#i put a lot of effort into this for no good reason

[five-rivers]

Cracked Clay Cup Chapter 13

@greatbigolhampuckjustforme

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“Okay,” said Danny rubbing his hands together.  “I’m going to do the big group next.”

“Group number four?”

“Yeah, them.  Why’re there three of them, anyway?”

“You’ll have to ask them that,” said Clockwork.  “Au jus?”

“Yes, please,” said Danny, reaching for the small bowl of sauce.  “Your sandwiches are always really good.”

“Thank you,” said Clockwork.  “Will you be leaving after lunch, then?”

“Yeah, I think that’ll be best.”  Danny sighed.  “No offense, but I’m kind of going a little bit stir-crazy, being inside all the time.  I didn’t really realize until Pandora said something, but she was right.”

“That’s quite reasonable,” said Clockwork.  “The trial has lasted for nearly a month and a half.”

“Really?  I think I’ve only been with each person for about a week, and there’ve only been four people.  Five, if you count the Observants.”

“Yes, but you’ve spent a good amount of time here as well.  Those in-between days add up.”

“Huh.  I guess so.”  Danny took a bite of his sandwich.  “I guess it sort of snuck up on me.  A month and a half…  So two weeks here.”

“Yes, but please chew with your mouth closed.”

“Oops,” said Danny, covering his mouth.  “Sorry.”

Clockwork nodded and patted Danny absently on the head before making a small sandwich for himself.  They ate together quietly.  

“Three of them, though,” said Danny.  “Are they all together, or something?”

“You will–”

“Have to meet them and find out.  I know, I know.  Should I brush my teeth first?”

Clockwork raised an eyebrow.  

“Yeah, you’re right,” said Danny.  “That’s probably too much effort.  But I should put in some effort, shouldn’t I?”  He nodded.  “Yeah.  Toothbrushing.  Toothbrush.  One minute.”

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Danny had been in a lot of places over the last month and a half.  A cute little house, two mansions possessed by people with questionable understandings of humanity, a warren of ice caves, an ancient Greek palace, and, of course, Clockwork’s purple place.  He’d imagined a lot of others.  Like open skies, broad fields, mountains, islands… horrible mad science labs…

However, he hadn’t imagined a place like this.

“Um,” he said, looking around the… stage?  Rats' nests of cables were strewn about in every direction, and next to the curtains hunting trophies were hung.  Heads, horns, antlers… hair?  A tail?  Whatever, this was weird, and there didn’t seem to be anyone around.  “Hi?”  He stepped forward over a tangle of cables.  “Hello?  Anyone–”

“BEHOLD!  I, TECHNUS, MASTER OF ALL TECHNOLOGY–”

Danny leaped backwards, to hover over the seating area, startled by the ghost rising out of the cables.  The stage lights came on, spotlights centering on the ghost.  He had long white hair, green skin, sunglasses built into his face, and a tattered lab coat.  

Music blasted out of speakers, rock and roll, screaming guitars, thundering drums and cymbals.  A young, gray-skinned woman with fiery blue hair rose up from under the stage.  She held a guitar painted with blue and pink flames.  

“HEYA, BABYPOP!” she shouted into a microphone that appeared in a burst of fire.  “WELCOME HOME TO MAMA EMBER, YEAH!”

“Hey!” whined the first ghost.  “You said I could do the introductions!”

“I never said that.  You said that.  I was always going to do the intros.  You think I’m going to leave it to you, when you just drone on and on and on and on and–”

“As if you’re any better!”

“I come with a sound track, audio jack,” said Ember.  

“My god, you two are so loud, and you didn’t even bother to introduce me,” said a deep, slightly hollow voice.  Danny startled again, twisting to see a ghost completely covered with silvery armor.  

“I thought you didn’t care about introductions,” said Ember.  She played a quick few chords on her guitars, then continued to use her music to punctuate her words.  “Because big, bad, baddie, bad, hunky, hottie, hunter Skulker doesn’t need an introduction.”  She leaned forward over the guitar.  “His name speaks for him!”  She started laughing so hard she floated up off the stage.  Music continued to blare from the speakers.  

“I, TECHNUS, MASTER OF ALL TECHNOLOGY, CAN TAKE YOUR SO-CALLED MUSIC OFF THE AIR!”

“We’re not even on the air!”

“I can’t believe I’m associated with these two idiots,” said Skulker.  

“I’d like to know how you’re associated with me,” said Danny, trying to smooth down his fur.  

“Isn’t it obvious, babypop?” asked Ember.  “We’re you’re parents!  Yeah!”  

