#i tend to get goofy

[yningz]

I can't choose a bias in NewJeans I'm literally whipped for every member 😔😔😔

Idk why but yujin - niyujin - newjeans

Pls don't ask me wtf was that it just sounds similar :p

[otaku553]

As it goes with every new brainrot I have, it’s time for Kirby crossover again :)

Kirby in one piece! With one piece’s strong focus on dreams and found family, I thought it would fit for Kirby to be a pirate that dreams of sailing to the stars and beyond. Not that this is very achievable by normal means, but we know that it’s at least possible with Eneru and the Skypiea arc :D

More notes in the read more!

Kirby has the devil fruit power of the copy-copy fruit! A paramecia activated by contact and only able to copy one fruit at a time. It can copy logias and paramecias with no problems, though actual ability using the fruit’s powers is up to Kirby to practice and figure out. Zoans can only be copied to partial transformations and cannot be awakened. Kirby doesn’t have much of a mind for haki but has a lot of latent conquerer’s haki that he doesn’t realize— it’s one of the reasons he’s able to make friends so effortlessly.

Meta Knight in this AU is a retired marine, between Captain and Rear Admiral level. He has a bat model zoan fruit that allows him to grow wings, and is a skilled swordsman. He’s retired from the marines but acts a his own separate party that is neither revolutionary, marine, nor pirate, keeping his own fleet known as the Meta-Knights. Their actions are similar to pirates despite not flying a Jolly Roger. They claim territory to protect and occasionally fight other pirate crews, and they claim no allegiance to the world government. They simply go where they are needed. Meta Knight will sometimes sail with Kirby on his small ship, the Popstar, just to keep Kirby out of trouble and make sure the ship is well stocked and well-maintained and able to be seaworthy.

Dedede is the king to one of the small countries that isn’t represented at the Reverie. That means he has a lot more freedom to do his own thing, including setting sail while taking a crew of Dees with him and leaving the country in the hands of some administrative Dees. Dedede splits his time between exploring and sailing and returning home to run his country, with the help of his trusty second in command, Bandanna Dee. Dedede has a penguin model Zoan fruit, and Bandanna doesn’t have any devil fruit but is proficient in coating their spear in haki. They’re the designated save-the-fruit-user-from-drowning person when they’re on deck.

Kirby’s crew changes because a lot of the people he recruits tend to have their own responsibilities. His crew is also full of people he’s beaten. It’s not uncommon for Kirby to sail alone, though he gets into more scrapes than usual with bad weather and rough waves. It can hardly be called a pirate crew, but Kirby has collected all the most heinous criminals under his banner and as such, the world government treats it as a threat.

[adimouze]

i think the people who hate daniel the most are just petty ex dirlies (most of the time daniel was their first liked driver) and they were never real dirlies to begin with. they keep shit talking him for that. all the justifications i’ve heard are stupid because if THAT’S the real reason why you’re mad at him then it’s very likely your driver acted/is acting the same way and is may be kinda worse too. daniel was one of the most outspoken drivers about blm in 2020 and lewis talked about that and appreciated his support. certain drivers refused to even kneel. also regarding the horner situation, as if any driver other than lewis addressed the situation with anything other than “i don’t care. i’m here to drive.” the double standards are icky, maybe everyone is jealous of him embracing his natural shiny personality. crazy how much you get hated on just because you have a pretty smile these days…

omg all this!! it's like, a lot of drivers say the exact sort of things daniel does, like they're all mostly yt rich men, and im glad most dirlies call daniel out on his shit opinions - but from what i've seen he gets the most hate not for the things he said, but more that...he's happy? he smiles? like if u tell me "he said some bad things" i can say "yeah they were bad" but if u tell me "i hate him cause he's too smiley and fake" like idk what to tell u folks but then everyone's fake on a level. im not the person i am at work, but that doesn't mean it's not me???? plus from what i've seen daniel (and george) seem like the most genuine people on the grid? even the haters who meet him are like "oh wait he's so sweet"

if anything it's a certain red car driver that plays up a shtick imo but we dont say that here

[thelastspeecher]

one of my favorite things about the Extended Rick Riordan Universe is that Kane Chronicles establishes Manhattan belongs to the Greek gods and Brooklyn belongs to the Egyptian ones

so you'd expect the Norse gods to have one of the other boroughs, right?

