#and godzilla's was still more interesting!!

[self-loving-vampire]

"If you have the money" sounds like kind of a hurdle, especially if you want it to look good and not just be glued on. Even more mainstream and easily found augmentations like boobjobs can gate a lot of people out who would otherwise get them just because of the cost.

Also, think about it the way you might on the topic of changing one's genitals for trans reasons.

You probably wouldn't assume a lack of interest in bottom surgery if a trans person was like "I want to have a pussy professionally installed, with sensitivity and self-lubrication, not just tucking or becoming a eunuch" even if those were the more accessible options. They still don't do what you actually want to the standard you're looking for.

Similarly I think I would much rather have a fat tail that moves like a normal part of my body rather than just superglue a piece of a Godzilla suit to my lower back.

"well akshually nobody's really transhumanist, deep down they just don't want health problems" like sure having a totally healthy body would be a huge upgrade but that is a WILD take to put on the furry monsterfucker website lmao

I mean yeah, plenty of people would love to experiment with antlers and paws and gills and vision that extends into the ultraviolet and wings (!) and so on (hopefully not all at once but who knows) but the point is that having a totally standard human body at 100% health and functionality is just as much a transhumanist dream, as anybody who has ever been sick -- which is to say everybody -- or dealt with joint pain or digestive issues or the brain horrors or difficulty sleeping or unreasonable fatigue or allergies or the big ones like cancer or diabetes or you know, getting old can attest.

anyway hopefully in the future there are at least two interpretations of the phrase "laser eye surgery".

[cloudsoffire]

big godzilla fan but i will never in my life interact with the fandom based on what i've seen on here

[simplepotatofarmer]

godzilla minus one is one of my favorite godzilla movies ngl

[tyrantisterror]

When I was 3 years old I went to a preschool that had this little green crocheted crocodile finger puppet that was my absolute favorite toy to play with of all time. I named her Chelsea, because Chelsea starts with C and crocodile starts with C and more often than not wild animals in fiction aimed at kids have names that start with the same first letter as their species. I played with Chelsea every day, because she was my favorite toy, and because the other kids weren't really interested in her, and also because I eventually started to hide her in a special secret spot in the room so no one else would find her before I did. She was so beloved by me that when I graduated from preschool, my teachers gave Chelsea to me permanently, because it was clear no one else would ever love that little crochet crocodile as much as me anyway (in part because I hid her). They waited a few weeks after I graduated before doing it, too, and sent Chelsea with some post cards as if the crocodile had been on a whirlwind "travel the world" vacation before deciding to come live with me.

And Chelsea remained my favorite toy all through my childhood. There were others I loved nearly as much, like my Imperial Godzilla and the big red T.rex from the first Jurassic Park toy line and my tiny knockoff plush Charmander, but Chelsea always held the place of honor in my heart. She was my absolute favorite toy.

I kept a lot of my favorite toys through adolescence, even if social pressure eventually got me to give away a lot of them (and some, y'know, broke). That's obviously not surprising to you if you've followed my blog, since I still collect toys into my adulthood. But it's important to note because while I know I made a conscious effort to never throw out Chelsea every time I pared down my collection... at some point, she went missing.

I became aware of it when I graduated from high school. I was feeling really emotional about leaving that stage of my life and, y'know, becoming an adult and shit, and in that state I decided to find Chelsea to reassure myself that I hadn't entirely left childhood behind. But Chelsea wasn't there. No matter how hard I looked, I could not find Chelsea anywhere.

And that was, like, devastating, because the only explanation was that somehow, at some point, I had accidentally tossed her out with some other "childhood junk" while trying to grow up and be responsible in my teen years. I had literally thrown away my childhood in a careless attempt to be more grown up.

Of course I knew she was just a toy - nothing more than some yarn twisted together in the loose shape of a crocodile, lifeless and soul-less and more or less worthless in the objective light of day. But she was also Chelsea, my best friend since i was three, my stalwart little pal, a source of comfort for most of my life at that point, and I had just... tossed her out! Like garbage! What kind of person was I becoming if I could do that to my best friend?

I was very visibly distraught, and my mom noticed. Being very crafty, she tried to find the pattern for Chelsea so she could crochet me a new one. The problem is, she had no idea where to find said pattern. She checked all her books of crochet patterns, and when that failed she tried the internet, but no matter how hard she looked, she found nothing.

So my mom found the next best thing.

The original Chelsea was a tiny finger puppet, and I had "met" her when I was three. Well, I was eighteen now - shouldn't Chelsea have grown too? And as has been established, this crocodile was fond of whirlwind vacations. My mom found a pattern that looked as much like Chelsea as possible while also being a much bigger crocodile, and gifted her to me before I left for college - to show that while we can't stop the flow of time or how it changes us, that doesn't mean we have to leave it behind.

And yeah, I decided to believe it. That's Chelsea now. Yeah, I know that in reality it's a completely different set of yarn made by my mom rather than... whoever it was that crocheted the original Chelsea, but then, Chelsea was never really the yarn. She was the feelings I put into the yarn, you know? So that's Chelsea, all grown up, and still my most prized toy.

...

Flash forward... Jesus, eighteen years, holy shit. A few weeks ago I saw a post trying to identify a different crochet crocodile pattern, and thinking it was cute, I decided to try and look for it on ebay and etsy, just to see if maybe I could find it. I didn't, but do you know what I found instead?

A very familiar crochet crocodile finger puppet. An intensely familiar one, you might say. Of course I bought it. And of course I asked the seller if, perhaps, they might have the pattern for it or know where it came from (they did not, alas). And after a few days, she showed up at my house.

She's not Chelsea, obviously. For one thing, she's far too clean and fresh looking - Chelsea was very well loved, and looked the part, while this crocodile finger puppet has definitely not endured years upon years of a child's affection. And, more importantly, she's not Chelsea because we've already established that Chelsea grew up into a bigger crochet crocodile. This has to be Chelsea's younger sister, Cici.

And if I could find another of Chelsea's kind after all these years, then maybe, with a bit of luck, I might find the pattern for her, and be able to make more of them. Fill the world with Chelseas.

