#because gay depressed robots

[inezrable]

Hey! Are you stepping away from neil gaiman's work because of recent events? You may be interested in...

The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy!

It has:

British humour

Spaceships

A guy with 2 heads and 3 arms

Gay ship that should be more popular that reminds me of ineffable husbands

Multiple adaptations (some better than others)

A depressed robot

A repressed bisexual Brit

6 WHOLE BOOKS

A number that you will see and comment on everywhere after you read it

Anyway, go read it. It needs more fans

[mtomauw]

Here's my attempt to sell you a boat The boat being Vander and Viktor should hold hands and kiss about it. (Arcane season 2 spoilers) Let's start:

Just viktor looking at vander for the first time, sweet baby boy. and then this:

Yes babe see a hot guy once and be ready to mcdie for him yaaaay.

Viktor loves a man with big dreams, we know this because of his questionable ex Jayce. They have a montage:

Tale as old as time type shit

Gay ass "I choose to trust you vs plz let me save you" type shit. And this whole thing

Man depressed the whole time unless he's working with and finding Vander.

This is also how I hang out with my homies, Sky's in on this btw they've just got a cute lil polycule going on where Viktor's in the middle. And then Signed comes in and is like **ah yess evil evil his blood would save your robotic ass** But Viktor's a softball who already pack bonded to the big man and just **nope not killing him for his blood. I'll stab myself and touch hexcores but im drawing the line at stabbing a bootiful boy** And then when Jayce blows Viktor up Vander goes a little feral about it. And yes you can also read this as **viktor's just helping vander cuz he recognizes a useful guy and doesn't have any affection for him and vander only goes feral because he got mindfucked and then maybe driven insane by signed** BUT IM IN THE BUSINESS OF SELLING YOU A BOAT, so they're gay thank you for your time.

[lagomoz]

Proseka headcanons

-as rui’s childhood friend, nene has extensive fire safety knowledge

-shizuku is adopted, hence why she looks so different from shiho. she was adopted shortly before the moon rabbit event and it contributed to her clinginess

-shiho forgets this fact sometimes. she’ll casually mention something like shizuku got all mom’s good genes so unfair and ichika has to be. um. shiho

-kanade is mildly nearsighted/myopic but spends so much time at her computer she hasn’t noticed

-emu is buff. she climbs multiple stories without breaking a sweat and is canonically part of the swimming, handball and rhythmic gymnastic clubs, you can’t tell me she doesn’t have some muscle

-saki helps out as a human notepad for tsukasa, reminding of him things he would otherwise forget within 5 minutes

-the vocaloids also help. at first it was unnerving to have hatsune miku be an extension of his psyche that knows his darkest secret (stole saki’s candy when he was 6) but now his phone has a more reliable catgirl themed reminder system

-you know that classic nightmare of leaving the house without pants? tsukasa has legitimately done that as a kid. he forgor. (saki will never let him live it down)

-in the kamiyama student council/hall monitor room, an has put up at sign saying “_ days since last kamishiro incident”

-the shinonome siblings both figured out the other one was gay before they figured it out about themselves

-airi’s great at trivia from her time as a variety show star. she still can’t beat minori at idol trivia, though

-ena keeps a diary with fort knox level security. try to read it and you’ll lose a finger

-saki learned to crochet from the old ladies in the hospital

-shiho’s most treasured phenny is a somewhat lumpy crocheted phenny holding a very lumpy crocheted bass guitar

-tsukasa snores. he falls asleep in 10 seconds and sounds like a dying lawnmower

-mizuki has learned a small bit of french from their sister and uses it exclusively to teach rui and an how to swear in french

-emu still celebrates her grandfather’s birthday, even if he’s not there to celebrate with her

-ena is allergic to dogs, the middle point to airi’s cat allergy and akito’s dog phobia

-rui has various small scars from his experiments over the years, but nobody ever believes the real causes (rocket launcher, robot bite, exploding balloon animal, etc.) so he just makes up a new cause every time someone asks

-mmj! has had repeated incidents of minori and airi’s little siblings walking into frame when streaming at their houses. shiho understands the concept of a livestream but has still been caught failing at creeping past like that one new broadcast of the guy crawling along the floor

-kanade has pots & eds, this one I have a reason for look at her symptoms. chronic exhaustion, heat and cold intolerance, comorbid sleep issues and depression, dizziness when standing up, fainting after standing up, very pale skin, family history of medical issues, pain at normal physical activities, exercise intolerance, vertigo at mild exertion, she just fucking dies during the entire baseball event, I could go on. she canonically gets pain in her hands from opening a jar girl that is not just being out of shape that is physical disability. this one I will go conspiracy board on listen to me I’m right

-kohane ate bugs as a kid. an is horrified, toya is confused, akito is impressed

-ena and airi got in trouble in middle school because they’d keep starting fist fights in defense of the others honor. if they saw the other in a fight they’d jump in guns blazing no hesitation no questions ask ready to throw the fuck down

-vbs!rin and len were given a skateboard by an and then promptly had the skateboard confiscated by meiko for property destruction

