#so maybe we will invent this 👍

[plesiosaurys]

they should invent a testosterone that doesn't acne

[parkerswhatever]

Okay this is kinda dumb but:

The comments are turned off on Pinterest but this is a dumb fucking post. I haven’t watched wild kratts in years so idk who this Paisley person is but the first 3 made me mad. Especially Zach.

Zach doesn’t use his inventions to “further human progress” his inventions are all to make money off of or to do things he’s too lazy to do himself. The problem with him is that he uses live animals in them. And we see especially with Aviva is that you can use animal traits to make really cool and useful tech WITHOUT using a live animal for it. Not only in the creature power suits but also her other inventions.

And then Donita, idk but the way they say this makes it sound like she’s just an artist seeking inspiration. No she’s using tech to freeze live animals or mind control them into doing what she wants. In the gliding gecko episode it’s clear that the Kraft brothers are trying to get the geckos back soon enough so the geckos don’t die. In the orb weaver spider episode Donita is mind controlling spiders to get golden silk and we see how awful that is and in that episode Aviva makes a synthetic replica of the silk!! So stealing it from the spiders isn’t needed!!!!

And Gourmand. It doesn’t matter how fucking delicious or healthy his food is he’s still going after specifically endangered animals for no reason other than it’ll taste good. That’s like saying hunting elephants for ivory is okay because it’s a natural and strong material. Poaching is poaching no matter what the motive is.

Again idk who paisley is she’s vaguely familiar maybe I need to catch up on my wild kratts lore but yeah this is a dumb post the original post was also dumb I love wild kratts 👍

[milfygerard]

You laugh but I wonder if you're an agent assigned to my niche interests 😅

I feel I might be too autistic to see the gray area here and it's making me wary of anyone I've ever interacted with

sorry for laughing im sure this is genuinely a bit paranoia inducing, its just an extremely twitter thing to happen. Tumblr isnt important enough to have CIA agents everyone here just yells at each other aimlessly we dont even have real organizations on here nevermind decentralized anarchist circles to infiltrate they all go to actually anonymous places or avoid the internet entirely. Tumblr is not a website that matters, cia has ppl on twitter bc twitter matters but no one expects for important people to be on tumblr.

idrk how helpful that is for yr paranoia but i hope it put u somewhat at ease. Also anon I cant say who you are due to your anonymity but unless you are part of a decentralized anarchist ring or secretly part of the proud boys the CIA could not care less about you, and if yr worried abt me then im probably a pretty easily doxxable online presence so if u dig around a bit you could probably find my instagram by accident 👍 I should never start a youtube channel swifties would firebomb my childhood home 👍

my more genuine advice is to remember some of the core rules of internet safety and interaction like 1. it is safer to assume that ppl on the internet are lying about themselves in one way or another. Don't assume you know someone just because you follow them on twitter or are in a big discord chat together and 2. share as little easily identifiable personal information as possible, especially if you are involved in any sort of leftist group, you have committed any sort of crime, or you are at risk of being found by an abusive figure or stalker. General life advice dont trust personalities from any website where getting attention makes you money or gives you actual social power. This can include tumblr but both bc of how followers are hidden and the sites cultural loss of importance yr less likely to end up being tricked by a secret cia agent and more likely to be tricked by a bored teen or a low level scammer or like...idk a deeply unwell classics major who demolishes friend groups between classes and uses peach. Is that a person who exists? that's probably a person who exists.

i fully had another point that I forgot while inventing the peach mutual but yeah anon uh, sometimes weird shit like this just happens and you just cant let it make you paranoid bc life is weird. Maybe its worth going back thru the acct and seeing if there were red flags that u could keep an eye out for in the future but honestly also dont worry yourself too much if you dont have like close ties to local leftist movements bc youll only ever be an incidental victim of someone lying to you rather than a target.

[redswaberkez]

5 & 17 Erlich 👁️👁️

ahaaa... 5 and 17 for my the strongest clown the dearest son. its a longread as we say, or sort of. so lets put it under read more

Q 5. How did you choose their name and why? Was it simply based on vibes or is there any specific meaning behind the name? Are the reasons behind their name different in- and out of universe?

A: First i heard the name Erlich in one tv show 4-5? yrs ago and i reaalllyyyyy liked how beautiful the name was. the character was an asshole tho (ofc i liked the char as well too whoops). but the name just hit the spot. long story short i borrowed👍 it for the better times. Second. OH RIGHT. THE MEANING. THE FUCKING MEANING. okay i took the name to create a new character and in years later to realize it means "honesty" in german and tbh since then i cant stop thinking abt it. lit dying and crying.

the setting is so fire it writes itself hell yeah Are the reasons in and out of universe is specific? FOR SURE YES. OUT OF UNIVERSE I TOOK THE NAME I LIKED FROM A TV SHOW and in universe well i dunno really why agnia decided to name erlich erlich. maybe for him to be an honest man 😔🥀 a man of his words. well in fact he IS a man of his words.

Q 17 Are there any motifs or symbols associated with the character? How are they represented, in their design, personality or in some other way?

For symbols or motifs id say motif of Dreams. Something unreal and unreachable. The Unreachable, right. Lets take a look at the holograms which he masterfully operates - basically an intangible object from your imagination, almost an illusion made by technology you can fully control. Holograms in meaning of detachment from the real world. A creation of [ones inflammed] mind that will disappear in next few seconds. You cant touch it, cant feel it, only watch. Erlich prefers holograms and inventions over real life. His own little world made of holograms instead of the real one. After all, the world he had to face had rejected him. An imaginary one where you are in control of course is better. "these holograms are for the greater good! i WILL create The Machine THATS--". He operates dreams and imaginations in order to reach The Unreachable.

