#yeah i need to meet new people

[strawhatboy]

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#this person i dated a few months ago casually texted me asking if i want to go out #i should say no because he made me miserable half the time but my brain just wants to remember the good parts #he's the guy who said reading manga was a waste of time btw #yeah i need to meet new people #gab rambles #tdl

[yvtro]

not to code gotham as eastern europe but eastern europe is the gothic literature locus classicus so i'm in full right to do it and it's just such a good parallel because. for westerners/outsiders it looks like a literal nightmare but the locals find comfort and humour in all things that throw the foreigners off. you have to find hope in a place that the others claim to be unlivable. if you give up and leave, it will always stay in your heart like an open wound.

also it just never ceases to amaze me how there are so many similarities between gothic lit & eastern european lit of the period that we would never call 'gothic' because our ghosts and our supernatural elements are not portrayed as the Other most of the time. they're there to bring you closer to your culture and heritage. they are horrors that bring you home and connect you with your people. tell me this is not the perfect approach for gotham.

i think this is also why i hate the portrayal of the city as some unsalvageable monstrosity with no kidness to be found. often places where the circumstances seem the most dire, the cultures that are branded gruesome because of the focus on the dead produce the most loving communities, as they are needed.

#also the whole headcanon that people in gotham don't smile that is a thing in many fanfics #seems so silly but i'll stand behind it because this is how EE is #foreigners just being perpetually stunned at how people don't smile at them but are also the most hospitable folks you will ever meet #but yeah this is the thing you NEED to show the societal mentality in gotham as more collective #also this is why while i can see the appeal i don't really like the concept of jason just leaving gotham and starting a completely new life #without ever feeling like he assassinated a part of himself by never going back #*standing in the corner* they don't understand the depth of the emotional attachment to the fucked up place you come from #gotham is actually something that can be so personal #an extremely niche post #dear followers today i offer meta that caters specifically to ME #gotham #dc comics #batman #gotham love letters

[lameow-l]

so wait… furina is the name of the archon role that “furina” had to play

wouldn’t make more sense narrative wise to give her a name of her own?? like scara gets his own epic chapter about him ridding himself of his past and adopting a new name then proceed to ignore said name in favor of “hat guy” but the actress playing “furina” doesn’t get to be known for her own name?

like people of fontain (partly maybe) know the truth so why not let her free? let her enjoy the simple human life she so so longed for? even the other furina wouldn’t want this

#i think her story is a better use of the (give character name) mechanic that wasn’t really needed in scara’s arc imo #like yeah it’s cool and all but we literally saw him throw the actual physical manifestation of his past into the fucking void!!! #i personally think it was kind of wasted on him on top of me thinking that idea was entirely stupid to begin with and hyv keeps proving tha #no one actually refers to him as wanderer or by the name they choose online.. its just scara #thats both bad marketing and confusing burying the character away from new players #and like the amount of shit u have to go through as a new player just to name ur weird huge hat angry little dude is just.. #but imagine how impactful such a mechanic would be for ‘furina’ who spent all her live acting a role she wasn’t #at the end of all that agony do u think she could endure hearing people call her by that name?? #unlike scara she did that for the people every moment of those 500 years knowing that the fate of every person is mere a breakdown away #there was nothing in that for her or for a reward she thought deserved.. just suffering on her own #it just makes more sense for her to want a different name a different identity that has nothing to do with that role #and again i think that mechanic is stupid anyway but if it had to happen i’d loved it more with ‘furina’ #or idk give her like a clueless friend she gets to meet that keeps calling her a different name for reasons and her liking the name or smth #maybe give her a different role she gets to play.. or have neuvillette give her a name #same with scara i think it would have been a lot better if he went by a name he choose when all his previous names were chosen for him #i dont see how the entirety of genshin writers and devs agreed to this mechanic being implemented honestly #like traveler is literally there waiting for a single soul to address them by their actual name (the one we choose) but every time it’s jus #traveler traveler.. even their most beloved companion calls them traveler #like that alone should've changed the writers minds bc such a name would 1. either not ever be used or replaced by a nickname #2. the hell devs had to go through to not allow certain phrases and names and 3. the hell both teams will suffer should they add a new char #tl;dr stupid dumb mechanic but they should still give furina a new name #genshin impact #furina #fontaine archon quest #scaramouche

[mobbothetrue]

Spotify prompt! Knuckles and tails, an 19 :)

Oh hoho! You managed to land FightSong by EVE (<- YouTube link), a song that by all rights shoulda been #2 (<- I refuse to pay Spotify money).

