#gotta formulate opinions

[f0xgl0v3]

Thinking about Menoetius, Prometheus, epimetheus, and Atlas…

[elizabro]

it’s gotta be sacrilege that I think ‘is this it’ and ‘room on fire’ are kinda monotonous. last nite’s always a classic but I don’t know if I’m super into particularly any of these tracks

[askthehcc]

anyone have thoughts on apples they want to share?

Skizz: Solid fruit choice, in my opinion. Crisp and sweet. Refreshing. A great shape.

Skizz: How about you, Imp?

Impulse: I mean... yeah?

Impulse: I don't have a lot of opinions on apples specifically?

Skizz: Well that's your problem, dude. You gotta learn to formulate these things on the spot.

Skizz: A word of advice, if you wanna get ahead in business - and in life, mind you - you gotta learn to be strong in your convictions.

Skizz: Right now it's apples, but what about next time? What if someone presents you with a product and asks for your thoughts right then and there.

Skizz: They want to know your thoughts at that exact moment, what do you say?

Impulse: I've got an opinion on you right now, if you wanna hear that instead?

Skizz: ...

Skizz: You know what, apples are fine. They're fine.

Impulse: Mhm. That's what I thought.

[lithuanianking]

Do you have any outsiders headcanons-

@hatter-holding-tea don't know why you keep pretending i don't know it's you

I may make a little mini fiction about this cause I got the bug if there's a demand

I vaguely based this off of randomly generated headcanons because it takes me 30 years to formulate an opinion on characters I like after I indulge in my little obsessions. But dw i expanded in them alot so hopefully it won't be too Cliche

Two-bit is a very skilled artist. He's no van gogh and he can only really copy things and not create original works,it's because he drew characters from comics, mainly Archie,for his sister.

He doesn't tell anyone about it since there's really no need to and it doesn't go well with being a greaser. He can dish it out but he can't take it. But when he starts dating Marcia he starts opening up and eventually draws her.

Dallas steals a lot of his clothes,no surprise,but what is surprising is it's from his friends. More accurately those who's he's been in the house of and really less of his friends and more of their dads since he's way bigger than the rest of his friends . A pair of Darrel Sr ‘s shoes from the Curtis house,a jacket from Steve's dad,A belt from Johnny's and so on. It usually gets the last two in hot water and it was funny to the first,until Mr. And Mrs. Curtis passed away.

Steve used to have a dog. Some mutt leftover in a “free puppy box” left on some random street corner. It reminded him of Johnny in a way,and when he whined at him he couldn't leave in behind. He loved that dog and it loved him. Until one day while he was at work the dog chewed on Steve's Dada shoes. When he got back the dog was dead.

Darry is oblivious to any and all romantic interests someone may show them. There's been tons of girls (and even guys) who've come on to him. He was more aware of it when he wasn't working but now he's too busy to notice.

Sodapop sings at the top of his lungs in the shower. It's random songs and he's not particularly good at it. It's annoying every time but especially when he gets home real late.darry just turns off the lights in the bathroom whenever he'd Start so he'd think the power went out and it used to work.until after 5 times soda wised up.

Ponyboy can't sleep in complete darkness. He's always gotta have either the door open a crack or the curtains open. Luckily soda can sleep through anything and the house never seems to get too dark.

Johnny loves books and just stories in general. He enjoyed it when they read Romeo and Juliet in class and all that stuff. Unfortunately, unbeknownst to him, he's dyslexic and that's why he can't read too well on his own.

[porcelain-gal]

we have an alter who is interested in shifting , others in the system are content with where they are , but they are not .. do you have any tips for them ? ( their name is ciel btw ! )

MY PERSONAL ADVICE this is a direct to ciel (if that's alright! if not i'll change it) so i'll be using you/your/you're language in this! :3 keep in mind that i am not the best with words and i don't know everything since i'm still trying to revamp my own shifting journey and learn more about shifting in general! i recommend doing some personal research too on sites like here on tumblr, reddit, youtube, and amino!

first, let's talk about the difference between the 3D and 4D. i'm going to quote this amino post for the explanation!

"3D = the 3D is the physical plane. it contains everything you feel, see, hear, smell or taste. your body is physical, the world around you is physical. that's what you guys call "reality". well, surprise surprise, you are wrong. it is not the reality. it is the physical world. nothing more and nothing less."

"4D = the 4D is the actual reality. we do not see it (because we only see on the physical plane because that's the job) but it's extremely important. that's the place where our subconscious lives. every thought and assumption belongs to the 4D and so the reality gets created. everything you want gets added and you have it immediately. it only works in your favor! your subconscious only works in your favor. that's literally its job. to make you happy, keep you healthy and give you everything you want. very easy."

and that may sound confusing because you may daydream about fantasy worlds and such which is considered the 4D but those daydreams don't happen in reality for you. the reason why that is is because you are not affirming and persisting on that being your reality. you're just thinking about it for fun.

to shift, you simply affirm and persist with what you're affirming, you ignore the fact that you may not have or get it in the 3D and keep pushing said affirmations anyway and then boom, you have it. at least that's how i perceive it which ties into what i'll say next.

my biggest piece of advice is that you have to be aware that your journey is your journey and that shifting is what YOU make it to be. remember that thing i mentioned about affirming and persisting? yeah, that applies here to. if you constantly affirm that shifting is so complicated and difficult, it's going to be complicated and difficult. however if you affirm that it's easy as blinking or moving or walking or anything else, then it will be that easy. YOU MAKE YOUR OWN JOUNREY AND REALITY.

i personally myself hold this belief and apply it to both my manifestation and shifting journeys and it's worked very well for me (in regards to manifestation since i'm just now applying that to shifting.) i'm also an avid subliminal user so i also use those as well which definitely helps me (the majority are on youtube and there are THOUSANDS of subliminals for shifting and such. they essentially do the affirming for you, you just gotta do the persisting and disregarding the 3D part.)

in a nutshell, you just gotta make your journey and beliefs what you want them to be. do some trial and error, see what you like and what works for you! if you see shifting advice you don't like and don't want to apply to you, then don't let it! don't be afraid to be selfish about your shifting journey either because it's literally all about you and what you want!

but anyways, that's the gist of my advice! i'm gonna link some resources down below that may help you out and i wish you a lot of luck on your shifting journey, ciel!

