#and i was like ''okay how does this work and also what makes it different from regular transformations''

[shadowlord420sgf]

⋆˚꩜｡ Winner, Winner!

ᯓ★ parker bradley x reader ₊˚⊹

⌗ summary: Parker has a new game for you to play. It involves psychedelic mushrooms. word count is 2k .

⌗ warnings!: female reader, p in v, unprotected sex, dry humping, sex while high, drug use, cumming through underwear, creampie, riding, multiple orgasms

⌗ authors note: this one is for the 3 existing parker fans, love ya! its canon that he does shrooms so of course we do them together and fuck , sorry if I didn’t write feeling high accurately . this is also posted on my ao3!

Parker was… a lot, to say the least. How his voice always seemed to be ten times louder than it needed to be, or how he could ramble on about something like the history of chess for hours. Not to mention that his appearance was the actual embodiment of feeling overstimulated.

Nonetheless, you seemed to grow fond of him and his peculiar game money hair. You liked playing simple board games with him, although maybe it wasn’t the games that you liked. Maybe it was how his face lit up whenever you agreed for another round of Sandyland. Or how he smiled so brightly & cheered so obnoxiously when he won any game.

It was stupid. Infectious. Oddly endearing.

Which is why when you visited the attic one day, Parker flopped onto the carpet, dramatically waving a ziploc baggie over his head like it was a winning lottery ticket, you didn’t even blink. " You ever played this game before?” he grinned, voice booming as he plopped the bag into your lap. Inside were a handful of dried, suspiciously earthy-looking mushrooms. Oh. That explains a whole lot.

“That’s not a board game,” you said flatly, eyebrows raising.

“Nope,” he chirped, sitting down unnecessarily close beside you. Were you feeling warmer all of a sudden? “It’s better. It’s like your favorite game, Sandyland, except instead of getting to the beach, you meet the gods!”

You laughed, ignoring the way you felt your heart thump in your chest. Parker was always doing something crazy. But this— this was different. Perhaps a little risky. But so intimate, you had to admit.

You paused. “You want me to do shrooms with you?” The thought sounded even crazier out loud.

Parker looked up at you with those wild, eager eyes you loved. “You bet! I brought them out just for you!” Oh god, he’s so sweet… You really needed him. You sighed, knowing your answer was undoubtedly hell yeah, “Fuck it, let’s do this. How do we play?”

“Well I thought you’d never ask!” He jumped up. “It’s easy. Whoever makes the other person lose their mind first wins.” He said this like it was common sense.

Haha. You wondered if he knew that it seemed like he'd already lost his mind. “Okay, seems easy enough. But um..” You hoped this meant what you thought it did, “What do you mean ‘lose their mind’? How can we tell?” You felt your face heat up.

“You’ll know,” he says, smirking. Oh. “Like, when your brain turns to soup and you can’t finish a sentence. When the floor feels too soft. When breathing feels like a full-time job. Ya know, the works!” Sounds like he was describing how he felt on a regular basis. You nodded, holding out your hand for the special mushrooms. Parker beamed, “Oh, this is so exciting!” Before suddenly turning serious, “Rules, very important remember? The only rule is you can’t cheat. Obviously.” So, you two took the drugs (maybe a little too many to begin, so eager) just like that.

You couldn’t tell how much time passed before you swear you could cut the tension in the air from its thickness. “Hey.” Parker said, voice low, “You feeling kinda.. like, hot?” You slowly turned your head to answer him and nearly came right there. His face had the perfect tint of red, hair somehow messier, and you were mesmerized at the way his chest moved up and down with every heavy breath that left his kissable lips.

“Mhm. You?” You were surprised at how out of breath you sounded. Parker nodded quickly, “Yeah— yes let’s just.. take off our clothes. Nothing we haven’t seen before, right?” You smiled remembering when you made him strip while playing Sandyland.

“Yeah, please.” You muttered, feeling even hotter watching Parker pull off his shirt and more, until he was left in that god-forsaken twister underwear. Left hand green, right hand blue, you thought. Your limbs felt heavy as you struggled to remove your own garments.

Parker watched you struggle, just for a moment, before desperately pulling your pants and shirt off for you. You couldn’t help the noise that left your throat when you felt his hands on your bare skin. He stared at you, with no intention of looking away. His gaze was so different now. You both felt impossibly warm, everywhere.

“Parker,” you panted out, “What the fuck was in those mushrooms? My skin feels like it’s actually buzzing.”

Parker didn't answer right away. He was too focused on how perfect your breasts sat in your bra, how sweet you looked, squirming and out of breath by nothing. “I…I dunno but,” his face was closer to yours now, “I have to kiss you.”

You didn’t dare protest. Instead you closed the gap between you two, hands pulling on his shoulders. It was sloppy. Desperate. So hot it was dizzying. His mouth moved like he was trying to memorize your taste, your rhythm, every tiny sound you made.

You moaned into it before you could stop yourself, and it only made him hungrier. His hands were everywhere—your jaw, your neck, groping your chest and squeezing your waist tight enough to leave bruises. You hoped he did.

He whined when you pulled away, both of you gasping for air, wide eyes boring into each other. “Your mouth,” he whispered, voice wrecked . “God, your fucking mouth…”

You moved to sit on top of him, hips flush with his. Without thinking, you two were kissing again. And again. You’ve never been wetter, you fucking ached to feel his cock inside you, anywhere. You started grinding your clothed wetness on the hard tent of his boxers, yearning for some kind of friction. Parker whimpered at this but swiftly moved his hips with yours. God, he felt so good.

“I-If you keep doing that… I’m gonna come— I’ll seriously come so hard, fuck.” Parker groaned, now biting & sucking your neck until you were the prettiest shade of purple. “Hnng… Me too, can you— could you get hard again?” You asked him, desperately not wanting this to end. Parker laughed a beautiful breathless laugh, “Shit! You kidding? Of course I can, just look at you,” he panted, kissing you yet again. “So fucking hot.”

You gasp as he grinds his hips up into you somehow harder, shuddering out your name. You never would’ve thought that dry humping would feel so euphoric. Although nothing about this was dry, your parted lips were wet with his saliva, your cunt soaked in your own slick and his precum.

Every rub of your clothed core against his bulge felt blisteringly good—raw and too much and not enough all at once. His hands squeezed into your hips before sliding under your bra. Then, it hit you sharply— your orgasm rolled through you in waves, messy and overwhelming, legs trembling as you keened against him. You cried out his name, sobbing a little as you slotted your head into his neck.

Parker absolutely lost it there. He spewed out every desperate sound from his mouth and wrapped his strong arms around you tighter. And fuck , the way you looked could only be described as perfect—wrecked, glowing, flushed and needy. His hips didn’t, couldn’t stop bucking up into you, but sped up. “Hahh— fuck, Im- ah, please-” he pulled your head into his, lips crashing together as he came embarrassingly hard. So fucking warm. You both made sounds of mewling into each others’ mouth, never feeling hotter than now.

You were an absolute mess between your legs, and so was he. After panting for a bit you realize that Parker’s bulge had only gotten harder.

“Mnh— I’m totally winning by the way.” He chuckled out. How the fuck was he still thinking about that game? Anyway, you wouldn’t go down so easily. “As if! You were the one who suggested we take off our clothes, and you kissed me first!” You protested, still blushing wildly saying it aloud.

He paused, staring into your eyes before laughing overly loud as always. “That’s true! But… you were the one who came first.” Oh. Right. “Didn’t even know you could gush all over me like that! Fuck, you’re wild!!” You’re the wild one, okay.

You really wished he would stop talking and get inside you. Instead he reached for the bag of those damn mushrooms, taking some in his hands. No fucking way. “Hah—Heheh… Okay, open your mouth and say ahhh.” Parker giggled, hand firmly gripping your jaw. Fuck, you were gonna regret this but your mouth opened anyway. His eyes were so enticing that you barely noticed the drugs on your tongue before he leaned in to kiss you again.

You hardly realized that Parker began to buck his hips into you once again, too focused on how his tongue tasted so addictive. “Fuck— wait Parker, can you… um you could, be inside me. I mean if you want—” Your face burned . God, you wish he could’ve just read your mind.

Parker’s eyes grew wide and he smiled even wider. “Wowee! I thought you’d never ask…” he says, his hand crawling down to the fabric covering your wetness. His thumb hooks under the delicate cloth, pushing it to the side. You pull his waistband down just enough to unveil his length. His member springs out of his boxers, a color of pink Monopoly money at the tip.

Your soaked core makes the perfect entrance for his pulsating pawn. You felt him twitching in your hand as lined him up with your entrance, so eager to feel you. Both you and Parker gasped as you sank down on him painfully slowly. The stretch of his cock burned throughout you in the best possible way.

Parker lets out a high shaky moan,“Oh fuck— can’t believe I haven’t done this sooner! You feel so, so incredible…” You heard his voice crack.

You nodded, trying to distract yourself from how his touches left your skin hot and buzzing. “Mnh. Parker, I-I’m gonna move now—o-okay?” You whined at how hard he was gripping your hips in anticipation.

