#hehehehe i literally had so much fun making them

[p0rk-guts]

YAAAAALL IT'S ANGEL DUST!!!!! bro I'm so exited to tell u about him hehehehe he might be my fav redesign of the bunch idk

Comparison & rant!⬇️ + A bug/spider cw. I put reference images in there!

Ok guys can I be honest with you. I think. Pilot and pre-pilot Angel were peak 😔 I'M SORRY I'M BREAKING MY SILENCE

Like whaaat... WHAAAT.... I'm sorry he served here he had the BEST design idc idc you can't change my mind. These were NOT bad designs. I've got a slight preference to his oldest design but even then the pilot design was great to me.

THIS however...

OooOOOH MY GODDDDD THEY NEUTERED HIM!!?! NO tits, three measly ugly stripes on an uglier coat, LONG GLOVES THAT ARE MISMATCHED??? ONE OF THEM HAS THESE WEIRD... WHITE FLAPS?? WHO— WHAT. WHY. AND THEY GO OVER HIS LONG SLEEVES 😭😭😭

I'm sorry but Angel will always be the most egregious case of character assassination in this show, design and character wise. He sucks now and I used to love him.

Okay enough crying let's get serious.

So yeah show Angel sucks. Removing his chunky gloves removed a lot of the fun shape in his silhouette so now he's just a gangly twink. Very little visual interest. Also hate hate hate how his new mismatched gloves are pulled over his long sleeve coat. So dumb. Hate it.

Also explain to me how he's gradually gotten less tits but has simultaneously become more femboy-ified..... So many people immediately mistake him for a girl.......

They also mistake him for. Literally anything but a spider. Once again Viv can't code or theme characters for shit. I also don't like how his face changed... I can't describe it but It's so much less appealing and charming. Something in the eyes and his little cheek bump. Idk. Really hate show Angel props to the animators for making him watchable with his bold animation ts was real nice

Okay onto my Angel! He's now a goldenrod crab spider now! Thank you @/cryptablog for this idea!! (Not tagging them bc they hate the hellaverse with a burning passion lol 💀) They can be white with pinkish markings like our og Angel but most of them are tinted yellow or completely yellow!

I decided to make him most similar to that mid ground mix of yellow and white with pink-er markings. 1 because I kept lust pink and I feel like that'd be a prominent sin of his (+ purple is in here a lot bc I feel like he'd also be pride aligned! Purple is now the pride color :3) and 2 because the yellow tone in his fur is kinda meant to connect him to Husk in a way... Cuz that's kinda his main color... Idk maybe I'm onto nothing with that one BUT his primary color is purple and Husk's primary color is yellow(ish)! Complimentary boyfriend's!!! Are you seeing my vision!!!!! (Also on a lesser note his colors look more similar to my fav version of Angel aka his design from the pre-pilot ref sheet I showed)

Another idea you can thank Cryptamen for is him being partially translucent in places just like real goldenrods!!!! The idea behind that was because he was in the mafia in life and he had to be really stealthy at times so now in certain environments he's harder to see... Maybe he can even turn fully invisible for a bit... There's also possible character reasons to consider tying in there as well... Ough very cool idea 10/10

Gave him 4 legs and 4 arms + the big abdomen to really make him scream spider bc yes spider boys can be hot and no Viv was not willing to CAPITALIZE on that 😒 Also lengthened his fangs... Also moved his eyes to his forehead to make them more prominent and hopefullyyyy seem more like eyes. Idk. And now he's got pointy little pedipalps as well!!!

Gave him his boobs back bc he deserves them and just generally gave his body more shape (though the second set of legs definitely helps lol). Slightly de-twinked... But not by much...

Once again looked up some common hairstyles at the time and people loooved their hairspray and curls, or swoops, or waves— they were gettin funky with it. Hard to emulate that on his nonhuman skull so I took some artistic liberties applying ideas from common styles onto him.

Didn't do much research at awl for his clothes... I mean... He's not wearing much to begin with... I kept the long gloves bc I thought they had potential to look cute and I have him rolled cuffs on short sleeves. Wanted to keep the style simple but otherwise I would've drawn button clasps keeping them in place. No notes on the thigh high heels so I kept them. Everything else is just kindaaaa whateverrrr EXCEPT THE NECKLACE. Though it was hella funny and fitting

And that's awl folks.... Do u like him do u fuck with him.... Let me knowwww....... Okay byeeee ✌🏾🧍🏾‍♀️

[radioisntdead]

Buon giorno or Buona notte dearest!!

I have another request heheheh

Think of this : Angel and the gang go out for another trust exercise, and they see an add for one if m!readers concerts.

Since Angel is a fan, he asks to go with the group as a bonding experience, which Charlie says yes too

They go together, and m!reader is getting ready, when they see Angel and think he's quite cute, not knowing him from his ahem, works and they sing a love song (Heavy metal lover by Lady Gaga) and Angel almost has a heart attack.

(It's mostly the ; 'I could be your girl,girl,girl' part that I get inspired from)

At some point Val starts being a weirdo, and then m!reader publicly shits on him in front of their entire audience, and he leaves after getting taken away by a few of m!readers fans

And it ends happily ever after with them together forever :D

(Readers music vibe is like odetari, ayesha erotica, asteria, etc)

If you could do this, it would make my summer!!

Love

-XIN🌹💝

Good evening my dearest Xin! I had so much fun writing this, my apologies it took awhile to write but I hope you enjoy it!

Backstage passes

Angel dust x M! Reader

Warnings: Valentino gets ripped apart, literally. Reader is low-key like the dazzlings from MLP, also I imagine the reader died via Bell accident like that evil dude from Disney's coco

Song used [I listened to this song so much while writing that it actually made me sick LMAO]

You appeared in hell overnight after dying from an unfortunate and totally not planned stage accident, involving a bell, everything you had worked so hard for gone within a mere moment.

Filled with rage and the confidence of someone desperate to thrive in the spotlight, you began to conquer the music scene of hell.

You climbed the ranks and crushed those beneath you, if you weren't so focused on gaining fame instead of plain ol' power you'd give a couple of overlords a good run for their money.

You captured the attention of hell's finest, sinners and hellborn alike wanted to book you for their events, concerts were sold out within seconds, stan accounts on hell's Twitter servers would beef with those who opposed you, music edits were made of you, memes and clips, mildly disturbing fanfiction was written, you were an icon.

Along with catching the attention of hell's finest, you gained Angel dust as a fan.

Your music would be playing in the clubs he went to, sometimes played during his drag shows, he'd use it as background for whatever thoughts he disassociated away to whenever Valentino was having his way, or he'd just listen to your music when he was alone.

And so when Charlie somehow managed to get the entire hotel front row tickets to your show after he mentioned it's make a good group exercise, he was ecstatic!

The group waited outside, Charlie and Vaggie were trying to secure a place for them in line, Alastor would rather died again then attend so his ticket went to Cherri, Husk had found the bar, Niffty was terrorizing some sinners by cleaning, Sir Pentious was... Sir Pentious-ing Cherri bomb, and that left Angel dust to wonder around until the show began, stumbling into a nearby store to grab some snacks.

You on the other hand sneaked out to go to the convenience store near by the concert venue in full performance outfit covered by an oversized coat and hood just to grab a slushie and a light snack because with all the dancing you were going to be doing, you couldn't do on a empty stomach but not a too full one or you'd puke!

And that's where you saw him, purchasing a couple of things.

You had a little thing for cute things, and Angel dust seemed to fall into that category, for you anyways, for most of hell's people, they usually tended to put him into a more... Exploitive one,

It wouldn't hurt for you to make one of your people drop off a couple of backstage passes for that spider, after your show right?

Or better yet maybe you could do it yourself?

The concert venue was filled with sinners and hellborn alike from all types of backgrounds, all there to see you perform.

Including a couple of overlords.

Angel's eyes bounced around the stage waiting for your arrival.

Soon enough the bright lights dimmed and more colorful ones took their place.

Lights, smoke, action.

Heavy metal lover

Heavy metal lover

Heavy metal lover

It was starting.

Heavy metal lover Heavy metal lover

You came up from a platform under the stage smoke coming out with you as the music began, microphone in hand, and eyes closed shut.

Heavy metal lover

Heavy metal lover

Heavy metal lover

Heavy metal lover

Your eyes shot open as you began to move, background dancers were moving in sync, all eyes were on you.

Heavy metal lover

Heavy metal lover

Heavy metal lover

Heavy metal lover

Dressed in black and neons you practically glowed in the dark atmosphere,

"I want your whiskey mouth all over my blonde south," your voice rang out throughout the venue causing some members of the audience to scream out your name.

You struggled to hold back a filthy grin.

"Red wine, cheap perfume, and a filthy pout," you walked out onto the stage front and center, lights following you in all your leather-y glory, the backstage passes in your sleeve crinkled.

"Tonight bring all your friends, because a group does it better," Angel dust's eyes were locked onto you much like everyone's else's, like they were hypnotized.

"Why river with a pair? Let's have a full house of leather," Oh how you adored being the center of attention, you looked at the crowd, eyes glancing over everyone, a mild shiver of disgust went through you when you accidentally locked eyes with what looked to be a grape flavored moth.

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

You quickly moved your eyes away to continue looking for a certain spider, honestly your attachment to see a sinner you only saw for five seconds tops in a convenience store was interesting.

What was even more interesting was your ability to avoid the explicit ads for the films he did, seriously they were everywhere in hell! Including said convenience store!

"Heavy metal lover,"

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

"Heavy metal lover,"

As you walked across the stage you kept your eyes on the audience,

Searching..

