#love your username btw

[ducktracy]

are you anti "sour-puss" daffy? that characterization of him is the primary one in my head. like duck amuck is epitome of daffy in my mind.

CRACKS KNUCKLES SO LOUDLY THEY EXPLODE. i’m giving my “HEADS UP THIS WILL LIKELY BE EXHAUSTIVE” warning now because i love love love love love love love love any chance to talk and analyze and pontificate about the duck. TLDR: YES AND NO

SO. i don’t consider myself “anti sour-puss” so much as i would consider my stance “if Daffy has to be more egocentric and miserly than he usually is then i prefer a very specific set of circumstances for this to be the case”. i have warmed up to the Jones and Freleng duck of the ‘50s onward CONSIDERABLY in recent years—there was a point where i just refused to touch any Daffy short made after a certain point because i knew it would make me frustrated and sad and mad and that’s, respectfully, ridiculous!

it took me watching the Speedy and Daffy cartoons to realize that Daffy in THOSE shorts is what i thought Daffy was in the Jones and Freleng shorts. it dwindles a bit over time (compare how he behaves in The Hunting Trilogy to something like Ali-Baba Bunny, which is a short i still have yet to come around to for that reason—i don’t like the “MINE MINE MINE GO GO GO DOWN DOWN DOWN” duck very much and my issue was that i thought he behaved that way in every single cartoon after a certain point which is thankfully incorrect!), but there’s still some nuance. by the time we’re getting to shorts where Daffy is saying “HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU NOT TO STARVE ON MY PROPERTY” is when i fully throw in the towel lol

another thing that’s helped me warm up is the realization that Daffy’s personality change is not nearly as objective as it’s made out to be. he has always had an ego, he’s always been reckless, impulsive, and yes, this absolutely includes the ‘30s shorts! Chuck’s Duck is Chuck’s Duck from day one with the line “not bad for a guy that never took a lesson in his life!”.

Scalp Trouble has Daffy on an ego trip fancying himself as an army general (and there is a legitimate, honest to god small dick metaphor joke in that short because he has this huge giant sword sheath that is indiscreetly phallic in design, only to reveal a tiny little dagger), ordering people around and essentially LARPing in this role we immediately know is way too big for him. and when it comes time to battle, what does he do but spend the majority of his time cowering in a corner.

he’s always had these traits! maybe they’re a bit more primitive earlier on, some other traits are a greater priority. but Drip-Along Daffy is one of my favorite Chuck Jones shorts because it’s basically a sequel to The Great Piggy Bank Robbery. and you could argue the same with Duck Dodgers! all shorts have him fantasizing about a hero role that is clearly too big for him to fill, and he is absolutely getting the biggest kick out of assuming this role. Drip-Along is still early enough to also have this sort of innocence and unflappability (that may more accurately be described as delusion or ignorance): when Daffy gets no reception whatsoever in the bar, instead of screaming at everyone to look at him, he just marches to the next order of business and indulges in his next part of his fantasy. this NEVER would have happened had the short come out 5-10 years after when it did.

likewise, the Daffy of the ‘50s and ‘60s is still insane, it’s just a different manifestation of how that’s the case. earlier on, he’s a bit more visibly unhinged. his HOOHOOHOOing fits are a catharsis that you can just FEEL crawling up his throat and dying to get out, and in the really early shorts you can see this sort of half and half battle between cognizance and succumbing to insanity (The Daffy Doc and Porky’s Last Stand especially come to mind). it’s an insanity that relieves itself through sheer manic catharsis. as time goes on, he matures a bit, he knows how to keep better wraps on it; the manners in which he gratifies his impulses just shifts.

and also, Daffy can still very much be a sourpuss early on! Bob McKimson’s Daffy, whose interpretation is very integral in my sort of mental default of who Daffy is, can be very bitter and cynical in particular! or, again, early shorts like The Daffy Doc or Scalp Trouble where he’s more argumentative and his ego is clearly much more tender.

the seeds of what Daffy would become have all been planted, and so that’s allowed me to bristle a bit less and lower my haunches. and i am making more progress in coming around to the later shorts! i’ve been on a Chuck Jones kick recently and been watching lots of Chuck Jones Daffy shorts and enjoying them. i love Drip-Along, Duck Dodgers, Duck Amuck, Deduce You Say, Robin Hood Daffy—i’ve even come around to Rabbit Seasoning which is kind of NUTS to me because there was awhile where i was acting like Bugs and Daffy shorts killed my firstborn. “pronoun trouble” is an inside joke with my friend and dear lord i laugh every time at Daffy’s reactions to Elmer falling for Bugs’ drag act, and the ENDING!!!! omg. i love it. i’ve come around to Beanstalk Bunny as well! it’s a great short!! in getting to know the duck better and understanding how nuanced his development is, i’ve gone a bit softer which is good.

