#ramblings!

[welcometoteyvat]

ga-ming/gaming/嘉明:

mr. tea drinker. escorts cargo from yilong wharf (somewhere in chenyu vale) to liyue harbor. chenyu vale is known for tea leaf growing. where are tea leaves grown irl????? see below

SOUTHERNER??? southerner confirmed????

tea drinker and dim sum enjoyer.........

wushou -> 舞兽 -> literally translated as "beast dancing" -> it's just lion dance but with a knockoff lion ig

TIL! seems that he's based off the red/black lion known as guan gong / kwan kung / 关公!

irl, they look like this (which also explains where his black/red color scheme comes from)

this specific lion is one of 3, the other two are 2 other historical figures from romance of the 3 kingdoms (liu bei and zhang fei. this one comes from guan yu)

his constellation name is Leo Expergiscens which means awakening lion. it's 醒狮 in chinese, which is another name for lion dance used in canton/guangdong !!!

NO INCOME FROM LION DANCING T_T it's his side hustle.....

your honor he's perfect please release him alr

[aemontargaryen-bloodraven]

The Northerners!

Northern Houses: We will have a war for our she-wolf Lyanna Stark and avenge her!

Lyanna Stark: Doesn't need saving, is in Dorne.

Jon is born and comes to Winterfell as a bastard.

Northern Houses: We will have a war for our she-wolf Arya Stark and avenge her!

Arya Stark: Doesn't need saving, is in Braavos.

Jon is reborn and will be coming to Winterfell as King.

[clariocosmo]

LISTEN... I know this is a super niche topic but I saw the chinese period drama ethubs au from @swamp-chicken and my mind immediately started firing 1000 ideas,,,

Also: I was obsessed with chinese harem dramas for like a period of time yet I didn't understand much because my Chinese was (and is still!) horrible so I might butcher alot of historical significance, but that's okay! It's all fun and games :))))

But yes anyway: some ideas::: Etho was an assassin/mercenary that was adopted (under a guise of being a missing prince or smth) by the TIES royal family (Tango and Skizz!) to murder Emperor Bdubs so as to liberate TIES and to bring back their first prince, a certain ImpulseSV, which they had to marry off to secure their alliance with The Clockers. While originally Impulse was totally slated to be Bdubs' Empress, Empress Dowager Cleo had Impulse to be the Imperial Noble Consort (皇贵妃 Huáng guì fēi) instead so as to not be able to challenge her and thus maintain Cleo's influence. Not that Cleo is an evil stepmom or anything, but in that she knows the kingdom needs to present a united and strong front (that honestly, Bdubs can't handle now) so as to wave off internal rebellions from their court. Despite the arranged marriage however, I could totally see Impulse and Bdubs still loving each other deeply and being soulmates (platonic or wtv!)

And! assuming Etho would be of similar royal status as Impulse, I'm going to pretend he went in as a Noble Consort (贵妃 guì fēi), a level below Impulse. Or! He entered as a lower-tiered concubine and slowly rose the ranks due to Bdubs favour??? Anyway, Etho assumes that this would generate a ton of hatred from Impulse, seeing that Etho kind of took over Impulse position back home and is now the main object of Bdubs affection, but Impulse is totally chill with it and is just happy to have someone from his nation to be with him. This causes a ton of misunderstanding and shenanigans where Impulse would do something nice for Etho and Etho being immediately suspicious. Like Impulse sewing a herb pouch for Etho and Etho being like "oh dang there's probably some poisonous herbs in here" and not wearing it at all which leads to Impulse asking about it casually and Etho just PANICKING and swearing buckets.

AND oh my god I could totally see Etho falling in love with Bdubs but refusing to acknowledge it or do anything about it for the sake of the mission™. Like Bdubs does nearly get poisoned (perhaps from the bad boys or even Etho himself?) but when Etho sees Bdubs almost ingesting the poison, he gets an "Oh shit" moment and finally realising his feelings and snatches away the poison, ingesting it himself and just almost dies. Leading!??? To a recovery scene between Ethubs where they finally talk things out like mature adults and confess their real feelings towards each other. :D

Also I just needed an excuse to draw Etho in traditional Manchu clothes because if that's one thing about historical harem dramas, you know that they are serving LOOKS every episode. (attached below :] )

[bokkerijder]

pro-AI in the sense of "they taught a bread scanning computer to recognize cancer cells" etc etc

against AI in the sense of "we stole artwork from hundreds to thousands of artists, didn't credit them and didn't financially compensate them"

[dreamlit-wanderer]

the ability to say "i dont have a tiktok" in social situations makes me feel so powerful. like the general reaction is "shock, confusion, then this weird 'thats probably a good thing' response" its so fun

[jellybeanium124]

the idea of public restrooms as "women's spaces" continues to confound me. you know who I hope is in a public bathroom when I go in?? no one. I would prefer no one else be in the bathroom. and if someone else is in the bathroom I am going to ignore them as much as possible. I did not go into the bathroom to connect with other women. I went into the bathroom to piss and/or shit. it's a toilet's space, not a women's space. shut the fuck up and let trans people piss and shit in peace. let's all continue to avoid eye contact with each other and any and all interaction in the toilet's space.

[yume-fanfare]

SILENCE

the princess

is :3ing

[scorndotexe]

you will live and you will say the wrong things and make mistakes and people will love you anyways.

[bonesandthebees]

one of the most infuriating things about becoming an adult is when you realize that it actually is 10x easier to solve problems by making a phone call vs literally any other communication method

[fleshdyke]

i actually dont give a shit if hamas did everything and worse that israel accuses them of it still doesn't justify killing 30000 random civilians

[hollowboobtheory]

everything should cost one dollar, ten dollars, or one hundred dollars. a drinky drink is one dollar. a t shirt is ten dollars. rent is one hundred. i might be convinced to allow one thousand dollars for some very big purchases like a house. i get it, you're running a business. i'm not unreasonable.

[welcometoteyvat]

DUDE HIS MOM????? ;-;

emotionally ruined

[caruliaa]

you dont know how blasphemous shed find the og post. but shes cutie pie .

[tariah23]

Oh…. Well, it’s over for Crunchyroll I guess

[hiroshotreplica]

idk if im actually bi or nit but i have an 8 am class tomorrow cant worry about that

[littlebeetlebro]

me: *sobbing in the woods*

The eldritch horror that’s been watching me from behind a tree: ….Red Lobster’s hiring.

me: *turns around* oh shit fr?