#it'll be interesting to see

[lesbiancarat]

it's also interesting that instead of rap mentors they have mentors who are primarily actors, who are evaluating based on visuals and stage presence

[blackhholes]

Teen Wolf

4x03 Muted ⎮ 5x09 Lies of Omission

[ritterdoodles]

"Maybe in another life"

I have mixed feelings about this one but I already spent time on it so I might as well post it 🥴

[ineed-to-sleep]

AGH I almost forgot to do an art vs artist for 2024 😔 here's me & some of my favorite pieces from the year ☝🏻

+ honorable mention to this gem:

[muffinlance]

Wait, what’s going on with Embers???? That fic has been on my read later list since 2021, what’s happened with it???

Brief overview, then I'm likely never touching this topic again, because this is not a Drama Blog:

Context: Embers is a super old AtLA fic that was written during the early fandom days, read widely at the time, and was the origin of the widely-used fanon name of "Wani" for Zuko's ship (kind of by default that it was one of the first popular fics to give his ship a name, I think?), even though most fic writers don't seem to realize it's from there anymore.

"What's Going On": I used to include a link in all my stories to it, because I believe in crediting other writers for borrowed elements, and I was using "Wani" in all my fics. But BOY did I not want to be sending readers that way anymore, so I've adopted a new name for Zuko's ship, and removed all Embers links.

None of the criticisms about Embers itself are new; I'm assuming they date back to when the fic was being written, because this isn't an "it aged badly" thing, this is an "actually yeah this gets worse the longer you think about it and I shouldn't have ignored my bad feelings just because some of the worldbuilding was interesting" thing.

An Incomplete List of Why I Made the Change:

I don't actually like the story that much anymore, and don't want to rec it

I tried to re-read it recently to see if some things were as bad as I remembered and it turns out they were So Much Worse Oh Yikes. More specifically, the treatment of Katara and Aang and their respective cultures has... rather a lot going on. One example: The Fire Nation and Air Nomads are both given multiple backstory elements in an attempt to make the average Fire Nation soldier's participation in the genocide/war in large part the fault of the Avatar and the Air Nomads themselves, and also fully justified from the Fire Nation perspective. And I do mean fully. One of its core tenants is "People from the Fire Nation (and only people from the Fire Nation) who don't follow orders Literally Die, therefore murdering pacifists and babies and continuing the war (and their regularly scheduled war crimes) is the only thing it is physically possible for them to do". I cannot emphasize enough how literal that is.

Also the name "Wani" means "Alligator" and is... objectively a pretty lame name for Zuko's ship? Where's the personality, where's the deeper meaning, where's the resonance with Zuko's themes? @tuktukpodfics initially thought I was calling the ship "Wanyi", and that's what I've switched to, because it is Objectively So Much Better. In their words: “Wànyī (萬一): Literally ‘one in ten thousand,’ ‘perchance.’ Used grammatically in Chinese to mean ‘what if’ or ‘just in case.’ I think a ship called ‘The Perchance’ is perfect for a boy clinging to false hope.”

TL:DR; I don't rec Embers anymore, because I don't actually like the story anymore, and there are things about it that get worse the more I think on them. I've removed links to it and renamed Zuko's ship to "Wanyi" ("The Perchance") because our boy deserves a ship name that reflects his character arc.

[ventique18]

🐉: "People used to make gargoyles with human features as well. Also referred to as Chimeras, these human-like gargoyles are famously known for being a hybrid creature with human faces or parts. Many common gargoyles are also called as such because they combine several different features from different animals such as its face, tail, wings, and body type."

🐉: "... But this is not your area of interest, so I likely must be boring you, no? Apologies. Let me instead think of something related to things you enjoy."

🌸: "No,

[clairedaring]

LOOKE has announced 4 new projects following GELBOYS

PROJECT01: GELBOYS Fan Meeting (2025)

PROJECT02: GELTY [GELBOYS VARIETY] (2025)

PROJECT03: GELBOYS SEASON 2 [BAABIN ♡ BUA | CHIAN ♡ FOU4MOD] (2026)

SPECIAL PROJECT: NEW PJ Very Good Friends [Series? or Movie?]

source: 1, 2, 3, 4

[fishofthewoods]

Oh my god I woke up this morning and my Stardew Valley meta post had almost 150 notes????? Hello?????????? Anyways I started writing this last night because @moon-is-pretty-tonight left nice tags on the original so thank you so much!!

We know from the starting scenes of the game that the farmer's grandfather loved Stardew Valley. So why did he leave? Pelican Town is a good place to grow old; George and Evelyn are just fine. It's a fine place to raise a kid, but maybe he just wanted to raise his child closer to real schools and other children.

Or maybe, just maybe, he understood.

Was there a day when he was in his thirties where he looked at his friends and realized they weren't like him? That he could run faster than them, work longer, explore deeper into the hidden places of the valley?

Was there a day when he went to the wizard to ask him for help, for knowledge if nothing else? Did he learn then that his family was different? Special? Chosen? And how did he react? He couldn't possibly raise a child in the valley if they would be as strange and fey as him. He had to leave. There was no other way.

