#and is like uhhh something is different

[gentlemanbutch]

If you’ve lowered your T dose, pls share your experience

#I lowered mine very slightly with my doctor’s approval #I’m on gel and was alternating between one and two pumps #went back to one every day because I think I was happier on that dose #but it’s been a few days and I think my body is starting to feel the difference #and is like uhhh something is different #idk I just feel Weird like hormonal and stuff ig #I know it will pass just sorta curious about how long I should expect my body to take to adjust #anyway! if you have experience especially with gel pls share #testosterone #ftm #transmasc #butch #butch lesbian #transmasc lesbian #transmasculine #transmasculine lesbian #transmasc butch #ftn

[ninja-knox-ur-sox-off]

AU where Zane Ninjago is the previous master of ice. like when he transferred his elemental powers over he also transferred his soul and he low-key reincarnated into this robo-body. cool beans. this means there's the potential of Zane starting to glimpse bits and pieces of past and not knowing why he can see it. the things master Wu talks about--why can he see them as if he were there?--he feels like he has experienced personally. give Zane a whole other crisis on top of after he finds out he's a nindriod not a human. this also means Zane in old clothes and styles from Master Wu's time whenever he has flashbacks which is a neat visual. like heck you could have someone other than Wu have previous villains that show up! you could balance that out a bit! Master of Ice's previous nemesis shows up ready to throw down when they discover he's technically still alive but also not. Zane questioning if this is his life at all. if he's Zane or someone else. If he was Zane before or if he was nothing. If he's Zane now or if he never was to begin with

#knox rambles #Zane Julian #Zane Ninjago #LEGO Ninjago #this'll probably not become anything big <- has said that for every au #just in case tho what are we calling this uhhh #Master of Ice...? no that makes no sense he's already the master of ice uhhhh #ice is another form of water it can never really be destroyed it just becomes something else ohhh that's good if i wrote a fic that would b #like the summary or first line talking about the different forms of water #water holds memory or whatever this would be a heavily Nya and Zane thing i can feel it #Glaciated Memory AU #because i'm needlessly fancy lets go with that yeah #WELP THERE WE GO Glaciated Memory AU good morning y'all #i haven't looked at ninjago stuff for years so the chances that someone has already made this au is high WHEEZIGNSD;FLKM

[cluescorner]

I gave myself a writing challenge and I am fascinated by it

So basically I put the robins in a randomizer to give them a new order/role (because I just...kinda wanted to see what would happen + I like role-reversal AUs) and got results that are giving me a fucking brain blast.

Stephanie, the first sidekick who defines the role

Tim, the sidekick who dies and comes back wrong

Dick, the sidekick who saves Batman from himself

Damian, the sidekick who was never supposed to be a sidekick but would go on to prove everyone wrong

Jason, the youngest sidekick who is still the Kid Wonder

...So this is fucking wild. I've got some ideas and several of these fit perfectly (Dick's role is pretty similar to his one in canon), but some of these are fucking INCREDIBLE to explore (Steph being the first Robin is something I never even considered but tbh I kinda love it).

I probably won't write a fic or anything because tbh I don't like publishing my writing that much, but I might expand this into a full AU and post about it. I might randomize other stuff too (ie, stuff that I cannot change vs stuff that I cannot keep the same) but this fucking rules as a starting point.

#uhhh what am I calling this?? #randomizedrobinsau #stephanie brown #oh my god I am so excited to figure out how tf to write this. #because she's my favorite of these characters and having HER be the first sidekick + the one who has a mentor/older sister relationship #with the others?? kickass. though I'll probably keep her and Tim's relationship as 'dating-then-exes' because I think it's funny #and then SHE can be the Robin who Tim got fixated on + figured out her identity?? holy fuck and then the angst of Tim later dying #Tim Drake #tbh I kinda wish he'd gotten a different position because 'sidekick who dies' Tim has kinda been done a lot with the standard #reverse robin aus. But it'll still be fun to write. Definitely going the Joker Junior route with this because Batman Beyond kicks ass #Dick Grayson #He'll honestly probably be the easiest. Like...his role has not changed much outside of being younger/not the one who defines this #But I still think it'll be good to see how well I know Dick beyond his eldest brother thing (which is my best way of relating to him) #Damian al ghul #damian wayne #oh this is gonna kick ass #Bruce does not want his son to be a sidekick but Damian just kinda forces his way into that role #and everybody doubts him because of his history with the league but he later proves himself more than capable #to the point that he can set out mostly on his own and still thrive #Jason Todd #Jason being the baby of the family is also something I have never thought about but holy shit it could kick ass #I really hope that I don't roll 'Jason must die' or 'Robin 5 must die' on the randomizer. I just kinda want Jason to live this time #But unfortunately I double-screwed him because he's on the 'must happen' wheel twice now. I did not think these prompts through #TBH I am so happy that none of them rolled their OG roles. because that would have been so fucking boring

