#speaking of im going to sleep now

[sparkles-rule-4eva]

Reread the IDW Sonic 30th anniversary comic the other day and found this golden panel of the bros. Tails is just coated in leaves as they're running/flying and Sonic completely glazes over that 🤣

They're so sillyyyyy brubbers

#sonic the hedgehog #sonic #sth #miles tails prower #sonic and tails #unbreakable bond #they're brothers your honor #wholesome sonic and tails wednesday #wholesome wednesday #wstw #wsatw #sonic idw #idw sonic #sonic 30 anniversary comic #shuddup it's Wednesday where i am #12:29 in the morning to be exact #speaking of im going to sleep now

[dogmotif]

hey me and my partner saw you from across the bar we want to kill and eat you

#okay im gonna try and go to sleep now ive got this out of my head #sometimes i have a thought and im like ohhhhhh i have to post this RIGHT now #will speaks

[oozeandgoo-art]

Stubbornness.

#oc #haven #i worked genuinely hard as fuck on this one #tfw you follow someone to their home to demand they speak with you face to face because you want to commit extreme violence on them #over a business dispute. and because they do not want you to do this they simply do not come outside. and you eventually make it clear you #will not be leaving until they come outside so you can discuss (read: harm them over) said business dispute. so they turn on their #sprinkler system and go to sleep. and you decide on the spot that this isn't that big a deal and if you leave now you'll lose ALL #credibility FOR EVER. so you decide to stand around and wait until they come out and . by the time the morning arrives you have #contracted Hypothermia and The Beginnings Of Pneumonia and also Did Not Maul That Guy #started this as a proof of concept test of doing an overpainting on super vivid red #expecting to spend like #maybe forty minutes on it #and then about uh.... like... at least seven hours later i was like okaayyyyy now im done #stay tuned i have two variants that didnt make the cut also #also the picture is big as fuck so i recommend straight up opening it into a different tab to look at details #not that there are that many #i painted it 80% at zoom-out scale

[haunted-xander]

So. Fatebreaker, right? Ryne's biggest fears made manifest, daddy issues personified, yes?

He's an amalgamation of Thancred and Ran'jit, his face, his voice and his weapon is Thancred's, but his body, his fighting style and his words are Ran'jit's.

Throughout the fight Fatebreaker constantly makes comments about how only he can protect Ryne, only he can provide for her, only he has even the right to so much as stand beside her, to be in her general presence. He's possessive and obsessive, repeatedly asserting that she is HIS and his only. Which is exactly what Ran'jit says basically every time we encounter him.

But this time it's in Thancred's voice. This time it's with the voice and face of a man she actually cares about.

Ryne isn't scared of Thancred, she never has been. Even when she first met him she was barely even nervous (as clearly shown in Thancred's short story). There's a lot of different feelings happening between those two, but fear has never been one of them.

But now, after things have gotten so much better, she is scared of Thancred becoming like Ran'jit. Because if Thancred was just a little further gone, if he was just a little less compassionate, he would've. It wouldn't be hard for him to go down the same path as Ran'jit did, to be incapable of letting go of the ghost of that girl he loved so so much to the point he'd stubbornly grip anything close to her he could. He didn't, but the fact he could've is terrifying.

It makes his final words, words that are Thancred's, so very important. This is her deepest fears made manifest, but he still says he wants her to be happy. Her happiness not only matters, but is important to him.

