#muse rambles

[shytidalwavebanana]

#muse rambles #luke james #body girl #own post #daniela calle #buffyverse #grumpy #gratuit #rvb

[dark-angel-of-muses]

@breannasfluff and I were making memes and then I made this and was told to post it. Writers gave you writing, so you can give them a lil something back and everyone did a kindness for each other and is happier :D

#fanfic #meta #muse rambles

[jichulichu]

hey girl, is your name mirage ultrakill? because you changed my life and I took your gender

#muse rambles #ultrakill #sure. yeah

[chequerootlurks]

Star Trek Fan Theory:

I firmly believe that the El-Aurians were once of the same species the the Q.

For whatever reason, the El Aurians chose to renounce their immortality, and chose to no longer use their powers. Or maybe the surrendered them as they left. (Like the Amish or Mennonites rejecting English culture.)

Regardless of how it came to pass, it is canon that the El-Aurians and the Q had a war or similar event, something that could hardly be possible -unless!- they could be a match for the Q. This split probably happened millions (billions?) of years ago. We know Guinan is more than half a millennia old; we also know from canon that her parents are alive and well. It’s not unreasonable to assume a 4,000+ lifespan for El-Aurians. Possibly much longer.

It is canon that El-Aurians can manipulate the appearance of their age, and that they are sensitive to space-time disruptions. They also come in a wide variety of shapes, sizes, and skin tones.

I don’t believe they are the hypothesized ‘founders,’ progenitors for the humanoid races of the Alpha Quadrant.

There is no evidence that El-Aurians can interbreed with other races. I don’t personally think they could. I headcanon that they have a 4-strand DNA helix that makes them utterly incompatible with the 2-strand, 48 chromosome genetics of humans, vulcans, klingons, romulans, etc.

I think the Q known from TNG and Guinan have a history that goes back to the schism, or on Guinan’s side at least, very close to it. Maybe her grandparents were members of the Q Continuum.

It is canon that she’s met many Q entities, and describes some as “almost respectable.”

I say “schism,” rather than “civil war,” because I don’t think the El-Aurian split caused a war; not exactly. Maybe individual battles here and there, sect against sect, family member against family member. I think the El-Aurian Schism caused a lot of hostility between the Listeners (El-Aurian), and the Wielders (Continuum). — Think the strife between parents and their adult children when one says “screw tradition! I’m going to go be a [hippy, artist, etc],” when the parents insisted the child become a doctor or lawyer.

El-Aurians will always have extrasensory ability to sense Q entities, and vice versa. They might’ve lost their powers in the traditional sense, but I believe them more than capable of using a Q’s own force against it. — Think martial arts: it’s not about being the most bad-ass, it’s about directing your opponent’s force back at them.

Q is scared of Guinan because he knows he can’t hurt her. She can’t hurt him offensively, but were he to try -anything!- at her she’s pivot the force and basically send it right back at Q kung-fu style.

He couldn’t teleport her out of the ship and into deep space. (He could destroy the ship with her in it, but that’s not his motivation.) He probably introduced the Borg to her group because it was a way to attempt to eliminate her / the group of El-Aurians she was running with.

Why does he have a particular dislike towards her / her family group? Well, who knows. Maybe they were cousins, or maybe he was there when the Schism happened. Maybe before Guinan or her group left, they did some harm to Q, or to his pride. Maybe he vouched for them, and felt betrayed when they left.

Personally, I think whatever harm she did to him was against his ego, not physical.

Anyhow that’s just my theory; but I’m sticking with it until disproven.

#star trek q #star trek fan theory #star trek headcanon #q continuum #el-aurian #el aurian #guinan #Q #muse rambles

[paemeolp]

ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ Muses

The boys Universe

FC:Emily Browning

Name: Grace Riley Collins

Occupation: Ryan's Babysitter

Grace was hired by Vought because of her harmless and naive appearance might be a chance for the company to win points with the public. The young woman, a 24 year old pedagogy graduate, looked for jobs everywhere and luckily found one at a company as large as Vought, believing that looking after Ryan would be an easy job, having to follow relatively simple rules. One of them being: Do not interact with Homelander if he does not interact first.