[malliya]

if you didnt know, godzilla minus one was released worldwide today so i rewatched it with my mom on netflix~ ^q^

[ba9go]

bakugou katsuki finds you annoying (he has a soft spot for you) pt. 2

sort-of enemies to lovers with bakugou!! bakugou being avoidant bc he’s bad at feelings. he’s a little shit in this one but he makes it up to the reader!! liiiiiight angst/comfort.

pls read part 1 before 🧡 part 3 (nsfw)

the more you interact with bakugou, the more you’re baffled by the insults he comes up with.

you bump into him in the corridor, and the two of you are completely alone so it’s impossible for you to pretend you haven’t seen him, so you wave awkwardly at him.

“hey, bakug—”

“fuck off, rabbitface.”

bakugou brushes past you as he walks by, leaving you gaping at him in complete horror. “my ears are not that long!”

“cry about it, maybe your nose will twitch too!” bakugou responds without looking back at you, and you find yourself holding your nose on the rest of your way back to your room. it does not twitch one bit.

the day of the midterm exams, you’re full of jitters, standing outside the classroom and flipping through your notes frantically for some last minute revision.

“nervous?” you look up to see bakugou standing in front of you, smirking down at you with his arms crossed.

“yeah,” you admit sheepishly. “i don’t wanna fuck this up.”

“don’t be stupid. you studied, didn’t you?” bakugou’s smirk drops and he raises an eyebrow at you. you nod, and he clicks his tongue at you. “only thing stopping you now is you, then.” bakugou pokes the side of your head twice, roughly but not hard enough to actually hurt. it catches you by surprise, and it happens so fast that by the time his hand drops back to his side, you’re not sure it even happened.

“better not fuck it up, buttercup.”

as bakugou walks away from you, you’re still feeling frazzled, just not for the test anymore.

by this point, you’ve given up on asking mina and the rest for advice. they’re all convinced of the same thing — that bakugou somehow has a soft spot for you. you don’t believe it.

some days, bakugou looks a little less murderously at you, and you think that maybe, just maybe, he doesn’t completely hate your guts, but other days, he completely brushes past you like you’re invisible and you feel like a fool for ever hoping that maybe the two of you could be friends.

but then bakugou starts ignoring you more and more, and you start to wonder if he actually hates you.

you run into bakugou on the way to the gym, and you grab his sleeve before you can even stop to think twice. “bakugou, you good?”

“hah?!” bakugou recoils away from you and looks at you like he’s repulsed by your touch. “fuck do you want, extra?”

extra. you’ve noticed that bakugou’s started calling you that a lot more often recently. you’ve heard him say it before, but not to you. was that all you meant to him now? when did that happen? what changed?

“what do you want? did i piss you off or something? why are you being so—”

“i’ve always been like this,” bakugou hisses at you, and you don’t think you’ve seen bakugou this angry at you before. “and you’ve always pissed me the fuck off. so just fuck off already, would ya?”

bakugou stomps away like godzilla after a rampage, and you’re the tokyo that he’s completely ravaged.

soft spot, my ass.

for the next two weeks, you listen to bakugou. you stay out of his way, you don’t even try to meet his gaze when you walk into class or when you walk past him in the hallways. ignoring him didn’t feel natural to you, but every time you saw bakugou, you reminded yourself that you were just another extra. you’d get used to not talking to bakugou eventually.

the others picked up on this change as well. kaminari casually asked if bakugou had come up with any “interesting, new” names for you, to which you had responded, “haven’t spoken to him in a while, but he did call me an “extra” the last time.”

“extra?” kaminari repeated slowly, raising his brows. “he called you an extra? that’s low. especially since it’s you.” you shrug, and kaminari frowns. “have you talked to kirishima about it? i’m stupid but i don’t speak caveman like bakugou does. kiri’s our best bet at deciphering him.”

you decline kaminari’s suggestion, insisting that it was no big deal, but it seemed kaminari went ahead and told kirishima anyway, because “bro code”.

(1) new message from red riot:

red riot: hey, sorry about bakugou, he’s been a real asshole to you lately

you: hey kiri!!! pls don’t apologise

you: how do u even know lol? kaminari?

red riot: ding ding ding

you: 👎

red riot: sorry… bro code

red riot: i beat some sense into him dw

you: poor kami

red riot: oh no i meant bakugou

you: what

red riot: (👍ᐛ )👍

turns out, your conversation with kaminari had completely set off a chain reaction that you absolutely could not stop, with kirishima (bless his heart) confronting bakugou himself.

you: what

you: u mean u just went over and kicked his ass?

red riot: yup!

red riot: well i guess we took turns

you: ????

red riot: like i got two punches in and he got two punches in and we talked and then we called it a day

you: ???????????????

red riot: (👍ᐛ )👍

you don’t dare to ask kirishima for the details of what exactly happened during their brawl, and you don’t know how you’re ever going to face bakugou ever again. the thought of running into bakugou legitimately scares you, so you decide to hole yourself in your room for the rest of the evening, just to be safe.

well, you thought you were safe, until…

(1) new message from Unknown Number:

Unknown Number: It’s Bakugou.

Unknown Number: I need to talk to you.

Unknown Number: You in your room?

you: no (👍ᐛ )👍

Unknown Number: Yeah right

Unknown Number: I’m at the door.

you’re filled with equal parts dread and fear as you shuffle over to the door reluctantly. you peek through the peephole to see bakugou standing there with a plastic bag in his hand.

you open the door hesitantly.

“you look like shit,” bakugou says, and it sounds so familiar and so right, you almost burst out laughing despite the context of the situation. despite yourself, you can’t help the small smile that forms on your lips.

“here.” before you can say anything, bakugou’s grabbing your wrist and handing you the plastic bag. it smells like food so you think its takeout, but you look inside and see that it has a little plastic bento box and metal chopsticks.

“is this your way of apologising?” you grin cheekily, hoping to get some kind of reaction out of him, but bakugou stares back at you unflinchingly.

“yeah,” bakugou says. “is it working?”

‘it worked,’ bakugou thinks as he lets you fling your arms around his neck and pull him into a hug.

