#when I get to the new planet

[quizzical-is]

This show is rotating in my mind eternally it's just so good and like everything I love about scifi.

#scavengers reign #scavengers reign sam #ursula tho #i will write a whole post about her soon #you know the characters are good when i cant pick a favorite #like azi???? #amazing #levi???? (crying) also amazing #kamen is a soggy noodle of a man and yet still fascinating #and of course sam is the emotional support cool guy which is why hes always fucking getting stabbed or some shit #im intruiged but inherently untrustful of the new crew #i feel like they are here to show how not to survive on the planet #idk tho #we shall see

[lord-squiggletits]

One of my favorite parts of phase 2 (and indeed one of the few moments I resonated with IDW Prowl) was when the neutrals were coming back to Cybertron and Prowl said that he refused to let Autobots be pushed aside and overruled after they were the ones who fought for freedom for 4 million years (the exact wording escapes me atm).

And I mean, that resentment still holds true even once the colonists come on bc like. As much as it's true that Cybertron's culture is fucked up, and as funny as it can be to paint Cybertronians as a bunch of weirdos who consider trying to kill someone as a common greeting not important enough to hold a grudge over.... The colonists POV kind of pissed me off a lot of times, as did the narrative tone/implications that Cybertronians are forever warlike and doomed to die by their own hands bc it just strikes me as an extremely judgemental and unsympathetic way to deal with a huge group of people with massive war PTSD and political/social tensions that were rampant even before the war?

Like, imagine living in a society rife with bigotry and discrimination where you get locked into certain occupations and social strata based on how you were born. The political tension is so bad there's a string of assassinations of politicians and leaders. The whole planet erupts into an outright war that leads (even unintentionally) to famine and chemical/biological warfare that destroys your planet. Both sides of the war are so entrenched in their pre-war sides and resentment for each other that this war lasts 4 million years and you don't even have a home planet any more. Then your home planet gets restored and a bunch of sheltered fucks come home and go "ewww why are you so violent?? You're a bunch of freaks just go live in the wilderness so that our home can belong to The Pure People Who Weren't Stupid And Evil Enough To Be Trapped In War" and then a bunch of colonists from places that know nothing about your history go "lol you people are so weird?? 🤣🤣 I don't get why y'all are fighting can't you just like, stop??? Oh okay you people are just fucked up and evil and stupid then" ((their planets are based on colonialism where their Primes wiped out the native populations btw whereas the Autobots and OP in particular fought to save organics. But that never gets brought up as a point in their favor)) as if the damage of a lifetime of war and a society that was broken even before the war can just magically go away now that the war is over.

Prowl fucking sucks but he was basically the only person that pointed out the injustice of that.

And then from then on out most of the characters from other colonies like Caminus and wherever else are going "i fucking hate you and your conflicts" w/ people like literal-nobody Slide and various Camiens getting to just sit there lecturing Optimus about how Cybertronians are too violent for their own good and how their conflicts are stupid, with only brief sympathetic moments where the Cybertronians get to be recognized as their own ppl who deserve sympathy before going right back to being lambasted.

Like I literally struggled to enjoy the story at multiple points because there was only so much I could take of the characters I knew and loved being raked over coals constantly while barely getting to defend themselves or be defended by the narrative so like. It was just fucking depressing and a little infuriating to read exRID/OP

#squiggposting #and like dont get me wrong barber wasnt trying to make cybertronians the bad guys or whatever #it's just a problem with his writing where like. he has A Message he wants to send #and so he uses the entire story literally just for The Message even if it involves bullshit plotlines #or familiar characters ppl were reading about for the past decade being shit on by OCs made up to fill a new roster #like barber's writing tends to lean way too much on a sort of lecturing tone #without giving proper care towards including moments where characters get to like. fucking express themselves and share their side #sort of like how barber couldnt be bothered to write pyra magna and optimus actually talking to each other during exrid #and instead during OP ongoing pyra is suddenly screaming about how OP is unteachable #even tho she never even tried to teach him bc she and OP never interacted bc i guess barber couldnt be bothered #he just needed someone to lecture OP so fuck making the story make sense or like letting OP get to say anything in defense #this is the infuriating part of barber's writing bc i think he has incredible IDEAS and was in charge of the lore i was most interested in #but most of the time his execution sucks and he's basically just mid with a few brilliant moments occasionally #or like he has a message about the cycle of violence he wants to convey #but his narrative choices trying to convey that theme made his story come off as super unsympathetic to the ppl who suffered #to the point where barber actively kneecapped some scenes that couldve been super fucking intense and emotional #in favor of the characters lecturing each other or some stupid plot to criticize OP #that time in unicron where windblade screamed about how this is their fault and then arcee replied that her planet is build on coloniation #shouldve happened more often than literally the last series of the ocntinuity. like goddamn stfu about your moral superiority #when your own sins are right fhere lol