Hmm…. It’s been a while since I’ve done anything with Super Sonic Speed, but I always did intend to write follow-ups…

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The city is unbelievably loud. They’re in what Sonic had called a shopping district, and it’s apparently very popular. Knuckles would kind of like to go home, a lot, actually, but Tails is flirting from one shop to another and he doesn’t have it in him to shut the kid down. Sonic is somewhere on the periphery of their little group— he and Tails had bonded, thick as thieves, and Knuckles— well, he tolerated the guy.

Tails gasps like he’s seeing the sun rise for the first time, excited enough that he’s lifting off the ground. Knuckles ambles over, grabs him by the ankle, and pulls him back down. He’s looking at some sort of… thing. Knuckles can’t make heads or tails of it, but it’s definitely saying something to Tails.

Hmm. He is, at least, familiar with the idea of shops. Chao liked to set them up, sometimes, selling fruit or handmade crafts for rings, but Knuckles has no idea if their idea of currency and everyone else’s aligns. Would the shopkeep accept a fruit? Most chao did. It isn’t like rings are a problem, so…

Knuckles turns, seeking out Sonic in the crowd. There he is— stiff as anything, glancing frantically back and forth between Knuckles and some other hedgehog, a pink one. One of his friends, maybe? They look irritated, maybe not. Knuckles steps away from Tails, invites himself into their conversation.

“and you just RAN OFF—“ the hedgehog is shouting. Sonic cracks his mouth open, a faint wheeze escaping.

“Hey,” Knuckles says.

“—do you have ANY IDEA how WORRIED I was—“

This looks like a battle Sonic is better off fighting on his own. Still, Knuckles needs his question answered. “Hey,” he repeats, slightly louder.

“—I mean, I knew you were alright because my cards said so, but—“

“Hey Knuckles,” Sonic manages to crack out, “this is Amy.”

Amy tilts her head at him, and then gives him a sharp, discerning once-over. “Are you one of his other friends?” She asks.

“Yeah, sure,” Knuckles says, and then “do rings work as currency down here?”

She blinks at him, as if this is a weird thing to ask. “Yes?” She says.

“Okay,” Knuckles says, nodding, “try not to scare him too bad.”

Any lingering confusion evaporates, and she whirls around to find Sonic trying to sneak away. “AGAIN!” she shouts, full of conviction, and Knuckles makes his way back to where he left Tails. He isn’t pressed up against the glass anymore, so Knuckles steps into the store. Yeah, there he is. Hovering— literally— over the same display.

Knuckles takes a moment to properly observe, rooting around for the terms Tails would use, in an attempt to ensure he gets the right thing. There’s a looping track, and a few other gadgets on the sides. A switch, one of them looks like, and some barricade, and a few blinking lights. On the track itself is a… sideways cylinder, set on wheels, connected to a few boxes, puffing out smoke— or steam, maybe. Tails is absorbed enough in watching it chug along that he doesn’t even realize Knuckles is standing right next to him. Knuckles’ll just have to make sure he comes up for air, occasionally.

He casts about the rest of the store, vaguely lost. There are a lot of displays, and a lot of colourful boxes. Knuckles picks up one, flips it over, and realizes swiftly he is out of his depth. He brings the box over to Tails, handing it to him. Tails holds onto it for a full few seconds, watching with bated breath as the cylinder switches tracks, before he looks down. His fur all along his spine puffs up, and he turns to look at Knuckles so fast he has to wonder if Sonic hasn’t started to rub off on him in more ways than one. That’s the right box, for sure.

