#whooooo that was a lot

[girlinlavender]

one of the most intriguing things about sapphic pairings, which, in my opinion, cements them as the best type of ship gender wise, (don’t come at me), is the dialectic parralels they often showcase. Very commonly, a narrative will queercode it’s characters by presenting them as something of a matched set, whether they be friends, enemies, rivals, etc.

This is especially and irrevocably true in sapphic relationships specifically because of how insanely close and often toxic and codependent female friendships can become, especially between repressed queer girls. The comparing yourself to them, the resentment and jealousy, the love, the possessiveness— it’s easy for those types of relationships to bridge on romantic, and that’s why queer girl “friend breakups” are so intense, and often so romantically charged. Because it’s essentially an actual breakup.

Similarly, as is often seen with two characters who are intertwined in this way, or any other, the narrative will present them as parallels to the other’s character, essentially inversions of each other, furthur proving the notion that these two people are a matched set— you cannot talk about one without also discussing the other, because their development within the storyline is entirely dependent on each other. Specifically, female relationships are known to present themselves in this way to a T; it’s what raises the extremely common question within queer women: do I want to be her, or do I want to be with her?

Take Jackieshauna, two girls so insanely connected that even their fucking funko pops had to be together, still codependent even when separated by death. Their relationship was insanely homoerotic, even without being canonical, which makes them one of the most popular ships in the entire Yellowjackets fandom.

Take Catradora, who were super duper codependent in their early days in the horde, and who’s narratives paralleled each other even right up to the very end of the series. They were also a matched set— yes, they had independent character arcs, but their traumas were so connected to each other that without the other, they would have turned out a completely different person, and very likely a worse one..

Take literally any sapphic ship, and you’ll likely see this issue presented in one way or another. This entanglement, like souls bound together, that can’t even become completely separate from each other in the midst of war, death, politics, starvation or cult activity. That’s what makes these kinds of dynamics so interesting, and ripe with motifs to discuss, like I’m doing now. To put it simply: fiction is bonkers bannanas, and girls are extremely close with one another in a way that cannot be understood by outsiders. People of any nature, gender, whatever, are shipped together because they are interesting together, and nothing is more interesting than people who cannot exist without some semblance of the person they care for most. Even if you don’t see them as romantic, you can’t deny the intensity and emotional intimacy share. The human condition is an endlessly expanding atrocity, and the depth that lies within it is easily exemplified by other people, and that, my friends, is why stories are good.

#whooooo that was a lot #everyone good? anyone need water? #shipping dynamics #shipping discourse #i can add as many tags as i want to thank you #wlw #sapphic #jackieshauna #yellowjackets #yj #catradora #she-ra #spop #lesbian #my lil mini essay yahoo #lottienat #mistynat #tumblr discourse #maybe #let’s hope not

[sharksandjays]

Alright here we go, another ramble. (I'm gonna be known for these by now aksdj)

This time it's about the OG four. So as I was thinking about them today I really thought about how much of a connection they have compared to their connection with Lloyd, Nya, etc.

(Now look, this ramble has no hate towards them, in fact, I think that Lloyd, Nya, and Pixal have their own little mini family dynamic going on that I absolutely adore!)

But as I was thinking about It I realized it was because its true. They do have more of a connection, because they have more of a history. Especially with the OG 3, they had known eachother for a while (the timing is debated but I personally think years) before Kai and his sister were introduced, and whenever they were, Kai was accepted almost immediately. Those four were raised together in a confined space, trained together, and went on missions together. Of course they'd be tight knit! Nya was with them, yes, but in the show they hardly interacted (evident with the fact they didnt notice she was the samurai) and she had her own room while they all slept in one. She would also usually hang back on missions, usually alongside lloyd whenever he finally joined the group.

