#eh might as well

[radioactive-mouse]

I get how tempting it is to just label flower husbands as “toxic” and move on, but god they can be SO much more nuanced than that, it makes me insane.

I think something that goes largely unexplored by the fanbase is c!scott’s obsession with composure. he’s clearly very proud of his ability to stay calm under pressure and be two steps ahead of everyone else— not that he’s afraid to rely on people, him and cleo very clearly have that unshakable trust between them, but i think that sometimes he gets so wrapped up in being steady, reliable scott, never hot-headed, never spiteful, or clumsy, or nervous.

and jimmy is a very real threat to that composure, more often than not.

and i think the way their relationship functions in 3rd life, while steady at the time, definitely set them up for complications down the road. scott, for as fiercely dedicated to his allies as he is, kind of tends to handle jimmy with kid gloves for the earlier parts of their relationship. he’s not very good at the death game, but that’s fine, he doesn’t need to be, scott will take care of it— he’ll get them set up with armor and potions and walls and jimmy can do… whatever it is he does when scott’s not around. mostly getting swindled, if he had to guess. but it’s fine, because scott can be steady, level headed, clever—

i do think most of scott’s ribbing about how he doesn’t know why he lets jimmy do anything when all he does is get scammed half the time is genuinely all in good fun, (jimmy is more than happy to play the fool most of the time, if only to bring a little bit of levity to things) it is super symptomatic of the way scott actually thinks about him. i don’t believe he thinks jimmy is actually stupid or anything, but i do think scott doesn’t quite trust him to get anything done. scott would never in a million years let himself lean on jimmy for any kind of support, because in scott’s mind jimmy’s job is to be bright and brash and only listen to that heart of his that’s too big for his body, too big for this game.

and i think too often we forget just how much losing jimmy destroyed scott in 3rd life. you ever think about how wrecked he must’ve been to place 10th despite being a consistent finalist in every other season? do you think about how all he has left is the burning, white-hot urge for revenge from the second jimmy’s body hit the ground?

i don’t think scott ever wants to feel like that again. i don’t think scott wants anyone to see him like that again. i think scott tries very hard to love jimmy from a safe distance where no one gets hurt. and i think that distance fucking kills jimmy, metaphorically speaking.

(also, tangentially related, i think there’s something to be said for how instantly tango goes “we only have a short time together, your curse will probably get us killed, and that’s fine.” and how jealous scott gets of that sentiment. as far as scott is concerned, tango and jimmy are of the same niche— they feel everything, loudly, even if it causes problems and even if it gets messy. and god that just makes his blood boil.)

i’m just so… entranced with the way scott carries himself with so much confidence and it’s not like he’s insecure, he really believes that, he’s a strong player and he knows that, but also revealing any emotion he deems to be “ugly” or “messy” makes him start to completely unravel. the driving force behind him is always love and loyalty and protectiveness over the people he cares about, but he’s juggling that with being dead set on never getting so close that losing them will completely ruin him.

anyway, this is getting away from me, but i think a lot of jimmy’s frustration with scott comes from the fact that he refuses to let their relationship go both ways, and i think by the time of the infamous “say i love you back” scene in limlife he’s just exhausted with throwing himself repeatedly against scott’s brick wall of perfectionism. that, and the whole Situation between them in double life, which i could honestly make it’s own post but good god i need to STOP typing or this will go on forever. forgive my completely disorganized ramblings i just have been trying to get all this down on paper FOREVER

[holysheithyall]

i have to draw my faves together. you dont get it. it gives me double the serotonin.

[shadows-coffeebeans]

Week 1: Favorite Movie | @disneyfanatic1993

[rozeliyawashereyall]

Roze, I have come to beg you to please not make Marco and Lyn break up.

I need them together.

<3

[vivilingriphyn]

Meet The Heat! | Rhoda Fettel

So this is a lil different from my usual Ninjago post and tbh I've been thinking about "what if i make a Ninjago OC?" But then remembered my OC to which i found her to be perfect if I ever wanted to have one of my OCs in the Ninjago it'd be her. And saves me the time to just make her an Alt version of her instead of making a new OC.