“Uh,” said Danny, looking at the very strange trio.  “I don’t know about the other two, but aren’t you a little… young for that?”  She couldn’t be all that much older than Jazz.  

“I’m dead, kiddo.  Son.  Boy.  Little man.  I was a teen mom and all that.  Totally radical rockstar living.”

“With, um,” said Danny.  His eyes slid back and forth between Ember and Skulker.

“Skulker, duh,” said Ember.  “Techy here is Skulker’s boyfriend or whatever.”

“It’s not whatever.  I am his trusted–”

“Yeah, whatever.”

“We’re all dating, except when we’re broken up,” said Skulker, bored.

“Okay,” said Danny.  “So… you’re both…”  He shrugged at them.  

“What does this–” Technus also shrugged, “--mean?”

“I don’t know,” said Danny.  “You tell me.”

“Hm, the amnesia did not do favors for his intelligence!  I liked him much better before!  Do you want to see the lab?”

“The lab?” repeated Danny, backing away from Technus a little more.  

“It really didn’t help your intelligence.  Sad!  Perhaps some electroshock therapy might help?”

“Hey!” said Ember, kicking Technus’s tail.  “What did we say about electrocuting the flesh baby?  What did that narc say?  The tall purple one?”

“I know you know that Clockwork isn’t a narc,” said Skulker.  

The three of them started to bicker.  Danny watched in mixed fascination and horror.  

White hair on Technus.  Green eyes on Skulker and Ember.  Human-like appearances.  A mad science lab.  Jazz’s belief that Danny would buy the absurdly youthful mother story.  Frostbite’s conviction that his parents were abusive.  Heck, Danny could even see them meeting Vlad in college, if he fudged the ages a little.  He didn’t have any idea how old Vlad was, after all.  

Were these his actual parents?  Like, his actual, biological parents?

“Anyway, babypop,” said Ember, throwing a hand around Danny’s shoulder, “we heard about your predicament through the grapevine–”

“Through the grapevine?  Weren’t you just saying you were my mother?”

“Yeah, but I was on tour, Skulker was hunting, and Technus was… Being Technus.  We were, like, estranged.  Separated.  Because of the whole alive thing.  Fell out of touch.”  She waved a lazy hand.  “Anyway, we heard about the Observants putting you through hell, and we were like, that’s not cool.  So, we put our names in the hat, all that stuff, babypop, ‘cause we love you, y’know?  And we’re going to have so much fun.  I’ll turn you into a proper rocker yet.  You’ve got a great set of pipes, kid, and you’ve got to use that.”

“But first!” shouted Technus, at only a slightly lower volume than before.  “The GRAND TOUR!”

Danny took back that thought about the volume being lower.  

“TO THE LAB!”

Danny cringed away from Technus.  This was going to be a pain.  

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“Okay,” said Danny, floating a few feet over the floor to avoid the wires.  “We’ve seen the stage, the sound room, the… conservatory?”

“Never say that I don’t have taste, babypop.  You’ve got to have a good piano in a house.”

“Yeah, then workshop, and the server room, and the lab.”  Which had, frankly, been horrifying.  Just a massive mess of electronics.  The sense of electricity in the room made his hair all stand on end.  “And the weapon room.  Then the… hunting.  Place.  And.  Um.  Zoo.”  Which was also horrifying, but for different reasons.

“Yes,” said Skulker, “our space may be limited, but you will soon know the joy of the hunt.”

“... right,” said Danny.  “But, like, is there a… kitchen?”

“Kitchen?” asked Ember, blankly.  

“We don’t,” said Skulker.  

“We mostly order out, when the great hunter here can’t catch anything!”

“Can anyone… get in to order out?”

Ember, Skulker, and Technus stared at each other.  

“Crap,” said Ember, finally.  “Crap.”

“What?” said Technus.  “It’s not like we have to eat.”

“I kind of do.”

“No, you don’t.”

“I do.  Everyone else has been feeding me.”

“Yeah, no, we’re ghosts, even you,” said Technus.  “We don’t need to eat.”

“I can kill off some of the game I’ve already caught,” said Skulker, “if we really need to.  I’d like you to hunt for them, though.  A little extra incentive!”

“Right.  Sure.  Whatever.  Bedroom?” asked Danny.

“We don’t need to sleep, either,” said Technus.  

Fine.  Danny wasn’t touching that.  “Bathroom?” he tried.

“Gross,” said Ember.  “Who’s spending their afterlife peeing?”

“Uh.  Me?”

“Ew.  You’ve got to quit that.”

