#that fucking match. so much info i do not understand. im so

[cloudbends]

first arc of horizons finished.... Broooo.... This keeps serving.....

[ofc-vi-writes-too]

Batfam members and what they’d get cancelled for/their apology

Just watched ItalianBach’s youtuber apology tier list video and inspiration STRUCK.

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Bruce: there are SOOOOOO many things. So so so many things. He has been cancelled so many times that there is a blog dedicated to keeping track of BW apologies. the user is probs something like bruceissosorryagain. Personal favorite was when he ruined a pretty popular and well liked socialite by knocking over a champagne tower directly onto her great grandmother’s wedding gown. For some god foresaken reason the champagne had been dyed red to match the victorian vampire aesthetic of the wedding?? The hashtag “BWmeetscarrie” will forever haunt wayne manor.

Dick: He was literally a cop in 2020. his goose was GOT. He was trying to prove that not all cops are bad by posting to that macklemore song with the little black fist painted on his cheek and BLM on the other. u know the one. It didn’t go over very well. Even macklemore commented “c’mon bro..” This was followed by a 45 minute long apology video explaining how he now understands the harm it can cause to lump all marginalized groups into one category and how he regrets his action severely and yada yada yada hes so sorry, at the end there was a 2 minute long acrobatic performance to the song Nina Cried Power by Hozier. He also donated to several black charities following the whole ordeal. Didn’t leave his house for a week.

Jason: Ran a rage bait account on tiktok when he was like 13-15 where he posted cringe alpha sigma male mogging content, and someone somehow found out it was him, and his apology wasn’t so much an apology as much as it was “I’m sorry you were stupid enough to believe the bs I was posting, and I’m sorry i got caught. Fuck you guys btw now I have to find a new hobby 👎🏽.” The videos are still saved to his phone when he needs a good chuckle.

Tim: Said BTS was ass and BP was even worse (he tweeted it out of boredom, knowing it was gonna be bad, but not knowing exactly how bad). Armies and blinks tried to dox him MUTIPLE times but tim keeps it on lock so his info was safe. There was a boycott for WE so Bruce made him post and official apology. It was half assed and there are kpop accounts to this day that say “Fuck tim drake” in their bio. Either that or he got “cancelled” on some Jynxzi stuff. Like the whole situation to a T. Maybe both are true. He also had a ukelele in his apology vid.

Damian: called an old lady a “stupid ugly stinky bitch” on national television because she “asked father too many questions.” (it was an interview) Jaws were dropped. Nay, jaws were dislocated. Damian was too young at the time to have social media, let alone post his own apology, so bruce did it for him and sent that poor old lady a lot of cash.

Duke: Unironically said “if it’s snowing I’m not going.” the dudebros thought that shit was hilarious. No one else laughed. Duke was serious, but he felt so bad about offending people that there were tears in the apology. At least thats the story he’s currently running with.

Cass: A video of her saying the F slur surfaced. Her apology was her coming out.

Steph: Said something offensive without realizing it and didnt know what she did until she tweeted saying “why is everyone being so wierd around me?? did I do something wrong??” everyones response is either “girl please bffr” or genuine actually helpful input. She apologized less than a day later in a quick and concise apology vid.

Barbara: compared herself to marsha P johnson in an interview and when she was asked to elaborate she simply could not. The truth is, she had no idea who that woman was other than the fact that she was a good, cool woman so she was like yea omg im so her. Her apology was also a mini documentary about Marsha P Johnsons life.

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―🌟TAGS ! fluff, angst, toxicity, hurt/comfort ish. 🎞 SUMMARY: ❛ fuck yo mind up, waste time. ❜ high hopes, unrealistic dreams, empty promises, and bottles of expensive ass champagne is the foundation of the relationship between the two. ⋆ ★ w/c: 1.1k . . . . . ☢ content warnings: a lilllll teeny tiny bit (a lot a bit) of toxicity... (its brent idk what you expected), comfort if you squint n bend your morals a bit, suggestive-ish themes, brent is a lil sassy cause why tf not, use of the n word, and ermm..lmk if i missed anything else!! ― 🔖 one , two .

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omg, omg, omg, hiii!!!! this is like..my first fic on tumblr and my first piece of writing in a whileee, but i wanted to write something cause i kinda sorta have nothing on my account 😭. and this fic lowkey has like a toxic relationship in mind for their relationship but its not overly toxic. (i understand the whole media for impressionable audiences thing but just scroll past it if you not fw it, relaxxx.) so this is just a lil sumn for and to get the hang of things, so let me know if you like it!! feedback is definitely appreciated, but not harsh feedback cause im lowkey sensitive 🥲. i also do not condone, romanticize, or encourage toxic, abusive, or unhealthy relationships!! this is purely just a work of fiction. enjoy!

© don't steal my shit gang. kinda proofread, will be edited.

It started off with a few stolen glances and a sudden gift disguised as a piece of chocolate cake arriving at your table… 

“Courtesy of the table across from you.”  

And it’s been history ever since. 

“I know you seen me looking at you, you know how to grab a nigga’s attention fasho.”

“Mhm, you know you playing wit’ fire right?”

“Fire aint nothing forreal if you know how to handle it.” 

He was always finding some way to make you fold and he knew exactly what he was doing too. Stringing you on with quick but sensual kisses, “I gotchu, jus’ be patient.” licking his lips whenever the energy of his heated stares was matched by you, his hands rhythmically rubbing up and down your thighs, his eyes always being locked on you whenever you spoke. . .There was no way in hell you were going to make it out unscathed. 

Quick and flirty banter is definitely a pillar in you guy’s relationship, feeling comfortable enough to go back and forth with each other.

“Don’t miss me too much! i’ll see you soon, baby.”

“Dont miss you too much? I’ll be missing you the whole week, ma.” 

He loved buying you bracelets and necklaces with his or your name engraved on them, cute lil’ bags he be seeing you eyeing whenever you walk through Chanel, giving you personalized free VIP access to his shows, shit...sending drivers to pick you up and bring you to said shows. And he always made sure you ate and did whatever you needed to do.

“You eat? Nah fuck that, you hungry?” 

“...Maybe.”

“...Don’t play with me, y/n.”

Brent is definitely a sweet-heart in the beginning, well...in his own little way. He’s a romantic but not hopeless. He knew how to show you he cared while also not overplaying his part and things would definitely need time to build up into an actual relationship too. You weren’t stupid, you knew that even though you knew him on a deeper level than all the fame and even as far as to say you knew him as Christopher, he’s still gonna Brent Faiyaz at the end of the day. There were still going to be precautions, external problems, internal problems, and then internal problems egged on by the external ones; loving him was going to be anything but easy. But your connection started to change in different ways too, the relationship would start off with lots of excitement and rose-tinted lenses until feelings started growing and shit got serious; you was thinking it was going to give Jackie Brown and a dash of search & rescue baby...but in reality, it's giving what you heard and session 32 😭. (coughs in this nigga has avoidant attachment issues) 

As soon as he realized what you two had going on was developing into something deeper, he started getting distant. Missing calls, ignoring texts, even coming up with half-assed excuses for missed dates and blowing you off. 

“My bad, I had a lot of shit going on.” 

“I was in the studio, you know how it be, y/n.”

 “I got too caught up in London, that shit was crazy.” 

“You think i could call you back though?” 

