#reactors out of context

[reactorsoutofcontext]

"Yuri on Ice aired at 2:30 AM in the morning. The gay witching hour. They could do whatever they wanted."

-hbomberguy

[amischiefofmuses]

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[postsforposting]

seriously mean

you can see what you like in fiction, blah blah blah, projecting onto characters is fun, etc

though it really seems like i watched a completely different movie from everyone else's deadpool and wolverine. they hate each other??? logan's a short fuse who doesn't control himself???

logan doesn't attack wade or the bartender despite the insults and the manhandling. no one's afraid of him, everyone stayed put instead of running.

logan outright says "talk about something else". not "shut the fuck up", not "you are so fucking annoying". a directive to continue yapping. just not about the suit. that's literally "keep going". he listened for however long they were walking and in the car, and he was actually LISTENING. he wasn't tuning it out. he wouldn't have known about vanessa and the avengers and the previous xmen adventures if he didn't care about what wade was saying.

all the "insults" that are actual insults only happen when wade's killed someone--after johnny dies, after nicepool dies. logan calls him an asshole after the first cassandra meeting, but in the context of his yapping having just killed johnny and nearly themselves too.

but he immediately asks for his input and then lets him yap again in the diner and all the way to the car fight. he doesn't use insults at all until after wade gets johnny killed, even though wade starts out insulting him in the bar and immediately in the void with "ape". though was he insulting logan or was it a compliment to his inhuman half, designed like an insult? logan's the one who gets down on all fours like an animal in the first fight scene, after wade's said "this is gonna be good". from how easily logan takes down sabretooth, we know that fight was pure fooling around.

logan's not mad when he finds out his universe can't be fixed, because he'll happily trade his past for wade's future--twice, going in the reactor and again when he doesn't demand to return to his own universe. a world without wade isn't one he wants. he makes to walk away because he needs to know if wade will call his name, just as logan called wade's in the reactor. and again, wade's an idiot and annoying in the reactor because he's about to kill someone again--himself.

at the end he says the avengers would be lucky to have wade. that's sincere. he was going to walk off, but chose to turn around and stay with wade. not because he had nowhere else to go, but because he likes the guy he just complimented. when meeting al, wade's throwing gross nonsense and logan is FOND and laughing along. that isn't disgust or frustration.

this is without getting into the motif that "taking the piss", aka insults aka verbal assaults, is "pulling your leg"--a joke. it's not meant seriously. it's flirting, foreplay, feeling each other out: physical violence is sex; verbal violence is first base.

so a mean joke isn't seriously like that but it very much definitely IS...."""like that""", in all seriousness. if you're insulting someone, you're "giving them an excuse", a come on to fucking go. an invite to...come....at? on?.....you. wade and logan both see right through the fourth wall, so this isn't only metatextual but also literally textual. they know what they're playing at.

a joke can also be an excuse to say one thing and mean another, like nicepool claiming to be nice while actually being rude. so if you act like you're mean.....you're saving the good stuff for special occasions. for someone who wants to have a go at you. it's why wade gets all breathy flustered in the car as they're....not playing nicely with each other. you gotta be....seriously mean.... if you wanna get under someone's skin....to live rent free with them. like family does. it's a callback to dp1: if you're paying for it, then you're only renting love, it's not a real happily ever after.

there's also a motif going on with costumes and masks making you "a different person", hence why wade and logan have radically different personalities in and out of their suits/masks. it's why wade takes off his mask to say nice things that he sincerely means.

[prettyboypistol]

Mercs reaction to safe word use?

Mers Reacting to Safeword Use! (+18)

scout

confused for a second, then realizes that you said the safeword

literally jolts back and starts rapid fire apologizing, asking what you didn't like/what he shouldn't do

would probably not want to continue the hot n heavy aspect, but would be down for lovey-dovey intimacy(be it sex or just cuddling)

soldier

literally freezes when you say it, then gets close and whispers "did i scare you?" in the most vulnerable voice you've ever heard from him as he kisses your cheeks slowly in apology over and over again

feels super guilty about it, but once you explain why you used the safeword, he's a little relieved that he didn't terrify you

kisses and hugs before going back to business!

pyro

pauses as they try to understand what you said- that word didn't sound happy... OH SHIT

lets you make the first move to them, scared that they might scare you, but their hands are up and they're clearly concerned for you.

probably too worried that the stress will cause a relapse into Pyroland, so no more sex, but you get a super loving partner to cuddle up to!

Demoman

the chillest reactor you're gonna get.

"Oh, sorry mate." and pulls away "you down to keep going or was that too much?"

He's so down to go your speed after that, but if you just want to stop a certain action and for him to keep his energy, he can absolutely do that!

Heavy

the second chillest reaction, but he assumes that you've changed your mind about sleeping with him because a lot of people reject him because of how big he is down there (and everywhere else, but that doesn't bother him really.)

"Are you okay? Did I hurt you?"

After a little talking, you two are perfectly fine again and sharing kisses before back to having fun.

Engie

somehow worse than Scout

panics about hurting you, apologizes for being a brute and coming off demanding/not being a gentleman, he doesn't know whether to cover his face with his hands or hug you

Sadly it ends with you mostly comforting him haha, he's just worried he hurt or scared you! He's terrified of you being intimidated of him!