Those four definitely have a real connection, and I think in a way it could be power based. You see, the element of Creation used to be encompassed in a single person, Master Wu. I'm not necessarily sure how, but I perosnally believe that Wu seperated his power as a teen and hid it within 4 individuals, similar to what he did to the golden weapons. (this is why we rarely see him use his powers now, and when we do theyre very small scale.) But because of this, these four people would naturally be drawn together! Their elements crave connection, creation. We see this with the fact the tornado of creation can exist, its literally the connection of their elements.

They are soulmates, all four of them. This isnt polyninja agenda (or is it) its just facts. Lloyd is their baby brother, Nya is their little sister/soulmate, Pixal is a welcome part of the family, etc. But these four are what started the show, what made the ninja ninja. That's why i appreciated Hunted so much. We saw them just being them four again, their relationship and interactions with just eachother, something we rarely see nowadays with ninjago's obsession with them and girls.

I dont like to phrase it as a "boy club" that Nya phrases it as in skybound. I just think its what happens when you stick four little kids together in a confined space and raise them like that. They just tend to connect on a deeper level than those around them.

Anyways. OG Four Soulmates Agenda.

#whooooo thats a lot of worddsss #too bad im making yall read them #im sleep deprived maybe this doesnt make sense ahem #i have emotions your honor #ninjago #ninjago zane #ninjago cole #ninjago jay #ninjago kai #ninjago thoughts #sharkanalysis

[mrsthunderkin]

This was a fun little challenge to put to paper a bit of Bart's inventory items.

He's a bit of a hoarder

#bart the bard #inventory challenge #this is only a FRACTION of everything he carries #and ALL of it fits inside that stupid vest of his #his gifts to Peri have a theme #im most proud of the family crest creechur #he carries a lot of sugary things because a. Fae love sugar and b. sugar is the best consumable to replenish magical stores #he'll hold your junk #he's got the space for it #but you may never get it back if he wants it #tablet sketch #tales of Alor #i should do someone else #but whooooo #no one's inventory is quite as LORGE as Bart's

[pyrriax]

hiii tumblr you guys get a little snippet of a thing that will probably never see the proper light of day (since its an oc project) but it does give a little insight into. lavius elyria (not the persona one)

Their house was always warm, filled with comforts and niceties that they'd earned after spending so long struggling. It wasn't long now, before the world would end. But, it was going to be okay. Mortis would be there, and they could comfort each other through it. Everyone that mattered was pulled inside, dragons corralled into the empty wing of the basement, livestock ushered under cover. Lavius knew, he couldn't save them. They are doomed, have been doomed for a long time. The home he's spent so long building up from the ground, bloodied his hands over, it'll be gone, come morning. But, Mortis will be there, and they'll find each other again. The Gods promised, they'll save their people. Save those who've called this world home. He isn't sure he believes them, he's never been a religious man. But, he'll believe it if it means he doesn't lose Mortis. He'd believe anything if it was for Mortis, always. Always, always, always.

did i write this quickly as part of a larger thing? yup. i was gonna do a web weave based off the transition from s2 to s3 and wanted to have some writing to go along with it but. didnt make that. sooooo...... there's more to it but it's for the notes

oh and also mortis is @specialcontainmentdatabase's character ^_^ these two are fucked up and everybody knows it

#haunted ecosystem #haunted bookshelf #yeah i tend to write characters who are unhealthily devoted to somebody. these two kill each other as a show of affection. #forgive if this reads weirdly i havent written a lot recently since ive been working on some oc stuff and just. #checks watch. ive spent so many days in a row in like 6+ hour calls i just dont have As Much time to write as i spend my energy discussing #characters and au concepts. and also doing dumb quizzes in character and generally just dicking around #i might work on another like. video thing? it'd just be a cinematic version of a lore segment we've got planned #whooooo knows. i sure dont. im probably going to go the hell to bed ive had enough people time today #spent like two hours in a group vc and had a bunch of fun so thats nice #anyways gooooodnight tumblr (its 8am)

[kureela]

I just think his speaker is neat.

