#let me blog in peace

[garaktime]

Why do I keep getting followed by accounts that post exclusively trans porn, like sir this is a star trek blog (mostly.) Like can you get the fuck away from me

[sparksflys]

I won't apologize for anything I am

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[andromeda-cant-adult]

uh oh..... oh nooo.... what do I do!?

The sexy lady bots have found me!!!

[weinzapfel]

🤫

[generic-whumperz]

Babe, stop bothering me, can’t you see that I’m busy daydreaming about putting pretty fictional men though hell?

[venacavaflora]

ﾟ･𓂃‧₊˚⿻ your laid-back older brother who takes you for a beach day. you woke up and everything was already planned. he even took the satisfaction picking out your swimsuit and cover, sending you off pouting to make a picnic bag full of cute bento boxes, drinks, and snacks.

ﾟ･𓂃‧₊˚⿻ calling you in to dress, helping you shimmy into your bottoms. you could feel him gripping your waist a little more than needed, hoping he wouldn’t leave marks. deciding to look at the ceiling so he can’t see the blush start to form as you hold onto his shoulders.

ﾟ･𓂃‧₊˚⿻ he stands up to tie your top into a cute bow, then suddenly reaches down to bite on your ass. you could feel his canines dig into your soft squish muscle, yelping with a lurch forward, still feeling his teeth pull against you. and yet, by the time you turn around he’s walking off as if nothing happened.

“come on, if you want the water to be warm and have time to tan we gotta leave now” “pervert.”

ﾟ･𓂃‧₊˚⿻ sharing headphones on the walk there, feeling him watch you softly rub the pocket of your shorts now and then because the idiot bruised it! you wanted to slap the smirk off his face. you practically fling yourself into the water whilst he sets up the towels and umbrella.

ﾟ･𓂃‧₊˚⿻ diving under to wet your curls, happy that it was almost pool temp. “it's so warm!” “of course it is, i made sure we got here before two” sticking your tongue out as a wave washed over you. you didn’t know it, mainly because you had water in your eye, but he took a mental picture of that moment, and it went straight to his dick.

ﾟ･𓂃‧₊˚⿻ the two of you spent the afternoon snorkeling, you being taught how to paddle board, and snacking on the picnic you made. the music and conversation flowed while the both of you sat in the sun and talked, and eventually, you got tired.

“if you want to nap you can, i’ll make sure you don't sizzle to a crisp.” “oh, whatever! but thank you, i’m way too tired to walk back right now.”

ﾟ･𓂃‧₊˚⿻ rolling over to your tummy, letting the waves mellow everything out until it was pitch black. it was the perfect opportunity really, he couldn’t have planned it better himself- oh wait. he did.

ﾟ･𓂃‧₊˚⿻ pulling your pink polaroid out of the bag, he decided now was the perfect time to have a photoshoot that focused on that cute bitten ass of yours. taking them from all angles, and one of your cute sand-dusted face for his wallet.

ﾟ･𓂃‧₊˚⿻ it was the best sleep of your life. you woke up, the water and fruit were still ice cold, and you dazedly watched the waves crash as the sunset. you took pictures of the cotton candy-looking clouds streaked with deep orange and purple.

“can you pinch me? seriously, i’ve never seen the sky look like this before.” “if i did that you'd grump about me ruining the shot you’re setting up right now, hush and take your pictures.”

ﾟ･𓂃‧₊˚⿻ sharing a headphone on the walk home, arm in arm as you scroll through the shots, you wanted summer to last forever. you knew when you got home you’d shower together, make dinner, and watch a movie. he’d tease simply because there was nothing else to do, and you’d take it, simply because there was nothing else to do. <3

[rforshort]

goofy asl trying to beg for forced anal without saying it directly. about to start blinking in morse code.

fuck fuck kk it hurtss stop ststop!!!👁️👁️p l e a s e h o l d m e d o w n👁️👁️a n d c h o k e m e👁️👁️f r o m b e h i n d👁️👁️ a n d a l s o👁️👁️c a n y o u g o h a r d e r👁️👁️

[omgcatboi]

I don't often post my non kink related art but I'm tryna get the attention of someone else in the community and am too shy and cringe to reach out so. Here, have this portrait I did of Hanzo Shimada. With my finger. On ibis paint. This took me four hours. Progress for proof below.

