#many thoughts on the subject

[cafenervosa]

THE MAGNUS PROTOCOL : FIRST SHIFT 🖳

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#the magnus protocol #tmagp #tmagp spoilers #samama khalid #alice dyer #gwen bouchard #digital #i had to draw what i thought the characters looked like before i saw too many other interpretations lol #probably subject to change but i don't hate where i've landed #happy to be listening to a horror anthology again!

[luck-of-the-drawings]

so REVENGE, HUH? or justice, if that makes you feel better. it tastes the same when cooked just right. 'I REALLY WANTED A BROTHER.' such a shame to burn a bridge you so desperately wanted to keep, especially when it wasnt even you who started the fire. especially when you hope that not a single fragment of that bridge ever washes ashore.[MAY IT ROT FAR FROM MY SIGHTS] an unfortunate loss! atleast he has his friends.

#jrwi fanart #jrwi show #jrwi prime defenders #jrwi prime defenders spoilers #jrwi pd spoilers #jrwi pd #william wisp #vyncent sol #THIS ONE IS FUUUUCKIN OOOOOLLDD RAAAHHHHH i made it like. a year ago. but didnt finish it for so so long bc i just wasnt happy w it. #BUT LIKE A CENTURY EGG the decades of being encased in salt n lime n ash have done WELL to bring out the flavores of this piece #i sorta recently cleaned it up and posted it onto twitty. didnt tag it bc it was SO OLD AND SCUFFED(i see so many MISTAKES NOW) #that i didnt want to expose it to the open air just like that #if i show smth to my small circles then it shall only be understood in those small circles. #open air and open interpretation from minds i cannot predict are NOT something i enjoy the thought of. usually. i am brave tho #BUT EVERYONE ON TWITTY WAS SO NICEEE i was like damn... i guess it IS good enough to be enjoyed by the masses... #lets work on being nicer to our art together. THAT BEING SAID. i really love my colors here HELL YEAHHHH #FIRST TIME IN A WHILE COLORIN THESE BOYS.... i dont use proper color enough..I ALSO RLY LIKE MY BACKGROUNDS HERE #i LOVE when the bg is hyperrealistic (i frankestiened stock photos) and when the subjects are all flat colored n cartoony #recently rewatched Making Fiends and they do that similar thing!! soft shading! lotsa details! almost painted? ill paint one day #ive already rambled so much abt the art im runnin out of ROOm to ramble about WWWIILLIAM GODDAMN WWIIIISP. its been a minute since i saw- #-this episode..but i DO remember the funny smoke trick that will did to his funny brother. EVERYTIME U GIVE AN ORDER. THAT BRINGS HARM- #-INDIRECTLY OR NOT. YOU WILL HEAR THOSE SCREAMS. YOU WILL FEEL THAT PAIN. OHHH WHAT A COOL PUNISHMENT THAT IS #its still an olive branch in a sense! a final chance for big bro bell to show that hes NOT an irrideemable piece o shit. and if not #well. to the wolves of psychosis with him!!! i really think william did the best he could here. if i was in his shoes i have no doubt i- #-woulda done the same. IM ALSO GLAD THAT VYN DECIDED TO STICK AROUND N SUPPORT HIM! thas character development baybe!! #i loooove prime defenders.. its been so long since i watched any eps of it but i KNOW it still has such a grip on my heart..GOTTA rewatch i

[iridescentmirrorsgenshin]

Mandatory rant about kaveh’s 2023 birthday letter incoming!!

Kaveh and Alhaitham’s birthday message subject lines are seen to mirror the other through their usage of punctuation, as Alhaitham’s subject line reads as: “…” as opposed to Kaveh’s: ‘!!!’.

A sense of familiarity evoked in their current living situation emanates from these mirrorings and within this message. Kaveh writes about him bringing coffee beans “home” in order to try, and then follows this with: “we compared the taste of each, we decided that this was the best”. Through Kaveh’s explicit usage of the word “home”, it is evident that the “we” refers to him and Alhaitham. This description establishes a sense of domesticity, only to be achieved in a mutually agreed ‘home’ as opposed to a ‘house’.

