#clam speaks

[collectiveclams]

I think that microplastics should function like plankton in the ecosystem for LEGO. The lowest tier on the food chain.

[trailshome]

Eid Mubarak!!

[collectiveclams]

Seriously though, thank y’all for not spoiling us at all, we really appreciate it. And the animators truly do need their ass ate, they deserve it for the quality upgrade in s8.

It’s so fun seeing peoples comments who’ve seen ninjago vs me and my twins absolutely unexistent knowledge of this show. We quite literally had absolutely no idea this show existed besides it’s name until a friend introduced it to us. Y’all are Saints for not spoilering us and watching our ramblings saying that animators for this show need their ass ate. Ty.

[moonshynecybin]

every time vale gets asked a question about marc he follows this formula

one sentence that is very neutral about marc + change the subject and talk about one of the academy riders

the exceptions to this doctrine are his dramatic shakespearean betrayal monologues where he says INSANE gay shit like “he had to kill the idea of me” with his CHEST. like truly that milquetoast stuff is what he’ll say to REPORTERS, you get that mf on a podcast and suddenly he’s charles dickens level verbose. getting paid in words a minute. slanders per second. deranged delusions per hour.

me when i am so sososo so divorced. most divorced man maybe ever

[puppygirl-panopticon]

Older woman said to me tonight after we had fooled around for a bit

"You can call me mommy if you want"

And i said

"Okay but i cant be normal about it"

And she pauses and looks at me, then asks

"What does being not normal about it look like"

And i could just feel my face turn red as i tried to think of anything to say that wasnt

"Bouncing on it daughter style"

[kathani-bridgerton]

Okay can I just say that Penelope is so brave. Because every season she opens her heart up to Colin, and even after how last season ended she’s still allowing herself to be so vulnerable. It is actually so amazing.

[akkivee]

the brighter the light, the darker the shadow

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there’s a very large chance that kuukou’s backstory parallels sasara’s more than anyone’s, in that they had very normal-ish upbringings but handled them very poorly lmao, but i’m choosing to believe light and shadow, medication vs meditation, twin dudes with buddha imagery jakurai and kuukou are living their lives the way they are to atone for past mistakes

[3liza]

[james-p-sullivan]

i managed to write about 1.4 k words yesterday and i am over the moon about this

[collectiveclams]

@stealingyourbones I HAVE TRIUMPHED IN THE WIZARD BATTLE.

BEGONE TO THE MARIANA TRENCH.

MAY THE CLAMS FILTER YOUR VISCERA FROM THE OCEAN

[thiefbird]

If people want to know what I get up to when I'm not being insane about fictional men and Diana Villiers specifically

I dug a pond(with my mother and one of my brothers)

[collectiveclams]

Am I putting way too much thought into this?

Yes, absolutely.

I doubt the animators intended someone to actually critique their wire color placement, but also THERES NO GROUND WIRE IN HIS ARM THEY FUCKED UP SO BAD

I wouldn’t have an issue with it if they didn’t do it semi correctly the first time they showed his internal wiring! Look at him!!

Look at those blue traveler wires that are frequently used in multi switches with the green grounding wires and black hot wires <333 The animators likely referenced actual switches or knew very basic wiring for this! A live, neutral, and ground wire!! Yippee!!!

But later in s3 they fucked up the wiring again

[LOUD INCORRECT BUZZER]

WHY IS IT ALL LIGHT BLUE?!

YOU KNOW WHAT? FUCK IT, ALL BLUE. NO CABLE MARKERS, NO TERMINAL NUMBERS. THE CIRCUT SCHEMATIC SHOULDN’T MATCH THE DIAGRAM EITHER! NATURAL SELECTION SHOULD BE THE DECIDING FACTOR, MAY ONLY THE BEST ENGINEERS LIVE!

@collectiveclams is very particular about how androids should work in a 10 year old lego commercial

[sunshinechay]

So I want to talk about Tai for a second.

Specifically I want to talk about this moment right here:

Tai says point blank that he’s wanted to get rid of his hearing loss but he doesn’t feel any better now that it’s gone.

Of course I think he hates the way it happened, no one wants to go through anything even remotely similar to what he is going through right now. The emotional pain of having argued with someone important to you, the mental pain of knowing you fucked up in so many situations that you can’t figure your way out of. But this is something he’s wanted for at least the last 2 years. But by his own admission, he doesn’t feel better and I don’t think that’s going to chance any time soon.

It’s been talked about by everyone that Tai’s conflict resolution style is to clam up, to go silence and refuse to communicate. This is why this moment and the ensuing arguement with Patts is so painful. I agree with @bengiyo when he said that Tai is someone who reads too much romance. He has a skewed view of the way relationships are supposed to work. I also think though, that as time as gone on Tai has become more aware of that. He is still naive and fucks up so badly it’s completely understand why Patts reacts the way he does, but I don’t think he’s unaware of his fault. However he lacks the ability to convey the way he feels ( @lurkingshan and @ginnymoonbeam both have great posts here and here in which they discuss his conflict style and lack of ability to communicate) and now he has lost the best tool he had for making Patts believe that Tai finally knows that he will always choose Patts.

For all of Tai’s hang ups about the soulmate bond, I think he also recognizes that Patts doesn’t have those hang ups and that he does hold the believe that it means that they were meant to chose each other. It’s why Patts gets anxious, angry and upset when Lomfon acts the way he does. Why he is so frantic when he tries to confront Tai about it. Sure Tai might not have talked to him for 2 years, but he was still there and they still found their way to each other and that had to meant something, right?

But now it’s gone and Tai doesn’t know how to tell Patts that he does choose Patts because not only should Patts have already known that but the connection was also always there to prove it. Tai shouldn’t have to say it out loud because he shouldn’t have too. Again he thinks Patts should already know that. It’s horribly naive and shows Tai’s lack of dating experience but it’s what he believes in that moment.

The show is of course trying to point out that they don’t need it to have a successful relationship. They need hard work and good communication, but within the internal logic of the universe, I get why Tai would think this. Why should Patts doubt that Tai would choose him. They’ve already said they choose each other and they have (had) that connection.

But now that connection is gone. It’s gone because of Tai and he already regrets that it’s gone and that he took it away. I wouldn’t be surprised if we find out later that he wants it back. A classic case of don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone.

Hopefully before that happens (if it does), Patts and Tai will finally communicate with each other and get on the same page and learn how to work around their conflicts in way that both are able to do. Tai needs to grow up a bit more and learn that life’s not a romance novel (even though we might want it to be sometimes) and that it’s hard but worth it to try and make the best of it.

[ghosthoodie]

#1 clam carrier

[yakult-kettle]

starfy games on switch but untranslated. ok well i think i can understand enough to make it thru

every character having a slight dialect accent

my dumbass:

[lorelune]

i kinda wanna make a server 🙈