#so many cool and smart and interesting people are in this community

[astrow1zar6]

Astro Observations~ 40

Scorpio moons take really long to talk about themselves and their past. Especially when getting to know someone they are romantically interested in (I notice this more with the men) it’ll be years until you really start to know them. This is why many can view them as toxic.. but once you wait out their little game they are loyal to you for life.

Taurus moons would rather pretend they are happy and content than ask for help. This is why they are viewed as emotional stable (but really they’re just repressing a lot:( it’s okay to be not okay♥��)

Aries Venus people get turned on from arguing (especially if paired with a Scorpio Mars)

Fire mercuries were yelled at a lot for talking too loud

Moon in Leo’s and be SO toxic when insecure. Cockiness to the extreme.

Every Leo sun I meet I see attract so many people to them. They really are such magnetic people their energy gives people life (like the sun). As dramatic as they are their confidence is so refreshing & admiring to be around. Their confidence gives others confidence as well.

Virgo suns Leo Venus women smell soooo good usually. Every time I walked someone to smelled like heaven they had this combo.

Aquarius sun tend to mold into their environment. Their personality can become easily influenced by those around them. This is why it’s important for them to surround themselves around positive influences. (Their friend group can usually change them for the better or worse)

Mars in Aquarius folks love things that are out of the ordinary whether it be clothes, sex, people, friends ect. Anything that confuses them or shocks them they usually become obsessed with.

Uranus in the 3rd house sounds like such a smart placement! I never met one person with this placement so I’m so interested on what these people think. (If you have this placement talk about it in the comments 🤗)

Mercury retrograde people are FUNNY omg. For a placement that has a hard time communicating they are absolutely hilarious. They say the most original jokes, shit that makes you think “how do you even come up with that🤣” they are able to see things people normally overlook which makes them so witty.

All Scorpio placements have such piercing dark eyes (sun, moon, rising esp). Even if you have light colored eyes they still appear dark in a way idk how to explain it.

Scorpio risings love people who can hold eye contact. It’s like their secret way of communicating. Insecure types however I see completely avoid it.. but most I notice really dig it. (Especially when it’s their crush 😏..)

Leo risings can exaggerate things about themselves to impress others. They are very dazzling and engaging but you can sense a fakeness in how they present themselves at times. (You guys don’t have to be something you’re not to impress others you guys are so cool regardless 🫶🏽) I’ve seen a lot of people with this placement be actually really awkward and nerdy but most cover it up with a glamorous mask.

Water mercuries can sense when people have bad intentions. They are usually the first ones to see when someone is fake while others might miss it. (Can catch a bad vibe from someone everyone likes then later find out they were horrible people all along).

Moon in Aries women are so HOT. The men are hot as well but very immature and annoying most of the time.

Aqua moons I feel like are the most unconventional and eccentric of all the Aquarius placements. They on a different wavelength then us all.

Gemini Risings in school were usually getting trouble for talking too much or disrupting the class lol.

Sorry I took to long to post I’ve been violently sick all week ♥️🫶🏽

[heya-dollface]

Where can I find patterns for making Fashion Doll Clothes?

A friend and I were chatting tonight about doll clothes, and it occurred to me that if you've never dabbled in making doll clothes before, you may not know where to find patterns for them. So I'm sharing a list with you guys of every resource I know of.

Paid-For Patterns:

Requiem Arts: https://raddollclothes.com/

This is one of the big go-to's of the community. Requiem Arts has patterns for so many different fashion dolls, from Monster High (G1 and G3) to Rainbow High, to a number of BJDs, to Barbies, and even several for the boy dolls. I've gone to them for many a Descendants pattern since not a lot of places offer them. Her blog also features a number of great posts on size differences between dolls, fixing articulation, and more.

Dollightful: https://www.etsy.com/shop/DollightfulPatterns

If you need Monster High and Ever After High patterns with easy to follow instructions, this is the place to go! Dollightful only has a handful of patterns up, but her instructions are super easy to follow. They're just as enjoyable as her YouTube videos.

Moonlight Jewel: https://moonlightjeweldolls.myshopify.com/collections/ebooks

This artist has an interesting mix of patterns for fashion dolls, once again it's a lot of Monster High, but also a little bit of Rainbow High. I have her two pattern books, and they've got some wonderful picture instructions that put into perspective how to follow along. I hadn't realized until making this post that she's released a couple of individual patterns from her YouTube videos, that's really cool!

Enchanterium: https://www.enchanterium.com/shop

The Enchanterium sisters are a delight, and their patterns for MH, EAH, and Smart Dolls encompass a wide variety of genres. They even have some 3D printing files for shoes and accessories.

Cosmomoore: https://ko-fi.com/cosmomoore/shop/sewingpatterns

Cosmomoore is great if you need patterns for Rainbow High, Barbie, or G3 Monster High. All of the G3 patterns are under the Creepy Class tag. I've tried their skirt pattern for G3 Draculaura, it was a breeze to put together when you know a few basic stitches.

Free Patterns:

Enchanterium: https://www.enchanterium.com/shop/freebies

Enchanterium offers a number of freebies at this link! Most of them are patterns from their older YouTube videos, so there's those as a resource to follow along with.

Cosmomoore: https://ko-fi.com/cosmomoore/shop/sewingpatterns

Once again, this artist has a number of freebies, but they don't have a specific tag.

Poulpe en Ciel's Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1lkI6inme4K6wxw0IqTSGGju2bIQMln_A

This artist is known for having some truly extravagant patterns for Monster High and Cave Club dolls. And she offers them in both English and French! Highly recommend checking out Poulpe on Instagram, her dolls are absolutely to die for, and she puts so much heart into making her stuff accessible for the wider community.

Chellywood: https://chellywood.com/

Chellywood's website is a diamond in the rough. If you're looking for a doll pattern for a doll most people don't make patterns for, Chelly probably has it. Her website is organized by size and goes into individualized pages for each doll line. It's fantastic. And on top of that, she has YouTube videos!

MyFroggyStuff: https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipOJWM4ft-CgHQI3fhqNJzWLG30C45Xl3xs-tgatId430gKVW-J8w5cB9ViW2jRPFw?pli=1&key=Y2Y2UDJ6S01Gb2EwUHRZUVJDdm9FanpMdDZzY1RR

Barbie lovers rejoice, this is your kingdom! While there's no tagging system here, Toya has patterns for everything, from mermaid tails to cute easy dresses, this is a great place to go. Her YouTube channel is also an endless resource of creativity.

If you have any resources for patterns, or for places to buy doll clothing, feel free to reblog! I'd love to include more people from our lovely doll community so people know about them!

