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I haven't actually written any sort of story before, but I'm strongly considering starting to dip my toes into creating fanfiction. My current idea is, for some reason, a character introspection on Pinako Rockbell.
Don't know why I was inspired to write about a relatively minor character, and not the characters or pairing I'm actually obsessed with, but it is what it is.
(Ed x Winry will be mentioned though, as this story is after they marry, but it's about Pinako not them. But if this goes well I do want to try writing EdWin eventually, and really hoping to make something for 503 week next year too).
#fma#fullmetal alchemist#fanfiction#pinako rockbell#the idea came to me inexplicably and very strongly on a long car ride a couple of months ago#and now I've decided to actually write it#keeping my expectations in check#it's in a fandom that's (thankfully) alive but also not super active#and I'm making an introspection on a not super popular character#if it gets over 20 hits I'll be surprised#and if I get a single kudo (especially non-guest) I'll be super happy#but mostly this is about if i can actually make something I'll be satisfied with myself#regardless of how much attention it will get
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everyone makes fun of soap when they find out how many hair and skin products he keeps on hand. the cabinet in his bathroom is filled to bursting and he always keeps travel sized bottles on him on missions
when soldiers outside the 141 find out, they call him precious and self-obsessed, a vain pretty boy too preoccupied with his reflection to focus on the enemy. no wonder how he got his callsign. price has given up telling him to leave them on base and just teaches him to individually wrap them so they don’t rattle against each other and give himself away
what they don’t know is that each product contains an ingredient that when mixed with any number of the others, creates potent chemical bombs. he was caught unarmed once, he won’t let it happen again
#ghost picks it up when he watches him meticulously read the ingredients lists on the bottles when he goes shopping with him once#he knows enough about products to know that when you find one that works you keep using it#so hes confused when he sees soap put back a moisturiser hes certain hes seen in his little bag#he waits for him to leave the aisle and checks the bottle#which is when he sees the new and improved formula sticker on the back#he memorises the ingredients and when he checks the bottle in soaps room sure enough theres an ingredient missing#thats when he puts it together#it seems his little intro into guerrilla warfare had sparked some ideas in his sergeant#and hes so damn proud it takes him off guard for a second#he hadnt expected him to keep up with it not when hed rarely need the knowledge#but he is and hes doing it all on his own using his own expertise and forethought#the pride has to make room for a difference kind of warmth at the sheer competency on display in front of him#the next day he drops a new product with the missing ingredient on soaps head#the soldiers around them are shocked that hed indulge in soaps prissiness#hes the only that that sees the feral glint in soaps eye as he thanks him and starts going on about the benefits of looking after your skin#coming out of my cage and ive been doing just fine.txt#ghost x soap#soapghost#ghostsoap#ghost mw2#cod ghost#cod soap#soap mw2#soap mactavish#cod mwii#call of duty#we’re a team. ghost team
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Hm. This bodes so well
#trying not to read too deeply into this. trying to keep my expectations low. clenching teeth and gripping phone#check your emails gang!!#ut/dr newsletter#safeutdr
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shaded citadel
#guess what game i've been playing way too much lately!#rain world#rain world fanart#rw monk#lumi's swag art#it would be so funny if it turns out this actually isn't shaded citadel#cause i did Not check i just drew a random screenshot i had lying around#anyway. rain world fun. even if it took like 10 years off my life expectancy to beat it the first time#and it will probably keep taking more
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woag .. otp
#fma#royai#riza hawkeye#roy mustang#talking to user chrysopoeias reminded me of this doodle i posted on twitter ages ago#im too dumb to make analysis textposts with my opinions so you get (checks notes) royai experiencing post nut clarity#about how funny i think it is that riza bases all her self value into how useful she is or isn't being#while roy is like wow.. i love riza can't believe she still by my side after all i've done ..#in the hospital scene after the lust fight where roy is scolding her there's a part he says he's going to keep trusting her with his back#and she looks genuinely surprised as if she really expected him to just throw her out because she failed and lost her utility#when he's mostly angry because riza gave up on life so easily and he doesn't want her to die. he can't live in a world without her#riza babe ur so mentally ill <3
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IDOL DAILY - New Issue!
(The Amazing Digital Dance Rush AU by @nobody-nexus!)
I finally managed to get my hands on this thing! You wouldn't believe how long it took.
Anyway, I can finally show what's important here...
The info? Nah, don't be silly.
The photos from the photo shoot!
Wow... this sure was a surprise... but a pleasant one! They really outdid themselves this time... can't wait to see what else they got planned in the future!
... Still here? Cool.
