#time to think so hard about cartoons tm

[tizeline]

The Sep AU is super interesting, like it grabbed my brain and does not want to let go-

I find it interesting how from the Drax Trios innitial perspective everything Donnie is just justifies their opinion more-

Donnies dark aesthetic, murderous humor, dangerous machines, deadpan attitude and lack of liking of magic combined with his alleged backstory and being friends with a human? U could really argue he got indoctrinated into being a villainous mad scientist or smth. They don't know that that's just him, Donnie TM. I can absolutely see them being worried that "Long lost brother" got brainwashed so badly and how annoying that could be for Donnie himself lol

I'm also curious on Donnies relationship with Splinter. Is it better than in canon or similar to Canon or worse? Since in Canon Donnie is craving parental approval, does he still here?

Thank u for (potentially) answering :)

First of all, "Drax Trio", thank you, I needed an easier way to refer to specifically Raph, Leo and Mikey in this AU so I'm gonna steal that

Second, yeah, Donnie acting like a cartoon villain is really just cementing the Drax Trio's idea that he's been corrupted by humans. You know Draxum's villain song in the show? I can totally see Donnie putting on a perfomance like that XD Speaking of Draxum, to be fair he's very alike Donnie in the way that he's fully embracing the whole Evil Scientist aesthetic, but in that case his sons would just excuse it with "oh haha dad's just a bit silly goofy don't worry about it it's not like he's actually evil!"

Anyway, you know how Mikey basically forced Draxum into having a redemtion arc in the show? He'd try to do the same with Donnie in this AU. I've been thinking about this for a while so I'm defintiely gonna draw it, but he's constantly going full Dr. Feelings mode trying to teach Donnie how to be a "good person" and such and Donnie finds it INCREDIBLY annoying!

And Splinter! Being a single parent taking care of a child who was created to be a super soldier while living in the sewers is HARD, but not nearly as hard as taking care four of them at the same time under the same conditions. So while Splinter is still dealing with depression and burn out in this AU, he's doing better than what he is in canon. For years Splinter and Donnie would literally only have each other, so they'd end up growing closer as a result. That being said, because Donnie didn't have any siblings to spend time with, he'd end up demanding a lot more attention from Splinter. Which he didn't always recieve, because his dad is still very much dealing with a lot of emotional baggage. To summarize, Splinter is still a flawed parent, but he's not terrible by any means, he and Donnie are close, but Donnie is also a lot more lonely (especially before meeting April).

#Tiz Sep AU #tizel talk #tmnt #rottmnt #rottmnt au

[coolshadowtwins]

Pokémon Legends Arceus au idea where Ingo and MC (I’m just going to say Akari) and maybe some other adults like Irina or someone are just talking calmly up on a cliff with Lady Sneasler, right? It’s in between Nobles being frenzied, Akari has been working hard on fixing things, things are going pretty ok at the moment of time.

And then. And then Sneasler gets struck by a God Lightening(tm) and goes into a frenzy. And the first thing she does, before people even get their bearings back after the flash of light, is to throw Ingo off the cliff.

I don’t have much more than this. Akari and the others quickly get out of frenzy range, some version of this conversation-

“Who knows how to make balms??”

“THE WARDEN!!” *gestures rapidly at the cliff Ingo was thrown over*

Ingo gets back up with minimal injury because of his Pokémon helping him or God or something I don’t know. He helps Akari calm Sneasler. Something Something.

Honestly this is all just set up because I think it would be hilarious if, when Ingo was thrown off the cliff, he hit his head and cartoon logic undid his amnesia. But like, he doesn’t realized he remembers now. He has so much in the present to worry about that he doesn’t even realize that he has his memories back for an embarrassing long time.

Sometime later-

“Wow that was a difficult double battle Ingo!”

“Can you believe that Emmet is much better at them than me?”

“….who’s Emmet?”

“My brother-“ *realization*

(Akari, who’s memory loss was caused by god and not by falling off a cliff, has to be stopped from jumping off cliffs for a good bit of time)

#pokemon #pokémon legends arceus #akari #ingo pkmn #subway boss ingo #submas #lady sneasler

[theactivepresent]

ok copy pasting some texts to a friend here so i can keep my Thoughts tm together re: atla live action

halfway through ep 4 and it's the first time i can honestly say they're doing something new and interesting when Zuko chooses to stay at the wake for Lu Ten (and not just bc the soundtrack REKT me). I really like how it stands in tandem with Iroh saying Zuko saved his life (or something to that effect) in the previous episode.

For the rest it's still a pretty lacklustre adaptation, not exactly bad, but nothing to write home about either? The way they've shortened the plot leaves very little breathing room for any quiet moments, which isn't helped by the sometimes downright awful script (SO much telling and not showing. oof.). Still feel like I wouldn't care about any of these characters if they weren't versions of ones I really care about.

Mostly I'm miffed and a little frustrated by the artistic & stylistic choices because i think you could've done something really cool with fightscenes/action stuff & cartoony camp but none of the fighting has really stood out so far, and a lot of the sets use a bit of the og iconography and feel but then fall back on Generic Fantasy Lighting??? the sfx are also pretty bad, which COULD work if you went harder on the camp/ action b movie stuff, but since they don't, it just looks. bad.

the costuming in episode 1 was truly Cheap & awful, it's gotten better since ep 3 but aside from the colour palettes or things being 1 to 1 replicas there's not a ton of interesting stuff going on which is again a shame because the source material is so rich!! You could've really gone for a cool visual aesthetic and language that is different from the OG but absolutely fits the spirit but no.

like all of the bending styles are literally directly based on various martial arts!!!!! why not go HARD on the martial arts films!!!! why not add a bit of camp while you're at it you're adapting a fucking cartoon!!!!

just feels like there wasn't much of a vision other than "let's make a liveaction atla"

it just really lacks a distinct kind of style for me and i don't understand why you wouldn't go hard on SOMETHING when you're adapting atla of all things

also i don't understand why you would cgi momo and appa? they're so uninteresting that way!!! you could've done puppets you could've done half sfx half real thing but instead they look like the most generic ass Fantasy Animal

#atla #avatar the last airbender #atla live action spoilers #atla netflix spoilers #present ramblings #long post

[jones-friend]

I just played Cult of the Lamb and it was a good time!

In Cult of the Lamb you are sacrificed by four evil bishops to keep an old god sealed. The old god returns you to slay the bishops and free them!

An important bit before we continue: this game has a fairly cynical sense of humor. You essentially force followers into your cult and you off them rather regularly or make bad things happen to them for your benefit. Its essentially evil animal crossing, and if you don’t like the idea of offing tiny cartoon creatures for Points you might wanna skip on this game.

Mechanically you dungeon delve a la Binding of Isaac then return to your cult where you play more of a farming sim. In between you give sermons to your cult, add tenets, perform rituals, sacrifices, and unlock better gear for each run. The bigger your cult the more Stuff(TM) you get to faster! But cultists age, or get murdered! So you have to manage recruitment and flow of cultists alongside leveling them for big value.

I enjoyed my time with Cult of the Lamb a good deal. Its got excellent Halloween moods, its tone is a delight, and it has a wonderful flow to it giving a “just one more turn” feel like any Civ game. Dungeons are bite sized clocking in at 5-15mins and letting a meter drain doesnt screw you over, its fairly easy to bounce back.

Dungeons are simple explorations with choices between boosting this run and giving your cult resources. Defeating one of the four dungeon’s bosses advances the story and replaces it with a new witness boss. The farming sim area is rather straightforward and focuses on upgrading for automation letting your plentiful cultists run the show more and more as you go.

I only have a few minor gripes about Cult of the Lamb. There aren’t too many ways to shape a build inside a run, most controls are set beforehand. Its mostly whatever weapon and spell you found at the start with one or two choices. Not terribly deep, but again they last 5-10mins. I do also think the “you took damage” and “crit damage” sounds are a touch too similar, esp when you have a crit dagger its hard to know when you’re taking damage with how close you need to get.