Searching..

And you found him!

Right in the front row, how did you not see him before?

"Dirty pony, I can't wait to hose you down," your eyes locked on him as his locked on yours.

Did that count as a horrible, HORRIBLE pickup line or was that just poorly timed?

"You've got to earn your leather in this part of town," it seems someone hadn't seen the poison music video! You flared out your own leather jacket, the shiny gems on it sparkling in the dark.

"Dirty pearls and a patch for all the Rivington Rebels," you winked at him before turning on your heel as your background dancers circled around you with all sorts of dancing.

"Let's raise hell in the streets, drink beer and get into trouble,"

You danced and your background dancers mimicked in perfect coordination.

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

"Heavy metal lover,"

You began strutting to the center of the stage.

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

You leaned down and went into what I can only describe as a sensual army crawl but without relying on your elbows to crawl.

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

You moved towards Angel dust.

"Heavy metal lover,"

You reached out an arm towards him, gently tugging on his bowtie to pull him closer to the stage, once he was close enough you touched his face, his eyes were wide and his heart was nearly pounding out of his fluffy spider chest, you his all time favorite singer was touching his face.

"I could be your girl, girl, girl, girl, girl, girl,"

Within seconds you moved your arm just enough to loosen the backstage passes from your sleeve and have them fall into your hand.

"But would you love me if I ruled the world, world, world?"

You tucked the tickets into the front of his shirt where his chest fluff was located, being careful not to accidently grope the spider.

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

You gave a wink before flipping yourself onto your back and throwing yourself up and strutting back to the middle of the stage as your performers danced around you.

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

Unfortunately a certain moth witnessed your little flirt, with his best pornstar? He didn't think so.

Without alerting the other two Vees who were actually focused on the show itself he marched his way through the crowd.

Heavy metal lover

"Whip me, slap me, punk funk, New York clubbers, bump drunk,"

Shoving audience members to the side, causing some to crash into each other and tumble like dominoes, grabbing the attention of others.

"Bud Light, liquors, bar slam, move it, this is your jam"

Of course that caught your attention, and you didn't appreciate someone stepping out and stealing the attention that belonged to you! That you deserved and worked so hard for!

"Wash the night with St. Jameson, Like a baptism, heavy metal lovers play,"

You took a couple of steps towards the side of the stage where he was.

"Baby, we were born this way''

"Uh oh, it seems a shiny headed purple man is trying to wreck the show! We can't exactly have that now can we?"

You could barely hear whatever words he was saying, in your prospective it was like a grape yappin' away.

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

With a wave of your hand the crowd grabbed onto him, lifting him up and pulling him through, landing him in the cannibal section.

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

Grabbing onto his limbs and pulling them apart, teeth were sunk into him pulling at his purple flesh.

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

Attention was back on you, as it should be.

No one paid mind to Valentino's screams as if they couldn't hear it or as if it wasn't happening at all, completely and utterly enamoured with you and your music.

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

Heavy metal lover

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

Neither of the Vee's would notice he was gone until hours after the show, no one would notice the blood scattered on the floor until late at night when they were cleaning up the messes, and no one would know what exactly happened to him until he eventually respawn, having lost everything.

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

Heavy metal lover

What a scary power you possessed, even if you didn't completely realize you had it.

But that wasn't the focus here, because as if nothing ever happened you went back to flirting with Angel dust from the stage.

"I could be your girl, girl, girl, girl, girl, girl, but would you love me if I ruled the world, world, world?"

Eventually the show would end, and you'd wait anxiously backstage until that spider came, cashing in that backstage pass you shamelessly gave him from the stage, followed by the princess of hell herself moments later trying to get you to join her hotel.

Heavy metal lover Heavy metal lover, Heavy metal lover

And what else could you do then accept her invitation to join her little hazbin hotel, although you were anything but a hazbin.

And if you did manage to get past the pearly gates, you already had earth and hell alike in a chokehold, imagine what you'd accomplish if you performed in heaven?

Heavy metal lover, Heavy metal lover

It was a good chance to get to know Angel dust as well, the two of you would go from friends to something more.

Heavy metal lover

Friends to lovers was such a a underrated trope wasn't it?

Heavy metal lover

It wouldn't hurt to lean a little more into romantic songs, especially if you went the more cheesy route and played for Angel alone.

Heavy metal lover, Heavy metal lover, Heavy metal lover

You couldn't wait for the chance to shamelessly flirt with him while you were on stage again.

Heavy metal lover, Heavy metal lover

Good evening folks! I hope you enjoyed! I know my posting schedule has been a little wonky [side eyeing the Wednesday angst being posted on Thursdays] my bad, there's some personal stuff going on, plus I've been feeling a little sick but hopefully everything will be a little more organized this week! As always thank you for tuning on in, goodnight!

[nanaslutt]

nana you are one of my favorite JJK writers. honestly your fics and writing are so good, and i love how open you are to characters. you literally write usually once every day, i couldnt imagine even having that motivation. you are definitely one of my favorite bloggers ive ever followed, and i follow like 9 people. Your SMAUS are great, i chuckle atleast 5 times reading each one. But your actual fics are straight up AMAZING. The suguru ones? Hot. The Satoru ones? awesome. The toji ones? I creamed :P okay i got a little weird but you get my point. anyway, your a really amazing writer and im inlove with all your work, keep doing incredible work also, can i claim 🤕 anon? :D

this means so much to me 🤕 anon thank you so much :,))) i’ve been rly trying to get stuff out lately because uni starts very very soon and im not going to have a lot of time to write fics as often as i do :3

i’ve also had a lot of modivation to write smaus lately lol i’m in a bit of a fixation with them atm, i hope it lasts a while they’re so fun to make an you guys have been giving me so many ideas!!

glad you like my geto stuff :3 he seems to be a favorite around here hehehehe

[cerezzzita]

Howdy howdy.

A little birdie told me requests were open and I had to ask: Can I request Dante with a s/o who’s a cowboy-themed devil hunter?

Love,

Rodeo

notes: and howdy back at you, Rodeo! my, can you guys believe that Rodeo, one of my favorite DMC writers of Tumblr, is here on my humble blog? geez, I got so so happy once I saw you here, please feel very welcome on my lil silly saloon!

this was very fun to make, not gonna lie, took most of the inspiration at my full-time Overwatch's Cowboy (a.k.a Cole Cassidy) lover period, and yeah, Dante with a Cowboy Devil Hunter s/o would be very funny to see hehehehe

i hope you enjoy the ride, Rodeo! <3

♡ tags: gender-neutral reader, no use of pronouns, no description of reader's appearance, Cowboy word is gender-neutral as well because yes everybody can be a Cowboy, some fluff I guess, Dante loves you so much and the end have a itty bitty angsty moment.

ⓘ gif's not mine!!

This man is over the moon, that's for sure.

We all know Dante had/have a thing for western-themed things (we're all looking at his chaps and cowboy boots in DMC4 at the moment), now imagine him having a S/O who's literally a Cowboy?

He's definitely lovestruck. 

Thinks you're badass, you are badass and no one's changing his mind.

Always mouth wide open of how impressed he is seeing you in action.

Now cut for him showing off as usual so he can impress you too. Don't we all love this man? 

He will wear Dr. Faust most 100% of the time you two go out on missions together. 

"Look, sugar! We match!"

Also had a blast of glee when you wore Dr. Faust once. 

Oh, and he'll wear — not to say steal — your hat too. Loving is sharing. 

Silly goofy cowboy-themed nicknames for you, but most are just romantic and/or cute. 

"I'm your huckleberry, honeypie~" "Indeed, you are, Dante." 

If you ever have a Southern accent, you'll see Dante blushing from pink to cherry-red when you're speaking. He thinks you're voice is so sensual.

Also, yes, please sweet-talk to him — whether in public or not, much for Vergil's dismay —, he'll be a happy demon purring puddle. 

"Who's my lil, sweet daredevil?" (Cut for Dante purring on the background)

Tell me you have a Devil Arm that's a lasso, by the love of Sparda. He'll be astonished and even more over the moon. 

And sure, he'll convince you — a.k.a make his infamous puppy dog eyes — to let him use it.

Yet he also planned to got stuck by it so he can flirt with you. 

"Looks like you got your price, honeysuckle?" "Dante, please, we're in the middle of a mission—"

It doesn't really matter how many Devil Arms you have on store, Dante will convince you to let him use, even if it's just for a bit. He'll let you use his, too, and yes he's mesmerized as heck seeing your proficiency with them. 

I dare to say, he's even more in love with you. 

Let's enter the angst field for a bit, with the classic "Dante knows you're badass yet he's afraid to lose you". He knows you're capable and strong, hell, that's one of the reasons he fell for you; but goddamn, what if you got hurt and he's not there to give you cover as he always does? Fuck, he doesn't even wanna think of the day you decide you're better off without him. 

"My ridin' will always have you there, Dante. Y'know I love you with my heart and soul of coal, honeybun."

He's crying and he's hugging you like it was the last time, that's for sure. He loves you like a country love song. 

Overall, Dante's your huckleberry, you're his honeypie, the love of his life, the step on his groove because you're so smooth. Have a very fun ride with this devilish cowboy! 

cerezzzita©, 2023 · all rights reserved ⓘ do not copy, edit, steal or claim as yours | reblogs and comments are appreciated!

