#and now i abuse em

[trojanteapot]

she won at flirting

[sunnykeysmash]

Charlie: "Hey, uh, Dennis, uh, get to Frank as fast as you can. I have Malcolm and his dad."

[glitteringcrab]

They built a wall around infinity

What is the Central Finite Curve wall made of???

Is it some random sci-fi stuff like "sub-ether barrier"?

Well, if the theory that the colour yellow is associated with brain stuff is true, I'd like to point out the following:

1. The ultra beam Eyepatch Morty shot through the Citadel to bring down the Curve was yellow:

It became stronger after Eyepatch Morty infused it with blender-ed Ricks and Mortys:

Why did that work??

How could that have possibly pierced through some sort of dimensional wall? Is it really just a matter of something as "benign" as calibration or killing them to be thorough?

2. And who else, apart from Eyepatch Morty, had been collecting the bloodied remains of Mortys in vats?

Why, the Citadel Ricks.

That's... odd.

Did they collect physically "defective" or misbehaving clones before disposing them all off in one go?

Was it a slaughterhouse, with excess rickless Mortys being sent to death?

Was it a sort of punishment to terrorize Mortys into obedience?

Was it a sort of execution for criminal Mortys?

Was the number of Mortys dying in the Citadel from horrible living conditions simply that high, that they needed to be collected and disposed off in a special way?

Could be any of the above really... But even at the first time I watched this episode I thought that was odd.

(...and why have portals that apparently do nothing but spew blood... Where did that blood come from?)

(Is it Rick blood...?)

3. Rick says this concerning their brainwaves:

He's making it sound like it's just a matter of detection. Visibility. Camouflage. Nothing actually substantial, just a matter of stealth.

...says Morty, referring to his "camouflage" properties.

...replies Rick, which seems kinda redundant, doesn't it?

He agrees with Morty that "Morty is more than a human shield", but the only actual "more" thing in Rick's subsequent description of Morty is the phrase "perfect impenetrable".

Is he just rubbing in Morty's face how effective he is as camouflage?

...Or is he talking about something else?

Something... truly impenetrable...?

What. IS. The. "Wall around infinity". Made. Of??????

(...is it like... crystallized brainwaves of Mortys who died painfully...?)

(I mean, if you can crystallize time, and infuse a freaking liquid with code that allows it to pierce through dimensions, why not also be able to liquify and project brainwaves?)

[hotasfahrenheit]

Ming, taking the power of the narrative of his life and story out of Tong's hands for good and coming out to his father so that he can protect Joe and live their shared truth and fight for their future:

my brain and Yai, running in screaming from the sidelines with a chair to smack Tong with:

[hoglinz]

the mind as a territory (happy [late] exile anniversary)

[scintillatingshortgirl19]

as much as i despise john house tbh i wish we'd gotten more episodes with him . . . partly for more of that sweet sweet Daddy Issues content but also. because there are so few scenes with this man i have to do so much fucking guesswork when writing him

[theokusgallery]

Arsenic comic- several trigger warnings

15+ (please)

- tw suggestive content

- tw non-graphic nudity

- tw self-harm

- tw general Arsenic bullshit (abusive realtionship, unhealthy behaviors, etc)

- tw blade & implied violence

[chickenoptyrx]

Do you have any radtiz raises gohan fanfic recommendations?

Ive never read any, but im not really the person to ask and im absolutely sure they exist.

Anyone feel free to reblog or comment with a link to fics you'd recommend or have written about raditz raising gohan :U preferably with either a bit of info on why you liked it or a summary

[poisonousquinzel]

Behind the Scenes With Harley Quinn (Dc Secrets Revealed!)

I'll add this little book completely to my collection one day but for rn

jfc I hate him 😭

"Harley loves to leave handwritten notes for The Joker all around his lair. While he almost always throws them away, a few have escaped his waste bin."

Harley baby I'm so sorry that an ugly ass loser like Joker would throw away your sweet little notes!

how truly disgraceful of him

[giantkillerjack]

Ya know. I spent most of my life with horrible painful soul-crushing social anxiety.