Grace is a kind, patient and helpful woman. She was raised in a small town so doesn't have as much interest or knowledge about Supers, and doesn't seem to seek more knowledge now that she has moved to the big city. Described by many as someone who seeks to understand everyone's side of things, even those who have hurt her. Grace is friendly, and has stayed very close to Ryan, hoping to be one of the few good influences on the heir to Homelander.

Theme Music: The Chapel, By Madylin Mei

Batman Universe

FC: Elle Fanning

Name: Thea Astrite Parveao

Occupation: Diamond Magnate

Thea is known for many things in Gotham: The Angel of the Cursed City, the Princess of Gotham, and among other exaggerated titles. The heir to the Parveao family's wealth, Thea is the adopted daughter of the now deceased Pierre Parveao. Little is known of where the young woman comes from, only that she had the great good fortune to be chosen to be the daughter of the barren couple and have a good life until one of them died. She organizes most of Gotham's charity events, and is a big donor to NGOs that help women and children.

Thea is an elegant, quiet woman who possesses an air of coolness. She is described as a precious stone which once had its rough form but now is nothing more than a molded diamond, perfect to be exposed to the population. She gives a secretive aura, like she's hiding more about herself than it's known.

Theme music: Dead To Me, By Kali Uchis

Historical

FC: Carey Mulligan

Name: Mildred Mauve Odcliff

Title: Duchess

The eldest daughter of the Odcliff household, Mildred has had to mature early and prepare herself to honor her family with a good marriage. She appears to be an empty girl, without much interest beyond what the other girls talk about, but this is only the consequence of years of censoring herself so that the house is not looked down upon, and her reputation is not thrown away. Mildred likes poetry, books about travel, and sweets (specifically pies) she likes gardens and her favorite flower is anemones.

A gentle and quiet young woman, she strives to be seen as helpful and important to her family, dislikes disrespect, and is easily angered or frightened by fights or sudden sounds.

Music Theme: Almost Idyllic, By Sleeping At Last.

#rp finder #discord roleplay #wanted ad #discord rp #roleplay partner finder #rp #the boys #batman #muse rp #muse rambles

[harrysscrapbook]

When the next time I will see you, probably I will lose the sense of other people there. Perhaps I will have the extreme euphoria of your presence that will fade the rest of the world just for a moment. Most importantly I will run towards you with my arms open, eyes twinkling and just hoping that this time I will hug you entirely and tell you how much I love you.

Because you know now that anytime could be last time!❤️

#last time #writing #writers on tumblr #poets on tumblr #new poets society #classic literature #musings #muse rambles #love #love poem #big hugs #hopelessness #hopes and dreams

[weepingtriumphblizzard]

#muse rambles #chubby belly #fettish #qwoc couples #krper #smut #me.jpg #backrubs #cis girls

[fat-slobby-gamers]

She has to remind her citizens that clothing isn't optional no matter how fat you are...

#muse: sally #mun speaks #muse rambles

[muse-writes]

second follower on here and it's a porn bot. shame.

#not writing #muse rambles

[grey-glass-panel]

Do you all ever feel like the quietness in the world is more of a blessing then a curse?

The world might be lonely, but only if you let it be lonely.

No zombie noises, no spiders hissing, no creepers hissing.

It might be empty, but you can fill it with the soft moos of cows, the gentle baa of sheep, the happy oinks and clucks of pigs and chickens.

The gentle sounds of water, the little fish swimming about.

The little noises bats make in caves, and the calming sound of villagers going about their days in the villages.

Golems making their way through the world and exploring.

The sounds of friends or family laughing

The gentle purr of a cat or the happy bark of a canine

The softness there is in the comfort of a blanket.

The world is yours to form, both in game and out of the game.

Make your choices wisely.

