#overall i dont think this season is objectively that good

[lily-blue-blue-lily]

oh sex ed s4 is making me feel a whole lotta ways ... i am sobbing

[dunmeshistash]

As of... actually several episodes ago but more so on this episode, I'm starting to think there's something (a reason/correlation?) to the anime not going all out on the animation (youd think ep23 part 1 would have gotten more attention) or when its not doing a 100% panel-for-panel adaptation of the manga (ie cutting out gags and some other parts)

Its almost like the anime is slightly just a little maybe advertising the manga? but idk, you dont really get this feeling if youve never read the manga. It only torments those who have who know what's in the manga that the anime-only's are missing out on. and there's also the dungeon tidbits that dont/havent been adapted that expand more on the story.

lets be real tho, some things in the manga just would not translate as effectively into anime. (ie the manga covers that look raw as all hell)

tl;dr i have a feeling the anime is not doing the manga 100% perfect justice because animation restraints AND it wants you to read the manga as well.

I've actually been thinking about that too. But objectively I think the dungeon meshi anime is effective/overall good adaptation of the manga.

The feeling of "NOO IT'S MISSING X THING" as far as I can tell is only for people who have read the manga, everyone else doesn't seem to feel there's a lack of quality. I call it the cursed knowledge of the manga lol.

The fact is that the manga is just PACKED full of so many details an adaptation that has ALL of it is just impossible, and trigger's anime isn't necessarily bad just because it doesn't have it <- I say begrudgingly cause I wish it had all

From what I can tell they have been pacing themselves within their budget/time constraints and focusing on what the medium of animation can serve the best to compliment the manga, which is action scenes, they seem to be focusing most of their efforts into giving us BREATHTAKING animations during the action and honest I LOVE IT.

I recommend @swampjawn's animation breakdowns if you wanna really appreciate it in a more technical aspect, its so good.

But another thing I've been noticing is how much content Ryoko Kui does related to the anime? Like the merch, the blu-ray boxes the collabs. Is that something common at all? The manga author doing so much content related to the anime of their work?

Maybe it's an exception cause she finished publishing Dungeon Meshi before the anime came out but I hope that her gorgeous art inspires people to read it.

Anyway I'm not sure if trigger is on purpose doing "manga advertisement" but just where I believe they'll stop this season is probably gonna make a lot of people want to read so it's a win in my book.

[grievedeeply]

Omg yes I will gladly request something for Banda he is so underrated 😭. Can I request general dating headcanons for Banda? Can it be fluffy there isn’t enough fluff of this man! Feel free to add in a couple stuff I hope you have a good day or night!<3

im gonna be honest. i dont care if this is ooc this man is so babygirl. those shoulders.... those hips.... that face. damn put me in the ground already 😭😭 also, you might know me from an old writing blog.. @/saebyeoked. i moved over here awhile ago, so i figured i'd write for aib here instead :)

gn!reader | tws: banda is a murderer... that's really it. overall pretty fluffy !! season 2 spoilers, and probably ooc banda | join my taglist !!

dating banda sunato headcanons

you met in the solitary confinement game. he immediately caught your eye. you weren't too sure on what it was, but there was something about him that had you captivated from the beginning

you, banda and matsushita form a trio, telling each other what your symbols are. your relationship with both of them is pretty simple, and you don't get closer to banda up until the game is over

chishiya had asked you to tell him his symbol, as his partner died in the previous round. he had told you that banda was a murderer, and you shouldn't put too much trust in him. he had yet to lie to you.. so you brushed his comments aside

so what if he was a murderer? wasn't everyone, at least in this world?

though, you would be lying if you said the information didn't put a pit in your stomach— one that was growing with each passing day in the borderlands anyway

you caught his eye back in the jack of hearts game, too. mostly keeping to yourself, he could tell you were scared of dying. he wasn't, but it didn't mean he wanted to by any means

you, chishiya, yaba and banda end up living through the game— and you feel something pulling you to banda. for some reason, you decide to go with him instead of chishiya

your relationship begins to progress after it's just the two of you alone. you become friends surprisingly quickly, for a man who was a murderer in the real world.. he isn't the worst company

he's intelligent, quick on his feet and able to read situations really easily. it's nice to have him around for those reasons, if nothing else

banda has a very hard time expressing his emotions. he isn't big on friends, so it takes awhile for you to get close enough to him for him to think of you romantically

he knows what that feeling in his heart is, and he pushes it away until he can't ignore it anymore

neither of you really.. confess. you two just flirt— a lot. you insist to yourself that it means nothing, and flirting is just a fun way to pass the time or something. but it does become something more

you realize you like him romantically when he saves you in a game. it's nothing big, not in his eyes, anyway. he pulls you out of the way of an object that otherwise would've crushed you, and he acts like it was nothing

neither of you ever say you like each other romantically. it just.. happens

you're initiating the first kiss, obviously. he acts so cocky in every situation and he tries to hide the fact that he has no idea what to do from you

over the time you spent together, you're able to read each other really well. it's a major benefit in your relationship, as you both know whenever the other is feeling upset or angry about something

as a boyfriend... i will say he has experience. he knows what to do to get you flustered and hiding your face in your hands, and that's at the very bottom of the list of things he does

he tries not to be cheesy. but he will set up makeshift dates while the two of you are out scavenging. he never plans them beforehand, but you don't care. he doesn't even have to do it in the first place— as long as you get to spend time with him that's enough

he isn't big on pda. there's no one around in your world, but it's a general thing for him. it makes him feel really exposed.. and it bothers him

though, if it's something you enjoy he'll hold your hand occasionally. that's really all he'll do, but it's more than you ask for

he doesn't mind physical touch in the moments where it feels right. if you're having trouble falling asleep, he'll pull you into his chest and just.. talk to you to help you relax

his voice is the most relaxing thing in the world in your mind. he could be reading out the dictionary to you and it would help you in some way

banda's VERY protective. he knows you're more than capable, but he does want to keep you safe

as much as he tries to act tough, he has a soft spot for you and your safety is a priority to him. he'll go out of his way to make sure you're okay, even if he's injured

he's a surprisingly sweet boyfriend. despite his.. history...

