#it’s just realistic if you wanna get technical lol

[snarky-art]

I swear I dont wanna be mean but why does everyone keep making stella fat. Why is it that the most attractive character, whom everyone finds beautiful inside the show, is the one who is always turned fat. Like... No one would find her attractive if her canon design was like that. I promise im not being mean but I feel like the artists are always projecting themselves onto Stella and wanting to be loved like she is, cause usually the ones making her fat are fat too, like I saw your selfies and you're a bit curvy. I promise im not being mean im just curious.

For starters, send me more fat Stella’s if you can I haven’t seen that many made and would love to see more varied takes on her appearances in redesigns.

Secondly, I made her fat because I think it’s nice to have the character that’s canonically considered to be the most beautiful girl in all of magix, a fashion icon in the magical dimension, a very celebrated trendsetter, be something other than the stereotypical concept of socially acceptable fashion tropes. She isn’t an hourglass, she has cellulite and stretch marks, she’s super pear shaped, and that can be and should be considered something to be normal, since they are, and shouldn’t be seen as things that need to be hidden. Having that put on a loud and proud fashion girly seems good imo and it can only really contribute to good stuff for body image stuff and representation. I did it so people like you could reconsider that beauty is something that comes in multiple forms and shouldn’t have to fit one type of standard. If we wanna get super technical too those standards also very from culture to culture and I image that’s extended even further in Winx club.

The girls are all aliens from different worlds. There’s bug people. There’s a lady in the miss magix episode that has tentacle hair, a blue body, and tentacle hands and feet. I highly doubt beauty standards in canon would be the same as what you’re saying, ie that no one would consider her beautiful. As if people who look like her irl also would inherently be considered not beautiful too. I know lots of people who have people that think they’re the hottest thing ever and they have all sorts of different body types and traits. Lets just call it realism lol

I’m not really projecting any of my physical stuff on her also, outside of I guess stretch marks and cellulite?? But I put those on other characters too so I don’t really think that holds up. I actually put my old body type on Flora since she’s my favorite, but now I’m way more midsized, like a slightly thinner Bloom from my stuff (love this unit of measurement gonna start using the gorls as a reference point for my appearance going forward lol). I’ve always had the “socially acceptable” fat type of body, ie hourglass with even proportions and a super snatched waist. I just think it’s tired and trite to constantly reenforce the idea that “the hot fashion one” needs to be tall and thin all the time, and if she is made fatter, that she needs to look like I did ie not much of a tummy with super equal proportions, big boobs, and a big ass.

Kinda related to that also, I made a post about a lot of character design “rules” too that I think are kinda outdated and annoying, at least to me, since I’ve seen them a million times. We all have. So I decided to do something different that I think would be good for normalizing traits outside of what we consider typically acceptable for that kind of character.

I’m already very loved also and don’t need to project anything on Stella lmaooo

I got multiple partners, great friends, do modeling, and am slaying with my own fashion and appearance stuff outside of that too. That’s all independent of whatever I’m doing with her physical body type when I draw her.

Gonna level with you also, you going “I’m not trying to be mean” doesn’t erase how weird this ask is. Sounds like you have your own gripes that you need to work through. Like, if you consider those traits on Stella ugly, that means you definitely have some internalized hatred for fatness, skin blemishes, scarring, and other peoples’ general appearances if they don’t fit some specific molds that aren’t realistic for the majority of people. Even if it is just genuine curiosity, being aware of this stuff going forwards and reevaluating how you view beauty standards and bodies in general would do you a great benefit imo.

Thanks for going through my old selfies tho it was pretty weird of you but at least make sure to leave a like on them. I looked hot when I was fatter and I look hot now too sharing this with the world is the least I can do💕✨💕✨

[widevibratobitch]

something about being told im 'the leading person at this whole academy when it comes to interpretation and stage intelligence' by the husband of the woman im trying (not really. but i mean. who knows) to seduce... ok boy you got me. lets make it a polycule.

[gifti3]

I was trying to do a little catch up in nightbringer

I finished lesson 20 and they like joke(?) about moving to the human world and staying at the MCs home if they cant stay in the devildom

And i just wanna seriously consider the logistics of MC trying to house 7 other people

Most of us are probably living with other people (who may not be okay with sharing a space with so many strangers suddenly) and/or dont have a giant sized place

And this is assuming the mc is staying at a house and not an apartment....

[telesodalite]

I need to be weirder about the scavengers and cannibalism...

[the-moon-files]

Who do you think you could beat in a fight? like no weapons, not power gloves/bracelets, just bare hands and a dream.

BARE HANDS AND A DREAMMMM

who let u be this funny kota lmao

Tbh, me v. anything stronger than a chicken or a chuchu, they winning.

Ive only Just started going to the gym, i have very little muscle that isnt from carrying groceries, so hands down, not many things i would realistically fight in botw/loz games in general

If ur talking abt the Links tho?? Uh, none. 💀

Im not that delusional (yet), i mean i guess if u wanna get creative with it, I think, personally,

I could beat some of them in a drinking game lol

Like maybe Sky, Hyrule, Four, Wild, and (to his lightweight dismay) Legend, just bc im not a lightweight so thatd be funny

But general strength? Nah probably none of them

But u wanna hear my delusional takes on this, like if i would just swing regardless of actual strength discrepancy,

Weirdly enough, Hylia? LMAO

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(Warning, Hylia bashing, if u like her a lot for whatever reason and are going to feel the need to comment in her defense, pls find another post to do that on, this rlly isnt that serious)

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Alright, let me explain, let me explainnn

So i saw LU blogs defend this better than me, but basically Hylia (not Zeldas) is like lowkey another root cause for problems in Hyrule, she kind of encourages this endless cycle of abuse of "heroes" or mortals, to enlist in this eternal battle against Demise/Ganon, when he's technically immortal, and she should be fighting him herself.