You could only moan as you lifted yourself up off of him slowly, but not all the way, before dropping back down on his cock. Parker threw his head back, mouth open as he let out a low groan.

“You—You��re so tight and… warm, shit!” Parker’s voice sounded utterly wrecked. Your head spun as his hands started to move you without even realizing, fingers digging into your hips as if his body had to fuck you back or he’d go insane. Every time your hips met, every time you bounced on his throbbing dick, every time your clit rubbed against him for a second, you both felt like you could pass out.

You felt that familiar knot of pleasure building up as Parker hit that sweet spot inside you with nearly each thrust. You knew he was close too, based on how every buck and jerk of his hips became progressively sloppy with no rhythm at all. Your bodies felt too hot, heads too light to form coherent sentences— just heavy pants and whines with every meeting of your hips.

“I’m right there—i-inside pleaseplease, need to fill you up…” Parker managed to cry out brokenly. You didn’t want anything but that right now. “Yes! Fuck— yes please, wanna… feel it,” you whine out, sounding no less broken than him.

With a final thrust of his hips, Parker spilled his cum into you with a high-pitched moan. You practically sob as your own orgasm hits you hard, spilling all over his cock. Your fingers dug into his shoulders as you pulled him closer.

“I think,” you panted, “I won there.”

“Hmm… I say you cheated.” Parker argues, and you could hear the grin in his voice.

“Shut up. Also I am never going anywhere near those drugs again…” you remember, head still dizzy, “Where the fuck did you even get those?”

He smirked before pulling you onto him in a hug. “I have my ways. So, next time we’re definitely playing chess with them. Ooh, or I’ll see if Chance could lend us his dice and we’ll figure something out…” Parker kept talking of course, but you just smiled and closed your eyes.

[goddamnitmahtin]

This Means Break

Someone write a fic where Danny works as a mascot at a theme park because he’s small (I understand the headcanon that he’s tall af and I see you, I hear you. But for the sake of this he ended up staying really short okay?) and the bat boys all get hired by the theme park to be escorts for the characters (mascots) because they are undercover and Danny is walking around showing them all the ropes and basically training them before their first shift except Danny is using all these terms none of them understand. I just need one fic where they all have to deal with people all day everyday and none of them are allowed to punch people. I need to see them all so out of their depth they look to Danny like a hero when he comes and saves them from social interaction in a mascot suit.

*while showing them around*

Danny: Alright! So these are the cubbies where the characters will get dressed. How you help dress them before each walk is dependent on their costume type and head type.

The bat boys: ???

Danny (who forgets easily what words are and aren’t common knowledge): Characters with backpacks are gonna need more help because they of the amount of buckles and straps. Characters with bobbles will have more mobility in head movement but the Velcro comes undone super easy so every once in a while a head might fall off.

The bat boys: !???

Danny: If there’s a costume malfunction you need to go back stage as soon and possible, fix it, and then go back out. Walks are 30 minutes unless we are on a heat plan and in that case, the supervisor will give you a new walk schedule that’ll have walk times and durations.

Bat boys: *just nodding at this point*

Danny: Head time is 3 till walk so 57 if your on the hour and 27 if your on the 30s. Once the head is on, you can only have us out for 30 minutes because OSHA will be on our ass if you keep out past our head time. Between each walk is a 30 minute break so the characters get 30 minutes without the head on. Another OSHA thing. Now technically this building is supposed to have a bathroom in it and the fact that there isn’t one is an OSHA violation but we’ve yet to get caught about it.

Dick: Why is it an OSHA violation?

Danny: Because every building that serves as a character green room needs to have access to a toilet in case someone over heats and throws up. Which reminds me. If someone does throw up or passes out and they are fine after a few minutes, don’t call first aid. Most of us will hate you eternally for making us do paperwork.

Tim: Noted.

Danny: Oh and uh while you are escorting a character, remember that you aren’t just there to look pretty. You are not only eyes and ears for those of us with limited visibility because of the heads but you are also kind of like our body guards. People can and will try to attack us while in costume.

The bat boys: ?!?!?

Danny: Okay! I think that’s all! Jason, you will be with me all day today so I’ll tell you how to dress me as we go. The rest of you can look at the walk schedule and I’de suggest talking to your walk character ahead of time because we all have different preferences when it comes to walks. Like I have worked here for a while so I need less guidance visibility wise and I like to run so Jason, I hope you have your running shoes because you aren’t allowed to leave my side.

Jason: I think I’ll be okay.

Danny: Oh! And one more thing! Characters can’t speak while on a walk so we will communicate with you through sign. It’s fine if you don’t know what you’re saying. It’s mostly so it looks like we are real and not statues. It keeps our hands busy. But the one thing you really have to pay attention to is this sign. *makes a hand motion like snapping a twig in his hands* This means break. The break symbol means we need to leave immediately and go backstage. Get the characters head off immediately. Break means something is wrong. This is for our own safety. Most characters, if you don’t see us break, we will just drag you backstage but that’s because we’ve been working here long enough to not pass out or throw up until we are out of the way. Cool! That’s everything! I’m gonna go put my parts together and I’ll see you Jason for my first walk! *walks away*

Dick: Did anyone understand a word he said?

Jason: No.

Tim: Um- kinda?

Damian: Break.

Dick: Cool me neither.

[cait-sith]

Hey what if Starscream repainted himself post-canon

Unnecessarily long thoughts and ramblings (mostly about Starscream) under the cut.

This was originally in the tags but then it became an actual wall of text so. Keep Reading be upon ye.

So in IDW Till All Are One 12 Windblade shows Starscream his “true” form quote unquote and it's like this blue-white-and-red colour scheme. And while I don't really know how to feel about that; got some implications vis-a-vis transgender stuff, Starscream clearly took it as something that was taken from him, something that defined him, something that would have made him different (more likeable, more successful, unclear). On the other hand, I also think that Starscream sort of clings to that idea, because it's more painful to believe that he couldn't have changed anything, that it might just be a flaw in him. Something external to blame, y'know.

Windblade kinda points that out, it wasn't really the point of showing him that, but maybe that's just my personal interpretation. “I could have been so much more had I just been allowed to be born as I was meant”. Missing Windblade's point that he is still the same person in his spark, regardless of frame, it is ultimately up to him who he is. His actions define him, not his appearance. BUT. I feel like that kinda misinterpretation would be in-character for him, and so maybe in post-canon he'd... well really I think he'd reframe but maybe as like an attempt to reclaim what he thinks he should have been (even if he doesn't need to, even if he was perfectly capable of changing who he was without that). He frequently sabotages himself, because he doesn't believe in trust and he's so used to being in adverse relationships where he cannot rely on anyone being on his side. So then he gets everything he ever wanted, and it's.. not really what he wanted. Metalhawk, Wheeljack, Windblade and Bumblebee all sorta get under his plating, in different ways, and he admits to liking them, but can't bring himself to trust them. He's constantly at loggerheads with Metalhawk and Bee at the start, but Metalhawk tries and gets murdered for his troubles.

Wheeljack, well, he's just kinda mostly nice and willing to forgive and help, even while he's wary. In a way, I think Starscream gets attached to him because he's safe to get attached to, because Wheeljack doesn't take the shot when he's vulnerable, offers to help, to be on his side. From a distance. He doesn't really... actually initiate much of a friendship, but he talks about the idea.

Windblade, I think that relationship is a bit more fraught. They end up working together a lot by necessity, given their positions, and Windblade frequently has to fix or contend with Starscream's messes, and she has none of the prejudices of the others, but again, she's a threat to his power, to what he wants, can't really look past that. She tries, though, and I think he does sort of like her as time goes on. It just doesn't stop him from doing what he always does. No trust and all that. As for Bee. Bee. While he's alive, he's much like Metalhawk and Windblade: A threat to Starscream's power, with the added issues of being a major enemy and an autobot, with all the prejudices that brings. They don't make friends. Only Bee "dying" changes that, and only because Starscream is utterly convinced he is a ghost. In his own mind, he's *almost* okay with admitting to his flaws, his worries. Bee's ghost becomes his conscience, his confidante and companion, and because he's fictional, a fragment of Starscream's mind (or so he thinks), he's safe. Safe in ways none of the others are. And Bee tries, he has nothing really left to gain, no power to hold onto. For all intents and purposes, he *is* a ghost.

That was probably terrifying when Bee turned out to not be dead. Someone who saw all of Starscream's vulnerabilities, with so much power to hurt him. He can't help himself. He does have moments, though. Rare choices where he does trust, sometimes for lack of better options but still. And by the Unicron-finale, he's, well, still not friends, but he admits to everything, he comes clean, kind of.

So. We're going to ignore that he dies for the sake of this. <3 Just temporarily. In a hypothetical post-canon, I think he'd try to get a bit of agency back, try and follow that dream of his better self. And I think Windblade, Wheeljack and Bumblebee are the closest thing to friends he's had since his trine. And Metalhawk, technically, but he's kinda dead and also with the dead universe revival wasn't too happy with Starscream lmao. Perhaps Bee's the most comfortable, after that, if he ever gets over himself, because he's already spilled his guts to him, if accidentally. I don't think Starscream would ever be *easy* to get along with, and Bumblebee doesn't really take shit, but I'd like them to be friends. Squabbly-bantery friends, but still. Wheeljack seems a bit gentler, while Windblade's a bit more professional, she's kind but responsible.