It is relevant to reference Kaveh’s understanding of “home”, as in a place in which words are not necessary and link it to the idea of companionship being more important than understanding. The latter idea consists of supporting a person, regardless of the ability to empathise with and relate to their particular struggles, should be valued over attempting to be understood by people who are not willing to listen in order to understand - established by Kaveh’s mother within his hangout.

In this, Alhaitham is offered as a companion to Kaveh, where he cannot empathise with Kaveh’s artistic and idealistic struggles, but he is willing to listen to him over offering empty words which cannot solve Kaveh’s particular problems.

Kaveh’s understanding of “home” as a place in which people are at ease with each other and support another regardless, can be seen within his relationship with Alhaitham.

Kaveh and Alhaitham split the chores according to Alhaitham’s character stories; they both make attempts to decorate the house; presumably they eat dinner together, according to Alhaitham’s Story Quest where he excuses himself in order to have dinner, only to talk to Kaveh; the two can be seen to share a study; when ordering out, Kaveh orders extra for Alhaitham – a common enough occurrence for Alhaitham to be confident in relying on this; and for Kaveh’s birthday they try coffee beans together to determine the best ones to send onto Kaveh’s friends - Kaveh’s close friends who are also Alhaitham’s.

Rather than the “cold” and “lonely” house which Kaveh was left with after the passing of his father and departure of his mother, this conjures the image of warmth and familiarity. In this, it can be inferred that the two have created a home together.

(Update: For more analyses like this, the essay this is taken from is now uploaded! It can be accessed here and here as as a pdf <3)

#there isnt much to be said that everyone hasnt said already since kavehs bday mail is NOTORIOUS #the ‘we’!!!??? i am LOSING MY MIND #so i am BEGGING that we get an indirect reference to alhaitham again and the subject line being ‘!!!’ #since alhaithams bday mail this year was the same subject line as last time and had similar contents #also kavehs mother… i have many thoughts and ive touched upon them briefly here but there’s a lot more to say #so yeah dont worry im definitely gonna be digging into kavehs hangout a lot more!! a veritable gold mine tbh!! #so alhaitham is kavehs home just as kaveh is alhaithams thats what im saying #IM SICK OF THEM #alhaitham #kaveh #haikaveh #kavetham #haikaveh meta

[queer-ecopunk]

Take my vampire survey u heathens

#i have many thoughts on this subject #many of them are influenced by thay one CR scene with #sylas briarwood #;) #vampires #survey #poll #mine

[bittersweetresilience]

so do you think he succeeded?

#i woke up out of nowhere at seven in the morning with his speech playing in my head over and over again #a better world. a free world. turn me into shredded paper #and i was thinking about how i would be really annoyed if the wish never had any consequences because if that was the case félix deserved #to make his own. in this new world there's still obfuscation. people are still pulling the strings. there's still fucking nepotism LMAO #i also almost put the ring scene as who gets powers and who doesn't because i think a lot about whether ladybug would have granted all #sentimonsters autonomy or only the ones she perceives to be human #i didn't because i couldn't find anything else that fit what's right or wrong but know i have many thoughts on this subject #miraculous ladybug #🌃 #ml gifs #ml emotion #ml recreation #ough... félix #sunny from the future here i kept this in my drafts for a bit but it shall now be dispensed to you because i am a magnanimous ruler

[stochastiz]

i'm distracting myself from real life by thinking about magic users who stim using their spell components

of course there are the classics of using your arcane/divine focus and/or material components to fidget with:

rolling augury sticks/bones/dice around in your hands or pushing them around a table, shuffling and cutting your tarot deck

feeling the softness of the feathers used for flight-based magic

twirling small pieces of wire and constantly bending them into various shapes before straightening them again

pulling your amulet along the chain that holds it along your neck, using a particular spot or groove along its surface as a worry stone to rub your finger on or pick at

but what about the verbal stims you can make out of the arcane and divine languages the magics are based in:

turning casting phrases into patterns to chant or challenging yourself to repeat them as fast as you can like tongue twisters

picking out the particularly satisfying parts of the elemental languages used in your casting to echo throughout the day

maybe a non-magical party member picks up bits and pieces of the phrases the casters of the group say as they cast and try speaking them for themselves, seeing how the words form the potential for magic in their mouth but find no purchase to be brought into existence

