#just like. as a side quest

[inkskinned]

i know people are good because of this: the universe often assigns me side quests. in a circular strangeness; despite my inability to locate my-own-anything, i am almost-always finding someone else's lost things. dogs, coats, phones, cash, laptops. it happens so often it's almost tiring; suddenly being looped into a tiny amount of detective work.

but when i'm with other people who are not used to this: the response is almost invariably delight. yes, maybe they are simply thrilled by the mystery. it's just... they light up so much. i think maybe more... i think they like the opportunity to do something kind.

a few weeks ago, i was at a bar and i found a wallet as soon as we stepped outside. i felt nervous to ask for help, worried i would be holding up the night. i picked it up and said go on without me, i should help this get back to its home.

instead, three people pulled out their phones - to find him on facebook, to help cancel his credit cards. two people went back into the bar to tell the bartender, two others went calling down the street. group texts, facebook posts, instagram stories. people, without even seeing what happened, start offering help to me. fifteen minutes and: someone knows someone who knows the guy. the cheer that went up - just for finding him, just for this small thing. someone gets him on the phone. strangers dance around me, hopping on their feet - are you the girl that found that wallet? good for you, that's a good thing you're doing/same thing happened to me and somebody did what you're doing and i thank god everyday for people like you/i can't believe you found him so fast this is so exciting

i gave it back to him in a parking lot. i watched his shoulders sag with relief. there was cash in it still - he checked the pocket, and then sheepishly held the money out to me. i didn't take it. i held up my hands. "it's no problem, man. i know you'd do the same for me."

i don't know him, to be honest. i don't know if he is the same kind of person i am. but he nodded at me.

and i know people are good. i know people are good, because the way this story ends isn't surprising. we wave goodbye awkwardly. my friend loops their arm around me.

"i can't believe we got it back to him," they said. "i'm going to be riding that high for weeks."

#i lost my wallet in disney world once #and really thought i had beefed it bc i was 19 and alone #and a woman got it back to me within an hour #just like . a mom #i have no idea how she got my number or info #and i do think that since then karmatically god has been like. #ur about to be the same person in someone else's life #btw i like the side quests but they never happen at a good time #once saved 2 lost dogs while on the way to the airport. i already had my 70 pound dog in the back of my car #and had to chase 2 dogs down the street to wrastle into my passenger seat #(she ended up writing me the fucking nicest thank you card and sending me WAY #W A Y too much in target bucks as a thank-you) #i went 2 go see batman the other night and legit like. had already been running late #to go see a friend #and instead was like. sorry i have to step outside and use this person's phone to see if i can find them #i once found 250 dollars in cash lol #MEANWHILE IN MY PRIVATE LIFE #I LOSE FUCKING EVERYTHING #adhd will be like #: thou art so observant that it is distracting : #: BUT not observant towards items that are not novel to you : #: die mad about it : #: so it is written. so it must be : #: no nobody saw where you put the fucking car keys :

[elizabethrobertajones]

Being a dragoon on the First is like "hey guys aliens exist and also I have bathed in their blood and can do this" *summons an entire spectral creature from the deep abyss of space that lives in your soul while you thrum with fiery scales*

#I just did a side quest where i was brawling with miners in Twine #and he was like aaah stop pummelling me #and I realised just how much I had Unleashed Horrors on him #errrrrr sorry mate #did you know aliens exist? #ffxiv #shadowbringers spoilers

[hamartia-grander]

This definitely won't happen but it would be so fucking funny if they arrive at the planet Thrawn and Ezra were stranded on and it turns out that these two are best friends now and Thrawn is completely on Ezra's side. Morgan Elsbeth pleads for Thrawn to return and reignite the Empire and he's just like "those bitches? Fuck em. Ezzie and I started a band, we play Jizz music on Wednesdays. Here's my wallet pictures of us hanging out."

