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For the lab rats ask game:
🔥 Hot take/unpopular opinion?
🟢 Any crossover ideas? Are there any shows you think would've made a better crossover than Lab Rats/Mighty Med?
💥 Favorite crack ship / characters that never met in canon but would've been best friends if they had?
🟠 Which character is the most like you? Which character is the least like you?
🔥: my current hottest take is that kaziver is better than kase. Don’t get me wrong I love both of them the history between Oliver Kaz makes it more compelling.
🟢: all right I don’t know the exact timeline of these shows releasing but I think it would so fucking cool to have them crossover with best friends whenever. Like with all the pseudo science I feel like chases head would explode. I also just generally love both these shows
💥:I feel like Marcus and experion would get along so well. Or just Marcus and any of the campy villains for that matter. Best dynamic ever.
🟠: Character the most like me is probably Oliver in mighty med because of his loser boy personality and least like me is Donald Davenport because I fucking hate electronic engineering
#mighty med#oliver mm#kaziver#best friends whenever#marcus davenport#experion#lab rats#donald davenport#love science to death but I could NEVER wire anything#too high of stakes
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exam 5 for me... tomorrow!
honestly have been feeling really nervous for this exam since my classmates have either failed it or just barely passed. and i had less time to study this time around because i rushed to book the exam.
so i drew this little encouragement early cuz i need the reminder that no matter what happens tomorrow, i did what i could and i didn't compromise on my boundaries—and that is its own victory.
and i hope that you'll be reminded to celebrate your own big and small victories too!
"You are nervous and that's okay! You did your best! You set boundaries! You took breaks! We're so proud of you, Starlight! Whatever happens, we'll always be here, cheering you on!"
#fnaf sun#fnaf eclipse#fnaf moon#fnaf dca#dca fandom#crab art#bright colours#traditional art#self-insert#my OC Esther#on a funnier note (gonna ramble)#i realized today that i could technically bring a sprite to drink in my exam#we're only allowed water in a clear drink container without any labels#so like... sprite is clear enough to work right?#and if they ask about the bubbles i'll just say it's sparking water#(i hate sparkling water but they don't need to know that)#but yeah might do that cuz i think the sugars will do me some good#3 hour exams are inhumane#anyways going to sleep now because i need sleep more than sugar#the worst thing that could happen is i fail and i have to pay another $115 to retake the exam and i receive the disappointment of my mom#i could buy a sun and moon plushie with that money#maybe even an eclipse plushie too#so the stakes are pretty high i think#if i pass i'll buy those plushies hehe#maybe just one for now because i still have more payments to make for my program#okay okay no more rambling going to sleep now
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I want to see jason and cass forced to work together in a long and messy run. Jason isn’t killing people but not because he believes it’s wrong, he’s bending his principles because the personal costs were too high. Cass will not, cannot bend, and damn the costs. Her reasons for it are laughably unconvincing to him. She has worked so so hard to have a life for herself. Jason is pretty clearly suicidal. The man who adopted each of them would be unrecognisable to the other. She’s held up as the golden standard, he’s the grim cautionary tale. She’s the superior combatant. He’s a jack of all trades. Neither one has any clue how to be normal.
They should despise each other and be forced to solve mysteries together.
#i want it to be an excrutiating character deep dive#full of detectiving and high stakes shenanigans#with ample oppprtunity for both to shine#and annoy the other as much as physically possible#death is too horrible to accept is not an argument jason can take seriously#but neither is ‘i can be the monster who accepts that price’ ever going to be acceptable to cass#jason todd#red hood#cassandra cain#black bat#orphan#dc#batman
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AKHENATEN
uhhh let's see. I combined some sketches I did of Nefertiti and Akhenaten and ended up somewhere here for an Akhenaten design. in my heart, it's for a comic but there's so much visual research I'd have to do before I could even think about approaching a comic. oof.
anyway moving on: Akhenaten was a childhood obsession! and then I moved onto other things, as one does, but then a couple months ago I decided to check out some books and now I have a headache.
