#tags about worm and poll

[naomiknight-17]

That 'would you rather' poll that's going around currently has the option for eating a worm everyday as the leader

Do people not realize how many parasites and bacteria are hitching a ride on the average earthworm

Do you want rat lung worm

Do you want carpet python parasite

Do you want to become paralyzed, suffer neurological effects, and eventually die helpless and in horrible pain?

Oh but what are the chances that this worm has any of those things! I don't know, why don't you eat a different one every darn day and play the 'what parasite will kill me first' roulette. Sounds fun!

[thedeadthree]

HEHEHEHE 🥀💌☺️🥴

[creativenicocorner]

THE PEER REVIEWED FIC TITLE RESULTS ARE I N !!

the winner is GLOW WORMS

also shoutout to @edarflyfor the realist tags I've seen while the poll was circulating haha

you were absolutely correct, I am boo boo the fool for not realizing sooner haha

BUT SINCE IM ALSO BISEXUAL IM GOING TO COMBINE THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS AND UNNECESSARILY COMPLICATE MATTERS!!

so STEP ASDE Glow Worms [working title] and say hello to the official fic name:

Glow Worms or rather: In the Depths of the Safflower Hills

thank you to all who participated!!

[beanswithbones]

note to self: don't make a post/poll about pronunciation and in turn outing yer speech impediment by showing how u have to break down words

[overhatedcharacterspoll]

OVERHATED CHARACTERS POLL: Mary Jane Watson (The Spider-Man Trilogy)

Feel free to explain your position in the comments or tags, but any harassment, over-the-top fighting, or personal attacks will result in you being blocked. Do not attack real people, be they fans or creators, over fictional characters.

Mod note: Remember, this is specifically about MJ as she is portrayed in the 2000s movies directed by Sam Raimi. The comics and other screen portrayals are an entirely different can of worms.

[sordid-dog]

DNI: zionist, antikin, ableist, lgbtq+ phobic, fatphobic, fat kink, proshipper, support ai art, anti-cringe, general bigotry, s/h + ed blogs, proship.

im sorry for not reblogging or answering asks regarding current wars and genocides but i really cant handle it.sorry.

RB > LIKES on art, preferably

art fight,,

pronoun👍

strawpage!! <- kinda important

bsky

userbox by @/oy--with-the-poodles-already :]]]

stupidscav -> sordid-dog

hello!! I'm callie/fester! feel free to alternate names and give name suggestions!! I go by it/thing/he/they. I am neurodivergent (autism, anxiety, probably adhd and maybe ocd) please be clear about things,, my mental health also may not the best currently so I might not be in a stable mood sometimes. expect some vents. i am also a minor, and I love bugs, indie music, Gravity Falls, The Owl House, Night In The Woods, and Rain World. :3

you can send me bug images as long as it is NOT A LARDER BEETLE. THEY ARE SMALL BLACK BEETLES WITH A WHITE/TAN STRIPE. DO NOT SEND ME THOSE . if you send an image of a larder beetle i WILL be blocking you.they remind me of some bad shit that happened to me in the past .please and thank yoy

please also refrain from sending me images of worms, or ask if you can send an image beforehand.

if anyone uses this to specifically send me images of tjem im just gonna delete this part

I am a demiboy and a bi lesbian, and I adore contradictory labels.

I am also otherkin/fictionkin, and my confirmed (?) kintypes are caninekin and cryptidkin :] i also relate to/kin a lot of other characters and creatures,, im probably constelic/fictionflicker

about my tw tags: I tag the word itself. if "your mom" was a trigger, I would simply tag the post "your mom". you can always ask me to tag something!

current tags:

#dog misc: me yapping

#festers fuckery: me art

#dark pearls: vents and/or dark topics.yea the tag is the same as before

#waggy tail: happy vents

#dog rage: me being rightfully mad

#dog howls: serious discussion/announcements

#awroo: asks

#dog treats: gifts

old tags + info (these are my previous tags i used to use):

#scavs silly misc: miscellaneous posts/original posts. I upload random shit sometimes🔥

festers fuckery: art :3

#dark pearls: dark topics, vents

#pearl treasury: asks and polls!

