#can you tell i like this spec

[sol0re]

Team blue stuff from like, a month ago. They are outdated and i will be redoing later. Eventually.

[oceanwithouthermoon]

maybe its just me but i cant stand when people are like "it just doesn't sit right with me how teruhashi thought about aiura 🥺" like yes... its not supposed to ??? because her thinking badly of other girls and prioritizing male validation over everything is one of her main flaws ??? can we talk about that WITHOUT making it seem like shes not allowed to have a single actual flaw without suddenly becoming an awful person? nobody can handle complex female characters at all and its so fucking annoying

[batsplat]

your tags electorate please please please https://www.tumblr.com/batsplat/765272327445446656/the-rossi-posse-uccios-still-ready-to-fight-for

(link) a gif from 2015 of... actually, I think it's probably fine to include the gif as long as it's linked to the original? full credit to the-rossi-posse obviously, much appreciated

and here's the tags:

and, well, this is clearly correct. there's plenty of toxicity in motogp, but 'toxic yuri' is its own specific thing with its own specific set of tropes and themes attached. which are very obviously on full display here. first off, the valentino and uccio dynamic is toxic yuri staple. a childhood friendship that becomes a lifelong bond that at its core is fantastically codependent. valentino is not the most trusting soul but he trusts uccio completely and without restraint. uccio would quite literally burn the world for valentino. valentino relies on uccio to keep him grounded, keep him sane and tethered to what he came from - someone who actually knew him as a person before he became valentino the character. a character the whole world thinks belongs to them... how easy it could be to lose yourself in that. and uccio would follow valentino anywhere - his entire life is centred around valentino, to the point where he has subsumed his identity entirely in this role of 'valentino's friend', 'valentino's confidante', 'valentino's assistant', 'valentino's lackey'. toxic yuri is all about intense codependent dynamics, a pair who cannot bear to be separated, who rely completely on each other not just in practical matters but also in their sense of identity, their sense of meaning... it's capturing the intensity of the prototypical female friendship, right, and ramping it up to the max - and the devotion is such that at least one half of the pair would be willing to do quite literally anything for the other. see also: uccio and valentino not talking for a month when they were 16 because valentino romantically pursued someone uccio was interested in, during which time uccio deliberately knocked valentino off his bike and injured him? almost feels cliche. dramatic friendship breakups due to romantic competition that lead to somewhat excessive acts of vengeance are... look. they're toxic yuri

and then there's the sete/valentino rivalry, which also just happens to be the valentino feud that is the most toxic yuri-coded. their first recorded interaction is them spending a week together at kr sr's training ranch in 1998, sete teaching valentino the art of rear wheel steering and all that... and then a year later, it's the older, well-educated and well-spoken sete reaching out to valentino and offering him some advice about how to ride the 500cc bikes at valentino's first test. this is the moment where valentino essentially steps up into the adult world - and sete's counsel is part of that introduction (enough so for the episode to warrant a rare sete mention in valentino's autobiography). valentino is still so young and cocky and rough around the edges that he ignores sete's advice and gets a bunch of nasty crashes for his troubles... sete is mature, gives off the vibe of someone who feels he is somewhat above the primal nastiness of his peers, wryly amused at whatever dramatics he is watching unfold. he is also clearly amused by lively young valentino and his antics, enough for them to have struck up a friendship at some point between 2000 and 2003. partying in ibiza together during the summer break with one of your competitors? extremely toxic yuri-coded. again, it's this fondness, this sense of taking this wild kid under your wing... it's not an intense friendship per se but it is an intense friendship when they make the transition from competitors to rivals. sete's the one who inflicts on valentino his first... actually, come to think of it, only string of wheel to wheel defeats in proper duels valentino's had in his premier class career. he's the one who's initially getting under valentino's skin, not vice versa. and while valentino is still in relative command of the championship... there's still this feeling he's been taught a lesson. and it's not a nice feeling! the time between sachsenring 2003, valentino's most painful 1vs1 loss that left him feeling like an idiot, and brno 2003, where he reverses that loss... in that summer break, he's once again with sete on ibiza, he's getting his hair dyed red, he's reinventing himself after this painful defeat... idk man. getting some toxic yuri set-up vibes here

