#that takes skill

[vickysaurus]

I'm sure Bump would get that this is legitimately the greatest honour a school full of teenagers could possibly bestow upon a teacher.

#principal bump #the owl house #toh #toh spoilers #also someone's very good with construction magic #the statue's main body is only supported by the hand! #that takes skill

[ipostmysimpingstuffanonymously]

if youre still taking requests: maybe sashisu all trying to squish into one of the tiny dorm beds to cuddle together...

#squishing into atiny 90 cm bed #that takes skill #i love them they are my everything ugh #sashisu #satoru gojo #shoko ieiri #geto suguru #jjk #fanart

[chirpsythismorning]

Thinking about how when I joined Tumblr last summer I became mutuals with another byler from the tag and we hit it off, sharing theories and evidence w/ each other. Only for them to switch up at the end of the year, deactivating and starting a new account, making a post about how bylers are setting themselves up for disappointment, with their main evidence being that Mike’s monologue ‘clearly’ inspired El & because Finn said in a panel ‘we all know how Mike feels about El’…

#byler #stranger things #fallen hero #we lost a real one that day #hope they're doing okay #i'm pretty sure they're bitter bc they think the duffers ruined byler #maybe s5 has the capacity to open their minds to byler again? #that would be bittersweet! #but full serious... #i feel like some of you guys expect the story to just start and everything be resolved and then end... #there would be no show without conflict #it's a matter of creating conflict that is shocking but still manageable in the grand scheme of things #like with Mike's monologue #it HAD to be done that way #they managed to make most milkvans and bylers convinced of endgame #that takes skill #if they didn't go with the monologue and broke them up #EVERYONE even the redditors would know that byler is the obvious endgame #and having like 2-3 years before that revelation would make it something everyone would fully be aware of as likely #and the show would likely suffer bc so many people would feel cheated #they needed to tear down milkvan while always building them up in a disingenuous way #they needed to give the people what they wanted only for them to realize it wasn't what they wanted when they got it #because it was more about the idea of it and not the truth behind those moments and what was truly going on under the surface #and that comment finn made about how everyone knows how mike feels about el... #mike when confronted about not being able to say i love you to el in s4: #'yOu KnOw WhAt I tHiNk Of YoU' #like... that was obvious gaslighting #really everyone has been downplaying millie's interviews post-s4 #shes out here saying el needs autonomy away from the men in her life and that her arc in s4 was about her being her own superhero... #is that what the ga got from mike's monologue? I dont think so...

[laughterbynight]

The way I could not care less about GoT and jrrm but I'm fascinated by dragons.

Like I'll look up all the dragons and women in the story but idc about anything else and I know he's going to do them dirty at every turn so I'm not going to invest.

#when old white men manage to ruin dragons #that takes skill

[harrypotterhogwartshitpost]

Hogwarts Mystery sub Reddit:

Is anyone else struggling with the dueling events?? I feel like they make the duels purposely harder?? I just can never seem to win the dueling events!! They must be doing this intentionally!

Me, who's already completed the event and lost like two duels:

Just get gud.

#cheating doesn't help you win duels #that takes skill #hphm #Hogwarts Mystery #harry potter hogwarts mystery #harrypotterhogwartsshitpost

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

why aren't there more mysteries that take place in nursing homes & retirement communities. i want to watch a group of deranged retirees-cum-amateur-detectives combine their powers of:

decades of life experience

boredom-fueled busybody shamelessness

access to the most gossipy next-door-neighbors in existence

"I am too old to be arrested and/or give a shit" attitude

and solve crimes. this should be an enormous subgenre.

