#THEN HE SHOWED UP AND NOW IM HYPERFOCUSING ON HIM AGAIN

[bandtrees]

hello o//

i heard you had a fursona and i was curious to know about them if you’re willing to share :]

(/nf of course)

oh of course!!! :]] here he is!

i <3 robot furries so he's a robot dog! i based him most obviously off of transformers (specifically idw tailgate and ironfist) (named kibble both cuz dog and cuz that's the term in transformers fandom for extraneous robot-parts that don't serve much purpose on a 'human' body ie wheels etc) but i also wanted to, in 2024 redesigning him for this ref sheet, make him a bit easier to follow as an anthro dog design and able to be worked into furry stuff, while still being visibly mechanical ^_^

in the ways of lore i really don't have much for him - honestly he's just a standin for myself - but i have the concept that he was made to be a sort of living computer. genius database, future of technology, etc... but his storage capacity's small and his scope of interests even smaller, so he doesn't really have much actually technically helpful knowledge... he does, however, have encyclopedic levels of knowledge about nonsense things like tvtropes and trivia for whatever show he's into now.

(^really this is just a way (FOR ME PERSONALLY i should say as i know 'autistic robot' is a bad stereotype for a reason) to express autism as that's what it feels like for me a lot of the time. having a lot of passion and drive to learn but only in the few things your brain's latched onto - and of course the social hurdles that will come with being a robot in 'human'(furry?) society)

he's very inexpressive - doesn't have pupils, doesn't blink, has no mouth (the robotic muzzle isn't a mask, it's just what his face looks like), and i imagine he speaks mechanically too (i waffle between making him mute, giving him a text-to-speech type thing, or limiting his communication to pulling up webpages haha)

he's also one of those fursonas that has a few different designs and such depending on the 'verse, i've drawn him in the context of transformers designs for selfshipping a few times (specifically w/ mtmte first aid, and moreso idw/es tarantulas) and i should do that again :] depending on the situation his design falls in many different places along the furry-mech scale lolol

to get real: i've been a furry and had fursonas since. like. im gonna say as far as 2008, since i was very small :]c but kibble's the first one in a long time i feel actually suits me in both a "feels like me" sense and a "fun character to draw with some degree of fun fantasy" - cuz for a long stretch of time, when i stopped being into sparklecats and the like as a teenager, i fell hard into the "truesona" type of furry designs...

...which, nothing wrong with those, but as someone with crummy self esteem, just kind of led to me hyperfocusing on myself as a kind of "boring slob" type of character. not interesting enough to be anything but a plainly colored realistic animal, and too self-conscious about my appearance to feel too comfortable straying from "fat, depressed, tired and messy slob", as to portray myself as anything but that felt dishonest.

until one day, and this was at the height of my transformers hyperfixation so i'd grown attached to very inhuman robot-y designs, i just kind of realized, "hey, if i wanted, i could make my sona anything i want, right? i like robots and my friends compare me to dogs, i could make a robot dog! i could have fun designing a mech anthro dog!" and. i did lol. and it's the happiest i've been with a fursona, both from a design standpoint and a 'me' standpoint :]]

thank you for the ask! sorry for suddenly getting so real, i don't think you expected me to, kibble as an oc just means a lot to me :'D

(i also have other, non-sona, furry ocs if you ever wanna hear about furry boy band drama lol. i only recently reopened asks again so i'm trying to get more comfortable with em despite my constant Inbox Paranoia. ty again!!)

#babbles #oc #furry #furry fandom #kibble #long posts

[the-official-account]

Episode 20 let's go babeyyy

Oh kits on the recap hello!!!! I spent thirty seconds like "did essay go on T?" HFKDGSKDGKSGZZ

And oh yeah it is worrying about Jack right now...I hope he's alright. I hadn't really thought about it that hard...

Hearing Jordan and ila go "mhm, mhm" in unison is so funny because as soon as I realized Jordan's (usually three times) "mhm"s are like, a thing, I was like yeah. There's no way that's not gonna become a vocal habit for me now. It's infectious!

Talking about the schematics are making me think of the "👀 I also don't know how you party agent vellum" scene and it's sending me all over again. And I will NEVER get over the third T taekwondo.

JDVLSGDKD IM THINKING OF THE TRIPLE THREAT IN A COWBOY AU WHERE THEY'RE COWBOY BOOTS—this is not an advanced thought, but vellum in cowboy boot would be SUCH a look.

OOOOOOF vellum is shattering my heart into a billion pieces right now I just...he deserves to have a family that makes him feel....familial!!!!!

Couples dance happening on the same day as grey's arrival is .......hmmmm the pieces are piecing together! They're piecing!

The harvest and feast for singles and couples is pretty cool. OF COURSE DIAMOND IS IN THE COUPLES SHOW LMAO

Crystallis being a name for morpholomew sympathizers

I AM THE RAINBOW THAT LURKS IN THE SHADOWS WHEEEEEZE

Ohhh so stone skin is in Crystallis

GOD these facts are so good today

FIRST MENTION OF THE NAME IOSWITCH CROWSWADDLE he doesn't.....he doesn't know cars exist 😂😂😂

Louie zong never fucking misses

THE FUCKING DNDADS HOLD MUSIC. something about that tune is like a cat making biscuits with my brain

If Tatiana...okay not Tatiana

"for bad reasons to do crimes probably" 10/10 investigator shit

THE RADIO CUTS OFF?

Spar just became a customer service agent.

WAIT HOLY SHIT.

WAIT HOLY SHIT

Ooooooooooooof. Oof. Fuck.

JUST HAD TO TAKE A QUICK BOMB THREAT

Vellum hyperfocusing just like me fr <3

T....T Felspar...........

THE WAY I GASPED!!!!! JAKUB IS BACK!!!! I LOVE HIM! AND HE'S A REPORTER!!!!!! GAHHHH special place in my heart!

Ohhhh my god this comic book ass situation is gonna have my whoooole heart, isn't it? Fuck.

The three genders. Man, person, other.

OH MY GOD THEY'RE GOING ON A DATE. Ipswitch completely forgot why he was here fjsjdvsodgsodg

SPAR AND VELLUM ARE HERE TOO IS THIS THE BIG MEET UP? WITH JAKUB HERE TOO?

Jakub! You're so forward! But oooh the obvious next step to the mysterious in-costume encounter.

AN EXPLOSION IN BEE BY THE SEA?

WHERE'S XBALA???

*Half of a building goes up in flames*

IC: Hmm...well there cutie pie! I've uhh. Gotta go shuffle some papers. Let's talk later, huh?

Jakub: 👁️👁️

Yeah the hotel is definitely a distraction, huh?

I love that ipswitch is gonna walk away from jakub, change behind a bush, and return to helping where Jakub is in a thin-ass disguise and I am SO pleased with this.

KNIGHTS ARMOR?

Oh my godddd these shenanigans are so good. The clovenheart vibes were also wonderful and the sense of the creeping past is a part of the slow I adore, but the urban comedy these episodes are becoming is SOOOO good also. This show is giving me everything. I am FEASTING. I am also nearing the lastest episodes, which does make me feel a little bit sad! But the anticipation of serial media is just as good as the binge, if to the left. Oh I'm so hyped.

@threeheartscast

#edil chats #three of hearts pod #three of hearts #edil liveblogs three of hearts

[destinaturaltheroadsofar]

// SPN SPOILERS

i want to tell this bc i have nobady and i desperatly need to get this out off my chest...

when i was like 15 years old i found out about supernatural, i dont remember what season it was up to at the time but i found it by the firts episode of season 4, of course i was very interested in what was going on between the angel and the hunter like ??? an angel ??? hunters??? deamons?? this was my kind of shit, so i started watching it...

hear me out, my adhd has always made me hyperfocus on things obsessively, but like, whaterver i am so into it becomes my entire personallity, is the only thing im going to talk about, think about and relate everything (pls help), and this was the case with supernatural and ofc destiel

so, on the time, i watched all the espisodes and seasons, and this is when i say that when i was obsessed with destiel is becasuse i was. I was very happy with their moments and desperate at the same time for how obvios they were to me at the time. I even had a notebook where i write down every moment in wich destiel come out from season 4 to season 11, with minutes and seconds and everything (now that i think about it’s kind of creepy haha). And i left it at 11 because that’s where my hyperfocus ended. 

the thing is that when i get something else that interests me, i totally lose interest in the one i was in, as if i had never liked them, i lose the emotios of passion i had in them and i am completly indifferent, and that’s what happened to me with supernatural. It is very common that this happens to me, it can last for month or even years, with destiel it was 2 years.

From time to time, i would hear about things that happened like Jack, Cas’ return, the cowboys episode, and of course, i heard about the ending... i remember my friends telling me that Cas had died this time for ever and i saw many memes and other things that the last thing Castiel said it was a confession, i swear i thought they were joking, even exaggerating. i mean... did they made desitel CANNON??? i was under no illusions and completely forgot about it...

UNTIL THREE WEEKS AGO... LIKE MAN RALLY TOLD DEAN THAT HE LOVE HIM, THAT IS DEFINITELY A CONFESSION LIKE??? THE TEARS?? “I CARED ABOUT EVERYTHING BECAUSE OF YOU”??? THE FACT THAT CASTIEL DIED BECAUSE THE VOID TOOK HIM AWAY BECAUSE OF THE DEAL WHEN HE ALLOWED HIMSELF TO BE COMPLETELY HAPPY AND FOR HIM IT WAS TELLING ALL THAT TO DEAN??? (im going to throw up someone get me a coke)

i just watched the whole tv show again and i was practically a new viewer because i didn’t remember anything, i even forgot that Chuck was god, Charlie’s death, BOBBY’S DEATH and a lot of things. i also undestood how marked Dean’s roles as Michael’s vessel and Sam’s as Lucifer’s were in the early seasons, like damn they really knew what they were doing

and im saying all this without being obsessive with spn anymore, i’m hyperfocused on something else so watching spn is like a tv show that i can watch as a normal person, but even i realized how obvious it all was between destiel, not to mention the spanish dubbing because that’s where i sream

well... for the time being i’ll keep crying for them and im going to read some fanfics or something, i don’t want to go to sleep thinking they confessed until the very last episode hahan’t

#destiel #supernatural #deanwinchtser #samwinterchester #castiel #im cryin #theyre all gay #deanwtf #adhd problems #deancas #spoilers #spn

[frecklystars]

well NOW I’m at a point where every time steeljaw opens his mouth I don’t catch what he’s saying bc I’m so enthralled by his stupid deep-and-smooth-as-melted-dark-chocolate voice I don’t pay any attention so NOW I gotta PAUSE and go BACK just to figure out what the hell is going on w/ the plot and it’s like falling for starscream’s vocalizer settings all over again 😤😤

#I SERIOUSLY WAS LIKE OH MY FEELINGS FOR STEELJAW ARE GONE LMAOO #THEN HE SHOWED UP AND NOW IM HYPERFOCUSING ON HIM AGAIN #WHO ALLOWED THIS. #love notes #💕 ♫♪ What a big heart I have! ♡ The better to love you with~ 🐺❤️ #im so glad he returned as a villain bc i thought he was like. gone for good #hopefully his spark has a persistent aversion to death just like a certain seeker's #woof

[yostresswritinggirl]

hello, i love your writin'!! seriously, it's so cool to read and im just ajdhsish and this is the first thing- second thing, would you be comfortable with writin' albedo x gn reader (headcanons are cool yknow!) who dislikes goin' outside alone? like, they worry that somethin' bad will happen to them or are a bit scared of doin' things that might go wrong around people, so they prefer goin' outside with someone? (they also want to get rid of their fears but have no ideas how) i will understand if you don't want to so dw!! 👉👈

First thing, thank you so much for requesting! This took a while, I'm so sorryy! This was supposed to come out yesterday but I got sick and barely had the brainpower to even stand :(( feels better now tho so yey? And yess ahhh thank you for your kind words, you guys have been wonderful too, give yourself some credit too!

