#so make sure to do any research as needed

[genderqueerdykes]

I want to write pamphlets for queer rights about queer history, but every time I go to research I end up feeling the need to shorten the colorful several first thousand years of written history into "we've been here since x" because almost all of the accounts (besides of intersex people) are of transfems and I just. Can't help but feel slighted, like. Yeah they accepted trans people back there and then, if someone in a position of power was such. I know there were transmascs back then, long buried in the dust because "women" still didn't have the same rights for a lot of (white?) history. I don't feel like my identity is invalidated by it, it's just a wounding thing to the cause.

that howling, gaping void in information is very disheartening for a lot of people, you're not alone. the lack of surviving information and records on transmascs and men in queer history is staggering. there are some very well known important transmascs like Lou Sullivan, but it is hard to comb through history and not really find too many people like yourself, if any at all

transmasculine silence has been an issue for a really long time. many decades. it's important to uplift trans women, but it seems like lately it has really just been at the expense of trans men when it didn't need to be happening to begin with. we now have more platforms than ever to talk about trans experiences, the internet is so broad, and we're still trying to silence trans men for the sake of making sure other people remain more visible...? it's not right.

obviously trans women in the past weren't always trying to silence trans men and not all trans women are doing it now. but it seems like people are enforcing that the focus must be on women first, nonbinary people second, trans and queer men never. that just doesn't fly anymore. it hurts so many people. it alienates so many people. it creates a divide that doesn't need to be there. it discourages trans men from transitioning. it discourages trans men from coming out.

it's not right. transmasculine silence has been an issue for decades and it needs to stop. it's hurting people and you everyone needs to care.

[pokemonshelterstories]

Hey, Charlie, I tried to research this on my own, but I couldn’t find any helpful results, so, my question is:

If a Galarian slowpoke is put in proximity of a Kantonian slowpoke, especially a wild one that has never seen a galarian slowpoke before, will anything bad come of it? Will they get super aggressive or territorial or anything like that?

Me and my partner are from Galar, but we’re taking a trip to Paldea, but my partner has a galarian slowpoke (his name is Noddy) and I wanted to make sure we could let him out without worry- at least outside of the usual stuff- if we happen to also be in a place that the native slowpoke inhabit, like casseroya lake, for example, just because he provides a lot of comfort to my partner, so it wouldn’t be highly optimal to keep him balled constantly. We do have other Pokémon- I have an Zoroark and an Audino and my partner has a lucario, so we are capable of fending off threats, I’d just like to avoid as much conflict as possible, and know as much as possible about potential threats before we get there.

slowpoke are about as easygoing as pokemon can get, so it's usually not a concern. my friend cyclizar has two slowpoke- one galarian and one kantonian- and they get along swimmingly. slowpoke are not prone to aggression in general, but while you shouldn't let your pokemon interact directly with wildlife to prevent disease transfer, i don't think you need to worry about noddy getting attacked by another slowpoke.

funnily enough, the main difficulty cy has with costco and bongwater is the tail chewing...slowpoke will regularly chew each other's tails, and- as a kantonian slowpoke- bongwater isn't used to how spicy galarian slowpoke tail is. the first time she nibbled on costco's tail she moaned for hours about it. unfortunately, slowpoke don't have the best memory in the world, so this happens every few weeks.

[bitchy-peachy]

Republicans sure love finding "legal" ways to get to ogle the private parts of children.

This time they're doing it by fear-mongering about trans people that only make a 1.6% of adults and only 5% among youths.

Its isn't a "majority" to be afraid of by creepy republicans that want to make it seem as such to get votes from the gullible and be sexually predatory towards kids.

Also there isn't even that many trans kids in sports for this to be such a spread out issue. Recently they were making a huge stinker over 3 trans students in sports. THREE STUDENTS THAT THEY MADE SEEM LIKE A TRANS INVASION OF MILLIONS. (I wonder where is this invasion of massive trans population is coming from 🤣😂)Seriously, transphobes are so fucking dumb, holyshit.

Do you even know what you're afraid of or does daddy have to tell you what to fear before you can say it? 😱

Also trans people aren't a trend or anything "new". Morons have shitty history education cos their politicians like keeping them stupid and scared with nothingburgers that don't affect them in any way.

Also the men that pretend to be trans women to rape women, aren't trans women, they're just men no different than the rapist magas voted in to "lower groceries".

If conservatives don't like being called stupid gullible pussies they need to actually do their own research like they preached to us.

Fake "free thinker" asses are so grabbed by the balls and vags they don't know they're the dumbest (and creepiest) ones in the room.

Forced genital inspection is 100000% MAGA.

The rape culture. The misogyny. The abuse of children. The toxic piety.

They are all TRUMP.

[luckyblackcatxiii]

Hello! Sorry in advance if this has already been answered somewhere. I really admire the way that you design outfits for your characters and wanted to ask if there were any reference sources that you recommend for designing D&D-ish fantasy outfits. Have you just picked up trends/patterns over time? Are there a certain time periods or fashion eras that you like to emulate in your designs? Media that has inspired the designs? Thanks for sharing your amazing art with us!!

Hey there!

No apologies needed, you'd be the first to ask me this (that I remember in the last couple of years, at least)

I think my biggest suggestion to anyone who wants to design outfits for characters--fantasy or not--is to first do some studying on how clothing is structured, as well as historical and/or regional fashion. Whether that's taking a class or just going through various medias that cover the topic, such knowledge helps you get an overall roundness on the basics of how clothes work, how they can be applied to the human figure, and just why certain fashions became in vogue via the times, emotions, economies, psychology and culture they reflected. All which can then serve as inspiration and guidance on how to go about clothing your made up person/society/etc, because after all: not only do we dress ourselves to reflect our own individuality, but people have been doing that for generations before us. Whether it's the fabric used or the shape of the silhouette, clothes tell a story! And a lot of it is interesting!!!

