#i like thinking about this

[ultimatepeter-man]

I think the thing of Cho experimenting on Ben should become a short fic

Now that would be a fic. I'd love to read a one-shot that explores all of Ben's deep-set trauma and healing from it as he learns about himself and any side-effects of being a snythezoid. Cho can be a little brash sometimes (and childish as he is still a kid) but I think once he understand just how serious this is to Ben, he'd be very careful about it.

It'd be a nice character study of Cho too and the relationship between him and Ben--which is such an unlikely duo as we rarely see them interacting in the show.

[bharv]

This is just me being incredibly self-indulgent and nosy but do you have any headcanons for what kind of lovers Gale would take after he and Glim open their relationship to that kind of exploration? How would he feel in his first extramarital relationship?

Yes! So I think the first one is a good twenty ish years down the line. I think he does some wizardy work with another wizard and they spark off each other, develop some feelings for each other, and he realises that he really wants to express those feelings. He waits until he’s home to make sure that they’re not just travel related and then broaches it with Glim, who is largely okay with the idea! She’s grown up around more fluid ideas of romantic and sexual relationships so even though she’s not poly per se, she’s not closed to it.

Because it’s not a simple “I want to sleep with other people” conversation it takes them some negotiating but the basic rules are:

If it’s somebody the other person truly dislikes, and it’s not envy related, then it’s a no-go

There is always space for the other to point out when additional lovers are not making their partner happy anymore

There is negotiation to both be involved if all parties agree

And obviously be safe, be consensual etc.

I don’t think Gale takes a lot of lovers after, probably around five, but they are considered and treasured. That first wizard colleague, a few more people he meets through his work as an archmage, a fun rogue who comes to Waterdeep for a few weeks every couple of years. And I think in later life he and Shadowheart have a few years together too, where she comes and lives with them, and it lasts the time it lasts and fizzles out into a deeper friendship on all sides.

[goodluckclove]

Post Songbird Elegy Headcanons I May or May Not Use

- Scott spends a few years as an on-call riot medic for a few mutual aid places in the area. All of his friends hate this. He studied hard on tending to wounds outside of the hospital while traveling so he's very good at it. He tells them he is nonviolent but Edgar is the only one that knows how many fascists he's fully punched out (three).

- Edgar manages to get himself a position as a scout leader. They say they'll do it for one season and then end up with a trans boy scout and end up continuing to lead the group long after the kid graduates to Eagle Scout. The kid mentions Edgar in his speech and they weep for the rest of the night.

- Katy gets super into LARP-ing. SUPER into LARP-ing. She buys an actual sword and learns some basic swordfighting techniques. It hangs over her and Tenzin's bed for "security reasons". She owns one of those big-ass cats and named it something silly like Bingus.

- Tenzin still doesn't drink but she develops a strong interest in mocktails. She is an infinitely better bartender than Edgar ever was or ever could be. Her obsessively meticulous nature allows her to pick up on Flair Tricks pretty easily. She occasionally teaches the bar staff and Edgar and Scott's restaurant and Edgar says they aren't jealous but they very much are.

[visenyaism]

i don’t know about you guys but the main reason i am still on tumblr in 2024 is BECAUSE it is the most cloutless least influential social media app out there and that is the experience i am after. absolutely none of this will ever translate into significant attention or real success in my life and that is so beautiful.

[asoftspotforangels]

some of my favorite woven tapestries, by Cecilia Blomberg:

Point Defiance Steps

Mates

Rising Tides

Vashon Steps

[koobiie]

shoutout to everyone who wants to infodump but cant string together coherent thoughts to form sentences and instead just look at you like this

[bumblingbabooshka]

Vulcan teen on Vulcan [tiktok] saying "I have just lost track of my father in the grocery store." The camera turns to show the viewers the grocery store in which almost every single older middle-aged man has a bowlcut and long robes. Camera turns back to show the teen's face which is expressionless and yet communicates all it needs to.

[inkskinned]

please i love you i'm begging you bring back suspension of disbelief bring back trusting the audience like. i cannot handle any more dialogue that sounds like a legal document. "hello, i am here to talk to you about the incident from a few minutes ago, because i feel you might be unwell, and i am invested in your personal wellbeing." "thank you, i am unwell because the incident was hurtful to me due to my childhood, which was bad." I CANT!!!!

do you know how many people are mad that authors use "growled" as a word for "said"? it's just poetics! they do not literally mean "growled," it's just a common replacement for "said with force but in a low tone." it's normal! do you hear me!! help me i love you please let me out of here!!!

[riacte]

not romantic not platonic but a secret third thing [what would happen between earth and the moon if the earth stopped spinning as illustrated by xkcd randall munroe]

[evidently-endless]

i think we should remind musicians they can absolutely make up little stories for their songs btw. it doesn’t have to be about them at all. you can invent a guy and put him in situations to music. time honoured tradition in fact.

[some-pers0n]

I'm always entertained by people doing those "canon VS fanon" memes where both are misunderstanding characters to such a violent degree 'cause like

[oncorhynchus-nerka]

VERY IMPORTANT a dam in the Netherlands, the weerdsluis lock, is directly on a migratory path for spawning fish. They have a worker stationed there to open the door for the fish, but they can take a while to open it. So to keep the fish from getting preyed on by birds they installed a doorbell. Only, the fish don't have hands to ring the doorbell. If you go to their website, they have a LIVE CAMERA AND A DOORBELL that YOU RING FOR THE FISH when they're waiting, and then the dam worker opens the door for them! I can't express how obsessed I am with this. look at this shit. oh my god.

Please check on the fish doorbell once in a while :)

[soaptaculart]

Postcanon Farcille indulgence

[crow-caller]

as a child there's nothing cooler than a kid who gets subjected to evil experiments and gains special abilities. it's even cooler if these abilities also cause unfathomable suffering to use/against others. children love stories like this.

[yeehawpim]

a comic about fix-it fanfics

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

The math just adds up!