#WHO TAUGHT HIM THOUGH???

[brucenorris007]

Who. Taught. Knuckles. Speech????

All y’all going on about Sonic being nonverbal in his early years, KNUCKLES LITERALLY RAISED HIMSELF.

He survived purely on the basis that basically nothing on Angel Island could kill him and his own wits

He was otherwise completely alone with only other nonverbal company for YEARS, probably close to a decade before Sonic and Tails came along

My only working theory is that Eggman used the entirety of his abandoned pursuit of a teaching degree to give the Echidna a grasp of language before Sonic caught up to the crashed Death Egg

This would also explain the unfortunate instances of occasional sexism from Knuckles in some of his earlier iterations; Eggman would tell you nowadays that he was never That Guy, but he absolutely was and still is That Guy

#Knuckles the Echidna #Knuckles #WHO TAUGHT HIM THOUGH??? #This Eggman theory is halfway a joke only because there’s NOTHING ELSE to go on #Does the Master Emerald double as a learning aid? #Did someone other than his asshole Dad leave voice recordings and books for him to read? #And if so why isn’t he ever seen listening to those recordings on repeat just to hear another voice? #Did he meet the Chaotix before the events of Sonic 3? #I feel like even a young Vector would’ve had some advice about picking out a con though #and if his first encounter with other verbal folk ended up being friends like the Chaotix #then he wouldn’t be QUITE as consistently quick to dismiss people off his island #Eggman's lies were formative of his opinions on outsiders #Sonic and Tails just wore him down over time #thoughts #Bruce talks about

[vinillain]

DALLY HOURS TIME

#bro so good he’s more popular then Yugo himself in France 💙💙 #okay but his character is deeper even though most of the time it’s depicted very shallow #he and Yugo are best brothers I love them so much #The main reason Ad killed him in s3 was because of the Ova and that he was chosen over him #And adamai who has been abandoned so much and left behind kind of snapped #also it’s mostly played as a joke but this guy has had a fkd up childhood 😭 like jesus #I like to think Yugo taught him how to cook and he taught Yugo how to sword fight when he gained that power <3 #wakfu #wakfu dally #wakfu percedal #wakfu pin pin #wakfu yugo #wakfu s4 #wakfu adamai #wakfu art #also shout out to puck for the traingle eyebrowns I can’t draw him without them ❤️

[waywardmillennial]

okay but also Ryan actually becoming a good student bc he remembered enough about the defenestration lesson to use it when it mattered

#spoilers #Puppet History spoilers #Puppet History #PH s5e6 #Ryan Bergara #even though it was the hologram prof who taught it to him #he didn't know that #he was trying to be a good student this season #good for you Beef Boy! /gen

[depressedhatakekakashi]

Kakashi: *shows countless times in canon he cares about his students and wants to train them, but a lot of that training is outright skipped for ‘more interesting storyline’

Weirdo’s: nah, Kakashi didn’t teach any of his student’s anything and didn’t care about them at all.

#like god DAMN #Y’all can’t handle an imperfect teach can you? #you can’t handle a character who makes mistakes but genuinly tried his hest #who was thrown into the job even though he did not ask for it #and STILL did his best #‘he doesn’t care about sakura’ #WHY THE FUCK WOULD HE PROTECT HER AND CONTINUE TO SAVE HER IN ALMOST EVERY FIGHT IF HE DIDN’T CARE #‘he didn’t teach sakura anything’ yes the FUCK he did #he taught her chakra control which she obv excelled at #and a jonin level technique that allowed her to avoid being knocked out in the konoha crunch #and allowed her to wake Naruto up as well #‘he only ever tried to push his views on Sasuke’ #no he didn’t #he only told Sasuke to stop seeking revenge when sasuke turned chidori #a move kakashi taught him to face a shinobi with an impenatable defence that WANTED TO KILL PEOPLE #there is a whole year before that where he knows Sasuke’s goal and never once tells him not to seek revenge #and him not being able to connect with Sasuke doesn’t mean his intentions were not genuine #sometimes people simply don’t understand each others trauamas and struggles #even when they desperatly want to #‘he was terrible to naruto’ fucking WHERE #He chose a specific sensei to teach Naruto chakra control #recogbizing it as Naruto’s weakness #and chose a dude who was a jonin specificlly because of his teaching capabilities #as for the fucking time skip #it’s made vary obviouse even before the team splits that Kakashi and all the other Jonin are on missions constantly #that’s the whole reason Shikamaru and a bunch of genin were sent after sasuke #instead of you know #FUCKING JONIN #None of the jonin were available #they were all on missions