-haruka is horrible with slang. she asks the stream chat what poggers means and immediately uses it completely wrong, killing all viewers on impact

-minori is torn between thinking it’s cute and wanting to die

-toya has been banned from arcades before because he made them lose too much money/they suspected he was cheating

-ena brought kanade over for girls night and nearly scared akito half to death because he went down to get a late night snack and there was some Ghastly Creature looming in his kitchen

-kohane's parents stick out like a sore thumb when going to her live shows. it mortifies her that everyone on vivid street can recognize them as the only milquetoast middle aged couple dressed in normal clothes loudly going YOU'RE DOING GREAT SWEETIE that don't know the first thing about music

-minori knows basic programming. she mostly uses it for forums, blogs, html, other web design things usually related to idols as a hobby, but she's become the groups designated anti-shizuku tech support

-mafuyu has always been able to see ghosts but after adults figured she was just playing pretend as a kid so she shrugged and figured it was normal and not worth bringing up again

-honami has one of those massive extended families and somehow keeps track of them all. at any given time cousin #57 can crawl out of the woodwork and she remembers their new job, favorite food, past three romantic relationships and list of allergic reactions

-mizuki does doll customizing as a hobby. they prefer making human sized clothes, but it's fun to make them miniature too. they've introduced shizuku to it and she loves it, but doesn't have the heart to do anything that would hurt the doll (sawing limbs off, dunking them in boiling water, shoving wires in them, etc.)

[basilbots]

Carry on Au? New Au ? Yes please!

Please please explain!

The Carry On AU is about Ruin being caught before he can go through with his plans (he was trying to find a way around Solar dying), and because of Moon's deal to let Eclipse do whatever he wants with his creator Ruin is handed over to him as promised!

Everyone thought Eclipse was going to kill him, but he didn't. It starts with Eclipse dragging Ruin around, making a bunch of threats to torment him, but it never gets the reaction he wants. Ruin should be cowering, instead he flips between being in a depressive slump and having aggressive outbursts about his plan being foiled. Which isn't,,, fun for Eclipse to sit through.

While trying to figure out what to do with this Eclipse also starts to realize that Hey. Ruin is his? The others aren't going to take Ruin away from him? Like what happened with Lunar? And he changes tactics! Eclipse starts being softer with him instead, carrying Ruin around like a favorite toy, preventing the others from harassing him, even going so far as to start preening his rays. Now that gets a fun reaction out of Ruin (confusion bafflement flustered are you being sweet?), and if it makes Eclipse feels nice too well he doesn't have to admit that to anyone.

The bulk of the AU is Eclipse and Ruin bonding, working through Ruin's whole mess of feelings with his scheme, getting Eclipse to admit he cares about someone, robots being gay and soft, fun stuff like that.

[d16megatron]

falls down fifteen flights of stairs only to land square on my face. What if I just lost my mind! If I went insane! Because the only things in my noggin are StarSwerve, silly cats, and more gay alien robots. I will never be free, I will never be released from the chains that bind me!!!!

Anyways. I just wanted an excuse to post my most recent doodles. I am a dynamic being. Currently working on a few different projects for the future... Got lots of sketches/concepts for Earth modes in my TFO style that I am juggling. Hopefully will come about soon. And by soon? Idk how long that is. Depression is a bitch, but so am I. <3

[autism-criminal]

i never made an intro post 😨

so uh yeah here we go wheeeeeee

pfp by @g1rlrott1ngrequestz , isn’t it so cute ?

Update !! This is mostly a fic blog now , where I post my Tangst . I’m always open to talking , I just won’t reblog things very often ! However , my friend just joined , so for the next few days , I’ll probably reblog a lot of her stuff

Please don’t send me donation asks .

My names are Tang , Nuke , Deary and Cellach , in order of preference ! My pronouns are it/he and im a boy .3 I’m aroace , ambiamorous , and I think I’m biromantic or just gay ! Also I’m literally Tang because my discord friends said so , so yeah . I’m Tang for real ( I kin him )

I am professionally diagnosed with AuADHD , anxiety , and depression . I’m also robotkin !

If you’d like me to tag or tw something , please tell me , whether that be through dms or an ask !

I like drawing ! ask me to draw your OC and I will do so in the span of 2 hours-2 days .

Seven means a lot . Idk how much , but imagine seven is the biggest number in the world

I am like . fuckinf obsessed with FNaF, but I do not support Scott Cawthon’s anti-LGBTQ2IA+ views .

my top interests in no particular order

FNaF

Jurassic Park

Psych

The Hunger Games

The Gray Man

Ocean’s 11 (2001)

LEGO MONKIE KID ANSKSLSSJJA

Seabiscuit !! I love the movie and I’m reading the book about him

The Wild Robot was actually one of the best movies I’ve ever seen

I love being tagged in things . Pls don’t hesitate to tag me in things

I LOVE NICKNAMES AIODCUOAKDOX

I speak some Spanish , and in a few years I’m even planning on studying abroad .D

oc lore so far

Silva, Shroom Guy, Notata and Apparatus Phobos 2 3 ( I probably have more lore for him but I can’t find it )

Tang angst !! Feel free to send requests for Tangst cause I have no ideas

headcanons / my rant about him the angst fic part two villain au !! part two ! part three part fourrrr the prequel part two part two and a half part three part four part five

VILLAIN AU THIS IS MY MASTERPIECE

Tangstober ! Day 1 - Again Day 3 - Self-Destruction Day 6 - Medication Day 15 - False Hope

I’m cool , but you know who’s even cooler ?