Spy

Third chillest reaction, mainly due to his sass factor.

He won't demean you for using the safe word, but he will crack a joke like "Oh, can't handle the heat? Alright love, we can turn it down a bit."

Doesn't check in on you, but intrinsically knows what you safeworded about due to body language and context. He doesn't make a big deal out of it- safewords are normal to him. It's not an issue

Medic

a little upset he scared you, but also upset that he couldn't go full crazy yk? Like of course you take priority, but he wasn't going to actually inject you with horse steroids!!! (maybe)

Abides by your boundaries and kisses it better

Lowkey wants to talk about it later but doesn't know how to bring it up

Sniper

the most INSECURE MF

if you safeword with sniper, he immediately disengages and pulls away out of shame and self-doubt that he can please you or have sex with you right

he apologizes and gives you comfort, but it's eating away at him inside that "he can't even fuck right"

[pen-and-umbra]

After some thought, it's probably best that SE gave Sephiroth a source of regret that influenced his future life. It is consistent with the events unfolding in Crisis Core and provides more insight into his state of mind following Genesis' desertion.

In Ever Crisis: First Soldier, Sephiroth was faced with a choice: either follow the request to kill someone or allow the people he had grown to care about to die. The decision resulted in a squabble with Glenn and a degree of estrangement. Later, EC Wutai segment shows that the event had left a lasting impact. Not only does Sephiroth appear to be more reluctant to resort to violence first thanks to Glenn, but he is implied to lament the fact that he couldn't save everyone (Rosen).

This contrast is evident in the inner conflict of being praised as a 'hero' (a manufactured image) versus the reality of being one. Sephiroth resolves to embody a true hero, striving to uphold strength and 'save everyone,' avoiding the difficult decisions of choosing who lives or dies as well as the burden of killing or witnessing death under his command. Sephiroth failed to convince Rosen and failed to find another way that brought about no casualties. Even ten years later, he pushes himself to clear a path for cornered grunts, fueled by his insecurity over past failures.

This insecurity also connects nicely to the events of Crisis Core. Sephiroth pushed those missions on Zack because he had a history of failing to persuade someone (Rosen) to change their minds, and the prospect of reliving the same situation while confronted with someone he cared about was unthinkable. It demonstrates that Rosen's case affected Sephiroth, leaving a lasting impression on his actions and decisions.

Even further, the desire to save and prevent casualties is evident in FFVII Rebirth, when the ShinRA squad, led by Zack and Sephiroth, is flung into the mountain stream after the rope bridge collapses. Sephiroth successfully grabs younger Tifa, but is unable to reach another grunt in time. The camera stays on the scene for a while, focusing on his slightly haunted expression.

Following the cut, Sephiroth spends hours looking for his washed-away squadmate. Allow it to sink. After two hours, the rest of the company was still recovering from a dip in a harsh stream, but he was up and about, scouting the cross-country area and going out of his way to find the missing rank-and-file. It's a testament to more than just physical endurance. It strikes a stark contrast to how the episode concluded in the original game, where Sephiroth chose not to search for the missing person, leaving them potentially stranded or deceased. In the remake, it was clear he disliked losing people.

And yet, despite the efforts, it just kept happening. He couldn't save Angeal, he couldn't sway Genesis. By the time he arrives at the Nibelheim reactor, his confidence in his ability to save the day must have plummeted.

It oddly echoes what Cloud goes through at the beginning of Advent Children. And, chillingly, an illusory Sephiroth in Sector 8 in the first part of the remake delivers a biting remark to Cloud:

“You are too weak to save anyone. Not even yourself”.

Which sounds almost projection-like in the context of a broader compilation.

@pen-and-umbra

[natequarter]

just one last timeblr thing and then i swear

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just watched the president of gallifrey down a bottle of ibuprofen citing 'what's the worst it can do, kill me?' mum come pick me up i'm scared

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ok so apparenly time lords are immune to ibuprofen. why did the professor not just tell me this when i asked

#ace speaks #literally he stood in front of me whilst i was watching all of this and said. nothing. #i was thinking romana might DIE and he said NOTHING #duuuude i hate this shitass plsnet

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watching some 90s earth show with ace let's see how this goes

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oh no she's hot

#shut up romana #might have to use that as my next face... #also who thinks buffy and spike should kiss #btvs #<- new tag!

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💣 commiedyke Follow

hey why did the professor die and turn into a prettyboy

#ace speaks #like wtf not even a warning? #unwarranted #imagine if your dad turned into a cute edwardian one day and then he lost his memory #yeah i know my struggles are unique

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watching buffy with the lads (<- a couple of loser time lords + leela) let's see how badly this goes lol

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UPDATE: romana just said the vampire lady was hot shit (not in those exact words but you get me) and tbh she's not wrong

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her exact words were "i'd die to be her" btw

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UPDATE 2: she did die to be her

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yeah this has happened before :p

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w. what do you mean. before. professor what do you mean before. professor????/

#ace speaks #he can't keep getting away with this

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⚔️ warqueenextraordinaire Follow

Just regenerated. Thoughts?

