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[pronoun-checks]

Hey! got a new name/pronouns recently, would like to see them used maybe. Thanks in advance.

name Mantis, he/they/it (Can you do alternating pronouns?)

I like bugs (obviously) and mycology! I recently dyed my hair red, and got a cool cut with like undercuts on either side a bit of a mullet. My halloween costume is going to be crowley from good omens, and it's already practically done. I've been sort of getting into witchcraft stuff, or at least wanting to. School is starting in like a week for me. I'm gothpunk.

(-@bugs-and-queers)

No problem!

Hang on, is that Mantis? I think I see Mantis over there! Do you see him? They’re the one sitting by themself with their headphones on. It has dyed red hair and an undercut-mullet style. Yup, that’s Mantis! Have you met him before? No? You’ll have to meet them sometime. I think you’d get along nicely with it. He said he likes bugs, and I wonder if they have a favourite bug? I’ll have to ask it the next time I speak with it. He also said he likes mycology, so maybe you could talk to them about fungi and stuff like that? I believe Mantis likes Good Omens, since it said it’s dressing up as Crowley for Halloween. He said he’s already almost got his costume done! Maybe they really like Halloween. It said it’s been getting into witchcraft, so that’s pretty neat! Oh, hey! Mantis is looking over here now! Do you want to go say hi to him? Sure! Let’s go talk with them. It said it starts school next week, so we should go wish him good luck. Hey! Mantis!

@bugs-and-queers

[arttuff]

only me and @zorilleerrant understand. damian is a sanrio kid

[brucewaynehater101]

I saw this post from @snakeredbirdbatkatana, and I wanted to create an AU inspired from it.

So, their point about Cass being Batman while Bruce is in the timestream MAKES SO MUCH FUCKING SENSE.

Hear me out:

No Battle of the Cowl happens. Cass just sighs and takes up the mantle

Batgirl (Steph) is her "Robin" during this time

Nightwing handles most of the JL responsibilities Batman has while patrolling Bludhaven. He leaves Gotham in their capable hands

Damian joins Dick in Bludhaven under the mantle of Robin

Red Hood travels worldwide and handles some of the crimes/issues that Cass did in canon

Tim can either keep being Robin (since Damian is staying in Bludhaven, not Gotham) or he can take up a new mantle

Tim sometimes meets up with Jason as he's searching for clues

It might not fit or solve all of the problems in canon, but it wouldn't cause the entire batfamily to blow up (rip Jason metaphorically this time).

[sollucets]

Vent your anger.

[aueua]

some of the other artfight stuff; I was a bit more active this year!

A:\ @minosduos \ @frostbite-the-bat \ @pigeon-scratches B:\ rain-upon-glass (IG) \ @miruneal

[glumby]

a super cool kobeni csm page redraw commission I did for @carrieex ! tysm !

[lilac-hecox]

I was thinking about the 2006x2023 au that @azhartt drew and how 2023 Anthony is all about connecting to classic Smosh, feeling nostalgic for the days when it was just he and Ian making videos together, feeling that magic between them. Then he's literally face-to-face with 2006 Ian and as fond as he is of 2023 Ian, he's so incredibly fond of this young Ian he remembers growing up with.

Imagine Anthony wraps him in this huge hug because it's his childhood friend Ian! That he reconnected with! But still spent the better part of 6 years thinking was gone forever. Like, emotionally open, vulnerable, knows how to communicate Anthony just hugging the crap out of teenage "no homo" Ian. Maybe Anthony might even tear up just a little bit. Meanwhile 2006 Ian is like "??? Ew???"

Maybe 2006 Ian alternates between not really recognizing this older Anthony, and thinking that 2023 Anthony looks rad as hell. Like picture him all wide eyed being like "Whoa! You have tattoos! What happened to your hair?? Does future me have tattoos? Is Smosh still a thing?? Are we rich???"

Anthony doesn't want to tell him things because there are probably rules to sudden spontaneous time travel? And he and 2023 Ian had both agreed that everything in their past had to happen for them to reconnect so the tragedy is that Anthony can't really change anything for younger Ian even if he wanted to because then it might ruin the present.