[orangerosebush]

Artemis will disassemble and clean a fountain pen with the same level of intensity as Butler disassembling and cleaning one of his guns.

#artemis fowl #Artemis will just automatically include the upkeep of Butler's his mother's Juliet's and Holly's fountain pens in the upkeep of his own #Holly and Juliet tend not to use their pens often (which they have because Artemis gifted them pens) so Artemis will help whenever they vis #visit. Then with Butler it is largely due to the man not having the habit of building 'frivolous' rituals of care into his day so Artemis w #will care for the pens as Butler does (at the end of it all) adore the devices #with Angeline I feel Artemis is just so wholly dedicated to that kind of small act of care when it comes to his mother #(thinking of him composing a unique ringtone for her calls) #I think Fowl Sr is more of a ballpoint pen or a pencil fellow and Artemis will sometimes include his father in the hobby by cleaning #and repairing pens in his father's study while the man works (so he will have the experience of being included through the upkeep) #Tim does appreciate when Artemis shows off some of the special/exclusive inks he purchases #he finds the beauty of the ink a much more accessible aspect of the hobby #that diane ackerman quote about crying in a museum while looking at a piece of yellow sulfur and thinking about how lucky we are to live on #a planet of a natural yellow that is so marvelously yellow #Artemis will do ink tests (when you get a new ink and experiment with it on good quality paper) when his father is in the room for this rea #reason

[snailwitdamail2]

incredibly low quality Anaya appreciation post bc i think he’s adorable.

#and if I said he’s one of the top things I’m looking forward to in this movie AUSHSJSB #gonna become a comic relief fan favorite TRUST. I CAN SENSE IT. if I’m wrong may I choke on a shrimp #pota #kingdom of the planet of the apes #anaya #shut up snail #snailposting #wish we had more / better pics of him 💀 #When the teaser came out I had a feeling he might die at some point in the film but looking at this new trailer. Maybe not? #i always get his and Soonas names mixed up lmao. Bc they both end in “a” so it sounds feminine to me. #AU where everything is the same except Anaya is named Anayo #Ah. Noa ends with “a” too LOL. AND RAKA??? WHY SO MANY “A” ENDING NAMES LOL #Planet of the apes

[swordheld]

hi! your blog is one of my favourites and i absolutely adore reading your thoughts. my grandfather recently passed away and it feels like i lost myself with him. how do i continue living after this? there is this constant weight on my chest and it feels like an emptiness has made a home inside of me. how do i go on when it feels like the world crashed on my shoulders?

hello, love! this is so very sweet and kind of you, and i hope you're treating yourself gently and kindly right now - there aren't words for a loss like this. that heaviness is difficult, and hard, and painful. it's okay if things don't feel okay, right now, or even soon - i think that's something that a lot of the people i know that have gone through similar grief feel: like they should be able to get back to a relative 'normal' in a [insert far too short period of time].

but it's okay if it hurts. that's where i'd like to start. you're allowed to feel that emptiness, that world-crashed feeling that goes beyond words, beyond time. don't feel like you have to rush this to feel some sort of better. things get easier with time, i promise you this, but sometimes painful feelings are important to feel, too. cry, scream, feel your emotions. they're a part of you. grieve.

it's perhaps a little silly, but when i think about death i always think about a couple of space songs: mainly drops of jupiter by train and saturn by sleeping at last. there are perhaps others that speak to the emotions better, but these two have always hit something a little deeper for me, and are popular for a wide-reaching reason.

and while personally i don't know much about grief like this, i do know a lot about love; and i think they're a lot of the same thing.

