#even tho i don't really understand it

[varilien]

excited for jyb noises tomorrow !!

also i like when ppl draw these two together they are friends :)

#trigun #trigun fanart #trigun anime #trigun stampede #vash #vash the stampede #they'd be really fucked up about each other tho that's for sure. like ''oh god i UNDERSTAND you and that HURTS ME'' #bitches who do NOT want to be self-aware for even a second <3 still i think the compassion they'd have for each other would win out #i haven't been forgetting the logo on vash's shoulder btw i just don't wanna fucking draw it LMAO i hate logo #rb took this one down :( sorry folks

[pansyfemme]

thinking about an ask i got when i was 14 that has stuck with me forever because it was like. accusing me of lying about having bi4bi parents. why would that be anything even remotely interesting enough to lie about

#its cool and it made me rlly open to queerness at an early age bc even tho i didn't know my parents were bi- #anyone old enough to understand that they had lives before they got married and had kids would be able to read them pretty easily. #they had a lot of queer and trans friends too so i grew up knowing about everything #i was just a kid and didn't rlly.. think about the fact my parents had had other partners before eachother much and it never really totally #came up what the genders of those partners were. it wasn't a secret it just never rlly came up #my parents are now both of the mindset of the fact that they both still identify as bi but they don't feel the need to bring it up a lot #because theyve been married for 23 years. its not all that important anymore in their day to day lives

[angelpuns]

I'm getting that weird disconnected feeling I get when real life starts taking up too much time again and it feels like I haven't talked to people in forever but I'm hoping it will once again pass before I can have a bad time about it :/

#im so tired #been so busy irl #i wish i wasnt tho #i dont even know how i am so busy #i dont even have a job??? #i don't understand #anyway #not really a vent but i'd rather people ignore this anyway #im so exhausted i just wanna draw comics ;-; #i still have so many wips

[valiant-portabella-pirkko]

Flourish AU - Dragonheart Pirkko - Durmond Priory

Champion of the Caustic Elder Dragon

"Lasting change isn't gentle. It's harsh, abrasive, and inescapable. Either we'll adapt or we'll die trying."

"A better world starts with deciding what we're prepared to lose."

#my posts #guild wars 2 #gw2 #gw2 fan submission #Dragonheart Pirkko #Flourish AU #with all the sales going on i finally finished her look #she needed the maguuma shoulders + wanderer mask #(the wanderer mask NEVER goes on sale so if you want it you better grab it like Now. no really look at the gemstore history) #(it hadn't even been in the store at all since 2022 and this is the first time it's ever been on sale I Am Not Joking) #the only thing i wish is for a Vlast variant for the Aurene leggies for her but oh well. not every dream will come true. #i really gotta talk about this particular AU sometime tho tbh... #in Regrowth she's afraid of what she is and could become. #in Flourish though? she accepts even the parts that scare her. her power isn't something to fear. it's a tool and a weapon. #the blood of the jungle dragon flows through her veins and Tyria WILL hear her ROAR. her ENEMIES should be afraid. #she becomes the Champion of Vlast for a lot of reasons but the most significant is that they're so much alike. #neither has ever been anything other than the destiny that was set before them... and they don't know who they are outside that context. #they're trapped in roles they were molded for since their first breath. they barely understand the world they were built to save. #and yet... in spite of it all. they continue on. they do what they must. they fight for those who can't fight for themselves. #they're going to figure it out together... because in this big bright bold world they're the only two that REALLY understand each other. #they want to leave the world better than it was for them. #... even if they likely won't survive to see that happen. #the future will be better because it has to be. it must be. otherwise what have they spent their entire lives fighting for? #they don't belong to this world... but they can still build a better one. one that won't need anyone like them ever again. #I have... many thoughts about these two...

[cicadagaze]

a redraw of a piece from 2015. always liked the idea that firestar visited smudge after his death.

January 31, 2015 - February 4, 2023

#warriors #warrior cats #warrior cats fanart #firestar #wc smudge #smudge #my art #hoooooly shit i've been working on this for so fucking long.......... #i'm so happy to finally have it finished #had some struggles with it #'twas a bit of a roller coaster #but you know what i'm glad i saw this piece through to the end #i'm really fucking happy with it #tho i do find it funny that the lighting makes smudge's eyes look amber here #even though i said i don't see him with amber eyes #i was going to try to correct that but it ended up looking strange #anyway pleeeease reblog this i stgggg #y'all don't understand how proud i am of this #please i will cry if this flops #not actually but it will make me sad loll #hi there are image descriptions in the alt now!!