i was just chatting about this recently—i think most of the thorns in my side come from the Daffy and Bugs pair-ups. what i like best and get most out of each character, i get none of when they’re together. i’d rather see Bugs behaving and doing something else, and the same for Daffy. i’m not opposed to a sourpuss Daffy so much as i really don’t like seeing him suffer. i feel like the Bugs and Daffy shorts “punch down” a bit more on him, and i still haven’t found a way to really properly articulate this… i’ll just copy and paste what i was saying the other day here:

Daffy earlier on has all the traits above we talked about, but the difference is that he isn’t really shamed for them outright? of course we’re meant to laugh at his cowardice as he says “go… back… in again….” to the giant towering rat gangster he screamed at to confront him, we’re of course supposed to laugh at the asininity and selfishness of him dodging the draft and taking the Little Man From the Draft Board down with him by locking him in a safe and suffocating him. Daffy isn’t exactly meant to be a role model (but that still doesn’t stop me from finding his bombasm and exuberance and zest for life extremely empowering!), but there’s less narrative pushback against it. seeing Daffy be Daffy and have every action be interrupted by another character rolling their eyes going “oh brother” is where i have a problem, it just sucks the air out of the room for me. especially when Daffy is made to feel ashamed or beaten down for this as well. that’s why i enjoy shorts like Beanstalk Bunny or Drip-Along so much, ending with stuff like “it’s a living!” or being contented in his new position that is often very degrading and a direct consequence of his impulsiveness. a huge part of Daffy’s charm for me is his resilience (even if that equates to ignorance at times), if he wants something he will go to absolutely asinine lengths to get it! and i love that! his drive is so admirable! and i just feel like after awhile that resilience is lost. the issue isn’t that Daffy is a loser, as he’s lost quite a bit before that—moreso, he doesn’t have that good humor about being a loser anymore

I’M ALMOST DONE I PROMISE. but my tags in that video post, as i said in them, i watched The Million Hare the other day which is a short i very much dislike. and it’s not really out of anger or “UUUURGH NOT MY DAFFY”, but moreso it just makes me SO. DAMN. DEPRESSED.

this is the most soul sucking image i’ve ever seen. i get genuinely sad that the cartoons have devolved to starting with “characters watching TV because they’re too bored to do anything, and Bugs just joins him”. no part of this is the resilient, impulsive, manic, pleasure seeking duck that carried us through the past few decades. and this certainly doesn’t represent the wily, impish, inciting rabbit of the past few decades either! Bugs has a greater excuse since i know there’s the pattern of his domestication and Jones’ rule of Bugs minding his own business before being provoked, etc. but man. this image just represents all of my problems with the later shorts and dynamics. the characters are hollow and so are the stories and the directors are checked out or moving onto greater things, and i think all of that just coagulates and manifests in the characters.

I HAVE SO MUCH MORE I CAN SAY but i’m finally realizing i’ve gone on way way way too long and don’t even know if i answered the question all that well LOL. don’t even get me started on “modern”interpretations of Daffy… [starts ranting about how TLTS killed my family for the 80th time as i’m gently lured into the nursing home].

BUT! to answer your question! i’m not really opposed to a more cynical and conceited duck because those traits have always been there, just in varying degrees of intensity. my ideal duck is definitely one locked in the ‘40s—Frank Tashlin and Bob Clampett’s Daffy have always been my favorite, but i’ve sort of adopted a coagulation of Art Davis, Bob McKimson, Norm McCabe and Friz Freleng’s duck as my mental default. i am extremely protective and loving and fanatical of Daffy, i love him more than any cartoon character and i resonate with him more than any cartoon character! i bet he too would also spend an hour typing up a diatribe on his character evolution and how he’s been sorely misrepresented. maybe. Daffy is one of the most varied characters of all time, and it’s really hard to pin him down for this reason. i like a duck that best has a bit of a balance between his traits, and i get more chafed when he’s made more narrow and transparent and just “flanderized” (for lack of a better word) to one or two tropes that then speak louder than his character. i prefer shorts that are more sympathetic and celebratory of Daffy rather than admiring how funny he is as a loser. which, he is funny! but IUNNO. i like a more upbeat and resilient and charming duck, and he can be all of these things later on, but it unfortunately does get fleeting

[solsearchingnights]

Prompt is: Celestial

The word is...in there, lmao. I got distracted thinking about Secret Life <3

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Scott felt the death blow, as he always did. He'd heard some of the others never felt that final moment, were protected from the pain and emotion of dying. But he felt it. And as it always did, the fear and panic overwhelmed his surety in his final breath.

