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firstdove15 · 4 months ago

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She....she just accepted his proposal without knowing he was proposing to her

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#faye watches back from the brink #it's raining money so hard the rabbit on the moon can see it DANG #i vaguely get the joke but still #these kind of misunderstandings make me want to crawl under a rock

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skrunksthatwunk · 6 months ago

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actually i'm still thinking about the moral orel finale.

he has a cross on his wall. do you know how much i think about that bc it's a lot.

a lot of stories ((auto)biographical or fictional) centering escape from abusive/fundamentalist christianity result in the lead characters leaving behind christianity entirely. and that makes complete sense! people often grow disillusioned with the associated systems and beliefs, and when it was something used to hurt them or something so inseparable from their abuse that they can't engage with it without hurting, it makes total sense that they would disengage entirely. and sometimes they just figure out that they don't really believe in god/a christian god/etc. a healthy deconstruction process can sometimes look like becoming an atheist or converting to another religion. it's all case by case. (note: i'm sure this happens with other religions as well, i'm just most familiar with christian versions of this phenomenon).

but in orel's case, his faith was one of the few things that actually brought him comfort and joy. he loved god, y'know? genuinely. and he felt loved by god and supported by him when he had no one else. and the abuses he faced were in how the people in his life twisted religion to control others, to run away from themselves, to shield them from others, etc. and often, orel's conflicts with how they acted out christianity come as a direct result of his purer understanding of god/jesus/whatever ("aren't we supposed to be like this/do that?" met with an adult's excuse for their own behavior or the fastest way they could think of to get orel to leave them alone (i.e. orel saying i thought we weren't supposed to lie? and clay saying uhhh it doesn't count if you're lying to yourself)). the little guy played catch with god instead of his dad, like.. his faith was real, and his love was real. and i think it's a good choice to have orel maintain something that was so important to him and such a grounding, comforting force in the midst of. All That Stuff Moralton Was Up To/Put Him Through. being all about jesus was not the problem, in orel's case.

and i know i'm mostly assuming that orel ended up in a healthier, less rigid version of christianity, but i feel like that's something that was hinted at a lot through the series, that that's the direction he'd go. when he meditates during the prayer bee and accepts stephanie's different way to communicate, incorporating elements of buddhism into his faith; when he has his I AM A CHURCH breakdown (removing himself from the institution and realizing he can be like,, the center of his own faith? taking a more individualistic approach? but Truly Going Through It at the same time), his acceptance (...sometimes) of those who are different from him and condemned by the adults of moralton (stephanie (lesbian icon stephanie my beloved), christina (who's like. just a slightly different form of fundie protestant from him), dr chosenberg (the jewish doctor from otherton in holy visage)). his track record on this isn't perfect, but it gets better as orel starts maturing and picking up on what an absolute shitfest moralton is. it's all ways of questioning the things he's been taught, and it makes sense that it would lead to a bigger questioning as he puts those pieces together more. anyway i think part of his growth is weeding out all the lost commandments of his upbringing and focusing on what faith means to him, and what he thinks it should mean. how he wants to see the world and how he wants to treat people and what he thinks is okay and right, and looking to religion for guidance in that, not as like. a way to justify hurting those he's afraid or resentful of, as his role models did.

he's coming to his own conclusions rather than obediently, unquestioningly taking in what others say. but he's still listening to pick out the parts that make sense to him. (edit/note: and it's his compassion and his faith that are the primary motivations for this questioning and revisal process, both of individual cases and, eventually, the final boss that is christianity.) it makes perfect sense as the conclusion to his character arc and it fits the overall approach of the show far better. it's good is what i'm saying.

and i think it's important to show that kind of ending, because that's a pretty common and equally valid result of deconstruction. and i think it cements the show's treatment of christianity as something that's often (and maybe even easily) exploited, but not something inherently bad. something that can be very positive, even. guys he even has a dog he's not afraid of loving anymore. he's not afraid of loving anyone more than jesus and i don't think it's because he loves this dog less than bartholomew (though he was probably far more desperate for healthy affection and companionship when he was younger). i think it's because he figures god would want him to love that dog. he's choosing to believe that god would want him to love and to be happy and to be kind. he's not afraid of loving in the wrong way do you know how cool that is he's taking back control he's taking back something he loves from his abusers im so normal

