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codenjoyer · 1 year

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anyways. some small ideas for a highly self-indulgent werewolf au.

GHOST - cascade mountain wolf (this specific "breed" i guess?? of wolf is extinct btw), bc he will forever be a red head in my mind & they were described as cinnamon-coloured. - second largest of the pack, usually seen as the secondary leader next to price due to his rank - he does not like his werewolf form due to the fact that it reminds him of his father, and the things he'd done to him as a young pup just finding out he could shift.

SOAP - human, knows about ghost being a werewolf, but not price (so far). - has some suspicions about price being a werewolf - definitely thinks that gaz is also a werewolf (only to later find out he's not) - makes a lot of werewolf puns around ghost (& later price when he finds out) - has definitely found ghost out in the woods as a werewolf & just chucks his clothes at him "put ur fucking clothes on, wtf are u doing out here simon" - image of charlie day with the information board "EVERYONE, EXCEPT ME, IS A WEREWOLF"

GAZ - human, unaware that price & ghost are werewolves - more of a "i don't believe in werewolves" kinda guy - that is until he sees one of them shift in front of him, then he's just like "what the absolute FUCK" - most people, even other werewolves, assume that he is one bc he has a lot of werewolf-y traits; this just comes from the fact that he was (unknowingly) raised by a werewolf.

PRICE - labrador wolf (i just think price would be a very fluffy wolf tbh, no other reason for this) - oldest & third biggest member of the pack (was the second biggest before könig stumbled in) - following actual wolf pack structure, he has adopted soap & gaz as his own & treats them as if they were his kids on occasion. he's tried to do the same with ghost, but ghost was not having it. - price finding gaz like "what the fuck is that?? is that a human?? a werewolf?? lemme go check him out"

ALEJANDRO - mexican wolf, but he's unusually big for a species of werewolf that is usually pretty small - while he understands that rudy is human, he honestly sees rudy more as another werewolf due to the wolfishness rudy picked up from him inadvertently. - has 100% tried to court rudy like he would another werewolf, but later remembered that rudy is not another werewolf (totally not embarrassing for him)

RUDOLFO - human, he knows ale is a werewolf, he doesn't really care too much. - they grew up together, so he also has some wolf-y traits he picked up from ale. - he knows ale views him more as a werewolf due to a time when they both sat down for a drink, ale told him just about everything. he tries his best to emulate werewolf traits bc of this, he doesn't want ale to feel like he's alone as a werewolf (even though ale kind of is bc - as far as rudy is aware - there are no other werewolves, besides ale's family, where they are from.)

KÖNIG - eurasian wolf or steppe wolf?? idk what to make him - largest, big fluff guy. fur out the wazoo - very intimidated by his own strength around humans, he does not want to hurt people inadvertently, unless they give him a reason too - hes got one of those dog sweaters that just says "anxious" on it, thanks to soap - doesn't know where he exactly fits in with the 141, price seems to be nice, but ghost is very standoffish with him, gaz reminds him of a wolf but is human?? and soap... well, hes basically off limits for friendship with the way ghost hovers around him.

GRAVES - technically not a werewolf, he is a werecoyote - he just has those kinda vibes. idk what it is. - i dont have any other ideas for this bitch (/aff), hes just coyote - hates that he is a werecoyote & not a werewolf, he has some issues. (definitely gets made fun of behind his back, mostly werewolves referring to him as "werechihuahua" bc of how small he is when in his were form)

#call of duty #call of duty mw2 #simon ghost riley #john soap mactavish #kyle gaz garrick #captain john price #alejandro vargas #rudolfo parra #könig mw2 #philip graves #mwii werewolf au #ACOG.txt

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lizadale · 1 year

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MIss, do you remember the Simentio misadventures? Well, I've started playing Miitopia, that can be just as wacky.

Sadly neither Dimentio nor Luigi are the protagonist. You see, at first I've decided to do Lena from Ducktales because i thought it would be funny.

But when came the time to make the second Mii i remembered that i would need to make 9 more cartoon ducks, on the emulator and I'm not that dedicated to the joke.

Anyway God (the actual name of the character) brought Luigi, Dimentio and Nastasia to this world to help this tini cartoon duck to defeat the Dark Lord (her father that i forgot the name) with only the clothes of their body and no coin or magic abilities to their name.

Luigi found a frying pan thrown outside a Inn. Dio found a magic wand "laying around" and Nastasia is hitting everything with a stick. (Luigi's a chef, Dio's a mage and Nastasia is a cleric.)

On their first day together, because they were also yeeted to different places Dio gifted Luigi a Box, an actual empty box, Luigi was moved.

The morning of the next day Luigi told Dimentio that he didn't sleep well because he talks, loudly, in his sleep, according to Luigi, he kept saying "It's going to be ok" over and over.

When they fight together if they aren't praising eachother every turn they are helping eachother, and i think that's so sweet.

Speaking of fighting, Dio is as frail as a wet paper bag. He's also Dio. Like there was a boss fight where he got hit by a slime and got down to half HP, and he was going to be hit by the boss, but Luigi took the hit for him, Nastasia tried to heal him and he said "no thanks I'm fine >:c" in the same turn Luigi went like "come on dude, here's some special healing food" and he was like "omg, that's delicious, thanks a bunch <3" then he got one hit by the boss who did 20 damage for his 15 max HP the next turn. (That's when i got the tutorial to the life sprinkles)

Also, can you believe that he knows a move that can one hit everything that hit everything, but allies, and he refuses to use it? He also knows lightning and it's his favourite move (or maybe it's Luigi's favourite, because 95% of the time he uses it, Luigi assists it)

Luigi on the other hand is hard carrying everyone. He heals double of what Nastasia heals and he does an equal amount of damage as Dimentio, the assigned hitter. When Dimentio (or anyone, but only Dimentio gets the chance) praises him, he gets a damage boost too.

