#that was not TLDR but i got Passionate okay

[hatsbuckets]

You know cuteness aggression? Okay I've got to post about this because auhsdfkjahdg

So. I think it is so funny that I get cuteness aggression with my military contract buddies who at this point are these like, six-foot guys who eat like bears and have the metabolism of a, well, 20 something year old man who's going into the military. And they all run laps around me when we work out. Could easily send my ass flying. They're attractive men, strong, capable, intelligent. I've seen them mad, and I've seen them goofing off. TLDR: big strong masculine guys, in my head, adorable little guys who just :)))

Anyway, that but with the 141. because they've all seen the HorrorsTM, but like they're adorbs. cod headcanons

Price: The kind of man who walks into a room and everyone straightens up—even ghosts. That voice alone could make a grown man confess to a crime he didn’t commit. He commands respect, strategy pouring off him in waves, like he’s always two steps ahead and already thinking five moves past that. But then he calls someone “son” or ruffles Soap’s hair with a fond grunt, and your heart does a stupid little backflip. He's got that small little smile that makes his nose scrunch and his eyes wrinkle. He looks like he gives warm, solid hugs that smell like tobacco and rain. He’s the kind of dangerous that comes with deep, quiet love. You see him smirk at a teammate’s dumb joke and suddenly your brain screams, “You’re too powerful. Too cute. Sit down. I need to wrap you in a blanket, squeeze that lovely waist, and make you tea before I scream.”

Ghost: Unsettling by default—calm in a way that is more threat than comfort. He moves like smoke and has the stare of a man who’s seen things (he has), a man who's crawled through hell and back to the light of day… he has this subtle, dry humor that sneaks up on you. You’ll catch him giving Soap the side-eye while sipping coffee like the long-suffering lieutenant that he is. He doesn’t ask if you’re okay, he just slides a protein bar into your hand and mutters something like “Didn’t eat today, did you?” in a way that makes your chest hurt. The mask doesn’t hide his warmth, it makes it more intense when it shows. You’ll be minding your business and he says something quietly caring and suddenly you’re thinking, “Oh my god, I’m going to tackle you. Bite you. I’m going to hug you so hard and bury my face so deep into your chest it counts as a threat.”

Gaz: Gaz is quiet competence and sharp eyes, the guy who notices everything and makes it look easy. He cares so deeply, wants it to be right. Wants to do good with a passion something fierce. Kills and moves and learns and fights. Protects. He’s got your back without asking, pulls you out of danger with a firm hand and a quick, “I’ve got you.” He fights like a soldier and jokes like a best friend, charming without trying and always ready to remind someone to hydrate. But then he grins, full and bright, like sunshine through storm clouds, and you’re left staring like an idiot. He calls you “mate” in that soft London accent and you consider violence, affectionate violence, because how dare he be so good at everything and sweet? You’d trust him with your life—and also want to flick the brim of his cap for making your chest feel all warm and weird.

Soap: Johnny is the walking embodiment of chaotic sunshine strapped to a rocket launcher. He’ll laugh mid-gunfight, throw out a bad pun after a breaching charge, and wink like he didn’t just take out a sniper two clicks out. He’s got that devil-may-care grin—but then he says something insightful that shows he’s been watching, listening, really caring, and it knocks you on your ass. You’ll watch this strong, agile, tactically trained man do a parkour move off a wall and immediately trip over his own shoelace, and all you can think is, “I will kiss your forehead and strangle you and tug on that stupid mohawk and squish your cheeks.” He is somehow every golden retriever in a tactical vest and you love him for it.

Anyway, okay byeeeeee

[mintaikkcorpse]

Why Blitzø Likes Stolas

I've made jokes about Blitzø liking Stolas bcuz his type is tall, rich, powerful demons with musical talent, and that's probably kinda true, but I wanna talk about the real reasons Blitzø likes Stolas. Tldr at the end.

I think one of the major reasons Blitzø likes Stolas is how kind, sincere, and affectionate he is. Stolas is always making sure he is okay and is very passionate about litterally everything he does (dramatic little bitch, lol). And while he's ignorant ("my impish little plaything"???), he does mean well. Taking Octavia to Looloo Land to make her feel better, Going full demon mode to save IMP, his attentiveness to Blitzø during his mental breakdown in Seeing Stars, him absolutely adoring Octavia, him helping Ozzie when he gained no real benefit, etc, etc.

Also, expanding more on the affectionate part, Blitzø is shown to not get much affection or love in his life at all. His family situation was a giant mess (his dad literally sold him for 5 bucks and a condom Jesus Christ-), and Stolas is a very loving and affectionate person. Obviously, this is shown with Blitzø, but also with Octavia ('my precious little starfire', always staying patient with Via, even if he can be a bit dismissive, going full demon mode when Blitzø said he lost Via), and even his plants (he raised the flesh-eating plant since he was a kid, he pets the plant, on his insta he called a puprle rose "a handsome little rose"). And yeah, he's going to be affectione with Via, that's his daughter, but in Hell, (or maybe just from Blitzø's perspective, it'a hard to tell honestly) that's shown to be a rarity. So obviously, he's going to admire that about him.

And also, compare that to Blitzø's life. His dad saw him as less than, something happened that made his sister hate him, his mom seemed to be a good parent, but she's dead, his best friend and former crush hated his guts for 15 years, his daughter does care about him but she also mostly just shows anger and annoyance with him, and even Moxxie, who'd I'd argue is his best friend, gets annoyed with him constantly (I would too tbh but this isn't about that). Stolas just being his loving and affectionate self and being so happy to see him and always being so sweet to Blitzø is like a breath of fresh air to him.

Another thing is that Stolas shows clear interest in the things he likes. Take horses as example, bcuz we all know Blitzø is obsessed with them. Most of the time, his friends are pretty passive about it, but Stolas actually indulges him. Some of this is from their instas, but Stolas got him a horse Hoodie, he draws horses with him, and Stolas even got inspired to draw because of Blitzø.

