#I think I may have a pattern

[thriceturned]

I love that Each Beast Gets Her Burden seems to get a tiny but fairly steady trickle of kudos on AO3 while with my other stuff it tapers off as it get older. (Air-quotes older, but that’s another post.) It makes me feel like every day one or two people go “Wait a minute, Phoenix and Hangman, there could be something there! Let me go search out the fanfic...”

Yes, my pretties, step into my web

#Natasha Phoenix Trace #Jake Hangman Seresin #Phang #I will die on this hill #but I will also tag the other version of the ship name #Hannix #Phoenix x Hangman #Hangman x Phoenix #I just wanted to write them making out #but it's turned into a gd epic character drama #epic #spanning years and continents #lives lost -- no wait #wrong ship #but peeps #I think I may have a pattern #if they don't roast each other #I don't ship it #my loose thoughts

[uncanny-tranny]

I think it's incredibly important to remind folks on testosterone or folks who want to reverse patterned baldness about their options, but man, does it sometimes suck wondering how much of our insecurities about our hair stem from backwards beliefs that to strive towards beauty is not only preferable but "makes you good."

As someone with a rather masculinized body pre-medical transition, patterned baldness has always seemed neutral. Hair is incredibly important (hell, much of my own energy is spent on my hair because I like it), but the pressure to have hair, to have hair the "right way" is something that I absolutely loathe.

I'm not here to judge people who don't want patterned hair loss or baldness, I'm here to say that those traits will never make you lesser. Not only is it neutral, but it is also just as worthy and beautiful.

#trans #transgender #lgbt #lgbtq #ftm #mtf #nonbinary #this especially goes for folks who may be transfem or trans women experiencing patterned hair loss/baldness #i love you and think you are gorgeous<3 #i mentioned trans folks going on t because that's a lot of my own experience #i already had a somewhat masc hairline before t and now it's just settling in... #...i found that i'm fortunate in that way for having an already masculine body and i think that's why my changes are more... #...like unpacking your house rather than moving to a new home if that makes sense #but i find that the beauty culture around hair adds even more unnecessary stress for those who want or value their hair #i am beauty culture's number one hater

[portsandstars]

vere cosplay progress:)

#touchstarved #touchstarved game #vere #personal #cosplay #OK SO #The belt buckles I've made look horrendous so they might not make the cut for wearing it at the con. #I would rather have no belt details than ugly belt details #I may do a poll later to see if u think it looks better with or without #the second belt with the metal triangle on his exposed leg also looks ugly #but that one is easier to possibly resolve #his metal leg bands are in the works #but it's def wearable for the con #u can't see but I put on all the makeup too-just didn't put in the contacts or lashes bc I was tired lol #btw ITS SO HARD TO GET THESE ARM BANDS ON WITH THE GLOVES AND WVERYRGUNG ARGH #if u want patterns or consultation (if ur trying to make it) dm me and I'll share whatever I have:> #which I have learned a LOT of practical info that would help someone coming along after me haha

[aroaceleovaldez]

in your most recent tyson post, you said something about leo being distinctly autistic-coded and I was wondering if you could elaborate on that? it sounds really interesting (sorry if you've already posted something on this, I couldn't find anything though)

Of course! I do have a specific tag for talking about Leo's autistic-coding/traits - [here], and [one for Nico as well].

The main aspects with Leo being autistic-coded actually have a lot to do with Nico being autistic-coded, because it's the comparisons between the two that most clearly indicate Leo is autistic-coded rather than it just being his ADHD or etc.

So with Nico being autistic-coded, it's very clear in the Titan's Curse that he's intended to be autistic. First, the first series has a repeating pattern of secondary characters being very distinctly neurodivergent-coded in different ways (Annabeth's adhd/dyslexia, Tyson's down syndrome-coding, Nico's autism-coding). With Nico's introduction, he's pretty stereotypically autistic and we're given a lot of descriptors about him that are notably not attributed to him being ADHD, like it would be for other demigod characters. He doesn't register social cues such as people getting annoyed at him, he's asking/making inappropriate or impolite questions/comments, he gets particularly upset about change (such as Bianca joining the Hunt) and generally gets emotional, and one of his most notable traits he's introduced with is the fact that he has a special interest (MythoMagic) - and we're shown that this special interest particularly colors how Nico navigates the world. While ADHD has hyperfixations, we don't really get much acknowledgement of hyperfixations with demigods usually - Annabeth gets a little, but most others don't and it's not nearly as focused-in on as Nico's is.

