#yap fest

[abbyspup]

thinking about taking care of abby when she gets sick. she strikes me as one of those people who rarely ever get sick, not even a cold, but when she does it hits her hard. i’m talking can barely stand without getting dizzy. she’s so stubborn too, insisting she’s fine, telling you that you need to attend your classes or work, explaining that she’s a big girl, and can handle herself.

after a looong time of insisting that she needs someoen to take care of her, someone to help her move around, she caves, huffing and pouting, trying to pretend she’s not internally thrilled with the idea of you playing nurse all day.

once fed and medicated this woman is all over you, curled into your lap like an overgrown house cat. she’s kissing your hands (she’d make a show out of frowning and shaking her head each time you’d kiss her mouth, reminding you she’ll get you sick), murmuring soft “thank you”s and “don’t know what i’d do without you” as she drifts off into a heavy sleep, snoring and mumbling as she has the craziest fever dreams that she will force you to listen to the second she wakes up, no matter what hour it is, or if you’re sound asleep.

[getgored]

Joel SmallishBeans making an appearance on the TommyInnit channel was about as embarrassing as I'd expected. I feel like my mother just told me she wasn't mad, just disappointed, but if it were in a youtube video.

[tapwater118]

kinda random thought, but people don’t give mepad enough credit. he’s a smart guy, and while at least initially he was not very emotionally intelligent, his time on ii and being around the contestants has allowed him to learn things on this front

he stands up for toilet because he can see how much mephone’s dejections hurt him. and despite his code of honesty, he lied to mephone about the whereabouts of marshmallow, because he knew that leaving the show is something that marshmallow needed

and now he’s applying these lessons to taco. he recognizes that something is wrong with her, that she needs help but can’t bring herself to seek it, and he wants to be there to help her

he wasn’t getting manipulated there. all throughout the second half of the song we see him refuting the horrible things taco wants him to believe about herself (and she’s not garnering for sympathy points, she earnestly believes the things she says about herself there are true, and that he should despise her as much as she despises herself, but that’s for another post)

he genuinely held all of the power in that situation; he said it himself (well, implied, but still) that taco never actually disabled his ability to teleport on his own, that he could have just ditched her if he so desired. but he didn’t, because he can see that she’s troubled, and he wants to help in whatever way he can

give the guy some credit, won’t ya. he ain’t stupid

[kritterbonez]

something i noticed while rewatching the doomstar requiem:

at the end of "some time ago" when toki is trying to convince the band to let him audition he says "something tells me this was meant to be, do you feel this electricity?", talking about the connection he feels between himself and the band. something's telling him he's supposed to be there, to not to give up on the audition despite already missing it.

then jump forward to when he's rescued, when dethklok fulfills the prophecy and they're all ascending, theyre surrounded by a bunch of LIGHTNING!!!! which is a really cool coincidence when you consider that they're in the same place where toki had his audition, the same place he felt that "electricity" between them all those years ago!!! it's obvious that none of them were aware of the significance that place would hold and its so cool to see it reflected at the end of the episode like that.

in general i love how the prophecy is foreshadowed. little moments throughout the series that you'd think have no real significance until you look back on them and it's like woah that actually meant something!!! maybe this was obvious and im just stupid but.........whatever.........i love metalocalypse

[forsoobado137]

Nations and Medical Treatment

I feel like nations in Hetalia don't have good histories with hospitals. Due to their mysterious functions and inhuman nature, it's difficult to find solutions to their complex medical issues. I have a list of headcanons on how nations are treated medically. tw for medical malpractice.

In the modern day, nations are usually assigned an extensively trained physician. Multiple nations often see the same doctor.

Certain hospitals that are frequented by nations are often equipped with trained staff. Training videos are provided to every hospital.

Anaesthesia was historically administered rather poorly to nation people. They were either given too little, none at all, or way too much based on biases on how nations tolerate pain. The latest publicized incident occurred in 2014, when America underwent an appendectomy without any anaesthesia. This event and the following lawsuit resulted in a bill being passed making it illegal to deny anaesthetic to nations.

Nations often have physical medical conditions confused for symptoms of being a nation, and vice versa. As a result, a nation’s concerns may be blown off as untreatable, while others are overmedicated for something that is caused by domestic events.

