#balance ig

[umbraastaff]

umm uhh. suffering game wonderland but it's taskmaster

#taz balance #mine #the suffering game #it should be noted that irl taskmaster is much more joyous and silly than wonderland #so somebody has to compromise tone here #either wonderland is genuinely fun in this au #or it is a version of taskmaster that is evil #although ig just making the prize matter as much as ''not losing your finger'' immediately ups the stakes #and thus makes the game worse #so there we go

[barry-j-blupjeans]

"Listen," Taako said, kicking his feet up on the Director's desk. "Cha'boy needs to live somewhere else."

"I'm… sorry?" the Director said. She looked like she had just woken up. Because she did. Whoops. The concept of time and Taako didn't really agree with each other. If the best time to get his thoughts out was six in the goddamn morning, then who was Taako to reject that? Not after he spent all night with motherfucks he has to dorm with.

"Cha'boy," Taako repeated, slowly. "Needs. To live. Somewhere else."

"Can I-" the Director sighed, dropping her face into her hands. She inhaled. Rubbed at her temples. Looked back up with an expression Taako could only describe as deep and utter regret. "Do I even want to know why?"

"No," Taako said. "But I got a list, so hang onto your hat. Number one-" he leaned back in the chair, teetering on the back legs. "-I need my beauty sleep."

"Don't we all," the Director asked, deadpan.

"You'll be fine," Taako said. "But this look takes work, compadre. Do you think I just wake up looking like this?" The Director opened her mouth. "Don't answer that." The Director shut her mouth. "But I doubt Magnus even knows what an inside voice is and Merle doesn't understand the concept of closing his fucking bedroom door and I am so, so close to committing even more crimes against death."

"Taako…"

"Two," Taako said, holding up two fingers. "Merle and Magnus both, objectively, smell awful. Have you stood near Merle recently, Director?"

"I… can't say I have," the Director said. There was a deep look of worry on her face now.

"Good," Taako said. "'Cus it's bad. I think he just eats deodorant instead of actually putting it on. And number three-"

Taako considered. Being tired of having to sneak his boyfriend around probably wasn't a good excuse, considering the Director didn't know that one, said boyfriend existed, and two, that he was even on the moon in the first place. Or knew the moon wasn't, y'know, the moon. But man, it felt bad to end his list on two. That was pathetic. He at least needed a three.

"Number three," Taako began again. "I deserve it."

"You deserve it," the Director repeated dryly.

"Sure as hell do," Taako said. "Like, you deal with a weapon of mass destruction several times and you don't even get a sweet room upgrade? Do you even have a retention plan, Director?"

Yes. Score one for Taako. He was so good at this.

"I like to think that the agreement of not dying from said weapon of mass destruction is some pretty good retention for most people," the Director said, which, yeah, fair.

"But I'm Taako," Taako said.

"Yeah," the Director said. "And it's five in the fucking morning, Taako. What the hell do you want me to do about it?"

"I'll take a new room," Taako said, crossing his legs in a different direction. The Director slid some documents away from his feet. "And maybe like, a raise. Sound good?"

"Hm," the Director said. She squinted at him. Taako dropped the chair back down to all four legs. After a moment, she cleared her throat. "What month is it?"

"May-ish," Taako said. "Y'know, around there."

"Around there," the Director said, nodding. "Come back to me, uh- let's- let's say after midsummer. And we'll see what we can do."

"After midsummer," Taako said echoed. "Need I remind you that last midsummer, the entire sky kinda like, got fucked up with a buncha eyes? Remember that? That was a thing that happened."

"Rest assured that they will be dealt with this year if they so choose to return," the Director said.

"Somehow that's not really reassuring me," Taako said.

"It's part of the retention plan," the Director said. "Now if you could please get the fuck out of my office, that would be stellar."

#taako #lucretia #taz #taz balance #mine #ise cube writing #idk what this is but enjoy ig sldfsd

[hellneedsaruler]

There’s just something about how by the end for Arthur to play the role he needed to play , be the once and future king who would unite Albion and rule justly, he had to learn to be gentle to be softer and kinder and more compassionate .

And he had to learn it from Merlin . The person who in order to become Arthur’s protector had to learn to be Ruthless . He had to be cold blooded , merciless and vicious to keep Arthur safe .

