#pls reblog if you have additions or corrections!

[anonymous-dentist]

hii! i havent been able to keep up with the lore since the theory bros and stuff. could you give a quick rundown of everything involving the eggs, binary monster cucurucho and stuff? (i didn't know who else to ask)

I'll do my best! :D

SO I'm actually going to start by talking about Arin, who is the consciousness that sometimes inhabits q!Luzu's body.

Arin says he is not an AI, but he is from "another world", and, most importantly, he can see code. He knew when the eggs arrived because of the change in code.

Arin is actively being hunted by the Binary Guys. He's also building a machine to connect his world and the qsmp so he can try and bring Tilin back to life, and that's important because that machine is one of the things that the Theory Bros are looking into.

And now, the Theory Bros.

The Theory Bros are made up of q!Bad, q!Maximus, q!Foolish, and now q!Cellbit, who is fucking smart, btw. There are also some new members who are just kinda hanging out? Like q!Phil, who is the babysitter, and q!Roier, who is just kinda hanging out tbh, and now English q!Quackity, who is notably separate from Hispanic q!Quackity.

The group was originally founded by Bad, Maximus, and Foolish shortly after Trump Egg's death, and now it's developed into a society dedicated to solving the mystery of the island and, most importantly, escaping the island.

They didn't get super far until recently when the Brazilians showed up, because it turns out that Cellbit is like a professional ARG maker and solver. His character is also just a little bit insane I think, but that's not super important.

They have a bunch of secret bases set up, and Foolish has. His living room.

But every time they've gotten anywhere, something has happened to keep them from making progress. Sometimes it's the Binary Monsters, sometimes it's Cucurucho, sometimes it's their own arguments. And sometimes? Sometimes it's the eggs.

The Eggs.

The Eggs all showed up as part of an event that started in like mid-April if I remember correctly. Basically, the island was split into a bunch of pairs- one English speaker and one Spanish speaker- and they were supposed to take care of an egg. Whoever kept their egg the happiest would get a reward when the eggs' mother, a Fucking Dragon, showed up. Whoever's eggs had died would be horribly punished.

This is fine, but it gets interesting not even a week into the event when Cucurucho tells q!Roier not to touch his egg and not to trust it. Roier has not, to my knowledge, mentioned this to anyone because he's a secretive bastard.

And then some eggs died and there was a funeral. The dead parents got to say a goodbye to their eggs in a room under the cemetery. Angel Rubius (suspicious) was there, as was Cucurucho, and the whole thing was sponsored by the QSMP Federation. At said funeral, the "dead" Trump (the Egg) said that "they" are scary, not mentioning anybody by name, but him saying that and then immediately getting shut up kinda set Maximus off on his theory stuff full-force.

Since then, the eggs have been really kinda sus, some more than others. Leonarda said that her best friend was Cucurucho, and she's also kinda been on a whole 'hey dad don't look too deep into anything' kick recently. And then there was a secret Federation torture tunnel beneath Richarlyson's house, and then there is the sudden and spontaneous appearances of both Tallulah and Richarlyson. And then there are the Weird Things.

Because the eggs were supposed to die a few weeks ago. A hijacked island announcement said as much, and then, on the day of their supposed deaths, the eggs disappeared and came back with cracks in them. Since then, they have been increasingly attacked by the Binary Monsters, and that's weird.

The Binary Monsters

So the Binary Monsters first showed up on a Philza stream from April. He and Fit killed one, and then we didn't see one again until Luzu's reappearance on the server after a hiatus. During that stream, Arin reappeared, and so did the Binary Monsters.

Since then, the Monsters have showed up attacking vulnerable eggs. They seem to go after eggs alone with one parent- case in point being Philza in a stream recently when he was alone with the eggs and then a Monster killing Bobby while he was alone with Roier in the middle of nowhere.

The Binary Monsters have Binary Names! :D They seem to be naming themselves after... things? One of them had a name that translated to '777', which was interesting because it was the one attacking Foolish and Leonarda right outside of Vegetta's house right after Vegetta had logged off.

Cellbit has the theory that the eggs and the Binary Monsters are related. He also has the theory that the Binary Monsters and Cucurucho are related.

Cucurucho

We all know Cucurucho, also known as Osito Bimbo, also known as the QSMP Census Bureau Creature. It uses it/its pronouns, and so that is what I will be using.

Cucurucho has been hanging around since day one of the server. It does Census Bureau Things. It also flirts with Roier sometimes.

But starting at around the time the eggs showed up, Cucurucho has been a bit more distant. By that, I mean that it's been stalking people in the background of their streams, teleporting around and following them and scaring the shit out of them. It's been paying close attention to the Theory Bros, especially q!Max and q!Cellbit, though it is also Leonarda's friend. It watches q!Slime sleep sometimes, which is normal behavior for sure.

It has a good time watching people suffer. It laughs when players are in pain. Sometimes it even blows bubbles. I may be biased, but I love it.

The other night, Cucurucho showed up to get Cellbit to stop building a villager farm (which is illegal on the server.) It then proceeded to chase him down a Torture Hallway, laugh when he died, laugh when he saw his corpse and freaked out, and then they had a question and answering session.

To summarize the various q and a sessions from the past few weeks: Cucurucho doesn't know what the Binary Monsters are, and it is ambiguously part of the Federation. Its purpose seems to be to make sure people are happy. When asked who's keeping everyone on the island, it responded with 'quack', and then it mentioned a 'host' in a later interrogation. It doesn't like the eggs very much, but as long as the island's inhabitants are happy, then it doesn't mind them (the eggs.)

TLDR; Weird shit is happening on the island, but don't worry, because it's all going to be fine :)

I obviously don't know everything because I can't watch every stream and I do only speak English, but I hope this recap helps a little! :D

[koishua]

★. 𝐄𝐍— and the orange peel theory.

