#And they're both older than me...

[chronicbeans]

Simon Petrikov (Aka "Depressed Blorbo I Simp Over"): I miss my fiancé... I can't believe what happened to her...

Takuto Maruki (Aka "Depressed Blorbo I also Simp Over"): You too?

#Seriously I just noticed that #They also both have glasses #And brown floofy hair... #And they're both older than me... #I may have a type #persona 5 royal #persona 5 royal maruki #persona 5 maruki #takuto maruki #adventure time simon #fionna and cake simon #simon petrikov #adventure time #adventure time: fionna & cake

[welcometogrouchland]

I love Steph's origin as told in the Secret Origins 80 page giant- I just overall think it strengthens her character by giving her a lot of pathos and adding to her heroism (which isn't something writers were focused on in her actual intro in detective comics #647 since she was just meant to act as a plot device back then) BUT there is one tiny detail in it i will begrudge, and that is the portrayal of her having a minor love at first sight moment for tim

Secret origins 80 page giant, ID in alt

(or well, technically this was their second meeting in that story (the brick was the first) so...love at second sight?)

Mostly because Stephanie showed no interest in her introduction and only showed romantic feelings towards Tim AFTER this moment here:

Robin (1993) #4, ID in alt

Straight up the progression here goes:

The adventure in 'tec where they first meet -> Tim investigating the same crime scene as Steph -> she beats him up not knowing it's him at first, apologizes but says he shouldn't have scared her -> he remembers her/the moniker she goes by -> they talk about plot for a few pages -> Stephanie starts flirting

Robin (1993) #4, ID in alt

Which...is so fascinating to me and says so much about Stephanie. She highlights the fact that Tim "remembered" her. Like. Steph. Girl. This is our bar? It's sweet but kind of speaks to how much Stephanie is ignored at home/how little and sporadically she's shown interacting with her peers (and rarely ever the same kids twice). Her idea of peak romance is just...being on someone's mind even when you're not there.

Kind of also adds layers to Steph's proclivity towards jealousy later on, a manifestation of her insecurity and loneliness (though don't get it twisted, she's not written this way bc Dixon and co think it's an interesting character flaw, they wrote it bc they think it's an inherent character flaw of (particularly young) women/girls, which is very apparent in how he approaches Ariana's character as well from what I've read)

Also the fact that Steph becomes so smitten for Tim almost immediately after this is (a few issues later she aggressively flirts with him during AN ACTIVE HOSTAGE SITUATION. WHERE SHE'S THE HOSTAGE) again is kind of a mixture of kind of funny and sad. One boy is nice to her once and she's fully ready to wife him. Girl you are deranged (affectionate) (concerned)

#ramblings of a lunatic #dc comics #stephanie brown #tim drake #timsteph #meta #< ??? ig #robin 1993 #made this post and forgot to finish. saved it in drafts. saw posts that annoyed me. proceeded to finish it #the subset of fans who think they're doing a righteous feminism by giving steph more flaws than she has in canon...headaches #yes flawed female characters are important representation no i dont think you projecting chuck dixons conservative values onto her- #-is doing her character a great favour. if so you need to commit to the bit and make tim a stone cold nark /j #sorry okay im done vaguing. there's real things going on in the world that matter. the bad take is the mind killer etc etc #anyway the zero to 100 progression of early timsteph is fascinating. on the one hand i know it's mostly a product of its time #both in terms of portrayals of romance (esp teen romance) and partially of women and girls by dixon (not extremely boy obsessed- #-but there's a. dark shadow of the boy crazy trope. a gentle whiff of it in the air. just a little) #but bc this aspect isn't blatantly/egregiously author bias i choose to analyse it #i could also analyse how steph in general is portrayed as liking guys she can't/shouldn't have a little #(her crush on the much older detective in bg2009 and also tim a little bit w/ the secret identity thing) #(but that's a whole other discussion. also that aspect of the romance in bg2009 is. also a little sexistly motivated- #-and also dropped part way through to an extent so like..not exactly ripe for analysis) #ANYWHO i love you Steph <3 you're unwell and yet so adorable and compelling Steph <3

[rocksanddeadflowers]

I just really like the idea that Somewhere Else for jmart is whatever universe the Magnus Protocol is taking place in, and at one point or another while the main characters are digging up mysteries and horrors find some evidence of jmart's existence (like, say, the idea that those two burnt down the institute in '99) and keep note of it.

Cut to our protagonists coming across jmart in a tiny grocery store, shopping and being super domestic and cute, just maybe a hint of spooky eldritch vibes coming off then. Our protags are like "these guys seem familiar - OH MY GOD WHAT IF IT'S THEM!?!?" they're silently screaming and debating approaching while jmart is like "oh don't forget we need more sugar" "why? I already have you, you're all the sweetness I need" "oh my god that was horrible never say that again" or some corny domestic junk like that that is all I can picture and it's all I want.