[youremyheaven]

https://www.tumblr.com/youremyheaven/754446489818972160/i-just-re-read-and-realised-we-were-talking-about?source=share

As a connoisseur of Venus men what are the dead giveaways according to you? It could be anything even how their insta profile looks. What are your observations. I would love to know ❤

Hehehehe 🤭🤭🤭

The dead give aways are:

1. Overly flirty and simp like (if imbalanced)

Like Venusian men don't play it cool EVER, I don't think they even know how to. If they like you, they will make it very very very obvious and will practically drool all over you. This can take the fun out of a talking stage ngl

2. Extremely straightforward with their feelings

They don't beat around the bush and they don't hide their feelings. If they want you, they'll say so

(this is a positive manifestation of the first point)

3. Facial hair 😍🤤🤤🤤

I've never met a clean shaven Venusian man. They all have a stubble of some kind and it's like a part of their personality or something 😜🫣

It's typically not a super well manicured looking beard, as in, they kind of look like they were born with it??? 🤣🤣

Venus men always give me the vibe of men who were born as a grown man lol

4. Insta profile

Usually very private and lowkey and won't be very active on social media. Or use it at all.

Probably has 10 posts total and will look 😍🔥in them but they were posted over the course of 4 years lmao 🤭🤭

Imbalanced Venusian men will follow manyyyy hot women and their following will consist mostly of models and influencers lmao

They just love looking at women. Not in a pornographic way but in a sensual way??? They think like women, so they have a very erotic mind. The type of man who dreams of a woman wearing a certain kind of outfit (down to the last detail) , perfume, with her hair a certain way, them going out and being in a certain ambience. They're just sensorial creatures and every Venus guy who has described his fantasises to me sounded like a teenage Wattpad author lmao

They enjoy romance ✨ and sex alone feels meh to them. They want the whole experience ✨

5. Usually tall and bulky

But they can also be more lean. I've never met a short Venus guy so I feel like they don't exist lmao 🤣💀🤡

But yeah usually they have a very masculine build and physique. They care about it too.

They have a very rogue-ish charm. A rough kinda handsome over the hearthrob vibes of Solar men who look perfect in a classical sort of way.

Venus men have that cave man type appeal 🤤🫣😜🥵 what you'd call "raw masculinity"

6. If they're in love, they go all out

They'll pull out the red carpet for you everytime you step out

They literally want their women to never do anything hard so they go all out with the princess treatment

I've seen them and omg so cute 🥰🥺 my friend's bf is Bharani Moon and he feeds her, puts the shoes on her feet, carries her bag for her etc Venus men just act like they're your slave 😩😩😩they say that about themselves as well. Their biggest weakness is their woman because they'll be completely enslaved to them

7. NSFW 🚫 DETAILS AHEAD, IF YOU'RE A MINOR DONT READ SHOOO

they love to give head lmfao and that's not surprising given everything we know about them but these men exist to 🍑👅 they're straight up demonic with that tongue 🫣

They love to please women and they're the type to make you cum 3 times before they've even entered you 🙈🙈🙈 they're good lovers, I'll say that much 🙈

If I had a penny for everytime a Venus man said he wanted me to wet his beard 🥵🤭😩 like hold up king I'm trying to 😩😩😩

They enjoy making love which is rare af in today's porn addicted world. They really truly care about appreciating the woman that's in front of them. Nobody has had sex until they've had sex with a Venus man. I said what I said 🫣😍 they make you feel so beautiful and desired that you become like putty in their hands, which is what they want hehe 🤭

They care about your satisfaction 😜

And they feel satisfied by satisfying you 👀 so they don't even want anything in return 👀not that they'd be mad if you offered but they're not like those men who give to get 👀if ykwim

Yk what it's like when a guy's the perfect mix of gentle and aggressive 😍🫦that's a Venus man for you 🫦

8. They'll spoil the life out of you

Not kidding. You'll be sick of it. They'll ruin other men for you.

They genuinely don't care about spending on themselves, they just need their essentials, everything else will be devoted to making you happy.

This can be hella risky bc they will literally go into debt spoiling their woman and if the woman is a greedy vampiric one, she'll take advantage of his generosity.

My uncle is a Bharani Sun and 🤌🏻🤌🏻🤌🏻🤌🏻the way he treats his wife throughout their changing financial statuses is 🤌🏻🤌🏻🤌🏻 (he's not perfect in any way and that's on his Jyeshta Moon) but people think you have to be rich to spoil your loved ones and that's not true at all. It's more of a mindset, mentality and attitude than anything else ✨

If they're not generous with their energy when they're broke, they won't magically be that way when they're rich.

If he only has ₹10 to spare and buys you , your favourite packet of chips, that's real generosity 😌

My uncle works extra hard so that he can travel with his family and give his wife a break, like how sweet??? How many men do that??? Esp if they're not well off?? Long story short, if he wants to, he will

They genuinely just want you to be able to chill. My aunt spends extended durations at her home because my uncle thinks she has to work too hard when she's at his home?? (She's a housewife with 2 kids) Have you heard of housewives getting paid vacations?? Now you have lmao 😭😂 he stays back at their house and does all the work so that she can genuinely just chill at her parents home 🥺🥺🥺

When she was sick with a mysterious illness no one could diagnose and hospitals started failing them, he went to holistic and ayurvedic doctors all across the state to help her 🥺🥺 (and she was successfully cured 😌✨ bc the greatest remedy for anything is love)

Venusian men in love are just 🤌🏻🤌🏻🤌🏻✨

9. They're veryyyy good with kids 🥺🥺

Every breed of Venusian men (Bharani, Purvaphalguni or Purvashada) has spoken about how marriage and kids is a big priority for them and they're genuinely so cute with kids 🥺🥺

They just have that fatherly instinct tbh which makes sense bc they themselves have daddy issues and want to be the dad they never had 🥺🥺

That's it for now, I hope this was insightful 💛💛💛💛

[melodiclune]

Boo!!! Have a curse on ye!!!

To breakth the spell, name thou mutuals and what you like about them!!!

(not all of them. Minimum 5)

Melmel do you hate me. What if I forget someone. They're gonna hate me forever. I'm literally going to go through my mutuals list and have to do this. FEAR. PLEASE I DON'T MEAN TO FORGET ANYONE I SWEAR I LIKE ALL OF YOU OR ELSE WE WOULDN'T BE MUTUALS

1. Marigolds Buddies, 2. Discord Gang, 3. Blue Lock Gang

1. @noname-nonartist Hi you're the menace to society and thorn in my side (affectionate) for the past three years. Your art is stunning and you're an awesome person to talk to and it's always a chill great time when I get to brainrot with you over ShuAke. Even if I'm not into Project Sekai it's hilarious seeing how into it you are and I'm happy for you

@himi-wiz Do I really need to tell you what I like about you? You already know my heart inside out, there's really not much else to say. I love you to the moon and back. Drink water, Fool.

@sunflowerswithtea MY TEA BUDDY you're the best friend I've had in our academic suffering together. I'm so proud of you, you never give up and try your hardest in everything. You're one of the actual nicest people I know :> I love waking up to your absolute spam of texts on discord even if we don't share the same fandoms atm! I know for a fact that you're going to drag me back into MLB with you though. FEAR.

2.

@rainingstorms1220 Total bean. Take care of yourself more. Your art is stunning, you have some amazing stories and I can't wait to see more of them. Despite all your downs you've never given up, always held your head high, and you're one of the most dedicated, passionate people I know. You're welcome for the hermitcraft brainrot <3 Love you lots Stormy

@chibihobbitlore MARIAAAA MY BELOVED Your art is inspirationally beautiful!! You're so positive every time I talk to you, one of the nicest people ever and it's always such a nice time hanging out with you. Bullying Elder with you is one of my favourite past times :DDDD You're not on Tumblr much but seeing you on discord always makes me go "!!! HI MARI ILY" hehehehe

@eldestofdragon You. You are most definitely not on Tumblr much, part of why I'm tagging you here. Little shit. You're witty, always pull a laugh out of me every time we talk, and I love hearing you ramble about your DnD campaigns and lore filled stories. You're not positive, but you're not negative either, which is right up my alley when I need someone to talk to. <3 I'll see you on discord later today! Worry less, sleep more.

@a-mel-tomelts Menace to society x2. Do I need to tell you too, why I love you? You're witty, happy, excitable and so passionate about the stuff you love. Despite your ups and downs every time I get to chat to you about our shared interests and experiences it's always a great time. Hange to my Levi, Sumi to my Akechi. Nothing else says it better! :D You already know why I love you, twat, ask me on discord if you want details again

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@someprettyname THE most chaotic person I know. Passionate, determined, steadfast, and really proud of what you stand for. It's really nice to see that. Every time I open tumblr and see like 30 texts in my message box I'm like "oh no, what's happened to nami this time," and no matter what I see, I like chatting with you when I get the chance <3 Seeing you in my notifs always makes me happy

@blue-thief I swear sometimes it's like we're telepathic with how often we have the same views on things. It's always great chatting chaos or media analysis with you. It's so easy to fall into conversation with you, and seeing you be so certain in your skin sometimes is honestly really nice. You care about your friends so much it's so wholesome. I hope your exam went okay!! I hope I can support you in any way you need from me :3 I'M STILL WAITING ON THAT ASK I SENT TO BE ANSWERED, BEN /j

@zendersenders Fellow Rinsagi enjoyer, again shares a lot of the same views as me so it's always a super fun conversation to have. Fanfic buddy, I have almost dragged you into Persona hell with me. Whenever I see you in my notifications it's like "oh hey, zender's here!! hi!! :DDDD" little dopamine hit. You're a total sweetheart. Except when you decide to terrorise me with Mel, then not so much smh

@galaxynajma Fellow birb enjoyer, has the same media taste as I do which is great to see on my dash, one of the most lovely people on this damned website. One of the rare other KaiSae enjoyers. Talking to Najma is like.. a peaceful chat on a picnic blanket, with a clear sky and cool lemonade in our hands. It's like a moment of reprieve amongst all the chaos of the Blue Lock community. I love these moments dearly :>

@getosugurusbangs Plushie Menace #1. A great person to talk to, even with all the chaos that you dump into my inbox lmao. One of the few people here that understands my Persona references!! I haven't interacted you with much outside of that, but the little interaction we've had has been absolutely lovely. We seem to have the same media taste again, although I'm not too surprised considering everything else hehehe. Your art is absolutely beautiful!! It has a uniquely Eli flavour to it that I always love seeing on my dash :D

I got Kitkat, Elle, and Chen on discord so that this post doesn't get ridiculously long 😭 I should've done the discord people on discord too but it's too late now I'm too far into this.

