#more useless rambles of me

[tinderbox210]

So I've seen so many people thinking Avad and Nil are related, half-brothers or cousins...

While I see where people are coming from with them looking alike at first glance (though that's also thanks to the same style of beard and budget reasons), I don't think they actually look that much alike in build, facial structure and complexion when you actually compare them and for obvious shipping reason, I reject any headcanon where these pretty boys can't kiss each other.

I also think if Nil was Avad's brother (bastard brother and no legitimate heir to Jiran), it would have been revealed in HZD and Nil would have played a different role in the story that would have most likely let to some kind of confrontation between him and Avad (they probably would have made Nil part of the Eclipse and jealous of Avad getting the throne that's denied to Nil for being a bastard to heighten the family drama or something like that).

Personally I've really started to like the idea that Nil was related to Helis, maybe even being his son after it was put in my head by a great Nil/Avad story I read, because it would explain a lot about Nil, and maybe also related to Ligan. They all share these distinct pale greyish eyes which could be a sign that they are in some way related. Nil and Ligan even wear the same tribal markings which could indicate a family relation or at least that they come from the same region/village (like how the Tenakth distinguish their tribe heritage by painting in different colours) and Ligan could have provided Nil with the hunter gear despite Nil not being part of the Hunters Lodge.

So I headcanon Nil is either Helis' son and Ligan's nephew, or Ligan is Nil's (grand)father and Helis' his uncle. It could work both ways but Nil being Helis' son would be more dramatic.

Nil and Helis share some interesting similarities in their personality with both basically living only for blood and violence. Helis' obessive religious belief is similar to Nil's obsession with death though Helis is a lot more unchecked while Nil at least tries to stirr his worst impulses in the right direction. And they use similar prose in the way they talk.

We know Helis used to have a wife and son who died and I can see that having been some turning point for him, along with Jira slipping into madness, that could have turned him from being more or less "decent" man into the brutal fanatic that we see in the game, who probably would have had no problem with drilling his only surviving child in his image to become the same ruthless killer and deadly instrument for the mad Sun-King's bloody will. And Nil losing the rest of his family while being left at the mercy of his monstrous father could easily be the reason that sent him on his dark path.

(and they both have a thing for those fancy red feathered headpieces, so either they're related or Nil was at some point trained by Helis as a Kestrel and adapted his sense of fashion)

And if Helis' was Nil's father, it would explain Nil's stance on staying out of "politics" in a reasonable way and why he only went after bandits after his "rehabilitation" but neither joined the Eclipse nor jumped at the opportunity to kill those bastards.

Nil being Helis' son would also give Nil and Avad some nice parallels in their background and a way for them to relate to each other with both of them having had to live under the thumb of a cruel and fanatic father whose idiology they end up rejecting.

And if Nil was Helis' son, Avad would have known him personally prior to the game and would have know how Helis' mistreated him, which could be the reason why Nil got a light sentence for his confessed crimes beyond Avad just having a good heart and believing in rehabilitation of criminals.

[lazylittledragon]

oke it's 5pm and i've been day drinking but come closer. listen to me

i get asked for character writing advice quite a lot and i really don't feel qualified to give any but i have 1 (one) hack for relationship dynamics that hasn't failed me yet and it's the Ikea Test

if you're figuring out how to characterise a relationship (platonic or romantic) and you're struggling: just imagine them having to put together an ikea flatpack and write how it would go

[thatimageoftomscott]

a collection of tom thirst yt comments ( + some bonus from instagram).

[imtrashraccoon]

Guess who's been adding a sentence to the next siren chapter everyday? Guess who just broke through the scene they were stuck on? Guess who's thinking of writing one more completely optional scene for Skull because he deserves it?

[cupidsbeaux]

i've been thinking a lot about teeth in the suckening. Arthur starts off with purposefully dulled teeth, meaning that he had to rely on Void to properly bite into whatever he'd hunted. when he gave up his appearance his teeth grew sharp and grotesque, preventing him from properly hiding behind the same facade as before.

Shilo's teeth resemble a classic vampire look with just sharpened canines, but he refuses to use them. he's disgusted by the idea of biting into someone; he feigns humanity by drinking from a cup and willfully ignoring that the blood is still from a person even if he doesn't have to use his teeth.

I think Emizel's teeth are the most interesting since every tooth in his mouth becomes serrated from the moment he becomes a kindred. he didn't make much effort to hide his vampiric abilities once he got them, but he couldn't even if he wanted to because his teeth made it obvious that he was no longer human. plus, edward removed all his teeth that one time, wasn't that cool.

there's no point i wanted to make here, these are simply my ramblings. i just think teeth are cool and that it's neat how they reflect aspects of their respective characters.

[emerald-cloud23]

Been hving this theory for a few months now that this "Master Wu caused the Merge" thing is just Wu having been surprised by how soon it happened. It wasn't supposed to come this early, we've heard him say it in multiple flashbacks

Also, theory that kind of goes along with this is that Ras is responsible for it happening so early. He mentions in s2 to Jordana (possessed by Rox) that he used Dragon Icons (like that really pretty dagger/sword Lloyd got from Motion at the end of s2) to lure the Energy Source Dragon and then captured it. At the end of s1 when Lloyd goes to release said Source Dragon (with the Dragon Energy Cores!) it says that 'freeing it could cause the whole cosmos to destabilize. That destabilization could've resulted in the Merge, which then threw Wu for a loop because it wasn't supposed to happen yet but it did. Oh, also I think it's obvious that either Wu can do some astral projection stuff now or he's actually dead (I kinda figured it would be the latter after the second batch of s1 dropped in 2023 but remained silent.. He's probably dead tho)

[roadkilledretard]

rough draft

[so-very-small]

me: been a while since i made some fluffy g/t ocs, i should do that

the little mouse who runs in circles in my brain and talks endlessly about g/t: oh no

me: you took the fluff and turned it into a fucked up enemies to devoted lovers dynamic, didn’t you

my little brain mouse: oh yes

[steelthroat]

First time staying at the hotel of a theme park (against my will, but that's a long story) and... it's so weird??????

