#All my pet ideas were just like “what if it's a literal Earth animal but blue” hit send

[l3monlem0n]

Some Murder Drones Episode 7 screenshots I thought were interesting and my thoughts on them :>

SPOILER WARNING!!!! is spoilering

Nori, despite being a middle aged woman with a child, appears to be an Otaku or otherwise likes "edgy" and "scene" stuff, as well as listening to nightcore, very much like her daughter. Good for her tbh you're never too old to have fun

She also has a photo of Khan and what I can only assume is baby Uzi, though it appears to have blue eyes, but maybe it's just the lighting. Still very cute she has a pic of her husband

As well as all the previously mentioned Otaku stuff, she also drew herself as an anime character. She has a skinsona. Phenomenal (pos)

Nothing much here, just Uzi coughing up blood. Girl got the goop (gore) inside of her already

Lab Space. Apparently the Church was just down there and not even the humans know why. The canonicity of this is questionable; it could just be a joke

OT, as per google, stands for "Occupational Therapy". Makes sense for the context, and makes the bottom text funnier

"Fun Time To Universe Big Crunch: 87". The Big Crunch is a hypothetical way the Universe could end, where the universe folds on itself and shrinks into a single point. 87 "what" I don't know. If it's months, that 7 years and 3 months

Honestly the Murder Drones lore is super confusing. I think what this is trying to say is that every other Zombie Drone is doing poorly, (Except for Yeva), they are trying to reactivate 002 (Nori) via the USB. I'm not sure what this means. Maybe they only got the results they wanted from the two of them, and are trying again with Nori since she was the only other one that worked (also why they got Yeva when she failed; this may all be referring to how the episode opened up) Also, the date says SER. As revealed in the episode Cabin Fever, Copper-9 has months that Earth does not. SER most likely stands for Seramorris, the month revealed in that episode

Looks like the "bad event" wasn't the first one. Certainly was the last one though lol

Just a good pic of ghost/hologram V with the scary stuff. Might use this as a wallpaper

You can literally see the hole in his neck where N bit him in...

...And it's to the point his HEAD FALLS OFF. (including because I didn't notice the first time around)

Yup, the idea that Uzi became the Admin for N and V is completely true. I wonder what would've happened if she didn't, since Cyn didn't react whatsoever

friggin bug (very pos)

You would not believe how difficult it was to get a good pic of this (I'm using snipping tool lmao). Always a pleasure to see Uzi's doodles. Things her gun can do (upper right):

NOT judge her

Forced prom date (?)

Allows her to say she had friends before she frickin murdered them with sci-fi machinery

The cut off text at the bottom: Plan B: Normal gun + Shoot really fast

This is while Tessa is looking for something in the lockers. Claws, chains, magnets, Wings, and scribbled "HELP". Looks like the lockers were all specifically to hold the infected worker drones. Oof

We are in the future now baby. We have rererererereCAPTCHA. Funnily enough, it still couldn't stop a robot

There is a message board where someone who doesn't like robots is talking. They also are scared. Also no one else is using this system, which is unsurprising. "Ur aight ;)" Wait is the winky face intentional foreshadowing? Or unintentional?

We get the names of a bunch of other Worker Drones. Unfortunately for all 029 fans, her name was not visible. (also can someone tell me what "JWEB" could be short for?) And Yeva is said to have a patch. That may be the crucible thing idk

Cyn (which I will be calling this version Skyn [Skin + Cyn]) apparently took of the space suit just to give Doll the Withered Foxy jumpscare. Honestly really terrifying. If this photo was teased before release I think the fandom would've exploded

Just N being a good boy :3

The MDs, Cyn's pets. Nori refers to them as "Nerfed" so the "Entity" can ensure control, and says they were made to destroy other hosts. I don't know why Cyn would want them dead, but I'm not the loremaster here. YouTube line is there because I couldn't be bothered after the Railgun image

Probably already confirmed, but doubly confirmed that a symptom of the Solver is giving Drones organic insides. A Worker Drone body with a rib cage and guts. I wonder what would happen if the infection continued uninterrupted (also R.I.P. Doll I loved you :frown:)

I'm sure everyone noticed, but when Uzi tried to manipulate Tessa, the ERROR noticed appeared. Already hinting Tessa is not all she says she is

Apparently the Solver can create Black Hole Saws. Interesting development (Blackhole Blitz)

I know most people (I think) see this as a joke and N just being a bit of goofball. But honestly, I think he did it intentionally to shock Cynuzi and give Nori a chance. In the Pilot, he licked V's sword to surprise her too, which means he isn't unfamiliar with doing something weird and surprising for the advantage

Skyn eating Doll's core. R.I.P. Doll again. Seriously, was that Doll in Core Form like Nori was? Or was Nori a fringe case because she was "Exorcised" and this is just a regular core? Questions, questions. Also yeah the Solver also gives you a Core. Fun

This tag makes me think that this body is Cyn's actual body. Not longer a hologram, but her actual body from the mansion. The reason Tessa gave N, J, and V their names was because that was the first letter of their Serial Designation (she's very uncreative). However, Cyn's tag was slightly faded, which meant her SD couldn't be seen, so Tessa gave her the name "Cyn" after her P/N, even though the other 3 already have the same P/N as Cyn (Tessa, again, is very uncreative)...

...and for some reason, Cyn or the Solver, which ever theory you subscribe to, decided to wear Tessa as a skin suit for some twisted reason. It did help her with the Captcha. Also scary because this doesn't have the right proportions for an adult (unless Cyn really forced that skin on), which leads me to believe that this is a Younger Tessa, and she faked having an older voice. Maybe I shouldn't call her my wife... I'm sure Eldritch J is still available :^)

(Seriously, the eyes are burnt out, leaving two eye holes over the visor, so she gives herself two X eyes so it looks better. Also yeah we found out what that thing on the "It Came From Copper-9" poster came from. It really was Cyn or Skyn)

Just a frame of the final...frame... for coolness. I'm probably also going to use this for a background. Also, this is definitely Copper-9. You can see the ring and ringless moon together on the right. Uzi somehow got sent to orbit after falling in the meat hole

Well that was all for now. This series has consumed me entirely, body and soul, and I wouldn't have it any other way. Goodbye and goodnight

[andejoe]

“We shouldn’t be doing this.”

My friend since ship assignment didn’t even turn around. “You don’t have to come, but I’m going.”

I followed still. “This is a bad idea. Human Sarah didn’t even want to mess with these things. If the human said no-“

Fryll interrupted me. “Human Sarah is not the great warrior everyone thinks she is. She got scared at a photo of an arachnid.”

“That’s not the point! These things are not safe!” I insisted.

Fryll finally stopped and turned to me. “Look, I’ve done the research. I know what I’m doing. If we get one as a pup, it will bond with us. Having one of these as a protector is going to make everything infinitely safer in the long run. We just gotta grab one.”

“It’s not the pups I’m afraid of,” I reminded him.

Fryll shook his head. “Then stay here.”

He kept going. I turned to look back, but only to indulge in the dream of leaving. I couldn’t leave Fryll to this. If he was going to make it back, he’d need help. I turned back and ran after him.

We got closer to their nest, home, whatever it’s called. We were moving slower and quieter.

“So why can’t we just buy a pup?” I asked softly.

“Research says that wild ones are better.”

Better?

“Better at what?” I demanded.

Fryll shrugged.

“You don’t know? We’re risking our necks and you don’t know why?” I hissed.

“Look, just watch my back Ok? I can see the pups right over there. I’ll be back.”

Fryll took off, trying to avoid the underbrush. I was very annoyed at my friend, but turned to watch out for predators anyway.

Yellow eyes stared back at me. I froze.

The creature was maybe a half meter tall, and silent. It was creepy how silent it was. How long had it been following us?

It bared fangs, and I racked my brain for pertinent information. I recalled one of my favorite game shows “Dog or Not” and tried to desperately place this animal.

Four legs, canine appearance-

I jerked as it chirped. I stopped breathing.

Dogs don’t chirp.

“Not a dog.” My voice was barely a whisper. I needed to look to Fryll, to warn him. I couldn’t turn my head. I tried to speak again, but a second chirp to my left made my voice and my blood freeze.

“NOT A DOG!”

The things around me all poked their heads up. I counted seven in total. They all turned to the source of the screaming.

One creature went rolling sideways as something hit it, and the others ran, laughing?

Human Sarah grabbed my arm. “Run.” She thrust a large stick into my hands. “Hit anything you see. Be loud.” She pushed me back towards our transport.

I ran. I ran screaming and swinging my stick around like an idiot who followed his friend into a very dangerous situation. I ran until I made it back onto the transport, where I promptly backed myself into a corner and collapsed.

Human Sarah and Fryll arrived a few minutes later. Fryll was bleeding, Sarah looked angry. She pushed Fryll into a seat and took control of the transport.

“I told you NOT to mess with those dogs,” she snapped.

“Not a dog,” I repeated.

“No, they aren’t. They’re called hyenas, but these aren’t Earth hyenas. These have adapted to this planet, which makes them unpredictable.”

The transport shuddered as it lifted off.

“I thought they were dogs. They look like dogs,” Fryll stated, but his voice sounded disconnected, as if he was not attached to it.

“Yeah, but they aren’t. They are deadly though, which is why I said not to go get one. If you wanted a pet, I could have gotten you guys a pit bull or literally any dog that’s not a wild hyena,” Sarah snapped.

“Not a dog,” I agreed.

Sarah glanced at me, her face twisted into something not anger. “Don’t worry Sahra, we’ll be back soon enough.”

“Not a dog.”

[fanfiction-blep]

Hey! your writing has literally been making my life atm ❤️ i wanted to request a quaritch x fem reader but the reader is heavily tattooed and he has a moment when he asks her what each of them mean n stuff I feel like he’d be super into this (plus lowkey be turned on bc not being bias or anything but I think a heavily tattooed chick is hot hahaha 🤣) I’m a tattoo artist and like 95% of my body is covered in Tatts and piercings so this would like make my day 🥰

keep up the amazing work ❤️ x

OH MY GOD. I love this idea!! I have several tattoos myself and this idea spoke to me. Thank you so much, I completely agree women with tats *Muwah* chefs kiss. Thank you so much! I do my best, very blessed to have so many lovely anons! ❤️😘

Work of art~ Na'vi Quaritch x Fem/Reader

Warnings: are tattoos even a warning? I know some people are squeamish so just in case. Fluff! Quaritch being all sweet. Talk of life experiences, loss of friends/pets.

(Y/N) drank down her water eagerly, finally relaxing after an intense work out session. Heading back to her room she collected her hygiene products, starting her shower. Once she stepped into the hot stream of water a sigh leaving her mouth as the relief the water brought her muscles.

Once completed with her shower she slipped into a towel, securing it around her chest. Picking up a bottle of moisturiser walking out into her sleeping area surprised to see Quaritch sat on her bed, waiting for her. He had done this before. Only when he needed comfort, she was simple to him. He knew exactly how he felt about her and that gave him a sense of great comfort. A chuckle left her lips as she walked past him rubbing some of the product over her arms paying special attention to the areas that held ink within the skin.

"I never asked" Quaritch spoke, eyes lingering on different parts of her body "Do your tattoos have meaning?" He was sat with his elbows braced on his knees, he was clearly interested, maybe even a little guilty he hadn't asked before in the previous month that the pair had been dating.

"Some" She smiled, "But not every tattoo has to be special-" She dropped the towel to attend to the rest of the her skin, once again paying close attention to her tattoos. "My first was kind of impulsive, I knew I wanted to get tattooed for a long time. One day I decided to say fuck it" She shrugged and opened her arm to him, showing small octopus on her forearm. "It's my favourite animal, this" She traced a larger floral design tracing up her right thigh and over her hip. "My great great grandmother used to tend to her garden daily, my grandmother pressed some of the flowers before things got really bad on earth. When I found the scrap book with the flowers I knew I had to get it"

"It's beautiful" He spoke in awe, she was naked, stood before him but all he could do was admire the art work that covered her skin.

"This" She leaned down running her thumb over the words 'whore' that were written above her knee "Was a dare from a friend, and honestly I regret it a little. But its funny"

"I don't get it" He was puzzled leaning forward to pull her towards him by her hips. A laugh left her lips.

"Whore, Knee" He rolled his eyes at the pun

"What were you, 17?" He shook his head chest rising and falling with a chuckle.

