#man let her be autistic about gems

[gemwolfz]

good morning chat (<- it's 12:30 pm) its time for a GEM FROG WATCHPOST (instead of putting it in the bg while i draw because ive accepted i cant draw and read at the same time)

btw my very legal straming site doesnt have episode descriptions and no way im remembering an episode thats been mentioned by number so i have no idea what im getting into. also im setting a timer to truly see how long my autistic ass can stretch a 15 minute episode. ok lets get started :)

okay first of all intro i havent seen yet lets GOOOO. PURURU SIGHTING IN THERE HEY GIRL!! i actually need to watch some eps with pururu in em btw. like hey show her to me. anyway good intro lots of guys spotted :)

^ CATEGORY 5 DORORO EVENT HI. experiencing the horrors as usual i see

i see so this is what we're doing today huh. do you intend to rip my heart out.

im sorry they have a fucking invasion planning chore wheel? thats really funny

OH IT'S THIS ONE HUH. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING HUH (lovingly)

wcdonalds btw. sorry sorry wcdonalds cracks me up every time in any show

^^ his ass did NOT process what was just said!!!

he had it right the first several times cmon man.

hes taking this in stride huh. even in category 5 THE LORE situations the silly grind doesnt stop

why is zeroro resonance so fucking stupid btw. sorry man.

screenshot that speaks for itself man

somehow i dont think "my alien ninja partner is in serious trouble i need to leave immediately" will be counted as an excused absence by your teachers but after scaling a building in a single leap i dont think anybodys gonna question you. i love you koyuki

[this image set broke in the editor but it included keroro and tamama calling zeroro SO MEAN for not explaining his plan to them] frankly i respect keroros unwillingness to treat situations with the proper gravity because i do the same thing king

his ass does not care

he changed his mind something is terribly wrong

okay lets be real here the platoon would NOT have found him there. if he hadn't been able to contact koyuki he'd have been fucked. badly. something something being saved again by the person who showed you the warmth and beauty the planet has to offer

literally yeah the fate of the planet is held by natsumi being able to throw frogs like splat balls. pov youre giroro and the number one person standing between you guys and invasion is decidedly the girl who is constantly personally stopping you from blowing shit up. this is a personal attack

important and relevant but also im sorry "brat" is incredibly funny word choice coming from tamama

no reaction i can put into words. btw this episode is labelled as a filler episode. just so you know. i just think thats funny. haha so silly

aye.......................................... i would be using more reaction images but i have to prioritize screenshots. anyway god.

they were holding their fucking BREATH. his ass could have died!! badly!!! their deep sigh of relief is not as visible as i'd have hoped but you know. you feel me.

there are reactions i am making that are sound effects i cannot put into words sorry. im better at posting silly nonsense im sure you understand. hell, post horse staring at the ocean MAN again

he goes "i'm sorry about that, everyone!" as if it was fucking nothing. DUDE. This is why you caught that trauma-eating brain parasite because you just act like shit was NOTHING DUDE...

........yea...........................

NO EYECATCH OR ANYTHING? YOURE JUST GONNA TAKE US TO THE NEXT EPISODE? OKAY. OKAY THATS FINE. THAT'S FINE.

gem conclusion:

anyway i spent an hour watching this ten minute episode. sorry for maybe a weak reaction post i need to stir this episode in my head like a soup. thank you plates for your recommendation. join me in the rbs later as i may watch episode B and experience whatever tonal whiplash this episode came with

#sgt frog #keroro gunso #liveblogging #Youtube

[meteor752]

Can we please learn more about the Lizzie-Skizz-Mumbo kids

You all are making it really hard not to get attached to these kids

But yes, you can learn more about them

Zee Lady-Man

In their designs I made Zee and Skim kinda enderman hybrid ish because of TL!Skizz’ skin, and I’m sticking to that

Total Daddy’s girl, she just to followed him around like a tail as a bab

A complete Himbo, there is not a thought behind his eyes, but damn he swole

Has trouble bonding with her mom since they have very little in common in terms of interests, but they try

(Lizzie and Joel bond over being awkwardly bad parents)

Has a real soft spot for love, so he likes to hang out by the ranch and nowhere else because love is dead

In the PolyAU, he would encourage her siblings weird interests, but he would also just carry them away from whatever danger they put themselves into

Surprisingly good farmer

Would have stayed with Gem on the empires server, and the Christmas village on Hermitcraft

#TeamEmpires

Mummy Jumbo

Non ironically love this Doofenshmirtz like dude, he’s my favorite

Momma’s boy, she whole heartedly encourages his evil plans and schemes. Mumbo is wondering what the hell is going on most of the time

Would see himself as Liana’s (Fly Guy’s) nemesis, while she would forget his name most of the time

Spends hours every night practicing his evil laugh

Absolutely horrible at redstone, one of his biggest insecurities

Still likes to sit by the side and watch his dad work. It’s their favorite bonding activity

Sidekick absolutely hates him, but in a Tsundere type of way

PolyAU, he has tried to kill his siblings multiple time in very elaborate schemes but he’s very bad at it

Would have stayed with Lizzie on the Empires server and Cub on Hermitcraft

#TeamEmpires

Skim Jumbo

In their designs I made Zee and Skim kinda enderman hybrid ish because of TL!Skizz’ skin, and I’m sticking to that

Feral and autistic, the best of both worlds

They get along great with both of their dads, but they have more in common with Mumbo

Enderman + Jumbo genes = one incredibly tall lanky individual. They looks like an actual stalk of bamboo

Has not looked presentable in years. The only part of them that is actually well taken care of is their mustache, everything else is a mess

They used to wear a matching suit to their dads, but then they just never washed it, let multiple seams rip, lost the jacket, and had been attacked multiple times. Their outfit is fully unsalvageable

People make them nervous, so they talk to nobody ever

Has the backbone of a chocolate eclair. They will agree to anything you say, but they will be grumpy about it later

Redstone fanatic, they dream of one day breaking a server with just a single contraption

PolyAU, they have many plans on how to kill both their siblings, but hasn’t had the balls to execute them yet

Would have stayed by themselves on Empires, and by themselves on Hermitcraft

#TeamHermits

One day I might give these three proper names, but today is not that day

#double life smp #dlsmp #dlsmp fankids #dlsmp children #double life fankids #mumbo jumbo #lizzie ldshadowlady #skizzleman #Skim #Zee #Mummy #Sklizzumbo #I love the last names by the way #Not canon but I mean neither are these three so whatevs

[thedelolos]

Neverafter Episode 5 Live Thoughts

Under the cut

I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE GEMS ARE YOU SILLY MAN 

“The mechanic of confusion” you said it ally

Ooo we got updated icons for the characters that we didn’t see last episode 

Lou Wilson I love you never change 

BEATS TO STUDY TO im cryig 

Seriously the new dome effects are cool as hell

So this is “You and your party walk into a tavern” opening?

I can’t take the cock and toad seriously bro

“A bunch of woodland creatures in a cloak” ah yes three racoons in a trenchcoat

Rosamund’s hair is so curly wow

I really want to know her subclass PLEASE i’m thinking it might be beast now because of the cloak of beasts?

YLFA DRUID

YLFA DRUID???

I AM IN LOVE WHAT SUBCLASS

I’m thinking moon or wildfire? 

The fire on her cloak in her dream makes me think wildfire Also they have another person who can heal thank goodness 

The owl getting scared is really funny

The disappearing glass jar

So pib 

Okay yeah red blowing the fire hotter makes me think wildfire, that’s actually a really cool way of skinning it 

“Why does everyone think I’m flirting?” Gerard got that autistic boy swag 

Lou you're killing me with that description of pinocchio

YES PLEASE TELL THEM ABOUT YOUR MOM

She’s awful and i hate her 

“How did we know to come here?” Zac asking the big brain questions

Calling it now the bad fairy that pinocchio is talking about is the step mother

Psa do not trust the fairies at all 

Do you think brennan practices crow noises just randomly? 

Zac’s little dance when PIb is getting scritches is so cute 

I KNEW IT WAS THE DISH FROM HEY DIDDLE DIDDLE

Ally and Lou playing keep away with the invisible book is so funny

Committed arachnid i’m dead these are so funny

THE SPIDER TALKS

Wait does this mean we’re gonna get miss muffit too??

“Honking like thunder”?? Hmmm the gander??

It’s really funny bc i just finished crown of candy where we had ranger liam and now we have ranger rosamund and it’s just really funny to me

Rangers really are the best in campaigns like this 

Wait does that mean that we don’t get anymore cindy??

Oh okay nvm

Ooo this is very interesting, there’s someone writing in the book

WAIT THIS IS DOPE SCHEHERAZADE

So does this mean that the other owners of the magic books are just people who have collected tales in different cultures? 

