#he's also key to this whole thing

[touchlikethesun]

tsukki being nothing but a jerk and embarrassed about hinata at the camp and hinata worrying about whether or not he's eating enough pls stop my heart can't take it

#also he's right to worry #kei never eats enough unless someone makes him smh smh... #been thinking about tsukihina just like their whole deal #but also back to the most important thing i got out of this rewatch #literally everyone cares about kei so much #not all in the same way but they do and that means so much to me #haikyuu #hinata shouyou #tsukki <3 #tsukihina #kinda #tw eating issues #again only kinda but i'm not taking risks

[kilucore]

tsukkiyama weekly movie night but its always the shittiest disaster movies like sharknado or rubber and roasting them. tsukki will always point out the scientific inaccuracies. they laugh their asses off the entire time

#this is canon to me #its basically free reign for them to be bitches for an hour and a half without consequence #also side note when yams finds something REALLY funny he laugh with his whole body #and pushes tsukki and tsukki thinks its the cutest thing #im testing out posting hcs here #tskym #tsukkiyama #tsukiyama #yamaguchi tadashi #tsukishima kei #tsukki #haikyuu!! #hq!! #headcanon

[arcadianico]

rotating this scene in my head

I just think it’s so fascinating the difference between elq’s dynamic with cucurucho here and the dynamic between qq and cucurucho the last time we saw them together.

like functionally both qs are doing a similar thing (asking questions and talking on when cucurucho doesn’t answer them) but the power dynamic is clearly different. cucurucho’s silence with qq felt like amusement, here it feels like shyness almost? and elq’s reaction when he sees that the others are coming to the station feels somewhere between a boss and your parent saying “i told you so”. idk it feels clear to me that elq is the one with the power between the two of them

#im so fascinated by him #yes ive watched the vod four times what of it #i just think their whole thing is fascinating #i find the fact that elq seems to have the social power but not the administrative power also interesting #because he has to ask cucurucho to do things for him #like give him a key or allow them to go through a different door #but even still he feels like the one with power between the two of them #i also wonder how much of the asking for a key stuff was meant to be a performance in front of the audience #to convince us he’s still qq but amicable with the feds now #and how much is true to what he does and doesn’t have access to #idk i am having thoughts #elquackity #cucurucho #osito bimbo #qsmp

[dailykugisaki]

Day 113 | id in alt

It's Fushiguro's fault that he does it every five seconds. He lives and breathes mahoraga.

#dailykugisaki #jjk #kugisaki nobara #itadori yuji #fushiguro megumi #tokyo trio #low effort Fushiguro makes a COMEBACK #everyone knows he does that everyone just stares at him like a freak #in the middle of posting this i had to draw CRAZY Kugisaki n maki it was INSANE #ive been writing some stuff and i will continue to write because i love staring at Kugisaki's forehead #i hope the bantu knots look good #im experimenting with hairstyles bc i fuckin LOVE that shit #also picking up #Kugisaki isn't dismissive of Mai's struggle and pain its just that Mai is a bitch and uses the struggle as an excuse to harm others #she has canonly seen people get ostracized i mean her town was XENOPHOBIC AS FUCK #Kugisaki wasn't liked at all either she most likely fought just about everyone. only reason the townspeople liked fumi was because she was #wasn't like Kugisaki because Kugisaki fought back 10 times harder plus the whole murder thing y'know it happens #shes wack like that #she understand Mai and Maki so much and is low-key a hypocrite for judging mai but i think she knows that shes extremely self aware #probably the most self aware first year btw #this is some life tips from yours truly to the people that read these tags #do NOT argue with a political science major on human morality they will piss you the fuck off #i did. i ended up causin them to leave a chat because i was so mad they called something heinous “tame” #it happens. #unfortunately

[vaguely-concerned]

I am so mad about how desperately into pan I am. he was specifically made to fuck me up. they dangled him in front of me like 'hey would you like to see a sad clown trickster with emotional intimacy issues and a heart of, if not gold, then some mysterious alloy with qualities not at all unlike those of gold at the end of the day?' and I went 'boy would I!' and now I'm lost. I'm on my knees he's like if reyes vidal was actually redeemable instead of just a 'release my man he did do all of that but I don't care' situation