But Nastasia is not just there. She have a ability that let her one hit anything she wants. She doesn't want to that much :v but there's nothing i can do. The quote that she says when she kills a enemy is "And Fuck you."

Anyway, Dio and Nastasia doesn't stop bickering. It's hilarious. He commented that there's a hole in his shoe and she told him to "cease complaining" he said that his legs will hurt when i press the run button and she told him something like yeah sure. She once told he wants a cat and he said after a bit i want i dog. (Luigi told me too for both, he's precious)

Nastasia got into a fist fight with Lena the cartoon duck btw. It was a random event that got both mad at eachother.

Sorry for babbling. But it's wacky and very fun. (Btw, do you have any ideas for the killing quote for Dio?)

~(V●ᴥ●V)

I CAN'T BREATHE

(he'd probably say something dumb and flirty. maybe just "Ciao~<3", emphasis on the ~🖤)

#this was a wild ride #i really need to get miitopia so i can do a team bleck run #tomodachi life on switch when????

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cyberwhumper · 4 months

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Heyy I started working on that oc, I didn't draw it yet, and nothing is completely set in stone lol.

But I wrote a little in this post I made. I wanted to ask if you could read the blue part, and tell me if it's possible on the universe your making...

Btw how do you call the caretakers and whumpers? Are they scientists or just like, tutors/ trainers?

Oh and are biopets expensive? Or is it a fairly common thing to have at home, like a dog or a parrot?

Heyyy!!!! I read your post and I'm super excited to see the direction you're planning for his story!!!

The blue part you wrote is very possible in-universe, you did an awesome job at making everything work so well!

Caretakers and whumpers (and even whumpees, to some extent) don't have set names in universe, since it's possible for a trainer to be a whumper or a caretaker, or even a biopet can be a whumper to another biopet if they get into scuffs! As such the jobs in the universe aren't limited to a specific role, if that makes sense.

Typically there are a few roles associated with biopet ownership. Owners, pets, trainers, breeders, sellers, veterinarians, collectors, etc. There are even annual shows and competitions in which the latest biopet limited gene runs are auctioned off. These limited runs are very coveted and known to reach astronomical prices.

As far as price goes, biopets are a luxury item so they are typically only affordable to the upper end of the upper middle class and above. However, their value is determined by a variety of factors including but not limited to: provenance, gene availability, training, etc. Pets from breeders under the Kalavinka Entertainment conglomerate are the utmost symbol of luxury and wealth, and go for insane amounts. For the uber-rich there is also the possibility of ordering a custom made pet to their specifications. Those are not available to the general public in any regard, and one typically needs connections to even have the possibility of acquiring one of these.

On the other end of the scale there are what biopet owners refer to as "biotoys", counterfeit unbranded animals with lower pedigree and dubious provenance, who are bred to emulate the latest trends in biopet releases. Conditions at the breeding and training facilities for those counterfeits are typically incredibly poor and they have a higher likelihood to display behavioral and health issues as a result. The higher the fidelity the more they typically sell for, albeit at considerably lesser price point than a certified biopet. For families who really want a biopet but can't afford one, biotoys are a still expensive but much more viable option!

#biopet #biopet lore #tokimeki replies #biopet oc #IM SO SORRY THIS TURNED INTO AN INFODUMP #MY INABILITY TO EXPLAIN THINGS CONCISELY ONCE AGAIN BITES ME IN THE ASS #THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ASKING!!!!!! I WANNA SEE MORE OF YOUR OC!!!!!!!!#If you'd like I can make a biopet lore masterpost! I don't know if it would be helpful?#If there's anything I can do to help let me know!!!

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shreksstepfather · 11 months

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..there's a new scent wandering around near The Warren..

After who knows how long I sent that ask and you answered it, Shock has finally arrived! A nonbinary, fawn harlequin rabbit, they're a Jack of All Trades. Need something to be Gathered? You got it. Need some scary place Explored? Sure thing. In a fight or threatened and need someone big and scary to protect you? No worries, Giver Scary Dog and Big-Overprotective-Sibling Priveleges is here and has your back!

I tried to emulate your artsyle with this! I hope you like em :)))

They look INCREDIBLE!! I imagine that them and Gaia would be friends :))

The way you emulated my art style is SO good btw??? I think you nailed it! With your blessing, perhaps Shock could show up as a cameo some time later on...? 👀

#they are beautiful :D #not warrior cats #onion peels #not my art

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starredforlife · 3 months

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Jeez, do really so many people say they find you intimidating? Granted, I don't know you irl, and even here through Tumblr I'm just one person who follows you and that's it, but still, to me you always seemed nice? Enthusiastic. Goofy, even. I like your style, it IS masc and #cool, but like... I don't feel like that makes you intimidating. "Nomás sos canchera", to put it in Argentine terms.

Btw I'm just sending this due to your tags on that poll 'cause Ik you have mentioned that before andbI felt like the outsider who doesn't find you mean and intimidating, don't pay that much attention to me 😅

Idk it’s like conversations I’ve had with a couple people recently and it absolutely isn’t all based on appearance BUT that’s part of it that’s been told to me. Not suggested but cited. So!!

However I would say it’s more personality. Ofc on here I’m more fun n goofy bc it’s Star’s Mind Palace. I repost pictures and draw werewolf art and I’m vain and silly in the tags. It’s relatively earnest. When I meet people I’m not like, guarded in a mean dog way, but I put up a front. Most of how I talk comes out as a mask of metered and Sharp jackassery, with a confusing blend of genuine interest in people. I’ll talk to you like I need you to prove yourself to me. But also I want to make sure you feel included. This, I’m learning, terrifies people. Mostly I learned this when I was young bc I had to prove my intelligence constantly, so I emulated that intense scrutiny in conversation, I think, and I work in a v male dominated industry that absolutely hates the gentle approach to conversation (for the record, I do not hate it and respect it immensely. It’s also just not how I naturally work unless I’m in a more vulnerable setting).