Point being: this is Bee helping him repaint himself to leave the past behind.

Thanks for listening lmao

[apollonia4]

How do you think the brothers would handle an MC with auditory processing issues? Like, they can hear someone talking, but the words get jumbled in their brain if someone mumbles or otherwise doesn't speak clearly. Volume isn't necessarily the issue, though it does impact things - "loud enough to be understood, but not so loud it hurts my head" would be the ideal way to speak to them

Example:

"I wanna hang with you."

"You wanna... claim a shoe?"

Or perhaps

"Beel just had a whole cake."

"Beel just had a cool date? Oh my gosh, with who?!"

It's not something they're doing on purpose, just a quirk of their brain / hearing I guess lol

Hellooo, thank you for your request! I did some research and tried my best to write it accurately but if you see any mistakes, let me know! ♡♡

{]MC with auditory processing issues[}

MC has problems with hearing, how do the brothers deal with it?

Genre: fluff, slice of life, gn¡MC, headcanons, established relationship (separate).

Lucifer:

♤ He first learns of it when you two do paperwork together in the council room at RAD. Despite you two being alone in the room, there's much noise outside, disrupting the enviroment.

♤ He had asked you to put the papers on the desk below and got particulary puzzled when you started doing something entirely different.

♤ Upon asking you about it, you explained that you have this issue that keeps you from processing sounds correctly.

♤ When Lucifer learns of it, he takes it seriously. He always makes sure that whenever he wants to say something important there is little to none background noise.

♤ Like the little tease he is, he will on ocassion get really close to your ear and speak slowly so you can understand better but also to see your adorable blushing face.

Mammon:

♤ We know Mamms is a yapper, he often gets caught up in his stories or praises, forgetting about the outside world.

♤ So when he's talking with you about some drama in a casino he's been to recently and you interrupt saying you have no idea what he's talking about he gets very confused. But you are sitting so close?

♤ You explain your issue with hearing and that in this scenario he's probably talking too fast and your brain has trouble processing all of those things at once.

♤ He gets worried but as usual starts bragging about how humans are hilarious but when you give him a stern look he shuts up in a second.

♤ From this point forward he tries to remember (or wants you to remind him) to speak slower and more clearly. If you are in a crowded place, he will wave before trying to say something but if you don't like it, he will just give you a little nudge.

Leviathan:

♤ Levi talks a lot too, you don't mind but when you first met, understanding him was a real challenge. Because when he starts not only does he speak extremely fast but also pretty unclear.

♤ When you felt comfortable enough, you told him about your condition. He didn't judge, he was just curious. How does that work? Your ears hear but your brain doesn't??

♤ It takes him a minute to process but with your explanation he understans how to talk to you so you have it easier.

♤ When you talk in his room it's no problem, the place is quiet and free from any outside noises but in public he will try to provide visual aid and speak louder than usuall (which took a lot cause of his antisocial nature, but everything for you).

Satan:

♤ When Satan finds out, it's probably one of the first times he reads you a book. He must be a very fast reader with the ammount of books he consumes so I imagine that even reading aloud for someone he can get carried away.

♤ That is untill you gently stop him and tell him you can't understand a lot of what he's saying. He asks why and you fiddle with your thumbs slightly, wondering how to explain it best.

♤ When you finally speak, he doesn't interrupt you, focusing all his attention on your explanation. When you're finished, he reassures you that it's okay and that he doesn't mind at all.

♤ Infact it might be a good opportunity to calm down his stormy temper. From this point forward, he speaks slower and with more patience, giving you time to understand. If it's you, he never has problems with adjusting his lifestyle.

Asmodeus:

♤ He would likely not notice untill you tell him yourself, and when you do you are sitting in his room. Asmo is sitting by his vanity, removing his makeup and talking about his day.

♤ You listen carefully but one moment he gets particulary heated on some topic and you start to loose track of what he's saying.

♤ Valuing his silly little rants you interrupt him by saying you were really invested but you can't really hear him well. He looks at you confused, a little worried tilting his head slightly waiting for you to continue.

♤ When you explain your issue he realizes and rushes to you, apologizing that he didn't notice. You reassure him that you pay it no mind and that he's a great boyfriend. Now that he knows, no getting out of it. You're sitting in his lap while he goes on with his routine and keeps talking.

♤ He'll always bring you closer when he wants to talk which is a petty excuse for this big flirt but he also just wants you to be comfortable and be able to understand above all.

Beelzebub:

♤ He suspects something when you two are cooking together and he asks if you could bring him food from the fridge and you come back with something so different he has to double check. He thinks, maybe you are sick? Or tired??

♤ When he asks you about it, you get a bit flustered that you didn't warn him beforehand, you figured you could manage! You explain everyrthing he needs to know and he just nods his head.

♤ You think that's all but then he suddenly wraps his big arm around your waist and brings you close, putting his head on yours and telling you again what he wanted you to get but this time his tone is more clear.

♤ From now he tries not to speak when his mouth is full (not that his brothers haven't told him that a thousand times but he finally got it together for you). When it's loud in class and he can see you're overwhelmed, he just writes you a note as you both giggle exchanging it.

Belphegor:

♤ Belphie sleeps almost all the time so it's easy for him to miss this kind of detail when it comes to you. He also speaks rather quietly and sometimes you can't quite make out what he's saying to you.

♤ You tell him about your hearing issues one time when you're both napping in the attic so you're both close and you can hear eachother well. At first he doesn't say anything and you almost had to check if he fell asleep but then he scoots closer, lips brushing against your ear making you blush like crazy.

♤ He says it's no problem for him if it means helping you with your daily struggles, if he's not feeling up for speaking louder, he'll scoot closer or signalize some things with his hands. It works quite well for you and he's very patient, not getting mad when you don't hear but just muttering 'humans are silly', earning a light smack on the arm from you.

Last three days been kinda crazy, covid has had almost no mercy on my soul but I AM alive and fighting. Anyways hope yall enjoyed the headcanons, I had fun!

[respectthepetty]

Okay, hear me out. *gets in my clown suit* What if there *isn’t* a traitor? Let’s pretend the trailer doesn’t exist and that we don’t know Alan will go see Tony and make a deal with him possibly. If we ignore that, there’s nothing Tony has done that indicates he has any in-depth knowledge of anything happening with X-Hunter apart from whatever he can find out from publicly available information and whatever William has told him. They thought he was dead, it’s not like they thought they had to keep it a secret.

If he knew what they were doing, why would he let them continue? Wouldn’t he try to sabotage them? Furthermore, why would he need Willy at all if he already had a mole? I could have missed something and I’m sure someone will point it out if I have, but Tony just isn’t operating like someone who has an ace up their sleeve. — @babyangelsky

Mira. ¡Mira! Everything you wrote is exactly why I'm worried that my Wild Ass Theory of there *not* being a traitor might make sense because the trailer DOES exist, and this is what we know:

North and Sonic are upset and about to kiss but @dribs-and-drabbles and @grapejuicegay think this is the past because of the boys' clothing.

Kenta will be experimented on.

But Kim will rescue him.

Dean is still alive.

Winner has him, and Alan goes to see him.

Alan gets shot with Jeff right next to him.

He probably tells Jeff to leave him.

Alan gets taken or tries to run away (but there's no blood).

And he gets experimented on.

Alan probably now has a chip in his head like Willy (thanks, Anon) so he has to do Tony's bidding? But he is wearing different clothes in the last two, so could this also go in the "it happened in the past" theory with North and Sonic? I don't think so.

But hopefully this scene hasn't happened yet, and Alan will be fine with Jeff (PLEASE< GOD!) by the end of this. If this scene has already happened and I don't remember, everyone just be quiet because I can't handle the possibility of Alan dying.

We know Charlie is going to go overboard on the powers and end up with amnesia, which makes me think he takes Willy power.

Or he is injected with Tony's crazy potion.

And when he is in Pete's lab recovering, Babe is wearing this.

Which is the same jacket he is wearing when he speaks to Pete outside the room.

So I'm thinking Pete is telling Babe that Charlie is stuck this way, and that Babe is going to have to take care of Charlie as is.

But the question remains, how did Willy know Charlie was in the lab in the first place?

It couldn't have been the assistants.

Because Willy snatched the work badge from them.

So somebody HAS TO BE the traitor.

Jeff, Kim, and Kenta could never. Chris and Pete seem like they have other things going on. Dean is out. North is on my short list. But only three people have been consistently red this season.

Alan can't be the mole if he still has to get shot and experimented on. It seems so crazy that Babe would be the mole that it should be easily dismissed. Which leaves us with the easiest target — Sonic.

Yet Babe talks to Tony.

