#idk something about these pictures make them look so uncanny

[arielluva]

was itching to do comparison photos of the monster ball dolls but since i dont have them yet i just did a generic g1 + g3 photoshoot instead

also i know it would've made more sense to use basic g3 clawdeen but i like skulltimate secrets more so i used her instead ^^

[reveseke]

Thought about a what if reader was insomniac and was found sleeping with Jack by Jessica?

PT. Thought about a what if reader was insomniac and was found sleeping with Jack by Jessica? PT end

Trope ... Mainly fluff

Feature ... Aaron Hotch Hotchner | Derek Morgan | Jessica (Hotch's SIL) | Jack Hotchner | Masc! Reader (he him)

CW ... Talks of insomnia | a fear of death/ not waking up anymore mentioned | also me swearing lol

Disc ... I'm not suffering from insomnia myself, i hope i didn't get something so fucking wrong lol. I know something off of insomnia, some little research I've done in past that stuck with me and I'm using some of my own sleeping problem experience on this but that's minor.

Edit ... I'm not actually sure her name was Veronica? For some reason I have a small itch it was lmao. Ok new edit, it was Jessica not Veronica and I'm editing it out lol

DNI - Fudanashis/fujodashis, women & fem-aligned, profic/proship, anti - LGBTQ+ folk & exclusionists, anti-antis, Necro- Zoo- Pedophiles + (NO)Maps(and other terms), basic DNI criteria, kink/nude/nsfw/sh/vent/pro-ana/ed/18+ blogs

So i got a thought of insomniac Reader who may as well stay awake for who knows how long being somewhat terrified of sleeping.

He may be plagued by nightmares of some kind, having a fear of not simply waking up anymore or possibly just too many thought that run rampant and he can't keep them still enough.

Just lying in bed with both the men as they either sleep or one or both are still awake and try to help him. But they have a little time window sometimes which means Reader may be alone most of the time and left with his own thought more than they'd like to let him.

Thinking how he'll greet them when they wake up to a case and come back just working as normally as he can manage both of them seeing how the lack of sleep is dripping off if the man.

I think both of them be dragging the poor man to bed one at a time if he starts wandering bc he's restless as fuck.

The one time they actually hear about him sleeping when on a case is when Jessica, Hotch's Sister-in-law (is it ex?-sister-in-law bc Hayley's dead? Idk may be), comes to pick up Jack.

The silence in the house was uncanny, it felt displaced as Jack wandered around the house he called home. It was usual for him to see one of his dad's wondering around mumbling to himself about something he never could catch as Aaron and Derek had left for another case.

The boy knew it wasn't exactly normal for him to be in a house of silence. Wandering to the master bedroom door, he slowly and lightly opened the door with a creek.

It didn't do anything to alert the man inside as all the boy heard were soft snores. Otherwise the room was completely silent, sun pouring in and dappling spots on the bed and the covers where he could see a imprint of a person splayed on the bed, spotting strands of (h/c) hair on the head that was slightly tucked under the covers.

The morning was silent as Jessica opened the door, looking around lightly and calling out to Jack and Reader. Nothing came of it as no answer was heard, wandering inside the house for a little bit she found the master bedroom's door ajar.

The view of seeing her nephew hugging a body of one of the lovers of Aaron was adorable, just laying besides him and making a shushing motion towards her as she called out Jack's name. The boy understood that R had difficulties sleeping and he didn't want him to wake up yet, it was unknown go R if that was the reason Jack staid with him or not. Just guarding, bc he had heard Jessica tell about a fly that the boy was trying to slap out of the air when it came too close at least once.

Except that yet turned into sleeping three days with R regretting everything. At least he could have been blessed with some pictures of the scene or a possible stuffed animal or two besides him bc Jack didn't want him to be alone when he woke up.

I really think the boys all of them would do something small for R to try to help him. Doing subtly things that would not irritate him if he was known to be really easy to be irritated when lacking a lot of sleep.

Jack would absolutely share his studies with him, saying they'd scare off the nightmares or thoughts if R had ever answered a question from the boy on why he was up. Not that R would take them, he'd give them back at the end of the day saying it's important that they're protecting Jack instead of him and stressing about it to the boy. But he does not hear it.

I think R would be doing things out of boredom at night when he's restless and doesn't feel comfortable cuddling with Aaron and Derek for the moment. Were it baking, maybe crocheting, crafting or doing something else if R is handy enough and there's something to fix he could do it, he would do it to pass time.

[motte-the-goblin]

Beach day

Just a little something happy and fluffy I threw together because they deserve it.

Notes: tech x GN!reader, established relationship, shirtless batch, gawking lol

Idk, enjoy!

It was almost always warm on Pabu. Today was an especially beautiful day though, so you convinced the Boys to have a Beach day.

You had stayed behind with Omega to prepare a few snacks for everyone while the Batch migrated to the beach armed with towels, a blanket and a big parasol.

Visibly turning more and more impatient, hopping from one leg to the other, unable to focus on her task, you decide to let the little Clone go on ahead, handing her a small basket with fruit and Water canteens.

“Bring this to the Boys,I’ll be just a few minutes.”, you explain as you sent her off. Smiling, you watch Omega skip down the cobblestone path towards the Beach before returning to the sandwiches you were making.

On your way down to the beach, a heavy basket full of sandwiches and cookies tucked under your arm you suddenly realize that this would be the first time seeing them Shirtless.

Weird thought, but okay. You mutter to yourself, grinning a little though at the prospect.

The five men were all no doubt handsome, how could they not be, seeing they were clones after all and clones were generally exceedingly good looking.

And you didn’t question for a second that they were all probably ripped.

Not that it mattered at all, you didn’t mind softer Bodies but you couldn't deny the appeal of a nice, muscular, toned Torso.

You caught yourself gnawing at your lower lip whilst you were picturing the Batch shirtless and stopped yourself quickly in your tracks.

Shaking your head slightly at yourself you continue your way down, slipping out of your sandals as you reach the soft yellow sand.

Shielding your eyes from the sun with your hand you look around for your friends. Wrecker’s uncanny, booming laugh, followed by a loud splash directs your attention to your left, where they had settled down.

You see Omega’s blonde head perking up out of the water, where Wrecker had thrown her in playfully. They were splashing each other, laughing happily. A warm smile grew on your lips seeing them like this.

They all deserved some fun after all they had been through with the War, Cross leaving, the whole Eriadu debakel… getting Cross, Tech and Omega back from Mount Tantiss…

A shiver runs down your spine remembering those horrible times.

Quickly you redirect your attention to right here and now. On this beautiful, sunny day on your little paradise Island.

“I brought sandwiches!”, you call out as you walk towards the blue parasol.

Hunter and Cross were lounging on towels, soaking up the warm rays and you couldn’t help but let your eyes slowly wander across their bare Chests.

As you had expected - chiseled. You didn’t expect them to be completely covered in Tattoos though, but then again it made sense with their face tattoos and all.

“Like what you see?” Hunter's low voice pulled you out of your thoughts. He was looking up at you through one open eye, chuckling lightly at your startled reaction.

“Well, uhm… I…”, you feel busted for a second, before you remember that these guys have been your friends for quite some time now and you didn’t have to be weird around them.

“you’re quite easy on the eyes.”, you grin in response, reaping a confident smirk from both men.

“We know.”, Crosshair snarled, making you chuckle in return.

You turn towards Echo and Tech who were hiding underneath the beach Umbrella from the unrelenting Pabu sun.

