sorta thing and thats rly sad but its not always completely in our control :(

but i wish u the absolute best of luck and i hope things pick up for u in the future..!!!

[evermorethecrow]

Any thoughts u want to share on the omegaverse au?

YES ACTUALLY QUITE A FEW

-Dazai isnt a omega or alpha but in fact a beta (it fits him so much trust)

-i have alpha and omega as the majority beta being far and few between + generally not looked into that much too?? some people dont really even think about them ( you go to your sex ed class its like 3 slides on omegas, 3 slides on alphas and then like 1 slide on betas thats like 'yeah they just have nothing happen to them' a lotta betas think they just havent presented yet)

-NO SEX!!!!!!!!!!! like for realzies ive been calling it the sexless abo au for a reason theres like none of the usual typical abo heat cycle shit , im Far from a prude but i wanted to do something non traditional and abo is traditonally a sex trope so yknow

-chuuya isnt a alpha omega or beta but a weird sorta combination??? a variety of factors (Lab, suribachi) fucked his biology over quite a bit, he presented real late (typical age in this one to present is like 13 he showed nothing till 16) and hes basically like all three of them depending on the day ??? his scent fluctuates and changes a ton ,entirely inconsistant, it'll full on like disapear entirely sometimes for like a week and then come back. as for the actual heat n rut thing (the thing people are here for </3 /j) he kinda like. has both. let me explain, he might go into heat or whatever and then midway through it changes OR he could have them back to back or like nothing for months its like again NOt at all liner.

-Back to the no sex thing, its not like a pg rated au its more i wanted to use omegaverse as an excuse to do a whole fic on various charecters relationships with sex, in usual evermore fashion. the omegaverse is a very gendered trope i feel a lot or at least its become that??? became that at some point?? its also a more sex focused version of our society you can really do a LOT with the omegaverse i find it real fun to play around with especially when it comes to charecters who dont fit into the ideas general society has (read: chuuya).

-asexual chuuya

-im also not doing any of that 'inner alpha' 'inner omega' stuff sorry to any fans of that </3 when it comes to compulsions like nesting or whatever i say its something either can have (either being alpha or omega) i think its just pushed more onto omegas and sterotypically an omegan thing

-oh also im giving them the fangs and claws because i physically cant NOt have some kind of monsterish parts on bsd guys everytime i have to design a bsd charecter with no supernatural elements a fairy dies

-AND this is set in the bsd canon world so abilities and such a still around, theres a high concentration of betas among ability users and abilities can effect the abo parts, maybe chuuyas so messed up because hes a singularity who knows??

I'll stop my rambling now but you get the gist of it

[dykedvonte]

Preston x Danse is the only companion ship I think would actually work because Preston’s inner turmoil is sort of a loss of faith in himself due to the traumatic experiences he’s faced while Danse is looking for something to have faith in and would find the fact that despite the desire to give up Preston held out so long not just for the honor of the Minutemen but because he had some hope.

It would 100% start off as a lotta unhealthy on Danse’s side as I believe he completely lacks the emotional intelligence (due to a combination of factors) to recognize the he’s feelings as anything but a sort of respect for a superior along with leaning too much into Preston as a substitute for the BoS. Preston may not really have a title but he’s like THE Lieutenant of the Minutemen. Realistically he’s the only companion Danse would probably be comfortable taking instructions from especially for how trusted Preston is by the Sole Survivor and his adherence to military standards despite how unstructured the Minutemen are. It would be him waiting for orders, approval, anything from Preston and he thinks it’s just the desire to have the regiment of the BoS again but he also like when Preston compliments him on being useful or resourceful. He likes the stories of Minuteman glory days and he trades the stories of the BoS that don’t hurt to talk about. He likes the familiarity Preston would provide and he’d be oblivious that it’s not just new found loyalty to the Minutemen.

Yet Preston explains it himself that he’s not a natural leader. He’s not an instructor. He helps manage what the General has put in place and he content on doing that. He relays what needs to be done and does major upkeep but I don’t think he’d know what to do with this guy this literally marches up to him and practically begs for a mission that doesn’t exist. Like the formality and respect is nice but he can tell it’s covering something even if Danse doesn’t.

