#canned u knot

[whilomm]

lets make a didlo

each section is the diameter at that particular part in ???? units idk. assume we align everything to the center, and smooth everything out betvween parts. each is a 1 inch increment. dont forget the flared base btw!

please reblog for optimal tumblr committee penis session ty

#lets make #lets make poll #poll #silly polls #polls #buzzy #adding a bit of knot to get started #also remade bx realized Mistake #if anyone knows how to best to realize this creation after poll go ahead #theres that website where everyone made vases.forget if u can do numbers or just would need to eyeball it

[tyrannuspitch]

atom diagram and radiation symbol as mediaeval knotwork

#for no reason. #my art #things i had today: an idea #things i did not have: ruler. compass. protractor. anything that wld make these less wobbly #anyway! have not constructed an alphabet yet. been doing this instead #these are both quite celtic. i was thinking of doing dna and biohazard in a more nordic style bc they have unfinished ends too #but 1. haven't found a design for either i like yet #and 2. gotta be REALLY fucking careful what you're implying when u make art that can be described as Nordic DNA lmao #i'm just doing trying to do my little mediaeval-aesthetic scifi thing. but. #might work it out at some point but no promises. we'll see #also yeah im fully aware that making the atom diagram a knot ruins what it's meant to represent. but it's funny 🖤

[definitelynotshouting]

HI. HELLO. SORRY. i heard we’re talking about hunger au + the others finding out about fucked up stuff that grian’s doing

i’m obsessed with the potions. in order to die (which he doesn’t even *want*, or at least doesnt think he wants, he just believes it’s the safest option) he has to corrupt his friends’ attempt to help him. healing potions have been like. the only thing he’s conceded on for his own comfort. tango is super excited when he learns about them bc 1. it’s something actionable and immediate thatll directly help, and 2. grian gets noticeably… not hopeful, exactly, but definitely more responsive the few times that they’re talking about the potions. which. i’m sure tango will feel really good about after the fact (assuming the plan happens).

and then mumbo overextended himself making a *gold farm* entirely for potions and pearl “got carried away” collecting netherrack. it’s so clearly a priority for them. how are they going to react when grian hurts himself using them?? when they find out that they don’t do anything notable in the first place *except* give him a way to hurt himself?? after potions almost killed him the FIRST time??????? augh. i think about it so much

(also i heard we could pick emojis so im picking 📞 ty <3)

You're more than welcome to pick an emoji!! :D i honestly love it, i love seeing regulars in my inbox its like having people wave at me from across the street whenever they send in asks hehe :]

Man, the potions..... yeah the potions are crazy dude, i can see why everyone is obsessed with them. I havent exactly made a post on this yet, but healing potions don't actually do anything for a Watcher's structural code (theyre designed for Player surface code specifically, so they arent even fully compatible with Watcher surface code), which makes him conceding on them even more painful, because the others are latching onto this single one opportunity to help and its not even actually helping. Its being used, in fact, to eventually hurt him. Nobody is gonna like that.

Im really glad how everyone's desperate attempts at getting the potion ingredients are being picked up on in fic, especially since those references been sorta randomly sprinkled in throughout the chapters (usually through dialogue). Yeah they are.. thats gonna be Fun when they find out the truth on that one >:] ive had the scene for that in mind for AGES and i cannot WAIT to finally get it out there for everyone to see, because man. Its gonna be visceral, i'll tell you that

Im so so glad you like what im doing here enough to be rotating it in your brain like this!!! :D i shake your hand we sit and spin the potions like rotisserie chicken

#shouting speaks #asks #hunger au #compliments #u kno what too is that like. thruout the fic grian has had a very slow slide from #''i dont want to die but its the best most safest option'' to ''this is inevitable its going to happen anyway'' #to ''i DO explicitly want to die'' #and its just so objectively fucked up to SEE the evidence of how his internal narrative has begun to gnarl in on itself #theres something so gutting to be said about how mental illness and horrible circumstances can build upon themselves and twist your brain #into knots.... idk i think abt it a lot #and abt how the feedback loop between how he treats himself and how the others treat him just circles and circles #world's worst ouroboros #grian... grian buddy your ISSUES #txt

[c10v3r]

lightbrush fans i come bearing a gift (its gay people)

#inanimate insanity #ii lightbulb #ii paintbrush #lightbrush #how can they both be so flashy and so cringefail at the same time #HOW IS THAT POSSINLE #pick a struggle guys. #/JOKE #its in my right opinion that lightbulb has tangled as shit hair #it gives character and also knots but like thats not important #PB WOULD NOT STAND FOR IT THO #u know they wouldnt

