#this ask may be incomprehensible.

[thegreatyin]

How has ur three guys' christmas been so far

the scoundrel has had a weirdly really heartwarming christmas so far, especially considering she is 1) the scoundrel and 2) literally got a letter from her evil(er) clone telling her to kill herself no i'm not exaggerating with that statement. she's probably giggling and kicking her feet and fawning over all of the flowers and songs and paintings people have sent her in the mail and overall she is just generally having a GREAT time and it is SO fucking unfortunate because It's The Scoundrel and when she isn't being evil slapstick comic relief something has gone deeply wrong regarding the very fabric of the universe

the scientist is mostly experiencing his... usual genre of horrors, though he has gotten a few very kind gifts from acquaintances both likely and unlikely. and also snudes (snake nudes). he's spending this particular christmas like he's spent the last few in-universe weeks- tucked away in his lab going through a weird fucked up mix of the world's worst bout of depression and also somehow the world's worst manic episode. yes, both of those things simultaneously. he's not doing well but also this has probably been the best week he's had since before the nemesis finale, purely by virtue of his loved ones going out of their way to give him things and get in contact with him and just generally forcing him to acknowledge that he is in fact a person who means something to others and does in fact have some amount of relative worth

the songbird has gotten virtually no christmas-specific festivities. he's just, like. Vibing? neutrally?? gameplay-wise, he's currently having spider symposium adventures while i scramble to get puzzle-demask scraps for the next part of light fingers. so that's. that's technically the answer for how his christmas has been. I Guess. he's been spending it with spiders. he's probably terrified out of his mind about it. he really really really really doesn't want to lose his only remaining eye, thank you very much

[maxillo]

I just want to say the recent jar thing you did was funny but I’m just wondering why did bambi not just open the jar normally? He has super strength he could’ve probably just twisted it and it would’ve opened. Why did he have to throw it at the ceiling?

Same reason why he couldn't immediately bust the door down to the basement in a new sight: he's only as strong as whatever would be funniest for the bit

[romans-empire]

Sometimes I would get an intrusive thought about becoming a massive asshole and hurting those I love in several ways and think, "huh, that was very Flowey of me".

[insufferablemod]

Wait u draw aip with jsut ur left hand????

asddshfjg yeah so i injured my hand like 2 ish days after starting askinsuffereableprick,,,,, i pushed through the pain for like 3 or so posts(not smart), in total there have been 8 posts on that blog that were done with my right hand, everything after oct 7th is left handed lmao

[cuteniarose]

Is this anything

[pigeonliker420]

whenever i go looking into help or random talk about bg3 i keep seeing people like comparing it to dragon age either in expectations or selling points and bro. ghirl. its not dragon age. its baldurs gate

[l48yr1nth]

Hi. Just wanted to say I really like your art. The way you use shapes is truly amazing and I love every art piece that comes up on my dash. :).

I AM. GOING. TO CRY.!

thank you and i love you and ur awesome and . i love you. :) :) :3

[whatudottu]

You know, at first the idea of the Galvans being high intelligence-low wisdom made me wonder if the Cerebrocrustaceans have slightly more wisdom than the Galvans to contrast being slightly less intelligent than them.

Then I remembered that one of their best scientists thought that a reasonable response to First Thinker-senpai not noticing him was to blow his planet up, and realized that nope, they’re just as lacking in the wisdom department.

Now I'm just imagining the Contumelia coming up with alien species to populate the newly-created galaxy with and making two ridiculously smart ones before going “wait, we can’t make them too OP, we have to nerf them somehow”, and in addition to having one species be five inches tall and giving the other species no hands, deciding to make them complete dumbasses when it came to practicality and sound judgment.

Galvans are considered smarter on the long term, being typically more intelligent than cerebrocrustaceans on the technicality that they plan thinks beyond one certain goal; there's a longevity to galvan tech that cerebrocrustacean tech has not been designed around, which is not quite 'planned obsolescence' persay but 'right to break' style fixing and updating versus 'goal a, b and c' design philosophy.

