#i hope this makes sense lmao

[crazymecjc]

half baked thought bc I’m actually chewing drywall abt this trailer rn but I’m really interested to see if and how bachelor route leans into film as the vessel for performance rather than theatre- I think it’s a fascinating narrative shift that really articulates the difference between the haruspex and bachelor routes. “any choice is right as long as it’s willed” really reflects the ever changing and in-the-moment presence of live theatre whereas with “there is only one truth,” the film has been made. the events have already come to pass. they are preserved in time ad infinitum. which also adds to the tragedy of daniil dankovsky i think :)) idk i just think its Neat and i am so so incredibly excited about this game cannot wait to see the sillies again :))

[buckedmundo]

#and she's trying too

[tieflinc]

wait i don't get what you mean about wiggly and how he pronounces names

ah! i just mean the emphasis is usually on the wrong syllables, it sounds unnatural and almost forced? In Black Friday (and nightmare time) for instance, talking to Hannah, they pronounce it like "ha-NAH" and in NPMD he puts equal emphasis on each syllable in "Ste-pha-nie" in a way that sounds kind of off kilter. Especially after the comment about "holding court in your own form and tongue" it felt so much like someone or something trying to grasp a language that isn't familiar to it at all or seems trivial to it which makes sense for something eldritch and above it all. I love so many of the choices Jon made for how he played Wiggly/Wiggog!

[mischiefbuckley]

so in Jinx we have Eddie not believing into the superstitions that the team holds regarding the q word and he’s making fun of them for believing in that stuff and then we have the scene of them after responding to one of the many crazy calls they have had that day alone and while they are in the fire truck ready to leave a live power pole falls on the engine so they have to wait for another fire station to arrive and help them out and even while waiting for help time and time again eddie keeps denying this jinx and I viewed it as this can get paralleled to him internally denying himself his true identity to fit into this narrative that was instilled on him growing up with his Mexican Catholic upbringing and how even after he makes the mistake of getting his current girlfriend at the time pregnant he gets married because of this religious upbringing that’s instilled in him and how he must fit this narrative to be seen as worthy as a man because that’s what a good Catholic man would do at this point but Eddie was like what supposed to be 19/20 when he got Shannon pregnant and married like that’s still a young guy figuring himself out, but because of this constant pressure he finds himself in a marriage at this age and him joining the military and going halfway across the world to again avoid his current situation that he found himself in

and we see Eddie time and time again doing what he thinks is best for others and how to fit into society but never himself like we have never seen him put himself first because even after Shannon passes away his coping mechanisms aren’t healthy he resorts to cycle of closing himself off to feel what he should feel because prior to Shannon passing away they were going to get a divorce like that was something that would have legally finalized him away from Shannon, but it didn’t happen and we have Eddie as a widow and a single father

then we have Buck tell Eddie in this same scene while they are in the engine waiting for help to arrive “it’s like the universe is screaming at you and you refuse to listen” and I like thinking about this in the way how since day one after the ambulance call Buck has had Eddie’s back and how he’s always been in his corner and when Eddie says “the universe does not scream” and we are reminded again that they are stuck in the engine that that’s a metaphor for the way how Eddie has constantly stuck himself in these relationships with woman to fit the societal norms that were presented to him growing up and how he doesn’t want to see what’s in front of him because he’s scared of believing that he is worthy of being happy while not fitting any societal norms and being selfish for once and bam again this in same episode we are hit with the Bobby and Eddie duo of Bobby giving this man advice yet again and Bobby tells Eddie, “they’re so focused on what they don’t have that they miss the chance to have something else, something real. sometimes you gotta move on” and they talk about how Eddie can’t seem to move on after Shannon passes away and this again is in turn because he can’t be honest with himself on why he felt the need to marry her like yes he loved her but was he was not in love with her like their marriage wasn’t perfect and totally understandable that every relationship has it’s problems but in Eddie’s marriage he was more away than he was together with Shannon and even when she was pregnant he spent that time away in the military and yes it was seen as patriotic and heroic for him to do this but again why did he run at the first chance he got halfway across the world

and then later on in the episode Eddie talks to the guy on the walkie when he steals the 118 engine and says this interesting quote about “but you can’t let yourself get stuck. all you can do is let go, move on. sounds scary, but i know you can do it” and at the end of the episode we do see Eddie and Ana go out for breakfast, but I think again the wording and irony of Eddie saying that because he doesn’t move on from Shannon because at the end of the day that is the root problem of why Eddie can’t seem to move on or Eddie can’t seem to be honest with himself so I am hoping for season 8 that we can finally see him now for the first time that he is alone work through finally being able to let go of Shannon and his marriage and figure out what makes Eddie, Eddie in a way if that makes sense like what makes Eddie our Eddie Diaz and be able to work on himself and with talks of episode 6 being an important episode for Wddie I really do hope we can see this play out in a true testament to Eddie’s character and it finally click on why he kept trying to not make himself happy and him constantly trying to fit into this box of a little perfect family because he wanted to make his son happy not himself

[god-syndicate-if]

so, that ask about an Ares with natural fangs and the mention of body modifications not sticking around long for gods has had me thinking, sorry if you already answered something similar to this, i tried to look but didnt find anything!

how does being trans work for Ares? specially in terms of surgery! i tend to play transmasc (and occasionally transfem) MCs whenever possible, so im just very curious how the whole divine powers thing can affect that? also, tattoos! and piercings!

