#even if it was a bit more comedic yk

[apollos-olives]

that anon who talked about the Israelis leaving is 100% correct, I would know because I’m South African and this is what happened. This is the racial demographic of South Africa:

Black African at 80.2%, White at 8.4%, Coloured at 8.8%, Indian/Asian

[coloured is mixed race. It’s complicated to explain, but think of mixed people]

what happened was, after apartheid ended 29 years ago, a huge lot of white people thought that the black people were going to kill them all. “They’re going to kill the boer!” Also, a lot of white supremacists would have rather killed themselves than see POC (especially black people) as equals after everything they had done to ensure that POC would remain in servitude so they left en masse.

White supremacists are the same everywhere, they would rather die than coexist with you, so the Israelis are sure to leave in huge numbers. Instead of focusing on wHaT aRe iSrAeLiS gOiNg To dO”, I would focus on how Palestine is going to focus on citizenship and right of return for diaspora Palestinians, that’s what I’ve been thinking about recently.

yep!! you've said it all. white supremacists would rather die than coexist with the people they've oppressed. that's why the french left algeria, that's why white people left south africa, and that's why israelis WILL leave palestine. yes, some israelis will stay and decide to live with us, but majority of israelis are genuinely racist and cannot fathom staying there with palestinians. and inshallah the world will be our witness to see a free palestine within our lifetimes.

[avellanaslesbianas]

Forever mourning this panel not making it into the anime

[shesmore-shoebill]

braindump of additional smosh vs zombies thoughts after the final episode:

In general, @ the players. Everyone did SO fucking good, okay. All of them I think hit a perfect blend of committing to the characters, trying to make smart choices, but also not getting so attached to keeping their characters alive that they weren't willing to take big swings. Shayne, whose character died TWICE. Was definitely not too precious about keeping his character alive, but like. WOW Courtney Amanda and Spencer all really were unafraid to both try to give their characters growth and change while still leaning into character-appropriate moves.

Amanda especially did such a good fucking job of like. Making big swings that made sense. As Gracie's worms progressed, Amanda actively gave Gracie character growth and depth even while committing to the comedy and horror of the worm infections. Shes so unafraid of committing to the character both comedically and narratively, its a fucking gift.

And of course, Brodie's character being hilarious until the very end coupled with the sacrifice.....

It was VERY satisfying to see Savannah full of (justified) rage throughout the last episode. Aware that she's not being treated well, aware that she's saving everyone's asses and is hands down the most capable person there. And ANGRY about it.

But even when she is angry. She is loyal. She sees a worm under Gracie's skin and- walks away, but doesn't leave, doesn't reveal it. She recieves the key and rages about being left- but still chooses to go after her. She's furious, but still, goes to the research area to get Gracie the cure. She is furuous, she knows she deserves better, she knows how capable she is now. And still she chooses. Gracie. And if that's not wildly codependent pretty toxic vaguely homoerotic gay girlie bffism idk what is.

Also Savannah fucking COOL AS SHIT in this episode. Hello. Action hero shit. Evades the blue worms. Gets the cures. Cures HERSELF. Queen shit.

Gracie's aggressive dedication to her father was obvs played up for comedy but can be so compelling if taken seriously. She doesn't even know how to conceptualize disagreeing with him. She's sure he'll keep her safe and to an extent she's RIGHT. He will. But only her. And in this world that means something different. Unquestioningly trusting him, unquestionably listening to him means something more. Her father asks her to kill Brodie and she basically does. Because she loves Brodie but loves her father more.

(And then they get there, and her father asks her to get rid of Savannah and Gracie doesn't. She doesn't want to.

Actually that alone has me unwell, Gracie tries to kill Brodie at her dad's request and then draws the line at Savannah. yk? yk? yk?)

Its so compelling to have Gracie as a character understand empathy and sacrifice and start unlearning her selfishness in the same moments that she is being devoured by worms and losing her control and humanity. Its VERY compelling. She is finally trying to look inward a bit, and its when being devoured from the inside out. The scene of her in the bathroom, turned away from Brodie, telling him to leave while half her face writhes with worms. She is trying to be better and probably won't survive long enough to actually do it.

Its also very comedic of like. She got some worms that ate her brain a little bit and not only is she not that much worse off, shes actually better as a person. Character development brainworms. Its kind of hilarious.

Brodie's fascination with and love for and dedication to Gracie despite her being terrible to him generally and their relationship being so new was both hilarious and touching in the way of classic horror/apocalypse/action movies. He's at the top of the bunker going "Well i gotta go get my gf!!!!" and its toxic and hilarious and like. vaguely sweet in the tropey movie way. Same thing with the love confession. And same thing with the heroic sacrifice. It was ridiculous, hilarious, dramatic, sincere, and deeply genre-appropriate. Fantastic way to play a romance in this genre with character who are generally pretty unpleasant and are only getting an ounce of growth in, truly, the 11th hour.

And honestly I was obsessed with the dynamic at the end. It was really "Gracie, her boyfriend Brodie, and Gracie's Savannah". No questions about it. It didnt even feel like Savannah would have been thirdwheeling it was just . Of course. Brodie loves Gracie. Gracie loves Brodie. Savannah loves/is devoted to Gracie, until the end. Gracie loves/is dependent on Savannah. Until the end. Obsessed with this. Obsessed.

Gracie saying to Savannah: "thank you for saving my life." Savannah saying: "Anytime." wow.

I probably need to write a separate post about Savannah/Gracie if I want to take their dynamic seriously actually. Its so compelling.

