#ramblings

[hero0901]

#pre op mtf #valorada #tv series #skullgirls #webcomic #sarah #ramblings #forest

[karriwonderc]

#queer memes #kim lip icons #ramblings #yellow hair #vlastomil #teal #pale girl #adidas #we yearning

[neverevan]

you see, I made this months ago and it's still just as relevant as ever...

#bucktommy #buddie #911 #911 abc #ramblings

[fleshcatalyst]

I love the new Dungeon Meshi episode. Never in my life have I felt more represented as an autistic person. Like that’s me!! That’s my life!!!! That’s my exact experience as an autistic person on the screen!!! They explained it so well!!!! Having people you think of as your friends think you’re annoying and off putting but they never tell you directly. They expect you to just know you’re awkward but you don’t! How could you know!!!! You just wanted a friend!!!!! AGHHHHGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!

#dungeon meshi #dungeon meshi spoilers #ramblings

[389]

#electronics #dj #technology #equipment #gear #pioneer #cdjs #turntables #classic #ramblings #music #u

[hemeruni]

TODAY IS TODAY

HAPPY HATCHDAY TO THE ONE AND ONLY FOX THAT I LOVE SO MUCHHHH

You don’t understand how much I have planned for this fox today, it might very well lead into the weekend if I can’t finish it in time

Just. Be on the lookout. Things will be different soon enough.

#sparklecare #text post #hemera philly #ramblings #HAPPY HATCHDAY HEMMY LETS GOOOOO #SHES LIKE 30 NOW #YAY

[i-drop-level-one-loot]

Why won't you love me like I love you?

God, every single time I look at you, it feels like my chest is crumpling in on itself.

The pain is unbelievable.

Why do you smile like that?

That smile hurts so fucking much. I want to bite your face. Just.. latch onto your cheek, just hard enough to draw blood.

It's infectious. Even if you were smiling because of someone else, it makes me smile too. And I hate that.

Why do I hate it?

Why do I feel like clawing open my skin; ripping the corners of my mouth so I can never smile again?

Please look at me.

It feels so good when you look at me.

Maybe I'm a masochist.

It still hurts. My ribcage is still cracking and my heart is throbbing so heavily that I can feel it as it threatens to fall out in front of you.

But what hurts the most, is that you say you love me.

Why don't you feel this way too?

Why aren't you grabbing my face with both of your beautiful fucking hands and sinking your teeth into my nose?!

Why don't you look at me like you're going to puncture my eyes just because it hurts you for me to look at you?!

What do I need to do to make you love me like I love you?

If I disappeared, would you go mad searching for me? Or would you move on almost immediately?

Maybe, if you were "abducted" and I rescued you, you would realize that you can't live without me..

You would finally see how much you need me.

Then your eyes would look at me with the same hunger I feel for you, and your body would ache with the same agony I suffer.

I would give anything for that.

Please just..

Love me.

#yandere #yandere x reader #yandere x you #ramblings #love #not proofread #really tired #probably stupid

[catnippackets]

does anybody have a huion kamvas pro 24?? I'm thinking of getting one bc it's cheaper than a cintiq and I'm scared to spend so much money but my brain is stuck in "the more expensive one is better" mode and I'm getting nervous wondering if it's a bad decision :S I've watched a lotta reviews and it seems nice but I'm still scared fdgfdhfghf

#ramblings

[otome-cherry]

You know what? I believe Silvio can sing sea shanties. It just needs to be the right atmosphere and lots of alcohol 🍺

#he’d never admit to it though #I just had this random thought #ikemen prince silvio #ikemen prince #ikepri #cybird ikemen #otome game #ramblings

[prismaticpichu]

Friendly reminder that people do read your fics and enjoy them without leaving kudos; they read and enjoy them without leaving comments; they may read them 100 times over, and that icky-looking ratio of a bunch of hits to only a few kudos may in fact be someone who reads it every night before they go to sleep bc it’s their comfort story.

It’s hard in a world where we all wanna collect those pretty numbers like hidden ability shiny Pokémon, and there’s no denying that numbers do give some serotonin! But it’s always important to remember that, sometimes, your work reaches people in ways that you’ll never really know. In ways that aren’t reflected in numbers or comments. And that your work is more valuable than you’ll ever know!