(Also, plz note that in another post he commented that it smells like Stolas, and I want everyone to appreciate how happy he looks in this photo while smelling it again)

Blitzø probably admires Stolas's theatrics as well because despite growing up in a Circus where you were supposed to be dramatic and showy, he was still always taught to ignore or hide his true emotions (Cash ignoring that he didn't want to go to the Goetia Palace because "MONEY"). And while Stolas was raised the same way, he still wears his heart and emotions on his sleeve and is always showing them, whether it be positive or negative

And we all know thst Blitzø has major self hatred issues, but Stolas was genuinely interested in Blitzø as a person. Laughing at his jokes, asking how his day went, and with all of this, you can't help but wonder if Blitzø was figuring out that he did too. I think that's why he was so heartbroken about Ozzie's. Because to him, Stolas hiding his face was just proof that Stolas didn't care. That he was just a little plaything. But, Blitzø liked that Stolas liked him for who he was, and that he didn't have to pretend to be someone different.

Yes, ik Blitzø wasn't here for some of them, and he thinks that Stolas is just faking all of this. BUT, Blitzø can notice things subconsciously, and the stuff that Blitzø wasn't there for was to talk about Stolas's character as well. That's why I wanted to talk about this, to talk about what Blitzø sees in Stolas and his character.

Feel free to add anything if you want! I'd love to hear your guy's opinions, takes, and thoughts on the ship. I'm probably gonna a make a post on why Stolas likes Blitzø at some point, lol

Tldr; Blitzø likes Stolas because he's kind, sincere, loving, affectionate, passionate, caring, dramatic, and likes Blitzø for who he is.

[akanemnon]

I’m here to check on kris and frisk to see if they are okay. (Btw congratulations on your first anniversary. I’ll be looking forward to see new comics in the future).

I did reconize your twinrune kfc animated in underevent which makes me wonder; what are you thoughts on underevent and what makes you allow twin rune characters to be a part of the underevent? I’m just curious.

I did see your comment that you don’t normally like to be in a middle of a crowd. I’m just wondering about you.

I will always love your twinerune project.

You can answer in public or in private. The choice is yours.

The children are alright...

Also, it was the second anniversary of Twin Runes, not the first.

I think underevent is a love letter from the fans to undertale and deltarune. The amount of work people have put into it is more than admirable, and I'm looking forward to the final show.

As for how my fictional children got in and why, it's honestly very simple. I helped out with a comic for advertising the last underevent show. Also, I know a few people working on it. I was simply approached if they could use my Twin Runes versions of Kris, Frisk, and Chara for it. And I said yes.

While you're right that I don't like being the center of attention or being a part of a big crowd, underevent isn't really ABOUT that. It's a passion project for and by the fans. It is to express your love for the games and the community. A big celebration of what we love. And that's why I helped. That is why I let them include my goobers.

Underevent includes MANY projects. Not just Twin Runes.

Honestly, the three weren't even important to the story. They didn't have any dialog, aside from a tiny gasp by Frisk. So there isn't really anything to wonder about. It was just nice to see them in animated format. It made me really happy.

Tldr, this isn't about me. This is about underevent.

[sammythedogee]

IceMav - smutfic!

TLDR: ice gives mav head after a long day + mild aftercare

AN: i’ve literally never written smut before so if u have any tips they’d be greatly appreciated

It had been a long day. Maverick’s helmet, which he had brought home for the purpose of showing Bradley, had been utterly scratched to all hell by the same kid. Mitchell couldn’t be mad, not at his nephew, but fuck was he grouchy to everyone else.

The second Iceman got home and Maverick was being bitchy, the blonde knew he had a rough day. He asked Goose, and sure enough, the helmet story fit what he assumed happened. So, Iceman immediately went to make his favorite dinner, which loosened up Maverick enough to curl into him before bed.

Ice’s hand travelled in slow, smooth rhythms up and down Mav’s back, tracing his muscles with simple circles. Maverick’s hands tangled in Iceman’s shirt, his back nearly arching into him.

Ice chuckled under his breath, “Damn, Mitchell.”

“Fuck off, Kazansky,” Maverick replied, though his heart wasn’t into it. They bantered enough normally.

There was a beat of silence. Maverick wondered if somehow he upset Iceman with his little quip, but before he could ask, Ice whispered, “You really want to say that to me, Pete? Really?”

His hands travelled lower, tracing the waistband of Maverick’s boxers through his pants. “Because I might have to take you up on that offer.”

Mitchell had always been weak for Kazansky, his breath hitching, “Ice, baby, you don’t have to…”

Cut off by the blonde’s lips on his, Maverick got his answer. The feeling of Ice’s frozen hands sliding across the smooth expanse of his ass makes him shiver.

“Are you okay with me doing this, baby?” Ice asks, his hand stilling. “If you don’t want to tonight, that’s okay-“

“Shut up, Kazansky, yes I’m okay with it. Just… continue.” Maverick’s eager words stumble over one another, immediately cutting off Ice’s questioning.

Emboldened by Maverick’s passion, Ice grins down at the brunette, his hands squeezing his ass, “Alright, sweetheart. If that’s what you want.”

Ice presses another kiss to Maverick’s lips, pushing him to lay beneath him on their bed. Kazansky’s leg slots between Mitchell’s thighs, causing a sharp gasp to escape Maverick. His hips snap forward, to which Kazansky’s free hand holds steady.

Softly laughing, Iceman responds, “Jesus, Mitchell, you weren’t kidding. Relax. I’ve got you.”

Despite Maverick’s desire to protest and make himself seem the stronger man, he knows how badly he wants Iceman, and that his attempts would be futile.

Ice finds the zipper of Maverick’s jeans with ease, slipping them off of his body. Slowly, his hands trail up Maverick’s thighs, running over the seam of his boxers. Kazansky’s lips move in tandem with Mitchell’s, their tongues dancing.

Mitchell’s muffled encouragement is not lost on the blonde, his fingers flitting over Maverick’s still clothed cock. It’s driving the brunette insane.

Pulling back, Mitchell mumbles, “Tom, I swear to god, if you don’t actually touch me-“

“Shh, patience, baby. You know I’ll take care of you. Just trust me.”

Iceman can tell Maverick’s desperate already, and tonight isn’t meant to push his limits. It’s just meant to help Maverick blow off steam. So, he removes Mitchell’s boxers, his already hardening dick exposed to the blonde.

Kazansky holds eye contact with Mitchell as he lightly grasps his cock, fingers trailing his shaft. Maverick’s always been responsive, and he has to fight the urge not to thread his fingers in Iceman’s hair already.

Ice grins up at him, wrapping his full hand around Maverick’s dick. Ice slowly begins pumping him back and forth, to which Maverick rocks into gratefully. Ice uses his freehand to hold Maverick down just enough for him to maintain a steady rhythm. Ice’s thumb slides over the head of Maverick’s cock, precum wetting his fingertip.

