#this shit that they are doing is WAY too realistic

[space-blue]

This shot took me out!! Skeleton Crew is so cute and earnest, it's such a great kid's show. That moment, and how she calls him a Jedi afterwards, honestly made it some of the best "star wars" star wars in a long, long time.

This sort of excludes Andor, which feels too good and not campy enough to be "sw" star wars if you catch my drift.

KB going through an arc of learning that minimizing her disability to save friendships is not the right thing to do was so wholesome and well done.

For the longest time I wasn't sure what was up with her "augs", if it was cosmetic/practical, like having a personal computer installed or what.. but then her parents had that line where they were so worried... and now it's confirmed, she's had an "accident" and is clearly missing large parts of her brain that were replaced with cybernetics.

Fern reacting by acting like "nothing is wrong" with KB and that she hasn't changed at all is such a realistic developement. And it backfiring in this strained context, where acting too much like everything is normal and nothing has changed puts strain on KB... It's all so real, and very well handled considering it's basically entirely wrapped up in one episode.

It was sweet too, to have KB, who has been a bit of a "sidekick" to Fern's shenannigans, explicitely acknoledge that she, too, lives in her own world, because it's so true! Forever telling tales, hiding who she is at home, basically having a dual life and projecting lots... KB is keenly noticing all that and supporting her friend throughout. She's so precious I can't...

But also... the incredible impact that life saving procedure would have! IDK what's in store for Wim, whether he becomes a Jedi or not, imagine the story that makes! "The first time I saved someone's life..."

He didn't know he was doing it, even if it felt terribly urgent. He worked with a pocket blowtorch in a resort's trash heap. He was just a kid. It was his friend, guiding him and trusting him the whole way through.. Come on, that's incredible!!

Meanwhile Jod STILL doesn't have his shit together lmao.

[verpineshatterrifle]

sorry this is like, weeks after you asked, the holidays kicked my ass and then i got sick

so what repcomm does to address order 66 is establish throughout all four books leading up to it that the clones will follow orders, not because they don't have free will, not because they're mind controlled, but because following orders in a war is what makes you a soldier, it very often saves your life

they dont do any of the shit in tcw/tbb where roughly every other episode some character disobeys a direct lawful order likely meant to protect them, and the fact that they disobeyed is what saves the day (i am looking specifically at omega)

this reblog has a whole bunch of book quotes about how following orders is like. not optional. and actually good

repcomm also does some interesting stuff with the relationship of jedi and clones- the book series get a lot of hate for 'jedi bashing' but i really don't think that's fair. many of the primary characters are critical of the jedi order, but there isn't a single jedi character in the series that's actually treated as a full antagonist

basically, the series raises some very interesting questions about why exactly jedi, who are not trained as military officers, are in charge of an army suddenly. geonosis casualties are extremely high (1/3 of the entire army, 1/2 of the commando squads) specifically because the jedi had no idea what the hell they were doing with military tactics. the main character jedi spend the series trying their best to learn, acknowledging when their clone officers should be the ones calling the shots, being useful where they can. the series does a lot with subverting the command structure in interesting ways, how far you can really push that, when you can't. bardan jusik (a general) acts like an officer as little as he can possibly get away with while kal skirata (a sergeant) regularly pushes generals around. etain tur mukan (general) spends a lot of the series desperately trying to grow into that role. arligan zey (general, jedi master) is treated as a bit of a problem specifically because as head of the spec ops brigade he can't take that back seat role even if he wants to

so you have the clones who are to some extent aware that while the jedi have magic powers, their military qualifications are... somewhat lacking, and now we all just have to kind of deal with that as best we can

long story short, order 66 in repcomm is one of 150 contingency orders that every clone officer has memorized. it's not a sleeper agent activation phrase. there's stuff in there about killing/arresting the chancellor too, if necessary. in fact, here's all the known orders:

so in the books, when order 66 comes through, it's a lawful order directly from the supreme chancellor, communicating that the jedi are now acting against the republic, and must be stopped using lethal force. because what else are you going to do with extremely powerful magic space wizards with mind powers?? 'capture alive' isn't realistic if the jedi have turned on the republic

and then quite a few of the clones actually do disobey the order. i don't want to spoil anything directly in case you read the series, but omega squad is completely doing their own thing during order 66, a certain arc captain makes a certain choice of his own, delta squad is on kashyyyk, bardan is losing his mind trying to locate etain, it's absolute havoc