And after about 25 years of continuous hard work, suddenly, people started pointing out - to my utter bafflement - that I had, in fact, achieved my lifelong dream of being charismatic. I'm 29 now; I feel comfortable in most social situations, and it is a very rare person whom I cannot make laugh.

I am, undoubtedly, finally, charismatic.

But do you know what I found?

I found that now that I have an understanding of which social rules serve which functions -- Now that I have an understanding of just how much damage my awkwardness was doing to people, well,

I found that, actually, my awkwardness never really hurt anyone at all. People were just judgmental dicks to me about it.

Now that I have the skill-level to (most of the time) creatively vocalize what is in my head as soon as I think it and without fear, I can confirm once and for all what I had always suspected:

I was worth talking to when I was quiet.

I was worth talking to when I was awkward, and when the words in my head took time and patience to hear, and when most of my jokes didn't land. I was worth talking to the whole time.

So I just... I hope that if you've ever wondered whether you are worth communicating with, the answer is yes. Absolutely yes. Each of us has a soul worth sharing - and if you and I were talking, I would happily wait for you to speak (or communicate in other ways) without condescending, and I would never shame you for that harmless awkwardness that so many people feel the need to violently stomp out.

You are worth talking to. You just are. And you deserve people who will speak to you with kindness, with patience, and with the basic immutable respect owed to all people.

(I talk about this with some frequency, both on tumblr and in real life. At some point, maybe I'll gather all my thoughts on the matter into one post. At some point, I wrote about my personal experience trying to build my social skill. But I felt the need to say at least a little bit tonight after seeing this other lovely post, and I'm glad I did. It will happen again.)

[carriewhiteislove]

really cool and fun misunderstanding of every situation you’re presenting, and especially the cassie situation. “you don’t need to justify him” just because you’re, for some reason, a weirdo who wants to call a 10 year old an irredeemable asshole doesn’t mean we don’t wanna explain why a traumatized CHILD would possibly feel like it was possible cassie’s voice was actually mimic. like idk how to explain to you that a 10 year old acting on LITERAL SURVIVAL INSTINCT shouldn’t be called an asshole but this is just…clearly beyond any reason. what the actual fuck 👍

also, what’s wrong with defending your faves anyway???? literally what is wrong with that?? nobody has to fucking agree with you. trying to restrict other people’s posts is doubly fucking weird. ew.

ALSO?????? FUCKING HELLO???? “it’s not okay to justify them” YOURE SPENDING A PARAGRAPH JUSTIFYING WHY YOU THINK CALLING A CHILD AN ASSHOLE IS OKAY INCLUDING REASONING LIKE “he lied to a robot :(“ WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT

(note i am not replying to OP or attempting to converse with them. i saw their warning, and also believe they are an unreasonable dick.)

i’m not interested in interacting with virulent gregory antis. but feel free to make ur own post calling me a dick too bc i’m fine with being called a dick by people who think it’s cool and correct to harass people over their quasi-positive opinions on a fictional 10 year old boy, and also think you can’t, for some reason, attempt to explain character’s behaviors.

[bmpmp3]

holy FUCK IA's voisona 2.0 is OUT

[constantvariations]

After playing Baldur’s Gate 3, where there's several situations where ascension is continuing a cycle of violence and abuse, V9's ascension plot is somehow even dumber and ickier than before

[jedidragonwarriorqueen]

I. I just. Okay.

Wow.