[mishy-mashy]

*COUGH*

The Resistance has PTSD of AFO using Cynthia's piano theme

*COUGH*

#the resistance (kudo and bruce) would be around our year so. they definitely know about cynthia #many a men: [PTSD] #thought of this cuz i was reminded of volo forcing me to actually use my brain #running around so easily and BAM heres a theme warning you that ☆it's time to die!☆ #i stalled that battle so hard for over half an hour #anyway i think that cynthias theme should play whenever the resistance encountered afo #bruce (the only one with common sense): *in the sewers* Why do I hear piano #AFO: *right behind them* #i think cynthias theme matches. i still have a bundled knot of feelings over fighting volo and hes not even as bad as cynthia apparently #*a century later* *kudo sleeping in the void* *Midoriya plays cynthias theme* *kudo's eyes snap open* #AFO absolutely wouldve used the natural terror of cynthias theme for his own Demon Lord aesthetic #the ingrained terror of begging for mercy against cynthia? yeah AFO is just gonna snatch that to make everyone cower before him #can u imagine being in the resistance and AFO frickin. plays cynthias theme throughout a barren wasteland. you dont know why. #all you know is that your nerves are rising. and All For One [The Demon Lord] floats down to ruin your last few seconds of life #kudo: (terrified) THIS IS NOT APPROPRIATE. #some resistance member with a record of trolling people with sound effects and background music: Leader I swear it's not me this time- #afo #all for one #kudo #bruce #spoilers #bnha #mha #boku no hero academia #my hero academia #AFO to cynthias theme already being ingrained as a terror response to everyone: It's Free Real Estate! #whos gonna stop him the government? there IS no government. /HE/ is the god of Japan at this point #alright everyone i think this is something that can absolutely be used in resistance fics or resistance-recollections of AFO #the darn terror. #i didnt elaborate but i mean cynthia as in PKMN champion cynthia (tag limit)

[laundrybiscuits]

Do you think Eddie was flagging in the show?

If this approaches discourse, I'll understand if you choose not to respond.

This is kind of a multi-layered question, but I think it’s worth talking about in the context of broader approaches to fandom.

I haven’t seen these terms used for a while, but fans used to talk about “Watsonian” and “Doylist” explanations as a good shorthand for “in-universe logic/rationale” and “out-of-universe motivations.” For example, the Watsonian (as in what John Watson might think) explanation for a villain monologue might be that the character wanted to prolong his moment of victory because he wasn’t ready to let the feud go. The Doylist (as in what Arthur Conan Doyle might think) explanation might be that the author needed to pad out the wordcount. 

The important part is that neither of those lenses is wrong. They’re just different ways of looking at a text. 

Word of God (i.e. what the creators say about a work in interviews etc.) is not the same as canon, and canon is not sacred. It’s just what’s on the screen or page.

I’m going to be a little self-indulgent here and bring in some Death of the Author by Roland Barthes, because I literally have a page of quotes stored on my tumblr. Admittedly, the translation I have is a little dense, but I think I’ve pulled out the key points. (Also, caveat that this is not the only valid way to do lit crit, but I think it can be very helpful in fandom.)

“The text is a tissue of citations, resulting from the thousand sources of culture.” 

I think about this all the time in regard to fandom, because it reminds me that texts don’t spring fully-formed from some ethereal plane. The cultural and literary references you grew up with, as well as the ones you continue to consume, feed directly into whatever you produce as a creator. That’s why my number one tip for young creatives who want to improve is to be intentional about the media they consume*. That’s where inspiration comes from: just tip more material into the slurry of your subconscious, and see what alchemized new thing bubbles to the surface. 

That also means that as critical readers, we can always try to see connections and patterns, regardless of Word of God. However, it’s important to remember that those connections and patterns are not necessarily lodged within the text itself…and that brings me to my next quote.

“The unity of a text is not in its origin, it is in its destination.” 

It’s rarely useful or interesting, in the context of fandom, to treat a text as an artifact to be excavated. It’s much more relevant and functional to ask what you as an individual get from the text—what your own relationship is to the themes, motifs, ideas, messages you’ve gleaned from your experience of reading/watching. Every reader has a different relationship to the text, because every reader is a different person with a different history. 

The difference between fandom and Extended Universe-type stuff isn’t just licensing. Frankly, I personally would find that a pretty boring fandom experience, if absolutely everything were strictly canon-compliant and cross-referenced. Fandom is transformative, which means it interprets and reinterprets texts as a form of consumption/creation, and that necessarily means a willingness to discard anything that doesn’t suit whatever story we’re trying to tell. 

