#juuuust a little.

[teknicaldifficulties]

my autism has been vindicated, so here's my ziggs high school hcs yippee

not technically school-related, but they realized they were nonbinary during the summer before they started high school. their parents sent them to camp idonwannabang bc they were caught smoking weed (abstinence includes abstaining from drugs, don'cha know), they saw the whole "pink shirts for the girls, blue shirts for the boys" thing, and a very specific part of their brain that they didn't know existed went "hm! don't like that!". by the halfway point of their freshman year, they'd learned what "nonbinary" meant and went "oh that me".

on that note, tom was the first teacher they told abt them being nonbinary. they'd already told their immediate group of friends, and just about every other student in their grade kinda figured it out via gossip, but they were particularly nervous about telling their teachers about it. tom- being the absolute Dad that he is, was immediately super accepting and encouraging, which was a gigantic weight off of ziggs' shoulders. they just really like tom in general, and they were super bummed when he had to leave after jane's passing. on the flipside, they were absolutely overjoyed when they started working at perky's buds and learned that their new boss was "mr. houston's" sister-in-law. you've heard of the queer kid who's super tight with their english teacher, get ready for the queer kid who's super tight with their shop teacher.

they dated steph lauter for about half a year, had a relationship with the hatchetfield bee for nearly 3 years (they were actually each other's prom dates!), and did at one point reciprocate deb's old crush on them (though that never went farther than the occasional flirty banter). also, ruth flemming got super into them after they were nice to her Once, but they never found out about that before graduating. (this bitch is getting long, so i'm putting the rest under a cut)

they never really gave a shit about hf high's weird "cool kid vs. loser" hierarchy thing, nor did anyone else in the smoke club, really. this is ziggs "tried to 'peace and love' their way out of a tense conversation" nolastnamegiven we're talking about here. which made it all the more surprising to them that max jägerman was like, weirdly chill with them. like, yeah ziggs is a grade above max. but max has been a known menace since 1st grade, has been known to torment students in grades higher than him if they were particularly unpopular, and also significantly taller and more athletic than ziggs. max's influence over hf high only grew stronger as the years passed, and while ziggs wasn't scared of him per se, they did occasionally worry that he would suddenly decide that they were no longer cool and start turning people against them. only occasionally. but it never happened, and to this day ziggs doesn't really know why max was so cool with them- a pacifistic, unathletic, trans, autistic stoner.

oh yeah, ziggs is super autistic, also. they'd been diagnosed sometime either just before or during middle school. they didn't think it really affected them all that much, but then high school happened, and Oh No Now It's A Problem. the high stress and general chaos of high school made them kinda prone to sensory overload. of course, cool kid ziggs didn't need their peers to see them having a meltdown in school, can you imagine the gossip if that happened? so, if they felt sensory overload coming on, it was off to the restroom to hide in a stall and wait it out, even if it took two whole periods to get their bearings. unless it happened during lunch period, at which point they'd go to tom's classroom and ask to spend their lunch period there (which he always allowed bc again, tom is everyone's dad).

that whole situation kinda caused them to wall off their more negative emotions for a long time. like, ziggs is generally a cool, funny, confident kid, but there's still a small part of them that believes they don't deserve to be as well-liked as they are. imposter syndrome at its finest. so, they felt as though they'd lose all that goodwill if they ever let those self-doubts and negative emotions and (to an extent) their more noticeably autistic mannerisms show themselves. as a result, they got good at hiding all that stuff away, and it wasn't until after graduating high school and going to work at perky's buds that they learned not to repress all the "ugly" stuff. and even then, it took a while.

[thunderbottle]

world cold and eggless husband soft and warm. at least he would be if he was ever around. is anybody else sad or

[sleepawink]

MuAH!😘

[ghostie-gengar]

splatoon 3 changed my life. i can't believe i've already been obsessed with these squid guys for a year. splat3 was my first splatoon game and i basically instantly fell in love with it

(alt verson under the cut)

[suddenrundown]

ed dreamily saying "stede stabbed me once, i had to make him do it" followed by him in the next episode "making" stede pull rank and be mean captain...

man's orchestrating situations. manifesting. good for him.

[dzknik]

TMAGP IS LIVING RENT FREE IN MY MIND SO HERE ARE SOME THOUGHTS

(spoilers for tma)

the characters in tmagp (both the main ones and statement givers) are where they are because of their own choices - and some, like in episodes 2 and 3, don’t even seem to be bothered by it

at first i thought this was a great way for the writers to make a clear difference between tmagp and tma.. after all, the characters in tma were not in those situations willingly and were not given a choice to leave

..except then i remembered that no. we do in fact get plenty of characters in tma who actively seek the horrors and even enjoy them. It’s all the characters that eventually become avatars. Like Jane Prentiss! Like Jared. Like Daisy. Like Jon :)

maybe the fear entities in this world have a different strategy? maybe for whatever reason it benefits them to create a bunch of avatars at first? maybe they’re not fully formed in this world yet, and this is how they gain strength? this is how they seep into this universe?

TLDR: The fear entities in tmagp’s world are not fully formed yet and rather than feeding on people’s fears they are creating as many avatars as they can in order to gain power

[pepperonitowerask]

Peppino that is NOT all better. You need to get out if there and get HELP.

Peppino: "Ohhhhohooohho, I will! I'll head out-a right now, as a matter of fact, and catch that viscido vigliacco DEAD WHERE HE STANDS for-a turning down my offer t-"

Peppino: "Wait a minute... what in the world am I-a doing? I-I mean..."

Peppino: "... Why in the world would I chase after some Wannabe..."

Peppino: "When I can make the perfect Sous Chef right here?"