#the way he seems so genuinely *delighted* by grace finding her voice and wants her to be able to make her music again #even when she's not the muse anymore............ what the fuck that is the sweetest thing I've ever heard in my LIFE dude #low-key grace's biggest fan musically at least fhsajkd #stray gods #stray gods pan #(this is not a slam on reyes btw the fact that he's unconscionable is part of the appeal in that specific case lol) #I went into the game mostly blind and from what I had seen I fully intended to romance freddie #and then... this bitch shows up for literally one song and I have to restart the whole thing before I even get to challenging a queen #because I now desire the goat guy carnally and I want to duet with him for the rest of forever thank u #also I don't think I can ever not romance him now seeing the contrast between what he gets up to in the endings #what do you MEAN if you don't romance him he just goes off and no one knows where he is. he's still just so alone??? no not on my watch #(if freddie is dead ( :( ) and you romance him there's an *adorable* part in the epilogue where he tells you hekate has him running around #getting lost relics back in a series of distinctly indiana jones-esque misadventures and it sounds like he's having the time of his life #if this is what it takes for him to actually talk to his family without anyone being complete dicks about it I must solemnly accept #the terrible burden of kissing him on every single run through of this game. it cannot be helped it's out of my hands now)

[goldensunset]

scarlet/violet needs a dlc where you walk into some random building somewhere and volo’s just there and his theme kicks in and he goes ! and challenges you to a friendly battle on the spot. and the game gives absolutely no explanation for him being there. yeah you know what i’m getting at here

#i think it would be really really funny #troll a new generation of pokémon fans (me) #the key thing here is the no explanation part #also key that he’s friendly #just like oh hiiii!!! you seem really special and incredible!!! hey let’s battle uwu!! #just like. his whole shtick from early-game pla #can’t tell if it would be funnier if he were still wearing his uniform for a merchant guild that’s been out of business for centuries #or if he were wearing his arceus outfit but it’s like really tattered and muddy. his hair just looks like absolute shapeless garbage #he needs to look like he’s been living in the woods or in a cave or whatever for a thousand years #with only the occasional human contact #but he’s like super chill and happy about it #pokémon #legends arceus #pla #scarlet and violet #scarlet/violet #volo #pokémon volo #edit: ok the way you guys don’t seem to realize i am fully aware of the cynthia thing and that’s literally what this post is a parody of

[basu-shokikita]

maybe i have not seen the content people complain about but when i see talks about the fandom infantilizing toki i'm confused cause like...didn't canon start that...with every passing season toki become more and more child-like until age regression was essentially confirmed in aotd...

#dont reblog PLEASE im just thinking outloud i dont want discourse #rambling #like idk canonically toki likes coloring books and offered pizza/chocolate to skwisgaar in exchange for a solo #he gets excited about secret santa and says woweee #he has a teddy bear etc etc #none of these things have to be inherently child-like #but the way toki is written during these scenes is purposefully meant to be perceived that way #plus he's the youngest of the band #never taken seriously #throws tantrums often #and so on #there's a whole scene in aotd where the joke is that toki is essentially acting like a child that wants to be taken to the bathroom #there's always gonna be people flanderizing but honestly toki is a tough nut to crack tbh #the key is finding the balance imo. he might have child-like interests but hes also BRUTAL #and overall he STILL IS AN ADULT in a death metal band that gets his dick wet often and does drugs on the regular #he just also is traumatized and wants to reclaim the childhood he never had imo #i think dethklok is somehow a safe space for him to act the way he wants to act vs the way he was forced to when he lived w his parents #he prolly had no choice but to grow too fast and was essentially forbidden to experience any kind of joy #so with dethklok he can indulge in all those silly little things he never got to back then #thats how i see it at least

[mrs-luigi-vargas]

I know I'd decided to only write one more bowuigi fic aside from the one I'd already written but I can't stop thinking about the idea of Bowser repeatedly kidnapping Peach for relationship advice and Peach getting so fed up with him about it that she tricks Luigi into being her body double so that Bowser kidnaps him instead and they can talk like Actual Adults instead of using her as a third party to vent to all the time