Danse could go to Sturges for the many repair and upkeep assignments he gives him and has the freedom to go straight to the Castle if he really wants a big mission, but he chooses to come to him everytime. He’s aware enough that Danse only trusts him out of all of the Generals confidantes but it would take a bit for him to understand why. If anything Danse should be strategizing with him as equals seeing as he almost got the Minuteme wiped out and Danse was a Paladin for the Brotherhood with many successes under his belt before Preston even led his first scouting mission. It’s like he sees him as some figure of hope, some one who can come in and add stability. Someone with a fresh outlook who can provide a new perspective for him.

It’s like he sees him like he saw/sees the Sole Survivor but that would be crazy because that would also mean… and then oh, it clicks.

The revelation is both flattering and he doesn’t know what to do with it cause how do you address “I know you respect me but is that the only feeling you have for me?” To the guy who like refuses to rest unless you tell him at ease? He has to reevaluate his whole manner of interaction with Danse cause this is a very slippery slope that he’s sliding down and it’s even more perilous due to Danse’s repressed emotions regarding… everything. There’s an equal chance Danse will try to open up as completely shut down and he’s not just concerned about it cause Sole Survivor cares for him but because he has grown to care for the guy too. It’s not like he doesn’t also enjoy Danse’s company and value as a Minuteman member. He’s not a love at first sight guy but he’s played with the idea, anyone would when you’ve spent nights trading stories, historical facts and beers by the fire in a little home you’ve carved for yourself through literal blood, sweat and tears.

I think it’s one of those cases where it’s agonizingly slow to the actual relationship but neither part are anguished about that. If anything happened to soon Danse would be too dependent and Preston not equipped to handle it. It’s a case where I genuinely think they’d bring out the best in each other cause theyd want to figure out what is best for the other and not just apply what they think is the best. It’s the care that Preston would ask Danse what he wants to do and encourage it and at the same time Danse would be incredulous everytime Preston second guesses himself.

Long story short it’s a good ship to me because it’s just two guys with broken confidences and faith in their roles being each other’s hype man and kissin a little about it.

[crossover-enthusiast]

I have this super long HC I’m probably gonna draw out someday. Sorry for the long as in advance, also there is character analysis that focuses mainly on Bob cause I have brainrot

I have this HC that Eyes drains sanity depending on how much mental baggage/trauma you have and how much time you spend in his vicinity. It is an eldritch horror, after all! People go to their knees, or just freeze in place when they see him; it’s like being in his mere presence breaks their mind a bit…

Pump stayed the same for the most part, minus some new odd characteristics (pyromania, being one) since while he did have absent parents growing up he is still mentally fine, and only stayed with Eyes for a short while. Though he definitely has the mark of being in Eyes’ presence (Glowing cyan eyes)

Meanwhile, for comparison, I’d imagine Bob had gone through intense childhood trauma (as do many serial killers) as a factor towards becoming a cultist/serial killer, so he likely was already at least somewhat broken mentally when he met Eyes. The photos (some of which seem ripped open) on the wall speak to me of a man who is barely holding it together, whether it be because of his (hypothetical) past or simply stress from overworking himself at Boys & Grills.

Hell, his house is in ruins. While it could be that it just became this way from not having gone back to his house in a long time, I think it has actually always been this way. There’s discarded body parts on the floor, so it seems to me Bob wasn’t the clean type. That begs the question; has it been like this before he became a killer, too?

In the photo with Child!Lila, he doesn’t actually look happy to me. He seems like he’s forcing a smile rather than being actually happy, and the bags under his eyes indicate he’s secretly not having a good time. I think maybe he was trying to keep a sense of forced positivity in a harsh time in his life; even as a serial killer you barely see him frown, or get angry. Granted, he seems genuinely happier, but isn’t it odd he barely expresses any other emotion?

