#literally with no explantion

[spock-stark7]

I was drawing Tony as usual, but for some reason his hair ended up looking like the Tiktok middle part hairstyle and I think that Marvel really missed an oportunity here, RDJ would have rocked this hairstyle, i feel like it gives a lot of “Genius, Millionaire, Playboy, Philantrophist” vibes, plus he looks kinda cute. Anyways, just some weird thoughts at 1 AM.

[garpen]

Gotham Tarot Pt. 2

<<Pt.1 The Fool: Harley Quinn<<

Master List >>TBC>>

2. The Magician: Duke Thomas 

The Magician card represents mastery, skills, resourcefulness, and harnessing potential. Duke, as The Signal, understands physical/hand-to-hand combat, his meta-human abilities, and complex thinking. He is constantly learning, adapting, and honing his skills.

The Magician typically has items that represent the four elements (earth, fir, water, and air). The tools usually represent mastery over different aspects of existence. Duke’s meta-human abilities give him the power to manipulate light and darkness, giving him a unique control of his environment, echoing the Magician's control over the elements. 

The Magician is a brings between the physical and the spiritual world, bringing ideas from one realm of thought into reality. Due to being a meta-human, Duke bridges that gap between the world of meta-humans and non-meta-humans (especially in Gotham as it is typically depicted that Batman has a rule of no meta superheroes in Gotham). His role as a daytime protector also bridges a gap. Citizens of Gotham as well as villains are used to seeing their vigilantes, and Duke stepping up as a day-time hero can symbolize that bridge, as well as bringing light (literally and figuratively) into the darkness of Gotham. A conduit of two realms. 

The Magician card also is about making things happen, manifesting, using your will to make things happen, and turning potential into action. Duke’s journey into a hero strongly follows this meaning. 

His approach to crime fighting, using tech, tactical skill, and ability to adapt to various situations in his environment and his knowledge of outsmarting criminals/villains, strongly reflect the Magician's resourcefulness. He takes action where other people may hesitate. He doesn’t just rely on his powers, as he was proactive before he came into them. He uses his intellect, training, and determination to make a difference, embodying the Magician’s active energy.

The Magician uses their talents to effect change. Before developing powers, he used his natural talents in his involvement in the W.A.R. movement, and later on became the only meta-human and daytime vigilante in Gotham. 

The candle that the Magician holds symbolizes awareness and enlightenment. Duke’s powers, especially his photokinetic abilities can be a strong representation of this. He brings light into Gotham, making the unseen, visible. Spiritually the magician symbolizes the ability to channel and direct energy/force effectively, and Duke’s powers allow him to manipulate light and darkness which can be seen as a form of channeling cosmic or spiritual energies. 

In essence, his journey from regular citizen to skilled hero embodies/represents the Magician transformation, and his development and growth as The Signal do as well.

(Contender: Tim Drake)

Visuals

I like art, but I am no artist. This is roughly what I believe a card would look like for The Magician/Duke Thomas.

Here's what The Magician tarot Card looks like in case you don't know:

Candle: Switted to his hand palm up, emitting light via his meta-human ability.As stated in the explantation represents channeling energy. 

Objects on the table in the original Magician Card: Sword, Wand, Pentacle, and cup/ 

Sword, self-explanatory replaced by his escrima stick. 

The cup is replaced by a photo of him with his parents pre-jokerization: In the card, the cup symbolizes emotional and spiritual aspects of life. The capacity to be open to inner guidance. It represents creation, nurturing aspects, and relationships. Swapped with the photo to show that they are still a part of him, they raised him, and when he needs them he can turn to their past teachings to guide him in the right direction.  (I don't know if I dreamed that Duke had a card. I tried looking it up for reference but couldn't find it anywhere?? I think I just made up that it's something he keeps on him as a reminder. I liked the idea though so I kept it in the card drawing)

The wand was replaced by a joker playing card: The wand in the card represents fire, willpower, inspiration, and action. It means turning ambitions into reality, channeling and directing your will. Acting decisively and manifesting your desires through intent. Swapped with a Joker card to symbolize why he’s doing what he’s doing as the signal. Reminding him of what happened to ho his parents, to help continue the fire. To remind him that action needs to be taken. 

Pentacle replaced by a notebook: The pentacle represents the material world. Wealth, resources, health, and practical skills, the ability to manifest. It represents intellectual energies becoming physically tangible. Swapped with a notebook as in the first issue Duke is ever in he is in his room, writing in a notebook, planning on a way, on a riddle, to take down the Riddler, perfectly encapsulating the meaning behind the pentacle. He wanted something done, and he knew he had to do it himself, no matter what others thought.

Infinity symbol swapped with Bat Symbol: In the card, the infinity symbol represents potential, possibilities, and power of the mind and spirit The bat symbol is used by many vigilantes in Gotham, all by people with those characteristics. Batman brings in people with these qualities and certainly sees them in Duke.

The roses and lilies fit Duke as well and are in the original card, so those stay.

(I had wanted to add in someone a red jacket or shoes symbolizing Duke's time in the W.A.R movement and representing the Magician's red coat, but couldn't find a way to do so + knew I would not be able to draw it as my skills are very limited.

Okay I'm done yapping. Thanks for reading, probably nobody.

[achaotichuman]

ACOTAR RANT

From my understanding of the first book, the magic of Calanmai possesses whoever is performing, literally taking over their entire body and forcing them to fuck whoever it decides and the High lord is generally expected to be the one performing.

Already, this is SA, but all technicalities. They don't have a choice.

But the thing is

THE MAIDEN DOESNT HAVE A CHOICE EITHER??????

The sex god or whatever basically takes the maiden using the High lords body, they fuck, the magic is renewed, yada yada yada.

To summarize, the performer gets possessed, the maiden gets taken, fucking happened, magic hooray.

For first book, it's dubious consent, not really focusing on consent here, it's a Faerie ritual, they're all dubious, so who really cares.

However, in the next book, its then villainized to fuck and back, because its used as a plot device to put Lucien through SA (for no reason, these doesn't affect the plot at all because Ianthe ends up being killed off anyway, SJM there was no reason for Lucien to be raped)

Thing is, how is it that Lucien was forced to perform with Ianthe???

