#rambling soo hard

[oohbuggypie]

it's both my God given right and duty to never shut up so i am going 2 not be quiet about BullDon 🫡 putting all text ("analysis", fanfic reccs, general rambling) under a read more so those who don't gaf can scroll easy 🩷 HERE WE GO !!

(all fanfics and their respective author are linked within their titles 🩷)

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K WHERE DO I START . their dynamic, past the obvious matador and bull trope, is so interesting to me. i think that their backgrounds have so many similarities; Don is a matador and is shown to have hundreds of people gathered in a stadium to watch his match, and Bull is watched relentlessly by the paparazzi. but they both have very different reactions to the fame and attention they receive. Don soaks it up and Bull can't stand it, and i think it contributes to their odd, almost mirror dynamic a lot

past that is their personalities and ethics,, both of them are SO full of themselves i actually almost forget, with Bull only being slightly more humble (cuz he can't exactly brag about his looks 😭) . Don is more prideful than he is cocky imo; but he's VERY expressive of his anger and distaste for losing, which makes him kind of paralell to my idea of Bull. though this follows more of a headcanon of mine and not whats in the game, i think Bull is really calm outside his persona in the ring (i.e his intermissions,,, he's being friendly if anything with Doc and he speaks so calm and low in Title Defense). unlike Don, he's shown actually building endurance and managing his emotions compared to his Contender cutscnene, essentially the OPPOSITE of Don, who only gets more sour and negative after he loses. i think in that aspect they're complete opposites but that switch makes their dynamic and relationship so much more complex to me

in the ring i think they share the factor of channeling their anger to help them succeed; Don is stronger when he's pissed at his missing toupee and Bull is .. Bull ? the Bull charge and his gut punch in Title Defense are very telling if his entire character isn't about how genuinely angered that man can be and i think that gives them a more complex element to how they'd work together; they're both sour and ugly about being perceived/looked at (more literally) in a way they don't want to, so that's just another thing that i find so interesting .. they have a BUNCH in common yet they're drastically different when you look at their characters generally

K NOW FANFIC RAMBLE TIME 🩷

Suficiente:

if anybody knows the author DetectiveCapan from AO3 personally im so dead srs when i say u should message them and praise them. i could not stfu about their BullDon writing and im not going to in a paragraph or two here but OH MY GODD. i have always avoided both actual books and fics alike that are written choppy and simplistic, and especially ones that lack atmosphere simply cuz they're just unappealing and hard to make me feel what's actually going on. but their BullDon trilogy ?? somehow their style of writing, which doesn't use complex words or long sentences packed with detail, is genuinely some of my favorite that i have EVERR read . they make the emotions the characters are feeling SO easy to understand and feel even without exaggerated expressions and dramatic descriptions it's actually kind of incredible ? and the bit of humor isn't overbearing, it's just silly and it sets up the atmosphere, which never ends up terribly serious. they write relationships with a familiarity in the atmosphere and actions that have been unachievable in any other piece of fiction ive read and the gestures omg .. IM GONNA BE SPECIFIC IN MY RECCS SO YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT IT BUT OMGG. DETECTIVECAPAN IF U SEE THIS BLESS UR HEART SERIOUSLY UR AN AMAZING AUTHOR 🩷🩷 PLEASE KEEP DOING WHAT U DO UR WONDERFUL AND I'D LOVE 2 SEE MORE OF UR WORK ABT BULLDON / PUNCH OUT!! WII IN GENERAL 🥹 now the recc list!!

possibly my favorite out of all three and it's literally the first one 😭 ough i could gush about this one FOR SO LOOONG ,,, i love how they immediately establish Don's mindset and attitude with how he both admires and pities the World Circuit for what they get and what they go through. when Don's out of the shower and he sees Bull half dressed there's no implication of sexual tension despite them being mostly undressed in front of each other and thats actually SO special to me because i had a morethanfriendship just like this and they captured the reality of it in a perfect way, like feeling for feeling . same in the way that Bull watches Don get dressed; they mention he stares but he doesn't have a corny, shocked "omg i hope he didn't notice me" reaction to catching himself. instead they mutually understand that they're admiring each other and they just smile about it . LIKE UGH THATS SO SPECIAL TO ME OMGG. and also Don putting on his - what'd id assume - rosary and then dabbing cologne behind his ears .. literally clutched my own cross necklace like omg that detail makes me crazyy i love the religion mention sm 😭