#“are those kids staring at us or is that just me?” #-martin #“oh god i wish they weren't young people terrify me” #-jon #and they're both barely 5-10 years older than the protags #the magnus archives #tma #jonmartin #jmart #the magnus protocol

[murasaki-cha]

Lord who art in Heaven (Ina-nim back in SK) THANK YOU!! SO MUCH!!!! I MIGHT HAVE DESTROYED MY VOCAL CORDS FROM ALL THE SCREAMING!! I'M CRYING!!!!!

#have safe sex kids (they're both older than me) #wear protection #🤧🤧🥹🥹🥹 #serena webtoon #serena manhwa #serena #selena #selena manhwa #serena serenity #eiser leinz grayan #manhwa #webtoon

[pyr0peyt]

Redesigned the goobers

#I didn't rlly change Chiro's casual uniform all that much cuz I actually really like it #I added the jackets to their Hyperforce uniforms cuz in all honesty they're so fucking plain and boring #I did have another casual outfit in mind for Jinmay but it came out a bit ugly so I just went for the one ur looking at rn!!! #ALSO I had to redo the lineart Chiro's casual wear cuz my dumbass drew it on the wrong layer 😭 #it took like 2 hours for me to draw both refs; around 4 hours in total #accidentally made Chiro taller than Jinmay oh well #srmthfg #chiro #jinmay #pyro's art #redesign #alt text provided in both images :] #adding on I made them older here like around 15-16

[lre333]

(found)family dynamics ft. nose presets by @kashisun​ 🖤

Y’ALL i can’t wait for you to get your hands on these amazing presets - MARINE, you mfkin’ DID THAT, OKAY?!! *inSPIRED* had me up playin in CAS, making up whole damn backstories for sims i just met ~sigh~ they already got theme songs and nicknames cuz you had the NERVE to pop off on these wonderfully unique, character-filled, deeply customizable schnoz shapes ~ i’m in love <3333

a lil scenario occured while i was putting the family together, learning their quirks and how they interact with each other - an entire mess XD

in order of appearance :

vanity ; as “i’m watching my shows” non-snitchin’ witness / too pretty for this

snickers ; as accident-prone troublemaker crybaby / jealous he’s not the baby

ariel ; as perpetually sick-of-this-shit scandalized younger sibling / good sport

hunny ; as not the mess but has something to say about it / lowkey accomplice

mamma neptune ; as rough-edged at work, soft toward the children / the glue

#sims 4 cas #black simmer #simblr #kashisun cc #LOOK AT MY SON !! PRIDE IS NOT THE WORD I'M LOOKING FOR ; THERE IS SO MUCH MORE INSIDE ME NOW (hate hamilton now but there was a moment and #this song kept blasting through my head as i looked adoringly at my babies during creation lskjfsl i'll forgive myself; too busy doting) #mamma neptune had pretty girl rock by keri wilson as his theme song 💅🏾 -tucks a hair behind his ear- he's my saltyseadog bbygurl i love #they have regular names but i thought the nicknames are more fun for the scenario #btw snickers calls himself that so he can yell back WHAT DID YOU JUST CALL ME?! at nonblack ppl when they say his name - he's a menace to #yt society; everyone clap - also he busted his face in a mosh pit and then proceeded to cry abt it while thrashing cuz ofc💔 let it out bb~ #he's always pestering ariel and she threatens him back but it's all games - they ride for each other heavy ; ariel is actually older than #snickers but she's the last to join the family and hasn't been out as long so he acts like older brother and she doesn't mind; they're both #trans bbies -mamma neptune is cis by his definition but welcomes a faggy she/her as appropriate address to his person ~ hunny is moc/fluid; #vanity is everything darling✨ they remind me of a friend so they feel extra special to me ; which wasn't intentional but i'm vibing ~ #tired of typing now kthxbye💞 #tw blood #probably

[lord-squiggletits]

The fact that the general Tumblr reaction to JRO saying "yeah Drift is around the same age as Megatron" was incredulousness/amazement really makes me wonder what it is about Drift that makes people think he's young for some reason.

I mean in a way I don't even like applying the label of "young" to any Cybertronian who was alive pre-war, because that group of people is literally 4-5 million years old and so the fact that some of them might have a few thousand/ten thousand years on each other doesn't really make a meaningful generation gap for a species that's basically immortal.

But why do people think that Drift is some young adult when he's literally the same age group as some characters called "old men" by fandom.

