#babbles in the tags lol

[breezycheezyart]

A wip I decided to scrap. Two lovely vampires having a lovely moment~

Please do not repost

#breezycheezyart #shallura #yes i know calling this a wip is a stretch but like;;; lol #overcomplicated it even for me and redoing it would've been too much. so i prettied it up with rushed coloring #at least the atmosphere seems to feel right #anyways enjoy the pretty vampires; i'll draw more in the future! #babbles in the tags lol

[nocandnc]

SHE GETS IT!!

PLEASE MARRY HER.

Visiting Yamano buying steamed buns after work is quite the treat~

(and of course, the day they run out of the panda buns is the day she's not working lollll)

#mr. villain's day off #kyuujitsu no warumono san #warumono san #mr villain #yamano #cashier yamano #warumono x yamano #WaruYama??? #noooo I really don't know what to tag them as lol #anime screencaps #random babbling

[a-driftamongopenstars]

still thinking about Lightfall and just how much it rocked for me. it changed *everything*, it took away our safety and security of the Traveler, it gave us even more Darkness powers but those that are completely incomprehensible and new. it opened a whole other community to us, which comes with its own can of worms.

it brought the Light and Darkness conflict closer to its apex.

all previous dlcs felt to me like the Guardian still finding their footing, figuring out their loyalties, grievances, but in Lightfall we came in ready and prepared. it's us bringing our wisdom and power to the table.

while swinging around an absolutely epic city, straight from a neon album cover.

#I'm just hhh I love neomuna and lf and everything #destiny 2 #adrift babbles #Lightfall positivity #tagging just in case lol

[alibonbonn]

getting some durgestarion whump outta my system

#this is actually the tomcuise Lestat meme redraw I just went off course lol #I made a playlist for their myriad of bad endings but I still want fluff for them ya know??? #hand in unlovable hand #hold me like a tourniquet and I’ll you like an Iron Maiden #maybe I’ll feel better once I made the fluff playlist #durgestarion #durge x astarion #oc tag #oc sparrow #wip #ali babble #alidraw #bg3 #astarion

[babacontainsmultitudes]

As some of you already know, I am disheartened- though certainly not surprised- by the recent backlash against one Sparrow Oak Garcia for his recent transgression of *checks notes* having a mixed-to-negative opinion on zoos.

Part of me honestly feels a bit silly responding to any of this, but what are any of us here to do if not have opinions on fictional podcast characters. Anyways, I will get to the more important stuff, as obviously (if you've seen any of the criticisms I'm talking about) this ties back to Hero at the end of the day, but seeing as the first wave of hate I saw after the episode was largely to the effect of: "what the fuck does Sparrow have against zoos?", I would like to start by addressing that point briefly (and only briefly, as it's really not the sort of topic I care to discuss online), by saying that zoos and animal captivity more generally have a long history of being contested and criticized by animal rights activists, and that instances of animal abuse and neglect within zoos and other animal-based theme parks are anything but obscure. Furthermore, it feels worth noting that as of present less than 10% of zoos in the US are AZA-accredited. I say absolutely none of this with the intention of making any definitive statements on the nature of zoos, nor to judge people who do enjoy zoos, nor even to provide my own feelings on the matter. Rather, I offer this information only to explain that someone like Sparrow taking issue with something like zoos really isn't strange at all? And whether you agree with such a stance or not, it undoubtedly comes from a place of empathy. Moreover, I don't think we can honestly divorce Sparrow's take and compulsion to voice it from the metacontext that Sparrow is a character being played by Anthony Burch, you know, a vegan, who probably has his own views on the matter that may or may not differ from yours and mine.

Okay, on to more important matters. At the forefront of things I suppose is the assertion that Sparrow's behavior regarding Normal and the zoo and all that is hypocritical and perhaps even nonsensical in light of what Hero was going through at the time with her training. "He wouldn't take Normal to the zoo but he forced Hero to kill a deer with her bare hands?" Certainly the sort of statement that will elicit a strong emotive reaction from the fandom, but one that ultimately relies on a pretty major assumption, namely, that Sparrow acted as the primary organizer and perpetrator of Hero's training, one who supposedly felt no internal conflict towards the situation whatsoever, rather than instead serving as an enabler of it, who ultimately intervened but only after far too much damage was already done. Neither is a great thing to be, but there is absolutely a difference between both of these roles, and I think that Lark and Sparrow's respective behaviors over the course of the season point almost unanimously towards Sparrow being the latter and Lark the former.