also UGH Bull's mannerisms .. a little annoyed at Don but there's such an endearing thing about it; he's annoyed at his demands but he complies anyway cuz even though he knows Don is purposely trying to make him a little pissed, he likes him enough to and he knows it'll make him happy .. THERE'S A DEEPER SENSE TO IT AND I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT IS BUT IT'S HARD TO WORDD 😭 also Bull being quick tempered about small things like the radio playing static and the music not being his taste .. and just the mutual like attachment they have with each other.. Bull never says anything about taking Don "home" (his hotel room) but Don knows exactly to get in his car and go with him anyway ,, and i cannot stress hard enough that it's just the little things seriously. i will never ever be regular about Bull liking to tie Don's boot laces, or promising to get his favorite beer when he offers it, or purposely (and patiently) waiting for him to get out of the shower so they can talk 🥹 like all those little gestures of love that show that he really does care . also possibly my favorite thing about this whole trilogy is that they have a very unestablished relationship ! it's never explicitly stated that they're dating or in love or anything even romantic but there areee quick mentions that imply (if im reading them correctly) that they're def a bit more than friends i.e Don mentioning how he thought his skin would burn from being in Bull's shower water temps ,, but the fact that it's not an established relationship and they don't outright express romantic interest in one another makes it SO much more special. it sets a completely different tone that creates warmth, familiarity, and comfort between them 😭

that's about that for Suficiente .. I LOVE IT SO MUCHH 😭 PLS READ IT, LEAVE KUDOS, AND IF U CAN COMMENT UR PRAISES !! 🩷 it is so well deserved genuinely. now on2 the next:

La Cosa Sobre El Pelo:

ugh i love this one equally as much. im gonna be repeating a lot of the same praises and ideas from "Suficiente" bcuz the whole trilogy creates the same kind of atmosphere but i still wanna gush about and explain it 🥹 omgg the paragraph about Don having a bald ass head and it scaring away the ladies made me giggle SO BAD . also UGH okay .. the sentiment of Don being vulnerable enough to confess his biggest insecurity to Bull, and for Bull to actually reflect and think about it so long after he's been told and reciprocate the vulnerability by showing Don a photograph of him before he lost his hair .. OUFFFGGHH actually the cutest and sweetest thing ever . also i am a nitpicker and a sucker for small details and i just absolutely LOVE how naturalistic the author makes the characters move. like Don doesn't get up and stand to grab the photo off the nightstand, he leans over and props himself up with his elbow and continues sipping on his beer when he's observing it like any other person would .. ugh i LOVE that detail , i get a little bothered when people write characters to be unnaturally animated in a setting where it doesn't exactly make sense to be, so that's another aspect of their writing that i appreciate soo much 😭 also it's the gestures omg .. when Bull grabs Don's thigh and shakes it and Don doesn't jerk away or question the closeness , he just leans back onto the bed and continues/ends their conversation about how he'll look bad with no hair and Bull looks good without it ,, I LOVE THAT SO BAADDD again it's the familiarity the meaning of Bull's gestures ,, the care that they quietly express instead of directly saying it .. GAWDD that's like my fav thing 😭 there's something so special about the silent concern and care that Bull has for Don in their writing; the small actions and the thought behind them do so much more than what words could say and i think it's super in character for him as well .. literally stellar i think i need to reread and add onto this one once i look at it again but I LOVE THIS ONE SO SO MUCHH 🩷

#punch out!! wii #punch out wii #bald bull #don flamenco #rambling soo hard #THIS IS NAWT COMPLETE THIS WILL BE EDITED AND CHANGED CONSTANTLY TILL IM DONE SO IF U SEE TEXT HERE NOW THATS NOT HERE LATER UR NOT CRAZY #ugh can drafts stop escaping

[avornalino]

hiiii.. 🙃🙃

#ts4 #the sims 4 #ts4 edit #late night sim posting but its ok! who needs sleep anyway.... #second sim kinda sorta inspired by cocona from xg except im really bad at making irl people in the sims soo.. #anyway not sure if ill get back into posting regularly anytime soon. i have a gp save rn that i play like once a week when i have time #but tbh its so hard for me to have the motivation to play rn but thats just how it is during the school year 🤷‍♀️ #and i might not have that much time in the summer since i miiiiight be studying abroad for a month (idk we'll see..) #will most likely continue lurking for the next few months tho :) #ok jfc enough rambling im going to bed gn sleep tight or have a good day <33

[nyaskitten]

If I see anymore "Nokt is an oni?????" posts/theories I may rip my hair out... not to be autistic but when you put a Keeper and and oni in the same image as Nokt, you'll actually find he looks NOTHING like an oni aside from big teeth, but he actually STRONGLY resembles a Keeper...