Akhenaten, Ronald T. Ridley
#i did outline my ideal high stakes political drama set during this particular dynasty focusing on akhenaten tho#all these historians have been just. straight up saying things about this guy for centuries and while some of it is absolute nonsense#some of the other stuff makes for EXCELLENT political thriller material#especially with the wider table of factions at play like yeah baby i see your father's policy style. i see you. i know what soundtrack#this kind of scene should have#ancient egypt tag#GOD there was a sword and sandals film that had their set design take notes from ancient egypt over ancient greece#and it was SUCH a cool meta narrative esp when you consider Egypt's impact on all the Mediterranean empires#like yes YES if the roman sword and sandal movies had a spine they'd do it too
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I hate to be that one person who’s like when ur so busy ur not consumed by other people or being in a relationship blah blah blah …. But truly when u have ur hands full you could fucking care less and it’s so liberating
#Like the moment you get busy the desperation to be seen by other ppl#Both platonically and romantically#Goes away so fast#I’m very dangerous when I’m in these moods bc it’s easy to push good ppl away when you’re too#Focused on yourself#But also I like not being that anxious about anyone#Like it’s not that deep#It’s its own kind of nice even though ik it’s such a slippery slope#Also the obsession to be in a relationship or the being scared of being alone goes away so fast#It truly sucks that the “have hobbies/goals” advice works so well but it DOES#Not that I’m advocating for anyone to be a hermit like ofc human connection still matters#The desperation is just not there so it’s much less high stakes if it’s not in ur life rn#Like how can you be wasting time if ur getting to know urself better
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save button briefly remapped to dialog advancer in climactic scene of visual novel. 10 dead 30 injured
#unironically that was so fucking cool. i love video games#remapping your save feature to an advance button at a pivotal moment as a way to raise the stakes... god. genuinely so cool#worth noting that i dont think it was physically possible for you to fail the game after this point which means there was no ACTUAL danger#in messing with the save feature which is absolutely how something like this should be done imo#but. god. trying to save my game before CONFRONTING A MURDERER and instead having that action set off the GUNSHOTS is insane#SO cool. i understand why this game has such a high rating now#AND ITS A FALSE ENDING TOO!!! I STILL HAVE MORE CHAPTERS TO PLAY!!!! YESSSSSS#sorry. i love game design especially when it breaks the 4th wall a little bit im going kind of insane over here#personal
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The Paper Stars AU won the poll so here it is!!!
So this is basically a Secret Agent AU
Sun and Moon, two of the top agents in their field are tasked with stopping Y/N, an ex-agent turned international super thief. Sun and Moon are the only people to have captured them (even though they escaped during transport) and the only ones so far to fully figure out their clues and secrets left behind.
Meanwhile Y/N enjoys the challenge of a good heist, even more so with a couple of agents on their heels. They always leave behind a paper star at each heist location as a calling card, and Sun and Moon were the first to realize they leave hints for what their next target is going to be.
Sun is a bit of a tinkerer in this AU, often testing and creating new gadgets for him and Moon to use in the field! He's better at hacking ane coding than he is at inventing and mechanics, but a few of his inventions have proven quite useful
Moon is far better at putting Sun's gadgets to use than Sun is, but he's also known for being resourceful and quick on his feet. He's still got an old injury that was never properly repaired right but that doesn't stop him.
Y/N was once the agency's top operative, specializing in disguise and covert missions. After a huge mission gone awry Y/N took a year off duty before suddenly abandoning the agency and become a world renowned thief. Nobody is quite sure how or why and Y/N refuses to explain.
As much as Y/N adores the two they aren't the type to pull their punches. Often tying the agents up to make a get away or roughing them up in a fist fight. They're the very definition of a wild card. Nobody can ever be sure if they'll slip in and out of a heist through stealth or make a big show out of pulling off a caper, and that uncertainty makes the entire organization jumpy which is just how Y/N likes it
#paper stars au#secret agent au#this is VERY Carmen Sandiego inspired#and sleuth jesters/detective au inspired#i like gadgets and gizmos#and heists#ough#high stakes action packed crime drama my beloved#eclipse is in this too#but#They're uh#They're something to talk about later#👀💦#fnaf sb#moondrop#sundrop#agent sun#agent moon#my art#fnaf sun#fnaf security breach#fnaf moon#fanart#sun x reader#sun x y/n#moon x reader#moon x y/n#thief y/n#dca fandom#fnaf dca
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What is this noncommittal casual hug reciprocation advanced technique
#Dungeon meshi#delicious in dungeon#Chilchuck tims#just… Lightly hanging onto their limb like “yeah buddy glad to see you too”#He’s so allergic to vulnerability and intimacy that hugs are reserved for very special occasions with high stakes gdvdgdg help#“Yeah this is me trying hard enough.” It’s the small gestures….. It’s genuine just a lil distant. Sigh he is so the character ever