the people we love are a part of us, and this is why it takes from us so deeply when we lose them, because it does feel like we've lost a part of ourselves in the wake of it. but it's because they were so central to our experiences of living - our lives, that the separation introduces a hollowness - a place where they used to be. a home that now goes unlived in.

an emptiness, like you said.

but just because they're not here physically, doesn't mean he's not still there, in your heart, in your life, your memory. you can hold him close in smaller ways, as well: steal a sweater, or cologne/scent for something a little more physical and long lasting for remembering. hold onto the memories you cherish, the things that made you laugh, the ease of slow mornings and gentle nights. write them all down, slide a few photographs in there, go through it and add more when you miss him. keep them all close, keep them in your heart.

you're not alone, in this. he's still there, with you, it's just - in the little things.

he's with you in the way you see and go about your daily life, in doing what he liked to do, in the ways he interacted with the world that you shared with him. the memories you recall fondly when the night is late or the moment is right and something calls it into you like a melody, an old bell, laughter you'd recognize anywhere.

but i think, perhaps most importantly above all others - talk about him. with your family, your friends, his friends, strangers; stories are how we keep the people we love alive. the connections they've made, the legacies and experiences they've left behind, and so, so many stories.

how lucky, we are - to love so much it takes a piece of us when they go. grief is the other side of the coin, but it does not mean our love goes away. it lives in you. it lives in everyone who knew him, in the smallest pieces of our lives.

the people we love never really leave us, like this: they're in how we cook and the way we fold our newspapers, our laundry, in the radio stations we tune in to and the way we decorate our walls, our photo albums. they're in the way we store our mail, organize our closets, the scribbled notes in the indexes of our books. the meals we love and the drinks we mix, the way we spend time with one another. they've been passed down for generations, for longer than history - and we are all the luckier for it.

think about what you shared with him, and do it intentionally. bring him into your life, like this, again. whether it's crosswords or poetry or sports or anything else. if one doesn't help, try another. something might click.

i hope things feel a little easier for you, as they tend to do only with time. i hope you find joy in your grief, even if it is small and hard to grasp at first. know that your hurt stems from so much love that there isn't a place to put it properly, and that it is something so meaningful and hurting poets and storytellers have been struggling to put it into words and sounds that feel like the fit right for eons, and that it is also just simply yours. sometimes things don't have to make sense. sometimes they just are - unable to be put into words or neat little sentiments, as unfair and tragic as they come.

but i promise it will not feel like this forever. your love is real. and perhaps, on where to begin on from here - i think it's less on finding where to begin and just beginning. and you've already started. you've taken the most important and crucial step: the first one. wherever you go, after that, from here? you'll figure it out. you always have, and you always do. it'll come, as things always do. love leads us, as does light - and you're never alone in your hurt. in your grief, your missing something dear to you. i think if you talk about it with others, you'll find they have ways of helping you cope as well - and they have so much love of their own to spare, too.

as an aside, here is the song (northern star by dom fera) i was listening to when i wrote this, for no other reason more than it makes me think of connections, and love, and how we hold onto the people we love and how they change us, wonderfully and intrinsically. it's a little more joyous than the others i've mentioned, and plays like a story, and it made me think of what is at the core of this, love and stories and i am here with you, and maybe it'll bring you some joy, if you'd like it. wishing you all my love and ease 💛

#q&a. #birdsong. #wishing u gentle ease; the death of a loved one is near inexplicable to put into words and i hope you take care of yourself gently <3 #i hope this will make u laugh: when i was a tiny child in middle school there were times i would go outside in my tiny suburban cul de sac- #in the rain and sing along to my lil ipod nano and i only remember doing this to drops of jupiter. can you imagine going out to get the mai #after a long day of work and you just hear this kid singing train in the streets. in the RAIN.... it makes me laugh like i really. #i really thought i was so cool and deep and emotional ghjkd but i find it v funny that i only remember it w/ that one train track. #and saturn just. it's my fav s.a.l. song for a reason. that slow violin opening? the piano coming in gentle and easy? #it feels like light. like hope. like something new - a dawn after the long dark. that beautiful things can begin again even where #it hurts. and there is nothing more human than a sentiment like that. #how rare and beautiful it is to truly exist. what it is to be alive and get to be here and live with other people. with those we love. #i think your grandfather was so lucky to be able to know you. to have you in his life for the time you had together. #i'm no spiritual person; but i like to believe when you're thinking about him? he's thinking about you too. #the second law of thermodynamics (physics nerd mode) is that no energy has ever been created/destroyed since the beginning of the universe. #so it has to go somewhere - it's that carl sagan quote of 'we're all made of stardust'. because we are. we used to be stars; planets; etc. #i think it's why i think of these space songs - because they're a part of everything; once more; when they go. us and everything else.