[cpcposting]

Probably one of my fave things about CPC is the fact that Gwen genuinely isn’t conventionally attractive, she’s not just some girl who *gasp* wears glasses and has her hair in a ponytail or something X_X The amount of ”””ugly””” characters I’ve that seen that fall into that trope bruhhh. But as the comic goes on, like Frederick, you get used to her appearance and come to appreciate her as truly beautiful bc of who she is <3 

#cursed princess club #rambling #ig shes like fiona from shrek in that way?? #who in the end stays as an ogre despite her princess form #and shrek loves her like that yknow #oh no another shrek reference #aerial was so real for that fic ngl #honestly i could compare cpc to true beauty as well or something #bc that comic also deals with ugliness kinda #but its different shit yknow #its more focused on love triangles XD #heck even lookism addresses it a bit #but that comic is kinda traumatic for me to read at times bc of the fatphobia and such lol #so id say it deals moreso with body image compared to cpc #which is more about the impact of words rather than the appearance itself #the literary compared to the physical #lookism is so fucking brutal fr #like you think frederick's bullying was bad??? #lookism mc would be jealous of him #uhhh ive gone on a whole rant i apologise

[eosofspades]

okay i meant to make this post forever ago but my personal opinion on why so many people were so dissatisfied with lightfalll (disclaimer: i am not one of these people, i love lightfall SO much), is that lightfall was kind of subjected to a really aggressive marketing campaign.

like, stick with me here, i feel like almost all the lightfall release content (the trailers especially) were so focused on battling the witness, how this battle has been centuries in the making and this is the Second Collapse Finally Finding Us, only for there to be,,, no real resolution. the end was left on such a severe cliffhanger, but not only that, there was NO battle with the witness. the witness didn't even seem to be having a hard time at all with what we WERE throwing at it.

and for narrative reasons *i* am obsessed with this ending; in terms of storytelling i adore practically every creative decision that was made in lightfall, but i think the reason that so many people were so upset about it is because lightfall had such intense marketing and was rooted in the implication that this was the End of Days, only for us to get almost no closure, and instead so many more questions.

(there's also something to be said, i think, about the fact that the people who ARE most upset about this are like, the youtube gamer dudebros who's content is very very often rooted in the aggressive, violence-and-warfare, pvp-centric, no-interest-in-lore approach to destiny, and that the people i've seen primarily ENJOYING the narrative decisions (or at least being understanding about it) are the artists and writers and loremasters of the fandom, but i'm not quite sure,,, how to expand on that point.)

#like. something something yt dudebros who are like 'uhhh destiny is about violence and war and the lore is only for people who suck at pvp #and destiny is a shitty evil game i hate it sooooo much hashtag 26871435 hours recorded gameplay' asshats #being the ones complaining MOST about the narrative in. a narrative driven game. and refusing to engage with ANY lore in a LORE HEAVY GAME #vs. the community on here thats full of artists and writers and people who actually like to analyze the story and characters #and engage with the lore and have any emotional attachment at all to the characters and world and themes #being the ones who are like. appreciative of the narrative decisions made and looking forward to where the story will take us and #looking at the game with LOVE instead of hatred and malice #and even if you didn't like lightfall!!! people in the latter category are still the people who i keep seeing be like #'yeah even if i didn't personally like it i can understand the significance of this narrative decision.' #'i acknowledge that bungie put so much time and effort and passion into making this even if it wasnt satisfying to me personally.' #'i have the critical thinking skills to understand that bungie is not a sentient malicious entity trying to ruin my life; me; specifically' #like. do you get what im saying. gamer dudebros who think the world revolves around them vs the fandom members who actually understand art #bc. thats what destiny is. its art. the whole thing is a massive art project made by a group of people that are very passionate about it. #do you hear what im saying at ALL its like two separate fandoms for the same piece of media the difference is so stark #mine #destiny 2 #lightfall #destiny 2 lightfall #eos destiny essays

[mamawasatesttube]

kinda wanna write something superfam-related for mermay but i have no idea what... anyone got any ideas????