#idk if fate intended this for Merlin #or if Merlin willingly chose so #because he always had that feral desperate kind of fierce protectiveness towards the things he loves #either way #i wanna cry #i’m in my FEELS #you don’t understand the irony #ig the two sides of the same coin always have to balanced #i just #fate was so so so cruel to Merlin #I’m crying #i feel like this needs to be a post of minimum 15 paragraphs when it’s my turn with the braincell #bbc merlin #merlin #arthur pendragon #merthur #screaming into the tumblr void #random thoughts #rewatching merlin

[b1rdeyes]

house md’s s1 Christmas episode and it ends with house and Wilson getting takeout together for Christmas (with wilson asking iirc) then is IMMEDIATELY followed by an episode with house noticing that Wilson has a crush he’s trying to impress 💀💀

#like this isn’t even that much of a stretch cause it’s the perfect setup 😭 #bro I GET IT bc the vibes are so 🤨 #and knowing that house ends up with cuddly or smth im like NOOO #although from what I’ve seeen the show only gets gayer between them so ig it’ll balance out 💀 #house md #hilson #ig I’m ship-posting now (: #finally getting the queerbait experience

[acadieum]

i have been reblogging blupjeans from you for 5 years. tumblr win

LMFAOOOOO thats actually prob the era of when i first started drawing taz content too omg?? an og in our midst...

ngl that's some mad dedication and i thank you for ur support over these years 🫡 here is an additional honorary blupjeans scribble...

#adrien replies #adrien doodles #just smth somft and small for u anon... thank u for the blupjeans love #ig ill tag it but its just a silly lil thing #taz balance #taz balance spoilers #lup #barry bluejeans #blupjeans

[cephalopaints]

said id finish "in the morning" as in when i woke up. ended up finishing in two hours but its 2 am so that still counts. luv u callie u are the girly ever

#callie splatoon #splatoon #artists on tumblr #splatoon callie #callie cuttlefish #portfolio #art tag #april 2024 #my art style has been very inconsistent cause im trying to mess around with it. make it more unique ig #finding a balance between different enough to feel original but comfy enough to do regularly yk #the anatomy/perspective is pretty off but thats chill cause it was more for coloring practice than anything

[exuvvium]

hot take rlcraft sucks its not enjoyable at all

#man its challenging without a point if that makes sense #u can load up a new world and die 20 times before u get away from spawn .... not my kind of hell ty #feels like a lot of shit was just thrown in to be hard #not fun or balanced #its good for ppl to make 2000000 yt videos out of ig but not to play

[raccoonnutella13]

why are ppl always so mean about taz :(

#every time theres a new arc everyone who only liked balance is like 'oh if u dropped off after balance u have to listen to THIS arc bc its #JUST LIKE BALANCE' #every damn time. #it happened with ethersea a bit but especially w steeplechase and vs dracula #and u get ppl in the notes of these posts saying 'oh yeah i fucking hated everything after balance sooo glad theyre finally doing exactly #what i want them to!!' #like. its ok to have personal preference but dont be mean about it :( #and comparing every campaign to balance is rlly annoying sry #let them be their own thing #stop being so blinded by nostalgia ig #like not to be rude but. i think ppl think balance is the most Perfect Thing Ever but its rlly...not #all the campaigns have flaws but i aint canceling them for that #like what happened with grad #idk its like if balance came later ppl would probably be much more mean about it #bc they wouldnt be blinded by nostalgia as much or smthn #anyways #at the end of the day the mcelroys shouldnt be expected to make a replica of balance every campaign #and thats not what theyre trying to do. theyre doing what THEY personally want to do. like they clearly dont care abt what others think lol #theyre experimenting and having fun #its like. a free podcast with a bunch of silly dudes playing for funsies. they shouldnt have such high expectations or be demonized #in any way #my point being. if i see anyone being mean abt taz u get blocked #>:( #coon speaks #not tagging taz. i dont wanna see nasty ppl in my notifs ty

[w1lmuttart]

"this is no place for lingering souls, follow me"

#hi so I’m back in kiu brainrot #decided to skip on text bubbles out of this comic and let it speak for itself #minus the caption of course lol I chickened out #so anyway #I’ve had thoughts before about what would happen to the underworld after hades defeat #like yayy we beat the bad guy who put the world out of balance. how are we putting back into balance afterwards? :D ??? :D #and I feel like our favorite edgy god critic would be with me on this one fhdbdb #so ye enjoy this ig? #kid icarus #kid icarus uprising #kiu

[autocorrection]

glittery boy :)))

#fanart #my art #taz balance #taz #the adventure zone #taako taaco #((uh i did post this before but honestly idk i had some like #panic attack over it #so silly #anyway so here it is again ig dont ask me ask my brain #taako #taako from tv

[milkbreadtoast]

new Siwon doodle (OC)... I think I finally figured out how I want to draw his hair😳 I like how this came out hehe...🐶 excited bc i was able to solidify his design more...!!🥹

