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Idk if this is okay to ask but

Does steve from minecraft work the same as hatsune miku?

In the sense that since miku is just a voice, she has no lore or age or specific identity or even one colour palette. Since steve is just the default minecraft skin but is also an internet icon, can we treat him the same??

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Do you ever think about how in the "Caesar lives and is in Part 3" AUs, that Caesar probably thought Joseph was dead too, and that he blamed himself because he rushed to fight Waamu by himself, that his Hamon wasn't enough to protect Joseph or that if he was there to help Joseph fight he might still be alive?

And that when he met Erina he probably saw how grief stricken she was and apologised to her until his throat was hoarse because he sees Joseph's death as his fault because he just wasn't enough?

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Posting it again separately cuz idk how Tumblr works

TLDR; let me know your thoughts, advice on improving, what I should do with it, and ask me any questions if you have them

*does the club penguin dance*

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After 3 attempts, 2 consecutive breakdown, and 1 successful result over the course of atleast 1 year

My muse has come to life and I completed this insanely ambitious project

I am so overwhelmed whenever I see it now (which is always since it is on my desk being blocked) I just toss it in the air like pizza dough to deal with my emotions

Feel free to ask me about the process or any other questions, and I'd love to hear your thoughts and advice on how to improve (idk if anyone will see this)

Also what should I do with the tapestry now, please leave your suggestions

The divine berry picker

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When did I type this?

Feeling whore-ish, but... It's not sexual :(

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Any comprehendible thoughts about Bruno’s and Leone’s relationship ?

By "comprehendible" I'm guessing you mean "coherent" and not "they make my skin crawl and my organs twist in a way that not even throwing up would be enough to get them out of my system they make me completely ill to the point of insanity and I would sell my soul to see them together again and happy". So I will try for you and write some thoughts you can understand instead of this being me sobbing over them for a whole year--

Part 5 has some incredible JJBA ships (I know you said relationship and not necessarily in a romantic way but it's impossible for me to see them platonically, I am sorry), I've realized, and maybe it's because they are all wayyyy gayer than usual and extremely more poetic. Araki went hard with the symbolism here. I missed it (he does this a lot idk what I'm saying) (but I missed the feeling part 2 gave me because it's my favorite) (well actually my favorite is part 4 but Battle Tendency will always be important to me and I'd choose it over anything else) (I forgot what we're talking about) (I apologize I never talk about JJBA here and I use every chance I get to mention everything I can).

So Bruabba (I believe the ship is called) wasn't my favorite ship in the beginning. It's kind of like that one thing you already just assume so you don't go that insane over them? They're so in love it's sickening and almost canon to me to the point that I often forget they are... Not canon... Wild. Honestly wild. In my mind, they kissed. But yeah, they were just there and I thought "they're gay and married. Good for them". Abbacchio's beef with Giorno is so funny to me, too, because God forbid Buccellati gives attention to someone other than him for two seconds 💔💔💔 (no but seriously I actually love Abbacchio and how protective he is) (his dynamic with Giorno is something that I love too but that's for another day).

But oh......... Then they show Abbacchio's flashback and how he is only at ease whenever he's with Buccellati... They trust each other so deeply and would not hesitate to do anything to save the other?? Something about Abbacchio hitting rock bottom and Buccellati saving him from his desperation and showing him another path. Something about Abbacchio going "The only time I'm at ease is when I'm following the orders of something great and absolute" vs "The only time I'm ever at ease is when I'm with you, Buccellati". Something about Buccellati seeing Abbacchio as not only someone he can rely on but someone he can lower his guard down around. Something about Buccellati being so protective of him which, you know, he is protective with everyone but it hits differently with him (he did something to me when he went "The moment you stab Abbacchio, I will end your life" like damn, they're not taking him away from you, soften your grip sweetie) (they're indeed taking him away though) (I am very sad). Something about Buccellati having to deal with the weight of leaving Abbacchio after his death and being the one to make the decision while Narancia sobs.