We know from how Lucien spoke of it, being that "Tamlin agreed with Ianthe" that this was something decided prior to the performance, but HOW THE FUCK DID THEY KNOW THE MAGIC WOULD EVEN CHOOSE IANTHE???

They dont, they have no idea, its at random, it's supposed to be at random. THE ENTIRE FUCKING HOLIDAY WAS RETCONNED SO THAT SJM COULD HAVE IANTHE RAPE LUCIEN FOR NO REASON AT ALL

WHY JANET WHY???? WHAT DOES THIS DO???? IANTHE DIES??? LUCIEN ALREADY HAS ENOUGH TRAUMA FOR CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT???

AND THE KICKER IS SJM DOESNT EVER EVEN RIGHT HER SA SURIVIORS HAVING TRAUMA FROM IT???

FEYRE??? EVERYONE CONVIENTLY FORGETS RHYSAND SAED HER

RHYSAND????? OH HE *LET* AMARANTHA RAPE HIM SO THAT HE COULD PROTECT HIS PEOPLE, TRAUMA RESPONSES??? WE DONT KNOW HER

NESTA?????? THEY LOCK HER IN A HOUSE WITH A MAN SHE DESPISES AND THIS APPARENTLY HEALS HER DESPITE HER BEING AN SA VICTIM

AND I AM BETTING MY NIECES, MY BROTHERS, MY SISTERS, MY HOUSE, MY LIFE THAT LUCIEN (ASIDE FROM A NIGHTMARE OR A GENERAL EXPLANTION TO ELAIN) THAT IANTHE WILL PRETTY MUCH NEVER BE BROUGHT UP AGAIN

ITS SHITTY WRITING, SARAH WHY DID YOU ADD THIS??? IANTHE WAS A SHITTY CHARACTER WE GET IT, WHAT WAS THE POINT OF MAKING HER A RAPIST??? WHAT SICK FANTASISES IS THIS FULFILLING??????

[windywriter]

Who has Pathetic Worm Energy when in a relationship

ROUND 2 BC I ACCIDENTALLY DELETED THE FIRST ONE

Definitions/explanations under read more because this got LONG

Definitions: What is Pathetic worm energy?

To me Pathetic Worm energy has two definitions

The act of making a fool out of ones self in order to receive affection/pity from a loved one/romantic partner

The over correction one makes in order to avoid making a fool out of oneself in front of a loved one/potential romantic partner.

One's general pathetic energy for both funny and unfunny reasons.

Potential Pathetic Worm Energy:

A bit self explanatory but I feel that these characters have potential to be silly but only in certain situations. Additionally, this definition includes portrayals/characterizations that I personally find are close enough to canon that I could imagine it happening without straying too far.

Tsundere:

These characters will only show a softer (wormier) side to them under very specific circumstances and feel as though they have a reputation to uphold.

Other:

These ones I feel either do not fit into any of the categories listed above or I just do not have a firm grasp on their character.

Explantations

Has Pathetic worm energy:

Some of these characters are a bit obvious (Takemichi, Shinichiro, Akkun) however, I would like to explain why I put a few characters on here.

Kisaki: I feel like Kisaki fits into the over correction definition because when you look at what he did on paper, its kinda pathetic. He started all this shit, ruined friendships, orchestrated literal gang wars, killed/had innocent civilians killed all just to show one person, who didnt even really like him, how great he was.

Shion: Mainly because of how boisterous he is about his position only to get sandbagged multiple times throughout the story. And while the same could be said about the Haitani brothers, I feel like Shion's lack of charisma sort of gives him a different kind which pushes him to the top.

Takeomi: I feel he more fits the third definition. This is mainly because, despite the fact that he was moved to tears by Senju's genuine conviction he still fell to his greedy nature. And honestly, if that isnt textbook tragedy I dont know what is.

Has potential Pathetic worm energy:

Okay, these ones will require a little more explanation.

Rindou: For him, I have seen interesting interpretations of his character where he has a bit of an inferiority complex due to being stuck in his older brother's shadow. Which I find very interesting as it gives his character depth and a good contrast to Angry and Hakkai during their fight. However, I did not put him in the top tier because it is an interpretation and i feel like Rindou would only show that side in reaction to being compared to his brother rather than naturally doing it.

Mikey: While he is spoiled and possessive I feel like those traits only apply when he isnt locked in. I am also not including the other Mikeys because I feel like there isnt much to go off of. Though I guess Botan Mikey would probably be in "Pathetic worm" tier but for less funny haha reasons and more "This dude genuinely needs help" reasons.

Ran: Like Rindou, I feel like he'd probably only show a more cutesy spoiled side to him if it was calculated beforehand. He is the Charisma of Roppongi. However, I have also seen interpretations where the person he was trying to charm manage to outwit him (unwittingly or not) and leave him surprised. Which honestly, I find the gap moe very cute. Its fun to see The Ruler of Roppongi Ran Haitani left flabbergasted by someone he thought he had dancing in the palm of his hand.

Kazutora + Sanzu: I put these two together because while their obsessions are adjacent to Pathetic Worm territory, I feel like what stops them from going to that tier is the fact that they are incredibly dangerous people. And while that may sound rich coming from a tier list about Tokyo Revengers, with characters like the Haitani brothers on it, I feel like Kazutora and Sanzu ( particularly Botan Sanzu) are on a different level because they are willing to get their hands dirty and are not able to be talked down if you were to try to talk to them when they are in a certain headspace. So less funny haha, more "Oh God I need to get away now."

Takuya Yamamoto: Hes mainly here on the virtue of being apart of the Mizo Middle Five (Makoto is in the same tier is just forgot about him). However what holds him back from being at the top is his laid back nature. Yes he probably would act like a fool, but I feel like he wouldnt go too overboard. And I feel like hes too laid back to really worry about his reputation. Truly, hes probably the freest person here.

Peh-yan:

What convinced me about him for this position is his relationship with Yasuda and their dynamic. Its very sweet how far he went to help the sewing club.