WOMEN IN ARMOR AGENDA LET’S GO

Aesop too?? So it think there might be some kind of truth to my theory my game theory

Yes babes pls make a better plan 

Stray together, stay together 

“Im just kinda pushing on your frog abdomen” ALLY

Okay okay so we need to find a laughing dog and a cat with a fiddle 

The goodberry thing is so smart, i’ve never thought of that before

Senator i miss you

Senator i love you keep prancing 

“This is all temporary” okay take a shot he said the thing 

No no con saves only vibes 

WHAT ARE THE BEANS are they like levels of exhaustion that you carry through your lives?? If you hit 6 levels typically you die so maybe at 6 beans the character is perma dead? 

Is the boar one of the 3 little pigs??

I like geese and the gander is terrifying 

Okay okay they got a good stealth let’s just hope that they learn from last time and dont get caught, please y’all be safe 

YO THE DARK LIGHTING THAT’S SO COOL

WE 110 percent are getting the spider that sat next to miss muffet, “nobody wants to be friends with me”, the town name sounds similar to tuffet, i think i’m right???

#neverafter #neverafter spoilers #d20 neverafter #d20 spoilers #dimension 20 #dimension 20 spoilers #d20 neverafter spoilers

[coffeeandcalligraphy]

Psychometry i want to hear about any trinkets!!!!

👤 Psychometry: What is your OC’s most prized possession? What’s the history behind it?

okay so <3 let's talk about Harrison's guardian angel necklace bc it matters sooo much (and for some reason it's the one piece of OC jewelry I don't own???). In Moth Work, I randomly gave him a necklace and then it turned into a multi-book symbol!

some fun lore before I get into it is that this was lowkey inspired by my kindergarten teacher who used to collect guardian angel pins/brooches!

under the cut because this got autistic and long <3 !! hehe

OKAY SO! It's a small pendant of an angel/cherub though it's described a little inconsistently lol so idk what it looks like (when *I* eventually get one it'll look like That). Originally I described it as a "small wire angel inlaid with the grain-sized opal" which is CUTE but I also describe it with tiny crystals on the wings & in chapter 13 Harrison throws it so hard one of them falls off lollll.

THE LORE is that his mother Suzanna gave it to him (.......... before she abandoned him OOOF) & it's his prized possession! This bit from Feeding Habits explains that history:

Prayer sent him nothing when Suzanna slipped into his room past midnight when everything had settled, kissed him on the forehead. Nothing when she pushed a small golden chain under his pillow for him to and have that be the only thing he’d ever find of her for a decade and a half.

So Harrison really associates that angel not only as a gift from his mother but AS his mother because it's the only thing he had of her for a long time. He wears it under his shirt before he gives it to Lonan at the end of the book (though in SV he keeps it lol like he went "nah it's mineee"), though it exchanges between them a couple times. First time that happens is when Harrison leaves it in his jacket pocket and then Lonan robs him & takes the jacket :) (dw harrison robs him back in fh) & doesn't realize the angel's in there.

From there, it gets STOLEN when Lonan gets beat up by a guy after he unwittingly sleeps with his wife (lol the moth work/feeding habits lonan plots are soooo wild which is probably why hallowed bodies is boring it's BALANCE). This is context of the Lonan Beat Up art:

“I’ll leave,” he says, wiping his mouth with the back of his hand. Blood from his eye makes him see only in red. “Just give me back the jacket and the necklace.” When the man raises his fist again, Lonan cringes into the wall and shakes his head. “Please. They belong to a friend.”

*a friend* bomBASTIC side eye

Lonan actually feels sooooo bad about losing BOTH iconic harrison paraphernalia, though he and Eliza manage to get them back later in the book. Lucky thing that he continues to wear them after this because Suz (who doesn't know him) sees him at a hospital and recognizes the angel and is like... bro you're not my child!! And Lonan's like ohhhh christttt that's my boyfriend's mommmm!!

She stares at him unashamedly, outlining each ridge of eyelash, jaw. Her eyes are a damp brown, something glittering in them like an unturned landmine. At first, he doesn’t react when she grabs the guardian angel. She thumbs the gem, stroking it carefully, and it’s only when she covers it with her palm like she’s suffocating it that he yanks away and cups it with his own palm.

At one point ELIZA starts wearing the angel necklace (because..... we can make assumptions) & is actually wearing it when Harrison finds Lonan again in part 3 after having the time of his life with Jeremiah:

He’s been staring at her for an hour, but only notices the necklace at this point. The gold chain shimmers under her collar, and a miniature figure presses through her scrubs when she leans forward on her knees. “That’s mine,” he says, reaching for it. Before he can touch the chain, Eliza’s grabbed his hand and pushed it away. The dusty turquoise of her scrubs makes her look even redder with anger. “Your necklace? That’s mine.”

She gives it back to him from there and he wears it for like a couple hours before he and Suz have the argument of the century & he does the aforementioned throwing.

But but but when Lonan takes Harrison to The Beach (very vague location loollll) to calm him down he HAS IT!! Love a man who collects his bf's possessions of the ground <3

“This got me out of a lot of trouble.” Lonan closes his hand around the pendant. It’s only when he pulls his hand back that Harrison realizes he’s been holding his since they first sat down—the absence of it cold and sudden. Lonan undoes the clasp, and drapes the chain around Harrison’s neck, so the pendant hits his breastbone.

He wears it for the rest of the book before he gives it to Lonan at the very end when he knows he is Done and Leaving lol

He almost says something but catches himself. He knows whatever he will say will keep him here, in this sun, on this barstool, reading the newspaper about moths, sitting next to Lonan, drinking his tea, never knowing what flavour it is. Harrison inhales, and on his exhale, unclasps the chain and drapes it around Lonan’s throat.

Anyway so from then on Lonan wears it! Harrison doesn't canonically take it back! I'm not sure if he would. Maybe I should write MW 3 to find out :))) this is them talking about it though when they first reunite!

“Are you wearing my necklace?” Harrison asks. His voice is dampened by the snow ledged against the windows. The pendant’s gone from coast to coast, seen things even Harrison hasn’t. Lonan doesn’t move. His eyes remain closed. He fidgets with the angel, says, “Yes.” “Why?” “If you want it back, I’ll give it to you.” “That’s not why I’m asking.”

So that's the story of the angel necklace! I actually don't know how Suzanna herself got it since it is hers, but I'd assume it was a gift or also passed down to her.

Anyway it basically looks like this!

this was fun!!!

#THE WAY I WANTED TO ANSWER THIS Q WHICH IS WHY I RB'D THE GAME TYYYY DALLON #anyway I wanna buy me one but also like money!!! so for now I'll just be harrison through my earring lol #asks

[ronaldanthony4]

In the second month of the Year, Valentine's Day will Reappear. A season of joy, love, and Cheer, Between pairs who love and Endear.

In heaven where we cannot See, A place where we may one day Be, Two spirits watch the romantic Glee. Spirits known as Cupid and Psyche.

Cupid turns, to Psyche he Faced, And on her cheek a kiss he Placed, Their love is pure as well as Chaste, Any such sin they never did Taste.

"Come, Psyche," Cupid did Say, "With my bow, we can Play!" "Let's find someone lonely and Stray," "And help them find true love Today!"

Psyche giggles, "I see a Man," "His name is Arlon Florian." "His true love awaits no further Than," "Ten Metres away by that Van."

Cupid approaches, an arrow he Pluck, And fires the essence of Good Luck. In an instant, Arlon is Love-Struck! And approaches Liliana beside the Truck.

Psyche meets Liliana out of the Blue, An arrow in her heart goes Through, Arlon approaches, and their love Grew, Both spirits smile, and away they Flew.

(Fanmade poetry by my friend Faye)

Happy Valentine's Day, from Arlon and Liliana!

As I sit at my desk on February 14th, the air is filled with the soft hum of creativity and anticipation. Valentine's Day, a day dedicated to love and romance is upon us once again. It's a day that holds a special place in my heart, not just because of its commercialised sentimentality, but because it gives me another opportunity to express my affection through art. Today, like many before, I find myself engrossed in the creation of a digital artwork featuring my beloved OCs, Arlon and Liliana, the mascots of my idealised notion of romantic love.

With each stroke of my digital pen, Arlon and Liliana come to life on my screen, their smiles mirroring the warmth in my heart. I carefully craft their gestures, intertwining their hands to form a heart shape, a symbol of the love they share and the love I aspire to find one day. This artwork is more than just a Valentine's Day greeting card; it's a reflection of my deepest desires and aspirations, a testament to the power of love to transcend reality and exist in the realm of imagination. It's a reminder that love is worth waiting for and that someday, I too will experience the joy and fulfilment of a love like theirs.