And soon the arguments came and you two started staying mad at each other for days on end, not even bothering to try and smooth things over like in the beginning of the relationship. It was hard and it gave you a lot of anxiety. You wouldn't say that you felt unsafe perse, but you definitely didn't feel comfortable. “You mean to tell me that you can't answer the fucking phone for three seconds, Chris??” You shouted, frustration built up in your voice and it was obvious that you were fed the fuck up. It didn't help that the man sitting in front of you was quick to roll his eyes and smack his teeth, but what definitely didn't help was his smart-ass mouth. “Ain't nobody tell you to hit my jack and start losing yo shit, y/n. That's the shit that be blowing me.” 

“I don’t hear from you for days and you expect me to not get worried? You’re mad at me for giving a fuck about you??”

“Whatever, man.”

The whole thing would just progressively get worse as you two went back and forth. you saying petty shit while he just dismissed your feelings until he decided that he would just tell you shit you wanted to hear so the situation would be deaded.

 “I’m sorry, y/n...” he’d say soothingly in your ear, massaging your hips in circular motions as you’d lay your head on top of his chest, close to where his heart beats. “You know I be missing you like crazy. you can't stay mad at me for too long, baby.” and he was right. This routine repeated and repeated itself over and over again until he stopped ‘comforting’ you and just seemingly stopped caring altogether. 

“Nah bro, you tweakin’.” 

“Okay, y/n. stop calling my phone then, problem solved.”

“And you swear you don’t see how your point doesn’t make sense?”

“You got it, y/n.”

With time, you two just broke away from each other, but never ended things officially. It went from short brief phone calls to text messages and eventually, those stopped too. A hole was left in your chest and you couldn’t help but feel as if you wasted your time, continuously punishing yourself because you gave out a part of yourself you won't get back ━ but you couldn’t help but miss him. You’d find yourself compensating for his absence, making two plates of everything, migrating to his unspoken side of the bed, never taking the flowers he got you out of the vase you put them in; even though they long withered away. “I can't believe this nigga got me out here wasting food, groceries are expensive...Eggs are almost four fucking dollars! I can't do this shit, I need to get a grip and be fucking forreal.” 

But let's not pretend he didn’t find himself trying to make sense of your absence, too. 

⋆ ⤏ FINAL WORDS ! 📢 honestly this doesn't feel like it's 1k+ words but it is 😭. i'm so tired chile and i start school in 4 hours. i'm actually content with how this came out, fw it!!

PART TWO COMING SOON.

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[liesmyth]

Hi ❤️ I was wondering, do you have some recs/advices for light cardio HIIT sessions? I follow a weight lifting program online split on 3 days, i'd like to do some type of cardio on a fourth day but online there is.. TOO MUCH infos, i'm basically a beginner still and i'm getting so confused 😭

hi hi thank you for asking I LOVE these questions ❤️ I totally get what you mean about Too Much Information, fitness internet is chockfull of info but it can and does get overwhelming (and contact story!) especially if you're a beginner.

On cardio: I'm a big cardio fan, and could yap about the benefits all day. However! I feel very strongly that the best kind of cardio is the one that you actually like doing. If you're "just" looking to add "do more cardio" to your schedule, without any specific goals, the type of cardio matters a lot less than whether it's going to be fun for you to do. It can be as simple as doing 15/20 mins on an exercise bike after you're done at the gym, or dancing to kpop videos in your bedroom, or going on a moderate hike on Saturdays. If you want to add some more structured workouts, that's also great — more on that below — but IME, finding a form of cardio that you actually enjoy is a lot more important in the long run than trying to find THE perfect cardio workout.

this is the part where I yap. sorry.

SAMPLE CARDIO ROUTINE FOR LIFTERS from this amazing (very insightful!) r/fitness post by a lifting coach who's very solid

Something like this is IMO ideal if you don't have time or inclination to do much else. If it looks good to you, stop here! No need to read on. If you want more info and resources, go on

What's HIIT anyway?

sorry to be pedantic BUT I think it's important when exploring online fitness resources to know this: "light HIIT" is a misnomer. HIIT has become kind of a buzzword that's overused in fitness circles for marketing / SEO reasons, and I understand why (visibility!) but I wanted to clarify this just so you know what to look for going forward. HIIT = "High-intensity interval training": short bursts of exercise that have your heart literally jumping in your throat, followed by recovery. You're meant to give it your absolute all and flop dead like a fish on the grass when you're done. The upside is that HIIT workouts are very short; the downside is that they're very intense, and it can be kind of mentally daunting to psyche yourself up to do it.

So maybe I don't want to do the mentally daunting workout. What else is there?

NON-HIIT WORKOUTS THAT FUCK

Just because something is branded as "HIIT" when it's not, it doesn't mean it's not a damn good workout in its own right. Here is a youtube playlist from a "follow along workouts" fitness influencer who I LOVED during the pandemic (Caroline Girvan, I've yapped about her before). I used to do one of her cardio-heavy workouts once a week as an integration to an at-home fitness routine. That playlist I linked includes 92 (NINETY TWO) workouts. Some are bodyweight, some use dumbells for resistance; pick and choose.

LIGHT CARDIO

Maybe this is what you were looking for in the first place! LISS = Low-Intensity Steady Cardio. As the name implies, instead of "high-intensity bursts + recovery" style of workout, LISS workout means that you constantly keep moving at a steady rate. The downside is that LISS workouts are much longer, and maybe more dull, and you're better off doing them multiple times a week to see benefits. The upside is that they're less taxing on your body and require less recovery time, and they can be paired up with lifting days. Something like 15 mins on an exercise bike as a cooldown after lifting + one longer session (40+ min) on a day you don't lift would be what I think of as "integrating cardio into a lifting schedule" if you don't want to do anything high intensity. Replace exercise bike with walking up an incline or jogging or swimming or dancing or whatever. You can mix and match. You can take a brisk half hour walk 3 times a week and go on a hike every other weekend. Just find something that you enjoy and can stick to ( <- personally I have an audiobook I save to listen to ONLY when I'm doing chill-ish cardio to entertain me during)

Nevermind those alternatives. I want to do HIIT anyway. What do I do?

resources: introduction to HIIT writeup from r/HIIT (not famliar with the sub but the guide looks pretty solid) + some examples of HIIT workouts that you can do anywhere depending on your preferences (bodyweight training, exercise bike or rowing machine, kettlebell swings etc)

Here's an example of a follow-along HIIT workout from an influencer I think is very solid: ONE, TWO. They're 15 minutes long and pretty much what I mean when I say that HIIT is meant to be short and deadly; you do something like this, you recover, you're done.

BIG disclaimer: Don't start with any moves that are too fancy at first. Because HIIT = high intensity, that mostly translates into "doing some moves very fast to try and get your heart rate up within the interval window" and some people interpret that as trying to get in as many reps as possible. this goes extra hard for "follow along" workouts but also in general. If you're not very familiar with those moves, you can risk injury. Some HIIT routines are very dynamic, and if you don't have the movements nailed down, you're better off focusing on maintaining form rather than doing them really fast.

Other disclaimer: I would still pair up HIIT once a week with some more chill cardio on lifting days. If it's possible. But if you're doing HIIT in an intense way, that's already a lot!

