#the downside is that i can only get one when we're both free

[taniushka12]

getting a haircut tomorrow lads 💪💪💪

[arpmemething2]

The Last of Us sentence starters

Taken from both the TV show and all video games. Send one for my muse's response. Feel free to change pronouns as needed.

"I've struggled a long time with survivin', but no matter what you have to find something to fight for"

“So you went from teacher to preacher; because what? It fuckin' rhymes?”

“You can't stop this.”

"You live in a broken world that you could have saved."

"That is... a hat on a dinosaur."

"There are a million ways we should’ve died before today, and a million ways we can die before tomorrow."

“Fuck Seattle.”

“But she gets to live...”

"I would do it all over again."

"That's gotta be hard. Leaving all of your stuff behind like that."

"Now get the fuck out of my town."

"We let you both live and you wasted it."

"To the edge of the universe and back, endure and survive..."

"It's called luck and it's gonna to run out."

"Everyone I have cared for has either died, or left me. Everyone ... fucking except for you! So don't tell me that I would be safer with someone else, because the truth is I would just be more scared."

"The only people who betray us are the ones we trust."

“Hello? Anyone? Cure for mankind here!”

"I don't ever want to see your goddamn face again."

“I can make it quick or I can make it so much worse.”

"I was never afraid before you showed up"

"I walked in to my sister's room and slipped on her bra. It was a booby trap."

"After years of wandering in circles, we’re about to come home, make a difference, and bring the human race back into control of its own destiny."

"It wasn't time that did it."

"Every bad feeling… Your palms sweating, your heart racing… They're all signs you're actually stronger."

"Light on the reading, but it has some good photos."

"That was lame. You're lame."

"Those were your fucking people!"

"Go. Just take him."

"Well, here's your chance to bring your kid into a better world."

"Hearing them talk, it's good to know they're scared of you."

"A bad reputation doesn't mean you're bad."

"I was supposed to die in that hospital."

"I swear."

"Endure and survive."

"If I were ever to lose you, I'd surely lose myself."

"I mean it's why you took off on me, right? To make up for the things we did."

“I'm just a girl. Not a threat.”

"You'd just after her."

"You have no idea what loss is."

"If you lie to me one more time, I'm gone."

"I'm sorry for getting older faster than you."

"Our luck had to run out sooner or later."

"I had a sixty-foot yacht."

"We're not murderers. We just survive."

"I guess you can't outrun your past"

"You mattered to me first."

"Okay, one more. What do you get when you cross an angry sheep and a mad cow? An animal that's in a baaaa-ad mooooo-ood."

"Well, maybe in all that research they turned into fucking monkeys."

"Once upon a time, I had somebody that I cared about. It was a partner. Somebody I had to look after. And in this world, that sort of shit's good for one thing: Gettin' ya killed."

"Bomb this city and everyone in it."

"Why are these pages stuck together?"

"It doesn't matter how much you push the envelope, it'll still be stationery."

"I got you."

"No, fuck you! You handcuffed me!"

"I dreamt about flying the other night."

"I've lost something. I'm failing in my sleep."

"I think they should be terrified of you."

"All the promises at sundown. I meant them like the rest."

"Think I'd let you do this on your own?"

"And just so we’re clear about back there, it was either him or me "

"Lets wait it out. You know we....we can be all poetic and lose our minds together."

"So... why don't you fix one these cars?"

"People are making apocalypse jokes like there's no tomorrow... Too soon."

“Maybe you should have.”

“You took that from me.”

"What is the downside to eating a clock?"

"Holy moly. I guess this is what these buildings look like up close. They're so damn tall! So, what happened here?"

"You think I can still handle things, but I'm not who I was."

"I believe that everything happens for a reason."

"Why don't you say whatever speech you have rehearsed and get this over with."

"Just one peaceful night; a clean conscience…all gone…"

"Drugs. I see hardcore drugs."

"Let's see, scorpions are pretty creepy. Ummm, being by myself. I'm scared of ending up alone. What about you?"

"I don't want to be a burden."

"I don't want to lose you."

"What did the green grape say to the purple grape? Breathe, you idiot!"

"I'll make her pay."

"I'm gonna find... and I'm gonna kill... every last one of them."

"My friends' problem are my problems."

“It's called a hatosaur.”

"I got one for you. What's the quietest animal on a farm? A Shhhhhh-eeep. When you're older, you're going to have a deep appreciation for these jokes."

"Save who you can."

"I worry. Just... let me see her. Please."

"Whoa! How the - how the hell would you even walk around with that thing?"

"Arby's didn't give free lunches."

"You're such an asshole!"

"You're lucky you're still drawing breath! That was plan A, B, all the way to fucking Z!"

"I don't think I can ever forgive you for that."

"You don't think he got what he deserved?"

"Well, you're a burden now, aren't you?"

"We lose"

“’80s means trouble. Code broken.”

"Yeah, well try not to let your guard down."

"After all we've been through. Everything that I've done. It can't be for nothing."

"That ain't the hard part."

"We did those things. And they weren't things. We murdered people."

"What you say goes."

"We've got a family now. She doesn't get to be more important than that."

[nscafe-firehose]

Story time...

During the start of COVID-time, I decided to I wanted to re-collect some comics I had in the early 1990s. I didn't want reprints, I wanted originals.

I wanted to go through Todd McFarlane's Marvel work, starting with Daredevil #241 thru Spider-Man #16 (and then Image's Spawn #1-#25 plus the Violator 3-issue series)... and if you know about his run there, well... there were some pricy titles to collect. However, I wanted to do it, so I did it...

Also, due to COVID-time and my disability, I haven't left the apartment aside from medical appointments, voting and a few random times going out for food and eating outdoors [for the vast majority of the time]. We're both take it quite seriously because I really don't need to get any more sick than I am already. Yes, we're always masking when not in the apartment (and sometimes in the apartment when we have contractors coming in to do work). And we're diligent about as well. We haven't gotten sick yet.

(tldr; I basically haven't left the house unless I had to since Nov. 2020)

Fast forward to 2023 and after some life altering events, we decided to order VIP passes for Calgary Comics+Entertainment Expo, all 4 days. We figured with the early access our odds of not "getting sick" were okay. And also to save my leg from too much stress, we planned to rent a wheelchair.

Fast forward to 2024 and we have our VIP passes to the Calgary Comics+Entertainment Expo... and then McFarlane was announced as a late guest. I thought to myself, sure... I'll get an autograph. I can do that.

But as time ticked on, I felt like naaaah... there are bigger fans who could use waiting in line more than myself. An autograph would be nice but I didn't need one.

Then Fan Expo runs a VIP only context to win free autographs from him. Well then! That I could sign up for. My beloved partner, also a big comics book fan (more on the X-Men side of things [and she was able to get all of the X-Men '97 guests who were here, along with the original animated series Producer and Director autographs... and a selfie with Beast!]), also entered.

We both won (of course I'd get ticket 23... she got 24).

Now I needed to pull some "cool covers" so that we could make some choices (picture 1, above).

She chose Spider-Man #12 (and diligently read that 5-book series to get prepared for the day). I wanted to do Spider-Man #8 (for the very local tie-in) but we didn't exactly need two books signed from that series. So... what to choose, what to choose...

Amazing Spider-Man #311 (and it didn't even make the short list... not in the 1st pic) got the pick. It is a cool cover to be sure but I chose it for the nod to late 1980s Cowboy/Western fashion... and since I've grown up in Calgary, I was very aware of that reference (annual cowboy cosplay celebrations tend to do that... yay Calgary Stampede! [hey, if the comic+entertainment fandom has cosplay for CCEE, why not call the say the same sort of thing for the Stampede... this isn't a negative thing]).

When I told McFarlane why I chose the book I did, I got a chuckle and an "Oh wow!".

The only downside is that due to my disability I'm unable to attend day 4 but my beloved partner gets enjoy a day without pushing me around in a wheelchair (averaging over 9000 steps each of the 3 days)... give her arms and legs a big of a break.

But we did get quite lucky in our timings for things and we appreciated the experiences.

So long as we don't "get sick" and recovery time for this body o'mine doesn't take too long, then I think we can plan to attend again next year.

[currentlyfckingurmom]

Her Song part 5

Today is Friday, which means tonight we're doing live music. Ash and I named it 'VIP Night' when we were drunk...it may or may not secretly stand for Very Inappropriate Performances. It's not an event we hold every week, but I try to book bands as often as possible. If we can't find anyone, then I host a karaoke night, which most people love. The only downside is that I can't sell booze.

Bummer.

Since there's less than an hour until VIP Night starts, Syd and I are currently moving the shop around. We rearrange all the tables so they face the small stage in the corner of the store; it's only big enough for a few people at a time, but it's all we need. There's not a lot else we can move because of the aisles, but we make it work. I turn the chairs so they face the right way, too, and then sweep off the mini stage.

Syd cleans off the tables while I grab the microphone and tech gear from the back room. As I'm setting up the mic stand, the music abruptly changes from Patsy Cline to Big Time Rush.

Sighing, I give the culprit a 'really?' look and shake my head at her.

"Love you, Momma," she says sweetly.

"Love you too, you little Satanist. And you're only playing this until people start arriving, okay?"

"Deal!"

"Thank you," I say, returning to my task.

"Hey, Momma?"

"Yeah, babe?"

"What's a Satanist?"

"You."

"That isn't a valid definition. Please elaborate. Feel free to use the term in a sentence."

"What- oh my god. Bring me the box of cords, please. This one is done for," I say, tossing the clean-cut cord to the side.

She drags the box of extra cords out of back room and sets it in front of me. "Thank you, ma'am."

"You're welcome, sir," she replies as she plops down on the stage next to me.

I rummage through the box, but the cord I need isn't there. "Damn. I guess we'll have to splice the one we have. We can get a new one tomorrow. Do you know where the wire strippers are?"

"Yup. In the toolbox under the shelf with the boxes of cups and napkins. I'll go get them."

"Thank you, Syd."

She skips away and quickly returns with the small tool. I strip both ends of the wire and grab the two halves to twist them together.

"Hi, Y/N!"

The sudden loud voice scares me and my body jumps. One end of the wire, which was apparently very sharp, slips and nicks my finger.

"Oh my god! Can everybody please stop scaring me like that," I breathe out as I stand up.

"Sorry," Florence apologizes sheepishly. "I just heard that you're doing a special night here and I wanted to see if you need any help before it starts?"

"Oh, well, I really appreciate that. Thank you, Florence. But I think all we need to do is fix this wire and set up the mic."

"Momma, is that blood?" Syd cuts in. I look down at my hand and, sure enough, there's a steady stream of blood running down my finger.

"Huh," I say. "I'll be right back. Talk amongst yourselves."

I go into the bathroom and grab our first aid kid, doing my best to not drip blood everywhere. The first aid kit has a latch on it, which is very difficult to open when one hand is covered in blood.

Florence walks in and closes the bathroom door behind her. "Hey, I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to scare you and make you cut your hand and- why is it bleeding so much?"