"18" She corrected. "I have several tattoos of show's and movies I watched growing up"

"What does this one mean" His thumb ran across a complex connection of knots over her lower abdomen, just above her pubic bone.

"Its Celtic, it's connected to femininity" He nodded understanding. His fingers dancing over different parts of her body, her shoulders, collar bones, neck and hands. Inquisitively asking the meaning behind all of them.

"Okay how about this one" He placed his lips against a solid black cat underneath her collar bone where the shoulder meets the chest. A hearty laugh left her lips.

"I was drunk, and I don't remember the logic but it had something to do with proving I had bigger balls that one of my friends." He laughed with her. "Tattoos, they are stories." She spoke "They detail you're life, explain growth and maturity and they don't all have to be special. But every one has a story behind it, they are made special by the people who do the work" she smiled placing a kiss on his nose "Plus I like the pain a little" A twinkle shone in his eye at the confession.

"Well I think you make the art work look way better" He began littering kisses down her chest. "You sweetheart are a work of art" She laughed embracing his affection.

"Plus tattoos are super hot, right" He hummed against her skin. licking and sucking leaving light bruises in his wake.

"You are so much hotter because you wear your body with pride, as you should" He moved his position to lay her down on the bed, smirking up at her as he kissed over the different tattoos covering the skin of her thighs and legs. "How about now?"

"What?" She giggled in confusion she looked down to see him wiggling his eye brows lips littering over her knee.

"Ya in the mood?"