@jadegrimm @edenthebat @felixxscott ( rip ) @faeriedays @fagtron2000 @finleyforevermore @treasure-goblin @doomed-to-be-obsessed @swagmaxxer @animanytotsllyinsany @t0esniffer69 @kirvee @j-snapdragon @idonoiyo @starfish-spencer @shawnaise @iceeericeee @beepboopchibbo @slime-the-awesomeguy @exploringwonders-mads <333

my pookie fr @jaspers-real-wife <3333333 /p

also, MY DAD !!! @wheredidmybooksgo !!!!! The best dad ever !!!!

and my grandmama !! @the-squishy-scrimblo !!!

check them out .D

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my tags are as follows :

#rewatching garbity farls - when i rewatch gravity falls

#PHOBOS LORE - lore or just art for the siller

#best dad ever - for when I’m talking with the best dad ever

#best grandmama ever - for when I’m talking with the best grandmama ever

#best sibling ever - for when I’m walking with the best sibling ever

#lassieposting - for when I post about Carlton Lassiter or find a post that I think is related to Carlton Lassiter

#words ain’t wordin - a tag I pre-made for when I go semi- or non-verbal

#Tangst - posts about Tangst , maybe writing or just rambles

#villain au - posts about my Tang villain AU , not the one where he’s captured and forced to be a villain , but the one where he chooses to be

that’s it B]

[mercymermaid]

i need to get my thoughts out there just stay with me

insane amount of sister location headcanons incoming!

the sister location animatronic cast is one massive extremely dysfunctional family

first of all, fuck ennard, this is pre michael's appearance, so he doesn't exist yet <3

ballora is the overall mother figure (i wonder fucking why) and the oldest and most calm, acting as the peacekeeper and trying to keep the rest of the cast calm enough to get shocked to help and back

baby is the little sister (mindblowing!), following ballora around like a little duckling, and is The Main Character (out of the cast, she has the most emo depression moments because she's the only one properly possessed) she's actually pretty shy and skittish at first, but opens up pretty quickly once you crack her shell

the bidybabs and minireenas have the comprehension capacity of literal toddlers, and waddle around all day, being feral creations that will follow anyone's command if they reward them with cuddles afterwards.

now. my favorite demons. the funtimes, the bons, and lolbit.

first of all, funtime foxy and funtime freddy are dating (funtime frexy for life, i can and will die on this hill), my favorite gay man ship ever. ft. foxy and lolbit are.. cousins? nobody knows what exactly they are, but they're similar enough to be directly related, so they roll with it. bonbon and bonnet have some complicated, old couple drama, and are constantly bickering, much to the annoyance and amusement of the rest of the cast. bonbon and ft. freddy are friends till the end, though, they are each other's ride or die (same with ft. foxy and lolbit)

lolbit is also the fucking psycho prankster. being a non-performing character, and having complete access to the location's networks, he has every opportunity ever to cause chaos. he likes to mess with the night guard, for one, but his favorite thing to do is to ruin ft. foxy's performances by changing the light and overall show cues completely, and instead of playing whatever music or audio that should be on, blasts rick rolls. this went on for a solid multiple months until management finally figured out the problem, and poor lolbit lost his overpowered admin access, leaving him very sad and helpless against the oncoming revenge by ft. foxy.

ballora, baby, the minireenas and bidybabs, bonnet, and ft. foxy have killer girls' nights where they give each other 'makeovers' (they're robots, there's not much they can do besides try and apply shitty makeup) and play a poor mockery of dress up with old night guard outfits, and talk trash about the night guards and the other animatronics, along with starting their Evil Plotting (i lied, that's all you get of ennard)

ft. freddy, ft. foxy, lolbit, and bonbon have the equivalent of middle school boy sleepovers on steroids. they steal workers' phones to try and record tiktoks like they've seen "the modern youth" (- lolbit) do, and cause overall destruction to the location. they just do the stupid stuff you'd think of when you hear the saying "girls live longer than men for a reason," because they're accidentally setting stoves on fire and struggling to operate the fire extinguisher, and at one point, lolbit accidentally turned every single light in the entire building into a non-stop strobe light for a solid two hours, until the system had to be restarted (thanks, handunit.)

yeah they're all deranged and silly and totally not killer machines at all thank you for coming to my ted talk

[cobra-creampuff]

so doylistly mickey gets visibly cleaner each season (in the first half of the show at least) because he develops from a villain to a romantic lead and "nobody" wants a dirty boyfriend. Just one more reason among many that even straight romance is better written by gays and/or perverts; when we're scared of our attraction to the earthly human body we make our art about it scary instead of just powerwashing all the gross matter off of it (unless of course the inhuman lack of gross matter is a theme being engaged with, i.e. robot/angel fucki- listen, the point is we're not wimps out here doing a "there is no flesh in ba sing se" routine 24/7. cough. anyway...)

