#normalize liking a ship not bc they're cute but bc of the DRAMA

[cloudyvulpine]

Blitzker hot take/rambling/slight gushing (this is NOT a Stolitz bash nor is this a "waah Blitzø and Striker should be canon not Stolitz!!_(/" if you're like that 🚪👈😊🖕)

ANYWAY my hot take i don't hate Blitzker, like at all. bc there is so much POTENTIAL ANGSTTT. there could've been something, maybe there was a little bit, but shit went SO south that they're enemies. i want to see the "what could've been" even if it's just a platonic piece, i want to see the HEARTBREAK after shit hits the fan even if miniscule

bc tbh this is usually not the behavior of two ppl who have 100% platonic feelings (also shut up Stolas with his little binoculars djdhskdjk i love him sm)

these are two sides of the same coin, that has so much potential to push that "what could've been" kind of angst.

give me Striker acting a little salty bc he thought him and Blitzø hit it off, leave him wondering why Blitzø couldn't see it from his perspective as he's caught in his skewed view of the world. give me Blitzø wondering what Striker's deal was, have him wonder why Striker is so hateful and have him just have to brush it off bc he can't be stuck speculating despite the thought still lingering there

i want the ANGST and if we ever get a Striker redemption arc i would kill for some enemies to friends in canon and some enemies to lovers in facfics

[necrotic-nephilim]

Roytim is such a fun crack rarepair for me! Dick’s best friend sleeping with/dating Dick’s baby brother Timmy is 10/10 drama on a more personal note than I’d picture it with Jason. Absolutely no shade I just have always read Dick as being more protective of Tim and Damian.

Do you have any Roytim headcanons to share? <3

oh i LOVE RoyTim on it's own! likely bc i'm just a Tim multishipper and if it fits i ship, but Roy is especially fun via the Dick connection. and i 1000% agree, *especially* pre-Flashpoint, would even argue it's outright canon that Dick is far more protective of Tim and Damian than he ever was with Jason (not out of dislike, but simply bc Dick and Jason were never all that close and the tragedy of losing Jason was losing what could've been, not what he already had) and especially with Jason as Red Hood, Dick holds no particular protective brotherly feelings toward him. it's all Tim and Damian. so you're so right, the drama of RoyTim is just a smidge more upped than of JayRoy and i'd love to share headcanons-

i think it makes for a fun "crush on your older brother's friend" situation. where like. Tim knows it's unrealistic and he has no *actual* intentions to chase it when he's just 15/16 and Roy and Dick are in their twenties, often hanging out around Tim. and Roy is handsome, he's funny, he's similar in personality to ppl Tim has dated (Steph, Kon) so, it's a crush. one that he hides *well* and never makes it Dick or Roy's problem, and one Tim never expects to pan out. he just fantasizes about Roy a little bit and mostly grows out of it by the time he's an adult.

i think more fics need Lian, so i like the idea of them co-parenting Lian. especially if they're both. sort of bad at it. like Roy loves her and he's trying, but he's doing this basically alone and it's not like he has experience. Tim also has no experience. neither of them know what on earth to do. it's a very cute idea that just relies on the two of them being terrible at parenting and Roy getting so mad that the first time Lian says "dada" she says it to Tim that he considers breaking up for a good five minutes.

how they get together can happen in a lot of ways, but i'm interested in the idea of Dick asking Roy to talk to Tim during Tim's Red Robin arc. Roy has experience helping kids through his work helping young addicts and nothing else has worked, so he offers to at least try with Tim. and Roy, who also doesn't handle grief well, understands at least some of what Tim is going through. especially since Roy dealt with Oliver dying and then suddenly coming back, he's at least open to the idea Bruce could be alive. he's just around to try and help Tim keep some emotional stability, but it ends up with Roy helping with the search and somehow, falling for Tim along the way

they go to sitcom levels of chaos trying to keep the relationship hidden from Dick. they *both* know Dick is far too protective of Tim to react well to it. but also, i think Roy would get *just* a bit of an ego about sleeping with Tim under Dick's nose. he makes a point of strutting around when Dick invites him over, finding reasons to be shirtless just to make Tim squirm a little bit. it's that sort of kink where you're excited about the risk of being caught. that fits these two so well and i can't explain it.

because Roy is used to mentoring younger heroes, i think he would have a bigger than normal moral panic about dating Tim. he fights his feelings for a *while*, to the point Tim can tell Roy is fighting his feelings and he's trying to convince Roy he's fine with this. Tim telling Roy about his childhood crush does not help. it makes Roy feel *worse*. it makes them take things very slowly, and i could see Roy being the type to never fully touch Tim until Tim is 18, no matter how much Tim insists it's okay.

i do think they have unhinged sex when they actually get into it though. no matter how sure Roy is that he'll be gentle the first time, the minute he gets his hands on Tim, it is feral. there is blood and foul dirty talk and Tim cannot walk the next day. i think Roy makes for a very mean dom, the type who will make fun of you for being a mess in bed. he just has those vibes, and it works great for getting Tim to just. turn his brain off.

i think Roy, who's struggled with picking hero names before, would be someone to try to force Tim to let go of Red Robin once the whole Bruce thing is over. it's not Tim's name and Tim doesn't need to keep punishing himself with it. Roy is nice about it at first, but then i do think he threatens to set that damn suit on fire if Tim keeps wearing it and doesn't come up with a new hero name. and the worst part is, Tim does know he's serious.

when Dick does find out, chaos. an absolute shitshow. when Roy tells him, Dick punches Roy in the face before he even finishes explaining himself. it's a pure gut reaction. even Bruce isn't as protective over Tim as Dick is. it takes a *lot* of convincing from Tim that it's okay and he wanted this before Dick calms down, and he still doesn't talk to Roy for like a month until the rest of the Titans are forced to hold an intervention reminding Dick of his own dating history with age gaps, like Babs. Dick does cool down, but he is not afraid to stoop to "you're fucking my brother" in an argument bc he wins everytime when he brings it up.

i think Tim is the protective partner. everyone *expects* it to be Roy, he's older and more experienced, but it's Tim who will absolutely lose it if someone threatens Roy's or Lian's life. like not fanonish "committing murder" Tim, but more so canonish "i have a contingency plan for everything" Tim. Roy has had to hold him back a couple times. honestly i think the moral conversations Roy and Tim have are so interesting. because Roy will cross the line for those he loves, so bc of that, Tim is careful to make sure Roy is never in a position where he has to protect Tim bc he knows it would turn lethal quickly. it's a very "i know what you're capable of and you don't scare me but i won't let you become a worse version of yourself bc of me" sort of self preservation vibe. i think it'd be very neat. Tim fights like hell when he's close to death bc his thought is always "i refuse to let Roy feel like he has to avenge me" which i find very crunchy.