I just . . . Geez Louise

[brinnanza]

stood up a lil too fast and had a textbook perfect platonic ideal of a pots presynchope Episode, something that occurs to me regularly that I immediately dismiss every time it happens

so like. yeehaw chronic illness journey ahoy I knew my brain was messed up but I always sorta assumed my bad body syndrome was my own fault from not taking better care of my body but hm that's pretty ableist huh like man I'm just chilling what you mean my joints are loosey goosey and all my bones hurt this sounds like something that should have been caught much much earlier

but then I did learn basically at birth that actually there is no pain so just ignore it and let me tell you I don't recommend totally divorcing your brain from your meatsack and then checking in fifteen or thirty years later because man it's like visiting your childhood home that looks fine from the outside every time you drive past but once you actually look inside everything's rotted and broken and crumbling and it's like wow kinda wish I could have done something about this at the onset of the problem but yeah i mean I guess maybe it's time to call in some professionals

[todayisafridaynight]

Sorry about the late reply haha, but I'm absolutely thrilled to hear you enjoyed reading my last ask!

About RGGJo (I've been been calling him a variant of that for ages too, but if I ever slip up and call him Jou, it's out of habit; I like to differentiate them by RGGO and 7's different official romanizations lol), I'd actually say it's not at all hyperbolic to describe him as relaxed. If you ever have a moment, I think going through his voice lines is one of the best ways to get acquainted with his character in a short time! (Article might be a little rough, I basically speedran it all in a day just to show you lol; also a lot of them are uh........ let's say borderline flirtatious)

That said, it is much less apparent before the timeskip. To go on a bit (or a lot) of a tangent, I think that kind of relates to something I've noticed about their relationship with authority. Which is to say, it feels like they have a tendency to walk on eggshells with regard to authority figures. I think that might be the single most consistent thing between their characterizations.

You do see that directly with Arakawa, of course. It's something established really early on for both of them. You can tell right away from Jo's sheepish look when Arakawa walks in on the yubitsume fiasco or RGGJo freezing up when Arakawa walks in on the equivalent scene that he's someone they genuinely seek approval from as an authority figure. And, y'know, 7 has that micro-interaction with Arakawa only needing to put a hand on Jo's shoulder to stop him, whereas RGGO has Mitsu directly stating that the only person who's able to calm him down when he's on a rampage is Arakawa. Honorable mention to the substory where Ichi stops RGGJo from killing some guy by saying it'd put Arakawa in a bad mood.

But I think the clearest example sort-of-outside of Arakawa, one that's more insightful with regard to authority in general (since you could say of course he respects Arakawa specifically), is actually from Ryuji's RGGO story. There was a fair amount of confusion, right, because it's canon to the console timeline, but they hadn't implemented the Arakawa Family's 7 sprites, and they used the RGGO ones. So the funny thing is, I could tell right away that everyone was supposed to be their 7 selves based on characterization

I did take the time to look over all of RGGJo's voice lines from the link you provided oh my god you weren't kidding about making quick edits i checked the log date and you were making changes just a few hours ago, bless you and your work fr and yeah no, his voice lines definitely give off a different feel from Y7Jo (and definitely no joke about the more 'flirtatious' lines- evidently as someone who's mostly perceived Y7Jo it's jarring to say the least. Not that I'm complaining, it's incredibly interesting to see the difference)! It's almost funny to me how different their personalities seem, I wonder what made RGG decide to conceal his more 'playful' personality..

In regards to his relationship with authority- or I guess I want to talk more specifically about with Arakawa- the backstory each Jo has offers different avenues for explanation as to why he's so readily obedient.

I have to make a disclaimer right now and say I'm not totally caught up on Ichi's RGGO story (I stopped just after their fight on the rooftop), so maybe more background to Jo is given. Nevertheless, for RGGJo, his reasons for being obedient aren't exactly clear aside from respecting Arakawa's influence/power (as noted by his irezumi, I'm pretty sure). On that note though, I haven't seen the bit from Ryuji's story- something I'm definitely going to look into once I get some time this week (and it's neat that the Jo's are distinct enough from each other that you can discern which iteration it's supposed to be despite the sprite used: I'm excited to see that for myself!).

Inversely, the context that Arakawa has been taking care of Jo's son offers a more concrete form of an explanation as to why he's compliant. It's not bad to assume I think that Jo genuinely respects Arakawa's authority, but it's that added context that adds an extra layer to his behavior.