(The above being a non-exhaustive list, of course)

The funny part about the whole zoo thing is that it only further corroborates the notion that Sparrow is someone who is sensitive to the suffering of others, and by extension only serves as more evidence that he most likely was not the one actively making Hero undergo the worst of what she had to do. Does this make him guiltless in the matter? Absolutely not, but it does point to Sparrow having issues that are fundamentally different from Lark's, and means that the instance with the zoo is not only consistent with Sparrow's characterization, but frankly not actually all that hypocritical if you look at it for more than a second. That is, there is a very important but simple difference between the situation with Normal and the zoo and that of Hero and the deer that accounts for the variances in Sparrow's behavior between both cases: Lark. Sparrow isn't okay with either situation, based on all the evidence we have so far of who he is as a person there is absolutely no reason to think that Hero's training is not something that deeply upset him- I mean for fuck's sake everything about how Sparrow raised Normal down to his name stems from not wanting his kids to have to live that kind of life. So why doesn't he put a stop to things sooner? Why does he let any of Hero's training happen at all? Again, very simply, because Sparrow cannot say no to his brother. I mean, he does eventually, given Hero's current status, and that change is an important and still ongoing facet of Sparrow's growth and his arc, but at the start of things it is something he struggles with even more than he does now, to his own suffering and detriment and of course even more so to Hero's. But did Sparrow himself "force Hero to kill a deer with her bare hands"? Almost certainly not, and I have to admit that I find it quite frustrating how quickly Lark vanishes from the collective conscious of the fandom when the time comes to assign accountability for matters concerning Hero. But then, who is Sparrow if not someone who takes the fall for his brother, apparently even in the fandom-space.

[Not that there isn't any nuance to Lark's utilitarianism, either. In general I feel as though discussion of the twins' biggest mistakes too often omits the acknowledgement of the fact that all of it has been to stop an eldritch horror responsible for the death and torture of millions of people, but anyways. Not what this post is about.]

I think that's mostly it lol. Got some thoughts on the family's policy on pets (and how it relates to the Hero thing but also to Beanie actually), as well as some remarks on Rebecca and how we really shouldn't be leaving her out of this discussion (I say, leaving her out of this discussion) but eeehhhhhhh y'all I'm especially low energy as of late eheh and mostly just wanted to speak my peace on a couple major things so let's cut it here for now I think :b

#dndads #meant to post this a bit sooner but sleep and anxiety have been very bad lately :( -not related to this stuff lol #dungeons and daddies #sparrow oak #sparrow oak garcia #also posting this at an awful time as I am one to do but eh what can you do #long post #dndads s2 ep 41 #baba babbles #<- remember when I said I would start using that talking tag then didn't???? #hero oak #hero oak swallows garcia #normal oak #normal oak swallows garcia #names lmao gosh #lark oak #lark oak garcia #ask to tag #<- just in case given certain topics

[noisyasalways]

some memes ive made for my friends except i dont give you the context

#b babbles #god i hate figuring out what to tag stuff #memes #humor #funny #lol #out of context #dog #ms #multiple sclerosis #bipolar disorder #immunocompromised #homemade memes #thats enough thanks #inside jokes #shitpost #shit post #196 #mental health jokes

[chaoslynx]

okay i'm starting my reread liveblog with the literal cover of volume one

I think a lot about how the cover for volume one is Eiji holding a gun. Not only that, but a cropped version of it is shown as title page for every volume afterward.

Now, we could call this foreshadowing about Eiji protecting himself. But why would it be chosen as the title page for every volume if that were the case?

Look closely at the inscription on the gun. "Smith & Wesson" -- that's a Smith & Wesson Model 27 (or possibly a Model 19 but Ash uses both quite a bit). That's Ash's gun.

"Can I hold your gun?" // "... Sure thing."

Eiji asking for explicit consent. Ash giving himself to Eiji because Eiji was the only one who bothered to ask. And Eiji holding onto that piece of Ash through the whole series.

#banana fish #asheiji #ash lynx #eiji okumura #hopefully not all my posts about my reread are this long lmao #oh i need to come up with a tag for this so that y'all can mute me lol #chaoslynx manga adventures #there. mute that tag if you don't wanna hear me babble

[daisydogboy]

logan having all the plushies someone shoot me in the foot

#ts spoilers #sanders sides #it was a big ol ad but whatever #it was enjoyable lol #bears babble #how many times am i going to forget to add that tag

[twistedappletree]

Thinking about Lan Sizhui teaching Jin Ling how to play guqin.