taking everything he sees that he thinks you'd like or reminds him of you to give to you at some point, picking out your favorite food at a store if he sees it laying around.. all simple, yet noticeable things to show he cares

most of the time, you'll be the one initiating physical affection with him. he has other ways of expressing his feelings for you, but if it's a love language of yours he learns to not mind it too much when it's appropriate

boundaries! super important in any relationship, and he sets them up with you really quickly. always respectful of you, and will back off if you tell him you're not feeling something

as strange as it feels to admit it, he feels himself warming up. becoming a better person. that doesn't mean he changes his attitude, though

it just means that.. he is more willing to help people struggling, even if you aren't around. if he walks away, he'll picture your smiling face in his mind and turn around

he has a guilty conscience okay

teases you whenever he sees an opportunity to. if you're staring at him? he's teasing you. it happens more frequently than you'd probably like to admit but you looove how he sounds whenever he teases you

his voice is just... so soothing. even when he's using it to embarrass you somehow

teaming up in games because you're the only person he trusts with his entire being

if you ever say you love him.... he's lucky he can hide his emotions on his face because WOO he's a bit flustered

he doesn't say it back right away, but it doesn't mean he doesn't feel the same way. when he does say it, it's a very special moment, probably after a game where you both almost died

he expresses his love in other ways, mostly. quality time is his biggest love language. it's easy, and meaningful at the same time :")

reading books in silence <3

overall, he's a good boyfriend. he knows what you need when you need it and he's willing to learn from you, which is more than what some people are okay with

he admits when he's wrong. he's okay with making mistakes, and you never judge him for it

he's different. but you like it. and you like him, obviously

he lucky. he knows that, and he repeats it to himself over and over in his mind sometimes just to ground himself

he wakes up in the morning and has you? someone as kind as you? loving him? it baffles him, but he doesn't complain

he really does love you. he has trouble saying the words, but he will say it verbally when he feels the need to

he's nice to only you, normally

you make him feel good. he won't ever throw it away, and he makes that promise to himself

if he ever looses you, he's really messed up. you're so GOOD and he can't ever let you slip through his fingers

[absoluteocellibehavior]

I'M SO GLAD YOU SEE THE VISION. ive been spending so much time thinking about this concept now that its gotten the gears turning and have been squinting at the witch and larson now since i feel like i need to dissect them as violently as possible. the witch reads as justice to me, ironically, mostly with her "i will help you the way *I* understand how" objectivity, and her conversation with john in part 43, suggesting an inverse reading of the card very hard. a lot of her casual hubris (in the very literal definition; a mortal believing she knows better than a god what he wants) also adds to inverse justice as well; also her backstory of being scorned by humanity and thus choosing to scorn it back as retribution. idk she just pulls on a lot of themes of the justice arcana - karma, cause and effect, balance of choice and consequence. she does the things she does because she feels it is Right and Good that way and a reset to How Things "Should" Be larson's kinda tricky though. hard to pinpoint overall narratives that would Fit cleanly but the closest i come to is the hierophant. both for the symbolism of a holy person, as well as the upholding of existing institutions and simultaneously tearing them down (reversed). its the wild comparison between being an immortal fuck that Owns A Town and Maintains A Household while being part of a ages-old cult - and at the same time commandeering a god fragment for a revenge plot and abusing the trust his daughter had in him to sacrifice her for power. both the existing institutions as well as the hunger to outstretch More of that power. exoteric wielding of power as opposed to the high priestess.

once again. i dont do this regularly i just have brainrot now. feel free to check my work. i need to study them both like bugs that i can shake around in their enclosure

It took me way too long to answer this (summer courses be kickin my ASS rn). I offer you a hot cocoa with peppermint and the absolute wettest and most apologetic eyes I can muster <3. I actually fuck with the idea of Larson being Hierophant heavy. I think that suits him very well. On top of everything you've mentioned up above (which I LOVE) Hierophant is very tied to reliance on the divine or supernatural. HELLO! I feel like no matter what area we focus on in Season 3 or 4, that fits him so well. Yes, yes, yes. Now the real question is who or what are the Monks of Roses (heart) and Lilies (soul) on the card, hmm? And The Witch! Oh, I truly don't know. It almost makes me wish that we had a bit more time with her to be able to determine all the ins and outs of her. I really need to relisten to Part 43 again to make a determination on that. I really like what you're saying about relating her to Justice though. You're right! It feels like such an ironic thing but with everything that you're saying, it really works! WAIT WAIT DOES THIS MEAN YORICK IS THE HIGH PRIESTESS?? WAIT WHY DOES THAT WORK AND WHY IS IT SO FUNNY-

[rb9]

Your ask says to let you maxplain so I’m going to lol, I don’t really follow other series but people are saying LL isn’t all that great, that Juri Vips was wayyyyy better and that LL is only there because he was axed for being a racist pos, is it true?

hellooo, sorry this took a while to answer, life has been lifeing badly lately but i love a maxplain moment so thank you for this!🙏

to start with, i do want to say, i have always followed liams career a little closer than juri's, was never a big fan of his, so this may come off as slightly biased however i will try to be as objective as poss :)

i think the junior category results alone are not always the best way to measure someones talent HOWEVER it does have to be taken into consideration. (take oscar, for example, you cannot deny his talent and his junior career proved that) juri was a good driver and did have better overall results in f3 and when they were teammates in f2, however liams 2022 f2 season with Carlin was considerably better and he came 3rd. but carlin was a considerably better team than hitech that year. which has to be taken into account bc it is of course not just about the driver. but liam had VERY strong campaigns in f4, toyota racing series, euroformula and ultimately has had a better junior career but people mainly look at f2 and f3 which is where i think this idea that juri is better is coming from.

i personally believe that liam is a more well rounded driver, is super strong with adapting to a new car, for example, his first race in DTM, having never driven touring cars before, he won. and really he should have won the championship but got fucked over by a petty ass driver who couldnt accept a rookie beating him, but thats besides the point.