#scavs favorite pearls: gifts! at least I think that was the tag

#scav is serious: announcements mostly

spam acc: @gayass-ery

music sideblog: @musicmutt

btw, I love being tagged! I love being asked! I love getting doodle requests, though idk if I'll get them all! these are basically always open!! unfortunately I am a horrible procrastinator so I might not always answer timely :']

probably gonna add more if I forgot, which is very likely. ty!

-please don't make jokes on my vent posts or blank reblog or anything unless I say you can btw. should have said that earlier sorry

[musclewomansbrawl]

Let's go ladies!

Welcome to the brawl where enthusiasts submit buff woman to compete for the title of Most Muscle Woman Ever.

I'm Mod Starla, let's begin.

I'm going to censor these words to keep them from showing up in the regular tag but just so we're on the same page:

NO T3RF$, R4DF3M$, AND N4Z1 CODED CHARACTERS. And no H*rry P*tter or Att*ck On Tit*n content. Please and Thank you.

Requirements:

She's fictional

She has defined muscles. They have to be visible when she's idle. She doesn't have to be a body builder but I need to see that visible line between muscles groups.

Photo proof will be required either way.

I will not accept her if she's canonically strong as hell but relatively skinny and doesn't look the part. Still love the girls that don't have huge muscles and still look like a model, though. This poll just isn't here to highlight them.

if you read these and agree to the terms, tell me if you would still love your muscle woman if she was a worm under the "Would you?" question in the form.

Multiple submissions are allowed. One per character however.

If your character is written or a podcast character, submit some descriptions, dialogue, something that talks about their muscles.

Furthermore, on that point, please try to avoid fanart. Give me the wiki if thats the best you can do

One the polls start going out, they'll be under the tag #supersmashwomen.

I can't promise weekly updates but I can certainly try to put my whole pussy into it. Feel free to send me any asks if you have any comments or questions.

Submissions: Open

^ click on this to get to the form

[bikenesmith]

ive noticed some engagement on some of my monkees (shit)posts from way back in 2012/2013 — my 14/15 year old self. which is endearing, bc im aware the monkees fandom is still going, and is perhaps even more active than it was in my day. this did remind me of a @fansplaining article by allegra rosenberg / @areyougonnabe that i finally got around to reading earlier this week, the beatles live!

(i have no idea how long some of you have been here, so to recap i was fully obsessed with classic rock bands and 1960s/70s pop culture from like, 12 to 15 years old. profound impact on me in many ways, still love 60s/70s music, culture and history. also lmfao at my fandom of the last near-decade being sparked by a film set in the 60s. the several page video essay script about x-men first class' anachronistic 1960s fashion, which is sooo close to actually being filmed, will likely be the ultimate culmination of it all) the beatles were my first music fandom — while i still have feelings for the monkees [obviously, considering my ~12 year attachment to this url across nearly all of my social media] it is the beatles that i still have brain worms for. a tiny, isolated worm, but one nonetheless. so this article, i had to read.)

i was really taken by this section on the anachronistic modernizing of beatles fandom activities.

It takes a certain stripe of fannish brain to obsess over music from a bygone age instead of modern artists—taking something as broadly popular as classic rock and treating it with all the intimate, loving attention that other fans devote to a sci-fi television show, a fantasy book series, or a cult video game. These fans are cultural archaeologists, working with the materials of the past to create the passion of the present. The phenomenon is not limited to the Beatles. On TikTok, fans place meme tweets on pictures of the Stones and Bob Dylan; celebrate Freddie Mercury’s style; and make Monkees fancams. But the Beatles fandom is still top dog, with a kind of default dominance it retains from the dawn of Beatlemania. On Tumblr, you can find gifsets of Beatles movies, fanart, and the occasional Yoko Ono stan post, side by side with more typically Tumblr-esque wackiness along the lines of Paul McCartney posts tagged “#my twink wife”, “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” memes, and toxic yaoi polls.