Savannah and Gracie in a nearly-empty shuttle shooting towards the moon together while Earth succumbs to manmade worm apocalypse is not a happy ending, but it also felt so right for both the genre and these trashfires of protagonists. They were all a little self absorbed and rash and foolish. Going to the moon doesn't actually solve any of the issues. The world is still dying by worm. Gracie's father is furious. I don't think Savannah or Gracie know how to fly a ship, much less survive on one? Or the moon. They're probably fucked.

But in this kind of scenario that's as good of an ending as youll get. And if nothing else, wow what a win for codependent toxic yuri-ism. Gracie finally realizing how valuable Savannah is, how much she loves her friends and how valuable it is that they love her- loved her. Savannah coming into her own confidence and still choosing Gracie as her priority- but consciously making that choice. Alone in a shuttle to the moon while the world dies. fucked up. very fun. veeery fun.

[vtoriacore]

Yo! It's me! I was wondering if I could request Ruggie, Idia, Riddle, and Malleus with a significant other who fights people for just breathing in their direction. Like Crowley opens his mouth and their already like "SHUT UP!" And throws chairs at people. I think the comedic potential for this is exponential

✧ alla stocatta (this chair)!

note: this is such a funny fucking concept LMFAO😭 gremlin MC agenda has gotta be my fucking fave they have the power to be so unhinged and i live for it also not proofread because it's low-key 12 am BUT. it's readable so-

characters: ruggie, idia, riddle, malleus

people who reblogged here is a special heart and a kith y'all do the most and ily 💞

♡ RUGGIE

ruggie finds it both amusing and kind of intimidating (and kinda hot but he'll die before he admits this yk) how you literally defend his honour (even when it doesn't necessarily need to be defended) but is he complaining? fuck no! 

half the time he is laughing and the other half is him cheering you on and maybe even encouraging you to do something just a little overboard (nothing that will get you into trouble, and if it does he's usually happy to take the blame) 

the first time he witnessed you literally throwing your broom at leona in joint flight class because he wouldn't stop bitching to ruggie was just about the most hilarious fucking thing he's ever seen and oh- there he goes falling off because he couldn't stop laughing (he stops when you catch him and ask if he's okay though - this mf may think he's slick but is literally reduced to a blubbering mess once he finds himself in a position considered a little too intimate with you) 

the second time he saw you trip someone up because they looked at him wrong, and your silly, sly self simply gave them the most unimpressed look you could muster with a "watch where you're going" 

the hyena was too stunned to speak 😮 no but seriously he found that both hilarious (as always) and admirable because holy shit, you did it so nonchalantly and it looked so fucking cool- he questions how he was even able to pull you (dw ruggie, you've got rizz!) 

he absolutely loves when you stand up for him for more serious stuff though, like if someone's insulting him for his status or for having to work etc. because your no-bullshit attitude actually works so well? you just casually throw a chair at the mf even daring to look at him and his heart goes ✨✨✨ all the while he's laughing and cheering you on from the sidelines. 

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♡ IDIA

at first, idia is fucking terrified! bro is borderline crashing because how the fuck did you have the strength to haul that heavy ass cauldron at the person making a snide remark about him? he was going to say he's NEVER coming to class again but after this, he changes his mind so quick

like, you looked so badass doing that? the savannaclaw loser who tried insulting him barely got two words out and you just- oh wow! he just got the "in love" status applied to him again! 

nah but fr he is literally fucking grinning as he stares at the poor, poor fool laying on the ground and is so fucking smug about it too! 

"that was an ez no scope, didn't even have to be 360 lol'

"idia ily but what"

"it's a roundabout way of saying this bozo stood no chance, you pulled up on him too quick lmao"

at first, he is a bit concerned that you might end up in trouble with someone for doing all this but . . . yk, his money speaks for itself and if something does ever happen covering up wouldn't be too hard so he lets you do as you please

this hades-rapunzel secret love child thinks its low-key hot too, but he'll never admit it and he literally turns bright fucking pink anytime he even thinks this. you tried prying the answer out before, but he pulled out his secret trump card - fainting on you so he wouldn't have to say a thing

idia is another mf to absolutely egg you on as you cause some more chaos, it's getting to the point ortho had to warn you of nearly breaking someone's arm before you stopped. idia was just standing there, the most villainous, evil grin to have ever graced his face; "no, no! let them cook!"

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♡ RIDDLE

riddle. fucking. FAINTS! 

he was NOT ready for that strawberry tart to end up lodged down someone's throat as you victoriously shrugged your shoulders with a "what? they had it coming."

"oh great heavens what have you- where is the decorum? what could have possibly compelled you to-" aaaaaaaand man's down!

when he awakes, he's frantically shaking your shoulders and asking why you would even think that nearly suffocating someone (not really, you pushed the tart far enough they could swallow) was appropriate 

but let me tell you, when he hears it was because they've insulted him and brought his mother into it, he low-key feels light headed and oh wow his cheeks are getting pretty warm huh? 

riddle, in his own spiteful way, actually doesn't probe you on this any longer and makes you promise that you won't do this in his vicinity again

you of course, nod along. you won't do it in his vicinity, but will be perfectly fine exacting your revenge straight after he's out of sight

when you actually end up having a . . . a chair duel. yes, he read that right. (he wasn't about to even question how that came about but nontheless) he ends up both impressed at you exploiting a loophole you've found within his statement and at the fact the person you've just beaten (both literally and figuratively) is miserably sitting on the floor apologising for giving riddle the wrong look at 12:34 AM on the 3rd of march. very specific 

riddle doesn't even chastise you for this one, he is exasperated but does actually pull you away from the scene and thanks you for defending him. this time, he makes you promise to resolve your fights for him verbally, but he won't be stopping you from this point on (it's because he doesn't want to and enjoys you standing up for him)