I do think there is an unhealthy, probably capitalist pressure to continue refining, improving, this demand to get bigger and better at an unreasonable pace. There’s also this polarizing motivation on the internet to complain games are awful or praise them as masterpieces. I think we need to get better at letting games be and enjoying them for what they give us. Cult of the Lamb gives us a wonderfully dark humor, a tasty system of upgrades and min/max strategies, and lovely flavor of those mechanics. That is more than enough for me to recommend Cult of the Lamb for the spooky season.

[h0nex]

everytime they make a wander reference in kid cosmic i simply

#mr mccracken im so sowwy they cancelled ur show that everyone working on clearly had passion for and also kinda like um #had a huge positive influence on me at a very pivotal point in my teenage developement #and is also just beautiful creative and had an incredible message #but im so so glad you got to make a new one very pog very epic #im having Emotions #not really spoilers for kid cosmic at all so i will not tag but #sorry its cartoons time #time to think so hard about cartoons tm

[millenniummmbop]

any art tips for a beginner who like literally j u s t started trying to teach themselves how to draw?

- Always keep a sketchbook and draw from observation. Don't worry about trying to make every page and every drawing a mini masterpiece. Sketchbooks are for thinking and figuring stuff out especially when you're just starting out. You're first sketches/pages will always be the worst because your hand and your mind are still loosening up but the more you keep at it the better they will become.

- You don't have to just do studies and still lifes all the time u can draw a bunch of anime and cartoons and shitty little mindless scribbles. Who's gonna stop you? Your mom? The president? Literally just draw whatever you want. As a beginner one of the most important things is to get yourself in the habit of drawing as much as possible because mileage is how you improve. Later on your own natural curiosity will push you towards more specific areas of study but for now just try to develop the habit and mindset of being Someone Who Draws TM. Just draw! Draw draw draw!!!

- Comparison will kill you but it's also just human nature so try not to let it get u down too hard. If you find yourself dwelling too much on the emotional aspect of this try to turn it into a learning situation. What is it about this piece/artist that makes me feel inferior? What specifically do I admire about this? Try to think about the steps it took to create this work of art and then copy it. Stroke for stroke. Really look at, deconstruct it, shatter it into a million little pieces and then try to tape those pieces back together again as best u can. Use pipe cleaners and glitter glue if u have to. There's nothing wrong with copying a picture this is literally how u study technique. Masters studies are important!

- This one is specifically a new age online artist thing but don't worry about style. Your own personal style is something that develops over time and often times u won't even notice it I promise. It's just like handwriting. You should really only worry about style once u move past the beginning/fundamentals stage and start learning about design. Seriously tho don't overthink it. Remember that you have to know the rules before you can break them.

- There WILL be days where u feel like every single thing u draw is absolute shit-tier garbage and should burn in hell for all eternity and I'm sorry to say but that just comes with the territory of being an artist. But fear not! This is usually the result of ur eyes/mind developing faster than ur hand can keep up with. When this happens try focusing on doing studies and exercises. I PROMISE you it will pass and you WILL come out the other end of it a fundamentally better artist. 100% every time. Do not let it get you down. DO NOT LET IT WIN!!!

- On the flip side of that there will be days where everything u draw is 🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯😜😜😜😍😍😍👌👌👌😎😎😎👑👑👑 and u should 100% EMBRACE THE FUCK OUT OF THAT FEELING!!! ALWAYS TAKE PRIDE IN UR ACCOMPLISHMENTS!!! YOU HAVE MADE IT SO FAR!!! LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOOOO!!!!! 👏👏👏*airhorn sounds* (But seriously tho this is a GREAT thing and u should never let anyone try to take that from u. People trying to tear u down usually comes from a place of their own insecurities but always remember that that is NOT ur problem lmfao.)

- This next point is from the "things I desperately wish I could tell my past self" category so feel free to ignore this if u really want but please please please no matter how far u get into ur artistic journey DO NOT throw away/delete ur old stuff because u feel ashamed of it. You will 100% regret doing this EVERY SINGLE TIME. Maybe not immediately and maybe not even for a few years. But trust me. Not having ur old stuff to look back on FUCKING SUCKS and is a very cruel thing to do to urself. U don't have to keep it up online for others to see but do not deny urself the pride that comes with acknowledging how far you've come. PLEASE. For my sake 😔

- Just have fun honestly. If you don't enjoy art why do it? Spite? Actually spite is kind of a funny reason but u should still enjoy art nonetheless lmao. Go at ur own pace and don't be so hard on yourself all the time. Art is not a destination it's a journey and if you're not enjoying the journey why are u still on the bus? Oh god u missed ur stop oh god oh fuck u gotta keep riding this thing forever PSYCHE!!! U can always get off at the next stop! There is zero pressure to keep riding if u decide u don't particularly care for this avenue lmao.

#asks #bakura-of-the-day #long post #sorry for the essay #i promise u will never see me write anything this long ever again #These aren't really 'art tips' so much as they are 'ARTIST tips' bc really the worst part of learning ANY new skill is keeping at it #and not getting discouraged #there are a million different books and tutorials out there that can u teach u specific skills and techniques better than i ever could #so really all i can offer u is insight and some of my own personal anecdotes #hope this helps

[cognitosclowns]

heres a thought: jr has Definitely bent someone over his desk. my evidence? hes a sleazy businessman and also i kind of want him to bend me over his desk and rail me <3

IVE MENTIONED THIS IDEA BRIEFLY BEFORE BUT,, IM GOING TO GO MORE IN DEPTH BC I WANT TO SMOOCH THIS ASSHOLE

<3 NSFT, MINORS SHOO

VISIT HIM AT HIS OFFICE. I DARE YOU.

Listen depending on the day you are getting one of two treatments

If it's a good day?? Just,, sitting with him <3. You sit on his desk, while he gently runs his hands along you? Fusses with your hair? <3 both of you murmur about your day? Good vibes!! If you’re lucky he might entirely pass out while the two of you cuddle <3

On a bad day???? w e l l

Listen the moment you walk in you can tell he is,,,, so Clearly Not Having It Today. 

first clue - he's positively fuming, glaring down at the telephone on his desk as if it personally is the source of all things wrong in the world smdnsd.

second - he’s bent like a paperclip, hunched over his desk </3

strike three - he almost doesn’t notice you when you come in!! :(((

EASY FIX? lean over the back of his chair and wrap your arms around him!!

Any little bits of Affection (tm) like that,, are,, very good for drawing his eyes away from his work and towards you <3

Don’t be surprised when he brings you to sit in his lap <3 your back to his chest, his lips along your neck <3

He’ll gladly do any prep in that exact position !!

whether that be stretching + slicking you with his fingers, or just fiddling with buttons to get you undressed!!

You’re nice and warm, WHICH IS GREAT BC HIS OFFICE IS FUCKING FRIGID SMDNSMD so he wants to take his time!!

he doesn’t quite soften when he gets you in his arms - moreso redirecting his Anxiety into,, Caressing You smdns

handsiest motherfucker this side of the equator. Whatever fingers aren’t already inside you are occupying themselves on whatever Soft Bits you possess!!

Literally,, does not matter how close you are, he wants you closer. Absolutely gonna have some light bruises from where his Bony Fucking Fingers have pressed in A Bit Too Harshly

he probably already knows you inside out but?? what’s the fun of having a lover if you don’t enjoy every part of them??

you think he cares about a Single Thing On His Desk? sndmsMSNDMS NOPE THAT SHIT IS GETTING POSITIVELY SWATTED OUT OF THE WAY, NOT A SINGLE FUCK IN SIGHT.

WHEN HE PRESSES IN??? *CARTOON AWOOGA NOISES*

just,, the most guttural, relieved sigh. He’ll definitely stay like that for a while, just,, savoring the moment. <3 celebrate the little victories, yk?

Don’t make him rushhhhh <3 He definitely prefers starting slow + hard than hurrying into things!!

Listen he may be Almost Geriatric but,, it’s heavily implied that he participates in orgies Frequently - he can absolutely rail you if you so wish!! 

