#or maybe I'm completely off base

[yenpondering]

like a day or so late for mermay but I wanted to try redesigning a mermaid I drew back in 2019 and also try my hand at some more designs!

#mermaids #Character Design #Illustration #original character #artists on tumblr #doodling #completed doodle #i feel like working on it some more but also no #sometimes ya just gotta throw it into the wind #anyway the original 2019 design was based off of vietnamese blue+white ceramics #and the overall mermaid design (like the tail and horns) are based off of dragons from viet culture #this was also me trying to draw more different bodies because i need the practice #will probably edit their designs maybe in the future #but for now i'm setting them free lol

[squid-procrow]

SPOILERS !! Digging into gale's BG

I've done wayy to much data mining and thinking about this man-

Isn't it funny how he knows a lot about netherese magic? Isn't it hysterical that he knows karsus by name?? How about him usurping the goddess of magic, sounds REAL familiar 🤔

throw in why would you curse someone with a BOMB if they weren't somehow involved with said bomb before hand.

if you listen to his version of karsus's story...

hmmmmm that dialogue sounds really funny now.

#SPOILER #bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #gale of waterdeep #bg3 gale #I saw rumors very early on about him being karsus #or maybe even a reincarnation? i think it was from the mirror scene #but like this text is really on the nose #istg larian i will cry if halfway through the game he admits that this whole time the flirting was purely based off of chance and using us. #and then all of a sudden poof he loves us and we've made him good. #for God forbid he actually still keeps using us and it's twisted at the very end of the game. #I was so confident that astarion would be this character and now I'm completely 180 think astarion's going to stay loyal #then again Gale's whole I want to sleep with you to trust you thing makes me nervous ;v; #Youtube

[brittlebutch]

Desperately trying to make sense of Alex's motivations in Season Two and you know, I do eventually have to wonder if maybe Alex wasn't actually lying in the majority of those tapes.

Like, we tend to assume that Alex's motivations have been a consistent throughline since the college years, but do we actually know that that's the case? Do we know for sure that Alex was acting in deliberate, calculated ways in 2006; or could it be that he's telling the Truth on those olds tapes when he says he's blacking out and can't remember what's happening to anyone? After all, if we're assuming that Season 2 Alex's motivations are the exact same as his motives in Season 3, then it doesn't make any sense at all that he spend months working with Jay to try to find Amy; Season 3 Alex would have attempted to kill Jay like, on sight just to get things over with as quickly as possible and contain the spread of contamination as best as he could.

But, maybe, if Alex really had been separated from Amy after the events of the 04-04-10 tape, and if he really doesn't know where she is, then maybe that could make things start to make more sense. Maybe he really had been watching Jay's channel, and seeing Jay start going through the same things he went through in college without things devolving into violence and disappearances, and wondered if things maybe could play out differently this time. Maybe he really did send that tape to Jay to ask him for help, maybe he really was just trying to find Amy.

But then, instead of actually being helpful, Jay makes it extremely clear that he's a lot more interested in stalking Alex than he is in finding Amy. Alex asked for help, and instead there's a bunch of masked dudes on Jay's heels that keep attacking him, Jay is breaking into his house, stealing his things, leading the Operator right to him all over again, keeps trying to get other people (namely: Jessica -- if Alex is being honest when he says that his call reassuring her that Amy had been found was an effort to make Sure she stayed away from everything that was happening) involved; and instead of anything getting better, instead of anyone finding Amy, things are just getting worse all over again.

It's not until after the incident at the tunnel that things seem to start rapidly devolving. Rather than a calculated attempt to finally follow through with his need to curb the spread of contamination, this is very clearly an outburst of rage and terror. Alex's "I told you not to follow me" line in conjunction with Jay speculating that Alex didn't know who that guy was, to me, pretty firmly seems to speak to Alex having mistaken that stranger for Jay. From his point of view, Alex knows that Jay and totheark know where he live, have broken in before, he suspects that Jay stole a key to make it easier to get into his house, and he's been followed on the daily for months -- Alex is sitting at the tunnel because he doesn't know where else he can go without being constantly surveilled, hunted, and assaulted. And instead of getting a moment by himself to breathe, Jay followed him out there all over again (it feels like Alex looks directly at the camera in Jay's footage of him from this day; he knew for a fact that Jay was there), and then to make matters worse now 'Jay' won't even keep his distance anymore.

