#anyways that’s enough of my tangents

[quibbs126]

Something that came to me that I just find funny, so you know how in Unwound Future Claire first introduces herself as Celeste, Claire’s younger sister that Layton’s never heard about?

It’s actually the other way around, as in Layton has a sibling that Claire’s never heard about

#I just thought it was kind of funny #in reality it was the other way around the whole time #imagine if Desmond showed up during UF with Layton introducing him to the others as his brother #and Celeste’s like “wait YOU have a secret sibling that I’ve never heard of??” #and Layton’s just like “yes funny isn’t it-hey wait we’ve never met before why are you so shocked I have a sibling?” #and Celeste stays silent bc she realizes she’s messed it up #and then it starts to dawn on everyone and they go “hey wait a minute-“ #meanwhile Desmond’s just confused since he just got here and doesn’t know what’s going on #anyways that’s enough of my tangents #professor layton #hershel layton #claire foley #desmond sycamore #unwound future #unwound future spoilers #azran legacy spoilers #random stuff

[simplydnp]

Sometimes I think Dan and Phil are totally platonic besties and then other times I’m convinced they fuck on the daily. I think they do it on purpose and it’s honestly iconic.

kind of the best thing is that they are that and everything in between. you can tell they just like being around each other. they've made content together for 15 years and the large majority of it was done in the strictly platonic sense for their audience. and they were still having so much fun with it. we're in the 'we know you know' era now so we get to see flashes of different dynamics they have, but they absolutely have more we Don't get to see bc they're not for us.

they like each other. stupidly fond of each other. spending time together doesn't feel exhausting. they're best friends and each others' harshest critics while being the biggest hypeman and also safe space.

dnp's relationship with us, their audience, always has been and always will be different than any other content creators. part of it is how they accumulated it, but another part is just the massive history we have with them. they Get us. they Know us. they're silly goofy sarcastic guys who love us and hate us sometimes. theyre grateful but careful too. they like to rile us up, just like they do each other. it's a love language, teasing, and we've shown positive responses to it over the years. i like to say that my relationship with dnp is antagonistic sometimes--cause i know they're pushing my buttons on purpose. and ykw? it's fun! it's fun for us and it's fun for them because they have the control. i know anything they let out is cause they chose to let it out because they Know how we are. so yes they absolutely adore messing with us. we're a funny bunch.

#im getting sappy again #the things you mention anon are not mutually exclusive for dnp. which is a lot of the fun of it #like for me personally. why be in a relationship with someone who isnt your best friend. i dont know how they couldnt be your favourite ever #like maybe im projecting but theirs is probably the healthiest depiction of love i have in my life #theres movies and tv but its not real. and yes dnp are produced. and aware. and curate. but theyre not selling a relationship. #sure we perceive it. but its not the goal. the product is the entertainment value of them together cause theyre funny. #whereas almost every relationship ive properly witnessed in my life seems like. a trap. genuinely. #its like well no love isnt actually real its a concept you just. are stuck. for the rest of existence. be happy about it. #and with dnp its like oh like love is actually real. like theres a reason people want to stay together forever. #like people Do get lost in each others eyes. they get a different look on their face that reads i love you #theres people out there who will love every aspect of you and never get enough of you or your time #i am. so far off on a tangent. #anyways love dnp love the cat and mouse game we play together #dnp #c.text #dan and phil #answered

[skunkes]

I feel like if talon was a neopet he'd be a kyrii..!!

i saw this ask cut off in my activity tab and was thinking "oh please say kyrii" as i opened it

yes!

darigan kyrii, but wit faerie elements (wings and antennae) ^_^

#too lazy to fix the glaring tangent #skunk mail #Anonymous #a doodley #blue is my favorite color but its so hard to work with. true blue is TOO boring and swinging too far green or red breaks the pattern really #easily #anyway yeah. i wanted to add bright yellow greens here as contrast to the blue purple but he doesnt have any green themes at all #closer to blue looked too muted. so went with the teal even though he's not a teal guy either. close enough to blue #original darigan kyrii colors are fitting. talon loves royal and navy blue but its easy to represent him with red #he has purple scheme regularly because of dis (in his usual hair and eyes) #so making the beast blue purple and keeping the eyes leaning toward red fits ! #the big ears and the teeth and nose...kyrii just looks like the bat monster version i wanna make for him