Without missing a beat, Ice replaces his hands with his lips, wrapping them around Mav’s cock. Hollowing his cheeks, Kazansky lowers himself all the way onto his dick, Maverick bottoming out. It takes effort to push past his gag reflex when Ice feels Maverick enter his throat, but he’s done this enough for him that it’s become nearly second nature.

“Fuck, baby, you feel so good.” Maverick pants out, a pillow propped up behind his back so he can watch as Ice so perfectly takes care of him.

Ice uses one of his hands to sink lower, fingers fondling his balls. The soft noises Maverick is emitting are more than enough for Iceman to ignore the screaming in his lungs. It’s not a thought that lasts long, because it’s that moment that his platinum hair is tangled between Maverick’s fingers.

Pete whimpers out, “Oh my god, Tom, I can’t- fuck, I’m-“

For one very, very painful moment, Kazansky pulls back, “Mmm. Use your words, baby. What do you want?

“Shit, darling, I have to come, please, can I-“

Before Maverick can finish his desperate plea, Iceman sinks back down onto his cock, Maverick’s dick hitting the back of his throat. Kazansky redoubles his effort, Mitchell’s cock worked beautifully.

“Tom!”

Within seconds, Maverick’s head is thrown back, hips slammed upwards into Iceman’s mouth. Kazansky swallows every drop of Mitchell’s release, his come coating his throat. Maverick’s breath is ragged, body trembling just slightly beneath the blonde.

Slowly, Kazansky eases off of Mitchell’s cock, working him beautifully through his orgasm.

Mitchell releases Kazansky’s hair, looking down at him with concern, “Fuck, I’m sorry, baby, was I too rough?”

Iceman shakes his head, pulling himself up to Maverick’s side. He draws Mitchell to his chest, a soft laugh spilling out into the room. “No, Pete, you were perfect. Was that good?”

Maverick exhales, his arms around his waist, “Yes, Jesus. Thank you.”

“You don’t have to thank me, love.” He whispers into the brunette’s hair, his hand running down his back.

There’s a few moments of gentle silence on both ends, the pilots catching their breath.

Eventually, Maverick asks, “Tom, do you… I mean, you sucked me off, do you want me to get you off, too, baby?”

Iceman hums in response, calmly thinking through his query, “Save that for the morning. Get some rest, Pete.” He murmurs, “You did so well.”

Maverick almost instinctively combats his request, but he knows Iceman is right. He’s dead exhausted and bound to fall asleep any second now.

“Fuck, I love you, Tom.” Maverick whispers into Iceman’s chest, feeling the world grow heavy around him.

“I love you too, Pete. Goodnight,” Ice gently responds.

It’s not long until Maverick falls asleep, the rhythmic sound of Iceman’s heartbeat and breathing are more than enough to lull him to rest. Kazansky’s up a little while longer, getting up briefly only to grab towels to clean Mitchell off properly (Mav muttering his own, sleepy grievances to his husband leaving for any amount of time).

Once Ice lays back down, his Mav tucked to his chest, he, too, is out.

AN: hi so like i’ve never written smut and i don’t have a dick so if any of this was incorrect PLLLEAAASE let me know omg 🙏🙏🙏 also i’m probably gonna (someday) write a version w/ pre bottom surgery transmav w/ iceman (very self indulgent) so any suggestions r SSSOOO appreciated okay thank you <3

[lilapplesheadcannons]

r/relationship advice: u/bunnydad920

TLDR: My brother's boyfriend is cheating with their best friend and I don't know if I should tell my brother or not (because I don't know who is the boyfriend and who is the best friend)

My brother, X(32M), is the kindest, warmest, and brightest person I know, and he deserves the very best. Growing up, X had 2 friends. M(32M) was the son of a family friend who grew up with my brother. Then, in high school, they had Y (32M) join them. They have been inseparable so far. They work in similar fields. Brother gets boxing lessons from X, and he also teaches Y to play piano. So they spend considerable time outside of work with each other. I myself have never noticed anything out of the ordinary, but I will be the first one to admit that I am not the most observing man on the planet.

The first thing that I remember was odd was last year. I just got recently married, and I was showing our old family photo albums to my husband. In the background of one old photo from my brother's university days, there was a young man standing with his face hidden in the shadows and only his bare upper body visible. Brother was very quick to recognise him as M. When we were in bed, my husband joked that brother must be really close to M to recognise him just by his abs!

Then, recently, we were having a discussion about chicken pox and how we all seem to have it. Brother mentioned in the passing that Y was the only person he knew who never had chicken pox. My husband jokingly said he thought he remembered Y having chicken pox and passing it to a cousin of his. At least, that's what the cousin complained of. (Y has complicated family relationships). Well, brother was adamant that Y never had chicken pox. He said he had seen Y's body, and he definitely has no scar of chicken pox. My husband quickly caught my eyes before changing the subject.

My husband and I believe brother is dating one of his best friends. I think it's M, but my husband bets his last 5 cents that he is dating Y. But that is not the issue. Brother can come out when he is comfortable. Our family is pretty progressive, so there is nothing to worry from that side.

Here's the problem, though. I took my husband to a nightclub last night, and we saw M and Y in the parking lot, in a parked car, kissing very passionately. They did not see us. I think we should talk to my brother and let him know that, well, either M or Y is cheating on him, with his best friend none the less. But my husband is arguing that we don't even know for sure if brother is actually dating one of them. I am so confused. This is not a discussion I want to have with him, not 2 days before the new year! Please advise.

Edit: We have come to an agreement that brother deserves to know. We will talk to him tomorrow.

Edit 2: Okay, so brother already knows about them. And that's how I came to know about poly relationships. I can't even pretend to understand how that works, but it is working for them? So, I guess that's that. Thanks for all your kind words and support.

Edit 3: To the person who has been incessantly dm-ing me about starting a poly relationship with me and my husband, the answer is no! Never in a thousand years! If you even raise your eyes to look at my husband, I am coming for your life!

I am de-activating this account to avoid further harassment.

[ask-impatient-samurott]

Hi! It's been a moment! For me at least lol

I wanna say: Happy New Year!

Last year, I made a declaration that I would finish ask-impatient-samurott in 2024. Clearly, that didn't happen. Oops?? I did have the intention to finish this blog's story around August last year, but life (and procrastination) got in the way, as it likes to do.