it made me think about how this phenomenon — the blending of modern fan practices and modern pop culture (fancams, memes, insaneposting, etc) with classic rock fandom is not new (not that allegra insinuates it is — i am speaking generally), but is something that has been around for a while, and is something i participated in quite heavily when it came to monkees fandom. whether it was

editing a music video to the tune of marina + the diamonds

making art of mike nesmith as a genderbent marina + the diamonds analog

not to mention the entirety of the who (slight flashing tw)

creating mockups of a classic rock-themed homestuck/OFF/undertale/earthbound analog:

classic rock icons using homestuck icons as a base

blending classic rock into my ~aesthetic~ blog theme sensibilities:

this video where i did nothing but put the beginning of baby got back over a scene from the first episode of the monkees and the music lined up almost frighteningly well

or creating emo notepad screenshot aesthetic posts with quotes from head (1968)....

i was very invested in engineering (or maybe just yearning for + acting out desires?) a form of classic rock fandom that was "hip" to the modern fandoms i was aware of. this was likely inspired by the fact that monkees fandom at the time skewed older.

i cannot for the life of me find these accounts or screenshots of them, but i think the ultimate expression of this was a collection of twitter accounts i made as mockups of twitter stan accounts, modeled directly off of one direction accounts at the time. complete with icons that were cut-outs of musicians overlayed onto aesthetic background, and descriptions that noted how many times the musicians had interacted with them.

importantly, i could not have sustained this if not for the close friends i had at the time that were around my age and were on my wavelength, that supported it, commiserated with me, made lots — especially on the homestuck parts. even if it was a small thing, in a small fandom, it was a communal effort

idk. its interesting to see that these dreams of mine have now come to fruition.

abrupt stop, no conclusion bc this is just a post not an essay (a comment directed at my autistic ocd self). may be interesting to some of the nouveau classic rock fandom.

[jacksmusesdrv3]

*Note: this is not a comment about 'validity', it's about whether you personally believe there is such a thing that's been masked ('narrative construction/bias/framing' is a can of worms to address, so this is more about impressions of the idea, if that makes sense)

**If you answered this, go ahead and plug an AU for me!

I'll tag asks with #dr poll asks and #drv3

[haveyouseenthisanimal-irl]

Pinned Post !

Hello! This is a blog dedicated to making polls about animals, specifically to find out how well known/seen these animals are.

Requests for animals is always allowed, either via asks or DMs. It may take a while for me to get to your request & for it to be posted, simply because I probably have a backlog/large amount of queued posts

If you need something tagged as a tw or such, let me know!

I post a poll once a day at 3pm Eastern Time, & each poll lasts for 1 week

Mod uses he/neopronouns, you can call me Edgar if you want

The avatar is a Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos), and the header is a Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)

Under the cut is a list of tags & other such organization features, if you want to request an animal please check here first

Tags used:

#not poll - a tag used for any post that isn’t a poll

#poll - a tag used for any post that is a poll

#asks - a tag used for responding to asks

#self reblog - a tag used for when I reblog one of my own posts

#bug tw - will apply for most if not all things commonly called bugs. This includes insects, spiders, worms, millipedes, centipedes, snails, slugs, butterflies, moths, isopods

#insect tw - will apply for insects, as in animals in the class Insecta

#arachnid tw - will apply for arachnids, as in animals in the class Arachnida

#spider tw - will apply to spiders, as in animals in the order Araneae

#lepidoptera tw - will apply to moths & butterflies, animals in the order Lepidoptera

List of Classes of animals I’ve done a poll for (each link leads to another post which breaks the class down into orders I’ve covered):

Actinopterygii

Amphibia

Arachnida

Aves

Cephalopoda

Chilopoda

Chondrichthyes

Diplopoda

Insecta

Malacostraca

Mammalia

Myxini

Reptilia

Scyphozoa

Tentaculata

I use Miklos Udvardy’s Biogeographic Realm map (I lump Oceanian into Australasian):

