#or dragging the issue out

[little-pondhead]

Oops.

While learning to control his powers under the guidance of Clockwork, Danny accidentally curses his own bloodline with the Curse of Sentient Food several centuries in the past. Originally, a witch was supposed to curse his family. Oops. Well, the Fentons were always adapting, and technically, either way, he'd end up battling dino nuggets at three am in his underwear, no matter who the curse came from. So he shrugged and continued on.

Unfortunately, this also means that out of nowhere, the timeline shifted, and some of his very distant relatives are now battling their food into submission at every meal because Danny is ultimately way more powerful than some mortal witch from the 1600s. His version of the curse reached literally everyone he could ever be related to for the last few centuries. Even if they were adopted into the family!

So, returning to the present time after training, Danny is a little startled to see some news clips of people's dinners coming to life and beginning revolutions. Wow, John Fentonightingale really got around, didn't he? He felt a little uncomfortable that now all these random people had to deal with their share of Fenton luck, but from some of the interviews, everyone seemed to be handling it pretty well!

Especially his so-distant-they're-on-another-tree cousins, the Kents, who contacted his family directly, asking how best to prepare a zombie turkey. Their son was coming for Thanksgiving with his new wife and some coworkers, and they just refused to make the guests fight for their lives on a holiday!

They invited the Fentons to join them, of course.

#dpxdc #pondhead blurbs #sometimes i wonder where the fuck this stuff comes from #which snail is responsible for this #but if it wasn't clear danny curses his bloodline and fucks it up because of course he does #so literally every single relative he's ever had is now suffering directly from fenton luck and sentient food fights #ma and pa kent are the only ones who reach out for advice #how did they figure out the fentons were the source? like they'd tell you those are family secrets you nosey bitch #so now the fentons are invited to spend the holidays with their distant cousins in Kansas #and meet their adopted son clark! who was just married! :D #side note the timeline changed right as the cake was cut at clark's reception so that was interesting #they had to pay for so much dry cleaning #clark's coworkers (fellow jl members) are a little worried about the sentient food but so far it's not really a big issue? #they can definitely take time off for the holidays to relax! #and they totally won't get dragged on any interdimensional adventures with a dead teenage godling as their guide! #feel free to continue #idk how many kids bruce has when clark marries lois but feel free to just throw some in #like JL members and their kids #just toss them in and watch the kids go feral #fighting your food is enrichment <3

[mizaruwu]

be careful when handling bunnies, they can scratch and bite!

@minas-linkverse your au is delightful, I love your links (and ravio) so much and these two together are so funny

I also stumbled on the old dtiys and saw there was no deadline so I tried it ( ´ v`)

what's he so smug bout XD

#Ravio getting dragged in the adventure than worlds is so good??? #it works so well #ravio getting thrown in situations beloved #legend- glob where do I begin ur so messed up (affectionate) #hope he works out his issues soon adsfghjhbf #linkverse #ravio #legend #my art #I am once posting about ravio and there will be more

[creekfiend]

I don't have a problem with the funnier-as-a-(type of person) blogs conceptually but often the posts people tag them in were in fact funnier when they were about the original things they were about, and new levels of funniness were NOT actually unlocked when considered from the perspective of (specific type of person) like what you mean is that the post REMINDED u of this and that's not quite the same thing in a way where I always have this autism reaction of like THAT'S NOT ACCURATE IT IS FUNNY ON ITS OWN MERITS

like once someone tagged one of my clown car full of mice posts "funnier as a system" and I was like no that's. not correct it is not funnier that way it's in fact equally funny either way I promise. the reason for this is that either way it is a clown car, that's full of mice, and you must envision this. it matters not if you are a system or not a system. it crucially depends on the mice that are in the clown car. do you see

#really just a branding issue now that i type that all out #its just that it is funnier to imagine a dog in drag as a dog than it is to imagine a person in drag as a dog #people do that already therefore the absurdity level is far lower. #dogs do not know what drag is. #do you understand.

[kittykatninja321]

listen I enjoy occasionally dragging Bruce as much as the next girlie but the extent to which Bruce disowns Jason does genuinely feel ooc at times. And I know people say that a lot but does it make sense for the guy who never gave up on Harvey Dent to say some shit like this about his son?

