#irrelevant posting

[todaysbird]

give me good bird news

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

Of the 19 hijackers who carried out the Sept 11 attacks:

15 were from Saudi Arabia (a powerful/oil-rich country the U.S. works hard to maintain diplomatic relations with)

2 were from the United Arab Emirates (also a powerful/oil-rich country the U.S. works hard to maintain diplomatic relations with)

1 was from Egypt, 1 from Lebanon.

None of the hijackers were from Iraq.

None of the Sept 11 hijackers were Iraqi.

None of the 9/11 hijackers were from Iraq.

[clarisse-doodles]

inspired by this post, in which Damian does not know what Vine is

[kaionyx]

“are you mad at me?” “do you still like me?” “are you sure you’re not mad at me?”

Okay so are we gonna take this to the bedroom or should I fuck the sense and reassurance back into you right here?

[cup-o-stars]

Part four of old GF sketches

The twin thing, Stan and Ford edition

[tvguts]

found what is possibly the funniest official disney pin in existence. there is NO way mertle is surviving this

[love-death-and-desert]

"tell me"

[somewhereincairparavel]

Annabeth Chase and Jason Grace - two sides of the same coin, an analysis post.

after a long wait, I've finally posted my analysis on jason/annabeth being similar, and mirroring eachother as rivals/potential sibling figures more than percy/jason's 'bro rivalry', based on this post of mine which has crossed over a THOUSAND notes in the last week alone, and I've been getting so many reblogs and comments asking me to expand on my tags in that post and do a full analysis. so here it is. I've been procrastinating this for quite a while now for some reason but I'm glad I'm over my writer's block and I got to articulate my post well enough.

annabeth and jason have had very minor interactions throughout hoo, but the parallels and similarities in their character is jarringly noticeable, which is why I hoped for a jason/annabeth rivalry and not a percy/jason rivalry. they've both been raised at their respective camps since they were literal kids, they were well versed in their respective fields of knowledge, and were well respected/intimidated in their camps.

let's start off with the lost hero

when jason first meets annabeth, he says that her eyes were really intimidating and fierce, so right off the bat, we have jason who's pretty put off by annabeth because she very obviously looked angry, especially since she was frustrated about jason's arrival instead of percy, and looked like she could kill jason to get percy back.

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this parallels to a lot when hazel kept going on about how difficult it was to warm up to jason because his eyes were always calculating and cold, and he gave off an untrustworthy vibe, that he'd sacrifice anyone for the sake of the mission.

both annabeth and jason have a certain similar ‘look’ in their eyes, which have nothing to do with the color. they both have the tendency to make people nervous simply with their eyes, because they always look like they're thinking of new things every few seconds. Ironically, jason first perceived annabeth, the way everyone else perceived him. scary and intimidating with an icy glare and hardened eyes.

They were both said to be ‘studying’ each other in distrust many times throughout. A part of why they didn't trust each other, was, in my opinion, because they embodied their least favorite shared personality trait of each other, secretiveness and guardedness. which is why annabeth got on so well with percy, and jason with leo/piper.

they didn't admire the closed off-ish vibe that they gave eachother. they both needed people who were open and carefree.annabeth said that jason looked like he knew too much information, but chose to keep it all a secret, very similar to her own guardedness from time to time, keeping it a secret and wanting to deal with it silently.

we also know that annabeth and jason are extremely knowledgeable in greek/roman mythology, they both love debates and were quite passionate about history. they were both assigned architecture projects by the gods themselves as a mark of honor and favour.

moving on to the next most important point, they reminded eachother of the people they missed, causing them to feel resentful.

jason, barely met his sister after they reunited. he was bitter when thalia said he had to go look for percy to help out annabeth with the search. he was aware that thalia and annabeth were childhood friends, getting closer to eachother than jason and thalia ever did. she found a home in luke and annabeth, not even a few months after baby jason was thought to be ‘dead’, that knowledge would've weighed a lot on jason. annabeth became the sibling to thalia grace that jason could never be.

while annabeth? the only thing annabeth thought of, after jason had a face off with his mother's remnant in boo, was the fact that jason, who looks eerily similar to luke, could've experienced the exact same fate as him. luke was jason if he had more wrath and held grudges, jason was luke if he had less anger and resentment. annabeth could connect the dots so easily, and that was truly the moment where she gained immense respect for him.

and, when jason told annabeth that his sister was thalia? she had a very odd sort of expression on her face.

annabeth also quotes that looking at jason made her feel bitter, because he reminded her of heras exchange, and the fact that she lost percy for months. whenever she looked at jason, she would only see her two childhood friends, a found family that was broken, and a love that was challenged.

