#maybe the scale is just wrong

[tswwwit]

Not sure if this has been brought up before but, Billdip with a pet?

Neither of them really seem like Pet guys to me, more like Stuff In Jars kinda guys. But maybe petsitting for Mabel or someone else? I think the minute Dipper showed any affection for something other than Bill he would get really jealous and Dipper would think it's very funny and very annoying. I specifically like the idea of Bill vs a cat bc I think they would HATE him on instinct and they'd definitely hiss at eachother. Bill's very much of the opinion that pets are useless brainless hunks of flesh that eat your food, but he's also got very little competition in terms of Affection coming from Dipper and if HE doesn't get pets and treats, neither does this stupid creature that skulks around the house eating spiders and ripping up the carpet. That's BILL'S job

They really are both kinda Stuff In Jars guys, aren't they?

That being said, Dipper's absolutely the type to get suckered in by something cute if it showed him attention and affection. Likely he found it on the street, or rescued it from a monster; then of course claim he'd only keep it for like a day before bringing it to a shelter. Maybe two.

And he would, too! He is Responsible™ and wouldn't want to introduce a poor innocent animal to the vicinity of Bill.

UNLESS said creature was very Clever and Conniving and wormed its way into his heart, using all kinds of dastardly tricks and loving affection. Then two days turns into three, and to a week, until Bill knows with Dread Certainty that this slimy little hairball is here to stay.

It's probably a cat, let's be honest.

If for no other reason that Bill doesn't seem at all like a Dog Person. If he had to take that thing for WALKS and PICK UP after it, it'd be about two hours before he 'accidentally' left the door open during hours of heavy traffic - whereas a cat is standoffish and independent enough that they can safely spend their days ignoring each other in the same room.

But you just KNOW that he seethes with jealousy anytime Dipper gives that miserable feline a gentle kiss on the forehead.

#answers #See this is where you went wrong Dipper #You shoulda put Bill and the cat in separate rooms so they could sniff each other under the door and get used to each other that way first #So they don't immediately get all hissy at each other #The cat and Bill basically are roommates on chilly terms #Bill sees little benefit to the animal but Dipper really loves it so *shrug* #Can't just toss it in the closest Many-Devourer's gaping maw #Though maybe he does warm up to the thing in some ways! #Gotta admit it's a great accessory to have in his lap and pet while he's giving a menacing villain speech #Since Dipper never agrees to do it instead :( #Bill in turn has such very very tempting sunbeamlike body heat so the cat might Use him for Warmth on occasion #Oh! But Bill 100% warms up quicker if there's something Weird about the kitty #Like if it has scales or breathes fire or has pharyngeal jaws #He very much approves of that

[midnight-in-town]

Weirdly enough, I’m with Twilight on this, not necessarily on the setup possibility, but on the idea that Melinda’s fishy and that, maybe, she figured out who Yor was (Anya’s mom/Loid’s wife) as she initially invited her to come along. 

After all, the main theme of this story is about fake identities, lies and deceiving others. Since the Desmonds and the Forgers are clearly mirroring each other narratively speaking, as the antagonists vs main characters, it just wouldn’t surprise me if Donovan and Melinda were as untraditional, as a married couple, as Loid and Yor are. 

Let me explain: until two weeks ago, almost no reader really thought Melinda would appear any time soon nor that she would be as relevant as she’s turning out to be. Why is that? Because Sensei had a lot of fun so far writing a story in which Berlint’s high society is depicted as very traditional (with the men having the important jobs while women... idk, take care of the house or go shopping?).

Of course, that’s something the made-up family of Loid, Yor and Anya only pretends to live up to, as they subvert all these tropes with pride. For example, Loid is the one who cooks and sews, Yor is the strongest character in the whole series and Anya’s on a whole other level of "gifted”. 

That’s why I just wouldn’t be surprised if the Desmond family only pretended to be on the same level of “traditional” that the rest of their peers expect them to be, only for Melinda to weigh as heavily in the plot as her husband (if not more!). 

In other words, sure, Donovan Desmond is the head of an ultra nationalist conservative party, but does this mean Melinda was just introduced to play the dutiful wife act?

maybe (after all, WISE has nothing on her and she does sound lonely, with most of her friends being from before she was First Lady)

but maybe not because that’s only a cover that she deceives others with, as she plays a big part in her husband’s war plans or in an entirely different business

TL;DR

If the ladies are actually stronger and scarier than their husband in this series, then Melinda is a real foe we’ll have to watch out for, as a good match up for Yor.

