#this sure is a whirlwind

[icarusbetide]

i saw a post somewhere speculating on whether or not hamilton would have been more receptive to george washington's friendship as an aide de camp if his real father, james hamilton, had died at that point. and the more i think about it the more likely i think it is.

would hamilton still have had issues? undoubtedly. i don't think he would've ever reached lafayette levels of adoration and easiness just on account of his personality, and i don't think washington would've wanted an aide doing the work hamilton did with the apparently helpful advice he gave, to be worshippy towards him to that level either. but i'm being unfair to lafayette; i need to know how he worked with washington on a professional level, and i haven't done research on that yet.

but i do think the fact that he wasn't truly an orphan - that his actual father had just fucked off somewhere but was very much alive, would have added another layer to that good childhood traumatic angst. because he's not only an impoverished young man who has big dreams in a new country with no strong connections or standing. he's got something to prove to his old man. and as we know, hamilton never ever got over his lack of family. he was practically a doormat for his scottish relations who hit him up when he was influential for a favor. he continued to ask his father to come join him, and sent him money. the man could've resented his father completely (and probably did to some level) but he never let go.

knowing that, if his commander in chief who's surprisingly hot-heated and grumpy extended affection and sometimes seems to treat you paternally (?), would he embrace that? hell no. his fanon catchphrases "you're not my dad", "don't call me son", etc. are literally true.

but maybe if james hamilton was dead, and had been dead for a good while - maybe then he would've leaned into that friendship more, even if his trust issues towards authority figures continued. not to mention how much simpler his issues would've been if his dad had just died instead of abandoned him.

all this to say fuck you james hamilton. your son could've been better off if you had just died, actually.

#historical hamilton #george washington #alexander hamilton #whamilton #i'm just going to use whamilton for platonic & ship content which is a whirlwind for sure #daddy issues alexander hamilton #what else is new huh #james hamilton sr #james hamilton #deadbeat dad james hamilton

[flashhwing]

Hawke turning in the Starkhaven blood mages. the lingering shot on his face as he processes exactly what that means. going to Merrill’s house that night. talking with her, chatting, laughing. she’s the first mage he’s ever met, outside his family. the first true friend he made in Kirkwall (aveline is something, he wouldn’t really call her a friend. varric’s little more than a business partner, if he’s honest). and a blood mage herself

he doesn’t tell her what he did, earlier that very day. how could he? it didn’t even seem right at the time, but what else could he do, faced down with so many Templars as he was? defying them then would’ve been as good as handing himself over

he doesn’t tell Merrill what happened, but he does ask her about blood magic. how is it she can use it and still be, well, her? to consort with something so powerful and not be corrupted by it

so she tells him. blood magic is no different than any other magic, really, just wrought from a different source. it’s a tool, same as a hammer or a greatsword. and hammers and greatswords aren’t evil, are they? but people can be, and people can use them for evil. it’s the same with blood magic; it’s not evil, and it’s not using blood magic that makes people evil. it’s how they use it

and she shows him. the power in her blood, and in his blood, the way they can harness it to draw from a deeper well than mana alone. how natural it is, how gentle, in their own hands

Hawke heals the cuts on his arms and goes home that night. he doesn’t tell Carver what he and Merrill talked about. he doesn’t let Carver see what he can do, ever — he’ll never use it in the open, and certainly never in a fight. he’ll never summon a demon. no one but Merrill has to know

and he thinks, that night, of the mages from Starkhaven. of the way Decimus called forth the dead to protect his own. of Grace’s grief, and Karras’s threats. and he hopes they find mercy in Thrask’s care.

#this has been a post #ash plays dragon age #idk I’m just. thinking out loud I guess #the carver friendship -> ultimately pro-mage -> blood magic route sure is a whirlwind of cognitive dissonance

[coffentyme]

YOU 🫵🧑 Do you have a minute to talk about our lords and saviours Trevor Belmont, Sypha Belnades, and Alucard (Adrian) Tepes? Good, this will take awhile.

