#bumble rambles

[kikibumblesqueaks]

🐼❄️🪶

Last night I had one of my favorite kinds of dreams where I’m super tcklish for no reason🙈

I was playing with baby pandas in the snow (which is stupidly cute on it’s own what the heck???) and they kept pushing me down into the snow and crawling all over me and getting snow down the back of my neck, all of which tckled like crazy and I was a mess of giggles and they seemed to like seeing me happy cuz the more I giggled the more affectionate they got🙈

WHAT THE HECKING HECK?!?🫠🫠🫠

Needless to say that was a wonderful break from the usual nightmares🥹

[bumblebeerror]

Something being morally wrong does not always translate into it needing to be illegal.

Legality only means “this moral issue is something best dealt with by the governing body, not by individuals.”

Legality is it being wrong to steal from someone else, because it involves more than one individual and the matter has to be settled by someone else, and the thief punished.

Morality is it being wrong to report a single parent stealing baby formula or medicine.

Legally, it’s wrong to loiter.

Morally, it’s wrong to leave homeless people to sleep in the cold.

You get my drift? So morally you may not agree with abortion! That’s okay. I can understand that. I’m not particularly enamored with the idea either. I’m Christian, I value life, and I don’t think I could do it if it was me. But that’s only me. I am not every person who owns a uterus.

But at the end of the day, if you say that it’s a legal issue, it’s giving the government control of your personal anatomy, or the anatomy of your mothers, your girlfriends, your boyfriends, your partners, your parents.

Giving the government control of something that personal will spell death for so many people it isn’t even fucking funny. Because we all want to think that the government will only punish those abortions-at-8-months people that they scaremonger about.

But making abortions illegal could make it illegal to abort a fetus attached to the Fallopian tube. A pregnancy that’s not viable for the parent or the child. That can and probably will kill them both. That could be illegal.

Making abortions illegal means rape and incest victims would either be forced to carry that child or forced to prove they were violated. Court cases last months. How long was the Amber Heard case again?

It could be argued that a forced miscarriage is an abortion, and it’s not hard to miscarry at all. A fall, the egg failing to attach to the uterine lining, diet and medication. It will be so easy to put someone in prison for failing to have a child.

All of these are legally within the idea of banned abortions. These aren’t even stretched and a couple have already happened before.

Morality and legality are not the same goddamn thing.

[cheecats]

In light of how grossly disrespectful and dismissive some (not all) DC voters have been, here is something for a lovely lady who deserved better. [X]

[ladycrimsonandblack]

So I’ve been trying to get into a new anime and had to force myself to go through the first three episodes because the protagonist did not sit well with me. Nothing bad about him, he’s just not the kind of intelligent bastard character I prefer.

And that got me thinking. I’ve been obsessed with Luffy for two years now. He’s my favorite One Piece character. He’s one of my favorite characters in all media, period. I adore him.

But, and I think we can all agree, he is very much not the sharpest crayon in the box.

Usually, I would hate this type of character. In fact, it was one of the reasons it took me so long to watch One Piece – I was one hundred percent sure Luffy would bore me. I saw the fandom joking around about his idiocy, and didn’t really look more into it before deciding that 900+ episodes is too long of an investment when I knew the main character is exactly the kind of protagonist I hate. The fact that I actually started One Piece was a total fluke, and I did it despite everything I saw and read about Luffy.

Here’s the thing. I still hate the stock shōnen characters. But I love Luffy, and I think that the main difference here is that Luffy is, before anything else, competent.

He is not a stupidly naive, bleeding-heart hero trying to see the best in everybody and having no actual connection to the real world. He does not bumble around, being tossed around by forces bigger than him and only resolving an impossible situation thanks to luck or being able to throw a bigger punch (though the punching bit does play a significant part). Luffy is always the instigator, the one in charge of the plot, the one driving the whole thing forward – the plot does not happen to Luffy, Luffy happens to the plot.

He’s not the smartest. Often, he’s not the strongest even. But when something needs to be done, when someone needs to step up and resolve the problem, he knows what to do. And he does not hesitate to do it, often in the most surprising of ways. He is a very simple thinker, but that simple thinking lets him see a clear line from a problem to a solution, without taking any detours a more intelligent character might have taken. It’s not just about who punches the strongest. It’s about pulling the right emotional lever (Robin in Enies Lobby), or finding a hidden weakness (Crocodile), or even about concocting the most outrageous solution that would resolve the situation immediately (destroying the Baratie, anyone?)

Also, he might not be the cleverest person around, but his insane emotional intelligence ensures that he does not have to be. He has friends for that. He surrounds himself with people who are smart and strong and just as competent as he is. His nakama do what he cannot, and so even this personal drawback is eliminated.

Luffy is just straight-up competent, in every way and situation possible. He does what needs to be done, always and without hesitation. And he does it well.

In his own way, he is just as effective as my personal favorite intelligent bastard characters. He’s just so much simpler about it.