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♡ MALLEUS

the student walking away from malleus makes him feel a bit bad. so naturally, to remedy this, you end up shouting at them! now they're backing away from you instead, isn't this the meaning of true love? (no)

this silly little very capable of looking after himself fae is fucking over the moon! absolutely smitten! completely in love! when you come to defend him and angrily shout at people for not treating him like a being worthy of respect and love.

he low-key debates proposing to you on the spot after you also somehow manage to get a student to apologize to him for fearing him for no good reason! he appreciates the sentiment and you caring for his well being, isn't that basically marriage already? no? he'd like to digress immediately

malleus does get a bit concerned when things get physical, not that he doesn't trust you to take care of yourself or anything but he worries that you might end up hurt. oh, did you think he'd care for the person you're fighting? or you getting in trouble? nah, he could literally BBQ anyone who even dared harm you anyway and if crowley even thought to step in, he'd soon be reconsidering because he doesn't want to end up an elaborate crow dish

however, on the occasion that you do outsmart your opponent (aka the savannaclaw student who just rolled his eyes at the dragon fae) he feels hella proud and is very amused at your antics. i mean, the way you just psychologically destroyed the fool in front of you for their comment on malleus not even being that good at magift is very sure to leave them questioning why they even bothered coming  out the womb for the rest of their life. 

he is another one that finds it low-key 😳😳😳 like damn, did you always look this badass when flipping someone off for even breathing wrong near him? sane thoughts just weren't made for malleus

[kevinsdsy]

THE TROJANS SOCIAL MEDIA AU HEADCANONS pt. 1

laila dermott

laila dermott is muslim!! i've had this headcanon since i read the king's men for the first time in 2019 hehe and now is my time to push it.

nabil & laila are besties. they're both muslim and both in same-sex relationships which leads to them having an understanding of each other like no one else on the team could have with them.

ntm laila fr was his standing pillar when he was figuring out his sexuality

nabil mahmoud

nabil is gay!! which is something he really had to deal with and accept due to him being muslim too (bc what am i without the religious trauma due to sexuality lore)

nabil and tony are dating each other in the socmed au!! even without the au i would like to believe and headcanon there's something happening there :))

i've written a bit more about them in another headcanon post tho.

antonio "tony" jones

tony is what like a year or two older than the rest? he's an assistant and i'm not sure how old they're supposed to be in the book tbh so i would like to think it's possible or he's an intern (i love him being an intern either way tho so i'm very much leaning into that one)

jeremy knox

JEREMY KNOX USED TO PLAY FOOTBALL (soccer), but due to him playing so aggressively and due to him always being guilty of too many fouls he switched to exy :))

cody winter

cody doesn't know what sleep is and they don't care to find out. they're living on like 2 to 4 hours a sleep a night and surprisingly enough it works for them too.

cody is also SUPER competitive which is why they have managed to be part of the captain gc. their competiteviness has led to them pushing the backliners as much as cody can and the backliners actually listen to them too.

shawn anderson

oh shawn. shawn shawn shawn.

you were supposed to be no one. a random guy on the team.

you exist to me now. i feel like i could make a whole post about just him atp.

shawn was supposed to be comedic relief for the posts i felt were too out of character for the rest of the team LMAOO, but now he actually has a personality (to me)

shawn works a part time shop at a café. even though he's surrounded by coffee at all times and drinks so much of it he's the sleepiest guy to ever exist.

like that man gets about 8 hours a sleep every day and still takes nap, but still ends up with bags under his eyes.

he's always tired for some reason and everyone is so used to it atp. like he will ALWAYS sleep on the bus/airplane, no matter how long the drive/flight is.

but when he's finally awake he's so hyper. he says the silliest things. repeats the same phrases over and over again and has about zero filter.

most of the time the zero filter has to do with the fact he speaks before he thinks. it even catches himself off guard sometimes.

i feel like this is too long and we haven't even gotten into jean and shawn dynamic so i'm just gonna cut it off here and they’ll get another part i think

derrick allen

bro we don't even know who derrick is, but apparently he's someone to me now too.

this man has crazy attachment issues, but is also the biggest simp for shawn too.

he likes going around kissing shawn and making out with shawn, but whenever shawn mentions something serious derrick acts like it's just a joke. which i guess is easy to do, because shawn is always treating everything as a joke anyways. except he's really not trying to when it comes to derrick.

jean falls victim to shawn ranting and crying about derrick. so jean respectfully ignores derrick til he gets his shit together.

and i just realised i have SO MUCH to say about derrick and shawn too so let me cut myself off.

derek thompson

same as shawn and derrick. derek is supposed to be a no one, but here i am and suddenly derek is being perceived by me too

SOOO derek was supposed to be like the third party with derrick and shawn. it was supposed to be the three of them flirting and making out and being little shits but then y'all were asking about derrick & shawn and i decided yk what let's do it. then later the short oneshot was written by oomf and derek got mentioned as the one shawn is in love with and i was like oh... i fucked up the dynamic. but in another universe it would've been the three of them ig

ANYWAYYSS derek takes medication. i haven't really decided on what kind of medications, but while thinking about him i always imagined either depression or adhd or both idk

and i have so many more headcanons for the au, but this is too long so i´ll post part 2 another time :))

[witchinatree]

i'm having so much fun with the new tmagp characters (and i will miss them dearly until april 11th) (side note: patreon members get access on my sisters birthday which is pretty cool) and i don't want to compare them to the tma characters because they are unique and different in MANY ways, i just also notice some parallels

gwen is very similar to jon, she has had a somewhat skeptic attitude but has now clearly been exposed to the horrors (bonzo..) and she's also climbing the corporate ladder if you will. she runs the place, she's grumpy, and i think she's closer to becoming an avatar than any of the others (even sam) (see my other post about it if youd like) (idk how to link it on mobile sorry)

alice and tim are kinda obvious, both comedic with younger brothers and are very susceptible to romantic feelings (sasha/sam). there was a lot more going on with tim and we haven't seen much of that side of alice, so i'm really excited to learn about her backstory and/or traumas. less excited about what that might to do her but yk.. yk..