but watsonian...ly. there are a lot of really fucking stupid bullshit signs and standards that homophobic straighties use as an excuse to be homophobic toward someone they want to bully. many claim that little homophobia is a totally different beast to big homophobia, and the signs the former 'dars are Real vs the irrational signs the latter 'dars, but in fact the absolutely farcical ones are all the exact same idea as the little ones just exaggerated once or twice*.

for example. little homophobia posits that a man who is "too" preoccupied with his appearance must be gay. if he wears makeup or shaves his legs, of course, but also if he wears too many non-neutral, bright, or "girl" colors (that aren't his sports team's colors), if his pants are too fitted, if he has "feminine" piercings, if he has an elaborate skin care routine.

at one exaggeration, midsize homophobia, we add on if he works out for vanity, if he diets for vanity, if he styles his hair, if uses face wash instead of regular soap, if he wears cologne outside of formal settings, if his pants... fit, if he wears too many different or bright colors at all.

one more exaggeration and it's if he openly or just obviously cares about his appearance. if he does more than rinse his face at all, if he uses shampoo that isn't the cheapest 5-in-1 available, if he has a haircut other than men's number whatever, if he takes good care of his clothing, if he has a beard but it's too neatly trimmed. if he washes his asshole.

and finally we get to he's gay if he puts any thought into his appearance at all. if he wears an outfit instead of whatever random articles of clothing are practical, if he wears deodorant, if he's bothered by being dirty, if he brushes his teeth every day. lapses on these things are allowed but only to impress a sexual partner - as long as she's not "a sure thing".

so. watsonianly. mickey is almost always visibly dirty in season one- well for more than one reason. hygienic dysfunction is one of the most common symptoms of depression and anxiety especially in kids and teens, it's one of the easiest to spot signs of neglect. he's also frequently visibly beaten, and getting beaten gets you dirty in addition to getting you hurt + it hurts to get soap and water in open cuts or to have temperature or pressure changes on bruises that bad. and this doesn't really have any textual support but it doesn't have any textual contradiction as far as i remember either, but a common form of abuse (and torture) is to restrict access to hygiene.

and. in addition to all that. terry is obviously BIG homophobic. so. none of his boys, but ESPECIALLY mickey since he actually IS gay, can be "too" clean. and they are all often visibly unclean, but mickey is noticeably dirtier the dirtiest white boy in america. because he is denying himself cleanliness consciously and on purpose as part of maintaining his closet.

and then! he gets progressively cleaner because a) okay fine i guess nobody wants a consistently unwashed stinky uti risk boyfriend, we just all like it when he comes home from work or recreation with sweat and materials on him. or when he just woke up and he's sweaty and unkempt from sleep. or when he works out and his skin is glistening with sweat. or at the end of the day when his cologne and/or deodorant are wearing off and we can smell his body underneath. or when he plays with an animal or a child or his boys and he gets some on him. or whe- okay, okay, all either mild or temporary, i KNOW okay, FINE. so mickey starts washing up more because he wants to be desirable to ian and to be comfortable and enjoyable to be physically close to for progressively longer periods of time.

and b) mickey's progress with ian is not just in building more intimacy, but also for mickey... just in being comfortable. in being free. the longer he's with ian, the more mickey can let himself forgo the more painful aspects of performing straightness. the less he wishes he was straight, because now being gay has benefits that he cares about, that he wants, and in fact there are reasons that - if it was a choice, for him - he might choose to still be gay.

then in late two and in season three, he's usually clean but visibly dirty again when he gets stressed about outing and/or in scenes where he WILL become stressed about outing. (if only i could believe Those writers would ever have bothered to do something like this intentionally lol. although... i didn't pay enough attention to have an opinion on the costumers; perhaps they took it upon themselves.)

and finally in season four, he's a full blown romantic hero coming out is now inevitable for him, so in reverse of visible dirt foreshadowing/indicating going back or further in now being consistently well groomed - with a somewhat individualized haircut and everything! - foreshadows that he is on his way out/helps telegraph how poorly he fits in his closet now. he stands out from all the other milkoviches except mandy and sveta. he starts forgetting the rules ("you use another man's soap?"). he wears outfits that make him more desirable to the audience fit his body and show he has preferences - the dressed-up look he wore to go get ian, the blue and green madras button down he wore to the uptown gay house party, the blue & white striped and pastel blue & red ringer tanks both making a comeback from their respective first kiss and sleepover scenes in season 3, etc.

and then in season 5 (or at least what i could stand to watch of it) he. well. he looks exactly like his brand of Gay. after coming out, he's doing that "find out who you are and then do it on purpose" thing. clean skin and hair, clothes fit and are clean and coordinated, color palette is more consistent, vibrant, and flattering - and includes "girl" colors now!, etc.

anyway. as always idk how to end the post. but that's today's take. "dirtiest white boy in america" is an aspect of mickey's straightsona.

