#so I legit didn't consider other people actually made mad faces

[katyspersonal]

Also recently I've gotten into a debate with a friend that doesn't agree with my approach for deciphering Soulsborne lore (in which I include all pieces on models you can't see in the game and should rip the model, face data, internal filenames, lyrics translations in BB, cut content that isn't actually cut....). Like, his point was that we only should consider what can be observed in the games with 'naked eye' to say so, and everything developers hid and did not intend for players to see by normal means is just a 'fun fact' that might or might not be used, whereas my point is that everything that developers PUT in the game counts and in 95% of the times there is not only thought put into it, but a legit answer to some lore questions! Zullie (the dataminer/youtuber) put it better in a Tweet I can't find right now, that since everything developers put in the game is made with conscious effort, of course there is implication almost always- heck, if you watch her channel and analyzed her datamines, you can see what it all means!

But also, we came to an agreement that he is... kind of right, actually? That videogames should be first interpreted from what experiences developers intended for the players, because it is very unlikely that they created a story with dataminers that will unveil it in mind. Miyazaki himself admitted that as a kid, he enjoyed reading novels written in English but didn't understand some bits because of the language barrier and had to fill the gaps with his imagination 🤔 So even if he himself knows the 'real' story of his games, he wanted to emulate that feeling, so the players would feel the same fun of having to fill the gaps they can't understand. Basically, I am not engaging with the story in the way he intended for the fans. What I am doing using books analogy is dig into dictionary or ask people around when there are words I don't know, so I can decipher everything. This is just how my brain works (no autist is the same blablabla) and I am not having fun using my own imagination...? I am not playing the game by rules, but rather I have fun learning bits developers chose to hide because I want to get as close to the "real" story rather than make my own. So, legit answers on some lore questions hidden deep in game files are same as English words you are supposed to not understand. And yet I intend to (fucking Caryll moment, lol)

In general, I can't really change how my mind works- and, again, by this logic what Zullie or Lance or others are doing is """wrong""" and it isn't, my friend is just right that this is not intended experience. I also found an interesting irony in how for someone THIS passionate about Soulsborne games (mostly Bloodborne), I do not really respect the creator's plan for me as a fan 🤔 Something to think about.. Does that make Lore Council and other particularly hardcore lorediggers type of mad scholars that fall for their hubris? ...or this is just me? xD

[stardustedknuckles]

Me: Maybe I’m not actually autistic and I’m making it up.

Also me, around 25: WAIT when people say someone’s eyes narrow they actually mean the skin AROUND their eyes holy shit -

[pirates-and-posies]

Ask and you shall receive! Lemme explain some reasonings- also this is going to get long so I'll put it under a cut!

Thank you for the asks anon, @sisididis, and @helian-skies! 💙

For 🇵🇹:

He didn't get enough screen time and I am mad about it, same applies to many characters!! But him especially!! Give me MORE PORT!! I quite enjoy his design a lot because more characters need long hair.. but I also need Hima to draw him with his fucking hair down please it's all I ask!!! But also his design is weird (mostly in the anime) because they twinked him up. Hima make up ur mind you drew this man so fucking beefy put more meet on him!! I would marry him if he was real no balls (if he's human.. nationverse is complicated and I would be terrified of an immortal hottie ok)

For 🇪🇸:

He's so fucking stoopid I love him but also I legit don't know how to feel about him yk? Like,, I've been in this fandom for years and he's basically been my fave for so long, but at the end of the day I cannot describe him crystal clear. He's strange and I want more content from Hima of him, tho he has more content than some characters I still wish for more in-depth stuff! Mooore!! I'd marry him if I could but also nationverse strikes again.

