#the same thing also applies op animation

[empty-dream]

Knowing it all, am I destined to fall? Like once you did for me ↳ Vortex - Bai Sha Jaws

[junktastic]

I had a drawing months back that went kinda viral I guess, and it getting out of my normal sphere of followers meant that I got to observe how folks far outside of my twitter sphere interact with twitter and others. For reference, I am talking about this image:

The context, besides getting to draw my friend Jenny, was that I saw a picture that was of an anime girl that said "lets be in our early 30s together" and I was like "haha, I will make my own version of this." Part of it was also that I think aging is fine, and we need to stop stressing so much over staying young. "Lets be in our mid-thirties together" is not a joke, I sincerely wanted this image to be warm and inviting, to maybe give people hope that there will be friends and people who love you once you get to that age. I never thought I was going to make it to 30, and I just turned 35 this year, and I'm the happiest I've ever been.

Some responses were obviously teens/early 20s people saying they don't want to get that old, which is whatever. When you're that young the dirty thirty sounds so ugly. No one cool is in their 30s! Well, if you ignore the people who make all the things they like. These responses I waved these off.

I saw the typical twitter experience replies of "this doesn't apply to me?" Ok bitch! Go make your own like I did! And show me when you do, I'd love to see it!

There was a handful of people who were saying "retweet to scare a twink" which I felt was kind of rude. Not to me, but to the twinks out there. Aging doesn't make you less of a twink.

Lots of people were sending it to their significant others or saying they hope to find someone to be in their mid-thirties with, which I love. :3 It makes me happy!

The one kind of response which is what I made this post for and I'm so sorry that I've been rambling, that I found weird was the people who will reply to just you. The OP. As if they are replying to everyone in the thread. I'm not talking about in QRTs, just straight in the replies. "Don't forget how tired she looks in this." Brother I drew the picture. I know. And ever since then I feel like, as someone who loves to read the replies on other people's tweets, I notice this a lot more often. Who are they talking to? Is this what people are referring to when they say "Main Character Syndrome?" Or should I be lumping these together with the "why isn't this about my exact personal life situation" people?

My fiancé says I'm thinking about this too hard (I got engaged last month btw), and he's probably right. I can't help but be curious about how other people choose to interact with the internet and images and people on it. And, I guess, am I supposed to reply? How should I feel about these. I guess I have to decide that on my own.

For the record, you are all very normal/understandable when it comes to what you guys tag my stuff with. That you love the girls (same!), that they're very gender (love this), or wow is this [insert fetish](not my intention but that's the internet). I feel like the slime girls get the "gender" comment the most and you are all so right for that. Every time I see people reblog my ocs I think "Thank you for loving [name]."

That's all! This was a pointless post but I'm unemployed right now so I have too much time to overthink things for no reason. How do YOU feel about how people interact with your posts? Are they weird? Or are they normal about it.

[lilyginnyblackv2]

Kazuki - Human 1st, Hitman 2nd - Buddy Daddies - SPOILERS!

In pretty much every interview with Kazuki and Rei’s VAs, Toyonaga (Kazuki’s VA) mentions that he views, and therefore plays, Kazuki as a person first and foremost. And we really get a sense of that from the series itself.

In the OP: We get this shot of both Rei and Kazuki holding guns.

With Rei, we see his fully body holding a big and long gun. Right after this, we see animation that indicates that Rei shoots the gun too.

Rei always wears gloves when he handles his guns and general hitmen business, Kazuki never does (unless gloves are required for whatever job he is impersonating - something that also points to how Kazuki is a bit clumsier when it comes to hitmen work than Rei, for obvious reasons), so we know that this gun above is being held by Kazuki (there is a quote on that gun as well, but I’m going to talk about that in another post that I’m going to write up right after this one). 

The thing to note here is that we just see Kazuki’s fingers and the gun. We don��t see his face or his body. This applies to the (thus far, as of Episode 10) one and only time we see Kazuki kill someone:

Back in Episode 1, during the flashforward scene, which was between the end of Episode 5 and the beginning of Episode 7. We hear the gun shot, see the man in white’s shock and fear, see the man in blue who was shot slump forward, but we are never shown Kazuki pulling the trigger to kill him.

We only see afterwards, with steam rising from the gun and with Kazuki’s face shielded by his hat (at first). 

Outside of this, in both Episode 1 (December time period) and in Episode 2, Kazuki is infiltrating and then protecting Miri during their hits. Then in Episodes 3 and 4, both Kazuki and Rei are off jobs.

In Episode 5, we do see them return to the job, but it’s mostly just research and scouting. But even there, we see Rei doing more of the actual scouting aspect:

While with Kazuki we see him worrying about Miri spilling the beans on them caring for her as her papas:

Then we have Episode 6, when yeah, the two of them beat up that loser guy who tried attacking a group of kids. But they are both in mascot outfits when they do this and it isn’t hitman related. In fact, we kind of see Kazuki acting and behaving a similar way as he does in Episode 5:

He’s wearing the same outfit that he would for a stealth mission as a hitman, but we see him being loud and over-the-top and just focused on Miri.

Moments like these not only humanize Kazuki more, placing the “human being” first and “hitman” second reading into place, but also confirms that Rei’s and Shigeki’s words that Kazuki isn’t very good at being a hitman. His skills are lacking.

Episode 7 highlights this as well:

This is the only time we’ve actually seen Kazuki shooting a gun. But, even here, he misses:

When Yuzuko first found him, he was also shot in the arm:

Thus indicating his lack of skills, and also showing Kazuki in a hitman situation where he isn’t actively killing or shooting, but was instead actively harmed. The fandom doesn’t worry here, because this is a flashback, we know he is okay.

And the fandom never really worries too much about Rei when he’s gotten hit or injured, because we’ve not only seen that he has endured and lived through many hits and strikes as a hitman, but his character is meant to be a foil to Kazuki’s. So not only was he raised to be a hitman first, human being second, that is how he has been presented to the fandom as well. So we perceive him in that way too.