WRONG

the Norse gods have Boston

[grimalkinmessor]

Thinking about the horrifying implications of L being a world power again 🥰✨💕

[minitaurkid]

New tarnished oc for the new year~ Her name is Azalia, a Nightfolk who already got herself tangled up with an odd crew one week into her journey. The Mimic Tear and a Spiritcaller Snail travel alongside this one. Azalia nearly forgot about the Spirit Calling Bell she's been carrying until the snail brought out another pair to tag along.

[nick--knack]

Top 5 tanks?

Oh boy.

If there is one thing that I absolutely love, it is tanks that look goofy. Tanks that are, in the words of @the-history-chap, a bit of a fucked up creature. There are a bunch which I could think of and it was a little hard putting together this list, choosing only the best of the best without this list running on forever, but I hope it was worth the wait.

5. the Antonov A-40

When dropping a tank from the sky, while doable at a very low altitude there are several inconveniences such as the vehicle needing to be in a certain gear lest it break and the crew needing to be dropped separately which burns time for deployment. As such, there have been several attempts to create a flying tank - one of which being the USSR's own Antonov A-40. Designed by a man named Oleg Antonov, the Antonov A-40 is built to glide from the air onto the battlefield with the crew already inside of it which would reduce the deployment into war by mere minutes

The Antonov A-40 is essentially just a T-60 but with wings attached to it. The wings are detachable and built to fall off once it hit the ground and in order to be light enough for air use, its armament, ammunition, headlights, and almost all of its fuel is removed. Some sources say that even the turret is removed aswell. A test flight which involved it being towed by a TB-3 bomber was conducted in 1942 but even with all its modifications, the A-40 shown itself to be far too heavy leaving the project to be abandoned.

Regardless of whether or not the tank could fly, the A-40 still has its issues. The deployment of the tank could take extra time due to having to shed its wings and since the fuel and munitions are taken out of the tank those things would have to be airdropped separately. In trying to invent a tank that would deploy quickly, Anton ended up creating one which would likely take the same amount of time if not more with more inconveniences. Apparently the T-60 itself isn't that good of a tank either, though I don't really know anything about that one so I don't have anything to say about it.

I totally understand why someone would create a tank like this but at the same time, there is something inherently funny to me about a tank with wings. The Japanese also tried to make a flying tank called the Maeda Ku-6 (So-Ra) however not only did that tank also look ridiculous but it too was a failure. Regardless of that, I would love to see a tank that can not only fly but work efficiently.

4. the Tsar Tank

The early years leading up to and during WW1 were the most fun in terms of coming up with new and wacky designs for tanks but the Tsar Tank really takes the cake in terms of weird and wacky. Designed by a small team, this massive hunk of machinery is an entire 30ft in height and requires a crew of 10 people to operate. According to the memoirs of Lebedenko, one of the engineers, the inspiration for this machine came about from Turkic carts which he noticed were able to easily traverse bumps and ditches thanks to their large wheels.

In January 1915, Lebedenko presented a wooden model of the tank to Nicholas II and the two of them played around with it a little. The tsar was enamoured with how easily it was able to roll across the carpet and over books, so much so that he personally funded the project with over 210,000 roubles and kept the wooden model.

Only 1 was built and it didn't take many tests before the tank proved itself to be unusable. The biggest issue with the tank is that, with the balance of weight being very important in these machines, the Tsar Tank puts all its weight onto 3 small pressure plates thus making it very easy for the tank to get stuck in soft ground and mud. And it did get stuck almost immediately at the start of its first test run. Not even having the most powerful engines at the time - two Maybach engines - were enough to pull it back out. Time and time again, it would go through failed test after failed test until September 1915 when the project was cancelled and any attempt to pull the tank out of the test area weren't successful. The tank was guarded in its test site until it was abandoned due to the outbreak of the Russian Revolution, then dismantled for scrap in 1923.

I love this thing it looks so absurd. I'm sure if I was some poor German bastard on the eastern front and I saw this massive hunk of machinery slowly rolling towards me I would shit myself. Why in gods name is it built like that? Ohhhhhhh it is so shape. I absolutely love it. I wish that the original wasn't disassembled because I would kill to see this thing in real life in all its absurd glory.