“Cyare.” Tech’s soft voice made your insides melt. He tapped next to himself on the blanket so you put the basket down, placing yourself next to our boyfriend.

“Hey, There.”, you say softly, chewing your lip.

You’d been officially a couple for about three weeks now and you still got so nervous around this brilliant clone.

That he was only wearing a thin linen tunic that was loosely bound in the front, revealing a good part of his neck down to his Sternum, was not helping. You could vaguely estimate his physique underneath the light fabric and noticed that he also had some Tattoos. you made a mental note to ask him about those one day.

Once again trapped in your thoughts you didn’t perceive tech’s gaze falling down to your lips and only when you felt his breath fan over your skin you noticed him leaning in for a kiss.

With a little surprised “Oh” you closed the gap and sighed at the butterflies exploding in your stomach as his soft lips met yours.

An amused snicker from Echo forced you two apart to look at him.

“Oh don’t mind me, you’re adorable.”, he waved off.

Smiling to yourself you settle into Tech’s side, who immediately puts his arm around your shoulder, drawing little circles on your skin with his thumb.

The three of you look out on the Ocean in comfortable silence, watching Wrecker and Omega joshing around, now throwing a big beach ball between the two of them.

Tech sighed contently and planted a little kiss on your head, squeezing your shoulder gently.

“Thank you cyar’ika. We really needed this.”

Your head resting on his shoulder, you smile up at him.

You were so glad that they were all back safe.

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[nevadas-night-time-novelist]

Star Romp x reader? Hardly see any romp x reader and those guys are very underrated. Also I think this counts as Star Romp x reader x Romps too??? Idk 🤷

Reader just befriends some romps and Star Romp allows them to be among them. Romps like reader so they follow them around like guard dogs. They like reader a lot too.

Rompin around

There was always whispers of something like grunts, but something was off about them. Perpetual smiles, exposed eyes and a weird uniformity to them. Grunts came in different shapes and sizes, colours and completions, but these uncanny valley look-alikes had no diversity to them. Little was really known about them, other than the fact that in large enough packs, they were lethal.

In the middle of nowhere, sweating while looking under the hood of your truck, broken down without proper means to fix your busted engine, or a way to contact your allies back at base, you were stuck.

Ram kept saying he'd get around to fixing up your truck, but he was an equally skilled mechanic as he was a lazy bastard. When you got back, you'd shove a wrench up his a-

Something shuffled near you, catching your attention. A blur of grey peeking out from a dying shrub, which quickly ducked down when it realised you spotted it. "Hey, wait." You wiped sweat from your grey forehead as you wandered over, and felt a pit rise in your stomach as this faux grunt stared back at you.

The lack of cross on it's face was disturbing, pictures didn't come close to the real thing. "Uh... I don't suppose you know any place with a radio or phone or something?"

The neutral look on its face changed to a slight smile, and in a preformative way, it gestured to a run down and almost crumbling building. Another thing of note, none of these impostors spoke, a collective muteness. You wondered if they were a failed clone offshoot from the Agency.

"In there?" You looked over at it, bile in your throat as it nodded, gesturing for you to follow it, seemingly with desperation. This didn't seem entirely safe. At least those who died to a hoard went quickly, even if they made a mess. You kept the wrench in hand, the other resting on your holstered weapon.

"Okay... I don't really have a choice but to trust you I guess."

The building smelled old, dust settling on every surface, seemingly abandoned and forgotten to time. You made a mental note of the spots of dried blood on the floor, aged, but still a grim warning.

The creature brought you into a slightly more pristine looking room, carefully cleaned as much as possible. This was more of a living space, the odd blanket and cushion laying around.

Your guide stopped in front of a wall, hand reaching out to touch a crack in the surface. You backed up as the wall started to crack and crumble, fearing the whole building would crash down on you, but something appeared behind the wall.

A star with the same weird face on it's surface glanced down at you, before it's lips curled up, showing needle like teeth poking from black gums. "A visitor... It's been so long since we had a visitor..." She had a feminine voice, despite the thick black moustache lining her top lip. "What brings you here... Visitor?"

This wasn't the uncanny valley anymore, this was the nightmare gorge.

"M-m-my car..."

The Star laughed, but it was forced and wrong. "Of course.... My car. I love riding in the my car." How she'd phrased it meant you knew for sure this thing hadn't seen a car, let alone been inside one before. "Has your my car stopped functioning?" Star tilted her head slightly, and the creature next to you copied her movement.

"Yes... He.." You pointed a shaky finger at the stranger next to you. "suggested that there was a radio or something to help me here."

"Wilf.... Yes... I can help make everything better. It's what I do, right Wilf?" The stranger nodded his head enthusiastically.

"I will help you, if you help me." The Star looked back to you, her eyes bright and wide, a hint of malicious intent in her narrow pupils.

You couldn't comprehend why you asked the following question. "How can I help?"

The Star grinned, showing off sharp yellowed teeth. "Return to us often... Bring something new... Interesting for my children to investigate. Should you fail to return...." Her face changed, distorted and evil, the mask of kindness well and truly off. "We will find you...... And it will be slow... And painful..."

That'd been two months ago, and you were heading back again to the ROMP den. Wilf was standing out by the road, waving at you in his normal, unsettling way. You'd grown slightly used to it, but the uncanny valley lingered.

You'd come to study the ROMPs, realising how they worked like wild dogs. They hunted together, teeth and claws, and makeshift weapons used to take down prey which was torn apart and shared. You'd been offered a few pieces now and then, which you kindly declined.

He greeted you in his usual way, bashing his forehead against your shoulder with a closed mouth smile, and you followed him into the lair. In the depths of the den was a pile of soft things, from torn up clothing, to old moth-eaten blankets, mix matched cushions and pillows among other things.

The ROMPs slept in a pile on their soft mountain, something you'd introduced to them when bringing a pillow once. Each perked up and rolled towards you, greeting you excitedly in their usual mute fashion. Sleeping together for warmth, another piece of their dog-like behaviour.

Family bonds were strong with the ROMPs, and you started to realise they'd accepted you as their own.

The Star appeared in the crack in the wall. "Hello friend." She greeted you in her same off-putting voice, at least she now called you a friend. "What have you brought for us today?"

"It's a special kind of picture." You smiled, setting down a jigsaw box. "It's in multiple little pieces, and you put them together and it makes a full picture. This one's a horse. At least that's what the box says, I haven't seen a horse before."

Wilf rested his head on your shoulder, watching your moves intently. "Like this piece, this is a corner, so you find them and set them down. And then you work on sorting the edge pieces, so you can make a foundation to work on."

You felt warmth as the group curled up around you, well and truly accepted by them. One laid over your lap, stretching out and going limp, clearly still tired but wanting to be in your presence. The exhaustion seemed to pass into you as well, and before too long, you'd laid back on a pile of pillows and soon dozed off among your friends.

[mgarmagedon]

And how do yours transformers friend liked the trailer?

She is not very optimistic about it unfortunately... which I can understand, but I will write about positives first :DD

But first of all we will starts with all the good parts she said about it! She said that she is amazed of the backgrounds and she thinks that it's actually really good looking city and nature! She said that it's giving her vibes of guardians of the galaxy which I totally agree with!!!

And that is all what she said nice about it... but after hype kinda go away (I mean I'm still hyped, but not fresh after seeing trailer, so I can finally see a bigger picture kinda XD) I can understand some of her arguments!