For both:

They're extremely complex characters in my mind, not only just from what we know in canon but also from peer and personal interpretation! I think these two can easily be made morally grey, and that's extremely important when exploring their history. Like I don't think they're awful individuals, but fiction is an endless space and people tend to have their own fun. I make them assholes here and little shits there, but I don't think they're downright evil. Humans are complex, and Nationverse is the last situation I would consider them NOT be difficult to pin down. Antonio is mentioned to be two-faced, which is something I enjoy exploring a lot because there is no way with his history his happiness and obliviousness isn't some sort of coping mechanism he chooses to use rather than a natural thing. Also, my views on these two are not superior to anybody else's btw I just thought it would be funny to put that since I do deal with my own interp the most! Other people's interps are so fucking good okay (I am looking at you two!!)

But at the same time, I also hate the majority of fanon's interp over the years. Making Port some weirdo with a victim complex confuses me a lot looking at how absolutely stubborn this poor fucker is in my mind, but I do believe he would have depression issues and some form of imposter syndrome. But he's not weak and he doesn't see himself as a poor sod, he can acknowledge in some situations he's helpless and in others he can solve them. Older nations are stubborn and hate asking for help, I don't doubt he hates it lmao. But yeah kinda over the whole "poor Port" thing he can be a dick when the situation calls for it! This can apply to Antonio too, he's not a pathetic little shit either but they both have their moments obviously

And with Spain.. don't get me started on him. Please. I know his obliviousness is canon, but obliviousness doesn't equate to stupid and they make him so ignorant like there's just no way in hell. I know he may not read social situations well, but he sure as fuck knows how to read people (all except Port from what I'm seeing haha but that's a different situation). Spanish people are relatively blunt, but he wouldn't say something so awfully rude it would hurt somebody unless he intended it to lol. And he seems like the kind of person to be extremely smart with the things he enjoys! Canon kinda supports that as well, but it's a very recent development with the trivia thing being a new strip reveal but hshdjc you get my point hopefully!

Also the idea that they're related gets on my nerves sometimes because over 3/4ths of the people I've seen headcanon that get ignorant with it (as in, they culture blend and don't actually differentiate between Spanish and Portuguese people and are SUPER disrespectful! Also the name Carriedo doesn't exist in Portuguese at least be a little bit accurate if ur giving them the same names lol) Those who do it and aren't wild with it tho? I adore seeing all dynamics between the two. Go ham! Just be more kind and try not to make Spanish and Portuguese people out to be a monolith and also listen to them pls they would know a thing or two!!

On a more personal note, the they're literally me thing is a complete joke because I have hazel green eyes and brown hair lmfao. Depending on when I cut my hair I can make myself resemble them relatively easy with the exception of glasses because I'm blind as fuck hahaha. I also project onto them a lot because I project on all of my characters. I make them both Bi and mentally complex in some sort of way!! They're both impulsive and stubborn like me, and Antonio in my heart has ADHD to the max. Port has my weird affinity with the sea and the color blue while Antonio my obsession with fire and the color red. Just little things, they're obviously not me in the slightest but I give them elements of myself because I am controlling them in a fictional environment, and because it helps me cope knowing they can be liked and have similarities with me (I have,, unfortunate self esteem issues lmao) so yeah I just really adore them and I also replicate their characters as well. I will be honest in saying I project more on Antonio than Port tho hdhrjf- If I'm kind like Antonio and calm like Port, maybe I'll be liked more ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Just like them, I am a complex individual as well. We all are, humans are fucking nuts and it's fun to think about- also as you can see I'm mentally ill as fuck about them so not much explanation needed there LMAOO

Sorry for the long rant but I was really happy to have answered this!! Thank you for the asks dears 💙💙💙

[mcyt-amber-tftsmp]

Could you please write Ranbob with an axolotl hybrid reader? Preferably headcanons for how they met or what their like as a couple? (If you can write this, i wont be mad if you cant write it since i doubt lots of people know behaviors of axolotls)

Thank you <3

I really like your work and youre like one of the only people who writes tftsmp and im really greatful for it

...

*inhales*

Challenge Accepted!

*speedruns research and reads a whole document on them*

>:)

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➶ 𝐑𝐚𝐧𝐛𝐨𝐛 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐬 #𝟐 ➴

Reference picture of Axolotl Hybrid Reader

It was basically one of those days Ranbob decided to sit outside at the entrance of Mizu to take his mind off of things which brought him to meet you.

