#spike are you sure about that

[ubercharge]

just want you to know: I would die for yer new alligator lady

she's bad with compliments

#ask answer #anon #alt text #oh god i gotta draw the tail spikes in a way that hurts my hand less #i'm not sure what colours i want her to be! but she likely isn't purple. i'll think about it and show you guys my ideas #gator girl #my art #doodles #id in alt text #miacerra #mia's world

[front-facing-pokemon]

#surskit #now THIS guy. very underrated pokémon. the little blush? cute. the blue? cute. the spike on their head? cute. the whole concept of surskit #is cute. and there's this one video of like serena tossing out a surskit and then they just go “a” and it zooms out #and plays gen 8 encounter music and it's a very good video. if y'all've seen it before you know what i mean. for the rest of you #well i don't know what to tell you. i don't know much about this pokémon outside of that because i kinda started liking it when i saw that #video to be QUITE honest. i don't even know what type it is for sure—bug/water? and i sure as hell don't remember what they evolve into #yeah ok i was right. and they evolve into masquerain. not a ton of continuity colors and design wise but i like Get it. the whole bug thing #i suppose i just prefer pokémon that are visually traceable #but my paws are very cold typing this so i'm gonna wrap this up and take my meds. happy surskit day #and also happy pride month! i'm queueing this up on june 2nd. my power went completely out last night #which was awesome for pride month (lie). it was a very good time (lie)

[justafriendofxanders]

it is a little bit wild that by virtue of ats s5 being the last canon tv installment of the buffyverse, spike and angel's arcs culminate in... each other. like spike isn't allowed to rest after his sacrifice because the network needs to pull more viewers his new hero status has to be put to the test against angel. angel can't comfortably rest on his laurels as the vampire with the soul because spike is there. their arcs with buffy shape them into the people they eventually become, but canon deliberately leaves the future of those relationships ambiguous! ats is where they go to figure out how to lead lives without buffy but with the other vampire-with-a-soul in them. and i don't even mean this in the way where spike/angel is somehow more meaningful or romantically endgame than their other relationships, i just mean like... those two old dudes are never gonna escape each other, for better or for worse. like there's literally a whole prophecy to that effect. wild stuff.

#funny how media gets more complex and richer when you give the main character's love interests a life of their own. :I #anyways thinking about this because any hypothetical video(s) focused on their individual characters that takes ats s5 as an endpoint #means contending with how a big part of their growth involves getting over their neuroses about the other #and coming together for a common cause/to do the right thing #also i think i REALLY like that buffyverse rejects stable romantic coupling as a satisfying ending #and that such relationships only exist when they're a narratively relevant contrast to the INstability of someone's (usually buffy's) life #ats #buffyposting #spangel #sure why not #actually speaking of which i support stable and happy spike/angel specifically in the context when buffy is having a very bad day #i think that finding out about spangel should make her day much worse before making it much better

[blinkpen]

#i could have worded it even worse but i wanted SOME hyperbole and amusement factor #and you have to be brief obviously #zoetrope #its more like ripping random creatures from other dimensions and Immediately just throwing them out to cause havok #because the pain and suffering caused delights it #suffering from whatever the Agent does and when the Agent itself gets inevitably and brutally slain bc Agents don't get the rez #some are malicious but half the time the Agent monsters know even Less about what the fucks happening than the native mantledwellers #some are just doing what is natural to them and it is how do we say Less Than Congruent with conventional reality #[necrin voice] this is great i love this sh... what the fuck is that little dragon doing. he fuckin around? better make sure he finds ou- #[gets hit in the head with a frying pan by a lesbian covered in spikes]

[stormy-nights-are-best]

Hey WHAT if I made your turtles [shiny emoji] slightly more scientifically accurate [shiny emoji]?

I'll start with the Disaster Twins.

Alright, so Leo is a red-eared slider turtle. At first I was skeptical about his blue shell and horizontal marks, but then with some research, I found red-eared sliders aren't always just the most gorgeous green - I found this lil blue gal in the pic! - AND their stripes CAN have some wiggles that make horizontal lines (first pic tart has one on its shoulder). So I didn't have to change those!

I did give him some actual stripes and plastron marks (there is no red-eared slider without those, plus they can be blue too so it suits him) though.

