#actually little hat might FIRST OF ALL WHEN WILL THIS DUDE END UP IN A COMMENTARY BOX

[twstunes]

okay this isn't a tierlist it's more of a groupings list

BORING DRESS SHOES CONTAINMENT ZONE

[ Trey, Deuce, Jack, Azul, Jade, Malleus, Silver, Sebek, Trein ]

There's not much to say about most of these except that I don't like them. Yes yes they're functional and fit the personalities of those wearing them. I'll still die on the hill that plain dress shoes are more boring than they are classy >:/

Trey, Deuce, Jack, and Silver all have on penny loafers, which are about as casual as you can get while still counting as formalwear-appropriate. Azul and Jade appear to both have on plain-toe oxfords, which I'm sure they coordinated on. Malleus and Trein also seem to have some variety of oxfords, though Trein might be wearing derbies?

Sebek's in here bc I'm not quite sure what's going on with his shoes. Considering that rectangular portion on the interior sides & the fact he's in Equestrian Club, I wouldn't be surprised if they were jodhpurs? They accomplish the same visual effect as basic dress shoes, though, so in the containment zone he stays.

ZESTY DRESS SHOES

[ Riddle, Floyd, Lilia, Crowley, Crewel, Sam ]

Floyd, Lilia, and Sam make up the milder end of the zest spectrum. Floyd made his own shoes and thus gets a cool-by-default technicality. Lilia's shoes are fairly basic loafers, but the bat engraving and large golden heels are enough to nudge them under the "interesting" umbrella. Sam's shoes aren't really visible under his spats, but he remembered the crucial aesthetic detail of matching his spats w/ his gloves, so he gets a pass.

Riddle's shoes have heart-shaped cap toes and heels so chunky they might as well be wedges; both of these details perfectly fit his heart-themed and undersized ass. Crowley appears to have on derbies w/ extensive lace-patterned embellishments, which feels in-line with his love of fancy little baubles. I'd assumed Crewel was wearing saddle shoes at first glance, but now that I'm looking at them…those are full brogues, I'm pretty sure? (Good walking shoes, thus a good pick for a dog owner.)

BOOT CORNER

[ Rook, Epel ]

Rook is a hunter, and hunters need sturdy shoes that can hold up to long treks through the wilderness (or across campus). These are literally boots you could pick up at any given Tractor Supply. I personally believe Vil hates these shoes but cannot do anything to stop Rook from wearing them. He balances them out with his fancy hat, though, so maybe that's enough to placate Vil?

Epel grew up in Harveston, where I don't think it's possible to wear anything less than boots without getting frostbite most months of the year. Epel's probably been stomping around in these bad boys for A While; the tartan pattern is just unique enough to make it feel more like a hand-me-down than something Vil would buy for him.

ACTUAL SENSIBLE SHOES

[ Cater, Ace, Ruggie, Jamil, Idia, Vargas ]

Cater goes with some stylish slip-ons. They're comfy, they're convenient, and they go with most outfits. This dude would definitely wear the checkered Vans if he could.

I fully believe Ace picked out his shoes based entirely on how they looked. It worked out well in the end tho, bc they're perfect for how active he is. He and Idia are the only ones who don't change into different shoes for PE.

Ruggie, Jamil, and Vargas all have on practical, comfy sneakers, which makes sense considering they're some of the most active people on campus—Ruggie and Jamil are constantly running errands, and Vargas teaches PE all day. I like that Jamil's actually seem a little faded from use, though chances are that's just how they're supposed to look.

Idia, despite being a shut-in, at least has the good sense to put on what appear to be velcro shoes when he goes out. (Choosing velcro over laces is also maybe a safety thing? Easy to get on and off, no laces to come undone and trip over. Very important in a dorm with a lot of expensive tech!)

OUTLIERS

[ Leona, Kalim, Vil, Ortho ]

Leona is well-aware of the standard level of chaos that happens every day at NRC, but that isn't going to stop him from wearing sandals instead of something more protective. Dude wants to be comfy above all else, and frankly, I respect it. Either Crewel hasn't noticed Leona's lack of lab-safe footwear or he's given up on getting the guy to wear closed-toe shoes.

Kalim has on juttis w/ the classic curled/pointed tips. Iirc, curled, pointed tips are startlingly good at reducing the amount of sand that gets into shoes! Seeing as both his home and dorm are in desert environments, these make perfect sense for Kalim's go-to footwear.

Someone at this school full of prettyboys had to put on the heels, and Vil is the only baddie committed to fashion enough to follow through. This pair is undoubtedly custom-made—not just because that's the kind of person Vil is, but because they specifically feature Pomefiore's dorm colors.

Ortho doesn't wear shoes. That's just his body. He also doesn't walk in these bc, according to Idia, "walking is for normies." This foot design is present in all of Ortho's bodies except for his athletic gear, seeing as his athletic gear is the only one meant for walking instead of floating. (Since they're shaped kinda like pincers, I wonder if he can use them for picking things up?)

#if i don't make little charts and lists occasionally i'll die. thank u for your understanding #rip to ppl that reblogged the original version of the post fghjgf i forgot to mention the bats on lilia's shoes..... #twst #twisted wonderland #twisted rambling

[delta-queerdrant]

where are your troubles now? forgotten? (Resistance, s2 e12)

(POV you’re watching the Barbie intro but it’s Star Trek screenwriters. Please indulge me.)

Once, in another century, there was a show called Star Trek Voyager. (Cue 2001: A Space Odyssey music.) A lady and two dudes created it. Occasionally other ladies cowrote episodes. But by the time Season Two rolled around, there were not so many ladies. Actually there was just Jeri Taylor, and by god she tried. But one lady cannot be all things to all people.

Then in November 1995, a great miracle happened. A new lady was hired to write a teleplay. It was fresh, inventive! Something was happening!

Her name was (music crescendos)

L I S A K L I N K

I don’t know much about Lisa Klink, except that “Resistance” marks the beginning of her multi-season involvement in Voyager, and that she was a five-time Jeopardy winner. (I do not watch Jeopardy, I would not be good at Jeopardy, but Jeopardy people are nevertheless my people.) Mostly I know that I turned on “Resistance” and, despite my general disinterest in the show’s production history, immediately asked: who the FUCK wrote this?

“Resistance” is not a perfect episode, but after half a season of flailing, it is a revelation. Klink, writing the script for a story by Michael Jan Friedman and Kevin J. Ryan, has a clear vision of what Voyager can be - a show that’s grounded, emotionally resonant, and trusts its actors. 

I am partial to the gritty, Blade Runner-inflected, Firefly/BSG brand of science fiction television, so when we started in media res, our heroes in civvies doing deals in an outdoor market, I died and went to cyberpunk heaven. (Neelix’s coat alone is worth the price of entry.) Instead of swanning across the galaxy like tourists in a slightly under-resourced cruise ship, the Voyager gang are finally the scrappy underdogs they ought to be.

This is our second Janeway episode of the season, and the first episode, perhaps of the series, that really gives her a character mandate beyond “strong but feminine captain who loves her dog.” Mulgrew has her work cut out for her, acting against JOEL FUCKING GREY, but they’re both marvelous. Waking in the home of the enigmatically batty Caylem (in a claustrophobic sequence whose stagey absurdism recalls a Beckett play), Janeway slowly grows to understand that Caylem, who’s decided she’s his daughter, might be her best ally for escape. The growing emotional connection between the two is so tender and understated; as a writer, Klink has mastered the light touch.

Janeway and Caylem end up collaborating with the local resistance movement to rescue Torres and Tuvok, who have been imprisoned by the lawful evil overlords of this world. Our characters genuinely feel like they are in big trouble! Torres and Tuvok’s prison stint is rough. (I did enjoy B’Elanna’s beatnik dissident prison garb. She looks like it is approximately 1956 and she is a French student who has been arrested for throwing a baguette at a cop.)

The only weak sequence is the prison break itself, which feels too easy and relies on a tired “sex worker disguise” subterfuge. But the ending is so satisfying and will break your heart.

