#dweeb speaks

[dweeb-central]

yuu cooked too much ft. heartlabyul, floyd, malleus, & ruggie

guys i entered a fugue state & wrote angst?? hcs

mc is used to cooking for a big family & accidentally mistakes recipe proportions, leaving them w way too much food. scenarios of them asking diff twst boys if they'd want some, mentioning why. a bit downtrodden with no family to share it with...

trey, cater, riddle... are touched. trey & cater both have big families, & their eyes soften at the mention of yours. trey especially empathizes with you, before he began cooking and baking for the majority of his dorm he cooked & baked for his family. he identifies with the habits of buying groceries in bulk & the need to keep the house stocked with anything five or more people could ever need (just in case). cater's interested to see what kinds of foods you'll cook. make him something from your heritage! he'll magicam it <3 or just save the memory in a photograph if you'd prefer. he'd love to listen to you talk about recipes & regional preferences & tastes. that goes for riddle too! his mom kept him on a strict diet for his childhood, but now that he's got the opportunity he'd love to learn about your heritage & culture! as he grows more outgoing he's learned more about the cultures of his peers & he'd probably be one of the most qualified (& excited) to answer any questions or point out any similarities with twisted wonderland cultures.

floyd... blinks his big wide eyes once, twice, & then launches himself towards you to wrap his arms tight & pick up straight up off the ground. "awwww, shrimpy misses their troupe! shrimpy's aaalways welcome to bring me dinner! we can play house!! i'll be the dad, you'll be the mom, azul will be our baby, and jade... he can be the dog and go play outside or something." ('- , -) you better stop him before he gets ahead of himself. least likely of octavinelle to bother you about selling the recipe to azul ((he'll give you a cut of the profits!)). still makes you cook in the mostro lounge kitchen, but only because he wants you to grow to feel more at home with him & in an environment he's used to... that way when he gets serious about his & shrimpy's relationship....

the adeuce duo... both go... quiet, at the mention of your past. it wasn't something you avoided talking about when you were reminded of something relevant, or things you enjoyed or saw, but... you don't talk much about your family. they don't ask much about your family. deuce feels a twinge of guilt—he doesn't shy away from talking about his mom, & he loves her too dearly to be ashamed or shy. he wonders if they make you feel as loved as his does. ace wonders if he should ask you about them more often. he's not exactly shy about his own family, but he doesn't exactly ever seek to bring them up in idle conversation. he wonders what your siblings are like. they give each other a resolved look above your head when you're not looking, & now they regularly (as much as they can) come over for dinners at ramshackle! if you're comfortable with it, they invite all the first years too. you hope they feel as familiar & familial to you as you feel for them. they hope you know they do.

malleus... feels a twinge in the back of his throat—maybe behind his eyes? his truest friend feels alone, something he recognizes deeply. he hasn't lost anyone close to him like that—at least, he doesn't feel like it. his lonely was a different sort, where he's never really known family like you have. but, he considers, maybe no one at this school has had to sacrifice more than his prefect. he wonders what dinners were like with that many, & you tell him. the bickering, the debates, the movie nights & commentaries, the nights spent making s'mores(?) over the fireplace. he wants dinners like that with you. you invite him to.

ruggie... might invite you to spend some time over with his family. not immediately, no way, but the thought lingered in his head long enough for his throat to burn with the words (& his cheeks to burn in embarassment). in reality, he grins a big wide grin & laughs his mischeivous little laugh. "i'll NEVER say no to free food. feel free to keep it coming! shehehe." he ends up coming over to help you cook a few times a month. it's a good excuse to spend time with you over a dinner he knows was cooked with love.

i had to google what a group of shrimp is called lol. could've actually been troupe OR run OR colony. i wonder if it's ooc that floyd knows this.... i mean, he is a fish man, so 🤷

[dweebsfilingcabinet]

Hey guess who did a meet the Artist ahaa

[dweebpheles]

Ma'am, ma'am I just read an article where it's implied Aldo is half Jewish and I honestly always thought he was full on Jewish did I miss something?