Granted I’m biased, I could be looking too deep into it (he’s one of my favs)

We also can infer that Bob had seen Eyes as well, since he also has Cyan eyes, something that we only see Pump have (and the hatzgang; both Pump and Hatzgang get this ‘marking’ from looking into The Eyes Of The Universe. As such, it is likely Bob had been in Eyes’ presence at some point, since as far as we know, the only way to get cyan eyes is by looking at Eyes.)

If simply being in Eyes’ presence can truly break mortal minds in universe, that begs the question of how long Bob stayed there…

Ohhh this is REALLY interesting actually- now that I'm thinking about it I'm surprised I never really thought about the whole "mind break" of Eyes' nature as an eldritch being, lotta fun stuff with that

Also Pump's pyromania stemming from him staring at Eyes is a neat take! I always thought that was something he just had, but it being from Eyes, ah... *glances at Ignacio* yeah that tracks.

And actual Bob analysis and speculation yesssss - this is a fantastic take. God, that just makes me think the cult kidnapped him and locked him into Eyes' room until he snapped...

[lazywriter-artist]

how is yassified emps with his custodes?

Oh a very fun one! This kind of comes in layers

Very attached to them for sure!

They’re kind of the closest thing he’s ever really gotten for stability tbh, and he tends to cling to that pretty often, though not all Custodes are held in the exact same regard.

Most majority of his custodes it’s a very formal, mostly, connection. There is a sense of unspoken closeness but with a deeper understanding that outward expressions of that closeness are unlikely and rare if happen at all.

When you narrow it down to those who spend most of their time about holy Terra you get a bit lighter of a relationship and closer even If there’s still that silent understanding of formality to it. You do get to see Emps lowered walls a bit though if you’re lucky!

Now, more of his PERSONAL personal guard, like those who are around Emps next to 24/7? That’s where the fun begins. They really tend to get a lot more of that closeness and have that formality (varying but still) lower, you kind of range from standard custodes unspoken formal closeness, to being kind of his confidant and on occasions a care taker and sometimes little pup that gets scruffed and carried about (when Emps is especially broody and missing his sons-) to be shown memory lane amongst other things (it’s a bit rare for him to be so outwardly affectionate, normally you’ll just get given a nice meal or some old archeo-human gift emps either made or has kept around if he really likes you, but not unheard of-). They really just kind of get further exposed to the Emp-isms and little habits he feels more comfortable letting show when he’s not playing emperor of all man kind, see him much more as human than many other people get to.

Really all and all it entirely depends on the Custodes, the situations they wind up in and so on, lotta factors into emps lowering his walls even if only a little and to growing attached. You might be around emps as much as you can kind of squeeze out and he just never latch onto the personality or whatever, and you can have a Custodes around emps every so often and he just grow a soft spot for you. The inner machinations of his strange mind are an enigma

[70snasagay]

*ahem*

5, 6, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 27, 31, 32, 34, 37, 41, 46

From the ask game!

5. Do you sleep with a stuffed animal?

YES!!! several in fact, a blahaj, a kuzgesagt duck, and a kurzgesagt baby duck

6. Do you prefer drawing or writing?

ooooooh this is a hard one, ig writing but it really depends on my mood and my level of inspiration and countless other factors and i like doing them both!

13. Fears?

oh that's so vague idk spiders? and some other more existential fears but this is a nice friendly post so i'll leave those alone

14. What's your favourite color?

i really like teal and purple but i'm firmly of the belief that there are no ugly colours

15. What's your favourite season?

i really like spring and winter, and i'd love summer too bc of the lack of school if not for the intense heat and very very bright sun

16. Want any tattoos? What of?

ooo yes, i don't have any rn (ofc not i'm a minor) but i don't know what i could get a tattoo of

17. Want any piercings? Where?

maybe, i'm not really sure, and i definitely don't know where, but i guess one or two could be nice

27. What’s your favorite book? Or just one you’ve read a few times?

favourite book might just have to be hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy, i love the whole series but the first is the best imo, and i've read zeus grants stupid wishes so so many times

31. What are you looking forward to in the distant future?

def moving to denmark (or in general getting the fuck out of hungary)

