#as a possibility/likelihood

[scurvyboy]

Not me having a full blown panic attack because I couldn't find one of your drag queen Stanley posts 😭

that is very unfortunate. here, you can have this angsty picture that i never posted as compensation

i love you my stan pines crossdresser prostitute headcanon

[tragedy-for-sale]

Age of the Batch

This has been on my mind lately

Getting a few things out of the way. None of their wookiepedia pages state how old they are (not given a BBY year). If you simply look up their ages, it places Omega at 12 years (which is confirmed unless I dreamt that), and the batch at 13 (which is incorrect). We also know the oldest clones are 13 (26) by the end of the war.

Omega is older than the batch; Which crosses out the possibility of them being 13/Gen Ones. This means the oldest they could be is 12 (24) by the end of the war. We also know Omega was old enough to remember seeing the mutations of the batch get enhanced. So the question arose of what was the youngest age Omega could consciously remember that and also be an effective lab assist? Around three or four would be the youngest.

When Omega is explaining to the batch, she tells them '...sent to be with the other clones.' Does this infer they went back to their growth jars in those giant rooms, or out consciously? Since we know Omega is able to remember their mutations being done, that means the batch did not initially have all their mutations and had to be modified later in development. (Which complicates things based on the nature of how genetic mutations work). But that's a lot to get into at this moment and I'll spare you that rant because maker I could go on.

If the oldest the batch could be is 12, that would mean their got their mutations at age 2 (4) at the earliest. However, I feel like there is an emphasis on Omega being older than them, not the same age. We can infer the batch did not join the war right away because of the time of their introduction.

I feel it is more likely for the batch to be closer to 11 (22) by the end of the war. That would place them at 8 (16) years at the start of the war, and maybe they didn't make their debut in the war until a year later at 9 (18). This also puts Omega at a standard 4 years older, this makes the most sense because then she would be old enough to remember them being created and getting genetically enhanced during a time in development that's actually scientifically feasible.

If they were making their marks as extremely effective soldiers, who's to say they weren't rushed off to war prematurely. It is said in The Clone Wars that young clones were rushed into service before their 10-year training span was up, and the batch was likely a part of those groups.

[tyrs-right-hand]

How fucked up would it be if tmagp ends up NOT being a tragedy?

Like, podcast ends, horrors defeated, and all (remaining) characters get their happy ending! Great, right?

Now imagine it from Jon’s point of view. He struggles for so long, pitted against horrors beyond his comprehension, and is ultimately manipulated into becoming one. He is weaved into someone else’s plot, and he never manages to escape. He wants to save everyone and does nothing but doom them. And then he dooms this new world, as well.

And then… they win. They succeed where he failed. They live. And it’s such a relief. But also such a slap in the face. Because if they did it, then why couldn’t he?

[bananasfosterparent]

I find it funny sometimes when people suggest lamenting on your consort Tav being depressed and mopey over what and who they could have been if only they hadn't done that darned ritual *shakes fist*

But like... Efenity was... broke. Penniless. Homeless. Living on the streets in an abandoned house just outside the city that she shared with another criminal. She'd break into someone's house just to use the bathtub every other day. Agreeing to situationships with shady men who really only liked her for the dommy mommy vibes. Convincing herself that opening up and getting "official" with anyone was a mistake. That only leads to more grief, more pain, more loss.

Pre-game events, Efenity was working on a plan for stealing/skimming millions in gold over time from a charity organization run by a rich family. While she had high hopes to reach her goal of living in a mansion and living lavish (and alone) with her own criminal ring to support her... in reality she would have just gotten caught and arrested. Probably would just stew in her rage, angering the wrong people and winding up dead.. or defeated so much that she wishes she was.

Getting kidnapped and having a worm shoved in her eye was the single greatest thing that could have ever happened to her and there isn't a single thing in her journey that she regrets--except manipulating Shadowheart. But that's literally it.

If she's lamenting while sitting on a chaise with hand done embroidered demask designs and gold filigree backing, wearing her fluffy feathery robe while her Lord lays his head on her lap and she strokes his hair and ears about what "could have been" it ain't gonna be about something better.

While I totally understand the angst angle and would actually be comfortable checking out other people's versions of it, if I didn't associate it with such horrible negativity and discourse there's such a great power fantasy and positive dark romance here that gets ignored and poopooed by so many, without even the slightest consideration that maybe... just maybe... it's actually pretty darn valid and cathartic too, once you take off your Bias Goggles.

I wish more people were once again willing to let themselves explore their creativity in fiction enough to not care about the opinions of others not in your head, not developing your Tav, and not writing your story. YOUR Tav has their own unique story and it's ENTIRELY in your hands.

