#my boys are valuable

[korixae]

also also the way yeah simon and wille got to be together yeah 1000% but sara and felice!! god it’s so rare for any media to portray friendship and platonic relationships as just as important if not more important than romantic. but!!!!! they were also in that car!! they were endgame too!! it just brings me such joy that this silly angsty little romance can also put such value in friendship too <3 oh young royals writers just kill me

#that car. that last scene with car. #ofc ofc ofc them being the most adorable thing in the universe in the back #but sara and felice in the front!! sara got her driver’s liscense!! felice said fuck new york!! she had her feet up!!!!!! #and while we’re talking about yr and the value of platonic friendship can we talk about wille and felice for a moment?!?!?!!!!! #all throughout i’ve been obsessed with their friendship #i mean just look at them her looking after him through it all #even more cus they’re a boy and a girl!!! more platonic friendships between boys and girls in media!!! boys and girls can be friends #and that is just as valuable as boys and girls being in romantic relationships!! #kicking my feet over the friendships in this show on their own #let’s normalise going insane kicking feet twirling hair climbing walls gnashing at bars over platonic shit yeah mhm #young royals #young royals season 3 #young royals season three #young royals s3 #yr s3 spoilers #young royals spoilers #young royals s3 spoilers #kori shitposts #felice #felice ehrencrona #sara #felice young royals #sara eriksson #sara young royals

[volitioncheck]

does near every single post-canon DE fic out there need to be tagged ‘Sober Harry Du Bois’? i’m getting so tired of it.

do i expect every single piece of fan content to have to fully delve into the often-depressing always-complex topic of addiction? not really. sometimes you just want to write/read a silly fluffy romance one-shot, whatever. i get it. but i think my issue is specifically with the fact that for nearly every sillyfluffy au out there, there almost must be a ‘sober harry du bois’ tag. and it does feel very slapped-on more often than not.

i think to me it is an unconscious statement that nothing *good* can ever happen to harry du bois until he is completely and permanently sober. before solving the next big case, he has to be sober. before quitting the force, he has to be sober. before falling in love with kim, he has to be sober. before accomplishing anything, starting any sort of recovery, making any life improvement, he must first be sober.

sobriety as a goal, as a journey, and honestly as a concept in of itself is not as cut and dry as so many people think it is. and i think it would serve a lot of people well if they did some introspection on the implications of how nearly every single post-canon fic that isn’t dealing directly with harry’s addiction have him as completely sober instead.

if the plot of the fic isn’t going to touch directly on harry’s substance use (and again, i’m not demanding that every single fic should), why does that mean that sober!harry must be the default?

i think i am just tired of reading a casefic, a smutty one-shot, a fantasy au, whatever, where it almost seems that before getting on with the plot, the author feels obligated to first assure us that the harry we’re reading about is a Sober Harry. it’s established with a couple lines in the exposition, probably about his improved appearance, a tag up top, and then never brought up again; a checkmarked box. like the societal image of An Addict has completely prevented people from being able to imagine a person just, continuing to live life, while still struggling with addiction.

life happens, with all of its backslides and achievements, mundanity and changes, to people with drug addictions just as much as people who don’t. is a post-canon harry who isn’t sober not worth writing about?

i think so. i think the game we all played thinks so too. in fact i think that sentiment is woven into the game’s very core. i just wish i saw that reflected in our fan content more.

#i really hope my point is understandable in that it isn’t that i think that stories where harry *does* become sober aren’t also valuable. #or that i want every post-canon harry to *not* be sober. #but rather questioning why there seems to be a subconcious necessity for harry to be sober to have kind things happen to him. #disco elysium #harry du bois #also obligatory because i am putting this in the main tag: #this isn’t a callout or vague on any one person/creator/group of people in particular #it’s more of a prompt to discussion on a very broad trend #one informed by insidious biases that live in all of us because we live in a society etc #that none of us are immune to but all of us have a responsibility to acknowledge #if there is goal to this post it’s to provoke introspection. not individual attacks #anyways i love quietly consuming fan content until something annoys me enough to make my own post about it #i do wish i Participated in fan communities more tbh especially this one i’m just shy lol #most of the time. #me talking

[patrickztump]

alright. let’s find out, fit v fit:

reblog for exposure etc but also because i want to know if my hunch is right

#fall out boy #patrick stump #soul punk #save rock and roll #i saved an embarrassing amount of photos of this man to my phone just for this poll #i dont even care for that vs fit shot #i was going to use the one i shared a few weeks back #but didn’t like the way tumblr cropped it in the side by side and i couldnt crop it without cutting valuable parts #so landed on one i could crop and it’s not as great but whatever you vibe #anyways i know which i pick and i think i know who will win #polls #my polls