Stay tuned, this chapter was insane lmao.

#spy x family #melinda desmond #yor forger #loid forger #donovan desmond #anya forger #damian desmond #sxf theory #my analysis #sxf66 #someone asked me whether Melinda is shaking or actually trying to stifle a laugh in this last scene #and i have no freaking idea because she's really tough to read #that's why i'd rather be on the safe side by suspecting her as much as Donovan #the lack of parenting might not be Donovan being a super strict dude she maybe doesn't give a damn either because she'd rather plan for war #waiting for the plot twist when Donovan reveals he did all this because he was truly inspired by his wife's ideals #or maybe sensei is not that untraditional and Melinda just is quite invested in her husband's ideas #but i love the idea that it's the other way around because for example Yor and Garden are on a much more dangerous scale than Wise and Loid #even if ultimately the story is really about Loid's mission #all that to say for now I think Melinda is as equally shady as Donovan and sensei can prove me right or wrong whenever

[buggbuzz]

my gender is like meat leaf i think. boy materials in the structure of girl. like im a girl made out of boy things but not in a transman way like i like being female im just. a girl-leaning boygirl. maybe??

#u dont understand ive been insisting to all of my friends for like 6 years that im NOT a trans man #i cannot be proven wrong at this point i'll lose it #and anyways im not actually a guy #im definitely a girl just like. a type of girl that scientists haven't discovered yet #and that sounds like a joke but im soooo fucking serious #im a fucking student geneticist dude #i think theres some autosomal gene (or probably multiple) that regulate gender in convoluted ways #probably linked and i think there's probably multiple types of fem and masc genders not to mention non fem OR masc genders #codominant? incomplete dominance? is it different on different scales? #its a completely possible and furthermore plausible concept like from my perspective it'd be really weird if gender genetics weren't a thing #i think theyve already lowkey been proven to be a thing cause of that paper comparing trans brains to cis brains #& finding a link where trans men had a certain section that was the same as cis men #and that same section in trans women was the same in cis women #its an OLD study too #anyways i want to research this one day but i also dont because i dont trust humanity with that information #but if i found proof that it exists maybe it could seriously back trans people with scientific evidence #not that they should fucking NEED it testimony should be fucking good enough #ive been bio obsessed since i was born and im a natural skeptic #but when i was 11 i asked a trans person i knew like 2 fucking questions and they answered me and i was like 'yeah this makes sense' #figured anything that didnt make sense was just something i didnt understand yet #and now that im older and in college level biology and genetics classes i know i was right #it would be really really weird if trans people didnt exist did you know that? all the kinds too like nb genderfluid agender genderq demi #i dont fucking care it makes SENSE #'nonbinary' was a good term to adopt because it really just fits perfectly #nothing in biology is ever ever ever truly binary especially not a neurological and psychological phenomenon #especially not in a species with a brain so overly complex and tangled up like HOMO SAPIENS?? #are you kidding?? the fact that we even have a concept of art and music let alone have talents and passions for them is proof alone dude #that shit doesn't help us survive its a modified version of pattern recognition and uncanny valley #combine that shit with the fact that intersex people exist?? like #nonbinary gender is literally the combination of intersexuality and human neurology

[mumblesplash]

so as limited life has progressed there is a very funny very specific stupid thing my brain has been doing and i think this is the best way to put it:

#limited life #limited life spoilers #smajor95 #it’s not like this is fair or reasonable it’s just me being insane #literally any other cc nudges fans toward specific imagery and the oppositional gremlin lobe of my brain is like ‘you KICK artist???????? #‘you demand FREE images like the bad commission client??????? jail!!! jail for aTHOUSAND years!!!1!!’ #and then scott all but says ‘i think you guys should start drawing me with more scales and maybe gills :)’ #and for some reason i’m just like ‘that is a GREAT point whatever you say king’ #i think it might be something about the fact that he seems like he really understands what’s FUN for fanartists #so it feels more like he’s offering something than requesting something #i’m not saying this is actually the case and the other ccs aren't doing anything wrong #i’m just speculating as to why scott specifically doesn’t activate my ‘well now i am not doing it’ response

[pepsinister]

Lots of reactions to today’s Staff post, so here’s another one in the ring.