[luck-of-the-drawings]

IMAGINE. working at ur stupid uhhh job or whatever. pulling into your drive way and ready to work on some crazy project in your garage. opening the door to the most unfamiliar silence. did your wife and kid leave for something? could you imagine knocking on your kids door, hardly getting an answer, and opening it to find the splattered remains of your wife across his room your child is scared! hes hardly consolable, in a state of shock and terror. you are too, but youre the adult here. you need to take charge. you need to protect him. you need to do something. you need to do something.

#cw gore #jrwi fanart #jrwi show #jrwi prime defenders #jrwi pd spoilers #ashe winters #LOOOORRRD HELP ME THIS IS A YEAR OLD AND I HAAAATE LOOKIN AT IIITTTT ALL I CAN SEE ARE MY MISTAAAKESSS RRAAGHHHGGG ITS FINE THOUGH #ITS FIIIINE ITS ALL FIIIIIIINE!! IM HARSHER ON MY ART THAN ANYONE ELSE ITS FIIIIIINE IIITTSFFIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINEEEE #ANWYAY SO I THINK ALOT ABOUT THE FACT HE KILLED HIS MOM. FUUUUCKED UP. POOR GUY.. i wish i could learn more about what that day was like #the lil scenario wrote is my own silly little headcanon. but what really happened on that day? was mark there? or did he come home to it? #how violent was it really? was ashe awake the whole time? does he remember exactly how he killed her? does he remember? #who was mrs winters? what was she like? i like to think she was the one that gave ashe the book. taught him what she could before. yknow. #did ashe or mark try to destroy it afterwards? i could imagine mark throwing it into a fire. only for it to reappear with ashe #maybe ashe couldnt destroy it but i could imagine him hiding it. hiding away from it. and yet when we find him he holds it so close #its the only thing he can do! no super powers or anything. this was it. why would he ever throw away the only thing hes good at? #AND GOOD GOD MARK... TURNING TO MERCENARY WORK OVER IT ALL... SELLING HIS SOUL TO A LAbortory that changed him in immense ways #when did it get bad enough for him to start covering his face? what was ashe thinking? he knew his dad was up to something but what? #maRK HAS SUUUCH A CRAZY KILL COUNT TOO. I THINK THE HIGHEST IN THE SERIES IF WE'RE NOT LOOKIN AT THE GODS OR WATEV #MASS MURDER. MAN HAS COMMITTED MASS MURDER AND BROKE OUT OF SUPER VILLAIN PRISON WITH A PEN. MAN BUILDS IRON MAN SUITS IN HIS BASEMENT #OKay okay enough of my ramblin okayokay i just REALLY LOVE THIS SSHHOOOOWWW DUUUDEE EEUUGHTHTHHRHGHGH I LOVE THE WINTERS FAMILY...

[heavencasteel420]

I don’t ship R*nance, but, man, it’s wild seeing people go “um, why would you ship that, Nancy is so mean to Robin” when they ship H@rringrove. Shouldn’t they be bored because Nancy’s not mean enough? She doesn’t even pop up when Robin’s gazing longingly at Vickie to go “huh, guess your crush is getting porked by Mr. Mullet tonight,” let alone break crockery over her head.

#tbh my real hot take is that Steve’s stank attitude towards Eddie #(while not actually a big deal) #is less sympathetic than nancy being short with Robin right after seeing a dead body #st*ddie is fine to me #it’s a McDonald’s happy meal #unremarkable but good at the right moment #but I’ll be real with you all I don’t see what’s in it for Eddie based on the show dynamics #some people write it good though #I will be additionally real with y’all #the real reason I lost interest in r*nance #is that I read one too many fics where Nancy is disappointed in jonathan #for smoking weed when she taught him that poetry is just another way to rap #not literally but close to that #like. ugh. why make her so uncool and condescending #also—and I don’t think this applies to most people who ship it #just a subset of Steve stans #sometimes it feels like a way for Steve to win their breakup #it’s a bummer #okay. ship diss track over.