"I think the wire, like, punctured my skin. It's fine, it's not a big deal. And it's definitely not your fault, so don't apologize. I'm very accident prone."

"And apparently extremely easy to sneak up on," she adds, taking the first aid kit from me and digging out an antiseptic wipe. "Wash the blood off first," the blonde instructs.

"Yes, ma'am."

She watches me closely as I wash and dry my hands, but I pretend not to notice because I'm too awkward to say anything. When I'm finished, I jut my hand out for her and she takes it with a playful eye roll. She dabs it with an antiseptic wipe and I wince. "Hey! Be gentle, jeez. That shit burns."

"Oh, suck it up you big baby."

"This is all your fault, remember."

"You literally just said it wasn't my fault!"

"I was lying to make you feel better about yourself. In reality, I'm in a great deal of pain because of you."

She smacks my arm and we both burst out laughing. Looking into her captivating hazel eyes, our laughter slowly fades and her cheeks turn a light shade of pink, and I'm sure mine look the same. She quietly clears her throat and breaks eye contact, wrapping a bandaid around my index finger.

"There you go. I think you'll live."

"What, you're not even gonna kiss it better?" I joke. She grabs my hand and quickly kisses my finger before turning around and leaving the bathroom. "Huh," I say in the empty room.

I can hear more voices coming from the shop as people begin to show up for VIP night, so I quickly place the first aid kit back on the shelf and rush into the main area to finish fixing the cord.

The mic is fixed and set up within the next five minutes, so now we're just waiting for the band to show up. For tonight, we booked a small band whose members go to a local college. They're pretty good, and I think Florence will love their music.

I scan the room for Ash since she was supposed to clock in ten minutes ago, and I see her greeting the band as they enter the store. Waving them over to the stage, I help them set up.

One everything is ready to go, Ash dims the lights and I step into the stage, grabbing the microphone.

"Hey, y'all! How are we feeling tonight?" A series of claps and cheers comes from the small crowd in the store. I make eye contact with Florence and send her a small smile, to which she waves. "Thank you guys so much for coming to VIP night. I'll get out of here so the band can introduce themselves. Enjoy the show!"

Hopping off the stage, I join Ash behind the cafe counter to help her with the orders. I assist her with making the drinks and grabbing pastries while David carries the orders to people's tables.

"Y/N, come here," I hear Florence say from the end of the counter. "I want to introduce you to someone."

I look up and see Florence standing there with a guy. He's older, brown hair. Conventionally attractive, I guess. "Uh, hi. I'm Y/N," I greet him.

"I'm Zach, Florence's boyfriend. It's good to finally meet you. Flo hasn't stopped talking about you," he says, sticking his hand out for me to shake, which I do, giving him a polite, tight-lipped smile. The boyfriend. I always forget about the boyfriend.

"It's good to meet you, too. Although Florence hasn't mentioned you at all," I reply with unintentional malice.

Ash, overhearing the conversation, coughs loudly as if saying be nice. I remind myself that it's not my place and I have no right to be upset. "I've gotta get back to work. Have fun," I say with an (almost) genuine smile.

I do my best to ignore Florence's quietude and clenched jaw. She seemed guilty. She had no reason to be. I should've known she had a boyfriend and that she was just being nice. That's on me.

[crossdressingdeath]

Not to harp on about Rick's treatment of Percy's fatal flaw again, but I think the scene that annoys me the most in regards to this is actually the scene in MoA where he takes Annabeth on a date in Rome before she sets out on her quest.

...That might sound strange. Let me explain. The thing is, this is actually a really good example of his love for her being a flaw. Yes, yes, it's very sweet, Percabeth date, yay, but think about the circumstances. War is brewing between the camps and the Athena Parthenos is the only thing that can stop it, and even once Annabeth's freed it it's still in Rome, thousands of miles from camp, and they can't even fly it back aboard the Argo II because they need the ship to get to Greece, so they really need to get the actual getting of the statue done so they can figure out how to deal with it ASAP. More urgently, Nico only has until sundown before he dies, none of them know where in Rome he is, they have to get past the giants to free him, and Piper and Jason can't even start looking until Percy gets back to the ship. Starting to see the issue yet? Percy just walking Annabeth to the river was already selfish even if it was understandable. The two of them getting lunch and having their cute little date in Rome was wasting time that as far as they knew they did not have to waste. It's not quite sacrificing the world to save a friend, but it is Percy putting lives (although not his, which feels like a misstep here writing-wise if he's supposed to be so loyal) in danger because he can't bring himself to let Annabeth go do what she needs to. And that's good writing! It's his fatal flaw actually making an appearance! Percy's so loyal to Annabeth that he's putting Nico's life in danger just to put off saying goodbye to her, you can do something with that! It could've been really compelling!

And then Rick... doesn't do anything with that. It's treated as cute and sweet and correct. It's left at "Aw, look at the fan-favourite couple on a lunch date in Rome before they both go on dangerous quests"; the fact that while they're eating lunch and joking about Italian pizza Nico is suffocating to death and waiting helplessly for someone to rescue him is an afterthought at most. Certainly neither of them express any real guilt that they're leaving a friend who's consistently risked his neck for them to suffer so that they can get lunch. This could've come up later! Imagine Nico finding out that Percy risked finding him too late because he decided that getting lunch with his girlfriend was more important than Nico's life! Imagine Hazel, Frank and Leo finding out that while they were out risking their necks Percy was having a nice little date and holding up the search! Imagine Jason and Piper pacing the deck of the Argo II, wondering what's taking Percy so long when lives are on the line, maybe worrying that something's happened to slow him down! These characters could and should be furious about Percy making such a selfish choice in such a serious time crunch! But instead it's fine, apparently. They're all risking their necks with only hours left on the clock before Nico (reminder, Hazel's brother who she's already gotten angry at the Seven for even suggesting they not put their all into rescuing once) dies while Percy goes on a lunch date because he's decided he can't possibly say goodbye to his girlfriend yet and everyone thinks this is fine.

Which would've been enough of a problem if Percy's supposed fatal flaw of personal loyalty had been written into the story properly from the start, but... it's not. It just isn't, Percy doesn't struggle with sacrificing loved ones or letting them risk their lives any more than anyone else would. So we're left with the one instance where Percy's loyalty actively causes problems for the quest first not having any downsides for him personally and second being treated as Fine And Good Actually. I don't think I need to explain how badly this undermines personal loyalty supposedly being his fatal flaw!

[icharchivist]

You are so right

It would be easy to say Lucilius was a poor little woobie who did nothing wrong and was right to lash out at God and his own creation because they were mean to him :( But it would be boring

Similarly, knowing Belial has free will and used that free will to ironically dig his heels into his purpose and ignore his free will is tons more interesting than if he really were just a machine following programming

Knowing that he made those choices, to double down and be horrible and petty and murderous, is the reason why I want to put him under the microscope and watch him so much

Same with Lucilius

They are so interesting because they are so fucked up. That's a feature, not a bug

People who insist their blorbo never did anything wrong are boring and also have very poor media literacy, because it's the flaws that make a character interesting

I had a friend who was neutral on Belial and his sluttiness and only started getting invested when I explained what else he's got going on besides his cheese grater abs

Anyway

I guess we really are lucky that those people wouldn't touch this little corner of tumblr with a ten foot pole so we can keep putting cat ears on everyone and having drama free fun

Lucilius would be adorable with cat ears btw

I'm so glad we agree there, so so much

And yeah exactly!!! exactly exactly, they're just fucked up little dudes. They have reasons that make them sympathetics but that doesn't change the horrors. and it's INTERESTING.

idk for me it is ultimately a major disservice to the characters to just brush off the amount of responsabilities they have or guilt and stuff like that.

I remember i got in an argument about it on a vastly more unproblematic fav, when talking about Seox, because i disliked seeing people say Seox has nothing to feel guilty about because he "did nothing wrong", unrelated to even just the drug (though the drug was an added argument), but because the people he killed deserved it, and i remember being upset at it because even if Seox had no agency in it (and that's a BIG DEAL), he still killed people, and innocent ones too. The fact Seox had no agency, the fact there were his abusers in the middle, of course means Seox should be easier on himself, of course it means Seox is a victim in all of this. But i think it's doing a disservice to both him and Nehan to say he "did nothing wrong". He did wrong. He had no choice but to do wrong. And this is a guilt that he will forever carry because instead of thinking he can just chose to do the right thing, he has to be held down by the fear that losing control will make him do wrong.

And it's why those characters are interesting, and it always baffles me when trying to paint them as doing nothing wrong, or that actually the end justifies the means, or any type like that.

Like i swear it is much more fun to accept a character with their flaws and downside, and especially the ugly sides of them, than to pretend it's not there.

Anyway. yeah. I'm just glad those people probably won't touch my blog ever lmao. And now that i have a Belial disclaimer in my bio, i feel like if they interreact with me, they just ignored my biggest red flag smh.

AND NOW WE'RE TALKING

Nyacilius.

[nonbinary-protogen]