“it’s working,” you mumbled into his shoulder, and you feel two large hands grip around your waist.

extras:

(👍ᐛ )👍 is so kiri-coded i love it

(👍ᐛ )👍

kirishima was pissed after kaminari told him what happened between you and bakugou

he walked over to bakugou’s room all prepared with ice packs and shit

knocked twice, waited for bakugou to open the door, threw two punches

bakugou was confused asf but it pissed him off so punched kiri right back out of reflex

the fight stops then and there, kirishima hands bakugou the ice pack, and they both sit on his bed to talk

both are just holding ice packs to their cheeks

kirishima tells bakugou that it was unmanly of him to be mean to you when you did nothing but try to be nice to him

bakugou just listens quietly, he doesn’t really say much, doesn’t really know what to do to fix the situation

like he already knew that he fucked up before kirishima came to rock his shit

but kirishima is a true bro and he gives bakugou advice on how to make things up to you

(👍ᐛ )👍

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[teojira]

TEDDY! I checked ur old blog and saw u have a this one :3, and i saw u write for the KAIJUUUS? bro i love godzilla sosososoosoOSOSOSOSO MUCH, if you're down for it, could you do some headcanons of being Godzilla's favorite human?, ofc platonic, (i dead ass love this gigantic lizard sm i made a wedding pic art as a joke cause someone said marry the damn lizard and i said fine i will, and i wanna clarify twice, it was a joke, i just love large lizards)

[Being Goji's favorite human headcanons] [platonic]

Summary: What being a huge lizard titans human entails!

Warnings: None! Just platonic companionship between you and the Big guy.

Word count: 650+ words

A/N: Omg Tama :(( I'm so happy to see you're here from the call of duty blog!! It's always a joy to see you in my notifs 🫶 ofc I got you, Godzilla headcanons comin right up! I hope these are okay!

- Being Goji's favorite human comes with alot of good, but alot of bad as well.

- It makes you special. There is no documentation in any of Monarchs database of him having any explicit connection to humans, no country, no specific race, and you're seemingly the first person in history. But that also means you're under their control due to your ties to the Kaiju.

- He doesn't visit nearly as much as he wishes he could, despite you both being connected by seemingly fate. He is the king of monsters, bro is busy! He has to keep the balance.

- Monarch learned the hard way that you cannot be housed at a base, it sets Goji off, so they literally have to place you on a private island somewhere for when he does come to see you, he can't destroy anything.

- Contrary to most of the publics opinion, he IS sentient. He knows what he does. Destroying usually comes with the territory when he has to fight a threat, but visiting you isn't so he makes sure not to crush your home, bellowing to let you know he's come to see you.

- He doesn't know why he cares for you, but it feels right, coming to you and curling up on the sand, waiting for you to come closer.

- Goji has ever been touched by one other human without intent of harm, Serizawa. He still remembers how comforting it was, how a small little human seemed to care for him when he was at his lowest.

- He enjoys when you pet him, more often than not being more than okay with the touch. It also helps that you take care of any issues he may have due to him being in the water extremely often, and he gets the occasional barnacle.

- The first time you took one of him, he snarled so loud that it sent you flying onto your back in fear, his large head whipping around to see just what the fuck you were doing.

- You explained to him calmly that you were removing the parasites from his scales. All you got was a huff in return. But he did turn back and rest his head again, so you figure that was him saying it was okay.

- It's hard to spend quality time with the titan due to just how BIG the fucker is, but he allows you to climb up him and make your way to his head, he's eerily still when he feels you on him, he knows his strength and size and one wrong move and you fall, shattering your legs.

- He would definitely bring you back things he's found in the ocean. What do you mean you're not interested in this deep sea squid that's the size of 3 school buses? He got it just for you! (You let Monarch take it to study, but you pretend to Goji that you are taking it for yourself.) (He lets out a pleased rumble at providing for you.)

- He somehow has the uncanny ability to find you no matter where you go, one time Monarch took you to the Japan base for a meeting that they deemed you necessary to attend.

- Imagine everyone's shock and awe when he appeared, roaring in a rage as he slouched down to the ground, not relaxing until you ran out in view, frantically waving your arms.

- He takes all his naps on your private island, curling into a little ball, it's the best rest he has had in years, only thing to make it better is when you join him, bring a blanket or bring a little air mattress and sleep out there with him, it brings him so much joy. If lizards could purr, you're sure he would be.

- Where this Goji, there is Mothra! She wants to see what caught his eye for the first time in centuries, she cares for humans more than he ever has, so she takes a liking to you immediately. So she visits you when she's able to, usually chirping and letting you touch her fuzz.

[inferno-0]

Worth a shot to ask this but is there anyway you can do a King Ghidorah fluff? It’s nice once in a while to see this big three headed hydra have some love

I wanted to post it yesterday, but there was some kind of error in the publication...

| KING GHIDORAH x Human!Reader | - One Moment (Fluff)

╰┈➤ Warning: English is not my native language.

A hot stream of air enveloped you from all sides, forcing you to bend your back from the harsh heat.

The peace and quiet that hovered between you and the three heads was stunning, one might even say rare. Usually there were disputes and certain conflicts that came into force for the rights of each head in one body, but such was the fate of Ghidorah. Sometimes it can be fixed, and sometimes it can't. Ichi's silence did not surprise you any more than Ni. San was basically always silent, especially when there was a fight, his attention was more focused on you than on the other two brothers. This situation is very common for the four of you. And this day, as it turned out, pleased you greatly.

An unexpected calm has covered Ghidora and he does not even intend to awaken the leader on the island in himself or somehow scare away Godzilla, who sometimes swims by, controlling his behavior. You smiled as you continued to stroke Ichi. Running along its jaw and slowly guiding its fingers to its horns, the middle head growled, but not as a sign of irritation. "Do you feel good, huh?" ── Ichi didn't even move a muscle to scare you away and bite the air from your side. Snapping his teeth, he closed his eyes, still feeling your hands on him. After all, this tomboy surprises you more and more. A little more, and it will melt under your touch.

Ni, who was watching Ichi's behavior, grinned. His brother is lazy today. I think next time, he won't stop teasing. Although Sun thinks about it in a completely different way. His nose has been hitting the Earth for the umpteenth time, trying to get the attention he wants from you as soon as possible. "Guys, have patience." ── Ichi growled contentedly again as he looked at poor San digging a hole. At the moment, he is not at all interested in Ni's opinion on this matter. He knows that he also wants you, he just can't cross the line of pride yet. The middle head switched to you for a second, looking into your focused eyes. Still afraid to make an extra move? Or have you already done it, just he didn't notice the difference?