It can be summed up by the fact that I shake girl’s hands when I meet them in gay bars. Apparently. That is not. The expected thing to do.

Idk I had a whole paragraph after this but it disappeared. I was saying smthn abt how I was. Working on it. Essentially. I Don’t Care how people perceive me bc I trust my perception first. I’ve always designated it as the other person’s problem if they dislike me. I’m learning how people perceive you matters for specific things. Especially friendships. This is very hard for me to grapple with bc I don’t like when others tell me what to do or how to be, At All.

It’s all in moderation ykwim. I’m not going to give up my confidence or my standards but I will work on trying to not make people feel like they’re cornered into a social pass or fail exam when they first meet me. I am intense and I can’t stand bullshit and sometimes I’m genuinely belittling or judgmental if I’ve decided I don’t like you off the bat (if you have failed the Vic Standards, which are always under deconstruction) and the latter is, in some parts, fun if the other person is a proven asshole. But it’s not really healthy. And I can’t start conversations with earnest intentions that way. So I have to grow. I have to let it matter a little bit.

Sorry, you got like. A Vic psychology breakdown. I’m also intimidating bc I’m great at lying, I speak very professionally, and I respect myself enough to make others feel like they have to do the same. I’m not scared easily and I like making arrogant men feel one step behind me. I maxed out on whatever deck makes you both charismatic and completely unapproachable. You’ll probably never meet me irl but I do think it’s v interesting how im perceived on here and so I appreciate the insight and the question!!

#star’s asks #uhhhh yeah I am not who I am on here irl and people who know me from irl can probably attest #I’m not vastly different. despite this wall of text response I am friendly and sometimes funny and often wholly genuine #it just so happens that I’m also Like This.#I’m just sharp around the edges. I think that’s it.#o thank u for the compliment also!!

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helenas-crashed-car · 2 years

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little scared rn (accidentally came into the orbit of blogs who actively hate trans people) but. heyo, what can they really do? so joy, overture content be upon ye!

btw, you can do oc interacts with him any time :) I really love seeing them! you have permission to draw him and do oc interacts with him, but please ask before writing him into fics :)

Without further ado, more overture stuff 💫 (please check tags for warnings.)

Overture isn’t used to being one of the younger members of the team, at 22. Despite earlier hesitance towards them, the agents of Valorant do treat him like a teammate and friend. Overture grew up isolated and as due to his living circumstances, was his little sister’s primary caretaker even though they were in their fathers’ custody. He’s had to be the ‘older brother’ for most of his life, and almost purposefully isolated himself from others during his adulthood before the Valorant Protocol. He’s not used to older agents treating him like a little brother, or even like a son.

Despite his lack of social skills, Overture’s very glad to be a part of Valorant. It’s a little ironic that the boy who runs around with bones decalled on his shirt is often the one raising morale: with years of being his sister’s caretaker, he’s gotten used to reading others’ emotions, although he still messes up on occasion. He doesn’t always have solutions, but he’ll always listen.

Reyna scares the shit out of him. With her ability to suck the life out of people and hard attitude, Overture is always a little bit frightened of her. Plus, with his special interest in old tech, her anti-technology attitude also gets under his skin.

Overture has an ancient 3DS XL, which he plays Pokémon White on. Killjoy has offered to get him an emulator to play old games on, but he declined after swiping up his 3DS at a shop.

Finally getting to talk about Overture’s relationship with his heritage. After his mother’s murder, Overture’s father began slipping farther into the depression he was already in, becoming neglectful, which is why Overture had to step up as his sister’s caretaker. Since Overture was so young when this happened, and trying to comprehend his mother’s death, he leaned heavily into what reminded him of his mother: old music, the punk subculture, and playing guitar. His bad relationship with his father spurred him to not want to engage with learning about his Japanese heritage; which would have been hard anyways due to his father’s lack of a want to talk to his children. In his late teens, when he was maturing and finally coming to terms with his identity, he started trying to make an attempt to connect with the culture he never got to experience due to his own reluctance. But the damage was already done: most of his father’s family members were dead or didn’t speak English, and Overture doesn’t speak much Japanese besides a few textbook phrases. Most of what he knows about Japanese culture is from reading food blogs, stories he half-remembers from his father when he was 9, and anime. He feels a large disconnect to his heritage despite his attempts to learn and understand more, which is a source of frustration to him. He wishes his family was better.

(He doesn’t ask Yoru either. He thinks it’s embarrassing to ask the man “What are some foods you grew up eating?” or any questions he has. Plus, they don’t like each other anyways.)

He picked his real first name, “Akira”, so he could match his sister Chihiro, who was purposefully named after the film Spirited Away (their dad’s a film buff). He absolutely adores his sister.

He wants to pet Skye’s dog so bad… Soooo bad.

He idolizes Gerard Way and Sage.

No, seriously, he thinks Sage is soooooo cool. Calm, collected, and she has the ability to heal? Wow! Overture doesn’t make her out to be a saint, but she definitely is someone he looks up to.

Fade and Overture bond over liking coffee and missing that person important to them. At first, Fade scared him shitless, but over time, Fade and Overture have become friends. Not as good friends as Overture is with Phoenix and Raze, but they’re definitely friendly.

Overture, on top of being a guitarist, also has a good singing voice. I bet he, Phoenix, and Neon have little singing sessions in the base :)

Overture loves cats. Another reason why he’s friends with Fade!

I’m still working on Overture’s backstory, but I think he definitely has some anti-Kingdom sentiment; he definitely distrusted Brimstone at first due to him proudly brandishing a Kingdom logo on his person, but now he accepts Brimstone as Valorant’s leader.