#i imagine Luigi also talks to Peach about the same relationship problems #because shes more in tune with romance stuff than his bro is #(whos still low-key trying to wrap his head around his brother dating Bowser of all people) #and theyre not listening to her very reasonable advice of 'just talk to each other about it it'll be fine' #so neither of them are doing anything about the misunderstandings and its driving her mad #anyway it would be funny for Bowser to have a whole conspiracy board #about how Luigi not sending his daily 'buongiorno!' text and shooting down 2 of Bowser's 3 date ideas in less than 5 seconds #means that hes fucked something up irreparably somehow and Luigi's mad at him what do you think Peach how do i fix this #meanwhile Luigi-dressed-as-Peach is standing there tied up like ah. #maybe we should talk about this properly. #(theyre both anxious messes about this fledgling relationship lmao) #meanwhile Peach tells Mario to hold off on the rescue for a day or two so Luigi and Bowser can sort things out #Mario has no problem with this because he too has also been subjected to the ever-shifting conspiracy board #and has no desire to hear about his bro's relationship from Bowser's perspective beyond a surface level ever again #(the conspiracy board goes beyond a surface level) #and Kamek knew from the second Bowser grabbed 'Peach' that it was actually Luigi #but he's also tired of Bowser asking him every 10 minutes if Luigi actually likes him or not instead of paying attention in meetings #so he just leaves and takes a nap instead of letting Bowser know about his mistake #because he sees what Peach is doing and yeah this is the only way this problem's gonna get solved #bowuigi #bowser #luigi #princess peach #yeah so i'm rubbish at writing established relationship stuff so if anyone wants this then please take it away from me thanks #mlv.txt

[sundayswiththeilluminati]

FINALLY somebody addressing why I am sad about Rasputin’s characterization this season. Let grandpa get ANGRY let him get PISSED. Let him drop warsats on people again

The three pillars of the Warmind Rasputin in the Destiny narrative are mystery, tragedy, and power. Those are the story roles he fulfills and the themes and settings he provides. The Warmind DLC emphasized mystery and power. Season of the Worthy emphasized power and tragedy. Season of the Seraph so far has leaned hard on the tragedy with a side of mystery. That’s fine. It’s better than fine; I’m living for a Rasputin season that finally hammers home to the general player population how emotional his entire story is (and not just the parts with the Iron Lords) if only because I’m no longer the crazy person sitting in the corner yelling this computer is extremely sad actually here’s a 12-page lore essay based on deep analysis and textual inference. We’ve never encountered Rasputin in such a weak state before and that makes it the best time for a vulnerable narrative. So this season has gone for tragedy with backup mystery. That’s fine.

But let us not neglect his third role.

Why is it so important for Rasputin to demonstrate his power? Or, put another way, why is it so satisfying when he does? When Red shot down the Almighty, regardless of whether you liked the season or even the event leading up to it, when the Almighty shattered and that shockwave cracked across the Tower I bet you felt something. We’ve seen display after display of might from a range of characters, yet nothing - maybe this is a function of who I hang out with, but - nothing evokes as visceral a response from players as when the Warmind acts. Why?

First off I think a lot of people enjoy the narrative of the sleeping giant, the dormant volcano rumbling to life. Remember when the ents go to war in The Two Towers? It’s a real thrill to watch something vast stir itself to war on our behalf, and I am one thousand percent here for that exact trope. Second, Rasputin has a clear and easy-to-sympathize-with motive for some righteous revenge. Third, he has every right to and absolutely should get very, very angry and boy is it cathartic to watch someone vent that kind of fury against the status quo. Fourth, sometimes it’s just fun to watch big space explosions. But after giving it a lot of thought I think there’s another key aspect: because Rasputin is our home team.

Rasputin represents humanity, far more than Guardians do. In the Destiny universe Rasputin embodies the apex of human technology, engineering, creativity, power - human, not Guardian. So we all have a little bit of an affinity for the Warmind, not us as Guardians but us, the players, as human beings, because he is humanity’s representative at the table of Destiny powers. The weapons Rasputin wields are weapons we recognize as our own. The technology he builds evokes real concrete tech we use. He quotes books we’ve read, he plays music we listen to, he cites our history. He’s the home team, and we are all, whether we know it or not, way down deep we are all cheering for him just a little bit, because he represents the real world we live in pitting itself against the greatest threats fantasy and scifi can conjure up. Nobody gave him Light or picked him out as the special Chosen One. All his strength is our strength. When he exercises that power, we see our own civilization sticking up for itself against the unknown. He is, in all goddamn seriousness, Flag Admiral Stabby.