3. the Renault FT

While there were many different tank designs sprouting up with the idea of armoured warfare spreading across Europe, there are very few whose designs would prove to be revolutionary and be used as a reference for tank designs in the future. One of those tanks was the light tank Renault FT, with its configuration (crew at the front, engine at the back, and fully revolving turret) becoming the standard tank layout.

The Renault FT is a French tank designed by a man named Louis Renault, who began working on the idea in the late December of 1915. Whereas the previous tanks at the time were designed to be large and heavy, the engineer behind the design of this vehicle wanted to create a small and light tank that could maneuver better, be harder to hit, and could be fielded in large numbers. Of course, thousands of these tanks were ordered but most were not finished until after the war and as a result these tanks ended up being exported all over the world. The Renault FT was in service all the way till the Soviet-Afghan War.

The first time that the Renault FT was deployed was on May 31 1918, only 6 months before the end of WW1. It was used by French forces and the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) and played a central role in the offensives of 1918, giving it the name "Victory Tank".

I like the Renault FT because it is very cute :). I really wish I had more to say about it, though, and I actually made one awhile ago. 10/10 tank, would ride.

2. the toaster tank A7V

After the first British tanks appeared on the Western Front in September 1918, the Germans were quick to invent something of their own much like it. Something big. Something metal. This is when the A7V came into existence and let me tell you, this tank was very bad.

Designed by Joseph Vollmer, this giant hunk of metal requires at least 18 crew members to operate but often times they were sent into battle with as many as 25 on board. The engine of the tank is situated right at the centre of it, giving off noise and toxic fumes and the amount of ammunition that it carried only further reduced the space inside. The driver had very poor vision. The "body" of the tank sitting so low to the ground and the overhang at the front makes it difficult to cross bumpy and muddy terrain, leaving the tank to mostly ride over flat terrains and roads where it at least there it can be used to its fullest potential. I guess that the powerful engine and 6 machine guns peeking out of it on all sides made it a real force to be a reckoned with but with all these limitations it has and its ridiculous appearance I just can't imagine it that way. No wonder Germany didn't consider this tank a success.

Even though the A7V is generally considered better designed due to its British counterparts, the goal of building 100 of these tanks was impossible to reach due to its complexity and cost. As a result only 20 were built, each with their own unique little features as they were built by hand and with great quality. The British gave this tank the title "moving fortress" for its appearance, being big and boxy and yet surprisingly fast. Ultimately, with having such a little impact on the battlefield, the A7V was more of a propaganda tool than an actual machine of war.

This tank fucking sucked, but it sucked in a funny way which is why I like it. I will give the Germans some slack, though, because it was made during a time where people were still trying to figure out how to build tanks but when your tank requires 18 people to operate I think you should start reconsidering some things. I also like calling it the toaster tank because of that one tweet which I redrew. I love the A7V. Very funny.

1. the Burstyn-Motorgeschütz

I'm sure you saw this coming. It's on my banner after all and I even wrote an essay on it once in the past, though that was a very long time ago so I shall write a second one. My #1 favourite tank of all time is none other than the Austro-Hungarian Burstyn-Motorgeschütz.

The idea for the Motorgeschütz first arose when an inventor named Günther Burstyn went on a torpedo boat trip with his brother whom was a marine officer. Burstyn was impressed by the ships speed, power, and protection and began to think of the idea of a land vehicle with the same qualities which could be used for warfare. It should be armoured, capable of off-road maneuvers, and be able to cross trenches. This idea crossed his mind once more as he went to an exhibition in Vienna and witnessed the Austro-Daimler Panzerautomobil, being one of the first armoured cars in history. He saw the potential, but at the same time thought that the four small wheels were a big limitation as it wouldn't be able to cross rough and muddy terrain - something that was essential to be able to navigate in a battlefield. Burstyn then moved one last time, travelling to Trento where he would witness heavy guns equipped with caterpillar chains to reduce ground pressure. All of these experiences combined would lead him to create what we now know as the Motorgeschütz, designed in Austria in 1911.