[gunstellations]

double trouble

[the-owl-tree]

i promise i won’t make a habit of this but look a bad take about bumble is a bad take i have to wield my blade against. she was being threatened and beaten!! the scene where they reject her she’s pleading for safety from her abuser!!!! the moor cats weren’t concerned about turtle tail they literally just thought about how fat and useless bumble was and it was framed as a good thing

[arthrobug]

Here I go, over-analyzing a singular scene from Captain Laserhawk, and of course it's Rayman!

Minor nudity/minor sexual talk warning!

So this absolutely famous scene, am I right?

Few hours ago, I started thinking about every single thing Rayman had done in Captain Laserhawk, and how I could analyze it.

And so I realized a few things about this moment, or I just overthought a few things in this moment, but ANYWAYS!-

This particular practice is called Nyotaimori -Nantaimori for male models- and it's translation can be dumbed down to 'body sushi'. It's the Japanese practice of eating food, primarily sushi, off of a female model.

At first, I had this idea: "Hey, what if Rayman deciding to hire a Nyotaimori model is one of the ways he tries to futilely connect to others?" Here's a few notes as to why I thought this:

It's been clearly stated that Rayman is incredibly lonely, and there are a few scenes and things he does that shows he's a bit desperate for any sort of interaction. I mean, even if he was drunk and coked up off his rocker, he still listened to an ominous message on his TV and willingly went to go talk to a 'terrorist', and even was minorly friendly with Bullfrog even though they had just met. Rayman was also still under the impression that the hybrid was a terrible person that just happened to be a bit nice, but he still continued to talk to him even though he really had no primary reason to other than 'talk to the frog'.

Someone -even though it's a paid interaction- willingly undressing themselves to be completely nude and allowing you to eat food off of them while they lay on their stomach is a very intimate (non-sexual) thing. It could be a non-verbal feeling of trust that Rayman gains from engaging in this practice. He might not even know her name, but he might believe that she trusts he won't hurt her.

Rayman doesn't seem necessarily sexual with this model, he's just eating and watching television. Of course, he could've done something more sensual and/or sexual with this model before he saw his copy on the big screen, but we will likely never know if he did, so the assumption that he hadn't is more prominent. His goal with this practice wasn't for sexual gratification, it's just to have someone be there, whether they want to or not.

And so, I decided to do some more research on Nyotaimori, and even more things were brought to my attention. The main point I gather from this is:

This is a very unprofessional and likely unregulated meeting.

There are actually a lot of rules usually strictly set in businesses that sell Nyotaimori!

Sushi should not be placed directly on the body. There should be some form of divider, like a banana leaf or plastic wrapping. The model Rayman is eating off of clearly has no divider whatsoever. Additionally, you're usually not allowed to touch the model whatsoever. Rayman didn't touch her in this scene, but it just adds to the 'I don't think he was sexual or sensual with her'. (He's was 100% a rule-follower to the end at this point... Other than hard drugs.)

Not too surprising, but there are indeed body regulations (what a person's body should look like). Although the idea isn't surprising, the main regulation itself is. A model shouldn't be big-breasted, they aim for smaller cupped women, 'so the sushi doesn't roll off'. The model seemingly has very large breasts, although that could be the reason why she's on her stomach, but that's another issue.

As mentioned, the model is on her stomach. Nyotaimori models are placed on their backs, and actually have some form of covering most of the time! Shells, thongs, petals, and as seen with this model, some flowers! Another thing however, is that she's very nonchalant. She's swinging her legs, eating an olive, and subtly reacts to Rayman when he sees his look-alike. Models aren't allowed to react to what their patrons do, unless they are being incredibly inappropriate towards them.

The areas where models and their patron(s) are going to be eating/sitting still for very long periods at are set up meticulously, even in at-home sessions. In the background, you can subtly see a bra on the couch and possibly a pair of underwear hanging from a lamp, these are highly likely to be the model's. It's seemingly a very messy meeting, which is unusual.

SO! I can make the assumption from all this is that: This hybrid cow is a beginner model and doesn't care too much about professionalism; the business she works for just doesn't care, OR she's just some joe schmoe (which is a very unsettling idea to be honest) and was casually up for Rayman eating sushi off her ass and back, OR Eden's regulations for Nyotaimori are incredibly lax.

What does that all lead up to? Still the first idea: Rayman is desperate for any form of connection, even if they don't talk to him. He just wants someone to be there, whether they actually care about him or not.

This idea also contributes to how he stayed under the Council's clutches for so long. They gave him attention. Although they were definitely the reason he's needy for any type of attention, they gave him their eyes consistently sparingly and convinced him that was all he was ever going to get.

And tying this to his first interaction with Bullfrog and how he turned against Eden so quick and didn't just adamantly deny Bullfrog's vision, Bullfrog gave him the most neutral attention he has ever received in decades.

Not overly positive attention like he gets on his show (which definitely is fake to him), and not suffocatingly negative attention that the Council and some speciest people like Red have shown him- Bullfrog gave Rayman his real, raw attention, and it's probably going to be become like a drug to him.

[lockandkeyhyena]

bumble’s death was so needlessly cruel, excessively violent and shit upon by the main cast that even little nine year old me who thought warrior cats was real thought ‘holy shit authors why would you do that’

[blimbo-buddy]

Hey guys new little warrior cats tag game: Share your plus-sized headcanons in the tags!