Also, the more you understand clothing, the more believable and strong your designs will present themselves.

(You'll also suffer the curse of recognizing how inaccurate a lot of historical TV shows and movies are with their depictions of costuming, then have to stifle this down so as not be obnoxious to those around you! Yay!!)

When it comes to designing fantasy things though, the best part of drawing from reality and historic fashion is you can have references without the feeling of having to be entirely beholden to accuracy (while still--I should hope--being respectful enough to avoid borrowing more personal aspects of cultures who may not appreciate parts of their identity being used without knowledge/context applied). I often like to mix and match different time period/regional aesthetics and mesh them into something that becomes seemingly familiar yet unique enough to call my own, and it seems to pay off in the long run.

Aside from that, I like to keep in mind the practicality of an outfit--why is it being worn and what is its purpose?--while also making sure it defines the most important aspects of my character, as well as has a nice shape/sillhouette. After that, aesthetics, personal enjoyment, easter eggs, and overall fun make up the rest of the designing process. Be sure to indulge once in awhile, if not always if that's your vibe!

On that note: I personally like to depict western clothing between the 15th-early 20th century, with the Georgian and Edwardian era being my favorite. Though, thanks to my VtM game, I've definitely grown a deeper appreciation and affection for the 20s more 'recently' and with Curse of Strahd, I've been having a ton of fun getting more familiarized with Slavic and Eastern European clothing. I have a lot of CoS NPCs that need designing (and I'd like to do a fashion zine for Barovia someday, so I've been doing a lot of research as of late...)!

If I'd have to give credit to any media that's inspired my own designs, I'd have to say Odin Sphere (or any fantasy based Vanillaware game, really) is always there in the back of my mind when I'm tackling a fantasy look. I'm absolutely blanking on anything else, but i'm sure there's plenty of inspiration that subconsciously sits in my brain just Ratatouille-ing my hand when I decide to design things AHAHAH~ I'm sure once this is posted, it'll all come rushing to me...

This has gone on pretty long and I admittedly feel like an unqualified egomaniac after yapping as much as I have, but I hope this helps, if not offers some overall insight on my own process! Thank you so much for your inquiry and kind words, I'm so glad you enjoy my stuff and look forward to supplying you more in the future! :,3c <3

[abbadoabbadon]

I am actually begging other systems and even singlets to do the minimum of fucking research on inner worlds, because some of y'all are dumb as fuck.

Inner worlds are not real in a literal sense, but they are real to the system occupying said headspace. It's not just a therapeutic tool either. Fucked up shit can happen in the inner world. It doesn't make internal trauma any more or less valid just because it happened inside. Sure, it didn't happen Outside, but it still feels real to that system.

We have a complex as fuck inner world where trauma is reenacted at times, good things also happen, we have internal relationships, etc etc etc. We also knew systems in our past that didn't have an inner world at all.

Y'all need to shut up about this whole "inner worlds aren't real lmaoooo", "inner worlds are just a therapeutic tool omg so cringeeee".

- O 🗡

[honeyjars-sims]

Part 2 Prologue #5: The Head and the Heart

Author's note: This post is written from Paul's perspective instead of Johnny's!

“I heard something today,” Danica tells me. She’s lying sideways on my bed while I try in vain to do some research. It’s futile, I know, because as soon as I find something useful I’ll be interrupted by Danica’s thinly-veiled attempts at psychoanalyzing our friends–or worse, me– under the guise of gossip. “I’m sure it’ll get around to you eventually, but I wanted you to hear it from me first,” she continues.

I sigh. I never know if what she’s going to say is actually as dramatic as she’s making it out to be. “Come on, Danica. I really need to finish my research. Can’t you wait until I’m done to ruin my life?”

“It’s not that bad,” she insists, but she's looking away. “It’s just…Deshawn is seeing someone.” She looks up at me, watching me closely to try and gauge my reaction. I try my best to play it cool.

“Good for him,” I say. 

Danica raises an eyebrow. “Really? You’re not, like, upset about it?”

“Not at all. I’m over that whole thing.” I wave my hand in an attempt to seem nonchalant and hit the corner of my laptop in the process. 

“Yeah, sure,” she snorts.

“I am! It’s been weeks since we last slept together. I barely even think about him anymore.” I can admit to feeling a bit thrown off at hearing that my (sort of) ex is dating someone else, but I’m not lying when I say I’m over him.

He was all I wanted when I was in high school, but reality never quite lived up to the fantasy I’d built up for so long. As much as it hurts to say, Deshawn didn’t feel the same way about me that I did about him, and no amount of waiting around was going to change that.

“Well, if you say so,” Danica replies, unconvinced. “I’m glad you're not hung up on him anymore. You know I love Deshawn, but he’s not the one for you.” She twists a lock of hair around her finger absent-mindedly. “Wait…you’re not moving on from Deshawn because of the roommate thing, right?”

“What? No! I just said I think he’s hot. I’m not trying to date him or anything.”

“Good, because you already know how I feel about that whole thing.” I can tell from her tone of voice that I’m about to get a lecture. “I told you it was a bad idea to move in with a guy you’re interested in,” she continues. 