It took me a while to nail this into my head. Just something I think is worth sharing every now and then! <3

#writing #writing things #ao3 #ramblings #<33

[gorgynei]

love lies bleeding is the best movie ever made. butch injecting her girlfriend with testosterone on the gym floor

#ramblings #love lies bleeding

[neverevan]

I really wish I could've seen the faces on Oliver and Ryan when they were sat down with the new PR manager and their new contracts because it feels like they were actually asked for their input and had their opinions taken into consideration...

like, I know everyone's in a tizzy about Oliver and Ryan talking about watching buddie edits and reading fics and Oliver liking fanarts on insta and what it makes me think of is that it's something they would've wanted to do years ago, but they were too afraid to stir the pot and abc just saw the opportunity and latched onto it — because let's be very real here, this is an advertising goldmine, even if fox was too ignorant to care.

sending the guys out to do all these interviews, introducing new queer storylines and giving acknowledgment to the fans while also admitting that they used to be worried about misleading fans by engaging and now they just do what feels best and whatever happens, happens because all opportunities are truly open now — is a hell of a step away from how things used to be and they are clearly having the time of their lives and so are we.

#i have no point here aside from fuck fox #oliver stark #ryan guzman #buddie #911 #911 abc #ramblings #my stuff

[queen-of-the-grapefruits]

I'm sorry how are the bad kids and by extension Riz specifically not in legend lore for defeating kalvaxus? Like riz is in legend lore for freeing the night yorb but that's not the only "legendary" thing he's done. I fully believe legend lore on Riz should have come up with the bad kids defeating kalvaxus And for Riz Eating kalvaxus as revenge for the death of his father.

#riz gukgak #dimension 20 #dimension 20 spoilers #fantasy high junior year #ramblings #legend lore #eating kalvaxus

[polaroidcats]

wolfstar crack au where remus puts an advert into a wizarding newspaper advertising himself as a sugar baby and sirius thinks the advert sounds hilarious and replies

#either they know each other and when they meet up r is like ... well this is awkward and s is like YOU SHOULD HAVE TOLD ME U WERE BROKE #or they dont know each other and this is their uhm.. meet cute ? (idk if it could be called that) #wolfstar #ramblings

[nikolais-eyepatch]

i need to be in u tonite ☆

☆☆ all i want is to feel warmth. not even funny, im always cold. I want a boyfriend who'd come back behind me so warm and cozy as he plants his head on the crook of my beck from behind. I want his hands to trail upwards into my shirt- it dosent even have to be sexually! I want to feel the content sigh that comes from his lips that makes my neck tickilish as his warm hands contrast with my cold body. I want to be able to use the 'im cold' excuse so i can hold his hand whenever. I want to lay with him with me laying over his front as i smoosh my cheek onto his chest as i nuzzle impossibly closer and i wrap my arms around him as i feel the occasional scratches on my head. I want to feel his body warmth along with a few other blankets on top of me. I want to hear his 'why are you always so cold?' And him just handing me his hand as i use it to cup my cheek. I want him to be as warm as his body- an absolute sweetheart to me. 'Good job, your so smart!' 'No no...just a bit of....yes there we go, love!' 'You need help?' 'So cute....im going to eat you'. I want to feel his hands all over me in any position. From the front, to the back, to the bed, then couch and you get it. I want to feel his warm hands over my naked body as he continues fullfilling our desires together. I wanna take a warm bath with him and wash his fluffy hair :( then afterwords when were done we'll go to bed and he'll pull me in closer as he mumbles about something like how he almost tripped or something random about his day as he entangles a leg over my torso to make sure i dont escape. Im having brainrot u guyssss im tired of reader fanfiction and the reader always being warm >:( what ab us cold girlies??? I want a silly warm bf like you guys i wanna marry him hes my pookie n soulmate!! ☆☆

#bsd x reader #bsd smut #bungou stray dogs #tokyo revengers #tokyo revengers x reader #ranpo edogawa #tokyo rev smut #jjk x reader #jjk smut #jjk #dazai x you #bsd dazai #yandere dazai #dazai x reader #yandere ranpo #ranpo x reader #ranpoe x reader #sub ranpo #ramblings #yandere bsd #beast dazai x reader #fyodor dostoyevsky bsd #yandere bsd x reader #bsd nikolai #nikolai x reader #nikolai gogol x reader #sigma bsd #sigma x reader #sigma smut #yandere x you

[zzthekaiju]

Best of the Reptiles in Media - 01 - Godzilla (Monsterverse)

I figure that while I'm using this blog, I might as well post my ramblings on a subject dear to my heart: That being the representation of reptiles as characters in media. And not just villainous or vile ones like we're so used to. I'm talking about ones that inspire me. The ones that are legitimately compelling to me. And these posts are an excuse to espouse why.