[i-starcreamed]

Ok so it is implied in my mind that any human on the lost light would be zippin around on roller skates. And when on roller skates you can theoretically hold onto the back of a vehicle to ZOOM ( = skitching = skate + hitching.) So THE QUESTION IS silly little headcanons for a human reader skitching w Rodimus / Tailgate / Swerve my beloved / anyone w a vehicular alt mode? Idk I just thought that would be fun :3

new uh, format I think. hopefully, this works. anyways this was really fun and they're a little short bc I struggled writing something different for each one, but I'm very happy with it

[ human!reader

post includes: Rodimus, Tailgate, and Swerve]

MTMTE Rodimus

oh you're gonna have to hang on real tight

when you said zoom, that's exactly what this guy is gonna do

tries to get you to do tricks as you're skitching, did not go well the first time (he skid to a stop you crashed face-first into him)

after that he was a lot more careful and gave you a heads up

He still tries to get you to do tricks though, you both impress the rest of the crew quite often

It quickly became this favorite thing to do after the first time, constantly coming up to you and transforming with a "need a ride?" and happily agreeing when you're the one to ask him.

Probably gets a little jealous when you ask someone that isn't him

Expect a lot of close calls but he would never get you hurt on purpose, Ultra Magnus begs you to wear some kind of protective gear

MTMTE Tailgate

Originally hesitant when you asked him, are you sure you want to go with him? What if you get hurt, he'll never forgive himself??

After plenty of reassurance though, he agreed and found it quite fun

Laughing and giggling as you two travel along the halls together, very cute 10/10

Cue Cyclonus watching you two with intrigue, zooming away with wide smiles on your faces, he too tries to hide a small smile at the scene

something tells me he drives in little circles to be silly

If you get hurt somehow he starts panicking and accidentally transforms back to pick you up and ask if you're okay. The only problem is that he forgets you were still attached and you go shooting up into the air

very normal and civilized skitching buddy but will zoom through the LL if you ask him to

MTMTE Swerve

He desperately wishes you could deliver drinks with him around his bar while skitching, how cool would it be if you two just drove around and handed bots their drinks one after the other?

So excited though, also has a lot of fun as you join him and cruise with him around the ship

He for sure convinces you to be silly around the ship, messing with Magnus or other bots and just as quickly leaving the room unnoticed

I think he also accidentally transforms while you're still holding onto him. You're like, screaming as you hold onto him for dear life and he keeps turning around in circles trying to find you (you swinging around and begging for him to stop moving)

Despite all the silly shenanigans, he still obviously goes out of his way to make sure you're safe and comfortable.

Probably tells you about the latest drama or stories as you're cruising around to keep you entertained, also because Swerve tells you everything

[starryjkoo]

some random chronically online fandom and shipping thoughts #1

I just feel like ARMYs who are very obviously Y/N’s have NO reason to be judging shippers. I think it’s funny how some of them are so genuinely defensive and put off by shipping in a way I can tell is personal lol (it’s giving jealousy!). I totally understand people not liking shipping/shippers but I’ll never accept judgement from a Y/N, sorry! If you’re posting about only ONE member in a really thirsty manner after every AYS trailer and then turning around and saying “ugh, jkkrs are so annoying and delusional, jikook are brothers!” I know what you are! 🫵

slurping up all these AYS teasers like a starving animal but I’m starting to feel like they’re showing us too much now 😩 don’t spoil all the cute parts please BH!

only extremely sad and chronically online losers think that mass liking hate tweets actually means anything in the real world. a lot of these people need to get a life and go touch grass because the obsession with jm is truly weird and sad.

not everyone who wants th to appear in AYS is a tkkr, because it’s normal for ARMYs to want to see as many members as possible, but it’s kind of obvious with the ones who bring it up every chance they get lol, or the first thing they look for in a new AYS teaser, or just the specific way they talk about it. and my god are there a lot of tkkr ARMYs

I’m self aware that I’m pretty heavily biased, but there’s nothing worse than the ARMYs who hide under the OT7 visage but are CLEARLY heavily biased themselves. I simply do not like hypocrites, maybe some of them are in denial about it, idk. ofc there’s nothing worse than the ones who cosplay and try to create havoc in ARMY spaces, but that’s an entirely different thing. with that said, i’m convinced that at least 90% of active ARMYs are heavily biased at this point and we’d all be better off if they could simply just admit it.

perhaps this is my own bias so feel free to disagree, but imo ARMYs very clearly have a different sort of energy for jm antis and I think its partially because his hate has been so damn normalized in this fandom after years of tkkrs, but also because clearly a vast majority of the ARMY sh*oter accounts are diet solos and tkkrs and they always put an extra amount of scrutiny on things related to jm. they're also the first to bring shipper/solo drama into ARMY spaces (but only when it impacts their ship/bias) and they’re very clearly obviously lurking in solo/shipper territory to find it the way they do. the silence right now from certain accounts really does speak volumes.

sort of related, but the best way to gain a big following on ARMY twt is to get involved in whatever current drama is going on, for example MHJ drama, boycott drama, general fanwars. ARMYs will flock and mass follow these accounts, and a lot of them are diets who gain a platform and then spread their diet narratives later. one really good example is that elo person if anyone remembers all that, they literally were moots w/ tkk akgaes & calling them bestie but rebranded after they started gaining a mass following for “doxxing” and they started gaining attention because they were “debunking” the OG taennie icloud leaks (lol ofc they were a tkkr doing that). anyways they were awful and did a lot of harm, but they got that platform bc a lot of ARMYs flock to toxic accounts like that, especially when somethings going on, and then they’re impossible to cancel.

last shipping thought but we all know why tkkrs and y/n’s are jealous and weird towards jkk but sometimes its actually the same case for a lot of the other bts shippers, especially jk x hl shippers (like what's w/ all the j*nkookers lol) & yoonm*n. and there’s a lot of ARMYs who fall into this category actually. even if they don’t believe their ship is real, sometimes they still feel a bit passive aggressive/jealous bc they would prefer whatever content was with their bias/self-insert instead. theres so many jkk moments that have been really badly OT7’d, like I’ve never seen anything like the way almost the entire fandom rewrote history to make that jk binging jm content jk binging bts content (its legit wild to me).

and ill never forget during the disney docu when someone pointed out how jk likely knew jms apartment password and it got ratio’d at over 4k by someone saying “he probably knows all his hyungs passwords!” and it wasn’t even funny or clever lmao, it was very much giving

anyways, i believe this is one of the reasons sometimes ARMYs at large are weird towards jkk bc even outside of just tkkrs there are a LOT of HL shippers who take it pretty personally, especially if they’re the sort that projects onto one of the members in their ship. tbh, even if it’s not shipping, it’s a bias line thing where they want to fight over jm/jk being closer to their bias than they are to each other.

its whatever and just a petty complaint lol, i dont care who ppl ship/bias but i do find it annoying sometimes bc there are always ppl constantly downplaying jkks friendship and picking it apart and trying to OT7-ify it more than any other duo. its like ppl are really obsessed & its tiring. just give jkk their flowers sometimes and move on, you know? you definitely do not need to ship them or see them as romantic, but just respect their bond and the things about it that are unique to them, god

alright was just getting this out of my system because I was focused on positive vibes only for MUSE, will be going back to (mostly) positive vibes for AYS!