“I’m not interested. Besides, he’s straight anyhow.”

“Yeah, I’ve heard that one before.”

“Okay, Mom.”

“Oh good one.” Danica rolls her eyes. “Look, I just worry about you, okay?” Her tone is a bit softer now. She can be overbearing for sure, but I know she means well. Her advice isn’t always welcome but she’s often right.

“Well, you don’t need to. I graduated with honors in both high school and in undergrad. I’m in med school. I’m not an idiot.”

“That’s the thing, though, Paul! Academically speaking you’re very intelligent, but when it comes to more practical matters, you don’t always make the best decisions. Especially with dating.”

I want to protest, but I wonder if maybe she’s right. There’s a part of me that wants to approach my personal life with the same fastidiousness that I have with my education, but there’s another part of me that yearns to be reckless.

It’s the part of me that sleeps with a friend for months, hoping that I can convince him I’m worth committing to. The part that wants to grab my roommate by the shoulders when we’re dancing around the apartment and press my lips to his, even though I know he’s straight. 

Danica would say that I like the thrill of rising above a challenge, that I place more value on things when they’re harder to achieve. I don’t tell her any of this, though. Instead I mutter a vague sound of approval and shift the conversation to someone else.

“So this guy that Deshawn’s dating…what’s he like?” I ask. 

“He seems nice. Oh, get this: his name is also Paul!”

“No way, that’s so weird!” 

“Yeah, we’ll have to figure out a way to differentiate the two of you. You’ll just be Paul and he can be…Other Paul.”

I laugh. “We probably shouldn’t say that in front of him.”

“No, definitely not.” She reaches her hand out and places it on my knee. “Hey, you’ll find someone that’s way better for you than Deshawn.”

“Yeah, I know,” I respond. I hope this is one of the times she’s right.

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[shnoob]

Kurapika Kurta HC’s:

A/N: FINALLY ONTO HXH!! I have been wanting to do this for a LONG time but life got in the way, which it will again this week but I'm very excited to get this out there!  

C/W: Has both fluff and angst!

Leave any suggestions if you want to see something specific!  

Fluff:

Is one of THE best people to ask about making bracelets or anything crafty related. Due to his exterior, he seems like somebody who wouldn't care about it (in for his goals he doesn’t do them often) but back at the village, he would teach all the little kids how.  

Speaking of the village he also is probably really good about braiding hair or doing other people's hair. I can see him back then being an older figure to all the kids in the village so being that figure comes with responsibilities!! 

If you need to know any definition or any historical facts, he is your man. You’ve seen him read those books, he’s educated!! Not only does he do it for fun (and probably used those skills for the Spiders-), but for the exam to go out into the real world he found some research on the history of the outside world to get him at least some sort of idea what he was stepping into. 

Would 100% correct you if you spelled/or pronounced something wrong. If that ends up being verbal or just in his head? Depends on his mood. 9/10 it's in his head but catch him in a bad mood and he won't hesitate to mummer it under his breath.  

Yes, he is very stand-offish due to his life/profession BUT I like to believe that deep down he is a really good listener and will pay attention. I mean we can see it first season!! Sure he may not say anything once it gets to the point where he’s in York New but he does retain the information said to him and just leaves it on the back burner. 

Back on the crafty gig, he knows how to crochet and knit. Instead of buying bookmarkers to not lose his place in his book, he makes his own (when he has the time anyway). 

One of the neatest people known to mankind. Although he doesn't get the time to do it, having a clean environment makes him happy and makes him focus better. If not in a clean environment such as his room, I feel like it stresses him out to where he needs to get up and put some stuff away before he can lay down and then stress about the Spiders. 

Tea drinker!! Drinks coffee but doesn't like the taste of it. LOVESS a tea that tastes more fruity <3.  

LOVES nicknames. Giving or receiving them deep down means something to him. Especially after you give one to him, if you don't use it he’ll wonder why and get a bit disheartened :(.   

The biggest gentlemen around! Holds doors for people, always says thank you and excuse me when moving around, biggest tipper etc. An “angel from above” is the words you’d hear people using for him from strangers. It has come to the point where if he enters a coffee shop he often goes to they already know and get in such a good mood. 

Loves birds!! As a side hobby he has a collection of pictures of birds he’s taken over the years. With that, he has definitely learned some bird calls and will not hesitate to show somebody the difference between them.

(is in love with Leorio I swear!!)  

Angst: 

When he was younger, the color red was something that was noted as a good thing, and due to his clan he was so confident in his eyes. Now he cant bare to look into the mirror somedays just because of his eyes. 

With the color red, he cant stand the thought of it being his favorite color. He probably doesn't even have one after everything due to how attached he was to red and now that attachment is unhealthy. 

Seriously doesn't take care of himself. Like at all. As much as I love the fluff he wouldn't know what a healthy life looks like anymore.  

Has so much survivor's guilt (which this one is obvious but to the point where it hurts). 

A lot of people say that he doesnt care about his friends bu he definitely does. In fact I say that he lives in a detachment type style. Due to his deep rage and focus it makes him feel that being away from everybody he cares about is the right thing to do because he cant let anybody else get hurt and theres no time to be doing things he enjoys most. By this though, he feels those surges of guilt by not keeping in touch; but now its been so long without talking to them the guilt of going back is so deep he cant bare to face them. 

When he cries most of the time he doesnt even realize. His brain just shuts down to where it doesnt register that he is upset and needs to take a minute. It doesnt help that half of the time tears dont even fall, so its just a emotional block. 

