#is it realistic? probably not

[transingthoseformers]

Sometimes I think about situations where Tarn would be forced to be the leader of the decepticons somehow

And I like to think it would go very

Very

Badly

Usually those plotlines are for significant angst reasons, but now I'm imagining Tarn suddenly being thrust into full leadership of the faction and trembling like a newborn fawn because he has no experience in leadership on anything close to this scale (the DJD did not prepare him for this)

[awholelotofladybug]

Bale: A Stammering Adrien AU Short-Story.

Based on this AU.

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Adrien had decided to take his dog, Buddy, for a walk. Things started out normal enough. Adrien held on to Buddy’s leash while Gorilla accompanied him, the sun was out, and Adrien was smiling. Just then, who should he spot but his former bully, Bale Boucher, wearing a black leather jacket, chewing on a toothpick, and leaning against the wall. When he was spotted, Gorilla got ready to fend him off.

“Easy, Gorilla,” said Adrien. “I’ve worked things out. We’re... We’re cool.”

“I hope we’re cool,” said Bale, walking up to Adrien.

Adrien smiled nervously. “Salut, Bale.”

“So Agreste, word on the street is your mom is marrying your nanny.”

Adrien blushed. “Nathalie is n-n-not my nanny. She’s my mom’s assistant... And yeah, the wedding is this weekend.”

“Whatever,” said Bale. “I just hope you’re ready for what comes next.”

“What comes next?” Adrien asked.

Bale adjusted his jacket. “Comments, glares, people telling you and your moms that they shouldn’t be together, that they’re indecent just for holding hands...”

“It’ll be that bad?” Adrien asked.

“Yeah,” said Bale. “But block it all out. Don’t let them tell you it’s wrong. It’s not.”

“Thanks, Bale,” said Adrien. “But how do you know all of this?”

Bale blushed and pulled his shirt collar down to reveal a necklace. It had a small, heart-shaped medallion with the LGBTQ+ pride stripes.

Adrien’s eyes widened, then sparkled. “Bale... You mean you’re...?”

“SSSHHHH!” Bale hushed. “Yes, okay? I’m gay. Just don’t go broadcasting it, alright? I’ll tell people myself. You know... When I’m ready.”

Adrien smiled and put a hand on his former bully’s shoulder.

“Thank you for t-t-t-trusting me with the truth.”

Bale scoffed. “Whatever. See you around, Adrien.”

As Bale walked away, Adrien noticed he called him by his first name. Adrien was a little stunned. He was used to Bale calling him “moneybags” or “Agreste,” but this time, he was “Adrien.” Adrien felt his heart grow warm as he watched Bale leave, unable to see the smile growing on Bale’s face.

[sabertoothwalrus]

UHMMMMM what if T4T labru

[platoapproved]

louis + cruelty

[lazylittledragon]

the only thing scarier than vampire lords/mind flayers/death cults is meeting the in-laws

[bophamet]

actually i think sony should take their sweet fucking time with beyond the spiderverse cuz even with the time they took with atsv it wasn't enough for the animators to have proper working conditions. like take ten years i don't fucking care, people can bitch and moan but i would rather know the employees aren't working 8hours a day plus overtime for 7 days a fucking week to get a movie about spiderman done cuz "waah waaaah i wanna see it" people won't shut up and sony demands their film be made for the profit of it all

[sysig]

Permission to headbutt: Granted (Patreon)

[factual-fantasy]

@somewhereinthewoodsalone

I shall not show the original artwork, for it is not my artwork to share... but the image was disturbing enough for me to want to recreate it XDD

[prec1ousboy]

Knight who fucks you while fully covered in armor aside from their cock. You're coming apart under them, completely naked and vulnerable, unable to see even their face. Left with practically no way of telling whether they're nearly as affected as you are. Your body is desperate for theirs, longing to feel skin against skin, you're begging to be touched more. No wonder then that you start moaning like a whore when they take off one of their gloves and shove their fingers in your mouth. It's so little but you'll take it, savoring their taste, the softness of their hand among cold steel and leather.

[hyperblue]

imagine the superheroes community finding out about the clone kid and deciding to take them away from tim because clearly tim's insane and can't be trusted with a child bc he's literally a 17 year old who went wild with cloning tubes

tim's crying screaming throwing up basically because what the fuck. do not take my baby away i know i fucked up but that's literally my baby you can't just take them away

[cadenzarose]

Later that day...

I think Arno might have had a point, just sayin'...