Tags for the ranges:

Nearctic

Palearctic

Afrotropical

Indomalayan

Australasian

Neotropical

Antarctic

[red-black-aesthetic-bout]

RED AND BLACK TOURNAMENT: ROUND ONE UNDERWAY

Polls will be released every hour throughout the day (10 am - 7 or 8 pm EST) for the next week

Submit character propaganda or descriptions at any time via ask box or reblogging

Tags

redblack tournament (poll tag)

redblack propaganda

round wrapup

round 1 (etc.)

mod speaks

ask answered

character info post

lightning round (prelim tag)

winners

redblack reblog (reminders to vote at one day left)

About the poll, info, and guidelines

Round one matchups under the cut!!

Bracket 1

Ruby Rose (RWBY) vs. Vanitas (Kingdom Hearts)

Mello (Death Note) vs. Rhaenyra Targaryern (House of the Dragon)

Kuga Yuma (World Trigger) vs. Kiki (Kiki’s Delivery Service)

Clifford (Clifford the Big Red Dog) vs. Dracula (Castlevania)

Kai Satou (Your Turn to Die) vs. Ladybugs/Ladybirds (real life)

Zuko (Avatar: the Last Airbender) vs. Kuro (Katamari)

Kate (Shadows House) vs. The Cat (Ghost Trick)

Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch (Marvel comics) vs. Red X (Teen Titans)

Elric of Melniboné (The Elric Saga/Michael Moorcock’s Eternal Champion Multiverse) vs. Naomi Armitage (Armitage the Third)

Alucard (Hellsing Ultimate) vs. Keith Kogane (Voltron: Legendary Defenders)

Lance (Sym Bionic Titan) vs. Panpeus (Gitaroo Man)

Six-Eared Macaque (Lego Monkie Kid) vs. Flick (Animal Crossing)

Watchdog (Jupiter-Men) vs. Crowley (Good Omens)

Eye of Sauron (Lord of the Rings) vs. Ylfa Snorgelsson (Dimension 20: Neverafter)

Razer (Jak X: Combat Racing) vs. Kieran Valentine (Monster High: Why Do Ghouls Fall In Love?)

Wei Wuxian (The Untamed/MDZS) vs. Giant Horse (Breath of the Wild)

Shadow the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog) vs. Black Sonichu/Blake (CWC’s Sonichu)

Sailor Mars (Sailor Moon) vs. The Toy Soldier (The Mechanisms)

Ada Wong (Resident Evil) vs. Jack Spicer (Xiaolin Showdown)

Tophat (The Nightly Manor) vs. Marceline the Vampire Queen (Adventure Time)

Parr Family/The Incredibles (The Incredibles) vs. Pioneer 9 (17776 and 20020)

Guilmon (Digimon) vs. Julian Devorak (The Arcana)

Miles Edgeworth (Ace Attorney) vs. Sundancer (Worm - Parahumans)

HAL 9000 (2001: A Space Oddyssey) vs. Eas (Fresh Precure)

Harley Quinn (DC comics) vs. Itachi Uchiha (Naruto)

Scorpia (She-ra and the Princesses of Power) vs. Redcloak (Order of the Stick)

Scarlet Kingsnake (real life) vs. Hornet (Hollow Knight)

Maka Albarn (Soul Eater) vs. Toa Tahu (Bionicle)

Thorn (Scooby Doo and the Witch’s Ghost) vs. Litten (Pokémon)

Maned Wolf (real life) vs. Orko (He-Man)

Rebecca Rubin (American Girl Dolls) vs. Lucifer (Obey Me)

Death the Wolf/The Wolf/Lobo/Death etc. (Puss in Boots: the Last Wish) vs. Joker (Persona 5) Bracket 2

Miles Morales/Spiderman (Marvel comics) vs. Cynder (Spyro)

Edelgard von Hresvelg (Fire Emblem franchise) vs. Sanguine (The Elder Scrolls)