Will never be able to commit to a romantic situation but still dreams of it :(.

[aerkame]

Hi! I hope everything is okay in your life!

Please when you can, no pressure: could you do some platonic headcanons with Sun Wukong from Nezha Reborn? Thank you! ^^

Sorry this took a while to get to! I am feeling like getting back to writing and drawing again though, it used to help me feel better quite a bit and things are calming down in my life now. ❤️

As for NR Wukong? I decided to rewatch the movie again just in case. He's a complicated character, way more complicated than I realized. I'm planning to write for him more often too and that needs a lot of researching on my part. He's not exactly as he makes himself out to be sometimes (you can see who he really is around the scene when he reveals his identity, he drops the silly act and gets serious).

Sun Wukong in Nezha Reborn is very similar to his book counterpart if you pay close attention to his mannerisms and behavior. He's not a good person, but not the absolute worst either. He's a morally grey and cutthroat person who isn't afraid to get his hands dirty and he'll definitely say whatever is on his mind.

Wukong's a bit scary when you think about it. He ate another yaoguai, offered a piece of it to the guy who hired that assassin, he can move at speeds almost unseen, throw a dead dragon's body away by the whisker, and he's also a hitman... and yet, you two are somehow friends.

That being said... having a platonic relationship with him is going to be chill, overwhelming, or lively, maybe all three if you're unlucky.

It's not overwhelming for the reasons you might think it is, it's mainly because the dude needs to be in everyone's space. No seriously, when is he not close to someone that's in the same room with him? He'd be pretty clingy, probably hanging around (literally from the ceiling) near you if there's no one else around...he may or may not try to groom you if you have enough hair to do that as well. Just monkey business.

The Monkey King really lives up to his name and he acts like one too. Doing what he wants, going wherever he pleases...even if it's in your own home, he'll show up there eventually for whatever given reason, maybe he's just bored or maybe he's just trying to give you a good spook. What? He's a curious guy, he just wanted to see what his friend's place looks like. Don't ask how he knows where you live.

Oh did he ever mention he's bored and lonely? It's not good for a monkey to be alone for long, so you're gonna have to do for now! (lucky you)

Much like how he dresses, Wukong loves to show off what he has and places he goes. You've never been on a motorcycle before? Well say no more! Ol' Sun is going to show you around the place on his cool bike. It roars too! He's 100% going to make sure he's revving that thing as loud as he can just to scare you and get a reaction. Maybe scare a nearby stranger walking by too.

Probably pulls a few tricks on you here and there just cause. He may or may not have taken your favorite shirt and hid it somewhere up high in the pipes and returned it while you weren't looking just to mess with you.

At the end of the day though, he's not so bad to be around. Just try not to stir up any trouble with yaoguais or shady figures. The old king would rather not get himself involved with any affairs, but he cares, and he'll admit that if something happened to you it'd just be another scar over his heart. He's just so tired...

[hypokeimena]

like the thing is if someone wants to have a conversation with me about tone in image descriptions i am happy to have that conversation. i have obviously pretty strong feelings about the role of the person-interpreting/translating but i think it's fair that not everyone feels the way i do. i actually often think the faux- or sincerely-"objective" tone of image descriptions is often an incredible tool for comedy! e.g. posts like, my little nephew just gave me what he calls his "duck" [image of a lemon] image id: a lemon.

that's fucking funny! deadpan can be funny! however, sometimes other forms of description are more important. image descriptions MUST BE short,* which means you are limited in the amount of extraneous description you can include. if your description takes more than ten seconds to read out loud you're pushing it.

this can GENUINELY cause problems. the description i wrote about that stupid tswift pic was me actively choosing not to do research and source it more effectively, because to ME, part of what made the op funny was not having any idea tf was going on and that was the part of the experience i wanted to focus on in my description. it doesn't necessarily matter WHAT IS IN the photo, it matters what it is adding to the post (i think all of us now understand that for e.g. memes it's more important to describe the memes and what they're doing in the post than it is to carefully describe the type of armchair someone is sitting in while saying 'why are you booing me. i'm right'.)

so someone else who experienced the post differently - i.e. by recognizing it as from the music video - is going to describe the post differently from someone who would have to do research to source it. they're going to produce two different descriptions. your experience shapes what you understand. which is necessarily going to be subjective! and i get that it's scary to add your own experience into the description, but you ARE ALREADY DOING THAT.

which is to say that i think if someone had added a description about the ME music video that's fairly detailed that would also have been both accurate and funny, but it would have been a different joke. you know? because different people have different experiences of that image.

i do, genuinely, think there is a real issue in things like description in that i do think it is genuinely aversive to expect people to do 10 minutes of research every time they want to write an image description. i also do think that people being wrong in image descriptions is a problem, which is why i do often end up doing research or deciding not to describe certain posts if i can't be sure i know what i'm talking about. but not every post is like informing you about art historical fact or something where it really matters which specific artist produced an image, or if it is a modern reinterpretation, or various other things where you need to be sure you're conveying information that will seriously alter the meaning of a work.

image IDs should accurately describe reality. but like, sometimes people are going to make a mistake. the way you react to mistakes matters! sometimes you just edit a post to fix a typo or to correct a white guy actor you misidentified and i think different people have different ideas about what level of confidence you should be feeling to write descriptions - i've acknowledged different levels of confidence being necessary for description writing in this post! i get it! reasonable people can disagree!

however being like "well you're not wrong but what if you HAD BEEN wrong" ---- i'm going to eat you. i wasn't wrong!! and even if i had been, being wrong isn't the scariest thing in the world to me! seems like it'd suck to live like that though!

