#i have theory/hc about this

[bean-spring]

Hot take and not to be a killjoy or the shipping police but people treating Viktor or Jinx's aroace headcanons as if they were canon is not the revolutionary take people think it is.

Headcanons are always all right but we have to acknowledge that they are somehow damaging when they apply to stereotypes. It might not be the case for everyone but most of the time people unconsciously assume that disability/mental illness=asexuality. These headcanons erase the freedom of attraction from people who are already seen as unable to have sexual/romantic experiences/desires, when it's completely untrue and harmful.

You can headcanon Viktor and Jinx as aroace, but I have seen people changing their minds once Viktor is no longer disabled (s2 with all of his other forms) and Jinx is no longer as mentally ill (alternate universe Powder). And it speaks wonders of how people see these characters.

"I never thought about Jinx being able to feel romantic/sexual attraction until s2!" To believe she's actually only capable of that when she's not "damaged" is incredibly disturbing. Especially since Jinx has always had a bit of a flirty personality too.

"I've always seen Viktor as asexual, I don't know why!" That's fine. You can headcanon him as ace. But I believe there is a reason behind it, most of the time, if for some inexplicable reason the "vibes" of the disabled character are making you think he's ace.

I say all of this being aroaspec myself, by the way. Headcanon all you want but going to people's posts commenting how "it's weird for you that they have romantic/sexual plots when they're clearly aroace" is not a win at all. It's a headcanon, after all, and it should be treated as such, and that's fine. But it also is damaging to spread stereotypes like these.

Of course the disabled character is asexual. Of course the mentally ill character is aromantic. It's not as revolutionary as you might think, tbh.

Fandom is not activism and it's all right to have any headcanons you want BUT some of them are filled with damaging stuff and perhaps we should look into ourselves more before treating these assumptions as something canon.

[inbarfink]

My own personal favorite answer to the still-unanswered question of 'why the hell are there two 'Team Fortress' both populated with seemingly identical people living seemingly identical lives' is still probably the idea that the Administrator hired 9 mercenaries and then cloned them to fill out both the RED and BLU team.

Like, yeah, I fully admit that it raises a few of it's own unanswered questions (For how long did that cloning technology exist? Did Team Fortress Classic went through the same procedure? What happened to the extra 4.5 mercenaries of each team once Mann vs. Machine and the Comics era happen? Did the Administrator just had them disposed while Gray Mann was on the move for the sake of protecting yet another one of her secrets?) but I also feel like it ties very well thematically with the point of the Administrator's scheme in "The Days Have Worn Away". The most vital part of her revenge is making sure RED and BLU are forever evenly-matched, and that's important enough that she will invest in secret cloning technology and however much shenanigans it takes to ensure neither the mercs nor any of their loved ones realize there's two of each of them running around for the sake of the teams being truly identical.

Also, yeah, it does mean that, like, either the Mercenaries had some sort of Dramatic Clone Reveal that happened totally off-screen at some point during the MvM or Comic-Era and we the readers just totally missed it (Even if all of the Comic-Era Mercs are the originals, realizing that you've spent years of your life fighting your own clone and that they've been also living 50% of your time off with your family is pretty fucked-up) .... or that the Mercs just went on living their lives and never put the pieces together there was some Secret Clone Scheme in the first place...

...But honestly, I think both the idea of Team Fortress never figuring out about the clones, and the idea of Team Fortress figuring it out but getting over it so comically quickly it never comes up again in their misadventures feel so very hilariously in-character for me that I count it as a point in favor of the theory in a way.

Y'know, the idea of the Administrator secretly running both teams was also originally framed as a Mind-Blowing Secret That She Must Keep Secret from the Mercs

And by the end of the comics, the Team either straight up never came to the realization that their old 'enemies' were working for the same employer.... or the realized it at some point during the MvM/Comic Era but it mattered so little to them it never came up on-screen.

