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my final from last semester that i made into a zine. cooked this one up in a couple hours before the critique (the ink was still wet!), so it's very raw and kind of sloppy but the sentiment is there. i love you trans people of color. we are the backbone of this community đ
#pan draws#pan designs#zine#risograph#i'm not gonna lie i don't love how this one turned out OTL and i think the wording is not done but well... a deadline is a deadline#i'll probably touch it up and rewrite it in the future but who's to say.. i need to stew on how to articulate my feelings coherently#anyway my transness is so closely tied to my experience as a person of color. the current political climate is so fucking ass to exist in#but more than anything i am pissed off at white punks & leftists & trans people that refuse to have meaningful solidarity with us.#so yeah anyway. i was stuck on this one forever and only really got anywhere with it after attending 2 punk noise shows in a row where they#actually used their fucking platform to do like. anything. our struggles are connected you need to careeeee YOU HAVE TO CARE........ ok bye#tdov#trans day of visibility#<- i was sitting on uploading this for a while so the stars kind of aligned for it to be today huh.... happy tdov i love you#xines
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So in a lot of fanfics Iâve read Edwin is touch averse to everyone, including Charles, and itâs like âtouches like this are rareâ blah blah blah (not hating bcs I love them all) but if we look at the show, they casually touch all the time, (theyâre obsessed with each other). My absolute favourite scene is in episode one where Charles is trying to teach Edwin boxing and heâs all bouncing around and he does this thing where he mimes drilling into Edwinâs head with a hand drill and Edwin just looks like heâs trying not to smile and lightheartedly shoves him away. Trust me that is not something you do with someone youâre not comfortable touching. Give me Edwin seeking out touch from Charles and heâs so gentle even in his admonishments and itâs not the kind of touch either of them are used to. Give me Charles shying away from Edwin at first because he had to be such a typical boy when he was alive and the only touches with his friends were slaps on the back or punches on his arms, and he wouldnât dare hurt Edwin because heâs the best person Charles has met. Give me them learning how to touch until itâs so casual they barely notice when Charles swings his legs over Edwinâs on their little sofa, or when Edwin uses a hand on Charlesâ back when heâs going past, or when they fumble into each other (because come on theyâre lanky teenage boys they donât have control over their limbs, coming from a lanky teenager) smoothing over the nonexistent pain with their palms.
TLDR: I want more soft DBD fanfics with casual (platonic) touches until itâs not so platonic anymore.
#dead boy detectives#payneland#that is a very apt portmanteau because they send me to pain land#i love them#iâm literally going insane#they make me ill#no im not projecting#but my relationship with touch is very similar to Edwinâs and I want to cry about it thank you very much#Iâm aware that this is probably not very coherent#paineland#edwin payne#charles rowland#lgbtq
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thinking about âto know how it ends but still begin to sing it againâ and âitâs a story about someone who triesâ and âwe raise our cups to orpheus not because he succeeds but because he tries. we understand implicitly that thereâs value in his trying and even in his failure.â and âitâs a sad song but we keep singing even so.â even when you fail there is value in the fact that you tried and that you believed enough in your goal to try despite knowing you might fail. it is worthwhile to try, because you never know. maybe it will turn out this time! perseverance despite the odds is worth celebrating even if it ends in failure. success is not the only thing that matters. and you never know that the ripple effect of your actions might be. orpheus does not recuse eurydice but he succeeds in helping spring to come again and potentially in preventing other people from losing their loved ones as he did, and that is a good outcome. we do not see the effect he had on the other workers in hadestown. yes, orpheus failed, but maybe if they sing it again someone else will succeed. someone has to keep telling the story.
#hadestown#iâm probably still a little drunk so idk if this is fully coherent but i just finished relistening to hadestown and manâŠ. few things get to#me like this musical#it understands why we keep telling tragedies and why people are drawn to them
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the tik tok trend of flashing your boyfriend unexpectedly would have both eddie and steve like đ”âđ«đ€€đ”âđ«
oh my god.
but hear me out. yes, both boys would absolutely drool, but theyâd also react just a little bit differently.