sete's amusement at valentino's prisoner celebrations at brno 2003? more of the same. I can't actually remember another example of a fellow competitor engaging so much with one of valentino's pre-planned celebrations. sete is clearly interested in the convict's garb and actually like... kicks the ball valentino is carrying around with him when they're standing on the podium. without delving into any other possible subtext of valentino putting himself in chains, it's just notable that you have this like... playful engagement. not mocking, not condescending, but certainly a rider who believes himself to be sophisticated and composed enough to be gently amused by these antics rather than actually being affected by them. sete's not like biaggi, you see - he'd never let himself get annoyed to the point of distraction by valentino's antics, he'd never let a rivalry get so uncivilised, he knows how to handle this kid. the judas kiss sete gives valentino when he seals the 2003 title? judas kisses, in the least blasphemous way possible, are low key kind of toxic yuri-coded. and gradually, this relationship is being transformed by an unexpected competitive edge... the innocence of the initial friendship, where neither of them would realistically have expected to be fighting for titles, is gradually being eaten away at. we've introduced a note of envy into proceedings, wherein valentino takes note of how sete complains about how parts are allocated within honda and assesses just how much he's going to interpret this as a personal attack. valentino is told by friends that sete watched him laughing on tv and said valentino wouldn't be laughing so much next year, valentino detects glee in sete when he informs sete that he will be departing honda. suddenly, the playful dynamic is inflected with a wrinkle of condescension after all - of sete thinking valentino is overestimating himself, is in over his head, will get the joy knocked out of him soon enough. valentino knowing that sete covets what he has... that for all the pretence of a friendly, respectful, sophisticated rivalry, in truth this rivalry is just as hateful as all the rest of them

and now we can finally get to the toxic bit (always my favourite). the thing about toxic yuri is that it takes a lot of potentially negative things that are generally coded feminine and essentially takes them to their natural conclusions - lets us actually have some fun with the whole thing. sete and valentino are both deeply preoccupied with image, sete in particular is seen as vain and self-obsessed (cf the comic described by the assen 2004 commentary joking that valentino could beat sete by attaching a mirror to the back of his bike)... obviously an unpleasantly gendered element to all this.... but, well, let's have some fun with it - the point is that sete is clinging onto an image that is increasingly far from the reality of their situation. sete thinks this is a respectful friendly rivalry right until the second that it isn't, all the while unwittingly planting the seeds of his own downfall. he makes snide comments about how the italians must have done a rain dance to hand valentino the victory at mugello, he reacts with a cold blankness to valentino almost knocking him off on the last lap of assen... not willing to openly state his grievances, either to valentino directly or in the press conference with valentino sitting next to him, only able to openly state later that he is angry when valentino has already offered his explanation for the incident. it's all very indirect, aloof - sete thinks he's too good for angry outbursts, wants to be more sophisticated than that, but in doing so carries himself in a manner that increasingly reads as dishonest to valentino. they do not party together at ibiza that summer, for the friendship is beginning to fray... but neither of them will openly acknowledge it. tags under the mugello post:

the 'stunt' in question, incidentally, was valentino playing doctor on his yamaha at catalunya, declaring his bike fully fit after beating sete in another dramatic duel in front of sete's home crowd. 2004 is about putting on a show! 'what a spectacle', right, it's about image and performance and hidden truths. about appearances and reality and the tension between the two, etc etc. and then when it comes to a head at qatar, the whole thing is extremely smoke and mirrors - a game of who said what about the clandestine manipulation of the starting grid under the cover of night, who exactly reported what and for what reason and who formally made the complaint and so on... accusations flying everywhere, from every side. valentino's weekend goes up in flames, he coldly smiles in interviews as he talks about the treachery of sete and his crew chief - and then to cap it all off, he puts a curse on sete. curses. you will find. are extremely toxic yuri. valentino practised witchcraft to torment and ruin his rival because he felt betrayed. that's toxic yuri, baby

everything about sepang 2004 is obviously also toxic yuri. we have a press conference that very much doubles as a friendship breakup, and it's the specific vibe of the friendship that tips it into toxic yuri territory. valentino ignoring sete as he enters the room!! sete publicly insisting that the relationship between them is fine, until it becomes extremely obvious that it is not fine!! "in qatar you say you were searching for an excuse to not talk any more with sete" is quite frankly quite possibly the most toxic yuri-coded question anyone has ever been asked in a press conference. just two girls being a little bit dramatic about whether they're still on speaking terms or not and making it everyone's business, while also fighting for a world title. this valentino expression while sete is calling him a 'good guy' -

