#hmm .. so many questions ..

[spacedlexi]

speaking of fucked up overly hated female twdg characters i find it Super Interesting how people will say carver was the best villain in the whole series, but when lilly is literally just a successful carver (iron fist leader of a community turning children into soldiers) suddenly shes a bad/lame villain for some reason 🤔

[extrashortshorts]

Here's a genuine question. If the trans!Crocodile theory is true, if taken back to pre transition, they were given a choice. They can transition into a man like they do in Canon or they have the option to become a Crocodile hybrid but would be female and everyone would see them as such ( be it devil fruit or Iva trying the equivalent to rumble balls and can change people into animals to some degree). Which would they choose- a sandy human man or a female Crocodile hybrid. ( also if he chose the latter, would he have the banana on their head?)

Well those two things not exclusionary to each other, i would even say combining them makes sense

Although...

most likely crocodiles choice would depend on his age

+ the way his transness is shown. like is it paired with massive dysphoria and lots of other stuff in this hypothetical or not,

With all its real problems that being a big antro crocodile in a world where there is no one who looks like you can cause

or how he feels about being a real crocodile, maybe it's just something that better stay as a fantasy, and escapism, and not mondain thing to deal with

[kanerallels]

Oooooh Kanereoke because I am invested at this point

Literally I have worked on this fic more in the past two days than I have in MONTHS y'all are really good for the motivation

“Good to know.” Vos paused, considering them with a thoughtful gleam in his eyes. “Captain,” he said slowly, “would your crew be available for hire?” “What?” Sabine and Mara spoke at the same time, in matching decibels of shock and horror.

"Kick in the pants" writing ask game!!

[lrdvyke]

in going with the hivemind idea for the frenzied flame, that would mean vyke's thoughts, feelings, and dreams are all shared with those who have the frenzy flame in them and vice versa. anger will come to him when he's not angry, only to make him think it's now his anger, etc ( example from kale ). dreaming / possibility of having a difficult time sleeping. will say, joining that with my idea of the evergaol's cutting off people from outer god influences ( reason why vyke uses dragon incants in there and not frenzied flame ) then he may have felt at least some kind of small peace in there because, if cut off from the outer god of chaos, he would then be cut off from everyone else afflicted with the frenzied flame. so escaped vyke, upon leaving, all that would be slammed back into him the moment he leaves the evergaol. however, if going with a specific ending that is more neutral ( like ranni's ending ) then there is a chance that effect would dwindle as the afflicted die off.

[serpulalacrymans]

I'm still thinking about last night.

[roobylavender]

i missed that class what dont you like about starlins rendition of their relationship?

(and also like, DID you think he did something in particular well or was it all…meh

the crux of my issues in this regard stems from batman #416. in the post-crisis era you began to see this way more lopsided depiction of bruce and dick's relationship wherein the former was portrayed to be almost.. bitter that dick had moved on to establish his own life. and it stood in great, great contrast to the bruce of the pre-crisis era, who was certainly devastated at the realization that dick was growing up, but also very intent for him to find his own happiness and way in life. they would have their disagreements on occasion (e.g., bruce initially disapproving of dick dropping out of college, bruce immediately taking leadership of a situation where the titans were involved when dick was better equipped to handle it, etc.) but the outcome of those situations was never outright bad yknow. bruce was very much capable of recognizing where he might have overstepped and subsequently stepped back to let dick have his own space. and i think initially max allan collins expanded on that dynamic in the post-crisis era in interesting ways by juxtaposing bruce's desire to see dick flourish against his own constant fear for dick's life. so instead of mike w. barr's comedic and lighthearted backup stories in early 80s tec where bruce disguised himself to keep an eye on dick's shenanigans and assure himself everything was going alright, you got this more serious confrontation within bruce with regards to his position as a parent. i don't think a lot of people read it that deeply but i've always viewed batman #408 as one of the most sensible depictions of that dilemma. the general complaints tend to be that this issue robbed dick of his pre-crisis decision to retire robin on his own, and i'll concede that as a worthwhile concern. but i don't think it's esp damning what with the implication that bruce no longer wants to be the person indirectly making the decision for dick to continue to be in this line of work. their moment at dick's bedside is less about bruce robbing him of the decision and more about him saying, if i let you still be robin, that's a direct reflection on me, bc i'm the one who got you to do all of this originally. i'm the one who put you directly in harm's way. if you're going to do this from now on, you need to do it on your own terms. you need to decide for yourself that this is who you want to be, without your relationship with me even being a factor.

