#but ive got nothin

[castellanx]

luke always on the brain

#nico.txt #i want to write about him...... #but ive got NOTHIN

[storm-driver]

i was trying to describe kingdom hearts to a friend who doesnt like the square enix catalogue that much. and it was a calm discussion, we were chill. but they asked me a question that really made me like... think about my adoration for kh.

they asked me "is it the game you love or the potential of it all?"

i think the obvious answer is a mixture of both. i enjoy kingdom hearts for what it is, flaws and all. the funny gameplay moments of BBS to the wild af lines that they say in DDD.

kh has a glimmer that few games in the current market can give to their active playerbase. nothing in the titles feel soulless or half-baked. these games go ALL OUT with their premise and they deliver 9/10 times. there's moments that make me sigh and shrug, but they're few and far between. the stuff that encapsulated me is still here and it's strung across the christmas tree in a blindingly beautiful glare.

but that being said, how much of my love for kh actually stems from what i wish it could become? i can't argue that the games are flawless and have given me exactly what i wanted. in denial of the blatant only paints you as ignorant. and sometimes, these games fall right back into bad habits. with either gameplay or story, there's rightful criticisms to be spoken of every title.

so, it's only natural for me to think of the potential it all has, yes? to see what was perhaps poor writing choices eventually meet a satisfying end? or maybe a character who i didn't think much about is given new story to play with? perhaps there's a system from previous games that gets refined and optimized for newer consoles.

maybe there's routes the story could take and drives of motivation that im sychronous with and would love to see written out. there's a story unveiling and i have my own theories about it. i wanna see if the writers go down these roads and what kind of choices they make.

then my friend asked.

"is that potential, or are those your expectations?"

and i had to sit there for a moment. and just...think.

#kingdom hearts #stormy weather #it just...really made me consider #how much stake i put on kh #for a long time ive sorta just been passively consuming content from the games #since kh3 dropped precisely #that's more or less when i got a lil more quiet #but i still had my things that i wish the game would do #and those things are fun and good to think about. absolutely they are! #fanon and aus and just good ol fanfic #nothin wrong with that #but just... the idea that people can get so caught up in their own fiction and expectations #that they arent even in the source material anymore.... #idk that sorta just baffled me. #this isnt a commentary on anyone or anything. #i just had to put this down somewhere and think

[kingprinceleo]

Maybe doing another or a new hobby can help ! Maybe baking could help, even if u are not really good at it from the get go, is a fun thing to try out

i really should try to get into other hobbies but its very hard!! i have really bad perfectionism habits and immediately drop things im not instantly good at jfdgn and the Horrors make it hard for me to squeeze dopamine out of anything </3 tbh if anyone has suggestions for like, cheap things to do im listening fdbhjghjb

#i feel bad for complaining so often but man. there is not much good in my life rn #like im truly sorry that i keep biden blasting my blog with 2012 emo ranting #i just got nothin !!! to do!!! to think about!! #i cant even really generate art ideas anymore bc im becoming so far removed from a human person that my mind is just blank all the damn tim #shitty sketch of tails lifting a log to look at bugs is the most creative thing ive done in weeks #i really had to work for that idea #god im just. im numb im tired i want to die #i dont know how to be a person anymore and i feel like im losing my mind #cw vent #cw suicidal thoughts

[spicyraeman]

I usually don't send two asks in a row because I don't want to overwhelm you. But you just posted about phonology and I was curious and then bam hyperfocus. I found a pretty cool table of gith sounds :

https://conworkshop.com/view_language.php?l=GITH

It looks like there are a few main differences to english:

No W

-Like in french from France. She probably would say "Oo-il" for Wyll. They usually replace the W by a Oo or a V, depending on the sound after it. A "wagon" -> a vagon, but "when" -> ooän. In German you would have the W as a V, because it's already pronounced like that.

There is a type of Th, like in "thin", but not "this".

- I kinda hear the difference but I can't do it. The first one is closer to an s or an f and the second one to a z , I guess? A native english speaker may understand the nuance better.

There is a Zh

- It's the same as the French "j", like in the name Jacques (which could be your frenchsona btw. It's the equivalent of James). In English you add some kind of "d" in your "j". As an example, we visualise Djordan for Jordan. You take that D off, you got the sound. (Insert respectful trans joke here)

The Tl like in Nahuatl

- I can explain this one in english because I can't find the right translation, but you can find how it's pronounced on Wikipedia.

Gh is not silent

- Kind of a guttural G, like in dutch or the scottish gh.

The glottal stop '

- It marks a pause between syllables, while still linking them. Uh'Oh in English, "bu'er" for butter in cockney. It depends of the dialects/accent/language.

Everything is my understanding of this, obv, linguists please don't hate me. I'm just an audhd girly with a multi-lingual environnement and too much time.