(i got carried away beneath the cut my fucking bad minors dni)
with steve, i can see you doing it during a fight. heâs saying something like âit was your turn to do the dishes, baby-â and then youâre suddenly yanking up your t-shirt that had once been his and heâs just blanking. rapidly blinking, mouth agape and brows slack before furrowing them up. âwhatâs the matter?â youâd tease him.
and he just starts huffing in frustration because âno. no way. nope. not fair. you still have to do the dishes.â
and so youâd jump a little, smirking at the way his eyes are widening before he just starts pacing and youâre being even more of a fucking tease.
âare we sure about that? canât we renegotiate terms, baby?â
ârenegotiate? reneg- fuck off. fuck right off. i-â and heâs tugging at his hair, torn between continuing the small argument that he can hardly recall the premise for now as you continue to grip on the hem of your shirt and smirk so proudly at him. âfine. you wanna renegotiate, honey? letâs renegotiate.â
you think youâve won until heâs suddenly grabbing you up and taking you to the bedroom, treating you like the brat that you are. and by the end of the night, heâs just smirking at you and your chest littered in flowering bruises as he says, âguess youâll have to clean the sheets instead now, baby.â
but thenâŠ. but then with eddie. oh dear god.
itâs not over a fight. no. itâs not a distraction â itâs your attempt to gain his attention. heâs been paying attention to planning a campaign or his guitar or just anything but you the entire day. and by the end of it youâre just so damn needy. it was either this or full on climbing into his lap, and flashing him was just the easier of the two options.
âhey, eds?â would be your innocent start to it, but honestly? heâs not even listening. he doesnât even hear you as heâs focusing on his damn notebook.
he doesnât even notice when you raise your shirt, or when you huff with annoyance as he continues to be so fucking oblivious.
âeddie.â
no response.
âedward.â
still no response.
âedward munson-â
when he finally hears his full government name you have half his attention, but not enough of it. he wouldnât even glance up from his notebook as he says, âjust a minute, sweetheart. i just figured out this new NPC and really need to-â
âhow the hell do i have my tits out and youâre still talking about that fucking game?â
that would get his attention for a few reasons â the promise of tits and your tone of voice for starters â but even more so, the fact that you rarely lose patience or understanding when it comes to his hobbies. heâd be looking up in an instant, you could probably have heard a crack from across the room at how intensely heâs suddenly snapping that damn head up just to catch you dropping the shirt back down.
âwait, no, wait- what? whereâd the boobs go?â
âsorry, only boyfriends who pay attention to their lovers get boobs.â
heâs never tossed that fucking notebook to the side so quickly as he spins around his chair, full focus on you entirely now, âwho said i wasnât paying attention? iâm paying attention, sweetheart. iâm paying so much attention.â
heâd prove just how much attention heâs paying to you when his head is buried between your thighs, only pausing on rare occasions to breathe and sometimes spout out new ideas for that stupid campaign, which only makes you tug harder on his damn curls and cut him off with his own moans before he returns to giving you his full attention.