#Now we -the audience- ofc knew Thancred was unlikely to go down that path #bc if theres one thing hes been consistent in even in his darkest moments its living up to his loved ones' wishes and legacies #the only time he even speaks against it is his conversation w minfilia in amh araeng #and thats more a case of all his (poorly) repressed grief and stress exploding than him actually meaning what he says #and trying to control rynes life after minfilia literally told him to just let her live her life goes directly against that #i think about fatebreaker a lot. as i do all things related to ryne & thancred #and to me its so important to note that hes more or less ran'jit with just enough thancred in him to be *too* thancred for comfort #its so. her greatest fear isnt even the thing thats been haunting her her whole life (being forced to fill in for minfilia) #its having her free will taken from her by the person she cares about the most (thancred) #and for him to be trapped in endless suffering because he cant move on #just like ran'jit did and was #its not even necessarily that shes all that scared of ran'jit himself #what shes scared about is caring about someone like that #because then she wont say no or try to be anyone but minfilia #(thats also why this fear appears specifically after things get better) #(because she was already ready to forsake herself if it eased thancred suffering) #okay im gonna stop now i need to sleep gnight everyone #ryne waters #thancred waters #ran'jit #final fantasy #final fantasy 14 #final fantasy xiv #ff14 #ffxiv #xander rambles #at this point i should make a tag for ryne ramble posts i make so many of them #tomorrow. maybe. if i remember #edit: i made it #xander being insane about ryne

[stiffyck]

There's something about scar... idk what it is but whether it's the fanon designs of his character or the irl person he's just so. Handsome. Cute. Everything. He's just the man. The only man ever actually.

He's so cool. I hope he knows it.

#i mean this in the least parasocial way possible: i love this man so much #HES JUST. HE #YOU GUYS GET IT RIGJT #NSDJDJSM #JUST. SCAR. ALWAYS ON THE MIND. #HES SO KIND. HES FUNNY. HE RAMBLES ON ABOUT THE STUFF HE LOVES. JUST HE #im sorry #simp moment for me here #HE PUTS A SMILE ON SO MANY PEOPLES FACES #HIS BUILDS ARE INCREDIBLE #HIS ART IS SO COOL AND I WISH HED SHARE MORE OF IT #JELLIE #I THINK THAT ONE SPEAKS FOR ITSELF #ACTUALLY? NO. IM NOT SORRY. #I APPRECIATE THIS MAN SO MU H #HE MANAGES TO MAKE ME SMILE WHEN I FEEL SAD WITH HIS SILLY JOKES #I JUST. I NEED EVERYONE TO KNOW HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE HIM. #stiff talk #gtws #GOODBYE EVERYONE. IM GOING TO SLEEP NOW. I HAVE 2 HOURS TO SLEEP #IM SO TIRED #AND IM RAMBLING HERE ABOUT A MC YOUTUBER #YOU GUYS BETTER BE SUBBED TO HIM #GET HIM TO 2 MILLION #HE DESERVES IT #fuck i need to sleep

[forffax]

Men with huge boobs

#txt #okay im going to sleep now. #needed to speak my truth.

[invidiia]

dot dot dot

not quite exactly spooky season but ive had this fic cooking where it's like a corpse bride au with a yandere chuuya

reader is pretty much like victor in the movie, running into the forest for some peace before an arranged wedding they don't wanna go through with, and then they do some weird ritual shit and boom corpse chuuya appears

bros like "hey you summoned me so we're totally engaged now" and you're all like "omg no thanks i really dont wanna get with you" and he's all like "too bad bae you're mine now lol"

should i keep cooking 🐄🐄🐄

#klya..speaks #chuuya x reader #yandere chuuya #it's july aka the month where i start making my halloween costumes because i'm extra for halloween #going as reze this year and i want the cosplay done before halloween soo starting it now #anywayy im usually always in halloween spirit because i cannot sleep without watching the nightmare before christmas every night #its my favorite movie #and i literally will not sleep unless i watch it #so #yk

[elliesbelle]

alright. y’all just might get chapter 12 of ncty tomorrow.

