#and they’re doing it for free too

[hellneedsaruler]

Fanfic is the peak human experience out there . Everyday a different stranger tells me a bed time story about two fictional men we’re both obsessed with

#sometimes i really love humans #like the idea is just soo !!! #and they’re doing it for free too #and you get to click on the little kudos button and make the bed time story stranger happy #amazing #it’s 7 am and i should probably sleep #screaming into the tumblr void #random thoughts

[mylovelookup]

Cattonquick boarding school sweethearts/romeo & Juliet AU

In which Oliver also comes from old money and he and Felix fall in love in boarding school(?). The Quicks and the Cattons have been business partners since Queen Victoria was still kicking so Ollie and Felix have known each other their whole lives (summers and holidays always spent together) but when their family ties are suddenly severed after a hostile fight between their fathers, the boys’ last year at Eton is irrevocably ruined. As a reaction they decide (it was Felix’s idea and he succeeded in cajoling Oliver to agree) to elope run away on the first day of the Christmas holidays (imagine their respective chauffeurs endlessly waiting for them at the school gates lmao) and get married on a whim (also Felix’s idea to somehow "fix" things like ta-da! Can’t separate us now dad, we’re fucking married. Oliver is now a Catton. Family peace restored! No, not really Felix lmao.)

#needless to say they get caught the very next day #maybe they didn’t have much cash left and the only -pace they could’ve slept in for free was the hotel in the area that the Cattons owned #the reception prolly snitched but they both knew they would get caught eventually #also it doesn’t help that they’re the heirs of the richest aristocratic families in England #maybe they keep their marriage secret?it would be smarter to considering the repercussions but also maybe Felix it out first thing? #bc its Felix duh #as a consequence to their little escapade Oliver is pulled out of Eton for the rest of the year and the two of them only get to meet #the next year at Oxford where they have to keep things on the down low since Oliver’s father has threatened to transfer him to Cambridge if #if he’s seen frolicking about with Felix. it’s also difficult when Farleigh is acting as a (well-paid) spy for both parties #although both Jeff and James had sprinkled other eyes on the campus #oooh imagine them trying to hide in the back of the club. making out whilst crouching down behind dumpsters lmaooo #or or or! Felix attempting to throw them off by hooking up with indiabel and Oliver is so jealous he ends up doing the same thing #even tho he prolly knows about Felix’s intentions. (Farleigh doesn’t help with his catty comments about ephemeral love) #highlighting Felix’s well known shallowness. and then Felix gets jealous too so it’s a vicious cycle of pointing fingers at each other hehe #anyway they prolly end up like Romeo and Juliet #I was only supposed to do ONE canvas but got carried away and this shit developed a plot! sedate me #also this layout sucks wtf #saltburn #fanart #my art #felix catton #cattonquick #Saltburn fanart #oliver quick #felix x oliver #cattonquick fanart

[mr-president]

I think one of my favorite Funtermina things is how it uses characters as narrative foils, specifically in how those characters interact with each other and everyone else.

Karin and Daan’s is the most discussed as it’s probably the most apparent within the text: their volatile opposing viewpoints on life via their upbringings (despite being extremely similar otherwise). When Karin and Daan interact, it’s like a person arguing with themself. They clash like ammonia and bleach, unable to reconcile how similar they are (haha cleaning chemical analogy) yet toxic in their association.

Marina and Levi represent the different realities of Prehevil, what with Marina’s privileged upbringing versus Levi’s absolute shitshow of an existence. And yet, they get along incredibly well and form a cadence with one another because through each other, they can reconcile their upbringings in Prehevil. Levi is the Prehevil Marina tried to escape—Marina is the Prehevil Levi hoped to return to.

Marcoh and Olivia are interesting because—and I will argue this to the death—their relationship is wholly as siblings. And they’re also deeply connected by their relationships with their sisters, specifically how those sisters formulated and defined how they see themselves. Marcoh has done nothing but live to protect his sister, while Olivia has forever lived in her sister’s shadow. Their identities revolve completely around their sisters, and this also colors their relationship with each other as siblings.