This is the last Albedo request in the inbox and woohoo, we ended this streak in one of the hard prompts I've come by so far ahaha

I'm not sure if I interpreted anon right but this shall be a fic as originally requested? I'm apologizing in advance because I don't think I've captured this scenario well enough hehe,,, but I hope you still enjoy this!

Keep Me Intertwined

Albedo with a gn!reader that's scared of going out alone (Mild Social Phobia?)

Albedo is a genuis, everybody knows that, even beyond the walls of Mondstadt. Praised and sought out by scholars to ask for his wisdom and a majority of the time they receive their desired enlightenment.

Indeed, the Kreideprinz is a genuis even if he says otherwise, but he's a genuis in the art of Kemia. And only that. Truth be told there are a lot of things he lacks when it comes to knowledge, as his focus is only in the science he wants to explore. Beyond that, he comes close to a child's understanding of the world.

When he bumped into you when he was strolling through the stalls during a market fair of travelling merchants, he'd thought it would be something he can shrug off easily, but as he moves his head to look at the perpetrator he'd hear a squeak of a "sorry" and a running figure. What?

Albedo silently pats himself down as he continues to watch as the silhouette disappears farther, with a calculating gaze to memorize all their features for... future references.

After he made sure it wasn't a thief that bumped to him to pickpocket, he immediately moves on without another thought.

"Ah, you're the one from the marketplace yesterday." In all honesty, your second meeting was quicker to come than he expected, and at the most curious location of all places. In the Knights of Favonius HQ. How had he not heard or seen of you before?

Your shoulders tense at the sound before you even closed the door of which you came from. This was a room he's never seen anyone use, he realized. Was this where you've been residing all this time? What an oversight on his part but it seems that you two share the common practice of barely leaving your quarters.

When you turned around, behind those surprised eyes lies a gentleness of relief he has not seen a mixture of in the ones he'd observed before. "O-Oh, Chief Alchemist! I'm really sorry about that, I was- I'm really sorry!" He hums in contemplation before shaking his head, assuring you it was a matter that caused no harm.

There was more to it, but his thoughts are distracted with his current task at hand, and with a short goodbye he made his way out down the hall where the stairs resides.

His heavy boots clap on the carpeted floor...

Paired with shuffling light ones to try and match his stride.

Huh? "Are you perhaps going outside?" He confirms with a soft yes as he continues his walk. What are you implying? "Is it okay if I join your company? I uhm also need to get some stuff from outside." He just nods, not one for small talk or questioning. It's nothing much to think about really—

Your loose and subtle grip around the chains hanging by his coat seem to ground him from his musings as you two traverse through Mondstadt in a normal gait. He tries not to think about it too much, but the way you look around with unease when you near other people or your desperate strides to stay a respectable distance to him were things he observed during the walk. Albedo was no man of science focusing on human personality and it bothers him.

It was like a game of cat and mouse between you two running errands, he'll detour to the side and you'll follow him, and if you need to drop by to a building then he'll have to follow you.

And he doesn't know why. Is it because of his mannerism towards taking care of Klee? Or his feeling of responsibility for bringing you along?

During this whole ordeal the Chief Alchemist has brought himself a bright idea (it is not) and went into his scientific mode. He watches you talk to one of the citizens about a commission you had finished yesterday and after confirming your undivided attention, he quietly slips away from the area to visit the Alchemy stall where Timaeus would surely be working on.

It took about an hour before he was allowed to use the table, because Timaeus took so long working on his forgery. Goodness that man needs to work on his studies more.

Ah, speaking of— Albedo realized he'd just up and left you for an hour. Without a second thought he retraced his steps to where he had last seen you. Surely you would have gone off to do your own thing, probably finished up your errands by now and had gone back to the Knights headquarters.

An unmoving force made him tumble forward as his coat seemed to have been caught. If you were there, it would be a sight to see, a rare moment of the Kreideprinz so uncomposed and shocked as he catches himself with a sputter. What the hell? His head snaps to look over his shoulder at such incredible speed, you'd thought it really would have snapped—

The clutch on his chain accessory tightens. With your head down low he couldn't see what expression you were, but your tense shoulders shake with a tremor similar to that of an on-going earthquake. His guilt was more obvious as your knuckles turn white from the deadly grip.

"Albedo-!" You exclaimed in what seems to be a cross between a whine and a whimper. "You disappeared, I couldn't- I couldn't leave..."

He hides a sigh as you refuse to look up to show your face. And in a comforting manner he has 'mastered' with a certain someone, he gently pries off your tight grip (with some urging pats to get you to loosen) before interlocking your fingers with his gloved ones. And he smiles as genuinely as he can, "I'm sorry, I won't do it again. Are you done here? It's almost night, we should get moving."

Your nod of agreement was a breath of fresh air to him.

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Days after that were pretty much as uneventful as uneventful it could be for Albedo's lifestyle.

Holed up in his laboratory for days without rest like the madman he is. Master's alembic and grounds of scarlet quartz able to keep his mind occupied to not wonder. Hyperfocused, no one has seen him out, only Sucrose dropping by with an 'assistant pass' despite the experiment on-going sign hanging by his doorknob.

When he finally stepped out to the hallway, three days already passed. The door behind him clicks as it locks, a sound that echoed with the door four rooms apart to his.

Kaeya looks up from your doorknob when he noticed the approaching silhouette. "Oh, Chief Alchemist? Finally came out of your cave." He quipped as he leans his shoulder against your room's door, visible eyebrow raising slightly after noticing the fleeting gaze Albedo passed at the door.

"Cavalry Captain, good evening. What were you doing there?" Straight to the point.

The taller man's eyebrow rose higher before he composed his amusement. "I didn't expect you to be into rumors, Albedo." The Alchemist's brows furrows in response. "No harm done, worry not. I just accompanied them on their trip outside before retreating for the night."

Humming to himself, Albedo's eyes wonder back to your doorknob before it was protectively shielded by the man's... white fur cloak?

"I also heard you left them alone when you two were out. I didn't expect you to be such a cruel man, amping up their fear after the progress they've made." Fear? Progress? More questions swirled within the genius' mind the more he talked with this.

Kaeya had noticed his faraway look and pieced together the context. Finally, he offered to explain the background of the issue and Albedo was ecstatic to listen in, a first with the blunette.

"Do you understand it now?"

"Mhm."

"Then I'll leave them to your care, I'm sure your genius mind can come up with something."

"Huh?"

And thus you find yourself standing at the bottom steps of the Ordo Favonius HQ the next morning, hand in hand with the Chief Alchemist you've last seen four days ago. Doesn't he have better things to do? No, he reasoned the solution he worked on will take two days to formulate the desired sediment, and so he has that timeframe free for the taking.

You would have been confused and wary he'd abandon you again—

Were you not forced to listen to the two dummies talk about YOU right outside your ROOM.

"You uhm, you don't have to hold my hand during this whole trip, Master Albedo."

"Albedo." He corrected. "And this is necessary, much more convenient and predictable than pulling on my chains really." A touch of a blush framed your cheeks with embarrassment.

"I have nothing in my itinerary today, so feel free to tug me along. It is, after all, the most I can do for what happened."

Despite the rough texture from the long use, the leathered hand in yours brought about more comfort than you would have thought.

Bonus:

The solar isotoma sparkled in pure golden beauty in front of you, but it didn't prevent the anxiety bubbling inside as you watch Albedo hop over the ledge with the help of his geo construct. "What- what are you doing?"

"Experiment. I'll be up in the roof looking over you so you'll know I'm still here, if it makes a difference if your company is far from arms length or not." He replied as he casually hopped over to the roof of a housing unit.

"Albedooo!"

I didn't get to capture all the aspects of the request that I wanted to focus on ahhhhh, I got so conscious of the length I had to stop it! Still ack I hope I captured his personality and context well— and I'm sorry if I amped up the fear more than you gave, I'm not really sure how bad it was supposed to be skskskks

But hey, this being the last Albedo req in my inbox, I am now free from this man *happy sigh* //:Albedo smut leading the leaderboard for the followers event looms over from behind:// *sweats*

#genshin impact #genshin impact imagines #genshin impact x reader #exile.flower #albedo #albedo x reader #genshin impact albedo #exile.goblet #genshin impact oneshots #genshin impact scenarios #glorysuffer #i enjoyed writing this more than i thought i would have! #sorry this took so long!! #the requests are getting harder lately hmmm #followers special #gender neutral

[maldito-arbol]

Let’s talk about zodiacs and TPN Part 1

This is largely inspired by the fact that I talk about the characters’ zodiacs nonstop in the fanfic I’m working on for my tpn witch au, and I’ve been chortling to myself the entire time about how well some of them fit their sign and how some of them just... don’t. I’m going to simply infodump about each character, their sign, element, and some attributes they fit to a t while others don’t make sense. I will also touch on compatibility for all you shippers out there, don’t worryyy. Now this isn’t at all a critique or review of the characters themselves— I know astrology is not the first thing authors consider when choosing character birthdays, if they even do at all, this is simply me rambling about my hyperfixation and projecting onto fictional characters like we all do.

A couple last notes— one character in particular (cough cough Ray) has a different “canon” birthdate from “actual” so I’ll discuss both. Also, while I will be doing surface level research to make sure I’m not talking out of my ass, im not a professional astrologist, I’m simply a witch with an enthusiasm for zodiacs. Well then, without further ado, let’s talk about the kiddos.

Emma

Birthdate: August 22nd

Sign: Leo

Element: Fire

An overview: The funniest thing to me about Emma is that she’s literally the epitome of a Leo. Fire signs are generally very outgoing and energetic—they talk a lot and tend to be the leaders of the packs. Leos in particular are incredibly admirable and truly know their way around a conversation. If I ever wanted to get stuck in an elevator for 48 hours with no wifi or connection to the outside world and only one random stranger to talk to for the entire duration, I would pick a Leo in a heartbeat. Emma is very much the leader-type, she’s someone everyone pauses and listens to when she calls for their attention, and she always prefers to talk her way out of conflict rather than fight—but not in an underhanded manipulative way, no, Leos are very genuine with their feelings and will be upfront about their reasons for their actions.

Take this scene between Emma and Leuvis for example— this to me is about the closest to perfect of a summary of what Leos are like, and how Emma fits her sign beautifully.

She doesn’t want to fight, but she will if she has to—for the good of her friends and the good of humanity. She can stick to her ideals and yet extend a hand to the enemy anyway. This is what makes Leos such a force to be reckoned with in leadership roles.

Compatibility and ships: I know I know, this is the part you’re most excited about. I’m going to attempt to refrain from sharing my opinion on each ship itself, I will simply point out which have the highest compatibility levels. First of all, essentially all signs are most compatible with 1. Other signs of the same element and 2. Their compliment sign, their elemental opposite.

Since Emma is a fire sign, she’s generally compatible with other fire signs (Sagittarius, Aries, and of course Leo) as well as Air signs (Aquarius, Gemini, and Libra). So speaking broadly, she’s compatible of course with Norman as an Aries, as well as Ray IF he truly is an Aquarius. But if we narrow it down a little bit, I should mention that fire signs being fire signs can often clash with each other because both their energies are so high (personal experience lmao), and therefore their elemental opposite, air, are generally the way to go. Usually you’ll find on astrological charts and sites that Leos are most compatible with Geminis and Aquariuses, so Ray again if he is an Aquarius, and then we bring Violet into the picture because she’s a Gemini. (Uh, speaking as a Gemini, Leos are my favorite people to date, and I always seem to crush on them as well. I have a problem. A Leo problem.) I’m so sorry Gilemma shippers but fire and earth signs are like the worst combo, I don’t know how this happened because I love Gilemma with all my heart. The stars simply did not align for us this time

Norman

Birthdate: March 21st

Sign: Aries

Element: Fire

Overview: okay listen. I didn’t believe Norman was an Aries at first because he’s not as high energy as most fire signs, but then the more I thought about it, the more it just makes sense. The most key trait to an Aries is loyalty. They are so incredibly loyal and caring to the people they love that they often neglect themselves in the process. They can be very quick to anger if someone hurts or insults their friend, and are unafraid to start a fight or commit morally gray or even black actions in service of their loved ones. Point is you don’t mess with an Aries’ family or friends. You will get burned.