[weaverofink]

“Would it make you happy? Really?”

Deity!Tikki AU-- Tikki can’t understand why someone wouldn’t want to be free and Plagg can’t understand why someone would choose to become someone they don’t recognize

#miraculous ladybug #deity!tikki au #deity!tikki #ml #plagg #tikki #trying something new on this one!!! #i wanted to make it look like an old stamp or a print or something #i kinda like it!! #but yeah this would be when tikki finally gets ahold of plagg #and can't understand why he doesn't want her to destroy the miraculous and set him free from the enchantment #she wants to be free. always has. but plagg calls her bluff #because what happens next? when the world is destroyed and every person that has wronged her is dead and they rule an empty planet #what then? will her anger be satisfied? will the emptiness inside her go away? will she stop feeling betrayed? #plagg has always been very blunt. he's not afraid to call her out on her bs #because he knows this won't help her. and it isn't what she actually wants #art #my art #weaverofink

[kira-kui-n]

neglecting my job at the draw giant 6+ digit kill count robots as silly little animals factory

#its not as hot as it was when i was scribbling these but i start whining once it gets past 15. so like #STILL FUCKING HOT TO ME BABY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #rodimus #drift #tf #scoob scribble #6 digits is lowballing the kill count esp 4 drift but thinkgen abt an accurate number made me explode so. 6 Plus #stupid ass absurdly long war. no way they were making new dudes faster than they were killing dudes #they shoulda gone extinct after 2 seconds #both sides just go into hiatus for 100s of years at a time or what. #ok prime i prommy i wont attack any more planets for a while #ok megatron i prommy i wont attack u while u prepare to attack more planets #kills them both #anyway funny small animals am i right

[themarsbar]

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#isn't it sooo fun when your body decides to warn you about your impending period #by making you want to crawl into a deep dark hole and cease to exist #especially when it's paired with the alexithymia-flavored kind of autism #where it takes you 2-3 business days to process that yeah you're feeling like absolute shit #and in the meantime you're left contemplating if you're actually fine and you're just the weakest whiniest mf on this planet #it's not even like this is news to me but i swear to god i better not still be feeling like this for omar's concert #bc if a fucking period gets to ruin the one (1) thing i've truly been looking forward to in well over a year #i'm getting a fucking hysterectomy as soon as i come back from sweden #i never even wanted a uterus in the first place #sorry for the rant #i'm sad and pissed

[ohbo-ohno]

here's the deal. i actually hate writing and should never ever be expected to write again. wdym i can't just lay all comfy and cozy in my bed? you want me to write??????? my silly little horny thoughts and ideas??????????????? hmmmmmmmmmmmm No i don't think that sounds very fun. im gonna doomscroll on twitter instead kthxbye

#i will probably delete this in t minus 2 hours #heyyyy lumi remember when i said i'd have the purge thing done on wednesday #bad news bears #it's like half done alright im just the least motivated person on the planet #im going out tonight so the goal is to get the purge thing done before that but i WILL complain about it all day long

[lameow-l]

this was literally the only question i was curious about, thanks for asking that for me paimon

like fontainain people married other nationalities yeah?? how did they have kids if they were oceanids.. anddd umm if they could fuck normal humans wouldn’t that make the oceanid in springvale falling in love with a boy from mond a bit problematic lol especially since it’s no longer a fairytale but an actual thing that happened and we witnessed it last patch??

so it’s not the case and new oceanids are just turned into humans but wait!! so celestia allows that?? it keeps constantly happening but they’re not stopping it.. ok sure but also

i wonder how many generations of fontaine people will it take for them to realize that they have to sexually mate to create children now