#lemon talks #I just finished this absolute whirlwind of a series and you have no choice but to be subjected to my new and insatiable need to consume #I couldn’t have asked for a better ending #I mean yeah was it rushed and felt a little lack lustre sure #BUT #I’m far too attached to care #These jackasses walked into my screen and I couldn’t do anything to stop them #and now look at me #a mess #what a way to make me care about a childhood DS game I couldn’t defeat #castlevania #trevor belmont #sypha belnades #alucard tepes

[walnut-kitto]

I need to upload my art here more often. I drew this almost a month ago but I should post it now. I’m not much of a skylanders fan anymore but my friend posted an image of these two kissing and I was like well. I want to draw gay skylanders.

#Walnut Art #Skylanders #Whirlwind #Sonic Boom #<--- I'm sure there is a ship name for these characters #but I do not know it. #I always get nervous about posting in tags because I get scared someone will get mad at me or something #but usually what happens is that nobody sees the post except like 2 random people and my followers anyway #so. yeah. ramble in the notes over.

[lanternlightss]

hello!! i have yet another snippet :D! this one is based of one of my au’s, the boy and the whirlwind(s)! the basic premise is that nameless bard not only befriends wispti, but nearly the entirety of the wisp population!

apologies if the formatting is weird!

“May I ask you a question?” Amos says, fiddling with the tip of the arrowhead.

“Of course.”

“You are friends with all of these spirits, correct?” She asks. She does not continue until Cecil nods. “Then, could I inquire about which one is your favorite?”

“Favorite—?” Cecil murmurs, before his eyes widen. He holds his hands up, palms facing Amos, and waves them furiously. “I-I do not have a favorite! I love all of them equally. Swear on my life!”

He is so sincere about it, too. With the light dusting of pink now decorating his face, and how he stammers out his protests, Amos would almost believe that he is telling the truth.

Except…

The wind spirits give him away nigh instantly.

As if they were one in the same, each wind spirit in the room turns to look at the singular spirit sat upon Cecil’s right shoulder.

(This spirit’s name is… Venti, if Amos is remembering correctly.)

Venti themself has puffed their chest out in pride. Wings fluttering happily as Cecil continues to stutter and stammer.

“I see…” She murmurs, expression blank as she tries to hide her amusement. “A shame, then. I think my favorite would be the one on your shoulder.”

Cecil stills, staring at her with wide, unblinking eyes. A small, “huh?”, escapes from his mouth.

Venti, on the other hand, is giving her the dirtiest look she has ever seen on a wind spirit.

Wind spirits have never been known for their possessiveness. In fact, it is quite the opposite—they go where they please, and do what they please. Never once stopping to settle down and choose a favorite.

Yet Cecil went and found himself a wind spirit who would rather bite someone’s hand than pretend to share.

Amos giggles. Pretends to fiddle with the arrow.

“I jest, of course.” She says.

Venti settles back into Cecil’s shoulder with a satisfied coo, while Cecil himself sighs. He holds his hands out, waits for Venti to plop themselves onto them, then brings Venti up to his face. Ever so gently, he presses his nose against the top of the spirit’s head.

“Was it that obvious…?” He laments. “Do I need to do a better job of not showing outward favoritism?”

“The spirits gave you away.”

Cecil moves Venti above his head, then thumps against the table. A few of the spirits who were hovering near him float closer, gently prodding at his figure.

“Of course they did,” he sighs. The spirits tug at his hair.

#repost sorry #but woe snippet upon ye! #also cecil is my go to name for bard 😭😭 #might change it later #🤔🤔 #genshin impact #venti #nameless bard #amos #lantern’s writing corner #the boy and the whirlwind(s) au #still not sure how i feel about this writing hmmm #but yeah this au sometimes comes back and hits me with brainrot

[chadsuke]

look here's the thing i LOOOOOOVE bad visual novels but bad visual novels i enjoy are like. the most deranged otome games where idk the LI locks u in a dog cage (ily toma) or there are options to make ur LIs bald or not and not like. this

#gigi.txt #sure sure lets do some wild whirlwind romance where i get kidnapped by a rabbit man and kiss the mafia #thats fun #this........ its just baffling