*obviously transcriptions of text will be long and transcriptions of text/art mix like comics will be even longer but i think a lot of comic transcriptions are not very good, in that they often don't effectively summarize the art component of the description.

[mymoshangthoughts]

something something modern au but this time SHANG QINGHUA is the slut next door

look, he's an outgoing and sexually curious dude with a lot different /ahem/ research he'd like to do for his writing. and sex is fun and he's just your average slutty dude with a few sex friends and a few successful one night stands

and mobei jun is Suffering

the walls are thin and wow oh wow does he not want to hear the sound of the guy he's miserably crushing on getting laid multiple times a week. in fact, he would very much like if shang qinghua's sex noises were something that only he ever heard

sure, he could move out. it would be as easy as bowing his head to his shitty uncle and regaining access to his inheritance. which would suck for trauma reasons, but it wasn't like he was stuck in this shitty little apartment. but if he DID move out, what excuse would he ever have to meet shang qinghua again???

they only meet during random neighborly moments. taking out the trash or getting the mail or coming home from work, that sort of thing. he doesnt have any real connection to shang qinghua. just the knowledge that his smile is sweet enough to make mobei jun's heart just about melt and that he has the cutest nervous rambles and that he's a gigantic unrepentant slut

what sort of torture is this?! mobei jun isnt slut-shaming (he's a little bit slut-shaming) but does anyone really need to get their dick wet that often?!?! and it's insane because mobei jun can't get a handle on shang qinghua's type either. bc when he shamefully looks through his peephole to see who is leaving shang qinghua's apartment, the types vary WAY TOO MUCH

men, women, tall, short, muscular, skinny, refined, grubby--just what exactly did shang qinghua like about these people?! and how the fuck was mobei jun supposed to get shang qinghua to look his way if he couldnt pin down what he actually LIKED????

one day shang qinghua forgot a book in the lobby and mobei jun, desperate by this point to learn anything more about shang qinghua, had picked it up and brought it home

EXCEPT IT WAS A WEIRD PORNY CULTIVATION NOVEL WRITTEN BY SOME AIRPLANE GUY and oki it's actually kinda fun, mobei jun is a little invested in the plot, BUT THIS DOES NOT HELP HIM TO FIGURE OUT JUST WHAT SHANG QINGHUA IS LOOKING FOR IN A PARTNER

altho he's beginning to suspect that shang qinghua makes an active effort to try out some of the more outrageous positions from the novel, judging by the noises that come from nextdoor.

meanwhile airplane thinks that his stuffy neighbor hates his guts this whole time bc every time they meet, mobei jun glares at him and is really short with him. his impression of mobei is "hot, scary, and mean. prolly shouldnt approach if i wanna keep all my teeth". all of mobei jun's desperate pining is completely lost on him. but MAN mobei is really hot, so shang qinghua is pouring all of that horny energy into sex with other people LOL

[masterjedilenawrites]

I started to write a little something, and then it turned into a lotta something...

It started with a bandana.

They'd been cordial enough at first. Nods, salutes, casual comments about the weather, that sort of thing. But Cobb was a bachelor, and Hunter had Omega, and they both were busy acclimating to their new homes, so the pleasantries often stopped at the fence line. 

Until one day, Cobb wore a bandana.

Hunter frowned from the driveway, trying to sneak glances as he washed the speeder. Cobb gave a half-wave as he fished out his mail from the box, as if everything was normal. As if red bandanas were now his thing, too. He didn't even have hair to hold back, Hunter thought grumpily.

The next day, Hunter wore a scarf.

Cobb looked out his front window as he often did in the evenings, watching children return home from school and parents home from work, keeping an eye on the happenings of the neighborhood. Hunter walked by with Omega, a bunch of red fabric wrapped lazily around his neck. Cobb's eyes narrowed. He'd thought Hunter's bandana was cool, a great way to keep the heat of summer from dripping down his forehead. But his neighbor seemed to be copying him now. And pulling it off rather well, to Cobb's chagrin. Why did this clone have to look good in everything?

And so Cobb started wearing his gun holster. The one that hung low on one side and made the ladies swoon. Blasters weren't needed much on this peaceful planet, but he made sure to have it on when he knew Hunter would be out.

Hunter already packed concealed knives on his person, so he then started taking them out whenever he was in the yard, even if it compromised the point of them being concealed. He twirled the vibroblades and even conceded to giving Omega some throwing lessons. It was icing on the cake when she overshot into Cobb's yard and he got to explain to his odd neighbor all about the skills he was teaching her.

Cobb knew he should be more discrete with his own effects, but after that play with the knife, he had no choice but to break out his jet pack. He invited some townsfolk over for a demonstration, making sure to project his voice as he explained the fine Mandalorian craftsmanship. He could almost feel Hunter stewing as he mowed the lawn next door.

Eventually their tit-for-tat grew outside of clothing and gear. Hunter wasn't planning on doing much with the yard outside of general maintenance, but once Cobb planted a garden in his, he then spent the rest of the summer re-landscaping the whole thing. Cobb hadn't been interested in vehicles much before, but as soon as Hunter pulled up in a sleek new speeder bike, he was on the holonet researching boats. When Cobb became head of the volunteer fire department, Hunter started a volunteer search-and-rescue team. When Hunter threw Omega a party, Cobb threw one for the mayor.

