#bring back operators

[cynda-queer]

Local boy is fucked over by using his preferred name on website so all legal documents have the wrong name on it and it doesn't match his passport and he didn't notice until today and now has to sit for two hours on hold for customer service more in 2 hours when maybe someone talks to him ;-;

[fedoraspooky]

I.... do not come up here anymore. I miss him.

[bet-on-me-13]

The weirdly competent Doctor

So! The Watchtower's Medical Bay is a hub of constant Activity. With the number of Heroes who work under the Justice League, there are always injuries, health check-Ups, and illnesses that need healing.

But with the amount of Variant Biologies that those Heroes have, it's always a guessing game as to how to help them best. Some Metahumans react positively to penicillin, but others react like it's their Kryptonite. Some Aliens have anatomy similar to Humans, others are so different you can't tell the Stomach from the Bladder.

So when they hired a New Doctor for the Medical Bay, they had to run him through an entire Course on Variant Biologies and how best to treat specific Heroes. It was long and difficult to remember fully, but it was necessary for him to know.

But then the new Doctor started correcting Them.

"Actually, Martian's react better to the Syrup of Eucalyptus Plants better than Penicillin, since Eucalyptus is very similar to a medicinal plant from Mars which they used in many of their antibiotics."

"I don't think just pumping double doses of sedative is the best way to calm down a Speedster, that could have adverse effects on their body. Perhaps try Psychic Intervention? Their minds move a Mile a Second, but if you can calm them down their bodies will follow suit."

"Of course you use Micro-Doses of Kryptonite to operate on Superman! What else would you do?! I don't know, maybe ask JLD to enchant your Equipment to make use of Kryptonian suseptiblity to Magic? The Kryptonite is just gonna give him Cancer!"

Of course the Doctors didn't take kindly to being rudely corrected by a newbie, and Fired him on his first day.

Then a few days later their usual Treatments don't work, and they decide to give those strategies the Quack Doctor gave them out of desperation.

And Lo and Behold, they work! Martian Manhunter is fully healed and feels much better than the previous times he has needed surgery. Apparently they used a different Antibiotic that worked better with his Biology. Which was incredible, how had they figured it out?

Another Doctor you say? One who was experienced on Martian Biology and Medicinal History? He would very much like to meet with the man!

...

What do you mean you fired him for talking back?!

[drrav3nb]

MARCUS & LUCA | THE BEAR SEASON TWO

[valentinafoxr]

I know Adrinette are in a weird phase of their relationship right now with Adrien's grief/guilt/conflicting feelings (and whatever else he has going on) and Marinette's guilt/fear/feeling of inadequacy but I hope we'll get some romantic Adrinette this season, too!!! With the Ladynoir/Adrinette dynamics apparently changing and even levelling at times, it would be interesting to see Chat Noir's romantic antics seep into Adrien's behaviour once he's feeling more secure in his relationship with Marinette. That boy has so much love to give, please let him show it 😭

[viserya-firstofhername]

I'm fine. It's fine. Everything is fine.

[merverelli]

🌌🧙‍♂️ "greetings! you speak now with interdimensional space wizard, galatax, on behalf of contasure insurance!" 🌌🧙‍♂️

finished ultramechatron team go the other week! heres fanart of galatax because i love him!

[peipakao]

that post about the lack of fic in opm fandom made me remember this fuckin. essay i wrote like a year ago for a reddit comment that i then shamefully deleted cos it was so entirely irrelevant to the original post. but i saved it so. here it is. a fanthropological analysis on the state of fic in opm fandom:

One Punch Man is not a small fandom by any means, but it definitely seems that most fans are of the 'dudebro who likes to powerscale' variety, and I'm continually surprised by how small the shipping and fanfic writing side of the fandom is in comparison. Like, this is one of the most popular well known anime series in the world, I'm pretty sure even the most casual of anime fans has to have at least heard of it. But it only has 5k fics on AO3, which isn't exactly small, but considering its popularity and in comparison to other popular battle action "shounen" manga (technically OPM is seinen but no one remembers that so), it is bafflingly tiny. I've thought about it a lot, and I think it comes down to multiple related reasons, both internal to the story that limit the likelihood of a fan to write fics for it, and external, lowering the number of ppl who would want to write fics for it that become/stay fans in the first place.