[jackals-ships]

JACKAL I must apologize I was like I WILL GO CHECK F/O LIST because I am not 100% sure which bot you ship with (<- did not care about robots until suddenly I cared A LOT) though I thiiink it's Megatron bUT sorry if I'm wrong fkdjashkj BUT BEARING IN MIND I HAVEN'T FINISHED S1...I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR SHIP(S) 👀 and perhaps read fic at some point if you are able to find it @goldenworldsabound

(<- did not care about robots until suddenly I cared A LOT) IS AN ENTIRE MOOD THO HFKF tfp is like some sleeper cell activation code i SWEAR,,, + ur all good !! i gotta fiddle w my f/o list a lil and then repost it bc i kept meaning to make minor changes an then forgor,

BUT ANYWAYS YES !!! he's also, hilariously, one of the f/os i have a physical lil guy of despite being not on my radar as long as like garrus hf

also a read more bc i woke up Rambly today <3

he gets to sit with the ponies :} bc he canonically likes mlp at least according to the lil ask Megatron bit + there was a whole comics crossover (2 I think actually?)

breakdown + knockout are also My Besties they started out as like kinda baby crushes <- local aro can't tell the difference between Feelings even in fiction more at 11 [lighthearted] before megs came for my braincell with the fuckin. steel chair HFJ so seeing you go 👀🥰 at knocks i was like FUCK YEAH LETS GOO !!! im dropping into his work station from the ships vents like oooo someone's got a cruuuuush ooooo you wanna be all (⁠ʃ⁠ƪ⁠＾⁠3⁠＾⁠）don't u knocks- (jackal is once again banned from the nemesis)

okay okay but; i rlly only have one fic Finished and luckily had the foresight to post it to AO3. it's a lil older so not totally in character + canon but still silly and cute hjfkd

NOW GETTING INTO MY RED STRING TERRITORY-

when i get into something with a lot of continuities i tend to kinda? squish em together? or take bits and pieces going >:3 my city now, so the jackal x megatron ship is Primarily TFP but ive also absconded with fun movie details (like megs being i think it was 30? 40 ft tall? Fuck Huge,,,,) and also bits of comics lore/designs (holomatter is an interesting concept and im chewing on Meg's as we speak. gnawing on his arm even-)

but regardless this ship is totally my Slice Of Life Comedy Hour Chill LoFi Beats type of ship HKF like im a sucker for darker stuff higher stakes but i think this one has 0 stakes

like. like jackal and megatron literally met because jackal enjoys long walks on the beach exploring places Away from the city and Generally Away From Ppl to just sorta vibe. and ofc the normal thing to do when coming across a Definitely Alien And If Not Alien Then Like Secret Government Ship is to walk away. NOT wander ur happy lil ass inside like :0 yooooo what do These buttons do

and then when you get kicked out instead of getting squished like the bug you shouldn't come back via the air vents. again. and again and again and AGAIN and AG- until the local alien warlord gives in and is like "yeah okay this is my life now ig???" (soundwave was totally helping them btw. he likes drama 😌 and also has his own human hi adri so he can't say shit-) (also I've never decided on the Actual number of times they break it, in my brain it keeps slowly going up jus bc I find the concept SO funny. pov you're an alien warlord worried you got alien rodents and oh no NVM it's the human again. FUCK-)

it's absolutely the slowest burn too bc Meg's Refuses to admit that he has a crush on the weird squishy thing that keeps breaking in (until he's decided they're dating. and doesn't bother mentioning this) while jackals just 🥰 hehehoho big robot friend who calls me scraplet and sweetspark and sometimes puppy 🥰🥰🥰 also threatened to kill any mech who was mean to me 🤔🤔 weird. aaanyways

THERE'S ALSO a running joke in my head of that "what do you have?" "A KNIFE" "NO-" but it's jackal running off with energon bc you can't SHOW ME a cool liquid and have me NOT want to drink it !! Just a sippy. jus a lil- we'll have the hospital on speed dial pleeeeaaaase-😭

anyways tldr jackal megatron is "I'm not trapped with him he's trapped with me yaaaay :D" and "robot google; weird fuzzy feeling in spark?? how to remove weird fuzzy feeling?? robot google human exterminator near me-"

[rogueddie]

are people really getting mad at me bc I don't like posts about one ship being twisted into something else? it's just... weird. and the idiot (affectionate) thing is a common trope I see in a lot of ships. I was inspired by a star wars oneshot to make that post. and I don't ship stancy, I don't think about it, it didn't occur to me that it'd look like I'm "stealing that from them"???

I'm asking genuinely bc I'm so confused about this. I'm pretty sure (ish) that I've seen this person get upset when stobin posts get turned into steddie. I don't like that either. and I don't want to be in drama about something that feels, to me, as silly as ship tropes so I deleted the comment. I don't understand why that's a big deal (genuinely).

to me, it feels like you (if they're seeing this) simply do not like steddie? maybe? but if that's the case, I have to ask; why were you following me? why not block the tag? It just doesn't make sense to me bc it doesn't feel like you're mad at me, it feels like you're mad at steddie shippers in general and I'm just the one you were following who tipped you over the edge.

and yes, I am going to delete this post in a couple minutes and go back to posting as normal. I don't care for drama and I don't care for ship wars. it just felt weird to see this go on and ignore it. sorry if any of this came across the wrong way. xoxo

edit: keeping this up bc idk if they're still vagueing about me or steddies in general but I don't want it to be twisted with me being silent that I hate stancy / send hate to stancy shippers. I was just enjoying a trope. I've read a stancy fic, they're cute on the show, I especially love s1 stancy. it's just not a ship for me or one I think about. all of this is very pointless from my pov. but I am sorry that other steddie shippers have clearly been cruel to you and other stancy shippers but idk if that gives you the right to try and create drama about me specifically, you know? especially over such a harmless ship post that just happened to be irritating to you. but I do love your acc, you seem generally lovely aside from this weird thing, so; all the love x

[most-canon-non-canon-ship-poll]

i fucking hate them

Why Marichat/Ladynoir/Adrienette/Love Square/Etc is shit - a submission-based essay, part 2/2

Whatever the fuck it's called - a canon (endgame?) het ship from the Miraculous Ladybug fandom between Marinette (Ladybug) Dupain-Chang and Adrien (Chat Noir) Agreste

