#not putting this in his tag

[idolo-mantis]

you know whats really cool is not sending writers death threats because they killed a character you liked. its not "burying your gays" if everyone is gay and the guy who died was gay but also pretty homophobic for the majority of the time he was on screen. also I've seen people say that he died for no reason and while I do think his arc could have been executed better to make the payoff more impactful, I think his death wraps up his arc really well and is the end that I was foreseeing for him since last season he dies sacrificing himself for the wellbeing of the crew, something he would have NEVER done in s1. in fact he sold out the crew to the english and told ed he was better off dead than expressing vulnerability. do y'all not remember that? like he literally tells ricky that he doesn't understand piracy because ricky would never be willing to die for something bigger- the crew. the wellbeing of the people who you care for. hes not really talking about piracy, hes admitting that he had the same mindset as ricky, too focused on the glory and the bravado. he tells ricky that hes willing to die. he knows that he hurt everyone on that ship and sacrifices himself so that they can have a chance at happiness again- a time where they lived for each other and not just themselves. THIS is his redemption. it was always going to end this way tbh. just because a writing choice makes you upset doesn't mean that it was bad- in fact if you were an izzy liker I dont understand why this wouldn't make you enjoy his character more but one thing I can say is they certainly didn't kill him because he was gay

#ofmd #ofmd spoilers #our flag means death #not putting this in his tag #just to make myself clear I dont think this makes up for his casual racism to ed this season #but I am glad he apologized for treating ed so terribly #his arc was rushed but so was this whole season #people saying that him dying ruined the show for them though... i hate to break it to you but hes never been that important to the narrativ #like maybe if your enjoyment of the show hinged on one character you just never really liked it #anyways izzy stans you legally arent allowed to send me hate for this post because its my birthday

[swindlefingrs]

in wanting to see the new epilogue, i replayed my resist Durge (Saga) and found a whole new way to be cruel, but interesting, to Gale:

i forgot that Gale made her choose between him and Karlach. she chose Gale but then uuuuuh she also chose to leave with Karlach for Avernus

so when Withers calls them all together, she apologizes to Gale for ending things so suddenly and he admits that it hurt but he survived.

all i can imagine is the avernus portal opening up, Gale watching his friend Karlach and then this woman that made him forget his goddess, disappearing through the portal and then they're GONE

its awkwardly silent, everyone looks at him, he looks at everyone like "did that just happen?" and no one knows what to do

#bg3 #not putting this in his tag #its awful #don't read this #its so mean #i can't stop thinking about it though! #saga x gale #i wanted to see what'd happen #i'll go back and get wyll to go with karlach #durge #darkweave

[blimbo-buddy]

In reference to my old DarkStripe concept design post: My Mspaint drawings of DarkStripe have come a long way from the beginning. She got less and less details as the months and year went on (with some exceptions)

Also did you know my old DarkStripe design had a long tail. I changed it to a stubby tail because it just did not look right to me at all

#blimmy art #wc #blimbo rambles #not putting this in his tag

[lesbianralzarek]

i was so excited to finally see something nice about wyll (im counting compliments to his VA as wyllposting) on reddit and then scrolled down a singular post. why do i keep letting myself be disappointed?

#16 vs 544..... #not putting this in his tag #i want his tag to be an oasis where i can pretend everyone loves him and is so so niceys #bg3

[chazz-is-a-zelda-fan]

I LOVE STARDEW VALLEY

#mx was bullying me for how many romantic songs i spammed with him 😭 /lhj #not putting this in his tag #MY HSUBAND MY HUSBAND LITERLAKH MY HUSBAND IMMH HUSBAND GOT DIM UF KINH FERAL #mech’s being an idiot again #mech’s emo boy escapades #DON’T MIND ME I’M JUST REACHING FOR YOUR NECKLACE TALKING TO MY MOM ABOUT THIS LITTLE GIRL FROM TEXAS!!!!

[teex]

new to hockey and noticed you have pat in your header and wanted to ask is he really retiring this season ? i've seen people saying that because of his injuries and just wanted to ask because i'm curious :))

helloo

let me preface this by saying that i am definitely not the authority here. i do not know more than anyone else. personally though, i dont see him playing next season or possibly again in the nhl. my basis for this thinking is that he capped his teeth last year, that he hasnt referred to vgk or them to him in a long while idt, and that he has missed extensive time previously bc of injury (though we dont know for sure what his current injury is. vgk has never disclosed)

so is it possible he comes back? until there is news otherwise, of course. do i think he will? probably not

#i hope he does!!! and if he doesnt i hope he enjoys many other passions in his life and career #oybreplies #not putting this in his tag

[nifftysbadboys]

Thinking about Vox while letting these sleep meds hit me like I don’t want that twink obliterated, I NEED him obliterated. Anyway