Sooooooo Frog'zel is not completely off the table, but I'm sad the R's not an uvular one. It would make it a more "brutal" language. I think she would have some difficulties we see in frenglish. Especially when a letter has several ways to be pronounced, like cat / face or breath/breathe because it's straightforward in gith.

Ergo, she wouldn't have a stroke trying to say "library" like I do. But she would struggle with "throughout", I guess.

I couldn't find anything on tones and accentuations stuff though. I still want her to fight for her life like I do. I shouldn't be the only one suffering here.

I guess it can still change with context and stuff. Like the s in german becomes a sh when it's in front of a t.

I hope I was clear enough. Sorry for any spelling or formatting mistakes, cat fell asleep on my arms in the middle of this. But she's cute so forgive her please.

🫀🚑

You are always allowed to overwhelm me with worldbuilding shit like conlangs (even if this isn’t really a conlang) I live and breathe this stuff and I'm constantly rotating it around in the back of my brain

I cannot express the sheer joy I felt looking at these charts and comparing them to my own and seeing that I've got pretty much the same result! The only strange thing I found was the addition of a b sound, maybe I missed it but I haven’t found a single word that uses that sound (despite Lae’zel’s “bah’s”) Their chart is also missing a p sound but I believe that's due to when the charts were made bc there's only one Gith word that uses it and it was in bg3. Honestly tho, it makes a lot more sense for Gith to have a b sound and no p sound instead of the other way around, there are wayyyy more examples of languages with no p instead of no b (although a language with neither would be fun lol)

The lack of a W was the first thing that I noticed! But there's a fuck ton of languages without it so it makes sense, It doesn’t really fit the feel of the Gith language either. Also, I know in my heart that you’re probably very much right on the Wyll pronunciation but I was joking around with my friends while I was looking through all this stuff and one of them made a German comparison and the thought of the fascist space frogs having a german accent was just too funny to me to pass up

I personally find the Gith language having θ but not ð very fun for their accent! It's kind of a subtle difference but also not? I went through and pronounced a bunch of words with a ð sound with a θ instead and they sound harsher? I guess? It really did give them a more Gith feel honestly

(a little aside but the thought of a “frenchsona” is so fucking funny to me and you’re respectful trans joke got a legit laugh outta me lmao)

Fun fact! English does have a ʒ (zh) sound it's just not associated with a specific letter, it just kinda.. happens in words. All in all, it seems that Gith is relatively comparable in terms of sounds with English. The lack of a w and p/b (debatable) seems like they’d be the biggest ones to come up in everyday speech as far as phonetics goes

Also can I let you in on a little pet peeve of mine? I usually hate when “fantasy languages” use ‘ in their words bc most of the time it's just a cheap way to make it look more fantasy-esc or alien. BUT in Gith, it honestly works? Mostly because it actually is a glottal stop and not just a random “make this word look fantasy” addition

I'm also nowhere near a linguist, just insane about worldbuilding stuff (i have notebooks full of phonetic charts and mathematics on creating solar systems) It's really insightful and interesting to see the perspective of someone with a multi-lingual background tho as someone who only speaks English

I've always seen the Gith language as less brutal and more.. Sharp? I dunno how to describe it really, kinda harsh and pointed rather than guttural or brutal if that makes sense. But yeah if common is English then all the long and short sounds and strange exceptions would be supremely rough especially if you only ever really read it and never truly spoke it

I couldn’t even blame Lae’zel for not being able to pronounce throughout correctly cuz I can’t say that shit right either unless I'm really trying

If you want tones and accentuations you’re just gonna have to have fun and make em up, cuz sadly most fantasy “languages” are just a bunch of made up words with no real rhyme or reason. If I had the brain power to spare it’d be fun to flesh out a real Gith conlang

At least with a full phonetic chart, you can see what sounds the Gith wouldn’t be used to using and find out what words would cause trouble

Also I can forgive any and all misspelling or weird formatting, cute cats aside, cuz I have no clue how anyone could read this jumbled rambling mess lol gratz if you got this far and understood any of this

#asks #long post #christ this really is a mess soso sorry #my sleep schedule is wreaked to hell and back so im running on nothin lol #but conlangs used to be biiiig fixation for me a few years back #so ive got a big mess of knowledge that I haven't thought of in years #but im clutching a straws trying to shake out all that I remember about it

[creator-indy]

What are y’all’s Headcannon voices for prester?

I got nothin

#prester virgil #witch hunter #toontown corporate clash #indy speaks #ive been tryin to work out how he sounds in my head but i got nothin

[journal-three]

y'all okay. I think we've all seen multiple people suggest to Aziraphale's face that he and Crowley are dating. Uriel said it to him, Shax said it to him, even a random guy on the street implied it to him.

But was Nina the first time anyone had ever said it to Crowley?