[jongace]

chen during first snow ❄ 230101

bonus:

#chen #exo #jongdae #kim jongdae #gifs #he looks so good #watch these look blurry on mobile lol #anyway i switched batteries in my laptop so i today i didn't have to plug it in once while making these #incredible change from my laptop dying literally after five minutes of doing nothing while on battery #it's diy but much better buying a new battery for $80 than a new laptop for like $1000+ #if i want a good one like the one i have where i can use photoshop and vegas etc #ok enough of this tangent

[fearandhatred]

i always have to have something wrong with me at all times and there are always about fifteen different factors that could have caused that Something Wrong With Me so i can never fix it

#fearandhatred #for a long while i got sick really easily and i would wake up with colds that would last the whole day (and only a day) #and i could not figure out why #like did i not drink enough water? exercise? did i sleep late? period? etc. #and for the longest time i didn't know what it was until i discovered MOLD IN MY ROOM #and even then my dad kept guilt tripping me saying it was because i never drink enough water #even though i do. and even though my symptoms became itchy throat and ears on top of my colds #and then my mom made me move to my brother's room and all my problems cleared immediately lol. after months or maybe years #see what happens when you listen to your child #wait i went on a tangent but basically now my jaw hurts. like one side is tight #and idk if it's because i'm stressed or i grind my teeth in my sleep or i have a tooth decay or because i keep not wearing my retainers #anyway i always have to have something wrong with me which is funny because if i'm not sick then some part of my mouth hurts #or i accidentally injure myself #or one part of my body aches for no reason #or i'm on my period #genuinely cannot catch a break from this SHIT like bro i'm too young for this #anyway. peace and love

[st4rstudent]

Giant cornplate post here but I'll get my thoughts out anyways. I really like how even visually Mac and Winn are contrasting yet similar. Winn's main color is yellow and Mac's is purple, which are contrasting colors. Yet, they both wear green. And then both of them having glasses but they're different shapes (circle vs square). and ouuughhoguhgh. theyre good friends. i like them.

#clemramble #sorry this is a massive cornplate post . idc. ive posted my thoughts privately and now you all get to hear them #i always wonder if the color choices were done on purpose. i mean winns is obviously. being based off the windows logo #but macs based off a dutch bunny and not the macOS logo . soi always ponder if the purple was an active choice or if it was just coincidenc #not that itd change anything if it was or wasnt . their designs are clemheaven to me anyways #but yeah . you could also write about the same thing with their personalities #mainly in the way they talk in broadcasts. from what i interpret winns a lot more nervous and more casual whereas mac is well. its mac #i also think its funny that despite being nervous and stuttery winn gets to the point faster than mac. like if you read an alarming rate of #aptitude. mac takes 15 years to get to the point which is one reason it gets cut off so easily #and then in the hires and heroes blogpost it goes to do that again and then gets interrupted by winn #but even then winn does sometimes go off tangent just a tiny bit but is much more eager to get back to the point. i presume because of bein #nervous #i just think its all so good. i think they play off of each other in a funny way but not one that would be annoying to either of them #something something. contrasting enough to be different but similar enough to be best friends #sorry this is a kind of long tag post about mac and winn. i just like them alot and i need to get that out there. i hope you all can enjoy #my thoughts #...even if they turn out to be wrong.

[arsenicflame]

id like to stop processing feelings and go back to putting that man in situations please and thank you

#i Have introspected hard enough to accept im aro though which was. yeah #im still having complex feelings abt that but that was a fun tangent #it just. clicked #and i couldn't deny it any more #nyxtalks #anyway time to clear up all my posting and never show an emotion on main again #(this is a healthy reaction and i am not at all giving into my brains insistence we should isolate ourselves and stop having a personality)

[makorra-scarf]

Im not aure if you're still active, it's fine if you're not, but I'm still upset makorra didn't happen. They had so many cinematic cues it's upsetting. Sincerely, someone who recently rewatched LOK.

