#like 99.99% sure

[blanska]

Enneagram - The Doctors

First Doctor | Second Doctor | Third Doctor | Fourth Doctor | Fifth Doctor | Sixth Doctor | Tenth Doctor | Eleventh Doctor | Twelfth Doctor

The Companions: Jamie McCrimmon | Rose Tyler | Captain Jack Harkness | Donna Noble | River Song | Amy Pond | Rory Williams | Bill Potts

[indigo6f00ff]

need to share an experience i had 30 minutes ago

(edit: thanks to @walks-the-ages for providing and reminding me to put alt text, sorry it slips my mind alot lol)

[caitthecakeee]

rumor has it that the red hood is actually a giant book nerd

[paleode-ology]

WHO SENT ME CRABS I LOVE YOU

[thedreadvampy]

sometimes I forget that my experience has been. um. not 'your experiences are not universal' vibes but more like 'your experiences are EXTREMELY atypical'

[kaladinstormblessed09]

The sunlit man spoilers below

I’m so emotional about this 😭

[chirpsythismorning]

Anyways the milkshake theory is so real

[heynhay]

Keith reacting to Lance’s sword since canon denied us

he'll be coping with this for weeks

[buwheal]

heyy!!!!

i just wanted to say i LOVE YOUR ART STYLE SO MUCH AND THE WAY YOU DRAW SPAMTON IS LIKE… REALLY NEAT??? I WANNA EAT IT DUDE 😭 idk, i just think you’re rad.

also can you teach me how to draw a circle? :^)

Awwwh tysm!!!! I LOVE hearing this it makes me so happy and giddy and kicking my feet in the air!!!! Especially from someone who i think is really cool!! arrghh!!! Wanting to eat my art is one of the best things to hear from a mutual, lol.

and as for your last question, you start with a triangle, and then add a square, and then you do little domes on each flat surface, and then the bunny goes through the rabbit hole and then you PULL!!!!! and taadaahhhh!! Your very own.. uhm... hmm... I dont know what that is but the bow looks nice at least.

[cienie-isengardu]

[thejakeformerlyknownasprince]

You talked about how Jake and Tobias thought the treehouse from A-town was a genuinely good idea, and that makes me wonder if you think there’s any other good ideas from it the Animorphs thought they could have done? Also, how would A-Town have been different in the canon ending where Tom and Rachel both died?

[For those of you just tuning in: A-Town is the shitty postwar sitcom inspired by the life of Jake Berenson, to the eternal annoyance of Jake Berenson.]

Pt 1. Since A-Town is inspired by AniTV, I think it'd be less a matter of the Animorphs going "huh, the fauximorphs sometimes have good ideas", more a matter of them going "thank GOD the real Yeerk Empire never thought to do that thing The Gathering just did." Because the show's lack of effects budget means their yeerks are forced to be a lot subtler than the ones we see in canon.

So like AniTV, A-Town would probably have a bunch of B-plots with The Gathering offering perks that are actually hard to resist (e.g. disaster relief, much-needed health care). It'd have a bunch of extras from Brandon's town pop up in the yeerk pool, to save money but also to ramp up paranoia. It'd imply that controllers are harder to kill than ordinary humans. It'd use the plots with yeerks in cell phones, yeerk tech inside computers, yeerks tapping phones and security cameras. None of this is meant to be super-creepy — the phone-tapping plot is used to engineer a romantic misunderstanding between J.J. and Trina, while the lacrosse coach being a controller sets up a bunch of gags with Brandon almost getting caught morphing in the locker room — but from the Animorphs' point of view, it's super creepy to watch.

Pt. 2. Honestly I don't know that the show would get made at all if the inspiration for Daisy A. is dead. Even for these writers, that might be taking things too far. Like, in canon there would almost certainly be some kind of TV show about the war, but it wouldn't be A-Town.

[maceration-smell]

*Finds dead bird in receiving as I'm leaving work*

*Hastily puts it in a ziploc bag and throws it in my backpack*

*Tosses the ziploc bag onto my bed while I ID it to see if it's legal for me to keep (yeah, gross, whatever)*

*Finds it's protected- oh well. Goes to move it to under some nearby bushes*

*The bag has a tear. Oh god. The maggots have been crawling out and onto my bed. Oh god.*

*Collects all the maggots I see and throws them outside along with the bird, vacuums the room, washes all my blankets and sheets, takes a long hot shower*

It has been maybe a week. One by one since yesterday, the flies have appeared. I don't know where the maggots hid. I've killed 7 or 8 flies, there are currently several buzzing around. I've just opened my window and taken the screen out hoping they'll just choose freedom. Send help.