"You mean am I Whore knee?"

~~~

This is a little short, But I'm happy to expand!

[togglesbloggle]

Free Will is a Value Statement

When I was a kid, we had a dog.  It didn’t go well.

This particular dog- one of several in my childhood, and the only time it went awry- loved us very much, and we loved him too.  But when it came to strangers, he was very aggressive, and very dangerous, and not fully under our control.  We’d have to lock him up when there were visitors to the house, and even then it was less ‘barking’ and more ‘baying of hounds’, and unlike some animals he didn’t suddenly turn nice when he was in the same room with them.  And he was large, much too large for this to be safe.  Things came to a head when my mom was taking him for a walk and he started threatening a small kid playing in their own yard, and she came back terrified that if he ever got out, somebody would be badly hurt.

I remember quite clearly the conversation where my parents told me we couldn’t keep him.  They’d made the unfortunate choice to feed me cookies at the same time, to make the bad news go down easier; the net result is that there’s a specific brand of cookies that, to this day, I still can’t eat.  They just turn to ashes in my mouth.

(The good news is that, against all odds, it seems the ‘farm upstate’ that they sent him to was actually real.  They literally saved the receipts, so that when I got old enough to realize what that kind of story usually meant, they could give me proof that they hadn’t lied.  He did live what I believe to be a happy life in what was, more or less, a wild animal sanctuary.  Not all dangerous animals are so lucky, but sometimes, they are.)

The reason to dredge this up is to notice how unthinkable it was for any of us to call him ‘evil.’  Even when he was straining at the leash as hard as he could snarling and growling at a three year old, he wasn’t evil.  ‘Dangerous’, yes.  ‘Violent’, certainly.  But not that, not ever.

And that’s how it works, right?  We recoil at using the E-word for pets, young children, anyone that’s enough weaker than we are.  Evil-as-an-adjective is for peers and superiors, things which present a genuine threat to us.  You can watch this change for the natural world in real time- us moderns watch nature documentaries about predators avidly, and not as horror films, but our received culture still has ancient fairy tales about the ‘big bad wolf’ that date from before our conquest of Earth’s ecosystems.  What a difference a little power makes!  What was once a real and imminent fear, and a central figure in the atlas of evil, has withered away to a narrative archetype with no material referent, while the wolves themselves become objects of admiration and wonder, or a focus of conservation efforts, in direct proportion to our own sense of security against them.

And maybe you’re not the sort of person who thinks about evil much at all, which is honestly a pretty good strategy most of the time.  It can often obstruct thinking more often than it clarifies.  But even if you don’t, I’ll bet you still think about ‘justice’ a fair bit- and that follows the same rules, for about the same reasons.  The punitive and remunerative kinds of justice, anyway.  Was it some kind of punishment, to have that part of my family broken away when I was a child?  Was my dog’s loss and confusion something he deserved?  Of course not.  It was just- disharmony, I suppose.  We couldn’t find a way to put the world right, and so we suffered instead.

And yet when we reach a certain level of direct personal injury or threat of injury, especially by human causes- political enemies, alien people, angry mobs- then, almost without fail, we find ourselves reaching for this idea of justice.  (And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?) Show me, anywhere in the world, where a person has in all sincerity called for justice- and I’ll show you someone who feels weak.

Now, I can point at sentences like ‘my dog was not evil,’ and it should be pretty clear that I’m making a value statement, rather than expressing mundane factual belief in the same mold as ‘grass is green.’  That is, I’m not disputing any mechanism of action, or trying to explain why events occurred as they did.  I’m not giving you information you could use to prevent this from happening to you too, much as I hope you can.  I’m telling you how I feel, about what I want, about who I am.  I’m telling you about my grief.

Loosely speaking, you can imagine beliefs falling along a spectrum.  Don’t take this typology too seriously, it’s just a useful distinction to make for present purposes.  The first extreme of our spectrum is just the observational set of beliefs- the ‘sky is blue, grass is green’ category.  These are especially good for making plans that work, since they model a system that we usually want to work with in some capacity.  If you don’t want to fall off a cliff, it helps to have a good map. The second type is imperatives or value statements, beliefs about how to direct our efforts.  ‘Murder is bad’ is a belief like any other, but instead of telling us how to accomplish a goal, it tells us what goals we ought to have and what ends we should work towards.  (Moral realists will think of this second category as being a subset of the first; that’s perfectly reasonable but orthogonal to my point.).  Both types of belief are absolutely necessary for acting in the world: the means and the end, if you like.  

Here’s where I reveal my thesis:  When, honestly, was the last time you used the concept of free will to make a plan?

“People have free will” sure feels like a factual belief, from the inside.  It’s a description of who we are, right?  Like saying we usually have two legs, like saying the Earth goes around the Sun?  Only… it isn’t doing any of the things I do with factual beliefs.  It doesn’t make predictions, it doesn’t expand my capacity to act on the world.  If anything, ‘free will’ as a concept has a weird twisty negative definition (often something like ‘nonrandom indeterminacy’) that resists analysis of the reductive kind we usually use for this sort of thing.  

And if we look at how it’s positioned in the grand constellations of human thought, it’s awkwardly conjoined with a lot of the other things I’ve been talking about here.  Good, evil, justice.  I use my belief in free will a lot when I’m talking about culpability or praiseworthiness, when I’m deciding what to act towards, when to cheer and when to boo.  

I use it when I’m feeling weak.

Or, less personally, think about where ‘free will’ crops up in our court system.  And it does, in more than a few guises.  For example, altered states that compromise our volition are taken into account, and might even qualify as fully mitigating circumstances that tell the court not to punish the transgression.  (“I was not negligent on that construction site, your honor, I’m a diabetic and I was having a blood sugar crash.”)  In other cases, such as in murder charges, malice aforethought or planning the crime carefully might upgrade the sentence to be more harsh, whereas a crime ‘of passion’ might net fewer years in prison. (First-degree versus second-degree murder.)  What all of these have in common, notably, is in assessments of culpability, relevant to the question of how strongly the community wants to punish or condemn the situation.  But when it comes to the presentation of evidence, the chain of material observations that we use to establish confidence in the story of ‘what happened’, we invoke ‘motive’ instead- that is, we ask what benefits, inducements, insults, or other circumstances might have led the defendant to commit the act.  “Your honor, the accused is ordained with free will and is capable of choice,” is, notably, not considered sufficient to establish motive- but “your honor, the defendant was listed in the victim’s will as a primary recipient, and they were seen to have a large argument two days before the murder,” very much is.  Interesting discrepancy, no?  When we ask whether we should condemn others or show mercy, we care deeply about the defendant’s capacity to exercise free choice.  But when we ask material questions about what happened, trying to get a clear picture of the world as it is, we instead ask where the defendant is positioned in a causal web of material and social circumstances.

It’s hard, really hard, to reliably tell when our beliefs are about facts, describing things other than ourselves, and when they’re doing something else, paying rent in other ways.  But I notice, when I was a little kid crying in the car, I never once asked whether any of this was my dog’s fault.  It’s not that I didn’t know whether he had free will or not; it’s that it didn’t occur to me to ask.  I asked if it was my fault, certainly.  I’m sure my parents did too.  But we never asked if it was his, whether he’d decided to be this way.  That’s just not what ‘free will’ as a concept was for.

So, am I saying there’s “no such thing as free will” in the sense that I’m saying humans are fully deterministic and mechanistic?  Nah, not really.  To reiterate: I’m not saying that I have any confidence whatsoever that humans are deterministic, mechanical agents.  I think there’s plenty of room for consciousness to complicate the story of causality in ways I can’t anticipate; there’s every chance that human brains aren’t just billiard balls bouncing around in a universe running on linear algebra or whatever.  But I don’t think that ‘free will’ as currently discussed is in any sense an alternative to that model, either.  What I’m trying to say is that ‘free will’ isn’t really a claim about what the world is like at all.

The opposite of a belief in free will isn’t ‘I assert humans are chemical robots governed by deterministic electrochemical reactions’.  Instead, the opposite is ‘I am not angry at you for hurting me.’  Free will is a value statement.

Remember that ‘rate my dog’ parody account, and the central joke was that all the dogs got scores of like 12/10 or whatever?  And the punchline to it all, when somebody tried to call them out on the uselessness of a rating system that always stayed maxed out: “They’re good dogs, Brent.”  If I were at a high enough perch- strong enough, wise enough, safe enough- then that same optimism, I think, is the only part of my need for justice that would survive.  True power doesn’t rank humans from best to worst, or spend time blaming us for outcomes that cause suffering to ourselves or to others.  It doesn’t need to.

[lyriumsings]

Ok, let’s get this over with here’s everything that was wrong with this ATLA adaptation. I’m gonna try to start from the beginning there’s a lot lmao:

I didn’t care for them showing the genocide of the air nomads. This is what i feel like what they meant by wanting to “appeal to GOT fans” it felt like it was trying to be edgy. Changing Aang to “needing to clear his head” instead of literally running away from his responsibilities because he’s a scared goddamn child was pure stupidity. And takes so much away from him. Even the scenes going back and showing Aang “being so much more special” than the other kids was so stupid. He wasn’t “so much more special” that’s the point. Up until Aang discovered he was the Avatar he was normal! He lived a normal life his friends treated him like everyone else! that’s literally WHY he ran away! Because they instantly started treating him differently after it became known he was the Avatar!!

Holy shit all the shit they tried to shove together in the arcs. From omashu to the southern air temple to sokka’s fucking ice berg trials. It was clunky, cheap, and downright disrespectful to the source material and I 100% support the creators leaving lmfao cuz this shit is a joke.

So much happens with so little explanation but at the same time core character traits are overexplained. They’re constantly saying “oh you’re so kind, you’re so fierce, etc” having characters verbally DESCRIBE other characters charter traits, instead of fucking showing it. Katara for example (just one of the many characters they fucking butchered but i digress) in the opening scene when Katara screams at Sokka for his sexist remarks and breaks the ice that showed just how unconsciously powerful she is at water bending. She is a prodigy. This is shown to you literally in the opening moments of the show. After discovering Aang in the iceberg Katara runs head first at the iceberg with Sokka’s boomerang to bust it open. This shows that Katara is impulsive and rash but kind and caring. She is literally breaking open the ice having no idea what it will do in the name of helping someone who clearly needs help (who realistically would most likely be dead) but she tried. Like that whole opening of ATLA told you so much about her character WITHOUT LITERALLY HOLDING YOUR HAND AND TELLING YOU. Then taking out Sokka’s sexism and letting him unlearn it was pure fucking lazy. Reducing Katara to “younger sister who needs to grow up” was a bad joke.

Like listen i’m not a “oh my god it should’ve been frame for frame like the cartoon” like there’s room for acceptable changes and space to add to the narrative. The way they got into Omashu was an acceptable change (not the jet part but hitching a ride was fine), adding Lu Tan’s funeral was GREAT it ADDED to the overall story and added depth to Iroh, even the bit with the Earth Kingdom soldier was good. Adding in Ozai’s little dogs at Azusa showing him pushing her behind the scenes and pitting her against Zuko was also nice imo. Like these are things they could’ve added and worked with the original creators on. Even the part where in the bar they’re like in the background easter-egging about the canyon episode like that was fine anything that was pure filler could’ve been mentioned in that way. But that’s the thing with ATLA few things are PURE filler. Almost every ep arc serves a genuine purpose, which is why shoving it all in a blender and hoping for the best was really not it.

Even Appa and Momo were reduced to like a mode of transportation (i also didn’t like this in legend of Korra bison became more like cars had less personality and purpose and were just A Way To Get Around i get why bc there were so many etc etc but still) and like a pet. When they’re not! they’re genuine characters! ESPECIALLY APPA! They play crucial roles in the plot they have a purpose and agency they’re not just “funky animal side kicks” which is what they feel reduced to, to me. Appa is so vital to the group and episode that is 90% silence and is just about his time away from aang is literally one of the best episodes in atla.

I haven’t even finished the whole thing yet this is just my thoughts so far based on what i remember rn through my disappointed rage lmao so ✨i’ll be back✨

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

Ask Me Anything -- Tinera

Do you like Aspen calling you Tiny?

It’s the obvious nickname I always end up with.

You seem like a pragmatic/straight forward person, have you always been so, or have life circumstances had more of an influence in shaping you this way?

I don’t know. Have yours? People are people.

What would be your ideal way to spend a rest day?

I used to be really good at beer pong, which is very messy in lunar gravity.

Do you still feel strongly against the way PUFs alter their brains?

The behaviour-altering brain damage? Why is this even a question? What’s wrong with you?

What are your thoughts on recent developments with the bacteria in the chronostasis pods?

I’m not a scientist. But I assume at this point that everything we learn is just going to be even more fucked up.

Do you feel hopeful that the ship & crew will make it to your destination safely?

Well there’s not exactly any other positive results to hope for. So yes.

What's your biggest regret?

Oh we’re getting weirdly personal huh?

What is the thing you hate the most?

Answering intrusive personal questions from strangers.

What you love the most?

Not answering intrusive personal questions from strangers.

Do you think about your life in earth or you try to avoid thinking about it?

I’ve never been to Earth except for my time in prison. Which is similar to being in Lunar prison except much safer.

Do you have or want to have children?

If we end up establishing a place where anyone would want to raise children before I grow old and die it’ll be a fucking miracle.

If you have to pick one of your crewmates to be locked with in a small room for 24hrs, who you pick?

Denish.