You were technically swimming about in the ocean when you came across this glass dome thing which made you very curious as you looked around to see on how to get in and you guessed that it was somewhere up on the surface.

So you decided to find it and you did as you slowly resurfaced your head and basically saw the enderman hybrid sitting and looking at the opposite direction and not knowing about your presence.

You stayed around as you looked at him curiously and it didn't take long for him to notice that you were there in that one spot for a while.

No joke when I say this cause the minute he laid eyes on you, he legit thought you were one of the beautiful creatures he's ever seen and honestly this kind of made him blush slightly at the thought but he decided to break the silence between you after a while.

"Are you... an Axolotl Hybrid by any chance?" He asked noticing the feathery external gills on both sides which is a distinguishing feature of an Axolotl.

You felt somewhat shy but you answered anyways.

"Yeah I am. If you don't mind me asking but what are you exactly?" You asked out of curiosity.

Ranbob could already tell that you were pretty curious and was shy when it came to meeting someone new but he never really expected this type of behavior from an Axolotl considering they are pretty aggressive but who's he to say? Nothing.

"Oh I am actually an Enderman hybrid." He started as he explained something about who he is related to and how the white part is something he's not aware of like at all.

You seemed to take in on what he was saying and it really made you interested about him even more and you just mostly stayed in water as he spoke since you couldn't come out just yet due to the sun being up and was very bright.

Both of you eventually made small talk and talked about other things topics and got to know each other a bit more and you were surprised to know that unlike other endermen he didn't have any problems with getting touched by water.

While you two talked, you noticed how the sun was slowly setting and you could technically come out now which you did as you slowly pulled yourself up and sat beside him on the cold stone floor.

Ranbob's breath legitimately hitched for a few moment when he saw you and got to see you properly and yeah no joke he actually is a hopeless romantic at this point.

"Can I tell you something?" He asked as you nodded with a small smile.

"Usually from what I know that Axolotls are pretty aggressive at times and you don't seem to show it." You heard him say as you slightly felt nervous.

"O-Oh..." Was the only thing you said in response.

You weren't offended by what he said cause it was true that Axolotls are pretty much aggressive and you were used to anyone thinking that.

"But I'll be honest and say that I didn't expect you to be this adorable and cute." He said in a small flirty tone.

That caught you off guard cause you didn't expect to hear this from him and this seemed to make you blush and feel flustered that you instantly just covered you face in embarrassment.

"S-stop..." You said feeling flustered and you could practically hear a smile form on Ranbob's face as he let out a chuckle.

"I'm serious." Ranbob said as he slowly removed you hands from your face to see that you were still flustered which made him smile a little.

Both of you did continue to meet up with each other every single day and eventually both of you did get together and become a couple but of course that did not stop Ranbob flirting with you every once in a while.

"Did I ever tell you how pretty and cute you are?" He asked as a smirked formed on his face as he turned to look at you as you were still in the water.

"You know I seriously won't hesitate to wipe that smirk of your face." You slightly threatened as Ranbob chuckled as he slowly leaned into your ear.

"I'd like to see you try sweetheart." He said in a slightly low tone and this kind of gave you the advantage to just pull him into the water by making him lose his balance which resulted him to fall into it.

He eventually resurfaced cause he can and when he did, he saw you giggling and he knew why you were but this didn't really stop him.

He slowly swam a but closer to you as he cupped both of your cheeks with his hands which stopped you from giggling anymore.

Before you could react, you felt a pair of lips meet your as you melted into the kiss as you wrapped your arms around his neck as your fingers ran through his white and somewhat black hair which was now wet because of the water.

Both of you eventually pulled away as Ranbob leaned into your neck and left two kisses there and another one on below your jaw which earned him small giggles from you.

He looked up to see you giggling a bit while being slightly red in the face as well and that made him happy.

"That's one way to make you flustered." He said with a smirk.

"Oh shush." You said slightly puffing up your cheeks as you leaned your head onto his chest as he held you close.