Like I feel like I am not supposed to be here, how do I put it... it screams luxury but I a... childlike/childish way????

And I feel restless, like something is wrong. Uncanny.

[dawdlecentric]

好きだから -- ぼ虹の日 edit

This is very self indulgent and I wasn't even expecting to finish it in time for boniji day. Maybe I just love the pairing so much I wanna make something for it also cuz I still haven't drawn anything about them lately cuz depression go brrrrr

This is initially from Nijika's POV towards Bocchi but some lyrics strayed from that especially the dog part and the last one. But this could also be from Bocchi's POV visualizing Nijika's feelings about her since the edit did start and end with Bocchi in it so...yeah that's how this edit is interpreted (also I kinda got stuck of not knowing what clips that could fit in some parts so ignore if most of the clips are from episode 8)

Btw at the 「またね」 and 「また明日」 part, I was originally going to put the same lines by both Nijika & Bocchi from the show but it sounds out of place so I scrapped it. Tho if I'm better at editing I could make it work and blend it along with the song without it sounding weird (but I'm not :P)

Another thing is that although the lyrics did say 授業 (class) / 放課後部 (after-school club) / LINE in some parts, I changed it to バイト (part time job or in this case I chose work) / 帰宅部 (go-home club) / LOINE to fit the terms in BTR

[thechibilitwick]

how to stop wasting my time and stop feeling like a bum

[autisticlee]

sometimes people who struggle like to make jokes or find positives about their condition that causes them to struggle so they can escape the constant negative and struggle. sometimes autistic people will say things like "the 'tism" or use the "autism creature" or say their autism helped them have a *positive trait* to feel better about their struggles. because living your life only focusing on the struggles and negatives is depressing and makes it hard to want to live, even if those struggle take up 100% of your life and you can't actually escape them. sometimes any little seemingly positive thing can help a lot.

but there's so many other autistic people that hate when we do that and call it "reducing autism to a cute trendy thing" and say it takes away from *their* struggles and is bad and shouldn't be used. maybe *you* want to only focus on your struggles, but some people can't live in constant negative and need some positive or to find ways to make their condition more positive so they can feel better about living with their struggles. life is hard. I take anything I can get.

I cant get jobs. I can't make and keep friends. I can't get help and support for doing "normal" things so sometimes I go weeks without being able to shower and without eating more than a bowl of cereal a day. most times can't even do things I like. struggle to communicate. have meltdowns. i'll never be able to live independently. I struggle a lot. but instead of sitting here always depressed and having no motivation to live, i'd rather try to joke about "my 'tism is acting up again" when i'm struggling (just an example. don't think I ever actually used the 'tism thing but i saw others use it) or say "i'm just being a creature" when I need to stay in my dark room because everything is too much and I personally find it cute to be a little creature meant in a positive way. i'm not actually downplaying mine or anyone else's struggles. I still acknowledge them and that silly jokes dont make them go away. i'm not trying to be trendy. i'm not doing any of the things people say we do by making silly little jokes. i'm using the silly little jokes to convince myself life can be a little more than pointless, painful garbage all the time.

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[edwinisms]

I really don’t wanna be that guy but completely honestly why does anyone think that a petition is going to do anything

[pftones3482]

A list of ways they could have ended the Hamster and Gretel season finale that would have been better than whatever the hell that was:

Gretel reveals herself to Hiromi to help explain to her why Kevin constantly has to dip (Hiromi has proven herself trustworthy several times at this point there is literally no risk to telling her)

Kevin and Gretel have an actual heart to heart where they talk out why they're frustrated with each other

Gretel reads Kevin the speech she literally wrote for him

Some kind of flash back to the twins where we see Lauren starting to doubt the whole "supervillain" thing

I get it's a "kids show" but kids shows still deserve actually good writing and plot and this just. Wasn't it. The open ending was TOO open ended. Leaving the failed date for next season? Sure. Leaving the potential redemption arc for the villain next season? Yeah okay.

Wiping away the brother and sister tension with a throwaway scene and no follow up? Come on. And ending with the stupid aliens teasing next season, then crushing Kevin further with how he wasn't supposed to get powers, and finishing out the whole season with what literally is just a, "That's rough buddy?"

Yeesh.

[ran-orimoto]

Idk. Today I remembered about this scene from Frontier and since the TGC has sealed the connection between Junpei and Fairymon (🤣🤣🤣🤣 LMAO JK JK) , it won’t hurt to give a little spotlight to one of my favourite Frontier moments ever.

Favourite also because it is a clear parallelism between the moment Izumi lost her spirit and Junpei put a hand on her shoulder and this moment in which Junpei is the one whose spirit gets stolen. It’s very cute, I want to draw more Junpei interacting with Fairymon in the future. Idk why they’re precious in my head. The fact Fairymon awakens when Izumi shouts his name makes my heart THROB. She is their first supporter 💜 (and she doesn’t know LOL).

[ghoul--doodle]

Why does instagram keep showing me shitty over gorey superhero cartoons go away