- and this sete expression when valentino essentially confirms that he has not, in fact, moved on -

- again. I think this is about as close as anyone can get to toxic yuri within the constraints of motogp. they really went as far as it is possible to go here. I cannot explain this to you with actual facts and logic BUT there is something supremely toxic yuri about valentino's post-race celebrations at sepang... how he literally ignores sete attempting to shake his hand on the cooldown lap and then goes all in with the humiliation of the grid sweeping celebrations? idk it's just so mean girl-y, like why are you using the seven days between races to come up with custom shirts in order to mock your ex-friend. who does that. focus on fixing your finger. the phillip island duel is the natural continuation of that, valentino taking risks it is unreasonable to take at this stage of the championship because he has to stop sete from winning again, followed by his 'che spettacolo' helmet. like, the glory of this whole stretch of races is this intermarriage of the joy and the cruelty, where these aren't just two separate sides of valentino but they are instead the same side, inextricably linked. it's a show, he's having fun, look at how thrilled he is... sete's there somewhere too btw, thoroughly tormented

downright angelic while at his most malicious? that's what we in the business call toxic yuri

the commentariat at jerez 2005 thinking sete should have punched valentino in parc fermé, or at the very least threatened him, whereas sete instead goes for this sort of dignified silence as he clutches at his arm in pain... valentino breaking the fourth wall to gesture at sete and grin at the camera as they walk to the podium... it's mean - and again, it's all so PERFORMATIVE. playing to the spectators, always!! how indirect it all is - compare that to the most infamous podium staircase interaction between valentino and biaggi, where valentino just straight up punched biaggi. see how sete still can't quite allow himself to stoop to valentino's level, and how he pays the price. how valentino leverages sete's attachment to image against him. and all against the backdrop of bitterness and hurt and this old bond between them twisted into something uglier and ultimately irreparable... the commentators at mugello 2006 chatting about how valentino and sete couldn't even be IN THE SAME ROOM to do press, "because they didn’t feel comfortable around each other"!! a friendship breakup so toxic it has become literally everyone else's problem. joyful nights spent together on ibiza now turned into this mutual unbridled hatred and contempt. valentino's vicious desire for vengeance unravelling sete's whole career. it's how FAR valentino goes, like toxic yuri needs to be over-the-top and destructive for someone and... well, it sure was for sete. valentino ruined him!! take that for consequences. their earlier dynamic, where sete could still be aloof and amused, is unravelled - now, instead, he is being ritually humiliated, no hope of pretending to remain detached from what is being done to him. sete did not know valentino was capable of doing something like this, certainly did not think valentino would do that to him... but when pushed, valentino transformed in front of sete's very own eyes and gleefully trapped sete in a living nightmare. sete saw a new side of valentino at the precise moment when it was already too late

which is how we get to the gif. this is now years later, of course, after sete and valentino's supposed detente in 2009. in truth, neither of them had moved on from what happened. they still haven't moved on... neither of them will ever truly forgive or forget. like, this is 2015 catalunya, right - just for reference, it is a mere three races after valentino refers to sete's 'dirty games' in a press conference. the intricacies of their post-rivalry relationship is a topic for another day, but there still is an element of... well, show. of performance. of both of them playing at having moved on from what happened... they have somewhat different motivations here, go about it in slightly different ways - but for all intents and purposes, they are in alignment here. they both don't have any real interest in publicly reawakening the feud, both of them want to paper over their continued bitterness towards each other. always attached to image, always paying attention to how they are being perceived... which makes it so fitting that valentino punishes sete by essentially erasing him from the story altogether, obviously most noticeably in his autobiography. if anything, the indirectness makes the whole thing even nastier. there is something more dignified about being openly, honestly despised