I mean, I know it's never clearly stated but I figured the leader of the basterds is gonna' be Jewish as well djdndjjdjd

Thoughts?

Article link ↓↓

https://www.chicagojewishnews.com/is-aldo-raine-jewish/

See I love getting asks like this because I love seeing everyone's interpretations and takes on Aldo and the other characters!! You opened a can of worms by asking for my thoughts Personally, and buckle up for this one,

I never thought Aldo was Jewish.

I've seen Inglourious Basterds [REDACTED EMBARRASSING AMOUNT] times and never once did I interpret Aldo as a Jewish character. He is just there, leading his 8 soldiers, and as a friend of mine said, he's letting them have the spotlight. I feel like that's very true. Like, he's not Jewish, no, but that man sure does hate racists. (Also, as a Southerner, I could write you a whole essay with a broad spectrum of reasons as to why Aldo Raine, a Southerner, hates racists, but that's not what this ask is about.) And if he's gonna put together a group of soldiers to fight said racists, he's not gonna pick up a bunch of random dudes from the army and say "lets go to work", like, he's gonna get 8 Jewish soldiers because (in my opinion of Aldo, I feel like) he believes it's more their fight to win, that sort of thing. So no, like, he's not Jewish, but that doesn't mean he can't hate and kill Nazis. He is just there to supervise the men he picked that he knows are ready, willing, and able to kick Nazi ass with a vengeance unique to them because they are Jewish. And if anyone has a privilege to be in a special "bushwhacking guerilla army" to kill Nazis, it's *them*, again, they're Jewish. Aldo can go to Europe and kill as many Nazis as he wants, yes, and he does, but his men have a personal reason to be there killing that he doesn't have: They're Jewish; he isn't. But that doesn't mean he isn't proud to be leading that group--of course he takes pride in it.

A lot of things lead me to this conclusion, and the main one is the way he words his speech to them in chapter 2's opening. Specifically "...I'm putting together a special team, and I need me 8 soldiers. 8 Jewish American soldiers." He doesn't count himself. Maybe it's because he's the leader, but if he was Jewish, I truly feel like he'd mention it here, if nowhere else (ex it getting slipped into conversation somehow in the movie elsewhere). To play devil's advocate, one could argue "well he didn't mention it in his speech because it's obvious he's Jewish! Hes leading a group of 8 jewish soldiers!" And like, y'know what, you're right. We've come full circle because this is why I love hearing other's interpretations.

(Branching off the speech bit, throughout the rest of his speech, he refers to himself and his men as a collective "We". One could say theoretically that he is referring to them all as Jews, but I've always seen it as him putting himself on the same level as his men, and putting military rank aside. A "we fight with each other as equals" sort of thing.)

Another reason is like, going through the screenplay, we see Donny going and getting a bat, and we see him getting signatures on said bat. Why? He wants to bash Nazi skulls with a ball bat covered in Jewish names. To Donny, its personal. To play devil's advocate again, one could say "well Aldo carves swastikas into the foreheads of nazi's he let's go because it's personal to him, because he's Jewish" and yknow what, again, you're right, because that's your interpretation.

So, do I personally think Aldo is Jewish? No! Not personally. And that's literally just my headcanon. It's never specified "Aldo Raine is Jewish", but it's also never specifically stated "Aldo Raine isn't Jewish" either. Thank you for this ask!!! I'd like to hear your thoughts, too, anon, so if you wanna shoot me another ask you're more than welcome, or you can DM me! I'd love to hear your take, and I hope you don't mind the essay! :)

[seek--rest]

i would also like to add into that fanon mistakes mcu!peter for a goody two shoes when hes canonly quite chaotic. he disobeys tony, hes reckless, he endangers, he actively makes a choice to try to kill norman (and he's planning it in the lab scene with the other spideys - he can't even say norman's name), and he would've succeeded without raimi pete. that is a hugeeee thing to have happened. he is on his way to being an absolute mess and i for one would love to see this explored in spidey 4 pls

Now this is what I’m talking about!!!!!!!!