Her fingers glided gently over his scales, returning to his jaw again. Ichi instantly forgot about his thoughts, sighing again from the sensations. Suddenly, someone else's vibration hammered into his face. The shadow of the Right Head blocked the vision of the Middle Head. You roll your eyes, feeling the texture of the muzzle on your back, which is actively breathing into your t-shirt. ── "San, I'll give you time, please be patient"

A disappointed groan made you and Ichi chuckle. Such days are still more to your liking.

[troublerats]

Tell me more about hotdog

hhHOh boy, okay, I'm just gonna start this off with a brief recap.

TL;DR: "Hotdog" Aka. Damara Lalonde, or "Mara" for short, is the adoptive daughter of Roxy Lalonde.

She is the same Damara raised by Doc Scratch who would later become The Handmaid, but was spared this fate when Roxy plucked her directly off the meteor using her void powers.

But I take it you're explicitly not here for a tldr so-

LONG AS FUCK EXPLANATION BELOW

Due to the bizarreness of her situation, a lot of the surviving cast post-game had some part in her upbringing. But most prominently were her mom's (Roxy and June), and Dirk, who served as an uncle of sorts. The latter being where she gets all the Stridisms in her design.

Personality wise: She's still extremely crude like Beforus Damara, but it's from a more direct ironic place meant to catch one off guard or to be absurdly overdramatic, rather than attempting to scare people away. A lot more snarky and confident, but not jaded or mean unless given reason to be.

Her interests include: Godzilla and similarly campy kaiju franchises. Practical effects in general, but mostly anything big dumb and explosive. Any Shonen slop Dirk showed her. Parkour and any reckless dangerous physical activity that would nearly give her friends a heart attack seeing her attempt. And starting sudden random indie projects in a medium she never returns to once she's finished.

Mara lives life fast and doesn't take time to dwell, especially as she's well aware of her own lifespan in comparison to her peers and her family. After highschool, she didn't want to bother with anything academic or to pursue some grand project to leave behind in her wake. Aside from flings, she doesn't really want to pursue a committed relationship either, as the last thing she wants is someone else fussing over her being careful, or bemoaning her short life in the last years she has of it.

It's her's, and her's alone. And she intends to live it to the fullest.

As for the concepts behind her character and creation-

In the shortest terms, Mara is a direct foil to the faults in Rose and Dave's upbringing. As well as an optimistic look to who Alpha Roxy and Dirk could have become despite who they were in the Beta Universe.

Both getting a chance to take supportive parental role's in Mara's life, Roxy more directly in being her mother, and Dirk more indirectly as someone Roxy could depend on to look out for her daughter, and who saw himself in another "out of place" kid.

Mara never had to wear the scarf of her dead mom, or mourn the fact they never truly got to know eachother due to her addiction. She had a loving mother who she knew for a fact supported her interests, and didn't keep things from her.

And instead of a shadowy violent figure that made her feel like she was never good enough, and without Cal's influence, she had someone to teach her to protect herself and who felt more like a trusted friend than another parent.

The parallels continue when brought back to her original upbringing under Scratch, a fate she narrowly avoided in this timeline due to Roxy pulling her off the meteor.

The idea for the whole AU actually initially came from the fact that Damara and Rose have a lot of direct parallels:

-Both use Needle-kind.

-While Rose would threaten suicide, Damara has a parental figure that actually would push her to suicide.

-John makes a comment about Rose seeming more "witch-like" in comparison to Jade, being a Seer and Witch respectively. However Damara actually is a Witch of Time when looking at her role in Beforus.

It makes it almost seem like Scratch will directly fit anyone he manipulates into a specific mold, but that's beside the point.

There are also parallels in Hal/AR being a piece that makes up Scratch/English, despite his initial role being one of sacrifice. But instead of knowing a sliver of Dirk that got ultimately corrupted and morphed into something cruel and unrecognizable, she got to know Dirk in full who never mutated into some kind of sick beast.

Lastly, though this is more of a side note:

Initially, I actually planned Mara to be raised by Scratch for a brief period, but taken before she could serve English. I.E. Instead of spawning green boxes, Roxy pulling a girl out of a green box.

I'm still mulling it over, but me and my wife most of the time lean towards her never having to suffer under Scratch bc Roxy with her stupid hotdog baby is nice fluff. But the narrative of a kid narrowly avoiding a grizzly fate and having severe repressed trauma she can't remember despite her currently good life, is a story element I still gravitate to as someone with DiD, who also headcanons Dirk as having DiD.

So it's sort of up in the air at times whether or not, Troll named Hotdog. Ever actually was. Hotdog shaped.

At least under Roxy's care.

[anifever]

can you pls do an outsiders x Nerdy fem reader? Like, braces boy band fangirl who rants about comics type. Would rather have it being Curtis sister reader but you can do whatever, tyy <33

Gang w/ a Nerdy!Reader ˚୨୧⋆｡˚ ⋆

The Outsiders x Fem!Reader

୨୧ : The Curtis gang with a nerdy reader

A/N : This is kinda bad bcs I get unmotivated to write sometimes but I swear I’m trying omg. Also I didn’t do Curtis sister simply so it’d be more ambiguous, sorry 💔 Anyways this is literally me except I just don’t have braces anymore

˖⁺‧₊˚ 👓 ˚₊‧⁺˖

Darry

୨ You cut pics of The Rolling Stones members, etc out of the newspapers he reads and keep them

୨ He’s confused at first then he’s like “Oh..” when he realizes what’s happening- he doesn’t mind tho

୨ You write the dumbest little notes/pickup lines and put them in his lunch bag for work

୨ He doesn’t understand most of them but he likes them regardless

୨ He read comics here and there when he was a kid, but he definitely doesn’t anymore 😭

୨ He’s always arguing with Pony about those things and just doesn’t really get it

୨ Even though he doesn’t understand yours and Pony’s infatuation with stuff like that, he thinks it’s nice you’re able to bond with each other over it

୨ At some point you convince him to watch one of your favorite sci-fi type tv shows with you whenever he isn’t busy

୨ It’s a pipeline of him saying he doesn’t like it, pretending he doesn’t like it, then being really invested in it

୨ Anyways, even if your interests don’t exactly line up, you still love each other

୨ You rambling over stuff all the time honestly helps him forget about the stress in his life

Two-Bit

୨ He has no room to talk when his favorite show is still Mickey Mouse at the age of 18 and a half

୨ He thinks it’s cute in an endearing way

୨ He makes fun of you a bit but he doesn’t mean it seriously- that’s just how he is

୨ You guys discuss superheroes together and get way too in depth about it

୨ When he sees your room for the first time there’s like little figurines everywhere, etc and he’s just like “Huh, I have that one too” while pointing at the Hulk or something