Or at least not making mortals (who can Die) fight for her, especially with the setup being a SINGULAR MORTAL. like not even an army of mortals

(Like i get it, its for stupid-plot-not-rlly-thought-out-reasons so the games get to exist, but suspend ur disbelief pls, assuming this is now a real universe that ive got dropped into)

There are other reasons, like how she possesses every Zelda lowkey against her will, or without her permission to be in her body at least, and that she sort of? I thought, like? Wants to to be with Link every time? Feels kinda creepy?

Idk that one may not be true, but there are way cooler blogs out there that have a nicer receipt list of beef with Hylia, pls find them

But most importantly, if u take nothing else away from this, its that, someone out there, in the depths of LU tumblr, gave reasonable, logical, justifications about how Legend could take down Hylia on his own.

She's basically all magic, so if she suddenly had no more magic in this scenario, im betting that i could at least tackle her and turn it into a bar fight lol

Revenge for all the Links u could say,

I actually thought abt making a fic that had smth like this premise, but eh, ive got so much to write abt rn i havent taken it on

Plus, hey, who doesn't wanna fight God a little?

Hope that answered ur question! Or at least was entertaining!

Sorry if u rlly like Hylia for whatever reason and i just shat on her for like a small paragraph, idk, just unread it or smth

(Im still watching a playthru of SS, but i think i also could specifically take Ghirahim in a arm wrestling contest, ok thank you, good night)

Peace out,

🌙

[crushedsweets]

I am so curious as to what you'd think about Nina and Hoodie as a duo. They've been two of my absolute favorites (even if Brian technically isn't even a creepypasta) since I was younger and I've always loved them as a sort of big brother/little sister pairing. They are so siblings to me I adore them. What are your thoughts on the sillies..

OHHH this is actually super interesting... but also im worried i do not have a lot to say because they won't mesh very well/very much. but i will try. not super realistic headcanons i think but what do i know... <3

brian isnt very present in my story, partially bc ik some mh fans dont like the crossover very much. and by time ninas in the story, i want him+tim to kinda separate from slenderman as toby and kate take over. he's still involved and coming around since he gets horrible slender sickness(but its from the operator) if he's away too long, but he doesn't live near or befriend most of the main cast..

nina is very present in my story because i love her and she is such a good and fun representation of the fandom yk. but brian is much more realistic and late 30s man, while nina is a very cartoonish early 20s girl. theyre on very different fields character and life wise...

BUUUUUUUUUT they would still meet of course.

she'd be bubbling around the entire cast, meeting people through jeff. people initially think she's in the same vein as jeff, natalie, and toby, with a LONG list of blood on their hands influenced by the operator, so they just don't think much about it. theyre mostly surprised by how cheery she is, but the proxies are the first to find out she's just... obsessed with jeff..... so thats very off putting. brian isn't fond of it.

nina would develop some light slender sickness(again, from the operator) just by being around jeff all the time, but the operator never infected her because he didn't see her as a worthy vessel. so, she would have to come to the proxies about it. if toby isnt in the mood or busy, she'd just have to hope brian/tim are around with some pills that'll soothe the pain

brian is more likely to help. with nina, he'd be quick to take on a more protective role, trying to console her as she cries on the couch holding her head whining about static.

initial convos would go smth along the lines of "do you want some coffee ? or uh kids like hot chocolate huh... maybe tea" "i'm literally in my 20s please tell me toby has weed somewhere" "that does not help with this pain i promise" "how would you know" "haha. water it is."

brian was a major stoner back in his early 20s and nina thinks its fucking hilarious. . . she'll try to get him to smoke with her but he's rlly not interested LOLLLL.... hes like 15 yrs older than her he thinks its weird .

again, he's not around a lot, but she's always happy to bump into him. she'd be squealing n shit 'HIII BRIANNNN how r u :3' and he'd just be like :) hey nina. and then never answer the 'how r u' bc he doesnt actually wanna sit and talk .

its a good change of pace. he's been through hell and back for well over a decade by this point, everyone around him is a sad sack of shit, and he spent a long time just. fighting to be an optimistic, cool guy to hang around . . but .... like.... um..... its hard to be that kind of person after all he's been thru. something about nina just forces that sort of like..... glee out of him . its not a huge difference where he's suddenly bouncing and giggling and whatever, he's still just Some Guy. but he'll be like :) lol .

mayhaps he'd catch her trying on toby's goggles and he'd offer to let her try on his mask. but nina would fake gag and be like 'no i dont want that dirty musty nasty sack on my head' and he'd be like ?????. then he'd say she can wash it and then try it on. which.. as an older sibling.... is the type of shit i'd do just to get my sister to do smth for me that i dont wanna do LMFAOOO. she might fall for it just cuz my dear nina is the ultimate fangirl

i dunno i kinda struggled with this one just cuz in my au, they wouldnt be all that close and the Type of characters they are don't mesh very well, but i am super fond of the concept and would love to try expanding on it more

[fatass-adam]

*KICKS DOWN THE MUTHAFUCKIN DOOR*

Guess who's back, back again

NAH but seriously sorry I died for a while there...and I mean like, SINCERELY...I was gone like a month or some shit, yeah? Maybe longer??