But that tends to make galvans 'slower' to think because they (as a generalised statistic) like to plan things to a more completed state, whereas cerebrocrustaceans are great at coming up with disposable instant ideas and solutions and move on to the next to outthink the situation they're in. In other words... autism vs ADHD /lh /hj adlkfhgfkl-!

I think the reason why species known for their wisdom aren't heard about in the wider galactic sphere (beyond just not having a concept in the world of Ben 10) is because they have a high enough wisdom to not get involved too heavily beyond their own scope. I mean certainly they'd be wise enough to retort were anything to happen to drag them out but, unless you're a 'wise guy' sarcastic trickster individual or 'look at what i can make' big brain smart alec, wisdom might not get you heavily well known (unless you're a geochelone aerio against a power hungry Aggregor)-

Nnnn the contumelia... considering that the construction of the universe is beyond our feeble human understanding, being the looks something up fifth-dimensional beings that they are (depending on what Ben 10 defines as dimension, this could mean they are beings of split timelines and come in the visual form that they do because of the very limited 3D snapshot a three dimensional being imagines which at the very least manifests in matters of emotional sway) they may create and destroy universes for perhaps the intrigue of divergent timelines, but I do not think they have control over the actual species that make that universe home. Something something I don't want to discredit achievements (even fictional ones) to the work of one specific cause, yada yada the contumelia being5D beings that are perhaps entertained by the comparably one dimensional 3D lives merely through the creation of new variable timelines.

[izzy-b-hands]

On a happier note, I am enjoying having to research baby milestones for the Midwifery Charge AU (fic and nostalgia rambles below the cut)

(which at this point, thanks to the help of a good friend, I've realised is best done as a collection of lil one shots from moments in it. I just. don't have the mental anything nor the organisation to do a multichap full fic rn. Y'all know I lose steam too easily on those and just don't do them as well as I do simple oneshots. I wrote a full original trilogy at age 10 and again at like age 21; I used all my 'full multichap project' juice too early in life AND both trilogies kind of sucked ass. RIP to them may their memory never find me again let alone be a blessing but I digress)

Bc it means I get to remember all the cute shit the cousins did when I was helping raise them and like. certain bits can be used for baby in the fic even!

Like how the oldest one learned to roll over from one direction, but then couldn't replicate it going the other way, and she would just. lose her shit wailing until someone rolled her over that way. Then she was good until oh fuck oh no, she rolled over right to left again and to her lil brain it was too different from rolling left to right, she's stuck forever oh g-oh hey someone rolled her back to her tummy. neat.

We never let her sit for more than a second or two stuck (mostly to try and encourage her to. ya know. Realise that she could in fact roll herself both ways and it would be fine. Took her time but she got there lol) and I'm just

Dying at the image of the crew so carefully taking turns watching Baby (who I'm gonna reveal bc I don't think I have yet? if i have ignore me lol, is named Basilica after Izzy's deadname (he gave her the name, there's an entire Thing abt it and little moments abt his journey as a trans man tucked into this au), going by Baz for short (thank u to the aforementioned good friend for this as a nickname for the full name, bc I was struggling to figure out how to shorten it and Baz is !!! perfect!!!) )

And she's been with them longer than expected. 4-6 months is the average that I've found for when babies learn to roll over, so maybe she's abt 5 months old at this point.

Doing tummy time with Fang and she does it! Right to left rolling over, absolutely perfect, stunning, no notes, they're gonna make her a medal but-

Oh no. She's gotta roll left to right now, and instead of rolling the other way she just panics and weeps and everyone on this ship is a big fuckin softy (i get it lol, I was with the cousins) so they keep rolling her over the other way to calm her.