However! You may have confidence that ask-impatient-samurott will end this year. XD Yesterday's post was actually the blog's third-to-last post! Meaning that after these next two posts, which will both be videos, ask-impatient-samurott's story will officially be completed!

I'm aiming to have them finished before March, but I want this next one to look really really good because it's the finale, so I'm going to take my time to make sure it looks nice. (The video after will be a "what happened after" type thing.)

TLDR; Two more videos/posts until the blog's conclusion!

My plan for after the blog concludes, is to take a several month long break (unless I change my mind). After that, I'll open the blog for asks again for an epilogue! It will take place an undetermined amount of years after the blogs conclusion. The idea is you would send in asks about how the characters have been as well as any questions you may have regarding the story.

I'm very VERY excited, and like, relieved? That the blog is so close to completion. I'll be able to die happy knowing I completed a passion project, hehe.

Anyhow, sorry for rambling. I hope you are all doing good, and I hope you are ready for the conclusion to ask-impatient-samurott!!

Okay, byee <3

[xiaokuer-schmetterling]

a bit more of linguistic meta on wwx name!

-> https://dictionary.writtenchinese.com/#sk=wuxian&svt=pinyin

okay i get the lwj found his wifi punny jokes now! BUT DID YOU SEE THIS HOMOPHONE!!!???

无限--wu2 xian4--unlimited / unbounded ( ah! is that how they got the untamed??? )

无线--wu2 xian4--wireless [internet]

诬陷--wu1 xian4--to entrap / to frame / to plant false evidence against ( 👀👀👀😱😱😱 )

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example of the lwj finding wifi joke

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so. um. let's go down this rabbit hole 😅

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wwx's milk name meaning

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@hunxi-guilai post about how the drama name got from mdzs to 'the untamed'

-> "so English title of the show, The Untamed, has absolutely nothing to do with any of the titles in Chinese, but I’m going to walk through the titles to get see how we get to ‘The Untamed’ "

-> [xks doing a tldr summary for the key points relevant to this post but defo go read the og post bc IT'S FASCINATING]

tldr: cql can be translated as 

“a song to explain matters fully”

“a song of bygone relationships”

“a song to command the world”

everyone ships lan wangji x wei wuxian => wangxian => wuji.mp3 => unbridled / unfettered => the untamed !!!

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this section inspired by ^that post!!!

魔道祖师--mó dào zǔ shī

mo2--devil / magic

dao4--direction / way / road / path / principle / truth / morality / reason / skill / method / Dao (of Daoism) / to say / to speak / to talk / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process

zu3--ancestor / forefather / grandparents

shi1--teacher / master / expert / model / army division / (old) troops / to dispatch troops

https://dictionary.writtenchinese.com/#sk=%E9%AD%94%E9%81%93%E7%A5%96%E5%B8%88&svt=pinyin

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陈情令--chén qíng lìng

chen2 qing2 [binome / phrase]--to give a full account

chen2--to lay out / to exhibit / to display / to narrate / to state / to explain / to tell / old / stale

qing2--feeling / emotion / passion / situation

ling4--to order / to command / an order / warrant / writ / to cause / to make sth happen / virtuous / honorific title / season / government position (old)

https://dictionary.writtenchinese.com/#sk=%E9%99%88%E6%83%85%E4%BB%A4&svt=pinyin

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无机--wu2 ji1--inorganic (chemistry)

[this ji1 has the possible meanings: machine / engine / opportunity / intention / aircraft / pivot / crucial point / flexible (quick-witted) / organic]

https://dictionary.writtenchinese.com/#sk=%E6%97%A0%E6%9C%BA&svt=pinyin

无羁--wu2 ji1

wu2--not to have / no / none / not / to lack / un- / -less

ji1--bridle / halter / to restrain / to detain / to lodge / inn

https://dictionary.writtenchinese.com/#sk=%E6%97%A0%E7%BE%81&svt=pinyin

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more meta on mdzs character names!!!

excerpt:

"When a native speaker hears the term WangXian 忘羨, they get the basic meaning of "forgetting envies", but at the same time they're inevitably reminded of this famous idiom...A pair of love birds is more enviable than immortality...lovers only envy the mandarin ducks, which are symbols of faithful monogamy and harmony, a tribute to growing old together, companions for life."

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meta on the titles HGJ and YLLZ

excerpts:

laozu...[gender neutral] founder of a sect; "This title is about ... where a grandmaster established himself...and his unorthodox powers...The reverence is inseparable from abhorrence."

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"HanGuang Jun is a title that praises Lan Zhan's integrity...refer to a harboring of light"

"If you don't know him well, he seems unconfrontational with those downcast and shielded eyes...but as soon as you step over the line...you'll feel the sharpness of that fierce light in his eyes like a blade to your throat."

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ZOMG how long does mxtx spend choosing names for her characters??? THE MANY LAYERED MEANINGS ARE KILLING ME

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[metalheadsagainstfascism]

The ethics of AI and their accessibility.

I use AI for accessibility reasons. "BUT FAE! AI IS BIG AND BAD AND AND AND"

Listen. I'm literally a computer person. It's in my job description. I know the good and the bad and the ugly.

The good

As mentioned, I use it for accessibility reasons. Tone doesn't come across in written form, and I have a very hard time sounding as passionate as I do in person. Sometimes I gotta write something for LinkedIn and be like "Okay but make it sound like I actually care.

Sometimes I gotta clean my bathroom but the task makes me want to hyperventilate, and there's tools that help you break it into manageable tasks.

Sometimes I just won't eat because the process of finding something to make is TOO MUCH WORK and there's tools that'll let you enter what you have and you can even enter something like "make it 700 calories and a one pot meal because I'm trying to not lose weight but I don't got the spoons to clean all the shit." AND YOU KNOW IT'S SO HELPFUL IF THE ALTERNATIVE IS NOT EATING.

The bad

"BUT THE AI STEALING FROM AUTHORS ABS ARTISTS AND STEALING JOBS AND MAKING FORAGING BOOKS THAT ARE KILLING PEOPLE"

Yeah. AI isn't great. It's nice when it makes things that were previously very very hard suddenly accessible to you. But of course big companies use it for a cash grab. (Also individuals that would rather not pay actual authors and artists).

That doesn't even get into his AI is taking over entry level positions which in the future could create impossible barriers for people to break into jobs because they can't get the tedious work that's supposed to give them experience because it's being taken over by AI

But let me state. This implementation of AI is not the same as the previous one. Previous one is taking things you need to do like cleaning or cooking and making it accessible to people that would have been previously overwhelmed by it. This one is... not even adding new value into society because it's stealing people's existing value.

