#best ick

[gay-little-izzet]

Compleat Grist

I often fall back on more humanoid designs for these, it’s nice to draw a real fucking thing for once

I want to be clear, the porcelain plating is completely stolen. Technically there’s a little compleated Grist inside this, but the whole exoskeleton is either stolen, scavenged, or absorbed from some poor centurion who fell prey to the Hunger Tide.

#I have a very ‘first idea best idea’ policy for these #here the idea was let’s keep drawing limbs until I’m happy with it #and I played around with different ways to do background bugs #asks #grist #compleated planeswalker #my art #cw bugs #cw insects #cw trypophobia #kinda #this one icked me out and I fuckin drew it so if you think there should be any more warnings just add em

[stuckinapril]

so unimpressed w men rn. it’s just so whatever

#guy who got my number at the boba place is the driest texter in history turns out! #i’m just kind of convinced that most guys r better in person but this is just boring #cianna from 6 months ago would be trying to carry the conversation rn but i just let it die bc im BORED #i am no longer doing the heavy lifting in the talking stage #i can do equal lifting. that i can do. but not the heavy lifting #if ur not there ur just not there #also a massive ick of mine is when guys fucking misspell and this one MISSPELLED #ur 21. get it together. #my best friend is also in a very ‘unimpressed w men’ phase rn #except im very capable of being single and doing my thing and she’s very. not. #she is back on hinge unfortunately. don’t think this will go well #meanwhile i’m in a very not looking for anything phase. if u say hi i’ll say hi back #but i’m not going out of my way to put in effort #fuck that #p

[starry-bi-sky]

more cfau miscellaneous things because Childhood Friends Danny and Jason have my head and heart always and I need to finish rewriting chapter two dammit (and redo the half-finished chapter 4 because its just Not The Vibes). i'm almost through I need to get through the graveyard scene. (i just stubbornly refuse to have it be shorter than the original chapter and thats the little death. that is the mind killer.)

Danny and jason’s ghost forms both smell faintly like burnt flesh and cigarettes. However, Jason has a more smokey smell while Danny’s smells almost,,, electrical? In a sense? Like he just straight up smells like burnt flesh and sulphur while Jason smells like someone put him in a smoker first.

It’s very much an unpleasant smell but Danny finds an odd comfort in it just as much as he finds a comfort in the smell of nicotine.

(Jason post-revival smells burnt flesh once and is immediately offput by the fact that it brings him an instinctive comfort. He doesn’t realize its because it reminds him of Danny, and is uncomfortable by it.)

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In an au of an au, Danny’s altercation with Rath ends with Rath regaining enough of his sanity to snap out of the grieving state and ends with him breaking down. Instead of being souped and imprisoned, Rath, who is permanently 14, decides to Move On into the unknown. He’s exhausted, heartbroken, and tired.

(Is this influenced heavily by the ParaNorman scene where he talks to Agatha and helps her move on? Yes. But it doesn’t fit with the Original Storyline so im shoving it into an Au of an Au.)

Rath tells Danny that Jason lied to them (which he genuinely believes), and that he’s tired of waiting/looking for him/grieving. Jason is gone. He isn’t coming back, he abandoned them. And he wants his mom and dad, and his sister, and his friends. And he’s ready to join them.

He leads Danny out to Gotham, which other than Amity Park might’ve been the only city left untouched due to Rath’s own mental block on the place. They go out to the park he and Jason used to frequent or up to one of crime alley’s rooftops, and there Rath lies down and goes to sleep. Only to never wake up again, materializing into nothing as his soul moves on.

Before Rath leaves, he forces Danny to promise him that he’ll only wait for Jason for ten years. After that if he doesn’t find him, or if Jason doesn’t show, then Danny has to move on. Whether that be like how Rath does, or if its inly mentally/emotionally, doesn’t matter. He has to move on. Don’t wait for him. Don’t waste his time any more.

(“Oh, and if you find him, kick his ass for me.”)

