#anyways enough spiralling
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Insecurity is a hell of a drug
#i am just being self conscious about my writing don't mind me lmao#i thought this passed but oh well#i knew this would come up at some point running this blog but it's very not fun#would not recommend#also i am so much better at not taking stuff personally but my god sometimes i am not#and it is one of those times i guess#i think that's lowkey why i haven't touched my wips in days#this has been eating away at my brain#i know this is a hobby and not that serious but ego connected to what i create go brr#i just need to let these feelings pass#i think just touching my wips would help that and there are ways I've thought about improving my writing so let's see how that goes lol#or maybe how i approach my writing would be a better way to put it#i also need to realise that everything isn't going to be for everyone which includes what i put out there and critiques of certain things in#fic are not personal attacks against me specifically lol#it's the leo moon and virgo mars /lh#anyways enough spiralling#rj talks
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If Prince Rachata finds out that you skipped your training... Companions must endure and take the blame for one another.
Jimmy Karn as PRINCE RAMIL and Ohm Thanakrit as PAYTAI THE NEXT PRINCE | EP. 8 (+EP. 4)
#the next prince#the next prince the series#ramilpaytai#jimmy karn#ohm thanakrit#jimmyohm#lana.gifs#thenextprince.gifs#userbon#usersasa#uservix#userrlaura#userrzey#tusermona#tuserhidden#tusersilence#tuseralexa#tuservic#rinblr#userspicy#usertorti#esmetracks#userjamiec#asianlgbtdrama#fyeahthaidramas#i hate the b&w gifs but i had no choice to give this an illusion of color continuity#funnily enough not even the b&w gifs are the same tone despite my efforts ugh#anyway... this was supposed to be something else then it kinda spiralled and turned into something else idk
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Fun with the lock
#oc#original character#my art#artists on tumblr#my artwork#drawing#digital art#illustration#still in da week long depressive spiral but i still had enough in me 2 draw yuri hashtag neverstopthegrind#the lock is so that eyepatch doesnt get bitten too much :) wouldnt reallyy do anything in a serious situation#but its the thought that counts#well anyways.#also make sure to enjoy eyepatchs' friends slow descent into more and more of a self-indulgent design for meee with the low ponytail & pier
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SIX for gold (II)
Lucanis Dellamorte/Rook | M | Pining/Obsession/Lovesickness
Crows are always drawn to shiny things, and Lucanis Dellamorte is no exception.
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Illario knew, Lucanis thought as he watched him over the rim of his cup. His dark coffee shimmered gold in the romantic lantern-light of Café Pietra. Illario definitely knew.
They had crossed paths in Treviso, and Illario leapt at the chance to invite them to coffee. He was curious and suspicious, and perhaps just a bit jealous of this slip of a girl who had caught his cousin's eye. "Let me meet her," he cajoled, "This golden bird that entices you so. Let me see if she is worthy of you."
His cousin’s sharp eyes missed nothing even as he entertained his Rook; charming and witty and crooning in ways that usually had his targets flush with desire. He called her ‘bella’ with affection, and praised her beauty and her quick tongue, in all the ways Lucanis had not. “You must forgive my cousin,” Illario added slyly, “He is all stomach, and no heart.”
Lucanis could not even refute it, for he hungered and hungered.
But Rook smiled at Illario in the same way she had smiled at Marcus Valisti all those months ago, full of genuine joy and goodness and golden light—and it was far too blinding for poor creatures like Illario and himself, who were born and raised in the darkness.
Lucanis watched as his cousin simultaneously flinched under the sun-bright glow of his Rook, and unconsciously leaned towards her like a flower desperate for light. When Illario’s blue eyes met his from across the table, they were full of wonder, and understanding, and pity. “My poor cousin,” they said, "You are fucked."
He was sure that in that one glance, Illario must have known the twisting pit of desire that roiled in his belly, the way he yearned pathetically for something so far beyond his reach. He had warned him once before. But it was too late.
Gold has always been the root of many a man’s downfall, and Lucanis knew he was doomed.
