#this has been my tedtalk thanks for coming

[applesandbannas747]

listen. i love Fence. I love Fence TOO MUCH and that has always been my problem. the biggest mistake the comic made was leaving me alone for 18 months to play with my little blorbos between Issue 12 and Volume 4 (issue/chapter 13) because I got TOO attached to my original idea and understanding of the comic, the tropes, and the characters.

Will I get over it? No. Will I shut up about it? Also probably no. Am I done bitching about it for a minute? yeah probably

[buggachat]

tbh I really like the idea of married Adrien and Marinette adopting their kids. Both because it's kind of a flex on Gabriel and Emilie (who thought that the appropriate response to difficulty conceiving was to hunt down ancient magical artifacts and then create a magical son that they could puppeteer and control...... because adoption/surrogates were apparently.... beneath them. or something.) but also because I just think it'd be really cute.

Like, imagine Ladybug and Chat Noir, heroes of Paris, adopting Parisian orphans. imagine Marinette and Adrien struggling to get on the good side of a "difficult" traumatized child who used to spend their days in the foster system fantasizing about Ladybug and Chat Noir saving them without realizing the new parents trying to connect with them rn ARE Ladybug and Chat Noir. Imagine them fostering kids themselves and just being A+ stellar parents between Adrien's patience and Marinette's attentiveness and both of their affection. idk I just think there's a lot there and it could be sosososo sweet

[theaonlax]

"Akaashiii, the sunrise is beautiful isn't it?"

"Yes, it is."

[wexhappyxfew]

Kennedy Farley and John Egan of the Silver Bullets MOTA-verse Series

I burn for you / And you don't even know my name / If you asked me to / I'd give up everything / To be close to you / Pull the trigger on the gun I gave you when we met / I wanna be close to you / Break my heart and start a fire, you got me overnight / Just let me be

- close to you by gracie abrams

[ryonello]

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[rearranging-deck-chairs]

no offense to mel shes great its not that i want her gone or anything, its just that her narrative role would make so much more sense for yaz to have

[auranovachrono]

it's so wild how different the culture around shifting is on various social platforms. Like shifttok, shiftblr, and shifttwt are SO different.

the utility they serve is also really different and its interesting to see tbh

[autisticlalna]

"leo why the fuck did viking just assign vintage as a stand-in for you and murder them" WELL

okay. listen. i was doing the regular dnerds activity of speculating on what was happening bc everyone was hyping up saturday (today) because it was Something Big. and so, i collected several pieces of evidence to a theory:

viking has a skyblock series that avid appeared in

avid was in ruby's chat hinting about stuff, including talking about A Server and asking how tsmp's /live works

avid previewed a song about skyblock

...that was similar to a song viking improv'd about skyblock, suggesting another collab between them

various other people were implying being involved, most of which collab'd with avid previously like acornbandit

avid and doovid appeared in trog's most recent potatoblock episode

avid was generally the one hinting at stuff the most, like posting a skyblock emoji in his sneak peek channel

and then, a Really Big Thing that i literally could not say publicly because i was not supposed to see it. someone in avid's discord SOMEHOW spotted the Skyblock Kingdoms server in a server list and shared a screenshot in avid's discord a month ago, but avid deleted the message for Turbo Spoilers Reasons.

on top of all of that, i have been Away. all of the hype build-up to SBK was while i was with a bunch of dnerds In Real Life and didnt have access to my laptop + was only checking my phone occasionally. so when everybody was doing wink-wink nudge-nudge stuff again, i couldnt properly collect all my evidence and The Biggest Piece I Had was, again, something i could not publicly say.

so the conclusion i drew from all of that was "Avid is making a Skyblock server that Viking is on".

...it was Viking's server and Avid is hosting it (because Avid has hosted stuff for him previously, like Hardcore Multiplayer).

OOPS

anyway so that's why Viking wanted to burn an effigy of me on stream. Vintage is my effigy i guess. SORRY VINTAGE.

[the---hermit]

I am going through a mild reading slump and of course my brain is trying to convince me to reread the lord of the rings

[octoagentmiles]

Try list any Octo-Agents and think of an Episode you Think give them a Shining Moment

W O O F this took a while– I was thinking long and hard about this because there are SO MANY good moments and episodes 😅, and so many agents– it was difficult, but I’m happy with my answers 👀

Ranger Marsh’s Shine Episode is definitely The Monitor Lizards. I LOVE this episode, it’s one of my favourites in the whole series so far—not just because of the events in it, but as a concept. I LOVE the callback to the Great Swamp Search!! I watched the 2nd season blind, and seeing all these familiar faces was SUCH a fun surprise. It’s good for Ranger Marsh as a character, because it actually shows him doing his job as a Ranger, not as an Octo-Agent. It also reinforces the fact that he truly cares for and is friends with these creatures, even if they are invasive, and that he's willing to travel to check in on them. This is another episode that also proves (to me) that the writers know they’re dealing with an older audience for the show, and are more likely to delve into solid lore and continuity. This episode makes me really hopeful for more of that.