*if it comes to this* would you be willing to lead a rebellion against the corporate overlords when it’s time to land on hylara?

Nobody who’s part of the crew who fails so utterly as to let any overlords get established should be leading any rebellion because they’ve already proven that they’re incompetent. We hold all the cards right now. Some people are a bit upset that hard decisions might have to be made, but come on man. “If you managed to set an entire city block on fire, would you take charge of the firefighting crew to put the fire out?” Don’t be stupid.

I know you’re not very familiar with fauna, because you were born on Luna. When you get to the planet, will you be interested in getting a pet (from earth, such as a cat or something) or helping domesticate an animal from the new planet?

I think we have very different ideas about the resource priorities when terraforming an entirely new planet that’s literally lightyears further from Earth than anyone has ever gone.

Not sure what you mean about domesticating an animal on the planet. All the animals that are gonna be on the planet are in our freezers. Anything worth domesticating in there is already domesticated. Why would the new planet open new domestication opportunities.

[valleyfthdolls]

I am literally about to copy paste an entire post into your inbox again, cuz I am so normal about this silly game, an' this dumbass puppet-

- His name is italian for puppet, but he pronounces it incorrectly and insists it’s the correct way to say his name if anyone else points it out and says he’s wrong.

- He’s not from Italy, obviously. Goes to show. But Ash imagines he knows a bit of italian. (“Not enough Italian to say his name right.” - Katie.)

- Fantoccio has a pet shark named Sharkspeare! Mentioned in the song at the line “‘Cause Sharkspeare’s looking mean!”

- Fantoccio has to make all his own props, set pieces, clothes, etc in the theatre.

- Would never smoke, and would hate being around it/people who’re doing it actively.

- Fantoccio was made by Ash as a fan OC for the game, and this (as far as I’m aware) is what got them hired onto the game, cause Katie loved their ideas so much.

- Fantoccio is not very good with kids.

- Fantoccio’s favorite food is churros. This came from the fact Ash once had a dream about him infodumping about them cause he loved them so much, so they made it canon.

- Don’t worry, he can indeed taste things normally. No traditional taste buds, but some, nonetheless. Same goes for touch!

- Fantoccio is canonically autistic, having many traits of himself heavily projected from Ash, themself.

- When asked what his meltdown triggers could be, Ash thought that some might be: too much touching, being without his hat, or one of his props breaking.

- Fantoccio likes wearing dresses! Wears them if he feels like it or if the role calls for it, during a play.

- Ash thinks he’d ADORE snow.

- Fantoccio would 100% love spicy italian from subway.

- Fantoccio plays violin!

- Fantoccio would chant “I’m sleeping” when struggling to fall asleep, like his own version of counting sheep.

- He would NEVER say the Earth is flat.

- He’d be the “How do you do that” of that one keysmash meme, if paired with Barnaby.

- Ash once said that Fantoccio is like Duck from Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared.

- When doing a personality type test (and actually answering truthfully instead of in character) for Fantoccio, he ended up with ENTJ-T, Commander. Fanto would answer untruthfully on some questions, like if he ever gets insecure (“PFFFT NO THE ANSWERS NO”).

- He can go uwu in the bbu lore, but he’ll hate it. (“THIS IS STUPID!!!”)

- Fantoccio would apparently be a “mac and cheese FIEND.”

- He’d hate pranks (specifically a hand zapper in this case), because they’re unexpected. (“NEVER DO THAT AGAIN”)

- This also means he’d never troll anyone, cause he feels above that.

- Fanto would HATE hearing people crack their knuckles, like Ash does.

- Fantoccio loves to carve wood. Specifically only by hand, that’s how much he loves it! He carved the two giant wooden hands used in his battle, but his favorite thing to carve is ducks.

- Fantoccio is very intent on ONLY eating the few foods he knows he likes.

- If he were an ice cream, he’d be coffee flavor! Which is ironic, because Ash has also said that it’d probably be terrible to give Fantoccio caffeine.

- Fantoccio would LOVE chicken nuggets.

- Hates pizza, though. Too greasy and messy.

- Would enjoy having an ipad “a little too much. He would be super confused at first but once he learns how to use it DO NOT TAKE IT AWAY”. (kinda like Peridot from Steven Universe)

- He would like spruce wood in Minecraft, but also acacia “just to look at.”

- Ash adores pirates, so so does Fantoccio!

- He has no nose, so no sneezes!

- Appreciates detail as much as Barnaby does.

- Fanto would love birds!

- Fanto is not capable of curse words. Sad.

- Fantoccio would COLLAPSE trying to lift someone without his powers.

- He stims by patting his face and spinning around. Fidgets with his hands in concepts for his standing idle animations, because he’s uncomfortable with standing and prefers floating.

- He’d favor Murder Mystery!

- His wood is alive and can grow like a real boy! (if you’ve seen my post being reblogged around, lol)

- He lives in the lost city of magic, which is abandoned and overrun my magical zombies who used to be magic users, now with a terrible curse. So he lives mainly in his theatre. He’s not trapped, anymore, like his old story!

- Fantoccio’s powers are based around telekinesis and teleportation. It’s how he moves his body around!

- He used to have a plush toy rabbit he carried around, when he was younger, seemingly. It’s unclear where that went, when he got older.

- Fantoccio’s been locked up in this city for 15 years, since he was 8. Completely isolated (save for those zombies, I suppose)! When Billie comes along, though, he’s so excited to have something new to play with!

- Fanto’s song is inspired by Weird Al. Like 90% of this game is, of course /lh. He was also inspired by the pied piper!

- He’d dislike the idea of seafood. (“He’d be like “Why would anyone want to eat a fish?!” And cover Sharkspeare’s nonexistent ears like “Don’t listen to them!””)

- The red feather in his hat is also used as a pen!

- Fantoccio is a being of pure magic, having an entire magic gem be his whole life source. This means he can use magic endlessly without getting tired (I believe)!

- Fantoccio is 23, he/him, and pansexual.

- His face is made using magic. It disappears when/if he’s magic-less.

- Fantoccio can absolutely feel pain.

- When it comes to nature, Ash said he’d kinda be like Rarity from MLP:FiM, but certain kinds of nature he’d still really love. He’d really dislike walking through the wild or camping in general, but loves things like snow or flower fields. Just depends!

- Fantoccio would main Bowser in Mario Kart.

-In terms of favorite Halloween treats, Fantoccio would like anything chewy and fruity (no chocolate)!

- Canonically wears eyeliner.

- Magic sparks from his fingertips when he’s very excited!

- If Fantoccio was an animal, Ash says he’d be a cat.

- No traditional gross human stuff inside him like others, just wood and sap. “Whatever trees do.”

- His original concept by Ash was him having a purple phantom head, being a ghost in a puppet’s body. This was changed by Katie, I believe.

Anyways I'm so normal about him-

OHHHHHH THIS IS SO COOOL FANTOCCIO I LOVE YOU SO MUCH

[timidloner]

I have a couple guesses. One is an actual guess and the other one was my first thought which would not leave me

Ok el primero sería Camazotz, el cual es una criatura tanto de la mitología maya como de la mesoamericana de acuerdo con Google, y tiene lazos con el Inframundo. Es una de las criaturas más letales de acuerdo con las dos, señor de los murciélagos y que acabó con uno de los héroes gemelos Hunahpú e Ixbalanqué (I mean he was revived but the point still stands)

And the other one is a xoloitzcuintle lmao. Idk why the idea plagued me like that but its so funny to believe he would just be. D o g

Gracias por participar y por no dejarme mal, jaja! Planeaba responder en español, pero como voy a explicar en qué animal me basé, lo escribiré en inglés para que los demás entiendan.

Please bear with me, I have a lot of thoughts about this topic! I'll write them in English as well. Or skip to the end to know what I'm planning for his "monster form".

The first guess is super thoughtful, you even had me second-guessing myself about my actual choice! But when I started searching for inspiration for Joren (even way before giving him a personality), I focused on animals, not creatures, so I stayed away from Gods and mythical beasts (at first).

I thought about snakes, then I went for bats, I considered the quetzal... And I chose the jaguar (adivinaste, segundo anon!!).

The jaguar is all over Latin America, but it's also a very iconic animal here in Mexico. It's the largest cat species in the Americas, and it was very important in a lot of prehispanic cultures, like the Mayan and Aztec civilizations.

While it has some ties with the Sun, the jaguar is also heavily associated with the underworld and the dead in Mayan culture. The spots on their fur also were believed to represent the starry sky, and it was a symbol of political and military power.

In the Aztec culture, it was a symbol of their most powerful warriors, who they called Jaguar warriors.

It was also the totem animal for Tezcatlipoca, a deity associated with the night sky, temptation, discord, and sorcery (and a lot more). This god also was the rival of Quetzalcoatl, the god of life, light, and the lord of the day.

Here's Tezcatlipoca depicted in jaguar form:

In the myth of the "Five Suns", it's said that there were four cycles of creation (we're living in the fifth cycle), and in each, the human race was created from different materials. These ages (Suns) always ended in the destruction of the world, since Tezcatlipoca and Quetzalcoatl are always fighting with each other for control over the creation.

They are even brothers! Sounds familiar, right?

Another reason why I decided to stick with the jaguar was because of the Dzulúm (to desire death). This is a legend from Chiapas, and it's said that there's a beast that no one has seen, but it's believed to have the form of a grey jaguar. His victims are usually women, who find this creature irresistible and follow it back to the jungle.

Joren is, technically, a werecat (werejaguar???). But I'm not going for the classic look, I'm deciding between the Dzulúm or the black jaguar appearance (for the main inspiration).

And, of course, he doesn't change into a literal animal. I want it to be more monstrous! Like this image taken from a Hellboy comic (B.P.R.D. HELL ON EARTH: THE LONG DEATH):

Also, Joren as a xoloitzcuintle is way too funny! That would have been iconic on my part, but I've always seen xolos as sweet animals, and I wanted something scary... Though all dogs have the potential to be scary, once I got chased by a chihuahua, I'm not even kidding.

Y porque no me resistí, aquí un meme:

Some context for everyone else: Xoloitzcuintles are a breed of hairless dogs that, according to indigenous cultures, act as guides for the souls in their journeys to the underworld. People also ate them in the past, but now they're very expensive pets.

[stinkyme]

Favorite animal? My immediate response would be white tailed deer and highland cows but I really don’t have a reason outside them being cute and me wanting to boop all their snoots (there’s a big highland cow that lives in the pasture behind my house and what I would give to hop that fence and give him a big hug, like you do not understand I love him so much)

But I think Komodo dragons are my favorite animal, there isn’t a whole lot known about them from a scientific stand point which makes them all the more fascinating to me. It really stems from my fascination with dragons from world wide mythology because their prehistoric relatives were an important part of the creation of dragons in mythology. They were called Megalania, grew to be on average 23 feet long, and weighed at least 1350 pounds so you can see where they got that idea from. It’s fascinating to me that it was only very recently that they have venom along with toxic saliva that can kill even something as big as a water buffalo with a single bite slowly over the course of 24 hours. My sister actually got to interview the man that discovered that while she was in college and I’m very jealous, his autobiography about it is really good though (incredibly chaotic too it’s hilarious)

OH MY GOD!!! WHITE TAILED DEERS AND HIGHLAND COWS!! I LOVE DEERS SO MUCH IN GENERAL PROBABLY BECAUSE MY NAME IN MY LANGUAGE IS BASICALLY A DEER + A IN THE END EVEN THOUGH MEANING OF MY NAME IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT BUT I ALWAYS LOVED THEM SO MUCH, THEY ARE ADORABLE!! I DON'T THINK I HAVE EVER SEEN HIGHLAND COW IN REAL LIFE, SO THAT MUST BE SO AMAZING TO EXPERIENCE (also it's kind of good i didn't i would actually try to become friends with them and get heavily injured because I am dumbass) but!! they are so cute and their little noses djdjdjdjd i want to boop them too :D ALSO WHY DON'T YOU NAME HIM? OR DID YOU GIVE HIM A NAME ALREADY? IF YOU DIDN'T WE CAN COME UP WITH A NAME FOR CUTE BOY :D

OH!!!! KOMODO DRAGONS WERE MY FAVORITE TOPIC IN SCHOOL HONESTLY WHEN WE HAD BIOLOGY, THEY ARE DEFINITELY FASCINATING AND LIKE BIGGEST LIZARDS ON EARTH SI THAT'S SO COOL!! ALSO I HEARD ABOUT MEGALANIA, I HAD TO GOOGLE THE MEASUREMENTS SINCE WE USE KG/CM AND THEY WERE SO FUCKING HUGE LIKE HELL NO, i woud still try to befriend them tho, IMAGINE HAVING A DRAGON AS A FRIEND OR YK LIKE A PET OR SOMETHING, IT WOULD BE SO COOL HONESTLY!!

ALSO!! about them being venomous and that recently being discovered is so interesting, like they are such an interesting species, like they have their whole island💀 talk about being powerful and amazing, i just think they are so cool and on top of everything they can swim!! LIKE DAMN IS THERE ANYTHING THEY CAN'T DO, I JUST LOVE THEM SO MUCH and their tongues and faces are so adorable djsjsjns silly lizards <333

AND THAT'S SO COOL OH MY GOD, YOUR SISTER IS LUCKY ONE NGL, I AM SAD SHE COULDN'T TAKE YOU AS WELL THOUGH SO YOU CAN MEET HIM AS WELL, BUT WHO KNOWS? MAYBE SOME DAY YOU GET A CHANCE :D i am rooting for you heheheh

and give me the name of his autobiography if you want to! i love chaotic lizard lovers :D

but for me, I remember since I was a kid I was obsessed with wolves for some reason, I literally sat in front of my laptop back in the day and just kept reading and writing down everything about them I could find, I literally love wolves so much, they are so wonderful and pretty and sjsjsjjs i want to pet them :")) i also love cats a lot (it's a given, i am almost a mother to 4 cats even though i asked for 1 but we rolling) and I really love all those small babies like capybaras, lemours (sorry if i pronounced wrongly, english is my second ;")) and all them yk what i mean, I used to binge watch animal planet on tv and i was always so excited, animals are so amazing literally :D

also!! about mythology and dragons specifically, i was wondering what mythologies are you mostly interested in? :) and how did you get interested in dragons specifically? and are you mostly interested in mythological beings who are more like "monsters" etc or do you like gods/goddesses/entities, etc? :)) <3

[lyxthen]

MESOAMERICAN FANTASY YIPPEE

I wish I could draw cool backgrounds. Man. I literally have so many ideas... I want to draw home. I want to make a version of latinoamerica that isn't ridden with corrupt politicians and crime syndicates funding the government and american intervention. I want to enjoy the forests and the lakes and the animals and the stories. I want peace and love on planet earth and a pet jaguar. I want sustainable agriculture and rainbow corn and slavery-free chocolate. I want native bees to thrive and I want monarch butterflies to thrive and I want axolotls to thrive and I want quetzales to thrive. I want clean water and public baths.

I know the aztecs were imperialists. They were, plain and simple. But if I were to daydream a better version of my home, I'd make it so there are no empires. I'd make it so there was no war. Ritual war, perhaps, war reenactment, sports and the like. Not war over resources. This is a fertile land, there is enough for everyone. And I'd like to believe humans would choose to be good.