But, Kazuki is different. Since he is written, portrayed, and acted in a way that places the humanization of him first and the hitman aspect of his job second, when we see scenes like this:

A hit being placed on him. We worry for him, not only because of Miri’s presence in the photo, but for his as well. It’s because of this great writing that Kazuki being shown as wounded, like in the Episode 11 preview:

Gets the fandom worried. We know he’s survived very similar wounds before (Episode 7) and that he has and can kill people (Episode 1 - flashforward scene), but since his job as a literal killer is placed so secondary to his role as a caretaker and homemaker and to more humanization moments and scenes, and since we’ve seen his incompetence as a hitman given light...It’s easier for us to categorize and view him in a completely victim position like Yuzuko and Satoru’s significant other were. 

It’s what allows for the stakes to still feel real and dangerous, despite the fact that Kazuki is far more experienced and capable of protecting himself than either Yuzuko or Satoru’s significant other were. 

It’s also a great sign of writing that works well on various levels: character foil to Rei, proof of Rei’s and Shigeki’s claims of Kazuki’s inexperience and lower skill levels as a hitman, and on a plot level, being able to keep stakes high despite Kazuki’s job and capabilities. 

Finally, it also all just fits into the reading of Kazuki’s character that he simply isn’t fit for this line of work. He wasn’t raised into like Rei, he doesn’t have the personality or desire for it like Ryo, nor the slightly more disconnected position that Kyutaro holds, and he likely just fell into this line of work because his options were slim (especially if he didn’t have proper and formal education or grew up on the streets - like his parental abandonment and lack of knowledge about school related things like Field Day seems to imply) and the pay was good.

I’m personally hoping that this means that Kazuki’s character will eventually find a way out, but I also know that it could mean his character’s death. Both options are on the table, let’s see which one it ends up being!

[canisitsnotlupus]

Feel free to ignore this but why is the burrito method bad? A lot of people at my animal hospital do it when a cat is upset and it always seemed like a good thing? I don't wanna hurt any cats so I'd appreciate the explanation, I tried looking it up but all I found was stuff abt how to do it

Again, no pressure to answer, I was just super surprised when I saw that in your latest post

burrito method is, in my opinion, okay for things that are absolutely necessary (vet checks, etc.) however, grooming AND vet care can be made a hell of a lot easier through co-op, which many people simply won't fucking do with their cats. people largely - LARGELY - steal autonomy from their cats and this is really prevalent with vet and grooming care for cats. i see vets who will take time with dogs, let them sniff and get comfortable, then immediately burrito a cat and give no time for it to warm up. and i get it, cats can cause diseases, but.. it's literally flooding and shutting down an animal. that large amount of stress is NOT good. now, it is better to make sure your cat has their shots/vet care/etc. but like grooming? you know the cat is going to need to be groomed when it's a kitten (so obviously, adopted/bought as kitten cats, not adults but you can also train adult cats), and you can train it to be more accepting of those things without the need of flooding.

burrito method is literally teaching a cat that x is bad (going to the vet, groomer, getting in a carrier, etc) and has a large chance to make it worse. this talks about using it as a bmod for cats, which is not the same, but has some good points related and burritoing is expressly mentioned:

now these ARE about socialization, again, (which imo burrito absolutely shouldn't be done, ever) but people are just.. not counter conditioning and teaching co-op to their cats for their cats CAN be groomed and vetted in methods that are not highly traumatic usually (i am not sure i agree with it is safe and humane, if the handler is skilled... no offense but most vet assistants and groomers are underpaid, rushed, and NOT skilled in applying it and most think it requires no skill whatsoever and thus, it is usually traumatic for the cat). because burritoing is SO widely accepted in the pet industry as the 'way' to deal with cats, many people just don't fucking care about teaching their pet better ways. however, co-op is very new in dogs and cats (like.. last decade it really picked up speed?) so there's hope it will be done more and we will see burritoing put to the dark ages. basically, it's a complicated topic, but using burritoing as an 'out' as to why groomers should accept cats is ridiculous due to the problems it, too, brings and the fact it is still risky to the groomer... and it's hard as frick to groom a burritoed cat. sorry i got rambley with this because it's a Hot Topic for me. i absolutely understand using less humane methods to Get The Job Done on necessary care. it sucks, but you have to do what you have to do. the problem is we SHOULD be looking for other methods, SHOULD be training our cats to not need these things for basic care, because we know damn well a cat is going to need grooming at some point, to go to a vet, get shots, etc. so why not make the experience pleasant and not traumatic for the cat? it should not simply be accepting 'well you can just burrito the cat' as the goal. no. educate the owners to training their cats to accept care easier. promote co-op. tell people cats ARE trainable and can be taught to enjoy bathing and care without the use of a method that entirely removes autonomy from the animal.

[onepiece-oc-archives]

How to write Luffy in general without him coming across as stupid? I feel like in the animanga when you can see him, it's different from a story, where a reader (like a friend who wants to read your story) who is not a op fan might be confused about why Luffy is acting this way. I feel I write him too childish sometimes... or Zoro being too dumb... but then again I've been accused once of writing Sanji "too normal" because I had him not fall high over heels for every woman he sees and I left out the nosebleed too. How to find the right way to write the characters?

Hiya, thanks for your question!

To say it in one sentence: There isn't one correct way to write a character. You might not want to write things that directly contradict canon but, at that point, are you even writing the same character anymore?

You're definitely right on the fact that a visual format like anime or manga is different from a story though. For example, I would never write Sanji going 100% heart eyes and spinning around the room like a hurricane without human form because that just doesn't sound believable in a story - at least not in my writing style. If you write a crackfic, you can definitely still do that. I'd say: Write characters the way it feels right for you.

How do you find what's write for you? Well, by engaging with the characters. Preferably the main source material, so the animanga or live action, depending on what universe your story is set in. But it can also be helpful to read some fanfic and think: "Hm, do I agree with this? Does this feel right for me? Or does this just not fit the character in my eyes?" In the end, everyone will have their own interpretation of a character and that's okay - and even appreciated! I mean, it would be boring if we all wrote the exact same things, right?

Now, for some character-specific tips. I'm gonna just give a few of my thoughts on Luffy, Zoro and Sanji, since those are the three you mentioned.