The point is BEING HOMELESS WAS SURPRISINGLY TRAUMATIZING XD And even once we got the house and was safe I WAS NOT OKAY

Technically I'm still not okay, but I'm recovering and wanna get myself back out there!!

I think, if it's cool with everyone (who is still here), I would like to start fresh with new threads rather than pick old ones back up?? They've just sat for too long and got stale and I'm truly sorry for anyone who was invested in them but I don't think I can realistically and genuinely pick em back up. I will, however, pick up the Divine Punishment thing because I love torturing Adam despite kinning him which says a lot about myself that I don't wanna think about BUT I DIGRESS-

Point is I will be getting my fatass back on here and socializing again!! Hell, I'll share some fresh-ass interaction memes here in a sec even. BUT YES THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO SUPPORTED ME DURING THAT TIME, HELPED BY EITHER SHARING POSTS OR DONATING, OR REALLY JUST ANYONE WHO STUCK AROUND!! It truly means a lot and I will DO MY BEST to deliver much better and timely content now and less bullshit of me doing silly things OOC!! That being said, I have one more silly OOC post after this one...BUT THINGS SHOULD RESUME AS NORMAL!! Or, well, as normal as things were to begin with minus the stupid OOC shit for a while XD

ANYWAYS THANKS! AGAIN!!!

(btw this is NOT my art it was on Twitter/X and said it was free for emoji use!! I'll link it properly once I find it again because I've been unorganized as shit lately but yeah just putting that out there lol)

[nono-bunny]

Heya! Just wondering, since Netflix Geeked Week will probably show a trailer for the live-action Avatar on Thursday, I want to ask a few things:

Are you excited for it?

What do you think they'll keep, cut, and expand in this live-action of ATLA - Book One: Water (Season 1)?

Since Bryke are not on the project now, do you have a good feeling that this live-action could be a lot better than what they come up with at Avatar Studios?

(By the way, were these "Braving the Elements" episodes recent from your last posts? And were Bryke really acting like complete stooges in them? :O )

Hi, thank you for the lovely ask!

I've been completely ignoring the huge Geeked Week banner so I have no idea what's up with that or that it's possible we're getting a trailer soon, so that's cool information to have lol

1. I honestly can't say I'm excited for the live action. The last Netflix live action for a beloved childhood franchise of mine was such a dumpster fire because they focused on being edgy and dark and abandoned the source material for the worse, so like? Past experience has made me extremely cautious in regards to live action adaptions coming from them. In general I am not a fan of this trend- the Disney ones are shit, and I only really find myself watching and enjoying the (sometimes shitty, but like, in a fun way) J-drama adaptions of old shoujo manga as I don't really fuck with any other genre nowadays. Anime has a long history with shitty adaptions for action shows, and as action is inherent to ATLA after all, even if it's not technically an anime, I know that's gonna be a hurdle they'll have to clear- just having good effects and fight scenes. It's not MY personal focus as I do find charm in shitty effects (I do like J-dramas after all!) but honestly that is probably what's gonna make or break the initial hype for the show imo. Rn I'm honestly just... So neutral about it to the point where it surprises me (I'm. Very much not a neutral person usually lol) and I think it's just a matter of like.... Being burned AND pleasantly surprised by ATLA stuff before so I'm kinda hedging my bets until I know which way it's gonna go for me. Honestly I can very realistically see me LOVING it, but the other option is that it's bad and that's kinda what I'm preparing for rn ig? I can't imagine I'll be too upset if it's just... Bad or unsatisfactory given that I already spend way too much energy on the shit the OG did wrong lol, if the LA follows suit with those I think I'll just kinda... Ignore it lol. Idk, A LOT of mixed feelings

2. I... Really can't even begin to imagine what they choose to do with the reduced time frame, but I know I for sure have my own thoughts on what I WISH they would! Mainly I want NO Kataang, if there's Kataang I'm not gonna even bother with it tbh unless it's completely one sided (which it was in the original, yet we still know how THAT turned out)... I obviously want endgame Zutara, but I'm not hard pressed on it tbh- it would be funny as fuck for it to happen after Bryke left over creative differences though! I REALLY want the Blue Spirit to stay, I really DON'T want The Great Divide (no way it's staying in though so we're probably safe on that front), and overall I kinda just? Want Aang to be more sympathetic- him being irresponsible in the original show only makes sense until a certain point, and I want an Aang that shows an ability to grow from early on. Aang's an awful, awful Avatar, and I truly want him NOT to be one here- honestly, a good way to get around some of his early issues would be to borrow a bit from Korra and twist his love for slacking off into an enthusiasm for all four cultures (rather than just their rideable animals), which I feel like he was CLOSE to having... But as usual with him it was all tell and no show- I wanna see him having friends in all four nations, I wanna see him being multi cultural even before he gets freezed, I wanna see him embrace all four bendings and cultures rather than fixating on air, I wanna see him fail and take responsibility... But I also still want to see him being a kid, because that's crucial, and while the original show never allowed him to grow up, I also don't want him to be immediately seen as and treated as wise and powerful- I want him to struggle with what it means being an Avatar who knows about it at such a young age, I want to see him meaningfully interact with his past incarnations, I want him to ACTUALLY find a balance! I think I maybe just... Want a whole new main character still named Aang tbh, because I DON'T like who he is in the original show, but I do like who he could've been! I REALLY don't want the show to be intentionally edgy- if it goes into any dark topics, they should be ones already raised in the original. I want some more light shed on how the North Pole and Pakku's sexism never went away, I want the show to acknowledge that the monks didn't go down without putting up a hell of a fight, I want to know what the fuck Zhao was doing to get promoted like that despite his constant failures on screen, I want to really dive deep into Aang and Bumi's relationship and maybe how Aang failed him on a personal level (he's literally the only one who would've missed Aang, not the Avatar for all this time) and how he mourned him for years, I want Aang to contend with and realize that he's in a war and how he's FOR SURE killed people and will have to again even before Koizilla (he kills so many people in The Northern Air Temple!!)... I could honestly kinda do with an abridged version of some of the Gaang's travels, like, a lot of them are neat but only matter tangentially or from a world/character building perspective and can be dropped/merged/replaced pretty safely tbh. For example, Haru doesn't really need to exist tbh, what Imprisoned does for Katara can and maybe even SHOULD change gears to focus more on her rather than this random guy who only ever shows up once more to get laughed at because he has a lame mustache. The Fortuneteller should be dropped or altered severely because its message doesn't hold up under scrutiny. Yue should be a bigger presence and be more of an established character. Jet should maybe get his role expanded. Suki should be more of a presence throughout. There are a lot of ways to make the first season better tbh, and also it NEEDS to change to fit with the new timeframe so? Yeah I hope they do a good job at separating the wheat from the chaff because god knows the original show did not know how to do that.