#Thrawn becomes the autistic older brother Ezra always needed and Ezra is the pet Loth cat Thrawn never wanted but loves anyway #Ahsoka #ahsoka series #ahsoka spoilers #Thrawn #ezra bridger #mitth'raw'nuruodo #ahsoka show #ahsoka show spoilers #Ahsoka Tano #ahsoka series spoilers #What will most likely happen is that they'll arrive to find Thrawn and Ezra were completely separated upon arrival #Possibly Ezra is on a completely different planet entirely #And it'll be an extra side quest to continue looking for Ezra #Thrawn will be the same old crusty musty dusty blue boy who hates everyone and is too smart for anything #<- I only called him crusty musty dusty because my phone's predicted text insisted those words belonged together and I'm crying #I do like him. He just smells #I'm interested to see how they handle his return however #We know the Empire never gets reformed until another 20 or so years from the time of the show under the name The First Order #So idk we'll see #This episode was so great

[hadollam]

FINALLY FINISHED THIS WOO!!!!!!!! i went insane doing all the details but so proud of itttt ♥️♥️♥️my fav girlfriends

karoo made the alabasta arc approximately 10 times better,,,,so glad i left him there cuz he wasnt even in the sketch initially😭😭

god it took me like 10 thousand years to decide on the colors and im STILL not sure abt how they look💀

#one piece is just getting so better and better #i absolutely looove how realistic all the political aspects of it feel #and its so funny how the straw hats start revolutions in new countries as side quests💀 #i feel like nami definitely had smth for vivi.... #my girlies😭😭❤️❤️❤️ #fanart #art #digital art #one piece nami #one piece vivi #one piece fanart #straw hats #one piece karoo #anime #anime art #art commisions #commissions #illustration #nami #nefertari vivi #alabasta #alabasta arc

[pillowmoment]

My chance to reiterate that if you haven’t played this game yet. Go do that. Then come talk to me and tell me which weird man you like more. Then we’ll talk.

#pillow activities #Jazzpunk #does anybody look at that tag anymore besides me? #Ok… i’ll walk away with my head down…. Sigh.. #I love the npc side quests they’re so stupid #Tiny ass fandom 💀💀💀💀 #Sorry 2 anyone who isn’t following me that sees this #And sorry 2 my followers you probably don’t understand #No actually i remembered. I DON’T LOOK THROUGH THE JAZZPUNK TAG because errrrr it’s kinda lame in there #It’s like walking into a club and everyone is just sitting quietly and there’s no music just the sound of people sighing occassionally #Sooo sad too i’m upset about this

[po-cky-o-o]

Some of my thoughts while going through the Scara quest ✨

“Keep your pretty eyes open”

Oh? So you admit you find her eyes pretty mister wanderer??

Oooo so now we have confirmed that Scara does know abt Lumi not being from Teyvat and he has looked into her

Also celebrity Lumine is real you guys. I bet there are a bunch of Lumi stans running loose around Teyvat XD

He’s so desperate 😭😭

Just say you wanna be her (boy)friend and go

ASHZAHAHSHHSHS$&$&@$!&&!

Can’t believe they jumped straight into the hand holding 🫣

Oh cool, so they can still use that bond whenever they touch each other

(This gives me so many fic ideas, I’m about to lose it)

Let me tell you I was SHOOK when I saw this new version of Scara, but I couldn’t stop laughing at this scene

The way Lumi is just staring at him like “hun, you have no idea”, while Scara is doing the puppy eyes XD

Scara thinks he is only worthy as long as he is useful

I think Lumi can also relate to that, since she is always running around helping everyone else

I hope together they can learn they don’t have to be useful to be worth of love

#I really enjoyed this quest #I think often times we see scara being the angry little gremlin we love so much but here we got to see more of his /cold/ side #even when we were seeing the wanderer he still behaved almost emotionless #/inhumane/ in a way #a puppet with feelings basically #I think they also portrayed quite nicely Lumi’s conflict between hating Scara and her never ending kindness #being mad at him but still helping him out anyway #I was afraid they would just make her act as if nothing ever happened between them #but then the first thing she does is say ‘so they tossed you out like trash’ and I was like YESSSSSS #their banter overall was one of my favorite things abt this quest #also her saving him and him saving her by the end was AGAGAHZGS #scaralumi #wanderlumi #lumiscara #scaramouche #wanderer #lumine #genshin impact #mine

[aniseandspearmint]

Urban fantasy idea;

There's been a rash of disappearances in poor neighborhoods in a few large cities.