#minecraft #muse rambles

[dark-angel-of-muses]

Went back to play Skyward Sword, and I'd like to do an appreciation post for how expressive Link is in this game. It's better in motion, they give him a lot of good acting, but even in stills you can tell.

Sleepy boy

Look how happy he is to see Zelda

Surprised and terrified

Look how sad he is! Lool at the framing of the camera showing how much he cares about Zelda!!!

They really let him be disgusted and terrified of Ghirahim. He is so ready to bolt if his friend weren't at stake.

He's so angry and disappointed when he finds Zelda again only to be told he's a failure that doesn't deserve to see her because he was too late.

I love how they animate him jamming on his harp, he gets so into every song, you can see how he enjoys dueting with Fi a lot.

Can't forget this absolute gem, where he clearly has no idea what the hell Zelda is talking about. Either that or he is so physically unable to take a compliment he just blue screens. Either way, love this goofy child.

The moment he realized Zelda is trying to pay penance by being locked as a living seal on Demise, the desperation in his face as he runs up to her. *chefs kiss*

And then when he realizes she's Gone. It's so heartbreaking, and you can tell he needs that second to collect himself before he turns his back on her to continue on his quest. The sound design and voice acting really helps elevate this too.

Also! How much he loves music!!! Every time a dragon sings for Link, he basks in it, he loves listening and playing music so much and it's a really sweet detail they convey entirely through his expressions.

Look at them laughing together! He's so happy!!

And the pure unadulterated Rage when Ghirahim steals away Zelda.

They gave him a nose crinkle texture!! And the added dramatic lighting. Ghirahim my boy you done fucked up!

How much you can tell he Hates Demise. Beyond the times he was angry at Ghirahim, this is a cold, determined willingness to kill this so-called God that just took away Zelda from him.

This bittersweet expression, where he has to say Goodbye to Fi. You can tell he's happy this is all over, but conflicted at having to lose his friend, especially since Fi is essentially just taking over for Zelda here in an eternal slumber.

And even without dialogue options, you know Link's answer when Zelda essentially asks if he'll live with her on the surface together. You can see it's a resounding Yes.

#skyward sword #legend of zelda #loz #muse rambles

[jichulichu]

we gotta use doomed by the narratives characters more often to say stuff like "we'll have all the time in the world!" you won't, but i will, i'll have the burden of knowing you, remembering our time together, those words you spoke, and the moment i am freed from that responsibility but the moment you are forever memorialized in such responsibility, that's when i, and only i, will have all the time in the world, all the time in the world to have you live vicariously through me, and all the time in the world to mourn.

#muse rambles #instigated by me looking through pinterest and seeing a romani thing that fucking ripped me to shreds and i tormented satan-sama with this #wondering if i should tag this with the proper tags #uehhhh sure #fate/grand order #romani archaman #scheduling this so i forget about it

[chequerootlurks]

^ not my pic, but it might as well be.

These warnings are all over on I55 and I80. I can confirm as of yesterday [9/23/22]

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I blame the pandemic and societal stress for making so many people overly reactive.

*launches into a lengthy, science-backed monologue about captive animal behavior under stress, describing humans as captive animals due to the invisible leashes of financial obligation, lack of environmental mobility, etc etc*

Anyhow, yeah, humans under stress. Beware of Road Karens.

#chicagoland #muse rambles #the memes live #captive environment #animal behavior

[st-just]

On average, in general, today is still probably the single best time in history to be alive

Oh my god is that such a low fucking bar you have no idea everything is so fucking awful everywhere

#it's 2am and I'm rambling #musing

[elexuscal]

the longer i stay in fandom, the longer i think a huge amount of bad takes and discourse come from an... abundance of identifying with a character

to be clear, i don't think it's bad to identify with a character. far from it! i think that's part of what makes fiction so powerful.

and it's only logical people often attach to a blorbo because they're just like me, for real. a person will see some element of themselves-- their race, their gender, their sexuality, their hobbies, their family life, their specific flavour of neurodivergence-- and something just resonates. it gives them a way to explore and name this important part of themselves, a part they maybe didn't even know existed before it.

and everything is well and good until some split between them and the character shows up

because of course, no character, except an explicit self-insert written by yourself, will ever be a perfect 1:1 for your own experiences. so sooner or later-- maybe in canon, maybe in a fanwork-- your blorbo diverges from your lived experience in a huge way.