Anywho meet Rhoda Fettel! And an illustration of her using the powers she was blessed with to protect her people. Also her powers aren't like wyldfyre, it's just the title of the illustration. This illustration is actually one that I've planned to be sort of like official art for my OCs story. And I have drawn this a while back.

[oreozfox]

Okay writing this down in case I forget bc I think I wanna make OCs out of this.

I had a dream that I started getting into this franchise that started with an old anime @artistefish really liked. Yeah Arty my brain made up an anime and made me believe you posted abt it all the time hdhffjc

ANYWAY the main character was this boy with black, kinda spiky hair who happened to be a cyborg. He spent most of his time asleep in a big tank full of some kind of chemical. The evil genius who created him, who was eerily similar to Dr. Eggman, intended to make him into a weapon of mass destruction someday, but kept him in suspended consciousness for the time being. So obv a lot of Astro Boy/Jetter Mars inspo. This guy's lair was also full of creatures like Pokémon, so he essentially had Pokémon minions.

Then some princess, who was similar to BOTW Zelda but also mildly similar to Nikki from Astro Boy, ventured into the castle to stop this mad scientist with her magic, but she lost a fight against him and was captured. Then the boy woke up from his years-long sleep to go rescue her, even though he didn't know her. Ahh, romance.

But for some reason throughout the series, aside from rare occasions that the princess convinced the cyborg to venture out, he would always climb back into his tank and go to sleep after saving her or someone else. There was either some Stockholm syndrome involved or the mad scientist was actually not that evil, bc cyborg boy would always go back to him and considered him a father, and even when the princess and cyborg eventually got married, the princess lovingly referred to her father-in-law??

Overall tho it was very very cute. I want to design these characters from my vague memory now.

[crystal-cliffs]

Wanting to make a Danganronpa AU where Mukuro Ikusaba survives but it already exists as Danganronpa IF

Which bothered me as content material in the sense of it wasn’t what I imagined for that sort of scenario which is extremely picky lol, so I reject the “canon” of that and have created my own essentially rewrite. Although I feel like a lot of danganronpa IF’s plot is sorta relied on the fa cry that not only does mukuro live, Makoto almost dies, and within the canon of the game, Makoto is a very important person to her.

Idk though I haven’t finished the entirety of IF because girl didn’t really enjoy it past Makoto saving Mukuro. I should get to that but that’s so much work and I already have so much other danganronpa content I have to consume forevermore because of my AU.

(Not saying Danganronpa IF is bad, I enjoyed the first half I watched it just doesn’t work for me)

I already have it all planned out it’s just a matter of committing to it, which is difficult because I can’t commit to my projects 😞✋

But I want to make it because I love redemption arcs when done right and Mukuro already had the setup, she was just killed before it could take root. Must write but also is this too much lol?

Also it would have Mukugiri because im a sucker for shipping as always and that ship has always been integral to every iteration of this au so it has to stay

[quibbs126]

So according to Twitter leaks, the Bloodborne Cookie is named Tarte Tatin Cookie, and from what I gather, is a woman, though they aren’t entirely sure. But given that according to what I found after a quick Google search, the tarte Tatin is named after the Tatin sisters, them being a woman would make more sense

Also apparently her leaked standing sprite

Also I’m assuming Snapdragon Cookie is the tiny baby dragon we saw before, this one

Also the leaker says that they’re not sure if the Special class is confirmed or if it’s just a placeholder. Personally I hope they’re not Special class

[snorpdawg]

“Snorpy is by design the most likely to succumb. He is the furthest snakified Grump upon meeting, requires further snakification for his Main Quest and his Side Quest is most likely to be missed by non-completionary players as Snorpy does not roam the center of Snaxburg ever in his day/night cycle.”

It has occurred to me making dramatic pieces is harder when the characters mourning the loss of their loved one are muppet-y monsters.

[softwaluigi]

little freak gayboy

[shirpowbra]

Ending maynananggal and welcoming Pride Month in style

thanks to my friends who gave their words of encouragement to me, it means a lot :>

Because of that, I got a lil less depressed and might start drawing again, here's to hoping to making more stuff soon

[miasmaghoul]

1, 2, 8 for the asks!

what are 3 things you’d say shaped you into who you are?