Why would Babe go talk to Tony? Because shit is so rough with everyone falling around him that he goes to strike a deal with Tony to protect Charlie or because he already unknowingly betrayed them?

Tony put Babe in the hospital, but he didn't kill him or take him like he tried in the first season. Why is he still obsessed with Babe when Charlie is right there? Because the easiest way to get Charlie is to get Babe.

In the beginning of the very first episode this season, Babe had a nightmare about Way, and in the pilot trailer, he dreamed that he followed Charlie only to end up facing Way whose power was to manipulate people into doing what he wanted, then Tony appeared, so what if that is happening again to Babe? Way couldn't get Babe to do everything, but he could get him to do most things. So what if Babe is doing things against his will and not even remembering that he is doing them now because someone's power is stronger with a newer drug?! What if he just thinks he's having nightmares?

What if he is a traitor without knowing he is being a traitor?

Because he knew Charlie was in the lab. He was with him! He wouldn't take Charlie to Tony, but he could tell him where he was without realizing it.

So I'm praying there is actually no traitor and I've been spinning my wheels for nothing this season or that it really is Sonic who is being so strange this season.

Because it better not be Barbie!

[batbetbitbotbut]

@solongandthanksforallthefish42:

Question... I'm a new weaver, and every throw I have to hold the thread to keep it from pulling too tightly and getting excessive draw-in, even when I have my tension cinched up TIGHT on the warp. You're able to throw without having to hold the end to keep it from pulling too tightly. Does it have to do with shuttle, pattern, or something else I'm doing? I know troubleshooting without video might not make much sense

Hi! That's a fantastic question and uhhhhh tricky to answer! I am pulling this out of replies so I can type more (uh, not that that is necessarily useful) and add photos. Disclaimer that I don't much like the current red weft, just seeing how it turns out for a couple inches.

On some projects I have to hold the thread to keep it from pulling in just like you do, on others I can just throw merrily along like in this video. I don't entirely know why it varies the way it does so I may not be able to help even if you share a video. Every project has a figuring-out period for its throwing and beating needs as I start at weaving. Some things that I think influence it to greater or lesser degrees:

Dense sett - here 24 ends per inch. I think when I've worked with thicker yarn (thus wider sett) I have had to be more careful, because the weft is pulling against fewer threads at the edge (thus pulling harder against each thread). A few people sley more densely at the edge for this reason, but I don't think this is common.

Inelastic yarn - this cotton barely moves if you try to stretch it between your fists, so when throwing the shuttle the weft unspools readily without putting itself under much tension. In a recent project with both a silk weft and a wool weft, I could throw the inelastic silk with no trouble but I had to hold the fabric and/or adjust the laying-in of every bouncy wool pick by hand, because it would stretch itself out in the shed.

Tensioned warp - as you're already doing, cranking the warp tension right up so the weft has something to pull against. Also as in the point above, inelastic warp yarn helps because the yarn holds more tension rather than stretching when pulled on by the weft. This warp is cotton like the weft.

Vigorous throwing - trust your shuttle and loom for a bit, throw confidently and see what happens! (It might not work! That's okay, this is a process!) When I fumble a throw and have to inch the shuttle through the shed, I think the bobbin doesn't unwind quite as readily. Strong throw -> bobbin spinning -> lots of slack in the weft both in this throw and ready for the next throw. But sometimes you get the opposite effect and the strong throw just pulls in far too much at the edge or whoops you throw the shuttle across the room.

Different shuttle - I'm using a normal boat shuttle with bobbin, but you could try going cheaper (stick shuttle, you unwind the yarn before you pass the shuttle through so the weft is never under tension) or more expensive (end feed shuttle, the yarn lifts off the end of the pirn rather than needing even the slight tension of unwinding a bobbin; some people swear by these for nice edges; I've never used one because £££). Sticking with boat shuttles, a lighter-weight shuttle might help as it takes less force to throw it quickly.

The sweet spot on your loom - I wish I understood why, but my loom is happiest when weaving quite near the beater. In the "weaving zone" between the breast beam and the beater, if I wind on too far then my tension goes to shit and I can't get a clean shed and beating pulls extra warp despite the brake and the weft won't lay in nicely and it's just awful. I either have to weave verrrrrry slowly for a while (with lots of gripping the fabric or weft) or get up and wind yarn back onto the warp beam. Try keeping the fell line in a different place than you usually do?

Beating on an open shed - for most projects, I find I have the easiest time weaving as follows:

Throw shuttle

Pull beater forward

Change shed while beater is at the fell

Push beater back

The weft is free to move around while being pushed by the beater - it isn't yet trapped between the warp threads. So more weft can unspool and the slack can spread out fully during beating, rather than the edge of the cloth being left with no slack and getting tighter and tighter.

Floating selvedges? - the cloth photos above show not using them, for reference; the arrows point to some weft picks which don't reach the outermost thread. The first diagram shows no FS, the second diagram has a FS in red.

Sometimes I use them and sometimes I don't, some people always use them, some people never do. I can do a full explanation if you don't know what they are. I think they can have both helpful and unhelpful effects and be used in several ways.

They create a single column of plain weave at the edge of the cloth. Thus if you have long weft floats (in my little diagram I only drew 3-end floats but imagine, like, 7+) they are useful to make the weft go the full width of the cloth all the time - the weft must wrap around the outermost thread even if the floats stack up to mean that it wouldn't otherwise do so (eg if the last few warp ends go under weft floats for several picks then they simply aren't being woven, there's no over-under action). Some people find this helps them make neater edges all the time and find it helps give them something to pull the weft against. Some of these people weight the floating selvedges at a high tension separately to the rest of the warp, some make them extra thick and strong (doubled or tripled yarn), some use very slippery yarn or even fishing line with the intention of pulling it out after the cloth is done.

So if you haven't tried floating selvedges, try them! But if you already use them all the time... I have a hypothesis, untested, that if your weft floats are quite short (as in this video) then the "weft doesn't always reach the edge" can be helpful because then the stress is not always on the same warp end, it is spread out over a few ends. Floating selvedges may not benefit after all. So try not using them!

Selection bias or sampling bias or whatever it is - I leave most errors in videos, but they're still taken when it's going well. I just don't film if it's going badly and taking too much concentration or frustration!

Acceptance - A small amount of draw-in is fine and expected. The width at the breast beam is rarely (never?) quite the width in the reed. Draw-in creates a dense, strong edge; I treat it as part of the nature of woven fabric.

Loom noises and the first few inches of a tea towel (or teal towel, if you will).

Verse (repeat at least 20 times): brrrrrrr shhh thnk TSCH-TSCH tsch

Chorus: creeeeeeeeeaaaaaaak cli-cli-click

Resume verse and repeat for approximately 40 minutes per towel.

[naneun-no]

1. You get what you seek. And it shows that you have made it so that on your side that is all you see because you purposely seek it out. You do realize that on SM when you see post and go into comments sections, it’s different for everyone. You know this right?! You built your algorithm to be what you wanted it to be. I never see these things you guys speak of. On my side none of these things pop up. I didn’t build my algorithm with purposeful hate. That was all your own doing. Maybe it’s time to start over and build it with actual positivity because you and the rest sound like you’ve gone off the deep end.

2. Let me preface this with I am 🏳️‍🌈 and what you and the lot are doing is literally one of the most disrespectful and scary things you could do to someone who may be 🏳️‍🌈. “But we do it to show love and support!” Nope! You are doing damage and it’s scary. You literally scare us! Never actually taking the time to think of what this could do to them. You just want your “Ha Ha I was right!” point made. You can see it in all of your guys posts. They are just token to you and you have definitely proven that. You guys are the ones giving ammo to the people who hate us (and risking our lives, how do you not get that!?!! Especially the two grown men you are speaking about!

3. I say this sincerely but you (and the rest of you) need help. I highly recommend therapy because you have gone waaay past parasocial…… Others people opinions (which they are allowed to have, just like you have, and you’re stating they aren’t) should never matter to you this much. You are spending too much time in a world where you don’t even exist to them instead of living in the real world. You put more time and effort into their lives and those who hate them, than on your life. Do you deep dive your life this much? Do you deep dive current events this much? People are literally being slaughtered and dying all over the world right now. I understand the need to escape because of how bad the world is right now (trust me I get it) but you guys aren’t even diving into a good thing. If their lives make you happy then sure enjoy it and be happy but you and the lot seem to focus more on the hate and fighting than just staying in the happy bubble that has been created. Stay within the content and leave out all the rest. You are doing yourself and those guys a disservice doing all that. If you truly care about them, love them (like you claim), and care you wouldn’t be behaving this way. Report and block buttons exist for a reason!

4. This was probably a waste of time because you will all remain the same, but I tried. I wish people thought more of the consequences of their actions and especially what that does to those you are “fighting” for.

Hi, so, I’m gonna attempt to answer this in good faith, even though I don’t necessarily think it was asked in good faith (especially since you did it anonymously, but that’s cool. I turned on anons for the first time in years because I felt open to being challenged and discussing, and that’s what you brought). I am a fan of self-reflection, even though you (without knowing me at all) suggested that I’m not — so let’s give it a go.