But years later, on his deathbed, did he regret that choice?

Is that why he gave the farmer the letter?

Is that why they went back home?

When the farmer steps off the bus that first day, the valley is still on the cusp of winter, just barely tipping over into spring. The flowers are starting to bloom, but a chill still hangs in the air. As soon as the farmer's boots touch the soil there's a change. The air gets warmer. The trees get greener. Not by too much, not all at once, but it changes.

The junimos watch the farmer as they do their work. They're new to farming, but take to it with frightening speed; their first batch of crops is perfect. None of the townsfolk tell them that parsnips don't normally grow in less than a week, that cauliflowers don't grow to be ten feet tall, that fairies don't visit when the sun goes down and grow potatoes and beans and tulips overnight. The junimos talk amongst themselves in their strange, wild language, and agree: this is the one. They're back. The valley recognizes its own, even when they've left for a generation. The farmers have come home.

Things change fast in the valley. The community center, empty and decrepit for so many years, is rejuvenated. (Lewis says it was abandoned only a few weeks after the farmer's grandfather left. Strange coincidence, he says, that it both came and went with the farmer's family.) The mines and the quarry, similarly abandoned, are explored for the first time in ages. The town becomes cleaner, brighter, more vibrant, happier.

And it is happier. Not just the environment, but the people. It's the talk of the town for weeks when Haley does her first closet purge. Leah's art show in the town square is a huge success. Shane's smiling for the first time since he moved to the valley. All of them, when asked, say it's all thanks to the farmer.

People love to ask why Lewis didn't fix the community center on his own. Why Willy never repaired the boat to ginger island. Why Abigail or Marlon never went down to fix the elevator in the mines, or why Clint didn't fix the minecarts.

But isn't it so much more interesting to ask how those things were there in the first place? How they got so broken down? If the stories the townspeople tell are true, the valley was once a beautiful place, flourishing and full of life; why did that change? When did it change?

Was it when the farmer's grandfather, the locus of the valley, its chosen representative, left town?

And if so, what happens when the farmer comes back?

[cartoonshitpost]

Ooh interesting. I think it's more likely a separate spell or gizmo given that Loona can do it without the Grimoire or a crystal (and Stolas too for that matter although he's way more powerful.) Loona and Stolas were also both annoyed at the times they realised the imps weren't using disguises.

Someone send these idiots to disguise classes, and I don't mean Moxxie's dress-up hamper.

People missing the really obvious visual cues about why Loona suddenly changes to her human disguise is an absolute hoot.

It's far from pointless, and it's very interesting because shifting shape to use limited cover shows that a "disguise" is a full physical transformation, when previously there wasn't really anything to say it wasn't just a glamour.

[infizero]

OH YEAH I SCREAMED WHEN I NOTICED THIS, in this pic of the moment shadow first woke up, HE ISN'T WEARING GLOVES!!!!!!!!

OFFICIAL IMAGE OF A SONIC CHARACTER WITHOUT THEIR GLOVES IN 2024, WE ARE SO FUCKING BACK!!!!!!!!!!

[lesbianwyllravengard]

This definitely won't happen but it would be so fucking funny if they arrive at the planet Thrawn and Ezra were stranded on and it turns out that these two are best friends now and Thrawn is completely on Ezra's side. Morgan Elsbeth pleads for Thrawn to return and reignite the Empire and he's just like "those bitches? Fuck em. Ezzie and I started a band, we play Jizz music on Wednesdays. Here's my wallet pictures of us hanging out."

[baconmoop]

I did this in the TAZ fandom a while ago but with the quangle still on my mind i gotta ask here too:

(If you think it's unfair that Ally and Lou are down a character, feel free to add Lord Squak from ACOFAF for Lou and Lars from mice amd murder for Ally)

[toxicpositivitybuddie]

WILL we get any indication of eddie's feelings tonight..........WILL the WILL they won't they begin truly........WILL eddie talk to chris about la and what would make him happy????????

[sarcasticratsims]

Roy's Journal

Wondering what this is for? Check out seasick! | Beginning : Latest | ⭐New posts on Sundays

@sugarcream-sims @gvaudoiin-tricou @amaranthinessims @that1crowdude Roy Journal post is here!

[theories-fans-andwombats]

Am I the only person who believes that Omega did tell Crosshair about Tech's death? Because I absolutely believe she did. That whole 'plan 72' conversation comes off more as a bittersweet recollection than proof that Crosshair isn't aware of his brother's death.

Like I do think Crosshair is going to have a real moment where he acknowledges Tech's death and has a chance to grieve, most likely with one of his brothers (my guess is Wrecker, but it could be Hunter or Echo too). But I do think he's aware Tech is gone. I have a hard time believing Omega went 5, 6 months without telling him.

[laughingpinecone]

For @countdowntotwinpeaks' WONDERFULXSTRANGE fest, @mycenaae's prompt "Donna/Laura, a reunion 25 years later"! Been wanting to draw this for. hm. longer than s3 has been a thing.