#that's all just wanted to talk abt this and also Make Joke (TM)

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Kaeya headcanons

i'm speedrunning this before work while my breakfast is cooking so BEAR WITH ME, i have SO MANY thoughts on my bbgrl

current list of h/c's: - ice skater kaeya, i will die on this hill. will have a post abt that one day b/c there's so much to it that i want to scream abt and Thoughts (tm) to be had (like him getting flustered??? OUGH i need to restrain myself) - speaking of flustered, he's really good at keeping his cool (pun fully intended, fight me) and he typically is the one who CAUSES the flustering. smooth af and KNOWS it - he likes to cause chaos and mayhem. a bit of a gremlin. mischievous man. perhaps a tad prankster in his bones. playful teasing bastard and has a lot of fun w/ it. - cold hands. nothing more. - when push comes to shove, Kaeya's the guy w/ the plan. like genuinely he's incredibly strategic and has the main plan, and like two or three back up plans. it's not even like an anxiety thing he just wants to be prepared, and he makes them up pretty last minute. - he's kind of an assassin-style character, y'know? not as much of a main fighter as he is a sneaky backstabber. roguish and charming but can and will yeet u type deal right??? - LOYAL to a GODDAMN FAULT. i TRULY believe this man's loyalty is unshakeable. like he'd do anything to the people he cherishes the most. and if he perceives u as a threat??? a threat to the things he cares about?????? ur on the list now and there's no escape. - incredibly perceptive! like he's really good at getting information from people already, but i feel like that just makes it a lot easier for him to notice when Something Is Up. it's hard to catch him unawares. - kaeya's great and i love him but he doesn't love himself and i'm sorry this man definitely feels like he's got really bad self esteem. Like he KNOWS he can get shit done, but he has a hard time believing that anyone likes him and probably has trust issues b/c of it. - i also feel like he doesn't like the spotlight? like specifically Kaeya; if he needs to put on a persona for the spotlight, it doesn't phase him bc he's good at hiding behind a persona. but the moment Actual Kaeya gets spotlight he's like a bit of a mess and nervous and would just rathe people enjoy themselves. essentially just doesn't want the spotlight. - abandonment issues. i don't need to explain this one. - kaeya puts on the air of an anti-hero but he's a quiet paragon himself. literally helps people out of habit and while he jokes abt it he doesn't actually expect anything in return and literally forgets he helped ppl bc it's just so engrained in his brain. - epitome of "sorry i had feelings, i'll replace em w/ jokes right away" - not the best cook tbh? like he can make some GOOD snacks (chicken mushroom skewers, a fried egg, simple stuff like that) but ask him to cook actual meals and he's at a loss for food prep and has no idea how to time everything in the dish. - emotionally available but only for other ppl. cannot and will not express his own emotions bc of aforementioned anxieties; but u wanna talk to him abt shit? he's all ears and will comfort u like a bbgrl. - this is less of a h/c but actually canon, and that's just that Kaeya's lonely. i genuinely think he wants to be around ppl but he feels like they wouldn't like the real him :(( - on that note, i WILL say that, despite his playfulness, this man is a romantic at heart??? like he probably LOVES poetry and writing and music, and the only reason he makes light of it is b/c he thinks it's funny and also to make people underestimate him. he would probably die for the opera performances in Fontaine tbh. OKAY,,, i've gotta hurry up and wrap this post bc i have work soon but please here thank u this is my bbgrl kaeya i love him so much. he has been in my main party since day one and like i'm beyond attached to this lil shit, like PLEASE HIS VOICELINES ARE SO GOOD. i will talk more abt my kaelumi h/c's and explain how things go in my "canon", b/c i'm trying to go in order of how all the poly met each other. WHICH means that Zhongli's next!!! b/c ofc i'm going to scream abt him, my friend's playing his archon quest and letting me watch it again and i'm taking so many notes its not even FUNNY.

[aslongasimhereyoureinvincible]

what are your neurodivergent headcanons for hq characters?

asdfjhgfds sorry this has been in my askbox for a few days ive been busy w/ Life Stuff TM but anyways ND haikyuu headcanons lets gooo

hinata:

ik bc hes Sunshiney and Loud lots of ppl read hinata as adhd, which i can deffo see, but personally i read him as autistic

hes extroverted and good at adopting introverts (kageyama, kenma, yachi, tsukki) but when u stop to think abt it hes also actually kinda bad at social ques and 'normal' behaviour?? i think ppl dont notice bc hes also rlly nice but hinata is actually pretty blunt lmao

his special interest is literally volleyball cmon now

its canon that he dislikes being in classes too long or doing homework bc he finds sitting still for too long difficult, both me and my autistic older brother used to get up and pace around our classrooms when we were younger

even though hes rlly athletic and has insane reflexes obviously, hes also pretty clusmy and especially bad at judging distances which to me looks like dyspraxia which is really commonly comorbid w/ autism

ive also read a few fics where he has tourettes syndrome w/ body tic and i can deffo see why ppl would hc that

idk hes just reads as autistic so well in my mind like idk why its not a more common take

kageyama:

this one is less of a headcanon and moreso just interpreting the text correctly; hes definitely autistic

like its my belief that furudate either knowingly wrote kageyama as autistic or like based his personality off of an irl autistic person they knew or SOMETHING bc its actually insane how well he reads as autistic

the lack of social skills? the anger issues? the deep special interest in volleyball? the just wanting to express your feelings/opinions but coming off as rude but not knowing how to fix that? middle school being a living hell? having that one family member who Got you? the high level of skill in one particular area? hes literally the texboox definition of autism

even the little things like how he files his nails and jokes go over his head and he accidentally insults ppl bc hes calling it how he sees it and how he basically had no friends growing up bc he was too focused on volleyball and how he struggles to smile on command like!!! thats autism babe!!!!!!