#thank u ily#eddie munson#eddie munson x reader#eddie munson smut#steve harrington#steve harrington x reader#steve harrington smut#ghost is drunk and on some nonsense#none of this will probably be coherent when i wake up tomorrow oh well
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Silly guys goin' on silly adventures:]
@rorydrawsandwrites's puppeteer au but the only difference is that jax gives consent
My contribution to this wonderful au has been long overdue:')
Rambling in tags ehe (cw: ribbun:p)
Well maybe it's not the only difference
#I think in this version of the au possesion puts you into an almost dream-like state#Slipping into a sort of weird trance#Like physically you still have control of your body#But mentally you're mindlessly following orders from a disembodied voice#Kinda works like that imperius curse in harry potter (yes ik rowling sucks)#And jax soon figured out it was great for dissasociatingđ#Escapism and heavily dependant on those possesion sessions to preserve his own mental stability:')#But *cue dramatic musicđ„*#He eventually realises that it was not the possesion that brings him comfort and peace no more#But the presence and embrace of gangle that did<3đđđ#Jskhsskhj sorry that was so cheesyđ§#Well more or less its because he hadnt have human interaction in AWHILE it seems#Goose did confirm that it has been a long time since he last got a hug:(#*almost* made me feel bad there#Mkay enough rambling about this slight very minor variation of the story#I hope this whole thing was coherent to even be readable=]#Maybe ill even add emojisâš#tadc gangle#tadc jax#ribbun#the amazing digital circus#Tadc au#tadc fanart#tadc fandom#gangle x jax#jax x gangle#Let me have this guys#Let me indulge-#Her head is a tad bit too small yes IM AWARE#This is actually probably my fastest post to reach 100 notes wth (in like 7-8 hours)
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Charles' thing is that he wants to feel alive and that's part of the reason why he decided to never move on to the afterlife right? Meanwhile Edwin thinks Charles will move on and that he'll be alone again because 'he isn't good with people'.
But then when the Night Nurse shows up a second time Charles is ready to go wherever -including Hell- as long as Edwin shouldn't have to go back there, meanwhile Edwin refuses that they be split up, and both are okay with being sent together to the Lost and Found Department to be sorted out later as long as they're together-
#does this make sense#like#charles -> stay on earth#then charles is like -> fuck earth edwin n°1#edwin -> stay out of hell and wander alone ig#then edwin -> stay with charles#although you can argue that charles wanted to stick around the one dude that was nice to him since the start but like#idk how to explain it#he'd rather argue for edwin's case than argue to stay on earth#edwin not going back to hell is his main goal in the discussion#meanwhile edwin's goal is that they stay together + that he doesn't go back to hell#i do wonder what it would've looked like if they'd gone to the lost and found department#do they try to escape it#does charles find out where he was headed#anyways another day of being very normal about this show#dead boy detectives#charles rowland#edwin payne#paynland#payneland#i know that charles' whole motivation isn't just that he wishes he were still alive and that he wish he hadn't had his life stolen from him#but my thoughts are not coherent enough for any type of deep character analysis essay and i would probably mischaracterize him horribly#wonder what was edwin's plan when he came out of hell cuz he went back to his highschool so was he just doing a bit of visiting#âoh hello place where i diedâ
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Ghost as a cat hybrid... Him following you home and not leaving your house as he lounges around. His tail swishes when you end up giving him food and water because of how determined he was to stay, so happy that you were caving into his demands.
A soft purr escapes him when he sleeps on your couch, his large body curled up beside you because he refused to let you out of his sight. Oh how he thinks you're his human.
#simon ghost riley#simon riley#simon ghost#ghost cod#simon ghost riley x male reader#simon ghost riley x gender neutral reader#simon ghost riley x female reader#simon ghost riley x reader#simon riley x male reader#simon riley x gender neutral reader#simon riley x female reader#simon riley x reader#simon ghost x male reader#simon ghost x gender neutral reader#simon ghost x female reader#simon ghost x reader#ghost x male reader#ghost x gender neutral reader#ghost x female reader#ghost x reader#call of duty#cod#cod modern warefare 2#cod mwii#cod mw2#cat hybrid!ghost#do i sound coherent? probably not#:)
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Hi guys! im going to be basically rebooting the whole sporelings au. i wanna make it more interactive and a bit more story based
anyways, timeline wise, we're at a part where all the mycelium resistance members are here but they have not met scar yet
#most of the facts i post before will probably still be canon but some will be retconned#im starting over to make something more coherent for this au and something i will be a bit more proud of#sporelings au#myart#mother spore#mycelium resistance#grian#hermitcraft#trafficblr#turf war#u all are now tiny mushrooms that can talk#ask away!
