#they're all the same they're all human

[nullcoast]

Hmm it's almost like gender is a construct so getting into minutia arguments about microlabels is a complete fucking waste of time and an expression of extreme ignorance. almost like the million different ways queerness has been expressed all contradicting eachother for hundreds of years is for a reason and they all equally have important things to say about HUMAN EXPRESSION

[inkskinned]

"don't make it political!" .... what proportion of death and suffering must occur before politics are involved. if this isn't political, what is even the point of any politics, ever. of democracy. the words are "by the people for the people." if i am going to be left alone by my elected representatives to "figure it out" - to undergo damage, hardship, fear. what the fuck did i elect them for. what was their job. the entire point is that they handle this shit. this is why we were supposed to be electing leaders.

poverty is political. misogyny is political. gun control is political. climate change is political. how much aid a community gets is political. what the fuck are you talking about. it's been political this whole fucking time.

[canisalbus]

For your gay little dogs

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[hollis-art]

turned my childhood LPS guys into cool college kids :)

[poisonouspastels]

hi guys here's my interpretation of Tessa as a drone hope you like it

[harmonysanreads]

Anaxa is quite emotionally intelligent and I point this out because in the half an hour something screentime that he had, this quality really stood out to me. He commends Castorice for being able to put herself in other people's shoes as a ‘marking of a true scholar’. But even more than that, the way he hauled his sick body around Okhema, taking a risk against Aglaea, just to deliver the news of his comrades' deaths to their loved ones left a deeper impression on me. Especially the way he approached them, straightforward but understanding, expressing his regrets where necessary. You're given just enough information to think twice about your initial impression, maintaining intrigue for the future and I think that's neat.

[pleasureprose]

could’ve saved // could’ve killed

[bumblingbabooshka]

Tuvok is not as autistic coded in-narrative compared to what I've seen of Spock or T'Pol where they're othered heavily by those around them and have themes and arcs about struggling/striving to fit in BUT I do think he provides the vital autistic representation of not really angsting about your differences from other people because you're too busy and unaware and then even when you ARE made aware you mostly just think 'glad that's not me'. I think it's vital to have that sort of totally unbothered rep. I love that Tuvok is completely satisfied and proud of being Vulcan, doesn't long to experience emotion or struggle with a desire to express himself in a way his crewmates will understand, to be closer to them. I love that he has a long time and close friend that respects who he is and doesn't try to change him and that how close they are isn't framed as being in spite of his Vulcan nature. I love that being Vulcan isn't framed as a hindrance to him, like a roadblock to living a full and rich life. He has a wife and four kids and is a devoted husband and father. He's getting into gay horror scenarios. Tuvok was born on autism planet and he's thriving.

[daily-sifloop]

Hii can I get some uhhhh toxic yaoi? However the chef wishes to prepare it

Day 100: Princess and Knight AU

Or Day 81, but my brain took the prompt and ran with it.

Lore. or something:

In a world where the Island is all good and well, has a monarchy ruling over it and Siffrin is the heir to the throne. Cracking under the pressure of their position, Siffrin wants to escape, but is unable to leave his position empty, so in desperation he makes a wish for a "perfect replacement", except who could be a perfect replacement if not, well, themself! Loop is made, in that moment a being that has all of their knowledge and experiences but isn't "them" (point of view) seems perfect, they will do great! And Siffrin leaves, only to later realize that, hey, that's like them, literally them, they abandoned themself to a life that both of them hate.

Fast forward a couple of years, the Island is in political turmoil, the heir to the throne, Loop, is kidnapped by King, a member of an offshoot branch of the royal family that demands for a transfer of power. His base is in Vaugarde and outside of the Island's legislation, unable to send official forces, the royal family instead issues a notice "the one who saves the heir will get their hand in marriage", but as it goes with the Island it's not just a motivation for some hero, it's a wish, one made to keep the heir alive for that to happen.

Enter Siffrin, who became a wandering knight after his escape, currently travelling with the party (assembled for different reasons than canon). He catches word of what is happening with the island right now and well, he never stopped regretting what he did, but at some point all the marks left by the life outside the castle became too much to be able to seamlessly return to the life before. But isn't marrying someone you don't know, with no way to refuse just the worst? It's high time they stopped running running away from their responsibilities. So he dons his armour, leaves camp in secret under the cover of the night and goes to rescue.

When they see him, Loop is livid. Siffrin left them all this time to deal with his shit just to return now?? They reconvene with the party and it's time for the road to the Island, very tense and heartbreaking conversations, living up to responsibility, healing and severely confused onlookers.

[luguangs]

We are alive. And we will continue living. So long as you remain by my side.

[bezierballad]

"Episode 4 made me hate Ragatha"

...how? Because she called Gangle annoying when she has her happy mask?

Like, first of all she was drugged on the "stupid sauce". I know there's the argument that it basically had Ragatha spill her unfiltered thoughts about other people (such as not just Gangle but also Zooble and (deservedly) Jax), but if she hadn't been under the sauce's influence, her usual friendly and polite facade would've been intact the whole episode and not said those things.

I believe what Jax said was far worse in comparison (which is of course, typical Jax behavior), saying he "liked better when she was sad", since in comparison to Happy!Gangle (who's more manic, more assertive, and kind of a control freak), Sad!Gangle is meek and sensitive and (in Jax's eyes) a doormat, someone who he can easily torment and take his frustrations with the world around him out on without them screwing him over in return. There's a reason why he enjoys picking on her the most out of the ensemble, and right now he's pissed that the shoe is now on the other foot.

