#but please listen to the rules.

[nonebinary-leftbeef]

DEVASTATING the lyric you've been mishearing is better than the real one

#i've been listening to icarus by bastille #and for some reason my brain fills in 'this is how it feels to take a fall' as 'this is how it feels to take off all your skin' #and like fuck man #and I KNOW that’s technically not a misheard lyric but my post my rules cope #anyway my line now #also probably phrased this poorly but its ok #im allowed to be incomprehensible #as a treat #and then fuckin #from we sink by of monsters and men #the original line was 'please look away dont look at me' #and i kept hearing it as 'please learn a way to look at me' #anyway #shoving this post in the queue but please be aware that i am writing it very late at night #q

[eats-a-berry]

can everyone please do me a favor and post this image under anyone talking about this panel from now on or something i am so tired

#talk #dungeon meshi #laios #toshiro nakamoto #shuro #i am pro-laishuro and anti-painting shuro as a hypocrite #it's not a Rule that shuro has to fall in love with someone and if you understand that #laios and falin are different people with different traits that come across differently #and you understand shuro's situation even a little bit #and you don't assume blushing = attraction #then... come on #and listen you can read things however i Guess but please stop insisting its canon #because i feel like this is by far the most likely explanation and not that

[cuoredimuschio]

okay, but where's my steddie AU where steve wants to learn to play guitar to impress a girl he's infatuated with and he remembers that munson kid was always hanging up posters for his weird band at school, so he hikes out to eddie's usual dealing spot behind the track and asks (with far less groveling than he really should have) if eddie will teach him how to play, and obviously eddie says no because why would he want to help king steve, but of course, steve offers to pay him, $20 a week, and well, that's the kind of get-the-hell-out-of-this-shithole-town cash eddie really can't afford to refuse, so fine, he'll teach steve to play and they'll spend inordinate amounts of time together tucked away in eddie's room and they'll start to see that they have more in common than they thought and that they kind of had each other all wrong, and eddie will put his hand over steve's to help him get the placement for a tricky chord and it totally won't awaken anything in either of them?? where is it??

edit: i started writing it

#steve x eddie #steddie #stranger things #someone tell me this has already been written because i need it. please. #bonus points if steve shows up to the first practice session empty-handed #and eddie nearly calls the whole thing off when he has the Audacity to grab at eddie's sweetheart as if eddie'd ever let him play her #and he doesn't even teach steve anything that day because rule number one get your own fucking guitar and keep your mitts off mine #but by the end when eddie is deep deep deep in love and it's time to send steve off to woo this lucky girl of his #he offers to let steve take his sweetheart because she's guaranteed to make him look ten times hotter and cooler #and he'll have no trouble sweeping his girl off her feet and maybe eddie's breaking his own heart but it's fine—as long as steve's happy #except steve doesn't seem nearly as happy as eddie thought he would be #he seems sad actually and eddie kind of hates that so he starts to make some lame joke about how steve should be honored #because eddie wouldn't lend his baby out to just anyone and that gets steve to crack half a smile #but then he puts the guitar down on eddie's bed (with all due gentle reverence) walks over takes eddie's face in his hands and kisses him #kisses him like he's been dying to do it for weeks. because he has #because somewhere along the line it stopped being about wanting to impress a girl and started being about wanting to be with eddie #it started being screwing up on purpose so that eddie would grab his hands and show him how it's supposed to be done #and forgetting about lessons entirely and just sitting around and listening to eddie talk or just watching him play #because somewhere along the line steve fell out of infatuation and into love with the last person he ever expected.... #anyway idk where i'm going with this

[scificrows]

I am going over Murderbot's and ART's first interactions again and it's driving me crazy, so I really need to yell into the void about it.

Alright, so we have ART:

ART, a highly advanced deep space research vessel, who is very attached to its crew and seems to generally do what it's supposed to, especially when not doing so could endanger its mission - but ends up accepting a suspicious looking SecUnit that is lying about being a bot aboard itself. ART is evidently aware that it is directly breaking the rules in doing so. (Aside: How often does ART break the rules?) Why? All for that tempting media package that the SecUnit has to offer?

No.

It was sent off to do some work all alone and got bored and lonely. (I think there are different ways to intepret this, but looking at our super social raised-by-humans loving-its-crew never-shutting-up research vessel, I choose to think that is exactly what it was!)