3. I'm honestly pretty confident in saying that Avatar Studios will never ever make anything good, or at the very least, anything that I'll like, but as to what the lack of Bryke means for the LA? Honestly, it's all up to the people working on it- Bryke being bullheaded and bad writers isn't exclusive to them, and if the staff is made up of writers that lean too heavily on the source material or drift too far from it that could honestly sink the whole show. Of course I'm happy they're not on board given their awful track record, but like... I know nothing about any of the people working on it in their stead, so a lack of Bryke doesn't necessarily equate to good writing (it certainly does leave out THEIR bad writing though!!)

Braving the Elements is soon gonna start reviewing the third season of ATLA, and it started in 2021 so everything there is very recent! And yeah, every time Bryke are on they prove themselves to be assholes all over again, they keep topping themselves somehow istg!

I feel that this isn't my most eloquent post but tbh I'm quite sick rn so this is the best I can do atm, hopefully I managed to answer properly anyway?

[dagnab]

(ey hotpocket anon here)

may've infospiraled leading up to what i wanted to ask so feel free to ignore/only read the question. enjoyed your reponse on Viktor/the writing regardless!

but yeah big agree on the issue starting in season 1 and the larger foreign threat cop out almost being inevitable when the villains can't be allowed to be right/systems allowed to change.

like even as someone who only knows league through the osmosis grapevine, even i knew riot has a track record of centrist writing. so not sure what i was expecting lol, guess i hoped they'd have a little more tact/not be so brazen (cough black jinxer seeing an enforcer be nice to an old lady ONE time and goes to bat/dies for Piltover in an enforcer uniform)??? /head in my hands

like i love a good tragedy but season 2...wasn't that. heck it wasn't even bittersweet imo, just kinda depressing, masquerading as aspirational/realistic.

like of course this is where stuff goes when the writers believe systems are inherently good and fault lies with individuals. soon as Piltover was about to """grant""" Zaun independence and that gets ruined by an ~undesirable~ knew we were cooked. machine herald Viktor would've required a more grounded/nuanced approach they couldn't just ramp/scale with minimal effort. which isn't to excuse where the writing falters badly but can't say i'm shocked.

if they "had" to go the purple route, wish they'd at least leaned into the hextech as technical process all the way through. interfacing with power unfathomably large/complex is interesting but boiling down to big power always bad is kinda boring, esp for a narrative that believes power int the right hands is fine. it would've been more interesting for it to function like a system/character to be understood rather than a godly power (that can only really be wielded by the chosen/doom everyone for wanting a better world).

anyway unfortunately now i'm desperate to read some rewrites cause these characters are too interesting to leave ending like that. but god i do not wanna wade through the racism/ableism.

like Sky and Isha getting dusted/used by the narrative like that was just foul??? in 2024?? give me Jayce and Heimerdinger actually apologizing for their complicity, doing more to right it than just dying (what can i say as a Silco fan—i wanna see characters live/FIGHT for the cause). did Viktor, a highly visible disabled character have to becoming specifically a eugenicist to have a villain arc all while his autonomy over his own actions is in question? that seems...particularly insensitive at this moment in history. did Vi have to become a cop and be down to gas her people that quick after years of daily beatings? and the fact that everything Viktor ever did was for nothing, that the best possible outcome he could hope for across EVERY UNIVERSE/TIMELINE is to not die alone/die while comforting someone who still doesn't fully understand him (yes i'm a Jayce speech hater, as gorgeous/touching as the visuals are). and uh maybe a dictator facing consequences that don't involve disability as "punishment"?

which is all to say,—QUESTION—in an ideal world, what story beats would you've like to see for Viktor/the show?

i'm chomping at the bit to read read/imagine rewrites that do better by the characters/themes.

Hotpocket anon ily and I owe you an apology this ask has been fermenting in my inbox for like a week now because I've been stewing on complaints and ideas so hard.

It's gotten to the point where my post was getting way too long sooo uhhhhhh I just started writing a full machine herald rewrite fic. I'll link it when tha first chapter is out 😌

[rosewoodconch]

RWCH Readathon: Day 23

Princess in Practice - Chapter 16

ELLIE POV ELLIE POV ELLIE POV

The audiobook has a new va for Ellie like with the boys!