#not putting this in his tag

[broiamjustalilguy]

i'm generally ok with people headcanoning whatever they want, but i genuinely hate astarion asexual headcanons. so often they do it because he has a complicated relationship with his sexuality due to his trauma, but he very openly reclaims it in his story, and is a very sexual person even when he's not being performative. he straight up tells you he's attracted to you if asked, plus he says it almost feels like a challenge when you say you can be together without sex as long as he needs, and it feels like people ignore that. people with sexual trauma are allowed to be attracted to people and to want sex.

so often it's this infantilizing uwu thing too which is disgusting and disrespectful to both asexual people and people with sexual trauma

#not putting this in his tag #but it drives me up the wall

[awetfrog]

Here to throw them into as many romcom tropes as possible

#my art tag? #astarion #baldur's gate 3 #gale of waterdeep #bloodweave #put actual effort into keeping everyone in their canon armour but drow armour looks so Correct on astarion #hes in his mcr three cheers for sweet revenge era let him be #anyway hope they get divorced soon

[pupships]

me when i wanna ramblepost about chan but like i'm in a rly weird emotional space rn so it'd probably all come out venty or make no sense so i do my best to Not

#; barking #not putting this in his tag

[bixels]

Learning that fans hated Applejack and called her "boring" is crazyyy to me because I genuinely, unironically believe AJ's the most complex character in the main six.

Backstory-wise, she was born into a family of famers/blue collar workers who helped found the town she lives in. She grew up a habitual liar until she had the bad habit traumatized outta her. She lost both her parents and was orphaned at a young age, having to step up as her baby sister's mother figure. She's the only person in the main gang who's experienced this level of loss and grief (A Royal Problem reveals that AJ dreams about memories of being held by her parents as a baby). She moved to Manhattan to live with her wealthy family members, only to realize she'll never fit in or be accepted, even amongst her own family. The earlier seasons imply she and her family had money problems too (In The Ticket Master, AJ wants to go to the gala to earn money to buy new farm equipment and afford hip surgery for her grandma).

Personality-wise, she's a total people-pleaser/steamroller (with an occasional savior complex) who places her self worth on her independence and usefulness for other people, causing her to become a complete workaholic. In Applebuck Season, AJ stops taking care of herself because of her obsessive responsibilities for others and becomes completely dysfunctional. In Apple Family Reunion, AJ has a tearful breakdown because in she thinks she dishonored her family and tarnished her reputation as a potential leader –– an expectation and anxiety that's directly tied to her deceased parents, as shown in the episode's ending scene. In The Last Roundup, AJ abandons her family and friends out of shame because believes she failed them by not earning 1st place in a rodeo competition. She completely spirals emotionally when she isn't able to fulfill her duties toward others. Her need to be the best manifests in intense pride and competitiveness when others challenge her. And when her pride's broken, she cowers and physically hides herself.

Moreover, it's strongly implied that AJ has a deep-seated anger. The comics explore her ranting outbursts more. EQG also obviously has AJ yelling at and insulting Rarity in a jealous fit just to hurt her feelings (with a line that I could write a whole dissection on). And I'm certain I read in a post somewhere that in a Gameloft event, AJ's negative traits are listed as anger.

Subtextually, a lot of these flaws and anxieties can be (retroactively) linked to her parents' death, forcing her to grow up too quickly to become the adult/caregiver of the family (especially after her big brother becomes semiverbal). Notice how throughout the series, she's constantly acting as the "mom friend" of the group (despite everything, she manages to be the most emotionally mature of the bunch). Notice how AJ'll switch to a quieter, calmer tone when her friends are panicking and use soothing prompts and questions to talk them through their emotions/problems; something she'd definitely pick up while raising a child. Same with her stoicism and reluctance at crying or releasing emotions (something Pinkie explicitly points out). She also had a childhood relationship with Rara (which, if you were to give a queer reading, could easy be interpreted as her first 'aha' crush), who eventually left her life. (Interestingly enough, AJ also has an angry outburst with Rara for the same exact reasons as with EQG Rarity; jealous, upset that someone else is using and changing her). It's not hard to imagine an AJ with separation anxiety stemming from her mother and childhood friend/crush leaving. I'm also not above reading into AJ's relationship with her little sister (Y'all ever think about how AB never got to know her parents, even though she shares her father's colors and her mother's curly hair?).

AJ's stubbornness is a symptom of growing up too quickly as well. Who else to play with your baby sister when your brother goes nonverbal (not to discount Big Mac's role in raising AB)? Who else to wake up in the middle of the night to care for your crying baby sister when your grandma needs her rest? When you need to be 100% all the time for your family, you tend to become hard-stuck with a sense of moral superiority. You know what's best because you have to be your best because if you're aren't your best, then everything'll inevitably fall apart and it'll be your fault. And if you don't know what's best –– if you've been wrong the whole time –– that means you haven't been your best, which means you've failed the people who rely on you, which means you can't fulfill your role in the family/society, which makes you worthless . We've seen time and time again how this compulsive need to be right for the sake of others becomes self-destructive (Apple Family Reunion, Sound of Silence, all competitions against RD). We've seen in The Last Roundup how, when no longer at her best, AJ would rather remove herself from her community than confront them because she no longer feels of use to them.