RESOURCES THAT HAVE HELPED ME these are links to some of the stuff i've seen that have helped me with my journey and they may help you too! there's also some other stuff as well like scripting help and stuff! again, i do suggest looking for your own resources and formulate your own opinions and beliefs on other sites and by other creators!

. . . IMPORTANT

friendly reminder

ignore the 3d ≠ emotionless

"act as if you have it" hell no.

reminder about grounding in regards to shifting

you're not "going" anywhere, you're becoming aware

. . . LOA AND SHIFTING

be delusional!

shifting simplified

using the law of assumption to shift

law of assumption vs law of attraction

. . . SCRIPTING

reminder that scripting is NOT necessary! you can shift w/o scripting! :3

how to script

apps for scripting 1

apps for scripting 2

apps for fake socials

. . . XTRA

shifting method masterlist

manifestation opinions by honeytonedhottie

divider credits (ignore if u don't wanna see the divider under this)

if anyone else has some advice as well, feel free to drop some in the comments!

[alaskan-wallflower]

HIYA EHE- so for your fantasy au, do people (specifically socs) pull on the Curtis’ wings and tails? Idk I just feel like they would because it’s the easiest way to bug them. I DONT THINK ANYONE WOULD MESS WITH DARRY- because my guy is BIG- but Soda and especially Pony are on the table, though they can very well fly away if they are bothered 🥲

I feel like one time a few socs surrounded Pony (this would replace the jumping scene in the book, because I have no logic 🥲) and they’d find some way to tie his wings together, and instead of trying to cutting his hair, they’d try to cut (the already) small antlers he has

((THIS AU IS SO COOL-)

Awh thank you-I gotta formulate the AU so it has an actual plot that isn’t just “book characters but fantasy” but y’know-

But YES-they would definitely try on Darry ONCE while he was sleeping or at work (he has tail feathers alongside a tail) and they tried to pluck one of his feathers but he literally nearly burnt them to a crisp. So they never tried with him again (also because he’s like…sixty feet tall and does not play around)

But they’ve definitely plucked Soda’s feathers and cut his tail before he could get a chance to shock them. They also try to distract him while he’s “cloud managing” to try and get him to “overvolt” which leads to him just being unsafe to be around people because he’ll shock anybody who comes into contact with him so he has to hide until he can charge down and actually absorb everything. But they definitely try to tie his wings back but he has a mean kick when you piss him off and has sent a soc to the hospital.

And with Pony like in my post before, his antlers and hooves are made from prisms, which the Socs obviously really really value. Do they probably would in all honesty try to tie his wings-maybe they even try to clip them but they barely make a dent before the rest of the gang shows up. He’s not all too menacing since he’s still learning about his powers and doesn’t have his parents there to help him (and glowing in the dark isn’t too tuff in his opinion-i’ve gotta give him a useful power set) but they’ve definitely cut into his hooves or tried to declaw his back talons (also made from prisms) and it gets worse when he gets older actually because his antlers grow and it’s easier for them to cut pieces off.

This au is really fun and if anyone wants to talk about it i mean…hmu

[niklausie]

What are your TVD notps? 👀

you sent this almost a week ago but I’ve been holding on so I can best formulate my thoughts 😭 as eloquently as I can put it:

marbekah

this hurts me bc I love marcel and I love rebekah and in another world with better writers I can see them, but alas……. there’s no getting around the fact that she practically raised him with klaus. not even the actors’ incredible chemistry can make me overlook the fact that rebekah’s an adoptive aunt to him. even if she didn’t raise him and had moved to new orleans when marcel was an adult, it would still be weird considering klaus was a father figure to him.

maybe if they had met in TO instead, I could be ok with it bc they wouldn’t have known each other when marcel was a literal child. by the time TO takes place, marcel no longer thinks of klaus as a father (for the most part rip the show is so fickle about that) so naturally klaus’ siblings are not thought of as marcel’s family too. either way it’s a mess and way too kind-of-incestuous for me.

delena

I mean. yeah. I teeter between despising damon and liking him as a villain like 5 times a day. he was much more enjoyable to me for most of s1 until the last couple of episodes, but I hate how he’s pushed as a main protagonist at the expense of pretty much every other character, including elena. her character assassination to justify picking the man who compelled, harassed, disrespected and forced himself on her and her friends—it makes me see red. man killed her brother bc she didn’t let him forcibly kiss her while she was dating his brother and I’m supposed to think that’s true love?

the biggest problem I have with damon is that the writers want so badly for him to be seen by viewers and characters as redeemed… yet they do absolutely no work to make that happen. instead of evolving damon as a person, they retcon stefan and stelena. they regress elena until she’s barely recognizable. they villainize characters he’s abused and who hate him, like caroline in s4. I could talk about this for hours but I genuinely get angry thinking of how fucked the show gets bc the writers refuse to change one fucking character for the better and truly redeem him or commit to him being shitty and have him recognized as a shitty person.

that’s why I hate to see people comparing him to klaus bc there’s no way you think they’re anything alike. at the very least klaus is self-aware and isn’t automatically accepted by everyone around him just bc a girl chose him over his brother.

klamille (kind of. it’s complicated 😭)