Large Urban Mimics have adapted and started mimicking cars with the window down, or keys in the ignition, and the local car thief populations are getting hit HARD.

I'm just picturing a couple of guys eyeing up a shiny yellow Kia parked on some old broken down residential alike;

"Nah man, think about it. Why would THIS car be here? It's WAY too nice! And it's a bright color. You know what the news reports said."

"Yeah, yeah, I hear you. Don't wanna end up like Stevie. Or Eddie. Or Amy. Or–"

"yeah, you don't gotta go down the whole list. Let's go."

They leave and the car sits there for a few more minutes and the whole thing makes a kind of juddery motion, and the whole thing slinks off into the empty street, not quite moving right, less like a thing with wheels and more like a thing with lots and lots of little legs.

#this would be a perfect side case/quest for an urban fantasy story #also i can just see this hitting the news eventually and people starting to put like- a strip of fake teeth along their windows #to make observant thieves leave their cars alone #like people put home security signs in their yards to deter break ins #urban fantasy #fun stuff #story ideas

[robobarbie]

what's something you think is neat about Quest?

i think it's neat how quest has gone through the most change among the 4 LI. like, the conscious effort he put in to no longer be the person he was when he was younger. i think that's really admirable and pretty rare among men his age

#i am always on the side of the argument that people don't really change when it comes to their personality #they just hide it better #but i like seeing people that start to prove me wrong on that point #bp ask #anon ask #quest

[cellgatinbo]

lol watching bagh's pov of today, she was just hanging out with bad and the eggs when rubius and the others logged on, so she asked basically who is this guy??? and bad gave the vaguest most unhelpful answers, "oh he hasn't been on in ages", "you ever seen an angel or demon around? no? oh well", "it might be a little chaotic if we run into them so watch out", like. great first impression bad 👍

later when they were gonna meet up at the museum but rubius's group got sidetracked at the cinema, like the second baghera walked in minero started blasting, so she stayed out with the eggs for a bit. bad was like "ok. just go in, and look at the angel guy. he's just floating there" so she did, snuck in the side, saw him sitting and singing along with his song, went "yeah that sure is an angel. anyways" and left. they danced outside the theater for a bit, then wanted to really quickly brb to put leo to bed, but right as they teleported rubius just. logged off. when she met back up with bad their convo was pretty much "so that was an angel huh?" "yeah sometimes it just logs in. that or a demon." "huh cool." end of story.

#qsmp #the difference in tones between groups today was just so funny #on one side they had the wildest chaotic filler episode of a time like marveling at the server and messing around with op #and on the other side just chill vibes. hanging out with the eggs. doing quests. the occasional dorime dance sesh. yknow

[pellucid-constellations]

I hate when I want to read something and it doesn't exist like great now I have to do labor and write it myself this life is never-ending torment

#why can't everyone else just create whats in my brain #why is it ME that writes it #i only have like 2 brain cells #daydreaming only gets me so far when the characters is my head go on side quests w/out my permission

[st-hedge]

Out of morbid curiosity I’m lowering a mic into the pit to task, if OoT did get a modern remake what would be the main thing u would hope to see changed/updated/reworked?