#i had a really big fundie snark phase a year or two ago so that's part of like. this. but im still not used to actually talking about #religious stuff so if it reads kinda awkwardly uhh forgive me orz idk #maybe it sounds dumb but i like that the message isn't 'religion is evil'. it easily could have been. but i think the show's points about #how fundie wasp culture in particular treats christianity and itself and others would be less poignant if they were like. and jesus sucks #btw >:] like. this feels more nuanced to me. i guess there's probably a way to maintain that nuance with an ultimately anti-christian #piece of media but i think it'd be like. wayy harder and it's difficult for me to imagine that bc i think a lot of it would bleed out into #the tone. + why focus on only These christians when They're All also bad? so you'd get jokes about them in general #and i think that's kinda less funny than orel and doughy screaming and running from catholics lsdkjfldksj #i think the specificity makes it more unique and compelling as comedy and as commentary. but that's just me #like moralton represents a very particular kind of christian community (namely a middle class fundie wasp nest)#you're not gonna be able to get in the weeds as much if you're laughing at/criticizing all christians. but they accomplish it so thoroughly #and WELL in morel and i think that's because it chose a smaller target it can get to dissect more intimately. anyway #moral orel #orel puppington #(OH also when i say wasp here i mean WASP the acronym. as in white anglo-saxon protestsant. in case the term's new to anyone <3)#maybe it's also relevant to say that i'm kindaaaaaaaa loosely vaguely nonspecifically christian. so there's my bias revealed #i was never raised like orel but i like to think i get some of what's going on in there y'know. in that big autistic head of his #but it's not like i can't handle anti-christian/anti-religious media/takes. i'm a big boy and also i v much get why it's out there yknow #christianity in specific has a lot of blood on its hands from its own members and from outsiders and people have a right to hate it for tha #but religion in all its forms can be positive and i appreciate the nuance. like i've said around 20 times. yeah :) <3 #(<- fighting for my life to explain things even though my one job is to be the explainer)

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rotruff · 9 months ago

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night so long you start thinking of your f/o taking care of you so you can just lay down . night so long you start thinking abt them taking off coats and unzipping dresses or unbuttoning shirts and being careful when they take off any makeup or glasses and giving gentle little reminders when they hand over any medications or even just a glass of water to make sure you've had some.

#i fumbled the baddest bitch tonight im never going to be heard from again . do NOTTTTT talk to me. (joking)#(on the not talking part. the fumble was real and painful and im getting a new identity and bone structure reconstruction is tomorrow)#also sorry this is more fem aligned ummm. as im sure you can guess I Had A Long Night. and i was dressed very femme #so. ummm. sorry. self indulgent post but i still tried staying a little vague. sorry to all my masc warriors #self ship #self shipping #self ship community #f/o imagines #imagine your f/o #f/o prompts #self ship imagine #selfshipper #selfship community #selfshipping community #self shipping community

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straycalamities · 3 months ago

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heyyy. how was truffula flu supposed to end? who died? were there any planned events?

i dont even know how to accurately answer this anymore because of reasons and things other than: there's an old list of endings a couple of the writers of a few characters gave said character here

beanpole, one-ler, and rocky's are all still accurate and relevant as far as i know, but swag's is severely outdated and not true anymore

well i know rocky's is stlil accurate because we were so set and ready for it. it was supposed to be the very next big plot point before the blogs died. big shame it never happened because it was going to be epic.

last i heard 72 and ted's endings were set to be changed from what i knew them as. audrey's and dave's i won't reveal for my own reasons. and i never planned an ending for entre and that continues to be true.

we had at least (other than rocky's) two more big plot arcs to cover. honestly i think the RV/Stripmall arc was sorta the beginning of a snowball to an ending of sorts, but it never truly got rolling.