i've mainly been thinking about somatic and physical components as stims though. how the intricate finger and wrist movements used to pluck magic out of thin air must be so satisfying. but also how a magic user who might gesture wildly as they speak or try to keep their fidgeting fingers from drawing too much attention could be gesticulating with movements from their spells unintentionally, and what sort of subtext that could lend to what they are saying:

a cleric going through the motions of a bane or a blessing towards their conversational partner, depending on how the conversation is going

gesticulating through an emotion calming spell as they try to talk someone down from a heated argument

a wizard saying "sorry, could you repeat that?" as their fingers imperceptibly twitch through their language comprehension spell and they focus more of their attention on the speaker

a druid fumbling to catch an item they dropped as their fingers try to summon a vine instead of reaching for it themselves

nervous fingers busily trying to cast invisibility on the body they're attached to after their joke falls flat

fingers rubbing temples in a similar way to how they would cast a spell to see through illusions or invisibility as the caster continues trying to see the solution they know is right in front of them

hands subtly motioning to produce flame or acid or electricity in their palms before being outstretched to shake the hand of a new acquaintance that has already managed to rub the caster the wrong way

hands that jolt into the beginnings of protective spells with each roll of thunder or crack of lightning the caster hears outside

it just seems very right to me

#some of my favorite examples of this and definite inspirations for this train of thought: #caleb widogast #suvirin kedberiket #aka #suvi the wizard #and the queen herself #laerryn coramar seelie #can you tell how hard i tried to not make the spells super d&d-only? #i'll likely be coming back to this idea #i have many more thoughts on the subject #stochastic ramblings #stochastic stories #microfiction #best of stochastiz

[catzgam3rz]

Made a more thorough ref for my QSMP Phil because he deserves it

#rambles #you can tell who I draw the most of based off how many notes I put on their ref paper lol #my art #mcyt #qsmp #qsmp philza #philza #philza fanart #mcyt designs #qsmp fanart #as always the design is subject to change but I enjot what we have for now :) #also CANEZA SUPREMACY HE DOES OF COURSE HAVE HIS CANE #also Cape design is inspired by a design Jackie_Mae has done for him because her Philza is cool as hell #the beads are Chayanne and Tallulah coloured for my designs of them :D #caneza #and there is a small reference to theellipelli 's Syndicape concept for his cape interior I thought it was fun :) #ugh today was not a good art day but I guess that's just how it goes

[fromtheseventhhell]

I want to make a longer post about this someday but: I think Arya's TWOW arc is going to include her coming to terms with her identity as a Lady. This has been an ongoing conflict with her since her first chapter and I think her flowering in winds is going to mark a turning point. The theory of her having an apprenticeship with the courtesans holds a lot of weight and the idea of Arya going through puberty among a group of unconventional women she's fostered a positive relationship with is just too perfect. It would really have an impact on Arya reconciling her personal idea of what a Lady should be. There's also a lot that she could learn from them in terms of courtesies, communication, appearances, body-language, etc. that would elevate her current skill-set and ways her relationship with them could push the plot.

Not to mention she will undoubtedly reclaim her identity as Arya Stark, and her being a Lady is inseparable from that. Arya Stark is a Lady Stark and being a Lady is a social position, not a measure of how well someone preforms feminine tasks. She shouldn't have to relinquish her position because she doesn't fit patriarchal standards. That's not to say that she's ever going to be the perfect example of a traditional Lady but what I think will happen is that she becomes capable of playing the part. She plays several identities throughout the series but she's always been Arya underneath, so I think it's appropriate that she learns to adopt a "persona" that's part of her. Her remembering Ned putting on his "Lord's face" (+ the various examples of other characters being separate from their ruling persona) makes me think that Arya will be donning her "Lady's face" when she makes a return to Westeros.

