#the pedant answers

[arotechno]

your seasonal reminder that aro week begins on feb 16 this year!!!!!

[spookygibberish]

Imagine the sirens discover that humans don’t chew things apart with their mouths, but rather use sharp tools to cut their dead prey into pieces and holding the pieces of meat over a dangerous fire. I just love the trope of non humans avoiding humans because of how humans can do dangerous things without fear.

MS2: I have seen the mineral claws which are held apart the human speaks of.

MS1: Me as well. Humans are very weak, and poorly equipped by nature, and so they must use clever objects to compensate for the inadequacies of their bodies.

MS2: They are like trolls who are weak, but more clever, then.

MS2: But I do not understand why humans would require fire to consume animals.

MS1: That is perplexing, yes. Perhaps they are so weak their mouths cannot bite through meat which has not first been burned?

MS2: That is strange to consider. I do not know how such feeble things have become so numerous.

MS1: It is because they are like elves. They have bodies which break like twigs, but they are clever at transformations.

MS2: That is true.

MS2: I am glad I am not a human, clever as they may be. I would not like to live in a body which must carry all its strengths on the outside

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I don’t think they’re particularly impressed or intimidated by this information.

[pseudophan]

why did a tram yeeted itself into an apple store in oslo, nora?

great question but it was funny as fuck. the way it drove like head on into the apple store looked like it was aiming for that specifically 😭 no one got seriously injured (i think four people were hurt but it wasn't anything extreme) so thankfully i get to joke about it because this photo is SO funny to me i'm sorry

this is the energy dan was channeling when he said he was gonna dig up steve jobs

also tram in norwegian is trikk and because this was right before halloween every comment section i've come accross about the incident has just been filled with 'trikk or treat'. which is a bad joke but one i unfortunately found funny every time

[tartppola]

if yuulis dress as silver do anyone know? Or they just think silver gone smaller

I feel like they would get caught immediately bcs sadly Yuulis is not as Disney Princess-sy as Silver... they don't have his knight rizz... and also the fact that they just stay awake all day might raise suspicion SKSKHDHGFGJJ

[yourfaveisintersex]

Are there any asks/submittions that you've had to delete so far? /cur

If you're asking about requests I've rejected? None thus far! I hope I don't have to encounter any.

[saxandviolins77]

So I assume you don't like him since you didn't mention him, but I'm curious because I really like the face and coloring on the Will Simpson and John Burns Devastator. What are your thoughts?

It's complicated.

I really like elements of it, and I love how dynamic he is. The face shape in general is peeaaak!!! (even if it is the weaker toy design - I said it!)

But eeeeeh, vehicle modes. And it's even worse because they're stuck in a stylized and realistic middle ground. I'll admit the Sunbow model kinda stole its placement, but at least it is consistently mid instead of having great elements that don't add up to a greater whole. (less than the sum of its parts... Uh, gestalt joke to be inserted.)

(ps: I also don't care for lime on the constructicons/devastator - muted green with a warm undertone on top <- Another reason I hate the CW ones: THEY'RE HIGHLIGHTER COLORED.)

[what-have-i-unleashed]

The difference between murder sans and killer sans is that:

Killer kills people, and murder murders people

i mean... a killer and a murderer have some very subtle connotations, just saying 🙂🙂🙂

[lord-squiggletits]

for the director's cut meme: I am very fond of Cooling Off, and interested in the "thank you for protecting me"/"not shooting you is an obvious tactical benefit", because the one doesn't quite follow from the other and I've wondered what your reading of that is...

Cooling Off, the fic in question, and the relevant excerpt:

"By the way... thank you for protecting me during that battle. I appreciate it." [...Prime, not shooting you is just an obvious tactical benefit,] Megatron said. [And since when did you need anyone to protect you? I think you hit your reality processor on the way down here.] Optimus' chuckle was low and quiet, resonating slightly through the barrel and grip of Megatron's alt-mode. "I would shoot you any time you let me. I enjoy the feeling of a well-crafted gun in my hands."