Artegor Nexus (Galactik Football) vs. Beidou (Genshin Impact)

Barb (Trolls) vs. Mao Mao (Mao Mao Heroes of Pure Heart)

Wrathion, the Black Prince (World of Warcraft) vs. Vox Akuma (Nijisanji En)

Romeo (Minecraft: Story Mode) vs. Hua Cheng (Heaven Official’s Blessing/TGCF)

Sharkface (Red vs. Blue) vs. Ashley (WarioWare)

Carmen Sandiego (Carmen Sandiego) vs. Beatrice (Umineko no Naku Koro ni)

Claire Stanfield/Felix Walken (Baccano!) vs. Deathgripper (How to Train your Dragon)

Default Mii Brawler (Super Smash Bros Ultimate) vs. Silver (Pokemon franchise)

Joui Jouki (Ordem Paranormal) vs. Banica Conchita (Evillious Chronicles)

Dreadking Rathalos (Monster Hunter Generations) vs. Black Widow Spider (real life)

Celestia Ludenberg (Danganronpa) vs. Gira/Kuwagata Ohger (Ohsama Sentai: King Ohger)

Garnet (Steven Universe) vs. Black Knight (Monty Python and the Holy Grail)

Scott Summers/Cyclops (X-men) vs. Heather Chandler (Heathers)

Lon (Sendokai champions) vs. Edward Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist)

Darth Maul (Star Wars) vs. Defective Turret (Portal 2)

Easthies (Witch Hat Atelier) vs. Grim (Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy)

Zagreus (Hades) vs. Freddy Kreuger (A Nightmare on Elm Street)

Black Rose Dragon (Yu-Gi-Oh!) vs. Marian Hawke (Dragon Age 2)

Michael Burnham (Stark Trek franchise) vs. Mapo Tofu (Food Fantasy)

Flapjack (The Owl House) vs. Marinette Dupain-Cheng/Ladybug (Miraculous Ladybug)

Red-winged Blackbird (real life) vs. Pucca (Pucca)

Overblot Riddle (Twisted Wonderland) vs. Quattro Bajeena (Mobile Suit Gundam franchise)

Pyramid Head (Silent Hill) vs. Lord Hater (Wander Over Yonder)

Sigmund Sinclair (The Reckoning) vs. Vash the Stampede (Trigun 98/Trigun Maximum)

Ranma Saotome (Ranma ½) vs. Valerie Gray (Danny Phantom)

Mephone 4s (Inanimate Insanity) vs. Regina (Doki Doki Precure)

Mordecai Heller (Lackadaisy) vs. Sideswipe (Transformers G1)

Satan (Lil Nas X’s Montero music video, and also Christianity or something) vs. Zealot Carmainerose (Epic 7)

Zero (Code Geass) vs. Yor Briar (Spy x Family)

Vincent Valentine (Final Fantasy franchise) vs. Ryuko Matoi (Kill la Kill)

[northwyrm]

hi this is a vague question and i apologize but HELLO WHAT IS "what if we were traveling in the worm forest and there was only one flesh tent" I MUST KNOW

Oh!!! So this is my latest project of all my projects - so newborn that it is barely formed (whereas the other two projects in that poll already have art and writing and even dedicated blogs here and here).

The project is loosely called 'flesh castles' in my mind and it's a melting pot of my main interests: knights, forests, body horror and sessile marine life. I haven't posted about it online anywhere as I am still brainstorming it (also trying to come up with a blog name better than 'flesh castles' for a dedicated sideblog). I don't know if it will be an art project or a writing project - so far there is more art than writing.

In summary: there is a world covered in giant trees and deep, dark forests. Within these forests are castles made of flesh; castles which shelter and nurture the people within. They are ruled by fairy princesses and guarded by animals called 'knights' against dangerous wildlife such as unicorns. Word is recieved that a flesh castle out in the ice wastes is in trouble, so a scribe and a knightskin (human warrior wearing the skin/armour of a knight animal) travel together to find out more. They may also share a flesh tent and maybe even kiss.