sam/sasha is the most interesting one to me. sam is curious like sasha was. sasha wanted to know which made her archivist potential in everyone's eyes. sam also wants to know, he'd make a great archivist. except he's not cautious, he's like sasha if she had never worked in the artifact storage. i think sasha's strength was what she had already experienced and what she knew, but she didn't know enough and ultimately that got her killed. sam is going to keep learning until he does know enough, but he doesn't have that prior knowledge to stop him from going too far. very interesting characters from both of them

celia and martin i guess? celia's different since she's not exactly from tmagp

lena and elias because creepy murder boss

and finally colin and gertrude which is kind of insane of me to say but hear me out. gertrude cut out the eyes of book covers and magazines and everything in her home. she was incredibly paranoid she just was also a boss ass bitch about it. i think younger gertrude must've been a lot like colin, but she figured it out quicker and realized what she needed to do to survive. she asked the right questions and took the right precautions. she had the archive full of knowledge. colin doesn't have the archive, he's messing with the wrong thing and he's taking every precaution and hurting himself and those around him (sam's phone specifically comes to mind). i think gertrude was like colin but she had the right resources to get through it

idk all of these are very interesting and it makes me worry a bit, but ofc every character is unique and has aspects to them that change their stories. they're probably still gonna die though, we know jonny sims loves killing characters ☹️

[izzy-prizzy]

Sanji

On of my top character from one piece. People don't give him much credit that he deserves. I remember starting one piece and from his very appearance in Baratie arc, I fell in love with him. He is much more than the other strawhats. Like he's not easily predictable - you see, in a situation, most of the times you can guess how the other characs would react. Luffy will be exicted, Usoop would be excited and joining in Luffy's goofiness and a few second later would be scared (aah i love him sm). Chopper would be following their steps too. Nami would be shouting on them to keep it down or Nami and Usoop's duo would be doing their thing. (bahaha people don't talk about it but nami and usoop's duo is a banger). Zoro would be all calm. other characs etc etc yk right?. - However, Sanji displays the widest range of characteristics among the group. Sometimes he is calm and cool, sometimes he joins in the merrymaking with the goofier strawhats,(remember alabasta arc when they left vivi, how they were all lying around and expressing how they miss vivi and then having a go on zoro) or:

.<-------read this way

aah i love this man sm

sometimes he is love obsessed, sometimes he is a bit of a trickster, sometimes he is stoic and serious, sometimes he can go into a rage, sometimes you can see he is genuinely emotionally hit by dramatic incidents, etc.

Let's not talk about the master mind he is; "Mr. Prince" (man i am still not over it. he was cool af aah..ik i'm down bad).

Despite all of this people just look at him as a comedic relief and a lovesick fool. He's not just the classical nose-bleeder, he has a depth to him. His lines on never hurting women are epic. (remember when in drum kingdom, chopper's island nami fell sick and they were to leave the ship, zoro and he were to stay back but he went. he carried nami all the way. and when they had to climb the mountain to the kingdom and luffy insisted on going alone, lets be real he could've done that alone but sanji still went)

Now lets not just talk about Nami or the Females. Remember when he kicked Luffy for starting to tell Usopp to leave.

He is one of the smartest characters of the crew, he has astonishing tactical abilities, he is one of the strongest despite fighting not even being his official role in the crew - when does he find the time to train? He, like Zoro, has displayed a true will to self-sacrifice and now that we know more about him, he has just overcome so much. He wasn't even talented at fighting when he was little, so he must've really given body and soul to it to be where he is now and we can assume he did for Zeff's sake. Not a part of him is egoistical, not even noble-egotistical.

In a world with stretchy arms, swords, weather stuff and giant reindeer, just seeing a guy light his leg on fire and go to town is great.

HE IS JUST SO GOOD!

um..well the anime watchers you should see the manga Sanji. he's a walking thirst trap. man oda has drawn him like the prince he is.

lets not talk about his fashion sense. man that button down shirt and him in a suit?? damn!

[admirange]

Mcl style contest outfit dump pt. 5

Devil's night

Looked it up if it means something specific. Found out there's a book (?) series with this title, saw some fanarts and every character was in black, kinda military like clothes. Also devil's night was a day on October the 30th or 31th where in some american towns ppl did mischief and vandalism and stuff. At least that's what I read, idk about these stuff. But I continued this thought process and thought the Purge movies would fit with this theme too? The vibe I was going for is a little extra, going to parties, doing whatever the hell she wants, killing, anything. Taki robbed a bank.

Got well ranked with top 20%

Devil's advocate

Took the theme quite literally. But also didn't want to do a normal formal outfit, this is the DEVIL's advocate after all. So sort of formal, but still extremely slack. Taki shows off how rich they are.

Got well ranked with top 15%

Hollow lantern

I used very extra, overly-decorated clothes to give that feeling of those beautifully decorated lanterns. A bronze color would've matched more, but white is what I have. A little over-dressed for my taste, I don't know how to feel about it. I don't expect great ranking with it.

Got well ranked with top 25%

Demonic entity

My first thought was the nun Valak! Did a test run but it's really hard to make a decent nun without cloaks. Give us cloaks pls!! I also thought about the Babadook so I went with that idea after the nun didn't really work out. It's still kind of a mix between those two. Gave her that sunshader because it felt really empty, to have her just stand there. I actually pondered a lot if I should give her that or stay without stuff but I don't know, somehow it felt more sinister with the shader. Maybe just for me.