#i make no prommies to actually get anywhere with said ideas but i want to try!!!! #like MAYBE selkie au but selkies aren't mermaids. slightly different flavor. #ummm uuummmmm lori lemaris style superfam mers could be something...???? #the alien metaphors but they're sea creatures uhhh #I DON'T KNOWWWW but im marinating.... (see its funny bc. marinating. marine. like. like salt water. like the ocean. where mermaids live--) #tim as the outsider pov on ''what's up with these guys anyway''????? #wails who wants to brainstorm with me hellppppp #maybe if i take. a little nap! it will make my brain go. #rimi talks

[netatori]

oopsies :PP

#anyways uhhh i rlly like aus that explore what woulda happened if a character survived or something went a bit differently #theyre cool i thimk #mandela catalogue #the mandela catalogue #doodle #tmc jonah #tmc adam

[mattodore]

uh oh two of your sims (whatever ones you pick) wake up to their closets switched!! what would the different styles than their use to look like on ur two sims???

couple style swap 🥰

#thank you for sending me this bun <3 did you get this too or can i send it back your way for your ocs as well? #river dipping #asks #bunmou #theodore doe #matthias evanoff #a burning house to live in #echthroi #ts4 #ts4 edit #theo is so cunty in matthias’s clothes my mouth just watered…. like the Turtleneck™ on theo is sooo sexy #tried out different cc face highlights for this... not sure how i feel abt it but we'll see. clearly i'm trying a lot of new stuff out #since i didn't get rid of the tattoo or switch back to theo's old hair for these pics lmao #but i think i could pass off this hair as a messier version of his other hair... <- person who just really wants to use both #also forgot the height slider so their heights aren't accurate here just uhhh pretend theo has platforms on or something

[vigilskeep]

Whenever I think about your Keir I think about Bethany telling Anders he reminds her of Malcom. I’m sure that won’t ever affect Keir ever.

bethany is my favourite mage bc she never misses with that psychic damage

but really he and anders aren’t even a thing in act 1 so it’s less like “PLEASE stop comparing my crush to our father” and more like “oh fuck off i spend my entire life trying to act like our dad and one (1) mage rolls up and suddenly he’s dad??”

#the bethany anders keir weirdness about malcolm is so real #because bethany says ‘you remind me of him (generally positive)’ in act 1 #but in later acts i think she’s still seeing the same thing just with a different uhhh mindset #seeing the way her dad wanted her to be something she wasnt and strive for something she was never sure was worth the sacrifice #how he tried to make decisions about what was best for other people. how he risked lives etc #whereas anders also has his own perception of malcolm which i think is quite... idealised #it means a lot to him that a mage raised a family that loved him. and hes envious of it #but thats definitely a standard anders is making up. if anders and malcolm really met we’d have to cast a barrier between them within five #minutes. for their own safety. #whereas keir in some ways saw a more complete version of his father from the beginning #but he also believes those more uhh flawed abrasive damaging sides are necessary. of course he does he repeats them #his father may not have been the easiest man in the world to live with but he always did what he had to #and kept his word and held himself to the same standards as others #but oh wait here’s the legacy dlc with the steel chair— #anyway my point being that u get these 3 in a room and theyre talking abt 3 entirely different malcolms. carnage #i dont think it would naturally occur to keir to compare anders to malcolm #but hed be like. ‘i GUESS?’ when bethany said it #honestly anders one of the things that’s kind of disillusioning abt malcolm bc like #i mean say what you like about my man anders but he was never all talk #not to dismiss the courage it took for malcolm to escape & raise a family #but thats one thing. insisting on using your abilities to help people & to go BACK for those still in the circle is kind of another #a lot of dialogue implying malcolm talked a big game about mage rights #but apart from raising a daughter who hates herself what did he actually do. #sorry thats mean but you see my point #and its not just justice that makes anders like that. sure he was more scared and hopeless about the circle #but his instincts are to help. you wouldnt catch malcolm going back to help against darkspawn even when told to run #and my malcolms also. gruff. stoic. serious. a man of few words. he does not do bits or tell you about his cat #if keir hears bethany compare anders to malcolm and at all agrees it’s not really anything about personality #he’s saying yeah i guess anders does seem like a good mage and a good man. thats the only commonality he would jump to #these tags got incredibly away from me