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#dragon age#datv#lucanis dellamorte#illario dellamorte#rook de riva#rook#ngl this was my favourite scene to write bc i love writing illario HAHA#anyway in this AU illario never betrays lucanis so they're actually on pretty good terms#only just a lil bit jealous#but otherwise he is there to make sure rook is good enough for his bro#lucanis is spiralling#anyway i guess marcus valisti is my recurring cameo oc that pops up every time i need to mention another random crow LOL#six for gold
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im having so many thoughts about ethan being trans and his immigrant father’s only daughter. ethan in his mortal family being treated as the most fragile precious thing in the world, and he hates it so fucking much. his father keeps promising that ethan will never have to lift a finger as long as he’s around etc etc and ethan’s temper is so frayed because his entire childhood hes watched his dad break his back to no fruitful avail. he and his dad fight about it, about making promises you cant keep, and if you get sick or hurt or get old it wont matter if im a girl. i’ll be the one supporting you anyway so stop acting like an all-powerful hero. then ethan in camp choking down so much anger because dying children are raising dying children, and just like everything else in his life, he never matters in any significant way and cant change anything. ofc he plucks his eye out for nemesis the moment she offers him the chance to change things i would too
#this is a very specific flavor of (east) asian daughter rage#you can never pay back everything that has been done for you and in large part its because people will never let you#or see you and your labor as important enough to matter as payback#youre a wilted flower that the house will expend on nutrition and watering for but ultimately the only good you can do is be decoration#making up backstories and motivations for characters we know nothing about: my favorite pastime#this spiralled bc i was thinking abt how like. ethan (n al) being trans to me actually does play into their stories/characters#its not their entire character but its formative to them#just wait til i hammer in the religious trauma for ethan too#this is so incoherent but god bless im throwing this out into the void anyway#ethan nakamura
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I love how we as a fandom kinda ignore the fact that the distortion is entirely about “friends” who actually want the worst for us but we can never tell exactly what they think, and instead have adopted Michael and love Helen.
#(At least I love Helen)#she doesn’t get enough attention but I actually think she’s way more interesting than distortion Michael#I like predistortion Michael more than predistortion Helen tho#anyways we’re falling for the spirals bear trap#Michael Shelly#michael distortion#helen distortion#tma#the magnus archives
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I Really Ducking Love You
this is just Bucktommy being cute with rubber ducks 🤗🦆
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When Tommy opens the center console of Evan's Jeep looking for their misplaced shopping list, he doesn't expect to find the compartment full of rubber ducks. He stares down at the toys, eyebrows scrunched as he studies them. They aren't just the plain yellow ones; there is a varying range of colors, glitters, occupations, and accessories. Tommy doesn't know how long he stands there staring, but it must have been too long because the driver's side door opens, and Evan pops his head in.
Tommy looks up at him.
"Babe, why do you have so many rubber ducks?"
Evan's face twists in confusion at the question for a second before it lights up with a smile as he laughs, leaning farther into the car to peer into the center console.
"It's something that started during the pandemic. You see a Jeep, you leave a duck. That sorta thing. I've seen these accounts on Tik Tok who have whole set ups in their trunks so they can make the ducks customized to the Jeeps they see. And some people even have these little stands on their mirrors so people have a better place to leave them instead of somewhere that they aren't going to be seen. The dedication people have to it is insane but I kind of admire them for it."
Tommy nods at the information as he reaches into the pile of ducks and pulls out the first one that catches his eye, a hot pink one with sunglasses.
"There must be alot of Jeep owners around because you have amassed quite the collection here." He gives the pink duck a squeeze and it makes Evan laugh before he reaches across the car and plucks the duck from his hand, setting it back with it friends.
"These aren't all from other people. I bought a variety bag so I didn't have to give away the ones I recieved. Those are tucked away safely at my apartment so they don't get mixed up."
Tommy hums in understanding as he reaches back into the center console and grabs the list he got distracted from before. Moving the notepad uncovers a duck he couldn't see before. An idea starts to form as he snaps the lid shut and plops the list into his boyfriend's waiting hand.
"Alright, I want a duck tour when we get home. Right now, we gotta get into that store before it gets too crowded or we are never getting out of here." Evan salutes and backs out of the driver's side as Tommy does the same on the passenger's side. They meet around the front of the car, and Evan grabs Tommy's hand with his free one, intertwining their fingers. Tommy's gives his hand a quick squeeze before he's being pulled along towards the carts as Evan starts rattling off what they need for dinner.
-- a few days later --
Tommy gets to set his plan into motion a few days after the 'Great Duck Discovery' when they go to the movies. After their showing ends and they're making their way towards to exit, Evan lets him know he's going to take a quick trip to the bathroom. Tommy nods, tells him to take his time and that he'll be out in the car waiting. Evan gives him a thumbs up and heads towards the restroom and Tommy is out of the theater's front doors before the bathroom door even closes.
When he gets to the Jeep, he moves around to the trunk to dig through his work bag where he stashed the duck he had ordered the night of their trip to the grocery store. It's a little pilot duck that had arrived the day before their date tonight. Tommy had spent his entire afternoon off transforming the little duck into exactly what he had had in mind. He had painted it's flight suit a darker blue to match the one he wears at work. With the thinnest sharpie he owned Tommy had carefully written his last name on the front as a mirror of his nametag. He had even made an attempted at the Harbor station patch. Tommy shuts the trunk and moves around to the passenger's side. carefully placing the duck on the door handle before hopping into the driver's seat. He pulls out his phone and pretends to be occupied with it while he waits.