Like be serious now Winnick

#Me who just dragged Bruce for saying this earlier: I lowkey don’t think he would say this🧍🏾‍♀️ #I will say tho pretending Jason doesn’t exist is a consistent way of how he deals with his feelings about him 🙈 #like originally in the 80s Bruce got rid of every trace of Jason in the house after he died and Dick called him out for it #as I said before Bruce Wayne has son issues #Jason Todd #Bruce Wayne #Dc

[suitetarts]

#i'm still in love with delilah my current durge and i cant wait to drag her story out for a really long time buuut #already planning big play through no. 3 #human ranger with bird familiars and dad issues lets gooooooo #but this time Not A Durge! i'm gonna try my best to rp the romance options with fresh eyes #probably still gonna romance astarion though i'm gonna be real with myself #my origin astarion run is gonna get abandoned for now. i miss having him as a companion too much. and seeing him make the tav faces is weir #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #tav

[starkjoy]

more people need to ship halbrand and galadriel on this site. like he COULD be sauron where are the reylos they would eat this shit up

#this is not satire sadly #i have my issues with trop #but ill die on the halbrand and galadriel have insane chemistry hill #their dynamic makes the dragged out numenor storyline bearable #they are eowyn x aragorn if eowyn and aragorn were both offputting disasters and that’s why i love them #rings of power #trop #halbrand x galadriel #galadriel x halbrand #haladriel

[lonelystarbuckslover13]

Joe Alwyn wore a ceasefire pin to the pre-bafta dinner I don’t care what you guys say you can never make me hate that man

#it’s just annoying seeing all these random articles claiming to have some inside source and making him look bad #and some swifties starting to hate him in an effort to side with Taylor #when he’s out here taking a stance that most other public figures are too afraid to take #like there’s something so much bigger than this celeb goss bullshit going on in Gaza right now #and I refuse to let you guys drag Joe into petty celeb drama when he’s actually speaking on something important #let’s focus on that! let’s focus on the issue he’s trying to bring to light! #I hope most celebs start speaking out about Palestine but idk man it’s looking grim #I really wish Taylor would speak out #it makes me sad that she hasn’t #jemma personal

[aroaceacacia]

I wonder how they made the purgatory 2 teams ... like with purgatory 1 you could tell they were tryign to break up most of the pre-established relationships for the sake of drama. but with purgatory 2 there are multiple team-ups of people who really really wanted to be teamed together - for example, etoiles, who joined purgatory 2 specifically to play with kenny, got to be teamed with him. plus iirc they did do team balancing to a certain extent (and also didnt team any purgatory 1 players with each other). so I wonder if they went the MCC/block wars/pandoras box route of "google form that asks you who youd like to be teamed with"! I feel like that would account for some of the interesting/unexpected decisions especially amongst new players (eg. Rodezel, who really wanted to be teamed with Bad)

#from an events standpoint it looks like purg2 is going to be a lot cleaner than purg1 #i think the issues w purg1 stem from a) the creators not expecting 2 be thrust into a competitive event b) the destabilization it aimed for #3) rules and balancing changing daily and things not being explain÷ #explained <- this is interesting for lore but bad for game design #4) high stakes high tension surrounding fhe safety of fictional children ppl get up in arms abt that #purg1 was an experiment which has been refined into purg2 and overall i think it will work better in this revised form #the shorter time frame will be good for tension and not dragging things out too long #but ill miss some of the downtime and quieter moments purg1 was able to offer i think #the way the players had time to discuss and adjust and strategize and attempt to bargain with each other #i get the feeling most of the connections made in purg2 will be between players in each team as opposed to across them #which isnt bad just different #idk! im very hopeful! the community response so far has been 1 million times better than for purg1 so i have faith #qsmp #qpurgatory 2 #bearvocalizations

[arabian-batboy]

I don’t know why, but Damian’s costume in this gift-wrap is probably the most perfect version of the Robin costume I have ever seen? It really can’t get better than this.

#its like a perfect mix of all of his previous costumes #The tunic is the same length as the N52 one but it still has the same shape and golden-lining as the Rebirth version does #but without being as long (which was my biggest issue with his Rebirth costume) #The cape is yellow from the inside and black on the outside but I love how the hoodie specifically still remain yellow like pre-reboot #but it still has the torn edges that he has now except they aren’t dragging on the floor like they do lately. #I know some of you are weirded out because you think its looks how it usually looks #but when you stan a character long you notice small details like these #Damian Wayne

[ohitslen]

Brilliant Dynamites Neon is quite the character alright. But you know what establishes him as the little sicko he is??

This fucking thing. The fact that he is “smoking” a sparkler. Do you know what that means??? That this guy is holding that thing between his teeth, the handle from the sparkler, which is metal.