Special weapon

Characters: Nova, Sun, Moon

Cw: tying, pinning, double team, aftercare, a very ticklish animatronic getting wrecked

~~~~~~~~~~~~

"Nova! Give me my hat back!"

The nighttime attendant, Moon, was chasing the celestial explosion animatronic, Nova.

"No! Its mine now!" Nova shouted as he jumped and grabbed onto suns legs.

Sun shrieked, having no idea what's going on.

"Ah! What are you two doing?"

"Nova wont give me my hat back"

"Because you said you'd get me a hat 2 MONTHS AGO"

Moon sighed while listening to Nova's constant complaining. He can get like this when he's angry or upset. While Nova was rambling, he didn't quite notice Moon taking off his shoes. Moon would've giggled when he saw Nova having the same paw-like sensory padding that he and sun had.

The sensory padding was for holding kids easier, for overwhelmed kids, so Nova wouldn't step on anyone's fingers, and just in case the child-like animatronic got bored or overwhelmed himself. However, these lil pads have a downside, they're extremely sensitive on Nova's feet because stepping on fingers is a lawsuit waiting to happen. Making them also extremely ticklish. Moon learned that both from sunny and the hard way, by saying he's not ticklish. The cherry on top was that Nova was already unbearably ticklish, so that would pump up the ticklishness on the feet padding a LOT more.

Moon grabbed Nova's ankles

"HEY hey Moon w-what're you doing!? Y-you know my pads are extremely sensitive!"

"Oh nothing, i just wanna use my special weapon~" Moon teased as he ghosted his claws over Nova's pads.

Nova gasped and started giggling and trying to kick.

"Mohohohoon nohoho"

"Whaaat, im not even touching 'em~"

While Nova was distacted, Sun got off the rope and tied Nova's hands. Sun placed a hand on Nova's tummy.

"Relax~ we're not going to tickle you yet~"

"EEP! Nohohohoho guys..."

Nova made a very bad mistake, not only stealing Moon's hat when he's in a ler mood but also grabbing onto sun when he's in a ler mood. Nova tried freeing his hands before Moon said something.

"If you try and break free Sun will just have to pin you while he goes for one of your worst spots yet~ your neck. "

"I think Nova here just did this for the tickles, he seems very excited~"

"Oh Nova, you could've just asked, I was gonna tickle sunny over here anyways~"

"Wait what."

Moon didn't answer and started tracing the pads while Nova was already giggling wildly.

"Mohohohoon cuhuhuhut it ohohohohout!"

"I don't think i will~"

Moon dug his claws into Nova's pads causing him to shriek and break into hysterical laughter.

"NYAHAHAHAHAHAHAOO! IHIHIHI- NOOOHOHOHOHOHO!"

"Hehehe, what's wrong~ you ticklish there?~"

Sun started poking at Nova's tummy, pretending to count the stars.

"One....two....three- oops i lost count~"

"WAHAIT NO! OHOHOOHOHOOO EHEHEHEHEHHEHEE!"

Moon scritched Nova's lil feet while Sun poked at his belly. Poor Nova would've been out of breath if he had lungs, and all he could do is squirm and beg for mercy.

This felt like an eternity for Nova, when really it was only a few minutes.

But then, the lights of the pizzaplex went out, making Nova's virus activate. They stopped tickling.

"Good thing we have him tied up, or else he would've tried to snap someone's neck"

"Mhm-"

Nova swung backwards and kicked moon while he untied himself.

"You just had to open your mouth sun-"

While he rolled over to get up, Sun jumped ontop of him, pinning him to the floor.

"You may not be Nova now...but you're in Nova's body, and Nova's extremely ticklish~"

Nova jumped and squirmed trying to get away. Sun reached and started gently tickling his neck and tummy. He giggled, though, it sounded like if Nova's voice box was waterboarded, on fire, and beat up all at once, distorted basically.

"Ehehehehehehehahahahahaa!"

"Your voice may sound like you're in a broken 1900's tv but your giggles are still so cute"

The virus didn't say anything, just giggled. Gosh it tickled so badly and he just wanted to burst into hysterics. Moon got up and started tickling the pads again.

"I may have fallen, but i have not fallen forever!"

"Khkhkhkhehehehehe! S-stop it!"

He's still trying so hard not to burst out into laughter, though he failed when Sun traced his claws all over his tummy and neck.

"Kkkkkkkkkk NYAHAHAHAHAHAA EHEHEHEHEE! IHIHIHIHIHIT THIHIHIHIHICKLES!"

"We know it does~ that's why you're laughing~"

Sun lowered his head to Nova's belly as Moon stopped his tickle attack.

"Nohohoho plehehehehease, n-no raspberries please"

"Ohoho, but your giggles make it veeeery tempting~"

Without warning, Sun pressed his faceplate on Nova's tummy before blowing a raspberry on it.

"EHEHEHEHEHEHEE! S-STAHAHAP- HAHAHAHAHA!"

"Hey, maybe i should join"

Moon crawled over to Nova.

'Oh gosh it HAD to be my neck.....i thought i was gonna snap someone's neck but instead im getting tickled......there goes my fair share of the night hours' Nova thought in in his head, not being prepared for what's gonna come next.

Moon nuzzled into Nova's neck, inhaling. Nova finally realized, but it was too late they already raspberried his belly and neck.

"OHOHOHOHO GOHOHOHOHOSH! IHIHIHIHIHIT THIHIHIHIHICKLES SOHOHOHOHOHO MUHUHUHUCH! AHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!"

In the middle of the attack, the lights of the pizzaplex came back on, letting the actual child-like animatronic take over. Both daycare attendants had'nt noticed it. Nova was hit with an extremely ticklish feeling on his neck and tummy.

"WAHAHAHAHAIT WAHAHAHAHAIT!!! AHAHAHAHAHAHA NYOHOHOHOHOHO MOHOHOHOHOHORE!"

They both stopped, well, not entirely. Sun kept softly tracing patterns on Nova's tummy, keeping him giggling.

"Now, where's Moon's hat?"

"Ehehehehee! Um, ihihi dropped ihihihit sohohohomewhere"

Sun pulled Nova into a hug as moon went to go get his hat.

"Have we tickled you too much?"

"What's yohohour definition of too much?"

"Ok then yes"

Sun was petting Nova on the head to calm him down. Moon came over and joined the group hug.

[popculturebuffet]

Breaking Cat News Years 4 and 5: Archived Footage (Patreon Review for Emma Fici)

Hello all you happy people and welcome back to my look at one of the best comic strips of all time, breaking cat news!

This time as you can probably guess by the title we're going back to go forward See as I outlined last time in what i'm supsecting to be late 2016, BCN was picked up by U-Versal U-Click, aka Andrews McMeel Publishing, aka GoComics aka Jimmy the Reach. For those not as familiar with them as a comic strip nerd like me a refresher: U-Versal/Andrews is a newspaper syndicate, which helps both distrbute comics to newspapers the traditional ways an din the last few decades also puts them online and maintains the archives, so even with print collections having died off for the majority of strips, you can still find the complete works of most strips. Their easily the biggest of the two that exist, having dozens of iconic strips under their umbrella: Calvin and Hobbes, Doonesbury, Bloom County (those two shared with the washington post writers group, a smaller syndicate), For Better or Worse, Phoebe and Her Unicorn, Heart of the City, Big Nate, Pearls Before Swine and SO much more. They also are nice folks who let you visit the archives for free.

Not only did they handle the collections, but they also gave her a nice bump, allowign Georgia to go from freeflowing strips published whenever she could to a daily format that still supported the long sagas the strip, and sundays to still do the one offs the strip was famous for. The fandom nicely moved with her, with many a longtime fan having come in from the web runa nd being just.. lovely to me when I started out. And with Go Comics still providing a digtial space there weren't a lot of downsides: Georgia got a more visable platform, more pay for her work, yearly collections.

This was all great news and in the long run it pushed the strip to even higher highs , and it's only gotten better. In the short.. it had one small drawback. For the next two years or so of strips… they had to go back. See it's the downside of a webcomic getting picked up: you need to spend some time, sometimes a few weeks sometimes longer, aclimating the newspaper audience, which pauses it for those who have been reading it all along. Most take a few months, wallace the brave did, crabgrass did, Phoebe and her Unicorn did, and reprint strips.

Georgia.. got a bit more ambitious. Instead of just reprinting the strip up to this point.. she redrew the whole damn thing. Every strip was represented either as a daily storyline that extended it or as a sunday strip, simplyt aking an old strip and reconfiguring it. Everything happened and even with two arcs skipped over, they still happened two, but it's simply expanded and redrawn to fit Georgia's evolved art style

So the big question i've had since considering this project in the first place is .. how the heck do I cover these. You'd think "oh well just skip em you stupid weak baby, you gonna cry now you stupid weak baby", and in that case.. please seek help or at least better simpsons refrences. But I really can't.. while the strip DOES go back in time… it's still moving forward in how Georgia does things: it's worth looking at how she adjusts to the format, changes up how she works with it, and what she changed. What she added> What new characters were introduced. And of course the handful of new storylines that are every bit as canon as what came before and simply come up between those stories i've covered.

There's entirley new running gags, character bits, and payoffs that simply were not there before. So I compromised: I'm still doing these bcause their valuable and well done strips, but I'm doing two years at once this time, discussing both how the strip evolves and the handful of arcs that are all new and all diffrent. And just as a heads up this isn't even the end of the semi-reboot as next time we have to deal with beatrix's arc, it's just out of the arcs covered that one has the most added bits.. mostly to help explain why bea didn't join the family.. but someone else we'll meet next time does. For now though let's get back on the ari and explore what's old, what's new, and what smells like toast.

Everything Stays, But It Still Changes

Something that caught me when doing this is that while a lot of story beats are repeated, Georgia used going back to the beginning to get new material, to use the fact she had to strip things back to do more antics with just the big three. We also get a nice prequel to Tommy's intro strip

You can also see with this the early strips of this run.. have a bit of a change. Georgia wasn't doing the coloring herself for the dailies. And .. i'm not a huge fan of it. I"m not against having the syndicate do colors, but it has to fit the art style. BCN has a very free flowy, painted style that's very beautiful and the coloring is a major part of that. I can't blame Georgia for trying it, being a daily cartoonist is exhausting and I also don't begrudge a single one that DOESN'T do their own coloring: the majority of artists don't. It's just in this case the syndicate also really didn't make the colors match the style, so their a bit flat.

The stories are still as sharp as ever, and like Tommy's storyline the characters moving in gets more expansion. For starters the woman is visibly pregnant for it, and is at the start of the strip, likely to speed up introducing the boy. While she was always precise with introductions, the newspaper run takes it to a new level as she had a very clear and well thought out two or so year plan. As such while , much like the original year one, we're mostly limited just to the main trio and tommy cat wise, things move on at a decent clip and the move is moved up, with Puck bringing his brother some tea and some nice moments.

The biggest most noticable change though.. is that THe Man and Woman are more active characters. They still have the primary role of doing thigns our heroes just don't understand or thrwarting them for reasons they don't understand while still being loved by all.. okay the Woman is loved by all, the man is loved by 2/3 and resnted by a cat who was there first dammit. While the strip had hints of it as it went, the daily run is where the man and the woman really become character sin their own right, with the woman becoming a vehcile for Georgia to chroncile her own life and foibles

And.. I love it. It feels like the last step to the strip reaching full speed. It's been great so far, at the top of it's game but allowing herself to be a character allows georgia to really vary up the humor. The primary focus is still on our intrepted reporters, as it shoudl be, but it opens it up for the woman/georgia's own loves of cozy mysteries, sci fi, and much more, to be fodder for some really great jokes. It's also where the strip starts to let more of Georgia's personal intrests in in general, leading to some great bits. The biggest of which we'll tackle later

And even with all the neat new stuff…. the old also gets a nice coat of paint as the cat's new level of expression (even if they still default to having no mouths when needed), makes already great moments even BETTER. Take for instance Puck's dramatic reunion with buzzy mouse after the people find him under the couch.

After this we get our first major addition to the lore in this new version, the mystical and wonderful creature, the mailman.

This also begins a trend for the strip that leans into the new format: normally most story arcs for the cats came and went: we saw something big happen, saw it play out , then moved on. The stories all had an impact.

Having a new format, Georgia now breaks up the storie, having ones that either play out over a few months with other stories inbetween or ones like this mailman that take quite some time to payoff. We also get the cats dealing with the terrors of the vacuum, their mortal enemy… another seed to payoff later.