💣 commiedyke Follow

WHAT THE FUCK DUDE

⚔️ warqueenextraordinaire Follow

I'll take that as a no then

#Harsh

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guys i solved it. it's maff boy

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Can you fucking STOP

#he'll never know if he was right and you keep MOCKING HIM???

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leela just told me she doesn't have periods????? never mind 'other mammals don't do this' apparently other HUMANS don't do this? we can evolve that shit out??? brb killing myself

#ace speaks #more like ace SCREAMS amirite lads

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ineed hium ttothrow me intotthe hesrrt of acnucelar reactor. ansd causeeworld war rthee.

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Does anyone else on this website ship Scully and Mulder or is it just me

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i regret getting you into 90s scifi so much

#you have no idea

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What is "Friends"?

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posts that are funnier without context

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[paper-mario-wiki]

one of the things that appeals to me the most about the idea of a reaction video is the chance it allows me to break out from the opinions of not only people who are already aware of something i like, but also from people who might already have a significant amount of context for the thing they're engaging with. when watching a lets play of someone playing the new final fantasy, i will not be as entertained by their reactions because, to some extent, they already know what to expect broadly from the game. beyond that, even if it's a streamer who HASN'T played final fantasy, but is nonetheless connected to the greater sphere of gaming knowledge that would have passively instilled in them basic knowledge of things like chocobos and sephiroth and the buster sword and whatnot, there is still diminished impact in their opinions, because their opinions had at some point already been tempered by foreknowledge of some kind.

i have been enjoying the fallout show a great deal. i think that the quality of it is undeniable (pirate it, by the way), which means that the people watching the show are getting an accurate sampling of not just the setting and atmosphere of the games, but also the writing, the depth of the world design which has been built up over decades, and even to some extent the GAMEPLAY, as the story of the show matches the pace of a main story in the games in their sidetrackability (the golden rule of the wasteland "thou shall get sidetracked by bullshit every time"). that quality (and the positive reviews that come with it) leads to a much broader spectrum of reaction videos coming from it.

what i mean to say with all of this is that i find it incredibly enjoyable to watch, like, some 40 year old piano teacher (this is a random description, i havent actually seen any musician-type reactors watching fallout) who doesn't play video games form sincere and thorough theories about what vault-tec is up to, and critiquing the guiding principles of the brotherhood of steel, and commenting on the nature of discrimination against mutants, is VERY enjoyable to me. i think that observations which are not based in preconceived notions of what you already may know about the media can be so much richer to take in.

[aeserathedreamer]

Remembered another convo i had with that same friend.

They asked something like “why do the eversions of the trios in wktd and hwbm look and feel so different? The wktd feel much more human than the everted hwbm trio”

And it gave me so many thoughts that im gonna compile (hopefully) all in this post.

Ok the first thing to look at their different contexts, and what eversions mean for each.

So the wktd trio are in a conservative religous environment of the midwest, eversion is embracing the non-human, in this cultural context what is human is a much narrower definition, any queerness is seen as inhuman and other.

In comparison to the hwbm trio, who grew up in space, free to define themselves, their context of being human was much wider, and thus to not be human far stranger.

The wktd trio while inhuman, were still concepts a human can somewhat conceive of and also retained some human components, an angel of light and eyes, a storm of blood and hands, a flood that is a witch.

The hwbm are less nailed down, they fused with their ship-selves, but they also became so much more, bands of stars and nebula and things just at the corner of your eye.

Another component to consider, on the final set of days intro, Saturn says “The shortcut to attaining it is to forsake everything that humans already are.” I think another component is that the wktd did it the hard way, despite all the pain and risk, they stuck together and embraced what made them inhuman, they didnt quite let go of being human, not to the extent children of space do post-cm ending.

Which leads to why? Well i think its cause the differences between the terrestrial and stellar existential threats, the latter were always much weaker than their terrestrial counterparts. And thus the ability to evert much more difficult, They could never possess people like back on Earth, but you can become it by using a gravity reactor and turning inside our, letting go, and embracing the unknown.

Whereas the wktd, were able to assert themselves despite the overwhelming culture-gravity pressure, and thus a more powerful existential threat, they didnt have a shortcut.

Also this is just my ambient thoughts after typing it all out, but i wonder if the fact that in wktd, the “devil” is described loosely, always with fear and losthing, whereas hwbm the existential threats are clearly defined, maybe not measure, and do you measure all that isnt? And so with those cultural contexts each of the girls eversions are expressions of what they think their respective existential threats are.

[thisbuildinghasfeelings]

FINAL EMERGENCY THEORY

Obviously we have an asteroid coming, but in true Lone Star fashion, they are going big with this final emergency so an asteroid alone isn't enough!

For a while now, I've felt pretty sure that the asteroid impact itself wasn't going to be the true danger but would instead be the thing to trigger the true danger. Since the asteroid should be making impact at the end of episode 11 (according to the leaked episode 11 call sheet from back in June), it's clear that they will be dealing with a post-asteroid emergency/emergencies in episode 12.

I had some speculation about what exactly the final emergency would be, and that's come into clearer focus the last couple weeks.

