#I’m just here to be a nerd

[not-a-matopoeia]

HEAD CANNON HILLS I PERSONALLY CHOOSE TO DIE ON:

Fight me (lol)

Bruce Wayne

Gray Hairs are mostly in and around his temples and beard- also he won’t dye it

Asexual but not sex repulsed (it just feels right)

Definitely experienced with makeup, sure to cover bruises and stuff but also he definitely had a phase where he wore eyeliner cause why not

Autistic

Dick Grayson

Crooked nose

Speaks some Roma still but has forgotten most of it, which makes him upset

People deffo thought he was gay all through school, and they weren’t wrong…or right (he’s some form of queer)

Gymnastics teacher as a side job

ADHD

Oldest Daughter SyndromeTM

Jason Todd

I think that Jason runs a book club with a bunch of middle aged women, and they talk about classic lit

Theater Kid (gay)

Good with kids, reluctantly

Has freckles

Hair is caused by Marie Antoinette syndrome

Struggled with body dysmorphia after being revived

Keeps all his receipts (they’re in a box in the kitchen) and is stingy with money

Tim Drake

Wears a Medical Identification bracelet for the spleen thing (it’s recommended guys I looked it up cause I’m normal)

Has acne

Chased Batman and Robin around with that damn camera (I fucking love this)

Has anxiety

Bisexual (not a HC but I thought I’d mention it)

Would eat the coffee grounds

Listens to video game osts

(Bring the skateboard back)

Damian

Strong nose

Just very strong features generally

Giggles, or full on cackles but there’s no In between

I think it’s be cute if he became an art therapist or a vet

Autistic

Cass

Cuts her own bangs, they look horrible<3

Lesbian

Tired to dye her hair once (with Steph and Babs)never again

Steph

Grew up in crime ally (idk where she lived so I choose to believe this- this could also be the truth, again I cannot remember rn)

Freckles

Butterfly Clips

Bisexual

Curly hair

Alfred

Had chased multiple people off of Wayne Manors premises with his shotgun ‘

Got second place in a chili cook off one time and still hasn’t recovered

Extra:

Dick and Jason are big into Taylor Swift, Jason because I think he’d like ballads/the lyrics in songs and Dick because he’s Dick

Selina Kyle actually likes the Robins, and her and Steph got along well

Jason and Steph have really thick Gotham accents, which I like to think is like a Jersey accent, Jason’s shows up more when he’s upset in any capacity, Steph’s is always there and was never trained out of her

Dick has this weird accent where it’s very clearly not anything American, but it’s not not American, and it’s because he moved so much and was around people woth so many different accents that his voice never settled on one

Damian talks to himself in Arabic- Jason knows a bit of it

Cass is a messy eater (this isn’t cannon is it?)

I think it’s be funny to imagine Tim, Cass and Steph going to High School together

Steph was that one girl in the Cookie Monster pjs in high school, and Tim was like this weird goth/skater kid

#dc comics #batman #batfam #tim drake #dick grayson #bruce wayne #jason todd #damian wayne #alfred pennyworth #cassandra cain #stephanie brown #headcannons #this is all lighthearted btw #so like if you are like wtf that’s stupid or incorrect and completely disagree then cool #I’m just here to be a nerd #goof off #and have a good time #so yeah (thumbs up) #there’s probably more #but it’s 12am and I’m tired #college is exhausting #like why and I’m so tired all the da #time now #I need a nap every 3 hours I feel like #wtf #anyway

[fantasykiri5]

RIZ “THE BALL” GUKGAK EVERYBODY 👏👏👏👏👏

(Transparent vers under the cut)