[sergle]

lollll stevens insta post is so tone def too like uhh u can smell the privilege coming off this 🧍

ohhhh... I think I'm going to hurt him

#''for those who won't be joining us'' WON'T?????? Will Not. huh hm. strange phrasing #how about. for those who can't afford to join us. god i'm rollin my eyes #WHY DOES THIS FEEL SO STANKY. so wait #does this decision have DIRECT CORRELATION to him wanting to do more of his food shows again??? #the ones where he takes his christian ass to upscale dining places in japan and italy and shit and eats the most expensive thing he can fin #bc that is SO not what ppl subbed to watcher for bro. this was NOT worth-it hype #this was ghoul boys hype #and i don't gaf about production value eitherrrRRRR #sergle answers #i know i'm not alone in liking the stuff they made that was lower production value #that's not where the Value actually lies. it isn't valuable bc it's more Produced #it's valuable bc it's funny and people like ryan and shane's personalities and the show formats

[heal2ninjagogirl]

Everytime I think about all the ninjago sets I missed out on throughout the years I genuinely get sad like I COULD OF HAD THAT!!! GRRR

#ninjago #lego ninjago #genuinely will never forgive my parents for never getting me one because they thought it was a boys toy #side note will never forgive them for throwing out my huge shopkins collection like you want to know how VALUABLE that is now??? #shopkins were like my replacement for lego

[martyrbat]

alexa play gary come home :((

#pens lb #i miss him.... #i know playing a goalie while hes hot is a thing. i know that. but whats the long-term plan here? you're going to have #ned still increasing his chances of injuries and fatigue AND a goalie who hasnt played in weeks #its unfair to ned and its setting jarry up to be a scrapgoat in important games #like im not a big fan of the bruins but theyve been doing the right thing in actually alternating their goalies every other game #so the other gets to rest while staying sharp and they're both well experienced. #jarry has 6!!!! shutouts!!!! and thats while being the goalie for the fucking pittsburgh penguins! #you KNOW he can play. you know hes good. why are you purposely setting him up to fail. #and ned has been wonderful! i was so nervous he was going to be traded after not being played for a good bit. i love my eyebrows boy and am #so happy and proud he's been having these opportunities to show how good and valuable he is to this team #but overworking him to such an extent is (once again) setting him up to fail just as much as its setting jarry up to be that scrapegoat #mike sullivan i am shaking you by the shoulders demanding to know what the fuck has been up with these lineups lately

[prick-love-for-arting]

... Mhm

#haikyuu!! #fan art #sketch #yahaba shigeru #traditional art #haikyuu art #vent art #idk if it actually is but its there in case people dont want to see that kind of stuff #anyway im going to rambling about projecting for a bit because im not feeling so hot rn #1 its low self esteem hours for... reasons I'd rather not disclose because i dont need others feeling bad about it anyway blah blah blah #constant feelings of being undesirable and like im not valuable for just myself throwing that onto Yahaba and his relationship to oikawa #2 i feel very guilty about the way I'm feeling atm because other people are very happy and i just feel like im making things about me being #sad if i say anything to those involved #3 i hate asking for attention and feeling like I'm going out of my way trying to get it when everyone else seems like it just fucking #happens to them instead of searching for it #man maybe getting bullied in middle school did have a lasting impact on me #drawing my boy crying keeps me from crying!! #screaming and crying and whatever else goes with it #anyway... #mutuals please dont ask me about this i just needed to throw it out into the void

[townslore]

i dont play genshin nor will i ever ( i dont like the company of which's name i cant even spell ) but i drew this for my brother because im just so nice so i thought. might as well post it

#not persona #genshin impact #scaramouche #also drawing this was like. a valuable firealpaca lesson #i decided. i will just. continue to draw on his tablet until i can get my own. #no ipad. no paying more than i should. im just gonna. get the same thing #also its like also a laptop so honestly? good deal #cause i have never owned an pc in my life #so it would be pretty cool to have #i dont even know how to download GAMES #idk if this is also bc of autism cause i dont understand social rules but i also have always struggled with technology #i suppose i know a few things.. mostly art programs #i know how to handle my phone and tablet #but when it comes to pcs.... hoo boy. nah. no #so i gotta learn

[good-wine-and-cheese]

Gambling Apocalypse Tenma AU

As I rewatch Kaiji I inevitably end up wanting to combine show I like with other show I like and stuffing fav characters into show. So here we are.

