#mini tag yap

[girltiger5000]

some dumb things I doodled for some curly lovers I briefly met

[cantagirldrawinpeace]

Big Spoiler Warning for Summit War/Marineford!

Reminds him of someone..

….i mean. I think it’s that + the starvation/desperation and the fast paced trauma bonding that comes with being stranded on a deserted island together. But ya know ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Thought this comic deserved its own post + slightly better cropping.

Deuce and Sabo are very different in a lot of ways, and each play very unique roles in Ace’s life, but man.. the similarities between them are glaring upon basic descriptions of their pasts/initial motivations.

(PS Deu is thinking "I gotta go find a stick about this" in that last panel. He was not gentle at first 😔)

((We love him for it tho.))

[jununy]

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[aromacaque]

Ok on this skeet of yours bsky(.)app/profile/skulltrot(.)bsky(.)social/post/3ldgwt3e5ns2i can I ask you to elaborate on what you mean when you say that wukong "couldn't have known"?

yeah!! bluesky's character limit makes it hard to be detailed lol

Basically, from what we know in the present Macaque obviously resents Wukong for a lot of his past behavior. How reckless he was, his carelessness, his ego/hubris/selfishness, etc.

He also felt put down around Wukong. Inferior and inadequate. In Shadowplay he's always placing Wukong above him. The way he talks about himself is very negative, etc.

That wasn't something that came out of nowhere, in fact it seems to have always been present in his character (or at least, we as the audience do not see how that mentality came to develop).

Macaque's resentment toward Wukong's behavior has been present ever since the moment they have under the tree at the beach, which is chronologically the earliest moment/memory we see of those two. We watch throughout the flashbacks in season 4 and in A Lifetime of Past Mistakes how Wukong's neglect of Macaque's wants and anxieties eventually causes him to snap during their argument at the mountain.

But despite that resentment clearly always being there, one of Macaque's worst flaws back then was how complacent he was to Wukong (and to at least the rest of the brotherhood). He placed him at such a high pedestal and put so much of his faith and trust in him that he let it completely trump over his own autonomy and sense of self-agency. He didn't make choices for himself, not because Wukong was controlling (they do not make a point to show us this so I think it's safe to assume that was not the case here), but because he didn't let himself.

When he makes jabs at Wukong under the tree, Wukong does brush over them a bit, but he does explain himself and is completely honest about his motives and desires. So I don't know that I'd say he's not taking them seriously here as much as he's oblivious to the significance of Macaque saying this is.

Ultimately, and most importantly, when Wukong says this Macaque accepts his words and it does cheer him up. The subject is dropped.

He has an issue with Wukong leaving (what we can assume is somewhat frequent both with Macaque's behavior but also with context from jttw itself), but doesn't put his foot down about it. This behavior of Wukong's is self-proclaimed for their future together. A promise that one day it will end. It bothers him, but if it's not permanent then it's fine, probably, it's Wukong he's thinking about so of course it will be. They have the same priorities, afterall (safe home and eternity together).

When Macaque is anxious about going against the Jade Emperor, Wukong tells him they'll be together.

In this instance, Macaque does attempt to continue the conversation about his doubts and worries, but Wukong isn't a good listener and unintentionally ignores Macaque. Here, Macaque doesn't even try to get Wukong's attention back, he just accepts it and gives up.

And we know Wukong ignoring him isn't conscious because once the conversation dies down, he notices that Macaque shut down and immediately goes to comfort him and reassure him.

Macaque doesn't take this moment where he does have Wukong's attention to try restating his concerns. He just accepts Wukong's words.

So, all that being said, from Wukong's perspective, it seems like Macaque is more anxious/worried about Wukong being gone for long periods of time and going against bigger demons, but he's successfully making Macaque feel better about these things and therefore it isn't a huge problem. Macaque never puts his foot down or insists his feelings further once Wukong attempts to address them, so he has no way to actually be aware that they are far more significant to Macaque than he's making known.

Macaque is not being very direct with him about it.

But we the audience know that Macaque didn't ever really feel better about these things. His anxiety/worries don't stop. His agitation and feelings of inadequacy were actively growing. We're also watching these scenes with the knowledge of how their relationship ends, which only adds to that. Wukong does not have that context though.

With all that info, to me at least, it seems obvious that Wukong isn't entirely aware of Macaque's insecurities, which is eventually what leads to him snapping under the mountain.

