#its because hes a disaster

[inkdemonapologist]

*slides with a rare pair*

I think the fandom is generally not as big in rarepairs but I ended up shipping Joey with Nathan even after TIOL, I honestly believed they could have a good chemistry together. Either as a fluffy ship for joey to have a good pull on him from acting impulsively (since nathan is confirmed good) or as a legit evil business partners thing. The way Nathan was characterized in TIOL gives the impression he didn't know everything about joey but still was somehow very fond of him.

((randomly throwing that out there just because I think about it so much))

Sorry if its random ^^"

Golly gosh hang on OP I just need a minute to contemplate the idea of Joey x Nathan as a rarepair. LIKE… a majority of people I know in fandom agree that they had SOMETHING going on, so it feels like it shouldn’t be one, aND YET… I HAVE NEVER SEEN CONTENT FOR IT….. apparently i need to draw Nathan smooching Joey to fill this void……

Anyway, I DEFINITELY AGREE that the idea that Nathan had Feelings for Joey is really not hard to make a case for. You just point to that one TIOL footnote where Joey is like “Nathan likes creative people, he secretly wishes he were like us” and Nathan’s like “no I don’t, I just Like Joey So Much that I enjoy his creativity, isn’t it just like him to miss the compliment” and then congratulations you’ve made an utterly convincing case even BEFORE you get to the part where Nathan suddenly starts up an entire animation studio to keep his old friend’s dream alive, or that Nathan was someone who was close enough to Joey to “get the call” upon Joey’s death, or any number of examples of Nathan’s tremendously fond teasing in the other footnotes of TIOL. The little teasey note when Joey says "I always make fun of you!" and describes Nathan's face as "looks annoyed but isn't really" and Nate's like "yeah that's accurate". Nathan’s love for Joey is blatant and obvious, enough so that I was quietly shipping them even when I was part of the chunk of fandom that expected Nathan to be sinister; it’s just up to interpretation whether it was romantic, and whether it was requited.

Admittedly I do chafe a bit at the binary morality of “confirmed good” – most of what we can surmise from BatDR is that Nathan was Genuine. He genuinely worked hard, he genuinely loved his son, and he genuinely believed in Joey. He’s also, like, a mega rich guy who is obliviously putting a lot of that money to work in covering up his famous friend’s abuse and exploitation and Actual Murder of employees, so. No matter how well-intentioned he might be, if you're as rich and famous as Nathan Arch you don't get to just Not Realise Employees Can Be Exploited without being a little bit complicit for not looking harder. I don’t think it has to be an either/or of Good vs Evil – Nathan just strikes me as a well-intentioned and genuine guy who also has some serious blindspots, who maybe would just keep making excuses for his good friend as he learned more and more of the truth. And its INTERESTING when you consider him re-publishing TIOL in hopes of showing what he believed Joey was really like -- the charming man he liked so much. How did Nathan read TIOL and come to that conclusion? Joey's insecurity bleeds off every page, and Nathan admits in the footnotes that Joey makes things up, doesn't like to be corrected, might be lying in some of his stories, and has a habit of talking his way into what he wants even when he shouldn't. Either Nathan was SO smitten that he was completely blind to Joey's.... joeyness, or these were qualities that endeared Joey to him. He liked Joey being a bit of a scamp!

I’ve said before that my most deeply held unprovable BatDR headcanon is that Nathan was having an affair with Joey, and Wilson found out about it but Tessa never did, but I think that’s mostly fun for the characterisation it gives Wilson. When it comes to Nathan and Joey themselves, I absolutely headcanon Nathan’s affection as romantic, but I think I was more intrigued by their relationship back when it seemed like Nathan was going to be sinister! Like, if Nathan really had screwed Joey over in order to gain control of the Ink Machine like in some of those early theories, it would be delightful if all his footnotes were actually still true. If it's not just a performative “OH YES MY POOR DEAR DEAD FRIEND JOEY cool grab his stuff” motivation, but that the fondness is real, it just didn’t stop him – "you understand, old friend, business is business!" Obviously the story didn't turn out that way, but I think the possibility really grabbed me, haha.

