#ratrants

[a-rats-hat]

You'll notice that some of my OCs have neoprouns, some of them had them before, some I have added on as I got to know the character.

Before now, I didn't put those pronouns online because I was worried about harrassment or judgment. But! I have decided that actually I don't care what people think, and the block button is a wonderful tool. It's my page, and my character will use whatever pronouns they want.

[soppingwetrat]

some thoughts about Chester/Jon, Norris/Martin and Augustus/Jonah

reasons why i think Chester, Norris and Augustus really are Jon, Martin and Jonah:

- Chester's statements: curiosity that consumes you, the magnus institute, doing something dangerous and scary because you get enjoyment from felling fear, voyeur as a film name (very subtle), all very very Jon-like

- Norris' statements: losing the person you love, the person you love is not themselves anymore, having to kill the person you love, loneliness, being left completely alone and starting to enjoy it, all very Martin-like (also mentions of jasmine, which you can make tea from. this is nothing but it amuses me)

- Augustus statements: willingly doing something at the cost of your and eventually other's wellbeing, thirst for power and doing whatever it takes to get it, the statement itself being written as a letter/will (granted these aren't the strongest connections to Jonah Magnus, but we've only heard Augustus once so I'm sure it'll be clearer when we hear more from him)

- Chester reading out the words 'a blast from the past'. i believe that Jon heard Sam saying this about the magnus institute and then chose to say it while he was in the room to attract his attention and get him to investigate further

- the voice actors are the same. this isn't really that strong of a connection, but given that Jonny and Alex are playing 'characters' whose names aren't official and could be revealed to be something/someone else is. very convenient

- we never heard Jonah Magnus' original voice, so i do believe that Augustus is him. I've seen ppl saying that Augustus is actually Leitner, but i don't think it is bcs i really don't see how he could serve the plot in any way. also his va isn't the same, and it could be true that they just decided to change it, but given that they literally decided to kill off sasha instead of tim bc her original va couldn't work with them longer, i highly doubt that's the case

- because i miss my boys and i said so

now that i convinced you that i am 100% correct and right about everything, here are my thoughts on what role they'll play in the overarching plot:

- first off, there's the question of wether or not Jon, Martin and Jonah are the ones spying on the OIAR and controlling the computers/cctv/speakers (all technology in the building basically)

- if they are, it means that them being freed is something that has to be an endgame thing, since there would be no in-universe explanation as to how we're still listening to the podcast if no one is spying on everyone. i don't think this will happen, because having characters from tma be the endgame for tmagp is kinda lame and doesn't let tmagp fully stand on its own

- there is the option of Jon being the big bad of the series/season??? which would be cool and also very tragic, seeing him finally loose the last shreds of humanity he has left, but again. having to consume a whole other piece of media in order to fully understand the first one is. very lame. i don't think they would ever do this

- the other option is them simply being trapped in whatever is actually controlling all the tech, which i think is actually the case. i think that this reality's version of the Web is the one in control (either of all the weird spying computers, or of the OIAR itself, much how the whole magnus institute was controlled by The Eye), and Jon, Martin and Jonah are trapped in it, which given how tma ended makes complete sense

- i think Jon and Martin are gonna get the Gerry Keay treatment. they're gonna show up somehow, help the characters out and explain the concept of fears to them, then they'll get killed or somehoew trapped again, or whatever other extremely tragic thing. they are way too op to become actual recurring characters of tmagp, not to mention that, again, this wouldn't really allow tmagp to stand on it's own as a story

- as for Jonah, i have absolutely no idea what his role could possibly be. i doubt he's going to be any kind of villain, but i also doubt he'd be helpful to any of the characters. this is the only thing that kinda makes me doubt that Augustus is Jonah, but i do still believe it's him, i just think it's too early to tell what his role may be

- the other alternative is that we never actually see Jon, Martin or Jonah. we get some sort of confirmation that it's them, most likely from a statement, but we never hear from them nor do the characters ever get to hear their story. honestly this would be the most tragic since Jon would become 'just another mystery' with the knowledge that he doomed another world, Martin would never get the chance to see Jon again and forever feel guilty for his death and Jonah would never get to reclaim his power or his immortality in any meaningful way

so yeah. anyway im very much invested in the mystery of tmagp and i can't wait for more info/clues

[sweaterrat]

Part 2?

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Okay so. In some of your posts you draw niyah (Self insert/you irl, if im gathering correctly) but in others there's a something-eared little fellow, like in the asking for hugs post. Is that a sona? If so, is there a ref or something? I want to hop on the hug bandwagon!!!

I have a lot of ideas for my own au and Self insert / oc, and I guess what I wanted to say is if you would like to hear them? If not, it's okay. I'll just talk my mom's ear off xd. Was going to take about them here, but I think it's more appropriate

Also... just so I know about rules and boundaries. How do you feel about other people shipping with Donnie? Is that something that makes you uncomfortable? Are are you neutral on it? Or do you like to gush with fellow fans (like I do)?

If you are uncomfortable 'sharing' it's fine, I won't ever bring it up again. Just need to know to avoid making you feel bad, I dont want to do that ever!

-A shy Moon 🌙 ✨️

Oh yes yes! My sona! I don’t have a very good ref of her but I do have this!

Her name is Toast! (Another name I like to go by, but I didn’t wanna confuse you dorks lol) Toast is a shapeshifter (so she has a rat form (cough cough sweater rat)) The lol things on top of her head or actually horns! I see a lot of people draw em as little ears or something and honestly it’s cute as hell 💛💛💛 I love when people draw Toast IT MAKES ME SO HAPPYYY

And ofc I’d love to hear about your self insert AU!! You’re such a sweetheart so it’s the least I can do :]]!!

