#ensures online

[aritany]

i can’t believe i have to say this but if you reblog one of my posts about writing projects asking for aid and say anything along the lines of “this is your last chance to help me” or “i know you’re just going to ignore this” you’re absolutely right. i am going to ignore it

[heartscrypt]

meet the world's worst girlboy, cyrus de seirene! he's twisted from the mermaids in peter pan, as well as ursula's vanessa form in the little mermaid

pspspsp come ask me about her pspspsps

MORE INFO UNDER CUT

NICKNAMES:

Koi Fish / Nishikigoi-chan [Floyd]

MISC:

Monsieur Sea Starlet / Monsieur Étoile de Mer [Rook]

He was once bound to his job at the Mostro Lounge through a contract, but after Azul's overblot, he has continued to perform out of his own free will... though it tends to be based on whether he feels like it that day, which is deeply upsetting to Azul (who would much prefer Cyrus to at least show up on a consistent schedule). However, Cyrus literally does not care. He lives on his own time. Much like he does with Floyd, Azul just has to deal with it.

Cyrus is Azul's voice trainer. This is a leftover aspect of the contract, from when Azul needed to plausibly sound like Cyrus for Swim With Us to activate. Post contract-destruction, however, he still serves as Azul's voice trainer "because Inky soooo needs it. Where would he even be without me? Don't ever say I'm not as generous as the Sea Witch."

The contract she made with Azul was in her sophomore year (Azul's freshman year, when he started the Mostro Lounge). It dictated that in exchange for continual updates on the life of Cyrus's ex (super messy, we do NOT have the time for that), Cyrus would attract customers to the newly opened cafe using any means necessary for as long as Cyrus attended NRC. For the deal's collateral, Cyrus gave up Swim With Us.

However, Azul was rarely allowed full use of Swim With Us because 1) Cyrus needed it to continually perform duties at the Mostro Lounge, since the contract's terms lasted for as long as he was at NRC and 2) Cyrus pointed out that Azul would have a hard time completely taking Cyrus's voice for himself, considering everyone at NRC likely had heard Cyrus sing or speak at one point. They settled on imbuing Swim With Us into a cheap Coral Sea souvenir shell-shaped pendant that Cyrus would wear around his neck and which Azul had the right to take off of him and wear whenever he needed it.

In the heyday of Cyrus's contract with Azul, Cyrus didn't only use Swim With Me to lure students into the cafe. She'd also use her magic to subliminally message customers into staying longer, buying more and more items off the menu, and tipping generously. Definitely unscrupulous business practice, but hell if Cyrus cares. It's not any worse than targeted advertising. Post-contract destruction, she's toned down on using Swim With Me to influence customers. Mostly only because the spell drains a lot of energy that she could be using to.... I dunno. File her nails and scroll through Magicam while Azul glares at her because she's still technically on the clock even if she's not singing.

Although Floyd refers to her as Koi Fish / Nishikigoi-chan, Cyrus's merform actually more closely resembles a clearfin lionfish.

FULL SPRITE:

In her human form, she bears a striking resemblance to Prince Rielle-- from afar, they look incredibly similar, save for hair shade, hair style, and eye color. She sometimes leverages this similarity to her advantage, but generally dislikes the comparison. Her merform is much more distinct in appearance so she pretty much only gets this comparison when she's on land.

[holysaintscathedral]

Realizing now that I have the inexplicable urge to make men work, especially if they're physically fit. Like oh? You lift? Well, how about you go lift those heavy bags of soil and mulch and distribute them evenly throughout my gardens? Go grab that ladder and clean out my eavestroughs 🫵🤨. Go prune that tree that's growing a little too close to my roofline. Repair the steps leading up to my front porch. Help me assemble this new piece of furniture I got. Build me a shed to store my outdoor furniture and garden tools in. You got those big muscles, now use them 🫵🤨.

[ultimatelyunassuming]

My favorite alternia hc that ive ever made is that the name "Karkat Vantas" is the troll equivalent to "John Doe"

[doverstar]

happy reminder that the internet is not real life and the things people say at you do not matter in the grand scheme of things! so. enjoy that reality

[mochakissedgold]

Seeing the unfortunate news of the acolyte has me doing some deep rethinking of the relationship and years worth of investment I've put into the Star Wars brand as a fan. I'm seriously considering taking a step back from engaging and consuming any future movie or show content after tonight...

[cryptiddeer]

My favorite type of crossover fanfiction unfortunately only exists in my head, but it's essentially that everything exists in the same universe. Everything. Maybe on different planets, at different times and places, but its all the same universe

This of course presents the dilemma of trying to explain why certain differences between unrelated media can exist at the same time, ie: why Russia doesn't exist in Steven Universe, which explicitly happens on the planet Earth, but Russia DOES exist in Honkai Impact 3rd, which also explicitly happens on the planet Earth

Is this type of crossover very handwavey and vague in its world building? Yes. Is it Extremely Funny to imagine Monster High, Undertale, Monsters Inc and Lilo and Stitch all existing on the same earth and the weird political implications of that? Also yes

[evan-housecat]

[lungfuls]

"strongest economy" is basically always a misnomer because that concept arose within a capitalist context and refers to economic size and growth, not the economic status of the bulk of its citizens. even looking at per capita numbers is misleading, ESPECIALLY in a nation with significant economic inequality, and if a nation is economically "strong," be assured there's a lot of inequality at play (literally intrinsic to capitalism). it is hilarious to consider oneself left-wing and not know this. sorry for being mean

[stinkrascal]

Genuine question. When will the BG3 spam be over, when everyone finish the game? I like some of y’all but damn

i will be 80 yrs old still talking about this game on my tumblr and you will be right there with me still complaining about how you have to see content you dislike on your dashboard because you do not know how to utilize the unfollow button or the blacklist tags fearure

[queer-reader-07]

i'm sleep deprived and tired so the words may not word properly, but something about how people will say all men should get vasectomies in response to abortion bans feels heavily influenced by the twisted idea of feminism as man hating and the idea that men are inherently bad and always the problem.

like first of all the patriarchy hurts everyone but second of all you don't actually believe in body autonomy if your solution to attacks on reproductive rights is to restrict the reproductive rights of the other half of the population.

[chelemlem]

I can always count on you for objective takes 🙏 what did you think about the Team asking oscar to hold position if he didn't have the pace to catch max

(gshdj ty anon although i didn't watch most of the race so my knowledge is probs limited)

tee bee hech i think tom just tacked on that "do you think you could challenge verstappen" as a courtesy? oscar was on tyres 3 laps older than lando's and at the end of the day a team isn't going to gamble on their less experienced driver for a late-race switcharoo even if he Had said he could do it ! not to ment the subsequent slowing to facilitate any kind of swap would've rendered them vulnerable to george

[cosmoskye]

hello once again pokepasta nation

[hypodermicfroggy]

I swear to god, dealing with writing servers should not be this hard. Surely there are anti-censorship ones not run by right-wing wackjobs. Surely there are ones where someone isn't going to hit you with the "glorify/fetishize/romanticize" trifecta of buzzwords and blanket ban any kind of dark or mature content, even with trigger warnings. Surely they won't do this after the fact and after you had established yourself as a part of the community. Surely there is at least ONE place out there, where they don't act like you're some kind of slavering shithead, just because you depict certain kinds of explicit content.

Surely.

[bahadurislam011444]

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[transsexula]

Remember kids, not voting is only helping the people you wouldn't vote for in the first place. Not voting can be the difference between having reproductive rights in your state, and having none.