Got low ranking with it. The podium is a disaster. But not surprising since every second outfit in this theme was a fairy sparkle butterfly princess. Are we familiar what a demon is?

Dragon slayer

Although I watched it like 10 years ago, my first thought was still Fairy Tail... then Lance also came into my mind since yk... he killed his lil bro. Who was a dragon. So he's a dragon slayer. No? Okay. Searched for a picture of Gajeel from the anime and used it for reference. Not a 100% but it wasn't my intention anyway.

Got well ranked with top 28%

Pirate

Harr! The theme song of Pirates of the Caribbean was the ringbell for the end of the class in my school for 3 years. Went for a classic pirate, I honestly don't have much to say about it. I like it!

Got well ranked with top 22%

Ghost

Not much to add, tried to do something a little bit different since it's getting a little repetitive. We had like 3 different ghost themes so far. The goal was to put the whole character in white and look kind of old. The lore is that this is a library lady ghost, I just had to come up with something because yeah. It's getting boring.

Got well ranked with top 22%

Dark rituals

Pretty messy and a lot is going on, but that was my intention. As I said I'm getting a little bored with the clothes I have so I just tried doing a little more chaotic look. She doesn't even have a lore :(

Got well ranked with top 28%

Vampire

NADJA FROM WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS!!!! I can't even describe how much I love vampires. Both portrayed seriously and in a comedic way. I love playing with vampires in the sims and I love forgotten hollow. I love looking like a vampire. The scented wax I'm using rn is called vampire blood. The outfit is obviously referenced from Nadja, but only from my memory. Taki reminded me of Guillermo because of the vest and the glasses! I hope hope hope some ppl will recognize my vision 🥹 this may be my all time favorite outfit so far.

Got well ranked with top 12% (so much only for the basic looks to win again... I saw so many great cosplays, it's so disappointing but not surprising)*

Black widow

Looked up some inspos. I didn't want to do anything extra, an elegant but more tight fitting outfit. She's like the sims we make to marry the rich ones then kill them in the pool. Taki is enjoying their money. Idk about the background, it's something between a rich home and a funeral house? Like she's still at the husband's funeral lol. Spent an awful lot of time creating the outfit and it isn't even my best one.

Got well ranked with top 30%

*I don't wish to attack anyone with this, it just genuinely feels like I'm seeing the same outfits over and over again in different colors. Seems like a lot of people dress as the "color" of the theme rather than the theme itself... I promise a demon does not need butterflies and flowers, red or not it does not fit the idea.

Thanks for reading and/or looking through my creations! <3

[jils-things]

QUEEN MY HEART GOES TO ALL OF YOUR S/IS. but emme and game jaide have my heart so I'm asking 1, 5, 9 and 16 for any of those two beautiful chaos gods ladies 🐗

FOR YOU MY MAN i draw the og girlies 💥💥💥💥 MWA

1. what are the basics of your self insert? name, date of birth, height, etc.?

emerald, or emme for short, then jaide evergreen as you know! their heights tend to be the same for all of my inserts unless said other wise and all of them are 5'2-3 :3 now their birthdays - usually i just assume all of their birthdays to be the same as mine - february 16. but if you REALLY wanna know when they were made exactly, emme was made on november 19, 2022 (WHAT THE HELL) and jaide was made on february 9, 2023... emme is older by 3 months LMFAOOOO

5. does your self insert have any special powers or abilities?

ummm emme can swim to the seafoam islands no life tubes or shit 🙄🙄🙄 i thought you knew that /JJJ JOKES ASIDE i think emme's a pretty brave girl, but she's only brave because she doesn't recognize danger even if she's supposed to by instinct. that's probably why she didn't fear shinto in the first place! i totally see emme to be like ed from ed edd n eddy, she's just a chunk of brick that can't be swayed tbh unless it was glitchy because girlie likes him a bit too much PFPFPTT

jaide is a natural when it come to catching, i would also say she's really smart in reading pokemon psychological behavior (as opposed to jaide STONE. she reads emotions) (jaide studied for it. she was in school for some time unlike red and blue who just jumped straight into battling)

9. who are your self insert’s closest friends?

IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING BUT EMME IS OBVIOUSLY CLOSE WITH THE CARTRIDGE GANG 💥💥 but if we gotta talk about the more canon side, grey is definitely her closest friend - mostly because grey kinda decided to follow her since she was brave enough to handle shinto by herself. i dont think emme has much friends?? (ouch) because she's a bit ... out there and i'd imagine a lot of people are kinda terrified of her but if you actually bother to befriend her she'd like you a whole lot! very compassionate even!

aside from red, blue and leaf (semi canon), jaide interacts with many professors across the region so she'd definitely be close with professor kukui and sonia! many of the professors are a bit too mature for her youthful personality but the aforementioned are totally flexible with anyone 💥 lyra (and kris?) too, thanks to ethan! i can totally see jaide having the most random ass connections just for a comedic bit where someone's like "jaide they know you???" (is probably someone high ranking) and she just winks eheeee yuh huh

16. freebie! name a fact about your self insert you want everyone to know.

PERFECT TIMING, BECAUSE THIS IS SO IMPORTANT TO SAY HERE.

EMME IS A RANGER. I'VE CONFIRMED IT, YES. I ONLY REALIZED RECENTLY THAT RANGERS ARE THE PERFECT DESCRIPTION FOR HER. they're almost like a police equivalent and remember how i'd say she's the type to help look for missing 'mons? yuh. we will expand on the ranger concept from here on out now!!!!

i've always imagined jaide if she was in the games - she acted like your rival except she's your sister and she follows ethan around to tip him and give him necessary things (and maybe is the one to deliver whatever their mom buys using ethan's money PFPFPTT) and you'd have those single battles with her and she would continuously grow to be more proud of ethan, and does meet him moments before the elite 4 heheh maybe there's a sequence where they bond at the national park wiwiwiw yk sibling things sibling things... ate jaide on the way.... <333

[sobeksewerrat]

Okay I need 2 ramble a bit . About how I felt abt Adam for the whole show.