Then as the series continues we see these traits stick with him and him start to show or voice more traits that similarly indicate he's autistic: He regularly mentions how he doesn't understand living people and prefers the company of the dead (social issues). He has more notable stims than other demigods (twisting his ring, fiddling with bones, etc). He's indicated to have strong sensory preferences (usually wearing mostly black/aversion to bright colors, usually wearing layers/his coat, multiple times he's described as wearing loose/baggy clothing or clothes too big for him). He has specific comfort items (his ring, likely his jacket(s) as well). We later get even more information about his special interests (Mythomagic/mythology/history and an older interest in pirates - the latter he specifically notes likely heavily influenced his feelings towards Percy). He struggles with emotions and facial expressions and tone. He struggles particularly with ostracism and feeling like he doesn't fit in and has something distinctly different about him from the people around him (who notably, all have ADHD, which indicates it isn't the ADHD that's making him feel that way), and other characters regularly describe him as being off-putting because of his strange behaviors - again, different from specific ADHD traits they recognize. And that last point is kind of notable because we have Hazel and Bianca for comparison - we know people are off-put by both Nico and Hazel because of being children of Hades/Pluto and their powers/aura, but other characters get past that general feeling of discomfort way faster with Hazel. And even after characters get past the death stuff with Nico, there's a second thing that they aren't moving past that isn't a factor with Hazel (Nico's autism).

So that brings us to Leo - Leo is paralleled to Nico a lot. And there's some very specific traits about him that we know are autistic-coding because of how they're used with Nico: He similarly struggles with social cues/etc, and in a very similar parallel to Nico describes how he prefers the company of machines to people because machines make more sense to him. He has similar types of clothing/sensory preferences (again some stuff with layers but also - pockets! He likes having pockets and things to put stuff in! He's even introduced as having a jacket with lots of pockets), and he has a distinct special interest (machinery) that we specifically know heavily influences how he views and navigates the world (constantly comparing things to machinery, describing things with machinery metaphors/terminology, etc etc). He even describes his entire general worldview to Hazel and it's a machine metaphor. He also similarly struggles with ostracization like Nico does, the only difference being that Leo specifically puts on a persona to compensate for areas he knows he's lacking in and very explicitly describes it as a means to make people like him, because without it he normally struggles to fit in (He's masking!). We also see notes of characters describing that similar discomfort with Leo's behaviors that they do with Nico, except without the aura of death this time. And when we're in Leo's POVs we see a very stark difference between his masking and his actual personality/behaviors such as his internal dialogues or how he behaves when he's alone. Also, like Nico, he stims more than other demigods, though for Leo it's more attributed to his ADHD. Leo also, more often than most, similarly struggles with tone and reading the room, such as making misplaced jokes/comments or etc.

But yeah! It's really interesting. Also it's just a fun thing that ADHD/dyslexia and autism have comorbidity, so it makes sense that we see demigods who are also autistic. It's also really fun to look at how other characters are coded in the series, what coding looks like in the riordanverse specifically (usually it's tied into the mythological stuff - like Chiron being in a wheelchair but he's actually a centaur, Grover being introduced as having a muscular disease but he's actually a satyr, demigods having adhd/dyslexia, Tyson being coded as having down syndrome but he's a cyclops, etc etc - it's a lot of specific metaphor stuff that I've talked about a bit before), and to look at how characters are compared to one another.

