#the frog speaks

[falseficus]

everybody’s always on writing prompts like “what if there was a world where everyone had a timer ticking down to their death… but you met someone whose timer said infinity!” or “what if everyone had their cause of death tattooed across their forehead… but you met someone whose forehead said THE CREATURE!” Enough -

enough. stop with the shock value. there is no need to insert THE CREATURE; the benign concept of such a world is horrifying enough. not even in urgency, but just in banal, everyday interaction. imagine you meet someone and their timer says two years. not tomorrow, not urgently soon, but two years. enough to do quite a lot. they could fall in love in that time - could they get engaged? have a baby? you might otherwise get to know them, befriend them, but perhaps you opt not to, make a conscious choice not to invest in your own grief. what balancing act would every individual person have to participate in - I have ten years, is that long enough to be a good mother to children? is that long enough to secure a caretaker for my own mother? my wife will die a few months before me. my newborn’s timer reads nineteen years.

and cause of death. you interview for a job and emblazoned across the healthy, smiling face of the HR lady is MALNUTRITION. your country is prospering, safe, but every person you meet on the street from the babies to the old women read BOMB. BOMB. what kind of havoc would fate wreak on the world? what about the loss of privacy? how would that shape our notions of hope? idk man I think a lot of those ancient poems were right, and the fates are monsters. I’m interested by the framing of these ideas as trite horror tales when the premises themselves are so much more disturbing if simply taken to their logical ends

#debated making the cause of death in the happy country also MALNUTRITION. MALNUTRITION. might have been a better specific image but these #better illustrate my point #the frog speaks #writing

[puppetmaster13u]

Prompt 271

“Grandmother is visiting,” Damian suddenly said with no warning and with his usual not-quite demanding tone. 

“Who?” Tim wasn’t the only one to startle, seeing as Bruce had practically froze, a downturn to his lips in a silent show of confusion. 

Damian scowled. “Are you deaf Drake? Grandmother is coming to Gotham to, quote, make sure I am being properly cared for.” None of them had known that Ras was with anyone actually. At least Tim was pretty sure that would have been in the files. 

“Oh?” Dick didn’t quite crouch to Damian’s height but it was a near thing. “She-” “He,” Damian corrected, interrupting him. They all exchanged a glance before Dick continued. 

“Is he coming to the Manor or…” 

Damian scoffed again, a tiny bit of a flush against his face. “No, Grandmother will most likely be staying with Akhi-”

Now wait one moment-

“YOU HAVE ANOTHER BROTHER?!” 

#DCxDP #DPxDC #Prompts #Deadly Decisions #Danny & Ras are the homoerotic rivals that no one knows if they’re flirting or attempting a murder #It’s actually both they’re just also both Immortal #Danny to Jason: You can become a crime lord if you finish college- you’ve said you wanted to get a degree this is ur chance #Dusan (nodding): Mother has made all of us finish at least our basic education nephew #Why yes this does mean that RH has just made the heads in a duffel bag debut & the bats have no clue it’s Jason #Normally Danny wanders the universe but RAS (affectionately derogatory) HOW DARE U TRY TO HIDE THE GRANDCHILDREN #Morally Gray Danny #He’s well over 300 and that has an affect lol #Also has some fun fae vibes thx to his ghost half & human half finally balancing out #Let Jason & Damian be brothers #Tiny Damian: Akhi look I found a frog :> #Jason (newly not brain damaged & has no clue who this small child is): …. That’s great #Tiny Damian: *GASP* Akhi you can talk now :D #Fuck it- all the Al Ghuls deserve fangs from ecto contamination #Is Danny actually Dusan & Talia’s mother? No one knows and no one wants to ask the probably immortal fae being okay #Danny brought Damian a ghost hound puppy & Jason an original signed Pride & Prejudice book #How come Bruce wasn’t aware of Danyal? Talia forgot to inform him that the mother she was speaking of is in fact still alive #He disappears for a decade sometimes longer she was using past terms how was he supposed to know

[legowizard]

Happy (one day late) birthday to my kermie 🌈💚🪕✨🌻

#I didnt have time to draw him yesterday! #Watching the new muppet show as we speak #kermit #kermit the frog #the muppets #muppets #the muppet show #muppet #me art

[chaotic-archaeologist]

Just got home after picking up my friend from the airport. Her flight got delayed so I'm back later than I'd expected, but it was worth it to see this little guy hanging out on the door to my building. @markscherz I've been calling it Herbert but I'd bet there's a more scientific name?

