#hopefully last post I make about this

[rosenrotten-blog]

“Mel doesn’t deserve the hate”

YES

“I mean without her we wouldn’t have Jayvik 🥰 She made Jayce realize his true feelings 🥺”

NO

[biblically-accurate-dca]

substitute

[repressedgaymer]

doodles i wanted to make into better pieces but i lost momentum 💔 save me lesbian mclennon save me

[fumifooms]

Chilchuck analysis speedrun: As a hardworking half-foot who grew up poor and discriminated against and had his gullibility taken advantage of multiple times in his early adventuring days, Chilchuck thinks optimism is a dangerous flaw. He’s stressed and strict all the time because his job is noticing details like traps that could get everyone killed before anyone knows it, he takes the lives of everyone to be on his shoulders, and with the way he speaks about it that probably partly reflects how he felt about taking it upon himself to provide for his family too. His life’s always been pretty centered around work and has become even moreso now that his wife left and everyone is independent, and due to past events he’s very iffy with bonding with coworkers. He thinks feelings and job are a disaster mix. Like with his wife or with parties hiring him as sacrifice, being open or having good faith is vulnerability which can get you hurt, so he processes and shows all his stress as anger instead of worry. Doing strict dieting probably isn’t helping the irritability what with hunger, and on top of being a hunger suppressant alcohol might be the main stress reliever he has.

His grey hairs are so earned

[cubedmango]

what is up my gang of 5 cm enjoyers . today i bring u the biblically accurate movie subs in which i:

fixed a bunch of weirdly translated lines and reworded them to be closer to the original japanese dialogue

added translations for almost nearly every visible word on screen

included the lyrics from gimme gimme and shinon for added viewing experience

download the subtitle file here! to view the subs, first open ur movie file (which if u dont have then definitely dont click here) in vlc player, then go to subtitles -> add subtitle file -> select the movie_subs file and there u have it. and if theres any issues with downloading the file, displaying the subs, the syncing w video etc etc pls lemme know :0 alright im skittering away again

[yourhighness6]

I've seen a lot of people say that Zutara would just work in the live action if they eliminated Aang's crush on Katara in the first couple seasons and NO. no no no no NO. I want Zutara to happen as much as the next person, but I think Aang's crush should stay intact. If they include the want vs need plot line introduced in "The Guru" in book 2, it could be an easy way to launch some much needed character development for Aang. Having him struggle with letting go of an unreciprocated crush at the beginning of book 3 might actually be a jumping off point for what Bryke tried to do with his arc in the final book, making him seem wiser, more mature, and assertive without coming off as a complete jerk like he did in the animated series.

[edwinisms]

banging my head against the wall every time I see someone reblogging a post of mine with tags mentioning the ‘unrequited confession’. we have been OVER this it is NOT a case of unrequited romantic love it is completely canonically up in the air as a possibility. listen to jayden revri himself and be enlightened i am begging you

[pestercide]

Been workin on a Pressure self-insert/sona for the past few weeks,, though the design you see is not the finalised version. A lot of my ideas are waaaay different to what you see but otherwise keeps the general concept of this character the same. That concept I'll explain below cuz I'm a rambler at heart pff

BUT YEAH Z-520, aka "The Cure" or 'Pan' is meant to be a prisoner turned experiment in a similar fashion to Sebastian Solace. Though Z-520's purpose was to be a test subject for an experiment that would give humans regenerative capabilities similar to that of an octopus/axolotl/starfish/etc. I'll explain more in the future

Design concepts/old designs/extra doodles under the cut.

(CW for nudity and drug use)

First design (they were originally based on my main Roblox avatar, but this idea was later scrapped when I decided to give them proper lore.) They were originally going to be an overall Roblox insert/sona that could be put into any universe but this idea was quickly scrapped pff

More design concept stuff!! My process made no sense here but dw about it

Plus some MS Paint doodles of one of their old designs

[chaoticpandemonium]

Things to keep in mind when you are pushing a friend/family member in a wheelchair

From the perspective of a crutch/ambulatory wheelchair user.