It is one of my biggest pet peeves in this damn fandom for everyone to assume that MCU Peter is some dweeby snot nosed “golly gee whiz mister stark!!!” when in canon he is not that at all.

Does he have far too much hero worship for Tony Stark than a Peter Parker ever should? Yes. But it’s like everyone read a stupid as shit cuddly irondad fic and decided “yep that’s how he is in canon, hate that little twink”

Do we not remember that this is the same kid that sassed Tony Stark to his face within MINUTES of meeting him? HOCO Peter was desperately trying to prove himself (which is bad) but even HE wasn’t the “omigod mr st-stark” that everyone wants to believe he is. That’s purely fanon.

Anyone who says with their whole chest that they don’t like MCU Peter because he’s too uwu/soft/babyfied/whatever the fuck just shows me that they’ve been reading far too much cuddly irondad fics cause that belief sure as shit didn’t come from watching any of his movies.

[lookanartdweeb]

Do you guys think that like Bruce stars in commercials for like expensive cars (or those very artistic perfume / cologne commercials), and every time he comes home, someone Jason has it playing on a screen somewhere at full volume. Like it HAUNTS him LMAO

[bmpmp3]

one of my favourite character relationship dynamics, platonic romantic or anything, is when two characters are absolutely the bestest of best friends and when one is hurt or something the other will scream and cry and wail and explode and when the other is in danger then the first one will go on some kind of silent terminator-esque rampage about it. besties (do no separate)

[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.

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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*

[blowflyfag]

Theres many wrestling video games out there, but did you know that wrestling pinball machines exist as well?

Say hello to the Royal Rumble Pinball machine! On this machine you find yourself participating in a battle royal against all your favorite superstars! Collect belts, pin wrestlers, see your favorite superstars and hell you can even raise The Undertaker.

From personal experience i have played this machine and i think its awesome personally! It's a very interactive machine, the start button also acts as the button you must press to hit people with steel chairs and pin your opponents. It also has pixelated themes of the wrestlers once you get them as well as commentary from Vince and Bobby the Brain.

below are gonna be some more pics of the machine

[michaeljoncarter]

so a while ago a made a post calling garth lancelot and have had a couple people thinking i was joking, which is--fair, actually, seeing as it was a jokey post, but like. no. no, you don’t understand. i’m not even remotely joking about this, and i’m not exaggerating in any way when i tell you garth’s origin is a straight up lancelot retelling.

in Lanzelet, lancelot’s father was a king ousted by his own people for his harshness. he manages to escape with his queen, “who carried nothing but their little child,” but the king’s wounds prove fatal, and he dies, leaving the queen alone.

this is already INCREDIBLY similar to the story of garth’s parents

and then! a “water fairy” comes and snatches up baby lancelot and steals him off to “her land”

the “du Lac” in Lancelot du Lac means “of/from the lake.” because lancelot was raised... in a lake. like literally. in a lake. as in he was raised underwater. by merpeople.

this is one of my favorite things about him because it’s just so weird, and it’s also a big part of the reason i’m so partial to the version of garth’s backstory we’re given in Tempest.

there’s just something so endearing about the problem of “how do you make a guy growing up underwater significant in a world where EVERYBODY grows up underwater?” being solved with “well, you make it so he grew up THE MOST underwater! you make it so he grew up in the OCEANIEST part of the ocean!”

instead of being stolen from his mother by a mer-feine and taken under the water, garth is stolen from his mother by atlanteans and taken to a deeper part of the sea.