Woah i didnt knew i could say it like that. Link to asks

[bimobuddy]

Posting this a day later because I was genuinely so upset and heartbroken

But I finally finished Good Omens Season 2 👍

Uh :)

And we're not even getting a full season 3, we're getting a 90 minute season finale, which is

cool

I am ONLY going to be making fluff headcanons and fics, I will not be acknowledging the ending <3

It genuinely hurt me so much lol, I was not doing well (/slight exaggeration)

But now I'm on a search for tickle content that doesn't exist: Gabriel

I can't explain why, but I need it, I need that man to get tickled

And I have the idea for it, okay hear me out:

Before he fell, Crowley invented tickling, and wanted to give it to the new humans as a form of play and bonding

The other angels were like "Okay but how does it work, what does it do," and it's hard to explain to he just uses Gabriel as an example since he's closest and also one of the angels who gets to decide if it becomes a thing for Earth

Everyone is immediately delighted and thinks it's adorable, meanwhile Gabriel is fighting for his life (/silly)

Nearly everyone votes for it and it gets to Gabriel, everyone waiting for his answer, and eventually he's like "Yeah okay," trying to regain his composure

I have so many headcanons, so many

Maybe they're out of character for Gabriel, just a little, since a lot of them involve him secretly trusting Aziraphale (but then again, in season 2 we kinda see that he did, he must have since he was the first person he found since he subconsciously knew on some level that Aziraphale would help him and keep him safe)

UGHGHFH I NEED TO MAKE A WHOLE POST FOR HEADCANONS UGHG

I ALSO HAVE OCS, I HAVE OCS I NEED TO SHOW PEOPLE BC MY FRIENDS ARE LAME /j

[phoenix-and-found-family]

Because brain said do it:

Personality swap AU

Agent Phoenix joined the agency specifically to make a name for themselves. They are arrogant about their skill sets, bragging about their accomplishments to whoever will listen. Their handler has had to tell them to shut up on more than one occasion.

Their pride is the thing they care the most about, and absolutely despises being corrected.

Despite all this, they are the best agent they have, so no one can exactly tell them their pride is incorrect.

John Juniper is known for being a nice man. Despite being the villain in many performances (and absolutely killing it) John has shown his willingness to help others clearly. A lot of people regard him as the world's greatest actor. Despite this, he hasn't gotten a big head, and people who have met him have said how friendly he is (including au Reggie).

Secretly, John hates himself. (Which might be true in cannon lmao) He thinks his whole career is built on bad lies, and if he makes a mistake everything could come crashing down. Which led him to the worst mistake he's ever made in his life: getting manipulated by Zoraxis into a plot to take over the world.

He's not an idiot, mind you. He doesn't want to do this, but he can't find a way out of it that doesn't leave him broke, disgraced, and on the streets.

more under the cut

Reginald Crane probably shouldn't be a handler. He's not temperamental or anything. (Okay, maybe he's a little temperamental. But can you blame him? His agent is a bitch.) His mind is clearly designed for invention, assisting the head of R&D, Roxana Prism, with various projects when not working. He can go on rants about mechanical engineering, for which his agent has told him to shut up several times.

While it seems to outsiders that Crane likes Prism, under a mask of friendship lies resentment. She clearly isn't suited for the position she's in, one which he'd absolutely love. She had practically stolen his idea with the TK implants, and definitely stole his idea for the robots, which she used for helpers around places instead of what they really should be used for- field operatives.

Selling out to Zoraxis wasn't a thing he had ever planned on doing, but he was furious at her.

Roxana Prism also probably shouldn't have been in R&D. She was social and kind. A lot of people said she gave off a motherly vibe. She has trouble thinking up ideas on her own, but once she got started she could hyperfocus her way through it, with only a few mistakes along the way.

It was a good thing she had a friend like Reginald. He could generate hundreds of ideas, and details about how they would work. She wished she could get him in the R&D, but he was already the lead support agent. She figured he wouldn't want to work here.

(I've also got Fabby and Solaris swapped but I don't know how I would describe that)

Patch notes:

Reggie and Phoenix probably have a "I'll tolerate you because we're coworkers, but if we met in real life I would punch you" relationship instead of the normal found family one, because of the personality differences.

John is definitely much nicer to his staff, which means that Gibson probably wouldn't be willing to sell him out to Phoenix in Party Crashers.

Reginald still really likes John Juniper movies, he's just less fanboy-e.

I was thinking what would make Prism(Reggie) join Zoraxis, but nothing came to mind. Then I realized that Reggie(Prism) had a perfect reason to join Zoraxis, and it makes an even better betrayal in my opinion.

I'll probably write something about this, I'm definitely writing the kidnapping scene with this in mind

Anybody have any questions, please send an ask 👍

[chiimeramanticore]

Part of the Band - Chapter 12 - Tell Me The Truth

Chapter summary: Dook spends a day at home.

A/N:

halfway through writing this chapter I realized CDs weren't invented until like 1981 and weren't brought to America until like 1983 but I've been "fuck it we ball no post-upload edits" about this fic since day one so I didn't change it to a cassette. just assume this fic takes place in a universe where everything is the same except the CD was invented 5 years earlier lmao in actual news: we're finally entering an arc of the fic I've been waiting for for literally months. I've been sitting on this exact chapter for months. and after all that time I am still afraid the end of this chapter is gonna seem like I'm jumping the shark w this fic lmao. bear with me! I know what I'm doing! you just gotta trust me 👍 all that said I hope you enjoy the chapter as always! thanks for reading :]

Chapter word count: 2,173

<- Chapter 11 - Chapter 13 ->

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It's Sunday.

When Dook wakes up, Beach Bear is already gone. This isn't out of the ordinary by now– Dook knows Beach Bear spends his Sundays at the beach. It's sort of his thing. He could be gone anywhere between a few hours and and all day, honestly. Depends how the waves are, he figures.

Dook has come to take these days for himself. Write some music, clean up the place a bit... He owes Beach Bear at least that much for letting him live here for so long.

After standing in the kitchen idly eating an untoasted bagel, Dook decides that that's good enough to get to work. He turns his attention to the counter, sifting through the pile of notes, receipts, and other stuff they've left there over the week. He tosses what he knows they won't need, and organizes the rest.