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The Strawhats are all very fiercely protective of each other, they care about each other in equal measures, but I love that theyâre always the quickest to act when its matters concerning Robin. Robin is who they express their protectiveness and love for must often and most explicitly. if its for her, even a member of the âcoward trioâ like Nami will threaten to beat up CP0 agents. Yknow like the âHow dare you make Robin cry?!â misunderstanding in Egghead, and everyone vowing to protect her in Punk Hazard and blushing like crazy when she says she trusts them? And it doesnât just make me happy because Robin is a character that I hold dear to my heart, but in a meta way, I appreciate to see so much love being expressed towards like? An older woman?
Not that Robin is an OLD WOMAN by ANY MEANS, the woman is thirty. But sheâs very unique as a character because as an older woman, she doesnât serve any of the usual spots in the Strawhatâs life. Sheâs not their mother, their mentor, their boss. And sheâs very independent, physically strong, and one of the most brilliant and knowledgeable people in the One Piece universe. Sheâs not someoneâs charge, their daughter, or their pupil. Sheâs not even, like, actively being asked to use her skills to help Luffyâs mission, Luffy has no personal interest in the poneglyphs and ancient histories of the world, sheâs doing that because she wants to. And itâs so. neat that sheâs allowed to do that? An example of an adult woman in fiction who isnât being pressured to be strong for anyone, and even more than that, is at every turn treated gently and reminded that she can rest, she can rely on others, that she will be protected. That she is loved for being herself. That is so neat? It is so unique?
Oda is NOT a shining example of feminism guys, (often the opposite), I know this, I am not delusional. But a character that fulfills this specific female fantasy of being seen as adult and capable and intelligent, but without the drawback of being expected to play caretaker- being so casually cooked up and presented by some guy? Thatâs pretty neat. Iâm high-fying him over that for sure
#one piece#nico robin#this post is probably not too coherent but i was thinking about how much I love Robin#and i began to think of like. How unique she is#Not just to me but in general#my post
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havin' all these Splinter and Leo thoughts. augh.
this is partly the fault of @/turtleblogatlast's post about Leo just wanting to make Splinter proud.
post-movie
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Seven days post-invasion, and Leo is feeling (relatively) pretty good. Sure, he's still on a truly ridiculous amount of painkillers and he can't walk two steps without collapsing, but he's able to stay awake and talk to his family and considering where he thought he would be right about now, well... that's everything.
So yeah, he's feeling pretty good. He just finished his lunch of soup and a protein shake, warm and a little drowsy while he listens to April talk about some of the more ridiculous conspiracy theories that have started spreading on the surface. Donnie's tinkering with one of his smaller inventions while he listens, Mikey is nestled in Raph's lap, and everything is calm and cozy in their makeshift medbay.
And then his dad walks in and says, "I would like to talk to Blue, please. Alone."
And suddenly Leo doesn't feel so good anymore.
"Aha, wait," he says quickly, reaching out and grabbing April's sleeve just before she rises from her chair. "Whatever it is, you can say it in front of everyone, right?"
Splinter shakes his head. "This is a conversation I think it is best we have in private." He makes a shooing motion at the others, and April pulls her sleeve from Leo's fingers with a helpless shrug.
"See ya in a few, Leo," she says, then walks out. The others look from Splinter, to him, then back to Splinter, and one by one they each get up and shuffle out, too, with their own hasty farewells.
Traitors, every single one of them.
The door closes, and Leo finds himself alone with Splinter for the first time since coming back from Staten Island. Or at least, the first time he can remember. He was pretty out of it the first few days; most of what he remembers is muddled and confused. And embarrassing. He cried a lot more than he'd care to admit.
Splinter hops into chair April was sitting in and pulls it closer; he has to stay standing to be anywhere near eye level with Leo. He wishes he could read Splinter's face, but his expression is giving nothing away. Sometimes it's easy to forget he spent a not-insignificant part of his life as an actor, until something like this happens.
Leo decides to speak before he can. Head him off at the pass, or something.
"If you're going to yell at me, just remember my eardrums are already damaged."