liam proved last year that he is capable of driving in f1 and had some good races in the AT, however i dont know if i would say he is super special? but juri is defo not imo. i think liam is very talented but so are a lot of young drivers. truthfully, im not sold on him being a generational talent. but i do believe liam will do a better job in f1 than juri would, based purely on his ability to adapt and his racing style. he is of course next in line to be red bulls golden blond boy, after seb and max so maybe red bull are on to something?

ultimately, do i think liam is only there because juri was axed for being a racist pos? no, i think marko has always wanted to get liam into an f1 seat and i dont think that would be different if juri wasnt in fact a racist pos. i do think liam is a better driver than juri.

i hope this answered ur question or at least helped a little bit. it probably ended up being more biased that i planned but we move

[boypussydilf]

whats not being a true fan of something if your opinions dont flip flop every 10 munites. this is what love feels like to me

SO REAL 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚 Sometimes things are good except no they’re not but yes they are. they’re good except for when they’re bad and bad except for when they’re good. such-and-such writing decision was objectively perfect and also the worst thing ever. you know how it is.

i am used to adventure time, on the whole, falling into the camp of Actually Good and not just Theoretically Good. a welcome relief after i had been watching many things that were more Theoretically Good than Actually Good. it had its missteps but as single 11-minute episodes or minor plot points and awkward moments in 10 entire seasons they were negligible. the whole is, i think, one of the greatest shows, ever, period. fionna and cake is. overall, it does live up to that. it’s not as good, partially owing to just being. shorter. but it was good. it was very strong in some places but then, being ten episodes instead of almost 300, its failings stand out so much more, proportionately. it. idk what i was saying i just kind of started talking. It lived, it served cunt, and then at the last second it tripped down a flight of stairs and broke its nose

[br1ghtestlight]

top 5 bobs burgers season 13 episodes bcuz its been long enough for me to really think about them:

amelia (s13e22) this is an AMAZING episode and honestly a highlight of the show. it has great visual design with the paper affects/lighting and i love how they put clips of louise's presentation throughout the episode. the ending song is SO SWEET and sad and this episode is also great bcuz it recontextualizes previous episodes in a very interesting way <3 one of my fave episodes of the entire show

cheaty cheaty bang bang (s13e11) this episode is less likely to be on other peoples favorite/best episode lists but I LOVE IT SO MUCH its so cute and funny?? louise and gene are great in this episode and the ending is very sweet overall it just has a very cozy vibe and so many of the jokes make me laugh. also linda telling bob "just try not to be..... how you are" and bob saying "I ALWAYS TRY TO DO THAT 😭😭" is such a relatable moment omg

the plight before christmas (s13e10) OKAY THIS EPISODE IS REALLY GOOD AND NOMINATED FOR AN EMMY AND THE HIGHEST RATED EPISODE OF THE ENTIRE SHOW and it is a really great episode but out of all the episodes listed here its probably my least favorite?? i just dont rewatch it very often in part bcuz of how sad it is but objectively it has very tight pacing and i love gene's performance mixed with louise's poem. i feel like i would be more likely to rewatch this one around christmas time but it is a very sweet episode and there are some really funny jokes

what a (april) fool believes (s13e16) THE GAY ROMCOM BETWEEN BOB AND FISCHOEDER IS SO FUNNY easily the funniest episode of this season its so unhinged and delightful omg nothing too deep to say about this episode but i love bob and fischoeder's relationship and i love the ending very much. and i realized what you care about most on april fools day seems to be me <3

snow mama from the grave (s13e09) GREAT EPISODE im slightly biased bcuz this is the first bobs burgers episode i watched the day that it came out but i also love learning more about bob's mom and family and overall its a very sweet and genuine episode (the ending with teddy and the kids 😭😭😭) bob loves his kids so goddamn much and that really is the thesis statement for the episode i believe. also linda is a great wife and her just having a full conversation with bob's mom is a real highlight of the show for me

honorable mentions from this season:

mother author laser pointer (s13e21)

oh radio you didn't (s13e20)

crab-solutely fabulous (s13e19)

stop! or my mom will sleuth! (s13e13)

what about job? (s13e03)

[paperchamomiles]

i got tagged! by @leatherbookmark !

last song: the last song I listened to is Electric Pow Wow Drum by the Halluci Nation!

favorite color: oh, definitely green. basically all greens except the light and really bright greens, but i like those greens too just not as much. but a nice rich emerald...! or oh a pretty sage green.

currently watching: you've actually caught me at a time when i have been watching things! normally i just listen to and read things. lately ive been watching planner and planning videos.

last movie/show: as mentioned i don't really watch things but... i guess the yu yu hakusho live action? or wait a few days ago i watched a couple episodes of heaven official's blessing season 2 with a friend!

sweet/savory/spicy: i'm not very good with spice, objectively, but i do like it. but i think i like savory or sweet better, overall. i had some really good pho last night so im going to go with savory!

relationship status: commited long-term relationship! it'll be 12 years in january! she doesn't have a tumblr anymore, but she asked me out through tumblr fanmail even though we knew each other in person! she's wonderful. <3

last thing you googled: hm. i dont google things terribly often, usually the names of books. but this time, it was 'emily dickinson poems'!

current obsessions/s: uh. knitting. i know knitting is more a hobby but right now its an obsession. batman-related-things, though that was stronger a few months ago.

tagging: hmmmmm you don't have to do this! but @antema @roughentumble @blindrapture ..... @ataliaf ?