[cowboyabunga]

megstiel is a great ship you guys just hate women :(

#in a perfect world they become besties in high school through a series of unfortunate events/shenenagians #become roomates in college then besties w benefits #eventually they decided to give themselves a go and have like a 6 month whirlwind romance going crazy stupid w each other super happy #then one night after like the second best sex of their lives they look at each other and both ask 'do you wanna break up?' #anyway nothing really changes they still sleep in the same bed bc they're used to it now they don't tell anyone they just move on w their #lives. it doesn't even effect them meg just complains that no one lives up to cas's standard now #they're the besties everyone thinks is together and like several partners are like. are you SURE you're not cheating on me w ur roommate #that you have weird homosexual tension w despite y'all being opposite genders? #meg thinks it's hilarious cas just wants ppl to stop assuming #eventually meg gets a girlfriend or something idk spn doesn't have a lot female characters #destiel happens. obviously #dean and meg have the weirdest relationship ever #spn #meg masters #castiel #my.txt

[lo-sulci]

tagged by @itshighjuniper to share 5 songs i've been listening to recently!! thank you juni ^u^ i am not including songs that are on the playlist that plays at my work (which I have been listening to ad nauseam but not by choice) or songs from the OSTs of stuff, just because those would probably dominate the list (that said, some of the OSTs I've been listening to lately: Across the Spider-Verse, Revue Starlight, Gatchaman Crowds, fanmade g witch covers). anyways!!

- PRESSURE BOMB 2!!!! by Jhariah: have been listening to a LOT of jhariah lately, super super cool style and I always always always love narrative albums. this song in particular just makes my brain happy and also, like, vibrate aggressively. it's nice!!!! other favorites include ENTER: A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO FAKING YOUR OWN DEATH (the opening track off the album A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO FAKING YOUR OWN DEATH), Promises, Needed A Change of Pace, and Flight of the Crows

- Riptide by the Scary Jokes: been a fan of the scary jokes for a whiiiile now, and this has been one of the songs from their newest album that i've been listening to the most (other two favorites from the album probably being Forever In You and Rage). Burn, Pygmalion!!! is still an all timer to me tbh (MEANWHILE ON THE ROOF JEANNIE CONSIDERS THE VASTNESS OF THE COUNTRYSIDE THE DARKNESS OF THE MOUNTAINS-) but I am also enjoying RB and bonus points the cassette looks SICK AS HELL

- Love Me Dead by Ludo: introduced to by way of a podcast and thoroughly wormed its way deep into my brain along with Tick Tick Boom by The Hives, Electric Version by The New Pronographers, and Picture, Picture by Harvey Danger. anywhays, god DAMN that chorus kicks ass. also, the video is pretty fun!!

- Venus Ambassador by Bryan Scary: song that I actually found ages ago and only recently checked out the rest of the album for- it's really good!! i think there's a narrative going on here even if I havent quite figured it out in its entirety but in the meantime gosh the music is good and the vibes are exquisite. other favorites off Flight of the Knife include La Madame on the Moon, Mama Waits, and Son of Stab

- A Better Place, A Better Time by Streetlight Manifesto: Streetlight Manifesto singlehandedly made my opinion of ska as a genre do a 180. one day while cleaning/organizing stuff in my room I decided to listen to, like, almost if not all of their discography, and this one was my favorite. made me cry the first time I listened to it!! anyways, my personal recommendation is to do what I did and listen to the entire Streetlight Manifesto discography just fuxking do it

anyways, tagging @theclairewitch @plaintivemeow @lvnarsapphic @sg-x00-airgetlam @destructix (absolutely no pressure tho yall lol) and, like, anyone who sees this and wants an excuse to do one of these!!