(the books also show you the battle of coruscant on the ground and just. damn. damn. it hits hard. really hard.)

idk it just makes me sad- that the version where men whose emotional journeys, relationships with their officers, militaristic mindset, intense battle fatigue, the hopes and dreams they manage to have and the doubts and questions they barely dare to voice even to each other... we see all that, and then they have to make a choice- obey a lawful order given by the supreme commander to perfect soldiers, or do the impossibly difficult, unthinkable thing, and as the man that the republic doesn't believe you are, disobey that order because some small doubtful part of you hopes that it's wrong?

also the extreme irony that the only real hope the jedi had of surviving order 66 was to either 1- refuse to play the game (bardan jusik took this option and was only capable of doing so because he was broken down to the point where he couldn't remain a general AND he had somewhere else to go and something useful to do, this is simply not possible for most jedi) or 2- consistently, for three years, despite what the republic and the war needs, despite what the men themselves want and are comfortable with, despite your own exhaustion and moral crisis, treat the clone soldiers whose lives are under your command, with nothing less than full respect and dignity and hope that when they're told you're a traitor and they need to kill you that they'll think twice

it makes me SO SAD that this was all trashed for mind control trope simply because a kid's show can't fit that much nuance and depth in it

here is my biggest complaint about the animated star wars shows (the clone wars and the bad batch, no comment on rebels)

before i even get started, i know these are kids shows told in 20 minute episodes, and that the reason for my beef is because the 2008 clone wars show was focusing primarily on the jedi, and didnt have the time/wasnt interested in treating the GAR as an actual military and needed to appeal to a young audience. i get that. i do. now with that out of the way im going to bitch and moan unapologetically about how X Thing Ruined Star Wars, because that's the fandom's national sport, ok?

the shows treat the GAR like a high school. everyone is somewhat childish (to appeal to the young audience). disobeying orders is something cool heroes do. (ANAKIN.) improvisation is treated as a fun and cool tactic that generally works out after a whacky adventure, not something you do as a last resort when your actual plan fails. main character's competency is primarily shown through their enemies (and sometimes their minor character allies) suddenly becoming inexplicably stupid.

'good soldiers follow orders' becomes a terrifying signal that a character has lost their agency. 'when have we ever followed orders?' becomes a rallying cry and heroic last words.

when youve written a military THAT badly, how are you supposed to force your beloved characters to follow Order 66? well, you're kind of stuck with mind control.

it didnt have to be this way 😭😭

[eternitariant]

** this is part of something hugenormous i'm working on that's like... pre pilot supernatural but i love this lil part so much- also, the whole things entirely self serving and i currently have red hair so those details have been omitted but it does make it clunky and im sorry**

~~ you're working in a Coyote Ugly style bar at the time of this~~

You were up on the bar, having the time of your life as you ran through the choreography. After you'd shaken your ass in a circle, you whipped your head around and happened to catch a familiar face in the crowd. You got so excited that you jumped down and ran to him, throwing your arms around his neck and he hugged you, lifting your feet off the ground.

"What are you doing here?" you chirped as he set you back down,

"Thought i'd surprise you." Dean smiled,

"I gotta get back up there and finish but you'll wait for me, right?"

"Course." he nodded and watched as you leapt back up onto the bar and didn't even miss a beat.

As you were slinging drinks at drunken crowds, Dean was bumped into by some imbecile who thought it was the perfect way to open up a conversation

"Dude! You know the *your hair colour* right?" the guy slurred, far too excitedly for Dean's liking and his jaw clenched,

"Yep." he gritted,

"Holy shit! She your girl?" the stranger asked and Dean glanced over at you before nodding,

"She's smokin' hot. I come here every night to watch her."

"Yeah. Okay pal." Dean chastised, walking away and finding a seat at the corner of the bar to wait until your shift finished.

A couple hours later you came back out from behind the bar and beamed at him,

"Alright hot shot, take me home."

