#Mew posts dumb things

[fancylala4]

Maybe because gooning over magical girls is just straight up child porn for lolicon freaks and no one with a sense of decency would ever want to touch that trash with a 5 inch pole while sailor moon and CCS were made for girls that doesn’t have any of that sick ass shit? There’s a reason why CCS and sailor moon have mainly female fans while that sick creepy shit mainly has male freaks as fans instead. Not only that, this is an awful comparison! Those relationships presented in those manga were awful and creepy but it’s not like it’s in every single chapter or episode of the show unlike gooning over magical girls! Also, those things are easily ignorable because it’s not in your face about it. CCS had creepy characters but they weren’t main characters nor were they in all episodes of the show. Meanwhile, that cp scenes in the lolicon freak show are in every single episode!

Also, who gives a fuck about “character” or “self discovery” in a show that show shows middle schoolers being sexually assaulted in graphic detail? By that logic, a trash ass manga made for gooners called hen is great because it’s about a girl realizing her gay feelings while the author puts her in creepy situations. That also goes for the “well the people who are sexually assaulting in graphic detail are villains, so it’s okay” argument. A bunch of anime pornos over there do that too and it’s still fucking sick.

[gotthicbimbo]

meeeowww , meow

meow meow? mew meooowwww meoarrrwwww :3

[sayoneee]

☆ THE GIRL FROM IPANEMA

“tall and tan and young and lovely / the girl from Ipanema goes walking” - frank sinatra version (smau)

contains: clarisse la rue x daughter of dionysus! reader. alt universe - everyones happy. woc friendly as always

kashaf’s note: requested! (sorry for how long this took!) update: changed the fc for clarisse bc i do not support zionists.

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yn what if i permanently moved to brazil...

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silenabeauregard i think your gf would be too upset

yn who? silenabeauregard you know who i'm talking about yn silena wtf r u talking about silenabeauregard 🤫 mewing time

lukecastellan bro if u do u better take me w u i cannot handle another day w my siblings.

yn i gotchu im booking our tix rn travistole dude wtf. connorstole hello??????????????? chrisrodriguez bro im telling chiron on ur ass rn

clarisse u look good

silenabeauregard girl. yn thanks! 💓💓

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yn lit crazy movie (gf is so gorg)

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silenabeauregard AWW I LOVE YOU

yn I LOVE U MORE PRETTY GIRL

thaliiia @ lukecastellan u look dumb asf

lukecastellan dude ur lucky yn didnt post that pic of u. thaliiia what pic... lukecastellan 🏃

clarisse we should go out again

yn YEAH text me details!! silenabeauregard young love yn silena stfu rn. im telling charlie silenabeauregard NO IM SORRY.

travistole who tf says lit crazy movie anymore

yn wow! let me look through the pics of connor throwing up on u! travistole NO IM SORRY. connorstole L

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clarisse eating everyone up like its my business

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yn UR SO HOT HELLO.

yn CLARISSE IS THAT MY BRACELET clarisse YES PRETTY GIRL

travistole woah who knew u could clean up this well

connorstole im in agreement actually annabethhh this is why clarisse hates you guys connorstole aww annie ur too kind annabethhh connor i'm outside your cabin. 🔪 connorstole WTF

silenabeauregard 🙌🙌

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yn well i am my father's daughter so maybe i can fix her!

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clarisse my girl

lukecastellan so this is a thing now! silenabeauregard YAY. thaliiia finally losers.

[derangedanomaly]

if it's ok can you do both the bad sanses and star sanses and epic and cross with an S/O who is a musician. Like they can sing and play guitar, keyboard, ect and performs at clubs

This was a little difficult (since there's so many characters), but it was fun. ^^ (I also didn't do Epic and Cross, since it was too much for me, sorry for that. Maybe I'll do them in a different post, if you still want them?)

Masterlist

SANS AUS X MUSICIAN READER

(Nightmare, Killer, Dust, Horror, Error, Dream, Swap, Ink)

Nightmare:

Nightmare's gonna be so surprised by your skills when it comes to playing so many instruments. He can actually play on a piano, so he will want to play together with you at some point, after he gets more comfortable around you.

He definitely doesn't think you'll be of good use when it comes to combat, but... He WILL want to stick around while you're playing any instrument, all while doing his paperwork.

Nightmare definitely appreciates when a great talent is put to a good use, so he'll arrange a night that happens once every week, where everyone in the castle relaxes, while attending to your little show.

Damn, you feel like quite a celebrity in Nightmare's castle.

Anyways, Nightmare respects you for having such talent, but probably won't respect you outside of that. He's just like that. 😐

It's like he has two different personalities that are switching depending on the situation. If it's a situation where you're performing: "I must say, Y/n, that was an exquisite performance that you played there. I can't wait to listen to it again, when we'll have the chance." But if it's in battle... "YOU DUMB FUCKING BITCH, STOP STANDING THERE BEING SO USELESS!!!" Then you two argue. 💀

He will soften up to you when the time comes, but you know... His shell is tough to crack.

Killer:

BRO'S LIKE -> :O

He gets so hyper after knowing that you can play so many instruments. He's gonna tell you every flirting pun revolving around music known to man. He literally won't stop coming up with new puns, it's a special skill of his at this point..

He literally won't leave you alone while you're preparing to train playing on another instrument. He's such a menace... he just wants to bother you 😂

Doesn't like how Nightmare treats you just because you're "useless" in combat. So he'll try to help you out in that department. He'll tell you some shit like "you could really rip someone's head off with this guitar" 💀 it's the thought that counts.

Wrote a music sheet for you once. It was just scribbles, that he thought you would understand 💀 but after you'd told him that no, you do not understand, he would try to recreate the sounds he meant for you to play, with his own voice...

"Ok, it goes like this! Meew mew pew bom boom! Got it?" You do not understand. 💀

Dust:

You'd think that being the smartest, he'd know a thing or two about musical instruments, but the truth is...he knows NOTHING about that. So having someone so skilled and knowledgeable like you, got him super excited!

He loves learning about new things, so prepare to be bombarded with lots of questions.

After you answer any of his questions and after a countless times of him watching/listening you play... He official wants to learn to play on an instrument! I mean, he once knew how to play the trombone! But it was long since those days, and he completely forgot everything about it, and it would be nice to learn how to play on a different instrument. :)

He's so supportive and tentative to you 😭 he's the first to come to your rescue whenever you're having a tough time in a battle!

Horror:

He doesn't think much of it. Not pretty big when it comes to playing an instrument, but it is nice to listen to you while he's drifting off to sleep.

He doesn't really care for it, hence -> he won't know anything about it. But he will support you. (Depending on what relationship you two have)

Just like the others, he also attends the times you play for the others, but only really focus on you. Not much on your skill.

He just likes you for you, no special skill is going to change that.

Horror is pretty much like your personal guardian when it comes to battles. As stated all the other times, your skill isn't really fit for battlefield, unless......

Horror actually helps you out a lot in this field. He gives you advice on how to use your skills in battle. And they're actually really good! (Unlike Killer's 💀)

He doesn't even know that the things he's saying are actually very helpful 💀

He just says what sounds right for him.

Lmao, bro absentmindedly helps you out the most of the bunch, which is actually really funny.

Error:

Also not big on instruments, but he sees you as an inspiration. Knowing how to play so many instruments is pretty impressive. And you do it flawlessly too!

He also, like the others attends your little "shows".