Sanji is a great case of what I mean when I say that some things just don't work out in writing, like I already said. What I like to do for animanga!Sanji is to write him like a lovesick fool but without the physical comedy. Because he is a lovesick fool. Or at least he comes across as one. I can't really go into too much character analysis here without derailing the post and diving into spoilers, but he has his reasons for treating practically every woman like a goddess. So, don't be afraid to show that! It's a vital part of his character, so you can't just leave it out. I mean, imagine someone writes Sanji kicking a woman! He would never do that and has repeatedly said so in canon. Well, not yet in OPLA, but I don't see that as a spoiler. Literally look at him and how he behaves towards Nami and Nojiko. Generally, OPLA is a great example of how to make Sanji work without the physical comedy. He's still an absolute fool for every woman but he's not inhumanly weird. I love OPLA Sanji and I will never stop gushing about that - sorry not sorry <3

Zoro! Like with Sanji, you should keep his main characteristics, which is a lot easier for him that for curly-brows, I'd say. Zoro is blunt about his opinions, he has literally no sense of direction and he likes to sleep a lot. So far so simple. I also wouldn't say he's dumb, though he can come across that way. He just... doesn't care. He cares about getting to slice people and has a very pragmatic approach to a lot of problems. But you've gotta remember that he's also very knowledgeable about some things, mainly about swords and fighting technique. As much as it looks like he just rushes into battle without thinking, his attacks are actually thought-out and precise. Put him in the right situation and he might as well be a genius. Unfortunately, that situation doesn't apply a lot of times, so you're left mainly with his pragmatic side. But that pragmatic side actually does a lot of good for the Straw Hats, especially further down in the story.

And now, Luffy... Luffy is actually stupid. Yeah, I mean it, he's not the most intelligent guy. Not a calculated thought in that boy's brain. If he ever comes up with something like a plan, he comes up with it on the fly - and that's not a bad thing! It creates a contrast between him and the more calculated members of the crew. So, yeah, you don't really have to worry about Luffy coming off as too dumb, but you might not want to make it the main point of the scene too often or make it come off as forced. Think about it, how stupid could a human you meet on the street possibly be? Most people don't say nonsensical things all the time. There is definitely rhyme and reason behind the things that Luffy says and does, but he has his own perception of what "rhyme and reason" is. Also, he might not be smart, but he's emotionally intelligent.

I suppose the only way to really "get good" at writing characters is to get really familiar with them and try to understand how they think. Also, to just do it. There have been so many times where I never even got started on writing stuff because I was scared I wasn't going to do the characters justice - but I figured it out on the way, doing what felt right for me, and those fics have become my most popular yet. So, don't be afraid to experiment a little!

There you go, I hope that helped! Have a lovely day <3

[aquaburst3]

I saw another post in the TWST tag where someone sent an ask to OP about incorporating honorifics into their fics to "be more accurate". The OP was happy about it thanks to making posts wishing the game and novel translation would use those. I seen others say similar things in this fandom. I completely and politely disagree with that. To be frank, I think adding those in to any English version would be terrible writing and would do the opposite of what these people want.

The game heavily implies that the story takes place in their version of the west and are actually speaking that world's version of English, so they wouldn't be using honorifics in universe in the first place thanks to that language lacking those. That's why I think things like the White Day Cards, all of the maps and Azul's contracts are in perfect English instead of Japanese—they are actually speaking that world's version of English and the game is just translated into Japanese so it's comprehensible to the audience. Even the Light Novel mentions a similar translation spell happening on Yuu.

The Japanese version using honorifics makes sense. English works translated into Japanese add honorifics, too, and the same would apply here. The same can be said for scrapping them in the English versions, because they would be unnecessary thanks to how that works as a language.

Bringing them in would also cause more issues. For one, randomly tossing them in now would come across as super jarring. If everyone started spouting out honorifics in ANY English version of the story, it would automatically turn the whole cast into giant weeaboos (a westerner who idolizes Japan to a weird, unhealthy and fetishistic degree, especially if the person is white), which, in turn, would make the whole cast super OOC outside of just Idia, especially for ones like Vil and Malleus.

As for the "it doesn't state the character's relationships well enough without honorifics" statement these people spout out, we don't define relationships in English directly with language outside of addressing people we don't know or those in positions of power, but with context clues—attitudes and actions. That still shines through the English versions, simply because of how the characters behave and treat each other.

If you are wondering why I forgo this in my own writing outside of Deuce spouting them out when he's tired and not thinking straight, there's your answer. Normally, I would use honorifics or at least call characters by their surnames when I write fics based on manga/animes to be more accurate to the setting. In this case, the opposite is true, since the story is set in a western analog instead of a Japanese one. If some people have a problem with that, too fucking bad. I don't care. I think handling like this makes the most sense.

[physics-of-one-piece]

I'd like to propose a weird rule for One Piece physics for your consideration.

Ok, so a common complaint about movies, stories, anime, etc. Is a lack of consistency when it comes to the rules of powers, magic, tech, what have you. This is especially true for anime.

Essentially, physics are subject to the whims of plot and narrative. Yes, the protagonist's power should be able to beat the villain's ability based on evidence earlier in the story, but we need to build emotional tension in tue scene, so it's not gonna work right now. So on and so forth.

I am horrible at physics (barely passed in high school), but I do remember something about the rules of physics changing when it gets to the quantum level.

What if, a similar concept applied in the OP-verse? Like, when a certain event or outcome is necessary the rules rearrange themselves?

I'm not sure where I'm going with this, but enjoy my brain dump all the same. Can't wait to see what you come up with!!

Yes, agreed!

I do want to make like a list of the main speeds of chars, such as Luffy & Doffy. Also, Katakuri's speed when he becomes a donut will be fun to tackle!

Yes, we get a lot the rules rearranging themselves all the time in One Piece as you said bcs of plot and necessity for drama & emotion. Law's Gamma Knife should have been instant death for Doffy, but his strings came in handy. Speaking of Law, I think his room is the only one physics can't explain? That shit is just MAGIC. I mean, yeah, teleportation and all that, but I say MAGIC for Room. I mean, eternal life (though we can argue about the life force and energy being transferred), yeah, that's SUPERNATURAL and MAGIC. I mean, there are other devil fruits like that that genuinely don't follow rules of physics. And healing abilities of Mansherry for another. Then there is Giolla's art, too.

Okay, so we're talking here about a shift from classical physics to quantum physics. The principles themselves undergo a shift.

As you say, it's like a new playground. New playground will have new rules.

A simple example off the top of my head where stuff changes in classical vs quantum is

Superposition

In classical phys, objects are always in a defined, definitive state.

