#Basics in Behaving

[littlefankingdom]

Sometimes people call Bruce "hypocritical" when he is simply a parent that doesn't want his kids to do the same mistakes as him. You know, something every normal parent does.

Like, is he hypocritical when he wants them to finish college when he didn't, or is he just a parent that sacrificed his studies for a cause and wants his kids to enjoy university without the same pressure? Is he hypocritical when he doesn't want his kids to date dangerous people when he has quite the track record, or is he just a parent that wants to protect his kids from the same heartbreaks and dangers he went through? Is he hypocritical when he gets angry his kids got hurt protecting him when he would do the same for them, or is he just a parent and it is his role to protect his kids, and he sees the inverse has a failure from his part, as a child shouldn't protect their parent? Is he hypocritical when he gets annoyed that his kids don't take care of themselves and their injuries when he often doesn't take care of himself, or is he just a parent that wants his kids to be safe and in good health more than he wants himself safe and in good health? Is he hypocritical when he wants them to be less violent when he has been extremely violent in the past, or is he just a parent that knows the error of his ways and wants his kids to be better than him?

He wants his kids to be better than him, which means not making the same mistakes.

[keferon]

Just want to say, love your mimick au. I only found it like, an hour ago and I've devoured everything in the tag and I'm planning to do the same to the spellbound and monster hunter aus.

That said, in one of the mimick fanfics, Orion tells Prowl to leave him alone and to find a hobby, but a comic that (presumably) happens after this conversation when Orion meets Jazz, Orion seems to be back to working with Prowl. I thought the whole "leave me alone" order would go on infinitely because Orion didn't seem to have his goal locked down and he also never specified when to come back. So how did they return to working together? Did Orion find Prowl post-meltdown, or was it Prowl who just set an arbitrary amount of time before going back to Orion and going "so, how do you feel about defying god?" I just find Orion and Prowl's relationship so interesting in this au, simply because of how Orion doesn't seem to apply his morals about freedom and coexistence to Prowl despite the fact he's the one who points out that Prowl didn't include himself in his calculations, but at the same time, if he doesn't recognize Prowl's autonomy and only sees him as a tool (chatGPT style), he would have to accept that he's the one responsible for Prowl's actions because he's the one using him. But also also, Prowl encourages him to not take responsibility for all the immoral actions (like killing monsters to keep the Council's favor), which I think Orion does take up, but that would indirectly be accepting Prowl as a individual capable of making his own decisions, you know? It also the fact that Orion and Prowl both have different (and somewhat incompatible) ways of communicating. I was thinking when Orion asked Prowl to what he'd do to make the most amount of mechs happy, Prowl understood it literally: the majority of the population are non-monsters, so statistically, he'd focus on making non-monsters happy. But Orion doesn't want to make most mechs happy; he wants a diverse and equitable society, and that doesn't necessarily lead to happiness, especially in transition phases. Even in the academy, monsters are learning to compromise to live in a non-monster society; compromises are about restriction, which often aren't a source of happiness. But Orion equates that vision to happiness, and probably gets a bad impression of Prowl given "free reign" from his answer. It's great, it's so juicy.

And contrasts so well with how Prowl and Jazz interact and communicate with each other. Like how Prowl makes an attempt to learn hand language for Jazz in the same way he attempts to comfort Orion post-Shockwave demonification. But unlike Orion who has "Prowl is not alive" at the core of their dynamic, Jazz doesn't know and sees Prowl's attempt to learn as a genuine attempt to understand/communicate. You can argue that Prowl is just "programmed" to try and get more information and it's just efficient to ensure Jazz doesn't get carpal tunnel while working together, but you can also argue that we're all programmed to do that as well; small talk or bids for attention are behaviors/actions to build connection through information exchange that we are trained to do from formative years and general society. Which is to say, even if Prowl learns and tries to accommodate Jazz for mission purposes, it doesn't negate the fact that he is investing effort into communicating and building the foundation for a meaningful connection in the same way other people do. It's great, I'm having a blast with the whole AU.