TLDR

Summing up. Example of HIIT workouts. Follow alongs: one, two, three. I'd recommend doing one of these once a week if you like them, on a non-lifting day. If these aren't your speed, then a longer session of moderate cardio on a non-lifting day would be good, depending on what you have access to and enjoy. You can also do moderate cardio on lifting days if you're feeling extra motivated.

long-ass science-y article on benefits of cardio for weightlifters because I just really love this blogger

[bloodymiso]

howdy !! i would 100% be interesting in a sdv match-up (male or female), if you’re still writing them? :0

i'm a 23y/o, 5'8” with black wolfcut hair; i have a lot of tattoos, and a couple piercings (*•̀0•́*)!!

i'm a total infj. imagine if a black cat made a wish to become human for a week? that's me. people have told me i seem kinda standoffish at first, especially since i tend to smoke and wear black a lot, but i'm chill and funny once they get to know me. seeming intimidating may also be due my autism, which means i'm deeply passionate abt my interests, but also sensitive to a lot of stimulation— so i wouldn’t mesh well with someone who enjoys loud noise/chaos.

i love playing bass, poetry, romantic cinema (i cry everytime), and anything to do with psychology— the latter being why i studied to be a neuroscientist !! anybody that i could talk about any of these things with would be the loml. in terms of dislikes, i'm not the biggest fan of pda or confrontation?

i hope that’s enough info !! i'm curious to see who i'd be shipped with :33

a/n. oh my god i answered your ask like a week ago and then it didnt fucking post nor save im sobbing😭😭here you go pookie<3 i saw all your harvey posts and was like “shit i was thinking of harvey”

i ship you with..

penny!!

i was thinking of harvey at first but then hey what about penny🙀

penny is so underrated like??whaat. shes literally THE short queen. ygs would be that short x tall couple troupy thing. im thinking of forehead kisses idk

it isnt canon(i think) but penny’s around 5’1, with you at 5’8?? my heart would go like boom. penny’s the kind of person not to categorize people by their style, personality etc, she believes everyone should be equal.

i dont think she’s much of a cuddler tbh, but to have her head on your shoulder as she falls asleep, gazing at the stars with you near the lake? hell yeah. she’ll probably be a bit concerned about you smoking but wont push. she isnt much of a pda girl either but i think she’d like at least holding your pinky.

not canon but i feel like she would be a bit of a nerd, understanding at least like,, 60% of whatever you discuss about neurology/psychology/any other smart ass stuff . i think she’d like playing with your piercings, or at least the feeling of the cold metal on her skin as you touched.

ygs would geek out about poetry together, sharing eachothers books!!!ugh i want that. romantic cinema? ygs are in her couch watching “just my luck”(idk much romantic movies im sorry☹️)

MUSEUM DATES. MUSEUM DATES. sure, the valley’s museum is..interesting but hey its quiet, no one goes there, and theres cool crystals! i’m also feeling early morning forest walks idk.

sorry this is kinda short, i wanted to be fair to the other people ive written matchups for. hope you liked it, bye:3

[anthyies]

Hi! Can I ask for more info about the necessity of reading Baru books 2 and 3? Because ngl, I really disliked book 1. Not because of the ending. The ending was the only part I liked. I was like, "Something is FINALLY happening in this goddamn book, the promised treacherous behaviour is FINALLY here." I know some people are reluctant to read on because they found the ending of book 1 devastating, but that was not my experience. Sure, it's sad, but it's narratively necessary. So... WILL reading the sequels help, in my case? I see so many people talk about how amazing this series is, comparing it to other series I really like (like Locked Tomb). What is it that makes the sequels worth reading to someone who didn't enjoy the first one?

tl;dr: idk if you’d like them. if you’re invested in baru as a character and her emotional arc try them. Long post under the cut lmfao sorry

without knowing why you disliked the rest of the first book i can’t really tell you whether you’d like the second and third. negative reviews of monster and tyrant revolve around a) “Baru is too emotional and messy and i wanted her to be a calculating mastermind cryptarch plotting” b) on the other hand “Baru is too cold unemotional calm and it’s freaky” (she is just autistic, most people who think this drop out at traitor) c) not connecting with how the cryptarchs are portrayed as a messy group of people / not liking the expanded scope and introduction of the cancrioth (secret cancer cult) / not liking the story of ash sections that focus on a new character, tau indi bosoka. take that as you will i guess? you need to be invested in baru as a character for them to work, i think. and it depends on what you want/expect from the books. if you were bored by the first book well the second and third do have a lot of things happening like the aforementioned cancer cult. basically yeah traitor is just the start of baru, i think monster and tyrant are necessary if you’re going to talk about baru being “grimdark” (imo it’s not), or if you want to figure out what the series wants to say, but if you didn’t like the start of baru’s arc idk if you’ll like the rest of it you know? it really does depend on ur investment in baru + what you want from her; a lot of neg reviews of monster are from people who expected something completely different.

monster and tyrant are special to me because of how baru’s arc is carried out as she deals with the aftermath of traitor - her narration does get wildly more emotional which im obsessed with personally #griefcore #widowpilled, and the emotional catharsis of baru freeing her mind from the influence of empire is incredibly important and personal to me. and i rec that people who have finished traitor and can’t make themselves read the next two because of emotional devastation read them because baru dealing with the emotional devastation helps 👍 it gets worse it gets to the worst place she could possibly be and then it starts to get better. also monster and tyrant have tau in them ❤️‍🔥 and ISCEND. and ulyu xe becomes so important. and aminata gets to be so fucked up and closeted-to-herself-probably-bisexual. they have fucked up gay women in these books 👆

re; locked tomb comparisons I’m not into tlt like that but i don’t really understand them beyond the superficial level of “lesbians who commit atrocities and also there’s an empire and also lobotomies and also dead gf in your head”. the lobotomy and dead gf in head happen in monster and tyrant fwiw (although the context of the lobotomy is so different .. they don’t match up thematically at all lmao. the htn lobotomy is out of love the baru lobotomy is an existentially horrifying threat). baru has a very different prose style and also is a much more focused look at empire like it is about empire and colonization that is what the books are about. whereas at least gtn/htn were not that focusedly about empire. also crucially baru is about homophobia it is very much about homophobia and tlt is queernormative (i prefer baru because she feels truer to my own experiences like when i say she is just like me her journey is personal to me i mean it lmfao. stream this essay)

[sworcerie]

Hi there! :c I’m very sorry to bother you at this time of the day but I’m kinda hoping if you’d be so kind to check the post that I pinned on my blog and maybe give it a little help by boosting/sharing it? it’s for my cat :((( and we need help to get him the tests that he needs. Thank you if you do as it would really mean the world to me and I understand if you don’t, still appreciate you and stay safe! Btw, please do send me a msg to reply or answer the ask privately instead as I dont want other blogs to think im a spambot or what, sorry for asking this, praying you’d consider! 🥲🙏

go fuck yourself (this account is lying, so no wonder im asked to be private.)

the text in their pinned is stolen from a facebook post. their paypal uses a variant on her information that doesn't match what the real person has actually linked, and this account is a few days old at most. ugh.

i don't use facebook so i can't entirely verify the original posts but you can read it yourself, it seems much more legitimate than anything here. the info in this account's pinned is literally copy pasted from a post here if you scroll down a little.

this facebook post ends with donation links.

[Image ID: GFM: https://gofund.me/2f5d1d70

Cashapp: $mriggs85

PayPal: @mriggs85

Venmo: @MichelleRiggs85 ]

the scammer i'm replying to uses an awfully similar Paypal, @mriggs859 but it is not the same. note the 9 at the end. (the profile image is also a sexy elf man, which is not relevant but gave me the good laugh i needed.)

tldr: @/ohdelin is using stolen informatiom to scam people out of their money. day old accounts are usually not legitimate.