[darishima]

yap about yr favorite season also!!!!!! (:

YAAAY WOOOO !!!! i <3 u anon okay so. so so.

once again. just like the last one. my answer is unfortunately generic. season 12 is my favorite and not only is it my favorite i fully stand by the belief that its objectively the best season including international seasons. all stars 2 WOULD be my favorite and it would be my objective best pick if not for the riggery and bullshittery (COUGH COUGH ROXXXY ANDREWS) but even with that, i would consider it a close number two

season 12 is the least overly edited+produced season since like s3 because of the sherry pie bullshit (google that if you dont know. idk if you actually know anything about drag race or if youre just humoring me) seemingly forcing the producers to scrap all the manufactured storylines they'd built up. the only thing wrong with the entire season is the zoom finale and ofc the sherry pie situation but even that was handled surprisingly well by WOW (in comparison to how they handled other similar situations... cough cough shangela and plane jane). every single queen on it is incredibly talented, even the early outs (i mean when the FIRST OUT is a [former] haus of aja member that says a lot about the talent of the people who made it further) and it has some of the most underrated queens ever imo-- nicky doll and rock m sakura, specifically. it spawned SOOO many iconic moments-- jan's face crack, "look over there," feel the beat in the rhythm of the night, "i hate hate haaate your hair and makeup today" etc you get my point i could go on. it has some of the best music ever (the madonna rusical! im that bitch! uhh whatever that finale number was called which i somehow cant recall the name of but still know all the lyrics to!), i mean nicki fucking minaj was the guest on the first episode like it honestly just doesnt get better than 12. you get my point by now. 12 solos every other season EASY

as2 is like i said my number two. going into detail about as2 is pointless. read u wrote u, the mirror scene, all the lipsyncs (ALYSSA V TATIANNA HELLOOO??) the same parts, "party," all of it is just so fucking good. the only thing that bumps this slightly down for me, personally, is how alaska consistently won over katya in the lipsycs (and the crown obviously) when i fully believe katya deserved most of those wins. fym alaska won cherry bomb JUST CAUSE OF HER FUCKASS WIG FLAG?? FUCK YOU RUPAUL WHAT ABOUT THAT!! again NOT saying this just because i love katya im being as objective as i can be i just think she frequently loses lipsyncs she doesnt deserve to lose (kennedy v katya s7.... who said that!) and because im such a katya fan its infuriating to witness. im not a roxxxy hater per se,, just a roxxxy criticizer. so overall if those couple small things had been different it'd take number 1

number 3 belongs to my sweetheart season 13. this one is objectively not nearly as good as the first two and also worse than ones like s6 or 5 because of all the stupid ass twists that the producers pulled out just to try and top 12 (impossible) but there are SO many queens that i love to death that i just cant put it any lower. gottmik, of course, and denali and rose and symone and utica... it is dragged down by evil bitches like elliott with three k's and tina+ tamisha who i personally cant stand but those 3 are soo outweighed by the talents of the others that idec. also once again the music slaps (LUCKY <3) and the memes are incredible . season 13 they could never make me hate you

after those three i think the rest of my favs would go 4. season 6 5. UK season 2 6. season 5 7. all stars 3 8. season 7 9. all stars 6 10. season 9

oh and my least favorite season is 11 by far if that matters which is funny because 11's winner is in my like top 15 favorite queens also i have not yet watched s14 and s15 fully but im sure those will both enter my top ten easily when i do

[dyst0p14-n]

I pulled a muscle in my back.

I can't move. Everyting hurts. I've been crying for two hours straight.

I dont know whether I mentioned this in my previous entry, but I play volleyball. I've been playing for the past two years. I'm not any good at it, but I like to think I'm not completely useless. It's quickly become one of my special interests. I could babble on about this sport for hours. It started off as a way to just get up off my arse and get moving twice a week. Get some excersise in as well as some routine. It hasn't put me back into shape, but it's been great nonetheless.

Though, recently, I've been slowly losing motivation to play, all because of my coach. He plays favourites. I am clearly not one of his favourites.

I used to be one of the best players on the team, back when I was still playing with the Tigers. I had decent control over my receives, my sets, though not very precise, didn't spin or shake, and though I couldn't jump very high, I could hit.

I loved playing on this team. We had great chemistry, we all got along, and most of all, I had an awesome coach. I will remember him until the day I die. He was helpful, he was supportive, enthusiastic; overall he was one of the best teachers I could ever ask for.

The second season rolled around soon enough, and people were being moved up into more advanced teams in the club. One person moved, then the next, then the next, and all i did was wait. Wait for my turn. Wait for the coach of the other team to come up to me and welcome me in. I waited. And waited and waited. I was starting to lose hope. Maybe I wasn't all that good after all? Maybe I was just all in my head thinking I'm so cool and great? In that case, what the hell have I wasted all my time and energy on? I worked my feckin' arse off, and the girls with objectively worse technique were just invited in? Girls that joined half-way through the season with little to no understanding of the game? While all I did in my spare time was watch other people play and adapt to their technique, and spend hours practicing? I may not have been as good as I thought I was, but Jesus, how is that fair?

Eventually, though ( take a shot everytime i say that word), my friend and I were asked to attend one of Stellars' trainings, to see how we would get on. Finally, my chance to really prove myself.

Training was uneventful, not nearly as much energy as there was in Tigers, but I didn't think much of it. At the end of it, the coach came up to us and said he'd be happy to have us. Then, my friend did something I would have never expected in a million years. She declined. I knew for a fact she'd felt exactly like I have, so why the hell would she do that? I accepted, naturally, and we were seperated.

Some of the girls from my old team were there, so at least I had some familiar faces. The unfamiliar ones, however, intimidated me. I still am low-key scared of them. Two incredible hitters, and one of the best setters I've met in person.

The coach seemed pretty alright too. Due to my weight, I have a very short stamina. But I always try to push myself past my limit (and vomit lol). He was able to recognise when I was pushing too hard, when I couldn't. He would always remind me to be careful. If only he'd stayed that way.

Immediately, I noticed a much weaker bond between my teammates. I thought, well sure, it's only the start of the season. Things will pick up pace, right? Months went by, and nothing changed. We all just stayed really awkward with eachother on court. I could never pin point why.