Until they have a crew meeting and Jim mentions Nana telling them that sometimes, babies have to just. cry for a minute or two and learn how to do the thing. You can help, but first you have to let them try and encourage them to do it on their own. (they gloss over the fact that Jim also makes clear with this anecdote that Nana absolutely would have taught a baby how to throw a knife. And honestly, is she wrong for this? who can say, not me, but I like knives and think a baby with a knife is hilarious, so I'm biased. I'm never gonna have kids, don't worry lmao.)

Cut to everyone having tummy time while the ship is docked/anchored somewhere safeish (let's be real, for the Kraken crew, nowhere is really fully safe with all the raiding they've been doing. But Ed and Izzy and Fang all know the quieter spots other ppl have forgotten that they can rotate going to for moments like this)

In a circle, around Basilica on the blanket Frenchie designed and knit for her, while she whines and cries bc goddamn it, why is rolling the other direction so hard? So scary?

And they're all lowkey trying not to cry (Ed and Izzy the most out of all of them, for varying personal reasons that all ultimately culminate in a want for Basilica to have a better childhood than they did, including the little moments/early achievements like this) while babytalking like mad, trying to encourage her to roll the other way

It's just not happening, but juuuust as Izzy is abt to break and gently roll her over, a cannon booms in the distance

And if that adorable little shit doesn't roll left to right, then again, trying to lift her head up to see where the big noise came from. She's not even crying anymore, she's just curious!

Unfortunately, said cannon is a sign they need to head out, so they have to pick her up and get her settled in Ed's room(really Ed and Izzy's room, by this point. Are they back together in a healthy way? Not really, but they're Aware of their mutual issues and are just barely talking some of them through. or starting that process, at least) for her own safety and now she's crying bc she's so mad! She wanted to keep rolling over! She was literally on a roll, how fucking dare they pluck her off the floor so easily!!

Despite the potential incoming danger of another ship, everyone is giggling as they get the ship moving. I'm envisioning it like. U know when a baby is So Mad So Incensed, they're making those angry babbles that are loud enough to hear a room away? That sound is all they can hear aside from the waves and the far off cannon fire, and it's a mood lightener. Yeah, they might be about to fight for their lives, but listen to her! She's swearing! (I do absolutely have an idea for her first word being 'fuck' thanks to Izzy lmaooo)

And they're all as excited to escape not just for their lives, but so they can lay the blanket out again and have her show off her new skill. A little soft moment in between having to fight to save themselves or raiding for more loot (and baby gear/supplies, my god not a one of them ever thought they'd be threatening ppl for additional cloth diapers but. here they are lol.)

Anyway. Eventually I'm gonna get all the snippets posted up in an ao3 collection, including the few I've already posted here. When I get that started I'll drop a link, in the meantime I'm gonna see if I can get my brain to actually finish another oneshot for this au today lmao

[muninnhuginn]

utenanthy for the ship ask game :3

they would kill each other is because cantarella scene my beloved (and also. well.). but nah the layers to them are really what make it work for me. sometimes you have ships and one character is pulling all the weight but with utenanthy you have both of them un/intentionally sabotaging their relationship for much of the series because they're not on the same page despite ultimately both wanting the same thing in terms of escaping the cycle. they're both fully realised characters but (and this is similar to satorika for me) it's exactly because they're the characters that they are that they end up talking right past each other. and yet, because utena kept trying and anthy kept up her own small acts of rebellion, they are able to come to an understanding and the promise of a future together (and that's why I couldn't bring myself to tick off 'they make me sad').

[woolmasterleel]

Oh? 👀 I'm very curious, would you like to elaborate on how different Kisaki used to be? :3

YES thank you for asking!! o(*°▽°*)o

He was such a shy little guy... he wasn't really confident in his work. He knew what he was doing, but there was always a lot of doubt in his mind. He would often get so lost in his task at hand that if someone said his name, he'd drop everything, his work was often messy.

His love life was also a wreck. He didn't care about having a relationship, but when he got close with Tagashei, impressing him and trying to tell him was on his mind way too much. Overall he was pretty much the opposite of what he is now.