In quantum phys, there exists what is called a superposition of states which means a particle can be in multiple states until measured.

One of the best examples is the Double Slit Experiment. I found this very good explanation of it bcs fuck, quantum physics make my brain hurt.

In classical physics, waves (like water) form an interference pattern through two slits of appropriate size. It's just waves combining.

Quantum version is like shooting bullets one at a time at the slits (even with a large time gap, one per day, say), and each one either passes through or ricochets randomly, and leaves a hole at the target - and then after couple of hundred bullets, it becomes apparent that the bullet holes form a striped pattern. (except in the real experiment, the bullets are individual photons, or electrons, or atoms, or even molecules).

Anyway, yeah, if the plot demands it or the oitcome requires it, physic laws will be broken, and at one point, quantum physics itself may/will come into play ie the rules will rearrange themselves. Huh. That sounds cool, actually. That then starts the debate how much autonomy do such things have on their own without outside influence. There is no suspicion in my mind they have a lot of autonomy, and are naturally gravitating toward each other, craving to interact with each other.

One of the mysteries of the experiment above for the quantum version is how the hell do the particles know on their own to collectively create a distribution derived from the interference of paths going through both slits, when the particles can be sent through the slit one at a time and never interact?

[coredrill]

can u convince me to watch bravern? gurren lagann is the only mecha anime I've ever seen. should I watch it even? thank you.

i can do my darndest!!! 🫡 i definitely think it's worth a watch even if you've only seen ttgl - i've watched bravern with a few friends whose mecha experience starts and ends with evangelion, and they had a fun time!!! it's also standalone and only 12 episodes, so it's a pretty quick and easy watch!

anyways in terms of convincing you the first thing i will include is the OP, because from the moment i saw this i was like. i must watch this immediately. and i have been hooked ever since!!! and also it is sung by bravern (the main mecha) himself and it RULES. it does kinda spoil the gimmick of the first episode (the first 15 minutes or so try to sell the show as like. a serious war drama fslkdjfh) but it matches the tone of the rest of the show much better so i don't think you really lose much:

and i'm also gonna include the ED because everything about the show that ISN'T captured by the OP is shown in the ED…………i swear they made it this to give their audience a chance to wind down from how homoerotic the actual show itself is, LMAO.

in terms of things that might appeal to you as a ttgl fan - katsuyuki konishi (kamina's jp va) has a small but very funny role, LMAO. on the whole, bravern is also very much about characters surpassing their own limitations, and also the show surpassing its own limitations at the same time! i wouldn't say that the plot/stakes are exponential in the way that ttgl's is, what with them going to space and making universe-sized mechs, but it does give a very similar feeling of "surely this is as far as they'll go, right?………..OH NOPE NEVER MIND" imo!!! it's also so very much about the power of love that it got my hater ass rooting for the earnest yet bizarre romance that occurs, LMAO. i'd say that while ttgl's theme of "love conservative" isn't quite as explicit in bravern, it still applies!! overall bravern knows exactly what it's doing and loves every moment of it, just like ttgl does, which i think is a huge part of why i personally got sucked into it so hard LMAO.

also, the show is just fucking hilarious imo. the dialogue has so many funny out-of-pocket moments that made me genuinely laugh aloud and the situations that the characters get into feel like every time the crew behind the show was presented with the chance to make a decision, they chose the most unhinged option available in the best way possible. a non-spoiler example of this is that for some reason, the suez canal is still blocked in the bravern universe????????? like, this took me out when i saw it, because. WHAT IS THE REASON

honestly the one thing that really comes nowheres near ttgl is in its animation (of course), though i will say that bravern's 3d mechs look really good and are some of the best i've seen outside of studio trigger et al's recent work with promare/griduni!! also akira amemiya (who did a good amount of key animation in ttgl) did this cut in the OP which imo rules

i hope you enjoy it if you do check it out!!!! it's such a wild ride on the whole but it's really a special show and it brings me so much joy!!

[skypiea]

(I'm with you with regards to the "quite easily I like it" OP post btw! Just wanna make that clear ^^;;) I almost wonder if the gripes are like, in part people who see how the women are drawn and base All Their Opinions of the series on that. That or they got mad at the clown thing Tumblr did and just decided to hate the series for it. Or they're just a little hater, honestly anything can apply. I'm not a fan of OP, haven't seen a second of it to make a decision, but like. 5 or 6 (including you- im not just a random, im just really shy LOL) of my friends are, and the one thing keeping me off from watching it is the fact that it's one of the longest animes still going- And I almost wonder if that also has a part to play in the "lol how can u watch one piece" thing people have going on. Also, have you seen the bananawanis yet?? I don't go here but I love them.

Thanks for the message! I hope you don't mind a bit of rambling (all that I'm capable of, always).

The thing is, I think there are plenty of things to criticize about one piece. I’ve seen and had many thoughtful discussions about elements of the work that can easily be considered harmful stereotypes, as well as some well-intentioned ideas that I think were executed in a subpar and clumsy manner. Some of these are directly a result of the author being only 1 guy with 1 lived experience, some are the result of broader issues in the shonen genre.

And these discussions are great! Everyone is better off for having thought about these potentially damaging aspects deeper, and it’s incredibly important to be able to recognize that an author you respect and follow isn’t perfect and doesn’t need defending over every single thing. And at the same time, I fully respect anyone who has no interest in getting into the work because they don’t want to put up with any of the parts that are far from perfect.

Personally, what I can’t stand is the tone of condescension people are very quick to take… I do not fault anyone for not digging the show's visual style, it's not for everyone. But I don't really appreciate the implication that I'm like, stupid or misogynist or cumbrained just because I enjoy the work overall. Or even because I do enjoy Oda's art; I think he is a really talented artist, but elements of his stylization are not always my favorite, including both his general figures for both women and men. This is not even starting to mention the incredible talents of many of the individual animators who work on the one piece anime, who all put a lot of their own amazing flair into adapting the work.