oh also hes dyslexic bc im dyslexic and i say so

ushijima:

same as kageyama i bet he was either knowing written as autistic or based off of an irl person who is

blunt as all hell, monotone voice and facial expressions, volleyball as a special interest, bad at social interaction, accidentally rude, the list goes on and on

like his whole thing about how his left handedness makes him different but is also a gift that benefits him in some ways? thats a metaphor for neurodivergency dont @ me

oikawa:

i hc him as having narcisstic personality disorder, not in the ableist reddit-user 'all ppl w/ npd are evil manipulative abusers' way but in the ' i have npd and know what it actually looks like' way

hiding massive insecurities by acting like youre amazing?? that fuckin marina lyric thats like 'i feel like im the worst so i always act like im the best'?? that was abt oikawa tooru and npd

feeling threatened the second someone as good or better than you shows up? fixating on one specific thing that you have to be the best at? those are npd as fuck traits

the way he can basically get along with anyone and adjust his play style to suit them but only has a few close friendships where he can let his true personality rlly shine through

hes literally so npd coded augh <3

bokuto:

i read him as adhd and having cyclothymia

i think he was unmedicated in high school and unknowingly had depressive and hypomanic episodes which affected his play

he also very much reads as having rejection sensitive dysphoria if u ask me

and the way he talks and bounces around and has All That Damn Energy gives me adhd vibes, esp pared w/ his poor volume control ad the way he ignores social cues lol

okay quickfire round bc im getting tired of typing

atsumu is autistic, so is osamu for that matter, theyre just at very different points on the spectrum and rub each other up the wrong way a lot of the time bc of it

kita is also autistic bc no neurodivergent person is that particular about doing things the 'right' way

hoshiumi is autistic and adhd

asahi and yamaguchi read like they struggled w/ anxiety and depression

sakusa has ocpd and ocd (contamination ocd specifically) and mysophobia

kyoutani has aspd, again not in a 'aspd = violent agressive psychopaths' way but in a 'i actually have a cluster b personality disorder' way, and adhd also

kenma is autistic and has social anxiety

yachi has social anxiety too bc cmon now

tsukki reads to me as having chronic depression, i think i could also make a case for him being autistic too ngl

tendou is some flavour of neurodivergent, probally audhd, probably some other stuff, idk but hes definitely not neurotypical

like hinata, lev reads as autistic to me even tho hes got that goodball energy thatd make lots of ppl read him as adhd bc like,, he just fuckin sucks at social interaction like he is accidentally rude all the damn time lmaoo

fukunaga and aone are both autistic w/ selective mutism and/or partial to moderate non-verbalness

obviously its none of my business and i think having headcanons abt irl ppl is Fucking Weird but i wouldnt be surprised if furudate themself was autistic bc truly so many characters in haikyuu can be read that way if u ask me, although maybe im just projecting lol

[unproduciblesmackdown]

pondering a framework of Theme re: deh as like, the tension between having an idea of people that can be whatever you want it (them) to be, vs the realities of people that that idea doesn't cover, whether by conflicting w/the idea or being [more stuff you don't know]....from the aspect that doesn't really get taken up by audiences in how like, via the distance of Social Media you can be dealing w/those Ideas via what people choose to share to present an idea, and not see behind the scenes into the reality (which is like, this whole show could've happened with the [social media] component excised & replaced by other mediums/methods so it's not the most surprising that nobody's going "yeah my takeaway is that this wouldn't have happened if evan had been more offline & faced a book instead of facebook") to like Thee In-Person Relationships he's having

the whole story's focused on evan dealing w/the Ideas more so, putting in most of his effort on trying to offer Thee Idea of [whatever he thinks they want from him] to the murphys, and then to others beyond that via tcp, and then that all inevitably falling apart b/c reality didn't align is most of the runtime....the ending's always just kind of peak baffling b/c it's like, a Resolution sure is difficult when it's maybe more so been like Stuff Happening and then like, what does evan do to deal with The Realities instead of the Ideas....that would potentially be a whole second story from that point lol but he gets the (i guess first part of) resolution needed from like, confronting the supposed reality of himself (but still just an Alternate idea about himself in going like "im the guy who sucks plus i got depression") and this can be handled by his mom, who he also can handle realizing is admittedly not some Ideal of [the concept of The Mother] which is like, okay, except where do we go with that....here where they go from that is "not peacing out from each other's lives" but also like, "being in each other's life at all" is kind of just a peak basic premise of having any relationship, not the highest bar here or in & of itself a guarantee that now this is All He Needs, Really

meanwhile I Guess his second part of his resolution is meeting with zoe, i mean, It Is in that that's what the show offers as finale lol. but where zoe's kind of here to mostly talk about Ideas as still being helpful, including that i guess we can assume her life is fine Enough now just b/c her parents aren't going to divorce? like i think it would be better for everyone if they did, actually lol, but there seems to also be this [assumed shared assumptions w/the audience] aligning with Normality throughout of like, thee truly important, Necessary, Real relationships here are like, parent/child, parent/parent, [your dream soulmateship] as proto-[parent/parent] ideally surely, can i make it any more obvious what more can i say....for example iicth is agonizing to me lol like being hit with the details of evan's like Secret Joke Smile Bandplaying mini monologue is like oh my god lmfao. this is peak An Idea territory, like you're just making shit up about her but clearly in an Idealized way, and the song says nothing abt Why he likes her, personally, while for zoe it's just offering this contrasting idea to Her idea that idk connor hated her like skiing, or what all, and/or the possibility that there could've been a different dynamic....only us(tm) is back at it lol like yeah sure In Theory that evan shouldn't have to be on the defensive waiting to let people down but like, it's all downhill from there, like zoe should also be Able to say anything she likes about evan specifically, isolating yourselves & ignoring everything else = not great, actually. and it Could be examined like, i guess your just being a nervously polite someguy boyfriend who was supposedly separate Enough from all the stuff about connor was a nice enough distraction while it lasted....but i have no idea why zoe is still particularly fond of evan as The Idea Of The Romantic Ideal Of It All in the conclusion like, girl what. what did you guys ever talk about. the most like Interaction is that pre iicth moment, where also zoe's like grilling him about what classes his mom takes & where his dad is & why he doesn't appreciate being poor & is calling him weird & all which is still more interesting than the Non Interactions they will now proceed to have for the rest of the show lol

anyways it's just like, so far as we know All Evan's Needed for the year and a half has been his mom not hating him so much she wants to leave, and he's doing fine....like idk fine sure maybe but it's like, it's sure just like, the most important connections are "we held hands & That Status was magical regardless of like, being able to express the least Specific Thing we liked about each other, or talking about anything" and "at least my parents aren't divorcing, so things are good" and "at least my parent isn't disowning me, so things are good" like, i mean are they lol. maybe, but hardly a guarantee via these facts, and very like "yes you'll encounter conflicts w/your ideas of people that require effort, better focus that effort on the Peak Atomized Normal(tm) Relationships which are so most important that they're required, and so required that they're most important: nuclear family, and monogamous cishet lifelong romance as your path to nuclear family (the next generation)" like yeah man if you talked to zoe once ever maybe everything would be the same. what then? nonrhetorically.