So! For the entire season I just thought of him as an asshole, comedic villain yk. I hated him so much . I never would've thought he would become one of my fav characters lmao. What drove me 2 start viewing him in a more positive light was this fucking part.

Adam softly smiles at Lute in his last moments (his gaze softened ahh moment). I imagined him 2 die in a very comedic way, perhaps even insulting Lute or smth. But no, his expression was so geniune (probably the only time he's been geniune ever) and Lute cried over him. This just made me think like. Oh. This guy actually cares about Lute. And Lute cares about him too. And idk man it just really made me feel bad for him n see him more than just an asshole yk. I also kept seeing art on tumblr where Adam have like emotions n stuff n it just made me love him even more. Which also made me realise he's kinda hot. And then the au happened! This is like the final point which made me completely love n adore him. Sooo yeaj that's how my feelings abt Adam changed over time :3

That is literally just my experience but also with this tidbit from the wiki

[ccrisntok]

I wanna knowbmore about your thoughts on the lil sad meow meow Ace

(this isn't a super in depth character analysis or anything, just the way I think about Ace. It's also kinda stupidly long and very scattered. There's a reason I'm an artist and not Weeby Newz 😔)

Ace as a character fav is a huge outlier for me. I have never liked characters like him before. Like I usually despise characters that are assholes, or annoying, or loud. Like, everything Ace is at surface level.

But, and this is crazy, he's not one dimensional!! Woah!!! (Cannon Danganronpa I'm looking at you.)

And that's why I like him so much. Like, the way he acts makes sense to a degree. Hes full of anxiety, and genuine fear for his life, on top of existing anger issues and and ED, and it all collimates in him acting the way he does. He isn't just act like that for absolutely no reason, or plainly to be a dick. I mean, still, he goes way to far sometimes, and is plain annoying at others, but there's reasons he acts like he does and it makes me unable to actually dislike him. (Ngl. Still pissed off about how he basically got Nico outed publicly, even if he didn't know what Nico's secret meant. And just harassing the shit out of them. He respected their pronouns even after they tried to kill him though so I think it evens out a bit lmao)

Something I've always loved about drdt in general is how human the characters feel most of the time. All of them have subtle (or not so subtle) things that effect the way they act. Rose's sleepiness isn't just for comedic effect, it's her actively trying not to be conscious, so she doesn't have to retain so much information all the time. Hu isn't only motherly by nature, she feels like being motherly is what gives her purpose, and is the only way she can help everyone. Like everyone has layers and I love them all so much :((

But Ace specifically is just. Goin thru it. Like when he loses his trust in Levi, even though it's played for laughs, it's basically him realizing no one can, or will, protect him, and in turn, he starts being even more of an asshole! (which did not end well for the whole self-preservation bit.)

And the redesign he went through between chapters, which actually has a reason instead of just being a plain redesign??? His hair getting dimmer bc his hair dye is fading and his hair has gone grey with stress??? Him developing eyebags bc of his health getting worse?? (Not good things obviously but yk what I mean I hope 😭). Like I'm such a sucker for smart character designs and ofc drdtdev ate with Ace. And every other drdt character. I love their art sm like actually.

Honestly I just need more of his backstory, and a redemption arch. Or like. A trying to be a little nicer arch at least?

I'm not very good at organizing my thoughts but I hope this gave you some insight on my obsession with this fella. Thanks for the ask! (I also love Hajime btw, my second fav SDRA2 character ✨✨)

[thegeminisage]

tng update time. a day or more ??? ago i watched "the outrageous okona" in several bits and pieces, and then last night i caught "loud as a whisper."

the outrageous okona: this one is...fine? i think it seems better than it actually was due to being in the first two seasons in tng

i liked okona and i really liked the plot twist about him not actually doing any crimes whatsoever but instead playing messenger boy for his buds. that part was good. appearances deceiving etc, and he pulled a very clever stunt to get them to admit the truth. unfortunately by the time i started liking him the episode was over. so.

did NOT like the "data can't be funny" plot...like, he did define a joke in an earlier episode, and it frustrated me that he seemed to have forgotten the definition and NO ONE would explain it to him. they just kept going "you gotta feel it bro"

personally, i think if data was told the definition of a joke, and had the concept of comedic timing also explained to him, he could master the art of TELLING jokes, even if he himself never felt or even understood the urge to laugh. it's just ai learning. i guess in 87 they just hadn't conceived of it.

i did like the part where guinan was like just bc you cant laugh or make other people laugh doesnt mean you're not human...it was kind of the narrative to want to be accepting of his differences...but at the same time the whole premise felt so terribly unfair to him it's not enough to save it

also, the jerry lewis moment has uh...aged. a lot of those jokes aged

speaking of data, he had several good ace moments in this episode. "sexual attraction is not a part of my programming" and "i don't believe it's true that the act and emotion of love are the same thing" etc etc. i don't know if i believe in ace data because again you cannot be making the robots ace but i do deeply respect people who do and i'm happy for them that this was in this episode. if stuff like this keeps happening you could win me over maybe. MAYBE.

loud as a whisper: WWWWOW 10/10 EPISODE.......a rare win for early seasons tng......

