#hmm whats a tag for this i will remember

[sylvrndoodles]

Vesper's forgotten god patron

[publicdomainbooksdevotee]

I'd forgotten (or not noticed) that the live-action Inspector Zenigata low-key had a running joke about Zenigata not understanding how stocks work.

[clove-pinks]

Thank you @nordleuchten for tagging me in the Favourite Characters game!

Rules: "Make a poll with five of your all time favourite characters and then tag five people to do the same. see which character is everyone’s favourite!”

My fictional character array is just weird and terrible, I'm sorry. A lot of more mainstream names (and some obscure names) fell off in favour of true lifetime faves. It was hard to choose only 5 characters.

BUILD NOTES:

I thought about including other Marryat characters like Jacob Faithful and Jack Easy, but all of his best work is a certain autobiographical Type, and Frank Mildmay is the greatest example.

Flintheart Glomgold is the comics version, not the (original or reboot) DuckTales cartoon show version. Carl Barks created him, but most North Americans don't know this character, who is much cooler!

I think we all know who Valjean and Javert are (can be brick or musical versions in your vote). I have to include both of them or the other one would win on name recognition alone.

Tagging @sanguinarysanguinity @the-golden-vanity @gloomth-and-wanderings @some-cold-and-some-violence @jesslovesboats if you want to play!

[hershelwidget]

sorry i just went on an deep dive. it would cost like. 5 or so billion dollar for the octonauts to function. either inkling has pockets as deep as the ocean or there’s some highly illegal behind the scenes nonsense goin on here

[fountainpenguin]

Did you know that in Minecraft canon, allays are sad when they give up items, but simultaneously happy to know they gave it to their bonded player? (2:40 into this video)

The game designers wanted to capture this "interesting, complicated feeling" when creating the sound the allay makes when dropping the item. In the subtitles, this sound is "allay allays."

I love the in-universe implication that early players met this new creature and it made a noise and/or expressed an emotion they could not define, but which seemed important to their new friend, so they call it "allaying." Thus, the allay allays.

Another sound subtitle (and the "Meet the Allay" article on Minecraft.net) says that when allays have no item, they yearn. What a peculiar creature full of sadness and joy. Someone please give it a teddy bear.

This video and "Meet the Allay" both say the allay forms a magic bond with the player and that's why they become immune to damage from that player. Perhaps this bond lets the allay share in the joy of receiving an item, even though they let it go?

Also, shout-out to a second behind-the-scenes video titled "The Secrets of Minecraft: The Allay" where the characters discuss its behavior (i.e. approaching you to ask for an item and promising to return with more) and they act like it's a scam artist slkdfj

Another thing I encountered in earlier research is that Minecraft Legends has a golden variety called a build allay (while the blue one is the gather allay). One of my favorite lore tidbits is that in Legends, allays can turn netherrack into grass. What a cute magical thing for them to do.

[ask-artsy-oncie]

I was reminded of the time that tumblr tried to make "monster high but with tumblr sexymen", and one of the characters was (obviously) the daughter of the once-ler.

And the funny thing to me about that is that in the canon of the illumination lorax movie, the once-ler is heavily implied to have an estranged daughter. I don't know all the sexymen off the top of my head but I think he might've been one of the only ones referenced in that trend who actually had a daughter in his own canon.

[devilishdelights]

read my thirteen fic <3 :]

cw for body horror, gore, death (real death AND your unhinged girlfriend, double combo deal!), traumatizing you (the MC. but remember i also give you a girlfriend so it cancels out), ghosts, zombies, more death, maybe eventually some making out, who knows.

[wispstalk]

wip wednesday

tagged by @nuwanders and @dirty-bosmer and got home from work in time to get in under the cut. thank u for the tag! <3

a bit I wrote yesterday featuring the tail end of a conversation between sheogorath and abi.

“Everyone wants to tear a chunk off the Dragonborn, not least of all your kin with their wings and claws and big toothy jaws. And the biggest and toothiest of these— old Akatosh himself, your sire of sorts— is guaranteed the last bite of Abi.” Sheogorath's grin turns savage. “Oh, you didn’t know? It’s true. Your soul is his, signed and sealed. His to kick around while you live, and his to snap up when you die. That’s the prize waiting for you after this thing is done: eternity with the very one who done it. “What d'you suppose he’s doing while his children fight like beetles trapped under a glass? Hiding his many faces behind his wings because it’s all just too terrible to look? The God of Time chips off pieces of itself and breathes life into them and when that life goes ass-end-up, Akatosh just can’t… be… fucking…. bothered.” He punctuates the last with his cane, tap-tap-tap-tap. She watches him with wide, hard eyes. “But I can." He lays a hand tenderly to his chest. “No one ever has to beg for my favor.”

tagging back: @blossom-adventures @sylvienerevarine @jiubilant @throughtrialbyfire @larkscribbles @elavoria no pressure, but i'd love to see what you're working on in the new year; art, writing, or otherwise

[readingbythestreetlights]

posting a short snippet of the princess cake wip as a gift for @thechocolatecoffeecollection @crimsonicarus !! thank you guys for all the support!! 💞💞

this is still an early, early draft, so excuse any mistakes/inconsistencies!!