#I’m still on the fence whether I’d want to see another remake #if there was one I’d hope it was like the links awakening remake #where in principle it’s the same game but everything is just better #and made to feel like a modern game #but I don’t want to see any new story which has an effect on thr main plot #cuz I feel that ship has sailed #but if there were new side quests or bits of dialogue to make the game feel more lively #I’d be all for that

[teruthecreator]

(tw for racism, pedophilia, transphobia, child impregnation mention)

yeah idk why y'all read this

i was originally going to just post this and have some tags with my reasonings, but i realized that opens me up to too much bullshit from people who may think i'm being unnecessarily mean or whatever. so i'm going to explain exactly why the screenshots above are something i hold issue with.

firstly, and i just want to get this out of the way, this post is not intended to be a hit piece against the creator. i've seen how she reacts to any mild-mannered or slightly joking criticism, so i know this post is probably going to not land well. but it isn't my intention to make her mad or anything--she's writing a piece of content for the internet, which means she is just as open to criticism as any other poster. and what i intend to go into in this post is criticism. i'm allowed to do this, as that is the nature of the internet. people are allowed to critique whatever they please, and if you don't want critique then you shouldn't post. simple as!

i am also making no attempts to posit myself as better than the creator. i'm not doing this for clout or moral superiority or any of that dumb shit. i simply want to discuss something that's been bothering me for a bit, while simultaneously warning people who haven't read this yet (who may be sensitive to the issues above) to steer clear. if things like casual racism or transphobia aren't properly tagged, then readers who are affected by such things run a risk reading this! same goes with people who are triggered by lewd content involving minors. i wanna make sure people are getting a more critical scope of this work than what has been hoisted up by others.

okay, now that i've gotten that out of the way, i'm going to get into my points.

firstly, the subtle and not-so-subtle racism throughout this fic, especially in relation to serizawa. i'm white, so there is only so much i can speak on without trampling over the words of other fans of color, but some of this feels so blatant it's odd it hasn't been noted earlier. it's important to note before i go into it that serizawa is specifically written as half-black half-japanese for this fic, in case the screenshots don't make it abundantly clear. but there are just too many moments of casual racism in this fic. i'm not talking about the plot point of serizawa being bullied as a kid for being mixed; i'm not mixed, so i can't speak on the accuracy there but it is well-known that black people face a lot of racism in japan. i'm talking about how it seems everyone else has these racist moments that aren't acknowledged by serizawa or the narration as being bad.

reigen hypothesizing over serizawa's exact ethnic background is just strange. yes he's a fairly observant guy (he has to be, with his job), but there is no canonical evidence to suggest he would immediately jump to theorizing whether serizawa is american or not. and the way it's posed in that first quote--"he has darker skin and the kind of hair texture that would likely indicate African ancestry"--is not great. that's an extremely inappropriate way to bring up someone's race. i don't think most people would stare at someone and be like "hmmm well your nose shape and hair texture would suggest you're of this race". it's racial essentialization that is only slightly covered up by the excuse of "oh he tweets in english". there are some other smaller moments of questionable wording, like calling serizawa's afro "sloppy" when it isnt (which btw there's another issue with the creator only referring to an afro as a "fro". it's a hairstyle; you're allowed to use the actual name of it). even if reigen cuts his hair in canon, he never states it's because serizawa's afro looks sloppy. (also there's something to be said about the casual racism baked into making your employee cut his natural hairstyle for a job, as that is a very real issue many black people face when wearing their natural hair or even protective styles in the workplace.)

i'm especially bothered by toichiro's very casual racist remarks. toichiro in this fic is a general bother of mine (most of which can be boiled down to "he would not fucking say that"), but the way she chooses to characterize him in relation to serizawa feels gross. calling a black man a slave should be a very obvious red flag, but also saying serizawa (again, as a black man) has a "brutal masculine appeal" is also extremely stereotypical and racist. and really there is just no need for it; toichiro's actions in canon prove how shitty of a guy he is without the need for him to be racist (along with other things i'll get to in a bit). as my girlfriend put it: he doesn't need to be a member of the fucking kkk to show he's a bad guy.