The Ugly

THE AI SERVERS ARE KILLING OUR PLANET

Yes they are, but that's not the entire story. Why are he AI servers looking the planet?

1) A lot of the energy spent and the heat produced is entirely on training models. Literally most of it is training the AI, but that doesn't in of itself mean you using it is bad

2) the biggest users of AI are engines like Google trying to figure out who you are so it can alter your search results. Companies like Facebook using the data you give it to generate targeted ads. Also shit like the 2024 election cycle where Twitter pushed targeted contradictory content about Kamala's influence on Gaza to two different groups based on their political beliefs. Not to mention the training it takes to create better and better AI content.

TLDR

AI isn't great. A lot of the AI power used is not surprisingly being used to train AI to make it seem more natural. I 100% DO NOT SUPPORT the use of AI to take over jobs that you should be paying an expert for.

But if you're using a small AI bot (not ChatGPT) to help you in tasks that you previously couldn't complete? It's a huge accessibility tool. I prefer to use tools made by small time developers. It's not PERFECT. Because it doesn't waste a shitton of energy making is writing sound super human and natural, but if you're using it as an ACCESSIBILITY TOOL. Then it's great.

-fae

[raepritewrites]

I literally woke up in the middle night because I needed to rant about this okay there are so many things that I love about the Bruce Timm Batman Universe and so many things that I hate with a passion

because without the Bruce Timm Batman Universe we would not have Batman Beyond which is one of my favorite series; it is deeply flawed but I kind of love it's flaws, most of them anyway, but the thing is right? at some point some executive said to the writing staff "hey no you can't have dead Jason Todd in your show" and like okay fair - children show can't depict dead children that's fair - but then years later the writing team was like "Hey what if we did something worse than kill a kid what if... What if we f****** Take a kid Have the Joker kidnap him Torture him Brainwash him And then have him kill the Joker Only not really And then He's still screwed by the end... Would that be better?" And it's like no! no it would not! What is wrong with you?! But that's what they did A full seven years before under the Red Hood was Published and Jason Todd was officially resurrected they were like "you know what? we're not going to have a dead Robin we're going to have something worse" and again it is arguably the worst thing about Batman Beyond and the Bruce Timm Universe - Do I love the idea of Terry McGinnis fighting the Joker? Yes of course I do! it's brilliant! I love it because Terry is such a different Batman than Bruce Timm's original Bruce Wayne. Long long before Grant Morris Had his run of the comics with Dick Grayson as Batman We got a Batman who told jokes and made quips! And was hilarious! And also badass! And then we got to see him kick the Joker's ass! and I love that! But God I hate that it had to come at the expense of poor Tim Drake - and sometimes I think that the writers maybe have always hated Tim Drake? and I don't know why and I can't prove it but that's my theory.. if I'm being honest here what I believe happened, and I don't feel like looking this up but I'm sure someone could, I feel like the writers wanted to bring back the Joker but they were like "we can't do that he's got to be dead by now" and they were like "all right how do we get him into the future" and then someone was like "hey why is it that Bruce is all alone in the future like not even dick is around?" and someone else was like "oh! oh what if? what if they're not around because something happened in the family to the last robin?" and they were like "wait we can't write a story where Robin dies that's Jason Todd's story and we were specifically told don't do that" and they were like "just hear me out - let's make it worse"

Tldr: I have complicated feelings about "Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker" and its 3am

[activewildcard]

whats your favorite life series pov, like season & creator? :0 (i see your grian retheme and i am so normal about this fandom trust me. you can trust me im so normal.)

OHHHHH NY GODDDD HDOFNELDNDISNE. starfall im going to shake you.

OKAY SO. as you can probably tell by the new theme, i am infact a grian main.... HES JUST SO ENTERTAINING 😭 HOWEVER!!! i do have a little chart of everyone's pov that ive watched... the chart might not be fully accurate as ive been watching since double life came out and cant. really keep track of everything properly. AND AS IM WRITING THIS I JUST REMEMBERED I WATCHED ETHOS LAST LIFE POV TOO.

i am very much a grian watcher (pun intended.), mostly because i think it's just very familiar for me? i was BIG on yhs when i was young and knew grian from that... im really weird about getting into new media like for some reason my brain absolutely hates it, so i struggle a lot with watching new povs 😭 that's why ive sticked mostly with grian, bc he's familiar to me. joel, lizzie and jimmy are also familar to me bc i was biggg on empires smp when it first came out as well as was big on things like crazycraft and one life... i also admittedly havent watched secret life yet... my fixation on MCYT faded after limited life ended and i didnt get back into it until months after wild life 😞😞

as for favorites though, i really do have to hand it to joel in double life. idk WHAT about that pov made it so fascinating and funny but i remember being GLUED to my laptop for a good like 3 hours just watching his entire DL pov.

my favorite season admittedly is 100% wild life. i think the wild cards were an AMAZING touch that really kept me interested in the series and provided a lot of good moments. it just was another extra little push that we needed yk? it provided something new to the life series. 3rd life is a close second though, with so many good pairings like flower husbands, renchanting, and desertduo really taking off after 3rd life, it's also (imo) the season where people's passion for the series was incredibly strong and it was just very very lively, not to say that it's not still lively but it was a new thing in 3rd life which gave everyone a specific energy that i just love.

in terms of creators, as already stated im a big grian fan but im also really really into scar! i havent watched much of his life series but i LOVE scar on hermitcraft, scar means so much to me as a physically disabled person and it just means so much to me to see him accomplish things like becoming a successful youtuber and all this other stuff and it just. he means a lot to me 😭😭 he's also super duper funny. im also getting into mumbo! i was never really a big mumbo watcher but after watching grians wild life pov, i went back and watched mumbos pov and realized "oh my god this guy is awesome." and now im. bingewatching his hermitcraft series. so yeah, my all time favs are probably scar, grian, and mumbo...

HOWEVER. lizzie, joel, scott, jimmy, owengejuicetv and krowfang are also very high on the list!!!! they all mean a LOT to me too and are all very talented (ESPECIALLY OWEN AND KROW. dude their acting on outsiders smp is so????? oh my god it's literally like? oscar awarding. outsiders smp does NOT feel like a minecraft roleplay server dude.) but yeah, those people are all also very high on the list!! and funfact of the day; lizzie and joel got married on my birthday 😼😼 BUT YEAH TLDR; favs are grian, mumbo, scar, lizzie, joel, jimmy, scott, owengejuicetv and krowfang :3

total tldr; fav season tied between wild life and 3rd life, fav pov is grian throughout the whole series or joel in double life!