A couple of minutes pass before the crunch of gravel under foot draws his attention. He doesn't look up from his phoe but he knows it's Evan from the way the footsteps pause and a huff of laughter comes from outside of the car. The passenger side door opens and Tommy tips his head to see one grinning Evan Buckley.
"Seems like I've got a new duck to add to my personal collection." Evan lifts his hand to show off the duck, wiggling it in the air. It makes Tommy laugh as he goes to set his phone down in the cup holder so he can take the duck so Evan can get into the car. The duck is dropped into his waiting palm as Evan hoists himself into his seat, closing the door behind him. He turns to look at Tommy then, a small smile on his face.
Tommy smiles back as Evan leans across the center console to press his lips against Tommy's. They both sigh into the kiss and Tommy brings his hand up to card his fingers through Evan's hair completely forgetting about the rubber duck in his hand. He pulls away with a laugh, shaking his head when Evan grins even wider.
"What was that for?" Tommy asks as Evan plucks the duck from his hand and leans forward to situate the little toy securely against the windshield. Evan sits back in his seat before turning to face Tommy again, his smile softening as his shrugs a shoulder.
"Just, uh, wanted to say thank you for a wonderful night, is all."
And with that answer, it's Tommy's turn to lean across the center console so he can gently grasp his boyfriend's chin, angling his face so he can press their lips together again. This time when he goes to sink his fingers into Evan's hair, there isn't a rubber duck in his way.
-- the next morning --
Tommy's just finished filling his travel mug when he hears the shuffle of feet making their way down the hal and into the kitchen. When Evan reaches him, he immediately plasters himself to Tommy's back. His arms come up to wrap tightly around Tommy's waist as Evan rests his forehead against Tommy's back. Neither of them speaks right away and Tommy's wondering if his boyfriend has fallen asleep standing up when Evan shifts, splaying his hands across Tommy's stomach. Tommy chuckles, shaking his head fondly.
"I thought I told you to go back to sleep."
The other man grumbles something into the fabric of Tommy's shirt and it makes him laugh as he settles his hand on Evan's wrists, giving them a light squeeze. He feels Evan lift his head so he can hook his chin over Tommy's shoulder instead. "I know, but I wanted to give you a little present before you went in."
Tommy hums as he nudges Evan away just enough to turn around in his arms. He sets his hands on the other man's hips, tucking his thumbs under his sleep shirt to brush lightly over the skin there.
"As much as I would love a repeat performance of last night, I am going to end up being very late to work." Evan rolls his eyes with a shake of his head, whacking Tommy in the arm before pulling his hand away to reach for somthing in the pocket of his sweats.
"It's not that kind of gift! Get your head out of the gutter, old man." Tommy huffs and pinches at Evan's side, which earns him a yelp and a fist thumped against his chest.
"I meant," Evan opens the hand still resting against Tommy's chest to show off a rubber duck, "that I wanted to give you this."
The rubber duck sitting in Evan's palm is dressed like a firefighter and Tommy instantly knows it's the same one he saw that day in the grocery store parking lot. He takes a moment to look over the duck before flicking his eyes up to meet Evan's.
"Did you give it your birthmark?" Evan nods, ducking his head a little as his free hand fiddles with the hem of Tommy's shirt. "I figured since I have a little Tommy Duck in my car, you, uh, could have a little Buck Duck in yours."
Tommy lifts his hand to cup Evan's cheek, and he ducks down a little so he can press their lips together. Evan's sighs against his mouth, setting his palm and the duck to rest against Tommy's chest.
When they seperate, Tommy releases Evan's chin and takes the duck into his hand, eyes flicking over the toy again. In addition to the birthmark, the original design on the hat has been blacked out and replaced with a silver '118'. The duck's eyes have been painted blue and Tommy releases they match the blue he used to paint his own duck's outfit. When he tips it forward to look at the duck's back, 'Buckley' is written across the back in the same silver from the hat. Evan watches him during the whole inspection, eyes flitting across the other man's face like he's trying to read his boyfriend's mind. Tommy finally lets him in on how he feels when he leans forward, stealing a quick kiss.
"I love it."
"Oh, good. I'm glad." Tommy brushes his thumb across Evan's hip as he watches the other man relaxes, the uncertainty that had been there moments before over his little gift completely forgotten.
"And I see you found the remnants of my own project at some point which leads me to wonder when you even had time to do this." Evan chuckles at that.
"It might have been after you fell asleep last night. You were snoring so loud I managed to sneak out to my car, sneak back in, and complete this little surprise all without waking you up." And Tommy would be impressed about his boyfriend's dedication if not for the little comment about the snoring.
"I do not snore, Evan."