#pls don't tell me it's some racism thing with him being asian coded #probably it's just bc ratchet called him 'kid' back during their meeting in the dead end but like #that was 4 mil years ago so drift is by no means young as of the 'present time'?? #could also blame the stupid kooky hippie personality JRO saddled him with and couldn't decide if it was fake or unironic #squiggposting #esp because like. age gaps matter less the older a group of people is #so even if drift was younger than ratchet #after a 4 mil year war they're both full adults. practically middle aged men #it'd be like calling a 40 year old man 'young' bc he's hooked up with a 50 year old man #anyways. people applying human norms of age/generational gaps to transformers my beloathed

[loving-jack-kelly]

anyway davey was obviously cool in high school and jack was a loser they just blossomed in opposite directions and because davey is quieter and more booksmart people assume he was a nerd and because jack is boisterous and personable they assume he was popular but really. davey sat in the middle of the class and made snarky remarks to the people around him but always had the right answer when he was called on so teacher and students both liked him and jack sat in the back of the classroom and drew pictures that everyone else thought were weird and dark all day long.

#growing up was good for both of them tho. i will never stop saying that growing up and getting older #and getting more okay as he got older. is something jack will never take for granted #and davey getting more and more comfortable with himself as he ages. learning to advocate for himself and not just others. #finding the balance between being the 'smart one' and having friends who understand how much more than that he is #i understand these characters <3 they're my special guys so u can trust me #newsies #jack kelly #davey jacobs

[femmesandhoney]

the two married adult women befriending and adopting the 21 year old lesbian in their religion class college arc

#actually very funny when i think about it #they're both older than me one more so than the other lol #this is confusingly phrased they aren't married to each other they both have husbands #but like one woman is in her 30s #idk how old the other is she's older than me i think she's maybe 23 or 24?

[spaceangst]

does anyone else get that sinking feeling when a friend gets really into something you absolutely adore/have been hyperfixating on, but when you mentioned it, they ignored it (and kinda just ignore you unless and will talk over you to talk to their actual friends to the point where you're not even sure if y'all are friends or just acquaintances) and now they're really liking it and you just. want to gatekeep it bc that interest was (and is!) important to you...

or am i just being childish lol

#shut up k #forever frustrated with how people will act like they're in a clique online too #it's even more annoying when no one was mean necessarily #just kinda snubbing that same interest #and now you're like oh this is v interesting #this is about a twt only oomf btw not anyone here #or anyone on here and twt #but i'm just kinda annoyed bc like. link click was my thing #and i was so ready to share #but when i was you just straight up launched into talking over me to your other friend #it's the first time i've felt too old for that kind of drama #and you're both older than me so this really shouldn't be happening #but anyway i watched all of your favorites first and was excited about all of them to you first #and you ignored them all only to turn around and scream about them to your bsf three days later #which is cool #this is a rant i'm aware i sound childish i'm majorly stressed over an orgo final and this was my final straw #but it's also a pattern #idk the most childish part is wishing you never got into lc #bc now it's not just you ignoring me to talk about it #it's you AND your bsf #which is totally cool #i'm v cool with this #y'all are freaking 23 and i just barely turned 20 and this feels so middle school ugh

[kozidraws]

.

#I really hope the job I interviewed for will contact me soon #my second job doesn’t start until Nov #but omg my current job #my manager has been targeting me so much lately #mind you I only get 8 hours a week now because she cuts me back to the absolute minimum #she targets my appearance as well #she's petty eg she won't let me wear earrings now #and wants me to tale out my piercings when the company are okay with them??? #and if getting more hours requires me to exceed KPIs how about in those 8 little hours I get DON'T make me do all the tedious tasks #heck we got a new older lady that just got hired #and the manager has barely taught her anything #so i had to train her #new person gets more hours than me! #maybe because they're both old they're bonding quickly so boss has an instant fave #but gosh darn I am EXHAUSTED #get me out of here

[bronzefuryfic]

goodbye sweet baby Aemond... hello angry, vengeful teenage Aemond!!!

#hes still baby #to me! #long tags rambling about the next few chapters-> #im very excited for this chapter and bringing Aemond/Aegon closer to their older counterparts #the green kids are all still “close” but there's a lot more bitterness baked into their interactions #Rhae's trying to hold both of the boys accountable for their shitty behabior and I think #the only reason she is not going insane herself is because her relationship with Helaena has mostly been unscathed by recent events #if anything they're even closer #there is still the 'marrying Aegon' piece that will be hard for both of them but... #Rhae is way more pissed off at Aegon for treating Helaena poorly than anything #and is additionally frustrated because she can't get through to him as well as she used to #like Aegon was always been a pain in the ass but he had his redeeming moments and now hes just. Dived off a cliff! #he's shut both of them out which makes Helaena sad and Rhae angry #meanwhile Aemond is interesting because #most core parts of him are the same but. Where he used to been a bit more calm and collected he's a lot more explosive. #he still wants to study and train and he still is capable of being gentle #but his ego has been simultaneously bruised and bolstered because of his eye/ Vhagar #he treats his family more or less the same but the way he talks about others is.. alarming! #so Rhae is going to grow closer with them but at the same time #he's going to become less and less familiar to her