All the loyalty applies to Norman so incredibly well—the way that his plans and actions revolve entirely around Emma and Ray, and the way that he sacrifices himself for their escape even though he’s terrified of dying. But even more so this loyalty strikes you in the face when he returns as William Minerva, willing and committed to full on genocide all to keep his friends alive and safe. As I’ve said Aries are quick to anger, which seemingly isn’t very present in cool-headed, thoughtful Norman, but then you remember this:

Look at his expression. Even if he doesn’t easily lose his cool, when he does it’s terrifying. So essentially Norman is a much more subtle Aries— he’s not in your face aggressive or full of energy, but he has all the hidden signs. So yeah, I honestly can’t think of any other sign that describes him better. Norman is an Aries.

Compatibility and ships: being a fire sign and all, Norman’s compatibility is actually very similar to Emma’s. He’s compatible with other Fire signs (Sagittarius, Leo, and Aries) as well as Air signs (Libra, Aquarius, and Gemini). Speaking broadly that makes him compatible with Emma and Ray again, but narrowing it down Aries are much better in general with Libras and Leos so congrats Noremma shippers you won.

Ray

“Canon” Birthdate: January 15th

“Actual” Birthdate: February 5th

“Canon” sign: Capricorn

“Actual” sign: Aquarius

“Canon” Element: Earth

“Actual” Element: Air

Overview: alright Ray is a bit of a mixed bag to unpack. Because it’s been stated that Ray’s January 15th birthday is not his actual birthday outside of the source material, then it’s reasonable for me to count both birthdays because people have different ideas of what’s canon and what’s not. Interestingly enough though, Ray does indeed fit well enough into both the Capricorn and Aquarius signs, however I personally believe one shows through him better than the other.

We’ve been talking about fire signs for Emma and Norman so it’s finally time to dive into two other elements! We’ll start with Capricorn then, the Earth sign. The most important thing to remember is that the Earth signs are the most grounded and practical. If you want someone who can give you logical and rational advice, your best bet would be the Earth signs (Air signs are also good at this but this ain’t about them. Although you will notice some overlap in traits between these two, particularly in Capricorns and Aquariuses).

We can already see the ‘practical’ side show through in Ray by the way he hyperfocuses on taking Norman and Emma to escape but insists on leaving the other kids behind. This isn’t to say he doesn’t feel for them, on the contrary, Earth signs are indeed very in tune with their emotions and empathy, but Capricorns really know how to set that part of them aside in favor of the calm and certain route. They like tangible solutions, things they can grasp with the least amount of risk, and they’re very resistant to changes—like giant rocks. This is also noticeable in how Ray gets so very flustered by Norman and Emma’s impulsivity. He clashes with both of them because Earth signs prefer to take things slow while Fire signs just like to make a leap and hope for the best.

Note how Emma says “not that I mind...” meanwhile Ray is out here going “I MIND!!” Which we learn is because of his identity as the spy. He’s got his own plan and a tangible solution to shoot for, and Norman and his impulsivity and Emma going along with it is messing everything up. Thus, he forcibly retakes control of the situation via making a deal with Norman after the traitor is revealed. Very Capricorn stuff.

And if you want an image that just completely sums up the Capricorn in Ray, here you go:

On the OTHER hand, if we’re to go off Ray’s “actual” birthdate, which was so lovingly calculated by Tempo, then we get Aquarius Ray, the Air sign. The most important things to note about the air signs is that they’re the thinkers—the farthest from impulsive, they’re the least in tune with their emotions, and they are oh so horribly indecisive. Where Earth signs will be able to give advice that adheres to both logic and emotion, Air signs stick purely to logic. Where Earth signs are able to make calm and rational decisions, Air signs will agonize over options and often find themselves lost, searching perpetually for a solution with no cracks in it. Hello. I’m an Air sign. :’))

I’m gonna come right out and say it. I hate Aquarius men. Aquarius women and enby folks, they’re great. But Aquarius men? I may, as a Gemini, get along with them in surface level casual conversation, but behind every Aquarius man’s back is a Mal waiting to strangle him the moment I am given the opportunity. I’m so sorry Ray my son but you are not an Aquarius okay. Alright. Well, let’s just talk about the parts of him that do fit Aquarius.

So from the very start Ray is obviously a thinker, someone who considers his options very carefully before he makes a decision, and someone who hates making choices based solely on emotion. In fact, he hates expressing emotions at all. Aquariuses are very good at repressing or hiding their emotions behind other emotions (most air signs are). The most common way to do this is to put up a wall of either numbness or full-on rage. We can see both in Ray.

Instead of showing vulnerability in a healthy way, he would rather do that. Ok cool Ray.

Aquariuses can also be very quiet people, and Ray’s pretty dang quiet for most of the series too. They’re the intellectuals you know are intellectuals even though they aren’t up in your face about it. Their reserved nature makes them 10x scarier when they’re genuinely angry, because boy can an Aquarius rage.

The thing about Aquarius Ray for me here is that while Ray does indeed have Aquarius energy, it’s not the Core of Ray. To me he’s so much more of an Earth sign, so therefore I diagnose Ray with Capricorn.

Compatibility and ships: ok this is a mixed bag again. Now if you got Aquarius Ray then of course he’s compatible with other Air signs (Gemini, Libra, and Aquarius) and Fire signs (Leo, Aries, and Sagittarius), which would make him compatible with Norman and Emma for sure, as well as probably Ayshe for you Rayshe shippers because my personal HC is Aquarius Ayshe.

If you’ve got Capricorn Ray, then Capricorns are compatible with other earth signs (Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn) and their compliment water signs (Cancer, Pisces, and Scorpio), though they’re best with Cancers and Tauruses. So yes, Anna is a Taurus, which makes Rayanna a compatible pair. But guess who’s a Cancer. Don. ALL MY RAYDON SHIPPERS GET OUT HERE YOU COWARDS IM CALLING YOUR NAME. YOU WIN THE SHIP GAME.

Gilda

Birthdate: May 13th

Sign: Taurus

Element: Earth

Overview: So again with the practical and grounded Earth signs. Tauruses now, are the most stubborn of them, which can be a little irritating at times, but it’s also a great asset when you consider how reliable they truly are. They’re bulls, which makes them solid and difficult to move, and you can always fall back on them when you’ve leapt too far ahead. Gilda is of course the epitome of reliable, and her stubbornness does show through at times—like when she’s the one person against Emma going out into danger all the time, constantly trying to talk her down into a more practical and certain solution. She’s also the first to attempt to bring Emma to see Ray’s side of the escape plan, which is very earth sign of both of them good job guys.

Compatibility and ships: I know I know I’m still upset Gilemma isn’t compatible astrologically but we can talk about other Gilda ships! Tauruses are most compatible with other earth signs (Capricorn, Virgo, and Taurus) and water signs (Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces) which makes her compatible with our other lovely Taurus, Anna! Gilanna shippers unite. But they’re best with Cancers and Scorpios, which means Gildon is is at highest compatibility.

Don

Birthdate: July 4th

Sign: Cancer

Element: Water

Overview: HEY YALL ITS TIME TO TALK ABOUT MY LEAST FAVORITE SIGNS: W A T E R. (I’m sorry my water friends, I’m sure you’re lovely, but as an air sign I am always extremely suspicious of water signs at first meeting because our compatibility is so low it might as well not exist) So the water signs are at the absolute highest emotional level. This can make them extraordinarily kind and nurturing, but it can also make them absolutely unreasonable and destructive. None is this more present than in Cancers, one of the most sensitive signs, but also one of the most empathetic. We can tell very clearly in Don that he wears his emotions on his sleeve—he’s unafraid to cry or show his anger, but he also takes very good care of his younger siblings and shows such an intense concern for them that it can become frightening.

He’s such a good boy 🥺

Compatibility and ships: okay so same drill, Cancers are generally compatible with other Water signs (Scorpio, Pisces, and Cancer) as well as Earth signs (Taurus, Capricorn, and Virgo) though their highest compatibility is with Tauruses and Capricorns. So again. GILDON AND RAYDON SHIPPERS R I S E.

God I’m so sorry if I cause a ship war. I rambled for too long and I’m very tired, so you only get these five characters for now. BUT! That’s why it’s a part 1. If you want more please feel free to harass me in my ask inbox about the characters you want me to overanalyze the signs of. Gemini out!

#the promised neverland #yakusoku no neverland #tpn #tpn analysis #rayemma #noremma #norray #I have no idea what to tag #should I be tagging ships??? #I mean I guess?? #violemma #gildon #raydon #i already forgot all the ships i mentioned #y’all I’m so tired help #literally once I learned the silliest idiot was a Taurus I started thinking about zodiacs again and went yknw what. im gnna do it #and then i wrote all this in one sitting and now my eyes feel like the sahara desert #i mean i barely slept last night either so that might have something to do with it #pls harass me for more character zodiac analyses u kno u want to 🥺 #ok i. i might pass out at any second #mal rants #tpn manga spoilers

[komabaichirouu]

Why Yuugo Hachiken and Aki Mikage are powerful neurodivergent cuties

Alternatively, "Zel rambles about Silver Spoon and showcases how much of a kinnie he is instead of doing his physics homework".

Anywayssss

As said in an earlier post I have receipts and I now will deliver them >:)

Starting with my precious boi, Yuugo Hachiken ~

Pic unrelated to the argument, I just think he looks neat.

Anyway, honestly my basis for this is mostly me self-projecting onto him. I'm starting with him because I have like One piece of evidence to go through before I get to Mikage.

SO during the horseback riding competition Hachiken is a nervous mess. But he doesn't want to lose, so he tries his best to focus.

Then he drops this fucking line:

Holy shit I wanna scream.

Blaming yourself for not being able to focus properly even after forcing yourseld to for years ? Hyperfocusing on one task for hours to the point where you completely forget your surroundings ? Being completed exhausted after that hyperfocused mood fades away to the point of passing out ? Having your anxiety essentially be your only drive to keep working your ass off ?

Hello?? That's me ??? That's my ADHD symptoms ???? That Is No Neurotypical Behaviour.

EDIT: ANOTHER POINT I COMPLETELY FORGOT TO ADD.

ADHDers tend to become people pleasers as a coping mechanisms.

Guess what Hachiken is ?

The guy who worked his ass off in middle school to keep meeting his dad's expectations concerning his grades ? The guy who literally ran away from his home to avoid dealing with the frustration of failing that goal ?

The fucking protag whose whole character arc is based on the fact that he has absolutely no fucking idea of what he will do in the future because he was so focused on pleasing his parents this whole time ???

HELLOOOOOO????

SO YEAH Hachiken has ADHD for this because I am a filthy kinnie.

Aight now that I'm done talking about him here comes the one I wanted to talk about in depth for a few months now, Aki Mikage 💞

She is 100% autistic and I actually have more than 1 pic to show this.

Okay so first of all her interest in horses definitely goes beyond Neurotypical Interest territory. Even Hachiken point this out. This bitch hyperfixated.

Look at the way she lights up when Ayame mentions liking horses???? She's so cute what the FUCK—

Ok anyways that's a big mood I make this exact face whenever I meet another Silver Spoon stan.

I don't have pictures for this BUT she started being interested in studying history only when Hachiken found ways to tie it all back to horses somehow, and once again that's a big mood. I keep forcing myself to do this otherwise I completely lose interest lmao.