So Alex lashes out. And it's not until afterwards that he looks down and finally recognizes that this wasn't Jay -- it was someone completely innocent. Things have finally reached the low point he was at in college all over again; maybe even worse this time. If Alex doesn't remember attacking anyone in college, but he was at least partially conscious of it this time, then things have reached an entirely new rock bottom, they've reached an absolute point of no return.

He has no idea what happened to Amy, and he's spent months trying to find her with no hint of where she could be; he doesn't know where Jay actually is or what additional trouble he could be causing at this point; he does know that now innocent people are getting caught in the crossfire (in regards to the stranger in the tunnel, and also Jessica now that Jay has her phone number, and the untold number of people Jay got involved when he started posting videos to the Marble Hornets channel); things are spiraling out of control and there's no one left to ask for help. The situation isn't getting better, it's getting worse; things aren't getting easier to handle, they're just getting more out of hand; the negative impact is spreading and who knows how much further it can still go?

So, Alex decides to go scorched earth. He disfigures the body with the rock either to hide evidence or to make sure the guy would actually stay dead and not just get back up to start his own cycle of contamination in a few years. He tries to give Jay one last chance to back off, and Jay instead admits he's been talking to Jessica, acts obstinate and lies about not having Alex's spare key, and then breaks into Alex's house a second time (minimum). If Alex doesn't stop him now, who will? Alex met with Jay planning to kill the others, and then himself, so he could put a stop to this once and for all and keep things from getting any worse than they already were.

Maybe it makes a lot more sense if, rather than being a strangely incomprehensible detour on what should have been a straight path, the events of Season Two were the breaking point that put Alex on that path to begin with.

#N posts stuff #idk!!! I've been thinking a lot lately about the tendency to take Characters at Face Value; when they tell us things we tend to #automatically believe them despite what evidence we might have to the contrary. & like when it comes to deciphering what #went down during the college film project it's mostly totheark that posits that Alex was Definitely Lying and Definitely Acting on Purpose #(even Jay is largely ambivalent - wondering which way it leans and basically saying it could go either way) #but. do we KNOW that they know that? Do we Know that they're Right when they claim that? Or are they just Assuming based off #of their own rage and animosity towards Alex due to what happened? Do we Know for Sure that Alex Was Lying in s1? #i don't know if we do!! And so without Knowing that for sure; how can we speak to Alex's motivations in season one OR season two? #now TO BE CLEAR: I am not saying this in an attempt to claim that Alex is somehow completely innocent of all guilt and that like. #Jay is the 'Real Antagonist' of the series - not at all my intention. this is just More of my usual 'look. Everyone in this series is #all kinds of Morally Grey; no recurring character in this series is free of guilt they ALL have unique fatal flaws & trends towards #antagonism that makes things worse and dooms them all' shtick - a la 'everyone Thinks they're doing the Right Thing but No One Is' #BUT i Am wondering if this Does help to like. clear up some of the ambiguity/uncertainty of Season Two - and even Season One - and #lets the series as a whole read a little bit clearer? idk i know that Jay does Claim to think that Alex was bullshitting him #the whole time & was Actually planning on tying up loose ends the whole time but AGAIN it doesn't make Sense he'd wait so long #idk - Am i making sense? does any of this track? i'm trying to figure it out; i am open to comments on the subject to help #i haven't rewatched season 3 yet today and so maybe there's stuff in there that contradicts this whole theory lmao but i'm taking a break #and just posting this anyway; we'll see what happens lol #marble hornets #mh lb

[running-in-the-dark]

it's so funny when I rewatch a show but with a new/different/additional crush. like I'm rewatching the librarians with my partner right now and it just feels soo different lol