so here, then, we have the meeting between these two grand toxic yuri narratives... sete chatting to valentino in the yamaha garage before uccio shows up and seems to slightly push back sete - away from valentino - in essence inserting themselves between them. valentino continues talking while it's happening, though his gaze tracks the motion. at the end of the gif, both sete and valentino go in for a hug. and still, next to them, there is uccio... who was of course by valentino's side for this entire story, from the time valentino initially befriended sete to the moment when valentino pledged to destroy him - quite literally, given valentino made his promise to uccio (and davide brivio) that sete would not win another race. uccio's there organising the shirts and helping come up with the sweeping celebrations and all of it. he's the one who is always wariest of valentino getting too close to his rivals... which, well, this is inescapably a very toxic yuri-coded pattern of behaviour. it's the immediate urge to defend valentino from his old enemy, the desire to keep the pair of old friends apart - valentino noticing it but not reacting in any way. the possessiveness of the gesture!! literally one of THE defining toxic yuri tropes. uccio is the one guarding valentino from threats, always, protecting valentino while simultaneously keeping valentino for himself. and if valentino ever even considered forgiving sete, uccio certainly would not - because any injury inflicted upon valentino is treated as more grievous than if it had befallen uccio himself. uccio, barely able to tolerate the proximity between the two of them. valentino, who has come to implicitly and completely trust uccio to have his back. sete, whose gaze also follows uccio's hand - who is chatting with a polite smile to the man who repeatedly humiliated him. the pair of them, valentino and uccio, operating in perfect harmony as they form a united front in all of their schemes and machinations. and sete the interloper - who was once valentino's friend and thought he would be spared the sort of behaviour valentino levied at biaggi, only to be treated to worse. the threat posed by sete has long passed, but uccio for one is never going to forget it. rivals may come and go, but uccio remains

in conclusion. this gif. is toxic yuri. obviously, there is more than one way to do toxic yuri. terrible relationships between women can take many forms #feminism. but the term in its conventional usage does bring with it a particular vibe... codependency, possessiveness, a certain level of obsession. guarding what is yours. making each other WORSE. the absolute blind faith of knowing the other will always look out for you. alternatively, when it's toxic yuri in an adversarial relationship... well, the toxicity still comes from the intimacy - at one point, there was genuine friendship, even if it has now been ruined beyond repair. emotions intense enough that affection can easily become hatred... until all that is left is a desire for revenge. in all cases, these are relationships with disastrous consequences for someone. and if you arrange things correctly and get yourself a triangle, you can unlock bonus levels of toxicity. congrats to these three! also, and I cannot stress this enough, there's a CURSE. curses are toxic yuri. I rest my case

[whollyjoly]

thinking about the date scene...and honestly i dont know which idea i love more cause like

the idea that buck is going all out and cooking for tommy (ESPECIALLY if he's like, just coming off shift) and tommy just smiling so softly cause like!! someone put the effort into doing something nice for him and maybe that doesnt happen all too often/hasnt really happened before, and it just absolutely staggers him how much this man actually wants to do nice things for him 🥹

BUT THEN ALSO

the idea of buck and tommy cooking together, moving around the space together with ease and such simple domesticity!! small touches as they reach around each other, buck having tommy sample the sauce to see how it tastes, maybe tommy makes the garlic bread and its a secret family recipe and when buck asks about it, tommy says hmm, maybe someday with the soft crinkley smile... 🥹🥹

i just!! cooking as a love language!!!

[saltissalty]

A very rough idea for a sophont species materialized in my mind,, what do we think chat

[spextkr-daily]

helloooo and welcome to spextkr daily, the blog where at least once a day, you'll get a post about our favorite queer ghost hunters!! sometimes it'll be a reblog, sometimes a headcanon, sometimes some fics... literally whatever i can find because there's no spextkr content out there and i think that's a crime !!

run by @mychem1calbr0mance . mod is a minor and a busy student so please be patient !!

feel free to tag me in ur own creations + send me stuff!! im very open to yapping about these 2.