ANYWAYS hyperfixations aside, it's made very clear that she can't read social cues at All. It's mostly just jokes about how she's oblivious to Hachiken's feelings but I still count that because I relate too.

I think this idea that a guy and a girl can't hang out as friends is kinda stupid but like, I kin Mikage and I'm not a normie cishet girl so, what would I know lmao

Anyway she very clearly states "I'm not good at stuff like that", AKA not good at reading between the lines. That's like Stereotypical Autism 101.

Anyway moving on from that, my next point I kinda talked about for a bit earlier is her bad grades.

Or rather the way she's literally deemed stupid by her family because of them, and she internalized that and ends up calling herself stupid too. (once again, no pics, but just fucking trust me I promise Im right)

I don't relate to that personally because I get good grades easily but like, once again that's a very common ND experience so I'm counting it.

Anyway yeah that's all I have to bring to the table.

TLDR; Yuugo Hachiken has ADHD and Aki Mikage is autistic because :

A) My ADHD/Autistic ass kins them to hell and back;

B) I fucking said so

Thank you all for coming to my TED Talk

#silver spoon #gin no saji #yuugo hachiken #hachiken yuugo #aki mikage #hiromu arakawa #adhd headcanon #autism headcanon #they are neurodivergent #neurodiverse character #because i said so

[plushievash]

what is it abt the riddlerr that drew u to him initially..i like his outfits:]!

thank u!!<33 what originally drew me to him?? i honestly dont know bc ive hyperfocused on him since i was a kid so i guess it was like hehe funnie green man BUT NOW? im just like enthralled by his layers how hes just so deathly afraid of being ordinary and forgettable  always having to prove to everyone (and mostly himself) that he IS exceptional and worth knowing  some of my fave things abt him is  when he was a p.i. in gotham city sirens is his uncertainty abt if he even deserved a second chance and like how he found it laughable that he was trying to go straight AND also how he acknowledge hes never really had friends but he still felt so betrayed and hurt by the sirens after being used.. like how he said hes used to it from strangers but he was hurt when they did it or in batman adventures how it showed he really has to try hard to keep his urges under control. like the whole bit where it shows him relapse but then hes snapped out of it and it shows it was all in his head and he pushes on and goes thru the rest of his day.. ooh that ones a big comfort comic and in batman confidential when king tut started leaving riddles and batman came to him thinking it was him and was basically offended bc of how “easy” the riddles were. and then just like. Begged to help bc of his pride. that comic is so fun bc he wants to team up w/ batman not really to help people but just bc another criminal stole his thing and hes just offended ! hes SO fun in that comic. and at the end when batman makes a point that he couldve taken him out right then and there but he didnt and asked why and riddler just says well it wouldve been boring bc batman /is/ the smartest person in gotham (besides him) thered be no game without him! and i LOVE that abt him. he just does things bc its fun! riddler in the arkham games is still one of my faves tho bc hes just. honestly SO pathetic. ITS REALLY interesting to me... its an interesting side to see imo in contrast to the fun riddler in batman confidential - where instead thru out the series u see a clever young man toying with the bat for a game but then he gets beaten and he obsesses over his defeats so much that it just. Consumes him. it becomes his whole life and at the end of the series hes barely even a functioning person anymore. hes so obsessed with defeating batman SO CONVINCED that batman has been cheating to win that he begins to cheat as well. and he just becomes a really pathetic and sad empty shell of a man whos wasted his life away for the respect and admiration and validation of others but he never got it because he never accepted help when it was given and just let himself fall deeper and deeper into his obsession until it was his whole life and zero year riddler OOOOH i love him bc hes right in the middle of both !! during zero year it looks like hes just taken over gotham for fun. batman psychoanalyzes him for a moment and hes annoyed. maybe bc “how dare you think im so simple” or w/e or maybe bc it hit a nerve ur not sure yet ! THEN in batman #23.2 (another major comfort comic) u get a glimpse into that ! the whole comic is abt him taking over wayne tower to get revenge on One arkham guard that wronged him. its a big intricate plan and when something sets him back slightly he loses it for a moment and he has to take a second to meditate and recollect himself. theres clearly some issues he has but ultimately he still mostly just wants to play a game with batman again then w/ year of the villain riddler showing how washed up and depressed he is... realizing hes wasted his life playing a childs game.. not sure who he is without being “”the riddler”” but now its..an embarrassing title to have and AUGHG he is complex. and i think abt him all the time anyways aaa sorry for talking so much i LOVE love LOVE riddler...

#assk #THANK U MOZU...I LOVE THIS QUESTION EVERYTIME... #i talk abt the same few comics and arkham riddler everytime bc they all just. live rent free in my mind #BUT in short i LOVE riddlers that are just riddler for fun #and i also love riddlers that are riddler because they Have to be #how his obsession with riddles and puzzles just take over his life #and he cant help but speak in riddles and play little games because its a compulsion he cant control #ok i went crazy in the tags too MY BAD. #REAL TLDR? he has ocd and TERRIBLE self image and i am just. wow i love you. u need not prove a thing <3 #AND THATS NOT EVEN GOING INTO WHY HE HAS SUCH TERRIBLE SELF IMAGE ISSUES #its heavy and im like oh wow. relatable. #ok basically. hes relatable and im like wow. i love y #10cm

[filthyjanuary]

I've never seen an episode of supernatural all I see is what's on your blog and each and every day I become more confused about the writing of the show and why people enjoy it :l

okay well first off i am SO sorry you have to see me like this jknbuvgyuhjn i cannot believe im spnblogging in 2020 like im 15 again but things happen i guess.

second of all, the thing to know about supernatural is.... i think, for general audiences, it is an average-to-good show. it's not Bad. It's not Beloved and/or Acclaimed. objectively, i think is also probably the most balanced view of the show and is also probably what the cw and/or people who worked on the show see it as. it lasted 15 years because it consistently pulled in reliable numbers for the cw and grabbed a lot of demographics. like i know the tumblr bubble skews perceptions but, people of all ages, genders, sexualities watched and enjoyed supernatural, yes even to the very end. most people are also not looking at supernatural with the hyperfocused lens that tumblr is and that’s like... okay. those fans aren’t any less relevant or important. if only tumblr was watching supernatural, i promise it would’ve been cancelled like at least 7 years ago.

the spn *fandom* is interesting because like one, no one is watching the same fucking show. like we all watched the same episodes but like this fandom cant even agree on like...basic facets of canon, let alone digging into complex meta. people’s views of characters actions and motivations skew wildly. things one side of the fandom considers nearly canon are like essentially viewed as ooc on other sides of the fandom. you love and hate all the characters and everyone is always about to start swinging on everyone else. you have to simultaneously juggle the ideas that the writers — and for the record this show has had four showrunners and like a billion individual writers who all see and interpret it slightly differently — are brilliant and the writers legitimately are both stupid and bad at their jobs. you have to turn your brain off in terms of continuity because they retcon their own lore every 15 seconds. this isn’t even getting into the ship wars, the boundary crossing, the weird invasiveness , etc., etc., etc. supernatural’s writing is sometimes incredible, sometimes terrible, but generally pretty average, but it had a charm (ESPECIALLY IN SEASONS 1-3) that reeled you in, even if you hated the genre.

when a show is on this long, i think the fans (rightly so) will look back and dig in and get nitpicky on things they wish were covered with more care. things that the show obviously did not decide to write with the intention of addressing/grappling with later on. case in point: dean’s drinking habits. with the exception of like... season 7 where they DO address it, dean drinks a lot as a feature of his character with little to no consequence. he doesn’t get drunk. he’s always driving. it might as well be water. the writers don’t intend for that to be more than just a facet of what makes him a rough and tough action hero even though logically, he should be drunk all the time. even w/ interviews w/ the cast/crew, it’s clear the writers don’t think the fans will care and/or notice a lot of things. they do, because well, they’re invested. the fandom extrapolates because that’s what fandom does, but i really don’t think the writers connect those dots because dean’s drinking /isn’t/ a problem until they need it to be. because spn has gone on so long, it has more instances of things like this than other shows, and our cultural contexts have also evolved a lot along the way from 2005 to 2020. so again, there’s a lot to work with. i don’t really think that’s so much a reflection of the quality of the show than it is a reflection of how long it’s been on and the way society has changed since then. dean not knowing what myspace is is funny for two completely different reasons in 2005 and in 2020, for example.

my own personal opinion is, there’s a lot to enjoy about supernatural. seasons 1-5 are legitimately good tv. for all their flaws, they have a very clear aesthetic and tell a story that is well-structured and relatively coherent in terms of themes and continuity. they set up complex characters and relationships and everyone’s motivations make sense and that arc wraps on a tragic but ultimately narratively consistent and thus fulfilling point. of course, there’s stuff i personally like and dislike but separating my emotions from it, it’s very good. i think if anything, i would recommend anyone watch those five seasons and then decide whether they want to continue or not. if you don’t, you’ll end on a note that feels complete. it’s what i’m doing w/ my friend elaine, currently, actually. if she decides she wants to continue after 5, we’ll do that, but for now we’re just vibing in season 1. after that point, i think if you decide you care enough about the characters to push through wildly inconsistent writing, there’s stuff to enjoy in seasons 6-15, but the quality and particularly the consistency dips and this is also where the retconning really starts to...intensify. it’s also where the mythos of supernatural grows bigger than the show itself, which i think was always supernatural’s downfall. the crew started caring more about the whims of the fandom and frankly the fandom became more of the story than the show, and that’s how you get people piecing together what supernatural is based on out of context gifsets that skew perceptions wildly and get Supernatural Fandom™ which... frankly, in my opinion, changed fandom culture as a whole for the worse, like yes it’s a huge, powerful and often memeable behemoth but also... the way it changed creator-fan interactions is something we’re going to be unpacking for a long time. i think had the writers tuned out fandom wars and internet yelling and strived to tell a story that made sense and was well constructed to /them/, we wouldn’t be here and seasons 6-15 could’ve found a way to be as beloved as the first third of the show. i’m personally of the opinion that being a fan of something, for better or for worse, does not entitle you to part of it’s creative process. it doesn’t become a collaboration, and the door is always there if you get to the point where you want to leave. i think supernatural getting too caught up in its own fandom and balancing all these conflicting interests is ultimately what made the last 10 seasons, and particularly the back third of the show oftentimes flounder. the finale chaos, in my opinion, happened because they tried to please everyone by keeping too many things vague so people would have room to play in their own sandboxes and round out the story the way they wanted to see it and thus ultimately, a lot of things were left in the air and so for many people, the closure they were hoping for just wasn’t there.

i dont know how this became a long and scattered collection of thoughts but tldr, people enjoy supernatural because at the end of the day, it’s an enjoyable show and i think the more you stew in a fandom bubble, there’s more to get worked up about. which is fine. i like that fandom engages in complex conversations that the show won’t grapple with, but that’s not for everyone and i don’t think the fact that we have these conversations is necessarily an indictment of the show’s overall quality.

#asks #spn #long post #** #Anonymous #for the record #i liked the finale and i watched the show for 10 years of my life on and off because sam and dean winchester are two of the most interestin #interesting* characters and also have the most interesting dynamic i've ever see #seen*

[snowe-zolynn-rogers]

Oh oh ohhhh if youre still looking for an idea, virgil after Intruisive thoughts video thinking thomas hates him now and stuff maybe with a spinkle of comfort at the end? Im a sucker for hurt comfort so.. but i would love to see your take with it 😊😊😊 Have a good night!

(I’d be happy to!)

Virgil stares at the same wall of his room, tears still absentmindedly falling over his face, sitting all too still hyperfocusing on what happened that day.