Quick doodle because. You'd never know that these two are the same people. I am so proud of him, he's accomplished so much despite it all, he is so much more confident and comfortable and it makes me happy (❁´◡`❁)

(drawn like an 🤮rganic chemical reaction)

There are a lot of events that lead up to how he is now. Of course you could do another reaction with more Limbo and you'd have Alpha Decay (～￣▽￣)～

He was just a shy science student... now he's a husband, a father, a renowned scientist, and an entity that is incomprehensible to the human mind o(*°▽°*)o

[bellaroles]

Somebody please give Li Wei a raise, the man is extremely capable at managing the estate and also alleviating Mo Xi's wrath.

[normal-cactus1221]

spellcheck is for losers and cowards

[worldofgoo]

How do I stop being a Hater like you it’s bad for my mental health

good question... hm... idk why it happened exactly so the easiest answer would be to just be me but that is not very useful to other people

probably a really big factor is just removing myself from things that make me angry. in my case thats mostly discourse since that was the main thing that pissed me off (and kind of made me doubtful about human nature in general tbh), but that did include also just not being around things that irritated me or didnt interest me either. its probably why i dont follow or follow back many people now, even though im sure most of them are very normal and nice, just kinda curating my surroundings ig

if irl is also exacerbating Hater Tendencies, or its things online that you can't necessarily avoid, I feel like the other side is to just try to understand the thing or people you're being a Hater about, and why some people like it or think the way they do even if its baffling to you. since there's some things you just can't change, or aren't worth the energy to change

[thegreatyin]

alright, i have some good news and bad news.

the good news: i have completed the cufflink saga transcript!! after 2 gazillion years!!! you can behold it here, in all of its beautiful deeply chaotic glory. (and don't forget to check out the previous discordance adventures while you're at it, since this follows on from them!)

the bad news: it's over 27k words long, and contains major spoilers for pretty much the entirety of the "cricket, anyone?" exceptional story, as well as minor but still fairly notable spoilers for light fingers, vague bits of nemesis, and various assorted pieces of railway content. don't say i didn't warn you.

also featuring in this saga:

-an inordinate amount of running 🏃

-catboy killing himself hours 💥

-gay bats 🏳️‍🌈

-sad bats 💔

-bats that have complicated feelings (which happen to be simultaneously sad and homosexual in nature) 🏏

-one (1) snake 🐍 (that is arguably many many many many snakes. and also some rats.)

-and, of course, a very morally dubious snowwoman (who maybe shouldn't have gotten away with all of her various assorted war crimes, but then again, can't a girl have hobbies?) ☃️

full credits, of course, to @superoffbatter, who RP'd this entire bundle of looney toons hijinks with me. thank you. i literally couldn't have done it without you.

now if y'all excuse me, i have some laying facedown on the floor to take care of (⁠◍>ᴗ⁠•⁠◍⁠)

cufflink incident when

what has the scoundrel been doing recently in the games

1) as soon as im done with it

2) currently? being a petty gay bastard. and also siding with the tigers in the intellect tournament so they win against their will (because the scoundrel must win)

[felikatze]

an example of how down bad isabeau is

hi it's me the isat script wizard. please. look at this.

this is a snippet from interacting with isabeau during the second snack break. if you dont know how to interpret rpgmaker isat script because you're normal

act 2: Isabeau (happy1): "Yeah?"

act 3 + 4: Isabeau (blush3): "Y-Yes?"

for some incomprehensible reason. isabeau blushes when siffrin talks to him in act 3 onwards only. not in act 2.

well. you may ask yourself. i know he's in love with siffrin. what changes here.

well.

it's.

siffrin's expression.

In act 2 it's serious 1, in act 3 it's fake 1, and in act 4 it's scary 2.

the only thing that changes is that siffrin looks more intimidating when talking to isa.

and isa finds that hot.