#he speaks #frog #frogs

[ghouljams]

just thinking about cowboy ghost and their big chunky baby with little leg rolls and he’s so gentle and pregnant goose and them going round the farm and ahhh i’m so feral for that man i’d have his babies any day

I think about the cowboy babies all the time. The biggest chunkiest babies. Ghost holds the 141 record for biggest babies. He's so careful with his babies, so worried he's going to hurt them on accident. They're so loved. He's constantly holding one of his little girls, sitting with them for tea parties, braiding their hair. He loves all the softness that comes with being a father, and it hurts a little. Ghost remembers his own childhood, the horrors of it, the hatred he still feels for his old man, and he vows that his little girls will never experience that. And it's so strange to him to think about his father, to feel his own joy with his kids- he can't conceptualize ever treating them with the malice his father did. How could anyone hurt a child?

He sits on the couch watching a footie game and Frog comes to cuddle under his big arm. Asks him to explain the rules, who's winning, who is that, why did the man in the stripes give him a card, is that player hurt? Just a mountain of questions. The same ones Simon remembers Tommy asking his dad, earning a beating for disturbing the game. But Simon doesn't feel that annoyance, that rage, God he's never wanted to hurt his daughter but especially not now. He's excited to share his favorite sport with her, explains the rules a million times just to watch her bounce excitedly when Manchester scores a goal. It's perfect, it's a shared joy.

It's the same when his middle girl asks him to teach her to shoot. When his youngest chatters away about her upcoming dance recital as he helps slick her hair back into a bun. He thinks about his mom when he sees you, when you laugh and scoop your daughter into your arms, when you kiss him quick before dinner. God, he doesn't know how that man could hate something like this, could hate the overabundance of love that Simon has. His family is his whole world, of course he's gentle with them. The world is already hard enough, why would he make it harder when he can be a source of comfort instead?

#ghoul speaks #x reader #cod x reader #simon ghost riley x reader #simon ghost riley #ghost x reader #x oc #ghost mw2 #cod x oc #kid ocs #simon riley cod #simon ghost riley x oc #simon riley #ghost call of duty #ghost cod #oc: goose #oc: mary “frog” price #the first time one of his daughters tells him “I hate you daddy” absolutely wrecks Ghost lmao #Goose laughs at him while he's moping #“She's 15 Simon she hates everyone”

[sciderman]

so i've been learning the banjo

#sci speaks #sci sings #it's something i've wanted to do for so so long.. all my rolemodels play the banjo. #dolly parton.. kermit the frog... lazlo (from camp lazlo) #oh! the song is panic vertigo by the wrecks. i love the wrecks. they resonate deeply with me. i too am a wreck. #also this song is so easy to play. so sexy when a song only has three chords and none of them are G.

[cool-frog-hours]

90% of the problems in breaking bad could have been solved if jesse, skinny pete, and badger were a polycule

#I would include jane and combo in that but uhhhhhh #iykyk #breaking bad #frog speaks

[jessklpy]

Anger and hatred are just a mask to hide sadness and despair...

#HELP I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF I WROTE IT RIGHT #I'm sorry I don't speak english 😭 #I have the headcanon that after a fight Albedo goes to the nearest public bathroom so he can clean himself up... #Frog lived in a warehouse or something like that 'cause he spent all his money on a machine to become a Galvan again... #ben 10 albedo #ben ten #ben 10 ultimate alien #ben 10 alien force #ben 10 #ben 10 fanart #ben tennyson

[sourb0i]

Everyone's always like "It was One Big Frog!" Or "it was many small frogs!"

But consider

It started as one big frog, but every time someone hit it, it split into two slightly smaller frogs. Before long you'd have 100000000 tiny frogs hopping around causing untold chaos.