! © 𝗞𝗢𝗜𝗦𝗛𝗨𝗔 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰, 𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗥𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧𝗦 𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗩𝗘𝗗.

starring hee, jay, jake. + their version of the orange peel theory

━━━━━━━━━━━ 𝐇𝐄𝐄𝐒𝐄𝐔𝐍𝐆

he doesn't think anything of it when he snaps your chopsticks in two for you from where he is positioned across you. the plastic chairs in front of the convenience store upon which you're seated on aren't the most comfortable, the sharp edges digging into your skin on occasions when you fidget around trying to find a way to strike up a conversation with the man you can't bare to label as your friend now.

the bamboo sticks now rest on top of the lid of your bowl of instant ramen, currently waiting to be fully cooked within the three minute time frame the instructions had given you. you notice how they hadn't split equally, one having snapped away a small portion of the other side with it. the irony of it all feels comical when you detach yourself from the situation you're currently trying not to run away from.

heeseung doesn't say much as you hesitantly take the broken utensil. he can only pretend to awkwardly observe the engravings in the table, occasionally glancing at the dainty chain of the necklace hiding under your collar. it had been his fingers to graze against the skin of your neck to clasp it together for you. he wonders what hurts more; remembering, or having to force himself to forget about it all?

━━━━━━━━━━━ 𝐉𝐀𝐘

the house is quiet, had been for hours now, except for your frantic breaths and hurried stomps while darting from room to room, trying to find your bearings as the time ticks by much too quickly for your liking. the alarms you'd set for your lecture hadn't rung (they had, actually— no one would dare to disagree, however), which had naturally resulted in you running late for it yet again.

your lips lift lopsidedly moments after the neatly framed picture of the happiest moment of your life catches your eye as you try to put on the stubborn socks you'd fished out from the drawer on your side of the bed. jay had always been beautiful, even back when he still had that boyish smirk constantly plastered over his face, hair a mess.

you make a mental note to wipe away the dust that had started to form a thin sheet over the wooden frame, though that too is quickly forgotten when you realize that he'd very kindly filled up your bottle with water and placed it next to the most comfortable shoes you owned he'd laid nearly on the floor by the door, certain of your forgetful habits.

━━━━━━━━━━━ 𝐉𝐀𝐊𝐄

layla's tail wags excitedly at the sight of the treat in your hands that you leave for her to enjoy. smoothing over the gingham sheet before laying back on the lap of your favourite person in this universe and the next, from where you look up at him, the sun blazing in the sky makes it look like he's emitting a heavenly glow. fitting for someone like sim jake.

days like this don't come by often for either of you, so having you right by him, the weather as beautiful as it could ever get. this is what he'd describe heaven to feel like. every part of his body beats with the insatiable desire to always have you as close to him as possible, day and night.

the cool breeze is a constant visitor to your little spot by the beach, a welcome addition to the already magical day. realising that he'd gotten lost in his thoughts, he looks down at your serene expression, off somewhere in dreamland, most likely. his thumb gently traces under your eyes, a ghostly touch afraid of waking you up from your deserved rest. he unclips the hair accessories he can see tugging and digging into your skin before adjusting the shade to cover your eyes.

this is his dreamland.

notes from vie: couldn't help it with the hee angst y'all im sorry it's a koishua must. it was very mild tho so yeah enjoy please i haven't exercised my enha writing skills in ages and as always pls reblog muah muah ignore any errors i haven't got the energy to correct them myself 🍊🍊

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[irisintheafterglow]

Heyy, van I get a suguru geto x reader based on this playlist pls? Creative freedom, I just enjoy the playlist and your writing

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVNLTHYHuG3QRkaWiIAoNztVS2Ad51M3j&si=R_K3McCdTLK9Vc3H

tell me that you love me, love me till my lips turn blue

summary: for the first time in what feels like forever, you're paired with suguru on a mission. he gets...distracted.

wc: 1.13k

cw/tags: best friends to lovers, some language, canon-typical violence, mutual pining, suguru is the #1 lovesick idiot when you're not around, a little suggestive toward the end but nothing explicit

note: HIII you always have the best requests!! this is short and sweet but i was listening to the playlist nonstop while i was writing and oh MAN was it an experience. like ok powerful reader and powerful bf duo with doja playing in the background?? and then a good ol' makeout session at the end? delicious. hope you like this, thank you for your ask!!!

likes, reblogs, and replies are always appreciated :)

“They’re practically lining up, hmm?”

“Guess they’re excited,” you smile contemptuously at the Curse syndicate in front of you, all seven of the most wanted Jujutsu defectors this side of the prime meridian. Your partner on the mission huffs out an incredulous breath and you see him scowl out of the corner of your eye. “Do you need a–”

“Yeah,” he mutters and you wordlessly hand him the black hair tie from your wrist. You always kept extras when you were working together because he was sure to lose the one he brought; it was basically tradition, at this point. “You wanna take this round while I fix my hair?” 

“Sure, be right back,” you say carefreely as you shoot him a wink over your shoulder. He rolls his eyes lightheartedly at your antics and you decide to show off a little bit. Let’s gamble…25%. You stretch your limbs from side to side before raising a hand, sharply pulling it into a fist when you latch onto the energy signatures of the group in front of you. With such a low gamble, the effect of the additional energy is instantaneous; a quarter of the energy for every enemy in front of you basically over-replenished your own reserve. With the supplemental energy and your opponents temporarily stunned from the energy-theft, you send a single arc across the entire group and render them on the verge of unconsciousness. You mentally kick your technique up to 80% and absorb the remaining Cursed energy, leaving the syndicate groaning and incapacitated. After texting the higher-ups to dispatch a cleaning crew, you check on Suguru’s progress with taming his unruly hair. “You good?”

“Mmm, yeah. Just gimme a little longer,” he says absentmindedly, pulling his hair back over and over again until he’s satisfied with it. “I don’t know why I’m bothering with this, since the mission’s basically over. On paper, at least.” 