1. Sorry… gotta ask. How did you come across this post exactly? You know, given the positivity and purity of your own algorithm?

Ah, I had to, sorry. But you see how it works?

I don’t “build my algorithm with purposeful hate” either. That was, in my opinion, an unnecessarily spiteful and self-congratulatory thing to say. I also wasn’t referring in my last post to hate — I was referring to the way that a lot of this fandom refuses to acknowledge Jimin and Jungkook’s particular closeness. Idk what kind of algorithm you want me to have, but given that I am responding to what “normal” army — presumably people like you — are saying, I don’t really get your point.

2. Okay, you’re 🏳️‍🌈. I’m going to give you a spoiler alert and let you know that a lot of “this lot” is 🏳️‍🌈. You might be aware that gay people are not a monolith.

For some people, the bond that they’ve seen between Jungkook and Jimin and the people that celebrate it has helped them find solace and encouragement and empowered them in their sexuality. I have had discussions about that with gay people on this very site. So while you evidently find this kind of shipping discourse a wholly bad thing, not every gay person does.

I think for a lot of gay people, when they witness and react to Jungkook and Jimin’s content, they have raised eyebrows and wonder if they are closeted. I’m bisexual myself, and I wondered about Jimin a long time ago, but idk. I could be wrong. I don’t think he’s particularly scared of being seen as bisexual, but maybe I am projecting.

I’m genuinely sorry that you felt scared or threatened by my post or my words. I did not intend what I said to be a scary thing, but if it felt that way to you regardless, I apologize. I have no desire to use any gay people (or any people period) as a token or a chess piece. To be honest, sometimes it can get kind of competitive on here when talking about different fandom takes, and you’re right about that. I don’t really see my most recent post as a “ha ha I win” post, I more just was sort of frustrated by the way people tend to refuse to talk about jikook in a normal way, in the way they would talk about any other celebrity duo — but in doing so, I suppose I end up not talking about them in a normal way myself. And that’s fair to call out!

When you say “what I’m doing is dangerous for them” I think I need to better understand what you mean. Genuinely. I’m not sure how saying “hm, I see something here but maybe I’m wrong” is dangerous. I have not spread or reposted any photos people took without their consent. I have not followed them (ever) or gone to where they are to take photos or share their location without their consent. I have not called for anyone to do them harm. In fact, maybe it will cheer you to hear that almost my entire algorithm is people shaming and discouraging others from sharing the intrusive photos and videos. And I agree.

If you’re suggesting that more people seeing content that points out that they may be gay will make more people think they’re gay, which would then make them more visible to people who may wish to harm them — okay. Maybe. I doubt that hateful, homophobic people are trolling the ship tags on tumblr, of all places, but maybe. I removed their names from the tags of the post so that only the ship names are tagged (so that people who are okay with encountering that kind of content will be the ones to see it. Hopefully. And the good people with good algorithms won’t).

Listen. I do not want to put them in danger. I am reacting to their public behavior and the language I see surrounding it. I posted this on a blog site that is generally a pretty safe space for the 🏳️‍🌈 intentionally. I do not post very much about them on X and I do not post at all about them elsewhere.

Still, I’m sorry to hear that you find my post exploitative or scary. If I may make an intrusive suggestion similar to the ones you made — maybe you should avoid this kind of discourse if it causes you distress. Then again, you wouldn’t get the ego boost of telling me all the ways I’m a yucky, bad, not as good as you person. So maybe keep it in the rotation.

3. Point number 3. It’s a big one. Most of it is absolutely none of your business, but I’m going to address it anyways. I’m also choosing to believe you meant this with the best of intentions and that the preachy, holier-than-thou tone was unintentional and just a product of how much better than me you think you are.

Which is fine, and I mean this genuinely: maybe you are healthier than me! Maybe whatever impulse drove you into a stranger’s inbox to anonymously recommend that they seek therapy is healthier than the impulse I had to rant on my own blog about a trend I’ve noticed in a fandom I’m a part of. If you are mentally healthier than me, please accept my congratulations. I wish you many warm cups of herbal tea while your feet touch grass and the sun shines on your cheeks. I wish that for everyone, really.

But anonymous hall monitor, hear me when I say this: You don’t know me at all.

I don’t know the two grown men I wrote about either — you’re right! I yap, and I rant, and I tap up silly essays with very little editing, but it actually is a lot less deep to me than it probably seems like it is. Know why? Because you happened to come to a place where this is the only thing I do. The title of the blog is “ranting & writing & shipping” or something to that effect. I have reserved this space specifically for silly fandom thoughts about two celebrities. In the same way that some people have blogs for Tom and Zendaya, and some have blogs about certain reality shows. I have never written about them in a way that suggests I know them in any way other than a fan “knows” an idol. I only ever make comments on the content they have shared with us through official channels. I may seem as though all I am is a brain dead, zombified shipper, but I am other things too. I just am not those things here, because I have reserved this little space for that.

Is it the healthiest of my hobbies? Probably not. You’re right about that. But rest assured, random stranger who does not know or care about me in any way, other than the moral high ground you awarded yourself at my expense — I do have other hobbies.

I actually do, believe it or not, “dive this deep” in my personal life. I do in fact stay informed on current events and I do in fact have hot takes on things other than this one topic. It’s just that this blog, which you somehow came across and then trolled for evidence to back up your anonymous takedown of me, is pretty much only about this one topic.

I get that you think you know me because you’ve read a few of my posts, but they are typically typed up in a whirlwind of random half-baked thoughts formed during an hour or so spent online and then never really thought of again. I’m a good writer, so maybe that makes you think I spend more time on these posts than I actually do. In actuality, I have spent far longer trying to fairly and without too much defensiveness respond to this ask. Believe me, if anything has inspired me to log off for the day, it’s you. So. Well done.

You so magnanimously suggested that “my lot” should choose to only see the positive and not engage with the negative. Setting aside the fact that PLENTY of my posts are positive, and about the music, and fashion, and hyping them up, you just haven’t seen those ones (darn it! Why didn’t your perfect algorithm show you my nice, happy posts? I promise they exist): If you’re taking issue with the overall tone of my last post — which was a bit sarcastic, a bit argumentative, I’ll give you that — then maybe my style just isn’t for you? I promise I am not having a bad day because people don’t see Jungkook and Jimin the exact same way I do. I promise I’m allowing people to have their opinions, even if my phrasing made you think I’m not. In fact, I’d argue that I might be more tolerant of different opinions than you are. Sure, I made a rant post on my own blog space about how I’m annoyed with a certain trend. But you’re the one who sought out my inbox and told me to seek help. So which one of us is less tolerant of an online stranger’s opinion?

4. I suspect this might have been a waste of my time, too. It’s why I closed anonymous asks years ago; because I got tired of hearing vitriol from strangers. But I like to imagine that we’re all real people, behind the screens, so here’s my good faith summary:

You’re right, I probably am too invested in a relationship that doesn’t involve me. I should have learned my lesson from Channing and Jenna (and Tia and Cory 😭) to stop getting invested in celeb relationships 😅. I actually have a long, unpublished draft about the obsessive culture of shipping in fandom, of which I am guilty! and how and why we become so hooked on this particular stimulus, and all the healthy and unhealthy results it can have, and blah blah blah.

But I don’t think you care about that. Because you don’t care about me. You don’t know me. You’re not a friend. You’re not someone who can provide tough love and tell me what I need to hear, because there is no love to begin with. Your ask reeked of judgement, and shaming, and accusatory finger-pointing, not of genuine concern. Your ask was to make you feel better, it was an outlet for the emotions my post brought up for you — nothing more.

You could have posted about the concerning trend of shipping in fandom on your own blog (and maybe you have, I don’t know). But instead you chose to come to the space I have for myself where I talk about BTS fandom and how it relates to two of the members and tell me I need to seek help. All because I pointed out that people don’t call Jimin and Jungkook best friends, when they clearly are.

You’re too invested too, babe. And that’s the beautiful hypocrisy of it all. “Don’t engage with the negative!!” While sending me a hateful ask. “Other people’s opinions shouldn’t matter to you this much!” How much? Enough to write a silly rant post, or enough to crawl into someone’s asks and accuse them of “not living in the real world”?

Maybe I am an embarrassing person for poring over shit that doesn’t concern me, for finding joy in a relationship I observe from afar. Maybe I’m a loser and I need to step back (I’ve stepped back before, I do it often. You wouldn’t know that, because you don’t know me). But I made a non-direct, untargeted rant post that you could have scrolled past. I was primarily just preaching to the choir. But you took it a step further by sending me a targeted, personal, insulting message designed to make me feel bad. Do you see the difference, in our two posts?

I think while I’m self-reflecting, maybe you should too.

[left-in-latin-is-sinister]

I think I've realized why there was such a fundamental difference in how Tom perceived Amanda's relationship with Clarissa as the creator of the character (attracted to her but overall not too bothered when she only wanted to be with Mark) and the general fandom perception (she is deeply in love with Clarissa).