Anyway back to Ragatha. Because secondly and more importantly—

GANGLE LEFT RAGATHA DROWNING HEAD FIRST IN A DEEP FRYER.

I know that it was Jax who threw her in (again, typical Jax behavior) but Gangle (as both Ragatha's friend and the manager) still could've helped her outta there, but instead she just jollily walks off while Ragatha is sinking deeper into the oil. (She doesn't die from it, of course, but we clearly see that she's screaming and flailing in pain.)

And you know what else? This isn't even the first time this sort of thing has happened.

The first episode of the series has Ragatha get flung around by an abstracted Kaufmo and starts glitching out as a result (which, like the deep fryer, seems just as painful if not worse.) Pomni, after apologizing for not intervening promises Ragatha (who's a bit more nonchalant that any usual person would be in that position) that she'll go find Caine in order to help fix her.

Minutes later Pomni enters the endless exit doors, in an attempt to leave the circus, not thinking about what would happen to Ragatha.

And the thing is, Ragatha would've had every right to be mad at Pomni. And in Episode 2, it's more than implied that she is at least a little hurt by it.

Yet, despite that, Ragatha never takes it out on Pomni. She just brushes the moment off (or at least tries to) and spends most of the episode trying to befriend Pomni and even later vents to Kinger about her concerns about not being able to help Pomni feel welcome in her new environment. No matter how much physical or mental pain she endures, she keeps her polite and friendly facade. (Really, the only times we see her get pissed is whenever Jax is being an asshole.)

Which, begs the question: how many times has Ragatha gone through this sort of thing? How many times has she attempted to befriend others who later turn and walk away when she's suffering? Has this happened so many times to the point where in the first two episodes she brushes it off like it’s a normal occurrence for her?Judging by her reaction when Pomni thanks her for showing concern for her in episode 3, that could've been the first time someone has ever said that sort of thing to her.

For all we know, Ragatha's unfiltered remarks about others in Episode 4 was her being fed up with being the universe's ragdoll (literally and figuratively). And, since apparently Episode 5 is going to be Ragatha focused, she could be close to snapping (not in an abstraction way at least I hope not) and dropping her own "happy mask" completely.

Honestly I commend the amount of restraint Ragatha has on herself even while on the stupid sauce, because she could've said something far worse than just calling someone "annoying" and a "grouch" (Caine's swear censors aside)

[transformers-spike]

Starscream: Tosses the baby off of nemesis to see if they'll fly

S/O: STARSCREAM THEY CAN'T FLY! THEY'RE GOING TO HIT THE GROUND

Star: No, no, any moment now

Star: Aaaany moment...

S/O: SOUNDWAVE HE THREW-

They can't even finish the sentence. Soundwave fucking ZOOMS after that baby and then comes back to the Nemesis. Star lost baby privilages

How does Soundwave always here S/O when they yell for him? Don't worry about it

Soundwave also impliments a much safer method to test the babys flying abilities by doing uppies

ehffeuifewui at this point is this a separate reader for Starscream or did they all get the resident human pregnant? Either way, they're all Soundwave's children now

The baby's giggling all happily because it has the seeker flying instinct (without the proper equipment yet). And it's a good thing Soundwave knows how to soothe through his EM field. The little one has no idea what could have happened. Might as well serve Starscream the divorce papers

[bugwolfsstuff]

Cecil 'was born from a dream*' Markowitz: I straight up spawned when my (mortal) dad woke up from a dream with my other dad

Lou ellen 'was a rock given sentience' Blackstone: Cool I used to be a part of my dad's rock collection!

Both: Let's be best friends!

*Hermes has minor domains over sleep and dreams

[vanilla-bean-buttercream]

"Allies should be okay with hearing hard truths that we have been suffering through for years, because if a child has to experience it, they as an adult can take the time to understand it with their adult brain and their adult emotions, and if they cannot handle that, I shouldn't have to be okay with handling their feelings gently."

and

"Sometimes we go too hard on allies because they're the only person who benefits from the problem who will listen to us, and the anger that we have carried from being wronged for years should not be put solely put on the shoulders of people trying to help us, and they should not have to be okay with being mistreated with the same hatred that people have aimed at us."

Can and should coexist actually.

[prismaticutie]

Can someone make angst art of Gem and Joel at the Spanner meeting room (from Grian's POV) that is like a gif that glitches back to Mumbo and Skizz and has like the text of whatever Grian was saying about how it's like they've "been there the whole season" or "it's not weird at all". And also when it glitches to Mumbo and Skizz there's like dark sky purple watchery motifs and eyes around them

[somecunttookmyurl]

wait how DO you work out how old a cat is. it's not as straightforward as "1 dog year is 7 human years" right?

not that straightforward but not as complicated as a lot of people seem to think either

the first 2 years combined = 24 human years. (i think it's 14 the first year and 10 the second. but in any case they're fully entirely developed adults by the time they're 2. doesn't matter all that much. you could say 12+12 and it wouldn't really make a difference)

after that it's 4 human years for every 1 cat year. that's it. it doesn't change again. it's not a different amount for every single year or anything