#anyway. Jenkins 😍 #on a completely unrelated note... #I need to learn more about pocket squares and ties. #because it's already driving me insane when they don't go together on night court but it's much worse on the librarians where I can actually #like. see stuff lol #I don't mean 'oh no the colour isn't an exact match'. more like 'these patterns and/or colours look fucking bad together' #but maybe there's like. reasons for that. rules that my silly little brain isn't smart enough to figure out #because all I'm basing that on is. my eyes and my opinion lol #anyway he's so baby. 🥰 and I definitely like him better now. very very huggable. #he takes that suit jacket off and I'm like 🥵 #man I feel so weird about this :') but I must talk about it anyway or I will never get over that :) #like it just feels like. ohh this is weird I'm not supposed to think he's hot because he's old 😬 but he just. is 🤷 #anyway touching his ears would fix me man it totally would #*with my mouth also. but whatever it's cool I'm not thinking about that #no haha why would I be thinking about it that :) #or when he sits on that table sometimes and I totally don't think about how I absolutely need to sit in his lap :) #haha noo I'm not thinking about fucking him at all who even brought that up #anyway i am very tired & have already taken my sleep meds so I am extra stupid rn :) and the dumb thoughts just keep coming out

[vagueiish]

concept: astarion getting cocky after taking on that bear, a night or so later coming across a deer and thinking 'hah, this should be cake!'

...and then getting absolutely wrecked by a whole herd in an almost cartoonish display of violence because deer are vicious fucks and it's the prey animals you have to watch out for

#astarion #i'm basing this off science i read here so i'm probably wrong #but i also dont care enough to do research and confirm either way because #it would be fucking hilarious to me #bc larger predaror animals are lazy fucks anyway right? unless theyre hunting or whatever #astarion gets the drop on a sleeping bear. maybe the bear wakes up #gets a few swipes in -- which is where astarion's mentioned bloodloss comes in #but ultimately astarion comes out on top #and is like 'fuck i am so good at this hunting thing' #which.....he's spent 200 years stalking the streets of a city doing a completely different type of hunting #certainly he'd have to have stealth down and know how to defend himself in case something goes wrong #but hunting animals is a bit of a different ballgame isnt it? #so he gets lucky. and then gets cocky #and he probably doesnt know about deer. yknow? #or maybe he would but that's not funny #so some night later. aw. a fawn! #fuckin bambi should be easy pickings #so he's about to take a bite when... idk. would it be funnier if he just gets gored by an antler or like... #hears a rustling. here comes another deer staring him down #he waves the deer away like 'don't worry. i'm sure i'll have room for your blood as well' #and then the deer hisses at him and charges him and he has a moment of realization that #He Has Fucked Up #more deer join the fray. he barely escapes with his unlife. #at camp the next day it's clear he's been in a scuffle #he lies and claims he barely escaped like a gnoll attack or something #does anyone believe him? i dont know #somebody uses the tadpole to see the deer massacre #those who dont know laugh at him. those that do.... #'dude. you can't just fuck with deer' #and they all have a laugh about it later

[jagged--dust-jacket-analysis]

In a previous post I talked about how Drew having a crush on Jake would only serve his character and the story well.

In that same post, I mentioned how it would do so as long as it didn't take away from his romantic attractions to Zoey. I said I would elaborate, and so here we are.

I think a lot of people only view "Droey" at a surface level perspective. They only see a toxic couple. Which, fair enough, they're very toxic.

But I think beneath that there is also two people that (to an extent) genuinely care about each other in a romantic way.

Because it's been hinted that at one point, they both were very much in love. Through the picture in Zoey's locker where they're both blushing. As well as Drew's reaction to her cheating. And his body language in that one MEP part Rosy posted on her second channel.

While you can argue that the last one might not be considered "cannon," the other two most certainly are. So it's obvious that at one point they had a very affectionate and loving relationship. Even if Zoey was using Drew for money from day one, there was still clearly love involved there as well.

And that honestly makes their whole dynamic even more tragic. It's what makes me crave more one-on-one interactions between them. Because there was love, and in my opinion, still is on Drew's end. These are two people who cared about each other only to become a toxic relationship in the end.