#my art #D20 #d20 fanart #d20 fantasy high #riz gukgak #riz gukgak fanart #fantasy high #fantasy high fanart #fhsy #fhjy #<- this is supposed to be. Between s2 and s3?? He has his late s2 heaven gadgets and new gun design but no haircut #I love his tattoos but I hate his tattoos #they’re so hard to draw it look me like 2 hours just to figure out #anyways here’s my lovely son. The ball. Little shrimp. Private investigator. Dragon slayer. Lame nerd teenager #He’s my stupid favorite it’s so important to me that he canonically has freckles. They’re in merch. His freckles are so important to me #I’m on the s2 finale as of scheduling this I’m having fun. I need to draw the others soon #also Yes I did give him a tooth gap thank you for noticing!!! #The knuckle tats say “night yorb” with an empty thumb on the other hand. I almost put “nite yorb” as a reference to a tumblr user but- #-decided against it

[greyhavensking]

Kaneki’s definition of beating Ayato half to death is as insane and hilarious as always

#maria rambles #tokyo ghoul #I’m rereading the series because I was going through my books and remembered I still don’t own all 14 volumes #I have 10 and am hoping to finish it out over the next few months #but anyway I honestly prefer his fight with Ayato over the one with Yamori #just. the cold logic here is so beyond what we’ve seen from Kaneki so far but it’s also really fitting for him? #book nerd that he is #he spent like 12 days getting viscously tortured so he deserves to go a little feral. as a treat

[spyderschaos]

Who, if anyone, of the httyd gang would play d&d?

I need to know for no reason just bc

#I thought of it and if I think of smth I will think of it until I’m provided with answers #my initial thoughts were fishlegs hiccup and maybe just maybe snotlout #why you may ask? #well bc I remember them mentioning that snotlout loves maces and talons #now idk if that would mean he’d like to play dnd but one can dream #he’d call ppl that play nerds and then also play #what about the twins #would any of the two play? would they both play? #I don’t know but I need answers #so here I am asking the world for opinions #httyd #rtte #httyd rtte #how to train your dragon #race to the edge #httyd gang #maybe none of them would play #a la verda que no se #spyder’s chaos #someone stop me from thinking so much #how to train your dungeons and dragons

[hallowclave]

First pass at designs for a WxS soul eater au (more info here)

#project sekai #wonderlands x showtime #tsukasa tenma #emu otori #rui & emu r technically here but not enough to tag them #my art #a large part of me is tempted to just draw them in stuff closer to their casual clothes. which would be more in line w the SE aesthetic #hmmm I’ll think on that. SE-ifying their casual outfits maybe. #the issue is tsukasa would look like a fucking nerd. maka can rock the sweater vest bc she has a sick coat #and also because she IS a nerd. tsukasa just dresses formally. #+ imo rui still needs to be based on his performing outfits. #what I’m saying is the designs will change. bc I’m bad at character design I need to work on it more.

[tragedykery]

[ID: the prophecy from percy jackson and the lightning thief transcribed into tengwar, tolkien’s elvish script. the prophecy reads:

you shall go west and face the god who has turned / you shall find what was stolen and see it safely returned / you shall be betrayed by one who calls you [a] friend / and you shall fail to save what matters most in the end.

/end ID]

ipa transcription + rambling under the cut!

this was originally practice for my phonemic english tengwar mode with inherent vowel schwa but it got. a bit out of hand lol. tenchnically the mode’s still under construction but that’s mostly bc I’m running into issues with the guide I wrote for it (mainly font & accessibility issues)

both the ipa and the tengwar transcripts are based on how I personally would pronounce the prophecy if I were to read it aloud slowly & carefully. which is to say I don’t sound that much like a stuck up ass irl lmao. the ipa is mostly based on geoff lindsey’s transcription guidelines for standard southern british, with a few adjustments. also I didn’t use stress markers in monosyllabic words bc I’m lazy

ipa (so warning for screenreaders):

jʉw ʃal gəw wɛst and fejs ðə gɔd hʉw has təːnd | jʉw ʃal fɑjnd wɔt wɔs stə́wlən and sij ɪt séjflij rɪtə́ːnd | jʉw ʃal bij bətréjd bɑj wʌn hʉw koːlz jʉw frɛnd | and jʉw ʃal fejl tʉw sejv wɔt mátəz məwst ɪn ðij ɛnd

