#people do not get their bond like i do (<- this guy thinks about them 24/7)

[impactedfates]

Hi, for your 500 followers event: can I request H with Dan Heng, Ratio and Jiaoqiu?

Sorry this took so long again, I promise I'm working on the others, I've been a bit busy with life </3

I hope it's worth the wait.

H - Hugs (How do you feel about hugs?)

Dan Heng doesn't mind them, at least before the events of the Xianzhou happened. He was perfectly content with how things were before. If you needed a hug because maybe you had a bad day, then he'll be there, arms ready. He cares about you and if it's his warmth that'll make you feel better then he's okay with that. He's more than happy.

He didn't even mind it when you asked if he could hug you with his tail wrapped around you the same. If you claim it makes you calm then that's okay. But he's soon found that whenever he's in his more draconic form, he gets a bit more needy for hugs himself. He'll never say it, nor will he ever realise it maybe. But he finds himself holding you closer, his tail securely around you as if you'll slip away if he loosens up even just a little.

Maybe it's just "draconic" instincts, or the reminder that despite his past and how others view him, you're one of the few to continue seeing him as he is. To see him as Dan Heng, his current reincarnation. No mention of who he used to be in the past. The name Dan Feng isn't even uttered out of your mouth unless someone else brings it up.

But ever since he's gotten his new form, he hasn't exactly been able to let you go at night. Perhaps it's your turn to help soothe him, if you'll be okay with that.

H - Hugs (How do you feel about hugs?)

I feel like Dr Ratio love hugs, like despite his whole demeanour and how his students and other people see him. This man does like hugs. He's more than happy to give you some, just so long you don't interrupt his class. It's not that he'll be embarrassed but well, he is teaching a class.

But outside his work? He's more then happy to give in and give you a warm hug. If he knows it makes you calmer and happier, he'll also try it if he's seen you upset. Raising his arms up in an inviting embrace and quickly holds you once you go into his arms. He cares deeply for you.

In turn, he hopes you'll do the same for him if he needs it, he himself might take awhile to accept hugs and comfort but if you two have been in a relationship for awhile, he'll start to grow more open. To the point where perhaps he'll walk over and drape his arms around you and you'll know quickly he's had a bad day. He doesn't mind too much if you don't hug back, as long as you stay with him.

H - Hugs (How do you feel about hugs?)

Jiaoqiu's tail is the best for hugs trust. Due to being a doctor, and mainly towards a General no less, he doesn't always have time for you (Unless you also work under Feixiao) so when he comes home and you immediately go hug him, maybe feel his tail/use it as a pillow he understands and lets you.

He doesn't tend to let people touch his tail, in my opinion, a foxians tail is like special. To them if you want to touch/cuddle with it you'd need an incredibly close relationship with the other. Assuming the fact you and Jiaoqiu do have that kind of bond/relationship, he's happy to let you cuddle into his tail though he'd much rather you be in his arms rather than his tail.

After a long days of work, just being in your embrace or having your embrace in his arms is enough for him to cool down after a long day. After the events of the 2.5 story quest, he was quick to see you out. Hug and feel your warmth, he's sure he'd be able to tell your embrace apart from others. In your arms he feels safe, loved and cared for in a way no other persons embrace could make him feel.

All in all, he loves hugs, he thinks of them as personal and he's grown to love them more after he lost his sight.

Another ABC Event done :)) I hope this was okay guys

[clearancecreedwatersurvival]

3.5 tel’aran’rhiod liveblog!!!

Oh this opening scene with sakarnen is interesting. Showing how a channeler feels the ecstasy of the power and the need to draw more, and also how using such a dangerous and powerful sa’angreal is walking a knife’s edge

LOVE this bit of aviendha being catty about rand and Melaine firing back at her, aviendha you’re really in it now

oh that was not how I thought alcair was pronounced

AIEL POLYAMORY TIME

OH MY GOD OH MY GOD FIRST SISTER MARRIAGE REAL CONFIRMED????

RAND CLAIMING THE TITLE OF CAR’A’CARN AND HAVING A CUTE MOMENT WITH A AIEL KID IM GONNA DIE

siuan having a moment with Moiraine’s letter ashcksafbka

OH SHIT ELAIDA SIUAN CONVO

FUCK THIS IS TENSE

Oh my god this verin siuan leane scene………

AH YIS BAIN AND CHIAD SPRINTING AHEAD OF A HORSE I LOVE TO SEE IT

the avirand vibes……..polyamory discussions……..oh yes

OBSESSED WITH THEM AVIENDHA IS SO FUNNY THIS EPISODE

Ohhhh lan and Moiraine having more tensions

EGWENE PUTTING ON HER AMYRLIN REGALIA FROM THE ARCHES AS INSTINCTUAL ARMOR I’M GONNA LOSE IT

ooooh I like how they’re doing the people briefly touching TAR

OH FUCK LANFEAR OH FUCK

Alviariiiiiiiiiin

omg Elaida telling that accepted off

WHAT THE FUCK VERIN ‘my sister can do anything’

Nynaeve being seasick, exactly as she should be

Can’t wait to add min to this tense little dynamic

‘That’s only because she didn’t want Nynaeve to throw herself overboard’ *nynaeve clearly considering it* ‘is that an option?’