Well,, less thrusting, so much as grabbing you by the hips and bouncing you back and forth. He only really starts Thrusting Properly when he’s close!!

he doesn’t care if you get noisy - in fact he wants you to get noisy! The whole building had better hear you <3 very ego boosting

It’s a 50/50 on whether or not he’ll want to cum inside you!! Some days he does prefer making a bit more of a,, mess,

AFTERCAREEE <3

Perks of desk sex? the chair is right there for the two of you to Collapse into smndsmd

If you’re up for it? cockwarming, while you two cuddle like a pair of Lovesick Idiots. He’s absolutely shameless, so expect plenty of,, very explicit murmurs

If not? Some very gentle cleanup!! If you need anything, he expects you to buzz his assistant <3 whats his is yours!!

As previously mentioned his office is Freeze Your Ass Off Frigid, so he’ll absolutely shuck his blazer and drape it around your shoulders!!!

if you saw this post <3 no you didnt, nobody look at me ever again /J

smsMSNDSMDNSM THIS WAS,, A VERY FUN ASK. SCHEIMPOUGH MY BELOVED <3

#I ALSO WANNA GET BENT BY THIS ASSHOLE #PHENOMENAL TASTE ANON TYSM #nsft #minors dni #jr scheimpough #I AM THIS CLOSE TO WRITING JR X READER FANFIC SO HELP ME #do y'all like this style of headcanons? #smndsmSNMDSD IDK HOW TO DESCRIBE IT #where its semi-literate sequence of events #interspersed with random headcanons #and like #me making Cartoon Awooga Noises in stuckout bold #MSNDMSD LMK IF YALL PREFER JUST ATRAIGHTFORWARD HC'S SMDNSDN #MSNDMSNDSMND #i can write OODLES of brett and andre nsft but when its Robotus and JR i get SO FLUSTERED MSNDSMD #my heart makes squeaky toy noises when i see him <3 #jr scheimpough x reader #AS ALWAYS LMK KNOW ANY OTHER IDEAS Y'ALL HAVEEEE #<333 #JEEBUS THESE TAGS ARE GETTING LONG OK GOODBYE #WAS THIS TOO MUCH- #inside job #headcanons #inside job headcanon #me : why didnt this show up in the tag #also me : didn't actually tag it #MSNDMSND

[ironwoman359]

you knew someone was gonna ask abt the sander sides fandom so here I am lol

Sanders sides, plus Cartoon Therapy and other assorted TS content, since I tend to mentally lump them into one:

blorbo (favorite character, character I think about the most): Definitely Virgil, no matter how much I love the other characters, he always somehow ends up as my favorite. If I had to pick another besides him, I think I'd have to go with Logan atm, though that changes from time to time.

scrunkly (my “baby”, character that gives me cuteness aggression, character that is So Shaped): Patton and Picani! They're made of Sunshine and Hugs.

scrimblo bimblo (underrated/underappreciated fave): This bfandom has so few characters that it's hard to find one that's underappreciated, but I'm gonna throw out there that outside the Great Content Draught of 2017, people haven't used a lot of the Shorts characters to their full potential, particularly Nate (Slow-mo Action Hero)

glup shitto (obscure fave, character that can appear in the background for 0.2 seconds and I won’t shut up about it for a week): Dot and Larryyyyyy, I love them they're so great (Larry's "I'm BISEXUAL!" is just *chef's kiss* iconic)

poor little meow meow (“problematic”/unpopular/controversial/otherwise pathetic fave): Honestly I stopped paying attention to character controversy because I Don't Care anymore, so idek. I'm sure some people still think that me liking Patton is problematic while others would think that me liking Janus is problematic, honestly this fandom doesn't have as clear cut Villains as a lot of other properties, and CERTAINLY doesn't have many Hated Characters TM, so it's harder to nail down what's considered controversial.

horse plinko (character I would torment for fun, for whatever reason): Oh where do I start? Patton, he's always somehow the target of my angst, also Virgil because he's my favorite and I like to torment my favorites, and Logan and Roman have STRONG angst potential as well...plus I wrote that whole naga!Janus whump....honestly I just Like to Horse Plinko my characters, period. it's why @ironwhumper359 exists.

eeby deeby (character I would send to superhell): Remus, for no other reason than I think he'd enjoy it there. He'd Vibe in superhell.

Send me a fandom, and I'll tell you my...

#taylor talks #sanders sides #thomas sanders #cartoon therapy #ts shorts

[decepti-thots]

Thoughts on Optimus?

Ooooh.

Franchise wide, I can find Optimus kind of... frustrating? Because over time, the role they've allowed him to play has felt like it's been constantly fighting against Iconic Pop Culture status slash a kind of official flanderization. It's not a new observation to observe that since his original movie death, there's been a tendency to cast him in the role of infallible but shallow Hero TM in a way that can be very limiting and dull.

On the other hand, I think more incarnations have at least attempted to push back against that than people (me 100% included) always give credit for. TBH, I think the fact the TFP version of the character went so hard on that and was for so long the 'default' modern fandom for TF kind of gave a skewed interpretation of it. With more distance and TFP no longer being 'the' TF continuity we all default to, I think it seems less egregious than it once did.

Anyway. Here are some completely and absolutely subjective and deeply biased opinions on various Optimi across the board:

G1 cartoon s1 and s2: extremely fun. Absolutely Dad energy in the actual sense of Dads Are Fun To Be Around. We all know this, the man has sick dunks, etc etc.

G1 Marvel: I know very little Marvel. Furman's take always seemed kinda bland tho. Like the State Games backstory in that one prose story that wound up inspiring all the later Gladiator stuff however, that's interesting, I would love to see that come back for OP some time as well as the influence it's had on Megs tbh.

Unicron Trilogy, by which I mean Armada bc I don't care about the other two as much: kind of my favourite 'post movie Hero TM' OP take. He's nice. I would hug that guy.

TFA: my favourite Optimus, easy. Genuinely think TFA's pushback on the above is the most inspired take the franchise ever had. He's great because as just his own character in this show in isolation, he's a really appealing archetype that fits the tone TFA goes for fantastically and who is played off in a really fun way, with David Kaye giving a great performance. But even better in the context of being a big ol' TF nerd because the underlying concept if you know to look for it being 'what if Orion Pax never became Optimus Prime, conceptually speaking, but he was still the main character' is just a GREAT idea for a reimagining.

Bayverse: would be way more interesting if the movies acknowledged what a terrifying bastard he winds up.

TFP: fun to take an alternative reading on in a fandom context, but IMO the worst offender re: the above in the actual canon. I like playing around with him being 100% Serious All The Time Bc Prime in terms of like, why he's like that as a person, but in the actual show, it's played basically completely straight and I find it really ehhh. Feels like they were building to an arc in s2 I suspect was cut off by behind the scenes meddling for s3, which is a shame. Wish they'd done more with the Orion Pax arc in particular.

IDW: starts off an absolute infamous mess for ages in the sense that it's the worst possible take on Big Damn Hero TM Optimus imo: a take that looks at it through a really immature and narrow idea of what a Big Damn Hero should be. Kind of like Bayverse in that it makes a lot of underlying assumptions about what makes a big action hero character appealing that turn out to actually mostly make him come across as just an asshole. However, phase 2 made the ballsy decision to not try and soft retcon that out and just write him 'better' but instead take all that at-face-value stuff and actually make it into something you could examine and do something with, and I am forever impressed that they somehow actually just about succeeded at that. That was a much riskier decision than just 'fixing' the dumb bits of phase 1, and while it's not always 100%, it paid off IMO, in ways that resulted in storytelling opportunities that I don't think will ever crop up in the franchise again.

Cyberverse: I like him a lot. A very good compromise of the now-iconic stoic hero characterisation with the idea he should still be appealing by making him not necessarily the original G1 style OP, but instead layering on him being earnest and a little awkward underneath the speeches, so it's less pure noble stoicism and more being kind of a nerd when he's not in leader mode. Deserved that happy ending.

#ask meme

[uwuwriting]

Kaminari, Shinsou and Sero w/ reader who likes playing with their hair

Request: Ooh! Could you please please please do the hair play one with Shinsou, Kaminari, and anyone else you feel like doing? It was just so damn cute seeing so much affection in one post (especially the Dabi one) - anonymous

Do I want someone to play with my hair? Yes. Have I curved every guy who has looked my way? Also yes. Why are you booing me??? Love ya. 💖💖💖

rules

warnings: fluff

Kaminari Denki

*he kinda looks like Yzma.... PULL THE LEVER KRONK!!*

-He dumb okay...