#pjo #riordanverse #leo valdez #nico di angelo #autistic nico #autistic leo #autism #analysis #Anonymous #ask #long post // #woof sorry that got long #im very passionate about this topic #re: characters being paralleled #Ms. ''Constantly Neutral - No Emotions'' Reyna looking at Nico stimming in the exact same way she does (twisting ring) #and internally going ''We have a lot in common. I don't know how I feel about that.'' is one of my favorites. #like. reyna. ma'am. you might be autistic. good luck with that. #with the pattern of coding in the first series i do suspect Rachel has some coding as well but i haven't been able to pinpoint what it is #I think it may be the whole seer thing and the fact that she could see the future #even before becoming the oracle/despite being a mortal rather than a demigod (who just get rare prophetic dreams normally) #and in BoTL her entire thing is that she's able to see things that no one else can and that's how they navigate the maze #particularly also with how the labyrinth is treated/how it affects people within it (see: Chris) #and how the only other seer in the first series - May - is characterized and her coding compared to Rachel's #also something something the seer traits become more prominent once Rachel meets Percy #something something metaphor about only being able to recognize neurodivergency traits once you're familiar with them #so Rachel meets Percy = introduction to the community > Rachel recognizes her own traits/symptoms > gets a support system (oracle)

[manglam-marfach]

dyke!Chilaios has me understanding breeding kink all of a sudden

#chilaios #that's a lie i understand breeding kink very well lmao #HOWEVER IT MUST BE SAID #they finish up a great scene. hot lesbian sex. all going well. #and laios lies back with her eyes closed. still flushed and sweaty. she rests her naked hand on her naked lower stomach and says. 'hah.... #'did you know ...that tallmen and halflings can have kids together?' Like its just another fun monster fact. #she's trailing her fingers absentmindedly over her stomach now. tracing idle patterns. #'with our lifespans being so similar it isn't even as big a deal as it is for elves and humans. they're even fertile and that's ... #that's really rare for hybrids.' her eyes are still closed. she swallows hard. She's more red now than she was when they fucked. #'you should talk about that next time you're in me. i'd like it...' and she cracks one eye open a sliver #to see chilchuck . BEET. RED. #because Chilchuck DID NOT. KNOW. #She was already fucked out and now she's dying?? she's dying. Laios still has her huge hand resting on her huge smooth stomach #miles and miles of soft skin...that she wants chilchuck to put a BABY in #she's thought about the hypothetical lifespan and safety of the hypothetical baby! is this just a sex thing? is this a for real thing? #chilchuck does not know and does not know which one she's hoping for now!! cause both sound GREAT #AND OF COURSE THERE'S ALSO #chilchuck remembering that conversaion next time Laios's huge huge fingers are inside her. Laios's hot wet breathing by her ear. #Laios's breathing going ragged even though no one is touching HER she is the one toying with Chilchuck right now. She always does that. #between the breathing and the fingers and the warmth and the smell Laios is all around her and she just thinks - #'Laios is so huge. Laios's baby would be so huge. I'd be so huge. Pregnant with it.' And she cums. #rattles her to her fucking core. Chilchuck who HAS BEEN PREGNANT BEFORE realising. holy shit. #i want this fluffy haired socially awkward 26 year old doggirl to . to fuck a baby into me. in a sexy way. #i think . I think it's hot. #enough to turn you to drink isn't it! #u may ask - hey how come chilchuck has a girlcock and has got pregnant? can laios get chilchuck pregnant? #does anyone even have a womb in this situation? I may answer - don't worry about it #a wizard did it. whatever. its a fantasy world. #whatever is sexiest in the moment i don't care #lesbiance

[grishaverse-chaos]

hmmm something about dominik haunting the narrative in king of scars. everything nikolai does is at least a little bit for him. he learns about the life of average ravkan people by meeting dominik's family. he starts gaining influence in politics just so he can improve dominik's life. and then he promises dominik that he won't let ravka break him.

that promise fucking haunts him. it follows him wherever he goes. it's the driving force behind everything he does, every step he takes to heal the centuries-old wounds in ravka. it's what drives him to do better, be better.

dominik is always there, in the back of his mind: this country gets you in the end. always pushing him to do more, because he couldn't save dominik and so he has to save ravka (for dominik) (because he promised) (because he loved him)