If you have someone in your life that uses a wheelchair or might be soon please take a moment to read (it's disability pride month you have to). These are based on things that I have had to deal with when being pushed in a wheelchair.

When you are pushing someone, you are essentially controlling their legs. Which means you do not randomly veer off or solely decide where you're going. Example 1, you are in a museum and looking at a display, you want to move onto the next display. Do not just suddenly start moving them away from the display somewhere else. Communicate to them you are finished and want to move on, maybe they'll say 'go onto the next and I will push myself', or they will say they're are also ready to start moving. Example 2, you are in a store. If the person wants to go down a particular aisle or stop to look at something make sure you are paying attention or allowing them that freedom to look at things. Example 3, you see someone you would like to go say hi to or something you would like to look at. If you want to stop and speak with someone or look at something, again communicate. Let them know and they can decide whether to wait for you in a safe spot, go do their own thing, or join you! Just please say something first before veering off towards someone or something.

When you have stopped for more than a few minutes or if the person has stood from their wheelchair make sure the brakes are off and they know you're gonna start moving. You can damage the chair if the brakes are engaged and you start to trying moving. Similarly, do not move the chair when they aren't in it without permission. They may need it near by or again the brakes.

Listen to the person when it comes to speed or direction. If they ask you to slow down, slow down. Maybe, you're being a little cautious at first and they want you to speed up, if you can, do it! If they let you know that they feel like your veering towards people listen and try to gently correct. You are used to your body and can forget what spaces you can now not fit through, just listen please.

If you get upset with the person in the chair or are done pushing, DO NOT push them as hard as you physically can into: people, tables, shelves, or oncoming traffic etc. Yes, this has to be said. Someone asking you to be mindful that a large group of people are coming through or asking to please go back to what they were looking at are NOT attacks on you. (Yes, I almost went over a 6 inch drop into a busy parking lot and hurt my hands numerous times stopping myself from hitting people/things (little brothers suck sometimes))

Your friend of family member is NOT a table/cart. Do not place things on their lap, in the wheelchairs pockets, or packs without permission. They are not your pack mule to hold all the things you don't want to. When I was on vacation with my family I was using a rented wheelchair with the thinnest padding known to man. This first, made it very uncomfortable to sit in when people keep shoving their stuff in the back rest pocket. Second, made folding the chair when we getting back in the car very hard. The amount of shit my Mum would pull out and try to give to me and I'd go 'no fucking clue whose shit that all is but it was digging into my back the whole day'. I did snap at my Dad once because he was constantly just dropping his hat on my lap. However, use proper communication and maybe the person would be happy to hold a few things while you are on an outing. Having a properly equipped wheelchair will also make this easier. (The rented wheelchair was very awkward especially cause I kept my crutch on me at all times for transfer or if I needed to walk something)

If someone asks if they can transfer/walk for any reason, do not respond for them. Please let us advocate for ourselves and our needs in that moment. If there is something we would like you to help with in this situation, we will let you know.

Pay attention to uneven surfaces and try to use the accessible routes. Just because you are strong enough to get us over the curb doesn't mean my body is going to like that. If there isn't a easily accessible access point discuss with them before making any decisions.

Bonus: Please check whether a place is accessible before inviting them or booking something. It's really nice to hear that you checked and there's an elevator, rather than check ourselves and see there's too many stairs for us to join. That being said don't just stop inviting them to do things, just be mindful and ask what thinks make navigating an inaccessible world easier for them.

That's all I've got for now and I feel like the lesson is COMMUNICATION. Whether it be be verbal, hand signals, ASL, tapping, etc communicate with who you are pushing. The goal is for both of you to have a good time or at the least navigate comfortably.

If you are a wheelchair user and have things to add please do!