It comes down to the way that queer attraction is or is not typically expressed in queer-straight female friendships (or at least, friendships where someone is presumed straight).

(This may well also be true for male friendships, but I wouldn't know enough to speak on that, and also it's irrelevant to this ship.)

For this analysis, I'm going with the idea that either Clarissa is straight or she hasn't explored or shared her non-straightness, due to the way she never once expresses interest in women, and seems very oblivious to Amanda's attraction.

Ok! On to the crux of the issue:

For the most part, homophobia and its effects either don't exist or are very toned down in SFTH plays. And that's for good reason - a comedy show where you're trying to get general audiences to have a good time isn't the best place to seriously explore that topic, and (mostly) straight and cis men probably aren't the best people to tackle it either. So when Tom as Amanda is hitting on Clarissa, he's doing that without worrying about homophobic or similarly negative reactions, because he knows his scene partners won't take the story in that direction, and he wants to portray a corner of the world where that just isn't an issue.

But us as fans are contextualizing what we see in the play from what we know of real life. And so so often, if you're just passively attracted to a straight close friend, especially a best friend since childhood, you won't mention it for fear of changing the dynamics of the friendship, or at worst, having it ruined entirely. There's the risk of true homophobia if you haven't talked about LGBT people (particularly lesbians) enough to know the straight friend's true feelings on them. And there's some people who are totally okay with the concept of gay people, but when someone close to them is attracted to them, suddenly it's gross, and it unearths some deep-rooted homophobia. Even if you think that's an unlikely outcome, just the chance of it is enough to make many people think twice. And then even if you know your friend is 100% not homophobic, there's the risk that knowing one of the people closest to them is attracted to them will still make them less comfortable around you in some ways. Female best-friendships tend to be super close, and bringing one-sided attraction into it has the genuine potential to destabilize it by making certain things, like physical contact, sleepovers, changing in the same room, etc, suddenly seem take on a different layer of meaning once the feelings are out in the open.

So, keeping in mind that risk, for many people, the only thing that would cause them to hit on their best friend as consistently and enthusiastically as Amanda does to Clarissa is being so in love with them that they decide that they want or need to express that. Maybe it's killing them to hide it any longer, or they want to take the chance at a relationship, however small, because if it works the reward would be worth everything. If the attraction wasn't that serious, many people just wouldn't take the risk, or would feel that it wasn't even worth mentioning.

(Disclaimer: of course this isn't always true. There are definitely straight friends who make it clear that this kind of thing 100% would not bother them, or queer friends who are forward enough to take the risk anyway, or friendships where quite intense flirting is the norm. But I'm talking about the statistically common experience, and the experience that so many queer coming of age stories have used as a trope, etc.)

So when the audience, many of them queer, see this portrayal, they're bringing their own experiences as well as the common tropes of the queer experience as context. And that leads them to believe that Amanda is 100% in love with Clarissa, no matter how much she downplays it, or how Tom says that it wasn't his intention with the portrayal of the character.

[caffeiiine]

Remnants of what you were.

[ Please consider reblogging as it helps to spread my posts around to more people! <3 ]

okay so small rambles about this <3

i really really really like how it turned out first of all. i decided to try and do like a different rendering style between baby 1x and betrayed 1x. I used betrayed rather than regular bald 1x bc i really like betrayed 1x, alsoooo I think they better fit with the themes I tried to get across heeere ^_^

Since baby 1x is in the past and all, he gets a more dreamlike painty rendering, while the real 1x is more solid and present. I just like the idea of 1x mourning his child self, it’s interesting to me. I love 1x and his strange strange relationship with shedletsky/telamon. also i realized ES pretty well fits 1x, adding song that to the ever growing animatic list that i probably will never create

originally it was meant to be like a projected image, but i couldn’t for my life figure out how to make that work. like k actually tried for over an hour to get it right but it wouldn’t. give the effect. it’s whatever, i think i like it better as it is rn anyway. i have several hcs for 1x that are displayed here!!!!! one that, considering baby 1x is essentially a thing made from telamon, he has some features resembling him. hence the head wings! Why does grown hateful 1x not have those wings? removal of certain features that resembled telamon was part of the agreement between him and the Spectre for him to be forsook without fighting [the first few times according to my hcs, he managed to evade the Spectre’s attempts, kinda like Dusekkar as in he was literally too powerful for the Spectre to Forsaken].

eeehehhrbfbd this is very cool to me, i really like this piece <33

[clarkeyscherry]

Hi could you do a chrismd drabble a little angsty and fluffy where his gf has some edits of him and his ex popping up on her fyp and she gets a lil sad thinking that maybe they're not the right fit but he reassures her? totally ok if you're not comfy writing this btw love your work <3

DIFFERENT // CHRIS DIXON!

you were laid on yours and chris’ shared bed, scrolling through tiktok. as you usually do on the days you’re free. everything was completely fine, but then an unexpected video played.

an edit of chris and shannon, his ex girlfriend.

you would be lying if your heart didn’t drop a tiny bit. nobody would particularly like seeing edits of your boyfriend with their ex partner. you were fully aware there were fans that wanted them back together. but with the amount chris reassured you that would never happen, you trusted him of course.

but seeing things like this did plant some doubt in the back of your mind. with them knowing each other and dating for years, it did make you feel slightly insecure.

you switched your phone off and threw it to the side of you, and just on time — chris walks in. seeing you sprawled all over the bed, staring at the ceiling was nothing different so he didn’t think anything of it, just letting out a small chuckle at the sight he thought was adorable.

“you alright?” chris asked whilst walking to the bathroom, but he got no reply.

“y/n?” he spoke once more, but was met with silence.

he walked out the bathroom and sat on the bed next to you, “hey, what’s up? not like you to not be talking by now.” he spoke gently, playing with your hair.

“i’m fine.” you sighed, not even convincing yourself let alone chris.

“talk to me, somethings obviously bothering you.” chris urges you to talk, not wanting you to deal with your thoughts alone.

“fine. i saw an edit of you and shan.” you blurt out, before covering your face out of embarrassment, “it’s stupid.”

“it’s not stupid. i wouldn’t particularly like if i saw an edit of you and your ex either. but why’s it troubled you so much?” he asks, making you sit up so he can face you.

“i know how much you loved her.. and i can’t help but feel like i won’t be enough for you after her. does that make sense? like i’ll never be her.” you explain as well as you can to him.

“thank you for trusting me to tell me. yes, i loved shan once but that doesn’t mean i want you to be her. you’re so different to her and that’s what I love, you’re you. and that’s what i fell in love with, you literally make me feel like my heart is gonna burst everyday. you don’t have to be her, and i don’t want you to be. i see my whole future with you y/n and i don’t want to share that with anyone else but you. understand?” he gently speaks to you, with awe in his eyes as he talks about his love for you.

your eyes slightly tear up at his words, “i love you, and i’m sorry i doubted you.”

“you have no reason to apologise, you can’t help the way you feel. so don’t worry, okay?” he raises his eyebrows, making sure it’s getting through to you.

“okay.” you reply quietly before leaning into his embrace.

“now let’s go watch edits of me and you, hm?” he laughs, his chest rumbling under your face making you smile.

“no, i just wanna stay here. with you.”

oh i loved writing this thank you for requesting it!!🥹

also someone told me they hated the filter i put on my pictures so i took it off, does it look better with or without? lmk xxx

[stained-glass-cicada]

okay I've been thinking about iterative personhood so here's some of the perspectives we see, in the order of them being most easy to talk about top of head

Mike Walters: obviously we get his perspectives as our point of view so narratively his belief system is offered a lot more weight.

The Mikes tend to agree that they are Not the same person but that they all share this intangible Something that makes them connected. The mother soul you know. They walk that line of shared Identity a lot more than they admit. They may say Staunchly that they're Not the same person (for example Mikey claiming he didn't understand why he panicked when Anne jokingly threatened Micheal during his elder hunter/mustardseed interview) but they assuredly understand that they are made of the same things. Even before we were putting MDawg's mother soul language to it there was hints of that aspect. In Mike and Micheal's first episode we get that line of "you turn into me. remember that" despite Micheal knowing their connectivity is Not assured I could and likely will write an entire essay on Just the Mikes senses of identity (I haven't even touched one MW and Nobody) but Mike is not the only one I need to get to for this post

Ty Betteridge- to more or less touch on the opposite side of the spectrum

Ty is one guy. He sees himself as one guy, and other than outlier Ty's he seems pretty happy with how in sync he is with the others. He is genuinely surprised when one steps out of line strongly even though they all certainly have their quirks. He throws his whole heart into seeing any iteration of a person as being Them. This is likely grounded in trying to cope with what he does at the compound? Both his work with the Mikes and how disposable any individual Ty is. If they are all the same person then he doesn't need to carry any guilt about the deaths and he doesn't need to fear his own death so long as one Ty makes it out

Felix- he states it very succinctly at the end of Felix chronicles

"I am this Felix because of the experiences I have had as This Felix. Another very similar Felix will not and cannot be me. Only I can be me." This philosophy seems More disconnected from other Felixes than even the Mikes. An entirely Experience based view. He does what he does because of what he's been through and so going through anything else, even subtly different makes him a different guy. Those Aren't Him.

