#even when it is usually a problem

[dykeofalltrades]

HATE looking up a bug thing and all the results r "How To Kill Them All"

[kit-screams-into-the-future]

assorted weredoc doodles for @bttfjanaury! seeing as i’m the one who submitted it i might as well do it also hahaha.

bonus weremarty (au of au lmao):

[galacticlamps]

the way Edwin's immediate reaction upon seeing the misery wraith in the Devlin house is to grab Crystal and cover her mouth, even while he's explaining (apparently calmly) that it hunts by sensing negativity and pain - presumably instead of using sight or sound

and the way that he does the exact same thing to Charles when they're reunited in Hell, but here he urges him specifically to be quiet (in what must be the most barely audible line of dialogue in the whole show) because he's found that's the only way he can get a short reprieve between bouts of torture from the spider thing (to the point that when he ran into Simon earlier he - rather nonsensically - believed the sound of tearing paper behind a closed door was also a big risk)

All I'm saying is, it doesn't look like it was actually all that important he stop Crystal from making noise in the Devlin house, and as much as that scene originally read as Edwin kinda having his shit together while Charles & Crystal were both more affected & then literally incapacitated, his head couldn't have been half as clear as it first seemed if his immediate reaction was reverting to Surviving Hell Tactics even when they weren't really helpful or applicable here

[eff-exor]

almost summer time tum

[trans-axolotl]

i think i recall some info you've posted about suicide hotlines, sorry if i've mixed you up with someone else. with the lgbt youth silo being disbanded under 988 next month, do you think it'll have an impact on people? part of me wants to believe if 988 sucks then who cares. but if lgbt youth have been helped by this subservice then it's another kick in the teeth.

Yeah probably was me you were thinking of, I've posted quite a bit about the problems with 988 in terms of all the ways they collaborate with cops, do "nonconsensual active rescue" and involuntarily hospitalize people.

And honestly this is one of the reasons I said from the beginning that I didn't think hotlines such as the Trevor Project and other independent hotlines should have became part of the 988 network. Mostly because I think that 988 is a deeply unethical hotline and I don't think that other hotlines should have agreed to uphold the mandatory nonconsensual rescue policies that are required to become part of the 988 network, but also because then their operation becomes even more closely tied to federal funding and federal policy changes, and it opened the door to something like this happening.

I certainly don't think it's good that the fed government specifically cut this service and are signaling that they don't care about supporting suicide prevention for LGBTQ and specifically trans youth, but I also don't think the solution to that is pouring more money into unethical hotlines or lobbying into getting this service back into 988. I think the solution is supporting independent hotlines like the trans lifeline or thrive lifeline that don't collaborate with cops, trying to direct more funding to them so that they can support an increased influx of calls, and sharing those hotline numbers so that more LGBTQ youth are aware there are other LGBTQ hotline services out there. I also think there should be more of an organized effort to get other hotlines to quit working with the cops, quit working with 988, and implement the crisis callers bill of rights.

[mango-dot-yum]

Relating to a character while simultaneously being nothing like the character is something that doesn’t matter but brings me genuine mental anguish(over exaggeration but still)

Every time I see Dinah I’m like “oh my stars, she’s so me!” but she’s not like me at all </3 I would say that this is just a normal thing for me, but I can only think of one other time where I had a favorite character I felt like was literally me, but in that case I had some similarities

Dinah is not me, I feel like I’m way too mean and- while I don’t have a lot of it- I have some self respect. But everytime I’m watching Starlight Express or seeing anything relating to it and Dinah shows it, internally I’m like “me fr”

I know this is really dumb and probably corny but I have only one IRL that follows me who would judge me for this so it doesn’t really matter

[wyervan]

hiii!! me again!!! i know, you're probably losing it with all the asks i send diejhderfofrfnorfk

just wondering but do the slasher boys just like- pick and choose where to kill someone? or is it just "follow the dude home and kill em when nobody is looking then run away" all willy-nilly (which i doubt because cough sun cough whaatt who said that...)

omg not losing it at all 🙂‍↔️🙂‍↔️ silly goose. may not always have time to answer all asks (your’s or anybody else’s)… or KNOW how to answer (some of you guys are asking the hard questions… takes me a while sometimes 😝). But people sending well-meaning asks about the chars or otherwise is always welcome!

Hmm it’s hard to answer this question concisely because the reality is that their methods change depending on the situation and as they grow bolder and more experienced.

Once they’ve found a target (probably around once every few months) Moon does reconnaissance. Watching them at night, studying their schedules, looking for further evidence of their transgressions, testing locks and other methods of entry.

Earlier in their slasher careers, they would almost always go for a knock out and kidnap kinda approach. Then they would take the target (in the words of John Mulaney 😝 ) to a “secondary location” where Sun could be more assured nothing unplanned will occur, no unexpected visitors, while they carry out their devious deeds. Not to say things haven’t gone sideways and they’ve had to get creative in the moment.

The Slashers are lucky (for their purposes anyway) to live in an area with a lot of open farmland, rotted barns, woods, and decrepit industrial infrastructure nearby. Places that nobody cares about anymore or people haven’t stepped foot within in months or even years.

I haven’t done much description of the kinda of location they live in yet, but the arcade sits within a somewhat rundown small suburban town that lies at the outskirts of a larger city. Sun n Moon’s house is a bit further into the country, a few miles away.