[dracaelus]

"i hate when a villainous character gets popular enough to become a hero and writers try and retcon their histories so they never fucked up in the first place" "#magneto" sorry but may i ask if theres a particular example? i'm trying to catch up on the modern comics and i have been bracing myself for seeing this sort of thing cause. you know. nuance is dead lmao

So, I've only recently started to read magneto's comics, and I'm reading mostly some old stuff, so my knowledge is limited, and I can't say if it's a recurring problem in recent comics (I mean, I hope is not, but Idk)

When I tagged magneto on that post I was thinking specifically about the first issue of Magneto's 2023 run, which had been released recently:

Now, I can see the reasoning behind this - magneto was a really one dimensional villain when he first appeared and it is a bit weird to read the Uncanny X-men #01 when you consider his later characterization. And marvel loves trying to give an explanation for everything...

Honestly, now that I finished reading the comic, and thought a bit more about it, I think it was a honest attempt. The comic does acknowledge that his later actions as magneto were not simply an act, that he did let himself get carried away by his rage. Tho still, this explanation does feel a bit hard to believe and makes you go damn man, your logic is weird af and it's so silly. I don't think they were trying to justify his later actions so much as they were trying to explain his first appearance

... without making him look too bad. Because Magneto (1993) already did that, showing magneto's descent into:

But still, I don't mind that much what they did in magneto (2023). I think both explanations are fine when you keep in mind that marvel really wanted to keep the uncanny x-men #01 as canon. As a dc fan I find it hard to understand why... But I appreciate their loyalty. Between the two, I still much prefer the 1993 version bc it has more nuance, and i'm not averse to the idea that magneto had some really low moments and had to go through some personal growth over the years. I'm not whimsical enough to truly like the sillier version, as much as they tried to make it look less silly and more believable.

#i did like magneto 2023 as a comic tho #i'm a simple person seeing magneto holding his younger self in his arms in the last issue made me emotional #also he was cute af buying christmas stuff for the kids on the first issue #tho i was dissapointed to not see him celebratinh hanukkah at the end i think it would have fitted the arc #also is it just me or the kids seem a lot younger than they originally did on their new mutants run? #i'm not sure how old they're supposed to be #in magneto 2023 i would say they look 12-14 at most but they look older in the new mutants #one thing i really didn't like in magneto 2023 was that they implied that magda died with anya #i love the version where she runs away horrified after he uses his powers to kill the man who stoped him from saving anya #i think it makes her more nuanced #you don't know if she was terrified by his powers or the killing or both #hate that they made her an generic death wife #men***** #drac panels #asks #magneto #max eisenhardt #erik lensherr #magneto (2023) #magneto (1993)

[bumblingbabooshka]

T’Pol & T’Pel

#T'Pol #T'Pel #I jazzed up T'Pol's uniform bc I do hate it #I'll say it a thousand times - if you're gonna make a sexy outfit at least look like you put some thought into it #I scribbled some fake Vulcan shit on there and added a flare cut bc she reminds me of the 70's #T'Pel's long ass dress that Tuvok pictures her in is so impractical for Vulcan sands so I added that its worn & a bit tattered #T'Pel doesn't like buying new clothes she's gonna wear it until it falls apart #I can appreciate a woman in a big cape-cloak thing though #T'Pol also got chunky lightly platformed boots #bc I like the thought of her taking them off and being SHORT #anyway...two ladies <3 #they are both both older and younger than each other #and they're both in love #T'Pol art #T'Pel art #st ent art #st voyager art #star trek art #also when I say 'it's impractical for Vulcan sands' that's not a critique - love the drama #also it might just BE practical bc a lot of Vulcans wear those long ass robes - maybe it protects their skin #by 'impractical' I mean 'it's gonna get dirty' but hey...nothing wrong with that #bea art tag

[zukkaoru]

eleven year old megumi was a nico di angelo kinnie. i know this in my soul

#listen. they're both gay. they both have shadow powers. they both have an older sister who they want(ed) nothing more than to save but #don't/didn't have the power to prevent tragedy from playing out. their fathers wanted to use them for their own gain. they're both emo. #hello grace here #okay no but just. imagine little megumi seeing nico and being like wow!! shadow powers!! he's just like me!! #and then house of hades comes out and nico's revealed to be gay and it's like the first canon queer rep megumi's seen and it's a character #who he already adores and relates to and yeah gojo and his friends aren't straight but nico's closer to megumi's age; he's a kid too and !! #(and then tsumiki falls into a coma and he's like wow. now i've even lost my sister like nico :/) #also the post specifies eleven year old megumi but he still is a nico kinnie at age 15 #he just doesn't show it anymore #but if yuuji ever mentions pjo in front of him. the pretense is over