#anyways these were a bitch to make

[marlenacantswim]

are we sure Shaun and Russell aren't related?

Danger! 50,000 Zombies (2004) / Shaun of the Dead (2004)

[starry-bi-sky]

don't you want to be a cult leader? - danyal al ghul au

this is mostly a joke post but i thought it was funny and had to share so--

his first mistake was, obviously, inheriting his father's inability to see an injustice and stand still. -- actually, danyal's first mistake was his lair being so big. a mountainous island with a large temple in the center resembling his old home in Nanda Parbat? With sprawling foliage and rivers and streams and waterfalls galore? What was he going to do with all that space? Let it go to waste? He had plants there! Native trees of the ghost zone growing from the soil! He couldn't let it all be left unchecked!

So naturally after helping a fellow teenage assassin ghost -- who he later learns is named Akihiko, -- from Walker of all people, he sent them over to hang low at his lair until it was safe enough for them to wander around the Zone. Walker couldn't get through Danyal's astrofield if his life depended on it, and trust him -- he's tried. Danny was clearing out debris from his stupid transport vans for weeks.

Honestly it wasn't so bad, he and Aki really quickly became fast friends and Danny loves having a sparring partner close to his level again -- he hasn't had this much fun fighting since he left the League. Aki was very dedicated and levelheaded, the both of them clicked really well because of it.

Nonono, the real trouble began after Danyal met some long-passed League members and allowed them to come join his island as well. Apparently they had made a few enemies of the zone, and maybe Danyal still felt some loyalty to the League. He couldn't just let them be left to rot. Their zealotry could be overlooked so long as they kept it contained and helped him take care of his island.

And it.. snowballs from there? He meets a teen squire aptly calling himself Ambroise -- whether that was his living name or not is yet to be seen -- who died during feudal france, who is just about as dramatic and passionate as every french stereotype makes them out to be. He calls Danyal "my moon and great muse" -- which is both flattering and little uncomfortable, but Danyal's grown up in the League as the Grandson of the Demon Head, he is used to mild worship. he passes it off as nothing more, nothing less. -- and while his energy is overwhelming on the worst of days, he helps Danny draw out of his shell more in ways that Sam and Tucker still struggle with.

Him and Aki butt heads a lot, but the two seem to hold the other in at least some positive regard, so Danny doesn't worry too much about them fighting while he's gone. It only becomes a mild issue when Aki also begins calling Danny "my moon". It's a little sweet, so Danyal brushes it off.

Then he takes in a troupe of ghosts some time after he defeats Pariah Dark and they begin calling him "great one" just as the yetis do in the far frozen. This is where he meets the twins -- a pair of sibling ghosts who call themselves Trixie and Missy (short for Trick and Mislead) -- who aren't quite as passionate as Ambroise but more energetic than Aki. Eventually they also start calling Danyal "my moon" and attach themselves to his hip, even within the living. They like to hide in his shadow and cause trouble for the rest of the students. He makes sure they don't hurt anyone.

He's pretty sure Aki is jealous, same with Ambroise, but he can't be too certain other than the fact that they become much more lingering (re: clingy) whenever he visits the island.. Something he's trying to do much more often these days due to the increasing amount of people living there now. Since when did he become so popular?

Then there's Pēnelópeia from the Greater Athens, who ran away from home and joined his Island after he ran into her while she was being chased by Skulker -- and he's pretty sure the reason was because of her chimeric appearance. Her strange eyes and mismatched wings and lion's tail and talons. She assimilates into his friend group very easily, she gets along well with Ambroise and Trixie and Danny usually finds the three of them climbing the trees to pluck the most fruit from the top. They can fly and he knows it, but they prefer to climb.

Then finally there's silent poet Akkara who comes from ancient mesopotamia, who gets along most with Aki -- which is no surprise there considering their similar personality dispositions. he watches Aki and Danyal fight each other and leaves comments on this or that that he notices. He writes Danyal poems on clay tablets and leaves them by his room.

They're one big mismatched group of outcasts, and Danny's got the other ghosts on his island to tend to, because they're living on his island and he wants to be hospitable even if he struggles with that. But he spends the most of his time with them.

Sam and Tucker are making fun of him. Tucker jokingly tells him 'careful Danny, at this rate you're gonna start a cult'. Danny really wishes he had taken that joke more seriously.