In general their dynamic is just insane to me because they both respect each other in different ways but so deeply. Buccellati will forever be Abbacchio's capo and light and savior in a way that is almost religious devotion. And Abbacchio will forever be Buccellati's most trusted person and he was just so proud of him and of choosing him. Like, if fate is a thing (which it is because it's the main theme in this part) these two are definitely soulmates. Not to mention that there's just something so beautiful in Abbacchio following orders but choosing to go with Buccellati knowing it'd probably get him killed. And Buccellati seeing so much potential and humanity in Abbacchio and someone to call home, too.

They're not even my favorite ship but yesterday I read so many... So many fanfics of them... This ask is the perfect timing, honestly. They've been on my mind lately. I literally woke up today after a nightmare and INSTANTLY went here to look for fanart of them.

Basically, coherent comprehensible thoughts, I love them an abnormal amount.

BONUS! Yesterday I asked my fiancé (who has not watched JJBA) their thoughts about part 5's characters and this is what they said about them:

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Feeling whore-ish, but... It's not sexual :(

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me checking my activity 50 times in a row and realizing nobody's paying attention to me (i crave attention):

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My thought daughters are starting to get...... Intrusive.

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“That’s why I walk down memory lane, ‘cause it’s the only place that you haven’t left yet.”

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Bro I don't think my obsession with Joseph Joestar is platonic anymore....fuck

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I'm going to get out some (sns meta) thoughts that I've had percolating for a while now and have expressed on discord here and there. I don't know if these will ever make it into a fic or not. RE: Sasuke characterization

One of the things I find kind of frustrating about the way fans characterize Sasuke and SNS is that I keep seeing memes and fanworks that sort of imply Sasuke feels he is unloveable in some way? As if, his issues with accepting Naruto's affection in Shippuden stem from some fundamental belief he has that he doesn't deserve to be loved that way, so he has to push Naruto away. And to me this is just.... so confusing? Like it's wrong in a super obvious sense, but also I'm not quite sure where it comes from beyond a desire by a subset of fans to project their own insecurities about their self-worth onto sasuke, but I feel like it's more widespread than even that.

Most generously, I see one particular panel used as "evidence" of this characterization - the panel/page where Sasuke asks what "friend" means to Naruto and he replies "when I see you take things on by yourself, I hurt." Sasuke's response is pure surprise, and I can get how that's easy to read as "oh wow you LOVE me and don't just think of me as a friend?" From there it's usually extrapolated by fans as Sasuke having some hangup over believing his own love was painfully unrequited and that's why he was acting out, which is an undercurrent to his revenge mission, but I think it's such a misread. Idk it's so boring/dumb to read it as "Sasuke is so gay and Naruto is so hetero and oblivious he had to become a terrorist about it!" pls

Sasuke isn't surprised in that panel because he is realizing that Naruto actually loves him romantically when he thought he wasn't worth loving, I think the key lies in Naruto's phrasing - he *hurts.* Loving Sasuke hurts, but he does it anyway. That's what Sasuke has been running away from this whole time, isn't it? This idea that his love for Naruto or for his team could be used to hurt him because his love for his family/brother had already been used to hurt him - that's the fundamental drive of his character. Sasuke is afraid of the pain of love, either the pain from losing someone or the pain caused when that love is wielded like a weapon against him. It's not a question of whether or not he's deserving of love - he actively tries to be as unloveable as possible because the more someone loves him, the more likely he is to fall into reciprocity. It's easy when he just has fangirls who don't truly know him, but that's not what it's like with Naruto.