#technically today cause it’s 2 am but we’re gonna freaking see! #i was gonna go to sleep and i was about to pass out but i got hit with a wave of sadness and now im wide awake #also i’m def awake now cause i just farted and burped in bed and woke up live in ex and pissed her off cause i was too loud LMAO #(yes we still sleep in the same bed) #anyway… #stayed tuned and fingers crossed #belle speaks

[coolnonsenseworld]

Sketch Commission for @CastingEsuna on Twitter. Thank you so much! 💖🥰🥰

Instagram - instagram.com/coolnonsenseworld/

Shop - mmezzy.bigcartel.com

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Patreon - patreon.com/lmezzy

#lance mcclain #voltron lance #commission work #voltron legendary defender #woke up 5:37 to rain #so im here making a post now #right after asking if my sister is alive bc she wasnt home when i went to sleep like sure she is an adult #but adults get abducted too #those past two days ive been just making groceries and crying at the inflation #i also hot glue gunned a box for my drawer to keep the charms in and reorganized things ! #first b3cause packing preorders will be much nicer now and second of all #im avoiding putting myself in a position where my brain can speak out loud when im under stress like shut the fuck up collect things into #boxes okay #oh have i told you i made list of reasons my mom called me lately? #accordingly it was because: someone died #then because she had a panic attack (she still doesn't call them that) #and then because my sister wasn't picking up #we ended up talking about taxes and an ongoing trial which was postponed from last year when my mom and grandmother didn't get there bc #they had a car accident #if this doesn't make you go 'lol' about life #i dont know what will #you just can't start thinking about it and have to draw beautiful Lance's that people commission from you look at him #and those shoulders trying to compensate that flat ass #i hope yall like him #😆 #everyone is totally cool so far btw i hope it doesn't distress anyone HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND

[miutonium]

‼️MY ART WAS STOLEN AND SOLD ON ETSY‼️

(sorry for the weird format! I'm using the same pic from my insta post!)

LINK TO THE ORIGINAL POST ON INSTA: HERE

LINK TO THE SWEATER LISTING : HERE

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HELP ME REPORT THIS LISTING ON ETSY!

UPDATE: Someone DMd me that you guys should report it as Prohibited Materials instead! Please pick that one!

PLEASE REBLOG AND HELP ME REPORT THIS LISTING! I APPRECIATE EVERY HELP THAT I GET 😭😭💕💕💕

#i stayed up until 4 just to make this post #im going to do my work tomorrow I was tired af from moving today #and also I dont have motivation to draw right now zzzzz #why cant they just repost art without credit like losers do????? #okay I am going to sleep now zzzz why everyday I have new things to be upset about??? #sorry for the negativity these past few weeks Im really trying guys 😔😔😔😔 #asuka speaks #psa #signal boost #boost

[milf-harrington]

oh tonights going to be fucking miserable

#no matter what i do i cant get comfortable theres always something digging into me or not sitting right #its too quiet so i put my fan on but the /droning/ was genuinely doing my head in i thought i was going to snap so i had to turn it off #so now its STILL too quiet #im itchy and in pain and my nose is blocked #and i am. so fucking tired. i havent had a proper solid nights sleep in like 4 days #how was i more comfortable on my sisters couch last night than i am right now in my own bed #i just want to sleep 😭😭 pls dont me and sleep have enough issues cmere bbygirl i miss you- #captain speaks

[neonpigeons]

so like is it even possible to start feeling happy and good again. to even be able to absorb dopamine correctly. am I stuck feeling numb and ashamed for the rest of my life

#not a lot of hope after so many failed treatments. lots of meds that didn't work. lmao #and TMS. which did jack shit #not even in a depression spiral right now this is more like. how i feel constantly now #oh well. gonna go eat something that's bad for me and maybe sleep. if im lucky #ari speaks

[im-still-watching-anime]

rip my mom casually asking me what the worst shakespeare take i’ve ever heard was and unlocking a two hour rant at 3 am