As I work on my masterpiece, I find myself immersed in the familiar melodies of Jose Mari Chan, whose timeless love songs have become a cherished tradition for me on Valentine's Day. There's something about the poshness and romance of his music that resonates with me, filling me with a sense of nostalgia and longing. Each song is like a love letter to the heart, evoking emotions that are both tender and bittersweet. Listening to Jose Mari Chan's music transports me to a world where love is pure and everlasting, reminding me of the beauty and complexity of human relationships.

With my artwork nearing completion, I decided to take a break and indulge in another one of my passions: film. Today's selection is "Moonrise Kingdom," a cinematic gem that has served as a source of inspiration for my OCs, Arlon and Liliana. The film follows the journey of two troubled tweens, Sam Shakusky and Suzy Bishops, as they run away from their troubles and find solace in each other's company. It's a story that resonates deeply with me, as I too have experienced the challenges of adolescence and the longing for connection and understanding.

As I watch the film, I can't help but see myself reflected in the characters of Sam and Suzy. Like them, I've faced my struggles and hardships, particularly in my relationship with my family. Despite their best efforts, my parents have always struggled to understand my autistic tendencies, leaving me feeling isolated and misunderstood. And while I may not be as troubled or rebellious as my arrogant brother, I still carry the scars of my past, wounds that have yet to fully heal. These characters remind me of the complexities of navigating adolescence and the desire to find a sense of belonging. Just like Sam and Suzy, I have yearned for acceptance and empathy, especially when it comes to my unique experiences with autism.

Yet, despite the challenges I've faced, I remain hopeful. Hopeful that, like Sam and Suzy, I'll find my slice of happiness and belonging in this world. I hope that my parents will someday come to understand and accept me for who I am. Most of all, I hope that love, in all its forms, will continue to guide me on this journey called life. In my search for acceptance and empathy, I have found solace in connecting with others who share similar experiences with autism.  While the journey may be challenging at times, I am determined to continue seeking happiness and acceptance, knowing that love and understanding will always be guiding forces in my life.

For today, on Valentine's Day, I am reminded that love is not just a fleeting emotion, but a beacon of hope that shines bright in even the darkest of times. As I put the finishing touches on my masterpiece, I can't help but smile, knowing that somewhere out there, someone is waiting to share in the magic of love with me. Whether it's through art, music, or simply connecting with others who understand, I am grateful for the opportunities to express myself and connect with others on this journey. Each day brings new challenges and triumphs, but I am confident that love will always guide me towards a brighter future.

#digitalart #digitalartist #digitalartwork #digitalartists #digitalarts #digitalartworks #digitalartistry #digitalartistoninstagram #digitalartgallery #digitalartpainting #boyandgirladventures #animeboyandgirl #girlandboybestfriends #girlandboy #animegirlandboy #boyandgirlbestfriends #cutepicboyandgirl #littleboyandgirl #boyandgirl #couplesofinstagram #couplegoals #couples #cutecouple #coupleselfie #cutecouples #couplelove #couple #couplesgoalsmotivation #couplesgoals

[magneticmage]

I'm in the mood for it (plus it's Disability Pride month) so here are all my disabled ocs;

Under cut for Length

Additional Notes; Please do not judge me too harshly. While I have a few of these disabilities (most notably PTSD, anxiety-depression, and visual impairments) myself and personally know people who have some others, every person and their experiences are unique. I try my best to give these disabilities the space and gravity they deserve in my writing, but it is difficult for ones that I have no personal experience with. In addition, I am still learning and only human. If I have done something wrong or phrased something badly at any point now or in the future, let me know and I will do my best to fix it/do better. Apologies for the abrupt disclaimer but there we go.

Anyways!!!!

On the the List!

RWBY;

Selene Argent=Has PTSD, one prosthetic eye, and some physical scars on face and torso. I'd safely say she counts.

Baldur's Gate;

Sable Shades=Is an albino and was rendered mute at birth. He sunburns extremely easily and is near-sighted. He also often communicates through sign language.

Roan Roarke=Beyond some minor PTSD symptoms (increased anxiety and stress levels) surrounding fires, he's perfectly fine.

Faenerys Elendir=Has PTSD from her time imprisoned particular involving whips and brands as torture implements.

Rune Mistsea=Post-lycanthropy encounter, he is notably more short-tempered around the full moon along with a distinct craving for meat and violence. Otherwise, nothing else of note.

Lucine Mistsea=Beyond a notable paranoia issue when it comes to demons and cambions (but not fellow tieflings), she's fine.

Lyr(e/a/an) Lovemoor=Autistic. Too much light and noise and surrounding activity is draining and makes them short-tempered with occasional blowouts/meltdowns. Has a Thing about certain textures (very much hates slimes and oozes and squishy things for this reason, likes silks and furs and leathers). Has a fascination for all things shiny and glittery (gems and currencies are a special interest). Also often fidgets with their daggers.

Saga Musehart=Was rendered blind due to torture at the hands of prison guards. She also lost a hand (initially) and a forearm (later due to infection) and wears a prosthesis.

Cei Gloomdraft=Autistic or at least neurodivergent of some kind. Might have some ADHD, it's not quite clear yet in the few pieces I've written so far to help develop her.

Mass Effect;

(Solo Shepard Canon)

Annette Shepard=Has some lingering PTSD symptoms from surviving a raid on Mindoir, then thresher maws in Akuze, and then being spaced at the beginning in Mass Effect 2. She also suffers from some survivor's guilt Post-Virmire due to losing Ashley, and then all of Mass Effect 3 puts such a huge burden on her that she's fighting off some severe depression and despair from all the losses. She's got an old war injury in her shoulder that acts up from time to time, occasionally making her biotics misfire a barrier. She's on immuno-suppressant drugs to prevent her body from rejecting her Cerberus-added cybernetic implants and upgrades, and also some antidepressants for depression and anxiety symptoms for said lingering PTSD symptoms. Girl's a walking disaster-fire mentally but she keeps on surviving and she still looks for the good in life as it comes, so there's that.

(Shepard Siblings)

Joanna=Like Roscoe and Riley, she's also on immuno-suppressants to prevent cybernetic implant rejection. Notably, she's the most well-adjusted of the three mentally, although the losses and struggles of ME 3 start to take their toll due to depression. She spends an awkward month on the Normandy adjusting to the new medication while adjusting the amounts needed. In addition, she also goes through a whole existential crisis come the Citadel DLC about if she is really Joanna Shepard or a clone (which Riley, Roscoe, and the Normandy crew snap her out of). Her survivor's guilt is much less pronounced than Riley's though she does start the early stages of a martyr complex (it's a source of frequent and well-humored debate between Riley and Roscoe if it was already there or not) about the of Thane's death. But she does her best and keeps on going.

Roscoe=Definitely mentally ill. He's got some trauma around abandonment that starts to get fully addressed around ME 2 in part due to Jack and Miranda and is mostly resolved around ME 3 though naturally scars remain. It often manifests as anger, depression, and even callousness. Like Joanna's and Riley, he is on immuno-suppressants to prevent the potential rejection of his cybernetics. He's also got an old wound from Torfan in his abdomen that acts up under stronger pressures like before a rainstorm or different gravity levels as well as drastic temperature changes such as cold (he HATES Noveria for that reason in particular though it isn't the only one, man). Beyond all that, he's very strong-willed and gives no fucks to shit.

Riley=Much like Annette except a bit more well-adjusted due to a larger support network and character drive. Has notable flashbacks/triggers around batarians, thresher maws (this one includes panic attacks once the direct danger has passed), and hardsuit complications (they always makes sure that their helmet and everything is in working and optimal order). Has survivor's guilt from their losses on Mindoir and Akuze but between meeting Talitha and Toombs in ME 1, they confront and deal with it, beginning to heal from it. Even on Virmire with the loss of Honora and all the failures of ME 3, they do better at handling it though it still remains to varying degrees. Like Joanna's and Roscoe (and Annette again), they're on immuno-suppressant drugs to prevent issues with their body rejecting the cybernetics, with the additional ones of antidepressants to help manage some of their anxiety-depression symptoms. They also have some degree of chronic pain (maybe some kind of cystic fibrosis?) due to past overuse of their biotics that damaged part of their nervous system and occasionally causes it to misfire for no reason, often causing intense pain. Rarely and only if the pain isn't treated with extensive biotics-free rest periods and numbing agents in the form of more pills, the biotics will manifest and they'll accidentally move shit around, including themself a few times. This is most notable in ME 3 due to the nature of the larger and longer combat sequences with shorter and shorter rest times between. Though they manage as best they can with the help of their crew and family, it is still a struggle and they notably stop joking about retiring when they're dead and seem to consider it more seriously around ME 3 but save the final decision for the end of the Reaper Wars.

(Shepard Family)

Honora Hartford=She had an eating disorder when she was younger that left some lingering issues with her health but overall she's fine up until her death.

Riley's deceased siblings were overall healthy though Payton had Down's Syndrome and Brooklyn had ADHD. Harley had moderate asthma and used an inhaler.