Once Janeway’s back in uniform, it feels like we’ve truly been on a journey, one that brings to mind iconic episodes like “The Inner Light.” Voyager is a long way from home, and I want these characters to go through transformative experiences. The boldness of this episode gets us a little bit of the way there.

A radical reimagining of Voyager, and the best episode of season two in my estimation. I award this one 4.5/5 melon hats.

#star trek #star trek voyager #janeway #LISA KLINK #joel fucking grey!!!

[abnormalcleric]

Manic T. Hedgehog is Canonically GNC/Nonbinary

Please note that I'm not a Sonic expert and I didn't feel like scrubbing through the whole show for screencaps, so most of these are from the same four episodes.

1. From So This is Basically Sonic the Hedgehog: "The boys wear shoes and the girls wear entire outfits." This is true across pretty much all media. Some characters have goggles, a hat, and/or a bandana, but otherwise everyone follows this rule. Except the drummer. Manic wears half an outfit.

That's shoes and gloves (gender-conforming boys mostly have gloves, too) but also bracelets, earrings, a bag, and a vest. I'm not going to count jewelry, but no other masc-aligned character covers that much skin in thier regular outfit. The earrings seem to be unique among Sonic characters, though. It's worth noting, but not immediately relavent, that he has a double helix in his left ear.

While we're on the subject of clothing preferences, let's talk about Wedding Bell Blues. Now, it's possible he could be secure enough in his masculinity to be Little Bo Peep, but that doesn't explain the attitude or how quickly he suggested disguising himself as his own mother in the first place.

Look at the elation in those eyes. The disgust at being thrown to the ground. The poise and grace. The fact that apparently both ears are pierced, but he only wears the two earrings most of the time. And he didn't have to go all the way. The lipstick isn't necessary for the disguise. But it is a good segue to point two.

2. You know how Sonia wears mascara (or at least has eyelashes)? And Sonic just has eyelids?

Sonic's eyelids always stop before the edge of his eye. Even when they draw the line a little thicker, it never extends outside of the eye itself. Manic's frequently (not always) flicks out at the end when he blinks. You'd think it would happen equally to both of them if it was just a mistake. And while I have these pictures here, I need you to stop and look at how fucking cute Manic is. This hedgehog slays.

3. Sonia's voice is "girl", Sonic's voice is "boy", and Manic's voice is "sassy". I want to describe it as valley girl/surfer dude. They could have had a Brooklyn accent or used different slang and filler words, but they, like, always go for "like." That's way more valley girl than it ever was surfer dude. You'll notice that they use "dude" as a descriptor and an interjection, but they usually reserve "bro" for when they're actually referring to Sonic. It's not just the dialect, either, because that could be a learned behavior they picked up in the streets. Half of it is their tone. Even Sonic, who is famous for being snarky, doesn't swing his hips and strut the way Manic does.

4. Look at the way this hedgehog stands, especially as compared to Sonic in the same situations.

The confidence.

The attitude.

The lean back.

The dainty way they hold their hands. That's not a traditional drummer's grip. That's a sassy drummer's grip.

5. There are no gender lines in punk. Sonic is basic, Sonia is posh, and Manic dresses like someone who would flip Sleet off for calling them a slur. Not that Sleet would. Look at that cape.

6. Sonic's hair goes back. Sonia's hair goes forward. Trevor's hair goes back and down. Manic's hair goes up and forward.

It looks like Sonia's hair, but spiky.

7. In general, masculine and feminine characters in the Sonic franchise have roughly the same shoe size. In Underground, feminine, dainty characters like Sonia and Bartleby have smaller feet.

Manic's feet look smaller than Sonic's, but only by a hair. It's actually mostly an illusion. Their feet are the same proportion of their bodies and are drawn to be the same size when they're standing on the same plane. But something about them makes Manic's shoes look smaller in most shots.

Now, you might notice that some of these trends remind you of another Sonic character. Full outfit, smaller feet, overdramatic stance, highly expressive tone and word choice...

#sonic fandom #sonic underground #manic the hedgehog #gnc #nonbinary #sonic headcanons #theory #headcanon #sonic theory #image heavy #i spent way too long on this #hear me out #i think about this a lot #dr robotnik

[surrexi]

so i've been working at my new job for a little over two months now. i'm supposed to be having weekly one-on-one meetings with my boss to track how i'm settling in etc but because he's outrageously busy (like, the kind of busy that indicates there really should be two people with his job) i'm really having them every two weeks or so.

anyway i had one today, about an hour and a half before the end of the day. and it was going all right, if a little awkward because i'm a socially awkward penguin and i don't know how to mask right yet in corporate land. we were going over the various projects i'm working on, pretty normal, except every so often my boss would make an aside comment that would make me worry Something Was Wrong.

finally at the end of the meeting he's like "so there's a couple things that have been brought to my attention" (did not specify what things, like if it was something i said or i way i handled a situation or work that i did). he sends me a link to a training module he's working on building and points out a specific section that talks about a particular business dude's book about how to be a good team member, which says the key is to be humble, hungry, and (people-)smart.

boss is like "before i talk to you about [the unspecified reasons i am being made to feel vaguely in trouble], i want you to look this over and think about it. and we'll pick this up in our next meeting."

which is currently scheduled for next friday, but he's traveling that day so he absolutely might put it off longer.

he also made sure to say multiple times that if someone doesn't agree with this business dude's take on team building it's fine but also it means they won't fit on boss' team and to mention that although "many states" are at-will employment states (meaning during your first 90 days an employer can fire you without having a reason; note that texas is one such state but he weirdly didn't mention it), the company we work for "doesn't do that," which boss thinks is "very generous" of them because when he was a disney exec disney would absolutely fire the shit out of people at the drop of a hat.

so now i have NO IDEA what i did to make someone upset and/or angry at me or what i did wrong, but by god i have at least a week to obsess over (a) what i did and (b) who the fuck narc'd on me without idk TALKING TO ME FIRST?!

boss has said way more about his weird libertarian politics than i have about my own politics, i have only mentioned my religion in passing/in the context of discussing easter weekend plans with a coworker. i don't think i've behaved inappropriately or confrontationally with any of my coworkers, like with my anxiety i'm always worrying about doing my best to be clear and polite and not make people hate me lolsob.

the only thing i've thought of so far is that i've been pretty firm about working 8-hour days/40-hour weeks unless there's a concrete reason to graciously donate my time since my company doesn't do overtime pay and i'm salaried/exempt. like i have never said i would never work overtime and there's already been several days where i worked an extra 30 minutes to an hour that, again, i do not get paid for. unsurprisingly, boss frames being salaried as "we get to work more than 40 hours a week without it being a hassle because of overtime rules." and i do make offhand pro-labor comments/jokes a lot, but i haven't actually, like, threatened to unionize my fellow office workers. i live in texas ffs, if you say the word union too loud the cops show up.

i just feel like this is unhinged levels of psychological warfare from my boss and it took me SO LONG to find this job but now i'm like... maybe i'm not a good fit for your humble/hungry/smart team, bro. but god knows i don't want to be unemployed again. i just got decent health insurance! i can pay my own rent! and buy groceries and medicine!

ugh. why is everything hard.

#this has been a post #about me #work #capitalism was a mistake #anxiety

[charmed-and-alarmed]

EPISODE 5: Scooby and the Gang meet Dracula the Straw Hats versus Dracule aka 'new trauma boy has entered the chat'

my episode 4 coverage

Luffy's childhood pirate flag was better than the one he made last episode

Also it's so weird to show Luffy and Garp together when Luffy is young bc we just saw him free range childhood-ing at that bar. Where was Garp then??

Koby saving Helmeppo = the start of a beautiful friendship

"youre his first mate" now that I know that was never confirmed in canon, this line is 1000% funnier

Ok does Luffy know how navigation works? That scene with Garp implies he might have had some training, but I wouldn't put it past him to only have food-motivated navigational skills

Sanji's introduction is as good as Zoro's. The added bonus of them having tuned down his horrific flirting to something far more palatable is just *chef's kiss*

Everyone teasing Nami about Sanji's flirting (well, Luffy laughs along but clearly has no idea what's going on) is iconic

Mihawk. Dracule Mihawk. Is it a complete waste to have Don Krieg there as canon fodder? Absolutely. But you cannot deny how fucking badass Mihawk is. Note that he refers to Don Krieg's gun thing as a "final gambit" implies that everyone in this world thinks in terms of finishing moves.