The design of the Motorgeschütz is very simple, and the reason for that is because its blueprint actually lacked a lot of detail. Due to this, the only thing that Burstyn was allowed to patent were the arms as those were the only detailed parts of the Motorgeschütz. From what we can gather, though, the design of the Motorgeschütz is surprisingly sleek and "modern-looking". Inside the turret two gunners would sit with their backs to each other as a third, the driver, would sit in a compartment behind the turret and pass on rounds of ammunition to the gunners. In that area is also storage for fuel, oil, and the ammunition.

The most distinct part of the design is, of course, the two arms on each side of the tank. These arms are movable and would help the vehicle overcome various obstacles, the front arms being operated by the front gunner while the back arms are operated by the crew member in the rear compartment. Unfortunately, the way that the levers are installed would make them hard to reach with the turret in certain positions. Whether or not the arms would even help the vehicle cross obstacles in the first place is a question that still remains as balancing the weight of a tank is a very important thing and lifting it in such a way would mean that the weight would be transferred to one side, causing the tank to sink into soft or muddy ground.

This project of Burstyn's never became popular, first taking it up to the Austrian War Ministry only to hear back from them 3 months later that they didn't want to fund it as they had very little faith in the design. If Burstyn wanted the vehicle to be built, he would have to pay out of his own wallet and, of course, he did not have the money to do that. Burstyn then went to the German War Ministry, but they turned down the design aswell. Both war ministries were stuck in their conservatism when it comes to warfare but they also didn't like how vague the blueprints were and how there were no specifications for things such as the engine or guns. In one last attempt to get his project to gain traction, Burstyn went to the press but as expected, nothing came of it.

As a result, the Austro-Hungarian army went to war without a single armoured vehicle. They had some armoured vehicles but there were no tanks and as Burstyn considered taking up his offer to the War Ministry one last time, he felt that he would only be rejected and so he didn't.

I fucking LOVE the Burstyn-Motorgeschütz so much and I always will. It is my son. My special little boy. My baby. The simplistic and sleek design makes it look very charming and the little arms on the front and back give it a special flair which adds to its originality. Additionally, it's from Austria-Hungary, one of my favourite historical countries which just makes it even more special to me. I actually have a model Motorgeschütz, though I haven't started building it yet because I'm worried that I'm going to assemble it wrong due to it being a much older model than what I'm used to but I'm sure I'll get to it one day.

Honourable Mentions

Bob Semple tank - A tank designed in New Zealand by a man of the same name during WW2. It had no formal plans or blueprints, numerous design flaws, practical difficulties, and was never once put into production or used in combat... but none of that matters because believe me, the Bob Semple tank is the epitome of tank design. It is covered in impenetrable corrugated iron attached to its tractor base and even has a mattress inside that the gunners can lay on. Now that is a luxury. Do you know of any other tank that has a mattress that you can lie on? I didn't think so. None of these tanks have ever been lost in combat because its just that unstoppable and the Japanese were so pants-pissingly afraid of this machine that they didn't dare step a foot on New Zealand's soil lest they be utterly eviscerated by its sheer power. It doesn't even need a main cannon like so many other tanks do, instead only needing 6 light machine guns to effortlessly mow down its enemies in the blink of an eye. You may hear people say "Nooo the tiger is much cooler" or "Wahhh the panzer is the better tank" but what is a silly little cat to a GOD? Every single tank built after the creation of the Bob Semple had been naught but a weak attempt to capture even a fraction of the majesty of this magnificent metal beast. Ok but really though, the Bob Semple tank holds a special place in my heart as it's the very first tank that I ever took a liking to. It's so hilariously awful and atrociously bad, being a literal armoured tractor, but that's what makes it perfect. My favourite part about this tank is that, even while it was being ridiculed by the public, its inventor stood by his design and said something like "Well I don't see anyone else coming up with any better ideas so whatever."

Landkreuzer P.1000 Rattte - This tank is massive, weighing a hefty 1000-tons which makes it heavier than five Panzer VIII Maus. Its a staggering 36ft in height with a width of 46ft and a length of 115ft if we're only measuring up to the hull. It's insane to me how someone could unironically design such a massive tank, let alone approve of the project attached to it, and yet Adolf Hitler did. Of course, the project was cancelled by Albert Speer in early 1943 but if not then it could've been the biggest tank that Nazi Germany had ever built by far. Of course the flaws of this thing would be obvious, given that its so large that it would be vulnerable to air and artillery attacks and destroy everything in its path including roads and bridges, but I think it would be even funnier if it was built only to simply not work at all setting Nazi Germany back even further with that massive waste of resources and thus making them lose the war even harder. Hell, this thing is so absurd that some historians straight believe that the P.1000 Ratte is just a hoax or sketch made by a bored engineer for their own amusement. It's so ridiculous but thats why I love it.

