#maybe then i'll actually post something good

[desertowlet]

My Little Ponywashing

The levels of miscommunication these two would get into are off the charts

Extra thoughts behind the designs under the cut because I've been rotating these guys in my mind for the past couple weeks :') I didn't realize how much I missed drawing ponies until now haha

Some extra details on the names/species choices!

Cosmic Comet is actually part pegasus (from his father's side) and earth pony (from his mother's side) I've been juggling around the idea that because of how physically strong/dense earth ponies tend to be compared to other ponies, he's probably not the most powerful flyer compared to his peers, which might have been something that brought him to be so fascinated with space travel and piloting— the galaxy's your oyster if you let the ship do all the flying for you! His foalhood nickname by his mother was "Shooting Star" :')

Midnight Moonflower is probably my favorite design out of all of them— she's the first one I drew as well :') It took a bit to decide which pony species she would be— I really loved the idea of her being an earth pony who is often overlooked and underestimated... but I feel like unicorn was such an obvious choice for her, I eventually caved (maybe I'll post an earth pony version of her in another post ♡)

Junebug is actively participating in the evil unicorn allegations (seriously why are there so many unicorn villains 😭) I decided to name him after these summer bugs that terrorized me as a kid, I felt like it would be a fitting name for him. If only he decided to go into entomology or something, but I guess it just wasn't good enough of a field for him 🙄

Easy Breezy is a hippogriff/seapony (couldn't resist the "fish out of water" motif he kinda has going on in the game, being an inexperienced intern completely out of his depth on a year-long voyage in outer space, (and a last-minute addition at that!)) like his name suggests he really goes to the flow, like the ocean currents... (much to the dismay of his parents)

Torque Wrench is probably the most fun one to draw, look at this stocky, grumpy earth pony :) I dunno if he'd still have a sneaker collection in this universe... maybe a bunch of custom horseshoes?

[peanutalergy]

Mr. Winston - SR x reader

The BAU doesn't really need your help with the case. Spencer does. tags: post prison! spencer, fem! child psychologist! reader. cm type violence (blood, murder, etc), traumatized child. pre-relationship yearning MAYBE ? maybe fluff also sorry i still don't know how to classify these things. the synopsis doesn't really make any sense because this is kinda spencer's pov but idk guys sorry im really tired. w/c: 1.5k (this was originally 5.4k words but then i reread it and found that i actually hated every single one of them so...) a/n: okay so wow... i had so much fun writing this (let's ignore most of my posts from the past two weeks) THE THING IS i sorta already had a pt2 to this but then i thought well we can't have that without the beginning so i did kinda write this in a rush im really sorry that it's so short and shitty. . . ALSO i really love this reader & i'd love to write more of her but if you don't like it then i don't like it either and i'll never write again if you tell me not to. i do not think this is good by any means. i do hate it but if i stared at the google docs page for any longer i'd go insane.

Spencer doesn’t treat her like she’s made of porcelain because she’d be easily broken (though, she would, but neither of you say that since you can tell how hard she tried to look strong before coming to the precinct). He treats her like she’s fragile because he can’t remember the last time he didn’t break something like this — wide-eyed and shaking, holding onto something soft like it’s the only real thing around.

He was the one who convinced the team to ask for your help when the kid got involved — he always is. They insisted it wasn’t needed, you can deal with her yourself, you’ve always been good with children, or whatever, but your office got a call from him anyway.

No one knows why he sticks around. Maybe it’s the way you hold her; the gentle hand that runs through her hair, much warmer than the tiny fingers with chewed off nails and blood stains. Maybe he’s trying to memorize the tone of your voice — soft and sweeter than the apple juice she didn’t open, rambling about the silliest things you can think of — to imitate it next time he finds himself having to question kids. Maybe it’s the teacup in your other hand (the one he made you) and the way you so casually sip from it. As if this delicacy came to you as easily as taking a breath, while he struggled even with breathing.

Either way, despite his hesitance, he’s always sure to be around if you’re working on a case with them. Watching from the corner in a way that might have seemed creepy if only you didn’t smile so often back at him.

Amelia Murphy, 6 years old.

She sits at the end of the couch, legs tucked up to her chest like she’s trying to make herself as small as a crumb on the untouched sandwich going stale by her side. Spencer stands at the edge of the room, a smile threatening to peek through as he listens to your stories about the stuffed animals on your bed.

“You can’t tell any of his buddies, okay?” she nods, small but enough for you, “Mr. Winston is my favorite teddy out of all the ones I have.”

“Why?” You and the agent have to hide a surprised expression at the sound of her quiet voice, ragged and hoarse, coming out for the first time tonight. 

“Because he’s been with me since I was very, very young.” You chuckle lightly, “I must’ve been around your age when my grandma gifted him to me.”

“How do you know my age?”

You look at Spencer. He takes that as an ask for help (it really wasn't) and moves before you can speak again, still as careful as possible as he sits on the armchair next to the couch and joins in on the conversation like you suggested to him so often. “We don’t, actually.” She doesn’t flinch like he feared she would, so he continues with a soft smile, “I’m sure my friend was just trying to say she was young, like you are.”

Amelia tilts her head, small brows furrowed as softly as she mutters, “Really?”

“Yeah.” He nods, “We don’t really know how old you are.”

“I’m… six.” Her fingers, miniature sized when compared to Spencer’s, struggle for a second before arranging into a six, “This much.”

You smile and pretend to write it down on your clipboard, “That’s a lot.”

He laughs in half disbelief, half joy when she asks, “Well, how old are you?”

“Do you want to guess?”

“Uhm…” Tiny hand scratching her chin, she examines him like she knows what she’s doing. He looks to you in pure confusion during the seconds she stays quiet. “A hundred?”

He holds back a snort, “Not quite, no. Do you wanna try again?”

During most of the time he talks to her, you stay quiet. He often looks to you, hesitating, asking for some sort of reassurance that he’s doing this right — you always give it to him with a barely there nod and a big smile.

Always, except for the moment he started talking about his job in almost too much detail when she prompted what are you?. Though, that time, he didn’t need your confirmation or denial to figure it out. All it took was a different knit to her eyebrows for him to go back into smaller than regular talking tone, from the bordering robotical lecturing mode.

“I wanna be a model when I grow up.”

“Oh, yeah?” you giggle breathily. Thankfully, she doesn’t take it as an offense like both of you thought she would. She just nods back at you with a proud smile. 