It is kinda funny, though, that the way Nathan’s characterisation has turned out, you wonder what made Joey interested in him. Was it just the positive attention? Was it just his money? Nathan seems like such an easy mark (see: his reaction to the Lottie letters), and Joey isn’t very complimentary to him in TIOL, but he’s also reasonably fond, and brings Nathan up a few times as someone he counted on for advice that he actually took. Joey felt Nathan didn’t really understand him, but he seemed to value his friendship. This largely guileless, earnest guy who’s characterised as hard working……… who else do we know….. who might fit that description…………………… Joey Drew Stop Getting Involved With Married Men Challenge,

#i know you have questions you always do #joey x nathan #i'd say there was magic there #we all write on the walls #admittedly i did read TIOL and end up loving Joey more than ever but #its because hes a disaster #alternate take: tessas on board and thats why Joeys willing to acknowledge her in his letter unlike linda whom he NEVER MENTIONS

[surreal-duck]

Tuesday is chuu day! (x)

#more haniwa redraws because i am Sick and Twisted #duck scribbles #i might as well remake the entire mv atp but no editor </3 #i wanted to put a part of the lyrics in the caption but they all give me secondhand embarrassment im sorry #actually drawing this in general also did. i think ill need a while to recover #enstars #midoyuzu #yuzumido #midori takamine #yuzuru fushimi #ensemble stars #tori voice if youre gonna flirt in here at least lock the door #ignore the fact its still monday its tuesday somewhere else in the world #anyways have you seen the new profiles. they did that for me specifically i think im never getting over it #hes studying painting..... im so proud of her........... #also read the fuyume midori story its rly cute :'] disaster mentor and little brat princess #regardless. back to finals hell i go </3

[daily-hanamura]

#persona 4 #p4 #persona 4 golden #p4g #hanamura yosuke #yosuke hanamura #souyo #ok ok listen this scene is so goddamn funny because UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL WAS YOSUKES PLAN ALL ALONG #THIS WAS HOW HE WAS SELLING IT TO YU WHEN HE WAS TRYING TO CONVINCE YU TO GET HIS MOTORCYCLE LICENSE #so when rise says this yosuke of all people should have gotten really excited because hey at least the plan is kind of working out ??? #also HELLO its THE risette??? except no he goes straight towards shooting her down #doesnt even play along do not pass go do not collect $200 just dismisses it handily without thought #why some may even argue that yosuke is a bit sensitive about yu being squeezed by someone #its me im some #also yosuke has offered go give yu a ride on his bicycle before so yknow isnt that inchresting #his bicycle definitely only has one seat so doesn't that make it even more up close and personal and romantic #yosuke: we can get up close and personal with others! #also yosuke: no not like that not with other people #I GUESS idk poor boy's just very confused and a disaster issokay #he's good with his queue

[julijbee]

ordinators hate him.

#they are five inches tall it fascinates me to see them so large #art #morrowind #tes morrowind #nerevarine #false incarnate #:) #its my nerevarine and also erur dan because he gives you the gah julan cuirass and thats my excuse to paint the whole set #my disaster of a nerevarine wearing the dreugh/chitin combo and wielding a pathetically small knife. this is the last thing dagoth ur saw #as always... chitin armor my beloved

[arsenicflame]

stede is 'oh this place has something related to my interest i must go in immediately' autistic and izzy is 'if we deviate one inch from my plan for today i will murder someone' autistic

#stede wandering off into the forest to look at bugs was not on the schedule or any of izzys contingency schedules #new thing i think would fix izzy: a clear fucking plan #in the nebulous reunion timeline future i see izzy researching every port town they are gonna stop in HARD so he can figure out everywhere #stede + ed might possibly want to go and plan several routes for the day to keep himself calm in the inevitable chaos #(and yet somehow every time stede finds something he missed and they still go off script anyway) #(he tries to go separately around port from them one time and its a fucking disaster; someone gets stabbed; so he just resigns himself to #incredibly stressful port stops) #its not like stede + ed mean to do it!! theyre both awful for it individually and they just feed off each other #its ok because theyre very good at letting izzy have the deck Exactly how he wants it and scheduling as much big picture stuff as they can #with him #(when stede realises theyve been the cause of like. 65% of izzys stress they finally agree to let him redo the rigging as an apology and #they suddenly realise watching him buy the supplies that hes just as bad as them in his own way) #(he absolutely terrorizes the rope guy but they have never seen him so relaxed as when he was up there redoing all the lines) #nyxtalks #ofmd #izzy hands #israel hands #stede bonnet #you can pry autistic izzy away from my cold dead hands

[starcurtain]

Listen, the greatest appeal of Diluven is how desperately chained Diluc is to his past, to his personal losses, to the expectations of his father's legacy, because Venti is the god of liberation, of hope, the breaker of chains, the capricious breeze that ever uplifts--it's about letting yourself be set free, listen--

#genshin impact #diluven #diluc #venti voice: I could fix him #do you see the design? #my favorite trope is 'single emotional disaster seeking equally disastrous partner' #because the sum is always more than its parts! #'I'll be yours and you'll be free' #and the best part is it goes both waysss #Venti has burdens he needs to be set free from too!! #it's sooo good my dudes

[spearxwind]

IT IS TIME. BASTARD FAMILY LINEUP 2023 BABY!!!! WOOO!!