He ruined it, he ruined everything! Thomas didn’t even respond to him! Thomas was supposed to tell him that he accepted him now regardless of his past! He hiccuped, breaking the hyperfocus he had and he sniffled, wiping his nose into the tissues on his nightstand behind him.

“Virgil?” Patton’s soft voice came.

“Go away.” He choked out.

“Kiddo, we both know I’m not leaving. I’ll sit out here until you let me in.” Patton called to him. Virgil looked at the door, trying to quiet his crying so Patton wouldn’t hear him.

“Virgil, I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but I can still hear you crying.” Patton reminded him.

“It’s not my fault I can barely hear myself.” Virgil choked out.

“Honey, please come out?” Patton asked again.

“You’re not mad at me? Thomas isn’t mad?”

“Mad about what?” Patton asked.

“That I was a dark side.” Virgil sniffled again.

“Virgil, you thought we’d be mad about that?” Patton asked.

“Are you?” Virgil hiccuped.

“No, of course not. You’re still my dark strange son. I could never be mad at you for this. We knew, Virge. Sides don’t show up full grown out of nowhere. We knew you were a dark side as we accepted you anyway.” Patton explained.

“Really?” He whispered.

“Really. And we all love you anyway, Sweetie.” Patton assured him. Virgil opened the door and threw himself at Patton, burying into his dads arms and hiccuping.

“It’s okay. Everything’s fine.” Patton rubbed his back and combed his fingers through his hair, letting him cry it out. “How about we talk to Thomas together after he wakes up and we’ll have some cocoa and any dinner you want tonight.” Patton kisses his hair.

“Can we have pizza, breadsticks, and chicken fingers? After cuddles?” Patton smiles at him.

“Of course.” Patton kissing his adopted son’s temple and rubbing his arms with his hands to make him feel safe.

“Can you say something happy?” Virgil whispered.

“Spiders can produce silk and otters hold hands while sleeping so they don’t lose their mate.” Patton held him, smiling as Virgil nuzzled further against him, calming down. Soon Patton would drag Virgil off to make dinner. Later they’d talk to Thomas. And much later, after more crying, Virgil, Thomas, and Patton would fall asleep in a pile on the couch, all cuddled up together.

#sanders sides #virgil sanders #patton sanders #thomas sanders #adhd virgil #hard of hearing virgil #adhd #attention defecit hyperactivity disorder #tw food mention #tw food #hyperfocus #tw spider mention #tw spiders #virgil has a spider hyperfixation #snoweywrites

[splatoonwritingproject]

TarTar's Return: Chapter I

A thick presence of darkness covered an eerie room. It was coated with metallic air and a heavy teal glow barely illuminating such a chilling and haunted chamber. A single step could shake the dead silence like a pin dropping, and it did indeed.

An adult cephalopod enters, with a monitor semi-lightening up the room just a bit more, and yet the ambiance looked even more dreary. He sits in the chair before the monitor with a smirk slowly painting his face.

The monitor reboots. Steady and even footsteps suddenly dropped to yet another silence. The adult mollusk was ready. Whatever he had planned started to commence.

He pushes his glasses up, carrying the monitor's reflection. His lips curled back into a sinister smirk and his silky voice sliced the dense air one last time: "Now... we really begin, Commander [REDACTED]."

--

Skylar Toryoshi, also known as Agent 7, works as an agent and lives in the agents HQ. Despite the constant missions and colleges he had living with him, he was pretty lonely and like it that way. His quiet mannerisms keep his life in control in between the madness of the world that attempts to break him down. He loves the HQ. He loves his job, and it seems like the people who look up to the Squidbeak Platoon love him as well.

Keith, Aka Agent 8 was in his room. He's a poet, a quiet one at that. He was writing about something that happened a year ago during his time in the Metro. A television blared throughout the HQ. He was frustrated because he couldn't think, but he noticed the name of the HQ was being tainted. That grabbed Keith's attention.

A trainee was working with an agent for the time being was callee Tina, a young squid that was an aspiring weapon designer. She got off of her cute laptop and stepped downstairs to the main room and looks at the tv captured her undivided attention.

The New's was clicked on by Lucas, AKA Agent 6. He was just lying on the couch flicking through channels on the TV. He stopped on the news channel where the presenter was calling the NSP a terrorist organization. "Uhh, guys? You might wanna look at this." His pubescent voice called out.

--

"A man had a conspiracy theory about the Squidbeak Platoon at 6:51 am about the heroes we look up to, The Agents of the Recently opened 'New Squidbeak Platoon' (NSP) has been plotting silently to plot against us as terrorists," An octoling woman spoke out, "This man anonymously started posting videos of sketchy activity of these so-called 'heroes.'" She added, "These posts were sent on KettleTube as a result. Do you still believe these agents are heroes? Are this man's conspiracies true? More coming up on Sunshine News later today."

--

Keith stepped over to the Television in stunned disbelief.

Kris, Agent 9, was staring at the large screen at Inkopolis Square, in his civilian wear, "$&@#..."

"What kind of..." Keith tilted his.

While others glared in shock and awe, Mirror Aka Agent 5, was sleeping like a log on the couch with his goggles over his face oblivious to it all, and Dusk, Agent 4, was playing video games with a sheawnwitch in his mouth.

The young Tina shook her head in denial. "Why is this, we're not assassins."

Throughout this revelation inside the HQ, Skylar was idle in inkopolis square, relaxing and writing in his journal just when he looked over at the squares TV "No... That can't be true can it?" He got up and walked closer to the TV muttering to himself on how this couldn't be true."

Keith Intercom goes off as a trainee's voice goes off: "Hey guys did you watched the news?"

Kris out of hyperfocused instinct rushed into the squid hole and to HQ, continually repeating, "$&@#! $&@T! $&@#!"

Sun Rendezvous with Kris and followed, however, the moment Sun met up with the rest, he started up the stove in the kitchen and started to make a pancake batter.

Octavo would be in his snowglobe asleep

"Yes, I did. And I am very concerned!" Lucas said while pacing around the floor "The people believe the media and the media just called us terrorists and now they're against us and IM FREAKING THE $&@# OUT!"

Keith tried to set up his collective mood as much as he could. "We'll need to save our reputation," Keith muttered.

Kris turned on his intercom, "We all need to meet up, STAT!"

Hearing the Intercom Skylar panicked and notice Kris run and followed after him "what the fuck is happening"

Eventually, Mirror woke up and was livid "SHUT UP! I'm trying to sleep!!"

Keith slapped the daylights out of Mirror

"MIRROR THIS IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN SLEEP" Lucas Scolded.

Kris enters the room abruptly, "$&@#!"

"We have an emergency meeting dumbass! Someone's throwing our name into the mud calling us terrorist, and due to your lack of concern, I'd say you were the one who did it!" Keith jokingly accused.

Mirror punched Keith on the shoulder after getting up aggressively "Hey! I may always be a jerk, but a terrorist?!?! ...I'm still trying to achieve that!" he said jokingly.

"Cod damn! Just act like an Agent for once in your miserable life," he stepped away while trying to contact Agent 3.

"Is Agent 3 contactable?" Kris asked Keith, only to finally notice Sun making Pancakes as well as Skylar.

Mirror was irate, "SUN NOW'S NOT THE TIME TO BE MAKING PANCAKES!!"

"IM HUNGRY $&@#%! Sun sassed.

"So far no, she's in a mission with the SquidSisters." Keith replied to Kris, ignoring the confrontation for now.

"Well, $&@#. They're in some serious danger if they're caught in public." Kris replied.

Skylar stood by the doorway "can we all just calm down... Please?"

"NO!" Sun screeched then calmed down after seeing Skylar's death stare, "I-I mean yeah sure..."

"They're in the Valley so they should be... "Okay," Keith reassured, rolling his eyes as the two butted heads.

Octavio just sigh and knocked on the snow globe

"SUN, I WILL STICK MY HAND SO FAR UP YOU'RE $&@ I'LL USE YOU AS A PUPPET!!" Mirror finally snapped.

Keith takes a deep breath, trying to calm down. "Skylar's right let's calm down and put our heads together. How can we save our reputation?"

"I vote assassination!" Lucas shouted in panic.

"Me too!" Sun voted from the Kitchen, finishing his cooking.

Skylar sighed and facepalmed "are Keith and I the only sane people here? Keith? Any ideas?"

"We'll need to search the area without sticking out," Keith demanded, "Hiding in hoodies, making disguises until we find our culprits. We also need some fake identities."

"Hoodies? I got you covered! I own literally every hoodie known to cephalopod kind!" Lucas boasts, showing his massive collection of hoodies in every color of the rainbow.

The meeting eventually escalated into a chaotic bunch as Mirror and Sun were starting to lash out at each other. Sun's pancake flew over to Kris, causing him to go ballistic at the duo. Poor Keith was just trying to get everyone to listen.

Suddenly the gaming and innocent Agent 4 stepped into the room seeing the chaos and clapped his hands to get everyone's attention.

Kris looked to Dusk. Lucas turned his head towards Dusk as well. Keith's attention was added.

"This... This is a me--" Skylar's mouthed, as Keith shut it.

"Now. Keith, what is our game plan?" Dusk asked.

"Thanks, Dusk," He patted Dusk little head as he giggled like a small child, "Once again, we'll need to search the area to find our culprit, From the Squidbeak itself, to out in the open of Inkopolis to the Canyon to the Valley. We also need to make Fake IDs, which would be easy, since our Records don't exist anymore."

"The fake ID's can only last for so long..." Skylar started mumbling.

"Then finding the Culprit needs to be as quick as possible." Keith countered.

"I'll go for the valley, I was born there so I practically know the place inside out" Lucas announced

"I'll go with Lucas," Sun added.

"I'll be in the outskirts, Pearl and Marina trust me so I'll be able to get more information," Keith claimed

"Alright. Skylar and I will be in downtown Inkopolis." Kris demanded.

"But we need to make sure none of us get captured on the way, Lucas."

"I've got some old octoling armor in my room, we can blend in with that when we get to the valley" Lucas said to Sun quietly.

"Ok" Sun replied.

Skylar smiled "Time with Kris?...sure" He muttered under his breath. If anyone ever gave Skylar any joy outside of silence, it would be his close friend Kris.

Sun walked to his room to search for something.

Mirror looked at Octavio with suspicion. "maybe he had something to do with it."

Keith sighed "He's been in that snow globe for 3 years, I don't think he'd do much, but I'll admit Mirror, you are smart, no one is 100% trustworthy at the moment." Keith praised Mirror.

Octavio banged on the glass in anger cracking it out of the rage of Keith's comment.

"Mirror, Dusk, examine Octavio's or the HQ's behavior."

"Yeah whatever," Mirror halfhearted

"Roger 8!" Dusk replied with enthusiasm.

Sun came back with bombs like the ones from the metro. These bombs can be explored with a code word and only your voice. Sun gave everyone some of those bombs but stopped by Keith.

"What are you doing?!?!" Keith held onto one of the small bombs.

Lucas went into his room and brought out three things. Two sets of octoling armor for himself and Sun, as well as a toolbox for unknown reasons

Skylar held up a bomb "Sun.. if people see us wearing these they'll think we're suicide bombers... Which won't help at all."

"O-Oh right," Sun took them all back. "More things to add on for our now proclaimed, 'Terrorist organization'"

Lucas slipped on the octoling armor that was taken from his room. "Huh, I guess I still fit into this."

Keith rushed into his bedroom to pull out some makeup he was using from "Hot Akanni's" and put on some fake contacts to change his eye color. Then he put some makeup to hide the scar. The then put on his Rockingberg Gear; the first gear he ever had the first time he stepped foot in Inkopolis.

"Alright, Sun lets head off. I've got a super jump spot to the valley not too far from here. C'mon." Lucas demanded.

Sun grabbed his dynamo and slipped onto his octoling gear. Sun packed up what was left of his pancakes and put them inside what was bag he added to his attire's roster on his person. "On it!"