Natquik’s Shine Episode, WITHOUT QUESTION, is The Red Fox. Honestly I feel like I don’t need to explain why, but I will because I like talking ✨: Natquik is my favourite Octo-Agent, but overall we haven’t actually gotten that many episodes dedicated to him yet. The Red Fox gives us a close and personal look into what Natquik is like by himself (I love episodes where characters are alone 👀), how he deals with problems (by ignoring them until they get worse—which is interesting... *stares at Barnacles*...), and even hints toward his family, by showing us his family portraits, and leaving us wondering, “Where are they?” – There are so many moments I love in this episode, from when he first discovers the kits, decides to help them stay warm, rushes to protect Barnacles, to his bittersweet goodbye at the end. It’s all so perfect.

Tracker absolutely shines in The Missing Lake. Honestly, he shines a LOT in Above and Beyond, considering he never got his own episode in the main series, and was only in Operation Deep Freeze for two scenes. AnB has been really good to Tracker, and I’m so grateful they decided to make him an Agent. The Missing Lake sticks out to me the most, because for the most part he is by himself (and I’ve already mentioned my love for that <3), and unlike all his other episodes, we get to really see him be responsible and use his Polar Scout skills in action. He’s often portrayed as a follower, who just goes along with whatever he's told to do, but he takes charge twice in this episode: when he offers to help Rowan, and when he stays behind to save Buck. Love that for him.

Calico Jack. Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh, Calico Jack....... I could talk forever about this funky old cat man. He doesn’t just shine, he GLOWS in every episode he’s in—but alas, for the sake of this post I will be focusing on The Harlequin Duck. I love the showing of his gentle parental instincts in this episode, and his singing; since we know he canonically has a theme song, that I headcanon he wrote himself. I think far too much, and often, about how he legit panicked when he realized the egg was missing. How his first instinct was to hide that fact from Captain Barnacles. He was terrified, having a full blown panic attack on screen. He apologizes to the mother duck with such genuine solace, and promises to get it back “On [his] honour as a pirate!” ...Which is extremely significant to me, considering Kwazii was the first character to EVER say the phrase: “On me honour as an Octonaut!” in The Flying Fish after Inkling’s book was lost – and of course as a final touch, I adore seeing him work with Pete to get the egg back. The way he tosses the egg in the air, fully trusting that Pete will catch it... they’re so in sync, just as pirate and parrot are meant to be ;)

Paani... I feel like there’s so much more to him than what we’ve seen so far, it almost feels unfair to assign him a “Shine Episode”. So, instead of highlighting a single episode, I’ll quickly talk about three that stick out (PS: you might sense a theme 🤣):

The Barnacle Geese - Uncle Paani. I like the “I’ll be my own uncle” joke, and the Edgar Allen Poe reference. I think Paani’s determination to help the chick (who doesn’t seem to want help) is nice to watch, and helps to prove his worthiness as an Agent—which is always fun considering his hesitance when Barnacles tried to recruit him in S1E1. In a way, this episode also makes Paani seem more like Barnacles. See my old post analyzing the show’s intro. (*Stares at the episode title* 👁️👁️)

The Arabian Camels - Take a shot of cocoa every time I mention my love for episodes where characters are forced to be by themselves. This one is especially interesting to me though, because we know that Paani was alone, for a very long time, before he met the Octonauts. He has no trouble working and getting by alone, and we get to see him exhibiting that, while being out of his element (a dry desert) at the same time; and that’s really cool.

The Lonely Frog - ...Y’know how they constantly make the Octonauts/Agents meet creatures with similar issues to them? Yeah. *Stares at the episode title.* *Stares at the end scene where he says “Kinda like when I met you guys!” before obnoxiously jumping into the lake, in response to Shellington+Peso saying “They never even knew each other existed before! [...] and now it’s like they’ve known each other all their lives!”* *STARES MORE AT THE EPISODE TITLE,,* *wonders how long Paani was actually alone before becoming an Agent...*

Pinto, where art thou? He wasn’t in S2 at all, which was a bit disappointing since we just saw him get an Octowatch in S1. I would’ve expected him to be pressing that button every chance he got, giving us a “Penguin who cried Octoalert” episode. But anyway,, The Curious Penguin is the PERFECT episode for Pinto. It shows his personality really well, and I love how his distractions and the things he learns and discovers help him to save the day in the end. I think Pinto (just like Kwazii) is a good portrayal of ADHD, and how he just needs to be in the right environment to succeed. Each time Pinto messes up or loses focus, isn’t because he was left alone and couldn’t be trusted—it’s because he was left alone and understimulated. So when he’s thrown into a sudden high-stakes situation, all of his focus hones in on the moment, and he’s able to save Dashi and Paani by himself.