#the hollowridge disaster #oc ref sheet #dragonfang #adam #knife #adriel #dianne #nirven #beial #richard #december #WOOO YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE ALL THESE GUYS SO MUCH i have been working so hard on this for a few days im so excited to have it done #also before you ask yes adris jacket is grey in this because it fits the b/w theme i want for HR but canonically its teal denim still #that has not changed #ALSO ADAM WEIGHT RIGHTS. PUT SOME HEFT ON THAT GUY #no longer a malnourished emo boy. hes still emo though. #and bei melanin rights too #im gonna explode i love these guys so much i need to show this asap on god!!! #if you are new here i hope u like them!! if you are an old fan/follower i hope u love them still!! :DDD i got a lot of stuff planned #hollowridge my fucking beloved of all time how i have missed you so.............................. #💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞

[1pcii]

my fave alabasta shipping dynamics is pre-established zolu playing matchmaker (how successful they are? eehhhh) for pining namivivi

#this is 100% a flip on that one fanfic script of 'pre-established background lesbian pairing playing matchmaker to the main #'disaster gays' mlm pairing'. that so commonly clogs up the wlw pairings ship tags (<- has experienced the horrors of homestuck ao3) #but also I do think it fits the respective ship dynamics better because zolu is SUCH a comfortable QPR/bfs pairing while namivivi are a #dramatic. angst filled star crossed lovers/'in love and war'. bittersweet pairing #also the potential zoro and nami dynamic aaaa #I love those two so much. he would be SOO annoying about her predicament and she would rack up his dept SOOO much XP #psii.txt #text #god I wish I could write fanfic sometimes #not that I'm expecting anyone to. but if you want 👁️👁️. if you WANT 👀 #this is open for anyone to pick up and do what you wish just PLEASEEEE tag me. please 🙏 #namivivi #zolu #<- also in character for me to crosstag the side pairing to clog up the tag btw. its for the bit ok m sorry XP

[moeblob]

New OCs

(briefly, humans and supernatural beings have to team up for building better relations with each other and all the supernaturals can shapeshift and take on human appearances but also have their 'original form'.)

OK so I was GOING to draw fanart today - I had a fun idea and everything! But health anxiety (and anti-anxiety meds) wore me out so I kinda .... slogged through OCs as a treat to me. I am going to go to the doctor tomorrow so HOPEFULLY it's all okay.

#my characters #also kite is the worst socially and says things he thinks are surely fitting for a human conversation #but ends up insulting grady with 99% of the comments and that makes grady not fond of him #but then grady is like super pleasant to others and doesnt know how to act around kite and flubs a lot too #its a disaster and the twins are like oh no this is painful #mr tengu that was so tacky you cant say that to a human #mr tengu you cant DO that to a human STOP BEING LIKE THIS #while callum is just like wow this is hilarious thanks for bothering my younger brother its adding character to his life #and kite is stressed because thats the least encouraging thing to hear ever thank you v much hes TRYING to adapt #but also kite isnt his real name and he doesnt know squat about humans BUT he knows they have the internet #and so hes like well the problem is i dont want to actually say my name to you all because what if i am Online (TM) #and so he asks for a new name and then is like he should name me - the tiny one who wants to kick my ass should name me #so grady is like ....... nooooo...... dont............ and then suggests kite bc he's done google research #and kite is a type of bird and according to wikipedia has some familiarity to tengu so therefore yeah #and kite is like !!!!!! DOES HE ! KNOW THINGS ! and happily accepts the slightly researched name while the other humans #are like grady stop that is bullying the poor guy leave him alone pick a normal name! #anyway not drawn yet but there is a human guy partner for the twins and he immediately is like perfect #i know which is which lets go out and explore the human world for your research #and they dont understand how he knows them apart so fast and none of the other humans seem to tell em apart #but then none of the humans are shocked at the guy who knows so the girls are like sir howst do you know #and hes just v casual oh right yeah younger identical twin sisters - i have Practice ! and they are endeared to him haha #anyway if you read all those tags ty #and yes in his tengu form he does actually have the long nose please do not be mad #i just dont draw noses normally and im too tired to practice rn so #i only drew the second one today anyway - the first pic was done a couple days ago but i didnt wanna post on main #but then here i am posting on main #im sorry