No matter what you play, he WILL fall asleep. It's not because it's boring, but your music is just calming to him.

You could be playing like a rock music, and he WILL STILL fall asleep. 💀

It's pretty much just impressive from his side at this point.

He thinks that you're actually pretty good in battle. Doesn't know what the other's are on about.

He would suspect you would be dead in seconds, but you actually survive them! Sure, not without injuries, but still. You can defend yourself somehow.

Dream:

Loves to hear you play the more calming instruments, rather than the loud ones. (Rock, Metal, etc. just won't do for him 😭)

He's seriously so proud of you!

As stated before, he doesn't like it when you're playing something loud. It hurts his nonexistent ears 💀🙏🏻

Almost burned your electric guitar one day... Says that it was an accident. (It wasn't.) Look, it was just in the way, and he wasn't looking! (It was annoying him, so he almost committed murder against your guitar 💀)

He hates loud instruments partly because he's supposed to be the protector of hopes and dreams, but it's mostly because it reminds him of his brother... :(

Always rushes to your rescue when in battle. Actually, doesn't even let you fight in the battles.

He just doesn't want to see you harmed in any way. Can't let his little muse die.

Ink:

Unlike Dream, Ink LOVES the loud instruments. (He also thinks you look attractive when playing them, but that's besides the point)

He's constantly encouraging you to play them, which irks Dream in return.

He thinks you're matching with the both of you having "artistic" hobbies. (He's actually so cute while saying that, like it's his best accomplishment)

If he could, he would sell his BRUSH just to hear you sing (not broomie 😭)

Comes to your shows whenever he remembers. His memory isn't that great, as we know.... So he'll most likely forget, and then remember when it's too late. He feels so bad that you actually can't help but feel sad for him.

He's actually on his knees, begging you for forgiveness. (You're not actually mad at him) He's such a sub while doing this that it's crazy 💀

Gets annoyed by your lack of fighting skills. Can't help but roll his eyes. (He'll still help you, because he likes you. But he WILL complain)

Just give him new pencils after, and he'll stop with the complaints.

Swap:

He's at awe at your skills. You inspire him to start learning himself! Of course he tries to learn by himself at first, due to not wanting to bother you. But after he figures out he can't learn by himself, he goes to you for help.

He's a really fast learner, so he gets the hang of it almost immediately. Which you appreciate. ^^

He also comes to listen to you performing! He swore to you that he'd come at every show. And he never broke it either!

After he gets better at his selective instrument and after he'll get more confident, he'll want to join you to perform with you! (Of course, if it's ok with you)

I swear, he's so supportive.

Doesn't care about your lack of fighting skills. It just gives him an excuse to protect you to be honest.

He seriously loves to be your knight in shining armor, definitely has this little fantasy that you're a princess/prince and he's the knight saving you from the HORRIBLE monster. (Nightmare)

[ladykailitha]

A Love Connection Part 3

Hey, all! Welcome to first of two posts today.

I've really got to ask, are you guys seeing these posts? I dropped from 70-80 notes on a post at the beginning of the month to barely cracking 40-50 these days and then it slowly works up as more people see it, but it's taking weeks to get that when it used to take a day maybe two.

I did change my schedule but the people I'm tagging should be able to see them right? And the people that have me on notifications?

Also I've seen a sharp drop in people that used to comment and reblog all the time, from anywhere from not seeing them at all to them only liking a post.

I'm not trying to dog anyone, I'm just curious about the sudden change.

Any advice would be helpful.

This morning's chapter includes the cutest kitten (Sorry Nermal), a Robin apology, and Chrissy and Robin have a confession to make.

Part 1 Part 2

~

Steve pulled up to the apartment building and turned off his car. He put his head on the steering wheel with a heavy sigh. He was about to hit his head on the horn when he heard it. He lifted his head and tilted it.

There!

Steve scrambled to get out of the car. He rushed toward the sound. He skidded on the wet and icy pavement as he tried to come to a stop, nearly toppling over in the process. Near the dumpsters was a wet cardboard box, falling apart in the thick snow.

He scrambled toward it, trying to keep his feet under him. He knelt in the snow and peeled back as sagging corner of the box to reveal the sweetest thing he had ever seen. There, all alone in the destroyed box was a small cream colored kitten with dark brown ears. It looked up at Steve and mewled in the weakest, most plaintive meow imaginable.

He sank to his knees and with gentle hands scooped the wet creature into his arms. It clung to him as he stood shakily to his feet.

“Hey, little guy,” he murmured. “Don’t you know outside is no place to be at this time of year?”

It mewled again and clung a little harder to Steve’s coat. “There’s no place open for me to get you checked out, little one, but let’s get you inside and dried off at the very least, then I’ll see what I have that you can eat until I can get you some proper food. How does that sound?”

“Mew!”

Steve chuckled. “I figured you’d be down with that.”

He turned away from the now fully collapsed box, that once had read on the outside “KITTENS FREE TO GOOD HOME”

~

Before Steve even gotten the kitten dried and fed, he knew he was going to keep it. The poor little thing was as alone as he was feeling in that moment.

He looked up vet services and vowed to make a run to the pet store for supplies first thing in the morning.

He looked up everything he could; like how old the kitten was likely to be, what kind of nutrition the little thing needed, how to tell the sex of his new friend, what toys it would need, proper bedding.

He fell asleep reading how to tell how big a kitten was going to grow up to be, the kitten nestled under his chin.

Steve woke up to distressed mewling. He shot up when he realized it, no not it, he, was no longer on his chest. At first he couldn’t see him, but then he caught sight of the small little paw located near the distressed meows.

He peered over the sofa and burst out laughing. Somehow the kitten had gotten one of his claws caught in the afghan Joyce had given him his first year as a teacher. Something she did for all new teachers at her school regardless of their years being a teacher.

He reached over and gently untangled the little thing from the blanket. “There you go. What were you doing up there anyway?”

“Merrow!” he meowed.

Steve checked his watch and was pleased to note it was barely seven. Which meant he had plenty of time to get dressed, get the little tyke checked out and to stop by the pet store for supplies.

He set him down on the sofa and immediately the kitten tried to walk off the edge. “All all kittens this dumb or is it just you?”

“Meroh!” the kitten cried.

He laughed and scooped him up into his arms. He set the kitten in the middle of the bed so he could change his clothes. Steve laughed every time he had to stop what he was doing and rescue him from the edge, placing him in the center of the bed once again.

Finally he was ready to go. He placed the kitten in his coat to keep it from getting stuck under the car seat and for Steve’s own piece of mind.

He drove to the nearest vet and hoped it wouldn’t cost him an arm and a leg to get the little guy checked out.

~

The vet was quick and painless. On his wallet too. The nice lady at the desk got him set up with a vaccination schedule and the adoption papers.

“All right,” she said warmly, “all he needs is a name.”

Steve chewed on his lip for a moment before he wrote in big capital letters “ODIE”.

She raised her eyebrow but before she could comment the vet’s assistant came out with the little rascal. “That has got be the stupidest or the most fearless kitten I’ve ever met.”

The desk lady looked back at the vet’s assistant and then back at Steve who was trying very hard to hide his smile and failing miserably.

She sighed and helped put the kitten in a cardboard carrier. “There you go, Odie is all set.”

The vet’s assistant burst out laughing. “I like it.”

Steve was about to ask for her number when he noticed a ring on her left hand. Damn.

Oh well, he couldn’t win them all. He thanked them both and took his new friend out to his car.