This was uh going to be a short summary type thing but I accidentally wrote a novella about it sorry

This AU starts off with a much more depressive Tenma. After Tobio's death, rather than immediately pour his grief into developing a robot version of his son, he recedes into himself, psychologically paralyzed, likely turning to alcohol to drown out his anguish.

His mental state is taken as an opportunity within the Ministry of Science to have him ejected from his position; Tenma was never the most well-liked director, and there were those with ambition to usurp him that would jump at the chance. Not that he especially cares in his state.

He's eventually dragged out of his stagnation by Ochanomizu - who, inadvertently, becomes the very catalyst pushing Tenma to develop a robot replacement to his child. This was not what he meant by encouraging Tenma to fill the void left by his son.

...But, well, he is no longer the director of the Ministry of Science. His access to limitless government funds and resources for "scientific research" has been cut off, and this is a project he cannot finance on his own. He can't ask Ochanomizu for help, but...interestingly...a representative of a certain shady organization known as the Teiai Corporation reaches out to him, offering to finance and support his project. A sane and well-minded Tenma might think better of it, but grieving and desperate, Tenma accepts their offer and is able to create a robot in the image of his beloved Tobio. For a while, there's joy in his life.

But the bill, as ever, comes due: Tenma must pay up, and the very resources that had been at his disposal will certainly ensure that he will, or else. Of course, he doesn't have the money; instead, he is given a choice. He can relinquish the robot Tobio in order to wipe out his debt - the child is a sophisticated and powerful robot, after all - or he can participate in a certain illicit event hosted by the Teiai Corporation.

It's nothing major...just a four-hour gambling cruise with a collection of desperate, damned souls that were also swept into debt with Teiai. The conditions are simple: Those who choose to participate are given a chance to clear their debts wholesale should they win. And should they lose...?

Well...no one really knows what happens to the losers seized by Teiai. It's said that they labour away their debts under Teiai's watchful eye and are freed once their work has covered their debts, though it's rumoured that most perish before they reclaim freedom.

There's only one answer Tenma can give, of course; he's not willing to lose Tobio again.

Thus is Tenma's debut into the Gambling Apocalypse, where he must become cutthroat in order to survive; if he wants to see his son again, he must make choices that will doom the hapless to miserable servitude, with a nonzero chance it ends in their death.

He survives the cruise, but of course, it was hardly enough to clear his debt; the cruise was never going to be the end of it. Teiai doesn't let go of its victims that easily. He will be called on again: this is a weight that hangs over him, all while he returns to his son Tobio. The same hands that have pushed innocents into hell must now be the hands that can embrace his child.

He wants to protect Tobio from the truth and enjoy what peaceful moments he's allowed with his son, but it's difficult. It's difficult to be the parent of a child who cannot understand the danger that looms ahead; this "happy" home is not to last. Tenma angers quickly and easily. He turns that anger onto Tobio.

As Teiai's games become more and more vicious and unrelenting, as his conscience holds onto the last vestiges of thread that remain, Tenma even threatens, once, to give the boy in: it would all end, then; the debt would be clear and no longer would he have to endure Tobio's childish annoyances, his ungratefulness.

The next time that Tenma is beckoned, Tobio takes matters into his own hands. He does understand, now; and he would have, if only Tenma had bothered to explain sooner. If it's a debt that needs clearing, he will work. He will help his father clear his debts however he can. Of course, it's difficult to find work as a child; but a circus troupe finds amusement in the idea of a child robot, and takes him in. He is whisked into a certainly unpleasant working situation, but he remembers his father, and what he must be enduring. Tobio, also, will endure.

When Tenma returns, Tobio is gone.

All that held Tenma back from becoming something monstrous has disappeared. All that kept him going has disappeared. When he is called upon by Teiai, there is no knowing what sort of person might come out the other end; whether a monster clawing his way to freedom regardless of what actions he must take, or a desolate husk surrendering defeat.

There is still a light, however dim: Found by Professor Ochanomizu and rescued from the circus, Tobio - now Atom - is able to shed light on the situation which Tenma took great pains to keep hidden from his old friend. With time running out, Ochanomizu and Atom must do what they can to save Tenma - from Teiai, and from himself.