#im genuinely asking bc ive been wracking my brain and I got nothin #and if so #??? #good omens #good omens 2 #good omens spoilers #ineffable husbands #my shit

[moriment-o]

fuck it, gacha offering time

#dislyte #ollie dislyte #dislyte fanart #ive grinded back to 2 pity and im desperate i cant do this again #like ive speedran the entire hard mode i got nothin now #csp #fanart #digital art #mxrifanart

[cringelordofchaos]

I have recently seen someone headcanon Drew as AroAce and I've gotta admit I actually kinda like it?

#yes. achillean drew is great #but im interested in this hc too #yknow for the funsies the sillies #drew tmf #tmf drew #the music freaks #tmf #drew #the music freaks drew #drew the music freaks #yeha i guess ive got nothin else to tag #🎩🕊️

[ackee]

may have to remake my instagram 💔💔💔

#insta has no support email or phone or NOTHIN #i need to fix smthn abt my acc and its a bug that wont resolve itself #ive submitted like 3 reports on the same issue. 0 help or reply or Solution #AHHHH i dont WANNA make another one but its all i got fr #txt

[skyisgreen-grassisblue]

one of the greatest pieces of advice i have ever received from anyone or anything in my whole life is to never trust anything your brain says after ~9 pm

#yes i got this from that one sonic image dw about it #this wont apply to everyone obviously but from what ive seen #theres a very large amount of people whos brains just plunge headfirst full speed into The Bad Place #somewhere around this time #theres probably science behind it idk i havent rlly looked into it #but every time im feeling kind of fucked up genuinely i just take a peek at the time #MOST of the time its past 9 pm #and i just go oh! alright brains just bein stupid then. nothin to worry about #aaaaanywayyyy !

[shevr]

#feels like i shared this one b4 but i cant find it so idk so whatever #p.s. edit the date is cropped out oops this is from march actually #but still relevant yreeee #anyway whah ha h the core of my bullshit #like for like 2 years ive been more actively drawn to the feeling & the idea of like #yea idk being genuine and expressing yourself and just doing the things you want feels like what it's all about. #big start in all this was the stuff vyletpony was saying about the Antonymph song & the personal meaning / manifesto of it. you know #but i got nothin #like don't even feel like im rly holding anything back or having self-imposed barriers of shame or whatever. just nothing #like if you cracked open a dam and shit's all dried out so what was the point actually #feelin like an npc. nothin complex going on in there. surface level mechanisms #wah wah wah wahwah. #shevr

[real-life-cloud]

im GOING to write today ........ i WILL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#the sky speaks #i havent used twitter in so long and lemme say i missed using tumblr like twitter. just putting my long rambly notes into a single post #anyways onto the rambling #i havent been writing or drawing like at alllll #too busy #also was so sick #but now that i have my new job and i know what my schedule is gonna sorta look like #3 days at joann 2 days cleaning w mom and 2 days nothin #PLUS i dont have to spend money on therapy til after the new year now #and mom is coming home and she seems rly optimistic abt sobriety #im feeling like i can finally create again !!!! #i have 2 creative presents i need to do before christmas #but aside that and 1 prompt still in my inbox (that i rly wanna do anyways) everything else i wanna do is all for Me :) #im kinda put out bc a lot of stuff i wanted to do this fall got shelved.. i wanted to make bday art of kirishima xinyan and kazuha. #i wanted to open comms. but im way too rusty w art rn to be confident doing that. maybe after new years? #god i wanted to come out to my parents properly. the day my mom went to rehab was national coming out day. #it was also one of my last therapy sessions. i came out to her instead #i still managed to do stuff tho. started my new job and got together with friends TWICE !! and i've kept up w doing my moms job alone #idk where im going w this anymore ive lost steam. but yeah. i wanna write today! idk what yet. i hav so many wips i could work on..

[bitchfitch]

i needed little simple line drawings of Arlo's brothers. I still need a Masal, Rhiannon, Asena, and three witches too. But I'm kinda undecided what animals i want to represent them.

Masal is probably going to be a lioness, and Asena a wolf.

but Rhiannon and the witches I've got Nothing for. Like, I've described Rhiannon as looking like a pile of spiders but a spider doesn't feel Thematically her. and the witches are snakes in the sketch, but I'm not vibing with how plain they look next to the unicorns.

#they're snakes due to how often Ambition is ascribed to snakes in various myths and fables. and for the stasis the witches strive for. #something about a snake shedding its skin representing eternal life/youth and the older two witches bringing back a force of destruction #to try and regain their younger sisters ill gotten eternal life. #and also theyre backstabbing assholes. Snakes are often portrayed as back stabbing assholes but every snake ive ever met has #either been a rope that wanted to explore or Very up front with its opinions on you and what it wants you to do (leave it alone or die) #But yeah ive got Nothin on Rhiannon besides maybe a pelican.