Elayne having to wrangle mat by herself cause Nynaeve is out of commission, rip

Sea folk tiiiiiiime!!!

Mat: Min pleaaaaase rescue me from elayne and Nynaeve

Dain Bornhold still trying to be a decent person and keeping Velda from torturing the girls

CAUTHON SISTER CHANNELING MOMENT

oh Jesus Christ natti

I take it back Dain you rat bastard

FAILE I LOVE YOUUUUU

Bain and Chiad love her too

Alanna girlie are you being a bit reckless perhaps??

Oooh Alanna Maksim drama OH SHIT HARSH

Alanna on a hunt for more warders hmmm??? Oh and for channelers too.

Maksim sweetie you are such a sadsack rn. Like I get it but. I think you’re missing the point of the whole warder bond thing my guy.

If Maksim does leave now he can’t make it through the ways alone so he’s just gonna spend like 3 months riding slowly across the continent towards…where exactly. He doesn’t know she went to tanchico.

Lan getting to reconnect to malkier again!!!! We haven’t had much of this since s1 I’m delighted.

Oh now it’s Rand Egwene angst time I see

Moiraine honey put the orb away that is so dangerous!!!!

“I won’t be at the last battle” come again???????

If Ian starts crying I am also going to cry

OOSQUAI MENTION

Ooh they’re getting to laugh together :))))) I’m sure this isn’t setting up for emotional devastation later :))))))))))))))

I love mat and min SO much

OH GOD MAT ANGST

NOOOOOO STOP WITH THE SUICIDE JOKES MATRIM

Elayne windfinder moment??????

I love including Nynaeve the former wisdom in this conversation about alternative ways to be a channeler than through the aes sedai

ELAYNE MEETING MIN!!!!!!

Min part of the gang finally :’)

lmaooooo they’re giving the port of Tanchico full on pirate movie vibes

OH MY GOD THIS ELAIDA SCENE WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUCK

Is she bypassing the oaths with the bracelet?????? Or does a black ajah member count under the accepted use of the power against shadowspawn??????

Siuan healing elaida is a fun choice here

NOOOOO DEAD WOLVES!!!!!

oh Jesus Christ Alanna is in DANGER

Faile backing up Perrin immediately it’s battle couple tiiiiiiime

DID THEY KILL NATTI CAUTHON HOLY FUCKING SHIT

ALANNAAAAAAAAAAA

oh my god that’s a lot of arrows

OH SHIT I KNOW THIS MUSICAL CUE LET’S FUCKING GOOOOOOOOO GET HIS ASS PERRIN

Faile 1v2ing whitecloaks while Perrin gets stabbed by a single guy doncowdfhsdofnsdofdsv

JK 1v3 Faile my beloved <3333333333

THANK YOU MAKSIM FINALLY

Rand sweetheart she is playing youuuuuuu

Starting the episode with aviendha explaining ethical polyamory, and now rand cheating on egwene in tar with Lanfear. My guy.

Bair and Melaine: egwene don’t go in tar again without permission. Egwene twenty minutes later: about that

Angsty fishwives reunion scene….i love it……

Oh damn I’m about to cry about this actually shit

CAN’T BE MENDED NOT IN THIS LIFE YELLING ABOUT ITTTTTTTTT

Csdbvksdvbdskvbadkcadkvdabvdavda

Egwene outside the hut like maybe I’ll give them some privacy and wander off to endanger myself some more.

Nynaeve dreaming about her arches vision daughter AH

ELAYNE WINDFINDER AVILAYNE FANTASY I LOVE ITTTTTTT AHHHHHHHHHHHH

Mat dreaming about his sisters and mom in the episode where their mom just died I’m gonna throw up!!!!!!!!!!

Hi this dream sequence is fucking killing meeeeeeeeeee

PERRIN AND HOPPER FUCK

Egwene sees Faile and she’s like: ‘Perrin got a new girlfriend???? Good for him!’

EGWENE CATCHING HIM CHEATING IN DREAMS HOLY SHIT

oh my god what a fucking cliffhanger!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[meowmeow518]

The biggest problem with most portrayals of hetero ships in media is the laziness of making them work. Particularly in shows like invincible, shows centered around male main characters, superhero stories, etc. we will see the main guy and the main girl get together but there is no real buildup. If there is buildup, it’s falsified in the form of the characters being in other relationships. Typically these relationships are only treated as obstacles to the main goal, they are either framed as unhealthy or toxic, possibly missing something or they portray it as meaningful by doing that one great writer son of telling rather than showing.