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

i keep scribbling Laughingstock as soft and wholesome, when in my brain they're chaotic and wholesome. Howdy's got that high energy and Barns is always down to clown yk yk

#like for example i have this very vivid Scene in my mind #where the neighborhood is having a little garden party and nice music is playing #franklydear is slow dancing. everyone is dancing either sweetly or just Normally #and then in the background you have laughingstock stumbling around laughing their asses off #because they're trying to attempt Swing but howdy has too many legs and its just a complete disaster #Completely ruining the vibe though no one minds. except frank probably #theyre just. theyre so Goofy #they have a thousand inside jokes and are always up to Something #they start to approach activities normally and then they stop and go 'hey wait. wouldn't it be funny if...' #the answer is always Yes. it Would be funny. and it Will Be. #they are each others' biggest fans and enablers in my mind #laughingstock #absolutely unprompted #and i just Know barnaby would be always pushing howdy's business #he overhears someone mention possibly needing something and he sidles over like 'heyyyy howdys got a great sale goin rn 👀' #barnaby: i know my jokes are outta this world but ya know what else is? BEANS FROM HOWDYS GO BUY EM #if they were in modern day and had phones / social media #i just know the only things barnaby posts are: bts of sally's plays. wally. terrible memes. and promo for howdy's place #so much promo... #and on the flip side howdy gasses up barnaby's jokes/etc like no one else #if there a thousand people laughing at his humor one of em is howdy. if theres only one person laughing then that person is howdy #barnaby's going to do a stand up show and howdy is making so many signs to make sure No One Forgets Or Misses It #somebody walks into the bodega after barnaby just finished a joke and howdy is like OH OH TELL IT AGAIN THEY DIDNT HEAR IT #ouaghhhhh they make me <3<3<3<3<3<3<3

[weregonnabecoolbeans]

This week’s episode brought me more joy than you can possibly imagine

#Welcome Asajj Ventress to the How The Fuck Are You Not Dead…Shouldn’t You Be Dead?!?! Club #Other members include: #obi wan kenobi #ahsoka tano #darth maul #anakin skywalker #and unfortunately…sheev #The How The Fuck Are You Not Dead…Shouldn’t You Be Dead?!?! Club is happy to have you #anyways…where’s your husband? #I know he’s alive so..where is he!?! #I read your book and now I love you two so I deserve some closure #Where. Is. Quinlan!!! #in my mind they spent the entire twenty years of empire bullshit going around the galaxy saving baby force sensitives #omega was the beginning #also did this episode make Omega disaster lineage adjacent? #i’m gonna say it did because i think the more that lineage grows the more the galaxy suffers and its honestly funny at this point #the bad batch #the bad batch spoilers #the bad batch season 3 spoilers #the bad batch season 3 #tbb #sw the bad batch #star wars #the clone wars #dark disciple #asajj ventress #quinlan vos #tbb omega #also i know that she hasn't been one for a while now but ventress is also apart of #Formerly Darth...Now just Maul's Former Sith Club

[martyrbat]

something for your rizzless Bruce Wayne agenda

[ID: Batman getting hit on by a beautiful young woman with an open blouse. She presents him a piece of evidence as she says, “Sad case, huh? Here's Ridpath's address. After you scope it out, drop back for a nightcap.” Batman brusquely replies, “I don't drink.” END ID]

autism be damned, my boy can cuck himself !!

#when ppl say batman can do anything they fail to take into consideration that hes a fucking loser and cant get a date normally #not even regular people normal. im basing it off the normal of a man that dresses up in a giant batlike kevlar suit and jumps off buildings #and hes still just a fucking loser. im going to throw a rock at his head. #thank u for sending it matty mwah mwah !!! #including it in these tags until i clean up my sorting system -> #bruce's dating disasters #autistic bruce wayne #because like... its not even a batman moment this is just bruce not taking a social hint while underneath a cowl #matty my beloved

[sonknuxadow]

at this point my interest in the knuckles series has dropped a lot and im more nervous than excited but yes ive seen the list of episode titles thats going around and yes i did shit myself when i noticed the sonic 06 reference

#i doubt it really means anything thouhg its probably just a fun little easter egg for game fans #because . yeah knuckles is in sonic 06 but knuckles isnt really a character you think of when you think of stuff from sonic 06 is he #so i cant really see them doing 06 stuff with him #plus with tv shows there are often cases of episode titles making it seem like theyre gonna be about one thing #but its actually about something else #but its still like. the phrase ''flames of disaster'' has CONNOTATIONS man you cant just SAY that #knuckles series spoilers #???