Hi hi! I'm not super active on this blog anymore, but every once in a blue moon I'll reblog stuff lol.

I'm also still sad about makorra ;_; the setup was there and everything, it's honestly confusing and frustrating just from a cinematic standpoint.

I've been cooking an LOK rewrite in my brain for a long time, and maybe one day I'll post it, haha. There's so many things in the series that I wasn't satisfied with, so I think it could be a fun project (not that I'm a professional or anything haha).

Thanks for the message! (Your avatar is very cute btw!)

#makorra 2.0 #lali talks #lali answers #i haven't been on tumblr in a while bc i usually lurk in tags and lately the tags i lurk in have been flooded with p*rn bots -_- #i really wish tumblr would fix that issue #it's getting really bad #bad enough i haven't wanted to use tumblr at all #anyway thats a tangent #i miss makorra #;_; #if anyone ever wants to talk about them or rant about lok/makorra feel free to go to my ask box! #also i've been rewatching atla and it's so good ;_; #i love it so much #okay anyway #byeeee #makorra #lok

[poems-of-a-lover]

hoping that my wide eyed whimsy and neurodivergent charm attracts boys to me

#OH AND ALSO. MY FRIENDS AND I ARE MAKING OUR OWN SHIRTS FOR PRIDE. #we're gonna meet up and make shirt designs and stuff!!!! im so excited!!!!! #my state is presumably safe enough for me to make a protect trans kids shirt so thats! sick! #like my governor hasnt passed any sorta laws and shes been rlly protecting us so im confident that ill be fine #so thats what i plan to do! a protect trans kids shirt!! yippee!! #ANYWAY I WENT ON A TANGENT. IM SO EXCITED. I CANT WAIT. GLKJAHGKJHSDKJH #need to. meet ppl. we'll see what happens. #mlm #mlm yearning #mlm post #mlm love #gay mlm #t4t #trans mlm #mlm thoughts #mlm blog #t4t yearning

[snixx]

good GOD can we stop gendering everything. I swear some of y'all just took the futch scale and decided to run with it as gender roles 2.0 (yassified edition)

#like use whatever labels you want for yourself and your communities idc! i love femmes i love butches im happy for you #my issue as always comes when yall start imposing those labels on anyone and everyone unsolicited #and ESPECIALLY when you tear apart other people for not being femme/butch enough #me personally i dislike both those labels because i know i will never be enough for them even if i try #plus i dont see the correlation between how a certain article of clothing or way of wearing my hair makes me more masculine or feminine #for ME that is. like if a skirt/kurti makes you feel more femme thats great. but that doesn't mean it has to universally be feminine #and telling me im femme because i like skirts is just reinforcing a universal gender to a piece of clothing #me personally i can't wear pants cause they're uncomfortable #anyway tangent aside. those “this is the most butch woman twitter can handle” posts were funny at first #but then they devolved into “HAHA twitter thinks girl with long hair is butch they don't know what a real butch is” #which is so annoying. what makes you butch. who gets to decide that #there is a problem when characters who express their butchness a certain way canonically get miscasted with traditionally femme stuff #and i get that butchphobia is very real #but also when that's not the case just let people express themselves man. you don't have to be dragging everyone all the time #girlblogging.pdf

[starrcrossrose]

I am actually shocked how much attention my recent Leo and Usagi sketch got Ahksjdjfjf I didn’t think yall could handle that 😂🙈

Shameless plug but I have a lot more art of them. Like. So much. It’s almost embarrassing. 🤣 I also write about them a ton, too, so if yall want to see or read some of that, it is over here for now.