Female nations are less likely to receive proper treatment than male nations. The reasons behind this are due to the lack of studying on female nations as well as misogyny.

It’s a common occurrence for nation medicine to not be government approved or tested properly. Very rarely are nation medications actually tested on nations. They are usually run through human trials and then magnified to meet perceived “nation levels”. The largest ever recall for nation medicine was in 2010, when a popular anti-depressant was causing paradoxical side effects.

It’s a common occurrence for hospitals to turn away nations due to the perceived difficulty of treating one.

Many medical textbooks used for training doctors often perpetuate misinformation about proper treatments and dosages, such as the myth that nations have extremely high pain tolerances compared to humans.

Some doctors have expressed contempt for nations requiring medical assistance, believing it to be a “waste of time” due to overestimating their regeneration abilities. Another common belief is that nations are “seeking attention” so they can mimic human experiences.

Due to negative experiences with doctors, many nations have developed hospital-related anxieties and phobias. They often refuse to seek medical attention until it’s life-threatening.

Psychological issues are rarely treated properly. It's common for bosses and government officials to hold off on what they think is unnecessary treatment. Though not all nation psychiatrists are bad, many are only really interested in the paycheck.

[nerdz-hq]

Listened to Two River mts for the first time in MONTHS today, and I just forgot… what Will Connolly sounded like…

He just sounds so annoyed at like- all times- like bro who hurt you- 😭😭

I was so put off by the tempo changes aswell, like it’s so slow EXCEPT for the “christineeee” part.. WHY DOES HE SING IT FASTER THAN THE REST OF THE ENTIRE SONG??

And again.. he just sounds so annoyed.. EVEN WHEN TALKING TO MICHAEL- WHY WAS BRO “you’re listening to Bob Marley again aren’t ya? :/“ like dude- that’s your one friend- I would NAWT be pissed off, personally

Im a hater.. im a hater at heart 😔😔

[sugarbear2001]

Reading up on Haddotin Yaoi history. Unfortunately, early depictions of the ship were negative, exploitative, and used for shock value.  Fortunately, these awful depictions of them were lost to time. 

This part of the wiki article I found interesting. So I searched to see if I could find a copy of Tintin in Switzerland, and I happened to find one available in the Internet Archive.

Warning there are very dated and racist depictions within this fanzine along with sexual content. I honestly would not recommend reading it. I just skimmed through a few of the pages and that was enough for me the zine was really bad and weird as fuck. At the end of the zine there is a very crude drawing of Haddock and Tintin where they are shown having sex.

[lemonxlimee]

Do You ship leafy x evil leafy?

Alright this is a complicated one to answer

Ahem

It depends on how you define "ship." They have a relationship but it's not romantic. Someone with a weaker vocabulary might call it queerplatonic but I think it's even more than that. In the most simple explanation, they belong to each other, like yin and yang, not the characters but sure that's a good comparison to make.

They won't function well if they're apart for too long because they literally complete each other. There can't be evil leafy without leafy and there can't be leafy without evil leafy. There can't be evil without good and there can't be good without evil. You know, the whole thing.

I like to think Leafy would "soften the blow" so to speak of Evil Leafy. Without the tooth-rotting goodness of Leafy to balance it out, EL would be a menace — like she is in canon bfdia. Similarly, EL softens the blow of Leafy. Leafy is (obviously) a bit of a. Nice Girl. Unfortunately (as portrayed in many fan works including my own and some of my favourite fanfictions) that comes with Downsides. EL is there to help her out with that.

I also like to think EL is part of Leafy, in a way. You could call it plurality, and that's kind of how I like to think of it, but maybe a better word to describe it would be like a spiritual connection. Imagine the coinpin mind link — it's like that times twelve.

My interpretation of BFDIA and their relationship is obviously very biased because of. Me. But I'll try to summarize it. Keep in mind this is indeed my interpretation and yes there are headcanons and it is RIDDLED with queer subtext as always and also we are going to heavily ignore canon because it doesn't make sense and I don't like it

Going back to the last sentence of three paragraphs ago, EL was there to help with Leafy for basically the entirety of BFDIA.

