#but its also so so lonesome

[daggerpinknife]

do you think i can sell my a series of unfortunate events books for like a million dollars

[the-holy-ghosted]

Came out of the ocean, like you came out of a dream...

[rainymoodlet]

Kiss Me in Komorebi+ 🌸

[ Settling In… ]

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@rebouks @gothoffspring @wastelandwhisperer @hallasimss @lre333 @bionibots @anarchosimdicalist @dirksdreamer @hauntedtrait

[weirdfishy]

not-quite-yet 3

nqy 1 - 2

. my ko-fi 💛

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it's a freeing thing, being spiderman. super strength, speed healing, enhanced awareness, taking your fears and shoving them out the window, downdowndown from up on high.

a mask.

give a man a mask, yk? spiderman's sarcasm and light, quick wit pours thoughtlessly from his lips, evasiveness n fight like a buried memory-- confidence in his bones; one second miles is stammering over his sketchbook (edge to edge with his muse, page after page) n the next spiderman's mask is pulled on n he's high in the sky, whoops and cheers alongside his muse's full, deep laughter, dancing through the air, around each other, to the top of the nearest high rise.

spiderman's muse (in other worlds, they're called lovers, but miles- spiderman- the gwen he knows is from another universe n he wasn't "supposed" to be bit at all, so he'll take muse, he'll take best friend) joins him at the top of a spire, base plate barely big enough to hold their shoes n the wind whipping around them, neither of them feeling the chill (it comes with the second skin, with the uniform and the abilities-- it's learning to make your suit warmer)

they've taken the arm closest and draped it over his shoulder like usual, miles wrapping his own across their back, hand squeezing them closer, settled at their hip, a mere look at each other before they're free falling backwards, still clinging to one another, other hand out, air between fingers and mouths pulled taut into wide, toothy smiles. then miles is nudging their shoulder, hand poised for rock-paper-scissors, which they return in kind (oh, miles can almost see the smirk beyond the mask, knowing full well none of those three options will be used by his opponent), miles making a rock with his fist, a peace sign made in response. "peace over war, love," then they're webbed to another building, swinging into the bottom of their curve in the direction of downtown, for whatever spot the other spider feels like eating at, and on and on the night will run, swinging up, down, around n around, across alleys and the sides of buildings, through crowds n noise but always focused on each other, leading then following, following and leading in turns, twisting, spinning, leaping, falling, catching and climbing, over n over until the duo is on the roof of miles' dorm at 5 am, sitting shoulder to shoulder on the edge, masks off- sipping from two different cups n switching every so often, calm n quiet; existing with each other, spider n spider, miles n hobie.

(miles doesn't need his mask when he's with hobie; freedom is easier to reach, with them)

[venomgaia]

what's good about a pilot falcon?

HI! The Pilot Falcon (older generations were sold in the US as the Namiki Falcon for whatever reason) is a japanese fountain pen manufactured by Pilot!

it's often referred to as the best modern flex pen, or the best gold nib for a beginner! Tldr for people who aren't pen nerds, a flex pen is a pen that...well, flexes! Most pens have some sort of "flex" to them that results in some sort of line variation, but flex pens can handle a relatively higher amount of pressure. Think like a G nib used in a lot of manga. Old pens were the MASTERS at this, and a good bit of that is due to the nibs being made of gold, which naturally has a "bounce" to it that modern steel nibs have a really hard time living up to. Most people wax poetic about Waterman or other vintages like that because of it. Even modern gold nibs can't really keep up with the gold nibs of yore, but the Falcon is considered to be one that can. I do think legally it's considered a "soft" nib, meaning it's not truly a flex pen but has a lot of flex qualities to it, but some terms that get used are used interchangably so. idk. True flex nibs aren't really a thing in fountain pens these days outside of Noodler's Ahab and Konrad (which are their own nightmare and a half tbh).

The Falcon prized amongst artists for it's very fine nib, which Japanese pen manufacturers like Pilot and Platinum are known for. A Japanese Fine is comparable to a Western (Kaweco, Lamy) Extra fine, and a lot of these pens come in an EF, F, and M. It gets alot of nice line variation despite being so small, and is really an all-around great pen, if legend is to be believed :] An alternative to buying the Pilot Falcon would be getting the Pilot 912 FA, which has something called the "Falcon Nib," not to be confused with the actual pen. They actually look pretty different. The FA nib (right) has these weird cuts on their side that help with flexing and allow it to mimic a full-flex nib, but again. According to legend, modern pens don't flex like vintage pens do, but it IS pretty close.