Both of stayed like this for a while but when the sun was setting, Ranbob eventually got up from the water as he helped you get up and pulled you onto his lap you leaned against him while he held you and played with your hair.

"I love you, Ranbob." You told him in a whispered tone.

Ranbob smiled as he kissed your forehead and slightly leaned his head on yours while holding you tight as if not ever wanting to let you go.

"I love you too, sweetheart." He replied back to you.

Even if both of you are of different species, you both love each other dearly and no one can say otherwise about it cause both of you make each other very happy and that's all you can ask for.

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No joke but I actually had fun writing this!

It was a new experience for me to write with an Axolotl Hybrid Reader and I enjoyed it!

I decided to use another way of writing headcanons!

I hope you like this though cause I do!

<3

[real-bjd-recast-community]

Okay, someone sent me this so, regardless of the morally reprehensible behavior of the person organizing the meet (I've sadly learned not to expect much from the antis and elitists), I'll point some things so people doesn't have to pass on the same (bad) experience.

First off, we still are in the middle of a worldwide pandemic of an airborne deadly virus that not even the ones making the vaccines are %100 sure if any vaccine works against newest strains of the virus. So as an old and precaution person, I would say, it's still NOT (health wise) a good idea to go out to do dolly meeting or "small convention thingy" with other people, EVEN if you wear a facemask, EVEN if you do it on an open area, EVEN if you take all precautions. Seriously. Not a great idea.

People TALK, you usually don't know them (or if they're infected), dolls are touched around, food it's usually in every meet, and even if you're vaccinated and think you're invincible, you can still get the virus and pass it on to anyone else in your life (newsflash, the current vaccines don't prevent you from getting the virus even if you get 3 shots, but, what they do, it's that when you get the virus, your body it's prepared to fight it; so you don't get "seriously ill" and require hospitalization. Therefore, GET the vaccine, BUT, don't think you're invincible because of it, you still need to avoid situations were you're putting yourself and others at risk, therefore, maybe, we should just postpone doll meetings at least until 2023 or 2024..?, The pandemic it's NOT going to end, but by that time we might have better understanding or methods to actually be safer on closed spaces eating and touching each other's stuff? ... just an idea, all I'm saying is, if you want so bad to socialize in person in the middle of a pandemic, well...)

But sure, let's just pretend it's still mid 2019.

So I'll just talk about the doll issue here.

It's absolutely not excusable how the host of the meet acted towards customizable vinyl dolls and recast. But let's see how to avoid getting stuck in such place were you really feel unwelcome.

1 ) If you know that a doll meet it's held by a person who it's NOT OK with the type of doll you got. Well, basically, don't go. If they value friendship based on the material or origin of your doll, then I'm guessing they won't be good friends to have, besides, pretty sure there's a recast friendly, or a "all dolls friendly", meet for you to go out there!

It's not a shocker since the OP apparently knew beforehand that the meet was hosted by a person who didn't consider vinyl dolls real BJDs, and, hated recast. So regardless of how much you want to share with others, how about you share and befriends people in the hobby who's actually recast friendly and onboard with vinyl dolls??? What's the need to go to a situation you mostly knew beforehand wasn't going to be comfortable for you?

2 ) If you want to be part of the anti proartist elitist group. Be prepared for it (or don't even try).

It's well known that this things are not bound to end up well. If (for some reason I can't think of) you want to be part of that group, don't show up at a meeting with a recast, a vinyl doll, a plastic doll, or basically anything else that's not made of resin and purchased from a legit company or dealer (like Allice Collection's ?).

It's a though crowd (to say the least), is the equivalent of being at hischool and try to be on "the popular girls group", it's carnage, you got to know what you're going to do 50 steps before you do it, and there's %0 room for mistakes. It's madness. And, that being said, you're about to be skinned alive because sooner rather than later the antis of the meet will see your name, your face, and the picture of your dolls.

So it's not "you being smart" because this person "praise your doll not realizing it was a recast" (many people do it, they don't post public pics in their facebook page about it), your little shenanigans about taking a recast to an anti proartist elitist meet will get you cyber-bullied big time, and I can't say it wasn't obvious.