BFDIA was probably at the very least traumatizing for Leafy; when she was all by herself in Yoyleland, with no one and nothing around, all she had was her thoughts and weapons. She's not a regular character and is mostly seen as A Thing Of Before. Something else notable about BFDIA is that EL was there, obviously, but unlike any of the other "evil [character]" we'd seen (evil Bubble in bfdi 20, for example), EL actually makes regular appearances and is seen as a character. She's the main antagonistic figure of the season, in fact, but she's never seen again after IDFB.

Anyway, enough background.

Leafy was all alone and EL suddenly existed. Leafy came back to the main cast and EL suddenly (seemingly) doesn't exist anymore. What does this likely mean? EL came into existence because of Leafy. So, yes, they are part of each other.

Their relationship is very hard to summarize. EL (I'm just gonna refer to her as Red from now on) is there to protect Leafy, and Leafy is there to calm Red down. But it's deeper than that. Red sees Leafy as special, and that's because to her she is; she's the only person she loves and trusts, the only person she can love and trust, and the only person who can get so deep into her heart without getting hurt or hurting her. Red protects Leafy with her life, and for her, it kind of is her life on the line — she wouldn't exist without Leafy. (Again, we're ignoring canon heavily right now.) Leafy likes Red because she's her companion and family, and because she protects her when she needs it. It's mutually beneficial for them, along with some other secret benefits they get.

Actually, did anyone notice how Leafy "walked" back to Goiky at the same time Evil Leafy got there, and EL vanished when Leafy died in BFDIA 4? Unless I'm remembering wrong, this means they're connected somehow.

But that's beside the point. This really is a yap fest, so I'll shut up now with one final point:

To summarize, yes, I do "ship" them — in a way. They're each other's other half, and they help each other in more than one way. They're attached spiritually and probably physically as well, and they have what seems to be a mental connection as we can see in BFDI 25 and BFB 1 — with EL's first appearance and sudden disappearance being fully connected to whether Leafy is upset or happy. Basically, they're yin and yang for each other.

isn't this ship called leafcest? Unfortunate. It's not incest at all. At MOST it's an intra-system relationship.

Holy yap fest, batman!

[lyyyyynnnxxx]

yap #1

SO TODAY. i tried to shut my self up bcs i kept yapping about twilight and how much i dont like jacob ( theres no reason i just hate him) AND GUESS WHAT some1 listened to my yapss ( i was in class talking with nomi and IHFJOEUFGHIFGH i luv her.)

i cannot stop myself from just saying TWILIGHT REFFERENCE im crazy,,,, anyway

WHENEVER I SEE JACOB IN WOLF FORM I WILL ALWAYS SING THE ALPHA SONG.

she looks so depressed i luv her.

[vodkasuntreatedaids]

yappjng

am i the only one who literally almost never speaks irl unless when spoken to first due to bullying and people, including my own family "not liking my tone" when i'm not even trying to be rude?? like fine....i guess i won't say anything then....but that pisses people off too...other people are too much for me to understand ig and it hurts. i just want to be normal and have friends that won't judge me..you guys are that for me 🫶🫶and i'd honestly love if some of you happened to live nearby if we could maybe meet and become irl mutuals.

[castlevera]

guys i have a confession to make. i have never gotten into House of Ashes...

it started as "oh ill watch a gameplay soon" but then i started to not want to get into it because a lot of people say "oh HoA is the best, the rest of tdpa sucks comparing the it to hoa." then that evolved to me waiting for it to drop on switch so i can play it myself. but ive lost hope of that happening in time so now i just don't know if i should keep waiting for it to maybe drop on switch or just watch a gameplay

[luv-indigo]

ttell meee EVEVERRYTHING!!! ABPUT CHEY AND TAMMY!!! wwhat tropes are they .. slowburn??? she fell first she fell harder?? idiots ij love?????? TELL MEEEEEEEE

so glad someone asked fr </333

okay so!! to start, cheyomi is more of serious person as i mentioned previously. while nadine (my other mc) is a stickler for rules when she’s a kid, chey is even more. while nadine’s insistence of following rules stems more from the fear of getting in trouble, chey just figures rules were decided for a reason so why intentionally break them?