"little eggplant" is such an adorable nickname for Sanji. Zeff & Sanji's relationship is so dysfunctional - I want to love it, but they're just so fucked up, I can't judge

Poor Koby, learning that the world is full of hypocrites. Soft boy. Helmeppo just wants to pat his head and hide him from the mean mean world

Maybe an unpopular opinion, but I love Sanji's accent. I like that it separates him from everyone around him, but doesn't go the stereotypical 'chefs are French' route

I'm sad we don't get real Gin. He was a very cool, very complicated. Both me and Sanji are sad about his loss

Also Zoro clearly spews bullshit about Nami so she'll contradict him, revealing more than she would have told him otherwise. Like Nami, you are being played. Zoro isn't even particularly good at it, you're just not at your best right now

Zoro's "I had one friend" - dude, you and Kuina were friends for less than 24hrs.

Between Garp and Luffy, it's clear who got all the cunning in the family. Also Garp's "I want the freedom to handle things how I like" is suuuuuch a douchebag line. Suuuch scum. I take back everything I've said about liking Garp, he is clearly just a 'doesnt play by the rules' cop from a TV drama.

I like that Zoro meets Mihawk super early on in the story. Like, we need to see him be totally wrecked. Zoro needs to experience being totally unprepared for what it's going to really take to achieve his goal. Poor Zoro is here thinking "it's too soon. I didn't think I would meet him so soon" and we get to see he has the potential for greatness, but is clearly still at the beginning of his journey. Did you really think you'd be the greatest swordsman before you hit 20?

Also Zoro's "you said it yourself, you don't have any friends" to Nami is such a dick move? But also a well deserved 'fuck you' to Nami for trying to play aloof rather than accepting the vulnerability that comes with actual friendship. I get why she's conflicted and upset, but I can't help but disagree with her attitude in this part of the series. Like I love her, but she's just enough of a hypocrite to piss me off

Of course Mihawk likes the hat, Luffy. His weird friend/rival/ex-husband had a hat just like that

I love sword fights a lot, but the one between Mihawk and Zoro is painful to watch. It's the fight with Kuina again, and one again Zoro refuses to see that he doesn't have to be the best right now

However I love how Mihawk looks at Zoro though - like a prey animal surveying a particularly interesting bug.

Aaaand when it comes down to it, Luffy never even considered the possibility that Zoro would lose. And Zoro sounds like such a child for once when he makes his vow. Gah. What an ending

Immediately to the next episode

#opla #opla spoilers

[bellascarousel]

20 Questions for Fic Writers!

Tagged by faves @harnitbee and @stars-of-kyber ❤️❤️❤️

1- How many works do you have on AO3?

54 all total

2- What's your total AO3 word count?

611,647 Wow!

3- What fandoms do you write for?

Bridgerton currently. I used to write for The Originals, but Kate and Anthony have taken over my entire brain.

4- What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

1.) Let's Run Away Together - 1442

2.) Ruined - 1061

3.) Closure - 448

4.) Don't Leave - 396

5.) Kathony Advent Calendar 2022 - 379

5- Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

I generally do. I love when people have nice things to say about my writing, and I want to acknowledge them and thank them. Yes, my responses can feel repetitive to me - it feels so weird and insincere to write "thank you for reading and commenting" at the end of every reply, but I want to thank them, even if I am bad at it. LOL That said, sometimes comments get lost in the shuffle. So, if I don't reply to your comment, it's not that I don't appreciate it. It's most likely because I originally read it in my email when I wasn't in a position to be able to go to reply to it and then my ADD brain promptly forgot either that it exists at all, or that I didn't reply to it.

6- What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

While I do write angst, everything I write has a happy ending. That said, the planned ending to In This Life Or The Next would probably have been the angstiest if I hadn't switched fandoms before I could finish it. While everyone DOES end up together and happy - they do so in the afterlife. It was literally going to end on a "rocks fall, everyone dies" scenario that would include things like a guy being forced to kill his little sister, and one guy that they weren't even sure COULD die and were kind of worried would spend Eternity completely alone in a fucking void where the planet used to be.

7- What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

Like I said, everything I write has a happy ending. But, I think my happiest ending might actually be Measuring Time. It ends with little Mary's wedding and then an epilogue-like paragraph about Anthony watching his grandchildren grow up and start giving him great-grandchildren. I really liked getting to see even a small glimpse of the long, happy life him and Kate enjoy together - and how hopelessly in love they still are even at the end.

8- Do you get hate on fics?

I had one reader go on diatribes and get into arguments with other readers about my characterization of Edwina in the first two chapters of Let's Run Away Together. Which was hilarious, because she wasn't even IN the first two chapters. Dude was complaining about things Kate and Anthony said. It was a whole big thing. The comments are still there, so go read them if you want. The whole thing is actually kind of funny, really.

9- Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

Yes. Umm... not sure what you mean by "what kind"? I've done pretty much everything from pretty explicit to fade to black. It always depends on the situation and how much the sex serves the plot and/or characterizations.

10- Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've written?

I started one crossover. Between The Originals and The Black Jewels Trilogy. I only wrote one chapter, but had a whole lot planned out. Writing The Sadiablos interacting with the Mikaelsons was oddly fun.

11- Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not that I am aware of.

12- Have you ever had a fic translated?

Not that I am aware of 🙂.

13- Have you ever co-written a fic before?

No. Not really something I'm interested in, either. My hat's off to anyone that CAN work with a cowriter. I can barely get my brain to cooperate with ITSELF, much less someone else.

14- What's your all-time favourite ship?

Kathony, obviously. Though, also obviously, Haylijah are a close second.

15- What's a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

I still have plans to finish all of my Kathony fics. My The Originals fics, though... I would LOVE to finish those but I just don't see it happening. (Love Heals and High School Confidential are the top of my list of fics I wish I could get myself to concentrate on, but doubt I ever will.)

16- What are your writing strengths?

Dialogue and characterization

17- What are your writing weaknesses?

Descriptions. Everything from the characters, to the settings, to actions. I am just bad at descriptions. And consistency. I want to try to get into a writing habit, but my ADD brain hates me.

18- Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?

I would do it if I trusted myself to do it right. But, unfortunately, I do NOT trust myself to write in Kate's native language. Maybe I'll have Hyacinth spout something off in Italian at some point, LOL. (I DO write occasional dialogue in Italian in my novel, because of Catie being a native Italian, and Eli also speaking the language.)

19- First fandom you wrote for?

Actually physically wrote down? The Originals.

Created in my head, never saw paper, but could probably be recreated if I ever felt the urge to? The Incarnation Of Immortality

20- Favorite fic you've written?

This is like asking me to choose my favorite child. I can't do it.

I suck at tagging games. So, just tagging anyone who hasn't done it and wants to.

[ambroise-framboise]

Hermitcraft deserves more crossovers. So have this post about Hermitcraft and Katekyo Hitman Reborn bc current and past fandoms colliding makes the brain go brrrr.

This will not make a lot of sense if you’re not at least slightly familiar with the KHR world btw.

This is a “Hermits get dropped in a random world, proceed to baffle everyone” kind of crossover. My first reflex was to have a Hermit be Skull. Look, a Hermit can and will qualify for the title of “Strongest Flames”, so the Arcobaleno part works. The question then was ; WHICH ONE would play Skull. The whole “goofy and undying” part of the Skull persona made me think of Scar, bc man is he talented at this kind of stuff. BUT ! I’m sorry but Scar, Concorps Convex Scar is a Mist. So not Scar.