“Really?” Tails asks, voice breathy with excitement, and Knuckles ruffles his fur instinctually.

“‘Course.”

Maybe the shopping district isn’t that bad.

#eggthew #prompt fill #askbox #uhhh so. I kind of barely followed fightsong at all I CAN EXPLAIN #went off the visuals instead of the lyrics. two people running around in city. ooh I could do knuckles protecting tails from Eggman in some #kind of egg city! ah hang on there’s the eggperial city arc in idw and I haven’t read that yet. so I’m not confident in portraying it. hmmm #I could do a Different egg city… man Knuckles and Tails. what a great pair. I really enjoyed writing them in super sonic speed. hey! I could #do super sonic speed’s Knuckles’s first time in a city! maybe he gets kind of freaked out? escape from the city haha #well tails would be familiar with cities. and sonic would be there ofc but I’ll shuffle him off to the side so he doesn’t hog the spotlight #I could do tails looking at a shop! yeah! and knuckles needs to ask how currency works but sonic is… busy? hmm. oh! a city!!!! amy lives in #a city!! she runs into sonic! which keeps him from coming back over with knuckles. I always did mean to write her reunion with sonic. #that’ll be nice to do. alright. perfect. it’s all working out. get to the final few lines. think ‘hey how did I end up with this anyway.’ #pulse of adrenaline as my brain goes OH YEAH FIGHTSONG. ach. #I’m happy w this though :) #knuckles: I Tolerate sonic. at best. #sonic: hey I am in a vaguely uncomfortable situation #knuckles *rolling up metaphorical sleeves*: do I need to kick ass #Amy making a mental note: sonic apparently befriending a space alien okay okay cool #they meet up for ice cream. knuckles is inflicted with curse of immediate brainfreeze. tails is So Excited about his new model train set #within a week he mods it to A) be strong enough to pull the Master Emerald and B) be armed.

[dreadfutures]

fortunately, with friends getting married and buying houses, I now have places to crash with beloved people in beloved places. and I have PTO.

#fuck yeah pto #chris will always be my go to retreat bc it's a place i love and people i love who are the most loving people i know #and he knows the excruciating experience of a stem phd lmao #personal #and now we're both free #the summer before i defended my thesis i visited him for the first time since he had finished his degree #and to see him with an actual adult apartment with a dishwasher AND in unit laundry???? made me weep #like freedom and adulthood were in his grasp and he was free #and he could host friends and meet new people #we had dinner outside downtown on the main street and people were just coming up to us and recognizing us #both of us!! #and saying hello and i was just so happy. that's what life could be loke #and that gave me what fuel i needed to finish my fucking phd #not 100% achieved it yet but we're getting there #and hey i have a dishwasher and in unit laundr

[chronomally]

Reading a paper from 2023 that cites the success of Waymo self-driving cars and thinking about the article from 2024 that *I* cited about the two Waymo cars that hit the same truck minutes apart

#please feel free to ignore this #Jake meets world #The paper also includes a quote from the guy who founded Google's self-driving car department saying #'Yeah the tech needs another 30+ years to fully develop' #Get that shit off the street then! Hello??? #The article also brings up an interesting point about how social using the road is which is so true #I don't drive but as a pedestrian I'm constantly checking to see if like drivers see and acknowledge me before stepping into the street #*The paper brings up an interesting point #The news article is just about the embarrassing Waymo incident and the failure of Cruise #Also cited that news article about the time San Franciscans celebrating Lunar New Year set that Waymo car on fire #Never forget our troops 🫡 (the people in San Fran who blew up the robotaxi)

