#please give me thoughts

[deityofhearts]

okay okay what do we think? I’m not 100% sure about the jacket (also the jacket is prettier irl my lighting is just so shit, this is better than the pic I took yesterday), I still plan to try and figure out a like rights situation on tuesday but this is like the fit so far

[lovecoredeity]

okay for the polycule I’m thinking: Romance dresses in fashion that is at least vaguely inspired by the romantic era (which is when they were turned and what they’re named after), Valentine would dress in a romantic goth fashion and Lovette would be in the more classic lovecore lolita side (“oh crystal you can’t keep making lovecore lolita ocs” yes I can.) thought? prayers?

[dat-silvers-girl]

Rakepick was more trustworthy than Peregrine, and here's why-

Sponsored by my ramblings with @weasley-adoptee yesterday.

Allow me to begin this rant by saying that for once in my life, I'm not talking about my headcanon characters. I'm talking about in-game Peregrine and in-game Rakepick.

Now, I think that Peregrine is the inverse of Rakepick. Because they're opposites in terms of behavior towards MC.

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Let's look at Rakepick first:

From the minute she arrived at Hogwarts as outside help in Year 4, Rakepick is powerful, egotistical, and well... downright rude for the most part. One thing that keeps getting pointed out is that she never deliberately tried to get MC to trust her. In fact, she was dropping hints that it was in MC's best interest to not trust her. And she was also fixated on the fact that we should question the people closest to us. One can say that she said that to sow discord between MC and their friends, but given recent events, I think she knew about MC's father. But that's another story.

Before I continue, let me say this: I think most adults, in my opinion, have a superiority complex. What I mean by this is that I have noticed that adults and the elderly use their age as an excuse to demand the trust and respect from the younger, without doing anything to earn it. They think they must be respected simply because they are older. Around me, this problem exists in parents (my parents grew out of it after enough fights), teachers, basically any adult with a job. And the less said about the elderly, the better.

Hey I know we should respect old people but if they're being complete asses to you then they don't deserve it.

Starting Year 5, Rakepick came in a position of power. She became a Professor, a position that demands a student's unquestioned respect. And maybe it was just me, but Rakepick never asked for our trust or respect. I think back to Year 5 and I don't think there was a time when Rakepick demanded anything from MC at all. All the same, she was a rather respected Professor in Year 5. As far as teaching goes, students loved her! There was plenty of flavour text and even some of MC's friends who genuinely liked Rakepick. And because she just didn't care whether MC trusted her or not, she never tried to bond with MC, and never tried to buy their trust. Before Year 5 ended, she was respected, and that respect was earned.

Now let's talk about Peregrine:

First of all, YES, I am aware that the position of father is very different than that of your teacher. But like I said earlier, this superiority complex problem is in parents as well.

We don't have a lot of information on Peregrine yet, other than he is MC's father by blood, and the leader of R. But through his few moments on screen, and the info from datamines, I instantly noticed that the way he acts is the exact opposite of how Rakepick acted. He flaunts his position as MC's father, and instantly asks for MC's forgiveness and trust. He says, "I'll explain everything once you join R." And this is proof enough that he's just telling MC to trust him and join R, no questions asked, simply because he is our father. He was gone for many years, and simply uses his position of power to demand MC's trust. DO YOU SEE MY POINT?

As opposed to how Rakepick acted towards MC, Peregrine is being kind, sweet talks MC and compliments them. According to the Datamine, in future chapters, he's making too much of an effort to bond with MC. Default MC seems to have missed their father to some extent, so he spends time with them in an effort to buy their trust.

But absolutely NO ONE trusts Peregrine. Even Rakepick had some people who trusted her a bit. But NO ONE trusts Peregrine. And why is that? Peregrine hasn't been rude to MC. He seems to be genuinely concerned about MC and even seems eager to share truths and information with them, unlike Rakepick. Heck, Peregrine actively wants to put his child in a powerful position as the leader of R. So why is it that Rakepick had at least a few people on her side, while Peregrine has gotten absolutely no one on his side?

Other than the fact that we know he's the R leader, it's also because we have come to a point where sweet behavior is far more supsiscious than rude or snarky behavior. There are some characters who seem nice and present themselves as friendly, but are actually the worst kind of people.

@weasley-adoptee and I have often discussed that we always knew where we stand with Rakepick. We could see some red flags from her since the very beginning, and she never cared to hide them. She didn't lie about who she was. The only thing she lied about was her involvement with R and Jacob. But whether or not she was with R, she neither confirmed it, nor denied it. We always knew she was using us to some extent and she laughed and agreed with us everytime we pointed it out. Like- "Yes I'm definitely using you. You will be used by a lot of people, and you will also use people. You are not a saint, MC."

And let me point out that MC trusted Rakepick just enough where they would share clues with her, seek her advice, and go the directions she pointed them in. I can't say any of us would do that with Peregrine.