Here's something extra <3
After the photoshoot, Jax invited Zooble over to his place. Wind down after all the trouble.
Normally, they would’ve just said no and moved on with their day, but, this time around… why not?
Maybe they’d get some answers. Some stuff didn’t add up.
Zooble looked out the window with contempt.
They glanced down at the crowd of faceless fans screaming their and Jax’s names, singing praises and begging for more.
Those poor fools.
They would never have enough.
They were all just NPCs anyway. It hardly mattered.
But their staring and their screams were still unnerving and grating to Zooble’s being.
They simply closed the curtains, then turned around, and were met by the oversized lagomorph laying down on a fancy couch, drinking wine.
Being at the top of the leaderboard had its perks.
Had the whole place all to himself…
What an ego freak.
“See?” He threw his head back. “I told you the fans would go crazy over this collab.” He took a sip out of his wine and then spread his arms wide. “They’re eating it up!”
Zooble sighed and rolled their eyes.
“As if that’s even a surprise. They’ll eat anything up.” They sat down on a different couch, keeping their eyes on the rabbit. “If you had collaborated with anyone else it wouldn’t make a difference. You’d get the same result.”
Jax went quiet as he closed his eyes, then sipping his wine again.
“Hmm… maybe you’re right.”
He snapped his fingers and pointed at Zooble.
“But aren’t you glad I picked you out of everyone else?”
Was he expecting them to be thankful?
It wasn’t like they asked for it.
It came out of nowhere.
They squinted silently.
“…Why? You know I don’t even care about the numbers. Or being popular for that matter.”
He spun his drink in his hand, reflecting on his actions for a moment.
It was almost like he wasn’t expecting them to ask.
“I dunno…”
He glanced at Zooble, giving a light shrug.
“Maybe I just felt like being nice?”
The room fell silent for a while.
“…Felt like being nice.”
Zooble repeated his words back to him.
It even felt wrong to say it out loud. They immediately dismissed it.
“Yeah, right.”
Jax simply chuckled.
“What? You don’t believe me?”
They shook their head.
“I have no reason to.”
Jax pretended to be offended, gasping and clutching at his chest. What a drama queen.
“Wow, Zooble. I’m hurt.”
They rolled their eyes once more.
“Psh.”
They got up from their seat, walking over to the bar to pour a glass of wine of their own. “…Whatever.”
#Adding thoughts in the tags#Cuz I kinda wanted to keep a “character” in the post itself#Aghhh I'm the slowest artist in the world#Finishing all of this took me forever#but I'm glad I finally did it!#This AU's designs go super hard#I just had to draw it!#And of course drag zooblejax into it#what else did you expect from me <3#Please check out the creator of the AU!#They got other cool AUs besides this one and lots of other cool stuff#Take care!#tadc#zooblejax#abstrabbit#zooble#jax#the amazing digital circus#my art#zooble x jax#jax x zooble#zooble tadc#jax tadc#pomni tadc#pomni#gangle#gangle tadc#kinger#kinger tadc#ragatha
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i am sadly one of those people who are super insicure of themselves after any social interaction, I go over and over again in my head and feel irrationally bad bc my brain tells me I was awkward, and probably came off as weird and so on. But you know what brain? I had the social interaction. I did it. I spoke out loud to people and had a conversation instead of freezing and feeling unable to talk. So fuck it if I came off as weird and awkward, I am weird and awkward and it's okay, because I did something that just a few years ago would have been even more of a struggle, and even earlier than that it would have been close to impossible.
#i have to keep reminding myself this thing over and over#brain we are not focusing on the way people percieve us we are focusing on the progress we have made through the years#today my brain is bullying me quite a bit over this thing bc i am stressed and i was at work all morning so i had to deal with people#but you know what? i did it and i did my job and i was much more comfortable doing things a few years ago scared me like#casually talking to people and dealing with money#and you know what? when i didn't know what to do or i wasn't sure i asked for help and it was all okay#and people coming into the shop are never rude if they see i have to ask for support to my mom or my brother bc i very casually work there#so i know basic stuff but not everything and that is fine#and if sometimes i need to use a calculator to sum up the prices of things it's okay#and if sometimes a regular knows the prices of what they have to pay already and i have to check it once or even twice it's okay#wow this turned out to be a longer rand than expected but i might need to reread this in the future#note to self#cris speaks
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My friends: Do you have any weekend plans?
Me: I'm watching a play! It's my first time seeing it, but I've heard good things.