[eisforeidolon]

Question: You guys have been so close for so long, what would you say each other's greatest character trait is and why?

Jared: As people? And I have to say this in front of him?

[Jensen theatrically turns to Jared, crosses his leg, and props his chin on his hand to listen]

Jared: I mean, where do I start, honestly? But I'd say one of the things that has been abundantly obvious to me, and I relied on for almost the last twenty years? Is he doesn't give up. He doesn't give up - not on a project, not on a person. He just goes, like, alright, one step at a time, let's do it. Not that he doesn't get down, I mean, we're all humans, we have good days and bad days [Jensen nods]. But when the shit hits the fan, he's - I always said he'd be a good, like, Navy Seal or something. 'Cause he's just like, okay, what's next? I can't change that, what are we doing? Like, didn't you just hear, the camera broke, the stage is on fire. And he's like, alright, well, can we get something from tomorrow's work? Like, he's just sort of like, alright - he goes. And that, that - I don't want to say it's confidence, because it doesn't come from a place of arrogance, or some ego? It just comes from alright then what can we do? And so it's infectious to go like, well, that guy over there, Jensen, he's still ready to get after it, even though everything went wrong and everything broke and everything's on fire, he's still ready to carry on. To borrow the name of an episode. So I think that that permeates a lot of his life, whether things are great or things are not great? He just goes, like, okay, cool, what's next? I can't change that, so what can I do, what can we do? And he doesn't put - he's not one of those drill sergeant, hey, I'm ready to do it, you better do it. But you see him doing and well, if he can do it, then maybe I can, too. So it's a very hopeful attitude, that I really appreciated. [Jensen pats Jared's leg, Jared pats his back]

Jensen: There are many, so I will pick one. And one that I admire and I, you know, wish I had more of is his appetite for knowledge in the things he becomes even remotely interested in. He can take a subject, any topic, and wonder about it. And he doesn't continue to wonder very long. I just kind of sit in that wonderment for a while, oh, that's - I wish I knew more about that. Oh well. Jared dives deep. And almost in just an insatiable appetite way of wanting to know more and that zest for knowledge and life is - it's inspiring? But it's just so unique and powerful for somebody to have that and have that drive to wanna know so much more about so many different - I mean the guy is insanely intelligent in a way that - I always knew he was smart, I always knew he had a really great head on his shoulder, but. Shoulders. Two just stunningly muscular shoulders. But he gets an interest in something and he just digs in so, like, amazingly. And any subject - if it's academics, if it's wanting to know about - like I'm always like, hey Jared, what supplements should I be on? Because I know he knows all about it. Or hey man, I'm looking for a book right now, what are your recommendations? And he'll give me thirteen, fourteen recommendations. He just has - his brain works in just such a brilliant way that I've always been in awe of how he's able to do that and do it consistently. You know he doesn't burn out, he doesn't tire out with the zest that he has for wanting to know more about life, and it too is infectious. And I was it was more infectious, I wish I would be infected with it completely. But I get a little bit of it and it's inspiring for me to wanna just know more and learn more and have that desire for knowledge the way he does. It's really really impressive and I think it's had an amazing impact on his life and the way that he can relate to so many different - you put him in a room with anybody and he will have a researched knowledgeable way of communicating with just about anybody and everybody on almost any topic. And that to me is just incredible, so. And again, that's one of many things that I could say, but that one just popped to the front. [Jared squeezes Jensen's knee and then puts his hand on his back]

[xx-babyyyblue-xx]

Slytherin Boys Personality

I have now been able to do all of the boys personalities. Let me know if there is anything I left out please

Draco Malfoy: 

Evil personality that can be redeemed with enough work, or with the love of a certain someone. Refers to his girl as his Princess. Daddy issues.

Ambitious: Drive for power, recognition, and success as well as uphold his family legacy and prove himself as a worthy member of a pure-blood wizard community

Proud: Superiority complex that leads to displays of condescension and arrogance. Can get him into trouble because he may say things that he does not mean out of anger because the prejudice is what he knows 

Insecure: Despite outward confidence, struggles with deep seated insecurities that has him constantly seeking validation and approval from his peers (and his parents). This fuels his need to prove himself and maintain a certain image. 

Short Temper: Loses his cool very quickly due to his need to be right and prove himself, but will attempt to make it right fairly quickly 

Blaze Zabini

Probably the most positive and playful out of the entire group

Loyal: Loyal to a fault. His friends are above everything, even his love interest at times. They are the ones who are going to decide everything for him even if he doesnt realize it is happening 

Sensitive: Overly sensitive to the point where he is going to start arguments over little things. He doesnt enjoy PDA because he feels that it makes him look weak and he does not want to be perceived that way. On the plus side, his sensititiviy to things also means he always dresses well and smells really nice

Smart: Definitely the best study buddy. He is the person that others would copy off of it 

Playful: The kind of guy that is going to playully tease you but never in a way that will make you upset. 

Player: He is attractive and he knows it and will often playfully flirt in order to make things go his way. 

Lorenzo Berkshire

Short Temper and Holds a Grudge: Will get angry very quickly and then ignore you for days until he realizes that he misses you and makes it up to you by doing something that shows you that he cares. 

Trust Issues: He is the kind of guy that would create a fake account to “catch” you cheating or will flirt with a girl whenever you are talking to much to another boy

Funny: Has a great sense of humor because of all of the things that he has been through in his life. When everything is at his best, he is a very happy person. 

Mattheo Riddle

Daddy issues and a drug addict who loves sometimes a little too hard and a little too much 

a highly imaginative, highly intelligent, and highly sensitive person, gets into fights

Possessive: He will defend the things and people that belong to him or have value to him and does not care about the consequences

Toxic and loves to party- will be the kind of guy who will pull you back and forth in a relationship but its not because he doesnt actually have feelings for you, but because he doesnt know how to handle them when he does have them. 

Tom Riddle

Smart: Smart without even trying and makes it known whenever you make a mistake because you are therefore dumb in comparison

Jealous: What's his is his and he will take anyone down whom he believes is going to take away the things that are his

Anger issues: Does not know how to cool down and won’t admit when he is wrong. Instead, when he realizes that he is even slightly in the wrong he will attempt to make up for it and move past it without actually talking about it 

Theodore Nott

French in a lot of ways: Smoker, calls you Bella for beautiful, and is rude 

Protective: The kind of person who is going to drop kick anyone that says anything negative about you or any of his people. 

Troublemaker: He does not care about the rules so he will do what he has to do in order to make his point known. He is always in trouble of some kind and that gets in the way of a lot of things. 