In other words, Eddie doesn’t have a canon sexuality. Hell, very few characters in general do. As I mentioned in the first footnote to my last reply, it’s useful to think about sexuality as behavior + identity + desire; we often see behavior on screen, but we rarely see the other two in an explicit way. We can read him as flirting with Steve, we can read him as flirting with Chrissy, or both, or neither. That’s how fandom works. 

So, do I think Eddie was flagging in the show?

Let’s break that question down into a few different aspects.

Doylist: do I personally believe that the various people involved in the show deliberately intended Eddie to flag as a(n implicitly MSM) sado top? 

No. I don’t. Honestly, I simply don’t trust them that much. I don’t think they had queerness explicitly in mind when they created Eddie, but that doesn’t change the fact that he is queer-coded, much like a Disney villain. He represents anxieties about nonconformity and morality—of course he’s going to resonate with queer people. 

Ultimately, though, I don't really care about this particular creative team's intent. It's not interesting to me. There are so many shows that I enjoy more than ST for their artistic choices, and I'm interested in hearing the intent behind those, but specifically what I personally enjoy about ST is the stories its components let other people tell.

Watsonian (1): do I personally believe it’s within Eddie’s canon characterization to be flagging? 

It’s not impossible. It’s also not impossible that he’s just aping more generic metal accessories. Personally, I think it’s somewhat unlikely that at 19-20, living in the middle of nowhere and with the various plates he’s spinning, Eddie’s had enough exposure to kink to be really confident and knowledgeable about flagging. But I’ve also heard some pretty wild stories about small town gays back in the day, so I’m willing to be convinced either way.

Watsonian (2): do I personally believe it’s within Eddie’s canon characterization to be a sado top?

This is venturing into some even trickier waters, but my answer’s very similar to the last question—it’s not impossible. You don’t need to be a particular kind of person to be a top/bottom/dom/sub, no matter what the old fandom flamewars may have claimed. (Being in my early teens and witnessing the SasuNaru vs NaruSasu discourse was not a good way to learn about this.) Different parts of the same experience can resonate with people for different reasons, and there’s more than enough wiggle room to interpret literally any character in any way. 

(I will say that people who actively seek out DMing tend to enjoy controlling a scene to evoke particular emotional responses from players, and that's the angle I find most plausible for Eddie.)

I am personally agnostic on the matter of Eddie’s sexual preferences. As a reader, it’s most important to me that those preferences are coherent with the rest of the characterization within the fic. As a writer, I tend to characterize him as pretty switchy for the same reason I tend to characterize him as gay and into mythology: I am just projecting onto a blorbo.

That’s all any of this really is. 

*On a practical level: I often suggest to young creatives that they make a habit of identifying at least one thing they like AND at least one thing they don’t like about art, whatever form that art comes in. It builds critical faculties by making sure you actually digest the art you're consuming, and it’s also a good reminder that even the worst piece of dreck (probably) has something worth learning from—and even the most sublime masterpiece has flaws.

#askbox #WHY NOT witter on for 1k words about a knot of hot-button issues for my 100th post. why not. christ. #overusing the word 'personally' to emphasize that IT'S ALL SUBJECTIVE art is fake critique is fake live ur life #I'm just...the kind of insufferable person who has a color-coded spreadsheet rating all the musicals and plays I see #again: I will delete & block at the first sign of discourse! can u tell I have like. tumblr trauma from 2013 #ST meta for TS

[cloverjelly]

headcanon that after secret life jimmys feathers are always falling. nothing can stop it from happening and it slowly gets harder for jim to use his wings. and the necklace on his neck is always burning now, but he cant take it off. he can never take it off.

#secret life smp #secret life #jimmy solidarity #canary jimmy #for context: all of my watcher characters have a knot necklace #u can see on my rly old grian design #jel pen #clover rambles

[biorust-art]

you know what? life IS cyclical

I make a french knot I make a french knot I make a french knot I make a french knot I make a french knot I make a french knot I make a french knot I make a french knot I make a french knot

#im embroidering can u tell #embroidery #french knot belothed #cr dolls tag

[ofalltheginjoints]

#she hath bewitched me #like. i’m not proud of myself. but like. she’s literally my type to a t what the fuck am i supposed to do???? #im so gay. my stomachs in knots. it’s a little pathetic ngl. grace do u need a dog??? i can bark #the bottom image was originally something else but i wouldve been sent to jail for h word related crimes #also she hasn’t actually deleted her tumblr so i don’t want to risk her seeing that. #anyway. im uh. gay and feeling insane thnks. #gvd #grace van dien #<- for blacklists

[plasma-packin-mama]

HELLO YOU'RE ONE OF MY FAV FALLOUT ARTISTS AND IF YOU'RE UP FOR IT COULD YOU DRAW MY COURIER?