32. If you could go anywhere right now, where would you go?

i'm currently cosy in bed so i don't really want to go anywhere but it'd be nice to visit my grandparents (and do this exact same thing there)

34. What’s your favorite flower?

lavender!! and also roses are really nice

37. Do you prefer dogs or cats?

cats, mostly because i'm scared of dogs (for many different reasons)

41. What’s your favorite cartoon?

MACSKAFOGÓ!!!!!! it's a really fun hungarian-canadian cartoon and i'm pretty sure it only exists w/ hungarian voice acting but i recommend subs anyway, it's a really fun cartoon probably not really meant for kids and it's about [INFODUMP REMOVED] anyway definitely watch it if you can't find a version or want to hear more then my ask box/dms are always open

46. What do you need when you’re sad?

depends, usually a hug and music (specifically the album mezzanine by massive attack) (and other music similar to it) (idk my taste in music when i'm experiencing emotional turmoil is really different to when i'm not)

whew that was a lotta questions!! i had fun tho so moots please don't be afraid to ask me many many questions off these ask games i love you <333

[x]

[theultimatekamehamehavoc]

Random Togami Headcanon 16

Byakuya has some opinions about being in a gym class with his other classmates. Also just gym in general. He sure does have an opinion on literally everything though!

And it's not like he's not one to exercise. He does of course! Gotta ensure he can defend for himself as the heir. However, he's still a lean guy and is NO way a gym bro nor would he want to. He'd hate his personality only being "get swoll" or "doing reps". Byakuya's just not that guy in general. Not a gym bro. But, either way, despite not hating the concept of working out and doing some exercises now and again, he still despises gym. School gym. Lotta gyms. Just utter distain within him for it. And it's deep too.

In regards to having gym with his peers in school, he's not fond of some of them looking at him or just Toko in general ogling him. Mostly though, it's the hygiene cus, fancy school or not, regardless of his old school either, it's still a gym. A sweaty ass gym. No amount of air conditioning or funds will change his mind. And golly does he HATE being on the gym floor too and getting his hands on it to do push ups or pull ups or just any time he accidently touches the floor. It's better outside but he also isn't fond of it either since he's still in gym. Also, out of everything in Hopes Peak, the gym is a downgrade in his eyes. Also, he's not too fond of wearing the gym uniform cus he's just gotta whine about everything.

As for general gym happenings not involving school, he just doesn't really like dressing casual for working out which is why his gym clothes at his fancy mansion are custom made. Not that he enjoys those either. Like, if he could, he'd just live in his suits. But, atlas, he's still human. Byakuya also just hates certain workouts in general and even some names of the workouts that he legitimately refuses to ever utter in his life. Good luck guessing which ones! In terms of the workouts and their functions though, he has the dislike for then, not cus of strain. Cus of how he looks or just that he feels the workout is ridiculous and unbecoming of him. Like, he refuses to do jumping jacks and he will die on his hill. Or, basically, if he was in some American school and had to do bear crawls, yeah. He'd freaking HATE that so bad. Don't get him started on group work. He's ALWAYS despised doing group work. 9/10 he's either suck with someone he doesn't like or he just hates the project and it's just a hassle. He especially doesn't like it at gym though cus he's required to either let people touch HIM or HE has to touch THEM. And, depending on the classmates, the disgust varies. Like, he'd rather have Celeste, Kyoko, Makoto, or Taka touch him rather than Toko, or Hiro for instance. That's not to say he doesn't like group projects at times but it is exclusively away from gym since gym is just a big no. Also by "at times" it's just one specific instance There is only one instance he'll like group work and it has nothing to do with him. With group projects come group presentations and OH BOY does he love seeing the real shitshows of them all. The double edged part of it is that sometimes, they're too bad. Too funny to watch so he has to put more work than he calculated to contain himself. Last thing he wants are the commoners commentating on his laughing of all things. Not because they'd hate it. With bad presentations, other's will be guaranteed to find the whole trainwreck amusing. What REALLY makes him contain himself is that he just KNOWS he'll get comments on "how cute he sounds" and the last thing he wants is to die of embarrassment from that. And, honestly, embarrassment as well as disgust are the main factors why he hates gym class so adamantly. What can ya say. He likes his control.

