#can we meditate on that.

[tortoisesshells]

#i mean i think the ''troubling heterosexuality's rituals'' more comes from the point of marriage as a threat and a trap —#being wielded as a weapon from the side of the woman and threatening the man with dominance; ownership; and control;#or that marriage is at odds with sex and desire; that barn holds up josette as his ideal for marriage because of#money; bloodline; and *importantly* virginity — which relegates sex in service to capital and social dominance#with all her powers and her own agency afforded to her through witchcraft it's striking that the only identity angelique can conceive of#that she *wants* to achieve; to make her way through the world; is that of a wife of a wealthy man#that's not queering the system so much as making it obvious and uncomfortable. (tags via @widowshill)

reading ang as queer is like. integral to me. but framing her trying to marry barnabas because they had sex and she's jealous as "a queer thirst for revenge" and "troubling one of heterosexuality's most cherished rituals" is. uh. no she definitely was trying to get heterosexually married

[sentiniel]

the beginner's guide asks, "i did this to you; how do i be good? am i good, despite everything i've done to you? despite me hating myself?"

and wanderstop replies, "yes. yes, you are good. say it back to me. okay. good. trust yourself a little more. sit with the pain, discomfort and loss. let yourself grieve. we will be here for as long as it takes. we will only move again when you are ready."

[buttercupshands]

I've been thinking a lot lately

ref to the quote under the cut

under the cut for maybe some people that would like to try and guess *shruggs*

[clumsypuppy]

boys night

[ttoryviel]

If Chelsea dies imma kill everyone in this room and then myself. If Rick dies saving Chelsea imma only kill myself. If neither of them dies I live long enough to watch and pay for the next season. HBO choose wisely

[alicewritten]

local girl only feels alive while trekking. more on channel 5

[kay9leo]

McStareface Part 3 - NO JEWELRY!

Trequel to McStareface Part 1

Sequel to McStareface Part 2 - Smack Talk

No Jewelry

Was the purpose of this entire mini comic series (Especially part 3) because of panel 9?

YES***

Like Eda Mode's "NO CAPES!", growing up when I used to play sports in school we were not allowed to wear jewelry while playing.

And in my mind, magical dueling is as much of a sport just like any other individual 1-v-1 muggle sport.

When I first saw that duel between MC and Sebastian in which Prof. Hecat pits the two students against each other, I couldn't help but think that if that was me, out of habit, I would jump off the piste (in fencing terms, that is the fencing strip play area you would duel on and I would like to imagine that's also the magical name of the dueling strip play area since to me dueling is just the magical version of fencing) and immediately take my jewelry off because I have no wishes to become the next horror story of how wearing jewelry during sports caused an injury.

And hence why part 1, 2 and 3 of McStareface was born - all because of panel 9.

That's it.

That's the whole reason.

***That and to give a reason for Iñaki to call Sebastian "Stare-y McStareface" since she doesn't know his name yet. She essentially gave him the Boaty McBoatface type of nickname as a stand in until she learned his real name 😂. I needed to make part one in order to get part 2 and 3 where I wanted to be and for that nickname she picked for him to make sense. 🤣 This was more than 3 months in the making 😂🤣😂

You won't be catching Iñaki getting a dumb injury because of her jewelry, but unfortunately (or fortunately I guess in this case -depending which scenario you're looking at due to my MC coming from NY) most people (muggleborns and half-bloods who know muggle culture and seen American media) will probably see her taking her earrings as a sign she's going to get in a serious fight and she's not someone to not play around with. Especially since she's Latina and when you tell people that you're from New York, everyone automatically think's you're from the city lol. Ahh, stereotypes. I didn't mean to accidentally stumble upon it with Iñaki 😅😂.

(I mean she used to be from NYC before she moved to the 'burbs and turned to a suburban kid, but that's not the point XD)

While Iñaki isn't someone to play around, (she has ancient magic - not that anybody knows about it) she REALLY just doesn't want to get injured wearing jewelry while playing magical sports. Heck getting your earrings caught in either clothing, your comb or hair is painful (speaking from experience), I REALLY don't want to imagine how painful it will be in a sports injury. 😬

So she gives it to Natty to hold since she finds her new friendly classmate trustworthy enough to hold it. And Natty is all too pleased to help her new friend.

After all, Natty wants for her new friend, Iñaki, to destroy sweep Sebastian off his feet seeing how Natty couldn't defeat her number one nemesis in Crossed Wands yet. 🤗

Just a girl who wants to support another girl to destroy her dueling rival -just girly things, you know? 🤗🤭😁

Not that Natty is the only one who wants to see the undefeatable Sebastian Sallow go down.

Even if Iñaki doesn't know anything about his dueling record -heck, she doesn't even know who McStareface is- one thing she does know is that she's SOOOOO looking forward to returning the favor of his smack talk in a duel 🤗😁🤗

After all, it's “Perro que ladra no muerde”/ (A dog that barks doesn't bite) talk to her right now. And after her rough entrance to Hogwarts, Iñaki knows how to bite between the dragon, knights and everything not nice she had to face so far up to this point.