Good lord. I hope I haven't forgotten anyone? If I have, my deepest apologies, send me a DM or a reply or something and I'll reply immediately or else I will be a very very sad Lune

MEL YOU LITTLE SHIT JUST YOU WAIT UNTIL I POST THIS AND FINALLY LOG BACK ONTO DISCORD TO RIP INTO YOU ABOUT THIS

[messenger-of-stupidity]

However, Your Mother

Welcome back to another Shaw Mates Group Chat Post that totally hasn't been sitting completed in my drafts for over a month because I forgot to post it nope not at all that would be utterly ridiculous ahahaha

This is pretty short though because my brain has been filled with angst for the past several months and crack isn't really doing much for me atm.

CW: Angel is back on their crack shit but keeps getting rejected, Baabe is living for the gossip, Sweetheart is a bit more active, Sam just wants some normality but he should know better by now fr fr

Actual CW: Crack, Cursing, Shenanigans, GN Listeners, Any gendered terms are purely for the memes and should not be taken seriously in any kind of way.

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Sweetheart: My supervisor is literally dog turds

Angel: i dont know whether to be happy i wasnt first or upset that u didnt say cat litterbox droppings

Baabe: what happened invisi?

Sweetheart: Were circling back to that nickname later. Whats wrong is that theyre making me stay late

Angel: but but 2nites mate nioght

Sweetheart: I know it is thats why Im upset

Baabe: theres only one thing left to do. we cause a error in the computer system and hold their information hostage so that way invisi can sneak out. get it? sneak? cause theyre a stealth? im so funny.

Sam: I knew it was too much to hope that for once this was a normal and legal conversation, and yet I did so regardless. Good lord.

Angel: vamp daddy

Angel: welcome to another episode of davey is gonna kill me

Baabe: whatd you do?

Angel: hol up a sec i need to wait for invisi and vamp daddy to be here

Baabe: if this was discord we could @ them.

Angel: omg it would be so fun to have a mates disc call

Baabe: IT WOULD

Sam: This is the highest level of my tolerance. I don't think I could handle a group call with all of you. Especially without David to monitor.

Angel: davey do be a sexy supervisor vroom vroom

Sam: I'm never going to be able to look at David the same now. Thank you for that.

Angel: yw now where is my invisible hoe

Baabe: imma call them.

Angel: that just leaves vamp daddy and me (っ˘ڡ˘ς)

Sam: Oh dear lord.

Angel: nope just me

Sweetheart: Whatd I miss

Baabe: angel fucked up again.

Sweetheart: Oh good

Angel: cool now that everyones here

Angel: how does one get dough off high ceilings and back into the kitchen

Sam: Do I even want to know how you managed that?

Baabe: by asking you have become complicit. congrats!

Sam: Shit.

Sweetheart: Before I tell you I wanna know how tf you managed to do that

Angel: so i was making pizza rite

Baabe: its gonna be a multi text situation. neat.

Angel: and the impulsive urge to yeet that motherfucker at the ceiling with the force of a thousands suns came upon this bitch

Sam: And that should be a lesson in control, kiddos.

Angel: but i couldnt do it in the kitchen because i wasnt in the kitchen

Sweetheart: Then where tf were you

Angel: in davey and me bedroom

Baabe: omg this keeps getting better. i cant wait to tell Ash.

Angel: we have hella high ceilings so i got on the bed and threw the dough at the ceiling

Angel: now its stuck and davey is gonna come home any minute

Sweetheart: I lied I have no idea how to get pizza dough off high ceilings I just wanted to hear the story hehehehe

Angel: ((유∀유|||))

Baabe: all mates are wonderful. all werewolves are awesome (except chrissy all my homies hate chrissy) but Ash is by far the best. <3

Angel: omg i literally luv my house husband

Sweetheart: Disagree what evidence do you have

Baabe: three words invisi.

Angel: i love you

Baabe: no

Angel: rejected by my waifu im never gonna financially recover alexa play the wheels on the bus

Baabe: breakfast. in. bed.

Sweetheart: Three words for you

Angel: i love you

Sweetheart: No

Angel: rejected twice in one day by my waifus alexa play arabian nights

Sweetheart: Crumbs. In. Bed.

Sam: Why was this what I had to come in to?

Angel: sam wont reject me will u vamp daddy

Sam: Without hesitation I absolutely will.

Angel: im literally gonna kms ༼ ༎ຶ ෴ ༎ຶ༽

[avatarkurukdefender]

Adhd is still adhding so lets talk about A Literal Team Avatar instead of writing it :3

Aang is NOT gonna have a good time. In fact to quote Sans he's in for a BAD TIME

So you know in the Yangchen books how her past lives would frequently possess her body at the absolute WORST TIMES for example, the past life that had really really really bad claustrophobia possessing her when she was in a tight claustrophobic space and making her freak out? Yeah that. You know how none of the avatars after Yangchen never seemed to deal with this? Well I headcanon that the reason why was because Yangchen actively BLOCKED the previous incarnations for pulling that same awful shit with every avatar after her.

So what do you think is gonna happen when Yangchen has been removed from the avatar cycle (and teenified) and is no longer to keep the others from fighting over Aang like a chew toy?

:3

Lets see how badly this can fuck with the poor twelve year old boy

(aka a bunch of random headcanons I came up with for the avatars we only have names and even a few of the nameless ones)

Szeto first of all had BAD sleep paralysis. Like almost every night, hallucination fo something just standing over him (or in some cases full on trying to strangle him) and he cant move or even speak levels of bad. Also had severe hemophobia (fear of blood) and would literally faint at the sight of blood (hehehehe)

Next is Salai who had severe thalassophobia (fear of the ocean/ fear of deep bodies of water) like he would get full on panic attacks every single time he had to cross the ocean. Even worse since I headcanon that he drowned in a a severe storm while sailing on the ocean. And considering the fact that the gaang presumably spends a few weeks on a BOAT on the OCEAN to get from the Northern Water Tribe to General Fong's base...yeah thats gonna be a really bad time for Aang.

Avatar Gun, aka the one that possessed Yangchen to go on a rant about how humanity is selfish and uncaring, how they expect you to pull of a hundred miracles and then get mad you didnt do a hundred and one, yeah...they're gonna be a fun one (also they are nonbinary now because they were never said to be male or female and the wiki used they them pronouns for them so bite me) aside from...that they also absolutely HATED crowds, like avoided them at all costs unless absolutely necessary, otherwise would be sweating and shaking the entire time until they could leave. (Which means Omashu, Ba Sing Se, literally any crowded town or city is gonna be absolute HELL for our favorite little airbender)

Ok now for the ones without names (I have two of those so far)

This armless firebender who someone on tiktok named Avatar Kazza (I dont remember who named her that though)

Oh boy :3

So you know how General Fong pulled Katara under the ground to trigger the avatar state in Aang? Well the same thing happened to her partner. Only difference is that her partner wasn't pulled back out. Oh no. Her partner was pulled underground and CRUSHED to death. (When Kaaza bent them back out, there was nothing but blood, broken pulverized bones and completely crushed organs...) Yeah its gonna be a lot bloodier than in canon (None of General Fong's soldiers will die Im not gonna traumatize Aang THAT badly, but they will be maimed very badly.)

Next is this pretty avatar

I think someone on tiktok named her Avatar Imiq but dont quote me on that

She's the avatar that was absolutely terrified of the Spirit World, to the point that it caused Yangchen's sister Jetsun to get kidnapped by spirits when they went there (because you know the spirits get hostile when you're afraid and guess who decided to pop in at the worst moment?) Luckily this one isnt going to cause too much trouble since I dont think Aang actually goes to the spirit in books two and three unless you count Wan Shi Tong's Library (though Aang is not gonna have a good time when Avatar Imiq starts freaking out because of Wan Shi Tong) but I havent rewatched the show in awhile so I could be wrong

Also you know the avatar that had claustrophobia? That was Wan. With the exception of his tree house Wan absolutely hated small tight spaces. And that is something he was going to make everyone's problem (just like how every avatar inherited Wan's iconic crooked avatar smile, every avatar also inherited some claustrophobia, some worse than others. Unfortunately thats now gonna be Aang's problem)

I just keep coming up with these and thinking "What would suck/be the most inconvenient for Aang to have in this moment" and then assigning that to one of the past lives

(Also here's something funny, you know the air nomad avatar behind Kuruk? They actually used him TWICE in the TLOK image of all the past lives. He's also the second one behind Szeto on the left side)

[ladylooch]

OH OH I WANNA ASK A QUESTION PICK ME PICK ME 🙋🏼‍♀️🙋🏼‍♀️🙋🏼‍♀️

We talk often about the craziness of the boys’ rookie season. But what’s the wildest things our girls have done? Who got a piercing mom and dad would NOT approve of? Who had a maneater phase in college ? I know our girlies get a little crazy too.