So this isn't just for trans stuff, I'll also just explain the healing a bit more here too.

Since Riley is trans, they'll specifically talk about this if your Ares is trans too. But for gods, being trans is a lot more difficult in general. Surgeries are the only thing that humans can do that are permanent and even then if something is added to you in a surgery (any surgery like breast augmentation, tooth fillings, even more uncommon ones like horn implants) your body will naturally just get rid of it. Over the course of a few years your body just breaks it down and works it out in extremely small quantities. Sometimes this can be painful, sometimes you wont even notice until its gone.

That being said there are other gods who can assist with stuff like that. At this moment your Ares hasn't been alive long enough to really notice how quick their body heals and metabolizes things. At most they'd just notice that they'd need a higher dosage of hormones than normal humans would need.

As for tattoos and piercings and what not, piercings will heal fully within a few hours if you've had them a long time, or literally just a few minutes if you're brand new. and tattoos fade after a few months and fully disappear after a few years.

Losing a limb is also permanent. Teeth will grow back. but if your arm is cut off it stays off. And after your body has fully healed you could have more permanent chronic pains. Being a god isn't a "always come back to tip top shape" button. Though you're far more durable than normal humans.

[misterfibbly]

You know how Mike's clothes were specifically made for him? So, i was thinking that, the arrow pocket, it would be point towards Will most of the time because Will is usually on Mike's left. But in the Van scene, they are sitting opposite ways. Basically, i was thinking that Blue and Yellow meet in the west, but from our point of view, Mike's arrow is pointing east, so they "don't meet", or more like, they didn't understand thr other's intentions.

WAIT I LOVE THIS IDEA SO MUCH. I’ve seen people talk about the triangle imagery in Mike’s wardrobe, but not in this way. And the whole thing about the arrow on his shirt pointing away from Will makes so much sense because even though Will is talking about himself, Mike thinks he’s talking about El so his thoughts are away from Will at that moment

[breadandblankets]

Jason and Cass both preplan their grocery runs, down to planning out an in-store route, but for different reasons.

Jason cannot be in a crowd, he's overwhelmed assessing everyone's threat level and minding his exit strategy, plus everyone is So Loud and there are Kids, he's keeping an iron control of himself not to listen to the intrusive thoughts about how he can turn the store into a blood bath, he needs to be Out and Fast

Cass is overwhelmed by choice, there are So Many things Everywhere, and while she can tune out people (and is very comfortable in a crowd) the Items are what's overwhelming, there are So many things and she needs to find what's the Best thing (although in practice she doesn't really care she will eat it nonetheless), there have been times where she's panicked a little and grabbed like ten cans of green beans and walked out, so making a list down to the brand is a Must

[nuks]

hello hello! I am opening traditional art commissions for the first time in foreverrr. If you have any questions pls ask! Inked doodles are like the one you see on the right- I color the cheeks and nose and do shading but otherwise it’s not in color! And I usually do a full body unless you ask for a half body :o) please nothing too complicated as I consider myself a noob artist (even though I’ve been drawing for as long as I can remember, I’m self taught rip) I charge for each character, so if you want two fellas, it’ll be twice the amount !! I draw pretty much anything to ocs and canon charters, even you with your fave fella! Thank you so much for taking an interest in my art! 💛🫶

[spiderrdreams]

i think about the “devoid of all worldly wants” line from patches’ speech in ringed city often… because he’s clearly not. in ds3 you can see how he genuinely wants to connect with greirat and keep him safe, but constantly shuts himself down whenever he says something that might portray that and even goes so far as to hide his identity when he does go to rescue him. he’s not fooling anyone, he’s the first to know when greirat’s gone and worries for him.

i believe patches is a very lonely character, there’s a million reasons as to why that might be the case, but he’s too proud to let anyone see it. he WANTS people to believe that line (or at least wanted to) he wants to believe that himself too, but he desperately wants that connection. i view ringed city as a sort of character arc for him because of this, saying that he’s “devoid of all worldly wants” after what happens to him in that dlc sounds like he’s poking fun at himself, as evidenced by his next line: “i don’t know, maybe it’s just the way we are.”

he acknowledges that he’s not much better in this regard. it feels like this lesson carries over to elden ring patches too, where he is much more outwardly caring and protective over some other npcs.

i think this speech can be interpreted in many ways but this line in particular sticks with me. “devoid of all worldly wants” yeah sure man.