*i'm aware the standards of homophobia differ across class, this post addresses only the relevant iteration(s)

[eggbedthewriter]

PT. 2 of sally face as random quotes from my school's quote book bc yall liked the last one!

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Mrs. Packerton: "Yall used to get eaten a lot"

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Ashley: "...how tall are you?"

Sal: "5'2"

Ashley: "no, Larry"

Larry, high as girraffe balls: "uhh... 4'5.5"

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Todd, baffledly yelling: "FLO-IDA???"

Larry: "WELL I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS AN R IN THERE!"

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Mrs. Packerton: "size doesn't matter. Why are yall laughing? What!? Size doesn't matter!"

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Gizmo: "my fursona is a racoon."

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Todd, talking to Larry during a robotics project: "we're gay, you're stupid, this is not a winning team to make it go straight!"

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Sal: "you know that long underwear that looks like pants?"

Larry: "no."

Ash: "absolutely not."

Todd: "the fucking what?"

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Sal: "because those are the only strowls- only strowls. 🤦. *in a british accent* oNlY sTrOwLs I hAvE mAtE"

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Neil, helping someone do math homework: "so the 5th property is ASS, which is not a good thing in geometry... or to say in school!"

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(You get 0 context for this one)

Ash: "where are the rest of my ducks?"

Sal: "idk but a bee was after my shit so I ran"

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Larry, once again high as the Burj Khalifa : *points at robot* "this looks a lot similar to a robot"

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Travis: "I punched my computer with my hand"

Sal: "with your hand?"

Travis: "yeah it was with my hand"

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Todd, talking to himself: "AT&T is one, no wait thats a bank... no wait BBT is the bank!"

Neil: "...are you debating yourself on internet providers?"

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Larry: "I'll write a song called shady and sus"

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Todd: "we treat all triangles equally in this room! They may not all be right, but we love them"

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Chug, reading Sal's medicine bottle: "depression lizard?"

Sal: "bitch- DEPERSONILIZATION???"

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(This one breaks the 4th wall a little)

Sal & the gang, scrolling through fanart of themselves: "...that went from depressing to slutty really quickly"

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Lisa, talking about Larry: "he said he had a gyatt skibidi toilet... I don't know what that means"

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Travis: "oh yeah 'cause adam and eve were totally saying frick in the biblical days."

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Ash: "lets sing kumbaya, Travis is gay for Sal and Sal is gay for Travis"

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Larry, trying to be nice to Travis during a movie: "Shut the fuck up and enjoy it"

Travis: "I am enjoying it!"

Larry: Ok so do the first part and shut the fuck up!"

[apairofbean-jeans]

EDDSWORLD

guh I’m sick rn so you get picrew for my updated eddsworld designs.

Tord Lars: demon, curly hair. NOT a twink he literally took like half of Norway that one time… incredibly Norwegian. The other three had to teach him English. Diabetic, very good at cooking, did most of the cooking at the house because none of the others could cook and Matt makes too much when he cooks. Torn apart hands from not being careful when making robots and such. Autism. 5’3”, 29.

Thomas Skal: shortest of them all. He’s still a bit scene- you can see it in some of the outfits he puts together- but really doesn’t have the energy. Drinks WAY too much for his size. Clinically depressed + ADHD. Fluffy. He and Jon are distant cousins. 5’2”, 30.

Matt McGraves: himbo. Flamboyant ahh. Kinda dumb. Vampire. Does he count as a twink? Every outfit he makes is tailored to that runway. Hardly ever takes off the heels. He’s that Rich vampire except rather than being goth he listens to Chappell roan and and has been bedazzled since the birth of Jesus. 6’9”, ????

Edd Gold: Mexican. Vitiligo. Oldest brother out of all of them, the only one fluent in Spanish. Sweetheart, will give the biggest hugs ever, is the mom friend. Has everything you might need. Dad jokes 24/7. Minimal jewelry, prefers silver. 6’7”, 36.

Todd Lamb: surgeon, does night shift and it shows. Very sweet, just very tired. BIG BOY. built like the refrigerator. Strongest without powers taken into consideration. Insecure. Insomnia. 7’2, 35.

Jon Skal: baby 🥺🥺🥺 if there’s one person in this show I can physically baby it’s this man. Just look at those chubby wittle cheeks. Look at his rebellious little heart. REALLY wants to seem cool, was ABSOLUTELY emo in middle school and highschool. Apologetic for no reason. Anxiety. 4’11, 28.

Mark Watts: avian, was absolutely the popular kid in school because he’s blonde and has blue eyes and is a conventionally attractive white boy. Not very prominent accent. LOVES spicy foods. Nobody knows how his cracker ass hasn’t died yet. Files all the taxes. Got straight A’s in school.

Eduardo Gold: understands a small amount of Spanish but can’t speak it fluently. Youngest brother. Radiation pancakes for breakfast, add some radiation bacon to that. Don’t forget radiation butter and radiation coffee! Also minimal jewelry like Edd, prefers gold. Puts a bit of effort into his outfits. 6’6, 28.