In this TV Insider article from about 10 days ago, Rashad confirmed my suspicion that the place the asteroid is going to hit will be important.

Then in a few Natacha interviews from after episode 10 (like this one), Natacha kept mentioning the word NUCLEAR.

So from this we knew that the writers looked at places actually in Austin to find the worst possible place for the asteroid to hit, and we knew that NUCLEAR probably has something to do with it. This got me googling, and I came up with this:

There's a nuclear reactor at UT Austin!

The Owen sneak peek released this morning confirms that there is indeed a nuclear meltdown imminent. My guess is that it has to be happening at this UT nuclear reactor since there isn't another nuclear reactor in the city of Austin.

Some of the end of filming BTS also supports this conclusion. They did outdoor filming at a real university:

That's clearly going to be this scene from the episode 12 stills:

Around the same time, they were also filming in school hallways:

Here's a video of them filming

And Natacha also posted a picture taken in the same location

So based on all of this, my theory is that the asteroid makes impact and causes some kind of damage to the nuclear reactor at UT. The 126 arrive at the university and eventually make their way to where the reactor is located. When they get there, they either get trapped or they're in a position where they can't stop the meltdown and can't get away in time so attempting an escape seems futile.

Based on what we've seen in promos, I think only the firefighters get really close. (The moments at the end of this promo when they're in the dark and apparently fearing the worst only show firefighters, not paramedics.) We also know that Carlos is going to be wearing a headset at dispatch:

I think this sets us up nicely for a moment with everyone working together. The firefighters on the ground trying to stop a nuclear meltdown, Wyatt and Carlos helping from dispatch, maybe the paramedics fighting to get to the firefighters to help them since it seems like there are going to be injuries...

This all sounds a lot like what Rashad has told us, that the "final sequence" has everyone working towards a singular goal:

However, there's no way this is the very end of the episode. I think there has to be some kind of wrap up afterwards, but I also think it's possible that Rashad meant "final sequence" in a different sense. Maybe their final action sequence or the final sequence they filmed. You never can tell with the wording used in these interviews since often quotes are chopped up and presented out of context.

Well, anyway, that's it. My final theory 🥺

(Credit to @she-walked-away for first floating this potential theory of them all working together in this particular way, and I think it makes more sense the more we find out!)

[helluvathings]

Random observation, but I've seen a lot of posts in this fandom that begin something like "I know everyone has been hating on (insert either Blitzø or Stolas), and it's unfair because..." And it's funny, because I remember a poll a while back asking who's in the right, and something like 70+ percent of respondents said they were both part of the problem. The vast majority is neutral.

I mean, obviously it's human nature where if you have a favorite, and people are writing essays against your favorite, it feels like that character is being attacked from all sides. But I wonder if part of the perception that either everyone is against Stolas, or everyone is against Blitzø, doesn't also have to do with the way feedback toward each tends to appear.

This is just experiential so take it with a grain of salt, but the comments on the episodes, as well as reaction videos, tend to be biased for Stolas. Which makes sense. He's more openly vulnerable. Seeing his pain is easier, and his mistakes are subtler. He expresses love, grief, and sorrow like a Disney princess, through song and romantic gestures. Since his mistakes are typically subtle and only really reacted to by Blitzø (bristly, temperamental) or Octavia (so-called angtsy teenager), they stand out less on a first watch.

Blitzø's mistakes are bigger, volatile. His pain manifests in an uglier way. On first watch, reactors tend to dismiss him as a jerk/idiot/or even a villain. But further analysis, context, deeper thought, add complexity to his character, and the more you consider Blitzø's perspective, the more serious Stolas's (accidental) missteps feel. In light of that, seeing all the initial positive responses to Stolas can be frustrating, because it's like no one is looking deeper: so essays/videos show up detailing all the reasons that yes, Stolas is wrong too, almost as a reaction to the more positive initial Stolas takes.

I do think there are more in-depth 'Stolas messed up' essays than Blitzø ones, because everyone knows Blitzø messed up. The show makes it clear. Stolas is less obvious. His issues haven't been strongly addressed in his character arc, and sometimes get glossed over by casual reactions/analyses. And that can get frustrating to people who want to see both sides.

At the same time, if you're a Stolas fan looking for reactions, the abundance of 'this is why Stolas isn't great' content probably does get discouraging. People sort of take his sympathetic qualities for granted, and dig into his flaws. While people take Blitzø's flaws for granted and dig into his sympathetic qualities.

At least that's my two-cents for why some fans seem to feel everyone is favoring one side or another, when it seems like most the fandom does recognize mutual fault.

[reactorsoutofcontext]

"I want bloodshed in everything. Comedys, romances, dramas, kids films, podcasts-"

"Podcasts?"

"-Religious events, sporting events, bat mitzvahs, bar mitzvahs-"

"Quinceaneras"

"-Toyotathon-"

"Sweet sixteen."

"-Honda days. Kwanzaa-"

"And my birthday!"

"-And Benji's birthday."

"Wow"

"Blood should be everywhere."

