#idk man im just rambling

[stiffyck]

What if people started saying "I need to exercise more" or "I need to eat a bit healthier" instead of "I need to lose weight"

You can be healthy and fat

[pastelspindash]

do you ever think about how weird and convoluted silver and shadows relationship is in the future when shadow starts living into the time silver is born. shadow already knows him well upon silver meeting him for the first time in the future but if silver travels to the past and bumps into shadow there, silver knows who he is while shadows never met him before.

their first time meeting each other is in two completely different time periods where one of them is already acquainted while the other has no idea

[transwegath]

I think what interests me about MacauChay is that they're so similar but so different at the same time. They both grew up with neglectful adult figures (Arthee and Gun). They both lost at least 1 parent at an age they were too young to remember. They both grew up with an older brother who was more like a parent than anyone else in their lives. They both are experiencing major life changes at the end of the series, where Chay is basically taking what was Macaus spot in the family, while Vegas Pete and Macau future is left uncertain. I think they could 100% relate to and rely on each other, even if we never see them interact. There's so much potential there

[cryptidko]

As an aspiring astronomer I am ss.s.soo nnor..mal ov,er Gemini Home Entertainment

I a.m,m normal about it

S,,o normal

[becauseplot]

qPhilza perching on people because bird

qFit: Mans is built like a brick shithouse—he can totally balance Phil’s additional weight. The first attempt is a bit shaky, sure, but nowadays Phil swoops down or hops up onto Fit’s shoulder and all Fit really has to do is jut out his elbow to give his friend a little more space for his talons to work with. Bam, he’s perched. Works out about 9.9 times out of 10, though Phil delights in trying to catch him off guard.

qEtoiles: He doesn’t have Fit’s bulk on his side, so he’s not as sturdy, but he is strong. The landing is usually a little rough since Etoiles has to work a bit harder to counterbalance the additional weight, but he always finds that center of gravity in no time flat. Phil usually perches with one talon on each of Etoiles’ shoulders since he’s not as w i d e, just so Phil can have a little extra grip. At some point, Etoiles tries fighting a mob while Phil is perched on him, and that goes exactly as well as you would expect.

qForever: Honestly, with all of the hard labor Forever does for his big builds, Phil was expecting him to do better, but the first (several) attempts end up with Forever stumbling over and knocking Phil off of him from his wild arm-pinwheeling. They eventually figure out it’s more doable if Forever himself has something to lean on (a wall, a chair, the butt of his pickaxe) and Phil puts one talon evenly spaced on each shoulder. Phil learns some new swears in Portuguese in the process.

qMissa: Flattened. Full-on face in the floor, mouth full of grass, wind knocked out of his lungs at Mach 5 the first time Phil tries. Phil apologizes profusely, but Missa—once he can breathe again—just rolls over onto his back and asks Phil if they can give it another try. It takes a long, LONG time, but they figure out that if Phil plants his talons on Missa’s shoulder pads and leans forward while Missa leans back, they have a small little window of time where they achieve balance. The best part? Phil gets a perfect view of Missa’s goofy little grin every single time.

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

THE WAY YOU DRAW BARNABY AS BOTH DOG AND HUMAN FORM IS SO ABJZJSKWJWKSKZKZ 😭😭😭😭💓💓💓💓💓 STILL WAITING FOR HUMAN HOWDY DESIGN :')

oh hey i actually have a lil headshot doodle of him:

[x-gon-give-it]

Headcanon, theory, prediction, whatever you want to call it,

but I think the reason that the universe Miquel hijacked collapsed, and not Miles, despite them both being “anomalies” is because Miquel was trying to change someone else’s story, as opposed to Miles who inspires other people to change their own stories.

Like, Miquel tried to force himself into a universe that wasn’t his. He took the place of his counterpart and pretended to be him, he was playing a part that wasn’t meant for him, he was changing a story that wasn’t his. And the universe rejected that.

Whereas Miles inspires people to change their own stories. His universe didn’t collapse because that’s HIS universe. It’s HIS story to tell, and sure the plot changed along the way, but he’s still telling it.

The same with 42-Miles. His story was drastically changed because he wasn’t bitten by that spider, but his universe isn’t collapsing because he’s the one still telling the story. He’s still shaping his own future.

And like how Miles inspired Peter B to have Mayday at all. Without Miles, Peter wouldn’t have gone back to his and he wouldn’t have had Mayday. But his universe isn’t collapsing because that’s a decision PETER made. No one forced him to make up with MJ and have Mayday. But Miles gave him faith and inspired him to go back and give life another try. (Don’t even get me started how Peter would have literally DIED if not for Miles. He was going to stay in Miles dimension. He was fully ready to deteriorate. He literally would have died if not for Miles saying “NO BITCH YOU GOTTA GO HOME” much less inspiring him to have Mayday, I’m just saying I’m just saying.)

And the thing is I don’t think Miquel realizes that. He’s so caught up in his grief and anger that he’s completely consumed with following canon and my never disrupting ANYTHING. He doesn’t realize that that universe collapsed because he tried to change someone ELSES story. He tried to become someone else to live their story. He didn’t try to make his own and that’s not how it works.