୨ He doesn’t gaf, at least it’s clean unlike his

୨ If you have braces, he’s absolutely making jokes about it

୨ You’re getting called metal mouth but it’s out of love I promise

୨ He doesn’t let other people make jokes about it though

୨ Like that’s his job!!! Leave his girl alone!!!

୨ This man defends you with his life I’m so serious

୨ Anyways, whenever he gets super drunk and he starts rambling the exact same way you do normally so it sort of evens you out

୨ Idk what else to even say because you both just make so much sense- it seems so obvious

Steve

୨ I hate to say it, but he calls you brace-face

୨ Ironic because he needs some himself!!! 😊

୨ You said something along those lines to him once and he was so caught off guard and offended

୨ Even though he’s a smartass and you’d figure he’d be mean abt it, I feel like he’s probably kinda the same as you- at least when he was younger

୨ Bro knows his DC and Marvel lore

୨ You guys are constantly re-watching ‘Godzilla’ together

୨ There’s probably a picture of him from when he was younger dressed as it for Halloween or something too

୨ You have made him go to a concert with you

୨ He didn’t even really care about you freaking out over the guys, he was more upset that you chose The Beach Boys of all people

୨ He considers it “Soc music”

୨ You most likely don’t understand anything about cars

୨ He could sit there for hours trying to explain stuff to you and it just won’t click

୨ He’s like “How can you remember every fucking Beach Boys song but not what an exhaust does??”

୨ Okay you probably aren’t that dense but still

Dallas

୨ Yeahhh, he’s making fun of you

୨ It’s out of love tho 😇 most of the time..

୨ You constantly make references about comics and shows and he has no clue what you’re talking about

୨ You use the word kryptonite around him and he’s like “..What the HELL did you just say to me?”

୨ Most of the things you ramble about, he doesn’t understand, like, at all

୨ Much to his dismay, he can’t help his features from softening when he watches you do it

୨ You definitely gives him a break from all the reckless crazy stuff he does

୨ You use so many big words (they usually aren’t that crazy) and he’s just like “Could you speak English?”

୨ When he first went inside your room, it was covered in posters from movies like ‘Dracula,’ ‘Creature from the Black Lagoon,’ ‘Psycho,’ ‘Frankenstein,’ ‘The Birds,’ etc

୨ At first he was like “Jesus…” but really he thought it was pretty cool

୨ You guys are horror movie enjoyers⁉️

୨ You’re probably more of a geek over them than he is, but it’s just barely (he’d never admit it)

Soda

୨ You definitely fangirl over The Beatles and it lowkey hurts his feelings

୨ You have to be like “Soda.. you literally look like a movie star why are you worried-”

୨ Yes you know Paul’s blood type, time of birth, and who his fourth cousin twice removed is; so what? 🙄

୨ Knowledge-wise you balance each other out

୨ You have amazing grades in all your classes and he’s dropped out 🤍 but on the other hand, you are not very street smart

୨ Like if you have a gun held to your head, let’s hope they’ll ask you trivia about ‘The Twilight Zone’ for your freedom

୨ Anyways, he tries to keep up with and understand the stuff you talk about

୨ Give him time 💔 he’s trying

୨ He probably already knows a bit from having grown up with Pony, but it’s still nothing crazy

୨ He carries around extra wax for your braces in his pocket in case they ever start hurting you (idk if they were invented yet in the 60’s but let’s pretend)

୨ Throws wrenches and things like that at Steve if he says stuff about you

୨ You get pretty insecure since he’s so popular with girls and they usually aren’t like you; but he’s always reassuring you over it

Johnny

୨ You guys read comics together

୨ He’s a spider-man lover and I’ll die on this hill

୨ Someone write Johnny Cade spider-man au rn

୨ He’s constantly telling Dallas to “lay off” when he says stuff about you

୨ Finds your braces cute- he thinks they just add to your charm

୨ Anything that helps him somewhat escape reality, he enjoys; he gladly talks about nerdy stuff with you

୨ He gets along with Pony so well and he has most of those interests, and it’s the same way with you

୨ You guys sit in the lot and stargaze constantly; each time you point out and name the constellations along with explaining their backstories

୨ He listens with a fond smile on his face every time

୨ He thinks it’s cool you’re able to remember all of that

୨ You’re both just so cute I’m crying

୨ Whenever he comes over, he always admires the figures, posters, books, etc you have around your room

Pony

୨ Idc his ass is also a nerd

୨ Maybe not in the exact ways you are, but he definitely still is

୨ You help him in certain classes he’s not doing well in which he is extremely thankful for

୨ You guys also read comics together 😋

୨ Usually you make him read them out loud though since you love his voice and also think he’s good at the sound effects

୨ That being said, you both give each other book recommendations

୨ You guys go to the drive-in/theater together constantly and have heavy debriefings over all of the movies (mainly the sci-fi ones)

୨ You guys are both big fans of Elvis

୨ He’s a fan music-wise, you’re a fan of literally everything

୨ You’ve seen every single one of his movies. Multiple times.

୨ Definitely makes him a little jealous but he tells himself it’s not a big deal

୨ He can’t even be mad at you geeking out when he preforms on TV, he understands

୨ All that being said, you guys actually go really well together

[eldraftsman]

Day 17: Favorite manga art?

I don't have a definitive favorite but I'll go with this color spread because I find the composition to be incredibly well balanced. Even though there's a significant predominance of blues in a lot of the picture, the color balance still exudes a degree of warmth that allows the image to feel like a fresh but sunny morning, fitting for the subject matter of a family picnic. Speaking of color choices, I want to take a chance to talk about Endo's color design because I find it an interesting departure from how many Shonen mangaka approach the same facet of their art, and not only makes it stand out but quite frankly more pleasant to look at (so let's share more examples below).

One of the things Shonen manga tends to do when it comes to color illustrations is to just smack the reader in the face with extremely saturated colors; the blues can get quite deep, the yellows can border on neon, and reds in particular are always jumping out of the page. This is specially prominent in nekketsu series like Naruto, One Piece, My Hero Academia and so on. It makes sense, too; these series have hot blooded characters and conflicts solved through physical confrontation nearly every time, so to have agressive color choices is only appropriate. It's also, however, rather eye straining and in the worst cases not very well balanced.