[cartoonpigeon]

sillays :3

#obligitory i understand Feyd and Paul are shitty people but goddamn i am a gay warrior cats obsessed man to my core :3 #loveeeee Chani's design so much #you can tell i have a favorite lmao #I feel like I didn't do enough to convey that Feyd and Paul are cousins but whateverrr #also not shaded because I was fuck ot we balling it and I wanted to get it done before school starts #I LOVEEEEEE chani's design #I've said that already but yeah #anyways I probably need a tag for this lmao #new dune followers.... meet the hyde to my dr. jekyll (/hj) #also analysis post IS COMJNG!! I've gotten to the Duke Leto section 👍 #dune spoilers #dune wcs au #<- VERY loosely #fremen r probably a form of loners and the houses form clans #arrakis is a really sought-after territory #so on and so on #chani #paul atreides #feyd rautha harkonnen #chani kynes #dune fanart #dune 2024 #dune part 2

[inkykeiji]

lmao

#if dabi lives i’ll jump off a motherfucking cliff #i’m kidding #but i’ll drop the manga for a while #it’s great that the whole fam is presumably going to meet up bcoz everyone deserves that closure etc etc #but dabi living would be imo the *worst* ending #for his individual character #because there is NO REASON for him to continue living #he is a serial killer; he is a B A D person; he can’t be ‘redeemed’ esp since they got him saying he killed 30+ innocent people in 4k lmao #like oh yeah sure bud we’ll let u off with a slap on the wrist because teehee u have ~trauma~ and ur number one’s son #like it makes no sense and it would void all meaning from his story but anyway whATEVER it’s fine #was rly hoping that hori would pull a frankenstein and kill touya n enji at once #which might still happen ofc #i’m trying not to like;;; overreact i guess??? #because obviously this still needs to play out and i have no idea what’s going to happen #i’ll just be so immensely disappointed if he lives #i just spent a whole day with my own father who makes enji look like father of the year so like #this was the worst day to get this news LMAOOOOO #anyway~ #i’m just ranting because i will literally cry if he lives #what a way to ruin a fantastic character #whew okay no confirmation he’s gonna live clari keep this in mind #as much as i LOVE dabi with my whole heart (obviously!!!!!!) i love his whole story and he deserves a well-written ending #what would really be gut wrenching is if everyone gets to like idk say goodbye to him before he finally passes #idk i guess we’ll see!! #bnha spoilers #bnha manga spoilers

[imidori-ya]

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros is literal hot garbage and I will die on this hill.

#like it’s literally one of the worst constructed/written books I have ever encountered #how on earth could Yarros be married to a 20+ year military vet and yet still not even understand the most basic military concepts #it’s honestly astounding how brain dead her characters are #the way she writes makes it abundantly obvious that she thinks her readers are a bunch of idiots #who need every single story theme and element hand fed to them #the introduction of Varrish was just utter bullshit #she could have painted ‘VILLAIN’ on his forehead and it would’ve been less obvious #please tell us again how smart your main character is while she proceeds to do the dumbest shit I’ve ever seen #‘oh why won’t xaden trust me with rebellion secrets even though I basically announce my suspicions of the empire at every turn?’ #idk violet maybe it’s bc you won’t do the mind training they’ve been telling you to do #so you’re constantly vulnerable to the mindreader YOU KNOW PERSONALLY #maybe that’s why no one tells you anything??? #also holy shit her being like ‘I have to be careful and not let the empire know I’m questioning my duties’ #and then immediately crashing into a scribe meeting to request more red flag reading?? #like??? was she kicked in the head??? #also the dragons stating multiple times that humans are basically like ants to them and they don’t care if they live or die #but simultaneously having to somehow be subserveant to the military???? #bitch why weren’t you all enslaved by the dragons #this is such nonsense #also her prose is ass #come back when you can tell the difference between parse and parcel Rebecca #yeah a lot of my complaints are iron flame related #but that’s just bc it really hit home how bad this all is with the second book #net zero improvement #way to fail downwards Rebecca #ALSO!! what evil empire would conscript their enemies children into the one branch of their military where they get DRAGONS and SUPERPOWERS #like what??!! #in what world #what military would be so afraid of a new rebellion that they conscript the people with deep emotional ties to the old rebellion??? #if real militaries worked this way there would be no more war bc we’d all be dead