Danny reluctantly agrees, and Rath lies down. Danny sings to him as he falls asleep.

(Angsty points if the vigilantes including Red Hood caught wind of their presence and were silently watching from the shadows. Rath might know they’re there, but Danny’s too focused on Rath to notice.)

(If only so that Red Hood realizes that this is what happened to Danny, and that Danny is gone before he can make things right. The tragedy, folks. The angst. The initial realization that Danny was Rath, and then also that Danny was dead and has been dead for years, and that before he moved on, he moved on believing that Jason abandoned him.)

(like i said it doesn't fit in the original timeline/storyline hence why its an au of an au and isn't nearly a fleshed out, but i was largely just focusing on the tragedy of Rath moving on and Jason being alive to see it and realize just who Rath is.)

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Just like how the Lazarus pits shot Jason's twiggy 4'6-5'4 (depending on what you find) feet tall and 86lb ass up like a tree an essentially fixed his malnutrition, the portal did the same thing for Danny.

(granted i forgot about malnutrition and danny's likely stunted growth at first -- his family lived in crime alley and despite both his parents working, I don't think they had enough food all the time. He probably wasn't as badly malnourished as Jason was, but he wasn't healthy either.)

Granted his ghost in its "natural" state (14) is short, and his growth spurts were slow at first, it did result in him reaching his dad's height. There were points where it just happened overnight, like a baby. He went to bed one night 5’6 and woke up the next day 5’10.

Jazz is shorter than him. Although I have't decided if she's even liminal at all (and if she is, it didn't cure everything because she would have also suffered childhood malnutrition, and since in au canon their parents didn't get their hands on physical ectoplasm until after they got to Amity Park. So the exposure is less.)

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Danny's voice absolutely sounds like canon Dan's. It kinda just dropped one day when he was 16-17 and never went back up. Sam and Tucker sometimes ask him to just talk about anything because they find his voice soothing.

I'm not sure yet how Danny would feel about it at first considering Rath, but I imagine that Rath, when he did speak, would have had a quieter and scratchier/weaker voice considering he's spent the last decade shrieking and crying.

(and i suppose technically that shouldn't have any effect on his throat considering he's a ghost and idk if that would actually affect him, but i like the idea so im keeping it)

In the beginning you could hear him from a mile away by the sound of his loud, echoing wails, but ten years later you can only really hear him by the soft, shuddering sobs he makes. Like he's gasping for air that isn't there. The future is full of very quiet survivors.

And it's much easier to speak when you pitch your voice upwards (especially when whispering/speaking quietly) so he might've spoken in a higher, airy pitch in order to be heard. So Danny might actually find a comfort in having a lower voice.

#tw mentions of gore #cw gore #i suppose this counts as gore #dp x dc #danny fenton is not the ghost king #dp x dc crossover #dpxdc #dpxdc crossover #childhood friends au #cfau #really leaning into the idea of rath just being a horror. the horrors! i am delighted in the horrors! #im having fun with it #i swear to god turning 19 turned a switch on in my brain because i am much more comfortable with gore and heavy injury now than i was l #literally a year ago. the urge to write about some of danny's most horrific injuries in his fights is STRONG #like the hORRORS folks. *th horrors*. i dont think i'll ever write a dissection fic because that icks me out but the idea that danny's had #to stitch up his own throat because it got slit in a fight nd he cant shift back to human until he's done because his ghost will survive bu #his body wont #the idea that he's been impaled multiple times before and it hurts each fucking time but he still gets up and hurls the hurt right back in #equal measure. because that's how you wanna play? okay. lets play. he's 14 and his best friend is dead. he can play. #and the idea that all ghosts have 'corpse' forms where their ghosts look exactly like how they died. and danny is utterly unrecognizable #jazz being liminal or not just isnt important to me because she's barely gonna show up in the story anyways #same reason why i hardly use the headcanon that ellie becomes danny's daughter because what use is she to me like that? she'll hardly have #an impact on the story and i refuse to treat characters like props. if they can't help progress the story then they aren't included

[greenvillainredemption]

One thing I love about mutant mayhem is that Leo has a crush on an April who’s not conventionally attractive. It almost feels like, because of the turtles’ isolated upbringing* he hasn’t been influenced by the popular western beauty ideals and just thinks this ordinary human is beautiful! And I think that’s really cool! Because she is!