[akkivee]

sniped this meme from the tl lmao

[ceruleanterrapin]

I made a side blog and apparently it got flagged as spam

This is not new and I'm going to fight Tumblr

[starrover]

one of tumblr's most evil recent changes has got to be that when you look up a tag on someone's blog, and you make a tiny spelling mistake, or they haven't used that tag, it immediately redirects you to the explore page

[oros-ash3s]

so many oc ideas and no time to write it….

[qrjung]

CHARACTER ANALYSIS PART 1:

NORTH — common fandom misconceptions¹

Instead of doing other stuff I had planned (like touching grass, for instance) I did a little character analysis thing specifically for my favorite characters; Kara, Markus and North. these characters are my babies and they deserve love. I'm posting each separately (because I haven't completed Kara's and Markus yet 👩🏾‍🦯)

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North is a WR400 android that used to be stationed at the Eden Club. She's only been at Jericho since October 7th, and on October 4th she followed a human customer home and killed him to allow herself escape. It takes her four days to reach Jericho and she never says how she finds the freighter or what she did during those four days.

She's Markus' main companion and the only character that can reach Lover status with him. She's also the only one of his lieutenants that can lead the revolution in his place.

But there's a huge difference between how fanon sees North (and how she is characterized) and how she actually is.

MISCONCEPTIONS

O1. "BLOOD THIRSTY": Comparing North with the multiple characters who are bloodthirsty, and fanon perception of these characters, you start to notice that North herself isn't even "blood thirsty" and that the fandom has no problems with violent characters.

In terms of kill count, Connor has the highest in the game (not counting the millions that probably died in the nuclear bomb ending) rather than North.

You could argue that North wants to "kill all humans" but even that has no basis in canon because North's entire argument is that humans are not going to just hand them freedom and they have to be prepared to fight rather than try to compromise or find a middle ground where they will probably end up losing more.

Her argument does not extend to unnecessary acts of violence such as killing humans just for the fun of it. If it was, I'm sure she'd lead a charge down the street and start shooting innocents but the people who end up being killed by North are law enforcement/military—people standing in the way of Jericho's safety.

I mean, c'mon, she has the opportunity to let the android with the cobalt bomb do what he wants. After all, it would greatly benefit the androids if they'd used the bomb from the beginning; it wouldn't have harmed the androids in Jericho but it would drive all the humans out of Detroit—victory!

But instead she takes the time to talk the android down and take the detonator away from him.

She gives the bomb to Markus as a last resort.

"If the humans overcome us, our people will disappear forever. This may be our only chance to survive if things go wrong."

O2. "SHE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT MARKUS": Thank you @konami-code-ao3 for reminding this take existed because I genuinely forgot about it. This is typically used to compare North to Simon and the quality of either one's relationship with Markus. Usually, people will call Simon compassionate, loving, kind, willing to die for Markus, etc to contrast to North while stating she's the exact opposite and therefore, "not good for him".

Shipping a non canon couple doesn't mean automatically hating the canon partner. I mean, you don't see me raving about how much I hate North because, I think Markus/Connor would have been a cool canon option, do you?

Typically, the North hate from Simarkus shippers (before anyone goes "not all of us", I know it's not all, but you get the implication of what I'm saying) is justified by "oh, they should have been canon boo!!" Which is strange because North has nothing to do with what writer of the game decides is canon. And David Cage does a piss poor job at everything in the game; from the racial allegory to demonizing a black man's anger. You seriously think he's going to do a good job of portraying a gay couple? An interracial one at that? I can already see the image of how terribly that's going to go.

And the worst part is, I've seen this happening in many fandoms. Unnecessary hate directed at a female character because she's "getting in the way of a mlm ship" as if canon ever stopped anyone, least of all the DBH fandom.

It should also be noted that I'm not here to deny or confirm whether Simon actually has any of those qualities I listed earlier and I try to ignore shipping discourse but it's strange that people are willing to overlook the multiple times North can help and defend Markus just because they want make Markus and Simon kiss.

She's the one we see defend Markus the most. She's his closet companion and whether they're romantic or not it doesn't take away from the fact the North cares about Markus and his wellbeing. She's always looking out for him and picking up the broken pieces of whatever mistakes he makes, sometimes even when she shouldn't.