And a long thin tail because I'm okay with Trans Leo (male slider have short thick tails like in pic 2)

It was hard to figure out which type of spiny softshell Donnie was at first, but I was being dumb. It's obviously the Northern.

I started this whole project to fix Leo and Donnie's markings and DANG IT THEY'RE NOT INACCURATE- Spiny softshell turtles can have purple marks just fine (I'm pissed) so I let him keep his cool tech markings and just fixed his plastron. Picture one is a softshell's plastron, in case you hadn't realized. I know I took a while.

And!! Spiny softshell turtles have U-shaped nostrils. That's very important.

The hands and feet I gave Donnie are a little different from all the others' because so are spiny softshell turtles'.

But I think it'd be comical if the guys still couldn't tell the difference between the twins without their color coDING

OH, YOU MUST HAVE NOTICED LEO'S PERFECTLY FINE AND RAPH DOESN'T HAVE A HOLE IN HIS SHELL! That's because those are gonna be all in that time gap between the end of S2 and the movie.

If you WANt scientifically accurate post-movie wounds though.... Here's Leo's.

#you know what's funny about Leo being a red-eared slider? #it's that they have their snouts up like 99% of the time‚ they're so cocky #it's so him #+ their eyes have a line crossing it and paired with their mouth they're like #- ^ - #they're so SMUG #also‚‚ Donnie is currently shorter than Leo but by the laws of SCIENCE he's gonna grow SO MUCH TALLER #i'm all in for it you guys don't get it #oh and #softshell turtles have long tails if they're male‚ short if they're female #it's the opposite for sliders #so their tails end up being the same length proportionally speaking #i'll draw Donnie's shell one day and make sure you all know he does not have spikes on his shell #they're literally just his very prominent spine #that's haha #that's too much tags i'm sorry #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #teenage mutant ninja turtles #donnie rottmnt #leo rottmnt #rise tmnt fanart #*scientifically accurates you* #disaster twins #lil comic #masterpiece #i want to touch donnie's belly

[dawnssummers]

— i never liked that ending either. more love streaming out the wrong way, and i don't want to be the kind that says the wrong way.

buffy the vampire slayer, 5.07 fool for love + 5.18 intervention + 5.22 the gift / richard siken, litany in which certain things are crossed out

#litany again. GUYS WHO WOULD LOVE LITANY IN WHICH CERTAIN THINGS ARE CROSSED OUT!!! #btvs #spike #btvsedit #no but litany is so. it's about being stuck in this narrative of doom/tragedy whilst trying to shape it from within but u Can't. you're you #it's about regret (especially that but i should've known) its about forgiving yrself (dear forgiveness quit milling about and come inside) #most of all it's about being the dragon and wanting to be the princess or the hero but you're not #and that's why you want a better story. WHO WOULDN'T? sure i sink the boat of love but that comes LATER #idk man what if u fell in love with ur destruction ie that which killed you the first time #what if you continued to life what if you were a vampire and there was a hero. what if u fell in love with ur destruction again #what if you were a fool for love even as you revelled in causing pain and causing destruction of your own #what IF you were trying to heal your lover but then the slayer was there. what if your lover pushed you away bc she knew your destiny #what if love for you was like a religion all along... litany makes me crazy wazy #^all why the expression RIGHT after 'til the end of the world' is in here i did oscillate on including it bc it Looks innocuous #so much converges there.. it's a grand statement And it's real And it's a (promise of) love through/bc of/despite the world ending

[pennamepersona]

i've already made a post about "hey where does withers get the blood when he resurrects durge" so here's an extremely specific followup

if we've got an afab durge from a species with a menstrual cycle, do they...also have that cycle? i assume they would when bhaal made them bc he's all into spreading his unholy seed and whatever the fuck, but does withers do a complete factory reset? does jergal understand the ins and outs of living bodies with hormone cycles??

"Is Durge Undead" 2.0: can the vampire lick up some period blood

#bg3 #bg3 dark urge #bg3 withers #bhaalspawn #menstruation mention #three guesses what made me start thinking about this #but for real though. like for REAL though. #i am once again asking!! is durge undead now!!! #what's bhaal's blood type! would an afab durge have a menstrual cycle! #these are the questions sarevok anchovie does NOT want you asking! #...does orin have her period? surely she does. do you think she like. gets...really creative during that time #not necessarily using that blood just like #as a pick me up? #if your favored medium is blood and pain and you start to produce those yourself surely it's like. gonna spark something. #you can tell when orin the red is on her period bc the murders spike

[splinteredthoughts]

YAY OC RAMBLES!