[meraki-yao]

Hi correct me if I’m wrong but I thought I saw you mention that the same intimacy coordinator who worked on rwrb also worked on m&g, if that’s so, why was the intimacy approached differently, it seems rwrb was really toned down and alex and henry are a very passionate couple in the books and nich and taylor can definitely deliver passion and intimacy and it was rated-r so why do you think rwrb was approached differently and rather toned down, I mean what we got was great I’m still so attached to this movie 3 months later and that doesn’t happen often unless I absolutely love the movie or show but I feel like they were holding back and it becomes the question of why, was it n&t choice or matthew and intimacy coordinator or everything was done in how they wanted to tell the story, idk to me you can’t help but notice after the release of the trailer/teaser for m&g, I know it’s a different story and it’s more a drama based on a true story but very different in how they approached intimacy and affection

Okay so this turned into an essay.

I’m gonna dissect your ask into two parts, feel free to send me another ask if I missed something

Q1: Why was the intimacy in RWRB approached differently and less intense than M&G

Q2: Why was the intimacy in RWRB toned down from the book even with an R rating and with Taylor & Nick clearly capable of delivering passion and intimacy, and who was responsible for that

Firstly, yes, Robbie Taylor Hunt was the intimacy coordinator for both RWRB and M&G

Secondly, a little bit of background for M&G to aid my explanation later: While M&G isn’t out yet, I did read George Villiers’ Wikipedia page (Thanks Henry), listen to Nick talk a bit about him from a podcast episode, and watch the trailer. To summarize quickly, King James I has a list of male lovers, Mary Villiers realized her son had potential, so she more or less moulded him into a figure that the King would immensely like. Sex with the King was all for political power: George has sex with the King, and the King enjoys the pleasure he brings and lavishes him with treasures and political power in return. Historical records seem to indicate that the King really did love George as a partner, as odd (and in our modern times, toxic and maybe even “grooming”, George was 21 and the King was 48 when they met) as their relationship was. But the truth is George gained a lot from the King: he ended up one of the highest-ranking members of the court, and the only duke who wasn’t from the royal family.

So to answer your questions:

A1:

It’s mainly because since these are two different stories, the meaning of intimacy is different in each context.

RWRB is a love story. It is about the growth of the romantic relationship between Alex and Henry. Granted, they started with a friends-with-benefits arrangement but from the moment Henry kissed Alex on New Year's they both held mutual, genuine affection towards each other which later grew into love and devotion. This affection doesn’t have an underlying hidden purpose. Their intimacy is a reflection of their genuine feelings towards each other, which is why Paris is so gentle, quiet and soft. That’s the slow comfort of falling in love. Note that in the Paris scene, while it is clear what they’re physically doing, the focus is on their faces. You don’t see much below their waist. Matthew made that choice deliberately: this was an emotional experience for them as much as it was a physical experience. The sex in RWRB shows growing love.

Sex means something entirely different in M&G. To put it in a crude way, George Villiers, under his mother’s order/guidance/manipulation, fucked his way to power. Is there real affection and love between him and any or all of his partners, the King included? We honestly can’t know, because history only records what Geroge wanted to show, but it is incredibly unlikely that he did. Remember how I said there isn't an underlying hidden purpose in Alex and Henry’s affection? That’s not true for George: the hidden purpose is that he wants political power. Sex isn’t love in M&G, it’s entirely power play. And power play is violent and rough and messy, so the sex, as a reflection of that, is portrayed as such as well. Note that in the trailer, we see a lot of the body, but if you look at their faces, which isn’t the focus, he… kinda looks in pain?

A way I see it is in RWRB, Alex and Henry are both giving each other pleasure, as well as their heart. It’s slow, it’s gentle, and it’s respectful: Henry guides Alex in, Alex pays attention to each change on Henry’s face, and only moves when Henry consents, and even then, he moves slowly and the speed later builds up

Now look at the M&G trailer, it’s more like George’s partners are taking pleasure from him. It, at the very least, looks far less mutual than what Alex and Henry have. Geroge gives others pleasure, and in return, he gets political power.

TLDR: RWRB’s intimacy was less intense than that of M&G because intimacy has a different meaning/ symbolism in each story.

A2:

Part of this is because of the limitations of movie storytelling.

A book doesn’t have time limits, a movie does.

If you look at the book, at the beginning of Alex and Henry’s relationship, a lot of the sex was kind of repetitive in a way. Paris and MET for Alex’s birthday were covered in three pages. And both of those Alex compartmentalized as “friendship with benefits”. Aside from the internal monologue of him observing Henry sleeping which can’t be delivered on screen effectively, it’s mostly reiterating the same sentiment from the polo match: they use their international events as escapades to have sex with each other. But put that in the movie and it would take up the limited movie time, time that needs to be used for effective storytelling. The time used for Alex and Henry’s walk in the Paris garden could be used for a montage of all of their kinky sexual shenanigans instead, but if the polo hook-up can establish the intensity of their hooks up in the same way, then that time is better used exploring Henry’s baggage. TLDR: not enough time in regard to the number of times they have sex compared to the book.

The other part is by Matthew’s design.

I don’t remember where I saw/heard it from, either a podcast or an article, where Matthew half-jokingly said people will get bored if it’s just smut all the time. Yes, Alex and Henry are a very passionate couple, as shown by their first hook-up in the movie and the polo scene, but because gay sex in media is mostly portrayed as this wild, sexy frenzy, Matthew also wanted to show that gay sex can be emotionally vulnerable, which is why Paris was so focused on their faces, ergo, their emotions. Matthew wanted it to be something gentle and emotion-focused, so that was his priority in designing the scene.

Also there’s the fact that they’re older in the movie, thus more mature and a little less… hormonal. I think they get to the emotional connection a little earlier than their book counterparts.

A thing to note is that the movie wasn’t aiming for an R rating. In a really good podcast episode with Matthew and Tommy Didario, he even expressed disappointment in MAP for rating the movie R, saying that if it was a straight couple, it most likely wouldn’t have gotten an R rating, and even if we ignore latent homophobia, there’s are films much more violent than RWRB is sexually explicit, yet those films are PG 13.