And I think this could be an important part of his character, further showing why he could have the type of attachment issues that he does have. It has a lot of potential to become important in season two. It could parallel him to characters like Lia (as if these two needed more parallels) and Jake (The Droey/PlumPeach parallels are actually crazy when you think about it). It could maybe tie in to any sort of home instability he has.

All and all it's first and foremost another tragic element to his character and story. As well as an opportunity for more Drew character study (and of course, druffering).

#Maybe this is all nonesense #but it makes sense in my head #if I'm completely off base I'm gonna kick myself especially after the media literacy post I made #Oh well #tmf drew #tmf droey #jdj-tmf #the music freaks #tmf #tmf rosyclozy #tmf zoey

[starrycat123-blog]

oksies hi starting a new thread of get to know you

haii I'm moth and also thea you may call me any nickname as well <3

I love musicals so so much (niche and popular!! basic-shaming is lame)

I am superhero obsessed (augh pied piper)

doctor who is my autism (yay river sonf!!!!)

good omens heoughhhhhhhh

super excited to meet you <3333333

Hi moth!! You can call me tetra. Don't worry that's not my real name or anything tho. I took it from the concept of tetrachords in music.

If we're generous about what we call superheroes, then maybe most of the things I like are superhero based. I mean obviously there's marvel and dc, but then there's stuff like dpxdc, sonic the hedgehog (idk if I've ever heard him called a superhero but he kinda is), if we count magical girls then like. Sailor moon and madoka magica

I haven't seen any episodes of good omens, but I read a really good fanfic of Crowley going to therapy a while back, and a couple funny ones with like yelp reviews of Aziraphale's bookstore. Plus I love the good omens analysis posts on here. I feel like maybe I half know some of what's happened in the show but also probably haven't scratched the surface. I'm kinda bad at watching TV shows, so there's a lot of stuff that I know from fandom but haven't seen. For another example of that, I've only watched one or two episodes of Sonic Prime. I reblog posts for it and it sounds good but idk. Just bad at it.

I'm a much more casual fan of musicals, I think for the same thing as above where I just struggle to sit and watch something on purpose. But I listen to the music from them sometimes, I've read transcripts online of a couple, and i swoon whenever I see a post analyzing the meaning of a musical song, especially when they go beyond lyrics and start going into the music theory in the tune. I don't have the skills or knowledge to do that myself but I love it so much

(when the singer changes their technique to enhance the meaning,, when this or that chord is a step outside the key to symbolize change or isolation or anything,,, using instruments as symbols for this or that character,,, tbh it doesn't have to be a musical even shout out to that youtube video by Scruffy on how fnaf's audio and sound effects make it scarier)

Lately I've been bouncing back and forth between Sonic and DPxDC. With hints of Slay The Princess in there bc I saw part of a playthrough of that awhile ago and loved the concept. I reblog madoka magica stuff whenever I see it (except magia record bc I know next to nothing about it) because that stuff makes me lose my mind. The love the pain the hope the despair!! Homura is probably like my ultimate blorbo but I love all the five girls they're so cool. I actually read the manga instead of watching the show though so I'm not as familiar with all the music. Plus I think the show had some extra scenes. Although it's a little confusing bc I think some of the extra scenes I see are magia record so idk.

Also I'm a fan of arts and crafts and will reblog that kind of thing once in a while, along with cute cat stuff.

Super excited to meet you too!

#sorry about the late response. got nervous and then put it off for awhile #hopefully it's a good one though? #it's unedited bc if i think stop and think harder/worry more now i'll never escape the think stage and i will post nothing #and i don't wanna do that #if there's anything you wanna know just ask #actually maybe i should think of some questions for you #oh like who's pied piper? i haven't heard of a superhero with that name just the child-stealing legend #unless you consider that guy a hero which like. i guess you could interpret it like that? teaching the value of not exploiting your workers #and i've read at least one story based on the legend where he takes the children somewhere nice #i feel like stealing children is not the ideal solution to that issue but it is a bit iconic if you think about it right #maybe he couldve taken some crops instead tho like thats the village income. it'd be more similar to money than kids. #i mean i guess in those days kids were also workers. and somewhat exploited generally. #so i guess i could see it as the guy getting exploited and then grabbing all the other exploited workers in town #i'm not really a history buff am i off base with this theory completely #i know kids used to have to work to help their families and that there are child labor laws for a reason #but also. not like there was a ton of free entertainment in the olden times. #i mean the parents almost definitely didnt pay kids money but chores aren't exploitation #maybe i should leave this up to interpretation #or just say it depends on situation and some kids probably were exploited while others weren't #hmm. this whole thing is probably just bs. i don't know what i'm talking about #oh well i hope you didn't mind it