For instance: Amber in invincible is a pretty girl, she’s sweet and caring but predominantly we see her angry and frustrated with mark for various reasons. Resentful he’s not around more or whichever which is absolutely valid (aside from that first bit where she actually got mad at him for not just telling her his secret? That was dumb) now I can understand that writing a female character angry is not the end of the world but the first and only time I see a relatable, meaningful reaction from amber is when she is threatened by that evil viltrumite lady. That was interesting, mark trying to comfort her after was interesting.

In the instances where they are being loving to each other, amber and mark only say that they like each other, that they care about each other. There’s no other real signs shown in body language, or interactions. No meaningful arcs where there is fun tension. If they weren’t together I would barely consider them close friends.

Now with Eve, she is much better characterized, she has development but she is very much given the same treatment when it comes to bonding with mark. The girl characters are treated like rewards to the male characters, like hot accessories for being so cool.

Part of the issue I see is that mark doesn’t get frustrated with amber or Eve enough. There’s no equality in the relationship, he doesn’t laugh with them or seek them out to hang out with aside from dating. It’s a frequent issue I see with many het ships and even some side queer ships (which are usually either used for representation brownie points or just poorly done)

Mark and Rex, or mark and William make a better ship given the complexity of their characters and the equality and banter between each of them. They are written like friends which should be the baseline for any written couple.

I will also mention that the relationship between William and his boyfriend is also incredibly dry. The design in my opinion is very poorly done for a character who is supposed to be “super hot” he looks like a generic muscle dude. Him and William do the same “I care about you” routine instead of anything that feels more real. There is the arc where wills boyfriend does go through the cyborg angst thing but even that felt a bit dry.

The girl characters are frequently not allowed the same personhood a man would be, which seems to be coming less from an outright misogynistic perspective and more from an attempt to be politically correct. The girls are only allowed to be angry and content. They are superheroes so they don’t get scared, they don’t get needy, they are just these vehicles of feminism. I don’t think I even know any of their hobbies aside from ambers activism and eves bigger activism. Mark is into comics and nerd stuff, Rex is an asshole (his hobby), will could use a hobby tbh but he is opinionated and has what i would call a more distinct personality.

What is ambers personality? She is nice? Sure. She likes to help people? Okay. What are her quirks? Flaws? Interests outside of helping people? She was dating mark for a while and the audience doesn’t know any of this. I’m aware that she was a place holder character but that is a cheap tactic to make Eve and marks relationship seem like it has build up. It feels unnecessary and those scenes with amber should have been interactions between Eve and Mark, building their friendship, sharing their worries and thoughts. Disagreeing with each other, compromising, etc.

[forestclan-clangen]

For the ask game, ✍️, 🔄 and❔?

✍️ What inspired you to make your clangen comic/ other media?

I was inspired mostly by cool Clangen blogs like @rippleclan and @mourningsbane, and I REALLY wanted to get back into writing after not writing at all for many years. I was out of practice and thought, hey, Clangen could be cool inspiration. THEN it was around Halloween season, so I wondered if there were any horror mods. And there was! The Woods. And THEN...the tagline was "Feed The Woods". And then I realized. "Wait. Isn't that something said in Gemini Home Entertainment once. Oh. Ohhoho wait, wait, IDEA. BIG IDEA. CATS IN MOONLIGHT ACRES. Nobody's done THAT before I think. Yep, tossing Woodcrawlers at the cats". And then I did it.

🔄Do you let clangen fully control names, or do you interfere? Where do you get inspiration for names for warriors and kittypets?

Mostly I let Clangen do its thing! If I find a name is REALLY silly or out of place I'll change the suffix, but typically I leave prefixes alone, except for in like, two circumstances. Same thing for the loners/kittypets! I let them keep their names unless it's something REALLY goofy, like First Generation iPod.

❔Do you have any suggestions for people looking to start their own clangen blogs?

Oh man look I could go on and on for hours on this, but look, at the end of the day, three core things I can recommend:

Be mindful of your energy spoons and commit to how much effort you're willing to spend. I am NOT a good visual artist. A comic would kill me immediately because it's a LOT of hard work for me. That's why when I saw RippleClan's style of spritework, I had an epiphany: that was REALLY doable and a lot simpler. Guys, PLEASE do more stuff with sprites if you struggle with art. RippleClan and I have proven that you can do it!