This is what should give away how much of an actual freak this man is. What kind of lunatic do you have to be to hoLD A FUCKING METAL STICK BETWEEN YOUR TEETH.

#the visceral reaction this caused me when I saw it man. #I got shivers and squirmed because WHY WOULD HE #I can’t shake off the sensation it’s been a hot 20 minutes now ohmygod I hate it #worse thing is that my sister is also a little freak who can drag any metal utensil through her teeth without an issue #she knows I hate it. she will call out for me. look me straight in the eye. and slowly drag out a fork from her mouth while biting it down #like what the fuck is that what’s WRONG WITH YOU. #trigun #trigun manga #brilliant dynamites neon #lenssi rambles

[get-good-tardigradez]

Thinking about the time a dude came to the library and said he’d gotten into reading and had finished one book and wanted a recommendation for another so I put a reservation on A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara for him and then resigned before I witnessed the outcome of this decision 💀

#a little life #hanya yanagihara #librarian #libraries #i didn’t resign because of that but I just remembered I never got to find out how it went for him #he either loved it or learned trust issues idk #ngl I never gave good library recommendations #i recommended a murder mystery to a 11 year old and her mum rightfully dragged me #giving books reccs should’ve been the best part of the job except books I’d recommends does not equal books we actually have at the library #so it was often just glancing at shelves and quickly picking up what I could find

[gncrezan]

I love your unhealthy clingy famous MC you don't understand how feral I'm over him

THANK YOU I LOVE HIM SO DEARLY TOO!!!!! the backstory with absent parents and just. everything about seven... i think makes a lot of infamous ocs potentially lean into this?? or at least there are a ton of choices that just made me go "oh yeah. that's him" . idk there is an element to how infamous is written that really helps with characterising him, including how customisable it is, and i do love that about this IF!!!!! crying about him below the cut <3

aki kind of navigates the world worried his loved ones will leave him and is a little too clingy because of it. he also has been playing those worries off by being charming, flirty and funny. like he can somehow project this hyper-extrovered version of himself and try to make people love that !!! he drops that more around his bandmates/friends, but not in front of people he's just met (please guess who accidentally escalated the bed fight on the tour bus)

aki also hooks up with people a lot, just cause he likes sex but also because he enjoys the no-strings-attached. because of those attachment issues, when he gets something that feels black and white to him, something one-and-done and he leaves in the morning, he can just. take feelings out the equation. he knows its not meant to last so he can just walk out (leave! hit da bricks!!! walk out!!!!!)

committing to a romantic relationship . you can imagine. is a little complicated due to all this LMFAO he just overthinks and worries before even getting into it, regardless of if it's reciprocated or not. between the one time he's actually into someone (seven) and how that ended (...badly) + the fact that deliriously avoiding commiting to anything except hookups = very little (none at all) actual dating experience. aki has no idea to deal with it and will balk. yeah this is immature of him but i have plans to make this guy character develop so hard throughout the course of infamous that he may implode

i love the genre of character where they're just going "i know i have a few issues, who doesn't, but honestly i think i'm well adjusted!!" <- they are not well adjusted. in fact they're worse than they think

also no one asked for the orionmance essay i sent my friend but here it is <3

#the seven not-a-breakup can actually completely hinder your mc too <3 #aki just internalises it. OF COURSE not blaming seven for feeling abandoned and then leaving. literally they get voted out #regardless of if the pc votes for or against. but aki never expected seven to walk out of his life and it adds to his issues #i am very much leaning towards the valenreign poly and orion because of the aforementioned tho #vic and him have so much like. common ground in that projection and performance . g's drive and passion is i think the same #also g /picking/ him. vic enjoying his music. that means everything to him. to be seen for what he values in himself #very fun and very chaotic but they fall into place . i dont think aki would have expected it but he wouldn't change it #orion i think nudges him constantly into being a more. true version of himself. like just more genuine #also has something about him that makes aki just. blurt out the truth of how he feels. LOL. #akihiro yasumi #so so sorry for the essay anon. this ask was the equivalent of a free pass to talk forever to me #on that note. big fat mouth arlie is in his playlist. 'that comment wasn't funny/just wanted you to love me' dear god. #also oc aki that exists outside (and existed before) infamous is so much less. like This #him in infamous is a lot of his personality dialed up to 11 bc of the circumstances he's in (almost-famous lead singer) #and also a result of the pre-written backstory and how he'd react to that #he's literally just a hairdresser. his best friend is a office worker. they are each others wingmen. they will die embarassing each other #he also has siblings but infamous kind of drags him out of a doting older brother figure and directly into #.... well. the pc's parents. sorry aki #answered #anon