“And do you know what models do at their job?” Spencer inquires.

“They sit pretty in their pretty clothes for the people to watch,” the girl shrugs, speaking in the same way one would say the sky is blue. “Like her.”

He laughs when she points at you. “Being pretty isn’t all she does, though, Amelia. She’s not really a model.”

“She should be,” she whispers and you pretend you don’t hear it.

“Yeah, she should.”

He’s still careful even in the way he looks at her. Like she’d feel his cold hands if he said something too loud, too much. Every time she shows any sort of reluctance, he goes even softer — like he’d learned from uncountable hours of watching you do this over the years.

The very first time you met — interrogating an unsub’s daughter, before all of it happened. Before Mexico and Maeve and Gideon and Dilaudid and Emily. Before his jaw was screwed permanently clenched and his brain painted foggy. When he didn’t think of himself as a ticking time bomb and wasn’t scared of what he saw in the mirror.

Even when he didn’t feel this way about children as well as every other aspect of his life, he admired your work and yourself. So, it only makes sense (to him) that, when he sees himself as some sort of monster, you look like you’ve hung the moon and the stars even though the only thing you’ve ever been is yourself.

“And, uh, Amelia…” he mutters, pointing to the stuffed bunny in her hands, all love stains and frayed stitches, “Your friend over there. Does he have a name?”

She shakes her head, then spins it around to show the bow hidden on the back of its head, “She’s a girl.”

“Oh, yes, of course. I’m so sorry,” he laughs awkwardly.

“She doesn’t have a name.”

“Is there a reason for that, sweetie?” you ask as soon as there’s a pause from both of them.

He just watches with a grin while you work with her to find names for her teddy.

The markers were Spencer’s idea. He didn’t mean for it to be anything more than a way for her to express herself — you’d both been drawing animals and trees and numbers. Though, when her page became full of red scribbles and what seemed to be portraits of her parents, you realized she might have more to say.

“Who are those people, Amelia?”, he places a hand on her shoulder. She’s so focused on her tiny fingers wrapped around the marker, that she barely shows any reaction to him. When her bottom lip goes wobbly and her hands impossibly shakier, he takes away the paper with a “Okay, that’s enough.”

She fell asleep on his shoulder after half an hour of sobbing while telling what she remembered of the story.

He can’t help the warm feeling that floods his chest when you tell him, “You did a good job.” after getting as much as one can out of a kid who just witnessed her parents’ murder. His expression and words go against it, though. With a small shrug, he mumbles, “Oh, it was nothin–”

“No, don’t do that,” you cut him off, “You did really well.”

“You would’ve gotten her to say a lot more in a lot less time. It takes you an average of five minutes and for–”

“Shut up,” a giggle.

“Would you please stop cutting me off?”

“Not until you admit that you are actually still amazing with kids.”

He sighs. “How’s Mr. Winston?”

“No, no!” you slap his arm playfully, “You don’t get to change the subject by mocking me for my friends.”

“I’m not mocking you,” Spencer raises his arms in defense, a smile brightening his face. “I’m trying to get to know you and your friends better. I can’t do that anymore?”

“Not if you’re mean about it,” arms crossed over your chest and a half fake pout on your lips, you mutter.

“When was I mean?” he cocks his head to the side.

“I can tell from your tone of voice. It gets higher and weirder when you lie. You’re not the only one who knows about psychology here, buddy.”

He just shakes his head with a laugh. “I’m being serious. How are they doing?”

“Well, if you must know, they’re doing amazing.”

“I’m glad.”

It takes 43 (he counted) chimes of the clock on the wall for anyone to say something again. It’s him, in a whisper, “Do you really think she liked me?”

00:09 doctor reid genius guy

Amelia’s aunt just picked her up. She said her bunny was now named Mrs. Winston.

[or-echo]

This is almost exactly the sort of thing I've been expecting from this comic, actually. It's kind of refreshing to see that idea of a massive "twist" considered for once, rather than instantly assuming the worst. I'm glad it's not just me who sees this as a possibility.

Obviously, writers for Robin-Jason in the current day- or just Jason writers in general- fail to handle him well at all. But I'm willing to have hope for this run, and maybe that's because I'm not fully invested in Jason Todd as a character (no doubt because of how writers fail to write him) so my hopes aren't completely tarnished. However, one character that I am fully invested in is Moon Knight, whose best run (arguably) was ironically written by Jeff Lemire.

I'm not particularly acquainted with any of Lemire's other works, but that run alone is enough for me to trust his work on this one, regardless of a suspicious synopsis. And maybe my trust is misplaced, but if Moon Knight (2016) was anything to go by, Lemire is absolutely capable of writing nuanced, traumatized characters, in a nuanced story. The entire focus of his Moon Knight run- following hot on the heels of mostly action-based Moon Knight comics like 2014- was in fact, the mental health of Marc, Steven, and Jake (in fact, if you have seen the Moon Knight TV show, the basic concept was borrowed for episode 5, for reference). It wasn't vilifying any of them for being traumatized and hurt, it was about them *getting better* and learning to be okay with themselves. Moon Knight, who like Jason, is infamous for being a violent killer, who has also faced major trauma.

Lemire treated this character whose reputation (both in-universe and in the real world) was cutting off people's faces and being "crazy" (mentally ill) with respect and care, as a person, not a vessel for murder who is capable of no more and no less. So I think, if he can do it for Moon Knight, he can probably do it for Jason, too.

I've been incredibly suspicious since the first synopsis that not everything was as it seemed. Admittedly the preview kind of dialed back my hopes a bit, but if the intention is to mislead, then the wrong precedent has to be set early on in the narrative. I don't think any of those words were written down without intention or nuance hidden behind them. I'm not going to judge this story by its first few pages, not when the main gimmick of the other Lemire story I'm familiar with is that not everything is as it immediately seems.

I'm not going to list every reason why this story concept so far is suspicious, since plenty of people before me already have in the form of criticism or suspicion that I share like the post above. But the excess, the degree of commitment to the idea that this kid is *violent* and has to be changed is what makes me think something is amiss here... it's hard to tell where exactly this story is going to go. We all know how Jason becomes the Red Hood and how he acts in the future, so a "rehabilitation" story is out of the cards due to the limitations of dramatic irony and a concrete future. So the question becomes, WHAT is the point of this story? WHAT is the endgame? WHAT does Lemire want to show us? WHAT does he want to do with Jason?

