#i don't want to alienate people just because im obsessed with something that no one cares about and a bunch of people find cringey

[pidgefudge]

maybe it's the winter past 4pm talking but. ive always been 100% that ill never make a fandom sideblog bc this is my space and i do what i want and if you want to follow me then you have to put up with all my bullshit but idk. maybe i should make a video game sideblog bc i feel like im just being annoying

[monstertidbits]

hi i loved this finale very much i love falin and im so happy shes back...... also im obsessed with the choice to make laios forever unable to indulge his monster autism, and making him king. ITS SO INTERESTING i love this direction even though it sucks for laios, maybe there is something to be said about how you don't always achieve the thing you want most in life and that's okay, and the life you live is still worth a lot.... and also it's so something to me that laios is being such an adult about this, like yeah he wishes he was having fun doing his own thing and he really doesn't want to be king, but SOMEONE has to and unfortunately for him he's the absolute best candidate (((PRECISELY BECAUSE OF HOW WEIRD HIS PRIORITIES ARE))), so he'll do it, AND HE'LL DO IT WELL, he'll be the awesome, competent and kind ruler, but he'll still be kinda sad and mopey about not getting what he wanted. LIKE HE'S SUCH A GOOD KING, he brought so much good into this world, but he doesn't get particularly high and mighty about it because he doesn't really care that much about being a king. HE'S SO CHILL ABOUT IT!!!! motherfucker really ushers in a time of prosperity and peace, and he's still just sitting on his throne thinking "man.......... the monsters will NEVER hang out with me........... what is this life......." I LOVE HIM SOOOO MUUUUUUUCHHHHH i love that his whole future thjng is not getting what he wanted at all but absolutely excelling at the thing hes doing (that doesn't really do anything for him). absolute icon and my personal hero

NONNIEEE YEAHHH!!! I remember back when i first read ch60 and i was like "wait... this feels wrong", not liking the idea of laios becoming a king bc i knew it wasn't what he "really wanted". but now, after reading how he actually got to that point, it makes sense. and it's still kinda bittersweet. because we know that his interest in monsters was amplified and became all consuming bc of his struggle to connect with other people, feeling alienated everywhere he went. so not being able to interact with monsters much anymore and being a king of other humans is actually forcing him to face all those fears and struggles he was running away from all this time, and learn to define himself outside of his expertise. watching the best and worst of humanity so very closely as their ruler, and finding his own place among them. but the thing is, he always had a home to return to in the few people he loved. and that's why, through all the hardships and pain, it's still worth it. he was ready to have something taken away from him and quite literally had to give up his most defining trait. so who is he now? can he manage without the comfort of monsters?

the answer is yes. he is not alone. and it may not be the most satisfying conclusion for him but it might be what he needed most. to learn how to live in peace with his own self, with the world surrounding him. and all being said, it was pointed out time and time again: how he wasn't really planning for the future, how he didn't have any strong conviction leading him. but it all changed after he killed his sister with his own hands. i think chapter 67 was a defining moment in laios's journey for many reasons, but especially this: for once, he chose not to run away. he decided that HE will be the one to challenge his fate and bend it as he wishes. otherwise, he could've given up on resurrecting falin long ago. but he didn't, not just for the sake of his sister but those people who put their faith in them and tried their best FOR them. it's ironic, how it was precisely inside the monsters' world that he was finally able to connect with the humans he despised so much in the most genuine way. and after facing the absolute worst, he can definitely find in himself the strength to deal with anything, king or not. so like you said- the man is gonna be fine somehow. i love him so much

[chobani-flip]

so... I've been tagged by @newtkelly (WHO HAS A WIP IN THE WORKS WHICH IS GONNA BE SO AWESOME OMG GO READ ALL THE FICS I LOOOOOOVE) and @alchemistc (THE AMAZING ALCHEMISTIC MAGE OF AWESOME WRITERY POWERS WHO WRITES TRULY EXCELLENT FICS ????DAILY????? GO READ) to put my music on shuffle & list the first 10 songs + tag 10 people

but

the thing is... i... kinda don't listen to music? 👀👀👀 i know, i know, believe me.

like, i am not an alien, i have heard music before, but i don't go out of my way to listen to music in my regular day to day life.

so rather than just not taking part, or trying hard to come up with songs i really love a lot (which, they totally exist! but i can never think of one until i hear it on the radio or in a shop or as background song on a show or something) im gonna tell you about the audiobooks i found really fucking cool and my one podcast i adore:

the podcast AKA the only reason i have spotify on my laptop :

Ridiculous Crime (iHeartRadio) -

Zaron Burnett and Elizabeth Dutton talk about "outlandish capers, heists and cons" to "shine a light on the absurd side of criminality". "Always 99% murder-free and 100% ridiculous". i adore this podcast so fucking much, i am willing to 15sec+ manually skip the embedded ads that appear in LOOOONG chunks at the start, at the 20 minute mark, at the 40 minute mark and at the end of the episodes. also, Elizabeth Dutton is a 911 fan and she's the one whose endorsement finally made me decide to give the show another try. like, srsly, if you've gone off true crime because while you enjoy listening to RL stories and mysteries but all the sensationalizing of brutal crimes just got too much made it impossible to consume? THIS IS THE PODCAST FOR YOU (just srsly, skip the ads, they're fucking annoying

⬆is one of my favourite episodes

the audiobooks:

Vital Organs - Suzie Edge

this is a book full of extremely interesting stories from history connected to various bodyparts.

this is the tagline: From Napoleon's penis to Van Gogh's ear, from Marie Antoinette's teeth to Marie Curie's bone marrow, this book brings together the remarkable stories of body parts that have made history. and you might get the impression that it's going to be a bunch of kings and queens and famous people from that (and like yeah, they're there obviously) but there are so many fascinating stories about people you've never heard of? it's really cool. the one that really stuck with me was about the creator of the Braille writing system, Louis Braille.

Ask A Historian: 50 Surprising Answers To Things You Always Wanted To Know - Greg Jenner

(he also has a podcast, my friend loves it - that's how i found out about the book - but i have space for only one podcast in my heart)

abso-fucking-lutely excellent and interesting and hilarious. remember the tumblr post about the corpse pope put on trial? well, that one was one of the questions Greg Jenner got asked and he talks about the Cadaver Synod in great detail. Mansa Musa, ever heard of him? No? well, google the name and you'll be just as outraged as i was when you realise just how massive and influential he and his Mali Empire was and how your (generally really good) history classes and textbooks never fucking mentioned him. you'll also find out when the first monday was, and why the devil is a goat, and what the Flintstones ot right about Stone Age

A Curious History of Sex - Kate Lister

(also has a podcast apparently, but like i said i can only manage one)

It's a really really cool and interesting book 😁 here's the tagline:

This is not a comprehensive study of every sexual quirk, kink and ritual across all cultures throughout time, as that would entail writing an encyclopaedia. Rather, this is a drop in the ocean, a paddle in the shallow end of sex history, but I hope you will get pleasantly wet nonetheless.

