#it was on the same list and category!!

[givemewallywestorgivemedeath]

Who do you think are the most OP members of the FlashFam? I think it's difficult, the majority of them has almost the same powers.

Oh easy.

Wally, Bart and Barry.

I think we forget sometimes that the vast majority of the crazy feats of godlike powers we see from speedsters are coming from these three. Wally, Bart and Barry have insane connections to the speedforce and their skill level is unmatched. What these three can do is by no means normal or average. They are op as fuck.

You have to remember that even... let's say Max Mercury is nowhere even remotely near their skill level. And we're talking about Max Mercury. The guy who knows more about the speedforce than anyone else and trained for years to master it. But Max (although he was faster than Bart when Bart was a child) isn't on the same playing field as Wally, Bart and Barry. Max couldn't enter the speedforce without Bart's assistance, Max couldn't leave the speedforce without Barry and Wally's assistance, Max can't time travel to a destination of his own choice, Max can't speed steal or fully pause time, ect ect. Max is one of the most skilled, most knowledgeable, most trained and most respected speedsters of all time. Max is the cream of the crop. You won't find another speedster better than Max. He's a shining example of what's humanely possible for speedsters to achieve.

But Wally, Bart and Barry aren't humanely possible. Those three are insane.

I'm actually going to make a tier list to explain this

ABSOLUTELY FUCKING INSANE:

(AKA actually gods. Can do literally every speedster ability. Faster than literally everything. Beyond op.)

Wally West (now), Bart Allen, Barry Allen

TOP LEVEL OF SPEEDSTER ABILITY:

(AKA the top of the top. Insane skills. Insane knowledge. Insane speed. Likely has a vast amount of speedster abilities other than running. Likely faster than most other speedsters. Op af)

Max Mercury, Jay Garrick, Savitar, Eobard Thawne, Thad Thawne, Irey West (future)

ABOVE AVERAGE:

(AKA one of the following: above average speed, above average connection or above average abilities. Likely has one or two speedster abilities other than running. Slightly op but still beatable)

Irey West (now), August Heart, Edward Clariss, Jess Quick, Alinta (future), Hunter Zoloman (when connected), Lia Nelson, Jai West (future)

AVERAGE:

(AKA average connection, average speed, average abilities. Potentially an additional speedforce ability but no crazy speedforce abilities. Not op.)

Wally West (past), Ace West, Avery Ho, Jesse Chambers, Daniel West, Christina Alexandrova, Jenni Ognats, Jai West (now), John Fox, Red Death, Don Allen, Dawn Allen, Meena Dhawan, Anatole, David Edwards (after), Judy Garrick, Bar Torr, Fastbak, Swoosh, Terri Magnus, Sela Allen, Jonathan Allen, Carrie Allen, Barry West, S'Kidd Flash, Thondor Allen, Jace Allen, Blaire Allen, Nora Allen, Agent Flashling, Danica Williams, Cherub

TRIES REALLY HARD:

(AKA normal connection but below average speed and abilities. Extremely beatable.)

Baroness Blitzkrieg, Johnny Chambers, Bebeck, Cassiopeia, Harold Christos, Inertia 2, Killspeed, Mayfly, Millie Heyday, Runaround Sue, Wind, Pellmell, Poprocket, Velocity, Gabriella Rossetti

OH NO:

(AKA needs outside assistance to access speedforce (suit, drugs, formula), faulty connection, connection is killing them, can only access powers for short periods of time, ect)

Jai West (past), Alinta (now), Owen Mercer, Eliza Harmon, Jerry McGee, Meloni Thawne (*see notes), Gregor Gregorovich, Boleslaw Uminski, Joanie Swift, Mas, Menos, David Edwards (previously), Keigo, Ezra Gill, Henry Cosgei, Jaculi, Jaculi 2, Jimmy Olsen, Xane Swift

So yeah, as you can see by this, although all speedsters with a functioning speedforce connection are technically capable of being op, speedsters rarely actually are op.

We're just really used to op speedsters because we're used to whatever the fuck Wally, Bart and Barry have going on. But they are very much not representative of speedsters as a whole.

