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One thing about 87!Donatello's occasional desire to be a normal turtle is, it's worrying, but it's not suicide adjacent the way it would be for any other Donatello.
The context in which he starts to think about it is one where they've pursued a newly mutated sumo gerbil (yes, seriously) back to the petshop where it was trying to break in so it could "go home". When the unstable mutation wears off it's happy to be shut back in its cage and Donatello thinks he recognises the petshop as the one where the turtles were originally sold.
For the gerbil being given sudden sapience isn't a gift or the beginning of its existence as a person, it's a weird and scary thing that left it adrift in a world it didn't understand and that didn't understand it. Having it wear off is a happy ending. After all, if a human was turned into a dragon and given massively expanded intelligence, a thousand year lifespan, and the power of flight and fire, but still wanted to go back to being human that would be understandable.
Donatello remembers being a turtle - his sense of his own identity doesn't start with sapience - so seeing another animal unmutate and be happy when he's unhappy with nearly but not quite fitting into the human world makes him thoughtful.
There's still a lot he does and enjoys that a turtle couldn't do! And most of the time (such as when being threatened with de-mutation by Shredder) he doesn't want to go back to being a helpless turtle. But there is that lingering feeling that he might fit into the world better (and be liked by humans better) if he was simply a turtle they could keep as a pet.
#87 turtles#something there that's not#what if I didn't exist#but what if I was less#smaller#less smart#quieter#Donatello already tries a lot of the time to soften himself#he talks gently and is still often too blunt#because he doesn't know which things about what he says are upsetting#so maybe being a cute pet is the ultimate softening?#but then when he daydreams about a society of turtle people instead of being an animal#he thinks of them being able to 'stand tall'#...so I guess that's a sign Splinter redirected him in a healthier direction?#a place where he can be himself instead of a himself that he can be here without censure
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HOT, SINGLE, UNSTUDIED SPONGES. 3000 NAUTICAL MILES AWAY. Come sail the distance and read Tiger Tiger!
#tiger tiger#ludovica bonnaire#remy bonnaire#jamis arlesi#This comic has been on my radar for *years* and I only recently - finally - sat down to read it. And by god is it amazing.#I don't want to spoil anything! But if you like amazing art and character writing *and* high seas adventure? READ TIGER TIGER.#If you asked my who my favourite character is I could not tell you. I truly like them all!!!#I even like the sleezeball who has less charm than a dead rat. He's *my* darling little rat man. With every disease.#A special shout out to my lad (he is the lad of all time) Jamis Arlesi.#Who - upon walking into frame makes me go 'Sir! Is your bosom too heavy? Do you need a new bra? My hands are free on Thursdays!'#And Ludo! My lass! I love her dearly! Every page made me more fond of her.#Book smart and uses it in very good ways! Naive enough to think it is all she needs! Learns a lot and stays kind through the horrors!#I could go on and on but...you...the person reading this...you *are* going to read it - aren't you?#So I'd hate to spoil you any more! Go read Tiger Tiger! Do it! For the sea sponges!#Rumour has it they are also freshly divorced. It was messy. Sea sponge needs a distraction. That could be you. Distracting that sponge.#You wont know until you click that link and start reading!
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Posting a sneak-peak of this now because I'm about to be In The Shit school workload-wise, so this'll take me a while to finish.
Doing some character design exploration/expression sheets for Celestia and Luna. Figuring out Celestia's weird ass anatomy while I'm at it.
#mlp#celestia#fanart#my art#wip#the grand galloping 20s#delete later#look at me fucking smart guy signed up for 4 art classes in one quarter#so now i have 4 concurrent art/film/creative writing projects going on at the same fucking time#taking bets on how fast i burn out#anyways the idea behind the faces is the front face is the surface. it displays whatever emotions celestia intends when she's in control.#the two side faces––sadness and anger––are sides of her she has less control over. i drew all 3 faces active for the exploration#but in reality only 1 is active at a time. the others will either close their eyes or go catatonic like a puppet or doll#the final face on the back of the head is the deep subconscious. every ugly and violent and hateful thought and emotion#that lies buried under the surface. celestia has no control over that side of her. if she ever wakes
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Something I miss from earlier eras of the creative side of the internet was things just being unabashedly low-budget. Just all unashamedly amateur, unprofessional, ‘I don’t own a good camera but I have a story to tell you’, ‘I can’t afford a good mic but I have a song to sing for you,’ ‘I don’t have any kind of background in editing or lighting and I only just picked up this guitar last Tuesday but here’s an entire musical me and my friends wrote about our favourite book, we filmed it on a potato and put it up on YouTube in ten minute segments because we thought it was pretty funny.’