Very excited

I ADORE ADORE ADORE THIS DESCRIPTION OF CONCH HOUSE

Also omg how could i forget Saxons name im disappointed in myself help

I dont love that conch is portrayed as the super rich designer fashion forward expensive taste house

Also the fact that the gym is in conch is a lil strange, why wouldnt it be with the rest of the normal school buildings

Like yes dame bolter is head of the lancers and sport stuff

But what is a new house head got appointed? Then what

I love ellies banter with the other lancers it makes her feel more realistic outside of her relationships to lottie and jamie

I miss jacob. He was funny

I like seeing the similarities between ani and ellie as they try to help each other without actually talking

Its miscommunication but with a net positive

Them having a fight while fencing is so very Rory / Paris in their chilton era in gilmore girls

Ani snapping and having hinestly a mild anxiety attack about actually not hating saskia is just

Connie is insane for putting this as eloquently as she did. Because yeah. When you break up with someone but you have to see them again, what if you dont hate them?

I get it ani

Though my exs arent nearly as bad as 'kidnapped our friend for a criminal organisation'

IMAGINE IF IT WERE LOTTIE

Shes insane for that pop off ani

I have this whole end bit highlighted in red for favourite moments

YOU AND SASKIA ARE SO SIMILAR SOMETIMES

Okay 1. I need all of ani and saskias backstory immediately 2. Ellie not wanting to hurt lottie like that then hurting her worse is kinda funny rip them

I could go on forever about this scene but i wanna keep it short so if anyone wants to hear my rambles please rb and ask for more so i know lol

For now tho

I love that this is ellie realising for the forst time really how much she really does like lottie

And how once she notices her own feelings she suddenly is able to appreciate anis situation more, all of her actions.

If it were for lottie, ellie would do the same, shed do anything

Ani and ellie are both the masters of saskia and lottie technically, but their relationships are so much deeper than that

Because of that, ellie and eni can relate to each other so much more than almost anyone else

Also

Theyre down bad crying at the gym

[tussive]

Found the tagged post! I was tagged by @ungratefulbeyotchhotline

Do you make your bed? So what I like to do is make my bed and then put an extra sheet and comforter on top, and then I just sleep on it that way. So it's sort of made. But over time as it comes unmade, I don't fix it so not really lol.

What's your favorite number? I don't really have one tbh.

What is your job? I'm a shift lead at Burger King.

If you could go back to school, would you? I'd like to, but I fear I may be too dumb now lol. But realistically it's not financially feasible.

Can you parallel park? Hell naw.

A job you had that would surprise people? I worked for a bank for around a year, I guess? Mostly I've just had retail jobs.

Do you think aliens are real? I don't actively believe or disbelieve most things. I'm open to the potential.

Can you drive a manual car? Hell naw. What's with all these driving questions? I fucking suck at driving lol.

What's your guilty pleasure? I don't believe in them. If you like something you like it, fuck it.

Tattoos? I have none but I have a few planned i'd like to get.

Favorite color? Mauve.

Favorite type of music? I mean, the last few years I've definitely listened to rap more than anything. But I also like folk/black metal/screamo/noise/drone. I'm more into artists that create a cool vibe or atmosphere than are necessarily technically good at their craft.

Do you like puzzles? I'm a dummy I can't do puzzles.

Any phobias? Open spaces. If I'm in a field or something and look at the sky, sometimes i get so overwhelmed I vomit lol.

Favorite childhood sport? I never played any sports when I was a kid. I did wrestling for like a week.

Do you talk to yourself? Not out loud, because I don't want to bother other people. But in my head I'm constantly holding full conversations with myself.

What movies do you adore? Oh man. Crestone, Begotten, Louisiana - The Other Side, The Florida Project, Cycling Chronicles: Landscapes That the Boy Saw, Grandma's Boy.

Coffee or Tea? I like them both. Probably tea more, I'm especially fond of white tea. (Funny story, that's how I came up with the rap clique name that never really materialized when I was planning on starting to rap, Delicate Boyz. My ex's family was making fun of me (jokingly) about how white tea is delicate. I told my friend and she said "What's wrong with being a delicate boy?" We're not friends anymore. :() But I drink more coffee. I actually got super into coffee for a bit. It's a fun hobby, but I really wanted an espresso machine and they're mad fucking expensive.

First thing you wanted to be when you grew up? A vet.

Gonna tag.................gosh these are so hard. I never know what people like these things and what people don't and I don't wanna tag anyone it would bother. Ahhh, no one lol. If you'd like to answer these questions just pretend I tagged you.

[jell-0knight]

Book 4 or whatever. Okay so Mariketa and Bowen. I considered not posting this at all because how much I disliked this book, like, I don’t wanna ruin it for anyone, if anyone even reads this ofc, alas it is still the Internet so I just feel bad. Basically: warning this rant will be not ‘that’ nice.