Danny didn’t think that was a thing he could actually quit.  He made a face.  “You’re not actually my parents, are you?”

“Of course we are,” said Skulker, mechanically.  

“Okay, well, that right there, that’s a lie,” said Danny.  “That’s definitely a lie.”

“It’s not,” said Technus, stridently. 

“Look, maybe some fighting would knock him out of his funk,” said Skulker.  “Knock him right out.”

“Yeah, some of that misplaced aggression kind of thing he’s always on about,” said Ember.  

Danny had no idea what he was talking about.  “You guys do know that if I can’t have a place to go to the bathroom, I’m going to leave, right?”

“Maybe even a good hunt,” said Skulker.  “For old times’ sake.  Give him a good chase, get rid of some of that anxiety.”

Danny really hoped he wasn’t related to these three.  He grabbed the pocketwatch.  

“Wait, ghost child!” 

“Okay, yeah, that’s not something you call your kids,” said Danny, pointing at Technus.  

“Oh, yeah, yeah, you caught us,” said Technus.  “Real sharp of you, ghost child!  Real sharp and groovy.”

“Oh my god, you don’t know what any of those words mean,” said Ember.  “Stop using them.”

“BUT!” shrieked Technus.  “What you don’t know is that we’re your RIVALS!”

Danny grimaced.  “What?”

“We fought you, like, a bunch of times,” said Ember. 

“And… now you want to adopt me?”

“Better us than some of the nutjobs that want you.  We’d just let you do your own thing, hang out, fight a bit when you get touchy about your stupid city, or too wound up about school, all that stuff.”

“But we’d NEVER make you go to SCHOOL!” said Technus.  “I could teach you in the lab!”

“Wow, that’s, uh.  Touching,” said Danny.  “But the bathroom thing is, in this case, a dealbreaker.”

“Aw, come on,” said Ember.  “At least have a good fight with us, first.  Skulker’s been practically moping since you’ve been out of commission.”

“My latest hunts have been… flavorless,” said Skulker.  Danny sighed.  “Fine.  But I’m going right after.”

#danny phantom #phic phight #phic

[morverenmaybewrites]

Hiya! First of all your blog’s interface is so cute i’m rolling on the floorrrrrrr

Second of all your writing is absolutely amazing, i’ve just finished reading “the pizza delivery girl’s survival guide to gotham city” and lemme tell u i can’t wait for the next chapter cause absolute gold-

I wanted to ask what your thoughts are on Jason and day-to-day life outside of costume. Like, dude HAS to go outside as himself at least every once in a while, out of pure necessity. How do you think he goes on about it?

Aw, thank you, I'm glad you like my blog interface and my fic. I think it depends on how much he's progressed in processing his trauma, to be honest!

I imagine when he first moved back in Gotham, he avoided going out as much as possible, for a multitude of reasons. First, because he was still reeling emotionally from Bruce enacting project Knightfall (aka faking his own death), he was recovering from the injuries he sustained during the events of Arkham Knight (and of course, the injuries he got from the Joker). Most importantly, he is adjusting to living in a city he once hated enough to want to destroy.

I feel like those first few weeks were painful for him. Every place is filled memories, and while not all of them are bad memories, they often feel too painful to revisit. He likely spent most of his time cooped up in a safehouse (which was established as something he makes no effort to make comfortable), only going out when he absolutely had to. Interacting with the city and its people as little as possible. While I don't think the Joker ever meant him to survive his torture, the amount of scars and physical injuries he bears means that a lot of his interactions bring a lot of (misplaced) guilt and shame. Did that shopkeep spend too long looking at his face, his scar? Maybe he'll pass by some hole-in-the-wall shop and remember that he and Dick and Barbara would cool down there after patrols. The ramen, he'll think, is surprisingly good. The owner is a smiling, heavyset man who insists that they never pay for their meals. Maybe he'll even take a single step toward the shop, only to remember that the scars on his hands make it so it's hard to hold cutlery without shaking. That there are days when it's physically painful to eat. And he'll shake his head and walk away.