Basically she said Orion, D-16, etc. are looking uncanny to her, to the point she is feeling weird to look at them and I... I can understand that I mean in some frames they are looking so wonky and just straight up weird.

I mean look, he Megan here looks like fucking frog, and the second frame is- is something different in bad way 👀👀👀 and kinda agree that they optics are kinda ugly, ngl these motherfuckes have better optics

She also said this movie feels like something like nickelodeon would make and it's a prequel to Earth Spark (she hates nick as I do, so yeah)

And she said that comedy (at least in trailer) write like in C class polish rom-com, which is shown in TVP 50 times a years, in every holiday (something like Kogiel Mogiel, idk what could be equivalent of this for you my not-polish followers, so sorry)

I can't kinda agree with that, because it was just a trailer and I know that in trailer should be the best parts of the movie to encourage ppl to watch it! But that was just a tiny little part of the movie, so it can't represent the wole thing :V I would say the thing we should worry about it's the number of characters in this movie, because do you remember the flop of Rise of The beast, and how many unused character there was??? XDD I still can't forgive them not using more Stratosphere >:CC

She also said that Bee probably will as irritating as he was in animated...

I mean I can see that's coming and I hope he won't like this, but yeah... But still imo this scene was funny

And kinda like the fact he looks like Goldbug in G2 :DD

So she said it didn't buy her and she won't see it (maybe on some SITES which are not fully legal...), BUT i hope next trailers will change her opinion about this movie :DD

[snakeautistic]

I think I’m uncomfortable seeing myself in photos a lot of time because I’m so visibly ‘awkward’ in them. This has been true ever since I was a kid and persist to this day. I also get a little weirded out looking at my own face in the mirror too- I feel like it’s always morphing in front of my eyes and sometimes it looks so much like my moms and the next second I swear there’s a stranger in front me which is a little freaky.

Tangent aside, this is much more pronounced in photos other people take of me, particularly candid ones. Though I also don’t like the way it looks when I plaster on a fake smile. I thought I had the technique nailed at one point- people said you need the smile to “reach your eyes” to be real, so I thought that meant making my eyes crinkle as well would be the key… which- it helps but let’s just say it doesn’t go all the way. I feel kind of caught off guard seeing these pictures of me, something about it feels so uncanny, and idk why.

Some examples below (censored for privacy) (the last one is from when I was like 10 so that’s why I look a little goober)

[that-wizard-oki]

idk what power you hold but you gotta get the ball rolling on changing the stupid fire elfs talking icon or whatever its called. they look so creepy and evil now, i don't want to help them I want to run from them.

Hey anon! Yea, I personally do agree that the "updated" fire elves are a bit. Uncanny looking :'D Those updated models & icons were made waaay before I ever stepped foot into KI, but I know a lot of players have talked about their dislike for them- we could technically change the dialogue icon fairly easily enough (tho i'll say that like. even if I were to say go in and change the icon back to the old one or something, it would take until the next Live Update for the change to take effect, I believe). However, changing the model of the fire elf (and most of our icons are just render's of our 3d character models) would take more time. Like a character artist would have have to go back, alter the model, alter the textures (which are all hand painted), then we'd have to have an animator check if the new model would work with the existing rig- if it doesn't, we need to make changes to either the rig or the anims themselves, export those out, then design implements it, it goes thru QA, etc, etc... you get the picture :'D

I can definitely bring it up to our art director and see if we might be able to get that changed in the future tho.

Also, if there's any other cosmetic feedback or bugs y'all have for us, your best bet is to to DM one of our community leaders (Kyle, Matt, Chris, they're all pretty easy to find on our discords & twitter) about it, and they're really good about relaying that info to leadership, and then when our production schedule is lighter, we'll take a look at bugs or make smaller cosmetic changes during that time.

On a small note- i'm always happy to try and relay criticisms, ideas, etc to our team within reason, tho I'd just ask ya to be patient and understanding. We're a very small team compared to a lot of other game devs out there. Things take time, and there are sometimes 1,001 reasons why we might not be able to make changes like this. It's not always as simple as "get the ball rolling" unfortunately :'D

[grokebaby]

Vision vs finished product

Hell's high judgements

(this is just me rambling about my initial ideas and process for their character designs)

Tw for a(n image of a) sort of veiny eyeball creature (okhula from fran bow)

Delilah - I think pretty early on, like almost from the start I decided to have her be Deirdre's sister so i already had some footing and reference to go off of for her design. Tho it's possible that at some point in the hazy beginning I hadn't thought of that yet but nonetheless my image of her was some kind of large horned demon. I may have pictured the character as more masculine, or at least not a woman initially but I think that changed really quickly bc like I said she became Deirdre's sister pretty much upon conception. Her initial idea wasn't very different from what we ended up with, my first vision was just a vague, tall, intimidating looking demon who had like their head mysteriously in the shadow and the only way you could tell where the face is was thanks to her glowing horns. Her first vision was more of an aesthetic and a vibe bc being one of twins, she was very easy to design from then on. I also pretty much immediately knew I wanted her to be heavily scarred, particularly on the face, but it took me a bit to figure out how, specifically. I think at first I thought of her missing even more eyes than she is now. Her designing had a clumsy first few steps but it wasn't difficult to settle on. What ended up being difficult was redrawing her at all lmao, I still feel like i do her disservice every other time I draw her ;-; Idk why she's so hard for me to make look decent bc she's not intended to look off-putting or anything like some of my designs intentionally are. Aside from struggling to learn to draw her, it was pretty straightforward. I would say I'm pleased w the final product if I was confident in how I draw her but as of rn I feel like the problem is more me than the design lol :')

Hart - My idea was an indistinguishable mass of eldritchean tentacles, sprinkle in some eyes and whatever extra freaky stuff and yeah. The final product ended up having alot more distinguishing features bc originally I had them be like, an actual black blob. Void with eyes. Like those black cats you only see when they open their eyes. My idea did develop a little from there and I thought of adding onto the "What is this" factor by having them sort of resemble having a legit body structure but twisted and twirled into such knots that it'd be impossible to tell where everything was actually meant to be. Like just, the most tangled uncanny mess. It had this kind of theme, an idea of being folded into itself and having multiple parts that could open and be straightened out and it'd be like this interesting thing w Hart looking a bit different when they're actually completely unfolded. Sort of like how hedgehogs are just spike balls when in defense mode, but w a Lovecraftian horror who is maddeningly dizzying to interpret. Just a weird, uncanny, what am I looking at creature, of resembling body parts that actually aren't those body parts but just placed and knotted to look like them. I'm not sure if I achieved that vibe, tbh the final product looks more like just a generic Tentacle monster with a flavor of Toothless from how to train your dragon but hey. It looks charming and expressive and I'm fine w that :]

Xerxes - He's probably the most visually different from the first idea. I actually actively challenged myself w him, particularly to diverge from the very first idea somehow and do something a little different. Only thing that stayed constant, and the thing I knew I wanted for him from the start, was One Eye. And look at that, he still only has one eye. Technically. My very first visual was this sort of weird.. This. I wasn't sure how else to describe it