[tinybro]

more chb!jason AU thoughts:

we've talked plenty about hades kinda unofficially adopting jason, but please also consider thalia deciding nico is her bonus baby brother now. nico and jason bump into the hunters sometimes while out adventuring and they post get a begrudging pass for being boys because of thalia and bianca. sometimes while handling a job for hades that's bigger than they can handle, nico and jason hit up the hunters for help. it's easier (and somehow less awkward) than reaching out to anyone back at camp if the hunters happen to be in the area, and it comes with the bonus of hanging out with thalia.

thalia definitely has her own guilt about everything with bianca, and while she shares annabeth's kneejerk dislike of jason being in constant danger, she also can't bring herself to dissuade him from looking after nico. and it seems like nico's looking after him just as much, and jason seems happier than she's seen him since he was little, so...y'know what, it's all cool with her. she aggressively sisters nico as well and he has Feelings about it.

#nico's Sister Issues are unending and inescapable #also whenever the three of them get to hang out nico and thalia can gang up on jason #and drag him further into their punk/goth aesthetics #shopping spree with the hunters #it's cool nico's got dad's credit card #pjo #chb!jason au #jasico #my dumb headcanons

[greyias]

Hey game.

Are you sure about that?

Are you really sure? That my 216 lbs/4600 gold worth of every single food item I've encountered in the game isn't enough? Exactly how much are we planning on eating tonight???

Party in the tadfools camp I guess??

#tadfools going to be too bloated and full to fight the absolute in the morning #it has not done this before tonight #it was one of the things i was quietly celebrating as a difference from early access #not having to physically drag supplies out of the chest to take a rest #did some sort of bug/update get pushed out? #i have not had any issue with having this suborganized into bags up until now #i'm very confused #grey's bg3 tag #ari's og campaign

[tea-earl-grey]

Re: your Disco S4 review:

but there was just a bit too much Therapy Talk for my liking. and to be clear, i don't mean too much Actual Therapy. i really respect the show for portraying therapy and trauma recovery in depth and just having cool main characters go to therapy because it's good and healthy is Very Cool. but i do think there are definitely scenes (particularly in the beginning of the show) that has dialogue fall into Therapy Talk where all the characters go around in a circle and coherently state their thoughts and emotions and then resolve their conflict.

I also have the same issue, I know the crew were heavily traumatized in season 1 and I love that we’re finally getting a Trek have Starfleet take mental health seriously.

But it’s how the writers execute the scene that’s the problem. I think you’re right on the money about them needing another pass at scenes like that.

I also think, most of the time the show literally stops the action for the characters to just talk. And I adore characters being in a room, just talking. But I think it’s because most of the time it’s because those scenes do two things at the same time. Or they usually have characters talk around it and be difficult.

In season 4, it seems the characters start their scene and they just over indulge too much, maybe a tighter edit would also work.

But also I think most modern shows have that problem where they use Therapy talk as a crutch for character development and relationships.

And again, I preface this that I do love having mental health taken seriously but I think there’s a way to do it where writer’s integrate it organically— one of the new shows I like from AppleTV— Shrinking, is literally all about it but it’s funny and heartbreaking and sweet. I think maybe it’s because the writers are also new to the concepts and think they have to fit everything to be relevant.

Hopefully, they worked out the kinks for season 5!

Yeah exactly. I love Disco but sometimes it feels like the writers just need to read their dialogue aloud to make some last revisions (and also put some nuance/unspoken things into the dialogue).

I also think, most of the time the show literally stops the action for the characters to just talk. And I adore characters being in a room, just talking. But I think it’s because most of the time it’s because those scenes do two things at the same time

This!!!! I know fiction is never meant to accurately reflect reality and that there are always going to be weirdly timed conversations for the sake of narrative but Discovery in particular has SO MANY "stop and talk" scenes during Big Action and it drives me crazy when the plot just establishes a strict time limit to do something and then we spend three minutes for characters to have a heart to heart instead of just. Doing The Thing. I know the 90s era "walk and talks" were annoying to film but those downbeats of characters chatting while going from point A to point B is a great place to add small bits of characterization (and movement!) instead of standing still and monologuing.

Thanks for the rec, I've never heard of Shrinking but will have to check it out!