[prince-liest]

stopping by once again to say i am enamored with where you've taken the 666 series. BRO TRANS VOX🙏🙏 one of your prev anons made me realize why ive been so arjfhfjjxhfjf about your portrayal of vox's identity like. it resonates with me so deeply (as in it isnt something he generally thinks about/wants to be an integral part of the persona he presents to other people). AND your exploration of al's asexuality is hitting a little too close to home as well. not sure if it's possible to put a spot on my kinlist for ONLY your 666 specific characterizations of these two

anyways sorry to ramble, very excited for the next update!!!

Ahahaha, I'm really glad it's resonated with you! I think there are just about as many different ways to be as there are people, and the dominant narrative that we tend to see online, while super valid, isn't necessarily always the most comfortable one for everyone! That's part of the fun of exploring different characters for me, especially when it comes to personal identity and how one feels about oneself.

Anyway, that's all to say: thank you! I'm very invested in trans Vox and I'm absolutely delighted that you're enjoying both him and Alastor's aroace experiences, and how both of those things intersect with them being, uh, absolutely deranged individuals, pfft.

[roetrolls]

something something fun guy

@fantrollology

[boundinparchment]

If my reader characters had no personalities, no backstories, nothing, I’d have no fic. Because they’d have no motivations. No challenges. Nothing to overcome.

Rocks for brains is what they’d have.

Characters have impact on the story, on the world. I’m so fucking sorry you have no imagination, no empathy, no ability to recognize what’s exists for the sake of the story and what you can take or leave as far as projecting.

[fever-project]

Any like. Special sexuality headcanons for the crew? (I am running out of questions here help)

Personally I hc Rav as bi

Tbh, for most of them I don’t lol. So I’ll be thinking up of some right now for the others

Ravio - He’s also bi to me, and I also hc him as Acespec. Tbh it’s mostly because the flag’s purple and he’s purple. Purple’s my favorite color.

Tetra - Uhhh she’s either straight or a lesbian based on how I feel that day. Honestly it’s a coin flip, I can’t choose lol. Biflux. Pretty sure that’s a term

HW/Captain Link - He’s somewhere on the aro spectrum, maybe he’s akoiromantic. Which is when you feel romantic feelings for someone until it’s reciprocated, then those feelings basically vanish. But I’ll just say he’s arospec, because the flag is green and he’s green. I’m very creative.

Wind/Tune - Blue.

Spirit - Yeah he’s straight.

Time/Mask - Duraromantic pansexual. Duraromantic means that someone rarely experiences romantic feelings, but when they do it lasts for a long time. He had a crush on his Zelda for far longer than he liked lamo.

HW Zelda - Bisexual. You see, the flag has both blue and pink, like how as Sheik she’s blue and as Zelda she’s pink and-

ST Zelda/Phantom - Straight, just like her Link. You see the straight slag is both blue and pink like how Spirit is blue and Phantom is pink and-

Impa - uhhh aroace. Yeah. Maybe a lesbian. Both.

Marin - Pansexual. I think. Anyways the flag is pink, yellow, and blue, and she’s-

Medli - idk. Bird ig

Ruto - I don’t think she even knows what romance is, or at least never truly felt any romantic feelings towards Time. But she clearly does want to have a romantic relationship, so I guess she’s cupioromantic now. So uh, here’s a version of the flag that’s color picked from her Great Sea’s outfit

Lana(and Cia ig) - Forgot about her for a moment ha. She’s bisexual but mostly has a preference for men.

Linkle - Aromantic lesbian. She’s green and orange. Do you know what flag has orange in it

Agitha - idk she’s 10. I had barely any idea what I was when I was that age, nor did I really care ngl, so yeah. Idk, and neither does she.

Darunia - I feel sad that I have no thoughts about him. He’s just some guy, so I guess he’s straight? No thoughts.

Minda - Bisexual.