‘her befuddled mentor Elianna explained, "Horses have powerful legs - but that doesn't mean they're prima ballerinas."’— I can’t even explain why I just thought this quote was neat. *shrug*

I would get little red riding hood vibes at first with the red cloak to hide from the big bad wolf but then it turned more into Snow White with the whole apple and mirror situation. Nothing more nothing less on that note. It was a bit of a blessing and a curse to have started the series out of order since I know who Rydstrom is meant for. I’m like um excuse me sir you’re protective nature is already taken lols but since I scanned a bit of his book beforehand I get to see Rydstrom in a curiously alternate angle even if I found it somewhat annoying how protecting of Mariketa he was especially because they’re essentially strangers. I guess this speaks for his noble actions though right… wink wink

Also Cade smh being flirty boy, return to your designated love match sir. I’m going to tell on you. Joking, but he was funny to read, how he was somewhat the Cidney of the story here, but I will say that made me more intrigued for his story even more so than Rydstrom’s. I might be confusing here so I’d best admit that I read some books out of order and by read I mean I scanned through them. Yes a shame. I have my one and fave book from the series that I have read over and over but I won’t mention which one just yet. Regardless Cade and Rydstrom are one of the ones I scanned and so what I saw in Cades paired with what I’m reading now has me intrigued. Sarcasm incoming— why can’t demons be ‘normal’ (there’s nothing normal about anything) and just scent their mates like everyone else instead of having to go all the way to 4th base to be sure— ‘Bowe felt his fists clench, claws digging into his palms. Whereas Lykae could recognize their mates by scent or even sight, many demon breed males could only determine if a female was his by mating her. Demons called this investigation attempting.’ 👀

Anyways I’m just going to dive into the bad— ‘In a dry tone, Rydstrom said, "Yes, naturally to get even. Obviously there could be no other enticement to want Mariketa."’ — for context Rydstrom is talking with Bowen about obviously Mariketa being so so hot and obviously there’s so much more to wanting her than that because she’s so so hot. I just have to say this— this book is becoming annoying in the way that the fmc is seen as gods greatest gift on earth. My fave thing about upcoming side characters in this series so far is that usually they tend to mind their own business, as in stick more to what’s important to them, I personally feel like this makes them more realistic characters than narrative tools, and in an ironic twist of fate it would be interesting to see why Kresley Cole chose Mariketa to be the character that has not one but TWO future mmc’s want her, albeit they’re not as into her as Bowen but still it’s *there*, if it weren’t for the fact that I hate it. It’s just cliche to me. Blame my years as a young adult actually rotting my brain with nothing but young adult novels filled with these fmc’s. Personal opinion, so whatever. I thought seeing as Lachlain wasn’t fazed by Emma’s gorgeous aunts , even as she straight up has this thought, Nikolai as well, and Sebastian too, that it wouldn’t be too much to ask from the rest of other male characters but alas I was wrong. I mean I get Kresley wants me to feel bad for Mariketa because she feels she’s always second choice hence her bf wanting someone else (and even then technically he wanted a throuple or something), her parents ‘abandoning’ her. So Kresley more than makes sure Mariketa doesn’t ‘actually’go through that. I mean duh have you seen that ass.

Honestly the trek through the jungle was the worst part when the little group was together. That part of the book had me more exited about Hild and Tera (hmmm future appearances?) than anything else.

Okay fr though so far this book has delved so far into the cringe it’s starting to give me comic relief. It just feels so unserious how, yea, Kaderin, Sebastian, and Bowen just out there fighting each other to pieces meanwhile Rydstrom, Cade, the 3 faes, and Mariketa just twiddling around waiting and rotting away in the tomb from like day one task lol also after Bowen returned to release them? Hilarious because they’re saying things and fighting about things like this— then she forced herself to rise, Cade asked her, "You're not really willing to go along with this? Sleep with him for some fish? Because if that's the case, wait half an hour for me to return with my catch."— literally less than a day from starving for a week and then subsequently almost dying lmao no like seriously Bowen is bargaining with all of them to let him almost explicitly fuck Mariketa and everyone is just like going along with it lol

‘The werewolf had no idea he was sidling round a spring trap hungry for his paw.’— okay another quote I like.

I’m getting more into the story perhaps natural intrigue or it really is getting better. I’m curious who Mariketas parents are and what’s the deal with them.

I’m sorry it’s funny all over again when Bowen asks Tera to watch Mariketa while he boils water the way he reiterates the care instructions Lmao I get she’s mortal and so *caution/fragile* but like omg stop these things are normal for us mere mortal readers 😂

This can’t be topped: Bowen fights Cade then throws Mariketa over his shoulder like a sack and let me quote —‘"Aye, thrash about. If anyone's foolish enough to follow me, the sight of that'd be sure to stop them in their tracks.” Reminded that her barely clad ass was jutting up for all to see, she stopped her struggles.’— please Gahd I can’t. Idk why I’m cringing left and right, stop this. And nope it continues. Shortly after this, meer feet away (I’m exaggerating), they have some orgasms that I doubt any of these creatures with super good hearing heard lolol but I will say once they all get separated and go their separate ways things look up for the story. Phew.

I feel like I’m finally getting to see the complex emotions behind Bowens situation with his previous Mate and his growing love for Mariketa. Also huge kudos for the grisly scene where he comforts Mariketa in the airplane niceee. I mean the bad thing still happens like wow he actually wasn’t able to save her somehow. Mid sarcasm here. And then I enjoyed how they finally start to embrace the feelings for each other, in that little island. Also a highlight was the heart wrenching twist that Bowen spent years trying to get Mariah back only to find out he had been tricked by her to want her because he actually did not want her, oh lord bless him. But clever of Kresley to explain all in one how he refused to die with his mate, as questioned in book 2, since most Lykae do so after losing a mate. Also Mariketa had a neat way of using her powers with the mirrors, nicee, I liked the imagery. And lastly I loved the little detail that she’d be getting a sibling soon because I felt for her parents who as it turns out never abandoned her. All in all Hated the first half but started to like it by the end. The End. That’s a no for a second reread

[whenthechickencry]

Umineko Ch1. Replay 4

The fact she calls out to her mom when she is the one person who isn't gonna figure out a calm way to deal with this hurts, ouch. Even amongst all the hatred she has for her mom she still trusts her.