#anyways. as i was saying #JEANNIE'S ACCUSTOMED TO BRIGHT LIGHTS AND PEOPLE SHE FINDS THE QUITE EMPTINESS UNNERVING AND IMPERVIOUS #SHES ONLY STAYING HERE CUZ SYLVIA ASKED HER TO NOW THAT SHES GONE AWAY WHATS SHE SUPPOSED TO DO #TEND TO THE GARDENS AND ADMIRE THE ARCHITECTURE WHILE HER PERSONALITY PILLS LIKE A WORN OUT TEE SHIRT #SHE WAS A JOURNALIST WORKED ON THE SUNDAY PAGES TIL A YOUNG STARLET CAPTURED HER FASCINATION #STILL CAUGHT UP IN THE WHIRLWIND THE PAST MONTHS ARE A BLUR #SHE TRIES TO TRACE THE LINES #THEY TANGLE IN HER MIND #SHE ONLY LOVES HER CUZ SHES BEAUTIFUL AND SWEET #COMPLEX AND MYSTERIOUS AND MILDLY DELIRIOUS SHES ALSO SOMETHING OF. AN EXHIBITIONIST #BUT JEANNIE LOVES HER AND #THATS ALL THAT MATTERS TO HER NOW #wish i could say that was all from memory but unfortunately my brain always interets til a young starlet as 2am starlet #cannot tell you why i love this song so much but gosh i sure do

[artanogon]

beginning to wonder if i should take the kind of approach to life where instead of trying to tamp down the crazy i decide to be crazy anyways. but it's the sexy kind of crazy where i'm wild and free and authentic and too much to handle and i do reckless things like jump out of planes and wrestle my friends in the street and learn how to yell again and associate yelling with joy. like maybe i'm gonna be mental but i'm gonna turn my anger into driving reckless and throwing myself into romantic relationships and kissing whoever and learning how to fistfight and pushing pushing pushing. maybe im a hurricane. but maybe some people love me for that hurricane

#sure therell be a lot of ups and downs knowing me #and sure ill work on it forever and ever but i come from a family forged out of war and i learned how to fight too #and for so long ive never had a home and a lot of the time not even a house #and thatll always be with me #but maybe i embrace it because the ups and downs are part of life #put everything into myself and my relationships and my repairs and stop getting held down. like maybe im obsessed with being free #and finding the right life #but maybe that just makes me interesting #being shameless and crazy and authentic and weird and a whirlwind is good actually #if i die young i want my life to have meant something. so why not start now.

[onwardintolight]

So that post I reblogged earlier today about archiving our old fics from other platforms by posting them to AO3 since they’re a valuable part of fandom history apparently got to me... after years of avoiding it, I just found and reread a particular fic that I wrote when I was 13 or 14 back when I was Jedi_Arwen on TheForce.Net forums. And yeah, it’s cringey as hell, it very much feels like a love story written by a 13 or 14 year old, plus it relies on the Jedi Apprentice series which I’m not sure anyone knows or cares about anymore — but I actually think it may be salvageable? At least a tiny bit? Suddenly I feel compelled to edit/rewrite it, make the worst of the cringe a bit more palatable, and then let it loose into the world just for funsies. Am I crazy? Is this a death wish? Will it taint my name as a fic author forever? Someone stop me before I do something I regret

#star wars #sw fic #jedi apprentice #qui-gon jinn #and a love interest which I will rename bc wow 13 year old me straight up stole that from Tolkien #can't decide if I want to laugh or cry right now #the cringe is a lot but it's also kind of sweet and cute #it did have readers who appreciated it at the time #but I'm not sure if it was a matter of 'oh she's obv very young and this is cute let's encourage her' #or if they genuinely liked it #anyway this was my mary sue moment I was obsessed with Qui-Gon at the time #even though he was old enough to be my grandpa #and I wanted a Jedi character that I could pretend to be while playing Star Wars with my friends #while imagining secret Jedi whirlwind romances #oh my god I'm just making this worse aren't I #maybe this shouldn't ever see the light of day again #thoughts #fic writing

[yuukimiyas]

good morning loves!! ( *´꒳`*)੭⁾⁾ i hope you all have a v great tues & pls remember to take care of yourselves!! you’re so important & so kind & i love you all so SO MUCH!!! wrappin you in a huge hug rn!! ໒꒰ྀི∩˃ ᵕ ˂∩꒱ྀི১