[sharlmbracta]

if ozai had a proper backstory/character regarding his family and personality instead of just "ozai = ultimate villain = ultimate evil (literally, like the summation of all kinds of 'evil')" and got more screentime, then it would have made the ultimate lesson of atla as a series more viable, like the zuko redemption arc, that there is no "true black / white" nor "ultimate good / evil"

he was such an 1D character in the series it's so intriguing when ao3 spices up his character

#the comics don't count #they reduced ozai to nothing but an empty hollow being and azula to nothing but a crazed maniac even further #i didn't see it when i read the comics years ago and couldn't understand why they were hated so much #but i think i kinda do now #i don't really hate the comics but now i don't really like them like i used to #ozai #idk but the more i think about it the more he feels like astor but with a firmer foundation of the worldbuilding #but of course the worldbuilding of a story-focused animated series is much stronger and convoluted than the one of a combat-focused game #so do i blorborize him now #idk #i'm currently obsessed with ao3 fics playing around with him tho #that depicts him other than this manipulative power abusive lil shit (well he is but still) #(+ long. long list of ao3 ozai fic recommendations in reblogs) #especially fics where he's a lil shit but without his power #those are really entertaining to read

[zukkaoru]

wait omg daylight savings tonight.. we lose an hour of sleep... guys it's the one day a year where i can maybe pretend that i managed to sleep in

#sorry but i do like the spring time change better than the fall one. the fall one always messes me up SO BAD #but in the springtime. sometimes i can wake up at 7 instead of 6 for one singular day and it's a beautiful feeling #literally tho the spring time change takes me like one day to adjust to and the fall one takes WEEKS #everyone is like 'but in the fall you get an extra hour of sleep!!' no. you don't understand. #i just have to be awake for an extra hour. i can't get 'extra sleep'. i can't even get ENOUGH sleep. #meanwhile in spring. since i already don't get enough sleep. i don't really lose an hour of sleep; i just lose an hour of being awake #anyway sorry to all of you who will be suffering. but i'm going to be busy pretending my sleep schedule could be fixed <333 yayayay yippeee #hello grace here

[trashcanwithsprinkles]

Ooooo if we’re talking Ashikai- what did you think of her Childe inspiration analysis? I’m not asking about how it may or may not apply to ur fic (though that sounds fun if your up for it!! I just love ur star foxes. Then again… not mutually exclusive ig) but what u thought of it!! I hardly get to talk to anyone about them and ooooough theyre such good videos and leave me reeling everytime.

her childe video was so fucking good holy shit. also i absolutely agree, her videos always leave me sitting there like 'holy fuck', even if sometimes i knew half the stuff she was bringing up, but the way she mixes it with the real-life research and stuff has me,,,,,,,, it's so good,,,

i think the only video that never like- surprised me? or told me something i didn't know or hadn't already like- figured out myself? was the latest one, the one about adepti and their visions. but that's bc i've uh. read xianxia before. so like. you read one xianxia, you know how it's going to go. when she said genshin was a xianxia i was like thank you, that's what i've been saying hahah,,, it was still such a good video, i really liked it;;

#almost choked when she pulled up jc's life falling apart just to use the golden core imagery tho #like ow #you could've just used wwx holding wzl's core :( no need to stab me #anyway #i love all her theories and when i agree with some wholeheartedly i will like- add the headcanon to a fic? #not to say i disagree with most of her theories. p sure i agree with most #but like- #some rely far more in things we don't yet know about the game and adding them to a fic would only really overcomplicate things #hence why i just normally stick to basic headcanons and our current understanding #like logically i've always known we have no confirmation that zhongli is actually a dragon at all #but it's just so much easier to go with the headcanon that he is (even though it's likely incorrect) #than to like- overcomplicate by trying to come up with a brand new explanation #and missing out on the potential characterization from just taking it at face value and going ok. assuming he's a dragon #same with childe #so uh #yeah lmao thank you!

[homeless202]

i know this is supposed to be funny haha considering how he starts singing like a dying cat right after but...FUUCKK

EY is jealous of HJ bc he's good at studying and therefore has a (bright) future ahead, compared to EY whose grades are too bad bc he hasn't been able to follow schoolwork since elementary school cuz of his situation at home (<- he mentioned this in an argument with his dad).

he wants to learn and understand and go to college but he thinks he's too far behind to start now, and he gets even more frustrated when he compares himself to everyone else around him. how he's the only one who doesn't understand what juwan is saying or maths or english. how his own native language is too hard for him sometimes.