And also, I think it's kinda hilarious to think about the concept of like, Merasmus being roommates with the RED Solider

Until he probably got of tired of his shit off-screen and moved to a new apartment............. only to end up with the BLU Solider

And then he moved again.............................. only to find himself with the RED Solider again

I am pretty sure Merasmus is the only person in the TF2 Universe outside of the Administrator and Pauling to know there are two of each Mercenary running around. But he's not bothered by the ethical or philosophical implications of this clone scheme, he is just eternally tormented by the existence of Double Solider.

[boarloved-art]

ig ooomfie said i should draw xuanli and i kinda went crazy abt them whoopsydoodle

[crescenthistory]

sunrise on the reaping spoilers !!!

sorry, i see people talking about how maysilee donner in all her "one of us has to be the worst victor in history. tear up their scripts, tear down their celebrations, set fire to the victor's village. refuse to play their game." glory was not a rebel?? did we read the same book?

haymitch himself agreed that maysilee was twice the rebel he ever was, standing up to the capitol with an upturned chin and sharp words from day one without ever wavering. why else do you think they took her voice to kill her?

[buckys-arm-and-rios-dagger]

Marvels After Credit Scene that Didn't Happen but is Canon in My Heart:

So I really want a scene of one of the Flerkittens (white with blue eyes) to be wandering around the street meowing and then we see boots coming up to it and two hands reach out and then you see it.

The metal arm.

It picks up the kitten and walks off, maybe if you're feeling really fancy maybe a few lines of quiet "hey, hey, it's okay Sweetheart" or something like that and then BOOM we have Alpine in the MCU

Then cut to Thunderbolts and Bucky still has no idea that Al is a Flerken until they're in a fight and she gets attacked and Bucky is terrified they're gonna hurt his cat and then Alpine just gobbles them up and then like Yelena is like "JAMES BARNES WHAT THE FUCK"... Cut to Bucky looking equal parts horrified and impressed and just picks up Alpine and goes "uh...good girl?"

[aroaceleovaldez]

Romantic in nature or not, I always just looked at that scene in MoA with the notion: Annabeth is convinced that Nico, a gay man, has a crush on her in this exact scene (or you know, a different scene in MoA, I don't remember), and since we know that Annabeth isn't the best on the emotional front, she read Luke's intentions incorrectly, and Percy did, as well, due to his jealousy of the guy.

(Now, I know that neither of these are the case, especially since I doubt Nico was thought to be gay until HoH, and this is around the time that Annabeth was starting to be characterized as Never Wrong About Anything Ever, but it's always been my go-to regarding the whole Luke-Annabeth debacle. What I mean to say is that I like your interpretation of the scenes, too)

Oh i actually believe Nico was fully intended to be gay starting around MOA at least (though I do believe Rick claiming he had figured that out about Nico earlier than that), because Rick was absolutely acknowledging queer topics in his writing at that time. Jason's arc particularly in the latter half of HoO is extremely bi-coded and there's just straight up a canonical polyamorous relationship in Serpent's Shadow, which came out several months before HoH.

Which does make Annabeth's line about that in MOA funnier, especially considering by that point Nico has held maybe one full conversation with her in the entire franchise thus far, maybe two or three if you wanna push it. I cannot emphasize enough how little they had spoken to each other - and tbh, continued to not speak to each other. Just in general. Like the most notable interactions the two of them have prior to the high-five scene in BoO are literally both in BoTL and it's one line and then one off-screen scene of Nico breaking up a fight between Rachel and Annabeth (where they were fighting over Percy) entirely for the purposes of going to save Percy. They barely interact in HoO. Nico and Annabeth have a chronic case of their plot lines being in different locations because only one of them is allowed to be active at a time due to their narrative roles. Annabeth is kidnapped for most of the TTC Nico scenes and Nico is at camp when they get to Annabeth, and then in TLO Nico's busy with all the Underworld stuff and flirting with Percy so he never interacts with Annabeth. Then Nico is off at Camp Jupiter when Annabeth's at CHB and then busy being kidnapped for the first stretch of the Argo II mission and only shows up when Annabeth is busy on her Arachne quest. And then Annabeth FALLS INTO TARTARUS when Nico gets there (and proceeds to pine at Percy) and then IMMEDIATELY after Annabeth gets out of Tartarus, Nico skips away with Reyna and Coach to drag the Athena Parthenos to camp. And then FINALLY they interact and it's not even Nico speaking directly to Annabeth really, just high-fiving her after insulting Percy to his face. He literally only says one word directly to her.