#my spicy hot take is that nikolai's relationship with dominik actually affects the narrative of the duology more than - #- his relationship with zoya does #you could argue that *none* of the events of the duology would have happened without dominik's influence #and honestly zoyalai as a relationship doesn't really affect the narrative/plotline all that much #which is One of the problems i have with it being endgame #anyway yes i am writing an angsty nikolai backstory fic why do you ask? #it's mostly about how he reinvents himself at every minor inconvenience (but also how incredibly fucked up his childhood was) #and if i have the energy it might turn into a rewrite of the ending of rule of wolves #bc him giving up the throne just plays into that pattern of running away #so honestly i think it's not a great ending in terms of his arc and character development #this may just be a me thing idk but i just feel like he doesn't actually get that much development in the duology #bc there's this idea of him as being Perfect and Invulnerable and Not Affected By His Trauma #which. is not the case. #it's all very dear reader (taylor swift) imo #ANYWAY #mayhem.txt #mayhem grishaverse originals #nikolai lantsov #shadow and bone #king of scars #grishaverse

[umbrace-rambles]

Stained

(speedpaint under the cut)

#May as well post the other one too #Extremely experimental #the hands have a vague version of the SMILE pattern #this was for a school assignment lul. if you don't think I won't try to sneak in OCs and blorbos in them. teacher you're in for a surprise #one piece #op fanart #massacre soldier killer #killer one piece #op killer #kamazo #my art

[mildcicada]

#when i was first coloring him in he was gonna be golden chinchilla colored but then i was like ehhh jonah magnus should be red/orange but #elias should be gray ...so i just desaturated what i already did instead of recoloring lol but #he is now supposed to be shaded silver lol #but thats why his coat pattern is on the darker side compared to what it *should* be #og elias bouchard coming from an important/roch family and while whole thing with thinking he just *deserves* stuff bc of his upbringing. #etc. -> he is purebred and matches the breed standards etc for a scottish fold of his color #obviously the eye color doesn't matter because. ahaha #i thought elias fit the Scottish fold vibes because: Scottish folds are known for looking sort of like owls and having intense eyes #and the cat body/face type (also present in british shorthairs) to me gives off sort of... unnasumming vibes? #like ahaha yes i am a boring boss who loves paperwork look at how unnasumming i am season 1-2 elias y'know #trying to think of what cat breed jonah would be. and also jon gerry etc you know all the other characters i like #would it be boring to have multiple british shorthairs #i mean.. #Michael shelley/distortion is a laperm that's all I know #i didn't particularly care with the personality attributes associated with eliascat because it didn't need to fit his personality on account #of not being his original body. but i do try to keep in mind the best personality/look/etc. cat attributes as a whole for a character #also sometimes get obsessed with jt making historical and geographical sense but then it just limits me greatly to a point im not into it #so i don't care about specific breeds in that respect lol #tma #my art #elias bouchard #the magnus archives #some notes looking back(made it 2 hours ago but still looking back ok..) on it now are that i feel like elias would never choose this breed #for his next bodyhop because of the inherent health issues in scottish folds. I saw the breed was created in like the early 1960s and #assumed that maybe the health issues wouldn't have been common knowledge until later enough for jonah to be unaware of them but actually no #there's legislation about it like 6 years later LOL so jonah would..maybe not make this choice #i guess in the future when drawing i will just make him a British shorthair #my catTMA is simultaneously 'they are just regular cats or like all show cats or something' and 'exact tma plot but as intelligent cats' #LOL its just vague in my mind idk..also maybe jon can be an Abyssinian #ALSO WHAT WAS I THINKING 'jonah may not have been aware about x thing' like did i...did i forget. me 2 hours ago was dumb as rocks

[ducktracy]

Most people know of Bob Clampett’s work as a director. His work as an animator is a little less known—let’s change that!

In honor of his 110th birthday, I bring you a reel of some of his animation work! He was such a versatile cartoonist--animation, directing, comics, puppeteering, stop motion--that it feels criminal only such a select portion of his work gets talked about. He’s one of only a handful who have the distinction of animating in a short they also directed!