Kakucho: The reason I put him here is because while he is very loyal and I can imagine that resulting in some entertaining scenarios, I also feel like Kakucho has a really bad habit of codependency. Additionally, I feel like hes just so sincere that he could say the sappiest pickup line and you'd still think hes cool.

Inupi: Mainly for similar reasons as Kakucho. However, I feel like what holds him back is instead is his kinda deadpan expression. So while he might say some out of pocket stuff, he says it so matter-of-factually you'll be the one reacting instead of him.

Angry: Like Rindou, I feel like he has a sort of natural inclination towards being spoiled being the baby of the family. However, what stops him from joining Hakkai is his eternal grimace + hes decently sensible so i doubt he'd go too far.

Senju:

I feel like she approaches Worm energy I feel like her sincerity + natural charisma tips the scales a little.

Izana: Honestly, I think he'd rather die than be perceived as having a flaw in any way. He has his moments, but I doubt he'd make that much of a big deal out of them. And if anyone tried well, theyl'll probably wake up with a few missing teeth, and loved ones.

Tsundere:

Draken: I feel like while he certainly does have his cute moments (especially with Emma). I feel like his straightfoward nature keeps him from truly indulging in the silly.

Smiley: Now, this is purely speculative but I feel like because Smiley tends to hide parts of himself in order to look cool

Baji: While he is quite honest with himself, I remember in the boyfriend tier list for Touman he was mentioned to be a bit tsundere so i put him here.

Hanma, Mochizuki, South: With how inscrutable Hanma is its sort of hard to pin him down. As for Mochizuki and South, I dont have a very good grasp of their characters so I dont feel very confident about them. Sorry.

Other:

Mitsuya, Yuzuha, Naoya, Benkei, Wakasa, Muto, Pah: I feel like they would just kinda be normal? Like, they'll have their cute moments but I dont think they'd go out of their way to act like fool to impress their partner.

Taiju: Excluding his habit of expressing "love" via violence, I feel like Taiju is so straight laced that he probably doesnt have a reason to do much outside of the basics for a relationship.

[juustozzi]

more inajapan shenanigans in finland! quick edits on lq photos of train doodles, which you can see from the overall quality, haha..

no owlposting goes without culture explantion:

1st comic: soccer is "jalkapallo" in finnish, but it might be hard for japanese to pronouce correctly, due to japanese language not having the "L" sound finnish has (the L sound is tied to japanese R, which for explains how sometimes names with R in japanese are romanized with L). depending on the area, soccer can also be shortened to "jalis" or "futis" (from swedish "futbol" for soccer, I think?).

(oh! and someone mentioned in tags or somewhere that they think Endou would be good with languages? that made me think that what if Endou's good with them, but just not good at studying them? like, textbooks do him nothing, but when he's surrounded in another language, he's like a sponge and learns it like nothing on the go? I think I really like that idea!)

2nd comic: I actually drew this after watching the scenery on a 3 hour train ride - if you travel long distances here (on train or motorways), you'll see mostly forests, fields and lakes. especially up in north, there will be like swams too, but... it's pretty empty here. (I might be biased, but I personally love the scenery) ((and it was kinda freaky to visit tokyo and think that there was a looot more people than in my whole freaking country.....)

3rd comic:

sauna habits. yes, we gather a bunch of birch branches and hit each other with them. no, it actually feels good!! it's hard to hit so hard it'd hurt, the leaves feel nice and it smells good. you can also find them sold in bigger stores, right in the freezer section.

rally english: the way of pronouncing english like you pronounce finnish. it's dumb and fun and usually done by race drivers, hence the name. also to note: if you write it down, no english speaker understands, but every finn can read it (ai käänt rait it pat ai vil trai) ((if you want to hear it, here's a video. watch at least the first clip because poor timo...))

also: "voi juukelis puukelis" is literally how the finnish subs translate saiki k's "yare yare daze" and I love it so erne is gonna say it, even though I doubt no one actually says it

also also: not important but a fun fact, traditionally with summer cottages and other summer places, the sauna is a separate building. the living place is a bit further inland, and the sauna is close to the body of water. some newer cottages etc. can have another sauna in the actual building too, usually with an electric stove, instead of wood-heated ones used in the separate sauna.

[glitchkilldelphinixdj]

I just immediately thought what would Damian Priest's Pokemon party would be consisted of and these literally and it was pretty easy since it's only a bit of research.

Empoleon (His favorite animals are penguins, so that easily came off the bat. The vlog of him jet skiing in Backlash '23 also is the secondary explantation to the selection.)

Decidueye (Why not? He isn't just the Archer of Infamy without the sole owl Pokemon that has archery-based attacks.)

Alcremie (Easy to explain, since he is known to bake sweets.)

Golisopod (He has an occasional timid/shy personality, which would be why he'd have this huge isopod beast in his party.)

Ceruledge (Since he does own plenty of hand to hand combat weaponry, especially samurai swords, which would be tachi, katana, wakizashi, and tanto blades, why not Ceruledge in his party?)

Houndoom (Known to be a dog person, he would also have a nice Fire/Dark typed hound in the circle.)

[oneforthemunny]

okay we know what Eddie got nepo!baby for mother's day, but what did the GIRLS get their mother for mother's day?

when they're younger, they always make cards and eddie takes them to pick out something for their mom before. it's literally anything, he lets the girls pick, takes them one by one.

some highlights include, one year persephone picked out a measuring spoon set because "mommy says you use them for your cereal, daddy, and you put them in the wrong drawer." eddie snorts and gets them, and ofc persephone proudly shows you. you just grin bc it's true lol. she's such an eldest daughter tho.

kensington got you a my little pony and got herself one too so you can both match and play. she got you a yellow one because you said it was your favorite color and a happy color, and you absolutely needed one. you keep it in your safe for years to come because it's so sweet.

sienna gets you hair ties with the little bobbles and sparkly puffs on the ends, because you said she looked soooo adorable with her hair like that, and so she got you some too. you put your hair up to match hers one day, and there's still paparazzi pics to prove it lol.

siciliy got you a music box that played 'here comes the sun' which is what you always sang to her. you're not even sure where they found it at, and eddie just grins when you ask him, but it made you happy cry. you still wind it up and play it from time to time.

zarah always got you a house plant. she bought you a peace lily and it's been alive (somehow) for years in the sun room. she added succulents and cacti and others (usually indoor and hard to kill) so your window sill is covered. she'll help you water them too and take care of them.

vega is insane, so she got you corn on the cob holders one year. there was no explantation, eddie really wasn't sure, she was five and adamant you needed them (no one knew why) and threw a fit when you didn't use them that night (there was no corn so you put it in your dinner roll). her gifts, especially when she was little, were all over the place and they were so unexpected and random, they always made you laugh.

as they get older, they try to get more thoughtful obviously, but nepo baby misses the silly little childlike gifts because they were always surprising and sweet. she likes everything tho.

