#((Although technically speaking))

[taleweaver-ramblings]

@fairytalearista here's the second half of your ask response. I answered Reuben already. As for Mr. Bastian Dennel, well . . .

looks: somewhat attractive | eh | not really my type | pretty | handsome | beautiful | stud | gorgeous | SWEET LORD MERCY

can you relate to this character on a personal level?: no | not really | somewhat | yes | they are me

would you date/be friends with this character in real life if they were real?: total bros | friends | best friends | date | become their steady boyfriend/ girlfriend | neither | i don’t kno

Look. Look. This man walked into a literal nightmare for a gal to whom he owed nothing but professional courtesy. In fact, he did it twice. He faced down an angry fae powerful enough to create a city-wide blizzard for his sister, and he acted on the truth when he knew it would put him on the bad side of multiple mafias. And you think there's half a chance I wouldn't be interested in him as a friend or more?

And, to be clear — if Dayo's in the picture, it probably is only friendship, probably something that comes out of a certain writer-of-mystery-novels (me) repeatedly consulting him during the process of writing said books. Eventually, we start chatting about more than our respective professions and it becomes a genuine friendship. And in the AU where Dayo isn't around, or if this took place long before TMS, well . . . it would be the longest and slowest of all crock-pot romances (given that I'm oblivious and he's a gentleman who wouldn't want to push past what I'm comfortable with), but I could see something happening . . . at least until AU-me writes something that makes the Fair Family mad and I have to flee the city, leaving Mr. Dennel free for the events of TMS.

(Years later, Bastian gets a book in the mail. There's no return address, but he recognizes the name on the cover and the signature on the first page, and he knows that, wherever I am, I'm doing all right.)

#asks answered #kendra e. ardnek #character rating asks #bastian dennel #bastian dennel pi #that was a fun AU to contemplate #although technically speaking #if I were given the opportunity to date any of this author's male mcs or love interests #I would pick xiang from bits #I mean #I love bastian #but I cannot resist the handsome asian prince with healing powers #especially not when he's also (a) canonically a little bit of a science nerd #and (b) one of the only one of the author's characters who seems to know how to flirt well enough that even I couldn't miss it

[crossdressingdeath]

I won't lie, the fact that enduring the stalactite falling through the roof of the Horticultural Society's greenhouse has a Dangerous requirement of "No" and a Wounds requirement of "Not even you" is very good. You may be a god among men but that is in fact not a man. It is, in fact, a big-ass rock. You cannot take a giant rock to the face and not be quite badly hurt by it, even by Fallen London's illustrious standards that simply does not physics.

#fallen london #although technically speaking given cassie's still alive they did in fact endure it #i was kind of expecting an instant kill not gonna lie

[puppyeared]

Little brother

#in other words. one of the shows producers finally gave context for wukong staring at the stone #apparently he was trying to find MK by ripping thru memories but the scroll kept returning him to the same spot #so he didn’t know MK is a stone monkey either. also confirmed that MK was born from the stone BUT that doesn’t technically make Swk his dad #although bodhi does mention that MK was born from the same stone egg unless he was speaking metaphorically. or that was a translation error #idk man I’m waiting for the dub to come out. shrugs #I do like the idea of wukong being more like an older sibling to MK. even if not technically #I feel like there is dad energy there but older sibling just makes me go ‘ah yea that makes sense now’ #I do have to say I fucking hate perspective and I never want to do it again #edit: ok fuck wait I went back bodhi said he wasnt born from the same egg as Swk. but still #my art #myart #doodles #Lego monkie kid spoilers #lmk spoilers #monkie kid season 4 #monkie kid #lmk #Lego monkie kid #lmk season 4 spoilers #lmk s4 spoilers #lmk s4 #lmk sun wukong #lmk monkey king #sun wukong #lmk MK #technically #lmk xiaotian

[allthepandasintheworld]

good omens reference and also, halsin is HUGE ok, in game, rene literally only comes up to his shoulder

im assuming body type 2 for drow are around 6ft but i dont think(?) they are(?) HOWEVER. elves are canonically on average 6ft tall, and halsin is considered abnormally tall for an elf, which can only mean he's 7ft at least, in this essay i--