He opened his eyes gasping, clawing at his neck for Gem's blade he was sure still rested, lodged in his spine. The scream that should have been lost in the gore of a severed throat escaped, sending ripples through the limbo he'd spawned in.

"Hey! Hey, Scott! It's okay!" Large hands, strong hands, took hold of grasping fingers. "You're okay, we're okay. She did it, she got to the final three."

It was hard for reality to come crashing down in these in-between worlds. But still, Scott felt the weight of rationality press down on his chest, slowing his desperate breaths. He died. Gem killed him. Gem survived.

"There you go." Powerful arms pulled him into an embrace. "I've got you. We're okay."

He leaned into Impulse's chest, letting his heart settle with his head firmly buried in the demon's pecs. "We're okay?"

"We are. Hell of a show we put on." His voice rumbled, kisses far more gentle than could be expected were placed in cyan hair. "Hope those voyeuristic bastards are satisfied."

Scott exhaled, a shaky attempt at a laugh. "They're never satisfied. But at least we might get a break." He shifted, looking up at Impulse's face. "Your makeup is smudged."

Impulse grinned, glitter caught up in the dried blood streaked down his face. "We can't all look like celestial beings after a death game. That's your specialty."

"Hmm. Still. When Gem kicks their asses we'll need to get fixed up. One more group photo." Scott melted into his man's hold, enjoying this last taste of intimacy before the games ended.

Effortlessly, Impulse lifted Scott, starting to carry him to a gathering of their friends' wandering souls. "Only one more? I'm not sure I'm ready to break up the band. We never even released a single."

"Careful, hot stuff. I'm supposed to be the clingy one." Still, he let the hope warm him. He wasn't ready to be alone either. Not yet.

[spotify-official]

what’s your opinion of me when i say that goth and country are my top two fav genres rn and i might put them in the same playlist at some point?

trying to figure out if i’m crazy for this

I think you're so correct, you have no idea

[calistasdungeon]

7 for the nsfw ask game!

7. A genie has granted you 3 nsfw wishes, what are you wishing for and why?

Ooh, this is a fun one. Okay:

My first wish would be for a cabinet that, when opened, would magically contain the perfect toys for the scene I’m doing with my partner/s. The exact right lengths of rope or chain, a vibrator perfectly sized for their body, the nipple clamps they’ve been fantasizing about in secret… the possibilities are endless.

My second wish would be a classic—to be able to feel my strap at will. I love having my strap sucked, and I think being able to feel my sub’s mouth around it would be absolutely euphoric.

My third wish would be to be able to tell someone’s sexual fantasies just by looking at them. I would want that to be at will as well, I don’t want to know that about everybody, you know? But I love the thought of the power that knowledge would give me, and how I could use it to please and torment a sub.

[pugwitharug]

!!! HI FRIEND!! here with questions for u :3

always surprised to see people i remember from LL still following me Omg. If u still rock with it, who from ll (not just m3) (or any fictif story rlly.) do u think u'd get along with the best :0

do u have... a pug... or any pet ?!

SURPRISE! u get to go on a month long vacation with any 3 people/characters of ur choosing!! who would u pick and why :3

FRIEND FRIEND FRIEND HELLO

Probably Anisa, I have a soft spot for rule followers XD

I don't have a pug, but I do have my sweetie pie Jessa girl! I don't remember how I came up with the username, I think it was just cuz it sounded cute and rhymed

AH okay so I'd wanna go with Argenti from Honkai: Star Rail cuz he's my special wife, Gale from Baldur's Gate cuz he's my beautiful wife, and Kaveh from Genshin Impact cuz he's my gorgeous wife

[angst-is-love-angst-is-life]

what’s your favorite type of whumpee?