#realised only as I was writing the image description that I’d forgotten the word ‘a’ in the third line. sad :( #pjo #percy jackson and the olympians #riordanverse #percy jackson #r #tengwar #the deviations from geoff lindsey’s transcription guidelines are that I used ej and ij where he uses ɛi and ɪj #to better portray the ‘formal’ accent I’m using here #in colloquial speech I would pronounce it closer to ɛi and ɪj #that said in colloquial speech I do sometimes use ow instead of əw & ɑ or ʌ instead of ɔ #in order to not sound so insufferably poshly british so like. my accent is inconsistent as shit anyway #also I used s instead of z in the words ‘was’ and ‘has’ bc the following sounds are devoiced & so I would devoice the z too #but I’m not sure if this type of voicing assimilation is sth that actually standardly happens in english or if it’s just sth I do bc #it happens in dutch lol #anyway. nerd moment over. sorry

[daydark4k]

i love reblogging stuff that ranboo likes just on the off chance theyll see it. it’s like im leaving apple slices on the deck for the raccoon that lives underneath it

#sometimes it’s nerd shit #sometimes it’s hot men #who know what it will be next #eclipsing #yes they follow me here sorry if I’m annoying about that fact i just still can’t believe it sometimes. it’s been a year now #AND IM PISSED BC I ACCIDENTALLY UNFOLLOWED THEM so i lost the follows-for date </3

[apostaterevolutionary]

You know what would be really funny, is if people came together to have an anti-crab day. A day where every user who joined prior to automattic’s acquisition logged off for 24 hours to show that yes, actually, older user retention is important and you should listen us just as much as new users

The users giveth, the users taketh away

#this isn’t about the sidebar btw I’ve already said I don’t mind the sidebar #I think it could be a better sidebar like the 2014 tumblr layout which was great #but it’s Fine (tm) #this is about live and the new post editor and the apparent avatar removal bs ‘experiment’ #and it’s also about how these big overhauls keep being done meanwhile we can’t have like. a search function that works #or the queue reordering tools that already exist on mobile web applied to any other platform #you know. all the little stuff that’s comparatively easy to implement yet they ‘don’t have time’ for because they’re too busy #with these massive overhauls and ignoring all the asks that go to wip #also I don’t expect anyone to actually do this and I’m sure as hell not organizing anything cause that’s a lot of work lmao #but I think giving them money pre-emptivelt just showed they can do whatever they want and we’ll fall for it #taking away money would be more effective #idk I don’t think current staff are any better at running tumblr than yahoo was #they’re just better at the ‘we’re quirky and relatable just like you guys uwu’ bit #and a lot of us fell for it but I think the illusion is starting to lift #anyway idk it sucks here but all the other sites are either worse or empty so what can we do #(genuinely wtf can we do this nonsense is getting bad) #text #misc #shut up nerd #new layout stuff

[tvrningout]

what if i did some surprise meme spams… are we okay with those 👀

#sometimes i don’t want to make an inbox call bc pressure kills me at times but i do wanna bug people #and i’m gonna send the asks i owe tonight before i do any writing so maaaaybe #i’ll visit some extra inboxes uvu #anyway i hope y’all are having a good day!! i ran errands and then played some bg3 hehe #trying to keep things relaxed and balanced so i don’t overwhelm myself or burn out so if i’m not around as much #it’s just bc i’m avoiding being here bc i ‘should’ be rather than being here when i wanna be #if that makes sense uvu #that being said i’ll see you nerds after dinner 💜 mwah! #get ready to ramble | ooc

[alaraxia]

assortment of WIPS I am genuinely trying to finish I prommy

#I’m apartment hunting rn it’s unfortunately taking up my entire brain capacity #and of course need to rest and be cautious with arm #constitution like a waifish ailing victorian woman here and such #send me to the seaside maybe it’ll unjam my radial nerve #WIP #oh fuck me I just figured this out as I’m typing this since when can we reorder tags on mobile #my brain is so smooth it should be used in curling #brevity’s for nerds read my tags boy #there's actually more WIPs and one more Secret WIP but that's a fun surprise for later

[otrtbs]

PSA: Nat’s ranting abt art! (again) What’s new?

for context ,, some people went to the museum of modern art in nyc and made a tiktok where they jokingly posed in front of all the paintings “they could’ve easily done themselves” and I knew scrolling through the comments would be a masochistic move even if the video itself was funny ,,, but I did it anyway and was punished for it 😭 like,,,

anyway,,, thinking about when Walter Benjamin said the rise of cinema and television and ad culture has led the masses to contemplate true art as a form of seeking out distraction:

“Reception of art now normally happens in a state of distraction. […] The public is an examiner, but an absent-minded one.”