Do not follow ClanGen's prompts 100% of the time, and for the love of god, don't be afraid to reset moons. Look, I know that's controversial, but sometimes it's okay to dig for a good story. Also, connect new outsider cats to Clan cats, and to one another sometimes. Riversnow and Barleywave in-game had zero correlation to each other. I MADE them be related to each other, because there WAS a missing gap: who was Warblerkit's mom? Is she okay out in these woods? Good question! That mom is now Riversnow, I'm now making it my job as the storyteller to see how they bond, if at all. My first outside, Lucifer, had long grey fur and was old enough to be Windfur's dad...so I made him Windfur's dad. Make things up!

You are writing/drawing fanfiction about battle cats please BE CRINGE. Please DO shove your special interests into your battle cats fanfic. Like, I literally said "haha what if I tossed cats into a pre-existing analog horror series". And then I did. NONE of the monsters in this blog are unique, they're all created by someone else. I was also inspired by Darkest Dungeon, a video game, and the lore about the "gentle camp ringed in spears"? Destiny 2. YEAH, I KNOW. I will keep fuckin doing it because it's a guilty pleasure and I have fun. I'm not making money out of this, so like...why not, right?

[dippindaz]

please do eddie x black reader? since it’d be like the 80’s, and the you saw how they treated lucas for being colored, then how would eddie be with a black reader with a lethal face card? just i thought:)

I hope you don’t mind this as headcanons! I wrote these as two separate ideas so the first HCs are how Eddie would be in general with a black partner and the second group is with the specific detail of the reader having a lethal face card. I hope you enjoy! :D

He first notices you because of your humor and the way you don’t take crap from anyone. Maybe you’re a little rebellious, but in a more subtle, calculated way compared to Eddie’s loud, in-your-face attitude.

No matter what you’re into, you and Eddie bond over music. Eddie introduces you to metal, and you end up making mixtapes for each other.

People in Hawkins are already side-eyeing Eddie because of his appearance and interests, so when he starts hanging around with you, there’s even more judgment. But Eddie never cared what people thought of him before, and he’s not about to start now.

He flirts with you in the cheesiest ways humanly possible. "Are you a magician? Because every time I look at you, everyone else disappears."

He’d probably say it with an exaggerated, dramatic flair, throwing his hands up like he’s performing for an audience. And, of course, he'd give you a goofy, endearing grin afterward, hoping it would make you roll your eyes and laugh.

You’re used to dealing with microaggressions and outright racism in Hawkins, but Eddie? Eddie hates it. He gets into fights if someone says something racist near you. He doesn’t care if it lands him in trouble—he will throw hands.

People give you a hard time for dating a white guy, too. Some assume you’re a “phase” for Eddie, and others say you should “stick to your own kind.” It infuriates both of you.

The two of you talk about leaving Hawkins one day—somewhere bigger, somewhere less suffocating. Maybe you daydream about living in New York, California, or Florida together.

When Lucas starts dating Max and faces backlash from their classmates, you feel for him. Eddie sees the similarities and is even more protective of you, making sure you don’t deal with that kind of treatment alone.

Eddie writes a song for you. It’s chaotic and loud, but the lyrics are sweet and filled with inside jokes only you’d understand. And makes a whole thing of playing a private concert for you in the trailer, just the two of you.

He loves touching your hair but asks first because he knows better. If you ever let him help with wash day, he takes it very seriously, but he’s kind of terrible at it.

He calls you his “queen” all the time and dramatically bows like you’re royalty.

If you wear any of his band tees, he melts. He tells everyone at Hellfire that his girlfriend is the coolest person alive.

He loves when you paint his nails in fun colors, and if you ever get long acrylics, he’s obsessed with how they look when you tap them on a desk or his guitar.

The Hellfire boys adore you. Dustin especially thinks you’re the coolest because you always have good comebacks when Eddie gets dramatic.

You and Wayne get along really well. He’s one of the few adults in Hawkins who doesn’t look at you any differently, and he makes sure you feel welcome whenever you visit the trailer.

Eddie sticks up for you a lot, but he also knows you can handle yourself. He just likes reminding everyone that he’s got your back.

When he hears you casually mention how you have to be more careful around cops or store owners, it infuriates him. He’s the type to cause a scene on purpose just to take attention off you.

He fully supports whatever dreams you have, whether it’s college, music, or getting out of Hawkins. He’s willing to follow you anywhere.

He jokes about you two starting a band together, with him on guitar and you as the lead singer.

No matter where life takes you, he wants you to be happy and safe, and he’ll do anything to make sure that happens.

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The first time Eddie sees you, he literally stops mid-sentence. He could be talking about D&D or ranting about some band, and the second you walk by, it’s just—brain static.

"Who... who is that?" He asks Dustin, who shrugs because he has no idea, but Eddie is already gone.

He acts like a complete idiot when he first tries to talk to you. Probably stutters, makes some weird joke that doesn’t land, then immediately cringes at himself.

He swears it’s just attraction at first, but then he realizes that no, he’s actually obsessed with everything about you—the way you talk, the way you carry yourself, even the way you roll your eyes at his dumb jokes.

