#ignore me XD

[bubblegumflavor]

After 40+ years of rivalry, combining dojos, refreshing their marriage for the 5th time, in the middle of their honeymoon:

Johnny: Glad all the years of flirting paid off.

Daniel: "THAT WAS FLIRTING!?"

Johnny:

[automaticnerdbread]

Haha!! Take that!

*Platonics your love song*

[adrift-in-thyme]

Sometimes I srsly wonder if I’m asexual

[cryptid-artha]

Something I hate in fantasy and Sci-fi is entire races/species that are evil. And when killing those creatures or subjecting them to terrible things is seen as a heroic act.

Things like orcs from a lot of fantasy media, or Drow from Dungeons and Dragons. Or the Wraith from Stargate: Atlantis, or in parasites whose name I can't pronounce from Stargate SG1 (There's a little nuance later in the series but not much).

I was watching Stargate Atlantis on Hulu, and kept wanting to learn more about the Wraith antagonists and hoping to see other sides to the species, but it never happened. And then the series of episodes around what was done to the Wraith referred to as Micheal. How they experimented on him and betrayed him, several times, used him and eventually killed him... And that episode ended on a triumphant note after the settlement him and many others were killed. They REALLY could have used that to really get into Wraith minds and the attempt to tackle the morality of their actions, and an attempt was made. And ruined the instant they ended killing them all on a triumphant note as if it was heroic. They tried to tackle the moral issues behind it all, but it was so surface level, and it still ended with feeling like the writers were saying "This race is pure evil and we are keeping it that way :)"

The thing that really honestly annoyed me the MOST was how the Wraith not being human was what was blamed for them being evil. How making them "not evil" was using a retrovirus to take out their non-human side. They were a race created for the show just to be evil, and nothing more. They weren't really given a chance to be anything else, when playing with the basic concept of what they were and how they worked could have been so interesting.

I would have LOVED to see some of the Wraith realize that their hunting and feeding on humans was snuffing out conscious minds and more exploration of what they must do to survive and how it effects their mind and society. It would have been so interesting without making them less threatening.

An entire species can't be pure evil. I would have LOVED to see more exploration of their minds, their societies, maybe some groups trying to find better ways to do things. But the way they were portrayed makes absolutely no sense to me, I just can't really figure out HOW they could have become space faring while basically being aggressive predators that barely even get along with eachother. But the shoddy worldbuilding behind them is a whole other subject.

Anyway, all rambling aside, show me nuance! Show me how orcs live and how their society works. Don't make them evil, make them different! Show how differences in beliefs and ways of life might make them clash with other species or within their own species. Show me individuals in the orc armies working under a warlike leader and how it effects them and their motivations and what they are taught. Show me inside their minds!

Show me an orc warrior who looks over the destruction the army they are a part of has done, and feels regret when he sees the bodies of innocents killed in their onslought, even if he ends up rationalizing it and his loyalty to his army doesn't waver. Show me the fight between the ideals he was raised with, and the reality of the actions of his army.

With races added in to be antagonistic, give me reasons why! Explore that race, their biology and psychology, their culture, their side of the story! Show outliers, show general society outside of the warriors fought by the heroes of the story. Show us civilians. Members of a race can absolutely be antagonists, but don't make the entire species evil because that's convenient for you!

Anyway, rambling aside. I haven't finished Stargate Atlantis yet, which spawned this ramble. Here's to hoping they DO actually show more nuance with the Wraith. If not.... I am very tempted to make an AU that actually makes the race actually make sense, even if just for brief exploration because the species has a lot of interesting potential.

[codenamejudas]

@ga4b

Vienna’s got Mozart Chopin they had in Paris kind of The Catholics’ got the pope England’s got The Beatles But even more so England’s got Steve Harris!

[jennsterjay]

I can't do this 😭 it's always scruffy people with long hair (Johnathan Ohnn (atsv), Bruno Madrigal (encanto), Jonathan Sims (tma))

[mellioops]

Secret life Gem based off of this photo of chappell roan

[blu-ish]

and then he gets arrested lmao (dumbass/affectionate)💙❤️

(Part One)--(Part Two)

[hacked-by-jake]

MC: *visiting Jake's new apartment for the first time*

MC: Oh, that's cute. You're having a Guy Fawkes mask as decoration?

Jake: Well, what can I say? Sometimes I’m sentimental.

MC: Never wore one... Can I try it on?

Jake: S-sure

MC: *puts one the mask* And? How do I look?

Jake: *faints*

[abd-illustrates-art]

Rise and shine! 🦝🍁

There’s just ONE WEEK left to pick up your very own Lief plushie! We’re 80% of the way to the goal, so don’t forget to head on over to Makeship and help get this lil’ guy across the finish line before the week is out 💖🦝

[ickyguts]

so anyway I love these two dorks with all my heart

[triona-tribblescore]

@hellishgayliath Hold my beer-

[rhiaarrow]

I've seen ppl talking abt it on twitter and here and I wanted to sort of contribute my thoughts towards it,

Ppl aren't 'forgetting' about qTubbo's death. It's just that the situations of qBad and qTubbo's deaths, while they had the same outcome, were completely different for multiple factors.