The play:
#shoot from the hip#sfth#sfthposting#the unrelenting aubergine#i'm trying to keep my expectations neutral because it's my first time seeing it and i don't want them to get in the way#but i'm so excited#there are so many headcanons and videos and fanfics that i'll get to check out after this weekend it's gonna be amazing
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HOMESTUCK STAMPS AGAIN
#homestuck#gamzee makara#karkat vantas#nepeta leijon#dave strider#dirk strider#gif#pixels#stamps#badges#gifs#neocities#honestly#tysfm for the love on the homestuck posts i did not expect this at all#i am trying my hardest to keep finding homestuck content cus it feels like the main audience now lololol#i will post other stuff too tho dw#ALSO [shameless self promo here] i do happen to have a main that is LINKED in my intro post that i do post my personal homestuck ART#and i think you should check it out. that would be very cool and you will be my favorite.#sorry im tired#thank you tho..#also can you tell i like gamzee?
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its my birthday so here's some stupid art that relates to the fun new game i picked up about it
#ultrakill#yeah i didnt expect it either but i guess this is my life now. alright let me check who we got#v1 ultrakill#v2#gabriel ultrakill#corpse of king minos#i wonder how many tags they have for that guy. oh well#the v2 fight pisses me off it is like a fly you keep struggling to swat at. i need to punch that thing
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I love how we still have THIS mystery going on and we got 1 month til the game release's.
LIKE WE STILL DON'T KNOW WHO THIS IS GONNA BE, AND NO TRAILER HAS MENTIONED IT ONCE.
it can't be a skin or just another segment/description on a character ethier cause on sonic's page it's just sonic and classic sonic, NOT TAILS/CLASSIC TAILS OR ANY OTHER CHARACTER/NPC FROM GENERATIONS.
WHOOOOOO ARE YOU!!!!!!
#sonic#sonic the hedgehog#sth#sonic x shadow generations#shadow the hedgehog#like I'm trying to keep my expectations in check it could just be that holiday 2024 dlc pack that COULD be a movie shadow skin#BUT LIKE C'MONNNNN WHY WOULD THEY DO THATTTTT#they have been VERY up front with us marketing this game#I NEED ANSWER'S SEGA#or keep it a secret til the game releases!#that'd be more fun :]
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I actually think it’s a high possibility IF they ARE Mag 200 Jon/Martin, that they’ll be antagonist’s, to some extent.
I said it somewhere before but the entities going into other universe’s will be their fault. Wether they like it or not they’ll be seen as bad guys. Protocol takes place a good few years after Mag 200, Jon and Martin would be different people by now.
What if they realise what they’ve done was a mistake, would Jon try to purposefully cause the apocalypse again, to bring it to its end? Kill the entities for good. Would they try to find another way? Jon is litarly TIED to the entities, that must effect him in some way.
Either way Alice and Sam would not have the full context to their stories (as far as we know) so they’d be antagonists in their eyes.
It would definitely be fun. Having them be scheming in the background, maybe they’ll be mentioned here and there, and we won’t fully know their intentions and what they’re up to. But also, the idea of two villains who are just up to no good but also they absolutely adore and love each other?? That would be so fun to watch.
Maybe we’ll actually get some Martin lonely avatar action where he actually terrorises people. Jon as ‘the archivist’ not holding anything back. And we just hear people report on these weird beings that follow and haunt them. It would be so intresting to have them be in the same spot as allot of tma antagonists. Be the subject of statements and all that.
(I’ve litarly been trying to make a villian playlist for it but been struggling to find good songs lol)
Need to pack for college but all I can think about is how much of a possibility villain Martin and Jon will be in Protocol.
Jonny and Alex would have so much fun with that. And it scares me in the best way possible.
#sorry for rambling lol#I am kinda just expecting them to be on taped alone#keeping my expectations in check#but also IT WOJLD BE SO GOOD#tma spoilers#tmagp
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Seeing the m&g picture of Dan and Phil with the Bert and Ernie dolls is making me so happy like… they ARE Bert and Ernie. Honestly half the discourse on this site about a “hard launch” you could just… substitute in Bert and Ernie and it makes sense.
Like nobody’s questioning the muppet couple who’ve lived together half their lives and have separate beds and call each other best friend and never explicitly said they were together.
They’re iconic for being Bert and Ernie, it doesn’t matter what a grumpy show writer decides to call them.