Generally, they used to avoid doing much slashing in the target’s houses or places of work. Too much evidence to clean up, too many neighbors to overhear things. But they’ve gotten more ballsy the longer they’ve remained uncaught. They might play longer games of psychological warfare on targets, kidnap or even kill in riskier locations, dispose of evidence or the body in creative ways, even do something like release one into the woods if Moon’s feeling like a chase. All depends on the situation, like I said before.

[qoldenskies]

I like to imagine that after some time ccDonnie gets really into training with his bō and in training in general. He's such a solution orientated person I feel like it would get really unbearable for him to feel like he's the weakest and defenseless - after all isn't all of this his fault for being so dense that he could not tell that something was oh so obviously wrong with his brothers and for being so weak that he ended up getting so physically hurt? So really this is something he needs to fix again. Focusing too much on his tech has made him a liability and bad at reading his brothers, so he tries to balance tech and training more.

So I imagine that as an adult Donnie is quite a scary aggressive fighter - softshell turtles are quite aggressive in nature after all, precisely because of their softness - and appears quite distant and cold to outsiders. You would have to know him for quite some while and be really attentive to notice that at heart he is far more gentle mannered and soft, but the most important people in his life already know that.

Also!! I love it when in tmnt whump writers use turtle behaviours as therapy - like swimming being therapeutic. Maybe ccDonnie would also really enjoy swimming and letting his mind rest after all this?

I really liked the animatic!!!! And can't wait for the last chapter of cc! Sending love

honestly this is something i could see! combat is going to be a hard thing for donnie to go back to in particular even without his brothers because he's kind of conditioned himself to panic and do little, curl up in a ball and steel himself. and mixed with the final attack i think he's just going to have problems getting back into the environment and mindset

but like, when he does? i could definitely see some overcompensating going on. donnie gettting vicious out of fear of being helpless again. being triggered and seeing red, falling back hard on the urge to fight back that DID save his life. it stopped leo from slitting his throat and held raph off, really. its still frenzied and panicked but there's an edge of uncharacteristic anger there. he'd otherwise normally be very precise and tactical in his combat, and i do think it'd be a skill he would put a lot of focus on.

im unsure about socially though. i could see him giving off that energy because he would be quiet for SURE, and he always looks on edge and nervous (which can be interpreted as "fuck off" body language lmao) but donnie is hyperaware of other people and he always will be going forward. when he actually opens his mouth he'll be very appeasing, at first at least. i do think he'll be really nervous around new people and it'll make it hard for him to find new connections, but he'll actually be one of the better ones with that. leo will be nasty because of paranoia for a long time.

(also omg yeah i am a little envious because i would LOVE to meditate underwater ... just go under there for ages and chill ... need to project this urge onto him it sounds so calming)

[britcision]

Regular reminder that sudden and severe weight loss is a pretty serious sign that something is very, very wrong

[butch-bakugo]

Why are vetted accounts sending people stuff like this.

I mean it's clearly copy-pasted and sent to multiple people but this isn't even a donations ask. Imma guess the reason people aren't responding is because you're accusing them of not doing enough for Palestine and sending it to multiple people who you clearly don't check because I've been posting about and for Palestine since oct 7th when I learned about it.

Also yes he is looking for donations, you can check his account and find it. Why are you sending this guilt trippy stuff to people and accusing them of not caring enough? You don't know me? You send these to multiple people so your clearly not checking the account in question. This dose nothing to help you personally or the Palestinian cause, it just pisses people off and makes them question vetters.

[moeblob]

idk if it's a fun fact or not but! Right's favorite color is green. He never wears green but it's his favorite color. then I've been working on silly emotes for my OCs and they're "disappointeddad" and "tryme".

(Also there is an AU where these two are knights along with Paul and Evelyn while Brent/Caspian/Atticus are princes. Chris is basically Caspian's personal guard while Right just runs around trying to do everything to stay busy even when not on duty which stresses Chris out. But since he's kinda busy with the crown prince it defaults to Paul having to babysit Right.)

[mintytea-exe]

cis people suddenly understand they/them pronouns when a binary trans person doesn't "pass" enough to them

[qoldenskies]

Hhhh just started thinking about. Donnie being terrified to sign again. Maybe they don’t notice its absence at first, since he doesn’t like talking in general. But then he gets sick or something and losing his voice, and instead of having that easy convenience, Donnie freaks out every time they try to ask him something because he knows using sign isn’t good enough.

HNGGHGHHHHH i could also see a trend of him trying to talk through verbal shutdowns and just hurting himself more, because signing is just associated with the abuse for him now. and the whole thing with being told to use his words is going to seriously influence the way that he communicates. he's kind of lost sight of the fact that they're usually pretty good at reading his nonverbal cues/mannerisms (and they'll become a lot better at it now that theyre adjusting because theyre going to be hyper-aware of his feelings, they'll be super vigilant) because his first instinct to protect himself is to stammer out an explanation, even if he really doesnt need to.

i think he'll really struggle to be concise because any slightly pointed question about where he was or what he was doing is going to make him freak out and feel like he has to cover all his bases. the fact that they're going to have some separation anxiety with him isn't going to help, if they dont know where he is they're not going to react in a levelheaded fashion and that just sounds like itd start a feedback loop of panic LMAO

[makegentlethelife]

[sonknuxadow]

this is crazy get knuckles out of there