Lucie: we know alllll about her drama and trouble. Kissing boys she shouldn’t. Sneaking out. Being bailed out of jail. Throwing parties when her parents are gone. Getting her belly button pierced. Smoking weed at abandoned warehouses. You name it, she’s done it.

Liv: is literally as perfect as she seems. This drama with Ryder is her worst mix up, honestly. She’s as pure and innocent as Timo wanted to keep her. She hates getting into trouble and is deeply rooted in people pleasing until Luca helps inspire her to stand up for herself more.

Mack: as innocent as Livy in high school, except that she does lose her virginity before going to college. Mostly to just cross that off her list and move on. Mack has a decent amount of hook ups in college. Kinda a rotation of tortured artist euro boys who strike her fancy at her expensive university. Otherwise, she drinks, once deeply contemplated getting her nipples pierced, but backed out at the last second, and punched deserving dudes in the mouth whenever she had the urge.

Savannah: call her Ms. Maneater . And man does she love to feast. She doesn’t rival Lio by any means, but she has a great time in school. Pledges a sorority, at the Frats every Friday and Saturday. Got suspended in high school for breaking into the gym with her friend group to swim in the pool. She likes a little rebellious streak in her otherwise posh and put together life. That’s why she is with Lio after all 🤭

Emma: the quiet unassuming one who is a sultry siren to men of a finer society. Emma lured plenty of men into her bed before her husband. She let them wine and dine her with no intention of getting series. She would have them once, twice, maybe three times and then get bored. Until she was out of college, then she had them stick around longer but only flirting with the idea of fun, never love. Also lowkey convinced that hanging out with finance men led to a tiny bit of a cocaine habit, but one she broke before meeting Timo.

Lexi: a helper through and through. Lexi mostly got in trouble for expending her energy trying to make friends. She would let people cheat off her in school. Or agree to go to parties and drink when she really would rather be home and reading. By the time she gets to college, all of that is behind her. Nursing school was tough and she isolated herself in the library other than the classical Saturday night out where she would shake her ass on the dance floor to catch herself a make out buddy.

Kailey: a rebel hehehehe. Known for drinking too much beer at 16 and flashing the whole football team on their game day bus. Also known for really liking cigarettes and falling into bed way too soon with some guys who didn’t appreciate her. All driven by the grief of losing her mom and only being left with male figures in her life who didn’t quite know how to handle her empathetic heart.

Sam: mostly on the straight and narrow like a good midwestern girl. Did get in trouble once for smoking weed. Only because she was so high that she called her parents sobbing because it was a terrible experience. No need to ground her. She learned that lesson on her own 🤣 the only other TERRIBLE thing was falling in love with her brother’s teammate.

[s1llydr3amscape]

Here some ye olde Vanessa designs i managed to find sifting through my sketchbooks (pre sb!!!!) There's more but Its really deep in the trenches.

rip their 4head broo they have no brain 😔

I miss doing stylised stuff tbh but ppl bullied me for it so now whenever I do it I go 😭

very old art vs my current art style and oc's below + rambles :

this was right After the freaking posters released and oughhhh 😭😭😭😭 gurlll

top name cut off that Blaine guy are other human ocs I had for years!! They were in a comic with Vanessa and others heheheh I used to do comics 24/7!!! Ft my old fnaf ocs rival to fazbears who was better at keeping the safety aspect off their robots. I wanna ramble abt them too one day after a heavy rehaul. Vanessa actually switched jobs from my oc location to the Pizzaplex in it!!!! Because I hope Vanny and Vanessa were seperate!!!

Vanessa and Vanny were seperate people in my Rabbit City AU but idk if I still want them to be different or the same now. Also one of Glitchtraps workers who managed to break free from his control and he didn't like that and sent every piece of her crimes online on the Internet as this crazed murder. So now she's in a new city under hiding or face criminal charges she didn't commit willingly. She managed to dye her fur and change enough and became a roadie for this band that's not very good. (Ffps rockstars I love yall funky vibe I'm sorry yall died too soon). She wants to help people and protect them she knows there's others under Glitchtrap’s control and wants to put a stop to him. Sadly some off them don't seem like they want any help... She was a beagle dog because when I saw her I was like beagle!!!!

My longest one is my oc story that's bad and outdated which included 3 rap battles (i love rap sue me) and an orange cat with green eyes with wings mc who's name try and guess

Its Winger.... (yeah because he was based off Scootaloo having small wings so young me thought ohhh Winged but like Winger because unlike scootaloo he can fly and is a winner!!! 💀💀💀 he also had beef with nyan cat oc over a girl and could transform into different elements!!! Like nature fire ice and rainbow... the main main main mc tho is a brown green eyed cat who was half robot after an accident... God looking back what was I on (I got into mlp and had unrestricted Internet access)

then we had this off my old sona... I didn't know how to draw fat could you tell... dark times oughhhh I wasn't blind tho then win 💀 alot of my older older art is traditional so you may not see it unless I sift through 17 layers off hell. Wish I backed up more of my 2019-2020 digital art tho but those were the darkest times for me also wait eewwww no eyebrows

ive gotten better and fr be the change you wanna see in this world draw fat bitches!!!! going down the rabbit hole

that one barbie trend I didn't finish look at the hands boy ouggh insane sauce I drew that

I miss drawing like this lowkey but my hand hurty and god ibis crashes every 25 minutes u was gonna gonna feral bro

self love is drawing urself accurately irl after years of drawing a caricatures of yourself (My first human sona ever was a skinny white woman with long neon yellow hair and a purple streak </3)

Gremlin from earlier I learned color theory aswell but only for purple, green and brown oops <333

I figured I could give it an oval nose because I didn't know how to draw my nose at all. Big ass nose death off me real!!! I love :3 face so much and big ass ears!!!! I will make them have big ass ears they are fun!!!!

These are my sonas I have like 4 rn and a million in thr vault (progress is progressing)

old oc his name is Jamie now and he's from a dream I had. Literally an incel too like he's studying magic got so fed up no one in his own world wanted him. Used magic to find his soul mate who existed in another universe. Made a portal to get there and take her back to his world because he wouldn't comply in a non magic world. When he arrived to her world almost died turning white and green. And like still managed to get the girl back to his world (Akuma's a goober who wanted to be isekaid) and yeah. Like huh my guy chill out 😭😭😭😭 no wonder you ain't getting any. He also killed me in the dream and is so dumb for being a prodigy??? Like he made a business selling illegal potions with the company name just vile.... his own initials... like bro how are you not caught. I can't with him. I pray opun his downfall and can't wait to see what other shit he pulls outta his ass. I feel bad for the Akuma she just wanted to escape not knowing this guy a freak.

heres him now!! He's much more dream accurate with the current events so far!!!!! If he appears next time I hope he croaks fr from the magic sickness like bro u a freak freak /neg

But yeah improvement is real!!! my art process is slower now (carpal tunnel) but I love to draw so much it is so fun if my bitchass ibis won't crash that is hehehehe (it crashed a million times trying to first time make a comic digitally I'm 💥💥💥)

[trippygalaxy]

Hello! I'd love a sacred realm headcannon for Time with a shy SO, if you wouldn't mind?

AWEEEEE ABSOLUTELY!!! FHJDSKFJKS

Pairing: Sr! Time x shy!reader (gn) Warning:none?

Time

Okay I can honestly see this dude going two ways with how he reacts/handles having a shy s/o! But either way he does love and care for you, your more reserved nature would never change that!

I can see him being someone who would try to get you a little more out of your comfort zone (whether that be with social interactions, speaking up for yourself, or just being out in public!) near the beginning of your relationship as a way to get you more comfortable in said situations

Both in life and death he would often find himself in very...extroverted circles and wants you to be as comfortable as possible considering you might be around those circles quite a bit!

Now, as you two grow in your relationship and he comes to realize, or you tell him, that his actions weren't helping and just making you even more uncomfortable he quickly stops them

he isn't the best with words, so his verbal apology might seem a bit off putting, but he tries to best to make it up to you! (whether that be in gifts, quality time, or making sure that you're alright in whatever situation you two are in!)

BUT i can also see him as the sort of guy who, if he was aware of your shy nature before dating, wouldn't care that much at all! If anything he finds it rather endearing, making you less of a headache to be around :3 /j

He understands that you're naturally more revered and respects it. The hero of Time isn't actually the most outgoing person either, so it would be a TAD hypocritical for him to judge you on such a trait!

NOW!! For how he acts and interacts with his shy lover? HEHEHEH

Time honestly, but secretly, really likes when you stand by his side-or more like hide by his side! He subtlety broaden his shoulders to cover you when you find yourself inching behind the might hero while you two are in a social interaction that leaves you tired or anxious

This tall, grumpy ass man gets a little giddy, and proud, if you grab onto his cloak to keep him close!

Lets you play with his hand if you're anxious and can't leave, will glare at ANYONE who makes a comment about it LMAO

Wild had pictures of Time looming behind you, VERY INTIMIDATINGLY, whilst you quietly spoke to a shopkeeper! The owner couldn't see the hero, but his mere presence was enough to make the owner turn ghost white!

YOU TWO ARE TOTALLY THE 'They asked for no pickles' COUPLE!!!