#ninjago #ninjago dragons rising #raine's rambles #ninjago spoilers #ninjago nokt #nokt ninjago #SOO HARD DEFENDING NOKTS HONOR

[loserdiaz]

taylor swift doesn't even need to go through a break-up to write good music ( see for reference, death by a thousand cuts, folklore, evermore and midnights) so shut up about being excited that she and joe broke up and have some sympathy. she's a human being and not a songwriter machine jfc.

#LIKE?????? #going through a breakup is soo hard and this isn't even a parasocial thing i have with her it's being genuinely sad and hoping she's okay #while some of u are making memes and talking about her next big project #april rambles #taylor swift #joe alwyn

[sideblogdotjpeg]

I LOVE YOUUUU JAINA!!!!!! KING OF IRONDEEP LAMEST GUY TO EVER EXIST CRINGEFAIL GILF OF ALL TIME <<<33333

#she is soo EVERYTHING TO ME #guy who really just cant havefun. but she is trying so hard #<3 my king #naddpod #naddpod spoilers #< USING THIS TAG ?????? WHAAT IM CAUGHT UP BUTCHES!! #ramble tag

[goldiipond]

isn't it fucked up this conversation takes place a few hours before she gets killed. isn't that so fucked up. what was their problem

#skye's ramblings #SHAKES YOU REAALLY FUCKING HARD. ISNT THAT FUCKED??? HOW DESPERATELY HE TRIES TO KEEP THIS PROMISE WITHOUT KNOWING ITS ALREADY TOO LATE. TH #ahem anywayay. man i really like how much more focus the anime gives their relationship in the short amount of time we have with conny #this is a side scene in the manga and i think including it in the anime was a really good choice #that along with conny practically being glued to his side for 99% of her screentime and having them both cry when saying goodbye.. OW #theyre just !! soo fucking good i love them they make me soo sad i hope we all die. the siblings ever #tpn

[skylilac]

im so glad i dont write fic on tumblr anymore genuinely its so hard to be a fic writer but esp in the kotlc fandom

#i dont know this isnt rlly inspired bu anything i just kinda remembered when i used to post fic here #i remember id used to be LUCKY if i got like 20 notes bc most ppl didnt even get that #like fr kotlc fic writers get the worst of it genuinely its so hard getting interaction even if youre popular and well known and all that #and idk maybe its bc were a pretty young fandom but like no one comments or anything anymore #wattpad?? i have like 100k views and maybe. 1k stars or whatever like yall realize how bad that is right #and ig ao3 is better but ​the hits to kudos/comments ratio is still soo sucky #ive written in other fandoms and rven if theyre small at least ppl comment and shit?? more than here ifl #everyone still writing fic in this fandom deserves a holiday or smth #avery rambles

[vellichorsdesire]

what would heal me personally is coming home flopping on the couch immediately for f/o to come over to greet me and notice that i’ve falllen asleep accidentally with how tired i am and change me into a nice comfy shirt, draping a blanket over me and moving the hair out of my face so it won’t bother me (but also to give a small kiss on the forehead too) and maybe settling beside my lying body, maybe placing my head on their lap on the couch to read a book and wait for me to wakee up nd talk about my day… personally i would do the same for them as well. goodnight

#also to scold me to not work soso hard lol. Even though they do the same #ilove them though i love them so much. my heart is so full of love for tbem i don’t know where to place it sometjmes #❥ vels ramblings #self ship #jm soo so sleepy sory i will grammer check this jn the morrninggzzz

[saturnisfallingdown]

ai content creators love to claim happily that they produce all of their own art 100% authentically with no ai and then immediately post the most intensely ai generated image youve ever seen

#i try soo so so hard to not be a bummer on here but ohh my god computer generated stuff in place of human art gets me. #saw someone doing some numbers in various gaming fandoms with some suuuper obvious ai stuff and just. lies downn #at least im not that. at least i make my own stuff #saturn is rambling down

[a-buncha-bad-ideas]

hmmm. actually i dont think marinas inherently evil. maybe she misunderstood what kamabo said it wanted from the world if it/order won (a safer, better, efficient world. meanwhile marina said she just wanted a safe world so i def could see how their vague ideas could align) and genuinely thought its intentions to be good. she probably isn't with them by choice atm and a big plot point may be saving her and returning color to the world (via the palette dedf1sh shows you)