I’m not so alarmist as to think that the changes Staff laid out today are going to kill tumblr, I think they’ll annoy most of us and drop a few users but ultimately blow over because they’re less egregious than what every other site is up to right now. Also, even though I don’t like the changes, I do like the way Staff is publicizing them.

But I do see a clear pattern in Tumblr’s recent moves - bolder merchandise marketing via Emporium, scrambling for engagement metrics with Tumblr Live, more aggressive prompts to sign in to see content, etcetera. Some members of staff have even publicly said outright that tumblr needs to start making money. What this pattern tells me is that Tumblr as a business entity has probably been given a deadline by which to become profitable or at least financially break even, and what we’re seeing is an aggressive push to meet that goal.

I don’t think Tumblr is going to work out the secret recipe to profitable social media, nobody except Facebook ever has, and nobody else is in the niche that Facebook is in. The secret recipe probably just doesn’t exist outside of that niche. Everything else that any of us do on social media is costing somebody a TON of money that they want to one day recoup.

So my guess is that Tumblr is going to shut down in the near future, not because of these unpopular changes but the other way around.

#other thoughts: #the various fediverses springing up are cool but I don’t expect them to last #not at large scale at least #they’re just taking the social media profitability problem and dividing it up into little unprofitable chunks #other other thoughts: #Reddit’s CEO said last month that they’re not profitable AND that he wants to follow Musk’s Twitter strategy #On it’s face it sounds charitably completely boneheaded #but maybe to a non-layperson perspective Musk is making the right moves? #which would make Twitter maybe the BEST CASE scenario for non-Facebook social media #which is. sad. #Also. I don’t mean ‘near future’ as in like next week. probably a year or two. or more or less #Also also. I’m just some guy! Would be thrilled to be wrong here

[aroaessidhe]

2023 reads // twitter thread  

Some Desperate Glory

adult scifi about a girl raised on a military station with last of humanity, trained to avenge the destruction of earth

but when she’s assigned a place she didn’t expect, she escapes with a captive alien & her brother’s genius friend intending to fight anyway, and discovers much more about the complexities of the universe

twisty and unpredictable

#Some Desperate Glory #aroaessidhe 2023 reads #well! I enjoyed this overall it's pretty wild #the MC is…very horrible initially. like it is very obvious cult programming but oof #it’s very…….small scale narrative with large scale effects? #like the space opera marketing feels wrong. TECHNICALLY it's a space opera setting but like. they go two places basically. small cast. #it's hard to like explain what it's about without spoiling things #I feel like…..I did want more of. anything else in the world. detail of HOW the weird scifi time things happened #but also if it had gone wider maybe the core narrative would have gotten lost and it probably would have fallen apart #also the convenient helpful adults at the end is very deus ex machina lmao #did love the friendships and MC's development! #no romance #← she goes on a date and side characters have a bit of a thing but it’s more just. about personal queerness than any actual romance? #though I’ve seen someone say her relationship with [spoiler] is a romance which I am. very confused about but okay #also. that girl on the cover is NOT an ‘enormous’ bred-to-be-a-fighter lmao #lgbtq books

[badolmen]

I really feel like some of you genuinely think that if all billionaires died tomorrow the world would magically be a better place. Their wealth doesn’t come with a will ensuring it’s redistributed fairly across the planet - it goes to their kin or organizations of their choice. The systems that allowed such vile people to maintain their status will still exist. 4 dead billionaires isn’t this victory you think it is - there’s 4 new billionaires inheriting their wealth and status. Killing every billionaire would just shuffle the pieces and players, it wouldn’t change the game.

#ra speaks #personal #sorry last I’ll post abt this until there’s some closure on the OceanGate issue #but like. ‘why should I care??’ well a dead billionaire is a dead body but a living one can still make choices #and a traumatized living billionaire may be reminded of their mortal humanity enough to see how they live the way we see it #and maybe. just maybe. channel all of that wealth into actual functional good in the world. #i’ve said it before and i’ll say it again #if your solution begins and ends with ‘bad people should die’ you are at best ignorant to how poor of an ethical code that is or at worst #knowingly encouraging the perpetuation of the current system where ‘bad’ is anyone inconvenient to the current authorities #violence does solve some problems! but not one of this scale and systemic magnitude! there is no glorious revolution! #there are only small victories won for by small acts by small people! #is it so wrong to imagine that someone of greater status in the hellmachine of capitalism may be able to win greater victories #should some event reopen their hearts and eyes to the horrors they have created and perpetuated?

