#something that /needs/ moderation

[iobartach]

also, considering i fell into a bit of a thinking mood tonight, have some more important details for my take on mig's powers in his main verse - a bit of new and old hcs are mixed in here-- ;

yes. they'll end up killing him, when his body becomes incompatible with sustaining life. so he won't ever become '100% spider' here

diminished life expectancy - with exceptions, because look, happy endings are fun, too <3

the usual stuff of obligate carnivore, enhanced sense of touch, ability to detect pheromones, etc

notorious for not taking proper care of himself; be it diet and, especially, nutritional needs. supplements missing vitamins, minerals, all that good stuff with occasional booster shots.

hardly sleeps / eats; reduced sleep because of the Nightmares tm and diminished appetite because of, basically, spiderness

but here's something that i don't think i've touched on yet; that 'spider' side? it's still pretty much him. i don't see it as like a separate entity or influence. it's still miguel, except it's the parts of miguel that were recombined and replaced during the dna imprinting process.

and, being a part of him, a different shade, if you will... hardly a day doesn't pass by where he's not on the lookout? why, because he's in uncharted waters here. he's got no basis for what to expect. It's not a Jekyll or Hyde kind of situation, which in its own way makes it more horrific when that shade of himself, that 'spiderness', asserts itself.

and when that in itself happens, it's all encompassing. a change in speech is the big giveaway - spiders don't speak, so neither will miguel. but!!! i have kina leaned on the thought that he'd hiss or something - probs silly, but just helps with the cues for narrative sake!

it'll take him a while to come back to his senses, and will leave him gasping for air and feeling like he's got twenty rounds wrestling with a bear.

a fun/scary part in all this is also the possibility that when he's caught up in this state, new abilities, or different techniques may be discovered?

and you bet miguel is conscious for all of this. :) he'll recall feelings and sensations quicker, rather than actual memories of events.

and this in particular frightens him. it's like a dice roll-- he can't tell on a given day what sort of trouble ceding to these aspects of his altered being will dredge up.

only that, chillingly, in the moment it feels right

ooof all around... :')

[xxplastic-cubexx]

give me some whiskey and ill draw The Most Thing i can come up with

bonus:

[superbat-lmao]

For all those skiing accidents Bruce gets into, he must have to actually go skiing a couple of times just for the press coverage.

And before he buys the Planet, Perry sends Clark out to do a piece on the skiing industry and hopefully get an interview with the walking safety hazard that is Bruce Wayne.

Or honestly, have them meet as civilians at any of Bruce’s extreme sport covers. Because galas are boring as fuck and I wanna see Brucie Wayne try and teach Clark Kent how to ski.

[virgothozul]

I-

hum.

[beneathsilverstars]

i keep adding things to this one post and then realizing they'd make more sense as a separate post. so here's how the party explained what happened in dagger ending au to bonnie:

Siffrin was very sad and worried about everyone leaving, because he was alone before he met us and he didn't want to be alone again. But he didn't talk about it because we all had plans that seemed very important, and he didn't want to get in the way, and he didn't want to admit that he didn't have anything else to do. It sounds pretty silly when you put it like that, but the rest of us were nervous to admit how much we cared about each other, too! Sometimes it's hard to tell someone how important they are to you, if you don't know whether you're important to them.

During the quest it was okay, because Siffrin knew we would stay together until Vaugarde was saved. But getting to Dormont meant the quest was almost over, and they got so upset at the idea of everyone leaving, that they didn't really care about what they were doing. Why did it matter what happened to them, when they were going to be sad and alone tomorrow either way? So they weren't very careful while they were training, and they got hurt. Luckily Odile saw, and Mirabelle healed them right up.

Now, he's really glad that we all decided to stay together longer! But he might still feel worried for a while, because it's hard to believe that everyone isn't leaving, after he's been dreading it for so long. And sometimes when you're sad for a long time, your brain just tries to keep being sad even when there isn't any reason to be. But if we keep reminding him that we love him just as much as he loves us, it'll start to stick in his brain better! We might also need to remind him to be careful and take care of himself, because that can be hard to remember when you're sad. And while he practices that, we can help take care of him, too!

[sskk-manifesto]

Wow I sure love being psychologically tortured by an anime

[thedreadvampy]

not to keep waffling on about this but a thing I have noticed in many areas of my life, from protests to marital arts to mosh pits, is that

while I'm not particularly good at proprioception, have no depth perception and frankly mediocre core strength for someone who's been weight training for 2 years, and at times in my life I have just Fallen Over Regularly For No Reason because my legs stopped being legs for a second

I am, for whatever reason, basically impossible to push over or move through force

like I don't know if I just have an unusually low centre of gravity or just fuckin stubborn or what but I am just preternaturally good at being Hard To Move

some of it is a learnable skill but I think I just have short little tree trunk legs and solid body mass and when I plant my feet and drop my weight down even a bit I become like unto a boulder. it's a fun quirk of my character build.