#arya stark #asoiaf #twow speculations #Arya has been through so much traumatic shit and I think her flowering is going to bring up a lot of her self-esteem issues #I just really need her surrounded by kind older women when that happens so she can have some comfort #George saying her arc in braavos could be the plot of a YA novel?? definitely makes me think she's going to grow up a lot there #she's already one of the most mature characters so I think part of it's going to be her accepting her duty as a Stark Lady #she wants to help and protect people and the best way she can do that is if she has political power #She could learn that first hand in TWOW #possibly through her finding out about her marriage??? and meeting Jeyne in Braavos?? #and before someone says it courtesans are so much more then sex work so I don't want to hear it #they are such a big part of Braavosi high life...they're cultured and connected with very important people #I just have so many thoughts on the subject cause I think her apprenticeship with them will serve multiple purposes #the faceless men and their plans...the iron bank...the sealord...It's all connected and I think her apprenticeship with them will kick off #the braavos plot and could mark the beginning of the end of her time with the faceless men and in braavosi #half a boy half a wolf pup -> half a lady half a wolf #I think her current skillset fits well and it's likely she'll learn even more in TWOW #Arya defining her own role as a Lady and becoming comfortable means so much to me

[luna-mad-talks]

Eliatropes as Angels AU

That's it. That's the post

#This started out as me wanting to see Oropo as that Fallen Angel painting #But then I thought. Hm. Wings made purely from the energy of life. Goddess mom and Dragon God father and their children #Protectors and Warriors and Outlanders #Many similar subjects lead by a greater force (Idk how to word this one) #Nature/natural lovers and ancient demigods #I think we can call them that #A race older than...time apparently #Kinda forgot the difference between Eliotrope and Eliatrope but im kinda thinking the former are subspecies #I know very little lore #Oh and also with this AU they can be otherworldly and eldritch :D #wakfu #wakfu yugo #yugo wakfu #yugo the eliatrope #eliatrope #fic ideas #The Chaos of a Writer

[sporkberries]

no but genuinely i think about the arcade gannon legion ending so fucking much its on my brain all the time. I think its one of my favourite endings in the game and it’s not because it’s a “good” ending. its an awful tragic one. It manages in just a few sentences to expand on both Arcade and Caesar’s characters in really interesting ways. Caesar not only kept Arcade alive for years but MOURNED him. I think it says something about how completely lonely Caesar is. Joshua is gone and sure Caesar has his “subjects” but those aren’t people he can confide in or discuss with. Not only because they see him more as a god than a man but due to the Anti-Intellectualism he himself has fostered in the Legion. And that’s not even getting into Arcade’s own personal tragedy here. Someone who values personal freedom so much being enslaved and offing themselves so brutally at his first opportunity. Seeing everything he believed in everything he hoped for burnt down in flames. “do no harm”, Arcade the philosopher vs Arcade the physician vs Arcade the man.

#no body look at me im going through things #i have so many thoughts on this subject specifically #i love u arcade #arcade gannon #fallout new vegas #spork says stuff #edward sallow #fnv #sui #slavery tw

[uncanny-tranny]

This might be controversial to some, but you cannot "tough love" your way to preventing suicide. You cannot have the attitude that people who complete suicide are selfish or are ungrateful or immature. If your mindset about suicide isn't coming from compassion rather than judgment, it won't help suicidal people. You will never help us with a slap on the wrist and a lecture about how we're awful for even thinking about completing suicide.

Suicide intervention starts with compassion and care.

#mental health #mental health advocacy #suicide #suicide tw #suicide mention tw #death tw #ask to tag (genuine) #since i have a foreboding feeling about this: please do not clown on this post thank you #my dad and i had a discussion about this and some of his stories made me sick... #...like he took a course on assisting and intervening those who are about to or are thinking of completing suicide... #...and they asked everybody in the class what they thought about suicide... #...and he said SO many people were saying how awful and selfish it was and holy fuck i was so angry hearing that... #...and i'm glad he talked about how he said his answer was that he can't say if it's bad or not... #i tried to include as many tags as i could but let me know if there are any i ought to include #genuinely i despise the way a lot of people talk about this subject. makes me sick to my stomach #i feel déjà vu writing about this so i may well have made a post like this. oh well though. too important to me

[ofstarsandmoonlightt]

Oh Cassie knew what she was doing alright

#barely finished the prologue and i have so many thoughts #yall will be subjected to my ramblings #like i know #no one wants to hear my thoughts #ya literature #ya books #ya lit #ya fiction #cassandra clare #tsc #shadowhunters #the shadowhunter chronicles #kit herondale #tda #lady midnight #the dark artifices #johnny rook

[butcharium]

I'm going to write more coherently about this later but I want to say briefly that even though butches do not operate within the general standards of what's considered good/nice/acceptable clothing for women we still can and do very much care about our appearance even if it's in our own way, and it really annoys me how often this isn't recognized.