-The Pink Popcast

[chungledown-bimothy]

Top 10 battle maps on d20?

thank you for saying 10 lol (for the sake of fairness, I'm just going to talk about the physical maps in the dome- this is a Rick Perry et al appreciation post, as cool as the ones from Starstruck, TUC2, and The Seven (from what I've seen) are.)

THE BEAR. That goddamn motherfucking bear. Like, what the fuck, Aabria. The rest are gonna be listed by the episode title, but the bear deserves its own level of classification.

Deep Bleu Sea. The way it forced risky and/or very creative mobility, the boats moving, all of it.

Times Squaremageddon. I love it for all the same reasons as Deep Bleu Sea, the reason it's lower is because I like the ACOC aesthetic better than NYC lol

Reactor Charlie/The First Stoats. The puzzle in Reactor Charlie fucks SEVERELY, and how it transforms for The First Stoats is also such a big part of why I love it that I can't leave it out.

Scramble in the Sewers. The water rising was awesome both as a mechanic and how it was physically represented. And again, I love a mobility challenge.

Attacks on the Tracks. It was an actual, functioning model train. Incredible.

Arcade Ambush. Simpler in layout, but the challenge of possibly getting sucked into the games was really fun. And the context of it being in the first season, with its much lower budget than later seasons, cannot be ignored.

For Candia!. This one is a relatively unpopular opinion, I know, but I loved the swing they took with the scale change. The way it forced the players to literally look at the big picture and consider the tactical advantages and disadvantages of the two scales being offered to them. So we got the feeling of a proper siege taking back their castle as well as moments like the confrontation between Amethar and Calroy.

The Baron of Bricks. The wolf was in the soup and also the spoon tries to kill you.

The Ending of All Things. Say what you will about now Neverafter ended narratively, but the battle set FUCKED.

[ringleaderising]

PIGLET APPLICATION #01 TOOTH THE RESSURECTIONIST.

RULES OF ENGAGEMENT:

These Piglets are for lore clans with a tumblr presence (sideblog, FR posting on mainblogs, etc you simply have to be a lore clan who engages with the community here on tumblr.)

Other players with their siblings (and myself with their parents) will be not only welcome to but encouraged to write interclan letters/in character messages to their siblings, and you'll have to be okay with everything that comes with that (On-Site DMs, the potential of a message going unanswered/etc) I would also appreciate if you ping me for the stuff you do with them because I want to see what they get up to <3

If you win one of the siblings, please refrain from applying for another, this is so everyone interested gets an opportunity and a fair shake at taking one of the girls home!

If you're the selected winner, the dragon is yours to do what you please with! (Regene, change species, rename, change gender identities/pronoun preferences, etc) I ask only that you have a lore/character reason for breed or name changes, as they'll be connected to a wider group of dragons that would need to know these things (What kind of dragon their sibling has become, What to call them in letters, etc) and if you can keep them a modern breed so they can keep their cleavers, well that'd just be nice for their old man Pig.

Please honor the basic lore of the dragon you win, you're welcome to rewrite/reinterpret the lore they arrive with, but please don't eliminate that history entirely, since they'll be interwoven with other clans/players!

[and a big thank you to Khadjin for reminding me I never mentioned this yet!] my lore deviates pretty substantially from site lore. however every aspect can be explained within the context of the site, please don't feel like you have to adopt my headcanons to participate in these!- my "Lesser Gods" are nothing more than magically afflicted/overcharged spirits or magically mutated dragons created in a reactor explosion somewhere in Lightning and some timeloop silliness, and the 'Gaps' are highly concentrated leylines caused by this incident. the eleven gods of sornieth remain the only true gods in my lore much like the site on the whole!- the Piglets and their parents simply lived under the affliction of spirits, cults, and mutated dragons and contextualized them as "Gods" the very same way we create urban myth/legends. While they would know of The Host and the Gaps because of the direct effect both have had on their parents, they are not required to have continued to believe in them as "Higher beings" and can have learned in their time away from their family that these things are likely, little more than the arcane gone haywire.

BLANK APPLICATION

Please copy/paste and fill this out in a Reblog here on tumblr or send it to me through my submit box here so I can keep track of things on a per-dragon basis for the course of the 48-hours each application will be active!

FR Username/Numbers: Basic Clan Lore: (just a general description of the lore/area of your clan you intend to place this hatchling in!) Plans For Dragon: (A little description of any of your ideas, headcanons, story beats, etc you're thinking of for the dragon you're applying for! This can be anything you've got in mind, scries, outfits, etc, feel free to go as big or as little as you want, I wanna see what's going on in your head!) Intended Payment: (These dragons will be PWYW, but I need everyone to acknowledge they're not free, so whatever you're planning on paying/trading for them, even if you change your mind when the time comes, stick something here.)

RINGLEADER'S HEADCANONS

These are just some smaller lore bits and pieces you're welcome to use or disregard for each child, things that I couldn't fit into the bios in a way that made sense. much like the example outfit photo up-top, this is for fun or stuff to help get ideas flowing, if you're stuck!

Tooth has horrible first-child syndrome despite being the third-born, she wants her parents' (and others, really) approval in any way she can get it, which has led to a deathly competitive streak- dangerous in a dragon closer to a horror slasher than anything else.