Idk just thinking thots tonight, And ATSV is always at the top of my brain

[stressfulsloth]

Cannot stop thinking about Ruby and how brutally Klaasje fucks her over despite everyone in Martinaise's clear affection for her. How everyone seems to like Ruby and her 'gruff charm,' how she gets passionate about radio technology and loves movies from the 20s, likes 'a beer on the beach to watch the sunset'. She's an 'old lady whisperer,' Isobel likes her and even defends her, the

Hardie boys are clearly very fond of her. Even when you're being blasted by her pale latitude compressor, it's hard not to like her at least a bit. She tested it on herself first! The Half-Light reaction of sympathetic fear to Klaasje's accusations, and then Drama cutting in to point out that the fear isn't to do with Ruby, it's the fear of being arrested that Klaasje is feeling. Her first response, out of fear of the RCM and the Moralintern, is to use the presumed biases and homophobia of these RCM officers as leverage to pin the blame on Ruby, even as nearly every other scrap of information you can collect describing Ruby's personality contradicts it.

[mothman-can-write]

Does anyone else think about how one of the first heroic things we see natasha do in her life is step in front of Yelena with a gun? She's terrified and she's feeling betrayed but ultimately she would put her life on the line for the person she loves the most. And then do you ever think about how the last heroic thing we ever see her do is fight Clint over the cliff? She's terrified and she's feeling betrayed but ultimately she'd rather trade her own life for the person she loves most.

Do you ever think about these images? Do you ever think about how despite everything, she was always the same person, and she was never in control but she was always a hero

[odeu-m]

b4 death B) - angel w a little hat below cut <3

tried to stick to their death dates a bit but. idk i only googled for like 5 mins. also i wanted those old news print colours 😌

[chronicowboy]

buck and eddie's conversation on the fountain in merry ex-mas gets infinitely funnier to me every time it's like: your estranged wife who you're sleeping with on the DL comes to your place of work and announces to your nosiest co-worker and best friend that you can't talk without fucking, your platonic male bestie ✨ is absurdly quiet about the whole situation which is very uncharacteristic of him so you invite him to bring your son to a mall santa whilst wondering if you can ever trust your wife with your son again, once said child is out of hearing distance you bring up your bestie's silence, bestie replies that it's none of his business and you agree in a way that sounds like you're begging him to question every life decision you've ever made before immediately launching into a full explanation of the situation despite no homo bro sitting there awkwardly listening after doing the absolute Most to avoid this conversation because he's been talking about the situation with his future brother-in-law whilst christmas tree shopping, then he commiserates with you about the never-ending complications of sex with women, both of you are exactly three seconds away from wondering aloud whether sex with men is simpler, but then your son returns from santa's village with an elf who will tell your work husband that the two of you have an adorable son and he will skip away without denying this. just normal best friend things <3

[painsandconfusion]

STOP USING PASSIVE VOICE

Don't get me wrong, it's useful sometimes, but so many people lean on it without realizing and it makes the writing so much flatter.

What is passive voice?

Whenever there is no known subject of the sentence - only the direct or indirect object.

What's this look like?

"The door was opened" - sure, but WHO opened the door?

If you don't want to say who opened the door (which is super valid, its very dynamic to leave the unknown until the next sentence), MAKE the DOOR the SUBJECT.

Try out something like "The door slammed open" or "The door creaked open". Isn't that so much better? So much more evocative?

Tips?

Here's a quick trick for identifying passive voice: If you can insert the phrase 'by zombies' after your sentence and have it make sense, it's probably in passive voice. Not foolproof, but a good tool.

"The door was opened by zombies" FAILS the passive voice check.

How do we fix that?

Make your writing ACTIVE and DYNAMIC

X - "The hair was brushed from his face"

✓ - "They delicately brushed the hair from his face."

✓ - "Soft hair brushed away from his face."

.

X - "The coffee was drunk."

✓ - "The coffee warmed down her throat"

✓ - "She drank the coffee."

.

X - "The meal was eaten with vigor"

✓ - "Each member of the house ate the meal with vigor."

✓ - "The meal was eaten with vigor by each member of the house."

✓ - "The meal quickly disappeared, eaten with vigor."

.

ADD that subject, PERSONIFY that noun, ENGAGE with your reader.

You got this!!

[so-very-small]

the tiny, inside the walls, hyping themself up: It’s totally fine. Everything I’ve seen from this human shows that they’re kind, level headed, and normal. There’s utterly nothing wrong with this human, and I can totally befriend them! I shouldn’t be scared at all!

the tiny: *peeks out hole in the bathroom wall, looking up at the giant before them*

the giant, in front of the bathroom sink, obliviously doing their nightly routine: *removes their dentures*

the tiny, has no concept of what dentures are, who just saw this behemoth remove all the bones and flesh from its own mouth in one swift pull, without a flinch of pain: what the fuck what the fuck what the fuck

[maybepolly]

something about klapollo makes me so fucking feral and i feel it's the intensity of the nothingness

because there are so many lines and thoughts and actions that Say Something yet at the same time they imply nothing?? like yeah klavier is dazzling that's an objective observation. AND YET.

apollo constantly thinks he's pretty and cool and smart but when they talk he says the most matter of fact shit ever. like word for word shit id say when i have no idea what the other's intentions are.

and klavier is always flirting to the point where i cant believe a single word that comes out of his mouth yet he always ups the ante with apollo and i cant even tell if it's because he hates him or because he likes him

and it feels like im making shit up but then they open their fucking mouths and they're outwardly bitter at each other yet they HELP each other constantly and apollo WANTS to save him from the darkness and klavier TRUSTS apollo and that they'll keep things simple but then they don't even talk?? to each other???

they're never sincere but they always trust the other will understand what they mean and it breaks my fucking brain