[neon-kazoo]

You’re Gonna Go Far, Kid (Sequel to Spy?)

(Inspired by the song ‘You’re Gonna Go Far, Kid’ by The Offspring)

A kick, a slap, a left hook, too many punches to count.

At first, the attacks were directed at Hero. They were surrounded by enemies that were bonding over the shared betrayal and, naturally, they had felt the need to release their frustrations. The hero had a black eye and a bloody nose to prove it. After all, there wasn’t much they could do to avoid the blows while tied to a chair in a second safe house.

Well, they could talk.

“I was having a great hair day, and you all had to go and ruin, it didn’t you?”

They all hit a little harder after that.

Beating up on the revealed spy only united the group for so long, though. Soon the blaming started, lots of ‘you should have known’ and ‘maybe you were in on it too.’

Hero may have…egged them on a bit.

A little suggestion here, a pinch of eye contact there, and paranoia took root like a weed.

The infighting grew, and Hero now sat largely forgotten in the center of the room. No eyes were on them, and no ears would be able to pick out sounds they made.

It was an opening, and Hero was not one to waste an opportunity.

They surveyed the group, determining none were so experienced as to know never to leave a captive to their own devices. The leader was nowhere to be seen. He disappeared after Speedy and Blueprint had helped haul them from the bus and was replaced by Mover, which was the best news Hero had had all day. A beatdown was one thing, but the villain’s ominous comment had left them unnerved.

It was too bad no one had bothered to sweep the floor of the safe house. Beneath the dust and paint chips littering the ground, Hero spotted a chip of broken glass. It took some shuffling and some straining, but Hero was able to get it securely wedged under their foot.

Now, for the hard part.

Listening once again for any lull in the fighting, and hearing none, Hero gritted their teeth then rocked hard to the left. They shifted to the right, repeating the process. On their third tip, they went crashing to the floor, just as they had intended.

They narrowly avoided smacking their head on the concrete as the wooden chair splintered with the impact. One seat leg snapped, allowing them to slide the glass up to their bound hands against the floor with their foot.

One hand, then two were free, and they headed quickly for the back of the room. When the door closed behind them, they allowed themselves to feel a little victorious. This new room was darker, and they took a moment to take it in before making a move. Empty crates and overturned pallets made it difficult to scan the walls. There was the door they came out of, but they struggled to find an exit.

“What was that we said about running?”

Fuck.

Villain stepped out of the shadows and Hero waited for the others to materialize around him. Only, the silence stretched, and the others didn’t appear.

He was alone.

Somehow, that seemed worse.

He was infuriatingly confident, looking like a man that had never entered a situation he couldn’t control. He was comfortable, too comfortable for someone whose prisoner was in the process of escaping.

A thundering of footsteps alerted the hero that their headstart had expired. They whipped their head to the door, bracing to run again the second the crew busted into the room.

“It’s locked.”

Hero looked back to find Villain swinging a key carelessly around his finger.

Oh, so this encounter was no coincidence.

Finally, Hero saw it. There, on the right-hand wall was a door, its window glass boarded up. Freedom was only a few steps away.

The only problem was the man standing in front of it.

“The way I see it, we have two options here. I can let the rest of the crew in here, with you in a locked room, or…”

He paused dramatically while dread pooled in the Hero’s stomach. He continued his offer lightly, like it was of little consequence to him either way.

“You can come with me. Just me. Willingly, of course.”

A thousand questions ran through their mind—‘Why would I?’ ‘Why would you offer?’—And Hero fought to not voice them all.

Instead, they compromised, simply asking, “Why?”

“Last I checked, you’re low on moves, spy. Consider this me, throwing you a bone.”

The words ignited a helpless rage within the hero. He wasn’t wrong per se, but it was the way he chose to insinuate that they were a pitiful dog.

Though, they supposed, that was one step up from ‘rat’.

Hero kept their face carefully blank, trying hard to conceal the gears of decision turning in their brain.

They spoke, stalling for time, “And I suppose I have your word on this?”