Oh, did they mess up your order and you don't want to bother them again? First, you wouldn't be bothering them it is quite literally their job. Second! Time is already halfway towards the tavern's counter with your incorrect meal in hand -3-

Will NOT tolerate people making fun or joking about your shy nature. He doesn't care if its one of the other heroes or a living person, he can and WILL put them in their place one way or another.

OH OH!! Time is also totally the type of lover who would encourage you to take the lead in some situations (which he has difficulties with but thats more because hes a control freak), quietly reassuring and praising you as the day goes on but if he notices its getting too much for you he is quick to take charge once more!

Now, as much as he loves you he would not treat you as a baby. He is willing to be by your side no matter what, but you also have to learn how to survive on your own! Both in and out of battle!

But even with being said (by him, many times) its very common to see him speaking on your behalf -with your consent and agreement- in loud situations!

All an all, He loves you and wants to make sure you feel nothing but comfortable around him!

tag list! @the-cucco-nuggie @baileyboo2016

[music-orthemisery]

I have been trying to get one of my friends into Peterick, but I don't even know where to start. I considered a PP presentation but I feel like even that wouldn't be enough... Your ask the other day resonated deeply with me because how could I possibly choose?! 😩 Do you think the hiatus might be too much for a first introduction?

Well anon, is your friend capable of sight and/or hearing? If so, just like….send them anything about those two and wait. Like a horse to water or whatever. Soon you’ll get the “are they like….ya know….” texts.

Honestly though? There are…so many ways you could go with this….and I have so many clarifying questions so please don’t be shy just message me and we can talk and flail about it!!!

If you’re like “absolutely NOT I do NOT want to be perceived” then um….here’s some thoughts…

What does “get into peterick” mean? Cuz if it’s just like, reading fic (which is fine!), then I’d just…send them some fic you like and then provide some lore explanations that go with it…?

If it’s like…you want them to fully grasp and be obsessed with the absolutely batshit insane thing they’ve had going on for 20+ years…

Does your friend…like FOB? Are they already a fan? If so, cool. If not, I’d prob start with getting them into the music first since it’s like. The literal heart and soul of anything p2.

What typically gets them into something? Do they like web weaves? Lyrical analysis? Interviews? Do they have a favorite FOB era you could focus in on? You know what gets your friend amped so maybe approach from that angle.

If there’s no real “angle” you can think of, I’d actually…work backwards. There’s just so much from this era alone to start with (riffs, Zane Lowe, other interviews, every single fuckin photo of them making lovey eyes at each other, etc). It’s also more fun to connect stuff from now back to pre-h than to keep having to jump ahead, too.

Pick the stuff that makes you insane, send it, and let them mull. Again, horse to water.

Starting with hiatus would be…a choice…and prob wouldn’t have the same amount of impact since you gotta at least know about the stuff surrounding the hiatus for it to hit as hard. (Also damn anon do you want to make your friend DEPRESSED?)

Not sure if this is helpful but I hope it was! Again…please feel free to just message me and we can plan the attack together hehehehe

[ananke-xiii]

“Beat Lucille” or when spoofing resurrection fails. Pt I.

Part II Part III

I swear I'm doing my best to make posts shorter and be more concise but whoops. I’ve made an even more gigantic post that I decided to divide into slices like pizza (this is an inside, extremely macabre joke that you’ll get only if you read everything heheheh). Anyway, I hope it’ll be worth your while! <3

(I’ll do my best to tag this post will all the possible trigger warnings but I’ll say it here too: the content’s about Sam and Lucifer in “Beat the Devil” and all the implications of their “relationship” in the episode so I’ll touch upon a lot of sensitive themes)

The irony of Lucifer resurrecting Sam in Apocalypse World is… not fun.

Almost on time for Halloween, here I am writing about Sam Winchester’s resurrection by means of the Devil. On one hand, analyzing “Beat the Devil” for my resurrection studies brings me much joy because the episode is packed with symbols, on the other the episode itself doesn’t “spark joy” because its comedic aspect didn’t land for me.

The (more or less) fun, sex-related subtext (Gabriel is “premature”! Rowena has something to “fill”! The magical “roofie”!) shows its true colors when Sam and Lucifer are alone in a dark tunnel brimming with starving (the episode makes a point of giving us a bit about their backstory, “nothing but pure, stupid appetite”) vampires. Lucifer stays true to his name because he’s the only who can bring “light” into Sam’s “darkness”. All of a sudden we’re knee-deep in “the rapier wit, the wittier rape” territory and… I don’t really find the episode funny anymore. In my opinion, its rather flippant and campy vibe should have stopped the minute Sam and Lucifer start talking. Instead, Lucifer keeps being this weird, twisted, dated sit-com version of himself and I personally think that it ruins the tragic significance of the moment: Sam is, no matter what, bonded to his abuser, his life, death and rebirth are still dependent on him. This is bone-chilling and I don’t think the episode conveyed it well enough (it was the actors who did the heavy-lifting this time).

Berens has used the movie Beat the Devil by John Huston as the episode’s blueprint and, perhaps, it wasn’t the best choice given the rather grim events taking place in the episode. The movie, written by Truman Capote, is in the writer’s words: “…a parody. Instead of another Maltese Falcon, we turned it into a... [spoof] on this type of film." Now this is funny because SPN S13 already has its own parody of the Maltese Falcon and it’s the episode titled “A Most Holy Man”. So what Berens, I think, tried to do was not to re-make a parody of a parody of an episode in the same season, but to take the most comedic/parodic aspects of Beat the Devil and apply them on his characters, one of them being the literal Devil. For me, in the end it didn’t work out.

I didn’t know it before watching it (it’s a really, really fun movie) but Wikipedia has taught me that Beat the Devil is considered to be the first camp movie. It definitely had to be included in SPN then! Who isn’t a slut for campy irony? I certainly am. However, as I’ve said, perhaps the fun should have stopped at a certain point. And I’m not saying this because I think that we shouldn’t find/make comedy out of complex themes, I’m saying this because during Dabb era Supernatural feels, to me, like an “Exercise in Styles”. Just like Raymond Queneaus’s book, later seasons SPN are a retelling of a retelling of the same story but with (partially) different ingredients. And fine, I’ll admit it: it’s still super fun but the flip side is that the moment the characters start to feel something, boom!, it’s taken away from them. The issue is that if there’s no space for the characters to feel, then I too, as a viewer, don’t have time to feel the importance/significance of what the hell is going on. And I want to feel something, man. After a while, preventing the characters from getting what they want robs us, as audience, of the same thing.

Like, give me some pathos, give me some catharsis, give me something new to chew on. Show me something that was never shown before. Deviate from that rigid antithetical narrative spiral. Or, if it’s not possible, at least when two characters like, for instance, Lucifer and Cas, or Lucifer and Sam “reunite” I need to sense the momentum: everything can be a joke but that doesn’t mean that we need to be joking all the time. I love some mind-bending storytelling but give me soul as well (“soul” because I’m talking about resurrections… get it? Get it?!).

What I have instead is this:

LUCIFER: Boo! Hey, Sammy. SAM: No. LUCIFER: Yeah, I mean, you could do the whole pinch yourself, rub your eyes thing, or you could put on your big boy pants and just, you know, cut right to the realization that yep, it’s me. SAM: Y-you -- you...You brought me back. LUCIFER: I did. You’re welcome.

Yeah, I mean sure, we can all put on our big boy pants and cut right to the realization that’s Lucifer. Why not? We gotta get going, chop-chop, why should we waste our time to let Sam Winchester have a fucking moment of realization? The rest of the dialogue also feels very superficial and it’s intended to be as such: Lucifer wants year-round episodes of Drag Race, the vamps are there waiting for them to finish the “convo”, Sam-Sammy-Samuel-Champ needs to hurry up and decide if he wants to follow Lucifer or die again. It’s all very anticlimactic and Lucifer talks like one of those people who want to be “hip” and have “swag” to hide the fact that they don’t really have much to say (the actors did a good job bringing the scene home, gotta be honest). The parodic use of the flashlight as if Lucifer is telling a horror story, the “boo”, Lucifer’s laugh... This is a scene that’s not really centered on Sam and what has just happened to him and it shows. This scene is a spoof of the barn scene in “Lazarus Rising”. So allow me to (try to) refocus on Sam.

Sam-Sammy-Samuel Rising. A parody.

I’ve already written (here and here) that, in hindsight, when Cas and Dean “resurrect” it doesn’t go well for Sam. S4 starts with “Lazarus Rising” and ends with “Lucifer Rising” and, in so doing (and whether it was planned or not, see: in hindsight), it shows us Dean and Cas on one side and Sam and his accompanying guardian angel Lucifer on the other. The four characters are all needed for Apocalypse to happen. Or, well, supposedly, because Apocalypse doesn’t actually happen. Something very similar happens in S13 where we see the same pattern in a different… style: Dean resurrects Cas (it’s an oversimplification, more here) and this time it’s Lucifer who resurrects Sam. In a world where the Apocalypse happened. A world that exists because Sam and Dean don’t exist and where Lucifer is dead and Cas hasn’t fallen (or whatever that was). From a formal point of view these inverted parallels are actually rather pleasing.

In case we needed a friendly reminder that this a retelling, Lucifer himself implicitly confirms that he wants “rerun-free” Drag Race episodes and explains how he has pulled off his “little Lazarus trick”.

Too bad for Sam, though. Because if this is a rerun, it also implies that Sam is done for. Just like Cas rising&resurrecting in S4/5 gives Dean somebody who’ll help him against Heaven, in S13 Cas coming back signifies that he’ll give Dean faith in life again. Meanwhile Sam in S4/5 just has… Lucifer. And in S13? Same. Still the abuser that he himself helped resurrect and that’s now resurrecting him in return. The song does remain the same for Sam Winchester. There’s nothing new nor nothing more for him.