I think this is why shipping culture in particular gets so toxic. While it is by no means the only way to indulge with shipping, a significant portion is 'if i was in that character's shoes, i would choose X'. the fight becomes for your own self-identity.

but this gets expanded in other ways. a character who is revealed to be black when the majority of the fandom had just assumed they were white. or revealed to be queer, or maybe the 'wrong' flavour of queer. or fuck, even some more innocuous part of their backstory, one that's nonetheless so meaningful for SOMEONE, but now it feels like the story is saying, fuck you, we're doing something else

i don't know. i just feel acknowledging this perceived-attack-on-identity helps me understand why people react it what seems to be such outsized way to canon and fanworks alike.

at the same time, i think it's a really important thing to check in yourself.

it's nice, to see a character who you identify with. who resonates with for being like you. but it's also nice to acknowledge and appreciate the way characters are not like you at All. how great it is to get insight into this totally different lived experience. and to muse on how wonderful that recognition might be for someone who does have that background.

#i don't know this is rambly but i've been musing on this for a while #fandom #fiction #media analysis

[owenthetokencishet]

Warhammer 40,000 as a universe is trying to do the impossible.

Warhammer 40,000 is, broadly, a grim satire of fascism. It takes the fascist's worldview, all the xenophobia, conspiracism, hypernationalism, and militarism, and amplifies it to a galactically ridiculous scale.

"The Imperium of Man has ruled for 10,000 years, warring endlessly against heretics, traitors, aberrant humans, and aliens galore, all of whom are so wildly different from humanity that peaceful coexistence will simply never be possible. The only emotion stronger than our hatred of them is their hatred of us. So, we war. We war and war and battle and slaughter until the end of days. We throw our sacred human form, untainted by mutation or the hideous sciences of our ancestors, against the barbarian hordes by the millions, most of us dying in the process. We revere and worship the warriors elevated by the hand of our divine god-emperor, the apotheosis of our glorious, eternal state. These warriors, reborn in the Emperor's image with His sacred eugenics, to become the ultimate fighting men. And yes, they are all men. We are never safe, while we must constantly be defending our borders from our enemies, we must also be ever-vigilant within. Anybody, from our comrades on the front lines to our commanders, tech-priests, preachers, or politicians, could be a traitor. Nobody can ever TRULY be trusted, and those who truly are heretics, must not only be destroyed, but erased. They, and all memory of them must be eradicated. One heretic can sign the death warrant of his entire world, and sometimes, for the preservation of the human race, billions must die."

Warhammer 40k presents a world where all of this(asterisk) is true (VERY BIG ASTERISK)

Through this lens, a lot of the more... questionable aspects make sense.

T'au Empire Mind Control: The T'au are how fascists view liberals. They CANNOT understand that an integrated, multicultural society could ever POSSIBLY work. They cannot FATHOM that different communities can just... agree to work together, it HAS TO BE the woke mind virus. "Can you believe these fucking idiots tried to NEGOTIATE with TYRANIDS???? These fucking losers tried to make PEACE WITH ANOTHER RACE??? PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFT"

Why the chaos gods are what they are: The followers of chaos represent everyone of the 'ingroup' the fascist hates. Because nothing, not even their sacred ingroup, is sacred to the fascist. The followers of chaos are the germans who resisted, the jewish antizionist, the rebel (Khorne), the intellectual (Tzeentch), the sick and disabled (Nurgle), and the queer (Slaanesh). "There is no reason ANYBODY, ESPECIALLY not those of our sacred ingroup, could object to our glorious genocide. And the runts of the litter must be eliminated to not be a drain on the rest"

And EVEN WITHIN 40k, a lot of this is bullshit.