LISTEN. listen to me. I fully recognize that klaus had big feelings for her and probably would’ve grown to really love her if they’d had more time. but in my humble opinion cami outgrew her usefulness and relevance to the plot before s1 was even finished. I love me a good “I can fix him” storyline, but they just…. fell flat to me. my man had some fantastic moments expressing his affection for her but they were few and far in between to make me root them him and cami specifically and not just him alone. she’s always felt like a self-insert the writers didn’t know what to do with, and I have no time for that 😭

all that when klonnie (and even klayley) was right there and had all the potential and chemistry in the world, don’t waste my time fr

jeremy and anna

boring. yawn. dated for like a week in cannon and I’m supposed to believe she’s his first love and worth cheating on bonnie with? at the very least have him cheat with the ghost of vicki, who he actually knew and loved for years, not some rando. to think bonnie brought this loser back to life TWICE at her own expense and literally died for him… julie plec when I get my hands around your throat

matt and rebekah

she could do so much better. that’s really all there is to it. I know she wants to be human and that’s the whole point of her arc in tvd and most of TO, but there are 8 billion people on this god forsaken earth. there’s gotta be a better regular ole human man out there who’s deserving of a woman of bex’s caliber. there has to be…

I could probably think of many more but I’m late for class lmao mayhaps I’ll return for another rant

[sprunkimortality]

What does everyone think of Calvin? Do any of them find him annoying? Especially with the ninja thing?

Oren: "Lil' dude's pretty cool, I'll give him that." Raddy: "I see him a lot. He and the other Sprunklings keep horsin' around on my lawn. I don't care if he's a ninja, he better get his paws off MY backyard." Clukr: "Ah, yes, Jevin's younger brother, correct? Well, I can't quite formulate an opinion on him, I don't see him often. Additionally, I've highly discouraged children from entering the laboratory, which is where I reside on most days." Fun Bot: "Haha! I'm the only one who can catch him in tag!" Vineria: "I feel like his vibes are totes different from Jevin's…genes are weird sometimes."

Gray: "He's alright. I play along with him." Brud: "Moss…?" Garnold: "I don't know him too well, but he seems like an alright kid. Wait, that's Jevin's little brother? Jevin? Seriously??" OWAKCX: "…" (doesn't know who Calvin is) Sky: "Heh, he thinks he's all cool and tough. It's cute."

Mr. Sun: "The little Ninja! He's got quite the imagination and agility!" Durple: "Oh, that little bugger! We are quite similar, you know, playing such extravagant roles with our costumes! That reminds me…I must REALLY give him a new ninja suit! The one he's wearing right now? No offense, but it looks like a RAG. He deserves a real suit, like the ninja he really is!" Mr. Tree: "Sweet little boy…careless of his own steps, yet beaming with youthful joy." Simon: "Calvin is a fun little guy! I'm surprised that he's related to Jevin at all! 'Cause, gee, if I gotta be honest, I woulda thought Jevin adopted him from somewhere! But then he showed us their family photos, and…they're related! Wowzers!" Tunner: "He's a spunky lil' rascal. I remember how shy he was at first, but now that he's gotten over it, he's a lot more lively now. Good on 'im."

Mr. Fun Computer: "He's one of those Sprunkies who come to me to ask questions! Other than that, I don't see him a lot. Father Clukr doesn't like it when he enters the laboratory unauthorized." Wenda: "Okay, so like, HOW is he related to Jevin?? They're so different! Jevin's like, spooky and weird, and Calvin is- well, he's still weird, but he's not spooky at all. How do you even-?!" Pinki: "Heeheehee~! He's so cute! Little ninja! Jevin's so lucky to have him as a little brother!" Jevin: "Oh brother of mine, he's quite a delight. Our demeanors contrast, but changes not our past. Though he is technicolor, he is still my dear brother."

Black: "I don't know why people are surprised that he and Jevin are brothers. Siblings don't always act like each other. I will admit though, I didn't expect him to be red. But then again, maybe one of their parents is red- or someone down the generational line. Whatever. Calvin's fine, I suppose. I wouldn't say annoying, though. He's a child. Allow him to be one." Saves: "He is…the ninja child, yes? Hmmm…he's quite pleasant to be around. I can't quite keep up with him…but I like to watch over. Reminds me of my own youth, when I…I…um…oh, I forgot." Ciqu: "He abides. No strong opinions." Sprinkles: “Calvin? Oh that’s easy, he’s my best friend! We’ve been friends ever since I could remember. He’s so cool, especially with his ninja uniform! I think he’s like, a superhero or something! But what’s funny, is that I’m one of the only few people who’ve seen his face, and don’t tell anyone I said this, but…he’s SUPER cute!"

[cowboyemeritus]

Day 22

Prompt: Shibari and Rimming

Pairing: Aurora/Reader

Tags: shibari, rimming

Notes: aurora ghoul my pretty pretty princess <3

In your oh-so humble opinion, Aurora looks her best like this: face down, ass up on your bed.

Looking at her now, you can’t help but lick your lips, admiring your handiwork. Her arms are bound behind her back in a series of intricate knots, the baby pink rope wrapping around her chest to frame those beautiful tits. She’s a squirmer, so normally you would have her legs tied together as well. Tonight though, she needs to be wide open for you. If this goes well, maybe next time you’ll borrow Cirrus’ spreader-bar.

“Feels okay?” You ask, tracing the rope around her wrists with your index finger. “Not too tight?” Of all your playmates, she’s the pickiest, still adjusting to her new vessel. Aurora nods, smushing her face into your pillow. You get butterflies, knowing that when this is over, your sheets will smell like her for days.

“‘S good,” she says. There’s a playful, but wicked glint in her eyes. “What are you gonna do to me?”

Oh, what a perfect little Jezebel she is.

