#out of absolute curiosity

[b-o-e]

GRURGLDNUILCB RECENT FIC IS ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL LOVE LOVE LOVEEEEEEEEE (LITERALLY) !!!!!!! I LOVE RAIN FICS SO MUCH AND THIS WAS TOP TIER !!!!!!!!!<333333333333

ALSO I FIND IT VERY FUNNY THAT I PREDICTED THE NEXT FIC LOL I REALLY AM INSIDE YOUR BRAIN

AMAZING FIC ONCE AGAIN THANK YOU FOR POSTING IT WAS VERY MUCH WORTH THE WEIGHT

...WAIT, IT WAS WORTH THE WAIT

(JULIEEEEEEEEE <333)

Opalz

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU AHHHHH

I just love soft moments in the rain. won’t someone lay in the middle of the street with me on a warm, rainy summer night, no traffic, just us, letting the rain absolutely soak through our clothes as we talk the night away? like. PLEASE. thunder rumbling gently in the distance, not a care in the world, who’s gonna see us? (hopefully any cars that do happen to pass by GAHAHAH)

alas, I shall stop my yearning rambles! dating scares me! B) I will keep on daydreaming and writing about these scenarios instead bagshahah!

but again, THANK YOU!!! I am glad you enjoyed!! I am sorry for the late response, i felt bad bagshahah!! bye opalz!!!

[esmeislewd]

Ancient vampires forgetting that humans actually gain weight when you feed them on a diet of almost nothing but cake because they enjoy sweeter blood and getting awfully surprised when their favourite cattle waddles into their quarters after sunset unable to fit into their clothes anymore.

[miguxadraws]

something awful (Not the forum)

@spitinsideme i'm sorry

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

“Poorly-Drawn” Poorly-Drawn-MDZS by my friend who has no context for what MDZS is, but has read every comic of mine in support.

[fisheito]

I started reading beastars so now HE's reading beastars .wait

THEY'RE reading beastars

[sysig]

Ellen McLain’s commentary from my trivia playthrough

[sarcasticsra]

HE COULDN’T THINK OF ANY FACTS.

Hyperfixation and passion got married and are taking care of all of the interests! Elias’ brain is just absolutely flooded with dopamine right now, it’s the BEST.

“A strong sense of pleasure slightly tempered by conscience sounds pretty fun.” Trapp is always 100% correct. My god this man is so quick and talented. More Trapp on D20 2kforever.

Conscience understanding the place self-loathing can come from and shrinking it back into more helpful “you fucked up but you’re going to fix it” guilt, accountability. Goddamn seriously self-loathing evolving from guilt Brennan you’re a goddamn genius.

Impulse and hyper vigilance have gotten divorced and remarried 17 times at least already, you can’t convince me otherwise.

Way to go, Elias. I knew you could do it, buddy.

[edsbacktattoo]

I have Gathered some Data

@skysofrey and I recently got into a discussion about names in OFMD. Specifically, how many times does Ed actually call Stede by his name in the show? We could only think of a few examples each and that didn't seem right. And because I'm insane, I decided to rewatch and note down every time a name was used, who used it, and who was being spoken to. Here are my findings!

Before you proceed, please know that this is strictly for fun and because I was curious. There are likely errors in the data (I'm sure I missed some things, I'm just one person.) but! I still think that what's been gathered is very interesting.

Here are some other fun/important/miserable things that I found in my travels:

There is one more time where Stede calls Ed “Edward,” and the only time it isn’t said to him directly. This is when Stede is addressing the petrified orange.

Of the five times that Stede is called “The Gentleman Pirate,” two of them are from Ed.

Ed calls Stede by his name only twelve times in the series. Only two of these instances are spoken to someone else. There are two others when Ed is looking for him at the pier, and therefore spoken to no one.

There are only ten instances of other characters calling Ed something other than his name or “Blackbeard.” Two of these are from Izzy, during the scene in Spanish Jackie’s bar, where he’s informing Stede that Ed would like to meet with him. During this scene, he only uses “my captain” and “my boss.” This is one of the very few times he doesn’t refer to Ed to other people as “Blackbeard” and it’s at the time that is arguably the most important. (He’s an idiot.)