and that also The Idea/ls vs The Realities of people, when it comes to Family, also only goes so far when the authority of Thee Parent is this foregone unalienable fact, so that the "yeah i'm not perfect" Fact of a parent's personhood doesn't have to translate into effort to do things differently (for the child) but rather means the child is supposed to lower expectations and just accept whatever negative experiences imparted by the parent, b/c also They're Your Parent so the child's required to have that Relationship just regardless of what the specifics of the relationship Actually Are. like how i guess dating is amazing & important b/c you sure were dating. cue heidi just cutting through an apparent breakdown of her actual relationship with evan with the aggressive I'm Your Mother, to be revisited when the murphys aren't your Family....and then concluded with kinda a [i'm your mother: nice mode] situation of like, guess you'd better Hope your parent/child relationship exists at all and is good enough, like you'd better hope your eventual romance exists at all and is good enough, both for forever, with these also being the only connections that can Really matter rather than like, what, peers you don't date? friends, acquaintances, strangers? log off & do family game night

anyways it's all like, not expecting or wanting deh to be like "any of this is all good or all bad," and that goes for like the [the actual person, beyond being able to be Known In Full] and [the ideas crafted to make enough sense of things along the way] and how too much Idea can be dehumanizing, but you also can't write everyone off as black boxes of the unknown so as to Never Get It Wrong if you even exist proximately to them....but it's like, if we're going like "hmm why do we feel so isolated" like i have some ideas and it's not "just call your mom" or anything. the deh finale doesn't have a character who gets to be like "what the hell" or suggest anything's still shitty so it's like, yeah great that there's (everyone needed it for / it's) Something, but we could even have some more things

[stardustanddaffodils]

aw no?? that truly sucks a lot i'm sorry :( apologies for assumptions and also sounding super salty but it rlly sounds like they're east asian there bc like. lmao. no other part of asia would be THAT confident abt people not being asian unless their history stretches back to the part of asia that has been deeply acknowledged as basically all asia is for like fucking forever. like what is this??!! tbh asian academic/strict parents jokes are a thing i am ok with with my friends who yk are going through a lot of the stereotypical shitty asian stuff and also who i've known for absolutely forever, like since diapers forever, but it's so weird to think that it's to the point that asian jokes are Internet Memes^tm and a bunch of kids r just talking abt issues they have with their families and with their lives and academics like they're haha funny and #relatable and idk. reduced to this very small view of what asia is? like it's COOL that there's a community for that but also 1. that sounds fucking miserable to just spend so much time complaining abt your shitty parents and 2. that example just feels like gatekeeping ethnicity my guy and it doesn't sound fun at all

yepp,,

like. i make (or used to make) asian parents jokes n like. i see the validity in that (tho ive been trying to do that less bc it does sometimes make ppl uncomfortable n. idk it feels like minimizing? idk how to explain it) but. nods. yes

and to your point. it is kind of sad maybe? just that. these are lives and experiences and yeah maybe they are influenced by culture but the fact that. parenting styles (however "good or bad" they might be) and cultural values & expectations (ie being smart? i guess that could fit here?) and also like experiences... like a lot of asian parents or grandparents want their kids or grandkids to be doctors or lawyers or scientists of some sort bc its well paying, respectable, & allowed them a stable life or could provide a stable life that they didnt have... like making jokes abt your experiences. okay ig! but the fact that all of these stereotypes came from something that. has reason and meaning is. yk? i dont know how well my thoughts are conveyed but goodness i guess the more you think about stereotypes the more its like. stop using them as a Haha Funny Stereotype moment pls? these are things With Meaning, and the fact that they're often true of a certain group of people comes from Somewhere

[groon]

wanted to ask abt the Beard being Not Great^tm thing in the one post's tags since he absolutely makes some very off-colour jokes but like was there anything specific that happened or what

also sorry if it's a sensitive topic or something feel free to delete/ignore I just like to have context for things

i wouldn't normally address something like this, but tumblr audiences might not be aware of it because it all went down on twitter, and there really aren't enough people who care about/are aware of what happened.

basically, there's a reason why bearded isn't in soundsmith's videos anymore. it was a lot of stuff, lying about his age, being weird about porn on discord around minors, and being emotionally abusive to his friends.

here's the full testimony from a few of his friends at the time. i didn't talk to him much, but i was (and still am) very close friends with a lot of the people he hurt.

after the callout bearded said he would be taking "a long break." i remember at the time i told him i'd rather he quit entirely, but obviously he didn't. most of us cut contact with him, but there's a few people who still hang out with him and i guess just...pretend it never happened?

[charlesemersonwinchesteriii]

[middle aged man voice] ah, what a great week. finished all my paperwork and watched a whole season of M*A*S*H. no social media, just living in the moment. 

[versegm]

Also ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ owo

Well since we're talking abt Renault of the Styx, here's a general rundown of how my retelling differs from the original! I took quite a few liberties, mostly to keep it compliant to Irkalla's Ascent, and also because it's my writing and I get to slap in gratuous body horror if I want to.

- First and most importantly, Bradamante and Maugis aren't actually Renault's siblings in the og story! The original four sons of Aymon were Allard, Guichard, Renault and Richard. However, Guichard literally does not have a single line in the og, and Allard has like... two I think? His character is literally summarized as "Big Brother (tm)" so I just cut them both because have you seen my writing style if I can cut content I will.

- In fact Bradamante straight-up didn't exist yet when the original take was written! The oldest copy of the Four Sons of Aymon we have dates all the way back to the 12th century. Meanwhile, Bradamante was introduced as a character by Boiardo in Orlando Innamorato written in the 1500s, four hundred years later.

- As far as I know, Bradamante was canonized as Richard's twin sister in Orlando Furioso (the sequel to Orlando Innamorato) for the purpose of solving a queer subplot (it's complicated.) I could be wrong though.

- Maugis in the og tale was one of Renault's cousins (yes he has a lot of these.) He does some weird shit. At some point he makes Charlemagne feed him and massage his feet I think.

- (Sidenote, but Maugis apparently has another tale dedicated to him where he's the one to catch & gift Bayard the horse to Charlemagne. I have not read this one yet however so I'll have to go off the wikipedia page to tell you more.)

- Astolpho does actually show up in the Four Sons of Aymon- in fact, it's the first written tale we have where they appear at all! They're only mentioned by name though.

- Ogier does have a "where do my loyalties lie" subplot in the og tale! It doesn't lead to his entire family getting murdered, however there is another tale of his where some of his fam does get killed by Charlemagne and he ends up trying to fistfight the king. I have not read that one either though, hence why I didn't elaborate in Renault of the Styx. I was only going by the wikipedia page.

- In the og tale, Charlie asks first for Renault's head (who refuses) then for Maugis's head (Renault still refuses) and finally for Bayard's head. I have seen some really cool essays on how it might be symbolic to the power struggles of christianity vs paganism at the time, Maugis and Bayard representing christianity (as they are notably the only magical beings in the whole story) while Charlie represents christianity. That's why I emphasized a lot that Maugis looked like a demon/didn't belong in a christian world/ect ect. As you might have gathered though I know very little about christianity proper so if it came out as a bit hamfisted that's why.

