#paradoxical--intentions

[tardis-technician]

My DJ friend texted me this morning to inform me one of their favorite artists got name dropped in 73 Yards.

They then told me they believe this was a reference to a ninth doctor character. When I asked who, they sent me the cover of one of their EPs.

Moisturize me

[rxttenfish]

merfolk in general are just. horrible horrible polyglots. their brains are already hardwired for language and quick language acquisition that remains active all their lives, further helped by retaining a high neural plasticity for their long lives, and especially enjoy complex language and language-based play and problem solving. but they also tend to have a lot of their society arranged where there's often multiple different languages at play within the same area, and only really stops being so once you get into especially small villages that have below the merfolk norm for outside contact. every merfolk alive today knows at least two languages, but most of them know far more than that, especially because one of those two will be the common-technical language. its been standardized and wide-scale implemented across the merkingdom after their dominance, to help bridge the gap between these different languages, basically as a successful version of esperanto. but its a trade language, and is mostly used for information you might want to reach as many people as possible, such as laws or business dealings or public announcements or the like. most merfolk don't view it as and don't treat it as a language proper, and its not what they prefer to converse in if they have another choice, usually finding it pretty limiting and restrictive, which is why its called common-technical.

miranda, being a royal who is regularly in contact with many different people around the merkingdom and regularly expected to be fully able to converse with them to do her job, knows just. so many languages. i might be changing exactly how many soon, but last time i counted it was in the low teens. like its just a perfect storm of her brain being wired for swift language acquisition and having a job that requires it and a position that means shes constantly around people from all around the merkingdom. not to mention having to know english too, which isn't just not her first language, it's not even her fourth language.

meanwhile, aaravi knows english and a little bit of hindi, less because of her mother and moreso because of her nana... its not that her mother never used it with her, but she was. less focused on using it or teaching aaravi, let's say. nana mishra uses it a lot more and is more interested in teaching aaravi when she asks her, especially in the intermittent period after her mom died and nana mishra was able to come back into her life to help aaravi pick up the pieces (though not after aaravi kind of. got left on her own. for an unfortunate amount of time). its just also fallen by the wayside with aaravi's whole Everything Else and kind of having a hard time accepting her nana's help and kind of being terrified of her (of no fault of her nana's, aaravi's just. she's just really traumatized after Everything, alright. having someone try to offer her help afterwards, especially when aaravi's scared of getting singled out as half human and half monster, is just. it's not something she can bring herself to trust.)

[deargravity]

[freshmangojuice]

The fact that in Dear Dave, Lister says "If [Hayley Summers] had my kids..." implying an assumption that she would have twins. And accounting for Jim and Bexley being twins. AND how in BTE the figures representing Lister and Kochanski as a family have two kids...

Do we think Lister has a predisposition to father twins?

Y'all what if Lister himself was a twin, but two babies weren't viable in the artificial incubation system they had on Starbug?

AND what if THIS GUY from Inquisition...

... Is the twin that wasn't born???

[freedominthedarkmp3]

Ironic as fuck to go to work meetings on the topic of diversity and inclusion when a. you're not even being paid a living wage to be there and b. almost if not all the speakers are (white) (cis) (middle aged) (etc) men

[carlyraejepsans]

with toriel and asgore it's like. they're both flawed and their flaws parallel one another, but they're not EQUALLY flawed... like..... come on......

[un-local]

how am i JUST NOW realizing kellogg is meant to be a foil to nick valentine

[crystalizrd]

The thing I loved the most about The atlas paradox was how most of them at some point realised they care about Nico and how much they tried to pretend they didn't

[perenlop]

whenever i criticize how fumu/tiff is written btw, i want you to imagine a sign on each post that’s like “I STILL LIKE HER THOUGH”

[s-aprua]

me when I oc-ify the least relevant guy in the entire franchise bc wtf was his deal, wym the antagonist doesn't even get a name

so basically he's been in love with chisei since childhood but he never did anything abt it bc he was a loser science nerd with 0 social skills and later also realized it's one sided bc it's so obvious chisei and haruomi are in love but then chisei died of metal corrosion and he decides to take his phantometal to try and revive him or something (he's a yandere or whatever idk)

he uses kanata to trigger corrosion on everyone including himself so that when they're all a puddle of metal goo he can reunite with chisei again (haruomi would probably still win anyway but at least they'll all be together or something)

his name is katsura (mc zura, definitely wasn't trying to match yasha/replace shura, yes this is a gintama ref bc of the voice actors)

[stormvanari]

so i decide to robotize the Titan’s Council and merge dem all into a Gundam Eldritch for the TAD AU in order to contrast the woodwork puppetry of the Coven Heads

it’s gonna be fun

[dogydayz]

I stood up upon that old cliff out in the forest and looked out at the drop below. I usually wasn't so damn... Sad... back then, or at least I never admitted that I was, but... At that point I'd hit an especially low point. I'd say it was maybe a year or two ago, not super sure at this point, keepin' track of time is a fuckin' waste nowadays anyway.

