#midnight rambles

[dandelions-and-white-wolves]

Ahhh please please please I’m so bored I’m stuck for 3.5 more hours

If anyone wants me to say my opinion on a character with this bingo

[solar-sunnyside-up]

When I say I am not waiting for revolution, I mean Im planting things secretly at bus stops, and shoveling snow out of the way of crosswalks. I mean it in a way where neighbors are stocking community fridges and harvesting in community gardens. Little libraries and strangers giving you shoes bc they couldnt return them. I mean ppl swapping stuff or loaning it out to neighbors theyve just met. I mean it in a way where a friend who can sew asks me to mend something and a week late brings me cookies as thanks. I mean it in the way a friend makes a playlist for you and it truly brighten your day. These tiny acts of defiance against cruelty and profit are their own  revolutions. And they catch like kindling, small going at first you might not even know that flames there. Than suddenly all at once catching, burning in the darkness of the night.

[kidspawn]

something about jason being a friend to nico for no other reason than wanting to help him, to befriend him, to protect him. no ulterior motive or malicious intent, just a desire to help out a troubled kid. trusted nico for his character and resilience, not because he needed anything from him. jason sticking up for nico even amongst the other quest members. jason seeing past the stigma of hades and death and the underworld and seeing a kid who needed someone in his corner.

something about nico becoming a friend to jason because of who jason is as a person. not because of who his parents are, or his heroic feats, but because jason was privy to a traumatic event, knew nico's best-kept secret and chose to stick by his side. nico trusting jason to keep his secrets to himself until he was ready for everyone to know, and jason sticking to it with no hesitation. nico seeing who jason was and being his friend because he saw jason's character and compassion.

something about jason and nico being each others first genuine friends. jason and nico chose to befriend one another when no narrative or underlying intentions pushed them together. nico could have hated jason, but he didn't. jason could have been terrified of nico, but he wasn't. they just... chose to stick by each other. jason, whose entire support structure was decided by juno and the prophecy. nico, who had never really had someone choose to stick by his side before.

nico losing his first genuine friend and being so distraught and gut-wrenched, he can't share this grief with anyone else. nico feeling, once again, abandoned by the first person who chose him.

[flightlessaugury]

Just started Mark of Athena, and I'm holding Leo and Jason so tenderly in my hands. Someone give my boys a break. Jason needs to stop having head trauma, and leo needs to stop having trauma period.

[midnightanxietytm]

Thinking about this one specifically

Because it seems to imply that not only the Goat is from an alternative universe, but they were also a Lamb there

Maybe because "a crown cannot sit upon two brows" they changed when crossing over

[petrichor-poet]

your could-have-been presence still haunts me, in a way I never expected to be haunted

[midnightfrappe]

lime pie at midnight with the sillies

its small and they stare like theres enough to share, smh 🙄

[fruitsofhell]

I used to be one of those guys when I first joined the Kirby fandom, but everytime I hear a discussion of the series writing that starts with "So the Lore is InSaNe-" and not like, "Kirby has a fun writing style that takes advantage of its cute exterior to tell cool stories that reward player's curiosity and leave lots of room for imagination-" I cringe so goddamn hard.

I kinda just hate that people approach things that encourage investment when they don't expect it as inherently absurd. Like it is fun to joke about how absurd Kirby lore can be, but it really often comes with an air of disrespect or exhaustion rather than like, appreciation that these games are made by people who want to tell interesting stories when they could easily make as much money just making polished enough fluffy kiddy platformers. And when it's not met with exhaustion, it's met with - like I said before - that tone that it's stupid for a series like this TO have devs who care about writing stuff for it. Which is a whole other thing about people not respecting things made to appeal to kiddie aesthetic or tone.

Maybe the state of low-stakes YouTube video essays just blows cause people play up ignorance and disbelief for engagement, but like I STG I hear people use this tone for like actual narrative based games sometimes. Some people don't like... appreciate when a game is made by people who care a shitton in ways that aren't direct gameplay feedback. And they especially don't appreciate it when it comes from something with any sense of tonal dissonance intentional or not.