The narrative puts a lot of comparisons between her feelings toward Adrien and Adrien's Supervillain father's feelings toward Adrien's (presumably dead) mother, without ever really calling attention to the fact that marinette's kind of descending into unhealthy areas. Much like Adrien's entitlement to Ladybug, Marinette's obsession is never called out as anything other than to either point and laugh at or coo over how 'devoted' it is. Also all of those words i gave you up top about marinette being overworked with too much responcibility on her back were only about 5% of episodes 10% are friend drama, and the other 85% have something to do with Adrien or Chat Noir in a significant way in marinette's plot. this show couldn't pass the bechdel test ONCE. Not to mention that literally everyone except for the 'mean cruel bullies that only want Adrien for themselves' all SUPER TOTALLY SHIP THEM YOU GUYS. At one point a normal kid also wanted to date adrien but when she broke up with him she immediately turned to marinette and said 'hes perf for u tho sweetie' literally at one point in a special two new characters are introduced and spend 90% of their time on screen trying to get them together, not for some sort of 'oh we already knew marinette or adrien and we want them together bc they'll be happy' no literally these two complete strangers look at these two complete strangers and go 'Oh those two are MEANT TO BEEEE' and go out of their way to matchmake alongside their friends. Speaking of their friends a lot of Marinette's schemes to woo Adrien aren't even her own, they're mostly orchestrated by her friend group to where Marinette is a reluctant at best patron of. (except for when she makes wooing plans on her own then her friends think it's annoying and that they have better things to do point and laugh at the cringe please) at two separate points the show goes out of its way to be like 'if you two get together rn the whole world is doomed btw' one of which it's implied to have pretty seriously traumatized marinette btw, but please keep pointing and laughing at her venting to what she believes to be a wax replica of Adrien and nerely kissing him only to reveal it was Actual adrien that whole time pretending to be a wax statue for... idk to mess with marinette? she clearly thought she was alone and was spinning her private thoughts and he doesn't even apologize for what was technically an innocent prank that went way too far too quick But never mind all that never mind all that because they had enough 'cute' scenes in the first two seasons that the fans at this point are so thoroughly emotionally invested that they scream about it anyway no matter how it's going to get. #niceguy that unironically says m'lady and stalker with a stutter are MEANT TO BEEEEEEEE and if you even imply otherwise on a twitter post the literal showrunner will subtweet you calling you an idiot that doesn't understand the nuances of his perfect flawless never bad ever ever ever show.

[epickiya722]

Y'know the bnha fandom is annoying but it's 99% bc of the bigoted, sexist, mysogynistic fucks there. Not gay shippers. They make that 1% but literally any fandom has that, so it's not like it's anything new or unique to bnha.

And what i find worse, is all of that bigotry gets a bunch of people to believe bnha is a bigoted story as well. But it's all deflected by outsiders getting mad at gay shippers.

Like, you can say stuff abt Hori's writting, but i'm pretty sure he never went out of his way to affirm this hatred, and it pains me when people get on to putting words on his mouth and acting like it's a fact.

THANK YOU!! Let me pass you a mic so people can hear you loud and clear because OMG!!

Every time I hear "BNHA fandom is toxic" I think of several things...

Don't act as if your fandom is any better

Every fandom has those toxic people

If you are constantly surrounded by toxicity GET FROM AROUND IT

People be acting so brand new, it annoys me.

Especially people outside of fandoms.

Once, I got someone in the Stranger Things fandom reblog a Bakugou post of mine, thinking they were cute being a troll and I blocked them. Checked their blog out and they had NOTHING pertaining to BNHA, NOTHING.

I forgot what they said but it was enough to piss me off. Look, I deal with enough idiots within the fandom, I don't need your dumb ass.

It just surprises me people think BNHA is the first and only fandom to act chaotic. Acting like ship wars is something the BNHA fandom made up.

Ooooh, not long after that incident, I witness a ship war in the Stranger Things fandom through the blogs I follow. I never been so quick to dip out and write that day.

People don't find it strange that gay shippers often get blamed? It doesn't click that it's easy for gay shippers to get blamed? Do you really think that people who draw and write their ships are gonna say something outrageous just so they get people mad at them? No one thinks it's the homophobic asshole wanting to cause a problem because they don't like gay ships so they're blaming the shippers? Or the misogynist jerk who believes women should have a certain role in society so they bash the female characters who seem "not like a woman" to them? Or how about the racist who tends to talk over fans of color because they don't want those fans to be heard because HELLO THEY'RE RACIST?!

Like people, open your damn eyes!!!

I also think cultural differences play a part in the stupidity of how people act in fandoms.

I need certain fucking people to understand that something that may seem strange to you may be something normal somewhere else. That doesn't mean you, the damn outsider, speak over and bash the person who knows more about their own culture than you do.

There is a language barrier there, so instead of this whole entitled "I'm right because I don't understand you" attitude, I need people to actually get out that stupid bubble and try to understand. Not just for Horikoshi, but for anybody.

Example, the Christmas episode. The part where Eri was confused about the holidays and she pulled out the beans and say "in sickness and in health", I was confused. Of course, I was. I'm not native to Japan nor am I an expert on Japanese culture. But instead of "That's even a real holiday, blah blah", I read up on it and found out something I didn't know.

So simple, so easy! I rather at least be aware next time than to be like "that's not something I know so therefore it's not important and it's stupid".

Overall, I hope you folks can hear me sighing loudly, people need to stop relying on hearsay. In fact, just stop altogether because a lot of people in fandoms really be doing too much for me.

From these damn ship wars to "Horikoshi said this" *insert nonexistent statement/statement made up by someone else because they're fucking stupid and want to cause drama* to the audacity to be entitled I just want to punch a wall or something. This is why I don't go into certain spaces and block people.

[desertdiscs]

I am so chill and normal about q.smp (has watched/skimmed 5 diff day 1 povs and 2 diff day 2 povs) (i am so not normal about this it's so embarrassing actually bc like i am 10x more obsessed than anyone else i know)

(it's kinda nice tho bc since they're stream vods i can just play in the bg while i do work and don't have to worry much if i tune it out while they're alone)

I've been livetweeting a lot but tldr;

they're so unhinged and nothing is off limits I'm obsessed. so glad we have relationship histories, flirting, and gay sex and circumcision as canon already. shout-out to m.ariana for literally making his intro a dating profile. can we finally start shipping characters w/o ppl acting like you're breaking the law now.

w.ilbur is so embarrassing but like. it's endearing and his entire pov had me giggling and excitable like a kid w too much candy

c.harlie is HILARIOUS no matter who he's with, truly. language barriers does Not stop it! he's so peak comedy honestly, I'm so glad q added him.

I'm still learning abt l.uzu but I'm so obsessed w his design and his convos i have seen and understood have been fun!! obsessed w how his first response to will trolling him is to "in 20 days, destroy everything he loves." His convos w P.hil were super chill but nice to listen to and I'm excited 2 see more of him!! esp since he seems to alr be leaning into the RP. I get the feeling as a Wil fan that I'm gonna like him a lot, more than i already do. (I hope they develop a gay ass rivalry when W.ilbur gets back bc I cannot see this going any other way but Will getting SO EXCITED to obsessively beef w him.)