#inferiority complex. alienation. self-esteem issues. trauma. #<- at least he's tall cuz otherwise he'd not be able to store everything in one body #also. HE'S SOBBING. HE'S GENUINELY UPSET ABT THIS. even if he's drunk the feelings are real. #this is the first time we've seen him genuinely cry like that btw #the last panel tho: 'how can i keep on living if i don't understand what juwan is saying' #<- drama queen. he really needs to get back into theater #also dare i say typical leo behavior? that's my headcanon for his zodiac sign #no home #no home manhwa #집이 없어 #webtoon #eunyung baek #haejoon goh #ey hj parallels #meta

[wereh0gz]

I'm definitely not the only queer person who's kinda wary of Christian ppl they encounter online right?

Like I see a profile that clearly states they're Christian and they post like Bible verses and shit and I'm just. Hoping they're not queerphobic. Or saying some dumbass shit like "hate the sin love the sinner" or whatever while pretending that's not queerphobic

If they're interacting with me first it's pretty safe to assume they're not gonna be like that bc I'm very obviously queer (🏳️‍🌈 + pronouns in bio) but if it's someone who hasn't interacted with me at all I kind of instinctively avoid interacting with them out of fear of them being that way. Y'know

#ramblings #i think it's bc even tho i've never been religious and my family isn't like a super uptight christian family #i have encountered a preacher who was homophobic and transphobic before #he's puerto rican too which just makes me disappointed in my people tbh #i grew up surrounded by a lot of accepting ppl both within and outside of the family #as well as a couple gay/trans ppl #i was always taught that that's just the way some ppl are and that we should respect that #even if we didn't fully understand everything and weren't up to date with the latest most accepted terminology and stuff #ppl were just respectful and let others be themselves #so it's extremely hard for me to understand why other ppl would be queerphobic #i mean. i kinda get it. it what they were taught growing up. just how i was taught to be accepting and respectful #but why ppl would continue to teach that to their kids and perpetuate queerphobia is really what i don't get #like. accepting that ppl different from you exist and that's ok isn't going to kill you #maybe learn abt the world from other sources besides the bible and try to see different perspectives #instead of shutting yourself off to just one way of thinking and hurting ppl in the process #anyways. i think it's also bc i've seen too many really religious ppl on the internet who are also queerphobic #and they have these big platforms of ppl who support them and share their views #and like. i shouldn't generalize. but they paint an ugly image of christians in general #also like. christians throughout history don't have the cleanest track record #but i know a lot of christians nowadays aren't like that. in fact i'm willing to say most aren't #but still it's like. better be safe than sorry y'know #idk man

[angelsdean]

i think dean is someone who really panics when he the people he cares about aren’t in his line of sight / presence. like watching people leave (not even in the dramatic sense, like. just leaving the house / where he can see them) freaks him out. he’s gotten used to masking it really well at this point so like. no one knows but it manifests in little controlling actions and anger which obvs is annoying to other people like dean NEEDS to know where sam is going when, when he expects to be back, he NEEDS cas to check in when he’s gone for longer than a few hours and it’s yes, deeply rooted in his abandonment issues but also. extremely rooted in his fear as a child that whenever john walked out the door might be the last....like he literally was a little kid waiting anxiously and scared shitless for his dad to come back from hunts, knowing that it was very very possible he might never come back. like kid dean has bobby and pastor jim’s numbers memorized and knows that if john’s not back / doesn’t check in after three weeks (long, long after the grocery money has run out) he’s supposed to call them. anyways. yeah...so dean seeing someone walk out the door. instantly flooded with anxiety and freeze response 