He just. keeps. collecting people. Wayward souls lost in the zone, looking for shelter or refuge from something or other -- whether that be another hostile ghost, or a past afterlife, or just a purpose. Danyal finds them, he takes them in, offers them a place on his island until they are ready to leave. Many seldom do. He's not complaining -- he has the space, and it feels like it's only ever growing.

His close friends, his "inner circle" as he's heard the others call them, keep insistently calling him "my moon". He starts calling them his stars, because then it only feels fair. They're his stars, this is his constellation. It becomes a thing; little star halos begin forming behind their heads, picking them out from the rest. He loves them so much, it's hard to place. Sam and Tucker are also his stars, but they reside in the living realm, they're his tie to Life. Meanwhile, his friends here know what it's like to be dead, and sometimes its nice to relate.

Those living on his island keep calling him "Great One" and he's beginning to notice zealotry in their care for his island. He really, deeply appreciates it. His close friends gain nicknames -- as his stars, it's only natural for him to pick them out from the cluster in the skies. Akihiko, his Sirius and bright star. Trix and Missy, Castor and Pollux, the twins and troublemakers. Ambroise, his zealous Antares and close friend. Penelopeia, chimeric and loyal Vega. And Akkara, his Arcturus and strength.

It's ridiculous how long it takes for him to notice; he is, of course, a deadly trained assassin. He is meant to be observant -- and normally he is! But somehow this becomes a blind spot. One that becomes too big to be dealt with by the time he realizes it.

He should've noticed when Aki, his Sirius, stood beside him one day while Danyal looked over his island and saw the sprawling spirits carrying on about their afterlife and bowing to him as they saw him, and said: "I looked down into the depths when I met you; I couldn't measure it." They aren't one for flowing prose, it took him so off guard he was silent for over a minute before he finally spoke.

Danyal should've recognized devotion for what it is, and yet he didn't. He should've recognized it when Antares began spouting praises about him, crowing about his radiance and resplendence to the heavens. He just brushed it off as Ambroise being Ambroise. He should've recognized it when Trix and Missy nearly broke Dash's leg after he knocked Danyal's books out of his hands, he excused it as them being protective. Of them coming from times where such violence may have been customary -- after all, that's what he used to be like. What he was still like, sometimes, when his emotions nearly got the better of him.

He should've noticed it when the people living on his island followed his word like gospel, looked at him like he hung the stars in the sky. When his friends gifted him a shawl with the moon phases delicately embroidered into it, with silver, shimmering thread and moving stars lovingly stitched into it. Their constellations seen clear as day in the dark fabric. When he found small shrines dedicated to him -- but they lacked any image of him beyond stones carved to look like moons, so he ignored it. When the religious imagery began popping up.

He really, really should've noticed it when a bunch of cultists accidentally summoned Antares, and Antares had turned to him when he arrived and called them heretics. But he was so centered on the fact that they had kidnapped one of his stars, that he hadn't paid much attention to what Ambroise had said.

Sages say that faith is blind, they should also say faith in you is even blinder.

It really only hits him one afternoon while he's sitting in Sam's room studying with Tucker, Missy and Trixie lounging at his feet, Aki sat on his right, Penelopeia braiding his hair, Ambroise draped against him, and Akkara lurking over him. Its one of the rare few times they're all in one room together.

It hits him like a bolt of lightning. He looks up from his textbook. "Oh Ancients," he says in no amounting shock. Everyone looks up to him.

"I've become my grandfather."

[exutrio]

orym and dorian in c3 x 120: "the red end"

[wilting-fl0wer]

The only correct form of caltam, as far as i am concerned

[catharsim]

idk why i built this. but here's the speedbuild if ya'll wanna check that out.

[chanelle-lize]

I used to have a really hard time bringing up the fact that I graduated from high school a year late without feeling the need to explain why and insisting that it wasn't my fault while simultaneously kicking myself for how much I sounded like I was just making excuses for something I should take responsibility for.

Then I watched Dimension 20's "The Seven" and suddenly I could simply say that I was a super senior.

The first time I heard the phrase "super senior" was in reference to Antiope Jones, a Black girl who had been held back a year after getting kidnapped and imprisoned by members of a fundamentalist cult, and like, girl, same.

So, since then, instead of anxiously spinning out any time I tried to tell a personal high school anecdote, I could just say I was a super senior, and then my brain would auto complete that statement with "like Antiope Jones" and I'd feel good about myself because Antiope Jones Is That Bitch.

That's what the problem had been the whole time. I wasn't worried about how other people would perceive me; I had been struggling with how I perceived myself.

Thanks, Aabria.