He doesn’t own a weighted blanket, so he sleeps with, like, 4 blankets on top of him. His bed is literally the cozy kingdom. He keeps forgetting to buy a weighted blanket… dumbass.

He’s my little guy. A blorbo? Can your own au version of an oc be a blorbo? I refuse to call him a blorbo. But if he’s your blorbo, okay.

#river talks too much #valorant #valorant oc #overture #valorant Sage #valorant fade #valorant brimstone #valorant Yoru #oc #tw childhood neglect #tw childhood trauma #tw parental death #tw self isolation #valorant overture

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bobabestie49 · 1 year

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My experience with arguing with a japanese nationalist

japanese nationalist logic is so funny. I remember getting into an argument with one, who started out by saying some bullshit about how China complains all the time about the Nanking massacre but is, according to him, currently doing the Uygh*r g*nocide (his words, not mine). This was years ago, so I'm no longer crystal clear on what exactly transpired, but I remember he said some shit about how awful it is to be japanese in China because the hatred is so intense, which manifests itself in, for example, getting "soup dumped on your head". He's japanese and white, by the way.

Throughout it all I was (naively) trying to get him on my side, and ended it by saying that the japanese government should purge itself of the fascists, and he responded by saying something to the effect of "and China should purge itself of the communists" which pissed me off to no end (and this was back when I was still virulently anti-communist - the fact that this fascist felt so comfortable comparing communists with the imperial fucking japanese army angered me even then).

I remember getting the distinct impression that the conversation was going nowhere, not least because his logic didn't work and consistently led to dead ends. He would complain about the westerners' colonial treatment of japan (which wasn't actually ever colonized, btw), and then not give a fuck that japan emulated the westerners' colonial treatment of the global south at least just as severely. He acted like japan was endlessly victimized and brutalized (even though the country's fascist turn was in part out of a fear that the west would do to japan what they did to China, so they knew that China faced much worse colonization than they did). And then instead of blaming the westerners, he instead started bitching about China and Korea.

What's even funnier is that these types would mock China for being angry about the Nanking Genocide (which they don't believe happened) while also, supposedly, committing the "Uygh*r G*nocide" (which they do believe is happening).

Reflections

In short, they don't have principles when it comes to what is happening, what has actually happened, what is righteous, and what is not righteous. Their mocking of China's supposed "hypocrisy" is only ever to stroke their own ego, which has been continuously damaged because they place their personal worth on how their fascist, reactionary state that's a running dog to the imperial core is perceived by the nations it victimized and whose victimization it refuses to recognize, instead posing themselves as the primary victims.

I find that when I unpack japanese nationalist arguments and behavior, that in every phrase I have to add (often in parentheses) curious instances of hypocrisy or that I at least have to add in commentary on the absurdity of their claims and behavior. You can see this in the previous paragraphs.

I believe this might have to do with the contradiction in the position of their current government - it's a lapdog of the country that nuked it twice. So japanese people are quick to think themselves as victims, and the countries they abused in WWII, that America (their current owner) incidentally allied themselves with, as their "oppressors", alongside the Americans. And because they're the victims in every circumstance (since the government does everything to suppress information about japanese war crimes, including allowing historically revisionist scholars to flourish in the country), they react wildly to claims that they were oppressors as well.

You can see this in the way that they accuse the Communist Party China and the KMT (!!!) of weaponizing the Americans to turn against Japan by creating anti-Japanese propaganda (seriously, I've seen some of these nutjobs claim this). It's as though they think that China, as poor as it was back then (let's not forget that it was long referred to as the "Sick Man of Asia"), would have the power to manipulate the US into entering the war and hating japan (which, if we were to unpack that, also obfuscates the attack on Pearl Harbor and almost makes China out to be the enemy more than the US??). And even if China at the time did have the capacity to manipulate the US into entering the war, they don't ever explicate why China hated japan so much (like, damn it's almost as though they had a good reason. Nah, it must be because The Big Bad Communist Party wanted a scapegoat to improve their own ratings /s).

But I guess at the end of the day it's hard to argue with these people because logic means nothing to them (after all, these are the types of people who would point to shadows in old photographs as evidence to why a well-documented genocide didn't happen). This is all just a defense mechanism for them, a way for them to deal with the contradictions of their country and their own insecurities without actually dealing with them, without actually unpacking the fact that maybe they don't deserve to feel strong because they're not strong, and that the last time they were "strong" the committed crimes against humanity that would make the devil feel sick reading about. That the very regime that made japan "strong" forms the backbone of the current "Liberal" (lol) "Democratic" (lmao) Party that allows the US to station troops on occupied Ryukyu, that allows the country that nuked two japanese cities to be the country's de-facto master.

If they can convince themselves that their country was always victims and that they need to gear up and be "strong" again (even though they were always victims) and that they're never the bad guys, they perhaps can paper over the insecurity they have and the contradiction that looms large on japanese society, the contradiction of imperialism, of how they're subservient to the country that nuked them twice. And that's why japan is still fascist and will remain fascist. If they wanted to free themselves they'd need to deal with their contradictions and have actual principles. They'd need to be committed anti-imperialists - anti USian imperialism, and anti japanese imperialism, which helped US imperialism to flourish. And that involves having some serious introspection, instead of reacting to any perceived insult to your nation with virulent sinophobia and anti-Korean hatred.

But I guess that it's too comfy being a lapdog of the westerners - even if you do only get scraps from the table.

TLDR; japanese fascist arguments make no sense, it's because they can't deal with the contradiction that involves their country being subservient to the country that oppressed them and therefore refuse to believe that they can be the bad guys, and instead of being principled anti-imperialists they're fascistic chauvinists who hate Chinese and Korean people more than their USian masters, and to keep it up they have to have no capacity for logical reasoning. And that's why they're so dumb.

