#she wants to wreak havoc

[freckledsweetpea]

why are dogs master guilt trippers?

[acotarfrustrations]

Honestly we could REALLY get into the fact that a lot of the insanity in Acotar is an excellent exercise in why you can't really separate the art from the author.

Sjm's zionism is OBVIOUS in the text. The ic destabilize governments to the detriment of people they will never have to care for, steal artifacts from other countries, displace people, cause invasions, commit war crimes for 50 years "for the greater good" all while their own people are living under unchecked brutality and poverty.

They are rich megalomaniacs that care for no one but themselves and their own emotional and material satisfaction and they are PRAISED for it. In fact anyone who even remotely disagrees with the IC is almost always one of the villains in the story (Beron, Tamlin, etc) as if to condition the reader that asking questions that are critical of the IC puts you on the wrong side of the narrative morally.

All of that sounds REALLL familiar huh?

[erotetica]

Akasha, still mortal. Designing her was challenging given the lack of extant reference, but this is what I came up with:

Apparently she was turned in 4000 bce, so I based my research in the Uruk Period of Mesopotamia (which was named for the Sumerian city of Uruk, now Iraq, where Rice said Akasha is from). In 4000, Kaunakes we’re not yet in style for Sumerians, instead wearing more straight-fitting kilts/net-dresses. I believe those also conformed to the rule of higher status =ankle length, lower class = knee length, so that’s what I did

On the fabric color—I read a paper that posited the ‘net’ of the net dress shown on the cylinder seal linked above/attached below, was actually a dyed pattern. The cylinder seal is dated @ ~3000 bce, BUT there is evidence of ochre-dyed cloth from Çatalhöyük, in Anatolia, from at least 5700 bce, so I think fabric dyeing in a less complicated pattern sounds feasible for 4000 bce.

Given 4000 was also the Chalcolithic Age/Copper Age in Mesopotamia, I wanted to include something copper. While I couldn’t find extant copper jewelry-jewelry, I did find these pins, and iirc Sumerian wrap-clothing was held with pins anyway

Re: necklaces, Akasha’s is based on this one.

I went with Iraqi-Lebanese actress Zahraa Ghandour as (partial) facial reference

Some assorted refs I don’t think are included in the links:

[khamomile-kitty]

Only thing I’m gonna say abt it bc I haven’t read the books or participated tje fandom since I was in elementary school but. Ppl’s reaction to Squirrelflight becoming leader is so funny. The misogyny of the authors has rubbed off on the fans I see, how are you gonna tell a victim of domestic abuse that’s she’s a worse leader and suffered less than her husband. And all the alternate leader suggestions from these ppl are the lame ass guys. this is one of the saddest characters in cat fiction let the girlie win at least once good lord

[littlestkoi-n]

ngl no amount of perfectly logical arguments will ever make me believe my girl toph would become a cop. no she wouldn't.

[deiscension]

Type of person who says "I think my lipstick would look soooooo good on you!", gives you a kiss on the cheek, declares their lipstick looks fantastic on you and they'd like to see it on you more often, then breezes on by all those mixed signals to continue on with whatever was at hand.

[loverboy-havocboy]

"chappell roan needs media training" why? for what? so she can divorce herself from personhood because authenticity makes you uncomfortable?

[s00nyoungie]

unpopular aslfua opinions

i cant actually imagine a scenario where miae and cheol end up dating, at least as teenagers. like just think about stereotypical teenage dating tropes from back in the day. for example, I cannot fathom cheol putting up with aegyo from miae. I can imagine her trying, oh for sure, but it's gonna be weird and offputting. miae bugs cheol enough already without trying to be ultra feminine and cute.

(im mostly thinking abt the main duo in Hometown ChaChaCha and how their attitudes towards each other drastically changed after they became official. no joke i quit the show that ep when they got together because it was too much secondhand embarrassment and whiplash how OOC they felt)

anyway my other unpopular opinion is that i can see miae and jisu dating in their youth because jisu is currently more willing to see miae as an equal he can play with but also get to reason with. whereas cheol sees her as a smaller kid he needs to protect despite all of them being the same age. and maybe miae and jisu don't last the long term and miae finds her way back to cheol once they're both a little more mature and the expectations of peers and family arent in the way. miae's friends keep egging her on. the other female classmates aren't happy with how close they are. their parents seem to expect something too, especially miae's mom. but neither of them are ready.

[phoebehalliwell]

Okay fun question. If you can swap bodies with any celeb in the world (like on the show) who would it be?

ooh like who would i want to play/be? i mean in the ideal world julian mcmahon lmao bc i would get to be tormented, wear nice coats, kiss phoebe, and date shannen. like. what more can a gal ask for?

[highlifeboat]

Love the concept of the Dimitrescu's respective partners knowing how fucking terrifying and evil they are and just being chill with it.

Actually love the concept of their partners lowkey having corruption arcs. Like they love the power of having powerful girlfriends (Some more than others) and will use it to their advantages. They still love their respective girlfriends very much but like they gotta go a lil mad with power too cause they can just do shit now and it has very little consequence.

I want them all to be a little fucked up and evil is what I'm saying.