[whumpy-wyrms]

hey guys

#man i am such a sleepy fella rn #i sure hope i’m not a clone and the real me doesn’t come into my room and kill me tonight! #/j #genuinely thank u all for ur reactions. like u all are excited to read new chapters and IM excited to read ur reactions #its always my favorite part #makes me so happy to see people enjoying my characters and story it’s literally a dream come true like wow #i’m so happy people like chapter 14 and thanks for all the amazing comments and stuff it makes me sooo happy #i’m too eepy but yeah that’s what i wanted to say :) #wyrms says stuff #i’ve also had anton brainrot specifically him as a Little Guy so i might finally finish that borrower basil au thing when they first meet #cuz it’s super wholesome and i think u all need that LOLLL #also. only like 7 of you will know what i’m talking about but anton as a kid is literally just louie in a different font like wow they are #soooo similar #not present day anton tho. just him as a little guy #literally him and louie would’ve been best friends AUGHH MY HEART #i’m gonna draw them interacting because that would literally heal me that would change my life #none of you understand how important this is to me like. holy shit #anyway reminder that things might be rough for dew right now haha but he gets a happy ending don’t stress abt it!! #the next 4 chapters specially might be a bit darker than usual #but then mystery character!!!!!!!! FUCK YESSS!!!!!! #excited :)

[pepprs]

june 27th give it up for june 27th

#purrs #delete later #sure would be an INFINITELY more special and auspicious day if there wasn’t going to be • thunderstorms all day • a budget meeting • two #back to back orientations where i am going to have to take on 2X THE FACILITATION ROLESSSSS 🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪 bc we’re doing that now. LMFAOOOOOO #<- and by that i mean splitting up the facilitation so instead of 4 ppl shari ng responsibility for talking AND doing logistics there’s 2 #ppl talking and 2 ppl doing logistics. and mutuals need i remind you that facilitating this specific session requires being extremely high #energy and mobile and getting ppl ‘hyped’ and there are 383729473 reasons why that is difficult for me to do in front of 100+ new students #plus three cofacilirators i am scared of / intimidated by for various reasons. im going to be sick soooo genuinely. i HATE this 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 #anyways yeah. today is my one year anniversary and also my first day as an fte so. 🫠 and one year ago today was pretty awful too like my #first day was actually extremely extremely bad and i cried like multiple times every day that week bc it kept getting worse so. love how #things have changed so substantially since then and the things that triggered me on that day aren’t an issue anymore <3 (they are very much #still an issue it’s just the specific people involved have changed bc half the ppl working here including one of my dearest closest #mentors who was deeply involved in that situation have left the university and now it is utterly unrecognizable and every day i wake up in #an alternate universe i know deep down i am not supposed to be in and yet im trapped in it irreversibly and this IS my universe now. lolll 🥰 #)) also ik it’s stupid to still be grieving over this but like. the entire way it all went down + the fact that it even did in the first #place and the STAGGGERING consequences of it. are kind of insane. every new development makes me feel more and more like im living in a fake #reality and nothing that is happening is supposed to be happening and im dreaming it all but it’s a bad dream. and idk how to accept #that this is NOT. a dream and that what happened happened and now i have to live with it and stop curling in on myself like a prey animal an #and isolating myself from everyone i love and taking every single conceivable situation badly. like tfw da therapy isn’t working 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 #anyways i need to go get ready and practice the fucking 16 page facilitation guide 🙄 see u on the other side lol

[turnedinto-themoon]

