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[viraltrendsspot]

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[valtsv]

love how every phone call with my dad is like negotiating a peace treaty between two warring nations

[yippee-optimistically]

i love enjoying Bad Media bc theres so much for me to fix and play around with . mutant apocalypse is sooo stupid. fascinating tho. heres a little mikey adjustment. still rolling around the timeline and his relationship to meerkats in my brain

more mutant apocalypse rant below bc . ough. my gosh. incoherent but whateva

i think mutant apocalypse is REALLY INTERESTING IDEA!!!! a fun what-if. it obv cant actually happen bc Renet exists and she is from The Future a Human. and who with mutagen is gonna do that ????? but alas.

i also dont hate how little was explained !!! like mikey and the meerkats or what happened to casey and april. we didnt really need exact history for it to make sense in the moment. but i dont think raph got enough explanation on his amnesia ?? its mentioned like. 2 or 3 times. did i miss something

i wish leo got a better design bc maximus kong is FUGLYYYYYY and easily tops mikey on Unpleasant Design. but mikey still makes me so sad. why can i count his teeth. why is he wearing underpants. get outtt man!!!!!!! and their designs dont need to be cute or pretty. leo is literally double mutated. i just wish she didnt LOOK LIKE THAT.

been playing around with the idea of mikey still being left alone in the beginning (obv with a much smaller chompy and ice cream kitty) and then finding some early meerkat village. they help him out maybe in contrast to previous groups being hostile and thats why they specifically get the map. they only way i can think of him getting the location and road markings is some form of astral projection?? like projecting to the oasis and making his way back to himself. but i dont think thats how it works. but who cares

i think bc of that mikey would also be a lot more familiar with meerkat culture and him n mira bond over it. anyway. yap over

[cheaploafs]

no fights are ever won without sacrifice

[onlykenobimatters]

Codywan au where the clone troopers are actually a reincarnated group of an ancient sect of warriors from mandalorian space. They remember pieces of their previous society; some from the beginning of their origins all the way to the last grasping few. A lot of effort goes in to getting them assigned to the correct battalions. For they had a pantheon of gods they once worshipped and while they have always been One Blood, they believed very seriously in their coming of age ceremony where they must choose the god they would worship. It might have been thousands of years, but none stray from their Chosen.

(The pantheon would be similar to others in which they might have a core group of gods, but other minor gods could also exist. Each with their own domains;

Plo Koon was The Guardian? Protector of Packs and god of loyalty.

Mac Windu the Seer, protector/god of the past and future

While Yoda could be one of their oldest gods, his domains having shifted through the years but mainly protector of the young.

And then quigon who is associated with natural disasters. Legend is he was roaming their world, damning and saving mortals as he went, when he created a disaster so wroth, so powerful, he could not bare for it to fade. He pleaded with his grand sire and eventually Yoda agreed to help him. Combining their domains they turned the raging storm in to a young godling.

Obi-Wan, nature personified.

There are many legends involving the young godling and his journey. How he discovers his domains. And how he uses them to follow in his father’s footsteps to create children in his Image. For what is more natural than life and death?

Obi-wan is not the only one to create a god, but he is the only one to not need assistance. He becomes the Creator, the god of natural order, Father of Life (ahsoka) & death (Anakin)

Over the centuries the Line of Natural Order is adapted to many cultures within their system. Other attributes are gifted to them by followers of The Great Powers as well;

Life, goddess of survival & champion of the light side of the Great Power.

Death, god of balance & champion of the dark side of the Great Power.

The Creator, god of natural order and the Blessed, those who hold connections with the Great Power. )

and like I don't quite know where I was going with this, but clone wars era where the clones kind of remember this culture that doesn't seem to be recorded anywhere and these jedi that feel something Awaken when they meet these shining lights in the force.

and Obi-Wan gently cupping Cody's face, his blue eyes shining brightly. Obi-Wan allowing the force to guide him as he gently lays a kiss upon Co-, no, Kote's forehead, the warrior breathing in harshly as the first Blessing in thousands of years is granted to him. Kote is glory and Kote will uphold the Natural Order as The Creator, Ken'Obi, sees fit. For Kote is now Blessed by his patron God.

i dont even know this got away from me ugh

[ireallyhatemyself-ao3]

Pov: you are Maes and you keep catching Ed look at Roy like this

Lmao, Ed be staring longingly/achingly/tragically/traumatically/etc FOR REAL, asjkd. For those who don't know, this is a sketch inspired by my angsty time-travel au fic 'I Promise I Won't Leave You This Time' (or as I like to call it for short, ipiwlytt, lmaoo). AND I FINALLY UPDATED IT!! (guys, she's always so late smh (she being me), asjkdh) But yayyy, you can read the new chapter here!

Also, I sincerely want to thank my kofi supporters from Jan. 11 and April 10th (@ anon and @Sikorskys16, respectively)!! <333 I didn't forget about either of you two for a single day, and I'm so grateful for your support ;w; The idea that anyone at all would ever go out of their way to donate means the world to me, and I can't thank you enough!! This sketch of mine and update def goes out to you, and to everyone else who has been enjoying this fic---I appreciate y'all's readership sm! (criii)

(Also, as always, here's a closeup of Ed's face for extra angst serotonin, lol.)

[phoenixcatch7]

Reading loz/lu fics and it's just so interesting how wide the spectrum is of their personalities.

Sometimes it's got an in universe reason (different past (usually gender or species change), recent or ongoing traumatic events, a spectacularly bad first meeting), but sometimes (often) the characters are just... Weirdly angsty or peppy, there's no in between!

And I'm beginning to think less people have played more than one game than I thought XD.