Which is true - turns out being 1, too close to an exploding alien spaceship and 2, getting punched in the head repeatedly by an alien very mad about said exploding spaceship is bad for the ears, even when you don't have outer ears like a human. So super loud noises are a bad idea right now, and thus Leo cannot be yelled at. Flawless logic; maybe he can keep using that every time he gets in trouble.
For the first time, his dad's expression shifts, just a little. A deeper frown, a heavier set to his brow.
"You think I came in here to yell at you?"
Leo feels his stomach twist. Does he have to spell it out? "I mean, didn't you? That's usually what kicking everyone else out is leading up to."
"I see..." Splinter is still unreadable, looking a little too intensely at Leo. "And what do you think I want to yell at you about?"
He really does want it spelled out. Leo suddenly realizes that there won't be any yelling because this is his punishment: to admit everything he's done, to speak all his sins for his dad's ears. Lay it all out in his own tongue and show that he understands, really and truly, the depths of his screwups.
Oh, he understands. He understands it so well he may choke on the words.
"...For losing the key," he says finally, and it stings on its way out. He hasn't talked about it since it happened; every time he tries to say anything to the others, they shush him, saying, "It's okay, Leo, everything is fine now."
It's not okay, and everything isn't fine, and this is when he finally hears about it.
Finally, an identifiable emotion on Splinter's face: horror, dawning clear and present. And Leo doesn't understand that, because doesn't Splinter know he lost the key? He was there for that conversation, wasn't he? Leo's memories of that day have grown a little hazy between the drugs and the recovery and the fact that thinking about it for too long makes him go fuzzy around the edges, but he's pretty sure he remembers Splinter being there. He flicked popcorn at Leo's head. He probably should have done more than that; maybe then Leo wouldn't have made such a mess of things.
Splinter doesn't say anything right away, just stares at Leo with that horrified expression, and the silence is so scary that Leo starts filling it without even thinking.
"I was kidding about the whole... not yelling at me thing. I know I deserve it. I mean, I was fooling around, doing what you and Raph told me not to do, and I doomed the whole world doing it! Some leader I am, right? And I know I'm not exactly your favorite son to begin with, and that's fair, because I keep letting you down, but this is definitely my worst screwup to date, and you yell at me when I don't close the fridge door all the way or throw balls around the TV room so why wouldn't you yell at me for destroying the planet, right...?"
His voice peters out at the end, too hoarse to continue. That's the most words he's strung together over the last week, and for the first time he's glad for his injuries, for stopping him from spewing any more embarrassing word vomit just to fill the air.
Splinter is still looking at him with that same horrified expression. If anything, he just looks more upset, which means that Leo at least accomplished his goal.
Leo's waiting for the yelling to start, but when Splinter finally says something, it's, "You think I have a favorite son?" throwing Leo for a loop once again.
"Uh, yeah?" he says, because that's all there is to say. He's always assumed it's Donnie - the "funny one", the one who fixes Splinter's TV when it's broken, and the only one of them likely to get a real job and move out of the house. But even if it's not Donnie, it's gotta be Mikey, or Raph. His brothers are amazing and talented, and all Leo has ever been good at is winning the Lair Games.
Splinter closes his eyes a moment, and when he opens them his face moves back to a more neutral expression. "I do not have a favorite son," he says, firm and serious. "I love all of you just the same."
Leo thinks that can't be true - if it is, he feels bad for the other guys. But he doesn't think he can just say that, so he says, "Yeah, Dad, of course," instead.
Splinter looks a bit crestfallen. "You don't believe me?" he asks, and shoot. Leo has no idea how to respond to that.
"...I know you love us," is what he says. And that's true, it is! He just doesn't know how his dad could like him as much as the others.
Splinter's expression turns sad. He reaches out and lays a furry hand on Leo's arm, careful of his bandages and all the many wires he's hooked to. "You think you doomed the world?"
"I lost the key," Leo repeats. "It was all my fault. It's why I had to..." His voice fumbles over the words, and he revises. "It's why it had to be me."
Splinter's mouth twists. He climbs out of the chair and onto the mattress, careful not to jostle Leo as he settles down on his knees.