But I guess it is kinda weird that AJ has "masculine" traits and isn't interested in men at all. It's totally justified that an aggressively straight, misogynistic male fandom would characterize her as a "boring background character." /s

At the time of writing this, it's 4:46AM.

#mlp #yeah i wrote this last night during insomnia. #yeah i know an embarrassing amount of crap about this kids show #but whatever it's my hyperfixation i'll store as much useless information as i want!!! #i'm gay and neurodivergent i have an excuse #in case you needed more proof that aj's my favorite character #personal #delete later #unless you like this analysis stuff #i get why they didn't reveal aj's parent's death until way later and why they didn't do much with it but i wish they did #cuz narratively there could've been so much material with aj's grief. like. i feel like we gloss over the fact that she lost her #mother and father as a teenager #i tried keeping my personal hcs out of this to keep it unbiased #but i'll put some in the tags #involving rarijack –– i think aj can be (but not always) very self-conscious about her relationship with rarity #anxieties that she's not the right fit or that rarity will move away and leave her some day or that another woman will take her attention #(like in rollercoaster of friendship?? nudge nudge??). basic seperation anxiety stuff #long post #regarding applebloom whenever i think about her and her parents i think about that scene in steven universe where steven looks up at #a portrait of his mother and openly wonders what kind of sack lunches she would've made for him. that episode still fucks me up

[sadmages]

In my mind palace my tav and Astarion are playing the exact same game of 5D chess and they don't realize it yet

#baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #astarion #bg3 tav #my art #gabby plays bg3 #shadowheart #and #lae'zel #are also here #anyway tag ramble time just got the romance scene where you can hug him and on my knees.....this guy..... #astarion: hey i was kinda sleeping with you to save my ass but turns out im feeling real emotions now #matt marja: wtf. me too. this is so embarrassing for both of us we're idiots [tenderly hold hands] #i thought up matt for a campaign we may or may not play last year and deciding to play him in bg3 because i thought it would be funny #to put him against this guy who seemingly has many of his same issues. Best idea i've ever had. the emotional catharsis im experiencing #matt marja

[bibliosims]

titania | an upper body tattoo. ⊹₊ ⋆

download | sfs (free, no ads)

TOU: do not reupload and never put this behind a paywall !

previews and more under the cut !

meet titania, my first tattoo (and ts4 cc) ever ! i’ve so enjoyed working on this little project and am already planning out the next one ! enjoy :)

psa the back tattoo warps kind of weirdly on certain masc frames, sorry ! also, there are 10 individual swatches per 3 opacity options, so technically it's 30 swatches overall

also feel free to tag me if u use these ! it’d be cool to see these in the wild 🫶🏻

thumbnail previews:

unedited previews:

•☽────✧˖°˖ art by william heath robinson for shakespeare's a midsummer night's dream ˖°˖✧────☾•

#thank god i can actually call myself bibliosims yes this technically is from a book yes i’m counting it #ok very much obsessed with william heath robinson i wanna make tattoos with all of his illustrations #mine #my cc #my tattoos #ts4 #sims 4 #sims 4 cc #sims 4 tattoo #sims 4 tattoos #ts4 tattoo #ts4cc #s4cc #ts4 cc download #sim 4 download #stealing these tags from other creators idk what to put 😵‍💫💀

[chazz-is-a-zelda-fan]

everyone should follow me on insta and see me liveblog sebastian sdv falling head over heels for me and vice versa

#this is a /j #unless we’re close you’re not getting the @ 😜 #mech’s being an idiot again #mech’s emo boy escapades #once again #not putting this in his tag

[zedif-y]

i love when grian and impulse work together because it's usually grian providing the plan and direction and impulse going o7 on it chief and then 5 minutes later the server is in flames and impulse is cackling like he's been waiting his whole life for this . world's most destructive duo

#is there anything more dangerous than a menace with a plan and a guy who puts his entire pussy into everything he does #impulsesv #grian #hermitcraft #mcyt #mcytblr #this isnt wholly the intention but i have a feeling the grimpulse enjoyers would love this post #impulse tag #ryan's screaming #hermitblr

[machinerot]

#my art #harry du bois #kim kitsuragi #disco elysium #disco elysium fanart #harrykim #kimharry #or whatever they're called #let this man have happiness or so help me #im a firm believer in harry getting a slow post-recovery glow up alright. it's the least i can do for the guy. #man i was listening to so many banger songs while making this #im still getting back in the flow of painting so most of my stuff is kinda messy still #but i suspect ill find a middle ground between this and my last piece style-wise #gearing up to drawing kim in all his glory too now that ive finished two different side profiles of him. only a matter of time now #also fun little fact. i drew over half of this (~4 ? hours) using just my finger on the trackpad of my laptop lol #sometimes it helps me to just put shapes and colors down. when ive got a pen i get too nitpicky about being perfect/using fancy techniques #sometimes all you need is. finger 🫶 #OH!! i forgot to mention someone spotted it in the tags—yes this is based on that one leyendecker piece!!