But I think the more he interacts with PG in the story and the more he fixes his relationship with his family, the more he'll be able to interact with Gotham City. Maybe going to the grocery won't be treated like a military supply run. Maybe he'll look up from his carefully-curated list and realize a type of candy Barbara used to be obsessed with is back in stock now. Maybe he'll put it in his cart, and for the first time in a while, he doesn't have to think about what he did to her as the Arkham Knight. One day, he'll wake up before his alarm and remember that you used to talk about watching the sun rise over Gotham Bay. He'll take a long walk along the shoreline and watch the way the sky turns into soft shades of pink and orange, and he'll be surprised at the realization that there are still beautiful things in Gotham. Maybe your face will flash in his mind, and he'll think that perhaps he shouldn't be so surprised, after all. Maybe one day, after a long night of patrol, he'll pass by the ramen shop again and this time, he decides to stay. The only thing that has changed is the owner, who's gained weight and a few gray hairs, but his smile is still the same. He'll bring Jason's order without asking, and he'll insist that he doesn't have to pay for it. Eating doesn't hurt as much as he feared. In fact, some days, he can move his hands without feeling pain. This is one of the good days. Maybe on that good day, he'll be surprised to find that the ramen is still good. That he can think of the days he used to stay here with his family after patrols, exchanging combat tips and juicy bits of gossip. And this time, he's able to smile.

#ask #anon #jason todd #jason todd x reader #it is actually SO important to me that PG loves gotham city while for the early chapters jason mostly sees it as a duty to be borne #jason learning to fall in love with gotham city all over again #jason finding beauty in the mundane #i just woke up after a 24 hr shift the other day so here have some word vomit

[shrikeseams]

While I don't personally go in for Maedhros-in-Angband torture porn (as a matter of personal taste), I do think he was subject to a quick, dirty, and thoroughly nasty interrogation for military and political intelligence before he was stapled to the cliffside.

And I also think it is very rational and probable that he told his kin about it after his rescue. Not in a graphic way, but in a 'this is the information they got out of me' way, and also 'these are the general techniques they used to do it' way. Because intelligence and counter-intelligence are an important part of warfare, and the Noldor would want to find ways to subvert Morgoth's interrogation methods. And nobody moreso than the leaders of the hidden cities.

Which is all to say that it seems probable that Finrod was able to successfully resist Sauron's magical interrogation because he'd spent that last *mumble mumble* years experimenting and tweaking means to do just that, specifically, based on intelligence from Maedhros.

#Tolkien #Science and sparkiness does not apply to weapons alone! #Although I think the noldor had limited capacity to *spy* on Morgoth's forces #They had excellent reason to put a lot of effort into *counterintelligence* #This is also a good topic for Galadriel and Melian to collaborate on #It seems unlikely that finrod's methods would have worked for most of the population though #*edited to fix some typos

[crypt1dcorv1dae]

Metalheads who don't like/respect Babymetal bc their "look" isn't, what? Traditionally metal? are so cringe. Like bro it's an alternative music scene we're supposed to say FUCK tradition????? What's wrong w y'all... Embarrassing

And also they are missing out bc Babymetal fucking rules

#its like pol who are like punk is only if you look like *this* and im like. you are asking me to conform to a societal expectation? in PUNK? #like what. the fuck are you talking about. NON CONFORMITY CAN LOOK LIKE ANYTHING. THATS THE WHOLE FUCKING POINT OF NOT CONFORMING #yeah i dont always dress like a typical punk but thats bc the clothes tend to he fucking uncomfortable or a lot of work and i dont care #like why would i put so much effort into looking a certain way... in... a nonconforming alternative group... why would i conform... what #like the way you look doesnt fucking mean shit. a real punk is someone who actually fucking thinks and acts like a punk. #thats all that matters #punk ain't about how you look or causing random mayhem its a fucking. lifestyle. its a culture snd belief system about the world. #its about saying fuck you to the way things are if the way things are isnt fucking fair. its about community and taking care of your fellows #its about safety in numbers against a ruling power that wants people who are different to stop existing. #the mayhem is for a reason. its to say you cant fucking keep us down and if you try we WILL fight back. you cannot keep us down. #thats the POINT. #idk how my post about people being snobs about metal and missing out on good music bc of it turned into a rant about punk ideology but. #well. here we are. i have a tendency of going off on tangents in the tags..... #point is. trying to enforce a 'norm' in a non traditional alternative genre is fucking stupid and against the whole POINT of the thing #and i think it fucking DUMB that ppls get so caught up in appearances when its never been about that

[navree]

the weird thing about the sarah hess interview (there are a lot of weird things about that interview but if i talked about all of them this would be the length of a phd dissertation) is that, like, if you want us to give some sympathy to aegon and acknowledge the complexities behind him not wanting to rule but wanting it and his relationship with alicent and his siblings and rhaenyra and all that without the audience getting hung up on him being a rapist, don’t write him being a rapist? you are a writer on the show sarah, you’re the one who decides and this was an easily solvable problem