whenever jason looked at annabeth, he would be reminded that thalia had a closer contact to her than she did jason, and had to accept that he would never know thalia as much as annabeth does.

annabeth and jason also appear very confident and sure of themselves, but have second thoughts all the time. they had to put on a fake facade, to live up to their expectations and lineage.

they were both also sort of people pleasers, annabeth couldn't really say no to anyone who asked her for help with things, like carrying the sky for luke especially, because not only where they giving her a chance to execute her knowledge and skill, the thought of helping someone made her genuinely happy. jason also loved seeing people happy, always wanting to say the right thing to satisfy someone, even if it meant he had to sacrifice his own struggles to help them.

fatal flaws:

annabeth’s fatal flaw, is hubris. when you are confident and sure that you can do something, and have a sense of excessive self pride.

and jason's fatal flaw is the temptation to deliberate. hesitation and second guessing, to put it in simpler words.both fatal flaws are so different, yet so similar, and they have both flaws, just in a different viewpoint.

as a child of athena, annabeth appears super confident and even conceding at times because of her wisdom, but at the same time, annabeth had to make sure she was one step ahead of everyone. she had to rethink everything and had to have a plan in her mind all the time, fearing that things wouldn't go smoothly.

she had to hesitate and second guess herself alot, despite her knowledge, like she did when she knew she had to look for the mark of athena. piper and percy had to boost up her confidence with affirmations, to let her know she's on the right path and to just follow her gut. annabeth feels obligated to have a temptation to deliberate, because, as a child of athena, she has to be all knowing and wise, and most definitely cannot fail her mother.

and jason? despite having a very low sense of self esteem and hesitation, he was so used to leading the people who were considered slightly inferior to him in camp jupiter, and basically getting treated like a celebrity for 12 years of his life in camp jupiter, that often, he thought what he did was right, he had his own perception of what a hero should be, and I quote

[“No, no,” Jason said. “I made my choice. You’re not to blame. You don’t owe me anything except to remember what I said. Remember what’s important.” “You’re important,” I said. “Your life!”Jason tilted his head. “I mean… sure. But if a hero isn’t ready to lose everything for a greater cause, is that person really a hero?”He weighted the word person subtly, as if to stress it could mean a human, a faun, a dryad, a griffin, a pandos… even a god”- Tower of Nero]

which was normal, since he had everyone basically following his lead without question as a kid. he's expanded on this in his conversation with piper in mark of athena, where he said he felt weird to suddenly be around people who were either equal/or superior to him in power, and not being in the ‘lead’ particularly.

jason had hubris, but certainly not in a way that you would call it an ego or excessive pride. he was hardwired and brainwashed into having his own perception of what is right and what is wrong, that he thought he was always making good enough decisions, at least from a roman child soldier’s standpoint. [Like when he was okay with not saving nico because it might sabotage their mission, he genuinely didn't think what he said was insensitive until hazel called him out, because he was brought up that way. he thought he was doing the right thing, by prioritising the mission and the duty, first. Like the dutiful roman he was made to be].

both annabeth and jason, have hubris and a temptation to deliberate.

annabeth and jason, also had an extremely difficult time breaking free from the thoughts that their godly parents were always right. It took on alot of disappointments for both of them to stand up to their parents (and not just godly ones, mind you)

they've both had disappointing absent mortal and godly parents with a hostile stepmother involved and monitored with each and every one of their moves. annabeth has had to deal with her stepmother playing the ‘bad cop’ with her father not even coming to her defence, just the way hera came butting into jason's life and giving him terrible memories, taking him away from thalia, with zeus not even caring.

speaking of which, they are both the only demigods who have harboured the most amount of resentment for hera. just the sight of hera pisses them both off, as it hera, stripped off so much time away from annabeth and percy, and memories from jason, which he never permanently got back.

this is sort of irrelevant but I'll add this anyway, in boo, athena also immediately liked jason for calling out zeus's unfairness to apollo, saying something like 'the boy is right' and she gave him an approving/appreciative look for his wisdom, which is pretty rare for athena to say or do to literally any demigod ever. this makes me wonder if she ever saw jason as someone who had some sort of athena legacy in him, which is why she was so pleasantly surprised with him. ugh we could've so gotten jason and annabeth as potential sibling figures bc of how many parallels they have, too bad that the percy/jason rivalry narrative was pushed too hard.

I hope I've drawn enough parallels with their characters, as a lot of you have been looking forward to this post for a while, hopefully this analysis hasnt been underwhelming for you all to read!

@thevoidcaller @karmaajr @onestorytorulethemall @newlyfoundwren @thesummerstorms

[veliseraptor]

once again petitioning for at least the temporary retirement of the word "problematic" in order to encourage more specific and precise language and force people to actually say what the issue is

"[x] is problematic because it depicts homophobia" okay but that doesn't actually tell me anything at all, try "[x] includes outdated stereotypes about gay people that go unquestioned/unchallenged by the narrative", more specific, more informative, less fucking obnoxious for me personally to read

[orengejoshi]

Hello! I just remembered i liked paperhat bc i was going thru old pics of mine and found my flug cosplay from like, ages ago lmao and i am in love with your art ♥️ that is all, thank you 🤣♥️♥️🤣♥️ just felt compelled to say it, continue with your day 😆😆😆♥️♥️♥️♥️

Thank you!

there's so many great Flug cosplays tbh... I wonder if I've seen yours before without knowing, my eyes are everywhere in the tiniest corners of this fandom nonstop since 2017 (hmmmm is smth I should get on too, I've been wanting to cosplay him since years)

appreciate you, here's a recent doodle anyway

[stardustravens]

Having a character bleach his hair on page because his (previously unspecified) canon hair colour didn’t match fan consensus is the funniest form of fanservice.

[adobe-outdesign]

Apparently everyone was so busy freaking out over the traditional Japanese folklore documents from the leak that they missed this very cute story about Wurmple so here you go, enjoy (Source: The Cutting Room Floor)

Theme: The Strength of Bonds Formed from Changes Brought about by Friends In a quiet field, hidden in the long grass underneath the shade of the old trees, there was a Wurmple gazing at a Burmy from afar. The Burmy clung to a tree branch, swaying in the gentle breeze, and had a body covered in leaves and branches. To the Wurmple, the Burmy was perfect - a calm and beautiful being. The two of them spent every day together. While crawling in between the branches, the Wurmple always nestled close beside the Burmy; while the Burmy slowly moved from branch to branch, it never strayed too far. The two of them would eat the same leaves and basked in the sunlight together every day. The happiness the Wurmple felt during these days and the specialness of their bond was something it believed would never change. The Burmy was also content just being by the Wurmple’s side. Having it as a friend was good enough. However, suddenly one day, the Burmy disappeared. It wasn’t at the typical spots in the tree it would usually be - it had completely vanished. The Wurmple hurriedly searched around the tree to check if it had fallen down, or evidence of it having been attacked, but there was nothing. The Burmy really had vanished. The Wurmple was at a loss, overwhelmed by this sudden change. The Burmy it had loved before was no longer there. The Wurmple, stricken with sorrow, soon evolved into a Cascoon. Even then, underneath the tree where the two of them had once spent their time together, the Cascoon was sinking deeper into sadness. One day, the sound of wings broke the silence. Under normal circumstances, the Cascoon would have been on alert. If a bird Pokemon wanted the tree, the Cascoon would give the tree up to it. If it tried to eat the Cascoon, it also would not care. Now that the Burmy was gone, there was no meaning to the Cascoon’s life. The wings eventually lowered down next to the Cascoon. The sound of the strong gusts shook the grass. When the Cascoon turned to face it, what was there was not a bird or a predator. It was a Mothim. The Burmy hadn’t vanished. It had evolved. It hadn’t become a Wormadam, but a Mothim. The Cascoon was overjoyed, and began to glow once again. This time its evolution didn’t come from sorrow, but from happiness. Whether the Burmy was a Wormadam or a Mothim was irrelevant. The important thing was that it was there. When the Cascoon finally evolved into a Dustox, it stretched out its wings for the first time. Although it was trembling, it felt determined to try flying. The Mothim hovered right beside the Dustox and tried to help with its flight. Although the Dustox’s balance was shaky, it eventually learned the technique to soar in the sky. The two of them flew around above the trees, no longer bound by old expectations; as though they were being carried by the bond that had continued after overcoming their change into their new forms, they joyfully flew away.

[instarsanddyke]

but my heart is like a claw machine

[jasontoddsno1simp]

"Jason should've ducked!!"

Yeah, and your mom should've swallowed. What's your fucking point?!

[phortgage]

im pro mullet because i heart stupid choices and experimentation AND! lesbianism.

[lesbianwithchainsaws]

I always find it so annoying when something bad comes out about a media or creator of said media and half the responses are always "(thing) was never good anyway" "I can't believe people ever actually liked (thing)" like art is subjective anyway, but those responses also seem to frame it as, if it was good, then it would be excusable? Like if you personally didn't like it, that's fine, but trying to pretend like terrible people don't and have never made anything good is just stupid