The word of a criminal meant little to nothing to the hero. For that matter, no one’s word meant anything to Hero right now. Certainly not the word of a certain police chief.

“You can trust that I prefer to handle these things myself.”

Self interest. That, Hero could count on.

They sighed, barely audible.

“For the record, I don’t think this is the definition of willing.”

That seemed to be an answer in and of itself, but the hero still took no steps forward.

Villain’s smirk was barely visible in the dim light.

“What’s wrong? Not feeling particularly ‘eager’, Hero?” He mocked.

Hero scowled.

Saving them the embarrassment of walking towards their enemy, Villain strode over to them himself.

“How about ‘obediently’? Is that better?”

Worse. That was so much worse.

Hero could agree to being amendable, but their compliance would wear thin if he continued using language best suited to referring to animals.

Figuring a protest would only encourage him, Hero sealed their mouth shut. They expected him to grab their arm to lead them out of there, or to issue a series of commands. Instead, he pushed past them, heading towards the shouts and sounds of the scrambling crew.

Hero turned cold as he slid the key into the lock.

Their fearful confusion must have been written clear on their face, because the villain asked, “What? Gotta make it look good.”

There wasn’t enough time for Hero to process before the knob turned and enemies were pouring into the room. Angry faces fueled by the rage of a second chase barreled towards the hero.

“Don’t let them get away again!”

Now that Villain was no longer blocking the way, Hero headed for the door previously shrouded in shadow. With a click and a shove they burst out into the light of day.

Their eyes struggled with the drastic change, and they slowed to ensure they weren’t running into traffic. With a few blinks they were clear, and they spotted an alley to dart down that seemed to connect to a cross street.

Deja Vu hit them as they spotted a fire escape, and they decided not to try their luck more than once. Instead, they dodged behind a dumpster to double back behind their closest pursuer.

Hero had to assume they had, at some point, all split up, considering that only one criminal was within their sights.

He fell for the fake out, and Hero hopped over a garbage bag and took off in the other direction. They followed the street from which they came for only a block before they veered off in a new direction. Parked cars lined this avenue, and Hero picked up the pace as they passed the row next to the sidewalk. Their heart thundered against sore ribs.

Too many places to hide and strike.

In a crude justification of their paranoia, a figure leapt out from behind a tinted van, grabbing for the hero and catching their shirt in an iron grip. Hero kicked out and suddenly they were both tumbling to the ground. Their bodies smacked the pavement, but neither intended to stop their attacks.

Their shirt twisted them closer and another hand grabbed one of their arms, taking the limb out of play.

Only one arm, though.

Knuckles flew and landed right between the eyes. His body crumpled and Hero scrambled back, right into the waiting arms of the villain.

“Nice punch,” he commented, hauling them back up to their feet with a vice-like grip.

Well, at least they got to break an eye socket.

Hero’s knuckles ached as they were led around the corner. An SUV and another building awaited them, which they entered with fatigued muscles and throbbing bruises. They couldn’t help but think that tiring them out was part of the strategy at play here. ‘Willing’ was definitely a stretch, if the hand clamped around their arm was any indication.

Another safe house, another chair. This rope looked despairingly thicker, however, and the floor had been wiped clean by a more experienced captor.

Hero was not excited when said captor entered the room, leaning against the door with crossed arms and a look strangely akin to admiration on his face.

“You’re a pretty good liar, Hero,” he spoke, and it actually sounded like a compliment. “I’d like to put those skills to use.”

“You want me to work for you?” Hero laughed, despite their precarious position. A job offer was a far cry from what they imagined they’d be walking into after being discovered.

“In exchange, you’ll be protected,” the villain continued

Future tense, not conditional. Arrogant bastard.

Hero scoffed, “From who? You?”

“Among others,” Villain answered simply, evenly.

‘Others.’ Like the party hunting them down as they speak.

“I’m not the only liar here,” Hero pointed out, “you said letting the crew in was part of option one.”

“I believe I said letting them into ‘a locked room.’ It wasn’t locked, you got out.”

The confidence in his voice gave away that his phrasing was purely for show. He knew exactly what he had said.