I wish it was explored more, but I think there’s a level of disenfranchisement when Marcoh fervently tries to protect Olivia the same way he protected his younger sister (edit: rb for amendment). He clearly sees her in that role, and Olivia’s already got guilt written into her about her disability making her a “charity case.” I say this also because of their different opinions on guns, power, and death: Marcoh has no bloodlust and seems exhausted when he has to hurt others, while Olivia becomes almost jubilant when she receives a gun. And those reactions to enacting violence are directly informed by their relationships with their sisters: a begrudging responsibility vs empowerment.

My favorite is probably Abella and O’saa as foils. As characters they’re probably my favorites, and their foil makes it even better.

Abella easily connects with everyone around her, ensuring that they’re all getting along (or not killing each other) and she tries desperately to help everyone, even at her own detriment. She cares, so much, even too much.

O’saa on the other hand, is the exact opposite. He actively chooses to connect with everyone as little as possible, to the point where you can kill someone in front of him and he won’t give a shit. This is, obviously, to his detriment in terms of his goal towards enlightenment. He cares too little, even if at all.

They perfectly represent the dichotomy between altruism vs selfishness, the mundane vs the macro, democracy vs individualism. Fundamentally, both Abella and O’saa get shit done, and what makes them so compelling as foils is how similar the results of their different processes are.

Both of them are the only two that are capable of saving everyone. Abella does so by interacting with many of the other contestants, while O’saa does this by ignoring everyone and just occam’s razoring that shit. They both get shit done and to the greatest net success, but in both cases, because they operate on extremes, it’s to the detriment of themselves. The game shows this literally because, well, they sacrifice themselves to Logic for the greater good, but the game also implies this detriment via their moonscorches.

Chaugnaur represents how others have reduced Abella to a sexual object for their pleasure or a mindless brute for labor. It is a physical manifestation of how interacting and connecting with others can be to one’s detriment because Abella often cannot control how people see and define her. Mastermind, on the other hand, is O’saa’s brain swelling and overtaking everything else on his head to the point where he is blind (save for the eye) and mute, only able to speak in mumbles. Mastermind is how O’saa values logic, knowledge, comprehension over anything else, becoming blind to other viewpoints save for his own. Additionally, it’s unable to communicate or connect with anyone else, only able to ruminate get never share its thoughts.

Abella is one of the first to Moonscorch; O’saa is one of the last. I love them as foils because even though they’re the most different in terms of anything, they don’t hinder one another at much all. They’re just kinda chill. And this makes sense because their dichotomies aren’t volatile like Karin and Daan’s, nor complementary like the others. Rather, they operate in balance—you cannot be too altruistic without some selfishness. To help everyone and to achieve enlightenment, you must consider both the mundane and the greater picture. Society operates on a shared democracy and on empowering individuals.

Still, the fact that even operating on the extremes has the greatest positive effect (in terms of utilitarianism) really says smth abt whether these values even matter. But I’d argue that they do matter, cause it’s that question of whether it’s worth it to suffer or even sacrifice for the greater good.

As a whole, each foil represents a central theme/motif of Fear & Hunger: internal vs external locus of control (Karin and Daan), environment dictating identity (Marina and Levi), relationships and their impact (Marcoh and Olivia), and the thematic shitshow that is Abella and O’saa.

Tldr; the game is about some girls and their boy best friends.

#fear and hunger termina #i could be stretching all of this and completely delusional but i wanted to do some thematic analysis on funger since i haven’t seen much : #feel free to add on #also for the record i don’t ship abella and o’saa mainly bc abella is a hunky lesbian and o’saa is highkey aro ace to me #they’re like the ‘can u text this for me? oh don’t be too mean tho’ besties if thag makes sense #mr president’s state of the union address #i’ll draw soon trust u gotta hear mh deranged analyses first tho

[venuskiissed]

i dream of a world where

bombs aren’t dropped on sleeping children

and the skies are quiet enough for me to talk about the moon

#can you hear the drones mama? #do you hear them sing too? #they’re too loud mama #I can’t get them to be quiet #I can’t make them stop screaming #my writing #poetry #palestine #tragedy #free gaza #israel #war crimes

[kinokoshoujoart]

when I said Aya / Pony used rough speech in JP version of the original AnWL… this is what i mean. when asking what Rock’s doing here she calls him a comically rude pronoun (キサマ/貴様) that has a very shonen anime enemies/ rivals sort of feeling

this is the correct dialogue option to increase his hearts btw!! he is, as usual, unfazed & all smiles that you’re talking to him. the other option is just telling him “go home”.