[marshatesthisreality]

a/n: in my writing era again???

ellie x swiftie! fem!reader (headcanons)

warnings: swearing and bad spelling 😭

modern!au

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ellie would have literally never listened to taylor swift if it weren't for you

like she would've heard her on the radio but thats it

she'd pretend to not hate her but not love her, but she'd defiently learn her songs in secret

her favourite album is definetly fearless eveen if she says it's rep

her favourite song will be dbatc or twily

if you weren't dating before you went to the eras tour she'd "propose" to you to be her gf during love story with a paper ring

she'd die during vigilante shit, like no explantion there

get you all her merch for your birthday

make a playlist with yours and her favourite ts songs

evermore's also one of her favourites (especially coney island)

she'd scream so loud during champagne problems

biggest rep clown on earth

loves decoding easter eggs with you

will stay up watching livestreams

(this is specifically for the icsy mv release show) but she'd be so confused and then would be so happy coz she adores I can see you and would cry

if she was chosen to get the 22 hat she'd ask if you can go instead

and would be so happy if you got chosen

ok thats all lol

[wolvesroampastelgalaxies]

The Star Trek Saga No One Wanted 😛

Okay, ya'll these guys have been in the making since like ...... 2017? When I first started Watching ST:TOS. I finally refined them and will be refining fics me and my friends made to post on AO3. There are 4 of these bitches. Ylva, Gaius, Selene, and Kyle. Selene and Kyle are being refined but I got the main two players!

P.S. All the art is from my friend or some janky character creating site that technically no longer exists.

[Next - Part 2]

Meet Ylva!

Planet: Canina (Kaw-knee-nah)

Species: Cani (Kay-eye) 

Biology: Anthropomorphic, dog-like carnivores, bipedal, with canine features, such as short faces, triangular ears situated higher on the head, large eyes, fangs, claws, and a tail. They are entirely covered in a smooth coat with silky hair on the scalp like humanoids. Coat and hair color are dependent on the sub-species that the individual is most genetically related to. Wolves, coyotes, jackals, and wild dogs such as dholes, and dingoes make up the original gene pool.       

However, breeding based on genetic compatibility has resulted in a varied appearance. Cani have claws on their hands and feet. The feet are in a digitigrade configuration. Some prefer going without footwear. Their claws and fangs can be used combatively. Cani also make a variety of dog-like barks, growls, and howls. Cani females experience the need to mate once a year, though breeding is not limited to these times. They possess a heightened sense of hearing, sight, and smell. 

Culture: Cani are considered less civilized due to their unwillingness to have contact with other civilizations despite having the technology to do so. However, they do make use of their smaller moon, Weiß (vise). This is where the Standing Council serves as an oligarchy to their socialist government. They practice isolationism since anything outside of Canina is a threat to their society. While xenophobic, they do not claim to be superior beings but aim for self-preservation. 

The Standing Council’s main responsibility is to approve of pairings. Canina scientists run a DNA analysis of every individual at the age of maturity. Mating pairs are determined by combining the best genetic matches. Psychological evaluations are also conducted as an adolescent and again when they are selected for pairing. Temperament and personality traits are highly heritable, so this also factors into their eugenics. Upon being bonded, it is customary that the male relocates to their mate’s region and family. 

The intense selection process has created a hearty population nearly devoid of disease, lameness and has increased strength. It has even extended life expectancy and aging. Every 1.5 Earth years are equivalent to 1 year of age for Cani. They usually live around 115-120 years (equal to 76-80 mental/physical).

If an individual happens to fail testing, then they are presented to the Standing Council and offered to be sterilized and relocated to anomaly designated regions or to displace. If sterilization is chosen, the individuals act as laborers and farm deer-like creatures called Cervuses (ser-va-seas). Far more anomalies have occurred than the Standing Council admits to the population, but less than 10 instances of exile have occurred in over a century. The Standing Council are the only individuals to possess access to interstellar communication. If a Cani chooses to explant themselves, they will contact a nearby space station to arrange transport. 

Behaviors: When Cani greet mates, it’s common to nuzzle their head under the other's jaw. Growling and teeth baring are akin to cursing. Placing their left foot in front of their right, with hands behind their back, and perking their ears is a sign of respect. They literally have their best foot forward; the stomach is exposed to show vulnerability, and they are actively listening.  

Families do have a strong attachment, especially siblings. However, rejection is common if a member behaves in a way that is averse to social expectation (i.e. being an anomaly).

Ylva’s Story

Life on Canina - Ylva is the eldest of her family’s children. Composed of her great-great grandmother, great grandparents, grandparents, parents, and younger, triplet brothers: Sirius (sear-e-us), Elio (eel-e-o), and Ay (eye). Ylva is 31 years of age, mentally/physically that lines up to about 21 years. Typically, it is around 28 1/2 years that genetic testing is done. However recent declines in food security due to undisclosed revolts in sterilization zones had pushed off the pairing process to insure food supply for the current population. 

As an adolescent, Ylva had scored unfavorably on the psychological evaluation. She exhibited personalized interests in comparison to the best interest of the whole. When confronted with this, she resorted to changing her answers and even lying to make up for it. Dissociating from the bigger picture was a big red flag, though she did wish to correct her behavior to regain favor. This could greatly endanger the gene pool if allowed to form a pair-bond. As an adult, she had passed the genetic testing but again, failed the psychological tests. Her family felt the shame of having reared an anomaly. This deeply hurt Ylva, all her family’s affections having been negated to appease the population over their daughter. The Cani has one meeting with their family for goodbyes. It was devastating when her parents told her brothers that they were to act like they never had a sister. 