“Come on, Odie,” he murmured, buckling the carrier into the passenger seat, “lets go get you everything you’ll need.”

~

Steve had just gotten into the car when his cell phone pinged. He opened it to reveal a text from Robin telling him to call her.

He dialed her number. “Hey, Bobbin.”

“So, um...my girlfriend is mad at me for ditching you,” she began nervously, “and making you watch the AV club when last night was supposed to be about hanging out with you before we left.”

Steve sighed. Which meant that Robin had lied to Chrissy about him joining them later and she only found out this morning that was never the plan. “How much hot water are you in?”

“A lot,” Robin admitted. “Like if this trip hadn’t been planned for months, I wouldn’t be going kind of hot water.”

He pinched the bridge of his nose with his free hand and sighed. “Yeah, that’s pretty bad. Is she doing the thing with her bottom lip and watery eyes?”

“Yes!” she wailed. “Now I feel horrible!”

“About upsetting your girlfriend or for ditching me?” he asked because he felt it was a very important distinction she needed to make.

“Shit!” she hissed. “Of course I feel horrible about leaving you with seven little demons. I know I wasn’t last night when you were messaging me, but I filled with booze. When I got home I was filled with regret. I’m the one that told her about ditching you, she didn’t find out any other way. I promise. You know how get with pretty ladies. Chrissy had showed me what she planned to wear out last night, yesterday morning and that the only thought in my head all day. And when you kept messaging me, and Chrissy kept asking me when you were coming out, I just dug a hole for myself and just kept digging. I’m really sorry.”

She paused for a moment. “I probably should have led with that instead of the upset girlfriend, huh?”

Steve clicked his tongue. “Yeah, probably. So when are you two leaving?”

“In a few minutes,” she murmured. “We have everything packed up and ready to go, we just need to get to the airport and get checked in.”

“Are you sure you two don’t want me to take you?” Steve asked. “I could be there in five minutes. That way you don’t have to take an Uber or pay for long term parking.”

Suddenly there was BEEP, BEEP!

“Looks like our ride is here,” Robin said. “Chrissy got one of her friends to take us because they live closer. But you better pick us up, okay? I’ll miss your stupid face.”

“Your face is stupider,” Steve teased back. “You two ladies have a great trip and I’ll see you in a week.”

Robin sighed dramatically. “Don’t do anything stupid while I’m gone.”

“I can’t,” Steve said, “you’re taking all the stupid with you.”

“Hey!” she protested as he hung up on her. He chuckled at the immediate message he got after the call disconnected.

He looked over at the new cat carrier he bought. It was much bigger than Odie currently needed but Steve wanted to give him room to grow into. The kitten was currently asleep in it. Having passed out while Steve was shopping. This is didn’t count as doing something stupid while she was gone, he reasoned, because she was still here.

~

Once Steve got home, he setup the cat bed in the living room, the food and water dishes in the kitchen and the litterbox in the bathroom. He would need to be trained to use the litterbox, but the nice ladies at the vet said it was fairly easy because it was pretty much their instinct to want to bury their wastes.

Steve just had to be consistent. Which was perfect because he had the next two weeks off.

He put the pet toys in his room and settled Odie in. He had been fed and shown the litterbox where he promptly did his business. Steve turned on the latest season of “A Love Connection” and Odie immediately curled up on Steve’s chest right under his chin.

Yeah, this was going to work out just fine.

Over the next week Steve and Odie got used to each other and Steve learned that Odie was more fearless than stupid. He wouldn’t go anywhere he might actually get hurt, once he knew where the limits were. But he was always testing those limits.

Steve knew that he would probably have to find a bigger place once Odie had grown up because of all the jumping the little thing tried to do.

The kitten was aptly named in one sense though, he followed Steve around like a dog. Always at Steve’s heels.

He wasn’t sure how many times he almost stepped on Odie, but it was a lot. But he had good reflexes and he sure put them to the test.

~

A week later, Chrissy and Robin showed up at the apartment with a six pack of his favorite beer, a large bag of gummy worms, and of course his Christmas presents. But it was the guilty expressions that really sold it.

“So um...” Robin began looking at Chrissy for help. “In early November, ‘Love Connection’ posted online for a casting call for their all queer season of their show. I think it’s a little rude that it’ll be for the thirteenth season, but–”

Chrissy put her hand on Robin’s arm. “What Robin is trying to say is that we sent in your application as a joke. We didn’t think that they would pick it. It was one in a couple million shot, you know? Anyway, I think they must have recognized my email as the one attached to my Twitter account and well...”

Steve put his face in his hands. “You didn’t...come on, guys. I don’t want to go on a game show to find love. I’m not that desperate yet.”

“We brought you gummy bears and beer!” Robin said hold up her prizes like that would help the matter. At all.

Steve was ready to open his mouth to shut this down when he got the best idea. “I’ll do the show on one condition,” he said with a blinding smile.

Chrissy and Robin shared a shocked glance. They didn’t think he would agree so easily.

“Yeah, okay,” Chrissy said warily, not sure where this was going.

Steve dashed into the bedroom and came back holding the kitten Lion King style. “I get to keep Odie!”

~

Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8

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[toto-the-cactus]

Dont think about the primarch-turned demon lords, in their own corners of the warp, having small shrines to their spouses and children. Not even the gods darw touch these small memorials to families they will never see again.

Ayo, I posted that lil story with Perturabo angst and forgot to answer this ask. Call me dumb of the ass because hot damn I am an idiot.

Too late, head full of thoughts about some of the most emotional Primarchs having these little vaults or rooms where they keep things that used to belong to their daughter when they were babies (Mortarion- who kept the crib he made for his daughters and stares at it with grief, Angron- who kept the bloody blanket that was used to cover his daughter when she was born, Lorgar- who has built a literal shrine with either pieces of clothing or trinkets that help him remember them, Magnus- who kept the favorite book of his daughter that she always begged him to read).

The poor mew-mews.

[adiosterror]

What's up gang, I'm here with the long awaited egbert collection, call this shit MTV cribs: selfshipper edition

This is just a post to share my collection of merch related to John/June Egbert since I got the Heir of Breath hood today, which is the blue in the back of these photos

Warning: may be too cool for your naked eyes, please wear safety goggles when viewing this post

Here it is!! This is everything I have john related or at least with john on it lol, I'll give y'all a tour

Here's the left side, I'll count the actual hood in here which is what I got today!! It's about 5'4 long and I LOVE IT it's so cozy,,,

To the far left is my breath t-shirt that I got with a comfort character package from etsy, which is also where I got that letter!! What's in it is for my eyes only ehehe,, and up top there is the john candle from Honey Weasel Candles!! I got it at SAHCon this year along with a lot of other candles and I love love love it, I highly recommend them for candle girlies

Those two little paper things are some stickers I got with the Heir hood today!! They're absolutely adorable, I don't wanna use them lol

And in the very center is my prized john keychain from Requiem x Homestuck 2023, I have all four of the kids from 23, but not any from 24 since I wasn't a huge fan of the artstyle

And that breath pin is another thing from etsy! I got it to wear on my work hat and I got some compliments on it lol, I have it since I'm a breath player but he is too, so I counted it

Also!! I didn't take any pictures of it specifically because I'm dumb but that 4/13 book is an art zine from my local convention this year!! I love the art SO much and I'd love to share it with y'all if you're interested!!