Soon after, Lucas leads Sun to the super jump spot. The two of them fly off to Octo Valley.

Kris puts on a hoodie with some sweatpants, "This looks casual." he thought.

Skylar chuckled nervously, blushing furiously, "Y-yeah it does!"

"R-right!" Kris replied, "Let's go..."

Skylar sighed in relief. He will save what is left on what he adores. His new life, his new friends, and his new job is currently in danger, and he won't let it go down into ruin without a fight. That is basically who he is as a person:

A fighter.

#octo expansion #splatoon #inkling #octoling #octoling boy #commander tartar #agent 8 #agent 4 #agent 3 #splatoon 2

[enccrypted]

romance headcanons

name:          park tae-joon (alias: kim hyeon)

nickname:          “Joon” !! Though generally the only people to ever call him that were Mila and Mystik.  And “TJ,” maybe, I can see that one being thrown around a bit.

gender:           male.

romantic orientation:          he generally avoids relationships and is not extremely interested in others sexually or romantically, but it all comes down to the circumstances and particularly to how he connects with someone. He doesn’t care about the specifics of sex or gender — I do personally tend to lean towards writing gay relationships, but that’s a me thing, and I want to emphasise that it doesn’t really matter to Crypto. I’m generally willing to try what he is willing to!

preferred pet names:           hasn’t had any to speak of.

relationship status:           single, but might fuck around, might settle down and find happiness in a committed relationship with mirage apex legends, haha just kidding....... unless????

favorite canon/fandom ship:         God I have a few... I know that Cryptage (Crypto and Mirage) is a really big thing for the fandom (fic author once called it a “rarepair” and i was like huh??? are you kidding fam), and I personally love exploring their dynamic with vanishout. They have a rough start, but there’s no other person Crypto loves more... im emotional over Them, and Crypto is honestly so smitten. Their ship make me happy

I am also a big fan of Crypto and Octane! Something I’m messing around with whilst writing with deathchasing. They’ve got a lot of potential to go places, where exactly I’m still unsure, but guess we’ll sort that out later. :)

I am generally interested in shipping anyone with Crypto if there’s enough chemistry or an interesting enough dynamic. The only other characters I have on the brain though that I want to ship Crypto with are Bloodhound, Caustic, and Gibraltar. As of now though, I haven’t really properly discussed a ship with anyone else but Julie and Kabu. 

favorite crossover ship:           I don’t really have any! I can’t really think on the spot of one, either. I haven’t really taken Crypto out of his default Apex verse yet, but I’m willing to try.

opinion on true love:         It exists, that much he knows. Love is what carried Tae-joon through life even as an orphan on the streets with nothing to his name. It’s what helped him survive, because he worked and fought tooth and nail every single day for the people he loved. Mila, and later on Mystik, proved without a doubt to him that platonic love exists and is one of the most powerful forces he could know. Without them, I’m not sure where he’d have ended up. He believes in love, perhaps with more conviction than most things.

BUT as for romantic love... sure, he’s absolutely sure it exists. But he’s convinced it’s just not something he can have. Like... Tae-joon’s been through shit, earnt the life he had before the Games with his own blood, sweat, and tears. He knows full well that he has worth, that he is deserving — but the way the Syndicate directly and indirectly stripped him of everything that he loves and cares about really hit him hard. It’s tough for him to reach out and connect with people, and even tougher to allow himself to love again after he’s been taught time and time again that he will lose everything he has valued so dearly, worked so hard for.

And he’s afraid for the people that might be in a relationship with him; loving Crypto doesn’t just make him vulnerable, he puts anyone who cares about him in direct danger as well. In that sense, he doesn’t think he deserves love. Even if he found it with someone who’s willing to care about him, the guilt of making them a target for the Syndicate... bad. It’ll take a hell of an exceptional partner (willing to put themselves in danger and to convince him that they’re okay with this) for Tae-joon to reach a point where he believes he is allowed to have love, and that he deserves it.

opinion on love at first sight:         "amused at first sight” more like when it came to Mirage. I don’t think he’s really met anyone he instantly feel in love with on sight though, not as Park Tae-joon and certainly not as Crypto... it’s not hard to feed into the craving for human affection and for someone who really cares when he does slowly edge closer to someone. Like, when he actually allows them to be near him and lets them start forging some bond of trust. Honestly, love is never the first thing on his mind when he meets people, not even when he was living a civilian life as Tae-joon; there were always more important things to focus on.

how ‘romantic’ are they?:           Even before the Games, he didn’t really have a great way of going about expressing emotions and communicating how he feels, let alone when it comes to unfamiliar notions of romance. He’s not entirely emotionally stunted, but he has a way of hyperfocusing on work, on taking comfort in things mechanical more than human, and rarely lets people interrupt him when he’s on a roll. He’s fairly aloof, but once he loses his previous life and identity, he comes to a realisation that he took human affection and contact for granted. Unfortunately he has no choice but to live without it after that; I think getting into a relationship, he’d be massively awkward about it to start with, but would quickly warm up and learn to be affectionate. He wouldn’t go out of his way to be, but he definitely would know the importance of even the simplest of gestures. He’d make it a point to show he cares, because he knows it’s not always obvious to someone that they’re loved — even fi it may seem obvious to others. At heart, Tae-joon’s a very soft and very caring person and does try to show it where he can.

ideal physical traits:           Doesn’t matter to him. If he starts to love someone, he WILL find attraction in someone inevitably whether they are conventionally attractive or not.  

ideal personality traits:         he is... weak for soft and kind people. also loves someone who can match him in terms of intelligence and ability, someone who is good with banter. a good sense of competition. people with drive and ambition. there’s probably a tonne more, but it’s just not coming to mind right now.

unattractive physical traits:           Tae-joon grew up on the streets as a child, parentless and homeless. He saw it all. It wasn’t hard for him to learn that there’s far more admiration and beauty to found in other things than in the physical appearance. 

One point I do want to cover though: He thinks the physical result of his own augmentations and implants are unattractive. They’re a huge part of his survival and certainly technological marvels (designed all by himself, though he found outside help to have them implanted). But having to virtually gut and replace so much of himself really dealt a blow to his whole concept of his humanity and physicality. He has trouble seeing himself as a person sometimes, much less an attractive one with the enhancements he’s gone through.

unattractive personality traits:         stupidity. ignorance. unwillingness to learn. taking things for granted, wasting life away. selfishness and lack of empathy / sympathy for others. betraying the loyalty and the trust of the people who love you. complete lack of morals or ethics. acting like you’re something you’re not. people who view themselves above others (even though.. he often does... hahaha)

ideal date:           He doesn’t really have any standard of one, not really having been on one before (though can bet that Mila has tried to hook him up multiple times with a blind date or something, they always fell through or Tae-joon just didn’t want to). 

do they have a type?:        not entirely, I do like to joke around that he’s into himbos though. One himbo specifically, but overall there’s not any real pattern... I guess he would like soft people capable of showing kindness, who are the exact opposite of him in the sense that they still see beauty and value in the world for all the cruel wreck that it is. People who are willing to be kind without expecting kindness back, who is... willing to show crypto that sort of kindness and teach it to him again 😳😳 people who allow him to be vulnerable and understand the place he’s coming from... 

average relationship length:         So we’re making up pure lies and saying that he’s had actual past relationships? Fuckin wig... but I think he would enjoy moderate to long-term relationships when he does actually get into them. Obviously, he’s not going to start something with ease (commitment is a bitch when you’re in his situation), but he’s not going to start a relationship with the intention of dumping the other person early on.

preferred non-sexual intimacy:      i’m thinking he probably values non-sexual intimacy a lot more than sexual actually, especially since i’m exploring current ships where sexual intimacy is involved but human affection and connection isn’t... which, in turn, just makes tae-joon feel a hell of a lot more emotionally disconnected and lonely. He really values the comfort of just being close to someone, around them in close proximity without worry. Being there with them, listening to them speak and paying them attention even if he’s not the most vocal or performative person... there’s a very real comfort in that. Just leaning against someone, I think, sharing contact that isn’t even necessarily romantic. He just wants to feel, and be felt — that simple human connection is Wildly important for him.

commitment level:           Really fucking incredible. Like really fucking incredible if you get him to care enough, help him to open up and allow himself to care.

opinion of public affection:        It flusters him (though I think he could learn to like at least a little bit of it. Having someone he loves and can show off in a subtle sort of way), and he probably doesn’t ever allow it anyway on account of not wanting anyone with their eye on him to pick out vulnerabilities. He’s very careful about keeping any relationships during the Games highly secret — no point in putting someone he cares about in harm’s way, and honestly I don’t think he could stand losing another person after he puts in all the effort to learn to trust and to love again. Affectionate gestures in private though, as said, is all good with him.

past relationships?:           once he talked to a girl on an online mmorpg and they traded items and he thinks he got the better end of the trade so that was pretty epic. But no, he hasn’t had any.

tagged by: @incnspcuous and @deathchasing!!! thanks lads tagging:  @aeiiope / @thunderolled pls bless me with yr girls.... @vanishout, @slature​

#you're predictable‚ and i'm not. \` * file: headcanon. #long post cw #dash memes.

[i-am-not-anon]

Under the eye of an institution

part 2

Summary: Logan and Patton (both 16), the older students, are expected to look after two groups of freshmen in Watersouth boarding school for boys. Both of them despise the tradition of bullying that is subjected to the newcomers by older students. The two respectively get a student in their groups who is a little different from the ordinary crowd: Roman and Virgil (both 15).

Author’s note: I’m so into this, but please don’t expect updates at this rate. I am simply hyperfocused. (also Roman has undiagnosed ADHD if you haven’t noticed yet, and Virgil has stuttering.) Message me for getting into the taglist, please.

Triggers: Bullying, abuse, violence, violent punishments, panic attacks, name calling, i n s t i t u t i o n

Other parts here

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”Now Roman, what you just did was reckless and in fact dangeous.” Logan folded his arms behind his back. ”If you had been assigned any other tutor, you would be in deep trouble for the rest of the year.”

”I’m used to sitting after school-” Roman tried to explain, only to be cut off. ”Did I ask you something, Roman Pears?”

”No, sir.”

Logan sighed, talking now to the whole class. ”All of you are under my authority here. Everything you do, or leave undone, will affect my reputation. I tolerate absolutely no foolery here, and so will no teacher or other older student.” … ”Your most important job for these first weeks of school is to learn how our system works. The quicker, the better, as any violation of code will quickly give you the name of an unruly student. Roman, you may sit down.” Logan walked back to the front of the class. ”Now as I will call your name, you stand up and show you’re present. After that your first lesson starts with Mr. Higgins.”

Patton was done with checking everybody was present, and as there was a little time left before the teacher would arrive, he wanted to actually get to know these boys a little.

”Would you like to tell a bit more about yourselves? Let’s take a quick round, and everybody tells what they enjoy doing on their free time.”

Patton smiled, commenting positively as the students answered. ”So you write fiction? Oh, that’s cool.” ”Oh I wish you brought your dog here, I would love to pet her!”

Virgil gripped the sleeves of his school uniform.

You will be fine. just say you like reading and music. Patton is chill.

”How about you, Virgil?”

”I-I listen to mu-music and books… Ime-an-an I read-read books!” Virgil corrected, hearing a muffled giggle from a row behind him.

Great. Absolutely amazing, he was officially the stutter of the class now.

”That’s nice,” Patton encouraged. ”What genre is your favorite?”

”I like fantasy,” Virgil mumbled.

”Fantasy is always interesting,” Patton nodded, before moving on to the next student.

…

Logan had to deny Roman from tapping the desk with his hands before Mr. Higgins came in. He also noticed Roman whispering something to another student, who muffled a giggle right after. For the love of Archimedes, he had gotten a class clown. Logan left after reporting to Mr. Higgins that all the students were present.