Ah, this one was written almost 2 years ago, so it's super not fresh in my mind. But this bit is easy enough for me to explain! The intention was to show some subtle megop banter: as in, they aren't lovers in this scene, and they can't even really be friendly because the (mostly irrelevant) background of this is a temporary faction truce. But nevertheless, I wanted to have some banter in which the pair of them betray their fondness for each other. Also, Megatron is really tsundere about his side of the affection, obviously.

In this part, Optimus is trying to distract Megatron from transforming out of gun mode (bc he wants to keep holding him) and opts to show gratitude towards Megatron. Basically, trying to distract Megatron with soft, friendly feelings.

But Megatron, being tsundere and unable to acknowledge for pride/political reasons that he likes being around Optimus too, deliberately sidesteps Optimus' gratitude by essentially expressing "Don't thank me, I would be shooting you right now if it weren't for the fact that keeping you alive helps us fight our common enemy." He's essentially rejecting Optimus' attempt to connect as people via compassion and gratitude and responding by saying their relationship is pragmatic, nothing more. Which is also followed up in a subsequent line:

[You're a good shot, Prime,] Megatron eventually replied. [Why don't we keep it at that until we get out of here? And stop fondling me, you're embarrassing yourself touching a gun like that.]

Again, Megatron is deflecting Optimus' soft and affectionate emotions by putting on a veneer of pragmatism, a "we only work well together because we have to" style of deflection and denial. But this time he returns Optimus' emotion a little by giving him a compliment about his shooting-- a useful, pragmatic skill, not one about OP as a person. So Megatron is returning OP's warmth a little, but being sure to do it in a way that maintains the plausible deniability: he is, of course, only working with Optimus because it's a tactical advantage, and he of course only likes being held in gun mode because Optimus is a good shot. But he also leaves a little bit of mystery by saying "Why don't we keep it at that until we get out of here," as if implying he's interested in reciprocating OP's affections in a more optimal location.

TLDR: Megatron is being coy.

Remember that ask I answered a little bit ago about how Megatron and Optimus are the kind of people that have invisible conversations underneath the surface of every seemingly superficial/everyday discussion? This is a prime example of that.

[sissiarte]

Do you have a favourite Celtic god, mines Brigid, she’s basically Celtic Apollo if he was a boy and was the hid if like 10x more things <3

Oooo yes, she's really cool and a very interesting figure!

(Not sure if it counts, but celtic is a very lose term so I'm going to count her in) Navia! There's not really much about her but has been generally identified as a fluvial goddess and they made sword offerings to her in rivers which I think is really cool. I think she was mainly worshiped by continental celts and not really in the isles, but I might be wrong! Also from a very early period, as I said not sure if she counts, more pre-celtic or something like that I supose.

But I like her mainly bc there are many places named after her in the region of Spain where my family is from, so!

[woodsborostabathon]

maybe its bc im simply too autistic (in general but also abt these movies) to Not be bothered by it but whenever i see one of those memes where its like “i would survive scream bc i never answer the phone lol” its like brother. no you would not. ts dont even matter at the end of the day. like half the ppl who end up dying in these movies do not even get a call to begin with. aint nobody call wes, liv, and/or anika and look wtf happened to them 😭

[a-random-british-top-hat]

skibidi skibidi hawk tuah hawk

Sorry, I'm Pedantic, nice to meet you.

[alrightbuckaroo]

Nice ask attack! Is there a fic you really want to write but haven’t yet?

Hi Andie!! I hope you've been doing well 💖 If only I could describe the Pandora's box you've just opened! You'd be itching to close it.

I believe I currently have 20 WIPs in the folder right now, so I would say there's quite a few, with the Old West AU definitely being at the top of the list.

I fall more in love with it the more time I spend away but I also want to get it done so I can finally share it. I think I've rewritten the first 5k words like three times hahaha

That said, I'm also really excited to finally finish the bounty hunter au, the 1940s au and the rolling thunder of your fingertips. I would give it a nickname too but I don't think there's a quick way to say "the au where tk is a journalist who falls into a dom/sub relationship with famous hot weatherman carlos" so, the title it is.