#sour speaks #jumblr #anyway happh passover to the One Big Frog and/or many small frogs

[sailoroid]

me struggling how to feel about brett and reagan’s relationship because on one hand their friendship is so important and they support and care each other sm and brett only wants reagan to be happy (especially when ron happened) not to mention the lack of m/f friendships in media that stay platonic can negatively affect people’s perceptions of m/f relationships as ALWAYS needing to be romantic even most times no it does not- especially when said m/f ship is super toxic or feels forced/has no chemistry

but on the other HAND (haha pun) brett and reagan’s growing support for each other and chemistry is definitely going to become stronger as the series goes on and they’re so compatible because they’re so comfortable with each other makes it really hard for me (personally) to deny there’s no possibility of them ending up together because they’re so GOOD for each other and I need more representation of m/f couples actually LIKING each other that aren’t just the same “haha I hate my wife/gf” jokes we’ve had to suffer for DECADES

regardless please im begging at the writers LET THEM BE HAPPY

#frog speaks #inside job #reagan ridley #brett hand #breagan #the end of season two DESTROYED me I want reagan to be happy FOR ONCE #its 2 am go to sleep

[falseficus]

I read a physical copy of monstrous regiment soon after listening to the audiobook, and I noticed two tiny discrepancies between the two editions that make an absolute world of difference. when I found out that these discrepancies existed (you’ll find reddit posts backing me up about them), I felt cheated that my first experience of the book had portrayed a less cohesive arc than pratchett intended

if you’re looking to buy or read monstrous regiment, I strongly recommend the doubleday 2003 version or the corgi 2004 version, which iirc contain the original text. The harper collins publications and audiobook both contain these changes, which imo are confusing and severely undercut the themes the book is trying to get across. if anyone knows the status of other editions of the book pls feel free to add on

obviously the audiobooks and ebooks are more accessible than physical books to some people, so if you read one of those just know that the original text is different in some key ways. I still recommend you read the book because it’s crazy good :)

the changes I noticed, beneath the cut to avoid some serious spoilers:

firstly, the last line of Jackrum’s last scene. in the Doubleday version, this line reads:

“Jackrum had turned her chair to the fire, and had settled back. Around him, the kitchen worked.”

in the harpercollins version, the line reads:

“Jackrum had turned her chair the the fire, and had settled back. Around her, the kitchen worked.”

this pronoun change is actually has huge implications. in the scene in question, jackrum, a transgender man, reveals that he joined the army in disguise. he is referred to as “she” throughout his background reveal. however, he then considers where his future will take him, and in the final line of the scene his pronoun reverts back to “he.” jackrum’s pronoun goes from he->she->he, encapsulating the gendery arc of the scene. however, in the altered he->she->she version of the scene, half of that circle is erased. the neat tie-up of jackrum’s journey is left confusingly unresolved, and the importance of his gender to the book’s overarching themes goes underemphasized

the second change I noticed is how maladict appears in the book’s ending:

in the Doubleday version, maladict appears “in full uniform.”

in the harpercollins version, maladict appears “in full female uniform.”

maladict is the last soldier to reveal [their] true gender, keeping up a masc/ambiguous presentation far after all the rest of the squad has come forward as women. “in full uniform” maintains this ambiguity, allowing the reader to decide for themself whether maladict comes forward and presents as fully female or continues to dress masculinely despite the fact that circumstances no longer require it (in fact I believe that the latter is more likely, as maladict says “thought I’d try again,” which could mean dressing in male uniform again). “in full female uniform” removes that ambiguity, and brings maladict’s arc to a somewhat unsatisfying conclusion. it eliminates the possibility of maladict as transgender or gender-non-conforming, and I’m left wondering, “if maladict presents as female so readily, why make such a fuss of it before now?”

both changes undermine the book’s message by eliminating its space for non-cisnormative identity… which is kinda crucial to the whole idea. im honestly really disappointed that these changes were made in any version of the book, because whoever made them clearly didn’t get the point

#monstrous regiment #discworld #terry pratchett #the frog speaks

[podcastbrainrotdad]

Shout out to just a frog guy™️

Gotta be one of my favourite genders

#spiritfarer #atul spiritfarer #dndads #walter the immoral #dimension 20 #prince gerard of greenleigh #also frog and toad #lincoln speaks

[frogkiing]

Which one are you?