I have compared Cas’ resurrection is S13 with Jack’s (first) resurrection in S14 and I’ve found some very strong similarities. The tl;dr version is that in both cases four persons were needed in order to resurrect the dead: Dean/Lily, Jack, Cas and the Shadow. I’ve also said that both times the resurrection was the combination of two types of love: parental (Jack and Cas) and (sort of, lol) romantic (Cas and the Shadow/Dean). Even if you don’t want to subscribe to this interpretation, you can still see that the process is a rather active one since, on one side, there’s someone who starts the resurrection process while on the other we have the Shadow as the Antagonist. In other words, there’s a quite interesting dynamic at play that can be summarized in the (very prosaic, I know) dichotomy of “life vs death” or (perhaps more enticing) “Eros and Thanatos”.

So what about Sam? Weeeeeeeeell. Unfortunately nothing good. Like Cas and the Shadow, Sam is portrayed as being “owned” by Lucifer; Like Cas and Jack, Sam is implicitly portrayed as Lucifer’s son. To put it simply, there’s no dynamic here at play, there’s only Lucifer (which, unfortunately, also means that the “Eros and Thanatos” dichotomy starts and ends with him):

SAM: What do you want?! LUCIFER: I want what you already have -- a relationship with my son. Okay, there was a time that I would, you know, just grab him, but... I've grown. SAM: I'm sure you have. LUCIFER: I have, Samuel. I want my son, and you're gonna help me. SAM: How? LUCIFER: Well, I don’t feel like he’ll give me a chance unless I come bearing gifts.Yup. Boop! That’s you.

This is a full-circle moment where many things converge: in “The Rising Son” Lucifer, who went to another dimension and grabbed Mary with him like Sam grabbed Michael in “Swan Song”, wanted to use Mary as goods to trade in exchange for his son. That didn’t happen so, in her stead, Lucifer’s using Sam. Even more importantly, Mary came back to life as a “gift” that Amara gave Dean while now Sam is a “gift” Lucifer plans to use to get his son back. Both before the big Chuck reveal and well after S4-5 “battle” against Heaven, it was abundantly clear that a good part of SPN characters were literally used as goods for the cosmic entity on duty that season. I’ll talk more about resurrection as a gift when I’ll post about Mary’s impossible resurrection in S14 but yeah, SPN’s soul&body’s resurrection economy slowly but surely shifted from demonic deals to cosmic gifts.

The continuation of Sam and Lucifer’s dialogue doesn’t really add anything new but it gives us another “blast from the past” with Lucifer’s paraphrasing Castiel’s words in “Lazarus Rising”. It’s important to remember that the main frame of the episode is Beat the Devil, a parody. Therefore, Lucifer rising Sam is a (dark) parody of Castiel doing the same to Dean in S4.

LUCIFER: Look, Sammy, I'm -- I'm not asking you to -- to like it or to like me. All I'm asking is that you acknowledge the truth, that I was the one who brought you back to life, that I was the one who lifted you from the darkness and into the light. Okay? Apocalypse World, Michael's armies -- you really think you and your family can handle that stuff alone? You need me. SAM: And what if I say no?  LUCIFER: All right, let me just make this really, really, really easy -- easy enough for even you to understand, Sammy. I’m gettin’ to Jack, one way or the other. The only question is are you coming with?

Of course, it’s not Sam who needs Lucifer, it’s the other way around, this is all an unnecessary play. The truth is that Sam can’t say no, he can’t say “I don’t need you”. Just like Dean’s resurrection in S4 wasn’t something that was done for him but for Heaven’s agenda, Sam’s resurrection here is not done out of “love” but for Lucifer’s agenda. On a passing but related note (since Lucifer has invoked Michael’s name), the (forced upon) intimacy of this scene (Sam and Lucifer are close in a confined space, Sam’s dead body being highly aestheticized for our contemplation, grace as semen) allows us to see the whole Michael/Dean and Lucifer/Sam under a new light. Michael didn’t even raise his finger to go save his true vessel from perdition, his relationship with Dean was always mediated by Castiel. Lucifer, on the other hand, goes directly to Sam (disguised as Jessica), from the very beginning.

Even if we want to set aside the AU!Michael-possessing-Dean’s foreshadowing for a moment, we are still somehow reminded that Sam and Lucifer’s relationship was, is and always will be different from Dean and his Michaels. Sam shares his bed with Lucifer in S5 and his deathbed with him in S13. We have, again, an “Eros and Thanatos” aspect to consider.

To be continued!

[astorichan]

soooo like bug romance right?

I have literally never thought of bug game in romantic terms, especially not between the higher beings

It’s always been a lot of…familial bonds, and how they’re messed with/exploited

But

you seem to have bug romance on the brain

and I wanna know

I wanna know how that recontextualizes this game

please

I’m so sorry for bothering you so much your rambles are just so cool

bug romance hehehehe

i kind of went in with the same view: came for the sibling dynamics between Hollow & Ghost (mainly) + Hollow & PK family dynamics. Then I happened upon a single line in another fic that ripped my heart out and sent me into a recontextualisation night-long spiral. (misread the tags on it, oop) The line was "And it felt terribly alone without her." Hollow @ Radi.

So yeah, that was the first ship I got into. It resonated with me very hard due to some history, so I was able to really... care about it and the dynamics at play. (my aro ass needs to get very invested to ship characters lol)

BUT enough intro, let me actually ramble:

RadiHollow is the first of my two ships. It's based on several factors, first of them being that those two spent an indefinite (I personally headcanon 300-400 years) amount of time completely isolated from the world. Alone with only each other for company. We know that Radi is horrible at loneliness, her history/the entire thing with Higher Beings requiring worship to live alludes to it a lot: the whole reason the infection broke out was that she'd been forgotten by the moths. Left behind. Left alone. The next factors are my own view of their characters. Radi as I write her is an extremely self-centered person, incapable of ever admitting any fault, incapable of ever being wrong, incapable of ever not being in control. She's manipulative and very emotionally abusive in an... insidious, "you just can't appreciate my love", way. So not "hehe torture fun". Hollow is someone who never viewed themself as a real person. Their feelings, wants, thoughts are not important. They have not experienced kindness for who they were. They also tend to blame themself for anything bad that happens. Couple those two in complete isolation (which, isolation is one of the first steps an abuser will take to gain control over their victim), with Radi showing Hollow genuine kindness despite their failure, despite them being her enemy, despite everything. She has an "I will fix you" mentality; she sees them as a poor, downtrodden person who only needs to be loved enough to fall on her side. To see that she was right all along. They hate each other, of course. They want to watch each other burn. They want to burn together. Radi wants to enter the new dawn together with them. They want to go down in flames together with her. They hate her, but the kindness makes it hard to only hate her. She hates them, but their empathy and responsiveness, their presence and pushback make it hard to only hate them.

Grollow is the second one, and it has direct relation to all the stuff I've said up there. I headcanon Grimm and Radi as siblings (""? as much as beings of pure magic can be siblings. their relationship is definitely familial), which means that Grimm is very intimately familiar with all of Radi's antics: the gaslighting, the manipulation, the blame-everyone-around, the disregard for his feelings, the blindness to what her love does to him. He's someone that understands Hollow, post-Radi. He's someone that knows what they've gone through. He's someone who's had similar experiences and had time to heal from them. He's someone who hates watching them suffer at her hands. And he's someone who sees them for the absolute mess that they are, knows most of what Radi could've done to them mentally and is willing to stay by their side. And somewhere along the way, they fall for each other. Somewhere along the way, Hollow grows comfortable with showing themself, with being themself. They stop clinging to their history with Radi, they grow past their (frankly, awful) learned responses. They realise just how much he's done for them, and they want to be the best version of themself, to be his support - if he will let them. He draws out the best in them. They draw out the best in him. They're mirrors of each other. They're pillars of support for one another. They're both willing to do anything for each other. Even if that anything is growing past spiteful pride and unwillingness to admit to fault. Even if that anything is opening up your heart to a potential knife, dropping a mask of playfulness and detachment, showing the vulnerable skin underneath.

My two ships. Proudly waving them around. There's more stuff to Grollow, namely PVxGrimm pairing (so, pre-Temple). Moon expands on that a bit (I think it's in the already posted chapter, even) and Dreams has it because of shared interests, shared character traits and, again, Grimm's unwillingness to coddle them or evade them for any reason. Means a lot to them.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN SORRY don't you sorry me /lh I'm so glad for the opportunities to talk about my stuff. I love sharing my thoughts, headcanons, anything connected to the creative process honestly. It's a special kind of heartwarming. So no sorry, thank you for asking!

[rallennox]

ur gif choice for ur strawpage RULES i love the gif of the other side of paradise red rocks performance. entire reason i went to see them at that venue tbh.

heheheh ty!!!! had literally so much fun making the strawpage and totally didn't spend 5 hours on it

( @not-ziggy may or may not have watched this happen)

[mania-sama]

Hehehehe

🧩 ⇢ what will make you click away from a fanfiction immediately?

🛼 ⇢ describe your latest wip with five emojis

🪐 ⇢ name three good things going on in your life right now

🦋 ⇢ share something that has been on your heart and mind lately (💜💜💜)

➼ what will make you click away from a fanfiction immediately?

I'm going to be honest, I'll read just about anything that is mildly entertaining. Outside of the normal hard-to-read things that will make most anybody click away (horrific ((and I mean horrific)) grammar, only one paragraph, etc.), I will power through it. There are types of fics I tend to avoid, but then I probably never clicked on them in the first place.