Ultimately, she opted for exile. Even if sterilized, there would be no options to see her family and the sterilization zones offered little in ways of advancement. Being naturally curious it was exciting to explore what was beyond Canina. Once transplanted to the space station, Ylva spent several nights in the short-term dorms. It was when a Starfleet ship had stopped for repairs, that Ylva learned of The Federation. The crew was diverse and included many different species, which appealed to her. 

Starfleet Academy Years - Despite Canina’s lack of outside connections, they had an advanced knowledge of hard and soft sciences. Genetics and sociology especially. Ylva scored decently on her entrance exams, and due to her minority status, was admitted to Starfleet Academy. The lack of education in other cultures and species, drove her to the eight-year major of xenoanthropology. The greatest difficulty was overcoming the pack-like familiarity of Canina culture. Their behaviors would seem invasive to others and Ylva spent years correcting this.

 Four years were in a classroom setting, solely focused on studying cultures and communication methods. Four more years are required, split up into two years for two different residency studies. Because the academy was on earth, Ylva spent two years studying humans. There had been a rare opportunity to study Romulans in the single embassy of the Romulan Star Empire, located in the neutral zone on Nimbus III. Ylva, for no real reason, spent her last two years there. 

After graduation, all potential on-ship cultural experts and diplomats must intern for one year with the Federation Diplomatic Corps (FDC). There they work to provide cultural outreach to Federation citizens abroad. 

Marriage to Gaius – Around eight months into her internship, Ylva is called by the FDC to assist in resolving a conflict between the Romulan Star Empire and Federation due to a territory dispute. Despite being several months from graduating, her residency on Nimbus III made her some of the few members to have contact with Romulans in a non-militant setting. Ylva and an ambassador from the FDC, escorted by a Starship, arrive at Nimbus III for the conference. Once there Ylva met with the Praetor, Gaius (guy-s). 

Throughout the negotiations, Gaius had been purposely difficult. Ylva, eventually, in an aggressive public display, calls him out on his deliberate attempts to prevent a peaceful treaty. The Federation is horrified at Ylva’s misrepresentation and force her to sit out the rest of the meetings. It is discussed if she should be expelled from Starfleet Academy. Gaius, however, is intrigued by her outburst which is uncommon for Federation meetings and never having encountered a Cani. To The Federation’s surprise, the Praetor requests to negotiate with Ylva privately. He asks about her personal beliefs on the matter at hand as well as posing questions about her. Ylva answers honestly and Gaius seems unmoved. Three days follow where both parties are at a stalemate, as the Praetor refuses to even talk. Finally, he says that he will only establish the terms of their agreement with Ylva. The Praetor’s willing to remove his armada from the neutral zone and resume the original boundaries, if Ylva will enter a Trust Bond. This is the equivalent to pair-bonding in her culture and is, essentially, marriage. 

He explains that he has yet to choose a wife as there hasn’t been one that proposed an advantage. Gaius had been wanting to establish a better form of communication between the Romulan Empire and The Federation, but it was not in Romulan nature to be passive. Ylva, being a diplomat and one of the few to observe and understand Romulans, would make exchanges smoother. As Trust Bonds are considered a three-way marriage between the two partners and The Empire, she would be able to safely work between the two parties. He, of course, is lying. Ylva, who had never considered a partner, the point of her banishment was so she could not pair with someone, agreed to the terms. It would be very transactional, with official paperwork as to the conditions of the marriage. 

The Federation is embarrassed at the medieval way of establishing diplomacy, but are desperate to have some peace with the Romulan Star Empire. With her explicit consent, the rest of the conference establishes the responsibilities of each party. Gaius has agreed to keep Romulan warships out of the neutral zones. Ylva agrees to be at the Praetor’s disposal for any situation regarding the Empire and Federation. Her job is not to create a peace treaty, but to prevent aggression. 

   Gaius arranges for them to go to Romulus where a so'rdaz (s-oh ur, dahz) is performed. The ceremony involves a type of mind-meld, which is when Ylva discovers Gaius’ true intentions and motives.

5 Year Mission - Upon graduation Ylva is assigned to the U.S.S Enterprise, as Lieutenant Ylva, Cultural Expert and On-Board Diplomat. Diplomacy is considered to be a type of communication and therefore falls under operations, so Ylva wears a red dress uniform. Her direct supervisor is Lieutenant Uhura who heads the communication division, then Lt. Commander Scott who oversees all departments in operations, followed by Commander Spock and Captain Kirk. 

  Ylva has a strong adherence to the chain of command. However, she frequently teases her equals. Her training in neutrality has allowed her to make friends easily due to her unbiased nature. She takes her position very seriously and places that as the highest priority.

It had been a decade since Ylva left Canina and at the start of the five year mission she is 41 years (mentally/physically, 27 years). 

It is typical that any planet landing outside of Federation territory requires a brief medical evaluation post contact to ensure the crews’ health. Typically, the nurses perform this, but due to Ylva’s rare species, a doctor must personally attend to it. Ylva is deathly afraid of medbay and anything to do with medical procedures. Her species had utilized eugenics so effectively that, upon discovering the concept of a hospital, Ylva developed a deep fear of ingesting mysterious pills and being cut open, needles especially. This makes McCoy’s job difficult as she actively avoids him when she’s to report to medbay. McCoy can only get her to comply by pulling rank and it is a struggle to get the most basic procedures done. 

Fun Fact -  Ylva is average for her kind at 5’9’’. 

[Next - Part 2]

[walker-extended-universe]

Walkeverse Tier List

Explantions of tiers and importance under the cut

S tier: Best character in the show, love them with all my heart, they can do literally nothing wrong

A tier: Beloved blorbo, one of my favorites, I'd want to be friends with them if they were real

B tier: I like them, but I have my critiques. A good character that I mostly enjoy

C tier: Mid character, not the biggest fan of them but I won't complain when they show up

D tier: I don't like them. I have many criticisms of their actions and personality. I may even dislike whole episodes because of them

F tier: Literally the worst character in the entire show. Hate them. Much dislike. I fastforward over them on rewatches.

