#are these corny yet?

[zzztlk]

I'm really curious what Regan's family situation is (p.s also I really love your work it makes me so happy!!!!!)

Ty! Regan is a middle class failson that comes from a family of healthcare workers and small time restauranteurs. They're generally good people who care about each other but she distances herself from them for reasons nobody really understands. It's unfortunate, but it'll probably turn out fine. At the end of day family ties are precious threads right?

#ttb #asks #fought like hell not to insert a corny title drop in that blurb #The craziest reveal I have had yet to speak about is that Regan's hair is purple because her mom has blue hair and her dad's is pink. #It was a spur of the moment gag I inserted to explain why Regan never has to re-dye her hair. #But now that the story is supposed to be more grounded I'm slowly phasing it out #Regan

[bylertruther]

personally, i think they should've included a scene in s4 where argyle is at the wheel and does a crazy turn that makes will fall into mike's lap or something and they're both like "😰😳🫣😵‍💫🏳️‍🌈⁉️‼️ sORRysorrysorry that was an accident i didn't mean to do tht oh sorry i um . =>.<= ahem. wow.... look at all tht cool dirt outside haha >_> ... .. . ." will is messing with the sleeves of his shirt and staring resolutely out the window like his face isn't on fire rn and mike is staring down at his arm where will fell on him and putting his hand over it with that breathless look on his face and jonathan is up front trying his best to pretend like he didn't just witness a category 5 lgbt event amen 🙏

#they already have the convoluted love triangle plot n you're the heart n knight in shining armor x damsel in distress thing going on #so why not add yet another corny n classic n wonderful romantic trope hehe <3 #byler #mine

[comradekatara]

oh ur voltron essay is so incredibly true. it also provides some answers to the bafflement i have been experiencing when looking at zukka tags. like, i was THRILLED when zukka got popular bc i thought it would be freedom from the endless katara ship wars. but people have gotten so incredibly weird. the amount of racist mischaracterization in the tumblr zukka-sphere is out of control. i had accepted that the majority of zukka shippers do not understand the characters at all, and you have now made me realise: not only do they not understand the characters, they see them as. fucking keith and lance. this is horrifying i’m gonna have to sit and contemplate it for a long time

yeah no the katara ship wars are still waging on, people are also just racist about sokka now too. which is awesome. but yeah if not for the fact that i see people compare them to klants all the fucking time (even before zukka got popular, in fact) i would think that im somehow delusional and exaggerating these trends but i know im not because people are constantly admitting it. just saying it out loud. like i used to see people calling sokka and zuko “rivals” a lot and that is clearly a byproduct of klantsification because everyone knows that sokka and azula are rivals. sokka and zuko are simply not rivals in any way except for in the sense that they were trying to kill each other in book 1 i guess. but i’d hardly call that a “rivalry.”

its like. sokka hates zuko and wants him dead and then zuko comes to the western air temple and begs to be let into their group and sokka doesn’t trust him but aang says that he does and sokka knows that aang needs a firebending teacher so that he can defeat the firelord and win the war so sokka is like “okay if that’s what you want, aang” and then he still doesn’t really like or trust zuko at all (at one point he even tells him to go jump into a volcano, which is the TV Y-7 way of getting “kill yourself” through s&p) but he needs information on zuko if he’s going to rectify his mistake and then zuko insists on tagging along for his suicide mission and sokka doesn’t really care whether or not zuko lives or dies so he’s like “yeah fine whatever it’s your funeral” and then zuko demonstrates that he’s actually really earnest and sincere and charmingly awkward and willing to do anything to help sokka and always follows his lead so sokka is like “okay i like this guy now” and then they’re friends and that’s that. at no point does sokka view him as a rival.

as for zuko. zuko doesn’t really care about sokka because he’s hyperfocused on capturing aang and literally nothing else matters and then he decides that he would do anything to help the avatar defeat his father and then sokka kills the indestructible walking wmd of an assassin zuko had previously hired with just his boomerang and then zuko helps sokka infiltrate the boiling rock and proves that he would literally die for him for nothing in return except the reward of seeing him happy. so at no point does zuko consider sokka his rival because he just straight up knows that sokka is better than him in every possible way and he respects that (to an almost unhealthy degree) and just follows his lead unquestioningly. if anything zuko’s rival is also azula, because they were always competing for the same affections. (except azula considers sokka her rival, while zuko considers azula his rival.)