This line always stuck with me because of how insane it reads on the outside. She's 9! A whole 9! She's an infant what do you mean old! I guess it shows her toxic environment meant she was never allowed to act like a child and is bitter about it.

Hurts to read this. Clearly, they want to stop Rosa's abuse but don't know how. It's easy to judge them as cowards but realistically what can they do? Yell at Rosa who will then take it out on Maria more?

Honestly living on that island seems like abuser heaven so at least Jessica's parents aren't the worst, comparatively speaking. She has very limited contact with the outside world and every exit is very tightly controlled.

Setting up the "who gave Maria the umbrella" mystery I see Kanon!

It's really hard to not read Maria as autistic me, with her taking orders very literally, her word repetition, and her hyper fixation on magic stuff. Just makes the way Rosa blames her for getting bullied and not having friends even more horrific.

Kumasawa laughing at the prank she helped pull, lol

idk battler It could be the worst day of my life but if I'm getting a 5-star meal I'm mowing that down happily

It's a bit sad how clearly Battler holds Kyrie in high regard and obviously does kind of consider her family even if he denies it considering that Kyrie fucking hates him

I am using the Umineko Project version of Umineko, and you know, the console sprites for Umineko are a lot more varied than the 07th mod would led you to believe (not that I am criticizing them, I am sure there were technical reasons as to why they had to be removed) there are some with Eva holding her unfolded fan that I didn't screen earlier too)

Nanjo going along with the script and getting jumped on by everyone lol

Wow, way to talk about your child Rosa

Oh here is the portrait I was talking about earlier, also everyone's tune immediately flip flops about the letter when they realized its beneficial to getting money lmfao

It's kinda cute how much Jessica tries to prove she really is the one who hates her parents the most when she probably has the best relationship with her parents out of the cousins

Yeah yaeh you are so mature and understanding than your cousins George, not like you are the one most willing to cut off your parents when their money or status obsession gets in the way of your goals or anything

Doesn't work as well for a game where the opponent isn't really trying to win and doesn't always do the most logical moves, does it?

Kyrie's correct though, if they had simply asked her on her terms who Beatrice is from the start (Something along the lines of who was Beatrice possessing) she probably would have answered!

Well, it's more like she realized you were the best one to get the information she wanted, but you do love her too much to consider that.

He's so fucking scared of Kyrie and he should be, to be honest! Though it's partly your fault she's like this.

This is also probably R07's way of telling you to look at the heart and not just the murder mystery!

Obviously, Natsuhi doesn't believe this because she knows Kinzo is dead, though I wonder if she thinks this was s will he left to the servants or something?

i wanna punt this man

I think Natsuhi and Jessica is probably the only parent/child relationship in the game that probably would heal itself with time... they both understand what is going wrong but aren't sure how to fix it, and I think with Jessica going out of her parent's house soon she probably would have been able to understand her mother more and makeup once they saw each other again... it makes me a bit sad to think about how the tragedy made it impossible for that to happen.

I'm already crying fuck. They are both extending their hand to the other. They are making steps towards repairing their relationship! And it's all getting destroyed!

I wonder how many times conversations like this happened in reality. Genji trying to convince Yasu to allow themselves to live their life normally but Yasu thinking that they aren't worthy of that, and feeling deeply guilty when they did interact with others...

I wonder if George has ever really tried to engage with Shannon's own interests, knowledge, and likes, instead of just assuming because she is a servant that everything he tells her is new and exciting to her

[bandtrees]

hello o//

i heard you had a fursona and i was curious to know about them if you’re willing to share :]

(/nf of course)

oh of course!!! :]] here he is!

i <3 robot furries so he's a robot dog! i based him most obviously off of transformers (specifically idw tailgate and ironfist) (named kibble both cuz dog and cuz that's the term in transformers fandom for extraneous robot-parts that don't serve much purpose on a 'human' body ie wheels etc) but i also wanted to, in 2024 redesigning him for this ref sheet, make him a bit easier to follow as an anthro dog design and able to be worked into furry stuff, while still being visibly mechanical ^_^

in the ways of lore i really don't have much for him - honestly he's just a standin for myself - but i have the concept that he was made to be a sort of living computer. genius database, future of technology, etc... but his storage capacity's small and his scope of interests even smaller, so he doesn't really have much actually technically helpful knowledge... he does, however, have encyclopedic levels of knowledge about nonsense things like tvtropes and trivia for whatever show he's into now.

(^really this is just a way (FOR ME PERSONALLY i should say as i know 'autistic robot' is a bad stereotype for a reason) to express autism as that's what it feels like for me a lot of the time. having a lot of passion and drive to learn but only in the few things your brain's latched onto - and of course the social hurdles that will come with being a robot in 'human'(furry?) society)

he's very inexpressive - doesn't have pupils, doesn't blink, has no mouth (the robotic muzzle isn't a mask, it's just what his face looks like), and i imagine he speaks mechanically too (i waffle between making him mute, giving him a text-to-speech type thing, or limiting his communication to pulling up webpages haha)

he's also one of those fursonas that has a few different designs and such depending on the 'verse, i've drawn him in the context of transformers designs for selfshipping a few times (specifically w/ mtmte first aid, and moreso idw/es tarantulas) and i should do that again :] depending on the situation his design falls in many different places along the furry-mech scale lolol

to get real: i've been a furry and had fursonas since. like. im gonna say as far as 2008, since i was very small :]c but kibble's the first one in a long time i feel actually suits me in both a "feels like me" sense and a "fun character to draw with some degree of fun fantasy" - cuz for a long stretch of time, when i stopped being into sparklecats and the like as a teenager, i fell hard into the "truesona" type of furry designs...