“Any idea where that last defector went?”

“I sent out a few Curses to go find him, but chances are he’s long gone by now. Satoru will probably end up catching him.”

“Oh, he’s gonna be so mad that he has to, you know, do his job,” you joke and he chuckles softly under his breath. It sounds like sunshine. “Any hard feelings that you didn’t get to save the day?”

“The opposite, actually,” he corrects and the look he gives you has your face burning. “I’m happy I got to see you in action. It’s not often that we’re paired together.”

“I know, and I’m sure you miss your awesome, amazing, gorgeous, talented best friend.” Your elbow knocks against his bicep and he shoulder bumps yours in response.   

“Yeah, yeah, yeah,” he drawls, waving a dismissive hand and your jaw drops in fake displeasure. “Just admit you missed me, already.”

“Not if you won’t admit it first,” you reply nonchalantly, in stark contrast to the increasing rhythm of your heartbeat. You were walking the ledge of that dangerous cliffside again, on the verge of completely falling for your best friend without knowing shit about his own feelings. It was selfish, allowing yourself to love him, but you couldn’t find the motivation to stop. “Let’s get out of this shithole; I’m craving some of that taiyaki we saw earlier on the–” 

Your words are abruptly cut short by Suguru’s hand gently but firmly covering your mouth while the other hand tugs you into a dark nook of the cave. He quietly shushes you and glances in the direction of the footsteps approaching from around the corner. You don’t focus on anything he’s trying to tell you, though, because your mind is short-circuiting from his proximity and the fact that he hasn’t taken his hand away from your arm. In fact, whether consciously or not, his fingers rub little circles onto your skin and your vision becomes a little starry. You weren’t sure if the affection was to relieve his anxiety or yours, but you sure weren’t complaining.

“Stay here, yeah?” He briefly takes his hand away from your mouth but doesn’t go far, repositioning it beside your head due to the cramped space he’d pulled you into. He’s close enough that you can feel his breath, minty from the gum he stole from you in the car. 

“Where are you going?” 

“Gonna take care of that last asshat out there and then come back and,” he inhales, eyes flicking down to your lips for a nearly imperceptible moment, “probably do something stupid.” Before you have the chance to ask what he means, he slips away and you hear the sound of faint rumblings. Chunks of rock crumble on the floor, the thuds mixing with distant pleads for mercy. The iridescent scales of Suguru’s dragon cast rainbows on the walls in the dim light and, before you know it, he’s back in the corner with you, slightly more flushed but just as handsome as minutes prior. “Miss me?”

“Cocky asshole,” you mutter half-heartedly, absolutely sure that he could hear your blood pounding in your ears from sheer adrenaline. He looked intoxicating, staring at you so intensely that your knees were buckling against the wall. The tension was suffocating in the stuffy, dusty atmosphere and your impatience reared its ugly head. “Well?”

“Well,” he breathes, unable to tear his eyes away from your face. 

“You gonna do that stupid thing yet or not?”

“I’m thinking about it,” he admits quietly, one hand brushing the side of your cheek tenderly. “Can I–”

“Stop thinking and just do it, Suguru. I’m not getting any younger–oh,” you murmur, melting into him when he grabs your chin and kisses you with pure devotion. His hand against the wall next to your head turns into his forearm when you pull him as close to you as humanly possible, the other finding your hip and drawing more of those infuriatingly loving circles. When you finally break away long enough to catch your breath, his lips stay on your skin, pressing feather-light kisses to your cheek, neck, and anywhere he could reach. When he finds your ear, he whispers the sweetest little promises that make your head spin. 

“I would die for you, you know,” he says in a low tone that you want to bottle up and inject into your veins. “I miss you so much when you’re out on missions; it drives me out of my mind.”

“I gotcha,” you grin and he raises a sharp eyebrow in question. “I got you to admit you miss me.” 

“Time for you to keep up your end of the deal, sweetheart.” His forehead rests against yours and he lets you greedily pull him even closer, humming when you pull the tie loose and card your fingers through his hair. “Say you missed me too.”

“Mmm. I missed you too, you love sick fool.”

“Takes one to know one, pretty.”

hear that? yeah that's me barking

[lunasquidd]

Hey did you guys know these characters canonically use they/them pronouns?

QUICK DISCLAIMER: Please do not harrass anyone who gets these pronouns wrong. At the end of the day, these are fictional characters. The purpose of this post is not to stir discourse or invalidate any headcanons, it is just something i'm "normal" about so im gonna talk about it!! If you didn't know, thats totally okay!! now you do!! ALSO also remember to factcheck these! I absolutely could be wrong or have missed something!! Im pretty sure i got them all correct tho lol

Napstablook (Undertale)

Napstablook is a very underrated character in the undertale fandom/community, so not a lot of people really noticed this one. But napstablook, like the player/frisk, is referred to with they/them pronouns.

Another fun fact: Monster Kid from undertale (and also the version of them in Deltarune) also used they/them pronouns in game! pretty cool :)

Speaking of Deltarune...

Seam (Deltarune)

Actually, in the game, no pronouns are used for Seam. Seam may actually prefer no pronouns at all!

I love Seam <3

I also love Rain World

Seven Red Suns (Rain World)

I unfortunately couldn't find a screenshot nor do I know what pearl its from, but in pearl dialouge, Moon refers to SRS with they/them pronouns.

Fun fact about all the slugcats: They are genderless too! Ok, well, for the most part. I believe the Artificer is the only canon slugcat to use she/her. Iterators use 'it' or 'they' to refer to slugcats. In the official (but not canon) dating sim at the end of the joke campaign in downpour, the slucats are referred to with gendered pronouns. Whether these genders are canon or not, idk.

Slugcats are cool creatures. So are cephalopods. Like...

Acht (Splatoon 3: Side order)

This is the only one on my list who is misgendered as female. All the others are misgendered as male usually.