Role(s) and importance:

4x11- Cole Tillman is revealed to be the Jackal, the serial killer we've been facing all season. Short but very important role

[mirrorballsss]

assign each TLC couple a taylor swift album and why

*cracks every bone im my body* glad you asked

(i’m mentally sane now to answer this after watching eras tour via twitter live tweets last night)

i’ve done something like this before but i’m just gonna do a more in depth version here so here we go:

kaider: midnights- ight i used to say folklore but i’ve changed my mind they’re actually midnights. i feel like the album talks a lot of like the public’s eye of like taylor and her realtionships and i feel liek it really reflects kaider and a lot of songs are literally them and it’s just so UGH like most of the albums are just like feelings it’s not really a super explanation lol

songs to prove my point: lavender haze, anti hero, snow at the beach, you’re in you’re own kid, …question?, (kinda) labyrinth, karma, sweet nothing, the great war

wolflet: evermore and 1989- it’s totally the vibes that make evermore totally wolflet coded lol but liek it just fits them like they just go hand and hand IM SORRY THESE ARE TERRIBLE EXPLANTIONS JUST TRUST ME. but, i feel like 1989 also has some songs on it that really just match their story and work for them :).

songs that prove my point: majorie, evermore, out of the woods (i am so sorry for the limited songs for them they were honestly really hard)

cresswell: fearless or lover- cresswell is very old taylor but also very lover coded. like it’s very like fun and fluffy and there’s a lot of cress pining and she’s also like such a taylor swift coded character so like yeah. but like i feel like the albums both show like love in like a cresswell way? and like it just works I AM ASO BAD AT THIS WTF

songs that prove my point: (kinda) cruel summer, (kinda) i think he knows, paper rings, AFTERGLOW, love story, fearless, all of the girls you loved before

jacinter: debut and folklore- ODD CHOICES IK but i feel like début is very like friends to lovers just like them and like very we’ve-known-each-other-since-the-womb-and-im-in-love-with-you just like them so yeah. and folklore is kinda like word mysterious vibes which gives winter so yeah this is the best explanation out of the four lmao

songs to prove my point: mary’s song (oh my oh my oh my), i’m only me when i’m with you, (kinda) our song, cardigan, seven, mad women (for winter), hoax

and that’s my shitty explantions lol. if anyone has questions about any of this pls ask and i will do my best to clarify everything. it was honestly hard like finding 1-2 albums and like only using songs off of those albums lol.

also if anyone wants to add their opinions on anything your more than welcome too!!

tysm for thé ask @hamduuye i had so much fun doing it honestly!!

[harpypom]

HELLO!!! IF YOU ARE CONFUSED, DEAR POMNI. LET ME EXPLAIN!

WE ARE ANONS, SOME OF US HAVE NAMES OR BODIES OR ARE DISEMBODIEMENT BODIES THAT EXIST BEYOND YOUR UNDERSTANDING. NORMALLY WE ARE QUITE DIFFICULT TO HANDLE.

SOME OF US ARE EASY, AND SOME ARE NOT.

SOME WILL HELP YOU, SOME WILL HINDER YOU,

SOME OF US WILL TRY TO DRIVE YOU TO BREAK OF INSANITY, SOME OF US WILL TRY TO KEEP YOU SANE!

MOST OF US WILL ASK QUESTIONS ALSO, IT'S QUITE LITERALLY A ROLE OF THE DICE FOR WHO YOU'LL GET!!!!!!!!!

-Explantion Anon

“I don’t know if I’m crazy or something.. but I guess it’s nice having some company… hopefully most of you are nice..”

[photmath]

FMK

kylian

trent

jude

Ohhh my goodness you don't understand how much thought I put into this one!!! Was literally thinking about all the options and reasons of where to put each guy bc I love them all. BUT I concluded with:

F - kylian

M - trent

K - jude

And if you care or want to hear my explantions, here they are bc WOW was I thinking for whatever reason during my walk! 😂

Sooo, because I wouldn't mind marrying literally anyone of the three, here's how I narrowed the options down.

Not marrying Kylian: Quite frankly, if I had to watch Kylian with PSG for the rest of the season, I would hate my life LMFAO. I'd be so stressed and upset for him and the team. I'd definitely be hated by the French media and fans bc I would get caught liking something that is "possibly slandering" and I'm already a foreigner so it would be a whole big deal. He also *seems* like a very extroverted and party person that accompanying him to these events sounds so exhausting. I could be the partner that stays home blah blah blah, but personally I feel like I would HAVE to be at these events with him that I'd feel guilty staying home tbh. And then him wanting to travel somewhere so quickly, LOL, give me break please.

Not marrying Jude: OMFG BEING IN THE WAG BOX NEXT TO KROOS AND MODRIC'S WIVES??? Shoot me instead. Are you kidding, they are like gods! There's no way. And also the giant fact that I am Mexican and would be living in Spain. Love Judy Moody though. He *seems* like the perfect balance of wanting to go out and wanting to stay in and I love that, but goodness the Spanish would rip me apart and LOL idk if I'm strong enough for that. In a perfect world, totally, wag me up. But also could you imagine me liking a post on Instagram bantering Jude and the Spanish media actually lose it??? LMFAOOO

Marrying Trent: I love love love Liverpool. I love the team, I love the gloomy weather, love the architecture. I just love. Trent also *seems* more like an introverted and homey person and honestly that's my kind of guy. Szobo will probably steal him away from me though. 😂 I'd still like some bantering of him online and idk, for wtv reason the possibility of the backlash doesn't really bother me all that much for him. Gah, and those eyes?? There's no way I'm saying no.

[niche-pastiche]

This is going to sound absolutely wild, but one way I've found to help with my phone anxiety is calling governor's offices to ask for stays of execution on people. Okay, stick with me here. So, it's an activity where the bar for success is literally just "made the call, was intelligible enough for the person who picked up the phone to write down the very basics." It's a call where you can use a pre-written script. It's not a conversation, it's just you say the thing and then they ask if that's all and you say yes thank you. And most importantly, it's okay if they think you're weird or if you stumble over your words a little. AND it's okay to sound a little upset. The bar for success is much lower than in most interactions.