#is this too weird to think about?? #like i wasn’t constantly thinking about this but the moment i saw the first slate during furina’s trial i was like so are fontainians.. #recycled oceanids or do they like propagate like bacteria #y’know.. as a biology major #my first thought was when a ‘human’ dies the oceanid that was them would loose their memories and be reborn as a new person #but then i thought like ok but they think they’re normal humans so wouldn’t it be weird to see other humans get pregnant conceive while #fontainians get their babies in mail?? and what if a fontainian is married to someone from a different nation.. this doesn’t make sense #and also another thought related to navia’s obsession with that cemetery #so umm y’know how we bury the dead in the ground as a way of returning them to where they came from.. and it is a natural process that.. #recycles nutrients and natural sources to the planet yeah? so wouldn’t make more sense for fontaine people who were born from water to #return to water as well?? i just find having a cemetery a bit strange in this case #i only had this thought bc silver and melus couldn’t be buried and i was like.. none of u should #it is their belief that they’re born from water and will naturally return to it from what i understood doing the first two chapters #this train thought is getting out if hand i need to stop #genshin impact #genshin spoilers #genshin navia #neuvillette #fontaine archon quest

[nemmet]

question: who is your favourite scooby doo character and why?

in a similar vein to my how did you get into scooby doo post from last month, i'm now interested in hearing who your favourite character from the franchise is! are they a member of the core gang or a side character? which iteration/version of theirs do you like best? do you have any specific memories associated with them? do they mean a lot to you personally, or do you just think they're neat? it's time to gush about them in the tags/replies!!

#if you don't know me: hi i'm nem and when the scooby doo hyperfixation beam hit me back in 2021 i was cursed to forever think about #fred jones more than everyone else on the planet combined #i just think the evolution of his character is so fascinating #especially in the way that they made him more engaging by just exaggerating his core traits a whole bunch over time #my favourite iterations of his are mystery inc (for the canon autism and generally how emotionally affecting he is) #and what's new (for just how plain silly and sweet he is) #however now that i've seen the whole show be cool's version of fred is now a firm favourite as well (his focus episodes are amazing!!!) #there's just so much that can be done with him and there's never a dull moment when he gets quality screentime in an episode or movie #he makes me laugh he makes me cry and through relating so much to his character he essentially tricked me into loving myself #i grew up with undiagnosed autism and struggled with self-hatred for things like my intense interests/social struggles/hyperempathy #things that i now know are just. fundamental parts of me and the way my brain is #so seeing fred be his unapologetic autistic self (canon in mystery inc/coded in everything else) made me feel less alone & gave me hope #which eventually led me to seek out & obtain my formal diagnosis at 17 and generally just feel so much more secure in who i am #so yeah!!!! this silly goofy cartoon character means a whole lot to me and i'm glad to have a place to express that :) #i look forward to seeing everyone's responses to this question!!! #scooby doo

[anotherdescentintomadness]

Happy Debut Anniversary,

Wang YiBo!

Tag me if you use this, but I prefer reblogs. Let’s all celebrate nine years of Wang YiBo! 🌈💚🥳

Get prints here

#wang yibo #happy debut anniversary #wang yibo fanart #just a little painting to celebrate the noodle #I can’t believe he’s been noodling professionally for nine whole years #I love this noodle so goddamn much #he’s so inspiring #honestly so grateful that I discovered the existence of Wang YiBo #he’s so pure and at the same time so incredibly naughty #The Gluten-Free Noodle #(for those of you who are new Wang YiBo more than once wore a pair of jeans that said on them “MY COCK IS GLUTEN FREE) #so when Wang YiBo is being naughty in bts or particularly cheeky my girlfriend and my kids and I call him Gluten-Free #I showed my 21yo kid a photo of WYB prominently wearing a fuzzy pink belt with mini-handcuffs dangling from it #and my kid stares at the screen and then whispers “Gluten-Free is that you? #he can’t be as openly gluten-free as he used to but his unashamed gluten-free-ness is only one thing I love about him #he’s so creative and clever and kind and skilled at 2 million things #I’m forever in awe #and I’m forever grateful that I get to share the planet with him #here’s to nine more years that are sure to amaze us #or if you want to retire and go stealth and disappear completely that’s fine too #as long as you’re happy Noodle #as long as you’re happy

[birdantlers]

can people stop fuckin bricking amazon for the tiktok water bottle I'm not a consumerist trendygirl I just live in texas.