Fun fact: Before Splatoon 3: Side order, Acht was actually referred to with she/her pronouns in promotional material as Dedf1sh. However, nowhere in Side Order does anyone refer to acht with pronouns other than they/them. Do with that what you will but PLEASE don't harrass anyone.

Feel free to reblog with any additions (from any media) that you are passionate about OR corrections that you feel are important!! Also if you have the pearl dialouge with Suns' pronouns pls tell me which pearl/send the screenshot ok thank you <3

[peyekacang77]

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[doyoulikethisanimal]

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This a side blog dedicated to animals

All animals are beloved to me, but I want to see what peoples' opinions are on different little critters. Currently only doing by species, so subspecies or breeds will not be taken, but do feel free to add photos of their variation or submit photos of them. Maybe we’ll end up doing a bracket if I feel inspired enough/ people want one. Even though I'm asking about opinions, another goal of this is to educate people about animals and to hopefully create a better image for unfairly hated animals. If I forget to post for a while, feel free to just shoot me an ask or dm, I’m very forgetful and sometimes busy.  Very much inspired by the lovely @doyoulikethissong-poll

This is a safe space. If you can’t be a decent person, fuck off. TERFs, racists, and bigots will be blocked on sight.

Rules

Polls stay open for a week and new ones will be queued every four hours at the current moment 

You can submit as many animals as you’d like via the form (submission through ask will likely be ignored)

Propaganda/information about the animal is very much wanted, feel free to reblog with info or to submit an ask and I will add on to the post with additional information

Disliking or hating an animal is fine, but rudeness to people who like the animal will not be tolerated. 

The blog will attempt to correct any misinformation that is given by people in tags, replies, or reblogs, but will not be hateful towards anyone holding this belief. I simply want to generate positivity and educate about animals.

Voting Options

These are options for voting and links to those that have won under each option. Pls ask if you want any clarity on these options 

My favorite 

I love this animal

I like this animal

I am neutral about this animal

I dislike this animal

I hate this animal out of fear

I hate this animal for other reasons

I don’t know enough to have an opinion

This exists??? 

Abt Poll Runner 

My name is Olli (they, she, he). I am studying to be a veterinary technician so animals are kinda my thing. @not12001ants is my main blog where I post about supernatural, jewish stuff, and mostly shitposts. I am vaguely working on making a blog for my art (mostly watercolours) but it’s empy right now so I’ll edit in a link to it later. 

Tagging system

They will be identified by both a large grouping (like mammals, fish, birds) and on an individual basis (house cats,  longnose velvet dogfish, ostrich). Also will give scientific name tags. If there are multiple names they are known by I will try to use all of the variants, but pls do let me know if I forgot one.

[camaro-and-smokes]

One thing I've been thinking...

These are just my random thoughts, so feel free to disagree.

Lately I've seen a lot of posts in the fandom in increasing extent that's kinda sad imo. (I've been in this fandom for a short while, but in a lot bigger fandom for years, and in my experience, the negativity is always the same, the package just is different.)

People get really worked up by the Billy/Dacre antis on all platforms, and then they vent about it here, and make sometimes compelling and sometimes less compelling arguments in defence of both.

It's fine, ppl need to vent and hey, everyone is allowed to do what they want on their blog and if someone can't take it, unfollow, block, filter content, blah blah blah. Simple as that.

But I just always think how much those people allow the antis actually take their own headspace and then spew the negative energy from the antis directly to the positive fandom here on Tumblr.

I assume most of the negativity comes from Twatter and dickdock (I hate both and haven't used the first in years and the other one but once and logged off immediately – I know they're both very volatile spaces). I know antis are here too, but I assume it's way smaller issue here than in those two. (Quick check on the anti billy hargrove tag tells me that most of those here are teens and young adults who are yet to grow up, so not worth even a thought)

I come on Tumblr to get away from real world. To forget all the negativity of other ppl and just in general get away from everything that's happening in real world. I try to follow blogs that post positive stuff and engage only with content that's positive or compelling in any way.

So when I see those posts, sometimes even with screenshots from the anti's, it always makes me feel sad – but not for me.

It's always for the op as in hey, you're here where the Billy/Dacre fandom is absolutely bonkers in a GOOD way, cherishing and loving a character that never got any of that in the show itself, and loving the actor who plays the character unabashedly. And you're as the op here because of that too.

So I just wonder why do you take all that negativity be it from here or from somewhere else or here and bring it into our positive space and stain it with it? And in addition other ppl then engage with it – even if it's to just agree with the op. That's like preaching to the choir – why do it?

This is a place where you could happily enjoy the character without that much of a fear of getting bs of it. Or at least that's my experience. I haven't gotten any bs as long as I've been here. But of course this blog is very small.

So correct me if I'm wrong.

Now, I do run one big sideblog with 10k followers in a big fandom and my main has 1,5k followers too. So I know hate and how it feels when you're getting it in any form, in reblogs or anonymously on asks. It's SHIT.

But what I've learned from those two is, that as long as the hate and the antis are being addressed, neither will go away. There will always be antis and idiots who send anonymous hate.

It's called the internet.

And not to forget: social media platforms in general have been proven to boost negative content, because it keeps users on the platforms longer, meaning more income to the platforms. I repeat:

Never forget that negativity is partly designed into social media platforms.

What can be done to all of this is to choose not to engage with the negativity, and just let it be. Even if the negative views get you totally worked up and feel like you need to educate whoever.

Trust me, they won't learn anything, and you'll just spend hours on trying to do that.

This image sums my thoughts pretty much:

I guarantee that you will feel a lot better when you just

start scrolling past all the negative stuff on all platforms,

don't engage with the negativity,

don't go into the anti-Billy tags

just delete the shitty anonymous asks, and

don't spend time on writing a response here on Tumblr, where the people the responses are directed to (= antis) aren't.