#personal #house of the dragon #this is especially galling because i actually quite like the rest of what they're doing with aegon #like for one the actor is quite good he's one of the few parts of that horrid domina show that i actually like #for two everything that was goin on in sunday's episode was doing a lot #like his scene with aemond and then with alicent where he asks if she loves him and his coronation #and then with rhaenys and meleys when alicent steps up to protect him and all that it was solid work for the character #and his relationships with the people in his life #so you could have quite literally just nixed the rape thing and it wouldn't have even mattered? this isn't affecting the plot at all?? #i'd say she can't write him well but i don't think she can write any of these characters well #like she wants us to woobify aegon but after writing him doing vile shit #she isn't giving anything for helaena beyond 'is a dragondreamer and mayyyyybe autism coded' #(and whether or not that's offensive is for someone else as i'm not autistic and can't speak to that) #she flattens out all of rhaenyra's bad traits but makes her a stupid politician #she HATES daemon for whatever reason why is why so much of that bullshit surrounding ep 6 happened #she (and the rest of the writers) have put no effort into giving any depth to corlys or rhaenys or ANY of the velaryon kids #just weird writing choices that are basically the writers getting in their own way #because there's good characterizations here #as i've said everything else with aegon was interesting (and that scene with him encouraging jace with his dragon was v sweet) #and helaena being a dreamer is good and daemon and rhaenyra and alicent are also characters with amazing complexities #and this thing they're doing with daemon in particular and his whole 'wants to be loved' shtick is fun #but they can't get out of their own way and do weird fucking nonsense #and then complain when the audience doesn't get it #you are the person making the story you can bend this story to your will you know!!!!! you can write these characters!!!

[koishua]

shining solo ep 8. my reaction rn 😐😐 took it a bit hard lmao

#tp #very mixed feelings. as someone who associates herself with jeongwoo and having very similar personalities... this ep hurt a lot #idk idk #i mean i get it but i also absolutely do not get it #so many thoughts im taking this very personally what the heck #i cant really warm up to half of this part's girlies im sorry #i loved everyone on part one #as someone who also struggles with managing my social energy lvls... this was a slap in the face #bc my boy jeongwoo truly gave it his ALL the whole day and even managed to perform a couple songs for the girls #despite already having spent the whole day together #and his energy must have been SPENT already and then they pick him as MVP of the day and he has that 1:5 date with all of the girls #by himself!! which is so terrifying imagine being the one person who everyone's attention is on and you have to interact with these ppl #that you arent very comfortable with but you still try your best to give them a good time #AND THEN!! they give you NOTHING in return?? not even a recorder?? no jewel no recording nothing. just ignored like that by everyone #and i get that the girls dont know who's voting for who so they might have believed someone else was gonna give him a jewel or sth #but no one gives him anything (positive OR negative) #and yeah. he was absolutely shocked at the empty safe. i would have been too. #and why did they not give him a jewel y'all might ask??? IT WAS BC HE FELL SILENT DURING THE LAST BIT: THE DINNER #my gosh that's the part that i take offense to personally bc it's really really really difficult to always engage in convos with ppl #after spending the whole day with them already?? and your social battery is down so you quietly enjoy a simple meal?? #and then all the girlies threw him away like that?? #i mean yeah you're surrounded by sweet men who spend the day appealing themselves to you but come on?? #i would have been so impressed by jeongwoo and thankful that he put that much effort in and would understand how difficult it is to #maintain it till the very end because not everyone has hyunsuk's boundless social energy #no offense hyunsuk i love you dearly #and also??? what's up with admitting that you lack some confidence upfront?? #the girl's reasoning for giving yoshi the voice recorder was that he said he holds himself to a high standard and lacks confidence sometimes #and i get it. being confident is more attractive than someone who's always insecure and puts themselves down #(and makes the other person uncomfortable) but they were having an honest and deep convo when the thing he said in that convo was used #against him in the end? i would feel kind of betrayed too bc being able to admit that you feel insecure sometimes is a v brave thing to do!!