I think Lemire can do this. I'm willing to trust his work- in fact, I was thrilled seeing his name as the writing credit for this series. Maybe I'll eat my words later and it'll suck, it's been nearly a decade since then after all, and like I said, I'm not especially familiar with his other works. Maybe MK was a one-off. I'm willing to trust and find out, though; if anyone *can* write a good story for Jason-Robin, I know that Jeff Lemire is one of them.

ROBIN & BATMAN: JASON TODD #3

Written by JEFF LEMIRE

Art and cover by DUSTIN NGUYEN

Variant covers by RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE and CLAYTON CRAIN

1:25 variant cover by KYLE HOTZ

$4.99 US | 40 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)

ON SALE 8/27/25

Robin has teamed up with the mysterious villain known only as the Wraith, and Batman is desperate to save his new ward from the sinister temptations of evil. Can the Dark Knight rescue Jason Todd before his corruption is complete? And even if he can, is there any hope that this tortured soul can be rehabilitated into the crime-fighter Batman is so desperately trying to mold him into?

[crooked-wasteland]

Alright, Let's Attempt Some "Good Faith" Criticism:

Part 1: Medrano is also a terrible Director

My post about The Circus was sniped with a comment that feels like Medrano herself wrote it. I'll function in the belief that it actually is what Medrano intended, and then explain why it still doesn't work in practice.

Firstly, before I even attempt to deconstruct this comment, I need to clarify that Bad Faith has nothing to do with author intent. But it seems this is how the fandom and Medrano herself misuse the term. Bad Faith is a philosophical term, not a literary one. It means to be inauthentic or dishonest, not in a compulsive manner, but intentionally.

Bad Faith IS promising to do something you know you have no intention of doing.

Bad Faith IS knowing you are doing something selfishly while pretending to be altruistic.

Bad Faith IS denying your obvious reality.

Bad Faith is NOT believing that an Author's intentions are flawed or failed to be executed.

Bad Faith is NOT reading malice into something that wasn't intended to have it.

Bad Faith is NOT "making mistakes".

Bad Faith would be extrapolating that Medrano is a rapist herself due to her love of the trope. Or claiming to think poorly of Medrano in order to rile up other people's emotions when you really don't care.

It is a Lie, not a Disagreement.

There is no truth in art, and no "right way" to interpret what you see on the screen. The way people feel about Stolas' and Blitz's dynamic will never be "Bad Faith". Because it is a wholly real and unique experience to those who have interacted with the material.

So the main disagreement is that I see Stolas as a narcissist based on his patterns of behavior. And the irony is that as Medrano has become more insistent of trying to "correct" that image, the more it actually reinforces the perception for myself and most other people. This is not bad faith, this is now miscommunication.

Additionally, Death of the Author is NOT Bad Faith. It is a literary reading of the story with the intentions of the author removed to reflect how the work the Author made is connecting to those engaging with the material.

It says so much that Medrano and her ilk believe we are lying about how her work makes us feel due to the poor quality of writing and direction. In fact, the assumption of dishonesty is itself a source of bad faith when it is used in this manner. Not because it perceives malice, but because it creates a false reality for the simple objective of not having a fair conversation.

Instead of seeing that once art is made public, everyone is allowed to have their own experience, or even acknowledging that the fact Medrano is asked so many questions to clear up her bad writing to even consider that maybe she is actively failing as a director as well. Instead we are somehow inauthentic because we don't agree with her, because she feels entitled to her work even after letting it free.

Which, if that isn't a great encapsulation of the problems between the characters of the show themselves, idk what is.

To breakdown this wall of text, this person is saying that Stolas meant "Ravish" in a way that is no longer in use.

The commenter insists that Stolas was actually referencing Blitz having previously stolen from him as children. And somehow extrapolates a bizarre fantasy of Blitz having returned a quarter of a century later to also steal Stolas, like Blitz stole all his stuff.

To be genuinely frank, the idea that this is readily accessible to any degree is demented. The term Ravish being used in this way is not a good term. This goes into bad writing, because I think we all have ideas of what certain words mean.

When I say sad, I mean a gloomy heaviness of an emotional kind. Like the grey cloud over someone's head that may start raining at any moment. It's a feeling of a depressed and subdued mood. Whereas the word distraught means frantic. High, negative energy. It's a panic-stricken sadness. Or even Depression, where the feeling of sadness may not even be tangible, but the similar oppressive heaviness inside one's soul is almost palpable. Grief-stricken is almost like a sense of fear mixed with sadness. A form of painful emotional horror that consumes the victim with a deep and pervasive sadness.

Words have built in connotations.

Ravish under the archaic use literally implies violence as a default. To Ravish something from someone implies the use of force. Meanwhile, the more current definition of Ravish still implies an almost carnal instinct. Something sudden like a viper's strike, but instead of venom it implies bliss. It is still implying something abrupt and physically stimulating.

And if you do not have a wide vocabulary, you will inappropriately misuse words by not understanding their implications. So while this may be a retconned, or even valid explanation from Medrano herself, it doesn't work on multiple levels.

In writing, it doesn't work because everyone who first saw that scene believed Stolas was implying that Blitz had come to have sex with him. Mainly because of this:

It's clear from this sequence that Stolas is viewing Blitz sexually. It contradicts the idea that Stolas had any other intentions, specifically because we see this from his perspective with the pink haze of lust and infatuation around Blitz. Add to it the unnecessarily awkward porn talk by the Hellhound guard and Stolas' blushing after the fact, we know what Stolas is feeling and thinking through nonverbal direction. And he's definitely not thinking about that giant bag of stuff Blitz stole from him.

Second, it contradicts Stolas' character. He's supposed to be intelligent. He finds Blitz's really obscure horse joke funny, but it is only funny to people who know things. We see Stolas' favorite things are books by how he is going through his library with young Blitz when they are children.

So Stolas would know the implications of a word like Ravish. It could have worked if Stolas was in some way upset over Blitz stealing from him, but he clearly is not from the moment they lay eyes on each other. Ravish would never be used for unimportant trinkets. The connotation is that it implies a struggle or having something precious taken from you against your will. And Stolas, being book smart, would know this fact. So him misusing the word in such a way also breaks his character, because it shows the book-smart guy is actually unable to learn from books.