Like. I cannot overemphasize the absolute comical degree to which these two avoid interacting. They're like magnets repelling each other. And yet Annabeth is like "I think he has a crush on me - he spoke to me once, allegedly." Like ah yes, sure, HoO. Next you're gonna tell me you retconned them into having a FOURTH conversation! Don't get too wild!

[deathandnonexistentialdread]

I'm pretty sure that Jonouchi saw the Journey To The Center Of The Earth movie that was released in 1993.

It also fits in timeline wise if we are going with the assumption that Jonouch is 16 at the start of the series (as he is starting high school) which we are also assuming is in the year 2000 (because that year is when the anime started airing).

And by subtracting 16 from 2000 we get the year 1984 which is (theoretically Jonouchi's birth year). 1993 minus 1984 gives us the number 9, making Jonouchi's age at the time of the movie's release around 8 to 10 years old (give or take a year since the birth year is not that accurate); and thus plausible enough for Jonouchi to remember the movie while also being old enough for him to consider it nostalgic enough for reminiscing.

One can imagine a young Jonouchi either going to the cinema with Shizuka or watching it a few years later (10-12yrs old) by renting it out.

For additional proof I went on imdb and found these shots of a location from the movie that resemble the area that he is battling against Seid Lloyd in.

The movie: source

The anime: source- me

TL;DR: Jonouchi likes scifi and is definitely a movie buff

[howlonomy]

Can we see more of the characters in Swap Monster!Clover au?

Like Starlo and Marlet?

Marlet has be called 'New Moon' or something like that as acowboy frfr

i actually really really like how these came out AGJDS

[wahhzo]

maybe it was a bad idea to meet, huh?

(full image under the cut)

[greennoobartist]

Randomly found this in my gallery and

THESE ARE SO IN CHARACTER XDDD

don't yap about Vio's don't yap about Vio's don't yap about Vio's don't yap-

[setmeatopthepyre]

Family

[@118dailydrabble day 2] [part of my tommy begins snippets]

When the 9-1-1 operator asks him for his location and emergency, Tommy almost gives her his call sign first.

Being back has been... an adjustment.

He catches himself, tells her, “There's been an accident on 6th street bridge. Two cars.” Tries to make out shapes in the dark. “There's- there's a whole family in one.”

Realizes she's asking him something as he pries the driver's side door open. “What?”

Her voice gentles. “Your name?”

“Tommy.”

“Alright, Tommy. I'm Abby. Help is on the way. Were you in the accident?”

“No, I-” Can't begin to explain. “No, I just saw it happen. Abby?”

“Yes?”

“I don't think the driver's breathing.”

“Ok, Tommy. I'm going to talk you through this.”

[hellisntreal]

This is one of those joke ideas that hung out too long in my head until I was compelled to create it.

A Curious Courier and a Wholesome Herald— a looooong time ago

[a-lonely-dunedain]

the "platonic explanation" is that I feel like shipping cheapens a perfectly good friendship and turns it into something shallow. Takes something that could have been interesting and turns it into just another dime-a-dozen romance you can find in a million other stories. Sands off anything cool or unique about the relationship and the characters so they can slot neatly into some little "A and B" dynamic. The Sunshine x Grumpy the Blue-coded x Red-coded the Cinnamon Roll x Killer. You just have to cut them down to fit in the Romance Box™.

Suddenly every interaction, every look they exchange, every word they speak, has to be seen through the lens of attraction, it HAS to be about the attraction, nothing else matters, they cannot have feelings about each other unrelated to that. If they like each other it's because they are attracted to each other, if they hate each other it's because they are attracted to each other, there can be no other reason behind their actions and feelings, nothing else about them as people matters anymore. They aren't people anymore, they aren't characters anymore, they are just "A and B".