As he lifts up a notepad to put it back in its drawer, Dook reveals a CD, still in its case. Scribbled onto the front in Sharpie: "Ballroom Dancing." This is the CD he saw in Beach Bear's car a while ago. He didn't know it ended up here. Beach Bear seemed embarrassed of it at the time, but... Dook eyes the radio next to him.

...But he doesn't have to know, right?

Dook pops the CD out of its case and into the radio's CD player.

The CD whirrs to life, and out comes the sound of Beach Bear. He plucks at his guitar a few times, warming up at first, before beginning to strum a song. He hums along in accompaniment for a while, and then begins to sing the lyrics. Dook recognizes this song– it's by Paul McCartney. But hearing it in Beach Bear's voice is a whole new experience... Though, he is admittedly aware of his infatuation with his voice.

Awareness doesn't stop him from being completely entranced by the recording, though. It's just Beach Bear and his guitar– a far cry from a finished cover– but the smallness of it almost feels more personal. More intimate. Like he's performing just for him.

But eventually, the song ends, and Dook is reminded how he stands in Beach Bear's house without him. Silence falls over the kitchen once more. Left with only his thoughts, Dook can only imagine one thing.

"Beach Bear can sing," he says aloud to himself. How come he was so nervous about this? He's fantastic!

He puts the CD on again, returning to cleaning as he listens. He should bring this up to him when he comes home. He should encourage him to sing in the band! That would solve their singer problem for sure.

Dook's cleaning eventually brings him to Beach Bear's bedroom. He hasn't been in here in some time... not since he slept here. Even then, it was only for a couple hours, and he wasn't conscious for most of it.

He hasn't accustomed to this room fully, even after all this time. Something just feels too intimate about it. Sacred, almost. Maybe he shouldn't clean in here.

Still, Dook finds himself stepping into the room, his feet meeting the plush carpeting.

The silence of the room hangs over him, the air still. The very act of being in here is a disturbance. The posters on the walls watch him. Dook walks over to the desk and runs the tips of his fingers gingerly over the top of a notebook left out there. His hand then comes to rest carefully on the top of the chair parked by the desk.

Old photographs are pasted just above the desk. Some feature Beach Bear himself, where others look like they were taken by him. He spots Queenie in a couple of them. There's a wolf, a dog, a gorilla... Is this the rest of the Wolf Pack?

Beach Bear himself in these images looks different, too. Tougher. Maybe even meaner. Dook remembers the day him and Queenie fought... the way he held her against the wall like that. The way they were both able to hurt each other. Did they learn that back when these photos were taken? How long has he been capable of that?

What would it take for him to do it again?

Dook pulls back from the desk, shaking the thought from his mind. It's not something worth worrying about. Besides, he shouldn't stay in here much longer.

·–—–·

It's been several hours, and the sun has begun to set. Dook has occupied himself with writing a full arrangement of "Ballroom Dancing." They've got a full band, and with Beach Bear singing, it would be something perfect to work on at band practice! He's almost giddy for Beach Bear to come home so he can show him the work he's done.

Almost on cue, Dook hears the door unlock and open. He stands excitedly, ready to meet him at the front of the room.

"Beach Bear!" Dook says enthusiastically. "I'm–"

"We need to talk," Beach Bear says.

Dook's smile fades, a pit beginning to open in his stomach. "Uhm– Sure, about what?" He asks, trying to retain some of the pleasant tone in his voice.

"I was at the beach today," Beach Bear says, "and you'll never guess who I ran into."

"...Uh," Dook's mind begins to race. Should he play dumb? How much does Beach Bear know? He probably knows everything, right? If he doesn't, maybe he can convince him he's done less wrong? No, that's a bad idea. Maybe this isn't even about what he did. He doesn't know it is. He doesn't know anything.

"...Fatz?" Dook offers finally.

"No," Beach Bear says, unamused. "I saw Mini. And we got to talking. She told me some real interesting stuff." His voice drips with barely concealed annoyance.

"O- oh," Dook says meekly, offering no other information.

"Where is that outfit you picked up yesterday, anyway?" Beach Bear asks.

"Uh–" Dook grabs the bag he left at the side of the couch, bringing it over to Beach Bear. He reaches inside, pulling it out just enough for him to show that it's real. "It's here, see? I got it yesterday."

"Okay, where'd you get that from?" Beach Bear continues, relentless. "Because according to her, you didn't spend the money I gave you for a costume, on a costume. What happened to it?"

"I..." Dook stutters a few times. "I have the costume. Are you gonna trust her saying that?"

"Mini's a real jerk sometimes, but she's not a liar, Dook," Beach Bear says. "And right now? I trust her a lot more than I trust you."

Dook feels a knot form in his throat. "I...!" Lying is only going to make this worse. "...I got the costume from Billy Bob and Looney Bird. We made it together."

"Where's my money, Dook?" He asks, relentless.

"I... I don't have it," he admits.

"What did you do with my money, Dook?!" Beach Bear takes a step toward him, towering over him. Dook steps back instinctively. His heart races.

"I- I–" He stammers. "I don't have it. I didn't... I was gonna spend it on the costume. I wanted to spend it on the costume, but I–" He stutters a few more times, unsure how to soften the blow. May as well just come out with it. "W- when you met me that night, and I wasn't doin' so hot, I– I was kinda... reliant, y'know? And I– I don't know what I was thinking that night, I dunno why I went back there. I dunno what's wrong with me. I love spendin' time with you, I've liked all the time we spent together, I just– It– It felt familiar. It was what I used to." The words spill out of him, hasty and messy.

"You... you spent it on booze," Beach Bear says. His voice is low, but his stature doesn't relax even a bit. Then, "You spent all that money on alcohol!?"

"I knew I shouldn't've when I did it!" Dook cries.

"That doesn't make it any better!" Beach Bear shouts.

"I know! I'm sorry!"