Out of the twenty times that Ed refers to himself, fourteen of those are as “Blackbeard/The Kraken.” He refers to himself with names other than “Ed/Edward” 70% of the time. 50% of the times he refers to himself by his name are during the beach scene in episode nine, and there is only one instance where he uses his name that is not in Stede’s company. ("Actually, I do want to be called 'Ed' from now on.")

Izzy only refers to Ed as "Edward" to other people four times in the show. Two of those times are when he's marooning Stede's crew, and each time he uses his name in that scene, he takes on a mocking tone. Meaning that 50% of every instance he's referred to Ed as "Edward" to other people, he's been mocking his name.

Ed calls Stede "mate" as often as he calls him by his name, but he only calls him "mate" directly.

Stede calls Ed by his name only once more than Izzy does.

80% of the times Ed refers to himself by name happen in episode nine.

[uniquezombiedestiny]

I don't want you to forget me I want you to die with me. I miss you I should have lived. I love you. Why are you putting these words in my mouth?

(artfight attack for @tsunagite, ft. reinhardt :3)

[liquidchocolatecake]

currently captive audience to a knock down drag out fight in my brain between desire to respect the wishes of the creator and not look for anyone redistributing the comic and god i fucking miss wonderlab i miss wonderlab so much you have no idea i want wonderlab back so bad

[cuteniaarts]

@katkastrofa, circa 40-ish hours ago: Hey, what if our newest bunch of OCs adopted a baby from one of the other brothel girls who knew she couldn’t afford to raise one? That would make for some fun shenanigans :D

Me, with a notoriously non existent sleep schedule, instinct of self preservation or concern for my poor wrist: Alright, bet. Watch how fast I can make you fall in love with this hypothetical baby >:)

Daneli as a gentle and loving caretaker-turned-adoptive-mother is something that can be So Personal, actually, and originally I was going to leave it at this quick sketch, but then I got carried away thinking about what this child will grow up to be like raised by this little gang of misfits, so…

Here she is!! A little older and so, so beautiful, I need more of her in my life immediately, she’s way too precious

And, because I wouldn’t be me if I didn’t also add a sapphic element to this absolute cinnamon roll, a small crack ship that I’m only half serious about for when she’s a little older still:

All in all, we may be getting impossibly far from canon, but I for one already cannot get enough of sweet darling Kumisai <3

(I fully drew three pieces from scratch in 9 hours I cannot feel my brain or my hands anymore send help)

[inafieldofdaisies]

OCs as D&D Class | uquiz | Tagged by @jillvalentinesday and @cassietrn

Sorcerer: You are a Sorcerer, a mage granted powers through your bloodline or a strange event in your past. Like your magic, you are wild and untamed, and tend to excel at whatever you dedicate yourself to most. While you lack the temperament of more studied casters, you make up for it with passion and courage.

Rogue: You are a Rogue, a skilled adventurer who uses guile and expertise to your advantage. You are often seen as stealthy and precise, aiming for your opponent's weakest points, but you can master various other skills to aid you on your journey. While you tend to be underhanded and greedy, you can also be daring, clever, insightful and charismatic.

yes and no... I wouldn't call Mercedes greedy :D

Paladin: You are a Paladin, a warrior sworn to an Oath, whether it be to a god, a king, an ideology or oneself. As a divine soldier, you are well equipped to strike down evil, but must follow a code of your choosing to retain this power. While you are limited somewhat by these bonds, you are also the most driven and determined member of your group.

Barbarian: You are a Barbarian, an adventurer removed from society (save perhaps for the taverns). Your physical prowess surpasses all, and your toughness is the stuff of legend. You can be brash and a bit dim, but you can also be surprisingly perceptive and a staunch defender of those you call friends.

Tagging, @chazz-anova @strangefable @stacispratt @adelaidedrubman @socially-awkward-skeleton @aceghosts @nightbloodbix @shegetsburned @shellibisshe @madparadoxum @wrathfulrook @josephslittledeputy @josephseedismyfather @g0dspeeed @trench-rot @voidika @theelderhazelnut @thesingularityseries @simplegenius042 @strafethesesinners and anyone that would like to do the uquiz <3

[dont-f-with-moogles]

Hi! I am a sucker for hc where Levi is illiterate when he first joined the scouts, tried to hide it from everyone but eventually Hange notices..LEVIHAN FLUFF ❤️✋💀

