#can't lie Abt that

[luxstring]

Not the first time this fandom simped for a single parent. I knew Lilia wouldn't be the last

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

There's nothing he can't do. Yet.

(Thank you to everyone who participated in the poll!)

[satyrradio]

perisex trans people when something isn't about them:

[dancefloors]

trying not to get irked by swiftie media illiteracy. I've retired! I'm out of the game!! but some of you are very stupid

[yellowvixen]

I've never actually heard of the Robotized Metal Sonic theory! Could you please explain? It honestly it sounds really cool! (And also any mention of Robotization makes me happy because that means the SatAM show was acknowledged in some way)

Ooh yeah sure!! Others have probably explained it better, or maybe have slightly different takes on it but this is how I see it:

The events of Sonic CD happen without Metal being present which results in Eggman winning and actually capturing Sonic, leading to the bad future. He roboticizes him and then for whatever reason, sends him back in time. I've seen different takes on this, maybe Eggman wanted his victory to be even easier with the help of Metal, maybe Metal was defective (or rebelling) and he wanted to get rid of him, maybe Metal sent himself back to try fix what had happened. Either way, Metal ends up back in the hands of Eggman in a new timeline, with a new Sonic, and he loses. At this point I like to think Metal doesn't have many of his original memories, but he's still convinced he's the real Sonic - and he's not wrong! He was Sonic. But no one believes that.

It's all very fucked up if you think about it for a bit, especially the events of Sonic Heroes. (Metal tries so hard to be different to Sonic, to be something new and unique, and it still doesn't work. Again he loses his voice and his freedom and any uniqueness he had as Neo Metal Sonic, and no one even cares.)

Gayemeralds has written more about the theory, and has a series of fics about it here

Another one of my favourite fics about this subject is Corrosion - mind the tags on this one!

I've also drawn this based on the theory, which is kind of inspired by Corrosion and the second fic in that series, Dateline!

If anyone else has more to add about this theory please do, I'd love to read more fics abt it and I know there's a few posts about it here which send me absolutely insane

[humanmorph]

"They found each other in the wreckage of optimism, and it took them a decade to decide that hope was not enough to save the Golden Branch from itself. It was in a library, not an armoury, where the Apostolosian became the sword and shield of Integrity, a Divine who’d lost its Candidate. Some climb into their Divines, others deploy them across the battlefield, or fight under the blanket of their shadows. But Integrity demands intimacy. It digs into the flesh of the willing, all metal and promises and penetralia, desperate to create an unbreakable unity. It is afraid, and wounded, and it cannot know the power it gives without seeing it first in the reflection of a Candidate's eyes: the loft, the velocity, the violence. And for the first time in centuries, Integrity doesn’t fear its Candidate. It moves with confidence, in muscle and ambition. It believes in Sokrates Nikon Artemisios." (COUNTER/Weight 22: A Broken Branch)

Great episode to get to after recent palisade happenings. I obviously remember the "Integrity demands intimacy" but there's so much other great stuff here.... "They found each other in the wreckage of optimism" is just incredible.

Edit: Noting the wording of " [...] the Apostolosian became the sword and shield of Integrity" because Integrity literally is both those things - they are the armor Sokrates wears and the weapon they wield - but it positions them here both as a protector of Integrity and someone Integrity acts through (divines & candidates!).

And I love that this gives Integrity pre-Sokrates interiority I had honestly completely forgotten about. "For the first time in centuries, Integrity doesn't fear it's candidate" A divine afraid(!) of what it can do together with it's candidate, the power it gives. And then what Austin describes in pal29 comes to mind, which is like, "if there was a time when Integrity was like, you know, 'Finally someone has come to help me get out of this situation.' That is not what's happening here." It's interesting because that phrasing of if not the current but a past state("that time has come and gone ")... it still sounds like fear a little bit. And that obviously isn't the case anymore (I don't feel like typing out this Austin quote but he said something about the notion of immortality & change that made me real happy. I love that shit) & I'm curious to learn more about this hopefully.