#their sidekick/Watson/pet hacker is a 15 year old grandkid who hangs out with gram gram on the weekends #her only power is that she has above average search engine skills and flexible knees #which is completely sufficient to round out the group's skill set #they involve her in heist style operations #on the rare occasion she gets caught housebreaking she explains her grandma locked herself out of the condo and asked for help getting in #then this sweet slightly addled old lady shows up and explains she got the address mixed up #it's so confusing when you're old & all the houses look alike and oh she's so sorry to have caused so much trouble #and meanwhile the teenager is rolling her eyes bc she's aware gram gram was a career criminal & con artist for 50 years #anyway gimme a 80-year-old con artist turned amateur sleuth who loves getting older because people are less suspicious of little old ladies #this all takes place in florida naturally

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Happy Thistle Debut Day!

#dungeon meshi #Thistle #Old dungeon meshi fans remember the days when it was ambiguous what gender Thistle was. #Now we know Thistle uses he/him pronouns but in my heart Thistle is still non-binary. Clowngender elf with poor coping skills. #I hope the anime-only watchers know that this is a character to keep an eye on. #Love (in it's many forms) and desire (in it's many forms) is the main course of Dungeon Meshi and THIS silly jester? #My goodness. What a perfect encapsulation of how one can hurt other's so deeply in the name of love. #The actions we take to 'protect' other's is often the route to doing the most harm. #Love is letting go. Sometimes that means control and sometimes that means saying farewell forever to someone.

[ujunxverse]

got my fortune read again and listen, i legit DO NOT believe in it at all but it continues to shock me how each time i get my tarot read by either my friends (which, to be fair, there's a bias there) or professionals i end up getting the same results and the same message. the worst part is i don't even tell whoever is reading my cards that "oh, yeah that one fortune teller told me the same thing." these mfers literally pull cards out of nowhere and the combinations can all be different, yet the message stays the same. the deck and the method of fortune telling could even be different, but i just keep getting the same damn message and the same damn results...

that to me is so... it's testing my eDgY intp-t fr

but also ngl it's nice to know that the universe is on my side <3333

#ujutxt #now hear me out #i ALSO don't believe in the mbti or the enneagram #the thing is with tests like the mbti and the enneagram if you take them one too many times you can rig the system #like say i wanted enfp #i can literally just answer the way an enfp would if that makes sense #the answer combinations are so obvious #but tarot #that shit baFFLES ME #IN BOTH GOOD AND BAD WAYS #like in one way the cards themselves are so bs but in another way #the readers are basically psychoanalysts #they LOOK at you and infer how the basic archetypes of each card can be related to your life #it's also so #interesting? #to see how much improv skills you need to read a super random deck adn go “hmm yeah you have a bit of a wobbly path here in aroudn 2025” #then proceeds to explain how the hermit and the knight of swords together means i'm spreading myself too thin #like ??? #that takes SKILL #even MORE skill when you're doing it to someone you've literally just met

[literallyaflame]

“the end goal of fiction is (of course) to collectively identify and consume only the good things. good stories make you a good person and bad stories make you a bad person” you guys literally sound like the 2nd grade teacher who told my mom not to let me read the golden compass

#please stop trying to rebrand conservatism #this is not what literacy skills are for #edited bc the thing i’m taking a pot-shot at incorrectly used the term media literacy #but i don’t wanna repeat the mistake without dunking on it and i’m not in the mood to dunk on it #me when i make a post

[naughtygeek49]

I'm rewriting some of my old fics for funsies (probably won't post any of them but may update a few of my existing fics) and going from one fandom to another to another in such a short time is throwing me off a little. I somehow was able to refer to Sykkuno as Vanessa Vanjie Mateo, Lancelot Du Lac and Sherlock Holmes before I landed on the right name

#that takes skill #jasmine talks about random shit from time to time

[la-storia-di-lola]

nothing pisses me off more than academic elitism

#the titles of academic works on its own can drive me absolutely insane #and then if the substance is also made on purpose to be less accessible to the average reader #that drives me up the wall #like mate if you can't write to save your life just say so #because we all know that any asshole can use big words and throw around a bunch of sentences he got from some other article #but to actually make your work understandable to the ones you count as uneducated #that takes skill #oh it drives me insane #all these smartass assholes who just worey about coming across as intelectual instead of edjucational can take a piss #when your only drivinf force is your own vanity but you try to disguise it as intelectualism

[hailsatanacab]

A Persuasive Argument - dpxdc

"Great!" Danny says, clapping his hands together to get everyone's attention. The dinner table falls silent as everyone looks towards him. It's a full house today and, honestly, Danny's a little nervous. "I'm sure you're all wondering why I gathered you here today."