The new but determined tutor thought about Roman’s case as he walked to his own lesson. Logan knew only two ways a class clown would turn out in this school. If they were just a harmless jokester who compensated their bad grades with humor and socializing, they were doomed to be quieted down and turned into an ordinary student. In some cases they were able to hold onto their cheerful personality traits, but too often the institution pushed them into a too small box and they had no other option to fit there.

The other option was available, if the student had a hint of real deviance and was a bit cunning. That way he might stand his ground by quickly turning against the authority. There were always a few boys in each generation that pulled horrible tricks to teachers despite the cost. They held the endless admiration of classmates higher than getting the worst punishments in the whole school. Finally as they had survived the first year, they often turned to be the worst tutors for their own groups. Again, giving a lot of punishments earned the admiration from their own class, and they had gotten more used to the abuse so it was easier for them to continue doing it.

….

After the first lesson Logan and Patton sat at the older students benches. A few new students came by, confessing their first mistakes in class for their tutors. Teachers had assigned them to do so, and the older boys decided punishments for them. Patton was happy to see a few of his group members further away in the hall. Apparently they had behaved themselves.

Logan didn’t like the way he was surprised as Roman had no reason to talk to him on the first break. He gave credit for that to Mr. Higgins, who was a hint more laid-back than the other teachers.

…

The next break, however, both of the boys had a student to deal with. Roman and Virgil walked to their tutors, the former fidgeting with his pockets and the latter looking at his feet.

”I spoke unprompted and made ’unnecessary noise’,” Roman confessed to Logan. He glanced at his tutor, unsure what was going to happen.

Logan sighed. ”Go sharpen this pen for me so I have a moment to think.” he handed Roman his pen, and the boy hurried around the corner. Logan sat for a moment longer before following the student.

…

”I p-pro-pronounced mr. Brass wrong, sir,” Virgil muttered, not daring to look Patton in the eye. It was only the second lesson of the whole year and he had already messed up. Patton had seemed nice at first, but even he must be disappointed.

”How’s that so offending thing?” Patton asked.

Virgil slouched even more. ”I-I acc-accidentally sa-said Br-bra- ass and he-he acc-acc-accused me of moc-king him, sir” he admitted.

Patton frowned and stood up, leading Virgil further away from the other students.

”Hey, Virgil, try to breathe, okay?” Patton noticed that the poor guy was almost shaking. ”You will be fine. I won’t punish you.”

”I-I-I-I didn’t me-mean to be-be-be rude, sir,” Virgil claimed, glancing at Patton. Would the older boy believe him?

”That’s what I thought,” Patton hummed. ”You sometimes have a bit of trouble in speaking, am I right?”

”Yes, sir.” Virgil looked ashamed of himself.

”It’s not your fault,” Patton hurried to reassure. ”I’m sure you are trying your best, Virgil.”

Virgil was quiet for a moment before continuing.

”I always get it wh-when I’m nervous. I-I’m sorry, yo-you-you get troub-trouble because of me, sir.”

”Hey, remember what I told you this morning,” Patton reminded. ”I’m here to help you, not to be the most admired tutor.”

Virgil didn’t know what to say. ”Thank you, sir.”

Patton beamed. ”No problem, Virgil. Now let’s go back and look like I have just scolded you, alright?”

A small smile spread on Virgil’s lips. ”Yes, sir.”

….

Logan stood next to Roman, waiting for him to finish the task before leading him to outside so they could talk in peace. A few of Logan’s classmates cheered after them, assuming Roman was gonna get whipped behind the school.

As they got outside, Logan pulled them to a quiet corner.

”Now, Roman Pears. Why don’t you just stay quiet in class and focus?”

”I don’t know, sir.”

”Don’t know? Give me one reason at a time.”

Roman kicked the grass at his foot.

”I forget.”

”Sir.”

”I forget, sir.”

”So how do we make you remember?”

”I don’t know, sir.”

”Well, let’s say, hypothetically, you were Patrick Stewart’s student. He would take a good grip of that golden hair and flip you around couple of times. Since I’m not about those barbaric behaviors, you will be writing me an essay of your behavior after classes.” Roman was about to complain, but Logan’s dismissive gesture was enough to keep him quiet this time.

”That is, if I have to hear about you again today. Understood?”

Roman really wanted to complain, but it was slowly getting into his head that it would do no good. ”Yes, sir.”

”Good. Let’s go back inside.”

As the two walked back through the crowd of boys, one of them shouted to Roman. ”How’d that feel, little rat?”

Roman immediately held his head, grimacing as if Logan had just pulled his hair. He was a good actor, as the crowd of older boys immediately erupted to laughter.

...

Taglist: @daring-elm @creativity-killed-thekitten @heck-im-lost @uwillbeefoundtonight @gabe-killed-me-with-ace-cream @just-another-rainbowblog @buddypallady

#uei #under the eye of an institution #uei2 #part2 #roman #virgil #logan #patton #highschool au #boarding school au #here.... i havent been able to do much else today than to write and plan this #sanders sides #sanders sides fanfic

[fungusamongus]

i love your art and your stories, and i only mean for this to be constructive crit, but the way you sometimes draw gaara ultra-femme and submissive makes me a bit comfortable? like you seem to single him out of all the characters as super non-masculine (drawing him with wider hips, curves etc) and it seems a bit fetishising? like you can't break away from couples that are in heterosexual stereotypes. i hope what im trying to say makes sense and you're not too discouraged by it ❤️

Hello anon, my response is a bit lengthy so I’m gonna put this under a cut! Sorry if you’re on mobile and doesn’t cut, hahaha~Anyway-

Hey, thanks for your honesty! I ramble so I’m sorry if I circle back to the same points or something, but I actually do wanna address a few things- First off, I’ll address the body type thing. I headcanon him with a slight build since he was premature, so you’re absolutely correct that he’s significantly smaller than most of the others. But I’m not sure about the wider hips thing; I actually will generally draw him with slim hips, but softer thighs that do have a curve, so that may create the illusion?? I understand why you’d say this, if so. That aside, I’ve done the same thing for a few characters, but what you see on this blog is honestly a tiny fraction of what I’m drawing. And given that I only draw a handful of naruto characters, the sampling is pretty small there, too. That said, I still will typically draw him with shoulders that, while narrow, are wider than his hips, such as in these drawings and this one.Typically I like to draw characters in very exaggerated hip popping poses, so like with that drawing of Obito holding Gaara (the saucy version on the Other Tumblr), Gaara’s hip pops out quite a bit and creates that illusion of a curve again. But ultimately, his shoulders are still wider and create that more “masculine” taper. But I rarely draw him standing straight up, idk. Body types I tend to vary more by person than by sex, but I don’t often post women here so I can understand where you’re coming from. Regarding him being submissive - do you maybe mean sexually? I’m certain I’ve drawn him actively engaging his partners. In general? Because that depends on the context - like in deer au, he seems submissive because he’s resigned to dying in the woods and not much else lmao so you don’t get to see a lot of his personality yet. He’s also wearing lipstick and suggestive clothing as a nod toward The Fair Maidens you see given off to monsters in various folk tales; and given the sensual undertones of the deer au in general, wellll everybody gonna be showing some skin, sorry.Buuut he’s also rather straight forward, I usually try to present that in a subtle ways that I like? I dunno. Naturally I’m inclined to disagree because I really love Gaara’s personality but I also don’t feel like digging for examples, I’m sorry. I guess stay tuned for more comics??Regarding heterosexual stereotypes - this was, in all honestly, the only comment that ruffled my feathers a little. Now, given the sample of Gaara related ships I’ve drawn so far, I suppose I can see WHY you would say so. Assuming this is coming from maybe my recent fixation with Zetsu/Obi + Gaara, that’s mostly because I like those two characters and also size differences. If I was fixated on other characters, you might see more examples, but right now I’m so hyperfocused on shika/gaara and obi/zetty/gaara. Shikamaru and Gaara don’t vary greatly in terms of size - in fact, they’re both on the lanky side of the beef spectrum. Shika’s taller, yes, and has more definition probably. That’s a tangent but anyway - I do ship other things like ino/saku, tema/rui, naru/shika, naru/kiba, etc etc. Maybe you just mean heteronormative in relation to Gaara? In which case all I have to offer is a shrug and that I disagree. Assuming your observations are based around Gaara appearing submissive and small and I happen to have shipped him with two large men and one lanky man. He, in my opinion, isn’t necessarily…submissive overall, but I haven’t provided a lot of example otherwise, I suppose! That’s likely to appear in the future if I’m not thinking of anything right now…I should stop while I’m ahead because this is lonnnnng, but I’ll also just say this bluntly- I’m also not here for your comfort, y’know? Body type is complicated, especially when we factor in trans or NB headcanons; sometimes men will have wide hips and women wider shoulders, etc etc BUT we know heteronormative bullshit when we see it, right? In a certain context I see why you would say I’m guilty of said bullshit, I guess all I’m saying isssss. I’m not, and have faith. When drawing, I will often try to mix up what people consider “masculine” and “feminine” body characteristics, showing off both musculature and curvature. (Okay I just added like five sentences to this after I said I’m stopping, I’M RLY STOPPIN THIS TIME LOL)Thank you stopping by and leaving your thoughts, and for being polite! I hope i didn’t come off as snippy or short tempered!

#not art #replies #FUNGUS TALKS TOO MUCH

[podcastmecaptain]

the stim bin

part of advanced PLACEMENT: an ars PARADOXICA high school au about a gang of queer teen nerds, by @estherroberts​ , @podcastmecaptain , and @lizzieraindrops

all three of the aformentioned dorks are equally responsible for the hijinks found in this post. today as well all three aforementioned dorks are neurodivergent folks writing about neurodivergent folks.

click here for the au masterpost | track #ars placement for updates!

ALSO: things aren’t always showing up in the tags, so your most reliable bet is the aforementioned masterpost.

attention: all contents incredibly neurodivergent

everyone shares those fidget cubes

collectively they have like five

in so many colors

esther also designs a giant version that’s like. the size of a KEYBOARD and with lots more options and Bigger

jack builds it

they call it the stimboard deluxe

anthony has nintendo

sally brings him all her childhood games and watches him hyperfocus

sally and anthony were the first autistic friend each other had and they love sharing weird stuff from their childhoods that nobody else liked

they have a lot of overlap of interests and they spent so long without anyone like them who really got them

and they both feel so safe and loved not only with each other but with the whole gang because everyone’s neurodiv af even if they’re not sure in exactly what way

anthony brings notes everywhere

scribble scribble

Doing The Right Thing, Doing Science For Good is sort of his ruling philosophy

a lot of times it’s really easy to lead him down the wrong path if he thinks it’s Science For Good

he has some problems with gullibility

the pressure stimming is too real

PRESSURE! STIM! HUGS!