Anyway, what does ART do now that it has this lying, potentially dangerous rogue SecUnit aboard? It

lets it know that it saw right through its lies and knows exactly what it is

intimidates and threatens it by showing off its own ridiculously extensive superiority (just to be on the safe side ofc)

gets bored after the SecUnit gets too scared to do anything interesting

asks the SecUnit to "stop sulking"

learns that the SecUnit has been through A Lot and seemingly understands how it made it feel and apologizes

gets bored again and starts lurking and harasses convinces the SecUnit to watch media about ships and their crews with it

[gets way too invested and agitated by the media, probably going through its first media-induced emotional crises (but gets through them with the support of the very patient SecUnit)]

tries to have a conversation with the SecUnit to get to know it better

gets offended that the SecUnit is not answering truthfully and won't share sensitive and very private information about itself

lets the SecUnit know it can see through its lies, calling it "inherently inferior" to itself and causing the SecUnit to sulkily shut down for four hours (lol)

immediately calls the SecUnit "unnecessarily childish" upon its awakening four hours later (referring to its own extensive experience with children to really get the point across)

And apparently all of this seemed to be a perfectly pleasant and normal interaction to ART, because:

That's how you make friends, isn't it?!

God, I love ART so so so much and this is SO funny to me! To be fair, I don't think anyone ever really prepared it for an interaction like this. (Probably because its crew did not expect it to pick up a stray rogue SecUnit and try to befriend it).

Bonus:

#murderbot #the murderbot diaries #asshole research transport #𓄿 #artificial condition #listen #sometimes you just see a friendshaped SecUnit and you have to adopt it #even if its a little ferral because it was not raised with warmth and love the way you were #even if it bites #i just love them so so so much #sometimes ART seems so smart and wise and composed #that i forget that ART is really just very stupid too #and i say that very very lovingly #sorry for the long post i just have a lot of emotions #if anyone is up for screaming into the abyss about ART and murderbot together #please join me and let me know whether you think ART was all dutiful and rule-abiding before it got corrupted by murderbot #or whether it was already pushing the rules and potentially getting itself into trouble before this #because i can't decide which option is more fitting and i like both

[corviiids]

if you have ever wanted to read about achilles and zagreus going to mcdonalds together and it's not an au they are just two people from the underworld going to mcdonalds and it is not explained, please consider ordering @hadescookbook, because i made them let me write about that.

preorders are open from now until may 15! it is for charity!! and as well as getting a lovely book of delicious recipes and beautiful fic and art that has nothing to do with mcdonalds, there's also exciting merch like a coaster and an apron. very cool

here is the link again for the fourth time this post

#hades #hades game #hadescookbook #listen. you have to buy it because at 200 orders we unlock the most beautiful tea towel in the world #it is a stretch goal #if you dont order a zine then it doesnt get made and i dont get a tea towel #this is a personal and selfish goal. please donate to charity and get a beautiful book so i can buy myself a tea towel. #and mcdonalds is there #achilles hades #zagreus hades #i cant tag for shit i hope that first five tags rule isnt still in effect because mine are all about tea towels #rookposting

[chaotic-neutral-knitter]

eight predictions for eight episodes

while I'm sure I'll be wrong about everything (and am looking forward to finding out all the delightful ways in which I am wrong about everything) here are my predictions for Our Flag Means Death S2.

let's gooooooo:

The wedding crashing scene from the teaser is the first scene that Ed will appear in.

The contents of the auxiliary closet are still there and are still secret (where else will Ed do his Sad Girl Shit?).

Stede and Ed see each other again for the first time at the end of the third episode, mirroring S1.

At some point there will be a wild, raucous party at Spanish Jackie's and everyone will wake up hungover the next day.

Ed being super depressed and going through the motions in his Kraken era leads to him making a mistake (or leaving Izzy in charge, which is also a mistake lol) and sailing the ship into a storm, where Ed gets washed overboard.

Ed's going to work through some shit via ghost conversations just like Stede did in season one - that person he's shooting at in the woods is a ghost.

Izzy gets a Vegeta-style redemption arc ("I still hate all of you and will absolutely fight you to the death, but first we need to fight this other guy, I GUESS, wait hang on wtf is a found family--") (note to people who watched SU: yeah this is also the Peridot redemption arc lmao).

This shot is from someone telling Stede about all the stuff Ed's been up to, like Pete's story in S1E2.

I'd love to see other people's predictions! I tried to stick to things that will either happen or not, because falsifiable hypotheses are just sexier.