"It's dinnertime. In our house." Duke mutters, while doing a very bad job of concealing his yawn. He holds his fork poised over the braised beef, but, just like everyone else, still looks towards Danny before tucking in. It's intriguing enough to wait.

"Yeah, no one misses Alfie's dinner." Dick says, with a brilliant smile that Danny can't help but return.

"Precisely! What better time to talk to you all than when you're all actually here!"

"Wait, I thought you came round to work on our English essays?" Tim asks, blinking owlishly.

"I'm afraid I've lured you here under false pretences, Tim."

"This is where I live."

"I would still really appreciate help on that essay though, I mean, what the hell is Hamlet even about? I just don't get that old time-y language, like 'Hark! A ghost hath killed me!' - absolute rubbish, what does that even mean?"

"The ghost never kills anyone in Hamlet, he's there to tell Hamlet that he was murdered. Have you actually read it?"

"No, but it sounds like you have. Tim, I want this guy to help me with my essay instead. I know for a fact that you haven't read Hamlet, either."

"So? We don't need Jason, I've read the Sparknotes."

"Hi Jason, I'm Danny, pleasure to meet you, summarise Hamlet in three sentences or less."

"Am I auditioning to help you write your essays? I can't believe you’ve gone through your whole school life without reading it, it’s good!"

"Hamlet, along with a number of other classics, was banned in our house because it portrayed ghosts as intelligent and sympathetic beings rather than evil, animalistic beasts. I didn’t even get to see The Muppet's Christmas Carol until last year with Tim! It was surprisingly good, and I hate Christmas because everyone always argued and it sucked. But we're getting off topic. I—"

"No, no, please go back to that, because what the fu—"

"Boys, please." Bruce interrupts, looking to the world as if he wants to hang his head in his hands. "Danny, you were about to say something?"

"Oh, yeah, Mr. Wayne! Thanks!"

"Please, call me Bruce."

"Well, that very succinctly brings me to my point, because I'd actually really like to call you dad."

Nobody says a word. Nobody even blinks, all as shocked as the other, watching open-mouthed as Danny pulls his laptop out from beside his chair. Bruce can definitely feel a headache coming on.

"Before you say anything, I've prepared a 69 slide PowerPoint presentation on why you, Bruce Wayne, should adopt me, Danny Last-Name-Pending. Please save your questions, comments, and verdict until the end, thank you."

