#ever make any friends bc no one can do this???

[the-meme-monarch]

telling this to you because you’re the only one who likes the human characters in dandy’s world. but

Sam (sprout’s handler) is the only non-binary character in all of dandy’s world. which had to be weird for them! considering the time it takes place I doubt they were out. with your headcanons of Delilah being loveless aro & Arthur being aro it makes me think that maybe there were a lot of lgbt workers there. maybe they attracted each other to work in this nice place where there’s less judgment. idk I’m thinking

i’d like to start off with this post of mine before i start my damn Dissertation HDHSJSN

and yeah i think working at gardenview was very generally very nice ! i just like to think arthur is very kind, he wanted to make a good kids show that teaches good lessons. and like, assuming the universe of dandys world is otherwise realistic to real life; he’s a black man born maybe the 60s, growing up in the 70s and 80s. he would have witnessed discrimination or had it enacted on him, and Certainly not saying racism just Doesn’t Exist Any More, but he would’ve grown up while segregation was still very prevalent and racism was. louder. in the general -especially white- population. and then w my headcanon of him using mobility aids he would’ve likely dealt with a lot of ableism. and being aroace(though likely just identifying as asexual, as it seems aromantic wasn’t coined until 2005? according to google at least) likely dealing with amatonormativity/allonormativity/heteronormativity/aphobia/or even homophobia bc Well If You’re Not Straight You Must Be Gay. also while he maybe wouldn’t have had direct experience to the aids crisis, he was still Around For It. and then also my hc of him being mixed race. and then All the ways these things intersect with each other. i think he’s shaped by his experiences and just wants Better and to create positive change !

i also have a little headcanon that he used to be a teacher’s aide ! i think he’s always been into drawing and making characters, and so this job is where he decided he wanted to do children’s edutainment :’] my sibling and i have talked about what we think the cartoon may have been like, and i think we figured “somewhere between animaniacs and bluey”

delilah ofc would’ve dealt with sexism, and amatonormativity/etc and shitty comments about how she acts or doesn’t really care to make friends, “being a loner”, or not being “lady-like enough” or god forbid being friends with a black kid. i think she would be queer friendly maybe more because more plainly “what difference does it make/why should that bother me, they’re not hurting anybody” but also bc “they’re still people too” ! I think it’s very likely both her and arthur were raised christian, arthur probably still identifies with it, but i don’t think delilah does. i think she thinks her religious upbringing was a prison NDNSJSNSJ

sam may not have come out to either of them, but i think they felt safe there that maybe they could to at least the other main toon’s handlers <:] and also with them being presumably irish, with their last name being mclaughlin, they would’ve been dealing with bigot shit for that alone i wouldn’t fault them in the slightest for not coming out to anyone ever. regardless i think arthur and delilah try to make sure that gardenview is a welcoming and kind environment that doesn’t tolerate That Shit. i can only imagine the smear campaigns the show wouldve gotten for having a rainbow flower boy protagonist.

also iirc sam is Stated to be nonbinary and using they/them, while looey and teagan we don’t know the specifics of their gender labels but we do know they use he/they and she/they respectively, and i do picture them deciding on those pronouns was a later development, and not a since-creation thing. idk if they would’ve come out to anybody either, or if they did I don’t think they would’ve even thought it was a big deal at all. i think toons in general are sorta just inherently silly little guys that don’t really adhere to human strictures, they think bigotry is stupid they don’t Get how someone could actually think that way

[poppitron360]

Star Wars was probably one of my very earliest hyperfixations so I have a lot of thoughts about this.

- Oh my gods imagine if the cinema in New Rome has a thing where they show really crappy adaptations of Grecco-roman myths (I’ve just finished watching this 80s kids anime about the Odyssey but in space and it’s so full of inaccuracies I wanted to cry).

- Leo saw them in the CORRECT order. Esperanza was RIGHT (I love her sm).

- But it’s so in-character that Jason and Reyna would want to watch it chronologically because bless their cotton socks these two babies wouldn’t know any better and would be totally oblivious that they’re committing nerd sins. (On subsequent rewatches, chronological is better, but for first watch it’s gotta be in release order. You wouldn’t tell someone who’s never seen Harry Potter to start on the Fantastic Beasts series).