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#oc: irulanne#leg.ocs#leg.edits#*myedits#*ocedit#dragon age rook#da:tv#datv#my necromancer !!!!!!! my baby she’s here!!#teehee the first of the rooks !! so far i have 4 on standby for the fall the brainworms are brainwormingg jnhdkhnsk#spot the lucanne reference hehee twas a must to add something of luca in there he and lanna have had me in a CHOKEHOLD all a week hehe <3#colorings by cavalier remainn ICONIC andd SPEAKING OF WHICH THIS TEMPLATE GOLLY HOLLY#ty tyy orion this template was SOO good *screams* i had SO much fun working with it!!!!!#alsoo the official tarot for necromancers / mages / sidony from inky youll always be loved by MEE.#i am not sure if i want to go too much into her lore yet as its so early but the brainrot is brainrotting and i have SOO many thoughts!!#her history her lore how i see her interacting with the world and the world with her lanna's personality and her dynamic with luca AHHHH#*rattling the bars of my cage* FALL COME SOONER !!#lanna has had the braincell for the week STRAIGHT hdbjh <33#the high stakes tennis match between dragon show and dragon game brainrot hehe <33#ill hopefully have something for them too soooon I MISSED THEMM SO MUCHH#her lighthouse outfit + luca's outfit hehe couples that wear *almost* matching outfits thats soulmates or something (im normal) HEHEE#her name (hopefully the last time i change it djksncks) is inspired by i*rulan from d*une !!#an arcane prodigy entering her girlfailure era <33 girlbossed too close to the sun if u will JNDKJDSN#seemingly puts on an air of confidence but hides BIIIG time nervous wreck energy shes gonna take messing things up well i can feel it :')#i feel like a lot of clothes for her are sort of reminiscent of her time in the mourn watchers? all based on aspects of the dead??#like bones or etc?? but i also love that she could be a lightning learning mage with other magic so she takes to that more ethereal nature#to her style !! she’s also a BIG fan of the opera and was sort of praised as this golden child an arcane prodigy#the gifted kid to burnout adult pipeline she is really feeling it now 🥀🤧#hi hi moots if u read all that i am baking you cookies as we speak THERES SO MUCH MORE LOREE on her i have im screaming she’s everythingg#AHH IT WORKED IT POSTED <33 so so happy i can yell about her now HEHE 🥀💌
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#dbtag#silly hours#god#I feel like that's a really clear and consistent thing throughout the entirety of the manga but OTL leave it to Toei!!!!#lays on the floor I wish people were less afraid of letting “good guys” be flawed and selfish and reckless without having to like.#idk vilify them?#like Goku does and always has had a ton of negative qualities about him but what keeps him a protag and what keeps those negatives charming#is that 1) he never promises to be anything Else. If you're upset by his behavior that's a you problem Goku's just doing Goku#He's only upset when Other People get hurt because 2) almost none of those negative qualities contain any malice whatsoever#even as a kid when he was 'i killed that guy' it was like 'i solved a problem why are you mad (gen)' not 'good fucking riddance lol'#and he kept that as an adult too even when he learned more about compassion he's still 'well if you're not gonna stop i have to kill you'#it's never 'fuck off and die' it's always 'listen buddy either you knock it off or i knock you out there is no option c '#and god i love that Goku. I spent so long thinking I hated Goku growing up but I only hated Toei's Goku. Toriyama's Goku is GREAT.#like look if an antagonist is just a hero with the wrong perspective a hero is just a villain with the right one#and the fact that Goku has all of the qualities of a villain with none of the malice or intention makes him SO POWERFUL as a character#Goku doesn't like bystanders getting hurt. That doesn't make him less chaotic and self-centered and simplistic in his worldview.#A hero sacrifices his loved ones to save the world -- a villain sacrifices the world to save his loved ones --#Goku sacrifices himself because you cannot kill him in any way that matters#idskahds anyway here's another essay in the tags for your wednesday evening scroll#the justification the interviewer gave was that the anime was for kids but my beef with that is that Hero Tropes strip chaotic characters#of their emotions. Goku's conflicts are emotional. Goku's power is emotional. Goku's childlikeness keep him authentically emotional.#MORE kids -- ESPECIALLY little boys -- deserve a male protagonist who leans into his emotions to persevere and win.#Super deciding his “angelic state” would kill him makes me want to tear my hair out lmao Goku's EMOTIONS are too strong to hold it.#you could've just asked toriyama about it why'd you decide on the most basic high-stakes shorthand possible OTL#aNYWAY#media analysis#in the tags at least lol
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Not that it really matters but the thing about the Darry Trial™ in AGoT that I think so many people get wrong is that Sansa was protecting Arya when she said she didn't remember what happened by the Trident. Lets say Sansa told the truth in that scene; she'd necessarily have to include that Arya hit Joffrey with a broomstick, because he was cutting Mycah's cheek for hitting Arya, and that's what led to the fight that had Nymeria biting Joff. But if Sansa said this then Arya would be wrongly seen as the guilty party.
