#also it often doesn’t matter?

[cafecitoeddie]

“Buck?” Eddie knows Buck wouldn’t leave just like that, without so much as a goodbye but— Maybe last night meant absolutely nothing and all he’s been left with is a broken heart. No, he can’t possibly believe that, but— Buck’s voice is sudden and muffled through the bathroom door. “Don’t worry, Eddie, I’ll be right there." Of course. Eddie smiles to himself as Buck opens the door. How could he ever think Buck would leave him after last night, after what they did, after everything they’ve been through? Eddie smiles, adjusting slightly, feeling the tug and pull of a very new, but welcome, pleasant ache. Buck smirks as he steps into Eddie’s bedroom, tugging his boxer briefs down as he goes. Every single thought evaporates from Eddie’s head at the sight. “Alright, baby. Ready for round two?”

[turtleblogatlast]

One of the earliest examples of Leo’s “I’ll do my own thing to accomplish our goal without discussing it with my team first” is in episode one. It’s super, super quick, and ultimately inconsequential, but it subtly sets up a great precedent that I think is very interesting.

When the boys need to grab the medallion from Splinter without Splinter noticing, Raph, Mikey, and Donnie huddle together with Raph taking the lead in trying to devise a plan to get the mystic device. Meanwhile, Leo slinks away and grabs the device by clocking the situation (by knowing his father well enough to predict his actions - something he does with each family member multiple times in the series) and making a move on his own.

It works out perfectly fine, and is ultimately the best move, and it’s honestly okay that he didn’t consult everyone for something so small when it’s such a non issue to get it, but it nicely sets up how this tends to go in the series, including how it goes in the movie.

To be honest episode one is actually really good at setting up a lot of things for each character in the long run, this is just one example that caught my attention, as small and unassuming as it is.

[inusmasha]

Inuyasha was so deprived of connection and kind gestures were few and far in between. If any? He could probably count them using one hand. So those moments must stand out in his mind like a pop up card. And when you’re deprived of something vital it tends to be all you think about. So I wonder if he was constantly looking for kind smiles, or the slightest possibility of connection. And how it must of been exhausting being in that constant state of looking. And needing. The strong urge to /look/ for love because they know that it’s not something that would be just inherently be /given/ to him. Idk. That’s sad. This desperate hollow feeling is something I think is vital to understanding his character. Like you have to understand how deep those wounds go and how it somehow gave them the capacity to love that deeply as well.

The story as a whole revolves around how crazy our capacity to love is and how important those bonds are, for better or for worse. Das it.

[winedogs]

been looking at all the IPPY awards and feedback and posts today and many of the high scoring images are lovely and inspiring but many of them are skillfully shot and edited while also being completely devoid of JOY and WHIMSY and it’s driving me insane so. here are some joyful and whimsical dogs at the mall

[whaliiwatching]

Caught up to the fic!! Absolutely fascinated by all the queer/punk/poc history here, since I don't know much myself. Very sweet chapter as well.

Unrelated question - mostly - but why is it common fanon to depict Noir as the more scarred up of various spiderpeople? Naturally everyone has their fair share of fights, though the only we see sustaining any marks is Peter B and his misaligned nose. Personally, I've taken it as Noir Peter not healing as cleanly due to it being Spider God stuff over Weird Radioactive Healing Factor stuff. Thoughts?

thank you so much!! i’m glad you liked it, & hope the ending was satisfying for ya <3

short answer: hot

long answer, plus a map of my idea of noir’s scars: under readmore :)

i’m not a devout spidey comic/movie fan or a doctor. this is based on conjecture and minimal research!

when i came up with my unmasked noir ideas, i wasn’t influenced by fanon—i hadn’t seen any other fan art, not even when itsv came out. but i can think of a good few reasons that scarred noir is a popular headcanon: evidence of what he’s been through makes him feel more tangible/relatable, the visual difference enhances his thematic individuality as distinct from other spider-people (especially other Peter Parkers), self-consciousness can explain why he doesn’t take off his mask in itsv even around other spiders.

all perfectly valid and interesting reasons! but the first two reasons are doylist and the last one is missing a crucial question: why does he have scars? unless a wound is severe, gets infected, or gets lucky, it won’t usually scar. facial injuries especially need to be really bad to leave a mark. and of course most if not all other spider-people have the healing factor. so what gives??