How I feel about other people shipping OC’s or themselves with Donnie? While I’m the jealous type (I’m trying to get better I swear 💀💀💀🕊️), who am I to stop anyone lol. I do actually enjoy seeing other peoples art and stuff! It makes me happy that I’m not the only weirdo (/lh) around 💀. The SECOND someone mentions Donnie, I’m pulling up with the whole plot of Portals!Au and all my ship art. ( thanks to my loud ass friends, I’m known as the girl who likes Donnie. Somehow my therapist found out too, good lawrd 😭)

GUSH TO ME I WANNA HEAR!!! ITS SO FUN INTERACTING WITH YOU GUYS!! I’m so happy I popped in on tumblr again, I would’ve never gotten to meet you gorgeous people 💛💛💛 YOU GUYS ARE JUST SO SWEET AND MAKE MY DAY EVERY DAY!!!

Holy garbage cans, sorry for the huge rant lmao

Have a wonderful day, Moon!! Thank you so much for the art, it was absolutely lovely ^^🫶🫶🫶🫶

— Your Pal, Niyah 💛

[sadlittleratboy]

Apparently Jeremy Renner trained under actual Olympic archers and they let him shoot a real fucking bow. Hopefully it was an actual compound like Hawkeye seems to be using, but like...he learned nothing regardless. Form and finger placement are mostly the same between compound and recurve (think old-school bow, Skyrim/fantasy style, which is what Olympic archers use. I mean I shot recurve first, but briefly, and that was over ten years ago, so I promise I remember less about recurve, but I know you still hold the string the same. His ENTIRE FORM is disgusting, but the part that drives me the most batshit rabid is his fingers. HE IS LITERALLY WEARING A THREE FINGERED GLOVE. WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT'S FOR JEREMY?

THE FUCKING PINCH OH MY GOD. So like I was never that good at archery. My aim was shit and I shot left-handed like my father despite us both being right handed. In fact, I bet my form wasn't perfect either, but like...the first thing you learn is how to knock an arrow (put the plastic u shaped arrow end against the string and hold it there to shoot). Can you guess what fingers you use? Based on that VERY REAL ARCHERY GLOVE??

Pinching is so uncomfortable, like you literally couldn't shoot like that. The arrow would have zero control, and a real compound bow has weight to the draw, so you'd struggle to even draw (pull the string back to shoot) like that, since you draw with your arrow knocked. The average draw weight of a compound bow is 40 - 80 pounds. When I was shooting I was a kid, so I think mine was 30. Comfortable, but it still takes force to draw.

Compounds, unlike recurve, almost lock (for lack of a better word) once drawn. Basically, when you get past a certain draw point, you no longer feel the force it takes to draw the bow. Recurve bows are basically the bow and the string, so you hold that force until you shoot. So like, it wouldn't be that hard (maybe) to pinch an arrow once drawn, but to draw it like that?? I literally can't imagine how uncomfortable that would be, like that would hurt your thumb. I mean, I doubt his bow had any weight to it, because if it was a regular compound bow with force to the draw, filming multiple takes of fast firing arrows would be uncomfortable. Actual Hawkeye literally could not shoot like that, though.

Anyway, I'm by no means an expert and I haven't shot in years, but this is the BASICS. I do know that some recurve bows don't require you to hold the knocked arrow between your fingers, but you still pull back with the same three fingers. The only time you don't draw like this is when you have a trigger release, which Hawkeye clearly does not have. It would take too long to set back up anyway.

Anyway, another RatRant today for some reason. My Adderall is not taking me to a productive place lol

[i-have-no-soul]

y'know one thing I hate? when people say rats are gross or unintelligent. they clean themselves constantly, they're intelligent, and most of all, they're highly social. why do they think we test things on rats? because they're smart! they have sympathy for other rats! All for the word rat to be used as an insult. I call this a ratrant

YEAH RATS ARE SMART! 

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[sadlittleratboy]

The thing I hate about suspension of disbelief arguments is that often people use them to excuse things that aren't related to the disbelief I'm suspending to the story, or just straight plot holes.

For example, the scene in the first Dr. Strange movie where Strange is transported to Everest is impossible, and not because they took a magic portal. I'm fine with that, obviously, I'm watching a magic movie about magic, I've suspended my disbelief there and I accept that this is a movie where this is normal.

However, if you were to go up in altitude that quickly, especially with Everest where breathing is so difficult people describe it as running on a treadmill and breathing through a straw, you would pass out and die soon after. "It's a movie about magic, it's not supposed to be realistic." Okay but why not?

Strange is human. I can accept that maybe the Sourcerer Supreme, especially one drawing power from the dark dimension, might be able to handle those conditions so suddenly. I can accept that they went through a portal to get there, in fact, THAT'S THE PROBLEM. There is no reason why the rules of Everest wouldn't work as they normally do!

Is this lazy writing? I can't say, because I don't know that I'd even think about that myself if I didn't already know it. It is, however, incorrect. Suspension of disbelief doesn't count here, and I have that problem so often with fantasy settings.

To be clear, I'm not fucking cinemasins. The weird fish slithering around in Alice in Wonderland makes sense, because Wonderland doesn't make sense! Scientifically the fish shouldn't be able to move like that, but it also shouldn't be able to talk, and I don't know how this fish differs from real, normal fish.

That is suspension of disbelief. Accepting portals as a form of transport is suspension of disbelief. Believing that a human like strange wouldn't pass out immediately upon stepping out into Everest's freezing high altitude with low oxygen is not suspension of disbelief. It is for The Ancient One, because I have no idea how her body has been changed/fortified, and no reason to believe that she couldn't potentially be stronger than most humans in this way, but not for strange.

Thank you for coming to my RatRant.