"Blue," he says softly, gently palming Leo's face this time. "None of this was your fault."
Leo's stomach twists again. He thought he was being punished, but somehow this is worse.
"Yes it was," he argues. "I lost the key," for the third time, "and... and I ignored the order to retreat, and got Raph captured, and and and, I ignored the guys and tried to force our way into Metro Tower, and it was me who told Donnie to try to fly that stupid ship, and because of me Mikey had to-"
"Leonardo," says Splinter, sharp, and Leo goes silent. His dad looks devastated, but he keeps his hand on Leo's cheek, brushing with his thumb, and for the first time Leo realizes his skin is wet. Splinter sighs heavily, his entire frame seeming to droop with the weight of it.
"Leonardo," he repeats, softly this time. "You did not doom the world."
"But-"
A furry finger on his lip quiets him.
"You did not doom the world," Splinter repeats, once again firm and serious. "You did not take the theft of the key seriously, because you did not know what it was, the threat it represented. But it was the Foot Clan who chose to use that key, fully knowing what evil it would unleash. That is not on you, my son. The responsibility falls squarely on them."
Leo doesn't know how much he can believe that - isn't it their job to stop the Foot Clan? But Splinter looks so sure as he says it, and his hand is still tender on Leo's cheek, and for the first time a little bit of doubt seeps into Leo's heart, telling him that maybe, just maybe, this wasn't all his fault after all.
But still...
"Even if that's true," he says, with heavy emphasis on the if, "everything I did after that-"
"You are young," his dad interrupts. "You are inexperienced. You are learning. And the amount of growth you showed us all, even over just that one day... You shined as brightly as I know you can."
Again, Leo's stomach does a twist - but it's a happier one, this time. Splinter's voice is sincere, leaving no room for doubt, and Leo can almost, almost believe that this is true, that his dad has believed in him from the very beginning. Has seen something in him, whatever it was that led him to make Leo the leader, that lead to him putting trust in Leo.
He just wishes he felt like he'd done more to earn it.
"You did not doom the world," says his dad again. "You saved it. But, it never should have been like that to begin with. You should never have been facing down such a fierce foe so young, especially as alone as you boys were. And you-"
His voice becomes choked up, and Leo's heart lurches.
"You... sacrificed yourself to save us all. I... I am your father, and I... could not protect you."
He's crying. His dad is crying, and Leo feels panic, reaching out to try and stop this.
"Dad-"
"No." Splinter holds up a hand, giving his head a hard shake. "All I ever wanted for you boys was to save you from the sacrifices asked of our family. And yet I could not - and for that, you paid dearly. You almost paid the ultimate price, and we almost lost you forever."
A thick knot forms in Leo's throat, and he can barely get out, "I'm okay, Dad, I'm here."
"Yes you are." Splinter squeezes his shoulder desperately. "You are here. You are safe. But that doesn't change that it should not have been you to begin with."
Leo watches in dawning horror as Splinter steps back, then kneels over on the mattress.
"This is why I came in here, Blue. Not to yell at you. To apologize."
He presses his forehead against the sheets.
"I am so sorry that I could not protect you."
He's crying. So is Leo, openly now. He reaches out for his dad, fumbling for his shoulders and urging him to straighten up.
"No, Dad... This wasn't your fault!"
"But-"
"No! It was just... it was just a really, really shitty thing that happened, okay? It was the Foot Clan, and the Krang, but it wasn't- it wasn't..."
Splinter raises his face and looks at him, and suddenly the words he's been trying to get Leo to believe for the last several minutes barrel into him and Leo crumbles.
"...I didn't have to do it," he says.
"No." Splinter gets up, coming closer. "You had nothing to atone for. You did it because you are brave, and you are kind, but this was never yours to fix."
Leo sucks in one harsh breath, then another, and then he's sobbing harder than he ever has in his life, and his dad hugs him tight, his arms warm and his fur soft where Leo buries his face in his shoulder.