[2hoothoots]

i was having a chuckle to myself last night about Gristol, and how his plans are basically:

Restore Ford Cruller's memory

Find Maligula

???

Profit

but then... of course they are, right? this is Gristol we're talking about. Fatherland Follies drives home again and again that he's still operating on a child's logic, a warped and reductive version of the world that he never bothered to grow out of. both of his memory vaults center on the images of his childhood, this idealized version of the past that he clings to no matter what. and that's still how he remembers Maligula, too - as this saviour figure, who rushes in to help him when he's in trouble.

[ID: Two slides from Gristol's memory vault, Glory to Grulovia! Left: Gristol clings to Maligula's back as she summons waves to sweep away his assailants. Right: Gristol and Maligula waving from a balcony as the people cheer. Gzar Theodore brandishes a dagger in the background.]

like so much else, Maligula represents a return to this idyllic childhood - to the peace and simplicity of his youth, when he was free from worries and responsibilities. in his mind, he doesn't need to make any further plans - once Maligula's back, everything will go back to normal. Maligula will make everything better.

...is what i thought, but then i remembered this line:

[Screenshot source. ID: Gristol, in Truman's body, bows on his hands and knees in front of the newly-awaked Maligula. The caption reads: "Yes, High Priestess! I am here to correct the mistakes made by my father!"]

and that's kind of interesting, right?

to be clear: this happens directly after Maligula sees Helmut-in-Gristol's-body, and recognises him. her line before this is:

"Little Gzesaravich! Have you come to pay for your father's sins?"

my first thought was that Gristol hadn't expected to still be in Truman's body by the time he managed to find Maligula, and this was him trying to placate her and buy some time until he could explain the situation. but watching the cutscene back, that's clearly not what's happening here. Gristol is answering as himself, and his response of throwing himself to his knees before her is, as far as i can tell, genuine.

so what is going on here?

in Fatherland Follies, there's this line in the ride narration that stuck out to me:

"Why didn't the Gzar help Maligula in her time of need? No one knows, but historians agree - it is Gzar Theodore's biggest failure."

other lines mention Gzar Theodore's "mistake", and it's wording Gristol himself echoes in the screencap above. evidently, he believes that his father abandoned Maligula, leaving her to her fate at the hands of the Psychonauts, and it was that mistake that lead to them being driven out of the country - that mistake which he seeks to correct. maybe he even feels like he has a debt to repay to her for his family turning their backs on her all those years ago.

the 'High Priestess' thing, though - that's kinda weird, and threw me for a loop the first time i played the game. it took me until my second playthrough to connect the dots, and remember how the room in the Lady Luctopus - Gristol's room - was full of Delugionist scribblings and symbols.

[Screenshot source. ID: left, the walls of the hidden backroom in Gristol's hotel suite, covered in scrawlings of eyeballs and Maligula's name. Right, the pinboard from the hidden backroom. On its surface are photographs and newspaper clippings connected by pieces of string.]

i mean, look at this stuff! he had a whole conspiracy board and everything!

we learn very little about the Delugionists and their beliefs as a whole during the game, but i think drawing the connection here suggests two important things. one: that Gristol was in deep with this stuff. i don't know how he linked up with them - maybe via old family connections, or just good old-fashioned digging (we know he's skilled at worming his way into peoples' good graces, after all) - but it seems likely that he's begun to internalise their ideas, maybe even warping his own memories of events. and two: the Delugionists themselves are, if you'll pardon the pun, pretty far off the deep end.

like... i understand why PN2 didn't go heavy on the "mass-murderer cult worship" aspect of things, in the end, but man this is such a tantalising glimpse into the wider mythos around Maligula. Gristol is proud and haughty and thinks himself above everyone else; the fact that his first reaction seeing Maligula is to throw himself to the ground at her feet says so much about the way he's come to see her. he's not just trying to bring back Maligula, his childhood bodyguard. he's trying to bring back Maligula, the High Priestess of the deluge, the semi-mythical figure whose supporters believe even death couldn't stop. he doesn't even flinch at the way she confronts him, and maybe it's because he's bought in so completely to this deified figurehead, this idea of Maligula; more a living force of nature than a person. and it all comes back to the same place: an abdication of responsibility, not just to the person who protected him when he was little but to this avatar of floods and destruction. Maligula will make everything better.