Plus, it's just fun. You can thank the likes of @tyrantisterror and @bogleech for inspiring me to do these.

So who better to start with than with the lizard who's been an inspiration to me for almost my entire life. That being the one known as Gojira. AKA...Godzilla.

This is the one character in these posts who probably needs no introduction. Ever since his debut in 1954, the walking embodiment of the horrors of nuclear war, among other things, has been nothing less than an icon. This is the beast people think about when they hear "giant monster" or "kaiju". This is truly the King of the Monsters.

My introduction to Godzilla was a children's book called "Godzilla on Monster Island". It was a fun read full of neat monsters living together and teaming up to stop an evil plan. And it left me wanting more. I wanted more stories of these fantastic yet friendly beasts being friends and living together while having fun adventures. Little me was a bit disappointed to find that Godzilla spent more time fighting his fellow kaiju and trashing cities instead.

The truth, as I would find out, was that Godzilla is never just one thing. He is a fun defender of the Earth. He's the terrifying consequences of our tampering with both nature and science. And in recent memory, he's been a lot of other things. But most of the time, he's either hero or mankind's hubris on two legs. To me, he was a giant dinosaur that could fire thermonuclear breath, and that was all that mattered. It was after hearing about the historical significance of him that my respect doubled.

Back then, I would tell you that my favorite Godzilla from a design standpoint was the 2002 version. Personality wise, almost every Showa appearance post-1964.

But in 2014, everything changed. In came a Goji that seemed to have everything I could ask for. So, we're going to look at the one that resonates with me the most. The Monsterverse version.

That right there is perhaps one of the most awe-inspiring entrances I've ever seen in a cinema.

Before the release of Godzilla (2014), the franchise had entered something of a slump period. The last film was all the way back in 2004, and sadly, the kaiju genre was still something of a niche thing growing up. Here in America, you either liked superheroes or real-life celebrities as a kid. If you liked monsters, let alone giant monsters, you were one of the weird kids. That, or one of the kids who never lost their passion for dinosaurs. But those were rare.

Then Gareth Edwards unleashed this film, and while one could argue that Pacific Rim (2013) got the ball rolling, THIS ultimately resurrected the entire franchise of the Big G, and got him a degree of general respect from most film-goers (so long as you ignore the irritating internet drama regarding screen-time back then).

But let's get to the meat of this post. Why is this Godzilla so much better to me than the rest? A few things, really.

First off, there's Godzilla's role in the Monsterverse's narrative. For the most part, he is a guardian of the natural order, a means of bringing balance to imbalance. He is a metaphor for how nature is capable of righting itself, and how we either have to deal with it, or live with the consequences. In practice, Godzilla ends up going up against almost every monster, most of which are only a threat because we awakened them/created them. Yet despite this, he doesn't go out of his way to destroy us. He's not mindlessly destructive or particularly vengeful either. He knows we're a part of the world too. We just tend to grate a bit more on his nerves because of how much we screw up. If there's one thing this series isn't afraid to show, it's that...well, "the arrogance of man is thinking nature is within our control, and not the other way around."

Design-wise, this is one of the best Godzilla's around. He's bulky, has a killer stare, and there's something oddly endearing about how...well, meaty he is. He's like if my aforementioned previous favorite design, the 2002 one, put on both a lot of muscle and weight. It also ties into his fighting style, said to have been inspired particularly by bears. Even the sounds associated with him are amazing. From that hype-inducing charge of his thermonuclear breath to what might be the best rendition of the classic roar.

Then there is the body language. This Godzilla's usual gait is slow, almost plodding at times. He shows clear signs of exhaustion in some scenes. What he goes through is hard, and his job is even harder, but he still does it. It really helps sell his personality most of the time.