*though they’ve clearly been exposed to celebrities and other pop culture so ?? idk lol

#tmnt #mutant mayhem #I’m usually a very ‘I’m ugly and that’s okay’ type of person #but that’s really only about the definition of ugly that = not fitting into the popular western beauty ideals #but everyone has something about them that’s beautiful to someone yknow #idk I don’t want to be out here calling this April ugly because I don’t think she is #but I know a lot of male fans of older turtles have been saying she’s ugly #and yeah it’s very cool that this teenage boy character has a crush on an ‘ugly’ girl #and I know I have no stake in straight representation lol but it’s just good to see the girl crush have unconventional features #though I will say personally I don’t want them to be together just because any turtle x human relationship gives me the ick which is fully #just a me thing I think like I don’t think it’s morally reprehensible to ship any turtle with an april or karai (03 leo and karai had me #shipping them as a kid before I even knew what shipping was lol) #my words #ALSO whoever voiced dr stockman sounded SO similar to the 03 him. I was cryin #i feel like this movie wasn’t the best I mean I heavily enjoyed it but I hope it builds up to more. the mid credits scene had me screaming #so here’s hoping we get sequels aaaaa #give me karai or give me death #SMOOTH LIKE BUTTER LIKE A CRIMINAL UNDERCOVER

[aro-culture-is]

aro culture is seeing a meme, with only the aro flag, being about not wanting to kiss and just never understanding at all when people equate not wanting to kiss as a strictly/universal aromantic thing, cause you personally enjoy kissing a lot

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#Anonymous #aro culture is #aro #aromantic #actually aro #actually aromantic #ask #mod phoenix #i know i'm personally prone to talking about it because #anytime i try to talk about not liking kissing around alloros #it leads to uh. honestly at best shocked confusion and interrogation #and on. a very scary amount of times straight up being sexually harassed or generally pressured to try kissing someone present #whilethe aro community is... a lot lot lot more likely to go 'oh same' or 'yeah the connotations are ick' or generally just... accept it

[subpar-celestial]

I HATE when fanfic writers villainize certain characters so they can make their fic more angsty, or so they can have a canon couple break up to do their ship.

like some teen wolf writers got me defending Scott and I don't even particularly like Scott.

THERES SO MANY OTHER WAYS YOU CAN GO ABOUT ITTTT!!!!

If you want conflict between characters you can DO THAT without having to make one the devil.

Also there's many ways to get your ship going even if a character is in a canon relationship without making their partner like abusive or toxic or whatever. YOU COULD EVEN MAKE IT SO THEY WERE NEVER DATINGGGG!!! THE POSSIBILITIES ARE LITERALLY ENDLESSSSS!!!!!!

#fanfiction #fanfic #fanfic writing #fanfic writers #teen wolf #scott mccall #like its an instant ick #has me immediately clicking off #its so irritating when it sounds like a good plot #then i click and you got them acting all ooc #JUST TO GIVE YOUR BLORBO ANGST #like i love stiles like any other girl #but hes got enough angst WITHOUT YOU HAVING THE PACK KICK HIM TO THE CURB #i just dont think theyyyy wouldddd #i love when the pack is tight knitttt #like an ultra form of found family #i also just love Scott and Stiles stupid dude bro relationship #its cuteeee #WHY WONT YOU JUST LET THEM BE BEST BUDSSS #rant post #rant that doesn't actually matter but has been on the mind as of late

[justisco]

men are so weird 😭

#look at me taking out one of the best players in the world x2 #ruben this gave me the ick a bit tbh #ruben dias #antonio rüdiger