Tooth is the child with the most heavy proclivity toward plague's flesh and bone sensibilities, and while this is fitting for a necromancer, it makes her look odd when engaging with hobbies that aren't hunting, killing, or doing strange magic- she's mildly self conscious about this.

Her tendency to pull her own teeth to create resurrection daggers has led to her using her mouth as an odd accessory, adorned with teeth carved from precious stones, metals, and various other souvenirs she's chosen.

She's one of the few members of the Piglets who actually has an innate sense of magic, as her talent with resurrection does not require any outside intervention beyond a focus for her powers!

THIS APPLICATION IS OPEN FROM 3 PM DECEMBER 2ND, 2024, TO 3 PM DECEMBER 4TH, 2024. REBLOGS AFTER THIS TIME WILL BE DISQUALIFIED FROM THE RUNNING.

Annnnd the auction pings for my tumblr lovelies!~:

@hor-wod-flir @harpyartisan @fuiran @terra-tortoise @bawkrya @pocketmouse-fr @spongyspingy-rising @avalonianrising @clansunsharp

[emdoesstufff]

Some random headcanons for my version of the mcu young avengers

Check out my timeline and aesthetic board posts for more context behind these things. I would really love to hear anyone else's headcanons or anything they'd like to add to this.

Eli Bradley-

He was super asthmatic before becoming a super soldier, like had to carry an inhaler everywhere with him

He is technically military, but just as Patriot

Wears his and his grandfather's dog tags

You best believe he copied that brown leather jacket Steve Rogers look

He was offered a different shield more similar to the current Captain America shield, but he opted to stick with the original shield design

Kate gave him a pair of red converse for his birthday once and he wears them on missions sometimes because he thinks they look good with his suit

Kate actually got him on docs too, he has a red pair of those too

The first time he went to New York City, he was absolutely amazed, Kate took him to the best pizza place

Harley Keener-

Him and Riri are the best friends ever, Riri likes to joke that it only works because she's a lesbian

Just like he left Peter E.D.I.T.H., Tony left Harley a new version he remade of Jarvis, it's the primary AI he uses now

Whenever he tells people he inherited Stark Industries, they immediately assume that he was Tony’s biological son because he really does look like he could be

When a mission went bad once, Harley ended up getting stabbed near his chest, and instead of undergoing surgery to fix his innards, he literally just put an arc reactor on his chest, he does eventually get it fixed for real though

He hides the Tennessee accent pretty well, but if he's comfortable enough, or drunk enough, he'll let it out

Before and after they're dating, Harley buys Cassie literally anything she wants, and anything she mentions ever, she was pretty annoyed at it at first, but eventually she accepted that there was nothing she could do about it

Cassie helped him to not be one of those rich people that people are talking about when they say "eat the rich", he's actually a pretty beloved billionaire

Kate Bishop-

Her and Clint realized it was pretty hard to communicate sometimes with the deafness, so they both learned sign language, and it comes in handy in all kinds of situations now

They also gave each other matching name signals, big hawk and little hawk

She loves to wear converse with her suit and she has a purple pair she always wears, once for his birthday, she gave Clint a matching pair, and even though he complains, he still wears them

Clint gave her an arrow necklace one time and even though he didn't tell her Natasha wore one like it, she could tell it was really important to him and she wears it all the time

She's babysat Nate so many times that she's become super used to referring to Clint as dad because of it, sometimes she accidentally does it when there are no kids around

Her and Yelena occasionally bring their dogs when they hang out and Lucky and Fanny are best dog friends now :)

People always say that she reminds then of Natasha, and she has to pretend like she isn't sad she never got to meet her

Her, Cassie, and Kamala are all best friends, but they always include America in everything

Kamala Khan-

She had no idea how, but she accidentally became Nick Fury's sort of right hand man, she was just doing so much stuff for S.H.I.E.L.D. and the new avengers initiative that it just kind of happened

Fury was super hesitant of her at first, but then he warms up and actually really likes her

When Kamala wants to bring Amadeus into S.H.I.E.L.D., everyone is still suspicious of him, but Fury is reminded of another ex-red room assassin that he trusted and brings him on anyway

She gets super into working at S.H.I.E.L.D. and doesn't see her family for months at a time, she feels super bad about it, but she loves what she does so much she can't really help that happens

She kinda assumed that after a while Harley or Eli would take over as team leader, but they never do, always giving Kamala her rightful position

When she meets America for the first time, she is super surprised when she fangirls over her, but when she tells her it's because she's also a brown female superhero, her heart absolutely melts

She loves training with Amadeus, knowing he's someone she can't hurt, he doesn't say it, but he feels the exact same way

Literally no one is surprised when they start dating

Cassie Lang-

Since starting at NYU, she was arrested four times, luckily Harley had enough money for bail

The police lay off on her mostly once she starts being active with the Avengers

She's really a genius when it comes to Quantum Physics, her grandpa taught her basically everything he knows, Scott knows quite a bit about the subject, but Cassie loves to remind him that she knows more

Scott is always completely befuddled about where grumpy old man Hank goes when it comes to Cassie, she's like his favorite person in the world