In classical painting you're first taught to control the values of your artwork with greys. The image composition and lighting have to allow the viewer to understand the image at a glance even if it's in greyscale and you're squinting at it. The points with the most intense values are of course the points of interest in the painting, but good contrast is key and that requires parts of the picture using less saturation to let what's the focus of the artwork pop. You can desaturate frames of well lit movies and see this in action: it's why Godzilla Minus One could be so easily transferred to a black and white negative.

Good cinematographers take this in consideration from the onset.

Guess Masashi Kishimoto forgot that memo for this one.

To be clear, my goal here isn't to crap on other artist or the tonal choices that fit his respective work, but this is one of the examples of these choices and trappings being pervasive in Shonen. Those reds and oranges are plain blinding, and once desaturated you can see how poorly the silhouettes read. You can distinguish Kakashi and to a lesser extent Sasuske just fine, but Naruto and specially Sakura kind of just blend with the background. Fitting as it may be, it just gives a fairly cool composition a lot of visual noise when desaturated, and makes it eyestraining when colored. Now let's compare this with one of Endo's illustrations. Namely, that beautiful winter one.

You'd expect the prevalence of whites to just swallow Bond and Anya in her white coat but that's not the case. Between well chosen accents and contrasting shadows you can squint at it's greyscale version and the image still reads flawlesly. Moreover, while those reds pop from the pale yellows and blues it's not overwhelming either. They're more saturated than the rest of the picture, sure, but they're toned down just a notch and pushed slightly to the oranges which ensures they don't come across as invasive or overtly agressive. They just are a strong point of visual interest. Another example: notice how in this Yor themed color spread the reds aren't an explosive scarlet as if it was trying to look like Dario Argento's Suspiria . Instead, even though red is through the entire image it's not straining to look at... because they're very subtly inclined towards pink and purple.

Endo just tends to favor the colors slightly aiming for a colder palette even in ilustrations when the reds are important, which makes the colors feel more relaxed. And instead of using the most agressive blacks for the lines, they're either in varying hues of sepia or blue so they blend better with the rest of the colors. Both things can be observed quite well in this beach illustration. Some of those lines are actually fairly thick but they feel soft solely because the color isn't a harsh black and in fact changes dynamically across the image.

Or this special illustration of Yor in the Garden fopr Volume 8. The roses do stand out against the primarily green and blue of the rest of the illustration, but they're soft pinks and tranquil reds, with the yellows having fairly bright values but comparably muted hues.

Heck, even in the situations where yellow is the predominant color, blue (or rather, the calmness usually tied to it) is still a factor for the color mixing in more subtle ways. Endo could've gone for a proper, deeper blue or a different shade of yellow for the sky in this illustration but chose a middle point that doesn't break the color the balance in any sort of harsh way. So the logical choice was a fairly muted lime green.

There's more than one reason why Tatsuya Endo's work is often compared to Shoujo and it's not just the slowburn romance and women with actual agency as characters. His color choices forego the obvious, agressive boldness usually associated with the demographic of his series for something much more soothing to look at. Let's remember these techniques aren't remotely exclusive to him, but the constraint behind these choices makes them stand out by virtue of being calm instead of overbearingly bold compared to his peers.

Also, if you want me to break down these or other illustrations of his in more detail I'd be more than happy to.

[downtofragglerock]

So Godzilla, being film franchise that dates back to the 20th century, understandably lacks a large female cast, I wanted to see how many female kaiju the series actually has, but while thinking this over an interesting thought occurred

Japanese, as a language, has some differences regarding pronouns compared to English, and a lot of Kaiju get referred to in much more gender neutral language in original Japanese than they do in English, this has resulted in some interesting fan interpretations over the years regarding the genders of kaiju, and you bet I'm going to catalogue the ones I've encountered

Starting off, the explicitly canon female kaiju of the Godzilla cast:

Mothra

Biollante

Zilla (I think the movie tried to deny it, but the cartoon confirmed it, although final wars zilla is another question)

Megaguirus

Monsterverse actually brings a number of explicitly female kaiju into the fold including:

The female Muto from 2k14

Barb, the other female Muto

Scylla

Tiamat

Na Kika (formerly Kraken)

Shimo

Phosphera

Some of the other unseen titans from King of the Monsters might also be ladies, but given as they are still unseen, that's just blind speculation

Now we get to the interesting part, the fan interpretations

Manda, Kumonga, and Destoroyah all being female is a pretty common and old fan interpretation, I know from firsthand experience that it at least dates back to the 2000s, but it could even be older

Baragon by comparison is far more recent, and I know for a fact this interpretation can be sourced primarily to the fact that in GMK, Baragon's performer was Rie Ota, and a behind the scenes clip of her doing the roars in the suit made waves around the fandom and even outside it in the 2010s

Hedorah is another more recent one, but interestingly enough I've also seen enby, bigender, and genderfluid interpretations of Hedorah as well. I guess there's something about the smog monster that screams gender to fans

Titanosaurus is again a newer interpretation, but fascinatingly a even newer idea has popped up in the past couple years that Titanosaurus is the kaiju equivalent of a femboy twink

Rodan being female is a very interesting case, both in origin and mainly due to the fact it only really applies to the Showa continuity and various fan continuities that desire. Basically the origin of this is that in the original 1956 film Rodan, there are two Rodans, a mating pair. At the end they both fall into Mt. Aso. When Rodan reemerges from Mt. Aso in Ghidorah the Three-Headed Monster, there's only one. There's been speculation for years as to the origin of this Rodan, but for the longest time it was either assumed to be the male or somehow the child of the pair from the original movie. But in 2010s a new idea rose to greater prominence: What if the Rodan that survived and subsequently appeared in the rest of the Showa films was the female of the pair?

Battra is an uncommon interpretation, but I have observed it

@lydiathespiderqueen did some fanart of a female version of Toho's Frankenstein, as well as the Gargantuas, and it's really good

and @thesilkenlair did a compelling analysis of Spacegodzilla being female due to possessing physical characteristics of Biollante, as well as their behavior in the movie lining up disturbingly well with a phenomenon in nature where an animal will kill or try to kill the extant children of a prospective mate so undivided attention can be given to it and any potential offspring it may have

And that's all I've encountered, please do tell if I've missed some

[icycoldninja]

Can you write the DMC boys with a reader who’s a a tall lady, not like normal tall lady but Lady Dimitrescu kind of height:

Here’s a little bit of her biography: https://residentevil.fandom.com/wiki/Alcina_Dimitrescu

And the reader’s devil trigger looks like Alcina’s other mutation form

P/S: Hope you have a cool pillow to sleep on both sides

Thank you, I could use a cool pillow given how hot it is over here.