[introspectivememories]

unrequited zosan cause "sanji's not gay" unrequited zosan cause "sanji has issues with men" unrequited zosan cause -- ENOUGH! unrequited zosan cause zoro's in love with luffy

#oh now everybody quiet #the unrequited zosan always comes from zoro's side #where is my sanji angst!!! #sanji would be a fucking pro a pining for things that can never be his #zolu real while sanji quietly nurses his broken heart on the side? #now you're talking #cannot stop thinking about the truth coming out in the worst way possible #and zoro who has no tact on the best of days just fucking breaks sanji's heart further #black leg sanji #roronoa zoro #zosan #EDIT: i am personally not a fan of zolu so if you're on my page hoping to see more zolu you will find nothing #nothing wrong with it. just devotion/loyalty like that gives me the ick.

[parentsday]

i think david was a lot more like max as a kid but he softened the story he told to max nikki and neil in the car

thank you for the ask anon !! for your reference reading this made me grimace in a way that a wounded dog would upon seeing a piece of meat !! but seriously this is a topic that is very important to my personal and possibly general understanding of these two characters, so im just gonna say that i agree with you and such interpretation of david’s character is very easy to call accurate to canon as both david and max are written with obvious intent to be seen as parallels of one another, more so than they are written to be character foils.

max and david are set to be read as opposites in the show from the very start and i think this is also the easiest and safest way to perceive both of their characters if this shows meta doesn’t interest you. their standpoints and life views are seemingly removed as far away from each other as humanly possible and we are reminded of it more than necessary in the earlier content. the show tries really hard to make it look like david is an inherently good person put against max’s necessary evil, so it seems only right to view them this way. and yet the first two seasons of the show do a spectacular job at showing us that david is not at all as good of a person as he tries to be (not tries to appear, but tries to be, important bc first one is max’s perspective on david’s person while the second one is a description actually accurate to him). early seasons david is undeniably selfish and just as much of an asshole as max is, keep in mind that this is not my personal view on his character but a fact in canon that we are reminded of time and time again and is also something that gets lampshaded by the writers during the parents day episode. he pushes his positive perspective of the way things should be just as hard as max pushes his negative one, if not more, he behaves in his own personal interests instead of interests of others or the interests of camp constantly and guess who is the only other character in the show who does this just as often (the answer is max). the only reason why it’s not always easy to pin point this stuff is because they are constantly posed in situations that require them to act dissimilarly enough for it to create a contrast which isn’t always easy to pick up on as something intentionally vague and done for specific narrative purpose. this similarity extends onto the fact that they are both victims of abuse and the show is well aware of it and uses it to its own advantage. both max and david deal with their trauma in drastically different ways as seen by the way they talk about the world surrounding them, but the core of it is the same and that’s the important part of it.

so i believe it’s very safe to say that even if david didn’t say anything that would allude to him changing the story about his younger self to be nicer than it actually was, it sure was implied by the writers in the subtext of that episode, maybe in the subtext of the show in its entirety. early camp camp content surrounding these two based itself very heavily on david’s belief that his similarity to max is what will push this kid to become just like him in the future, so it really is not out of the left field to assume david was a lot more like max when he was younger. most probably because in many ways he still is just like him.

tldr; david sees himself in max in more ways than one and the show’s writing feels the same way because they intentionally wrote them to be as similar as possible. the writers rely heavily on these two being narrative parallels to make their characters work in the way they do so your headcanon is as real as it gets anon ^^

#camp camp #camp camp meta analysis #david cc #max cc #is it obvious i tried my best not to dadvid out in this one #treating these two like they are not intertwined in my mind just so none of you get the found family ick.. mwah mwah

[roobgumball95]

your morals have nothing to do with what you read and write in fiction. your characters are not real people and you don’t need to make a water-proof case as to why the way you treat them the way you do is ethical.

#if something gives you an ick don’t read it #if someone writing something gives you an ick you don’t need to be best friends with them #but y’all i think we need to stop drowning in guilt over reading and writing things in FICTION that compel us. #don’t police your imagination #proship

[pinkyjulien]

Valentin & Mitch | 649/?? 🥺👉👈 TankTop by @kharonion!