Aight, ya asked for it!

Currently in the process of reworking an old sona to be a full-on oc of their own. It wasn’t really a ‘me’ anymore, so I wanted to give her her own shine and dazzle.

Here she is! Originally, the only thing I had for her was that she was a shark-themed villain version of a self-insert named Nora. She had little to no story as a villain, and no exceptional powers except for enhanced strength and breathing underwater.

Now, I have thoughts about her! Her new name is Frenzy. She lives in Deluge, a city protected by a few big heros, and some smaller heros, but fought over constantly by villains. Instead of being one of the big fish, Frenzy is more on the rogues side of the villains, stirring up trouble and doing small crime on more of a for fun basis than anything else. Her powers mostly lie in her enhanced speed and strength, but she also has some control over water. Not enough to be on the level of ATLA’s waterbenders, but just enough to bring in a thick fog or to make it rain. It works as a cover for her misdeeds. Frenzy also occasionally works as extra muscle for the bigger villains if they need more manpower on bigger jobs, or just to use her for scary dog privileges.

Between the bigger jobs and being paid by other villains, Frenzy gets on pretty well. Her tail and fin make it hard to blend in with the civilian population, so she doesn’t have a lot of freedom to roam about during the daylight hours. Luckily, she doesn’t need to. Frenzy had a young villain that she had taken under her wing/was training. His name was Phoenix (I’ll whip up a doodle of him later, he’s ✨new✨). Unsurprisingly, his powers are speed and pyrokinesis. Phoenix stayed under Frenzy‘s protection for years, until he made a sudden switch to being a hero and has started to fight her, just because he realized how much more profitable it would be if he had the people of Deluge behind him instead of against him. That ambition is going to get him killed.

Phoenix is the reason that Frenzy is getting reworked at all. I honestly hadn’t thought of her in years, but then Phoenix popped into my head and took it hostage for Frenzy. She barely had a personality beforehand, but now I know that she’s an action first, think later kinda woman. She stays as one of the more unpredictable rogues because people won’t mess with her as much, and she loves the way that her reputation and appearance frighten others. Frenzy will not hesitate to destroy months or even years of hard work if it starts to become a problem for her. If she has soft spots, she’s hidden them well.

I haven’t quite worked out the power system of this world yet, but when I do I’ll have a better explanation of the shark tail than ‘I think it looks cool’, but that’s all I have for now!

#:] #OC rambles are always fun #I’m really glad peeps were interested to hear about my little sillies! #Dragon I’m sure you recognize the original oc Frenzy evolved from #I gave Frenzy the little spikes to pay tribute to the original hairstyle Nora had. #Maybe I’ll show a doodle of the original design in a reboot or sth #Scribbled Thoughts

[everything-withers-and-dies]

I've been thinking about Drusilla cheating on Spike. I firmly believe that she loved him, so the explanation that she did it because she didn't care about him is not it for me. Now, I definitely don't think cheating is okay and what she did obviously hurt Spike. I just feel like there was some sort of a rationale behind it, it wasn't some random thing she did without any reason.

Since Drusilla was sired, she's always had her family (and everything else they are), the Whirlwind, with her. Angelus killed her human family but then she gained a new one, something she clearly cherished. At first it was her, Darla and Angelus and later she sired Spike.

Then, all of a sudden, Angelus is gone and some time after that Darla leaves as well. I believe Drusilla was definitely hurt by that but she and Spike still had each other.

In Sunnydale Drusilla unexpectedly get's Angelus back and is obviously happy about it. (Their relationship is a whole other topic.) It's her, Spike and Angelus together again but not for too long. After Spike's betrayal – because that's how I imagine she sees it – she loses Angelus again. (Which would hurt her regardless, but – their relationship being what it is – she's likely even more messed up about it.) However, I think Drusilla and Spike's relationship would have survived that situation and they would have stayed together.

But then she starts seeing the Slayer floating all around Spike and he's 'covered with her'. I feel like Drusilla can see at least pieces of where he's headed and she's heartbroken about it. She knows, sees, that they're not going to stay together even though nothing's actually happened yet.