It all finally came to a head one day when Hunter saw Cobb with a girl. His girl. Well, he hadn't asked her out yet, but he'd been working up the courage all month. And now Cobb had his arm around her at the local pub and Hunter was seeing red. He marched all the way home, grabbed Wrecker, and immediately got to work ripping out the large tree in between their two properties. While the tree was technically on Hunter's side, it provided a great deal of shade over Cobb's house during the hot summer afternoons. But not any more. Hunter worked late into the evening chopping the thing right at the trunk, fueled on by unpleasant images of Cobb and his crush as the night drew on.

When Cobb finally returned home just after midnight, the man stopped dead in his tracks at the sight of Hunter stooped over a pile of chopped wood where his favorite tree used to stand.

"Uh... Hunter? What're you doing buddy?" he asked, slowly walking over as if he were approaching a wild animal.

Hunter's eye twitched at the drawling, condescending voice. He stood confidently and looked at the man square on.

"The roots were growing under my house," he stated in his Sergeant voice. "I couldn't risk a cracked foundation."

Cobb looked around in bafflement. "And I can't risk taxing the power grid more because I've lost my only source of shade."

"Sounds like your problem." Hunter hefted up the axe, preparing to chop the last of the stump.

"My problem?" Cobb almost spewed. "You've been creating my problems all year, son."

"I'm not your son. Or your buddy."

"No, you're right, I'm your neighbor. And this is not a neighborly thing to do."

Cobb stepped closer so Hunter could clearly see the anger on his face, even though Hunter could sense it perfectly fine.

"You don't hear me complaining when you play your jazz music loudly every Friday," said Hunter.

"Probably because you can't really hear it over the sound of your barking hound," Cobb retorted. "I mean honestly, would it kill you to take that thing on a walk every now and then?"

"Would it kill you to keep your windows closed every time you fry up bacon?" Hunter growled.

"Oh, oh the smell of bacon bothers you, does it? How about the smell of whatever rotten pile of shit your brother experiments with in the garage, huh? What about that smell?"

And so the two squabbled, on and on. Hunter's axe was abandoned on the tree stump in favor of crossing his arms defiantly across his chest, while Cobb's rested sternly on his skinny hips. Some of the neighbors who could overhear, including Hunter's family just behind the wall a few feet away, contemplated intervening but ultimately decided against it. They'd been witness to every spiteful attempt at besting each other over the months and were tired of getting caught in the mix of it. Those two petty cowboys could work it out themselves.

"You shouldn't have worn my scarf!" Cobb eventually spat. He hated admitting that was what this rivalry had all boiled down to for him, that he was jealous of Hunter looking so young and effortlessly hip, while he had to confront his unwelcome age and resulting loneliness in the mirror every day. But, Cobb knew that by conceding that point he could win the whole argument, as Hunter would then have to admit he'd been jealous about Cobb wearing his style of bandana in the first place.

But surprisingly, Hunter said something completely unexpected. "And you shouldn't have stolen my girl!"

Cobb paused in confusion. "Your girl?"

Hunter looked pissed as he growled out. "The new girl. You knew I liked her, so you went and put your paws all over her tonight."

As realization dawned on Cobb, he huffed out a laugh. And then another. And then his hands slid from his waist to rest on his knees as he doubled over. Hunter glared even harder.

"You... you mean... my sister?" he finally got out between laughs.

Now it was Hunter's turn to be confused.

"Uh huh," Cobb nodded in amusement. "That girl I was with at the pub was my sister. And I did not have my paws all over her. Maybe a hug or a playful swat. She's my baby sister. You know."

Hunter still seemed uncertain. "If she's your sister, why don't I ever see her over here?"

"Because she's the better cook?" Cobb shrugged. "And her new place is kind of a dump so I've been helping her fix it up. That's why I got that new tool chest the other week. Another thing you had to copy from me."

Cobb offered a smirk to show he was only half-annoyed. Maybe the other half found the situation kind of funny.

Hunter let his arms fall from his chest as he accepted this new information. So the new girl, his crush, was Cobb's sister.... Well that certainly complicated things. Not to mention the destruction of tree trunks and branches he was surrounded by. He looked around at his handiwork, maybe kind of regretting his hasty retaliation now.

"You're right," Hunter grunted out, reluctantly, but feeling a little better at the admission. "This wasn't very neighborly of me. I should've talked to you about it first."

Cobb seemed to relax a bit more too. "Eh, it's alright. I clearly started this mess, feelin' all jealous. I shouldn't've acted so immature about it."

He chuckled sheepishly and Hunter let out a few of his own awkward snickers.

"I'll uh, I'll make sure Omega takes Batcher on more walks."

"And I'll shut the windows on bacon day," Cobb smirked.

The two started gingerly picking their way out of the pile of wood, walking just close enough together to call it a truce. Cobb wanted to sling an arm around the clone's shoulder but decided not to press his luck.

"Hey, maybe you'd like to bring Omega out on my boat some time?" he offered instead, sporting a genuine smile.

Hunter's smile grew to match. "Yeah, that'd be great, she'd really like that."

And he would, too, he secretly thought. For as much as he and his brothers were involved in bettering the community, he never really took the time to hang out with anyone. Maybe this quirky neighbor of his would make a good friend. Especially if he planned on getting close to his family anyway.

"And maybe you can invite your sister?"

Cobb's smile immediately vanished.

"Oh, you're not getting anywhere near my sister, bub," Cobb said with a hard edge to his voice. "Not on my watch."

And with that, he marched inside while Hunter stomped back to his, both men clenching their jaws and muttering annoyances under their breaths.