OH MY GOD I FORGOT MY BRACELET I WAS JUST ABOUT TO POST THIS HOW COULD I FORGET

This also came with my comfort character package with the shirt and letter!! The bells on it used to be pink and blue but they've worn down a lot now,, and one of the bells got crushed by wear and tear

This bracelet is my biggest comfort,, I never take it off and the jingles soothe my anxiety if I'm overstimulated,, I totally forgot about it because I'm wearing sleeves lol, but this is my prized possession,, along with my ancient mew pokemon card, but that's a collection for another day

Thank y'all so much for coming to the ted talk!! And thank you so much to the etsy and convention sellers that helped me fuel my addiction lol

If you're curious about any of the shops I got these from, please do ask me!! Especially with the comfort character package, they do a ton of different fandoms!

Much love, and byebye 💖💖

(Watch me remake this post later today because I forgot something else.. it always happens lol)

[blacktoothcomics]

YOU CAN CLICK THE TAGS BELOW TO FIND THINGS I HAVE WRITTEN &/OR CURATED FROM OTHER USERS IN REBLOGS. 8D neet.

because i am SH*T at remembering things, here is a masterpost chat and contacts list (only mutuals can respond and reblog, safety first chickadees!) :

@blacktoothcomics -- ezra, he/they. unemployed and officially disabled. i share a town incredibly accidentally with jason mewes, like sold the man groceries during covid and had a fun little chat; certain now that kimmie's ghost has been watching over me.

@clearlyafandomblog -- rae, ezra's very strong wife. internet curation and social justice. extrovert. icon. genius. i lose all my grammar when i am around her. turned the proudest man you know into a simp. settled this bachelor. adopted this hobo. holder of ezra's lifedebt, but firstly and foremostly a loyal comrade.

@cuppa-decaf -- jeff, may or may not be pretending to be 15 again with ezra, they were well past age 21 whenever they drank together in public but it was still good anarcho fun to play chicken with the cop under the fireworks that night.

@silentlia -- silent, she/her. super groovy author, illustrator and social theorist that ezra met on roleplay repository dot com. excellent taste in wrestling theater, cultural migrant awareness, and games both video and tabletop alike.

@gracelithorizon -- the comic collaboration between ezra and silent, for free to everyone to enjoy or ignore at your leisure! (please share any similar projects of your own, if you wanna contribute blog curation or make requests and changes to this masterlist also, or do none of that cos im not ur parents)

@bettie-jettatura -- bettie, she/her. childhood cousin (?) to jeff and teenhood chum to ezra. no beatnik movement would be complete without a bettie, and that's all i'm gonna say about [redacted] with the body in that factory down [redacted] street, lmao, you know the one.

@anurognathusvilheimium -- vilheimie!! kermit noodle arms flappy yayyy dot gif!! a beleaguered STEM professional living in chemical-train-crash-noxious-fumes country. doing his best at all times and deserving of as much vacation as you could possibly give.

to get list:

vilheim, he could use some goofiness poor mans working with factory town republicans

marissa, for obvious reasons

reggie if he's down for only strictly clowning (no bad vibes allowed, no music supremacy)

oh, melee!!

and peanut.

AND WHERE IS BRENNAN MI BOIIY

codeine + crew, possibly

and anyone YOU people think would enjoy dumb radical performance art in a supportive and science-positive everything-ology interest group. to be taken as seriously or as stupidly as you wanna, baybee, ezra had to smoke a lot of weed to be comfortable typing in the third person (but that's just, like, creative journalistic formatting shh it's fiiine)

yell @ ppl here! message me (blacktoothcomics, ezra) to get your user or blog name added to my follow / mutuals and thus tagged access to reply in this post. i have to know you irl to list you here, sorry!

[steddiebang]

The Pizza Box Pact

Author: @pizzaqueen l Artist: @Goingsteddi3 l Artist: @cousin-itt Posting on Sunday, November 5

Eddie and Steve have been living together, working together, and raising their cat together for a few years, now, but they’re not together together. They’re friends—the best of—nothing more, and they’re happy. At least, Eddie is, and he thought Steve was too. But then he finds a pact they made, one drunken night ten years ago, where they pledged to ‘marry’ each other if they were still single by the time they’re thirty, and everything changes. Steve isn’t amused by the reappearance of the pact, seems almost upset by it, and Eddie figures it’s because he’s going to be thirty soon and doesn’t have a girlfriend. So, he does what any best friend would do: pledges to find Steve the perfect woman, setting him up on a series of unsuccessful blind dates. Somewhere along the way, Eddie rediscovers feelings that he thought he’d put aside years ago. He just hopes he hasn’t found them again too late.

Keep reading for a sneak preview!

“Hey, Steve”—Eddie tumbles into the kitchen, waving the piece of cardboard—“check this out!” He thrusts the pact under Steve’s nose, glee bubbling in his veins as he waits for Steve’s reaction.

“Dude.” Steve leans back, setting down his mug of coffee and swiping the cardboard from Eddie. There’s this look of fond annoyance on his face, one that Eddie is more than familiar with, but it slowly fades as he reads the words written in Eddie’s janky hand. He gives the cardboard back to Eddie. “Why do you still have that?”

Eddie folds himself onto the chair across from Steve at the kitchen table. It’s this old chrome-edged formica thing—a little too kitsch for Eddie’s taste, and definitely too kitsch for Steve’s—that was left by the former residents, along with four mismatched chairs and a mug that says ‘stay cool’ with a picture of a big, yellow cat lying on a melting block of ice.

“You don’t get rid of a pact.” Sure, Eddie forgot about it in the ensuing years, but a pact is a pact. And, well, he likes yanking Steve’s chain.

“We were just dumb kids.”

“You’re only saying that because you’re pushing thirty and you’re still single.” Eddie waves the cardboard. “Time’s running out, man, you’re going to be stuck with me soon.”

“I’m already stuck with you.”

“True.” Eddie reaches for Steve’s coffee mug, but Steve bats his hand out of the way before he can grab it. “We’re practically married already, right? Live together, work together, raising our child together…”

As if on cue, Mercury pads into the room, stopping pointedly by her bowl and meowing. Loudly. Eddie pushes himself to his feet, dragging himself over to the cupboard.

“So everyone keeps saying,” Steve murmurs.

“Who says that?” Eddie gets out the cat food, stooping down to scratch his fingers under Mercury’s chin. “Did Daddy forget to feed you?”

“I didn’t forget,” Steve says, “and stop calling me that. She’s a cat, not our kid.” He crosses his arms over his stomach.

Eddie makes a show of gasping and covering Mercury’s ears. “She’s right here.” When Steve only grunts, hiding his face behind his mug, Eddie says, “So, who says we’re practically married?”

“No one.”

“Well, someone’s grumpy this morning.”

“Well, someone came in here while I was in the middle of my morning coffee, waving some stupid old piece of paper at me.”

Eddie’s brow furrows. He was expecting Steve to at least laugh about this, but he’s being weird. “I’m not actually going to hold you to the pact.”

“Didn’t think you would.”

Right. Time for a different tack. “Is this about you still being single?” Eddie pushes himself to his feet, ignoring Mercury’s indignant mew at leaving her unfed. “Because you’ll find someone. Maybe not by the time you’re thirty, but there’s plenty of time.”

“Yeah, sure.”

“Okay.” The scent of cat food hits Eddie’s nose as he opens the tin; he makes a face and bends down to empty it into Mercury’s bowl. She’s already engrossed in eating when scratches her head again, and he huffs softly before he throws the empty tin out. “Well, being footloose and fancy-free isn’t so bad, is it?”