Thinking about Jin Ling absolutely bored to tears by the fundamentals until he hears how beautifully Lan Sizhui plays and suddenly takes an interest (in the guqin, definitely the guqin, he’s interested in the guqin only, okay??)

Thinking about Jin Ling practicing outside of classes because he wants to impress Lan Sizhui by how much he’s improved and wants to make him proud and wants to see his face light up with a smile—I mean, what? No no no, he just wants to show initiative to learn, that’s all there is to it, nothing more. Nothing at all.

Thinking about Lan Sizhui finding Jin Ling asleep on his guqin after a night of wearing himself out with extra practice and gently waking him up to safely escort him back to his room so he doesn’t get caught by their seniors. Meanwhile, Jin Ling sleepily leans against him on the walk back to his room because it’s normal, he’s just tired, it’s obviously normal because Lan Sizhui slips his hand into his and smiles and Jin Ling’s heart feels like it’s on fire. Oh no.

Thinking about Jin Ling opening up to Lan Sizhui about his nightmares from all the trauma he’s endured and Lan Sizhui staying to play guqin for him until he falls asleep, each note chasing away every bad dream that tries to disturb him.

Thinking about them practicing guqin alone together the next day. And the day after. And the day after that—and they really are practicing but it’s a little hard to focus when Lan Sizhui keeps putting his hands over Jin Ling’s to move them to the correct strings, and Jin Ling’s face is a breath away from Lan Sizhui’s every time he leans over to help him.

It’s just guqin practice, that’s all there is to it, perfectly normal. 🩵💛

#zhuiling #blorbo thoughts on the morning bc their tags are being filled with boring discourse again and i need something cute and fun 😭 #ONLY tagging as zhuiling too since main tags always attract fanon-obsessed antis for some reason LOL #anyway #this is a v aspec activity too bc JL definitely would want to learn and become the best he can possibly be at anything really #and LSZ definitely would want to teach and be an effective teacher #also #JC asking JL what he’s learned so far and JL is like ‘um…. uh….. um if you pluck the string by the thingy it…. does a thing???’ #he’s learned stuff for sure it’s just hard to think after being alone with your crush aishajhd go easy on him JC lmaooo #apple babble 🍎 #also guys reminder to read my faq and blacklist zhuiling tag if it bothers you #I don’t waste time fighting people about fictional characters on the internet 🤷‍♀️ #this is my space and I’ll post whatever I want thanksssss 🩵💛🩵💛 #I actually already wrote a lot of this into a fic ahahaHAHA #it’s the companion fic to the manor fic tho so it’ll be a hot minute before it’s posted

[floweringpopcat]

hey!! i wrote a thing!!! a 1k fic about watcher!grian, with scar, for any who are interested

#give it some love will you? #i haven't written and posted a fic in a year lol #if you read it i hope you like it! #i had fun writing it #tag time #my writing #ao3 #fanfic #fanfiction #grian #watcher grian #goodtimeswithscar #desert duo #hermitcraft #trafficblr #gtws #gtwscar #mars babbles

[chiscribbs]

Tfw you've drawn Donnie so many times with a stupid name tag on his forehead that drawing him without it looks wrong to your brain somehow...

#A feeling that literally only I can relate to LOL. Fr tho it's very weird - I'm too used to including that silly thing. #Legit stared at a sketch I just did for a few minutes thinking ''why does his forehead look so bare? What's missing?'' #This is what I get for trying to be funny I guess (lol). I gotta get rid of that thing at some point. Lucky Leo ditched his. #chi's babbling again #(note: for context - this is in ref to the tmnt au comp. I just don't want to tag it because it's not really relevant to it.)

[thou-babbling-brook]

Hello everyone! I know this is vastly different from the usual content I post, but it is extremely important to me. I am currently doing research on fandom vocabulary and identity for one of my college classes this semester with the goal of getting my paper published. If you have the time, I would appreciate it if anyone involved with fandoms currently or in the past could complete this survey and spread it to others.

This survey will remain anonymous and no personal data will be collected. It is being conducted for its potential benefits to individuals or humans in general. An expected benefit of this study is an understanding of fandom culture and its vocabulary. You are not likely to experience physical, psychological, social, or legal risks beyond those ordinarily encountered in daily life or during the performance of routine examinations or tests by participating in this study. Your participation is voluntary. You can stop at any time and can decline to answer questions if you do not feel comfortable answering them.