Like, that, but just very muscular lol. This sort of. Muscle eyeball demon. Kinda grotesque looking now that I think about it but it felt fitting for a hell demon or Wrath. Just a massive eye. My idea evolved slightly into like an orc or a cyclops after that but this is where I diverged to challenge myself and I thought maybe it could be some beastly looking animal, closer to a minotaur or some animal warrior you'd find in an mmorpg, stuff like that. Initially I had Xerxes be quadrupedal tho, like a feral animal, but still be sentient and demonic somehow. I wanted him to look really fierce and I designed armor and really heavy chains around his neck. I did really like the chains aesthetic but I decided instantly that I WILL NOT be drawing chains that often no sir! When I made him more centaur in body structure I still kept him like, a cyclops for a little while until I decided he could just have battle scars and just lost the other eye. I actually had him resemble a boar at first, I'm not sure when he shifted to being a bull. I could be remembering this part wrong too but I just remember trying to practice drawing a very fierce looking (herbivore) animal. I specifically wanted him to not be a predator animal ykno. I felt like a lion or something would've been too generic or predictable and I wanted some practice, and hey, I've since become pretty attached to bulls specifically. Apparently. Which is neat I think, not sure why I'm so fond of them but I sure am now. Thanks Xerxes. From then on he's mostly evolved to just look more, uh, Idk, better represented as the animal he is? I just know I was poor at drawing bovines and similar animals way back then but have since gotten notably better so I think Xerxes looks amazing these days. I didn't struggle learning to draw him nearly as much as Delilah, he was actually fairly easy bc I proceeded to draw him a fair amount once I really learned him. But like I said I've gotten practice and improved in things like drawing buff people since then so, the final product is great, even though I draw his armor way, way less lol. I'm not that great w armor and besides, I don't draw him in battle all that often..

[into-the-loidverse]

hey, I don't usually reach out to artists like this but I want to thank you for those culturally appropriate masa redesigns. I was a fan of his for a while and admittedly always found those designs he made to be extremely questionable (especially the GANESHA designs... if you have to TELL your audience what real-world God the character is supposed to be then you really messed up when designing them). Like you said, it goes to show that he did enough research to know what they were supposed to look like, but chose to go against it and hypersexualize the designs anyway because horny. Your redesigns proved that he not only could have done better from a cultural standpoint but that these characters would have still been beautiful even if they were wearing more than a yard of fabric lol. Masa has been doing this stuff for a VERY long time and I'm truly surprised that nobody said anything before. I really hope he learns something from this mess but from the way he's been reacting... well, I sort of doubt it. U dont have to respond to this, its just something i wanted to get off my chest, hope u have a good holiday mate

haha anon thank u so much !!!!!!!!!!!! i rly do appreciate this 😆😆💜💜 [long rant below oops soz anon]

oh yeah i definitely agree !!!! ive always had an issue and been pretty vocal [on insta] about his design choices in general bc…. this is a personal ick but i just hate hornybait art [esp from men] bc 90% of the time it looks uncanny that i dont understand how its hot…. this is especially seen in masas newer art - his clothing is vacuum sucked booby pocket that looks plasticky / nonsensical and the faces r just … yknow ? [doesnt help his woman anatomy hasnt improved much w the boobs being super high 2 the collarbone that it makes everything look off - and i always excused it bc i think it was when he drew the soap lagoon tribute image ? he said how he knows his artstyle is not how it was during onibi series and wishes 2 not return 2 it + the art is not the biggest priority over music which makes sense ! idk his art is always the best when not sexualised [or at least u cannot tell at 1st glance] like his avicii tribute / cappuccino pv or literally anything non human like guns / skulls etc]

edit: i just remembered the existence of patriot balalaika [hate that song sm as a russian immigrant] and i lied that song is the *best* researched song bc there is no sexualisation and it bases it true on the life of a war zone - WHICH FUCKING SUCKS that out of all songs it is that gets proper treatment .... what the fuck i get the dude likes military stuff but boooooooo so uninteresting [props 2 him removing the pv tho !]

im very happy that my redesigns served its purpose !! it was honestly quite easy after looking at multiple pictures + articles / blogs about said topic…. his la catrina is the best one only because it matched a cheap outfit i saw while researching so yknow thats something… his defence 4 ganesha also pretty much confirms what u said w hypersexualisation:

funny thing is during this whole situation i wrote an essay about fetishisation of women in comics 4 uni and he fits all the criteria of that so yay…. go cishet men 🥳🥳/s

i am so sorry anon 4 the long rant 😭😭 i too wish u a happy holiday !!!!!!!!!!!!! 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳

[fuddlesthegatekeeper]

title? QD: A Pill Periodical, where i introduce and rate little chemicals designed to look amazing (usually) which are literally guaranteed to all be notably different from one another because they have to be. by law! anyway im bad at this but i do love it so round 2 baby let's goooo

first up, we have another haunting similarity. lets face it, no one needs me to tell them what these pills look like! anyone remotely into pop culture can tell that these bear a striking resemblence to the beloved and universally recognized character from the stars war, good ole Max Rebo! or at least this version of him:

need i say more? 9/10, only cuz the plushie has that missing tenth of goodness.

so i know these look like xany bars but are actually non-addictive anti anxiety johns. cumbersome, dusty, hard as hell to get to sit right in an amber vial but if u can get them in just so, they line up the way id expect carbon to when it forms a diamond. alone, 4/10 but together (and aligned) an easy 8/10.

check out these goopy boys! "ew what are those, they look like little bugs!" says my partner over my shoulder. why, its the omega 3 acid ethyl esters capsules, of course! and they are slippery as they look, to be sure. monsters that they are, doing a 90 day supply can weigh a *lot*. i sort of resent them but im also fascinated by them? 6/9, slippy salamander caps over here

if anyone can tell me what it is about these that makes me anxious, please do. maybe its something to do with color theory... 2/10, looks like what Kylo Ren might take to stay edgy.

speaking of problematic faves! this one goes out to @cedethebees for shape craziness, which earns these puppies 5 points off the bat. on top of that, they share an uncanny texture with phentermine pills in that they look EXACTLY like those minty cube chewing gum with the little blue crystals in them. 7 more points for making me want to eat them more than most pills... sadly we come to the conclusion of the math problem... -8 points for being nothing but a weight loss drug. and yes, my theory is that that is the reason theyre shaped like bones. skin and bone? idk. 4/10. love yourselves, y'all.

now this ones pretty expensive and what better finale for this episode? look. at. those. thingies in there. due to its high cost, we dont keep these around often so its a really nice treat to see them when i can. one day, if i ever drop/damage one, im gonna open it, spill it into the garbage over my fingers, and fulfill some carnal desire on behalf of all the stim people that it may resonate with. 10/10.

well thats the sequel! i have way too many pictures and im gonna reign in the text on the next one, hopefully. gotta work out a good balance between gushing and critique. until next time!

[christmasintheloonybin]

remember a few years ago when all women were drawing on eyebrows like this ➖️➖️ remember that? those huge eyebrows like rock Lee from Naruto and shit. lol. just odd how much trends change and I mean, I doubt very many women naturally have eyebrows like that, but still some do, and it's like what are they supposed to do now? is everyone just supposed to feel happy for their time in the sun? when their natural features are popular? but even then, girls with rock Lee eyebrows probably had to exagerate that even.

