#standard moves

[fuckyeahchinesefashion]

Wudang exercise for angry people on douyin

#china #douyin #video #fun #wudang #funny but it's true that these seemingly exaggerated moves really work #but with standardized posture and care to protect your joints

[turtleblogatlast]

Every day I’m haunted by the fact the boys happily swim in sewer water

Even if it’s filtered somehow there’s no way it’s not still nasty 😭 Bet they can defeat any of their villains just by accidentally giving them diseases I swear

#rottmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #bless their hearts but they’re nasty #it’s funny because like #each and every one of them has moments #where they’re a typical disgusting teenage boy #and then the next they have STANDARDS #can’t blame Leo for being so determined to go to a spa #even if he nearly licked his own foot that’s prob cleaner than anything else the boys have been up to in years 💀 #thank you shelldon for all your hard work cleaning after then 🙏 #they’re all gross teenage boys!!! #even Donnie he is NO exception here #bro was DRINKING A BEVERAGE while wading through sewer water he is just as gross as his bros #bro also talks with his mouth full he is no more refined than his equally gross bros fr and I love it #but yeah no way that water isn’t disgusting even filtering it would still leave grime on the walls of the sewer for yearsss #pros of them moving into an abandoned subway system is fixing their sense of smell enough to not be as gross #100% that’s part of why they didn’t mind being so filthy pre shelldon #because I mean they were literally raised in the sewers and they’re teenage boys like that’s a double whammy #THEY ALSO DONT WEAR SHOES #the few times any of them do the shoes are discarded before heading home 💀 #I love them tho they are endearing anyhow #April’s immune system must be godlike just being around them fr #honestly no joke Mikey’s probably the cleanest of them all #just by virtue of being a chef #Leo I see as a mixture since he no doubt loves to pamper himself so he’s clean like #a percentage of time before he goes out and ruins his own hard work #Donnie is similar in that he’s just VERY SELECTIVE about what he thinks is too gross #Raph may be more on the stinky end but it’s not his fault he has his stinks and eats things of dubious origin(esp since his bros ate poison) #Donnie and Leo really have the gall to be sick about Raph eating the origami salami but they have no room to talk #all their villains are prob like please stay away from us we have salmonella now

[lorillee]

yada yada yada please rb for a wider sample size because i am actually VERY curious

#because apparently in australia they dont really use honorifics like at all . which is baffling to me #for us it was either first name or last name #and i thought that was standard until some guy got annoyed at our parents because my brother called him mr. [first name] #my dad grew up in the western part of the us and my mom in the south #but we've kind of moved around a fair bit so im not really sure where exactly id fall as far as region

[edorazzi]

It's Tintin Day again!!! 💖

Bringing back Thunderbirds' Tin-Tin Kyrano for a cute outfit swap because I love her. Her pets sure are colder, scalier and snappier than Snowy! 🐊🐶

#tintin #the adventures of tintin #thunderbirds 1965 #tin tin kyrano #snowy #josie's art #i put tintin in tin-tin's unique uniform instead of standard issue iR because where's the fun in that :V #anyone remember the baby alligators tin-tin bought for alan? which i guess just live in his bathtub? #haddock could be putting up with worse after HIS tintin moved in #but get you a girl who purchases an exotic reptile on a whim and hides it in your bathroom (disclaimer: do not do this)

[strangebossyuri]

my version of flirting is inviting someone to infodump

#yes let’s move to DMs #yes tell me everything from dates to quotes #yes give a retelling of an entire wiki #girl that’s the sexiest thing ever I’m all ears #I flirt a lot by this standard #I HOPE THEY ALL KNOW I LOVE THEM <3333 #el rambles

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

Howdy giving Barnaby a gay life crisis is such a power move 💅✨

and Howdy would never let that little fact go <3

#it IS a power move #one of my goals in life is to give someone a gay crisis. or a gender crisis. #for now howdy will have to live my dream #rambles from the bog #scribble salad #laughingstock #yassified howdy <3 #BITING SOMETHING AND SCREAMING THEYRE IN MY BRAIN THEYRE IN MY BRAIN #I HAVE BEEN DRAWING LAUGHINGSTOCK FOR LIKE THREE GAY HOURS #gonna pick and choose what's postable #by that i mean what reaches my personal standard of quality #wailing and screamingggggg why are they so good together #i wasn't this unwell about them a week ago. what happened. what Changed

[canisalbus]

Not dog related but have you been to Kuopio? My wife and I are planning to move there in a few years and I’m just curious what your thoughts might be as someone who actually lives in Finland. Also do you enjoy a cold dip after sauna or is that not really your thing?