#i saw a post i didnt like and ive seen so many like it before #but my girlfriend is shirtless rn so the longer thought out post on this subject can wait for later haha #butch #butch femme #lesbian #musings

[girlgerard]

mommm white people on tumblr are misconstruing my posts again despite the post being entirely about how important wording is + how i don’t feel comfortable posting large statements when i haven’t fully processed them yet.

#if you want to put me on a blocklist for loving netanyahu you can! i don’t! and no matter how many times i get told i do #i still don’t! #i literally said i hope his balls get cut off IN THAT POST #i don’t know how that read as unclear. #perhaps there are no hidden genocidal messages behind the wording of my tumblr posts - who knows! #when i said i cared about every single civilian living in that land i meant it. if you decide that i actually don’t that’s not my problem #if you somehow took my words and decided that what i really meant is that i’m a government bootlicker who loves murder #you can do that all you want. it won’t make it true and it won’t help save any lives #i was in ramallah and jerusalem six months ago. have you gone? #if the answer is no maybe think about that for a second #moreover if you’re viewing this from a purely racial or religious framework you have no idea how to navigate this subject #i don’t view israel and palestine through which government i want to back. why the fuck would i do that #palestinians and jews and everyone else in that land is who i care about. i care about gazans #if that’s not enough of ‘a side’ for you i don’t really think there’s much of a conversation to be had. #do you think i wake up every day NOT thinking about gaza? do you think i wouldn’t feel nauseous every second of every day because of gaza? #do you think that within everything i’m saying that the most logical conclusion would be to post all of my thoughts on tumblr? #because if you think any of that we’re not going to have a productive conversation. i don’t take kindly to being told my own emotions

[signanothername]

Yes boy, fule that rage using that suffocating fear that’s clouding your senses

#Josuke’s rage is so fascinating to me #like on one hand there’s that rage rage like when someone insults his hair #but then there’s that fear rage that he puts on as a facade to keep the overwhelming fear at bay #almost gaslighting himself that he’s angry and not scared #he uses anger almost as ​a coping mechanism if you will #ugh i have so many thoughts about this subject and how it’s linked to both his life in general and how it contrasts with his kindness #i wanna ramble about it so bad but idk dhdhhdhd #anothers art #diamond is unbreakable #josuke higashikata #jjba #jjba fanart #jjba josuke #jojo #jojo fanart #jojo josuke #jjba part 4 #jojo part 4 #jojo’s bizarre adventure #jjba diamond is unbreakable #blood #blood cw #blood tw

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

Heya! Was this the piece you were talking about?

Seems to be from someone going by seyorrol

YES!!!!!!

HOLY SHIT YES THERE IT IS!!!! THANK YOU LOVE YOU YOU'RE AMAZING MWAH MWAH MWAH

#it looks like they're no longer on tumblr so no WONDER i couldnt find it!! #i vividly remember rb-ing from the original artist and checking their tags #bc my immediate thought seeing this was 'oh theyre fuckin lmao' #but then the notes were like 'theyre fighting' #but i checked the og tags and I Was Right <3 #god this is SO FUCKING PRETTY #the details the sheer level of it w/o being cluttered #the colors the composition the Very unique subject of the work #the flow of motion the EVERYTHINGGGGGG #rambles from the bog #i have seen many a work of art but this one... man... it speaks to me somehow #i dont think i can put into words how it makes me feel #i look at this and sigh dreamily. Peak Art imo #its my kinda shit! maximalist! unique! 'weird'! abstract! #its the kind of artwork i'd stand and stare at for a prolonged length of time #and theres yk! a Story behind it! #i would love to know it.... #found their deviantart all their stuff is Stunning #talk about a rich inner world holy shit... #WAIT wait wait wait can i get a link to the original image???