[camels-pen]

I'm still thinking about vampire Usopp w/sanuso btw, just like

Sanji insisting Usopp come to him whenever he's hungry, for multiple reasons, but primarily bc he's the cook, it's his job to keep his cremates fed above everything else. And Usopp going along with it, asking for blood around the same times he used to ask for food. Thinking Sanji would tell him if he ever took too much.

Sanji, however, is a fool. A very kind, but large fool. He doesn't tell Usopp when he's taking too much or too frequently. In fact their whole arrangement barely lasts a few weeks before Sanji collapses in the middle of food prep.

Like, just the idea of the guy who gives and gives and, yeah it feels nice to give, but can't fathom the idea that there are others on the crew able to do the same. That he doesn't have to give until there's nothing left.

Idk just. Physical manifestation of his problems with accepting unconditional love without having to give anything to earn it. As in, the more he gives without bounds, the more he's literally killing himself.

And then. And then.

Usopp coming into the galley, ready to sheepishly ask for a snack, just like before this whole thing, and finding Sanji on the floor.

And he yells for Chopper before looking Sanji over. Coming to the realization that this was him- this was his fault. He took too much. Asked for too much. Asked too much of Sanji.

And he's just kicking himself the whole time, telling himself it was stupid to ever think Sanji- Sanji of all people- would ever deny him a chance to fill his belly.

He comes to the conclusion he can't ask Sanji for blood anymore. He can't ask anyone for blood anymore. He couldn't risk this happening again. To any of them.

After Sanji got a transfusion and isn't at risk of falling over anymore, he and Usopp begin an agonizing back and forth routine.

Sure, Sanji can't give blood for a while- doctor's orders- but there are some rather big fish in the aquarium, and Usopp has always loved the taste of fish. He drains the blood out of a few, stores the excess in the fridge, and offers a glass to Usopp to make up for the lunch portion he never got.

Usopp says something or other about grabbing a bite from a sea king earlier and waves him off. Sanji frowns but doesn't say anything.

And this same bit continues and continues and continues, until Sanji puts his foot down. Literally.

Kicks Usopp's ass to the galley. Has an infuriating conversation with him. Continues to try and get him to drink. Ends up coming to a conclusion that Usopp only liked drinking blood from the source. A passing thought making him consider that there was only one source- one person he'd drink from.

Usopp- tired and fuzzy and hungry, so so hungry- is trying his damnedest to keep Sanji satisfied with lies he doesn't have the energy to make believable. He's trying and trying but Sanji is bulldozing through each one, not taking no for an answer and-

Is it me? Sanji asks, his voice far, far too hopeful. Do you only want to drink from me?

And if Usopp wasn't tired- wasn't literally starving and finding it hard to keep his thoughts from slipping away- he would examine that voice. That tone. Run through his own daydreams with different words, different contexts, being implied with those words.

But he is tired. And he is starving. And he needs to get a grip before he wavers even more in his resolve.

And so, it's surprising yet all too expected when Usopp declares Sanji's blood as the nastiest thing he's ever tasted. Says he never wants to get within smelling distance anymore, it's that bad. Too late, he realizes his smelling distance, now, covers the entirety of the ship and then some.

Sanji stays silent. Usopp contemplates taking it back. He doesn't.

Casually, Sanji reaches over to his knife block. Despite his current status as a member of the undead, Usopp fears for his life. He wonders if Sanji was just as skilled with a knife as Zoro was with his swords and desperately hopes that's not the case. Aloud, he tries to calm Sanji down while subtly trying to put distance between them.

Without any warning, practically without sound, Sanji tilts his head and cuts a thin line near the juncture from his neck to his shoulder. And all of a sudden, Usopp's filled with another, far more terrifying, kind of fear.

It's just like Boin, Usopp, he thinks to himself, eyes glued to the spot where dark red beads of blood well up on pale skin. Just like Boin.