Sparda boys + V x Lady Dimitrescu-like!Reader headcannons

¤ Dante ¤

-Dante is used to being way bigger than everyone around him, so this is new and exciting.

-He likes the fact that he has to look up when talking to you; it makes him feel secure for some reason, like he can really and truly trust you.

-Though he was surprised the first time, he loves it when you pin him him the wall. He's just kinda hanging there, swinging his feet and all that.

-Your haughty nature is just another excuse for him to start friendly arguments, which you eagerly go along with.

-He thinks your "devil trigger" or whatever you want to call it is pretty unique, and isn't terrified of it in the least.

-He still thinks you're prettier in your normal, but giant human form, even more so after he finds his face pressed up against your thighs whenever you two hug.

■ Vergil ■

-Vergil loves you for who you are, not your intimidating size. He needs to be in control; the dominant one in the relationship. You and your giantess body are ruining that!

-He claims that your height is unsettling and often says that he thinks of you as an ogre woman, (affectionately) you know that isn't true.

-Though he would rather lose to his younger brother than admit it, he likes the fact that you're bigger than him, especially when you cradle him in your arms like he's your little baby--and in a way, he is.

-Will judge people with you, especially people who have the misfortune to pass by your home, making rude yet posh remarks on their appearance.

-Likes your "outdated" sense of fashion too; it's not every day that he sees someone dressed so elegantly.

-Your devil trigger is...well...something. He's not sure what it is, but it's definitely a thing.

□ Nero □

-Nero was shocked by your enormous height, not used to seeing anyone this big before.

-He thought you were a very pretty lady, though, despite the fact that you towered over him like Godzilla over Tokoyo. Height shouldn't dictate everything, and yes, that applies to both of you.

-He likes the fact that you can easily scoop him up and carry him to previously out-of-reach areas. It's so much more convienent than using his grappling hook arm thingy.

-Will jump onto your back out of nowhere, surprising and prompting you to give him a piggyback ride.

-Your devil trigger might seem like a monstrous creation to others, but Nero thinks it's badass. Love really is blind.

● V ●

-You had him at "hello there, little thing."

-All he ever wanted was to be loved, protected, cared for, and cuddled. That's it, and you can give it to him.

-Greets you every day by hugging you (as best he can) and kissng your hip because the rest of you is too high up.

-When no one's around and he has some downtime, V would love to sit in your lap and just sleep, his head buried in your warm chest.

-Very intrigued by your long, retractable nails, wondering how they work, what you can do with them, how durable they are, if you like painting them, if you'll let him paint them, etc.

-Is not frightened by your devil trigger in the slightest. If anything, his morbid soul finds it even more interesting.

[duckieduccss]

GHIDORAH’S TEAM✨⚡️

Going back to my au for a bit (Kaiju Little League), i wanted to make some general designs for a rival team that would go against our main one. By that, who else to make one (out of spite lol) but Ghidorah themselves✨

The overall jersey design is a lot more simplified but does keep some basic main colors to keep the team more identifiable (golden yellow, black, some red, white & brighter yellow). Also since the team consists of just Dorats, the shirts themselves dont exactly have sleeves to fit in their wings

Fun fact: Ghidorah insisted Ken (Ultraman) to make the shirts for them (in the least nicest way possible). The whole idea of the separate team came from Ichi, assuming its from their boosted ego & also just wanting to be against Godzilla yet again (the sport has definitely made the adults more competitive than their kids are). The other 2 heads just had to play along/deal with Ichi’s antics

Kaiju baseball has definitely turned into an entirely new unpredictable sport compared to normal baseball played by humans. Many kaiju use their special abilities (when aplicable) into the sport to make things more interesting & better chance at winning at the game. This though has made things harder for poor Kenji, having to rewrite or figure out the rules again to at least make the sport more fair (& to less make the chances of them taking advantages to pretty much cheat or get away with things). Dorats are no exception to that & definitely get creative with how they play the sport

Also a moment to give shoutout to @whoatherebigguy for the idea of giving the Dorats their own baseball jersey design. Just to show i havent forgotten. I’m still figuring out the team name but i guess im also open to suggestions for that too ^^:

[i’ll do my best to add more to this au. Also there might be a chance that there’d be another team besides Ghidorah’s :D]

[johnnylandslide]

WoL Magic Cards Tutorial!

I'd made a custom Magic: the Gathering card of Johnny recently, and shared it in the Seafloor discord, and since there was a lot of interest in the concept I figured a tutorial might be nice so we have something to do while we wait for plugins to come back. Here goes!

Download CardConjurer This is the tool I use to make custom cards. It's just a web app developed by a college student; he got DMCA'd by WOTC so it's not hosted on the internet anymore, but you can still run it locally.

Just unzip the contents somewhere, and then run launcher.exe when you're ready. It should open up the app in a browser tab.

2. Navigate to the Card Creator

3. Pick out a Frame

Enter this search box on the right. We're going to be using the Nickname ("Godzilla") frames. These give us a small subtitle box below the card name that indicates what the Magic card's actual name is.

If you want to create a custom card instead, use the Borderless frames.

In the menu below, you should see the different colors of the borderless frames. You'll have to add three of these elements to the card: the text box, the card name, and the power/toughness box. Do them in that order, by clicking each element and then Add Frame to Card. If your card is legendary (or if you feel like it), use the Crown option rather than just Title.

You'll have to choose the correct color. If your chosen card is monocolor or >=3 colors, this is very easy since you can just choose that color or gold, but for two-color cards the process is slightly more involved. First, add the color that goes on the left using the Add Frame to Card button, and then add the right color using the Add Frame to Card (Right Half) button. Use the gold power/toughness box.

If any of the card elements get out of order, you can reorder them using the layers controls at the bottom of the page.

4. Import the card text

Navigate to the Import/Save tab, and type in the name of the real card you're putting your OC over. Select the specific version of it using the dropdown afterwards.