"You absolutely do snore, Thomas. And as your boyfriend, I find it very concerning that you can not hear if someone has entered your hom while you're asleep because of all the snoring! It's a real problem you know. Maybe we should look into getting it checked out. Or possibly installing an alarm system."
Tommy scoffs as he pinches at Evan's side again but the other man doesn't budge. Just tilts his face up with the bigest smirk on his face. Tommy would think it was cute if he wasn't currently under attack.
"You're a brat, you know that?" Evan's bats his eyelashes up at Tommy, smirk turning into something more innocent.
"Yeah, but lucky for you, I'm you're brat and you love me for it." And Tommy tries to scowl, he really does, but he always finds it so hard to stay mad at his boyfriend and those pretty blue eyes of his.
"Damn right I do." Tommy grins. "I guess you could say that I really ducking love you." Evan groans at the pun but his eyes are bright and full of laughter as he tips forward, slotting their mouths together. Tommy makes a pleased little humming sound as he slips his arm fully around Evan's waist, bringing them even closer, and Evan uses the opportunity to wrap his arms around Tommy's neck. He lets Evan kiss him breathless for who knows how long before he's pulling away, chest heaving as Evan chases after his lips. Tommy squeezes his hips, keeping him in place. Evan pouts about it and Tommy squeezes him again in a silent apology because as tempting as it is to keep kissing him, Tommy has something to say.
"I was just thinking that if you're so concerned with me sleeping through an intruder, what if you moved in? That way you wouldn't have to worry so much." Evan jerks back so suddenly that it unbalances them and Tommy staggers forward a few steps to press him back against the island. Evan's staring at him, eyes wide and mouth hanging open.
Tommy's not sure how long they stand there before Evan finally snaps his mouth shut, but he still doesn't say anything. Tommy's face starts to heat as he wonders if he just made the biggest mistake of his life
"I mean, you don't have to, obviously. Unless you want to. Or you don't. Or- god, I've made a mess of this, haven't I?" He clenches his fist, and it makes the little Buck Duck squeak unhappily. "Why don't you take today and think about it? We could talk about it more tomorrow if-" Tommy doesn't even get to finish his rambling because Evan is surging forward, crashing their lips together.
Tommy grunts as he gets an armful of Evan Buckley, his grip tightening and eyes falling closed as he tries to keep up with his boyfriend's very enthusiastic attempt at trying to devour him whole. Except Evan pulls away a few moments later, his lips are red and slick and it's Tommy's turn to chase after them. Evan laughs, bright and slightly hysterical sounding, as he sways out of reach.
"Wait, baby, wait, hold on. I have to say yes to moving in first." And that stops Tommy dead in his tracks.
"Yes to moving in?"
Evan nods, hands coming up to brush through the short hairs along Tommy's neck. "Of course I'll move in, Tom. I couldn't imagine saying no to getting to come home to you every day."
Now it's Tommy turn to laugh a little hysterically as he's tugged forward into Evan's space, getting a taste of the grin that's spread across Evan's lips as they settle against each other. And as Evan gets a hand in his hair and Tommy works his hands under Evan's shirt, Tommy accepts that he is definitely going to be late to work.
(Tommy, miraculously makes it to Harbor with two whole minutes to spare. He jogs into the locker room and manages to change, stash his stuff in his locker and slide into the open seat next to Lucy right before their captain gets into the morning briefing. Tommy sags into his chair, hand slipping into his pocket in search of the little duck he stowed away before he came out, hand closing around it. And he knows the duck was meant for his car but Tommy thinks the helicopter could use a little touch of Evan instead.)
#this was supposed to be a short little post about Buck not having enough rubber ducks as a Jeep owner and it spiraled into this#anyway it's very cute and I'm very happy I wrote it I don't care if it's cheesy or whatever 🙂#evan buckley#tommy kinard#bucktommy#911#911 fics#my fics
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So KPop Demon Hunters
SPOILERS BELOW THE CUT:

I love them your honor <3
#k pop demon hunters#so i wanted to aim for something like a downtime scene after the climax#because these girlies just had… a lot to unpack in such a short time#they spiraled backwards and forwards and shattered and reassembled themselves#(trying really hard not to spoil here for the guys who haven’t seen it and get curious enough to look at the tags lmao#but yeah so with how uh sudden the big reveal was and how little time they had to process it#they prolly had something like this once they got home#where they get to fully process the bombshell that was dropped on them#(after like ten billion more)#I like to think they’re more tentative at first#they are actively trying to push past what’s been hardwired into their brains after all (patterns=demons=kos)#but y’know what it’s not exactly uncomfortable#if you can’t tell mira’s holding 3 cups of i dunno tea or something for them to unwind before they inevitably peter griffin on the couch#if the artstyle looks wack and the effort went down with Zoey and Mira#sorry besties it’s like 3:30 in the morning I’ve been trying to draw this for three hours now I just wanna bed#anyway o<-<#hot take: rumi should’ve had her hair still messy in that finale fight#it would’ve accentuated the song’s (and the movie’s) thesis about accepting flaws and not hiding them away#but that’s just me <3
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What's your favorite way to characterize your ocs? (if u want a challenge try not to answer with any homestuck related category)
mine is how many siblings they have!