[messageiost]

epithet erased x bgh client assignment info dump

ouuuu fuck it okay so

Levi-

Martin OR Naven... Since Levi is a familial demon i think he would have originally have been molly's mother's demon but was given to martin after her death and will probably go to lorelai and then molly.. good at business, he would definitely improve molly's sleep schedule, she wouldnt have to work. also imagining levi working in a toy store is silly. maybe he'll use the angle form while he's working so he doesnt scare the shit out of kids. yeah he'd probably be miserable working there actually but that makes the au fun :) as for naven!!!! i think levi would be much happier in this position, he gets to do business, all is well. but that CANT happen FUCK THAT GUY! make him work at a toy store full of CHILDREN! also naven and levi have the same default facial expressions

Kafka-

im thinking giovanni, i think their vibes match up with each other enough. kafka is the secret brains to their operation probably. trying to think of more reasons but nahhhh... gio and kafka just go well 2gether. up to so much mischief. ALSO thinking ramsey but i believe thats only because steel 🤝 ramsey : artsy mfs... i think kafka would kind of annoy him tho, he doesnt seem the type to want a demon just 4 companionship and kafka is very much childish so perhaps not. OH SHIT JUST FORGOT ABOUT YOOMTAH HELL YEAH THEY'D BE SO FREAKING ANNOYING TOGETHER!!!!!!!!!!!!

NOW RON!!!-

My original thoughts were either Martin or pheonica ... pheoanica ... feenie??? how do you smell that. BUT THEN i thought of !!!!!!! trixie!!!!! i think trixie's family would fit with an intimidating ass demon babysitter hanging around. yes i like that idea very much thank you. brother would make ron watch over her when she hangs out with friends and molly is understandably unsettled. feenie is feenie tho. Thought process thru martin was that ron would have helped take care of the kids back then, he would be GREAT emotional support for molly! he would be good at handling kids at the store but his business stat is WAYYY low so ...... myeah. feenie was the same idea tho i dont know /not interested a bunch about her but my thought was her parents spoiling the freak out of her and giving her a very scary looking bodyguard. ....

DEVI-

NAVEN! dont know nearly as much about her as i do about the others but i think she would get along well with naven. they would have tea together while discussing adult shit like TAXES (im not an adult yet i have no clue okay) talk about old people shit devi and naven stressing out together dear lord help them actually apologies for the possible mischaracterization with the children, i DID listen to POP, im just a bigger fan of the season 1 characters and my brain doesnt focus on the kids of the story much....

[deliveringcandypizza]

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-Shipping is also welcomed but please ask first and also know it usually a slow burn from me since its odd to me pushing romance like that- ofc platonic stuff is always on the table!

-NO DRAGGING DRAMA OVER HERE PLEASE!! I dont mind callouts and etc but this blog is purely just for fun! if im interacting with a yucky person or someone that makes you uncomfy tell me (with proof) and ill gladly fix that up

Basic lgbt+phobes,Racists,ablests, etcetc

People under 16 or 17

If you ship problematic stuff like victim x abuser or minor x adult kindly fuck off. (proshipping)

Stuff like that i dont think i need to make a big old thing about this you get the whole thing by now

For my own comfort, please no project sekai. Had someone in another site who was into the game who treated me badly and it reminds me of them. Hope you can understand/gen

[serve-cunt]

HIIII ZOE ITS MY IRRITATING ASS AGAIN (this is my main blog, I have tennis and f1 sideblogs but don't know how to make the ask come from there, I haven't been on tumblr in FOREVER..)

anyway my little curious gremlin ass has YET MORE QUESTIONS

ALSO I COMPLETELY FORGOT CHALLENGERS WAS COMING OUT, IM SO DAMN EXCITED FOR THAT FUCK YEAH, we LOVE zendaya she's gonna serve (pls laugh) cunt

okay so i think picking out my favourite players will be easier if I relate them back to f1 drivers, makes em seem more familiar, so if I do like a checklist of sorts of driver types, can you match them up to players you think fit the vibe?????

e.g. is there a former champion (lewis/fernando coded) who's looking for a comeback? is there a young talent who's had bad luck but is on the rise (lando) is there a calm, level headed one that everyone thinks will go far (oscar) is there a charming elegant one that social media is obsessed with (charles my babygirl). im assuming djokovic is the max verstappen adjacent, fairly young dude who's smoking everyone, yeah?

just like ugh I LOVE f1 so dearly and i think sporting parallels will help SO much

question: is it a big money sport like f1? Obviously anyone can pick up a racket and hit a ball, but is it very expensive and exclusive to make it into the big leagues? you mentioned smth in the fic about oscar adding up the whole cost of going pro, would that be a huge problem for poorer families?

are there any player pairings with vaguely homosexual vibes? again with the damn f1 parallels but adjacent to max/charles, carlos/lando, even lewis/nico if I dare mention brocedes, because I just absolutely live for speculation of silly little goofy athletes' relationships with each other

here's where I get REAL shallow but fuckin sue me, WHICH ARE THE PRETTY ONES I CAN SIMP OVER. i am bi so that doubles the market, but basically which are the ones that i can watch edits of and get all giggly and blush over, in your opinion and in the general tennis community's opinion.

whats andy murray's deal? Is he retired? Is he like the sebastian vettel of tennis?

how dramatic is it compared to f1? we all know that f1 is gossip girl on wheels... is tennis gossip girl running around a court or is it less drama-fueled?

not a question but I'm so excited to see which f1 drivers turn up to Wimbledon this year like, CROSSOVER EPISODE YEAAAA

is djokovic the max-esque guy where it's like "okay I don't mind you, you're cool, but god DAMNIT, stop being so good, let my other favourite little meow meows have a CHANCE for once"

how worldwide is it? are players mostly European/Aussie like f1 or is it more widespread?

is the meme game good? i LIVE for online hilarity in sports, are there any iconic tennis moments/memes a la "it's near a fish" "smoooth operator" "bwoah" etc etc whatever

really gotta stop talking about f1 in terms of tennis but it's the only other sport I'm really into IM SORRY FORGIVE ME

which are the "sad wet cat" (dearly beloved) players? you mentioned one guy but there's gotta be more than one right??? I always get attached to athletes with those vibes

IM SO SORRY ABOUT THE CONSTANT QUESTIONING BUT YOU ARE THE ONLY PERSON I TRUST TO GIVE ME CORRECT INFO RN BECAUSE YOU REALLY SEEM LIKE YOU KNOW YOUR SHIT

finally a HUGE FUCKING THANK YOU???? For putting up with my idiot ass mostly, and your fic is singlehandedly making me wander into the tennis world despite knowing literally nothing and you're helping my understanding SO much, youre about to drag me down this sport's rabbit hole just by existing. tennisblr seems like such a fun adorable place im SO excited to start watching stuff, you're a legend and ilysm <3333

you are literally NEvEr irritating you are the best thing to happen to my inbox every time, sorry i was so slow on this one!! I had a very hard time relating f1 drivers to tennis players lmaoooo so in the end i just skipped that part!! I'm so sorry!!! it's just so hard because the narrative of f1 drivers is so specific and intrinsically tied to TEAM and to their teammates, and to the tragedy of a good car and/or the wonder of a great car ... the betrayal of contract negotiation & silly season etc.... tennis just doesn't really have that!! all the narratives are more player v. self and player v. world, instead of driver v. driver and driver v. fate. if that makes sense??

so yeah. sorry 😭😭 it's also possible that I just don't have enough imagination and somebody can jump in to help with that .... anyway, moving right along to

"is tennis a big money sport"

GOD yes. tennis is soooooo expensive, it takes approx 1 billion dollars to pay for lessons, court time, coaching, travel, accommodation, gear, etc etc. :// You get paid if you win. let me say that again: you get paid if you WIN. there aren't salaries! early in your career, you are HEMORRHAGING money, esp if you have a coach. the travel is fricken expensive all by itself!! and if you're paying a coach as well you're either in debt or you're playing with house money if you catch my drift. (tennis players often come from wealth, much like f1 drivers — they can also be sponsored, sometimes by their country, but usually only if & while they're successful!!)

if you do well, you start to win, maybe you make money, more likely you're breaking even for a while (or even still losing). if you do REALLY well, then you're looking at more prize money and maybe sponsors, so then you can start making some real money out of this. but yeah it's CRAaaaaaazy how much money tennis players pay to play tennis lol!! it is 10000% a problem for getting underprivileged kids into tennis, there's a reason tennis is so white!