“Make you feel good, of course.” On your knees, you walk yourself over to her. “Though, I thought we could try something new.” Aurora raises an eyebrow.

“Oh?”

“Mm-hmm.” Your patience running thin, you grab two handfuls of her ass, gently massaging the cheeks, then spreading them a little. “Has anyone ever eaten you out here?” Her face immediately flushes, but the way her thighs squeeze together is not lost on you.

“N-No.” Your chest swells with pride at the prospect of being the first to have her like this.

“Is that something you might like?” You look over at the strap on your nightstand, formulating a backup plan. “No worries if not.” You give her a moment to mull it over.

She nods. “I wanna try it.” You feel ecstatic, but do your best to play it cool.

“That’s my girl.” You reach around to her front, teasing your fingers up her thigh in the direction of her cunt. Aurora shivers. “We’ll take it slow, m’kay?” She gives another nod. “Excellent.”

She’s already wet, practically dripping for you, when you finally find her core. Gathering her slick to ease the glide of your fingers over her clit, Aurora groans, hips bucking as you rub lazy circles over the bundle of nerves. She’s just so wonderfully sensitive. You continue like that for a bit, enjoying the symphony of little noises you pull out of the ghoul. “Feels nice, baby?” 

“Oh, yeah. Fuck, yeah.” You huff out a little laugh, already salivating.

“How ‘bout we make it even better?” She whines when you withdraw, lowering yourself down so that you’re lying in your stomach, propped up on your elbows. Aurora is so small that like this, your face is level with her pussy, slick and swollen with arousal. Unable to stop yourself, you lathe your tongue over it, savoring the taste of her. She moans, fists clenching behind her back. Slowly, you work your way up. Her whole body tenses when you find her perineum, but she gives no indication she wants you to stop. Experimentally, you press into the spot, and she makes a louder, more drawn-out noise.

“More,” she begs.

It’s impossible to deny her. Grabbing her once more by the ass, you spread her cheeks apart. The tight ring of muscle twitches slightly, her tail lifting to give you better access. Grinning to yourself, you finally reach your destination. Aurora gasps, her small body jerking like she’s been given an electric shock.

“Oh! Oh my god!”

You’ve never claimed to be the best at this whole sex thing, but making a demon cry out for the Big Guy upstairs? That’s gotta be the crowning achievement of your life.

[tinynightmarewoman]

It still rattles my fucking mind that Dar Basri was underutilised in House Of Ashes!!

Like yes, I am well aware he is an NPC in these games as written in the rule book by our almighty leaders SuperMassive Games: NPCs gotta die!

BBBUUUUUTTTT have you considered that, and hear me out, he could have been an excellent addition to the story if he was used just that extra bit more.

He could've really been something if used, like further straining the very thin team up that Salim had with the Americans! Because, despite now being fully aware that yes there is a bigger threat that the theatre troupe with a glock, him being so deeply stuck in his ways that while okay he'll follow along he would always butt in when formulating plans or getting in to disputes with other members because they did something he finds wrong or flat out stupid (its your fault its stupid but hey you're doing your best)

He's a captain and has probably got some half decent experience under his belt, he's headstrong, tactical, a force to be fucking reckoned with if you let the bastard run rampant (Killing and wounding members of the main cast) And yet he dies too quickly in my opinion. Dar does not give up, even when his large intestine is being dragged behind him before he gets jumped by the vampires and is ripped to shreds. Killing him was too easy, I think he should have been give the chance to show off as an actual character, the warrior he is supposed to be!!! Watching him reluctantly alongside the others showing off how much of a menace he actually is, that would have been awesome!

Also it could be fun to see the extent of him and Salim's respected but strained relationship. Salim and Dar can butt heads significantly or they can work in tandem as a double act if you're more obedient and less argumentative as Salim. It's possible to see that Dar has respect and some amount of care for Salim so allowing the dynamic to go further and allowing it to get more complex could be a perfect foil to that buddy buddy relationship Salim develops with Jason.

Having Salim walk this glory hound on a tight leash while also having enough respect to actually listen to what the guy has to say would prove to be really interesting. Having that constant whisper of suspicion or opposition in Salim's ear would have made the relationships you build with Jason and the like a lot more fun to work for and hey, maybe in the end Dar learns to at the very least respect the tenacity and determination of the Americans. He doesn't have to be as all lovey dovey as Salim is by the end but having that "Okay, I can respect that" moment would be really cool!!

I think a lot of NPC characters in these games could make the plot better if they are given just that bit extra attention and especially Dar because of how much of balancing act he could be for the plot!!

Okay rambling over now you can return to your regular scheduled programming.

[godfistgonnalive]

please ramble as hard as you can about pruita I need to hear what you have to say about them

grabs you by the shoulders very roughly.

ok. my favorite flavor of pruita is utterly unrequited. cuz its very funny to me. my fav thing to do is listen to music and think about unrequited pruita like L imagine 😹😹but also its kind of sad and i like how its sad but also funny

like think about the prussia cleaning game like omg.... he loves him.... its so silly.......

PRUSSIA STROKED IN HAPPINESS! WHAT THE FUCK! GAY!

and he literally was imaginging them like together on some sort of boat idk what its called like ugh

and the fucking BLOG. ive already posted these before but. my god.

he likes him so much....... its unbelievable........

like are you serious. he so very obviously has a crush on him THERES SO MUCH PROOF OF IT AND [im trying to restrain myself here from being salty about prucan shippers so i will stop myself here.]

ok im racking my brain to try and think of what to say rn cuz as much as i say i wanna talk about my ships i know deep down in my heart i dont have much to say that i can turn into coherent thoughts.

back to my thoughts and not canon content. unrequited pruita. like ok you know that hetalia itself is just gerita fanfiction. like i love gerita. who doesnt. and thats where it comes in in my version of pruita. like prussia is so in love with italy and italys like omggg germanyyyy :3 like. oh my gfod can i talk about the songs i associate with them. the answer is yes i cant be stopped.

ok puppy princess by hot freaks. fucking UGH. unrequited big fat crush ANTHEM right here.

ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS. prussia is the goofy friend... prussia loves italy...... and italy loves germany........ my goodness.........

NO OTHER HEART BY MAC DEMARCO. THIS IS LITERALLY PRUITA.

i love gerita truth pruita so much but not in the love triangle way like i mean thats what it sounds like but its more like a fucked up triangle like

it doesnt connect all the way... cuz in love triangles dont they usually like compete!>>! like prussia loves italy but in my pruita brain he wouldnt like.. actually really try to get with italy while he knew that germany was trying to get with him.... you know.... he wouldnt do that to his brother..... so he just keeps his crush to himself.... rip.... and thats the fun of it ! ! ! he yearns but he'll never have him... love that

LOVERS ROCK. BY TV GIRL. THIS ONE LYRIC. JESUS CHRIST.

TRYING TO SELL YOU SOMETHING THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE. UGH.

AND LOOKING OUT FOR YOU BY JOY AGAIN. ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS.

IM GONNA GO CRAZY!

and peach scone. by hobo johnson.

ltierally every time... prussia calls italy cute.... god......

now. onto requited pruita.

i think theyre silly cute so much so much :3 :3 :3 hold on gotta check pixiv so i can formulate thoughts. ok like i mostly think about prussia's side of things when it comes to required pruita but in my opinion prussia is CRAZY about that man. jesus christ. and italy thinks hes super silly and loves him 🫶🫶🫶 HOLD ON I SHOULD FILL OUT ONE OF THOSE UNDERSTAND NMY SHIP THINGS HOLD ONNNNNN

got a little lazy but you understand.

i think thats all i have to say . i feel like i didnt really say much just put images and then said something along the lines of "jesus christ" or "what the fuck" but i think you undestand. thank you for asking. PEACE AND LOVE!

ALSO WAIT I HAVE MORE. i LOVE gerita marriage. they are so married. and i love thinking about prussia watching the boy hes had a big fat crush on for god knows how long get married to his brother. LMAO! and hes like crying like hes happy for his brother,... but oh man........ LMAOOOOO

i love prussia so much. make him suffer now

ok thanks for reading :heart:

edit:i just realized onm the height thing onm the ship chart i forgot to put 6 CM and instead put 6 M. oops

[gaybananabread]

13. Sneak Attack Amity attempts to get her siblings back for their tickling cheer ups to her but in the end gets easily overpowered.

TickleTober Day 13 - Sneak Attack

Is it just me, or have I written pretty much the same scenario three times now? Hopefully there’s been improvement between them (>m<). Busted this thing out the night before I left town, so I’m sorry for any grammatical errors. I’m kinda straying away from TOH, so I might be taking it off my list. Still, thank you for requesting, and I hope you Enjoy!

Lee: Amity

Lers: Emira, Edric

Summary: Amity tries once again to get her siblings back for their tickly attacks. The twins catch on, quickly putting a stop to her plan with one of their own.

Warnings: none! This is a tickle fic, so if you don't like that, scroll away!!

Amity was sitting at her work desk, tapping a pencil against her blank homework. She really didn’t feel like writing the essay, her mind wandering elsewhere. She had a good week to work on it, plenty of time to do it.

The purple-haired witchling’s thoughts drifted, various topics coming and going. It was fun to just zone out and think for a bit. Fun…a distant memory resurfaced, one from a good few months ago. Her siblings were messing with her and, once again, reduced her to a giggly puddle. Come to think of it, she never did get them back…

The distant look on her face slowly became a smirk, a plan formulating in her mind. The twins were sneaky, but they couldn’t win every time. It was her turn to finally get some well-deserved vengeance.

…

Amity set the abomination trap, checking to make sure that everything was in place. Her plan was foolproof. She would lure Emira in, call the abomination on her, and finally get her revenge. Edric would have to wait, he was doing his own homework anyways. 

“Em! I need some help here!” As planned, her sister ran into the room to see what was wrong. When Emira saw the small yet shit-eating grin on her sibling’s face, she knew something was up. Best to play along with it, see if she can turn the tables. 

Emira walked closer to her sister, stopping just a few feet away. “What’s up, mittens?” Amity sighed, biting the inside of her cheek. Just a bit closer…

“Just…wanted your opinion on something. Can you come over here?” If she hadn’t already known, that would have told her something was up. Taking a look around, she saw a bit of abomination goo on the carpet. So that’s what her plan was… Em could work with that. 

She walked up to her sister, shoving her back at the last second. Emira wasn’t as good with abominations as her sister, but catching Amity off guard helped her get the jump on the younger witch. She activated the abomination trap, using it on the one who planted it. “Sneak attack!”

Amity yelped, feeling her trap being used against her. She was so close! Before she had a chance to protest, she felt fingers dancing across her belly. “E-EHEMIRAHA! COHOME ON, NOHOHOT AHAGAIN!” 

Oh, it was too perfect. Amity had yet to figure out that there was no besting the twins. Even if it was just one of them. Speaking of which…

“Who’s wrecking Amity, and why wasn’t I invited?” Edric came down the stairs from his room, a smug grin on his face. He knew exactly what was going on, and planned to get his turn. 

Emira waved him over, drilling into Amity’s belly button and making her squeal. “You’re a little late, doofus. Here, help me with her pits. She’s too wild to get all by my lonesome.” Ugh, that stupid voice… Every time they teased her, each twin would use this cocky, smug tone to drive her nuts. “DOHON’T YOUHU *DAHAHARE*!”