Savage Appetites: Four True Stories of Women, Crime and Obsession - Rachel Monroe

so this isn't true crime, but it's about true crime, it explores why people, and women especially, are fascinated by it. it's not particularly accusatory or judgemental since the author is interrogating her own fascination, but it doesn't shy away from the nastier implications and sides of being enthralled by true crime.

honestly, this describes it really well: Combining personal narrative, reportage, and a sociological examination of violence and media in the 20th and 21st centuries, Savage Appetites is a "corrective to the genre it interrogates" (The New Statesman), scrupulously exploring empathy, justice, and the persistent appeal of crime.

currently listening to: Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky

did you know that the word salacious comes from salt? because people believed that salt made you horny and virile? and also that it protected you from evil spirits so in some places in the world (like France and others) in the middle ages, infants would be bathed in brine and salted before a baptism? and that salad is a salad and also from salt because the Romans loved to salt their assorted veggies, when they weren't making garum, the salty stinky fermented fishsauce? AND THAT SOLDIER IS A SOLDIER BECAUSE IN SOME PARTS THEY USED TO BE PAID IN SALT AND SOL AND SALT AND AAAAA i love it so much

ok 🤣 im done. now, i am aware that this was very much not the assignment if the assignment was getting recommendations for music, but if the assignment was finding out more about the person behind the blog, well, here you are 😁 these are the things i find cool and interesting

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no pressure tagging: @wakeupnew @tiltingheartand @26-cats-in-a-trenchcoat

@kinard-buckley @bugboybuck @mistmarauder

@jackmichaela @do-androids-dream-ao3acc @so-that-was-okay

@apartmentsmoke

[stormyoceans]

might be a weird question BUT if you had to put the couples/friend combos from we are into a different genre, what would they be and how do you think it would go?

it’s not weird at all, anon, this is actually such a fun and interesting question!!!!! which is why it took me some days to answer you, because i’ve probably thought about it way too much ;;;;;; i also wasn’t sure if you meant picking different genres for each pairings and friendship combinations, or for the ensamble cast in general, but in the end i went with the latter because otherwise this would have gotten way too long ;;;;;;;

ANYWAY. my first thought for this was some kind of mystery comedy!!!!!! something like only murders in the building, or scooby doo, or even ghostbusters, where the premise is ‘group of people not really qualified to do so looks into murders or paranormal activities’

i just can perfectly imagine peem, q, tan, chain, and pun establishing a paranormal investigation service and having the most bizarre encounters and chaotic adventures. toey and matt would be their very first real clients: they found a body somewhere and there were weird lights and noises all around and they can swear they saw some kind of creature not of this world floating above it but the cops didn’t believe them so they decided to go to peem’s friend group’s agency after seeing one of their ads on the internet. and guess who are the cops who are also investigating on the case and do not believe in the supernatural and are always clashing with peem and the others!!!!!!! why of course phum, fang, beer, and mick. well to be fair mick does believe in aliens, monsters, and ghosts, and beer is a ‘when you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth’ kinda guy, so it’s mostly phum and fang costantly bickering with peem and tan and thinking their agency is a scam, at least at first. however things only get more complicated when phum and fang actually start believing them (and developing feelings [coughs]) because their father is like. a chief inspector or something and he wants to shut the agency down, which makes his relationship with phum even worse

the other genre that i think would fit we are really well and that would be incredibly interesting to explore due to the big cast and all the different relationships between the characters is survival thriller/horror!!!!!!! something like lost, or yellowjackets, or the wilds, where they end up stranded somewhere and have to find a way to survive and then weird shit starts to happen. im personally a sucker for this genre, for some reason i just love it a lot, and i think that when it comes to we are it would showcase all the dynamics really well. my only issue with this one is that i wouldn't want anyone to die, which does kinda take the edge off from it, so im having a bit of a hard time coming up with a plot that would work out

aaaand this already got incredibly long so last one im gonna mention just because im obsessed with it is PERIOD PIECE!!!!!!!!! i don't care if it's not gonna be historically accurate, just give me everyone dressed in suits and slow dancing and sexual tension so astronomical they could never make the characters meet indoors because having so much of that in such a confined space would kill everyone around them immediately!!!!!!!!!

[all-consuming-sand]

Howdy hey! I'm milo/lena (though really you can call me anything you want i dont really care)

Im a gender queer woman-thing an also a butch lesbian. I experience my gender partly through my identity as a lesbian sorta like through my attraction to women I am one (or at least something adjacent to woman).

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I enjoy many video games, books, and TV shows.

Some of the video games I //really// like are:

Outer wilds (little blue four eyed aliens!!!!!!!!! Play it please i beg you) (I actually use ::] as a reference to the hearthians and their four eyes)

Skyrim (one of the first video games I ever played, it is entrenched in my being)

Red dead redemption 2 (I really really liked the main story. though I must admit the rest of the game after Arthur isn't the most appealing to me, so I don't play it all that often)

Dragons dogma: dark arisen (no offense to the second game, but I still think the first is the best for various reasons)

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Big fan of hearing people talk about their interests/hyperfixations/special interests ::]

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Sometimes I post art! (Usually this art is related to whatever I'm currently obsessing over)

Art tag is #milodoodles

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Some fandoms I'm in are:

Smosh

The locked tomb

The fandom for My friends

I can't think of any other fandoms...

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I have autism, and because of this sometimes I will add little notes at the end of a message because I'm worried that the tone won't come across right (/notes will look like this)

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if you send me an ask referencing a post i reblogged for the love of all that is holy please tell me what post it is referencing because I guarantee that I will almost never remember the referenced post

sosososo sorry in advance if I answer an ask with something along the lines of "sorry mate I haven't the faintest clue what you're talking about </3"

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Im not a huge fan of chain mail so please don't send me any <3

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I say alot of things ironically though every now and then I do accidentally let out an unironic ::3 and I hate myself for it (/mostly a joke I only use that emoticon while talking to my friend Tacky because Tacky just makes people talk like that)

The way I type is heavily impacted by how the person I'm speaking with types. if you're typing all silly like I'll probably type all silly like, if you're typing very formally ill probably type very formally, ect.

Also (as you mightve already gathered) I don't do the grammer often or well lol

[thearsenalofmegadeth]

HEY YOU, YA YOU, PUNK!

i feel EXTREMELY late to doing an introduction... so. here goes nothing...

hello, as you may already know my name is jamezz or just james, i'm a redheaded, mush brained, teenaged metalhead who has a bit of an obsession with thrash metal, the 80s and metal culture. i play guitar and bass and i'm slowly learning how to PROPERLY sing without fuckin dying, i've been playing guitar for about 2 years now and bass for a couple of months.

more info on me BELOW the cut.

MORE INFO:

BIGGEST OBSESSIONS: expect posts surrounding the topic of...

megadeth

metallica (mainly the 80s)

80s culture in general

space

retro video games

vinyl/cd collecting

dave mustaine (wow who knew)

anything to do with metal/rock (UNLESS IM NOT FOND OF IT)

making gifs

reading

drawing

writing

human anatomy

aliens...

there's a lot more but that's the most important ones

some of my favourite bands:

megadeth

metallica

misfits

pantera

anthrax

judas priest

slayer

iron maiden

venom

korn

dio

limp bizkit

slipknot

godsmack

suicidal tendencies

nirvana

guns n' roses

alice in chains

danzig

and... once again. A LOT more. boundaries below.

BOUNDARIES:

i only want interaction with people here ABOVE 13, i like, DON'T want literal children looking at the shit i post because some of it is.. rather... um. questionable.

please be respectful with things you send in my asks like dawg, i had someone hitting on me once in my asks... um that was AWKWARD.

if you ever repost my gifs or use my gifs that i've claimed are MINE, please credit me or whatever because sometimes these gifs take a lot of effort to get out there.

don't be overly SEXUAL with your asks if you're asking me to write something for you as some of that stuff... grosses me out.

just... don't be weird (you can see i'm running out of ideas for boundaries)

don't spam my asks, if i don't answer right away... just be patient, i'm not as active as i used to be on here so, don't expect a response in a millisecond or so.

anyway, moving on from my boundaries... i'm just gonna link a couple of things below my carrd

my spotify

my youtube

everything else is linked on my carrd!!! um... thank you for your time and getting to know me!