So I guess I’m wrong about what I said at the beginning. There are four aspects, not three, to Rasputin’s role in Destiny: mystery, tragedy, power, and humanity. He is the representative of what the human race can build and do. So let him wake up and demonstrate that maybe humans came late to the table but we sure didn’t waste any time. Let him wake up and remind everyone that humanity’s fate won’t just decided by the immortal god-children who terrorized them for centuries in concert with alien factions with superior technology and much longer histories. Humans can do incredible things when they put their minds to it and they don’t need a paracausal permission slip to try. Let Rasputin show the solar system the creativity, tenacity, and stubborn defiance we like to imagine as our species’ defining traits. Let him bring a gun to a wizard fight. And let him win.

#Destiny 2 #the Warmind Rasputin #Season of the Seraph #I mean and also it is fun to watch things explode #but yeah I thought for a while to work all this out #and I think there's something here that's key to Rasputin's popularity #he is us #he is our technology and our weaponry but he is also our culture and history #no magic no blessings no special chosen fate #just steel and fire and determination #there's a colonial narrative in here about how humanity is barely hanging on in its own solar system #while far greater powers turn it into their playground and battlefield #but that's a whole other essay on its own. #output generated #overthinking is my superpower #this is the wager of existence

[quaranmine]

The Backcountry Permit Situation

Rereading Firewatch AU again and I want to make a clarifying comment about the backcountry permit thing, since it's a such an important part of the plot from Chapter 5 - 10. I haven't seen anyone be confused about this yet fortunately, but in my opinion the distinctions in the plot get pretty in the weeds here. So this is just me walking through it.

The Forest Service IS supposed to be in the wrong about the permit. That was an actual mistake that probably cost Mumbo dearly in a roundabout way. They are also wrong to have not disclosed this to Grian or Mumbo's family.

But here's where I say that it's not a conspiracy. Grian's thoughts about the mistaken permit is that it impacted Mumbo's search process. He thinks that the Forest Service wanted to cover up their mistake, and as a result botched the search to hide it. Admitting that they made a mistake with the permit would indicate they were at fault, and they don't want to be at fault because they're the government, so they continue to search the Cloud Lake Trail like nothing happened. Grian thinks that they knew Mumbo wasn't there and kept searching it anway to make themselves look good. He thinks they purposefully searched an area Mumbo wasn't in to hide their mistake. He thinks that they should have pursued other areas, but didn't want the liability of admitting Mumbo wasn't on the trail. He and Scar both think it was unprofessional to not, somehow, explore areas that weren't even connected to the original trail because SAR should have been "able to predict that."

The non-conspiratorial reality is much simpler. The Forest Service mistakenly issued Mumbo a permit for a trail that hadn't been reopened yet because the person who issued it simply didn't know. It's pre-computer, so it's not like they had an electronic system to flag this. So when Mumbo is reported missing, they have 1) Mumbo's permit for that trail, 2) Mumbo's car at that trailhead, and 3) a witness who said they saw Mumbo on/near the trail. There is NO reason to assume Mumbo didn't go there anyway. All evidence actually points to him being there. In fact, as stated in the files Grian later stole, the SAR incident commander had determined that the damage to the trail made it more likely for Mumbo to get lost. He would have entered altered terrain where the trail was obscured, and might have taken a wrong turn since everything was no longer marked or clear. I have seen real life cases where this happened to hikers who got lost!

It's stated that the SAR did do aerial searches of some other locations around Cloud Lake, but only of official trails off the same road as Cloud Lake. Since, you know, those are the ones that officially connect and are close to where his vehicle was found. Grian himself says he never made it to Cloud Lake because he was "asked to help in other areas." So we can already see that there was search acitivity that wasn't concetrated on the the rockslide area.

When Scar asks what the Forest Service thought about Mumbo's things being found on a completely different trail, and why he was permitted for a closed trail, he's told they were "operating on information inconsistent with reality and conducting an investigation of it." They both treat this as sinister-sounding but it's pretty much just a roundabout polished governmenty way of saying "we have no clue why he was at Pinnacles either and are looking into it" lol.