#this is why she’s the best #enemies to lovers but only one is aware they’re enemies #in shambles that this was removed from the remake #also they changed the option of her calling him a nanpa in his 1st heart event to just… accusing him of having free time #she girlbossed too close to the sun… rip #harvest moon a wonderful life #harvest moon another wonderful life #hm awl #hm anwl #story of seasons a wonderful life #sos awl #what are YOU (derogatory and vulgar and spoken in a manly way) doing here

[theloveinc]

Being a housewife but not really knowing what the hell you’re doing, you had to get married early because your husband is a BigWig(?) with sponserbilities to take care of… but you’re also sort of neglected by him because he’s So Busy trying to Make It Big…

And you somehow end up neighbors with Bakugo, who, two seconds into meeting you decides that he literally can’t be mean to you: looking a right mess with a naked baby on your hip and messy hair 24/7… but still always offering him the bentos your husband doesn’t take to work and inviting him in for tea…

#Bakugo #I just have this image of him sitting in your kitchen next to a baby in a high chair who’s going all gooey eyed at him #and he’s kinda like… out of his element but you’re being so welcoming asking abt his job saying oh no when he tells you it’s rough #and he loves his friends but they’re heroes too and can’t offer much comfort #but there you are in mom sweats with a husband who’s never home and he’s feeling like..: he’s gotta protect you??? #and it’s a romance of him freeing you from being tied at home w/ a husband like the pig from sing #and you freeing him of constantly being in fight or flight response #because you won’t take no for an answer when it comes to feeding him and caring for him #creepy element of ‘do I love u because ur like the mom I never had?’ #but I imagine this being on the more happy / normal side LMFAOOO #and ofc u have a big. huge. rock on your finger that Bakugo HATES and wants to replace so badly #anyway #shii posts #gen

[foe-of-fate]

Currently thinking about how almost none of the Harry Potter characters have character growth. I mean sure they grow, they’re kids and we do see their mental state change as they grow, but from the beginning to the end of the books the characters themselves don’t really change at all.

#am I making sense? #they come into their own a bit as all children do #but there’s not a lot personality wise that changes #and maybe some people will disagree #but for the most part they all stay the same #I think the biggest three exceptions are #Ginny Weasley #neville longbottom #and #James Potter #and James barely counts because we only learn of him through backstory and other characters recollections #I guess Percy changes too but not for the better #people can feel free to leave their thoughts #but from a story standpoint I feel like they’re largely stagnant #and this is coming from a Harry Potter lover by the way #Harry Potter #harry potter fandom #harry potter books #harry potter movies #harry potter analysis #potter head #potterhead #book thoughts

[dozydawn]

Shae-Lynn Bourne and Victor Kraatz 1997 FD “Riverdance”

music: riverdance by bill whelan. choreography: colin dunne.

“This is going to be an energetic program. Celtic dancing is all about endurance... as you can see, that sort of origin of music is playing very well here on the east coast of Canada.”

#ppl love to whine about their riverdance being overscored and not difficult enough and having too much open work. #but in fairness. irish step dancing didn’t really lend itself to the ice dance judging criteria at the time. #but i really admire the routine for not sacrificing the character of irish step dance to get the highest score possible. #they knew what the judges wanted and kind of paid it little mind. which is a running theme in their career. #they always took the assigned rhythms for short dances and made them their own. so to me this is the perfect olympic free dance for them. #they’re really just doing their own thing. presenting what they want to present. #when i said i judge ice dance on vibes i mean it. #ice dance #shae lynn bourne #victor kraatz #figure skating #hydroblading #riverdance #irish dance #1997 #1990s #free dance #ice dance vids