That means Drusilla's going to be truly alone for the first time since she was sired. All of her loved ones are going to be actually gone from her life. At this point Darla's dead and – depending on how much Drusilla knows – Angelus is either dead or resouled. Spike's future leads away from her.

In my opinion, the knowledge that she's going to lose the last person remaining in her family, someone she truly loves, is too much for her and that's what drives her to cheat on Spike. Her family's broken and she's going to be on her own, abandoned. From her perspective, Spike is, in a way, already gone and she needs to figure out how to go on by herself. I also feel like maybe she finds someone first so that she can't be the one who's left behind, all alone.

#buffy the vampire slayer #btvs #drusilla #sprusilla #like sure dru seems to have managed fine on her own #but I think that first realisation really shook her #and I don't think she could be entirely reasonable in this situation #I couldn't either if I knew I was going to lose the last loved one I had left #obviously it's all very sad from spike's point of view because he hasn't done anything and now he's the one left behind #(this has been brought to you by my insomnia) #(it's like 4 am I don't know if any of this even makes sense) #(it's just a half-baked thought) #(maybe not even that) #(a thought dough??) #((isn't that what a brain is?)) #(wtf aaaanyway I clearly need to sleep) #(i have to get up in like 3 hours help) #i ramble about btvs

[familyofpaladins]

The boops counting as part of your notifications makes a hilarious spike in my notes

(Screenshots taken shortly after the boops were gone)

#I think there has been one (1) other time I had a spike this drastic #And that was when I made a meme about when in the bnha manga deku had just left UA and how tumblr was freaking out #(That part has been animated right? Yeah I'm pretty sure the anime is that far. So it's not spoilers) #Anyway #The giant spike amuses me #Thank you for the boops

[front-facing-pokemon]

#shuppet #tongue number twoooo here we go posting for tongue number twoooo please step forward all tongue fans #next up we have shuppet‚ the little guy with a spike on their head for some reason and no legs‚ who has a hUuuuuUUuuuUge tongue! #and they like to make fun of you and stick it out and you like mmmneeeeeehhh #i'm not sure why it shows up in their model but whatever. this is their T-pose. says a lot about them i suppose. they're a little pranxter… #i wonder what's under there. if you remove the cloak. i guess it's nothing because they like. Are the cloak but is it like a mimikyū thing #i doubt it. it's probably just unremovable. inherently part of the pokémon. since their eyes are on it. and their tongue #anyway shoutouts to the shuppet from team ebony who wants to go to zero isle and find the golden apple with that murkrow #probably no one else remembered them but i did. idk if i talked about them on the murkrow post but i'm doing it again if i didn't

[saltyverse]

Does Scarebeast exist in your AU? And if so, does he/it and Man-Bat (in his giant bat form) ever have playdates? Because that's an adorable thought

unfortunately no u_u scarebeast as a concept is awesome but its not veryy. crane to me. not rlly his thing. but. speaking of kirk, he Does go on "playdates", with manbat. its rllt just it and kirk driving outside gotham and letting manbat go crazy on the local wildlife while crane just hangs out at the truck reading or whatever nerds do

#also you where right about he/it scarecrow tho. even if it was in reference to scarebeast #kirks transformations into manbat can . kinddaa be controlled? nottt realllly tho #most of the time its involuntary. the only way he can do it on command is with like #very specific circumstances. i havent figured out what it is tho. maybe a spike in heart rate? #also manbat doesnt rlllly.catch much. #because hes still . human ish. and was going deaf the deafness still happened #bat things just. prolonged it for a bit #which means its kind of dangerous for him to fly and stuff. but if he doesnt transform he gets antsy so its like #whatever. it happens eventually so might as well do it in a open area outside gotham #+ crane is there to make sure he doesnt get hurt #if manbat does manage to catch anything‚ its most likely eaten soon after But. sometimes. crane will take the #catches to make taxidermy out of #if ur wondering why crane would like do this with kirk. uh. 1) him and kirk have. fffriendship? business partners #and 2). crane likes creatures. beasts even #thank you for coming to my half awake ted talk #🃏.chat #asks

[mychlapci]

my favourite thing about g1 is how none of the autobots give a rats ass about how dangerous their battles are for the humans that tag along. do u think they just never bothered to really learn how humans work besides the obvious so they assume that while small and squishy they're still as durable as cybertronians. or are they like a fun passive uncle going "eh they can take care of themselves im sure its fine" and carry on shooting at each other without a care