This was an awesome ask! Thank you so much for sending it to me. I love writing canonverse, especially when I get the chance to work in a hc amongst the source material. I added some of my hcs for Hange too. Hope you like it - let me know what you think! A World Without Words Characters: Levi x Hange Word Count: 1632 words Canon universe

A hush had settled over the Mess Hall, broken only by the occasional clinking of cutlery and low hum of voices. A pair of fresh recruits were heatedly debating a topic in low, urgent tones. The newly-appointed leader of Second Squad sat staring into an empty tankard. On the far side of the room Hange had taken a lone seat at one of the long, wooden tables. Their hands were clasped upon the tabletop; in front of them a plaid tea towel had been draped over two dishes. Eyes alight, they spied Levi as he entered through the main doors. Slyly, and without turning their head, Hange mapped his progress as he crossed the hall towards them.  

“Evening, Levi!” they began animatedly before he had even reached for the backrest of the closest chair. “Now, I know this dinner is seriously overdue, given how long it’s been since your first expedition…”

Levi scraped his chair against the flagstones noisily, causing several heads to whip around in their direction. 

“...I’m sorry that I couldn’t afford anywhere more fancy! My measly wages just don’t stretch that far,” Hange laughed. “But luckily, I was able to save us -” Theatrically, they flung back the plaid cloth to reveal two floral-patterned plates bearing thick slices of flaky pastry, each deep-filled with cold offcuts. 

“The last two pieces of pie!” 

“You needn’t have gone to any trouble,” Levi said in a low voice. “I’m not hungry.”

Hange’s hand dropped to the table in defeat. “So much for that then. I guess I could always give the other slice to Moblit…”

Levi took a seat beside Hange, one arm leaning on the table’s edge. “You brought those papers, right?” 

“Right! The purchase order forms.”

Hange reached down to retrieve several crumpled sheets, a pen nib and a small well of ink from their bag. They pushed the plates aside and laid the materials out between the two of them.

“I’ve been curious since you mentioned it, Levi… what exactly do you need these for?”

Levi leaned back so that his elbow rested on the back of his chair. “Well… since I’ve been made Captain, it means I’ve gotta sign formal papers, right? Let’s just say someone suggested I take a look at a few examples.” 

“Ah, then say no more!” Hange brought the top sheet closer, tracing the lines of cramped, untidy scrawl with their finger. “The item you’re ordering goes in this column, reference or serial number if needed in the second column, and then the cost goes here.” Their finger travelled to the bottom of the paper. “Then you need to sign and date it before it goes to Erwin for approval.”

Hange sat back as Levi pored over the contents of the page. “Do you use the same form for everything? Food, equipment - things like that?”

“The same type of form, sure, but you would order food provisions separately to, say, housekeeping supplies or weaponry.” Hange pushed their glasses further up their nose. Levi’s brow was furrowed in concentration as he read, his mouth silently shaping the letters. Hange felt compelled to offer an apologetic shrug.

“This one is for specialist equipment,” they tried meekly. “The top row says ‘microscope.’ It’s not easy to read thanks to my bad handwriting!”

Without reply, Levi shuffled the papers so that a bank sheet was placed beside Hange’s order form. His expression, if anything, grew more intense as he dipped the pen into the inkwell. Hange glanced around the sparse hall, listening to the scratching of Levi’s writing amidst the murmur of voices. It was only as he drew to a sudden halt that Hange looked down at the page. They were astonished to see it empty.

At first, Hange wondered whether the pen nib had finally broken. It was one they had long meant to throw out. But - no - Levi had only managed to produce a few disjointed letters before the pen had come to a rest, point-down on the page. His arm was trembling as he pressed the nib down hard. The metal buckled, threatening to snap. 

“Levi!” Hange grabbed the tea towel to mop up the ink which had spurted onto the paper. “Stop - you’ll tear a hole in it!”

But Levi was still glaring, the pen clutched in his whitened fist. All of a sudden, Hange felt like a fool. They removed the towel, twisting it upon their lap as they sought for a tactful way to address the obvious, but unanticipated, obstacle which lay before them. 

“Sorry. Perhaps one of Miche’s reports would have been easier - clearer -  to follow.”

Hange swallowed uncomfortably, the heat rising in their cheeks. 

“No.” Levi’s voice was calm, at odds with his squared shoulders and stiffened arm. “It’s not the handwriting.”