#dpxdc #batpham #i forget - can we tag the parent fandoms? w/e #immediately alfred's like: while i do appreciate your initiative may i suggest it wait until after dinner? #and danny - who has barely eaten proper homecooked food ever - takes one bite and then absolutely wolfs down the whole lot #after he's finished he's like 'bear with - I've got to add that to the 'Reasons I Would Like to Live Here' section' #danny's powerpoint has tailored sections for each batfam member with lists of reasons why they'd get along #my au thoughts on this is that the fentons disowned danny when he told them he was phantom #and that this is after the ultimate enemy - wherein which he allied himself with the JL to fight against dan #(which didnt really work at all - BUT he knows some of their identities now INCLUDING batman's) #so one of the main reasons why he'd be a great fit is that he knows their vigilante status anyway so they don’t need to worry about secrets #dick just turns to tim like 'he’s your friend. he learnt this from you.' #tim: 'i didn't tell him our identities!! i would never!!' #dick: 'no i know that. it's the stalker tendancies. it's baby tim all over again' #tim: scandalised gasp #they all eat dinner in silence just super subdued and in shock and sending glances to bruce and danny #duke like: 'so i know I'm the last one in the family but like... this isn't how it normally happens right? did any of you make powerpoints? #tim gets all shifty because he absolutely did make a powerpoint he just never actually showed it to anyone #everyone stares at tim because they all know. it was in one of bab's blackmail files she has on him #damian's slide has danny offering to throw down at any time. 'tim says you like to prove yourself with your skills? #how about a real challenge? if i beat you then you have to vote yes to adopting me!' #damian is in two minds about accepting because... 1) look at him damian could take danny in his sleep! but #2) on the off chance that he does win... damian does not want any more brothers #(he takes the bet and its a suprisingly fun fight - and while he'll never say this... he would vote yes even without the wager) #on one of danny's slides there's a picture of ellie: you'll also get my clone sister! two children for the price of one!! #uhhh.... thats it now - I've been having fun with this haha #spent all day with the 'ive lured you here under false pretences' 'danny i live here' line in my head haha #anyway enjoy!!!!!! this was fun #i wanna make these slides so bad

[colbycheeseslice]

But what if Young Justice was a band? 🤔

#dc #dc comics #dc comics fanart #young justice #young justice 1998 #band au #cassie sandsmark #kon el #connor kent #bart allen #tim drake #greta hayes #cissie king jones #this would be a no powers/capes au too #and it would take place in the 90s #I however have no writing skills #yj98 #yj98 fanart #yj98 band au #I’m sorry Anita and slobo lovers #a 7 person rock band is just too many

[polarsirens]

first shot

#dimension 20 #dimension 20 spoilers #neverafter #neverafter spoilers #ylfa snorgelsson #mother timothy goose #pinocchio #princess rosamund du prix #the terrible dogfish #the goodberry. control flame. silvery barbs #and pinoc's new homebrew skill #all the way to rosamund's zephyr strike again #the series of spells and abilities that made all this possible #and some wildly good and bad rolls #i could barely breathe during this whole sequence #this whole sequence takes up ten or fifteen minutes in the episode #but i like to imagine it happened in like. several seconds #fanart #my art

[heynhay]

merry Christmas klancers 🎅

#I did the whole happy holidays art and I was like yayyyy I’m done I did my Xmas art #but um everyone looked like they were having so much fun w Xmas klance doodles I had to get in #klance #Voltron #vld #art #my art #Keith kogane #Lance McClain #I scheduled this at 2am but now it’s out im no longer abt to pass out I can dissertate in the tags #anyway I think they’d both be pretty awful cooks #like realistically a klance cookie making situation would be like #both of them oversold their cookie making skills and ended up in a contest (hunks the judge) for who could make them best #but they’d both suck. burnt salty raw awful etc etc #and they’d be beefing so hard like they’d take it so seriously #but for the sake of me wanting to draw cute Xmas art #let’s just say Lance is the slightly less horrendous cook and can make some cookies #there is no world I can reconcile Keith with the kitchen #I just know that boy feeds off instant noodles and unseasoned jerky

[intotheelliwoods]

Happy to have 2 Arms Left in the comp another year! While this isnt Sprouts first rodeo, its Poptarts first! Everyone give him a welcome :)

@tmntaucompetition

Bonus, featuring Poptarts bestie, because no one can convince me otherwise that Poptart will get overwhelmed with the amount of people- @dianagj-art

#oh gosh theres so many aus #I wanted to cameo a lot but then I proceeded to run out of room and time haha #unsure how much energy I am going to have to make consistent propaganda and crossovers #but we will see!? #haha job + college is only SLIGHTLY kicking my ass and taking my free time #also I dont think I am going to have a fun time with the decades theme imma be real #I am not very confident in my clothes drawing skills aha <3 #2 arms left #also remember last year how sprout got to tie with his bestie imbi? #best case scenario for this year: poptart getting to tie with his bestie one :) #the besties