I just finished a fullbody drawing of her (literally like two minutes ago) as a reference so here it is!

I'm so glad u like my fallout art!! That's very sweet of u to say :^] thank you for the support!!

Here's a little doodle of her, I hope I drew her right!

#can u tell ive never drawn a honda knot before #ask #art #sketchbook #goblins-oc-askblog #other ocs #this ask is from when i asked for art requests awhile ago btw #i dont always do oc requests and when i do i finish them on my own schedule #peepie art

[njararna]

lotor definitely carries s4-6 a lot with his character but jesus christ if we sit and think about the plot for a minute, its heinous and relies on so much purposeful stupidity to actually function, because why is it that lotor's big plan to transition to the galra into a 'peaceful empire' (oxymoron if i ever heard one, why did nobody say shit) was to simply meet their demands for quintessence, when if we look at the usage of quintessence in the show...its primarily for vessels and weapons of war 💀 supplying the galra with more quintessence is ridiculous, it's like an incredibly obvious What You Should Not Do. lotor doesn't talk about replacing quintessence with/transitioning into something sustainable, and nobody even asks him why the galra need INFINITE quintessence and what they'd be using it for! these are questions that realistically, would be asked IMMEDIATELY. but everyone goes along with it like its a great plan. it's stupid, it's trying to force this plot to work but it's not. it's blatantly noticeable to me because everything seems to just. not work reasonably. it's just a way for allura to have a reason to learn about alchemy, but it's a painfully weak reason.

having allura learn about alchemy in relation to voltron is not only more cohesive, but doesn't isolate her narratively from the rest of the team. its similar to vforce with how vince's powers evolved with voltron and the team, rather than in an offshoot storyline. quintessence really really bogs the story down, and i think the writers were just confused about what to do with it. if they wanted to make an environmental analogy a la final fantasy 7 with the lifestream = oil and shinra = oil companies, then they failed when the paladins were like 'we should just go into an in-between dimension and give the galra infinite oil, actually'. if they wanted it to be about power corrupting, they go about it in a very strange way. it's just convoluted and the plot seriously aggravates me because it just feels so....confused. they don't know what they want for the characters or the plot or anything, just throwing shit at the wall and hope it sticks

#.txt #vld #the plot rn gives me the same energy as when i realised the plot to my wip stopped making sense and was way too knotted and lost in its own #sauce; when you realise you've written yourself into a corner #and u know what...i went back and catalogued all the worldbuilding pieces i had and completely reorganised and changed the plot #i made sure the important things like magic was consistent rather than me trying to make the magic work for the plot #which is whats happening rn cause rn alchemy can do everything under the sun and we're never given a proper idea as to what alchemy really #is or what its limitations are

[stuck-in-the-ghost-zone]

as much as i am mentally unwell over tristamp rn... i think i will always prefer 98. this is weird coming from me because i am the guy whos favorite part of the entire series is weird plant biology and there is exactly 0 of that in trigun98 but at the same time like........ it just makes me so much happier to watch.

obviously the manga is objectively the best version of the story and i would kill for a beat by beat animated adaption of the manga (<<something i know is impossible) but i also have a hard time reading comics and cannot readily consume the manga as well as i can the animes

#nobody asked for these thoughts but i need an outlet <3 #my ranking goes trimax >> 98 >> tristamp #not to say i dislike tristamp. i very much like tristamp and there r certain aspecfs i like from that version even better than in the manga #which is why i think my preferred method for creating/consuming fan content is when ppl combine aspects of all three #like. idk man i have a lot of trigun thoughts tonight im squishing it around in my hands like silly putty #i desperately wish i was not in a huuuuge months long setback of writers block bc i would love 2 do character analyses rn #aaaurrghggghgh head in hands. my brain is going 2 explode. #im going 2 sit down in the imaginary space inside my mind and start #untangling neurons like theyre a knotted tangle of necklace chains and headphone wires #need 2 do that but like fr. do u know how good thay would feel. solves all my mental illnesses #anyway in other news i did my thumbnail overlay and my new profile pic for artfight today. cannot wait 2 post those they look soooo good #finally i can be a guy covered in blood (<< is planning 2 be team vampire) #sigh. i do not want 2 sleep i do not want 2 be a person rn i want 2 be a. #vague concept or perhaps a fictional character who ppl write hurt/comfort about. emphasis on the comfort