there's also, again, the very casual racist remark of calling serizawa a "dog". i don't care if that isn't the intent; when you are writing a character of color you need to be aware of your wording, even in insults (unless she intended to make tsuchiya racist, which i don't think she did).

secondly, the eugenics/child pregnancy bit. it is surreal to even have to write this, but i seriously do not understand the purpose of either of these bits in the story. they are so minor yet so jarring you can't help but wonder why they're there. once again, i do not think you need to have toichiro doing esper eugenics just to prove he is an evil guy. he has nuance, and by making him casually reference child pregnancy (like that isn't an INSANE thing to say) reduces that nuance to nothing. that's the only reason i could see why that bit was included: to make toichiro look worse. but, even still, the author is running the risk of potentially triggering victims of csa or people who don't want to see that by not properly tagging the mention of it (or, at the very least, warning readers in the intro notes). the only other explanation for it would maybe be shock factor??? but that's a pretty shitty thing to use for shock factor, if i'm honest. also the fact that the esper eugenics was referenced again in a more recent chapter just has me very disturbed and confused. there isn't a canonical explanation for why we see less espers who are women than espers who are men, but that doesn't mean we need to jump to fucking Eugenics. it's weird!

thirdly (and this is probably one of my biggest problems and the main reason i wanted to make this post), the weirdly lewd/sexual language shou uses constantly, along with referring to reigen as a pedo or a creep at several points. frankly, i think it's pretty fucking gross for someone in their near-40's to be writing a 12-year-old talking so casually about sex like that's normal. which, i'm sorry, but it's not. yes, teens know about sex and like to joke about lewd shit. but a 12-year-old is not about to make references to a grown man's virginity. 12-year-olds draw dicks on their desk bc they think it's funny. 12-year-olds say the word "buttfuck" because it has the words "butt" and "fuck" in it, and those are the two funniest words on earth to a kid that age. i literally do not understand the purpose of having shou be so lewd all the time. for one, it doesn't make sense for his character. shou is shown time and time again to be extremely mature for his age, but that maturity extends to shit like assembling a counter-terrorism unit and extending a hand to his father to allow him to try again. and even then he's still just as naive as any other kid his age! the omake where he's telling his guys to go to the "far right corner" based on ritsu’s advice proves that he still has plenty of blindspots that are indicative of his age. leaning into this raunchy, lewd version of shou is just weird. and, again, i think it is made a bit weirder given the author's age!!! not ageshaming or whatever--i'm 23 and i write fanfic, clearly i cannot judge there--but it is just extremely inappropriate in my opinion. also having shou be more versed in sextalk than serizawa is odd too and speaks to a larger issue of serizawa's infantilzation throughout this fic, but that's something i can get into in another post if people want an explanation.

also, the way she constantly calls reigen a creep and even has him being accused of being a pedophile during the twitter cancellation is extremely inappropriate when, again, there is NO CANONICAL BASIS FOR THIS! everyone just calls him a fraud and a scammer during separation arc; there is never a reference to reigen being seen as a pedophile in that arc. and, yes, while there are versions of mob psycho where reigen is very clearly written as a creep (looking very specifically at the netflix adaptation), that doesn't mean it's good. honestly, the creep mentions all just feel like really poor jokes that do not land in the slightest.

finally, the transphobia (aka WHY IS SHIMAZAKI A CHASER). i literally do not know what else to say other than: why? why is this a thing? why is he a chaser? what is the purpose of this? is it a joke? i feel like it's supposed to be, but seeing as the author is cis i don't think that's a joke she should really be making. it not only comes out of left field, but it's just kind of a weird thing to ascribe to a character for no reason. not to mention, it's uncomfortable! trans women deal with enough creepy antics from cis men in real life--why must they be accosted by this guy too? it's just weird and uncomfortable.

