#i am so sorry 😅

[turtletaubwrites]

if it's not too personal i'd love to know where your name comes from. does is come from the german "turteltaube"/"turteltäubchen"?

Omg, I have been WAITING for this day. Thank you so much for asking me this question 🥰🙏 My username has the most ridiculous story 😅

My partner is German, and he moved to the states when he was a teenager.

But no. That’s not where it came from.

Silly Turtletaub origin story below the cut (I'm sorry! 😅)

(tumblr is weird about sliding cut lines around on ask posts, so if you see text below this line, it's not my fault, lol!)

About 10 years ago, we were watching a show together (Jericho - it was cancelled). It was very dramatic, both of us would be tense.

At the end of every episode, the executive producer’s name would pop up on the screen.

Both of us would compulsively mumble the last name, “Turtletaub,” and then giggle, the tension from the dramatic show released.

We’ve got that neurospicy echolalia, so of course we started saying, singing, and yelling it randomly.

It then morphed into a series of silly pet names and noises, some of which we still use to this day.

"Twisty tubey turtle taubs"

"Tube taub"

We would just bellow "TAAUUBTAAUUBTAAUUB" like some demonic mantra

"Tube hole"

We still call each other “tube” more than any other pet name (even more than our original, “nugget/nugs.” We occasionally do a “nug tube,” or a “tube nugs”)

Pretty much daily, one of us will yell from across our open floorplan, “how’s my tube?” “Are you a tube?” "You tubin' over there?" “Hey, tube hole, want anything from the ‘Up World?”

Neither of us remember when/how "taub" got turned into "tube," but it has stuck with us.

When I first got invited to Ao3, I didn’t think I’d ever write or post anything, so I just picked the first thing I thought of. I was going to try to change it, but I was too impatient. I wanted my first fic out immediately, so I just went with it.

Partner and I still giggle pretty regularly that it’s my username. Whenever I show him one of the amazing comments y'all gift me with (tysm! 😭) that refer to me by the username, he mumbles it the way we did on that shitty old couch, and then I mumble it back until we dissolve into the sillies for a couple of minutes.

When I'm at my desk he often asks me, "are you turtletaubin' (or "tube holing" - again, sorry!) over there? You writing the smuts for all your tubes?" (Yes, you are all my tubes now, and I am so sorry!! Please forgive me 🙏🏼)

It feels so ridiculous, but it has made us laugh for a decade now. I don’t even remember much of that show besides the fact that it was tense, and dramatic, and we loved it.

So it has nothing to do with turtles, or turtle doves, or German words.

Just a couple of giggling weirdos watching a stressful show, and then being obnoxious with each other for 10 years 😅😅😅

Now you know.

Now you may all yell these silly noises with me.

Now you are my tubes (*said with the highest of praise and affection, I swear!!)

edit: just now realized that we haven't even been spelling it right, lol

[dazais-crab-addiction]

Happy Valentine’s Day! He brought you a bear that will detonate in 5..4..3..2..

Gdlajdkahd, breadsoup you are amazing. Thank you. Being blown up by a Valentines bear has been a 10/10 experience :D

[loganofthenorth]

SMACKS TABLE

MF

BOW FROM SHE RA

[burnthatbridge]

BUDDIE SHIP STATS [inspiration] + [template by @marissources]

[millenniumscreampuff]

Hair stuff!

[basketobread]

sorry for making you all see this um warlock just be in situations dont mind him thats his talent

[myokk]

“Class, today we’re going to repot the baby mandrakes because they’re getting a bit too big for their current homes! Aren’t they cute?”

[ghurab-alzilal]

Journey Through Multiverse II

Damian, talking with Batman 666 : So, you gave your soul to the demon and that gave you immortality.

Batman 666: That's right, I can even use a couple of magic tricks.

Damian: Cool.

Raven: Damian Thomas Wayne Al Ghul, don't even think about it.

Damian: What?

Raven: Swear to me that under no circumstances will you sell your soul to the demon.

Batman 666: Too late Witch Girl, he, like me, has already eternally bound his soul to the demon and that is not going to change.

Raven: Not if I can help it.

Damian, confused : Wait what? I haven't even been in contact with a-

Batman 666: *winks*

Damian, looks closely at Batman 666 who is looking at Raven and, after thinking about it for a while, turns to Raven and nods : He's right. My soul belongs to the demon and what's worse I gave it for free. But I do not regret.

*Damian and Raven get into a heated argument*

Raven: I'll find a way to undo it!

Damian: You can't.

Raven: No Damian! Why? At what point did you do it?

Damian: The moment I met you.

Raven: Wait what?

Damian and Batman 666: *smiling with the same smile*

Raven: *blushes*

Batman 666, smirking : The White Witch will never believe me when I tell her this.

Part 1 - Part 3 - Part 4

Based on this AU by @chaosticbirds

[mrspockify]

He loves me.

[birbfeeder2artisticboogaloo]

this is how it went in the book right

[bambeebirdie]

There are two things involving Shockwave and Elita-1 I’d really love to see in a transformers series (they are not compatible):

1. Them being absolutely enemies. Elita and Shockwave hate each other. They got like 4 billion years of extra war between them and they cannot stand even the sight of one another. Optimus and Megatron wish they hated each other as much as Shockwave and Elita do. They should get to be silly, terrible rivals at least once, please <3

2. Shockwave and Elita-1 ending the war on Cybertron and for a more crack version of this getting together too. Genuinely I’d be so into a series where like Optimus and Megatron establish communication back with Cybertron and the war is just over. Even funnier the war is over and their respective romantic partners are now married

[beeduoo]

originnssssss who remembers origins i Loved origins

[scarefox]

Little Thai pronoun lesson by Mek Jirakit

Coincidentally tackles half of a question I recently had about gendering in thai. So if someone is interested as well:

+ Bonus 🤣

(link)

[burnthatbridge]

— Paige Lewis, “The Terre Haute Planetarium Rejected My Proposal” from Space Struck {insp.}

[acacia-may]

alright I'm curious: 🤍

Of course, Cyroooo!! ^^ Thank you so much for playing my game, friend! Sorry it has taken me a little bit to respond but I'd be happy to share some characters you remind me of!

A character that you know that reminds me of you:

You remind me of Magna because you're warm, friendly, honest, a little bit edgy, and so exuberant and passionate about the things that are important to you. You make a lot of wonderful jokes (and have an awesome sense of humor), are always trying to come up with creative ways to have fun with your friends and are not afraid to share your opinions and to be yourself. You can be snarky, a little blunt, and more than a little goofy sometimes (in a very endearing way), but underneath all of that, you’re so caring & loyal and always so encouraging and supportive to your friends!

A character that you don't know (or at least that I don't know if you know 😅) that reminds me of you:

I don't know if you know him or not (did you ever get around to playing OMORI?), but I thought I'd have better luck choosing a video game character you wouldn’t know for you rather than an anime one. 😅 I'm going to say you're also a little like Kel from OMORI (No spoilers here though!) because you're very warm and encouraging, and you have a lot of energy and just an infectious passion for life and the things you love. You're not afraid to speak your mind and to stick by your opinions & convictions, but you prefer to make people laugh and make them happy. You can be goofy and silly in a very endearing way, and your posts make me smile & often laugh out loud every time they show up on my dash. You’re also very devoted to your friends and always try to encourage them. You (like Kel) are the best, Cyrooo! 😁 Thank you so much for the ask and please stop by any time, friend.