i like the spider god’s curse influences healing factor idea; it opens up some nice angsty possibilities regarding an inability to Be “Fixed;” no matter how much he tries, he can’t erase/forget what’s happened to him. but i also enjoy the bandaging someone up after a fight genre of fic, and am annoyingly pedantic, so my personal working theory is that the healing factor is not a doctor with ten plus years of experience and an accurate understanding of human anatomy. when a bone really badly breaks, it has to be reset or it’ll heal wrong. to me, the healing factor doesn’t know what ‘right’ is, only ‘fast’ and ‘effective.’ it’s an accelerant, not a substitute for medicine.

so let’s establish the baseline. modern spideys either receive modern medical attention or the injury is superficial enough that they don’t require it. even poverty-stricken peter parkers get rushed to the hospital, because fictional doctors Don’t Care About The Money and/or peter is dolled up in spider gear and who’s going to ignore a visibly beat-up celebrity hero?? plus i honestly believed peter b’s nose was just genetics or smthn. my nose is misaligned and it’s never been broken to my knowledge

to compare, noir lives in 1933 and, far as i can tell, doesn’t rlly garner the same fame and respect from the public as modern spideys do. in the 30s, medicine was meh (they had x-rays but didn’t rlly consider radiation much of a threat, penicillin was still in its infancy, polio was a huge threat, etc) but was also, more importantly, far too expensive for most people suffering during the Great Depression. whatever treatment noir receives after a fight, if any, would look way different from ours. that means his healing factor, which can’t differentiate scars from normal skin or a misaligned bone from a whole one, would be inefficiently assisted or left alone. it would leave its history behind.

on the infectious disease side of things, it’s probably much easier for even noir to recover from less physical ailments like the flu and pneumonia—spider healing factor likely remembers and codes for immunity better than regular immune systems—but without modern drug therapies he’d still be worse for wear, ie internal scarring. mans would have a shorter-than-average parker lifespan if not for the pseudo-immortality of the Spider God

anyway. all this to say, here’s my personal map of parker’s scars. crop tank and daisy dukes to keep tumblr off my ass <3

(tbh this is more for my reference than anyone else’s, i’m sick of looking through my art of Just His Forearms to keep my details consistent, but maybe someone will find it interesting lol)

[gameclam4]

just because it’s not every night doesn’t mean it’s not a problem

[dutybcrne]

Quick and easy way for a man to catch Kae’s attention? Show him a nice good ol feat of strength

[gregmarriage]

need me a relationship like mulder and scully. i say wild and crazy things, but you respect and admire my beliefs and my passion. also, you think i’m cute

[dumplingsjinson]

I actually got an ask asking me how often me and cat guy have done it and while I do share prompts on here based on personal experience which can be TMI, that’s a bit of a personal question to be asking either way. Why are you asking that in the first place and why is it any of your business?

Anyways, we’ve done it-

[loverboydotcom]

purple prose might be another term that needs to be put on the high shelf of writing advice cause why does nobody seem to agree on what it actually means 😭😭😭

[ink-and-dagger]

🎥✉️

🎥 What’s the biggest post you’ve made?

Numbers wise? I made a random non-fandom post about the state of the UK after the Queen died and it breeched enclosure. Got to something like 5K notes before I decided to delete it because my entire notifs were just filled with political talk and it was making me sad and giving me big time anxiety because tumblr is my little escape from reality space where I like to hang with blorbos and gremlin buddies

✉️ Do certain mutuals in your notifs make you smile?

All my mutuals in my notifs make me smile. But I do get particularly happy when I see people who I haven’t seen for a while. Like maybe they’re coming back from an internet break and I’m like “oh hey there little buddy! How you doing? I was worried about you!”

Ask game

[lilnasxvevo]

Ok I was going to complain about the most annoying tumblr user poll but it looks like that blog has been deleted so it looks like the evil has been defeated you’re welcome citizens

[transrikuu]

I judge kingdom hearts fans by how they treat Kairi

[sailforvalinor]

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[rahabs]

I finally found a place that makes really, really tasty daal and biryani in this city for when I’m too tired or lazy to make it myself.  Only downside is they don’t deliver as they’re too far away.

[daydreamerdrew]

The Incredible Hulk (1968) #246