They're all real depressing so I'm sorry in advance, but:

1. The major injury I dealt with as a teenager that literally changed my entire life and future and still affects my day to day 20 years later.

2. My mother (negative, so so negative)

3. Being left alone a lot as a kid and basically being raised by the TV. Sounds bad saying it like that, but that's what eventually led me to my love of food and cooking so it ain't all bad!

Also honorary shoutout to Ghost once again for literally saving my life a couple years ago. That was significant too.

show us a picture of your handwriting?

any reoccurring dreams?

Not really! Maybe reoccurring themes, but I don't dream much as it is so I can't recall any that repeat themselves.

[somedudewithantlers]

alright guys hear me out

[headphone-the-idjit]

ask them stuff maybe¿ if not I’ll just post the insta stuff to here pff

[xandersrailcrash]

"then you look back at me, and suddenly i'm helpless"

[heycoyotegirl]

What would a Paxton/Devi/Ben triad look like in your opinion?

So I wrote an entire breakdown of how a Ben/Devi/Paxton triad would happen and then I reread your question and realized that wasn’t what you asked at all (but if you are curious about that, I have an answer ready to go lol).

The short answer is that I actually think a triad could work surprisingly well. Obviously they’d have to work on their communication skills to make it work, but that’s true of any high schoolers in any relationship, no matter how many people are involved.

I wrote in a tag that dating Paxton has the potential to fix Ben, which was initially a joke, but then I realized it’s actually true. We see throughout the series that Paxton and Devi bring out the best in each other, and since Ben and Devi are quite similar, it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that Paxton and Ben can also bring out the best in each other.

Paxton is the most levelheaded of the three, so he would be able to prevent or mitigate the blow-up fights that I'm sure are in Ben and Devi's future. He has more emotional intelligence than the other two and is good at recognizing people's insecurities and offering reassurance, whereas Ben and Devi tend to (accidentally) hit each other's insecurities under the guise of "banter."

Also, the fact that Paxton doesn't do as well academically would hopefully curb some of Ben & Devi's more pretentious/elitist attitudes. And, as many problems as I have with s4, the way he figured out what he wants to do with his future after he got into college—versus Ben who's always planned to go into law like his dad—would be reassuring for Devi, who openly admits that she doesn't have a goal beyond getting into Princeton and then never explores that (genuinely wtf were the writers doing this season?).

Long answer/examples from the show (focusing on Ben/Paxton primarily, since that's the ship we don't see on the show) under the cut.

Paxton has some sort of magic ability that gets Devi to open up and be vulnerable with him, and we see that it works on Ben too during their conversation after Ben’s surgery in s3ep6.

Paxton: So, why are you so stressed out? Ben: Oh, I don't know. Maybe because my entire life trajectory is determined by the outcome of the next six months. Paxton: Are you talking about college? Dude, you'll get into college. Ben: I don't want to get into just any college. I want to go to Columbia, and I'm not sure if I can get in. Paxton: So then you don't get in. Who cares? Ben: No, not "who cares?" I have to get in. Paxton: Or what? Ben: Or all this work was for nothing. My future is ruined, and I disappoint myself, and my family, and, you know, my dad. Paxton: This is all about your dad? Dude, tell him to go to hell. You work so hard, you haven't had time to shit in two weeks. If I was your dad, I'd be proud of you. [ inhales sharply ] Not because of the not shitting part but because of the hardworking part. Ben: Thanks.

Obviously he isn’t as gentle about it as he is with Devi, but Paxton still figures out the heart of the issue—Ben wanting to impress his dad—and gives him good advice—his dad should already be proud of him for how hard he works, and if he isn’t, then he sucks and Ben shouldn’t care about his opinion or worry about disappointing him. And Paxton was right; when Ben’s dad gets home, he tells Ben that he’ll be proud of him no matter where he goes to college. (Quick question for the writers of this show: What happened to that whole plot line in season 4?? Seems like it would’ve made sense to at least mention it when Ben didn’t like his visit to Columbia.)

I may be forgetting things, since I still haven’t done a full rewatch (and Ben/Benvi fans, feel free to chime in if you remember something I didn’t) but I can’t think of any other pre-s4 examples of Ben voicing similar insecurities. At least, not to a peer, and especially not one who he has reason to be jealous of.