People are no longer looking at art to seek but they’re looking at art to tell. Rothkos and Kleins don’t provide the adequate distraction for the public eye. The art and artists demand you seek outside of the work, or else it feels like a comical joke (if you’re not willing to do that). A joke that you’re not in on. Which is why so many people have so many problems with Modern Art.

Historicizing Art would tell you that the blue square was a completely new handmade pigment that had never been seen before! It was a completely new color that the artist had made! It would also tell you that the the technical level of artistry required to paint the blue completely smooth canvas was profound. Even the smallest brushstroke or fleck of dust on wet paint would cause texture and unwanted dimension. Furthermore, monochrome paintings were not common during this time. In fact Ives Klein’s blue square was one of the first of its kind. He wanted to viewer to spend a great deal of time with his paintings so that they would get lost in the color as one gets lost in the vastness of the ocean or the infiniteness of the sky. He wanted viewers to appreciate the color he so masterfully crafted. (he did not account for viewers looking at it for .2 seconds, scoffing abt how easy it looked to make, and then writing it off as a money laundering scheme) He not only invented a new painting but a new way to look at art. It’s a painting about the artists’ process, about his artistic mastery and level of skill. Its also about breaking the mold. That’s what it’s means. None of these things you could know from simply looking at the square. No one would expect you too. But asking questions, researching things that don’t make sense to you, talking to a museum curator, reading the wall text, popping onto to google, these are easy things to to do.

Also fun fact: A color blind Eddie Redmayne wrote his thesis on Ives Klein Blue because he was actually able to distinguish it from other hues for his Art History Thesis! That’s pretty cool!

Anyway, the point is, it makes me sad how quick people are to write off things they don’t understand. They don’t want to bother learning especially when it comes to art. Because the paintings no longer spell out exactly what is there and what it’s trying to say for the viewer, they become useless. Any further need for explanation is written off as pretentious. You don’t have to love modern art! But it would be nice if more people were at least open to trying to understand it a bit better.

#ARH talks #does this make me pretentious?? i don’t think so. #just because you don’t know or understand something doesn’t make it bad!! #and if we all asked questions instead of mocked #then everything would be a lot better around here a lot of the time!! #anyway everyone be proud of me I didn’t say anything on tiktok #i just took it to my tumblr blog lmaooo #but the thing is no one on tiktok would listen to me anyway as is evident from the comment section #rip the art history nerds out there who tried tho 🤧 fallen soldiers methinks #I’m with them in spirit and in the form of comment likes #one day I will be articulate enough to get all my thoughts out coherently ! #when though? cant say #nat speaks #ramblings

[soft-serve-soymilk]

Wow I love asshole gay people (things have ALIGNED in the ASTRAL PLANE and Pav is WATCHING SOMETHING?? 🤯)

#Yeah it’s the scott pilgrim anime adaptation~ #I actually did see the film originally when I was like nine? I enjoyed the nerd vibes and completely missed ALL the subtext lmao #It was also one of my first experiences of Canada as a concept other than South Park (especially the SP Bigger Longer and Uncut film #which I ALSO was certainly too young for) #It’s kind of funny now having a friend who is actually from the mythical land of Canada 😂 Hi V #BUT ANYWAYS THIS ADAPTATION IS GREAT #Yeah it went bonkers off the rails but I’ve told you guys I LOVE it when the plot feels like it’s just snorted 30 grams of cocaine #Episode 5 is going to live in my head forever. I was howling. Mock documentaries are already a fav trope but that was on another level #I love Wallace too. Homosexual icon. I really do have a soft spot for asses with a charming veneer to them #It’s what I love so much abt soren fe too #I have yet to see how Inigo will spell himself out on the page but I think he’s mellowed out compared to his roots #His game needs some more spice. character. nuance. You don’t quite get it in wafty daydreams 🤔 #But from one tangent to another: I swear the next batch of head children whenever they come NEED to have just the silliest of times #YHNN was kind of locked in from the start— the inspiration was THE tragic musically-inclined anime of all time #And younger me just had some strange fascination with suffering and dystopia. So Sad LadsTM it was #But crack-fic is my thing and boy do I want it in my house. carnally #just pav things #Sry for disappearing for 4 days I forgot I actually have to reblog stuff on here 😅😂 I’m alive.