Patryk Lars: I’m BEGGING make them look older 😭 pleade. Fav. Color is yellow- loves pompompurin. Gay. Canonically married to Paul. A bit flamboyant. ‘Grandma’ to everybody at the red army base. Little spoon. 6’4”, 48

Paul Lars: hardcore my melody fan. Smokes. Facial hair I just forgot it. Very caring and concerned. ‘Granpapa’ to everybody at the red army base. Bog spoon. 6’1”, 53.

[estrophore]

Signalis Post (barely coherent thought vomit)

So I finished signalis on Monday and i think ive just about recovered enough for me to make a gush post about it on tumblr dot com, which i think i have to do cause i dont think any other game has really hit me as hard as this one. Spoilers obvs.

Being pre-transion, with that associated depression and closing off from oneself, ive always found it difficult to get out my feelings, even in private with just myself, and yet signalis has filled me throughout with its beautiful romantic melancholy and left me genuinely sobbing for the gay robot and her space girlfriend (almost worried that if id played this game on estrogen it might actually have just killed me on the spot). the only other times i can think of where i really cried were playing We Know The Devil near the beginning of the year, which really fkin hit the part of me that struggles to accept myself, and that time i rewatched the last episode of she-ra after reading the ‘Word War Etheria’ fanfic, which brings the characters so much more to life i fell for them all over again.

Signalis is a game that calls back to a lot of classic horror like resident evil and silent hill, which i havent got round to playing any of yet, but i think nostalgia works both ways sometimes and i’ll be playing them sooner now. sometimes horror gets stereotyped as all death and violence, some games fill themselves with skulls and corpses, and big ugly monsters and basically shout ‘DEATH!’ in your face repeatedly and it all just comes off as a bit garish and ridiculous and not actually very scary really. Signalis sits at the other end of that scale (with some of my other fav horror games like soma, cry of fear) where its environs are most usually just… quiet. Still. Muffled. Sad. just as often as theres tension or creeping fear because of this i find theres a strange kind of comfort too. Maybe its just that in most other genres of games theres so much of music, UI elements, pickups and interactibles with vibrant design. Here, theres room for your mind to just occupy the space. A soft fog. A dimly lit room. An empty train. Snow out a window. Liminal spaces that dont expect anything from you.

Signalis is a game thats just simply, unapologetically gay, and i dont think i would have been quite so invested in Elster and Ariane’s relationship if they were a straight couple. Its why representation is important, if art’s way for us to explore our emotions then its important to have media that we can relate to. Even Adler’s role isnt typically masculine. Our replika characters are manufactured, designed for certain roles in the base. Notes from the tough Stars and Storchs in the shooting range, the dollish Eules with the fairy lights and music player in the dorm. I couldnt help but think of groups of Eules sat around chatting, together, and im yearning for that feeling of togetherness, of understanding a friend that closely. I somehow missed the couple in the mineshaft (next playthough, ill find you v_v ). Despite the harshness of life in the Eusan nation (especially for the gestalts) the characters in it are defined by their feelings of belonging and hope. With the obvious parallels to east germany, i think of posters of cosmonauts and space travel from the time. Propaganda, sure but also made with the genuine belief in something greater. When the events of the game take this away, well, we find the last Kolibri, whod rather lose herself than lose her [ah. Im not sure theres a word here to properly describe the relationship they embody]. Its a game defined by loneliness.

We dont lie up at night scared by some corrupted android. We arent stuck with horror at the flesh everywhere, not on its own. We lie awake thinking about Elster and Ariane’s love for each other, the horror of their decline, the futility of trying to hold on forever. Its existential horror done perfectly. It shows an ending postponed and stretched far beyond its limits, and so squarely reminds you that you do, in fact, have to die one day. You’ll break down. One day you’ll say your last words to the people you love and you wont even know you have. Ariane’s final few diaries arrive with the full force of the narrative behind it, like a spear through my heart. For the record, I got the promise ending. Im still sad. It's a game about raging desperately against an unfair ending. I might think about this game for the rest of my life. I would sincerely say its an artistic masterpiece, by the sure definition of video games as art.

I like that the story leaves a lot open and abstract. I think it makes the emotional themes takes centre stage more. And i havent had nearly enough time to sift through it and come up with my own takes, we’ll need a few more playthroughs for that. And theres so much more to say that cant go in just these few paragraphs! Signalis is a game about two girls who had to run away from everything to find someone they belonged with. The universe may be cold and bleak, but you have to try, you might just find something beautiful, even if it doesnt last forever. I think if anything, we should all have the chance to find love and happiness like that, and we shouldnt have abandon a world that doesnt work for us to do it.

[yourr-prince]

That murder drones episode made me think my wtfuture oc … ty cyn

I might yap about him a weeeee bit.

Tom being a part of the Red Army, with the context of actually hating/disliking Tord and in my au version of Eddsworld where my and my friends OCs run around the place, felt strange to me. So in this universe, because I am a gay little self shipper, by the time The End happens, Ren (my oc) and Tom are dating.

Long Story (KINDA) Short

Tord does his thing, Edd and Matt press the buttons, and Tom pulls the harpoon gun up and fires. The robot blows the fuck up and Tord is gone- my other friend’s OC Cres runs after him, important for later.