I love the colonial and early Mexican industrial revution aesthetics, but I am saving that for my more grim-dark fantasy world. The one with wars an oppression and discrimination. Because that time period is marked by that. And I'd like to explore those themes.

I am rambling I know but listen I am just happy I am making progress with this project. I have ideas. I have the basics of a conlang laid down, I have a map, I have some short stories written down.

Something I did do is that I gave this civilization sheep. I have a middle east-like/mediterranean region, so I said sure, they can have sheep, whatever. They can have oranges and lemons (you know how much Mexicans love lime. Favorite fruit flavour tbh) and they can have linen and papyrus as well (those as imported products). Maybe pomegranates, dill and other herbs.

They don't have horses. In my mind, I always relate horses to war. I'm not giving them that. I don't want empires, I made that clear. They will be mostly small countries and city-states, then, small towns around them, and nomadic tribes further north. I have worldbuilt for the colder climate, and the tribe from there has a more centralised mode of goverment with a monarchy.

But I'm starting all wrong. The city I thought of first was Túle. It has a monarchy as well. There's a scholarly class and a peasant class and a religious class and a merchant class. I'm not creative enough to imagine a world without class differences, sorry. But I don't want people to be poor, outright. Everyone has stuff to eat. People are kind and share what they have. There's public education (this one is something the aztecs actually had, believe it or not). It is, like tenochtitlan, on top of a lake and next to a volcano, so agriculture is boomin'. Unlike the aztecs they are not a militaristic society. Warriors are well respected, but war is a ritual matter. Battles are schedule, and there's arbiters and set rules. Taking prisoners is encouraged, while killing outright is discouraged, for the most part. But people make sure the war is fair. Its a diplomatic affair. Raiding cities or killing civilians is forbidden.

This is true for most civilizations living in the plains, and the forests.

The tribes of the cold far north do not engage in war. They say their people were destroyed by war, once, and it is forbidden. They think of the people south as rather uncivilised, but they are in good terms, over all. The people down south see the northern people a similar way. There is trade between them. They have the darkest skin and curly hair, as opposed to the people on the mainland, who have straight hair and brown skin. But of course, these are not hard lines. There is no racial segregation. Báliliwa, a princess of the North, had famously long, cloud-like hair.

At the western side there is a chain of islands with a Mediterranean-like climate. Trade and sailing are important for the people there. People in the mainland tend to be scared of the sea. The sea people are not scared, and they know how to read the stars. They have linen and citrus fruit and paper. They don't have anything similar to a centralized goverment. They are composed of mostly prosperous small towns.

The people living in the desert are nomadic as well, but more similar to the city people in values. They get along very well. They maintain trade routes alive.

In the very south, in the warmer forests, there is a bigger emphasis on academia. Astronomy, magic, architecture and such. They have city states as well. They plant cacao and zapote, papaya and mamey, and vanilla.

In terms of domesticated animals, we have turkey, bulls, sheep, alpacas, dogs, cats, rabbits, bees, silkworms, capibaras and ñandús. There have been failed attempts ar domesticating deer, but it remains an important source of meat, all things considered. While I didn't plan including an analogue to incan societies, since I am not familiar with them, I just think Alpacas and Capibaras Ñandús are adorable. They are so cute... How could I not have them?? The bees and the silk worms are native species (the bees are Melipona bees, and the silkworms are some saturnidae moth, similar to their Asian counterparts).

The staple crops are of course corn, beans and pumpkins/zucchini/squash. Yes they have tortillas. If medieval high fantasy worlds can have bread I can have tortillas. There's also potatoes, amaranth, peanuts, avocado, tomatoes, tomatillo, and pepper. Of course there's pepper! Many varieties. Nopal is also important in people's diets. There's milk, which means there's cheese, which means you can make Enchiladas Suizas!!

For fibers, there's linen (expensive export) silk (time and labor intensive) cotton and ceiba fibers. There's also leather, and fur/pelts. Producing these fibers, and spinning and weaving and embroidery are ocupations held in very high regard.

The magic system of my world is animistic, and therefore the religion is as well. Everything is alive and sentient, therefore, everything can be *befriended*. Since this is my little escapist world, I wanted to have a magic system based on friendship. So you can befriend the wind or the sea or the earth, or fire or snow, and light and shadow, and they will help you when you if you are in need. But most people befriend the things that are around them, because the souls of the earth or the wind are too big. They might befriend the land which they plant, or a specific kind of plant, or the shore of a single river. Everything has a soul and a personality, even a rock on the side of the road can become a friend. Or an enemy. People are very respectful of nature, because you don't want to anger it. You want to be in good terms with it.

These souls can take physical form as well. They don't do this often, however. They also speak their own language, different from that of humans. But a lot of them have learned to speak with us, when there's the need. The form they take is accord to their temperament, so a river might take a fish-like form, for example.

There's six great wills that rule over the world, and that together encompass the concience of the world itself. There's the Sun, the Moon, the Sky, the Earth, the Stars, and the New Moon. These are like, the big ones. The legends. The oldest ones, and therefore the most aware. The older a thing gets, the more aware, the more powerful and wise. And this includes man-made things.

Spirits can marry and have children with humans, in their physical form. Nwibahen, for example, is daughter of the Early Snowfall. Nitahen was the daughter of the Light of Dawn. Just like you can befriend a spirit, you can also make them fall in love with you, you can make them resent you, you can be in diplomatic terms with them, etc.

I realize this post got out of hand. Uh. Sorry. This is very unorgsnized, and will be subject to changes. Aaa

Ss

No one will read this lmao. He accidentally wrote a fucking. A fucking. Idk how many words this is. But anyway.

[symptoms-syndrome]

Re: friend again. No TWs just long

I think, and I'm just armchair psychoanalyzing here, the main issue I have w her is that she doesn't seem to be able to accept a grey area between "nothing is ever my fault" and "everyone hates me bc I mess everything up."

For example like. W our shitty roommate, he was shitty absolutely and he escalated things but like. She also was shitty to him? Like she would be aggressive or rude sometimes because of something aggressive or rude he did but sometimes also just in. Anticipation of him being aggressive/rude. And it's like. Can you not. And when I would confront her about it (usually framed in a way of "please just let him be stupid sometimes, not everything stupid he says needs a response or to be corrected bc I literally just want to have a good movie night" or whatever) she would accuse me of "taking his side." Which is what he would also accuse me of. And it's like I'm not taking any sides I just want to have a fun night watching a movie/show/etc without a fight about something dumb. And then later on after he had escalated things way too far she came to me to be like "oh I understand now you weren't taking his side" and it's like. Ok. Thanks. But do u realize u were also a part of the problem sometimes?

And like. It's also hard to know that she's very irrational for mental illness reasons while also knowing that no amount of me telling her she's irrational is going to make her less so. Like, she says that the shitty roommates think she's aggressive and hate her or whatever and I can't be like well. You have been aggressive. Like she threw a fit at the idea that W wanted a coffee table in the living room and then also brought in a huge shelf that blocks the window without asking. And she's like "they think ur just a neutral bad presence" or whatever and it's like yea ur correct. Probably bc I don't bother them. And she seems to think that the roommates are going to be aggressive to her when they move out and whatever and it's like. All evidence points to the contrary. Every time they've even so much as seen us they've avoided us entirely. So why would they suddenly 180 change their tune moving out. The only times they've been aggressive has been when she was aggressive.

And it's like. There can be a grey area here. You have fucked up you will continue to fuck up but fucking up doesn't have to mean that everything is ruined now? And I think that's a big problem like. She fucks up and then decides fuck it it's over and acts accordingly and makes things worse for herself.

Also she rly rly rly clings to me which is both triggering and annoying and a big pet peeve. I need to know my friends etc will be fine without me bc I do not have the energy to devote to them 24/7. Even romantic partners, I can't be the center of their whole life it just annoys me. And she just rly needs to hang w me all the time and have me validate her and thinks I'm the coolest person on earth or all she needs and it's like girl get some friends pls. But she can't make friends for some reason, I think bc she thinks she just needs me? Like she knows that regardless of whatever she can come back to me and it's like...not rly! No u can't! And I'm establishing those boundaries STRONG lately and I know she's mega hurt by that but like. Whatever. If she rly cares abt our friendship or w/e she's gonna need to learn MY needs as well. Bc I do kinda feel sometimes like I'm just a stuffed animal of a friend. I'm reliable and always there and always accommodating and like. I have been! But that's a limited time offer! And only renews if you're reciprocal about it!

And like. IDK I would consider moving if I didn't think this apartment was perfect. And I think I'm still friends with her like she has the potential to be a good friend she just rly needs some fucking therapy!!! Like she was in therapy before (and it had to end due to reasons outside her control) and was fine. But now she's just IDK despairing instead of trying to find somebody. And it's like. I've offered to show her how to get a case worker to do all the work. I've shown her how to find therapists. You're 37 girl!!! You're a big girl you gotta get ur own shit done!!! I'm a little over half ur age how come I'm more adult than you!!!

I'm hoping having two people move in who are like. Rational and adult and "neutral" will help her realize her behavior is mentally ill. She does know she's mentally ill n all but she doesn't seem aware the extent to which her experiences are not just. The human condition. Like when she left a previous event (a big like. Club night thing) bc she was like "I just felt like everyone there hated me" and I'm like "oh so anxiety" and she's like "what" bc she somehow thought that was a normal thing to think? Like this is a huge dance party at night in the relative dark w tons of people nobody is paying attention enough to anyone in particular to hate you.

[servin-up-surveys]

survey #109

(taken january 31st, uploading surveys taken while gone... we're at least over halfway done? haha)

Have you ever gotten your legs waxed? No, that sounds absolutely excruciating, especially when your hair is as thick and long as mine is. Waxing my lip and eyebrows back in the day hurt enough.

Have you ever read anything by Edgar Allen Poe? Yeah, The Raven and The Tell-tale Heart off the top of my head.

Do you know anyone named Hunter? I do; he was my neighbor when I lived in the woods (I think where I've lived most of my life so far), and we used to play together as kids a lot. I'm quite a bit older than him, but he was still fun to hang out with, especially when it came to catching bugs and stuff and playing video games. He's all grown up now with his own girlfriend. :')

What was the reason for the last time you restarted your computer? Oh I was SO annoyed, Roman walked on my keyboard and did something where the computer totally, completely froze, and I was deep into an RP post so I was furious. Had to restart it incorrectly, but THANK GOD the drafts function on the site saved my post, lol.

Can you say anything in Korean? If so, please do: Nah, I can't.

Do you like horses? I absolutely love horses and I am VERY much looking forward to photographing horses soon thanks to a friend. <3

What are your grandfathers’ names? William/Bill and... WOW I'm awful, I don't remember Dad's dad's name. :/

Were you forced to read The Odyssey in high school? Yes; maybe not all of it, but I at LEAST remember reading some. We also watched the movie.

Have you ever seen a snake in real life? Yeah, both in the wild and as pets. I currently have one and love her to death.

Are you against seances? I don't care. I DO believe in treating the dead with respect though, if you're gonna do that; we don't have the slightest idea what really happens after death and I definitely do believe in angry spirits and their ability to loosely interact with our reality, so I wouldn't tempt shit, just to be safe.

Do you own any superhero shirts? No. I only have a couple Harley Quinn ones.

Game you were best at in P.E./gym? I absolutely hated P.E., so nothing.

Favorite crystal? Dragon's breath opal.

What did you learn from your first job? I am an absolutely horrible salesperson.

Favorite website from your childhood? Webkinz.

Least favorite flavor of food or drink? Cranberry flavored drinks are so awful I literally cannot drink them. I also don't like really fishy foods.

Least favorite pattern? Uh... I'm not sure. I'm not big on like, animal print as a fashion thing I guess. I love cool patterns ON the animals, of course, but not elsewhere.

Favorite weird flavor combo? I absolutely love waffles that also have a layer of peanut butter on them, like I prefer it over only syrup.

Favorite potato food? French fries.

Earth tones or jewel tones? Oh, come on, that's hard! It really depends.

Do you call them fireflies or lightning bugs? I've used both, but I think I only ever said "lightning bug" as a kid.

Writing or drawing? I get more joy out of creating a drawing I'm proud of, but I'm much more likely to write.

Lamps, overhead lights, fairy lights, or sunlight? FAIRY LIGHTS!!!! For Christmas I got this "tree" that you can wind across your wall(s) that have little tiny light bulbs as its "foliage" and I cannot wait til we can move my bed and set it up because that shit is ALWAYS gonna be on.

Nicknames? "Britt" is the most common one that everyone uses. Online though, "Ozz(y)" is frequented bc of the username I usually use. In WoW, everyone in my main's guild know me as "Alessa" because my main character is Alessand(a)ra. Oh, and my childhood nickname from Mom is "Twinkie" lmfao, she gave all her children sweets nicknames. She still uses it sometimes. Girt's pointed out he wants to have the "perfect" nickname click for me one day, which I think is absolutely adorable, but he can't pick one.

How many phone numbers do you have memorized? I have only JUST memorized my mother's phone number, and that's it. It took months upon months of regularly giving it to doctors and stuff to learn and as terribly sad as this is, I'm literally PROUD of myself for finally internalizing a phone number.

Do you prefer heroes or villains? Villains, duh.

What political cause are you most passionate about? Proooobably LGBTQ+ rights. I just find it so, so remarkably hard to fathom how people are against people consensually being in love.

Have you ever considered having children? I've never considered it for like, that current moment, but I go back and forth about the future.