- Piper is my irl friends btw. I get way too invested in nerdy arguments like this.

- And they would argue. Not only Leo but Will (who absolutely stands by the 4-5-6, 1-2-3 order) is absolutely MORTIFIED that Jason saw the PREQUELS first.

- Counterpoint- Star Wars was one of Leo’s few comforts in the foster homes and he watched the movies religiously to remind him of his mom but then he got horrifically bullied for it and stopped being able to like it after that.

- Wait the possibility of Tristan McLean being IN a Star Wars movie, the Seven being able to see the set and maybe they find out it’s real and go on adventures and omg crossover fic (probably similar to my “the Seven get hired as bodyguards for the Eras Tour” fic that is still sitting in my drafts bc I need help)

- Yes Asoka Tano for Piper and Luke Skywalker for Leo but also Cassian Andor is one of my few reminders that I still unfortunately sometimes like men so Star Wars is a disaster for any bisexual (and I believe Princess Leia in a gold bikini was a big one for a lot of people).

- Jason insisting on movie nights is so cute and he definitely invites Reyna along bc he is desperately trying to make her feel like part of the group and get her to like his friends. Also Nico and Will join in and then it basically becomes a camp-wide activity.

- Leo made a working MSE droid and you can’t convince me otherwise. Also I want one. The noises the droids make are the best vocal stims and I imitate them all the time.

- OMGS THE LEGO STAR WARS GAMES WERE PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST DEFINING PARTS OF MY CHILDHOOD I LOVED THEM SO MUCH

- Jason and Reyna bonding over silly teen things that neither of them got a chance to do when they were both trying to run a military camp aged 15 is my favourite thing ever I love them

- Honestly I could write a fic where Will and Jason are just nerding out while shenanigans are all happening as part of the background and they’re oblivious. That is living the dream right there.

- Jason’s transformation from awkward, unsure former-soldier to precious nerd boy started when he got glasses but the glow-up has not stopped and I love that for him. Valgrace is so often characterised as the yapper x listener dynamic with Leo being the yapper and Jason being the listener but I love that they can switch every so often so that Jason can feel listened to.

I’m sorry why in the world does poor Jason not remember his own age or last name but know who Darth Vader is

[bisexualgenderfemme]

rly hate being let down & disappointed after getting my hopes up but honestly & truly what am I supposed to do when I approach someone openly & vulnerably & ask to communicate & they basically respond with "ukno what? im good actually."

[starry-bi-sky]

Thinking about the CFAU and marveling at how much Danny and Jason care for one another. Does anybody else figure out that Danny is going to kill the Joker, or is that knowledge Jason exclusive? I can't see Danny being close enough to any other Batfam member to disclose his plans, but I wonder if he drops hints. They're a family of paranoid detectives. I'd be surprised if they don't figure out Danny has a PURPOSE for being in Gotham at some point. Whether Danny's able to disguise it as wanting to be closer to Jason or not is another burning question.

Its def Red Hood exclusive! You're right in that Danny isn't close enough to disclose his revenge plot to any of the batfam members -- hell, not even Sam and Tucker know his true motives for returning to Gotham, and they're his best friends right after Jason! And Red Hood knows only because Danny accidentally slipped up ;].

I do also think that the Waynes kinda think something might be up with Danny -- at least Dick and/or Bruce might since they're the only ones who actually know him beyond brief mentions of him. Tim knows about him due to his stalking, but doesn't really know him -- and Danny plans to keep a healthy, friendly distance from the family so he can carry out his plans.

It's not that he holds any dislike towards them -- quite the opposite. He appreciates what they do for Gotham and recognizes the hard work that goes into keeping their Rogues Gallery at bay (even if he is bitter about Joker, but there's an obvious reason for that) -- but, well. He knows they're the vigilantes, he doesn't want to risk them sniffing out his murder plot before he can even go through with it.