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Whump Reference Post for Fingernail Removal Torture

 Hi whump writers of Tumblr! I recently made a little introduction post in which I said I’d be making reference posts. This is one I already had typed up, because for some reason this was the first thing I thought of.

There are no images attached, but I’m putting the rest of the post under a readmore since the majority of the content is semi-graphic written description of the how-to’s and wherefore’s and such of fingernail removal torture.

To be clear: I will be going into as much depth as I possibly can without using images. The content of this post will be purely academic. There will be no artistic liberties taken. This post is meant to be as accurate to (and descriptive of) a real-life situation as possible.

I hope some part of this post eventually winds up being a helpful resource for someone!

1) Not as painful as it’s made out to be

-It's painful, but definitely not to the extent it’s shown in movies or whatnot. A lot of the "pain" comes from the shock factor of seeing your body without something it’s always had, as well as the inherent "wrongness" that comes with experiencing a part of your body being removed.

2) There is very very thin film of skin between the fingernail and the finger.

-If one is careful in removing the fingernail by peeling it back slowly, one can preserve this thin piece of skin. -If one pulls the fingernail back quickly and without taking care, this thin film will rip, and the nail will pull away with bits of flesh attached.

3) The flesh under the nail will be vertically striated.

-If one uses the peel-back method, and is careful to not let the thin film of skin between the nail and the flesh rip, the skin/flesh underneath the nail will be as visibly striated as the fingernail itself. If you look closely at your fingernail right now, you’ll see that there are many tiny grooves from the tip of your nail to the base. This is true for all human fingernails. If the nail is peeled back with sufficient care, those striations will be echoed on the skin underneath the nail.

4) The  “peel entirely off” method versus the  "peel back and then stop" method versus the "pull out entirely" method.

-The “peel entirely off” method is how I will refer to the method of grasping firmly the tip of the fingernail in some sort of vice (usually pliers) and then peeling it backwards, moving the pliers from the nail at the tip of the finger towards the hand itself. Using this method, the nail will remain firmly grasped in the pliers the entire time. The movement of the pliers only stops when the base of the nail is ripped entirely out of the finger. This will necessarily result in ripping out a fair bit of skin past the cuticles, as the technical base of the nail (aka “nail matrix”) is generally around half a centimeter hand-wards past the cuticles (and follows the curve of the nail, so is deeper than the cuticles as well). Due to the nature of skin, I would expect a tear reminiscent of an extremely deep hangnail that goes from the base of the cuticles to at least halfway between the first and second knuckle (and at most goes to the second knuckle). In this case, it is not guaranteed that the nail will grow back. There is a chance it’ll come back, but there is also a chance that the nail matrix is permanently damaged and will not be able to grow a new nail. Since every human is different, there’s not an exact science to determining where a person’s nail matrix is before it’s ripped out. A (very) general rule of thumb is to follow the curve of the existing fingernail, and draw a point on that curve before it hits bone. Obviously, this is extremely subjective.

-The “peel back and then stop” method is how I will refer to what is essentially the previous method, but one stops before the nail-ripping goes past the cuticle and snips off the peeled part, leaving a milimeter or so of fingernail existing on the nailbed. In this case, it is assured that the nail matrix is undisturbed, and the fingernail will grow back. This is the method I will assume is taken for the future steps

-The “pull out entirely” method is how I will refer to the situation where one grasps the protruding part of the nail firmly, and applies force away from the hand and in the direction the finger points. In this case, there’s a large chance that the nail will rip. This depends largely on the care taken with the pulling object (pliers, usually) to grab the nail exactly parallel with the sides of the pliers. If any part of the pliers digs into the nail at a singular location, this will create a point at which pressure will build up, and the nail will likely rip at this location. The strength of the individual’s nails also affects the ripping. The individual’s nail strength can vary based on nourishment as well as on a general person-to-person basis. Personally, I do not recommend this method.

-If one wants to make the removal definitely permanent, there’s the possibility of peeling it back all the way down and out, and then chemically burning where one assumes the nail matrix is. (Some serious irl hikers do this to their toenails on purpose, to reduce the chances of getting ingrown toenails from being laced into hiking boots for days on end.) Removing the nail permanently will obviously reduce the opportunity to peel it off again, but will give a permanent Horrific Aspect to the victim.

5) For the first three days, the exposed flesh will be painful.

-The entire tip of the finger will be a constant deep and throbbing pain. Any deviation from this norm will be an increase in pain, never a decrease (save medication or an ice-bath-for-full-minutes immersion to the point of numbness).

-Any contact with the exposed nailbed will increase the pain. Knocking the exposed flesh against anything, even extremely gently, will result in a visible bright red welt under the thin layer of skin (bright red on light skin only! on darker skin, the welt will still be visible, but will show as a dark red-brown). It is a visual similar to an extremely tiny, non-protruding blood blister. Knocking the nailbed against something less gently will result in fully scraping off that delicate outer layer of skin.

-Using the finger for anything will be painful (though not unbearably so), and it may even be painful to bend the finger at all.

-Any moisture on the exposed flesh (including anything from regular water to antibiotic ointment) will hurt a lot. This will intensify the throbbing at least twofold across the entire nailbed, and will also result in an amount of stinging as if one had just realized one had been stung by a bee.

6) For treatment and healing thereof (if quick healing is desired)

For those first three days, any bandaid application is inadvisable -The exposed flesh will be so tender and vulnerable that any bandaid (even the non-stick kind) will stick to the exposed flesh and rip it upon removal. I can only assume this is in part due to the curvature of the finger, which means that any wrapping-around type bandaid will inherently put pressure on the nailbed, resulting in sticking.