And pls pls delete your accounts on any platforms that give you only shitty feels. You're not going to miss ANYTHING.

Not spending any time on the antis gives you more headspace and time to spend positively on our favourite rat boy. It makes your experience so much more better, and also the overall atmosphere of the fandom more positive for everyone everywhere.

Like I said, just random thoughts. Feel free to disagree with me.

[shysneeze]

3k follower celebration event

can’t believe 3000 of you actually stick around to read my self-indulgent fics and daily oversharing on the internet!! thank you so much i’m really happy to have so many people enjoy my silly writings, and glad to to have the space to share them :)) love ya!

as per usual it time for ask games and blurbs but this time with a brown aesthetic!

open: mon 1st august -> sun 7th august

🐌 | blurbs

(only doing the first fifteen)

-> pick a dialogue prompt (or two) from either of the prompt lists below and a character and i’ll do my best to come up with something :)

-> prompt list i and ii

-> usual requests rules apply, please read my request guidelines x

🍂| ask games

-> fmk , two truths and a lie, etc

-> not cym because i’m a nervous wreck, luv u mutuals but i am also scared of annoying u all

🥐| fic recs

-> i’m always look for good robin, nance + joyce fics! self promote or send me that one fic you can’t stop thinking about!

-> i’ll reblog with my thoughts (but can’t reblog smut this is a pg13 blog pls)

📖| book club

-> let’s trade book recs and talk about characters and ur latest reads - indulge my need to talk about books pls

🎻 | musical chairs

-> i have an unhinged taste i music: my fourth most listened to spotify artist of all time is the glee cast, i own the pride and prejudice 2005 soundtrack on vinyl and i have a playlist for just about every emotion i’ve ever felt - let’s talk about music!

-> need a song for an incredibly niche daydream? want to correct my music taste? exchange favourite songs? i’m down

🍪| chit chat

-> let’s just chat! got something on ur mind? need a rant? need someone to spill you incoherent fandom thoughts to? spill bestie, nothing is too unhinged - this isn’t celebration specific, but it’s an obligatory addition

as usual, drop an emoji into my asks to take part if you like :)

mutuals i love and adore for putting up with me &lt;3 : @paqerings @robinbuckleyluvr @cupids-crystals @mirclealignr @greendinosaursocks13 @magicalxdaydream <3

[bitimdrake]

i try very hard to ignore stupid reblogs that completely miss the point of my posts, unless they are also being assholes, because it's not like i post about anything important and whatever. it literally does not matter. though my terrible habit is checking to make sure the version without the stupid addition remains more popular. i'm not here to have dumb slapfights about Correct Media Consumption, and complaining on my own blog is completely different from starting an argument. (the former of which i love, the latter of which i have little to no desire for)

but if you reply to a post, i assume you are aware that you are directly and specifically notifying and addressing me, and it's fair game

(no reblogs pls)

[puzzling-investigations]

Drowsy’s Guide to Germans - Part One

Hello everyone!

My name is Drowsy, this is my AA and PL sideblog, and this is a rediculous series I’m starting.

Stuff like this is not amongst my usual repertoire, but I’ve seen enough of people writing/dubbing/acting out German characters (in various fandoms) with bad German to decide an actual German should step in and do some talking and explaining. As Ace Attorney is one of the fandoms where people have multiple German-speaking characers with the possibility to converse, I decided to apply the post to this fandom (I could’ve also applied it to Overwatch, but somehow people really don’t feel like letting Mercy and Reinhardt talk German to one another).

In this multiple-part series, I will cover the following:

Different Germans (speaking English) and pronunciation advice for each (so mostly (voice) acting advice)

Things to watch when using German lingo (pronunciation/grammar bs) and terms of endearment/nicknames

Fun things about German (naming) culture you can include/watch out for.

Who is and isn’t German in AA, of the characters with “German” names, and to which degree they are.

Fun pronunciation/grammar/writing things

The sections will flow into each other a lot, I think.  Most of this advice applies to any German characters you write, so you can use this for other fandoms/media, too. The first part begins under the “Read more”.

    - Best of luck, Drowsy

Part 1: Different Germans (speaking English) and pronunciation advice for each

This section could probably use some additions, so if anybody wants to make them, please feel free to reblog and add!

Exhibit 1A: The International

In general, modern-day Germans usually learn English at school and have this lightly-accented pronunciation that is almost flawless, but there’s just something... Wrong. Something unplaceable yet absolutely German about it. Most English teachers here talk like this, although some lean in one or the other accentual direction (usually British or American).

The International has had a lot of exposure to the English language and also knows most of the pronunciations if he’s familiar with the word/related words. They might have grown up with someone who speaks English or be otherwise close to someone who speaks, if they didn’t learn at school.

If you find yourself dubbing/writing an International, be careful to keep your own and the character’s accent and neutral. Unless they’re “quirky” they won’t use random German words except for when they can’t remember the proper word. They’ll make an effort to speak English as well as possible as to not hinder the native speakers around them. If the character gets angry or excited, you can perhaps loosen that decree a little. Here’s the best sounds/grammar mistake to do it with:

- “Th” in any way, shape or form that isn’t “t”-sounding. Germans have a big problem with the “th” in “birthday”, which often turns out as “birs-stay”, a cause of much distress for me in primary school and kindergarten, where I would aggressively put weight on “th” and yell at people who should know better.7

- Idioms and figures of speech: Many of these overlap in German and English, but some are quite different. For example:

“to stand in a queue” is “to stand snake” in German. - Just beause you speak the language well, it doesn’t mean that you know all the idioms and figures of speech.

“to brush one’s teeth” is “to clean one’s teeth” in German. As a bilingual, this is a stupid little mix-up I often make, along with “to blow one’s nose”, which I turn into “to clean one’s nose” (I’ve done this in both languages).

Exhibit 1B: The Stereotype

This is your classical, Bond villain-esque German accent. Lots of “zat”, “ve”, and “neeeeiinn!” will be featured in their speech. 