To me, it's safe to assume with Wukong's reaction this is the first time Macaque has ever spoken up like this. It's deserved, Macaque is saying his piece, he's not wrong, but AWFUL timing on his behalf for this because Wukong is definitely not in a mental space to be hearing any of this after getting thrown in prison with a mountain on his back.

To him, Macaque's harsher comments, such as calling him an "obsessive-demon," something that clearly hurt his feelings...

...and his self-destructive and violent behavior probably felt like it came out of no where. 0 to 100. Not to mention having that all be so aggressively blown up in your face is probably very hurtful. We don't really know what happened after their fight under the mountain until their fight in jttw, so it's hard for me to actually talk about this from Wukong's perspective, but I'm gonna assume based on how he was acting during the little bit of it we saw during season 5 that Macaque was acting more or less how he does in season 1 but worse. Insults, degrading Wukong, etc. That's... a lot of ways for your best friend to start treating you when you hadn't been fully aware there was an issue. Especially if theirs a lack of desire to talk it out, which it seems like was the case during their fight. There might have been build up to that, but we don't know.

I'm sure now Wukong is much more self-aware and has the hindsight to understand what went wrong, at least to some amount. He obviously understands that Macaque felt abandoned by him and knows that saying "You always did have a sidekick kind of vibe," would get under his skin in season 3, implying some knowledge of his feelings of inadequacy. But all the way back then? He probably didn't!

That's not to say he's not responsible for hurting Macaque, it's just a communication blunder on Macaque's behalf that contributed to the already unstable foundations of their friendship. Another tragic thing thrown into their tragedy.

Speaking of, on Macaque's side there are things Wukong says in their fight under the mountain here that imply issues with his own feelings in regards to Macaque's behavior and I would kill for them to get into Wukong's perspective of their relationship a little more because so far the amount of information we have on Macaque's feelings greatly outweighs his.

I want to point out that it seems Macaque also becomes more aware of this with hindsight. I don't think it's a coincidence that after essentially reliving their fight after the mountain and hearing Wukong blow up at him for never coming to his rescue he spends the entire next season literally going out of his way to help Wukong whenever he reasonably can. That's kind of an entirely separate tangent though.

Overall, the point is...

He ignored Macaque, and Macaque let him.

Sooo, Wukong took him for granted, didn't listen or pay attention to him as much as he should have (because if he did, he might have noticed before it was too late), but because Macaque never put in the effort to assert himself and simply let Wukong guide them wherever. Allowed him to make choices for him. Wukong most likely didn't even know that those issues were present (or as prevalent/problematic).

He didn't know Macaque felt ignored. He didn't know Macaque felt pushed aside. He didn't know Macaque felt insecure and lesser. And to me personally, I feel like someone missing something like that with someone they care about is very unfortunate, but ultimately it is Macaque's fault for never making sure Wukong was aware of how he felt. Monkey King's got a lot of powers and reading minds is not one of them.

We don't know for sure how Wukong would have reacted back then if Macaque was more assertive and willing to be more of an opposing force than he was. Or simply more open and vulnerable. We can maybe assume Wukong would act like he did under the mountain considering how Macaque reacted to it like that kind of outburst was typical. But maybe it would've never gotten to that point in the first place if they both addressed it early on. Who knows.

[silentgravesdontexist]

HAPPY MONDAY, FOLKS!!!

'Ya girl's slightly hyped up more than usual today 'cuz my 7AM class was just cancelled! Horray for that! Well...I probably still have a quiz tomorrow on that subject but that'll be tomorrow's problem.

Anywho~

I hope everyone had a lovely weekend. May it have been what you needed— a relaxing/thrilling/fun or perhaps all of the above! It's kinda unfortunate that the weekend has come to an end, but on the bright side, it's another new week with your loved ones.

Please do stay hydrated, eat your meals (including the veggies), get proper sleep, and don't forget to be kind and patient with yourself.

Have a good week, everyone! Mwah!

[artem1sc0re]

Feeding you guys headcanons whilst I work on something. Anyway..

Josh Sauchak headcanons‼️‼️

(Take this figure of him I made the other day but forgot to show as well)

(Headcanons that are marked with ‘established relationship��� mean that it’s in the event that it’s with a lover!)

- PARALLEL PLAY PARALLEL PLAY PARALLEL PLAY‼️‼️ IT IS ABSOLUTELY ONE OF HIS LOVE LANGUAGES‼️ Sometimes hangouts will usually involve the indulgence of hobbies within the vicinity of who he’s hanging out with.

- (Established relationship hc) At the start of the relationship or when you instigate physical affection with him, he tends to tense up and at times even shift and give a little bit of space between you two. Upon talking the whole ordeal out, he’ll try to be more open to receiving physical affection such as letting you put your head on his shoulder.