And as the months went by, everyone around me started to improve. Me, on the other hand, I hit a brick wall. No matter how much I practice, I can never seem to get anything right. I can't improve, no matter how hard I try. My coach caught on to that, and instead of helping me, giving me advice and actually fucking coaching me, he benched me. Set me aside. Turned all his attention to my peers. And I understand why I was benched, I absolutely do, but as a coach, he had no right to just cast me aside and forget about me. I still want to play, but I wasn't of any use to him anymore. It's not fucking fair.

After a few months of just sitting and watching everyone around me grow while I was stuck in place, we entered a tournament. A pretty big one, at that. Well, as big as it can be, cosidering volleyball isn't a very popular sport in my country. So coach brought us all together, and announced that because we'd be playing a lot of matches, that he'd try to get everyone to play. So I'm like "awesome! its my time to shine". Oh, how painfully wrong I was.

One match started and ended. And then the next, and the next. Out of 4 matches, I played two rallys. Two. So, before the fifth, I approached him and asked whether I could play a little more this time. I watched this man's face puff up and his eyed go big. "How DARE you say you haven't played today!? I put you in two matches today! I'm giving everyone a chance to play today! You should be grateful!"

I'm sorry, what the FUCK do you mean two matches? Are you schizophrenic? Are you genuinely fucked in the head? Because the absolute AUDACITY of this man to blatanly LIE to me is insane. Not only did I play in LESS THAN HALF A SET, I can name at leat two people that haven't played AT ALL.

When I tell you I was done with this man, I didn't even bother showing up to the last match. I was so done with his ass. I did NOT arrange to carpool to the venue for two hours, spend 10 quid to the refs, just to sit there and watch.

My club likes to do this thing where there's a three day period during the holidays where different groups get to play volleyball for four hours, and call that a training camp. I wanted to attend one of these naturally, so I signed up for the one taking place during the Easter break. Though, there were three different courses you could take: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced. I thought I should go to the intermediate camp, but my mam urged me to ask. Just to make sure. And so, my coached told me to... join the beginners group.

He told me to join the beginners group, while he encouraged the entire rest of my team to join advanced.

I started to really lose motivation after that. I would show up to training less and less, I put in less effort, I stopped practicing at home. I was a fucking mess. My teammated started to notice that too.

I don't know much of what happened after that. After every training session and every match, I would go home feeling unsatisfied, incomplete.

I tried so hard to cling onto whatever I had left of my love for this sport. It might be one of the only things keeping me alive. But I can't help but... not care anymore.

[I should mention that these aren't the only incidents that happened with my coach, there are many many others.]

Again, months flashed on by and I realised, I haven't been to training in three weeks. The season is almost over. The club is hosting an end-of-the-season mini-tournament. Hm. Maybe I should go. It would be pretty shitty of me to not show up.

So I went. And without my coach being all up in my ear about "do better or get off the court", for the first time in forever, I had fun. I had so much fun. I was able to connect with my old friends from the Tigers, and I had fun.

I had a talk with my friend, the one that declined the offer to join the Stellars. I told her how much I disliked my coach. She stopped, grabbed my shoulder and looked me in the eye.

"You should have trusted your gut."

I'm pretty sure she wasn't trying to come off as deep or anything, but man, that made my stomach drop.

My team won second place, and while I didn't play the whole entire time, I was pretty happy. And I wanted to keep playing.

That was about four days ago, and today we had our vey last friendly match before the end of the season. I'm just after turning 16, so I won't be returning to any of the U16 teams. So, I wanted to make it count. I came super early and everything.

And so, before everyone could even arrive to the hall, I was playing with one of the girls from the opposing team, and as I was going in for a dive, I pulled a muscle in my back.

Before the match even started, I got injured and immobileised. Right when I was starting to get my love for the sport back, and I finally, finally had the chance to fucking play, I was stopped by a force out of my control, and forced to sit and watch.

Sit.

And watch.

And even though the pain in my back is truly becoming unbarable, that's not the reason I cried.

-amelia

[doodlers-journal]

Ohhhhh boy! Had to write this out on paper before sharing it, practically looked like an essay of sorts! I want to start off by saying I've only seen Season 1 and a little bit of Season 2. Anything else is snippets from youtube. Most of this research, I will be referring to the Wiki page as my reference.

Also fair warning, there is three spoilers, but all of them is in Season 4.

2k12 Donnie has been shown to create things from scrap.

"Donnie is a scientist, mechanist, inventor, weaponry, mathematician, and has devoted his time to studying technology, biology, physics, chemistry, (two spoilers for Season 4) metallurgy and astrology." Donnie's wiki page

"Donnie often tends to over-analyze, overthink, and over-complicate things (especially Splinter's advice) to the point where he makes bad decisions."

"Donnie is also very nerdy and socially awkward, which causes his brothers and Casey to mock him. Overall, he gets nervous in social situations. Communication also causes problems, especially when he tries to explain his inventions or part of a plan that the team would not understand what he is saying."

If I remember correctly, did he also figure out a way to understand Kraang's language? Like in Season 1 or 2??

If you want a preexisting power, I think psychometry would be a good one. It is a Star Wars ability that "allows the user to have the ability to sense the memories of other beings by touching objects that have come into contact with." (it's also rare)

"Acquiring information through physical contact with an associated object."

"Whoever used the ability experienced a blinding white light before receiving slightly distorted input from sight, sound, and emotions associated with the object."

"To an unpracticed/untrained individual touching an object that induced a vision could cause severe headache and seizures..." Star Wars Wiki

This would be a good power for Donnie, mainly for two reasons,

1) Communion issues: It was already mentioned that Donnie overcomplicates his words to anything, so it wouldn't be difficult for him to over analyze the entire vision.

That's, of course, ignoring the "untrained" part since it will not only overwhelm him since he will not only receive the enemies/allies emotions, thoughts, and words but he would need to be able to explain to his team what, how, when, and why he saw that vision.

But if they are speaking in another language well thats kinda tough luck, since I dont think its ever mentioned in the Star Wars for those users to not understand a language they dont know. (As far as I am aware, so I can be entirely wrong)

It could also give him a list of problems, depending on the objects of choice. It has also been stated by Star Wars lore that the individual with the rare power will need gloves to muffle the vision and be able to pick up the object without receiving the vision. This is a problem with everything else for him, since he is a science man, so messing with chemicals and such can prove to be a challenge.