(Big thanks to @baxterfilms and KingMcdaniel20 on Twitter for their input and corrections!)

#i apologize for any clips that briefly flash into another part of the short before moving on! i remade this reel a LOTTTTTTTT bc #it kept running into issues and this for some reason was the only way i could get it best bc i wanted the ending intact more than anything #there's a repeating pattern of me working on or doing Bob Clampett related endeavors and running into lots of issues that never happen #otherwise. i truly think he's punking me!!!! #it may not be perfect but i'm really happy to have done it #lt #looney tunes #bob clampett

[goemon-fan]

"He should be at the-"

#I think this may be a hot take but I believe Goemon's meant to be around 18 or so in Part 1 #seeing his more emotional thought patterns and black and white moralistic thinking (unrelated to autism) #sorry i meant to write “in a way differing from typical autism and instead is an extension of his personality” #as well as his somewhat lack of wisdom on people and society and human nature as a whole #also he was 17 in the manga + other works so its not entirely out of the picture #and I therefore think his character and actions in Part 1 can be interpreted dramatically differently keeping this in mind #i think he compensates for the immaturity of his masters by doubling down on what he believes to be mature behavior #(once again unrelated to autism/autistic maturity; he lies about and downplays his true interests and lectures others on being mature) #sort of like a trauma response to the abuse he's had to endure #and he doesn't have the foresight to realize that “letting loose” won't make him like his masters #he's not grown but he's had adulthood thrust upon him and his childhood taken from him so he's just trying to survive by being an adult #he's not deliberately trying to be a jerk he's just afraid of the alternative #thank you for reading #lupin iii #lupin the third #lupin the 3rd #goemon ishikawa xiii #goemon

[angelfrogs]

I’m going to be so real with you guys I 100% thought Asa’s arm was going to grow back

#chainsaw man spoilers #chainsaw man #asa mitaka #bc she’s literally a devil?! to an extent but like. still. #like shouldn’t she heal the same way Denji or even Power would? #I guess it’s still possible that she could still get it back assuming she just hasn’t drank blood yet for some reason #which idk why that would be the case considering they’re infiltrating a high security compound and may DIE #you’d think they’d want to be in top shape #which means she has probably permanently lost that arm #which means the whole loosing arms thing is back and now a pattern that I have to pay attention to and think about

[fishyfishyfishtimes]

3,9,35 for the marine ask! :)

Do you have a favourite aquarium? Yes!!! I have not been to too many aquariums in my life but my very favourite one is Maretarium located in Kotka, Finland! It is an aquarium focused on showing fishes and other aquatic animals found in Finnish waters and the Baltic Sea, both native and introduced species. I counted on their website that they showcase about 47 species of fish, (though I know for a fact they house even more), which is most of the 60 reoccurring Finnish fish species! It's not much compared to grand aquariums with warmer climate-focused tanks, but it is phenomenal, my friend. Maretarium is home to the biggest tank in Finland, the Baltic Sea tank which holds 680 000 liters or 179 636 gallons of water! The Baltic Sea tank is open at the top so the fish experience seasons naturally, it has Siberian sturgeons, Russian sturgeons, rainbow trout, Atlantic salmon, European perch, common rudds, asps, roaches, and others if I recall! One of the Siberian sturgeon is leucistic, even. Not all of those are native fishes, the aforementioned sturgeons and rainbow trout are introduced species in the Baltic, but they do occur there hence why they're in the aquarium. I think that's pretty nice! Instead of only focusing on native species, they also show a more full range of what you can find out and about, and they educate what species are invasive and what invasive species can do.

Maretarium is also very interesting because they had the first and so far only case in Europe where a European eel naturally produced roe, in 2019! European eels only reproduce in the Sargasso Sea (not an aquarium mimicking their non-spawning grounds), and never before has a European eel produced roe without any hormonal stimulation. They're trying to look into why that could be! And wow, look at me, talking so much about Maretarium. I just love that place so much xO I'm visiting another aquarium at the end of the month with my friends, but I really really want to go to Maretarium once more.... it's a trip, but a trip worth making, I'll tell you!