-To promote healing, the first three days should be without any sort of covering on the wound.

After the first three days, a scab will form. -At this point, the pain will be much less. it might be uncomfortable to bump the nailbed into objects, but it will not be the same pain as in the first three days.

-The wound will also be much less sensitive to moisture.

-When the scab starts to crack (usually a vertical crack), one should apply antibiotic ointment and a bandaid. At this point in the proess, it is desired for the scab to remain as consistently moist as possibly. This will help the scab fall off when it is ready to do so.

-At this point, the finger can be used normally (within reason) without much (if any) pain.

After two or three days with the bandaid covering, the scab will start to fall off.

-One may expedite this process if one is careful.

-At this point, the skin on the nailbed is sensitive to the touch, but not to the point of pain.

-There will be some dry, loose skin around the edges of the nailbed.

-The previously visible striation will no longer be there.

-Pressure on the exposed nailbed will not be necessarily painful, but it will feel decidedly Odd. Though not painful, It will be an extremely sensitive area.

-The nailbed will be a delicate pinkish color.

Around a week after the initial scab falls off, there will appear to be another scab. It will be a relatively thin layer of dry, dead skin.

-If the nail is allowed to grow normally, it is likely that it will cover this second scab before it has the chance to fall off.

-If the stub of the fingernail is trimmed routinely, it is possible for the scab to fall off, leaving only relatively smooth unblemished skin where the nailbed is. This skin will be roughly the same color and texture as the skin on the tip of the finger. 

7) The rate at which fingernails grow back is extremely slow

-The average growth rate is about 3.5 milimeters per month. There are several factors that can cause this to vary:

-Fingernails on the dominant hand grow back faster than the nails on the non-dominant hand.

-Fingernails grow back faster than toenails.

-Nails grow back faster in warm weather than in cold weather.

-Depending on the nail and the aforementioned conditions, one can expect a total regrowth time of anywhere from three to six months (or more).

8) Life Without Fingernails

-Fingernails affect a large part of our everyday lives. We mostly use them when we’re manipulating objects with our hands, and we use them to scratch. It doesn’t seem like a lot, but it’s a lot. It’s hard to explain just how weird it is to not have fingernails to someone who’s never experienced it, but here goes:

-Fingernails are the Hard Backs used to brace our fingers against a hard shell when we manipulate something with our hands. If you pinch your fingers together right now, you’ll see a white band along the top of your fingernail. This is where the pressure from the pinching goes; it’s braced against your nail.

-Picking something up without fingernails feels extremely odd the first few hundred times you do it. It takes a long time to get used to it.

-Writing is even worse. Without the hard shell backing your fingers, the pencil tends to slip out of your grip more often. If you usually have long enough fingernails that you balance your pen/pencil on them, you’re extremely likely to have the pencil completely slip out of your grip multiple times a sentence.

-You don’t realize how much you unconsciously scratch itchy parts of your body until you no longer have the ability to do so. If you’re only missing a few nails, you have to consciously adjust your hand so that you can scratch with the existing ones. If you’re missing all of them, you have to actively find an external object to alleviate the itch.

Some places on the body one can scratch with their teeth, but for most places, one needs to either find an “itch stick,” or rub that part of their body on something scratchy. A lot of clothing is scratchy enough to work for this. One needs to learn how to vary the pressure so that one can alleviate the itch without tearing through the skin or scratching themselves.

Pros:

-Body horror

Fingernail removal is a more mentally significant mutilation than cuts or burns, if only because it draws on the "that was there and now it's not" aspect of body horror.

-Can be inflicted more than once

Since fingernails grow back, they can be removed again and again and again. Though it may take some time for the nails to regrow, it isn't even close to the type of permanent that’s chopping off a finger or a toe.

-Helplessness

Since it takes a few days for the nailbeds to heal enough to be able to use one's fingers, a complete removal of all fingernails will take away one's ability to use their hands. Even after this initial period of extreme sensitivity, the lack of fingernails is something most people aren’t prepared for. The previous section explaining how fingernails affect daily life is significant here.

 Cons:

-Can’t repeat often.

Once a fingernail is off, it's not coming back for at least three months (likely longer). It doesn't have the relatively quick reset time that burns or cuts do.

-Relatively short amount of time in pain

All of the pain is in the first few days. It is inconvenient afterwards, but there is little to no pain at this time.

-Amount of care needed

One needs to be relatively careful inflicting this. Fingernails are not as resilient as you'd think, and the likelihood of them ripping before you can finish ripping them off is fairly large if you're not being careful.

If you have a short-tempered or impatient whumper, this might not be their particular wheelhouse.

 Conclusion

Overall, I’d say that the effectiveness depends entirely on the desired result. The time it takes for the fingernails to regrow versus the amount of time in which the subject is in pain is not a very productive ratio, so if you’d want your whumper doing a particular torture regularly, I wouldn’t recommend this.

However, if the whumper’s goal is to appeal to the body horror aspect without permanent damage, this is a great option. The fact that it takes nails so long to regrow gives the victim a sense of horrified freakishness. It also has the added benefit of reducing the victim’s maneuverability far after the fact.

The semi-visible nature of this method of torture can be effective if one wishes to horrify characters outside the whumper/whumpee relationship. You don’t immediately look at other people’s hands when you meet them, and as such it might take a while for outside characters to notice the lack of fingernails (especially if they’re past the three day mark). But once they notice, it will be hard to look away.