"are there any player pairings w vaguely homosexual vibes"

LOLLLL look i never turn down a chance to push the sincaraz agenda but also, carlos alcaraz does that for me!!!!

they're so cute damn

also getting into sinner/berrettini …

but honestly, besides that?? f1 is way better for pairings because we watch them interact with each other off track WAYY more. you barely see tennis players interact with each other! i have been emailing the respective tennis associations about this (jk but I should). MORE GOOFY VIDEOS WITH PLAYERS DOING STUPID GAMES (with each other, crucially)

"which are the hot ones"

ooohh this is suuuper subjective but i am soOOOoo into coco gauff, she's gorg, also iga sviatek in red, also daria kasatkina, also maria sakkari really does it for me, also katie boulter is so cute.

hot damn

on the atp side oBVI jannik, carlitos is so cute but he looks so young i feel like he's less hot and more adorable, caspar ruud looks like ryan gosling as you have pointed out, ben shelton is gorgeous (and cocky in a way that unfortunately does compel me, oops), arthur fils!! beautiful. tennis players are all hot, in my mind??? they're so …. well rounded …. 😏😏😏

"which are the "sad wet cat" players"

andrey rublev my beloved sad cat

muchova (not really a sad wet cat but tragically always broken in some way)

daniil medvedev but if the cat was cunty

"whats andy murray's deal?"

oh my GOD murray!! my love my husband my father my holy ghost!! a tragedy a triumph …. a player in the era of the Big Three (Djokovic, Federer, Nadal) and therefore destined to be remembered as "oh, and andy murray" … or "one of the big four" (the big four is not a thing unless you're talking about andy murray lmao) ... a great player, one of the greatest, a slugger, a workhorse, had one of the cleanest backhands of all time, and the classiest guy in tennis … see: andy murray shutting down sexist reporters on multiple occasions ....

He's not retired !! he's still going, here he is recently losing:

He's actually (possibly) playing at this upcoming Challenger Tour event! as are a number of interesting players. the reason that this is interesting is that Challenger level tournaments are a level below the ATP Tour, so you don't often have this many recognizable (to me, anyway) names playing at this level!

[side note: the movie Challengers — the name is a play on the Challengers tour. they're playing a Challengers match in the movie, but also "challenging" each other for zendaya … you get it]

Anyway this tournament should be interesting … andy murray is getting older but he's not ready to quit!! he's gone on the record saying there are things he's still trying to accomplish before he retires, and he's playing well in practices it's just not translating to matches yet. he's also said if his body tells him to retire he will, but uhh. he's got a literal metal hip so clearly he's not QUITE ready to listen to his body.....

"is he the seb of tennis" HMMMM this is an interesting question, I wouldn't really class him this way — seb is like a silly little sexy fruity goblin (if I'm reading his vibe correctly — I'm late to f1) and andy is a stoic public school kid with a goofy streak … if that makes sense …

"how dramatic is tennis compared to f1?"

ALSO INTERESTING I think that's sort of relative to how much you care about individual players, I think game-play is pretty dramatic at times but nobody's ever in danger of bursting into flame??? so in that sense not as dramatic as vroom vroom sport lmaoo but there is a bit of temper tantrum throwing, and then important wins (see: Alcaraz Wimbledon 2023) are SO dramatic in the best way…

gossip-wise I don't think it's as dramatic as f1!! there's deffo tennis gossip but I think, again, because there aren't teams, the drama is less wrapped up in "betrayal" narratives yknow??? like ferrari ditching sainz for lewis was dramatic in so many different ways, not LEAST because of the betrayal of carlos. I feel like tennis is less set up for that, bc it's every player for themselves

"is djokovic the max-esque guy where it's like "okay I don't mind you, you're cool, but god DAMNIT, stop being so good, let my other favourite little meow meows have a CHANCE for once"

YES EXACTLY i cut in your whole q because that's exactly right!! so so so apt imo .. howEVERRR it was less correct when federer and nadal were still around and at their best, because those three really did make up the Big Three, capital B capital T, and they had such a good dynamic going between the trio — it was less one-note when djokovic had a constant fight on his hands... now djokovic is older and slowing down so we're getting into a sunset period, which is interesting because he's still doing GREATTT (and I wish he would stop, give my meow meows a chance etc) but everyone sees the light at the end of the tunnel re: a djokovic retirement. whereas I think people are looking at the max ascendancy and saying "GULP" bc we all want our favorite boys to win at least one WDC (cough lando cough cough osc)

"how worldwide is it?"

fairrrrly? but yes europeans heavvvvily represented, americans as well to some extent, asia and australia to some extent — not so stark as f1, but def same bougie euro vibes lmao

"is the meme game good?"

again fairrrrrly but def not to the same extent!! less of a "here are the memes everyone knows" and more in the spirit of, like, if you're following a few players & the major tournaments, tennis tumblr/twitter is fun to be on … trying to think of a "classic" tennis meme and I can't which isn't a good sign lmaooo .. jannik puking in a bin and then going on the biggest win streak of his career is a pretty good meme in my mind though ...

CROSSOVER EP YAAHHHHHHHH I CANNOT WAIT WE BETTER GET SO MANY GOOD WIMBLEDON PHOTOS AJHFDLAKSJFHDKLASJFH

sorry again to be so slow !! this was fun to go through as soon as I stopped tearing my hair out trying to make player: driver comparisons but again, maybe I'm just not creative enough ..

xx ily :))))))

[doinggreat]

i hope it’s okey if i vent a little about the CDR game🙃

What i don’t understand, xavi sees that araujo is injured and LIMPING and instead of subbing him off for curbasi HE SUBS OF CHRISTENSEN???? i don’t get it, Fort was also limping at the end of game. Xavi seriously needs to work on his subs/changes. when we were 3-2 down, HE SUBS ON FUCKING SERGI ROBERTO???????? WHEN FERMIN IS RIGHT THERE???