- The ending! as you can guess, the og tale does not, in fact, end with Richard shooting Charlemagne. However, guns are canon within carolingian tales thanks to Orlando Furioso, so I am well within my right in writing that happening.

- Ok joke aside: in the og ending, they sacrifice Bayard the horse to Charlemagne (dw the horse lives.) Maugis exiles himself and becomes a monk. Renault gets banished and he walks barefoot to free Jerusalem (I think?) and then becomes a mason and gets murdered for having too cheap wares but it's okay he's made into a saint in the end. His brothers & kids serve under Charlemagne. At some point some guy insults Renault's kids (something like "your father was a bitch and a motherfucker") prompting a duel to happen, resulting in the offender getting hung. This is notable because Pinabel (the guy who would try to murder Bradamante in Orlando Furioso, also known as the guy who betrayed everyone in the Song of Roland and got all them bitches killed) witnesses this happen and goes "damn, Charlie sucks, fuck that bitch." and that's his origin story as a traitor.

- (which is why Astolpho briefly mentions that Renault is a saint now. it's lore accurate! unfortunately, Astolpho has other shit to do than giving exposition, so Renault my dude you're gonna have to figure this out by yourself homeboy.)

There are other bits obv but these are the major plot points I changed!

[virtuangel]

while we wait pt 2 of emotional rant with no point but like . (its a lot of talking to say nothing don’t mind me)

ok this is like . obvious and all but i really do love my friends a whole lot like . wow unbelievable ik . but like im a pretty shy nd reserved? nd quiet person so like making friends isnt the easiest thing and even when theres ppl who are like . friendly w me im usually still too scared to like actually make an effort to like talk to them or spend time with them (,,, actually even with my actual friends. but) bc like ... idk i dont like bothering people and i know i'm boring and i can't keep a conversation going and i usually don't have much to say . once again bc i'm boring . but like even when i do i tend to not want to say anything bc i dont wanna ruin the mood with like an awkward joke or smth and also . i tend to speak quietly and ppl asking me to repeat what i said is truly so embarrassing to me like ... ik it's because they genuinely didnt hear but like i. . dont wanna say whatever i said twice i alr feel self conscious nd when i repeat myself more ppl are listening nd paying more attention nd it's like suddenly there's an expectation that whatever u had to say was of value yknow . all that nd also i just . tend to think my presence doesnt rlly matter because of that because . i tend to just observe idk i don't add anything to the conversation . like .... i really enjoy just ... being there ? just being around my friends just watching them have a time? i don't really enjoy participating in games nd stuff when we hang out also so that adds to the boringness but so like . i was talking to anna (one of my uni friends tm) recently nd she mentioned that whenever we have a class that i share w them they all tend to ask themselves if ill be coming. them just greeting me with open arms when i actually do show up. when they all took the time to say bye to me before they left that one time i drank too much and was just laying on the floor in anna's bathroom. when they were simply just . okay with me not playing uno with them nd just watching them play. its just so ? when i disappear into a depression bubble for weeks nd they dont see me nd dont hear from me for all that time but then i appear from nowhere nd they dont . question it or dont act any different than they would before it's so .. comforting idk the reassurance i get from there being always at least one person to mention me in the discord or even going as far as messaging me directly on whatsapp (because they know im more likely to see their message there) when theyre making plans to make sure im included . . . like . i think it might be the first time ive had (irl) friends like that ? and that feels mean to say because i had a close friend in brussels nd shes still v important to me but it really feels like we're growing apart when we don't talk as opposed to my uni friends who just . idk . idk how to phrase whatever i wanna say. but my uni friends are so very beloved to me.

and on a note abt tumblr friends my belovedstest its. obv a bit different but like to anyone ive actually talked to in any way . thank u for bearing with me ik im awkward nd i dont have anything to say ever so sometimes i just !! reply nonsense to ur posts or send useless asks but !!! i have a v strong desire to connect with u all bc u ARE so very beloved to me i just dont know how to go about it </3 and once again ik im not the only one struggling w that so once again im far from being unique in that aspect but like .. yeah .. its like .. i wanna talk to u all i rlly do but i dont know what abt </3 so like sorry to lu for always just bringing up entxt lore nd nothing else like ever sorry to eri just like in general bc she's probably the mutual ive talked to the most off tumblr nd i ... (stares off into the distance) am pretty annoying im trying rlly hard not to be i hope the effort shows but like also thank u erieri for like ... actually messaging me first possibly every time (im saying that like its been 3836266 times . but) because like !!! i really do appreciate it so much i get v 🥺❣❣ the point is i would absolutely talk to ven nd bri nd iri nd lu nd eri nd ro nd vi 24/7 if i could . other mutuals too but i listed people who ive actually talked to a bit i just feel sorry i can't talk to them more </3

[balkanradfem]

okay so the most garden ladies are nice but there's two women who just hate me because I'm a disobedient little goblin and I am kinda enjoying it bc it's nice to be hated without any real potential for harm.

The lady gardening right next to me, she has some very fixed ides about how things should be done and is sure that she Knows BestTM and gives me directions about how I HAVE TO garden, or else it will all fail for me, according to her. I come in that garden filled with ideas I found on youtube and online articles and literally do nothing the "right way".

Recently she's been criticizing my every move, apparently my idea to plant potatoes far apart to save them from bugs will actually cause my tomatoes to get eaten by potato bug, my soil is just "not good enough" and I'm doing it wrong by mulching so much (I'm the only one who mulches), I'm never throwing slugs away far enough (I walk like half a mile before throwing them in the wilderness but she wants me to kill them instead and I don't kill animals), and I'm wrong for making my own choices abt where to plant things.

We had a conversation about "no dig garden" a while ago and she heard about it and thought it was stupid and impossible. I shrugged and kept piling up composted leaves, straw, hay and mulch on my garden, until the first few level of topsoil was just compost I didn't need to dig thru it to plant anymore. She noticed and I think it rubbed her very wrong I just barged in there with zero experience, achieved good soil out of dense clay and don't even have to dig anymore, while doing the exact opposite of what she's been telling me to do. So she's trying to prove to me that it "actually sucks" because "there's still clay underneath" but every single plant has been doing well, I barely have any weeds to pull out and my top soil doesn't get damaged by sun, wind or any bad weather, actually it's insulated by straw so temperature changes wont affect roots.