#one piece #vampire usopp #sanuso #sanji #usopp #nemotime #ye this is related to the other drabble thing i wrote #i dont have explanations for chopper uhhh #maybe they both got embarrassed about being found by the crew like that and just kept it a secret that they kept doing it #like sanji would assure chopper that he had pigs blood or smth for usopp but in reality. foolishness #ohhh chopper is So gonna let them have it though #Sanji: i always have juice and bread after- #Chopper: YOU CANT FIX EVERYTHING WITH JUICE AND BREAD! #luffy and brook fixing themselves up with milk is different bc they're. hmm. theyre something else #i took out the last bit bc i couldnt find a way to end it nice but Sanji wipes the blood on his finger and sticks it in Usopps mouth #and Usopp is trying so damn hard not to give in but his knees are very much shaking at this point

[crazymecjc]

manga redraw bc I’m in a silly goofy mood

panel and version without text below the cut!

#trigun #trigun maximum #oof my art i guess #vash the stampede #nicolas d wolfwood #vashwood #spinning them around in my brain at the speed of sound #something about the two of them just Hits Different #maybe it’s the religious imagery #maybe it’s the fact that they both Know each other so so well #who knows #whatever it is in their dynamic I am biting it #I just think they’re Neat #I promise I’ll chill the fuck out with art of the two of them Eventually however I do also have like three more ideas off the top of my head #so uhhh I will be going wild on main for a bit longer sorry #anyways I’m very happy with the colors in this one they sure are color #gonna stop rambling now I need to get out of the tags if you read all this for some reason ily

[squuote]

I do think about how unnerving the office must be being so empty. Like I know it’s a very obvious n noticeable thing in the game but specifically I think about the instant silence that occurred after everyone just vanishes. And how pieces of them are still present at their desks and all around the office. How it goes from distant talking and sounds of typing and bustling movement to just nothing. nothing except for stanley. how long do you think it took for him to notice the silence?

#crow thoughts #idk man like there’s such an extreme difference between a bustling area and a completely empty one #uhhh something something liminal space n all that #but also just like. instant silence. you get used to the feeling of people is all I’m saying #the stanley parable #yea this can go in main tag why not

[larabar]

I don’t know if anyone had asked this already but is sonic dead for good? Or can they call up Elise again lol

funny you should ask skdnfj

quick answer: whatever's funnier atm

slightly longer answer: check this out for other asks with this question. also i rambled a bit in the tags of this one

#currently it looks like there are two different endings #one where he stays dead and one where he comes back #How Does He Come Back? uhhh the consensus is he just respawns because video game logic skdbfj #but i have been wanting to find another way to explain it #i was finally able to play tmosth yesterday so maybe i can figure something out :D #i already have more ideas #sth #asks #actually dead au #should i make a master post 🧍

[lvmbien]

I spent a few days hyper focusing on this because I wanted to make a reference sheet of sorts for myself. And then I gave him actual clothes that aren't built into him because i think the mechanical built in clothes look... really dumb. (sorry <//3)

I adore him to absolute bits. I seriously don't know how or when it happened but he snuck his way into my comfort characters list and now I'm fighting Idia for title of favorite brother.

#The outfit I gave him is pretty basic because I hadn't planned on giving him a single permanent outfit so I just went for something simple. #Except for the shoes #I found those online and thought they were perfect for him #They're supposed to be shiny/glossy but uhhh idk how to render them right for that whoops lol #this is slightly a 'redesign' as well but also not?? really???? #because i just mixed a few of his different models and then simplified him in a way i could somewhat comprehend #i have self indulgent thoughts that go along with this but they aren't important outside of my circle of friends and my own headspace #shit like how he got those shoes specifically and some actual like in universe model design process 'lore' #side note; i finished this back in october so it's not new by any means #I was severely burnt out and struggling through art block at the time but i was able to work on this without much issue #it even pulled me out of it to a degree tbh so thank you ortho <3 #lvmbart #ortho shroud #ignihyde #twst #twisted wonderland

[eskawrites]

@bedeviled-pelican i am choosing to believe the bird and sword makes this a tenlark prompt ;)

22. "Do you trust me?" "I don't know."