[yakozy]

had a fun time being their enrichment! tucked em in real nice and sweet

ft. bonus little meow meow little wheek wheek so happy he got to fight again

#yakuza #ryu ga gotoku #majima goro #saejima taiga #yakozy plays y7 #ok so i beat their asses at lvl 43 with sa chan zhao and han #was just so overly happy to see them again even though i knew they'd be there #idk man these games (lets be real it was saejima who taught me this in y5 when fighting baba) have taught me the honor in fighting #not to be too cringe but it felt nice to fight them and feel like. i finally get to be on the other side...our fight will be legendary!! #idk it was really fun for me lol #i just missed my old men :(( im glad they're at least hiding away together and with daigo #i can only imagine how bad daigo has it with majima teasing him all the time LOL i would too maji #god i love them

[hella1975]

'compliments to the chef!' the chef is currently waving around the steak hammer going 'COCK AND BALL TORTURE' so i think i'll let this one slide. have a nice day tho

#i just came round the corner like 'can you do some fries for table- what are you doing.' #literal five year olds im telling you. he even had the grace to look embarrassed #it was so dead today that my manager had me take ALL THE ALCOHOL OFF THE SHELVES AND DUST THEM #it was kinda funny tho bc basically our bartender today was this one lad who's worked there even longer than i have #AND as a full-timer so he's regarded as like a Knows All kind of worker at my place he's very VERY respected #even though he is just some 20-something guy lmao. and on top of him being our best bartender i in comparison am not even bar trained #everything i know about the bar has been picked up on shift just from observing in fact he's taught me 99% of ALL OF IT #so between the two of us it's not even a COMPETITION #like he has me FLOORED when it comes to bar. so it was absolutely a skill thing but the conversation was: #my manager: i need you both to clean the shelves but if there's customers dan will take the bar and hella you clean #my manager: *silent for 2 seconds. eyes widening* IM NOT BEING SEXIST BY THE WAY #LIKE KING NO ONE SAID YOU WERE 😭 #i of course jumped on it i was IMMEDIATELY like 'idk mate it sounds like an HR complaint to me' #man was DISTRESSED lmfaooo #hella slaves to capitalism

[oatbugs]

oh my god ! haha . anyway a bit buzzed perhaps. anyway here's what happened on the date

#at some point i took the earrings off. the metal clanging was screaming their name too loud and it #was 6 knives to the throat and he confirmed it so. here's the kicker. you can be taught a lot and you can have their hands on your thighs #and you can kiss them but even if they pray even if they tell you about the bible looking into you like really they lost what they believed #in a pennsylvania countryside catholic schools with a protestant family since joining the london school of economics #even if they pray for you to stay the whole way even though their hair was softer than hers you think of her and he thinks of someone else #and be tells you none of it will make sense. they smile and they say what a shame you might miss the train but they hold onto you #the entirety of you - like a religion or a polite insistence or something to keep. #you learned they were used to losing everyone they felt bound to love. they said they got really good at letting go. you were told #you think he's being epistemologically #irresponsible and he tells you he carries a massive task. he tells you the responsibility is monumental #and he feels responsible for defining responsibility. he shows you songs and his poetry. my eyes feel on fire. #she doesnt know this. this is marylebone. the next station is edgeware road. everyone here looks happy and high and clear of the doors. #he says tell me when you get to the station and very especially tell me if you don't. the next station is paddington. please mind the gap #between the train and the platform. you say this to him. he says i minds the gap between you and i. i mind it so much that i need you to #come back. he says this because you kissed him briefly but you kissed him well. she says you're a good kisser but he says you have him #stunned. he asks you who decides the truth. he tells you you decide the truth without his mouth. you're fast enough to make it there before #the wheels do. this world is lit by glass and light and people with a pact to fall in love with the abstractions more than each other. #he tells you to be committed to your various intangible loves more than anyone. you both have to be. they love each other anyway. #i was supposed to find a persian poetry book with her on our fourth date except she was hours late. i found it with him. he didnt give up #he should be perfect and i should really like him.