Player: Has had many many girlfriends and has a list of people that he needs to avoid because of the way that he has toyed with and broken their heart 

[royonninjago]

Something Interesting about the Forbidden Five's Elemental Powers

We still have little in the way of the actual personalities of the rest of the Forbidden Five, but now that I'm pretty sure that we have all their Elemental Powers (assuming there isn't a mistranslation or something), I think I've stumbled across a pretty interesting link between all of them.

Domination.

Each one of their powers roughly translates to a form of control or manipulation, which could play into why they're so dead set on conquering every realm in existence. As for my why I think this, here is my reasoning:

Brute Force This power represents domination through violence and right of conquest. It is the oldest and rawest form of control, representing the concept of might makes right. From what we've seen of Nokt and his "everything is war" mentality, I feel that this is especially fitting.

Fear This power represent domination through sheer terror and psychological manipulation. This form of control is a lot more primal than Brute Force, as it exists inside everyone. We haven't gotten as much screen time with Rox, but what we have seen is that she is much smarter than Nokt as she not only is a prolific wielder of Theroxian magic and is the one who created the Wolf Masks, but I think that it can be inferred that she was a large contributor to the "Elements of Betrayal" plan, if not the mastermind behind it.

A quick aside, but since Doc Wyatt has confirmed that Nokt and Rox are the leaders of the Forbidden Five, I think what that means is that they take leadership roles depending on the situation. Rox is more of a big picture strategic and plan making type of leader that decides what to do, when do to it and how it should be done. Meanwhile, Nokt is the on the ground leader that leads troops into battle and makes quick on the fly decisions that affect the flow of battle. This especially seems to be the case within the context of that flashback scene of Rox making the Wolf Masks while Nokt returns from battle with Zarkar as a prisoner.

Also, from here on out it is purely speculation based on the rest of the Five's Elemental Powers and their designs and motifs surrounding them.

Swarm This power represents domination through mob mentality and group think. I know that in the teaser trailer it looks like they're just controlling a large amount of and turning into a swarm of insects, but since this Element is called "Swarm" and the one who wields it is a giant bug person, I think it's safe to assume that any insect that operates under a hive mind is fair game. Besides, this one seems to be pretty self explanatory, after all how many people have done something just because other people are also doing it? As the famous "I can't remember who said it" once said, "a person is smart, but people are stupid".

Misfortune This power represents domination through superstition and faith. For thousands of years, people have been living in a chaotic and unpredictable world, and to cope they have been turning to the supernatural to rationalize it. And, historically speaking, those who have claimed to be in control of these supernatural forces have become very powerful and influential within their communities. And, historically, not all people with this kind of power have used it for exclusively good intentions. I mean, look at the shit that went on during the dark ages and the crusades and you'll understand what I mean. A miscellaneous and not fully formed thought I've had is about the chains around Zarkt's body and his Element being Misforture paralleling Pandora's box being locked up and holding in all the world's evil and misfortune. If someone who knows Greek mythology could put the pieces together then that would be cool.

Decay This power represents domination through culture and tradition. I admit this one is a bit of a stretch, but I think that the best parallel for this power is how eventually all institution erode and lose their sense of purpose, eventually becoming ripe for someone to usurp their power and influence for their own selfish needs. It's a story that has been told and repeated for as long as civilizations have existed, and as a mummy person Kur would be perfect for this Element since they most likely have seen the rise and fall of empires and would know exactly what to do. Read into that how you want.

I'm interested to see how the other members of the Forbidden Five are as individuals and how they interact with the Ninja and each other. If you have any other ideas to add on or refute or whatever, I'd love to hear them!

[tracklessreason]

I LOVE! your Hive Prime AU!! Just binged every post and my head is absolutely swimming with brainworms!!! Shaking him around in a bottle!!

I would love to know more about the HiveSpark AU! Really enjoyed how girlfail ES bee was at being a parental figure so, hive prime would be even worse!!! (/pos) How does he feel about taking care of Wilder? How does Wilder feel about Hive? Or the other Primes? Omg! What does Optimus think about Wilder and Hive!! WHAT DOES RATCHET THINK- (sorry!!! I am so so so excited!)

What does Hive actually do after taking back control in the Voice of the Autobots AU? How do all the other Autobots feel about the new prime? Do the other primes still try and take control? Are they mad? Does Hive even listen to them anymore?

Is Optimus proud of Hive?

(sorry about the question spam! no need to answer them all I'm just! I love your work so much???? Hive Prime is so so cool!!! I love when people take Bee, the trademark 'happy fella' guy and just, 1 billion trauma and responsibility him!!!!)

(OH! Hi!!! It's been a little while since anyone's had interest in what I'm up to with my AU's, so please, don't apologize! As a writer, we really mean it when we say that you taking the time to ask about our works is such a joy. Everything I do is 100 percent passion, and I tend not to share it because the stuff I really like doesn't do well. I've got a geometry meme post doing straight numbers right now, meanwhile my very heartfelt OC crashed and burned, poor fella. But anyways, thank you for talking to me! I love talking to people!!!!! I'm so happy that you also want to shake Hive in a jar!)

Hive and Wilder's relationship is much more loving than a plain description of their situation makes it out to be. Hive really does love his son, promise! He's just also very tired. It's the autobot equivalent of raising a kid while chronically ill.

Hive spends very little time with Wilder between Prime responsibilities, and Prime nuisances. It weighs on him, honestly. But when he is with his son, the two are a real handful. It's one of the most stark reminders that the autobots get that Hive is in fact the same trouble making bot beneath the massive frame and responsibility. The two are birds of a feather, and even without the voice bank, Wilder understands his father innately. He is a very tiny child, with a very massive father, so Wilder can expend some energy just climbing up to sit on Hive's shoulder.

But really, even in his hay day Hive couldn't compare to Wilder. That little bastard earned his name. He was online for about a week before Hive was lucid enough to name him, and during that time he caused such a headache for everyone else that Hive's first time holding the kid was simultaneously the first of many long stories about how much trouble Wilder caused. The autobots as a whole are tripping over each other to figure out how to raise a sparkling who's tiny, fast, and determined to cause chaos.

I've said it before, but things go well specifically because Wilder is so intelligent, and the whole community needed to band together to rope him in. Ratchet is a big part of that, as the unofficial second in command, and chief medical officer. Especially because Wilder's immense energy focuses down into a talent for medicine. He holds quite a lot of respect for Ratchet, and sees him as a mentor and second parent.

Really, Wilder is a sweetheart, but too smart for his own good, and he catches on pretty quickly that the reason he can't always have fun times with his father is because of the other Primes. Half his antics are quite clearly bids to annoy the Primes. Really, he can't stand any of them, though the feeling isn't reciprocated.