Lark paces outside Tenar's makeshift room. The house around her is chaos, filled to the brim with shouted orders and the clang of hammer on metal. They're not soldiers. This is no armory. And yet they're preparing for war all the same.

We could leave, Arren had said, the night before they'd snuck their way back into the city at Tenar's side. What do we owe Erathia, anyway? We could leave, and Tenar could come with us, and we wouldn't have to die for any of this.

But Tenar wouldn't leave. Never, not for anything. And Lark is realizing more and more lately that she would never leave Tenar.

So here they are, gearing up for battle again. And here she is, standing outside Tenar's door, trying and failing to work up the courage to knock.

It doesn't come. She raises a fist and knocks anyway.

"Enter," Tenar says, regal and commanding even without throne and crown. Lark can do nothing but obey.

"Lark." The greeting is less formal. She even dares to think she hears warmth in Tenar's voice. But it does nothing to calm the turmoil in her gut, the way her instincts scream at her that something is going to go wrong. "I thought you were readying the horses."

"I am. I--I did. I--" Lark stops and forces herself to take a breath. "I wanted to talk to you."

"Then speak." The order is belied by the softness in Tenar's eyes. Lark feels panic claw its way up her throat.

"Don't do this."

Tenar pauses. Lark stares at her, helpless, ashamed. Desperate.

"What do you mean?" Tenar's voice is cooler now.

Lark closes her eyes. "I just...wonder if we've considered all options."

"You're questioning the plan."

"No." Because she's not, really. It's a good plan. Probably the best we have. She just...doesn't like it.

"Then what are you saying, Lark?"

Oh, there's danger in her voice now. Just a hint of the anger she only rarely allows herself to show. Lark's knees shake. She looks up again, ready and willing to drown in the fire she knows will be blazing in Tenar's eyes.

"I am worried."

"About what?"

You.

The word dies in Lark's throat. Too honest, too dangerous, and entirely too much to lose if things go wrong today. So she swallows it back.

"The plan."

She watches frustration boil over in Tenar's gaze, and she braces herself.

"You helped make the plan," Tenar says shortly.

"I know."

"Then what's wrong with it?"

"Do you have to do this?" Lark says, finally letting go of some of her own restraint. "This--it's dangerous, Tenar. You're risking your life just for--"

"Just for my kingdom. My people. All the things I was born to protect."

"You can't protect Erathia if you're dead."

"Do you think me so incapable?" Tenar snaps.

"No," Lark says softly, unwilling and unable to rise to Tenar's anger. "I think the odds are against us."

Tenar takes a breath. "That's going to be true no matter what."

"I know. But that doesn't--you don't--"

"Do you trust me?"

Lark meets her eyes. "I don't know."

It's not true. She trusts Tenar with her life, would gladly give her own for her, would follow her into death and whatever lies beyond happily if Tenar said it was the right move.

She just can't bear the idea of letting her run into this alone, and losing her along the way.

Tenar stares back at her, stunned and blatantly hurt, and Lark wants to take it back. But before she can even open her mouth to speak, Tenar turns her back on her.

"Well, we have no choice," she says, and her voice is clear and commanding again, a princess--a queen, even, if they make it through the day--and nothing more. "This is our best chance. Whether you believe in me or not doesn't matter. I have my part to play, and you have yours."

"Ten--"

"Go, Lark. You have preparations to make."

Lark closes her eyes, but she is helpless, as always, to do anything but obey.

"Yes, Your Highness," she murmurs. And then she's gone, hurrying out of the room before she can make this worse.

#fun fact i wrote like 3 different things before i finally settled on something #hopefully it's worth it #tenlark #lmaooo #erathia #asks #bedeviled-pelican #uhhh #celebrity fake dating au #why not

[fern-mage]

experimental commissions are open! here’s the form if you’re interested - https://forms.gle/1g1vVJ22PCRnc9678

#dungeons and dragons #dnd #ttrpg #dnd commissions #commission #dnd oc #oc #my art #calling these things experimental because uhhh im in kind of an uncertain phase with how i render stuff and im having a hard time #pinning down something consistent enough for commissions but also . im unemployed and this is all i got for income so i dont exactly have #time to wait for something that i feel like i can really stick with unfortunately #it should all be similar enough though? idk experimental is also kind of my way of saying disclaimer i might use a different brush or w/e