Clover has anemia quite often and takes iron pills daily

The rest of the Shepard cousins don't have any disabilities to much knowledge though I am still fleshing them out.

(Andromeda)

Sara and Scott Ryder have some lingering damage from their cryopod accident and the Kett leader fucking with them, but otherwise they are okay.

Asher has ADHD while Shiloh struggles with a mild form of chronic fatigue. Evander, Rebecca, and Lucas are all able-bodied.

Dragon Age;

(Fereldan Wardens)

Lynera Mahariel=Dunno if this counts, but am putting it here anyways since it affects her overall health. Occasionally suffers from a type of sleep paralysis that is mixed with night-terrors. It doesn't appear to have a rhyme or reason as to when it occurs beyond perhaps stress and it's only every few months. However, it often leaves her completely drained for at least a week afterwards. She also occasionally has insomnia post-terrors as well which she self-medicates with sleeping draughts. She also has crippling period pains that appear to be consistent with ovarian cysts on her left side (though she later has it removed by Catriona once it ruptures due to injury). She also suffers from bouts of depression during Origins but that could be due to the extenuating circumstances she was under at the time.

Isemaya Tabris=When overly stressed, being exposed to strong amounts of concentrated Taint in a short period of time, or sometimes simply for no apparent reason, she suffers from intense migraines that are often treated with herbal painkillers and lying still in a dark and quiet room. Also due to a past injury to her left eye by humans, she has a harder time seeing on that side but is not completely blind.

Catriona Surana=She seems to be autistic due to her ability and predilection to hyperfocus on various studies (often Blight and magic-related but other areas do occur) as well as her obliviousness to social cues (she didn't realize she was liked by her suitors until Cale outright told her and by then she had decided she liked them already). Notably, she adapts a bit better Post-Origins due to Alistair and Leliana's influences but it still happens.

Cale Amell=Had some minor amnesia surrounding the exact events leading to his magic manifestation but later learned it was because he had set his eldest brother Azul on fire and believed he killed him as Raven helpfully supplied (Azul had instead faked his death as Cale discovers around the time of Awakening).

Fion Cousland=Briefly suffers from a minor alcohol addiction but has treatment while he is still in the functional phase courtesy of Catriona. Since then, he heavily monitors his intake and even helps Oghren get treatment for his own. He also occasionally has painful muscle twinges due to an injury that stretches from his temple to his eye and ear down to his neck on the right side. This is most notable in bad weather or when he is sick.

Barran Aeducan=Suffered from a superiority-inferiority complex towards his siblings growing up though it has greatly lessened with time and experience. It is mostly gone by the time of Inquisition though prominent traces still remain.

Tatha Brosca=She is hard of hearing and has manged to cope by learning to lip-read (not always successful, however, especially with languages she is not familiar with) in Origins and a pair of hearing "horns" designed for her by an admiring Smith caste man by Awakening. She often jokes that now she has even more in common with her Bronto companion, Salroka, due to their shared horns.

(Origins)

Vireth Mahariel=Suffers from epilepsy and often treats it with various herbal remedies, though it is not completely effective and large amounts of intense stress on his body make it worse. He also begins to develop cataracts around the time of Act 2 of Dragon Age 2, though the cause is unknown (presumed genetics or simply age at the moment).

Elthorn Tabris=Has a stutter speech impediment.

Alaros Surana=Unknown at the moment as I haven't written too much about him.

The Amell Siblings=Probably doesn't count but Azul gets motion sickness, especially on boats. Raven, Carmine, and Reed are all perfectly healthy and fine, however the latter two are the ones I've written least at the moment. Marigold has asthma that she treats with herbs.

Aelynne Cousland=Nothing comes to mind. She does have some old injuries (mentally and physically) she acquired from the attack on Highever by Arl Howe that color her later interactions with the family during the Fereldan Civil War.

Valda Aeducan=Has a notable visual impairment that is corrected with glasses, albeit there is nothing to be done for her slight colorblindness (she has a hard type distinguishing between greys, greens, and blues).

(Orlesian Wardens)

Dion Caron=Suffers from sleep apnea that is eased by a special breathing herbal-incense infused mask he wears as well as whomever in his group is on watch to check on him periodically to ensure he still breathes (most often this is either Victoire-Ainsley or Garam). He also snores and coughs due to this. Loudly.

Victoire-Ainsley Caron=Nothing of note.

Isenna Andras=She's an albino and so burns and rashes in intense light and heat. She also has a lame leg that cannot be fixed with magic and so wears a reinforced brace to aid her walk. This creates a noticeable limp.

Garam Kader=Alcohol makes him sick and he suffered from intense gender dysphoria before paying a huge sum to have an ex-Tevinter magister turned fellow Warden help him transition.

(Hawkes)

Jasper, Skye, and Violet Hawke are perfectly healthy. Albeit with some diet restrictions due to various allergies.

Gray Hawke=He is diabetic and so often has to monitor his energy levels to ensure his health. It's part of the reason he doesn't actively endanger his life like his siblings (not that he won't, just less often in comparison). He acquires a truly impressive diet regime and treatment plan upon becoming a nobleman of the Amell family, allowing him much more freedom than before.

(Marquises)

Aurore and Marcel de Serault both suffer from mild hemophilia. Marcel also has a lyrium drug addiction he is trying to break (and is actually doing quite well via weaning himself off it) due to a brief stint as a Templar while serving the Chantry.

(Inquisitors)

Armashok Adaar=Poor eyesight that cannot be fully corrected by glasses and later loses an arm due to the Anchor. He also lost a few fingers and some right hand mobility due to pre-nquisition injuries as a mercenary. He also wears a brace on his left shoulder. He wears a prosthetic eye and replacement arm.

Ransley Trevelyan=Like Cullen, he is working on breaking his own lyrium addiction from his time as a Templar and, like the other Inquisitors, loses his arm due to the Anchor. He had it replaced with a prosthetic arm for his shield side.

Paeriel Lavellan=She loses an arm alongside all the other Inquisitors, but takes the loss much harsher due to her archery skills suffering. While she will wear a prosthesis in battle or when hunting, she doesn't wear it in her day-to-day life, instead preferring to make due as needed. She also has anxiety.

Naranka Cadash=She loses her Anchor-wielding arm and gains a crossbow-and-dagger prosthetic one courtesy of her Inner Circle, much to her delight. She also suffers from some damage to her reproductive tract due to past injuries and is uncertain if she could have children.

(Inner Circle)

Kara Adaar=Beyond an intense hatred of slavery due to being kidnapped and almost sold when she was younger before being rescued by her father, she's perfectly healthy. She does require bedrest for her periods though.

Emilyse Trevelyan=She suffers from some PTSD from her abuse at Templar hands in the Circle, though she begins to recover towards the end of Inquisition.

Samrel Lavellan=Has dyslexia and uses reading aids and memory devices.

Pyrmar Cadash=He might have some PTSD from his Carta days due to a notable cave-in that lasted for a few days before his rescue.

#disability mention #trauma mention #amputation mention #eating disorder mention #my ocs stuff #mentions of addiction to drugs and alcohol #gender dysphoria mention

[snugglyporos]

Okay ya’ll I have to rant for a good minute about the Fate series because my stupid autistic brain has been hyper focusing on it for the past four hours and I need to put these thoughts down or I’ll never get rid of them. 

I’m so... disappointed? frustrated? mad? Idk what I think. It’s all of these things to see such a great idea executed so awfully. So lazily. So incompetently. 

Because I can’t help constantly engaging with it and going ‘you know, this would be really good if they just did x.’ There’s so many monumental moments of stupidity that I can’t help but go ‘wow that’s dumb as hell.’

There’s a rule in fiction where the larger the stakes are, the more complex and unwieldy it gets, because it effects more things. That’s why usually the best fiction involves low stakes overall, or personal stakes, because you don’t need to then consider the cosmological complications of your story. Having a story that involves magic, time travel, secret organizations, multiple illuminati organizations on top of those, and countless other bullshit does not make for a coherent or compelling story. 

I’ve said before that one thing I hate is the idea of a ‘world organization.’ It’s lazy as hell. If Russia and China couldn’t get along when they were both communist, the idea that the entire world with all its varying ideologies and ethnic groups could be run by one group of people is nonsense. People can barely coexist with others like themselves. Furthermore, in our age of nationalism, the idea that say, China would have their top brass subserviant to western illumiati is stupid. It’s also stupid in the reverse. The idea that all of ANYTHING is ruled by one group of people is stupid and it makes you look lazy to write things like that.

Second, trying to put your story in the ‘real world’ or any image of it while claiming that all the world’s mages belong to one organization while ‘the church’ that runs all religions exists is stupid. It defies belief. It also wouldn’t be an issue if they weren’t dead set on trying to explain how this goes on in the ‘real world’. 