I'm also glad because while i'm mostly glossing over previous material… there is one strip I DID not get to cover. okay there's actually a lot of them because Tumblr's image limit is bad and should feel bad, but there's one bit in paticular I was still sad I never got to cover and thought I never would as I was sure it wasn't recovered… but low and behold it was. Is it plot relevant? no, it's why I have to skip a lot of my faviorite bits sadly and enrouage you to read the full strip. But is it one of the funniest thing in the entire strip? HECK. YES. So when Georgia first had the baby someone around her she's never idenified… said this nonsense.. and the cat's reactions to this bullshit are just.. the best thing in the world.

After this glory we get more of the vacum as elvis gets stranded away from the others and his idnginacy soon turns to terror as the vacum strikes him where he is!

That last panel always strikes me as the most adorable thing. IT really underlines how close these two are, and during an earlier Vacum attack, Elvis rescued puck.. he really would do the same. So with that bit of bravery we enter our first proper full on new storyline. While this is somewhat based on the cats visiting the vet in the original there we really didn't see the visit any. Here though…

Also yes those are some familiar faces making an early cameo in the background. ALso I wish we'd see melty dog again. He's a very good boy.

We also meet Tommy's Woman earlier, as she's working as the vet's assitant.. and as a result gets to meet Elvis earlier too.. it goes about as well for her as it did for her fluffy boy

We also get our first new addition to the cast in this run, one who will be important when we catch back up with the regular timeline: Dr. Mann. And unlike the man and woman that's his actual name.

With the vet's visit over, Puck continues his mailman vigil, las gatos noches settle in up above setting them up for later and their woman gets a much earlier apperance, likely because Georgia decided to cut her intro arc.

The woman's costume confused me at first.. but the man's made what the heme was both more obvious and more awesome

Also yes, those really were their costumes for the boys first halloween. Just when you think you can't love Georgia Dunn more you find out this. As you can probably guess I fucking love little shop of horrors and let's just say if all goes well you'll be hearing more about that in october. Elvis takes his imprisonment well..

After that we get an arc that actually ran LAST WEEK at the time of this review. Yeah sadly the strip is currently in reruns as Georgia injured her wrist. Thankfully she's fully recovered and can draw again, it just means the strip is in reruns (ones chosen by the fans), until it catches back up. But it was still good timing as this arc about leftovers.. leads to one of the best stylistic touches of the strip: Waxing Lyrical. For those unfamiliar with the trope it's when a character drops song lyrics into conversation. The cats will drop many or throw in outright parodies of song staring with this banger.

Also why the Man was so opposed to giving the cats food I DO NOT know. I mean my dog also begs constantly, but you still give them a scrap.

We then get Elvis' Christmas Adventure Again, and this arc and the mice arc the next year are the main reason for the staggered introductions: Both stories NEED the Christmas setting and thrive off it: Elvis getting lost is all the more harrowing because of the winter chill, and also makes it that much easier to buy Tommy could talk him into finally accepting help, with with the mice the entire story revolves around it being christmastime. Both stories just dont' have as much impact if they aren't around santa season. So it was either skip them entirely and try to cram every character introduction into a week.. or simply slow it down slow it way down, which sadly means it's a while before we get back to present day… but as we've seen also allowed for a LOT of new stuff and will continue to.

While I was mildly inconvenienced by the former at first going through these archives allowed me to see the brilliance: while Georgia had to start over her it allowed her what all creators long for: a chance to go back to a story and add stuff they thought of only after they were done. Even as a reviewer myself, there are times after a review I think of a joke and simply can't fit it in the way the review's structured. So I can't begrudge her for seeing an opportunity to slot in stories from when the kids were babies or even new stories that just so happen to fit into the old timeline.

We also get SOMEWHAT of a payoff to the mailman storyline.. as afrter much exaustive searching… Puck's efforts bear fruit.

Sometime later, we get the introduction of Georgia's sister, aka the intruder, aka the love of lupin's life. We also get the start of another running gag where Georgia tries not to frame her special boy as the loveable garbage cat he is

And like many things the real elvis does do this. And it sounds adorbale. We also get to see some precious baby pictures of my precious boy as The Sister waas there for it

We then get the ceiling cats proper intro, the only big diffrence being we get subtitles this time for what fig's saying all the time, not just for the one strip. Though it dosen't change much it's still a nice touch

We do get an expansion on BCW, as it gets a new talent added to the roster

Who seems to be a take on Dusty Rhodes Baby. I approve. One match with a dq finish for Leapin Lupin to retain later and it's time for another grudge match…

Our heroes try the obvious tactic of just.. dumping the fur back on there but the woman simply vacums it back up leaving our heroes on the run… which is bad because Elvis can't run on linolem and puck refuses to leave a man behind. Luckily lupin leaps in, saves them.. but he's fed up and has a brilliant plan

Okay about as brilliant as you'll get out of Lupin. I love burt's caption humor here (explained in universe as him putting them on the archived footage) Also don't think I didn't notice him calling PUck cute ealrier. Maybe puck has a shot with him after all. Just saying.

As for said cutie, Puck's job is to guard the vacum's lair, aka the closet, as while Puck is the better boxer, the vaccum terrifies him too much. We also get a nice sweet moment from Lupin who reassures him it's okay to be scared. So with that the plan is a go, using the studio mikes and for Lupin the mobile teleprompter to cordinate. Lupin gets into naked fighting stance and while the woman sighs, Elvis tracks the cord and Puck decides to cautiously enter the lair…. and finds something shocking

Sadly he can't inform Elvis or Lupin in time as Elvis bites.. the av cord. I love that joke and that nice swerve. Puck swears this dusty cherub won't be an orphan, his exact words, and goes to stop lupin from fufiling his naked destiny. Thankfully he does and Lupin backs down, realizing she's simply been terriotiral because she's got a herd to protect. The bad news is Elvis is still trying to eat the cord to kill this mama bear.. the good news …

I mean in his defense The Woman, the toys are just as much for your amusment as him. Be honest about that…. though it's still really hard to loose an argument where the other person is trying to argue for choking to death.

Lupin and Puck take Elvis to the lineloim, a nice chekovs gun, and the Woman plugging the baby vacum in shows them. Elvis and puck order cords and take a nap and Lupin makes an agreement with the inanimate object

This arc is great: not only is it pateintly hilarious, but it has a weird but wholesome emotional core: yes we know what's actually going on but the strip does one of the things it does best: contextualize something from the cats point of view turning a simple vacuming session into a battle to the death and then a race to stop Elvis and Lupin from orphaning a majestic creature.

After this we get the million dollar debut of PENGO… he's the Boy's faviorite toy and willr emain a fixture for the rest of the strip, always by his child's side.

We also get introduced to the woman's love of cozy mysteries. I really wish I could show EVERYTHING set up, but well blame tumblr. Or blame me for not picking the best format for this blog there's plenty of blame to go around.

We move on to the birth of the girl, the boys shedding up the man's wardrobe (He's a video editor for the record), Burt makes his debut again, Pengo gets a bath hobbes style.. and with that we come to our final arc for today as novemeber and december are taken up with strips remade into daily arcs and naturally all I want for christmas is revenge closing out the year. But at at time when most major stories were being reprtined.. one coudln't.. so Georgia found a workaround

Save Our Pucky

So as i've mentioned in the past two posts the ghost arc… wasn't adapted for this run. Georgia PLANNED to.. but realized the amount of newspaper clippings meant it just coudln't be compressed into a daily format. The same was likely true for Wicket. Problem is Wicket, while very important to Baba's backstory, isn't really relevant to the main story, still being at the shelter at the time of this writing and thus not a concern to the rest of the cast: baba had long moved past him, our heroes vanquished him and it's unlikely he's leaving the comy confines of the shelter this time. He occasionally gets mentioned on dr.scuttles blog and while he likely WILL return I can see why it was way easier to just skip over his arc and fill the audience later if he returns.

Conversely though Tillie, the cat ghost… had a lot more to explore, and Georgia clearly wanted to expand the concept, so instead of recapping her arc, Georgia simply made a sequel, still aclimating the newspaper readers to the fact there's a ghost in their home but it's better than being alone, but allowing her to move forward iwth the concept.

So this adventure begins with Puck discovering a way to the attic early in the morning and deciding to go for a nice brisk climb complete with hoodie and backpack, long before his brothers wake. But while our boy is more cautious than say.. Lupin, which granted a chiuana on cocaine and 3 cans of redbull is more cautious than lupin, he can still make a mistake or too.

What I like about this arc's conflict is the stakes.. are distresingly real. Sure there's a ghostly fix.. but the idea of a pet getting stuck somewhere they can't be found in time is every pet owner's nightmare. I still haunted by finding my own cat dead and it was from natural causes simply lying down and going onto his eternal rest. Thankfully this is a comic strip so tillie can help.. unfrotunatley the only cats who can see her are less than helpful

Also while this goes on we get in the sundays the first of the tails from the space heater, aka the boys tellign spooky stories. It sadly won't get brought up much here but their a delight every year.

Anyways Elvis eventually gets over himself when Lupin reveals a note from puck. Puck was thankfully conteious enough to say he'd gone climbing. I mean given how Elvis is, it's required but it still saves his life as elvis now gets why Tillie was haunting him and since she's apparently spent the last ten minutes getting hissed at by tabitha, she's more than willing to give him another shot . So whlie Tillie goes to get Tabitha (Since she needs BOTH cats to rescue puck) and assure puck heis rescues on the way the rest of her crew and their radio show gets introduced

Sidebar:Tabitha's hissy face is adorable. Anyways Elvis bridges the gap, as well as explaning it to the other two what's going on. The godo news is they can use the dumbwaiter.. the bad is they have to use elvis as tilly has to guide them, even if elvis is the worst climber. Lupin bids him farewell. I'd be madder at him for pulling his annoying younger sibling schtick at a time like this but I love his t-shirt for the mew.

While we find out the other reporters are all the cats form the shelter, and the golden mouse,…. but despite all our heroes efforts..

Luckily.. help arrives

So with that everything is okay, PUck carries elvis back down and the humans find the two in the dumbwaiter. And with that we conclude today's broadcast and these two arcs. It was a lot more fun than I thought it'd be and there's a lot of good content. So while the binge may be a bit wobbly as you'll have read some of these arcs already (And are free to just skip over them, as most are about the same), I still highly recommrend reading this era. It helped solidfiy Georgia as a character in her own strip, added some fun new bits to the series universe, and gave us a great ghost story

Next Time: MORE RERUNS.. but we rerun to the end as we get setup for the future and finally enter the present as the station gets a new visitor on a quest. What is her mysterious mission? Can our heroes help her? And what is her utterly heartbreaking backstory? Find out next month and thanks for reading!

[duskwoodgirl4life]

Chapter 5

Jake and MC had been going out for a few weeks now, they had been getting closer and closer as the days went on. The only downside was Phil still wasn't giving up on trying to win back MCs heart. She had told him multiple times that she didn't want anything to do with him. Yet he kept coming back and trying to get her to forgive him for what he did. MC was having none of it. She wasn't going to take his crap anymore; she was willing to stay friends with him but that was it.

Even the thought of staying friends was something she wasn't really sure about but she was willing to try. MC had finished her first class of the morning. She went over to her locker to put away some books and she felt strong arms wrap around her waist. "Jake you're so cute" MC turned round and in shock she saw Phil standing in front of her she quickly pushed him off her. "What the hell Phil?" MC looked at Phil with an angry look spreading across her face. "Hey baby, I just wanted to say hi" Phil stood there with a grin on his face.

"Well I don't want you to come near me stop doing this Phil, when will you just accept it's over I'm with Jake now" Phil continued to stand there with a grin on his face. "We both know it won't last long with him you will come back to me baby" anger was filling up inside MC. "You know what Phil I'm done with this bullshit I'm with Jake, I'm in love with him" a shocked expression landed on Phil's face had he really just heard MC say she loves Jake? Phil didn't know what to say so he quickly walked away. "Is that true? You really love me?" MC turned round and saw Jake standing next to her. "Yes, it's true Jake I love you" Jake couldn't help but smile "I love you to MC" Jake moved closer to MC and kissed her softly on the lips. "We have a free period now if you want to go sit somewhere and make out" MC couldn't help but smile at how perfect Jake is. "I'd love nothing more" Jake took MCs hand and went outside to sit under one of the big blossom trees.