This German is probably more on the old side and has either has/had horrible English teachers, no exposure to the language whatsoever, is making an effort to learn but are only going off reading or a mix of some or all of the three.

But these Germans can have varying degrees of skill with English grammar and vocabulary, which almost allows for sub-sections in this “article” – one might have read a lot of English books and studied grammar and vocabulary, but has never actually talked to a native speaker before. They other has heard native speakers before but just cannot/will not adjust their pronunciation because they cannot see how it differs from what they heard or believe they know how to pronounce stuff properly, because they are ‘hashtag better zan yoo’.

Exhibit 1C: The near-native speaker

They grew up/spent a lot of time talking English with a native speaker/hearing them speak. They might be better at speaking the language, but may have problems with English writing as they’ve learned by the hearsay. If you’re doing such a character, let them make spelling mistakes. They’ll make mistakes when reading stuff out loud, possibly repeating the word in the correct pronunciation once they’ve recognised it from its written form.

Exhibit 1D: The bilingual

This German is almost the same as the near-native and the International, but with one difference: They have an accent from within the English-speaking world and make no mistakes in pronuncitation or grammar, only perhaps in some of the less ovious spellings - like any English speaker. They’ll have no problems reading out loud (unless they have social anxiety or dislexia, I guess). But they will be victim of the classic bilingual pitfalls - forgetting random, often mundane words, using words from one language in the other with said other language’s grammar, the likes.

For example: My older brother has been described as “A German trying to sound British”, but is also slightly Amarican-sounding due to spending years of study in the States.

So, perhaps, he could fall under the “Interntional” category, but his correctness and lack of proper German accent make him unviable. - He does not have to try to speak/write/read proper English, unlike the Internation and the near-native, because he already does.

On the other hand, I have been described as sounding very British. This is mostly due to me getting more exposure the language thanks to a bilingual friend I met in 7th gade with whom I did and still do speak English on a regular basis. My sisters are very much a mix. My eldest sounds posh and very much like a speech sample from an Oxford Dictionary, the other is rather uplacable. We all cannot fall under categories 1A or 1C because we never “learned” English - we just spoke it and learned it at the same time as German, not being exposed to actual “bad” English until several years later.

[textsfromfodlan]

Three Houses Ship Names

I’m trying to compile a list of ship names (for real this time). To start off I went from memory. It goes in (mostly) alphabetical order and doesn’t have repeats.

If you have any corrections/additions to the list, please send a reply/reblog/ask. Only ship names that are already being used by other people pls.

List of ship names

[loriinae]

Hi I was wondering if you could provide more insight about the whole cryptids & racism thing you talked about some posts back. I don't think I understood what you were saying and I didn't really know what to google to get more info. I host a podcast about lesser known cryptids/monsters/etc. and haven't run into much of the racism associated with it (I think?) aside from Men in Black and 'lizard people'. I was wondering if you had any idea how I could be more sensitive in the matter. Thank you!!!

hello! i hope im not late responding to this, ive been on mobile and dont check my inbox frequently :')im not sure exactly what post youre referring to, but ive talked about and reblogged other ppl talking abt specifically anti-native racism in cryptid stories. i am not native american, nor am i an expert in these things, so i might be wrong abt some of the following and i encourage you to find blogs/articles by indigenous ppl and hear their voices!!some cryptids are appropriations of pieces of certain indigenous groups' folklore, and of what ive seen, are often disrespectful or misinformed caricatures of what they are and mean to the people whose culture they belong to. examples that come to mind now are nightwalkers and wendigos, which (to my knowledge) hold a fair amount of significance. even if you do research/"understand" the backgrounds of these entities, its inappropriate to claim these pieces of culture. another common thing is people using native americans as like. a plot driver (sry cant think of a good word) for their explanations of cryptids. so stories that say "the native americans believed..." are pretty sketchy. 1) there are a lot of different groups of indigenous people! they do not share the same beliefs, and its pretty presumptuous for someone whose NOT from a certain group to claim they know that group's culture . 2) it sounds like. dehumanizing almost? thats not quite what i mean i cant think of Words but. when people say that it feels like theyre not looking at native american people as *people* but just another piece of their mythology. one more thing - the ever so popular bigfoot (i kno u said ur podcast is abt lesser known cryptids so this probably wouldnt apply to u but its relevant to cryptids&racism topic in general) has racist origins -with 'bigfoot' being a derogatory name for a chief who was killed in the wounded knee massacre, 'sasquatch' i believe being a mispronunciation of a word in some native language (idk which language and i dont want to guess) ...it might not seem important, but i think staying in your cultural lane and pointing out when people are crossing the line (ive seen ppl say nightwalkers arent a native thing at all, that its an original idea from a videogame 🙄) all in all, it sounds like you are already trying to be careful and im sure your podcast is well-researched. the only advice i have for you is to be mindful, keep an eye out for sketchy info, and let your listeners know how they could be more sensitive too ^^i hope thats helpful - if anyone who sees this has any additions/amendments/corrections pls reply and add ur thoughts!

[0deerling0-inactive]

Hi, I’m sorry to bother you and I’m sorry that I’m very uneducated but I was wondering if you could explain what ‘fuck the draft’ means from one of your posts. I’m sorry and thanks, feel free to ignore this Sorry I’m so ignorant in my little corner of the world take care and have a nice day lovely

It’s alright! Seeking knowledge is always good ���� and being ignorant isn’t always bad as long as you’re aware of it and want to “fix” it!I don’t know the entire context of the mans “fuck the draft” shirt, but I do know that the “draft” was referring to the military draft! It’s where in the US, men over 18 (lasting until 25) have to sign up (by law) for this draft and should another war come along, they can be forced into military service against their will. It’s *technically* not against their will according to the law, because they’re the ones signing up for it, but if they don’t sign up when they turn 18 they can get in big legal trouble. This excerpt is taken directly from the website: “If you are required to register and you don’t, you will not be eligible for federal student aid, federal job training, a federal job, or U.S. citizenship. You may be prosecuted and face a stiff fine and/or jail time.”And this is the website: https://www.usa.gov/selective-serviceIf anyone has additional information or if I got something wrong please feel free to correct me! (Also pls feel free to reblog! This info is important to me and I absolutely detest the draft and think more people should know about it.)