P.HIL CALLING R.OIER A PUPPY WHEN HE TRIED TO THREATEN HIM IS SO FUCKING FUNNY AGDNBDNFJF LITERALLY 0 SHITS GIVEN. literally just sat there shaking his head smiling and humoring r.oier and m.issa. dad-coded fr. (semi-related but i still can't believe L.UZU IS 37 AND THE OLDEST ON THE SERVER?? I THOUGHT HE WAS LIKE. WILL'S AGE.)

f.oolish and m.ariana 😭 i did not see the s.quidcraft event that they became boyfriends at nor do I care to but i am so obsessed w them already. I care they... they're so CUTE and the DRAMA btwn them... i can't help it. I'm weak. I love it.

r.oier is so fucking funny man. his humor seems to be like 90% sex jokes and i am HERE FOR IT. (i have the humor of a 12yo boy <3)

v.egetta is SO NICE wtf... fucked up. I think i read he wants to start a cult but like idec. start ur cult king u deserve it!! (giving big c.rowfather vibes if true tho but like. that's a vibe so.) idk much else abt him so far tho other than he became a stripper and pole danced for f.oolish and co. yesterday and is Absolutely making sex jokes too tho so! am v interested to learn more.

q teaching the eng speakers absolutely kills me inside. My Spanish is like, Spanish 1 level but like, i know enough from growing up around it that certain stuff he says I'm like 😭 oh no... oh no. it's so funny tho esp when f.oolish just repeats what he says w/o knowing what it means. god bless. I'm super excited 2 see where he takes all of this tho and what he does w his characters!!

I only caught glimpses of r.ubius yday but I'm so fascinated by his character. super excited to see where this goes.

[uselessheretic]

Lmao "how dare you not make fanworks of this canon bland wholesome couple with no conflict between them and no major personal flaws, you must be ableist" or the other acussation which is that you hate bald men (??? These people are shipping Lucius and his dumb sideburns and Izzy who's also not what you'd call traditionally hot??? Why would they balk at bald????). Lucius/Pete is just boring for the popular fic tropes. Like I have yet to see one person say they dislike them in canon! But there's what's good and enjoyable to see on screen as a background pairing, and there's what's going to get its claws deep enough into the brains of people who do transformative fandom to compell them to write fic about it. These two do not provide the correct brainworms.

Izzy is sort of catnip for fanfic writers which I called as soon as the oooh daddy Thing happened. He's a mess and so are all of his possible relationships (also kinky on main without wanting to be kinky on main) but at the same time if you go the "if you touch him right he melts" or "if someone railed him he'd calm down" route it's also believable, bc he's a mess, so you dont have to commit to a 60K angst fest to fix his life or make it worse either. Fandom bicycle pathetic little meow meow.

It's also why so much Blackbonnet content is about their reunion when it's not pure fluff or a pwp, it's the closest bit of relationship drama that has to be resolved (even if you flatten them into uwu cinnamon roll non-pirates and thus ignore any other issues they'd need to work on to make their relationship not implode, you still have this fight to resolve! If you dont do that both of them have so much shit to work on to survive past the honeymoon phase and get better as people together that you do probably need like 70K of fic, maybe a series. This is why they're the central relationship in canon lol. Given the Steddyhands fic Ive read it seems to me to have hit bc if you put Izzy in that mix it's so volatile they HAVE to talk shit out they cant just ignore their problems for 48 chapters without Izzy leaving or dying of stress??)

Cant comment on how the actors being hot factors here bc im too ace to tell when none of them are like. Hollywood Hot/a model?? They're too normal people I could see on the street in real life to like. Rank.

it's just silly because this keeps popping up about the canon pairings as if izzy's going to steal their spot and it's like?? that is not a threat?? i'm trying to not be too heavy on ship hate or whatever but iont even like Lucius/Pete as a pair, but ik they're gonna stay canon and i hope they do bc lots of people enjoy them! but otherwise fandom's just a lil sandbox for me to play in and i wanna see izzy kiss ppl.

i think the "this is problematic" discourse is funny though because i think people are struggling to find a way to make it more woke when both ships are literally white m/m with not much else. you can't even argue a problematic age gap since izzy and pete's actors are only 4 years apart. (lucius confirmed for on a dilf hunt btw) so you just get stuck with "conventionally attractive" which i stg is discourse that only ever happens around white men. (tbf i think people are super out of pocket when they say a poc isn't conventionally attractive. like someone said taika was unconventionally attractive once and like dude. taika is hot in a very like traditionally handsome way??)

and then it's odd because i feel like it's like?? kinda an appropriation of the language used when talking about the racial biases people have against characters of color in fandom. it is an issue when character of color are sidelined or erased in favor of white characters. or sometimes people just? erase canon aspects of characters/pairings to make them flatter than they actually are. like people call jim/olu a fluffy low stress ship, but they're not? their meet cute is a murder and they have ups and downs with separations and communication issues. i do legit think if they were two skinny white cis men that people would be more on them with writing angst and other drama, but :/

either way that concept's being stretched too far where people keep talking about ships where izzy usually just replaces another white guy so what does it matter. even if people wanted the pair to breakup in canon and be replaced with izzy it like... doesn't matter? representation isn't being lost? who cares lol.

i think maybe people just need to work on their propaganda or smth tbh like i didn't find con oneil hot at first and im p sure i got brainwashed into being super into him by fandom. maybe people need to stop complaining about pete being bald and just start talking about wanting to slap him on his bald ass head while topping him and get the tumblr girlies in on the action

[hillnerd]

For the ship thing: Peter and MJ (whichever version you want since there Marvel has several)

ULTIMATE SHIP MEME! Send in two (or more) names and I’ll fill all this out about the ship! lets do the current Marvel Peter/MJ as they actually made MJ fun and interesting- I AM aware of plot points of the newest movie but haven't gone and seen in yet.I will NOT spoil what happened, but for those who know- this is still with that in mind.

General:

Rate the Ship -   Awful | Ew | No pics pls | I’m not comfortable | Alright | I like it! | Got Pics? | Let’s do it! | Why is this not getting more attention?! | The OTP to rule all other OTPs

How long will they last? - depends on the universe but as always I like forever-

How quickly did/will they fall in love? -Took a bit for Peter see MJ in a romantic sense- but I feel like MJ had a bit of of interest/a slight crush on Peter- she was always showing up uninvited to conversations he was in, noticing him, drawing him etc.

How was their first kiss? -We saw it- it was this fleeting shy cute little kiss she leaned in for- then the one immediately after had much more feeling and passion- but they're so young an inexperienced that it took a bit for their kisses to become really really good.

Wedding:

Who proposed? -MJ

Who is the best man/men? -Ned

Who is the braid’s maid(s)? -idk women never have friends in these things

Who did the most planning? MJ- I see it being super casual but she totally made her own bouquet out of origami flowers she made and it has a lot of homey touches

Who stressed the most? -Peter bc something is ALWAYS happening to keep him from being on time to things

How fancy was the ceremony? - Back of a pickup truck | 2 | 3 | 4 | Normal Church Wedding | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Kate and William wish they were this big.

Who was specifically not invited to the wedding? -Idk his enemies? I'd like to think we wouldn't have to see Flash there, but...

Sex:

Who is on top? depends - I see them switching it up a lot

Who is the one to instigate things? -MJ by a slim margin because Peter can be so 'tee hee so, if you like, um we don't have to- but maybe if you want to we could' 'omg yes, stop.'