King Daphnes - Realistically, he’s straight. But I think it would be funny if he was a raging homosexual. Oh, and there’s this drag feather pride flag, created in 1999, and idk, the vibes fit. Also it’s red and gold and you know

Skull Kid - uh. Idk that’s a creature(positive) he can be anything. Be free king 👑

Wizzaro - Creature(negative).

Volga - Homosexual.

Ganondorf - Apothisexual(and apothiromantic). Basically it’s someone who is asexual(and also aromantic in his case) and is repulsed by sex(and also romance in his case). The apothisexual flag has red and black

Yuga - I’d say he’s pansexual ig. I support pan rights and wrongs. But not his

Fi + Ghirahim - They are definitely asexual. Aromantic? Maybe.

And that’s it! Boy was that a lot of guys. I sure hope I didn’t miss anybody-

I SAID I SURE HOPE I DIDNT’ MISS ANYBODY-

((((；ﾟДﾟ)))))))

Tingle - Creature(creepy and unnerving)

[quemirabobo]

Friendly reminder 🥰

[maliro-t]

some game design thinky thoughts.

[space-specs]

Dick Grayson 🤝 Roy Harper

Sidekicks successfully able to move beyond their mentor and more well-known for their own individual vigilante identity now.

Stephanie Brown 🤝 Bart Allen

Original heroes that carried a couple legacy names before going back to their own unique hero names.

Tim Drake 🤝 Conner Kent

Stuck in the same name retelling the same stories and unable to fully grow as a character because DC can't seem to give them their own unique identities that would allow them to move on past this narrow idea of their characters.

[wolfsbaneandthistle]

Image ID: A busy market scene populated by the feathered biped Zoronxie aliens, a few humans, and a six-limbed corldaxian alien. In the background is a wall of succulent-like plants, which have bright pink flowers. End image ID

[thosetwofirefighters]

WIP Wednesday

yeah yeah, it's Thursday, I know...but I have a paragraph of something that popped into my head earlier, so does the date really matter? thank you @the-likesofus for the tag!

I am giving you no context because if I explain this, it won't be nearly as much fun (for me) so idk, here:

"This is why we provided you with a cot, Mr. Diaz," the doctor says as soon as she enters Buck's room. Her attention doesn't stray from her patient, and she's diligent as she checks Buck's chart and the monitors before starting a physical exam, but Eddie can still feel her disapproval. He knows he should move, should get up, but Buck's arms are still wrapped around him, and he can't bring himself to pull away.

Not gonna tag anyone since it's Thursday lol but if you want to do a late WIP Wednesday with me, consider yourself tagged! :)

[sadpanda]

911 besties… I’ve had a Thought™ about the finale that’s been spinning around in my brain for like 24 straight hours and I have to type it out before I explode:

I think Julie Rosen is gonna die.

I was rewatching 6x12, and before we see Buck go to Eddie’s house, there’s the scene with Madney where Maddie says, “Julie Rosen, she and some of the guys were supposed to bring him dinner…” blah blah blah.

Which would be fine, and could just be them acknowledging that there’s more people that work at the 118 than just the MC’s…BUT we also see her in 6x13 in the poker scene. And I got to thinking like hmm, why have this character show up (or at least mentioned by name) for 2 episodes in a row when we’ve only seen her like once before in season 5?

But that’s where I was wrong - she ALSO shows up in 6x02 at the happiness convention, where first Hen calls her by name to have her pair off with Eddie. Then, Eddie conveniently happens to introduce her - again, BY NAME - to a victim. I can’t think of another time (off the top of my head) where a MC has introduced a non-MC that’s helping them to a victim. But they made sure to have Eddie say “this is Julie” to those guys at the convention.

Why? Maybe so the general audience will know her by name. We’ve seen/heard of her a handful of times, including twice in 6b alone (so far). They make a point to show that she’s good enough friends with Buck to have Maddie’s phone number and bring dinner to his house. She plays poker with Eddie. She’s a part of their family, whether we see her a lot or not.

Combine all that with the stuff we’ve gotten recently about death and time, plus the “cataclysmic catastrophe” we’re getting in 6x18 and… 🤷🏼‍♀️