-I feel like I have to make that clear every time I write for him. 

-But he is a cuddle bug.

-Like a super clingy cuddle bug who won’t let you do anything else but hold him. 

-You have to wrestle him to let you get up because you want to pee and it’s been three hours!!!!

-You cuddle with him usually during the night so it’s normal for one of you to fall asleep. 

-But when you start to run your fingers through his hair one evening he loses it. 

-It feels so intimate and sweet he can’t really handle it.

-He thinks that such an action is so full of love and he takes it as your silent way of saying I love you. 

-But...he falls asleep really fast. 

-Sonic the hedgehog type of fast.  

-Stop-the-microwave-on-the-last-second kind of fast. 

-So as sweet as the moments are he kinda ruins them.

-He apologizes afterwards but still.

-He drools in his sleep and as much as you love him you may or may not have sparta kicked him off the bed one or two times. 

-Give the boy a freaking heart attack thank you.

-He tries to stay awake every time he really does. 

-He may even try to stick his eyelids with tape. 

-He saw it on a cartoon and thought that it would be a good idea. 

-CAUSE HE’S DUMB YOUR HONOR!!! -His snores shake the walls of your dorm.

-I kid you not. 

-You have to lightly slap him so he stops with the noise. 

-But you love him. 

-You can expect many kisses when he wakes up though. 

-Poor baby feels bad. 

Shinsou Hitoshi

-Poor exhausted kitten.

-He is so tired.

-Training and his insomnia beat his ass on the daily. 

-Coming back to his room he would immediately text you and ask to have a sleepover. 

-He always has a better time sleeping with you by his side. 

-Your warmth and the one in his chest lull him into a soundless sleep. 

-When you arrived he had already made a mini fort and was waiting you with a pout on his face. 

-Half way through the movie he laid his head in your lap and nuzzled closer to you. 

-Now I believe that his mother would pet his hair when he was younger and crying from the bullying he experienced. 

-The notion may bring back some sad memories but it was far too relaxing and he felt that he needed it right now. 

- “Kitten... D-do you mind I don’t mayberunningyourfinguresthroughmyhair?”

-Confusion TM.

-When he explained like a normal human being you of course obliged. 

-Hitoshi’s hair is super duper soft.

-You are amazed by how easily the strands flow through your fingers. 

-And you’re about to comment on it. 

-Then you hear soft snores coming from your boyfriend and you know instantly that today had been hard. 

-Letting him sleep soundly you continued the film, your fingers still running through his purple hair. 

-When he wakes up he apologizes for falling asleep on you. 

-You just kiss him and say that he earned the rest. 

-From then on you would always massage his scalp when you saw him extra stressed. 

Sero Hanta

-He was gaming. 

-Like he usually does.

-It was a lazy weekend and yall were chilling in his dorm. 

-You weren’t specifically bored you just wanted some of his attention TM.

-So you casually climbed into his lap and settled there relaxing in his hold.

-He was used to this by now. 

-The first time you did it he was so flustered he lost. 

-Red for days I tell you. 

-But he had gotten used it by now. 

-It had become a routine of sorts. 

-What wasn’t a routine was your hand in his  hair. 

-He needed a haircut and you both knew it. 

-It had reached a little under his shoulder and it was begging you to run you fingers through it. 

-So you did.

-You felt him freeze at the feeling of your nails on his scalp. 

-You immdeiately pulled you hand away resting back on his shoulder. 

- “Y-you can do it again. I w-was just surprised.”

-You didn’t question it of course. 

-You are not that dumb. 

-The red doesn’t leave his cheeks but he is more relaxed now. 

-You add that to yalls gaming routine..

-And I can say with confidence that having you on his lap is now his favorite moment of the day. 

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@brattyquirks​ @the-arcana-fan-fic​ @angelwritings​ @reinyrei​ @axerrri​

#kaminari denki #mha kaminari #kaminari x you #kaminari x reader #my hero academia keigo takami #shinsou fluff #shinsou x reader #my hero academia shinsou #shinsou x y/n #shinsou x you #sero x y/n #sero x you #sero hanta #sero x reader #bnha sero #bnha

[tklpilled]

ranboo :]

-he always says "hope you’re doing well" after thanking someone for a sub/dono and "hope you had a good stream" when he gets a raid

-he’s just so nice man

-the tubbo voice (tm)

-his laugh!! it always makes me happy

-especially when he bounces a little when he laughs :]

-sometimes you can tell that he’s smiling even though you can’t see his face

-that one clip where tubbo pats his head and he kinda lifts his head up into tubbo’s hand

-he always tries to educate himself and listen to his fans

-terrible puns

-this isnt a big thing but he repeats himself a lot which helps bc i zone out a lot and take time to process words

-when he hums/makes little noises along to the music in the background

-*gasp* "hi chat :]"

-him making sexual jokes while refusing to swear will never not be funny to me

-"bad chat >:( ssstop it >:("

-at the beginning of the meetup when he kept reminding us that he has to deal with tubbo for four months as if he isn't enjoying every second

-he’s just so expressive?? like he makes up for no facial features with bouncing around and stuff. he’s like a cartoon character

-when he goes "hmmmmm?" after he asks a question

-when he falls in game and goes "there i go"

-"bye!! bye-bye!! bye everyone!!!" at the end of every stream

-"if i ever die,"

-him saying things aren’t funny even though he’s laughing at them

-sighing whenever it's quiet

-"birthday? not today"

-the chair spinning video

-him explaining his jokes

-the demonias he supposedly bought. where are they. i wanna see 7'1 ranboo

-when he's laughing too hard to say a sentence fully so he has to keep starting over

-dimples!!

-he seems so passionate about horror and stuff and it's really fun to listen to

-his humour consisting mostly of sex/dick/cum jokes and the vine boom sound

-the mcdonalds mic

-he has such a good music taste

-"where do rainbows come from? my chat, apparently"

-him showing us michael when he's on the dsmp because he knows we love him

-phannie. do you think he drew cat whiskers on himself

-mark

-"welp [clap]"

(might edit this and add more later. have some ranboo pos)

#happy one year :] #shut up artymis #long post #this has been sitting in my drafts for a while OOPS #thought today would be a good day to post it

[fantasticstoryteller]

New Amsterdam Chapter 94

Peter crawled up the side of the wall. The back wall, of course, that no one was watching. Despite television, movies, and even crappy Saturday Morning Cartoons pointing this weak spot out for authorities, nothing was done about it. No one noticed Spiderman silently climbing a wall.

No one, except for Deadpool. Peter didn’t even flinch when the grappling hook shot beside him to hook over the roof only to retract for Deadpool to pull level with Peter as he crawled. “Spidey!” called the merc happily.

Peter grinned behind the mask. Even before they’d started dating, he’d enjoyed his interactions with Deadpool. Well, after the first few times, at least. “Hey, Deadpool,” he called back.

Deadpool gasped. “Spidey knows my name!” he squealed—softly, so as not to alert the people in the bank.

“Of course I know your name,” Peter said, glad the mask was hiding how he flushed. Deadpool had no idea how well Spiderman knew him.

A little niggling of a thought warned him that it would be better to tell the merc sooner than later. But—Deadpool had always looked up to Spiderman, ever since the first time they’d met. How would he handle knowing that Spiderman and dorky little Peter were the same person?

“What’s the sitch?” demanded Deadpool in a Serious ToneTM.

Peter simply looked at the merc with a smile, not that Deadpool could see it. “How long have you been waiting to pull that one out?” he asked.

“Early 2000’s? I think?” replied Deadpool.

Peter chuckled. “All right,” he said with a wry smile that, once again, Deadpool could not see. “The sitch is three armed criminals, fifteen hostages with one of them being a baby with colic.” Peter cocked his head as he listened, through the building and focused on the robbers as Daredevil had taught him to do. “The baby is starting to get on the nerves of the criminals.”

“Not hard to imagine. You ever hear a colic baby? Stupid question, of course you have. They are not fun to listen to.”