#i woke up feelin a lil weird emotionally but thats bc i spent like 3 hours trying to get a dif ending in doki doki literature club </3 #they were NOT kidding when that game said its not for the easily distributed bc PHEW is it a WHIRLWIND ໒꒰ྀི𖦹﹏𖦹꒱ྀི১ #BUT!!! im still gonna try & have a great day!! ꒰ ˃̶̤́ ꒳ ˂̶̤̀ ꒱ i might take a lil walk if its not too chilly!!! #well what i rlly need to do is go to the gym….૮꒰ྀི ∩៸៸៸∩ ‎꒱ྀིა i’ve been SLACKIN w goin lately!!! #im sure i’ll find smth i need to do (theres always smth i swear!!!) but until then i will remain snug a lil longer!!!! #i am folding up lil positive notes to put in your pocket so you can feel my love & light all day!! ᜊ꒰ ᜊ ´ ˘꒱ ੭♡ i love you all so SO MUCH!! #ᕱ⑅ᕱ.* journals!

[mod-jazzy]

IOU for blog updates that you may redeem... never when I feel like it I’ll do it NYEH

#its been.. a weekend thats for sure. A fuckin whirlwind and I shant get into it #but know this. I am enjoying Splat3 #ooc #mod jazzy #delete later #swearing #cursing #cussing

[pendraegon]

suddenly i see by kt tunstall. if you even care

#HIIIIII its been a whirlwind since im back home but im at halmoni’s today ^_^ #ive missed u guys hope ur all well and i should hopefully be more online soon ^_^ #also its soooo chilly in chicago ive missed this so much 🫶🏻🥹 #make sure to get all ur groceries @ my midwest mutuals before the snow/cold front coming in later this week!!! ^_^

[amythesixth]

Especially after episode 6, I've realized that Akiba Maid War is basically a Ryu Ga Gotoku/Like A Dragon/Yakuza anime, and Ranko is Kiryu Kazuma.

She's got the fighting skills and stoicism paired with the secret sweet side and desire to keep innocents out of danger. She got out of prison just to get involved in a war because she wanted protect someone she cared about, which is just about the most general description of a Yakuza game plot you can give. There's even karaoke and a coliseum minigame. The only real difference is that Ranko kills a lot, but that's mostly just down to the tone of the show vs the games.

Anyway if you like the juxtaposition of absurdity and violence in Akiba Maid War you should play Yakuza, and if you love the Yakuza games you should watch Akiba Maid War.

#also I'm pretty sure this makes Zoya Majima #and the Crimson Whirlwind might be Ryuji Goda #akiba maid war #akiba maid sensou #yakuza #ryu ga gotoku

[mangatxt]

watched spiderverse, good omens, and zom 100 all in one day, feeling much more up-to-speed with the cultural zeitgeist

#ani.txt #what a whirlwind of emotions #don't ask me to do anything #i'm still reeling #unless it's to look at spot art #'cause i'll do that for sure

[fumblingmusings]

Not me finally reading Lovely As You Are and thoroughly enjoying every romantic conversation and kiss and dream like tone and getting to the final chapter and thoroughly enjoying Alfred knocking Ivan the fuck out and being like vindication for Ludwig fuck yeah only to end the fic and be genuinely hollowed out like a melon scoop because

Hi, I'm Abbie and I never learned to fuckin read

It is well and truly my

moment.

Anyway, 10 out 10 fic to blast through at 11pm. Just... read the tags, yeah? It is quite heavy.

#the author writes like hemmingway in that the dialogue has little markers or tags and everyone speaks as of dreaming and #ever so slightly insane #which i love in fics #like yes give me the melodrama give me the romantic monologues give me arthur musing how he would mourn alfred if he died in a fight whilst #alfred listens and indulges and holds him and bounces him around in a swimming pool like R U KIDDING ME #these guys are all mad good for them love a mad whirlwind romance im sure it will end GReaT 😭😭😭😭 #i should start a tag #midnight fanfic musings for when I'm sleep deprived and read something that made me go brrrrrrrrrr #op