(yap fest ahead :3 )

even as a kid, cheyomi is very responsible, level headed, and more of a no nonsense kind of gal. she tends to prefer quieter environments and her own company. when she first meets tamarack, she’s initially surprised by how loud she is. normally, chey doesn’t make friends with loud, boisterous people but she finds herself not minding it all when it comes to both tama and qiu. she likes qiu because they’re smart and confident like her. she likes tama because although she may be loud, she’s also energetic and fun. she’s also never met anyone who was as eager to be her friend like tamarack. chey develops a crush on tamarack pretty quickly yet she doesn’t quite recognize those feelings until step 2.

i wouldn’t describe their relationship as slowburn however. or at least not as slow burn as i’m planning for qiu and nadine though. they don’t start dating until somewhere between step 2 and 3. both are equally in love with each other by that point and everyone knows it. they can see it. but tamarack kind of convinces herself chey doesn’t return her feelings (SHE DOES PLEASE SHE DOES!!). and chey who is normally straightforward, is nervous to pursue a more romantic relationship.

as i mentioned, chey is a more serious person yet her demeanor softens so much around tamarack it’s crazy.

step 1 chey: wouldn’t sift through dirt to find cool rocks bc she’ll get her hands dirty

step 1 tamarack: “hey let’s look for cool rocks!!!”

step 1 chey: “ok! :)”

as she grows up, chey continues being very goal oriented and reserved yet being around tamarack helps bring her out of her shell more. she loosens up and has a rare mischievous/teasing side only a few get to see.

as for tropes, i would say chey fell both first and harder. this is not to say tamarack loves chey less it’s just that cheyomi is absolutely whipped for tama. it’s even more obvious given the change in demeanor from her normal, calm behavior.

this is chey btw:

she’d make a fool of herself doing anything to make tama happy (not that tama would ever ask her to but yknow offers on the table)

does it count as idiots in love if chey is more of the idiot? so in love it makes her look stupid!!

im going count it bc tama was being oblivious to chey’s feelings at first. that counts as idiots in love. definitely highschool sweethearts as well.

i mentioned in one post earlier that chey absolutely loves birds. she birdwatches and takes pictures of them. she has thought about what kind of bird tamarack would be. she has also drawn said bird in multiple of her school journals.

chey also joins band (or was it orchestra?). she plays the saxophone. (i was never in any music classes in high school so ignore this if saxophones aren’t used)

but regardless, chey learns to play the saxophone (and maybe guitar?? haven’t decided) and even makes a few of her own pieces. she may or may not have written a few song lyrics with tama in mind…..

this is all i have for now since it’s already 2 am where i am </333 i’ll have more thoughts about them later but yeah!! :3

[gayalienballs45]

yall oh my god. gary and uppsulka as a dynamic always interested me and i had no idea why until now. uppsulka is a spider and gary, really talpians as a species, at least in the older colorquest days iirc, are based off of pigs. the reason i drifted to them so often when i first got interested in colorquest, is because of charlottes web.

i could totally be reaching here but in my head the dynamic between gary and uppsulka is so interesting because of the connection i subconsciously made to charlottes web in that in a way, at least in one of the older scripts, uppsulka is sort of seen as a guide to gary in a way. he seems like he looks to her for some semblance of guidance even subconsciously (ex. letting her drive hannah's van and blindly following her to an isolated location shortly after meeting the desert weirdos) because hes, for lack of less over the top words, enchanted by her when they meet. a lot like wilbur is with charlotte.

the part where the two dynamics deviate is obviously with the power dynamic between spiders, charlotte is maternal and acts as a nurturer to wilbur while uppsulka takes advantage of gary, she strings him up, gets him alone and attempts to pick him off from the group when its convenient. charlotte in contrast makes herself convenient for wilbur, she doesnt want him to die therefore she uses her control over wilbur to do something in favor of him while uppsulka does it for HER convenience, to endanger gary.

