#that shit is looooong

[zzxya]

fellas is it uhhhh is it weird to uhh have a crush on your own character?

[hg-aneh]

Hi! I absolutely love all of your art and I’ve been fallowing you for awhile! There’s been some rumors that you ship Muriel x crowley?? Which I guess is an odd paring but nothing terrible wrong with, I was just curious if you do ship them.

Thank you for all your wonderful art <3

okay, i want to preface this by saying that I've already been harassed over this to the point of being called a lowkey pedophile and having every little move of mine scrutinized and misconstrued to sickening extents (this harassment spilled over to my partner too, and it was horrible)

so all anyone would do by doing this again would be repeating history, among other things that have to do with fucking up my already frail mental state

now.

onto the meat

yes, I ship it

no, I do not see Muriel as a child, kid, teenager, or anything of the sort and I find it personally distasteful to think of doing so because infantilizing autistic traits rubs me the wrong way (p e r s o n a l l y)

you can do it if you want to, I have worse things to worry about than a random person on the internet thinking something of a fictional character, just don't try to push your headcanon onto me just because you perceive it that way or because it's a popular dynamic that you find fun

adding onto this, i want to add that i will never and i mean fucking NEVER post anything related to that ship outside of the very specific private Xitter account i created for it

(and my personal facebook, on a friends only setting)

any Muriel & Crowley content outside of that account is all platonic and bla bla you get the gist. I can separate things, what a talent.

Now, I'm being overly paranoid and explaining myself to exhaustion over this for a very good reason and it's because last time someone found out about it ((yes we're going full circle to the beginning of this little bible)) they treated it as some sort of GOTCHA moment about me being a pedo ((and if you didn't know this already: I fucking despise children with my whole being, I'd rather be forcefed alligator shit for my whole life than be with one of those creatures for a single day))

It got to the point of that person making extremely hurtful videos about me and their little friend group comprised of goober eating toddlers joining in on the "Hater" train or whatever the hell that new cultural trend is called, as well

It was hell, that whole experience fucked me up BAD and i feel silly for saying this but it was genuinely traumatic! So- I apologize if I'm sounding confrontational here, anon, but like, this is the type of thing you have to do to keep yourself safe now, it's gone to that point and I'm in hysterics now because what the fuck

Lastly, I'd like to say this one other thing

Muriel is played by an adult actress, they are canonically the same age as Aziraphale and Crowley and are also an eldritch creature just like them

The fact that they're nice and bubbly and happen to have autistic traits doesn't suddenly make them a fetus. I have friends with the same personality type as them and I feel like it'd be dumb to treat them like zygotes knowing they're adults with body hair and debt

Again, if you see them as one, I'm literally no one to judge, I'm 1.49, you're better off taking judgement from a stupid lone penguin in the saharan desert.

But don't fuck with others for thinking otherwise, it's not a moral issue to disagree with a headcanon, please. 🥲

[parentsday]

Hiii! Since you asked about headcanons/analysis stuff:

There's a common interpretation on the fandom about Max's treatment of David in the early episodes coming, at least partially, from trust issues regarding adults/authority figures. And I've seen push back against it, too. People who say it's just because David is annoyingly positive. Nothing else.

And sure, I can see that. But Nikki also acts in a cheerful manner and mostly enjoys camp, and Max doesn't treat her with the level of rudeness he treated David in season one. This could be due to her being his little partner in crime, but idk. I always interpreted it as him thinking that David is some fake nice adult who will just let him down if he allows it.

And, while I was thinking about this, I realized how this interpretation of Max's behaviour towards David adds another heartbreaking layer to Parents day.

Max's perception of David started changing after Order of the sparrow, specifically after the "Somebody fucking has to" moment. For just a moment, the annoying, overly positive persona drops, and Max is able to see a nuanced human being. And it's clear that he starts understanding David a little more, because in Cult camp (literally the next episode), he allows himself to be brainwashed and trusts that David will save the camp (btw, we as a fandom don’t talk about this aspect of this episode enough).

So yeah, his perception of David changes for the better.

But then, parents day happens.

And David spends most of the episode being an absolute jerk, even if he doesn't realize it.

He pushes SO HARD to try and make the day perfect, basically ignores Max when he states that his parents aren't coming, gets way too serious about playing the role of Max's dad for the day, forces Max into the activities and then, at the end of a day that was already shitty for Max, he yells at him.

I think the context of Max's opinion on David finnaly becoming more positive makes this episode so much sadder.

Because it ceases to be just about Max's neglectful parents.

Now it's also about the closest thing he has to a trustworthy adult making him uncomfortable, ignoring his feelings and then yelling at him and telling him that he "has a bad attitude" and "brings everyone else down instead of trying just a little bit to have fun".