Phil's POV

I can't believe she actually loves that loser. What the hell does she even see in him anyway. She should be with me not him, we should be the ones sitting under a tree making out. I guess I'm just going to have to find a way of splitting them both up. It's the only way I will get MC back with me for good this time. I sit watching them from a classroom window working out my plan of attack. I could tell Jake that MCs have been cheering on him with me? No, that wouldn't work out. I have to think of something else.

I know what I can do. It's the perfect plan. Why didn't I think of this before? In a couple days it's MCs birthday and I know Jake will be planning something special for her. All I have to do is make him as late as possible accidentally bump into her and bingo she will be back in my arms in no time at all.

A grin spread across Phil's face as he was working out everything for his plan to work, he knew their schedule since they had most of their classes together. MCs birthday arrived and she was so excited at getting to spend the day with Jake. They had recently shared how much they loved each other even though it was MCs birthday she had something special planned for Jake. MC waited for Jake outside her house like she does everyday. It had been half an hour and Jake hadn't turned up. MC decided to pull her phone out of her pocket and send him a text.

MC: Hey, where are you? I've been waiting half an hour we're going to be late for class

MC sent the message then put the phone back in her pocket, while she was waiting an unexpected person came over to her. "Happy birthday gorgeous" MC looked up and saw Phil standing there with a grin on his face. "What do you want, Phil?" Phil slid his sunglasses down his nose looking over the tops of them. "I just wanted to wish you a happy birthday, where's your lover boy? Not showing up is he?" MC started to get angry at Phil constantly talking. "Just go away Phil I'm waiting for Jake" Phil didn't say anything he just walked away with a grin on his face.

It was starting to get really late and MC was starting to worry, she hadn't been to college she was too worried about Jake. She had been phoning and calling him all day but he never replied once. MC was starting to get even more worried her whole day had been spent waiting for Jake to show.

MC's POV

Jake, where are you? I need you to be okay. You can't do this, not on my birthday we are supposed to be celebrating together. Oh great, here comes the arrogant arsewhole I used to go out with. It's just what I need while I'm worried sick about Jake.

"Hey gorgeous, still no sign of Jake? You know we could do something together if you want" a grin spread across Phil's face. "If you were the last person on earth i still wouldn't want to be with you" MC had a look of concern on her face as she kept checking her phone. Phil noticed how MC was getting more and more worried he started to feel bad for what he had done. "Come with me I know where Jake is" MC had a shocked look on her face. "What!! You knew where he was this whole time" Phil looked down at the ground and kicked the dirt. "Kick my arse later just come with me"

MC followed Phil towards the college building, anger surging through her body. If she hadn't needed Phil to show her where Jake was she would have knocked him out.

The day before MC's birthday

"Hey Jake, how's it going? Got MC a gift yet" Phil stood next to Jake with a smug grin on his face. "What does that have to do with you?" Jake looked at Phil with a confused look on his face. "I've been thinking I want to make things right between us come with me I think I've got the perfect gift for you to give MC" Jake was even more confused than ever what was Phil up to? For some reason he decided to follow him to see what he was really up to. Phil led Jake to a classroom they walked in and Phil led Jake towards the back of the classroom. "I've put her gift in this backroom for safe keeping" Phil stood to one side and pointed to where the gift was. Jake walked into the room to look the next thing he knew Phil had pushed him into the room and locked the door.

Phil and MC arrived at the classroom walking towards the back of the room, "he's in here Phil pulled out a key and unlocked the door" before Phil had a chance to move out of the way Jake came bursting out the room and pinched Phil in the face. "MC!! I'm so sorry baby" MC ran over to Jake and wrapped her arms around him. "Are you okay Jake?" MC still holding on to Jake. "I'm fine MC don't worry, I'm just sorry I missed your birthday" Jake pulled away from MC with a sad expression on his face. MC put two fingers on his chin and lifted his head up and smiled. "It's still my birthday Jake, you haven't missed anything come on let's go we can go back to mine if you want" Jake couldn't help but smile at what MC had said. "I need to go back to mine first I need to pick up your gifts" MC placed a soft kiss on Jake's cheek. "Come on let's go"

MC and Jake left the room hand in hand leaving Phil still laying on the floor, Phil knew what he had done was wrong and he felt bad for what he did. Maybe now he got just how much MC and Jake like each other. Phil pulled himself off the floor and went to clean himself up. Has he come out of the room he dumped into a girl that he hasn't seen before she must have been new. "I'm so sorry I didn't mean to walk into you, did I hurt you?" Phil looked into the girls eyes and they were full of happiness. "It's okay you didn't hurt me, by the looks of it your nose didn't win" the girl put a hand on Phil's face to inspect the damage. "Oh that wasn't caused by you, in-kind of did something stupid and my friend punched me in the face. "Say, do you maybe want to go get coffee?" The girl looked hopefully at Phil who had just finished cleaning his nose. "I'd love to, my name's Phil" the girl looked into his eyes and smiled. "My name's Charlie, I know I great place"

Phil and Charlie walked out of the college building together, Phil had never felt like this before. Had he finally experienced what true love was?

[nerves-nebula]

Car wrapping sounds neat! Very niche haha. We were, for some reason? really set on becoming a book binder for a while, which idk if there even IS jobs for that anymore lol.

Yeah, I get you on the food thing. Due to circumstances we just.. don't feel hunger. like idk, it's weird. We also are kinda picky texture wise so we often fall into that autsim-food-vibes where we pick a food and eat almost only that for a week or so and then move onto something else. Mac and cheese is good but it can be a trigger for me unfortunately. The first 4 or 5 years of my life the only food I really had was mac and cheese LOL (you can laugh don't feel bad xD). I'd try frozen burritos if they didn't cost an arm and a leg lol

hmm so body sharing. Honestly it's kind of like being minorly dissassociated at all times? Like I'm usually the person in control of the body so it's more of a "there's two voices" sort of thing, but every once in a while my head partner gets control.

They are more of an influence? So like depending on how much they're there they can kind of influence how we function but they don't take control. They're more confident than I am and don't worry as much about what others think plus they care more about appearances so they'll try to make us look more put together. They have... better posture than I do so. it'd be nice if they came around more to help with that lmao.

It's weird though because it can feel like I have different levels of my own personality fluctuating, so sometimes I know I like certain things and sometimes I honestly don't know. I know logically I like chocolate, but depending on how much influence they have over the body we might not enjoy the taste if that makes sense? But apply it to more things. It's kinda messy but we've adapted.

We mostly are just like two heads in one body. When I'm really dissassociated the other guy can help out more, and it turns out they are really good at tests because I've actually done better when they're more in charge during tests than I would by myself xD. Downside is when we're super dissassociated they don't usually come out much so it's more like we're both trapped in a room together and we're vaguely seeing what's going on outside with the body.

Very odd to describe but it gets into derealization and depersonalization BUT the entire time we're internally vibing with each other (if it wasn't triggered by ptsd lol). We're just some silly guys living in the same head ig, like roommates but more extreme xD. Mental breakdowns are less jarring when you have a pal to hang out with. Great for distractions too, but sometimes neither of us are the impulse control lmao. We accidentally ended up collecting spoons found in the forest because of that haha

Oh I ADORE book binding. I love to make books. I love having something physical and weighty to hold once I've completed a project. I really want to print a book full of of my art/comics one day just to bind it. My college just bought a spiral binder too that we can use for free, so that's a TON of fun haha!

uhhh I'm trying to think of what else I eat but HONESTLY I can't remember. I like frozen pizza, I guess?

the mixing of your personalities is fascinating, the fact that you might dislike the taste of something you previously liked because the other guys got a different taste is so interesting. really kind of puts into perspective just how subjective experiences are, huh.

i've never been able to pin down what kind, but I've dealt with dissociation before but I don't think I've ever had the "trapped in my head watching whats happening" kind. At least your not alone? :')

your spoon collecting reminded me of something! i once brought in a spoon i found in a bush outside my house growing up and we cleaned it and started using it. it was slightly bigger than a normal spoon but not big enough to be a serving spoon. I miss that weird little utensil.

anyway, thanks for sharing and tell the other guy I said hi hah!

[liskantope]

I have a feeling that picking over my distinction between "X is a great thing" and "X has a net positive outcome", both as a general concept and on the object level of applying it to abortion, is likely to lead us to one of those intellectual impasses that can't be overcome regardless of effort and sheer frustration, much like my experiences arguing with people over "lesser of two evils" voting (in fact, the concepts are probably related). But I'll take a stab at explaining my position in this reblog, at least for as much time as I can afford before getting back to work.

(See replies for more context of this discussion.)

When I hear someone say something is great, I take it to mean that something is intrinsically a positive, wonderful thing, mostly regardless of circumstance or alternate possibilities. This is a much stronger assertion than claiming that something is better on the net than most other reasonably likely outcomes. So for instance, kittens are great (we could say that I <3 kittens); beautiful sunsets are great; libraries are great.

Note that "X is great" -type statements, to my interpretation, come with a little less intellectual rigor than "X has positive effects on the net, in a situation of realistic alternative possibilities" statements: they are just expressing a feeling and ignoring downsides that might "behind the scenes" be unavoidably associated with the thing we love (e.g. the existence of kittens, which is a happy thing, leads to the existence of cats dying, which is sad; beautiful sunsets involve clouds which are probably making the view gloomy somewhere else; public libraries require taxpayer money and trees and a human-made structure taking the place of natural habitats). The point is that, in the here and now, the thing we are talking about is a lovely, happy thing. But also, even though "X is great" statements lack some of the rigor, I still call them overall stronger statements than "X is beneficial on the net", because usually the downsides really are minor and the better alternatives really are relatively unrealistic.

I'll expand on this a bit further in the most down-to-earth example above of (public) libraries. Someone could (rightly) point out that everything comes with a downside, and that libraries are no exception: they cost taxpayer money, and they involve building a structure that damages local ecosystems. But only a fairly extreme libertarian type values libraries so little or abhors taxation so much as to see the former as a reason to abolish libraries (more reasonable libertarians would still say that publicly-accessible libraries are great but we should find a way to make them privately funded yet still widespread and accessible somehow). And only a fairly extreme environmentalist opposes the building of public libraries on previously unused land (and in most actual situations nowadays, it would not be previous unused land, and may even be an already existing building). And then someone could say, "Well, a world with libraries in it still isn't as good as an alternative world where any book one wishes to browse can sprout inside one's own home at a whim", but that is clearly still a fairly unrealistic hypothetical. (All books being freely and easily accessible by online download is a more realistic scenario but creates problems of its own with the entire book industry, and there's nothing quite like holding a physical book in your hands anyway.)