Luckily for him he can excuse any distance he puts between them as just being busy with life and trying to settle in, and they're not close enough to him anymore to find it suspicious. I do think they figure out he's back in Gotham for a reason, Danny's not going to exactly hide the fact that he's back to find some kind of closure -- but what that closure is?

I think the only person who might suspect something sinister going on would be Bruce, who saw the sinking rage in Danny's eyes at the funeral -- it was part of the reason he didn't tell him who killed Jason (beyond secret identity reasons). But that depends on whether or not Danny reveals some of his hand, and the fact that he was still holding onto that rage (somewhat unwillingly) all this time.

[front-facing-pokemon]

[marzipanilla]

Ah yes, friend group watches. it is fun to real time yell about something w someone. scheduling is always a pain in the ass tho lol

Nolan turning the 'you could feel the anger coming off of them in waves like heat' metaphor into a reality. except he's rarely mad, just being petty af. he vibrates during summer near a grass field and suddenly everything is on fire. his non-Art made normie clothes just fucking vaporizing if he doesn't think about it. he shakes his hand to get something off and suddenly his damn sleeve is on fire.

There is a guy who did a whole video about cooking a turkey by smacking it w a robo arm, it's interesting. and like. viltrumites could just juggle raw meat until it stopped being raw, y'know???

I definitely view nearly all if not flat out all Viltrumite technology as stolen. they just. wouldn't have needed so many of the things we think of?? so like, when they take over somewhere new and see them doing all this round about shit to accomplish what their bodies can do they're just like.. lol sure we'll try it out see if its fun. Because why the fuck would they need doctors or medical advancements when getting your fucking head bashed in to the point your brains are out or you know all of your internal organs spilled out of you doesn't fucking kill you?? like ?? surgeon what?? medicine what ?? sterile environment who?

Arguably they had to figure out textiles at some point because they apparently elected not to be naked and having to sort out how to make something that wouldn't get destroyed doing what they do could be important. Though again, why wouldn't they just be naked all the time??? why would they need to cover up at all?? they are armor and can withstand any temp. I guess they would have to keep their children from dying? justify to me why your god monsters aren't naked bc why should they care, Kirkman.

The Nolan v Mark fight, and really just Nolan peeling himself off his life on Earth in general is so delicious to chew on. 'Cause sir you made something! For what I genuinely think is the first time in your life you made something! But the fact you realized you could not keep it forever made you drop it and run away screaming! Because how can something that doesn't last forever be real! Except part of it said no, you fucked up, you still would have had something, it still would have mattered! your son looked you in the eye and said we matter!!

Truly him just... accidentally killing Mark in that encounter like. would he even leave Earth to go kill himself? would he just be laying there unmovable on the side of that mountain because no one knows they can touch him? Debbie goes out to collect Mark's body bc no one else wants to be there.

Does he leave? try to get his shit together and just get more and more unraveled? again part of why I wish fucking Oliver just died on Thraxa... let it be the fucking repeat of Earth. except this time you were trying to save someone and it didn't work out.

I've thought about a Debbie story about Mark dying that fight, as well as him dying on Thraxa, so it's really just her at home slowly realizing that the odds of Mark coming back are just none.

Nolan's books failing bc they sort of just suck as a piece of entertainment is interesting. Like a very niche section of a hard sci-fi crowd are super into them because of the 'speculative' bio of the worlds and the tech for how things work, but other than that? everyone kinda agrees the stories are shit xD 'why is this guy doing all of this. doesn't he ever ask space command why he's out here'... 'no one is this happy to just do a job!! did I miss a part about him being an artificial lifeform???' and 'I just struggled to find any themes in this book.. it was like reading a botany report on plant hybridization meant to be read by other people in the field'

Debbie just keeping towels in the car all the time because of her damp son and to keep Nolan for just boiling all nearby lifeforms while trying to dry his hands. lol

Nolan and Mark just vibing inside an active volcano. Cecil in their ear just like -.- you are here to help evacuate. and Nolan just being like it isn't going to erupt for a minute we're fine. or just like.. could Nolan bear hug something about to overheat and explode and help it cool off?? or would the heat just not transfer to him? or not enough of it?