Ok so this is a genuinely interesting question bc i had to actually like... Think about how to word this in a way that isn't complete nothing?
So. My favourite way to characterise my ocs is via their interests. (... something i think homestuck does very well via making sure every character has a grab bag of cool & uncool, intense & wayside interests instead of just a bunch of cool stuff they like equally, but i digress)
That said, it's not so simple as just giving them a likes and dislikes list. in fact i fucking hate likes and dislikes lists cant stand them, they always feel really flat to me. I know they have their uses but I usually can't flatten characters down that way. Likes are ephemeral-- Likes can be shit like 'warm days' which. Duh.
Something i'm a little mean about related to this is what i call "Likes: Friends Dislikes: Bullies" which is something you see on character likes and dislikes in one form or another a LOTTTT. This is because like... Yeah? That can be assumed of everyone? It tells me nothing about the character. Telling me your character likes Pleasant Weather or dislikes Gross Food is like. Uh Huh?
It's not specific! It tells me nothing! But that's the secret.
Specificity and Contradiction are where it's at. Now a character who hates pleasant weather and likes gross food? Now that's a weirdo. Or maybe even that they dislike 'gross food'-- But by their definition that's like... Anything that's not literally raw? Now that's characterisation! Now you get to ask why the fuck are they like that.
And this is how I like to approach things. I like to dig into a character's interests on the surface level by assigning them some, sure. But the fun comes from digging in and making them specific and contradictory. (And usually if a character is unfinished, to me, it's because they're still on that surface level of Just Having Some Interests) (Also, it goes without saying, one of the best places to find these interests for characters in the first place is by joking and riffing for as long as humanly possible. A core joke will carry you farrrrr)
so my actual favourite way to characterise characters? Giving them really specific dislikes, in relation to their interests.
So, for example, (because they are always the example...) Ali is a stagehand and decent actor, and loves plays. In fact, they love plays so much they are outright dismissive of other art forms. They don't play games, they don't really watch TV, their main intakes of media are books, screenplays, poetry and filmed productions or bootlegs. (and hey, bringing up bootlegs: that probably means they participate in the weird bootleg-trading-ring people have going on online. Look at that! A weird niche activity I can give them!)
But, they HATE musicals. Think they "lower" the art form-- Despite (or perhaps because) they're the most popular type of play to put on, especially in the local productions they help out on. They value the scary intimacy of a theatre production, being in a near silent room physically with the performers, they think it elevates it. Makes it unique. They don't like that musicals are like... fun and loud.
But let's go even more specific. Do they have any exceptions? Any begrudging respect?
Well, I think they'd respect musicals like Cats. Things that are pure spectacle, where the music and intefacing with the audience in a chaotic manner are the point. They like that Cats "Doesn't even pretend to have a story. It's not actually trying to compete with plays, it's doing its own thing. It's practically Theatre of Cruelty."
And furthermore, they also enjoy animated or movie-original musicals. Because, well, film is a medium they don't care about as much. It's okay if it lowers itself by being silly. Plus!! Animation is like, fake, for children, and has a heightented requirement for suspension of disbelief! It's perfect for musicals! They're nothing but spectacle! In fact, that's what makes them the perfect medium for them!
^ You may notice that the above is like, while logical, is very dismissive of other mediums! It's a little bit anti-art in places!
And thatt's the other thing. I like to make characters who don't hold the exact same opinions I do.
While there's parts of my actual opinions in there-- I do believe animated is a great medium for musicals due to the whole suspension of disbelief & fun thing-- Um. I would hope it's obvious that as an animation graduate I don't think animation is for children or inherently less serious of a medium.
But Ali is a weird little snob who will hopefully get some slightly more nuanced opinons when they're not literally only 19. So it makes sense that they're being elitist about things. They're insecure, and hanging a lot of their self-esteem on being "an artist with good and refined taste". Of couuuurse they've got a stick up their ass about musicals (something I myself am not a superfan of, but usually enjoy when I watch them. I think Ali is missing out!)
But yeah, that's just from digging in and getting specific about one interest: Theatre.
By digging into the contradiction of "Likes Theatre and Dislikes Musicals" I can find a reason for why. And I can avoid making characters just Mouthpieces For My Own Opinions by giving them opinions i disagree with.
I follow this logic a lot, though not always so straightforwardly.
Chrome is a musician who doesn't really like music, and thinks all artists are just vapidly doing it for attention. (Which should immediately clue you in to what's wrong with him.) It's a more selfish version of the same kind of reasoning Ali has, but one Ali would find ghoulish.