Eddie likes his life—their life—even if it’s not what he thought it would be. He’s swapped the dream of Madison Square Garden for a music store in Chicago, tour buses and a mansion for an old van and an apartment above the store, and he hasn’t gone on a date in months. Or longer. But he’s still bringing music to people via Corroded Vinyl, he still plays occasionally, and he has Mercury and Steve and their friends. It’s good.

“Dude,” Steve says, stomping over and pulling the empty cat food tin out of the trash, “I’ve told you a million times to wash these first.”

“Sorry. Haven’t had my coffee, yet.” Eddie grabs his favorite mug and pours some coffee into it, along with a healthy serving of cream and sugar. He waits for one of Steve’s usual remarks—about rotting his teeth, or clogging his arteries—but he doesn’t say anything. It sits uneasily. He blows on his coffee and adds, “Anyway, when was the last time I forgot? At least I, unlike a certain roommate who I won’t name, have learned to pick up my wet towels.”

Water drums against the sink, splashing up the sides as Steve runs the tin under the spray. “Whatever.”

“Do you know how gross it is to step on a cold, wet towel when you’re not expecting it?”

“You’ve survived so far,” Steve says, the tiniest hint of a smile playing on his lips and, for a moment, Eddie thinks this can all be forgotten, but the smile fades, and Steve adds, “I just… I’m getting kinda old for footloose and fancy-free.”

Eddie leans back against the counter near the sink; as Steve moves, his elbow brushes Eddie’s arm, and their hips bump once or twice. “I’m older than you.”

“I’m not you.”

“Okay, who pissed in your Wheaties?”

“No one.” Steve empties the sink, shakes the tin out, and dumps it back in the trash. “I’m going to open the store,” he says, stopping by the table to gulp the rest of his coffee before he heads out.

Eddie blinks at the space where Steve was a moment ago. “Well, that was weird.” He looks at Mercury. “You know what’s got into your second favorite dad?”

Mercury looks up at Eddie, then trots away.

“Very helpful, thanks.” Eddie shrugs and pours himself a bowl of Count Chocula; he spoons some cereal into his mouth and throws the pact in the trash, then takes it back out and sticks it on the fridge with a Snoopy magnet. He’s not throwing it away because Steve’s in a shitty mood.

Maybe Steve will find it funny when he’s woken up properly.

Read more on November 5!

[chaos0pikachu]

i'm sorry for jumping into your inbox like this but what bothers me about people going "the show is making a point about how society treats sluts!" when talking about only friends, and boston in particular, is that this point is made (a lot of the time, from what I've seen) in this weird condescending tone, as if the people questioning the narrative and going "hey, what the fuck" are just too stupid to get it, yk

(also, sidenote: if the show was trying to make a point, do a commentary, a critique if you will about how society (even queer society) slut shames and treats nonmonogamy, it failed imo, lmao)

Don't be sorry! I've basically been bothering my penpal about this all day lmao they don't even watch the show but they're feeling my rage today so bother away you're very literally doing them a favor

Personally, and this is me being openly a bitch, I think some folks are just looking for excuses to justify that they're fine with the finale (b/c ppl don't wanna feel guilty about liking something problematic~) or that Jojo isn't a bad writer actually. Which, bro who cares, if you enjoyed the ending dope, I didn't.

I've said this before, but other media has made commentary regarding sex, and slut shaming in ways that hits harder and better. Without doing the office looking into the camera action. I hate when ppl say that we're not fucking stupid like my god I work in a creative industry I understand both how narrative works and how it's literally made. I've SEEN the sausage I've been to the factory front row.

But even without that experience ppl aren't dumb, they can tell when they're being sold something disingenuous. Those takes that "well you just don't see~~ the vision" or "the show doesn't have a message, actually" when Yo was literally monologuing the message for 5mins at the end of the show is hella disingenuous. People also seem to forget that inherent and implicit bias are a thing in all of us, yes even the creators you like.

Also you can't have both, either the show was purposely making commentary regarding how society treats promiscuous people, people who are poly or want open relationships and critiquing that OR the show didn't have a message at all and was totally egalitarian.

If it's the former it failed drastically, I wrote weeks ago that the show was slut shaming Boston, I had a whole draft about how the hypocrisy of the characters wasn't intentional (but it'll stay in the drafts now I don't feel like cleaning it up lol), Boston ended up punished every step of the narrative repeatedly - with Mew blackmailing him, with Gap non-con recording him, with Atom, with Cheum, with the whole friend group, and in the end even Nick left him - with no recourse. With no opposing viewpoint. Nick was the only char who showed Boston a shred of empathy - and even then, he still showed Atom more empathy than he deserved - and in the end that was used up too.

If it's the latter the show still failed b/c the show absolutely had a ton of bias - I've had multiple ppl point out to me that the darker skinned chars are all predators or slutty whores in the show - and dropped storylines that should have been expanded on - Gap has folders upon folders of sex tapes???? Does Boston's privacy not matter?? - that were dropped in favor of further punishing Boston. And when things were supposed to be seen as "bad" the narrative made them clear.

Mew partying was bad, Ray drinking was bad, Boston sleeping around, welp you guessed it.

but yeah, how exhausting tbh all I want post-series is a bunch of Boston fanfic that gives him justice or even some fucking nuance (oh and that playboyy the series is actually good lol)

[atwooozi]

Almost Perfect (Sebastian x Fem!Farmer) Chapter 18: More Than Enough

Warnings: Slow burn, personal struggles, anxiety, depression, eventual smut

Summary: Angeline finds herself in a whirlwind of emotions when Sebastian, whom she believed was avoiding her, suddenly appears on her doorstep asking her out on a date to the Dance of the Moonlight Jellies.

A/N: Hey everyone!

Sadly today's chapter is kind of short. It's a bit of a transitional chapter, but the next chapter is a little over double in length, so I'm keeping y'all fed.

Also, while I don't want to slow down in updating I might have to in the not too distant future just because of personal reasons. Luckily I have a steady some chapters backlogged so I would hope if the series took a small hiatus it wouldn't be too long. Thank you all so much for reading this, seriously. I look forward to posting every week.

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Chapter 18: More Than Enough

Summer 27

Angeline shut the door behind her once Sebastian had left. She couldn’t believe it. She sunk down to the cool wooden floor and rested her back on the door. He asked her out on a date. She thought he was avoiding her. She hadn’t seen him in days, now all of a sudden he appeared on her doorstep asking to take her to the Dance of the Moonlight Jellies. 

Days had passed without a word from him, but then he just magically appeared. She couldn’t believe it. She kept replaying the scene in her mind over and over. 

She sat there on the floor thinking to herself, a dumb smile playing on her face. She couldn’t help but wonder what had happened that made him want to ask her out. 

Lost in her thoughts, she didn’t notice the cat, Handsome, laying on her lap. “Hey, big guy.” She smiled down at him and gave him some pets, her fingers finding their way to his soft orange fur. Handsome responded with a gentle mew, nuzzling against her hand before hopping off to explore the farm. 

Angeline sighed and stood up. She needed to get to work. The season was ending soon and there was so much work that needed to be done. She could daydream about some other time. 

With a determined exhale, she pushed herself up from the floor. Opening the door once more, she stepped into the crisp morning air, ready to face the day. The sunlight filtered through the trees. She took a deep breath, the scent of summer still in the air for a bit longer. 