Have you ever considered acting? Nope.

Who was the last person you slept next to? Girt.

Do you think you can be in love and still cheat on your S.O.? No, I don't.

What is the most embarrassing thing anyone has on video of you? Oh who even knows.

Did you ever get lost as a child? Yeah, in a Food Lion I think? Maybe Wal-Mart? An old lady helped me find my mom.

What was the last dream you had? I had a newborn baby is all I can remember. I forgot it until I read this question.

What is the best television show you’ve ever watched? Extraordinary Attorney Woo had the most touching story to me.

What do you believe is your weirdest habit? I take my breakfast biscuits apart to eat each thing individually.

What color are your parents’ eyes? They both have brown eyes.

Have you ever had a surgery before? Yeah, tubes put in my ears and a pilonidal cyst removed. I'm also being put to sleep to get my wisdom teeth taken out; there's simply no fucking way I can stay calm through it with my newfound fear of the dentist. I very barely stayed calm during my last filling.

Would you rather visit the Taj Mahal or the Eiffel Tower? Taj Mahal.

Was your mom over 30 when she had you? Yes.

Who is your 4th phone contact and how do you know them? Dad, and well... he's my dad.

Have you ever lived in a dorm? No.

Do you live in an apartment? No.

What’s the story behind your most noticeable scar? I passed out in the bathroom directly onto my chin.

Have you ever SERIOUSLY considered any kind of plastic surgery? I am very serious about getting loose skin removal on at LEAST my stomach if/when I lose all the weight I want to, and a breast lift also because of the effects of extreme weight loss.

What was the last thing you cleaned and why? My desk, because it was quite the mess.

Does blood make you queasy? No.

What physical features can you just not stand about yourself? My weight in literally every part of my body. How dark and thick and obvious my leg hair is. Cellulite and stretch marks. How insanely dry my skin is everywhere. I have absolutely zero ass. Because of my weight I developed sagging breasts. I could go on and on and on still but I'd really prefer to stop upsetting myself.

What is your favorite crayon color? I like hot pink ones.

Have you ever snorted cocaine? No and I absolutely never will.

Where is the scariest place you’ve ever been? In a bus-like... truck thing that carried me and other mental hospital inmates (some that were VERY unstable and aggressive) in full-body restraints to the local courthouse to argue about our expected stay lengths. If I hadn't argued, I would have been in this specific hospital for months. That whole experience, getting there and talking to the judge, was one of the scariest things I've ever done.

Do you like string cheese? No.

What state/province/country is to the west of your own? Tennessee.

Were you breastfed as a baby? Yes.

What is the cutest baby animal in general? Maybe I'm biased, but meerkats; they're cute when they're born, but pups become absolutely precious once their fur grows out and they open their eyes. I also really love kittens.

Do you find it difficult to tell others what you want for Christmas? Unless you're my mother, yes. Well, I'm even kinda uncomfortable telling Mom, but she's very insistent on us kids telling her straight-up what we want.

Do you enjoy literature from the past or more recent times? I'm perfectly capable of liking both; I don't have a preference. A good, strong story is a good, strong story.

Do you know anyone who plays World of Warcraft? Do you play? *raises hand* Girt also used to play, but it's not his thing anymore. My former roommate Jacob played, too, but he doesn't now (I know because we're friends on there and you see when they log on). I'm absolutely positive I have other gamer friends who have in the past too, just from like, contextual Facebook posts and stuff.

Have you ever been called a nerd? Yeah, but just playfully and not at all with degrading intent.

What is something that you do not like that everyone else seems to love? Manicures and pedicures come to mind. They make me uncomfortable. Oh, and the beach.

Do you enjoy poetry? I really do. I'd love to start writing it again... I even have poem concepts saved in my phone notes, I just haven't written them. I'm always so afraid of it not coming out how I want.

Have you ever written a poem? Oh, loads since middle school.

Do you own any fingerless gloves? Haha I sure do, all the way back from high school... They're still in my top drawer. I barely ever wear them anymore, though; they don't fit as well but also when I tried a few on the last time, I thought I looked pretty childish. I don't at all think fingerless gloves in general are, I think they're hot as fuck, but these ones just didn't look right on me anymore.

Last time you went out to eat, where did you go? We most recently went to McDonald's a good few days ago.

Tell me about the last animal you touched. My cat, Roman. <3 He's my literal shadow - he goes where I go almost without fail, unless he really feels like napping in bed. He's a COMPLETE cuddlebug that very, very obviously adores me/his mama and he's everything to me, too. ;_; <3 He is SUPER shy around strangers, like he will run and hide under our bed the moment he thinks he hears someone at the door, and it takes seeing you MANY many times before he's cool with you; like it took Girt months to earn his trust, and he comes over regularly. He is such, such a loving cat though once he's into you. Oh, and also very bossy, lol. He has such a personality.

Have you ever witnessed a birth? I've only seen cats give birth from my childhood; I absolutely fucking refuse to witness a human birth, I will not make it through it still conscious, and I also DO NOT understand the "oh but it's beautiful!" argument, fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck no it isn't. I don't even like seeing videos of animals doing it, but it is slightly more bearable.

Have you ever known something that no one knew you knew? Uh, maybe?

Your thoughts on bacon? I like it, so long it's not mega crunchy or burnt.

Out of the 7 deadly sins, which are you most guilty of? Sloth.

Ever held a newborn animal? Kittens, yes.

Do your pets have collars? Describe them: Yes; Roman's is a light blue, and Cookie's is... wow, I don't remember, but I'm pretty sure pink.

Why do girls go tanning when it just makes them look orange? Because girls can do whatever the fuck they want with their own bodies.

What is the last thing you searched for online? "What is a revenant" haha, I've heard it plenty in fantasy material but I never really learned what it was.

Do sluts make you mad? lol no???????? If a person engages in a lot of completely consensual - and safe - sex and isn't keeping it a secret from a partner or something, that's whatever. If the person is open about it and takes care of their safety, that's their goddamn business that they shouldn't feel shitty about. Get mad over something that actually matters.

If you could live for a year with any foreign family, where would you go? Germany. If I hadn't had a boyfriend I refused to leave, I would've loved to do that in high school.

Think of a friend you know; how would you feel if they kissed you? I wouldn't be okay with anyone who is just a friend kissing me because I'm in a monogamous relationship. I would also probably stop that friendship because I expect my friends to respect my relationship. I don't think a kiss on like, the forehead or something from a close friend comforting me or something like that would upset me, but on the lips would.

Do you have bills to pay yet? No. Something Colleen once said that haunts me to this day is the claim that I'm never going to know what it's like to get my first paycheck and pay my own bills.

Will you be changing your hair any time soon? I desperately need a trim, so I hope I can at LEAST do that soon... but I can't afford to put money aside to dye it when I'm saving for my tattoo, no matter how badly I want it dyed.

Does your mom have a celebrity look-alike? I don't think so. There is, however, a deceased celebrity who had her exact first and last name, and people her age would sometimes point out how cool it was.

Why don’t girls like porn? ... Many... do...? I personally don't just because I have no interest in seeing two random people have sex, but that's just me.

Do you think it’s pretty when 100s of balloons are let loose into the sky? I don't even think about whether it's pretty or not, because I find it extremely, extremely upsetting. Those balloons end up as litter, and many animals even get wrapped up in the strings. If I'm not mistaken, in the ocean, some sea life mistake the deflated balloons as jellyfish and even ingest them. Don't fucking do this shit.

[soundscapesystem]

tw graphic, abuse, animal death, CSA

today im thinking abt how like. two of my biggest triggers are things that ppl immidiately take in bad faith when i say they bother me. cant say snakes are a trigger without getting "oh but theyre so nice and kind! theyre such good pets! look at their cute little faces!" like yes thats great logically i know that but when i was five entire years old a grown man told me he could talk to them and used that to keep me from telling anyone that he was raping me. hunting and men in camo are also huge triggers but i cant tell anyone i dislike hunting/hunters/dont want anything to do with it without being seen as some wilting flower liberal who just doesnt get why people hunt or where meat comes from like yes i know i was raised in an area where people hunted all the time in fact i have visceral memories of one of the Other men who raped me carrying a dead dear out of the woods during a friends birthday party and proceeding to cut it open in front of us all and everyone else saw it as ooh neat cool! but i became a vegatarian for years after that because i had more in common w that dead deer than any of the other kids because we were both hurt by that same man and he never said it but i fully believed at that point if he could do that to a deer he could do it to me and i remember all the deer heads in his house and i hate them now literally anything to do w hunting upsets me because i immidiately regress to being like seven years old in my best friends backyard just as it was almost dark and watching these men bring that dead animal out and cutting it open in front of me and the feeling of being the smallest most helpless creature on the earth just waiting for one of them to carry me out of there next and slit my neck open so everyone could ooh and aww at me

like i am just. i am begging ppl to just accept that someone is upset by something. not everyone needs u to convince them that their fear or dislike is unfounded. you have no idea what that imagery means to that person. just keep it to urself.

[luxshine]

“Yo  a ti, Cas” Or how mexican dubbing gripped us tight and raised us from Despair.

Ok. So I promised a big meta about the dubbing thing and so while I don’t have all the answers YET, here’s a bit of perspective on the differences between Despair and The Truth.

  First, a little background. I am a former professional dubbing translator. While I worked on anime series from Japanese to Spanish, rather than in live action ones from English to Spanish, the process is not that different. Also, I worked in Mexico, where Supernatural is dubbed, so that’s why I can make the assumptions I make. Finally, my specialization in college was translation from English to Spanish, so I guess I know what the hell I’m talking about.

  So let’s start on HOW you translate something for a dub. Back in the day, you got a ton of VHS tapes with the episodes on them with time codes, and, if you were lucky, a shooting script. This is to say, it was not a transcript of the actual words said in the episode, but the script BEFORE the actors, directors, and everyone else had a hand on what was said and changed. And thus, anything adlibbed? Is not going to be in that script which, at least for the anime side of things? Was a nightmare as the script was usually “And here X actor can say whatever they want” and I had to go and listen to the scene ten thousand times. Now a days, you get either a video file or a streaming link, and sometimes, the shooting script. If you get a script, btw, you can also not get a script in the original language. I know that the person who had to translate Sprited Away to Spanish was working off a German script, not the Japanese one. So yeah, some things can be lost in translation there.

  THEN you get to translate. BUT you can’t just translate word by word. You have to adapt it so that it will sound like something a person will say, and sometimes, literally is not the way to do it. And in particular, Mexican dubbing has a reputation to uphold as the “Neutral” dub that is send to most Spanish-speaking countries in Latin America, so we can’t use certain words (I don’t have the list at hand, but I remember that I couldn’t use “Llanta” for Tire, and so I had to use “Neumatico”. And no “sweaters” or “hotcakes” or stuff like that), AND we have to match the lips of the original video. Which is like, the worst nightmare ever because of what we call “labiales”, that is to say, the letters where lips close.

  I can’t tell you how much we all loved when a character gave a long winded speech with their back to the camera due to those damned closed lip letters.

  All this is to say that sometimes, the line could be “We are all in this together for good or bad”, and the translation become something more like “Estamos en esto, por las buenas o las malas” (We’re on this, the good way or the bad way) or “Estamos juntos en las buenas y en las malas” (We’re together in the good and the bad), depending on the translator, dub director, and voice actor.

  Depending on the client, that is, the original owner of the series, sometimes they will review the translation once it’s all dubbed and edited. I know that in the Avengers movie, a Disney rep was present on the cabin and forbade any changes from the script, which resulted on a couple of awkward lines in the end result. I don’t know if that’s the case for Supernatural, but I honestly doubt it. Still, translators can’t make huge changes for the dialogue. One couldn’t just ADD a relationship that wasn’t there, no matter what.

  (As an aside, due to the very conservative mindset of some tv stations, it’s more common that gay relationships become more ambiguous, by changing “I love you” to “Te quiero” which can be more of a filial love than a romantic one. And well, that one case in Sailor Moon where a gay character was changed into a woman because the dub director honestly thought the character was a woman. But that was in the nineties)

  Now, let’s go to how Castiel’s speech was translated.

  The original, according to Superwiki, went like this:

  Castiel:  You're the most caring man on Earth. You are the most selfless, loving human being I will ever know. You know, ever since we met, ever since I pulled you out of Hell, knowing you has changed me. Because you cared, I cared. I cared about you. I cared about Sam. I cared about Jack. I cared about the whole world because of you. You changed me, Dean.

Dean: Why does this sound like a goodbye? Castiel: Because it is. I love you. Dean: Don't do this, Cas. Cas.

  And the translation, as it was aired, went like this (And people, you have no idea the war flashbacks transcribing this gave me, so I hope you appreciate it):

  Castiel: Eres el hombre mas amoroso sobre la Tierra. Un hombre sin egoismo; el hombre mas generoso que haya visto, y que jamas vere. Sabes que desde que nos conocimos y desde que te saque del infierno, el conocerte me ha cambiado. Porque a ti te importa. Y a mi me importa. Me importas tu. Y me importa Sam, me importa Jack, me importa todo el mundo. Y fue por ti. Tu me cambiaste, Dean.

  Dean: Porque suena esto a despedida?

  Castiel: Porque asi fue. Te amo.

  Dean: Yo a ti, Cas. (The empty appears and Billie opens the door) Cas…

  Castiel: Adios Dean

  Dean: No!

  Ok. So… At first glance, they’re pretty much the same until we get to the I love you. BUT let’s dissect it a little bit.