The forests are made of tree-worm hybrids (symbiotic worms acting as a circulatory system to help pump fluids up the imossibly tall trees), worm-trees (based on sessile worms and corals), stinging trees (corals, anemones, polyp stages of jellyfish), fern worms (crinoids). The air sometimes becomes thick with aerial algae and plankton and is too wet to breathe without a protective mask, covering everything in a green slime as you walk through the algal fog.

Currently I'm tagging posts with the same vibes I want to cultivate in this story as '#vibe17' on my blog (my blog tagging system includes so many numbered vibe tags I'm sorry)

Here are some doodles:

[threerattsinatrenchcoat]

I did this poll!

My Minthara/Araj fic got the most votes (40%! Woooo!). This would be a continuation of this fic (CW blood and needles)

Here are the lines. For context, Minthara has been captured by another noble House. It's a bit long so I put some under the cut.

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"Announcing Commander Iiv'nitra Duskryn," sang a servant as the woman led her—and her alone—into a hall. Minthara hit her knees with perfect timing, just after Iiv'nita initiated the shove down but before her captor had a chance to actually do it, a move that should have made Iiv'nitra stumble.

Unfortunately, the commander masterfully turned the clumsiness into a bow, and murmured to Minthara, "Excellent attempt."

"You should see me when I'm not improvising," Minthara said.

"Tempting." Then louder, "In the court's own time."

Iiv'nitra spoke to the empty throne, ignoring the other occupants on the dias: a heavily pregnant priestess on a less grand throne and the male seated on a low stool next to her; a retinue of warriors, each gorgeous in their viciousness; another male tucked in back, head bowed in the demure modesty of a wizard; and a woman standing next to the throne in a simple, perfectly pressed and fitted robe. Silently, Minthara put names to each: Priestess Zesace; her current stock and body guards; Faeruck Imbros; and High Advisor Ginra, a no-name who'd wormed her way to the ear of the matron, mostly by being correct about everything she suggested. Other Houses put stock in blood, while Duskryn promoted solely on merit, which meant each individual was very good at the title they had earned.

Unlike Minthara, who was good at everything.

On an invisible cue, the court fell silent, all its attendees turning their attention to Minthara like hungry crows to a kitten. Steadily, she gazed back, picking out familiar faces and adjusting her plan accordingly.

"I have captured Minthara Baenre," the commander said. "Our intelligence was correct."

"The traitor," said Zesace. "The dangerous one."

"I am aware. She slew one of the recruits, but I've found her rather mild since."

"A docile Baenre? Impossible."

"I know. I must admit, my lady, that I am tempted to petition the court to keep her. A beast this rare is perfect for the menagerie."

"Are you certain you could handle the responsibility? You'd have to take her on walks."

"Oh, look at her. She would take me on walks."

The court laughed.

Iiv'nitra settled back into professionalism and continued, "With her were a servant, a slave, a male—magus, I suppose, although he didn't do much—and the Oblodra."

"How does she look?" blurted Zesace.

"Tentacles?" asked Ginra with dark delight.

"Simply dull," Iiv'nitra said. "Her hair is windswept and she struggles in the darkness."

"Oh, do bring her in."

A moment later, Araj was dragged to Minthara's side. Zesace hefted herself out of her chai. Trailed by her male, she made her way closer.

"Fascinating," she said. "She nearly looks drow."

"I am d—" Araj started, but Zesace shoved her fingers into Araj's mouth, catching her tongue with long, cruel nails and yanking it forward.

"See how forgiving I am? Letting you keep this? Be certain to mind it from here out; Oblodra parts sell well," Zesace said.

Araj flushed.

"She seems quite regular."

"As I said," Iiv'nitra shrugged, "dull."

Ginra leaned close to the empty throne and murmured, "My lady, given our findings, perhaps we should continue this with a private audience?"

Another pause, then Zesace released Araj, wiping spit in her hair, and said, "Very astute, my lady. As you wish."