What did Arno say? You'll have to read Tiger, Tiger to find out!

[mildarka]

something about sacrifice

[hellenhighwater]

I was doing research on the ArtPrize thing, because research is how I handle very nearly any issue, and I'm trying to set my expectations reasonably, given that it's one of the largest and most lucrative art competitions in North America. And I was reading up on the voting process, because some of the prizes are awarded based on popular vote. The first vote by an individual has to be placed on a smartphone in the geographic region of Grand Rapids, MI, but subsequent votes (one a day per entry) can be from anywhere, so long as the phone started in GR. There's $600,000 in awards and grants this year, so voting matters in determining who gets not-insignificant amounts of money.

You know how many votes were cast last year? 30,000. Thirty thousand. Across every category, not just for the winning art piece. That is not actually that many votes. I have more than that number of you right here, my poor captive audience.

Now, if I can just figure out how to get all of you into Grand Rapids during the month of September, I'd have this in the bag. It wouldn't have to be for long. Just a brief convention of fellow tunglr users, for just a moment, just a quiiiick....dash...c

[solargeist]

grian and his watcher studies

[bloobydabloob]

Holy shit I love your Dirk interpretations, it's so true and I could talk about this shit forever. I feel like another part of his character that people seem to forget (along with Roxy for some reason) is that he's from the future in solitude in an apocalyptic wasteland. I just see that part of his character always removed which is disappointing because I feel like that's a pretty big part, especially regarding his themes around technology, his brother's theme of Time, his own isolation, and how he plays in the vastness of the universe and spacetime.

Art I drew related to the subject because I like to respond to asks with art.

But absolutely. I certainly understand where the lack of discussion over his isolation + upbringing comes from, considering a majority of the fanbase that I have seen builds their ideas based on their own version of postcanon. I’m not entirely sure how that would be fixed, but certainly even in the somewhat recent past I would see a lot more content regarding his upbringing both literally and symbolically. I don’t have much to add regarding the things you’ve mentioned, because they just are what they are. Dirk being confined to a singular room left to him by a father figure he never met, in a future where the only other person left on the planet is someone he cannot pursue a relationship of because of himself, with purely 3 robots to keep him companion, one being an exact replica of his own brain who is *also* trapped inside a pair of glasses, is about as literal as it gets to me.

The contrast to me involving the flooded, organic world in comparison to the little speckle of Dirk’s apartment packed with the dude and his technics is not only a representation of his isolation and entrapment within himself, but also of his lack of control. I think his obsession with & themes of control are a direct product in the case of Dirk specifically *of* this kind of upbringing. His themes of technology are also related to his themes around control. So much of his character is actually revolved around this to me like so much. Dirk is so deeply disconnected from humanity in every way and so much of his character + symbolism is based around that.

It doesn’t even have to be about the symbolism or anything though. It’s just pretty *interesting* in the literal sense that he lives in the middle of the ocean in the future. There’s not only a lot to theorise on to do with his young life there, but on how it might affect him in the way he acts for the rest of his life. The latter part is probably what I see mentioned the most by people talking about Dirk regarding this, I’m surprised I don’t see more discussion on the former too though. I really ought to actually talk more about Homestuck stuff on here. I will do it myself.

Roxy & Dirk’s relationship is largely ignored though because there is a narrative a certain demographic spreads that Dirk resented and blamed Roxy for her interest in him, and thus too many people believe that their relationship was or would continue to be an abusive one. Realistically, I believe it’s important to acknowledge that the way Roxy treated Dirk regarding his homosexuality wasn’t right while still acknowledging the obvious amount of respect and admiration Dirk had for Roxy. I mean we have a huge piece of dialogue from their post trickster mode conversations on the quest beds from Dirk purely stating how he feels about Roxy that people completely ignore somehow. I think this usually happens to characters that are women though. I know everyone says it, but it is true. Jane gets the exact same treatment of boiling her down to solely her negative aspects. The things I see completely mischaracterising both of them are horrific.

I mean how much more explicit can it get that their relationship is obviously very important to Dirk? But I digress. I think the best or I should say “most interesting” interpretations of their relationship usually come from DirkRoxy shippers actually.

I would be interested to hear about Dirk’s relation to his brother’s theme of time though. I don’t have any thoughts on this and I don’t recall ever hearing anyone talk about it before. If you or anyone else would be willing to enlighten me I’d be thrilled.

[candyje11yfish]

wip💖