That got a snort out of the older teen. Her threat was more adorable than anything, with all the laughter. “Sorry mittens. Twin Law, gotta help if she asks.”

Those evil little- “GYAAA! NOHOHOHO!” Amity thrashed in the goopy restraints, any and all thoughts of insults being drowned out by ticklish agony. Both her worst spots being attacked at the same time was awful enough; then the teasing started.

“Aww, poor mittens. You’d think she would’ve learned by now~ There’s no getting payback on us.” Emira’s nails paired with Edric’s gentle squeezes and pokes were sending her into a tickly tizzy. She regretted making her plan so “foolproof” now that she was stuck in it. Not only was it proof that her plan was not as solid as she would’ve liked; it also kept her firmly in place and at the mercy of her evil siblings. 

A snort interrupted her laughter, Ed’s fingers nailing the center of her underarms as Em drilled her nails into her belly button. It was an extremely unfair combo. “NYAHOHOHO! GUHUHUYS!” 

Edric actually felt a bit bad. They had wrecked her a good few times, constantly denying her any retribution. “Do we have to be so mean, Em? She kinda does deserve to get us back, even if it’ll never happen.” He turned his eyes back to Amity, chuckling. “ A+ idea on your plan, by the way. Execution…needs some work.”

She was too lost in laughter to care. Ed finally gave into his less-cruel thoughts, moving his fingers up to her neck. Amity’s laughter eased up a bit, though squeaks and occasional snorts were added to the mix. “Pl- snort pleHEHEASE! IHIT’S- thihis isn’t fahahahahair!”

Emira wanted to continue the evil attack, but Edric gave her the “c’mon” look. Sighing, she switched to rib-pokes. “You’re lucky Ed’s gone soft. I would’ve been fine making you squeal, little sis~”

“Youhuhuhu *squeak* you bohoth suhuck!” Amity’s battery was already pretty drained from their initial attack. Em had no reason to be so cruel, other than her own entertainment. Maybe it was the big sister instinct to torture their little siblings. She honestly couldn’t tell you; all she knew is that it sucked to be on the receiving end. 

The rib pokes and neck tickles weren’t half as bad as their previous tickle-hell-combo, but it was still sending those annoying butterflies into her stomach. Being tickled by her siblings was fun, to an extent. They had reached that extent. “Cohohome ohon! snort Plehehease?” 

Okay, time to be the merciful brother… Edric pulled his hands away from her neck, backing up to admire their work. Once again, they’d reduced their sister to a blushy, giggling mess. He knew Em would take some convincing to quit, though. Her and her ler moods…

“Em, c’mon, don’t kill her. She’s had more than enough.” When she rolled her eyes and ignored him, he grabbed her by the sides, squeezing as he dragged his twin away from their exhausted sibling. Emira, not expecting the sudden jolts to her sides, practically squawked, whipping around and batting his hands. Her focus on the abomination restrains wavered, the purple sludge melting back into the trap box and releasing their youngest sibling. “Uhuhugh…th-thahanks Ed…”

Emira’s cheeks were red, though not nearly as much as her sister’s. The older teen scoffed, jabbing her brother in the ribs before turning back to Amity. “Okay, fine. Maybe I did take things a smidge too far. BUT- I’m all done now. Soooo… Blight siblings cuddle pile?”

One though simultaneously crossed both Edric and Amity’s minds in that moment: seriously? She had just gotten done wrecking Amity’s shit, and she immediately wanted a cuddle pile? Still, some cuddly aftercare would be nice… Screw it.

“F-fihine. I get to pihick the movie, thohough.” Em could live with that. Sure, Amity only ever picked cheesy RomComs, but it wasn’t horrible. At least it wasn’t one of Ed’s gruesome slashers… Even she had her limits. “Okay, that’s cool. Ed, burrito-ify mittens and meet me on the couch.”

And turn her to a burrito he did. Edric grabbed one of the fluffier blankets from the nearby chair, wrapping his younger sister up and carrying her to the couch. Amity huffed, but didn’t protest the movement. She loved the attention, as silly as it was. 

Tossing her on the couch, Ed sat down and tugged Emira over to them. Pretty soon, all three Blight siblings were curled into each other, the TV ready for some cheesy-movie action. Amity had, predictably, chosen a romantic comedy about two witches in love, each a coven head. The plot was okay, but some of the corny scenarios made Edric cringe and Emira fake-gag. Amity was eating it up, though, so it was kinda worth it.

The trio continued to relax together, winding down from their chaotic day. Eventually, they passed out, cheesy RomCom number three still playing in the background. Their father entered the home about an hour later, a soft smile forming at the sight. He definitely didn’t take a picture for his private Penstagram account. These kids…

[jelepermets]

Catching up on Les Mis - 1.1.1

Yeah I know, it's been two months, but I have more thoughts!! I will not skip chapters!! Every chapter is something I can ramble about!

First, I gotta mention the incredible footnotes in this edition of Les Mis. This was what struck me most for this chapter:

En Myriel, la religion catholique trouve donc sa vérité au delà d'elle même [...] tout le livre [est] occupé non pas [par] le réel mais à l'accomplir, selon la formule d'un fragment "la réalité n'ést que la réalité; l'idéal est la vérité.

Trans (me):

In Myriel the Catholic faith thus finds its truth beyond itself [...] the entire book is occupied not simply with reality, but with its accomplishment, as written in the phrase "Reality is only reality, the Ideal is the Truth."

The whole note is quite long so sorry if it doesn't quite make sense. Hugo talks a lot about the ideal versus the reality. I think nowhere more eloquently than with M Myriel, a religious leader in a faith that Hugo grew increasingly disillusioned with - famously so. I think it's important to note the way most religious leaders are portrayed in Les Mis. Even the sisters of the convent (minor spoilers) are not looked upon with only positive feelings by Hugo. M Myriel is the only exception, and this because he often goes specifically against the grain of what people suspect of a bishop.