Eddie is your biggest hype man. If you so much as breathe in his general direction, he’s telling everyone how he pulled the baddest girl in Hawkins. "You see that? That’s my girlfriend. MY girlfriend. Yeah, I don’t know how I did it either. Must’ve been a critical success roll."

He literally cannot stop staring at you. You’ll be mid-sentence, and he’s just grinning like an idiot. "Sorry, babe, I heard like 20% of what you just said because you’re too pretty and it’s distracting."

He lives for when you get dressed up. If you do your makeup, put on a bomb outfit, or just exist in a way that reminds him how ridiculously good-looking you are, he is on his knees. "Babe, I’m about to fight for my life just walking next to you. I can feel the jealous stares."

He knows people look at you when you walk by. And while Eddie isn’t the jealous type, he is theatrical. If someone flirts with you, he just leans against you dramatically and goes, "Ah yes, I know. She is a goddess. I am but a mere mortal who won her favor. Sorry, pal, she’s mine."

He does the absolute most when he sees guys checking you out. He’ll wrap an arm around you, kiss your cheek, or just shoot them a smug look like, Yeah, she chose me.

If someone is disrespectful about it, he has no problem causing a scene. "Oh, you thought you had a chance? That’s adorable."

He adores every little thing about you. Your skin? He’s obsessed. He’s always touching you—holding your hand, tracing circles on your thighs, playing with your fingers. If you let him, he’ll lay with his head in your lap and just admire you.

He loves watching you do your makeup. He’ll sit there and ask questions like, "What’s that do?" and "Can you put some on me?" (he will absolutely let you do his eyeliner).

If you wear lip gloss, he is kissing you constantly. "I just love the way it—mmm, yeah, one more—oh yeah, that’s nice."

He loses his mind when you wear jewelry, especially hoops. "Babe, I swear those earrings are dangerous. I looked directly at you, and now I’m weak in the knees."

Eddie is very possessive of you. Not in a toxic way, but in an I-can’t-believe-you’re-mine way. If he sees you getting attention, he’ll just hold you closer. "They’re looking at you." "So?" "So now I have to go mark my territory. C’mere." Cue dramatic, over-the-top PDA.

If he’s performing with his band and you’re in the crowd, he’s singing to you. "This one’s dedicated to the most beautiful person in the room—you know who you are."

He is constantly calling you pet names: “Goddess,” “Heartbreaker,” “Queen,” “Supermodel,” “My personal dream girl.”

If you ever feel insecure? He is genuinely offended. "What do you mean you don’t feel cute today? Babe, you literally have me acting like a medieval knight in a fantasy novel. Do you have any idea what you do to me??"

If you wear his clothes, he short-circuits. He will literally stop whatever he’s doing and just stare. "Okay, yeah, that’s it. We’re skipping every plan we had today. No way am I letting you walk around looking that good where other people can see you."

If anyone has something racist to say, Eddie is on them instantly. He’s already seen how Lucas was treated just for being Black in Hawkins, so he knows you deal with crap too, and he hates it.

If a store clerk follows you around or some teacher treats you unfairly? Eddie is causing a problem. "Ohhh, I see how it is. She’s too pretty for you to handle, huh? That’s why you’re acting funny? You’re always this bitter and jealous? Got it."

He listens. If you tell him about experiences he’ll never fully understand, he doesn’t try to make it about himself—he just listens and supports you however you need. "Babe, you want me to egg their house? Say the word."

No matter how long you’re together, he’s still in disbelief that he pulled you. "I have no idea how I got you, but I am thanking every single deity in existence."

He has entire moments where he just stops and goes, "I’m dating you?? Like, you chose me?? That’s crazy."

Sometimes, when you kiss him, he gets this dumb, dazed smile and just goes, "I think I just blacked out for a second. What were we talking about?"

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[moeblob]

Nines: ... you make a solid case, Sixty.

[hadesknockedupintheunderworld]

One day

One day I hope people realize that Kitsunami already "broke through his programming" back by issue #56 of Idw Sonic

He had an entire mini arc where he dealt with being without Surge for the first time, and in the real world. He met Sonic and his friends directly, tried to work out what his purpose would be without Surge in his life (gave it a shot trying to devote himself to Sonic, seeing him as the next best thing after Surge). And when it was all said and done, he decided after experiencing more that at Surge's side is where he wanted to be.

As of the recent IDW issues, Kit isn't sticking with Surge "because of programming" and "because he just needs for other characters to friend him and turn him into a better person". He is at her side because he wants to be. He protects her and aids her because he cares about her, not just because he's serving the strongest guy in the room. And he's not interacting with others because he's decided not to give a shit about anyone else other than Surge (because from his pov, even the "good guys" are fake. From his pov, everyone is someone trying to lie and manipulate their way into pulling him and Surge to their side)

Kit already has decided what he wants to do with his life. And he decided it on his own. Not because of anyone else's wants or wishes. That's the whole point of his speech at the end of #56.