#i only want the damn thing bc it's giant and leakproof #and doesn't just have a big hole that sloshes it all over your face when you try to quickly inhale water between customers in the summer #just take the stupid stanleys im fighting for my life here #skit yells #the weather is getting warmer and my seasonal depression is nigh #when the days get longer my mental state hits the fuckin dirt the sun was not meant to set past 7pm #cruel cruel world #fun fact i didnt even know it was a tiktok thing hdjchdjd #i had never even heard of it and i was like ooo new secret goated water bottle? 👁️ bc i saw some tweet comment about it #and then everyone on the planet was trying to buy one ffs #yes i realize this is silly I'm just sitting in the target parking lot mad bc i wasted the gas bdnfhdkjd

[the-busy-ghost]

"Oh it would have been more satisfying if the humans had invented a technology which defeated the Martians rather than have them killed off by accident just when humanity's impotence in the face of disaster seems to be confirmed". I

To me that's just a fancy way of saying "Yeah but humans could totally handle the Martians and the writer has a duty to reassure the audience of that!"

Sir we cannot even handle climate change and I'm sorry to tell you that it's not entirely due to a lack of technological expertise

#In all fairness maybe we can handle climate change we don't know yet but it's going to take a lot more than a fancy new invention #As for war and genocide and all the other human ills that we can't seem to solve how do you think the atomic bomb worked out #And when I say technology or science I don't just mean in the normal STEM sense #As a history student you end up asking a lot whether your subject is actually beneficial to society or capable of solving anything #Or the political sciences- was the League f Nations or even today's UN a success? #Maybe if we just keep learning and studying we can solve it! Well maybe. But what will humanity look like when we're done? #Anyway I'm getting a bit far from the point of the War of the Worlds but maybe I'm just not enough of a science fiction nut for this convo #Maybe the image of societal collapse impressed itself on me more strongly than any delight over long-winded explanations of alien machines #Maybe it would be different if I'd read the book hoping for a good story about aliens #rather than to read one man's uncomfortable rather pessimistic views on what an alien invasion might tell us about human ity #I am simply asking certain fans to sometimes Dig a Little Deeper #Alright rant really over this time #...maybe #It's just that there are so many potential issues with that book but honestly I can't accept that the ending is one of them #Even the hint at the end that since the Martians proved it possible maybe some day humans might colonise other planets I just !!!!!

[queerlyloud]

Just to be clear, I am greyro and I understand that what is between ART and Murderbot is queerplatonic, I am not sexualizing or romanticizing their relationship, but I just read Network Effect, and THESE ROBOTS ARE LIFE PARTNERS, YOU CAN FIGHT ME

#mine #jo is reading #murderbot diaries #network effect #ART (Asshole Research Transport) my beloved #murderbot #murderbot and ART #these robots are life partners #theyve met two whole times and art was about to destroy an entire planet for murderbot #both of their plans relied on their unique pet names for each other #art met murderbot one (1) time and literally made its identity and their shared time together the key to its salvation #they love each other your honor #get you a life partner who meets you 1 time and learns an entire new field of medicine to do surgery to help you pass as human #get you a life partner who meets you 2 times and is willing to destroy a planet if they dont give you back #get you a life partner who meets you 1 time and decides to avenge you by brutally murdering your murderers before reviving you using- #-the name only you call them #get you a life partner who also hold your hand while watching scary tv shows #and plays the soundtrack from your favorite soap opera when youre updet #and will snip and banter with you but will also apologize and meet you in the middle at the end of the day #god i love them so much #for me it will always always always be the devotion

[thetimelordbatgirl]

Tfw you may have a new card game addiction besides YGO.

#i dont really count pokemon as i buy their cards sometimes at best #they not an addiction for me really the plushies are more really lol #but ygo has been my addiction ever since buying a tin full of cards from a car boot when younger #(yes there were fakes...thats to be expected in these lol) #and i used to go to club but like college hit alongside covid and then like #the £5 entry obviously got annoying #but like i still collect the starter decks and cards anyway #but uh now i got a new one: disney lorcana lmao #and the new series of cards being out means yep imma try and get the cards i want at least #as treasure planet is heavily in this series