Anne: thank god someone around here with a functional fucking council

She has a council and when we see her, she doesn't seem interested in differentiating between herselves. She was Not into having younger Anne called Annie. They are careful about propagation of course and there's a clear command structure within the council, but they make attempts sometimes to be pretty interchangeable in the eyes of base. Taking full advantage of what it means to have a council, and giving certain Anne's orders to die for the cause. She has aims and wants to save lives where she can, but she's Not above sacrificing members of the council for the benefit of the rest.

Sylvester August Baxter: my man committed to one way of viewing his other selves and mostly stuck to it. congrats!

Sly, August, and Baxter were brothers with all the protective "but your still an asshole" energy that comes with it. This may come from him having brothers usually. (I do think his brother he talks about is another iteration of him of course but that's just a theory (A GAME THEO- *gets shot*) and it doesn't change that this is a familial dynamic he's found time to get comfortable in) The Mikes sometimes talk about being brother-like but the actual dynamic as it plays out is a lot more complicated than that and they rarely agree on what to call each other. The Baxter's don't seem to struggle with this when we see them. They genuinely see each other as individual entities and inherently valued as those separate entities. But also know that each other are capable of betrayal because they Aren't the same guy anymore. He is a lot more hesitant to make new iterations. The only time he offers that easily is upon meeting Tex and realizing he's alone.

Edgar: idek hes like- A Complicated guy, and you can't tell what hes thinking 90% of the time

its somewhat difficult to be sure how he feels about his Own personhood. He sees multiple mikes as his Mikey bear. But! he Will kill Mikes if its necessary. then the OV-edgars. They could be dead ofc. Or they could have been mass consolidated. Either way they are not around and we can assume the OV-Edgars (having been made specifically to escape with Mike) would like to be with Mike if they physically could. Them not being allowed to meet MW implies at least a distrust on Edgar's part. Unless ofc he consolidated with them all. and Edgar has demonstrated a willingness to consolidate with other Edgars in the past (rugby, the continuous correction leading to him taking on Edman's memories) so he could have done that maybe so? you can be the same person in his eyes but that doesn't entitle you to the same treatment. He's too practical for that.

Helen Hartley: maybe the most just? grounded in the actual consequences of multiple selves?

she expresses fear that another version of her might try to come take this life from her. she recognizes they would have the same wants but because This Helen is not them. She would not get to keep this life if they took it.

Chris/Chance: i mean they fucking hate each other tbh

so he is doing the council thing fairly effective i think, in that there are still extras of him kicking around who are completely unaware of base operations, thereby having an extra break glass in case of emergency cowboy on hand. but the willingness to use Chance for their purposes with all the ethical implications of memory wiping a guy and giving him a new life (even if he agreed tbh?) implies a disregard for each other. they are the same guy (negative) it seems? like they recognize their flaws in each other and are able to be cruel about it. which doesn't bode well for Chris's self esteem but that's alright

Hunter Jeremiah Hartley: y'all have three of you and you choose to ALL work full time? what the fuck is Wrong with you

fuck man they're a Mess. they're a team, they work together, they look down on the youngest hunter for being naive a bit for sure. and then things get worse so they are at least different enough to really dislike baby hunter

its really really interesting the different ways everyone sees it. some of these perspectives are more radical and difficult to really believe for me but make sense for the character (like ty, idk dude that literally wasn't u tho? Agsjsk) but they all have some fair credence depending on what you believe shapes identity and where you land on the whole ship of theseus thing

anyway yeah, rotating them

[fenimores-book-nook]

Aromantic visibility!!

~ June 29th & 30th ~

Pride just happened for me! It was great and so fun; I wore my Aromantic flag like a cape and had my little handheld Asexual flag in my hand, waving it around. :) How this Pride worked was, there was a parade of a bunch of people that you watch and then at the end of it you can join in a walk to the building that the event is at. It is a long walk and feels even longer in the heat. But honestly, only on the way back to your vehicle, if you parked near the beginning of the parade. The walk there doesn't feel long, yes it's hot but it doesn't really matter or bother me much because I'm enjoying myself so much. I love being around the people at Pride because everyone seems to just be so full of love. It's beautiful. Plus, it's so fun with my friends.

I had mentioned in an earlier post that I wished there were more Aromantic things at Pride events I've been to and I do wish there was more this time. BUT! I saw someone else walking by me with an Aromantic flag tied around their neck like a cape too! I got so excited to see someone else that's a part of the Aro community as well! I also did see some homemade ceramic pins that were really cool and one was painted Aro colors, so that was awesome!

All in all, it was a great Pride and I'm so happy I got to go. Especially go with my AroAce things for the second year in a row. That may be like an, okay, and? thing, but for me it feels big. My sexuality and romantic orientation journey has been through a lot. A lot of confusion and acceptance work and just a lot. So the fact that I went to Pride using Aromantic Asexual last year as well as this year is just comforting to me. Of course it's 100% okay to change; sexuality is fluid!! But it's just a part that makes me proud to be who I am. :)

Alright, we're gonna switch into a more rant-styled writing. (yes, it is a different day than when I started this, shh) It's still in the AroAce category, but I need to get this out there. First: THE IMPORTANCE OF YOUR SEXUALITY AND/OR ROMANTIC ORIENTATION DOES NOT RELY ON THE ABILITY THAT OTHERS HAVE OR DO NOT HAVE TO UNDERSTAND IT. AND IT ALSO DOES NOT MAKE IT ANY LESS REAL IF SOMEONE WOULD RESPOND IN A WAY THAT WOULD INSINUATE THAT IT ISN'T REAL. BECAUSE IT IS.

Okay. Sorry for yelling, but it needed to be said to prepare you. Also, I feel like I should add a WARNING: this post includes mentions of arophobia and if you aren't comfortable with that, you don't have to read on! Take care of yourself. <3

I wouldn't even necessarily call this a rant, it's more like a, hey, I didn't realize that this was actually really arophobic at the time, but now I do and I'm working through it. Also, shared experiences help people feel more seen! Even if it wasn't a great experience, you aren't alone in it. <3

So, I had a friend in high school and I really liked this friend at the time (platonically, of course); they were a fun person to be around. So much so that I wanted to go to prom together but in "the most platonic way possible." I actually used that phrase on the sign I made to ask them with. Should've been pretty obvious how I felt about them, but whatever. In between the time I asked them and when prom was, we had a choir trip. This was also around the first time I was realizing I'm Aromantic. On that trip, there was this weird dance they had for the students that didn't really interest me so I mainly hung out at a table until this friend asked if I wanted to go walk around. So I was like, sure, I'm bored. We found this really pretty area with a big window where you could see the cars go by. And we just sat there together, chatting and chilling. It was a nice time at the moment, but looking back on it knowing what I know now, does not give me the greatest feeling. While we were hanging out there I told them that I had been researching about Aromanticism and thinking that it felt like me. I couldn't tell you what their response was at that time, but a later response kind of told me that they didn't take anything away from that conversation.

That later response came not super long after that. They told me that they liked me. After I had said I was pretty sure I'm Aromantic. And at the time, I was just very confused. There were some other things that played a part that made me even more confused but I just responded with something like, hey, sorry I don't like you like that. I don't like anyone like that. I'm Aromantic. You're still my friend. That's simplifying it a lot, but you get it. Then, I wasn't feeling anything other than confusion, awkwardness, and a whole lotta uncomfy-ness. Now, I mainly feel angry. They completely disregarded this huge part of me that I was discovering. It's infuriating. Especially because it was at the start of my Discovering I'm AroAce Journey.

So, mainly I just wanted to kind of talk about that. And how indirect arophobic still can hurt and have an effect on people. It's easy to dismiss small comments or situations that you play off as, oh, they don't really understand it, so it's fine. But no, it isn't fine. Anyone could look up what Aromanticism means. And even if they still don't understand it after that, that doesn't give them the excuse to play it off as something that isn't real. Or treat it like it's not real. Because IT IS. OBVIOUSLY. I'M LIVING PROOF THAT AROMANTICISM IS REAL. AND SO ARE YOU IF YOU ARE ALSO IN THE AROMANTIC COMMUNITY.

So, really, the point of this post is to bring light and importance to how badly the Aromantic community needs more visibility. And that's not to say other communities don't, there are countless ones who need more visibility as well.

Anyways. Don't let what others say or refuse to understand dictate how you feel about your identity. You deserve to be out and proud about who you are, whatever that may look like! It's different for everyone. If it's wearing something with your flag on it, or showing up to every pride event there is, or writing blog posts about it (wink, wink), whatever it may look like, it's beautiful. As long as you aren't hurting yourself or others, it's amazing. You are amazing.

To end on a cute and happy note; look at this cute Aro illustration I found on Pinterest:

<3

Go be you proudly!