[thebirdmanhewatches]

Going feral about hinndredd and hinndredd Louie really all the hinndredd characters and versions of characters it’s where a lot of the older ideas regarding when hinndredd was on earth went along with the door lore, the Hamilton rip-off, the older version of current earth patchwork back when he was just a original patchwork reboot and not his own thing inspired mildly by bojack horseman, the older nightmare fuel reboot and associated lore, thauriel, Magnus tilby, more distilled and combined forms of characters that are sometimes somewhat demigod esc, the tower with myself at the top of it, azazel/cult on his endless quest to dig a pit, the scp characters, Magnus tilby, stuff regarding the origins of bauddalins, both types of joy(which ended up basically zombies without me noticing), every dropped plot thread that has ever existed, Magnus tilby

#hark says i #100%birdmade #ocs #<*| hinndredd #<*| bauddalins #oc lore #my oc lore is so self referential and tangled no one but me can decipher it #when you get two separate reboots of the exact same guy deep you know you’ve gone to far #when every remotely separate evolution of Louie Howard has been made into their own characters you’re in too deep #fuck I’m actually three patchwork reboots deep if I’m putting the first fully fledged form of the first proper patchwork reboot in hinndredd #hinndredd doesn’t count hinndredd doesn’t count #see having new ideas is hard so when I get bored I go back to old ideas but do them different this time #hence the fucking joshes(technically louies but Louie would be so pissed if anyone else had his name and I respect him) #I offer him a seat as a god of this world Ives made but he has no free will so he cannot take it I keep the option open for him though #oh shit there is another Louie Louie from back when they went to space but as previously stated Louie cannot think for himself so he cannot #actually be pissed at me #I could just not have louie from back when they went to space but a lot of hinndredd stuff is from just after his era and he and all the cha #racters surrounding him are so unique from their later counterparts I can’t help but include them #old Nora and Eira where fucking wild #plus like I want space travel and no one else does that except from Bob who’s lore is exclusively a David bowie animatic and becomes the god #of natural death after getting scooped by birds #aka god aka myself #so many bobs too I just don’t make a big deal out of it because they’re all from mostly irrelevant lore and I don’t like them

[life-of-kalos]

I’m honestly loving all of the, but the ninetales feels the most “me”

@lavender-tea-dragon @lustrous-dawn @aro-crossing @pokitsune

#munday #ninetales #rockruff #sylveon #pokesona #bluesona #bluedoodles #it’s funny because I was originally going to do ninetales #but wanted to see what everyone else thought #I mean #if you still have other ideas of what would suit me #feel free to let me know! #i started out with a mightyena #then a Lycanroc midday #now a ninetales #always dog #I don’t think I’m pretty enough to be gardevoir or sylveon tbh #they’re too iconic #i am but a background character

[sanyu-thewitch05]

Non-Black “ally”: **Does something antiblack**

Black people: Can you not do that, and treat us with basic respect?

Non-Black “allies”:

“How dare you monkeys ask for basic respect? You’re supposed to be supporting us!”

“They can’t help it their culture is full of antiblackness!”

“It’s ok, (insert person). We accept your apology(even though we’re not black)!”

“Y’all are asking too much of them!”

“It’s always you Black Americans getting offended!”

*Blah, blah, blah, more racist dribble about how black people are supposed to mule for them*

Also the Non-Black “allies”:

Help! Help! Our group of people needs help! Bipoc/POC solidarity! We’ve always stood in solidarity with Black people!

Black people/me:

#black tumblr #black girls of tumblr #screw bipoc solidarity #ya’ll only scream that when you want someone to give you free labor at the cost of you mistreating us on every level #you don’t need our help #you want it #you want our help because you think of us as your collective mule to pass around to other non-blacks when they’re in trouble #the pocs will never do the same #if even asking for basic respect as black person during their times of need is too much for them then I have something to tell you #you’re not an ally #you’re a manipulative pos who thinks they can have a whole group of people at their disposal #screw poc solidarity #I hope black people specifically black girls and women start being more selfish #let the nonblacks fight for themselves #which they can do despite their incessant whining about needing us #soulaan #vent post

[finntheehumaneater]

just got back from Lowe’s. I have 42 color cards. I would have taken more but the employees kept looking at me funny.