#anonymous #asks #rocky's mod's blog is impactrueno btw #you should all go beg him to at least storyboard rocky's epic death scene #im joking this is a joke #truffula flu #camp entre #i'll be fully transparent in that both of my bigger ideas for truffula flu involved kinda tying up the loose ends #giving at least vague summaries (or more) of what happened after the blogs stopped #with full like discussion with the mods im still in contact with of course #but one plan fell through and the other like i said has me spinning my tires #because i dont want to get to camp entre relevant stuff in it yet #that's a later narrative thing and i'm definitely not there yet #i have huge plans for a few things but RRGHHH. life.

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moe-broey · 14 days ago

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I'm gonna bully Lif again

I'll admit, some of these answers don't cover all the bases, but. What are we thinking, here. What is The Truth behind The Twink Death? 🤨🎤

I will also be accepting write-in responses as usual 🫡

#fire emblem #feh #fe lif #fe alfonse #one answer i refuse to put on here just bc of how badly i think it would squeue results:#has exclusive access to bruno's workout routine #BUT I FEEL LIKE. IF I PUT THAT AS AN OPTION. EVERYONE WOULD PICK IT. I WOULD PICK IT IN A HEARTBEAT #some of my own notes: changing up the body modification option to be more vague #BUT. some thoughts were 'via surgery/magic' and specifying he sought it out himself #i just simplified it to look better on the poll. but the IDEA here. ESPP in the same vein as the insoles #i cannot remember where. but i feel like it's canon that alfonse has a degree of body dysmorphia?#or at very least has some insecurity about it. not being as tall as gustav/bruno (sir. you are allegedly 5'11.)#and not being as muscular as them either. i swear to god i'm not just making this up. it has to exist in SOME obscure line somewhere #or i just hallucinated that. but then again i found out one of my long-standing hcs actually had a basis IN canon #i just. forgor. so. anything is possible 💪💪💪 (this one was about alfonse/sharena/bruno being childhood friends)#badly wanted to make another undead joke but now i'm paranoid that i'm spreading misinfo #like i think The Lore is that lif and theasir were sole survivors. technically not rezzed. but like.... gah #i do gotta finish my book 3 replay. i promise i will. i'm SO close (has to do book 2 quotes first)#still the embalming accident option no elaboration is just too funny to me. cannot pass it up #ALSO. ALSO. the veggies/milk option. is mostly a joke but goes back to my hcs about #alfonse being scrawny as a kid up until he joins the order. actually starts to fill out more #when he feels inexplicably more secure. also sharena helping any way she can.#LIKE. ALL OF THESE ARE SILLY. but a lot of them have internal lore reasons. varying degrees of actual canonness #i also want each option to be compelling in some way. like what does this say about him #or what happened to him. just. in general.#THERE'S. KINDA NO GREATER PURPOSE TO THIS BTW. kinda.#it's just that whenever i think anything even vaguely related to book 3 i get the UNFATHOMABLY PROFOUND URGE #to stick a kick me note on lif's back and wait.#it's either that or just blackout horny. no in between. also the grief. i need to kill him again.

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aro-aizawa · 2 months ago

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pros: very sucinctly describes his quirk; explosive + palm; snappy and quick; not reliant on character development

cons: heavy negative connotations relating to horrific injuries and deaths sustained from use of it in war, many on civilians and is a brutal killer; too creative and simple for bakugou to have come up with on his own

#shut up danni's talking #bakugou katsuki #i have waffled on my opinion of this since no joke when i FIRST got into mha #thought it was perfect; vaguely recalled it was a weapon in war; did some quick googling; very quickly had strong conflicting feelings on it #i actually like his canon hero name but i think it only fits a more developed bakugou and it feels wrong using it too early #look im so close to having every kid in locked out's 1-a to have hero names #still kinda miffed todoroki didn't get a hero name but i have a good hc name for that one #the ONLY one that doesn't fit is bakugou #if this vote is overwhelmingly yes im likely to use the old fanon default of ground zero #its not a bad one either tho i think i prefer armegeddon over it but idk #im thinking abt this way too hard for smth thats barely relevant to my fic