Any named Barry Allen

Defiant 100%. They exasperate the shit out of me and it's excellent. Plus, it's super nice to see them become less and less defiant as they slowly break down :>>>>

[suniix]

hi! I know you’re in writing hiatus but I was still wondering if I would be able to join the taglist for the miyamura x reader! :)

yup you’ve been added!! :D

[ofallingstar]

i love all your recent a royal affair blogging! it's been so long since i've seen it because it destroys me every time i watch it. looks like i'm about to be destroyed again 💕

Thank you! And yes, it's a sad story but the cinematography is great, and I really love period dramas!

[blmpff]

drop this sunflower 🌻into the inboxes of the blogs that make you happy! let's spread some sunshine☀️

[bitterpngs]

GOOD LUCK ON THE EXAM 💕

THANK YOOOOOUUUU

[falllpoutboy]

blink twice because sean baker is a zionist 🍅🍅🍅 (i know youre gonna 🏴‍☠️ but still just an fyi!)

aww that sucks to hear, especially bc i really liked the florida project too

[stealingyourbones]

Everyone hold the fuck up.

You.

Keep talking.

@thatguyovertherewiththetaco

Short DPXDC Prompts #802

Danny is unaware that as the ghost king, he is able to command liminal beings. After being mockingly harassed by Robin he just says “Geez man. Can’t you be nice for once?” Robin can’t disobey. He can’t say no to any asks for a favor. He can’t tell anyone when they’re making him uncomfortable or distressed in any way. He can’t speak his mind because it could be considered rude to that person. How long does it take for the Bats to figure out what’s happening and how does Damian let the batfam know that something is wrong.

[microwaving-tesilid-argente]

Your entire existence makes me so fucking happy istg!! Everytime I go into the sss class tag and see you and feel so much happiness because i can sense your happiness over your guy, just the absolute best 🩷🩷

🥹🥹🥹 THANK YOUUUU 🫶🫶 it makes me so happy to know that my posts make you happy!!

[visit-ba-sing-se]

Hi, I am planning on going on a trip around the Earth Kingdom and I was wondering what the current travel advice is for Ba Sing Se? Thanks!

THE DRAGON OF THE WEST WANTS "TRAVEL ADVICE" FOR BA SING SE !?!?!!?

[luminlunii]

I keep seeing your art on insta when I found out how MUCH lackadaisy you posted omg I think I’m in love with you

I never imagined someone would find me both on insta and tumblr

KkdsA'DLKA;L

[piningpercussionist]

idk why I thought of this cute drawing crossover idea for pride month but fuck it ! and it’s understandable if you can’t do it but pls take care of ya self !

Kim Pine swimming underwater in a blue aquatic doodle background alongside the Bull Shark Pup aka the shark protagonist from the game Maneater and Kim be casually normally petting its snout while sneakily finding it cute as it nuzzles intelligently back with its snout.

and the Bull Shark Pup has cute waterproof lgbt lesbian flag blanket wrapped around its dorsal fin

and be equally nuzzling it’s snout against Ramona Flower while she was scuba diving allowing her to gently feel the bull shark pup’s. damaged scarred dorsal fin and sneakily use a underwater camera to take picture of its cute unknown existence.

Details: the ref images I sent were to help show what Kim Pine and Ramona Flowers wear while underwater and the in game design of the Bull Shark Pup.

Kim Pine be casually holding her breath underwater cause she can and secretly skilled at it. While wearing a green teal style long sleeved zip swimsuit and red diving mask on her face with a snorkel mouthpiece attached to it. and wearing pair of black red diving flippers.

Ramona Flowers would also secretly dye her hair in the Bull Shark Pup’s unique red blue colour pattern after finding out about its existence and it surviving in a public swimming pool due to Kim Pine discovering it first normally.

While Ramona be wearing a black blue short sleeved zip wetsuit diving flippers and diving mask on her face with a scuba tank on her back

while Ramona breaths from the scuba regulator oxygen mouthpiece in her mouth while holding gently onto a underwater waterproof camera.

i still don’t know why I came up with this and sorry for bothering with this cute idea but pls remember to take care of yourself and have safe day or night !🦈🤿🪸🏳️‍🌈🫧🎸

wow you came prepared

Yeah, bit too much detail/elaboration for me to really do- especially given I haven't played or seen much gameplay for Maneater just yet- BUT! I did do some sketches based on/around what you've given me here!

+bonus Scott doodle because that's genuinely how I think he'd react to the hair colors shfkshdkfhe

(And here's just the shark, in case anyone wants it- although I will note that it's blown up to fit the canvas, so sorry if that nerfed the quality.)