#wanted to bring back some of the cuteness from my initial drawing of him... #but implement some of the changes he's had since then... i think I succeeded YAY ^__^🧡 #i think i finally struck a good balance btwn curly and straight w his hair... #and fluffy and soft... but not too fluffy that its like way too big?? #i also got rid of the mullet (longer hair on neck) for sure... imagine that its p short in the back #i used to draw his hair poking out under his ears but got rid of that #also happy bc his hair doesnt look too similar to how i draw milk cookie KDJS that was bothering me a lil... phew #some more small changes: #slightly thicker eyebrows #as well as a more solidified eye shape (eyelash wings/sharp ends) #+ made his base skin hair and eye color imperceptibly darker #+ incorporated the larger frame that ive been drawing him with lately KFJSKD #he rly underwent detwinkification ig... #milkcookiefication... #my art #OC #baek siwon

[sanasanakun]

The weed is making me courageous so I think my biggest unpopular opinion for Bg3 is I don’t think Astarion is sexy or cute or anything at all really. He’s just there. Like he’s just a dude with an attitude problem lol like I keep seeing people compare the man to a renaissance painting like he’s fucking Lestat. Dude wishes he was Lestat lmao he’s just some white man with high cheekbones 😂😂

#bg3 critical #astarion critical #larian studios critical #and I also don’t like how he received obvious favoritism from the writers #but that’s a whole other gripe #if I didn’t know about the weird fandom obsession for him and Larian’s favoritism I prob would use him more #idk rubs me the wrong way which sucks cause I like his character a lot and he makes me laugh #but I’m sick of seeing him ig? #at least online #like give me more shadowheart or Wyll or anyone else #this prob why I like bloodweave so much cause it removes me (Tav or Durge) from having to interact with him more haha #also totally unrelated but make the game four acts (there’s four chosen technically) #act 1 set up act 2 Kethric act 3 Orin act 4 Gortash #switch Orin and Gortash around but FUCK just balance out the villains please lmao

[synodic-lupine]

IMO the funniest explanation for Donna's kid being named Rose is happenstance, total coincidence. It's a pretty name, not extremely uncommon but not overused, why not. Then the meta reason is the writers wanted to fuckin jumpscare the Doctor with her name lol.

#doctor who #60th anniversary #rose temple noble #donna noble #this is a show chalk full of people with realistically doubled up names #not narratively satisfying ig but funny #i mean sarah jane and mickey and the doctor all use the last name smith #martha and ianto are jones #this show has a decent balance of names that are thematically appropriate and names that are just like real life normal

[jhoons]

the 'J' in Jay stands for gorgeous

#enhypen #jay #enhypen jay #enhypenet #kpop #kpopco #ultkpopnetwork #malegroupsnet #dailybg #boyidoledit #heyjoy #userjelly #*gifs #*jay #so i used gradient map for this and some colour adjustments just to get the same skin tone as i always get #lmfao the only diff is that gradient map is smoother than using colour balance #pretty cool ig #and yes the entire point of this caption is for it to not make sense #i giffed this ages ago but never posted bc i hated the prev colouring

[squishdraws]

whatever

#he is a creature to me #put your man honkers away youre embarrassing us all #tag time wish me luck #squishart #digital art #uhh #genshin impact #genshin childe #childe #tartaglia #slay ig . tagging makes me wish i was Dead ! #ok todays updates um #nothing is happening #im kinda tired uh slowly losing my mind also #39 childes is more than too many . time to put him down <33 #you can move tags....please tell me this is new...... #i need to develop a realistic artstyle so i can show my mind visions of the ginger . he is crazy ugly #ive tried before w <3pinterest<3 refs but its incredibly hard finding the balance between brain-accurate ugliness and palatable art #he is difficult in more ways than one (100) #been trying for YEARS to make my art good enough for public consumption #but now i realise i dont care so now i have to put the gearstick in reverse . fun ! #alright goodnight

[catsandfanart47]

A plea for more queer TAZ characters

Since it's pride month i've decide to post my plea for more queer TAZ characters. I think about this around once every week, and i'm pretty sure my friends are tired of me talking about this so I will talk about it on here instead. I always loved the queer characters in TAZ (Lup is an icon) but there seems to be a reasonable decline in queer PCs and NPCs lately. Of course Balance had a ton, so did Amnesty, i'm not aware of any queer PCs or NPCs in Graduation aside from Fiztroy, and Ethersea is a bit up in the air. In my opinion there was definitely some best friends-to-lovers energy coming from Amber and Okasana/Koderia but nothing was said by the Justin or Griffin so it's probably my ships getting in the way of things. I know a lot of people headcannoned Devo as trans in Ethersea which is definitely a possibility but there was still no conformation of this. I think a lot of The Adventure Zone's fanbase would appreciate some more queer characters. As a queer person myself I always enjoyed the representation in The Adventure Zone and hope that Steeplechase has some canon queer characters not just head canons.

#the adventure zone #taz steeplechase #taz ethersea #taz graduation #taz amnesty #taz balance #rant ig #pride month 2023 #I promise i'm not super mad about this or anything #even if it seems like i am #i will love TAZ no matter what