Ess, meanwhile, is a Pedologist. A soil scientist-- A very specific thing you usually get to via being like... A geologist, or chemist, or something more general-- But I've said he was basically on that shit immediately-- Which is a funny concept to me. He didn't go on a journey of scientific discovery to find a niche area of study-- He just loved that niche ever since he was a kid.
So, you'd expect that I'd maybe make Ess dislike other sciences then? Nah, I think he's more nuanced than that. Because, following his very polite and politically aware demeanor, I think it would make more sense for him to be very respectful of all sciences, even if he has no real interest in them outside of how they relate to his field. Instead, he is conciously trying very hard not to form a grudge with more 'popular' sciences-- He knows why they're more popular, and he knows it's not the fault of the people who love the field that they get a lot more funding than him. It's not their fault, it's just a result of science having to be so capitalistic.....
See! Polite little man, very nuanced. That's because most of his contradictions come instead from being a terrified and anxious soul who is doing illegal shit right now while being very scared because they know it's for the greater good. (see! politically aware again. He knows trespassing is illegal, but his morality does not line up with legality. He's exposing governmental malpractice, ffs. But! Not a cool punk! In fact a very scared guy!)
Ess there does get to be a bit of a mouthpiece for me, since obviously I also believe you should trespass to go get evidence of the government knowingly dumping biohazards into the fucking water supply for cost cutting reasons. But he gets to balance it out because every time I have to do research into soil science my fucking head hurts.
Pulling back away from Ess and back to Ali and Chrome again I think I have one last really good example of letting characters have opinions that are different to mine, that's about something that isn't an interest, per se, but hits on the reason I like to do this so much.
It is so fucking fun to make characters argue.
In an earlier purrgatorio that im not going to re-look-at because its early enough the writing quality might make me dry heave, i let ali and chrome have a bit of an argument (with tabitha as a weird mediator who has the closest to my real opinions LOL.)
So. Chrome has what i can describe as "Basically my opinions, but worded in the most bad faith way possible." If I saw someone arguing my point like this i'd want to either smack them or disagree with them on principle.
Whereas Ali has "The opposite to my opinion, but worded with all of the arguments for that point of view that I genuinely respect." They're the talking points I've observed that I genuinely find to be decent reasoning, and I would be hard pressed to disagree with in polite conversation.
They're arguing about religion. Ali is religious, following a small gnostic sect that's basically only practiced by their immediate family. Chrome is bluntly atheistic, but coming at it from a conception of religion that only has room for (a pastiche of) american big-box puritan protestantism, and is assuming every religion to be the same way.
I am an atheist myself, but cannot fucking stand the culturally-christian reddit atheist talking points. So I gave that kind of thing to Chrome (part of this irony being, Chrome is far more spiritual than he thinks-- having internalised a LOT of protestant work ethic), and Ali is from a small cultural religion that couldn't be further from it-- And is also a modern-day internet user with a bitchy streak-- So of course they've memorised every rational and reasonable counter-argument to this kind of thing.
(The full on irony being, that they are fictional and thus Ali is acutally in a sense... Right that there is a demiurge. Lol.)
Even if I do ultimately take the side that uh. Idk dude i dont think god is real. Giving that opinion to the guy who's being a shithead about it makes it more interesting to write?
I treat a lot of things like this. Chrome has a bad anti-art anti-intellectual streak that I follow the logic of, but think is dangerous and flawed. Markus loves scientific knowledge and biology, but is too naive to really know how to chase it-- or when to stop. Miao has a lack of academic smarts, and deeply undervalues her other skills because she's internalised that they don't matter in comparison. Lupus believes there's good in everyone, and can't comprehend the logic of cruelty-- Leading her to equivicate legality with morality in a very childish manner.
Everyone gets an ideology. I should be able to follow the logic of everyone's ideology even if I don't agree with it. And interests are both an extension of ideology, and a window into it.
Chrome's anti-art anti-intellectualism leads him to barely partake in media-- But also undersell his own academic smarts because his skills in physiology are "just dumb meathead shit about how to stay jacked". Lupus' disagreements with Mafioso over criminals being 'cool' betray her inflexibility in categorising actions as 'good' or 'bad', because she wants no-one to suffer-- And assuming an unjust police absolutely turns that to dust.
It's all about putting characters together like a big jigsaw to make them have unique worldviews-- To then be able to look at a real world thing and go "who of my characters would like that/act like that/think that?"
(Now. Uh. I can't say I'm like. The Bestest At This-- That would be a touch egotistical given my lack of Putting My Money Where My Mouth Is And Writing A Big Story For Everyone To Look At. But um. We'll get there? I hope lol.)