#sasara nurude #old drawing #sorry i havent posted in a while #no energy to draw something new #still thank you to the few people who check out my (shitty) art - it really means a lot to me and gives me strenght to continue (: #hypmic #dotsuitare hompo #hypnosis mic #also woman drama track wtf is going on here whooooo

[cryptidsncurios]

What Tarot Card Are You?

-> Xigbar

The Devil

Restriction is not so terrible a thing as you think it is. One must not always be shackled to be prudent. You could use a set of handcuffs in your life, my love. Shall I forge them for you? We could be tied together, you and I. Maybe then you would not want for so many things. Maybe if you were drip fed what you wanted, you would only focus on the next drip, instead of the wide world of things there are to want. You consume what you love, you terrify the things you want. You have chewed your way through your life and you are still hungry. The old woman holds out a key. The iron around your wrist is so very heavy.

-> Kimbley

Death

A cheery woman’s voice chimes from above. "Game over! Please restart and try again." The old woman holds a baby in her arms and makes to pass it to you. Will you take it?

-> Kuja

Justice

What would you do to ensure justice? You know full well I don’t speak of lofty ideals and courts and magistrates, dearest. What would you do to those that hurt you? If I dropped them in your lap, what would you do? What kind of pain could you possibly inflict upon them? You are right to do so. You are right to want to do so. Ignore the screaming, dearest, you are the hand of justice now, and they hurt you. Do not look too closely at their faces, dearest. You are within your rights. You spell out your own rights, now. Are you happy about it? Are you certain that this is the right person you hold by the hair? Does your anger hurt less now?

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tagged by: i found it on the dash but i can't remember who did it but thank you for introducing this meal tagging: uuuuuuuuuuuh y'all, do it, then tag me B)

#ooc: dash games #headcanons: the fatal marksman #headcanons: the crimson monster #headcanons: the reaper most capricious #whooooo this one was NEAT.. lots of MEAT #also the one for kimbley cracks me up... i couldn't help using that icon oops

[starlit-mansion]

shopgoodwill is the most chaotic auction site because sometimes you see what is clearly a case of 'someone died and all their shit went to goodwill and it's got a name brand on it so the company is trying to squeeze collector dollars BUT also the employees have no fucking idea how to present things or what the value is" and you have to like. try to investigate their blurry ass photos to divine if its a good deal like you're a crime scene examiner

#there like currently 30+ lots of unsorted magic cards that could technically be a deal or complete clunkers and i'm like HMMM! #trying to calculate by weight to see if the price is better than loose commons at my lgs #and then any uncommons and rares and mythics would be gravy but also.... whooooo knows. maybe it's just lands and 10 yo crap cards #just because i am skeptical of pack cracking doesn't mean that i'm immune to hobby gambler brain lmao

[yuridovewing]

Oh god the “tell don’t show” syndrome is. Bad. It’s bad here.

#i know about twigbranch’s apprentice problem being solved offscreen but damn #so. needlepaw joins the kin. she takes violetkit with her. we do see that scene #but we skip to a gathering where THERES BEEN AN OFFSCREEN BATTLE?? #why are you skipping the battle in the battle cat books. especially when shit actually happened during it #why not show that through violetkits eyes?? that sounds terrifying for her! #show her desensitization to violence show how needletail functions in battle #but instead we get alderpaw being Told this secondhand bc we gotta get a useless alderheart chapter in #and we dont even get twigkits reaction bc WHAM 4 MOON TIMESKIP she’s already accepted this whooooo cares #bc alderhearts reaction to violent cats holdimg violetkit hostage is so much more important than her ORPHANED SISTER. #its not even like twigkit has been hogging the book at this point! i gotta count but im pretty sure most of this has been alderheart! #twigkit didnt get a pov until like chapter 5 or 6 and im 180 pages into this #im pretty sure she’s literally only had two up til this point. we REALLY couldnt sacrifice the pointless alderheart chapter? #im not opposed to multiple povs in one book. i am doing that. a lot of books do that really well (read bullet train) #but you have to balance them and decide ‘’what needs to go to this character to progress the plot’’ #they shot themselves in the foot with alder as a pov bc he adds jack shit at this point that twigbranch cant #avos liveread