[cold-neon-ocean]

One day I'll properly draw my fankid for Baatar and Kuvira, but I've been thinking about him a lot recently lol While the idea of Baatar siring like a $70million racehorse and him and Kuv ending up with a lot of kids (like his own parents) is all parts intriguing, ironic, and funny to me, in my mind I always pictured them with one kid they can pour all their obsession into. Especially with Baatar having grown up feeling lost in a sea of siblings.

I've had him in my mind for years but in two very different genres, one being the very light hearted Spy x Family-esque younger years and then the later idea where he grows up to be the sort of "next gen" villain who is even worse than his parents were. I always felt Baatar and Kuvira lent themselves well to being the start of a generational antagonist family because I truly feel like their DNA combined would create the Homelander of the avatar universe or something. I just struggle to combine those two aspects into a character that feels cohesive~ (though that is what AU's are for I guess lol)

[musclesandhammering]

But like…. once again for the people in the back. You can’t excuse Wanda’s actions in MoM by saying “but that wasn’t her, that was the influence of the Darkhold demon!!” and then turn around and brag about her huge power boost.

Cause like… that wasn’t her, that was the influence of the Darkhold demon.

[chainsawworld]

Just watched black dahlias story and g-d what a delight! I didnt think I could fall harder for her !

[radioconstructed]

⌖ In OTHER NEWS, fellow V*xtuber SCAMBAITER’S REVENGE got into some COUYON SCAMMER’S computer and made the scammer’s V*xtube account SUBSCRIBE TO MY CHANNEL -- before NUKING his entire operating system! A LEGEND! SIR! You have WHAT’S LEFT OF MY HEART!

[growingstrong30]

The DB Fandom looks kinda dead but I’m still here kicking 😅 Dragon Ball Super Ch. 90 rambles:

-I’m actually enjoying this arc. So fresh, lacks the drama and the feeling of unpreventable doom of the past sagas. It’s funny and bizarre at times like old DB.

-Hedo is a big kid with a genius mind which makes him dangerous. Does not mean harm but ends up doing it anyway. Would 100% set the world on fire for a Clean God’s autograph.

-Goten my beloved. THE cinnamon roll. Always wanting to help, so selfless. While Trunks is there like having a life outside of him, Goten is just so happy to hang out with his best bud. He does not feel left out even when Trunks chooses Mai over him because he understands how important she is to Trunks.

-Also Goten is just so selfless and easygoing in the same way his family is. Loves people and seeing them happy BUT he appears to be a lot more integrated into society than Gohan, for example, could ever be. He’s not socially awkward, talks to other kids, goes to parties,etc., just a normal teenager. Of course, he never had the weight of the world on his shoulders the same way his brother did.

-Goten looks so much like his grandmother with that haircut and I’m here for any Bardock-Gine references.

-Mai has her shit figured out 👌🏽 Also gotta love that she was just using Trunks to trap Hedo. Didn’t like her armor though, she’s usually more subtle.

-Trunks is the cool kid who could have any girl he wanted but wants the one he can’t have. Also shuts down his two brain cells whenever she is around. Has eyes only for one very particular kind of dangerous woman (Vegeta’s kid) but becomes stupid around them (teen!Bulma).

-Krillin is the perfect adult member for this story. He is the one the kids won’t mind disobeying 🫠

[inkskinned]

it is november, and yesterday it felt like it was supposed to be snowing. in boston, november used a winter month, not a fall month. it is supposed to be chilly; rarely capping over 45F. it is a sweater-and-jacket month. it is a "maybe a scarf too" month. in my childhood, november meant blizzards and sleet.

it did not snow. tomorrow the weather predicts a high of 76.

i have spent so many years of my life studying the longterm possibilities of climate change - the culmination of capitalism wreaking havoc on the bodies of people, animals, plants - but every so often i am still shocked by something small and personal.

in a hundred years, when someone goes outside in boston - will they know the feeling of "snow in the air"?

i know it's a learned feeling, a sensation that maybe only longterm experience can teach. a few years ago, i was walking with my friend who had just moved up from the south. i said it smells like snow and she gave me this look like - what the fuck. i said it feels like snow too, which didn't help. she looked up to the bright blue sky and then back at me and then back at the sky. 12 hours later, we had 3 inches. you can just tell if it's going to snow.

except i can't tell, anymore. i stand outside in a tee shirt and watch my dog dance around a lake. we're in a drought and the skin of the water has peeled back twenty meters. the lake is tamed, quiet, puddlelike and sour. my pokemon go app warns there's a weather condition in my area.

my dog gets too hot from running and sits in the water and i want to laugh about his long frame and how awkwardly he sits - and i can't. some simian part of my brain is scratching the walls. it was supposed to snow. it was supposed to snow, but now it's warm instead.

during the last full solar eclipse, the dogs and the birds and the crickets went crazy under utter darkness. we laughed at them then, promising it will all be okay in a moment. but some part of me is still locked in that long night: some animal sensation.

something is wrong, my body says. i can't afford eggs or rent. i go outside to watch a sunset and listen to birdsong. i don't bring a jacket. allergies are killing me this season, allergies i didn't have as a kid. everyone comments that halloween has started to feel strange, offkilter. that it's hard having "holiday cheer." my body thinks it's april, and then it thinks we're in september, and then june.

something is terribly wrong, she whispers. go outside. it is supposed to be snowing.