[silver-wield]

In your opinion what do you think the Devs frame of mind is with how they wrote A this game. Are they just out of touch and don't realise how shitty she comes across in this day and age or did they do it on purpose to show something? Like how she too was mentally distraught over Zack and none of her feelings were genuine at all even in OG. Even non shippers are literally baffled and don't know what to think of her and why she is so flip floppy this game when they thought she was written better last game.

Maybe it's just the way I played but it felt like we were meant to be pissed off with Aerith and avoid her because she's so frigging intolerable.

Even in Cosmo Canyon all she did during that speech was whine all "poor me I had no friends and I'm super special and I wanna be normal!!!" and the option to encourage that and indulge her self pitying bullshit just felt really icky, so I think a lot of the negative convo choice outcomes actually make her stop and think about her behaviour and how she hurts others. The fact the Gi also said as much about cetra as a whole being a selfish race also feeds into that view point. I mean if you've been sucking up to her and then suddenly you hear "oh yeah, cetra are self obsessed and don't care about others" you should stop and think about how you've played the game and whether what you've done is in line with how the characters are canonically.

For the most part with the multiple dialogue options and several versions of the same scene depending on how you played I think this game above Remake and part three are indulging the whole "it's player choice!!!" narrative. From what I've seen it's almost impossible to figure out the straight line in all the options, and if they hadn't included some mandatory scenes as waypoint markers I think the whole narrative would've got lost, but the one thing that is clear is that Cloud isn't as nice to Aerith as he is to Tifa and the point Kitase made about "by the end you'll be thinking I wish I had been nicer to her" factors into the non optional parts of the game as well as the optional parts.

That's not to say she's not still a back stabbing bitch who maintains a superficial friendship with Tifa because even though she likes her, she's jealous af of her in multiple ways and thinks if she can steal Cloud from under her nose then that validates her as superior.

I mean even Zack acknowledged Aerith isn't that pretty. She's pretty to him, but not in general. She also had no friends because her personality sucks and she was obsessed with being seen as normal and that made her act fake and resulted in everyone calling her weird, which she hates more than anything.

Aerith is a foil for Tifa and the devs really took that concept and made her the worst. She's not that kind, she's self involved, she's not pretty or capable or anything that Tifa is. She's obsessed with Cloud and doesn't really care about the planet or her role unless it's performative and makes her look good. Even as she's dying all she cares about is trying to get Cloud, which causes him trauma because she doesn't care how he feels.

Aerith is written as a bad person who happens to be a good guy and that's meant to throw up a lotta of conflicting emotions for players. Even though she's a "heroine" we don't have to like her because she's a horrible person. That's the devs intention imo.

[dead-tireddualieuser]

WAIT I JUS WOKE UP BUT THE ANNOUNCEMENTS WITH ALL THE IDOLS WAS SO COOL??? AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

idk what team to choose :( The past was SO important to me cause shit, i wouldn't have found my identity or love or splatoon without it, the present rn is scary for a wholeee lotta people, but at least I got some cool ppl around me, and i'm exicted for the future cause I'm so ready to be able to present more masc without fear of my family. Plus if we DO get another game, this is more than likely the theme's deciding factor, every game was so much fun and it's amazing to think of the different opportunities there is depending on the winning team.

[no-stupid-questions-official]

would 15 - 25 dollars be a good price range to sell a low quality nub tail (like for a deer/bunny partial fursuit) made with cheap fur? i made one earlier with some kinda-shitty craft fur and its pretty amateur seeing as its the 3rd tail ive ever made (and 1st nub tail -- the other 2 are personal use medium length tails) but i dont wanna under/overcharge for it. only took me like maybe an hour at absolute most to make and replacing the amount of fur i used would cost literally a single dollar. im not familiar with selling physical stuff and prices for fursuit Anything vary wildly depending on a lotta factors