Medium Mark A Whippet - It was actually @spoopi-natural who introduced me to this tank through a past ask and I immediately fell in love with the design, thinking it looked very silly. The whippet is a British tank which was designed to speed through enemy lines and exploiting any breaks in them and although it looks more modern than the Mark series of British tanks, its directly based off Little Willie - the very first completed tank prototype in all of history. The Whippet first rolled out into the battlefield in March of 1918 and proved itself to be very useful in combat due to its speed. It wasn't without its downsides though, as driving the tank had proven to be hard if not outright dangerous and machine guns would often jam. Still, a very nice tank.

If you got this far, thank you so much for reading. I had a lot of fun answering this question even if it took me a long time to get around to doing. Also, if you find a funny tank that you think I'd like PLEASE show me it, I would love to see it.

[jrueships]

who would you most like to read jrue being paired with in a fic?

Me .

[blood-choke]

Thanks for saying the bit about butch being identity more than presentation. I'm aware it is, like I'm not dumb, but I never feel like I show the fact that I'm butch enough, even if I'm soft butch. Like wearing androgynous clothes means fuck all in modern day since women's fashion is androgynous at a base line currently, plus I have very long hair and tend to keep my nails somewhat long so my identity doesn't show at all and it makes me constantly feel like I'm appropriating the label. But like if I were cis, I'd probably take testosterone for a bit like she/her Lea did; that idea is super enticing. As is I like being trans because it gives some masculinity to my physicality. If it were the past where women wore dresses, I'd definitely wear men's clothes (probably mixed with some parts of women's stuff). Just modern day doesn't let me visibly defy social norms as much as I want. My leather jacket and boots just isn't enough to show my identity.

Sorry for the ranble. Just made me feel way better, seeing confirmation that it's largely identity. Even if I don't have anyone to truly express it with.

you're welcome!

it was definitely something i had to unlearn; especially now with so much of lesbian bar culture having been pushed out and forgotten, a lot of younger people just.. don't know what these words mean, and when i was their age, butch and lesbian both were Bad Words that you never said at all except to demean someone.

reading older lesbian literature helped me overcome that and learning about all of the people that came before us; both about butches and femmes. digging through archives and putting myself into butch/femme spaces online has been hugely beneficial to me. i used to feel the same & like i could never "claim the label" because i didn't look a certain way, but that's just simply not true.

and this is especially not true for lesbians and other women who are already having other labels forced upon them by society; for not being white, for not being skinny, for not being hyper feminine, for not being cis, etc.

one of the things that made it really click for me was picture archives, specifically these kinds of pictures:

(pride, nyc, 1977 by meryl meisler)

this one is nancy tucker & her partner, and the two of them would switch shirts throughout the march. (1970 by kay tobin lahusen)

you can see how similar butches and femmes can look, and this is also what i mean when i say femmes are just as sanitized in popular media. butch and femme can be adjectives, but they are also nouns, they are genders and they are roles that people fill within lesbian relationships and within their community; how they move through the world, interact with society and how they interact with other lesbians and other women romantically and sexually.

this quote is one of my favorites:

“Butch is a trickster gender—and so, in a similar way, is femme. Lesbian gender expressions do not emulate heteropatriarchy, they subvert it. Femme removes femininity from the discursive shadow of masculinity and thereby strips from it any connotation of subordination or inferiority. Butch takes markers of “masculinity” and divests them of their association with maleness or manhood. Butchness works against the gender binary—the masculine/feminine paradigm—and reclaims for women the full breadth of possibilities when it comes to gender expression.”