3 ) Find one of the many many MANY places full of wonderful people who actually care about you and accept your dolls and you FOR WHO YOU ARE. those are real hobby friends that will not let you aside.

This people (antis proartists elitists) literally cut ties with their years long friends and even family because they get a doll "it's unacceptable" by their moral standards. Are you seriously telling me that this people it's the kind of people you want in your life???

4 ) Recasts DON'T cause cancer.

*(can't believe I'm clarifying this in 2021 because some people haven't gotten a 🧠 in the last decade). I can give a full explanation of how antis proartists invented this myth to try to get people scared from buying recasts, but if recasts were causing cancer, MANY people would be far dead by now (or at least sick, given that recast are around since 2011, so do your own thinking).

5 ) You ARE a REAL doll collector if you consider yourself one. AND, -NO-, they're NOT "entitled" to "their opinion" if their opinion it's in any way harmful to others (specially about dolls).

Let me rephrase this on a different context: If a guy believes that pigeons shouldn't be on his yard, and place poison glue all over his property to kill the poor innocent birds (in stand of just using an ultrasonic pest repellent), it's this person "entitled to an opinion" that harms innocents? Or overall creates a toxic environment for the kids who might unwillingly ingest the poison glue on his yard? - I'm not going to escalate this to: "wasn't then A dolf H. entitled to his opinion?" thing, but harmful behavior it's bad, and no, people it's not cool to act like it's normal.

So congratulations if you read all the way down to here. You're a champ.

[imaginetonyandbucky]

Yay! Happy Valentine's day! I like to imagine that all of Tony's past relationships didn't get him anything since he's the 'guy who has everything' but Bucky is determined to show his love! Can you do a ficlet based on that?

The Man Who Has Everthing

A/N -- given that I just picked the prompt up,and our fave’s birthday is coming up, I made a slight alteration (PS – this isa legit lemon cake recipe from my grandmother’s recipe book)

There were three different kinds of birthday presents, Tony haddecided a long time ago.

There were the kind that came from his mother, or the children ofhis parents’ business friends, from his business rival/friends. They were theones to show off the wealth that the other person accumulated and really, asfar as Tony could tell, had nothing to do with him at all, except that he was afancy name that they could dangle off the gift, like see, see what I can affordto buy for Tony Stark.

The man who has everything…

There were the kind that came from all the people who feltobligated to give him a gift -- underlings and lower tier managers. They werethe gifts that he didn’t care about, that usually had nothing to do with him atall. People didn’t know him particularly well, didn’t know his preferences,didn’t care to know those things. They were a box to unwrap and a thank younote to get Pepper to write and she’d always be exasperated with him.Especially since most of those gifts ended up being put in baskets and sent offto the local cancer ward or something.

The man who has everything…

And nothing.

Some gifts were good. Rhodey went out of his way to make some sortof bad joke and put it in a box. Jarvis had somehow always managed to give himsomething he wanted, and a few times when Tony’s parents wouldn’t notice, theyhad cake down in the kitchen, he and Jarvis and Anna. Every year Happy got hima gift card to Starbucks. Honestly, Tony could probably buy Starbucks outrightand rename it with all the gift cards he had to that location. (He had,actually, considered it. Because it would be funny.)

The man who has everything… and nothing.

Honestly, Tony didn’t want gifts, he didn’t care about gifts. Notreally.

And while he’d had countless lovers, relationships, friends, andpeople who showed up to his parties… most of them didn’t really bother to buyhim a present, anyway.

It wasn’t like he wasn’t a billionaire. Even the very few peoplehe believed might actually genuinely like him, they all knew that he could buyanything, and everything, that he wanted.

So, why bother.

There really wasn’t much to celebrate, either. Birthdays wererandom, they were pointless. They were a number on a piece of paper.

Tony hadn’t made a big deal out of his birthday since the yearhe’d almost died of palladium poisoning, and really, he was beginning to thinkthat he was just happier that way.