Why are we playing a 16yo lamine yamal for 105 minutes????? but vitor doesn’t even get 15? i just don’t get it. And on top of that our medical team is absolute dog shit, our players get injured and never properly recover. some players seriously lack passion (fdj, lewandowski, kounde etc.) we rely too much on our la masia kids.

im just so sad and disappointed, i was seriously thinking we could win the treble but now i’m just happy if we finish 3rd in laliga and AT LEAST beat napoli. We are too inconsistent, one day we have a masterclass and next match we concede in the first minute. i loved xavi as a player but as a coach? idk

my inbox can be your little vent place bestie 🫂

i honestly dont get that change too. i think he was concerned for christensen as he just came back from the injury but at the end of the day araujo had knee problems for WEEKS (saw this info on twitter, basically him saying that his knee was bad for a long time but he wanted to fight through it and just get on with the matches. i love our capi but that’s also dumb from the medical’s part. we all know how bad the injuries are when something was already wrong before) 🫠 i dont think we had any defenders left at that point with balde, inigo, alonso (not that he would’ve been a great sub ejjdj) out, cancelo not on the squad

after the match he said that he didnt sub on fermin bc there were too many reserve players on the pitch and he wasnt allowed to sub him on (im dumb and this is the first time i’ve ever heard such rule 💀). but still then how the marc guiu came on??? i dont get it. and as much as we like to joke about fc child labor i think everyone knows that we cannot put this big of responsibility on their shoulders, they are just kids who shouldnt play for 100+ minutes. that’s fucking insane and extremely stupid. so i agree on that one, xavi should be more careful and he should know better. at the end of the day he was one of them, he started his career early. also why tf are we never putting roque on??? did he just came to barca to warm the bench? he’s an amazing talent yet we barely give him minutes. i think by now he should’ve been a starter for at least one match (against unionistas it would’ve been a perfect try-out iykwim)

yes!!! i think our biggest issue is that players are forgetting what club they are playing for. for example frenkie is world class (my humble opinion) but he doesnt seem to have any love for barca. he’s just doing it for the paycheck and you cant change my mind. our club is nothing without passionate players, we could have the best players itw but if they dont have that barca mentality… welp..:) perhaps it’s just an ordinary club in their career but there are SO MANY people who consider barca the club of their life. and players who have that view perform so much better (look at gavi, pedri, araujo (even he isnt in his best form right now but you can tell he puts everything into a match), marc and many more not to mention the club legends)

i dont think we’re winning anything this season tbf. laliga is already a done deal in my eyes, we will beat napoli, but we wont win the ucl at this state…🙃

and about xavi i dont think he should leave. yes, he has made mistakes but he knows this team, he knows what works for us, it’s just the players that are lacking right now. we should still give him time, in my eyes he’s a genius and has a lot of potential to get barca back up. and anyway who would want to replace him?

[notcatherinemorland]

[the ongoing ‘having a gender or lack thereof at uni’ saga ongoes]

have decided to keep a light chronical of this whole....... gender at uni saga... for fun and for kicks.

i have now met with the Nice Gender Lady of my uni. She was indeed a Nice Gender Lady. It was very much a ‘feral cat meeting a bowl of water’ vibe, but i get the vibe she’s been having a fair few feral cat meetings over the last 2 months lmao. it was very much a run down info meeting of what is going on with me, what the university can practically offer, what can and can’t be done. very informational. i was pleasently surprised that the bulk of the emphasis was on my wants and needs for myself and not what the uni could do for me, but more what i needed to be done. so that was very nice. big fan. delightful. Nice Gender Lady was very aware the university prior to 2 months ago was fucking shocking for trans student experinces & this year is the cumulative 9 years of several people’s work. so thats nice. im also on a list for gender specific counselling, which is also nice.

i did have the funniest possible experience of saying the building name out loud to someone whilst being very lost in the wrong building & watching them go on a face journey to match mine as we both came to the understanding that there was a Gender Building for Gender People and i was shown very gracefully to the Gender Waiting Room. i think this is beyond funny, i cannot lie. Having Gender Experiences in the Gender Room.

the crux of everything is that i am stubborn as a mule and frankly dont want the government nor my employers to know about Gender Things. Although i think there’s an unspoken acknowledgement between my tutor and i that i like reading queer theory because i am queer and also i do like theory very much. im going back into my post-structuralist era. but as i havent given up the pipe dream of academia in for the future i also uhhhhHHH dont want my cheeky little they/them pronouns being known because that scares the shit out of me and i am still living in a world where using alt pronouns is wildly unprofessional and also cringe. the reason i started all of this in the first place is because it is becoming less and less unprofessional and also cringe and i do like that a lot very much. im just unwilling to be on the front line, so to speak. so this has been an interesting few weeks.

my uni is very much at the front line of ~hollistic academia~ and inclusive policies, which it can afford to be, because its not redbrick lmao. but its very interesting being stood on the precipice watching people try hoist the Pronoun Scaffolding for an invisible bridge, to torture metaphors about it. i dont know. my feelings are very firmly mixed.

also i got theeee drag icon bimini to sign my copy of gerard genette’s narrative discourse which. sure is an artifact.

[tragically-jane-doe]

Small rant about telling lies below

💖 LOTS OF SPOILERS💖

This game is so boring and the controls are so funky? Like babe show me a easy way to start the video from the beginning? Cause if I only watch it from the key word bit it shows as watched therefore I won't it again when it's a different keyword bit

And like I understand the whole video call bit but dear God was that awfully boring the amount of videos that are 80% quiet killed me slowly but surely

im a achievement hunter and I don't even want to go back and get all of the chives cause I'll have to sit through the long upload but and girlie pop going to the roof. Also who the fuck is that Karen? The damn game made me believe that star was the leak? Like Jane Jane ya know

I wish that we got a bit more info at the beginning ya know cause at least in her story we were told hey here's interviews from someone missing/murder case have fun. And like all we get in telling lies was hey here's some videos I recognize 2 of these ppl. WHY DOES IT MATTER IF YOU KNOW 2 PPL WHO ARE YOU SENDIG ME STUFF? And like tell me who u recognize?

For my ADHD memory issue brain it was hell on earth trying to match up convos and remember what they said

I also wish it had the timeline like from her story that helped me so much and like I was expecting a better murder? I don't feel like there were any huge twists or anything in telling lies I assumed all the things on him being a whore on him being married and other things

I was dying howling at Emma's and alba ending cutscenes there lines sounded so fucking forced and overall strange

also it took me like over 2ish hours to find any of Harry's videos and like its actually hell trying key words to get someone other than David

I mayhaps did focus on our lovely cam girly cause I still want to know more about her she's so intriguing instead I have to hear more about how David is infact a whore and a cop

The only twist thing is Jane the ripper I 100% thought it was star cause the videos talking about baby names saying oh if it's a girl I'm naming her Jane something martin Jones instead it's Karen? A girly pop who I saw in one video and didn't even see her face? I'm sure if I HAD BETTER ACCESS TO THE VIDEOS I would know more about her

Like how hard would it have been to give us a video line thing for us to skip around in the video? like every fucking video media has? Instead you have to slowly rewind or forward cause even at 3 times it was so slow so I just didn't end up doing it

Anyways I'm off to go play The shape shifting detective cause I've never been disappointed by D'Avrkki studios and im sure im gonna actually be a detective like I was a detective therapist in dr dekker

[fr1d4y-wr1t1ng]

World-Wide Customs

“Hey,” HIIIII!!!!!! “How about some headcanons for the Eddsworld guys and a y/n that comes from a different cultural back-ground and loves to share little pieces of it with them (like music, dance, words)? You can make it romantic or platonic, or even make it vague.”

THANK YOU ANON FOR THIS RQ THIS IS GONNA BE SO FUN IM SO PUMPED FOR THIS ONE TF SKDJDNDD!! Now I'm gonna leave it up to the readers whether or not they'd want this to be platonic or romantic, same thing with which culture we're talking about.

Request: Yep!!

Genre: Platonic/Romantic Headcanons!

CW: nothing that I can think of!!

Characters in Post: Edd, Matt, Tom and Tord!

Descriptions: Not being from the UK can be a struggle sometimes. But when your friends want to learn about your country, it does take off some of the stress.

Edd:

Admittedly, he doesn't look into other cultures that much. It's not a personal thing, it's just that he doesn't wanna misinterpret anything.

But that's where you come in!

He definitely takes interest in your countries history, especially with the arts.

He wants to learn about the meanings behind the art, and admittedly see the whys and hows of it's creation. He's interested in why it's important to you and your history!!