AND, because you didn’t say it had to be an Above and Beyond moment, I want to throw some love at The Oarfish episode from the main series. In this episode, Pinto no longer views Peso as “less” than an Octonaut, and is so excited to watch him do his job—it’s really cute!! His impulsivity is once again a positive thing—granted, it seems to annoy Peso a little, but when you think about it he kinda saved the day by being impulsive. He sounded the Octoalert without permission, which let the captain know to come back before their radio signal cut out, and by being unafraid of the “monster” and swimming outside, he was able to discover what the problem was so that Peso could help. He did good.

Pearl.... I love Pearl a lot, but I can’t think of one specific episode that comes to mind for her. I love The Pupfish because it introduces Peri to AnB, and I love how he teaches her how to tie a knot, so she can save the algae (and Glen). I like The Bison episode because it’s interesting watching her not doing something with algae for once, and The Pink Glacier because her and Kwazii’s dynamic was something I didn’t know I needed, but now I want more of (/p).

Ryla. Possibly controversial opinion: I liked Ryla in The Caves of Sac Actun, more than I like her now in Above and Beyond. I know she’s only gotten 3 episodes so far, but she’s really missing something. Sac Actun gave us lore on her right off the bat: she’s old friends with Dashi, she’s a skilled cave explorer, she’s spunky, she’s purple. AnB hasn’t given us much yet. So far her only shtick is caves, and that’s getting a bit repetitive. Consider every moment she has in Sac Actun as her “Shining Moment”, because honestly that whole movie is a 10/10.

Koshi,,,, she hasn't gotten that much yet, but I'm gonna say The Longfin Eels is her Shine Episode. I like the way she narrates the whole episode, because it's very in-character. Plus we know she’s literally writing about this adventure in her diary as she's telling it, as if it were a mystery book. She reminds me of narrators from 1920s film noirs, and that’s cool. Also! Honorary mention of the scene when she gets her Octowatch: I loved that for her <3

Min is below the cut, because my answer for her includes some very heavy SEASON 5 SPOILERS, including SCREENSHOTS:

All of Min's appearances so far are dear to my heart. However, my favourite has to be her own introductory episode: The Giant Chinese Salamander.

The Rainforest Rescue is another amazing episode for Min—she’s a wonderful character on her own, of course—but I think we can all agree that she and Inkling are very adorable together (no matter how you interpret their relationship).

When Above and Beyond aired on Netflix, there was a lot of confusion around Min, from the younger audience and other fans who hadn’t seen S5. The Giant Chinese Salamander introduces Min with a 20-minute special; showing her in high-stakes action with Kwazii, bonding with the Octonauts, being an all-around Cool Person™, and a flashback of how she met Inkling when they were younger.

She saved his life. He was thrown far inland by a rough storm, and was trapped until she found him. I honestly headcanon that Min partially (if not outright) inspired Inkling to form the Octonauts, and this moment could have literally sealed the fate of EVERYTHING we know.

But! Until S5 comes out, that's all I've got to say~ 👋💝

[boy-above]

venti is already an adult i am so tired of some people insisting the 2600(+) year old depressed alcoholic god is a child because he looks feminine. i'm tired of people doing "adult venti" designs as an excuse to make him more masculine. there's female characters that have the same proportions as he does but they dont "look like they're 12" to these people because they're women therefore femininity is acceptable, but a male character having feminine proportions means immediate infantilization for any male character no matter how obvious it is that they're an adult. "adult venti" my ass you just made cisgender venti / adheres to gender roles venti 🙃🙃🙃

[chipsonthemenu]

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i've been having some trouble falling asleep lately

[lumiereandcogsworth]

Adam’s Rings

i headcanon that adam is a bit of a ring collector. i think he likes wearing them to accent his outfits and also enjoys fidgeting with them <3 so i thought i’d make a post about the rings he’s always wearing!! just going from left pinky to right pinky.

1. B ring - left pinky finger. i think this came from maurice, a little gift possibly for their first wedding anniversary. he designed two rings, an A (for adam) ring for belle to wear, and a B (for belle) ring for adam to wear. i think they look something like these. belle’s is definitely that smaller one with an A, perfect example. adam’s i’m less certain. it’s either identical to belle’s or it’s one of those medium/smaller ones in the right image. either way, you get the idea.