[seithr]

Randomly remembered the half-reason i call my oc-verse by the name it has while laying in bed. One-half of the reason i still knew, but I had forgotten what had truly, really cemented it jointly until now

(it was a song from my favourite band I haven't listened to in a while.)

(the song fit so well at the time, still does, that i needed to hold onto it for the main protagonists forever, by partially naming their story in reference.)

Does this explanation make any sense? Does anyone know why I'm tearing up remembering this. Aahh

#(I'm emotional because I've been feeling bad about it all lately. enjoying things I make I mean—art or ocs or frivilous things.) #(So remembering that song and when it came out. That I couldn't see them in person. But i held onto it my own way. As something I loved) #(Something I still do love a lot... Parts of me saying no—you don't hate it. No. I'll help you remember more. I'm a little misty about it.) #The song is just The Killers - Run For Cover. I couldn't see them in person all those years ago—family went without me. #All my new oc rework with Zin and Hunter and Caia were like a year old or so. #It's a little silly. But the character Zin's derived from was a lightning mage so I stuck to it—I like monhun's zinogre for what its worth #So there's recurring theme and imagery. Thunder's not lightning but the sound and the feeling after the flash the flame and strike. #There's that meaningful thought—the story is the aftermath of a big tragedy. It matches what I like in monsters and other chars. #And at that time—my favourite band I missed out on puts out a really good song I download everywhere and it goes like: #He motioned me to the sky/ I heard heaven and thunder cry/ Run for cover/ Run while you can baby don't look back/ You gotta run for cover #And it goes on of course. The rest of the song's still really good. There's more that fits but point is; More evocative imagery. #So there. Why my bundle of OCs—Zinadia Hunter and Caia's story—is called Thunder 20XX. minus the 20XX. That's tongue-in-cheek #About some day I'll manage to make something tangeable or broadly shareable with them. I guarentee this century! #Thunder... oh my darling Thunder. Eight years man. More than that if I really want to count pre-rework INTO the complete original work. but #I like that it's definably 8. I like that I remembered I've always loved them a lot. Always been my thing to lean on even by name... #I need to get to sleep. Ive gotten a little more emotional over one song than I'd rather regularly be. Give it a listen maybe? Goodnight #Armour clanking #I need an oc tag #What have you gathered to report to your progenitors?🎶Are your excuses any better than your senator's🎶He held a conference #and his wife was standing by his side🎶He did her dirty but no-one died🎶 #I saw Sonny Liston on the street last-night black-fisted and strong singing🎶Redemption song🎶 #He motioned me to the sky🎶I heard heaven and thunder cry🎶RUN FOR COVER #What are you waiting for—a kiss or an apology?🎶You think by now you'd have an A in toxicology🎶 #It's hard to pack the car when all you do is shame us🎶Even harder when the dirtbag's famous🎶 #I saw my mother on the street last night all pretty and strong singin🎶The road is long🎶 #I said 'Mama I know you tried!'🎶But she fell on her knees and cried🎶RUN FOR COVER #Just run for cover - you've got nothin left to lose...

[babyloniastreasure]

You mean that WASNT karna I saw winning mr universe 1973 with his patented wheel lift??? Wtf I want a refund

I noticed this in here the other day (i wasnt notified when i got it originally? thanks tumblr) and i have NO idea what this was in regards to gfhgdkfd

Karna for Mr. Universe 1973. and also Mr Universe 2023

#i dont think i have an ask tag #ive been wrackin my brain trying to remember what this could be in response to but i got nothin #but jask! its only been 8 days since the ask came in! #yeah. do you have any idea how many karna posts get made in 8 days here? enough to where i cant possibly remember the context of them all!! #anyway. sorry anon gfdjkghdk

[branmuffins22]

I need some ideas, for... research purposes

If Eda and Vee were to meet (99% sure they won't in canon, at least not outside of credit stills), what nickname would Eda assign to her?

For example, Gus was "goops", Amity was "boots", Edric was "blight brother", Hunter was "blondie"...

Not everyone got a nickname, (eg Willow and Luz (unless you count "human")) but if Vee were to get one, what do you think it would be?

#the owl house #toh #toh vee #Vee Noceda #toh eda #Eda Clawthorne #nicknames #honestly i think its silly that Willow and Luz never really got nicknames #like i guess it makes some sense for Luz because its a one-syllable name so you cant really shorten it #but Willow couldve been casually shortened to “wills” or something #plus theres no shortage of botanical references waiting to be used either #“green thumb” is a nice obvious synecdoche of sorts like “boots” and “blondie” #or she could be “roots” to match with Amity's “boots” #but nah #nothin #missed opportunity smh #so far all ive come up with for Vee are “slithers” “scales” and “changeling” #but none feel like they convey the right amount of sass