I mean honestly I don't fucking care because it doesn't really have anything to do with me. it's just odd. I've always had super weak eyebrows I mean not like bald they're just blond or something, it's funny because they're there, and I have dark hair naturally, they're just super light. and one time I actually did put that stuff on them you know. idk what you call it. the makeup that makes them look darker or whatever. not to go out not to like be a regular thing I did i just sort of wanted to see what it looked like if I had normal eyebrows. fucking uncanny valley for real. it looked so odd. so wrong. that's the thing though if I had naturally dark eyebrows that would just be the way I looked and I would be accustomed to it or something. I think makeup must be like sort of psychologically damaging, especially when it's detached from this cop out of self expression or whatever, and even if you are expressing yourself you're putting on a mask. I mean it's not you. so even changing this small aspect about myself was enough to make me feel uncomfortable - that's not me - so these girls who not only totally alter their skin tone, face shape, lip shape etc. and then on top of that photoshop the picture for Instagram. I mean there's no way this wouldn't cause psychological problems. I'm not making fun or anything like that I mean I feel bad for them and really they're victims of this. but I would encourage women to break out of this as much as possible - but then I'm sort of like genet with his political activism, I have ulterior motives I like normal women I mean like when women look like people and not cartoon characters. or beyond that. I really think women should look like men I mean baggy shapeless clothes no fucking appearance alterations at all. so take everything i say with the grain of salt of my sexual deviancy. but really it's not deviant I mean like everything else I'm right and everyone else is wrong.

[daffenger]

episode 7 thoughts under the cut (off the cuff, not worth much !)

I will probably have to watch it again to get all the details but i've been making noises like a broken whistle all through the episode so i must pace myself. it's like they made this show for ME specifically it's my hole ! my hole ! & it's so cruel that the season is only seven episodes... not so long ago it seems 12-13 was the standard, even for more plot-dense series :,o

love the insane way daniel pronounces "cercueil". & it's so gnarly and yet satisfying when claudia gets to write down his last words :D it's her hobby !

the way we spend nearly the whole episode with lestat in the full face makeup that makes him look uncanny and cruel and then for the throat-slitting scene he's completely bare-faced messy-haired vulnerable. hm.

claudia is SO valid for hating louis for a while there because she's been tortured for that man. and then he slams here against a wall. by the throat no less ??? also lestat and her continue to be so alike. with the piano playing, and with the "always the petty slights with you" and two seconds later she's kicking at antoinette, even though she's pinned to the ground.

antoinette is SO hot in her frock & with her crow's feet !! and for what ! give her back ! but i can't imagine how lestat thought taking claudia out of the picture and bringing antoinette in would lead to any kind of good <:D this man is so stupid

when claudia said "i've killed so many but this is the first time with someone i... ((love))" i was like. ok, & so charlie? and io and behold, it was louis' clumsy rewriting <:D

louis is SO passive (/affectionate). there's a nicer way to say it probably but there's something about how he shoots down the idea of going to Italy in the second episode or so, then the idea of leaving with Claudia (i'll only hold you back), and the way they have him asking lestat whether he was responsible for his brother's death after idk how many years of holding that in... it reminds me of [iwtv book spoilers] how he reacts to armand telling him he pushed her to make madeleine with a vague "oh well don't do it again", and then much later when armand tells him he was the one who had claudia killed, it's hinted he knew/suspected and just lived with it in a don't ask/don't tell way. and he's territorial ! when he and lestat & claudia team up to bully the poor man with the letter there's just something very animalistic about the bunch of them. i guess we will see that too with the theatre des vampyres, and i guess i will love it because i adore everything that has to do with the ethology/sociology of vampires (lone killers vs pack killers). like in the book when louis says like all predators vampires can't stand proximity to the remains of their prays... i jut find it very neat (though that's not actually a real thing re:bears huddling with the carcasses of their kills, etc.).

book spoilers for a book i haven't even technically read (platroa) & a fic everyone should read (The Courts of Love) but the 18th century costumes for the ball gave me flashforwards to the vampire court Lestat ends up creating in his family's castle in Auvergne, France.

technically i was 99.9% certain rashid was armand but still. it's such a cool twist. and i can't wait for season 2 obviously, so that we see more about what their relationship looks like. (i'm still holding out hope for daniel to be turned somewhere along the way)

[transmalewife]

CGI? I think it depends on a couple of factors, chiefly cinematography and SFX as well. Rewatching, I find that I like the PT CGI more than I do the modern SW, but that’s because it has visual phenomena like the Battles of Geonosis and Coruscant that are explosive and flaring, with huge grandiose creative designs and displays whereas the modern ones are more drab and washed out-otherwise singular in their efforts, not as much as they could be? Sorta like comparing Dark Empire to TROS I guess in terms of sheer visuals. Do you have any specific examples or pictures?

yeah like I'll give them that it must be harder to act in a green screen box, and I read something cool once about how in the sequels they used a new technique where the lightsaber props were already glowing before they put the special effects on, so they could cast more realistic lights and shadows, and I love that for the drama, but drama does not replace imagination and god was the sequel trilogy visually boring. like you have a few absolutely striking settings (the salt flats i think they were called were so cool), but othet than that its like come on youre just gonna have some regular green grass? isnt this supposed to be space? the prequels just did not pull any punches in aiming for awestruck with every scenery

and anyway i think i was right about cgi getting worse, and the newest disney films confirm that, and theres a few questions/topics im interested in here

is there a cut off point for how believable special effects need to be for any human to believe them. like sure, i can pick out fake backgrounds in the ot easily (the bike race through the woods is especially glaring) but did people seeing it in the 80s experience it that way? hell, let's go further back. I can pick out some of the views in citizen kane being projected, but were people who didn't know that techniques like that existed, who hadn't seen them executed more seamlessly able to tell it was fake?

the benchmark for good cgi was undeniably raised during the 90's, but in the early 2000s i rememeber sometimes watching things and believing them, and other times being like this is obviously fake, despite being a child. and now, I find myself spotting fakery more often. is that because my standards are higher, or because the quality is decreasing.

is the quality decreasing because of an overreliance on cgi? losing that careful balance between practical and computer effects that makes a set, and most importantly an actor's performace believable, or are the computer effects themselves getting less realistic because disney already owns all of cinema and can just afford not to care/is so greedy they'll sacrifice quality for money by squeezing 8 movies out of their editors every week.

OR is it just that everyone's standards for effects have surpassed what technology is capable off/everyone is aware it's fake so why bother doing it well (horrible approach to art if true)

and also important last note, is this desperate pursuit of realism straight into uncanny valley, and the disdain for anything symbolic, artistic and over the top in modern media (especially animation) a cause or a symptom? idk i watched titane recently and the (spoilers) cgi baby was not very believable, but it didn't need to be. it worked as was, and looking all late 90's matrix like weirdly smooth 3d metal actually worked better than if it was perfect

[blackberry-gingham]

ooh, def Toad!!🐸

Bless you 😭😭😭 also tagging @samatedeansbroccoli since she asked for the same character 😩

Favorite thing:

Probably his severe underdog status tbh. I am not joking when I say that literally no one genuinely likes this man or even gives him the time of day in the Marvel universe.

Which is just amplified when we consider that he's actually extremely powerful, assuming we take his toad powers to their logical and scientific conclusions and all

Least favorite thing:

Dnsjskskak the way that his creators can't settle on one design for him and so he constantly swings between "ok looking at best" to "literally the most hideous, uncanny thing you've ever seen in your life" 😭

Favorite line:

At the tail end of his run in the wolverine X-Men school comic, as he's being exiled for helping Paige do her nefarious stuff and the others are like "was it worth it" or whatever and he says

"All I did, I did for love"

Like..... Bro. Ouchie.

Especially when you consider that Toad's idea of love is kind of warped in that he is just soooo easy to take advantage of. Like, he's a willing dependent in a codependency relationship. He'll do literally anything you ask... Just as long as you at least pretend to give even a fraction of a fuck about him.