Not only is he interested in the arts though, he really likes the food!

Seafood, veggies, diets, etc. He's interested in it all!

If you invite him to cook a national dish, he's obviously going to take you up on your offer!!

Yeah, it'll probably get a little (a lot) messy, and cleanup may take awhile, but he really enjoys experimenting and making new dishes for everyone to enjoy!

And of course, he's going to attempt to learn your language. Heavy keyword; try.

He'll probably get end up confusing words, ending up in terrible sentences that you just can't help but laugh at.

Like one time he confused “love” and “good” so instead of saying “i love you” he managed to say “i good you” which was fucking hilarious to you.

But he genuinely tries to at least make sense of your culture. He wants to understand it, he finds it super interesting!

Matt:

Matt loves trying to learn about your culture, and of course tries to do some activities with you.

But things he's most interested in is your fashion.

He's very irresponsible with his money, so of course if you take him to your culture themed store and there's clothes. He's spending all his money on all he can get.

And if he can find matching outfits... whoo boy prepare to get an earful of “we should get this!” and “we should match!”

If you decide to make the attempt of teaching him your language, he does attempt to retain some info.

But with him memory, he's going to end up forgetting some of it. But he still tries using the word in conversation!

There was one time you two were at a restaurant and you were taking about your job, and you talked about how it can be hard there sometimes. And Matt, in an attempt to make you feel better, uses the one word he remembers.

You found it funny, but sweet.

He genuinely does try to grasp your culture, and yeah it can come off really cringe, but it's the thought that counts.

Tom:

Now this guy is pretty good at remembering things about your country.

Not anything that important, but he can still remember random fun-facts and laws.

Yeah that's right, he remembers the most minuscule, ridiculous laws that you tell him about. And of course, if you take him to your country, he's going to break them. That's just how he works.

But other than random fun facts you tell him, he's also very interested in your countries music!

Very speficially like older music.

He thinks the history behind certain songs and certain lyrics are very interesting, and he wants to learn to play them. To impress you.

And if you try to teach him your language, he's definitely going to practice and stuff.

And a bit so that he can work towards insulting Tord in a language he doesn't understand but he won't tell you that part.

Overall he's one of the best when it comes to talking about your culture, he'll find your country interesting and...

He just wants to see your face light up in excitement when he gets something about your culture right. It makes him kinda happy.

Tord:

He's the best one to talk to when it comes to culture.

Like you, he's not from the UK at all. So he can empathize with you when it comes to cultural differences.

But when it comes to your culture, he definitely takes interest in your military.

He'll go through in-depth research to see how powerful they are, what wars they've fought in, how they gained independence, etc.

He definitely does it to impress you as well, but he'll never tell you that.

If you try to get him to learn your language, the only thing he's retaining is swearing and insults.

He wants to be able to insult Tom in more ways than one, so of course he's taking the opportunity to use your language against him.

And of course, he'll get you to learn his language because “hes worked so hard to learn yours”.

But overall, he's very nice to talk to! Especially when it comes to both of your cultures and how you both could compare. It's nice to relate to him :).

[faerynova]

I read some of your stuff about the clementine au you came up with and I keep going back and forth on it but it's actually a really sweet concept and I like how you think into the different ways that would affect Tommy's healing process, plus I love that clem would be an absolute hell rat, good for her. (Plus-plus just any funny scenes of parents having no idea what they're doing and being about as chaotic as their child is my cup of tea, it's great) But as someone who has PTSD themself as well as watched their mother deal with it as they grew up, it definitely changes a lot of how the healing process goes. For some ppl it puts it on hold cause they got a wild child to take care of and others it gives motivation to keep working on it. It's interesting to explore the different outcomes. Regardless, you have given me something to overthink for the next week so :'D

TLDR: I have family issues and fiction is my lifeline, and you can keep this ask for whenever you wanna info-dump about it cause I like hearing all your ideas <3

yeah! yeah it really DOES change things. ptsd, grief, and disabilities are things i all focus on heavily in my writing and it really feels like im doing something right when people feel seen/drawn to it, it always makes me happy. (also im just happy in general that you like the idea aaa)

(also! her name is wilma now! originally it was clem because thats kind of the generic name most people use when they make a fankid for tommy. but after a bit of talking about her with a friend i decided to just go full on unique with her)

time for a little infodumping then <3

wilma is a difficult child regardless of who her parent(s) would be, which also adds to the fun. shes gives tommy a run for his money, and definitely forces him to confront a lot of his own issues because it would go south for both of them very fast if tommy tried to push aside his emotions and healing. her autism means she has a lot of emotional issues-- and while we see tommy continues to grow more emotionally mature over the series, hes not stable when hes fresh out of exile so hes gotta get his shit together for her sake.

tommy encourages (on purpose and accidentally) her, as you say hell rat nature. her first word is “fuck”. if she eats mud, eh, its probably good for her or something. when she does talk she matches his volume. she does not understand personal boundaries. she bites people (this one he encouraged on purpose for self defense). among many other things.

but for all that they can be alike, they do clash pretty hard on certain things. the primary one is that, like most autistics, wilma thrives when she has a routine because change is Scary and Bad. and tommy is in contrast a very impulsive person. having a kid in general forces you to settle down a bit but hes gotta take a hard left to figure out how to be... a bit more boring. just a little bit. no springing things without warning. theres more i could get into but this is getting long for an ask and my brain is mush

much appreciated tho for the ask about wilma, this encouraged me to finish up some art of her and ive queued it to post tomorrow :D

[ravysu]

Sannin headcanons and thoughts

The last thing I would like to post for the sannin week. It is still 24.04 here! :D @sannin-central

This is long. Spoiler alert. Mostly Orochimaru, some Tsunade, a little of Jiraiya (because his story is pretty clear and spoken and idk what I can add). Also I recommend to read this meta about Orochimaru, it has influenced me a lot and has some good points. Sorry for any posible grammar mistakes. Also I really should put here a lot of references to the manga or anime but it was something that was piling up for a year and I'm soooooooo lazy. After all, those are just headcanons. Also: Im not excusing Oro's bad stuff here, Im trying to understand the reasons.

Ive already posted some hcs, here, here and here.

1. First if all, the chronology pic of sannin lifetime based on the info i found on naruto wiki and also some statements about wars from this post. It was tough considering what a mess naruto’s chronology is.

2. Sannin story shows what it cost to be a legend. They're like Team 7 but more realistic. Tsunade literally carried the war but left with nothing and developed a ptsd and have problems to just live on. Also anger control issues. I think she can be pretty bossy and stubborn which is not always nice. Jiraiya is the hero of the day but also very idealistic and can ignore some important details in the real word whether its the fight (he always injured during flashbacks maybe because each time he took too much to handle and on the one hand it's heroistic but on the other is a mistake that can lead your team to situations like in that Iwa cave) or your friends issues (I bet he saw what's going on but thought it's fine until Oro actually got red handed and left). He lives in his world and may have problems to get out to see it through someone else's shoes. As for Orochimaru, it seems like he was a normal guy for 20+ years (I mean, he didn't do crazy criminal shit and had something good in him and it was stated somewhere that it was his teammates influence. It is obvious they considered him as a friend, I don't thinks it was for nothing) but we mostly know his darkest side. Despite being a moster he is a human that have empathy and some ordinary human traits (man just decorates every bit of an environment he is in lol).

3. Tsunade was the leader of team Hiruzen.

4. Tsunade sometimes hit Jiraiya for some stupid things he did or said but never touches Orochimaru even if he did something same. Jiraiya complained about it once and almost got another hit.