[thebookjumper]

Olicity Hiatus Fic-A-Thon -  Week 4: At Odds.

You all are phenoms.  Seriously!  We’ve had more amazing submissions for the Week 4 prompt: At Odds.  And I continue to be blown away by your commitment to this Fic-A-Thon.  

I’m sorry that this is so late.  My real life has been ridiculous lately.  But better late than never.

Thank you all for your fantastic submissions, and keep ‘em coming!

The works submitted for this week’s prompt: At Odds are:

(In no particular order)

Blue Eyed Angel - Chapter 3: At Odds. by @tdgal1 - Rating: Mature - Even though QC is in the way, will a romantic dinner help Oliver win Felicity over?

Summer Vacation - Chapter 5: Babymoon by @dmichellewrites - Rating: Explicit - Oliver and Felicity fight about their future while they're on vacation celebrating their almost new addition.

Stop in the Name of Love! by @hope-for-olicity - Rating: General Audiences - Felicity is struggling with the events of Havenrock, and Oliver is keeping his distance while being supportive where he can. A misunderstanding kickstarts these crazy kids back onto the right track.

I Will Always Trust You - Chapter 4: Please Don't Leave Me by @felicityollies - Rating: Explicit - Oliver tries a different method to keep Felicity from running after Helix in 5x19.

We've Got Skin in the Game by @laureningall - Rating: General Audiences - Their newly rekindled relationship can survive some secrets. Will it survive others?

Close Company by @thatmasquedgirl - Rating: Mature - Oliver's brilliant and super observant. Felicity's better.

One Last Time - Chapter 3: At Odds. by @wetsuiton - Rating: Teen and Up - They're arguing over something that doesn't even warrant an argument, but she's convinced she can do it, and Oliver can't tell her otherwise.

some fairytale bliss - Chapter 3: hold that thought by @callistawolf - Rating: Teen and Up - Steps? Who needs steps. Oliver and Felicity don't mind skipping a few on their way to a rebuild, but their surprise visitor has other plans.

The Arrows of War by @obibaldwin - Rating: General Audiences - Oliver and Felicity. Only one can be victorious.

Tastes like pure joy - Chapter 2: Fracking Vigilante by @wherethereissmoak - Rating: Teen and Up - We learn how Felicity found out Oliver's secret. No, not that secret. The other one.

Forever at Odds by @laurabelle2930 - Rating: General Audiences - To be together means putting her life at stake, and it may have dire consequences for everyone.

At odds by @bitchwhwifi - Rating: General Audiences - What might have happened if Felicity and Oliver wouldn't have been called back to Starling in 4x01.

Cabernet Sauvignon Blanc by Izzyface - Rating: Teen and Up - Oliver has his encounter with The Count, but Felicity happens to be there.

The mission by @gypsyfire1066 - Rating: Teen and Up - Felicitiy is more than capable of going on a mission. Oliver disagrees.

I did it all for love by @releaseurinhibitions - Rating: Teen and Up - Two best friends reunite after years apart. That comes with some growing pains.

hold me tight (tell me you miss me) by @bokayjunkie - Rating: General Audiences - Thea knows there's something going on with her brother and her friend. All they need is a gala to steer them in the right direction. Note: this is a follow-up piece to an earlier fic, so you should check that one out first.

News-Report: Flames by @cruzrogue - Rating: Not Rated - Oliver sees problems on the news and it kills him that he can't help. But, there may be something that helps him cope.

Unexpected Roommates by @onceuponanolicity - Rating: Mature - Felicity has a no good, very bad day. It winds up with her having to split a room with Oliver Queen.

Most Secrets Come With a Price - Chapter 4: At Odds by @diggo26 - Rating: Mature - While staying with Oliver Queen for the summer as his tutor, Felicity gets invited to tour QC.

Till Your Last Breath by @walker-oliciter - Rating: Mature - She finally finds him. Her soulmate. Just in time to warn him about the countdown.

A Queen - Chapter 2: The Distraction by @missyriver - Rating: Teen and Up - Oliver finds Felicity badly hurt in Chapter one of this fic. In chapter 2, Felicity's resistant to what must be done. Oliver might have the perfect method of getting her to agree, though.

What Did You Do? by @imusuallyobsessed - Rating: Teen and Up - Oliver makes a change that Felicity's not too happy about.

we are the earth and the sky by @dreamsofolicity - Rating: Mature - Bratva Oliver Queen meets a girl in a pretty, floral dress in a bar.  What happens next no one could have guessed.

Olicity Hiatus 2017 Prompts - Chapter 4: At Odds by @diggo26 - Rating: Explicit - In the future where Starling is lost, Felicity Smoak stands and does the best she can for the people of her city. The powers that be find her existence... problematic. So they send their best after her.

And our fanart submission for the week by @rua1412:

I try to get all of your fantastic stories every week, but inadvertently I may miss one or two. Please let me know if you don't see your fic on here and I'll correct the oversight ASAP. Also, check the olicityhiatusficathon to make sure I've reblogged your submission for the week, every week, to make sure it's not missing from there before I make my summary post. That's the main source I work from when I make this list, and then try to supplement from other areas.