Who then ? I tried to figure out which Hermit had which flame (that’s hard, I don’t watch every single hermit and also the personality has to somewhat fit). Some are easy-ish, like Mumbo being a storm bc red like redstone and destruction (Mumbo Kills a Lot Jumbo my beloved), and Tango too maybe. Bdubs is a Sun, it makes sense in my head. Cub is Mist, bc Convex again. Joe is... Mist and Rain probably ? Doc might be a lighning and a storn, idk. Xisuma is a Sky, of course. Who would be Skull ? In the end, I was like ; okay, mischevious enough to create an annoying persona, love stunts, associated with the color purple... Grian. Is it the best fit ? No. Do I care ? Also no. So what happens ? Hermits get yeeted into a new world, and deal with it like they can, being both very chaotic and efficient. They carve themselves a little place in some almost empty part of the world, far from civilisation. Xisuma, our beloved admin, notices that the world is in Hardcore (aka no respawns) and decides that it won’t do. Hacker man powers, puts everyone back in survival. They are effectively immortal. Nice.

Some travel sometimes, and they still love roleplaying, which is how Grian (under the name Skull) ends up being a stunt artist, and gets contacted by Iron Hat Guy. Said dude has no idea who Skull is btw. He thinks he’s a civilian. Which, technically isn’t wrong. Grian does the Skull act, and the moment he can slips away to tell allll about Flames and Mafia and the Underworld to the rest of the Hermits. They are VERY interested, and a thing leads to another and oop they’re all Flame active and bonded and they made a new mafia family (maybe named the Hermits, maybe not).

It’s important to note that they don’t... really care about the murdery aspects of the mafia world ?? They’re very used to death games, and kinda assume that people just respawn in another world when they die. Many Shenanananangians laters (including Grian getting cursed to be baby, which makes every hermit laugh a lot, and Scar being like, terrifying to most of the mafia world), and we get to the sacrifice/big fight where all the Arcobalenos are supposed to get a team and fight each other. Now, instead of asking the flames of the earth guy (whose name i’ve forgotten rn, oop) Grian of course asks his friends.

The others Arcobaleno have no idea these guys existed (well, they had heard of the Hermits but had NO IDEA they were Skull’s Family) and are thus very surprise. Fighting happen, the hermits are overpowered bc HERMITS, and Kawahira arrives. Tries to punish everyone for rebelling and refusing to be a sacrifice/continue the endless cycle.

It looks bad, until ! TFC, beloved grandpa, man actually older than time (and older than Kawahira) and maybe Herobrine himself but who was retired, intervenes. Kawahira stands no chance and gets bonked into submission by a pickaxe. The problem gets solved, and then it’s a race to stop the resident scientist Hermits and Verde to bond over blowing up entire cities and making inventions of mass destruction.

I’d say THE END but it’s really not.

What do you think ? What Flames would YOU give to the Hermits, what events and interactions would you like to see ?? Send an ask or a comment ! I’ll answer as fast as I can

#hermitcraft #katekyo hitman reborn #katekyou hitman reborn #khr #crossover #khr x hermitcraft #grian #goodtimeswithscar #grian is skull #hermits are chaotic #and it'd fit the khr world well i think #also hermitcraft needs more crossovers #come on

[basedkikuenjoyer]

Crescendo

Luffy picking his nose during big reveals is I C O N I C. Whatever this is all building towards, it feels like we’re seeing it escalate. It’s so weird seeing the concepts I was thinking about starting this blog spelled out. Been going on all Egghead. Ketsu, or a detached Act 4. Vegapunk’s dream, or Luffy’s reaction to it actually, is a big example. For how I felt about someone else from Wano. 

I’m talking about Yamato in this case. There’s no point in rehashing A Tale of Two Hannya, the basic idea is all you need. In a vacuum, Yamato is cool and flashy but his motives look more shaky the more you put them in the context of the arc. Especially when he comes in halfway sharing the stage with that massive foil in a girl we’d been spending two years getting to know very well. The more I see of Vegapunk, the more I’m disliking him. Bonney & Jinbei are right, the genius sorta has a bad habit of blitzing past everything to make a big to-do about what he’s interested in. I don’t think he has the sheer capacity for malice under the rosy goal as Big Mom, but he’s reminding me a lot of both Kozuki Odens. I'm starting to see how this guy could work alongside Caesar/Judge, which makes the cover flashback interesting.

Shark Daddy with the ominous af Chekov’s Gun! But wait...Luffy doesn’t even know what a CP0 is? Does that imply he doesn’t know about them chasing Robin/Brook? Who interfered in his fight? About Izo’s death? Izo’s someone he should remember from Marineford based on the gunman’s actions; helping Luffy get past Kizaru (!) and being the one trying to talk Ace down from being a reckless hothead (!!). Usopp explicitly knows all about the relationship, and don’t forget the other Chekov’s Gun in X Drake being the sole witness to the Commander’s fall. 

Makes Izo both an echo of “Nothing Happened” and Bon’s many sacrifices. Remember how much it frustrated Luffy that Bon kept bailing him out? Ashura died to protect the Akazaya, Izo for the Straw Hats with a dash of repaying his own favor. This gets more fun as we move into 1069 though: 

Love this. Luffy reaping the benefits of a title. Just a nice little beat about "class" from Kaku. The old timey talking dude who had a name double in Wano. We’ll have another one about hierachies in the same chapter, with the Seraphim command structure. The cool thing though is how we’re framing the fight. Uh...feel familiar? CP0 has an independent mission, crosses paths with a notorious pirate by sheer coincidence, willing to ignore him until the pirate pushes the fight for his own motives. A major incident indeed! 

Now for our main event. Oh, Vegapunk and the Devil Fruit lore? No, have you been paying attention? It’s cool for us yes, it might even have some solid implications to what I’m talking about incidentally. It’s not important right now, it feels big but the lore is kinda vague and grandiose. It’s not really a technical detail about how they work beyond what we knew, Vega even admits it’s just his theory, and the crew there is asserting it’s just Luffy. Are we building to a “Chosen One” story or a subversion? The thread I’m talking about running underneath is why I think the latter. Now for the real closer:

Woah woah, Sentomaru!? Not surprised. Vegapunk’s bodyguard but had blatantly Japanese vibes. Folklore homage, the weird little bit about the Kanji in his name. Being honest, I didn’t really intend to cover him in the big Buggy, Croc, Hancock, etc. round-up. I...was saving him for grander ambitions. Had I been right about Kiku at the end of Wano, y’all would have gotten a joke post about how it was obvious because she even had her own “Fake Straw Hat” in Sabody! Oh..but the timing doesn’t work out you say, that’s part of the bit. Seriously though, you have a lot of foreshadowing for Wano in Sentomaru and Kin/Kiku’s bond immedately remind me of Sento/Kizaru. And now we're...giving him the same rough backstory?

But damn, this is brutal. First, Vegapunk is kind of a dick here. He really is using that against Sentomaru. Especially with the dramatic irony we know it’s set up to put him in a situation of directly having to choose between Vegapunk and Kizaru. That’s a lot of rough potential. But then how it ends...right after setting up this idea of Awakened Zoans losing themselves to the ability, Luffy’s carefree attitude in G5 leads to letting Sentomaru get rocked when he could have easily prevented it. Beautiful. Bring on the next batch, I’m excited!

#one piece #chapter 1069 #chapter 1068 #sento-fukken-maru #Post-Wano Musings

[captawesomesauce]

15 questions for 15 mutuals! I was tagged by @killsandthrills

Are you named after anyone?

Yes, but I can't remember her relation to me except her nickname was Chashka and so my hebrew name became Yechezkel! My first name is just because mom wanted Mike and Michelle, and Mish was born first so it was obvious what I'd be

When was the last time you cried?

I honestly don't know. W might remember better than I would, but it is really rare so it doesn't really stick in memory. A better question would be when was the last time I slept a full 8 hrs… wait.. I don't know that either… W might!

Do you have kids?

Sometimes it feels like you are all my kids and I'm the only adult in the room!!!! - Beyond that, nope nope Nooooooooooooooooooooooooope no nyet nada.

Didn't want any and managed to not have any all this time!

Do you use sarcasm a lot?

LOL me??? Noooooo never, not even once… why I am shocked you would even ask this! SHOCKED, I tell you! My lord, sarcasm???? Me???? Perish the thought!

What sports do you play/have you played?

In HS I played everything because… well… we were a very, very, small school. So I played on an 8 man football team that had a total of 11 players. I played basketball, I played baseball, I played volleyball. I played it all!