When Grian confronts the District Ranger, he's mad. The District Ranger admits fault to him about the permit, but explains again that they didn't see a reason why Mumbo wouldn't be in the Cloud Lake area. Grian accuses them of purposefully blocking off the spur trail Mumbo took—essentially saying that the Forest Service knew Mumbo took that path, and quietly blocked it off without mentioning it. The District Ranger replies that the trail crews were just doing their jobs. That's the truth. Since the Cloud Lake Trail needed repairs to reopen, a trail crew worked heavily on it. Part of their job is streamlining the trail.

Unfortunately, most of the critical errors in Mumbo's case were always his own. He shouldn't have taken the unmarked trail, he should've turned around once he realized the Cloud Lake Trail was messed up. I don't mean it in a victim-blamey "he deserved his outcome due to stupidity" way. I simply mean it in the sense that we're all human and unfortunately some silly mistakes or moments of poor decision-making are final.

So basically:

Forest Service issuing the mistaken permit and not admitting it: actual mistake, they were wrong

Forest Service purposefully botching the search and focusing on an area they knew Mumbo wasn't in, to decrease their own liability: this didn't happen, Grian is wrong

Mumbo's family could probably sue them for wrongful death based on the permit thing, though. I don't know how successful it would be but in my purely amateur opinion I think there's a reasonable case to be made that Mumbo never would've been in the position to make his mistakes if he'd never stepped foot on the trail. He might've gone elsewhere and had an entirely normal trip. If only :(

#nuance! #there are few things in this story not operating on some level of nuanced or mix of flaws #grian's a deeply sympathetic character but his grief also makes him lash out and hurt others and make consistently poor decisions #pearl came with the genuine intention to help grian out but kind of violated his privacy in the process by being too nosy #scar supported grian a ton but also never admitted that he though mumbo was dead the whole time which hurt grian and his trust in the end #grian's former boss sucks so much in the flashback but has a genuine reason to complain about grian not showing up or doing his work #jimmy tries his best to help grian but comes accross as entirely too blunt by accident #the forest service made a key mistake but didn't launch a whole conspiracy about it. you see? #there's just always....idk i was always trying make things never so clear cut. so much of this story is just. people being people. #human error and messy human reactions and human relationships #hc_firewatch_au

[wonder-worker]

"In reality Richard III invented a Woodville scare as a screen for his own conspiracy"

-A.J Pollard, "Richard III and the Princes in the Tower"

#lmao #r*chard iii #my post #I think that's true for all usurpations and coups to an extent #but its 10x more applicable and accurate for Richard III #Not only because of the compressed length of time (a mere 3 months as opposed to years of back-and-forth tensions) #but also because ultimately one of the key reasons Richard could do what he did was because he did it from the heart of the political #institution (ie he was an internal threat rather than an external one) #and he was someone who was trusted and loved rather than mistrusted and hated. His betrayal was political but it also had far more personal #ramifications for everyone involved - most people simply did not expect it from him and cooperated with him precisely because of that #which enabled him to seize power before most people even realized what he was doing #And there's the fact that he actually did stage a conspiracy by accusing the Woodvilles of plotting to attack and ambush him #and produced weapons from his own war in Scotland as fake 'proof' - when in fact we know that HE deceived and ambushed THEM #there's also the (propagandic) lie that they usurped him from the position as Lord Protector when they certainly didn't #either Edward IV didn't appoint Richard Lord Protector meaning the Woodvilles denied him nothing #OR the council collectively chose to have a council rule during Edward V's minority rather than a Protector (something they were entirely #within their rights to do both socially and legally) #so claims that they wrongly defied Edward IV's last wishes or broke the law (which Mancini repeats in his account) must be seen as exactly #that - propagandic lies to vilify EW and her family #when in fact Richard was the one plotting a seizure of power - whether it was as Lord Protector or as King #(of course these are just two things - there's a whole laundry list of others) #so this is definitely applicable to him

[multimousenette]

Miraculous Ladybug really went hard on the “smart” technology is Bad Actually angle. and they’re right