#Cyberpunk 2077 #Mitch Anderson #Valentin Da Silva #Aldecaldos #OTP: High Voltage #MLM #Screenshot #Virtual Photography #He's pulling his best UWU face #Mitch tryin to check their coyote cause its makin some noises that icks him #but Val being a Menace tm #UwU boutta get WOOSHED

[justalittlebluetiefling]

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#personal shit below the tags #just venting about getting dragged into high school drama as an adult #which is my fault because i help coach a high school dance team #long story short my best friend is moving out of the state and won't be coaching next year #and is trying to set it up so i take over as head coach #but she was talking to two of the kids about it today to give them a preliminary heads up and #they straight up said that if the current assistant coach gets the job #none of the team will be going back #but that if i get the job everyone will come back #this grown ass woman has thought i've been trying to take her assistant coach job all year #when i have been perfectly happy as a volunteer #and this whole thing was extremely validating and such a bummer all at once because like #i just won't engage with the drama she's been trying to bring and it bums me out that the kids have noticed it #i've been trying really hard to stay professional in front of them and thought i was doing a good job #i HAVE been doing a good job #but the captain knows what i'm like as a coach because i was her head coach her freshman year and so she's noticed the difference in me #so yeah incredibly validating because every time i've been down this year about this #i've been like 'they know which of us is here for THEM and not the STATUS' #and it turns out i was correct this whole time #they DO know and they have been feeling it which is the last thing i wanted for them #so yeah validating and a bummer all at once #we'll find out within the next couple weeks if i will still be coaching next year #every time i vent about this i feel like i'm trying to sound like i have the moral high ground #it gives me the ick about myself

[pcktknife]

surgery has no business being so scary

#kae.txt #ive seen pictures and videos and ut doesnt really ick me out but the idea is just so scary #ive never had one unless getting teeth pulled counts but the dentist is mildly annoying at best for things like that #i love watching imoacted teeth get removed but when i heard i might have to get my jaw joints fixed...like... #thats too damn close to my ear i dont like that #that was a long time ago my jaws doing better but shudder

[isolatedcorner]

Sanji simps for women the way lesbians simp for women

#I GET IT NOW #He is just like me when a woman’s existence makes me go feral #his not so low-key ick for men is also so !!!!!!! #this is why sanami fanart always makes them look like a pair of citrus coded lesbians #in the best way possible #one piece #sanji

[grapecaseschoices]

are we going back to the early aughts? what is with this new (ancient) trend of if wips where gender selectable is only m/f?

#grapecase vents #idr my tag lmao #grapecase complains #? #it's so -- #if you're gonna do that why not have one character that is just nb or more #it rubs me even worse when the mc cant be nonbinary #i dont think nonbinary is a third magical gender [which is why i love it best when games is like okay character can be m/f/agender or #m/f/demi. or even better character b is f or nonbinary and character z is demi-girl/boy or agender. and they mix up the pronoun titles/ #names. like it isnt all they all. and fine sometimes it is. idk if im making sense. ignore me. im cis so maybe i shouldnt be this annoyed #bc my knowledge is limited but i dont see how knowledge and understanding can be expanded by doing the most normative of things #and it's worse bc i bet all these m/f ros are all cis #idk idk this sounds like a silly annoyance in retrospect when there ae actual things in life to be annoyed about [i am] and there are thing #i actually know about to be annoyed over. it just feels ... weird and ick to me [and dismissive?] #also gonna be out here with 30 ros who are all cis m/f? #boring #and mc is also cis m/f? ew.

[queenhawke]

what i will say about the new dr who is that i hate that Whoniverse ident before the ep starts. hate the Brandification of doctor who. get that marvel crap out of my silly little scifi show

#i mean look im sure RTD is gonna make dw the best he can #but it just gives me the ick #i don't want a Big Franchise i just want good stories