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iinryer · 9 months ago

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i know tommy is a tertiary character or whatever but after rewatching all the begins i desperately want to hear him talk more about that time at the 118 from his perspective. i want to know if he was afraid! i want to know if he wasn’t! how much did he know about himself by then, an inkling? nothing at all? all of it?? i want to know about his guilt and bridging the gap to friendship and if having made amends back then feels any different now that he isn’t hiding anymore…

#AND I KNOW WE PROBABLY WONT!! there aren’t enough minutes in an episode and they’re not going to spend development time on #a character who isn’t main cast #but i want to KNOW!!!#they were all friendly by the end of his time at the 118 #he was a lot worse when chimney started #but he does become the first one after eli to get extend an olive branch and bring Chim into the fold #and he makes A comment with hen but even that could be read as a poorly landed joke at east coasters not at hen #especially recontextualizing shots of him when hen takes her stand #like! i want to know! with this new information abt him. what was going thru his head #the quick shots of him looking vaguely shamed and nervous… with new context… MAN #they really struck gold on accident dude i still can’t believe how much shit lined up UNINTENTIONALLY #like. wasn’t the ‘you don’t find it son you make it’ guy named thomas #Buck’s life being defined by multiple gay men named tom #anyways. I haven’t felt normal in weeks #iinryer post

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jeremiahthefroge · 6 months ago

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Every appearance of the red-haired menace that is early Laurence forces me to sit here and stew upon how I will fix his introduction in the rewrite. As a coping mechanism. Unfortunately since I can't remember the parts where his character isn't just harassment so I can't cook with the themes the way I'd like to. Like the way he calls Aph "my love" after she very explicitly in the text of the game tells him not to do that... bad vibes. I think I could rock with his character if he'd done the same sort of approach in hitting on Aphmau as heavily, but the moment she lays down an actual boundary, he backs way the hell off. I could even fuck with her trying to be subtle about the boundary and him not getting it and continuing to make her uncomfortable before she snaps at him and he apologizes, saying that he truly didn't mean anything by it, and he respects the boundary she lays like his life depends on it from then on out. It would create some immediate complexity in his need for explicit communication, and backs up the sort of deeper character hinting they seem to try to do when he's talking about Castor and Cadenza, this idea that he deeply cares, if being a bit pushy on accident. It would also make a good detail fueling the conflicts later on with the love triangle that can sort of prevent Laurence from looking like TOO much of a dickhead (him being unaware or misinterpreting situations, and the delicate nature of it making him uncomfortable asking questions, is a compelling reason to see somebody hurting his friends' feelings, and makes him significantly more sympathetic, opening him up for feelings of remorse and guilt).

#mcd #minecraft diaries #jeremiahs mcd notes #laurence mcd #i want autisic/adhd king laurence and im not even remotely joking #i think it would add a lot to his character to give him those struggles #if i'm recalling his character right anyways #i am still very early in the series #But i do recall vaguely there being conflicts where I was absolutely not on his side #and i had a very strong sense of justice as a kid so i imagine that i'm not making that up #but also its been 8 years so who knows #but i think he can still very much get off on the wrong foot with aph and it can still be good #i think honestly having him get off on the wrong foot and then work to make it up to her would be good as hell #bc it's a situation in which she sees him be willing to work on himself without much prompting #(aka as soon as he's told there's an issue he starts to work on it and she doesn't have to ask)#and she goes oh actually. you know what. maybe hes not a dick.#and she starts to be more comfortable around him over time #It might create this dynamic where it feels like he's always trying to catch up to her level #Always apologizing always being the wrong one #and then eventually when she does something that he can't just smile and bear #(as all friends hurt each other on accident one time or another #it is unavoidable we are but human and i believe Laurence would let a lot of things slide bc he knows how much she's had to forgive him for #And I can see as well it not going over well bc aphmau is not used to the idea of being the wrong one #and she had a reason for what she did and she gets defensive #Causing an uncomfortable moment of tension #I also think that there could be a good spot where Garroth is being more controlling as to try to protect aph and she is bothered by it #feeling in that moment very robbed of control and like he's not listening to her #and then here's laurence #who is willing to build himself anew brick by brick with her input #Like this is how I would overthink it if I wanted a true love triangle conflict introduced to the plot here