#everything felt so much less like Content then#and as someone who wants to share creative stuff online#it’s now incredibly daunting thinking about doing that bc#especially as a disabled person who can’t work full time#it feels almost impossible to extricate art from being Content#like there’s this immense pressure to produce things that could pass as professionally produced by a team of educated people#and to make smart decisions so that somehow eventually you can profit off your art#and instead of it being a ‘hey look at my silly little song’ it becomes#competing in an over saturated market already dominated by the nepotism afforded by wealth and connections#and it feels like it would very difficult not to measure my personal satisfaction with how a certain piece of art turned out#by how much attention it got online#even though I genuinely have zero desire to be famous and it sounds like a complete nightmare#anyway I’m gonna have ice cream for dinner how about you guys#hmp42
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Everyone enjoy this pic of our new cat, Chester. The thousand-yard stare and extremely mushed face really make it an instant classic
#cats#tc posts#part of why ive been so busy & dying was all this stuff w adopting him but its all calming down now. its been a process introducing him#to the other two cats but theyre all starting to chill & hang out which is all i could ask for is them to be friends#chester is kinda dumb but also very smart. classic kitten behavior#tho introducing him to his new brothers has been less stress than getting him fixed & having him in a cone for 10 days. that was rough
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I find it funny that Wild, who has basically a couple years ish of full life experience, comes up with the most insane theories for everything
He assumed that the only other explanation to Four being able to split in Four was. That he was quadruplets who'd been hiding this whole time???
Also apparently he believed that his wolf companion Twilight in botw was a diety (and felt very uhh shocked upon finding out that he was not)
Malon made things worse, telling him about her aliens theory
What's even FUNNIER is that every time Wild expresses any sort of confusion at magic stuff that he's never seen before, everyone else in the chain acts like it's crazy for him to be weirded out by it
Honestly maybe Wild's the only one with his head on straight, rather than everyone else who are just like 'it's magic bro' like no he's right this is weird
I appreciate this because it's very considerate of the fact that he woke up with no memories not too long ago, so he doesn't have much experience to explain the stuff that's 'normal' for the chain. Plus the explanations he comes up with are funny.
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Art and comic and adorable character by Jojo @linkeduniverse au :D
#I hope this made sense I didn't edit much#linkeduniverse#linked universe#Lu wild#djdjdjdkdjdkckdkxkgg#the 'this is normal it's fine' chain#and 'why is this tree speaking to me' wild#it's just. I mean. I'd have some pretty insane theories too ok#he has no idea why someone could split into four but he has seen two identical twins at a stable once so surely that's an explanation#he's literally so smart tho. like creativity and stuff? being able to pick up on new skills and concepts? he's a genius. a very goofy genius#aahh for his age I said 2 years of life context because he says he's 117 + Jojo said Lu is less than a year after his journey#also mental memories maturity and time awake is all so complicated#so I just said a couple years as kind of a base number idk#(aaaaand if i said anything offensive im sorry of course and none of this is meant as a criticism of wild but I love his crazy theories)#everyone's thoughts matter so much and I love you guys /gen <33#:)#and. I like this and it's funny and fluffy but if my angst writers wanted to get a hold of this O.O
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Vash's glasses going glint
#trigun stampede#vash the stampede#tristamp#vash#the way the opaque reflections on his glasses are used is very smart#for foreshadowing and colors#and to cover his eyes when he's hiding something#it is specially noticeable in the first episode#this reflection happens a lot of times#it adds an air of mystery around his persona#and makes us doubt about his intentions feelings and honesty#also it is exactly the episode where we know less about him#the opaque glint disappears in the next eps#and becomes more transparent#along with him#and knowing studio orange doesnt do anything randomly...#or maybe i smoked cat hair and im high#it just came to my attention how in the first ep theres a lot of this visual device#and then it isnt#*rambling*#my gifs: itachanta
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Week 30 - October 22nd, 2023 'Love Never Fails' - Brandon Heath Spotify / YouTube
Just a few more things to sign and then you can properly fall asleep in his arms, foolish Jedi.
Enjoy~
View a week early on my Patreon!
#codywan#a sleepy obi wan#because he trusts his commander in a million different ways#so easily letting his guard down is simple#he can lean when he needs#because when his generals guard falls Cody picks it up in an instant#Cody knows it doesn't make Obi-Wan any less deadly or smart or brave#and that Obi-Wan will always offer him the same care#and sass and snark#it is a love language#obi wan kenobi#clone commander cody#fanart#star wars#my art#week 30
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too many people think that the reason richard never fit in with the greek class is because he was 'boring' and/or 'not as smart as them' when in reality the reason is simply that he was poor.
if he'd grown up rich too, he'd be part of the group too, in spite of his intellect.
#like bunny!!!!#he grew up rich hence he's part of them despite being less smart#it's not about intellect!!! it's about money!!!#stop making my guy dumb!#richard papen#tsh#the secret history
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Constantine gets a pet Blob
So! Constantine is just doing a job one day when he comes across a little Blob Ghost.
He doesn't think much of it, just feeds it some physical Emotions he had in his pocket (magic stuff idk) and walks off.
But the Blob follows him. So he walks faster, and it follows faster. So he runs, and the Blob is now chasing him. Eventually he loses it by hiding around a corner, waits for it to pass, and peeks out to see if it's still there.