She was also one of the people to tell me I "can't grow broccoli myself, I have to buy transplants" and said it over and over and then I grew them myself and they were big and fed me for months. My ego has been feeling very good about it. I think maybe hers isn't doing so well, but you know?? If your pride depends on a rando not doing as you say and succeeding... you gotta deal with that lmao. Kudos for sticking to tradition but I'm gonna use every new discovery about gardening to succeed and will ignore all of "advice" that is just a poorly disguised attempt to scare me into thinking I'm doing things wrong by refusing to obey. Had enough of that from abusive parents.

Another lady who hates me is an elderly lady with a weird vibe, literally tried to order me around the second she met me, and I was to assume it was "for my own good". My disobedient ass would die out of spite before being ordered around for anyone's good. I was sitting down in the grass as it's one of my happiness activities and she got behind me and went "Get up." And I play into assuming she means well and explain, No, this cannot harm me, I am perfectly content, did this all my life, wont get sick. And she wont accept it. She told me to get up 5 times, very aggressively, before I finally went "You're going to have to bring in 20 people to carry me. Nobody can force me." And the fact I had to go that far to get her off my case alarms me. What kind of self-justified do you have to be to insist on controlling a person you just met! She wouldn't even look at me after that. I am also enjoying that bc I managed to repel that particular bad vibe away from myself. I heard her ask crazy invasive questions to other ladies and they answer! What a crazy thing to do.

I still have to say, their conversation methods are far advanced to what m*n have been saying, apparently if they're walking by me working they expect a conversation and this is their starters: "Is it growing? What is that? Are you gardening? What are you doing? Is that doing well?" And I'm literally.. like what.. do you want me to say??? The plant is RIGHT THERE YOU CAN SEE ITS DOING WELL. IT IS OBVIOUSLY GROWING. ITS A FCKING SUNFLOWER. I AM OBVIOUSLY GARDENING. It's lower than toddler level communication. They will just throw the "blarafgbdsdfg tell me things like I'm a baby" and expect me to play along. THESE ARE ALL OLD CREEPS. And I just refuse to look at them until they go away. One of them dared to go "hey babe" at me and got the "we will not talk further" and withdrew.

I can't differentiate between them bc they all say equally idiotic shit so I have no clue how many are there. Some of them stare from a distance and I ignore them, then come closer and ask me shit, like I was just pulling up grass today and a creepy guy was like "are you pulling up grass?" like oh my god, I'm supposed to deal with that???? I'm supposed to act like this is a thing a person older than 2 can say to me??? and if I say "no, I'm cleaning the chimney" they think I'm making a joke and not telling them they're being stupid! god... it feels like being predated on every single time, thats the only reason why they don't feel like fucking idiots and don't care just how horrible they are at socialization or how much they're embarrassing themselves and obviously annoying me by saying stupid shit at me, it's only because they're never trying to start up a conversation, they're just there to force a prey to react to them, I'm the amusement, the fact that I have to listen to most idiotic shit said on earth is the amusement. I need the goddess of soil to open up the earth and swallow them whole every time they feel like opening their disgusting mouths in my direction.

I know I went against everyone in this post but listen, these two ladies, we hate each others as equals, there is no predator-prey stuff going around, there is no "me being afraid to retaliate" when they're telling me stuff I don't want to be hearing, I never  worry they'll trample my plants, I never have to be self-conscious of what I'm doing when they're watching me, I never once felt any danger or chance of violence while talking to them. I don't dislike their hatred because I'm still human in their eyes, and I can repel their entitlement with a bit of harsh words. For m*n tho? Nothing will ever repel their entitlement. Nothing will make them go after ther own business. Nothing they ever said to me regarded me as an equal or a human being. I was approached as a toy and nothing more. And even though all I want is for them to turn around, leave, and never look at me again, it's not safe to ask for it, nor would I get that. In fact, them knowing just how badly I want to be left alone will make it more amusing to invade in my presence, to rid me of pleasure of gardening in peace. It's not safe to do anything but pretend to be a boring rock they can't get any amusement from, and wait for them to leave. That's what you have to do when a goddamn bear attacks you. I hate it so much. I need to be growing my food in a space with no human predators. Mean ladies still invited. I will not listen to them tho.

[max--phillips]

If it isn't too greedy for another so soon... You offer to make the boys a cake. What do each of them want? Thankyou

Not greedy at all!!!!!! more food asks!!! idk why I’m so hyped abt this I feel like I’ve talked a little bit abt their food habits before but. maybe not. anywhomst

Din is going to tell you to make whatever you like. For one, I feel like he didn’t get to eat a whole lot of like, desserts when he was growing up, either because it was too expensive or too unhealthy. He doesn’t know what he likes. So, you start to dig to find out if there are any desserts he’s had that he knows he likes. Eventually, you land on a spice cake, and he absolutely destroys it. You don’t find out about uj cake until later, but you figure that’s why he liked the spice cake so much.

Ezra shrugs and asks what you like, too, but you whack him over the head jokingly and tell him to tell you what cake he wants you to make. He tells you his favorite is chocolate raspberry, but he will really eat any cake you’re willing to make him.

I feel like the “easy” answer for Javi is dulce de leche, but I’m going to actually say he likes cake with fruit, like strawberry shortcake. He grew up and subsequently lived somewhere rather warm for a hot minute, fruit is nice and light and refreshing, and other cakes are a little bit too rich for that sometimes.

Whiskey will also eat anything you put in front of him, really, but......... I kinda feel like he’s more of a pie person? Like, he doesn’t dislike cake, because no one in their right mind DISLIKES cake, but if you offer to make him a cake, he’s going to suggest you make a pecan pie instead, or a blueberry pie if blueberries are in season. He’d also totally fuck with a strawberry rhubarb pie. He’s a southern boy(tm) and pecan pie???? that’s SOUTH babey

Max Phillips would initially be caught off guard by you asking what kind of cake he’d like. He would definitely then make a joke about your ass, because that’s who he is as a person. He doesn’t normally eat regular food (he can, it’s just not something he needs to do, so he tends not to), and he knows you know that, so he kinda thinks you’re joking or something? But then you ask more insistently and he finally tells you he likes red velvet cake. Because of course he does. You then wonder if he told you that because he thinks he’s funny with his vampire puns and imagery, but he does... really like the cake.