[ovaryacted]

So many good titles to choose from!!

Prey for Crimson 👀

Hi Ozzie bae!! Nice to see you here lmao. 🫶 Yeah, I've been brainstorming with ideas recently, and honestly I came up with Prey For Crimson on a whim. When initially coming up with the title for this fic, I was originally going to name it just "Prey" and then I changed it to "Crimson" but still didn't think it fit perfectly. So while messing around with the two words, I decided to say fuck it and combined the two, and honestly I'm rocking with it so far so I'm probably going to keep it.

FIC IDEA: This is the Alpha! Old Man! Logan Howlett x Omega! f! reader fic that I've been cooking up for a while. It is intended to lean more towards the taboo/darker aspect of the dynamic because Logan in this fic is brutal, mean, and isolated from the world. The story takes place during the winter, hence why I used the specific picture of blood falling on the snow for the fic cover challenge I posted yesterday.

The title itself is technically supposed to mean two things, which I love doing with titles in general. It's a play on words because the word "Prey" sounds like "Pray" and in this sense if you say "Pray for Crimson" you're praying for blood, it's a craving for violence which Logan is prone to engage with. In the literal sense, "Prey for Crimson" can be interpreted as an exhange of one's prey for blood, which is a theme that revolves around the reader in particular and how she ends up at Logan's isolated cabin in the woods and why she's there. It's meant to focus on a predator/prey interpretation of the alpha/omega relationship dynamic, so that's what my brain magically came up with! This fic is also technically a two-parter, and I'm not sure if the second part will keep the same title or if it'll change, but for now this is where I'm at.

FIC TITLES ASK GAME!

[fanficthingsworld]

Paul: I'll have the number 8.

Waiter: That's a party platter. It serves 12 people.

Paul: Yeah, I know that’s why I’m ordering it.

Waiter: You’re sharing with 12 people?

Paul: No, it’s for just me.

[moonlightshaiku]

If you’re still doing the prompts maybe 16. "Urgh. Definitely not." with Hemmer in a comedy?

Thanks if you do! And no problem if you don’t :)

Setting Him Up

Prompts

"Urgh. Definitely not." You'd never heard him make that noise before, a cruel sound of disgust from the back of his throat. You near giggled, kinda wheezed.

"You're that disgusted?" He twitches, brows furrowing for not even a second. You worry you've made him mad.

"I do not understand the endeavor to... have me 'shack up' with Chappell." You blink rapidly.

"No, no. A certain someone—er well, not a certain someone— well. Er. Someone said you needed 'some', okay. And I— they came to me? About it? And I think they wanted me to solve the problem?"

"I'm not that grumpy, am I?" Hemmer looks less disgusted, and less scary. Instead, his antenna hang lower and he's leaning, face incredulous.

"Well," you start. "You are pretty uptight." You give a helpless shrug, attempting to seem apologetic. He just blinks a few times with a slight roll of his head, showing his displeasure.

"Is there anyone you are interested in?" He immediately slumps, obviously upset with the continued questioning. "Do you even want to be in a relationship?"

Hemmer doesn't take long to think about it, just gives a little smile and a huff out his nose. "I definitely do not need to be set up. Especially with lower ranking officers."

You hum, palm under your chin. "Strict rules on that shit." You mutter in his direction.

"That 'shit' keeps quite a few people safe." You jump to attention, the words sharp but his tone steady.

"Didn't mean it like that, sorry."

He hums, "I wouldn't expect it of you, do not worry" He gives you a nod that is obviously an apology. You nod back.

Your conversation. On him being set up.

"So you don't need my help?" You reaffirm.

He nods, with a sigh a bit too sassy to mean anything other than "duh".

You laugh, short and breathy. He sighs again, but he's smiling.

"What about a relationship? Not purely sexual?"

Hammer makes a face. "What?"

"Would a... relationship. With me. Be okay?"

Hemmer doesn't hesitate. "Yes."

You breathe. "Okay."

[carolinelikesdinner]

you have big brain fhdw thoughts and I am curious so I will ask:

What is your most favorite aspect of the series and your least favorite? Why?

Shit I completely forgot to answer this ask LMAO. My favorite aspects of the books are honestly just the world building and how Brandon Mull introduces incredibly compelling ideas for his stories and characters. My least favorite part is how he doesn't fucking use them!!! He'll introduce the most interesting thing ever in the story and then be like. Oh yea lol. Thats never gonna come up again. ❤️❤️❤️ hope you dont mind.

He also has admitted that he doesn't reread his books and like. You can tell lol. He constantly contradicts his pre-established lore and some characters will just. Not act like themselves out of nowhere. Anyways I really love fablehaven even if it doesnt seem like it sometimes LMAO I just like talking about these things

[kaletastrophes]

Let me say this…Pedro Pascal hiding an angry commitment phobic deeply traumatized personality under his people pleasing baby girl twee surface personality is so….personal to me