Most of the Primes are mildly annoyed by him, Prima and Megatronus find him to be an exhausting but darling little sparkling, and Optimus is just very sad that he can't have a good relationship with his closest friend's son. Wilder doesn't recognize Optimus as a good Prime, because ultimately, his bickering with the other Primes over Hive takes just as much energy from Hive as the others do.

As an adult, Wilder never really gets the chance to reconcile. Although the Primes have backed off by then, and his relationship with the autobots and his father is thriving, there were unrealized consequences to being born of the amalgamated DNA of several Primes, and Wilder leaves home towards a painful future...

Voice of the Autobots Hive had a hell of a time between falling into stasis and waking up. While the autobots were busy trying to keep him alive, tiny little Bumblebee was surfing the oceans of his own mind, filibustering every single Prime until he'd made his point clear. It was easier with some than others, but his ultimatum was simple; you advise, I listen, I do. No demands, no forcing control. There was no rest during that stasis, he didn't just wake up and decide to change things. Every second that he was out was being spent to assert himself as the ruler of his own frame.

When he does wake, the change is palpable. The Primes each have an amount of energy alloted to them, and can't take control unless allowed or in times of emergency. It's finally Hive's time to lead, and he steps into it with the wisdom and grace that Optimus taught him. Any fears or uncertainties the autobots had are extinguished. Hive is no longer a silent suffering mouthpiece to warring gods, he makes himself and his intentions well known. The Primes do have sage wisdom to pass down, but Hive certainly isn't dependent on them.

And last, but not least, YES! Optimus is immensely proud of Hive in every single variation of this au. There isn't a single moment from his death until Hive's rise that he isn't on his friend's side, even when it means long and arduous debates with his own mentors. Optimus believes that the Matrix chose Bee, not the Primes, and he couldn't be prouder to know that Hive is worthy. If he'd had a choice in the matter, he himself would have chosen Bumblebee, with Ratchet as a close second seeing as he preferred the medbay to the meeting room.

(Whew, this took a little while! I hope the food's good lol, I try not to make long posts like this normally but you seem like you'd actually enjoy the detail, so I let it get a little long! Thank you again for taking the time to read my work, I really appreciate being able to reciprocate excitement over a project!)

[blood-starved-beast]

Hmm thinking about it I think of lot of ppl's issue with Caitlyn's arc this season is the confusion of what her arc in s2 act 1 was supposed to mean/represent and how that translates to her arc in act 2.

Cause the point was that Caitlyn's laser focus is what blinds her. It made her susceptible to manipulation by Ambessa, caused her to lean to fascist like behaviors, and with the priviledge of her birth, meant that translated into consequences for and damage to a lot of people of Zaun (including the war crimes). This does not justify her behavior now, but it doesn't make her a fascist ideologue, which a lot of ppl seem to have gotten the impression is where her character will be going.

Act 1 Caitlyn was her hardening and doubling down on her pain and grief, which culminates in her discarding Vi, something that pre-ep9 of s1 wouldn't have happened. Not after all what they've been through. That's where the parallels with Vi and Powder from s1ep3 come from - at an emotional/personal level, it's a betrayal not only to Vi/Powder, but also to what Caitlyn/Vi wanted in their relationship/how they engaged with their loved one/themselves even.

Fast forward to act 2. Time has passed, and Caitlyn's initial grief has cooled. Her hard boot actions of act 1 and leaning into the role Ambessa provided for her (which she did not want, cause again she's not an ideologue for fascism/dictatorships) did not bring her her results; rebounding with a woman her mother would've wanted (per Amanda Overton says) did not get her the satisfaction she'd hope. She misses Vi. But more pertinently, Ambessa is going too wild, she is causing too much problems, and this is going on for too long. And there's the Jinx issue. Caitlyn is smart, if a bit hamstrung with little allies who could do something (her mother, Jayce are now gone, she has no Vi for a guide in the undercity) to help her. Only Ambessa, whom Caitlyn is aware is manipulating her but Caitlyn herself is not politician with the skills to play back. And again, Ambessa knows how to press her buttons. Until Singed.

That's when I think, it becomes clear to Caitlyn that she needs to act now. When she learns that Ambessa not only was going behind her back about finding this weapon (thus, more self-interested and dangerous), she's working with the guy who has done so much damage to Piltover and Zaun both. And is actively hurting this guy and plans to do more. It becomes imperative when Ambessa speaks about destroying a peaceful commune. So when Vi shows up, finally, an ally whom Ambessa is not aware of and/or doesn't have a thumb in, she takes the chance. Hence the team up. She can trust Vi here, cause she learns that Vi has an invested interest in protecting the commune (her dad is there/is the beast). That's not of course, including the guilt and of course the love, but still. And that clearing of mind allows her to focus more on the important things - not attacking Jinx, ignoring her to focus on Vi being injured in the fight despite having the Shot for Jinx. Caitlyn now knows isolation (timeskip deal) and values more what she has to lose.

tl;dr - Caitlyn's issue was always that she had tunnel vision, and too much grief that manifested into rage which led her astray in many ways. She was never Anti-Zaunite in the sense she wanted them all dead - but cause of the grief and her flaws with her privilege led her to lean into her biases with little countermeasure. Even in episode 1 she was blaming Jinx, and later Silco's goons for the rogue actions in Zaun - not the whole population. Again, he Her "pivot" in act 2 makes sense therefore, cause it was less a pivot if more of a clear head/wake up call. Her actions in act 1/timeskip are not justified on moral grounds, but it makes sense for the character and her situation.

[sugar-coat-it]

Could you give a summary of the interview? I don’t want to sit through an 3 hour interview 🙃

I got you, spark notes RIGHT NOW I'm just going to recap the main points as I watch

Lots of talk about the dangers of technology and the culture that it’s brought about -SATVB as an exploration of said dangers (toxic masculinity, lack of guidance for young men). It was meant to be performance art that evolved with the reactions to it (a lot of people missed the point of consumption because of disregarding context. He says that this context collapse extended to a lot of the situations that got him in trouble with cancellation) -Social media's "everyone is an activist" mentality is degrading "actual activists" -Dopamine buzz culture and the prominence of short-term pleasure -"Shortcut" to being a musician through social media -How do you regulate social media without it seeming totalitarian? - 2:07:58 "KaMaLa iS BrAt"

Some people were a bit ticked off that he was trying to explain some abstract concepts "for his fans" in particular -He would ask the host to explain things in "a way that his audience can understand" (Ex: Slow cancelation of the future and hauntology)

Discussion of art as a commodity and the suppression of creativity in a capitalistic society -We are told that the only art that is worth making is financially successful art. Young artists aren't encouraged to change the world anymore. -Companies don't want to take risks and invest in art that might not be successful (this is why we're getting so many remakes of movies or the sort of Marvel franchise phenomenon) -"The most talented, creative, young person you know will be doing the flat design for some internet company" -Consumerism overshadowing art. Art institutions in particular. -The extremely wealthy don't feel the same obligation to give back to art and culture that they used to

Matty is involved with charity organizations that fund art as an alternative institution to big corporations (cool!)