But yeah, TL;DR:
My favourite ways to characterise characters are:
Give them specific, contradictory and ironic interests
Interrogate their reasonings and how it informs their self-perception
Give them opinions that don't always align with mine
Interrogate whether they are actually coherent when discussing these opinions
#lucabytetalks#hope this was thorough???? for those uninformed go to toyhou.se/lucabyte/characters to have any ideas who these guys are#but yeah lol i can attribute this focus on interests as a core to then spiral out into characterisation at least a little to#how well hs does it too. that mode of handing out a bunch of interests (AND MORE IMPORTANTLY: JOKES) is influential 2 me#ocposting#long post#oc writing#lucabytewrites#anyway in a 'who could've seen that coming' twist of blatant asexuality i also do this somewhat arbitratily w giving characters kinks#its like. funny to get freudian on their asses about it. like giving hainu (who is a youtuber) one he keeps putting in videos but seemingly#without him realising its like. a fetish. he just picked it up from the online miasma and doesnt realise why (or that) he is fixated on it#(id make you all guess b/ i went through quite the rigorous discussion 2 find one to fit that profile. its tickling. just innocuous enough)
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sometimes you just open up the canvas and a steamy office worker au comes out
♡ my daily pjo art tag ♡
#anyways annabeth is architecture firm ceo percy is her assistant frank is a new hire shadowing safety engineer hazel#hazel is neurotic about safety she doesn't take risks because of her past but what will she do in the face of the ultimate risk......#annabeth is strict and hypercompetent on the surface but internally she's spiraling and only her assistant is close enough to notice......#I'm not gonna write the fanfiction but I'm just saying this has potential to be a beautifully cliche piece of work#controversial but I like boss x employee trope when they deal with the power imbalance instead of refusing to acknowledge or address it#because ykw that's an interesting conflict to be deconstructing in the process of falling in love#also percy is latino here <3#percy jackson#annabeth chase#percabeth#percy jackson and the olympians#pjo hoo toa#bayearts#frazel#frank zhang#hazel levesque#rick riordan#riordanverse#pjo hoo toa tsats#heroes of olympus#pjo fanart#pjo au
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i miss the month and a half that i was unemployed last year. that was when sjap was at its peak too. i think unemployment is the way to go.
#just kidding i love my current job its so fun#speaking of it i fell down in the back room on wednesday and i have a big ass bruise on my arm now.#laughed the pain off….#anyways working on valentines day#opening with my hot co worker😛😛😛😛#who has a gf😞😞😞😞#im kidding guys hes like 5 years older than me if anything he sees me as a little sister#my spam account is sick of me talking abt him#uhhhhh anyways i need to stop letting fear control me bc it gets so bad sometimes like my anxiety gets so high when i have to so stuff out#of my comfort zone. i was doing pretty good post move because i had the ‘nobody knows me who gaf’ mentality but i feel like its coming back#idk idk idk#im not gonna think about it too much#i start uni in 2 weeks im excited#i need to do my photo id somebody remijd me to do that tmr#i need to do a lot of things#did yall see that meteor hitting earth in 2032 that is so crazy#suuuchhh little time to do sooo much#ok enough im spiralling going to sleep love u all
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Day 41
Today’s Board is:

*disco music stops*
(From TV episode 7A A Change of Heart)
#htf#happy tree friends#htf disco bear#it’s been like 10 days I decided we need another disco board#cus uhhhh surprisingly enough he’s my goobie woobie that I need to slam against the wall and give 7 billion mental illnesses to /hj /silly#no but like I’m only this attached to him cus of my like personal interpretation/au and my like plotting for him there#I made him trans and then like it all kinda spiraled from there and I just kept like adding more to him#and uhhhh now here I am kinda constantly thinking about him cus he’s my lovable little loser of a man#god… I oughta ramble about my transgenda disco narrative on my main sometimes cus like im ill about that <3333#anyways that’s enough about that fuckin guy#uhhh fun fact im actually just posting this board manually#i forgot to schedule it earlier cus i was too preoccupied with a kandi cuff i was makin <33333#and now its like basically 7 here so uh. Its not worth scheduling it lol.#enjoy this one a few minutes early <333
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it’s truly what warhammer is missing the most re: primarchs. it’s boring if they all like each other, and it’s boring if they all hate each other; there should be an extremely complicated system of primarch relationships in which at least two of them fucking hate each other but sometimes have to tolerate each other because they all have a bestie in common