Meanwhile, this is Blitz:

Doesn't take much rocket science to see Blitz is scared. The dynamic is on full display on how Stolas feels (he's seeing this as a porno script) and Blitz feels literally helpless. It's clear in this sequence that Blitz's is trying to gain some control over the situation only for Stolas to shut him down. And Blitz is both resigned and intimidated. He doesn't know what to expect going into this room and it's clear he doesn't think it is going to be anything good.

So when Stolas throws out that Blitz is there to "Ravish" him, you see Blitz concoct the scheme to get the book in real time.

When Blitz says "Oh, yeah...!" You can see it animated on his face how he is trying to come up with a plan to gain some ground. He sees the book, has a thoughtful look while the "Sexy music" plays (another layer of clear indication that Ravish was always intended to mean something sexual by Stolas) before leaning into the setup.

And here Stolas outrightly refutes the belief that he ever thought Blitz came to steal from him. Theft does tend to fall under "nefarious" actions, and if Stolas believed Blitz broke in to steal from him while everyone was distracted at the party, well, he wouldn't be saying this. He genuinely thinks Blitz is there for him specifically.

This line prohibits the audience from linking together the current situation with Blitz's childhood actions entirely. It signals that Stolas either doesn't care at all about Blitz being a thief, or he doesn't even realize he was stolen from to this day. So the idea that "Ravish" was in reference to that setup is soundly put to bed.

Then the two sit down and Stolas starts wanting to "reconnect", like an awkward coffee date after a one night stand. Due to the absolute strangeness of his horny fantasy, it's a good faith assumption that he wants this to be more than just some random sex, he wants a connection. Asking what Blitz does for work and getting panicked when Blitz admits to being an assassin.

Frankly, the best bit of characterization is that Stolas legitimately thinks for a second that Blitz may have been hired to kill him.

Anyway, this is going to have to be split into two parts because I only can post 10 pictures and I've already posted 7 and we still need to cover Blitz's perspective. So, let's call it here.

[hymless]

Can I ask for items to be Converted to Male Frame?

Ez answer. Yes! I understand not everyone wants what I want, so this is why I'm going to try & allow suggestions rn. But I do have a few rules, okay? If it gets out of hand, I will stop taking any.

Plz read Rules below cut. (I don't want to have a giant ass spam post on your dash)

Required:

1-3 items asked for Nicely

The LINK to those items OR the CORRECT name & Creator of that item. Anon or Not (Media is on in my Asks)

& Finally...

I AM NOT PERFECT, OKAY?

I DO NOT know how to do slider heels & squishy thighs yet. So, I will not be doing those items till I learn okay?

*No, I will not be doing: (As of RN)

- Slider Heel shoes - Squishy thighs - Shoes (As of Rn. I haven't tried them yet.) -Nothing super crazy or complex (I'd like my sanity plz)

Q) Are you open to taking suggestions?

A: Yes, I am! I know not everyone is going to want only what I want, so I am willing to do some suggestions. But there's a few rules with this.

Please only ask for 1-3 items at a time. I want anyone who asks politely to get a chance to wear what they dreamed for their sim. (Anon will be going off if I feel like someone is spamming requests. SO please be kind & don't ruin it for everyone. Much appreciate non anon asks, but I understand not wanting to be known.) I'm not sure on how many requests I'll get, but if things get crazy, I may not take suggestions for a minute. (But I’ll still probably write it down for the future)

PLEASE for the love of everything, BE SPECIFIC. Telling me "You should convert some items from this Creator" is VERY Vague. PLEASE tell me what item. Okay? I don't feel like going through every cc item they have to choose what I want, especially if I may not care for their items in the first place. It's not too complicated to say, 'I want this specific item by this creator.' Okay. Cool.

I WILL NOT be doing SUPER HIGH POLY items. Like super alpha cc. Those that are like 50k? & over. No, that’s way too much. My computer will literally pass. Good maxis match & <40k poly hopefully. If you don’t know the poly count, that's fine. I’ll probably check it b4 committing to converting.

I WILL NOT be converting items that work fine by unlocking it through S4S. Like hair, earrings, piercings, glasses, hats (actual hats) leggings & socks (not 3D ones, sometimes they work tho). Majority of the time those work by unlocking restrict opposite gender. So, I will not be converting those. This is really for clothes & accessories.

If it is a BRAND-NEW, paywalled item, you’re going to have to sit a minute. I can’t magically convert something if I don’t have access to getting it, alright? You'll have to wait until it’s free for me to post it too, so I don't get anyone biting me alright? Sorry <3

Be Patient! Do NOT rush me. You will get your item when it comes out.

Q: How Long does it usually take to get an item suggested?

A: It depends. If the item doesn't cause trouble, then I should get it done pretty quickly. BUT, do not still expect everything requested to be done in a day. I'm not rushing myself, otherwise things will be messy. & I'll more than likely be releasing it in sets. (of other items I've converted or what was asked for) But I will try to get asked for items done as soon as I can.

7. BE RESPECTUFUL to ME! I am still doing ALL of this in MY TIME. I still make my OWN CC. I DO NOT take any sort of donations for anything I do. So DO NOT be an ass to me & rush me for what I am GENEROUSLY doing for you. Sometimes I'm not going to feel like converting cc. I don't have to do anything for you, Got it? BUT I am out of the goodness of my heart & for our pretty boi lovers.

Q) What about a creators set?

A: Ehhh we will see. I'll keep note on it. Maybe if several ask for it, then I'll look into it. If its not too many items in a set, I'll more than likely do it. BUT if it's like 20+ items... I'll ask for you to pick certain items. Maybe I will do the whole set over time, but it's not guaranteed. It still take me HOURS to do some of these convo's if I have problems.

-Thank you for reading!

I will add onto this if things change

If you actually red this post & request an item, include eel in your ask for shits & giggles. I wanna see who actually got this far

[fromdove]

reblog isn't working,, hopefully u don't mind me sending another ask 💔

oh. GOD DAMMIT DOVE. i think you just brought the stars a little closer to me with your words. like literally. i'm sitting here rereading it all with my hands covering my face like some love-struck victorian ghostgirl who's just received a letter from her long-lost soulmate & now she's walking the candlelit corridors of her heart muttering "what the hell do i do with this kind of love." "WHAT DID I GOD"

you want to bake my words into cupcakes & feed them to all the past yous that ever felt lonely??? do you KNOW what that does to me??? i'm gonna cry into a pillow & then write you 12 pages of love notes on notebook paper with the corners curled up like flower petals. i want to bottle up all the things you said & carry it around in my pocket like a secret. i want to play it like a record while i'm in bed at 4am( im always awake at that hour ), legs twisted around blankets, heart shining too bright to rest.