[tapwater118]

tpot 13 spoilers, i say a lot here

hopy mopy that was a good episode. love it when tpot decides to get all cinematic. lots of things to talk about

having the cold open and stinger be about firey and leafy is very very interesting (“dreamier island” is adorable idgaf). didn’t really expect them to build off their cameo from tpot 8 like this, they’re obviously setting up another side plot (likely to replace the robot flower one that just ended). i don’t think leafy died in the storm, that’d be too straightforward for that much screen time. i think one got her, for what i don’t know. what kind of deal would she take?? i must think about this more

also speaking of one what the fuck. she moved a whole goddamn hurricane over to the hotel??? she can do that?? ok so maybe she didn’t make deals with bomby and bell, she’s just stealing the eliminated contestants for some reason. AND SHE WANTS TWO GONE DUDE. scary. probably the biggest surprise was her making it so two exitors join instead of one, which reads to me as if she wanted pencil specifically to join for some reason. interesting interesting interesting

can i just say there are some super interesting freesmart interactions here. pencil’s overjoyed to see book and ice cube (cause she’s been trapped in four for four years) but those two looked EXTREMELY uncomfortable to see her. most interesting is how despite still being avoidant of book ICE CUBE DELIBERATELY GETS HER AWAY FROM PENCIL. SHES WILLING TO PUT HER GRIEVANCES WITH BOOK ASIDE TO PROTECT HER LIKE THAT. what the fuck happened between them. idfb i need you to happen please

i didn’t really have any predictions for the eliminations this time around, barf bag i somewhat expected but needle was a bit of a surprise. i thought tpot 12 would’ve made people like her more? oh well. kinda hoped for more gb and pencil interactions from her being on cloudyay but i guess we’ll have more time for those later. liy being on 🎼 is nice cause she has her old friends there, works as a nice fill in for needle’s niche

the old robot flower is back! by the deal with one uh oh. i actually really like how they handled this, everyone else is happy the old her is back but she sounded really hesitant about it because she still has the same issues from before!!! nothings been fixed for her!!! she still has that want to be like flower dude. that plot line better not be completely dead or else. (also thank you tv for the flower cameo ur great. also tv is talking in mashed up clips again letsgooooooooo)

i think i actually need to watch this episode again, there’s so many little details sprinkles everywhere omga. anyway i voted for pin and book and you should too. peace out

look at her she angy

[kurumisims]

Power outage during a big storm in Sulani.

I wonder what lorenzo is yapping about.

[stillhu3ts]

Currently making an until dawn oc (yeah, yeah, yeah could be seen as cringe but idc) so here’s the rough ideas I have so far;

Josh’s/Hannah’s/Beth’s cousin (because why not??)

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Didn’t partake in the prank towards Hannah and Beth; since that’s their cousin. Also because she went to bed before the prank even started. Unaware of what’s about to happen.

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Knows roughly of Josh’s mental state. Since they’re family; and his mother/father would probably talk about Josh and his progress to her mother.

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Close with; Beth, Chris, and Ashley (not that close with Josh; thinks he’s just there prior to the disappearances of his sisters but is really concerned about him afterwards) — And doesn’t like; Mike, Emily and Jess.

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Took a train-and-then-taxi to the mountain. Arriving around the same time as Jessica, which leads to a strained exchange.

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Gets visibly frustrated and upset about how the two couples are arguing (Emily and Jess) even though the getaway is meant to be about Hannah and Beth. Tapping her foot and cheeks puffed. But doesn’t do anything since it’d cause more of an argument; and Josh doesn’t seem that affected by it.

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So and so could see Josh and girlie have a heated conversation; her hands fidgeting both because of the weather and her nerves. Just wanting to know that her cousin is doing okay. Which gets ignored by Josh; what he does with both Chris and Sam in game

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Gets ready to watch a movie while Josh and his goons are sorting out the ouija board / seance. — And watches said movie in the movie room while Josh is doing the first part of his prank. Always blissfully unaware of the horrible things going on.

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Halfway through the movie the door of the room creeks open (Josh’s doing; to get girlie out of the room so he can get the film on the screen) which causes her to pause it and hear the call of Sam’s voice yelling out to someone. Something-something girlie walks up the stairs and meets Sam who’s only wearing a towel. (Insert that dungeon meshi where marcille goes ‘WOAH HEY!’ /ref)

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Thats all I have so far ngl! :)