I would argue that abortions are not at all like kittens, beautiful sunsets, or libraries. I think this boils to several points. One is that the actual process of having an abortion is pretty unpleasant and potentially leaves a permanent effect on the body (also, usually expensive unless we're looking at a scenario with free health care). Secondly, there is an intrinsic aspect of the idea of destroying a fetus and ending the timeline of what probably would have been an independent human being that is disturbing to many, and that includes many who are pro-choice. We could argue about how much of that is to do with socialization and prevailing attitudes and whatnot, how much is to do with natural human emotions and instincts towards anything that we understand to be its own lifeform and which looks somewhat like a human baby, and how much of it has to do with the ethics of abortion actually being a philosophically gray area perhaps determined case by case (I lean towards saying a lot of it, though not all of it, is the latter two). Regardless, it is objective reality that a ton of people, including pro-choice people who get abortions, feel this way and may even find getting an abortion to be deeply traumatizing in a way that most medical procedures aren't. (I would add that it seems extremely alienating and disrespectful to them to act like those feelings don't exist or are just silly irrationality -- see my exchange with deerydear in the replies.)

Another crucial feature of the question of whether or not "abortions are great actually" is that of hypothetical alternatives: unless you disagree with my whole last paragraph and think there are zero unpleasant aspects to getting an abortion, it's clear that you would rather nobody was in a circumstance that compelled them to get an abortion in the first place; in other words, it's better not to have an unwanted pregnancy. The "<3" statement that the pro-choice position best maps onto is really "access to abortion is great", and that's a very different statement from "abortion is great"! The former says that in the bad situation of having an unwanted pregnancy, being able to choose to get an abortion is good because getting an abortion might well be the lesser of two evils; it's better than the realistic alternative of having to carry the fetus to term. That seems to me like a super, super important distinction. I get the impression that for you (and a bunch of others like you) with your feeling of "it's just like any other kind of health care, I don't see why it should be considered any different", it may be easy not to see the distinction.

But then, even if abortion were just like any other health care, each one of them (rather than the freedom to choose to have them) would still not intrinsically be a nice, lovely, good thing. Using medicine is always just the lesser of two evils, chosen under the unfortunate circumstance of having an ailment. We can consider surgery in particular: surgery itself is an unpleasant, painful, time-taking thing often physically traumatizing to the body, and it's widely acknowledged that nobody wants to have to get it. But access to surgery if one needs it is a very good thing. And moreover, the invention of and mastery of surgery and surgical techniques is a wonderful thing, one of the most fantastic achievements of humankind! That doesn't contradict the fact that we'd pretty much all rather live in a universe in which nobody ever needed it! Anyway, the distinctions between all these statements are pretty vast in my eyes.

(Compare this whole discussion with the frequently-held one about lesser-of-two-evils voting: there is a big difference between a sticker saying "I <3 Trump/Biden" and "I'm going to vote for Trump/Biden because he's not as bad as the other guy" or even a "Trump/Biden 2024" sticker. In fact, possibly a majority of voters for each candidate this November will be in the "lesser-of-two-evils" camp rather than the "<3" camp.)

Where political strategy goes, I'll just say that, as I asserted above, it seems to be objective fact that huge swaths of people, including many who are undecided, lean pro-choice, or are even staunchly pro-choice, regard abortion as an unpleasant and potentially traumatizing thing, whether we like it or not, and it would seem that "legal, safe, and rare" rhetoric would be the best way to go here. It seems certainly more realistic and feasible than changing hearts and minds to your point of view, in which you seem to find it obvious that abortion is no worse or any more difficult to choose than any other type of health care (a view that I suspect, admittedly without evidence, is held by a minority even of firm pro-choicers).

I recently saw a student at the university I work at with a backpack or laptop (I don't remember which) with a sticker on it that said "I ♡ Abortions".

I get that college is a time to be edgy or whatever, but this isn't a great way to win hearts and minds over the pro-choice cause, dude.

[weebsinstash]

Hey how did the leg surgery go? Is your walking better now?

Oh, I've been meaning to give you guys an update cause it's gone really well!

So for a brief explanation, my disability is called equinus and I wasn't diagnosed until last year, and in the mean time my condition kind of low key fucked up my entire body. I got knock knees, I get lower back pain and pulling when I bend over, it affects my hips, shoulders, arms

So anyways I have it in both legs and what essentially happens is that my ankles don't have the full range of motion the way they should so when i walk or do other things it makes my calf muscles insanely tight to the point even mild exercise was giving me bad shin splints. Like my podiatrist essentially told me it was severe enough that there was no amount of stretching that would free up that tightened muscle and that this was a case where he would recommend surgery, and I figured, hell, I'll have the surgery just to see if it helps my back pain.

And it did! Such a huge difference even though I've only had one leg operated on (and we're actually going to start the process for the other leg as well). My shin splints are basically gone unless I actually walk a significant distance, there's a huge difference in the pain I get in my shoulders, and I can bend over without feeling like total shit. The only downside is that now my body is kind of "off-center" from one side being normal and one side still needing to be worked on, so sometimes if I've done a lot of physical activity, I start having certain pains that I was before the surgery, but I mean, I can put up with it. I've already adjusted my schedule and I'm really happy to see that I can actually walk like a normal person now!

Hopefully this scar goes down before much longer though cause it's kind of gross 😝

[galraluver]

What if Sendak is insecure about his arm. Like he feels useless how that he can’t use both of them and feels bad when he can’t give you a good hug.

Hmm, I never thought of Sendak being insecure about his arm. I'll see what I can do

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Sendak was always very powerful in battle due to his oversized prosthetic arm, everyone knew it and many feared him throughout the universe, including the new paladins of Voltron. Long before he met his human significant other Sendak didn't think much about having his Druid arm, back then he thought that he would die without having a lover and he could care less until he fell in love with (Y/n). It took a long time for her to get past his barriers but once she did he found himself being very protective of her, after he realized that he was in love he just accepted it and let her have a habsuite of her own in his cruiser. Being vulnerable in a romantic relationship had been quite an adjustment for the seasoned galran commander, thankfully spending his free time courting (Y/n) he got used to it; he would never harm his tiny human lover, even if Zarkon ordered him to because she was his one and only future mate. However, once he started courting (Y/n) he quickly realized that he could only hug her with his right arm because he was afraid of crushing her if he used his Druid arm to hug her as well.

Sendak wished that he could use both of his arms to gently embrace (Y/n), but he couldn't because of the large mechanical arm he'd been given. As his relationship with her went on he started to feel useless because he couldn't even give his intended mate a proper hug, he sometimes wished that he had chosen a better fitting prosthetic arm. (Y/n) was astonished that someone like Sendak could be so gentle with someone like her, he was a cruel commander in the galra empire, and yet he treated her as though she was the most precious person in his life, which she was. One evening after a long day of doing his duties as a commander he laid on his bed with (Y/n) while his prosthetic arm was laying on the floor across his bedroom; he was in deep thought despite hanging out with his lover, once again thinking about his inability to give her a real hug. He felt utterly useless and somewhat insecure that he couldn't properly hug her against his body like a good mate should be able to, if only he had both of his real arms.

"What are you thinking about?" (Y/n) asked Sendak with curiosity after she climbed up on top of him, laying her head on his chest.

"Nothing." Sendak replied dryly, not wanting her to pity him; just because he had been learning how to be vulnerable around his lover didn't mean he was willing to always openly talk about his feelings.

"Sendak, we're courting, you can tell me what's on your mind. I promise that I won't judge you." (Y/n) spoke softly, running her fingers through his thick chest fur.

"I can't hug you with both of my arms." Sendak muttered under his breath, pinning his large ears against his skull when he told her the basics of what he had his mind on, feeling stupid for feeling the way he did.

(Y/n) went silent for a moment, thinking about what to say after what Sendak told her; she never expected him to be insecure about his oversized prosthetic arm and she wasn't sure how to respond. Sendak looked away from (Y/n), ashamed that he told her what he'd been thinking so hard about during his free time that was meant to be spent with her. So many battles were won because of his Druid arm, without it he wouldn't be as powerful, unfortunately it had an unforeseen downside that he never thought would exist. (Y/n) didn't stop running her fingers through her boyfriend's fur while she waited for him to say something, she wasn't expecting him to feel the way he did about not being able to hug her with two arms. Sometimes his Druid arm could be a little annoying because of how big it was, but she couldn't blame him for choosing it because of how effective it was to use in battle.

"Sen, your one armed hugs are already good enough. I know that you want to use both of your arms, but maybe you can somehow convince Haggar to give you something more proportionate to your body." (Y/n) suggested after a while of waiting for him to say something, deciding to break the silence between them.

"I suppose I could." Sendak answered thoughtfully, his ears perking up as he turned his attention back to his petite lover who laid comfortably on him.

"I love you, Sen." (Y/n) spoke with a quiet, loving tone; he needed to know that she loved him, even his imperfections.

"I love you too, little one. One way or another, I'll properly embrace you one day." Sendak purred affectionately, gently nuzzling his nose against his tiny intended wife's face.

(Y/n) felt better after Sendak told her what was on his mind, she genuinely cared about his needs just as he did with hers, but she needed him to know that he could fully trust her. She kissed him when he got close enough, reaching up so she could cup his silky soft cheeks with a delicate touch, feeling him flinch in surprise before melting into the kiss. Sendak wasn't expecting (Y/n) to kiss him all of a sudden, although he didn't pull away, he needed to get used to the way humans showed affection for their loved ones even though some displays of affection were kind of strange. He had to be careful whenever they kissed; their size difference made kissing a little difficult at first and he didn't want to accidentally cut her lips with his sharp teeth. Sendak wasn't sure if he would ever have the chance to be given a different prosthetic arm, one that was proportionate to his body, but until then he would be the best future mate for (Y/n) he could.

[mothdrawzzz]

Before reading this, think about how you would answer this question "is digital art real art?"

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What is digital art?

Digital art is an art form or that uses digital technology instead of traditional mediums.

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Why is digital art important?

The future is digital, and with that art is changing to meet that.

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Pros of digital art!

- it is much easier to keep all your art in one place

- it's easier to share your art

- it is usually cheaper, all you need is a device! so no need to keep on buying art supplies.

- no need to erase your mistakes, thanks to the undo button

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Cons of digital art

- the chance of losing your art. programs can crash, devices could break, memory could get lost, etc

- no physical copy

- having to learn the programs you use

- your art can get stolen easily

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Pros of traditional art

- unique pieces

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Cons of traditional art

- more of a mess

- harder to fix mistakes (this could be both pro or con depending on how you look at it.)

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In the survey I asked if they believed if digital art was real art and they all said yes, this question was very important for me to ask because there is a negative out look on digital art.

I also asked why they believed that and here are some of the responses I got

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"In digital art you are still taking the time to make something. You're making lines, choosing colors, blending things, etc"

I was glad to see this response, when I was researching I saw that one of the main reasons they didn't see digital art as real art was because it was "cheating" and that it was less work than traditional. which I honestly don't believe, your still putting in time and effort into what your making. and I know that for a lot of digital artists it can take hours to finish a piece especially if it has a lot of detail.