Mark just full on telling TT to stop being heroes bc they complain about being heroes so much and just them being like !! because ppl will die!! and Mark just being like ??? how the fuck is that your problem?? you're not the ones killing them! and them just sitting down and trying to do the 'great power great responsibility' speech and Mark just being like. but none of you actually have power?? you all seem homeless and without the necessities of food and care you seem to require in order to function??? and them just losing their minds. Rex having his whole suffering is what I'm made for moment and everyone on TT being so surprised at that shit and Mark just being like 'sounds like a skill issue. have you ever tried a lava bath after an industrial grinder massage? does wonders for me'

While all the added storylines of S1 are part of why I like it so much, I am kinda nervous about anything they could possibly be adding at this point in the story xD Like. they need to find a way to actually tie it into what's happening?? I guess they are bc of Mark's ~dark heart (if they're even talking about Mark) but like ??? mmm. do I really need a whole arc about that. I don't think so. them potentially meeting some fun bootleg demons of other IPs would be funny to see.

While I'm not too familiar with the DCU- your batfam meta posts are intiguing- so in transfering some of the broader strokes from them- I think you tackling a 'Mark isn't Nolan's biological son' fic would be fascinating. Sort of a step to the side of the 'what if Mark never got his powers' fic that sometimes pop up in the fandom

OOOOOO chewing on this currently, hm, the much a distinct flavor of exactly what you’re talking about, but the potential for more family drama depending on WHO knows. Does Mark know?? Is he waiting every day only to be crushed? Does he confused non-Debbie features with Nolan’s? I suppose I’m not the most enthusiastic about non-power AUs, but I think there’s something very fun to explore about Mark having to settle with, if he knows all his life, he will never have powers? I think the trajectory of his dreams will obviously shift, I can see him still having that distinct fatherly idolization, but perhaps embraces being useful to the GDA? Cecil’s number one intern—only intern—curtesy of nepotism, ha! There is something tickling me about Mark taking the Robin Route/Role for the Teen Team in terms of having no powers, just insane skills, BUT there’s something way more delicious about intern Mark when s1e01 happens and Mark tries snooping around to find out the truth about what happened to his Dad.

I wonder if, with Mark having a whole another father, if they’re more or less distant relationship, depending on WHEN Nolan entered Mark’s life? Like if Debbie met Nolan later for this, or just for fun, they dated once, separated (Mark being born during then), then they happened to stumble into each others lives again and Mark’s already been born, anywhere from tween to teenager so there’s a gap in how close they are. I feel like one important aspect of the whole Family Drama is how close they’re supposed to be, a functional, loving family turned upside down? So I wonder what more distance does. I wonder how Nolan copes when his family is entirely human and he can’t project onto Mark.

I love thinking about these, omg.

[theygender]

Just discovered the term les4les. Are we really trying to make biphobia cool again

[fbfh]

do you still write for jj?

ooooh not only do I write for JJ but I kiss you on both cheeks for giving me an excuse to talk about one of my favorite obscure JJ thoughts. JJ x ballerina!reader (gn so technically ballet dancer reader, but you do dance pointe and in a more feminine style in pas de deux so do with that what you will)

They thought you were a kook for the first few summers since you clearly went to school off the island. It turns out you're not, you're just a scholarship kid to whatever fancy school you go to (something that Pope LOVES to pick your brain about since he's dying for a scholarship to his dream college)

at some point or another, there's a hurricane. you end up sticking it out with the other pogues. that's when they notice how... weirdly flexible you are. especially JJ. mostly JJ. it started off small, with you stretching a little while you guys are hanging out in the aftermath since the day after a hurricane is always a free day. JJ looked away from you for like two seconds and you just fuckin... dropped into a perfect split. he's surprised by this obviously, but he's more surprised when you seamlessly shift to a split on the other side, then a center split, bending and moving with impossibly flexibility. then a moment later, you're asking him "hey can you grab my leg?" as you stand up and stretch into a scorpion/needle pose. soon you're dragging him out of the room to "help you with something else." he FULLY thinks yall are about to hook up, but instead you put on this beautiful, artsy, erratic piano music, kick off your sandals or sneakers or whatever, and begin moving like a fucking vision.

you're rambling to him while you dance like it's nothing, but his jaw is on the fucking floor.