i'd write more about my thoughts on the Delugionists but that'd be taking a hard turn into speculation, and this is already kind of long and rambling so i'd better end it here. but what an unexpected and evocative line, right? it's some of the only stuff we have to go off of regarding the Delugionists as a whole, but i think it does such a good job of hinting at the wider story - at teasing another layer to the mythos surrounding Maligula, one whose ripples we see throughout the game but which never quite breaches the surface.

[cyanide-sippy-cup]

Video by shesasolarbeing on Insta cause apparently unlike TikTok they don't like putting watermarks for their creators. Go check them out!

Friend sent me this and my first thought was @kianamaiart 's magical girl series. Or rather, AIKA REAL??!?1?!1

[possiblyfunny]

Hello again, fellas. (And to whoever is actually interested in looking at my weird little AU-) Sanctuary has been on my mind lately and uhhh, I’d like to introduce you to some new characters!

Meet the Eventide Duo: REI and KAI!

I, like with Aster and Del, have never drawn them before, and because I honestly didn’t have it in me to do two full-body drawings with color and everything, doodling them was the next best thing. I’ve been thinking about these two a lot and just really wanted to get them down as a start. Soooo—this is their first pass and things are subject to change! (Please excuse the messiness-)

Rei (the Red) and Kai (the Blue) come from—okay this is kinda funny now that I’m writing it out—their AU was inspired by an FNF fan song that I heard awhile back. It was something like “Frostbite but Blue.” The person who made the song (I don’t remember their name off the top of my head) said they were going to post the lore, but as far as I know they never did, so my brain kinda took the concept and ran with it—making it into my own story. (Sorry to whoever that was-)

Rei is the fledgling god of the Sun and the Second Coming of Arceus. He ascended to godhood after his untimely death, returning to earth to protect the one he loves. Rei may look like a massive grump, but in reality, he's a ray of sunshine and one of the most warm-hearted and protective people you'll ever meet. Kai is still a Pokémon Trainer, but he’s also Rei's singular devotee. He's honestly pretty quiet for a Blue, if not a bit high-strung, but he's loyal and sweet, even if he has a bit of a hard time showing it.

The both of them worked together to survive the violent floods and rainfall that devastated their original home, and now live a quiet life together in Sanctuary, going on little adventures here and there to try and reclaim the life they lost bit by bit.

(Okay, time to tag my one fan. @100nebulas , I think you said you wanted more Sanctuary content in general that one time, so I guess you’re gonna be eternally tagged in these lmao. Hope you enjoy :])

[icewindandboringhorror]

boy in silly sitting positions compilation

[tonyglowheart]

"Does Shen Qiao even like Yan Wushi?"

I feel like it may be relatively easy for people to pick out "what does Yan Wushi like about Shen Qiao / what does YWS get out of yanshen." but I think a criticism/line of thought I see around is people struggling with "well what does Shen Qiao get out of all of this?" and like, "does SQ even like YWS, what with how YWS annoys him and gets him angry all the time."

But I think that actually is the crux of their relationship, lol. Because if you think about it, to everyone else, Shen Qiao is this lofty ideal, this untouchable immortal/仙, maybe even this obstacle or goal to conquer or shoot down.

Who else treats him casually and teases him and pokes at him to get emotional reactions out of him because they like that about him?

If he wants to seek people who treat him with respect and reverence, he just has to step out into the city square - hell, he just has to travel out and random people he meets are likely to treat him with that sort of dazzled awe or reverence too (we literally see this happen several times in the course of the novel).