I agree that if needed, Nick and Taylor can deliver something more intense. They’re clearly comfortable with each other, as seen from the bloopers of Paris morning and the fact that Robbie wasn’t there when they shot the lake scene, yet they were comfortable enough with touching each other and gentle kisses. They’ve also both done more explicit things: Taylor with Minx, Nick with M&G (granted that came later).

But the thing is, the RWRB movie doesn’t exactly… need more, from the storytelling perspective. I might say putting a sexy montage in between Polo and Paris might clarify the timeline a little, but that would still just be little clips of what we’ve already seen in the previous two scenes. And just from what I’ve seen, people who have read the book (myself included) would think it’s toned down, but some YouTube reaction videos from people who haven’t read the book find it really spicy. We book readers just have a comparison.

TLDR: In the movie's story, we didn't really need more sex scenes

Wow, I didn’t intend this to be so long, but I haven’t written a RWRB essay in a hot minute. This was a lot of fun, so thank you for the ask, and I hope I could answer you!

[lilysundragon]

The Quality Dip in Enstars' Writing

Enstars' writing quality has always been a little up and down. I've read through a decent chunk of Basic not ALL of the stories are bangers but the ones that hit, they hit hard. There's a reason we all still talk about stories like Meteor Impact or Checkmate or, hell, my personal favorite: Requiem.

Although I think there are some really strong stories in Music like Sudden Death and Obbligato, I think that for the most part we can all agree that the writing isn't up to par. I think the first warning signs any of us really got that things were going into the shitter tho was Mad Tea Party. KnightsP kicked up a fuss about the continuity error but despite that little controversy, the errors in the stories just seem to be growing worse. From massive character pivots like Kuro suddenly treating sewing like it's just a cute little hobby to Natsume acting completely out of character in Switch climax, it seems like the writers have stopped treating the stories with the same care and attention to detail that the major stories in Basic era had. And it's really sad.

The Enstars writers have announced that they'll no longer be credited on stories (source), I think it's pretty obvious WHY they're doing this. People were NOT happy with the new Alkakurei event and leaving out the names of the writers working on the stories will certainly mitigate the harassment. I want to firmly state that sending death threats is NOT and will never be okay but I do think that it's a little alarming to know that the Enstars staff don't seem to be learning from the mistakes of the past year.

I'm a KnightsP. I'm highly biased. Although I do not condone the actions of fans who took it too far (again sending death threats is NOT the answer) I had hoped that the fuss would discourage Happy Elements from being careless with the stories in the future. People are so, so attached to these characters. The fans are passionate, motivated, highly creative people who have kept this franchise alive for NINE years. It's important to listen to their feedback so long as it's reasonable and calmly stated. I had hoped that the KnightsP were big enough that they could prevent other units from suffering a similar fate. It's kind of obvious that it isn't going to happen though. Stories continue to release that completely contradict previously established lore and mischaracterize the idols we've come to love.

I know it's hard to the writers to heed every single story ever written. There is a MASSIVE amount of lore to Enstars that has occurred over the past nine years. I also think however that just putting in the effort would go a long way to appease fans. Right now it feels like some of the writers are doing the bare minimum research for a franchise that used to have a lot of love and care put into it. If fanfic writers who put all this love and creativity into the world for free can afford to have beta readers I think Mr. Happy Elements has the means to do it too.

TLDR: I guess what I'm saying is, I've been disappointed by the quality of story writing this past year and I don't see it improving without Happy Elements taking in constructive feedback. I sincerely hope the new change in anonymity allows the writers more freedom to be creative and expressive but I don't think that will be the case.

[unknownbookworm]

I am here to hear you out about Leah. I dont think Ive ever seen anyone super passionate about her so please explain. I actually married her for my first playthrough but ended up divorcing her 😅

OOOO ALRIGHT. I'll try my best to keep this coherent because I genuinely wanna do her justice! However I make no promises This will contain heart event spoilers so I am going to do a keep reading, here we go!

Leah was one of the first people I befriended on my first save file and I immediately was like OMG womans <3. Like shes very down to earth and came to pelican town to get away from a very shitty ex and chase her real passion. She loves the forest and nature, is constantly going around to different spots to sit there and sketch, loves doing her craft, and stands up for herself against her ex! I just appreciate her so much and she gives you a whole ass art piece????? WHAT I FEEL ABOUT FARMER??????? THATS SO SWEET!!! She spends time dedicated to making something for the farmer, and is always offering to have you stop by because shes lonely. Like shes so sweet and chill, also its an extremely popular headcanon that she is STRONG, like look at leah art and you will come by one of buff leah pretty easily. Shes so pretty and ?????? Look she is THE cottage-core lesbian material.

Look its hard for me to like place all my thoughts on her in a digestible way without running over my own words, but tldr I really appreciate her story and how far shes come. She realizes she wants something else in life, realizes shes in a shitty situation, and moves out to a town where she knows no one to do her own thing. She is independent but so very kind, and I love her. Its a shame that people just say shes budget Robin, and often find her a bit dull. And other marriageable in sdv (especially bachelors) often get more of the spotlight because more people tend to love their characters. I get it, they are pretty cool and I have some different save files where i go for them, but I always come back to my wifey Leah. She likes all foragables, so it wasn't that hard to just friend her over time and I really enjoyed seeing her in the game. Her character arc in the game often has people saying its not as impactful as others, which yeah when compared to Haleys and Shanes (for example) it doesn't have the same impact. But like, Leah's arc is like a sequel arc, she already got away from her ex and moved to the new town, she is figuring out what she wants to do now and its where she is in game. No hate to anyone! This is not me being bitter against the other marriagables at all, simply me trying to say my piece about Leah. Because lets be real, she doesn't get a lot of hype. It's not that anyone hates her, or thinks she is terrible, its more of shes just "okay" to many people. Which is fine, everyone is entitled to their opinions and preferences! I just choose to appreciate my badass artist wife whose lonely and just wants someone to talk too.

[remnantsofthepast-if]

What exactly you didn't like in new da, if you don't mind asking? <3

Oof, where to start? There're quite a lot of things, not gonna lie, but most of them are spoilers so I'm going to stick to the non spoilery ones.

Let me begin by saying that I do like the game despite its clear flaws, and I understand that it must have been a tricky development with covid happening in between and a lot of important people who worked on previous games leaving. As a (somewhat of a) developer myself, I sympathise with that, but as a consumer I have to judge the end result I bought, and after waiting for a decade I just expected something more than what we got.