This survey consists of a demographic section and questions related to fandoms and their vocabularies. It will take about 45 minutes to 1 hour to complete.

Even if you are not able to take the survey, spreading it by reblogging it or sharing it online with friends will be just as helpful! If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask.

Thanks again everyone!

#fandom #marvel #star wars #kpop #anime #disney #assassin’s creed #the last of us #supernatural #doctor who #sherlock #five nights at freddy’s #homestuck #undertale #harry potter #percy jackson #video games #I’m trying to spread this as much as I can that’s why I used so many tags lol #babblingbrook babbles #survey

[asexualbookbird]

24 in 2024

Tagged by @bigcats-birds-and-books even though we were going to do this TOGETHER

anyway! The 23 in 2023 tag was fun so lets do it again :D Here are 24 books I want to read this year, and this time I AM color coding them :3

purple - books I own

blue - ebook backlog

green - everything else

bold - carry over from the 2023 list

I'm only including books I think I'll enjoy, so none of the stack of ones I know I want to donate eventually. Good intentions only in this year of our hokage 2024

The Dragon of Jin Sayeng by KS Villoso

The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri

Legacy of Ash by Matthew Ward

Labryrinth's Heart by MA Carrick

The Faithless by CL CLark

Locklands by Robert Jackson Bennet

Among Thieves by MJ Kuhn

Starling House by Alix E Harrow

The Art of Prophecy by Wesley Chu

Strange The Dreamer by Laini Taylor

Witch King by Martha Wells

City of Bones by Martha Wells

Painted Devils by Margaret Owen

Gaurdians of Ga'Hoole by Kathryn Lasky

Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee

Sword of Kaigen by ML Wang

Once and Future by AR Capetta

The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickenson

System Collapse by Martha Wells

The Archive Undying by Emma Mieko Candon

The Hollow Places by T Kingfisher

Servant Mage by Kate Elliott

The Hourglass Throne by KD Edwards

In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan

There we go! Somehow a lot harder than last year, probably because I'm running out of books on my shelf I haven't read, so I guess that's a good thing. Once again, this will be deleted if I don't read any of them have a wonderful year <3

Tagging: @alloreli @logarithmicpanda @bookcub if you want!

#bookbird babbles #24 in 2024 #tag games #books #booklr #maybe i shouldve used the donation stack lol

[astarionancuninswife]

If you follow my main or know me at all, you know one of my fav romcoms is My Fake Fiancé and just the genre of fake relationships in general

If I wrote something along those lines (like based on the idea of a fake engagement for whatever reason), who would y’all be up for?

I can think of countless ways to use the almost exact plot of My Fake Fiancé to fit a few characters, but I’m curious to know what others would want lol

#baldur’s gate 3 #bg3 #astarion ancunin #gale dekarios #karlach cliffgate #shadowheart #lae'zel #wyll ravengard #halsin silverbough #minthara #raphael #(< tagging for exposure but def will remove them if enough ppl complain lol) #bambi babbles

[anghraine]

I am never more Old Man Yelling At Cloud than about TikTok tbh

I know this isn't special, but I'm just like ... I don't like the format, I don't get the appeal 98% of the time, the social dynamics creep me out, I think the posts about how its problems are equivalent to Tumblr's problems sound like they're coming from Earth 2, and when I hear the distant echoes of the kind of discourse going on at TikTok, it's like ... why am I even hearing about this. I'm living under a rock on Tumblr dot com for a reason

Best friend who is literally 11 days younger than me: when we write our project, we should probably figure out a way to make some kind of TikTok for it

me: ..............

#i've 'heard' multiple conversations on what the bg3 discourse on tiktok looks like and i truly deeply do not wish to know more #in fact i wish to know less #anghraine babbles #general fanwank #i'm not sure i have an appropriate tag for this lol #anghraine whines #elder millennial blogging

[bechnokid]

The most difficult thing about updating the Ask Yukiki blog is accepting that Yukiki isn't actually a grumpy man like 20yo me insisted that he is.

So, my current dilemma is whether I should make him less grumpy and more of a quiet if not slightly awkward character because he's more fun for me to write, or to keep him grumpy to appeal to those who are used to him being like that.

Writing is hard!

(People are welcome to give their own opinions and thoughts about this!)

#bechno talks #(also decided to just keep the 'bechno talks' tag) #('bechno babbles' sounds a little too silly to me lol)