So yeah, I think joking not joking, YWS makes him angry and feel Emotions and he likes that, YWS is enrichment for him, YWS pushes his buttons and his boundaries but reframing that it's pushing him out of his comfort zone and like hardening him off to the elements and realities of the world like a gardener with plants out of the greenhouse. But also, YWS treats him like a person, like a man, and not like Shen-daozun, Shen-daozhang, Shen-zhangjiao. To Yan Wushi, Shen Qiao is Shen Qiao. (and he loves to tease the shit out of him hehe (￣▽￣) )

CONVERSELY! This also gives Shen Qiao a space to *be* Shen Qiao. With Yan Wushi, he does not have to be Shen-daozun, Shen-daozhang, Shen-zhangjiao. He does not have to always be magnanimous and generous and a bastion of righteousness. These are in his nature, yet, but it's not ALL of his nature - he is, after all, still a man, a human, with human emotions -- including the full breadth of human emotions. Yes Yan Wushi annoys him and he shows it, but it's specifically BECAUSE of that that they are closer than him and anyone else in the world. He can "be himself" around Yan Wushi, he can get worked up and be petty and be snippy, and it's fine and won't cause catastrophes or undesired splashdown sociopolitical effects.

But also, he (lets himself?) get worked up by Yan Wushi - they HAVE that level of intimate understanding with each other where they can be like this and not have feelings hurt in any irreparable way. This isn't something that SQ does (lets himself do?) with just anyone, which we see throughout the novel reflected in his internal narration and comportment. So really, the fact that he DOES get annoyed with YWS shows that they are on a different, more "real" level with each other than SQ is with anyone else.

And like, they didn't get there in a day, sure, but imo we definitely see through the novel how they get there, so imo, the yanshen relationship is incredibly justified.

(I also say this bc I think literally every "I've connected the two dots" moments I've had in my reread, I would metaphorically flip the page only to be met with that connection I'd made spelled out on the page by MXS lmao. Like... yeah okay MXS *shakes your hand* you know your stuff. oh and also because I do think there may be some level of skepticism about yanshen esp from SQ's side floating around lol, but like... MXS did the legwork! yes chapter 45 happened, yes YWS never "apologizes" with words, but that doesn't mean that they don't share a deep mutual understanding of themselves and each other by the end, nor that they haven't moved past the events of literally 83 chapters ago, 96 if you count the extras -- a whole literal two-thirds of the novel ago. Like, I know we piss on the poor here and many educational systems around the world are in shambles these days, but work on developing reading comprehension skills, pls :') )

(lmao rip this post got long AGAIN. well, hopefully at least some people are reading all of this lol.)

[re-colligere]

So uhh, not sure if you'll reply or anything but, even if you have a voice claim for professor terror, I want to try and voice them because it sounds fun even if I can't do the voice your looking for, so basically I'm asking, can I try, not sure how to send it to you if I do work on it, but they just seem so fun, I love comedy villians and with fear being my favourite emotion, extra liking points. Sorry if I'm talking to much have a good day

OUUHG?? first of all thank you so much that you're interested enough in my silly au to try and voice terror, I'm quite flattered! ;u; second of all, there's never too much talking in my inbox, I enjoy Reading yalls asks so you don't have to apologize for that <:]

Third of all ,! Feel free to do a voice for him! I don't have a set voice claim for him yet (and for most of the characters because I'm bad with picking voices ;u; i still have to update the old ask to change my answer for Reasons). And even if I did have a vc for him already, I'd still love to see different takes!! This is just for fun after all, it's not like I'm putting out auditions for any big project or anything that requires a Set voice for any of these characters. So if you're inspired to make something, then go for it!!

Problem is yyyeah I'm not super familiar with sending stuff like that, I think you can send me an audio file or like a video or whatever?? that's totally up to you! No rush and no pressure, it's already such an honor people are interested enough to do stuff like this for the au ;u;

[seventh-district]

7am, eating cold leftover teriyaki stir-fry for breakfast and crying over blorbos