I'll give some of mine to start off: Princess, DarkStripe, DoveWing, TigerHeartStar (though he's a little more on the stocky side), ShadowSight, BigTeeth, BugEater, TurtleTail, RedTail, MouseFur, MapleShade, BrokenStar, YellowFang, RavenPaw (after moving to the barn), Shnucky, MothWing, SquirrelFlight, LeafPool, ClawWhistle, Purdy, FrostPaw. Just to name a few

[girlashfur]

the alex vs bumble poll made me think bc of how many dumbasses keep saying you should vote for alex just because she had a trope named after her. what if we named a trope after bumble....perhaps getting "bumbled" as a term for when a female character is killed off but has their death brushed aside and the causation of it (clear sky) ignored simply because she was a woman, and women's deaths aren't nearly as important as men's

[babblingfishes]

It's wild to be a fan of strange and impossible mundane things, because most mainstream media about mundane things becoming strange and impossible is horror, which I generally can't handle. Everything that falls outside the "strange = scary" realm is typically regarded as too artsy/indie/culty for wider audiences.

Like, what if I want to take my breaks in the Backrooms? (That maze of quiet corridors where my less-familiar boss would get lost before she could find me.) What if I want my neighborhood to be a little Escher-esque? (Those handy four-dimensional curves that make it easier to hang all my laundry.) What if I want an alien beast living in my drain? (It is delighted to nibble at my scraps, and fascinating to watch and learn about.) Why must the strange be scary, rather than wonderful?

I want an adventuring party cataloguing the unknown products of an infinite Ikea. I want a romance that takes place in the dimly-lit mirror-world food court of an abandoned mall. I want to climb into a painting to take the scenic route to work, and every time I come back I'm a little different -- not wrong, just different, in ways that keep me interesting. Let the world be strange. Let it be unknown. Let it be new.

[kikibumblesqueaks]

🌿Stoner!Kiki🌿 is too ticklish to… take a shower?!!??🫣😭🚿

(A little background info, I mindfully use cannabis gummies at nighttime to cope with my chronic pain because traditional pain meds don’t work and I have sleeping difficulties)

So when I’m high I get like…. *stupid* ticklish.

But like…. last night was a whole other level of WTAF Kiki-!!?!??

I got extra high by accident and was so ffkkfkfjfjfFREAKINGgGg ticklish that I was silently giggling like a friggin idiot in the shower because the WATER was tickling my sides and tummy… like just…. doubled over with my eyes squeezed shut from laughing so hard and I was holding the wall to keep myself standing🙈🙈🙈 It was like every individual stream of water was contaminated with giggle juice, all just drilling relentlessly into my tummy and sides with nowhere for me to escape to unless I wanted to be cold and out of the water’s reach😖😭😵‍💫

And then later I had another whole giggle fit trying to put on deodorant cuz my armpits said NYAAAA- MMMMFFFFPPHHH😖😖🙈🙈

I- I need help or something idfk what to tell y’all I’m freaking useless💀⚰️🪦💐

[bumblebeerror]

I would like to stop realizing just how intensive my actual needs are now that I’ve stopped trying to mask so much.

I would like to go back to it just bein how it be because all it’s done is make me realize I’m almost incapable of feeding myself. I can sometimes, but more often than not? I microwave leftovers and if there are none left? Just drink a shake. If there’s none of those? Oh well I’m going to be drinking milk. I guess. If that’s out then welp. I’m not eating.

Same with doing chores regularly. I just. Keep finding sensory issues that I used to ignore impossible to push aside. My brain throws up random roadblocks. I can’t figure out how to load the fucking dishwasher.

I feel so fucking inept, I hate it. Because I can’t really get help! I don’t have a partner who would help me feed myself or help me with chores. I have housemates, but besides asking them to pick up after themselves I don’t feel comfy telling them I can’t do some chores.

My mom is overworked already. My brother has his girlfriend to pay attention to. I’ve just got me. It’s not like I’d be able to ask anyone else anyway, I guess. I cant stand feeling like someone sees me as a child, as someone who can’t properly make decisions just because I can’t load a dishwasher or cook three meals for myself every day.

[cheecats]

Hear me out... Bumble x Star Flower AU...

[anadorablekiwi]

Exhausted to the bone. Tired of just surviving. Wanting to actually Live. Wishing for a life i enjoy.

Feeling the cold wind ushering in another storm. Listening as it caresses the leaves of all the trees. Basking in the brisk night, wishing that it was the aftermath of some sort of adventure, even a small one, and not just after an exhausting day of work.

Everything hurts. My feet, my knees, my heart. I even wore knee braces today, still am. Im so tired. I just want to rest and be happy and live.

[skkpaws]

finally finished reading osamu dazai’s entrance exam and GOD it is such a gem. so many amazing moments i’m so sad i didn’t highlight while reading. pls read if you haven’t yet you get dazai acting like a karen in the american embassy if that doesn’t convince you idk what will