A technically, and a boring one at that.

Well, they were already here, stuck in this impossible situation. Maybe there was a deal to be made.

Maybe, it could be sweeter than they thought.

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@atlaserine

[shesmore-shoebill]

since you mentioned an angel in neon blue as one of your faves…..your top 5 amangela fics perhaps? some honorary mentions too if there’s too many? 👀

Sorry for the delay on this, life got busy and then more busy instead of less busy and I wanted to give this ask its deserved amount of consideration.

anyway. Five is HARD. I will do my best. Order is not indicative of anything bc I've agonized long enough as it is. I've tagged folks + linked directly to their posts where I could find their associated tumblr post, and links to AO3 where I couldn't.

Also I cheated and made a separate list for NSFW ones. Partly because I know some people don't want to read NSFW. and to cheat a little on the 5 restriction.

As always, RPF with F as in fiction. From what I recall, none of these are attempting to speculate or make any actual statements about real people, they're all just works of fiction I like.

if anyone wants me to remove a link to their fic or a tag for any reason, let me know.

close my eyes (and fantasize) by @baflegacy

listen. I am a fucking sucker for well intentioned and realistic miscommunication that stems from care and then goes wrong. I love a thing where someone cares about someone and thats why they're worried and the worry also means they are a little mad and a little hurt bc fuck, i want to help you, why arent you talking to me about this, did i do something, crossed with the other person doing everything in their power to do the exact thing driving them up the wall, because they genuinely care so much about the other person that its skewing their judgement. People who care and people who fuck up. I'll eat it up every time, and this one is written in a way that feels so real. 👌👌👌👌

the devil is in the details by @skiespeaches

this is a newer fic and its still in progress atm and so theres a chance it gets bumped into NSFW territory 😅 but im really enjoying it!!! The dynamic between Amanda and Angela takes the competitive edge we can see in videos and makes it into something phenomenal. Its got such strong tension and pacing, and its also got. REALLY GOOD COMMUNICATION. People react realistically and have reasonable fears and doubts but everyone also talks about them and trusts each other and its just so satisfying to read as a result. And it STILL does the tension and the 👀👀👀👀👀 so well. Guess its kind of funny to put this and the prior recc right next to each other but I genuinely love both of these. Communication and humans are weird.

not strong enough by @moviemandy

i love a disaster angela fic as much as anyone but because I feel like that trope is established among smosh rpf, I love having that get subverted even more. More Amanda getting comforted!!! yeah!!!!!And the way the dynamic and emotions are written in this one is especially satisfying to me, they all feel very real, and sweet. :') Also, Im always a sucker for the trope where someone tries to deflect from their issues by taking care of someone else and then gets CALLED OUT FOR IT. also, double bonus, this fic can be read completely platonically. :]

a field of yellow flowers by @unknownteapot

gah this one has so many layers and elements to it, its such a damn delight to reread. the bittersweetness of it all really 👌👌👌👌. Grudging respect and admiration in an awful space, magnetism of people who both deeply want to love each other and really don't (but they do). The world feels very realized and that's so important bc the fic clearly sets up the interplay as like. The two of them and also the world they are in as a distinct three players in the story. This fic has so many emotions!!! gut punch of an end! you feel for both of them so deeply by the end.

i've been having revelations by @poppyfamily

slight cheating bc this is courtmangela but it should still count imo!!! It contains another classic trope of people who care about each other deeply and it being percieved by other people before they clock it themselves. Its something I like specifically as a writing trope and only executed in specific ways- caring deeply and being affectionate does not HAVE to mean you want to sleep with or are in love with someone, and IRL assumptions about that can be. Infuriating. But love how this fic does it. :) Also its funny and it feels very genuine and the voices all sound. right. I love fics with lots of cuts where so much is said in tiny details and tiny moments, it makes the world feel very fleshed out. Also, Courtmangela as a band is just a blessed concept.

