#ark reblogs

[ark-inkweaving]

ooo, i'm gonna hop on too! i'm taking the main characters of Elegy to the Desperate Stars

Aira ✵ no and yes. this gal gets into fights as is, i do not want to see her inebriated. she did grow up on a farmhouse tho, i'd trust her with animals

Ele ✵ yes to both. she is a capable, smart and responsible gal, and chill to boot. she would drink me under the table tho

Aleji ✵ yes and no. they're cool, they have lots of weird stories, they give good advice, i'd go for beers with them. but leaving a pet for the weekend?? with that workaholic??

Beriel: yes and not really. she's cool to hang out with, even tho she'll get drunk on the first beer. but she is a rich kid. yeah she's smart, she can probably figure out how to care for a pet, but i wouldn't risk it

Dani ✵ no and yes. with this antisocial king the whole outing would be just glaring. he does love animals tho. hell, he regularly gets entrusted with kids

Sonia ✵ not really and no. she'd pick the fanciest bar and order fancy and expensive drinks, which is wildly uncomfortable, but she does make for decent company. but if i entrusted her with a pet, that pet would go missing

tag is open to anyone who wants to hop on ^-^

Writers or other OC creators, I’m dying to know… which of your characters would and wouldn’t pass the “two beers and a puppy” test?

[ark-inkweaving]

the problem with rivalries is that the second they're kind to each other the entire vibe turns romantic. i just want this idiot to be nice for once smh

[mistletien]

Hey guys, I know I've asked for help a lot, but this hurricane has devastated both myself and my family after trees crushed my house and left me homeless and I'm now living with my aunt.

Here's what the house looks like after the hurricane hit on Friday September 27th 2024.

The house is completely unlivable now after the hurricane hit.

My mom abandoned her two large dogs and refuses to try and get them, but my aunt is gratefully taking them in along with my cats. However, I don't have any funds right now to fully re home three dogs and two cats and need help getting them and I the items needed to survive until I can get help from FEMA.

I would be so grateful if you REBLOG this post so it can get out and even more thankful if you can buy something off my Amazon wishlist to help support me and my pets while we adjust to my aunt's home.

And I also have c$app if you think you want to monetarily help! You can send money directly to $Arktosphonos

Any and all help would be appreciated in this trying time. My pets and I would be really grateful for your help!

[piko-rose]

GUYS??? WHY CAN'T I LIKE AND REBLOG??? HELP???????

[ark-inkweaving]

we live for people getting joy out of "bad" skills

Former living weapon absolutely dominating at laser tag

[redthefortuneteller]

Why Snake delayed reporting to Joker

This was originally within a reblog, but since it's gotten so long I've decided it's more appropriate for it to simply be its own post. I find that it's tidier this way.

The subject of Snake not speaking up about the first tier tents being searched or his snakes having been tied up in knots, is something I see people bringing up somewhat often when talking about his life in the circus.

I'd like to give my humble opinion, which is simply that Snake didn't report right away because he knew Doll knew our Ciel was behind those wooden boxes. Doll is a first tier member, considered his superior, because Doll's part of the main cast. In fact, Doll scolded Snake but said nothing of Smile. If Doll didn't say anything about it right there and then, why would he? He couldn't just throw Doll under the bus in front of everyone, Dagger was there too.

Before I keep going, let me just show the layout of the circus and mark the path the first string took as they came back from the performance, when Wordsworth and Doll found our Ciel.

He heard what had happened from Wordsworth(presumably), and instead of going with Dagger and the others to the food tent as he was before, he walked back in the direction they had come from, to his tent without uttering a word. Doll did tell him to go put them away, so it makes sense that he'd go back to his tent. But I believe in his tent he thought of what to do with what had just happened. Likely deciding together with the snakes.

By this point, the snakes weren't tied in knots because Sebastian had already released all of them, thus our Ciel being found by one.

In the time between this and him reporting to Joker, the Earl had a little talk with Doll and then went to Sebastian to have a little banter and talk about his findings. Meanwhile Doll had changed back into the "Freckles clothes" always worn while not performing, to hide the Doll identity from the other members and keep being Freckles. While talking to Sebastian, our Ciel had an asthma attack and Doll (now Freckles) showed up and went with them to the doctor's tent. Now by this point, while they were all at the doctors tent, Snake was reporting to Joker.

From what Joker says, he told them Smile and Black snuck in, but apparently had no idea what their goal was. We're shown this scene after the reporting had already been done, so we can't know what else exactly was reported to Joker. When Joker questions why he didn't tell him right away, Snake doesn't answer and looks away. Joker shrugs it off and tells him to leave.

About the snakes in knots, it's possible that Black and Smile having been there was much more relevant information than them having been tied and locked. And so they might not even have passed this information to Snake. This information may also have been omitted by Snake when reporting, or simply disregarded by Joker, because to him the important bit is the yard being potentially involved.

After Snake leaves, Joker immediately starts blaming Doll for what happened, with Peter joining in. Which makes me wonder if he did end up telling them about Doll.