[tiptapricot]

Mando S3 said “what if we had one perfectly good wonderful episode this season but like only one the rest ehhhh we don’t uh we don’t like writing but we’ll do one great ep” and I’m at least glad it was the finale HDBBDBF

#LONGER THOUGHTS TO COME TOMORROW #SHORT ONES: whole season is still a mess n the build up to these final two needed to be wAY different #but like good time #good ep #I have very few complaints n I had a blast n was happy the only issues r ones that sprout up bc of #the previous clumsy knot of stuff #so yaHO but man can you have done that all season pls could u have just done that all season #pls god pls can u go back n just write a good season pleASESE #the mandalorian #the mandalorian season 3 #the fruit is talking again #mike watches mando

[ronanlynchbf]

#I LITERALLY CAN'T DO THIS. IT'S REALLY OVER I'M GONNA THROW UPPPPPP #the visual of succession (3rd of june 2018 - 28th of may 2023) is something that can make u wanna SCREAM & CRY & DIE sources have said..... #succession #i'm literally sooooooooo sick i'm so ill i'm so my stomach is in knots about it... :(((( i wonder what s5 would've been had they gone #through with that..like how much would've been different how much would be the same what was cut what was changed.... #OHHHHH I'M GONNA MISS IT SO MUCH

[theloveinc]

I got omega does that mean I'm a bottom

it means what u want it to mean. U saw I got beta but that doesn’t mean I’m not leaking slick everywhere of my own volition. Free yourself of these inner gender norms. Do what u wanna do!

#…but yeah. #means your cooter hole whatever wants a knot #don’t listen to it tho u can trade with me #or not #caitie answers #a/b/o tw #anon

[kinkymagnus]

Oh, you saying that thing about possessiveness like dragons and their hoards...

Now I'm thinking dragon Alec (who can shift into human form) hoarding Magnus...

Like, look, dragons and shiny things. And Magnus is super sparkly. And pretty. And magicky. And just, you know, Magnus.

And then Alec with his draconic instincts and... hmmm.

WITH FEELiNGS, of course. Not just shallow "He is pretty so he is mine". But also with all those deep feelings and "He makes me smile and I feel good when I'm with him and I love his good heart and his mischievous streak and everything that makes him him."

(Also, don't worry about taking your time with answering. Real life always comes first. And do take care to get enough sleep, even with classes starting back up and all the stress that comes with it. A rested brain is a functioning brain. And remember to drink plenty. Hydration is important. Also the occasional sweet. Treat yourself.)

believe me i have endless thoughts about dragon alec including like three different extremely horny aus. dragon alec draping magnus in pretty jewelry, declaring him the crown jewel of his hoard and mate, etc

and yeah! it's not just this shallow "he's pretty" nor is it like. a true possessiveness, he's not about to control him or shackle him or anything. but like. will he brag about the most beautiful wonderful perfect man in the world willingly being the crown jewel of his hoard so to speak? absolutely. (it's not really owning him--they truly do belong to each other and no one--but it's a weird dragon thing, and like. an enormous honor, for a living person to be considered part of a hoard like that.)

but anyway just like. alec being very protective of him (i just think magnus being super powerful but alec being very protective of him anyway...) and like also . so much potential for bangin'. like. alec wrapping his wings around them so magnus is just. folded safely away in heat and scale, letting a dragon raw his cunt??? amazing. we deserve it. dragon alec draping him in jewels and delicate chains, dressing him up all pretty and admiring him, teasing him, maybe eventually fucking him in it? yes please. etc

#may or may not have several scenarios--mostly roleplay--that are like ohhhh magnus gets 'sacrificed' to local dragon/dragonlike diety ;) #and then they have sex about it. #but its extremely consensual #magnus tied up: oh nooooo a dragon..... what if he FUCKS me..... #alec examining the ropes: okay you can definitely undo these. #magnus: OH NOOO.... I CANT ESCAPE.... #or alternatively just like #'hm heres the deal. youre hot so either i can fuck you or i can just let you go. no strings attached. i do hope you choose fuck tho bc #again. u r HOT' '....yeah you know what u r Also Hot. lets bang' #to uh. paraphrase #anyway #also dragon alec? we can have fun with the cock here right. #knots. double cock. ridges. eggs. whatever you want we can make that shit work