#btw this could be a very fun tag game #if you see this you should do eight predictions for eight episodes and say I tagged you :) please :)) #and then tag eight people idk I don't make the rules don't listen to me #our flag means death #ofmd s2 #ofmd s2 teaser #ofmd s2 speculation

[trans-oberon]

anyways here's my take on a summer caenis that DOESN'T give me insane second-hand dysphoria 👍 got rid of his noodle arms while i was at it

#fate grand order #fgo #caenis #caeneus #edits #listen the way fgo treats trans characters is just. UGH. #i absolutely don't want to take anything away from other trans people who DO identify with some aspect of their portrayal!! it's just. #imo Don't Put The Transmascs In Bikinis should be like rule number 1 of writing trans characters lmao #and i dont even feel qualified to talk about the transfem characters. astolfo d'eon da vinci im so sorry for everything forever #...btw if you REALLY don't agree please just block me. i am a working adult and we both have better things to do with our time (-_-)👍 #mmkay rant over. anyway i didnt give caenis any bulge but im sure all you freaky fellows out there can use your imaginations.

[faggyangel]

absolutely hilarious when people say 'you know neil gaiman wouldn't want you to do this" as if i, a lesbian, give any fucks about what a straight man would think of me

#SHARE YOURS SPOILERS TALK ABOUT THE LEAK ENJOY THIS MEDIA IN THE WAY THAT YOU WANT TO NOT THE WAY THE CREATOR TELLS YOU TO #POWER TO THE PEOPLE MAKE THOSE BITCHES GAY #i would shoot myself in front of you if it meant you never said that to me again #normal ppl dont live their lives based off of what random men think please grow up #i do not live by cishet men's rules #good omens critical #he isnt trying to throw you a surprise party he's trying to prevent spoilers the way shows creators always do #which is fine thats his role but we as fans dont have to listen some ppl enjoy them #you have the option not to see them and we should have the option to see them #christ alive #“you are not what neil gaiman would want” well he's not what i would want either but look at that i just unfollow him its that easy

[brittlebutch]

finding a character that grates against your nerves and eventually thinking, well, that's not fair, you haven't done anything; why do i dislike you? and then you dwell on this for a while and discover 'oh! you are like me when i was younger' and decide well, i'll simply learn how to love the both of you. power in this.

#N posts stuff #'what are you talking about?' fuck if i know. #but also i'm talking about penny from 'the 7' -- nosy little control freak determined to find Some foothold into Every conversation #it's interesting bc sometimes when i watch i'm like 'this character is played on the Border of metagaming' but the more i think abuot it #the less it Feels like metagaming bc penny Genuinely seems Exactly like the kind of person who just Is That Determined to be #some level of involved in Every situation; 'yeah i know that show you were in' 'Yeah i was listening into this scene from a different hall' #equal parts her being a Rogue character to her core AND her borderline pathological need for control in Every situation #w/ None of the social grace needed to temper this impulse into something more broadly 'palatable' -> very autistic to me in a way #'i don't Get It but if i'm Always Right then that's good bc it's Bad to be Wrong so i just have to Know Everything so that i'm Never Wrong' #or like 'no i don't understand the Rules right but if i can just Be In Charge of the Situation at all times then i'm the one domineering #where this is going and how it unfolds; like if i'm in charge i understand That at least so i will just Always be in charge' #and sometimes this starts fights with your friends and they call you a freak for it and you're like 'hm. i don't know what's going on #but if You said it and You Get People then you must be right so. i will alter this immediately' but penny doesn't have that interaction #because her friends are just like 'yeah i love you And that batshit way of interacting with the world that you embody' and there is a #temptation of sorts to be like 'penny you HAVE to stop that; you NEED to learn that lesson please' but then like. hm. does she? #much to think about. i don't interact w/ people enough anymore for this to impact my interactions with real people lol #but it Is interesting to peel apart a fictional character and find a Younger You in there. i can change how i think about Them at least

[utilitycaster]

🔥 a Midst one? lmao me getting this one in under the wire

The freebie is that it's wild that people are not jumping onto a podcast that is specifically like "what if the religion were capitalism and it were as bad as that sounds?" because I spend a lot of time existing in the CR/D20/WBN fandoms trying to articulate "hey, not all stories have capitalism or organized religion as the BBEG. Yes, even ones GM-ed by Brennan Lee Mulligan. In fact that is super reductive and I really don't like the Dropout merch that pushes that and indeed it and the mediocre nature of the ACOFAF candles has made me a bit wary of D20 merch despite loving my Pok Gukgak mug." Anyway: The Church of Capitalism is the BBEG here and it is actually done well because it was made with intent and thought! Listen to this podcast.