All the feelings he's pushed aside - the ones he didn't think he had the right to feel, because he'd had to do it, he had to make up for his mistakes - bubble over, gripping him with grief and despair but also relief, that he's still here to cry and be hugged by his dad.
"I was so scared."
"I know."
"I thought I wouldn't see you guys again."
"I know. We thought we had lost you, too."
"I just... I didn't know what else to do... I couldn't let him... I couldn't..."
"Shhh, it's alright. It's over now. We're all safe."
Leo hugs his dad back, as tightly as he can with his injuries, and sobs and sobs until he's all out of tears. And all along, his dad tells him he is safe, he is good, and he is loved.
Later, Leo feels even better than he had before.
#dandy fanfiction#rottmnt#rise leo#rise splinter#this is probably the most self-indulgent thing I've written in like#A WHILE#I hope this is coherent at least lol#as usual I have no idea how to end anything#god this is sappy but whatever#I AM CRINGE BUT I AM FREE
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Something something Inejâs father taught her that only fools are fearless and she must learn how to embrace fear because when it arrives it means something is about to happen something something Dunyasha proudly claims to have been born without fear and when she kills her Inej tells her to learn fear now before she dies something something Dunyasha is Inejâs Shadow something something
#this has probably been talked about before#but Iâm too tired for coherent thoughts so this is what youâre getting#Dunyasha#inej ghafa#six of crows#grishaverse#crooked kingdom#leigh bardugo#kaz brekker#jesper fahey#wylan van eck#nina zenik#matthias helvar#Soc analysis#six of crows analysis#Soc meta#six of crows meta#crooked kingdom meta
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*sigh* thoughts on Nintendo's botw/totk timeline shenanigans and tomfoolery?
tbh. my maybe-unpopular opinion is that the timeline is only important when a game's place on the timeline seriously informs the way their narrative progresses. the problem is that before botw we almost NEVER got games where it didn't matter. it matters for skyward sword because it's the beginning, and it matters for tp/ww/alttp (and their respective sequels) because the choices the hero of time makes explicitly inform the narrative of those games in one way or another. it matters which timeline we're in for those games because these cycles we're seeing are close enough to oot's cycle that they're still feeling the effects of his choices. botw, however, takes place at minimum 10 thousand years after oot, so its place on the timeline actually functionally means nothing. botw is completely divorced from the hero of time & his story, so what he does is a nonissue in the context of botw link and zelda's story. thus, which timeline botw happens in is a nonissue. honestly I kind of liked the idea that it happened in all of them. i think there's a cool idea of inevitability that can be played with there. but the point is that the timeline exists to enhance and fill in the lore of games that need it, and botw/totk don't really need it because the devs finally realized they could make a game without the hero of time in it.
#i really do have a love-hate relationship with this timeline#because it's FASCINATING lore. genuinely. and i think it carries over the themes of certain games REALLY well#but i also think it's indicative of a trend in loz's writing that has REALLY annoyed me for a long time#which is this intense need to cling to oot#and on a certain level i get it. that was your most successful game probably ever. and it was an AMAZING game.#and i think there's definitely some corporate profit maximization tied up in this too--oot was an insane commercial success therefore you'r#not allowed to make new games we need you to just remake oot forever and ever#and that really annoys me because it makes certain games feel disjointed at best and barely-coherent at worst.#i think the best zelda games on the market are the ones where the devs were allowed to really push what they were working with#oot. majora. botw. hell i'd even put minish cap in there#these are games that don't quite follow what was the standard zelda gameplay at their time of release. they were experimental in some way#whether that be with graphics or puzzle mechanics or open-world or the gameplay premise in its entirety. there's something NEW there#and because the devs of those games were given that level of freedom the gameplay really enforces the narrative. everything feels complete#and designed to work together. as opposed to gameplay that feels disjointed or fights against story beats. you know??#so I think that the willingness to allow botw and totk to exist independently from the timeline is good at the very least from a developmen#standpoint because it implies a willingness to. stop making shitty oot remakes and let developers do something interesting.#and yes i do very much fear that the next 20 years of zelda will be shitty BOTW remakes now#in which botw link appears and undergoes the most insane character assassination youve ever seen in your life#but im trying to be optimistic here. if botw/totk can exist outside the timeline then we may no longer be stuck in the remake death loop#and i'm taking eow as a good sign (so far) that we're out of the death loop!! because that game looks NOTHING like botw or oot.#fingers crossed!!#anyway sorry for the game dev rant but tldr timeline good except when it's bad#asks#zelda analysis
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what i love about neal caffrey is how damn smart he is and that he actually has very little formal education. he's a high school drop out and he's an expert in everything he does. he's one of the most skilled artists in the world â he can perfectly replicate any painting or sculpture he looks at, he can sell any story or product you can name. he can read even the most stone-faced people. he's a genius prodigy in like 20 different areas of expertise.