& when i read "you write like your heart has hands" ?? that resides in my chest now. STUCK IN MY CHEST. it built a tiny cottage right by the side of the area where i store my favorite lovies & it's baking muffins in there. it's lighting candles. it's watering the plants. i'm never going over that line.

you told me you wanted to lie down in a field & cry happy tears on a letter to the stars for how you luvluvluv me & to have me as your friend & now here i am, crying. i'm the one folding in on myself like a paper crane. i'm the one spinning in my room with headphones( seriously ) in & my heart a little too full. i'm like a daisy someone stuck behind their ear because it felt right. i'm like the second before the sun comes up, when the world just holds its breath.

& don't even get me started on how you said "i love you in all the quiet ways." like i had to stop. i had to set down my phone & pinch my lower lip like a cartoon girl who's just been kissed for the first time in a row of lockers & butterflies. i love you like that too. in the things that came so close to being said. in the quiet looks in rooms. even if i don't know what you look like, you're still one of the gorgeous people i know( yes, this a a spencer reid reference ).

i love you in the "you make everything feel like spring" sort of way.

i love you in the "you said one gorgeous thing & now i'm writing a novel in my head" sort of way.

i love you in the "let's run barefoot across the universe together" sort of way.

to saturn & back & then beyond.

to the spaces between stars where time loses track of how to move.

to every iteration of us in every parallel field of flowers where we always manage to find one another.

forever & ever & then a little more & then more after that &

more still, & i'll NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER stop

baby i dont mind at all like r u kidding me. ur soooo talented & creative w/ words i actually get butterflies in my BRAIN when i read ur writing. i wanna crawl inside ur brain and just. observe. take notes. you're so talented & creative with words. i wanna be as good of a writer as u r like i’m not even being dramatic rn (ok maybe a little because im a lover of theatrics BUT ITS TRUE. nothing i said is a lie).

u legit inspired me to make a fanfic account 😭😭 i don’t even know how to respond to this kind of love &&&&&&&& admiration. like. hello. what do i do with myself. oh !! my !! god !! whatthefuck. i feel like confetti is exploding in my chest rn. like what. HOW. what did u DO to me.

ur account to me is like. idk. it’s like if motivation had a physical form. its a whole ass motivational shrine to reading. like every time i see u post or write something im like "wait lemme go read real quick" u inspire me to be a better writer & also just… read more. only person who has ever done that to me frfr !! like im so serious rn. as im typing this im physically vibrating w the urge to pick up a book or open a doc. like it’s not normal but it’s u so it makes sense.

idk if this is weird or corny or embarrassing or whatever BUT. i deadass think u’re like. my literary soulmate. or like. my writing guardian angel or something. like u singlehandedly activated my writer core. no one else has ever done that to me. ever. frfr.

this is so sappy but i don’t care i mean every word like. ok. imma go read now.

u r the highlight to my annotation.

im fromdove and i endorse & approve this message 😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇

[interlink-au]

Which boy do I choose? Maybe I'll post some possibly lesser-known facts about several of them? I'm going directly off of the games, so some things might be a bit contradictory to Jojo's take.

Sky

Sky was canonically 17.5 when he started his adventure.

The Knight's Training Academy was built 25 years before SS. The cook, Henya, has served students meals there since the beginning.

Can literally fall asleep in 10 seconds while sitting. Canonically. In game.

Blatantly eavesdrops. Upon hearing Pipit argue with his mom, instead of ignoring it and continuing on his way, he went up to the window to listen in better.

It was a full moon the night he met Fi and drew the same sword. Zelda had fallen to the surface the previous day. Idk if this counts as something to add to the moon-trauma gang but it's something to consider.

He has sailed the sea. It was a desert, but the timeshift stone on the boat made all the sand in the immediate area turn into water and coral and stuff wherever they went. There was a pirate ship and everything.

His Beedle knows about electricity by name (his biking generates electricity.) He also uses the term ecofriendly.

He has to prepare himself before he enters any of the dungeons. It may or may not have to do with all of the dungeons' entrances being stairs leading underground. I don't imagine that's pleasant for someone used to the sky.

Would and has canonically described his adventure as a quest

Fi knows the names and information about each Skyloftian. How does she know?

A robot is in love with her. She uses this to her advantage, but I don't think she likes it because one time her text ran by really fast to finish up a conversation with him

It seems that anyone can see Fi

He can carry around fruit and pumpkins on his sword like it's a skewer.

There are monsters on Skyloft at night - keese and chuchus - and the remlits are evil at night. This changes when the local friendly monster gets his wish to become human.

All the Skyloftians are human. There is no such thing as Hylian. They have pointy ears but they are not called Hylians.

Don't think Sky is a goody good. He purposefully broke a chandelier for a heart piece. He had to pay it off.

Loftwings are generally mounted from the air. Everyone on that island throws themselves off the edge and whistles for their bird.

Sky can sense his loftwing.

He makes painted woodcarvings and has gifted some to Zelda as well.

He's such a lazy daydreamer that Zelda didn't have confidence that he'll win the wing ceremony. He hasn't been practicing either, so that's part of the lazy.

Not very aware of his surroundings, a boss door can slowly but loudly creak closed and he doesn’t jump and look back until it slams closed. And a boss can raise the sand under his feet and he won’t notice right away.

It's implied that he manages to get lost even in the small space of Skyloft.

He had to do a lot of growing alongside his sword in order to become a worthy hero who could wield the triforce.

Four (Minish Cap)

Quick bit on the Hero of Men since Four may or may not also be him: Hyrule was embroiled in an actual war before the Minish gifted the Hero of Men the Picori Blade. The stained glass in the prologue shows men in uniform fighting monsters. I think one of the men in uniform looks like the Hero of Men. Very blonde. Very bob-cut hair. That makes the Hero of Men a war vet. It also seems like pretty much anyone could see the Minish back then. Understanding them is a different matter, and I'm pretty sure this is where the Minish/Picori confusion started.