#Like they’re free what do expect me to do #NOT TAKE THEM? #That’s asking too much of me I like things #Personal #⭐️

[deklo]

i found out i’m gonna have to leave my little solo place in the city three months earlier than expected 😔💔

#i’ve haven’t been staying there as often anyways because i had a FEELING and didn’t wanna get too attached #(i was technically house sitting for two years but i got to stay there rent free and all i #had to do was check the mail) #but that’s ok. luckily i also live with my beloved family and i do love my house with them #and they’re chill people #but i’m still sad!!!! it’s so cute!!! #so i’m slowly starting to bring stuff back to my fams place :(

[raiiny-bay]

thinking about the monster boyz AU & how kel never gets to be truly happy in it...

#& having the audacity to feel heartbroken about it as if i’m not the one who wrote it #like. ok. kel has a pretty shit life in every universe but #the silver lining is that he eventually gets to break free & be himself & have the life he wants #but in mbz he spends his entire childhood in survival mode #he gets like. 1 year maybe 2 where he gets out from under his dad’s thumb but #he spends that time unpacking his trauma & unlearning negative coping mechanisms & fear responses #& figuring out who he is & what he wants #& before he can make any real progress the fuckin apocalypse happens! & he’s right back to survival mode #then he DIES & becomes red which comes with a whole other set of problems #like he meets teeth who in theory is the love of his life #but they’re both too messed up to do it right & the relationship is so intense #& so unhealthy & not at all how love is supposed to be #& then eventually he dies again for real this time #like. man. i’m sorry kel lol #on the bright side. i do have the apocalypseAU which is the mbzAU but the boys do not become monsters #instead they meet as humans and survive the apocalypse together. it’s a much happier version of the story lol #rainyrambles

[meat-loving-meat]

I want to write a Vanyel/Stefen modern-with-magic AU soooo bad but I don’t know Valdemar lore like at all. There are six books standing between me and feeling comfortable enough in the lore to imagine what Valdemar might look like with the internet and planes

#anyway I have unhinged ideas about what modern Valdemar #like. I’m imagining Valdemar as a prosperous #happy country with a high level of social development and technology #public transit everywhere. universal basic income/free high quality healthcare/etc #like. not utopian. not by a long shot. #but overall doing well (at least in comparison to some of the other countries on Velgarth) #HOWEVER they are having this really divisive cultural moment about Heralds and the King #bc they’re basically appointed by a completely unaccountable higher power? and they have so much direct influence and control over #the life of an average person??? why should that be allowed? #so there’s a movement for direct democracy which is very successful at a local level #and is slowly making its way into higher levels of the government #and there’s suddenly intense scrutiny on the heralds. so when Vanyel gets caught up in a series of scandals it does a LOT of damage to #the institution of the heralds. but Vanyel is very very important to the security of the world #bc he successfully prevented the detonation of a nuclear weapon a few years earlier so he’s sort of the only thing standing between #the world and nuclear war #anyway I think that setting is way too dramatic for a weird gay fanfiction. so I’m workshopping it #vanyel ashkevron #last herald mage #gay herald in a squirrel suit

[chartedrights]

What do u guys think of my pitch for rare pair wlw/nblw summer romance fic

#Deb and Alice are in there too they r just further up #past charted (beach misery) and Keanoway (ghost hunting) #those two aren’t wlw or rare pairs but they do feel like good counterpoints in their like. relative normalcy #charted is the sad little bastard child of ships. never happy #Keanoway is just knitted in the fabric of the universe to me. they’re always there. rent free #so I’m going to give them like 500-1k words each and move on #it’s MY fic and I get to choose the pairings #anyway. the real stars are the women. shout out to women #and Ziggy (honorific) brave of them to be the only nonbinary Hatchetfield character #pioneer in gender #starkid #nmt #tgwdlm #black friday #Hatchetfield