[ectopuppy]

which ben 10 series do u like best??!! im a sucker for the original series bc of nostalgia personally, but they are all good in their own ways

this is an impossible question to answer so im just gonna talk about why i love each series im sorry and thank you anon for gifting me this opportunity to ramble about The Hyperfixation (tm) o7

This is going under a cut btw. It's a little under 3000 words of unedited thoughts so like, just a heads up lmao

Why is the Original Series Good?

So first! Before I get into it! I overall just fucking love Ben 10 conceptually in general! I've always loved aliens and sci-fi and superheroes so you can imagine how excited I was to stumble onto this show airing on teletoon when I was just a tiny Kiki.

The OS has a lot going for it, but the big one is, of course, the nostalgia factor. Iconic as fuck! Fun theme song! Max is there! Yay!!

The BEST character in the OS is Max and I WILL die on that hill. Even as a kid I fucking loved him. Ben and Gwen are fun characters, but Max is the much needed reprieve from them constantly bickering. (Which is one thing I'm glad there's a lot less of in later series.)

Ben is a compelling hero, and the OS is an amazing START POINT for him. While he does have character growth in the OS, I would not be THIS obsessed with him if the OS was the only Ben 10 media that existed. He's a kid. A bit of a brat, but always TRYING to do the right thing. Which he's not always great at considering he's, you know, 10, but he really does try.

Something a lot of people seem to brush past when talking about Ben is that at the beginning of the series he was actively friendless and being bullied at school. I feel like that's a huge factor in why the Omnitrix is so important to his identity in later series. (or even in the Xylene episode when he finds out the Omnitrix was supposed to be for Max) He really didn't have much going for him before that. Being a hero is very likely one of the first times he's felt like he belongs somewhere, you know? Anyway..

Gwen is also very fun in the OS. UAF filed down her teeth just a little too much in my opinion. A lot of her personality in the OS is her THINKING she's sooo much more mature than Ben despite also being a fucking grade schooler. (They are literally the EXACT same age, right down to sharing a birthday.) She's is just as immature as Ben, no matter how much she thinks she isn't. It's just that her smug "I know better." attitude doesn't cause outfacing issues as often as Ben being impulsive and a little self centred.

The OS also benefits from being the "spaghetti on the wall" series. Things just kinda worked however the writers wanted at the moment. Big point here: Magic got to just be magic. (I have made a whole ass post RE: Anodite Gwen so I wont get into it here, but I like the retcon. That statement does not conflict with the above.) Gwen getting fed up being sidelined and going "Fuck it I'm learning magic." is so good and I love it.

I feel like it is impossible to not like the OS in some form, because it's the Original Series. Everything that happens later can only have happened BECAUSE of the OS. Is it my favourite series? No. But it's charming and silly and fun and I love it. c:

Why is Alien Force Good?

Alien Force is a tonal downshift for the series. The era it was made in was the era of Gritty Cartoons for Cool Boys, and it shows. Now, this is not a bad thing to ME, but I know a lot of people don't like the heavier atmosphere of Alien Force, especially in its opening arc. Like... episode 1 (or 2 not sure, but it's in the premiere) of AF has a dude straight up just fucking die, which is kinda. A lot. I can see where people are coming from.

HOWEVER.

Personally, I love the entire DNAlien arc, and it's use as a coming of age story for Ben. A big part of AF is Ben realizing that he needs to grow up. In the OS he was a kid. Max was the leader and the beacon of morality. In AF Max is MIA from episode 1. Gwen is more mature, and has mellowed out a lot, but she just isn't a leader. Kevin should never be put in charge of other people, so he's out. So it's Ben. He has to step up and lead, because there IS nobody else.

But, also the show is not gloomy! It has it's moments, and I get why people might watch the premiere and think "Hmm, too dark.", but AF is silly as hell. I will point to the Alien X episode as my basis here. It's smack in the middle of the DNAlien arc, and it's dumb as hell. Again, I have made a whole ass post about this, but the gist is: I love Alien X being a god being with the ability to do LITERALLY anything, but Ben gets so frustrated that he refuses to use it unless the universe is actively collapsing. (Also, the incurseans are there, and they are never not silly lmao)

But to me, the best thing AF did for the series was give it structure. The OS was extremely episodic, but the front half of AF is held together with a tight plot line. The back half not so much, but it does have a lot going for it character wise. Case in point:

Let's talk about Kevin. c:

Kevin was always a fun villain in the OS. Any time he showed up I knew we were in for a fun time, so him becoming part of the main cast (As a hero and friend no less!) in AF was a major selling point to me personally. Unlike with Gwen, I feel like they sanded him down just enough. He's still kinda sleazy and a bit of a shithead, but now he's trying to do better.

I'm aware the explanation for this behaviour is that the Omnitrix energy he absorbed in the OS drove him crazy or whatever, but that's not something we get up front if memory serves. He really does seem like he naturally just grew up and realized acting how he did when he was 11 wasn't exactly getting him anywhere good.

Kevin's arc in the back half of AF plays really well with Ben's arc. Ben is at an all time high after saving the universe, while Kevin gets mutated again and has a really shitty time. Ben getting humbled while Kevin gains confidence just works really well in tandem, I think, and they end AF on somewhat equal footing.

AF also gives us some of my favourite side characters so I really love it on those grounds alone tbh. Mostly talking about Paradox here, but also Albedo, and The Plumber's Kids (especially Alan I love him he's so baby <3), and Sandra. God, I love Ben's hippy dippy granola mom so much it fits him so well.

I could make a whole fucking post about Paradox to be honest, and this post is already insanely long so I'll be brief here. He made it a billion times easier for the writers to play with timeline bullshit without having to sneak retcons past the audience every time. He's also just insanely fun. Silly Time Man. I loves him!!

I also really love Julie and Omniverse did her so fucking dirty, but that's a whole thing and I'm sure I'll get into it when I get there in my rewatch so I'll save it.

Again, I don't know that I would say AF is my favourite series, but I will say AF DOES happen to have my favourite EPISODE of the entire continuity though. "Con of Rath" is the best Ben 10 episode and I will fight you on this one.

I'm about to pivot into Ultimate and seeing as I haven't gotten there in my rewatch I am going to have less to say about it (and Omniverse) since they aren't fresh in my mind and I don't want to be spouting half remembered nonsense or go dig through the wiki to fact check (and spoil myself on things I don't remember). I know this post is stupid long, bear with me a bit longer.)

Why is Ultimate Alien Good?

Every new series of Ben 10 does something to change the status quo in some way. In AF it was aging up the characters and relegating Max to side character status. Omniverse does much the same, giving Ben a new partner and pushing Gwen and Kevin aside. Ultimate changes things in a different way, though, and I'm NOT talking about Ultimate forms.

Ultimate's big shake up is actually the name of it's first episode: "Fame".