Baby shoto, fresh from the womb: 👁-👁

Touya: *already on fire* you little shit. I’ll see you in hell bitch

#people always make him so caring and concerned in fics #that man truly does not care one bit about his siblings or his mother #he has 2 goals in life and those are to kill endevour and then die #didn’t even know what his quirk was #simply saw the hair and decided he needed to go #kinda funny of him I’m ngl #one glance and decided the vibes were off #Rei: hey touya meet ur new baby brother :))) #touya: so you’ve chosen death #anyways I’ve been waiting 2 years for the reveal to be animated #and we are getting SO close #I dropped MHA forever ago but I WILL be seated for my boy #yeah!! ruin that bitches life!! fuck him up dabi!! #mha #bnha #mha spoilers #bnha spoilers #dabi #dabi mha #dabi bnha #touya todoroki

[imabiscuitinthousandworlds]

growing increasingly excited and anxious abt tomorrow

like monday evening a guy (well i thought so lol) from my climbing group texted me on my pfp "if i ever wanted to talk abt anything i could text him" and it's punk lyrics on a rainbow flag and given that he didn't know it was lyrics that's understandable and also really sweet and we at least knew each other from looks personally

so then we got talking and. turns out they're queer but surrounded by homophobic assholes exclusively and long story short me and my friends who are all queer and so so positive are gonna adopt them into our friend group and tomorrow we're meeting up after school for the first time properly so like.

i mean we're just gonna talk a bit ig during lunch break in the city but like. yeah. it's gonna be interesting i hope it goes well (how that looks tho no idea lol)

#well. you gotta say tho idk what i expected from their (singular nb) school #its the one across from my own and it fucking sucks thats where all the snobs go (with a few exceptions) #and our schools have some kind of deep-rooted hate for one another #anyway idk why i was surprised at the Snob School Of Certain Elite People being homophobic as fuck #but yeah were gonna see if we can adopt the guy (gn) they need some positive queer surroundings jeez #also shout out to my social skills tho i set this meeting up within 15 minutes while juggling to separate chats #after texting with someone id never once interacted with #a biscuit's rambles #and also I HATE THIS NEW TAG FORMAT. ITS MOSTLY ORGANIZED A LOT BETTER AND I CAN PROPERLY SEE WHAT I SAY IN THE TAGS #BUT I HATE IT THIS IS WRONG WHY ARE THEY ALL IN BUBBLES AHHHHHH

[omegabenaeart]

I wanted to ask where you learned to draw so well? All the people you draw look so cute and the poses are so neat!

Honestly, I've just been drawing for as long as I can remember. I've never taken any classes or anything

My entire art process involves throwing stuff together until it looks right to me. No initial sketch, no references, just throw everything together(which is NOT the best way to do it, please use references, especially when you're not familiar with something)

#i don't need classes I'm already good where i am #answer #meg's art #traditional art #self portrait #kinda #but yeah #art is just something I've been doing for a long time #my mom has pictures of 2-year-old me drawing on the walls with crayon #so it's been a while #i could've taken classes that was always an option #but i didn't because 1. I'm an introvert and get really nervous meeting new people #and 2. i had this weird pride for a long time about how #i don't have that pride anymore but I'm still not sure how i feel about classes

[doebt]

Im feeling the desire to travel so deeply l;ately like I always am but i wish i could go somewhere and clear my head... I was supposed to go on a summer trip with kaylas family but they asked me to housesit for them in July and i think thats the summer trip and if im housesitting im obviously not going so like IDK what the deal is. Laugh out loud

#I keep thinking about how the things that are the MOST important to me in the world are also the things I just cannot manage to do #theyre just so inaccessible to me #like traveling and also like hiking and being deep in nature not just a park but i mean like deep in there. IN there. #and riding horses just beign around horses. that kind of thing #and hanging out with friends and meeting new people like in real life up close in person. and going places together #and laughing and eating at tables together #I guess its just like everyone else like of course im not going to be able to constantly do the things i love #its like a rare treat #i just wish it was easier I guess😂 #i DO travel a LOT more than i ever expected i would be able to. Like ive been more places now than i thought i wouldve been #which is SO awesome Im so appreciative i guess itll just never be enough for me #I just need to focus on getting my life together here at home but yeah i wish i could clear my mind somewhere else #and come back with new hope