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[whilomm]

a completely unproven but sensibleish sounding theory regarding discrepancies between "male" and "female" tattoo charts i found on google

so, had a discussion last night regarding these Tattoo Pain Charts that I see posted a lot, specifically this one that depicts "female" and "male" pain maps, which seems to be posted across various sites (including "reputable" ish ones like healthline)

to head off the obvious question a lotta ppl on tumblr would probs ask, "okay what does this mean for trans people?": fuck if i kno. Like, fat distribution probs plays a role meaning it will probs depend partially on hormone status ("do you got tits? big or small hips?" etc) but also none of the sites im seeing. get into that. they just kinda tend to drop this chart in there and not explain jack shit. when i say "men" and "women" thruout this, assume i mean "cis men" and "cis women" bc i assume these are based on the cissies and fuck if i kno how this applies to trans ppl

anyway, at least some aspects of this chart seem to make sense. Apparently major factors in tattoo location pain tend to be how close it is to bone, how thin the skin is, and whether its fat or muscle covering the area. so, if the women they surveyed for these things tended to have more fat on their hips relative to the men surveyed, itd make sense that you might see more of them rating the hips as less painful. same thing if a lotta the men they surveyed had more muscle in certain areas.

BUT.

personally, there are a couple bits that look uh. weird to me.

NOW, of course, I have no data to prove these charts are bunk due to not being a researcher and only having one (1) tattoo, but. they look weird right? well, I decided to look at the sources (at least the ones i could find), and on the healthline article, the source for the discrepancy in gender pain levels is this paper:

...now, I can't find if like. the graphic is directly pulling from this paper, or if the healthline article is just sourcing it and the graphic was made using a different paper or was just made independently, but still, the paper has some interesting bits to look at.

overall, the paper looks solid enough to my non expert eyes. theres a couple of weird bits, like all the stuff about the sexual origins of tattooing which. fuck, i dunno. maybe. but It seems like the overall conclusion the paper came to was that there actually wasnt that huge of a difference between perceived pain across men and women surveyed, tho (unless i missed it) it doesnt specify if it means overall whole body averages, or if it means area per area (but i was skimming so. mightve missed it lol). it does note that there were differences in pain LENGTH after tattooing tho, but that also might have to do with the size and type of tattoos gotten

the paper does take care to acknowledge a few problems in methodology, which I think might be relevant:

there was some difficulty in finding people to survey right after they got the tattoo, because a lotta ppl they asked said no they were tired. fair.

because of that, a lotta the data was taken somewhat significantly post tattooing, which can majorly effect the perception of the pain (asking about st that happened 5 minutes ago vs 5 months ago)

pain is subjective. duh.

generally, the men surveyed got bigger and thus more time consuming tattoos than the women surveyed. This effects the type of pain experienced apparently (dull pain, sharp pain, radiating pain) and of course general levels of pain.

people may report more or less pain in an effort to look "tough", and this might be more prevalent in men

pain perception might be affected by how many tattoos someone has and thus how used to tattoos they are, plus a lotta stuff about "blocking out the pain" in various ways, but "participants were not asked whether this was their first or subsequent tattoo", so that might skew the results

the paper outright says there were a LOTTA limitations and more research is needed

which ya kno, is all pretty interesting. So, the results could easily have been skewed by stuff like this being participants first tattoo, and men mightve self reported less pain in gen, hmm..... this leads me to my theory for why at least a couple of the weird spots on the charts exist:

these charts might be skewed by popular locations for first/only tattoos, especially in the womens chart. the pinterest zones*, if you will.