"And to find this out from Queenie, I–" He retreats a bit, if only to pinch the bridge of his nose. "I can't believe this! What were you thinking?!"

"I don't know!" Dook's voice breaks a little. "I don't know what I was thinking!"

"Why didn't you tell me?"

"Because I– I didn't want you to be upset with me...!"

"I am upset with you!" Beach Bear snaps. "I'm more upset that you thought you could just get away with it! What, that you could just sweep it under the rug? That I wouldn't notice? That it'd just be a funny story later down the line?"

"I–"

"Do you know what I could've done with that money, Dook?"

"I–"

"Do you know what I have had to do since then just to keep the damn house?! I had to go crawling back to my parents again!" He falters for a moment, as if he wasn't planning to tell him that. "I..."

"You–? You didn't have to do that!"

"Yes, I did!" Beach Bear says, just as angry once again. "I had to call them and– and all but beg for the money to keep the house ours! I had to– I had to tell them I was over the being a guy thing! I had to tell them I was wrong and delusional and everything else they wished I was...! Because of you!" Beach Bear pokes him forcefully in the chest. The tip of his claw is sharp.

"Beach Bear–"

"Because I trusted you!" He pokes him again, getting even closer now.

"B- Beach–"

"I liked you, even! I thought you were my friend!" He's practically on top of him now. "And what do you you do but spit in my face?!"

Beach Bear pushes Dook, who stumbles and falls to the floor. He isn't hurt, but he's terrified.

"Is... Is this what you were keeping from me?" Dook asks. "You said you weren't being truthful with me."

"Do not try to turn this around on me," Beach Bear says.

"I'm not tryin' to, I–"

Beach Bear sighs sharply. "I cannot believe this. I cannot believe this!" He turns, beginning to pace the distance between Dook and the front door. "Who do you think you are?"

Dook begins to stand again. "B... Beach Bear, I–"

"I can't," Beach Bear says. "I can't be here." He turns for the door once more.

"Beach Bear–?"

Beach Bear opens the front door, leaving the house. Dook scrambles to his feet, chasing after him.

"Beach Bear, wait!" He calls. Beach Bear is already getting into his car. "Wait, please! Don't leave! I'll– I'll leave instead! I'll go! Don't leave, please!"

Beach Bear pulls out of the driveway.

"Beach Bear! Beach Bear! No! Please!" Dook attempts to chase after the car, but it's too fast.

"Beach Bear!" He tries once more. But he's left alone in the street now. "B..." The words die in his throat.

He feels empty. He feels destroyed. This is all his fault.

·–—–·

Dook stares blankly at the papers he left on the coffee table. What he once was so excited over feels embarrassing now. It's been a few hours since Beach Bear left, to where, he has no clue.

He's considered what he should do when he comes back. Apologize profusely was the first idea, obviously. Maybe he could prepare some sort of grand gesture, like making him his favorite meal... but he's got no idea when he'll be back, and it would be a shame to let the food get cold. Maybe he should just leave. But if Beach Bear returned to find Dook gone, that might cause distress all over again. But to do nothing feels like he doesn't care...

The phone rings. Dook springs up to answer it. It's probably Beach Bear, calling to make up with him, right? Maybe chew him out some more, but at least he'll have the chance to apologize again.

Dook picks up the phone. "Hello?"

"What the hell did you do to him?" Queenie snaps.

"Wh– Huh?"

"What did you do?" She repeats.

"I–" He stutters a few times, recounting his memory. "When he got home, we argued. Obviously. Then he left. I haven't– I haven't seen him in a few hours."

"Well, what did you say to him?!" She presses.

"I didn't say anything! I apologized!"

"Well, you must have done something," she insists, "because he's in the hospital!"

Dook freezes. "He's... what?"

"He's in the hospital," Queenie repeats. "I don't know what happened yet, I just got a call now. We're leaving now."

Dook isn't sure what to say. He's in the hospital? What happened? What did he do? This is all his fault.

"Meet us there," Queenie says, and then she hangs up.

Dook holds the phone to his ear a moment longer, still stunned. Then, finally, he puts it back on the receiver. Guess he's going to the hospital.

[missdrummond]

Album 77 Initial Reactions

*SPOILERS*

????? Of course Renee said no??? She is not a woman of faith she would be a terrible choice for this project????

Like defending someone else's beliefs is the kind of thing I would do for fun but I acknowledge that most people wouldn't want/be good at doing that. Including you Mr. Whittaker. Imagine if one of the kids came up to you and said they needed help on a paper which demonstrates how evolution is compatible with Christianity or that evolution disproves Christianity. You know perfectly well you wouldn't help them.

I don't like this new portrait gallery it's just imagination station and it's lost it's charm.

So, the sciencentist is referring to the beginning of Romans and I'd just like to point out that Paul is talking about Judaism as well as Christianity since they hadn't properly separated at that point.

I like the faith and science are compatible argument. However the claim that Christianity "invented" science is a gross simplification. Yes, Christains founded a lot of old universities. You know who else did? Muslims. Which would actually support the faith and science compatibility argument as well but we're not going to talk about that are we?

Also how does any of this help Camila the assignment was for how faith is BETTER than science. Which is an awful assignment but the AiO world is so strange I'll believe it. I mean I technically don't actually know what goes on in public schools maybe this kind of objectionable nonsense happens all the time. (It doesn't)

This misses the entire point of the portrait gallery.

Huh, didn't know God not being IN the universe was this widespread a doctrine. Cool.

That was actually a nice speech there Mr. Whittaker. *polite applause*

No, Galileo's problem wasn't that he contradicted the Bible (that is also a part of it) it was that he contradicted a specific Church doctrine and metaphor about Jesus. Actually I should fact check myself, I can't remember reading that from a reliable source so I probably just heard it somewhere my apologies to myself if I'm wrong.

Funny if I remember right exiling people is frequently what you did to heretics. Isn't that what happened after the council of Nicea?(Which I know is an unrelated event its just the first exiling I thought of) Renée's point still stands regardless of how well he's been treated.