The not freebie is that even within that, I think it's important to understand the nuance and that even those with power in the Trust are often victims of it (or even those who have left the Trust as much as they can still feel some fondness for it), and also that while I do think the Mothers are, for example, pretty unambiguously great, there's plenty of terrible and exploitative people on Midst or within the Fold as well (like, pretty sure Kozma is a terrible person, one whom I am almost certain to love, but like I'm pretty sure she blew up the moon leading to all kinds of death and destruction). Sort of like the Kryn Dynasty post but like, the society in opposition to the horrible institution that is more relevant to our personal real-world experiences can still also have deep flaws.

#answered #captainofthetidesbreath #midst podcast #everyone please listen to midst though it rules

[into-the-mikuverse]

Creator Spotlight: Rishie-P

Wanna hear Hatsune Miku with real power and strong emotion in her singing? Have I got the producer for you! Meet Rishie-P and their fantastic tuning that makes our favorite Vocaloid sound almost human with how she belts and growls in their music!

Please subscribe to them, they deserve more views with how strong and lifelike they can make the voice synthesizers!

#into the mikuverse #rishie-p #creator spotlight #miku’s growl in ghost rule is so fucking good y’all please listen to it!!

[mikoran]

one positive about being heavily into anime in middle school was learning that its really not that hard to learn how to pronounce foreign languages if youre just exposed to them. like i always see people going “ugh but theyre so hard to pronounce” when talking about foreign names and such and like no not if you try. literally just being exposed to those words and how theyre said helps a lot. just be honest and say you dont wanna bother with it youre fooling no one

#like just fucking TRY its not that bad #listen to people say the words and youll pick it up trust me #the pronunciation rules for different languages will come to you if you just LISTEN TO THEM. PLEASE

[pandora15]

the kenobi soundtrack slaps, sorry I don't make the rules it's just true

#them's the rules #listen it's just one of those soundtracks that i'd LOVE to play in an orchestra one day #like. the whole thing #please #i want to #obi wan kenobi #obi wan show

[fridayyy-13th]

hhhhhhgh. what an episode.

#friday chats #the magnus protocol #tmagp 07 #tmagp vague #tmagp spoilers #celia why did you recognize chester's voice......i've seen the theories that you're from tma's universe too......... #please Please PLEASE can norchester not be tma!jmart i'm literally begging #and the email sam got from ''john''............what did it SAY sam. what is going on. #maybe celia knew tmagp!jon before he got ushanka'd??? mayyyybeeee???? #can we not give a solid ending to tma's ambiguous finale pleeeeaaaaase #but i am reminded that jonny and alex said tma listeners might apply too many of tma's rules to tmagp #and that we would wind up coming to some incorrect conclusions as a result #so i'm hoping that applies to this??? i'm hoping so hard you have no idea #that's not even talking about gwen and lena's interaction this episode #gonna let that one sit and stew a bit before calling anything on that. maybe wait a few eps to see how it's playing out #but uh yeah. that's my thoughts. #EDIT: i'm fucking stupid i thought the interaction was between ALICE and lena what the hell #i was literally reading the transcripts that are very clearly labeled but i'm properly listening now that it's the afternoon #and i just got blindsided by gwen's voice instead #so. whoopsie :P

[taaalia]

quirks an eyebrow at all the fanfics writers present

#she majors in geology and listens to heavy metal i do not make the rules #anyways this artstyle is so old but i needed a way out of artblock soooo... #never have i ever had to draw that many pride flags on a drawing.. #idk guys i think shes kinda fun😓😓 #i have said it before anf will say it again #she listens to heavy metal and rock (deffo makes rock puns (all her friends groan whenever she does)) #yeet listens to taylor swift #I DONT MAKE TJE RULES GUYS DONT SHOOT THE MESSENGER!! #(i do in fact make the rules) #dndads #dungeons and daddies #killa demall #like honestly tho guys if u include her or yeet in jr fanfics PLEASE tag them #like even if its just a short sentence😓😓 #i will loose my mind and jump around my room in pure joy #if i ever see them in a fanfic that is

[minty-bubblegum]

what the fuck is a bimbocore

#Like what #I honestly forgot what a bimbo was ☠️☠️ #I don't know and I'm afraid to look that up this time 😭😭 #Im just trying to listen to when I rule the world and playlists with it ☹️☹️☹️☹️ #😞😞 #Can y'all tell me 😭 #Please 🥺🥺