(putting a big tangential ramble about Disco's portrayal of mental health/therapy under a cut because yeesh it got long)

As someone who has been in therapy, has a psychology degree, and has written fiction that uses therapy sessions as a setting/framing device, I can say with a decent amount of confidence that the way therapy/mental health is utilized in Disco is neither super realistic nor using its full narrative potential. Imo we skipped a very interesting part of everyone's healing journeys between s3 and s4 where characters are actually struggling to articulate their problems or denying their issues. Particularly with Detmer who went from having severe PTSD flashbacks in s3 to talking about her feelings with total clarity in s4 when actual trauma recovery is nowhere near as quick or linear and usually requires making major lifestyle changes to actually heal and maintain that healing.

And also I take issue with the fact that all of the characters are growing and facing similar issues at the same time and pace. It ends up making a lot of awkward and redundant conversations between characters who aren't in conflict and are self-actualized enough that they state everything they mean. And when there is meaningful conflict, the characters seem to very quickly overcome their flaws and make up. It's like the opposite problem that a lot of sitcoms and soap operas run into when characters are so driven to conflict and secret-keeping. It is refreshing to have a show where everyone is committed to being their best selves (which is quite similar to tng in that regard) but it doesn't easily mesh with the sort of drama that Discovery seems interested in telling stories about. All of this is also probably why Book's narrative (and his relationship with Michael) was one of the best parts of s4 because it felt like the writers actually committed to realistic season-long conflict born out of trauma and loss that wasn't written off. And as a result I think David Ajala's acting was some of the best of the show because he was given so much depth. I really just wish that the other characters had something similar but Disco's style of hyper-serialization, shorter season orders, and a large cast of recurring characters just doesn't lend to realistically telling stories about trauma and recovery because we almost only see the action and not the characters living their ordinary lives.

And while 90s Trek certainly wasn't The Best at portraying mental health (the therapy it shows in tng is just. Wrong. And so many characters like B'Elanna and Janeway have their issues with depression forgotten about after an episode or two), portrayals of PTSD with characters like Kira, Seven, Neelix, Picard, and Sisko tend to be more interesting to me because those characters' journeys through healing aren't linear. And as always, more episodes and episodic television in general makes it so emotional moments really hit (like Picard's breakdown in Family after Best of Both Worlds, seeing Kira's trauma around her father's death in Ties of Blood and Water, or whenever Neelix, the usual comedic relief and lighthearted character, has to confront how his family was killed in a brutal genocide) whereas with a show like Discovery – there's constant character drama and confrontations and big emotional moments so the catharsis of someone having a breakthrough in their treatment is a bit undercut. For something like that to be memorable, there have to be unmemorable moments too which just isn't Disco's style. It's not inherently a bad thing, but it's not really to my tastes.

Even the other new Treks tend to be a bit more grounded with character dialogue and addressing mental health. My enjoyment of Lower Decks shot way up in s4 because her admitting that Sito's death drove her away from wanting to be an officer was such a huge moment of catharsis when Mariner usually avoids talking about her feelings with a six foot poll. SNW has both La'an, M'Benga, and Chapel dealing with PTSD and their moments of vulnerability and pain are better because SNW tries to balance the silliness and seriousness of Trek. Picard is probably the most similar in content/tone to Discovery and even there despite the serialization and awkward characterization moments, the characters all have consistent issues with trauma that affect them at different times and affect them despite self-improvement. And I think Picard sometimes dips into heavy-handed emotional conversations but it's not quite as much as Disco because oh boy these characters are good at avoiding their feelings.

To be clear, I do love Discovery and people blow the awkward writing/Therapy Talk problem WAY out of proportion to cover for the bigoted reasons some people vocally hate the show. Like this problem does annoy me but it is just one aspect of the show and I hope one that will be fixed (or at least less noticeable) for season 5.

#discovery #my posts #asks #i need to drag my “Seven goes to therapy” fic out of my convoluted AU because therapy sessions are such a good framing device to get into a #character's head but you have to use it right! nuance! show don't tell! #therapy is a good way to jump start growth and unpacking trauma but irl you have to be an active participant #and in fiction your character has to actively confront their issues instead of just time skipping to a month later when they're fine becaus #of one conversation they had #this is a pet peeve of mine

[night-dark-woods]

they should make a writing that is easier to do.

#my posts #LITERALLY i need to drag like 4 more paragraphs out of my brain and i will be DONE its just such slow going #bc mara is easy we have all the same issues but elsie is a different matter and every time i write a sentence i have to go thru #my 8 open ishtar tabs again to make sure i have her voice right!!! #writing tag