#astartes should be keeping relationship flowcharts in their quarters so they can be appropriately bitchy to the right legions when they#next are on campaign together because that legion is mutuals with someone their primarch cant sttttand#enough of perturabo has no friends. perturabo and the lion are beeeesties. mostly bc perturabo says purposefully needling things at him#and lion’el jonson just. does not notice. but lion’el jonson and rogal dorn should get on decently via an autism to autism communication#wavelength. and guilliman & rogal dorn should be administration besties. but guilliman and the lion should hate each other#we are looking at potentially the funniest 'our legions are fighting a campaign together so i guess we have to meet up and have dinner#together for morale :/' meet-ups imaginable#please. we can elevate the horus heresy. just let someone who has worked in the worst inter-office drama imaginable write it#ferrus manus should noooot like horus at all but like. puts on the most blank expression imaginable when fulgrim talks about him bc#one time he criticised him even just a little bit and fulgrim didn't speak to him for weeks.#fulgrim & sanguinius should NOOT like each other. who is that other dog in the mirror#i dont care whats canon. im rewriting this in my head.#in my deepest imagination lorgar and angron are friends so long as they literally never talk about the emperor. like i actually think it#would be an interesting relationship if they both liked one another EXCEPT for that one big thing thats the biggest thing in both their#lives. & idk. angron if he was given more characterisation could be friends with sanguinius i think. sanguinius literally dealing with#murderous ragebeasts all the time as a given anyway. but lorgar fucking HATES sanguinius having angel theming so bad cos hes soooo jealous#oh. and furthermore: Luther likes everyone that the lion hates (guilliman) but hates everyone he likes (perturabo) and its truly#like from the lion's pov having ur dad disapprove of ur best friends and want u to hang out with his friend's kid who's totally lame.#luther's pov: my brotherson won't hang out with the normal kids only the kids who give each other piercings at parties and huff aerosols#its 4am so u can see why im spiralling but. idk. the primarch relationships are so underutilised imo
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I know this is set up like "oh nooo the bad guy will use the good guy tacts to gain the uper hand what a twisted betrayal" but like... to emulate what optimus does as a leader is to at the very start "pretend to have empaty" but that would fail immensely at the start,but at the same time force starscream to actually develop that skill and convince others it is genuine enough to not expect a shot in the back or a debt right after
I can see it becoming a whole arc from second in comand that always trys, and fails miserably, to take control of the empire to respectable leader that is smoothly put on power by his pears without even noticing as the curent boss spirals into his obsession with this war
Ending as an equal foot to optimus leadership, you can make the fun new mix of the decade for the formula like this, I dunno I found it neat
#transformers#starscream#anyways we ignore that he would continue the war and say he has brains enough to make a peace traty and everything is finee#also political marfiage for peace au slow bur 70k fic potential#megatron might be the rival in power but it would be so fun to have starscream be the rival in leadership to optimus as the eons go by and#megs spirall into power trips after power trip and war war war war meanwhile one amnesia later starscream just learned the power of true#guidance and how a healthy leader shoud act and comes back like he just got revealed the secrets of the universe in one garden walk with th#enemie... also the comedy potential of megatron still be in power but slowly be ignored in the battle field by prime as they start to notic#the strategist is starscream now and not megatro.#transformers legends#g1 transformers#tfg1
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everytime i draw tf2 again it makes me extremely unhappy and fills me with a kind of dread. but i feel trapped cause its probably the most ill ever be known for
#overall im just sad this game that has meant so much to me is just another source of anxiety#ive been actively avoiding looking at a lot of tf2 stuff cause otherwise it makes me spiral#thinking about how much time ive wasted on tf2 and how little ive improved in my art if at all whenever i draw for it#just wish i couldve gone back in time and made some different choices. or just gotten better at art in general LOL#or never come online in the first place#egg talks#wish i was either a normal person actually spending time outside and not worrying about online bs#or that ive actually gotten enough courage to go thru with many things#fuck whoever said it gets better it never does in the long term#the only times it gets better is just for a little bit#to give you a taste of what kind of life you couldve lived if you were just a better person#before things turn so much more worse#anyways. next up for my merc series is medic LOL
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Maybe I stopped smiling, When I looked around. Finally realising, No one cared if I did.
#writerscreed#spilled ink#dark academia#original poem#my poetry#original poetry#short poem#writing#writers on tumblr#writeblr#a rare personal poem?!#guys im so cringe for this :/#oh well who cares#it's my party (blog) and I'll cry (vent via shitty poetry) if i want to#context for future me: (i go through my blog every now and then)#this is the bimonthly spiral of feeling underappreciated + trapped + resentful#dw i am aware these are lowkey irrational + i kinda just need to suck it up#basically - i feel like no one cares enough to know anything about my life#and instead of dealing with this in a healthy way -> i refuse to talk to my family about anything going on in my life#like i never bring it up#anyways my family are yappers -> they talk a lot and i listen#but they expect me to do the same and that's not my style ( i had brought this up a few times before)#i got so used to not telling them stuff - i am now wildly uncomfortable sharing anything more than surface level with them#i feel like i no longer have a safe space#it's my fault and idk how to fix it
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