But moving on from the footnote, I also think there are a lot of things in this first chapter that evoke or foreshadow Valjean's entrance into this small town. There's, for example:

Vrai ou faux, ce qu'on dit des hommes tient souvent autant de place dans leur vie et surtout dans leur destinée que ce qu'ils font.

Trans (Hapgood):

True or false, that which is said of men often occupies as important a place in their lives, and above all in their destinies, as that which they do.

I think the ways that this speaks to Valjean is pretty obvious, especially regarding Javert but of course also regarding his entire life. Every decision he takes is for fear of what people will see in him - namely his past as a convict. One of the reasons, I think, that we get so little of Valjean's life before he was arrested was not just because the monotony that misery makes of life, but also because it's ultimately not that which affects his destiny. His destiny is affected by what people think of him, at any given time.

I also think it's important to remember that the rumors that die down surrounding M Myriel are ultimately harmless. And that he's able to brush them off in part because he is a bishop. It doesn't matter if the townspeople think he's odd. He has a house and a home and doesn't have to depend on public opinion for his livelihood. He's high enough in class status that rumor is just that, rumor.

Obviously the same is not true for those in poverty, as Hugo drives home again and again. And as we shall see very soon (/have seen for all y'all not woefully behind like me).

[fox-steward]

I don't hope I sound too negative, but I've been struggling with dysphoria and I can't help but feeling like I'll never be "the right type of woman". even though I know there's not one way to be one. I've been trying to figure out my dysphoria rather than transitioning. I can't help but to feel that I'm always going to fall short. Do you have any advice?

you’ve gotta ask yourself, fall short of what? and who’s measuring?

in reflecting on my early adult years, i think i felt similarly, but i also felt it when transitioning (not the “right type of man”) but ultimately the issue was i was not the type of person i wanted to be.

during this time i was really online, took a lot of selfies, consumed a lot of TV and played tons of video games; i rarely went outside for pleasure and i smoked so much weed that i refer to this time in my life as “the 8 years i spent high.” i say all this to illustrate how disconnected from myself i was—from my body, from my life and relationships, and from the physical world.

i wasn’t living the way i wanted, so i spent a lot of time and energy constructing a self that WOULD live the way i wanted. when i pass i’ll join a sports team. as a man i’ll be outgoing and proactive.

the truth was, i was falling short of my own expectations for myself. fantasizing about who you’ll be after transition is a self-protective coping mechanism, but it ultimately prevents you from expending the energy to become the person you want to be; instead you put a lot of time, energy, and money into physically altering your appearance in the hopes that the world will hand you the life experience you want.

the fact that i AM a masculine woman and am not like most of the women i meet became a scapegoat for why i wasn’t living up to my own expectations, and i put a lot of energy into the wrong thing (transition).

my advice would be, get clear with yourself what type of person you want to be and remember that you don’t have to be a man in order to be that person.

i now live in reality, i participate in sports and run on my own, i have friends, i am on a career path that i’ve wanted to pursue for ages, i read books and make art—transition stood in the way of these things because they’re hard, they take focus and discipline, and i was afraid of failing.

so remember, it only matters if you’re falling short of your own expectations, YOU are the one measuring. other people’s opinions about you are mostly not your business (within reason, don’t be an asshole). this is your only life, it is in your best interest to live it for yourself, not others.

PS it’s better to formulate your expectations as traits or behaviors, rather than how you’ll look or what you’ll have (focusing on how you’ll look doing something actually reveals some self-alienation; aka you’ve got the third-person camera on when you should have the first-person camera on). for example, instead of expecting yourself to look athletic or strong, focus on expecting yourself to do athletics or life weights; instead of expecting yourself to HAVE friends or lovers, focus on the behaviors like being vulnerable, talking to people, making connections, reaching out to maintain friendships; instead of expecting yourself to HAVE a prestigious career or a “good job,” focus on what you can do to get there (enroll in a training program, learn a language, etc). none of these require you to be a man.

you’re already the right type of woman, anon.

[maddiviner]

Hey I saw your posts about the Simulation/Matrix cult. I can’t find them myself but I’m wondering if they had any opinion on being trans, since the movie was created by trans women and had references to that?

The simulation cult isn’t a cult in the traditional sense, at least not yet. 

It’s just a bunch of people who, for whatever reason, are drawn to the idea that we’re “in the Matrix” and want to spew about it. I guess in five or ten years, someone with charisma could show up and start a proper cult out of it? Thus far, it’s super toxic, but they argue too much to count as a cult, I’d say. Cults are typically more controlling. Toxic ideas? Sure. Cult? Nah, not so far.

To answer your question, though, most of the simulation conspiracy theory folks are virulent bigots, I’ve noticed, particularly with regards to LGBTQ issues. This is probably why the Wachowski sisters very rarely get mentioned. This is despite using terms like “Mr. Smith, “Matrix,” etc culled from the film the duo made.

In some cases there’s comments and posts seemingly treating the movie as some kind of documentary almost. 

Their fascination with it is very surface-level, mostly concerned with the plot rather than any symbolism or (oddly) deeper meaning. If you really look at the movie, there’s a lot to chew on, but they’re not really doing that. 

At one point, someone in the Facebook groups tried to read some of the works of Jean Baudrillard, because the Wachowskis put his book in the film. That didn’t go well because apparently Baudrillard makes no sense to them. I’m not saying I myself understand Baudrillard , but like… c’mon, if this is so important, put in some effort, people…

I’ve seen some of ‘em say that they believe the Wachowski sisters weren’t trans to begin with, but that the simulation rewrote itself and the past to “discredit” them by adding that. Others have simply claimed that The Matrix wasn’t actually made by the duo - their name was put on it for nefarious purposes, presumably, again, to “discredit” the film’s message? 