Now, in this house we love a secret identity, lemme get that out up top. For Ben, though? The fame works. He never really honestly HAD a secret identity the same way most superheroes do. He'd always just kinda done his thing, and had it work out. All of his villains knew who he was. (To the point that "Hit 'Em Where They Live" kinda makes no fucking sense? Zombozo is dumb as shit so like maybe he didn't? But Charmcaster DEFINITELY did, and Ben was famous OFF earth already? It's whatever, but like ',:| ya'know.)

The important thing about making him famous is that it gives him a new avenue for character growth. As in my dude needs to get his fucking act together good god. Like, it's Ben, when it comes down to it he buckles down and does the right thing, but fuck man. This is a character trait that will haunt the rest of the series. There are episodes of OMNI that focus on Ben needing to get his head on straight wrt being famous.

It circles back to my point from earlier, though. Ben was NOT popular before "Fame". His friends included: Kevin, Gwen, and Julie. That's it. He's on a soccer team (At least at the beginning of AF I feel like it never comes up later.), but he never talks about his teammates. That one bully whose name escapes me is on okay terms with him after "The Gauntlet", but I wouldn't call them friends. But after his identity is leaked suddenly everybody likes him. He's gone from absolute nobody to celebrity overnight. Of course he would love this.

This is also an extension of one of Ben's core character traits: He NEEDS to be a hero. Actually he needs to be THE hero, because that is his entire self identity. It comes across (both in universe and from a meta standpoint) as Ben being conceited and selfish, but underneath it is really just a sad little boy who is clinging desperately to the ONE thing he's ever been that people liked. The Hero.

If Ben isn't the hero then who is he? He clearly doesn't know as of the AF finale. He loses the Omnitrix and completely breaks down. Even though he's an expert tactician and a damn good leader, he doesn't even know who he is without the Omnitrix.

Azmuth of all people is the one to tell him to get his head out of his ass. I don't think any other character could have done it, though. Azmuth does not care about Ben's feelings, but he's also someone who (whether he likes it or not) sees ALL of Ben's worth. Max or Gwen would be too soft and Kevin's words wouldn't hold the same weight. Azmuth is someone Ben looks up to while also being someone who won't pull his punches. If he's telling Ben he can do something it has to be true, you know?

That aside, lets talk about the "Ultimate" in "Ultimate Alien".

The Ultimatrix is... weird. It's interesting, don't get me wrong, but it is so completely and clearly just a marketing gimmick. The Ultimatrix can be as cool as it wants, it is not making it out of this series alive. Also, everything I find interesting about the Ultimatrix gets dropped. The first episode has Ben be apprehensive about using the Ultimate forms, but then it's just never brought up ever again for some reason.

Also this shit:

WHY DOES THIS HAPPEN????? WHY IS IT NEVER TALKED ABOUT? 😭

It all just feels so fucking meaningless knowing the Finished Omnitrix is going to replace it. Like, Albedo made this peice of shit. So even if I hadn't watched parts of Omniverse first I would have put together that Azmuth would inevitably replace it, right? But it doesn't really matter I guess. That's my personal gripe with Ultimate forms, though, so I wanted to get it out here. Ultimate's does give us "The Ultimate Sacrifice" which is an episode I remember enjoying though, so its not a complete wash.

The thing with Ultimate as a series it that it's really just Alien force... 2!! to the extent that fans refer to them as a collective. "Ultimate Alien Force" Like, my header up there ^^^ was "Why is Ultimate Alien Force Good?" when I first started writing the AF part, and I only changed it so I had a smooth transition to talk about "Fame". They are so intrinsically linked in my brain that I didn't even blink lumping them into one. It makes it hard to find fault in Ultimate when I love so much of the things introduced in AF that carry over, you know?

Now onto the one I was soooo close to saying was my favourite:

Why is Omniverse good?

Omniverse is very, very special to me. I did not watch UAF as a kid. It started airing just as I was hitting my "I'm too old for cartoons" phase, so I just.. never watched it. I wouldn't have ever really gotten into Ben 10 as much as I have if not for someone talking about how much they liked Omniverse on my timeline when it was airing. I watched a large chunk of Omni before doubling back to watch all of the OS (Which I had only seen bits of growing up.) and then UAF.

I fucking love Omniverse and a big reason is:

Him 👆 💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕

I would kill and die for Rook Blonko.

He is mine moste beloved boy. My babygirl. My right hand arm etc.

But beyond The Boy 💖 Omniverse has a lot going for it. It's another tonal shift for the series, this time back to the more innocent and silly tone of the OS. Like I said, I like the tone in UAF, but Omniverse is just so bright and charming it's hard not to enjoy it.

The art style is also very fun in Omni and matches that lighter tone really well. (There are some stylistic choices I'm not personally big on, but it's whatever.) Where UAF had scaled back a lot of designs to give off a pretty generically American Comic Book style, Omniverse lets characters look interesting again! I'm thinkng specifically about Animo and Charmcaster here (Charmcaster's UAF design is so boring. Omniverse puts her back in her cool robe/tunic thing from the OS.), but in general the characters in Omni just have more interesting designs than they did in UAF. Like, Paradox isn't just Guy in Labcoat in Omni lol

I also think the ten episode arc structure does Omniverse a lot of favours. It gets to have the fun silly episodic nature of the OS while also holding onto the structure AF gave the series.

Beyond that, based on my memory of the series (which I have not watched since it finished airing so it's not exactly perfect) I don't really have much more I can say about Omni. It's fun, and has good characters and plot lines. It's just a really good entry and was a solid ending to wrap up the whole four series continuity.

And so, finally, I can wrap up this fuck off long post.

Like I said up top, I can't definitively say which series is my favourite. They all have their own strengths and weaknesses, and are good in their own ways. If pressed, I would probably say "Um... Omniverse maybe?", but I love the OS and UAF so so much it's not a confident answer. (having not watched Omni in a hot minute also doesn't help lmao)

Thank you for reading my big dumb post. If you got all the way to the end, I love you. I mean, if you stopped reading it I also love you, but if you managed to get through all, uh, 2800ish words of this post without tapping out, you are on the top shelf. <3

I'd love to hear your thoughts, or answer more specific questions if you have them!

[mainfaggot]

august 8th '24

my friends have better friends, my parents have better daughters, and i have ruined myself over and over and over again.

i have the exact same face as i did at age 16, but im so far away from that kid who kept running forward despite everything that got in the way. i knew what i wanted back then. im wandering in circles now. im also haunting myself. it's unsettling to look in the mirror and see one thing, only to look inside myself and see another.

nothing tastes the same as it used to; i desperately want to want something. i uselessly wish to care about anything enough to gladly pour all my efforts and affections into it. i keep thinking about that poem in which a firefly burns itself on a lightbulb because of its passion. i yearn for some sort of ambition, obsession, love.

i am alienated from my surroundings. i don't know when it happened exactly, but one day it became clear that i couldn't verbalise all of my feelings anymore unless i wished to be—for the most part—misunderstood. i miss that friend from 8th grade who could see me for what i was. i miss feeling seen without being afraid and without creating fear in those who chose to look.

there's something wrong with me. there's something wrong with a lot of people. im not tragic, frankly, nor am i unique in my suffering. that just makes this all the more ridiculous to me. i need to get over myself eventually. i keep imagining drowning in the river nearby. i know it's not what i truly want. ugh.

[champmorado]

I'm so sorry this is going to be SO long.

Uhm welcome to the LightningStorm Club!!!

So like, their dynamic is super special to me especially since it just makes sense?

And no it's not just your typical enemies to lovers, but also two characters being able to understand one another and comfort eachother because of that.