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kuroo-hitsuji · 1 year ago

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Bro i really played myself with my trans Solomon hc huh

No visual evidence to subtly include in my art. No top surgery scars no nothin. No one will know but me orz

Fool. Imbecile.

Unfortunately though i will change Nothing bc it makes sense To Me but I will still be sad about it xgmxgmxxfj

#obey me #obey me Solomon #obey me trans hc #obey me trans Solomon #headcanon rambling in the tags #at least i can draw kuroo still visibly transmasc #bc Solomon forgot to mention he knows how to teetus deletus with magic before they went and got human realm top surgery #the bastard /j #and silver lining if i ever get the chance to depict the vague offhand comments he makes about his own transition-#everyone that doesn't know my hc will get to experience them like everyone in-world would lmao #(well. Mostly everyone in-world. a couple are definitely aware like thirteen and barbatos at the absolute least. possibly asmo as well)#like #it is literally a running joke in this hc that Kuroo is constantly wondering #if the thing Solomon just said is Actually as trans as they think #or if they're just reading into it too far bc he's just. So vague and weird so often as it is--#(and kuroo does figure it out eventually but it takes A While bc he really just likes fucking with people.)#(like its 50/50 between him forgetting people don't know/forgetting he even is-- and him just deliberately fucking with them bc its funny)#alternatively i could give him Magic “scars” that glow under certain circumstances. for fun... idk I'll play around with that idea maybe #Unrelated to the topic but fun fact #(/s)#sorting tags is an absolute fucking niGhtmare on mobile oh my fucking god #i rarely use desktop tumblr but holy fuck man #i had to dig out my poor dead laptop just to make my tag rambling have Any sense of coherency #i was fighting mobile for literally half an hour. fucking hell. im going to beD i hope someone at least gets a Lil kick out of this hc rant #personal headcanon #Solomon #Kuroo

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craske · 1 year ago

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i have recently decided that saint is the villan

WHAT DID THAT OLD-MAN LOOKING SCUG DO TO YOU

#THATS LITERALLY JUST A MEOW MEOW CAT #/j /j /j #okay but jokes aside i get that the saint campaign is so vague about everything most of it is up to interpretation #im still not sure how to interpret it myself #ask #me-am-nacho #rain world #my art #fanart #digital art #saint

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disgustedorite · 5 days ago

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wait. did I just get positively vagued on the voa board

#by the person who i was afraid might negatively vague me at that #either there's someone on the floor who's just as passionate about safety as i am #or i really AM so passionate about safety that they might as well put me in a green vest #(she thought the person she was referring to actually Was on the safety team but didn't have a vest)#I've had people ask me if I'm a chaser (the urge to crack a joke about the other meaning of chaser is unbearable)#bc i keep doing things chasers usually do like pick up abandoned scanners and batteries as well as trash #it's funny bc on my first day after training i was actually accidentally assigned as chaser #actually i get mistaken for a lot of things bc of my insistence on doing things safely #like i get mistaken for a water spider a lot bc i wrap pallets #i know it makes my scan rate lower BUT wrapping well makes things safer #and the actual water spiders can close the container and move on to the next one faster #it improves the whole process for everyone #anyway. if she was talking about me i still need to say holy shit

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rivilu · 16 days ago

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ok you know. the Ellu in dav crossover au is very fun but i am a little bit enchanted by the concept of him AND Rynn at once. Best of both worlds in a sense.