I used to live in Kuopio! Spent my early childhood there. I still visit several times a year, it's one of those home-away-from-home places for me.

I don't enjoy cold, I rarely swim and I barely ever go to sauna (it always makes me feel sort of light-headed), so not my thing really :'> But if you think you might enjoy, like, the temperature shock and the adrenaline rush go for it.

#answered #ephemeralprince #I was a preschooler when we moved out and haven't lived there since so I can't really give any tips on what to do #I recommend the Kuopio museum though! it has a good natural history collection if you don't mind taxidermy #and a lifesize mammoth replica that traumatized my baby brother back in the day #I'm generalizing of course but Kuopio is probably pretty easy town to move to by Finnish standards #people are likely to speak English #and folks from Savo are typically considered to be reasonably social and chatty compared to some other regions

[fictionadventurer]

The worst part about reading in a genre where you have low expectations (in this case, Christian historical fiction) is that when a book impresses you, you have no idea if it's actually good or if you're just overly impressed because it was a fraction of a degree better than the usual garbage.

#basically lately anytime i read a christian fiction book that isn't romance-based i find myself surprised by the quality #i do think that some christian publishers are getting better #and trying to tell stories that dig deeper into real faith and messy issues #instead of making only vapid squeaky clean prayer-filled tropefests #but i'm not sure *how much* better #because anything above the low bar feels like great literature #the most recent is 'in a far-off land' by stephanie landsem #and let me tell you setting the prodigal son in 1930s hollywood is a genius concept #i have some issues with the history and the mystery #but the characters! #it has been a long time since i cried this hard over a book #several chapters of solid waterworks #(and i also have the issue of figuring out if it's actually that moving or if i'm just hormonal/sleep-deprived) #i keep thinking about this book but also i worry about recommending because what if it's actually terrible by normal book standards? #(also the author DOES NOT understand the seal of confession and i was SHOCKED to find that she's actually catholic) #but also looking at the reviews makes it clear that if most of christian fiction is vapid garbage it's these reviewers' fault #here you have something that's digging into sin and darkness and justice and mercy and these people are just #'how can it call itself christian fiction if it only mentions god at the end?' #are we reading the same book this WHOLE THING is about god! and humanity and our fallen nature and how this breaks relationships! #your pearl-clutching anytime someone tries to get even a tiny bit realistic is destroying this genre #i'm gonna run out of tags so i'll stop now

[ganymedesclock]

To explain The Goblin Problem and not go on a tag rant on someone else's reblog, I will explain it in the nutshell.

The Goblin Problem is when a story establishes a group of creatures to serve as recurrent antagonists (not necessarily all one species; in a lot of rpg games this can broadly apply to "monsters") THAT:

Are never negotiable, or the negotiable parties among them are Token Heroic Orcs- that is to say, they are seen as objectors or 'good' versions who have absolutely no connections to, and hold no objections toward you attacking, the rest of their brethren, who they have forsaken as the price to be paid for being good.

Have obvious unique technology; they may attack you with weapons found nowhere else in the game, demonstrate the ability to speak, have their own obvious language, tame a creature that nobody else tames so that it's thus impossible that they are stealing already-tamed specimens from someone else

Are characterized primarily or exclusively as raiders who attack others, with the justification this means they are inferior creatures parasitically dependent on Good, Civilized Settings, e.g. they cannot possibly be sustainably hunting, gathering, or practicing either nomadic or settled agriculture.

Are often defined as having no choice to be evil or are created by a greater evil to serve as thralls, and yet, will not under any circumstances be regarded as indoctrinated victims, or if that is mentioned, there will nonetheless be an overarching lack of narrative concern as to where or how the survivors should live after the greater evil is taken care of, or if effort should be made to challenge the indoctrination and give them the ability to choose their lives.

What this ultimately creates is that they are unambiguously people, who obviously check all the marks of sapience, who are quite possibly wearing clothes, but the goblin or orc exists as a stopgap. You want your fantasy hero to get into a swordfight but you don't want him to kill another human being. So you invent something that wields a sword but is in some way "not a person", which is senseless. Unless you want the nature of this swordfight to be that a chimpanzee picked up a knife, at which point they are not going to use reliable sword techniques.