"I defer to your wisdom," said Iiv'nitra.

Zesace snapped, and Imbros scuttled around, activating a series of runes that wrapped magic around the area and left them in complete privacy. Foolish, to not check Minthara or Araj first. Perhaps she had over prepared for this challenge.

"The honorable Prae'anelle Duskryn. You look different than I remember," Minthara bowed to the chair.

"We were warned you were funny," Iiv'nitra said.

Ginra said to the throne, "My lady, I would advise caution. Even stripped of her titles, she is still a general."

"A general without a weapon," Iiv'nitra shrugged.

"A Baenre without Lolth."

"A disgrace."

"Is there any value to her at all?" mused Zesace.

With the careful precision of an assassin dropping an arachnid egg sac into a surface debutante's ball, Minthara said flatly, "One of you thinks so, given that I've made it this far."

The effect was immediate: Iiv'nitra laughed the short, brusque laugh of someone trying to cover nerves, Zesace relaxed, a classic overcorrection when one knows they tend to stiffen in surprise, the guards tensed, Imbros ducked his head harder, and the stock looked towards Zesace. No, past his priestess and wife, to Ginra.

Who didn't react at all. Either because she had a plan, or because she was the only one with a drop of courtly skills.

No, there was a reaction. The slightest dilation of her pupils. Excitement. A weakness.

Minthara said, "Or, perhaps, Matron Duskryn is the only one who wishes me dead?"

"Our mother matron has priorities elsewhere," said Iiv'nita.

Zesace said, "And so, in her absence, we lead."

"A fine opportunity for you to prove your worth," Minthara said. Curious that Ginra hadn't spoken up. A clear "guide from the shadows" type.

"Honeyed words," said Zesace.

"Such a polite disgrace," Iiv'nitra marveled.

"I've even brought a gift," Minthara said.

"What are you planning, Baenre?" asked Ginra.

"Really, at this point I'm more curious than anything else," Iiv'nitra said.

"Do not make little of our situation," said Zesace.

"Priestess Zesace, I am a swords master. It's my existence to cut problems down to size."

"And mine is to confirm we stay on point," said Ginra. "Why are you here?"

All three turned to look at Minthara, weighing their thoughts. Deciding. Each seemed determined that their decision be the final one, and the sort who didn't know how to use a loss to an advantage.

Time to release more spiderlings. "I seek allies. One of the eight houses would be incredibly valuable."

"One of the eight houses," Zesace scowled. "We've heard enough jokes. Kill her."

As Iiv'nitra pulled a blade, Minthara said, "You were due to be elevated. What happened?"

"House Baenre promoted House Do'Urden over us," said Iiv'nitra.

"Do'Urden?" Minthara sprinkled a bit of disgust on the name. She didn't even need to act; Astarion's constant prattling about Drizzt had solidified Do'Urden as a house she would happily wipe from history.

"The honorable Matron Mother Quenthel Baenre deemed fit to reform the House," said Zesace.

"That idiot little goblin," Minthara growled, as if her outburst were not perfectly planned. "I apologize for this oversight. Know that it is not a lack of respect to your House, but a lack of a proper spy network. Did you at least receive the assassin I sent?"

"That was yours?" said Ginra

"The jumpy gnome?" Iiv'nitra said. "Oh, she was a delight. I kept her hair and her blades."

"I hope you would like her! I wouldn't want to be rude," Minthara said, and dropped her voice to the low tones of a gossip. "House Jaelre didn't poison anything they offered me."

Zesace tsk'd. "This is what happens when males try to lead."

"Let's keep this one," Iiv'nita said.

"No. We will return the disgrace to her house for a favor."

"Because Baenre has respected you before," Minthara mused.

Iiv'nitra cuffed the back of her head, hard, and said, "Or we see why she is here."

"To take my house back," Minthara answered. Another smack, but a bit affectionate.

"Ah, suicide. In that case, we simply kill her."

"Offer her to Lolth," said Zesace.

The stock's hand slipped off his thigh, falling out of sight, the tendons in his arm flexing. Signing.

