#i am getting on my soapbox for this

[bazzybelle]

As the Easter Season comes up, I have a small reminder to give everyone.

Please, for the love of God, do EXTENSIVE research before going to get a bunny. A bunny is NOT an appropriate pet for a child. They are a massive commitment and require freedom, expensive care, and a lot of patience.

If you are one of those people who will go buy a bunny for Easter because it's cute (without doing proper research), you can go fuck yourselves. You are part of the problem of hundreds of bunnies being abandoned year after year.

I say this as someone who has a bunny and loves bunnies more than people at times.

Some things to consider:

- Bunnies can live up to 12-13 years. With bunnies becoming more popular and people learning how to properly care for them, the age keeps going up. When we first got our bunny, the minimum age was 6 years.

- They are animals who like to run and explore. They require SIGNIFICANT room to be comfy. Do not keep them in a cage!

- They require SPECIFIC veterinary care from a doctor who specializes in exotics. And even at that, you need to advocate for your bunnies. It is also important to get them fixed ASAP as it will prevent health problems in the future.

- THEY ARE PREY ANIMALS!!! They are hardwired to think everything wants to eat them. They will not be comfortable with you picking them up and snuggling them! I have had my bunny for almost 10 years. He has only JUST started snuggling up to me and only in SPECIFIC circumstances. It is EXTREMELY rare for a bunny to come up to you right away. It takes weeks of bribing them with treats and toys, getting down on the floor with them, and just giving them space and patience to explore and grow to trust you.

- They require A LOT of care and maintenance. This means brushing, clipping nails, bunny proofing everything (because they are masters of chaos and will chew everything).

There's a lot more I can say about bunnies. If you've read all this and are still considering adopting one, do your due diligence. There are PLENTY of resources available online. They are A LOT, but they can also bring so much love and joy into your life.

Bunnies are forever, NOT just for Easter.

[lazylittledragon]

y'know every time i feel guilty about bothering someone by singing along when i'm listening to music, i just remember that i have to tolerate my dirtbag brother screaming at his ps5 for hours every day so listening to muffled off-key fall out boy is probably preferable

[gottagetshiver]

I’m so happy dtvods unlisted the video and not deleting it out of fear for harassment. I genuinely hate it so much when fans ruin other fans fun and gatekeep content from people who can’t afford to see paid content in a fandom where we already get so little to begin with… and I was getting so upset over it >:(

I was making myself so mad I was about to make a very dramatic tweet calling out all the capitalist gatekeepers that probably would have gotten me canceled so bad lmao

the twt side of the fandom has suchhhhh an entitlement and heirarchy issue. Like they genuinely seen to enjoy the gatekeeping access or whatever cause it makes them "more of a fan". A "better fan". Like sorry, but fandom culture has always included fans sharing exclusive things that not all fans get to experience. Like that's a pillar of it.

And I would bet 100% of my money that Dream knows people are gonna restream/repost it, and I also know 100% that it would never be an issue if people didn't go running to him to ask permission to do literally anything in the fandom. Like of course he's gonna say to not do it, if he said anything else people would be like "why bother subbing in the first place then?", but he also definitely knows it's gonna happen. Like that goes hand in hand with exclusive content.

Say it with me kids, fandom is for fans, not for creators. If you are scared to do anything in a fandom space without the explicit approval of the creators, then I'm afraid you've missed the point of fandom spaces entirely. There's supposed to be a wall between us as fans and them as creators. As much as we all like to joke about Daddy Dream, he's not actually our dad and we don't need his permission to enjoy ourselves online lol.

[riding-with-the-wild-hunt]

cogitating upon the similarities between the maedhros-maglor and celegorm-curufin relationships.. older sibling who is simultaneously protector and devotee and servant and role model and worse version and object of disgust and beloved and mentor and parent and lover and shame. and younger sibling who is bright and gifted and imperious but has never existed without this person and doesn't know if they could, at once the guard dog and the impenetrable tower and the cherished captive inside it—boss and cheer squad and side chick and tyrant and paragon and widow and defender and aspiration and spouse and publicist and responsibility, and never in a thousand timelines able to measure up... wild how two entire separate sets of individuals can both independently reach the divorced best friends rivals happily married unhappily married co-parenting intolerable to each other the loves of one another's lives beating each other up in a parking lot for eternity stage. and all while being brothers too !! forever the albatross about your neck kind of love

[luv-again]

The “well struck Amy” is rotating in my mind. How would banter go between Shadamy?

And what would be the source for the banter?

okay. i tried to answer this at an earlier time but my entire response deleted 🤩 BUT i decided to take some extra time to put some special care in (aka adding ✨️ pictures !! ✨️). anyway, you have no idea how much this rotates in mine !! idk if this is common knowledge, but team sonic racing is genuinely the reason i rediscovered shadamy and fell into the sonic fandom in the first place. i grew up on the sonic racing games, they hold such a special place in my heart 🥹🩷

so behold, as bee talks, at length, about tsr and how this can best be interpreted for further shadamy banter because she has no self-control or sense of brevity

under the cut <3

shadamy banter

shadow and amy’s connection pre-tsr is only a small handful of interactions based on acts of kindness, trust and respect. but then this game comes along and gives us something else : playful banter

amy is a lot harder to speak on, as her playful jibes extend to the majority of the cast (a true feast for your multishipping needs <3) but she gets the opportunity to unleash her more competitive side, which i feel is somewhere between hardcore and social in this game. with shadow, a lot of her lines aren't too harsh on him, but when they are,, she's actively wanting him to give it back. i'll do a few little dialogue dissections further down, since what and how she speaks to him is quite interesting

as for shadow, the difference is a lot clearer and HE is the reason why i'm on the shadamy train. what he says to amy is just— i'll get to that. his wit in tsr alone is nothing short of caustic. he rips into his opponents with little care - telling them to suck it up or dishing out backhanded comments. but amy ? oh, he puts a little more care into his words with her. he knows and means exactly what he says and he's even a little smug ! he can get into teasing with her without being downright mean (actually, in retrospect i that might be a lie. in my gameplay experience he's never been rude to her). this side of shadow was almost completely lost after sa2 and heroes, so for his character alone, these little moments where he can be a little silly again is so great (my blorbo, my scrunkly <3)

now who would i be if i didn't do full-on voice line dissections (it's the english/actor kid in me, i fear). of course my word is not gospel and i am just cherry-picking lines and looking at them through the shadamy lens, so feel free to take my analyses with a grain of salt if you want :)

if you want to listen to the audio yourselves, here's some voice clips provided by TrailBlazer1 on youtube : amy // shadow

amy lines

she's so egging him on. if it were anyone else, i'm sure they wouldn't get away with it, but amy ?? oh, she can prod away with him. she wants him to retaliate in this low-stakes situation. she's inviting him to the fun !! she's the cutest <3

look at the competitive edge coming in ! maybe she's trying to tell him she's more than capable of crushing him (which i'm sure he's aware of). it's both a warning and an encouragement to face her

ooohhh boy. her tone in this one is lower, level; challenging. this girl wants the "ultimate life form" to live up to the name, to back up what he preaches and— no way this wouldn't kick him into gear. that's such a splinter under the skin type of comment. if anyone can get through to shadow, it's amy (i am very much a broken record on that one lmao). think what you want about this statement but i'm also giving it the innuendo eyes 👀

shadow lines

oh come on, shadow full well knows amy isn’t afraid to get her hands dirty. shadow in any other case treats her like a lady better than most. this is a tease, a pisstake, if you will 🤭 point is, i don't think he's actually all that mad about her giving him a good one-two on the track

okay, in all fairness this seems a tad rude, but hear me out. shadow's obviously regarding amy's poor performance here. BUT. i like to think he holds amy in high regard — an equal, dare i say — and seeing her show anything that's sub-par probably disappoints him as much as it would as if it were him in her place. i want to interpret this one as pushing her to be the best she can be because he knows she's a worthy opponent / ally

when i said he was the reason i'm on the shadamy train, THIS was the comment that sold me. go ahead, tell me this isn't banter. tell me this isn't teasing. tell me this isn't a blatant innuendo. do WHAT, shadow ? want to explain that one to the class or— ? jokes aside, not only is he teasing her, he enjoys getting a reaction from her, else what does he mean by "i can do this all day" ? no, he wants to. what he'd do to get amy to react so animatedly . . . he wants to be the one eliciting these reactions from her.