Matty is becoming really strict with not referencing music from the past, he wants to break away from genre and what's been previously done -P.S He lost his shoes at this point of the interview idk what happened there

Counterculture as a concept is dying in a way because there is a lot less separation between what is mainstream and what is considered to be fringe -The internet is a massive contributor to that, many of these subcultures have moved online

Loooots of criticism about the neoliberalist philosophy

Documentary mentioned! -"I've been making this film for ten years that I'll probably never even make" (I'm going to kill u)

ATPOAIM -An "internet web series thing of a proper thing" he's been working on -Stemmed from an eerie feeling of being constantly surveilled and subjective reality

Matty's phone was hacked for five years -Every phone conversation he had from the age of 18-24 was listened to

The new record! - "The new record is, I suppose, born from me nearly going insane and that being a kind of an internet-induced insanity, combined with the cautionary tale of my last record." -Matty mentioned not being interested in doing press for the album with any traditional media -Themes: love, sex, death, communication, religious fanaticism

I can see why some people are criticizing the interview, labeling it as a sort of "intellectual circle jerk", but there were a lot of interesting insights into how Matty operates in terms of both his art and his ideologies if you give it a chance. It's pretentious at points, I'll admit that, but he's honestly really smart and I think it would be silly to overlook that because of the way he delivers some of what he says. I do think he makes a lot of good points about art amidst major, unprecedented societal shifts, but it can get lost in the way he talks. It’s worth a watch <3

[lucas-deziderio]

I've been thinking a lot about Spider-Man and about how I headcanon him as someone in the autism spectrum, in big part as a way of seeing myself represented. But I genuinely think there is some good supporting evidence in canon! And with some slight headcanon adjustments you too can interpret him as neurodivergent!

• First off, Peter Parker was constantly being bullied throughout all his school life. Even though he is canonically attractive, funny and smart. I think this could be explained by the lack of social abilities and communication skills usually seen in autistic people. Not knowing how to express oneself or doing so in an awkward or rude manner can quickly turn you into a target. That's specially clear in the Ditko era comics.

• Second, his big interest on STEM and related subjects can be seen as his special interest. I think this is specially poignant because his investment in physics is what caused him to attend to the radiation experiment that created the ill-fated spider. And him being the closest person to the machine is what caused the irradiated spider to bite him in the first place.

• Third, his enhanced spider-sense could be interpreted as his sensory issues, also related to the autism spectrum. MCU's Peter, in his very first appearance, explains that he can get overwhelmed with his senses and has designed specific glasses to help him with them. Though less cool in real life, using special glasses and/headphones is indeed something many of us do to help with sensory issues.

• Expanding on that last point, it is noticeable that the Venom and other related symbiotes are specially vulnerable against sonic attacks. Though there's now a very different canon explanation for it, this could be headcanonned as them absorbing Peter's enhanced senses and intensifying them to the point where it can easily becoming debilitating. Having a Spider-Man with sensory issues could also make villains such as the Shocker and Sandman more threatening.

• There's also the matter of the weird hand pose he uses to activate the web-shooters. As far as we know, this was originated from the fact that Steve Ditko just liked to flex how good he was at drawing hands. But I believe that this can be interpreted as a stimming movement by Peter. I myself use to stim by moving my fingers in weird ways.

Well, that's all I have for now. I'd like to know if you people have any more headcanons I can add to the list. Any good recommendations of fanfics that treat Peter as neurodivergent would also be welcome.

[aromacaque]

i think it's so weird how the internet used to genuinely be a nice place to be, because it wasn't really marketable and it wasn't the convenient "everything is on here and everything Will be on here" as it is now. it was just little groups of people in their own little corners making forums and communities. it wasn't ever like "oh no i can't put my laptop down!! i'm addicted to it!!!" it was just .. another way to connect with people. a place to have some games. if you were lonely and didn't have any friends it was a nice little escape. a GENUINELY nice escape. i remember it. i was alive for that. i was young when it was still like this, but it was like that and i remember it. and then phones started to become more like computers. my mom went from having a flip phone to a smart phone. i watched my older sister go from a phone with sliding keyboard where taking pictures was a novelty to social media apps till i got my first phone and suddenly EVERYTHING was in my pocket. phones started to overtake computers for sake of convenience and marketability, and now it's like. every second you spend on your phone is another cent someone else is making. everything you have to do in order to live a life is on your phone. you clock in on your phone. you look at menus at restaurants on your phone. you even order on your phone now!!! in advance! your food will be ready before you get here and you don't have to speak to anyone!!!!! you are constantly near your phone because it is so important to you and so you are now available 24/7!!! it's so convenient it can track your health and habits for you!!! we can also give this data to other apps for your convenience! would you like these companies to know your sleep schedule? would you like these companies to know how fit you are? your medical records are now on your phone! you make appointments on an app now! your medical results are now sent to you on your phone!!!! it's all on your phone! oh, you want to use your computer for this? okay, well the website is practically impossible to navigate because it was made with phones in mind. IT'S ALL ON YOUR PHONE!!!!!

you want a break from your phone for a bit? alright, that's fine, but if your friends are trying to contact you, to talk, hang out, or maybe even because of an emergency you won't know. not unless it's on you 24/7 of course!!!

i never use my phone. i am on my laptop first before i go to my phone. i've never cared about my phone and that hasn't stopped, but i've watched more websites die. more of the internet Die. more websites favor mobile interfaces and completely abandon or neglect computers. "download the app to see this!" "use your phone to log in!" AI is everywhere in search results. it used to be community driven wikis and forums.

want to watch this movie? want to read this book? download this app. buy a kindle! get it digitally get it online! need a textbook for your college class? it's online! it's digital! and it still costs you $70 to rent a digital copy of a textbook!!! isn't this so great!! it's so accessible!

i go to school for something deeply intertwined with the internet. i have film major friends, animator friends, and every other news/media/entertainment outlet intertwined with these fields. many of my friends are very wellversed in most of this stuff because it is literally our job. i've also never been surrounded by so many people with such genuine distaste and hatred for tech ever in my life than these people who work with it for a living. almost all of them i know are so vehemently against streaming services and go out of their way to find physical media, preserve it and salvage it. all my college classes are filled with discussions on dependence on this technology, the dangers of the things we work with, and etc. etc.