Are you.... Tousen doing a bad italian accent?

Oh no. This is about evolution again.

Ok they made it subtle. And yeah this story most definitely sounds more like the kind of thing that was happening in this era. Would have been a good opportunity to point out that even pre reformation "the church" wasn't one entity with completely unanimous beliefs because if everyone hated his theory then there wouldn't be controversy really.

No! This wasn't a portrait gallery episode.

I need to read up on Galileo.

Bouns reaction:

First not everyone is here because the Mona Lisa is captivating. But I'm just bitter because I want people to talk about other paintings.

Second you can't destroy the painting then say why do people like it. That's like saying tell me why people like cake but you only get four, eggs, sugar, etc.

Third Renee loves math if she doesn't start going off about the golden rectangle or something I'm going to be sad.

She didn't that's a bummer. Like I know art theories are not full proof methodological tools for making good art, however it would be logical for someone in Renee's position to try and argue that perspective.

Ultimately I give this episode a thumbs up 👍 overall I like that the episode exists.

[eurydicees]

today was my first day back in school. well not exactly bc classes start monday but we had orientation for the students starting in the winter term and i got free stuff for helping out :3

til what jamaican festival is (fried bread. v yum. kinda tastes like old fashioned donuts) bc we got catering from a local place

uhhh these carts(?) we used to move tables around are kinda like big scooters boards and the new lady in charge zoomed down the hallway in one 👍 she first attempted to skateboard on it which was terrifying bc those boards are wobbly

i called a take out container napkins while standing a foot away bc. i don’t pay attention to thinks in my peripheral too well

a new friends slash old classmate dragged me into a game of doubles pool w some friends which was fun. we lost but i got 2 pool balls in ! a win !

my social battery was kinda drained when i got home but i got to continue my hxh rewatch so i’m feeling mostly recovered !

how was ur day?

this sounds like a nice day!!! i'm so happy to hear you had a good start to the new term!!!! have you ever played pool sprite / pool gremlin / various other names. i think possibly my friends invented this game but maybe not. worth asking.

my day can be boiled down to "sleep in, do laundry, do not finish laundry, shove wet clothes (amongst other stuff) in bag, RUN TO AIRPORT, sit in airport until some godforsaken hour" . so uh. could've been better. but ah well. it is what it is.

[frogwen]

finished book 2 of my current ~queer~ fantasy series and it makes me feel literally actually insane that by making everyone "vaguely bisexual" it (once again!!!! ppl love this!!!!) circles back to biphobia, homophobia, lesbophobia, transphobia like........... ykwim? no one has any gender preference, its whatever characters are in scenes together for maximum shipping, stg. the main guy is absolutely a straight&cisgender man, sorry. zero nuance in his internal monologue. idc if he had a friendship with another man (explicitly stated in text that it was NON SEXUAL, he was like a BROTHER. lets not get into the fact the OTHER guy seemed to want more 🥴 and is a villain 🥴) he is only ONLY interested in women, multiple women. but one is trans 🤨 YKWIM? how is this is bi4bi ? thats a straight man, who only likes women ? anyways the woman mc is constantly *lusting* EXCLUSIVELY after women.....yet her "real" emotional connection is to a man. 🧍‍♂️has only had on page sex with this man. 🧍‍♂️has not established if this is weird or new to her... or ANY thoughts. so we once again must assume vague bisexuality is business as usual 😀👍 not even comphet bc its a beautiful queer world 😀👍 they dont have that 😀👍 theres background gay "monosexual" (not proven btw. they are simply currently in same gender relationships.) throwaway characters. she has no problem feeling this for a man 😀👍 SELF SACRIFICIAL FEELINGS BTW. its constantly like "oh no, where is he? does anyone care abt him? we need to protect him!" LET HIM DIE. we get it!!!!!!! maybe in book 3 he'll transition and it will be awesome for everyone 👍 i'll even keep my mouth shut when its revealed she's invented polyamory to be with both the trans woman and the other fmc, who will also be with another woman.... i wont even care like whatever sure 😀👍

[moe-broey]

More extremely specific rules in my PokeFEH AU world building:

> To have a shiny Mimikyu would defeat the ENTIRE PURPOSE of Mimikyu itself. ALL of the storytelling of it. Of being something cast aside, thrown away, abandoned, and regarded with fear and scorn. To make something so completely undesirable Desirable, especially through "This One Factor Makes It Special (and therefore "redeems" it of all previous perceptions)" is like, the ANTHESIS of The Purpose of Mimikyu. AND only serves to fuel the deep self-hatred, the feelings of resentment and spite at Being Unwanted when all it ever has longed for ALL it has Made Itself To Be IS to be Wanted. What about all the other Mimikyus? The completely average Mimikyus with Nothing special about them? Who will NOT be Chosen Over the special, sparkly one? The Best One? The most Desirable One?

So Moe has a completely average non-shiny Mimikyu. Okay! 👍 One idea I played with though, is having Moe's handmade custom Mimikyu hoodie be the shiny version. LIKE THIS LITTEN CARD

You can SEE. Whoever lives here, ADORES LITTEN. They have two pet Littens. Neither of them shiny. Like beyond what I was saying previously, shinyness is SO RARE that it would take insane luck or Purpose to find one. This person seems to be an avid Litten enjoyer, but an otherwise completely normal person. So they have merch!!!! They have a little picture OF a shiny Litten!!! They even have an Incinaroar plush, which makes me imagine if they are an average person (not a serious trainer!) -- maybe they don't have the space or resources to care for a whole ass Incinaroar. But they still like it! So they have a plush of it!

So back to Moe, the Mimikyu it has, and its hoodie, the story goes: Moe loves the SHIT out of that fucking thang. Extremely fucking passionate about that thang, both the (un)living (un)breathing(?) Mimikyu that rides on its shoulder and The Concept of Mimikyu, the Pokemon. Fanboy behavior. Okay!!!!! NEXT!