[alarming-prism]

helloo tumblr

#twitter is fucked #so most likely i'll be shifting over here fully #get ready for an influx of fengqing #i have a Lot of thoughts #and a backlog of things to say abt them #whooooo

[catsl3vein]

dizzy guilty gear practise ^-^ 

#obviously we didnt draw her completely right but WHOOOOO CARES #guitly gear designs r so complicated we get to simplify it as much as we want #also theres def a lot wrong but we think its ok fire emoji fire emoji #also first guilty gear art posted we dont post much art anymore its so bad #guilty gear #dizzy #aj art tag

[plokoonsdisapprovingeyebrows]

so far my top three star wars planets are crait, tatooine, and mustafar. im gonna put komatiites on mustafar :D

#whooooo wants super super high-temp magma that runs like water? #with lots and lots of magnesium? #also they say that the mining industry on tatooine died bc it had unwanted metallurgic properties? #that doesn't make sense i gotta look that up #and also they say that tatooine used to have oceans and jungles #but something dried it up #i dont think that makes sense either haha #so if i do end up writing anything star wars im gonna take the tf fandom approach to canon #vultures on a carcass lol

[mac-mcdonald]

at the killers concert rn I'm so hyped AHHHH

#we just got in the doors #had 2 pregame in the parking lot whooooo

[mare-the-silly-scroingle]

deep breath in. if wrightworth can do this so can i 

#this is abt my best friend whooooo i need another label for fuck. uh. jupiter i guess is the code ive used #we broke up today and it was definitel for the best i already feel so much lighter #but like. i'm scared to hope for things i think. because. we are kind of in the limbo right now that we want #where we love one another a lot but we aren't exclusive or dating anymore we just. love one another. #and she knows that for me it will always be her and she told me that at the end of the day she'll always come back to me #at the end of the world it would be the two of us. that kind of thing #but i guess i just. i don't know. it's almost even scarier because i don't want to lose her #i want this kind of thing forever. i want ten years to pass and for me to see her again and go oh it's you #in this soft fond way. i don't know. i want that so badly. #i think i just need to be patient and things will be okay. #this is for the best even if the thought of losing her is scarier

[thegreatestheaver]

is the question opening from korosensei's pov because if it is i am unfortunately a korosensei kinnie

#horrible sentence! #I know its just an op but its so.. cmon. #its so aimedddd!!!! at.. you know whooooo!!!! auhghh!!! #i cant find much on who its for but. i think its koro pov.. #one thousand times! ten thousand times! i have tried but these feelings are not for words!!!!! #Question! Question! Tell me why!!! #Question! Question! How did I!!!!! #Question! Question! Know you were.. #Somewhere out there in this ENDLESS WOORRRRLLDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #i hear your voice!!! one i avoid !!! #cos it tears me in two everytime im near youu!!!! #Question! Question! Tell me how.. #Question! Question! You feel now....... #Question! Question! That you are #Oh so close but you feel so far AWAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY #there are lots of english versions of this song and they all kill me. uahejgiueiiuhiufrehigjreiohgiho AUGHUAHUUGAUGDGUAGUAGUHUHUUGGUGUHUGHI #i love tis song a lot . #hollowspeak

[hawkinsblcd]

finally getting to inbox things ... please excuse me if you sent memes like 10 years ago and they are only getting answered now ... but just know ... i love u ...

#✎ ੈ♡˳ KADDIE TAKE THE WHEEL — mun speaks ! #the past month has been ... whooooo #i try not to talk a lot about work stuff but #its been a doozy

[barely-gettin-bi]

Hi ily ur so swag <3 - star

hi star!!

ily too king <33

#whooooo! #ily lots <33 #ur so cool and swag #it’s star! #objection! asked and answered