So all that to say, that while he may feel his actions are justified bc "he did it for the woman he loves" and all... That's really not even the case tbh, bc he never seemed to be truly loved by her in the first place.

But also in the invasive species mission in contest of champions during the little dialogue transmission, ronin is like "time to die, frog man" or whatever and toad is like "hey fuck you, that guys not like me, he's just a guy in a suit"

AND HES FUCKING RIGHT LMAOOOOO

Idk, not super profound or anything, but genuinely made me laugh so it deserves a spot

brOTP:

Oof, once again, Toad is another guy who doesn't really have friends lol. I'd say him and Spiderman tbh.

Two dudes who are losers irl, but also super smart and all that. They can commiserate over their girl troubles, I'm sure

OTP:

Me again, lmao. I will give him true love 😌🤲🏻

nOTP:

Probably like.... Magneto or something. Ugh, that's so foul. Just the concept hurts to type 😭

Random HC:

I'm trying to think of something I haven't said already lmao

Uuuuuh, he basically starts to fall apart once he hits middle age tbh, lol. He just wants to retire and live a normal life with his s/o after like... 43. Eating bugs starts to give him really bad heartburn and he really hates to crouch down and do that toad hop thing he's known for.

Age and dad bod weight come together for pretty shitty back pain afterwards if he does it for too long.

Unpopular opinion:

Well, there's not really many people to pitch against for me to even have a truly "unpopular opinion" tbh 😂😂😅

But I guess I'd say Todd kind of annoys me tbh. I think it's his diction style more than anything tho, so 😭 That, and it's like... I get why he's more of a popular choice in fanfictions, but also.... Idk. What about the og tho 😭😭

Song I associate:

Probably listen up by Oasis off of the very excellent The Masterplan album. One bc I just associate Liam Gallagher and his voice and image so hard with Mort, but also the mood is right and the lyrics are accurate.

That and the titular song off that same album. The Masterplan, the song, is sung by Noel, Liam's brother, but idk. I really love his voice for like.... Adult Toad.

The first is more about making up your mind to be your own man, even if it means you have to go at life on your own.

The second has a lot more to unpack tbh lmao, but basically it ties into the idea that "the plan for life is that there is no plan" and while that may sound scary, and sure it can be... But we should also realize the potential it has in that good things can happen too, even when we don't expect them.

Favorite picture:

Lmao am I wrong to post one of my drawings 😭

I'd say I'm caught between this panel of the comic, bc like.... W I D E. Plus, canon dad bod confirmed lmao

And this scene from days of future past just bc I literally died like LMAO. Even in an alternate universe, this man is forced into a crummy job. That, and the fact that a man who's poisonous enough to take out literally anyone in an actual fucking heartbeat...

Is cooking FOOD and with no gloves or anything. Like.... This is such an absolutely God tier FDA violation 😭😭

[willowbird]

For the prompt thing, could you do 2 for au, 4 for trope and 5 for prompt with andreil?

Hogwarts au, meet messy, "you have the emotional capacity of a brick"

Dearest anon, how did you know that I have been literally aching for an excuse to do something with a hogwarts au?

For context, because idk if I'll be able to explain it in the ficlet, Andrew and Aaron have been raised by their real father, Joseph Minyard, and his wife, Betsy Dobson, since the twins were seven. Andrew instinctively retaliated against an abuser with magic when he was in foster care, bringing him to the attention of whatever the US's ministry of magic is called (I forgot). They found his dad, who is a British wizard, and also discovered Aaron's existence. The twins, upon meeting each other and finding out they were wizards, chose to stay together and go with their dad rather than risk potentially being separated in whatever system the US magic people has for orphaned magic kids.

(look, I've been thinking about this A LOT okay?)

The following scene would take place the summer before the twins' fifth year. They are fifteen, Kevin is sixteen, Neil is fourteen.

Please be aware that all these characters are a lot younger and significantly less traumatized. I mean, shit still happened to them, but they all get rescued from their abusive home lives a lot earlier than in canon.

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Andrew Minyard had lost a bet.

It was a really shitty bet, and Andrew should have known at the time that he was being fucking set up. But, well - what was it that broody fucker always said? Oh. C'est la vie. Or something. Whatever.

Point being, Andrew made a stupid bet and then he lost and it was really his own damn fault. Now he was stuck going to stupid Kevin Day's stupid house to play stupid broom-ball over summer break when he could have been basking in the wonders of muggle efficiency like television and air conditioning. What made it worse was that his mom had been so damn delighted that he was going over to a friend's house, too, and Andrew didn't usually have it in him to smash her hopes and dreams when she was so genuinely happy for him.

So. Here he was, broom in hand (because if he had to do this he was at least going to suffer with the familiarity of his own fucking broom), staring up at obviously haunted creaky old manor house that Day apparently lived in.

"Great," he grumbled to himself. "Just.. great." Andrew did not like ghosts, did not like them one fucking bit. They always wanted to chat you up and had absolutely no respect for personal space.

The longer he delayed, though, the longer Day was probably going to force him to participate in his bullshit "training camp", so Andrew straightened his shoulders and trudged up the cracked stone staircase that lead up the hill to the front door of the house. The very second Andrew had both feet on the dilapidated front porch, one hand reaching for the knocker, the front door began to swing slowly open. You know, as they were wont to do in creepy old ghost-infested houses owned by wizards.

Without waiting for a welcome (because the door fucking opened for him, that was invitation enough), Andrew strolled inside. He didn't even flinch when the door slammed shut behind him.

(Okay, maybe he jumped a little bit. Just a little.)

No one was waiting for him in the foyer, because of course that would be too easy. At least the inside of the house didn't look as abandoned as the outside did. On the contrary, the foyer was well-lit and free dust and cobwebs. It opened up into a round sitting room that looked lived-in rather than haunted, personal affects strewn about here and there in vaguely organized chaos and family pictures on the mantle above the fireplace.

This, Andrew had learned quickly upon his introduction to the magical world about seven or so years ago now, was fairly common when it came to magical families living in and around muggle neighborhoods. Sure, there were wholly wizarding villages, but not a ton of them. Most of the magical community had to coexist or at least peripherally exist with the muggle one. With the work of a couple of charms and a heavy dose of aesthetic, a magical family could live comfortably without the muggles looking too closely - and even if they did look closely, it was the haunted old house at the end of the street so strange things were bound to happen around it, right?

Homey as it may be on the inside, it was still actually haunted, though. Andrew had a good sense about ghostly lairs and this was definitely one of them.

Heaving a sigh, Andrew moved through the sitting room and ventured deeper into the house. The sooner he found Kevin, the sooner he could leave.

The rest of the house, Andrew swiftly found, was an uncanny combination of the haunted image it presented to outsiders and the cozy haven of the front sitting room. The hall leading off the sitting room was normal when you looked down it heading away from the sitting room, but when Andrew looked back over his shoulder it was like looking into something out of a cheap horror film (of which Andrew had viewed many, much to his father and brother's chagrin, but his mother liked to critique them with him).

Andrew checked each door he came across. Some of them were locked. Some opened into perfectly normal coat closets and bathrooms. At least one of them opened onto an actual cemetery where a bunch of ghosts were playing croquet. Andrew quickly shut that door before any of them tried to talk to him.

It was when he came to the staircase, however, that he finally started to get somewhere. Voices could be heard when he hit the first landing, but they completely vanished when tried to move beyond it - either further up the stairs or out into the hall. Turning to inspect the walls, Andrew realized that one of them wasn't actually a wall at all, but an illusion -- his hand right through!