For me, the easiest way to make me click off of something is if it's boring. Like I said, as long as I'm entertained, I'll read it. Bad grammar? If I'm having a good time, I don't care. First person? If it's short, I don't care. OOC? I don't care if they wouldn't say that, they did in this fic and it was hilarious. Ship I don't like/don't care about/never read for? Well, I am now because I am hooked by this summary. Even if I'm moreso laughing at a fic than I am with it (case in point, semi-recent Klance fic I read that was objectively bad but it was so bad that I literally had to finish it), if you've written something mildly interesting or entertaining, then I will read it.

So, not much will make me click away, but one thing will. I give a fic like three paragraphs to prove to me it will be fun to read in one manner or another. As soon as I stop caring, I immediately stop reading. I'm here to have fun, not to force myself to consume something I don't want to.

➼ describe your latest wip with five emojis

🚢🛶☠️🌊🏐 … If this means anything at all.

➼ name three good things going on in your life right now

I've been very good at keeping contact with my friends lately, which I think is very very good. I've also spent much more time dedicated to writing in recent days, so that means I've made significant progress in the WIP for the previous question. And for the final one, I'd say the best thing going on my life at the moment is that I'm really just. At peace with myself. While I do have occasional moments of stress and/or anxiety, I've been very happy, very intentional in my wants to improve my daily life and achieve my goals. It is a far cry from what my younger self thought that I would look like at this age (namely, she thought I would be Dead). But fuck you younger me, I'm not only alive, but I am happy and thriving.

➼ share something that has been on your heart and mind lately (💜💜💜)

VERY LONG RANT IN THE CUT BE WARNED LORD

While I am not going to talk about politics or the state of really serious world matters (i.e. Gaza, Ukraine-Russia War, etc.) in response to this question, I AM going to use this opportunity to give a little explanation. I am American. I have it in my masterpost so people are more aware of what my posting schedule may be like and what type of language, dialect, and slang my fics will have. I do NOT have it in there as a way to insert political ideologies or to invite discussion of politics in any capacity. I have gone out of my way to make sure I do not state my opinions on what is occurring in my country or on more pressing worldwide issues, aside from one time when President Trump had his first assassination attempt (because it was crazy). My Tumblr is not the place for any discussion of that sort. Nobody who follows me wants to hear about that; not every personal blog needs to be politically active. My blog is for shits and giggles and fandoms and games and fun and my rants on stupid people on the Internet and in my personal life, not for intensely serious subjects. I don't want to shove those kinds of opinions down people's throats. Because of course I have opinions; we all do. I just don't wish to express them when given the choice.

Trust me I did not think that you, specifically, asked for this question so I could talk about politics lol I really am just using that as a loose opportunity to address it for anyone who may be curious. I will instead be talking about something that I think about subconsciously at least... once every hour. It's sort of a pressing issue of my life, and it falls under the rant category of Stupid People on Internet and Personal Life.

Anti-intellectualism. Or, more along the lines of the Inability To Think For One's Self.

I will admit that I have a hint of an unfortunate superiority complex, so my words are minced by bias. But anyway. I am constantly pissed off by the people around me because I swear to God nobody wants to think about things in any critical light at all. There are absolutely two ways to look at a situation or person at all times; the conclusion may be the same, but the angle is different. Some people do not understand this very basic concept.

I will take the infamous BookTok as the primary example. BookTok is a subsect of TikTok that gets a very bad rep because they tend to recommend corny, smutty romance books constantly. While these books are certainly not the highest of quality, they are still enjoyed by these people. At the very least, people are reading, and that is a good thing. People outside of BookTok look at these people reading corny, smutty romance books of somewhat poor quality and immediately dogpile on them for being "anti-intellectual" for not wanting to read higher quality books like Babel by R. F. Kuang or classic novels like To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee.

Then, the BookTok people respond to this the outsiders by saying inherently unintellectual things like "books shouldn't be political" and "you don't always need to criticize something" and "let us enjoy in peace". There is merit to the backlash to the backlash; you can be allowed to enjoy something without thinking about critically. BUT nobody is forcing you to watch other people crap on your favorite book/genre. And, books are an artform that is also inherently meant to be criticized; the written word has always been a source of normal and political discourse for literally as long as it has been around. Then there is the argument of letting them enjoy it in peace which, again, can be founded on ignoring the haters and liking what you like, but you should also be aware of when certain tropes are harmful and misused in published works. Literature is literature; anybody can write anything. I hate censorship. Books should not be banned. But it is also important to recognize when books are promoting bad behaviors, harmful stereotypes, and romanticizing abuse in a way that does not teach the reader to avoid or defend against abuse.

And this is coming from someone who goes out of her way to read gore. But the fanfiction vs published book debate is a whole different rant that I do not have the space for on this reply.

Continuing on: people also don't have to read the classics, or "good" novels. I think that they probably should every now and then, but honestly, just read whatever makes you happy. It is not a requirement to read something that you don't like just because people are getting their noses all up in the air about it. You don't need to read the classics to be an intellectual. It's okay.

But also: BookTok does display a level of anti-intellectualism that other people do not. And this is not because of the content that the read, but because of the way they defend it like those books personally saved their crops from burning and their babies from dying of yellow fever. Like seriously.

(That is also directed at the All For The Game fandom because y'all are fighting invisible discourse all the time. Yes your favorite book series has major problems. Sakavic is not a fucking genius lmfao she did not bless you with wealth and good health.)

Anyway. I talked about the "BookTok" discourse to show that there ARE two sides to an equation. BookTok wouldn't be responding viscerally if people weren't being so antagonistic about other people actually choosing to READ (which is a GOOD thing). Nowadays, people tend to be on either one camp or another. In fact, people tend to base all of their opinions and ideologies off of other people. Which then creates a whole bunch of people believing in one thing (versus another camp who all believe in another thing) and nobody is using their BRAINS to realize that there is, indeed, a middle ground.

Yes. You can think for yourself. You can create your own ideas, do your own things, and do as you please without having to first base your life on someone else's. Case in point: Nikocado Avocado.

I want to start by saying that if I could roast any current living person over a fire, I'd probably pick him. And it's really not even his fault entirely, it's that people wouldn't use the organ in their head to think critically about the situation. For anyone uninformed, Nikocado Avocado is an American mukbang Youtuber who somewhat accidentally fell down a very large pipeline from going to vegan to a morbidly obese, unhealthy person eating an honestly gross amount of fast food while behaving and presenting himself as insufferable, inhumane person who whines and cries like a big fat baby.

Then, he posted a video where he said that his entire channel was a "social experiment" and that he is always "two steps ahead" of the audience and everyone else on Planet Earth, apparently. Because he is just That Guy I guess. And THEN he posts a little while later of him as he is now, which is him at a health weight and enjoying food like a normal person and behaving like a normal person (kind of, if you disregard him thinking he's the Center of the Universe and Everyone is His Pawn on His Chessboard shtick he has going on).

And you know what??? I watched that original video where he said everything was a social experiment and I went "oh, so you're finally realizing that all of this was a big mistake?? That you ruined your health, marriage, and LIFE just to chase money that, ultimately, didn't make you happy?? Oh and you're going to blame the audience, as if they were not constantly encouraging you to stop what you're doing and go see a doctor?? As if people were not watching because they were morbidly entertained by your downfall, that you were not profiting off of YOUR downfall??? You're going to frame you ruining your life as a social experiment and turn the Entire Internet into the bad guy??? This is the worst and most obvious BS I have ever seen in my life."

So you could imagine it made me so unbelievably mad to go online and see that people were freaking out/were scared by his intonation and video. I was FUMING. And obviously I know this was not everyone, but the people who did believe him were very loud and very obnoxious about it.

And then it got worse whenever he lost of that weight "suddenly", as if it was not obvious he just stocked up footage to post while he was losing weight. And then obviously framed it like he was "two steps ahead" and that SAME LOUD GROUP lost their FUCKING MINDS over it, wondering "how could he do this??" and "oh he really was playing us!" And even worse, there was the other camp that believed that he was faking the weight loss, that he was somehow editing himself from the past or making himself skinny in the video. That was objectively worse than people believing him being a smart person in any capacity.

The point is this: he ruined his life, blamed the Internet, lost the weight, and put himself as Genius of the World. And I hope he gets roasted over a pit like a hog because I hate his guts because I know. I KNOW that motherfucker preened when he saw people freaking out over the first video and then the weight loss reveal. I know he was basking in his golden-turd-glory and I am a catty bitch that HATES his success.

The only compliment I will give him is that he did lose the weight. He did, in the end, turn his life around. And that is good. And that is the ONLY thing good about him.

Okay well this got turned into a rant about Nikocado Avocado. I meant to mean that people couldn't think critically and they just kind of. Believed Nick when he said he was a genius and that this was a social experiment. Or they didn't believe his weight loss because other people were speculating so it became a whole thing.

And this kind of thing happens pretty much everywhere. It's happening more often with the increasing popularity of social media. Using an older example is when people (typically in the "older" generations, though I can name quite a few uninformed peers who also fell/are falling for it) believed that schools were putting litter boxes in their hallways for those who identify as cats. Literally why would anyone believe that. ITS BECAUSE. PEOPLE DO NOT. THINK. FOR THEMSELVES. RAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

(And when I say "people", I mean it as a general term. Not an "everyone" term. You get what I mean. Not everyone is lacking critical thinking skills. Just some very loud, very obnoxious people.)