“What’s the plan?” Peter asked.

Deadpool gaped at him, completely silent.

Peter gently shook Deadpool’s shoulder. “You’ve been looking after the city while I was gone,” he said calmly. “You know it well. What do you think we should do?”

“I—don’t really plan much,” Deadpool muttered.

“All right,” Peter said calmly. “If this was just you, how would you save them?”

Peter watched calmly as Deadpool stared at him. “No,” he said faintly, “I don’t think that will work.”

“Well,” pressed Peter, “what will work?” He had a rough idea of the best way to defuse the situation, of course, but he wanted Deadpool to come up with a working plan that made the best use of both of their abilities. After all, Deadpool had been watching the city for him for a while now. Surely, during that time, he’d come up with a better plan than waltz through the front door, drawing fire from both criminals and police, to use his inability to die as a way to keep the hostages alive.

“Okay!” Deadpool said manically. “It’s like this: you are going to sneak in and slowly, carefully get the hostages out unharmed.”

“Okay,” agreed Peter. “And what are you going to do?”

“I’m going to dance De La Peters through the front door until everybody runs out of bullets.”

Or not. Peter let out a low sigh and hung his head. “Deadpool,” he began.

“Look.” Peter looked up as the antihero dropped to a crouch next to him. “Most important thing of a hostage situation?”

“Minimize casualties,” Peter automatically responded. He and Deadpool had had this conversation before.

“Exactly.” Deadpool nodded. “So, first—make sure they aren’t looking at the hostages. They notice their get-out-of-jail free cards leaving—”

“And the first thing they’ll do is start killing them,” Peter finished. He knew that; he’d seen it before. So had Deadpool. He sighed again before standing up and rubbing his hands together. “All right, let’s put your plan into action. Give me a few minutes to get into place before starting your distraction.”

“Yes, Sir!” chirped Deadpool cheerfully. His hand came halfway down, finger out to bop Peter’s nose, and Peter stared, frozen. Did Deadpool know? Had he figured it out?

Peter felt no fear at the idea. Instead—there was a bit of relief. If Deadpool had figured it out, then he knew that Peter was Spiderman and didn’t hate him for it.

The hand stopped halfway and Deadpool awkwardly hid it behind his back. “Er. Yeah. Let’s get this done!” he said nervously before running off the roof.

He didn’t know. It was clear to Peter that Wade still believed that Spiderman and Peter Parker were two different people. The way Deadpool was worried about showing too much physical affection towards Spiderman while dating Peter should have been sweet; shouldn't have left a pinching, hollow feeling in his gut.

He quickly, silently broke into the bank. He had a job to do; hostages to rescue. Then he could change back into Peter and get his hug.

#Spider-Man #Deadpool #Spideypool

[softer-ua]

in regards to what you pointed out a few posts ago, ngl one of my least favorite fandom things is when they make Kaminari the Har Har Stupid Joking ADHD Bi Playboy Who Is Never Serious Trope. like, he's very smart, 'worst in ___ area of a UA course' is very impressive and I don't remember if it even said that or just that he was studying with some other students, worried about his grades overall, calls himself stupid with implied insecurities about it, and didn't think he was very smart compared to the other people in the course. quirk overuse makes him loopy, incoherent, and think everything's funny. and yeah, he's a bit of a flirt and made a few perverted comments and actions that he clearly didn't think through that well. I'm pretty sure he's not ever stated to be bi in the manga because it was written by a coward, so I think people should think more about why they're associating and pairing together the idea of "hot flirty playboy who if legally able would sleep with everyone he meets" with emphasis or joke in the captions of whatever the content is on him being bi. I don't think this is inherently bad, even put together, but the execution feels kind of :/ and shallow. and I mainly just wish they'd pause to consider if there's any reason (subconscious or intentional) why one of those makes them think about the other, and at the very least lean back to see if they're blatantly making those traits centric around each other and tweak how they're showing them a little. Part of this is also because it's basically his fanon sexuality, but then they stick together "oh he's bi and everyone thinks that" and "he's made flirty or perverted comments and actions in canon at some point" and then mentally exaggerate and have this Canon Image of him as *waves hand at above* and I don't think that's happening consciously in most cases but. again. Cookiecutter Bi Party Playboy Who's Made a Date Offer to Everyone In The Building. not a flirty Person or a Playboy who is bi and flirts with more than one genders

I myself headcanon him as adhd and while the exact sexuality depends on my mood I think of/have him as bi in a lot of my content, but it's the same thing with why non adhd people see how he acts and label "adhd!" Especially about comprehension speed and derpy acting and intelligence and attention span jokes/tropes. Again, not bad in and of itself, but the specific parts of his behavior that make them think he's adhd, or that they start making jokes about or Ha Ha ADHD'ing, or that they think is why we project ADHD on him, (which they aren't necessarily wrong about, but like right in a really disrespectful look at how funny this is oh look squirrel way that's only funny when adhd people are doing it and it isn't all mocking like that) when they see other people calling him adhd, are the wrong ones, I think, and it shows in their characterization of him.

I'm not saying that any of those traits are bad in a character, but as a queer adhd girl with very high annual test scores and Gifted Kid Intelligence but extremely poor grades, focus, and brain damage (admittedly nothing like his, it was a longterm passive thing that mainly just made me have a Lot of Really Bad headaches, and closest thing it did to me was make me sluggish and emotional on bad days and also techincally have the potential kill my language bit if left untreated or the surgery messed up, which it didn't, and it won't be a problem again. but even after explaining that it wasn't cancer or any sort of tumor, and after seeing it do very little at all to affect my behavior outside of irritability and performance, because y'know, constant migraines, gone after the surgery but this was before that, Certain People I Was Vaguely Kind Of Acquaintances With started to treat my like I was a fragile glass thing going to to drop dead and revive myself speaking like a comic relief cartoon crazy person at any moment which was. patronizing.) I've since had surgery for, the way the fandom combines them into stereotypes and portrays them really just rubs me the wrong way- "Flirty Bi(tm) Playboy" "Har Har ADHD Can't Focus Or Get Things After They're Explained To Him, He's Still Confused And An Idiot" "Stupid Person With Brain Damage Who Can't Take Care Of Or Think For Themself And Acts Stupid And Funny For People To Laugh At" which tbh is super ableist even and especially when people irl do fit that description, and also reminds me of the Autistic Person Freaking Out And Being Dramatic sense of humor. And I know it's not helped by canon, because it done for comic relief and to limit his powers, but explored more I think it as a limitation could have been used way more interestingly than canon did and also call me biased but that quirk induced brain frying sounds at least as concerning as Izuku's quirk's backlash.

And it's a shame!! Because he's so much more interesting than that! Instead, the fandom gives me the Cookicutter Funny Bi ADHD Flirt Who's An Idiot and I am sad about it.

tbh it reminds me of what happened to percy jackson, esp with the ADHD Idiot Trope thing. which sucks because apparently it originated in the author making up stories around characters like his adhd and dyslexic kid inspired by Greek myths to tell him after running out of actual myths because it was his special interest and he wanted more. and then the series got kind of all over the place and the fandom processed that the adhd and dyslexic main character who does dumb things sometimes but is very combat smart and great at strategizing and leading gets bad grades and has trouble focusing and has, y'know, adhd, and made him the ADHD Idiot and erased his Gifted Kid girl friend's traits and ADHD and dyslexia into No Nonsense Calls Him an Idiot And Thinks He's Stupid And Has To Tell Him What To Do And Manage His Life For Him and honestly that just kind of sucks and it reminds me of what happened to fandom Kaminari. and now that I think of it people have jirou like that around him a lot too.

im fine with you answering this publicly if you want or have something to add but probably tag as ableism and maybe a biphobia mention content warning for people who don't have the energy to deal with thinking about those kinds of negative things rn because I kind of Went Off About It

I love this! Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts and experiences 💚(and double thank you for tag suggestions)💚

I couldn’t agree more that a lot of fandom has messed up Kami’s character, which is why I’ve kinda been posting more about him cause he’s just stuck in my head.