"This is getting ridiculous," Andrew grumbled to himself as he stepped through the goddamn fucking wall.

He found himself in a wide, clean hallway bathed in the bright sunlight that was streaming in from the skylights placed every few feet. From one of the open doors a bit down the hall, Andrew could finally make out the words of what was obviously an argument.

"How many times do I have to tell you that I'm not going to your bloody school, Day?!"

"You can't just not go to school, Neil! The Ministry will have your wand, and then where will you be?"

"Oh come off it, do you really still buy into all that regulatory shit? They can't track me if I'm not a student unless they have an open warrant out on me. I could turn the corner store into a giant anthropomorphic pig that pisses coffee and they wouldn't know it happened until the story hit the local news, and even then they'd have a hard time tracking me down, considering those lazy twats barely even know how to read let alone track a rogue wizard."

"Galloping Gargoyles, Neil. Where in Merlin's name do you come up with this shit."

"It's called an imagination, Day. I was able to foster one while not being indoctrinated into the sheep-brain miasma that is Ministry-approved wizarding society."

This 'Neil' was getting more worked up as he spoke, spitting out his words like he was crafting a very pointed hex. There was the scuff of footsteps and a shadow fell across the hall as someone stepped toward the hall. "I'll be leaving now, thanks. Have fun being institutionally programed to fit the conservative mediocrity."

A larger shadow blotted out most of Neil's. "You can't just go, Neil!"

There was a scuffle, then a short kid wearing oversized robes stumbled into the hall. "Try and bloody catch me then, you lumbering infant of a Bandersnatch!" And then the kid turned and bolted down the hall -- right toward where Andrew had paused to eavesdrop on their conversation.

Now, Andrew was all ready to step aside. This was none of his business, after all. If this mouthy kid wanted to run away and join the circus or something, more power to him. He, also, thought school was a nightmare. But then Kevin stumbled out into the hall and shouted, "Andrew! Block him!"

And, well. Look. This was all fucking Kevin's fault. Kevin and his stupid cross-House quidditch club and his obsession with running drills. It was also Nicky's fault, for forcing them all to go so they could bond or what the fuck ever the purpose was. But Kevin shouted 'block!' and Andrew had spent two years as a beater and one year as a keeper and, well, reflexes kicked in.

He blocked.

Except, he had spent two years as a beater, and he was holding a broom. So.

His arms moved on their own, and it was a mighty, vicious swing. The next second the kid was flat on his back, gasping to try and catch his breath. Kevin loped over on legs too long, shooting Andrew an appreciative grin that Andrew kind of wanted to punch off of him.

"What.. the.. actual... fuck..." the kid - Neil - wheezed from the floor.

Now that he was officially drawn into this mess, Andrew allowed himself to indulge his curiosity and slung his broom up against one shoulder to approach the fallen boy. He felt a little bad (okay, more than a little), so he figured he'd offer him a hand up at least. Except, when he got to the kid and looked down he was shocked to find just about the prettiest boy in the whole Nimue-cursed universe.

(Andrew's gay awakening had happened when he was twelve years old. The keeper of the Gryffindor quidditch team smiled at him and told him he'd make a pretty good beater. Andrew had tried out for his own House team the very next week, and it had all been downhill from there.)

Andrew cleared his throat and opened his mouth to say something cool and unbothered, because that's what you did when you met someone pretty and wanted to impress them. Instead, like the utter dork that he was, he said, "Red hair and a hand-me-down robe? You must be a Weasley."

"What the fuck is a Weasley?" the sharp, pretty boy on the floor shot back through gritted teeth, pushing himself up into a sitting position.

Kevin's obnoxious shadow fell across the both of him and he sighed, putting his hands on his hips. "Don't mind Andrew, he remembers everything he hears and has a tendency to regurgitate random lines from other things when he feels awkward or anxious."

"Don't mind Kevin," Andrew followed up conversationally, "he's an insufferable know-it-all with a tendency to overshare and force people to play stupid broom-ball when they should be having a perfectly air-conditioned summer break."

"You emotionally wound me."

"You have the emotional capacity of a brick, don't try me Day."

Kevin rolled his eyes. Neil honed in on Andrew with eerie intensity. "You have an air-conditioner?"

Aha! Mission accomplished: cute boy impressed.

Andrew smirked. "Yup." He popped the 'p', feeling quite good about himself, his earlier bumble placed in the back of his head where he could obsess about it later.

Neil's narrowed eyes scanned him up and down, then relaxed, the blue of them bright and intelligent. He looked like he was figuring something out about Andrew but Andrew had no idea what or why. It took some effort, but instead of squirming he met Neil's gaze full-on. After a long moment, Neil seemed to have made a decision. He pushed himself up to his feet and nodded. "Alright then. You play quidditch?" He gestured to Andrew's broom with the jerk of his chin.

He hadn't noticed it earlier because he'd been so fascinated with the argument itself, but now that he could focus on Neil's voice, Andrew realized that there was something of about his accent. It wasn't that it seemed fake but more that it... it reminded him of his own, back when he'd been younger and had only been in England for a couple of years. He remembered being teased for it, and getting into a lot of fights because of that. Well, he remembered getting into fights because Aaron was also teased, and no one picked on his brother but him.

"I thought you were going to run off and join the circus." Andrew arched a brow.

Neil wrinkled his nose. "No. I'm still not going to your stupid castle school." He paused and looked from Andrew to the broom back over to Kevin and sighed. "But... one or two games of quidditch before I go can't hurt."

Kevin looked overjoyed. He grinned at Andrew and Andrew supposed that they really must be friends now, because he felt quite pleased about that.

"Great!" said Kevin. "Let's go! We should be able to get in some warm-up rounds before the others get here!"

"Others?" Andrew and Neil said with identical inflections of disdain. The sound of an echo startled the both of them and the looked at each other. Then, Neil smiled.

Andrew supposed a day without AC playing stupid broom-ball wasn't so bad after all.

Fun little prompt things

[thefairyletters]

Could you answer this question? I went through a bunch of Sakura fics, many recommended by yourself (many good ones, thanks for your excellent taste!) but I also explored on my own, which is how this question spurred. I was wondering why so many ppl want Sakura to have wood release? &, because it's been a while so my memory's foggy, wasnt wood release sort of a bloodline thing? They had to infuse Hashirama's cells w/ Yamato for him to use it. It seems a little...I guess radical to give it to her? I LOVE Sakura, which is exactly why it kind of throws me off. I think she's already strong as is, & I think being able to utilize genjutsu & slug sage mode are logical expansions of her abilities, so wood release seems very...Idk how to put it but it seems like erasing Sakura. I'm discovering that I truly really dont think I like BAMF Sakura fics a lot bc it just doesnt read AS Sakura. It's like the author's are ashamed of her. Also I dislike when they use Strong!Sakura as a tag on ao3 bc she IS strong that HASNT changed & there's a canonical version of BAMF!Sakura in everything before the Pein arc. Everything after the Pein arc turned the entire series in a bad fanfiction for everyone in itself.

Thank you, I'm happy to know you enjoyed my recs!

That's a good question.