. . . or something. like i said, salt grains, but that's the subtext i get

long and unwanted dribble aside, what would further shadamy banter look like ?

TL;DR : i think it best comes through where they can be competitive and not too serious about it. see reckless challenges, teasing jabs and subtle innuendos ;)

this "well-struck" comment from the crossworld previews really sits right with me overall, shipping goggles or not. shadow still shows he respects amy and treats her as an equally formidable opponent and that's something i really love about their dynamic : they never undermine or underestimate each other

all in all, i am so excited to see what crumbs crossworlds has for us !! i am itching with all the possibilities. it's so nice to see these two cut loose and interact, however briefly <3

thank you so much for these asks as always, they really fuel my chatty side hehehe >:)

[callizinc]

On the topic of Winger ding Gaster, I'm not a big voice claims guy (for the deltarune cast at least) but I DO have One concrete voice claim out of every single character. And that is: This guy right here for Gaster. Because like dude. Dude. LIKE DUDE ISN'T IT PERFECT?????????

[toxooz]

That last post is so real. Httyd is my favorite movie and I haaaate live action remakes.

duuude i remember when the 1st one came out my 11 year old brain quite literally never recovered and the 2nd one managed to be just as good LIKE Core pillars of my soul i aint gon talk on the 3rd one i have some Words lmfao but seeing the movie now quite literally 'just worse and soulless' is striking my offensive nerve bad making the mistake of seeing the live action lion king was my joker origin story i already knew they were all going to be empty money scams banking off of nostalgia but fuck they already at httyd??? i hate this

[modernnoblebachlorette]

as a certified horse girl TM ive been thinking about which breed of horse the Fourth Wing dragons would be.

Tairn would 100% be a Friesian, you cannot convince me otherwise. Light draft horses, bred for knights, completely black, yeah that's Tairn. Definitely on the bigger side too, closer to 17 hands. Not a biter, but kicks any human that look suspicious which is all of them except violet. xaden he makes an exception for and bites. stares distrustfully and a little disdainfully at whoever is grooming him. will "accidentally" step just a little too close to xaden's feet. xaden has gotten good at dodging. tairn Will put his full weight on xaden's foot at some point. loves andarna and she can frequently be found behind/underneath him, his tail flicking gently over her.

Sgaeyl would be a blue roan of some sort, i'm thinking a Mustang. it feels right. I'm leaning towards American, wild, or recently domesticated. The kind of horse that has like,, its humans and no one else is to be trusted At All. Sometimes refuses to be saddled, inexplicably escapes only to show up at either tairn or andarna's pen. bedrugingly listens to xaden, will let violet groom and saddle her, but only lets xaden ride. Bucks at least once a ride to remind xaden to have a good seat. Bites fellow horses and humans alike, except for vi, xaden, andarna, and tairn. nips playfully to show affection.

Andarna would be a buckskin quarter horse filly, then yearling, because i love quarter horses and i love andarna, and a Lot of trail horses tend to be quarter horses and they get real stubborn when someone who actually knows how to ride is saying that they can't have gossip hour and brunch while working and it reminds me of teenage andarna (quarter horses are generally very sweet, but I have had Many tell me that they Did Not like me because I wouldn't let them eat on the trail. sorry bud, that's poisonous and you'll eat when we get back to the barn.) she headbutts. people are a scratching post and she needs attention and will make you give it to her if you're not doing a good enough job.