first of all, that one guy speaking through those other people was COOL. like at first it was a bit creepy, are they his thralls or what, are they ok, why does he keep flirting with deanna in the workplace, but after it was explained that they were interpreters and after riva got angry that picard spoke to them instead of him it was like. YES. this is the shit. his interactions with deanna became a lot less skeevy once you realize his interest is genuine and benign and he's not some megalomaniac psychic nutjob

his conversation with geordi...like yes it's a little on the nose to be like "my disability is part of me and i like who i am so i like my disability" but this was 87. some people hadn't gotten it yet. i mean hell a lot of people still haven't yk

offering geordi a cure out of nowhere when they previously said it was impossible is wack BUT I DID REALLY LIKE that even though geordi's condition causes him chronic pain he still didn't leap at the chance to have his sight restored. like that's his way of existing and being alive and nobody would choose to change it on a dime unless it was causing them nothing but abject misery...like it's such a nice way to communicate that geordi values the different way in which he sees the world

not to be like sooo personal on a fucking tng liveblog post and definitely not to be like "being blind is exactly the same as x" bc it's absolutely not but things like being ace or having adhd/a multitude of other mental illnesses have caused me so much FUCKING grief over the years but if someone came along and offered to magically fix me like...it's such a fundamental part of Who I Am and how i experience being alive that if i was fixed i might not be me anymore and you can SEE THAT like you can quite literally see the gears turning in geordi's head and it's so fucking good. i love geordi so much he's my best friend

today i still have to do "the schizoid man" and "unnatural selection" hopefully before 730pm where we will finally do "a matter of honor" and "the measure of a man" together. AUGH

[causticsunshine]

The way Twitter gays jumped to hype up John Cena a cishet guy who wore a skirt for a comedy film he stares in and will most likely be the subject of the joke while also hating on and invalidating H whom they believe to be cishet because when he wears more feminine clothes it’s “appropriating” should be studied.

yk i wouldn’t be so apprehensive when a mass of internet gays are shown being supportive of (insert confirmed cishet / presented cishet public male figure wearing or doing something seen as traditionally femme-coded) if this kind of supposed widespread support weren’t actually so rampantly case specific.

(liiiiike besides everything with harry, how people constantly comment on how sam smith shouldn’t be wearing xyz revealing thing because of their body type—let’s give it up for fatphobia on top of the queer judgment woo!)

and i’ll fully admit that i have a bit of fucking beef with perpetually online queer people—like in the actual sense of the phrase; not people who’re just socially online a certain amount—especially the highly vocal variety who seem to see themselves as our esteemed communal speakers when all they do is write shitty hot takes on twitter and comment flood hate messages to other people they deem as not actually valid or for somehow doing queerness ‘wrong’ 🚬

like a lot of the people in this especially vocal group who come for harry and other people similar to him—yk, individuals freely and continually expressing themselves without the constraints of gender norms/binaryism limiting them…. like how dare they 🙄—actually end up preaching more regressive rhetoric aligned with harmfully close-minded groups they claim to be against simply by trying to step on and police who is and who isn’t allowed to identify a certain way, or who can and can’t wear something, all because of some bullshit reason like their body type, body shape, other things they may wear or have worn, how they identify to the public, etc.

their selective acceptance really is more harmful than it is helpful and when called out, they either don’t give a shit about that at all, or are fully delusional in thinking they’re truly helping weed out the ‘fakers’ who only use queer culture and aesthetics to come off as ‘interesting’ or whatever the hell it is they actually believe… idk because i can’t track what it is they wrongly call their ‘logic’ lmao

specifically in harry’s case, because he can never seem to catch a break from even his own fans, i really want to ask these Losers of Gatekeeping: okay, but bitch why ??

like, why (and how) are you so sold on harr’s shoddily-crafted cishet playboy narrative when he’s consistently contradicted that story for YEARS, that you use it as your primary evidence as to why he supposedly deserves so much harassment from people? or do you instead see him as a willfully closeted artist, and instead use that as cannon fodder for your constant criticisms because people who’re closeted in any way are just self-hating liars who shouldn’t receive understanding or empathy?

there’s just… so many things i want to ask them that has to do specifically with him (just to start) that come out to: okay, but why?

and regardless of the truth behind the john cena skirt and heels situation—and i shouldn’t be hopeful but i also don’t want to imagine that crossdressing jokes are an actual comedic thing in 2023, so fingers crossed it doesn’t become a jokingly misogynistic kind of bit—it really comes to show how selective acceptance and support seems to come from a rather large section of the online community, specifically the queer online community, and how this selective support and in turn toxic gatekeeping and judgment can so easily make the community a far more unsafe place than it should be.

and unfortunately, while it’s bad enough harry is so consistently the easy target for this malicious behavior, he isn’t the only victim of it and it makes me actually fucking fearful what these losers think of more everyday gender-challenging people, because i don’t think their criticisms are at all just contained to people in the public eye 😔

[adetheenby]

i watched the first three episodes of ofmd of s2 and i have a lot of thoughts that i dont really see anyone talkin bout so far, okay before you read this this is my OPINION i know duh it is but some people need to hear that, but if you do disagree with some of the stuff im saying id love to have a normal discussion bout it bc after all its fiction not that serious

might be a bit of a ramble but im making it your problem now

okay so i binged s1 like yesterday and i LOVED it its so funny and good and lucius and the whole crew being very found family was awsome

ending wasnt as bad as i had seen people say, but now overal i really liked season one for just being silly and being a comedy and not taking itself SUPER serious

season two so far i really dont like the direction they are going , let me just put some of my more specific thoughts here

1 im tellinging you NO reason to introduce us to new love interests for the one will they wont they couple, i really hope they stay just friends now since otherwise it has just complicated it so much

2 Zheng, just her whole deal i feel like it again just over complicates it so much now they have either A. an antaganist whos really powerfull and smart and is now personally connected to one of the crew so its gonna be messy if they meet again and they really wouldnt beable to just easily fight her off and while in season one yeah the brits were a threat it was never THAT serious they always had a backup plan and the brits were just fuckin stupid and not being treated as really competent and while yes they did have a more serious scene when they had to get the acts of grace n stuff it wasnt full episodes B. shes a one off and would just feel very mediocre and veryjust made to be a conflicting love interest