As she made her way towards the fields, the weight of Sebastian’s invitation settled comfortably in her heart. Yes, she had things to do, but there was no harm indulging in the warmth she was currently feeling for a bit longer. She smiled to herself as she made a mental note to call Haley later, her excitement bubbling just beneath the surface. 

~*~

It was like clockwork, as soon as Angeline had gotten off the phone with Haley, she was already heading over. She thought it was unnecessary that Haley needed to come over right away, but the blonde thought otherwise. 

Angeline looked through her clothes, trying to think of what she should wear tomorrow. Would it even really matter? It was going to be night after all. Sebastian wouldn't really be able to see her outfit. Would he even care that much to begin with? 

Before Angeline could think on it any more there was a knock at the door. “Coming!” She called as she hurried out of her room. 

“Hurry!” Haley whined from the other side of the door. 

Angeline opened the door and was shocked to see a mountain of clothes in Haley’s arms. She was surprised the blonde was even able to knock with how much she was holding. 

“Wouldn't it have made more sense for me to come to your house?” Angeline asked as she moved out of the way. 

“Oh shush.” Haley chided as she made her way in and carefully placed the clothes on her worn couch. “I needed a change of scenery.” she said as she glanced around the farmhouse. “...This will do.” 

Angeline rolled her eyes playfully. “Oh thank goodness.” She looked through the clothes and sighed. “Do you think any of this really matters?” 

Haley gasped. “Of course it does.” She pulled a pink dress out of the pile. “Night time or not it's still a date!” 

Angeline pouted as she listened to Haley. She couldn't even remember the last time she went on a date. As silly as it felt to get all dressed up for a night in Pelican Town it was still a date with Sebastian, someone she really liked. Someone that made her feel special. 

“Yeah you're right.” Angeline nodded as she picked through the clothes. 

Haley gave a satisfied grin. “Yeah, I know.” 

The blonde hummed as she picked through the different outfits. “I feel like you should wear blue again because it's the moonlight jellies…but you just wore blue.” Haley pouted as she thought out loud. “Maybe purple?” 

Angeline nodded. “I like purple.” 

“I think your emo boy likes purple too.” Haley mused as she picked up a periwinkle floral maxi skirt and a mauve camisole-style top. “I think this would be good.” 

Angeline took the top and shirt into her hands and placed it against her body a bit unsure. “It's going to be cold though.” 

“Duh.” Haley gave Angeline a dull look. “That's so he'll give you his hoodie.” 

Angeline flushed at the thought. “Or maybe he'll wrap his arms around you to keep you warm.” Haley continued as she hugged herself. “Ugh! It'll be so cute and romantic.” 

Angeline couldn't help but smile at the thought. It would be nice to be held in Sebastian's arms, but he was hardly the touchy type. “There's no way that's gonna happen.” She shook her head. 

“A girl can dream!” Haley sighed and hugged Angeline, resting her head on the other girl's shoulder. “I feel like I'm more excited than you are.” 

Angeline opened her mouth to protest but she had nothing to say. Haley was right. She wasn't exactly excited as she thought she'd be. It wasn't that she wasn't looking forward to it. In fact, she could hardly wait. She knew that when it was time to go to bed she'd be restless from how nervous she'd feel. “I think it's just happening really fast…” Angeline said softly. 

Haley frowned as she listened to Angeline. “What do you mean?” 

“I mean, the Dance of the Moonlight Jellies is tomorrow night.” Angeline explained. “I feel like I haven't had a chance to let it all sink in.” 

Haley let go of Angeline and nodded slowly and sat down on the arm of the couch. “I guess…” she pouted. “but you want to do this, right?” 

Angeline nodded firmly but sighed. “Yeah, I'm just afraid he won't like me…”

The girls sat in silence which caused Angeline’s anxieties to amplify. She was so happy to be doing this with Sebastian. It felt like a dream, but she couldn't help but feel like it could all end so horribly. Yes, they only got this far because they liked each other, but was that enough? Was she enough? 

“How could he not like you?” Haley said, causing Angeline to break from her thoughts. “You're one of the best things to ever happen in this town.” 

“...Haley.” Angeline sighed. She didn't have to boost her up like that. 

“I mean it!” Haley said, standing up from her seat. “You're a good friend, really brave, and super thoughtful.” Angeline flushed at Haley’s words. It really wasn't like the blonde to shower anyone with compliments. “If he doesn't like you then he's an idiot and I'll give you full permission to date his friend or that other guy Sophia was talking about!” 

Angeline couldn't help but laugh. “I didn't realize I needed permission to go on a date with Sam or Victor.” 

“You don't! But you have my support to ruin his life if he hurts you.” Haley huffed and flipped her hair over her shoulder. “But none of that is necessary because you're you and you have the perfect outfit for tomorrow, got it?” 

Angeline smiled and nodded. “Got it.” 

“Good.” Haley gave a satisfied smile. “I'm gonna go, but if you need me you better call me.” she said as she made her way to the door. 

“What about all these clothes?” Angeline said as she looked at the pile on her couch. 

“Keep ‘em!” Haley waved Angeline off already making her way out the door. 

“Haley!” Angeline called after the girl. She couldn't keep just giving her clothes without even letting her pay for her. 

“I can't hear you~!” Haley sang as she made her way down the path to town. 

Angeline sighed and leaned against the doorway as she watched Haley leave. She needed to get her the pink cake yesterday and then some. There was no way she could keep everything Haley had given her without giving her something back in return. It was just too much. 

“That girl…” Angeline shook her head and closed the door to her house. She supposed for now she could pay Haley back by going on a date and having a nice time. If it were anyone else it would hardly suffice for any kind of payback, but for Haley the stories were more than enough. 

[gren-arlio]

So. Fia and the Mysterious School.

So uh...Yeah, I know I'm seriously late to the party when it comes to this stuff, but I realized that this was mostly done and it was in drafts, so I might as well post it. This might just be filler for the big post, but enjoy nevertheless. ----

Madou 4 is... looking pretty cool, I'm not gonna lie. Really enjoying the art direction they're going for. And the designs of the characters? Amazing.

Like genuinely, even if it doesn't get an official English release, I'm down to watch and learn about it.

(They're so...silly...)

Even the screenshot of the overworld is very charming to boot.

I heard a pal say "It looks like Gen 6 of Pokémon" and I could see it, but we'll have to wait and see for the true experience of this game.

I'll make what I think of the characters a Read More thing. Imo, looking amazing.

You can read about the stuff right here.

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Fia:

The newest silly girl on the block. Besides me thinking that Witch finally got her name chosen, I genuinely love the design they went for, since small hats are peak character designs.

Apparently she's a bit of an airhead and I'm all for it. Let her get involved into dumb stuff because she's dense and clueless and stupid. We love that in this world.

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Will:

Tbh, besides the whole crop top thing he has, I absolutely dig the design and color choices they went for. And also excluding the fact that his name is Will in a fantasy game, I do find it curious that he has a twin brother, Roy, who's apparently a teacher.

Oh, and since this is making headlines: Apparently he's got a mix of Lagnus and Rulue in him. So he HAS to be peak.

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Leena:

I really dig the design, I won't deny it, somehow they made almost all blue look really, really nice. The site says that she's calm and collected, but struggles with speaking to people, which I will most likely hope is just her being shy to talk to people, rather than the whole "She just sounds like a pervert," like Schezo does.

She also apparently reads a lot, if the glasses and the shy personality didn't point at her being quite the reader. So with that, she might be peak.