Do you guys remember how fast Wally used to be? When he was younger and struggling with his speed and stuff? THAT'S THE GODDAMN AVERAGE. Wally AT HIS SLOWEST was still faster than every single goddamn speedster he came across, including Jay, Johnny, Jesse, the Blue Trinity, the Red Trinity, ect. HE JUST WASN'T FASTER THAN BARRY OR EOBARD SO HE THOUGHT HE WAS THE WORST. Because Wally is fucking insane. He's an insane human being. Anyway, Wally at his slowest is the typical representation of an average speedster. That's how they typically are.

#dc #dc comics #speedsters #speedforce #flash fam #ranking #k to explain some things. first none of the names are ranked by order. so I'm not ranking them 1 Wally 2 Bart ect #they're only ranked by category. not ranked within the categories #Irey isn't in the insane category because she's actually not supposed to be faster than Wally. she's just more skilled than him #so shes good (like really good) but she doesn't surpass her fathers speed. so im putting her in top until proven otherwise #lia is in above average despite not having super speed because the stuff she has going on is INSANE #the same thing applies to Jai #Meloni is in oh no because she is technically a speedster?? she's just never used her powers in a comic? but she's listed in universe as #being a speedster and Owen inherited his speed from her. so. idk. my only conclusion is that she doesn't know how to use her speed #or she doesn't use it to spite her father. #mas y menos are in oh no because they need to hold hands to access their powers #oh and Hunter's ranking is soley off of his speedforce connection. not his time powers. Hunter's time powers are insane #i tried to stay main universe but i couldn't resist putting in some alt universe speedsters #oh and Eobard and Thad aren't in the god level because Eobard has been reset meaning that he isn't really timeless like Wally and Bart are #and hes not literally the speedforce like Barry is (no matter how hard he tries) #and Thad isn't there because... well he was a good match for Bart when Bart was really little. but i don't really think Thad is any more #like... even remotely. Bart has surpassed Thad by a lot. #Bart was literally the speedforce at one point. hes insane #also Hunter WAS a god? but for unrelated reasons (his time powers) but getting connected to the speedforce nerfed him

[sleepinglionhearts]

No no get started on the whole "new adult" thing, I desperately want to hear

Ok, so here's the thing about New Adult:

It's a genre that's been emerging lately in the catalogs I view when doing frontlists (essentially just pre-orders for upcoming titles) for the book store and I'd been wondering what the hell it was. I'd noticed it was especially common in the descriptors for the romance books, but it was often the ones with that sort of sexy-but-not-full-blown-erotica kind of book that also tended to have the sort of description full of fanfic trope terms and "for fans of [usually a Young Adult title]" or "like [popular title] combined with [other popular title]!!" <- and here it's important to note that the popular titles don't always sound like they would mesh well.

And finally, FINALLY, one of these books is highlighted by the sales rep who works with us and she's got a little blurb about it and I get my first useful description of what "New Adult" is:

"Imagine the golden age of YA - The Hunger Games, Divergent, The Mortal Instruments - but aged up and spicy."

S P I C Y

Which would explain why they're not-quite-erotica type books, you see, we're not straight up PORN we're just ✨️spicy✨️

Nevermind that a lot of these books do have sex in them, but whatever, it's SPICY because that's what's popular to say on BookTok!

Oh. Right. Yeah. BookTok also gets mentioned a lot in listings for this sort of title.

And yes, this includes the Court of... books by Sarah J Maas and things like The Infatuated Fae books by Jeaneane O'Riley. In fact, I'm pretty sure O'Riley was described as a "BookTok darling" in the contributor bio part of the listing, but don't quote me on that, I'd have to look at the listing again.

Anyway, these are some of the biggest offenders regarding that whole "we will describe this with fanfic buzz terms and BookTok girlies will eat it up :)" issue.