(sources mentioned in alt text)

I've never used either myself, but I'm pretty picky about my pens and so I don't know if I'd ever pay upwards of $200 unless I got familiar with the nib first tbh....The falcon's nib isn't offputting to me like many feel about it, but I'm particular about aesthetics and the feedback on paper and I can't tell if I like them just from looks alone lol. Right now, I don't have much experience with pilot nibs, but if i were to get a pilot pen, tbh I'm looking at the Pilot Elite/e95s in a fine or medium, or a vintage platinum pocket pen.

Anyways that's that and this is also that. *twirls so elegantly and then collapses onto the ground in slapstick fashion*

[skitskatdacat63]

Lmfao my mom was getting on me abt not having enough to do this upcoming semester so I decided ah okay I'll add another class. And that's perfectly fine. But the one I picked results in the majority of my schedule being generally unaffected and still lax, but my Thursday being absolutely fucked.

For reference, on every other day I'd spend like less than four hours in class/commuting(anywhere from zero hours to almost four), but Thursday, its almost 9 hours combined 😭 which is like fine with me, but I think ill despise thursdays after this, AND MY BIRTHDAY IS ON A THURSDAY :(

[absolutely-not-my-main-blog]

They should release It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia on VHS

[eddiemunsn]

i literally just want my cat back that's all i want i'll never ask for anything ever again just bring him back to me

[quenthel]

like there is a lot to say abt fandom that is negative (crowd mentality, lack of nuance, bullying, stark belief in societal norms so it becomes a very traditional space etc) but i think the main reson its not for me is bc a lot of ppl just use "canon" as something to be disregarded. which is like (morally) completely fine i just do not get it bc like... the story whats its in like... the actual written text the things happening is surely the thing to like abt any actual... uh... story? right? so to disregard it all to just idk play around in it to me is just not appealing at all. like at that point i would just move on and write my own original story heavily inspired by the original thing...

[danidoesathing]

wait hello I just saw that ‘feelings about the cowboys’ post and am EXTREMELY INTRIGUED by the “Lonesome Dreams is a time loop” thing??? 👀

ok ok ok so like. the plot of the lonesome dreams MV always kinda bothered me cause like if it's Huron and Blaquefut's first encounter, just. huh? How does Huron have a picture of Blaquefut in his pocket? why does he have a picture of Blaquefut in his pocket? is he searching for Blaquefut, if so, why? did he take this journey in search of him, and if so what could Blaquefut possibly offer to make him take such a dangerous journey? it just. never made any sense to me.

the island is implied and often theorized to be the afterlife or some kinda limbo. And Blaquefut does die during the Time to Run music video, so the idea of Huron going out to save his brother isn't really that much of a stretch. But he knows Huron at that point so Lonesome Dreams couldn't take place afterwards, right?

but like. what if its not their first encounter?

Time and death have always been a bit fucky in LH lore and like. lets say Blaquefut dies right? and somehow, Huron figures out this island exists and even though its insanely risky and may not work, he's willing to try. Because he can't just abandon his brother and he's willing to risk life and limb for it. So he does, and he does make it to the island. And then things just get...weird. it already doesnt make sense already with the changing biomes and the seasons changing within too short of a time. But even memories start to blur, even if the feelings remain. And washing up on the shore with nothing but a picture of man and the strong urge to find that man, Huron's left with no choice but to follow his instincts. It does eventually lead him to find Blaquefut, whose got no clue who he is either and well. we see what happens next. They form a close bond and get off the island together, and set off to all their future adventures together. They grow as close as brother and form a loyalty to the other unlike any other.