#halsin bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #halsin #bg3 #oc art #halsin x tav #(technically. even though rene's an existing oc) #digital art #doodles #ocs #rene isn't cheating with alois in our runs btw crow and i decided that alois (or rene in crow's case) is dead #and their story is essentially them trying to cope with the aftermath #alois never really moves on. he ends up including rene in his prayers to his god (alois is a paladin) and kinda. ascends rene's spirit #rene meanwhile isn't that spiritual although he does sorta convert to alois's faith in the sense that he prays to rao #with the hopes that alois will hear his prayers too and speak to him or at least listen to him #he's wracked with survivor's guilt #the rene/halsin romance is very sweet though bc they're two old elves who both outlived the people they loved deeply #alois visits halsin later in his dreams and gives him his blessing ('make rene happy and protect him because i can't do it anymore') #and halsin is more than happy with that he's glad to have alois's permission to care for rene #rene's upset though bc alois has never spoken to *him* before #(for good reason. if alois did speak to rene he'd never move on) #this is like just a fraction of the lore though i have a LOT going on #and i havent even hit act 3 yet #i cant wait for the bear cutscene im gonna try all the possible endings #save scum win <3 #also their dynamic has very much 'small black cat hisses at great dane' energy

[airanke]

Werewolf "I'm gonna rip out your throat" Dabi, and Werewolf "I'd like to see you try" Touya, and Beauty "oh my god the brothers are fighting and I don't know if I can stop them" Abiteth.

Help her.

#She didn't mean for this to happen but it has happened #THIS IS LIKE ONE OF THE MONSTER AUS WHERE THE TWINS #DON'T GET ALONG #AND YOU WILL PRY IT OUT OF MY COLD DEAD HANDS #Dabiteth AUs #Although technically this is a #DAbiTou AUs #Also my ship names rarely equate to who's 'on top' so to speak #I just pick them for what SOUNDS best 🤣🤣🤣😭

[musikat18]

no tea no shade this was the DCEU askldjfghalksdghflkasdghf

but it looks like the dndhat guys know what they're doing so if they do get more projects in this franchise, they got my money

#musikat speaks #i know man of steel is like a very technically and visually well-made film in a lot of ways #but i know for me it just does not make a good Superman movie #although i know a lot of ppl would disagree and that's fine #dndhat #dungeons & dragons honor among thieves

[anglerflsh]

how did you and your boyfriend met? if you don't mind me asking?

Online but in a "via a mutual friend". The friend was Jaja because it always is

#anonymous #[.asks] #although. Will not stop my burla of Technically We Met A Decade Ago Under Different Names #<- no we didnt speak to each other. We were in the same place at the same time though so I like to say that #gives it a very neat narrative doesn't it?

[dont-offend-the-bees]

definitely the guys from the elijah wood and samuel barnett show

It's funny, sometimes I think aaaah I'm out of my fixation phase with Dirk Gently I guess I don't really care anymore; and then I read a fic/post where the author implies Dirk likes coffee and I have to hastily click out of the fic lest I go on some unhinged rant about how No He Fucking Doesn't

(This is in response to an ask game about which characters yall think I'm the authority on btw, if anyone has any others send em my way this is fun lmao)

#HE SAYS HE DOESN'T HE SAYS IT IN THE SHOW IM A THROWAWAY JOKE THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE BUT HE STILL SAYS IT #although technically him being a big tea drinker is also fanon #bc to my knowledge he doesn't say that he is and if we see him drinking it's usually milkshake #but assuming he drinks tea is very reasonable given the Everything about him and unlike coffee it isn't Explicitly Disputed #anyway coffee drinkers stop hijacking the king of my heart for your agendas #man i should read some dirk fic again fandom's still quietly hoppin #maybe it'll inspire me to fucking finish some of my own haha #dghda #mr. bees speaks #answers

[arolesbianism]