"As you wish." he playfully bowed his head at you and you shoved his arm as you laughed. Dean stayed cautiously close to you, his hand pressed gently against your shoulder blade as you walked,

"Why are you being weird?" you asked at his sudden touchiness,

"Because some drunk idiot told me he's here every night for a smoking hot *your hair colour*." he hushed chivalrously, "Doesn't sit right with me."

"Oh," you nodded, pausing your steps and facing him, "who's the girl?"

Dean rolled his eyes dramatically and grabbed a handful of your hair, holding it up to your face as he huffed and you realised they'd both been talking about you,

"Oh."

"Yeah, oh." he mocked, irritated with your lack of self awareness

"You could be preventing me from meeting the love of my life you know." you teased lightly, smiling as you let him open the door for you,

"Y/N, the love of your life is not that guy." he said in disgust as he sneered towards the man he'd spoken to earlier who was now puking next to a dumpster,

"Okay, probably not." you conceded with a giggle as you let Dean manoeuvre you slightly in front of him.

Keeping a hand firmly on your waist, he lead you out to the impala and opened that door for you too.

As the engine turned over he cleared his throat and asked,

"You ever think about that?"

"Think about what?" you asked, tossing your hair up into a ponytail

"I mean... you know, like love." he uttered awkwardly and your head tilted as you thought about it,

"No. Not really." you paused, "Not ever."

"Ever?" he asked surprised, quickly flicking his head toward you and then back at the road,

"No? I mean... can't miss what you never had i guess. So, i don't think about it." you confessed,

"Right," he dragged, "but you don't ever think about like... being with someone."

"hmm... nope."

"Don't all girls dream about their weddings?" he tried to lighten the mood and you smiled but there wasn't any humour in your voice,

"That's not very realistic for people like us, is it?"

His head cocked to the side, "Well... no. Probably not."

"Do you think about it?" you asked and he paused for a while, pursing his lips slightly as the thought,

"Sometimes, yeah."

You were nodding silently as you actually did begin to think about it for the first time ever,

"For what it's worth..." he turned towards you and you continued, "i think you'd be the coolest husband."

"Yeah?" he smirked proudly, "I would, wouldn't i"

[dollgxtz]

As someone who just had a baby half a year ago, I cannot imagine MC running and doing all this so far along omg lol, she’s built entirely different ig!

But I’m curious about her headspace. I was in an abusive relationship for months upon months and regardless of the abuse, I was aware that he loved me in his own twisted way. What is stopping MC from believing it? I have a psych degree so I just wanna get your perspective because realistically to her it should now be obvious he does love her and that he does love the baby, but in MC’s perspective she always thinks “as if he actually cares” or “as if he’s actually being genuine” regardless of the fact that he kidnapped her and such. We know from Sylus’ perspective that he is genuine. Her acknowledging he loves her wouldn’t be stockholm syndrome, she wouldn’t need to reciprocate. So basically I’m asking you like (if it’s not a spoiler), why is she so reluctant to believe his love when it’s so blatantly clear?

First I just wanna say it’s cool as shit someone with a psyche degree is reading His Watchful Eye!! If you have any other thoughts or questions I would love to answer them!!

In my head she wasn’t really running that well, even just walking with a belly can be very awkward and difficult, but being so pumped with adrenaline helped her out a little 😆

Now to answer your question…Reader’s reluctance to fully believe Yan!Sylus’s love comes down to how impossible it feels to reconcile his actions with the concept of love. To her, love is supposed to mean trust, respect, and freedom—all of which Yan!Sylus has repeatedly violated. While she might recognize the care and affection he shows in his own twisted way, she resists letting herself believe it’s genuine. A part of her assumes that completely trusting him would only leave her more vulnerable, or worse, complicit in justifying his actions.

That said, her resistance isn’t entirely logical. There’s something deeper, something she refuses to fully confront. Despite everything Yan!Sylus has done, his words, his actions, and even his obsessive devotion have managed to carve their way into her thoughts. Reader doesn’t want to admit it—not even to herself—but there’s a part of her that feels drawn to him, and that scares her more than anything else.

This internal conflict is key to her headspace. On the surface, her doubts seem rooted in logic: how could someone who has hurt her so deeply truly love her? But underneath, her denial could also be a way of protecting herself from the terrifying truth that she might actually feel something for him too. She can’t allow herself to believe it, because acknowledging even a sliver of those feelings would mean crossing a line she doesn’t know if she could ever come back from.