The "platonic explanation" is that lately I've just found friendships SO much more compelling and freeing and cool, y'know? (obligatory ''I'm not bashing you if you like shipping I just Do Not Get It Personally'')

[littlebittyhollowbugs]

Monomon the teacher backstory headcanon~

I've expanded quite a bit on Monomon's backstory recently and wanted to share what I have so far!

To explain Monomon's past I will first have to expand a bit on the relations between Hallownest and Unn's territory in the west. (I won't go into all the details; it's a long story XD)

~

After having established their kingdom, building up their city and expanding into the fungal waste the pale rulers began negotiating with the people of Greenpath (which at this time included what would eventually become queen's garden and fog canyon.) For expansion into the west.

While the mosskin opposed the king and queen's propositions for as long as they were able, one small branch of creatures, also creations of Unn, (who we have taken to calling the flower-kin for simplicity sake)

The species of which Isma belongs~

Felt that Unn had abandoned them and willingly joined Hallownest.

These acid resistant people lived in the area of land that would become the fog canyon.

We have an elaborate history involving a third branch of greenpath people called the Thornkin, (legend goes that they were born of Unn's awoken wrath after the Queen of Hallownest claimed half her territory) there was a battle between these two groups and as a result of the conflict the Thornkin were all killed or driven into hiding and the flowerkin people faced a massive loss.

(Also the thorns that grow all over the queens garden are a result of the thornkin's attempt to take back the land.)

Most all the surviving flowerkin moved into the Capitol city, (the great knight Isma is a descendant of these survivors.)

One particular survivor eventually caught the attention of the king himself.

After moving into the city, Madam Mosma soon established herself as a successful historian and bioscientist.

She had personally overseen several historic and scientific breakthroughs and was soon appointed onto the King's council and worked directly underneath him.

While working for the king she grew in skill, and gained his complete trust and respect.

The king had her pass on her knowledge to help the kingdom to advance, and for that she was titled the teacher of the Hallownest.

After years of service, the king finally bestowed upon her an especially important gift and corresponding position.

He granted her immortality, and with that, the responsibility of collecting and persevering all the kingdom's knowledge in the newly constructed kingdom's archives.

The archives were hidden away in the, largley overgrown, territory that had belonged to her people.

Her birthplace.

After having been given this grand position the ambitious teacher, believing she could reach the level of the Gods, started on her greatest ever scientific expansion.

The creation of the Oomas Uomas and the fog canyon.

Madam Mosma created a whole new environment and species, that were completely devoted to her.

As stated before in a past hc post, the king, upon discovering her attempts to achieve the title of God-hood

punished his once trusted servant.

He needed to set an example but still valued her greatly, so he chose not to take away her immortality or position,

Rather he took away her true form.

Mosma was transformed by the king, and her name was changed to Monomon.

Monomon the teacher, over time, adjusted to this new body, and remained loyal to her ruler. She continued to serve him (with the assistance of her own creations) for a hundred years or so before the infection took over the kingdom and she sacrificed herself as a dreamer.

Tldr: The teacher was a creation of Unn (same species as Isma) named Mosma, who joined Hallownest, became a reknown scholar and advisor of the king,

Was given immortality and the position of keeping the kingdom's knowledge.

She created the fog canyon and her own devoted lifeforms as an act of hubris.

Was then punished by having her true form taken from her,

And that's how she became Monomon!

Some doodles and notes i threw together while going over this hc!

[stupidhany]

I think it's really funny that the miiverse interview with the Mask Salesman are technically canon

Like wdym he owns a 3ds and he had a miiverse account at some point in his life???

[the-bitter-ocean]

*Taps the mic* currently making a Euphrasie analysis essay would anyone like to read it when it’s finished ( I’ll still be working on isat animatics/ amvs/pmvs/ comics / running the ask blog and doing au stuff as well I just was curious)