[daddyplasmius]

every once in a while I remember this scene from Moulin & it kills me. FECing is now a regular part of my vocabulary & no one even knows what it means because I'm a chronic doesn't-public-fics dumbass. FEC me

#Danny Phantom #maybe I'll publish it anyways #this is supposed to be a psych horror inspired by House of Leaves btw. can you tell? can you tell this is supposed to be horror? #you know what i'm gonna reread the entire thing to see if Danny ever actually says fuck. before going completely unhinged of course #this is based on how i act when sleep deprived. i go unhinged. all anxiety is like gone #& i'm doing all my shit without worrying about consequences or people thinking i'm weird or what #anyways i just think it would be funny if the only time Danny ''swears'' is when he's saying FEC #i need to find the post Moulin is based off of. it's such an old post idk if anyone even remembers it. but i do #it wasn't a horror concept but it had that potential #forreal if anyone can find that post explaining FentonWorks' constantly changing layout i'd love you forever #though considering no one found the hole in Danny's wall post i'm. not getting my hopes up

[bitterseaproduction]

Just saw Joker described as a '2nd year' in the P5 Tactica information, which is gaaaaaaaaaaaaaah--

I swear, for a series with a message of moving forward, Persona (see: Atlus) sure loves to avoid moving forward. Never mind complaints about more P5 content -- I'm here for side games and returning character storylines -- they are keeping the Phantom Thieves stuck in a Peter Pan state.

Where is that willingness to move forward that came with the P4 Arena games? For the P3 and P4 kids? Man, just the P4G epilogue alone took us as far as Strikers did timeline-wise.

And speaking of Strikers, the sole actual sequel to P5? Evading or hiding half of the characters we'd be love to revisit, and generally dodging Royal's entire existence? Woof.

#don't mind me just salty that atlus keeps revisiting P5 YET REFUSES to close open threads or even acknowledge whole ass main characters #and just keeps doing these 'it might as well be a dream' games that feel like narrative bottle episodes #might I be completely off base and Tactica WILL add something new to the big picture? maybe. I'd love to be wrong. #I'm just getting worn out after half a decade of a slow burn tease that just keeps adding reasons to hold on with little to no payoff #hard to remain invested in a franchise when efforts to hold out hope OR let go and accept canon as it is could be undermined at any time #a lot akechi related BUT kasumi and the other thieves' royal-specific ambitions also apply. And all of the confidants I'd love to see again #What's going to happen to Morgana long term? Where will Ann end up? How will Ryuji's school transfer go? #What amazing new art might Yusuke make? What government is Futaba going to-- I mean uh what awesome career is she going to pursue? #What will Shinya look like a year out? Can I see Hifumi make a comeback? How's Mishima doing? Chihaya? #Can I see a Kawakami and Takumi NOT riddled with stress for a heartbeat? Some exploration of Jose??? #And the PERSONA 4 CREW! I have been waiting for them to get their 'P3 in Arena' treatment for forever and I am TIRED OF WAITING ATLUS #persona 5 tactica spoliers #maybe delete later #depends how salty this looks to me in a better mood

[hawkinslibrary]

new clip of dustin, max, steve, and robin that aired with gaten’s appearance on live with kelly and ryan this morning ! video from st4iscoming on twitter !!