Ultimately, the dynamic between Reader and Yan!Sylus is driven by this tension. Yan!Sylus’s love is real, but Reader—despite her growing, unspoken attachment—clings to her defiance. Clings to her freedom. She doesn’t want him to invade her mind too, because acknowledging her growing attachment would mean he has succeeded in taking everything from her. It’s not just about whether Sylus actually loves her—it’s about whether she can allow herself to see his actions as anything but control, and whether admitting her own feelings would mean losing the last shred of her freedom.

That moment in the nursery where she says, “Sometimes I wonder what things would be like if we had met under normal circumstances,” is so telling. She doesn’t say it outright, but it shows how much space he’s carved in her mind, how he’s managed to break through the walls she’s built.

I wanted her to struggle with the concept of actually liking someone that hurt you, as I felt that was most realistic to the human experience. Let me know what you think :3

[jo-the-cosmic-being]

Hiiii!!🫶

How do you think COD men would react to their best friend/ partner who's neurodivergent being overstimulated or very stressed?

Heyyy luv! Thanks for the ask.

I had to do some research, I don’t wanna write anything that’s not realistic but if I did mess up something, please let me know <33

I tried to make them a bit more neutral since they said friend/partner so it could be read both ways, and I didn’t really wanted to add any specific symptoms or a specific place.

I hope it makes sense 😭

And sorry guys for always making these so short I promise once I will get my shit done and write a proper headcanons or whatever this is

Cod men reacting to their best friend/partner being overstimulated

𝒮𝒾𝓂𝑜𝓃 would drop everything to help you. He would make sure you are comfortable, nothing is irritating you and he would be there with you the entire time to calm you down. He wouldn’t panic, he would know exactly what to do.

I think 𝒫𝓇𝒾𝒸𝑒 would be a bit confused at first but he reacts quickly too. He would make sure you two never go to too crowded or loud places that stresses you out. He would do everything to know more about ways to help you.

I’m sure 𝒦𝓎𝓁𝑒 would at first, feel a bit stressed too, but he would also do everything to help. He would try breathing exercises with you to calm you down and he would make sure to ask about how are you feeling from now on, whenever you two went out.

𝒮𝑜𝒶𝓅, the second he notices you feeling unwell, would drag you out of that place and never look back. He would become a bit too protective I think, he would probably get you whatever you need just to help you.

𝒫𝒽𝒾𝓁𝓁𝒾𝓅, the stalker he is, already done his research about what to do, and the second he notices any sign of overstimulation on you, he would give you hug, to help you close out the world. Really professional, hopefully it helped.

💋

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[spiderman2-99]

🎉 — not sure if my opinion is the most credible one because i'm from the miguelhead side of the fandom where mischaracterization and oversexualization tends to happens a lot (coughing in x reader writer), but i really like your portrayal of miguel. honestly maybe being a hater has inclined you to view him in a realer lense, your responses are almost point-blank accurate and i've seen the posts where you do explain headcanons/characterizations and those get very accurate too. it's refreshing to see (as someone who tends to view him through rose-tinted glasses LOL), grounding and realistic. i think your portrayals have helped me with how i write miguel too.

[that really means a lot, thank you so so so much! Also trust me your writing doesn't come across as that..., lowk fetishy WAY ooc smexy latin lover™ creature with Miguel's face that I see with other ×readers. That's why I like your writing and follow you 🥹]

[tbh I'm still gobsmacked I got Miguel stannies actually liking my shit at all; I feel like the only person on the "miserable old man Migs" train and I know that is nawt how they wanna see him ASDFGHJ]

[cosmicrhetoric]

junior year of fantasy high hitting WAY too close to home and i know it does that on purpose but now that im over a decade removed from my own junior year of high school (which i do still consider to be one of the worst years of my life way way way too much on my plate and i wasnt talking to anyone and i was so fucked i might be remembering this wrong but there was at least a three week period where i only ate grapes and frozen corn out of a bag but whatever i went through all of that shit and i didnt even get to KILL people about it where's MY axe why didn't i get a fucking axe at any point during that year it could've fixed everything) the stress token segment of gameplay is making me want to pull my hair out. just wracking up more and more disadvantage on checks bc you don't have time to sleep or eat. it's such an evil mechanic to put in your game and he's evil for doing it aaaugh