Later on I was a competitive shooter and was decent at it.

At LMU I would often walk down to the marina and help crew sail boats in little races, like from LB to Catalina and back.

But I'm really not a sports person. I have favorite teams like the Steelers and Panthers in the NFL, but I actually kind of feel weird wearing a hat or shirt because I feel like my "passion" is at a 1 or 2… and everyone else is full on 10!

What's the first thing you notice about other people?

Hands… I have even taught W this as well. When you first see someone, look at their hands and it'll tell you a lot about their intentions. It's not just for threat detection but also to see how relaxed they are. If they're clenching, or rigid… it's a red flag… if they're fidgeting or constantly moving… it's something to be aware of, and if their hands are loose and relaxed, see if that fits the situation and their posture, it could mean they're comfortable and chill.

In my old jobs, I was looking for things like favoring one side that might have a weapon or a detonator.

What's your eye colour?

Just plain brown.

Scary movies or happy endings?

I don't do scary/horror. Nope. So I guess happy endings.

Any special talents?

W says I am very patient with peoples bullshit and that I have an ability to grasp concepts really quickly and easily. I think my real special talent is that I can just find a way to connect with most people and talk to them out of the blue.

Oh, she just sat up and said my real special talent that annoys the fuck out of her is that I always have an innate sense of when timers are going to go off, even if I have no idea when they're set, how long they're set for, or anything… .I always just ask about it right before it goes off.

Where were you born?

In Valley dude! I am a totally gnarly bitchin radical valley kid!

What are your hobbies?

It's been a long time since I could indulge in a hobby/free time like I used to. I used to be very heavily into photography and got paid very well for my published shots that ended up in magazines, calendars, all over the news and in books. But it's been a very long time since I picked up my camera and shot anything.

I don't know… I used to sail, I used to go shooting, I used to have real hobbies…

Now the biggest one for me is just reading. I am like the guy in the twilight zone episode.. there is time now… there's time now!!! So i read, and I read a lot, and I am enjoying it. My goal is after the move is over, to spend more time reading at the beach!

Do you have any pets?

W is such a cat, that has to count! She is so much like mystic (the awesomecat) that it's funny sometimes. i show her pictures of him that she's never seen, and she's like OMG I do that! Especially the way she buries her face into my arm when she sleeps lol

I used to start my mornings with an arm and chest covered in cat drool… now it's W drool lol

Someday she and I will get a kitten but not yet.

How tall are you?

5'7… not that tall. W had a fucking meltdown in shock and laughter the other day when she realized we have the same length legs. Top of her hip is the same as mine… I just have a longer torso!

Favorite subject in school?

Elementary - History and Physical Sciences

High School - French and German language classes

College - I actually had a lot that I loved. Urban Planning with a focus on sustainable cities through planning and architecture. GIS/Remote sensing - not so much the cultural/political maps but the processing of aerial photography, satellites, and other imagery along with vector and rasters from other sources. Physical & Enviro Science classes too.

I hated math at every level and it's still the bane of my existence.

Dream job?

I never had one. I just wanted to work just enough to live comfortably and happily. I was a Marine, I was a Firefighter, I worked for a news paper, I worked for a law firm, I was a career counselor, I was a photographer, I had my own networking support business, I have done a lot in my life.

Now I'm entering the field of humanitarian aid and emergency management…. and I'm relatively enjoying it.

But I never wanted to be anything… maybe a doctor… I always just wanted to live a life where labor wasn't the focus.

I'm supposed to tag 15 people, but I'm tired, it's been a long few weeks... so if you see this, and read this far... TAG YOU'RE IT!

#personal

[eats-the-stars]

love the guy assigned to my case at the “help you get a job” program. i have exactly 2 modes. 1) procrastinating until the absolute last minute. And 2) guess I will complete months worth of work that is also due at the end of the year in exactly 3 days of non-stop effort. You can basically flip a coin as to which approach my brain will decide to take for any given task.

so yeah I have a job now. and my poor case manager dude is like “wait. no. that was so fast. it’s been one week. you did how many interviews? and you picked...this one. the one that is not like anything you have done before and also was not on the “jobs I think would work out for me” list that we made?”

and he was scrambling like “accommodations. training. oh god. um. do i need to talk to your employers?” and getting more anxious when I was like “no i think I have it covered.” like i am sorry bro but i know that my vibes in person are like “quiet forgetful autistic person who can pass for either a high school student or a grandma at any moment” and this does not inspire confidence, but I am actually pretty independent once someone gives me a little push to start a thing.

also...dude you have my job history. winter sports area general worker (concessions, ticket sales, renting ski/snowshoe equipment, managing cross-country trails, monitoring the tube hill, etc.). family restaurant hostess (basically every role in the place except a cook). person selling fireworks out of tent for all of July while also living in a smaller tent behind the shipping crate filled with things that go boom. call center customer service rep handling 4 different clients that range from crafts and home decor to incontinence products and super expensive furniture. freelance dog-sitting with clients ranging from “rich couple who wants me to let their elderly cockapoos out twice a day for $50 bucks a pop in a house with a basement theater” to “i’ll give you $10 a day to exercise and feed the 3 huskies in our small apartment also they can jump higher than you are tall and scream louder than you thought possible.” bro we added a whole “volunteer experience” section to my resume because I wrote grants and worked with an environmental group to restore native bluebirds to the community and volunteered at the community table and the animal shelter and the library. like i have done lots of things that are not really connected at all. someone says “hey do you think you could do this?” and I am suddenly living out of a tent for a month googling “what the fuck is a crossette?” i once ended up in Memphis for 2 months doing volunteer construction work in the aftermath of a hurricane because my cousin didn’t want to go alone and everyone was like “oh we know someone who goes with the flow so hard.”

so you better believe i told you “oh i don’t know, maybe a receptionist position would be nice” and then applied to every local job known to god and then a few extra and took the first one to say “cool can you start next week?” i know i did not give off “I will try anything at least once if you ask me fast and then go ‘great!’ before I can process what i agreed to” vibes while sitting in your office in my colorful leggings, grandma sweaters and animal hats while not making eye contact and talking about how lovely my nephew is and how much I enjoy quiet time alone and gardening and i struggle with a poor memory and navigating social interactions. but i know you proofread my resume my guy. you asked questions about all these things except the construction thing because i actually forgot to mention that actually which is good because then i might have had to mention the cult involvement that i wasn’t aware of until i was stuck on-site but it all worked out so no sweat. still, i am glad that he is concerned by my “out of the blue” spontaneity. it’s kind of his job to help people settle into jobs that they can handle, and I also know that I would realistically need more assistance from him if I wasn’t so good at adapting on the fly due to my bad habit of saying “sure, I can do that” to literally anything. also my new job is honestly pretty tame, so i am not sure what he is freaking out about. i should really not mention some of the other jobs i spontaneously applied for before accepting this one. like..my friend...i could be working in a bridal shop. i could be training to install and repair vending machines or decorating cakes or delivering medical equipment. i applied for a job that was literally “window production.” none of these are actually as wild as that time I spent 2 months with a religious cult doing manual labor and living out of an abandoned, half-destroyed school building because my cousin talked me into it. i had to watch a dramatic reenactment of the crucifixion of Jesus on my very first night that brought the whole gymnasium of strangers to wild, howling tears while I was awkwardly clapping my hands as my cousin sobbed incoherently into my shoulder. i once dog-sat a bluetick coonhound for 2 weeks in the dead of winter, and the snow if his yard was so high that he was able to jump the fence and book it down the street. i had to chase him through knee-high snow for over an hour before he stopped to sniff a bemused old lady long enough for me to catch him. i once had a customer at the restaurant rail at me for a good twenty minutes because she was absolutely sure that we did serve pineapple upside down cake and i was just withholding this dessert from her, specifically. the bar for “jobs I would apply for” is so low that I actually thought “well as long as nobody spits in my face, pukes on me consistently, or shanks me in the kidney again I could probably do anything.” although to be fair to my case manager i did not mention those things to him (except the pineapple upside down cake lady because I mention her all the time, i am still pissed off about that situation). also, my sister was actually the one to have a dog wake her up in the middle of the night only to puke directly into her mouth, but I watched it go down, so the psychic trauma of witnessing that still exists.