[tetsuskei]

coworker knows i like anime and specifically one piece and showed me photos of his brother’s devil fruit tattoos, they were really cool

#coworker does not watch one piece and i’m sitting here like ‘oh yeah that’s so and so’s devil fruit’ and he’s just nodding along #LMAO #i’m trying not to be a nerd #he’s so nice he asks me abt anime and manga even if he doesn’t know abt it #he’s like my older brother :’) #risu’s rambles ☆

[sobashahzadi]

I can’t believe the only day I’ve taken off of school in the last 7 years was today, I think I had an okay reason

first of all my school bake off competition was due tmr (u bake something related to the theme and bring it in for judging, winner gets their own embroidered apron and other goodies) and as last years winner I wanted to be bigger and better so I spent the last 3 days on it but had to do all the assembly today

second was cuz one of my bestest friends who’s terminally ill had a seizure during lunch right in front of me right after telling me about clear signs and all, eg. she put my hand to her heart to show how fast it was beating and I just hate myself for not noticing sooner, it’s not the first time but for some reason each time it happens I’m always there and she always tells me something and then it happens and it’s horrifying each time, luckily it was a short one and she was fine

I also found out my grandpa, who I love very dearly as I spent the last 2 summers with, had recently been found to have cancer cells in his stomach and well you know how that goes

I also also had a tad bit of a flu

so uh you guys think that’s a good enough reason to skip a day of school?

#I probably sound like a fucking nerd here #sobarant #also my friends were cute and checked up on me at my place during lunch break #and now I’m exhausted cuz I only just finished the cake after spending all day on it

[skyward-floored]

I've been curious about this for a while, actually. What's prompted Arpeggio in your ao3 user name? ❤️❤️❤️

There’s more then one reason for that actually!

When I got my ao3 account I wanted people on both this blog and my main (fun fact, this is a sideblog) to be able to find it, so I took parts from both usernames to make Skyward_Arpeggio.

But the reason for arpeggio is because when I was deciding what I wanted my tumblr username to be, I had two criteria: something musical, and something at least somewhat related to my name. And arpeggio fit perfectly, so there we go :)

#answers from the floor #lovely silvrash 797 #ask game #I don’t mention it much on here but I’m a little bit of a music nerd #my music taste is just weird though XD #video game soundtracks and hymns lol

[kyluxtrashpit]

Another milestone (canadian thanksgiving) passed and old cat is still here and doing well. Honestly not sure how that’s even possible and I didn’t expect it, but I’m certainly not complaining. Every little thing still has me on guard, but she seems okay. She was even playing earlier

November feels impossible but. Maybe not? It’s hard to imagine when I look at her but. She is still doing well. Idk I talked about this before and it makes me anxious tbh cause maybe that means the decline will be *very* sudden. But also every day we get is something to be thankful for so I’ll continue enjoying them

Knowing it’s coming is a weight that’s hard to bear sometimes but the fact that she’s still here, playing and eating tasty things and purring on me and not seeming to be in any pain at all somehow, is something I’m absolutely not taking for granted

#sorry my head is fucking killing me and it’s making me extra emotional #my baby’s still here #I didn’t think she would be #and idk how long she’ll still be here for but #it’s something you know #hard as it is knowing the day is coming soon #I’m just happy to still have her #text #misc #shut up nerd