[sleebyfrogs]

Okay so just imagine like. You’re just a little guy. You have no parents and your grandfather who raised you has always disparaged and disapproved of the very fact that you exist, for reasons utterly beyond your control. People enjoy your presence because you’re polite and charming the same way they enjoy flowers in spring, which is to say in passing and ultimately without any real connection.

And then you meet this guy who is just like. obsessed with you. He always wants to be around you and he derives true joy from it without you having to say anything funny or clever or lie for politeness’ sake. He creates art that he loves of you and because of you. Indirectly, you are suddenly able to put joy and beauty into the world, anything into the world, because you inspire him. You never imagined you would leave any kind of footprint the way things were before, because nothing you had was meaningful or lasting. And he flatters you dreadfully, he tells you how incredibly beautiful you are, and whether you realise it or not, you can feel that at least part of this value that he has found in you, that he has given you, comes from that beauty.

And then one day you meet his friend, who is older than you and cooler than you and a lord, and so witty and eloquent that you struggle just trying to keep track of whatever the fuck he’s talking about (and he always sounds like he knows everything about it), and he’s been this guy’s friend much longer than you have, and he also compliments you on your beauty and so seemingly that is the only quality of any worth that you possess, right? And then he waxes on and on about how it’s the only thing worth having and explains that what you have is actually incredibly valuable and fragile and precious, and that you are inevitably going to lose it and there’s nothing you can do. And also he says all this while you’re having your gay awakening because he’s sweet-talking you in a way you’ve never experienced and it’s uhhhhh it’s something. So then while you’re having a complete existential crisis over this your mutual friend calls you over to show you the most exquisite painting you’ve ever seen in your life and it’s of you. You didn’t know you could be so beautiful to anyone, you didn’t know he could create anything so beautiful, you didn’t know beauty on this level could even be captured in art. And that’s how he sees you, continually, without you having to make any effort to please him? Just to be yourself is enough to have inspired this incredible thing? You might cry. And then you realise he created it here and now and of you because on this particular day of June, you are twenty years old, and young, and pretty, and once you age out of that, you will lose the one thing anyone has ever valued in you, and surely also his interest, and you will be alone again, and worthy of nothing and no one. And because you’re also twenty years old and privileged and inexperienced you’ve never learned any capacity for nuanced thoughts and say things that are incredibly rash and stupid and regrettable.

So I’m not saying Dorian did nothing wrong but I am saying in his position I’d definitely have been a vain and terrified idiot too

#The Picture of Dorian Gray #LISTEN. My other point is that yes he should have known better but he was never given the chance to learn how to make those better decisions #The world and people that should have prepared him to be a wiser adult navigating a more complex world failed and neglected him #So in that position with the life he’d had behind him he could *never* have made a different choice even though his past was full of so many #opportunities for him to learn that if only anyone had actually given it the time of day to teach him #Yes Dorian was selfish and cruel and stupid and that is his fault #But it was also wrong of the people in his life not to have shown and taught him how to be anything else #And that’s really what makes him a very tragic character to me #Because all these things that he couldn’t control came together by sheer chance and made him an offer he had no means to refuse #and no idea he was even agreeing to #and it set him up perfectly to ruin his entire life and the lives of so many around him #Doriginal #Lord that was. an Essay and now it’s 4am girl help #Yes it was still a fight he could have won and he lost anyway. #but I do think it’s more than a little unfair that no one who was meant to ever gave him a sword.

[bumblingbabooshka]

Tuvok and his pet, Torabru-fo. (+ matchmaker's notes)

#Torabru-fo is part of a species of tortoise whose markings look similar to makeup #they're called 'thousand year ladies' bc they're rumored to live for a thousand years - though it's more like 400 #So Torabru-fo was actually Tuvok's mother's father's pet who was passed down #and in my mind she's still alive in canon - though very old! Lives at his parents' house #Tuvok's 'real' childhood pet was a sehlat named Wari but his father thought the tortoise would make him stand out more #Tuvok #st voyager #st voyager art #bea art tag #picturing that Vulcan children usually have a lot of extracurriculars or indiosyncratic skills #bc their parents want to put as much as they can on their matchmaking file or whatever it is - if they don't have familial prestige #Kal-Toh lessons :/ vs Kal-Toh lessons taught by a Vulcan master :O !!!!!