[supercantaloupe]

finding a verdi opera that i will unambiguously love is like my holy grail. my white whale. my bigfoot. she's out there somewhere, probably

#of all the ones i've seen so far my reactions have only ranged from #'...okay' to 'myeah that was preddy good' #(don carlo and traviata at opposing ends of the scale) #guys i want to like verdi i really do....maybe i'm just watching the wrong operas.... #but GD there are so many. i want to find one i actually genuinely love but there are so many. do i have to watch all of these. #trovatore and rigoletto are next on my list but i'll be honest w u it is hard to motivate myself to watch new verdi #since up to this point even the ones i've mostly enjoyed i haven't felt any real urge to revisit at all #or at worst they baffle and confound me in various manners... #eugh enough tag rambling for now. the real thing holding me back is finals season #mutuals hmu i guess in may if you want to stream trovatore and/or rigoletto at some point #doing w/ friends is the best way to get me to actually get off my ass and do something... #sasha speaks

[possiblytracker]

caught between feeling too nauseous to eat and weighing up whether i really want to risk going hungry and unlocking Nausea² in the middle of a 3 hour intensive examination

#people arent awake so im just nervousposting here now hi #this morning has been Fucked i got up at 6 to finish studying #had a conversation with a classmate and found out id been reading THE WRONG QUESTION SHEET #lost my shit bc i was struggling to get material for 3 whole essays anyway and was already on the verge of giving up and just writing 2 #managed to hold back a full scale panic until i could read the actual questions and assess the damage #turns out they are both better and easier on the actual exam and i now actually DO have material for 3 essays so. winning? #most dramatic and anticlimatic exam fuckup i have ever had. what a goddamn way to end my academic career #1 hour to go and i will be. well i will be Something (a little bit dead) #3 essays! in 3 hours! from memory! just crucify me in the streets next time/j #i need a long nap when this is over then maybe i will process it better as well

[morayofsunshine]

also i've always been a little devastated over the lyrics to adam & steve bc it's a very empowering song but it's made as a response to such visceral emotional cruelty and it chokes me up to think about what it must be like to be subjected to that

#i've never really had queer identity related religious guilt bc i stopped believing in christian ideology #before i considered that i might not be straight #i've only been visibly targeted by homophobes for religious reasons maybe twice by just a couple of people #and i'm only out to friends family and anyone i don't think will hate crime me basically #so i can't imagine being subjected to that scale and specificity of right wing christian bigoted hate #this song is basically screaming 'NO FUCK YOU YOU'RE WRONG GOD FUCKING LOVES ME' and it's incredible #but the conditions in society that led to it being written just break my heart #dorian electra

[merry-the-cookie]

I realize this is a bit of a longshot but did you ever make any deh acrylic charms?? I desperately wanna buy one from ya if im able

dude i am very sorry to say but you are like six years late for that fjdhHFJSJDJ thats very kind though, but yeah im not restocking those :’) thank you tho, sorry!!

#edit: if u wanna make yourself a keychain for purely personal and non financial reasons dude ill send you a file #it was my first time making merch and it went terribly #for me at least #horrible experience very bad money managing on my part lowkey got backstabbed by someone i considered a friend #ended up paying outta pocket for the shipping and tbh also maybe half of the production costs fjfksjf Bad i tell you!!! #and the mental anguish of the designing process idk why dude i think this was one of the most stressful experiences of my life #learned a lot tho! #traumatized me out of doing merch for five good years but learned a lot!!!! #thankfully it was on a smaller scale than the 5sos charms lmfao #but yeah anyway im very sorry i appreciate it but i have a little too many bad memories about the whole deh experience and fandom and. well #everything about that time to even think about ever restocking 🧍 #anon #ask #sorry bout the whole oversharing just on ur ask btw gjdjHDJSJS u did nothin wrong im rlly flattered!!! it just unlocked a memory fjdjHDJAHDH

[littledeadling]