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"I feel like digital art is real because it doesn't matter how art is made. If people think "real" art requires experience and skill (like painting, sculpting, etc.), digital art requires the same amount, and I feel that if you make art on a computer, tablet, phone, or whatever you use to make digital art, you're using as much skill as you would be drawing or painting something on paper. Even though digital art provides a smoother experience as opposed to art on paper, both have their upsides and downsides. While I feel like digital art can feel artificial, that's because I haven't gone into the area enough to be comfortable drawing in it. But this is definitely not the same for everyone, and I believe people are more comfortable, natural, and skilled with digital art than "real" art, which is why I believe digital art IS real art, because the artists behind those digital works have the same skill and comfort as the artists doing it on paper."

This was my favorite response I got and I think it explains itself

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"You can do the same things as traditional art with digital art and sometimes better. Same thing vice versa."

Yes! I agree, with different type of brushes and stuff you can do within programs you can almost do anything. yes it may look a bit artificial but I have seen artist make digital pieces that looked like traditional ones.

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"Art can be expressed in any shape or form. Doesn't matter how you use it, what matters is using your imagination and creating something."

What I personally believe that if you intend something to be art and it comes from your imagination and you're creating it then it's art

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I then asked which was more important to them and these were the results.

I asked this because I was genuinely curious with they would pick, these results were no surprise to me I kind of figured that traditional art was going to win but I was happy to see that digital art was only a little under half. With me asking this question I also asked why they choose what they did and here are some of their responses .

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"It's something that of course has been here for a long long time. It's something I am so accustomed to already."

I like this response because another reason that kept coming up when talking with others about this topic was that the reason people didn't like digital art is because it was newer, not around as long and that it intimidated people. My art instructor said that it was a generation thing and that older generations didn't understand it.

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"I feel like digital art has a lot of potential and can be changed any time, at ease too. I think digital art and traditional art are equally important, as both have their pros and cons, but I feel like I've had a better experience being exposed to more kinds of digital art over traditional, but that's not to belittle the power of traditional art, where you get a better sensation of life to something that's physically drawn opposed to digitally drawn. But digital art is more important to me mainly because of the experiences I've had with so far. I'm honestly thinking both are as good, but I'm choosing digital on this one."

I really like how they explained how both were important! in my opinion I see them as equal but I agree the experience thing.

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Which is important to me? tough question but I'd say digital!

Digital art taught me more and let me grow more as an artist. I didn't have anyone to help when I first started out so I had to learn it all on my own, however with traditional art, most of my friends were artist and we're able to give me tips. so my digital art journey is more significant to me than traditional art. but I'll never forget were I started.

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Here are some other questions I asked and the results.

These results were the most surprising, first I'm surprised no one said harder because I thought that some of the people who don't really do digital art regularly would think it was harder. What surprised me the most however was the fact that 80% said they were the same because I didn't even think anyone would put that and it was almost not even going to be an option. I personally think both are hard but I'd say traditional is harder because I typically sketch things out traditionally and then turn them digitally so all my planning is done in the traditional stage.

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I also asked which they thought took more time. I kept seeing while researching that people were saying digital art took less time, which I don't necessarily believe but I want to see what others thought.

I wasn't surprised with the outcome, it typically takes less time for me to complete a digital piece then a traditional one, so I thought it would be generally the same for others. Not to say that it doesn't take long to do a digital piece, especially for people who take time to do backgrounds, shading, blending, etc. I was glad to see that for some people it takes longer to do because I was unsure if people were going to put that.

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I was excited for this question! I was generally curious what other people thought because I think that digital art personally does take a different skill set than traditional art but at the same time I feel as for some people it doesn't. I feel like it depends on the person's style.

I didn't think that there would be more no than there was yes so I was glad I asked this question :)

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I wanted to know if they knew that some people saw digital art negatively.

I was surprised I didn't get all yes, but at the same time I was glad that there were people who haven't heard about how digital art is seen as negative.

I also asked what kind of stuff they heard and here are some of the responses

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"I've heard things along the lines of "digital art isn't real art", "digital artists are fake artists", and "digital art is inferior".

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"Some people say it’s harder or more confusing but when u get used to it then it’s easier than traditional."

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"its not real art" "it doesn't count as art"

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"People taking advantage of it and making disgusting art, can get stolen easily"

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Most of the things that were said I already covered however with the last one, "people taking advantage of it and making disgusting art" I feel like with any form of art that happens, it's just more common to see digital art like that because it is more shared on the internet.

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The last question I decided to ask was for fun, but I wanted to know what programs if they were a digital artist that they used so if you would like to try digital art for yourself here are some programs to start. :)

ibis paint

This is the program I use and I think it's the best free program out there.

Autodesk SketchBook

This is a program I started with and it worked well.

fire alpaca

I've never used this program but it's free and from what I heard it's a good program.

Photoshop

I'm unsure how much this cost, I've only ever really used Photoshop for class until today when I connected my tablet and I find it a fun place to sketch.

Procreate

This program is $9.99 and it is only for iOS. I know a lot of digital arts use this program. but I also heard that ibis paint was better, that's how I actually found out about ibis, however I've never used procreate so I don't know how true that statement is.

Microsoft paint

I'm pretty sure most people have used Microsoft paint once in there life's, it's free and on most laptops and I've seen people make really cool pixel art on there.

[fallenhuntersx]

Jimmy Fallon was one of your favorite talk shows to go on, he was hilarious, charming and he just made you feel at ease. You were preparing to get ready for it later, one thing about Fallon was it was in New York. Your favorite city in the world. As an actress, you'd been mostly all around the world and the different cities we're breathtaking but New York was like home.

You had moved over from the UK around 8 years ago when your acting career took off, starting in little productions, more bigger shows and your current Film production of being part of The Avengers Franchise, Being apart of the family was an unbelievable experience, they really felt like a second family especially the close connections you made. Never did you imagine you'd be apart of something so big around the world, people knew who you were, asking for photos, autographs. The downside was Paparazzi and trying to have some sort of personal life especially any sort of romantic relationship.

It was around 12 months since you started to feel some sort of close connection to your co-star, your feelings grew more and more for him. The more you spent shooting scenes together you grew closer, you were getting mixed signals as he would invite you to meals out when you had free time, he would show you around different parts of the city on locations, asking to come to your trailer when he was free, the only thing you did read correctly was the kiss he planted on your lips one night after a late shoot back in your trailer, you were both running lines together when he moved closer to you and kissed you, you didn't know to either kiss him back or kick him out.

After you shot your last scene for the film, the end of the filming party was sprung on you, you went all out with dressing yourself up in the sexiest dress you could find, black heels and hair loosely curled just how he liked it. You arrived at the after-party with all eyes on you including him, champagne glass in your hand, you made your way over to the bar where some of the others were chatting. You thought you would play it cool at first, see if he would come to you and then go from there.

A little time went by and he only looked your way, moments where you thought just maybe he would make the first move but no, you were left talking to Ruffalo about his part in the current climate change organization he was going to be working with. After around 15 minutes you had to use the bathroom so you politely excused yourself and moved around the dancefloor. You looked over where he was and he was no longer to been seen, you panicked as all sorts of thoughts were going through your head, had he left because you backed off, had he gone off with some other women. You were in a state of panic, as you felt your breathing get slower until you felt arms wrap around your waist and you knew they were his.

” y/n, are you alright ” speaking with concern, he held onto you until you were seated.

” Yeah, I'm fine, silly me forgot to eat before coming here ” you looked at him with a thankful look.

” let's get you something to eat then, yeah? ” you nodded. He was such a caring soul, doing anything for anyone not even asking for anything in return.

He made his way over to the catering table, picking up everything and anything in sight, by the time he came back over to both of your plates, were overflowing with food.

You only needed a bite to eat not the full buffet, but it's the thought that counts.

” erm thanks, I'll try my best to finish it all, but I doubt I can dance after this ” you laughed it off as an invitation for later. You'd been dropping hints all evening so you thought he might have caught on by now.

Half an hour passed and you bearly made a dent in the food he gave you but you were feeling a little better so what's a way to get rid of whatever it was than to dance it off. You smiled, getting up from your chair, you turned to him and asked 5 simple words ” do you want to dance? ”. ” I thought you would never ask ” he smiled taking your hand in hand leading you both to the middle of the dancefloor.

A little time had passed by and you were wrapped in a little bubble with him, dancing, laughing and talking a little here and there until you felt a tap on your shoulder.

” Y/N, I'm sorry but Pratt is here ” you're assistant said with regret, he was only doing his job. You had told him to tell you if he to show up with Kathrine, his new wife, you had been together for a while and basically, he broke your heart and you’d had just finally gotten over him. Being here with Hemsworth brought you back to your old self and you loved it.

” hey, we can go if you want to ” Hemsworth asked with sincerity in his voice, you smiled squeezing his hand.

” no, its ok, I'll be fine, anyway I'm here with you, and that's perfect to me” with just one look, that's all it took for him to place a soft kiss on your lips, you didn't care if you were out in public or in front of most of the cast and crew, all you wanted was him.

” FINALLY ” you broke your kiss when you heard Johansson shouting in the background. You smiled back at her with blushed cheeks. You turned your attention back to Hemsworth, reaching up to cup his face with your hands, gently pulling his lips onto yours as you danced the rest of the night away.

[ask-ivory]

RWBY Random Rant #2!

What villain is the best? (Cinder vs Roman)

Second rant everyone! This one may be a bit longer than the first, so if you don't have time but find this interesting, then I suggest reading this later. If you have infinite time on your hands and your board, then this might help depending on your interests. So let's jump into today's rant!

So, the world of Remnant is a big place. There, you'll find friendly people, weird people, mean people, and people who are just flat out crazy. But today, we're looking at a certain group of people: Villains. Now before we jump in to the blender of craziness, this post is an analysis that can be used for predictions and plot lines. I may be wrong, but I'm writing this off of what I know.