Some of the rubble from the blast lands on 26 Durdam lane- the house across the street- where Ren lives with his three other roommates. Ren is horribly injured, and rushed to the hospital with Tom. (The chunk of red metal comically only hits his room the rest of the house is untouched.)

A few weeks pass, Ren is in a coma and since Cres was his emergency contact she is told what happened. Problem is, she ran off with the Red Army, and is feeling horribly guilty she up and left while her best friend could have died. Contacting the hospital back, she has Ren transferred out to a different hospital where the Red Army intercepted his transport and is brought to the base.

Cres and Tord are both crazy smart and decide to fix him up themselves. Ren ends up being their first project together, and over three years Ren is up and functioning- as 80% cyborg.

He is not the same, he’s got plenty of screws loose and is a walking unstable weapon.

Tom, who had lost this guy twice- first in the accident and then when he was kidnapped from his hospital transfer thinks Ren is still in there and can be saved or fixed. He can’t, but shh. Don’t tell him he wouldn’t believe it anyway.

Tom, on the side of the resistance, gets kidnapped too and has no choice but to join: because Ren is there.

OUUUGH Tom as a depressed disheveled man,, ouuug god.,,,,,OUGHHHHH

Ty if you read all that, it isn’t everything but I put a lot of thought into this guy <3 tyty

[aquilacalvitium]

I love Undertale because you have such bangers as:

Depressed skeleton

Gay robot

Big tall gentle dad-friend who has killed children

Angry fish who has quite probably killed children

Garden flower who has killed everyone

Anxiety lizard

Skeleton who shouts everything he says

Heats Flamesman

And Mumᵀᴹ

[potato-sauce]

A list of things I'd like to see happend in TF Lost Light because I started reading it recently

I WANT MEGATRON BACK (stomps foot) AND I WANT HIM *NOW* BECAUSE EVERYONE THINKS HE LEFT PURPOSEFULLY WHEN HE DIDNT THEY JUST DITCHED HIM

I would like to see more on whirls past, yeah he got free from functionalism made clocks, had his clocks nuked and was empurata-ed into the senates play thing but in the beginning of mtmte ratchet repaired whirl and said he was full of pulleys and levers instead of mechanics, so why?

GETAWAY TO GET HIS STUPID BITCH ASS PUT IN THE GROUND THAT FUCKING WHORE FUCK GETAWAY THAT STUPID BIT

More anode and lug

More nickel, I like nickel, also it didn't click until yesterday that she was the last of the micronus colony sooooo I want to see more of that

I want more cutie rewind and chromedome action

More whirl and cyclonus friendship, the way he stopped cyclonus from scratching his face was so sweet

TAILGATE AND CYCLONUS TO KISS OH MY GOD PLEASE I THINK TAILGATE MIGHT BE DEAD BUT HE ACCIDENTALLY BROKE UP WITH CYCLONUS WITHOUT ACTUALLY BREAKING UP WITH HIM BECAUSE THEY WERE NEVER TOGETHER AND IM SO UPSET BECAUSE TAILGATE THINKS HES PROTECTING CYCLONUS AND CYCLONUS IS JUST DEPRESSED NOW

More rodimus being a dick, I like his emo phase, while I like his red colors more his emo phase isn't half bad

More ratchet and drift interacting, I hope they are/will get conjunxed because lug specifically noted how anode "knocked out the pretty sword guy in front of his conjunx" (paraphrasing) PLEASE

In conclusion, all of the stupid gay robots should kiss, stop giving me emotional damage and getaway SHOULD FUCKING DIE BECAUSE I HATE HIM SO MUCH HE CAN SUCK MY DI

[davekat-sucks]

If there's one thing i don't like about this fandom it's how much they make the kids more meaner? Villainizing? Than they actually are. Don't get me wrong, they have done a lot of bad but like these characters are FRIENDS. They do genuinely care about eachother in the end they aren't cold hearted and revel in other's suffering, they aren't Caliborn or Vriska afterall. I think they read the comic wrong, the kids were willing to sacrifice their own lives for eachother, a prime example of this was Daves conversation with doomed Rose. I blame the spaceship meteor part of the story for ruining the characters. Like everyone acted so ooc? Why were Jade and Davesprite giving John such a hard time about his dad die dying? Both of them literally had to watch their guardians die in front of them, you'd think they'd be the most sympathetic here? Or how Dave and Karkat, characters who will go through lengths to protect their friends just fucking stand there as everyone else tears themselves or eachother apart? Karkat is an ass yes but this was the same guy who was crying his heart out when he saw Solluxs dead body when in game or how he told Aradia bot that he would've tried to get her back to life if it weren't for other circumstances. Why was everyone being so uncaring at this part? It didn't feel right. The alpha kids got it the WORST, from bad writing to fandom treatment. I remember back in the day seeing stuff where Dirk was just down right mean to Jane "hahaha sucks to be you Jake is mine fat bitch". There was even a little bit of this aggressiveness in House of Dirk, now i do find that story fun but the small part where he calls Jane "xenophobic", bothered me. Like he would NOT say that to her. Have you seen how he speaks to her? "If you ever need help, Jane. If you're ever in any trouble at all. Let me know. Just say the word." Same guy who built a robot to protect her life and pretty much wrote an entire book for her, i think Dirk cares about Jane guys. This fandom and comic is so mean to Jane, as funny as i thought it was that Caliborn called her a fat fucking pig and cow, she really just became a punching box at that point. They'll shit on her because she's a woman getting in the way of the gay men. The ONLY thing people get from her as a character is that she's fat, because Caliborn said so along with a bunch of other things. Jake, poor Jake, gets sexualized by everyone he knows and had to burn his Grandmothers body right in front of him. But according to fans HE'S the asshole here because he cant communicate properly. Gee i wonder why. Roxy gets put on a fucking pedestal by the comic and fans, super extra special treatment. Ignore how she sexually harasses Dirk or almost killed Jane, no she's incapable of doing wrong, isn't that right Calliope? Yes, Roxy should be the new leader AND kill the Condescension yes. Now i never finished reading the epilogues because why would i? I'm probably missing a lot if we're taking them into consideration but not taking it into consideration because my point still stands because thats how the fandom treated them even before those came out. And even when talking about the base comic i still see those attitudes.