[autisticstarseed]

lmao sorry to be that bitch but let me put tumblr ableism this way. autistic people annoying you by being cringe or uptight, <<<<<<<<<<<< Centuries of abuse, Murder, eugenics, violence, exploitation, and ongoing systemic oppression. the r word was written on our medical records as a legal excuse to lock us up in torturous abusive hospitals for the rest of our lives. the murder of us has been encouraged and normalized in many different aspects of society as a ‘putting them out of their misery’ solution. ive had people tell me they feel bad that my parents ‘let me live’. we’ve been sterilized and left to die and after all that we’re still here. so idk like. lmao you’re gonna listen and not make jokes when we tell you you fucked up even if you think its ‘too much’ bc you’re gonna live through it! not all of us have lived through allistic ‘’’fuck ups’’’ before, tbh!! and sit down for this one but yall u r grown you can seriously fucking handle being a decent person and letting that rando talk about how supernatural is their special interest as a completely harmless attempt at positive Social interaction on your entirely public not personal Social media post you made for Socializing with people ! like dude sd;l;sosdfk im so sorry an autistic came and ruined your post how awful for you ig but idk why that makes oyu all feel so fucking Oppressed when that shit happens lmao like. stop WHINING abt such meaningless social awkwardness to actual oppressed people you fake activist cringe bitches, you are not oppressed by autistic people talking. you’re not oppressed by us Existing. we’re not ‘’‘rude'’’ and its not hurting you, ur just rly that sensitive to divergence frankly and obsessed with being conformist to ur own standards that you built in society while intentionally oppressing and rejecting us and think your comfortable existence trumps making ours less miserable. i mean for gods sake. you can ignore us. like how is your behavior not telling when as an oppressed person i have to say, please, just fucking ignore us if you hate our interactions with you that much instead of harassing us publicly about it.

autistic people are not oppressing you, your social ideals are a prison, and well if you’re allistic uh, you sure do have some oppressive history towards others (aka blood on your hands) that you should take the fuck into account and recognize before you start letting yourself develop even an Ounce of disdain towards us. including the fucking ‘’’annoying’’’ ones. like. oh my god activism isnt abt picking and choosing whos relatable and fun enough to have in ur cool minority gang tm fuck you hollow ass club mentality people to Hell, but have you really not considered you might just be boring and restrictive if the mere sight of someone elses passion that you cant wholly resonate with makes you like Intolerably uncomfortable. have yall considered that Your idea of annoying could have inherently ignorant/bigoted concepts ingrained in it bc you benefit from privilege in an ableist allistic centric society. also have you considered gargle my dick and balls if you think autistic ppl owe you the regulation of our harmless behaviors for your nowmal people comfowt like. oh my Goddd you guys thats not a real problem and at the very least ur cringe is not Comparable to what we go thru everyday just shut up like it is so funny when you all act like we are Forcing you into Emotional Labor bc we try to talk to you and also experience autism symptoms at the same time or try to tell you that u did smth bigoted to us like sjdfsjdfs bite me bitch you’re oppressing me not the other way around. ‘wah wah the cringe autism tumblr kinnie wants to talk abt su’ mam autistic ppl are actually oppressed can u please get over this attitude ur embarassing urself

[nonbinarysasukes]

hokage!kushina au

minato rejected being hokage bc he knew his fiance had always wanted it, and bc he knew she had better leadership skills, so he recommended her for the post instead. and when the new hokage was announced as kushina uzumaki, kushina didn’t cry (minato did though). she squealed and hugged minato, then calmed herself down saying, “a hokage has to be cool and composed-ttebane!”

because of kushina’s smart thinking to put mikoto and fugaku on watch while she’s birthing, kurama is held back and sealed into her once more after naruto is born. minato and kushina raise their son into a wonderful (gay) boy. kushina and her bff mikoto find out abt danzo and have him sentenced to death. the members of root, including the children, are freed. 

kushina also abolishes the shitty team setup of “two boys one girl” and starts failing the incompetent boys and passing more girls instead. women’s rights in konoha have never been this good. more than half the anbu is now the women who never got a chance to fight bc of konoha’s elitist system. mikoto is promoted to captain like she should have been so many years ago.

kushina outlaws the hyuuga branch system to much outrage which thankfully calms down soon enough. hinata is never kidnapped bc konoha’s guards aren’t negligent. as a result, hizashi never dies, and he and neji are treated fairly. neji, hinata and hanabi grow up like siblings. hinata grows out of her stuttering habit and becomes a calm, mature young ninja. hanabi is the same bright, talented firework who goes on to lead the hyuuga. neji settles down with lee and gaara as an anbu of konoha many years later.

team gai remains the same, with their wholesome dynamic. neji plays along with lee’s rivalry, all the while hiding his huge crush on lee. tenten just smirks at them the whole time.

tenten gets to study under kushina - surprisingly the uzumaki clan also has a history of weapons. tenten falls in love immediately. she and temari draw in the chuunin exams and tenten gets enough courage to ask her out. they get married after steadily dating for five years straight. temari is the kazekage, so they get to meet on political missions (which end up being just makeout sessions but no one needs to know)

team 8 have kurenai sensei, as usual. she’s not with asuma bc he’s a creep but dates shizune instead. kibahinashino is a thing ok?! hinata is the team leader no questions asked. kiba and shino work amazingly well with her and they all lead feminist rallies together. kurenai has fun with her kids.

anko gets actual. fucking. therapy. kushina lets her nuke oro***maru herself. jiraiya is given a proper dressing-down for his perverted and irresponsible behavior and reforms himself. he takes an active interest in helping orphans and starts tons of orphanages. tsunade returns to konoha eventually and is also given a right scolding by rin and kushina. shizune joins in too.

kakashi, who moved in with kushina and minato not long after obito’s “death”, grows up as naruto’s big bro/uncle of sorts. rin grows to become a strong medic-nin, even learning from tsunade, and is easily able to fight off her kidnappers with a few punches, thus staying alive. obito never finds rin’s body and soon realises madara’s intents, managing to kill him while he’s asleep and running home to konoha where he reunites with his team. obito is fully pardoned by kushina, who gives him a huge hug as she announces his pardoning. minato cries.

there’s no uchiha coup bc they saved the whole damn village and are now respected and well loved. the uchihas also show their warmer side to konoha, which endears them further. fugaku retires from ninja work bc he’s Stressed TM and becomes a househusband. mikoto’s cool enough for both of them anyway, he reasons.

kakashi retires from ninja-ing at 20 and starts dating gai, whom obito sets him up with. rin and obito become the closest of friends but never get together bc obito gets over his puppy crush and rin’s aro. yamato adopts shin and sai, and obito and yamato start dating. 

naruto, sasuke and sakura are still put on the same team with yamato as a sensei, but naruto and sasuke grow up as really close friends. sakura never has a rivalry with ino bc sasuke’s always goofing around with naruto and doesn’t come off as ‘cool’ and ‘crushable’ - though he does grow into his coolness later lmao - and sakura later starts dating ino. (sasuke and naruto and sai set them up.)