On to Minish Cap:

I'm not sure why people say his adventure in Minish Cap only lasted a day. Ezlo (his talking hat) said he hid an eggy snack in Link's hair a month ago. So it's been at least that long

People also have a misunderstanding about how long after the Hero of Men the events of Minish Cap take place. A common misconception is that it's exactly 100 years later. Even the wiki says this is the 100th Picori Festival. “They say that every hundred years, the Picori come to Hyrule... And this is the 100th year, to the day, of the last time the Picori were here!” So it hasn't necessarily only been 100 years of celebration, just 100 years since the portal or whatever was active. Hero of Men was much longer ago than 100 years. “Long, long ago, and even longer before that,” is how the storyteller at the festival words the story of the time of monsters and Picori. But I think Jojo may have said that Four is also the Hero of Men? In which case, this doesn't apply.

Ezlo implies that Link didn't believe in the Picori until he met one.

The teacher considers Link to be a mischievous child. I personally consider Zelda to be the instigator, and Link ends up getting in trouble for her ideas. She's quite a handful. 😂 She also skips everywhere, which is exceedingly charming to me. They are besties. She sneaks out of the castle to see him. They go to school together. Ezlo ships them. I didn't make that up. “Once you've used the sacred blade to free Princes Zelda from her curse, perhaps you can ask her out on a date or something. Don't worry, I'll be right there with you! You will need my advice, after all!”

“Zelda wishes that the sometimes unreliable Link were just a wee bit stronger.” But he has gained a lot of boldness since the beginning of his adventure, as multiple townspeople will comment on.

The town was getting pretty nervous at the end. The more time passed with Vaati pretending to be king and more monsters showing up, the more people were staying inside and even leaving entirely. The vendors almost went out of business completely. Eventually there was an evacuation. Martial law… Earthquakes… The animals left. Everyone in the castle turned to stone. People died. The kid is like 9 or 10 or something and the vassals (they're not knights, they're not even soldiers, they're just vassals who patrol) don't do anything. “Monsters are coming! Everyone stay indoors! Oh, that doesn't apply to you, my boy! You go get 'em, Link! Your sword and bravery will save the day!” Nice 😑

The librarian knows him by name. “Hey! Aren't you Smith's grandson, Link? Enjoy your browsing!”

His grandfather's name is literally Smith. Not the smith. It's literally just Smith.

He might be a gacha addict with all of his figurine-collecting

The average Minish doesn’t understand Hylian. Hyrulean Minish and those from the Minish Realm speak slightly different dialects.

Minish Cap has a lot of familiar faces including, but not limited to, the oracles Din, Nayru, and Farore, Malon, Talon, Epona, Beedle, and the snot-nosed kid from Wind Waker

There appears to be a Hylian-sized Minish playing the hurdy-gurdy during the Picori Festival.

Zelda gave him his shield. She won a festival game, but instead of picking something cute for herself, she chose the shield, despite urgings from the person running the game. "...It IS a little embarrassing, though. It's so tiny!” -Item description

“You're so energetic all the time... Not that I'm saying you're hyperactive or anything! I meant it as a compliment! Like...you've got a special talent for being WAY too peppy or something.” -Ezlo regarding Link

A bit prone to getting lost, as Ezlo’s dialogue hints. Not that Ezlo is any help getting them unlost, except recommending use of the map and looking at signs (which Ezlo admits to not reading)

He can talk to animals thanks to the jubbernut. This might only work when he's small. Someone correct me if I'm wrong about that. You can even talk to Epona! Dogs are nice and friendly but cats are evil and just want to bat you around.

Ezlo teases Link, but Link teases him right back, saying if Ezlo wants a hot bath he'll send him to the cleaners. I didn't make that up. Ezlo is kind of useless as far as being helpful in the hint department but his relationship with Link is hilarious.

It's Ezlo that controls Link's size. Link has to be standing on a Minish portal and Ezlo chants a spell. It is unknown what mechanism he uses now that Ezlo is gone. Four Swords has a gnat hat that can make Link small, so perhaps the hat Ezlo leaves you with is enchanted.

Minish seem to live for a very, very long time.

He's trained with 8 swordmasters, including a dead one.

Best hurricane spin in any game. Doesn't use magic, doesn't get dizzy, no cool down. It's very OP.

There is a friendly moblin living in town pretending to be a villager. She bribes you to keep her secret.

Kinstone fusing has very random effects. The result of kinstone fusion is "luck" which can mean anything from a door opening to a Goron joining another Goron in digging a tunnel. In-universe, there is no reason the people fusing kinstones should know what the result of the fusion was. The game lets the player see what happens, but from the perspective of an NPC, it's just "They fit perfectly! Maybe something good will happen."

In game canon, the true Hero of the Four Sword comes between Minish Cap and the first Four Swords game. It's referenced in the prologue to Four Swords. This doesn't matter much in regards to LU Four, but I think it's noteworthy that there is an extra adventure in here.

Four (Four Swords Adventures)

Not much to say about Four Swords that I can't say about FSA, so I'm focusing on FSA. I didn't read the manga, so this is all game-canon.

These games are more about competition than cooperation. Cooperation is definitely necessary in some parts, but there is very much a push to do better than the other Links, even encouraging sabotage. Each level in FSA ends with a Mario Party-style roller that lets you steal from other players and stuff like that. Send a cucco after them.

Shadow Link has a personality. Again, this has nothing to do with the manga. He doesn't directly address the player - he mostly just taunts and attacks the Links. But the townspeople he's tormented and the Deku Scrubs he bosses around definitely have negative opinions. The Deku Scrubs are Ganon-worshippers, but they hate Shadow Link. That says something. Most of their (often screen-wide) attacks are 1-hit K.O.s that the Links must retreat from.

The Ganon they fight in FSA is a completely different Ganon than the others. He's a reincarnation of Ganondorf after the Twilight Princess one dies. (If we're abiding by the official timeline.) This Gerudo man wants power, breaks Gerudo law to enter a temple, gets a fancy Trident, turns into a pig, and creates Shadow Links (yes, plural) from the Dark Mirror to trick Link into pulling the Four Sword and releasing Vaati.

Zelda refers to the four of them as Link singular even when split.

Each color has their own tone of voice. Red has the deepest voice and Vio has the highest-pitched voice.