Storm is much like rookie Lightning in which he didn't want to work with anyone, didn't trust anyone, and was a one man show. And I'm super sad Cars 3 didn't have Lightning realize the similarities between their personalities.

I feel like Lightning could definitely teach Storm a thing or two. Their personalities are SUPER similar. In which they were both extremely ageist and only cared about winning. That was their goal.

Another thing that bothers me is when people blame Storm for crashing Lightning. Lightning had a mid life crisis, and pushed himself too hard. Something I don't see people talking about.

I actually feel like Storm blames himself for the crash and that could also go super heavy into their relationship.

I don't think Storm hates McQueen. And I don't think McQueen hates Storm. He just hasn't realized how similar they are. They could understand each other so well, so so well. If someone just told McQueen that he should give Storm a chance, like they gave him a chance, they'd probably be super close.

I feel like Storm secretly looks up to McQueen and is slightly intimidated by him. He wants to impress him. And I feel like the stuff he said to McQueen was out of panic, we know from his story that he's just not good with people and interacting with them.

When it comes to enemies to lovers, the beautiful thing about it is the story you can tell. You can explain how they warm up to each other, what they learn about each other, who falls first, how close they get to be as friends, and then the eventual confession

Again, I don't think they hate each other, they just need to understand each other, bond on the fact that friendships can be difficult and trusting people is hard, but its something that can be done.

Both of them aren't good with friendships and trust and that's heavily shown in their books and the movies/shows. I think their relationship would be rocky, but they'd still enjoy each other's company.

As for general head canons.

I feel like McQueen loves board games and Storm loves video games, so they can bond over that and show each other their versions of entertainment.

I feel like they could bond over nerdy things like dinosaurs and aliens and zombies.

They teach each other how to be patient, which is something they both need to learn.

I feel like Storm would fall first, and confess to McQueen in the stupidest way possible.

Lightning plans most of the dates because I feel like he's more experienced and romantic and into romance then Storm.

Storm loves to show his appreciation by cooking and helping clean and organize.

Their eating habits are different, but they try to come to a compromise.

I'll write more but this is SO long already 😭!!! (I have head canons on my page!! If you wanna snoop through go ahead :))

This ship means SO much to me, there's so so many possibilities with them, you just really have to try to dig into who they are as people and how it could help them grow together!!

I GET IT NOW 🤯🤯🤯🤯 /genuine

and your headcanons are so cute, im obsessed!!!!

[tavina-writes]

Get To Know Me Meme

Tagged by @watertightvines hi Vines! Thanks for the tag! and tagging @urisarang, @im-sublimey, @jubileen, and anyone else who wants to play!

Do you make your bed?

Uhhhh. Sometimes! The comforters have to be layered JUST SO so that I create the exact right dimensions of blanket burrito when I go to bed at night and the pillows have to be in certain places, but sometimes if it was Just So Great, I will admit to rolling myself out of bed and just, keeping it like that lol.

What’s your favorite number?

I wish I could say that I'm very attached to a particular one in specific, but I think typically I like 8 and 6, because they're considered nice numbers... also I think a half dozen mini cupcakes is a very enticing offer lol.

What is your job?

I am a plant biologist!

If you could go back to school, would you?

Haha, I'm still in school. I'll probably be in school forever because I'm leaning towards going into academia. One day I'll be Dr. Tav or something! It'll be fun!

Can you parallel park?

No I cannot. I grew up in the country where we don't do streetside parking lolsob. This is a Struggle.

A job you had that would surprise people?

For a summer I counted aphids for a living! I don't think this surprises a lot of people who know me bc I have that "oh yeah I can see you doing that" vibe, but people are generally surprised that aphid counter can be a job you get paid for...

Do you think aliens are real?

I like to keep my mind open about it but I also remain skeptical. Neutral on the existence of aliens, very little to do with my normal life.

Can you drive a manual car?

Absolutely not.

What’s your guilty pleasure?

I like really bad low budget cdramas that have nonsensical plots! I think it keeps me attached to vibes and tropes.

Tattoos?

None because I am supremely boring.

Favorite color?

GREEN GREEN GREEN my beloved beautiful daughter. This surprises no one who knows me because I am a barrel cactus on the internet but there's not a single shade of green I do not love and adore. Slate Green. Jewel Toned Green. Emerald Green. Pastel Green. Neon Green. Lime Green. My beloved beautiful daughter. Perfect in every way.

Favorite type of music?

I think I listen to a lot of 00s-20s cpop? I am really fond of cdrama soundtracks! But I also listen to uhhh a lot of other stuff because I just really love music!

Do you like puzzles?

I am obsessed with large size landscape puzzles. The kind with 5 thousand pieces that you can sometimes find in university bookstores. Those are fun.

Any phobias?

Nop!

Favorite childhood sport?

I primarily did HIT THINGS WITH STICKS as a kid, but I was also a martial artist! So I also know how to HIT THINGS WITH FIST and HIT THINGS WITH STICK and HIT THINGS WITH SWORD, but admittedly I've fallen out of practice since the knee injury.

Do you talk to yourself?

Mostly in my head. Like "oh Tav, that was so tragic." but not really out loud!

What movies do you adore?

I am not hugely a movie person (can count the number of movies I've seen in the past five years on both hands with fingers left to spare) but I admit to be very attached to the Ip Man series, esp the first and second films and also Spirited Away.

Coffee or tea?

Both in varying quantities and times!

First thing you wanted to be growing up?

An Entomologist so I can Go To The Jungle and Study Beetles. Funnily enough, now I work in a lab that's in the department of entomology and occasionally I do plant insect interaction assays so you can say that I made it!

[luveline]

𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐣𝐚𝐝𝐞 —this one might be silly but I'm always asking you guys for advice so I thought it might be fun to offer the same, ask me a question about love or life or something much less dramatic and I'll tell you what I think

hey baby i need some advice however i am in fear of sounding silly. okay so i get into these obsessions, right? whether it's a tv show, music or an artist, a movie, book, or character, i am constantly raving about it. at first it was just fun and normal but now it's evolved into something else and it becomes pretty toxic. like, for example right now (and yes i am aware of how stupid i sound) it's spencer reid. and i kid you not i have screamed into my pillow and sobbed to my mother about how much i love him. he's FAKE. HES NOT REAL. so how do i get these huge feelings over people who don't even exist?? it's hard to put into words because it feels bigger than i can say, but it's becoming a problem. i have friends who are so outgoing and carefree, and they could just walk up to somebody and tell them they are interested in them. but the thought of that makes me want to bawl. and it's not even like i would have people to like anyway! i would never in a million years be interested in anybody remotely close to me. and why does it have to be me that reaches out? i want this SO bad but i think i'm just too insecure that there is no one out there that would treat me the way i want to be treated. i don't think i'm ugly, but i also don't think i'm gorgeous either. i have my moments of feeling really confident but those are brief and only ever when i'm wearing makeup. i'm just feeling like one colossal mess and i don't know how to fix it. is this normal? cause it doesn't feel normal. im a teenager but it feels like this will last forever. that was a lot im sorry, you don't have to respond i just really needed to vent 😭 however if you do read this i will take whatever you give me. i have lots of respect for you and i'll love whatever you have to say. xo 🩷

I don't relate so heavily to your interests becoming toxic to you, I don't mean to insist or assume medical diagnoses on you, so if I'm out of bounds I apologise deeply, but there's something called 'hyperfixating' that could give you some comfort or some insight into why you may be feeling this way if you wanted to have a look!