Orion despite being afraid to continue his mission still has responsibilities in his Order so him and Prowl. Yeah hahah they just keep working together but purely on their usual legal tasks. I didn’t talk about the whole situation enough yet but basically Prowl never informed Orion about his new quest of suing God. Primarily because he knows that Orion definitely will try to stop him.

It’s kind of like. “What isn’t forbidden can automatically be considered allowed” mentality.

Also MY GOD YES. My favourite part of this au is reading asks like yours:0 Prowl exists in that thin line between being and not being a person capable of his own choices. Orion exists on the thin line between considering him being one of those options. He can’t see Prowl as a “real mech” because he knows for a fact it’s not true. But then seeing him as a tool means accepting that all questionable things he does are Orion’s responsibility.

At the end of the day Prowl is a metaphorical piece of fabric Orion uses to clean his consciousness. In his eyes Prowl isn’t alive enough to be fully blamed for all the bad things he does but he is also alive just enough for Orion to say “it was your fault. Not mine.”

Jazz doesn’t have that dilemma. Uh. Yet haha he will discover the truth eventually of course~. He thinks Prowl is obviously a real mech because in his world magic isn’t alive. It can create an illusion of a mech, sure, this is what all usual golems are, but it’s not smart or believable enough. It’s like one of those tests where all people think they can tell if they’re talking to an AI chat bot because “duh I would obviously know” and then fail to distinguish AI from a real person. Jazz is perceptive but he doesn’t know what to look for. All he knows is that Prowl is somehow doesn’t love anyone but seems to care about of things that aren’t people.

Also it’s a bit unrelated but I find it soooo interesting playing with the usual concepts of magic and technology. Because usually magic is perceived as something more “coming from your heart” and “connected with emotions” while technology tends to be more “soulless” and “emotionless”. And then we have the entire world of robots who think they are alive and magic isn’t :)

[fyllophobia]

seliph & ares commission, thank you!

[pallanophblargh]

Wake up, new cryptid just dropped!

It’s true that I’ve had to reimagine my day to day life since we got her, but I can’t imagine how we got this lucky. We thought we would have to work to earn her love, but from the moment she entered our house it’s been a cuddlefest, one I couldn’t possibly deny. There are hurdles she will be facing to be sure (and she will still need to meet the cats face to face) but I’m so happy to see this happy lil cheese every day. Welcome home Raclette!

(The couches will always be hers, even if it means she does try to smush whatever I’m working on at the time!)

[the-kipsabian]

saw a take so fucking rancid on twitter i almost deleted the entire app from my phone jesus fucking christ

first of all ao3 is an archive site. this is like going to the library and saying "oh i dont like this" on every piece of media you find that you dislike and thinking they should be stamped with some sort of a marker just cause you didnt like it

you can always click back and leave. fic writers owe you nothing to explain themselves and their creations. if they have mistagged or miscategorized fics, then i understand, however there are report tools for that instead of yelling at the artist tbh

im not saying free works arent necessarily above criticism. but this is just. fucking wild. its common courtesy to just enjoy stuff (or fucking leave if you dont, the back button is free) and if the artist specifically asks for critiques, then give one - constructive that is, shitting all over someones work is not proper criticism, mind you

i just find it fucking wild people are treating art and archive sites as social media these days like this and everything needs to be policed and ~catered to the algorithm~ like. no. ao3 doesnt have an algorithm. you should be able to fucking tell what you like and what you dont like and steer away from that kind of content and let people fucking be with their art. they dont owe you anything (except trigger warnings i'd argue, but i know some people disagree with that as well for some reason), and imagine how much more energy you'd have if you only engaged with things you liked and spent time looking at instead of going to places where you dont enjoy yourself. let alone spending time telling other people you dont enjoy what they enjoy. what a fucking life

[cute-lil-masochist]

i fear being called docile immediately makes my brain go fuzzy

[jojo-schmo]

I'm updating my personal ref sheets and it's really hitting me just how SMOL Kirby, Bandee, and Elfilis really are compared to the rest of the cast.