It doesn’t make a lot of sense, like most conspiracy theories. If we’re in a simulation that’s so closely-controlled, why allow the movie to be made at all? Especially if it’s supposedly so close to being a “documentary” of the truth? 

Anyways, they tend to roll their general bigotry into the simulation theory stuff, too. The programmers of the simulation, the bad guys/robots/NPCs, whatever, tend to be whoever the person feels like targeting.

One guy commented that “the LGBTQs are all Smiths cuz if you simply disagree with them, they will cancel you.” Right next to a .gif of Mr. Smith from that film made by the Wachowski sisters. This is why aliens don’t talk to us, pretty sure. 

By this, he meant that he saw LGBTQ folks as de facto NPCs, particularly the evil sort actively controlled by the programmers. He likely wouldn’t have been able to describe what he meant by “cancel” or name one genuine bad thing that’d happened for him for “disagreeing.” 

In another thread, I saw someone comment that the religion-based discussions popping up on the group “don’t really engender much good discussion.” A guy saw the word engender, I guess, and assumed it meant something to do with gender. He popped back with some business about how “…you can’t engender things! Are you TRIGGERED by that?” I think someone eventually linked him to the definition of engender. I can only assume he’s still recovering from the shame of that moment. 

A lot of these people were probably right wing to begin with, probably had a conspiracy theorist streak to begin with. But still, it reads like their personalities and political beliefs formulated around 2011-2013 and they never grew any further. I gotta say that had to have been the first time in ages I’d heard that “lol triggered” thing used non-ironically. 

So yes. The simulation theory people are massive transphobes. Are you surprised? I wasn’t.

I’m considering abandoning this little project of lurking these groups because they’re starting to affect the way the Facebook algorithm feeds the rest of my account - I’m seeing more right-wing stuff.

I recognize and ignore/block it, but it’s there and annoying, and frustrating because there’s nothing I can do besides that.

It’s not like I’m skilled enough to change anyone’s mind about these deeply-held conspiracy theories. I don’t enjoy watching online train wrecks for their own sake. I get that some people do, but it seems unhealthy.

I ended up in these groups because I have epilepsy, and references to it in the groups themselves caused them to pop up on my feed (some of them think epilepsy, specifically, is a Matrix glitch - long story). 

I might dig into my settings and see about muting these groups for a while, just to get my feed a little more clean. I’m spending less and less time on Facebook, but there’s reasons for being there, I guess.

If it were only awful people on Facebook as a whole like that, I’d be outta the site in a heartbeat, but I got buddies still on there.

[cogitoergoetc]

Banana-Centric Praxis

I've been thinking about how to codify my sociopolitical ideology, because I'm pretty confident in the belief that no existing political theory survived smashing into both the information age and the world population multiplying almost eightfold over the last hundred years. These things take time to adapt to change, and time is not a resource we have anymore, so I have been snatching up the things that seem most useful from ideas that were formulated when there were "only" 1.5 billion humans to account for. And I think I've hit on a good example to express what I've cobbled together.

Problem: A system in which the global north has year-round access to bananas is exploitative, cruel, and unsustainable.

Perturbation: It is functionally impossible to get millions of people to cooperate with a change that takes their bananas away. Even if it is best for everyone in the long run, you simply cannot get people to agree to give up their bananas, and efforts to force the issue will spend more energy fighting them than it will actually changing the system that has made bananas an expectation.

Proposal: The most efficient solution, then, is to grow bananas closer to them. An arcology system capable of growing bananas in a northern winter is one that, necessarily, will be capable of growing pretty much anything else, including the sort of staple crops that local communities actually need. Something that can do both at once in sufficient volume will solve a whole hell of a lot more problems than the issue of bananas. This, in turn, will do a whole lot of good for people who do not care about bananas because they are suffering from starvation of food in general: an arcology you put in a wealthy city will work just as well if you put it in an impoverished and exploited region.

So it's no longer an issue of economics, or supply chains, or uneven distribution of capital. It's a problem of nitrogen fixation. And we have made a whole hell of a lot of progress on efficient nitrogen capture in the last 20 years. We'd make a lot more, a lot faster, by getting people to agree to something that will result in their own locally grown bananas.

There's about a thousand evident problems in this approach! I am keenly aware of that. But the fundamental logic still applies, I think: traditional methods of fighting entrenched societal harm are not working fast enough, but neither are the systems that enforce that societal harm. There are too many people suffering now to just let these methods keep slugging it out. The most useful societal change will come from jumping on the absolute torrent of new technologies being developed, before ways can be found to fit them into the extant, exploitative system.

Or, to put it more cynically: if people were willing to give up their personal luxuries because those luxuries demand exploitation of others, they would have done so centuries ago, and effort spent to try to wrestle the bananas away from them is effort wasted, because we're vastly outnumbered by the people who just want to keep the damn bananas. If human selfishness cannot be defeated, it can instead be harnessed as a resource. You gotta work with the system you have.

It's an idea that is terribly bitter to the tongue of the brain. It is from a perspective that I will freely admit is disgustingly privileged. It smacks of trickle-down economics, and does not address the problem that people pleased with their local bananas will fight tooth and nail to keep from using the same technology to help starving people.

But we're also at a period in human history where the people developing those technologies have more in common with the people starving than the people funding their research, and when it comes time to use that research, it will be the researchers that have the most chance to take control.

It is one opinion of many, and no one in all of human history has found the "right" way to fix this stuff. I do not have any illusions that I, one of 8 billion plus, am the one to finally crack it.

But it seems workable enough to me. So work on it I shall.