#obviously real people are not Sesame Street characters#but I remind myself this to keep my expectations in check#Bert and Ernie are iconic as Bert and Ernie regardless of whatever else you call them#I hope this makes sense#dan and phil#dnp#phan
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im going to be real posts that say discord vent channels are horrible no matter what even if it's in a small closed off friend circle really irk me. like yeah i don't care for them in big servers either but if your circle of friends is treating a vent channel like a therapy circle where others are obligated to look and respond instead of a low pressure ranting space to get shit off your chest where people have the Choice to respond i think you have bigger things to worry about in those friendships. also you can just mute and hide them or make an opt in role if they bother you that much
#sprite.exe#like i keep the vent channels in the servers im in muted but i still regularly check in on them bc i care about what's going on-#in my friends' lives. and nobody is expected to respond to vents at all. it's a place to blow off steam and other people can chime in of-#their own volition. ill probably have more to articulate on this in the morning goodnight snork mimimimi
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"Besides, he's too old for you"
"Negative, I love older men" AND THEN FUCKING PEDRO ACOSTA???
PEDRO ACOSTA???
THE 20 YEAR OLD???
How old are you or what the fuck do you consider older men???
#Concider them old after they checked when it's recommended to have regular prostata exams#ACOSTA IS A FEUTUS#HE IS BARELY OLDER THEN ME#*grandma voice* back in my days an older man was someone who could be your father#Now it's getting ridiculous#Someone keep those cringy F1 girlie's away from motogp#Like im not gatekeeping#I'm really not#BUT FUCKING HELL I WANT SECURITY CONTROLS#motogp#pedro acosta#just my personal opinion#maybe im wrong#Idc#I already saw one with Ollie and kimi ☠️💀#Those were bad but I expected it from f1#BUT MOTOGP???
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Concept sketch of my new JJBA self insert and her stand, BellaDonna (who will eventually be known as Madonna). Inspired by the song 'Like a Prayer' by...well, Madonna! @sapphire-heart-tippy
(lore dump under the cut, TW for mentions of animal injury and religious trauma)
My self insert (who will also go by Jane) grew up in a deeply religious family and tried to be a good jehovah's witness child that made her parents proud.
One day, she comes up with the power to heal various injuries and ailments, almost to the point of being able to revive the dead. She figures she's given this power by the lord himself and vows to do good with it, but when she's found using them to heal a bird that had been wounded by a cat, her mother falls into hysterics thinking that she MUST be possessed by the devil to have such abilities.
She's punished and shunned by her community while her mother prays for a cure and though she tries to repent her power doesn't seem to go away, so eventually her mother snaps and drags her into the wilderness and attempts to throw her to the bottom of an old well.
Her Stand, which had previously not manifested physically, appears then to cushion her fall and eventually she manages to pull herself out of the well with her Stand's help, who she now believes to be a guardian angel. But not wanting to return home, she runs away to face the world alone, growing jaded and bitter over time. She loses all of her faith, and the power to heal inverts itself, becoming a sort of poison. Something that LEECHES life, rather than heal it.
When she's an adult (my age irl so 25 I guess) she's made her way by becomes a bounty hunter/assassin using her Stand and eventually catches the attention of Dio. Who takes her in and explains to her what her Stand REALLY is, promising to teach her how to properly wield those powers if she agrees to serve him. She reluctantly takes his offer, but starts to see him as a familial figure, since no one else had ever tried to nurture or even accept her gift. Dio is the one who giver her Stand the name BellaDonna, after the deadly plant!
#artfarts#self insert#self ship#self insert art#jojo self insert#jojo oc#jjba#jjba oc#jjba part 3#stardust crusaders#jojo's bizarre adventure#and of course wehehehe she meets polnareff and they eventually get together!!#so...i actually kinda forgot that polnareff actually ALSO starts off as an agent of dio 😂😂 with the mind control thing#idk just HOW influential the buds can be. he seems to retain his personality and it just sorta...dictates his morality#and also does whatever dio says. so when he DOES get mind probed by dio my s/i is already his agent#and what im saying is even when they meet THEN hes flirty as hell and immediately interested in her#cause OFC he is thats his personality 😂😂 its his nature hes french#and ofc we know he gets the bud removed and he joins the main cast so im trying to figure out how jane fits in!!#i definitely dont think she joins or turns immediately#i think they capture her first to CHECK for a bud and when they dont find it theyre like...well what now#pol wont let them kill her so they just sorta drag her along and over time she starts to have a change of heart#i think she expects dio to send someone after her or to save her himself but when other agents keep coming and trying to kill her TOO#she realizes he never really cared about her at all#blah blah angsty stuff aside she starts seeing who polnareff truly is and starts falling for him too!!#ok ive rambled enough here if u read all of this mwah im kissing ur forehead 🫶🫶🫶#🩶 just like a prayer 🩶
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