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UHHH and that's a wrap!!!! I couldn't quite decide which way Tenma would go after hitting Rock Bottom in this AU, and tbh it would really depend on the kind of mental state he's in at the time. On the one hand I like the narrative of Ochanomizu and Tobio racing to prevent Tenma from crossing a line (actual outright murder probably) - or having to pull him back into humanity (and yknow, his ensuing penance)

But on the other hand having him get sent to Teiai Evil Hell Prison would be interesting because a) there's a lot of narrative potential having Tenma faced with what Teiai is doing with the people that lose the games and b) need him to decimate the foreman at chinchirorin Kaiji style

Tenma's whole character is definitely a much different guy in this AU, he starts off pretty sympathetic, the guy you wanna root for, he just ends up having an inverse character arc where he gets worse instead of better. His conflict with "Tobio" is also kind of reversed, less about being unsatisfied with Tobio as a son and more not being able to handle the fact that he probably has intense PTSD now and isnt capable of coping with it in a way conducive to being a parent (or like, coping at all)

Anyway that's gambling apocalypse tenma!!!

#umataro tenma #long post #well that became a novel. sorry lmao #in my mind teiai's evil hell prison in astro boy verse would probably be quite a bit different than regular kaiji #like. fuckin. weapons manufacturing for teiai or something like that. or scary bad danger robots. horrifying concept #Tenma would be a valuable asset to them whether by giving up Atom or by losing in death game hell and being forced to work for em #and if he dies? they can just take atom #get him out of there. #I'm also thinkin of who Teiai would be represented by.....the snakey loan sharks u could easily put skunk in there. #but who is an evil fucked up sadist billionaire. theres probably someone who could be fucked up enough I just dont know offhand #and im allergic to mischaracterizing in AUs lol im not gonna make a slightly bad guy into an evil freakguy. so. Hyoudou is just himself. #if you squint this could be considered an 80s astro boy AU..has a cruise arc & not actually giving atom away #but man. that tenma LEAST of all deserves this fate lmao #do I want to write fic of this? yes. will I? not likely! #I can just smell it dude this would be some crazy fuckoff 100k shit I am not ready brother #also it would just be soooooo so so so so so edgy. I dont really enjoy writing intensely grim stuff w/ little to no respite #also tbh. I am too stupid. LOL. I cannot write clever gambles alas

[throwaway-yandere]

aha dont mind me-

Comic warning: SPOILERS FOR THE AUYFF FIC

Holy sht what the phck 👀👀👀👀 im an idiot making memes while you're out there making gorgeous art over this fic I'm sobbing

damm holy phck you perfectly encapsulated the dread and the angle i imagined this sht hrsijejdkakeje mfer let me bow down 🛐 holy sht the phck.

#ansy-stalks #damm you picked that option huh hAHAHAHAHAH #tag: AUYFF #a valuable addition to this tag... lets ignore my memes cause damm i need to take my writing seriously it's not a cOMEDY ANSY HAHAHHAHA– #holy phck bro #ansy's stalking: kester ♡ #b r o #my poor salt boy he'll be missed #yandere scaramouche #yandere wanderer #mfer dAYM bro

[varpusvaras]

I'm back on my Bail/Breha/Fox bs (I haven't left even for a second but anyway) and I was thinking of that one post where someone said that just imagine the political implications these three together would cause, and I think there would be one moment where everything would start to go different with them in the timeline, and it's the wrong Jedi arc.

Padmé is close friends with Bail. She is close friends with Breha. They belong very closely to the same political movement and couldn't make things work without each other. I'm not saying Padmé's political career is wholly dependent on her relationship with Bail, but them working togerher is one of the main things that keeps them afloat against the war. Now, Bail would be professional enough to work with her even if they have personal differences (which they do already), and he knows better than putting one person above everything else, but I do think he wouldn't take Anakin threatening Fox lightly. I don't think he would make up a huge fuss, but he would, most likely, make his disagreement about his behavior known to Padmé. Now, Padmé knows about the whole Tusken massacre, so she knows how Anakin can get when something gets in his way. She knows, even though she wants to pretend that Anakin is a good person, that her husband is perfectly capable of treating people he doesn't like badly and even worse. She can try and tell herself that no, Anakin wouldn't do anything, but she knows. This is about Ahsoka, after all, whom Anakin has said is like a little sister to him. His personal feelings are on the line.

Padmé can either be delusional about it, tell herself that nothing will happen, and hey! Maybe nothing will happen! But she cannot be entirely sure. Because what if. What if something does happen. What if something happens to Ahsoka, and Anakin reacts badly? What then?

She would have to decide then. Does she stay with Anakin, to the end, and thus claiming that his personal feelings are more important to her than what's good for everyone, and thus ending his friendship with Bail and Breha, which would more than destroy her whole career and put everything she stands for in danger? Or does she say no, and stand with her ideals, no matter what Anakin feels is correct or justified? Because this time it's not a group of people who have no impact on her life and who she can forget about. This time she would have to decide her course of action even before anything happens.