They can effortlessly pick up people of their size and bigger. They are constantly picking each other up and throwing one another, all while jumping across gaps and such. They also have to catch thieves in one town, which they do by bodily picking them up and tossing them into a fenced-in area. The thieves are bigger than they are.

They know how to ride a horse and do so more than once.

People can take their fighting styles from the manga if they want, but there is the alternative of using the Palace of the Fours Swords boss fight in ALTTP (GBA) as inspiration. Green is the most basic one, with the main attacks being a spin attack or dash attack. He can dodge by jumping away. Red spams hurricane spins. He can also do Green's moves, but he does a lot of spinning. Blue jumps up and does a heavy-hitting down thrust that shakes the room. He is very good at dodging via nimble jumps, and he can go invisible/invincible for a second for some reason? Maybe he stole Vet's magic cape. He's very much a roc's feather guy. Can also dash attack. I think they all can. Vio is the hardest. He has all the other skills but can also shoot sword beams. Technically, I think they are fireballs like Hyrule can do. Obviously, some of these are skills that I'm doubtful Four has in LU. Either way, Vio is a master swordsman. He hits hard and fast and is unpredictable.

Other than the magic cape and fireballs, the other moves are all things Four should have access to. Even the fireballs can be replaced by a regular sword beam.

I only got through two guys and it's this long lol. I plan to do a part 2 later. You can also check replies to this post for a lot of headcanons

Fellow Linked Universe fans, I have a favor to ask of you.

I keep thinking that I don’t know as much about the Links as I think I do because I’ve only played one of the games, so if any of you wouldn’t mind, pick your favorite and rant about their adventure!

If not, that’s okay, I’m still doing as much research as I can on them. I just want to also hear it from other fans as a sort of backup or confirmation thing for me to read later.

Thank you for your time!

[skyddish]

it's crazy i've been on tumblr a year and i've haven't yet seen an aftg take worthy enough to block. likeee my mutuals r so unproblematic, and i hear ur stories guys— it sounds like ur at war. wdym ppl think everything is kevins fault?! that's my shayla

[vagueeyes]

As someday it may happen that a victim must be found  I've got a little list - I've got a little list   Of society offenders who might well be underground    And who never would be missed - who never would be missed!

INSIDE NO. 9 | S9E1 "Boo to a Goose"

[funky-vg-beats]

I had plenty of songs come to mind, but a lot of them I knew outside of the blog, so I didn't think they counted. I can certainly share a few honorable mentions because I think they're really funny.

Of Course there's the [Resident Evil Basement Theme]. That's a no-brainer, everyone knows this one. Apparently I have never actually posted it! Maybe next year for April Fools or something.

The whole soundtrack for Sonic Chronicles is really not good at all! [Here's an example]. It's not the WORST thing ever, but the whole fuckin OST is like this and it's embarrassingly bad considering it's a fucking Sonic game.

[SCREAM] from Saya no Uta isn't necessarily bad, per se...? But I have a REALLY hard time listening to it. It's just SO much and I have audio processing issues so it's like. Painful if it's too loud LMAO. It's on purpose I'm certain, considering the context, it's just. It's a lot.

Mm I feel like there was one more I wanted to share... It's left me. Maybe I'll remember later.

what is the WORST song that you've discovered specifically through this blog

LMAOO oh my god that's such a fun question. I don't remember everything I've ever posted, I'm CERTAIN I'm forgetting something, but... hm.

I know it's pretty recent so it's the first to come to mind, but that [tazmania] song was uh... Not my favorite! In related news, I've also got a [SNEAK PEAK] for you, if you're interested! It's a request that'll be posted in a few days, and I do wonder in the tags if those two songs were recommended by the same person, because... I mean... They're not, like... You know... good.......

I did a bit of digging and found a post from. Nine years ago. Which is the [title theme] of a Rocky and Bullwinkle game I've never heard of, and it's also not great! I will admit it's not the worst thing I've ever heard, but I cannot defend it. It's not good at all LMAO. Unfortunately it's the only one I can come up with at the moment.

[sympathytea]

So this is a sequel to this post mainly because there was some crucial details in the finale that I missed, but this is specifically going to be focusing on Parrot rather than Evbo, although Evbo is still going to be part of this whole theory. Lets start.

[Transcript Start] Evbo: -My iron sword, so their swords will never break. Thats why I have to get out of here, so that I can prove to people that there is a way out! Obviously, to do that, I need to make it to level 4. But its a bit tough to do that, since theres no way to rank up apparently. Parrot: ...Wait, what do you mean theres no way to rank up? Evbo: Oh yeah! I probably should've mentioned that every time I try to rank up to a golden sword- Woah, getting up close and personal. But..yeah, theres no water at the bottom, I've died-

[End of transcript.]

This exchange to me, at first, read as rather inconspicuous. Other players have killed Evbo before, or straight up hit him. So it didn't particularly click with me that this was something to pay attention to, but it was a bit weird considering how Parrot is first characterized. His whole introduction with Evbo and Tabi, and him talking about the iron sword layer being peaceful, and trying to protect Evbo's immortal identity, being depressed and isolating himself in a mansion.. It seems odd that this would suddenly shift when the situation becomes "Theres no way out" and him almost getting violent here, like every other character in the series. But he shows restraint in his anger rather than lashing out. Good right? Well... Next time we "meet" Parrot the implications are less than ideal. We learn he is a bow, and that he attempted to tell Evbo this, but the message about Tabi's betrayal got through to him too late. Then something else happens. Evbo, post betrayal and probably wanting to let off some of the stress that has most definitely been bubbling under the surface, Kills the entire iron sword layer. Or atleast very heavily implied that he did, along with Parrot's help. In Evbo's words, he "Killed all the people that were against me." which could either mean like, two people or the entire layer, and I don't think Evbo was particularly keeping track of the "bad" iron swords that came into his cell depending on how populated that layer actually is. The way someone would typically twist this, is that Parrot is willing to do terrible things for his friend's safety and comfort. Which is fine, but hear me out. Considering that Parrot got very close to snapping at Evbo back in episode 4, and was pretty absent throughout the arc where Evbo trains until he gets to the diamond sword layer, and then out of nowhere, helps with a murder spree despite him being one of the more peaceful residents? One that doesn't appear to get into fights, nor is seen going into Evbo's cell for kills? Evbo lets something slip near the end right after describing the massacre that he and Parrot did together. Parrot says:

"I will do my best to make a difference in this world."