[harmonizewithechoes]

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#so it’s late and I’m intoxicated and interested in sharing a secret that sober me would prefer I not share #but she needs to be more vulnerable and right now in this time the alcohol helps #just as a precursor- I’m a lightweight so I really haven’t had that much and I’ll be fine in the morning and also #my partner has a weird schedule and once or twice a week we like to have a drink or two and play video games or watch a show together #lately it’s been baldurs gate but tonight it’s coop stardew #anywayyyy~ #sober Becca is too shy to say that she’s struggling a lot right now #I’ve been hiding myself away for a LOT of reasons for quite a while now and focusing on being the best mother/partner/homemaker I can be #but this has been detrimental to my friendships and spiritual life #as far as friendships go I feel like since I haven’t had the capability to be a really good friend to anyone since everything happened with #happened with dad* #that I shouldn’t be allowed to have friends at ALL #because if I can’t put 100% effort into my friendships even when I’m struggling I don’t deserve friends at all #but I have 3 very little kids and I’m pouring every last ounce I have into them #so maybe I can kind of have a pass and maybe I can have a friend sometimes? #as a treat? #because I love my family very much but sometimes I don’t feel like I’m a person within the family #especially during the holidays I feel like I’m merely playing the role of ‘mother’ #idk… #this is rambly and doesn’t make a ton of sense #basically I’m wondering if I’m allowed to be lonely sometimes because being a mom is hard and lonely #or if I have to suck it up and wait until my kids are older to get to be a full person outside of them again #btw- this has nothing to do with them #my kids are my sunshine on the most cloudy day #they are so beautiful and wonderful and I am so happy I get to know them and guide them in life #it truly is a privilege #apparently I’m too long winded lol I just started talking about each of my children and what I adore about them #but it was too many tags and tumblr said no lol #oh well jsyk I’m crying rn because they are my pride and joy and even if I never have another friend again they are so so worth it

[malusrecord]

((Against my better judgement I'm going to bring Al back to this blog so if you liked my writing for him then you're in for a treat. Obviously given the tox/ic af fa/ndom and r/pc on the whole he's going to be one of the private/req only muses (and an incredibly selective one at that, and like before no dupes allowed) on top of my operating independently and etc like I normally do in regards to fa/ndom spaces.

I'm not going to series tw tag his interactions but you will be able to blacklist the character name safely and rest assured that this blog, as with my old blog, will remain a variety blog so even if you don't like him there are plenty of other muses you can interact with and the content will be easy to separate. Yeah, I'm here to have fun but I'll never compromise safety so have no fear.))

#;;ooc: mun muttering #to be clear: trigger content involving this muse will be tagged like everything else I write! I'm just not going to tw tag the show title #unless like...absolutely fuckin necessary; and you have to be polite about it ofc! I'll accommodate people if there's good reason #and considering the other muses I write (which have equal if not worse content; fa/ndoms etc) you guys know I'm responsible with this stuff #and I appreciate that trust and care; especially those who know how objective I am with....everything; really so let's have fun ok? ok #I have a lot of fun (not to mention put a lot of effort) into writing him so I'm p excited to bring him back

[sonknuxadow]

One of the many things I appreciate about the Sonic movies is the variety of the voice cast despite there currently only being three of them at the moment: you have the A-list celebrity in Idris Elba, the professional voice actor in Colleen O'Shaughnessey, and the comedian in Ben Schwartz

i wouldnt exclude ben schwartz from the category of voice actor though he was in several cartoons even before he started voicing movie sonic theres literally so many jokes about all the blue characters he voices. he just hasnt really been in as much stuff as colleen has

#and the thing about idris elba. i complain a lot about animated movies casting celebrities over actual voice actors all the time #and my issue with it is that most of the time its some random person with little to no voice acting experience who doesnt fit the role #isnt a good voice actor and isnt even trying to be and in some cases like the mario movie for instance #theyre kicking out a voice actor whos voiced the character from the start for no reason other than to have more star power #idris elba 1. sounds fine as knuckles imo and 2. actually put the effort in to understand the character and do him justice #and 3. isnt really taking the role away from anyone because knuckles' voice actor has been replaced countless times already #he has the least voice acting experience out of the three but hes actually trying and he sounds good #back on the subject of the mario movie chris pratt DOES have prior voice acting experience he just fucking sucks at it #he just plays himself in everything and doenst even try to change his voice or tone or anything #basically im not 100 percent against celebrities and live action actors having voice roles in movies or shows or whatever #i just hate how often celebrities and live action actors just have voice roles handed to them even when they dont deserve it or fit it #asks #im really hoping that the sonic movies casting an actual voice actor for sonic AND keeping tails's game voice actor #can be the start of people in charge of movie casting respecting voice actors more

[arielmagicesi]

hey, do you want to lose money AND your will to live all for the opportunity to make very little money doing a job that everyone warns you will sap you of your will to live? try applying for teacher certification oh my GOD