#ive taken many shakespeare courses #and spoken casually about his plays with Many People™️ #and read Way too many articles #i have heard more shit tier ass shakespeare takes than i would ever wish upon anyone #my least favorite does actually come from this website though <3 #tumblr win (?) #i love it here but sometimes oooooohhh boy #i dont usually get worked up with any sort of disagreeing opinion #and im very good at being level headed about things in general #but GOD nothing gets on my nerves faster than shit takes about shakespeare #or just reading or learning in general #like ooohhh boy #my mom has a knack for asking me dangerous questions at inopportune moments #im half convinced she likes asking me about shakespeare when shes going to sleep #because my incessant chattering bores her enough to fall asleep easier😑 #rude if true because i was repressing those takes and now that im thinking about them again IM too annoyed to sleep😤 #god i wish i could be normal about shakespeare im so annoying #im So pretentious never speak to me

[allthegothihopgirls]

the standard new york accent will never not shock me when it hits my ears

#they sound so serious all the time it's crazy #but coming from an australian im not sure how much that means #ok im going to SLEEP now #im closing this website and getting my 3 hours in before i have to wake up #yell at me if i keep posting #gothihop speaks

[crescentfool]

recently, i’ve been thinking about what a 100% social link/confidant run is like from the perspective of the persona protagonists, rather than the player. i’ve always been a sucker for thinking about the type of narrative created by a person’s gameplay choices (it can be so fun and deep) so!! i wrote this analysis / musing.

some notes before we start: this was written with the lens of persona 3 being the most recent game i played- but the concepts are applicable to the p4/p5 protagonists as well! no spoilers for any of the games are mentioned; this is moreso a general discussion of ludonarrative dissonance with the game mechanics and narrative and how it makes for fun angst (ft. personal interpretation).

(more under the cut!)

the framework: game mechanics

in all of the games, the social link system’s existence coincides with the social stats mechanic. certain social links require a specific set of stats in order to initiate it, or surpass a certain rank. each game has around 20 of these- each of which represent the major arcana (+ some bonuses, e.g. aeon / jester / faith / councilor).

for any players going for a 100% social link run, this basically requires each social stat to be maxed out. anyone who’s followed a guide for a 100% run would know that the beginning of the game tends to be very “strict” with how time can be used, most of which involves getting the stats raised  as soon as possible.

outside of characterization and worldbuilding, completing social links are incentivized for a variety of gameplay reasons. so how could this completionist play style affect the protagonists?

prioritizing social stats over everything else: a general view

regardless of which protagonist you want to put under a petri dish, with a 100% run, you’re essentially asking the protagonist to form amicable bonds with 20 or so people, give or take. granted, not everyone becomes adjoined to the hip to the protagonist.

personally, i feel that forming 20 different bonds over the course of a year would be rather strenuous. during these 100% runs, the protagonists may feel that they’re spreading themselves thin trying to dedicate their resources to multiple different people as well as raising their “social stats.” i find the implications that this has on said bonds is so, utterly fascinating.

while this isn’t reflected in the game and would be better represented within a fic, i find it difficult to believe that this type of behavior doesn’t have any ramifications on the quality of the protagonist’s closer relationships (or their self-image, for that matter).

just… imagine calling one of your close friends but then they consistently give responses along the lines of “lmao sorry i’m busy doing other things,” and they rarely make the time of day for you. how would you feel? gameplay-wise, this deterioration of the relationship is best represented in persona 3 with social links reversing if you haven’t spent time with them in awhile.

part of my fascination with this concept is influenced by my own experiences. trying to maintain so many relationships can be difficult to keep up with and it quickly gets overwhelming (see dunbar’s number for more information). jumping between so many people also makes it difficult to focus on a few relationships meaningfully- meaning that relationships may be limited to being simple pleasantries. even then, ‘successfully’ keeping every relationship satisfying comes at the cost of being unable to pursue your own development and interests.

overall, i think that trying to do so many things ends up lowering the quality of the relationship(s) involved, especially when you also consider the fatigue from going to school as well as fighting shadows.

playing the therapist friend / listening role: a general view

another aspect of the 100% run that i think about is how the protagonists rarely open up to other people. a good chunk of SLs follow a storyline of the protagonist acting as a therapist friend/helping the other person through one central issue. some SLs are an exception to this and have a more casual “we’re just hanging out vibe.”