She tried to hide the superhero stuff from her mom, but one time she forgets her mom is in the room and casually shrinks down like she would if she hadn't been there

She doesn't tell any of her family when she starts dating Harley, afraid of how they'll react since he's a Stark and there's always been a rivalry there, but once they meet him, they actually really love him

She has an Eat The Rich T-shirt even though the Pym family is actually really wealthy, Harley loves to make fun of her for it

She's actually really good friends with Eli, liking that he stands for America, but still always calls the government out on its shit

Amadeus Cho-

He fanboyed when he met Bruce the first time, but now he actually considers him the father figure he never had

His fighting outfits usually look like a mix between Hawkeye and the Winter Soldier

It might be a little cliche for someone who was altered by gamma radiation, but he's always had some anger issues (that Hydra loved to utilize)

His and Harley's friendship is so similar to Bruce and Tony’s it's actually crazy

Literally the seventh smartest person in the world

The older Avengers clocked that he must've had some red room training almost immediately, because he fights so much like Natasha

He told Kamala all about Alex, and she never told him, but she always kept a look out for little blond boys that were rescued from bad situations, just in case he came up somewhere

He ends up getting six PHDs throughout his time, but stops there because he kind of wants Bruce to be a little ahead of him so he'll always feel like a mentor to him

The first time he met Kamala's parents, he kind of expects to be disliked because of what Kamala has said about her parents and boys, but they actually really love him, Kamala says she's pretty sure it's because he's an Asian genius

He can ride a motorcycle and it's pretty badass

Riri Williams-

She had a HUGE lesbian crush on Shuri when they met and she just assumed it was a silly little thing, but when she learns Shuri is also gay, she's convinced she has a chance

She doesn't really get his she ended up being best friends with Harley, but she loves to mess with him

She met Rhodey once and he was a little confused by her, but she was really funny so he liked her

Harley finds FRIDAY in Tony’s old stuff and gives it to Riri to use as her suit AI, the whole team basically uses Jarvis all the time though

She goes back to Wakanda all the time and she's so active there that everyone basically knows her name

She meets Bucky there one time and she's super shocked to find out he was adopted into the royal family and the people actually accept him as one of the queens kids and T'Challa and Shuri's brother, she loves the name White Wolf though

All of the girls hang out together every once in a while (Riri, Kate, Cassie, Kamala, America) and just talk about everything that's going on in their lives

When she first meets Harley, she's still struggling to find a stable power source for her suit, and he shows her how to make an arc reactor the way Tony always did

America Chavez-

She started calling Stephen dad way before he adopted her, that was actually one of the reasons he decided to, she clearly already saw him as her father

She loves living in the sanctum because of all the weird things that just happen there all of the time

Her and Loki hang out on rooftops and lot, so Stephen doesn't know she's hanging out with him after he told her not to

After her and Loki are the closest friends, she starts always stealing his clothes, it doesn't help when people always tell her she looks good in green, Loki eventually gives up on getting her to stop

After Kamala became a public hero, America saw her as her role model because of what she represents, when she meets Kamala and the other girls, she absolutely freaks out

She loves making jokes about the last name Strange, "You're strange" "No, that's my dad"

One time Eli asked her where she gets all of her American themed clothes and rhw whole group laughed for like twenty minutes

Charles Alexander-

People always refer to his name like it's his first and last name, even though it's his first and middle name

Yelena never tells him, but part of the reason she calls him Alex is for her father (she really is a daddy's girl)

The first time he calls Yelena mama on accident, she has to excuse herself so she doesn't cry in front of her whole family

Alex loves going to visit Melina as a kid, and she absolutely adores her grandson, not believing she would ever be able to have one, even after she gets two daughters

When he's living with Bucky, he kind of accidentally becomes military with Eli, and Bucky is so proud when he see that his dog tags say Barnes, Charles Alexander

He always gets phantom itches in his metal hand as a kid and Bucky guides him through the life of being an amputee

Nobody's quite sure when he started calling the Thunderbolts Aunt and Uncle, but everyone loves it

When he grows up, Alex very profusely apologies to Bucky for being so angsty to him as a teenager, not giving him a good chance to be a father, but Bucky assures him that being angsty was the best way to let him be a father

At 13 he has an emo haircut and he always sighs and flips his hair when Bucky tells him off

Him and Yelena both kind of get rid of their Russian accents after living in America for so long, but they still speak the language together whenever they can so they don't lose it

Billy Maximoff-

He has the most mommy issues ever, like he resents Wanda so much, he's not so fond of his father either

After so long of searching for Tommy, he's heartbroken that Tommy wants nothing to do with him at first, upset that he essentially always left him in the dark and left him behind in the hex void when he got a new body

Making up with Tommy makes him so happy that he actually doesn't leave his brother's side for days

He doesn't remember any realization moment, he's always kind of known that he was gay, but basically being forced to grow up in the 80s and 90s he was always too scared to acknowledge it

Tommy always reminds him that he's the younger twin and it actually drives him crazy

He tries not to wear too much red, so he doesn't look too cheesy, but it's his favorite color dammit, he'll wear it whenever he wants

He knows the things Wanda did with her powers and it actually terrifies him about what he could do with his, even though he ends up having to do some of those things