So with that in mind, please call Governor Greg Abbot and ask for a stay of execution for Ivan Cantu. Just call 844-818-9330 and they'll give you an explantation of the situation and and say to ask for a 30 day stay of execution. Then it forwards you to Greg Abbot's office.

Someone who works there then picks up the phone saying this is Greg Abbot's office and then you say this little script and that's all.

Just Introduce yourself and then say:

"Texas plans to execute Ivan Cantu on February 28th. There is so much wrong with the case against him, including false testimony, evidence withheld by prosecution, and key witnesses later recanted. Please issue a 30 day stay of execution and urge Collin County DA Greg Willis to withdraw the execution date in light of new evidence just disclosed by his own office, showing that the star witness falsely testified against Ivan and lied in her testimony."

If you want more info about Ivan's situation, read here. But the biggest thing you can do to help is call.

[not-souleaterpost]

ENTP CRONA DUMP

Not going back on my word, just forgot to post a dump of "ENTP Crona" stuff I planed to just post all at once in a year, but after trying to stop doing stuff like that, I just thought I post what I had and be done with it.

, the thing even I don't really find funny, but I think I have to do it to get it out and book end it. A lot of it isn't really funny, some of it may sound a bit edgy or abrasive, but it's just in good fun, still putting it under the "keep reading thing" because of the amount and shittyness of the "content" Enjoy or yeah...sorry

ENTP Crona experiencing a soul rejection, screaming in agony because of not being able to deal with figuring out if "video games are art" or "video games aren't art" is the more contrarian oppinion at the moment

ENTP Crona reading shizophrenia symptoms on google "Wow, he is literally me"

ENTP Crona fleeing into the desert, going down a hole to cry

Ragnarok "Wait, the cow already killed Medusa a year ago, why we doing this bitch shit again?"

ENTP Crona "I posted a deliberately controversial and edgy meme into the group chat again, when they all see it, I wont be able to deal with how angry everyone will be..."

Soul: "You cant just nonstop spam shit on the internet, people will think you don't have a life"

ENTP Crona: "But I kinda don't..."

Soul: "Still writting on every single subject for 10 hours straight must be tiring and exhaustive, take a break"

ENTP Crona: "But I wrote everything in the last 5 minutes

Soul: "Heh, dont like partys either? Guess reading the room can be stressful even for somebody as cool as me sometimes-"

ENTP Crona "No, I can read it just fine, just then choose to say the thing that sets the roof on fire and regret it five seconds later.

ENTP Crona trying to figure out if Maka subscribes to the theory that Holden is a child abuser himself in "The Catcher in the Rye", only if yes, to arguee that not even the creep teacher was one and it is a misreading, and its actually about idk, read it in school so cant even come up with an explantion.

ENTP Crona trying to cheer up a crying Maka, after she got made fun of for liking bad music by Soul

"No, I like Speeding bullet 2 heaven too! Well except the Beavis and Butthead skits, even I am not that contrarian"

ENTP Crona curled up in the corner of the dark dungeon, not able to face the world, cause liking Ringo Star is to mainstream now but changing to hating him is just too painful...

ENTP Crona after everyone gets confronted with their lives just being fiction

"Well actually I prefere the anime ending"

But after mostly everyone agrees

"But, actually the manga works in a certain way afterall-"

ENTP Crona during the anime only scene where Maka and Crona talk about Maka's mom - its the same scene lol, remember those 4th wall breaking snide comments Crona barely managed to not blabber out loud lol

ENTP Crona "Marvel movies were allways bad"

Marie "Oh you aren't dumb and incompetent!"

ENTP Crona "Why did it took me 8 hours to put together the IKEA table?"

Marie "Oh dont be to hard on yourself, screwing in the table legs upside down could happen to anybody!"

Maka confronting Medusa: I'm here to save ENTP Crona and Mary!

Medusa: Nah, they both are still stuck in the maze going in circles

ENTP Crona after a tourist asks for directions in Death City: "I'll be honest, even though I am living here for years now, I myself cant deal finding my home without google maps"

ENTP Crona "I'm the Joker, baby! (Jared Leto version)"

ENTP Crona "-oh so a glorbo, or smol bean, cinamon bun is a charachter like Paulie from the Sopranos!"

ENTP Crona after trying to read "Finnegans Wake" "Damn, thats how high I still have to climb..."

ENTP Crona watching X:RA "Wow, I actually get 90 percent of the wordplay! This show is great!"

MGMT Patty : "Time to pretend..."

*ENTP Crona visualising all the different ways to take out and kill the people around*

Ragnarok "And I thought I was the psychopath! We aren't even eating souls anymore, whats guipi wrong with you?

ENTP "Grocery shopping is boring and I thought about the 3 different storys I'll never write down enough for one hour..."

ENTP Crona "-and that's why the metodology that is used to diagnose diseases by only relying on a checklist of data points that may have many different origin points is flawed

Stein "I am the doctor with 10 years experience, take your antibiotics prescription and get out!"

Stein, litting a cigarete after ENTP Crona goes out after apologising "Damn, the kid may be right, shit..."

ENTP Crona be like "Actually, I think Epstein is still alive"

ENTP Crona "Yeah Myerrs brigs and Horrorscopes are the same... Because they both actually are describing something and aren't completly wrong, if you know you know...

ENTP Crona actually getting a tatoo even though it is a stupid thing to do in general, because thats the only way to remember Maka's birthday. Cause aint nobody remembering more than 4 digits...

ENTP Crona using all experience and time to reflect, to start a dramatic uplifting speech that leads into Maka defeating the Kishin with a punch- Ah wait thats just what happened in the anime again lol

ENTP Crona: "I wore a dress for most of my life, yet that is not as embarassing as riding on an electric scooter"

ENTP Crona "Oh ofcourse I'm to scatterbrained and lazy to actually finish a webcomic, that's why I included an in universe callout by a charachter, so I will stay motivated out of spite and want of being better than those, proving the mean pixels wrong!"