#i feel like the world's rudest idiot because i finally went full 'i want to speak to your manager' on the njedcert people #because i had no other options!!!!! #and after a while of trying i got a phone call from an extremely nice woman (apparently the only reasonable person who works there) #who was so helpful and nice and finally told me all the information i should have been given 3 months ago #i guess if i wasn't dealing with [redacted family emergency things] #and if i had a degree in the NJEdCert Portal from Bureaucratic Bullshit University #then all of this would have been sooo obvious and i wouldn't have needed to call and email everybody on earth #begging them to explain things to me #but like. it is weird how confusing it is! it is weird how much effort i had to put in! #i'm a young millennial! i should not have had this much trouble navigating this online portal or whatever the fuck! #THERE IS A TEACHER SHORTAGE. THIS SHOULDN'T REQUIRE THE TWELVE LABORS OF HERCULES TO FIGURE OUT #aaaaahhhhh it's fine it's FINE!!! it's fine #i spent so much money and screamed a lot. not at the people working there. just during my nightmares #but it's fine. i can finally get the certification to do the unpaid student teaching so i can maybe later get a different certification #to do the paid teaching. which i'm sure will pay so so great #and so equivalent to the effort i put in and the way i'll be treated at that job #the new jersey education system is lucky that teaching is my 1 passion and that i'm really good at it and that i love it #because otherwise i would've given up and become the joker by now #written by me

[glitchinginhyperfixis]

vent post. do not read the tags if you don’t want to see personal shit and sentences that make no sense

#qnnekfkfkwkenjddkdjekdjdjskwjdjdjwkskjddjsjwjkdjdjskkskdkdkskskskskskskskksk #ajsjskkdkdksk #ajwkkdkxkdkaksjfjksisidkcjeisjxjdiwijdjdjd #anwkdkkxkxkakwkskkckdkaiskdkdksksjsjsjjsdjdj #having one of those days where i feel like everyone hates me/will hate me #like i have a good reason but i think i’m catastrophizing #obviously not going to reveal the reason on here #but yeah i just feel like a shit human #and most days i know i’ve become a better person but today i just feel like i’m a horrible person #and my anxiety is through the roof #i just hate feeling like this bc i’ve put effort into not being a terrible person #and i know that i’m not one #but every mistake i’ve made is just rising to the surface #i just feel this guilt #and i also feel guilt over ghosting that one person. like we weren’t close and we just talked about fandom shit but #i feel like they depended on me and i let them down #and i can’t apologize bc it’s been too long and i just hate myself for it #i really want to cry rn but i can’t because i can never fucking get myself to cry #and that sucks bc crying helps a lot #i feel like i’m this close to having a panic attack but i’m probably just exaggerating #idfk i exaggerate everything #do you ever just want to scream like i’d really like to scream rn

[roostertuftart]

I hate the people who needlessly villainize Kyle but I am also not loving what feels like a general insistence that Kyle’s intentions must be perfectly pure and he can’t have any selfish/problematic thoughts or behaviour and his anger can never be misplaced

#LIKE I agree with most of these as a general but guys!! he can be a dick! #he sometimes defaults of anger unnecessarily and quicker than others (probs bc he’s learned this response as a defense mech) #idk there’s probs more points I could present and I don’t think this is a problem with one person #even if I was spurred on by a post that came off a little like this to me #it’s just a general culture in the fandom I’m starting to see #I get it! I get the frustration with him being depicted as secretly bad inside #I hate it too. it’s really unfounded stuff that puts down the genuine food we’ve seen of him and his obvious effort to do what’s right #but like. idk. as much as I like uplifting his character as good I don’t like seeing this weirdness about him ever holding a selfish thought #or doing s problematic #Idk im getting rambly. it just feels like how the fandom either goes far one way or far the other when it’s a little more center leaning in #reality #I think also im uncomfortable with this bc a lot of these behaviour people criticize literally feel like trauma responses/etc #or really understandable learned behaviour. stuff like that. and treating it like it’s just him being depicted as bad when it’s moreso him #being depicted with unhealthy behaviour bc of the bad stuff that has happened to him makes me kinda pissed #he has trauma!! traumatized people tend to develop unhealthy habits and it’s okay to depict that especially when the show supports these #ideas even if only through humour #like do what you want ofc say what you want but yeah that’s my take #kyle broflovski #me talking #i gotta make a post about my feelings on kyle being shown as angry without reason too bc I agree it’s annoying in some cases #where he’s just a nasty bitch about anything for no reason bc haha angry character #but also it can be done right in the manner of this kid is stressed the fuck out and sometimes reacts unhealthily with anger bc it’s defense #this is not about the kyman zine to be clear idk how anyone would confuse this post for defending it but making sure #in general I’m still super defensive of Kyle being an extremely good person I’m just also defensive of Kyle being depicted as having #realistic struggles that make sense for the trauma he’s experienced and how these can somehow be toxic for himself and other people and #result in him sometimes doing bads bc being blinded by anger/getting angry quickly as a stress response/etc

[memorydragon]

I’m getting terribly bored teaching White Men in this American lit class.  Maybe I should do something about it.