[spnintheyearofourlord]

Okay Dean “You know I am not much for prayin’ ‘cause in my book it’s the same as beggin’” and “I prayed to you, Cas, every night” Winchester, I see you.

#destiel #deancas #dean winchester #supernatural #just thinking my little thoughts #don’t look at me I’m having a moment #something something no greater devotion than that to his brother who he’s praying for in the former yet this implies #the same love and desperation fueling that must apply to Cas too #do y'all see what I'm saying? does the connection make sense? #especially s8 going forward Dean often takes the cake for toxicity I’m sorry it’s just true. HOWEVER. we need to talk about the softness #that man shows to Cas in this season specifically. #for ex: after Cas sternly shuts him down in 8x08 he doesn't get defensive and snap back like Dean often does #he goes over and sits on the bed across from cas and softly says 'talk to me.' like i'm sorry? has dean ever said that?? #not that i recall. usually it's smthg like 'are you ok? no? that's rough buddy. shove it down.' bc that's what he was taught #and mid-end of the prior season though his ‘don’t tell Cas the truth’ plan was not great it was pretty clear imo how deeply happy he was #just to have cas back. broken or not he’d rather have him. . #I don't know exactly what I'm trying to say that's why we're in the tags but it's just something about how Cas deeply betrayed them and we #know how intensely Dean can hold a grudge yet when they get Cas back Dean's softer with him than he ever was before. #and then searches monster land high and low for him even after Cas abandons him #and connecting the former and latter quotes up there it's pretty clear how deep that devotion runs #(platonically or romantically. to each their own reading. and not always healthily.) #because he's as well as admitted he begged for Cas in purgatory. every. night. #Dean 'I don't pray bc i don't beg and I'm not weak' #Dean 'I would do anything for sam so i'll beg for help' #Dean 'I prayed to you. I killed my way to you. did you hear my prayers?' #it's just really somethin'. #I have to wonder if Cas knows how big that is. He must right? #(for my own tags) #dean #spn s8

[arashi-no-saxlphone]

Hotashi one-and-doned me last night on Strive btw LOL. He was on Aba so I honestly didn't think he was gonna ready up (frankly I was hoping he wouldn't cause the man plays like a demon and scares me) and it was REALLY close! I would've been so stoked to take a game off Hotashi and then after the first one he dipped SO fast. I'm guessing the connection was dog on his end but that was one of the craziest things to happen to me playing this game. I could've scammed Hotashi. I could've gapped. I could've been annoying about it til the end of time (Note Aba Axl is extremely favorable for Axl and I still lost LOL)

#sairambles #guilty gear #ggst #axl low #aba #maaan every time I hit a new level of skill it's like there's another rung up the ladder for me to climb #first was my buddy who taught me #caught up to him #second was getting into celestial #done and done #third was fighting celestial players and moving and playing like they do #done done done #now it's encountering big names like Dany's Ky or Hotashi #and they just move so different #it's like a different videogame #there isn't a single wasted second of opportunity or movement... #worst so far was fighting HorHez's Leo though haha #the way that guy moves on Leo had me CONVINCED they were cheating #shit was WHACK #I'm not an ambitious man or anything but one day it'd be cool to be up there in skill #to be the Cracked Axl Guy #but hey even if not #I'm still having one hell of a time I think #that's gonna be good enough for ol Sai heheh

[rubberbandballqueen]

favorite part of work today was when i told the kids to get into two lines, n this one guy was like "i don't want to" n then started talking to his buddy in mandarin, n so then in chinese i was like, "hey, come here."

n he n his buddy looked at each other n then looked at me with like that faintly displeased expression that means they've realized they can't get away with not being that good at english (or feel terribly isolated from n indifferent to the adults bc they don't speak their language) anymore

and then when i told them to line up in mandarin they groaned abt it for sure but they did drag themselves into a line