[beeguillotine]

✨🩸 Breath of Light 🩸✨

My big grand finale Art Fight attack for my dear friend @taffybee !!

[Also on YouTube!!!]

[showakyonen]

HANSEL & GRETEL

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

In the lights out au, once some of the larger neighbors wake up, would it be possible to subdue Sally? Or at least tie her up until she wakes up for real?

hm... i don't think they would or could? she starts slashin' as soon as others are in range, and it's pretty tough to get past those claws. but i've been toying with an idea where, while Howdy and Frank are out looking for more supplies they find a new section that has building tools in it. hammer, nails. if they board up Sally's house, i think it would take a very long time for her to break out

[omo-my-gosh]

Bladder Health Check

make sure you're not straining yourself too hard by peeing your panties juuuust a little

[i-am-dumb]

Happy anniversary Strawberry Crepe Cookie!!!!

[thus-spoke-lo]

Law would make such a cute big brother. 🥺 He'd be so protective, keeping you either stuck in his quarters or by his side 24/7. You complain, but you know he's a notorious pirate right? People want your head by association. If a bounty hunter were to capture you they'd basically have Law caught too. Your safest right next to him.

It's even better if you're sickly- maybe a chronic illness? He has even more reason to keep you near. He's stoic and mean, but when you're hurting he takes good care of you. He would tsk when you ask if you can skip this injection, toussling your hair and murmuring that it'll just be a little pinch and afterwards you can lie down and he'll bring you a treat. If you're a good girl that is.

You're so pretty, he has to share a bed with you. If you were left on your own who knows who could sneak into your bed? Would you be able to fight back? Of course not. It doesn't stop you from asking though. Why can't you go out of an errand alone? It's frustrating don't you know, Law? 😔

On days you seem more restless than usual he quietly drugs your food, faux worry gracing his features as you stumble around. He's a doctor, let him take you to the infirmary to get checked out. You're so dizzy, the sub feels like it's spinning. Maybe you throw up.

He holds your hair back as you vomit, not saying a word but mentally scrolling through his plan again. Once he has your face wiped clean he's laying you in the recovery position. You're about to fall unconscious soon. Even though it hurts his heart, you're so cute when you're sick. You're so reliant on your big brother. You need him to survive.

As you fall under he sets up the monitors and machines suspiciously already prepped for a situation like this. Sticky elctrotrodes on your chest, a clip on your finger, an oxygen mask strapped to your face. Imagine if you'd become this sick while outside without him. 😔 His fingers trail through your hair, admiring your chest as it rises and falls as you sleep.

He hasn't decided how long he'll keep you under yet, your questions about going out alone had upset him. Maybe when his heart heals from the pain of hearing you ask for a moment away from him he'll let you curl up into his arms again on your own free will.

Oh boy, anon. I don't know how you managed to crawl inside my head and find my love for these types of scenarios but like... be careful on your way out so you don't trip over some weirder things.

Law needs you to be reliant on him, needs you clinging to him, vulnerable and desperate for his attention and his care. Don't you understand how dangerous it is for you, especially in your weakened condition? He's the only one who knows how to treat your sicknesses, both real and fabricated--how could you ever want to be without him? He'll claw and gnash his teeth at your last shreds of independence until you learn, until you learn that you need him more than anything, your devoted big brother who only wants what's best for you--and what's best for you is to be in his loving arms.

[dragonpropaganda]

something I love about rain world lore is that it gestures towards the sky being solid like two times and doesn't elaborate at all

[pizzaqueen]

Steve seems like a power tool kind of guy but honestly, so does Eddie! He’s like ‘let’s get a chainsaw!’ with a little too much enthusiasm for Steve’s liking (especially because they live in an apartment 😜)

[capricioussun]

I was really thinking about if I would ever be comfortable merging my art accounts and I don't think I will. At least not unless I did a full rebrand which I'd really rather not since I'm very happy with how things are situated now.

But I think it boils down to acceptance seeking. I've been socially isolated for a very long time and it's difficult. Even back when I first started drawing au stuff years ago, I contemplated making a separate blog for it because I knew how many ut fans didn't really like the aus. I didn't want to alienate any of the "audience" I'd already built but I also knew there would be a turning point I would just wind up barely posting on one account or the other and it would feel like trying to limp half the time on one leg and then limp the rest on the other, which would be pointless.

But with mirrorshipping (selfcest) being a much more universally contentious topic, I got worried it would only deter people even more. I certainly didn't want to lie about it, especially bc I don't associate it with prshipping the way some others do, so it's not really that im "ashamed" of it, or want to hide it, just that I know it's the kind of thing that's very likely to make some who just walked in turn right back around.

To some degree, as someone who hopes to one day make a career out of being an independent artist, it makes sense to prioritize "growth" over personal satisfaction, but on the other, I've always struggled to care about that sort of thing. Any time I've cared about "alienating" a potential "audience", it's always been more about personal acceptance. I don't want people to see one little aspect of myself or interests and judge me entirely based off of that, even though that's all anyone really can do on the internet. I don't take blocking personally, despite how the prior sentiment seems to contradict that, I get it, I block all the time too, for a variety of reasons. But if there's a chance there're others who don't really mind that I mirrorship, they just don't want to see it or have to block the tag, I don't want them to feel turned away or annoyed, and so I kept it all to a separate account.

There are a few other reasons I won't really get into, too, like how people often do associate it with prship, and how I don't really want to draw that type of a crowd to my main blog, either, but I know in my heart it's the acceptance/approval seeking that was the biggest motivator.

I really honestly wish I knew how to connect with others beyond just trying to "do things right" and hoping that earns me positive attention. I really wish I didn't always feel like my only chance at affection is to improve what I can offer in return.