[skyheld]

I would also love to say shianni dies at an old age surrounded by her loved ones but. I think realistically it's a matter of time before she's killed by some political enemy as in the origins epilogue slides only much later

[vulpinesaint]

has supernatural faded enough from the zeitgeist that it's normal now. like will it ever be divorced enough from the social context of the Everything to be a regular show from an outside perspective

[odo-apologist]

After doing the dream blunt rotation meme, I can't stop thinking about what characters from Ghosts would be like if you were high with them. So here's how I think that would go (with some input from my friend @poorcousingaila):

Allison- While I feel like Allison might have been someone who'd get a bit anxious/overwhelmed while high pre-series, having to deal with seeing ghosts all the time grants her greater confidence under these more mundane of circumstances and would probably leave her pretty unfazed. She'd be a good, helpful presence while you were high, but given how much she already has to do for the ghosts and how stressful things are for her normally, you'd feel a bit bad seeking her help

The Captain- Immediately spirals into paranoia. Thinks The Enemy (TM) is after him. He either drags into the spiral with him or you have to spend the entire trip convincing him that he is not in danger and there are no spies in their midst and the war has been over for decades. Afterwards he insists he was completely calm and collected, acting within absolutely reasonable parameters

Fanny- Initially adamantly refuses to partake in what she finds is a disgraceful activity. If she were to give in (highly improbable but let's suspend disbelief a moment), one expects her to get more uptight, but she surprisingly mellows out and becomes uncharacteristically relaxed. But she'd probably be too wrapped up in her own trip that she wouldn't be attentive if you were having a bad trip. She refuses to talk about it once she's sober

Humphrey- Humphrey seems like someone who would be pretty cool while high. He'd be a decent person to talk with and a good contender for a supportive guide through your trip, willing to listen and talk you through it. If he is lacking his body, though, it is possible that seeing a severed head might not be ideal while tripping. Still, I think his demeanor makes up for that

Julian- I love Julian but he is undeniably insufferable. He's already quite difficult to handle while perpetually tipsy, regaling everyone with stories of his sexual escapades and Tory activities and behaving without taking others into consideration, I can't imagine he'd be better under the influence of more substances. Then again, there's a good possibility he was more than just indulging in alcohol when he died, so there might not be too much of a change?

Kitty- It's probable that Kitty's cheerfulness reaches new heights while stoned, gets exponentially more giggly. Her intensity and enthusiasm also increases which can be overwhelming, but I think this also means she'd actually be great at calming you down if you get nervous or upset during the trip, as long as she doesn't get too distracted by something else

Mary- In a similar vein as The Captain, gets very very paranoid and scared while high. She gets jumpy and whimpery and can't sit still, probably bolts off, and tries to get you to come with her to hide somewhere from whatever she thinks is out to get you both. If her fear doesn't rub off on you, it just makes you really sad

Mike- A chill guy to blaze with. He gives the vibe that he gets very relaxed when he's stoned, probably just wants to sprawl on a couch and watch silly comedy movies. The only con is I feel like he'd get intense cases of the munchies and eat some of the snacks before you could get to them, but overall, a very nice experience

Pat- Also a great choice to get high with. He lived through the 60s and 70s, so I like to believe he's lit up on multiple occasions. Like Kitty, I can see him being very upbeat and also eager to chat. His scout experience handling young kids and relatively competent manner in dealing with a crisis means he'd be very capable in comforting you if you get distressed

Robin- No doubt Robin, while foraging during his life, consumed some pretty gnarly substances, so I think he'd take marijuana in an easy stride. There's a strong chance he would be good companionship during a trip; however there's also a strong chance he'd think it was entertaining to fuck with you a bit and end up scaring the hell out of you. He'd only do it in the spirit of fun, though, so he'd lay off if you got too upset

Thomas- Initially I was leaning more towards Thomas' melancholy getting exacerbated while blazing, sighing over Allison even more than usual. However, I'm now thinking that he might get really manic instead. He undergoes a massive burst of creative energy. He pens a dozen poems in half an hour and declares them masterpieces, his magnum opuses. He insists on speaking them out to you and tries to convince you to submit them to literary journals/poetry contests. They are, of course, complete gibberish; he gets very embarrassed about them the next day and begs you not to mention them again

[jestingher]

Sometimes I think about wether Toritsuka really has privacy like ever?