[hjemne]

MOTHERFUCKERS I AM GOING TO SURVIVE THE WEEK FROM HELL 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

#officially past the half way point in exams #got rejected from the job i interviewed for on Tuesday which is a pain because ive wasted so much revision time on job applications #hmmmm #but i have my 5th exam of the week tomorrow and thank fod #its the easiest of the lot because im so tired #then 3 days to prepare for an exam on Tuesday which could be a bit of a disaster tbh but that's what these three days are for #and then nearly 2 weeks until the nightmare exam from hell which i hate but have time to sort out hopefully #oh my god i can't wait for this to be over #im at that point in a Mentor Pilot video where he goes 'and now things are going to start happening really quickly' #(about the critical moment in a plane crash where things often go wrong/ get out of control very quickly) #but the plane is still in the air i still getting it done #not fantastically but its getting done all the same #rambles

[dennisboobs]

talking to macdennis shippers makes me realize how much more i enjoy charden lmfao

#i love early seasons macden a lot but i think they sort of. fucked mcdn beyond repair in a lot of ways #where they Need to derail the show and do some genuine repairs #if theyd stayed the way they were in s5 itd be like oh yeah nbd theyre fucking lol #but now its. complicated #which isn't inherently bad but i think theres so much to unpack that its just like. if its not done right its going to be a disaster #charden have remained actual friends #it doesn't feel like a huge jump for them to be on good terms #but everyone immediately assumes something must have happened offscreen if macden are getting along #like. its overcomplicated! idk! i think dennis' entire character is overcomplicated #and it makes it really hard because he is So established to just have a fun plot #also i think theyve slowly fucked mac's character and have no intention of fixing it like they have with charlie and dennis' characters #like charlie was made Too Dumb and theyve been remedying that by making him a little more grounded and serious #dennis was Too Angry and they're remedying it by having him develop a way of burning off pressure without exploding #but everything theyve developed for mac has just sort of been left behind #if there was a moment to show how he'd changed it wouldve been post mfhp but it almost seemed like it was a complete reversal #he devolved lol #he was definitely like. better. in s16. but he's lost so much complexity while the others have gained more #and it feels incredibly unbalanced #dee is just a nothing character now too which (while i disagree with a lot of the complaints abt her in s16) can be seen clearly now #but mac is just. #okay im done rambling bye #ada speaks #idk how to explain but macden as a dynamic feels like it holds both of their characters back #and it rarely brings anything new or interesting to the table #dennis shows a different side of himself around charlie #but he is. mostly just angry or exasperated around mac

[caterpillarinacave]

“Oh, you’ll fall” Thelma replied nonchalantly, as if that was somehow comforting “Quite embarrassingly, probably. And quite painfully at least a few times.”

“Ah. Well. ” Matthew cleared his throat uncomfortably, the mild sense of impending doom steadily building. “I suppose we best be going then?” 

Thelma smiled up at him, a darling sort of smile, the type that lit up half the room, so genuinely happy that Matthew decided whatever happened in the next hour - no matter how disastrous and or embarrassing - it would be worth it for that smile on his sister’s face.

-Post TLH WIP Snippet

#Found this one scrolling through my drafts to answer asks. Which I will do soon-ish anon I’m going off like a feral cat <3 #Poor Matthew he’s about to get destroyed in a ballet studio by a ten year old #“Im a good dancer I’ll be alright” absolutely wrong his calf muscles will not recover for a week. but he would do it again in a heartbeat #If you’re wondering why our usually confident little bi disaster seems so unsure it’s because- #at this particular moment he’s very concerned that he’s still uncoordinated from the alcoholism and its gonna embarrass her #This a part of my on the surface fluffy Thelma tries to teach Matthew ballet over the course of like two decades #Which is secretly deep and emotional on matthews part #Also to be clear he isn’t *bad* at ballet. Thelma’s just really really good. And really weird. #He loves his sisters so dearly and doesn’t really know what to do with them bless him #Like what if he fucks up??? What if he fucks them up??? What if they hate him??? How could he possibly deserve to be around those two??? #Less crisis about Peter. Because Peter is just like. There. Peter is unkillable. Also technically the Lightwoods problem #Matthew Fairchild #The last hours #tsc #thelma Fairchild #Chain of thorns #My writing