and ppl will frame ZUKO as being out of SOKKA’S league and it’s like. the whole POINT is that sokka is out of zuko’s league and zuko knows it the whole world knows it!!!! they’re not rivals, sokka isn’t a wacky flirty idiot, zuko genuinely terrorized him for months on end, their friendship is built on the intensity of zuko’s devotion genuinely outweighing his previous crimes. anyone who cannot see past the aesthetic similarities between what is a genuinely compelling dynamic between two very well-constructed, dimensional characters and personified shallow tropes written and shipped together in a cynical cash grab should not be engaging with zukka as a ship.

it was so much better in the beforetimes, when no one knew that gay people existed, and everyone who did even remotely ship them was like “awww I love their bromance. #brosforever” because at least then they actually kind of understood what their dynamic was even if they weren’t reading any sort of romantic subtext into it. but I do want to make myself clear. reading romantic subtext into sokka and zuko’s relationship is a genuinely coherent and informed reading of the text. it is not a “headcanon” or a “crackship,” it is a valid interpretation of what is depicted onscreen.

“the boiling rock” is truly the gay subtext episode of atla (and by that I also mean the azula mai ty lee love triangle, which was truly a life changing moment for me as a child) and while there are of course multiple valid readings of characters’ motivations and behaviors as grounded in and informed by the text, especially when it comes to unspoken romantic motivations, i really do think that it’s in no way a stretch to assume that due to factors such as — a) zuko knowing sokka and saying sokka’s name way more than he says any other gaang member’s name b) zuko risking his own life to blindly follow sokka on a suicide mission to an impenetrable supermax when he is literally wanted by the state for high treason, and trusting his lead unconditionally c) zuko just generally being so soft and docile around sokka when he’s normally a tightly wound ball of stress and rage who yells at anyone who so much as looks at him funny, and of course d) zuko literally flirting with sokka in the cooler??? because I don’t know how else to explain that scene that looks like it came straight out of a cheap porno — really do seem to indicate that zuko is down bad for sokka.

and seeing as a) reading zuko as gay is already such a logical way to read his entire character arc and the significance of his journey and b) pretty much everyone they meet is down bad for sokka (assuming they’re not already down bad for katara, that is), it’s really not an incoherent or fantastical ship. like, ymmv on whether sokka actually returns zuko’s feelings (I am mostly a proponent of one-sided zukka, but I also think that I could sort of see them getting together in their late 20s or smth. idk), it’s a genuinely compelling and coherent way to read their dynamic nonetheless. the problem is when people reduce their preexisting, compelling dynamic in service of conforming to narrow and often harmful (eg, racist) troping.

i am genuinely compelled by zuko’s uncharacteristic, almost hero-worship of sokka, his desperation to be his friend to the point of following him to the ends of the earth to prevent him from quite literally killing himself. and i think there’s something really lovely about the way these two teenage boys who have both struggled so much to conform to a harmful and militaristic masculinity could embrace their nerdier and more sensitive qualities (eg, zuko is canonically a theater kid who is apparently “quite the seamstress,” sokka is canonically a poet[ry appreciator] and likes to draw and carve) together.

i love the idea of a postcanon wherein sokka acts as zuko’s senior advisor and basically willingly puppets him and runs the fire nation from the shadows (while also doing the same in the earth kingdom simultaneously, because let’s be real, both zuko and kuei are out of their depths), and how that would also complicate their dynamic. but of course anyone who does subscribe to the “sokka works in the fire palace” hypothetical always makes sokka an “ambassador,” which is just stupid. sokka would not be satisfied merely doing ambassadorial busywork, he is literally an incorrigible control freak and he would be shadow running the fire nation, at zuko’s behest. and so on and so forth.

and yet, all the fanart of them is either wildly out of character, or sokka and zuko’s personalities have literally been reversed, which is somehow even worse. i won’t pinpoint exact examples, but im also pretty sure that if you took my hand and we went into the zukka tag together, i would just be like “nope. no. no. wrong. incorrect. wildly incorrect. egregiously wrong. no. incorrect.” and so on and so forth for every single post.

so yeah. the reason i don’t really discuss their dynamic anymore, despite still finding it compelling in its own right, is because the fans genuinely annoy me so much that they’ve turned me into a hater. it’s not even that it’s a bad ship, or that it’s not my personal cup of tea, or that’s it not grounded enough in canon for my liking. i think they’re fascinating to chew on as presented in the text. but what “fans” have done to “them” has warped whatever potential they actually have in the text into something that is both sinister and obnoxious. those aren’t sokka and zuko anymore. that’s lankka and keiko. and i don’t know those guys. they are total strangers to me. and they’re annoying and shallow and cliched and have i mentioned annoying. and i hate them.