it's a moment contributive to that delicious dynamic between them wherein every decision bruce takes to service dick's agency is inevitably read the wrong way by the latter to imply that he's not valued or not worthy of being seen as bruce's equal (and before the hounds pounce on me this obv does not include the increasingly abusive depiction of their relationship as the 90s progressed). that is an unavoidable dilemma when you're simultaneously someone's ward/adopted son and also their partner-in-crime! dick wants to be bruce's son and to be entitled to all of the love and care and protection that that entails but he also wants to be bruce's brother, his equal, his confidante, the one person he trusts more than anyone else in the world, etc. it's a tough place to be! it is paradoxical! and i'm so, so open to seeing that explored and think the way collins attempted to approach it in #408 was marvelous. but the way starlin (and other writers as well) totally swerved right in #416 to create this sudden resentment in bruce that dick had grown out of needing him was.. so utterly bizarre. like completely out of left field in a way i don't understand why people don't question it anymore bc in light of everything in the immediate fifteen years prior to the crisis it makes so little sense. their relationship with each other was so valued, bruce was so anxious to see dick establish himself while nonetheless maintaining a protectiveness over him, but it was all very much in good will even if he could overstep on occasion. it had all of the potential to allow for a very nuanced, empathetic exploration into the dilemmas of parenthood and esp when you are someone like bruce who has to forever live and contend with the crime of taking kids with him out onto the streets. bc he has to feel guilty! there is no escaping it. this is history, done and dusted forever, can't go back in time, so on and so forth. whatever harm comes any robin's way he has to live with as in some part being traceable back to his own actions. and i frankly believe that would be far more likely to evoke grief and anxiousness and concern than it would be bitterness that his son is charting out his own life

[the-two-skeletons-in-one]

*so... new blog am i right? hehe... what the bloody juice am i doing?...

[geroya]

pointing. when i figure out my mc, its over for me bitches 😤

[the-kipsabian]

..man i really wanna watch jojo now LOL

[caffeinatedopossum]

Sometimes I feel like there really is no way to win at hating/loving myself. Like the less I hate myself, the more I start to hate other people and I hate hating other people and it just makes me hate myself again.

Idk its like just being genuinely critical of someone else makes me feel like I'm being spiteful and hateful and need to take a good long look at myself. And I don't *want* my hatred of other people to be justified because if people really are as stupid and inconsiderate as I sometimes suspect they are, that's awful and I really can't do anything about that... but if I'M the one being stupid and inconsiderate, I can always reflect on and change that

Basically I think I'm biased. But so is everyone

[tunemyart]

I would say “not to be one track mind about this” but actually, absolutely to be a one track mind about this but the more I’m rewatching Voyager and thinking about Seven on Picard, the more I’m like oh shit Seven has entirely made herself in Janeway’s image, and it’s something she’s immensely proud of. 

And ofc there are all kinds of questions about what Janeway intended and didn’t intend and how much is actually inherently Seven’s self, but look at Fenris Ranger Seven of Nine, fighting to help people who have been left behind or can’t help themselves, circumventing the bigger systems that get in the way of immediate, direct action out of necessity and because she sees no other possible way to be and tell me this isn’t entirely Janeway’s doing.

[givemaycoffee]

Hey 👋 it was not spam, i was judging you for how late at night you were reblogging, and then thought hey maybe they’re not european

Lmao 😂 Oh, well that’s great actually. But yeah, I’m not European and I am a 10pm bedtime kinda gal these days (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:・ﾟ✧

[fideidefenswhore]

what's your opinion on Henry's "other" illegitimate children? not fitzroy or the careys, but fitzroy's sister and stukeley?

I don't think Stukley was, Elizabeth Norton, however, has made salient arguments for Elizabeth Tailboys being the second child of Henry and Bessie Blount. I won't repeat her points, but anyone that is curious can read that article here.

[seagullcharmer]

i'm really enjoying writing breaking the chain but i got so caught up in the idea of shulk and purah interacting that i forgot i don't know anything about science or mechanics and it will be difficult to write anything satisfying

[ask-the-music-man]

Hey MM, what do you think about MatPat adoring you and all?

(As answered previously, Matpat/Game Theory/etc do not exist in my AU and will not exist as I do not want to make a real person canon and have a weird meta thing going on. (This goes for other real people too, like let's players etc. Any characters that share resemblance to real people is not intended and purely coincidental.)

I will not be answering anymore asks about him, so please no more asks about him please)

[astrxealis]

milgram is so complex it eats up my brain