None of the others noticed, of course. Who cared what a male did? And Ginra, to her credit, didn't look at him once. The only tell that she'd seen was her asking, "What of the gift?"

"My gift? To not reveal your coup to your matron."

Iiv'nita's sword arced toward her neck.

[lakesbian]

on one hand it doesn't hurt anyone if that one poll currently in the parahumans tag misleads people who have not and will never read worm into thinking lisa is hashtag aroace rep and furthermore it's actively really funny to let people believe wholly untrue things about parahumans so that it fucking Hurts Them if they ever actually read it. but on the other hand i have a nigh pathological need to correct people who have too high of opinions regarding wildbow

[wrestler-smash-or-pass]

Weekly Wrap Up - 11/26/23

Hey everyone, the first full week of polls is done!

Top five smashable wrestlers this week: 1. Kris Statlander. 91.0% voted smash out of 288 votes 2. Rhea Ripley. 84.2% voted smash out of 266 votes 3. Eddie Kingston. 82.8% voted smash out of 441 votes 4. Penelope Ford. 72.9% voted smash out of 251 votes 5. Samoa Joe. 72.1% voted smash out of 340 votes

More stats under the cut, along with my observations, commentary, and some of my favorite tags...

Bottom five smashable wrestlers this week: 1. The Boogeyman. 22.6% voted smash out of 230 votes 2. Brock Lesnar. 23.2% voted smash out of 237 votes 3. Doink the Clown. 28.3% voted smash out of 258 votes 4. Gunther. 29.6% voted smash out of 196 votes 5. Pretty Peter Avalon. 30.8% voted smash out of 224 votes

Most total votes, which I am taking as a measure of enthusiasm (both love and hate) 1. Eddie Kingston - 441 votes 2. Bryan Danielson - 406 votes 3. Samoa Joe - 340 votes 4. Filthy Tom Lawlor - 310 votes 5. Kris Statlander - 288 votes

And least total votes, which I am taking as a measure of apathy 1. Gunther - 196 votes 2. Pretty Peter Avalon - 224 votes 3. The Boogeyman - 230 votes 4. Brock Lesnar - 237 votes 5. Penelope Ford - 251 votes

The closest match was Bryan Danielson, whose final result was 46.8% smash, 53.2% pass

Average smash rating for... Women - 82.7% Men - 45.8% AEW - 61.4% WWE - 41.6%

I'm gonna be real with you guys, it is HILARIOUS to me, that Brock Lesnar was beaten by Pretty Peter Avalon and Doink the Clown (who got a mention on Hey (EW) this morning, by the way!). The only person Brock Lesnar could actually beat was the Boogeyman. A guy who has worms hanging out of his mouth.

Speaking of the Boogeyman, this request was probably the funniest one I've gotten so far. Because like...my only phobia, the only thing in the whole world I have an irrational fear of...is worms. It's not something I usually bother telling anyone, because when does that come up? And in wrestling? Surely no worms here! And mere DAYS after starting this blog, there I was, sifting through images of a guy with worms hanging out of his mouth, trying not to freak out!

To the person who requested him, I promise I'm not mad about it! You didn't know! And I was Very Brave about it long enough to make the post and now that it's over I can laugh about it.

And now for some of my favorite tags and comments

@moon-crater on Randy Savage: #i chose smash but i could never come between him and miss elizabeth

@danielgaycia on Bryan Danielson: #how is this so close he's literally the weird vegan sex guy. flaccid penis danielson. SMASH

@dykecassidy on Pretty Peter Avalon: #im fucking him just to see what his problem is

@kevinsteen on the Young Bucks: #they'd botch a quadruple backflip onto your cock

@sava-smth on Doink the Clown: #one piece has a whole fandom and you cowards passing on a sex icon?!

@alternativeproject on Doink the Clown: #we’re really in it now scoob

Okay, that is enough for now! Next week I'll start including overall standings in addition to weekly results. If you want to have a look at the raw data, you can find it here: