#I'm ready for the salt...

[asknillamilkfam]

First of all, congratulations!! Love this family lol. Now for my question, did Shadow Milk ever tell the beasts about his children or does he plan to?

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[jackabbot]

9-1-1 • S1E01 || S7E09 ↳ “Has it really been that long?”

[scificrows]

Okay, my brain refuses to think about anything other than Murderbot, so I looked at every use of the word "friend[s]" in TMBD and... created some pie charts. Normal human activities.

Some Thoughts™ I had while putting this together (under the cut):

In All Systems Red, Murderbot notes that the PresAux crew are all close friends (twice! and goes on to explain their internal relationships which I think is very cute). This is pretty much the only use of 'friends' in ASR, except for when Murderbot says that SecUnits can't be friends with each other.

It seems that this may be one of the first times Murderbot has ever really been around a group of friends before? Murderbot notes that this is not the norm for its contracts and admits that the fact that they are all friends and the way they interact with each other make it actually enjoy that contract (before!!!! the hostile attack, so it already enjoys this contract before they start seeing it as a person etc ghghhhh). [Inference: Friendship seems enjoyable.]

The first character that calls Murderbot its friend is ART in Artificial Condition. Murderbot immediately refutes this (and then goes on to call ART its friend to its clients for the rest of the book). [Inference: Maybe ART is Murderbot's friend. And maybe that is... agreeable]

Rogue Protocol has more than twice as many instances of the word 'friend' as any of the other novellas. Why? Miki. Friendship and its implications for non-humans are a central theme because Miki is friends with everyone. Murderbot initially scoffs at the notion that Miki and Miki's humans are friends. At the end of the book, after witnessing how desperately Don Abene tried to stop Miki from trying to save them, and her grief after its death, Murderbot has to admit that she had in fact been Miki's friend. [Inference: Humans can be friends with bots and can sincerely care about them]

In Exit Strategy, Murderbot tentatively uses the word "friends" for its humans for the first time (several times actually). It questions whether it can actually call them its friends or not and later realizes that it had been afraid what admitting that the humans are its friends would do to it. At the end of the book, Mensah tells Murderbot the PresAux crew are its friends, which is the first time a human has directly said that to it (at least on-page). [Inference: Humans can and want to be Murderbot's friends]

In Network Effect, Murderbot seems to be more habituated to the word 'friend', confidently calling ART and Ratthi its friends, like it is no longer just trying the concept on unsure if it fits. There are many instances in which other characters refer to MB as ART's friend or the other way around and Murderbot's humans refer to Murderbot as their friend several times. Generally, there seems to be less hesitancy, because yes, all of them are Murderbot's friends, why wouldn't they be. [Inference: SecUnits can have friends. This SecUnit has friends. They care about it a lot.]

Conclusion: The Murderbot Diaries tell the story of a construct that does not seem to consider the possibility of friendship for itself and is fine with that - until it accidentally starts caring a little too much and suddenly more and more people annex it as a friend (ew) to the point where it can no longer deny that this is happening and has to begrudgingly admit that yes, it has friends now and maybe that is actually not a bad thing.

[fat-psychward-sockgrippussy333]

That Jackie Aina's NDA perfume + Beija Flor body cream + Topicals eye patches after a nice long shower? *chefs kiss*

[iniziare]

The Western community really baffles me with how far-fetched their reasons for not shipping certain het ships are. How many characters are infantilized, made to be manipulative/toxic, or have a non-familial bond made familial, or have their bisexuality unwritten? I've lost count. Stop this. If you don't want to ship a thing, then just don't ship said thing, but stop trying to invalidate it with the world's wildest presumptions that have zero basis outside of your own lunacy.

[stevebabey]

In the distance, the first dreadful squawk of one of the bats carries across over the foul winds of the Upside Down.

Eddie Munson is going to die in the bottom of Steve Harrington’s swimming pool. He holds off as long as his nerves can handle it, trembling as he forces himself to stand still, hearing the bats draw closer.

But Eddie Munson has always been a coward. When danger comes, he always does run.

This time is no different.

You’re not supposed to be here.

That same harrowing voice slices through the air, its grisly tone making his insides shrivel up right as Eddie’s nerve breaks and runs. The vines relent easily, their sudden constriction eased the moment he tries to break free. As he scrambles back from the spot he was rooted, it’s with a sinking feeling that he realises it was far too easy to break away.

He keeps stumbling back.

The ground behind him slants, giving way to the slight incline, and it’s enough to crumble Eddie’s weak legs. The haunting shriek of bats sounds again, louder this time, closer.

Terror hikes up within him violently, and the fast backtracking he’s doing turns into a frantic scramble—he doesn’t even try to get to his feet, just turns and digs his fingers in, desperately searching for purchase. The sludge of the Upside Down buries itself beneath his nails, and Eddie isn’t sure he’s breathing at all as he pushes his body as fast as it can.

“I- I—fuck,” His inhale suddenly sounds dizzingly loud as he abruptly realises he’s crying. “I’m trying, I’m trying to leave, I- I wanna get home—”

He’s not sure why he’s bargaining, as if anything out there is even listening, as if the likes of Vecna cares to hear his pleas.

But running— running hadn’t helped him last time, had it?

And neither had standing his ground and fighting so- so he has to fucking trying something, right?

The dirt embeds itself further beneath his nails. His body screams its protests at his movements, sluggish and infuriatingly slow. The screeches of the bats get stronger, closer still.

Eddie learns that bargaining doesn’t help him either.

excerpt from you're not from around here, are you? chapter two, posting 24/10 @steddiebang2024

[shieldgirl0813]

Cookie Run Kingdom spoilers (Just in case)

I LITERALLY GOT THIS NOTIFICATION THIS MORNING AND AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! I'M EXCITED!!!! 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

[blood-orange-juice]

Quests about dandelion wine in Genshin made me realise it's closer to vermouth than to wine.

(in other words, it's wine flavoured with botanicals, possibly fortified)

And since Teyvat also has firewater and martinis can use vodka instead of gin... I bet Snezhnayans drink martinis at parties.

Dottore's subordinates probably use saline solution instead of adding an olive.

[diaospuppy]

Latest SunNuea update (x)

[bloodsalted]

DIXON!!! lemme tell you WHUAAAT! *inhales.* you write dean like phenomenally well and also how you make him uniquely yours! yes, he's a canon character, but something with the way you portray him and the way you write him, it's like literally hearing dean echo within your noggin when i read your posts. either ours and the ones from others. it's just so chef's kiss, that i cannot put it into precise words. i'll keep this short and sweet and not like ramble and give you like an essay LMAO. I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW, keep up the exceptional work you're doing on dean and sam and jack. you're doing so fuckin swell. for months, because i am a hella shy person and i had ppl tell me the spn isn't entirely all that welcoming, i've been debating whether or not to follow. i remember biting the bullet and just hit follow. and like hope for the best, y'know? i enjoy writing. and i wanna expand my boundaries a lil bit into fandoms that i'm a bit unfamiliar ( yet a lil familiar ) with. so like, CUE MY SHOCK when you legit followed back?! like ;_; like hella pure talent literally. the MANNERISMS ARE DOWN TO A BLOODY T. so yes, admiring from afar to actually writing and interacting with you is like i'm SHOOKETH OKAY!

KEEP UP ON ALL THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU DO!!! :D don't let ppl say otherwise uvu. n e ways, stay fabulous kiss face. //

// well holy shit! the heck?!?! you can't roll up and punch me in the face with emotions! okay, okay. i kid. i live for this kinda jam cause i am one sappy lil dumbass! you make me wanna cry! seriously. a character like dean was so intimidating to take on. i've done other 'big' canons before but dean meant so much to me for so long that venturing out of sam and into dean when i decided, with sarah/qapsiel's lurking me back in being the culprit, to go into the supernatural fandom on tumblr after over a freaking decade of touching anything supernatural related in writing---it was scary as SHIT! so i get why you were anxious. esp. if you were told spn rpc was standoffish. honestly? like every rp fandom on tumblr, you just gotta find the right people. every fandom has people who take themselves too seriously and use it for validation for some weird reason and are gatekeep-ish. just like every fandom's got its chill people who will welcome ya. some are worse than others. but i've had great experiences with spn and just boop the ones that i don't have that with into lala land. :D hearing that you hear his voice? and can picture his mannerisms? and you enjoy what i'm doing with him? (add in sam and jack and i just.. what?!?!) man that just hits me square in the chest and makes me teary eyed. BIG EMOTIONS! i'm just honestly so grateful you hit the follow button. you are such a talented, creative and sweet person. i love everything we write. i love our conversations and fangirling with you. honestly? you're a keeper and being so freaking kind and thoughtful as to send this?? god damn. brb i'm gonna rip up the receipt i came with. no takebacks. no exchanges!

[sun-marie]

preferring the first poe1 game to Deadfire is perfectly valid but preferring it bc it has better pacing is wild to me ngl

[roseverdict]

don't cry. pour a small-seeming serving of any pasta noodle you'd like in a deep microwave-safe bowl, just barely cover the noodles with water, microwave for roughly 2 minutes 30 seconds, stir, microwave for 2 more minutes, carefully drain the pasta water from the pasta, liberally mix shredded non-mozzarella cheese into the hot noodles, and pour small amounts of milk in (maaaybe a school milk carton's worth or two at most) to taste and to make it creamier, okay?

[tybaltville]

i think i like tybatlt guys.......if you ilke tybalt...? u gotta match the freak he has.........does he have rizz...yeah....but that's only once you go through like whatever is making him bug out....

[quincyhorst]

Ok, so, little curiosity.

We all know Raimon is a japanese name, that it means "ray gate", etc. But did you know where else Raimon can be used as a name? Spain.

Well, better specified, in Catalonia. 'Raimon' is an actual name there, being the catalan version of the name Raymond. Yeah, I'm aware the meaning isn't the same, buuuut you get me anyway. Either way, to prove the name's usage we can use the official website for Spain's National Institute of Stadistics, in which there's a widget to see whose provinces have registered that name. On this specific case...

Raimon is a name that unfortunately isn't used much nowadays, and it's proven by the average age of its current holders being 40 years old. Nonetheless its good to know it exists somehow. As you can see, it is registered mostly on the Autonomous Communities that speak catalan (Balearic Islands, Valencian Country, and obviously Catalonia). But did you know whose catalonian province uses it the most? Barcelona.

So. What I'm trying to get to this? There's a particular spanish AND catalonian character on Inazuma that'd name his kid like that. Think about it.

.....Raimon...... Orvan........

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Was gonna add this on a separate reblog, but jokes aside: I genuinely love the idea that for VRoH, there could be yet another spanish representation by the presence of Clario's child. It is interesting to mention that according to the official side manga Honosuto (Eps. 62-63), Clario seems to have a huge interest on Japan and its culture, even to the point of visiting the country himself.

And also adding his huge connection with Raimon + Endou across AreOri, this gives a perfect spot for his successor to be in Japan as an exchange student. Maybe as a Nagumohara student, maybe in another team (The actual Raimon would be too awkward)... I just think it would be a perfect idea. ONLY downside to this idea however, would be that this idea could prove that VROH happens in the AreOri timeline, breaking the ambiguity that was tried to be done by not specifying in which universe this new entry is located.

Either way, what do you think about it? Do you like the concept? Feel free to comment. Don't forget to wish a happy birthday to Clario, too!🎂

[demodraws0606]

When you write a "perfect" counterargument against the Eden culprit theory and Tumblr nukes your entire paragraph that took you an hour to make

Edit : Just gonna add this here because I feel bad but I wanted to say that I'm not at all targetting anyone in the tags (ik i added it but i feel like this needs to be said again here), i respect culprit!eden theories especially with the effort put into some of them. I just don't like the theory as I feel like it's way too flawed to be believable.

[moe-broey]

*pulls out a crumpled up piece of paper*

My transfemme Fire Emblem Headcanons. Include:

> Rosado, transfemme non-binary, most likely to use neopronouns or multiple sets of pronouns (fae/faer, she/he, never let 'em know your next move)

> Forrest, has been on estrogen for years but still says "I'm a prince" if asked and insists on using he/him pronouns (may be closeted, may be in denial, may do so out of a sense of obligation, may be a case of pronouns being "indicative of but not exclusive to gender identity", may also just have an exceedingly complicated relationship with the gender)

> Loki, a shapeshifter, chooses to look Like That (and she's so based for it)

> Gullveig. Just. Everything Seidr/Heidr/Kvasir and Gullveig have going on. Is so transgender. To me

And on vibes alone

> Triandra