How healthy is their sex life? - Barely touch themselves let alone each other | 2 | 3 | 4 | Once a couple weeks, nothing overboard | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | They are humping each other on the couch right now

How kinky are they? - Straight missionary with the lights off | 2 | 3 | 4 | Might try some butt stuff and toys | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Don’t go into the sex dungeon without a horse’s head

How long do they normally last? It's either quickies or long romantic evenings - no in between

Do they make sure each person gets an equal amount of orgasms? -they try so so hard. I can see this being a struggle early on but over time they really nail this and MJ is quite pleased

How rough are they in bed? - Softer than a butterfly on the back of a bunny | 2 | 3 | 4 | The bed’s shaking and squeaking every time | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Their dirty talk is so vulgar it’d make Dwayne Johnson blush. Also, the wall’s so weak it could collapse the next time they do it.

How much cuddling/snuggling do they do? - No touching after sex | 2 | 3 | 4 | A little spooning at night, or on the couch, but not in public | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | They snuggle and kiss more often than a teen couple on their fifth date to a pillow factory.

Children:

How many children will they have naturally? 1

How many children will they adopt? either 0 or the one kid they have is adopted

Who gets stuck with the most diapers? peter bc his life is always filled with attrocious smells and drama

Who is the stricter parent? MJ

Who stops the kid(s) from doing dangerous stunts after school? both

Who remembers to pack the lunch(es)? MJ like 70% of the time is the one remembering- I see Peter being the one to do the food more often though and being the one to actually pack

Who is the more loved parent? even

Who is more likely to attend the PTA meetings? MJ she has veeery strong feelings about making sure things are anti-racist at her kid's school

Who cried the most at graduation? peter

Who is more likely to bail the child(ren) out of trouble with the law? -MJ if Peter can't come through with a connection- she will go OFF on them

Cooking:

Who does the most cooking? -Peter

Who is the most picky in their food choice? -MJ

Who does the grocery shopping? -Both

How often do they bake desserts? -not often- they're more a 'we got a ton of toppings and made sundaes' sort

Are they more of a meat lover or a salad eater? somewhere inbetween

Who is more likely to surprise the other(s) with an anniversary dinner? -Peter

Who is more likely to suggest going out? -MJ

Who is more likely to burn the house down accidently while cooking? -Peter- it wasn't his fault really, but either through mishaps with spidey suit or villains or just bad luck this could easily happen

Chores:

Who cleans the room? MJ is a bit better about this- but they are both on the sloppier side- Peter TRIES to-and WANTS to but has no TIME

Who is really against chores? MJ

Who cleans up after the pets? MJ

Who is more likely to sweep everything under the rug? Peter

Who stresses the most when guests are coming over? Peter bc something is ALWAYS going wrong and weird when he tries to do things

Who found a dollar between the couch cushions while cleaning? Peter when trying to find some extra cash to buy a coffee

Misc:

Who takes the longer showers/baths? MJ

Who takes the dog out for a walk? Peter

How often do they decorate the room/house for the holidays? not a lot of decor happens but they do it at the usual times- MJ more does the traditions that Peter likes as he's lost of a lot of family so those things have more meaning to him than they do for her

What are their goals for the relationship? -

Who is most likely to sleep till noon? Peter

Who plays the most pranks? MJ

[windor-truffle]

I forgot about this ask I answered 4 years ago, I kinda wanna update my graces answers even if that's a tumblr faux pas 😅 Long weird ramble below the cut:

First of all I'm a lot more into shipping than I used to be, mainly bc I realized "shipping" just meant "an interesting relationship" and not always "wholesome and perfect ideal relationship" or required to focus on the "mwah mwah hanky panky" 😅 So yeah I'm a diehard Richass shipper, I still like Cheribel it managed to grow on me in the most recent playthrough though I'd still say it's far from my favorite ship, and I think Huscal is plenty cute though I feel it may be one-sided 😅 And while I don't actively ship it myself there's some fun Cheriscal stuff out there, good to get more wlw!

I've actually recently started shipping Cheribert even though there's nothing for it and in canon they're pretty platonic 😅 I have a whole document of random thoughts about it though and the start of a fic so I ended up taking it more seriously than I anticipated 😅 It mostly boils down to them both being the more practical, grounded members of the group who are both hopelessly pining after someone who just can't seem to notice them. So they meet up frequently over tea to bitch about their heartaches, and end up in a fake-dating instill-jealousy scheme (thanks to Richard and Malik's meddling) that backfires when they start finding each other's company preferable to chasing the unattainable. Strangely it actually IS cute and wholesome 😁

...Unlike the Asbel-Richard-Lambda love triangle thing i still find highly entertaining 😅 No official fics about it so far but plenty of WIPs, AUs, and daydreams with that general vibe, ranging from comedic drama to actually geniunely fucked up. I cannot be trusted with these 3, I enjoy their suffering too much 😂

Also this is practically a crackfic but I kinda like shipping both Asbel and Cheria with the Little Queen 😂 Asbel out of an exaggeration of his masochistic tendencies into heightened bisexual attraction to people who have actively threatened his life before (though I believe he would not even be aware of his own tastes 😅), and Cheria as part of a specific AU in which the LQ is the one to heal her chronic illness, and they both bond over their profound loneliness. Again, weirdly wholesome 😅

All in all I'm pro-ship so I'm down with most things, I swerve the things I don't like personally (age gaps like Sophie or Malik/party members, incest like Asbel/Hubert) but I'm fine with their existence, I might even read them someday anyway just cause I've found it's geniunely enlightening to read about things outside your comfort zone. It's not like the things *I* like are normal either 😅

Moving on from weird shippy stuff! I still know I suck at Graces combat but I have definitely improved. I can now firmly say that my A Team is Asbel, Sophie, Cheria, and Pascal. Asbel and Sophie are great physical fighter aggro tanks who combo like motherfuckers, and Sophie can even heal well which makes her very flexible! Cheria has slow but very powerful spells and heals, and while she's physically frail her evasion is quite good so she can cancel a spell and run and hide behind the tanks 😂 Pascal tends to be literally hit or miss with her low accuracy but she does do massive damage when she hits, and she can also take some hits compared to the remaining 3 party member options.

Malik is just Pascal but worse since he tends to be a bit vulnerable while casting/throwing his bladerang, Richard requires twice as much effort to do the kinds of things others pull off easily (you have to combo perfectly in order to shorten his egregiously long cast times, or risk being hit and stunned and OHKOd), and Hubert faints like a Victorian lady if you so much as breathe on him. I can't have a party of weaklings when Hard mode bosses already hit like a truck 😅

They're all very fun in their own ways though 😁 And like I said, I'm still kinda bad at the game. I'm sure more talented players can make each of them viable (like if I could use Iron Stance more reliably that'd help the casters so much 😩).

As for the rest of the Tales series, I obviously took a bit of a break from it this year though I still love it loads 💜💜💜 I'm happy to keep this Graces fixation going into next year, but I think when it finally dies down a bit I might replay Zesty--- it's the only other title who could possibly dethrone my Graces obsession, so I've been deliberately avoiding it 😅

For the tales of ask game!!

3, & 7 for Graces

1 & 10 for zesty

2 & 8 for Vesperia

And have a nice day/evening whatever in your time zone!!

Oo lots of games, alright I get to talk about my favorites!!