He's burying whatever his and Surge's past is and moving forward with his conviction to be with Surge because it's what he wants.

[ocelotlesbian]

every time i hear someone utter the phrase "mitsunene siblings" i get one step closer to abandoning civilization and walking on all fours, i really do. because like,, it's definitely better than shipping them cuz let's be real mitsuba does not fucking swing that way, but still. the only two options in your mind are "shippable characters" or "siblings"?? grow some balls (or a clit i'm a feminist) and embrace FRIENDSHIP. did we learn NOTHING from my little pony.

[secondpersonpoetry]

you’ve probably already read it before, but the poem Party by Kim Addonizio really got me tonight. first thought was “oh man. yeah” and then my second thought was “how can i make this about my hockey guys somehow………..”anyway! have a good one! 

oh. oh.

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[s-ccaam-era-crepe]

im really happy I have the relationship I have with my siblings ngl

[trainingdummyrabbit]

bugposting. the most important thing about luci by far is that You Can Just Fucking Swat Her. like. the Only reason shes a problem is that she lives in the circuitry and nobody thinks to check there. she literally cant do shit. you can Just swat at her. she talks big game but she is So killable. shes been alive for less than a couple years she has No fucking handle on just how badly killable she is, like, realistically. her only counter is to Bluff Harder, which very often makes things significantly worse. she will do this anyway. she is a little glass bauble and her favorite pasttime is walking directly off the shelf as a joke.

which makes magpie being Like That so much more understandable

[flashdoesahundredyarddash]

eyeballing at gl:tas halbarry even barry didn't appear at that show at all (idk I feel like if barry appears in gl:tas the halbarry fandom will explode)

Can we all agree that the portrayed writing for the characters in GL:TAS is one of the best-perceived versions (<- Might be me but that show actually understood the characters, let me be honest...) Especially the comics they have on this show...

(UHM YOURE SO RIGHT BTW. I would explode)

So, if we ever got a glimpse of Hal's civil life + league life in the show every now and then... I feel that we would get to explore partially his relationships with people, like how they did for characters in the show. Not to mention, we don't exactly get Hal content, because that DCAU GL and FLASH over different media has kinda been John and Wally, unless we talk for movies but I also love that duo though, they're funny...

I would let the people in charge of GL:TAS write for Barry... Or PLEASE if he did, I would enjoy seeing them with The Brave and The Bold dynamic... (Would literally kick my legs and giggle). I could image that the series version of Hal and Barry would be a take on their friendship, specifically with how they act with one another. They would also personally portray Barry as a nerd, let's be honest... Or just the way (If anyone has ever seen Star Trek: The Original Series) (TOS) Spock (<- Star Trek reference, uhmm K/S is so Halbarry..)

THEY WOULD SO BE KIRK AND SPOCK IF THEY WERE IN GL:TAS!!!!?!?!?!!? Hellooo...

It's a literal crime that they canceled this show, have you SEEN the promo art for GL:TAS season 2 (<- The art by Bruce Timm, I hate him but we get to see a little glimpse of what could have been)

[tulipe-rose]

Shinichi

Shiho

Yusaku

Yukiko

The brunette to her cherry blonde.

You can not convince me that Shinichi's eyesight is still 20/20 after all that strain (fireworks (where he was so up close I'm surprised he wasn't burnt), flash bombs, and straining to see in the dark then suddenly having huge headlights pointed at you. Did I say bombs?). The explosions that happen in his vicinity –mind you, he's usually at the heart of them–almost daily must have had some sort of aftereffect on his eyes and ears, no matter how small.

In conclusion, I AM AT YOUR DOOR AOYAMA, OPEN UP. YOU CANNOT DO THIS AND THEN PRETEND THESE PARALLELS MEAN NOTHING TO YOU WHILE YOU GO ON ABOUT SO CALLED TRUE LOVE. 'Shinshi is never going to happen-' I WON'T HEAR IT, ESPECIALLY NOT FROM YOU, AOYAMA.

[hauntingblue]

I loved this movie about nami and her ex situationship reconciling and also anti capitalism

[urlocalmagicalcat]

really long rant (happy rant) in the tags, mostly towards @synthetic-lavender /vpos

romance repulsed aros and romance favourable aros are both cool and valid but because i never see anything about us: shoutout to romance indifferent aros. romance neutral aros. aros who just couldn't care less. aros who have a conflicted relationship with romance. aros who are fine with romance in some contexts but not in others. aros who don't mind romance when it's not amatonormativity being shoved down their throats. aros who haven't yet figured out their feelings about romance. aros to whom romance is Just Something That Exists. y'all are rad as hell and it's okay not to 'pick a side'!!