3its a bit to serious and lacks the charm it had and has taken away aspects of characters that made them likeable to begin with, blackbeard an unserious pirate whos bored with his life and doesnt directly kill, now so far we see him fucking over his crew and being horrible to them like we are glossing over the fact he was cutting off a guys foot for evertime he spoke up against him and murdering an entire wedding for shits and giggles and not even caring when someone on his crew dies and sure its fiction but i dont know how he can be truly redeemed because i dont think they are gonna let him be bad and are already setting up stuff for him to be redeemed

theres probably more but yk

ON TO STUFF I DO LIKE

1 lucius being back oh my godddd i love him hes my fav character for sure and stedes and his talk about opening up a bit was while kinda ehh a bit sweet even though i feel like it was kinda bs because we dont really see stede bottling up big things like that at all sure he thinks he cant be more then a scared rich boy but yk thats really not that bad back to lucius again i love him i hope as the season goes on we see him heal a bit and get back more of how he was in season 1 nd before anyone says it I KNOW big trauma and how it fucks you up and changes you , been there done that but i still dont completely change and as i healed more which im still doing i was becoming more like my old self again and lucius is such a comedic character i hope they use him well this season:)

2i liked the little story line of them just living with spanish jackie and saving up it was sweet even though it was short, because they arent technically a crew they could all just go their seperate ways yk??? but they dont they CHOOSE to stay, i loved in season one when he had to prove to be a real pirate everyone desperately backing him up incontrast to the first episode where they were planning mutiny

3LUCIUS AND PETE REUNITING i love them and i hope they get to be a happy couple and dont break up bc if they do i will RIOT

4jims haircut, thats it just love the haircut

5 love the crew found family way its very sweet to see both the crews go with that like bonnets whole crew sticking together though they dont really have to and even though blackbeard was being fuckin horrible his crew still had eachother and tried to help and cheer eachother up its way more gloomy then the other crew but i still loved it

EDIT: just realized i love how sstupid the mermaid scene is i REALLY hope this means they will return to the normal humour they had now they they have established the more important stuf like the characters being all together again

love to know what yall think

[futurefind]

plots please!!

⤏ send me “plots please” / accepting ! // @heartwilled

I'm gonna do it a bit of a hodgepodge of Stuff, bouncing around between what I'm focusing on as a starting point bc mumu v mumu belorbos so dwai (consistency) BUT, HERE WE GO:

Zelda (BotW): I was going to say 'shared nerdery with Rea--' but. but lol nope SHARED NERDERY (ISH) W ALL MY MAIN GIRLS TBH??? Rea's a general NerdTM of all sorts, and loves LoreTM, and would happily trade notes and hints on magic or tech (i like her as a mage in loz but no specifics abt it beyond that oop); Mara is grumpy and jaded yes BUT shes a mega gearhead and v smart abt strategies n logistics and could absolutely 'begrudgingly' help out w exploration or tech study even tho she lives for nerdery; Sasume is not a nerd BUT she could provide ample fuel For nerdery/curiosity LOL. 'magic choosey sword that gives water + firebending and also weirdneat physical buffs on top of utilitartian benefits of free water and/or heating and also pseudo 'living' constructs'? much for zelda to poke about. bonus points bc shared uh Legacy isms if from vastly dif contexts :'3

FE Lords & MUs: not a plot-plot persay but i think handing them a Leeroy Jenkins shonen protagonist who can do controlled arson (Sasume) has lots of comedy potential. yes she's op yes she can solo shit comedically but also ??? (technically this works for all FE charas but non-lords or mu's ARENT In Charge or having to worry abt the logistics of managing her, so :3). (More seriously there's any integration of 'the Oshima PlotTM', wherein Sa's mom had sliding scale of concerning Plot RelevanceTM last generation and now she's reaping the consequences obliviously but. Much in same way any FE can suffer from leeroy jenkins puppy exposure, Oshima PlotTM bs can... technically go anywhere??? not just FE? but uh FE has more intergenerational plot/deets than other media might, so)

Mara: I don't have anything Too specific, esp given how non-explored / developed her FE verses are but also. She's got a Saber or even Jeralt level of jadedness and general hypercompetence but... also she's still a 20-smth/completely in line w the rest of the cast. Just aged way more due to just offscreen anime bullshit (hj) and buying into her ex-career as a child soldier. (Suffice to say, her main verse is a FF7 ex-SOLDIER which. yeah. iykyk but it sure explains A Lot if you do!) Smth smth teach the crabby hypercompetent grump abt the power of friendship and not just stratagems yk !!

Rea: not actually New plots but i gotta give a shoutout to the already-initiated Ochs Effect or suffering in a class full of nobles with Dorothea or having gone to magic school w Annette yk??? Gotta do it !!! >:3

[opalsiren]

we were really robbed of zane's friendship with emma, cleo, and lewis like. emma teasing him about his past as a jerk and he teases her about how it took transforming into a supernatural creature for her to become slightly less uptight. zane actually apologises to cleo for the business with the zodiac, and she makes some half-hearted joke about how if he never sent her out in the boat they never would have become mermaids. initially lewis bonds with zane over finally having a guy friend in the group, only for them to come to the mutual agreement that being friends with girls is much better and way less violent. zane helping out every month during the full moon, taking his zodiac out to mako island to hang at the moon pool, maybe even vouching for charlotte during the drama since he never would have abandoned his former ways if rikki didn't give him a chance like. let zane be friends with emma, cleo, and lewis 2k21.