#like. in tfp the bots are constantly trying so hard to stop the humans from coming along on missions #but in g1 spike was out there throwing rocks and shit at the decepticon high command willy nilly #and it fucking worked #g1 autobots were cool uncles who let you do whatever you want as long as it's fun #they're enablers for sure #sorry ive been watching g1 lately. gotta talk about it #i cant fucking believe spike is out there disarming feared warlords with rocks. he's really making a name for humanity isnt he #transformers

[tovaicas]

not me importing my anti-air defense worldbuilding h/cs into ishgard bc I can

#saint.txt #long post #ishgardposting #tl;dr in my personal project one of the big things is that (one) military has had to evolve alongside gryphon riders for a long long time #who's biggest threat are information gathering and the fact they drop flechettes and are nigh-untouchable by anything even each other #even with firearms (which are still very early tech-wise) so anti-air defense is paramount #the biggest results being that *everything* has a roof on it to mitigate stuff falling from the sky. #cities are cramped and avoid open space as much as possible. anti-bird spikes but scaled up on steep roofs so that birds can't land. #buildings are made of non-flammable material like stone when possible. open areas exist mostly as corral zones so that tired birds #must land there and can be easily surrounded on the ground. #but the flashiest is killwire which is basically just wire strung between tall buildings that discourages flight below a certain level #and is difficult to see especially at speed or at night #and if you hit it. well. the idea is based off motorcycle accidents where people have hit wire fences on farms so I'm sure you get the idea #not all of it will apply to Ish.gard but I highly believe that's exactly why Ish.gard is 98% built out of stone #as are all their forts and important structures like bridges. I also believe realistically most streets should be roofed if possible #and open space is kept at a minimum even if daniffen's ward exists. anti-dragon spikes consisting of slots to put lances in on roofs. #Ish.gard might not even have much of a need for 'traditional' forts with huge walls and such bc 90% of their enemies fly so their fort #designs might get a little wild after 1000 years of war. w/ magitek via stephva.nivien you might even electrify the killwire. #ofc some of it already seems to exist - ish.gard's roofs and spires are built *very* steep which would make a dravanian landing on them #difficult and even without that most of them are covered in spires and spikes anyway but. ofc there's the dragonkillers and such too but #ish.gard is a city built on 1000 years of war and hyperspecialized to fighting dragons that fly we really could make it look like that too. #I want to walk into ishgard and immediately know this is a place built on war bc everything about it is hyperspecialized and utilitarian #to fulfill that purpose. look up in ishgard and the stars are replaced with glittering wire.

[orestes-hungry-and-pylades-sober]

A headcanon for you all that’s part sad and part funny:

After the Catacendre, Marsh lets his hair grow out again and keeps it at shoulder length because it helps hide the spikes in his head. It’s also something that separates him from the Inqusitors (and all the horrible things Ruin had him do), seeing as that’s a small aspect of his appearance that he CAN control.

He eventually shaves his head again out of pure spite when Kelsier won’t stop teasing him about his long hair. Sazed joins in on the teasing once Kelsier gets his own eye spike and pretends to get the two brothers confused with each other. They both hate it.

#the idea of marsh growing his hair out again has just been floating around in my head for a while #because I’m pretty sure someone legitimately asked brandon about it #there’s a wob somewhere saying that hemalurgy does not in fact make you bald #but honestly I think it would be really annoying to try to shave your head around the spikes #marsh #marsh mistborn #kelsier #mistborn era 1 #mistborn

[spikyhairedsilhouette]

What kind of music does Spiky’s band play? Bonus brownie points if you can include any songs that would fit the vibe or that they might’ve done a cover of. 👀

Great question! When I think of his band, there's only one group that I think totally fits the vibe and that's Måneskin. The song Beggin' is a great example of how they would sound -- gritty, grungy, uninhibited-- and the band's style and antics in general definitely fit the bill too.

The Struts, Arctic Monkeys, & Gorillaz are other inspirations. Basically alternative rock with some classic rock & occasional heavy metal influence. 4skin is a pretty wild foursome.

#love the unprompted muse question #i'm sure you can envision exactly what i see in my head lol #modern spike #specs about spiky #out of fucks #quiet-kunoichi