2) Then the actual whole vision, which he will get a basics of it, sometimes depending on who touches the object before Donnie gets it, he could get a more complicated vision. So he would overthink it so much that he would be in his own world.

If the individual speaks in another language, Donnie would be able to understand the individual's emotions and maybe a pure basic of what happened from sight and everything else.

Psychometry does have multiple names; Force Echo, Retrocognition, and Sense Echo. If you want another name to call it, then Mind Meld would be a perfect word for it. It already exists in the Rise Tmnt world. It works at a similar point, but not all the way, plus it would work in a similar manner as well. It would also allow you creativity freedom to expand on Mind Meld.

If you want examples of this power, then look up Quinlan Vos and Cal Kestis. For Cal, you can find vidoes on youtube for how his powers work and what goes on.

If you prefer something else, then maybe being able to turn scrap into high grade metal scrap for whatever he needs. But to use this ability, it does require a lot of patience and energy (plus time, lol). Using this will tire the user a whole lot.

[spoilers for Season Four!!!] Or be able to turn something into its molecule level.

For Raph's power, the second one sounds like a battery or a hotspot (RAPH HAND US THE WIFI PASSWORD!), which is a super cool idea!

Raph lending his strength is a cool idea which does bring out one of Raph's biggest character points, his love and need to protect his family. If he can lend his strength to his family, they can hit a couple of strong hits.

For Leo's, you can use something similar to Majora's Mask. At the end of MM's game, there is a Mask called Feirce Deity. It is a very powerful mask that does look and resembling Link's adult form in OoT (Ocarina of Time) with extra markings on the face, white hair, and glowing white eyes.

Could do something similar to Leo and Leon since Leon in the movie never showed him using his mystic powers.

@theblindgoddess

Thinking of writing a rottmnt 2k12 tmnt crossover fic called "If Hamlet Can Have An Uncle-Dad, Then I Can Be Your Brother-Uncle!" Where future rise!Leo gets yeeted to the 2k12 universe in the beginning of season three and decides to adopt them. Chaos ensues. Featuring such events as, old man Leo having a break down when the 2k12 boys first mention the kraang, Leo and Leo bonding over injury recovery and disabilities, Raph getting relentlessly teased for being short, old man Leo being a literature because I can, old man Leo wanting to punt Casey into the sun because goodness gracious having to go from rise!Casey "is a cinnamon roll and will cry when he sees cute animals" Jones Jr to 2k12! Casey "thinks he can handle everything 'youre not my mom!'" Jones can not be an easy transition, old man Leo continuously mocking the kraang for being weak because comparatively they are, Donnie getting spoiled with tech stuff because old man Leo was horrified to find out he had to survive off of scraps for all of his experiments and inventions and deciding to break into multiple tech and science facilities to get Donnie better stuff, Mikey and old man Leo holding entire conversations that no one else is able to follow, old man Leo's murder corkboard, Shredder wetting himself from fear upon first contact with old man Leo, and so much more!

If you guys wanna see this then I will gladly write it! And if any of you have any ideas for this that you would like to see in this fic you can tell them to me also and I will try to include them!

[nevernotnotnotting]

im rewatching doctor who with my partner (they’ve never seen it, ive watched up to s9 but haven’t finished it and haven’t watched dw in years- I was obsessed as a teen tho)

we just finished s2 and ive come to the realisation that i hate it. i do not like it. its not enjoyable to me. love and monsters?? are you kidding me?? the fuckin 50s tv one?? the cat hospital?? like there are episodes that i think are objectively good that i just don’t enjoy (impossible planet/satan pit is fascinating, and there’s a lot of interest with the parallel world stuff) but overall i just really really /really/ dislike rose and ten together. don’t like it.

theyre insufferable, they’re not nearly human enough (like dw as a whole does treat a lot of serious stuff without gravity, but this season is atrocious for it - it’s like the second he regenerated ten went ah it’s all fine now!! im over the time war it’s fine (: never mind that his entire planet and species died a year or two ago for him), and everything that they have holding them together seems to be what happened when the doctor was a completely different person (ie before he regenerated). he’s important to her not bc of who he is now but bc of what they went through and who he was before he regenerated, and she’s important to him because she’s his only family since the time war.

they remind me of a couple who’s been married for like 5 years, but they got married while like they were in school or one of them was in the military or something and now that their circumstances have changed the only thing holding them together is the fact that they’re already together. like they love each other- but why? what do they actually love about each other? their history, that’s 95% of it. ive had this opinion for years about them as a ship, but frankly I’m realising this about them as any kind of relationship, platonic or not. i dont like them together and i dont think they’re good together or for each other.

also like- rose is 19 when they meet. she dropped out of school and works in a shop and dates someone she knew growing up. she experiences a lot more and grows up a lot during her time with the doctor, but she’s still at most 21 by the end of s2- she’s still a kid. like developmentally, she’s not full grown yet. she and nine work together bc their relationship is based on understanding that huge power imbalance, which is partly bc of how much older (and less traditionally attractive) nine looks, partly because she’s newer to the tardis, and partly because of how different nine’s attitude is to so much.

idk im glad to be up to s3 for sure. i don’t understand martha hate, i adore her, and i think most of her season is really good. i wish they’d spent less time having her moon (lol) over the doctor, i think it does both of them a real disservice, but she’s a great character and person and i love her arc and the series arc as a whole (i ship ten/john simm master Heavily so this should not be surprising but i do think that it genuinely holds up).

i just, i don’t understand why so many fans love rose/roseten/s2 when to me the whole thing feels like the writers had a really strong vision for s1, finished it, and went ah. didn’t think we’d get this far, have uhhh a werewolf i guess??? and then so many fans have such a negative opinion of martha & s3, when imo that’s when they wrestled the story back into something that’s really very narratively strong. like there’s dodgy bits and bad episodes (i am Not looking forward to lazarus or the pig people lol) but they’re bits and episodes, and even the parts that are dodgy can still be really enjoyable (i love the shakespeare code!! it’s so fun!! someone please either let martha smack bill for being racist, have someone else do it on her behalf, or just don’t put the racism in, but other than that it’s a really enjoyable episode). the daleks episodes are genuinely so good, and the family of blood, and blink???? and everything with the master??? sick as fuck. i love it. im so excited to enjoy the show again lol.