Also I saw someone say they wished there was a fanfic for that sketch and LISTEN. THERE IS. THERE WILL BE. But we aren’t there yet👀

#i have a few drafts I’ve wanted to post here but #I do worry they’re still too much for tumblr? #basically they have a bit more spice #nothing crazy but definitely on the more intimate scale #AND BC I GOTTA SAY IT #YES they are VERY MUCH ADULTS in all the content I have of them that’s spice adjacent #or just straight up spice but that’s for my Patreon peeps #anyway maybe one day I’ll post some of those drafts if the interest is high enough #personal #tangent #shameless plug #rottmnt #LeoSagi #leoichi #technically it’s BOTH okay #he’s Usagi AND Yuichi like #anyway #they 🥰

[crescentfool]

recently, i’ve been thinking about what a 100% social link/confidant run is like from the perspective of the persona protagonists, rather than the player. i’ve always been a sucker for thinking about the type of narrative created by a person’s gameplay choices (it can be so fun and deep) so!! i wrote this analysis / musing.

some notes before we start: this was written with the lens of persona 3 being the most recent game i played- but the concepts are applicable to the p4/p5 protagonists as well! no spoilers for any of the games are mentioned; this is moreso a general discussion of ludonarrative dissonance with the game mechanics and narrative and how it makes for fun angst (ft. personal interpretation).

(more under the cut!)

the framework: game mechanics

in all of the games, the social link system’s existence coincides with the social stats mechanic. certain social links require a specific set of stats in order to initiate it, or surpass a certain rank. each game has around 20 of these- each of which represent the major arcana (+ some bonuses, e.g. aeon / jester / faith / councilor).

for any players going for a 100% social link run, this basically requires each social stat to be maxed out. anyone who’s followed a guide for a 100% run would know that the beginning of the game tends to be very “strict” with how time can be used, most of which involves getting the stats raised  as soon as possible.

outside of characterization and worldbuilding, completing social links are incentivized for a variety of gameplay reasons. so how could this completionist play style affect the protagonists?

prioritizing social stats over everything else: a general view

regardless of which protagonist you want to put under a petri dish, with a 100% run, you’re essentially asking the protagonist to form amicable bonds with 20 or so people, give or take. granted, not everyone becomes adjoined to the hip to the protagonist.

personally, i feel that forming 20 different bonds over the course of a year would be rather strenuous. during these 100% runs, the protagonists may feel that they’re spreading themselves thin trying to dedicate their resources to multiple different people as well as raising their “social stats.” i find the implications that this has on said bonds is so, utterly fascinating.

while this isn’t reflected in the game and would be better represented within a fic, i find it difficult to believe that this type of behavior doesn’t have any ramifications on the quality of the protagonist’s closer relationships (or their self-image, for that matter).

just… imagine calling one of your close friends but then they consistently give responses along the lines of “lmao sorry i’m busy doing other things,” and they rarely make the time of day for you. how would you feel? gameplay-wise, this deterioration of the relationship is best represented in persona 3 with social links reversing if you haven’t spent time with them in awhile.

part of my fascination with this concept is influenced by my own experiences. trying to maintain so many relationships can be difficult to keep up with and it quickly gets overwhelming (see dunbar’s number for more information). jumping between so many people also makes it difficult to focus on a few relationships meaningfully- meaning that relationships may be limited to being simple pleasantries. even then, ‘successfully’ keeping every relationship satisfying comes at the cost of being unable to pursue your own development and interests.

overall, i think that trying to do so many things ends up lowering the quality of the relationship(s) involved, especially when you also consider the fatigue from going to school as well as fighting shadows.

playing the therapist friend / listening role: a general view

another aspect of the 100% run that i think about is how the protagonists rarely open up to other people. a good chunk of SLs follow a storyline of the protagonist acting as a therapist friend/helping the other person through one central issue. some SLs are an exception to this and have a more casual “we’re just hanging out vibe.”

basically, SLs tend to be weighted toward the other character’s growth, moreso than the protagonist’s (which is handled by the main story). that said, the idea of mostly playing a listening role across most of your relationships and not having many that you feel comfortable to speak freely about your own stuff… feels really unbalanced and unhealthy?