#unhinged yet cogent zukka rant under the cut…….. #unreachedgalaxy #asks #sokka #zuko #sokkaxzuko #synthesis #hot takes #analysis #society if zukka shippers actually cared about the text and weren’t racist and obnoxious and corny and annoying and

[hornyverymuch]

Damashi: And now, you have to- wait, what happend to you?

Shang Tsung with black lipstick smeared on his face and neck: I have no idea, really...

#deadly alliance is living in my head rent free please help #Shang Tsung and Quan Chi are fucking in canon and tou can't convince me otherwise #deadly alliance #shang tsung #quan chi #mk1 #mortal kombat 1 #mortal kombat #partners in crime ships are so corny and yet sooo gooood #damashi #quan chi x shang tsung

[kuragesoda]

and they were classmates (oh my god they were classmates)

aka: the jrsh classmates au ive been rotating in my brain for the past few days

#what is UP my fellas im back at it again with the corny romance shit !!!! #ok in full honestly i didnt put thaaaat much thought into this au LMAO i rly just wanted to draw them as classmates #tho i was thinking that jyushi here doesnt have his lights yet in this au; but his hair has grown a biiit longer than it was #err idk much abt the dhbat manga plot so . apologies for any discrepancies haha #hypmic #hypnosis mic #jiro yamada #jyushi aimono #jiroshi #fanart #made by me :))

[fallevs]

Day six of the @klaineccfanficlibrary event ❤️

This sixth poem is called Since that day in November, but it doesn't fit into the show.

This is what Kurt would have written if he had been given a real marriage, time to think, time to grow and learn.

This (and I could have written a thousand more words) is what Kurt carries in his pocket on his wedding day to Blaine. The paper is folded, it's a page he tore directly from his bullet journal; there are no pressed flowers or colored ribbons, tape or other unnecessary things.

Just his vows to the man and love of his life.

Since that day in November

it seems a lifetime ago.

And it's curious how for you

it was love at second sight,

while I already imagined us

like this.

You see

the smile that's on my mouth

it's hiding the words that don't come out.

The words I've never been able to express

to you; yet

you have always understood me and my mess.

You have welcomed me and

listened and

mended my wounds and

watered my dry branches.

You are a resource,

my heaven.

The best part of a dream;

that wind that always blows but

manages to keep me from falling.

And today I promise you

that I will always walk with you on the paths

that lead to essence and

I will save you from the melancholy and the

injustice and

your fears.

And today I promise you

that I will always take your hand and

I will lift you up

as you have done every time

for me

Since that day in November.

kha

#klainevalentines2024 #kurt hummel's bullet journal #the story #since that day in november #klaine fanfic #klaine fanart #kurt hummel #blaine anderson #poetry #no beta we die like men #klaine wedding au #notice how kurt signed kha despite not being married to blaine yet lmao how corny

[machineghoul]

at the end of everything, hold on to anything

concep/wip based on my old maebea drawing. i mae or mae not finish this

#wip #doodle #its just so ambitious idk if i can do it yet lols #but its a cool concept imo! albeit corny though i could not finish this drawing and make it look any better then it already does lol #i mean i can try but i suck ass at lighting & colour theory #nitw #maebea #nitw fanart #mae borowski #bea santello #beatrice santello #night in the woods

[lucxien]

more ccs posting

#lucxien's art #cardcaptor sakura #touyuki #i have more i wont post yet #again sorry fe pookies #sorry if adding japanese was corny……. i am studying and i am having fun

[jamiesfootball]

One thing that I was not able to add into this beast of a fic was any Higgins & Jamie bonding and I am honestly so sad about it. Jamie literally can not have enough good replacement dads in his life

#I know they had 1 scene but that’s what fanfics are for #give Jamie this heckin dad shaped guy who makes corny jokes and never had a problem with Jamie coming back to Richmond #give me a Higgins who’s asked to help administrator some papers to help keep jamie safe #and he treats it with the Utmost Importance that man will file so many forms in triplicate #he will gladly make every uncomfortable phone call #he will utilize the Directors of Beboperations to make security arrangements at other facilities #meanwhile jamie is like ‘I’m not sure what I did to get all this extra effort’ #‘but also Carol in HR made me sign something and I don’t know what it is. please help’ #like Ted can be his Coach Dad but Higgins is like his Work Dad you know? #do you see it yet? do you see my vision? #jamie tartt #leslie higgins

[hope-i-dont-choke]