basically, SLs tend to be weighted toward the other character’s growth, moreso than the protagonist’s (which is handled by the main story). that said, the idea of mostly playing a listening role across most of your relationships and not having many that you feel comfortable to speak freely about your own stuff… feels really unbalanced and unhealthy?

i do think that part of the lack of “input” can be attributed to the silent-protagonist approach taken in the games (which is a whole ‘nother topic). but!! i find that each protagonist’s options, while limited, are fun to think about! some of the traits and interpretations i’ve seen for the differing protags, to name a few, include:

being afraid to open up / get attached and keeping people at arm’s distance as a result

needing to be around other people, even if it’s just listening them, to distract from their own struggles / pretend nothing’s wrong with them

enjoying helping others, being a good and careful listener who can provide an appropriate and helpful response

the willingness to prioritize others over themselves; a lack of self-preservation

compulsive people pleasing

at its worst, the lack of “protagonist talking” or equal reciprocation in response could be misinterpreted by the other person as disinterest (like they’re talking to a wall). alternatively- the lack of “personal tidbits” could be taken as, “you don’t trust me enough to be able to open up, huh.” and i just think that seeing this in a fic would be the biggest shitshow ever (and i would read that).

concluding thoughts:

overall, i feel that the protagonists taking a predominantly listening approach to several relationships at once can lead to compassion fatigue and general burnout. the protagonists are rarely at the receiving end of being listened to and/or having their issues worked through… and that’s kind of sad?

while the 100% social link run can provide great power to any persona fusions (and other cool battle abilities + hijinks)... i ultimately think that there’d be a lot of mental strain that would make achieving this much more difficult when you take a narrative-emphasized approach.

i do realize that it is possible to see the general vibe of this post as “100% social link is bad,” but like… there’s something i find really appealing about the messiness of attempting to manage so many relations at once- only to fall short in several of them and attempting to salvage the last bits of their sanity. when you think about the complications of the 100% SL run from the shoes of the protagonist… yeah!! that’s the good shit!

anyways! if anyone knows of any fics with this kinda vibe for the p3/4/5 protags… feel free to drop it in my askbox… i like them all VERY much :3c… and if this raised any food for thought- i’d be equally honored! let the protags go through shit i wanna see their emotions and coping mechanisms damn it! 👏

#persona 3 #persona 4 #persona 5 #yes it is 3am and im posting this. i couldn't sleep so i wanted to write something that i've been thinking abt as of late :x #highly recommend looking up ludonarrative dissonance btw! if ur interested in game storywriting its SOO interesting bc its definitely- #an occurence that happens every now and then in a video game. persona included. like.. when game mechanics tell one story but the narrative #-ends up contradicting that (or some other thing in reality ends up doing that...). does that even make sense?? #i tried to keep this post general to p3/4/5 but if you know me well enough you'll see how my p3 bias has shaped this post. lmao #i also could go on a tangent about how i feel about orpheus telos as a thing w/rt p3 social links BUT I WONT. unless...? #i have more i want to say on the topic (maybe will do so at a later time) but feel free to ask for more specific hcs with the protags? #maybe not p4kun though just bc ive only watched p4 so i havent had the time to let it sit btwn play sessions #anyway bye im just going to let this float in the void while i sleep. have a good day #meta #hc and au nonsense #lizzy speaks

[iphigeniacomplex]

you could make a riverdale out of this

#my thoughts on the poem as a whole aside this bit has always struck me. and it does make me think of hal cooper to be frank but i could -> #<- see a veronica or cheryl read of this as well. thats the thing about riverdale: fathers in it #i need to sleep and then finish some work and THEN maybe start talking abt the house of cooper but idk who will like what i have to say #so this post kind of functions as a softlaunch for that. im going to sleep now though #it speaks! #riverdale #house of cooper #<- for further rumination