#replies #answered #again i think Macmillan and Sourcebooks have had some of the more... interesting entries in the New Adult category #oh haha also go look up the LJ Shen Sinners of Saint books those made me laugh and also cry when I was looking at the listings #and yes another point i didn't put in the body of the post is like.. u know all those books that came out after titles like Hunger Games #where they completely miss what made it popular #yeah i feel like there's a lot of that in the New Adult stuff especially w certain character types #idk how they make every single protagonist sound exactly the same or make every male love interest cold and distant #hhhhggghh slogging through these books is soooo boring and painful sometimes but u get through it to find the couple of #interesting looking titles mixed in there #i complain a lot about the deluge of romance and new adult titles but there are some cool looking books upcoming too #i might make a post about that later but here u go i hope that answers ur question hsgshsg

[uservaulty]

they should make more of this me thinks

(penelope 2006/austenland 2013/rosaline 2022)

#don't ask me to elaborate #in my mind these films belong to same category and thats it on that #(disney fans who wanna put enchanted to the list...dni) #rosaline 2022 #rosaline hulu #penelope 2006 #austenland #movies #personal

[pcktknife]

Rank all the pseudo-legendaries?

im going off design because i dont do all that strategy stuff

#the only thing keeping hydreigon in kinda cool is bc i like the names and prevos enough to bump it up cause ill be honest she kinda uggo too #tyranitar is like an uglier charizard to me it makes me unexplainable mad baxcaliber or whatev that ugly scarvi one is worse #metagross im sorry i put u in the same category as them but u are miles better to me than them i shouldve put u in the idc category #asks #anon #idrc abt garchomp either but i think its cool enough to be below the best one on the list. dragapult you the realest bitch on here

[drewlyyours]

What happened after Nancy Drew Characters went to see Barbie:

#I would place myself under the never the same category personally #girl bossed the tears out the whole movie #nd characters #nd tier list #barbie x nancy drew #Barbie #clue crew

[majorshatterandhare]

It is very obvious to me that I like music that tells stories. (ALL music tells stories. Every song tells a story.) I like concept albums, I like musicals.

Therefore I find it very funny both that my favorite Mech’s album is one of the two that don’t have an overarching story *and* that my favorite My Chem album is the one that doesn’t have an overarching story.

#the mechanisms #but also other music #i need to ho through and actually look at all the music i like and make a list of what all falls into the ‘overarching story’ category #i like american idiot. specifically i *really* like the broadway soundtrack #i was a theatre kid raised on classic rock and 90s alternative #i fucking love meatloafs music #i have so many music recs if anyone wants music recs please hmu #i do enjoy also that ‘mech’ and ‘chem’ are the same letters #mcr is my Roommates thing. it is Not Allowed to be my thing. but there was a hog minute ghat i listened to bullets at least 1x/day everyday #please please please im begging you to hmu if you want music recs. #i have a hard time desiring new media but i also would love to dump some recs on someone

[undemolitioned-lovers]

i swear to god if i hear another person immediately referring to mcr as emo and ignoring their musical and lyrical genius just to give them an inaccurate label

#not to mention foundations is listed as emo on google. FOUNDATIONS???? #also when people put p!atd and tøp in the same category as mcr like none of those bands are emo and none of them are even similar #mcr #my chemical romance #phantom says things

[fictionadventurer]

Possible November Reading

Emma by Jane Austen

The Heir of Redclyffe by Charlotte M. Yonge

Sylvia's Lovers by Elizabeth Gaskell

Something by Wilkie Collins

Something nonfiction

A book about bookshops

#books #monthly reading lists #i'm being conservative about putting things on this list #because november vibes call for long complicated books #plus a lot of the things i'm craving are very vague categories #that could just be things i pick up on a whim anyhow #i'm also leaving off books i need to finish up from past months #because november's list demands its own books #tbh when november rolls around i just constantly crave 'great expectations' and 'plenilune' #and i'm not interested in rereading either i just want the same vibes as those first reads #i have high hopes for 'sylvia's lovers' to fill the 'great expectations' niche #but plenilune's such an odd mishmash i can't even define what category of book would match that vibe #and yes that last category is on the list because of my inklings challenge story

[kyouka-supremacy]

Uhm..................