NSFW fics:

lets make this bed get squeaky by baflegacy

This rewrote my goddamn brain chemistry actually. Like yes, this one is hot, but the parts that really hooked into my brain are not exclusively the spicy bits. Pining RPF Amanda is SO important to my brain, and that dynamic of an Amanda silently losing her mind and Angela also silently losing her mind but slightly more at peace about it, combined with their very genuine friendship keeping things fine and then. and THEN. well.

personal leisure by unknownteapot

hey this fic is hot as hell. Its extremely well written. But also besides the nsfw parts the banter and the sort of instant connection all feel very real and unforced and i love that the end of the fic feels so open ended but also so light and hopeful and sweet. choosing to believe they meet for coffee the next day and it all goes swimmingly.

like she wants to try me on by baflegacy

this fic is about amanda in the submissive and breedable outfit and angela. It accomplishes eveeything you could want from that. Its Very nsfw. its VERY good. Writing smut is difficult on multiple levels- keeping it logistically and emotionally sound while keeping it spicy. It does all three really well. also the aftercare moment is really sweet. :]

bonus: its the subject of this ask so i didnt include it but shout out to an angel in neon blue- the tension is INCREDIBLE and the way the ending recontextualizes everything and leaves you unsure who was really in control the whole time is like. really impressive. The characterization is SO strong and feels so true to the Sarah Christ we know and creates an equally strong Creekside Killer characterization to juxtapose it. 👌

[possum-down]

uagh finally finished this, hope the colors dont mess up but yar, drawing challenge! love different peoples interpretations of inklings and octolings and i thought it would be fun to try and draw a few of my favorites, ill put an empty template under the cut

designs featured, left to right, top to bottom: mine, @aeriona @dddeerbo @ryebreadedd @squid-seraph and @dogtoling

[it-was-me-zion]

You are fucking stupid and I hate all of you.

I just scrolled through @squidgirlautism ‘s blog. All posts that come up in the search bar for “zionism” are either asking why they’re getting an influx of anon hate or a post about how running Jewish doctors out of business is antisemitic. Posts tagged with “Israel” are about artifacts or expressing joy over hostage releases. “Palestine” and “zionist” return nothing.

Unless your claim is that everyone is either a zionist or an antizionist with no in between, you are a piece of shit that is trying to harass a random jew online. If that is your claim, you are a still a piece of shit, just in a slightly different way.

I’ve mostly been ignoring posts like these, but for whatever reason this one made my blood boil. I don’t know the screenshotted op as far as I know.

[starrysnowdrop]

Just a quick update from me: I’m going to continue to stay away from all social media, including Tumblr, for the next few days until things have settled down a bit.

I understand how many of you out there are upset, hurting, angry, and frightened after the results of the US election. My heart goes out to all of you, truly. 💖

As for myself, I am a person who comes to Tumblr and other fandom spaces to escape from the negativity of the real world, and though I have tried to filter out every kind of tag and content that I can think of, I am still seeing posts on my feed that have no tags for me to filter out.

Therefore, I will continue to stay away from Tumblr for the next few days. You can contact me on Discord at @/starrysnowdrop, otherwise I’ll be back in a few days.

I love you all, and I hope that things will get better.

🫂🥰💖 ~ Hali

[knitting-with-pinhead]

Heehoo Jeffrey Combs fans (and spooky movie nerds) ! Does anyone remember that one gif of Jeff as Milton Dammers goofing off ? It was a night vision shot, very green and dark. It was rumored to have been part of a cast lipsync to 'Kung Fu Fighting', iirc.

My question is.

What happened to that video ?

a friend of mine literally owns SEVEN versions of the movie on DVD and Blu-ray and hasn't found it. Where does that gif come from ?????

@fuckyeahjeffreycombs Any idea ?

[mothcpu]

sketches for @hotlineamy, @bemused-illusionist, awesomecake0 (twitter), and @cultofthorns!

[glumby]

was a pleasure to do this super cute new jeans x oc commission for @toujosei ♡♡♡

commission info here!

[sincerely-sofie]

*quietly pins Twig art by @scribz-ag24 and @ohboyitsbomk up by my desk*

Now I can alternate between crying because of people being super kind and crying because I keep finding bugs while I do my homework.