#honestly i think my poor social skills get me into half of the situations in my life #because i agree to things before i process them because most people talk and talk too fast for me #so i spend the whole conversation trying to keep up also figure out what the hell we're talking about #and then at the end i turn to my sister and say 'so what was that about?' #and she says something like 'you signed up to sell fireworks out of a tent for all of july' and i just have to run with that #the other half of the situations just come from having relatives and family friends that actively seek out situations #but want to drag someone adaptable and chill along who will also not say 'that's literally insane. no' when asked #also i need less cousins who take the zombie apocalypse life tip of always bringing a slow runner with you to situations #like i am a small person ok. my legs are shorter. i can't help it that everyone else is sprinting around on their stilt-legs #also just like i like to take walks with my dad because the mosquitoes love his blood way better than mine #i have a history of 'first person to get stabbed in a situation' that is probably just due to being the weakest looking person in any group #and i don't really panic in emergencies. i don't really know why. maybe it's something to do with being autistic #but if someone is screaming in pain and writhing on the floor #or an alarm goes off #or a bus skids on the ice and smears a stranger across the sidewalk right in front of me #or if i get mugged in a coffee shop while i'm studying for exams #i don't really do the things that other people around me do in the same situation #i personally think that the bubble i exist in just runs slower than everyone else's #so they're all having their reactions and freaking out while i'm still like 'damn something sure is happening right now. #am i supposed to do anything about this?' #and then if the answer is: 'yeah you should probably calm down that guy on the floor. figure out why he's screaming. then call 911 maybe?' #then i'll just do that while other people are saying things like 'oh god what's happening?!' #like if i panicked every time i had a dog that i was responsible for make a stupid life decision in front of me #or had a cult member ask me. an atheist. if i felt like i connected with god at the emotional catharsis activity #or honestly even just every time i've ever been stabbed in the left kidney even tho that's only happened twice #then i don't know i would probably be doing a lot of panicking #maybe it's an energy thing. i feel like panicking requires more energy than i usually have access to

[windlion]

Malevolent podcast scream-along part 2, let's go!

Roll out of hospital bed, defeat a demon, stagger out into the morning streets with a complete lack of medical discharge-- yep this fits the genre

Ep title: "The Hill." Could it, perhaps, be a Silent Hill?

Let's just assume John-the-Passenger is providing some convenient CON boosts

And either John gave him control of the hand back or this impromptu jam session is a lot more impressive than it first seems

This hits me every time but you guys did not look into the currency value for the supposed time period and I'm just all ". . . well it's already an AU anyways"

(Otherwise SOMEONE lost a hat with like several years' wages in it and I hope those were smaller bills or Arthur is going to be one even-more-conspicuous MFer)

Speaking of: did you really just waltz into a store and ask for a big ass gun, ammo, flashlights, and a crowbar. Did you. Really.

WITH NO ID AND NO STORY

Could you *at least* have presented that in a less suspicious way!

Jon from TMA and Arthur solidarity in being absolute shit at telling lies

Actually they probably had f' all ID requirements in the time period

And then *everyone* is shady/eldritch as fuck! Woo!

You might mention the murder as a reason to be buying a gun?!

Writer nitpick: this is just personal opinion but I like my bullshit to feel grounded, so there's a solid baseline of reality vs Everything Else. . . but it could also be an entirely valid approach to have the narrator being increasingly unreliable and detached from reality because: Cthulhu.

OH delightful it's Creepy Old Lady, round two

*sounds of distant death* Arthur, "Time to be a good Samaritan and die horribly!"

This clearly is going to end well!

"Everyone is *wrong*" YOU DON'T SAY, JOHN

I am waiting for the partner to Come Back Wrong and for that to be why he's not being charged with murder yet because there was not actually a corpse - aside from the possibly-possessed janitor

Arthur: "This is not fast-forwarding fast enough for me!"

John: "You can only trust me, Arthur."

Time to go find your boat with a head in it!

Okay, fine, any boat can have a severed head in it, just give it time. I believe in you, boys

Just two bros. In a boat. Singing love tunes. Chilling 0 ft apart, because one's possessing the other.

John. Eldritch Buddy. You want to sound a little less like a sociopath there, dude

"This is fucked up, clearly we're in the right place."

*squints* ancient graveyard . . . in the US. . . there for centuries . . . why is it European. . .

did you just get suckered into being the new lighthouse keeper

Rude to go tearing up someone's floorboards!

*facepalm* you are not final girl material, Arthur

just got the job and quit again that quickly, for shame

I hope you're prepared for a long swim

Eldritch entity you swing wildly between anger management issues and "Deep breaths, try not to panic"

"Ohhhh Arthur" that's alarmingly sensual

"No part of you is lost to me" *side-eyes*

One thing that's noteworthy to me is that they're not comfortable with silence, that everything has to happen back-to-back, no pauses. Be more confident, linger uncomfortably in your

"I wonder if the voice he heard is this" OR JOHN YOU DIPSHIT

Time for the next cult hideout!

So the mansion was the Black Goat's, who's in residence here?

Oh that's who, howdy, ma'am

and then they find the homemade porn!

Is no one else concerned with the quantity of A names

. . . are you about to become a triple occupancy?

Tentacles! For everyone!

Good times when your eldritch beastie bestie has a mental time out

"Or we could kill her"

You actually took a surprisingly long time to get to the murder plan, you okay?

Uh, eldritch bestie, you should have raised your alarm earlier if you had concerns

Trading off murder sociopath duties, good times

My dude you are definitely not coming across as the most hinged of individuals

. . . this would be an interesting time to just panic and let Satan take the wheel now that Satan doesn't want to drive

exactly 0 people surprised who was responsible for the first death

"Oh this is going to end well" Glad we're on the same page again, bestie

"You must be this much bitch to get admittance" "WELL I GUESS WE'RE BOTH GOING AREN'T WE"

I will be more surprised if any of these people live than the obvious alternative

*looks up from filing nails* Oh, they're dead? Smeared across every surface in the room? You don't say

"Maybe someone's still alive" Do we need to go through this again? Not genre savvy, are we?

Eldritch bestie you are extremely inconsistent, which I suppose ties in well to insanity and gaslighting

"This is our life now" look at that, commitment!

Meat puppet does not enjoy the meaty aspect v much

. . . Why was it so heavy if it was only half?

Ewwwwwww. That will be all.

"did you see it" "DID YOU FORGET I AM BLIND"

Oh, we're doing this again are we

Eldritch bestie you better be paying your rent

Hand in unlovable hand~~~

No really, Lovecraft, what was with all the tentacles

Oh, someone else paid their rent!

I am somewhat amused that everything swears by Christianity aside from the favored F bombs

Right, so this is definitely someone else's playground, eldritch #. . .4?

"We lose guns more than anything else" XD

"It sounded like you" *waving lighter*

And that's Eldritch #5 on the horizon

Time for a screaming head or leviathan maggots?

Eeeeeeey old friend!

Why you lying, why you always be lying

. . . Okay I was worried that was going to be even worse than it was

Aw bestie with domestic daydreams

What's some B&E after a spot of murder?

John did you just make Arthur piss himself over an opossum

A mole-faced possum, you act like you haven't seen one before!

Why you gotta be running from snuffles, what did snuffles ever do to you but SCREEEEEEE

Oh it's you again! Great unhinged minds think alike

And then we're done with ep 10 and time to stop again~

#Wind is a ridiculous creature #Malevolent podcast #screamalong #any commentary is not to be taken as criticism so much as me peeling the veil back and poking at how things are constructed

[obsidianmage3]

I posted 2,437 times in 2022

That's 1,864 more posts than 2021!

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I tagged 1,709 of my posts in 2022

Only 30% of my posts had no tags

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#tma - 138 posts

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Longest Tag: 139 characters

#i feel it's important to note that ancient greece is solely because my middle school lit teacher had the percy jackson books in her library

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

Idk if anyone even cares but here's my thoughts on the Gen 9 starters!