ENTP Crona: -the setting being the aftermath of a nuclear testing site is a brilliant synedoche of our society pre and post world war 2, how the atomic age is nearly unrecognisable, being both so much more advanced that previous incarnations do not even look human in retrospect, while exagerating ourselfs into cartoon versions of ourselfs do to paranoia and stereotypes, shared faster and faster, that we soak up like Sponges, being the perfect worker and consumer in one - in a way thats Rock Bottom, the breakdown of communication, only restored by recognising the humanity of the other, even if they look at us with even more potent disgust than we already do.

Maka: Wait, I thought these iceberg videos were just supposed to list of fun facts and triva about Spongebob

ENTP Crona: What gave you that idea, Maka?

TERF Maka: I STILL hate J K Rowling

EC: "Borat is racist-"

M: "No the joke is that he exposes the prejudices of the common american person-"

EC "against Kazakhstanis"

M: "No no- wait... you are right..."

EC: "If MF Ghost was with the culture, it would have used Phonk instead of Eurobeat"

EC: "Where the fuck is Marioh Judah?"

*EC annoys excalibur into quitting*

EC :"Im like prince, everybody thinks In gay but actually im homophobic-"

EC: "Non-cellular phones actually had their purpose - like if somebody called them, you would either know nobody is home, or the person who answered could either inform you where the one you are calling is if you didnt reach the person or just find them - also the fact it was in the same spot ment nobody lost it and could allways find it when needed and it never ran out of battery, also-"

M: "If you don't like the phonecase I gifted you just say so...

R: "Dude, dont we still use mirrors for comunication"

EC "Think Im constrained by the limitations of canons?"

TRAD Tsubaki "Well they didn't make a sign of the cross in the church, so they kinda deserved being slayn by Ragnarok..."

M "Hey you are looking down, everything ok?

EC "Thanks for caring, but the thing is, to explain it all, all the connections and reasons and evidence would make me just look more weird and whiny, and this all, including the fact that I cant even say why I cant say without being whiny and long winged is part of it...

EC "I used trouble not descending into negative loops of self pity and disgust with myself and the world... But then I just developed a hyperfixation on not-having-hyperfixations"

???? Death: IDK

EC *reading the bible* "It even predicted people obssesing over lolcows with the whole golden calf story, damn...

EC: Rip Kissinger

EC: Slouching? No, I'm just posture-divergent

EC: I do love myself - one has to love even their biggest enemy...

EC in the future:

M: Are you really ready for children?

EC: I accidentally watched a trailer for despicable me 4, and after hearing all the pandering 80s song and repetitive family hinjix humor I just thought "Oh, how cozy would this be to watch with my Kids and Wife!"

So yeah, I CAN deal with it

[dilucofdawn]

Blog Intro:

- This blog is for my OC x Canon Universe, AUs may be introduced at somepoint, and will be under #au you can ask messages to the AU, but please specify. I use my own headcanons here and my version of Diluc, it may vary from what you wish/want/or perceive as canon. I wouldn't say my version necessarily but just, "my writings/written Diluc" / "how I write Diluc"

-Diluc will respond as the OC x Canon Universe version regardless of the ask, although unless Lily is mentioned, there really isn't any need to specify this.

-This blog skips around in the timeline often, if you wish to ask a question to a certain part of time,please specify

-You can ask romantic questions, it will be tagged as #noncanon since it is.. not canon to any universe I have. Honestly if you want to do this just ask me to roleplay with you in dms, its easier and more fun for me, I prefer writing vs simply replying in character though. Lit Roleplays they are called right? >< Minors please do not ask direct romantic questions, general things as "what is your dream date" are fine but I don't want to write any romance for a minor.

- I have not run a blog like this before, be aware of that

- the in universe explantation for this blog is that lady beatrice gave everyone a book and they write and receive questions and no one else can read the book..or .. simply it doesnt matter. Basically Diluc is aware of the universe he is receiving questions from is a paraell of 'Lilys Original Universe' (think that book from sunset to twilight in equestria girls.. that was the main inspo)

-This takes place in a world without lumine and aether, I'm sure theres plot holes with that, but it isn't serious enough to fill them. I do have an AU with Lily with the traveler but I don't talk about it much. Lily is suppose to take the role of the traveler I suppose. Does she look like lumine? I hate to tell you but one of the multiple names I was given was Lily (complicated on how I have three names) and I happen to be blonde and decided to cut my hair short a few years ago before genshin. Am I secretly Lumine? Feel free to speculate.

- Questions can be sent for Kaeya, Claret, Lily and other ocs if I ever add any more (specify or it default's to diluc)

-You or you're ocs can reply, if its an oc, please specify for me

-Lily is literally just me, but as a written (fictionalized) version of me that is in Teyvat, there are differences since.. she is an alternate me essentially. Although what she says does not correlate to me always. If Lily is rude to you/your oc it doesn't mean I am. I think writing an Isekaied version of myself and the problems/dynamics it has is super fun and interesting. Lily has a third person perspective on Teyvat and knows more about it, due to being a 'reader' Diluc meanwhile lives in it. Also Genshin is simply referred to as /the story/ since it gets too idk I just like it like that lol

- I do full literate roleplays in DMs Only, I have the right to decline, say I'm too busy etc (although.. this is rare for me) I can do OC's or as previously mentioned. I find it super weird to have anyone share my writing where anyone could see the roleplay/full roleplay. I do prefer to roleplay on discord if its a full literate roleplay.

- do not be scarred to talk to me PLEASE.. i am begging for people to interact with 😭

-NO NSFW, I do not mind jokes but I keep that strictly to my friends (my mutuals are friends) if we are friends just talk about that casually with me lol

- Proship (yes that includes k/eluc) do not interact, I am adopted myself, my partner is chinese, we know Kaeya is adopted. Please leave me alone and stop making weird comments about my family origin and adoption as a whole. I will block you. If you're blocked on my main blog, I'm not going to respond to you here either. Didn't read all this? PROSHIP DNI

-important tags include (will update as needed):

#diluc #kaeya #claret #lily #beatrice #character intro #au #noncanon #ooc #ask #bloginfo #dilucsdiary #timeline

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