“Then… I’m sorry that I didn’t make the connection.” Despite their desire to avoid any further embarrassment for him, Hange could not help but scrutinise Levi’s writing. “I’m sure things in the Underground were very different when it came to education…”

Levi met their enquiring gaze, his eyes narrowed.

“I can read and write. I know the words I need,” Levi dropped the pen upon the table. “But when it comes to certain technical words like these…” He gestured at the paper. “...they never mattered as much. In that place, you didn’t need to know how to spell to go on living.”

“That makes sense.” Hange’s own shoulders relaxed a little. “Perhaps you never had a formal education, Levi, but you have combat skills and street smarts. You’re good at reading people.” 

Levi scoffed bitterly.

“Believe me when I say that Erwin doesn’t hire leaders based on their literacy levels.” Hange regarded him warmly over their clasped hands. “Not when they have so much more to offer.” 

Levi held their look for a moment before he glanced away uncomfortably. 

“And in the meantime, I can help!” Hange took a fresh sheet of paper from their bag and passed it to Levi for him to etch out a copy of the three columns.

“For instance when you write ‘grapple hook,’ ‘grapple’ has the ‘l’ and the ‘e’ the other way round.” Hange watched as Levi carefully transcribed the correct spelling onto the sheet.

“Underneath you wrote ‘gas’ before you stopped. Is that for a new batch of gas cylinders?”

Painstakingly, Levi copied each letter as Hange spelled the second word. They continued in this way until Levi had populated the columns. 

“I bet you picked all this up from books, huh Four Eyes?” Levi lifted his hand to check his penmanship. The letters were a little uneven and spaced out. Like a child’s writing, the dark ink glistened from the exertion of pressing the pen nib a little too hard against the paper. “Tell me you weren’t huddled under the covers each night, reading until morning?”

A wistful smile appeared on Hange’s face. Then the light dimmed in their eyes.

“I wish…” When they laughed this time, it was a hollow sound. “... but we didn’t have books at home.”

Levi placed the pen down. Hange lowered their hands to grip their knees, their gaze averted to the tabletop.

“I managed to get a couple of books from a trader in town. They were black market goods. I thought I’d hidden them well enough but my parents found them and burned them.”

Levi raised his eyebrows.

“Wallists,” Hange explained in answer to his surprise. “They were simple farming folk. Small town people with small minds. They were wary of outside influences and with good reason too. Each week came reports of disappearances, killings… the inescapable fates which awaited those who asked too many questions.”

They gave a small sigh.

“My school, like the others, banned all books other than those which were government-approved. We weren’t allowed to read for ourselves, think for ourselves or question what we were being told. It was all so -” They brought their fist down upon the table, sending the long-forgotten plates of pie clattering. “- infuriating!”

Levi’s mouth hung slightly open.

“We never really had books in the house either,” he admitted. “I remember there was one that Iz-” He stopped himself. Hange said nothing, for Levi had not so much as uttered the names of his two closest friends since their first disastrous expedition almost one year ago. 

Levi drew a breath and continued.

“We didn’t have much… what we did have was either traded or sold.” He rubbed an eye with the heel of his hand. “I can’t even remember what it was called now. I think it had a horse on the cover? Guess it’s just another lost thing.” A faraway look had come into his eyes.

Before Hange could offer comment, Levi seemed to shake himself out of his thoughts. He took up a fresh sheet and, laying it by the side of the first, began to copy out his lines neatly. Hange watched in quiet amazement.

“But look at this improvement already! I’ve never seen such progress before!” They gripped Levi’s shoulder.

“Careful, idiot! You’ll jog me.”

Hange released him and continued their proud observation as Levi dipped the pen in the inkwell. “Your writing is so neat, Levi. In a few more tries it’ll look as professional as newspaper print!”

Levi completed his final line slowly.

Above, approved. Levi.

“No thanks to this mess of a report.” Levi glowered at Hange’s original document. “...but I do owe you for the spelling lesson, at least. Thanks Hange.”

“Hmm.” Hange tapped a finger against their chin. “How about this then? You treat us to dinner next time. Call it payment for my tuition?”

Levi managed a husky laugh as he stood and gathered the papers into a pile.

“Let me think about that, Four Eyes. For now, I’d better go hand these in.”