#I got an ask‚ and to answer I was bracing myself to make a big bsd content masterpost #And I did! I was already on my way to share all the manga reading platform I use for every manga‚ I had already listed them up #And I was going to add the additional content like anime streaming resources and art scans resources... #But now I'm having some serious reconsiderations #Like I was happy to make a masterpost! Making masterposts is fun- #and fuels the autistic need to put every little thing in little categories #But now I don't know if it's... Safe to have them all in one place?? I was very glad to share with people the resources I personally use- #but I really don't want to make something that is just. A big list of sites to report / shut down. The thought scares me immensely #And I thought it was safe to share manga reading platforms on Tumblr but what about‚ to name one‚ n/yaa? Would it be safe to link to that? #And it's something I'd highly want to include because some stuff that's there you won't find anywhere else‚ #such as the Dead Apple official English translation‚ the official Beast English scans... #Same would go‚ to make another example‚ for m/initokyo‚ or anime streaming platform. #Is it safe to share those... Uhm... More hidden websites through Tumblr? And if not‚ do I have any alternative for sharing? #I'm quite sad because I was already half way through making the list- #but now I'm not sure it's worth to continue if I never end up sharing it. #But then again the safety of people who share content has the maximum priority to me– I wouldn't be able to do ANYTHING without them #Mmmmmmmmmmmhhhh... #I even contemplated sharing the masterlist through text file‚ but I'm not sure if that might work out. #For one‚ I will never EVER use g/oogle docs or any g/oogle service for the matter. I'd rather die #So... I'd really appreciate it if anyone could advice me on this / had any suggestion / thought #random rambles #Sorry for the long ramble. I'm stuck

[ckret2]

so I was thinking about your posts about the Bill Cipher playlist, and I'd like to suggest Death by Melanie Martinez. Honestly I don't really know if it fits your criteria but I've always thought of it as a VERY Bill-coded song since it came out lol. It's very much about the idea of death and rebirth which I feel like his character is sort of about between the whole Axolotl poem shenanigans and how he really came back to haunt the Pines family in season 2 of gravity falls lol. Just a thought :D

You hit my "oh shit i get to talk about making playlists" button so bear with me a bit while I take a huge diversion before actually addressing your suggestion. To my mind, there are two different philosophies for how to make a character playlist:

One: songs that the playlist-maker thinks suits the character (such as lyrics that relate to their character or plot)

—versus—

Two: songs that the playlist-maker thinks the character themself would choose to listen to and enjoy.

I consider these EXTREMELY different (and usually incompatible) philosophies for how to construct a playlist. (Like, for instance, if I was gonna make a playlist for songs I think suit Fiddleford, I'd probably include The Bird And The Worm, but if I was gonna make a playlist of songs Fiddleford would like, there wouldn't be a SINGLE track that doesn't include frenetic banjos and probably yodeling.)

Some characters (just like some people) might specifically like songs they think are "relatable" or that they feel like describe their own feelings, while others like songs based on criteria that have NOTHING TO DO with whether they identify with it themselves. (Like, speaking for myself—I've currently got thousands of liked songs on spotify, and can think of only two that I saved because I personally identify with them.) And even if somebody does identify lyrically with a song... they're still not likely to like the song if it sounds "bad" to them—in other words, if it just simply isn't the kind of music their ear is tuned to enjoy. (I'm firmly of the opinion that there's no objectively good or bad music, and therefore no song that's "so good" that even someone who doesn't like that kind of music MUST like it—just music that matches our tastes vs music that doesn't.)

ALL OF WHICH IS TO SAY:

Since you're talking about my Bill Cipher playlist that I was listing "criteria" for, that's a strictly Category Two playlist—so, regardless of how well a song suits him—and even if the song doesn't suit him—do I think it probable that he would LIKE it? (Like, that's how songs like "Get Low" got on his playlist. Do i think it describes his life? No. I don't think "Get Low" describes the lives of 99.99% of the people who have ever enjoyed it. But I do think Bill would play it at a party and drunkenly sing-scream "TO THE WINDOWWW—" at 3 a.m.) So: do I think "Death" would fit on a Category Two playlist? Nah, I think he'd get bored before the percussion even kicks in.