So a duel with McStareface should be fun. 🤗

✨🌺💅🌺✨Just girly things, you know? ✨🌺💅🌺✨

Click Here For Iñaki "MC" Martinez Cariaga Masterlist

[akkivee]

i think it’d be fire if hypmic was cool enough to have those cup ramen sitting figurines lol

[verifiablebot]

Also also can you tell something more about your 'a softer world' posts. Like what's the format called? Where are the quotes from? Is it like a song or something? aksjalsk I'm confused sorry

a softer world was a webcomic of sorts that ended several years ago and had a very distinctive style of simple poetry + a sometimes related photo that was always presented either in its entirety or with one frame slightly altered in some way (zoomed in/out, shifted to show a little more of one section, etc), always in this three-frame format (with some exceptions.)

it was very popular in the 2010s to make edits for your fav shows or ocs or whatever with the frames and text from asw strips, and i found some i had did in that time frame while trawling an old tag last week and felt inspired. i was a big fan of the comic and its edits back in the day - i liked the simplistic and abstract way of telling a story with few words and this cropped view of some scene or other and it's been a big inspo to me in the way i crop and edit my own artwork in order to evoke a certain emotion in the viewer.

and, on a personal note, i have been struggling with creativity for a few years now due to medication and mental health stuff. so to rediscover this format i loved so much, that has inspired me for so long, and to have it reignite that creative spark, even though i'm not necessarily 'making art', for two of the shows that have helped me realise that i am on the way back to my old self, was a lot like coming home, in a way.

i hope you spend some time clicking through the original comic, because there are many, many more beautiful strips to be found; i just collected the ones that had immediately made me think of characters in the shows at the time. who knows maybe it'll inspire you to make your own edits out of some that i missed :)

[castleofthade]

I thought it would be fun if one of the things you use to mortally wound eliv thade used to belong to his mom in a very sentimental way

[lanternlightss]

thinking vlvlv polycule thoughts again. nameless bard getting used to being gently picked up a lot because both his partners are rather strong

[diosa-loba]

we enjoy music because it is on the same frequency as nature 🪻

[pushing500]

Fun fact: settlements sell up to four psytrainers per restock and you don't have to unlock the psycaster tree (or even level up at all with psycasts expanded) to use a psytrainer - Have fun pumping your psycaster full of money

While psycaster powers are very cool, I don't know if they're cool enough to warrant social interactions... Bleh.

Perhaps we'll see about going trading someday, but Mechi deliberately chose a home far away from everybody else, so it could be tricky to get somewhere to purchase psytrainers.

[tangledinink]

Wait wait wait

You do witchcraft???

That's so cool! I had no idea there were other witches in the TMNT fandom!!!

What kind of witchcraft do you practice?? Personally, I deal mostly with divination, but I'd love to hear more about other people's crafts!

I do! ^^ Though admittedly my practice has been a little bit dormant as of late because I sort of fell out of habit after An Event which was a Bit Disruptive to My Life lol. But I guess I kind of dabble in a bit of everything? I dunno if I could pin myself down to just one kind of practice yet, I still sort of consider myself a Baby Witch. But I really like making little spelljars and casting candle spells and things of the like, and I've been trying to learn tarot for a while now! I also really like making and drawing sigils... For a while part of the joy for me has been just Learning New Things.

^ ft. gecko enclosure and tail lol. BoS and altar not pictured.

[bumblingbabooshka]

Fake Voyager Episode: Tuvok gets kidnapped and forced to compete in an arena where telepaths fight one another to the death for a shot at fortune and prestige. He was initially kidnapped as 'fodder' - the aliens who run the arena will grab any telepathic alien they can find regardless of skill and they're essentially just there to be killed by flashier veterans of the bloodsport. The episode is mainly Tuvok showing off his tactical know-how and combat skills. We also get several flashbacks to him as a young man, learning how to fight both on Vulcan and in Starfleet. There's a concern that he will lose himself when forced into this seemingly endless battle, surrounded by violence, but in the end he prevails and manages to escape without killing a single person. He leaves the arena after giving a message of peace. Patreon | Ko-fi

Unnamed Goon: [Laughter] That puny 'Vuulcan' didn't land a single hit for all his bluster. Once I sealed his telepathic powers it was over! Huh huh huh… If I keep up this pace I should have him crushed beneath my fists in- What...? I can't move...? Tuvok: By now you have surely noticed it.

You are certainly a formidable opponent. Most would assume you to be a simple bruiser but that is not the case. You are a knowledgeable telepath - able to not only bolster your own physique but nullify the telepathic capabilities of your enemies.

However. You rely too much on one tactic and are too proud to allow yourself to look 'weak.' This was the ultimate cause of your ruination. While you gleefully battered my body about the field I was able to locate twenty two out of twenty four 'kobat sfek' on your body - points which will render you immobile for approximately…four minutes. More than enough time. It was a shrewd precaution to nullify my telepathic ability. However. I do not need them to best you in combat.

Even now, I am ten times stronger than you. Unnamed Goon: T-Ten...TEN TIMES!? [Imagining the sort of gruesome end that might await him, the unnamed Goon faints - leaving Tuvok the victor.]

[thevegetablewhichnoonedaresname]

if i finish writing my fic about chilchuck teaching marcille to knit it'll be over for you guys