it's not really that walkmans and CDs are interesting and cool because they're vintage to us, but because we grew up with those and hate what we have to trade for the sake of "accessibility" that comes with streaming services. we miss years where it wasn't like this. younger generations, people only 5+ years younger than me, are interested in the novelty of a world foreign to them where your every move wasn't tracked and you actually owned the things you bought. that's SAD. AND HORRIFYING ???

and it's just like . i don't know. i've genuinely thought about going to a store, getting rid of my phone and getting a shitty flip phone for calls and texts only before. i WISH i could do that. i can't because i have 40 apps that i can't live without because it is necessary for my job and medical appoinments (i am chronically ill). i have to scan QR codes to navigate daily errands and experiences. i have to have an app for my concert tickets. for my movie tickets. for any reservation i make. i need an app to ride the bus. if i go to museums sometimes you scan QR codes to learn more about what's in front of you. AT A MUSEUM. without my phone i'd be completely isolated from the world. you never used to be isolated from the world for not having the internet. it used to be the other way around.

and well. okay. go outside and meet new people, yes, but everyone's online. social settings aren't what they were during the 2000s, not even what they were in the 2010s. 2020 quarantine fundamentally altered how everything is set up as well. to connect with people you get their tiktok or their instagram. you're more unreachable if you have neither.

and what about people who can't go out and find people like them? what if it's not that easy? what if they're disabled and can't get out of the house often? what if they're queer and live in a very conservative area

queer spaces irl are so heavily designed for allos too. not to mention, unless you live in a major city then these places typically are gay bars or the local libraries teen events. maybe i don't want to go to a bar to meet other queer people maybe i want to do something else.

and like. there's kind of not a solution? this is just the world we live in and we have to make due with it. my closest friends are all online and living near each other irl isn't viable for most of us in our current situations. i would love if that were the case. it isn't.

i have to clock into work on my phone. i have to check paystubs on my phone, i don't even get an option for it to be mailed to me. i have to access all my medical documents on the phone.

i appreciate the accessibility of some things, i really do, but my phone is not my phone, it is an android. it's samsung's. my data is theirs and they could brick it if they really wanted to. i have apps on my phone i can't uninstall from samsung.

idk. i hate phones i think.

[sarcasmandships]

what inspired you to write socialites?? its such an original and interesting idea it would be cool to know how you came up with it

Omg I love this question so much because so many random things fed into the chaos stew that became Socialites, and I still can’t believe it’s turned into what it has. So here’s the semi-organized brain dump of what inspired me:

First off—the canon itself! I was always obsessed with the idea that Nico and the Seven would 100% be the subject of camp gossip. Like, they’ve literally fought titans and gods and monsters and saved the world multiple times. The other campers must know some version of what happened… but I love imagining that over time, the stories just grew arms and legs. Got weirder. More dramatic. “Leo once built a bomb out of an acorn and a sock.” “Annabeth stared down Athena herself and won.” “Nico di Angelo killed a man with just a look.” So I thought: what if I took that reputation and dropped them in a no-magic college AU? What if they were still legends, but in a completely human setting?

The Secret History by Donna Tartt was a huge inspiration too. I loved the idea of a narrator (like Will) kind of being drawn to this enigmatic, self-contained group who feel larger than life. In TSH, Richard shows up at this elite college and becomes obsessed with this mysterious group of Classics students who seem untouchable, glamorous, weirdly intense. That energy definitely made its way into how I wrote Will watching Nico & the Seven from afar at first—how they feel like myths come to life.

Also… Mean Girls. Specifically that scene where everyone shares the wild rumors they’ve heard about Regina George?? That was a vibe. I wanted the campus to feel alive with that kind of exaggerated whisper-network energy. Like how sometimes there’s just That Person™ on campus that everyone treats like a local celeb for no reason, and gossip about them is so much more interesting than normal gossip. Me and my friends have 100% had group chats like “saw [insert legendary uni guy] at Tesco buying kale… what’s he planning” and I channeled that SO hard into the campus dynamics.

Also, a huge source of inspiration is obviously Greek mythology itself—especially the way it weaves love and death so tightly together. I’ve definitely drawn on myths like Orpheus and Eurydice (the whole “looking back and losing what you love” energy runs deep in Nico’s arc) and Apollo and Hyacinthus, which mirrors so much of Will and Nico’s dynamic—sunlight and shadow, joy and grief, love that transforms and wounds at the same time. Those stories echo in the way they see each other, the way they hurt, and the way they try to love anyway.

Other inspirations:

Gossip Girl, especially for the “rich kids with secrets” vibe, local celebrity energy, and the sense that everyone’s always watching and speculating

Twelfth Night, because I’m forever obsessed with messy identity stuff, romantic chaos, miscommunication, and everyone falling in love at wildly inconvenient times

Dead Poets Society, for the moody academic aesthetic, emotional repression, boys being intense about their feelings, and that vibe of “I just want to feel something real”

Normal People, for the longing, the communication disasters, the tension between love and shame, and the feeling of being seen too clearly

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt, especially for Nico’s backstory—trauma, grief, beauty, obsession, and the idea of clinging to something painful because it’s the only thing that feels real

The Secret History, obviously, but also more broadly the whole dark academia aesthetic of intellect and decay, wine-stained secrets, and people who are too smart for their own good

Marie Antoinette (the Sofia Coppola film) for the aesthetic dissonance—beautiful people being sad and chaotic in glittery settings while the world burns quietly around them

Every university gossip thread that starts with “so I just saw this guy in the library in full Renaissance cosplay and…”

And honestly? Tumblr. Just Tumblr energy. Overwrought poetry, gay yearning, candlelight, and memes. All of it.

I really wanted to do a college AU because it’s such a goldmine for plot; found family, roommates, study sessions, parties, identity crises, chaotic flirting in libraries… plus, I got to give everyone majors that nodded to their godly heritage, which was honestly so fun to figure out.

One challenge has been keeping everyone true to character, even though they haven’t had the exact same canon traumas. I’ve tried to rework those events into realistic equivalents—like having Bianca still be dead, but from a drowning accident, so that Nico can still carry guilt and grief and have that tension with Percy. It’s a balance, but I’ve loved the challenge.

One of the biggest things I wanted to explore with Socialites was the theme of class and wealth disparity, which is also super present in The Secret History. That book plays a lot with how wealth can be both seductive and isolating, how it gives people power, access, mystery, freedom, but also creates distance between them and the rest of the world. I was really drawn to that tension, especially in a college setting where people from totally different backgrounds are suddenly thrown together.