...which, nothing wrong with those, but as someone with crummy self esteem, just kind of led to me hyperfocusing on myself as a kind of "boring slob" type of character. not interesting enough to be anything but a plainly colored realistic animal, and too self-conscious about my appearance to feel too comfortable straying from "fat, depressed, tired and messy slob", as to portray myself as anything but that felt dishonest.

until one day, and this was at the height of my transformers hyperfixation so i'd grown attached to very inhuman robot-y designs, i just kind of realized, "hey, if i wanted, i could make my sona anything i want, right? i like robots and my friends compare me to dogs, i could make a robot dog! i could have fun designing a mech anthro dog!" and. i did lol. and it's the happiest i've been with a fursona, both from a design standpoint and a 'me' standpoint :]]

thank you for the ask! sorry for suddenly getting so real, i don't think you expected me to, kibble as an oc just means a lot to me :'D

(i also have other, non-sona, furry ocs if you ever wanna hear about furry boy band drama lol. i only recently reopened asks again so i'm trying to get more comfortable with em despite my constant Inbox Paranoia. ty again!!)

[house-of-lovin]

Just gotta be random and say that soooo many Y/n fics I've read are orphans. Why do authors love putting trauma on the character? Is that's something you can answer?

I sound like I'm emailing my professor lol

technically, R isn’t an orphan, she has a mom she’s just a deadbeat lol.

to answer your question, i guess it’s the same reason why we watch movies and shows for the characters and plot. I’ve read so many fanfics over the years that had the reader be kinda… bland? like they’re just there to exist solely for the plot, no characteristics, no personality.

which for one shots and reader-insert stories make sense.

but what i’ve gathered from the fanfics i fell in love with, is when the characters are complex, including R, it makes the story so much richer. having your main character go through “life events” (maybe stuff you’ve never gone through) gives them dimension, gives them complexity, gives you, as the reader, insight as to why this character does the things they do/acts the way they do.

when it comes to a writing a full series, you can’t keep R one dimensional or else the story gets bland and boring. it has to be realistic enough where you can immerse yourself that it FEELS relatable.

so i guess to answer your question, idk why most authors have their main character be orphans (there can be tons of reasons) but the reason I made R have basically have no blood family is cause 1) i didn’t wanna write parents for her lol and 2) it made sense for her character and why she’s so closed off.

hope that answers your question lol.

[vacantgodling]

Hi! For the tarot ask game, how about Death, Seven of Cups, Four of Swords, Page of Swords, and Knight of Swords?

thank you for asking!!

13. DEATH: ENDINGS (What is your favorite ending to write i.e happy, sad, bittersweet?)

happy endings are my favorite, though i do out with an asterisk; realistic happy endings that are grounded in the themes and motifs of that universe are my faves. it may not be happy in the way that everyone would want it to be in a perfect world; but there’s emotional growth and hope for the future in them and those are the endings i think i tend to write the most.

28. SEVEN OF CUPS: OVERWHELMED BY CHOICE (How do you decide which story idea to pursue? How many do you have?)

overall i have like 25+ wips probably just on my own this doesn’t include the ocs i have with my partner or my best friend, or any of the fanfiction ideas floating around in my head at any given moment. i’m just a well of stories, really, that’s just my existence on this earth.

how do i decide? thing is i kinda… don’t? like i do but i don’t. usually my brain gets latched onto a particular idea and i run with it until my brain stops. i try to provide structure with outlines and the like but my brain is really just an interest fueled machine so when it needs a break or just isn’t interested in pursuing an idea i just stop working on it. most of my ideas i come back to tho.

the other thing is i tend to thrive off of external praise and validation, so whenever people interact with my work in any regard it fuels me to work on whatever one it was even more :)

39. FOUR OF SWORDS: RECUPERATION (Have you ever dealt with burnout?)

all the time. technically i’m burnt out right now that’s why i’m not working on paramour. the nature of having the mental shit going on is i tend to burn out pretty quickly in general especially after i hyperfixate on something for a long while. i usually just try to give myself space from the idea by working on other ones just to do something, but depending on if it slots when i hit depression slumps will kind of determine how successful that is.

46. PAGE OF SWORDS: A NEW APPROACH (Have you tried a new writing technique, method, format, or style? Are there any you want to attempt?)

i did try the snowflake method specifically with gothica (my wip about terrible teenagers) and it actually worked pretty well; to the point that i actually started giving a shit about them when once again i wasn’t planning that. anyway i got burnt out in the middle from having to do the full character pages from their perspectives part which is step 6-7 i think i can’t remember and i was like bro i know who they are now that my brain is latched on i wanna skip this shit; which i should’ve done but i didn’t lol so there went that momentum.

tbh i’m not big on like techniques or processes too hard? like i kinda just do whatever. usually cuz i tend to just like get bored of whatever it is i’m doing after awhile.

47. KNIGHT OF SWORDS: AMBITION (What is your loftiest, wildest goal?)

to make a living on my writing cuz PFFFF in THIS economy???