I mean ghosts kinda perpetualy watch people and they're basically everywhere, but he actually knows they're watching, if he wanted to do something kinda awkward or the like he probably couldn't just shoo them away, just had to do it with company, on full display all the time

I think this also reflects in his attitude towards Saiki being able to read his thoughts, giving full honesty 'cause Saiki will know anyway, he's already sorta used to that

[liebgirl]

cobra kai characters ranked by how likely they are to succumb to the 2024 established characters going gay phenomenon. a post i could theoretically make

[bayofwolves]

i've been thinking ab abeke x worthy for the last 12 hours... do y'all feel me. could i convince y'all to get on board this ship

[variousqueerthings]

i do sometimes think about community histories that come from similar spaces, especially pre-certain-words-being coined, and while i do understand the drive to go "no you [x identity] go away, this one is for us!" because often certain queer communities are woefully ignored and talked over, i also have an instinct for wanting to bring communities together because they were often one and the same community, or the words were conflated in certain ways and there's almost never a "this one is for us" that is as neat as people like to pretend (flashbacks to "butch and femme are lesbian-only terms" although ofc sometimes it really is importantly a closed community term, like the word "stud")

sometimes historically you cannot neatly map a label onto a person/group/event/idea because that terminology was different, and we cannot go back and ask what would work best using today's terminology anymore than we can travel to the future to see what it'll evolve into that might work better than today, but also maybe it's important to find some middle-point between a lack of clear terminology and community spaces that are divided into their own, clear sections

but in order for people to not feel overlooked and mocked the work needs to be done from all facets of the queer community to go outside ones own personal identity to make a history queer rather than "just" [insert x here]. and i hope that one day that work will make us more unified as a series of political and philosophical ideals and less disparate groups without bleed-through or overlap, even when one personally may feel quite easily placed within an identity

idk, it's the idea of "personal identity" vs "political coalition" but it's also just quite sad to try and box us in again

[sputnikodin]

i want to move to sf by like may at the earliest bc my lease is up in august and i want to minimize how long i'm paying rent on two places lol (though i may be able to find a subletter for my current place idk) but it's easier to find housing in sf around the end of the semester when students are moving out so there's a needle i have to thread there. But i also like. need a job lined up when i move i don't have enough in savings to cover moving cross-country + sf rent and deposit + partial or full rent on my current apartment + living expenses for uh. Very long. basically it's going to be difficult to make the timing work if i want to make the move in 2025 especially with how disastrous the job market is these days. i could try to find a cheaper/ideally month-to-month place to live here in this city once my lease is up while i job/apartmenthunt desperately but i am so aware of how much life i'm missing out on by not being near people i adore in a place i love and i don't want to draw things out any longer than i have to. many needles to thread actually

[lightblueminecraftorchid]

Me @ my body: WHY CAN WE NOT TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HUNGER PAIN AND COLD

[vigilskeep]

?????? What do you mean Anders is all like, "We have a kid now" when Keir gets back from the Fade ??????? Where did he get the nugget?????

[venndaai]

not to share pinfo but I was born in a red state that (for the moment) allows birth certificate sex changes and it's driving me slightly crazy trying to figure out whether I should try and get that done or not *shrug emoji*

[racke7]

Talked to doctor. Doctor was surprised I'd had a reaction to the pills at such a low dosage (they'd been thinking that it would need to be at least 3x what I started with to do much).

But normally you take as much as you can before the side-effects become too much for you. And constant headaches and a sore throat is absolutely signs that I'm already getting those side-effects.

So now I don't have to take those pills anymore. Yay!

She reiterated that my old pills give me "no noticeable" side-effects, because that's what they do. As in, they don't give any side-effects, until you find yourself at the ER in need of organ-transplant.

Which... alright, fair.

(Though problems "fifteen years from now" is... casually optimistic of my likely survival-rate considering my apparent weakness to stress and statistical likelihood for loneliness-related suicide. But if she wants to be optimistic about it, I figure I should at least play along.)

In vaguely related news, my hammock arrived two nights ago.

First night was a bit awkward (sleeping in a hammock is different), but I woke up in the morning and didn't hurt (excepting my neck), so that's... pretty fucking incredible, not going to lie.

Second night was going to be great, because this time I cleverly brought a thinner pillow so that my neck would hurt less-... Except after two hours of trying and failing to fall asleep, I finally gave up and crawled into my bed instead.

(Because it felt like I was burning up, and my knees were complaining that they felt like I was trying to bend them backwards, because of the way that the hammock curves upwards, despite the extra pillow I found for them. And my neck was also doing the "forward dip"-thing that it does when you fall asleep sitting up, so the thinner pillow wasn't enough anyway, and-...)

Anyway, my body had opinions about sleeping in a bed this morning. So at least I know that I'll have to be consistent about hammock-sleeping if I want results.

Fun anecdote is that despite my side-and-ribs hurting all morning, I did some of those old "sideways plank"-exercises from way back when and... now only my side aches a little. No weird muscle-spasms or anything. So that might be a solution. Hopefully.