(This isn't targeted at the ppl who think the death is being overlooked because that's their analysis and it's totally fair. It's just that people saying that got my analyst brain drawing comparisons between the deaths and I ended up with this big wall of text so...yeah :') )

1 - The build up (from outside POVs)

With qTubbo from most Povs he just sort of... died with no clear build up. Most ppl didn't see the true extent of his self spiralling because he hid it or they just simply didn't spend a lot of time with him in order to pick up on the stuff that we the viewers picked up on. And then all of a sudden he just died with no obvious lead up (unless you watch his pov in which case there was an obvious lead up) but from outsiders who barely saw him, it just happened.

Whereas

With qBad there was a more obvious build up on other Povs, he told the ppl he loved he was dying or at least they knew that something was wrong. They knew that his death was inevitable and as much as they hate to admit it a lot of them had already come to terms with the fact that he would be gone soon. (Again unless you watch his pov the whole build up from the past few months is less obvious but it was more developed with other players before his actual death) Most Povs at least recognised that there was something wrong with the blue spreading across his face because well...it was pretty fucking obvious

2 - The way they told people

qTubbos "I'm an egg, I only have one life left." while true sounds like a joke because well... he's obviously not actually an egg. Ppl joke abt stuff like that the whole time, the Eggboyhalo joke for example or calling Foolish 'egg coded' early in the server. How were all players meant to immediately go 'ah yes, this player is definitely an egg. Yesyes, this makes perfect sense'. It's easy to see how it wasn't taken seriously by a lot of characters when only a few of them were ever given an actual explanation besides "yeah I've only got one life"

Whereas

qBads "I'm fine, don't worry about me." while actively coughing up a lung, covered in blue infection and regularly having memory issues is an obvious lie. Even if people only saw him for a couple of minutes or even seconds it was pretty damn hard to ignore the blue spreading on his body. They'd ask what it was, he'd try to avoid it or redirect them and that person was hit with an immediate red flag of 'oh, so something is wrong with Bad.' which most shelved away and didn't actively investigate but it caused many characters to express being worried about him

3 - Outward visibility

qTubbo died due to his internal issues; self doubt, lack of self worth, suicidal tendencies, etc (I feel bad writing etc but I know there were other factors I just can't remember them) which resulted in him chosing to live using the life system and later chosing to gamble his last life in a game of Russian roulette with Richas.

(None of this being clearly outwardly visible to bystanders even if he wanted them to notice)

Whereas

qBad died due to external issues; parts of his soul physically leaking out of wounds on his body which caused his body to degenerate so far that even as an immortal he couldn't hold on and stop his corporeal body from just giving out on him and forcing him to reset.

(Which was very clearly outwardly visible despite how much he tried to hide it)

4 - The methods of their return

(Honestly I think this part is what's making ppl think that qTubbo's death is being 'ignored' compared to qBads)

With qTubbo, Creation told them that in order to 'restore' him they need smth that they CANNOT craft. Creation did not elaborate further, so they have very little to work with/very little they can actually do in order to try and help him. So most players while they have expressed they want to help, they know that if they do try to help they'll be running at brick walls because they just cannot obtain what is needed and they need to just wait for Creation to show up again.

Whereas

With qBad they know he'll be back (because he's a demon and that's just how they work) and they know what they have to do. They have to wait and be patient when he does return because he might not remember them and he'll probably need pictures to remember. He told them all of this before he died.

On one hand you have qTubbo: Wait for a prompt from Creation or an NPC to help them craft the item to get him back

On the other you have qBad: Wait for him to come back on his own terms

And for the people used to Bad providing a metaphorical example to prove his point in a clearer manner;

When playing a video game you have more hope when waiting for a loading wheel to stop spinning so you can play the level, than you do looking at a level blocked behind a currently unobtainable paywall :/

In other words, dwelling on things you don't know how to fix sucks ass and no one likes thinking about it until they have a tangible idea for a solution and right now only one of the two deaths has an even remotely tangible solution even if it is just to wait and do nothing.

(I understand that ppls reactions to qBads death have seemed more proactive than qTubbos right now but today was the first qBagi and Em learned of him actually dying so it makes sense that today was sort of centered around that. Tbh it just sucks that qTubbo died on an event day bc I feel like if he didn't we would've got a lot more focus and angst out of it but what can you do. But also it's seemed a lot more proactive because qBads kids are actively searching the server for him for 3-4 hours a day which is just depressing as hell, kudos to Pommin and Dapmin for pulling that off :') )

Wall of text over!

Have a flower for your troubles, after all our cubitos have done to us, I think we've earned some flowers without angsty connotations ;-;

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[mitamicah]

I decided to clean out my screen shot folder on my laptop so I bring you here a random collection of silly and/or adorable pictures xD

[webhead3345]

I just found a treasure trove of LU fanfics by @skyward-floored and I’m loving them! Well written and entertaining as well as clean! < 3

Have a mer-Legend from Troubled Waters! *tosses him out*

[pixelatedraindrops]

M: “You poor thing. Playing in the river isn’t a good idea in Kanai Ward you know!"

Y: (Who is he…? And why is he doing this for me…?)

A drawn scene based on my alt headcannon I made long back, and I even tried to make a small fic on it. (HUGE SPOILERS)

and tbh I just wanted to draw makoto feeding yuma something while he was completely helpless :3 dw the porridge is edible, he had someone else make it so yuma isn't in any danger.

Unmasked version (just because)

(he's too pretty to have the mask on for long)

(no shinigami since this is post game???)

this is like the 3rd or 4th time yuma got sick on one of his visits to kanai ward due to overworking himself out there

what is makoto to do with his silly workaholic original... (like he's one to talk lmao)