Also, apparently time travel exists. Also, all of human history was erased. Yet somehow they go back in time, and summon people from the future. You know, going back to a time that doesn’t exist, and summoning people from the future who haven’t been born yet, who also don’t exist. Time travel is ALWAYS stupid. It’s ALWAYS bad. Always. Because the core notions and questions that it brings up immediately reveal why it is stupid. Let’s say you sent one person back in time. If you witnessed it, and didn’t go with them, you should now not exist. Why? Because the act of something being somewhere that it wasn’t before creates a paradox. The only way it doesn’t is if the world you lived in is the same world where they went back in time, and that raises questions about fate and free will, and most authors simply aren’t interested in getting that metaphysical, and as such render their stories incredibly stupid. 

But! Let’s try, for the sake of arguement, to put aside all this nonsense. Does the core idea of the story make sense? Are there clear, defined rules? No! Nothing makes any goddamn sense. Apparently, magic exists, but then there are magic circuts, which aren’t explained. The rules about everything is not explained and is frequently contradicted. Example. Who can be summoned, and how? Sometimes, it’s anyone. Sometimes, it’s different versions of someone. Sometimes, it requires a piece attached to that someone. Sometimes it doesn’t. Sometimes, where the person is summoned changes how powerful they are, and sometimes it doesn’t.

But they can’t even get their basic shit right. Example: is Dracula a vampire or is he not? Because the series can’t decide if it wants to allow people from history OR people from fiction to be summoned, it can’t decide if someone like Vlad III is undead or not. Are you going with the version of history where he was an insane, murderous, nationalistic king? Or are you going with the version from the story of Dracula, a work of fiction? You can’t have it both ways!

Here’s another example: can you summon gods or not? Heracles is summoned, and Heracles is a god. He was literally made into a god at the end of his own story. Even if you go ‘well, the version that people can summon is his non-god self from before the end’ he is still a demigod. Which means that you’re now getting into weird territory where it’s unclear who and what counts as someone who can be summoned.

But then you get into having to think about all the weird historical revisionism that the series plays with. Look, historical fiction can be fine. What I don’t understand is the series’ weird fixation with turning some of histories worst individuals into anime girls. You could certainly, for example, make a version of King Arthur where all the sexes are switched. Granted, a whole lot of the story wouldn’t work, because characters like Morgan Le Fay and Mordred no longer work in their story roles anymore. But you could, theoretically do it. 

What I don’t get is why the series says, ‘you know who we should depict as a kind and gentle anime babe? Nero.” You know, the Nero who kicked his pregnant wife to death, castrated a man and forced him to marry him, put on plays that people were forced to attend and then executed anyone who yawned or sneezed during his performances, and who built a private lake where the Colosseum now is, put a floating house on it, and had the ceiling have an accurate replica of the starry night sky using precious gems, only to then remark that ‘now I can live like a human being.’ Yeah, that Nero. Clearly, this just screams that we need to depict them as being a kind and gentle ruler, and not say, an unstable psychopath who sees himself as a literal god walking upon the earth. 

But that’s not even their worst offence. They turn Elizabeth Bathory into a pop idol. You know, one of histories worst serial killers? The person who had innocent women murdered and then bathed in their blood? Yes, clearly that is someone we should portray as an innocent girl. 

And it’s not like history is lacking in great women who did fantastic things. There are scores of heroines to choose from if you want to use them. You don’t need to pick serial killers and sex change the most insane emperors.

But even some of the ones they do pick don’t make sense. Why the fuck is Marie Antoinette considered a ‘heroic spirit?’ If we go by her in popular myth, she’s best known for something she didn’t say, which is ‘let them eat cake.’ Why the fuck did that mean ‘let’s make her someone who is entirely misunderstood and loves the peasants?’ Also, why a ‘rider’ and choose her for that because of her being pulled in a cart to her execution? The fuck?

It beggars belief. It utterly confounds the mind. It’s lazy, and its shoddy. Almost as shoddy as the notion of ‘classes’ which makes no sense and apparently has a heirarchy, which itself makes no sense if the whole point of having people fight is to decide something. Having people fight where someone gets an innately better class at random makes no sense. Hell, having classes at all makes no sense. Having it be okay for the things you summon to kill those who summoned them to win makes no sense, because if all you needed to do was kill each other, you don’t need heroes to do that! 

Hell, the fact that they’re fighting over the ‘holy grail’ and that it was made in japan is nonsense already. The holy grail is literally arthurian legend. I know japan gets a pass for this shit, but I don’t know why. Everyone rolls their eyes when they say that ancient egyptians look exactly like modern day japanese people, but apparently it’s also okay that they just straight up steal something from arthurian legend as a premise... and then entirely botch that premise or understanding anything ABOUT it. 

Here’s an idea. If you’re going to use the holy grail as your plot device, you know the thing Jesus drank out of at the last supper, maybe don’t then say that people can just make them all over the place? That’d be like if in the last crusade, all of the cups that Indiana Jones found were all capable of being the holy grail. It’s stupid.

Why is it so hard to just do something simple? You don’t need to overcomplicate this shit. Grab some characters who each want a thing they can’t have, have them be represented by some great hero, have them fight for that thing, and you’re done! You don’t need to bring time travel, the illuminati, nonsense magical rules, and metaphysical shit into this! 

Again, maybe the creators have no desire to do anything other than try and see how many awful historical people they can put boobs on. It’s starting to remind me of that book that went around a few years back where someone drew history’s greatest murderers as anime babes, so you could see guys like Stalin, Hitler, and Pol Pot as big tiddy anime girls. Why? Idk. 

But if the series wants to do that, if all it wants to do is wallow around in its own shit, it’s taking way too much time and effort trying to make up stupid nonsense. It’s just so frustrating and disappointing to see an idea with such promise be farted away by people who clearly do not give a shit about what they’re making in the slightest. It’s a damn shame.

#ooc #rant

[tessatechaitea]

Black Condor #5

Five issues and five pure cheesecake covers.

Crud-for-brains? I'd wager my life savings that Brian Augustyn was an early Adventures of Pete and Pete fan.

The guys on the cover are just four young dude-bros stealing from drug dealers. They burn the drugs and take the money to give toward good causes. And probably also to buy cool shit for themselves. They're only human! Probably. I haven't read far enough along to know what they're really doing with the cash. Black Condor will find out after he beats the shit out of three of them. Sorry. I've been gone for awhile. You wouldn't have noticed since my long absence fell between writing the previous paragraph and this current one. And unless you ran off to take a desperate shit right at the same moment, the time between these two paragraphs was negligible, minuscule (I decided to use both words because I'm so proud of my ability to spell my native language (I considered misspelling "native" and "language" but decided that was a boring old joke which has carried more water than Capri-sun (that's a new joke and it's not very good because it doesn't make sense. But at least it's new))). But I was caught up in playing a stupid computer video game about dungeon delving dice trapped in a horrific game show. Spoiler: the dice never get to fuck. But I'm back now because this is blog is the only thing that keeps me sane anymore. You might think that because this blog was my link to sanity, I'd be more earnest. You might think I'd want to be grim and serious and discuss political, social, and environmental matters with the gravity and seriousness they deserve. But that's all the stuff that's doing my head in. So I'd rather pretend that I'm angry at comic books. Here's a secret for the few of you reading this who made it to this specific paragraph out of all of my paragraphs: I wish I were friends with Scott Lobdell. I bet he's kind of an asshole but he's the kind who, if he was getting his ass kicked at a bar for being smarmy and pretentious and smug (smug because he's a rich writer whom a lot of thirteen year old boys (and men with thirteen year old boy minds) think wrote some of the seminal X-men stories), he'd completely understand if you didn't step in to defend him. He feels like the kind of guy who knows what he really deserves (a righteous ass beating) and wouldn't think the world unfair should he ever receive it. Then he'd probably buy drinks for the people who beat his ass, and I'd look him in the eye and shrug, and he'd laugh, and we'd continue to not mention that time we jerked each other off when we were fucking wasted on single malt scotch and peyote. Black Condor and Ned decide they need to find the girl with humongous afro before she hurts people who don't deserve it the way the color changing white supremacist Nazi rapists did.

What does he mean by "completely autistic"? In 1992, I'm guessing that meant nonverbal with loads of stimming and maybe the ability to play any piano concerto immediately after hearing it once.