Oh yeah that’s right other oni characters exist uhhhh Ashkan and Nails Jumpscare

#keese draws #oxygen not included #dylan nails winslow #ashkan seyer ali #the scientists ofc not the dupes #ashkan is my specialist lil boy even if he has literally no dialogue <3 #well ok technically he Might but there’s no evidence that he’s any of the unnamed speakers #most of the unnamed speakers in the logs are biologists and while he likely does work with biologists he seems to primarily work in robotics #although considering banhi and how closely she’s been able to work with bubbles it’s not imposs #ible that he could have worked on one of the bioengineering projects #nails is also a bit tricky to pin down because they seem to be a bioengineer but in their personal log they seem to not rly work with any #organisms directly so maybe they’re more akin to a technician idk #but yeah I adore nails their log is like one of my absolute favorites I Adore it #I was going to draw nikola and ellie too but then I remembered that they’re blond and I hate them <3 #no no I regrettably adore them I just lost motivation lol #yknow I really wish we had any proper ashkan characterization but we really don’t despite him being mentioned quite a bit by oni standards #unfortunately we only get second hand mentions of him and nothing straight from his mouth #we know jean fucked him over a bit by accident and we know some of his work but that’s abt it #speaking of jean I also adore them I should draw them sometime

[thetimecrystal]

daydreaming about ordering chinese for brunch today too

#mica speak #food // #my stomach has been fucky every day of this week #but today has been the worst #and once again i kinda just want saucy noodles #the only thing stopping me is shame ig #although i am an adult with adult money i can do what i want #technically i am supposed to be on a low spend but ugh

[silverloreley]

Listen, if I had a nickel for every time I got insanely attached to a character who suffered most his life and then did something bad because he snapped, only to be later on taken control by an evil entity whose plans he tried (and succeded) to foil (all while blamed of being the mind behind it all although he wasn’t), and he died after performing redemption after redemption and ultimately sacrificing to save the person he loved the most and have the most unsatisfying endings in the history of storytelling... I’d have two nickels, which aren’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice.

#Till the end of the moon #tantai jin #and #loki #yes I totally drew the parallel sue me! #although one could argue loki had it better at the beginning #but he was too a hostage prince technically speaking #even if he didn't know #but really #mercurial smarts and dark looks #the blames put on them just for being different in the environment they grew up in #hurt the most by the people they loved the most! and yet sacrificing for them anyway! #ouch my heart #perhaps it's not that weird and I just have a type

[miraculouscontent]

Oh God, I just thought of the possibility of love square stans trying to say, “Marinette couldn’t have been in love with Luka because she’s not showing trauma signs!” and them genuinely thinking that this is an okay argument without any sense of awareness as to how that sounds.

#category: salt #salt: fandom #other: ml spoilers #other: ml leaks #other: MLS5bible #((Although technically speaking)) #((if Marinette's stammering is her trauma sign then she DID show those with Luka when they first met)) #((but then he played her song which totally vibe'd her out and her next sentence was completely coherent.)) #((If she never stammered at all as well I suppose you could make the argument that Luka has no connection to Chloe)) #((which essentially ''breaks'' any hold said trauma has on her.)) #((Make of that what you will but regardless--)) #((the idea of using ''trauma signs'' to indicate whether Marinette was ''truly in love'' with someone is...)) #((I don't know but I don't wanna think about it.)) #((Because of the show's inane airing order I'm sure they expect people to completely miss)) #((that the episode where they send Luka away (I presume; not exactly subtle that the only episode summary that mentions him is 'Migration') #((is literally right before the episode where they're going to bring up Marinette's trauma.))

[puppyeared]

if escape rooms as team building exercises became popular im not sure if id be more excited or terrified

#if it isnt already anyway.. i can see it happening as a school frosh thing. idk if it would catch on as a workplace thing #i kind of find the concept of being locked in with strangers and working to find a way out weirdly exhilarating though #at least compared to icebreakers cause i dont have to spend 10 minutes racking my brain for something to blurt out abt myself #as a bonus u could like. put people into groups and give prizes to whoever escapes first second third etc. apparently they also do themed #escape rooms.. maybe let people pick a theme? or voluntary sign up? actually this would be really fun for smth like a blind friend date #although if i found out i was locked in a room with an online friend id be too excited to actually escape LOL #ive never done an escape room before so sadly i cant speak from experience. its like up there on things i want to try next to rug tufting #workshop and visiting new art exhibits or conventions. i seriously need to get out more if it wasnt for the horrors <- school and anxiety #i was planning to invite cass to a drop-in art workshop in town but neither of us could go bc typography is making us go thru hell and back #AND THEY HAD A BUTTON MACHINE TOO #im nostalgic bc i miss working in groups and not being awkward abt it or worrying abt schedule conflicts #i realized that i learn best in groups and its a little corny but i like sharing ideas and talking through a problem #in elementary i could just sit down with friends for review and come out of it energized *and* more familiar with the material #and i could technically still do it now. but as adults we're more picky abt who we work with on top of being way more busy outside school #maybe im lonely. im shy and grew up not talking to ppl unless i absolutely have to so its hard to make friends on my own i guess #only thing getting me thru it is telling myself that humans like helping and that my cringe is overblown in my head. but its hard #hence the escape rooms. i have been able to talk to 2(!!) people though!! mostly abt school stuff but im glad to be on friendly terms #i dont really know how to be happy these days cause im constantly scaring myself abt my portfolio and finding places to work #not being ambitious is part of not wanting to put energy into something that wont work out while also not having the passion to do literall #anything else.. i should probably talk to my counsellor ugh #yapping