On the topic of the latter thing, I've truly never understood the length being a barrier to the ability to enjoy the work. It's always really baffled me...? I don't know if it's like, people who are only interested in getting into OP specifically to interact with the fandom, but in my opinion there's no actual factor that makes you need to catch up to current as fast as possible. In my mind, having so much of a new thing is wonderful for me; I'll have a lot of great story to enjoy, I can take it at my own pace, enjoy watching a bit at a time for a long time. I guess everyone just wants to be done with something as fast as possible these days... Pretty sad... Make it last and enjoy it lots :-)

I've gone on for long enough, but basically, I couldn't care less if anyone doesn't enjoy the same thing that I enjoy a lot--that's life! I simply can't stand being treated like some sort of idiot for liking it, and I'm done basically agreeing with those kinds of people by giving them any ground. None of this is a super serious problem of course, just a pet peeve... but what is a blog for if not talking at length about my silly little pet peeves ;-)

Of course I adore the Bananawani, as well as all the other fun and silly animals of the one piece world. I hope we'll see them again one day, it's been so long... Here's one of my favorite one piece species for you, the Lapin. Love these guys.

To finish off, I'm just going to include one of my favorite recent pieces of one piece's animation. Hope everyone's havin a lovely day ^_^

[walks-the-ages]

Just saw the stupidest post I could have seen, saying "if you're a regular normal tumblr user and you go around flagging people's post as mature content, you're a cop/conservative/support censorship/etc!!!"

lol. lmao, even.

If you tag your posts correctly so they can be filtered correctly by blacklist filters, you wouldn't have to worry about your post getting flagged with a Community Label.

Does your photo post contain contain untagged nudity, body horror, or gore? You bet your fucking ass I am flagging your post.

If you are posting nudity and you refuse to use the NSFW tag? I am flagging your fucking post.

That tag exists so that the content can be filtered by blacklist extensions, whether because people like me are repulsed by sexual content, or because people might be scrolling Tumblr in the breakroom as their boss or coworker walks behind them and glances down to see straight up porn on their coworker's phone -- you need to tag your goddamn fucking nudity and sexual art as NSFW .

If the OP tags it, every reblog will get filtered for the people who have the tag blacklisted.

If you straight up refuse to use that tag and I have to see your untagged (and thus unfiltered) shit on my dash, I am not only flagging the post but also checking your blog, and if you've got multiple posts all completely untagged so they can't be filtered, you bet your ass i'm reporting your blog so it gets marked as containing NSFW.

Because guess what. if you properly tagged your shit in the first place, people who don't want to see it won't have to see it, and won't report it for being untagged NSFW.

Same thing goes for goddamn fucking gore and body horror . Do I even need to explain this? Apparently so! If you are posting extremely graphic photos of animals with horrifying conditions and extreme injuries without tagging the appropriate gore , blood, injury, body horror, etc tags, your post is going to be fucking flagged as gore and you don't get to throw a fucking hissy fit .

Tag your shit with the proper, uncensored, standard tags for your content, and you will not have to worry about it gaining a Community Label.

Also, Community Label does not always equal nudity/sex, Community Labels also include violence , along with drug and alcohol addiction.

[ID: a screenshot of the tumblr account filter system, showing the 4 community guidelines and the options for filtering them in your account. The top of the list is a general warning for 'mature' content, followed by Drugs & Alcohol Addiction, Violence, and lastly Sexual Themes, all of which have three options beside them: show, blur, or hide, with this example screenshot set so it 'hides' all of the labels. end ID]

Seriously. Tag your posts correctly, and you won't have to worry about people applying their own community flag to it. Do you know how many fucking porn bots there are, right now, in 2023, posting untagged full frontal nudity and spamming users inboxes with messages? Community labels and reporting is how they are able to be hidden until their bot accounts get nuked.

Anyways, this clearly and obviously not about the transphobic trolls who go around flagging tran's users selfies as "mature content" , this is about the very, very real issue of people on tumblr straight up refusing to tag things that are NSFW with the NSFW tag, or refusing to use the gore or blood or body horror or injury tags when posting graphic images of horrible injuries on animals (or people for shock value on donation scam posts).

If you're posting any kind of NSFW art, you need to tag it as NSFW. No extra words in front or behind. Just 'NSFW' needs to be the first tag in your list. you can add whatever else you want after that, but the 'nsfw' tag needs to be just those four letters for it to filter properly!

TL;DR: Tag your shit correctly so my blacklist can filter it, or you're getting a fucking community label and you don't get to fucking complain about it.

[elspethdixon]

Even the “trashy” television the people OP is talking about like to judge you for can be too active depending on the person and the situation. If I get stressed enough, I can’t watch new-to-me television shows or fictional tv content in general. Nature documentaries and docudramas about prehistoric life only. “No fannish shows, only this obscure series about a wildlife refuge in Namibia,” sounds smart and worldly, but it’s actually the opposite. “No characters I might get invested in that could have bad things happen to them, no content I’m fannish about that involves emotional investment. It’s time to rewatch the collected works of Sir David Attenborough for the 46th time while fast-forwarding over the stressful bits where people talk about poaching/habitat loss/anything being endangered. Then we can rewatch the BBC Walking With Monsters series again. No need to have anxiety about how humans are destroying the planet and wiping out endangered animals when you’re watching something set before the Mesozoic! Humans don’t exist yet so nothing bad that happens to the fictionalized Devonian and Permian creatures is our fault. Oh look, the orphaned warthog in Namibia was successfully re-released into the wild just like it was every previous time I watched this program, how nice.”

The same applies to reading - when I’m stressed I’ll pass over new fiction on my tbr list in order to read nonfiction because it doesn’t require as much thought/imagination/emotional investment as something with fictional characters and a plot does. Worst case scenario, I’ll just reread the same three books about evolution over and over again. No sci-fi or romance novels, only Donald Prothero’s Evolution: What the Fossils Show and Why it Matters and Nick Lane’s book on the biochemical origins of life for the 14th times

[ghostiegirl56]

Genshin Multifandom Drabble/Rant

Ok I know I mentioned having twisted x obey me chapter 2 done but I had another idea for a mixed fandom fic.

Blame my amazing persuasive skills to convince my friend to play genshin and then her wanting to talk about lore while co-oping.

Kinda spoilers for genshin. Like not really just for a few voice lines and which twin is Canon. (Khaenria'h gets mentioned twice so eh)

I'll be referring to Canon (aether as protag and lumine as abyss

So like Aether hasn't been able to find Lumine for 500 years (talk about giving it a boy look). But what if it's because different worlds keep summoning him and when he gets put back he just keeps getting disorientated.