#made for a frog server #if you get it you get it #amphibians #amphibian #tree frog #frog #froggie #amphiblr #toad #toads #frogs #meme #strade speaks

[drawfee-quot3s]

what if airplanes in the night sky were like ring-a ding dingg

i could really use a ring right now, a ding right now

- nathan + karina

#HOW AM I ONLY JUST FINDING OUT JULIA LISTENED TO MAGNUS ARCHIVES #my fantasy is drawfee tma video but i dont know what that would even be #drawing anime characters based only on their powers #he am a speak moron #drawfee #drawfee quotes #drawfee video #karina farek #karina drawfee #nathan yaffe #nathan drawfee #crazy frog #can we pretend that airplanes in the night sky are like shooting stars

[ghouljams]

as someone who never wants to have kids, i’ve been having baby fever like crazy lately and it’s ruining my life. can you pls write more about cowboy!ghost and goose and their little one?

I don't want kids either anon! But I love writing baby fics, and I absolutely adore writing Ghost as a dad, so you can have as much baby fic with Frog as you want. Here's Frog a little older, when baby 2 is on the way.

"She's fine, Simon, I did way worse stuff than this at her age." You sigh, watching Simon fix the strap under your two year old's chin. She's sat on the shortest, fattest, slowest mini horse on the farm, and looking as happy as a clam to have so much of her daddy's attention.

"I'm not takin' her to the ER again," he grumbles, crouched next to your daughter.

"She tripped and knocked out a baby tooth, she's fine," you press. Even though you can remember the blind panic in Simon's eyes when she'd ran over to him sobbing, blood dripping out of her mouth. You've never seen that man look closer to death's door than he did sitting in the doctor's office holding her on his lap.

He grabs the reigns on the horse's bridle and stands, leading it forward a few steps. Frog giggles and bounces in the saddle, sun shining through her gap toothed smile. She's got little elbow and knee pads, and is holding on tightly to the saddle horn. Simon leads the horse through the grass, his eyes trained on his daughter the whole time. As soon as she gets closer Frog is waving at you, bright and excited as ever.

You catch her hand and put it back on the saddle, leaning over as best you can. "Keep your eyes forward Froggy, you wanna know where you're goin' right?" You tell her, seeing her nod seriously. It makes your heart warm. You look at Simon as he glances over his shoulder to be sure he isn't going to run into anything. "Where are we goin' daddy?" You ask him with a smile.

"Yeah, where aw we going dad-dy," Frog mimics, your smile grows a little more watching Simon's eyes soften.

"Goin' to drop you with nana so momma and daddy can figure out if you're having a brother or sister," he tells her.

"I wanna sister," she responds, looking at him like he could make the whole world bow to her wishes. He would if he could.

"Here's hoping," Simon mumbles, catching your eye. You laugh, and pat your daughter's head. Sure, here's hoping.

#ghoul speaks #cod x reader #x reader #simon ghost riley #simon ghost riley x reader #ghost x reader #ghost mw2 #x oc #simon ghost riley x oc #simon riley #ghost x oc #oc: goose #oc: mary “frog” price #Ghost only has girls and thats a fact #girl dad only #dilf!ghost #cowboy!ghost #this is just fluff

[labyrinth-archive]

love the poor little anzellan being unhappy that grogu’s hug is squeezing him and din being like omg so sorry!! my baby doesn’t know any better, he’s very young ❤️ and pretending that that’s the extent of his green son’s many crimes as if din isn’t under his helmet thinking that the anzellan’s the first creature grogu’s met that’s smaller than him that he actually hasn’t actively tried to eat and is counting this as a total #parentingwin

#grogu single handedly divided the frog population in half babu #the mandalorian #din djarin #grogu #star wars #text #and they said speak now