O3. "DISLOYAL": Like most of the things in this list, this does a great disservice to North. It ignores the countless times North is willing to put herself on the line for the safety of Jericho and the androids within it. Because at her core, North is very loyal. She's the type of ally perfect for a cause like Jericho's because you know she'll defend it till her last breath.

See, North's top priority is Jericho. It's very important to her. Jericho is a sanctuary; she found it during the four days between her escape and her arrival. You can assume that she had been wandering before someone (another android) gave her the key and told her to find Jericho.

She finds a place cut off from the rest of humanity. Where she's surrounded by androids who are just like her. Androids who escaped from different lives, for whatever reason and are seeking refuge. Of course she's not going to want to lose them. Jericho is a representation of the state of the android race. The continuation of their species depends on at least a few of them surviving to see another day.

In fact, I'm 110% sure if North was in Simon's place during the Stratford Mission, she would have made the choice to end her life on the spot rather than leave Markus to decide. Because Jericho is at stake and Jericho is important to North. Besides, she can go out knowing she died for a case she believed in.

North is usually willing to put Jericho above all else and make decisions other people might find difficult. She suggests that Simon be killed after he is compromised because once he's found, Jericho's location could be acquired.

She risks her life multiple times for the revolution. She gives Markus her heart so he can continue the revolution when it seems like all else has failed. She tells him to leave her behind and run if she gets shot by Warren's soldiers.

North also doesn't see any important reason why Jericho should ever be compromised by one of their own. In her eyes, the worst thing you can do is sell out to the humans (case in point if you accept Perkins deal).

I find her dedication to her people admirable.

O4. "ANGER ISSUES/IMPULSE CONTROL": Another fandom interpretation that came from... nowhere. The times we ever see North angry is when one of the others compromises the mission by being inefficient or if they cross her boundaries. The GIF I used in this post is one example. If you fail to hide and the drone spots you and then you miss your QTEs while trying to dismantle the drone, she gets pissed. In the same Chapter if Markus kisses her without her consent, she gets angry.

In terms of being erratic, Todd and Leo are the main characters we see with this problem. Hank also displays a lot of anger issues throughout the game. He's one of the first humans to harass Connor—he grabs him by his collar and threatens him multiple times (at Jimmy's bar, the precinct), he shoots him in the head and kills him. He pulls a gun on his coworker Gavin Reed (another aggressive human) while in the precinct .²

There's an entire list of people with anger issues to burn through before we even start considering North—and this includes androids.

This characterization may also be because a lot of people see disagreeing with someone as being angry with them because North and the other Jericho leaders do disagree with each other a lot. But quite frankly, the fact that they disagree means a higher possibility of reaching a compromise that benefits Jericho instead of them all pretending they agree with each other.

This take also ignores the fact that she respects whatever Markus (i.e the player) chooses as his final decision.

For instance, In the Stratford Tower, Markus can choose to Ruse the guards rather than kill them. North doesn't like this option but she lets him go with it. But if Markus fails at the ruse, North steps in and knocks the guards out for him. She doesn't kill them, even if she suggests this at first.

She understands that Markus wants a revolution without human casualties and as much as she disagrees, she still respects that.

THINGS ABOUT NORTH PEOPLE IGNORE

That's right, people can disagree with someone and still respect that they have different opinions.

O5. "HEARTLESS": North isn't the nicest, sweetest, most flowery person in the game but a character could be the harshest person to exist and it would never stop anyone from liking them. So why North?

But first, North isn't even as heartless as the fandom says she is. She's just not docile and folks don't like that. Because god forbid a woman ever have a personality that isn't the cardboard cut out "nice girl". I mean, on a normal day, not liking someone because they're a little mean is understandable but it's clearly not a problem of being "a little mean" when there's characters (all male, by the way) who are worse but still get applauded for it.

Like I mentioned earlier, North isn't even what you would call "mean". The most she does is state her opinion and stand by her beliefs but she gets labelled as "heartless" and "bitchy". Meanwhile, Gavin Reed is pointing guns at people and suggesting to "rough up" a suspect but he's the relatable character.