As for the rest I totally know how you feel, I think many young women can relate to feeling extremely insecure — I think it is very common (but that's not to say fair) to feel as you're feeling, like a big mess! I understand that it doesn't feel normal because it is your life and every feeling becomes all encompassing, the mess feels out of control, and you feel maybe a little alien in society and even your own body, but if you're worried that this isn't something other people are feeling I can confidently tell you that lots of people feel this way. but I'm so sorry because that's not going to make any of it better. I'm only two years (nearly three) older than you and I can tell you that this feeling has gotten better and less rampant for me as I've gotten older, I wouldn't say I was more confident but just having more control, more autonomy, and more perspective has helped me feel less like I'm going to explode into nothing constantly. Plus, there are resources to be used if you can manage it that can help you feel better, because while it is common for you to feel as you do it isn't normal per say, like. I feel like most people I know can tell you they've felt that way, but there's a huge majority of people who don't. If you're feeling like you have low self esteem, like you're never going to be loved, this isn't a totally hopeless thing in my opinion, and there are things you can do and help you can seek to help you cope with these feelings before they metastasize. You're perfectly loveable as you are, but it's okay to worry about the future so long as you dodon't start thinking it's hopeless —starkly, if you start to worry or feel that way, it could be that you're becoming depressed, which is again normal but not something you need to do alone.

I'm sorry if I sound like a freak but i wanted to give you advice that was both personal and helpful. My biggest point is that you're not alone in feeling how you feel and that you don't deserve to feel that way, because you're someone who deserves to feel confident and loved and to have a healthy relationship with love, and so that's why I'd encourage you to seek some help or just some comfort if you need it. I really hope you feel okay and you feel better soon!

[lenjaminmacbuttons]

So. I posited this poll to my wife, and she literally grinned and clapped her hands and said "Okay, let's break this down."

Michael Myers. He's a persistence melee killer--he doesn't shoot, he doesn't run. Call your friends, gather, don't let him out of your sight, and get to a big empty parking lot. Get out of the car. Let him come to you. Keep the car between him and you and just keep out of his knife's reach until more help arrives. DO NOT LET HIM OUT OF YOUR SIGHT. If he for some reason decides to give up and leave, he WILL come back for you eventually; his obsession with Laurie Strode is because she's the one who got away. Stay where you are. Keep him in sight and keep out of his reach until you can get someone to wood chipper his ass.

John Kramer - follow the rules. Solve the puzzle. Lots of people in the notes have said "I've done nothing wrong, he wouldn't target me"--he'd find something. Or he'd make up something. You MIGHT escape being targeted IF you fit his very narrow criteria of "appreciating life;" my wife specifically knows she'd be fine because she's already been in a near-death scenario that gave her the courage to start over. Wanna avoid Kramer's judgment? Get a good therapist before he notices you. Otherwise? You play that game.

Freddy Krueger - y'all seen the 3rd one? Dream Warriors? Use the dream. Use your imagination. Get mad, and beat 'im up.

Jason Voorhees and Leatherface - just go home. Just stay out of the damn woods.

Xenomorph is a tricky one, because the one featured in the first Alien movie is NOT a queen - just a drone. If you're facing the original Xeno in the scenario of the first movie: when the first chestburster does its chest-burst, KILL IT INSTANTLY. Grab, strangle, bash on the floor, destroy. Acid blood might burn you bad, necessitate some skin grafts, but if you end that thing fast, you'll survive. Screw the company.

However, if you encounter an actual Xenomorph Queen, and she's got her warriors and praetorians and you're not backed by an army & ample ammo? You're better off finding a way to end yourself before they overwhelm you.

Sadako's effects are actually not just her literal ghost killing folks - at least, not after it gets spread far enough - but an actual psychic virus. Copy the tape, show it to a neurologist, submit to brain scans. You're safe for the rest of the movie, and hopefully they'll be able to engineer a vaccine.

Chucky is the size and strength of an angry toddler. Punt him. He kills by ambush, by surprise. Keep your wits about you and punt him down the stairs.

Billy & Stu. Match their freak. Match their crazy. When Stu starts freaking out, keep your cool. Take one stab, it'll hurt but you'll survive it, and punch 'em in the collarbone before the second stab hits.

Death is not a character. Death is not reasonable, punchable, or seduceable. Death does not like you. I'm sorry, darlings. Nobody survives through the end of a Final Destination movie. Take what time you have to tell the people you love goodbye.

And The Thing.

Ohhh, The Thing.

Its goal is to infect as many of McMurdo station's crew as possible, foster distrust and paranoia among them. Like with Alien, the first thing you want to do is scorched-earth destroy its very first appearance--burn the Thing, burn the dogs, burn the kennel, shoot the dog handler if he tries to stop you, screw the company, screw the research, Just Kill It. Then, talk to Blair, the first one to piece together how the Thing works. He'll suggest quarantine procedure; try to talk him down from getting violent about it. You will need everyone in your group to trust you. Stay calm, talk it out; then, follow his direction to cut off all communications and destroy all transportation.

From that point on, let nobody out of your sight and operate on the assumption that EVERYONE is infected, including yourself. Inform the whole team of the rules from the start. Keep everyone in the same room together. Limit or eliminate touch. Eat out of individual cans. Sleep in shifts (two people asleep at a time, four to six hour shifts). Shoot anyone who accuses another individual of being infected. And wait it out. Keep calm. Talk it out, and relax.

The one other person who, in the movie, is confirmed to have been infected is Norris, who has an existing heart condition; exacerbated by stress, this condition will kill him and reveal the Thing. Burn it. Burn the remains. Do not touch.

Eventually, lack of radio contact WILL induce a rescue mission to launch. When the helicopter arrives, DO NOT ALLOW THEM IN initially. Inform them there is a highly contagious contaminant, tell them what precautions to take, and let them do blood tests.

If you can keep everyone calm, you can make it through. Surviving this movie is only partially about flaming the Thing. The rest of it is about people skills.

[nerves-nebula]

I dont feel like im academically knowledgeable enough about this to be pretentious about this but I recently come to realise how obnoxious I find people's obsession with immersion is. Like this idea that if something breaks their immersion that it's automatically a sign of bad writing.

And I understand why some people view it that way, because it can be in a lot of ways, a lot of the time inexperienced authors break your immersion unintentionally because they don't know how to immerse you to begin with.

But breaking your immersion isn't inherently bad, it just makes you aware that the work of fiction you're engaging with is a constructed object, and if a good author does this intentionally it can be an invitation to interrogate their intentions, and what your place is as the audiance.

This is the basis of a lot of metafiction, yet I see some people refuse to engage with moments of immersion breaking on the basis that it breaks their immersion there its bad.

Like im not expert, I certainly have not studied this topic in enough depth to be 100% confident about this but its just something I noticed and it bothers me

Anyway I need to read more about alienation and epic theatre

Just got off a 6 hour plane and am waiting to get onto a 10 hour one so brain fried . All I gotta add is that sometimes ppls immersion gets broken for dumb reasons too. Like when things don’t make logical sense in the “not making logical sense” genres. Sometimes it’s not even actually that immersion is broken but that a person isn’t interested in the story at all and just wants a reason to look smart about it. Immersion is a weird concept.

Me personally I have a vendetta against the concept of emotional whiplash, namely that it exists and is bad. I don’t think I really believe in either of those things (as they’re commonly talked about at least) and I think that people who can’t get into a story cuz of emotional whiplash are weak and will not survive.