#i think the sound is a little off but #it's from ep 2 bc that was in the file name for the max and dustin still from this scene !!! #'forest hills' --> the trailer park #can't make out the rest of the broadcast though #it's been too long since i've listened to the score bc i could tell you immediately which one this is/is based from... #unless it's one of the unreleased ones... ? #it's so distinct and familiar though... hm #maybe i'm making it too complicated and completely overlooking the obvious but #i can't figure it out #anyway... sorry to steve/eddie enthustiasts #but that 'oh eddie' is definitely jealousy or exasperation #bc dustin probably talks about him/how cool he is allllllllllll the time lol #s4 #st4 spoilers #spoilers #video #vecna's curse #dustin #max #steve #robin #idk if everyone has seen this already i just woke up to is existing so

[merrigel]

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Anyway you ever look at your ocs and think like. What if it was homestuck

#artists on tumblr #dnd #d&d #should I. should I do it?? should I say it?? #homestuck #I think this is the reverse trajectory of a lot of OCs these days? usually you START with the fantroll and then y #(anyhoo the blood colors are just based off their aesthetics they're completely story-innacurate) #(well okay maybe except for Kieran that feels right for him) #(temerity would actually be rust red bc she came from poverty- literally an area of her town called the rust belt) #(and Av would be jade bc She's A Virgo and also 'good but not great' is pretty fitting of her on a societal standing level) #(and now I'm gonna shut up bc I could do this all day I am THIS close to assigning classpects) #(except like. of Course Arc is a first guardian. of COURSE. they're horrible at their job) #oc #pic #the arcanist #arc #kieran broadoak #temerity siavras #aveline blackwood #true to form they're all 13 here #it's wild to see Temerity with like. anything beyond sclera LMAO #(.... ACTUALLY WAIT THEIR SYMBOLS I DID GIVE THEM CLASSPECTS?? AAAGHGHH I FORGOR)

[dylanconrique]

tim replicating this look stiles gave lydia when if lucy gets shot in the finale is something so personal to me.

#*and this is icarly! #the rookie #tim bradford #lucy chen #chenford #otp: you know me so well #stydia #remember this? #remember how the sight of her sickly pale and bleeding out on his dad's office floor completely stopped him in his tracks?? #i don't think lucy has endured any real serious injuries since her dod? #maybe a few scrapes and bruises here and there but nothing life threatening ya know?? #ngl that's one of the reasons why i'm leaning so much on it being lucy who gets shot #like ik 5x21 is a crossover ep and they're doing a dod thing with laura based off the promo #which btw 🙄🙄 #but the written synopsis says that lucy is going undercover again??? #and i don't think it's a mission that's related to laura???? #maybe that uc mission will she goes on will tie into the finale and that's why she specifically is targeted????? #IDK I'M JUST PULLING THINGS OUT OF MY ASS TO NOT HOLD ME ACCOUNTABLE FOR ANYTHING I SAY ABOUT THE S5 FINALE #CAUSE I AM 99.9% OF THE TIME WRRRROOONNG #i'm just running on weed and no sleep an am spit balling here

[zombie-boys]

okay... so even if we know mike is taking a plane there's still a pretty darn high chance he left for cali without telling anyone. it'd be weird enough for his parents to let him go by himself halfway across the country if they knew, and aside from that we have the behind the scenes photos of the other hawkins kids being questioned by the police in the wheelers' house - as mike isn't in that scene, there's no way the situation isn't about his absence.

but y'know what that bts photo reminds me of... the scene in st1 when hopper was questioning mike, lucas, and dustin about will's disappearance...

somebody's probably pointed this out before, but if mike indeed runs away from home, there's a very high likelihood that his parents will think he vanished like will. yikes.

what's especially interesting there is that for the st1 characters who vanished to the upside down - will and barb - it was theorized by the police (and robin) that they had just run away from home, but those who know them well easily discredited that idea. in this circumstance, however, it's the other way around - mike's circle thinks something genuinely terrible has happened to him, possibly something supernatural, and yet he has just run away. in reality, he's perfectly fine.

of course, mike's parents don't know the reality of everything that happened with the upside down, but they'd have enough reason to be concerned as it is; i'm especially worried about how his friends and sister will react, though, as they know more about all of the dangers he could be facing.