First off: they’re all really lovely designs, yes even Quaxly. Kudos to the artists! I’m in love with these beans!

Fuecoco: I’m a huge fan of 'mons that are creatures disguised as objects. Applin definitely comes to mind with this guy, and that’s my only complaint- why is the Fire-type 'mon based off an apple?

...actually hold on. hear me out here- doesn’t he look kinda like a chili pepper? That makes a lot more sense, I’d have to look up kinds of peppers but that might be the basis! Ok going off of that, he’s a Very Good Lad and I can’t wait to see the fiery alligator he evolves into :D

Sprigatito: Words do not express how much I adore this cat. Yes yes yes I know we have like 2 dozen cat 'mons already and i do not care

I am mostly indifferent to the quadripedal/bipedal debate, vaguely hoping the final evo will be quadripedal but I’m 90% sure they're gonna be bipedal. Not getting my hopes up.

Anyways I mostly just want 'em to have a flower theme going on, hopefully the national flower of either Spain or Portugal since that's where people think the region is based! I just think that the nice green of Sprigatito would mesh amazingly with either red carnations or with lavender ok

Quaxly: Ohohohoho. I am aware a few people don’t like how this guy looks so much like Ducklett but I for one love this little dude. He is *vibing*. Also I have *thoughts* about the final evo possibilities so strap in folks

ok so he’s a sailor duck right? And I'm thinking and thinking about what he could evolve into, maybe a swan of some kind? what’s a sailor thing that meshes with that for a name? Wait hold on what about boatswains

So I'd absolutely adore this guy to become something along the lines of Boatswan. A swan-like 'mon, with a sailor hat and probably coat, complete with a boatswain's call. I just think that would be SO neat! ....i may draw that when I’m off work

ok enough rambling byeeee

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#4

I’m really out here drawing in this pose rn i

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#3

SPIDWR IN MY BED

SPIDER

ON M YFACE

I AM NOT OK

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#2

I think this sums up my life choices atm pretty well

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My #1 post of 2022

Listen even if it’s the end of the day, it’s a valid sentiment. Happy Single's Awareness Day to all us aros

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[hobbs-deep]

current review and thoughts

so, after catching up on one piece here's my break down

i watched all the episodes pre timeskip in dub

-east blue saga was good, intro was fun

-the arabasta saga felt like it was playing the long game, little garden opened elbaf and giants to the world we the audience still haven't really seen a lot of that island (we saw it in big mom flash back but not really much else). drum island was a fun arc, dr. Kureha is amazing and i wish we had more time with her. and arabasta itself was turned into a sitcom for me bc i heard about the crocomom theory. so every time i saw croc fighting luffy i would say shit like "that's no way to talk to your kid!" other than that, good intro to the seven warlords

-sky island saga is prob one of my top fave sagas in op, instead of being super focused on all the battles as much the story was more interested in clever solutions, Usopp really shined in this arc, he felt more engaging with jaya and skypiea, the connections to Rodger also were very fun

--not a saga but the G-8 arc was some of the best writing i have seen in awhile. i know it was a filler arc but it covered so much, reinforcing the use of dials, the relationship the crew had and giving us such a believable scenario in this world. vice-admiral Jonathan was such a charismatic dude, we also got introduced to the Coup de Burst (although it wasn't called that) as an escape method. flying out of danger on a ship

-water 7 saga really took the story in stride, it felt like one piece was really finding it's pacing and the backstories didn't feel as long winded as before. the intro to the Ancient Weapons here felt more earned, long ring was a bit too much for this saga though

-summit war saga was the first time i felt that this is truly a larger world. that while we have been watching the story from the pov of the straw hats and their adventure this world keeps moving no matter what the crew does. the world got fleshed out and it was like when your a kid and it clicks in your brain that the world is bigger than you thought. post war arc hurt in ways i didn't think it would, but we got intro'd to my favorite character JINBEI

-timeskip was a good time Weatheria was a place i wanted to see more of

--i watched all the post time skip in sub and as much as i could through One Pace--

-fish-man island saga, good return quick and effective re-intro to everybody, BUT the actual arc on fish-man? it was so long. this was the arc that made me stop watching op in the first place bc the pacing was weird and it didn't feel like the story was progressing much. now that i've come back to it with fresh eyes it had a bunch of answers to questions set up in the east blue saga and intro'd JoyBoy by name.

-dressrosa saga was very raw. there was a bunch of concepts and things happening that made me want to punch mingo, and gas-fart in the jaw. the call back to Noland was amazing and this arc really kicked Usopp up my list of fave characters. Law got swept up with the crew and i want him fully adopted by the end of the series

-whole cake island saga, sanji's a dumbass. like his backstory was so sad but he was still a dumbass for thinking he could sacrifice himself and no one would come after him. big mom's backstory was in a word disturbing. the reverie (levely arc?) gave more depth to the world gov. i hate the celestial dragons even more now and want only bad things for saint charlos

-wano country saga is still happening, it's prob toward the end now but the whole under cover aspect bc it's a closed country was a cool concept. the straw hats really are showing their growth in this saga. the trust they have in each other and the "he's dead? yeah- no he ain't you might wanna check again" attitude was everywhere in how they acted.

im excited for the next arc and im glad i gave one piece another shot.

the more people told me to watch it the less i wanted to, but when they talked about the themes and stories being told i decided to give it another shot. glad i did.

im prob gonna go back and slowly re watch post timeskip bc i missed the filler.

#one piece #monkey d luffy #roronoa zoro #sanji #straw hat pirates #nami #brook one piece #nico robin #chopper #jinbei #god usopp #franky #review #op #not a very serious one #just my thoughts

[rocketdive]

vv/neon noir tour wordvomit

ya local idiot goes to see middle aged man 

i was running late but whatever tho, when i got there, there was still a decent line to get into the venue

Like i didn’t even get to the venue area before i joined the line… lol really just joined a random line and assumed it was for the concert but yeah venue was in sight

Openers were already playing when i got inside

Kaelan mikla is really cool

I was in the merch line for most of their set but i did get a shirt because the design was cool

Their merch manager gave me two stickers too

their merch manager/designer is soooooo pretty brb going to stalk on ig

Also big sadge because tshirts being 45 seems to be the standard, thanks putin for inflation

Got tote bag and was like, skip coat check, stuff it into the bag

Was really debating not bringing a coat but i kinda got pressured into taking one and ig it worked out with the tote

Hair was absolute shit that day but that worked out with beret plans and LOOK /someone/ has been wearing that old man hat for MONTHS plus my beret is cute tyvm still trying to see if there are any pics of me looking cute in the crowd loooooool

should have taken a fit pic but venue bathroom lighting was dim and they literally had a staff member manning the bathroom queue inside the bathroom (imo smart move but also rip to that staff member)

I did catch the end of kaelan mikla’s set and they are very cute

The lighting for their set was not that great tho, but i guess their budget might be more limited?

Also their vocalist did some straight up screams

Like kinda how diru kyo gets a separate category of screams

It was more like… witchy shrieking but very cool

Intermission music had Zetra and i’m wondering if it was hand picked or venue

Whoever was front row and dead center trying to get an autograph with some printout of the razorblade romance cover, i’m deceased

Actual setlist was different from earlier tour dates

Bless

Because funeral of hearts should rightfully be towards the end

Lol i didn’t recognize the beginning of wings of a butterfly for a good moment but tbh i don’t really like that song

the number of people recording for that song was …a lot lol i guess it’s popular

Also

I MANAGED TO GET A SPOT WITHOUT TALL PEOPLE BLOCKING MY VIEW BLESS

Maybe just blocked for a little bit but was soooooo clear compared to pretty much anything i’ve ever attended

Exception that one time i got 2nd row for oor and the obvs balcony ones

also probably because mr. vv is also kinda tall

THIS MAN IS SUCH AN UNCLE (™) WITH HIS THERMOS OR WHATEVER THAT PROBABLY HAD WARM/HOT WATER

UNCLE/AUNTIE ENERGY WITH THAT THERMOS

And i think he ran out of whatever was in his thermos and switched to drinking...i think proud source? the canned water

just really happy to experience the whole thing tbh

also just to scream “BURIED ALIVE BY LOVE” with everyone else in the crowd

mans was speedrunning the setlist or something because we straight up did not get any MC or whatever until the encore