Cant get over how hard they’re biffing it with the Mandalorian. God. Ouchie

#THEY HAD THE PERFECT SHOW GOING & THEY RUINED ITTTT #s3 should have been him on his own slowly realizing he can’t live without Grogu /knowing he’d never be able to see him again #and ON SCREEN we see him go back to argue w the Jedi & take him home. beautiful family reunion ON SCREEN. w the BREATHING ROOM IT DESERVES #& both of them learn to value each other & their connection more than anything else. #& Din’s repression & rigid barriers are slowly but surely eroding #it should have been a story abt how not everything needs to be tied up in destiny & the skywalkers!!! #it should have been the story that demonstrated that star wars could be more & the world can have space for different types of stories! #smaller scale stories! #bitch this bro literally does not care about the darksaber or any of that shit?! #he should have left that thing on the ground somewhere and dipped. or dropped it in the ocean #Now Din is just a guy who doesnt care abt the marvel plot he’s stuck in. *jenny Nicholson voice* oh what a good trait for a protagonist!!!! #they didn’t stop at any point and go hm... maybe that means we’re taking this in the wrong direction????? #literally so stupid #it should be about Din realizing he craves love and connection more than he is beholden to his creed #and going back to Tatooine to fuck a cowboy sloppy style #who said that #bz bz #mandoposting #oogh do u see why i had to go and write a 10k+ word fic to do something about all this #if u agree w me i think u moight loike it 🤭

[adara-et-al]

nothing quite like world-building to remind you how big the earth is, and how fucking incredible the forces of nature are. Like how big does a continent on a planet really need to be?

#I think i had it right when I said my map was the wrong scale #Like maybe there's just a fuckton of ocean and just not that much land did i ever think of *that*????? huh??? #the planet's kind of dumb-shaped if true tho #like talk about oblate spheroid my planet's got a lil pointy hat called its land #assuming you take the water away but since that's held there by gravity it's nearly a sphere and also like #there's ice. there's a lot of ice #practically half the damn planet if i have my druthers #okay actually no that...fixes it #my land can be small because it's only 1/2 a planet the other half is too cold and dark to live on #A+ me we did it

[g0reoz]

actually the real reason i'm a xhaka kinnie is the fact that i love hangin out with old people. and old people generally love me! and if someone was a little bitch i would probably threaten to let their grandpa live at my house too if we're being completely honest

#NOT TO BE AN APOLOGIST BUT HE DID NOTHING WRONG. NOTHING #i mean ! this is also half joking because there are many many reasons i'm at the point where i can't even beat the allegations. #silliest guy ever. Annoying Ass Hyena Cackle. perfectionist to the point of self destruction. violently protective of friends. loves food. #really fuckin into red and yellow. propensity for suddenly getting really dramatic and sentimental. bit of a dumbass. #enters large scale competitions for specific side hobby. holds people to standards they've set for themselves. the list goes on and on :] #anyways yeag👍 me for real! though i'm fuckin sobbing over the fact that i don't have sharp teeth. except for the fact that then it would- #-hurt when i bite even if it was gentle. so maybe not :( #what the fuck am i even talking about i blacked out and there's just a paragraph. anyways i love this stupid fuckin guy #...and also old people. this whole thing was actually brought on by the fact that i was at crochet club party w old ladies #i thought i was gonna go and work on my cousin's blanket. actually spent like 2 hours playing bingo and talking and being fed treats :3 #.woof.

[acanthemp3]

does anyone else feel like whenever they make art out of their own experiences theyre just lying

#sorry im in a weird mood after todays crit #the prof was like wow i feel like im seeing the world thru ur eyes this must have been so vulnerable for you to make... #really gives you perspective of what some people go through every day..... #but i was just sitting ther elike. it feels like im exploiting myself playing up aspects of my own 'pain' like theyre some unique thing #but instead of bringing out any shared experience or universal truth im just getting on a stage and yelling woe is me... #hm maybe its just the specific medium of long form video thats fucking me up im only made to express myself in still images :/ #or maybe this is a deeper issue and i just have no fucking idea who i am and im completely unable to introspect and empathize with others #like the scale that people use to measure our experiences with other peoples is just broken for me #hold up is this why therapy never worked for me. people putting emotions into words never connects so thats why i can never talk abt them #idk i feel like the whole reason i do art is to share how i feel without all the pesky fucking language but critiques just shatter that #and i realize how stupid and pointless it actually was because there were words for that hte whole time. #and im using the wrong words and the wrong images and im just a fucking idiot who cant read a room #anyways. i should delete this later. and probably go back to therapy. #angel.txt