Putting my opinion under the cut because I get passionate about it. Hope you have time to spare, lol!

For starters, this game gets rid of the Keep and only has three choices to import. While most of the things in the Keep are not really important (especially since the game takes place in the north), that's already a bad start and rises serious concerns, mainly with the returning characters.

It also butchers half of the already existing lore, and contradicts another bunch of events that happened in previous games, like the Well of Sorrows. Harding talks about how the Inquisitor went to the altar of Mythal (which only happens if the Inquisitor drank from the Well), but then, during a conversation between Taash and Emmrich, they talk about how Morrigan turned into a dragon during the events of DAI (which only happens of she drank from the Well)

The pacing of the first half of the game is excruciatingly slow. There are a lot of parts that are there only to lengthen the game unnecessarily, and it can get very boring very fast.

The dialogues are... okay-ish, I guess? It's very obvious that they wanted to be socially correct. Way too much, in fact. They seemed so focused on being inoffensive that there’s little real conflict between characters or in the plot. There's a part where two characters apparently argue? Except that there's no real argument. I only knew because the game told me, otherwise I wouldn't have noticed because again, nothing really happened. And they were completely fine with one another after one conversation two minutes later.

All the companions feel rather dull to me, and some are incredibly annoying. For example, there was a series of quests regarding Solas that I enjoyed at lot, and the companions would get together to comment on it. It was a serious and very interesting subject, but then one of the characters would jump out of the blue to (try to) make some witty remark that only managed to take me out of the story.

Plus, the childish dialogue most of them have (all of them, really) doesn't help at all. Another problem of being socially correct in a game that's supposed to be dark. Most of the time, conversations with them feel more like talking to teenagers than adults.

And don't even get me started on how awful Taash's character is... And no, the problem is not their gender identity, but how it was handled. This ask I got about Albert/Lavina describes perfectly my problem with Taash.

Also, and this only happens with the spanish translation, why the fuck did they translate Harding's name? Why is the text calling her Encaje instead of Lace!? God, that pissed me off so much I ended up changing the text to english, lmao!

Lastly, what they did to some of the returning characters... Poor Isabela, smh. Thank goodness Morrigan doesn't have that big of a role, and that there's zero mention of the Warden and Hawke.

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It's not as bad as I read in early reviews (thankfully!), and I'm still having fun with it. But I expected to get so invested that I'd end up making several runs like in previous games. Now I'm only playing once and probably forget about it for a long while. Hopefully when (if) I replay it I won't ditch it like I ditched my second run of MEA.

Anyway, TLDR: Mediocre at best. Good individual game, but pretty bad sequel. The only good thing this game does as a sequel is give those Inquisitors who romanced Solas a happy ending. That's pretty much it.

The name "Dragon Age" weights heavily on it. Probably the reason why I'm judging it so harshly.

Thanks for the ask, btw! That was entertaining xD Shame on me for spending more time writing this than a chapter of my story, lol!

[marcusstrypes]

Tldr; mean comments were unnecessary, still ship bakudeku and togachako, let me be delulu on the Internet, happy for Izuocha, death threats to horikoshi WERENT AND NEVER WILL BE OKAY IF YOU WERE ONE OF THEM GET OUT

Alright my last post about Izuocha becoming canon got some traction and nasty comments

It's nice to have opinions but PLEASE be respectful and don't be mean in comments just because someone expressed they prefer bkdk and togachako instead of izuocha (which I still ship)

I am happy for these 2 fictional beans, and they do look cute together. I didn't mean to come across as "grrr my gay headcanon didn't become canon I must go feral now GRRRR"

I still prefer bakudeku and togachako over izuocha even though they're now canon

I have already seen people using this as a way to be homophobic. "Bkdk shippers now look delusional as always" just because izuocha became canon. I'm sorry but that is not stopping people from making ships

Does that mean I am all for sending death threats to Horikoshi? FUCK NO! and if you were one of the people who did that FUCK OFF FROM MY PAGE YOU HAVE NO PLACE HERE

I don't have time for passive aggressive or straight up mean comments. I just stated my opinion (I understand this is the Internet and people have the right to literally respond to me) but there is no reason to be straight up mean or passive aggressive

I apologize if my original post sounded like I was really upset over bakudeku and togachako not becoming canon, that was not my intention.

Am I upset? A little, but at the end of the day, they're fictional characters, and the world will keep on spinning. So this will leave my mind in the next hour because I have better shit to do than to argue over what fictional character should have ended up with another fictional character. As long as they're the same age and can consent and it's not overly sexualised I AM FINE WITH IT. Hell ship mineta with the girls. I don't care because they are the same age! As long as it's not pedophilic or has a power imbalance like hawks x endeavour (still iffy about this ship because Hawks is a big fan and endeavour could take advantage of him??? Like, yeah, they are adults, but I am iffy about fan x celebrity ships)

What I'm trying to say is ship whoever and whatever you want even if izuocha is canon. I don't care if you'll call me delusional because I still prefer bakudeku and togachako. I am fine with that. Let me be delulu on the Internet.

Again I just respectfully wanted to talk about how izuocha seemed forced but after some passive aggressive and unnecessary mean explanation in the comments, yes I can see why they ended up together. I did say it WASNT UNNECESSARILY OUT OF NOWHERE

Also, yes, I understand people are passionate about these things, but still, there was no need to be mean or passive aggressive :(

Thank you for coming to my Ted talk

Here have a denki in these trying times

[akanemnon]

In your mind, what did you imagine kris's appearance before you draw your own character that is slightly similar compare to original in your critical thinking skills?

EDIT: Person approached me and cleared things up. They didn't try to compare my characters to pre-existing ones. They just wanted to know my process of deciding on how to design a character.

I'll keep the first reaction down there for context (and also because the message is something a lot of OC makers are passionate about)

I uh... what? Apologies if I understood this wrong but please, if you talk to an artist and compare their original characters to any others... just don't do that, okay? It doesn't feel nice. Similarities can always happen and artists might be inspired by some specific pre-existing characters, but more often than not these similarities are purely coincidental.

Mentioned character looks like this. Outside of skin and hair color I really don't see the resemblance to Kris. They're not even the same species... Mordred (mentioned character) was made long before I got into Deltarune and Undertale. If anything his design is based on another one of my characters since they're related.

So yeah... TLDR please don't compare someone's OC to another character you know of.