And the first time he stopped to talk was so he could break up a fight (i’m also going to fight those idiots outside for getting salute the sanguine stepped in the middle of the song and getting the rest of the song cut)

Kaelan mikla was in the balcony, v cute, vv pointed them out at the end

One of them had her phone out (idk if she was recording for a bit?)

touring bassist rolled?folded? up his sleeves on a short sleeve shirt, i’m sure that signals something

Drummer was blowing kisses at the crowd at the end

Lol so many people were smoking weed or vaping

Dude next to me legit lit up a blunt during the first or second song

Also who brought their kid with the weeb demon slayer jacket

Twas also the uninterested boyfriend concert

And shoutout to the other poc dude next to me who knew all the lyrics

There was a surprising amount of uhhhh poc? people

Coz this genre is pretty white lmao

unfortunately did not meet the love of my life

Also did not bump into anyone for 2 days in a row, taking that W

also venue was passing out posters but i also chose a method of transport that was not favorable for transporting unprotected posters, but whatever, it’s got ~character~ now

#him

[nightowlqueen]

Pride Weekend Highlights

On The Way To The Parade:

When we were boarding the Metro someone all decked out in rainbows noticed my pins/buttons and said they liked them. They asked me if I wanted any flags since they noticed my Bi Ace button. They didn't have any bi one's left so they gave me the Ace one to go along with my Progress Pride flag from the library, which was so sweet and nice of them!

The Parade:

1.A lesbian and gay couple were in front of us and we learned that one of the guys is a ballerina.

2. When someone was throwing out plastic flower necklaces the guys caught them, but there were actually two stuck together. One of the guys tried to give them the second one, but one of the lesbians said "this one's for you"and when the guys were like "Oh, you don't want one?" One of the girls said "it's okay, I'm gonna get laid later" and the guys lost it.

3. Free mom hugs.

4. I might have ended up on TV? The media cameras came in for close ups on our area several times. (I was wearing a mask so no one's gonna know it's me lmao)

5. They're was a little kid following one of their parents or guardian around on a little bike and everyone was beside themselves over how cute it was.

6. A black person in a micro bikini who'd been dancing before the Parade even started was eventually briefly allowed onto the route to show off.

7. There was an English guy behind us who was so excited to see the UK embassy float at the Parade cause he felt alone in a sea of Yanks and didn’t know they’d be there. But he also said, regarding the UK, that “they’re a bunch of cunts anyway” 😭

8. My brother and I actually got interviewed once we left the Parade to get ice cream by the Taiwan LGBTQ org!

The Festival:

1.My county's Equality org was there! (my local area isn't having Pride until October) I got a membership form from them.

2. One of the ladies running the stand noticed my Nasa Logo Ace tank top and asked where I got it.

I told her it's from Etsy and that while I couldn't remember the seller that if she looks up Pride Shirts she can find them.

She said her daughter's Ace and is always complaining that "they don't make any ace stuff" and that she'll be very happy knowing my Ace tank top exists.

3. Lifeline Comics was there! I donated to the Kickstarter for theit Bi visibility zines! And I told them so when I went to say hi. I got a signed copy of volume 1 of Haunting (which I hadn't realized was by them) I would have brought my copies of the Bi Anthologies if I'd know they'd be there!

4. There was a pop up library that's headquartered not to far from where I live. I got a card from them and they publish a zine with poetry and flash fiction submissions.

5. Saw my first Drag performance!!!

6. Got a gay frog pin, a bi heart pin, a hat with rainbows going around, and some rainbow sunglasses.

7. The lady at the gay frog pin station noticed my "No TERFS at Pride" button and gave me a "My Patronus fights TERFS" sticker "If I wanted it" cause she saw the button and assumed I would.

I took it to be polite cause it was well meant, but I put it away as I DO NOT want anything to do with Harry Potter or JKR anymore.

8. Got a T-Shirt and picked up and info pamphlet fro the Rainbow Railroad.

8. My brother bought me a hand made mushroom hat that reminded me of the one's in Tears of The Kingdom.

10. I was allowed to take a picture of dude in the prettiest Cinderella drag I've ever seen!

#Personal #Pride #Pride 2023 #Long Post

[pure-kirarin]

My dear princess that I love with my entire heart, let me give you a situation :

How would OP characters react if they did something embarrassing but they spot their s/o in the corner of their eyes trying (but falling) to hide how cute they think it is ? (Hope my question was clear 😂)

Love you babe 💕

My angeel whom i love with my entire being hehe. Let's imagine what OP characters would do in such a situation!

-Getting caught by their S/O while doing something embarrassing

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Law :

- What kind of embarrassing things could Trafalgar Law possibly do? I can think of a few things, as the surgeon of Death has the ability to make even the least embarrassing and normal of things feel awkward for him.

-Let's say you caught him humming while working, or pour sugar into his morning coffee. These things could be "normal" to anyone that doesn't have Law's sense of embarrasment. He has to maintain his "serious" demeanour after all.

-What? Trafalgar Law pours sugar in his coffee? How sacrilegious! Humming while taking a bath? Someone kill him before anybody sees/hears this.

-At first he will be at his ease, thinking that nobody is around, but then, he spots you looking at him.

-His first thought is "fuck." His mind is blurred by one hundred plan of how to get out of this embarrassing situation.

-He would feel a bit humiliated that you think it's cute. Probably push his hat further on his head to hide.

-Turns away and pretends that nothing has happened. Would be awkward for the rest of the day but continue acting as if nothing has happened. He will be extra careful next time he engages in some "Not-so-Trafalgar-Law-Actions"

Sabo

-Dudes and dudettes, I present to you the king of embarrassing situations and perfectly owning them!

-It's right, Sabo is the kind of guys that has such charisma that he could get out of any embarrassing situation.

-So what? He waved at you and noticed that you were waving at someone behind him? He'd proudly pretend that he is adjusting his hat or running a hand in his hair.

-What about him trying a dish that's too spicy and turning as red as a tomato? Wouldn't that be embarrassing for Revolutionary Sabo, to be a man that can"t even handle a little bit of spice?

-But don't worry. He can of course get out of any situations with grace, and he would untie his cravat and stick out his tongue and say something along the lines of "Oops, this one might be too spicy for me"

-And a wink.

-And you'd die in a puddle of your own drool.

-He would play anything off cool. If he notices that you saw him do something stupid, he'd just scratch his neck and laugh it off. No biggie! It could even be a nice conversation starter.

Koby

-Someone please PLEASE end him.

-Instant panikk

-Wishes he didn’t wake up and wasn’t born all at once.

-What if he drinks too fast and it comes out of his nose? He would have the cutest disappointment face. And you’d just melt at how cute he looks with a pouty face.

-The moment he notices you looking at him, he turns red. I wonder if he would hyperventilate.

-He would feel extremely embarrassed that you saw him lacking elegance. His heart would be pounding so fast.

-However, when he notices that you are just as distabilized as he is, he would gain back confidence and probably laugh it off as well.

-”I drank too fast I think!” He would say with a sorry face while nervously scratching the back of his head.

-”But it was so cute!” You think out loud. And it would lead to some romantic situation, such as him saying “Not at all, you are the cute one after all.”

-A daring and successful comback for our little Koby!

Ace:

-Pretends nothing happened but fails to do so.

-Tries to act cool but actually looks dumb and awkward.

-When he noticed that you have seen him he doesn’t get shy or anything but starts laughing.

-He thinks that you’re gently teasing him so he probably would try to get back at you by tickling you to tears.

-Till you literally beg for him to let you go <3

-Corazon:

-Just give up. His whole existence is an embarrassant moment.

-Doflamingo:

-Embarrasment? Who is she? This man knows no shame. He owns it and slays like a king.

#op headcanons #tachi #trafalgar law #law x you #one piece x you #sabo x reader #one piece x reader #sabo #one piece #one piece koby #koby x reader #ace #portgas d ace #corazon #doflamingo x reader