[unalivejournal]

I don't think about my ocd itself a lot because it's so ingrained into my daily routine but it is really funny to me. I live by a completely different set of rules to the average person and I always forget that no one else knows the rules. When I see someone break them it's a jumpscare

[tricitymonsters]

Soft Raath headcannons?

Btw the game is so beautiful, can't wait for the next update!

- he's very tactile. If you have scars or imperfections on your skin he'll be low-key fascinated by them.

- can pick your smell out of a small crowd/could probably figure out exactly what soaps or bath products you use

- many moments of intense eye contact since he tends to be a little too assertive with staring

- will get you a weapon and make sure you know how to use it in the very unlikely event he's not around to dissuade threats.

- is a hugely jealous and possessive pissbaby so expect him to be a horrible little shit to other people in your life.

- if you have a shitty ex raath will delight himself by making their life terrible.

Thank you so much 💜

[evecallum]

Yeah I don’t even know where to begin with this

[wicke2deer]

fuck no you can't see my storage unit 🤫🫦🫦🫦 y'all want to arrest me go ahead 💅💅💅 if you want to follow me come on 😏😏😘

[an-ruraiocht]

the thing about going to pride with a friend and going round stalls together while they buy stuff and you just lurk and point things out to them is that people DO assume you're a couple and buying things Together

the national trust *definitely* assumed we were a couple given that they mentioned shared memberships and also only gave us one little foldout map between us with our free entry tokens, lmao

[danadiadea]

So what you're saying is that you don't care if Snape mistreated people who likely had nothing to do with his bullying just because he was bullied? Or because you assume they might’ve been involved, even though there’s no actual evidence of that? You’re basically making up headcanons to excuse his actions. He had every right to harm the marauders but why should it be acceptable for other students to be on the receiving end of Snape’s anger?

What I'm saying is that your "likely had nothing to do" thing is just your headcanon and not confirmed canon, and considering the info we got from Sirius and Remus, it's not even a very likely interpretation, so you coming to me with accusations over a headcanon YOU have is totally irrelevant. Everyone who was in the backyard this day watched and did nothing, many laughed, and laughing at someone being forcibly undressed is sure worse than using a bad word.

[triaelf9]

Running a little cross platform test on reach vs platform with some WIP art from a little #TearsOfTheKingdom something that I'm working on for an eye-catch ^_-

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[crownedwithstars]

The Noldor's fight against Morgoth is doomed to fail for many reasons, but I think one of the very important ones is their overwhelming pride and sense of entitlement. I mean, when they come to Beleriand, their hands are dripping with the blood of their kin and there is certainly a sense of condescension against "the Dark Elves in their caves", but they still expect the locals to be convenient and accommodating and to happily join their fight. There seems to be very little if anything in the way of diplomacy and making alliances with the Sindar, be it to bring gifts to the long lost kin, to pay weregild for the slain Teleri, to appease and make friends with the people to whose lands they've just brought their war against literal Satan. They're so eager to rule their own kingdoms as if these were owed to them, never mind the fact that somebody else has already lived on these lands for a millennia. Very on brand behaviour for princes of paradise to ignore that others too may have pride to match theirs. It's such a stark contrast for how the relationships between the chiefs of Gondor and Rohan are portrayed in The Unfinished Tales and LOTR - there is mutual respect and love between Cirion and Eorl and Aragorn and Éomer, even though one culture may be technologically more advanced than the other. I wonder if this was intentional, and it seems likely because so often victories are won in the legendarium when people put aside their differences and approach one another with humility.

[ghostdrinkssoup]

being anxiously attached makes you so greedy holy shit. someone will be talking to you and you will sit there vibrating and spiralling like hey. please talk to me more. I am going to be sick please talk to me more. and then they talk to you more and rather than calming down you throw up on their shoes