So, either Snake didn't say anything about Doll, and his refusal to answer Joker's question was due to not wanting to reveal what truly transpired. Or he did, in the end, decide to tell them of Doll covering up for Smile. If he did say everything, his reluctance to answer Joker's question could be more to do with his loyalty being questioned. Because after all, he still didn't know what to do. It was either obey Doll and keep quiet or tell Joker and do my job, which is to guard the first tier side and report should anything dodgy happen. It would understandably take a while to decide on the correct course of action. Do I go against this boss? Or that other boss? Ultimately, Joker is the ring leader.

Perhaps there's is a chance that Snake confronted Doll in that window of time before Smile's asthma attack. But if this had happened, one would think Doll would've told him not to say anything to Joker… Then there's another possibility, which is that Snake sent a snake after our Ciel. I would like you to consider this panel:

In the middle of our Ciel talking, Sebastian looks to his left side and frowns with a "?" mark. I don't think he's reacting to our Ciel's saying he trusts he can find the records, because he's finding something strange, he's got a question mark. At first glance I thought he was finding the Earl's cough strange. But the thing is that he's been listening to him coughing like that for a good while now. They've been in Will's tent, and he's been coughing practically all night. You could also say that he's feeling that our Ciel's going to have an asthma attack. But then when the Earl starts coughing more strongly, Sebastian looks like he's wondering what's wrong as he looks to the right to his master.

Consider the possibility that, in that panel, Sebastian detected an eavesdropper. Perhaps a snake. And that it has nothing to do with our Ciel, until he turns to him with the concerned look. If Snake went after (or rather, sent a snake after) our Ciel and heard their conversation, despite not understanding the context, he'd get the idea that there was something about the first tier that was being withheld from him and of course when Joker asked him why he didn't report right away, he wouldn't want to let Joker know that he'd been sneaking after Smile and found out the troupe was hiding things from him. I still lean more to think it was because of our Ciel's coughing, but I'm just giving this a chance because sometimes Yana shows us things that aren't what they seem to be in the end. Even if this was the case and Snake overheard this conversation, I don't think he'd understand much of it. "The missing children. The circus. Tom, the piper's son." is about as much as he could get from their conversation that would somewhat make some sense but still, nothing in concrete. Missing children doesn't mean kidnaped ones. I think he really doesn't know what their goal was. Also because what Sebastian and our Ciel talked about in the snake's presence, in Snake's tent, was nothing telling in any way.

Regardless, we might consider that Snake could've heard the conversation between Joker, Peter and Jumbo after being told to leave. Not even necessarily then, but at some other point in time. A conversation between the first tier members that would betray that there was something off going on.

As he said in chapter 50, he knew they were hiding something from him. This situation with Smile was odd, and if he wasn't aware of anything before this, I think this would do it. He was obviously aware that they were leaving the circus grounds, because on the day of the Phantomhive manor attack, he said to them "Going out again?". The way he said this gives me the feeling he was already aware of something, just as when he was suspecting Finny of hiding something from him in the orphanage. Snake hesitates in asking things directly.

What I would like to know is exactly the extent of what he knows in terms of their suspicious activities. I wonder if he already thought something was a little off before Sebastian and our Ciel showed up but it only became more obvious with their presence in the circus. He was suspicious, but I don't think he'd be expecting something so bad, as he clearly had no idea children were being kidnapped and showed shock at the revelation. Apologies for the long post, I hope I've added something to the discussion!

[risingsunresistance]

hi sorry i went an entire week without posting i've got a lot of shit going on irl like A LOT of shit. but unrelated to serious stuff, im not playing skyblock till a new update so i dont have anything to talk about that's blog themed, splatoon event is coming up so im ever more laser-focused on that rn, and i got addicted to roguelike poker KJGFHG

[ark-inkweaving]

very true. not even just from a media literacy point, or as a pet peeve against amatonormativity and its constraints, but sometimes focusing too much on the romance can keep you away from enjoying a deep, important or refreshing theme that is perfectly good on its own

I think there's some medias that you just cannot meaningfully engage with if your main priority is shipping

[arkusene]

oh my god finally finished DT tonight and honestly have so many good feelings that im happy to share w my mutuals who have completed it as well - won't be discussing it on my blog to avoid spoilers, but it might be my favorite expac so far - in no small part bc I got to play most of it w/ @apollogeeee and being able to do current content w my partner really just!!! made it so much more special.

[infinitystation]

i've never bought something faster in my life KJHFDGG

[paperluigi64]

sonadow generations coming this fall!!!

[ark-inkweaving]

lmao yeah

reblog if you’re a writer who feels guilt whenever they’re not writing and being productive, so I know I’m not the only one lol

[verdant-soaring]

Verdant/Verd, they/them.

Inactive sideblog blog for the game Sky: Children of the Light. I was primarily active from 2020-2021.

The queue has been emptied and there will be no posts for now.

My main blog is @electric-borealis, which serves as a blog hub. I am active on my reblog blog (@lightning-aurora), and my art blog (@verdant-arts).

[rooshayah]

I crack myself up

[anduin-wrynns]

thought abt the diablo 4 wow mount a little too hard now i am here