Graces 3. Any ships?:

I'm not huge on shipping in general but most of the popular ships are fine with me, mainly Asbel/Richard, Asbel/Cheria, and Hubert/Pascal. (Spoilers ahead:) I always find it kind of funny that Asbel merges with Lambda after him and Richard fall apart, it feels like he's dating Richard's abusive ex and making it work better 😂 maybe I'll write a fic someday with that premise, who knows...

7. Main team of 4/mainly play as:

Going back to Graces and figuring out all the other characters is on my to-do list, I mained Asbel mostly, though I did try out Richard, Sophie, and Hubert a little. I tend to rotate that party pretty often but I always had Asbel and Sophie, would probably put in Hubert and Cheria as my other 2 or Richard if he's available.

Zestiria 1. Best girl:

Lailah!! I loved Lailah much more than I thought I would, having a group mom to make puns and snacks really makes the party dynamic charming. She has her own burdens based on her perceived former failings with Michael but she is still trying again to bring about a legacy of good people and that is so inspiring. What a great mentor figure.

10. Favorite music track:

Oh that's so hard, Zesty has so many amazing tracks! I think Zaveid's Theme, the Fire Trial and the Water Trial are all tied as some of my favorite songs of all time, but Sorey's theme and the song that plays when Rose joins are also both great. They really knocked it out of the park with these songs, I tell ya

Vesperia 2. Best boy:

Another hard one, they're all so good, but I am always so proud of Karol. He's really trying his best alongside a party of mainly adults and teenagers and he absolutely pulls his weight, he just needed to hear them validate him. He's resourceful and a hard worker and I feel like he's gonna surpass Raven and Yuri someday, maybe even Flynn, and I know they'd all be super proud of him.

(I answered 8 in a previous ask, but my favorite town is Dahngrest for its atmosphere.)

Thanks for the asks, everyone! Love getting to blab about my favorite series 😁

[mountainashes]

Yeah I'm gonna yell into the void abt blorbos and ships. Based off of my personal Hcs as well so apologies.

No particular order really.

Josh/Chris- So they're definitely my favourite pairing. I've been shipping this since I first got into Until Dawn. I love the best friends to lovers, with all the angst thrown on top.

Emily/Sam- So, in love with the idea of comphet Em going to Sam for support when she realises she likes girls, because Sam I feel like out of the whole group Sam came out as gay first lol. This friendship eventually develops into romance and overall is just very sweet. Also a pair of badasses is just awesome.

Matt/Ashley- A really randomass one but I just think that they're neat. They have like 1 interaction but it's like the most normal Matt is treated cos the rest of the time he's basically just yelled at for no reason. Also I think the basement scenes would've been so different with Matt and Ash cos I feel Matt would take Ashley more seriously. Also Em and Chris friendship has my soul. Ash deserves to be listened too and Matt deserves kindness.

Mike/Jess- The one canon pairing that I kinda like! Of course they have their issues but they're definitely not the worst, and they clearly do care for eachother- Mike beats the crap out of Josh when he thinks he killed Jess and Jess' credit scene lines get me. So yeah. Also they're both kinda dumb so its funny.

Mike/Josh- Confident gay (dunno specific sexuality, but hes something) Josh and Bi Mike who isn't as open. Added drama and angst bc of the prank on Hannah and the events of the main game. Friends(who like eachother) to enemies to lovers ig.

Chris/Mike- Bisexuals. Nerd and popular dude. Chris can basically flatter Mike into giving him the gun when the Stranger is at the door. They're just so funny. Also post game comfort, angsty af.

Emily/Jess- I feel like this is a classic. Like. Everyone at least acknowledges Jemily. It's got a lot of drama but its fun. Friends to enemies to friends to lovers like.

Jess/Ashley- Kinda like Mike/Chris in overall vibes. Really just cute. I keep meaning to draw some doodles of a LiS AU with them as Chloe and Max lol.

Matt/Jess- They're sweet. I feel like they'd at least be good friends after everything.

Emily/Mike- They were never right romantically for eachother, but I feel like they could be friends again eventually.

Matt/Chris- They're just a pair of dudes. Complete opposites in hobbies which is funny. I think they're a fun pair of friends who constantly try to get the other to indulge in their hobbies.

Emily/Chris- Don't click romantically to me in any sorta way. But the embodiment of 'he asked for no pickles'. They'd be hilarious roommates but I think they'd get on in their own way.

Sam/Jess- Maybe had crushes on eachother but overall I don't see it. Jess probably sends Sam cute animals and memes. They'd be awesome friends who hang out a lot.

Matt/Sam- Besties. Do sports and hiking together cause they're both quite athletic. Go on walks together when one needs to vent or something.

Matt/Mike- I sort of see it, but they don't really click together to me. Awesome friends when they get over all the drama.

Chris/Ashley- They're cute. I quite like them, and they're probably the least problem-ridden relationship in canon. They're both so bi it's crazy lmao. Tend to prefer them as best friends.

Chris/Sam- Interesting, but overall don't really see it. I feel that Sam is kind of the sensible motherly friend, especially to the guys cause lets be honest the UD dudes are all kinds of disasters in their own ways.

Chris/Jess- Don't like it romantically because I'm obsessed with the idea of them being step-siblings. They start off hating eachother but then grow to eventually love eachother. Also adds a lot more betrayal to Josh's prank if Chris thinks Josh killed his sister.

Josh/Sam- They're both really gay to me, especially Sam, so I'm not too into this ship. Best friends to me.

Josh/Ashley- I like them as friends really.

Josh/Emily- Sorta like Sam and Josh- besties who judge others quietly from across the room together.

Josh/Jess- It's interesting because Jess never got to witness any of his prank or anything. It'd be angsty af.

Mike/Sam- Lesbian and her himbo to me personally. Remind me a bit of Steve and Robin's dynamic from ST lmao.

Mike/Ashley- I think it'd be interesting in maybe a sole survivors situation where Ashley leaves the door closed on Chris and together they are responsible for Em. Just the guilt ig. Be really sad.

Matt/Josh- Again interesting. Sort of like Chris and Matt except I feel Josh would be more into trying new things.

Matt/Emily- I dislike their canon dynamic so thats kinda ruined it for me.

Sam/Ashley- Cute. I can imagine Sam comforting Ash easily considering you see it in game that her and Ash are good friends.

So yea! Sorry if this upsets anyone with the ships I don't feel strongly for! Thanks for letting me scream into the void lmao. Might add on with poly ships at some point but yeah! See ya.

I think Ashley and Emily are such a cool ship cause you have a sweet bookworm who can actually kill people and a girlboss who despite seeming like she could kill you she wouldn't at all.

I have so many opinions on basically every pairing in UD possible so I might just do a whole post on that cos yelling into the void is fun and I am bored.

[randomstarmuffin]

Whoops ok sorry I'm neck-deep in au territory now so I'm reblogging this again. (Sorry if this already exists in the notes I'm not gonna look rn)

AU where this DID happen, and somehow Lucretia never knew so she still goes through with her plan like normal. She's running around the ship trying to round everyone up and is super emotional over the choice she's just made and they're like "oh hey sup cretia? U good?"