This is what I think makes Sakura badass ➡ here

I love Sakura the way she is, as well. Her development, however, is lacking not in terms of her personality but her skillset. She has impressive chakra control, monstrous strength and is one of the two frontline medics and one of the best healers in the world. She has impressive feats under her belt as well, two of the most remarkable include her byakugo seal and her fight with Sasori alongside Chiyo. But it pales in comparison to her teammates, including Sai and Kakashi. I don't mind that too, because her journey is different than others, excluding Lee and possibly Tenten. She isn't seen much involved in fights, her attacks are repetitive in the show, she isn't bestowed many techniques under her belt and her best moments are in games and novels. It is not her character's fault but Kishimoto who just doesn't use her strength and intelligence which he (and other characters) have mentioned she has.

She is genjutsu type – but has she ever performed one, or even gotten out of one easily? Whats the use of such information if Kishimoto doesn't use it?

She has near perfect chakra control – she should be easily able to perform many techniques and practice different elements, especially water, but earth style and cloning is what we mostly ever see her use.

She has good foundation in Taijutsu – and that should increase her stamina and therefore her chakra coils, and that in turn will ensure she is able to use many techniques.

Her medical and research skills are only next to Tsunade – and we wish to see her revolutionize the medical field which she has but in Borutoverse. That is time skip. That doesn't really relive you much.

She has resistance to mind jutsus, thanks to her inner personality – and theoretically she should be able to even evade strong genjutsus like she did Ino's clan technique (something never been done before) but Kishimoto only used that incredible ability once. ONCE.

She has massive chakra storage and exceptional chakra control and sensitivity – she should be able to master Senjutsu, a field which is all about chakra. Anything that has to do with chakra control is Sakura's playground.

She is more or less an unofficial poison expert – but we didn't see her playing with poison expertly (a poison that even Suna's poison experts failed to break) after Gaara's retrieval arc.

She is the smart and responsible one of team 7 – but Kishi often makes her look both stupid and selfish. We don't see her use her intelligence much. I hate that more than her lacking in the expansion of the skills.

She trained under a political leader – that itself makes her and Shizune great administrators and governors. So, out of everyone, Sakura is the one of the best Hokage material. Hokage is said to be the strongest fighter of the village but that requirement failed us when Tsunade became the fifth Hokage.

She has yin seal – the strongest seals one can make, in their own body no less. It also shows her expert control of her chakra. She can summon one of the big 3 summons. Sealing is more or less code that requires high intelligence and great chakra control that can be fused into the ink. As far as I can tell, she is one of the best candidates to learn Fuinjutsu.

With all these possibilities of her growth – because it is not something we make up but something Kishi has implied she has but never explored – how can one not exploit it? It doesn't mean one doesn't love Sakura for who she is but that its because they love her that they want to give her what she has the right to. She doesn't have to be expert at something to be powerful, just her putting her skills to best use is admirable as it is. I love Sakura for who she is and who she could be.

Now, onto the question as to why people seem to favour giving Sakura wood release, this are the following reasons that I think could be it:

Does it have to be bloodline limit?

Kishimoto gave Hashirama a unique bloodline limit that apparently cannot be inherited by any other Senju. That defeats the purpose of bloodline limit. What makes Senju clan so different? Without Hashirama in the picture, you cannot distinctly identify a Senju clan member aside from their strong chakras. Tobirama is identified for his water techniques. Tsunade has perfect control of her chakra that allowed her to exhibit monstrous strength and incredible healing abilities. How come wood release is a bloodline limit but is not passed down the line?

It is complicated because Tsunade is also renowned for her perfect chakra control just like Hashirama. So, some stories make Sakura a secret Senju clan member because of her uncanny resemblance to Tsunade and Senju clan in general. Pink hair can be a diluted version of Red (Mito) and her chakra control originating directly from Hashirama's lineage.

I personally don't like this because I love Sakura being a civilian child.

It's not a bloodline limit:

So, assuming wood release is not a bloodlimit but a very hard technique requiring precise chakra control and mastery of dual elements Earth and Water, then it is possible for Sakura to practice same technique because of her prodigious chakra control. By that logic, we can also assume that Tenzo inherited Hashirama's unique chakra control to use wood release. Because Orochimaru could have used Tsunade's DNA too if it was only about clan blood. So that rules out bloodline limit.

I love the idea of Sakura practising wood release because it is possible for her to do so. So if an author gives Sakura wood release that she hones with practice and control (ref. fanfic: Labyrinthine) instead of having been gifted with it, I'm digging it.

Nature chooses the wood user:

Naruto universe has many references to spiritual entities such as gods/goddesses, reincarnation and celestial bodies. It is conceivable to make nature an ethereal entity that has its own will. Sakura looks like the embodiment of spring with her petal hair and green eyes, and Hashirama can be compared to wood with his warm personality and appearance, these attributes can make them look distinctly attractive to nature. No other characters remind me strongly of nature than these two so I suppose they can be uniquely selected to be blessed this ability. Tenzo's abilities is the result of human experiment by Orochimaru who always cheats on nature so he is an exception.

I only like this because I like the idea of Sakura being Nature's child.

Most stories that I love don't give her a special edge and only give her more techniques under her arsenal. It is very rarely that I love an OCC Sakura who has a bloodline, a clan or godlike abilities.

After Pein's arc, Naruto turned into a joke. Everyone in team 7 (barring Sakura, Sai and Yamato) and long list of antagonists seemed to get power ups left and right. Sakura got hers in the last moment as a last ditch effort to reunite team 7 as one, a moment that felt so hasty that I couldn't take the show seriously at all. I was so disappointed with the whole war arc. I cringe just thinking about it. I sometimes think if it would have been better for everyone to just die with happily ever after in their mind. That would be tragic but a fitting end because Madara became too OP and Kaguya ridiculously so.

The reason people add 'Strong', 'BAMF', 'Smart' prefixes before Sakura is the reason why people add extra qualities to Sakura's character. They are not satisfied with how Sakura handles herself in fights and many base her fights with the one she had with Sasori. After that, did you see her actively participating in any major fight, barring her attempts to make a score on sidelines? Usually, these fanfictions also justify why she is Tsunade 2.0, something the Naruto failed to show.

By the way, many stories have BAMF tag for Shikamaru, Naruto and Sasuke as well. Are they not already strong af? They don't use Strong tag for them though, and that's because their fighting prowess is already seen. Shikamaru is not much of a fighter as much as he is a strategist and a leader. He is a cool and sly character. Naruto and Sasuke have flashy moves with flashy names under their belt with absurd power levels that puts them in god tier. Sakura has none of that – no signature move that is uniquely her, no clan to back her, no move with a name (barring game moves) – and she is seen useless because she is a healer which is a non-offensive, background job even if it is the most crucial and taxing job. It's significance is even more reduced when people point out how her work is futile because they are again sent to the fight/missions once they are up to go. Most fans only care for visual aesthetics, regardless of how rare and in-demand medics are because of the lack of qualified people who can muster and use medical chakra properly.

Sakura is more than just a healer but in canon she is more or less reduced to that. To make things worse for her, both Ino and Hinata are also shown to have healing techniques. They both also have clan techniques (vastly unknown) with them which makes them appear more 'useful'. Sakura is literally in the shadow of her mentor and her friends.

In Boruto, she is said to be the most powerful Kunoichi of her generation and quite possibly the greatest medic in the world but in Shippuden it is severely undermined. This is also why Boruto fans love Sakura but a bunch of Shippuden fans don't.

I mostly don't judge BAMF/Strong Sakura fanfictions, but I mostly avoid Anbu Sakura fanfictions if I can because I personally don't belive Sakura to be an Anbu material.

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I want to add more, but I think I got my point across. Thank you for reading this far. I hope I answered your question adequately.