Also I don’t care if inexperienced authors break immersion either I refuse to believe in good and bad authors. I really don’t care about any story telling rule. my only rules are do I like it and was it made with attention and interest and those things are completely subjective. As they should be.

I mean even things like “did the author do this intentionally” are sometimes impossible to tell. Something can seem super obvious and very intentional to everyone and you ask the author and they go “oh I didn’t do that in purpose”

Case in point I named loose stitches basically right before I started posting it and only after I’d been posting it for a while did someone point out that loose stitches could be seen as a reference to the main magic system, the literal strings what make up the entire world. The strings that weave and stitch everything together.

Is it a less fitting name cuz I didn’t see that obvious parallel? Are we going to argue that actually I did subconsciously mean to reference the magic system (that tbh I usually forget exists while writing the scripts) even tho the name is in reference to a few more literal and metaphorical events that’ll happen later in the comic?

This is the issue with thinking too much about authorial intent. It’s basically just an interesting game of gathering evidence to make the point that they did it all on purpose. But even if you get direct confirmation you’ll never know for sure what the author intended because authors change their minds, and forget, and lie out of embarrassment or something else, or decide they like your reading better and change it to that

Anyway none of that really has much to do with what you’re talking about here. I’m very tired

[littlebunnysboudoir]

Wait i just realized I technically don't need to put on anon rn🧍

you are, little prince ot twigs<3 i think i will make pinned post a little more pretty and will work on works 24/7, but closer to January, where I have a few days off. what about you - do you have a winter break?

I'm sorry, my love!!! I've been thinking about you for weeks before going to bed /srs /guilty 😔😔😔, but during a day I've been thinking about how to solve all the problems - and I've finally almost solved everything, so I'm now ready to return to much higher things in the pyramid of needs, like communicating with you and, of course, writing<3

I've gone smarter and just ignore them. unfortunately, we still have one subject where we can't help but be a team, but I'm toxic + they're irresponsible, so they don't go to university anymore, even in pairs to strict teachers "because of work", and we don't correspond, but even then I directly ignore all of them complaining and whining and pretending not to notice<3 I'm not a healthy person anymore, so I might or might not ruin their reputation a little<333 /hj /lh

YOU TOO??? my poor little cotta😭 you are DEFINITELY not deserve that inadequate kind of people :((( im so sorry, babyboo, its one of the worst experiences in the world.

do you want to talk more about that experience or them? tbh, im sometimes whining a lot about my situations, since it makes me feel better, so if you want to talk about them - or anything at all!!! - I'm always here!!! I thrive on drama and love listening to my sweet ones' complaints<3

I'm!!! Don't worry, I just- I let the situation go. I'm just the kind of person who doesn't like to redo things often, so I told them to do everything themselves without notifying me (otherwise they don't do a damn thing, but at the same time complain that I talk to them like they're subordinates, and are constantly unhappy with something), but I went smarter; since I only need to get "good" (I have an exam in this subject next year, this one just needs to score a minimum of points), I scored additional points from going to the teacher's games (like a brain ring) + I will write a scientific article with a friend that practically guarantees me "good"<3 so I have already so far I planned everything, but when I wrote to you, I was in absolute panic because my strength was running out - but now I'm okay<3333

:((( you are too sweetheart :(((( im going to eat you up and squeeze so hard cotta :((((((( im just sjshsjhdjdhdjdhjdhd KITH KITH KITH MWAH MWAH MWAH

yay!!! wanna to talk more about it? im all ears!!! im always here for some gossiping or ranting, im into it😔😔😔

oh- i don't really know,,,, I think anyone? to be honest, I'm back in the novels now, and I won't deny, I can be a little obsessive with "Became an Infinite Game Beauty NPC", but I'm mostly fine with it,,,, unfortunately, I still haven't found any new fix, even among the alien stage. as long as the idea is good, I love it, and as long as it's yandere/obsessive, I'm also into it,,,, I'm not very picky<///3

[beckface]

Two ideas but basically alien puberty for both

Idea A: at some point she's just going through weird alien puberty (physical changes, hormones imbalances, new body parts, maybe even a new power) and the villains just all try to awkwardly help her cuz they don't know how to deal with children, less with puberty and even LESS with alien children going through puberty

Idea B: during alien puberty she basically becomes possessive/protective of anything and anyone she cares about. If the villains figure this out they expect her to be a lot more on guard with them and fussy over the citizens. Imagine their surprise when she starts chewing someone out a civilian because they made some rude comment about them.

Only gets worse when she just starts being clingy with them (Lexiconians are very pack oriented, and during puberty do they get more protective and needy of their pack) and is constantly hovering over them or just throws herself on top of them.

Ajrjjd sorry I just love spewing out ideas of the villains just being wordgirls funky little family ❤️

Okay this is great though. I remember discussing this in a discord server a while back and we talked about her getting like a tail and claws and stuff, and I’m absolutely obsessed with just WEIRD SHIT happening as she gets older

IDEA A:

- Tail. Giver her a tail. I propose like a little prehensile demon tail that she can fight and stab with but whatever works

- CLAWS AND FANGS seriously pls I need more Lexiconicans looking like absolutely wild predators I think it’s neat

- I’m gonna reference a fanfic again but She’s too big for these bones by RevengePanda ( https://archiveofourown.org/works/37743532?view_adult=true ) has the idea of Lexiconians actually BEING natural predators and Becky starts getting a #ThirstForBlood it’s really dark we love to see it

- Note to self I wanna ask the fic writer if I can write a spinoff where she goes to DTB and is like “Hey doc, how do you control your invasive and evergrowing hunger for cheese? Asking for a friend.” and since we’ve all just collectively agreed he’s studied Lexiconian stuff somehow he’s like “Ah well shit now I have to stop her from eating people”

- Also I was really fixated on the idea that she gets wings for some time and it makes no sense because she superman-style flies but LET ME HAVE THIS

- Also really into the idea of her actually having like an actual third eye that can open during intense situations

- Imagine she gains the power to shapeshift into a intimidating creature but it’s really hard for her to control so sometimes she just. Animalifies

- Mood swings galore, like way worse then a normal teenager, and during battles the villains have learned to start being careful with their banter or else she might start raging or crying, which are just both horrible options really

- I like to think since she’s showing more alien traits the mental distance between Becky and Wordgirl grows, Identity crisis angst prompt GO

- I refuse to believe the learnerer is human so I want him to not understand what the big deal is and just be like “it’s just what happens with teenagerers?? Why r we all flippinging out lol”

- No actually im not done talking about the fangs and claws thing, Becky’s mouth and fingers are sore lately and she doesn’t know why until she’s cornered by a villain and instinct takes over and SLASH, scratch marks across the face and she’s standing over them fangs bared, and then she comes back down, looks at her hands with blood on them, touches her canine teeth that grew out, and REALIZES

- Yall like spikes??? Give her back spikes lizard style. Who cares it’s fun go wild

- HEADCANON TIME Miss Power’s scaley spot is actually a scarred over injury, instead of a normal scar it’s scaley for protection. This is something developed in certain alien species, Lexiconians being one of them, so imagine Becky gets a horrible injury and is HORRIFIED to discover that the “healing” looks like Miss Power’s face

- For a short amount of time due to some weird alien puberty where they develop adult-hunting instincts or whatever, Becky either just LOSES her mind like full on wild animal, OR she gets really creepy and quiet like bird-of-prey style, and the villains have to contain her before she starts attacking things, but struggles really bad with it because she’s not holding back at all anymore