#which is partly why. 'i didn't stop you i just let you go' bc like. he was frozen he was angry he was panicking !! #thinking like. oh god he's leaving oh god what if i never see him again he's leaving for good he's not gonna call he's not gonna check in !! #but yeah so like. in general tho he's really really a control freak abt knowing where ppl are #when people don't check in he gets. SO mad and most of them don't get it bc of course dean WILL NOT explain it #he doesn't even really fully understand it himself bc obvs he's never sat down and analyzed the inner workings of his mind lol #but yeah like sam especially gets so annoyed and thinks its like. a controlling older brother thing #cas doesn't get it for a long long time bc he doesn't think anyone would ever worry abt him :( #but once they get together he always always checks in! #the one time he forgets bc he got caught up chit chatting with one of the vendors at the farmers market....is catastrophic #like dean's worried out of his mind blowing up cas's phone (which died bc he was taking so many videos of jack at the petting zoo) #dean would've come to the market but he wanted to work on restoring the barn #anyways so like. yeah he's freaking out jumping to the worst case scenarios thinks something terrible's happened to cas and jack #when they finally walk thru the door at like 6pm dean starts sobbing and wraps his arms around his family like. why why didnt u call? #he's both sad relieved and a lil pissed like. obvs logically he understand once cas explains but he's still like. #channeling some of that fear into anger bc it's a hardwired habit he's still struggling to break #so there's a bit of grumping and cold shoulders while he's making dinner but then once they all sit down together he's like. i love you #got carried away w these tags whooops #dean studies #vic.txt

[baldurs-gate-official]

All that trauma and bullshit and he still has the capacity to trust and have a healing journey?? To love? I think a lot of people don't fully grasp just how difficult that is

#bg3 #astarion #seriously #speaking from experience trust is HARD #I have friends. Plenty. Do I trust them? to a point. I trust them in the sense that I love them and trust them to be friends #I trust them to be there for me - to a point. I trust that they're trying (maybe I just don't trust myself to be worth it??) #But I don't trust them not to hurt me eventually. I'm always preparing myself for that #and I don't trust them to keep me safe. Even when they're bigger or stronger than I am #I'm always prepared to get in front of them if something happens. even if I know I'll get hurt from it. #feeling that way is tiring. but its so hard to turn off #I don't think I've even fully felt safe with/trusted anyone I've been with romantically. Not for lack of trying #tbh I don't think anyone can make me feel safe #or maybe I just don't give people the chance to. I probably don't #in my defense tho someone I loved deeply tried to murder me several times SO I think it's pretty damn understandable to feel this way #anyway my point is its really nice seeing Astarion able to achieve these things #trust. healing. a happy ending. love #all those things feel insurmountable in the face of trauma #i need to stop rambling like this #q

[titansarmy]

bianca di angelo really projected HER fatal flaw on her brother and we all just accepted it. 

#if we had just gotten a little bit more about her we would have seen her holding grudges like no other #she would have resented so much about the demigod world and HADES omg daddy issues girl #ok maybe nico also holds grudges but i think to a lesser extent and TBH his main grudge has always been the one against bianca #other than that ???? percy???? that was certainly a thing but it was so tied to his grudge against bianca that well it IS about bianca #and i mean. an argument can be made about nico being more forgiving bc bianca WARNED HIM but i don't buy that completely #i think he can have tendencies towards it but it's not really him and at the end of the day he can take a step back and see the big picture #but the bianca situation was MASSIVE he needed years to be able to take enough steps back to finally understand and see what led bianca to #her choices #anyways. nico di angelo ur fatal flaw is not grudges. #stubborn maybe??? jealous??? he's a lot actually idk what word would encapsulate his character best #i think he would meet his end bc he's stubborn tho. i think he doesn't know when to stop and THAT will kill him. #but i think all of this ties to the fact that he feels guilty. even in tsats they discuss this and i do think that is truly the core of nico #he feels guilt over what he has done and didn't get to do and even for others #can guilt be a fatal flaw?? if it can i'll take that one for nico

[bonefall]

What if the whole 'infertility WHOOPS nvm' situation was caused by the DF? Maybe all the DF knew was that one of Firestar's children was to birth three warriors who could destroy them, and they obviously thought squilf was the one to do that, so they either tricked her or starclan into thinking she was infertile. What they DIDNT plan for was Leafpool breaking the code and getting pregnant, still fulfilling the mini prophecy.

Also my knowledge on things post first arc is really fuzzy but could mudclaw's death be from the DF? That put Onestar in power who iirc REALLLYYY hates TC bc he doesnt want to seem too friendly with them, thus dividing the clans more. Could work the other way around with them sparking Mudclaw's rebellion, amd Starclan stepping in to send the tree down.

Good suggestions! But I think I've got these two situations down pat already

Squilf's Infertility

I just kinda prefer the idea that sometimes people are infertile, y'know? Especially Squilf. I also don't want the Dark Forest to go away and have to open up the question of, "If they're not cursing her anymore, can she have babies now?"