- (Established relationship hc) Observant of your feelings and behaviour. Later on in the relationship, it gets to a point where he can pick up patterns in your conversations with him.

(E.g my partner picked up on a pattern with me anytime I yapped to him about Aiden Pearce. In his words: “Aiden is so Interesting to analyse :3!!!”, “Am I overanalysing a mediocre game character from a mediocre franchise.”, “I LOVE AIDEN PEARCE 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥”).

Sometimes the observant behaviour isn’t all that positive, as with this he jumps to conclusions in situations that you are under distress.

- Penguin pebbling. At random occasions he can gift a trinket to those he’s fond of, whether it be a random feather or stone, a scrap circuit board that he turned into a keychain, a piece of leftover scrap metal from building with a texture that he’s fond of, etc.

- Goes quiet when someone vents to him but contributes a word or two every so often as he feels bad not giving an answer

- Emotionally unpredictable. His resting face and tone makes it hard to tell how he feels, and at times can go quiet minutes after being talkative, which can leave you with a mixed bag of whether or not he’s pissed, neutral, happy or just wanting to be quiet.

- On a rare occasion or two will show physical affection to you or to those he’s close to without going tense. It can involve hand holding, hugging, playing with one’s face (tugging at your cheek, squeezing them or just simple caresses), resting his head on one’s shoulder & playing with their hair. But it’s only when he’s the one giving it.

- Had a habit of hoarding things like plushies or figures when he was a kid, and usually kept them in a space where it was an unorganised chaos that only he was able to transcribe. He was able to learn to let go of the hoarding habit, but still does it on an occasion or two.

- Give him a new pair of shoes that he’s comfortable with and months later they will look messy and well worn (e.g. white trainers? Nah those things are coming back slightly dirty and a bit yellowed)

- When any figures or display collectibles arrive, he has a specific ritual that he remembers off by heart and has been doing it since childhood, in which he’d rearrange his space, clean his hands and put on a set of gloves to delicately place and display the figure as to not damage it or ruin it

- An absolute sucker for chewing things when he’s bored. When he was a kid he chewed on packaging peanuts because the texture stimulated him. He eventually learned to drop the habit for more better alternatives like sweets or chewelry.

- At one point was really bad at keeping his room clean due to his hoarding habit that when he saw his friend’s room that was tidy and organised looking, he got envious and proceeded to clean his room; ranting from his shelves, floor, bed, tables and desk.

- Secretly likes to cook but is scared of what the other dedsec members might think of it as he isn’t the type of person to add seasoning.

- (Continuing from previous) Likes to ease out of his comfort zone with flavour slowly by researching, then proceeding to season the food he makes with the stuff he currently has at home.

- Had a special interest in glitch wars that lasted for 2 years. (Glitch wars as in the videogame in the in-game universe)

- (Established relationship hc) Sometimes will randomly approach you and declare that he wishes to squeeze your skull affectionately.

- (Established relationship hc) one time you made a specific food item for dinner. He fell in love with it. Only thing is he will only eat that specific food item if you make it, because he only likes it that way. Any other form it is made he will immediately decline it, even if it’s from a restaurant.

[grayeet]

The past few years I've been mourning the loss of old school minecraft minigame servers. I remember playing on the Hive and Mineplex and a bunch of other servers for hours because there were so many silly unique games to play.

But in the past few years I've found that there's really not much of that anymore. The Hive shut down and is only on Bedrock now (no hate to Bedrock but I personally just prefer Java and the Bedrock hive just looks like there's a different vibe), Mineplex shut down, and I feel like the minigame market is just dominated by Hypixel. I love hypixel, I grew up on it just like the other servers I mentioned, but let's all be honest here, it's really not as fun when there's only one place to go. (Also I'm super petty because their version of hide and seek is atrociously boring and I miss the Hive's hide and seek. Or even Mineplex's version with the mobs. This is the case with a lot of other gamemodes where I feel other servers did it better unfortunately.)

I know minigames aren't in the spotlight as much anymore. With the uptick of SMP content, that seems to have taken the forefront of the server market from what I've seen. And no hate to SMPs either, I love that kind of stuff, but I really do miss the variety of minigames.

So I really have to ask here, does anyone know any minigame servers other than Hypixel for java minecraft? Stuff that's not painfully competitive (Another of my issues with hypixel), maybe some classic survival games? Hide and seek obv, party style games, TTT, basically anything with the vibe of mid 2010s minigame servers because I've been looking for ages and for the life of me I can't seem to find anything and I'm desperate.

