#maybe canon maybe not idk yet

[renthewriter1]

A short-ish story I made about my character named Xeno spiderwell finding out about Xenogenders. [inspired by a conversation I had with some friends on discord]

Aggro and Ren are sitting at the kitchen table, munching on snacks they swiped from a nearby supermarket. “I love how we both always end up finding the universes with the best candy” Aggro boasts while happily gnawing on 3 conjoined strawberry flavoured starbursts. “Real.Some of These places really do know how to put the right amount of sugar in their treats," Ren says, nodding in agreement with Aggro. After a few minutes of enjoying their sweet feast, Xeno walks into the room, clearly searching for something. "Oh, hey Xeno!" Aggro greets him as he enters the kitchen. "Heyo," Xeno replies. "Want some candy? We’ve got a pile that doesn’t seem to be getting any smaller," Ren offers. "Maybe later, I’m looking for something," Xeno mumbles, distracted as he opens and closes cupboards. "What’re you looking for?" Aggro asks. "I bought a packet of pizza bites a couple days ago and forgot where I put it," Xeno answers. Pofoyo comes down the stairs near the kitchen and overhears Xeno. He frowns, realizing he ate the pizza bites, not knowing they belonged to Xeno. Slowly, he approaches Xeno to apologize, feeling guilty. "Oh hey, lil' buddy! What's up?" Xeno greets him. "I'm sorry, Xen’. I ate your pizza bites yesterday," Pofoyo says sadly. "I didn’t know they were yours.”

“Welp, at least I know where they went now. It’s ok, Pofoyo. I can always get more” Xeno responds to reassure him. Pofoyo immediately begins to smile again as the guilt finally disappears. “Yay!” He shouts and then waddles back up the stairs doing the :3 face. "What are you two up to today?" Xeno asks Aggro and Ren. "Nothing much, just messing around. You?" Ren replies. "Eh, not sure. Just thinking about pacing around the house until I figure something out," Xeno says as they start to leave the room. "Fair enough. We could help you find something fun to do if you want, right, Aggro?" Ren suggests, looking at Aggro. “Oooh!Yes! That reminds me, there’s something I’ve been meaning to ask ya Xen” Aggro states as he jumps up. “Hm?” Xeno questions in a muttery tone. “Why’d you let out a weird hmph noise when me and Ren brought up xenogenders in a conversation last night?” Aggro ponders.

“Well, I’d thought you called my name at first, then I got confused because you started talking about random genders I didn’t know were possible to exist” Xeno clarifies, worried that they came off as rude yesterday. “Fair enough. I can see the confusion in that” Ren comments. “Speaking of Xenogenders, what are you guys’ thoughts on them?” He asks, eagerly curious. “They seem pretty cool. Creative too” Aggro answers with a smile on his face.  “What is a…xenogender?” Xeno inquires. 

 “Oh!In short, Xenogenders is a thingy where one's gender goes beyond the human understandings of gender and is instead crafted by other methods of gender categorizing. This  does include genders that are related to animals, plants, or just generally things  that aren’t traditionally a gender. They are often used by the neurodivergent community (people with ADHD, autism, OCD, etc.), but the term is not exclusive. From what I know, at least.” Aggro explains.

“Hmm..Interesting!” Xeno enounces. This sudden wham of information opened a door in their head. Endless gender related possibilities. “So my gender could be a spider?” They wonder. “Yup!It’d be called Spidergender methinks.There are other suffixes you can add to xenogender terms you make though. -ic, -ish, -ain , binary, and more” Ren assures. “Woah!” Xeno lightly exclaims with intrigued surprise. “Do you too go by any xenogenders?” Xeno curiously asks. “Not yet. We currently have a bunch of xenogender terms saved together-” Aggro replies, Ren finishing his sentence. “-and tonight we’re gonna go through all of em to see if we wanna identify as any of them”

“Cool” Xeno spouts. “Anywho, I think that’s given me something to do today, thanks you two!” They announce, walking up the stairs and waving goodbye to the duo. “You’re welcome dude!” The duo chimes. Xeno rushes to their bedroom, eager to dive into their project. They sit at their computer, researching how to create xenogenders. After gathering the information, they coin their own variation of spidergender, tailor-made just for themselves. The process is thrilling, their mind buzzing with creativity. Alongside this new identity, they design a flag, print it out, and proudly stick it on their wall to the left. With every step, they feel a growing sense of satisfaction. Satisfied with their work, they grin. Taking a step back, they admire the flag on their wall, feeling a rush of pride and accomplishment. It's not just a flag, it's a symbol of their self-expression and individuality.