Death of a Prince, which is where a lot of the arthuriana connections start with garth & are at their most blatant, is especially concerned with impressing garth’s lack of a “true name” on the reader.

and i just really don’t feel like this is a coincidence, considering this is where so many of the lancelot parallels with him are introduced, and namelessness is such a big part of lancelot’s character in the first half or so of Lanzelet

there’s some similarity in the challenges they face in finding this information as well as the reasons they were abandoned/stolen in the first place, though the parallels aren’t as direct.

lancelot’s adoptive mother/kidnapper is well aware of who he is but refuses to tell him just as the idylists do with garth and for fairly similar reasons.

she stole lancelot as a child because “she desired to secure a champion who would free her son Mâbûz from his too powerful enemy” (from The Legend of Sir Lancelot du Lac by Jessie L. Weston) and kept his name and background from him until he succeeded

again, it’s not nearly as a direct a parallel, and i could absolutely be reaching here, but to me, it’s always seemed pretty similar, if inverted, to the idylists’ reasons for keeping garth’s heritage from him (& you could also see atlan as a standin for the lady in this situation, with him whisking off garth to another dimension to train him up for this battle)

and these are just the connections that relate to his origin specifically. there’s a lot more than this later on (especially his relationship with dolphin!! they’re literally lancelot & guinevere! indfidelity! drama! stealing arthur’s girl!) but i’m gonna end it here so this post doesn’t get even more ridiculously long than it already is!

tbh i’ll probably make a followup post (or posts bc i have 0 self control) to this at some point rambling about more of what i think the arthurian inspirations behind aspects of his character are because i’m like 99% convinced that, while his origin and many aspects of him are based on lancelot, there’s also quite a bit inspired by gareth (the name especially), and if you know anything about arthuriana, you’ll understand why a character that’s a fusion of gareth and lancelot is just... so much. it’s so good

[todayisafridaynight]

lit cannot stress how much fuckability masato lost after becoming aoki like emo death is real and its so so tragic

[halodwolf]

i hope this person dies actually

[dweeb-central]

FLOYD'S FACE LMFAO

anyways can we talk abt the fact that floyd has the CUTEST little frown on his face when crowley enters the room 😭

he's SO real for that !

[dweebsfilingcabinet]

~ Sorry for the lack of art content as of late, for anyone wondering. I've been focusing on commissions a lot, and when I'm not doing comms, I'm either trying to relax from the whole bunch of drama that's been going on in my neck of the woods or work on personal pieces. Lots going on, so I apologize for inactivity, just a lot going on in my head space rn and it's pretty tiring.

[dweebpheles]

im honestly so happy my comments on your art made you happy TTuTT i love your art, your style is fr incredible and the detaaaails... i love how you draw faces... your anatomy? yum. luv it!!!! the hanma in a dress especially brought me big joy since i loveeee gender nonconformity. im happy to be mutuals as well, hope you have a great day! :D

Thank you so much 😭😭😭💙💙💙 I'm definitely not gonna run out of Hankisa brainrot any time soon, so there will likely be lots more content of them yet to come??? My friend (and talented artist) @nebulathisimdone has some hankisa up on their blog that you may like--I commissioned them (and I'm thinkin' 'bout askin' 'em for a Hanma in a dress... I'm down bad for my own art of Hanma in a dress and I feel comfy telling you this)

I'm definitely still learning when it comes to anatomy so that comment really means a bunch ;^; thank you so so so much, thank you so much for being a new mutual and I hope ya stick around!!! 💜💜💜 have a great one!!!

[handsomegentlebutch]

My body is very open to being explored, especially by a handsome butch like yourself

And being assigned an emoji is the highest form of honour so thank you very much 🥺✨

You're welcome :3 and jeeze. U got me blushing and having to hide my face in a pillow before I can respond lmao

I'd love to explore ur body as long as you're okay with me being a massive dork who can be awkward sometimes and can't not make jokes during sex or I WILL die. Probably. Unless u boss ne around and tell me to shut up and be a good boy in which I will do so immediately

[soufre-de-paris]

spent the day rotating between bg3 and obra tasks and laying in bed staring at the ceiling bc i am So Stressed Out now that we have a tentative return date (sunday after next????) which means there's a bunch of tiny things we need to do now for the empreiteiro to finalize before he fucks off but also before the sinteco guy comes this week to do the floors

it's insane to me to think we might be done and i can go home???? but also the idea of moving now has me in panic stress bc the apartment here isn't ready and the apartment there isn't ready so i'm just

time to eat burger and watch medieval book binding video????