#writing ruminations #the goblin problem #way too many fantasy stories take basically racist myths and then go 'well but it's different if this is Literally True' #'and applies to a species I made up that's also ugly by white western able-bodied standards' #and the underpinning motivation is you need a conflict token to move against your protagonists #and you don't want to suggest they're butchering animals- even scary ones- or hurting People #so you invent fake-animal-people whose job is only to be mean and have no apparent role in an ecosystem #and it's. I don't know how to tell you that's bad chief #even in a black-and-white good guys vs. bad guys clean cut narrative you should REALLY not split morality along race or species lines #hell in an extremely straightforward good vs. evil narrative you kinda gotta think about that MORE

[acewizardinspace]

I think the 'the jedi use child soldiers' thing is stupid for a lot of reasons, but among those is that this is a complete misunderstanding of how children's media works. Kids want to see themselves doing amazing things and giving that an in depth analysis that boils down to 'all these adults are evil' is poor, bad faith, media criticism.

That being said, if you compare Star Wars to just about any other YA work, the jedi are miles better as far as child care goes. Canonly every single one of these 'kids in danger' has a dedicated adult who is ideally supposed to be with them to teach and protect them. Very uncommon for the genre.

So if people are mad at the jedi for this, I can't fathom what their reaction to other YA literature is. And if they hate YA literature, idk, maybe they shouldn't be reading YA. Just a thought.

#in defense of the jedi #pro jedi #the other reasons the child solider thing is dumb is that most padawans are not children #like ahsoka was considered young. Dooku was what 16 when he became one? Obi-Wan was 25 and knighted earlier than planned #even if they were knighted early because of the war (which i think is stupid and there is no evidence for that) #that doesn't make them all kids... #and the character we see as child padawans are clearly there for children to watch and enjoy #I mean unpredictable things happen but child padawans are not supposed to be facing danger alone #but eased into it by a trusted adult which is not what happens in ever other YA book #Honestly if you hate the jedi for this but don't equally hate every other adult in every other YA book #maybe you are just LOOKING for reasons to hate the jedi. In which case idk maybe examine why that is #and if you do hate all adults in YA maybe it is time to move onto adult literature because you grew up #which is awesome! I love adult books but judging kids media by these standards and hating people for wanting simple stuff #in their book created to be simple is kind of rude you know? #i realize this post is probably hitting a wasp's nest but I mean if you want to take what I say out of context #(because in context I didn't do or say anything wrong) #well that says more about you than me doesn't it #my thoughts

[hajihiko]

Wonder if I should try making like. Lock screens and such

#not an art #Idk the specs tho. My phone size isn't standard like iPhones I think #Don't some screens move when you unlock them? Hmm

[utilitycaster]

Sort of a distant tangent off my post about Ashton, but I'm growing more and more suspicious of the fandom claim that there's no time for small RP moments in Campaign 3. I do think that it's been challenging to get deeper party bonding or serious conversations that aren't about the big philosophical questions they're facing, since those do take much more time; but then I think about Calamity, or Candela Obscura. I can genuinely give you at least a couple paragraphs about pretty much every relationship in the two Circles, or in the Ring of Brass. I can also point to no shortage of small moments between characters in the Mighty Nein Aeor or Vox Machina Vecna endgame episodes, which were all extremely plot-heavy and fast-paced, and D20 consistently nails character relationships in a fraction of the time.

I think it really does come down to, as Brennan Lee Mulligan always says, the character creation phase. Laying down a solid groundwork in which everyone has a detailed, rich backstory and sense of personality and relationship history (in the case of characters who knew each other prior to the start of the series) is absolutely crucial, and even in the case of characters who don't know each other before going in, a good amount of time spent in character creation ensures that it's easier for them to develop those interpersonal relationships on the fly. I know in actual play there's some degree of finding the character as you play, but there are games for which there is a very short runway, and I don't think it ever hurts to do more extensive character prep than the bare minimum. And if there are gaps, I think it also helps to go back and fill those in mid-way, away from the table - Travis clarifying Chetney's backstory being a great example that allowed the history of Chetney and Deanna to feel realized and full, despite only a few episodes.

I'll also be blunt: most of the time when people complain that there aren't moments because the plot keeps moving...they're mad about shipping. Which has always rung hollow to me. It was a common complaint in C2, that no time was taken for character relationships, despite them taking an entire half of an episode for the Beauyasha date and despite no shortage of moments for all three of the other couples (and plenty of platonic moments between friends). The issue was never a lack of time; it was that the characters they wanted to talk to each other didn't actually have the relationship in canon that the fans had dreamed up, and so, when the chips were down, they went to other people.