[kaijutegu]

Alligator Body Language and You, or: How To Know When An Alligator On Social Media is Being Stressed for Views

Alligators are wild animals. Despite the idiotic claims of animal abusers like Jay Brewer, they cannot be domesticated, which means they are always going to react on the same natural instincts they've had for millions of years. Habituated, yes. Tamed, yes. Trained, definitely. Crocodilians can form bonds with people- they're social and quite intelligent. They can solve problems, use tools, and they're actually quite playful. Alligators are also really good at communicating how they're feeling, but to somebody who doesn't spend much time around them, their body language can be a bit mystifying. And it doesn't help when social media influencers are saying shit like this:

That is not what a happy gator looks like.

That's a terrified, furious gator who isn't attacking because the ogre handling her has her in a chokehold. She's doing everything she can to express her displeasure, and he's lying about it because he knows his audience doesn't even know how to think critically about what he's doing. He knows that because his audience doesn't know anything about these animals, he can get away with it. This I think is why I hate him so much- he deliberately miseducates his audience. He knows what he's doing is factually inaccurate, he just doesn't care because attention means more to him than anything else in the world.

Let's change that! Here are two really important lessons for understanding alligator body language on social media.

Lesson 1: Alligators Don't Smile (in fact, most animals don't)

So what's going on in this video? Jay Brewer is aggressively choking his white alligator Coconut while scrubbing algae off of her with a toothbrush. And make no mistake, he is digging into the creature's throat while she is visibly distressed. He claims she's happy- but she's not. He is willfully misrepresenting what this animal is feeling. That's a problem, because people... well, we actually kind of suck at reading other species' body language. The reason for this is that we tend to overlay our own responses on their physical cues, and that's a problem. For example, let's look at an animal with a really similar face to ours, the chimpanzee. Check out Ama's toothy grin!

Wait, no. That's not a happy smile. That's a threat display. When a chimpanzee "smiles," it's either terrified and doing a fear grimace, or it's showing you its teeth because it intends on using them in your face.

How about a dog? Look at my smiling, happy puppy!

Oh wait no, this is a picture of Ryder when he was super overwhelmed by noise and people during a holiday party. He'd hopped up in my sister's lap to get away from stuff that was happening on the floor and was panting quite heavily. See the tension in the corners of his mouth and his eyes? A lot of the time when a dog "smiles," the smile isn't happy. It's stress! Why Animals Do The Thing has a nice writeup about that, but the point is, our body language is not the same as other species. And for reptiles, body language is wildly different.

For instance, look at these two alligators. Pretty cute, right? Look at 'em, they're posing for a Christmas card or something! How do you think they're feeling?

Well, I'll tell you how the normal one is feeling. He's annoyed! Why is he annoyed? Because the albino just rolled up, pushed another gator off the platform, and is trying to push this guy, too. I know this because I actually saw it happen. It was pretty funny, not gonna lie. He's not gaping all the way, but he was hissing- you can actually see him getting annoyed in the sequence I took right before this shot. Look at him in this first shot here- he's just relaxing, and you can see he isn't gaping even a little bit.

By the end, he's expressing displeasure, but not enough to actually do anything about it. He's annoyed, but he's comfy and that's where one of the best basking areas is, so he'll put up with it.

Reptiles open their mouths wide for a lot of reasons, but never because they are actively enjoying a sensation. Unless they're eating. No reptile smiles- they can't. They don't even have moveable lips. If a reptile is gaping, it's doing so because:

It is doing a threat display.

It is making certain vocalizations, all of which are threats. Alligators are one of the rare reptiles that do regularly vocalize, but most of their calls aren't made with a wide open mouth.

It is about to bite something delicious or somebody stupid. Check out this video- virtually all of the gaping here is anticipatory because these trained gators know darn well that the bowl is full of delicious snacks. (I have some issues with Florida's Wildest, but the man knows how to train a gator AND he is honest about explaining what they're doing and why, and all of his animals are healthy and well-cared for, and he doesn't put the public or his staff at risk- just himself.)

It's too hot and it has opened its mouth to vent some of that heat and thermoregulate. This is the main reason why alligators will often have their mouths part of the way open, but sometimes they'll open all the way for thermoregulation. This is what a thermoregulatory gape looks like- usually it's not all the way open, kinda more like < rather than V, but you can't say that 100% of the time. Additionally, a thermoregulatory gape... typically happens when it's hot out. If they're inside, maybe they've been under their basking light for too long. Heat's the dominant factor, is what I'm getting at.

There is another reason that a captive crocodilian might be gaping, and that's because it's doing so on command. Some places have their gators trained to gape on cue, like St. Augustine Alligator Farm and other good zoos. They have the animals do this in presentations that are genuinely educational. They ask the animals to open their mouths so that they can show off their teeth and demonstrate how their tongues seal off the back of their mouth. They'll also do it as part of routine healthcare, because looking at their teeth is important.