[apollos-boyfriend]

c!hannah in aka-country lolita,,,, c!purpled in punk ouji,,,,, c!boomer in shironuri,,,,, does anyone see my Vision

#icarus speaks #bedwars siblings #i am Thinking about japanese street fashion again #hannah falls into a very funky area where i could see her going a Lot of ways #but focusing on her rose and nature theme i’ve landed with country lolita #and aka lolita which basically just means red-centric/all red #punk ouji tends to be very red-centric but i can see him in the same style but purple #and shironuri isn’t necessarily a FASHION fashion style as it’s extremely broad #it’s more regarded as more makeup centric of a term #so like. you could be angura kei AND shironuri #bc shironuri only really focuses on makeup. although alt fashion is very much a part of it the term only technically applies to makeup #but it’s branched out nonetheless just bc that’s how terminology works #anyways. yeah. fashionable siblings

[lovelesslittleloser]

Person gets isekai-ed into Pokémon as a ralts and their first thought is ‘I have to evolve into a gallade’

#pokemon #isekai #isekai tensei #ralts #gallade #gardevior #reject elegance. return to violence #although technically speaking gallades are kinda elegant and gardevoirs are pretty violent #and gallades can wear dresses and gardevoirs can tape knives to their elbows #maybe ralts just wanted a gender all along #maybe the real gender was the partner we gained along the way #trainer partner? I dunno why it sounds weird. ‘pokemon partner’ sounds fine #shitpost

[godofsmallthings]

i love acting like 1989tv is going to catapult me into a 1989 phase when we've done this three times already so i know that actually i'll listen to it once in full and be like huh these sound mildly different in a way that is so uncanny to me because of how well i know the originals and then i will only listen to the vault tracks and in a year will finally warm up to the album and have a belated 1989 phase :)

#and honestly? not complaining at all #i keep forgetting speak now tv is out #and i had my taylor discography playlist on the other day in the car and a speak now song came on (mean maybe?) and i was like half paying #attention and halfway through the song i'm like why the fuck does this sound so weird? #like girl did you forget about taylor lautner backflip?? hello???????? #it's wild how ppl moralize liking/not liking the rerecords on here (on both sides of the equation) and it's such a tired convo so i hate #posting about it bc really what am i adding to this discussion #but if anyone cares my stance is that music and memory is so personal and if your excitement about the rerecords #and the technical/vocal improvements in the (earlier especially) recordings works better for you then that's so awesome!! #i wish my creature-of-habit brain could work a little more like that truly bc i think i would have a teeny bit more fun with this #but if you're like me and have gotten used to/emotionally attached to specific vocal performances and tiny details #take ur timeeeeeeee <3 the best part about music is that once it's out it's not going anywhere #the best feeling is when you start having those attachments to the rerecorded version of a song (state of graceeeeeee) #and if that adjustment never happens for u then that's also fine (although it takes two seconds to put those mp3s of all the albums u def #have lying around somewhere into a silly little spotify playlist and listen to those instead of streaming the ogs. turn on local files!!!!) #anyway. i love not giving scooter braun/ppl who treat music as an investment instead of an art money <3 #and i love that the rerecords have bene giving us a chance to really reflect upon and celebrate specific albums and eras for a prolonged #period of time. especially as someone who missed most of these when they were happening. #vi is typing...