[meowrimo]

happy first of july my friendz !! may the summer sunshine kiss all over your faces & your days be filled with warm, gentle breezes. take a deep breath, relax your shoulders, and be ready to embrace all the goodness that will come your way this month !! 🤍

even if things don’t feel so good right now, i really hope that you can find some peace and happiness in the little things — sometimes it’s all we have so we must cherish them ! :3

[vermillioncrown]

(sprawling canon and media + the typical fucko urge to be correct online) * never introspecting ever = toxic, salty fandom that only specialized bacteria and flamingos can tolerate

[belle--ofthebrawl]

You would write some fucked-up (pos) old woman yuri that completely rewires the way my brain works, introduces at least two new phrases to my gestalt speech soundboard, gives me a new kink and alters my characterization of at least one of the characters, all while making a very distinct point about the way femslash is treated in fandom.

Also Imperator would be the sexiest bitch imaginable at all points in the narrative.

I really do want to put my money where my mouth is. For every post I think about making that complains about the lack of femslash, I also think "That's energy I could be putting towards writing femslash". Through all my years lurking, it's one thing I've seen over and over. People saying "more femslash!" And then. Not writing it. Top Three fandom peeve. It's why I'm so insistent on writing Femslash February. And especially with older women!! Everyone wants a MILF until she's saying "ouch, honey... don't push my legs so high up".

If you would allow me to push my older! Imperator as a pillow princess agenda. Let the woman rest!! (Links to my 2023 FF collection, no warning necessary for this one. Imp/Cirrus)

But it's the theme of the askbox tonight!! I love that for me. I'll rattle the pots and pans and see what I can cook up.

[2016jeeprenegade]

um not really relevant to anything but fuck insurance companies. specifically medical ones

[marnz]

you know it's so crazy that people judge defense attorneys so harshly, like everyone at my job [law firm] loves Luigi's defense counsel until they find out that counsel also represents Diddy. but like...that's the whole point of defense counsel. i'm not an attorney but when I imagine being a defense attorney I imagine it as recognizing that being charged with a crime, no matter what it is, does not remove your humanity or mean you don't get to have rights like other people. in fact only by guaranteeing those rights to everyone--only by having defense attorneys!!!--can we ensure that people have rights at all. I truly believe this.

[riding-with-the-wild-hunt]

with my whole heart i truly think elwing/eärendil is the most sweepingly romantic ship in the legendarium. like. what if we were the only two people like us ever in the whole world yet by fate and chance and tragedy we found each other. what if we built a home and a life at the ends of the earth and against all odds it was good. what if we knew no help was coming. what if we chose to live anyway. what if i flew through the storm to find you. what if i knew you and held you even in another shape. what if you told me not to follow and i did. what if i let you make the choice for us both. what if you gave up even the touch of the world you loved so we could stay together. what if we saved that world but not for us. what if our love--for each other, for the world--was so strong that it rent the fabric of the universe. what then.

[queenofbaws]

tags so good i had to take a screenshot of them and send them to myself so i can find them later (the ashley/hannah parallels)

🥹

*sniff* i'm so flattered omg heheheheheh

seriously though!!! idk if i'm just not looking in the right places or what, but i see so few people bringing up the parallels between the two of them despite how CRAZY they make ME slkdfjksd

they're both presented as girls with huge, embarrassing crushes that lead them to sometimes not make the best choices; both a little geeky and on the meeker side; both fully capable of turning around and lashing out at the people who wrong them; and, coincidentally, they're both really close to josh

idk. idk!!!!!! i just think that, of all the blackwood kids, ashley would be the most likely to sit and really stew over what happened to hannah (and by extension, beth) because that prank could've been played on her. it wasn't. but it could've been. and i think it would've gone exactly the same way, honestly. the others feel guilty because of the parts they played, but ashley? oh, oh i think most of her shame comes from understanding how easily it could've been her out there in the snow

[yaburnaee]

people conveniently like to leave out the bit where nesta tried to go after feyre in acotar when they talk about her not doing anything for the family. the fandom discourse is sooooo funny.