[nattikay]

OC lineup! All the characters that currently exist in this "story"

[hungergameshyperfixation]

Lenore Dove.

Lucy Gray.

You have to say both, it’s not Lucy, and it’s not Lenore.

[telesodalite]

Never getting over Fulcrum being a project manager...

Idk why, but something about that is so funny to me. Not just because the title of "project manager" is inherently kinda funny for a Decepticon, but also because-

1. It's vague sounding and hard to explain irl because it technically exists in multiple fields, like healthcare or manufacturing, which surely translates into canon in some way.

2. In canon, it's simultaneously a really mundane, innocuous sounding job, yet it's also a super morally awful position to reside over depending on the context. (*cough* forced colonization and cyberforming *cough*)

And 3. It solidifies the fact that behind all the surface level militaristic work we get with both the Decepticons and Autobots, there's also Cons and Bots with "normal" jobs in both factions.

Like, sure yeah we get scientists and doctors, engineers and programmers, but usually in big important or warfront positions. (For plot reasons, understandably.) But it's also really funny and interesting to think of those that worked background positions, or minor jobs.

Like an Autobot working in their equivalent of an HR department, or a Decepticon who runs one of their outpost's or starship's kitchens.

Just all the pre-war jobs that didn't just disappear with the war, but instead evolved to exist within the factions.

It's particularly funny with the Decepticons though, because it could be a super mundane job or situation, but because it's them, it has to have an air of ~e v i l~ to it, either legitimately and/or merely for the vibes, like Tarn's "performance reviews".

[venbetta]

Freddy's a CEO in this au (...this is God awful timing). For the sake of fiction... hes a good boss, okay?

Anyways, we don't have any idea what the business is or what they do... they're just a corporate entity. We just.. we just wanted to draw some of the glam men in slutty business suits (sue us).

I think Ven develops a crush on her boss, but he's initially oblivious and also just amicable with her. And then eventually, he develops feelings for her too (it's very sweet).

[bambiraptorx]

given that Draxum had an entire gigantic room full of weapons in canon, i lowkey feel like he would at least own a sword cane

[thelongestwalk]

a kiss before bed

[doostyaudi]

//suggestive images

Made these cuz uhm. Uhm. Im not sure actually. For funsies or something. Eroticisim of the machine or something idk im new here

God i am SO CRINGE but i am... Free?

[batsinbars]

Aubs + Basil but in my au !!

More Milesaway art soon hopefully !!

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I start school today soooo we’ll see how that goes !!

[lorebird]

I’m sure this has been done 2748294 times before but. Gravity falls magnus archives au!!!

Ford’s investigations lead him to run-ins with avatars and manifestations of the fears, gradually marking him with each and every one. He became an unwitting Archivist (and I imagine he became a local cryptid who accidentally compelled statements out of the townsfolk on occasion). The portal was something akin to hilltop road, but idk what exactly happens with that yet

When dipper finds journal 3 and starts investigating the town, he starts interacting with the fears as well — and he’s already been marked by the Vast. Accidental Archivist number 2 baby!!! Also Mabel is 1000% plagued by the lonely. It fits TOO well. No one is doing good

[r0semultiverse]

Digital Circus AMA Notes

Digital Circus is getting a season 1 at some point!!!!

#webcore aesthetic board for the series design

Pomni was going to be a frog originally. 🐸

90s toys Zooble inspo

Caine is an antagonist, but not by active choice, he doesn't know he's not helping. He doesn't feel a whole spectrum of human emotions (he's an AI).

"Caine canonically just lets things happen if he thinks it's funny."

Characters eat like Chao in Chao garden in Sonic. The characters can eat the food, but they can't digest it.

Jax's favorite food is spaghetti.

Pomni likes salmon.

Q "Was the ending a 'Last Supper' reference?" A "in a very superficial kinda way yeah." Religious stuff is sometimes just used for the funny.

Gooseworx tumblr sketches MAY or MAY NOT be canon to the series, so it's up in the air for every single one.

People can abstract from feeling too much pain if it breaks their mind from it being too much. Characters feel pain from things, but not as intensely as they would in real life.

Zooble is gonna swap parts every episode (implying they have spare parts) except their body & head.

Jax chose his own name & gooseworx likes to think he chose Gangle's name.

Ragatha was named "Emmy" originally.