Meanwhile, here is Naruto, laying in a pool of his own blood, smiling and admitting that loving Sasuke hurts, but he shows no hesitation, no sign of backing down. Sasuke has given him every reason to turn his back on him, to close himself off, and Naruto never does. He just bleeds and bleeds and exists with his heart on his sleeve like that, not even scared to admit it. I think that scares and amazes Sasuke, which accounts for his expression in that scene. That's why Sasuke loses. He thinks by killing all of the soft parts of him that he can grow past feelings as juvenile as fear, but here's Naruto with all of this terror at losing him, losing his village, his friends, but he doesn't flinch. He just accepts the pain as part of living, which is what Sasuke ultimately realizes he needs to do. I think it's actually way more interesting a read than Sasuke just being surprised someone loves him so much.

It's not that I don't think Sasuke can't have self-esteem issues. He's insecure to a fault in part 1 and it's what drives him away from the village. He fears not being the best, of falling behind to someone he sees as a sort of protegee. As much as SNS fans despise the mention of any kind of "brotherly" bond I genuinely think that's what they have in part 1, even if it's twisted. I think them forming some kind of earned brotherhood is what makes the end of part 1 impactful, like Sasuke kind of, in miniature, does to Naruto exactly what Itachi did to him: a fundamental betrayal, violence, the severing of his most important bond which tears away any semblance of family. I think it's the transformation of this relationship (they no longer see each other as protegee/brother) in part 2 which actually opens the bond up to becoming something more romantic. And then, after part 2, I definitely think Sasuke would struggle with guilt and whether or not he feels worthy of Naruto's love, but there's never really a question of whether or not he has it (whether or not that love is romantic is obviously another question entirely). But I dunno, I can't abide any characterization where Sasuke mopes around feeling sorry for himself all the time. I also think any guilt he would feel after shippuden is purely restricted to Naruto - there is just no way I see his "redemption journey" as him actually feeling sorry for threatening the kage. His participating in Orochimaru's human experimentation is another issue - one I haven't made up my mind on. I think Sasuke would come to regret parts of it, but I also don't see him beating himself up over it constantly.

Anyway, these are just the ramblings of someone procrastinating on writing, but they're things I think fundamentally inform how I write and interpret Sasuke in canonverse fics.

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Iruka: so I told him I hadn't been laid since Sarutobi was Hokage. Right after he cums, he says "Welcome to the Hatake Administration".

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ahh elizabeth vandiver's lectures pointing out a heartbreaking moment in the odyssey i wasn't even aware of:

telemachus addresses eumaeus the swineherd as atta (ἄττα). in my fagles edition it's translated as "old friend", but as vandiver points out, atta has two meanings: it can be used as a familiar-but-respectful form of address to an older man (which is how telemachus uses it), but significantly it's also baby-talk for "father", parallel to papa/dada. it's what telemachus WOULD have called odysseus growing up, but now telemachus refers to him as xenos, a visiting stranger/foreigner.

like imagine. odysseus is in disguise as a beggar, it's the first time he's seen his son since infancy, and one of the first things he hears telemachus say, to another man, is "daddy, who is this stranger?"

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banshee

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Poems that escape me #6

Intrusive thoughts

Then the bees left honey

Behind, in search of meadows

only to find my old shack

dilapidated and barren.

But never a bad host, I

left them skins of joyous mead.

They were in front of the honey

again, across the wooded mountains

Fermented and Eternal.

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truly nothing about house md prepares you for wilson. he's fucking insane. he's been divorced three times. he's the only person who can scheme just as well as house. he gives a patient his own liver bc he felt bad for him - a patient who didn't even know wilson's name. btw. he noticed a patient had depression bc he never mentioned his grandkids. he starred in a porno. he dosed house with antidepressants for several weeks. he allowed his boybestie and his gf to share custody of him and didn't even try to stop it. house told him to buy a piece of furniture that represented who he was, and he bought a $4000+ organ for house. he was gonna torpedo his career to talk abt euthanasia bc one of his patients suffered longer than he had to. he let house move into his 1 bed apartment bc his therapist thought it'd be a good idea. this man would do anything for anybody if they let him. he'd fucking quit his job to save a snail off the sidewalk. bro is not normal in the slightest