[stormbreaker-290]

O ubbb,,,, I love Cosmo’s piercings,, they prettyyy

"Why thank you, Starlight! i picked them out myself~ i do enjoy some complimentary asymmetry."

[wpmz]

hollow knight has been great so far because whenever i don't feel like doing a boss that i'm stuck on i can just backtrack for a bit and find like 2 new areas i didn't realize i now had access to

[chinewove]

I have a son!!

I always swore I wouldn't spend real money on a game, but he gives me enough joy that I feel it is validated

Meet Son of Saltposter,

SALTPAPER

[whimsimal]

being new in a fandom is so cool im ngl

[squashni]

[2019??] old refs, I dont like them, and they're not accurate anymore but here. I think my biggest change with most of my characters is they're all less short lookin. I also changed what they are species wise I'd probably call Markus, Fiji, and Stella demi humans. Gremeth stays a Incubus, Xsavier's a guy(tm). Opal is a kind of dragon. Mr Dinosir and Hecktor and Faux Dinosaurs.

I was also trying out a lineless style digitally, turns out I actually do like lineart, and hate working digitally.

[daydreamingmiller]

get to know me tag game!

thank you for the tag angels @cowgurrrl @clickergossip @ilovepedro @demonjoel @reddedmiller @wethairjoel <3

what is your astrological big 3? scorpio sun, cancer rising & taurus moon

last song? glock in my lap - 21 savage

currently reading? i'm reading a few books about the moment! finding jessica lambert - I'm not far in but I'm a sucker for sapphic romance and have loved what I’ve read so far all that matters - a ridiculous smutty cowboy novel that was written in the 80's. my coworker and I are obsessed with swapping dumb old smutty books we find in op shops and this is gold orlando - a reread! Virginia Woolf is a genius <3

last movie? donnie darko rewatch bc I saw a gif of that silly little rabbit and it reminded me the movie exists

it's karaoke night at your fave dive bar, which song are you singing? probably a one direction song

currently working on? gifs & edits! also writing some stuff that will likely never see the light of day

late as always so consider yourself tagged if you see this and haven't done this yet <3

[xyriath]

DouWata but they're 2 complete strangers stuck sitting next to each other on a 16-hour long flight ✈️

Doumeki: he makes funny noises when I poke him

Doumeki: hey are you gonna eat that

Doumeki: hey can I lean over you to look out the window

Watanuki: NO, YOU CHEAPSKATE, PAY FOR YOUR OWN WINDOW SEAT

(Turns out it was the last seat available because Doumeki is flying home to Japan last minute after his sister had an accident. Watanuki feels vaguely guilty once he learns this. Doumeki's sister is fine, but a little appalled that he used her to get a cute boy's number.)

[toothworxx]

SPACE TAG? SPACE TAG‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️

I'm so normal about space (<- lying) /silly

Anyways, that project you're working on sounds really really cool!! :0

I love dnd but I've only ever played it like twice and I'm still learning how to play it lmao

-Iruma :3

SPACE TAG INDEEDY!!! issok i am also very normal about thangs- TRUST (do NOT trust)

mhm!!! i wanna finish it sooo bad but ive been gettin sidetracked like crazy, but once im unstuck an i can get tha box corners cut it is OVER fer procrastination!!! (i actually spent all day at various doctors appointments and then proceeded ta finish a drawin instead of actually gettin ta tha project but..... i did SOME productive stuff!!)

dnd is SO fun (NERD ALERT!!!) but i have only played a couple times- we have a dnd character we love though named Tänzer von Ozeans, theyre an octopus person (i think tha race name was octopode?? iunno but they use homebrew shit) andddd theyre very very cool- theyre a rogue and (apparently lawful evil even though i dont remember setting that- its cause they have trauma though they aint just evil fer shits an giggles) their family did dance performances fer money because they were really poor, but when their family got killed right in front of em they went to a life of crime ta survive because they vowed ta never dance again, and are searchin for meanin in their life that doesnt revolve around hatred and death

i thinkkkk they were klaviers character?? if i made one i think theyd be a lil different- but i still think theyre pretty cool nonetheless!!

unfortunately im STILL frontstuck BUT that hypothetically gives me time ta do stuffs without my headmates interruptin me so i guesssss i could make one if i really wanted??? (tha perks of bein stuck i guess- little victories an allat) but yknow!!

[mylove-thresher]

Philip Lombard you fucking freak