Now, this sounds good in theory. Great, even! But consider the stuff we learned from him up until this point, the tiny details that you could easily miss or disregard entirely. Now, what does that phrase imply? Especially with the surrounding context being Evbo and Parrot killing a layer together?

What difference does he intend to make in this world? We don't get more than what Evbo tells us in the narration, but he does mention that he isn't willing to see Parrot just yet, and needs to piece his feelings towards him. What went down between these two that went unseen that left Evbo not wanting to talk to him let alone see him? Fishy, fishy, fishy.

[screwpinecaprice]

I woke up feeling like I was crying to sleep when I wasn't??? And my dream was about Mei from Turning Red riding a snow sleigh. Um There's nothing sad about that??? Lol

Anyway, the warm up sketches. The colors were added in Medibang. It was pretty fun, might do that technique some other time. My body still refused to recover from being bummed out throughout the day so I did house chores instead of commissions. 😅 Will try again tomorrow.

[xxplastic-cubexx]

gonna read all of House of M this weekend i think

[moongothic]

Kinda started rereading Dressrosa and... Although I always chalked up the similarities between Crocodile's plan to take over Alabasta and how Doflamingo took over Dressrosa as nothing but Oda reusing similar plot elements but in a slightly different way (just to show us what could've become of Alabasta had Croc gotten away with his schemes, what Luffy helped prevent from happening to begin with)...

Robin's reaction to hearing the story of Dressrosa and HOW Doflamingo took over the country, that simple little "...!!", actually does kind of speak volumes

Like if you wanted canonical evidence to Crocodile having been "inspired" by Doflamingo, then yeah, Robin would be The Person who would pick up on that, she'd be the person who'd be like "hey, that story sounds awfully familiar to what Crocodile did", since he was her boss

Do want to note that, timeline-wise, Doflamingo only took over Dressrosa 10 years ago, where as Crocodile had been Scheming and establishing his position as the Hero of Alabasta for 16 years. Like Croc's intent to obtain Pluton and create his military nation utopia absolutely pre-dates Doffy's takeover, so that wasn't and can't have been inspired by Doflamingo at all. It's more just the plan and method Crocodile ended up going with (framing the king (through a bloodbath) and putting the country in a position without a ruler where he could just yoink it for himself with ease) where the similarity becomes more obvious. But it is also kind of where it ends. Doflamingo wanted Dressrosa because he felt like he was entitled to the island (as his family had been its original rulers and he was a Tenryuubito), and was using the island for his own gains (Smile manufacturing etc, for his dealings with Kaidou), all while having a great distain and hatred of the world and how he had been "wronged" (=Tenryuubito rights revoked). Meanwhile... yeah, Crocodile wanted to create a "utopia", only targetting Alabasta because he believed Pluton was there and because Pluton would be needed for his ideal military nation. That minor difference and Crocodile's clear and great distain and hatred of Doflamingo combined...

Yeah, I dunno, this is just interesting to me. God I need Robin and Crocodile to have a lil reunion chat

[masterfuldoodler]

Ok so I've been admiring ur art for a while and was wondering about the story of your characters? Like, the beginning so I understand? Cuz they sound fantastic and I wanna know what's happening but I don't. So is there like a story or comic I can read to know who they are? Thx <3

Hi! Aww thank you so much, that makes me so happy! Okay lemme do my best to explain…

So I have about five different stories that I'm posting doodles of, and I have a tag for each of them. The bad news is there is no starting point :/ I don't haven't started making the story for real, and there's no first draft even. But sometimes I do share more plot-focused doodles! So like exploration in characters or plot points that could happen!

The Keepers is the biggest of the stories! It's a collab project with @meadow-rose. With four Main Characters and multiple "books". It's kinda like a crossover of different heroes stories. The current plan for the beginning of the story is with Dauntless! Some of the other stories in the Keepers is Ageless War, "hospital wip", Phasmaologist, the boarding school, and the Wizard's side!

Deepwood is another collab project with @meadow-roses. This one is still in the drafting stage so there's no beginning for it right now, mostly just art of the characters and fun little comics.

Thistled Rose of Glishirn (ThRoG) is my writing project! I hope to write it one day (I started but didn't get very far.) So I've been doodling as I figure out the pieces to my puzzle.

Saint Joseph's Angel is a very small project. I have the main characters figured out, but it's in such loose shape I don't know how to tell it. It's gonna take a lot of work to get that one in order.

Shepherdess wip is a tiny little collab with @meadow-roses about a shepherdess and a knight.

Hopefully giving some names for different stories can help clear up what's going on, why is there so many different people. I try to tag everything with the right stories and people too! Mostly my blog is just where I share my doodles and I haven't quite gotten to the place of telling a full story. I would love to one day, but I gotta keep practicing and working out the wrinkles. I am very sorry to bring such bad news of there being no place to read these stories or actually figure out what's going on.

But if you are wanting to look at some of my first draft ideas I can link you to my masterpost of stuff! Plot things for the Keepers and for ThRoG. Also links to me trying to explain stuff for Keepers and ThRoG. And my mini wiki for the Keepers!

Anyway, sorry for such a bummer of an answer to your question, it makes me really happy though that you think it's interesting! I gotta get working on it so I have actually something to share!

[thunderhel]

Pray

Pairing: Frank Castle/Matt Murdock Word Count: 3857 Rated T Tags: Accidental drug use, rambling internal monologues about sexual situations

Written for @frattweek 2024

All in all, Frank’s injuries weren’t that bad. Just a few cuts and scrapes, nothing he couldn’t handle on his own.

Nothing he couldn’t usually handle on his own, at least.

If it hadn’t been for the goddamn cloud of powder that had kicked up in his face right after the last moron went down.

He’d been worried for a moment that it had been poison, probably not Anthrax but something like it anyway. Or maybe cocaine and he was about to feel fucking alive for a little while. In the end it had been neither. Some sort of party drug, the kind people used on themselves to have a little better of a time, or used on each other to earn themselves a spot in Frank’s scope.

Even now though, he could probably still handle the couple of stitches he needed by himself, but Red had offered. Frank had been ready to say no, to tell Red to quit his worrying, but then the world had started to go fuzzy around the edges. He’d smoked before, years ago in what felt like another life lived by someone else, but he remembered the feeling.

This was not it.

Frank’s skin felt weird and he couldn’t think of a single reason to not accept Red’s help.

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