Karin was experimented on by Black Condor's grandfather's Society but she failed to gain the ability to fly. She did, however, gain mental abilities as powerful as his own. He's concerned that, being autistic, she'll hurt people with her mind rage. Please. She almost certainly just wants to be left alone by everybody in society expecting her to think and act in a specific way that she can't think and act, nor would she want to if she had the ability. Just leave autistic people alone, normals! They don't need help. Just because your autistic kid isn't giving you the kind of unconditional love you were looking for when you decided to have a kid that you would eventually love only conditionally based on how they loved you doesn't mean the kid needs to change. That's on you and your needs. Maybe just find a way for the kid to express themselves (or not! Who knows sometimes?!) and let them do and act as they please. Unless what they want to do is fuck the dog. I'm not saying autistic people fuck dogs but I am saying we're all individuals, you know? Use your common sense! And if your kid is fucking the dog, autistic or not, don't let them near the dog! The Merry Men on the cover (oh hey! There were Merry Men in the Sky Pirate issue! Brian Augustyn either loves old tales of daring adventure or LSD) have been robbing drug dealers to help fund a homeless camp run by a priest named Gamble. The priest isn't involved in the theft; he chastises them about their plans to get money illegally. But they assure him the money isn't tainted and he decides to believe them when they dump thousands of dollars on his desk. Doing the right thing is hard when doing the wrong thing will solve all of your money issues. If you're a weak minded jerk, that is! I totally would never sell out for thousands of dollars so hopefully nobody embarrasses themselves by offering me loads of money to write positive comic book reviews for their publications. Father Gamble refuses the money because he just can't be sure it was honestly come by. I would be less suspicious of the money and more suspicious of the white college kids trying to donate thousands of dollars to a homeless camp. What's really going on in this camp?! Why are these young men so interested in keeping it funded so it doesn't get shut down? Four probably rich white boys risking their lives to help the downtrodden? Sorry but this is the most aggressively fantastic comic book I've ever read. And I'm not using the informal definition of "fantastic."

"Which member of this organization could possibly be giving all of this information to these white boys and why am I exposing my plan to kill them before plugging the leak?!"

Maybe that's racist suggesting that the white guy in the gang is giving the information to other white guys. But this comic book has already asked me to believe too many fanciful plot points so I'm glad Augustyn decided the white guy was absolutely the inside man. The white guys name is Herbie and his boss, Mr. Soto, already knows he's the leak. I'm glad Mr. Soto is as smart as I am. Or as racist. Probably smart though! They follow him as he's trying to meet up with the college Merry Men to warn them that they're in danger. Luckily for Herbie, Black Condor happens upon the scene as he's searching for Karin. And even though Black Condor doesn't give a shit about this guy and his problems, he figures even a reluctant hero wouldn't just stand by and watch some jerk get what's coming to them. After Black Condor saves Herbie, he has to take him to the hospital because he was pistol whipped. Meanwhile, the rich white kids aren't warned that they're about to die so they drive off into the trap to steal more money that Father Gamble won't be accepting for his charity.

What a dumb asshole! Even the most ignorant of ignorant jerks knows there were only three musketeers! Unless he's so familiar with the book that he's including d'Artagnan along with Porthos, Mythos, and Harpos.

I never read The Three Musketeers because I was born in the late 20th century and exciting stories to thrill young boys wasn't a popular genre anymore because we had Batman and Green Lantern. Although I did once play the text adventure version of the book. When I did that, I poked fun at the idea that the author of it was writing the game so that people would remember Alexandre Dumas and yet it's the only reason I know anything about him! Although now I know a little bit more about him because I Googled his name to make sure I was spelling it correctly and now I know what a fancy lad he was!

Now I want to listen to an audio version of his book where every few sentences, the person reading it just says, "Oooooooh, my!"

The Musketeers (maybe I was wrong to assume they were more like the Merry Men?!) manage to get away with only one of them shot in the ankle (the others weren't shot at all, if that wasn't clear). They decide the best way to save their own lives is to lead the gun men on a chase through New York back to Father Gamble's homeless camp. They already know he doesn't want any trouble so why are they taking this gunfight back there?! What is Father Gamble's hold over these young men?! Luckily for everybody in the homeless camp, Black Condor is there still searching for Karin. He'll save everybody's lives reluctantly! Unluckily for everybody, Karin is also there and the gunfire and chaos freaks her out so much that she has a mind-storm! That's the thing she had before that killed four of her attempted Nazi rapists. And that's where the comic book ends! Lucky for older me, younger me bought the next issue so I wouldn't be stuck with this cliff hanger! Lucky for younger me, older me doesn't have a time machine so that fucker has gotten away with some pretty abhorrent behavior which I couldn't correct by going back in time and punching him in the nose. Unlucky for him, he's going to be a virgin for a long, long time! Ha ha! Take that! Ow. Older me just hurt older me's feelings. Black Condor #5 Rating: B. A solid rating that I probably wouldn't have given this comic book back when I was twenty-one. I don't think I understood just what this comic book was doing and wound up only remembering it as a comic book about a reluctant hero. I didn't realize how much of it was Black Condor trying to live his now much more complicated life while also continuously doing the right thing. Even when he just wants to hole up in the woods and say "Fuck it!" to everybody and everything, he still shows the heart of a hero when he's needed by people nearby. And he's fucking sexy hot too.

#Black Condor #Rags Morales #Brian Augustyn #DC Comics #DC

[horrible-monstrosity]

in this episode: ruby goes mgtow and amethyst has some sort of horseplay fetish. ye haw Ruby actually deciding she's okay without Sapphire, or not fused with her anyway, because she just kept to the fusion status quo because Rose said so, is actually somewhat insightful and interesting, and Steven's kneejerk "get back together love !!!" reaction is even curbed by Greg's entirely reasonable advice. It's great. how will they ruin it ... Man, Steven tells Ruby she can even love someone and still want time alone. The second Ruby started bawwing I was expecting them to crash the pendulum right back into the other end of the horseshoe (or... something) and the show would start shoving one of its usual bizarre post-aesop aesops down our cumholes. But instead not only does Steven say something sane, it's him applying what Greg told him earlier. Kind of. We never actually saw him process what he was told and decide to change his mind. But I can pretend it's good writing and that much is an improvement for this show This even brings the wedding thing into a sane context. Steven suggests it as a healthier alternative to their current situation. I mean the marriage and wedding thing itself is just boring pandering meandering and a waste of fucking time but they just skimmed so damn close to something good and insightful it's astounding. Talk about

saphr randomly starts angsting about the dead gems over wedding invitations why did no one ever cre unti now and then spahr fucking over wedding envelope numbers this is stupid ....and then stephen makes the huge fucking stupid mistake of letting bismuth out in the bubbe room and it immediately goes horribly wrong, what fuck was he expecting oh look that ornge monter gem wasn't jasper. lol nebvermind i'm not looking forward to anything anymore Although Bismuth stuffing her face in hot lava and gargling it is great And then Bismuth takes it... way too well. I mean it's almost interesting if you bothered to explore why her reaction is like this, maybe she was doubting her own convictions all along and this is that last push she needs to- what fuc you mean bismuth is surprised garnet unfused over that. she unuses over mad revelations all the damn time that reaction should be a "well no shit lol" I can't tell whether Steven is being smort by reassuring Bismuth that no one will care she's back or insensitive She has a damn good point, the gems could have come got her any time they wanted but the plot kind of fucking forgot her lol

wedding episode owow the female nonbinary women gem people are all wearing tuxedos and pants and shit wow is this show breaking the gener bindary by doing the exact same opposite thing as it always done?? and only yhen does amethyst think roses might have been a bad choice of flower. steven has a different flower on his lapel though, where'd that come from? Okay, but Peridop is wearing a sundress like a normal person. why I wish they had actually *done* something with Rupy and Sappire wearing *the exact opposite of what you'd expect exactly as you'd expet !!!" like have Ruby actually want to be the girly one this time and Sapphire honors it by being the groom- that is, have Sapphire be considerate of Ruby. Would make up for all those other times I bitched about where Ruby is made subservient to Sapphire in a like crypto-gynocentric fashion. (... That's probably the worst phrase I have ever typed.) Instead they just parrot the mediocre and obvious aesops from the previous episodes. how did rupy not set the dress on fire setting herself on fire

mn remember hiw llars wanted to be social n shiet and was really angst about it and now he's missing this major social event? lol who cares lol mayor and actor guy are a better ship than any other couple this show has ever produced, and it's all the result of Sugar's gender-nonbinary female-worshiping inability to quit shitting on men. reeeeeeeeee stev starts cri because the diamonds come, but he only did that the first time because blue visited pink's grave and cried... oh, never mind, she's just crying for no reason. why. why not have her arrival heralded by something normal, instead of making her cry so they can autistically and emptily call back to the other thing? we get it, you referenced the excel spreadsheet detailing the previous episodes and the cell for "Steven hears Blue Bismuth coming" said "crie". they have to stop and explain to bismut what the clsuter is with a dumb over-compressed single sentence that doesn't add anything or help anything except to paper-mache over the fact that the writers forogt bismut existed for way too long. Just... pretend she got caught up off screen and skip this dumb shit. It just feels so awkward. then steven has to sleep, which is double dumb (and wasn't even the case when he talked to the clussy last time, was it? when he was in the drill)- first by breaking the mood having him go "omg lol gotta take a naaap~~~", and then making him look pathetic for falling asleep that fast just because one second of lullaby, even though we're supposed to be watching him do something heroic immediately afterwards. You'd think he could at least go straight into a dream-state without actually falling asleep first, or something, because magic. so where was the cluster? deep in the earth, but near the surface somewhere, but now it's just hanging out right by the surface near beach city i ges and then clussy bitchslaps the diamondos because no shit it does steven talked to it once, nothing matters ... Wait, I've already forgotten, but he went to sleep just to check on the clussy, right? But it helped them anyway, because of course it did, so that was pointless. why