Like he's searching dragonspine for Lumine, gets summoned to another game/anime and then he's plopped back into schneznya. Doesn't help that lumine's hiding in the abyss.

This has the opportunity for nearly 500 different fandoms and Aether's stuck with them for maybe a few months or heck even a year.

And even more potential for a prequel of the twins visiting each place before arriving in teyvat.

Anyway back to the how of Aether being yoinked, say when first travelling through the other worlds Aether (being the doormat he is) left maybe an artifact that can temporarily bring (the assigned twin) to the other world for like a year and then saying like

"if you ever need help again don't hesitate to call".

And when you consider that not every world they travelled to probably had magic. Those artifacts would never get used and instead be like a family heirloom because A:

Every family has some sort of crazy heirloom that you have to question if it's cursed.

And B:

If two people with magic descended from the sky that's God and you don't (theoretically) call them lightly.

But also at least Aether canonically has all his power sealed and the way visions work mean their use is limited to teyvat (visions need elemental energy and the specific formula for elemental energy is likely only found in teyvat). If Aether's statue powers work the same...

He's just some regular dude who got summoned probably because of someone's desperation. Like the world could be ending and this almighty being that has seen the birth and death of stars (which is surprisingly canon) who descended hundreds of years ago is now a magicless, crop top wearing twink (affectionately) who needs his sister to tell the Macca's employee he asked for no pickles.

I imagine in some worlds they've accidentally started a whole religion around them (more reasons for Celestia to be haters).

This could also apply to Lumine and that's why she spends so much time in the abyss, to make up the time she lost on her summons. Since 1 teyvat day is 1 abyss month (if I remember correctly).

Also if I had a twin and they disappeared on me for 500 after I slept for long enough that (twin in question) pissed of a higher being that sent literal gods to destroy the place. The next time I see them it's a fucking tackle hug them for abandoning me and cause I'd miss them.

The fact Aether is so chill and somehow sane about this implies either A:

He has no capacity to be upset (proven wrong by the chasm quest)

Or B:

This has happened before.

Which lead onto a new headcanon of Lumine and Aether travelling worlds and they'll just randomly fight like

"Noooo it's my turn to overthrow the gods"

"Nuh uh you defeated my evil organisation so I didn't get my full turn"

Soooo after all my ranting basically. Aether or Lumine getting dragged to worlds only to be plopped back in teyvat after their summoning artifact runs out of time.

Obey Me The exchange program

So back to the multifandom part. Imagine that a twin (I'll use Aether as my example) is selected for the human world exchange program due to probably being known for magic in ancient human history books. Then one of two things vould happen.

Barbatos succeeds in summoning Aether because its Barbatos.

or 2

new backstory for a brother of choice, having been given a summoning artifact at somepoint and coming in clutch to summon Aether. Which creates a nice little reunion

and part .5 Paimon can come with and be surprised about archons sharing names with the demons.

If its option 1 I can imagine Aether learning about how much of a dick the brothers father is. Then going like

"Where his he? He needs to know that wasn't right"

(Aether is tired alright pretend its exam season)

Lucifer: "We fought him and lost what makes you so sure you can" Aether: "I've done it before. . ?"

Even if it wasn't specifically Obey me's god. Like it could be and this is how the brothers find out Aether is potentially older than them. Also Aether could totally tell them all these stories about gods he's fought and that its a common thing in each world for someone to fight god.

idk I think that could reasure the brothers.

[honeybeewhereartthee]

PINK KKOMAS KOHAKU OUKAWA 75

Spoiler for my stories

Doll is pulling Sea to joined him have lunch since the other guys seems too focus on his little activity, while they did so. Doll saw blood staring at the ocean while holding his cat again who is now covered with different type of ribbons.

Doll: >.> Hmm

Sea stared at the direction doll stared at: →_→???

Sea stared back at doll who have conflicted face: ←_←???

Doll: (٥↼_↼) that guy is being weird.

Sea gesture something to doll: ヽ(´ー` )

Doll: ...

Doll: I don't understand your gesture. (；^ω^）

Sea, point at Blood again who's dipping his legs in the water: ( ˘ ､ ˘ )

Doll: >.>

Doll look away from the sight of Blood: I can't point a finger at it but he still suspicious.

Sea: (˘･_･˘)

Doll: bee told me stuff that guy said a few days ago. (─.─||）

Sea: (?・・)σ

Doll: >.> I don't know how that world works as a whole but basing what Bee said. Blood or mad hatter implying something about clock. He also said about him and bee being similar.

I can point out that he mean that he and bee have been through a "time" paradox, timeline or whatnot since it's connected to clock.

Doll takes out a notepad as he start to list what his saying.

Doll: Bee is casual about his world story, that guy causally says he become a past tense for hundred of times for his love. Nor did his lunatic side denied that claim of the reason why Bee is "made" __〆(￣ー￣ )

Sea, don't know what to say when Doll went Sherlock Holmes: (・–・;)ゞ

Doll: pretty sure that the concept of time being part of their story is only applied to those two. Bee often boost that their "omae" can return back time and he can access the time labyrinth before. ( . .)φ__

Doll take a deep a moment to think of something.

Sea: (?・・)σ???

Doll: →_→ the case of event of twisted wonderland, it's not a new world, rather it's a world made since long ago. I learn it from snooping around. (￢ ￢)

Sea: (￢_￢;)

Doll: blood always act mostly the most know it all bitch. (`ー´) that asshole knows the back of my hand than I do. Now his acting dumb as baby.

Sea, sigh at Doll wording: (´-﹏-`；)

Doll: fuck, he even able to summon that house of his even in the button of the sea. Or anywhere at all (︶︹︺) I heard that he have shadow hands so he have the same number of limbs/ arms a spider really have and they can carry bunch of things, not carrying about weight withers. ヾ( `ー´)シφ__ IN SHORT THEY ARE OP!

Sea: (─.─||）

The darling Doll continues to write something on the paper

Doll: fuck. I remember that ranking he said. He never stared his rank. He just said Bee as a whole is the OP. (↼_↼) I wonder what's my rank through is this like dragon balls power level or bleach?? Hmm I think watch too many anime with Kana-han.