team 7 are the BEST of friends, and when sai is added to the team (having had to undergo therapy to reverse root’s brainwashing) he fits in perfectly. he and sasuke have fun making dick jokes. naruto and sakura just face-palm at the two.

naruto’s still a bit of a goof and quite awkward, but he doesn’t have such a problem with chakra as he used to. he’s also talented with sealing, having been taught by kushina personally! he’s all-round average as he doesn’t have much stamina, but a brave shinobi. when he is fourteen he’s made the jinchuriki in an official ceremony.

sasuke pretends he can control naruto through his sharingan and scares him for nearly a month before revealing he’s joking. naruto was so mad (esp bc kushina and minato played along, like of COURSE)

sakura learns from rin rather than tsunade, who turns out to be a wayyyy better role model. she learns a lot about being a medic-nin and even develops her own style of taijutsu - blossom fist, which relies on strong and super-fast attacks by focusing on making the chakra overflow in an opponent’s bones, essentially breaking them. sakura also spends a lot of time with sasuke, both training their genjutsu together.

sasuke awakens his sharingan when he is twelve and itachi comes home half-dead from a mission. he turns out to be extremely talented with the doujutsu, perhaps more so than any member of his clan. itachi teaches him swordplay as well. sasuke also hones his lightning ability and, having never relied on the mangekyou, becomes a master of the regular ability of the sharingan. he receives training from kakashi and becomes almost as good a copy-nin as him.

tenten becomes hokage soon after kushina. sakura is her right-hand. sasuke and naruto are joint anbu captains (minato and fugaku are so proud). kushina officiates sakura and ino’s wedding. everyone’s actually happy.

kushina is regarded as konoha’s strongest hokage until tenten. she and tenten are considered to be on the same level. they’re even called “the twin queens” across the five shinobi countries.

anyway thank you for coming to my ted talk lol ik this got long but i wanted everyone and sadly i couldn’t have the akatsuki and everybody bc let’s be real how much can i type? i might put it in a part 2 tho!

[mmjungmi-blog]

hi this is jungmi and she’s a shameless, spicy troublemaker TM. follow below the read more for more information (and some plot stuff) or back to her page for a more in depth about. my dm’s are a good place to go too, and i have a discord if you want that! btw i’m sky, i also write the old man and yes, i am reworking this intro because it was terrible before, maybe because i wrote it originally on like 2 seconds of sleep in 4 days. ANYWAY ━

some things

second oldest of the KWAK FAMILY six children. (canonly: kwak 2) 26, not very tall, (like 5′3″) currently she’s in her 90′s main character’s best friend fashion mood.

graduated ju jak (she acts and acted then, like a baek ho HIGHKEY), and currently doing freelance work as a writer for the magical community. because of her family name ( and family baggage ) she has a difficult time finding reliable work, and therefore can be seen outsourcing and writing about every topic under the sun, from gossip on the major families, to magical creature rights, to potion making or even cooking. her name is all over the place, and she writes under pen-names, too. 

literally everyone thinks she is like batshit crazy, and they're only like a quarter wrong. like, idk 10% wrong. she’s always into trouble. in yosul she was in x10 the trouble, professional prankster, bad girl and forever ready to fight.

she was a chaser in quidditch all the way up to varsity but dropped out shortly after seriously hurting herself and during her time in recovery she literally reassessed her life.

jungmi is lowkey anti-boy. if he isn’t her brother or a celebrity crush, she’s allergic to all boys and doesn’t trust them on instinct. you have to convince her, like really sell her. otherwise she’s just like; what’s a B-O-Y idk what you mean...

she's very good at remembering secrets and sussing out information. don't trust her with something unless you're absolutely certain you want her to know, she never forgets anything ever. 

she's the most zero chill you'll maybe ever meet in most cases. seriously she’s insane, she never hesitates.

she loves to fly very much.

still gets passionate over all the friends she made even if she fell out of contact with her. like, she’s the kind of person who comes back after a long break acting like nothing changed and not a day passed by.

i think saying she's a little rough around the edges might be putting it lightly, but she means well. her heart is in the right place believe it or not (even if she doesn't always seem to have all her marbles). she's a good girl and cares genuinely with her whole heart. she’s passionate, warm-hearted even if she can’t express her feelings well, a fighter with a lot of spirit and moxie and will support you with an iron fist.

her little brother nicknamed her 'old man/big bro" because she's more like a stupid older brother who makes bad puns and terrible dad jokes than an older sister most of the time. ie. junsu : “how do i look noona?” (in his baek ho robes for the first time) jungmi, not even looking : “with your eyes lmao.”

she is always getting into trouble, literally always. she’s THIS close to having a criminal record at this point. she’ll beg you to save her honestly, she can’t go to the police dept again or it’s going on her record LMAO.

expressively hard on herself to a degree where if you knew you’d be like damn girl do you need to talk abt something or?

competitive. will fight you over everything, anything, anywhere, any time.

potential plots

friends who sneak out together.

someone she can drink with.

also, a connection that she goes to for fresh information, on your family or whatever you got really, she’s not picky. networks make the reporter amirite.

someone who has a crush on her siblings so that she can give you the shotgun dad treatment.

someone who has a crush on HER so that she can be an oblivious fool.

a one night stand that popped up again and she would rather throw herself into the sun than talk to you again yet...here we are.

you’ve seen her play quidditch back in the day. maybe you were even a fan and then she quit and wtf man...why’d you quit. (basically just a serious re-connection plot actually, this would be lit don’t let the tone fool you)

best friends???

ex relationships or crushes.

please teach her how to express her feelings in a healthy way the girl needs therapy.

maybe she played a prank on you and you either love her for it because she’s spicy and that’s neat or you want to fight her and that’s okay too.

...you actually fought her once because you said something bad about one of her sisters and she punched you in the jaw (you’re a WIZARD jungmi, at least throw a spell) her: punches harder.

