#bc i like this post!

[aprofessionalwithoutstandards]

ok so like pitch me bushmed. like explain why i should ship it. give me the juice. im intrigued but not convinced rn (please)

Okay so full disclosure: Sniper and Medic are two of my favorite characters and I like mushing my favorite characters together like dolls. I genuinely identify heavily with Sniper tf2 and use him as a representation of myself, and Medic tf2 is a guy I think is really hot and over the years have actually developed like a little fictional crush on. Also my real girlfriend identifies with Medic, so I'm Sniper and she's Medic so we're bushmed irl. I liked bushmed before this, but my more recent surge in interest in it IS bc of this relationship

HOWEVER there is stuff about bushmed, flat and on paper and without any personal stuff, that makes me really like them! I think Medic and Sniper are two guys who are obviously "different" from "normal people" (everyone in tf2 is "different" to a degree, but even among tf2 characters Medic is seen as a sadistic megalomaniac and Sniper is seen as an anti-social recluse [see: how Demo talks about him when he thinks he's not there in comic 4]), in VERY different ways. I think it's not Really that Medic "doesn't realize" that he's different, at least not all the time, but that he's grown to not let it bother him, and I think that would be a really nice really positive impact on Sniper's life. Also there's the obvious element of Medic reviving Sniper in comic 5, which he CHOSE to do, because he wanted to have Sniper back. I don't actually think this "imbalances their power" or anything, I think it makes Sniper supremely grateful to Medic and Medic immensely proud of Sniper and if they weren't into each other before it kinda makes them rethink things. I also just love that element of experimentation as a form of romance thing that Medic ships always get in relation to Sniper - I've seen a couple people say that they think Medic is "too weird" for Sniper, but I disagree! Sniper's probably not as into the hard science of it all the way someone like Engie or Demo would be, but he's still Into watching Medic test the limits of both of their bodies and if anything, enjoys the attention. Romanticizing and eroticizing "unusual" parts of the body and "unusual" interpersonal acts can be suuuper nice when ur a freak, and I think Sniper would appreciate having something like his autopsy scars or his sharp teeth being romanticized or eroticized. I just think someone like Medic, who is like So openly unabashedly weird and horrible and incredible, Really has the potential to bring out a lot of good things in Sniper. They have such a lovely freako scientist/freako test subject relationship. I think I've called it "sexy Frankenstein/sexy creature" in the past and I stand by that. Just adore them

[butchfalin]

the funniest meltdown ive ever had was in college when i got so overstimulated that i could Not speak, including over text. one of my friends was trying to talk me through it but i was solely using emojis because they were easier than trying to come up with words so he started using primarily emojis as well just to make things feel balanced. this was not the Most effective strategy... until. he tried to ask me "you okay?" but the way he chose to do that was by sending "👉🏼👌🏼❓" and i was so shocked by suddenly being asked if i was dtf that i was like WHAT???? WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY TO ME?????????? and thus was verbal again

[haunted-xander]

If you skip a meal Senshi will materialize next to you w/ food at the ready

[ottosbigtop]

I think we as a society should bring back brotps. I think we should be weirder about characters being friends the same way people are weird about ships. Make those two characters who interacted once or twice besties. Make it difficult for them to get rid of each other even if they want to. Go nuts

[marinsawakening]

My biggest tip for fanfic writers is this: if you get a character's mannerisms and speech pattern down, you can make them do pretty much whatever you want and it'll feel in character.

Logic: Characters, just like real people, are mallable. There is typically very little that's so truly, heinously out of character that you absolutely cannot make it work under any circumstance. In addition, most fans are also willing to accept characterization stretches if it makes the fic work. Yeah, we all know the villain and the hero wouldn't cuddle for warmth in canon. But if they did do that, how would they do it?

What counts is often not so much 'would the character do this?' and more 'if the character did do this, how would they do it?' If you get 'how' part right, your readers will probably be willing to buy the rest, because it will still feel like their favourite character. But if it doesn't feel like the character anymore, why are they even reading the fic?

Worry less about whether a character would do something, and more about how they'd sound while doing it.

[gibbearish]

love when ppl defend the aggressive monetization of the internet with "what, do you just expect it to be free and them not make a profit???" like. yeah that would be really nice actually i would love that:)! thanks for asking

[fxreflyes]

“tumblr mutual” beloved friend I would pick up at the airport if y’all visited my home city

[neurovarious]

[1alchemistart]

doing my duty of drawing skeleton falin

[clumxy]

PINES. PINES. PINES. PINES.

[Image description: art of Mabel and Dipper from Gravity Falls. They're grinning, and they each have one eye glowing yellow. They have their arms around each other, and they make a triangle symbol together with their fingers.

[sergle]

Are you on southern men swing dancing together tiktok?? Huh??? Because I AM

[hinamie]

to moving forward

[reallybadblackoutpoems]

meditations on first philosophy (1641) - rene descartes

"who give a shit"

[kenobihater]

tragedy enjoyers when a character perpetuates the cycle of violence they themselves were a victim of

[ruushes]

i'm sure there's a canon timeline but dao is a springtime game to me

[fithragaer]

I’m really enamored with the dynamic of two characters who work perfectly in tandem, like pacific rim drift compatible level, but they don’t like each other. It’s not even as strong an emotion as hate it’s just a very neutral-negative dislike, but they still act in perfect concert and their individual abilities are fully complementary