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Totto:

Green mage with white hair that covers the eye? Where have I seen that before... Jokes aside, he does open his eyes compared to someone we do know, and he's pretty different. According to the site, he's someone with a lotta info...you just gotta pay the dude for it. So like Anna from Fire Emblem.

Also apparently, there's some promise he made to someone? Who knows about it for now?

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Eska:

Now this design is pretty unique, yellow and white with pink eyes is an interesting choice of coloring they went for. I genuinely like what they went for with her, AND she's half dragon? I wonder what they're gonna go with her.

She gains interest to Fia (It google translates to Fear, so uh...yeah.) after the start of the game, and she doesn't really have common sense, which is gonna be interesting.

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Roy:

Besides the fact that he is NOT our boy this time around, Roy is Will's twin brother who went the teacher route in life rather than the hero route. He's basically the antithesis of Will; Cool-headed and prefers to be realistic to Will's optimism.

Also, I think he visually looks better than Will, but eh, that could change in due time.

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And finally, Jurk:

Besides his kinda bad name IMO, I like his design a lot. A guy who simply travels the world is always a fun concept in any game, and his design is honestly one of the best I've seen from the game. He's also friends with the headmaster of the school, which could be interesting.

My main concern is the person he tags along with, Mew. She's probably going to be an alright character, but I don't have super high hopes of that. Plus, her design isn't selling me at all, it just doesn't look right.

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But yeah, those are (at least for now), my honest thoughts for the game RN. Maybe when more is covered and shown off sometime. But that'll be all for today.

[muppetjokernumpurr33fan]

[S] ==> Nepeta Leijon: Try out the weird nerd app

ugh.. is this thing working?? hello??

hell- oh!

:33 < HELLO!!!

im nepeta leijon (DUHH!!!)

idrk how this app works so sorry if this is a bad intro post or i act dumb.. LOL X3

im gendpurrfluid and abroromantic. i dont have yhe enfurgy to explain them so purr just gma have to search them up xp

he/she/they/it/pretty/princes/dude/bro/pesterchum/kitty/paw/fur/tail/ear/catnip purronouns but those r just meow mainz.. i use any fur both avfurage and neo!!

im in a moirallegiance w equius, and i have flushed f33lings fur karkitty and fefuri!! f33l fur33 to send in asks abt them :3 some of meow othfur furiends might come in and anspurr too!!

dni: basic, gamz33 kinnies (mew know what mew did ^ò^ó^), anti homestuckies, anti self shippurra, cringe cultfur enthusiasts and anyone of the sort, anti shiftfurs, anti altpurrhumans, anti therians, steven univfurse fans, coffin of andrew and leyley fans, danganronpa fans, anti objectum, non troll lesley gore fans, anti lesley gore, if mew dont know lesley gore, if mew hate vriska but defend eridan or gamzee, gamzee likers, eridan likers

meow fandoms r homestuck (duh? im nepeta!!), omori, and fnaf!!

will quit typing purrk while dming if asked <3 speaking of which dms r open!! no cr33ps tho bc mew WILL be put on blast

meow tagz: art - doodles, talking - meow!!! mrow!!! mrrp!!!, reblog - regurgitated hairball, asks - [S] Nepeta: Answer their inquiries, furiends - meow best furiendz <3, quadrant stuffs - shipping wall, crushes - same as quadrant stuffs + dear diary

aaand thats it i think?

BYE!!!!!!! ^>w<^

[thegothgainer]

A couple of my favorite things from each Pokemon generation

I have a lot of negative things to say about recent Pokemon, but I kinda want to offset that with a list of some of my actual favorite things. There are a lot, so I'm going to try and list just one from each gen.

Gen 1

Probably the hardest to come up with, since later games mostly improved upon the formula. I could just say "it's the first Pokemon game" but that feels like a cop-out. So, instead, I'll say it's the sort of mystery it had. You'd find new things out from being told by friends. There were rumors about how to catch the mythical Mew. There was the superstition that holding down certain buttons would help catch Pokemon. It may have just been a thing of its time, given the state of the internet back then. But there's something about getting information from guides and friends instead of an ad-ridden barf of a website that made Pokemon feel really personal.

Actually, I just remembered one more positive in me. Gary being an absolute asshole. I love being able to take my rival down a notch. I don't want to feel bad I destroyed my rival because they're a great person. I want to rub it in Gary's dumb face.

Gen 2

The phone system. Being able to get calls from trainers, asking for a rematch was the coolest thing. It made the world feel so alive. Like there were things going on while you were training to become a champion.

I'm surprised we don't have anything like this in modern Pokemon games. A fake social media network would be sooooo cool to see within Pokemon. Gen 7 kinda had this with the photos, but the responses weren't from NPCs you've met. It felt kind of flat to me. But if Youngster Joey followed me and commented on every picture of a Ratata I posted, I'd be stoked. If my rival sent pics of their travels while I did mine, it would make me want to go out and find those places and show them up. I think there is a lot of potential to make the Pokemon world feel more lived-in in the games.

Gen 3

So, Gen 3 is two things, but both because of the same reason: Puzzles and Exploration.

Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald had a lot of depth to the maps. You could climb your bike up the side of a mountain and drive over a bridge from where you were just standing. The sense of exploration was strong too. You could dive underwater and see the depths. Too much water, my ass.

Exploration felt worth it too. Especially the Regi trio. Three legendary Pokemon you get just by wandering around and hearing myths and solving puzzles. None of it is part of the main story. You feel rewarded for exploration. We got a whole open world in Gen 9, but none of the exploration really feels as worth it as it did in Gen 3.

And the puzzles were really fun too. They had a slight challenge to them as a kid. In the newer games, the gym challenges feel a little more like filler than a challenge. The themed puzzles were almost a staple of Pokemon gameplay at this point, from spinning tiles, to cracking ice blocks to pushing boulders around. It was a part of Pokemon's DNA, and honestly, I miss it.

I put these in the same category because of the Regi trio. They are the result of exploration and puzzles, and I really feel like they highlight everything that was great about Gen 3 gameplay.

Gen 4

The best thing I remember about Gen 4 was the lore. And it had to be in Gen 4! This was the game where the creation trio was introduced. But seeing all this lore really helped to flesh out the world a lot. I really want to see more story outside of the main storyline and Pokedex entries. I want to know about the wars that happened long ago. I want to know the myths that the mythicals were involved in. I want to know more about this world that GameFreak has created. We do see a little bit of that in Legends: Arceus. And I love it for it.

Gen 5

Sprites.

I never had the opportunity to play the Gen 5 games until after I completed Gen 7. But I do remember that I was blown away by the personality that the sprites brought. Every single one was animated in such a way that really highlighted that Pokemon's personality. The idle animations in modern games can feel a little bland and stiff. But just look at this! Wings flapping, mouth chomping, this guy feels alive. This kind of personality really helped the Black and White games feel so organic.

Gen 6

Pokemon Amie.

It's one thing to select an item, click use, and then just heal your Pokemon up. But, I'm playing Pokemon because I love my partners in crime. I want to give them the praise they deserve, not just run to a salon and select the option to groom them. And feed them. It was like a dumbed-down Nintendogs, and I would love for there to be more Pokemon games that expand on this idea. Or even just bring it back in full in a new game.

Honestly, the whole online capability of the game was great, that whole section on the lower part of the 3DS. It was really easy to find trades, battles, etc, something that I think the new games lack for some reason.