Sometimes he says things that make Harley joke that it's like he's part robot, he never mentions that he technically is, although he wonders how much that actually transferred to the twins

Tommy Maximoff-

He actually has no idea why his hair is white, not sure if it's his powers or not, the body just came with them for some reason

He actually told Billy that he was bisexual in the 90s, but Billy was too scared to say anything then, years later when he tells Billy that he uses he/they pronouns, Billy is able to finally tell him how proud of him he is

He remembers how much he got along with Pietro and he wants to find him again, but when he finds he's dead in real life, he's disappointed at the fact that he'll never get to bond with his uncle

He loves the color green and never shys away from wearing it, encouraging Billy to wear red as well

Tommy definitely also has the Wanda mommy issues, but he likes to think that his father was innocent in the whole situation, even if Billy disagrees with him

Having to die and be born again never scared him as much as it scared Billy ( this would make a lot more sense if I actually bothered to write any of this down)

Kid Loki-

He's never really wanted to be on a team, but he does enjoy being a part of the Young Avengers

He wasn't sure about America at first, but eventually she became the only person he truly trusts and will back her up no matter what

He is actually the first person to call her Miss America, when other people hear it, they assume it's her superhero name

When America calls him Chico, he never admits that he doesn't know what it means, I mean he's Asgardian, he's never heard Spanish before

He still occasionally goes and helps out around the TVA, he likes to talk to Sylvie and Mobius, one time he even goes out to the Multiverse tree and talks to TVA Loki

The first time he meets main universe Thor, he's really sad about what his older brother never got to become, he's even sadder when he learns what happened to Hela

He's obviously super good with knives, like he can do all kinds of flips and throws, he also has a huge collection of them

After a long time of having the same horns, Harley suggests a design he could switch to, Loki pretends like he doesn't care, but he actually does take it into consideration and gets new horns

The team finds it really hard to trust him at first because of the reputation of the universe's Loki, but after seeing him fight for them and how much he supports America, they pretty easily let him into their group

[whatwenthereagain]

Okay so I was reading the Wikipedia page on the Chernobyl Elephants Foot and ran into this gem. I looked into it and found that it is a true fact.

Some context for you:

The Chernobyl Elephants Foot is a big mass of Corium, concrete, and other junk that formed after the fuel rods of Reactor Four melted together into a big radioactive blob and settled in the basement below the ChNPP. Back in 1986, this thing would deliever a lethal dose of radiation in just under a minute of close proximity. The material it is mostly made of, Corium, is arguably one of the most dangerous materials on earth.

Reasearchers and scientists wanted a sample of it to figure out its true composition. They tried some conventional methods, such as a remotely controlled drill, but none of those attempts worked for various reasons. So, what do a bunch of Soviet scientists do when something just won't break? They pull out a gun.

They literally sent in a man to shoot it. They looked at this incredibly dangerous thing with the power to kill a man in under a minute, and said "Ah yes, gun."

AND IT WORKED! The AK-47 broke off a chunk of it. Theres still a mark on it from being shot as well.

TLDR: Researchers were struggling to get a sample of a very dangerous and radioactive object called the "Chernobyl Elephants Foot," so they shot it with an AK-47 using armor-piercing rounds and it worked.

(also ChNPP means Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant)

[angelshizuka]

heyyyyy how did you get to this fandom? you said you came in april

Short answer: Lucifer.

Long answer: I remember hearing about Hazbin Hotel back in 2019 as "that indie animation show that made an entire pilot from donation money alone", but basically paid no attention to it and literally had no idea what it was even about.

At least based on my memory I technically knew about Helluva Boss' existence when Ozzie's released back in 2021, because I remember seeing gifs of Blitz asking Stolas out on a "date" and thinking "aww how cute" (oh, how naive I was...)

About a year ago when Jeremy Jordan was announced as Lucifer's voice actor, he was ALL over the Varian tags, so I literally couldn't escape his presence. But it wasn't until HH released early this year that my interest really started to spark. Back in February a YouTube reactor I watch did a reaction video to HH songs and it was literally More Than Anything that finally made me decide to watch it (ngl, I watched ep5 before the other episodes).

The reason I'm talking so much about HH despite you asking me about HB is because that's how I got first introduced to this world. Lucifer is the literal reason why I'm here in the first place, without him I'm really not sure if I ever would've made the jump to watch either show.

As I got more involved in the Hellaverse, I kept hearing about "the sister show" and at first I kept putting it off, but I got recommended some Stolas video compilations and I especially remember seeing one of his human scenes in Seeing Stars (I swear, that episode out of context is wild...) That's when I knew I had to at least watch it once to at least know what it was like.

So, one night back in early April, when I couldn't sleep but had to get up early in the morning, I decided to watch the pilot on my phone and watched the first 5 episodes until I could finally sleep. And the literal moment I got back home after my appointment, I binged through literally every other episode.

It's kinda funny to me how I first got here for HH, but it's HB that really won me over. I mean, I still love HH (especially Lucifer), but it never hit me the same way HB (especially Stolitz) does.

To put it simply, Lucifer got me here and Stolitz kept me here.