Sea: (・–・;)ゞ

Do: anyway, I don't want to write more about Blood and waste my papers. σ(￣、￣〃) that guys probably did that to himself or his just plain out acting all this time. Through that time. I think his genuinely weird.

Sea:

Doll: what.

Sea point at Blood who's listening to doll rant all this time since he take out his notepad: (˘･_･˘)

Doll:

Blood: it seems that sweet Dolly detective is on to me. What a honor to the humble me.

He chuckle as he pats Doll who who's about to explode from embarrassment.

Blood: you really shouldn't dwell to stuff that will get you into troubles. It be bad if you follow certain someone footstep... Sigh why does people of your world always stick your nose to business that isn't yours?

Doll:...

Doll, already takes out his blades: YOU BASTARD!! SO YOUR BACK TO YOUR TRUE COLORS!!! (`ー´)

Blood: hmm? What makes you think I acted differently? How amusing.

Doll:ԅ( ͒ ۝ ͒ )ᕤ I WILL AMUSE YOUR FACE WITH MY KNIFE!!!

Doll soon chase Blood around and Sea watch wondering about how people in the surface is odd.

To begin with he already notice something off with Blood the moment he appeared that day beside him in the beach.

He seems free from the usual chains he sees him in before, but that guy put those chain back on himself.

It keep returning as others keep mentioning about stuff connected to the blood they know.

He wonder if, if others don't mentioned what kind of person he was before. Would he stayed the same...

Sea pause on his thoughts as he remembers what Bee shared to the group.

'even if we don't tell him anything, he said it's like something normal occuring thing to him... Sigh... People above are strange. '

He no longer tried to follow doll the Sherlock Holmes footstep and just return on playing on his pearls.

.

[gravelgirty]

When you give a cat a home...

Please remember what it means.  In the USA if you want to do the right thing, most vet offices won’t simply spay/neuter a cat or dog off the street without putting them through tests (bloodwork, scanning, labs) because that’s how they screen for diseases.  And it is expensive.

We took in this little fellow, starving and rail-thin during a rotten winter storm.  He had been living on his own for quite a while, but we can’t keep him. We were saving his life. 

Fine, we thought...We’ll apply to the local shelter and pay the sliding scale fee to get him spayed and surely he will be far more adoptable that way (oh, yeah). My sister’s porch is overrun by all these cats the Crazy Cat Lady had on her porch and then she died...they all have diseases and keep breeding faster than she can keep up, and she actually found volunteers who do TNR for free.

But my application was processed at the same time the county seized multiple hoarding households and first one, then another, then another house made the news for SO MANY CATS brought to the shelter, all in physically poor condition and in need of their own neutering.  Let’s not mention names; Tacoma is a big place but not big enough to protect privacies.

The weeks ticked by with no end and sight.  We live sparingly; I have three jobs to keep up with rent and utilities and food.  My kids work too but we don’t have a car and public transportation is a minimum $62 a month for each adult. My son’s cat is diabetic and needs $160 a month in insulin and syringes; that doesn’t even cover the diabetic cat food (pro tip: FELINE FANCY FEAST CLASSIC PATE any flavor is ok for diabetic cats!).  But at $1 for a tiny little can...it adds up.  For all the household cats we pay half and that means a minimum of $150 for food and litter).  Those medical credit cards, like Kare Kredit, are great in emergencies but your ability to make payments on time is soon gobbled up by cascading recurring purchases.

This is not a bad cat.  But he was in a bad situation.

Someone must have loved him.  He was litter trained and let us clip his claws(!) But he rarely purrs, and is nervous at being brushed. Being an intact male 'Orca’ wants to spray and our cats are harassed at his high energy and desire to play. Perhaps someone just couldn’t take care of him when he stopped being an adorable and physically immature kitten. We don’t know.  We were $900 in debt taking care of our cat before he came to us, and things are getting worse.  The stool sample test for parasites costs as much as month’s supply of veterinarian insulin syringes.  The pre-op health exam cost us $268.82.  Tomorrow’s blood work will be another $50-60 and the neutering surgery alone?  I don’t even want to know and that doesn’t cover using LYFT to get him to the vet--$30 in each direction, totaling to $120.  

Surely there are cheaper vet offices?  I have no doubt.  But so many offices are full to bursting and not taking new clients.

We don’t regret bringing him in, because damn it, fair is fair.  He doesn’t deserve being cold and hungry in a place where coyotes are feeding pretty well on cats their foolish owners let loose to ‘be free’.  He came right up to us.  No one posted a LOST sign; there was no proof he had been in a home for a long time.

I don’t know about other countries, but if medical debt isn’t taken seriously for humans if you are trying to apply for food stamps and other emergency resources, they sure as hell care less about pets needing care.  System = Broken over here. We already live out of the food bank (that’s its own struggle, trust me).

If you want to take up someone’s offer for a needy pet, please don’t be nervous about offering to give a few bucks toward set pet’s care with them.  Yes, many people are proud.  But the phrase ‘pay it forward’ is pretty damn hard to argue with.  Use it.  Also, when people are stressed and wondering if this little animal is really going to a good home, offering them some money is a reassurance that you can afford to care for them.

We are humans.  Part of our responsibility is stepping up to the plate when another human fails in their obligations.  And sometimes, it really costs.  

If anyone is looking for a pretty little cat in the Tacoma area and they know they can care for him, PM me. He’s coming chipped, vaxxed, tested, spayed--all the trimmings.  Except for those pesky reproductive organs.  Those are getting trimmed off on Tuesday.

[basedkikuenjoyer]

Kishotenketsu & You, Part 2

Did I make this entirely for the title rhyme? No, but it was a factor. Because I’m in the refreshing mood, this is worth a post as well. We’re getting back to some anime fun next few days. Got Jojolands, and the OP Academy panels coming up. Kishotenketsu...naturally you can’t have a part 2 without a first so why write the same things twice? If you don’t want a second essay, it’s a four part story structure with mega deep roots in Asian writing. The Act structure, it works for that and Kiku/Yamato share names with their respective parts. Leaving off with the play wrapping up, the Rakugo narrator...that’s arguably leaving with only three out of four parts completed. Which is no problem! The next island serving as the final is just on brand. One Piece just does use this structure like this, but Wano does use its theatrical themes to be a little meta. It’s lowkey very similar in function to a school play as a penultimate saga in a slice-of-life series. Falls under the wonderfully weird umbrella of “pulling an Utena” as well.