Anyways... Let's start with the basic question, What IS a villain? A villain (or for the more technical term: antagonist) is a character who is trying to stop the hero (or protagonist) from accomplishing his or her goal. Either this, or they're trying to get something and the hero is trying to stop them because what the villain wants is wrong. This is the loosest definition, so you can imagine that this goes way deeper than you think.

There are some things that you need to ask and have answered before you confirm who is the villain in a story. Some of which includes the following:

Who is this guy? (Basic background)

Why is he or she interested in this scenario? (Could this benefit to their cause?)

Why are they doing this? (If so, then why?)

So if we take this and try and apply it to the "villain" we can tell if this is a VILLAIN. Another important thing to note is the quality of the character. What sort of events cause the villain to act like this, and why?

Well, when we're talking RWBY, then villains come in different shapes and sizes. Some villains are immature, and others have experienced enough pain and defeat to know exactly what will work to achieve their goal and/or stop the hero. Then you have the peeps in the middle who aren't as overwhelming as the big baddie, but have enough common sense to know what's going on, what needs to be done, and why they're doing it.

So I'mma gonna start at the bottom of the rainbow and work my way up to the best colors. I'll also be rating these characters on a scale of one to ten. I won't do everyone. Let's start with the entire fandom's LEAST favorite character.

Cinder Fall

Stars: 0/10

Now if I was a writer for the show, I think the most interesting thing that could happen to Cinder is if she just dropped dead. That's how bad she. Literally. Now, what makes her so disgusting? There are two answers.

She did horrible things. Like hacking the communication towers (With help from Watts, of course), making the people at the Vytal Festival Tournament doubt the leaders of Vale, and, to top it off, KILLED Pyrrah and Ozpin.

But these are the actions a normal villain would do, so what really makes her Terrible? The second answer has the reason.

2. She's a poorly written character with a lack of depth are perception.

I have no idea what made the writers want to make Cinder a hated character, but whatever did worked really well. Honestly, it's like Roosterteeth did the opposite of what Disney did to Cinderella. But when I say she lacks depth, I mean there is nothing that makes her character any good. She's also one of the biggest mysteries in the show, and I don't mean that in a good way. Here are some of the questions that I often ask about her:

Why does she want power?

Does she want to rule the world?

Why does she wear an outfit that's guaranteed to help her freeze to death?

Does she want to kill Salem?

Why doesn't she learn from her mistakes?

WHY THE HECK DOES SHE EVEN EXIST?!?!?!

Well, after some examination, I found out something shocking. She is just a plot device. She may talk and act evil, but in reality, she's just there so that the characters have something to worry about. She has nothing that makes her good, or relatable. To add to that, she's like the Grimm, all she does is attack and kill and if she loses, she DOESN'T reflect on her actions, and she DOESN'T try to fix her mistakes. She just goes back into the fight with the same strategy as before. If the main protagonists studied Cinder's basic movement, then they would be able to take her down, no doubt.

Can Cinder be saved? The answer is no. I bet that, judging from the road she's going down, her strategy will be her ultimate end.

Hazel Rainheart

(I may have spelled his name wrong. Sorry.😁)

Stars: 2/10 ☆☆

Now Hazel is a bit more interesting. Unlike Cinder, he has a reason he's on the side he is now, but like everyone, he has his flaws. He lets his anger get the better of him, and he's quick to judge. But the real reason why he's not so good is because of his reasoning. His sister died on a training mission because SHE chose to become a huntress. But Hazel takes all of his anger out on Oscar and Ozpin just because he (Ozpin) was the headmaster of Beacon, and let her into the school in the first place.

And I gotta say, this reasoning is understandable, but it's still dumb.

But there is something that makes Hazel a huge threat to the heros: his semblance of pain nullification. This gives him the ability to block out pain. And I kinda get where it comes from.

When his sister died, he was broken. She was probably the only family Hazel had, and when she was killed, he wanted to block out the emptiness, the grief, the pain. Thus his semblance was unlocked and he could no longer feel pain. This ability is probably how his aura charges up so quickly. If pain can block aura from charging, then he has the tools to be a force to be reckoned with. The only downside is that just because he can't feel pain doesn't mean that he's not hurt.

Can Hazel be saved? Maybe. But if he goes on a redemption arch, then he will probably die. But that doesn't mean that he's a lost cause. There's still plenty of things that can be added to Hazel's character to make it better. But at the present, he could be better.

Adam Taurus

Stars 2/10 ☆☆

This character is relatively horrible. In fact, he's worse than Hazel!

But the thing is, he's like Hazel in a special way: he has a tragic past. Certain events that wreck a kid's childhood can scar them for life. Adam was discriminated for his faunus traits, and this set him on a path of revenge that would be his bitter end.

He was a threat, but small compared to the real one. His semblance made him very dangerous, but it also makes sense. To be more specific, his semblance is, what I like to call, absorption of impact (or for the EruptionFang version, moon slice). This gives him the ability to absorb any damage done by the enemy into his blade, then release it back at a more powerful rate. This can cause devastating damage to both the enemy and the environment. As for why he had this semblance is pretty basic once you think about it.

Adam desired to get back at those who mistreated him. He wanted them to feel his pain, but a lot more extreme. He wanted them to feel what he felt, but worse.

Adam had a lot of potential, but, well when you get stabbed in the back, it's not easy to get back at your enemies. Over all in terms of writing, the thing that would've made him better was a better understanding of what he went through.

Tyrian Callows

Stars 4/10 ☆☆☆☆

If Adam wasn't crazy enough for you, then Tyrian's your go to guy.

I think that Tyrian is insane enough to join Salem, but has enough sense to know how to kill. He's kinda tough to figure out, but thanks to some much needed information in Volume 7, we now know a bit about Tyrian's past.

Tyrian was a mad man killer on the continent of Anima but was captured. He was then rescued by Salem and her Grimm. Since he's mad he owed his life to her ever since.

He's mad, so there's no bad excuse. And to add to that, he is flat down dangerous. His semblance is the ability to cut through aura, making him a hard to beat.

Can Tyrian be saved? Not really. The only way to kill him is for someone to fall victim to him while another strikes the killing blow.

Doctor Aurthor Watts

Stars: 5/10 ☆☆☆☆☆

Alright. Here we go!

Watts is very interesting. That's saying alot. Now that we have more information on him, it's easier to see why he wants to screwer Ironwood.

He was an Atlasian scientist who went against Pietro in the effort to make something great for Atlas. While Watts helped write the Atlas security code, Pietro found that the best inspiration is found inside. That was were Penny was created. Watts was disgraced and faked his death. Then Salem found him and he joined her group to get both revenge on Ironwood and respect from Atlas. Though he is clearly unaware of what Salem's true plans are.

He is a wiz when it comes to technology. Besides that, I believe he has some experience with combat. His semblance could have something to do with technology, but we're still figuring that out.

Can Watts be saved? Writing wise, maybe we can get more details about Watts in the final episodes. He's not a lost cause when it comes being a more interesting villain.

Story wise though? He's a dead man.

Salem

Stars: 6/10 ☆☆☆☆☆☆

Yes, I didn't save her for until the end.😼

Now from the writer's point of view, Salem's backstory has been completely fleshed out. It's pretty complicated so I won't go into details. But from that alone, Salem's actons make sense. As a prisoner of life, she yearns to be free. She wants to die. And she believes that the only way to do this is to divide humanity and summon the gods in there darkest hour. Then the gods destroy the world and Salem is free. She doesn't care about the people she is hurting. She hates humanity and wants to destroy everything. But above all, she wants to get permanent revenge on her ex Ozma (or Ozpin or Oscar). She wants him to die and stay dead when millennia ago she made great sacrifices to try bringing him back from the dead.

Now she has nothing to show for it except endless years of war, hatred, and suffering. There is some relation that one can have with Salem. If anyone who is reading this tried to do something for someone you cared about, but got nothing to show for it in return, then that's what Salem would be feeling. And this has caused her to spiral into madness. She is the purest definition of crazy.

Can Salem be saved? It depends at this point. Story wise, most likely not.

Emerald and Mercury!

Stars for them both 7/10 ☆☆☆☆☆☆☆

These two are going to be paired in honor of their beloved ship: Emercury.

Both characters have tragic pasts, so that gives them some common ground, but both are looking for something different. Emerald is looking for love, the one thing that she never had in her entire life. Mercury is looking for a purpose in life, a way to make himself Worthy of greatness. He claims that Cinder recruiting him was just destiny.

Both of these peeps are incredibly good at what they do. Both can fight better than the members of team CFVY.

Emerald's semblance is Perception manipulation, which makes perfect sense in her case. In a very special case, her semblance is similar to Adam's. She wants others to see what she sees, Emerald wants people to see how alone she is, and just how much she needs family. Her semblance is an incarnation of her desire. And she uses it to make people see what she wants them to see.

Mercury's semblance is currently unknown at this time. But we do know that his semblance was stolen by his father. After killing him, Mercury probably got his semblance back, but lives under the illusion that it's still gone.

Mercury grew up in an abusive household, under the guard of a murderer. He was tortured everyday by his father.

Emerald grew up on the streets.

Basically, these characters are well written, and both have great potential as well. There's even some hope of a redemption Arch for these two, and possibly some romance.

Can Emerald and Mercury be saved? Writing wise, yes. More trauma and info can definitely help. Story wise? Hopefully, yes.

Roman Torchwick

Stars: 9/10 ☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆

Time for the classics!

This charming young schemer has been the first character in the actual show. Fans everywhere love him, and will often mark him as the best villain. Honestly, I have nothing against it. But for the sake of this post, let's break down this lovely character and examine his awesomeness.

Roman's origin is currently unknown, but maybe we'll get some light cast on it with Neo's backstory as well. Many believe that he is somehow connected to Brunswick Farms, and it's still a possibility that has yet to be ruled out.

Roman is a good fighter and a master mind behind the underground crime rings of Vale. By himself, he is a relatively good fighter. Though his semblance has yet to be determined, he has his own Roman candle.

Another aspect of this character that won the hearts of fans is his charming personality. I mean, who can blame him? Though his death was sudden, and unfair, his handsome face will live on in the hearts of many.

Neo Politan

Stars: 10/10⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The star of the show, folks!

Neo made her big enterence in Volume 2 episode 4 Painting the Town, and ever since has been one of the most popular characters in the entire show. If you break down Neo's character based on what we know, then it's actually really interesting. Let's scoop ice cream!

Neo's backstory is unknown, but we're hoping to have some light shed on the subject. Based off of the song "One Thing", we can tell that Neo's backstory is tragic in some way. She lost everything except for Roman. And she is willing to fight to protect Roman from the death. How do I know?

Her semblance is called illusions by many, but Unicorn of War calls it Mirrors, which I think is the most accurate. Her semblance gives her the ability to reflect her opponent's attacks upon themselves, and she can change her appearance right down to her hair and eye color.

What does any of this have to do with protecting Roman? She will use Any means necessary to protect what little she has left, and to her, that one thing is enough. She Will change her identity as many times as possible, and she often gets away with it. But she is so fierce in protecting that during a fight, any pain that the enemy can dish out to her dumdum would make her determined to kick her opponent's butt. She would give them a taste of their own medicine and literally reflect their attacks upon themselves.

She is a reflection of protection. And like that reflection she represents, she says not a word, but shows people how exactly they can hurt the one she loves.

After Roman's death, Neo Politan is determined to reflect her loves justice upon the true enemies. If you can't face yourself, then you can't face Neo.

So, there you have it, villains everywhere.

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