2. wedding ring - left ring finger. unlike the rest of his rings, i think he would purposefully want his wedding band to both be simpler than the rest, and to match belle’s in design. these two are similar but i think that’s the general vibe. also yes, it wasn’t as common for men to wear wedding rings then, but adam wears all his rings for a reason, and his loyalty to his wife is the most important reason of all.

3. fidget ring - left thumb. while this isn’t one of those spinning rings for fidgeters like we have today, i do think he likes playing with all his rings. that being said, he wears a thick & textured band (such as below, he may have all of these and trade them out depending on his mood) on his thumb to twist and pull off and on so he can stim whenever he needs!

4. belle’s gift - right middle finger. this ring actually has origins in a fic of mine! check it out!! but the basic premise is that, when they were still courting, belle went to a week-long art market with maurice. when she returned, she had purchased this ring for adam as a gift, because she knew about his ring collection and he had mentioned he was excited to get back to wearing them, now that his fingers were far less like claws. it was the first gift belle ever gave him, and he absolutely treasures it!! i couldn’t find an exact match, but of the below examples, i think it’s the dark green of 1 & 3, rectangle shape of 3, and the band is like 2.

5. family crest - right pinky finger. another gift from maurice! this one was sort of one of maurice’s projects while adam and belle were away on their honeymoon (which i think was around two months — belle had a lot of places to see!!! they did royal things too though, but anyway). i don’t know what it actually looks like, i should try to design it sometime, but the story behind it is this: maurice had a family crest ring, HIS family crest. but when he had to leave paris behind, he sold most of their belongings so he wasn’t completely destitute while he searched for shelter. and this included the ring. he still knew the crest by memory, though. so when maurice gained a son-in-law, he decided to create a new crest. it includes elements of his own family crest (the larue’s), adam’s royal family crest (the house of beaumont), and some new parts that maurice added. even though maurice and belle were very much joining adam’s royal family — maurice wanted adam to feel just as equally welcomed into their little family, to be his son properly. so, upon returning, maurice gifted adam with a new family crest, one that could be theirs, passed down to adam’s son and his son thereafter. adam of course cherishes it dearly. (and he definitely cried a bit when maurice explained this whole story to him.)

Bonus! the other rings adam wears <3 so, those five are the ones he wears daily. the wedding ring is the only one he NEVER takes off, the others are just routinely added in the morning and removed in the evening. that being said! the man has more fingers! i don’t think he wears a ring on every finger though. in addition to these five, he probably just adds one on each pointer finger, at most. those ones look like these, and generally are there just to accent his outfit. (though he absolutely knows the history behind every one, whether it’s a family heirloom, a gift, or a personal auction purchase. and, even more than me, he’d be happy to infodump about them all.)

[wexhappyxfew]

Don’t mind me just thinking about how Judy spent her entire life just surviving, struggling to get by, but now she has her girls and her husband is a hot piece of ass.

the way this ask literally SENT ME INTO AN ONSLAUGHT OF EMOTIONS 😭😭😭😭

you are SO. RIGHT. SWEET ANON!!!!!

judy’s life in rural north carolina was definitely an incredibly defining factor to her character and is something all of us seem to reference with her — AND NOW?????? she’s going to get to spend the rest of her life with someone like rosie and the comfort of the women of the Silver Bullets - no doubt sometimes she lays there at night thinking it was all worth it, i survived my youth to get here with him and these women and it was all worth it. like can you hear me SOBBING my eyes out?!?!?

like ….. rosie and the Silver Bullets crew are and will remain absolutely everything to judy. she’s a sentimental person, she always has been, even from when she was younger and times were rough - she was always appreciative of the smallest things. AND NOW?????? she has rosie rosenthal and the Silver Bullets girls. there’s not much more she can ask for besides a good night’s sleep. positively crying over this thanks 🥲

also … just you are so right like - SHE’S GOT A HELLA GOOD-LOOKING LAWYER AS HER HUSBAND!!! GOOD FOR HER!!!!!!

always reminded of ‘you are in love’ by taylor swift for these two …. specifically these lyrics as the song opens:

one look, dark room / meant just for you / time moved too fast / you play it back / buttons on a coat / light-hearted joke / no proof, not much / but you saw enough / small talk, he drives / coffee at midnight / the light reflects / the chain on your neck / he says, "look up" / and your shoulders brush / no proof, one touch / but you felt enough

IT’S THEM (i scream) IT’S THEM!!!!!!!!

[septembersurf]

woah i actually remembered to post a wip on a wednesday for once!!

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