Oh, and Megas were also really cool. Probably the best "Gimmick".

Gen 7

Gen 7 was in a kind of transition period, but honestly, it had one of my favorite stories. A lot was going on, and it was great. Runaway hooligans, interdimensional travel, mind control... this game had it all. The characters are fun, especially Guzma (what a name, by the way). And from what I remember, post game for Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon were really cool for having all of the big bosses from previous games show up and say what happened in the worlds in which they won.

Runner up is wild double-battles (SOS battles). I miss in-game double battles...

Gen 8

This one is a tough one. Not that I particularly hated Gen 8, no. It's just that it was in a sort of experimental period that Gen 9 greatly improved upon. It was the first attempt at a semi-open world, and it was pretty cool, but underwhelming. But, it definitely opened up my mind to what Pokemon could be. They were finally trying new things that strayed from the original formula. Raid Dens were a neat concept, but just didn't feel like it had the epicness it was going for. The Wild Area was cool, but not as explorable as I hoped. But, at the very least, it let me know that Pokemon didn't have to be just the same linear path every generation. Maybe in the future we can finally get back to the exploration and collection that made Pokemon so enjoyable. Which led to...

Gen 9

Everything that Gen 8 was trying to do, Gen 9 improved. Not perfected. Far from it. But it started getting closer to what I imagine to be my perfect Pokemon game. I'm not going to explain my perfect Pokemon game here, but I will highlight a few things about Gen 9.

First, of course, is open-world exploration. I remember taking on the challenge of doing the gyms in reverse order. And while I would have loved some better scaling, it was just really cool to be able to do the gyms and story in my own way. I really hope they fix it up a bit and continue it.

Then, there's the story itself. The game went real. A little darker than some of the previous games, but not edgy dark. No spoilers, of course, but it was good to see characters get plenty of character growth and screentime. It was cute. It was sad. It was fun.

Raids were also improved. It still has its connection problems. But the biweekly 7-stars feel more of a challenge. I don't like that it's built around FOMO and I feel it should rotate. And when they drop support for the game, there will no longer be 7-stars. Maybe they'll patch something in, but I'm doubtful. Still. I do enjoy it better at least than previous raids.

If I could, I would also add in some of the side games to this list as well, but this is already a long post, so maybe in another.

Anyways, I'd love to hear what all other people enjoyed about these games. I know there's a lot of hate for these games every gen, and I know I've rambled about things that I would have liked to see done better. But there's also plenty to love about this franchise.

[philosophicalparadox]

Similarly, people who have never worked with birds of prey will go "Oh, so majestic and cool! They must be Smart (TM)"

Like. I am 99% sure that bald eagles survive with as few brain cells as they have only because they're too stupid (and aggressive) to know how to die. Oh they'll definitely try to rip your face off, but they're really really not good at solving their own problems, and really good at getting into them - they're also the most obsessive compulsive bird I have ever worked with. They're literally insane - they will do the same exact thing, like, say, getting themselves stuck on the rafters because they can climb up but not fly down due to a wing injury, over and over and over and over and it just. Never occurs to them why they keep ending up in that situation.

What's more, rehabbing them goes one of two ways - either they survive things that would kill any other bird, like having a broken keel, wing and pelvis simultaneously, and somehow are still so determined to live and fly that they miraculously just do, OR they get so complacent with their injuries they just never get to a point that they are releasable. Wing injuries in bald eagles are often the ones they get complacent with - though that's really not the right word for it. You see, if they have a really bad break, it can take a few months to fully heal. But because they mentally go "oh I can't fly now" they sometimes just. Never pick up flying again. Even when they're healed and ready, they refuse to try, and get stuck in a self defeating loop. Even if they incidentally fly or flutter it just never occurs to them that they can actually, Y'know, fly like a proper bird. And no, you can not teach them how; bald eagles are not used in falconry specifically because they are untrainable. They're too aggressive and honestly too dumb. What's more, if they could re learn by watching each other there wouldn't be fail cases in huge flight mews used to rehab them, as there's usually multiple in one mew.

And Owls are worse, somehow. So much of their brain is dedicated to processing their super senses that there's just no room for anything else in there except Rage and Murderous Intent.

Owls rehabilitate fairly ok, they're fluffy enough to survive collisions with cars most the time, which is how most of them get hurt. But oh, are they dull sticks. I've literally seen someone bring me an owl in a McDonald's bag, which this sassy bird was more than capable of shredding.

I've also released a screech owl that got stuck in a chain link fence and had since recovered. Guess what? Very first thing it did when i let it go was get itself stuck in another fence! Good thing I was walking around the neighborhood or they'd of been stuck until morning again!

Released that same owl AGAIN in a different place this time. Not even a month later, guess who shows up at the rehab center? Yep, mister Clinky (as he was called) got stuck in a chain link fence again! This little screech owl just could not seem to believe that he would not fit between the links, and kept getting his head stuck. Third times the charm, he was released again, this time far away from people. That seemed to do the trick, or at least we never saw him again.

Owls. They're as wise as a post and smart as a brick.

ppl who have never lived outside of a city writing these rural american gothic posts like "the goats know secrets" girl the goats dont even know how to get their horns unstuck from the fence without my help

[low-po1y-princess]

uh rating every social media thing ive been on

google plus: this was my og i look back on my time there with slight disdain bc i was a dumb 12 year old who said dumb shit but also i was 12 i was allowed to be dumb. but i do remember having fun on there im still mutuals with like 3 ppl from g+ on insta. minus points bc i saw way too many ppl throwing around slurs on there 3/5

youtube: making yt videos is actually really fun and getting comments is super gratifying. i have a lot of ambitious ideas i want to make. minus points for how its run and how its algorithm works but i spend a lot of time on yt 4/5

mewe: i garuntee none of yall have heard of this site a lot of g+ peeps moved there after it shut down but i used it for like 2 months bc it just wasnt the same 1/5

atmos: another g+ alternative that was made with the intention to be the new g+ but i used that one even less. but i do remember that it had like a space theme and ppl would draw like. atmos gijinka girls that were cute lil alien astronauts 1/5

deviantart: I REMEMBER WHEN DA WAS GOOD. I WAS THERE B4 ALL THE AI SHIT I REMEMBER FINDING A LOT OF COOL PPL AND BUYING A CUSTOM ADOPT ON THERE AAUUUUGH MAN. I MISS IT. I WANT IT BACK. 4/5

twitter: another site i hopped on as g+ was dying but i just couldnt get into it. i really feel like i dodged a bullet cuz i deleted my acc in like 2017/18. i do not remember anything abt it other than my timeline being full of shit from ppl i didnt follow cuz it would show posts and accounts ppl u followed liked/ followed. 0/5

facebook: i used fb for a short while in middle school but ive since deleted my account cuz i didnt use it for years. it was just to follow my family members 1/5

instagram: i have the overwhelming urge to never check this godforsaken app again ever since trump won ive been getting conservative ads blasted left and right and its fucking ANNOYING. i cant even switch to the browser version cuz then im not able to share posts on my story. i follow a lot of cool ppl on there but a lot of them either exclusively post on there or twitter. i keep insta on my phone bc my irl friends use it. fuck instagram *continues using it* 3/5

tumblr: literally the only social site i feel comfortable on some ppl on here r insufferble but thats what the block button is for. i could literally post anything on here and not feel weird abt it 4/5

spacehey: i keep forgetting that i have a space hey. i use it to document new albums that i listen to but other than that its collecting dust 3/5