Let's start with internal reasons. The cast of characters is huge, made up of mostly men (a lot of whom are young + attractive). Which seems like it should be a definite boon to M/M shipping--the backbone of a large number of fandoms! But I think there's a difference in that with so many characters, screentime/focus is really spread out across them, and I'd find it hard to really tell you who counts as a "main character". On top of that, there's not a whole lot of interaction between them, they all seem much more isolated. I think this is especially the case in the biggest arc that took 7 years to complete. Even the biggest ship/pair had a ~3 year gap in the manga where they didn't appear together at all.

But there are definitely still lots of ships with potential and interactions to fuel shipping (although I still think less than comparable media), so that's not the whole story. Which brings me to my next point about external factors. Most of those ships are not in the early parts of OPM, and you're probably gonna have to read through the manga and also the webcomic to get to them. Most people have not done this, and have probably only watched season 1 of the anime, considering that was the peak of its popularity. And those early parts are much more comedic, so I think the impression most ppl have of OPM is that it's primarily a gag anime/manga. Which is still true, but the story has definitely gotten more complex and serious. So I think a lot of people who might want to write fic for OPM probably don’t get into it because they don't expect it to have much potential in that regard.

I think the release schedule of the anime also plays a huge role, with the anime taking 4 years to come out with a (widely considered) disappointing second season, and with a third season trailer having been released after like 5 years. It’s probably not an understatement that most anime/manga fandoms are much more focused on the anime side of things, and not everyone who enjoys an anime is going to then get into the manga.

And let's not forget the manga and webcomic release schedule, with the webcomic releasing basically solely according to ONE's whims, and the manga constantly going through redraws. Which I'm not necessarily complaining about since we get all this lovely content for free! But it does pose another hurdle for new potential fans, and I imagine there are quite a few who simply didn't want to put in that commitment over time, or honestly just got confused about what was going on.

OPM as a whole has lost a lot of relevance, it seems not many people are getting into it right now and many fans who did write fic for it at the peak of its popularity have probably left the fandom in search of greener pastures.

This is all just speculation though. I wasn't actually in the fandom when it was popular, only got into it a few years ago, so my theories on its decline aren't super backed up. I hope it gets popular again, having said all that I think there's so much fandom potential that isn't being tapped into. Like others have said, a lot of fandom/fic is based on filling in gaps and aspects that weren't explored, and there's plenty to explore in OPM.

[captainjackscoat]

Everyone wish my aroace friend luck and a speedy recovery.

At 5am today, she got the call saying her donor was ready and that a car was coming to take her to London. Now, 16 hours later, she is having the operation done for her lung transplant.

I will not hear from her again until August due to the fact she will be put into intensive care and sedated.

For those of you who may remember, this is the same aroace friend who said "the only relationship I will ever be in is with my health, and it's a very toxic one". That quote is extremely ironic now.

Wish her luck!

[capt-zjaybird]

Got curious about Rorke's voice actor (Kevin Gage), then looked at images in Google to see what the guy looks like so I can check what other movies/media the actor had played in for another search but as I looked at Rorke images from CODM(?)—

Why is he pink? No seriously why is this uniform pink

is he trans or what

The way he stands in this pic is so zesty, hands on hips, staring us down, damn

[runetallem]

An alternative reason for why MePhone can't bring bow back

i always found his reason of "she died while i was dead so i didn't get the notification to revive her" to be a bit odd?? idk maybe theres a reason we dont know about, but at the moment it never really made sense to me, so i made a headcanoned alternative reason

in season 1 when bow died and so did MePhone, MePhone4S gave his body so MePhone could come back, but 4S didnt have the MeLife profiles already like MePhone's original body had, so not only did he lose bow's MeLife profile, he lost all the living contestant's profiles

but he could still re do theirs unlike bow's, it was too late for him to add bow's to his new body (also we know he cant make a profile for someone whos already dead cause in the last episode of S3 he had to add Springy's quickly and in a rush before it was too late)

[bawdybooster]

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- BawdyBooster (04-13-2025)

[chrollohearttags]

woke up with the intention to be productive and have a good week. unfortunately I just have the saddies now and I lack motivation to do anything

[cucutierucho]

dream world

hello family!

[scuderia-hamilton]

my new favorite thing is watching 55 fans trying to gaslight themselves into thinking that Carlos will be great in the Williams next year like brother stand up 🤡 Williams barely had a car at some races i beg you to be rational here

[dadfuckerfest]

hi! will there be any upcoming dad-fucky events for 2025?

Hey there! Our summer fest will be back this summer (around July, probably), as well as the holiday fest in December. But if you have any ideas for other events, please feel free to share them :)