He had a boyfriend, who was unexpectedly dear to him.

Teammates that he liked, and who mostly tolerated him. He had hisworkshop. He had a purpose.

He was happy.

He was.

He didn’t need a damn present.

Bucky almost always brought him coffee in the morning, that wasjust their thing, so Tony didn’t think anything of it, aside from to have asip, sigh orgasmically, and watch through lidded eyes as his boyfriend made thatface.

“Happy birthday,” Bucky said, after Tony put his cup down, havingdrained it to the bottom in a few long gulp.

“Ug, don’t remind me,” Tony said. “I’m already robbing thecradle.”

“I’s born in 1917, Tony, you know that, right?” Bucky said. Heflopped back onto the bed and Tony rolled neatly into the dip created by hisbody. “If anyone’s robbing anything, it’s me.” He kissed Tony thoroughly,distracting him from all things birthday related for a few minutes. The kiss,honestly, was probably a better present than anything else. Luckily for Tony,it was also a renewable resource, and he took advantage of that to kiss hisboyfriend a few more times.

“Yeah, well. You still look twenty-seven,” Tony said.“Which means that I’m way past the creepy half-my-age-plus-seven rule.”

“You’d need to be ten years older, to even get out of my creepyrange, so let’s just agree that it doesn’t apply, and you can open yourpresent,” Bucky said.

“You didn’t have to get me a present,” Tony protested.

“I know,” Bucky said. “That’s why it’s a present.” Buckyhanded him a very light box wrapped in brilliant gold and red paper.

Tony worked the paper off, slowly. Bucky was a shredder, yankingpaper and ribbons free with glee every time he got a present, and it drove himabsolutely mad to watch Tony slit each piece of tape precisely and to carefullypeel off the paper. It was why Tony did it, because he was a bit of an asshole,even on the best days.

At the bottom of the box, there was a single index card, old andyellowed, the penmanship painfully neat, the ink faded. Clipped to the card wasa polaroid.

“What is--”

Anna and Jarvis looked out of the picture at him, each of them hadone hand on Tony’s shoulders. He was all of five or six years old, and he wasblowing out the candle on a one layer cake. He didn’t specifically remember thebirthday, but he remembered the cake. He’d never had anything like it, notsince Anna had passed so long ago. Light, lemony cake, topped with freshberries and clotted cream.

The index card, written in Anna Jarvis’s neat hand, hadingredients on one side, and method on the back.

3          cups all-purposeflour1          tablespoon baking powder¾         teaspoon salt3          cups sugar1          cup unsalted butter, roomtemperature½         cup shortening, room temperature5          large eggs1          cup whole milk6          tablespoons lemon juice1          lemon, zested

MethodPreheat oven to 350°F.Butter and flour 2 loaf pans or one large Bundt pan.Sift flour, baking powder and salt into medium bowl. Set aside.Cream together butter, shortening and sugar. Add eggs one at a time, beatinguntil well blended after each one.In three additions, add to butter mixture alternately with milk, beginning andending with flour mixture. Mix in lemon juice and zest.Pour batter into prepared pans. Bake cakes until tester inserted into centercomes out clean. Cool cakes in pans until pan is warm but not hot. Turn cakesout onto racks, serve with berries

Tony was shaking when he put the card down. “Where did you findthis?”

“Library, actually,” Bucky told him. “I was readin’ an AgathaChristie novel and it fell out. Someone’d been usin’ it to mark their place, Iguess.”

Jarvis had always liked mysteries, and Anna had read them to himbefore bed, in her story-teller’s voice. Sometimes Tony had sat with them for awhile. He liked being able to solve the mystery before the book ended. Even atsix, they were hardly a challenge, but he liked them anyway.

“I… been practicing.”

“Practicing what?”

“The cake,” Bucky said. “It’s your special cake, and… downstairs.I made one for you.”

Absently Tony picked the card up from his gift box and went totuck the recipe and its precious picture inside.

He read the card.

To Tony Stark, a man who has everything.Including my heartJ. Bucky Barnes