The point I'm trying to get at:

Peregrine has put up the mask of the concerned, apologetic, sweet father. He's lying about who he truly is to MC. He is lying to us to an even greater extent than Rakepick. To put it simply, he's lying to us even more than Rakepick ever did.

I'm not saying Rakepick didn't lie. But she never put on a mask. She knew MC thought she was suspicous, but never cared to calrify. We always knew what she was. She only ever had one face, and we knew it since the beginning of Year 4 down to our last meet in Azkaban. Rakepick was trustworthy in the sense that she was untrustworthy and she never even tried to change our mind! We could always trust that we couldn't trust Rakepick and everyone made their peace with that.

I don't know how most people feel about this, but I've noticed that as people meet Peregrine in their games, even those who completely hate Rakepick, feel a little sad for her because she's not only in a beaten down state in Azkaban, but she's also being used as Peregrine's scapegoat so he doesn't have to face the consequences of his actions.

In the wise words of Blair, Peregrine is a comforting lie, while Rakepick is a harsh truth.

My scuffed conclusion because I have a lot of thoughts and I'm having trouble putting them together:

Both of these characters are adults who are "entitled" to recieve respect based on their position.

Rakepick had red flags, yes, enough to start a shop! She was owed respect and trust as our Professor, but never demanded it. We could question her all we wanted and she straight up didn't care. But at least before the Buried Vault, there was always a shred of respect for her in the community. And so in the chapter before the Buried Vault, when she said she could die, MC and we as players legitimately thought whether we were right to be so distrustful her. The answer should have been- "No, we were wrong." but unfortunately Jam City is stupid.

Peregrine, Jesus frickin Christ, has enough red flags to open a whole business. He's asking for the trust he's owed as our father. But the behaviour he exhibits by constantly asking for it makes him even more suspicious. So the more he tries to bond with MC, the less we'll trust him. Because his sweet father facade is bound to break soon if we keep rejecting him. Whereas with Rakepick, we could reject her help and she was just- "Go ahead be my guest. And if you get in trouble, I'll save you I guess."

This is also my PSA about how you are not entitled to the respect of the younger generation just because you are older. You want respect? Earn it.

Thank you for coming to my ramblings. I'm done rambling.

[stil-lindigo]

lead balloon (the tumblr post that saved me)

if this comic resonated with you, it would mean the world to me if you donated to this palestinian family's escape fund.

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no creative notes because this isn't that kind of comic.

I know I don’t owe any of you anything but I still felt compelled to write about my long term absence. And I feel far enough away from the dangerous spot I was in to be able to make this comic. I have a therapist now, and she agreed that making this could be a very cathartic gesture, and the start of properly leaving these thoughts behind me. I am still, at seemingly random times, blindsided by fleeting desires to kill myself. They’re always passing urges, but it’s disarming, and uncomfortable. I worry sometimes that my brain’s spent so long thinking only about suicide that it’s forgotten how to think about anything else. Like, now that I've opened that door for myself, I'll never be able to fully shut it again. But I’m trying my best to encourage my mind in other directions. We'll see how that goes.

I am still donating all proceeds from my store to Palestinian causes. So far, I've donated over $15K, not including donations coming from my own pocket or the fundraising streams which jointly raised around $10K. In the time since I made my initial post about where this money would be going, the focus has shifted from aid organisations to directly donating to escape funds.

If you'd like to do the same, you can look at Operation Olive Branch, which hosts hundreds of Palestinian escape funds or donate to Safebow, which has helped facilitate the safe crossing and securing of important medical procedures for over 150 at-risk palestinians since the beginning of the genocide.

[canisalbus]

What if I told you that RoobrickMarine went and wrote an entire novella starring my 16th century dog couple? It's very canon-adjacent, well researched and thoughtfully put together, has inspired me a ton during these past months and it's now publicly available at AO3. I highly recommend it.

✦ Separation ✦

[crabsnpersimmons]

"Slow down, Sunshine. You're not falling behind and you are loved for more than what you do for others."

[elodieunderglass]

[wolfythewitch]

Thinking about Jon and Martin (like fully fledged avatars, fully gave into their fear entities) as Hades and Persephone for hours

[ruporas]

asking and receiving (bonus below readmore)

[ID: A black and white, digital Trigun comic of Vash and Wolfwood. In the first panel is a close up of Wolfwood's mouth as he says, "Vash". Accompanying it is a close up shot of Vash's eye, widen and cheeks flushed. Wolfwood presses a knee against the open space between Vash's legs and says, "Tell me everything you want from me." Wolfwood's face is equally as flushed. He continues to say, "I'll give it to you. Everything." As he talks, a wide shot shows the both of them in white space. Vash is sitting, leaning a little back with both hands pressed against the surface he's sitting on. Wolfwood is in his white dress shirt, stripped of the blazer. He's still leaning in with one knee in between Vash's spread legs, his right hand touching Vash's lips and his left hand behind his back.

