#but I stand by my choice

[tentative-wanderer]

Great books usually have something that catches my eye in the very first chapter/page.

In “Merman’s Fall” by Lin Qian, it is the alpha protagonist’s prompt deference towards his omega boss, who is the head of the International Omega Alliance, the strongest agent and former head of the Pacific Bio-differentiation Base. The boss has bunny ears because of his lop-eared rabbit glands.

That tells me the book contains 1. ABO gender equality, 2. combat, and 3. animal characteristics.

Hello?? A bunny omega boss who is the top dog socially and physically?

(Random tidbit: the prequel, Lop-Eared Butler, is of a very different genre. It has lots of trashy soapy angst and extremely terrible alpha behaviour. I didn’t read it, and it’s very not necessary to read it before reading Merman’s Fall.)

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In MDZS, it is “Great news, Wei Wuxian is dead!”

I immediately think “why’s he dead and why are people happy” and “that’s an interesting name”. Interesting name because each word in 魏无羡 is full of negative energy: Wei contains the character for ghost, Wu is “no/none”, Xian is envy. Unusual because when choosing names, pleasant/positive words are often preferred (duh). Yet Wuxian combined has a nice meaning, hmm negative+negative=positive, interesting.

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In Don’t Pick Up Boyfriends from the Trash Bin, it is the protagonist’s quick-witted irreverence and hugely satisfying jab at a horrible person.

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In 2ha, it is the tyrannical emperor’s stupid names for the years of his reign. (Well, seemingly stupid.)

[egophiliac]

IT WAS ERIC AFTER ALL!!!! I'm so glad we got to meet him (before Vil snaps him away with those Infinity Gauntlets) (can't wait to see what happens when we get the matching Infinity Tiara to go with them, there will be no survivors)

(sorry to be so slow/rough lately, just got a lot of stuff on the ol' brain at the moment! alas, if only I could spend all my time drawing incredibly stupid characters I mean I do but)

[arunneronthird]

u may think this is a joke (which it is) but also jon has managed to literally forgive damian for everything hes done in every single universe hes been in and no one else

[carouselunique]

Meet Twinkleshine, the Smug and Dramatic The Illustrious Illusionist of Swap Six/Side Stars!

Fun Fact: Twinkleshine is an absolute glitter fanatic. She loves glitter so much. Shiny things are her kryptonite give her a glitter snow globe and you can distract her for hours. That's how she picked her name, because she just loves twinkling shiny objects.

[sunnibits]

senshi dungeon meshi tell me what to eat for lunch…. senshi from dungeon meshi pls… Guide me…..

[medicalunprofessional]

wunderbar !

[thebrainrotsreal]

EVIL MARK, EVIL MARK, EVIL MARK!!! I want to be coherent about this season but please picture me foaming at the mouth and running on the walls. S2 being what if Mark's just like his Dad? Insanity. I love this show. Anyways, AU where an Evil!Mark tries to make Our!Mark worse, and Our!Mark tries to make the other better. Something something confronting your idea of the worst version of oneself. Plus, tweaked black and yellow costume because I saw it and immediately went murder hornet lookin' ass and knew I had to draw it. Evil ass Mark. Horrible. I think he should be dragged kicking and screaming into redemption.

[enelo]

[tricksterlatte]

Yet another alignment chart for some of the Phantom Thieves

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

Milk theory? 👁️👁️

ANYTHING FOR YOU TWO!!!!

ok this is gonna be short and mildly insane. i would like everyone to understand that this is pretty much Entirely unfounded & i'm just reading too much into a teeny little thing. however i've convinced myself that this theory is viable against all better judgement

take these mad ramblings with a Monumental grain of salt. im not to be taken seriously ever

so it all boils down to This

Little

Motherfucker.

the milk carton behind Barnaby's house.

it was added with the last large update, and it Immediately made me lose my mind. it's such a... strange thing to add to the map, which already has Teeny Secrets - along with other choice objects that make me narrow my eyes. but this isn't about them.

The very first thing I thought of when I saw the milk carton was the phrase "no use crying over spilled milk". which, of course, essentially means that there's no point in crying over things you can't change / things already done. There are a couple ways i'm interpreting it with this context

Something is going to happen that Barnaby feels personally responsible for. or is responsible for - either indirectly, or maybe he'll do something terrible. i think it's entirely possible that he might do that possible something for Wally. and again, take this with salt, but Clown has implied through trivia and fun hypotheticals that Barnaby would go to lengths for Wally. and yes, i know. taking evidence from "what would the neighbors do in Among Us" is absurd. IN MY DEFENSE! while the trivia isn't really to be taken seriously, there's always a thought process behind character roles and dynamics and behavior, and that is something that can be (carefully) looked into and applied. like in Among Us, apparently Barnaby would, and i quote, "Barnaby does all the Dirty work if Wally is an Impostor- Anything to help his little Buddy out...". anything to help his little buddy out, huh? like, it's been stated that Barnaby knows things about Wally that no one else does. and it's been mildly implied that he's fairly protective of Wally. and we all know that Wally is getting into some deep shit, and whether he means to or not he's likely gonna fuck everything up for everyone. it's not that big of a leap to speculate that Barnaby might do something drastic/horrible/regret-worthy in Wally's name / for his sake.

2. something terrible is going to happen to Barnaby / directly related to Barnaby, and he's going to be absolutely powerless to do anything about it. though i think that's kind of a given... yeah this section is pretty self explanatory

3. Barnaby is going to go missing. because what used to be on milk cartons? Missing Posters! yes yes i know this one is even more of a reach, since milk cartons didnt have missing posters on them till the 80s, but yk. it's a Thought.

my second thought was "oh ok so when the carton spills, it's curtains for Barnaby." this part of the theory is just me being paranoid that Barnaby is going to wind up kicking the bucket - though i suppose if that were the case, there would be a bucket, not milk. well, if a bucket ever appears, i'm going to start prematurely mourning. Still!

the point is - at some point, that milk is probably gonna spill. it may be just a detail as things get better Worse, or it could be indicative of something terrible happening to / because of Barnaby. the milk spills, Panic Time.

Milk Theory.

[medi-bee]

isat pokemon au, my liege?

my rambling in tags

[syn4k]

to be, or not to be (romanticization of the inevitable)

[honey-doc]

YO…..MITHRUN’S SPANISH VOICE IS SO………i’ll be watching Tragones y Mazmorras from now on.

[distort-opia]

It's really funny but all this ship war bullshit is having the opposite intended effect on me personally. Like I'm browsing my WIP folder right now and wondering what's the filthiest piece of Batjokes smut I could put out there as soon as possible. In the end, this kind of anti behavior is aimed at silencing shippers and trying to get the ship to be less popular (because they're so bitter it is popular), so the best thing to do is actually put out more fanworks and love for it.

[lunarzs]

I don't think Oak exactly understands that he's Dain and Liriope's child, and was raised by Oriana, Heather and Vivi, and not Cardan and Jude's lovechild. Boy, you do not go spying and manipulating and murdering in one breath and being 110% a simp for your monstrous love interest that terrifies you the next, you've got the wrong people.

[lizasweetling]

Girls Night topics of discussion - assassination - boys - the desire to burn the world down in frustration

All very standard so far!