I love Integrity & while I don't think of it as "the good one", it's fate is important to me because is still one of the sickest divines (which is really saying a lot with like, Perennial and Motion et al. around).

[ohsweetflips]

this is gonna be the most career-specific vent i make but like. ik i'm not supposed to take things personally while teaching. esp teaching college. however. trying my best to make questions/discussion prompts that students will respond to and being met with silence and/or the same five students is definitely disheartening lmao

[ririnpopo]

More domivani solidarity lesgoooo :D

[otrtbs]

Here’s another copy of another selling of your fic on another persons page

Look what I found on Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/1727305864/art-heist-baby-book-hard-copy-james?ref=share_v4_lx

nooo way it's going for £124.92 .... at 50% off...... who are these people.... who ... are... these people....?

[clownprince]

anyway i thjnk the most fucked up thing about i am a gun is that bruce is fucking right. his mental version of joker is damn accurate. even so early on in his career he's able to see past joker's evil uncaring monster outer persona and recognize the human inside of him who's alone and afraid and hurting, who desperately wants to be saved but doesn't know how to be anything other than the joker. even if you disregard that "the last smile" story the tkj script makes it Quite Clear that joker very badly wants to accept batman's offer but he doesn't feel like rehabilitation is a viable option for him (for multiple reasons)

[somethingsad]

I kinda don't like the notion that Aqua has to be 'fixed' before he can be loved, idk to me if ur mentally ill u deserve love and understanding even if ur not 'healed', does that make sense?

[fastwalker]

the bro code among doctors is insaaaanee

doc2: "hmmm yes the treatment doc1 prescribed doesn't seem appropriate for the symptoms you are describing, this sounds confusing indeed. BUT I'm sure MY TRUSTED EXPERIENCED COMPETENT COLLEAGUE (these people don't know each other) decided this for a reason and this is the correct treament for uyo after all ^_______^ no I won't reevaluate you, despite having open appointments uwu go die from infection somewhere else"

[piningpercussionist]

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Im going to be completely frank with you all... and admit that I read these options and wasn't sure how to take this chart,,, so uh. Under the cut is Another Version. I'd apologize but I've given you the option to keep scrolling ¯\_(･･)_/¯

(If you notice characters missing on Kim's side, I probably figured she doesn't know who they are lol)

For the record,,, if they *wanted* me to pull their hair-- *is shot several times before I can continue*

Uhh Matthew is here because I have been converted fully on he/him or enby lesbian Matthew I think. He lives in my brain rent free now, very gender. I'd pull his hair but also I think he mostly just deserves to have it played with nicely.

And Scott's here because 1) I enjoy trans Scott, 2) Kim Pine Brain Rot possibly, 3) idk he's like,, the exception. God damnit, I've fallen for the inexplicable Scott Pilgrim Effect. What the fuck--

I did think about doing this chart like everyone was actually applicable to my tastes, but even if they were I think the ones I didn't put up would have to fall on the caress side bc I just don't feel that way abt them lol.

Again, not to say that's the case for the gals over on that side,,, I just think I would want to be gentle w them shxkdjsdhbd with the exception for Lynette who probably deserves to have her hair pulled, but again I fear she would Hurt Me,,, but maybe in a fun way,,,

Anyway No One Look At Me....

(,, also,,, Ramona is so far over bc I think she would enjoy it,, otherwise she'd be closer to Kim in that section. Same thing w Roxie)

If anyone actually looks at this version, I'm not opposed to doing a version like this for Kim btw! Just ask for it so I feel like I'm not just Dropping This and scurrying away

[medufasa]

the discovery of my 67 year old English teacher writing gay fanfiction as a genuine assignment of his has given me the courage to turn in a lachambers poem as my final summative ☠️

[theweepingmortician]

sun wukong isn't morally grey, his flaws are just written more tact than you guys are used to in a kids show

[kenobihater]

you ever write up a combination of words you're really proud of at the time bc you think it's vivid but it's actually so atrocious that you remember it eight years later bc it's burned itself into your long-term memory? just me?