#thoughts #longform #japanese #imperialism #fascism

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wellthatwasaletdown · 2 years

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i think it's really telling that h is such a fan of elvis who was a known creep. he met priscillia when she was 14 and he was 24. and after she gave birth to their daughter he wasn't attracted to her anymore because she was "used up". he also stole a lot of his music from chuck berry who stole a lot of his music from big mama thornton (btw recommend listenting to her - hound dog was her song). what a great man to look up to.

It’s ironic that he would be a fan of Elvis who did the things you said yet Harries yell constantly about Prince and Jagger and many of the other greats being terrible people who they claim Harry is better than. Wonder how they will spin doctor his being a fan of and emulating Elvis?

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rinharu-purple · 3 years

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On Jealousy

I owe this analysis/answer to an anon ask which I've accidentally posted, though only with the introduction sentence and then couldn't retrieve.🙈

Dear anon, this analysis is dedicated to you.

I HOPE YOU SEE THIS!!! 🙏🏻💫🙏🏻

Thank you @sin-with-quiche for proofreading and @lunabai78 for the spiritual support 💕💕💕

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We have quite a number of moments in our journey with Gavin... Some are funny, some are cute, some are...mmm over the edge

(。-ω-)ﾉ

If you ask me whether Gavin is a jealous man, I would give you two answers:

1) Pre and early relationship... Absolutely!

2) Established relationship... The fitting colloquial term is "territorial".

In order to look at Gavin's attitude towards other males and whether to categorize them as jealous behaviour or not, first we need to describe jealousy .

Jealousy generally refers to the thoughts or feelings of insecurity, fear, and concern over a relative lack of possessions or safety.

The word stems from the French jalousie, formed from jaloux (jealous), and further from Low Latin zelosus (full of zeal), in turn from the Greek word ζήλος (zēlos), sometimes "jealousy", but more often in a positive sense "emulation, ardour, zeal" (with a root connoting "to boil, ferment"; or "yeast").

As you can see, there are different set of emotions that might boil or ferment the reaction of jealousy in one's belly.

My personal take on this is that jealousy arises from two simple things 1) Lack of self-confidence 2) Lack of trust towards one's partner (in terms of romantic jealousy). You don't get jealous when you know you're one hell-of-a-mate and are with the right person. Which is why as we will see in a minute Gavin fits the bill at the beginning but afterwards his jealousy isn't actually jealousy at all!

So which sets of emotions lead to his jealous behaviour and in which conjuncture?

We know that Gavin is completely attuned to MC. This also applies for his reaction towards the presence of other guys around her. So the type of jealousy he displays is attuned to MCs type of reaction to the source of his jealousy. He observes MCs aura and attitude carefully and then reacts in an either desirous, protective, territorial or downright pouty manner.

If he sees the person is overstepping their boundaries like TNTs Tyson or the guys catcalling her during Romantic Date, he gets protective. If he sees someone from his inner cycle being only the slightest overfamiliar with MC as in his phone call with Eli, he gets territorial and draws boundaries. If he gets ditched by MC and walks on her having lunch with another guy all the while she's being touched by him and she's not showing any protest, he pouts in the corner and stabs MC with his words "Too much of anything can get boring after a while" (love this moment and how Joe delivers this line with a strong tonation on the word - boooring-)

If he sees the person is actually drawing MCs attention, well... This is where we can look more into. Because this is actually a stereotypical example of making one jealous. Seeing your love interest with another person in an over-friendly manner.

In Trio Date, he worries that MC might have a crush on Kiro and a close relationship with him. Which is understandably an alarming situation for him, because he isn't that close to her himself and Kiro is... well... Kiro. Pretty much everyone's into him 🌟. But Gavin doesn't show any aggression or envy towards Kiro. On the contrary, he praises him for his charm and even says that he can see what people mean by that as in confessing to being charmed by Kiro himself. I really praise how elegant Gavin acts in the face of this situation 👑 Needless to say, it's a Gavin date, meaning the canon couple in this scenario is Gavin x MC (On a side note pretty bold and disrespectful of PG to put another LI in the supporting male role in a date for another tbh) And also RIP Chandler, the poor guy didn't do anything wrong ^_^

At this point I need to let one thing out of my chest though. I can't say that I appreciate him telling MC when and where to wear revealing clothes <spoiler alert> only for him. Even though we don't actually see him seriously forbidding her to wear them I think it would be better to leave her be the judge of it. But considering the fact that she gets catcalled even at his presence I can kinda see why Gavin gets protective here. On a side note, his girlfriend isn't better on this matter either. MC covers Gavin's body at the beach during 2021 summer event in CN server so that other girls don't drool over him 🤣 These two have some homework to do in that department I tell you that 😅

In the more mature phases of their relationship, we no longer see Gavin feeling himself threatened by the presence of another male. AT ALL! All Gavin jealousy after this point is only because someone is overstepping their boundaries and making "his girl" uncomfortable.

Gavin might be the one acting jealous the most frequently among the LIs, but he never ever gets possessive over her, limits her freedom or makes unconfirmed self proclaims on behalf of her. Being possessive over someone objectifies them and the moment you objectify a person, you no longer need to be in a relationship with them tbh. Leaving your partner room to breathe and respecting their personal space is important and Gavin does this the best alongside with Kiro. We also never see Kiro getting possessive, limiting or doing anything of that nature with MC.

Further in their relationship Gavin still acts jealous, but in an extremely cute, pure and harmless way. Be it against prankster ghosts, animals she's met in the middle of the desert, a wild child, service dogs, birds and co. Basically anyone and anything that diverts her attention from him for more than a nanosecond can be perceived as a threat but an adult male 😂At his core, Gav-babe wants MC all for himself but his jealousy is actually only adorkable.