ON THE OTHER HAND—if we're gonna talk about Category One songs that suit him—yes, absolutely, I think it lyrically suits Bill. You've got not just the coming back from death element, but also elements of worship—with candles, magic, rituals—and also a sense of being on the "other side". It fits some kinda post-axolotl resurrection and his entire arc of being trapped just outside the Earth, staring at it through the mindscape, reaching out to foolish worshippers, trying to break in. Yeah, great song about him.

#(I DO also have a Category One playlist for Bill but i didn't list 'criteria' for it so i assume you're not talking about that one) #(and yeah I do make multiple separate playlists for the same character based on whether the playlist is ABOUT them or 'BY' them) #(listen. I take playlists seriously. It's like an art form to me) #bunniworms #ask #music

[pinkniz]

Theres a reason why he's on the same list as people that canonically have unalived children

#dislyte #freddy dislyte #i think Leon shot a child Ollie too but im not sure #Why is Freddy on the top 4 of Zora's list? why is he on the same category as leon catherine and ophelia? #I NEED ANSWERS WHAT DID HE DO

[brookheimer]

my ride or die literally

#the way everytime something traumatic or horrible happens to me i cope via hop along songs #t: tibetan pop stars #grief: trouble found me #dewey: sally ii #sophomore year of hs and now also the same situation freshman year of college: no good al joad #mvtc: texas funeral #senior spring: sebastian from a friend #SA: a secret #and those r all just ones that fit weirdly well w certain situations that i was in at the time #there’s also my more general ones i listen to to cope all the time too (altho ones like texas funeral no good al joad etc actually all of em #fit in the general category too) #but yea like happy to see me?? oh my god. and look of love and get disowned and horseshoe crabs and kids on the boardwalk and went to LA and #(this list cld go on forever) #hop along #ha #frances quinlan

[night-dark-woods]

the one problem with someone writing THE perfect fic for a certain pairing (Especially rarepairs) is that then youre forever left chasing more like that one perfect fic :(

obviously theres LOTS of good fics out there and i also have a lot of faves that are more ooc (as a completely neutral descriptor!) and very fun. but theres always those one or two fics for a pairing that drive me fucking insane and i have to space out my rereads.

#this is because i reread the stone butch geralt fic again. which lives at all times in my head rent free #and is why i started my most recent wild hunt playthru. #one line especially i truly think about on a WEEKLY basis. #this is also though about that ofos butch/femme moicy fic. #and the shaw/root/the machine series. #and. the one active kigo fic im subscribed to. which im rereading from the beginning rn bc it just updated. #and bc something about kigo makes me insane like no other ship ever has since. #OH AND OF COURSE. KNIGHT AU. though that may as well be original chars but it belongs in the same category. #my posts #feel free to ask for the names of any of these lol. at some point ill do a fave fics list maybe. though that may be too illuminating lol.

[pluviophile-imagines]

Nobody except me is allowed to have tumblr sexyman opinions Ive yet to see a single tumblr sexyman convo outside of tumblr that hasn’t completely misunderstood the genre of little meow meow

#pattering on the roof #just saw a rank list that included Leona kingscholar #LEONA KINGSCHOLAR???? #LOOK ME IN THE EYES AND TELL ME MOST OF TUMBLR KNOWS WHO THAT MAN IS #AND U PUT HIM IN THE SAME CATEGORY AS THE ONCELER??? #GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY HOUSE

[faithfulcat111]

I really do have a soft spot for loser boys who love their wives, don't I?

#like we all know jonathan byers is in that category #same with jonathan harker #and percy jackson #and pete spankoffski #and paul matthews #and lucas sinclair #and matt murdock (his wife is foggy and i will take no arguments) #and diego hargreeves #and peter parker #and so many others lets be real #but now I'm tempted to add Odysseus to that list cause he meets all the qualifications

[queensparklekitten]

browsing curseforge while i wait for byg to update feels like window shopping at the mall

#scrolls through the adventure/rpg cosmetic food & worldgen categories like ooh this is neat wow that would be good for lore omg nice blocks #putting none of them on my try-out list because if i wanted to actually find mods to get i would watch showcases by the same few youtubers