[luobingmeis]

Oooo I'm going to be DMing a oneshot too, do you have any tips?

tomorrow will only be my second time DMing, so i dont have a lot, but!!!

the game will naturally make the story progress. i tend to panic abt whether im overplanning or underplanning but, from my experience, once you get things going, the story unfolds itself

dont be afraid to make some things silly!!!! i always get so hung up making something intense or "edgy" but, honestly, i always end up scrapping it and writing something more fun w/ a lot of inside jokes (tho this of course is dependent on your style)

talking in character comes a lot easier than you think, at least imo it does

when i make my notes for the one-shot, i do a "general set up" document first where i break everything down and basically talk myself through what im gonna be doing, and then i expand each scene into different documents to work on the actual narrative/prose. i do that bc it helps me picture in my mind what i want to do before i start working in flowery language, and it also leaves me some leeway to work on the narrative on the fly. it's kinda like a firm framework for something whose fine details can change, you know?

also im kinda repeating a point but, if you're DMing friends, work in inside jokes if you can!!!! it makes it a lot of fun for everyone and also gives it a bit of something personal. like, my friends and i play risk a lot and i can say with confidence that perhaps the best part of DMing was the reveal that my friends' characters were all stuck in a real life version of fantasy risk

mostly just have fun with it!!! your players will work with you and, if you're new to DMing, im sure they'll understand if you're a bit shaky at first or need to work some things out on the fly. try not to overthink it too much bc, the night before my first time DMing, i actually had a stress dream that it went horribly and all my friends got mad at me for it, but maybe that's just me and an accurate representation of how stressed i get.

the way i kinda look at it is... you know more abt what you want to do than you think you do? like, the first time i DMed, i kept getting super nervous that i was gonna butcher describing a room or a character, or i was gonna forget an important detail, but, after just reviewing my notes, everything came super easily and the game went super smoothly

obvi take this all w/ a grain if salt bc tm will only be my 2nd time DMing, and i am no expert, but i hope this at least kinda helped and i hope you have a fun time playing!!!!!

[dyketectivecomics]

do you think they'll eventually address constantine's death in jld? the whole thing was just so weird to me. it felt like he suddenly went "welp, time to die." then swamp thing showed up to say "hey, constantine died" and everyone just went "yeah, i guess he did." and i'm ??? why would you kill a character if you're not actually going to use their death?? i thought we'd at least get a mention of all the demons that must be fighting over his soul...

I want to preface this ofc by saying: this is Comics^tm so no one ever Stays Dead, and especially not in the usual sense if Magic is involved.

Now, let’s recall his most significant appearances so far in the series and what was accomplished:

Issue 1, right off the bat its to establish his current relationship to Zatanna, and recalling canon that predates even N52 by decades (that being the death of Zatara at Wintersgate) he distances himself from Diana’s JLD and from the rest of the mystic community in this issue and gets the ball rolling for Zee to make her decision as well(the first ofc was by his own choice, the latter not so much)

Issue 3, when the JLD seems a little in over their heads confronting the Upside Down Man, Constantine steps in and pulls out all the stops. He’s still not an Official part of the team, but he’s helping them as much as he can while clearly running his own agenda as per usual

Also look at those girlfriends omg

Witching Hour (cant be bothered to remember which issue bc this event spanned a few different ones ooof), kicking things off with tragedy striking, this looked almost like a turning point for bringing Constantine back onto the JLD full-time again, only for the event to finish and said death to occur hot on its heels…

In issue 6, with the JLD taking care of business in Myrra, Constantine begins to reveal machinations that may be part of a bigger play and emphasizes Zee’s importance to him.

Also can we talk abt how he immediately dies after this like. John “Last Words Mean Shite” Constantine making a joke of everything, what an Icon

And finally, four issues later in #10, we see one post-mortem mention of John’s involvement in what’s transpired since, as well as a more connected past to Zatara than has been previously established in canon, at least with what ive personally read so far.

And ofc, with both mentions of Constantine & Zatara’s involvement in what’s occurred, Zee is reasonably upset

Look at how powerful she is i love

Everything thus far about Constantine’s appearances in JLD has been intrinsically connected to Zatanna. More than likely, anything that brings him back from his “Death” (and say this with heavy quotes bc we really only saw him get sucked into Fate’s helmet so he’s probably fine lmao) will probably also be connected directly to Zee. From synopses that I’ve read for upcoming issues so far, I dont see him returning as a permanent member or recurring cast, esp given the previous run had so much trouble btwn having him maintain a proper leadership position, and that he’s not exactly a Big Team player in the best of circumstances. But also, who knows! DC doesn’t exactly stand for Deliberated Continuity

My conclusion; we’ll see a little more of him eventually, but I wouldn’t hold my breath too long. But at least the next issue tomorrow will hopefully give me some more dianazee that my soul needs

[transfemmbeatrice]

9, 12, 20, and i know its controversial but 24

9. Favorite track from the soundtrack

I haven’t listened to tm or spring songs v much because they aren’t downloaded onto my phone, but before that? She’s One Of Them and The Warmth of Love are probably my top two. Lov to listen to them and be emo,

12. Favorite holiday special

I mean it’s GOTTA be the kingdom game! For the Orth and Ibex stuff alone, but also my boy Jace, and Natalya, and allergy-ridden Keith as Sokrates.... I love all those characters so much and the conflict and characterization is so fucking good and it’s a full selfcontained story in a way most of the holiday specials aren’t (although I love them all). But also, if it counts: the bluff holiday game (noirlandia) is probably my favorite bluff game except maaaybe the s1 finale?

20. Name on thing you like about each member of the cast

YES LETS GO

Ali: this applies to everyone but especially Ali... her laugh. I love her giggles!! Especially when they’re “I’m being gay on main” giggles. She’s so incredibly valid. Also “hey hi,”

Andi: when they lean all the way into the mic to make a verbal shitpost..... 👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾 alsjsls but truly I do love their willingness to make all the best worst jokes, and their never ending enthusiasm for their characters

Dre: honorable mention to Dre’s background giggles as well, but. His devotion to absolutely terrible puns and one liners, and every time he goes “fuck it” and does something buckwild and dangerous

Art: every time he starts talking before knowing what he’s going to say and stalls while trying to think of a cool name or whatever, and also just his incredible devotion to saying ridiculous things with a straight face

Austin: god. Just, everything he brings to being a GM? The amount of care and prep along with his willingness to roll with what the players want and how excited he gets when they do something that has greater implications they don’t know about yet.

Jack: their ability to absolutely destroy me with every character they make........ aldjdkd but rly I love the weirdly specific metaphors they make to describe things? They’re extremely evocative in a rly unique way and it makes them a joy to listen to

Janine: Janine’s endless knowledge on extremely niche topics always makes me incredibly happy, and also she is the Best (Ali is a close second) at pulling out the most specific and obscure references for what her character is wearing etc

Keith: Keith plays ONE character and he’s EXTREMELY good at it and he’s VALID,,, but I really do love his ability to bring levity to a scene but not make his *character* a joke and still make me feel lots of emotions abt them?? I appreciate his chaotic energy and it’s extremely relatable as a ttrpg player

Nick: everyone does this but from VERY early on, Nick was willing to make the choices that were shitty but in character, and that really taught me a lot about playing ttrpgs

24. Do you think Hadrian should be forgiven for killing the skeleton?

AbsoLUTELY not, they INVADED his HOME,,, but I am glad it happened bc of the endless comic fodder it’s provided so thank you Art