With absolute LOVE,

Thalia <3

[pixelatedraindrops]

Oh my goodness Asaka-san…🥹 This is such an adorable after addition to the story!! I love the thought of Yuma worrying about Makoto every time he gets even a LITTLE bit sick. Thats honestly very called for given what they went through in my story ;w;

Detailed Feedback below

What can I even say here? First of all, the comic is so professionally gorgeous. Everything from the tower at the start to every piece of ramen in the bowl and spoon and Yuma and Makoto (and Kurumi) themselves are all so beautifully illustrated. Love Yuma’s gentle expressions and Makoto’s grumpy ones. Your first attempt at drawing Makoto too! (And it’s for THIS??? I’m so happy…😭) The expression fits the characters so well that I’d almost think that this work was official.

It still utterly baffles me how my work and ideas were able to inspire somebody as amazingly talented at art as you. I don’t know what to even say. I feel like honor is too small a word for my feelings. Enough for you to make sick art not once but TWICE??? I am in awe. It is truly SUCH AN HONOR that you loved my work enough to even make a contribution to it yourself. I am so happy I could cry 🥹 I adore this to my very core!! 💕

And yes I do still feel slightly insecure about how I view these two considering their bond can be taken in many different forms. They have so much potential. Seeing them as family just feels right to me. It doesn’t feel as forced or awkward. It’s a bond you can take as slowly as you want to and its definitely the most innocent choice (what can I say? I’m a sucker for found family… xD) I think you portrayed them both so well here. And I like how they’re both still getting used to calling themselves family, but it’s not so awkward that Makoto completely shuts Yuma away. I think its the best way for the two, whom were once so isolated to get used to trusting each-other especially at times like these.

Okay, let’s be real. When it comes to Japanese media, no cold is ever “mild” but I suppose he’d call it that just to get Yuma off his back… xD And yet there he is, laying down, cheeks completely flushed by fever looking very tired and irritated. Perhaps it’s more on the moderate side? Who can say? At least he’s not working and he remembered Yuma’s words to him about taking it easy if he ever feels sick. (Shocker he actually listened lol) I really love how kind and gentle Yuma is with him, he learned a lot from the past incident, but he’s still treating Makoto with enough respect to have it not be too doting, as an older brother would for the younger one. Yuma’s still being a bit doting on him with feeding him and all, but we know deep down Makoto likes the attention. He’s not used to personal care except from Yuma, making it much more meaningful.

I really love the additions of text you added showing that Yuma is worried about Makoto and wants to be closer with him. Makoto seems a little off put by the affection but then shows that he does still appreciate Yuma’s concern regardless. But he’s insecure about his position as the younger brother causing his older brother trouble. I also deeply appreciate Kurumi’s addition here. I believe the three to be close to each other, and Kurumi’s a good and helpful friend to them both c:

Yuma’s not used to being a big brother either. At least so he thinks, but the action and care alone prove he’s taking his role way more seriously than he thinks. It’s all so fluffy and soft!! I love all of it! They show their trust and affection, but still bicker just as siblings should every now and again. Its only healthy!

Thank you again for this wonderful comic Asaka-san. I’m so honored my story was able to give you such an idea. And it’s funny how you say “it was only supposed to be a short comic but it ended up being longer…” (now how many times have I heard that from you @kazinsblog? haha) well it’s very easy to go a bit more with a scenario like this. Why do you think my stories are so long? XD

Anyway I digress. This is such beautiful work and honestly it makes up for me having nothing to contribute to RainCode's anniversary this year… Thank you for the unexpected assist~ x3c You really do a wonderful job with this kind of art. I hope to see it again from you soon! 💜✨

Outstanding work. I absolutely adore it. These two are such adorable brothers! They will always mean the absolute world to me 💕💕💕

Happy 2nd Anniversary to Rain Code! ☔️🎉

To celebrate this day, I created a short manga featuring Yuma and Makoto. Please be advised that this post contains major spoilers from the main story of Rain Code. (Also, please note that the post is very long vertically, so be careful when expanding it.)

This story is based on the world and storyline of A Heartwarming Reunion, a wonderful post-game fan fiction written by @pixelatedraindrops that explores the relationship between Yuma and Makoto, as well as its comic adaptation by @kazinsblog. I highly recommend reading those works first, as this manga draws heavily from them. (For those who are in a hurry: in that story, Makoto falls ill, and through Yuma taking care of him, the two come to acknowledge each other as brothers.) This may be too much of a summary! The original work is very detailed and interesting, so please read it if you have the chance.

Alright then—please enjoy!

Thanks for reading! Click here for the afterword.

[simptasia]

you know britpicking? like where an american writes a fanfic set in england, or with an english character, and they get an english friend to look through it and check through it to see if the terms and phrases are accurate? (eg. flat instead of apartment)

well i propose there be such a concept for star trek

because people in star trek talk differently than modern humans. they use different words, different slang, phrasings. yes, they can speak casually but mostly it isn't like us. watch any of 90s trek and you'll see These People Do Not Speak Like Us

and, no disrespect, a lot of fic does not reflect this. and it irks me. they just speak like modern day people instead of... star trek characters. i personally think part of the fun of writing trek characters is writing it out to how they speak and how they would think

hell, this isnt even a fanfic problem. modern trek has this issue too. i think outta laziness. they have their people talking (and when in casual wear, dressing) like 2020s people and it pisses me off

its part of why strange new worlds feels like a high budget SNL skit

annnnyways. i propose this idea be called fact trekking

[captaincowabunga]

first, cut clips arent cannon.

second caitlyn also apologized just not verbally as one of the biggest points in the show are actions speak louder than words. cait makes amends for what she did to vi by showcasing a big amount of trust by giving vi a choice with what she wants to do with jinx. in s2 jail cell scene when she says you really think i needed all the gaurds. shes saying she gave jinx and vi a open door to escape and live a happy life. caitlyn was willing to give up the love of her life if it meant her being happy. and no caitlyn isnt abusive. a fighting and conflict does not equal abuse and yes i will be comparing it to jayvik and timebomb bc they have just as much if not worse conflict as those to that yall just choose to completely skip past so you can continue to belittle this one lesbian ship and pretend like its the only one with problems.

not once did i say it was okay to hit mascs and expect them to stay idk where the hell you got that from because now your just pulling shit out of ur ass that i did not once say. caitlyn didnt force the badge she offered it. yes she was upset when vi refused not because she wanted to force vi into an uncomfortable position but because as she stated “if wvery enforcer had a heart like yours we could take on noxus itself”

caitlyn knows vi has a good heart and she wanted vi to be on the team to help take care of the crimes as she knew vi would be familiar with the undercity and how to handle it appropriately. it was vi’s choice to take that badge and she chose to wear that badge because she felt responsible for jinxs bad actions and knew she need to do smth to redeem it.

and unfortunately for you the physics are different in that show and it was confirmed by the writers. yall cant be talking abt “thats not how gas works it doesnt make sense” when like i said there are magical gems, furry hybrid ppl, vi’s dad is a giant werewolf, and vi carries gauntlets that are 200 pounds each like its light weight. and ekko being able to turn back time, traveling different universes. do yall really think real life physic logic matters in this show? there is literal magic. the physics are different in this show period. you can be upset about it but in reality its the truth and youre only upset about it bc it takes away another argument yall have “cait gassed the entirety of the lanes” by proving she didnt.

dont tell me i sound like a child when u are using your opinions as argument when this is a debate abt canon show interactions and conflict, coming up with things i never even said, and overall being hypocritical and egotistical because yall cant take the L for once

most cait stans (such as myself) can take the L in the fact that what caitlyn did was wrong and she definitely should have handled it differently. something yall cant understand tho or accept no matter how much evidence we give you is that caitlyn is not nearly as bad at she seems, yall are way overreacting it and watering down words with powerful meaning by labeling a fictional character as such even tho that character does not even closely resemble the meaning of those words.

again you wanna talk abt me sounding like a child when at least i can use the fact that i AM a child as an excuse. I am 15 handing you plenty of canon critical evidence, quotes from writers and pulling shit directly from the show. You are 21 worried about a fictional character and comparing its defenders to isreal from what ive seen one of ur most recent reblogs which in general is just fucking psycho not even immature just actually psycho when you should be more worried on which employment would help you be a little bit less chronically online or maybe retake a course or smth on how to actually write good character development and conflict.

“the writers literally said they got bored with vi’s character!”

Eat my ass its literally the “fans” saying that bs i cannot wait until these fake ass fans leave this fandom 💔

cuz why is it the ONLY thing yall will listen to when it comes to the writers is something they didnt even say?

yall denied EVERYTHING Amanda overton said that canonically proved caitvi wasnt actually toxic and basically denied everything else the writers said but you’re absolutely dick riding this misinfo. hop off bro 💔

[halfricanloveyou]

“hey so we’re gonna need you to focus up and pay attention and not talk for 3 hours straight. and no you can’t look at your phone or ask brief questions or think out loud and 98% of what will be said won’t apply to you.”

“also i know you have adhd and that you said your adderall wore off but so do i. you just have to learn.”

do you seriously think i am capable of that. what if i blew you up with a cool wizard beam attack? what if the beam was purple.