> IF anyone is going to have a shiny of ANYTHING, that shiny Pokemon needs to be completely random. ESPECIALLY a Pokemon that person would not think to have in their party. A Pokemon they have never thought twice about. ENTER

GOAT MOTIF. In a world where I very quickly discovered ohhhhhhh Moe's whole religious angel/devil theming just does not translate At All in a world without Christianity*. Like, if it was born and raised In The World of Pokemon, NOT isekai'd. There is nothing to blaspheme. Okay 👍 So for Moe, who seems to have a proclivity for Ghost types, what business does it have with some fucking grass goat. A chance encounter! And an excuse to match Moe's outfit to shiny Gogoat's color pallette. In my mind, it fit better.... although, like I said earlier, I definitely hit a wall trying to figure out color pallettes........ 🥲💔

*LIKE YEAH we have Arceus as a creator god Pokemon who's even goat-like in design... but there's like. Not at all the same connotations I don't think... and Moe's whole deal is less about the religion itself, and more about how it was hurt by the flavor of it that it was brought up with. I DON'T WANNA INVENT RELIGIOUS BIGOTRY IN POKEMON WORLD............... this DOES beg the question of how the hell did Moe get here as it is today BUT. IT'S FINE I CAN WORK WITH THIS...... it's a creative exercise. And tbh given some of the evil teams we've had maybe there's something in there I could work with. Pokemon has planey off options for oddly specific doomsday cults... it's Fine.... and shitty family situations exist in Any universe ☺️💖

All that said, I may end up making the hoodie the regular pallette, who knows. I hit a wall. I overthunk it. I died. Badly. I still like the Gogoat idea though.

[post-punk-revival]

So I never do this (screenshot another's post to talk about it) but this one feels somewhat more personal to me, there is something so uniquely bothersome to me about "coining" terms that... well...

Terms that just exist already, that anybody who identifies with/as will already be using (or come to use eventually) and will not need a coining post to tell them their experiences are real and valid enough to be coined as an alterhuman or LIOM term. (I still don't entirely know what LIOM is? But that's OK. I digress.) Concepts won't need definitions or a list of ways one can be them if they're something as simple as "time traveller" and everybody who already is one due to, say, delusions is already going to know what it is and that delusions is a way you can be it.

If I'm a time traveller, I'm going to identify as a time traveller. I do not need a coining post and flag design for permission to do so, or for reassurance that my identity is real and/or other people have it too. (I know they do, and I know it's not!) I'm just going to be that, and when people need an explanation, I will explain it. Starting the conversation with a picture of a flag and a symbol isn't going to make it go any faster than I can manage with my own definitions and descriptions, or be easier to understand the particular psychotic cocktail of my brain.

OP also refers to what their blog does as not just coining terms but making. I don't know. It just feels odd. The alterhuman identity of time traveller was not invented on Tumblr in 2024. OP's blog does say that they do personally identify as the terms they coin (which is a change of pace from the usual problem I have with these posts), so hey, maybe they are the first! [before I can get booed off the stage] But the reason I actually know that, when usually I don't exactly check the blogs that do all these coining+flag posts, is because of this kicker:

I don't want to say it feels like claiming ownership over an experience. I really doubt that OP actually thinks they have authority over this or can stop people from using it even if they did. But it just feels offputting to me to see a DNI attached to a "coining" post of an experience I have had for years, like I would be untoward for claiming the label, claiming the reasons, or if there was a tag attached (there isn't) using it, if I didn't meet OP's DNI criteria. I don't even, but still. The only reason I don't coin "time traveller" myself is because I don't... see the reason or need for coining a term that I could just, use? (Well, that's the second reason, the first is that uhh I have never actually mentioned this aspect of my alterhumanity on this blog 👍) Maybe I just don't understand DNIs. You'll have to excuse me, I'm not from the 2020s.

I do want to commend OP at least for not only genuinely identifying as the thing they're coining, but also the inclusion of the term being for people who genuinely identify. I guess we have more in common than not. It is cool to know there's more people on here than I thought who have this experience.

Idk why getting mildly frustrated by things going on in the tags is always the thing that makes me come forward with a relevant identity that I never talked about before because I was too nervous

[sinnerbeam]

Okay Its the end of the year and i wanna do a rec list, Let's Go! (May contain spoillers)

Cool things I watched and played in 2024

(I won't be listing any content warnings for these, please look those up if you need to)

Also probably people have played alot of these already, but they're so good i just wanted to talk about them a little.

Games

1000x Resist :

Do you like visual novels? Do you like revolutions? Do you like intergenerational trauma? This game is nominally about a kinda sci-fi, post-apocalyptic society but its actually about way, way more than that and you should play it if you like cool storytelling.

Also i think there's a different (less confusing) map on the steam workshop pages.

Sorry We're Closed

I love this game, its silent hill but cunty. 💅 The art style is gorgeous, the combat is cool, the characters are amazing, and theres a hot demonic they/them you can maybe date if you want. Also the boss music is awesome. (Also there's at least 3 they/thems in this game!!!! I love!!!! )

Signalis

Cards on the table this one was too scary for me to finish, so i watched the rest on Laila Dyer's letsplay. The music is gorgeous, there's queer robots on a space mining facility. It's amazing queer horror.

Another Crab's Treasure

I really enjoyed Aggro Crab's first game (Going Under) so i was excited for this, and it's genuinely so cute. It's sort of a souls-like (but with GREAT accessibility options, so if 'hard games' aren't your thing, fret not. You can give crab a 1-hit-KO gun) where you play as Kril, the hermit crab who can try on different shells and use them as weapons! It's really inventive, and the story is really sweet. Really worth giving it a go!

Honourable mentions:

Chants of Senaar - awesome linguistics game!

Umurangi Generation - anti-colonial photo taking game! Killer OST.

How fish is made - short, didn't realise it was made by the Mouthwashing folk until like last week. It's really cool! Arty.