At least until it loops back around to the Time to Run MV and Blaquefut dies again.

and like. lonesome dreams the song is also weird in the sense that like. its not actually about the events of the MV and more about Huron having a strange dream about a lonely world that makes no sense. Maybe, one he's been to before 👀.

seriously like look at these

and hey hey. you wanna know another fun aspect of it that ive completely pulled out of my ass? with this theory and the fact that Huron is the one perpetuating the loop, it keeps with the "doomed both by the narrative and their own actions" and "I love and care about you a lot and that will be the death of us" things. Because the whole thing in the album is like. Huron really wants to go home to Helena. and as time goes on, he becomes more and more desperate to actually get back to her.

but in this scenario, its a timeloop. one he's causing, because he just...can't let go of his friend. He wants to get back to her more than anything but how could he just abandon his brother? if there's even a slim chance of saving him, how could he not take it? so he goes after his friend, and brings him along to this journey to get back home, and then Blaquefut dies again and Huron is going to go save him again and he just. isn't going to get home because he can't let go. Maybe if he took a different path, maybe if he stopped trying to go home and accepted that the life with Helena is unobtainable to him, then maybe they can avoid that fight and maybe Blaquefut can get out it alive. But Huron can't let go of Helena either, so he'll keep trying to return and Blaquefut is loyal enough to follow him to the ends of the earth and it just. keeps going. He can't have the life with both that he desperately wants but he refuses to make the choice necessary to free them from this loop. and thus the cycle continues.

[aith-art]

ED-E head cannons.

ED-E will play music while traveling more than just the battle music he plays - eyebots were originally designed to be mobile radios and tvs and while a lot of ed-es tech was removed during the duraframe program Whitley still ensured he had a stereo system

ED-E has already met the courier before the game starts. This is one that I've been thinking on for a while. So basically when the courier accidentally (or not) destroyed hopeville and The Divide, the piece of technology that they used was ED-E. Is there evidence of this in the Canon of the game - eh a little bit. The ED-E in the lonesome Road dlc is one of the bigger pieces of evidence because it has the memory files of Mojave ED-E and its never really explained - as far as I'm aware - as to why there is a replica of ED-E in that missile silo without him having been there before, with the courier. This also helps to justify Ulysess hatred for ED-E. Hatred maybe to strong a word and it could be justified as the tech from when the divide was destroyed just made him hate technology - but if that were true would he have found a way to communicate with the courier in a different fashion. This also explains how the technology spoke, though that could have been Ulysess using a metaphor of some kind.

[jacklelanturn]

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[s1ld3n4f1l]

it's real "So if you can, please take this phial from my hand / Before I change my mind and let the freak upon this land / I've tried this before, to keep a lock upon this door / But every night I sleep myself I awake as him once more" hours baby

[quaranmine]

one of these days i should write a part two to lonesome dreams with the listeners actually helping the evolutionists leave evo...but that would require me to, you know, write that

[echthr0s]

there are three other computer games from my childhood that defined my childhood gaming experience but they seem to be even more obscure than I thought Zoombinis was

Power Pete was like the most impossible game for me, like my child brain did not comprehend more traditional action-game type mechanics and I could never get past more than like 2 levels. it fascinated me how bad I was at it, actually. that's why I kept trying to play it, I was legit marvelling at my failures like a scientist LOL but the plot was literally just... Power Pete is an action figure in a toy store and at night the toys come alive and fight each other??? something like that idk I should look it up but all I remember is the compelling opening cinematic where he busts out of his box lmfao

AlienTales was a game show but in space. the host and the contestants and everyone are all aliens and the puzzles they're trying to solve are all about Earth books. and everyone's name is a pun on phrases that have "of" in them so it could look like So-and-So of Such-and-Such Planet, yknow? the host's name was Sal of deCentury and my favourite contestant was a two-headed alien named Yer Yout of Yer Mind alkdfjklajfjlkagj <3 the gameplay and dialogue was also very good, like I played it so many times that I had all the puzzles fkn memorised but it didn't even matter bc it was always a delight

Felix the Cat's Cartoon Toolbox...... listen. you don't understand how much fun this was. it let you make whole ass cartoon episodes with Felix the Cat characters. we're talkin full animation here, like you build a cartoon set and then you put the characters in and you set up what you want them to do and what props are there and any sound effects and then you press play and the shit plays out in front of you like a Saturday morning cartoon. I swear to god this was one of the best things to exist, like the creativity and potential was literally off the charts apparently one of those old-game archive sites has this available for download, btw. I'm considering it

[earlyspringtranscendence]

whenever im fine im like normal but the minute i start to feel sick im like Jesus Fucking Christ i need to be at a gay bar doing coke off someone’s dick, something i would have done anyway were it not for this foul illness beset upon me like ? girl calm the fuck down. if u werent sick rn you would STILL be in ur pjs watching youtube videos stop lying