#splatoon #splatoon 3 #ramble #soo basically she was tricked #and sorta hard to come back from.... gestures vaguely #all of whats happening to inkopolis in side order #ALSO remember side order takes place in what amounts to splat2 #splatsville probs doesnt exist and marina and pearl havent mended their relationship from ordervchaos im assuming

[maplemaplemaplemaplemaple]

do you ever just. purposefully not watch/play something you think that you'll like because you don't want to get hyperfixated on it due to needing to concentrate on things in regular life/fearing your other fixations will be dulled in the process

#i know im going to adore the re-animator and disco elysium when i eventually watch/play them but i've been putting them off because uni #and because fear of losing interest in my other hyperfixations is soo real and scary because man. what will i do then #theyre odd in that specifically videogame hyperfixations i still like casually after they're dulled and sometimes they re-emerge. #but band hyperfixations i will burn out so hard and will never listen to them again . i miss you gorillaz! i dont miss you radiohead. #maple rambles

[gregmarriage]

feel like i always have to have something to say™️ when i text my friends, but like, i always have to remind myself that i could just say hi, or like send funny image™️ and it will be fine ☺️ <(clenching fists)

#gwen attempts friendship #<title of my extremely unpopular memoir #i feel like i have to say big things™️ #like something needs to be happening #i need a topic #and i also have to remind myself that my friends love me and don’t find me as annoying as i think they do #it’s fine!!!! #*bites inside of mouth until i draw blood* #anyways i’m a adult and i’m soo normal at human bonding x #idk i’m having weird brain time™️ again lately and i’m just dealing with that #or trying to in the healthiest way i can #people enjoy talking to me #people like me and even love me #said to the bathroom mirror as i grip the sink so hard my knuckles turn white #i feel like i’m avoiding my friends but it’s also fine if we don’t talk 24/7 #they will not forget me #their object permanence of me isn’t that bad please calm down #we will catch up at a later date and it will be nice #it’s only bad if i’m deliberately isolating myself #and i’m not so it’s fine #just kinda dissociating and forgetting to reply or that i meant to tell them things etc #honestly it’s my object permance that’s the problem #i’d literally forget my brain if it wasn’t inside my head #it’s fun <3 #anyways another fun gwen ramble for y’all

[glacierruler]

2 hours of progress!

Can you guess what flag will be there when it's done?

(Mode: easy)

The letters say AJR, which, if you didn't know, is my favorite band currently :)

#glacier rambles #glacier's art wips #art wip #painting wip #this is honestly so hard #because it's not abstract art and it's not a still life either #soo

[yume-fanfare]

hinaan yuri........

#hina's fs story was gooodddddd #i really liked it #w these yumebait stories it's kinda hard for them to get me because well im not a fan by principle #but this one felt distinct on principle #more with anzu being her own personnn #stories where she's with someone she has a deeper connection with really feel more like her #the dynamic they have rn is soo #i do like how the repayfes confession had consequences and how they're still kinda figuring that out #i should reread 2×2 properly that was some real hinaan yuri #for some reason #mar's midnight rambles

[goldiipond]

YOU KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS THATS RIGHT ITS ART SUMMARY TIME. OH YEEAAAH

tpn is definitely one of the longest fixations i've had in a very long time, these kids mean soo much to me and have helped me branch out with my art in really fun ways. i'm really happy with where my style is now, and heres to another year of drawing the same damn anime characters <3

2022 | 2021 | 2020

#skye's doodles #skye's ramblings #ive been using both tags for these im not quite sure why. but i do love to ramble on these #did NOT have enough space for all my favorite pieces choosing was soo hard for some months ... 2024 skye should space out his favs better #to be honest this year was. interesting !! my motivation became a little rocky towards the end #partially due to finally getting a diagnosis for something ive been struggling w forever + med trials and annoying side effects YAAY #but i am glad i have still been able to make art that i can be happy with despite all that and it honestly feels. a little more special? #idk if that really makes sense but yah. really happy with how my art has developed this year cant wait for next year <3 #also godd the way ray n don each take up half these spaces... anime boy disease is incurable i fear <3 #n yah i totally just grabbed this template from the one i made last year n changed the top doodle/year. i will probably keep doing this <3 #shoiuld i tag this as tpn? it is all tpn and ive seen other summaries in the tag today. much to think about

[llumimoon]

GODDD my favorite magical girl team design ever FRR!!!! (go read Sleepless Domain if you ever get the chance hehehe <3)

#cal rambles #these r minor characters but GOD THEIR DESIGNS SLAP SO HARD #i love the magical girl designs in this comic soooo much i swear #they r all soo good