[a-slut-for-smut]

002 for Gojohime ;)

002 | Send me a ship and I will tell you:

Firstly, I just want to sincerely apologize for the delayed response! I honestly had terminal gojohime brainrot at the time of receipt and trying to answer this then would have made my goddamn head explode lolol

But thanks for sending in, best thing about these asks is they really help you evaluate why you feel the way you do about a character/ship so thanks for sending <3<3

When I started shipping them:

Right around when JJK season 1 anime started, although I actually wasn't watching the series but rather serendipitously stumbled across a complication of Gojo and Utahime interaction clips on youtube...the rest is history

My thoughts:

For Gojo, despite the teasing about her being weak its really his way of flirting because his other methods dont work (as far as getting that kind of direct attention from her). It's implicitly implied he trusts and cares for Utahime- going directly to her about the mole investigation and his train of thought immediately assessing her situation after he used purple hollow, among other things.

As for Utahime, i love how informal/combative she is with him despite him being the world's most powerful (and possibly unhinged) sorcerer- that doesnt seems to factor at all in their interactions and suggests to me a comfortable familiarity in their relationship.

Overall im just a huge whore for these two idiots- their chaotic dynamic reminds me very much of my relationship with my own himbo XD

What makes me happy about them:

I like to think Gojo's been madly in love with her for so long and his plan all along is to annoy her to the point where she becomes madly and homicidally in love with him which is a dynamic i LIVE for XD

What makes me sad about them:

Having been scarred by many a male shounen mangaka, i highly doubt they'll be made officially canon but a slut can dream eh?

Things done in fanfic that annoys me:

I havent read anything in nearly a year (currently suffering from readers block as i try to write my own fic) but does seem like a prevalent fanon is that Gojo is...uh, how to put this delicately.....rapey? (As far as smut fics go anyway, i dont read anything else lol). Not judging if thats what youre into, but anyone who knows me knows i have a mutual respect kink so its hard for me to invest in those kind of fics. Im a whore for my stupid soft simpy himbos :D

Also with Utahime 30+, i like to think that a) shes old enough to be comfortable with who she is as a person and wouldnt be insecure around an idiot like Gojo b) not a virgin/wasn't waiting just around for him. Mainly because im not into the "purity" culture or the whole notion of remaining a virgin makes a character objectively "pure" or "good"- it reeks of misogyny/patriarchal social conventions and i just cant vibe with it

Things I look for in fanfic:

hardcore smut duh (with explicit consent of course!)

My wishlist:

I'm not sure what this is referencing, but at the very least more canon interactions!!!

Who I’d be comfortable them ending up with, if not each other:

this question does not compute

My happily ever after for them:

My pragmatic side says just for them to be alive by the end given how the manga is progressing, but again being familiar with shounen mangaka habits its highly unlikely Gojo/their most popular character will be killed off unless Gege really goes full mad lad on us. And i dont see Utahime dying based on how shes handled in the manga so far but this could be a little white lie i tell myself??

As for my delulu brainrotty side: For them to be married with dozens of dozens of little gojos and utahimes XD

Anyway thanks again for the ask! Happy to answer more (and will try to be more timely in responses this time sorrrrry)

[uwuoofy]

RANK EVERY KIRBY GAME YOU'VE PLAYED

IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE LETS GOOOOOO

Of course it'll be based on personal enjoyment. But let's be honest, it's Kirby, all of these games are good one way or another so let get it

# 14 Kirby's Avalanche

I'm estupid and lost at whispy woods level, which is like, the 2nd level overall. So I'm bitter and put it this low, graphics and audio are super cute tho <3

#13 Kirby and the Rainbow Curse

This was a game I actually got bored with. I'm not really a fan of the whole ball and stylus mechanics (probably cause I'm not good with them lmao). I would be a liar if I didn't say it was one of the more if not the best in game design, with every game piece being of real clay and scanned into the software. Truly amazing, but poor execution in the game itself.

#12 Kirby And the Crystal Shards

So cute and round. I like the idea of combining copy abilities and the direction of art this game had. Only complaint is having to go back and forth for puzzles and certain abilities eeeee

#11 Kirby and the Forgotten Land

A different direction compared to the other Kirby games and I love and hate it for that. A very fun game with the new direction and the mini games and ability upgrades are so cute! My gripes really are just, with all the creative ingenuity in HAL, you really went for the post apocalypse earth as the stages? And

Uh

I'm not the biggest fan of the beast packs designs

Or King Dededes Design

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Or Efflin

Please don't hate me

Also I hate saving the waddle dees cause it means I cannot leave a single one behind!! I have to save them all and it feels more like a must than an option because I do not want to leave them there so sad!!!

#10 Kirby Star Allies

Alright I know, I KNOW, putting this above Forgotten Land?? How could I do such a thing??

And your probably right but its my list lmao

If Kirby had a season finale this would be it. A really fun game where you can get all of kirbys friends and fend off enemies and defeat God with the power of love. The slight insight on Void Termina is interesting, but if its never expanded upon again then I dont think there's much of a loss. But like everyone and their mama said, it really is too easy, I finished the game with like 75 lives to spare lmao.

#9 Kirbys Adventure

I recently played and finished it and I can say I see why it was played alot. Very basic yeah but a really fun and easy game for everyone to play and I appreciate it for that!

#8 Kirby Triple Deluxe

My first Kirby game! Really caught my eye with the story of Taranza and Sectonia (so sad ;-;) and Kirby turning into a freaking rainbow that swallows things 100× their size is so funny to me. But this game also has my least favorite Dedede design, he looks

Rather odd...