[amelikos]

I am already a big enjoyer of Friede and Amethio's rivalry and dynamics in general, so if Crave turns out to be Amethio's father, I feel like this knowledge would reframe their rivalry in very interesting ways and give additional readings and perspectives..

[icewindandboringhorror]

finally finished all of one character's entire quests/optional dialogue/questions/etc.... 100,000 words... .... aughhh

[gone-fish-mode]

my post on reddit about the newsletter got removed?? and i have no idea why???? it doesn't break any of the rules. it's relevant to otherkin, doesn't ask for any personal information or info at all. im so confused.

edit: i am just going to message the mods and try to be so normal and not annoying about clarification. i don't wanna be the annoying reddit user who cant comprehend the rules but like i cant comprehend the rules. and i want input augh !

[vintageseawitch]

some leftists, even those who will vote for Kamala Harris while holding their nose, make claims like, "fascism doesn't just go away if you vote against it" & while there are those out there who do feel this way (or at least want to) there are MANY who know that something like Project 2025 doesn't just go away if they lose their chance to implement it nationwide.

a leftist responded to one of my comments on facebook when i mentioned something about "accelerationists." it was only part of my comment & not even my point. they were SO offended by me calling "all of them that" when i did no such thing. what i see is that leftists who claim they're above everyone because they don't fall for propaganda that easily are proving they are just as human as the rest of us & only read what they want to read.

i get it: the US has A LOT of issues. this is not a great country. there are so many things i want to see get changed for the better. there are plenty of folks who feel the same while not identifying themselves as far left.

one other issue i have: i mention Ernst Thälmann quite a bit in my political posts. he was a German politician & leader of the Communist Party of Germany. he regarded the Social Democratic Party as "social fascists" which made it harder for the two leftist parties to work together. when he ran for office again in 1933 he lost by a landslide & Hitler took office. Thälmann was arrested by the Gestapo & sent to Buchenwald. his party rival, Walter Ulbricht, ignored requests to plead for his release & Thälmann was eventually shot & killed on Hitler's personal command.

when i brought up Thälmann recently, someone commented, "yeah, don't be like the guy who wanted to beat fascism but vote them in instead." that is NOT what i meant & these folks who claim they're the smartest ever because they don't like the US (that's actually a low bar; plenty if people dislike it) like to pretend they don't see my point. my only point is this: we are stronger together regardless of your normal party affiliation. working apart? making purity politics your hill to die on? it won't help us & we probably won't like how that'll turn out.

leftists who don't see the forest for the trees: you're right, you can't just "vote fascism away." the issue is your wanting to be superior to the rest of us is you may be part of what helps them get that kind of power. you're not the MAIN problem; our justice system is garbage & there's decades of poor education & people have been falling for propaganda & people are voting for anyone who is as hateful & ignorant as they are. my point in saying to not be an Ernst Thälmann is: don't tear us apart because of even slightly different ideologies. we need to work together. start at the local level. please remember it's not just the president; Congress & the Supreme Court are also filled to the brim with corruption.

[swinging-stars-from-satellites]

my mom read one or two articles with supposed "statistics" that say sleeping in a bra or even just frequently wearing a bra causes breast cancer and like I cannot believe that she's fearmongering to me about "would you rather wear a bra to bed because 'it's so uncomfortable without it' and have to fight breast cancer, or would you rather get your priorities fixed?"

[swordmaid]

always enamoured with that post adwd concept where brienne actually tries to kill jaime with oathkeeper, only to realise that she can’t and it’s wrong and she’s horrified that she actually considered AND acted upon it. and jaime being caught soooo off guard because that was the last thing he expected from brienne and like that didn’t cross his mind at all, the realisation of what it meant, what she tried to do, why she looks so horrified and why she looked so haunted prior. I know everyone thinks she’ll be too guilty to do anything but can you imagine if she actually tried and worse couldn’t go through with it i think it’d be delicious 😋😋

[allthegothihopgirls]

i never buy fast fashion, but she's just so cute i had to. literally my soul sister what do you mean

[wishchip106]

damn i guess mental health does eventually heal

[huomenhaamu]

Today I watched most of my classmates present their bachelor's theses and basically graduate

I'm lagging behind by approximately a year, my home group is now basically gone, and I've been doing occasional courses with second and third year students but haven't Connected