Not that it's anyone's fault! One game is more than enough to be part of it all, and loz is exclusive to Nintendo consoles - and all the older stuff is frustratingly hard to get hold of. Heck, I'm still looking for wind waker, and that was really popular! And then you have to play it! They're not small games!!

But could people writing wild please ease off just a tiiiiiny bit so he can be a semi functional member of society pretty please XD? He's just as much a polite boy as any other member of the chain! He won't even run in shops! He can't attack npcs! He talks to every single person he's ever seen and remembers every single name. Yes, he's three quarters woodland creature with a hefty amount of trauma but he's also a fashionista who managed to avoid accidentally taking sides in a mayoral election and that's not easy!

[rockeyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy]

THE STRUGGLER

[fobnsfwdoodlesbackup]

Been yearning for tourdust so here's some sfw doodles about it

[justarandomidiot1]

Harumi time travel arc

[aquamonstra]

Solas: I take it you have unlocked the secrets of the Vi'Revas?

Rook: Ya Bellara got that shit worked out like, day 1.

Solas: Excellent. And how are the Shadow Dragons liking their new accommodations?

Rook: I mean... Neve's settled into her room I guess? She's got a lot of wisps bugging her tho.

Solas: And the rest of them...?

Rook: ...What?

Solas: What do you mean "What?"

Rook: ........

Solas: Have you not given access to the Lighthouse and Eluvian network for the Shadow Dragons to utilize in freeing the slaves of Tevinter?

Rook: I uh... were we supposed to...?

Solas: You're not using the pocket-dimension stronghold with infinite rooms that bend to the dwellers needs with access to a teleportation network that I specifically designed as a safe-house and headquarters for escape slaves and freedom fighters to assist the abolitionist group you've allied with?

Rook: Well-

Solas: Are you using it to gather your forces against the Evanuris? Housing refugees affected by the Blight? How many allies have you amassed here??

Rook: It's just the five of us right now.

Solas: Five...

Rook: Yeah, but we're reaching out to a couple mo-

Solas: I GAVE THE INQUISITION AN ENTIRE CASTLE THAT THEY IMMEDIATELY FILLED WITH REFUGEES, USED TO HOUSE THEIR ARMY, AND BECAME A POINT OF PILGRIMAGE FOR THEIR CAUSE, AND YOU ARE USING MY MULTIDIMENSIONAL SLAVE REBELLION HEADQUARTERS TO HOUSE FIVE PEOPLE???

Rook (sweating): I uh... I'll go reach out to Dorian...

[bogkeep]

it's been over a whole month since i had a stupid argument with my parents about driving, a skill that i legally possess but hate doing because i have a special brain illness that makes me fear death and injury, but i'm still chewing over an absurd claim that it's "equally dangerous to go on a 14 hour train ride like you just did". literally how is that more dangerous. in what way. in what world. public transport is nice and good and i like it and i don't have to enter my personal torment nexus

[puppetgearing]

⋆꙳𝜗𝜚 :: 𝓹𝓾𝓹𝓹𝓮𝓵𝓰𝓮𝓪𝓻 — ( historical au. )

"what do you take me for, an idiot?" scaramouche barked out, the upper part of his shoe pressing down against the crotch of the so called 'spy'. though— what kind of spy would allow themselves to get caught inside the very room of the person you're spying on?

niko would ... and this is precisely why niko was currently staying silent. he spent enough time inside this manor to know that one wrong answer could result in his head rolling on the floor. so as much as he would like to keep his head— he couldn't help the desire to understand that unfamiliar look swarming inside his eyes, a look that had been lingering between them for a while.

"i don't remember the word idiot leaving my mouth, scara." niko sighed, this position feeling more and more odd as the minutes passed.

"crown prince. it's crown prince scaramouche to you now." scaramouche grumbled as he stepped further into his crotch— causing niko to yelp at the sudden movement, flashing a quick glare at the 'prince'. "and you didn't need to utter a word, your actions today proved enough." he stated with crossed arms before leaning closer and lifting niko's chin with his index finger. he spent a minute inspecting his scrunched face as his mind finally recognized why the auburn's face happened to be oh so familiar.

"since this spy mission of yours has gone to shit, why not help me?" the prince mocked, tapping against the chin of the duke's son who currently gave him bewildered look.

"you." he smiled with false glee. "you're gonna make me king."

XIXI I AM GOING TO GRAB YOU AND SHAKE YOU LIKE A MILKSHAKE

[incognito-lionbeast]

I think in my AU Tianlang-Jun/heavenly demons in general are a (demon world variant of) Mew. So.. essentially. Big, bad gyarados Su Xiyan saw this funny little foetus cat & was like "I can't NOT have an egg with that"

Thankfully Mew knows Transform. It's fine.

[pandemic-info]

Mask fit factor when lifting mask to eat or drink:

This is interesting. A lot of people do the lift-to-eat method on flights, etc. I always wondered whether you'd potentially trap contaminated air. Scientists even told me that it is a risk, though minimal compared to total removal.

Here's an actual fit test video. Fit factor drops all the way down to 4.6 when the mask is lifted to drink through a straw:

As he says, that's just mildly better than a surgical mask.

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Compare to 230 with a plugged straw through Sip Valve:

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And 382 when totally sealed: "That means the air is 382 times cleaner inside the mask than outside."

[yet-another-heathen]

People will really be like, "Yeah, I love tailgating :) I think its great to eliminate my own visibility, reduce my reaction time to zero, and give myself absolutely no stopping distance. It makes me driving experience sooo much better and less stressful. Surely this will have no negative consequences for myself or the people unfortunate enough to be around me! :)"