"This is the solo I learned last semester," you chuckle while spinning like a little figurine atop a music box, or something in a snow globe, or... wherever else he's seen ballerinas in passing before.

"If I'm rusty by the time I get back, Miss Raine will kill me." you chuckle playfully.

after a few moments, you finish, posed delicately on the ground. you look up at him, your cheeks flushed, your eyes glistening with mirth.

"holy fucking shit," he exclaims, making you blush. "goddamn, princess, that-"

he trails off with a disbelieving chuckle.

"That was fuckin' incredible," he says with a breathy laugh, then nudges you playfully, looking at you more closely like he must have missed something all those times he looked at you and never saw this magical ballet fairy hiding inside you. "you've been holdin' out on me." he teases.

"okay, okay, here's where I need your help." you begin, trying not to get too distracted. you reach out and grab his wrist, holding out his left arm palm up. "I'm gonna run at you like this-"

you demonstrate, taking a step forward. his attention is locked onto you even harder from the moment you grab his arm.

"And kinda... kick my leg around," you do just that, so you're twisted around and facing away from him. he lets out a little noise of surprise. you know it must seem convoluted and ridiculous, but you really need help practicing this lift.

"I need you to wrap your arm around me like this," you say, bending forward with one leg extended behind you, the other supporting you, so your stomach rests on his bicep and his hand holds the small of your back. "And then place your other hand right on my ribcage here."

"oh, my hand will be wherever you want it, cupcake." he says, making you roll your eyes at the (only half joking) innuendo.

"okay." you say, taking a step back. "you ready?"

the first few times you walk through it together are clumsy and slow, a mess of limbs and giggles, but eventually you get it. you call your friends in to show them the bluebird lift you've been working on, even having successfully taught JJ how to lower you and do a few basic steps with you to conclude. you both get through it unscathed, and your friends reactions are very similar to JJ (with only slightly less innuendo and teasing from John B and Pope), and as JJ giggles and demands you come at him so he can lift you again, you start to see a lot of potential in him.

maybe, just maybe, you can shape that potential a little more over the summer. your ballet academy always has scholarships for boys available since they're always in demand in the performing arts. you think there might just be a chance for JJ to do a lot more lifts with you.

[sieglinde-freud]

my problem with pokemon team building is that i am very much a “play with your favorites” kind of person and thats fine for casual play except all of my favorites are from the three same exact types and they do very little to cover eachother and it makes me very sad. will be getting walled by the nearest fire type pokemon which is really just embarrassing

[yeonban]

I was thinking there aren't enough memes catered to third parties on this site (ex. two muses talking about a third) which imo make rp flow so much smoother sometimes bc it feels more realistic for interactions to not start & end at only the two people directly involved, but then I realized... blud, you have a meme sideblog. You can literally make your own dreams come true

[trainerethan]

I should be working leaf into my little universe somehow but I just. Don't know. I don't read the manga and don't plan to so I can't even use that version of her for characterisation or backstory or anything. I only like gameverse. In pokemas she's really cute and sweet but I'm not particularly attached to her so I haven't had any ideas for her yet. My singular idea so far was her and red as twins but their parents split and leaf went to live with dad while red stayed with mom.

[articskele]

Thinking about....... Sun Onceler.........

[moe-broey]

While the World's Slowest Slowburn makes the most logical sense, between Kiran and Alfonse. In my heart. Moe manages to find a way to get in an overly handsy way too intimate WAY too soon I just got my ass ghosted or perhaps dumped situationship with Alfonse. In a demisexuality and trust issues honoring way. ALL under Moe's assumption, that "Well he's Not gonna get attached to me so It's Fine."

[skunkes]

what they dont tell you about being incredibly introspective is that you'll think you're done making realizations and then you'll just make more realizations always all the time forever

[martinskiseyes]

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