— Caroline Narby, “On My Butchness”

[show-us-kaidenshenandoah]

trust me, i'm mixed but decidedly am nonetheless Not Black in said mix, and i know what person gets awkward "chuckles" and whose "childish" usage of language (mine) gets actual laughter

[bmpmp3]

formant/gender/alpha parameters in vocal synths are so chaotic like pre 2.0 cevio's alpha setting was a little dire in that i had to bring it all the way up to get IA to sound anywhere near her voice provider's tone meanwhile in synthv if i so much as sneeze in the general direction of the gender setting its gone into the stratosphere

[hylianane]

i really dont like using my blog to vent or complain cause idk thats not what social media is about to me its just a space to be silly about the things i like. that being said. im just gonna do a mini vent in the tags abt smth that isnt even half as serious as im making it sound

[luxrayz64]

does anyone else ever think abt ai no uta. the song released in tandem with pikmin 1, and included as an easter egg in pikmin 2, sung from the pikmins pov about how they are aware of and embrace their own mortality, how disposable each pikmin is, how they'll follow their captain to the death even if the captain doesn't care for them. "today again we'll carry, multiply, fight and be eaten" can anyone hear me. it's so dark in here

[thevegetablewhichnoonedaresname]

So I finally read Eats, Shoots, and Leaves by Lynn Truss after hearing it referenced often but never checking it out. It was a fun read (although slightly prescriptivist in places, a bit alarmist about the internet's effect on the state of punctuation, and way too mean about my beloved smileys, which I can begrudgingly forgive in a book published in 2003), but it made me realize something.

I've been taking my mom to appointments at this hospital for a couple months now, and every time we've gone into the building, I've been mildly uncomfortable, but never enough to really think about why. I've always got other things on my mind when we're at the hospital. But today, with punctuation on the brain, I finally realized what's been bothering me. The buildings are labeled "Doctors Building One" (and two, three, etc.). This is annoying, but I was willing to rationalize "doctors" away as a plural noun intended to be a modifier. But then. THEN. I went on a walk through the building and noticed that although the signs on the outside of the buildings and over the doorways all say "doctors," the directional signs INSIDE the building all say "Doctor's Building One." Like, one singular doctor, possessive, owns the building. "Doctors" already wasn't great. "Doctors' " would be ideal. "Doctor's" is kind of a travesty, and to add insult to injury, they couldn't even commit to a single travesty. They had to be inconsistent about it, too.

If I've learned anything from that book and others, it's that even the best attempts at objective standardization are often going to have to resort to "well, I just like it better this way" at some point. I've made peace with that. I'm even beginning to be okay with the decision to not use the Oxford comma, as long as it's consciously made. But if there's one thing I still can't stand and don't think I'll ever be able to, it's an inability to commit to the bit. If you realize you've messed up your signs, either replace them all, or make all your new signs with the error and write it off as a stylistic choice. Just don't do this.

[glittergoats]

Fuck This World—A Nightheart PMV

(YT link below cut)

[theheadlessgroom]

https://www.tumblr.com/beatingheart-bride/715982883154755584/beatingheart-bride-theheadlessgroom

@beatingheart-bride

Despite the somewhat unsettling nature of her being able to bite through the tough shell of the crawdad (causing him to wonder briefly just how strong her teeth were, and what else she could possibly bite through), Randall didn’t let that dampen his appetite, as he took a crawdad himself, digging in to its soft, flavorful flesh beneath the shell. He smiled and gave a hum of approval, commenting, “There’s not much better than a good crawfish boil!” 

It was easily one of his favorite dishes his mother made: Sure, it took a little effort, what with him and his father catching the little suckers down by the water (and trying not to get pinched in the process, which was no easy feat), but it was all worth it in the end, in his opinion, to get a plate full of flavorful crawdad, accompanied by some potatoes and corn, to feast on after a long, hard day. A small, quick lunch (usually a sandwich and little else) wasn’t super-filling, but he knew he could look forward to a good dinner, at least.

And he was happy to share with Emily, as he grabbed the small cob of corn to dig into it as well: He and Pa had gotten pretty lucky with their crawdad haul that day they caught her, luckier than they had the last couple of times they’d been out (”they’re biting today!” Wilhelm had exclaimed cheerfully, only to be caught by the critter’s little pincers, causing him to curse under his breath a little, before joking to his son, “or pinching!”), so why not share the spoils with her, he thought? There was plenty more downstairs, fortunately, so if they wanted more, they could get more (again, a nice change of pace from the last few attempts to catch some dinner).