No biobabies for Squilf. She raises the Three, and is the mentor of Jessy's and Bramble's daughter, Sparkpelt. She's just infertile because that's how things are sometimes.

Mudclaw's Rebellion

For this one, the Dark Forest's only involved insofar as Tigerstar is training Hawkfrost.

I want to make sure that Mudclaw's rebellion stays Mudclaw's idea primarily; I don't want to fall into the trap of canon material where they keep blaming the actions of their villains on Born Evil Cats without whom there would be no problems.

Mudclaw accepts Hawkfrost's reinforcements, and promises him power in exchange for help... but it wasn't the Dark Forest, or Hawkfrost, that suggested killing Onewhisker. Mudclaw did that.

And for that Mudclaw is actually going to the Dark Forest! He will not be in StarClan for my rewrite, likely becoming one of the cats who ends up defending Ashfur's Tunnel post-TBC along with Juniperclaw.

#I also don't think Onewhisker hated ThunderClan from the offset #or even when he first became leader #The way I'm approaching him is as a person who was deeply affected by the fact his Clanmates wanted to KILL him #I see that as the most important moment for how I understand this character #I don't agree with the idea he hated it from the moment he got the power tbh #and I didn't like how Onestar's Concussion was like ''Wow ruling looks hard im so glad im normal and will never be deputy'' #He seemed... Fine. With that power. Just using it to be friendly and seeking people to balance him out #Like it's super interesting he picks Mudclaw as deputy even though he ALWAYS fought with him. Even as far back as TPB #It struck me as him wanting to rule with a casual fairness. To not really approach being a -Star as being above others but using power in - #-the way Tallstar assumed he would. #But... Clan culture is at the root of many problems and Onewhisker to OneSTAR is no different #Rejecting Smoke and becoming a hardened Star comes down to how the xenophobic #and brutal battle culture isolates people who live within it #He can't live with disgrace. He's a coward. He wanted to do the right thing his whole life but what IS the right thing in a culture that - #values strength so hard? #I'll tell you; the right thing is becoming hardened. Rejecting your mate and son and becoming the assertive leader that WindClan was expect #ing #Idk. I have thoughts about him #Very different from general fandom consensus tho I think #Bonefall Rewrite

[honeyspeeches]

everyone in the tags of that ao3 post shocked that Voltron is number one as if everyone and their dog and their mom didn't constantly post about voltron on every social media in existance, like it was inescapable

#every single artist that you follow has GUARANTEED drawn voltron AT LEAST ONCE #every. single. one. #it was everywhere stop erasing your history !!!! #a lot of people deleted their blogs or their voltron tags or even just their drawings after the show ended tho #which is sad and i don't really understand why?? #i guess the ending was just THAT BAD #oh and also the fandom. the fandom was. horrendous. #I would also like to remind everyone that zukka skyrocketed in popularity legit AFTER voltron ended BECAUSE OF KLANCE #before voltron the most popular ship was Zutara in atla and a lot of people actually shipped sokka with Toph also #but zukka was insanely niche BEFORE voltron #after voltron everyone wanted to project their failed klance mission onto an actually beloved media which i understand #but KNOW YOUR ROOTS #voltron

[magnifiico]

Hey Magnifico, what do you think of some of the theories going around that Amaya's made from a wish? I don't know if Rosas' citizens have talked about it, but there is some precedent. She sure doesn't seem to age...

thanks for the intriguing ask! ouo

“What is with this insane obsession with my wife?” Naturally, yes, he understands, but that isn't really the point here— A tone once tight and skating out on a near-growl steadies itself thereafter; Magnifico brushes a hand over his brow, and his next breath is deep and full enough to shake his entire torso.

“I, ah... No. No, that's an... interesting theory, but she's human just like the rest of us,” he complies under a dismissive laugh. “You might say I'm not the only one with luck in the genes.”

#˗ˏˋ ★ ˎˊ˗ 《 answered 》 #in all honesty tho i do find this take really interesting! :0c #and i totally understand where people are coming from -- it'd be cool to see that explored #of course even if she WAS made from a wish magnifico wouldn't tell you so uvu/ <3 #thank you so much for sending this in! :D i appreciate it #magnifico out here like “stop obsessing over my wife; that's my job 3:” #don't mind him he's just a big manbaby