The T'au mind control thing is provably bullshit because the Farsight Enclaves exist. A whole T'au society that exists free from the apparent mid control of the ethereals

The imperium feeds as much into the chaos gods as the traitors do. A stagnant, decaying empire (Nurgle), with an incomprehensibly vast and byzantine bureaucratic structure (Tzeentch), where a select few live appallingly lush and lavish lives of hedonism and pleasure, completely detached from the people they're supposed to govern (Slaanesh), all for the purpose of making ever more destructive and bloody war with everybody else (Khorne)

There is evidence of peaceful human coexistence with xenos empires during the Dark Age of Technology, including one humanity CREATED, and many inquisitors and rogue traders will GLADLY incorporate xenos into their retinues. Trade and coexistence with aliens DOES still happen in the imperium.

Hell, the parody of fascism is in the very MECHANICS OF THE WHOLE LORE. Fascists don't believe in "facts" or "truth", if they did, they wouldn't be fascists. Therefore, in 40k, "Everything is canon, nothing is true". This allows players to EITHER

Think critically and try to connect the dots to form their best guess as to what "canon" is

Or buy wholly into one side or another's propaganda

And one of those groups is going to find a "truth" they can accept and treat as fact a LOT more quickly than the other.

40k lays out in perfectly plain low gothic, all of the bullshit and hypocrisies of the Imperium. They'll let entire sectors die in the interests of preserving human life. The way the imperial guard are lauded as heroes but treated worse than the lasguns in their hands. The way that in order to become a space marine, one of humanity's great guardian angels, you must have everything that makes you human either beaten out of you or surgically removed. The priests who worship science and technology viewing scientific progress as the most abhorrent of heresies. The divine worship of a man who scoured entire worlds for the crime of worshipping him as a god.

Actually hang on lemme derail the flow of this post and talk more about the emperor. The Emperor is the chief hypocrite in an empire of hypocrites. "I AM NOT A GOD" says the 10-foot-tall gleaming golden immortal psychic god-man, "NOW GO FORTH MY ANGELS ON YOUR GLORIOUS CRUSADE TO BRING SCIENCE AND REASON, and by science and reason I mean doing exactly what I say without question and turning a blind eye to fundamental truths of the universe, TO THIS BENIGHTED GALAXY"

The problem is that parodying fascism is impossible. Fascism is already so inherently, fundamentally ridiculous a worldview, for all the reasons explained above, that distinguishing sincerity from irony is nigh impossible.

If you, an antifascist, read The Turner Diaries, you will probably assume it's satire. The book ends with Earth as an irradiated hellsacpe where few can survive and nothing about its resulting culture is explained. But nope! This is fascist propaganda! It was written by actual neo-nazis who committed actual hate crimes! It is an enthusiastic YAAAAAAAAAY APOCALYPTIC WARFARE!!!!!! YAAAAAAAAY GENOCIDE!!!!!!!! At least all the black people are gone! Hell, when Rogue One came out, Lucasfilm got all sort of shit flung at them for portraying the evil space nazis... as the bad guys... which they always were.

This is why both we, the fandom, and Games Workshop as a company, are DIRECTLY pushing SO HARD against the fascists in the space, and must push harder. 40K IS NOT FOR THEM. And no amount of clever writing or obvious parody will ever convince them otherwise. It does not matter how unfathomably stupid you make fascism look to people with functioning brains, fascists will gobble that shit up. You cannot make fascism look worse than it is, and you cannot make it stupid enough to convince fascists its stupid.

The problem isn't that Games Workshop isn't doing a good enough job writing the imperium as bad (although they aren't), the problem is that it will never be an adequate mockery to make the fascists feel unwelcome. It's not a bad parody of fascism, fascism is just beyond parody.

#warhammer 40k #ramblings. musings even #40k #imperium of man