Anyways, I love games made by insane people. I love games made by teams who feel like they wanna make something work or say something so bad. I love that energy, especially when invested into something that could easily rest on its laurels or which obviously won't be taken seriously. I love this in a lot of classic campy 2000s games, I love this in insanely niche yet passionate fanworks, and I love it in the Kirby series and its writing. Can we please stop talking about it like it's an annoyance or complete joke?

[alexandraisyes]

I’m honored to call some of you friends. The rest of you are going in the box so I can ogle you like shiny rocks.

You’re going in the box @polaris-stuff @dragoncxv360 @turbotasthick @itzholly2 @thera-theadventurist @lemoncavitie @ayyy-imma-ninja

[aarafox]

I just saw one (1) episode of Hawaii Five-0 and in this one single episode I’ve ever seen I barely saw the two main guys interact but the small bits during which they DID interact made me think “I bet these two are shipped on tumblr” and turns out there’s a whole fandom for them!!! I’ve gotten a keen eye for tumblr faves 💕 bless them

[kisses4mizu]

tw: mention of suicide & rape

I don’t want to admit this but frankly speaking, if the series ever ends, it’s possible that Mizu would just commit suicide.

long story short, her main goal is to kill the 4 white men, especially the one who raped her real mother. she seems to never plan on straying off her path of revenge and is constantly putting herself at risk just for it. if she so carelessly plays this little game of life or death (like cmon she gets stabbed at ever single fight!), what’s to say she won’t just kill herself after all her work is done? she doesn’t have anything to look forward in life anyways after she kills all those men…

like that narrator said, “she isn’t afraid of death—more that she won’t fulfill her vow before her death.” (I forgot the quote 😭)

can’t believe im pondering abt this at night goddamnit 😓

[eira-kuso]

If i get to be annoying about my love for people, then aromantic people get to be annoying about their not love for people. Its only fair

[septemberkisses]

"I know girls who spill I'm sorry's from their mouths like they pump blood to their veins. Sometimes, I am one. I know girls who apologize for asking to go to the bathroom in class, who apologize for everything because they feel like they are taking up more than their fair share of space on this planet. Everything starts with an I'm sorry and ends with one too, constant bookends that we don't even notice anymore. We delete her apology the way we delete likes and ums from speech. I know girls with ten times more apologies than misdemeanours and I wonder how often they hear It's okay. You're more than okay."

— "I'm Sorry" by Claire Luisa ( @claireluisa )

[kidspawn]

Jason Grace's lack of personality is an intentional choice on Rick's part to deconstruct what makes the "perfect hero" or the "ideal guy."

Jason's entire character revolves around having everything but still feeling incomplete. Being the golden child and still unfulfilled. Being revered by all but not intimately knowing anyone. No one really knows him.

He's never gotten to chose for himself. Juno plays with his life from day one. His name has already determined his fate. His future is set in stone and it isn't until the end of Heroes of Olympus he makes the choice to veer away from the path he was given - that of praetor, of hero, of the leader.

Jason is intriguing because of his relation to others. Thalia's brother. Nico's friend. Percy's foil. Piper's (comphet) boyfriend. He provides padding for others. His introduction into the universe is meant to help the reader feel Percy's absence. He was never meant to replace Percy, but he constantly feels like he has to.

Jason Grace, who forms connections with the people around him. Who inspires Hazel, befriends and protects Nico, supports Leo, aids Piper in her progression. Jason, who refuses to chose a single camp to stand with. Jason who is constantly held to perfection. Jason who carves his own path despite being consistently stripped of his humanity and agency.

Jason Grace, who died a hero.

[thetraingotsetonfireonmidnight]

Ugh stopping everything to write for a roblox fish was not my plan for the day

[petrichor-poet]

Your cycle of happiness and heartbreak goes on and on. It's like you're stuck in a loop. One I thought I would be able to break. If only you had given me a chance. But you don't want me, and you seem to be quite content in this dance you've perfected.