[skullzy20]

I'm so happy they decided to add this much depth to Amir instead of making him purely one-sided like people might expect him to be at first

it really makes you want to learn more about each of the characters and GOD is it worth it

[omtai]

it feels everytime mcr does something major everyone has got to complain for the next week and a half. feels like christmas dinner daily on tumblr the way everyone’s fighting all the time

[theswedishpajas]

The man truly can’t take a genuine compliment 🙄

[faunandfloraas]

It is kinda funny seeing people talk about Seungmin lately because he definitely has gotten more bold and confident for sure. He's also just getting opportunities to be perceived as an individual on his own as well for the first time in a while but it's still jarring to see people be like Aw he was always such a quiet goodie two shoes little nerd and it's like...... he was the one to leave and seek out his own vocal coach and blatantly talk about it, which of course lead to I.N and Lee Know also doing the same, he was the one to go on bubble and tell off sasaengs who used to camp outside their old dorm for invading members privacy but also because it effected other residents and staff at the complex, something that i'm certain upper management wouldnt have been happy about, and he wasn't curt or nice about it either. like he's never actually been a wallflower, he's always had a pretty strong backbone and seems to stick to his principals, its not really new.

[nickbutnodick]

i watched mufasa today and was writhing in agony the whole time. partially because it was ugly. partially because the plot sucked. and not as much because i had horrifying period cramps.

[blae-kitta]

Zoro 🐯 Process:

Commentary below:

Notes:

One of the first attempts at sculpting the boy; the head was later altered quite a bit and the legs entirely scrapped, and the torso bulked up shaking my shoulders feverishly: we need to properly represent his 110 cm bust and what we have isn't cutting it. Scabbards were made (which survived till the end!) and the original clay swords were made by this point.

New torso and legs give (hallelujah), as well as the loops and holes for the ears (such finicky small work, fuck me) were made. Holes were first made with straight wire and dried before the hoops were gently (and with swearing) inserted through.

Clothes added, also with swearing as the clay dried and stiffened faster then I wanted to and made it hard to get nice folds. Scarf was re-made and smoothed later.

Scabbards added! Immediately drops it and breaks a piece of it off. I've glued multiple bits of the scabbards back on the flimsy bastards. He remained armless for a good while. A Venus on the shelf by my desk...

Because the clay sword (after a good hour of tender focused work) would IMMEDIATELY would break upon the lightest touch, annoying me to no end, one evening was like God I wish I had actual metal to use instead wouldn't that be cool, and then was like OH! I COULD DO THAT! So the metal is actually cut from the tin of a cat food can, straightened and sanded., as seen in photo!

The blades hilted, before placed in capable hands

ARMS! and the sculpting is finished. Onto painting!

First layers of paint on various parts; I generally paint via colours I'm using at the moment (ie, greens in this instance)

More layers laid down. I generally go for shading in rules of three (main colour, lighter, and darker hues) and apply them at different opacity of acrylic. Adjusted the green since I found it too pungent. Once the fur tones were finished I gave him his stripes (cue me searching up loads of photos of tigers and tiger fursonas to see how people have done the stripes. Did you know depending on the area they are from they have different face shapes and stripe patterns? Fascinating stuff)

Finished project! Last layers, and highlights where added, adjusted the eye and fuck-ups re-adjusted. Dropped and had to reglue things. The gold is actual gold leaf I applied using a glue you paint on but that was a bit of a whole mess and took a long time, and doesn't go on very flat on very not-flat surfaces... (Who would have thought...) In the future may instead use gold paints for metallics.

Here's also the link to the post of more photos of him finished!

[selfinflictedgunshotwound]

sorry for only saying this type of shit lately but i kinda wanna drive a car straight into a brick wall at the highest speed possible

[musclesandhammering]

Loki deserves to have an active role in the multiversal war. He deserves to fight alongside the Avengers. He deserves to save the day, he deserves to use his new time powers against a big bad, he-

[designernishiki]

just got to that part in kiwami where majima gets shot and falls into the fucking ocean and kiryu just. goes. eh he’ll be fine. and leaves him to fucking bleed out and/or drown. and oh man. that sure was Bad and Out Of Character. like that was so out of character it was actually jarring