In this AU, Nico and the Seven are all wildly wealthy; old money, legacy kid, high-society vibes—and that was definitely a plot device to match the larger-than-life reputation they have on campus. Like, of course the group of rumoured demigod-style local legends would also be weirdly rich and cryptic and have a private chef named Claudius or something. But for Nico in particular, I wanted to amp it up, partly because Hades is canonically the god of wealth (not just death), and partly because it fit his specific brand of cold, distant, intimidating mystery. He’s not just rich, he’s untouchably rich. The kind of wealth that people don’t question because they assume it comes with power you shouldn’t question.

That said—I never wanted to glamorize that kind of obscene privilege. It’s beautiful in a dark, aesthetically pleasing way, sure. But it’s also isolating, suffocating, and a huge source of emotional disconnection for Nico. That’s where Will comes in. He’s from a totally different world, and I really leaned into that contrast. His background is closer to what Taylor Swift sings about in “I Bet You Think About Me”—like, “you grew up in a silver spoon gated community / I grew up on a farm / no, it wasn’t a mansion.” That line? That’s Will. That’s his whole vibe. I’ve seen so many TikTok edits to that exact lyric and they perfectly capture the contrast between him and Nico, the way Will is constantly aware of the difference, even when no one else brings it up.

The angst block centered so much around this theme too—Will’s spirals were about shame, pride, internalized inferiority, and the weight of being on the outside looking in. It’s not just about money—it’s about power. About who gets to feel like they belong. About who can afford to make mistakes and still be forgiven. Will grew up having to hustle for everything, and the fact that Nico doesn’t even think about money because he’s never had to? That’s a chasm between them, even when they love each other.

I’m definitely going to be digging back into this in upcoming chapters—especially as Will continues to reckon with what it means to be loved by someone so far outside his world, and as Nico starts to confront the privileges he’s inherited and the cost of keeping that power intact. It’s one of the core themes of the fic: how wealth can shape people in ways they don’t even realize, and how intimacy—real, vulnerable intimacy—requires tearing down the walls that wealth and class so often build.

So yeah. I wanted this fic to be funny and romantic and chaotic, but I also wanted it to say something. And this theme in particular has been one of the most important ones to me from the very beginning.

And YES, music has been huge for me while writing this! I make playlists not just to vibe, but to help me get into the emotional headspace of a scene. Sometimes it’s specific lyrics that spark a moment, and other times it’s just the aura of a song. I’d honestly love to do a deep dive sometime and go through the playlist track by track with notes like “this lyric = Will’s entire crisis in chapter 12.” So if anyone ever wants that… please know I’d go feral doing it.

Anyway, thank you for asking!! I could talk about this forever and I’m so glad you’re enjoying the story!!

[more-vicodin]

squeak!.! house… .important discovery 😳🐀 there are. many mouse friends in hospital… i see them running .. . sneaking. living their .best tiny lives …😋 some are even a .little smart like me .👀 not talking smart (yet??) but. clever … i saw one steal a cracker from nurses desk 😲. very impressive . should i make alliance?? 🎉

- @housesmouse

// waitwait omg why are there so many rats in the hospital now bahahaha this is so cool i love this

Yes, you definitely should. Bring them together under your banner, my boy!

Warn them to be careful tho... there's some people who are scared of mices and could hurt you guys as an involuntary reaction.

...on second thought, it would be fun to see tiny rat gangs and rat mafias running around the hospital... that would make things definitely more interesting! I do love some casual chaos!

//ooc under the cut

me and @wilson-from-neurology are roleplaying from the Nurses of Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital Community here on tumblr!

I posted this there:

and now everybody is roleplaying that there's a rat infestation in the hospital LMAO (thanks also for your posts: this one and this one -> literally what is happening rn)

You should definitely join if you want to! Personally i'm having a blast but no pressure!!

[ulteri0rm0tives]

HAPPY HOMESTUCK DAY!!!!!!!!

Just a lil something to express my appreciation for my fave reddit scouring troll <33

Some old art throughout the years of him and some reminiscing below!!

The fact I didn't use any of these as refs either.. and they still came out with similar features?? Have a vision of this guy and I guess it's consistent still after all these years🙏

2023 (I think?)

2022 (ignore the fact I forgot his horns 💀)

2019

And some others because I couldn't find more earlier works of him unfortunately </3 (kinda sad cuz I was trying to find my first piece of digital art work for him that I made for me n my old friend's solkat ask blog (that never was) <//3)

2016/2017?

Real shit tho, just gonna reminisce here, gonna be a lil earnest and all: Homestuck was my first ever fandom back in 2016. What introduced me to fandom, and helped me really get into art. It's what drove me to WANT to get better at art so I could bring characters I loved to life and have them look as I envisioned them in my mind.

Karkat was my favorite and I really resonated with him, he was the first character I ever felt really, really attached to. I met so many great people, so many friends, a fun community for the most part. It was such an important part of my life, too, during a very bumpy time in my life.

For the first time in my little middle school life I felt a real sense of belonging. It helped me explore self expression, allowed me self expression in healthier ways, in a multitude of ways. It was the first place I could explore my queer identity, especially my transness, and be met with understanding. Where people really understood, ykno? Not even queerness, but just.. met me with understanding with how life can be sometimes.

Have people who were older than me treat me fairly as a kid, who gave great life advice, who didn't mind indulging me when I got hyper over my interests or characters I loved. It's probably ironic in some ass backwards way, but I don't think I'd be as mature as I am either, or, at least, know half the things I know now. I wouldn't be half the queermo I am today if it weren't for these funky little space aliens and the really cool and smart and creative people I met. It opened my eyes in a lot of ways. And I just... I dunno.

I might not be stuck in the house anymore but It's like driving down the road to look at my old childhood home once in a while just to sigh all wistfully a little before returning to the one I live at now :) ty karkat 4 being the guy of all time and sticking with me thru my formative years <3

[another-rpg-sideblog]

Greetings goblins, goblettes, and gob-binary friends!

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[thewinter-eden]

I would love to educate more on EDS! There are multiple types of it, and it does depend person to person for severity and some other symptom aspects but the general idea is that it is a connective tissue disorder, generally characterized by hypermobile joints and easily bruised skin. Hypermobile joints can look like being double jointed (in the beginning or something) but it is actually the joints not having the support to prevent them from moving in ways they shouldn’t which causes sublexuations (joints moving out of place but not completely out of the socket) and dislocations (completely out of place). Almost everyone with EDS has chronic pain, which can be wide-spread or located just in their joints. A lot of people with EDS will also have POTS (high comorbidity rate). Mobility aids can be helpful but they must be used correctly as improper use can cause further damage. There’s no cure, and the only real treatment is doing physiotherapy with someone specifically trained in hypermobile conditions for a bit, stopping to recover for a bit, then repeating, as well as personal treatments (wearing braces or supports, heating or cooling packs, etc).