It takes two seconds to say something like "I hold their hand", even in the middle of plot-heavy adventuring. If someone doesn't say it, it's rarely the GM rushing them; it's the player either choosing not to do so, or not remembering to do so, and either of those is quite revealing regarding how the player feels about that relationship and where it stands in their priorities.

#i've felt this for a while but like. fundamentally? C3 is just...uniquely not set up for terribly satisfying shipping #even the ships I do like and that get small moments are relatively background #like 80% of quote unquote ship content is like. fanon goggles overlaying either parallel play or standard battle mechanics #which is fine! I think it's a different vibe and approach than the past 2 campaigns #i think especially in character creation; self-insert or easy for new players (c1) #followed by Morally Gray Campaign; Prove We Can Replicate This Success; Serious Characters (C2); followed by Let's Get Silly With It (C3) #which is less conducive to that profound connection of c1 or c2. which is not a bad thing! #but god. if you complain about the D&D show having too much d&d plot and not enough romance...yeah pal it's d&d not a dating sim #like I enjoy when there is romance in my fantasy but it's not a requirement. there is a genre full of romance. it is called romance. #i'm also thinking about this bc I need to watch wot s2 but i've been told that the fandom has gotten weird #like wow so moiraine/siuan is not the A plot? in a high fantasy Good vs. Evil series? WHO'D HAVE THOUGHT. #getting back to this...i'm also thinking about my own life and like. i moved to where i live not long pre-lockdown #and so i'm finding myself a resident of this area for 4+ years but with weaker connections than i'd have otherwise. and that's fine! #but psychologically i feel so weird about just starting to find my place bc it's been so long even though there's a good reason #and i wonder if the cast/Hells feels the same way ie why are we only just bonding now 70 eps in and so they're hesitant #that I Waited Too Long And Now It's Awkward feeling; that I Should Be Past This By Now fallacy #which. again. i think things early on could have been done differently but that time is past you need to live in the present now. #cr tag

[humming-fly]

I wouldn’t take cartoon logic so seriously if Meta Knight didn’t take himself so seriously

anyways if I had to think about this so does everyone else

#I wouldn’t take cartoon logic so seriously if Meta Knight didn’t take himself so seriously #meta knight #king dedede #kirby #comic #my art #doodles #long post #realistically dedede can probably guess it's the same way they're all able to walk by just rotating their feet around their bodies #since 90% of kirby creatures are at least some percentage amorphous jelly by default #but just moving your face around independent of everything else is particularly funky even by that standard #anyways enjoy the cursed imagery

[gotticalavera]

I imagine the ZukAang (with Fem!Zuko x Aang) was completely a surprise to the Fire Nation when the evidence was present.

Their relationship developed so slowly and tenderly that when the Councilors wanted to present their sons as future consorts for F!Zuko... Aang hung around the palace like it was a second home and F!Zuko always had flowers in her hair on Aang's days.

#the counselors presenting their sons as exemplary and traditional men under the standards of the Fire Nation... #Thinking that this way they would gain Fem!Zuko's interest and be able to put their sons into the royal lineage... #While Aang plays with Fem! Zuko's hair in THEIR room... #Aang and Fem!Zuko liked each other a lot before Fem!Zuko joined the gaang... #But they didn't make any move until the events of 'the promise'... #And then they became inseparable... #avatar the last airbender #avatar aang #fire lord zuko #zukaang #zuko x aang #aang x zuko #fem!zuko

[whitmore]

are we excited to approach qniki with nuance

#eleanor.txt #i have the same issue with courtney whitmore that the fandom excuses a lot of her actions that should not be excused #this may shock some of you. female characters can be flawed #they will make mistakes. and do bad things #i do think half of it is jokingly #but holding women and female characters to this impossibly high standard of moral perfection and excusing their every single action #is not a great move imo #she’s going to fuck up and we need to let her and be normal about it #this goes for qrivers too #qsmp #when i start posting qniki meta and i WANT to post qniki meta. i will be tapping this sign #going to ask that everybody gets real thoughtful real quick #going to request we stop reductive ethics in female character critique. please. for me #it’s very much the same vein as (but not identical to) the reduction of her to her relationships w male characters #she’s going to be friends with some of them and you Have to be normal about it #she may even flirt with some of them! she may be in a canonical relationship at some point on the server! be regular about that #nihachu

[brocedesbenz]

fuck zack snyder I want more silly batman movies

#i can't explain how much i love batman and robin being silly and fighting against silly crime #i mean that's just who they are <3 #batman comics #batman #the lego batman #ngl the lego batman movie is going to be the standard moving forward