(´∀｀)♡

In the main story, however, there is a certain LI which becomes the magnet for Gavin's firsthand jealousy and even kinda provokes this. And this is actually what I am dying to write about in this post😈. It only happens at the beginning of the story, but I love it so much and therefore it must be in this post.

Gavin shows signs of jealousy towards one particular LI at various occasions and that is...

Gavin shows obvious signs of jealousy towards our genius scientist and that is completely understandable! Lucien is the one who makes his advances first and is the most straightforward one throughout the main story. Plus, he lives right next to MC and, let's be honest here, is the only one who toys with MC's poor hormones the most. Just to give one example:

Gavin and MC don't become quite a couple before CH12 and S1 Gavin has some issues with self-worth and confidence (towards MC). When he meets MC again after 6 years, he is perplexed and is fairly clueless as to how to approach her romantically. Lest Gavin making the wrong moves, he acts weirdly around MC which further confuses her. Gav-babe is really weird at the beginning of the story 😅

The first time we see Gavin getting jealous about Lucien is in CH2, when he and MC spend a prolonged period of time for the first time as they investigate the time warping incident. Our birdcop is hopelessly in love with MC so when he sees her become so red on the phone with another person, he gets worked up.

Fun trivia, Joe's reaction to this moment can be found here

The second instance is when MC spends two nights in a row with Lucien in CH5 and then falls asleep in her office.

It is crucial to remember at this point that up to CH5, MC seems to be most romantically involved with Lucien and spends most of her time with him. LuLu mercilessly teasing her and flirting with her doesn't help much in that sense either because he is actively making advances on her. Thus announcing his candidacy for "Mr. Love". So when Gavin catches MC spending nights following Lucien, having phone calls with him, living right next door to him, working closely with him and blushes because of him, it's fairly understandable that our birdcop gets fairly jealous because at that point in the story Lucien seems to have a better shot at love with her than he does.

Btw, MC flatlines on his question as to who is the resource of her flustering this time around and doesn't explain herself ;)

Interestingly though, in the third instance, where Gavin sees MC and Lucien, he isn't jealous at all! In the famous "Rude Awakening" moment, the vibes we get at first is as if Gavin walks in to MC and Lucien. But actually our protective boyfriend is there to save MCs life. What's more, he doesn't give credit to Lucien's provocations, such as when he calls Gavin "dangerous" or pulls MC behind him, stays extremely close to her and plays the "protective boyfriend" in front of him. On Gavin's defense, the one actually saves MCs life and protects her is Gavin here as he deflects the bullet shot at her.¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Furthermore, he asks Lucien to take MC home, albeit not before telling her that he will be contacting her later, signaling to Lucien that he shouldn't stick along for long. A highly subtle way of "marking his territory", much like a wolf would. God I love this scene both in the main story and in the anime.

It is necessary to mention at this point that the chapter following this scene revolves around Gavin and MC clearing all kinds of misunderstandings between them and MC trying to bind with him. Hence laying the first stones in the temple of their relationship. After that point we no longer see Gavin showing any kind of jealousy towards anyone. So mark CH7 people ;)

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You know what I would love to see? Gavin getting jealous over Shaw. I wonder whether he even knows that MC spends time with him 🤔 Too bad that PG has left the idea "brother conflict".

If you would like to read another perspective on this, Cheri has posted her analysis here

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thebluelemontree · 4 years

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On a reread of Sansa V of GOT, this really stuck out to me when Joffrey asked the Hound to recount him calling Robb the lord of the wooden sword and the Hound replies with; "Did I? I don't recall." This is in front of Sansa on the parapets with the heads on the wall. The same chapter Sandor tells Sansa to give Joff what he wants. He is going against his own advice here, isn't he? Is he emulating her defiance? Or just trying to not be a cause of distress to Sansa? (Love your posts) -Tyler

Last ask was from Sansa VI. Apologies

Yes, he's emulating her defiance. Apologies in advance, but I really love this chapter, so I need to talk about what leads to that moment at some length.

"Save yourself some pain, girl, and give him what he wants."

"What … what does he want? Please, tell me."

"He wants you to smile and smell sweet and be his lady love," the Hound rasped. "He wants to hear you recite all your pretty little words the way the septa taught you. He wants you to love him … and fear him."

Sandor advising Sansa to appease Joffrey probably is a glimpse of how he coped while living with his abuser. We know that even before his disfigurement, six-year-old Sandor was already terrified of Gregor. At that age, one can imagine there was little he could do against his brother except steer clear of him and give him whatever he wants. Remember, Sandor's face was held to the fire precisely because he rebelled against the unspoken house rules. He dared to take something that belonged to Gregor, even though Gregor didn't want it or care about it. He learned that any attempt at agency would only provoke the abuser into brutal retaliation. Not that this justifies Gregor's response to Sandor playing with the toy, but it does explain Sandor's reasoning behind his advice. In the passages that came just before, he saw that defiant streak in Sansa when she told Joffrey she hated him, and she was struck for it.

He doesn't want her already terrible situation to worsen, so he's advising her to be loving, soft-spoken, beautiful, and accomodating. She needs to be vigilant over Joffrey's moods and never displease him with her behavior or appearance; however, Joffrey also needs to see that Sansa fears him so that he can feel in control. If Joffrey feels like he's already broken her and won, he might be satisfied with that and decide not to beat her. Now obviously, Joffrey is always going to be violent and cruel no matter what Sansa does. And I think Sandor knows that most of it will be unavoidable because he says "some pain," not all pain; however, it's the best advice he can give from one domestic violence victim to another.

Sansa's response to Sandor's advice shows that she does take it to heart but also manages to express her defiance while doing so.