I think a lot of fandoms have trouble with characters like this, people have a hard time with duality in characters and fast/fun posts are easier to make if you flatten a character down.

The did it to Kami, they did it to Percy, they did it to Ron Weasley, they do it to Thor, the list goes on. If being the Smart One ™️ isn’t your thing and you can be goofy than you get pigeonholed into the idiot trope.

I feel for Kami a lot(probably because I have adhd/brain damage too)

It sucks when you’re smart but it’s not the traditional, measurable kind of smart(even if by national comparison Kami technically is).

I got terrible grades growing up, and I pretty much got the absolute lowest gpa you can get and still graduate. But absolutely no one would have known if I didn’t tell them, because I’m not dumb.

(It’s okay if you are “dumb”, I love me a head empty just vibes friend. You’re 100% valid, stil worthy of joining discussions, and should be listened to and taken seriously. This just isn’t about that tho)

I joke sometimes that I’m clever and witty but not smart, because that’s exactly what it feels like.

I have lots of thoughts and ideas that I think I articulate pretty well, I am excellent at finding the humor in things and expressing it in a way that’s funny to others too, and there is almost zero problems I can’t find a work around. And the people in my life love it, and they love to use it.

But eventually everyone in my life finds out that I’m not smart. They see the way I have to pause to Google how to calculate a tip, that I don’t know the name of all 50 states or even where to find them on a map, or I legitimately just can not spell (if you ever see a post where it looks like I used a weird word choice it’s probably because I tried 4 times and autocorrect+Google couldn’t help me and voice to text wasn’t an option)

No one ever questions my intelligence until they find out about my adhd and/or catch me struggling with it. After the mask comes off it’s like they can’t even hear me anymore, nothing I say could be true or matter because I’m now just the goofy accident prone spacy girl. My family literally calls me Spacy

And ya know what sometimes I just let people think that because it’s easier, it’s easier than explaining that I’m dyslexic and that I didn’t have a single geography/history clas until 10th grade and shocker the capital of Iowa doesn’t come up much by then. And it’s easier for me to laugh off losing my keys again than dwell on the fact that sometimes it feels like I’m losing my marbles.

And I wouldn’t be at all surprised if after this post I get a lot more “fact checkers” and push back on anything else I post.(not talking about people who want to genuinely engage,y’all are always welcome, I’m talking those people who don’t wanna look it up themselves but no longer trust me to know what I’m talking about)

Kami is a sweet brilliant boy. He’s in a nationally high ranking school, he loves the weather channel, he’s careful about his quirk that could easily hurt his friends in combat, he has a very high emotional intelligence level, he wears dorky shirts with electricity puns on them, and he pays attention to his friends and remembers a lot of little things about them.

He wants to be a hero and he takes that seriously, and the series has tried time and time again to tell y’all that smiling and laughter are an important part of that. Kami excels at this part! So what if his history grades don’t rival the top of the class, the top 5 students would struggle hard to do what Kami does.

Iida can’t relax, Momos rather shy, Todo struggles with social cues, Midoriya is canonically not funny, and jfc where to even begin with Katsuki. I’m certain they’ll all grow up to be excellent heros in their own right, but none of them are going to bring the level of joy and camaraderie that Denki can. You can’t test that into someone.

Kami also just notices people differently and has any easy way of joining in with them, he doesn’t struggle approaching Katsuki or Shinso. Sure he doesn’t hit the the nail on the head the same way Deku does but he’s the only one who has the guts and skills to try. Also he’s not that kinda friend, he’s not looking to a save these guys but pal around with them

I think Kami 100% realizes what a special case and tough nut to crack Bakugo is, I don’t think he’s just careless or too dumb realize his life’s at stake or whatever.

I think he’s purposely testing Bakugos boundaries all while trying to not be a threat to Katsukis actual ego and calling Bakugo out when he needs it in a way that not to serious. Kami knows how to be just goofy enough that he’s approachable. He’s also keyed in that the way to Bakugo is through Deku, meanwhile everyone else is stuck believing the opposite.

Kami also realized how important music is to Jiro and saw an opportunity to let her display her skills and combin the two worlds she lives, and he wasn’t afraid to get some back lash from her for it.

Like Deku Kami isn’t afraid to be uncomfortable. You really can’t teach that level of social ease, you can teach the posture and feed people a couple of lines but it’ll never hit the same. Funny approachable people have spent a lifetime learning the craft, usually out of necessity.

It’s actually what gives me the biggest adhd vibes from him, because adhd is (speculated to be) a dopamine deficiency disorder. People with adhd are constantly trying to raise their dopamine levels, and that means looking for praise and reward and nothing makes the human brain light up faster than postative human connections.

Adhd children struggle a lot with connecting with peers and often find making people laugh a fast way into people’s circles and makes it more likely people will overlook being interrupted or spaced out on.

Also adhd people are pretty much forced by their own brain structures to be genuine in all they do, low dopamine levels make it very hard to do things you don’t enjoy because there no promise of dopamine from the activity and you don’t have enough to spare, plus impulsiveness makes it really hard to not show when you do or don’t enjoy something.

I agree that Kami is also painted as overly perverted at times, he’s a little flirty but in a fun casual way but it’s not the foundation of his personality and it’s really mellowed out over the course of the series.

And while I subscribe to the bi hc from his interactions with Jiro and Shinso, we should all be very mindful that we don’t lump these characteristics together. The are separate facets of his personality that are not dependent on each other in anyway.

Kami deserves all the respect and love, I can’t wait to see our electric king again 🖤⚡️🖤

#tw ableism #ableism #tw biphobia #biphobia #softy answers #I have a sorta sad one shot about Kami and his quirks effects #should i post it?

[angstyaches]

hello! can we get the trope where the sickee starts crying over something trivial and that’s how everyone realises they’re sick, except : it’s shayne, who is extremely stressed out and/or just having a bad day tm and he just?? starts crying?? over something v small?? and charlie and rin are going ???? is he okay?? and then they take care of him. thanks!🍄

Hi and welcome to Carried Away Inc., where I’m the founder and CEO. I decided to flesh this out and let the babies talk about college and stuff. All happens after the exams and grad ball, but before they receive their exam results and college offers.

CW: references to past trauma and disordered eating, anxiety, crying, angst (comfort will be in Part Two)

PART ONE OF TWO

The chair didn’t have a back, so Shayne’s shoulders were pressed against the wall. The music in the shopping centre had turned to complete white noise at this point, blending in with the sounds of customers shuffling about, hangers being slid onto railings, cash registers clicking open and shut. The worst of all was the sound of toddlers whining for the justified reason of being torn away from their cartoons and toys, only to be dragged about town for hours, with only the promise of a shitty balloon and a Burger King at the end of the day.

He hadn’t realised how hard he’d been clenching his jaw until it suddenly popped inside his head, making his back teeth grind and slip. He sank forward on the stool and cradled the side of his face in his hand, begging the ache not to travel deeper into his head. He already had so much tension in his stomach and chest that breathing had grown uncomfortable, though he hadn’t realised it had gotten quite so bad until he was left alone outside the changing rooms.

His heart was pounding, and his limbs tingled with adrenaline, like he was running away from something he couldn’t see.  

There were less than twenty-four hours to go until the first round of college offers went out, and although they were freaking out too, Charlie and Rin seemed to be able to keep themselves occupied. The shopping trip was supposed to be about getting ready to leave for college, but Shayne suspected it was a distraction.

Fuck, there it went; the tension in his jaw sprouted lightning bolts of pain through his skull at the thought of what would happen the following morning. The Aldridges had promised the same thing to him that they’d offered to Felix and Elliott in the past; financial and familial aid for as long as he was in formal education. The way Ryan had mentioned it, it seemed as though it was a given. As though him going to college was a given.

But what if there was no offer?

Shayne had to bite his lip to keep it from trembling. The knots in his stomach seemed to bunch up tighter. If the Aldridges would only help and support him if he got into college, there would be nothing to stop the Devines getting their (literal) claws back in him.

“Hey, what do you think of these?” Charlie asked, suddenly appearing from around the corner without his jacket and without his shoes.