"it's... pretty interdasting when you think about it" I hate this. Why did they just shove this stupid little quirky line in in the middle of steven having a serious exposition conversation with blue? why did you fucking have to ruin the tone with it?who wrote this shit so why is lapis here? they're going to punish me like a crystal gem i'll be one, but the diamonds don't seem to give a single fuck about her. and then blue just gets nuked by the crashing ship anyway no one cares and then the cluster just goes back to its literal bubble no one cares and then peridop and lapis and no one else conveniently get poofed becuase that's the only way those two chan fucking change outfits in this autistic fucking show. wait, how did rupy and sap change into wedding gear earlier? and then steven has an out of body experience...?????? what fuck happening steven's mindblast peptalks would be fine in any normal context but like this it just comes off like he mindraped them into thinking positively. he just says the thing and without even responding to him saying it the gems parrot it. and then steven flails around blue and it just looks ridiculous and stupid and that's how they solve everything the end

Basically, the show is trying to finally have things happen, but the weight of all the absolute crap it has written up until this point, as well as its weird approach to its aesops/morals, is fuck. Even if the writers have started to take their shit seriously they'll have to spend a lot of damn time unraveling the shit they've wrought, digging themselves out of the shithole they dug themselves into, before they can get things moving properly again.

#steven pooniverse

[feargender]

For the character hcs: Shadow Moon, the Doctor (12 or your choice if there are differences), Magnus Bane, Steve Rogers

my faves ever sent by my favest ever ok here we go

Shadow Moon

sexuality headcanon: bisexualotp: shadow and happiness is the ultimate otp brotp: Sam/Shadow what a gemnotp: Laura/Shadow and also Mad Sweeney/Shadow like e wfirst headcanon that pops into my head: we were just talking about autistic Shadow today so that one. one way in which I relate to this character: I too enjoy screaming at pretty scenery and constantly am saying “what the fuck”.thing that gives me second hand embarrassment about this character: he let Laura call him “puppy” I’ll kill her myself.cinnamon roll or problematic fave? he’s a cinnamon roll I love him

Twelfth Doctor

sexuality headcanon: he’s pan aroaceotp: alright tbh my Fave ship for many a year was Clara/Doctor but also I just want him to be Happybrotp: Bill/Doctor!!notp: Missy/Doctor tbh I am Not here for any Master/Doctor content ever at allfirst headcanon that pops into my head: he’s autistic and really low empathy but he Tries.one way in which I relate to this character: I too am autistic and low empathy and also a space alien with a penchant for large hoodies and sturdy boots. thing that gives me second hand embarrassment about this character: Just tell the truth oh my god just BE HONEST E V E Rcinnamon roll or problematic fave? problematic fave. every doctor is a problematic fave. 

Magnus Bane

sexuality headcanon: he’s bi in canon and in my heartotp: Magnus/Alec are In Lovebrotp: Magnus/Lukenotp: Camille/Magnus but also I once saw Clary/Magnus as a ship and can I just say, from the bottom of my heart, wtffirst headcanon that pops into my head: my biggest jam is Magnus Bane, Scholar tbh he’s got like at least a score of degrees laying around and has published many books and knows Everything.one way in which I relate to this character: External confidence covering internal insecurities and also nail polish af. thing that gives me second hand embarrassment about this character: “more like medium rare” Magnus plscinnamon roll or problematic fave? idk that he fits into either tbh

Steve Rogers (my star spangled man with a plan loml)

sexuality headcanon: biotp: hmmmmmm either Steve/Bucky, Steve/Sam, Steve/Sam/Bucky or Steve/Peggy he’s a very shippable guybrotp: Natasha/Steve, Steve/Wandanotp: Steve/Sharon, Steve/Tony, and I know this isn’t a ship but Steve isn’t Hydra I’ll fight anyonefirst headcanon that pops into my head: STEVEN GRANT ROGERS IS A TRANS MANone way in which I relate to this character: I too am frequently caught off guard by my attraction to bossy brunettes and just want my friends to be safe and happything that gives me second hand embarrassment about this character: That whole scene where he does his weird Patriot Pitch to the 147th like Steve No Stopcinnamon roll or problematic fave? cinnamon roll, but stale and hardened by time

Send me a character

#wrye tag #ask games #steve rogers #magnus bane #twelfth doctor #shadow moon #softshadowmoon

[sheepishfreeloader]

Good things about ste/ven univ/erse 

 Opposes gender roles 

 Celebrates differing body types 

 All characters are dynamic 

 Canonical ADHD/autistic character 

 Deals with PTSD accurately 

 Talks about unhealthy relationships and how it can be hard to leave one

“Money isn't everything" 

 Celebrates taking on responsibility if those who need help can't help themselves (Gre/g)  

Has a nonbinary character who learns to communicate in a healthy way 

Has a canon nonbinary lesbian relationship with multiple kisses on screen

Has a bisexual character (rose)

Talks about the importance of consent 

Shows how differently people deal with grief

Shows us one doesn’t have to be “femme” to use she/her pronouns 

Encourages letting yourself rest if you’ve been working too hard

Shows that teenagers can and will be insightful 

Makes a point to hire as many people of color as it can for VA roles

Has more diversity than other CN cartoons, as well as disney cartoons and nick cartoons, making it one of the most diverse cartoons currently airing (this also includes LGBTQ+ peoples)

The creator is a jewish bisexual woman engaged in a serious relationship with a black man (perhaps not an excuse for problems, but certainly is better than the nearly all white cis male show runners most other shows have across all cartoon stations)

Celebrates various kinds of families (siblings with different dads, children with single dads, families housing up to the 3rd generation, twins, families with seemingly no mother, found families, adoptive families, single mothers,)

Makes a point that families can and will be over baring and that leads to the children removing parts of their life from the parent secretly

Makes a point that sometimes people don’t know any better due to being indoctrinated or raised in a wrong environment, and that teaching them instead of alienating them can lead them to a better path

Ways that Stev/en Un/iverse is bad

The black coded gems are typically more powerful and somewhat violent, compared to soft and dainty “white” characters (ex; ga/rnet, ru/by, bis//muth, sugalit/e)

The over all theme is “violence is never the answer,” even when it comes to villians engaging in slavery (perhaps the only time this point is debated is when garnet agrees that rose killing a diamond was just what had to be done)

Assumes that everyone is capable of changing for the better, or is willing to change at all

The human zoo 

P/earl puts Ste/ven’s life in danger more than once and never apologizes

L//amar (claiming it as an accident) created what appeared to be a black coded gem in a doodle that looked like a mammy, and Hil/ary wrote that the gem couldn’t read

The fandom (nearly driving an artist to suicide for drawing a fat character skinny, making a crew member eventually quit due to large amounts of harassment and death threats because they didn’t make a ship canon, su crits sending death threats so a 13 yr old who posted positivity into the crit tag,)

[sol1loqu1st]

hi i want to talk abt foi bc its legit among the coolest things ive done; this is long as Fuck but the book is longer i just really wanna talk,, abt this,,

it’s a high fantasy set on the northernmost side of a huge desert (a sea borders its northern side; beyond the sea is a country filled with plains and forests)

there were seven tribes (i still need to look up definitions and see if thats the most accurate term for what im goin for; im thinking abt just using ‘city’ tbh but yknow) in the desert:

-the riches tribe, whose people could shape gemstones and metals (think metalbending but add precious stones in the mix; each person can only control one thing and ur power is usually decided by the stars or some shit)

-the elements tribe, who could control the forces of wind, fire, water, or stone (now LITERALLY think atla; powers are passed down genetically and a few people can control two elements if their parents controlled different ones)

-the land, sky, and sea tribes, who could control animals related to their tribe (land tribe ppl can also learn to turn into their favored animal, sky tribe ppl grow wings as toddlers, sea tribe ppl can breathe underwater & usually live in the sea on the northern border of the desert bc they dont do well on land; powers are decided based on the animals’ preferences – e.g. if ravens had a specific affinity for a kid in the sky tribe the kid would grow raven wings and be able to communicate with and eventually control ravens)

-the time and space tribes, who destroyed each other 60 years ago, and have the power to speed, slow, or even stop time during the hour of their birth, or manifest physical objects from glowing blue energy that makes up everything in the world (also can see in the dark, i guess?)