Meet the Robinsons is a father-son movie and the best one

#Meet the Robinsons #disney #Wilbur Robinson #cornelius robinson #lewis robinson #Franny robinson #a sequel with them as teenagers young adults #but Cornelius and franny are technically not a couple #and Wilbur shows up and Franny has no idea about any of it #and corny has so much to explain #including Why he’s been so trepidatious about their relationship #cause if they get together at the wrong moment they could butterfly effect wilbur out of existence #and he’s so panicked about it that he won’t kiss #her #and Wilbur just shows up like #what do you mean she doesn’t know she’s my mom yet #hes your husband did he just not tell you that #? #and frannys brothers giving Lewis hell about their little sister #i would just watch the hell out of that #please #we got another incredibles like 15 years later #so nothings impossible

[bakuswift]

labyrinth x bkdk

#yet another taylor swift song made for bkdk #is this corny #bkdk #bakudeku #katsudeku #dekubaku #my collage #bakugou x deku #deku x katsuki #bkdk fic #kacchadeku #kacchan x deku #izuku x katsuki #katsuki x deku #ktdk #bkdk au #bkdk angst #decchan #dkbk

[bred-toaster]

Getting more and more grossed out with the Hazbin fandom and the show by the second what the hell is wrong with you people 😭😭😭😭

#i literally only like alastor atp #the aroace erasure is INSANE #istg #it has its good moments but like #the rep for wlw relationships vs mlm relationships here is already severely different like #why cant we see Charlie and Vaggie be more affectionate yet we see men making out all the time #alastor isnt the same as he was in the pilot either hes just corny now #and the fact that people hate mimzie more than val is absoluetly disgusting #screams #hazbin hotel alastor #hazbin hotel #hazbin hotel charlie

[localapparently]

do u know how a lot of your artworks are just stuck to me now?? probably to a lot of ppl too. you seriously have magic in delivering heartfelt message through your art 🥹

thank you for your kind words ;-; a lot of times its just me being caught up in trying to express something, then after i finish the product im like "eghh,,, ive stared at this too long,,, will people understand how i felt when i scripted it?" and then people do. so seeing such reactions feel very rewarding.

#thoughts like “how do i pace out the panels and pictures so the reader's eyes will digest the story like how I want it to be portrayed?” #“how do I capture the clumsy awkward yet direct dialogue #why am i making this #what did i want to say?” #in the end i think i'll look back on my old comics and think they were corny or i could draw better #but right now i hope they're understood #so i'll trust my Right now brain. i think #asks

[fedorasaurus]

I'm glad that the original Deus Ex is still a fairly popular game, 'cause playing it for the first time 20+ years after its release means I missed out on a lot of the initial hype, probably. 😩

#I'm so late to the party but here I am ready to love these cyborg men #also GOD this game gets me so immersed #I gasped out loud at some of the things that happen #and I don't think I'm even halfway through yet #like sure the early 2000's graphics are corny but the writing is GREAT #Deus Ex #thoughts

[fluttytheflutt]

🔥 Ember & Wade💧

#Ik the trailer hasn’t come out yet but I HAD to doodle them 😭 #love them already fr #and the VAs are super cool #guys idc if it turns out corny or not its still gonna be amazing esp since its PIXAR for crying out loud #remember walle was a love story too but that wasnt the only plot within the movie; same case with this one #elemental #pixar elemental #elemental fanart #ember lumen #wade ripple #ember x wade #wade x ember #elemental fandom rise up

[dollsuguru]

writing fluff is so hard esp for a character you haven’t written for before + other characters in the fic 😭

#satoru i’m abt to get real acquainted w you in this fic #so far it just all sounds v corny and not at all like how satoru sounds so i need to rework everything #also it’s so hard to segue into another part of the fic or just another paragraph for me so i need to practice FLOW #and NOT make it choppy/clunky #and i also have to find voices for tsumiki & megumi 😭 miki’s is pretty easy she’s sweet & playfully teasing #wanna make megs adorable yet slightly grumpy bc i know he’s mature but i still want a childish vibe for him hmmmm #i’m actually… SURPRISNGLY. having a LOT of trouble w the ‘reader’ themselves #i just can’t seem to find their dynamic w each character yet… hmmmmmm #y’know what i may have to do… keep the beginning part but scrap everything else and start fresh #sighhhhhhhh. #i’m willing to do that though bc this story so far isn’t hitting the way i want it to #and i love the Premise of the fic a lot and want to do it TOTAL justice #like it’s serious business to me 😭 i don’t play around when it comes to this omfg like i HAVE FUN but i want it to be decently written too #gonna need to insert more personality to each character + their DIALOGUE TOO omg dialogue is so fucking hard & speech tags are so blegh #i actually might dream on it tonight and imagine how it would realistically play out in my head and then go back to fic writing #yeah i’ll do that it’s 9:30 pm rn basically so i’ll just dream on it 😭 #personal