Specific (crack?) au idea:

Taako and Lup were the ones who were dared + drank from Fisher's tank

Lup is still missing in this au :(

But so what I'm saying is it's just Taako who's there and unaffected

He's not panicking bc he's not forgetting, so he doesn't kill Barry (so he's alive and does forget)

Taako realizes what's happened quickly and is rightly pissed at what Lucretia tried to/did do

However. As pissed as I think he'd be, there's still a big difference between the threat of having almost lost everything, the attempt at erasing his memories, and the canon version where he was so, so lost for a decade and had to deal with realizing just HOW lost he was in a matter of minutes during story and song.

Essentially, I'm saying that he's pissed at Lucretia but he didn't actually have to live through losing everything and so they're still antagonistic towards each other but it's not quite as tense as in canon (at the end)

For some contrived reason, Taako doesn't manage to or doesn't know to get to Fischer's tank then and there and make everyone remember

Insert aforementioned "sup, cretia?" moment here where Taako confronts her on the deck of the starblaster

Again, some contrived reason means Taako retreats and lets her go through with taking everyone else to the places she found for them (*including alive Barry)

Lucretia still makes the bureau

The bureau vs Extremely Terrible Red Robe Taako Taaco

He shows up on the moon base all "sup thugs nice moonbase, hm. Luce gets points for the drama of inventing a fake moon, but she loses points for excessive spheres. Hold up, is that a fantasy gachapon?"

(Leon is still harrassed in this au.)

((On that note, Garfield the Deals Warlock is probably also still Slicer of T'pire Weir Isles-ed too))

Anyways idk why, Contrived Crack Plot reasons, but Taako just lets them be for long enough that Lucretia can like have built it up a little I guess.

And while hes letting her do that, he assembles his own team

A team of coincidentally incompetent competent strangers

So yeah Taako almost immediately rounds up everyone else after Luce drops them off and convinces them to join him somehow idk

JULIA IS ALSO THERE

Bc Taako gets to the other boys quickly before Governor Kalen can fuck up Raven's Roost

And Magnus keeps getting "ooh wanna see some cute baby pics"-ed by this total stranger beautiful elf wizard guy somehow? Weird. The guy also keeps making up totally untrue stories about him, but, hey, Julia thinks it's kinda funny so who's Magnus to stop her from smiling, yknow

I still want Mookie to exist but I dont really know how to accomplish it. It's possible somehow but for now we ignore Merle and Hecuba bc idk how to reconcile it

Ok but heres what I'm actually trying to get to

Taako recruits Barry (somehow, why is this guy weirdly kinda charming? why does being around this group of misfits make the ache in his chest just a little lighter, since when was there an ache in his chest at all???)

And the thing is. Taako keeps volunteering Barry for every excessively dangerous task and Barry is ????????? But somehow either through awkwardness / not wanting to say no and somehow inevitably trusting this weird stranger, he always says ok?

But somehow, he never manages to die

In the words of my friend who sent me this post and had to hear the bones of this au in the first place, "Unkillable Barry that would be more helpful dead is so great"

Basically theres lots of banter all around, between the crew of People Who Dont Remember And Taako and then also between Taako and Lucretia

I'm trying to think of this antagonist dynamic and it's on the tip of my tongue but.. either way it's just them like knowing each others entire life story and not actually hating each other but just being at odds.

The bureau and uh... alternate tres horny boys? are both very confused bc they have no idea if Lucretia and Taako hate each other or want to have brunch together next weekend (and possibly they might have had brunch together the weekend previous?)

OH I've got it, sort of kind of like Magneto and Professor X, a little. That sort of vibe but like shifted a lil to the left

Anyways yeah. The ground crew find Lup and get her out quicker, Taako yells at her for making a magic focus that eats magic when she is MADE OF MAGIC, Lup yells at him bc "if *you're* so smart then why didn't you say anything sooner???"

They refuse to explain how they're siblings. By which I mean they keep coming up with more and more ridiculous and bogus reasons for Lup to be a lich and say something different every time they're asked: that they're really one soul split apart in a terrible necromantic ritual and theyll never be at peace again, or "what are you talking about, we look identical? Are you feeling ok?", or that Lup's husband had a thing for it and she just went with it (this devolves into a bunch of bickering literally 5 feet from Barold. Coincidentally, it is the closest to the actual truth that either of them ever say), or that Lup ate a really bad sandwich one day, or that it's actually TAAKO who's cursed to be so hot and beautiful for eternity, woe is him for losing his skeletal death-y body-less floating robe aesthetic...

But uh anyways yeah i guess that's all I got. Really just had to get this au out of my system before I could continue with my night. Apologies for going so off the rails on this post op, it is a very extremely good and true post and it made me laugh and then .2 seconds later after I thought I was moving on it made my brain go "!!!!"

The most unbelievable aspect of TAZ:Balance is that in all those years, on a ship inhabited by Merle, Magnus, Taako and Lup, nobody ever dared one of the others to drink from Fisher’s tank.

[mariaiscrafting]

Yes yes, exactly! Always question why and for what reason! That's exactly what I said back when I actually engaged in mcyttwt and there was this whole discourse where people were accusing some accounts and artists of fetishizing dnf. And the thing is, the topic of fetishization is so complex. It's all about intention. On one hand, it's annoying as fuck when everyone and their mothers accuses any dnf shipper of fetishizing, when they would literally ship just as much and create the same damn content if it was literally anyone, any people of any gender. They truly just enjoy the dynamic and personas of dream and george and like the dnf shipping community, I get that.

But on the flip side, you have people genuinely making this kinda content and having shipping discussions and talking about how "cute" they are to a creepy extent, and at that point, you have to ask yourself, why do I ship them? Is it bc I derive some sort of enjoyment from them being two guys in this fantasy relationship? If it's specifically you getting joy, especially as a non-mlm, out of it being two guys, that's fetishization. The cishet girls on tik tok calling george a twink and uwu'ing at the dnf stream moments bc it's two attractive guys are fetishizing. The mcytblr and mcyttwt fuckers going on and on about how cute dnf is, but only focusing on it being a gay ship are fetishizing. Fetishizing leads to shit like oversexualization, dehumanization of CCs bc they're CCs, viewing gay relationships as Other and "special"/"different" and therefore not normal, implementing homophobic tropes (yk, all that george is a bottom/twink shit), etc. Fetishization is this whole complex mess that boils down to two things: why do you ship it & would you ship anything else similar? Like, I see the same behaviors dnf exhibits in between female CCs and in het ships, and I indulge in them just as much and just the same bc I'm not just in this shipping game for the "uwu two gay guys" concept; I'm in it for the romantic shit and cuteness and community building and speculating and drama of it all, regardless.

Ugh anyways none of that prolly made sense because I am so fucking tired (model un is slowly murdering me, but in a good way), but yeah no thank you for hijacking this post

this whole situation is making me realize just how much homophobia runs through the mcyt community and how it’s so normalized and casual?? i think i’m steadily becoming no longer on the fence about my whole stance on ppl calling some ccs twinks all the damn time