i do think that part of the lack of “input” can be attributed to the silent-protagonist approach taken in the games (which is a whole ‘nother topic). but!! i find that each protagonist’s options, while limited, are fun to think about! some of the traits and interpretations i’ve seen for the differing protags, to name a few, include:

being afraid to open up / get attached and keeping people at arm’s distance as a result

needing to be around other people, even if it’s just listening them, to distract from their own struggles / pretend nothing’s wrong with them

enjoying helping others, being a good and careful listener who can provide an appropriate and helpful response

the willingness to prioritize others over themselves; a lack of self-preservation

compulsive people pleasing

at its worst, the lack of “protagonist talking” or equal reciprocation in response could be misinterpreted by the other person as disinterest (like they’re talking to a wall). alternatively- the lack of “personal tidbits” could be taken as, “you don’t trust me enough to be able to open up, huh.” and i just think that seeing this in a fic would be the biggest shitshow ever (and i would read that).

concluding thoughts:

overall, i feel that the protagonists taking a predominantly listening approach to several relationships at once can lead to compassion fatigue and general burnout. the protagonists are rarely at the receiving end of being listened to and/or having their issues worked through… and that’s kind of sad?

while the 100% social link run can provide great power to any persona fusions (and other cool battle abilities + hijinks)... i ultimately think that there’d be a lot of mental strain that would make achieving this much more difficult when you take a narrative-emphasized approach.

i do realize that it is possible to see the general vibe of this post as “100% social link is bad,” but like… there’s something i find really appealing about the messiness of attempting to manage so many relations at once- only to fall short in several of them and attempting to salvage the last bits of their sanity. when you think about the complications of the 100% SL run from the shoes of the protagonist… yeah!! that’s the good shit!

anyways! if anyone knows of any fics with this kinda vibe for the p3/4/5 protags… feel free to drop it in my askbox… i like them all VERY much :3c… and if this raised any food for thought- i’d be equally honored! let the protags go through shit i wanna see their emotions and coping mechanisms damn it! 👏

#persona 3 #persona 4 #persona 5 #yes it is 3am and im posting this. i couldn't sleep so i wanted to write something that i've been thinking abt as of late :x #highly recommend looking up ludonarrative dissonance btw! if ur interested in game storywriting its SOO interesting bc its definitely- #an occurence that happens every now and then in a video game. persona included. like.. when game mechanics tell one story but the narrative #-ends up contradicting that (or some other thing in reality ends up doing that...). does that even make sense?? #i tried to keep this post general to p3/4/5 but if you know me well enough you'll see how my p3 bias has shaped this post. lmao #i also could go on a tangent about how i feel about orpheus telos as a thing w/rt p3 social links BUT I WONT. unless...? #i have more i want to say on the topic (maybe will do so at a later time) but feel free to ask for more specific hcs with the protags? #maybe not p4kun though just bc ive only watched p4 so i havent had the time to let it sit btwn play sessions #anyway bye im just going to let this float in the void while i sleep. have a good day #meta #hc and au nonsense #lizzy speaks

[ljesaw]

can’t stop thinking about somebody saying that zuko is constantly going against his very nature in order to be evil and i will be crying about it forever frankly

#do you ever think about little baby zuko loving and adoring his mother #like that mama’s boy is gentle…..underneath…….All That #the complex relationship between zuko and literally every member of his family makes me actually lose my shit #zuko and ozai make me foam at the mouth ozai should rot but i also just love complex crunchy family dynamics #but i also think about at the end of book 1 #and jeong jeong talking about how fire is dangerous because it’s so unpredictable #which also speaks to the way firebenders wield their fire #the typical form that’s used in that they exert a lot of force and power on their opponent #probably largely because there’s truly only so much they can control with their own element #and only really gifted firebenders can master such a fickle element well enough to exert that kind of effort and focus #do you ever think about zuko learning and understanding all 4 elements to better his own mastery and form(s) #this post was supposed to be about zuko’s complexity and the fact that i went on an entirely unrelated tangent #that’s actually somewhat related too #just speaks for itself. one day ill make sense i swear #anyway if this doesn’t make sense. i’ll fix it later. maybe

[decepti-geek]

Aziraphale using ‘pash’ instead of crush is UNUTTERABLY charming to me because the only context I’ve seen that used before is around all the sapphic subtext that happened in girls’ boarding school novels from like. the 40s