So what are we doing today? Looking at how the structure applies to individual Acts of Wano then ruminating on just how well it does to Egghead at this juncture. So for a reminder, try it for yourself and compare: Part 1 is an introduction. Part 2 develops. Part 3 subverts. Part 4 draws out the point through the way 3 ultimately tied back to 1 all along.

Act 1: 

Ki - Curtains open through Hawkins’s tarot game and the Crane Returns a Favor re-enactment. 

Sho - Okobore, Bakura, back to Okobore & up to Oden Castle.

Ten - Kiku & Kin know each other? The Yama or big climax being the samurai leaping forward in time. Different tone because now we’re back to our main plot that was already established.

Ketsu - Luffy isn’t ready to fight Kaido, he jeopardized the plan by not waiting for the right time.

Act 2:

Ki - Curtains open through the first “wheel” of pairing off Straw Hats and local buddies.

Sho - Those wider Wano stories fleshing out. Yasu’s execution will be the climax of this and it’ll wrap up as the story focuses more on Udon.

Ten - The capture of Udon, an unplanned detour. The big twist here would actually be learning Kiku’s little secret at the climax. 

Ketsu - Wrapping up reaping the benefits of all these stories. Enma, the added reinforcements from Udon, etc.

Act 3:

Ki -Curtains open through the flashback. Easy peasy.

Sho - Kanjuro the Traitor and getting in position. Meeting Yamato. Akazaya v. Kaido. All the way up to around when Luffy/Kiku fall.

Ten - Subtle but we do shift from here into the full mainline shonen part of the arc. Wrapping up fights. The Yama is Luffy’s awakening.

Kestu - The short after the battle segment until the curtains close.

Egghead:

Now, Egghead probably won’t be as long as Wano so Act 2 is probably our best comparison. It’s longer than Zou but doesn’t feel like it has enough steam to stretch past a Punk Hazard or a Fishman Island. And obviously it’s hard to do this with a still-unfolding arc. Still, I feel like we see an existing trick. Act 1, Kiku’s introduction is bounded by mirrored chapter titles. [The Crane/Luffytaro] Returns the Favor. Egghead? [Luffy’s/The Genius’s] Dream. I don’t think that perfectly marks ki giving way to sho, but it’s somewhere around there. We’ll get more entrenched in the battle, the cutaway stories mature but they don’t dominate like we see right now. Wherever sho starts, it ends with 1078 as we’ll pull away revealing the traitor. 

Like we said yesterday, what remains to be seen is the nature of this extended break from our main cast. Six chapters is a lot already and I feel like we have at least two more. One more for Sabo’s story and Vivi/Marco’s groups still lack an update. Maybe we could do all that in one? Marco sorta has a precedent for playing us in so yeah I guess you could say...tie off Sabo’s in one while also showing how Vivi got up in the sky with Wapol (Hey, isn’t that thematically a little like starting her adventure like the next step of the crew’s without her?) and then 1086 starts with Marco leading back into Egghead. That’s theoretically all you’d need. But it could go longer, and we stay away for another round of Tales from the New World that spiral into all being shaped by the Incident at Egghead Island.

[thunderpounce-inc]

Inc's wacky fan continuity idea: Transformers: Autowar

Expanding on this idea, because I have been reading too much Orion's Arm again (it's REALLY GOOD if you like sci-fi!)

Setting goes that Unicron and Primus are some unknown agent's feral autowars, abandoned like aquarium fish dumped in a stream to become invasive species. Both are non-self-aware animin transaptient (aka AI that gets so smart it becomes like a human is to an animal) manufacturing bases, and the actual transformers are their modosophont combat units.

Meta, the goal is turn Transformers into starfish aliens (kind of) while keeping largely the same themes and shapes

Also yes I know much of this is kind of inherently softer sci-fi than OA, merging something with Transformers kind of requires one to let things get a little silly. I have a great temptation to get VERY SERIOUS with this but I have enough overly thought out projects, let's let the transformers be a little silly,,,

The Quintessons at one point find these feral autowars and try to tame them for their own uses, but it goes badly when the transformer units themselves revolt.

A late-stage major conflict of the story will probably be galactic pest control being called under the command of 'we heard someone very irresponsibly dropped off a bunch of autowars out here in the middle of nowhere to become someone else's problem. what do you MEAN the combat units are sophont?!'

An overarching conflict would be the fact that the transformers war itself is old but also illogical; the original conflict Unicron and Primus were built for is long over, and is only continued out of something akin to an instinctual drive. All transformers are (usually) built by Unicron (Decepticons) or Primus (Autobots), and both of those make new transformers with the explicit purpose of using them to try to kill the other. And of course, the individual transformers themselves perpetuate it because 'well HE killed my conjunx and SHE committed a war crime and THEY just piss me off because I have been having my ass whopped by them for the past 1,000 years-' and so on. People are petty, vengeful creatures and that applies to robot people too. Especially if they are very hard to kill and so the bombastic near-ritualistic combat isn't as dangerous as it seems. (revel in the over the top nonsense. bake it into the worldbuilding! give it consequences!)

The world I have in mind for this is a little more OA flavored inevitably; late late late space age, but a bit tumultuous despite the prevalence of things like mind uploading and morphological freedom and ascension.

Transapient Optimus would be a really funny idea, I think. OP who is unimaginably wise because he's breached the first toposophic barrier, and sometimes makes decisions that seem to predict the future or deal with problems everyone else didn't even notice were happening. But who also sometimes acts in bizzare and seemingly illogical and irrational ways because he is aware of facts that are just not comprehensible to modosophonts. Megatron inevitably has to also to be transapient to stand up to OP with any hope of not immediately crumpling, but maybe it would be funnier to hand that role to Soundwave, who in continuities like TFP sometimes feels like the guy who's ACTUALLY running the show. The Matrix of Leadership, obviously, would be some manner of transapientech/clarketech, maybe given by Primus to upgrade one of their units to S:1.

Overall the idea is pretty much a transformers/Orion's Arm crossover since it's basically injecting OA ideas into a TF setting.

Feel free to do with this rough idea as you please! make modifications, speciate it, whatever c:

I share it because it's fun, not to like claim it as the ultimate authority