I'd been... Battlin' with lotsa thoughts, thoughts 'bout where I came from, who I was. It was... At a point where I'd accepted that I wasn't meant ta be here, but I also felt super fuckin' lost all the same. I'd accepted it, but I wasn't at peace with that shit, so it made me angry and upset and I sometimes thought I was gonna just burst into tears. Fuckin' weak, if ya ask me, but at the same time... Lettin' myself cry later on was the best feelin' I'd had in so long...

But at this point, I wasn't alright with that idea. I couldn't act like that, I'd told myself. But all the same, I felt lost and confused, and useless too. I wasn't a fuckin' hero, and I couldn't even make myself into a competent adversary. I was just some guy who fucked shit up for the others, just an asshole with no place in this realm. Even at that point I was still stuck on wantin' ta be a part of shit, yet not wantin' ta become one of those "goody goody" folks, cause that shit's not me.

So I didn't see myself goin' anywhere. No buddies, not anymore, I hadn't seen those fuckers in years by then. No purpose, nothin' ta strive for or do. Bein' "above" people didn't even appeal to me anymore.... No real reason to stick around, huh?

So that's what I thought about. Would probably make their lives easier, I thought. They'd probably like me better if I took out the damn trash, I convinced myself.

But I'll admit, heights fuckin' scare the shit outta me, so I hesitated, I hesitated for a long while.

Long enough ta hear the sound of an engine, and the sounds of rough wheels digging into the dirt and underbrush, approaching, getting louder fast, before I heard the sounds of breaking and skidding to a halt. The low rumble of the motor slowly died down, and I heard feet hit the ground.

I turned my head to see who was there, then spun and tensed up, facing the familiar person.

And, as usual, he only stared back at me with a blank sort of expression, classic look for the stupid bastard huh?

Shadow... He knew me all too well. For all I knew he hated me with a passion. For all I knew he hadn't killed me yet because that blue idiot absolutely refuses to let him. Too fuckin' merciful man, he coulda avoided so much shit had he just eliminated me...

And yet, as we stared at one another, not saying a word, his expression... It... Slowly changed. Not to rage, not to hatred, not to any sort of disgust or anger.... It was... More like some weird fuckin' mix of... Empathy and... Sadness? Not... Not sadness, somethin' like sadness though. Those same vibes.

All he did was give a soft sigh, before turning away and hoppin' back on his bike, giving me one last look... One as if to say "follow, if you want", before he drove away back into the forest on the nearby track I think he'd been travellin' on prior.

Somethin' about that... How he'd looked at me and just.... Said nothin'... It got to me a lil. That shit hurt, and I still don't really know why.

He'd had every opportunity to kill me, then and there. He coulda gotten ridda my sorry ass 'n avoided dealing with my bullshit later on. Yet, despite all that... He... Almost... Seemed like he'd wanted to say somethin' to me.

And... He also didn't try ta stop me. Something about that too just fuckin'... I dunno, it... Confused me so much that... When I looked back over the cliff's edge, I... I didn't desire that anymore. I didn't feel like it was needed. I was curious, I... Had ta figure out why the fuck he'd just... Been like that to me. Why he'd looked like he cared about me. He's wasting his damn time caring about a fuckin shitfaced loser like me, but...

I can't help but want it to be true.

Maybe I am just a selfish prick, who fuckin' knows. All I know is that I...

I desperately want to have somethin' to hold onto here, in this world that's not my own... I don't think I'm ever goin' back anyway...

And I decided then that I'd... At least attempt to make something for myself. Homeless, idiotic, and, admittedly, depressed as shit... I still, in that moment, wanted ta try.

[bl-bam-beyond]

BL- BOYS' LOVE:

Series: CANDY COLOR PARADOX (2023, JAPAN)

Kaburagi (YAMANAKA JYUTARO) is very cagey in his interactions with Onoe (KIMURA KIETO)

Is the photographer attracted to the reporter? Was his confession sincere or just a hoax.

After getting yogurt on his face, Onoe taken aback when Kaburagi removes it with his finger and consumes it.

The signs are there but not clear. Can Onoe get where he wants with Kaburagi?

Or will Kaburagi continue his teasing...

[deargravity]

[mandiffe]

I hate reed900 and don't understand it when it comes to canon. but detroit evolution!reed900? oh yeah that's one of my most favorite comfort ships here

[they-who-wander]

Fun fact! We have the oposite thing in German but it’s called Vorführeffekt (Demonstration effect) too! It’s when you try to show someone something and suddenly it stops working