#7 Kirby Planet Robobot

Objectively the best Kirby Game Overall. Really solid story and the twist of technology on a planet that thrives on its natural state, really creative. I do love anti capitalist and Susie's marxism lmao.

#6 Kirby Fighters 2

Let's go gay people, really establishes the relationship Meta Knight and King Dedede have well, but thats about all it does. Game play is basic but fun with a player 2. Also you can play as gooey and I love gooey gooey my beloved

#5 Kirby Super Star Ultra

I LOVE THIS GAME its like making interactive episodes of a Kirby show and their so fun. I especially love gourmet race and Dyna Blade they're so fun!

I really hate Great Cave Escape tho

#4 Kirby Squeak Squad

Awesome game. Really brings home the idea that Kirby will kill God for cake and I think that's so funny. Also Daroach and his thieves are really good antagonists and super fun.

#3 Kirbys Epic Yarn

So cute, so wholesome. Not much to say except I love its vibe so much and its so cozy and beautiful and alsjwkeksjsnksdkkssk

#2 Kirby Nightmare in Dreamland

Does everything the original did and improves upon it. I love the art and aesthetic so much, as well as the gameplay as its super easy and engaging. It would be my favorite overall if not for-

#1 KIRBY RETURN TO DREAMLAND!!!

Objectively one of the best games. You play as Kirby plus all of their friends and explore through Dreamland while trying to help a two timing bitch, to which you later beat the shit out of lmao. Plus the mini games and abilities that are introduced, really astounding for the first Kirby game that establish the style for games to come!!!

So there's my list! (Emphasis on MY list)

Sorry its so long I just really love this franchise. Ball guys being ball guys heehee

[fagcrisis]

SPOILERS

so, as you all know i went into this with haterism in my heart. i dont trust neil gaiman to make a good series of television (and he didnt!) and i especially dont trust him to write good gay rep because ive read. literally everything hes ever written i know what hes like

i did however first read good omens the book the myth the legend at the tender age of 11 and im not ashamed to say watching this season made me legitimately insane. its very hard to formulate critical thoughts about this show when i just saw one of my favorite characters in literature ever gay kiss. BUT IM GOING TO TRY

first of all the plot is kind of nonsensical. the intrigue of what mightve happened to gabriel is interesting, but i do not feel like the eventual reveal of his relationship with beelzebub was set up in any manner. the only reason i spotted that beelzebub seemed weirdly fixated on finding him was because i saw spoilers about this plotline first and knew to expect it. i feel like because this obviously was not at all present in season one, aziraphale's investigation should have revealed a lot more about their relationship because as it stands, the main reason he went to edinburgh was to say the word grindr and have a flashback

the pressure and the villains this season didnt really feel, well real. the angels are bumbling idiots and while shax is initinally presented as somewhat competent, the demons also turn out to be kind of bumbling idiots. there is not really any danger presented to our protagonists, and the pressure to get maggie and nina together is also not really something that plays a role (due to muriel being a bumbling idiot), although that plotline i didnt actually hate but more on that later.

i still dont understand why the angels didnt recognize metatron when he was there at gabriels trial and he is like, as far as i can tell their boss. him being the sort of final villain/main villain of s3 possibly didnt feel like a reveal but thats bc ive seen supernatural and read his dark materials. its not a bad twist and i do feel like any urban fantasy involving christianity is inevitabely gonna end up at metatron being the final boss bc how are you gonna involve god and make him evil. supernatural nonwhitstanding they were smoking crack at that point. anyway i dont neccesarily hate him showing up but it was in somewhat of a weird manner.

ALSO people jumped to the conclusion that he wrote this season so quickly guys this is NOT supernatural u cant explain bad writing away diagetically

despite the bad writing me and @totopopopo had a great time and thats partially due to mental illness but its also due to the fact that tennant and sheen are, incredible. they absolutely carried this show, it was kind of an experiment in how much bad writing can these amazing actors make you forget about. they looked like they were having fun the whole time and they made me have fun too. despite my issues with the story i cant say i didnt have a ball on this bitch because watching michael sheen prance around and queen out while david tennant reprises his famous role in the ministry of silly walks and stares at aziraphale like he wants to eat him was basically everything ive ever needed in this show. i would watch these two say anything and id enjoy it

now onto their relationship and also maggie and nina, because i haven't slept well and have not been able to decide how i feel about this. i feel like their relationship was done well but thats like 80% due to the actors being good and only like 15% due to the script, the rest is all in my head. i did really enjoy the both of them getting deeply invested in these womens' lives for the sake of sort of vicariously living out their own desires, even if it felt a little bit rushed and also the talk they gave to crowley at the end was really funny and cute but it was also like, twitterspeak which annoyed me

overall i dont think i can be an objective judge of how it went because my head is literally just ineffable husbands gay moments compilation on loop atm. i liked it and i dont think it was like, offensive in any manner but i also do think its mostly on the actors understanding their characters very well

the final verdict is that if you dont care deeply about this story then its not really a must watch, it felt like a rushed season that needed a lot more episodes and time to breathe, as well as some fucking script revisions. however it is kind of fun and if your standards are not very high and you want to see david tennant sit on chairs in entirely new ways i recommend watching it with friends. if you do care deeply about this story however you will become insane

ps.: hes totally raphael

i woke up im normal now im going to try and gather my thoughts about gomens 2 coherently

[prettyboykatsuki]

wkdjsb okok hello ari! i just recently started mha and i'm on s2 but when does it really get good? what season is the best and stuff bc rn it's kinda slow but i'll watch the entire thing any way lmao

also dub or sub – tbh i don't mind either of them but i watched the sun for 1st season

i never said this anime was good smh /lh /hj

idk what part of season 2 you’re on but imo its one of the best seasons so if u dont like the pacing…. well. the sports festival arc is objectively good tho imo it picks up a lot then. really specifically the todoroki va deku fight. overall i think tho the anime probably peaks at s3 in terms of action if thats what you’re looking for?