  Cas begins with a “Eres el hombre mas amoroso sobre la Tierra” which is not how I would’ve translated “The most caring man on Earth” since “caring” is more like “Cariñoso” rather than “amoroso” which would be “loving”, and yes, there’s a difference. Plus, “el hombre mas amoroso” sounds a bit clunky, so Personally, I’d have gone with “Eres el hombre mas cariñoso en la Tierra”, that would’ve given us more time for the rest of the speech, but I wonder if the translator choice for Amoroso instead was more due to the fact that “amor” (love) is more clearly romantic than “care” (cariño, in a sense, more on this later) and so it foreshadows the end.

  Again, with the literal clunkyness we have “Un hombre sin egoismo” (A man without egoism) which sounds weird no matter what language you speak, and it should’ve been “Un hombre dadivoso” (A giving man) or “un hombre desinteresado” (a selfless man) although the second could be mis-construed as “a man without interests” so “dadivoso” would’ve better. But the more puzzling is that the Spanish separates the selfless man from the next, which is REALLY confusing as the English is “the most loving man”, which would be “el hombre mas amoroso” making it quite redundant, so the Spanish changes it to “the most generous man”, “el hombre mas generoso”. To add to this, Cas continues with “that I have seen and I will ever see” instead of “That I know”, because it’s far more poetic. And loving.

  So yeah, Mexican Cas is basically saying that Dean Winchester is made of love and puppies.

  Ahem.

  The next part “You know, ever since I pulled you out of hell, you’ve changed me” is more or less word for word, and the only thing that changes is that the English sounds more like a question and the Spanish one is an affirmation. YOU KNOW that ever since I pulled you out of hell, you changed me.” Little verb tense play, that doesn't change much except Cas’s resolution to say what he has to say.

  And then we get to the part that made me squeal out loud. Because we go from

  “Because you cared, I cared. I cared about you. I cared about Sam. I cared about Jack. I cared about the whole world because of you”

  To

  “Porque a ti te importa. Y a mi me importa. Me importas tu. Y me importa Sam, me importa Jack, me importa todo el mundo.” Which at first glance is the same, but NOPE.

  First change: The original is in past tense “I cared”. Spanish version is in present tense: “I care”.

Which is a little non important thing except when you remember that simple present means “immutable absolute truth that won’t change with time”

  Second, the choice of word for care.

  I mentioned before that Care can be Cariño, as in filial, non romantic love (Or romantic love pet name, as it can also be Darling. It’s one of THOSE words). Other translations for care include “cuidado” (as in attention, concern, keeping, and worry), and of course “interesarse” (Which also can be care), “preocuparse” (care, bother, trouble, mind, fuss), and yes, “importar” but “importar” ONLY translates to English as a verb as “import”, “matter” “amount to” and notice how none of those words include “love”.

  Mexican Cas is not saying “you love the world, and so I do”. Mexican Cas is saying “The world matters to you, and thus it matters to me, but my feelings for the World (and Sam, and Jack) are not in the same league as my feelings for you.”

  And then Dean asks “Why does this sound like a Goodbye”, just like in English, in present tense…

  And Mexican Cas replies in PAST tense. “Porque asi fue”. And THIS is important because it means that everything he said before WAS the goodbye, and not what comes next. All the rest? Is in the past. “Because it was”. Not “Because it IS”. And the next part? Is their future.

  I love you.

  Te amo.

  Simple present. No ambiguity like “te quiero”. Spanish Te amo is for romantic love. Not brotherly, not family, not bro-mantic. ROMANTIC.

  It’s like “I’m IN love with you” (Although that’d be “Estoy enamorado de ti” and I doubt that would’ve fit in the time Misha spoke)

  And of course, the answer. “Yo a ti, Cas”. Not “And I, you” as I’ve seen it before (And I also thought it was, until transcribing the scene) but a simple “I, you, Cas.” Which ok, pretty cave-speak, but the meaning is pretty clear. Dean Winchester loves his gay angel.

  It is also telling that the empty doesn’t appear until AFTER Dean confessed, so no, Mexican Cas is not “happy with the saying”, he had to get to the “happy with the having”.

  And when Billy appears, it does seem as if he wants to say something more, but Cas is a love-sick selfsacrificing dumbass and so we all get our hearts broken.

I did get in contact with Dean Winchester’s mexican voice actor, and am waiting for answers to a small interview I did with him which includes the question “did that And I you, Cas” was in the script, and am trying to contact Castiel’s mexican voice actor. So I will be updating you on that. But I hope this clears up some of the questions about how Mexican dubbing made Destiel Canon :D

[fluffyfantasticducky]

Puppy Love

☆ Pairing: Loki x Reader

☆ Synopsis: For the most part, dating Loki is a lot easier than anyone could imagine. But Loki’s clinginess often manifests in possessiveness and jealousy. So, when you adopt a new puppy, Loki has a hard time learning to share your attention.

☆ Word Count: 2,811

☆ Notes: Cheer up tickles, established relationship. Invited guest: my baby girl Bella, the Cocker Spaniel puppy who is 7 months old. How busy am I? This was meant to come out when she turned 6 months old (Nov 29th). It was supposed to be done very quickly but... here we are... Jan 8th finally posting this...

☆ Warnings: Kinda short, Loki not being too fond of dogs originally.

That's not Loki nor a Cocker Spaniel but... It's the best thing I could do.

One would think dating the God of Mischief —the same god that once tried to take over Earth— would be a bad idea. But on his own Loki had improved onto proving not only his brother and the Avengers but the world, that he had become a better person. You had just been a great boost of improvement for him, and ever since the two of you started dating Loki’s mood had become bright and untroubled.

Loki absolutely adored you, having you around was the light of his day, and it showed. The days when you visited him or you went on dates Loki was just beaming and delightful to have around, and his pranks would reduce to zero. The Avengers were even considering asking you to the facilities just to have Loki tamed every day.

The relationship you and Loki shared was great because the two of you worked hard to make it like that. Of course, there were disagreements, like anyone would have, but you would always do your best to discuss them with a cool mind and come up with solutions for the problems. And always making clear of your needs and limits, like Loki’s need for time and attention or your disdain for his more… aggressive pranks on others, and a mutual agreement for closeness. It was close to perfect.

Until that thing came.

On one of your dates in the park, you walked into an event to adopt animals, and you found her. A little 2-and-a-half-months cocker spaniel dog. It was love at first sight and adoption on the spot. And since that day she was named Bella and became your pet and Loki’s nightmare.

But Loki wouldn’t bring himself to bring it up. One, because even if he was heartless enough to try talking you into getting rid of the dog —which he wasn’t— he knew it’d be futile since the attachment the dog seemed to have for you was not only mutual but strong as any other. But also, because the fact that he was jealous of a dog was ridiculous.

But it was starting to show.

“Come here, baby girl” you cooed in a baby voice, swinging a little bone-shaped cookie treat. “You want one, honey?”

Loki just rolled his eyes as he saw the pup wag its tail excitedly and jump in circles around you as you kneeled in front of her.

“Sit!” you commanded, as the dog obeyed, “Shake…!”

The dog just tilted her head in confusion before jumping on your knee to try reaching the cookie.

“Alright, alright” you smiled having her the cookie, “You win this time, but you will have to learn how to shake your paw sooner or later.”

“Never if you keep spoiling her.”

“Oh, now the literal prince is gonna lecture me about being spoiled?” you responded absentmindedly as you reached on your kitchen’s top shelf to put away the treat jar.

“Hilarious” he chuckled humorlessly.

“Hey, I’m kidding…”

“I know” he replied dryly.

“Then what’s with all the bitching?” you joked, “Do you want to take my place as Bella’s mommy?”

“I want nothing to do with that mutt, thank you.”

And he stomped out of the kitchen, barely missing the puppy who was jumping around the room after her treat, completely unaware of the scene that unfolded around her. Loki just and dropped on your couch, in the living room because truth to be told, he didn’t want to leave you, he adored visiting you, he just didn’t like the dog being around.

It wasn’t that Loki had something against animals, but this dog had become the center of your world. Bella was a bright puppy, always full of energy or need to nap on you, but regardless of what it did your eyes were always full of adoration. And like any good infant regardless of the species demanded a lot of time and attention, which meant that rather than just cuddling or reading books together on your own, the dog would be there two, not to mention a lot of dinners and visits to the library were replaced by walks on the park just so the mutt could exercise. Also, Loki was more of a cat person.

“Loki… can we talk?” you said softly as you walked to him.

You were carrying your puppy in your arms but at the defeated look on the prince’s face, you put her down so she could run off to play around the apartment. You cupped his face to make him look at you.

“We’ve always been able to talk things through.” You spoke gently, “Could you try again, honey? Did something happen at the Compound? Did they say something to you?”

“No, love.” He smiled gently, endeared by your concern, “Everything is fine at home.”

“Then… was it something I do?”

“It’s nothing…” he mumbled.

The sole idea of telling him that his whole problem was that he missed your whole attention made him feel small. He was a thousand-year-old god former villain and hero, jealous of a less than a year-old happy-go-lucky dog. The situation was laughable.

“My sweet prince, no problem is too small if it troubles you” you breathed out softly.

“I just… ah… I…”

It wasn’t anything new that Loki wasn’t particularly well versed at sharing his feelings. Loki was smooth when it came to speaking, he could charm anyone with purely his words and charisma. He was simply one of those persons with the gift of knowing exactly how and what to say to get people on his side. But the silver-tongued prince just had a lot of trouble looking at you in the eye to express what troubled him. So, by now, he would just lean on your shoulder to not have to look at you as he arranged his thoughts.

“I’m tired of your life being centered around that dog” he whispered against your neck.

Your response was… a bit brighter than he expected.

“Hehehe, s-sorry!”

“What?” he asked as he straightened up to look at you.

He straightened up looking at you disheartened, thinking you were laughing at him. But you rubbed the side of your neck with a nervous smile. “I-I’m sorry, your breath tickled.”

He chuckled a little as a little idea popped in his head.

“Did it, love?”

“Ohoho, no! Don’t even think about it!” you laughed in anticipation.

“Too late…” he grinned wiggling his fingers towards you.

In the few months of the relationship had, the playful fun wasn’t new. Tickle fights between the two of you were rather common, and they went from soft and relaxing, to loud and chaotic. And the wicked smile on Loki’s face told you that he was going to lean onto the latter.

“I think this is a great idea to make you pay some attention to me” he grinned.

And without further ado Loki had you pinned on the couch, sneaking his fingers under the hem of your shirt and your hoodie, drumming his fingertips lightly against the bare skin of your tummy, causing you to shiver and smile nervously.

“Ah… this is much better…” he smirked, “I love how you react to my touch.”

Rather than his touch, that comment seemed to be the one to make you burst. Throwing your head back as you laughed heartedly.

“Ihi’m sohohorry!” you giggled, “You make it sound so dirty.”

“Oh, I’ll show you dirty!” he chuckled as he clawed the spot on of your stomach right below your ribs making you squeal immediately followed by a stream of full-on laughter.

The tickle fights in your apartment were the most memorable. Being home alone meant no one was there to judge you or him so laughter flowed rather carefreely. And laugh you did, Loki made sure of it.

“Ahahahaha, Lohohoki!” you laughed as his fingers crawled all over your tummy. “Oh, my gohohahahad, noho!”

“Ahehehe nohoho, Loki-IIII stohohop it!” you squeaked as he gave soft pinches to your stomach.

“I don't feel like stopping, beautiful” he chuckled, “Your laugh is most endearing.”

“Shuhuhuhut up” you protested as your giggles became more frantic

“Ah, I often forget that pointing out how cute your laugh is makes it worse for you” he smirked at how flustered you got.

“Nohoho you dohOHON'T!!!”

“No, I don't” he chuckled deviously.

He continued the almost gentle attack to your stomach causing gentle breathy giggles to pour out between squeaks and hiccups. Although that was adorable, Loki soon grew bored of it and decided to step up his game to make your laugh raise in volume.

He knew exactly how to do that, which was climbing up and down your ribs like a ladder changing direction so you wouldn't get used to a certain spot or pattern.

“LOHOHOHOKI, WAHAHAHAIT!” you screamed when his fingers found a particular spot between your upper ribs, “NOHOHOHOT THAHAHAT!”

“Your wish is my command” he hummed as his fingers crawled over to land right below your armpits.

“SNNNNNNRK!” you snorted right before your laughter rose an octave, “N-NOHOHO LOKI!

He slowed down his touch making you squirm violently in a feeble attempt to escape before he could do what you knew he wanted to do.

“I’m not sure I should be so generous given the little attention you’ve given me these past weeks,” he said innocently. “Maybe this will help you know what happens when you ignore the God of Mischief.”

And he crawled to scratch around your underarms, causing you to burst into loud laughter.

“AHAHAHAHAHASSHOLE!” you cried “STOHOHOP IT!”

His next move was too low, even for the God of Mischief.

“Ah, so rude…” he laughed softly. “I should teach you manners.”

He got a hold of your wrist and pinned both wrists over your head as he ran his wriggling fingers all over your unprotected torso making you squeal as your laugh got gradually more and more hoarse.

“LOHOHOHOKIHI! P-PLEAHAHAHASE STOP!”

"I'm not sure I want to"

"PLEHEHEASE, I CAHAN'T! NO M—"

Your laughter was cut off by coughing, meaning you had long ago crossed your limit. Loki chuckled nervously as he withdrew his hands to give you a well-deserved break.

“Hehe sorry, darling.”

You allowed yourself to collapse on the couch as panted and gasped for air.

“Would you look at that? I feel like owning a dog has really been draining you” he teased you.

“You’re a rohoyal pain in the ass” you chuckled.

“As much as I'd love that... Ihit’s been enough for today” you giggled.

“So rude love. Perhaps I should tickle you some more…?” he grinned deviously as he kneaded your sides playfully to make you squeak.

Your arm was dangling from the couch which your puppy took the chance to rush towards you for some caresses while Loki looked at you with a renewed sadness remembering the source of the absurd playfulness and sighed.

“Wait, go play over there baby girl,” you said softly pushing her butt towards the other end of the room.

Almost understandingly, the little dog happily scampered to the other side of the room where she had a box of toys to entertain herself. When you returned your attention to the God of Mischief, he was already avoiding your gaze, looking more defeated than angry.

“Do you still feel jealous, honey?” you asked touching his chin to guide his glance towards you once again.

“A little” Loki admitted, “I’m so sorry, darling… I can’t help it.”

“I know” you smiled, as you let go of his hands to caress his. “Thank you.”

“What for?”

He couldn’t help a soft breath of a laugh escaping through his nose.

“Telling me the truth”, you replied gently, “I know it’s not easy. Trusting other people about this kind of stuff.”

Even though he was very much new when it came to serious relationships (especially modern Midgardian relationships) Loki couldn’t think of something more bare-minimum than trusting your significant other with your concerns. But Loki had trouble with that, way before all the scarring events in his life.