Big Coats or Lab Coats

fiddling with his glasses

he’s bad at artistic/creative things and just doesn’t get it. he can follow a pattern tho,

polish patterns work for him, especially with tape. he likes taking care of his nails because he’s v tactile, he likes the smooth feeling of the polish and likes tapping his nails

he either gets really anxious or angry about Bad things

breakdowns, breaking things, and weirdly quick recoveries

he could hug people for hours

he usually does if he’s had a panic attack, but other than that acts like he’s fine

canon says sally eats weird and has a disturbing appetite so like,

sally separating EVERY SINGLE FOOD by group and flavor and texture and then like putting one piece of one in her mouth at a time and keeps TALKING CAUSE SHE’S A DORK

other options:

SHREDS EVERYTHING AND EATS IT WITH A STRAW

eats only EXACTLY one quarter of anything at a time and forgets the rest

uses her hands for THINGS SHE SHOULD NOT

burnt things

she love the Cronch

puts things together that should not even touch

jack cries the day he sees her dip pickles in whipped cream and shove a fistful of blue cheese blissfully into her mouth immediately after that

sally’s special interests:

electronics, gadgets, tinkering, SCIENCE, beginning quantum physics, computers

stims by tinkering and uses voice recordings for vocal stims, plays with her hair and bites her nails, spinning, dancing, tapping tools

hands on everything

the dancing is so bad and uses her full body (it’s actually so cute)

is a bad driver bc she either hyperfocuses on the road or she starts TALKING and gets lost in anything BUT driving

sally wears her lab coat everywhere

she plays with the seams, runs the fabric between her fingers, tugs on the corners of it to create pressure on her shoulders

sometimes she spins in a circle just to let the fabric flap behind her like a cape

tags on clothing are EVIL

she takes them out with a seam ripper till there’s no traces

sallys clothes are always a little large and odd bc if they’re not comfy she Dies

no really she’ll end up in a ball somewhere crying because of sensory grossness

she has serious sensory processing issues

sometimes it’s really a Drag but she loves fiddling with things so much and it feels so good and she wouldn’t give it up for the world

she has a watch that sometimes she’ll make clicking noises along with the tick tick tick tick

lots more under the readmore!

sally is the queen of weighted blankets

she always has one readily accessible in case she needs to wrap up in it

the gang Knows this and they’re always asking her to borrow one

like one time esther texts sally like “help me im having sensory issues and i need hugs”

and sally turns up with not one but TWO heavy blankets

(she may have fallen over once or twice trying to carry both of them)

(just these two lil scurrying feet on skinny legs goin patpatpatpat supporting this huge bundle of extra-weighted bedding floating down the hall)

she wraps esther in them and then squeezes her, too

for good measure, sally gets up on her tippie toes and rests her chin on esther’s head

esther, muffled: “i am a burrito now”

sally: “a precious tiny gay burrito”

or, estherrito

bridget puts her in her phone contacts as ‘ettie burrito’

and sally in turn puts her in hers as ‘questherdilla’

also oh my god when will she Stop doing fingerguns with accompanying tongue clicks

sally talks to herself

she has a little wee tape recorder named Diane because Diane

its covered in stickers

she likes to record what she’s doing to organize herself and calm down

and she’ll replay them to process things

sometimes her friends will leave happy messages on there for her

or helen will sing her a little ditty

helen is the world’s best audio stim

her voice is just really soothing

she’ll sing absently and everyone just operates more smoothly for that minute

she likes singing for herself too

humming and tapping her instrument is a soothing habit

helen is very audio/vocal

she likes to play the same song over and over again

bridget has some issues with self image

she also has obsessive tendencies, sometimes related to organization and labeling things

but also related to literature and only being able to talk about whatever she’s into

sometimes it’s easier to quote things from her favorite books instead of replying in her own words

she doesn’t like things that are uneven or unbalanced

objects OR concepts that are unfair or unequal

(except her hair. her hair is badass and she’s okay with that kind of disunity)

esther’s adhd and her big stims are

high heel clicks on the floor when she walks

fancy & feminine clothes that make her feel secure

the ritual of putting on her makeup

pencils (tapping or twirling)

HER RINGS, she has three and she spins spins spins

she likes to rub the shaved side of bridget’s head

and run her fingers through the hair on the other side

she ALWAYS has her father’s old deck of cards with her, she’s shuffled them so many times they’re completely worn down, and no one is allowed to touch them but her

they’re very soft, she has a new pack as well for crisper sound/feeling and everyday use

sometimes she uses card games as lens to make sense of the world

she has a rough time with communication and a rough time with empathy but she’s trying to work on both of those

both come easier with people she’s close to and bridget is helping her some too

it’s easy for her to hyperfocus in class and doing homework, so it took them a while to diagnose her

out of all of them, esther is the best at reminding people to be organized and do self-care (tho she doesn’t always take care of herself)

she spends a lot of her time in her own head, she really values alone time, and she needs to recharge after she spends time around people

even people she loves

jack’s also adhd, had been diagnosed for a while and has almost all of the opposite symptoms as esther (which is another one of the reasons it took them so long to figure out esther)

jack always works better after he moves, if he runs a little or bounces a ball around or is shaking his legs, rocking on his heels

he makes lots of rolling rrr sounds and blows his lips when he’s frustrated

the pencil chewing ended in splinters and the pen chewing ended in ink all over so now he has a little necklace with a chewable shark

the sharks name is Fredrico

his binder is actually kinda helpful because it’s pressure

he screws and unscrews things a lot

actually taking apart and putting back together all machinery is a Big Thing

june is dyslexic

she has cute tinted glasses to help her with studying

sometimes helen reads stuff out loud for her, she doesn’t mind but june hates to ask

for her birthday quentin bought her a five sided highlighter to color code different things

she has some emotional processing issues

it’s easier to feel angry than anything else

& her methods of dealing with anger aren’t super healthy either

quentin is the only one who actually can manage himself

Quentin is a Hydrated Boy

(he has great skin)

quentin always comes across as super chill but that’s actually because he has hella anxiety and works really hard to manage it

penny is autistic and if june and helen are the dad and mom friends and esther is the gay cousin

then sally and anthony are the autistic aunt and uncle who adopt penny as their niece

they can spot one of their own from a mile off and just decided We Gonna Take Her Under Our Big Fluffy Damn Wings

penny is the Flappiest Autistic

big happy arm flaps, upset little hand flaps, her fast excited flaps are literally the best and most joyous thing

she’s always been kinda embarrassed and insecure about it but jack is so supportive

he’s only a moderate flapper but he often flaps with her when she does it

and he calls her his butterfly

this melts her heart and makes her feel happy and not weird and when this happens she is prone to flapping even harder

she calls him her moth

they’re precious fluttery darlings

sometimes when they both get going, sally joins in too and they all spin around the room fluttering in a big flappy tornado

it’s Good 

#ars placement #ars paradoxica #sally grissom #esther roberts #anthony partridge #helen partridge #june barlowe #jack wyatt #bridget chambers #quentin barlowe #penny wise #estherroberts #lizzieraindrops #high school au #modern au #neurodivergent #actually autistic #nd headcanons

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Under the eye of an institution

Part 3

Summary: Logan and Patton (both 16), the older students, are expected to look after two groups of freshmen in Watersouth boarding school for boys. Both of them despise the tradition of bullying that is subjected to the newcomers by older students. The two respectively get a student in their groups who is a little different from the ordinary crowd: Roman and Virgil (both 15).

Author’s note: I’m so into this, but please don’t expect updates at this rate. I am simply hyperfocused. The first day is done at least! Message me for getting into the taglist, please.

Triggers: Bullying, abuse, violence, violent punishments, panic attacks, self-deprecation, name-calling, i n s t i t u t i o n

Other parts here

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Roman was clearly ashamed, as he approached Logan on the fourth period. Logan lowered the book he was reading, and other boys sitting close by peeked to see part of the action. This guy seemed like he would be giving them a fair amount of entertainment this year.

”I kicked my foot during lesson, sir,” Roman confessed.

Logan frowned. He had an assumption there was more to that than simply kicking a foot.

”And?”

”I had to be told to stop three times, sir,” Roman muttered, looking at the ground.

”Okay. Let’s go,” Logan ordered, and the boys whooped again. Roman made sure to look even more devastated for the show as they walked outside.

”Now why didn’t you stop ’kicking your foot’ the first time you were told?” Logan pressed.

”I did, sir, but then a few moments passed and I was suddenly doing it again,” the younger boy defended himself.

”Suddenly, huh?” Logan’s eyebrow arched. ”You didn’t have anything to do with that?”

Roman squirmed. ”I honestly don't know, sir! It just happens.”

”Well, however that might be, you are writing me a three-page essay with the title ’My misbehavior’, and it must be handed to me tomorrow morning.”

Roman sighed, and his posture slumped. There was no way he could get to know his classmates in class with these rules in place, so he had been waiting for the day to end. Maybe after classes there could be some boys playing football outside and he could join them!

Now all of that about fun and friends seemed as if it was behind a locked glass door. So close, but yet unattainable. Roman crossed his hands, making puppy-eyes at Logan.

”Let it be known, that I am not willing to compromise in any way, shape or form.” Logan looked down at that rascal boy, sighing. ”Let’s go.”

Roman pretended to hold his bottom in pain as they walked back, effectively amusing the older boys again. In fact, he thought to himself, a little slap would have been easier. It would have stung for a second but then I could have had a bunch of fun afterwards.

….

Classes had ended for the day, and Virgil was leaning on the wall of the main building. He watched the other students playing football and some weird catching-game, hanging out, getting to know each other and doing homework. He also saw a few of his kind, sitting or reading alone. The quiet boy told himself he was fine on his own. There would be no distractions for getting his homework done and no one to disturb him listening his favourite music.

Despite all the positive remarks he found himself glancing at other boys and wondering if they would laugh at his stutter. They most definitely would, and he couldn’t even think of balancing on the top of a single crossbar like they were just doing. No, he was better off alone.

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Roman let out a frustrated groan. He wanted to please his mom by doing his homework before going outside like she had directed at home. He had quickly glanced through the other texts and exercises, but then there was this three-page essay. He could not simply rush through it, it was going to take so much time! Roman tapped the paper with his pen, trying to figure out how to start an essay like that. He wrote the title down, frowning at it. ”My misbehavior”. What does that even mean?

”Can’t I have some peace and quiet even inside,” an angry voice complained behind him. A thin boy was laying on one of the four bunk-beds in the room. He gestured at Roman. ”Stop that!”

Roman looked around, confused. What was he doing. Oh. He stopped tapping the ground with his foot.

”Finally,” the boy rolled his eyes and turned back to reading.

Roman shrugged and turned back to his writing. He looked out of the window, watching sadly at the group of students playing football. He imagined himself being there, outside with them. He was the boy who was rushing through the defences of the opposing team, he feinted that other player, he kicked the ball… and score!!! Roman ran victoriously, getting tackled by his teammates and being lifted to the air. They were all cheering for him, a few handsome boys looked at him with admiration..

”Are you crazy of what?” The same, dry voice interrupted Roman’s daydreaming. He realized he had stood up and was holding his arms in the air, watching the game.

”They scored,” Roman smiled to the other kid.

The bookworm rolled his eyes. ”Whatever.”

Roman sat down, looking at the blank paper. He decided to do it fast and then go outside. He wrote half of the first page before taking a pause. It looked good enough. Roman glanced outside, letting out a relieved breath as the game was still going. He could write the rest after dinner, but he /absolutely could not/ delay going outside any longer. They might stop the football game at any second. Roman left his papers on the table and sprinted outside.

...

After dinner a nice student called Daniel asked Roman to continue the football match, and he couldn’t resist. There was still a lot of time before they would have to go to their rooms and sleep. He had a lot of fun running around with the others, while sadly didn’t manage to get close enough to score.

The school bell rang, and Roman glanced around in confusion. What would happen now? He saw that the tutors were assembled at the front door and younger students made lines before them. Roman went with the others, asking somebody why they had to form up.

”It’s time to go inside, half an hour before beginning evening routine,” he got as an answer.

Roman’s eyes widened. Half an hour? How did time pass so fast? He would just have to write the essay as quick as possible. He could do it.

Roman tried to write his essay, but other boys demanded him to give them space at the small table so he retreated to his bed. He kept getting distracted by the funny stories the other boys were sharing, but managed to write the other page by simply writing what first came to his mind. At some point he realized he had gone off-topic, but there was no time to erase anything. He just jumped back to it and finished just before Logan came in and made them walk to the bathrooms in a line. He was very proud for having done the task in time, and was actually waiting for tomorrow to hand it to his tutor.

….

Virgil gave a weak smile to Patton as he wished them all goodnight. At least their tutor was nice. If he could just not disappoint him, he would be fine. The door closed, and a pale ray of light from the half-moon was their hope in the dark dormitory.

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