But yeah, any of those! I think the worlds are going to be extremely immersive, and since world building is one of my favorite things to do, I get the chance to be super self indulgent hahaha.

Thanks so much for the nice ask attack 💖

[bucephaly]

Its so funny how I'll get anxious abt something, redirect and try to distract myself. And so I'm not thinking about what exactly I was anxious about, but I have lingering anxiety and so it gets assigned to some random other thing

[freckliedan]

Hi!!! I just wanted to talk about how Dan and Phil as a brand is so relatable to neurodivergents in the way that they've been treated recently. So DnP built their careers off of being "weird" and "quirky" and socially awkward. That was Their Thing. Dan spoke for years about being violently bullied (quotes such as "being punched in the head by dickheads" stand out as a pre-BIG example of just how violent it got at times), Phil had the Why I Was a Weird Kid series, they both were frequently talked about as being "weird" and "awkward" by other YouTubers - they WERE the "weird" ones of the vlog group. The ones that awkward teens could relate to. Unfortunately, this got the attention of the #imsoquirky crowd who talks like they're experiencing all of these things while also being the same people who would mock me for my autism.

And that's the crowd now saying Dan is too old to be posting catboy photos or saying that the two of them "give the ick now, idk why." And I just can't help but notice how much I relate to that as an autistic and ADHD person. So many times over the years, I've made "friends" who were slightly into my interests, but then got weirded out by how hard I went into them. I think what we're seeing is the same thing happening to Dan and Phil. Drawing cat whiskers on your face to answer questions? Well that's "so cute and quirky"!! (/s). But actually playing as Catboys in JRPGs, dressing up in cat ears, making animal noises (which the two of them always did but ig this group overlooked), etc? Well that's "too far" and "so weird."

I think Dan especially got hit with this because he has more subscribers. When he talks about being bullied, most people can relate to that. But then when he goes and honks a horn in a game repeatedly (which tbh I've done before myself, very ADHD coded of him) or talks about hiding behind vending machines to avoid talking to people, that is suddenly "too annoying/weird" for some of the audience that got into him for his "relatably weird" content.

Sorry this is such a long ramble, but basically Dan and Phil have accidentally become the perfect examples of how kids with autism/ADHD/social pragmatic disorder/nvld/dyspraxia *insert other neurodivergencies that can cause atypical socialization* are treated. People might find your initial "quirkiness" relatable because everyone feels awkward or socially anxious at times, but it's when they see that you are Actually Just Like That and it's not to be #relatable that they turn on you and start saying that you're "too much" and "too weird."

Dan and Phil were the "weird" ones of the British vlog scene, and those of us who tuned into the younows or watched their older videos knew this, but someone who only subbed after watching a meme review or the two of them playing undertale might have assumed that they were the "right" kind of quirky/weird.

This is probably incoherent, but I hope you get what I mean.

this isn't incoherent! just such a well thought out ask i don't have anything to add. there's really specific ways i'm comfortable talking abour dnp + neurodivergence & neurodivergence in general so it's not something i've ever done super in depth posts abt!

i've actually gotten a few really lengthy asks like this over the last few weeks, so this is to you and to my other askers: i really appreciate that folks want to share their ideas with me but sometimes i genuinely don't have enough to contribute in response to add on to what's being said! and that makes it pretty impossible to answer asks like this.

so this is to everyone: feel free to @ me in the replies on your posts! (doing that leaves things cleaner than @ ing in the body of a post, which in my experience means folks are more likely to engage, if that's what you're looking for). especially loop me in about dnp + neurodivergene or dnp + gender!

this isn't a promise i'll rb or even see things, this website's functionality is shit, but like. it's actually way easier for me to see and support than if yall are sending me essay length anons, and this way i + others can find more people who share the same opinions as us! make ur own posts & ppl will follow u i prommy

[andrandiriel]

1, 13, 36

1. Can you whistle?

Yes!

13. Guilty pleasure song?

tons of them. how about Back to You by Selena Gomez

36. Favourite potato chip flavour?

Prawn cocktail

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[valentjin]

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