In this case, the animals aren't gaping because they're stressed, they're gaping because they know they're gonna get a piece of chicken or fish if they do it. And what's more, they're doing it on cue. They have a specific command or signal that tells them to open wide. It's not an instinctive response to a situation. It's trained. If the animal provides the behavior after a cue, the situation is much less likely to be negatively impactful.

It's also important to remember that there's a difference between a partially open mouth and a gape! As discussed above, alligators will often have their mouths a little bit open just to maintain temperature homeostasis. It helps them stay comfy, temperature-wise. These guys are all doing thermoregulatory open-mouthed behavior- that slight open and relaxed body posture is a dead giveaway. (That and it's the hottest spot in the enclosure.)

Lesson 2: A Happy Gator Is A Chill Gator

So if alligators don't smile or have facial expressions other than the :V that typically signifies distress, how else can you tell how they're feeling? One way is stillness. See, alligators subscribe to the philosophy of if it sucks... hit da bricks.

Basically, if they hate it, they'll leave. Unless, y'know, somebody has their meaty claws digging into their throat or is otherwise restraining them. (Restraint isn't always bad, btw. Sometimes the animal is going through a medical thing or needs to be restrained for their safety- which a responsible educator will explain.)

Let's look at a very similar scenario, in which a captive alligator is getting his back scrubbed.

As you can see, it's quite different. First, he's not being restrained at all. Second, look at how relaxed he is! He's just chilling there vibing! He could simply get up and leave if he wanted to, because he's not being held. Towards the end of the video, as he lifts his head, you can see that his respiratory rate is very even as his throat flutters a bit. I'm not sure what this facility is, so I can't comment on care/general ethics, but like. In this specific case, this is an alligator enjoying being scrubbed! And you can tell because he's not doing anything. A happy gator is content to be doing what they're doing.

Why Should I Listen To You?

Now, you should ask yourself, why should you listen to me? Why should you trust me, who does not own an alligator, versus Jay Brewer, who owns several?

Well, first off, there's no profit for me in telling you that what you're seeing on social media is in fact not what you're being told you're seeing. I'm not getting paid to do this. That's the thing with people who make social media content. The big names aren't doing it just for fun. They're doing it for money. Whether that's profit through partnerships or sponsorships, or getting more people to visit their facilities, or ad revenue, you can't ignore the factor of money. And this is NOT a bad thing, because it allows educators to do what they're passionate about! People deserve to be paid for the work that they do!

But the problem starts when you chase the algorithm instead of actually educating. A "smiling" alligator gets the views, and if people don't know enough to know better, it keeps getting the views. People love unconventional animal stories and they want those animals to be happy- but the inability to even know where to start with critically evaluating these posts really hinders the ability to spread real information. Like, this post will probably get a couple hundred notes, but that video of Coconut being scrubbed had almost 400,000 likes when I took that screenshot. Think about how many eyeballs that's reached by now. What I'm saying here is that it's just... really important to think critically about who you're getting your information from. What do dissenters say in the comments? What do other professionals say? You won't find a single herpetologist that has anything good to say about Prehistoric Pets, I can tell you that right now.

Another reason you can trust me is that my sources are not "just trust me bro," or "years of experience pretending my pet shop where animals come to die is a real zoo." Instead, here are my primary sources for my information on alligator behavior:

Dragon Songs: Love and Adventure among Crocodiles, Alligators, and Other Dinosaur Relations- Vladimir Dinets

The Secret Social Lives of Reptiles- J. Sean Doody, Vladimir Dinets, Gordon M. Burghardt

Social Behavior Deficiencies in Captive American Alligators (Alligator mississippiensis)- Z Walsh, H Olson, M Clendening, A Rycyk

Social Displays of the American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)- Kent Vliet

Social Signals and Behaviors of Adult Alligators and Crocodiles- Leslie Garrick, Jeffery Lang

Never smile at a crocodile: Gaping behaviour in the Nile crocodile at Ndumo Game Reserve, South Africa- Cormac Price, Mohamed Ezat, Céline Hanzen, Colleen Downs (this one's Nile crocs, not American alligators, but it's really useful for modeling an understanding of gape behaviors and proximity)

Thermoregulatory Behavior of Captive American Alligators (Alligator mississippiensis)- Cheryl S. Asa, Gary D. London, Ronald R. Goellner, Norman Haskell, Glenn Roberts, Crispen Wilson

Unprovoked Mouth Gaping Behavior in Extant Crocodylia- Noah J. Carl, Heather A. Stewart, Jenny S. Paul

Thank you for reading! Here's a very happy wild alligator from Sanibel for your trouble.