To the credit of his agent, the shoot does actually fly by quickly. Filming wraps up what feels like half an hour sooner than what’s usual for this type of thing. Both Jenson and Nico are now left to twiddle their figurative thumbs while they wait for the media team to clean up. At least, Nico is twiddling his thumbs—Jenson somehow seems immune to the awkwardness that tends to linger in the brief interim period after the cameras are shut off. Nico would like to catch him in a situation where he isn’t one hundred percent comfortable in his body. Something in him tells him such a moment will be hard to come by. It’s not exactly envy that comes over Nico, but it is a what-if sort of feeling. What must it feel like to exist with that much ease? It’s sort of unfair.

“Enjoying the view?” Jenson breaks the silence.

Nico realizes he’s been staring, studying Jenson’s (admittedly well-structured) features as his mind has been mulling over the character of the brunet. His cheeks flush slightly, but he remains composed. His gaze meets Jenson’s, where the older man’s eyebrows are raised in self-righteous smugness.

“I could ask the same of you.” Nico is aware of how he looks. Many a so-called straight man has been quick to switch teams upon laying eyes on him. Causing sexuality crises has gotten boring at this point.

“Yes, then. I very much am.” Jenson smiles, lets any of the embarrassment Nico had perhaps tried to lay on him slide right off. Unfair.

Nico just rolls his eyes. He can’t even tell if Jenson’s joking, is the problem. He’s not in the mood for another man to fall in love with him simply because they think he’s basically a girl, right? He’s also not in the mood for Jenson to be saying it as some sick joke, as if it’s all one big gag and of course it is to Jenson because he lives in America, and southern America at that, and—

God, Nico needs to stop being so quick to judge. Take a compliment when he gets it.

“So, how are you liking New York?” Jenson continues kindly, apparently oblivious to Nico’s internal dilemma—or perhaps he can see it all play out on the blond’s face and finds it entertaining. “It’s not your first time here, is it?”

Nico shakes his head in answer. (If it shakes away some of the negative thoughts residing in his mind, that’s a pleasant byproduct.) “No, no. I was here for a gala a few years back. And yes, I enjoy New York, it has a very distinct identity.”

“A gala, wow, Formula 1 is exactly what everyone thinks it is, huh? Surprised you’re alright hanging out with someone who drives on dirty tracks.”

“I’ll have you know I’m an avid rallycross fan.” And to think, Jenson was doing so well only half an hour before. Now he’s throwing it all away to what? Rub the pretentiousness of F1 in Nico’s face? It’s hard to live the job without being aware of it.

“A man of culture.” Jenson nods in approval.

Okay, that’s one point toward his redemption in Nico’s book. Still a lot of work to do, though.

[yanderespamton78]

me bc i had to go ahead and hyperfixate on a bunch of minor background characters with about 3 lines of dialogue each so literally no one else gives a shit about my fav ship in the whole fandom

just warning you the tags are very rambly and dont include anything important so you dont really need to bother reading them lol

[desperatepleasures]

funniest way my suspension of disbelief ever got broken by a fic was when I was reading a pwp about jed & octavius from night at the museum and it referenced octavius entering jed "inch by inch." like no I actually don't think that's an accurate description of how that process would've happened

[nemesis-is-my-middle-name]

underrated shb urianger character detail is that he's successfully counter-scammed the pixies into regularly preparing afternoon tea for him. also explains why he survived that long in il mheg. he's beating them at their own game

[bugsinthebayou]

4 with chip jrwi ^_^

!! i'd put him innnn.... hows about.... wings of fire!! put him in with the dragons :3

[impostorsshow]

I love watching Tears of the Kingdom memories out of order /sarc /lh

It took my around 100 hours to even find out the tears were a thing and wondering wtf my mom was talking about when I kept asking for help on what to do but that aside, I had seen #1 and #2 in order, tried to find Tabatha stable for a good 2 hours and then decided to go take a break and got hit with #8, WHICH WAS LIKE GETTING HIT BY A TRAIN

#1: :0 time travel wow oh wait your my old grandparents

#2: "let's go to the castle dear and get some clean clothes"

#8: SHE'S DEAD AND GANON IS IN POWER AND YOUR FUCKING WIFE IS DEAD AND ITS YOUR FAULT RAARU

Also there's 18 memories?? Damn how the fuck is it gonna sucker punch me more than that fucking 180 in story but aside from that i. I really wish it gave you a little way to back out, like it tells you the memory of what your about to watch and if you wanna do it later, I wanted to watch them in order TT AND I STILL HAVENT FOUND TABANTHA STABLE

[penrose-quinn]

That moment where I realize I'm about the same age as GL!MC and Shin now. Time flies, huh... 🙃

[usagi-miyamoto]

I admire and envy your patience to tag everything properly. I wish I could– my blog is a mess.

I don't know if it's patience so much as habit, but thank you 😆 Although, if I'm being honest, I don't even know why I tag things. I don't even use the tags for anything LOL

I guess it does make it easier for people searching for stuff in this blog tho :'D