[evansbby]

𝐰𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝟒 𝐪𝐮𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬 + 𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙨

[ellie-ramune]

What makes me so mad about the whole James Somerton situation is that he was constantly throwing a pity party for himself because he wasn’t making enough money from videos and struggling financially as a result. While I couldn’t donate I always felt super sorry for him because he said his content was being suppressed by youtube because it was about queerness and made by an openly gay man. When he was finally getting sponsorships and made his film studio, I was so happy for him. A gay content creator being successful is so cool to see. The fact that he was making tens of thousands of dollars while spewing that sob story to us is so fuckin infuriating. I should’ve listened to my guts when he made that shitty video on fandom and gay shipping, WHY DONT I TRUST MY INSTINCTS WHY???

[pepperpixel]

SAID HE LIKES CRAZY GIRLS,

BUT HE HATES WHEN I ACT CRAZY,

IT TAKES TWO TO TOXIC!

FINALLY!!! Finished these pics of jinx I’ve been working on!!!!! HOLY SHIT, these took so long…. But finally… they’re done… pls enjoy this art of my beautiful princess w a disorder. Featuring alternate colors for the big pic and also a closeup! Cuz I rlly like how both the lines and coloring on her face turned out… like the pink gradients w her eye… her deer in headlights expression,, like uve just startled a raccoon digging thru ur trashcan and r two seconds away from getting mauled.. m proud of it!

[gordonsicedcoffee]

girl help I need to eat him for breakfast

[bloggingboutburgers]

Tbh I feel like going to the US while the Nazis are in power is suicidal. So of course I don't understand your choice of going instead of your SO coming to Europe. But while I don't understand, I wish and pray for you to be safe. Whatever you choose, I hope you guys will be okay

You might be right. I have no idea what the future has in store or if I'll come to regret it. But I've already stated my reasons. As it stands, with the year-long process we've already started and that we can't just flip on a dime overnight, my partner can't come and stay in Europe legally just like that. Legal immigration is not that easy in one way or the other. Also... Yeah, I've stated that before, but one shouldn't underestimate how shitty things have been getting in Europe for the past few years as well, and how the influence of the US (which is huge) is likely to make things worse. So again I'm not 100% sure whether that'd have been better anyway.

Also also... Ima be real, I've shared that before, but the time where I was separated from my partner due to the travel ban was the only time in my life where I had actual suicidal ideation. I don't want this to happen again. That's why I'm making moves so it doesn't, first and foremost.

[tides-that-bind-us]

The Zorca Clans

One of the many cool things I learned about orca are all the eco-types! At first glance I thought they were all the same but turns out there are tons of differences in each pod, making them unique in their own way. And I wanted to incorporate that into my zorca ✊

The Zorca are split into four clans. Originally I was trying to give them names based on musical terms to follow the theme with Sidon and his family. Later it dawned on me to name them after the various whale/fish deities from the games.

Clan Levias (Skyward Sword)

Clan Marin (Link's Awakening. She's not a whale, but she does sing Ballad of the Wind Fish)

Clan Oshus (Phantom Hourglass)

Clan Jabun (Wind Waker)

This is gonna get long so the rest will be under a cut!

*suplexes you with more orca facts* YOU FELL INTO MY TRAP!!!

The Levias Zorca are based on resident killer whales, their diet is primarily fish and they have what's called an open saddle patch! (which gives them a hook like shape) Resident orca tend to stay in defined areas where their fish prey stick to. Levias zorca use echolocation and team coordination when hunting, with everyone taking on specific roles!

Marin Zorca are based on Bigg's killer whales also known as transients! They eat a wider variety of marine life, from seals, to sharks, and other cetaceans👀 Like the Bigg's orca, Marin Zorca migrate as they search for food. While they use echolocation as well, they have a number or hunting techniques ranging from stealth tactics, blunt force trauma, and coordinated chases to wear down their prey!

Clan Oshus are based on B-type orca (which is split into two sub types, B1 and B2) These guys are so fascinating! They live up in the waters of Antarctica and they're often a brown yellowish color, which is caused by cold water algae called diatoms. They have a stripe that connects the saddle patch to the eye patch called a dorsal cape. And every so often they travel to areas to clean off the algae. SPA TRIP! Being close neighbors, they hunt with Jabun zorca from time to time. Seals in particular are a tasty but hard-to-reach treat on the ice, so they developed a unique way to fix that!