Maybe trying to decide would make her think harder about their relationship in general. Maybe, just maybe, something that he does having consequences to her would make her do something about it before it's too late.

#I find Padmé absolutely fascinating because oh boy does miss ma'am do questionable choises in her head #she was also willing to put things like ending the whole republic and killing kids behind her to still have anakin but #in that situation she was desperate and everything was already gone #the only thing she still had was anakin #so it would be interesting to make her have a thought experiment about similar-ish situation before everything else is already gone #and Bail is a good sport. my god does that man have patience over shit #but I don't think Padmé making a decision that Fox is less valuable than Anakin's feelings to his face would be a thing he could work with #and it would at least make him make her think about what is actually important to her #bail/breha/fox #commander fox #bail organa #breha organa #padme amidala #sw #tcw

[laceratedlamiaceae]

I keep seeing allusions to a lot of discourse that makes me so glad I've decided to die on the hill of "Izzy did nothing wrong" because I don't have to care about any of it. He could kick a puppy and steal candy from a baby next season and I would just say "well, we all have bad days" and move on. It's a lot less stressful now that I'm not concerned with having the "right" interpretation and trying to persuade other people of it.

#i do still have to avoid the izzy hands tag or it raises my blood pressure though lol #letting other people be wrong is a very valuable skill but boy is it hard to learn #ofmd #izzy hands #fandom stuff

[bootay-hole]

more of my doodles from school FEATURINGGGGG my ocs that i’ve never talked about and also some random designs i drew bc school is boring 👍

#tay draws #tay posts #tay’s ocs #can u guys tell that the star/heart oc duo are new ocs #i somewhat figured out their designs solely through school doodles LMAO #also i’m planning to work on the moon/sun guys a bit too. they’re pretty cool i thinks #ducktales 2017 #may duck #june duck #ty cloudkicker #now to tag the names of my ocs that i’ll probably never tag again for like a few months #Fawn of the Fauna #Florence of the Flora #Taffy Tizz #<- that’s the one with the sweater vest and curly hair with the two ponytails on each side #i had a dream about her once and decided i had to make her an oc #Laila Brooks #<- angel with the locs #Lilith Avarie #<- demon with the broken horn #also taffy tizz has a crush on the guy in the goggles beside the ty cloudkicker doodle #idk his name yet #he looks like a cleo or a felix or something #i think the guy was like an undercover spy or something and he managed to take something valuable from taffy cause. boy pretty #now that i’m typing this out i’m realising that this is basically the plot of swindle chapter 2 lol #also taffy has two love interests (including this guy) and one of them is a WOMAN!!! we love a bi poly icon #she’s not in these doodles but her name is iris <3 #tay’s art

[itstimetodrew]

Making myself work for something doesn’t always pan out, sometimes my will is simply Too Weak. I refuse to do the work and go straight for the reward. But when it works it works! It has to be a very specific task with a very unique reward…

My current self-imposed task and reward setup is if:

I do physical therapy stretches and/or get 10,000 steps in a day

Then I get to:

Open ONE (1) pack of Spider-Man cards before bed :)

Staying healthy and getting a little treat that I draw out over a couple weeks instead of blowing through in 30 minutes…brilliant.

#I am Not a trading card person in general. buying these gave me flashbacks to the Marik cards that came out in 2020 I think? #the odds on these are TERRIBLE so I’m not expecting anything valuable but it is fun. real life gacha…with best boy on the packaging……. #he could fix me (<- me talking about strengthening my muscles in exchange for the chance of Cool Screenshot With Shiny Effect)

[icteridcorvid]

hourly comics from thursday

#ohhhhh boy #I was so frustrated these were taking so long that I sat down and timed myself doing the last 2 #and I realized its because im sitting like a shrimp and my neck hurts after drawing for 20 minutes #SO #valuable information #I'm proud of myself for getting these done though I've never finished hourlies before #even if they r kinda bad! #my art #aa #hourly comics #hourlycomicday #my comics

[ineptlee]

#aira shiratori #enstars #shiratori aira #ensemble stars #mine #okay maybe this seems totally unrelated to a little doodle of my boy but #I am seriously thinking about quitting my job #somehow I got catapulted from part-timer to assistant manager working like 50hrs a week bc we're understaffed #so now i'm doing the work of like 3 people but getting paid crap (raise from when I was part-time but not much better) #this is the only thing i've drawn in months bc i'm just too tired to do anything #but also I have no valuable experience or qualifications to get a better job and I can't just throw away my current financial stability #fuck being expected to function as a productive well-rounded adult with adhd amirite