- Every time something weird happens during a battle or alien hormones start acting up the villains call DTB for help because he’s the closest thing they have to an expert thats not Huggy (they can’t understand him and are too afraid to ask wordgirl to translate atm)

- DTB is getting reaaaaal sick of this

- Tobey borrows a book from DTB on Lexiconian stuff (I imagine Huggy helped him write it when he was Steven) and accidentally gets hyperfixated on it and keeps telling Wordgirl things she doesn’t want nor care to know about herself/her people. Like she loves knowing about her culture but does she REALLY need to know who the first Lexicon Library was founded by

- She gets incredibly attached to Rex during all this

- Becky has to hide all her new body parts and uncontrollable powers from her daily life and keeps making up wilder and wilder excuses for what’s happening

- Violet and Scoops take pity on her by restraining her from talking every single time something alien happens, and they just make up something instead (Becky is so bad at coverups bless her)

- The whole alien puberty thing opens up casual discussion with people she knows about her actual biology, and they are shocked to learn about things like the fact that, this entire time, she thought everyone on earth was just breathing oxygen for funsies

- Becky starts missing Lexicon a lot, which is weird because she doesn’t remember ever being there. A lot of times she gets a pang in her chest though, like her home is calling to her.

IDEA B:

- In love with the found family too yes <3

- when they all kinda grasp what’s happening DTB warns the villains that Wordgirl might start being extra aggressive to them while she’s going through alien puberty

- I love this sm The first person after this meeting she fights is Butcher, and he gets in a petty argument with a citizen, WG goes “HEY!” all aggressively and he thinks that he’s gonna get yelled at, but she steps in front of him to tell the citizen to mind their own business

- If someone’s mean to someone she cares about she will just start hissing and it’s making everyone uncomfortable at this point. She has no idea that she’s doing it

- After capturing villains if there’s time she usually chats with them, but now she also will lean on them or even just kindof, hold them in the air. In some cases with the ones she’s closest with she’ll even hug them for a bit, They don’t know what to make of this at first but they all pretty much learn to appreciate the affection and let her do her thing

- She gets bold and comes over DTB’s warehouse like she used to do and will just surprise him by flying behind him and resting her chin on his head and is like “Whatcha workin on :D” and he has to lie and pretend it’s not an evil ray. He lets her hang out and help him build little side projects

- Hi Tobecky fans so Tobey is in heaven, like Wordgirl is 40% more likely to agree to ice cream nowadays, and because he’s the villain most reciprocative of the physical affection she’s become very very cuddly with him while they wait for his mom to come get him after battles.

- also he’s totally not enjoying how Becky Botsford (separate person) sometimes leans on his desk and on his shoulder during lab class now, no he doesn’t like it and he definitely isn’t leaning against her too, why would you say that??

- She is sooooo clingy with her family and her parents couldn’t be more delighted. Tj on the other hand loves his sister, he really does, but would appreciate FIVE MINUTES alone to do his homework. Becky we’ve watched this episode of Pretty princess already. Becky I don’t want to make cookies right now, we just ate. Becky I don’t need homework help. Becky please.

- At school she is attached to Violet and Scoops at the hip and gets sad when they have to separate, they find it humorously endearing and try to have at least one of them by her side at all times

-Becktoria hi whenever Victoria’s parents are mean to her Wordgirl starts directly standing up to them because now that they’re older Becky is starting to be able to see what’s actually going on here, and because she is her she wants to help, and because of the hormones it makes her REALLY angry to see Victoria be put down like that and then they kiss

-If Chuck is ever down on himself Wordgirl gets really emotional about it and hugs him and tells him that he’s wonderful until he starts getting emotional too

- Just a lot of fluffy hugs brrrr

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hello mutual who wonders why people like romance i have reached a conclusion and i want to share it with you if youre comfortable

if not (since its romance themed anyway) you are free to ignore all the info below yet say hi to me anyway <3 hi

anyway, if you've chosen to read this then i believe people obsess over romance and involve it everywhere so much is because of multiple reasons.

first of all, i've heard crushes are said to be very exciting. they make you happy when you think about that person. or at least that is what i've heard from others, i don't think i've had a crush so don't expect me to know for sure. and naturally, one often enjoys positive feelings and crushes fall into that as well. most people also want to be with someone, not necessarily in a romantic sense - but just, have someone to love and to be loved by so they aren't lonely and so that they can always go there for the support they need, you know? and since a crush makes you happy - that seems like a good option does it not? you are bound to the happy feelings because it'd only seem logical to want to be with the one who makes you happy. and so, since they're so bound to those happy feelings and desires to be with a person, they remember their crush for that. and it's not surprising you don't want to be logical because you're happy anyways right? if you feel happy around someone, then most want to go after those feelings instead of the logical thinking they could also use. and that is where the 'unflawed admiration' comes in. they follow their happy feelings and stop to think logically about things such as the flaws of their crush. so that is why they love romance so much, i believe.

and, some people find comfort in being understood by someone and having someone to relate to. you know? that is why they project onto characters and headcanon them their own experiences all the time. and even people who do experience crushes do that, because they enjoy the feeling and they experience it so projecting it onto a character and imagining them with another character gives them the happy imaginations they're looking for. they want to be loved and to love and (as i've explained above why) they look for their crush. so imagining such a happy experience and projecting it onto a character is probably the reason they ship characters together. sadly it's really alienating towards those who don't experience romantic attraction or are simply uninterested in it - because the majority is projecting about their own experiences and so they don't bother to think about others'. i am not saying that is good but i believe it's the reason why it happens

anyway, im done! this got long dnfnvkmjkmrm and obviously since i don't experience romantic attraction i can't know this for sure nor do i claim it's the truth or something. it's just my guesses and reasons why to it. i hope this made sense though /lh and if you did read it then thank you for all this ahbdwehbjnjdfnjmdc

hello hello, thanks for sharing!! i think youre right. i hope you dont mind me adding some of my own thoughts as well :}

i think why people also obsess over the idea of romance so much is because they WANT that happiness, and thats all romance is ever advertised as. for people who arent happy, they think that a person who understands them so fully would be the solution to everything. but i feel like these people also forget that romance and relationships are a give and take effort. in order to have someone truly get you, you must give them that in return. and that may also add to why couples breaking up and arguing is seen as loveless, bc crushes are always put on pedestals. people dont want to admit that the source of all possible happiness is human too, with wants of happiness and other feelings of their own.

that might be why fictional characters are so popular too, i think. many more options for your so called soulmate without any of the required commitment. you can make them all perfect and stuff, without ever having to be perfect for the character in return. they get the happiness anyway.

its sad, that bc of society, romance is seen as such a fix it all that people dont even bother trying other things that could make them happy. love is never seen as flawed, and so people lose logical sense since they want that so badly. they dont try and help themselves, or appreciate their friends, or the world in general, since romance just must be so perfect and happy. but when they get it, and find out it isnt, they get upset at the work.

imo, i think the only sort of romance that works out are well... ones that arent romanticized. humans clash with humans no matter your feelings, and unless youre willing to put aside personal values and understand the other person or people, things will never work out. romance is just as much work for the happiness and people should realize that, i think.

anyways, thank you again for the discussion, harai!! we may not really get romance ourselves, but with the addition of our logic not being impaired by romantic thoughts, we can understand it together in this way, i think.