Clan Jabun are based on D-type orca! Another artic/sub arctic dwelling eco-type. They have bulbous heads and very small eyepatches, sometimes no eye patch at all. They're also super secluded which makes it difficult for researchers to study them. But they have found these orca are one of the most inbred mammals in the world. Something the Jabun Zorca are doing their best to avoid!

Phantom Zorca! Not an eco-type but they're based on sightings of white orca seen throughout the years. Frosty and Tl'uk inspired Kaska (even though I started leaning towards a cream color than grey now), and there is Iceberg who was first sighted back in 2010 in Russia. And there have been several sightings in Japan! It was said there were reports of melanistic orca in the past but no photos of any so far! Phantom zorcas are not too common, but they're not treated any differently from their black and white cousins meaning theyre not seen as bad omens and such. But if you happen to see one, then for certain one of their parents must be from Clan Oshus!

The relationship with their zora neighbors is tenuous at best. Oshus and Jabun are rarely seen, which means any encounters hylian's have are with Levias and Marin zorca. The Zorca absolutely do NOT see any of the hylian races as food, but their elusiveness, size, and unfortunate encounters have only worsened their reputation for being demons of the sea.

Diplomats, like Kaska, have tried to establish contact with other zora territories to help waylay these fears, but the zorca still struggle since they are so hard to keep in contact with. They have no kingdom of their own, and have been considered vagrants and mindless eaters thanks to baseless rumors.

The ironic thing is zorcas are extremely generous to those who show them kindness. Befriend one individual and you befriend the entire pod (and the same is true if someone is cruel!) All one has to do is be brave give them a chance!

[gingersnaptaff]

You know what nobody tells you about Welsh myth? How interconnected everybody is. 🙃🙃🙃 I'm losing my mind. The family of Llŷr (so Brân, Branwen, Manawydan, Efnisien, and Nisien) are nieces and nephews to the family of Dôn (so Gwydion, Gilfaethwy, Amaethon, Aranrhod, Eufudd, Lludd and Llefelys, and Penarddun, who is the Llŷr kids mam.) Then you've got Lludd who is probably a misspelling of Nudd who is the dad of Gwyn ap Nudd, Edern, and probably Creiddylad. (Cuz, y'know, nothing can be easy.) Then you've got Beli Mawr who is Lludd and Llefelys' dad (and, presumably, the rest of the Dôn bunch's papa too, but idk.) And then, Rhiannon, Pwyll, and Pryderi are Just Chilling until BLAM! Rhiannon gets married to Manawydan because the author of The Mab Dropped A Bridge on Pwyll.

Also, let's not forget Welsh mythology's fuckin Arthurian family tree. Arthur had fifty-seven-thousand cousins, half of them are saints, and also Culhwch's there for some fuckin reason. Medrawd probably wasn't even his son in Welsh myth proper (although I'm conjecturing with that because I Have No Sources.) Meanwhile, Gwenhwyfar and Gwenhwyfach are facing off in The World's Most Destructive Battle.

(Also, P.S. Culhwch is a cousin to Olwen and a double-cousin to Goreu. Custennin and Ysbaddaden are brothers. Goleuddydd (Culhwch's mam) is also a sister to Goreu's mam.)

(P.P.S: Lleu and Blodeuwedd are also cousins except Woman Made Out of Flowers. Because Gwydion and Math did the ritual and they're cousins. But also maaaaaybe brother and sister? Because Gwydion could be Lleu's Actual Dad. So, yes.)

[scionshtola]

every time i’ve seen That wol dialogue option about shtola has been ppl reacting with confusion and annoyance. which is correct. but also makes me genuinely wonder what the writers were thinking here lmao.

[msommers]

she felt very old and mature and wise— which showed how young she was.

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[muirmarie]

Me: I joke about writing the same McCoy centric story over and over again in different ways

Me: and like. I love doing it and imma keep doing it because it makes me happy.

Me: but also. I do sometimes wonder if it's like. A little Much.

Me: like maybe I should branch out or something

Me: [reads another fundamental and extremely insulting misread of McCoy's character by someone who is clearly making a Choice to cast McCoy as the villain, because they have to get him out of the way of spirk, because they're too???? idk immature??? to realize that even when you're in a relationship with one person, other ppl can and SHOULD still be important to you]

Me: lmao I hope I AM too much actually!!!! I hope it is 100% obnoxious how much I love that doctor!!!!! Time to write more versions of the same story of McCoy being forced to realize that he is loved and cared for!!!!!!

Me: I KNOW MY NICHE AND IMMA DIE IN THAT NICHE, THANKS