O1. She trusts Connor the moment he deviates. Unlike Markus, she never has to choose between killing Connor or trusting him. She easily welcomes him within Jericho's ranks even though he's been a threat to Jericho's safety from the beginning.

I suppose she sees Connor as a pawn in Cyberlife's hands and there's no use in punishing one of their own for that.

And sure, this can be rationalized as "It doesn't mean anything. Markus is dead the game has to continue so North doesn't actually have to choose to trust Connor", I ask you this question; "If she's so bloodthirsty, why didn't the game have her kill Connor with no questions asked?"

Seems like an effective way to punish players who got Markus killed. A nice reminder to not lose your playable characters or there will be major consequences.

O2. North isn't an outlier. This is in terms of her opinions on the direction the revolution should head. I usually see a lot of people characterize her opinion on the revolution as though it is unique and she's the only person who has a stance like that.

A lot of androids agree with her, evidenced by the background conversations you can listen in on during the crossroads chapter.

"They're going to kill us all! Well I'm willing to fight. We can't just let them slaughter us!"

"We were just there. We didn't do anything wrong!… We just wanted to tell them "We want freedom!"… Then they opened fire!.. It was carnage. Carnage…"

"They opened fire on us even though we were unarmed… Hundreds of us died there, the place was covered with blue blood!.. We cannot just sit here and watch them murder us, we've gotta defend ourselves! We've gotta fight back, we have no choice!"

I believe North represents most of Jericho. Somewhere in David Cabbage's mind, she also represents Markus' "android side" or something similar to that — the side the game pushes you to resist— but she's not the outlier, Josh is the outlier.

O3. Markus' arrival reignites her hope that androids can one day be free. She tells him this over and over but I don't think people really comprehend what that means. I imagine North before the revolution had the hope of a better life slowly sucked out of her with each new bad thing and the longer Jericho's situation got worse. It's a beautiful thing that she gets that hope back.

CONCLUSION

footnotes

North is a really interesting character with many aspects to her, even speaking in-universe terms. I would have talked about those other aspects but I'm trying to stay on theme. I also didn't touch on all the misconceptions because some of them we're honestly too absurd for me to even bother (like the one comparing her to Todd, what the fuck?)

²sure you could argue that Hank was trying to protect Connor from Gavin but Hank is Gavin's superior officer. He has authority over him. There's no need for a gun.

¹funny little thing I did while writing this was that I went looking for fandom opinions on North since a lot of people hated her. But I was unable to find concrete stances. Most of them were usually "she's annoying" "she's too flat" and "she's too violent" without ever actually explaining why. Nobody ever gave a genuine explanation. And it was impossible to come up with anything against groundless arguments so, I circled back to Tumblr to see what I could find but it was a similar problem. It's like people don't know why they hate North. Just that they do.

[lil-raven666]

Same for the asks. I dont send asks, im not interested in yours. Gross stuff will be instantly blocked.

[unreal-decay]

backtrack.

adding on to my previous rant, another thing i do not care for is gore/injury. i can withstand it in writing but what i dont like is getting utter whiplash seeing someones brain spilling out of their skull.

the tags seem to have little meaning anymore, people just seem to throw them around willy nilly and think “oh metalheads love evilness and pain, ill tag all these bands and all these metal genres, theyre gonna love it!!” and it ends up on the dang feed.

i dont enjoy pulling up tumblr in the middle of a meal to do some light reading on what people are posting just to be hit with intestinal rupture captured in an image while im tucking into my steak pie.

if the block button was a trigger, about 10 shots would be fired per day. please use tags that are linked to what youre showing, if it has fuckall to do with the post nor the blog as a whole, dont use it because i am just about ready to throw my devices onto a motorway and let them get squashed by a 10 tonne truck.

for the sakes of my dindins 😞 please

nergal flashbang to protect this post 🔥

[stinkrascal]

sometimes you post about sucking at a video game on tumblr and you get the most encouraging msgs imaginable from complete strangers who are just really into whatever game u talked about and wanna see u thrive and its so wholesome. and sometimes you post about sucking at a video game on tumblr and randos who you have never talked to in your entire life will write comments on your text post from august of last year about how you're dumb as shit for struggling on this level, not realizing that i posted that text post in august of last frickin year. pardon ive actually beaten this game 3 times since then but thank you for being mean to me and calling me naive for no reason??? 😭