These characters DO have their personal problems but when people talk about they insert angst where it doesn't exist for favor of projection and i hate how common its become.

If people claim it is just cynicism that comes with growing up, there's clearly a difference between being cynicism, nihilism, and being a straight up asshole. If people say it is Dave and Karkat's depression is the reason why they stand around doing nothing as Rose becomes alcoholic and Terezi gets abused by Gamzee, it's sure strange they got over their depression right as VRISKA comes in to solve everything and those two bastards act like nothing had happened. Everything by Act 6 and Post Retcon just made all the characters worse. They have become an empty shell of who they used to be. The bleak outlook has become a theme for current Homestuck. It's been like this for Epilogues and Homestuck^2 too. I don't know if James Roach and HICU can really save the franchise and get out of all the characters having this negative light. Andrew Hussie and WhatPumpkin has shoved this jaded feeling right in the audience's faces that it's become the norm to expect the worse. Readers expect characters being assholes and more depression, they will receive it because Hussie and WhatPumpkin made it so.

[keithbutgay]

the silly guys (and yes, they're gay :P)

(much info under cut)

okay so main worldbuilding--- i havent actually really thought this through but the idea is that basically its this really unoriginal kinda dystopian-ish world where there was this government created robotic spore, something that would go into your bloodstream through open wounds. the spore would then corrupt your body, and there was no way to stop it.

the idea was to keep it among the higher-ups of the country, using it as a sort of punishment for criminals but after all these victims inevitably re-entered society, questions started getting asked. eventually someone anonymous hacked into the blueprints, the information was released and the spore began spreading, infecting hundreds and hundreds of people.

(and yes, i realised after creating all this that its basically just the plot of wilder girls. do i care enough to change it? not really)

ghost (he/she/they)

-actually the silliest of guys

-gay disaster

-trans guy, would only like to be referred to with masc terminology despite their pronouns

-eye and entire arm had to be amputated after a car accident

-eye was filled with an amber-like substance that hardened over time as a result--- while it was still soft a bug flew inside and became trapped

-shoulder blades and arm became much more veiny and translucent, which is why he always covers his arm

-has a lot of scars on his arm, they show up more on the translucent skin

-constantly changing hair color. because she can

-adhd be upon ye

-asexuality be upon ye

-demiromanticism be upon ye

-is really energetic most of the time, gesticulates a lot while talking, but will sometimes forget about their arm and be confused about why its not moving

-experiences phantom pains in their missing arm, and also experiences chronic pain in their wrist and neck because they got really fucked up in the accident

-really normal about the ocean /lie

-struggles with obsessive-compulsive disorder and severe bipolar 1 disorder, and experiences hallucinations and other symptoms of psychosis because of that

-dont really like people standing on their blind side, which is partially because of their paranoia and partially because they're self-conscious about their arm (and because holding hands)

alright moving on cause i said a fuck ton about them so now its time for smoke

i dont have that much for them sadly

i designed him second which means that he doesnt have that information on him but its okay because i love him

smoke (they/he)

-they're SUCH a guy. like. the most guy. in an agender way

-autism be upon ye

-also a disaster gay

-got into a lot of fights because of where he was brought up and the people they interacted with. this ended in their face getting cut up a bit at a really unfortunate time, and they were infected

-he cant actually fully zip or unzip his face--- instead they can feel their skin being stretched apart constantly

-its because of this that he doesnt talk or smile often because it often hurts to move his face. he will sometimes use asl, but doesnt know that much beyond finger-spelling and they prefer to just listen to other people

-if they do talk, its really quietly and slowly. they really only talk to ghost because they know he wont judge

-anxious boi

-definitely has bpd but no he will not be unpacking that today, thanks, that is getting shoved deep down along with his probable autism, depression, and panic disorder

-also getting shoved down along with his sexuality, he does not have the time or energy to think about that right now

-never really had many friends ever, and its historically been really hard for them to really get along and get close with others so they dont approach people very often

-really normal about space /lie