They (the cast of characters trapped in the circus) can't change their clothes but Caine can. It's part of their skin sorta kinda.

There's empty space under Pomni's hat because video game model physics.

Spamton was partially inspo for Caine, Caine's VA did Spamton dubs.

Gangle only has 2 masks. Why's it (her hapiness mask) break all the time? Mental state, but the "real her" is "harder to break."

Kaumfo was gonna be part of the main cast originally before Jax.

Kaufmo's model has nothing below the waist at this time, but was made for that promotional image on twitter.

Q "What kinda person was Kaufmo?" A "He was the same as Ragatha in a sense, goofy & cheery, sometimes toxic levels of positivity."

I'm paraphrasing for the sake of note taking in real time, go watch the stream playback for more context & details if you want.

[puppetmaster13u]

have a very early wip of a tea party :>

This is @phoenixcatch7 's Possessed Doll Au

[dynamitekansai]

THE USOS REUNITE WWE SMACKDOWN (OCTOBER 25, 2024)

[darknoverse]

i couldn't stop thinking about this i had to post it now oopsie

ok so so uhhhhhh ever watched maya the bee (the 1975 one , that is)? cuz if you did you know who Flip is . and BOY LEMME TELL YOU, i had like,,, this massive crush on him and i still do (funny story, i realized i had a crush on him from the start like, last year when there was a rerun of the show on tv and i was smiling at the screen like a dumbass lol ; he's so cute aaaaaaaaaaa)

i know that like, my very obvious main 3 comfort characters are like,,, villains and all but Flip holds a special place in my heart sorta close enough to NOS-4-a2 and i just ikdfjhvbndkf idk expect more of these goobers cuz waaa

also uh uhhh YEA bug sona woohoooo!!

her name is Prism , she's a beetle and she's a silly gal who goes around just collecting pretty shiny stones and making friends or something

also extra doodle cuz i'm so embarassed to admit i had a crush on like,,,,, ALSO Hopper. i still do but that's for another post .( bug polycule am i right/JK JK JK-)

[coquelicoq]

obviously in homura matoba does natori a huge favor (though it also comes with perks for himself) but there's another way to look at it. if in miharu natori was offering to help matoba bear his burdens, it doesn't seem that matoba took him up on that. he sat on the bench of i hate my life and dissociated about it, because so much would have to be different for him to accept that offer in the way it was being offered. he would have to be different. but natori coming to him in the homura arc and saying i need you, now we're talking. other than when they first met and matoba said he was looking for people he can use, since he got to know natori what he's been saying is use me use me use me. but all natori has done is reject him, even when it clearly makes natori weaker and less able to meet his goals. as the clan leader matoba has so many people he can (and does) use. and the dynamic that he has with those people is not the one he wants with natori, nor the one natori was offering in miharu. but if natori uses him? that's different. that's a reciprocation of sorts, a bid for connection. that's natori reaching out and saying, i see you, i value you, we can be equals.

[bidisaster-peanut-romano]

Throughout the entire game, who do you think are some of the most underrated or under-appreciated characters?

stumbling into the askbox whyyy hello there!!! it had been a while!!

OKAY SO. let's start from one fact: every. single. character has something special about them. so like the easy answer is... anyone, lmao. truth be told we (the whole community) has been around for llke, 18 years (WOAH) and some sides are completely unexplored. even just from the idea that... have you guys ever noticed how little content there is around about nerds and jocks, for exmple? and i don't only mean art but also writing, analysis, metas, thoughts and such. not to mention the townies, the townies, when, having some of them been given some actually adult attributes, there would be a lot to unpack.

i feel like this is a) mostly for the nerds, that the rightful fisgust for the horrible thing they did to mandy discourages a lot from engaging with them as characters too, and b) because they are quite overshadowed by the fan favorite preps and greasers. which, i mean, very legit. but i think that they do have a lot of potential, again, in terms of characterization and themes, and i feel like we are collectively missing out on a lot.

and there's also the fact that, even with the fan-favorites, there is so little tapping into the more serious and sometimes mature aspects. i wouldn't say christy is neglected by the fandom, but it's not often that i read someone talking about her repressed anger that explodes whenever she feels too much, that heirloom of her father that of curse she doesn't have, she isn't a problem boy like her brother, what do you mean with that, i could use this tie to strangle you goddammit! or vance, that we all love as the sunshine jokester of the greaser and heartbreaker queer icon, but how come none of us ever mention him having a canonical addiction, and what if his messy dating habits have to do with that, too? what if he's running from something inside himself, rushing to next best thing just so he can feel something?