God, he’s perfect, Shayne thought, swallowing hard against the pain in his throat and his chest. That should have been your first hint. Nice things aren’t for you. You’re good for one thing and one thing only and that’s –

“I wasn’t sure of the colour at first, but they’re growing on me.”

Shayne realised Charlie was asking about the light blue jeans he was wearing, with the red cardboard tag still attached. He was also trying on a navy-blue knitted cardigan, with two of the four buttons closed, but by the way he was glancing down at his legs and twisting his calves in different directions, he was asking specifically about the jeans.

“Yeah, they’re alright,” Shayne said quietly, sitting up and releasing the hold on his jaw.

“Only ‘alright’?” Charlie turned to the side to examine himself in the full-length mirror at the end of the row of fitting rooms. “Is that code? Does that mean you hate them?”

“What?” Something twisted in Shayne’s gut at the quiet despair buried in Charlie’s tone. It was like the dark feelings inside him were creeping out and infecting his friends. “No, I just – I’ve worn the same outfit every weekend for the last three years, Charlie. I’m not exactly qualified for this.”

“I know what you mean,” Charlie admitted, his palms grazing gently over the thighs of the stiff jeans. “That’s sort of why I wanted to get some new stuff for college. Re-invent myself a bit. Can’t be the hoodie guy forever, I guess.”

“I like your hoodies,” Shayne mumbled, without really meaning to.

“I know you do.” There was a warm smile on Charlie’s face, and it made Shayne wince internally. “But if I’m wearing them less, it means you can wear them more.”

The feeling in his stomach was far from the light, fluffy sensation he used to get from Charlie’s smile. Are you going to leave your hoodies with me, Charlie? When you go off to college and I go back to -?

“Charlie Bear, you look so cute!” Rin gasped, appearing on the opposite corner. She was trying on a pair of floral pants and a blouse, and her hair seemed to have fallen loose while she’d been changing. She looked more like a young teacher than a student about to start college.

Charlie saw her in the mirror and turned around. “God, so do you. I never thought I’d see you in any pattern other than stripes.”

“Hey, shut up,” Rin laughed. “I never thought I’d see you without scuffed Converse and a hoodie.”

Charlie glanced at Shayne. “That’s literally what we were just saying, huh?”

“Yeah,” Shayne nodded. He awkwardly got to his feet, so as not to be the only one of them that was sitting down. He shifted his shoulders inside his leather jacket, suddenly conscious of the fact that they could also have been calling him out on his predictable fashion choices, but weren’t.

“I’m still not sure about the light blue denim with the cardigan,” Charlie mused.

Shayne cleared his throat, panic building up in his head the longer he stood there without saying anything. “If you like them, you should get them.”

Charlie frowned, despite the look of pleasant surprise on his face. “What? Just the jeans, or do you mean the cardigan, too?”

Shayne shrugged. “Both.”

“I think so, too,” Rin said, folding her arms as she watched Charlie turn back to the mirror. “Add a little pair of brown boots, and you’ll look like a cowboy-slash-bookshop worker.”

Shayne heard Charlie laugh, but didn’t quite catch what he said back to Rin. He felt his stomach growl quietly, untying itself from one knot and immediately twisting into another in the opposite direct. His throat didn’t seem to want to let him swallow.

Fuck. Why did he feel so lonely right now? He’d been alone for years, never even entertaining the notion of friends, never mind a boyfriend too (the word still made his insides quiver), and maybe he’d have been better off without either. When he’d had nobody, it was easier to accept the fact that he’d never make it out into the real world.

When he’d had nobody, he didn’t have to think about anybody leaving him behind.

“Sorry, Shayne, we’re taking forever; you must be so bored,” Rin said, catching his attention by picking up a baseball cap that someone had left on the opposite seat, tag still attached.

Shayne’s spine stiffened. Rin placed the cap on his head, smiling at him as she finished tugging it gently into place.

“We should find somewhere to eat, once we finish up here,” she suggested. “Are you hungry?”

The back of Shayne’s neck prickled, as though Madelyn were already standing right behind him, cold fingers clutching his shoulder as her words moved breathlessly past his ear.

Are you hungry, you useless little runt? Isn’t it about time you put your existence to good use? Shouldn’t you stop draining the world of things that aren’t meant for you? Why can’t you be more like your mother?

He wasn’t sure why he had put a hand over his own mouth, until he felt the tension squeezing his throat, and then he was glad of it, because the scream died behind his palm before he could voice it. His stomach rolled, stopping just short of making him gag.

You haven’t stopped eating since you were born.

“Shayne? Babe?”

Are you still hungry, Shayne?

The screaming in his head tapered down his throat, making his ears ring, and all that made it past his lips was a simple, “No.”

He grabbed the cap by the peak and flung it back at the seat.

The motion was so quick and unexpected that Rin took a step back from him. In the quiet seconds that followed, Shayne got the feeling he’d stuck a needle in the air and let something leak out of it. Something important. Something he didn’t have a grasp on because it was for fun, normal people, and he was never going to be fun or normal.

He swallowed, trying to ignore the ache spreading through the pit of his stomach as he glanced down at the ground, sensing Charlie and Rin watching him. His jaw was twinging as his teeth began to clench together.

“Shayne?” Charlie asked softly.

“What?” The tone of his own voice took Shayne by surprise, and so did the tears that he felt drop from his chin.

“What’s – what’s wrong, lovely?”

“I don’t want to go back.”

The undiluted confusion and worry that had suddenly drained the excitement from Charlie and Rin was enough to make Shayne’s ears start to ring again. He could barely believe he’d said the words out loud, and he couldn’t imagine what they’d sounded like outside of his own thoughts.

“Go... go back where?” There was pain in Rin’s voice, like her words were being wrung out of her. “All I - all I asked was if you wanted to go for food.”

Shayne sighed shakily and wiped at the tears that had already streaked his face. He took a step back, ears ringing again, craving space between him and his friends. “I’m n-not hungry, so, um – I’ll just – I’ll catch up with you later.”

Tears started welling in his eyes again as he turned to leave. He heard Charlie say his name, and then Rin telling Charlie he couldn’t leave the shop in the clothes he was trying on, and then his friends fizzled out into white noise and blurry white lights and you’re good for one thing and one thing only -

#okay okay that was mean #Part Two will be later this week #probably #angst fic #sickfic #angsty fic #angsty Shayne #stomach ache #stress #sad boys #sick boys #my OCs #whump #emotional whump #disordered eating #trauma

[rattyarts]

Huge-ask post (I am VERY funny)

Because I have so many questions that can be answered with just text, and I have mentioned my dislike of filling my art blog up with Words Words Words... let’s get them all done in one go!

(You guys can blacklist #rattytalks if you’re just here for the draws, btw)

A shit ton of asks under the cut!

Anonymous said: So for the center of the world, what with it being forcefully PG and all Bad Thoughts TM being prevented, how does having kids happen? Do parents just black out and wake up holding a child in their arms and vague memories of the last 9 months?

Ever seen a movie where they do that “and one day... a baby was born!” thing and a kid just appears offscreen with no explanation?

(This is how it works everywhere, Edgelands included; no one does the do or gets pregnant in this setting.)

Anonymous said: Hello! Quick question, and sorry if you’ve answered this before, but can other elves see the “intangible” bits of one another? Big fan of your work btw!

Nope! And thank you!

Anonymous said: Leopold was in my dream last night but I sadly cannot remember any of it.

I am SO sorry. I will try to keep my stinky murder men out of your head in the future.

Anonymous said: are the floaty bits stuck in one spot, or could the one they are attached to learn to move them around their body as long as its still within a certain distance? like, someone with the Floaty limbs, lets call him Ray, can move his limbs all over his body, allowing him to do all sorts of neat things that others with their attached limbs probably couldn't?

Whatever you want, honestly. As a general rule of thumb I don’t like putting down TOO many hard rules that prevent people from having fun with this setting. (Please ignore and scrap anything you think is stupid, I do this all the time and enjoy keeping this setting inconsistent and contradictory)

Anonymous said: Do elf names work off of Death Note rules, or is it like, if you know one elf’s name, all elves with that name are now unable to harm you? So if all the elf brothers are named Martin, for example, does it only work with blue?

