#empath vibes

[faronmckenzie]

[mellosdrawings]

hihi! I would like to know how you see/feel about the dynamic of the Tweels and Azul, if you don't mind sharing of course!

Hi o/

Sorry, this one took me a minute, I was trying to figure out the best way to explain my feelings about their relationship but... I realized that while I was unable to give a name to KaliJami but was able to explain the relationship, here I am unable to even explain the Octatrio's relationship.

They're best friends who would do anything for each other without needing any explanation, but they also would sell each other for a corn chip. The Tweels are Azul's first friends and also his most consistent bullies. They keep saying they're not friends but nobody around them believes it.

And, you know, I actually like how their vibe is "as long as we're having fun, we're staying together". Relationships don't have to last forever to be cherished. It's perfectly fine to stop frequenting who was once a dear friend if the relationship ends up not being enjoyable anymore. People change and so do their relationships, and that's a healthy mindset to cling to the fun and not force yourself into something that doesn't fit you anymore (in my opinion, at least.)

Though I have a feeling that, for the Tweels, it might come from a shaky family situation. Like Cater who can't will himself to have friends because he keeps moving, so he can't imagine a long lasting relationship whatsoever, I think the Tweels who might come from a family that has some kind of criminal background might approach their relationships in a "that won't last, but at least we'll have fun while it does". They're kinda the opposite of Cater in that regard. All of them are ready for their relationships to stop at any moment, but Cater has a darker view of it and refuses to open up while the Tweels are more nonchalant and try to get the most out of their relationships. The difference might come from the Tweels having each other anyway while Cater has a strained relationship with even his sisters.

Going on a tangent here: a thing I've come to realize is that Azul shows his love the same way the Tweels do. Lemme explain.

The one person we have seen Azul interested in is Jamil. He's shown it in forever bothering him and inviting him to join him and completely disregarding any complaint or refusal Jamil throws his way.

Feels familiar? That's how Floyd approaches Riddle too. That's also how the Tweels approached Azul at first. We don't have that much backstory but we do have an example of Azul trying to drive them away, and them not listening at all and continuing to come bother him until they have carved a place at his side.

I'm personally of the opinion that Azul learned his love language from the Tweels, because it was the only example of (lasting) friendship that he's ever had.

There's also the whole debt thing to take into account. Azul needs to feel unindebted, he cannot stand owing things to others. That's just how it is. The Tweels though would totally do whatever they need to have whatever they want, no matter the debts. But they do play by Azul's rule. Sometimes they even use it against Azul to gain favors from him. Though most of the time it feels like they're indulging him by asking favors when they just wanted to help him. It's a fine line, a fine balance, just like everything else.

The OctaTrio is just always on the cusp of being perfectly in sync with each other, using each other's strength and weaknesses to the best so they could all get what they want, while also being perfectly terrible to each other, literally just using each other for their own gain. It's a very interesting relationship and maybe one of the most balanced and precise out of every other relationships. They're just... in sync.

And contrary to KaliJami, those three can very well work on their own without needing each other. They constantly do their own things, decide to ditch the others because they have something better to do elsewhere, etc.

All three of them say they are into this relationship purely out of personal gain. And, yeah, I'm sure they're getting a lot out of it and they even get to be selfish while still working well together. Buuuuut...

I mean, come on, the Tweels keep coming to Azul's rescue. They were super worried when the anemones disappeared and discovered Azul overblotted. Boys aren't hiding their feelings as well as they think. And Azul isn't any better.

You know what, I think I finally figured it out. I finally know what to call their relationship, despite my introductory statement.

They're siblings.

Azul has pretty much been adopted by the Tweels. Being selfish morons ready to throw each other under a bus while also going on a rampage as soon as a bully decides to target one of yours is 100% sibling-coded. And I'd know it, I almost got into a fistfight because my lil bro got punched once. And I'm usually ready to punch him myself.

The OctaTrio are siblings who know their relationship might not last forever, but who have nonetheless decided to make the most out of it.