Like, these people didn't care that Mycah was killed, so why would this room full of nobles and mostly Lannister knights care that Joffrey cut him on the cheek? They'd most likely view the situation as their Crown Prince chastising an impudent peasant for hitting highborn Lady Arya Stark. So Arya attacking her "defender" over this could be seen as an unjust (or even an irrational/crazed) assault on the future king. Don't get me wrong, I think Arya was totally right to beat Joff, just like Dunk was right to beat Aerion for the same reason, but their classist and sexist nobility isn't going to view the situation like we do.
And as we learn later, the punishment for striking a royal is to lose the hand that struck them. Do I think Robert would've cut Arya's hand off? No, of course not, but I'm sure that Sansa thought her sister would be punished in some way if she confirmed that Arya had hit a royal. We don't actually learn that Robert thinks the whole affair is no big deal until after Sansa has spoken and with further context we know that Sansa is frightened by Robert... so ya'know.
#plus we have multiple cases of sansa covering for arya in agot so i dont think its ooc for her to do it again in a high stakes situation#nor is it ooc for arya to bad faith sansa/not understand that sansa is covering for her and lash out like she does here too#you could also make the argument that sansa was drunk and genuinely didnt remember what happened#which would help explain why she changes her story multiple times later on#but i wont get into that here#old hat i know - sorry if im not making sense its late#ive just never understood fandoms majority opinion on this scene
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the fact that pib's story and character doesn't lean into the horror/tragedy side of things as the other neverafter PCs do is part of why i find him so interesting
the motives and stakes that pib faces as an individual are never really as pressing/high as those that the others in the group face. marienne is already destroyed and tomas is already dead, which pib cannot and does not seek to undo (he wants revenge on the giants later on, but he only seeks it when going to snowhold & the land of giants becomes something they have to do anyways. and his starting priority isn't revenge - he's more or less just trying to get by after the fall of marienne), unlike the others, who are either in the throes of their tragedies, or actively attempting to undo what has already come to pass, or, mostly, a mix of both.
there's also the fact that pib isn't a "character" in the way the others are, but rather the archetype of the trickster cat. as both a trickster spirit and an archetype, he already holds a little more agency than the others because he's not bound to being "pib". he does grow an attachment to the identity of pib in a way that doesn't seem typical of the tricksters (the fox says that he's "gotten too caught up in it" when he returns to the trickster forest with no memories of who they are), but, ultimately, if something happens to the story of puss in boots, he's still the cat. he knows there's more for him than just pib, that, although he's still subject to the whims of the authors, he's not bound to one destiny in the same way his friends are.
in any case, whether we're talking about pib or the cat, he doesn't need to fight in the way his friends do. he doesn't need to care the way he does, or maybe even shouldn't care in the way that he does (the fox overall seems to suggest that pib is softer compared to the other tricksters; "it was a mistake to send him", "you're more the hero than you think", etc, and almost seems to look down on him for it) but he does anyways. he fights and tricks for the sake of his friends, for the sake of tomas, for the sake of the neverafter. and he does it because he chooses to. he's a trickster, who we might expect to act in a self-serving way, but he chooses to be, for the most part, selfless. he has a little more agency than the others and, instead of taking it and running, he uses it to help, to choose to be good, because he cares about the people around him. he's a little asshole with a heart goddamnit
#pib's an outlier amongst destiny's children (for being an archetype) AND the tricksters (for being too attached to one character)#maybe there's something to be said about that. but whatever it is i don't know it and it's also probably a whole other post#also i know in a meta sense pib kind of HAS to care bc zac oyama cant just say Ermm pib doesnt rlly want to do this and then leave the tabl#but you know it's still a choice to not give him those pressing high stakes in the first place so. shrugs#its also just very funny that pib started out with 'well this group of weirdos seems interesting and i might as well stick with pinoch'#and then not even 24 hours later is dead in a ditch. and then maybe a week after that is killing a god#pib neverafter#dimension 20#neverafter#d20#scal txt
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Okay so I've seen watcher rtgame headcanons before, and I've recently seen some interesting concepts for him as like a card game god based on his balatro streams. And anyways do you all remember that good omens quote about god not playing dice with the universe.