I think it’s prolly just the one! Probably? Idk, might change if I think of something funnier.

Anonymous said: Can elves do magic on themselves or does thst go against the knowing name rule

Most people tend to know their own names, lol. So in my opinion, no, but don’t let me stop you if you got a fun idea.

Anonymous said: Could an Elf stitch on parts from another elf and have them work? i.e an Elf's finds the arm of another Elf. "Hey, free arm, might as well put it to good use", so they attach the arm and now they can give three high fives at once!

Same deal as previous questions, I personally would say no, but I also encourage people to do whatever the hell they want. It’s more fun that way!

Anonymous said: I bet elves are greasy to the touch.

They’re very powdery! Like if you rolled them in flour. And by flour I mean nasty glowing elf dandruff.

Anonymous said: Can elves fly or are their wings just for show?

No flying!!! (Unless you’re a mousefly)

Anonymous said: Something tells me that the elves would LOVE Obatzda.

Had to look that up, but definitely!

no1fan15: Not sure if someone asked already- Does Edgeworld have any equivalent to demons and angels? Like the old rubberhose cartoon kind?

Demons, yes! That’s what imps are: basically any demon, devil, or generic monster, but tiny! Even a couple of pop culture critters in there, there’s probably a very small gillman or robot monster running around there somewhere.

Angels, not so far. 

Anonymous said: How come Margaret hasn't yeeted George's jar into the Edge yet

I’d say being locked in a closet is good enough! (and also I need him for plot reasons, don’t tell anyone)

Anonymous said: If elves have knees bulges in the front then do they have butt bulges in the back?

i do not want to think about elf bulges

Anonymous said: So if you find a baby Therewoof and you say "aw you're so cute", their true name is So Cute?

Yep!

Anonymous said: Since a Therewoof's true name can be something like "cutie pie" or "dingus", does their name have to be spoken with "intent" for it to doggo-fy them? Or do they just have to live with the reality that any casual conversation/flirting can make them lose up to a month to Doggy Mode? My mom has little terrier dog named "Sweetie" so that got me thinking 'bout Therewoof names. & Anonymous said: here's a good question: If someone says a therewoof's true name, but not reffering to them, does it still affect them?

Just saying it will do! It’s based on those old werewolf stories where calling out the person’s name will change them back into a human/cure them, and a lot of the time it was by accident.

(My favorite is the one where they slam the door on the wolf’s tail and then say his name, and the dude ends up with a wolf tail for the rest of his life.)

Anonymous said: Would Seeing eye Therewoofs be a thing?

I... guess? Probably? Since regular dogs can turn into woofs, yeah. You might have to start paying em once they turn into a person tho. 

Anonymous said: Was ChalkZone ever an inspiration for you? Because I just love the silly world of ChalkZone and I noticed getting that same warm feeling when thinking about Edgeworld.

Maaaan, I wish. I’ve only seen about three episodes or so, but it seems really fun!

Anonymous said: So I saw your mimic post, and even though I don't think I've seen any other of your art before I was absolutely HAMMERED with an indescribable sense of slightly unsettling strangeness and comfortable familiarity. Your art feels like something from like, an old point and click computer game I would have had formative memories of before accidentally losing or scratching the disc therefore making me unsure if it ever REALLY existed. Sorry for being weird but I love the wacky nostalgia feel here

Aaaaaah, THANK YOU! That is SUCH a cool comparison and I appreciate!!!

Anonymous said: If the Edgeworld is based on cartoons then is there a Reverse Edge-world that’s based on anime?

Lol, I mean I DID have an anime phase for a while there, so...

caydebug: Man I’d love to see this as a cartoon some day

Honestly, same. Best you’re gonna get is the occasional animatic or gif, tho.

Anonymous said: Does anyone..."go" in Edgeworld? or is it like Pleasantville where bathrooms exist but there are no toilets in them because acknowledging it is yucky?

Oh god I keep getting asked this and have been avoiding it like the damn plague. But... Uh. No. No they do not. I am begging you all not to send any followup questions.

Anonymous said: Have you considered putting computer viruses or illnesses in with the buggymen? Since those are typically called ‘bugs’

Sure!

Anonymous said: are there any limits to what an Animimic could posess? i.e if they were in a costume of a Buggieman with multiple arms, could they control all of them? what about a small Mousefly costume? can multiple fit into one costume like a clown car? and what about in pitch black darkness, where you can only see the lights of their eyes and not their bodies? could one fit inside the pocket of a jacket you are wearing and help you steal things/wield a gun like a living turret?

Since clothing fills into the body type of the intended wearer, they would indeed be able to control all arms/legs in buggieman clothes.

Size restrictions is one of these things I wanna try to be vague about: I personally have been imagining them sticking to hiding in things no smaller than, um. Maybe imp sized, but really, whatever. It’s a cartoon eyeball critter!

You can put multiple animimics in one outfit!

They can move around just fine in darkness without being off screen, yeah!

And sure why not. lol

Anonymous said: I know you have been asked this once before, and you said nah you don't, but with a few more months of worldbuilding, do you have an idea for what could be down the edge now? 🤔

Not really! It’s not super important, honestly. I’d say any fan theory is about as valid as anything else I can come up with.

ps2polpo: I doubt you’ll ever elaborate on The Edge but I like to imagine there’s just one dude there like the Nowhere Man from the Yellow Submarine movie. Mostly cause the thought of someone accidentally winding up there being like “where am I?” And there’s just a guy casually waving at him like a friendly neighbor is funny to me & Anonymous said: The implication that the Edge is the physical manifestation of edginess so there’s probably like, Trevor Henderson monsters hanging out down there.

See above question! Valid! I also accept falling forever, getting erased from existence, ending up in another universe, getting stuck in limbo with thousands of other people, whatever you want, really!

Anonymous said: " he has very few bones and weighs basically nothing, " "Fastball special" trope, but with Leo?

YEET THE NASTY MAN

Anonymous said: did you ever watch dragon tales as a kid? because george and margaret make me think of murderous zak and wheezie from that show, and i love it to bits

I did not, but I would have loved it. Definitely up my alley!

(watched Quest for Camelot a loooot, though!)

Imma go ahead and stop here! There’s more but I’ve been writing for well over an hour and I have things to do. If your question is missing I’m either saving it for later, wasn’t entirely sure how to answer, or it’s spoilery.

Will probably do another one of these at some point!

#rattytalks #asks #edgeworld

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I know the show ended a long time ago, but which is your favorite Steven Universe character and why? And which character do you think had the best development?

Ah thanks! I love Steven Universe so much, it’s very hard to choose. I think I’ll go with Steven and Rose. :3.

I’ve mentioned before that my favorite thing about SU is that it “gives redemption arcs to all the problematic characters,” and I stand by that lol. I’m aware that a lot people think the characters making terrible awful cruel decisions is an “objective flaw” in SU, but to me that’s actually the most fun and unique thing about it XD. It’s a show about common cartoon character archetypes making extremely horrible decisions! And then dealing with the consequences of those bad decisions, and growing from them. that’s the show’s whole Aesthetic(tm)

Like Rose Quartz is ‘what if a Disney Princess became a war criminal whose terrible military strategy was directly responsible for the death/destruction of many of her former subjects.” I love it.

And Steven (especially later in the series/during Future) is  “what if a typical Boy with Magic Powers(tm) cartoon protagonist made a lot of Very Terrible Decisions” lol.

The thing I like about cartoons is that everything is Exaggerated and Over-the-Top, including the mistakes the characters make. So I like how every character in Steven Universe gets to make ridiculously horrible choices at some point, and still come back from them :3. Steven and Rose became my favorites because they’re initially portrayed as being “Better”/“more innocent” than the other characters-- only for the show to gradually TWIST REVEAL that they’re just as messy as everyone else, if not more. 

But yeah thanks for the ask! lskdfjldskfjsdlkf Idk if this is coherent and I feel like I don’t have much to say about SU (or about Rose/Steven) that other people smarter than me haven’t already said (its fandom is too big lol.) It’s a very sweet unique kid’s show with an interesting premise and one of my favorite comfort shows. :D