5. Jiraiya had problematic parents that didn't care about him much and a lot of time he was wandering in the streets.

6. Judging by the look of Oro bangs and hair, he sometimes cut it off. A stress relief huh? And the fact that he doesn't do it now in Boruto..

7. It was shown that Tsunade and Orochimaru was acknowledged before they become a team. Maybe they did just before, or maybe some longer time before. I prefer the second option and hc that they met because both had no real friends - Orochimaru seemed weird and scary for everyone and Tsunade was Senju so everyone wanted to hang out with her but didn't really care. They weren't seen as what they were - people put the labels on them. But they didn't care about each other's labels and actually saw each other in true lights.

8. Tsunade knew it was an accident and it's not right but still she blamed Orochimaru for Nawaki's death for some time. It was something that seriously damaged their friendship and the team. Orochimaru was mad but also guilty, after all, he was responsible at least as a shinobi since Nawaki was under his watch. So he started to act cold and emotionless and was trying to distance himself from his teammates.

9. Jiraiya was in Ame while Dan died.

10. The whole his orphans mission was a bit irresponsible tbh. They already fought Hanzo and as he stated the conflict between Konoha and Ame is going to an end with Konoha's win. It's weird to stay here for three years in the middle of the war while there were other lands to fight. He left his teammates for some idea. Maybe that caused another crack in their team friendship.

11. If Tsunade would have find a way to live on with her trauma and follow the will of fire and stuff it would affect Orochimaru as well just as her grief affected him. It's like he would get an example that you can live on with this pain. So death isn't above human capability and we are not just the slaves of mortality (sounds stupid but i dont know how else to describe sorry). But as we know what he actually saw is that it broke her crucially to the point she couldnt be herself again. And so the death is above everything.

12. Oro wasn’t just acting as a cold pragmatic bitch in that cave but also tried to save Tsunade. Jiraiya knew it and that’s why he showed this sign to him like "I see what youre doing here" and that stunned Oro because he would prefer to look rather like a cold pragmatic bitch hehe

13. Just a thought. People in the village probably treated Oro as a foreigner or just wouldnt accept him because he looked so differently and had a weird attitude. That's why he sometimes didn't feel that Konoha is his home. After the wars where people were treated as means and tools, even the children, he himself developed this view on people - he dehumanized them and used as the means to his goals, just as his village did. Funny thing some people were straightly dehumanizing him too like Ibiki thought that he was a demon (tho he was a child). And he probably weren't the only one. Anyways the point is that it's logical that Orochimaru don't care about anybody but some few people, he's the product of his era. He's like Naruto that would chose the hatred way. But naruto had some good and understanding people around him and.. Orochimaru had them too, but match how Iruka treated Naruto and this Hiruzen's "I sAw tHe mAliCe in This cHiLd fRoM tHe BegGinNinG". And oro didn't even have a big ass evil fox in him. sry i hate hiruzen

ANYWAYS the moral of the story is not "go criminal if they hurt you" but always treat people like people. Waving my hand to Kant.

14. The reason why Orochimaru didn't pick some good morals to stick with through the hard times no matter what (like, idk, Jiraiya or Naruto) is because 1) I think he is/was pretty depending on people around him 2) the war fucked him and his friends up too much (Nawaki incident + Tsunade) 3) twisted addictions (though I don't think he's that sadistic, we never saw him torturing randoms just for fun, it was always some science experimental shit. He tends to get fun out of cruelty only when it's personal) that maybe developed as a way to sublimate anger and sadness caused by his parents loss (that's what they share with sasuke - unlicke naruto, they knew their parents and it's other kind of pain. Sasuke developed a revenge issue and Orochimaru - cruelty pleasure which... is kinda the same but less epic and more occasional lol).

15. Speaking of that, Orochimaru cared for Sasuke because he saw himself in him.

16. Oro hold grudges against Hiruzen for not choosing him to be Hokage not only because he was ambitious and/or egoistic, but also because Hiruzen was some kind of a father figure for him and his approval was important tho i doubt he was aware of that. He also probably could tell that Hiruzen was suspicios about him when he was a child and that led to many conflicts and was hurting as well.

17. Tsunade knew things weren't pretty with Orochimaru after the wars but she never expected them to be this bad. During the week that she was given in her arc she thought not only about how much she wants to see Nawaki and Dan again despite how wrong would it be but also was trying to bury all the good memories she had left of Orochimaru so it would be easier to kill him.

18. She poisoned Jiraiya exactly because she knew he would not let her do it. Jiraiya was always hesitant to kill and inclined to forgiveness, while Tsunade, as mentioned by Orochimaru, could be merciless (so much so that he was not surprised when Kabuto suggested that she wanted to use Jira for Edo Tensei).

19. That was one of her traits that scared Jiraiya and fascinated Orochimaru.

20. Remember how Oro grabbed Jiraiya's neck when the latter was trying to cover with hair jutsu? On the snake, in Tsnade's arc. Orochimaru could have easily kill Jiraiya by pulling the sword out of the mouth (arteries are right there) but he didn't. As well as he could kill Tsunade when she was still shaking - just aim for the neck or the heart. Instead, he just injured her lung and kicked her which is not a big deal for the kind of shinoby like her at all.. Also he helped Anko not accidentally kill herself but it would be way much profitable to let her do it. "Orochimaru has no feelings".

21. The reason he suddenly wanted to kill Tsunade instead of forcing her to heal his arms as it was planned (which is weird since it will not going to get him heals and he kinda said that he wouldn't want to kill her just minutes ago) is that not only she refused to help him (he thought he could work it out) but she also prefered the village over him (from his point of view). Out if everyone she was the closest to being able to understand him since the village caused her painful losses too but nevertheless she agreed to be on it's side.

22. He wasn't fighting her back in the end partly because he thought he deserved that. Somewhere deep inside hahah.

23. Tsunade got a fear to develop deep bonds so they probably weren't very close with Shizune (also the way she knocked her down in this hotel.. oh).

24. Orochimaru will be here when she'll die.

25. Orochimaru's eng dub to Tsunade: "I often wondered what it would be like to ring that pretty neck yours". No comments.

26. Orochimaru is either bi/pan or ace. Anything or nothing lmao

27. Hiruzen knew about at least some of the Oro’s illegal experiments and was okay just as he was okay with the Foundation all the time. Because it’s useful. Then he has discovered he went too far OR he knew everything and oro just became too inconvenient because of his methods. The way Orochimaru tells Sasuke about reasons they are well treated as the criminals is based on in his experience with Hiruzen.

28. As you may know the lyrics in Orochimaru’s music theme goes “don’t talk with the silence of the heart”. It was taken from one Indian song that also had lines like “don’t question life too much”, ”pain arose somewhere in the chest”, “don’t speak to the wounds of the heart”. Though I’m not sure 100% because I was translating it with some hindi dictionary with like zero knowledge of hindi

29. I like to think that this “silence of the heart” theme and the fact that he called his village a hidden sound village are somehow connected. The hidden sound is the possible explanation of all things waiting to be listened to but the truth is silent and you know it deep in your heart and it bothers you. The world is silent just like the life is meaningless but people can only hear. *Sigh* anyways

30. Orochimaru’s journey is the one about accepting death. When he saw Karin released her chains while was trying to get to Sasuke he understood that the death is a part of human’s strength.

Can’t wait to feel that everything I wrote is wrong or not enough or stupid and obvious lol. Anyways, it’s something that I wanted to share until I move to some other fandom.