and it's all so fun until you think about it too deeply. until you start thinking about young over-achiever Neal whose mom doesn't notice him no matter how hard he works or how well he does. eighteen year old homeless neal who needs to be good at everything just to get by.
he's so intelligent, and so emotionally intelligent, and it's just like. okay i'm projecting but. it's so neurodivergent abused/neglected kid. intelligence to him is survival. and it's also how he seeks attention and approval.
that point makes his relationship with peter even more sad â at first, Neal rejoices in the attention, Peter chasing him, the fact that he's good enough at what he does to be a wanted man. but, it's still not the kind of attention he actually wants. like. at first, attention is attention, acknowledgment of his skill is acknowledgment of his skill. but. so often when Peter acknowledges how smart neal is or how good he is at doing something, it's with suspicion or accusation. and that makes me so sad lol
#benji talks#i am thinking out loud and this is probably barely coherent#idk what i'm saying i'm just hyperfixating#neal caffrey#white collar
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I love how neferiously hugh laurie delivered his lines in that 5x1 scene where house is blackmailing wilson. because the dialogue couldâve been conveyed in a manner that was obviously facetious and unserious (like the way RSL was playing the scene: âYouâd jeopardise a patientâ? đđ) but he literally chose to go âIf it keeps you heređđčâ in the most deadass, diabolical tone. so the result is that we have house sounding like a genuine psychopath as he threatens to let a woman die and then wilson proving heâs an even BIGGER one by responding with, like, mild exasperation at best. 10/10 dynamic no notes
#I know I yap about this 24/7 but I canât get over it#I feel like the actors being on such wildly different wavelengths when it comes to hilson is what makes it so REAL#barring the true angst of the early seasons#theyâre in different genres altogether sometimes. chefâs kiss#house will say something in a way that is honest to god giving dark romance#and then wilson responds with the air of bugs bunny#and thatâs the essence of their characters and relationship as a whole#and probably why theyâve been trapped in a game of gay chicken for 20 years#house md#hilson#house/wilson#greg house#gregory house#james wilson#hatecrimes md#does this make grammatical sense? I am running on redbull adderall and 2 hours of sleep so I truly have no clue#and by grammatical sense I mean tumblr-wise of course#is it coherent? should be the question#actually donât tell me. ion wanna know
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My Top 5:
anonymous asked: top 5 locations in a game of your choice?
#mirror's edge catalyst#mirror's edge edit#meedit#gamingedit#gamingscenery#mec#~mec#~top5#~#okay i think i both popped off and then lost the ability to make coherent colorings with this one xd#but i'm really happy with the effort i put into it!!! i had a lot of fun writing these bites hehe#i love the view... wish i could live in it someday (honestly i could probably only afford it for a single day LOL)#eternal shoutout to gamingambience on youtube for providing the most incredible compilations and mixes for this game ;-;#seriously i might just donate to him for the amount of work heâs done
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a single thread of g o l d tied me to you
#my sweet mobster#kdrama#kdramaedit#kdramanetwork#userdramas#kdramasource#lextag#tuserkat#udeokmis#roserayne#haeyongs#idk what the 3rd graphic is but#probably the most coherent graphic i've done#graphics#*
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