If you could keep any aquatic animal as a pet, with all the space they need and perfect care, what would it be? Imagine how amazing it would be to keep sturgeon in your home A whole massive school of cardinal tetras would be a dream, like a hundred or more fish. Imagine the shining and glittering! Also, crayfish and lobsters. Love those guys, would love to keep them. I'd house them alone and give them the nicest hiding spots and so many places to dig in.

Most beautiful fish? This is cheating, but here's two fishes I find very beautiful but for different reasons: queen parrotfish and starry sturgeon!

#most fishes are beautiful. i think stargazers are pretty! #that may sound like lying for shock value's sake but i really like their shape #and their patterns. their fins have a lovely white edge #anyway sorry this is me just talking about maretarium for the most part TToTT #asks #sometimes-i-talk-a-lot

[buggleboos]

some guy

#typical colors and shapes and patterns fan #generic art tag #oc tag #i think he may have also been a dnd concept but it wasnt written down in this file so really who knows

[chiropteracupola]

it's ALISON!

#em makes stuff #the flight of the heron #alison grant #ewen cameron #adventures of tiny keith and ewen #and alison too!!! #I actually made her in december and january but it took me until now to actually get around to taking nice photos #you may remember that the last time I drew her I put a very specific pattern on her dress and This is why! #my knee currently feels like it's being chewed on by animals but that could not stop me from taking them out to the gazebo last night #over the weekend I saw some people taking prom photos or whatever there and when I was thinking of locations I thought it would be Funny #also because I left it until quite late and I needed somewhere where a building wasn't casting a shadow :/ #anyway HEY it's MAY and that means HERON TIME HOPEFULLY #want to work on fic but my brain has been and continues to be Soup. #per hap I will post some other photos of alison now that I have done these ones... #have one phrase for you and it is Functional Stays With Boning In Them

[vivitalks]

pjo show better not cut out Crusty's Water Bed Palace i need to see percy bargain a man to his death

#stuff #pjo tv show #pjo #pjo tv #percy jackson #the lightning thief #i have feelings about that scene #i feel like it's the first time percy truly has to think on his feet and single handedly solve the problem #not by fighting his way out but by quick thinking #and yeah it's a little cheesy but it establishes a pattern that occurs a zillion more times in both pjo and hoo: #monsters being weak against celestial bronze imperial gold and Good Bargaining #anyway. it's an important scene for percy's character. it shows that he's not just some idiot with a sword #that he's starting to understand how to survive in this world of gods and monsters #and it isn't always swinging your weapon at the bad guy. sometimes it's trickery and wit #which is. of course. athena and annabeth's domain #i also just think that whole scene is very New Yorker Percy #'no way it'd work. for a big guy like you? cmon no WAY. alright show me' #like...percy if this demigod thing doesn't pan out you may have a future as a used car salesman yknow what i mean #in conclusion: rick i am trusting u. give us crustys water bed palace Or Give Me Death

[photon-crest-art]

I don't have a witty caption for this tbh. Get Zooble'd or something I guess.

#the amazing digital circus #TADC #Zooble #Eyestrain CW #Bright colors #2024 art #God it feels weird to not type 2023 art anymore #ANYWAYS lore time for this! #Basically I lost my drawing tablet pen and nobody was able to locate it #So I was basically rendered unable to work on pretty much all of my WIPs since I can't draw steady lines without a tablet to save my life #Obviously I didn't wanna let that stop me from drawing altogether so I decided to challenge myself and draw something in MS Paint #Everything here EXCEPT for the signature was done in MS Paint #God bless those line tools I don't think I would've made it without them #Additional fun fact: I have 4 separate files relating to this piece on me #I drew Zooble and the background on separate files and then copypasted Zooble into the background file once I was finished with both #The third file is basically the final piece but without the signature since I added that in using CSP #And then the 4th is an earlier background that I scrapped because I thought it looked like ass #My original idea was this patchwork collage of different mismatched squares with different patterns #Though in retrospect that may have made the drawing look too cluttered anyways #Probably for the best I didn't go with that idea #Ok enough rambling for today time to go hibernate until I finish something else