60 years ago, a huge war happened between the seven tribes, wiping out the space tribe completely (except for one person; more on that later) and destroying all but 200 of the time tribe, who repopulated to about 1,000, and ruining a Lot of stuff in the other five tribes. for the most part the remaining 5 tribes (minus the time tribe for Reasons) have rebuilt themselves but hints of the past war linger. no one is aware that the time tribe survived (they rebuilt their city FAR from the original location). the time and space tribes faded from public consciousness pretty quickly since all their historical records were destroyed; most of the knowledge about them now is legends and myths

in the present day, 5 children (one from each of the remaining tribes) who lost various loved ones to the same glowing blue knives (created, ofc, by the surviving member of the space tribe, ebon (…courtesy of 2012 me’s genius naming skills, they’re all gonna be like this it’s part of the aesthetic), though the kids dont know that or even recognize it as a space tribe power) are approached by an old man (guess who! its ebon) who claims to be the last surviving member of the space tribe and apparently has evidence that the time tribe is plotting revenge and theyre the ones that killed the kids’ families and he speaks of a supposed prophecy that 5 kids who the time tribe had stolen from are gonna defeat the time tribe once and for all

the kids (and at this point, hopefully the reader too) are the wrong kind of genre savvy, and believe they’ve been approached by gandalf or some shit, and each end up Accepting The Call

(meanwhile back at the time tribe, the king and his rebellious teenage son talk about the future of the time tribe. teenage son, midnight (heyy GUESS what hour hes able to use his powers) learns to use Time Powers that are suspiciously dissimilar to the ones ebon was talking abt the ppl from the time tribe being able to use. midnight uses his powers to get more sleep bc his dad kinda overworks the shit out of him bc like the future of this horrifically unstable and tiny city is in midnight’s hands, basically, and we learn that Its Dangerous bc if u get stuck slowing down/speeding up time after ur 1 hour is up u basically become Time Tobias and ur trapped like that Until You Die)

if uve made it this far i think its time for a proper introduction to the 6 protags of part 1 (another is added in part 2 but we’re not there yet)

-eagle, from the sky tribe, a Massive Fuckin Jock Who Loves To Sport. shes 14 and pretty athletic but tends to chicken out when shit gets tough and so never makes it to the Fly Sport Playoffs. shes a Massive Optimist at first but then she finds her parents dead (hint: it was ebon). she deals with this throughout the novel i hope im writing her well lmao because i wanted it to have a Legit Impact on her character and not just be angst. A N Y W A Y she instantly pegs ash and emerald as The Rich Kids (ash is legit a rich kid, emerald is just from the riches tribe where they traditionally sew gems and shit into their clothes) and judges em for it

-snake, from the land tribe, a 13yo, Lonely Autistic who loves reptiles. (ok i mean. this is high fantasy and im really not sure if autism is a diagnosis in high fantasy. ive done my absolute best to code her as autistic and she is in fact autistic i just dont say it in canon bc idk how to bring it up) ppl dont like her at first because she comes across as cold but actually shes like the most adorable fuckin dork youve ever seen shes great. she doesnt talk hardly at all unless shes Super Comfortable around the people shes with, which is a challenge for me to write but tbqh shes my absolute favorite of the bunch,, also her only friend ever was a thief named lore who was (supposedly) killed by GUESS FUCKEN WHO

-ash, the 14yo daughter of one of the 4 ruling families of the elements tribe. her family’s genetic power is fire but she could never figure it out (later she discovers her power is actually water; im…..still figuring out how that works genetically she might just be adopted lmao) ebon brought her the news of her parents’ deaths and managed to kill her little sister while her back was turned; somehow she does not suspect him. shes kind of a snob and doesnt really /get/ the rest of the group and comes across pretty rude at first. (also, she and eagle deal w their very recent grief very differently but idk her exact Grief Arc yet)

-emerald, who i think is? 12? 13? i cant remember but somewhere around there; shes from the riches tribe, was orphaned as a toddler and raised by supposedly extinct desert dragons (which are basically 12-20ft desert iguanas), which were all wiped out horribly by more of ebon’s shit space weapons. she lived with ash’s family for a while when they were years younger but eventually emerald got blamed for ash’s lack of control over fire and was forced to leave, she found the riches tribe and discovered that she could metalbend emeralds lmao. shes a storyteller and raises money for orphans now i guess

-shark, a scrappy homeless 10yo from the sea tribe who will steal anything shiny enough. he has pointy teeth and an eyepatch (which covers a golden sphere in place of his eye) and hes reckless as fuKC. he was too young to remember his parents but when questioned about it he remembers blue knives (GUESS WHO). hes pretty unaware that sharks are infact chaotic neutral sea predators who do not give a shit about him even if he can communicate with them and he starts the novel with a Pretty Serious Bite Injury™. he takes a lot of shit apart and puts it back together in horrifying ways. yknow sid from toy story? basically thats shark if sid lived underwater and was portrayed as a fundamentally good person

-midnight, the 16yo prince of the time tribe, a Rebellious Teen™ who doesnt want responsibility and has Horrible Insomnia. he thinks his dad is Evil And Controlling and probably listens to heavy metal behind his back (meanwhile his dad is actually pretty decent just busy as Fuck trying to keep the time tribe from accidentally inbreeding collapsing and trying to show midnight how to lead; hes overprotective but not evil). he broke a pattern of various people born at midnight/noon alternating every century and people think hes Destined For Greatness™ or some shit; he is having absolutely none of that will someone let this child sleep instead of waking him up in the middle of the night to practice magic

anyway yea thats p much all ive edited so far and tbqh i dont remember a whole lot of details but That Is My Book!

#novel: foi

[horrible-monstrosity]

fuckit, i need a garbage injection, let's go watch some steven universe aka the poon-tang files

- flouite clorox is still fucking disturbing as always, creeping up from the lower level of the ship... there's no way that is not *meant* to be disturbing. it feels like it's invoking some sort of horror movie monster trope why ould you do at least they have lars making fun of xhim's speech impediment this time

rhododendron is... a ruby and a pearl, thanks for informing us of this garnet you don't need to actually show us things just throw words at our ears. also how conventient they're both boring boilerplate gem types that already exist in the main cast. what's the point of that? or is the writers just shbitty foreshadowing for when garnet breaks up next week and ruby sluts it up with our pearl, so they can add another entry to the excel spreadsheet that says "reduce creativity and interest further, all fusions of the game gem types is the same and reuse this design lol". fuck this show is autistic

garnet calls fluorox beautiful... we get it, you have weird fetishes and this entire show is fucking degenerate garbage sugar you degenerate fuck

the degenerate shitgems literally don't know what the word compliments is. we get it already they wuz oppressed n shiet, this is taking it to a retarded extent. surely they interact with and appreciate each other (especially if they love each other enough to fuse), and know what complimenting their overlord leaders is. what is this shit

also keep in mind that everything we're being told here about rose's birth is fucking lies, all of it. there's not really a point where it seems questionable, except for what we already knew about the sword breaking gems. her birth, or pd finding out about rose, are presented as entirely... reputable? unnotable? we're told our pearl "belongs to no one~~" or whatever but we still don't fucking know what her deal actually is, do we? word eventually made its way to pink diamong... sure, right wow look a Pd she laugh like it an anime i read a tvtropes page once i'm so clever u guis ... Garnet claims PD called the other diamondos for help, but... why the fuck would she do that...

what are we supposed to get out of this, what was the point of this story, cries rhodes. you're right there was no point the end

the big show aka shit all over lars' social life even more, the episode, man fuck that guy huh. remember that episode where lars reacted negatively to sadie's complete indifference towards his continued existence and spacial predicament for an entire fraction of a second and steven righteously told him to stuff it.

the dad starts talking about "booking shows" and "making merch" and shit, but i thought we learned from that other episode with the music show and the dad that BEING FINANCIALLY FUNCTIONAL IS EVIL AND DADS IS EVIL AND HAS SHARK TEETH AND SHIET- this episode is yet another one of those that would maybe be cute and pleasant if it weren't for being in the context of being a part of this god-forsaken show. guilt trip sadie about wanting to not have her mom over her shoulder all the time and having her own moral values and desires n shiet. you don't deserve even a single break from your own family suck it up and like it fuck you. I... I don't know, there's just something fucking weird about how this episode ""presents"" its ""moral""", like instead of letting you think about it and examining it and actually having characters react to it with their own personalities it's just handed to you on a silver platter and then thrust down your throat, because Sugar decided this episode should have the boilerplate "my mom" aesop this time. song is... sjw uwu i exist pay attention to me bullshit. okay. if the next one has the word "valid" in the lyrics i will fucking shit a cal arts

#steven pooniverse