[lostsoul999xx]

[sonandheirofnothinginparticular]

[camelspit]

ok but like faking being an empath would be so easy. catch me going "i sense youre... sad" when my girl gets broken up with. no one would ever know.

[twilight-skies]

I’ve always thought the GAR headquarters complex looked super cool and I wish we saw a little more of it. However, I’ve justified this lack of time spent there with “the jedi hate this place cuz it feels depressing in the Force”

Pictured: the duo of all time(TM) leaving a high-profile meeting (background is a lazy version of the Geonosis wall) probably after their convoy got its ass kicked by Dooku’s personal forces

And from that day forward, the entire 303rd referred to Count Dooku exclusively as Darth Rancid.

[its-ticsticstics]

someone: "i'm a witch"

me: "cool... but are you normal and respective of first nations, aborginal, and native american peoples?

... and surely you would never appropriate and research without speaking to a living Elder about our teachings for something you culturally could never understand like W*ndigo or Sk*nwalker*s. Not because they're "evil spooky stories never to be spoken of" but because they have nothing to do with non-ndn folk and they have no business in our closed teachings and you already should have enough creative energy without invading living and active practices of which thousands of us literally belong to

OR..... "

(are you just a colonizer with candles and sage?)

[dykephan]

worst day ever to be a phillie

[birchbow]

You’ve mentioned a couple times in comments that you would have trouble reading the torture scenes in KVvTEG if you hadn’t written them, now I’m curious if that’d apply to any of the gamloz scenes in PoF as well, or does the consent help lol

Oh, great question! I have no such anxiety problem with voluntary sadomasochism stuff of any degree--I've read consensual guro and snuff fic before out of vague curiosity, and like. For one thing it didn't work for me in any sexy ways, so that one's a bust, but also fortunately it had no effect on my anxiety haha. Narratively "seeing" wounds and injuries after the torture for hurt/comfort purposes doesn't even trigger my shit usually, it's specifically about my brain engaging with the concept of someone in pain/begging/crying/terrified.

I think that's part of why I can write it but not read it? Being in the moment with them, not knowing what's about to be done to them, that whole emotional milieu--I ALSO don't know how "we" are going to be hurt, and my brain latches on really hard and starts bombarding me with "what if that happened (this is happening) what if that happened (it's happening, PANIC) what if that happened someday to you, imagine if that happened--" But if I'm the one directing the scene, it's a different part of my brain, and I'm in control of it.

[graff-aganda]

something something psych star trek au

[haruchimaki]

I WAS RIGHT! that friend that ghosted me all of a sudden liked me and when i continued to responding to him as a friend he stopped talking to me.

[lostsoul999xx]

Happy 26th birthday to myself 🎊💚💜 (btw as soon as spring hits I'll get back to my scheduled program of photography 😅🤣)

[sonandheirofnothinginparticular]

[francy-sketches]

In their mean bitch era damn

[frankenfran]

“ghibli inspired” “wholesome” “cozy” “liminal” “vibes” “blorbos”

[rarespawnwrites]

I always see folks have these like, soft, mundane, or angsty headcanons for the batfam. Meanwhile, I'm vibrating over here with: "in-world, Bruce Wayne has BLUE HAIR."

Look. I know it's common consensus that Bruce has black hair and blue eyes. But like, comic book shorthand for black used to be blue, so he was frequently drawn with blue in his hair. So my mind has decided that, for consistency, Bruce probably has black hair and black eyes.

But more hilariously, some isekai character could discover that the DC universe did not give a fuck about what blue was shorthand for, and simply gave Bruce and most of his brood blue hair and blue eyes.

Please imagine you actually have to live as some rando in the crapsack city that is Gotham, in the crapsack world that is the DC universe, and on every celebrity magazine you have to see ditzy Brucie Wayne and his Completely Normal blue hair. Maybe his eyes are blue. Maybe they're black. You forget every time you check, because the ridiculousness of a wholeass world taking comic book shorthand literally--or maybe that became the shorthand because it was literal--distracts you too much for his eyes to stick in your mind.