#i walked in n this one kid handed me a book to read like a big hardcover graphic novel type thing n said i could look through it #so for kicks i started reading it out loud with all the silly voices n sound effects n blocking #and so then obviously the other children started to swarm me and god. kids have so much body heat #n you can feel it bc they have no personal space qwq #n anyway so i led them all to a different corner of the room and ended up reading 15 out of the 16 chapters of the book #out loud to a big chunk of the kids for like an hour w/a 5 min break halfway through for water #and when i came back the kids were organizing the chairs themselves into a semicircle to give me enough space to perform #i was sweating more than i have in Quite A While by the end bc again. children are So Warm n also being dramatic takes energy #the same kid who handed me the book today last year handed me some pokemon cards n i ended up spending all of spring camp #drawing pokemon from cards as references for kids to color n stuff bc i didn't want to go to the computer n print out coloring pages #so! i should probably stop spoiling/“yes and--”ing kids at work w/my nonsense but it gives them smth memorable at least #but also i am so fucking tired today lol i had to leave class as soon as it was done dash home to drop off my jacket n backpack #i didn't even have time to take off my shoes before entering the house so I Did An Unforgivable Sin (walked around w/shoes on) #n then put on my work jacket n dash out the door again to go to my 5.75 hr work shift o(--( #i don't regret it!! i did tell my boss i was free for afternoon camp shifts specifically bc i wanted these shifts even tho timing'd be tigh #successfully taught a kid to tie his shoelaces today though!!!!! what's w/kids n always using the very tips of their laces to mimic you tho #when you are very clearly handling the parts of the laces right next to your foot. it did click for him tho eventually #the worm speaks

[itspileofgoodthings]

okay but guys I am a little worried this estranged married couple in my Elizabeth Goudge novel won’t get back together after all. she wouldn’t do that to me, would she?? Would she??

#I trust her. It’s a long book and there’s a lot left #they’re not the main characters. they’re the parents but I need them to reunite #the secret ingredients (taught to me by Goudge) are a) a man who loves his wife despite her treatment of him #b) a spoiled woman who needs that love even though she wishes she doesn’t #like she’s just throwing a girlboss little fit!!!!!! But she’ll wake up and see the truth right? Right??????????

[tariah23]

They’re calling my baby Gojo, Joseph Joestar now

#rambling #the diff is that Gojo did apologize after being called out and face to face with his racism whilst Joseph literally befriended nazi’s 😵‍💫 #and there was never any explanation from araki as to why he’d even wrote German soldiers in the shit in the first place like that was #absolutely jarring as hell to read for the very first time back when I’d gotten into jjba #well I watched it first but you know #like Joseph really thought fondly of Stroheim as this stand up guy even though he’s first of all #a Nazi #and second #the first scene that we were introduced to was of him sexually harassing a Woman #it’s……. 🗿 #still to this day I wonder if araki had ever addressed this because lord #Joseph was just happy to get the help I guess but that felt so ooc for him from what he’d seen 🗣️ #happily receiving the help of a Nazi and calling them a nice guy ahhh Joseph- #Gojo would never sjjsaj #my boo boo is a little prejudice but he’s working on it 🗣️ #I still think that gege was trying to have a ‘racism is bad’ moment but again #the execution was pretty awkward and it felt out of place considering what had been currently going down in the manga #like the Racism was pretty random but it was swiftly put to a stop which I can appreciate even if it shouldn’t have been a point of #conversation to begin with since why couldn’t Miguel just exist as a character instead of him being the now token negro #who everyone sees as instantly more frighteningly powerful than everyone else like this didn’t even need to be brought up wllssldk #idk gege was trying to be ‘woke’ 😭. sorry nbs and wp ruined the term for me but like basically lol #gojo’s pretty intelligent and extremely gifted but he’s never been perfect lol #it’s just that idk why gege chose to talk about antiblackness in Japan out of nowhere about the only black character on screen hehhhhhh #like gege tried but lmfao #this is so funny to me #at least it didn’t drag on putting Miguel in an even more awkward situation than he already was and it was nipped in the bud quickly #Gojo isn’t one to dwell on things but when he’s face with new information and is taught something he does try to reflect and do better and #I’m sure he probably started to become even more aware of what he’s saying especially when talking to Miguel in an honest way since that’s #always been the kind of character who he was despite the horrors #the only ppl who’ve been kinda annoying about this are nbs and white people as always 🗿