but this is just me rambling as an introduction oops. so, just trying to list a couple of my favorites:

thad carlson (& dan wilson) (putting them together bc they're intrinsecally connected and while i do stand by the fact that he's wildly underappreciated in the fandom i would hit dan in the face with a brick): i would lterally give my first born for these two. they are what they actually wanted to write when they wrote about cain and abel. i'm not sure what is the exact reason why they have different last names, and i don't wanna enter headcanon territory here. what it does unavoidably indicate, though, is that they were doomed from the start. like it was written in their names. so, picture this: they were in the nerds together. they suffered the bullying, the abuse together. the humiliation tasted like blood in their mouths and shone like the stars they'd see with their heads smashed in a locker, but at least they knew their brother would've been there to hold them. there's something very visceral about suffering together with a brother. like the blood they share creates somewhat of a shell, one that can protect them from what is outside, that can give them the comfort that they will never be alone. whether they like it or not, their brother will forever be with them; it's inside them. except that thad had the rage of a wounded animal; dan had the fear of a small prey. so, while thad kept standing tall and proud and chin high against his bullies, dan started training and morphing until he could be accepted in the jocks. dan wasn't the bullied anymore. he was the bully. while his brother was still on the other side of the war- the side of the eternal losers, that is. the side that, no matter how many battles they will win, they will always be at a disadvantage. so thad has got all the hurt of having been betrayed by a half of himself, like the phantom pain of a lost limb. and the hurt makes him angrier and angrier and when he wants to take revenge on the jocks his brother is the first target he wants, because, see, he is the victim, his brother is cain who has killed abel. but also dan has got his head on backwards to look out for enemies and for anyone who might uncover him as the fraud he is, the way he just thought- they are just bullying me for what i am, so what if i become someone different? except that it's not like he didn't feel like a loser anymore, he just feels like a loser with a football sweater. so at that point you look at the direction of that violence, at where the anger and the resentment lies, and you stop there and wonder. who's cain there? who's gonna be the victim, who the executioner? like nathaniel orion said, "i want to kill him sometimes. i think sometimes he wants to die". i love them ur honor.

otto tyler: i have no literal idea why there is so so so little about him. admittedly, content about townies is in gnereal harder to track down, since they have... no last names.... for the most part. but the otto tag is absolutely desolated. this boy is what you'd call too angry to be this young. his first response to anything is extreme violence and fantasies of it. playing his audios you will be met with die, kill, die, kill, kill, die, die. and all of his vitriol is poured on the school, like they have all come together specifically to hunt him down. and he's been canonically hospitalized, as well; when you walk in the asylum for the first time (galloway away i believe) he tells you not to "anger the watcher"- but who is this watcher? the composition of the scene seems to implies it is the statue in the courtyard; the most coherent correspondence would be the orderlies you will have to avoid as you walk past them; maybe otto himself has just been told not to anger the watcher by the people who are supposed to take care of him, but that are just playing with his mind to make him too afraid not to behave. which, incidentally, doesn't sound too different from what he might have suffered at school. otto will ask you if you have ever punched a wall. he will swear he hates everyone in the school, that everyone in the school hated him, he will threaten to destroy it. otto is a landmine, he's an unstable kid who just needed some ground to stand on, and instead they placed him all alone on a shaking earth. all is anger is desperation, it's having spent too much time without a support system, too much time bound -to a chair, in a cell, in a straitjacket- surrounded by people who couldn't understand him. who stifled his expression instead of channeling all the feelings he had all the time, exploding and intense in an overwhelming and violent way. i like to think of him as an artist. he mentions tattoos; i like to imagine he's learning to do them himself. that he's finding that as an outlet for his expression. and yeah overall. i am a lot fond of otto, and i think he would have a lot to say.

mr. wiggins: look, this guy is super unlucky. he's the only teacher with no class minigame; he's only ever walking around, and if you saw him you probably mistook him for the more familiar mr. matthews. but believe me when i tell you he's a real one. example 1: when someone snithces to him, he says something along the lines of "thank you, but i will never be able to trust you again". BRO. let me tell you, in 1968 this guy was OUT on his college campus and he was MARCHING and RIOTING with workers and students. he even mentions having spent a night or two in JAIL. he will walk into class and say the nastiest things about reagan while he keeps saying that as a teacher he will have to be politically neutral as if he didn't just have a fight with hattrick about socialism.