#also low-key sad scarabella and kitty noire only get two episodes #where’s the “miraculous tales of scarabella and kitty noire” fic where the alliance rings didn’t exist but everything else happened the sa #I’m imaging like. tikki says that marinette’s depression & anxiety is why the guardians aren’t heroes as well because it’s Too Much #and that she should/could consider retiring temporarily to give herself a break #Plagg comes up with some silly excuse idk and LB&CN discuss it and step down (this could come w a reveal too) #and then marinette knows who scarabella and kitty noire are and probably adrien does as well #Alya tells Nino cos she deserves to #I think Zoe can find out adrien was chat noir #then mari and adrien can be like mentors maybe but they have WAY less stress on them #thing is I’m not sure it makes as much sense for adrien #cos his whole arc is about breaking free of his father’s control #maybe he decides he’s managed it by dating marinette #and that now it’s Zoe’s turn to break free of her mum/sister #miraculous ladybug #ml spoilers #ml s5 spoilers #ml transmission

[darubyprincx]

there is a lot going on in this brain of mine and i could not even begin to explain why im thinking any of my thoughts but just trust me when i say that this is going on at least somewhere in my mind at LEAST 80% of the time. this is the closest i'll ever get to explaining it. congratulations now you all have a visual

#ray's tag #keys' art #undescribed #and this isnt an exaggeration either #we may be posting and writing way less about pix but trust me when i say that he still lives rent free(x3) up here constantly #(the (x3) is because on top of always rotating this character in the brain we also have two pixls who literally live here.) #(they're chill and find the whole 'we're hyperfixated on your source(s)' thing more funny than anything) #(oak [pix2] says hi btw)

[wreckedtodeathandback]

ooooo so interested in Treacherous!!

Okay this one is still very much an outline/mess of notes so I don't have any snips to share and it's probably the one I'm most shy about, idk why exactly, just feels like it would be less interesting to other people, so I'm just vibing by myself lol.

Anyway! It is an Anna!Lives AU where she ends up as a FEDRA lab rat for ~10 years and escapes right after Marlene finds and sends Ellie off with the fireflies. So then Joel and Tess take Anna to try to catch up at the state house but they miss them. Tess still gets bit (sorry) and then it follows Joel and Anna across the country to try to track down Ellie and as they spend more time together Anna keeps telling him more and more about little Ellie from when they were together a few years before they got separated. By the time they catch up to Ellie, Joel's ready to level the hospital for a kid he hasn't even met, and her mother.

Fun fact, I actually mentioned this one in an earlier chapter of Stubborn Love. It's one of the books Ellie gets at the library 😁

Thank you for the ask!

#there I go plotting an entire novel length longfic... again #I just love the idea of Joel falling in love with this 14 year old he's never met and the struggle of watching another parent trying to #protect their kid and at some point you know she's gonna lose hope so then he's gotta be the one to say no we're gonna find her #even tho he low key thinks she's gone but also won't give up if there's any kind of chance that she's not #And! Anna really believes in the fireflies cause of being friends with Marlene and shit but then Joel is like fuck those guys so the whole #time they're at odds over that and then they get to the hospital and Anna has to confront the fact that Marlene was really gonna kill her #kid even knowing Anna was still alive and also immune so like there were options Marlene! you didn't need to knife a 14 year old #so they disagree over that and there is some casual homicide but still a happy ending for our faves #anyway I'm actually done now thank you for asking about this one that no one else probably cares about but I love it a lot #if you couldn't tell #writing things #tlou fanfiction #treacherous #wip ask game #asked and answered

[doedipus]

me: offhandedly mentions one time my dad got hired to do concept art of some anthro dinosaur mascots for a chain store that has since gone out of business

the rest of VC: kim is your dad a furry

me: ...it's complicated.

#afaik said art is lost to time #otherwise it would've been in the dinosaurs themed wwgg flyer #I think if you stretched the colloquial conception in some specific ways the answer is almost certainly yes #but also afaik I don't think he ever identified that way or participated in the subculture which is like. key to the whole thing. #apple tree etc I guess

[mayaishiipeters]

nandor's password being impenetrablefortress ... vocab king

#anyone who says he's so stupid he can't read can shush #he probably spelled it wrong bc he did not type enough keys to spell that whole thing and also he doesn't know how to spell weding #but that's not the point im trying to make #wwdits #thought bubble