We ❤️ Katamari: Reroll- what can i say, i love katamari.

Dawntrail - i loved the story, its really cool, I love Lamaty'i, she is my special princess babygirl, also it took me until now to realise that... ffxiv is a visual novel. With occasional dungeons. (Also I hope the next patches aren't going to be about ... redeeming Sphene? They might not be, but... let's not do that)

Films:

I Saw the TV Glow- if your trans you should watch this. If you want really thoughtful queer psychological horror, you should watch it. It's been months and I'm still thinking about it. 🏳️‍⚧️

Monkey Man - fuck, i love Dev Patel. He's so good in this. Super violent 👍👍👍💪💪💪

Love Lies Bleeding - Would Kirsten Stewart inject steroids into my butt if I asked nicely, do you think... 💪💪💪💪💪💪❤️❤️❤️ Filled the muscle quota for the year. Please look up content warnings for this one 🙏

Challengers- Trent Reznor soundtrack 🙏🙏🙏 Gay Sexy Tennis 🎾

Honourable mentions:

Hackers - great OST, gay sexy hacking 🖥 👨‍💻

The Fall - i understand now why I've been seeing these gifs on tumblr for years now.

Bend It Like Beckham - i really liked it! Its very early 2000s, dont let the 'they don't get togehter in the end' put you off.

Videodrome- what if your whole torso was a vagina, and you could hide videotapes in it. Bonus points for unexpected Debbie Harry. Not sure this is actually a recommendation.

Sonic 3 - perfect movie, no notes. Shadow has a motorbike and a gun. (Better action sequences than ive seen in a cgi heavy movie in years)

Wicked - :) 💚💖

[topics-of-trend]

Staying Aware and Avoiding Unnecessary Stress While Traveling with Pets from One Place to Another

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Now let’s talk about the fear. 😨 The fact that we have to transport our lovely cats or dogs makes us worried sick because anything can happen during such journeys as these. From rough roads to overcrowded airports; there isn’t any reason why at least once in while every owner wouldn’t feel uneasy leaving their furry friend behind alone somewhere far away from home surrounded by strangers caring nothing about its life but themselves only interested in getting their work done quickly so they can be off again somewhere else doing something else with some other person who doesn’t know them either but does know how much they charge per hour which means he’ll pay half upfront now thank you very much… But don’t worry this is not what will happen if we follow necessary steps!

Now maybe you’re asking yourself “Won’t my cat / dog get scared being inside carrier?” It may seem like an issue but believe me, once taught the right way — instead of seeing the carrier as a prison where he/she’s trapped all day long without toys nor freedom hence feeling lonely even more than ever before, he/she begins looking at it differently though still regarding it among other things used occasionally by humans for transporting their belongings whenever necessary since those days aren’t over yet (as long as people keep moving around). Also apart from that there was never anything wrong with using carriers because after knowing its advantages you’ll realize that there were mere trivialities compared against what could’ve been lost forever had somebody not thought otherwise about inventing pet carriers soon enough.

Sorry, could you repeat that? I didn’t quite catch it. Were you saying something about pet carriers being uncomfortable for animals? No way! Actuallly, if used correctly they can even save their life which is certainly much better than any other thing we can do or give them. 🙂😊🤗

So what can we do to make sure that our pet’s carrier becomes a safe haven for them rather than a source of anxiety? For this, you have to pick the right carrier for your pet and prepare accordingly. To start with, get a carrier that will allow the pet to stand, turn around and lie comfortably. Account for their size, including weight as well as any other specific requirements they might need.

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But that is not all; once you are done selecting a suitable carrier for your furry pet, make it feel like home. Familiarize your animal gradually with the new environment at his or her own pace such as leaving it open in your house containing warm bedding and some toys they know to give your pet a sense of comfort and familiarity inside the carrier. 😊😃🤗

When preparing for travel either by road or air ensure everything necessary has been taken care of so that the journey may not be too hard on the pet. This includes giving enough water breaks and toilet stops among other things plus avoiding feeding a big meal just before departure which could cause discomfort for your pet during transit. Securely fasten the crate inside the vehicle or underseat if traveling by plane, and then sit back and relax because everything is all set!! 😃👍🤗

And there it is! With some knowledge along with plenty of affection towards pets, every trip should be full of excitement and without worry about anything bad occuring while traveling together. 😊🤗 So pack up those bags now pet owners! 😃

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[sarah-dipitous]

Hellsite Nostalgia Tour 2023 Day 327

Back and to the Future/Nikola Tesla’s Night if Terror

Did I mention there’s a mistake in my “final” calendar? I put the episode of dw I watched the other day on there twice 😎👍 luckily what that really means is I can skip watching one some time this weekend

“Back and to the Future”

Plot Description: Sam, Dean, and Castiel reluctantly team up with a demon inhabiting Jack’s body to battle an army of undead souls that includes some infamous killers

Would I Survive the First Five Minutes??: (not even started it yet and certainly not, right?) guess who was riiiiight

Cas making sure to bring Jack’s body with them to safety (even temporary safety) 😭😭😭

Vs Cas also pointing out that he wouldn’t starve to death if they stayed in this place forever

Dean’s so mad at Chuck and in such a funny way

So….not running water, just more zombies

Oh this is actually kind of fun, like when Misha gets to play evil versions of Cas

I’m not trusting that this demon was your basic pencil pusher. He just stopped the (not-)zombie horde that god himself put in our trio’s way

Yeah, MAYBE these girls are a little spoiled but that doesn’t mean this ghost has to go after them

We’re starting to see the aftermath of various ghosts who stayed true to form

This murder clown is decidedly not sexy (to me. Could be someone else’s yum, and I won’t yuck it)

How long ago was this demon last on earth??

Oh a big bag of salt and a human heart?? Is THAT all you need??

