#this is pretty in media res

[doghartzy]

thinkin about the deweys . as always

[softpawpup]

halloween costumes for duck regressors !!

the ugly duckling

bathtub rubber ducky

so many characters from ducktales & darkwing duck

duck detective

abby mallard from chicken little

ming-ming duckling from wonder pets

mother duck and duckling (ft. caregiver!!)

duck pilot

daffy duck from looney toons

duck vampire

the aflac duck

howard the duck

pekkle from sanrio

duck from dont hug me im scared

duck from princess tutu

quaxly from pokemon

[musical-chick-13]

Thoughts on toxic yuri?

One of my very favorite storytelling concepts, I love it when women make each other worse. <3

I do think it's important, for me anyway, to note the difference between a dynamic that's toxic in one direction versus something that is mutually toxic. The first one doesn't really interest me a whole lot, usually because it means one character suffers constantly without being allowed to do anything else--at the very least, it will come across as the more ""normal"" character not really being that into the relationship in question. I need BOTH parties to be unhinged.

The important thing for any fictional relationship (though we're specifying toxic yuri here, obviously) is that it's interesting. If there is no limit to what the women can do within a dynamic, then there are an infinite number of ways for that dynamic to go. And while you can learn a lot about a character through examining their values and positive qualities, you can learn just as much (if not more) by considering their flaws. And those flaws really come out in the case of toxic yuri; characters get to show the uglier parts of themselves in this context, which I am always a fan of. A fraught, complex relationship, when written well, can be a really great way to psychologically explore the characters: what inspires them to act this way? why do they think this behavior is acceptable? if they don't think it's acceptable, why do they keep doing it? what do they think about the concept of love as a whole? how far would they go for intimacy or to be understood? how do they view other people in general? and probably most importantly, what led to them developing the beliefs underlying their actions in the first place?

From a more "psychologically, why do people enjoy this" standpoint, mutual toxicity often goes hand in hand with extreme obsession, extreme jealousy, and a willingness to forgive a whole lot of horrible shit. Which, yeah, in real life you don't want to be in a relationship like that. But I think there's a lot of emotional resonance in exploring those feelings. The idea that someone will never leave you. That they think so intensely about you specifically that they'll break anything and anyone to stay with you. That even if you're the worst version of yourself, someone will still want you because that's still you. Someone knows exactly how to fuck you up because they genuinely understand you. Things in fiction that we would never want in real life can be incredibly interesting or even cathartic to witness from a distance. I think we all feel things that scare us sometimes (or even simply feel an innocuous emotion so intensely that it scares us), and looking at unpleasant feelings within fiction can help identify, parse out, process, and successfully cope with those feelings. And I think, at the end of it all, a lot of people want to matter to someone, in some way. It makes sense that some creators would take that concept-of meaning a great deal to another person, of affecting them deeply-to its absolute extreme through writing.

(And also, consider. That I am very gay. And that horrible women are very attractive.)

[comfortstars]

new layout ^_^

[peppermintquartz]

Looking on a ship war on a mainstream tv show and laughing at the nonsense being thrown out right now because I've been through the trenches, I've watched Buffy, SPN and Hannibal

[justiceburst]

@fangedstories asked: "You don't pick up your phone, and you had the audacity to stand me up at Leblanc that one night. How did you think you'd be taken seriously by society much less the Phantom Thieves?"

((Joshua to Akechi starter))

"My apologies, I have a very busy schedule and often can't take calls unless they're work-related. But... isn't it a bit presumptuous of you to assume you're even worthy of my company?"

Goro cleared his throat.

"Ah, haha, that sounded a bit rude, didn't it? What I mean is that the public has rather strict standards for who I spend my time with. If they don't deem you up to snuff in terms of intelligence and attractiveness - and I doubt they will - the social media backlash against you could get rather intense. I think it would be better if we spared you that humiliation, wouldn't you agree?"

[silvreflames]

– NESTA ONLINE! { 1 / ??? } w/ a tiny @fatedriven feature ♡

[unproduciblesmackdown]

didn't know there was a new frictional games / amnesia release....until now (that i do)

[dankovskaya]

It’s literally his old hair too why did they do this. It looks like they tried to merge his darkside chronicles face with his re6/damnation face and accidentally created something that looks like neither of them and then they stuck a massive version of his old stiff hair gel abomination style on his head even though they had already figured out a way to create essentially the same cut but more believable in re2make and then tried to find a personality midpoint (verdict still pending) and slapped 20 year old dipshit kid Leon’s voice on top of it because they presumably had not worked out the re4make Leon voice yet and I just have to cope with all of this if I want to see what happens here.