Pros: I can talk about non-white dudes!  Who Wrote before the Civil Rights movement!  And it’s interesting!  I can even talk about women writers!  Because the book only gets to them in the latter part of chapter five (there are only seven chapters, btw) (and of the thirty writers they’ve chosen, only 4 are women, and only appear post-WWII literature).

Cons: I have to come up with the material and everything myself, while stressed from extra classes and lock downs and being in a hell of a lot of pain because Issues.  Plus New Meds fun times.  And most content I could use from other sources are blocked and even getting the vpn working properly on my desktop to make this post was a pain in the ass.  And students could complain that I don’t use the book enough.

#This is Mem's life #We'll see how next week goes #but there's a reason I hate American lit #There's a lot out there that is good but White Men are the ones that are studied #Also RIP Emily Dickinson who doesn't even get *mentioned* #Like there's a section in each chapter that goes over a bit of the history #and they talk about some writers who didn't make the selected reading #but nope #but like just imagine #non-white people and women existing before the second civil war #and even women who are non-white! #I mean honestly my standards for this semester were pretty low to begin with #but when you're not even mentioning some of the famous writers who are considered to be Important #but are just not male or white #I am very Tired this semester or I would at least put some effort in #but this has just #Straight up not been a good time

[audreythevaliant]

I’ve come to the hard realization the last few months that the ways I struggle with self-confidence/perfectionism/pride actually have a bigger impact on how I’m able to love others than I thought they did.

#this is specifically about me not being able to give or receive words of affirmation well #some of the reasons I think that’s hard for me are 1. I have a hard time believing compliments when I receive them because I’m constantly #so critical of myself which can make me feel disingenuous in giving complements or encouragement to others even though I’m sincere #2. Because I’m worried about what others will think I often don’t voice things because I don’t want to sound weird. It may also just be that #I’m quiet in general so voicing anything takes some amount of effort on my part #anyway #the kind dorky theology nerd is very good at words of affirmation and I want him to feel loved! but it is so hard for me express love that #way even though I literally remember random compliments people have given me from 10+ years ago #oh this also had to do with what Andrew Peterson says about self-loathing being another form of pride and self-love because it puts all the #focus on you and not on who Christ is making you into or on the people He has given you to love #I think about that quote a lot #on loving others #Audrey shares thoughts

[merry-the-cookie]

idk how to price this fucken button / badge cus on one hand its a big ass 6cm dude and im proud of the drawing on the other hand how much are u gonna pay for a BADGE............ idk what tf im doing i feel like im undercharging and overcharging at the same tiME

#im trying to remind myself i put time and effort into the art but then i look at the prices and im like BRUH can i do that.. am i allowed.. #i hate doing this part its literally the last step before i can launch but ive been struggling on it for hours #i know i gotta value my time and effort in both the art and the handling part that's to come but dude i just #i fucken #i hate it hgfjghJGHFJGAGHJDF #i am realizing i dont like selling stuff!!! im not good at it!!!!!! #maybe its the catholic guilt gfhjkGHJAGHJFGDHJD IM LIKE but why should i make people pay for a labor of love..... #its like others can charge ill pay ill even tip but me???? no way. i shant #can someone let me know if im being reasonable (or unreasonable) with my shit rn #i just dont wanna end up with problems like the first time i did this where i undercharged and ended up paying out of pocket for a lot of it #lmfao rip im a terrible fucking business person pLEASE send help

[codenamexy]

[pictures of the Splatoon 3 idol group and a speculative design from 2017. They share a number of similarities, from the Blue/Yellow color scheme and a few elements of the hair and clothes]

huh

#my art #i didnt wanna post this on my art blog but i might rb it there #this is so funny though nintendo pay me #actually the real reason is although i was obviously no professional character designer in 2017 #when i did the speculative designs i did put a lot of effort into distinguishing them from the previous idol groups and each other #and clearly nintendo followed some of those same paths lol #which ill take as a good sign! #splatoon #splatoon 3 #deep cut #deep cut splatoon #splatoon deep cut #splatoon shiver #splatoon frye #sorry the skin tones were so janky i didnt know how to color