Personally, I have hypermobile EDS and POTS. I am always in pain, and do not remember what it is like to not be in pain or move without something cracking or hurting and I’m only 25. I use a cane occasionally, since my knees, especially my left one,are the most painful and prone to damage. Plus, canes help center my gravity and support me so I don’t get too dizzy. I personally cannot do normal stretches or workouts without adaptions or else I will dislocate or hurt myself. I have a very high pain tolerance and can relocate almost all my subluxations and dislocations by myself, but there are some days where even holding a pencil or typing can be painful or cause dislocations. My pain is generally widespread since my muscles get pulled and whatnot with the joints, but the pain really concentrates around my joints. At least 25% of my brain/thoughts is always focused on my pain, and that’s on a good day, so it can be hard to focus on other stuff or make thoughts or communicate sometimes (though I’m still smart and getting my master’s 🤭). It sometimes feels like I am racing to get enough done in my life so when my body gives out on me and I have to go on disability, I won’t feel like I wasted my time. I have been bullied or told my joints look disgusting before, especially when my knee or elbow dislocated and I wasn’t covering them. Someone even gaged and told me I should come with a trigger warning 🤪. Icy hot, compression gear, braces, ibuprofen, using my mobility aids when I need to (even when people are rude about it), and resting are how I personally deal with EDS!

Important to note for my fellow disabled people or anyone who read all that and got potentially sad or triggered: a disabled life is still one worth living. Yes, I am in pain. Yes, I will be in pain for the rest of my life. Yes, I most likely will never achieve some dreams because of physical limitations. But I still have so many hobbies, friends, loved ones, experiences, and happy moments. And if someone hates you or disparages you for your disability or accommodations, then they can fuck right off 💜

Also: you definitely don’t have to write more for this! I just thought it would be interesting to touch on for those specific members and fit with the theme of the insecurities series. Just because I requested it or brought it to your attention doesn’t mean you need to do anything with it! I would enjoy anything you write, and my request or your search for knowledge does not equal a contract/requirement for you to write anything. We are all just trying to find joy and happiness and chase that serotonin/dopamine, and if this doesn’t do that for you, than ignore it! This is your blog, your beautiful writing that you are sharing for free, never feel pressured to write anything for anyone for any reason 💜

Highlighting this part of your response because I endorse this message religiously <3 :

"Important to note for my fellow disabled people or anyone who read all that and got potentially sad or triggered: a disabled life is still one worth living. Yes, I am in pain. Yes, I will be in pain for the rest of my life. Yes, I most likely will never achieve some dreams because of physical limitations. But I still have so many hobbies, friends, loved ones, experiences, and happy moments. And if someone hates you or disparages you for your disability or accommodations, then they can fuck right off 💜"

Okay I was SO excited when I saw that you wanted to give me some information on this, because I was so worried that I went a little rabid with your initial request.

FIRST - god you are so kind and I love you for being so careful there with your message at the end (but it's totally unnecessary babes, because I would be more than happy to include some of these experiences. I literally use my own experiences in my writing JUST to self-soothe with these guys (see Hyunjin's Crack!Horror, Lee Know's C!H, AND Seungmin's C!H lol), and if I can help anyone else feel just as seen and loved as I am trying to feel, then I am EXCITED to give it a shot)

IF ANYBODY DOES NOT WANT ANY FURTHER SPOILERS ON FUTURE INSECURITY TEXTS DO NOT READ BELOW THE CUT

NOW - PLEASE tell me if ANY part of this list is inaccurate or not significant to the lifestyle - this list is specifically written to get your approval, if you don't mind :) :)

SPOILER ALERT - this request works the best with my plans for Hyunjin's Insecurity texts, if you're happy with that! It won't be the only focal point of the conflict but it will go hand-in-hand very well I think. So for mentions/scenes/topics of conversation within the story, I'm thinking --

mentions of canes (and are wheelchairs a common mobility tool?),

canceling occasional social plans/scheduling social plans due to chronic pain,

feeling insecure about not being able to move recklessly,

feeling insecure about friends/distant family making insensitive comments about reader's joints

feeling frustrated about physical therapy sessions that might end up just leading to feeling more pain(?)

asking to be excused from conversations/events so reader can try to relax in some compression gear due to severe joint pain just wearing on her(?)

feeling distracted during conversations because the pain is severe

plus maybe a more impactful scene where something happens and reader is injured with a dislocation (and I'm assuming that would be INTENSE pain but also "it's happened before" kinda deal?)

maybe one of the concerns of the people around her is that she's a fall risk?

Feel free to add/subtract anything that you feel would make this representation feel more true <3

[kaimactrash]

Gonna post the little headshots used for this piece of many of my favourite characters, but in alphabetical order rather than the order they appeared in the gif

This is part 2!

Annontation of each below the cut

The Collector from The Owl House! The character design is right up my alley as a space-obsessed man-child, their attitude, flaws, and the complex feelings he experiences throughout the show are really interesting, also their changes to the world may have been horrific, but the aesthetic? To die for.

Dale 'Coop' Copper from Twin Peaks, more the original run than the 2017 series version of Coop, he's just neat, I like him, I love how much he loves people, and how people just seem to be drawn to love him. great character.

Right beside Coop is an old friend Denise Bryson, probably one of the (wildly) more controversial characters of Twin Peaks, but she holds a special place in my heart being a character who is treated equally by our main character and audience surrogate. Plus she's so damn smart, funny, and pretty.

Dr. Ariel Celandine is the best part of Neopets mobile game Tales of Darcadia. Sweet, ditzy, yet incredibly intelligent? and I'm a sucker for an anthro bug, they look cool af.

Drifloon, One of my favourite pokemon, scary and cute all together.

Ekko from Arcane is the most recent addition to my endless list of fave characters, Ekko is probably the BEST part of Arcane IMO, and helps work to cover some of the weaker parts of the series. He's just a great man, doing everything he can to create a safe and healthy community for the people he cares for, and the nature he nurtures. I would die for him.

Frankie Stien, specifically g3 but straight up I love every gen of Frankie, this one just has a special place in my heart for being an enby, and in a very cute relationship with Cleo.

Glad0s! I think she's the most visually iconic characters of this set, shes just so damn cool, her voice acting is fantastic, back story is engaging and exciting, and she gets way too many good lines. she's the GOAT.

Grace Monroe from Infinity Train is one of my favourite problematic fave, partly because shes a literal child and has more reason than any adult to be as problematic as she is, never mind her familial back story explaining why her judgement isn't the best, even for a teen. She's wicked and I wish we got to see more of her, and infinity train as a whole.