what if the hawkins gang think mike is in the upside down and try to communicate with him? ...and what if they end up making contact with someone entirely different?

i don't know if the show would go into all of the implications of mike's running away - if he is indeed running away at all - but if they do it could certainly add another layer to his storyline this season. he's kind of throwing caution to the wind to see his loved ones (like joyce with will in st1 and now her with hopper in st4). it's this sense of desperation; we saw it in st2 with him missing el and hating hopper for keeping her away from him, and perhaps we're seeing it now.

mike doesn't want to care about the consequences anymore. he just wants to see the two people he loves most, especially when his friendship with one of them is still estranged. mike misses will and el and he will leave everyone else behind to see them, even if they think that maybe... maybe it was a 7. that maybe the demogorgon got him.

(the real clincher for this would be mike seeing a missing poster with his own face once he returns to hawkins...)

#stranger things #stranger things theory #mike wheeler #will's christmas lights #y'know what maybe st4 will be really good. who knows #or maybe i'm completely off base... #i just think this would be really fascinating to explore!!! #grief? yes please #no but it'd also be kind of funny in a dark way #like you have one scene back near hawkins. the gang's communicating with 'mike' using the light brite #and it's telling them 'oh yeah those weird clocks everywhere? totally trustworthy. you know what else is trustworthy? vecna. love that guy #and meanwhile mike is at the byers' house in cali and will's watching the news and it says that yet another kid went missing in hawkins #and of course he's already concerned #but then they show a photo of mike's face. #and then he calls mike into the room and is like 'mike. what happened.' and mike just stares at him #idk i just like the idea of mike 'missing in action' wheeler #appeals to the same part of the brain that eats up that mike 'murder suspect' wheeler crack theory #so yeah <3 have fun with this #hopefully i won't be proven wrong in literally 5 days

[endlesscacophony]

Lyn don’t add more characters to your roster challenge....

#stares politely at lorenz and judith #maybe even nader #LORENZ IS THE BIGGEST PROBLEM #i really don't like him in the base game and even then dude's head is so far up his own ass (or seems to tbh) #so to see his growth in hopes??? #oof im actually enjoying it a lot #I SHOULD NOT #i don't even know how i feel about mercie she's still a test muse bc i haven't written a ton with her yet #i'm just #MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM #also been in debates on taking the bnha kiddos off the roster completely and putting them onto a secret menu or smth #bc my drive for them is soooooooooooo low #like i'm so behind on that manga i won't lie #◣ 𝘗𝘈𝘜𝘚𝘌𝘋 (𝘰𝘰𝘤)

[mistresstrevelyan]

When you start texting your ex after...like five years of silence

And I’m not referring to the ex mentioned in my Introduction post (You couldn’t pay me to seek her out) and you remember what you loved about them. And then I realize that they don’t know I lost my leg back in 2018 and stop responding bc I’m terrified of that knowledge destroying whatever this could be.

Sometimes self loathing just hurts and I know I shouldn’t feel that way but...I’m only human.

#Persephone chatters #Persephone frets #There's a spark there #But maybe I'm reading too much into it #God I haven't dated in SO LONG my radar is completely off base I just know it #Amputee chatter

[dan-sing-in-the-rain]

This might be a stupid question but is empathy an emotion or a thought process?

For example, when somebody does something that upsets you, and you try really hard to understand why they are doing what they are doing, even if you can't imagine ever feeling that way, is that empathy? Or is it not, because you are not feeling whatever way they are feeling?

#there are people partying really loudly next door to me #and instead of being angry i just spent twenty minutes questioning my friend about what people gain from partying so i could support them #since i can't imagine being happy in a loud crowded space that smells of alcohol with people screaming #i think i at least understand now #as in i could write a short essay on why partying benefits people and is important to them #but like i don't *get* it and i don't care to personally understand their experience #but if i reason my way to believing that my lost night of sleep is for the social good then i am not angry? #maybe i'm completely off base and this isn't even practicing empathy #but i am just kind of confused because people get upset at me for not being 'understanding' enough when all i am trying to do is understand