Part of why I like the Monsterverse so much is that, for the most part, the kaiju are treated as characters in their own right (that's not to say they weren't in previous iterations, far from it, but it's a bit more pronounced here than most of the post-Showa stuff). Sure, some films in this verse are better about it than others (more on that later...), but I like how you can glean what Godzilla is thinking of just by looking at his eyes. Of particular note is how they widen in "Godzilla: King of the Monsters" when Ghidorah gains the upper hand during the final battle, his absolute sneer of anger in the first movie when the male MUTO approaches him, or...this.

This scene. This one right here encapsulates so much of what I love about this iteration. Where Godzilla, dazed and thoroughly battered by both the fight with the MUTOS and having a building fall right on him, locks eyes with a tiny little soldier. You see a sense of tiredness, of pain, of acknowledgement, and maybe even a little wonder. This is not just some mindless beast fighting for its turf. It's a thinking being. And he's hurt. The most powerful creature on the planet isn't invincible, neither on the outside and definitely not on the inside.

And you know what? I've been there. There are times where I feel like I'm carrying the weight of the world, that there are things too heavy to bear, and its suffocating. Godzilla constantly shows throughout the Monsterverse that his job as a living balancing act is wearing on him. He gets put through so. Much. Crap. From getting buildings dropped on him to being personally dropped from a distance above the clouds to watching his symbiotic partner/mate die, it's almost unfair how we're expected to not really sympathize with him as much as...I'll get to that later.

But he never gives up. Despite all the pain and fatigue, he gets back up, and he fights. And he fights. And he continues until the deed is done. Someone has to rise to the occasion, and it might as well be him. If not him, then who?

That is the biggest reason I resonate with this Godzilla. His awe-inspiring design is one thing, but he gave me the strength to persevere. I don't give up, because he never did. Never before had the Big G been such a hero to me. Such that in 2014 I found myself silently sobbing to myself when it seemed like he was dead near the end even though that was clearly not the case. It's hardly a surprise that I based my personal Godzilla AU on him, albeit with the more sympathetic traits dialed up. Stuff like this made G14 and KOTM some of my favorite kaiju flicks...

...which made it more than a little disappointing when Wingard took the helm and basically said "screw that, this is about the monke now!" Yeah, GvK is the weakest entry in the series for me for a reason. Godzilla's more redeeming qualities are buried under a narrative that clearly is not interested in giving him the time of day or even the benefit of a doubt. Both it and it's successor, GxK, are Kong movies through and through, and that means poor Big G is put out of focus.

I cannot tell you how much I HATE this idea that the only way a monster can be relatable is if it either looks almost just like us or is really cute. Yes, I understand the universal appeal, but they had such a good thing going for Godzilla! And they throw almost all of it away just so that they can make Kong look better by comparison.

Credit where it's due, these issues are slightly improved in GxK. It's not only firmly established that Godzilla is an overall benefit to the world for keeping the other Titans in check, but we get some interesting bits with him like how he instantly responds and prepares to answer the call of the Iwi and help them. It shows that despite his tenuous relationship with humans, there are ones he clearly gives a lot of thought to. And there's also how he makes the Roman Coliseum his own personal bed. Not only is it kind of hilariously adorable, but if you remember how in KOTM he had his own man-made temple, you get the impression that he has a bit of homesickness. That's the kind of thing I like to see! More of that and less "he's only ever angry and he only ever fights, character is for primates only".

Also, while the Evolved design has nice details, I WANT THAT GUT BACK! it just looks weird otherwise with that disproportionately skinny waist.

But thankfully, our prayers might be answered:

With GxK's roaring success (ha!), it's more than likely that the next Monsterverse entry will finally give Godzilla an overdue character arc that doesn't begin and end with "destroy everyone and act big and scary and nothing else". Just please make sure that he doesn't have to die to get that. There are plenty of ways you can make us invest in the guy's story without having to kill him. I WANT to see more of that emotional vulnerability teased across the movies. I want to see him come to terms with how he's been going about his job. And more importantly...I want to see a more explicit Mothzilla scene. A nuzzle and everything. But that's just me.

Whatever the quality of his current status, nothing is taking away how much I love this version of Godzilla. He's taken me out of some very dark places, and for that, I say long live the king.

Also, he brought Mothzilla into the public sphere and every Mothzilla pic made since is the cutest thing ever, so I just love him even more.

#best of the reptiles in media #ramblings #godzilla #gojira #monsterverse #godzilla 2014 #g14 #godzilla king of the monsters #godzilla vs kong #godzilla x kong: the new empire