[catharusustulatus]

What if in season 5 the first couple of episodes pick up right where we left off, the team scrambles through town to get together at Hopper’s cabin, they neutralize the threat/the bad government guys are eaten by monsters, and then…the cracks disappear. Vecna is too weak to fight. Flash forward four years to 1990, and the older kids are home from college or whatever else for the Party’s high school graduation. Dustin adjusts a bow tie in his mirror, showing how much his room and life have changed. They’ve all grown up, and grown apart. He’s wearing one of Eddie’s rings or maybe a Hellfire t shirt under his button up. Steve, hair shorter and donning a mustache, picks him up to drive him to graduation (even though Steve taught him how to drive). Steve and Robin live in Indianapolis, and Robin goes to school there. Nancy goes to Emerson. Jonathan went to NYC and Argyle went with. Now that they’re all together for the first time in forever, they notice the vibes are off. There’s a weird energy in the air, like something is not quite right. After graduation, after the pizza party, everyone goes quiet before Dustin says under his breath, “you feel it too, right?” Everyone nods. “We have to go back.” Cut to, they go back in time, and the second half of the season is the now graduated party of 1990 goes back to 1986. They save Eddie and Max. They beat Vecna. Only one or two of them remember their other lives, versions of themselves that had moved on but felt uncomfortable, like it wasn’t truly what their life was supposed to be. Now everyone is alive, and the threat is gone for good. The season ends with the Jopper wedding.

[llycaons]

75% of the time I can tell if I’ll like a fic or not just by the opening line. a lot of fics open with ‘this character was here and they were doing this and then this happened’ and unless what’s happening is 1. immediately relevant to plot I already know and care about or 2. a high-intensity action scene, it’s just not very effective as a hook. when I see a fic open on something more abstract related to character about their values, history, beliefs, or feelings hat promises some introspection or speculation, like this

Marriage is something that Wangji can of only think of with a strange, sullen bitterness.

I’m immediately like, ohh, tell me more! I do want to hear about about this character’s relationship to heteronormative standards in this setting and how they interact with his perception of marriage. I trust that you have something interesting to say and can say it well

[hiccanna-tidbits]

"Fandom Should Be Fun But It Seems Like It’s Making You Miserable; Maybe You Should Step Away" literally why I left the warrior cats fandom. If something that's supposed to be a fun little thing you do in your free time is making you stressed and unhappy, it's always okay to hit the bricks!

follow me for more piping hot takes, like: 

Hey, Maybe If You Hate Something A Lot, You Should Just Not Engage With It

It’s Okay To Just Dislike Something, You Don’t Have To Make Your Loathing It Your Entire Identity

Fandom Should Be Fun But It Seems Like It’s Making You Miserable; Maybe You Should Step Away

or how about this banger:

Just Because I Think You’ve Gone Overboard With Your Frothing Hate Doesn’t Actually Mean I’m A Fan Of The Thing In Question

[themslash]

sorry. sorry. i'm a huge hater. i'm sorry. but it's impossible to say in a concise way why and how this book blows and pisses me off. looking up facts about stars he had no way of knowing is like. a funny haha to me because i love looking at wikipedia articles of stars and star systems and imagining them for fun (like everybody does on earth i believe . everybody reads wikipedia articles of space objects for fun all the time?) but god. i have so much to say about this book and i'm 1/3rd.

[stew-chan]

this game might be the cure for doomscrolling.... i just spent like 3 hours browsing random pages and reading drama and being a really shitty petty janitor :)

(no more screen shots because you really should go in blind on this)

[practically-an-x-man]

i think the only reason i use spotify so much is that 1. i need transportable music for when I'm at classes or whatever and 2. it's so hard to find physical media for the bands i like

Harley Poe CDs are rare as hell and no vinyl

Aim and Ignite by Fun. was like 300 bucks on vinyl before it got re-released (i do have it now)

Counterfeit. has CDs I think but no vinyl

Amazing Devil doesn't have either as far as I know

I have one Ice Nine Kills vinyl but haven't seen much for their earlier albums

Our Last Night has some CDs but only of their original works (which are great but I love their covers too)