i wanna round out this post by saying, once again, that i'm not trying to attack anyone with this post. but i do hope people come away from this with a new perspective on this work, and maybe think twice before recommending it uncritically to someone. to the author specifically, i hope you can read my post without rage or indignance blinding you. i might be a little blunt or rude in parts, but it's only because i'm passionate and i don't mince my words when it comes to things i'm passionate about. to the readers, understand i am not judging you for reading this fic without noticing these things. your own life experiences will give you certain blindspots and there's nothing wrong with that. i have plenty of blindspots of my own! it's what makes us human.

there is more i could say, but this post is long enough. i ask that if you come to me in my inbox or in dms about this that you treat me with respect, as i will do that for you. writing something like this took a lot out of me, as i'm usually not so open about my opinion on shit like this.

have a good day :-)

#mp100 #side quest #yeah this is all from <- that fic btw #ive been sitting on this for about a week or so bc ive been nervous abt posting something like this #i dont want people to think im making a callout post just to call shit out #im doing this bc i dont want people to get triggered by this content and because i want fans to be more critical of the content they consum #media literacy is something A LOT of fandoms struggle with and it leads to things being praised uncritically #i simply want people to have perspective when going into a thing #anyways uh. goodbye <3 #edit: took the tw tags off bc tumblr was suppressing the post bc of it #so PLEASE heed the warning at the top if u have specific triggers and things

[my-maehem]

I couldn’t resist—

An AU where Draco and Sebastian are buddies— oh wait…

If you don’t understand you can find the context on this post on why the hell I put Draco and Sebastian together

Sorry this is a quick drawing I did, it’s very late and I didn’t feel like working hard on it 🤧

#honestly find it hilarious Tom Felton is gonna play Hogwarts legacy… but not just that but Sebastian’s side quest… like… 🫠 #hogwarts legacy #hphl #harry potter #sebastian sallow #draco malfoy #it feels weird making this tag: #Draco x Sebastian #Sebastian x Draco #? #not shipping just pairing them as buddies… #or am I 😏🏃‍♀️ #hogwarts legacy art #slytherin #hogwarts legacy fanart #tom felton #maeartworks

[ward-against-blight]

Ophelia Stormherald, resident diviner, about one bad day from going full mad scientist

#wizard101 #w101 #wizzy fandom #wizard101 fanart #this is the character I’m doing my ‘every side quest’ playthrough with #she’s like 11 levels above where you should be it’s hilarious #all of my wizards are unhinged just in different flavors #pluto’s art

[blackhholes]

Teen Wolf as Horror Subgenres

Season five B: Gothic Horror

#teen wolf #twedit #teen wolf edit #twgifs #stiles stilinski #scott mcall #malia tate #tracy stewart #theo raeken #lydia martin #my gifs #mine #twgenres #this will probably be the longest and most text heavy of this whole series don't worry y'all #also if you disagree with me just know i talked it through with a friend who has done a lot of research on the gothic genre #so i have the power of academia on my side for this one #ALSO i was initially gonna call both 5a and 5b body horror but just out of stubbornness for not wanting to include an a and a b section of #season in one gifset i set out on a quest to find something to call 5b and when i was looking through a list of horror subgenres and #saw gothic it was like i had an epiphany like it suddenly all made sooooo much sense to me #and then after talking it through with su i became 100% convinced it literally fits soo well and it makes the season even more interesting #TO ME

[cibadiditotobekitoti]

Robinhill is cute but I need something canon to kick them off from 'ships that I think it's adorable' territory to 'ships that I would fucking die for' territory. I mean it's really something very simple, like for example with Silidia (twst) I was going crazy just because Idia called Silver handsome. Like really, anything canon to kick them off.

Aight wdym Robin is dead LMAOOOOOOOO😭😭😭😭

#currently at luofo arc now #wish me luck #the side quests are killing me #honkai star rail #hsr boothill #hsr robin #robinhill #i mean #like it's really close #just a lil kick #i already love the potential dynamic of them