(For some reason, Firefox suggests completing this field with my credit card information. I think it knows more about Magic than it's letting on.)

After the card is imported, navigate back to the Frame tab, and click Load Frame Version. This will force the text on the card to fit into the frame set that's currently selected in the bar on the right, which should still be the Nickname ("Godzilla") from earlier.

We should have something closely resembling the real card in the editor, now.

5. Make it yours!

First off, go to the Art tab, and upload your image. Once it shows up, you can adjust it by clicking the actual card in the editor. Clicking and dragging pans it around, shift+clicking scales, and ctrl+click rotates.

Next, pop over to the Set Symbol tab and remove it, since this is your own card and isn't from a Magic set.

And now, go over to the Text tab to finish this off! Start by entering your card name into the Nickname tab.

If your chosen card name is too long and ends up clipping the mana cost, you can reduce the width of the text box with the Edit Bounds menu until it fits.

Next, go to Rules Text to update the name if the card refers to itself. I changed all instances of "Vadrik" to "Johnny". Since this card is really just to look at and not to play with, I also renamed the Day/Night mechanic to fit the Black Mage flavor even better. Feel free to get creative!

You can use {flavor} to add flavor text as well. I added the {lns} commands after some words to add line breaks to make the text blocks look better.

You can also edit the typeline in the Type tab, if the creature type doesn't match your WoL. Johnny is already a Human Wizard though, so I didn't have to do that. Technically this would be a mechanical change of the card, but since these aren't real cards anyway I think it's a valid concession to make. Just don't go abusing it if you actually end up printing these out LOL

6. Download the card image

Finally, head back over to Import/Save, scroll all the way to the bottom, and hit Download you card.

And you're done! There's obviously a lot more that's possible with CardConjurer, and tons of avenues for creativity. If you end up following this tutorial, or creating any other FFXIV-related MTG cards, I would really love to see them!

[kawaiigirly21]

Husband and Wife: Chapter 1

“How are you, baby? I miss you. It's been so busy at work lately. Hope you're doing ok, I saw you today. Is it weird to say I thought you were so beautiful the way you killed that kaiju. Alright, I know it's late and you're probably tired, I'll let you get some rest. I love you.” Natasha smiled as she listened to Kafka's voicemail once more. God she loved that man so much. She had just got in from having a few drinks with some of her coworkers to celebrate their recent kaiju kill and she completely missed his call.

“What a man you are, Kafka Hibino… My hubby!!” She giggled, kicking her legs on her bed. The next morning, as Natasha sipped her coffee, she sent a sweet good morning text to her husband and prepared for a pretty slow day. It was always slow after a kill. If anything, she'd probably just be checking any applications that were sent in. “Hey Natasha, did you hear they moved up the cut off age for the application?” One of her coworkers told her. “Oh? That's interesting. Are we that desperate?” She joked looking at an application with all too familiar handwriting.

“What the?” Looking closely at the paper, Natasha's eyes widened before it was snatched from her suddenly. “Oops! That's from my pile! I'll take this!” “Hey Kiku!” The tall black haired woman smiled shyly and shrugged before practically running out of the office with the paper. “I know that writing… It… no! He told me he wouldn't try again… right?” Meanwhile Kafka found himself grinning all morning. Not just because of him sending in his application but because of the loving text his wife sent him. God he loved that woman so much.

“Why is he grinning like that?” Reno asked, looking at the man across from him. “Oh, that's probably because his wife texted or called him. He always gets like that when they've talked.” Reno's eyes widened in shock. “He's married!?” The man next to him nodded. “Oh yea, has been for like… 3 years now. His wife is a bit younger than him but those two love each other like those romantic novels. It's deep.” Reno nodded before looking back at Kafka who still had his big dumb grin on his face. That afternoon, Reno sat next to him during their break.

“Sir… I just found out you were married.” Reno spoke to which Kafka nodded with a mouth full of food. “Well why didn't you say anything!? You don't even wear a ring!” Reno exclaimed before Kafka shook his head. “Yes I do. It's on a chain around my neck. With this job, I didn't want it to get lost so I secured it around my neck. Closer to my heart.” Reno listened intently. “Oh… I never even thought about that. So what does she do?” His eyes then widened at the picture Kafka pulled up on his phone. “T-that's a defense force uniform!! She's in the defense force!?” Reno exclaimed.

“Yep. We met at a coffee shop when she had put in her application for it. She was 18 at the time. We had bonded over talking about it for the longest time. We were dating when she passed both of her tests. And 2 years into being in the defense force, on one of her days off, I asked her to marry me. It was a quick ceremony but… it was the best day of my life. I just… want to be with her you know? Besides it being a childhood dream, I don't just want to text or call her good morning anymore. I want to see her face everyday when I wake up and I want it to be the last thing I see when I go to bed at night. I want to be with my wife.”

Reno quickly wiped the tears forming in his eyes as he listened to Kafka's heartfelt story. He truly did love his wife. Back at the third division base, Natasha found herself heaving after running a hundred laps. “Y-you're trying to kill me!” She pointed an accusing finger at Hoshina who simply smirked. “Do you give?” He asked lightly. Glaring up at him, Natasha huffed. “Never. You could not kill Godzilla.” She replied standing by her argument. “You know Natasha, as Vice Captain, I could make you run all day. And no one would question it.” Hoshina grinned.

His eyes looked closed but instead were focused on the exposed sweaty cleavage of his subordinate. “You're all sweaty. Here.” Hoshina then walked over to the woman with a towel and passed it to her. “Thanks.” Natasha replied as she wiped her neck with the towel. “You missed a spot.” Hoshina smiled before taking the towel and pressed it on the exposed part of her chest. “Hoshina, we talked about this.” Natasha glared, snatching the towel from him and walked towards the shade.

“What's the problem? Can't a friend simply help his beautiful friend wipe the sweat from her body? It's nothing but a friendly gesture. Between friends.” “I don't like how much you said the word friend. It feels scandalous coming from your lips.” Natasha replied, fixing her glasses and taking a drink from her water bottle. Little droplets running from the corners of her lips down her neck to her cleavage. Staring hard and taking a deep breath to steady himself, Hoshina felt his self control trying to escape.

“Oh, I would show you something scandalous. If you'd let me.”

“Hoshina!!”

“It's a joke! A friendly joke!”

“Like hell it was!!”