The shot closes in on Vash's mouth and Wolfwood's hand against it, pressing down on the lower lip as he says, "You have to ask though. Go on." His hand moves down to Vash's chin, gently holding it. With a shy and uncertain expression, Vash hesitantly asks, "Um... K... Kiss... Please?" Wolfwood, without wasting a second, leans in and kisses him and indulges by pressing deeper, eliciting a small noise of surprise from Vash.

Wolfwood moves away from Vash first and with a smile, asks, "What else?" Vash tugs on Wolfwood's left sleeve, wordlessly budging Wolfwood to give him his hand that was still behind his back. In the next panel, Vash utters, "Hold me..?" He's holding Wolfwood's left hand with his own while his right hand is reaching for his waist. Wolfwood complies, moving his left hand to Vash's shoulder and his right hand continues to touch Vash's cheek. Wolfwood asks again, "What else?"

More comfortable now, Vash leans in to kiss Wolfwood. Wolfwood catches him immediately, pressing his thumb against Vash's lips to stop him before demanding, "Hey. Ask." Vash looks back in surprise and Wolfwood meets his eye with a quiet, insistent look. They're quiet for a moment before Vash leans in again and curtly requests, "Kiss. Me." Wolfwood says "Good", smiling as he lifts his hand away, and meets Vash's lips. In the next shot, Wolfwood had adjusted his position, sitting on Vash's thigh. The hand that was once on Vash's cheek has moved its way to Vash's nape, pushing away the collar of his jacket with his pinky. His other hand continues to grip on Vash's shoulder. Still kissing, Wolfwood asks again, "What else?"

In the next shot, Vash is starting to turn, moving Wolfwood with him. Vash asks, "Let me on top of you?" Wolfwood says, "Mhm" before asking again, "What else?" The next panel shows a close look of Vash's face. He's looking down, flushed and shy just as he had been at the beginning, but now, more decisive. Vash asks, "Wolfwood... Let me have you..?" A panel of Wolfwood taking Vash's hand into his, pulling it towards his chest. The next panel shows Wolfwood lying down where Vash had laid him. Vash's hand is on Wolfwood's chest, covering the cross of his rosary while Wolfwood's hand lingers against his, loosely pressing Vash's hand in place. He looks up at Vash with a shy smile of his own, flushed cheeks. He says, "All yours."

A panel shows a close up of Vash's tender gaze before he leans down to be closer to Wolfwood. The final shot is a front view of their positions, Vash's face turned away from the viewer; Vash is leaning over Wolfwood who's lying down with his right leg draped over Vash's legs. Wolfwood's left hand holds onto Vash's left arm. With finality, Vash says, "...Mine." End ID]

[ID: A follow up bonus comic in a looser, sketchier style. They're laying comfortably in bed when Vash asks, "What was that earlier?" referecing to the start of the previous comic. Wolfwood glances away and says, "To get you used to it. Asking. And getting what you ask for. Since you're alwasy hesitant about it." Vash's eyes widen, tight lipped. Wolfwood continues, "Knowing you, it'll be a tough habit to break..." When he says this, Vash can't help but laugh, unable to deny it. Wolfwood slowly brings a hand to Vash's cheek and continues to say, "So I'll keep trying -- whatever ways I can... to get it through your thick skull." Vash takes Wolfwood's hand with his, kissing the the palm gently. Wolfwood's eyes soften and holding onto Vash's cheek, he leans in to try for a kiss. Vash says, "Hey..." before stopping Wolfwood's lips with the back of his hand, a smug look on his face, "Ask." Wolfwood's embarrassed and with little irritation, asks, "Really?" Vash smiles, saying, "You're in need of practice too." They pause for a moment, Wolfwood looking contemplatively, before he's leaning in again, asking, "May I please kiss you?" Vash looks him in the eyes and says, "Yes." The comic ends with a "chu", indicating an off-panel kiss. End ID]

[hanafubukki]

Malleus: -trying to flirt-

YN/MC/Yuu: -clearly confused-

Lilia, the wingman:

YN/MC/Yuu: Oh, why don’t we date first?

Malleus: -happy dragon noises-

[bluebelledmoon]

"The Final Photoshoot"

gabriel agreste was soon found being strangled by a blue feathered boy after this was released

[sherlocking-out-loud]

Eddie and Buck are clearly in a different party so... what if they walked by a pride party of some kind and drunk Buck yelled "Hey, I'm one of you" and got invited to join and Eddie followed saying "And I'm an ally!"

I WOULD DIE LAUGHING

[heymacy]

IAN GALLAGHER + his journey with bipolar disorder

╰┈➤ “At times, being bipolar can be an all-consuming challenge, requiring a lot of stamina and even more courage, so if you’re living with this illness and functioning at all, it’s something to be proud of, not ashamed of." - Carrie Fisher

[suntails]

wintery mallevil comm <3

[treasureplcnet]

inverness here they come!!!!

[julijbee]

girlbossing too close to the sun.