#good omens spoilers #not massively but just in case #good omens #aziraphale #maggie/nina #like okay i ploughed my way through mallory towers and st claires when i was like 12 #and there are REASONS i preferred mallory towers and those reasons are such as bill & clarissa #and darryl & sally #i think it was sally #and mary lou and her gf although i dont think i can give the gf's name off the top of my head #daphne???? maybe????? that might have been someone else #OH AND IRENE AND BELINDA #ART GF AND MATHS GF #i think they were all mallory towers anyway #irene and belinda MAY have been st claires in which case st claires goes up a little bit in my ranking #although not enough to overtake mallory towers #nope nvm i just looked it up and they were also mallory characters #st claires doesnt even come close now i know MT also has the inimitable music/maths and art pairing #sorry this was a wholeass tangent #that word just unlocked some Memories for me

[natsmagi]

HELLO ❤️❤️ITS THE NARU ANON (your new wife you agreed you cant back out now 🫵) IT'S NOT THAT SHE DOESN'T GET FANART SHE DOES AND SHE HAS A LOT OF IT BUT PEOPLE KINDA STOPPED MAKING IT CAUSE I VISIT HER TAG DAILY (I'm so normal about her I swear) AND THERE'S NOTHING NEW AND IT'S SO SAD 😭❤️

omg hi wife 🫶 BUT OUGHHH THATS FAIR ENOUGH I SUPPOSE?? most artists tend to have their little niches and i think there arent. like. SUUUPER many enstars artists on tumblr right? theres def a handful to pick and choose from!! but some units are more popular than others so its a bit unbalanced and getting new varied food, esp if ur favs are more niche, is unlikely 😭 there was a time where i was like. pretty much the ONLY account posting in the ntmg tag (at least when it came to art) so. its rough out here im afraid............ was forced to make the content i wish to see in this world 💔💔

one day someone whos hyperfixated on arashi and draws her constantly will join tumblr and repair the ecosystem. That artist could be u

#ask #i have spoken of this tale many times but i joined tumblr to give myself something to do and to improve my art #viewed it as a two birds one stone kinda situation #hyperfixating on gay men turned yuri can truly do wonders #so if any of u out there r sitting there thinking “noo my art isnt good enough to post online......” SHUT!!!! #THE JOURNEY IS WHATS IMPORTANT #DO IT FOR YOU AND FOR THE 5 OTHER PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT CARE ABOUT THE THING YOU CARE ABOUT #THEY WILL EAT IT UP #ESPECIALLY IF ITS SOMETHING NICHE #THERE WILL ALWAYS BE SOMEONE OUT THERE WHO WILL RAVAGE UR ART #anyway that was a side tangent. What were we talking about again

[insecateur]

Me, looking at vulgar french words for penis: Oh neat they also have Verga

Also tbt to the time a teacher of mine said "Le bilo bitte" instead of Bic and we spent a full hour laughing

"verge" is commonly used in french smut and is at least marginally better than "membre" which is a nightmare imo. "organe" is another euphemism which i feel like you need to be very confident in order to pull off. i haven't written smut in french in so long i'd like to write some this year

"bite" is always funny altho i do think going a step further and reaching for "teub" gives it a real special flavor

#la réponse d #also bite is just always a riot in english. #french smut is a lot less vulgar than in english in general funnily enough at least in fic #people will use euphemisms for everything. even in like pwp #i saw 'bite' only in like. two fics back when i was researching for my in-universe fanfiction #i do have a soft spot for 'verge' tho even if it's silly #when i was writing the bad french smut i wanted to try and use 'engin' somewhere but couldn't do it #i do think augustine would use 'engin' to talk about lysandre's dick to aggravate him tho. #would probably make puns and jokes about him being an engineer. #anyway sorry for going in a tangent i am still shiniless and suffering💔 #talking about funny peepee words helps #WHY DID A BUNCH OF THE WORDS GET ADDED AS TAGS LMFAO. #ohhhh it's bc i forgot not to use quotes oughhhhhhh brain empty #okay i'll fix this on pc later but first missing word was bite. second was uhh i think verge. last was ENGIN #my tags are ruined but i'm not retyping all that sry #i fixed it on pc.