And you knew that from the start. You knew exactly how difficult it would and he could be. But you didn’t push him away. Quite the opposite, gently guiding him and correcting his wrongdoings without making him feel guilty about them. Answering his questions and making sure he knew that all conversations were worth having so you could also correct attitudes that would bother him.

None of you was perfect of course, having your tempers getting the worst of you sometimes and arguments getting heated up. But none of you ever let it escalate into something other than playful banter (the tickle fights only being a brief example), or in more serious cases asking for time-outs, or space when deemed necessary.

You also acted like everything Loki did was a miracle and any little thing he said was important. You were patient with him without being condescending, you laughed at all his jokes and pranks… unless he really stepped out of line, and even then, you were never aggressive, you simply explained what he did was wrong and why without making him feel like a monster.

You weren’t “other people”. You were his everything... But it was still difficult having important conversations. Gods bless the day you were gifted with such patience to walk that road at his pace.

“I promise you that I’ll balance my time better from now on.”

“Thank you, my love” he sighed.

You sneaked behind him and began planting kisses over his neck and he relaxed at the contact of your lips on his skin. Too relaxed to notice your hands crawling around his torso to wrap him into a bear hug… not until it was too late.

“Ahehehe! D-darling! Nohohoho!” he giggled.

“You wanted attention, didn’t you, baby?” you grinned as you scribbled your fingers over his ribs still planting tickly kisses now behind his ear.

He tried to stop you but fortunately and unfortunately for him, you were smart and a quick thinker, the angle you had positioned yourself and the tickling had his arms clamped to his sides so fighting back was not exactly something he could do. …Not that he really wanted to.

“Lohohove, plehehehease.”

“Please? Please what?” you teased him, “Please more tickles? Yessir.”

Loki was particularly ticklish. Maybe more ticklish than the average human (the downside to the super-human qualities, you guessed). And you had learned thanks to Thor taking of that fact, which… apparently was quite common, unfortunately for Loki. At first, you had imagined Loki didn't quite like it... But when it was you, Loki wasn’t one to fight back, barely even squirmed, he didn’t even bother concealing his laughter and squeaks.

Loki let out a whine through his laughter when you moved your hands past the hem of his shirt to tickle the bare skin of his tummy and collapsed against your chest prey of your playful attack.

It was adorable, really. He never admitted it, but his actions spoke louder than words. He liked this. You even had your suspicion that his disdain for tickling when it came to his brother was nothing but a tough guy facade. Only making his current state more adorable.

“Alright, I’m not trying to kill you” you smiled as you stopped —maybe too soon for Loki’s liking— trying not to overwhelm him.

Loki chuckled as he grabbed your wrist pulling you from behind him to make you sit on his lap and wrapped his arms around your waist.

“You’re a dangerous one, rendering a god helpless like that” he smiled pressing his forehead against yours.

“I have to keep up with you, honey” you grinned before quickly smooching his nose. “Feeling better?”

He smiled gently at you. “Yes, better.”

Just at that moment a familiar face popped from the corner of the couch, and having Loki’s face within her reach, your little Bella reached over to lick him. Loki scoffed and picked her up in his arms.

You couldn’t help but feel anxious and embarrassed for your puppy’s hyperactive behavior like those times she climbed to people’s legs hoping they’d pet her. Now, she wasn’t only being pet, but she was sitting in Loki’s legs, she seemed ecstatic by this fact and continued to cover his face with slobber, only this time, Loki didn’t seem to mind.

“You’re just like your mom, aren’t you?” Loki smiled gently as he turned to you. “Both of you love to annoy me.”

You smiled as you scooted to sit closer to Loki.

“Oohhh, you’re asking for trouble, love” he smirked, shortening the distance between your face and his.

“It’s just too much fun” you patted Bella’s head while holding Loki’s gaze with a teasing smile that could only be a match to his own.

And who were you to deny a kiss to your boyfriend?

Masterpost

[batlingsstuff]

|| DREAM SMP HEADCANONS ||

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hello! this is my first time doing headcanons, and i just want to clarify some things:

sadly, i won't be doing requests because i'm busy af with school and i dont want to dissapoint anyone, but you can drop some suggestions and i would think about it! it would be really nice :)

also i won't be writing romantic headcanons for minors or those who are uncomfortable with it, but i can do platonic headcanons for them! ^^

i won't be doing nsfw headcanons either, because i'm uncomfy with sexualizing real people and just writing nsfw in general :)

also, please tell me if someone is uncomfortable with fanfics and/or headcanons and i will erase that part as fast as possible, thanks for passing by! - batling

✦ means platonic

✦ characters : ranboo, tubbo, tommy, philza, techno and jschlatt

♥ means romantic

♥ characters: quackity, wilbur, nihachu, dream, george, sapnap, eret, karl, fundy and bbh

keywords:

(y/n) : your name

(n/n) : nickname

(p/p) : pizza place

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“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.” – John Green

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SLEEPOVERS

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GENDER NEUTRAL

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♥ Quackity

oh boy

i just have two words for this one: pure chaos

he will punch you with a pillow if you try to sleep

and you will be MAD at this

grabbing a pillow and hitting him RIGHT IN THE FACE with all your strenght

he'll probably fake cry about it, saying that you hurt him

after a while of pillow fighting, you guys got tired and plopped into the bed, snuggling into eachother and just enyoing the comfortable silence before drifting to sleep

♥ Wilbur

you two will probably blast hamilton and scream the lyrics till the neighbours wake up and you get angry knocks at your door

and you will laugh at that, lowering the speaker's volume and telling him to lower his voice aswell to avoid your neighbours calling the police

then you'll eat snacks and talk about anything that pops into your mind, laughing at the most silly jokes

he will sing sweet songs to you, making you fall asleep to his calming voice

summary: fluff

♥ Nihachu

you and her will bake pastries at a very late hour

she REALLY enjoys baking with you bc she thinks it's a great way to spend time with you

all this girl wants is to spend her time by your side, doing particularlly anything like streaming, baking, playing games and going outside for a walk and/or shopping

once you finished baking, she will kiss your cheek multiple times. that's her way to tell you that you did a great job :)

you'll spend the rest of the night cuddling, eating your pastries and watching some random movie, commenting about how bad it is and laughing

♥ Dream

bruh

this bitch will speedrun the sleepover

is it possible to speedrun a sleepover? maybe

you'll spend the rest of the night probably playing uncharted 3: drake's deception in his old ps3

after a while, you guys got bored from uncharted and went to his pc to play amnesia: the dark descent

there are 2 options:

you will be scared as fuck and will avoid looking at the screen when you think something bad will happen or when some body will come out from a drawer

or you will be totally chill with it, laughing hard when clay pisses his pants for real when he encounters the gatherer

you named the gatherer 'bob' :)

♥ George

he'll take you to the rooftop

and pushes you so you fall to your death

i mean

he gets blankets and pillows so you can stargaze together

he'll teach you the constelations while pointing them, excited about every single one of them

"look (y/n), that's the ursa major!"

he'll have hot chocolate prepared too, so you don't get cold while stargazing

you try your best to not fall asleep on the rooftop

but eventually fail

when he notices you're asleep, he stops talking about the constellations and carries you to your bedroom, giving you a goodnight kiss and leaving you in your bed so you can have a peaceful rest

♥ Sapnap

hey mamas

i don't know what sapnap will do in a sleepover so i will just improvise B)

you will watch anime together

not any kind of anime, like that romance-comedy bullcrap

no fuck that

you will watch the classy angsty anime like madoka magica

WATCH IT IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY

you will fucking cry because of literally anything that happens to the characters

"(y/n) why are you crying it's just a show"

'IT'S NOT ANY SHOW SAPNAP IT'S FUCKING MADOKA MAGICA OF COURSE I'M GOING TO CRY'

the last chapter made you fucking cry harder

AUTHOR HERE I WAS CRYING SO MUCH WHEN IT ENDED

yeah you will basically watch anime with him, cry about it and he will comfort you and bring you a glass of water so you don't have a terrible headache after it

I KNOW THIS HEADCANON SUCKED I'M SO SORRY

♥ Eret

KINGG <3

you two will plan a picnic in your yard

yes your yard

he'll bring a ton of snacks and you'll buy a few drinks

you two spend the rest of the picnic talking about your future and enjoying the snacks

then, he'll make you stand up and will teach you how to dance tango

and of course you will mess everything up

and you even stomped on his feet accidentally, making him wimper

but he brushed off the pain and laughed at your concerned face

after calming down his laughter, he gave you a passionate kiss and hugged you tightly

i love eret ok

♥ Karl Jacobs

this man.

this man is the definition of sweet

you'll spend the night cuddling and making cute pet names for eachother

he will definetely give you a great back massage if you're stressed

then he'll start writing love letters full of things he adore of you

and you'll do the same for him

after that, you will share your letters and just snuggle and smile at the sweet things you guys wrote for eachother

he will deffo shower you with kisses when he finishes reading your letter, telling you that you're the nicest person on earth

and that he loves you so so much

♥ Fundy

i'm a huge fundy simp ok

he will bring his piano to your house and you guys will compose a melody together

he will let you sit on his lap while you play the piano/keyboard with him

fundy will basically teach you how to play basic piano songs

you asked him if you guys could play megalovania together

he said no :(

but still you got to play nice songs together without messing up

and when you got the hang of it, he snuggled his face in your neck and kissed you there genly

and when you got tired, he started playing very calming songs and you fell asleep in his lap, snuggling into his chest

he gently carried to your room and will sleep beside you putting a fair distance so you can have a comfortable sleep!

♥ BadBoyHalo

bbh supremacy

he will get rat ready so you can snuggle with her too :)

you guys will mainly play with rat and talk about life in general

he will call you tons of cute pet names

ofc he will call you muffin it's bbh who we're talking about

he will talk about how bad he wants to spend the rest of his life with you

after a while, he will take you to his kitchen and start making muffins together

he will guide you on how to bake 'em though

you guys had a great time making muffins and cuddling with him and rat :)

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✦ Ranboo

tall mf gives the best piggy back rides

when he gets to your house there is a 100% chance he will bump his head on the door frame

and there is a 100% chance you will make fun of him because of that

"(y/n) please stop laughing my head hurts :("

you'll give him some ice to put on his head while you two play minecraft on your ps4

you will bring snacks too and ask him if his head is better

"yeah, thank you (n/n)"

he will pull you in a hug so you can be comfy together while you play good ol' minecraft

because ranboo surely doesn't play anything besides fucking minecraft

stfu that video of him playing spooky's jump scare mansion doesn't exist

✦ Tubbo

SWEET BE BOYY <3

he will gift you a bee plushie

expect a lot of (FRIENDLY) hugs from him

like fundy, you guys will play piano together

you guys are most likely to prank call some random numbers AND your friends

and you accidentally called some random pizza place

"hello! this is (p/p), may i take your order?"

you were nervous and didn't know what to say

UNTIL YOU CAME UP WITH A GREAT IDEA

"hello? are you there?"

'hi yes, i would like to order 7 extra large pepperoni pizzas to (tommy's adress).'

"oh- okay! uhm- they will arrive in a few hours. are you okay with that?"

'yes ma'am, thank you.'

when you ended the call, you couldn't help but burst out laughing, knowing that tommy will be so mad at you guys-

✦ Tommy

like quackity, PURE. CHAOS.

you guys will obviously stream your sleepover

doing a q&a stream :)

tubbo and wilbur will probably crash your stream and start spamming things like 'MEETUP??' and 'DIDN'T GET AN INVITE'

you guys laughed and added them to the call

"WHY THE FUCK DIDN'T YOU GUYS INVITE ME?" wilbur shouted

'i'm sorry willlll'

you kept playing minecraft with wilbur, tubbo and quackity too since he crashed your stream like an hour later

after the stream, you got up and plopped on the mattress that was on the floor

"tired?"

'yeah'

"okay, good night big (initial)"

✦ Philza

POG

YEAHHH SLEEPOVER WITH THE MINECRAFT GOD

AND KRISTIN'S THERE TOO :)))

and oh god you ADORE kristin

i'm pretty sure she's a total sweetheart

it would be like having a sleepover with your parents

only that it's less boring

you guys will watch a movie together, you will be in one side of the couch eating snacks while phil and kristin are in the other cuddling

you'll eventually bug them about it

after the movie, you fell asleep early and philza noticed, talking to kristin about it too

and wrapped a blanket around you so that you get a good rest :)

✦ Technoblade

mr. blood god teaches you the arts of the CRAFT.

yeah i mean it's techno what else does he play besides minecraft

he will play bedwars w/ u, teaching you how to pvp

"bro you kinda suck tbh"

'stfu techno'

he will comment about how bad you are, but tries to help you get better anyways

and when you do a very poggers gamer move, he praises you

and when he praises you you're all :)))

after awhile, he gets tired from watching you play minecraft and suggest watching anime

fucking weeb

i mean

uh

other thing you guys do together in a sleepover is playing and commenting about pokemon

if you don't like pokemon get tf out of here /J

i was joking please don't leave i respect your tastes

✦ Jschlatt

ooooh boy

get ready for a session of wii training

that's all you guys will do

play wii sports and some other shit like wii music

he will laugh his ass of if you fall while playing wii fit

but he will eventually help you bc outside his funny and shouty persona, he's a really chill guy and a really nice person!

seriously like have you ever seen a theweeklyslap video?

well expect hearing amazing pep talks from him

bc this man is a legend and knows his way to words and is very good at comforting people :)

sometimes you'll rant to him about anything that's happening in your life, and he will listen to you and give you really helpful advice

and you appreciate him so much for that

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TYSM FOR READING GUYS, i appreciate it if you made it this far :)

i hope you guys really enjoyed these headcanons, it's my first time doing them and aa i'm a bit nervous about posting this but i'll be fine ig

also i'm sorry if there's a grammatical error, english is not my native language and i'm still learning it :) have a nice day/night, drink water and don't fuck up your sleeping schedule!!