This one ^^^
Yeah.
#what I'm saying is why not both.#you are playing poker with a man who is not mortal. who has more power over the universe than you ever will. you know this.#you've bet against him. the stakes are high. and you both know he already knows the outcome. he is looking at you with too many eyes.#he won't stop smiling. like the game is friendly. meaningless. maybe to him it is.
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3x07 42
by Chris Chibnall 2007
#doctor who#tenth doctor#10th doctor#martha jones#david tennant#freema agyeman#not too much to say I just like this episode. high stakes for td and criminals in love w sad ending
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Ink October day twenty-five: Contexture
The act of weaving or assembling parts into a whole.
An arrangement of interconnected parts; a structure.
The arrangement and union of the constituent parts of a thing; a weaving together of parts; structural character of a thing; system; constitution; texture.
#will I ever be normal about them? no. fuck you.#kh xion#kh roxas#kh sora#xion kh#roxas kh#sora kh#roxas#Xion#kingdom hearts xion#xion kingdom hearts#kingdom hearts sora#sora kingdom hearts#roxas kingdom hearts#kingdom hearts roxas#kingdom hearts#kh#blue boi draws#ink october 2023#ink October 2023 day 25#thinking about how Xion isn’t just Sora’s replica but Roxas’ as well. girlie has more identity issues then you can shake a stick at#she fights like Roxas she fights like Sora she might even like fighting but she was made for it after all#does the weopon like violence because it enjoys it or because it is a weopon to begin with#I’d say Sora to a certain extent enjoys fighting (see: the colosseum and the play fighting during childhood) I think he likes fighting peop#and likes fighting with people when the stakes aren’t too high. it’s fun. on the other hand I think the closest thing to fighting Roxas#likes is struggle. maybe with some play wrestling or something. but if the person your hitting isn’t dropping colour balls he isn’t into it#it becomes at best a chore at worst something that would fuck with his trauma. he doesn’t wanna be a keyblade master he wants to be normal.#Xion on the other hand is much more complicated. I think she enjoys it (her choosing to train on their day off) but more in the way that#she finds it satisfying instead of fun. she likes Completing Tasks and Improving and things that when she focuses on past reveal she finds#uncomfortable. running out of space but Phemiec’s All I Want. ‘all I want is to know the wanting is my own’ ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhgg
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Can you give more context on the technoblade Mr beast thing?
Okay I tried to find my old posts for you but I'm on mobile and it feels weirdly high effort for me to get out of bed to make this post but basically dream thought it would boost engagement in summer 2020 to talk about how he thought he was better than techno at pvp, so before anything happened tensions were already pretty high. Dream Loved technoblade content and he thought techno would be super down but he was a Fake Fan because any real technoblade fan knows that technoblade would do Anything to avoid conflict pre duel proof of his conflict avoidant ass->(x) techno has a video that's him v skeppy (he was way better than skeppy at pvp it wasn't close) where he "settles" who is better by challenging him to Grinch simulator and they only fight at the end bc skeppy wants to. Anyway so technoblade hated the idea bc he wanted the fans to get along and he hated being put under pressure like that.
One day Mr. Beast who is oblivious as all hell tweets at technoblade and puts him on the spot offering 100k to whoever wins a duel. Everyone thinks it's a terrible idea but techno feels cornered so he agrees. Even the dream fans are rooting for technoblade. (x) It's bad. A bunch of people hated on Mr beast for putting techno in that position, tensions were already super high and techno was already wildly uncomfortable, but then to get put on the spot? By Mr beast? Over an amount of money that is literally life changing? Techno kinda killed himself training and he destroyed btw but it was super unhealthy 0/10 hated the experience. I've never been so relieved in my life than I was that techno won and the whole pvp community was also so relieved. He literally was so stressed he didn't eat and then couldn't eat afterwards bc his stomach shrank -> (x)
#old drama#discourse#i guess idk#it was pretty upsetting#technoblade was SUCH a softie he didnt like competing with people in a way that might jeopardize their careers#he made a lot of jokes about people who did that he . really didnt like kt#the stakes for Him were so high too it was kinda the worst#i thought mr beast was just fucking clueless i didnt think it was malicious but i. retrospect i see how at some point your carelessness can#be indistinguishable from malice#he was competitive but it was always in really weird ways and he tried his best to not be in positions where he was fightingother pvp ytbers#i am not saying he wasnt competitive I'm saying that the pressure was. not good
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