[dirtytransmasc]

I was thinking about how you said that Jake was probably the one who locked Spider’s hair and I haven’t stopped thinking about it. I’m no expert on…I don’t know what the appropriate term is, styles for coily hair? But if you look at Jake’s locks and Spider’s side by side, I feel like Jake’s look better maintained. Spider’s look much chunkier and messier, more scraggly. His hair is also very dull and non-reflective, so it doesn’t look very clean.

Obviously I’m in no way saying that people who have locs don’t wash or take care of their hair! This is an observation on Spider’s hair specifically, as it relates to him most likely being neglected by the Sully parents. I’ve seen a lot of hairdressers who say that heavily matted hair is one of the biggest signs of neglect. Again, matted hair and locs aren’t the same, but that was what came to mind when you said he probably locked Spider’s hair so it would be less maintenance.

If I’ve been insensitive or disrespectful in any way, please let me know as that wasn’t my intention!

I am also no expert on hair, especially protective and black hairstyles, so heed that warning, and feel free to call me out if I make a mistake/say something offensive.

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I think this hits the nail on the head. I think that for jake, 'locking' (ill get back to the use of quotations in a second) spiders hair was 'easiest' because there was 'no up keep' unlike braids or just leaving it down and natural that would have to be somewhat frequently/frequently cleaned and/or restyled over time.

This is blatantly false, locs have their own maintenance needs, and they have a reasonable amount of regular upkeep to keep them looking, feeling, and physically healthy/clean.

But in jakes mind, a white man who was thrown into a world that uses protective hairstyles, like braids, quite frequently (I don't know much about na'vi hair or why it is styled as such, or if that information even exists, so I have to run a bit off of what I see), if he 'locked' (here comes the explanation of the quotations) spiders hair, it would basically be a one and done thing; when in reality, Spider didn't have hair that could lock, his hair was curly, but not in a way that would allow or even demand protective styles. So he basically just matted (even if his hairs are mats, they are meant resemble locs, and it feels insensitive/can come off as horribly disrespectful to call them that, so I'm going to continue using 'locks' within this post) the poor thing's hair, cause that's what happens when you attempt to lock white hair, and most likely did nothing after. Spider was also super young when his hair was locked like that and I have full confidence it's never actually been cleaned properly since.

While I think jake had vaguely good while also naively neglectful intentions, Spider was horribly neglected, and it most likely started with hair.

I think this is also just partially a consequence of James Cameron's habit of culturally appropriating bipoc cultures, in this case, black culture.

But at the same time, I do have to agree that there is an intentional little detail between Jake's and Spider's hair; Jake's looks like they are properly cared for, while spiders look like a trainwreck (dirty, outgrown, ill-managed, all of the possible things). In fact, all of the other kids' hair looks equally well-managed. This has a lot to do with the fact that their hair is seemingly styled in the proper way for their hair type, but also because they are being cared for, their parents are putting time and effort into their hair, at least until they're old enough to do it themselves. It's also clear that hair can be managed quite easily while left down/natural cause Neytiri used to wear her quite long hair down, Kiri has her hair down, and most of the Metkayina people wear at least some of their hair down. to put it simply, Spider's hair didn't have to be 'locked'; it could have been managed just like so many others, and even if, for some reason, it had to be 'locked' (even when there are so many other styles for him to have been given that would have been proper for his hair type) they didn't have to be left in such a state.

Overall, I think Spider's hair shows two things; the neglect he went through at the hands of his adoptive family, and James Cameron's need to appropriate other's cultures.

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Again, I want to clarify, I am not super educated on the topic, I only know the basics, and I may have slipped up. If any black or indigenous people want to comment or add to the discussion, I would greatly appreciate it, but no pressure.

[bunnihearted]

5 million male chicks per year are brutally murdered right after birth bc they're "worthless" to the egg industry yet im supposed to believe that humans arent inherently evil lmao shut the fuck up

[exocynraku]

Scourge X Blackstar Hypokit for when you can get around to it!

(Was told to send the ask so I am!)

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[acebytaemin]

how do people just know if someone’s flirting w them in text form like that is SO wild to me. and when people are like oh well they compliment you well i have been told the most beautiful out of this world borderline insane compliments by friends who are my FRIENDS and decidedly not flirting with me like. how do you KNOW that’s so funny.