“After he was gone, Sansa sank back onto the rushes, staring at the wall until two of her bedmaids crept timidly into the chamber. "I will need hot water for my bath, please," she told them, "and perfume, and some powder to hide this bruise." The right side of her face was swollen and beginning to ache, but she knew Joffrey would want her to be beautiful.”

She does not mince words with the maids. She very matter-of-factly points out the bruise the king put on her. The powder is just a show for Joffrey, but she isn't seriously attempting to cover up what he did, nor is she cowered by shame. And she knows those maids report back to the queen, so she is indirectly telling Cersei, "look at what your son did." She's throwing that shame and disgrace back on her captors. It's also very poignant that the evidence of her abuse is right there on her face. She's not pretending it was an accident or making any secret of who did it. Just another way that Sandor's backstory might be influencing her actions at this moment.

The hot water made her think of Winterfell, and she took strength from that. She had not washed since the day her father died, and she was startled at how filthy the water became. Her maids sluiced the blood off her face, scrubbed the dirt from her back, washed her hair and brushed it out until it sprang back in thick auburn curls. Sansa did not speak to them, except to give them commands; they were Lannister servants, not her own, and she did not trust them. When the time came to dress, she chose the green silk gown that she had worn to the tourney. She recalled how gallant Joff had been to her that night at the feast. Perhaps it would make him remember as well, and treat her more gently.

(I'll come back to this dress later.) There is an intense conflict within Sansa as she tries to put Sandor's advice into practice. In private, she can thoughtfully work out how to appeal to Joffrey's sense of nobility (at least the appearance of) and hopefully get him to flex power through mercy rather than cruelty. She still has her pride and her anger, though. When in the presence of her abusers, her desire to lash out at them in equal measure is barely containable. Reclaiming her dignity and avenging her family is in a constant tug-o-war with her will to survive and the advice she tries to follow.

Joffrey does not make this any easier, because later this same chapter, he goes hard antagonizing her. He hurls insults and death threats. Mortifies her with talk of her menstruation, and getting her pregnant. The coup de grâce he's hoping for is to see her crumble before the heads of her father and Septa Mordane; however, through sheer strength of will, Sansa manages to push through her terror and tame it. Her obedience to the order becomes defiance as she stares at the unrecognizable faces, separating them from the people they used to be. "He can make me look at the heads, she told herself, but he can't make me see them." The absolute stone-faced badassery of asking Joffrey, "how long do I have to look?" as if she could do this all day without flinching would never be lost on Sandor, who is silently watching this whole interaction. He's not just moved by her suffering, in my opinion. It's her grit, her audacity, and courage under fire.

To his massive disappointment, Joffrey isn't getting the satisfaction of her crying and pleading. So then he turns on Robb, her only hope for freedom at that point, which brings us to Sandor's act of defiance.

Remember the green dress and Sansa's purpose for wearing it? It's clearly not Joffrey who is inspired to behave more nobly or gently toward the wearer here. It's Sandor. Sansa wore that dress the night she responded to his secret and his boorish behavior with courage and compassion that he didn't deserve from the way he was scaring her. If the dress could trigger anyone's memory, it's Sandor's. So how can he do any less than aspire to her example?

"I remember your brother from Winterfell. My dog called him the lord of the wooden sword. Didn't you, dog?"

"Did I?" the Hound replied. "I don't recall."

Sandor is answering Joffrey's question, just not in the way Joffrey was hoping. He is modeling his response after hers. It's not just an act of defiance but solidarity with Sansa. This chapter shows some of the first cracks in Sandor's loyalty to the Lannisters. It's even better Joffrey is just too dim to realize that Sandor is deliberately taking the wind out of his sails. There's probably a twinge of regret in there too for taking lame, immature digs at Robb, and having it brought up again at this particular moment. BTW, I covered the scene that immediately follows here and Sandor's response to that.

Thanks, Tyler. Sorry it took me so long to answer.

#valyrianscrolls #asoiaf meta #sansan meta #sandor clegane meta #sansa stark meta #sandor clegane #sansa stark #joffrey baratheon #abuse #domestic violence #sansa vi agot #the green dress #my meta #anonymous

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dirty-bosmer · 3 years

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OC Basics

^ I made that on Rinmaru fantasy avatar generator btw

name: Nimileth

alias/nicknames: Nim

gender: female

race/species: Bosmer, but only on her mother’s side.

age: 19 - 21 for the events of The Illusionist

zodiac: Birth sign I guess, which is The Thief (big surprise there)

abilities/talents: she’s a pretty skilled alchemist given her past with Skooma-brewing, decent with a bow, and good at sneaking around thanks to a penchant for illusion magic, in which she is very skilled

alignment: I’ve taken multiple tests for her and they either come out neutral good or chaotic good.... I mean... I guess ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

religion: She grew up following the traditional imperial temple preachings and has tried to emulate them to the best of her abilities, but that stint in Mephala’s coven definitely corrupted her practice. Can’t really say she tried very hard to stay true to scripture, but she went to chapel regularly for most of her life, even up until the events of PPP.