Of COURSE Sam had to go to the clown house, poor guy

I love that Rowena made Dean say please and use the descriptor “exquisite” when he first told her they needed her to move her ass

Omg we cannot be getting Michael back again (but this universe’s Michael who got———hey, what about Adam? I know we’re NEVER revisiting that plot thread but like…that’s so stupid)

And if COURSE the gunshot wound Sam has isn’t able to be healed by Cas AND he’ll hide it…

Hey, free, fresh human heart, I guess

Lizzie Borden’s here too??

Castiel sassing Sam shooting him with rock salt when he can’t help when a ghost decides it’s gonna vanish

Worst ghosts in a show ever. Why do they HAVE to run? The ghosts are running

Oh man. The bad tension between Cas and Dean continues

Thank you, Sam, from saving Dean even temporarily from a nihilistic spiral

This is unintentionally the funniest fucking show in the world. “If we win���when we win this, god’s gone” I love this stupid show so much, I can’t believe I’m in the last season

“Nikola Tesla’s Night of Terror”

Plot Description: 1903. Who or what is sabotaging Nikola Tesla’s generator plant at Niagra Falls? And has this maverick inventor really received a message from Mars?

Ruh roh I’m not gonna make it before midnight. Can we blame Megumi?? And how cute she was being tonight?

Hey, did this one come out before or after Elon became obsessed with going to Mars? Because the Tesla-Mars connection seems too on the nose

Ok I can see why he believes he’s getting messages from space

Companions should get in period dress more often

These two ACTUAL geniuses in a room together and supporting each other and comforting each other, realizing they have so much in common

This dude in the cape is bad news. Wtf is happening with him??

Ok, since we’re in NYC…I’m just thinking, what if we could DO something that would have prevented what happened to Amy and Rory.

They do this to angels in spn to interrogate them, too…but these are no angels, that’s for sure. The makeup they used almost reminds me of the spider queen from the runaway bride

Voice too, actually

Graham telling off Thomas Edison is delightful

Oh but instead of spiders, it’s scorpions, and they can shoot lasers from their tails!

And what a crazy thing that they also steal tech from other places

Edison should not be allowed to be this close to the plan

Aw, she just wants a high five and he doesn’t know what that is because it hasn’t been invented yet?

The return of the goggles!! Yay!

It’s effective for getting people off the street and away from the scorpion aliens, but it also feels slanderous for Edison to be saying that shit about Tesla

Excuse me? The Doctor is typically about stopping but not killing…but kind of in the way Aang is, but…she seems pretty dead set on killing the queen. I’m not even sure how they managed to save earth this time

[wickedcriminal]

MY TIME HAS COME

Basically I think mobians would be the 'monsters' in this scenario and they were all trapped underground like the monsters were, and the human souls are just the chaos emeralds cuz there's conveniently seven of them

Sonic is gonna be Sans because they're both Blue. Jk it's cuz Sonic would get to run at mach 300 in pink slippers and well I just think that would make a neat sound 👍 he's got chili dog stands in every region. His 'shortcuts' are just him blasting through the underground at the speed of sound (got places to go gotta follow my rainbow) and his personality suits Sans too I can see Sonic being the most terrifying person to get on the bad side of especially if you manage to merk Tails

Papyrus is his beloved lil bro Tails, except instead of wanting to be a part of the Royal Guard he wants to be the apprentice Royal Scientist and spends lots of his time inventing and demonstrating outlandish weapons to impress Royal Scientist Dr. Eggman, who finds him extremely annoying. Mints are his Spaghetti and he yaps at 500 miles prower. More below vv

Eggman is the Alphys to Gerald's Gaster, except Eggman isn't a sweet and dorky underdog and is very much still bent on world domination (as soon as he can get out of the Underground so help him) the only reason he hasn't blown up the entire underground is cuz everyone gave him the entirety of Hotland to experiment on ways to get back to the surface and he finds that a sufficient compromise. For now. He also did all of that True Lab stuff and he doesn't regret any of it he brags about it in fact 💀

This of course means Metal Sonic is Mettaton which is obviously the best part of this entire au. Instead of being glamorous he shows up with an electric guitar and plugs it into himself before playing it loud enough to explode things 😌 Sage is Napstablook because I think she'd find lying on the ground and having an existential crisis enriching

Undyne isn't one person but rather two people. Silver and Blaze. Imagine if Undyne was crossed with Team Rocket. The both of them standing on top of the hill like "WE'RE HERE TO STEAL YOUR SOUL! YOU CANNOT ESCAPE!! IT'S NO USE!!!" And then jump down and try to demolish you with fire and mind powers <3 Sonic would then set up a playdate and we'd go to their house to hang out and we'd set the house on fire making spaghetti because neither of them can cook for shit. Do you see my vision

Shadow and Maria are Asriel and Chara and Flowey is Shadow but in a kinda scrungly Black Doom squiddy form. They were the kids of Gerald (former Royal Scientist) and Gerald declared war of the surface cuz Maria died. Gerald responded to that like any regular person would and by which i mean he experimented on Shadow to open the Barrier until Shadow's Doom powers came out and may or may not have just. Killed him. RIP W. D. Gerald. Killed by his own creation and all that.

Black Doom is here but I wouldn't consider him as having any real undertale counterpart, he just exists outside of the timeline and torments Shadow trying to convince him on killing the entire underground and Then Some.

There is no king and queen, but princess regent Amy eventually goes to the Ruins to keep errybody and their Chaos Emeralds out of the underground— and former captain of the guard Knuckles is by the Barrier protecting the six Chaos Emeralds they managed to swipe from fallen surface dwellers. I guess that means we (the fallen mc) have got the last emerald? idk why we wouldn't just give it to Knuckles though 😂 maybe it's connected to our life force in some way? I haven't thought that far into it

I guess the surface dwellers would be humans, but I don't wanna specify exactly because I keep imagining the Avatar Maker from Sonic Forces and it won't leave my brain 😂 it doesn't make sense but it would be FUN

ANYWAY THANKS FOR LETTING ME YAP GO AHEAD AND ADD ON IF YOU GOT BETTER IDEAS!!!

Sonic after not surviving