Tags:

@missyriver @almondblossomme @spaztronautwriter @wherethereissmoak @felicityollies @cainc3 @wanhani @dust2dust34 @cruzrogue @hope-for-olicity @babblekween @dmichellewrites @callistawolf @the-queenfamily @angelalafan @bokayjunkie @moonbebesworld @scu11y22 @jamyjan @crankyandbitchy @geniewithwifi @smoakingskye @writewithurheart @some1foundme @xxlisaxxx @nerdyandturdy @aussieforgood @imusuallyobsessed @leonie1988 @miriam1779 @diggo26 @amphoteros @tdgal1 @queensoverwatch @jedichick04 @walker-oliciter @squidbillybritt @green-arrows-of-karamel @uhhmanderrmitch @overwatchqueens @smoakmonster @ourwritinginvein @pls-moi @spacemomnephmoreau @gypsyfire1066 @creativelylisa @sharingmyworld @laurabelle2930 @overwatchandarrow @pennedbyv @dinzbinz @jlr1224 @crazycrystal10 @ccdimples88 @perfectlittlesoul @mariposablue9 @rua1412 @dreamsofolicity @quiveringbunny @thearrowandhisgirlwednesday @mammashof @eilowyn1 @xblondepiratesopheeex @1106angel @onceuponanolicity @fallingmeleth @mel-loves-all @releaseurinhibitions @purselover2 @thatmasquedgirl @babblingblondegenius @bitchwithwifii @faeriefantasy @olicitysmoaky @lover4eternity @a-w-mouse @rynflo @c0bra5nak3 @wetsuiton @charlinert @laureningall @madhaj @arrowfan437 @herskirtsarentthatshort @obibaldwin

[l0chn3ss]

I SEEYOU REBLOGGING THOSE WHICH-OC-WOULD POST TELL ME ABOUT YOUR CHILDREN PLS MY SOUL NEEDS WHO ARE THEY

YOU BRING ME TEARS OF PURE JOY DURING THE DARKEST DAY OF THE WEEK

I have three children so far and all three are a part of the ToT story I’m currently plotting, short for “The Tome of Tombs.” As a background for this story, when someone dies because of external forces and not an age-ly old death (maybe this may change), their body leaves behind a book in its place detailing every single life event and memory of that person, personalized to fit secrets and summarized important moments through that person’s entire life span. More details later or on a more private convo :3 I have a basic idea going but you caught me just barely creating this so I hope this is enough!

The first child is Cinder Mactare- 

I was fortunate and lucky enough for blessed @mrsashketchum to draw our lovely bby girl! she posted it here.

Cinder is the protagonist of the story The Tome of Tombs, a chaotic (though outwardly she looks lawful) good sweet gentle orphan muffin with too much money and not enough stories in her life. Everything in her life is seemingly perfect– shes very popular and volunteers with every philanthropy imaginable and loved by everyone and exceeds all expectations, (picture perfect) but she is passive aggressive, very manipulative in the sense that she can control a situation to benefit her (for good or for self benefit, usually to protect the underdog), and she is a bookworm.

She has a fatal flaw that is what sets the plot into motion, which is that she desires knowledge past what anyone can provide for her– alive that is. She wants to know everything, is a little bit of a kleptomaniac, and her greatest happiness is curling up in the sun with secrets no one else has discovered yet. (copy and pasted from a previous post here)

Additional information that I have on her now is that she is a sweet girl but with grey as fuck morals when it comes to knowledge. Absolutely well loved and lives in an inherited mansion with live-in servants who have known her since birth. She has a secret catacomb just full of books and collected letter openers which she uses as bookmarks as well as an upstairs library of rare books that she has an unhealthy obsession over. Her favorite color is 100% light pink and she loves a good mystery. While she isn’t the type to have close friends, her best friend since childhood is Amber, who she still can’t bring herself to trust with her life.

Also spoiler alert: bae is a serial killer, the cutest

Second child is Ashton Libellus-

This moody awkward child also comes from old money, but he is much less eager to use it and would much prefer wading around in the shadows, not drawing attention to himself. He’s a smart lad, especially because he comes from a genius family with more secrets than Cinder herself. Fretting, blushing, and unwilling to help anyone except for himself, everything changes when his uncle is murdered. He needs to learn to be generous and to help others and to even accept the help being offered to him, but it’s much easier said than done. You gotta care for other people my son.

Enlisting Cinder’s help after finding out that her family is part of an underground society of gross rich people, he goes on a search for his uncle’s murderer to take back his Life Book, which contains secrets that could potentially ruin his family. (his own fam is a part of it, but he’d rather be burned than ask for their help; hello estranged son) He quickly figured out that his uncle was killed and the book was stolen for the contents, which is why he wants to find it again.

He meets Cinder in middle school, introduced by his parents who wanted him to take a liking to her (hello match making). From this experience, he actively avoided her for the rest of his life until high school when he was forced to partner up with her for a project. He grumbles, knowing that Cinder can pass without him and his help, but he gets the feeling that Cinder isn’t that perfect child she wants people to believe.

Third child is Amber Coroner-

Amber shares everything with Cinder, from her dreams to her nightmares. She is always seeking the truth and doing what is morally correct to her and is readily trusting anyone until they’ve proven her wrong. Cinder tries her best to swerve Amber away from anyone who tries to manipulate her and avoids asking for too much from Amber too (is it out of pity or actual feelings of compassion?). She runs the school newspaper and is constantly given shit over how persistent she is, though people do enjoy reading her conspiracy theories and other front page spreads that she writes.

Her family is very immersed into a religious faction that does not accept the existence of Life Books and so they burn any that they find-- which is the only way to truly destroy it. The life of the individual belongs solely to themselves, and people who hunt for those books must be persecuted. While Amber doesn’t like destruction of any sort of truth, she knows in her heart that those books are not something that should be coveted.

Yes the fire motifs are intentional. Yes there is a plot device to this.

edit: it’s 9/6/17 and i just finished answering this ask which is a year old. im. sorry. you still bring me joy in the darkest days kirste ily. It’s still v small and my ocs are still wee and teeny but I hope that they can grow with time~