Now, she’s well aware that the Gods exist but doesn’t really feel they are worthy of worship, so mostly she just grumbles at them and curses the sky.

sins: envy / greed / gluttony / lust / pride / sloth / wrath

virtues: charity / chastity (lol) / diligence / humility / justice / kindness / patience

languages: Cyrodiilic and Daedric.

family: Callista Audenius (mother, presumably alive, also the Nerevarine), Father (unknown), Lorise Audenius (Aunt, also the Arena Grand Champion)

friends: Methredhel & Amusei have probably dealt with her shit the longest, since they joined the thieves guild at the same time. They’re very uncouth when they’re together. Fathis Aren and Nim have a very special relationship because they’re both dangerously curious and a wee bit morally ambiguous which has taken them on some adventures. Antoinetta Marie - cries. Vicente - cries. Bothiel is an honorable mention cause she’s always gossiping and chatting up nerd shit about the Dwemer and I think that’s fun. And Mathieu Bellamont and Arquen, but that’s something to talk about for another time...

sexuality: She’s bisexual, but she gets really nervous around pretty women and clams up. She really has no game, but she admires.

relationship status: single / partnered / married / widowed / open relationship / divorced / not ready for dating / it’s complicated (no spoilers since the story isn’t complete yet)

libido: it’s healthy heheh

build: sinewy and slender, though to be fair, she did gain a significant amount of weight when she started training with Vicente. There’s just not much else there due to malnutrition in her youth :(

hair: Auburn, a rusty brown. Long, wavy, and never brushed.

eyes: Hazel but very, very dark. They’re mostly brown with some green around the edges, but the brown is so dark it really looks more black.

skin: I usually describe her skin tone as ochre, so I picture a dark brown complexion, and she has freckles.

height: 5′2″

scars: She has a lot of scrapes on her legs from her youth. After learning restoration magic, she always heals her wounds, so there are not many new ones if any distinguishing.

features: Marina Nery is pretty much exactly how I see Nim. Very neotenous appearance, small frame with large eyes, soft facial features but still an angular bone structure.

dogs or cats || birds or bugs || snakes or spiders || coffee or tea || ice cream or cake || fruits or vegetables || sandwich or soup || magic or melee || sword or bow || summer or winter || spring or autumn || past or future

five songs that remind you of them:

“Black out days” - Phantogram, “Dissolved Girl” - Massive Attack, “How to Disappear Completely” - Radiohead, “Stella Was a Diver and She Was Always Down” - Interpol, “Fade Into You” - Mazzy Star

#OC: Nimileth #The Illusionist #tes iv: oblivion #The Elder Scrolls #What am i supposed to tag these things #Elder Scrolls OC #tes oblivion

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kuriquinn · 4 years

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Why do all your pets names start with z? I love the names so much btw!

The Tale of the Z Family

Lol! That was the brainchild of high school me. I decided there weren’t enough people/pets with Z names out there and decided any future pets of mine would have names starting with Z. And I’d already decided Zeke would be the first name I used.

So one night my brother and I were watching Nanny 911 or something like that and switching back and forth between that and Zoey 101 because there was LITERALLY NOTHING ELSE ON TV, we hear the car pull into the driveway and my mom and dad are coming back from date night. So the doorbell rings and I go to open it and when I do...mom leading two 12 week old golden retriever puppies into the house.

Suffice to say my bro and I almost shit our pants we were in shock because I had been asking for a dog for like a year or two and I kept being told no. And now suddenly, bam, two fur babies.

So I immediately name the boy Zeke and my brother names the girl Zoey (for obvious reasons) and this begins our little Z family.

(I unfortunately don’t have any photos of them when they are puppies because those are all on my old Motorola phone and I can’t figure out how to get them off 😢)

Now I also happened to want a cat. And for another three years I begged my parents. They always said no or I’d have to wait until I moved out. I kept trying of course

One night my brother shows up from spending the day out with his friends and he’s carrying this huge cardboard box, and he goes, “hey ma look what I found can I keep it?”. And we look in the box and there’s this tiny kitten that’s maybe just opened it’s eyes a week or two before, and is mangy and skin and bones and flea ridden and just this utterly pathetic creature that I immediately fell in love with.

😍

Kitty’s mama got hit by a car and left three babies under a house. My brother and two of his friends each took one home with them because they were so little if they stayed out much longer they would die.

So we’re begging Mom to keep her (we thought it was a girl at first) and mum’s saying no, no, no...and then she’s saying, well, she can stay the night and we’ll take her to the vet tomorrow and they’ll find her a home.

😏

I decide that night we’re gonna call the kitten Zeta (because I know mom’s gonna cave and kitty needs a Z name so she can fit in with her doggo brother and sister)

Next morning I wake up and mom’s been and gone to the vet, and by the way, we have a new cat and HIS name is Zeus (which she came up with in the spot only because at the back of her head we had to keep going with the Z names lol)

He’s totally king of the house so I start calling him Zeus-el-Ra for whatever reason and it ends up sticking when we’re not calling him “you fucker!” when he’s being a little shit.

This is him after a week or so of good food and de-worming and stuff:

So about a year passes and we’re pretty happy with our family. I’d love to have more pets (I have an aunt that lives in New Zealand and has like 16 cats and I have absolutely no issue emulating that lol) but I’ve accepted we’ve got a good thing going and so I don’t bug my mom about it anymore.

Now she started a new job in Ottawa and she loved working there but couldn’t stand the people. Scum of the universe worked there, apparently their behaviour made the drana of Grey’s Anatomy look tame. And there was this woman working there that was a micromanaging biotch functional moron who basically only had a job because she wad screwing the boss.

Anyway this woman mentions to my mom that her 1 year old cat got out of the house and came back pregnant. She doesn’t want the kittens so she’s planning to drown them after the cat gives birth and then neuter the cat.

🤬

Yeah, I know. Stellar example of a human being, right?

So my mom says fuck that noise, I’ll take them. And the woman is like but you don’t even know how many there will be and my mom says I don’t care I want them.

By some miracle the woman made a decent decision and agreed.

So time passes, cat gives birth to three kittens but only two of them survive, and almost the minute that the vet says they can be away from their mama, the woman brings them to my mum and she brings them home to us.

Obviously these cats must have a Z name. Mom wanted to call the runt if the litter L’il Zee, but that got too confusing with Zeke so we decided to call him Zed. And because the other cat looked like he was dressed up in black, we called him Zorro.

And here’s a better idea of how small they were:

And that is the story of the acquisition of the Z Family :)

#z family #zeke #zoe #zeus el ra #zorro #zed #fur babies

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