Its not, so he walks back out and opens a Portal back home. He takes one more look behind him, sees nothing, and walks in. Only to be met with the Blob floating in the center of his living room.
He figures after a while that he can't get it to leave, so he just names it "Blobby" and lets it hang around him whenever he leaves for a Job.
Turns put he is actually really helpful on Jobs, his ability to sense emotions was more powerful than even John's best spells. It's makes it really easy to solve missing persons cases when he can just have Blobby search for the person's emotions.
He's also really good when Constantine in making deals. Blobby is great at detecting when a Demon is trying to swindle him, even if he always catches it without his help.
Thats really it, I just wanted to give Constantine a Blob Ghost Sidekick
#Dpxdc#Dp x dc#Dcxdp#Dc x dp#Danny Phantom#Dc#Dcu#Constantine#Blob Ghosts#Blobby#Constantine adopts a Blob Ghost#Constantine gets a Pet#Constantine gets a sidekick#Blobby is really nice#Blobby is surprisingly intelligent for a Blob Ghost#It's not a “Danny became a blob” type of situation or anything like that#Its just a relatively smart Blob Ghost#Like Skulker but more kind and less smart#Zatanna absolutely loves him#Boston likes him too#He just wishes Blobby would stop trying to feed him#(Boston is a weak ghost even by blob standards and Blobby fell into the “adoption instinct” trope)
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he's just my favorite little guy
#fantasy high#riz gukgak#dimension 20#ratqu33n4rt#hes such a little guy#so smart and lovely#i also designed all his tattoos if anyone wants to see#also he did in fact have a mini growth spurt but he also just looks taller cause hes slouching less
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forward terik parascak goes 17th overall to the washington capitals — and can hardly believe it when he hears his name called!
#terik parascak#capitals#washington capitals#nhl#nhledit#hockey#hockeyedit#meg.caps#meg.gif#2024 nhl draft#2024 draft class#hi i know he came off the board earlier than expected but !!!#i really really like this pick#and i really really like this player#he says osh is a player he looks up to and i kind of see it tbh#less physical BUT the same knack for finding those soft areas in the ice and a good smart finisher.#gets shots off QUICK.#definitely room to grow but! he made SUCH a huge leap between this year and last i have high hopes i really do#and also. is he or is he not PRECIOUS.
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you guys ever notice how in his dialogue when he's in bertie's presence, jeeves uses quotations and references constantly, but in his THOUGHTS during "bertie changes his mind," he doesn't use any? this is obviously because he doesn't care if we the audience know he knows shakespeare, but he will languish and die if he doesn't get to dazzle bertie with his wit and knowledge every five seconds
#ok actually you know what#this post was supposed to just be a joke#but then i started thinking#the audience jeeves is presumably writing for in bertie changes his mind is new and aspiring valets#members of his own class#to whom he probably feels he has less to prove#but when he's talking to rich people who are liable to look down their noses at him#he needs them to know how smart he is#though he is ALSO a dramatic secret theater kid who's addicted to his crush's attention and admiration#that's very much part of it too#//#jeeves and wooster#jeeves books#bertie changes his mind#carry on jeeves#reginald jeeves#jooster
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So like, if in Hunted Jay said he and the other three og ninja are “older teens” (presumably 19-16, but likely between 19-18) then wouldn’t that mean in the early seasons they became teachers at like 14. You’re telling me they were out here teaching kids only four years younger than them at 14??
Let’s also take into consideration that Nya most likely never completed school, Kai never WENT to school, Cole dropped out of school, and Wu is Wu.
Please the only ones who could actually teach was Zane and Jay, and Zane still probably never went to school and Jay may have been homeschooled.
#lego ninjago#ninjago#nya is smart enough to teach#but shes younger than kai#let that sink in that she would have even less years between her and her students#no wonder none of the students respected them#and then lloyd was being lloyd#doing whatever lloyd does#ninjago nya#nya smith#nya jiang#ninjago kai#kai smith#kai jiang#ninjago jay#jay walker#ninjago cole#cole brookstone#ninjago zane#zane julien#wu ninjago#ninjago wu#ninjago sensei wu#lloyd ninjago#lloyd garmadon#tagging lloyd because he was mentioned in the tags#no seriously#they were teachers???#ninjago darkleys#darkleys kids
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I know plenty of people have probably said this already, but I am so sick and tired of science being The Smart Thing and art being The Creative Thing
first off, there's a lot of dumb 'smart' people and a lot of uncreative artists
but more importantly, science and math and all that stuff takes an immense amount of creativity that really isn't appreciated enough, and art stuff takes an immense amount of intelligence that really isn't appreciated enough
#I should not feel dumb bc I am artsy#my nerd friends shouldn't feel less than bc their brand of creativity isn't respected#just#it takes a whole human to do important stuff okay#the smarts and the arts go together#anyway rant over
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Amy Smart
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