And it’s the same with Devi: She tells Paxton things she’s not ready to tell anyone else.

Paxton also pushes back when Ben is being a dick in a way that Devi doesn’t. Ben and Devi’s history of being rivals means that her instinct is to volley back “banter,” even if Ben has gone too far and said something that’s actually hurtful. But since Paxton doesn’t have that history, he doesn’t return an insult. Instead, his instinctive reaction makes it clear that Ben said something shitty.

Immediately after the bit I quoted above, we get this:

Ben: Let's change the subject. What are you working on? Paxton: Ugh. This stupid college essay. The question sucks. "Discuss an event that shaped you into who you are." I just... I don't know how to answer it. Ben: Hmm. Do you not know what an event is? Paxton: What the fuck, man? I know what an event is, dude. I just… I don't really know who I am. Ben: [ scoffs ] Gimme a break. What do you mean you don't know who you are? You're the only person at our school who's not a nobody. The lunch ladies named a dessert after you. Paxton: Yeah, that's all surface stuff. That's not who I am. Ben: Okay. Then who are you? Paxton: I don't know. Like, I think I'm someone... [ inhales deeply ] Forget it. This is embarrassing. Ben: You can't possibly embarrass yourself more than I have tonight, so get over it. What do you know is true about yourself? Paxton: I mean, I'm a really good brother. Maybe I could talk about when my sister was adopted. I... Ben: Wait, you have an adopted sister? That's essay gold. Okay. Why don't you start making a list of all the ways that she's helped you learn about yourself? Come on. I can... help you.

Ben’s comment hits the tender heart behind Paxton’s sculpted abs, but after the initial snap, Paxton doesn’t turn it into a fight. He actually does the opposite and opens up, admitting an insecurity to explain what he meant.

And Ben responds positively to that. Sure, he doesn’t apologize, and he’s still a bit dismissive at first, but once he realizes that Paxton is actually being vulnerable with him in return, he drops the attitude and offers to help him. And then Ben is genuinely happy when the principal compliments Paxton’s essay the next day.

(And as a bonus, helping Paxton out inadvertently expands Ben's social circle, which is nice, since he has like 1-4 friends max throughout the show, and they're almost entirely dependent on what girl he's dating at that moment. He was super excited by the prospect of hanging out with the Hot Pocket, and I'm glad that they kept his friendship with Trent in season 4.)

(Also, yes, I recognize that this would technically be going from "Ben's only friends are his girlfriend's friends" to "Ben's only friends are his girlfriend's and boyfriend's friends" but 1. that's still more friends overall; 2. I don't think there's necessarily anything wrong with having the same social circle as your partner(s), as long as you don't immediately lose all of those friends during a break up; and 3. Paxton could probably help him with social skills in general (à la the scene where he teaches Fab how to ask a girl out), which would make it easier to make friends independently.)

Paxton might not always voice his insecurities (which would create conflict in the triad, but I don't think it would be insurmountable), but he's protective of other people. Throughout the show, he always stops to check in with Devi when he sees that she's upset, even if he's been justifiably mad at her prior to that moment. In a situation where Ben or Devi hurt the other's feelings, he wouldn't put up with them avoiding each other and letting the hurt fester. He'd encourage them to talk it out, like he did in season 4, when Devi was going to let the Princeton situation ruin her friendship with Fabiola.

We also know that Devi is more willing to stand up for other people who’ve been wronged than she is to stand up for herself (see: how she broke up with Paxton when he didn’t want to apologize to Haley for icing her out vs how she handled Ben ghosting her).

So if Ben said something that hurt Paxton while all three were dating, she'd be more likely to call him on it. And that would ideally then lead to a discussion about the way Ben hurt her in the past, and he could apologize for the things he said and work to do better, which would resolve my dissatisfaction with Ben and Devi's romantic relationship. (Yes, they were rivals and both mean to each other at times, but Ben was disproportionately cruel after Devi’s dad died. He's said racist/ableist things (throughout the show tbh), and his comments in s1 especially had a significant, lasting impact on her self-esteem.)

I'm realizing that this all basically boils down to: Ben would experience the same character growth from dating Paxton that Devi did because he and Devi have similar flaws