[canigetawaho]

I just want to talk about the Alien Stage songs (and my first impressions maybe) because why not :)

Also I won't put them all in one post because I'm afraid it's gonna be way to long

Starting with Sweet Dream (Sua's version)

This was actually not the first song I have heard. I've watched the clip after seeing the whole series (that was up to the 3rd round at that time) and I wasn't to impressed with it. To be honest I didn't really listen to it back then (in the sense that I wasn't paying attention), with it being so short and sort of an introduction (or maybe like an op for the series). After a long time, I had heard a part of the song randomly and I really liked it so imagine my shock when I found out it was from this series and I didn't remember it so I've decided to give it another chance and I just loved it, listening to it on repeat for weeks and even now I return to it pretty often. Sua's voice, the vibe it gives (also not me crying when reading the lyrics lol) it's just 😙👌. I think it does a good job at setting the expectations for this series and I wish I could hear her voice more often (and in general she is interesting as a character in my opinion)

Now the cover made by Luka. When I first saw there were covers of the songs made by the other characters my jaw just dropped to the floor and I couldn't be happier. That being said.... I didn't really knew how to feel about this cover in particular. His voice felt both right and wrong to me at the same time (kinda like to sweet but also like something was missing but I couldn't put my finger on it?) but I was determined to find out what was up with it and ended up getting used to it and adoring this version so ig some things will remain without an answer lol oops

1/?

[zoroara]

Okay I'm curious, mostly after having to draw these uniforms so much.

I'm curious what people prefer more, the TYL Uniforms of the Varia or the Present ones. JUST the uniforms. I am NOT asking about the characters wearing them, only the clothes. If you can also explain in the tags that would be interesting!

If you need a visual refresher have some manga images of the best I could find to show off their outfits.(I apologize to Xanxus for the pose he's in)

ignore the numbers these were from my redraw collections

(apologies to Levi i really couldn't find a better TYL image to show off the whole thing)

I'll put Fran and mammon beside each other just to save on space

I feel the need to note the over use of wrinkles and shine was just amano's art style at the time of varia arc and the present designs when in rainbow arc don't have that as you can see with mammon. I just could not find good full body images from rainbow arc which is why they're all from Varia arc. so if that is your deciding factor I'm sorry, that is not part of the actual design of them as the exact same uniforms in rainbow arc do not have this situation to them.

[wiltking]

yeah, um. finished Counterpoint by rachel haimowitz. the elf romance where the elves don't even have pointy ears. and you know, at first i was willing to see how it would play out. the lore was interesting. humans and elves are in conflict due to a great betrayal, and as a result there are killer beasts that routinely hunt humans. there's a great rift in the earth. the elves, even with regular ears, are cool and unique with the way their magic and senses are linked to song. the excessive use of old-timey language was fun (i can see how it would greatly annoy some. but i am a geek. a nerd. an enthusiastic lover of all things medieval. i enjoy this stuff). and i was interested to see how a romance could play out between a captured warrior elf and the crown prince who doesn't want to harm him or act on his (extremely) incessant sexual urges towards said elf, but can't let him go because of... crown politics. or whatever.

but i could not stand Freyrik. at all. from the way he couldn't look at or think about Ayden without popping a massive boner every single time. to the way the narrative kept trying to portray him as a good man worthy of pity and love and comfort even while we (and ayden) see him break his promises time and again and continue to treat Ayden like the slave he has to be. and don't even get me started on the sorry excuse of the actual romance development. Ayden's perspective for the first 70% of the book reads like a horror novel where he desperately wants to escape from his imprisonment and the horny prince who wants him but is too nice and sweet to act on it. it's unsettling. especially when Ayden finally 'comes to his senses' and suddenly falls in love with the guy. i couldn't stand it, i had to skip through the following sex scenes, and it quite frankly did not make any damn sense.

it could have been interesting, i think, if Freyrik wasn't so annoying. or if Ayden wasn't genuinely treated like a slave even while Freyrik kept insisting he was doing everything he could to make Ayden's experience as least miserable as possible. or if the story leaned into the horrific rift in perspectives and avoided turning it into a romance altogether. like why couldn't Freyrik even give Ayden his own cot to sleep in from the very start!!! why was he forced to share a bed!!!! with his captor!!!!

like genuinely this was more disturbing and uncomfortable to read than if it had gone with a darker, forbidden dubcon / power imbalance route as a result of them being hopelessly attracted to each other. i would have preferred that. over whatever the hell this was. do not recommend.