*authors note: this is not to diminish these small tattoos in these specific areas, just noting that these are very popular areas specifically for getting mini tattoos, and places where a lotta ppl, mostly women, get their only tattoo. theyre trendy and make good pinterest pics ya kno? theyre cute. Also, the author literally just got a mini tattoo on their wrist and thus can reclaim.

my theory is that at least some of the survey results were skewed by the fact that some of the red areas just happen to be super popular for cute lil tattoos that a lotta ppl get as their first/only tat, especially the wrist. search "mini tattoos" on pinterest, and youll see a ton of wrist tats! youll also see a lot of ankles, clavicles, and. ouch, at least a couple of inner elbows. yeah. no. dont like that one. but my theory is that for at least a portion of the women surveyed, it went like this:

woman gets first and possibly only tattoo, specifically one of the cute mini wrist tattoos that are trendy

because its her first tattoo, she doesnt have much of a frame of reference for how painful different areas are, and also stuff like being nervous/tensing up mightve made the experience more painful in gen

when asked to complete the survey she says that she got it on her wrist, when asked about the pain levels thinks "oh yeah, it hurt like hell! hm, 8 out of 10 pain wise i guess?"

now the survey has a buncha woman who got a trendy tat in a specific area, rating it highly bc it was their first tattoo and they were nervous so it hurt more and they dont have a frame of ref, and that skews the data

thus, woman's pain bracelet.

like i said i have no proof of this but like. even if these charts used different survey results, the same or similar research limitations mightve been present, and unless they only solicited responses from ppl who are tatted up head to toe they probs got a lotta ppl who only have one/a couple of tattoos, including a lotta woman who got trendy wrist/ankle tattoos. like. maybe? maybe not but Maybe. or maybe women are just biologically disposed to Pain Wrists. and we dont have data on how this applies to trans people of various genders, because of course we dont. why would the people making these graphics care about that.

quick someone find out nonbinary people's tattoo weakpoints.

...also idk whats up with the stigmata. like. i get that the palm is probably Bad Hurty. lotsa nerves there. but not the fingers??? theres nerves AND bones! maybe its like. idk, asking dudes with hand tattoos and they say "oh yeah like the center of the palm and the back of the hand were the worst parts" and instead of writing it down correctly (most of the area is orange, but those bits specifically are red) they write down "hand tattoos cool 👍 EXCEPT STIGMATA!!!"

anyway. this is written very rambly. but theres my theory. these maps are at least partially a heatmap of popular first/only tattoo spots, which skews the data maybe. or maybe these graphs are complete bullshit based on no data really. fuck man idk. pain bracelet.

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042. and 058.

042. What is their greatest achievement?

Rubbing my hands this is one for sure. To Anakin, personally, he thinks his greatest achievement is killing Palpatine for a lot of reasons. Number one it finally got the empire to crumble, which he'd been wanting for ages actually. You might not think that considering he was literally Darth Vader, but listen. He talks about wanting to betray and kill Palpatine so much even when he very first switches to the dark side. In the novel he says he mostly just wants Palpatine to get his hands dirty doing all the fucked up shit to "unite the galaxy", and then he wants to kill him and swoop in to just maintain the "peace" created, so things will be better even if it is by force, and he can really just keep it that way. Of course none of that is what actually happened, considering Palpatine is a massive fucking liar and manipulator, but hey! That was the plan. Of course it changed as the years dragged on and Vader started to just hate the empire and being stuck under Palpatines thumb as a whole. Which is why he ends up returning to the light with Luke shortly after killing Palpatine and doesn't really have any intentions on following through with that continuing to rule the Empire bullshit. Of course there's his entire arc with Luke as a factor to why he didn't do any of that as well, but still.

But depending on history, who you ask, and if they're talking about Anakin or Vader, opinions will change. Anakin might've been a Jedi, but before his supposed death in order 66, he was an amazing pilot who could do things nobody thought was possible. Such feats extended even outside of aircrafts, traveling into every impossible battle won by the duo of Anakin and Obi-Wan. Vader's greatest achievement might be the destruction of Alderaan and the two billion people that died along with it, blown to nothing in mere seconds thanks to one command from the Death Star.

058. What is your character’s idea of a perfect day?

Being back on Naboo with Padme if we're going full daydreaming outside the realm of possibility mode. He misses him wife I don't know what else to say here. Or maybe just doing stupid shit with Obi-Wan. Lotta stuff before his fucked up era if we're being super wishful thinking mode. But for something more realistic, just chilling with Luke. Being a decent dad. Probably some stupid father son outing that's fun for the both of them. Stupid shit.