(Which are things he must have heard from adults before, if he behaves the way he does at camp in school and other places)

Remember in Friends like these when he said "Life's just one dissapointment after another. I can't belive I let myself forget it"? I think he might have had the same train of thought here: "I can't believe I let myself forget David is an asshole that only cares about impressing Campbell and making this stupid camp look good". Or: "I can't believe I let myself forget that every single adult thinks I'm a bad kid and a lost cause."

And I know it gets fixed quickly, with David apologizing shortly after, but still. I think the idea of Max being dissapointed at David in Parents day, even if it was just for some moments, is so good.

I also think this is the episode that comfirms to Max that David is genuinely a good person trying his best. He spent the entire day having to think about the fact that his parents suck, and then there's David, who is kind, apologizes for upsetting him and takes him to eat pizza and have a little heartfelt talk.

When was the last time his parents apologized to him, or cared about what he wanted/needed, or talked to him so gently?

The contrast between his parents and David is so big, and I think that's what makes Max finnaly go "Yeah, this guy isn't actually that bad."

(Sorry for rambling, omg.)

hi first of all thank u for an ask and such insightful one at it too !! this was an incredibly pleasant read and a lot of the stuff you say i personally find very good analysis of the show and agree with, however i do have some stuff to say abt it soo here we go ^-^ (this will be a long one so sorry about this in advance)

as i said in some previous reply, max is an incredibly peculiar guy when it comes to the way this show treats his trauma and the way he himself behaves as a result of it, and that’s by design! a lot of the thing he says and does in the first two seasons when it comes to david are there for reasons of narrative set up, and are later masterfully recontextualized by parents day later, leaving very little room for interpretation when it comes to how and why he operates. im gonna go out on a limb and say that i don’t think it’s a stretch to assume that most of his actions towards david in the early show stem from the childish born-from-trauma need for attention and also from his need for societal reinforcement of his own ego’s right to exist. when it comes to the first one i see most people agree (bc it’s a basic child psychology fact), but turn their noses in reference to the second one.

contrary to popular belief, max being in need of constant affirmation that he, as a person with little self value, deserves to exist next to other people is something that we see examples of constantly and is not a terrible part of his character that needs to be ignored. max is a neglect victim who from our knowledge is given very little attention by his parents, as a result of it he is a pessimistic asshole kid whose ego suffers from the very thing that made it this way. its in his strained relationship with nikki and neil, its in him arguing with david to put himself in the position of an adult, its him putting himself above others when it’s not needed and its in him putting his own egos safety first when time comes to accept that things are moving forward (two final episodes from both s3 and s4 are good examples of this). its not an inherently positive trait, but it is one okay for him to have by the virtue of being a young abused child with no support system, and denying it will leave him devoid of this characterization. in freudian (ugh) terms, we cannot separate his character’s superego from his id in a way that won’t harm the way he was intentionally written. Id, ego and superego are all influenced by our relationship with our parents, the amount of nurturing of a child's emotional and psychological needs parents does will result in the child’s psychological state forming a certain way, max as a character who is heavily reliant of his lackluster relationship with his parents is not devoid of this and it affects his relationship with david too. and the reason i’m saying all of this is exactly due to this.

david, when put in most simple terms, is a character who’s an adult figure present and mature enough in max’s current social position that it allows him to treat max as a child, something max is not used to. not used to to such an extent that it puts a strain on his ego in the process. david feeds his need for any form of attention, positive or not, just as much as he clips away at max’s need to be seen as socially important and in a position of an adult. it’s arguable if both of these are good or not but the main thing they are in relation to is obvious: max feels that being an adult who meets both of his psychological needs in ways that are unfamiliar to him makes david an untrustworthy person, thats exactly where you interpretation comes in clutch.

max and his behavior towards david cannot be separated from david being an adult, that is made clear with the way he treats nikki as an equal just because she is a person his age, despite her sharing a lot of david’s traits. going through the episodes you mentioned, order of the sparrow episode lets max see david perspective for the very first time. max is allowed to peek into the reason why david acts the way he does, however it alone doesn’t make him see david in a good light, if anything it makes him appear genuine in his actions. it also lets max have something for david that he didn’t have before: trust. it ends up being used in cult camp as a confirmation of it being something david can live up to (you are absolutely right, we really don’t talk abt this episode and it’s narrative weight enough). all of this has been adding onto the way max himself perceives david, parents day, however, lets both of them internalize the sentiment of mutual understanding towards each other together. parents day does this by lampshading max and david parallelism, making this whole episode consist of max seeing his parents in david just as much as david sees himself in max through the whole show and putting them in each others shoes by the end of it. the episode ends with david choosing max as a priority, he is still acting selfishly (once again david is an asshole) but choosing to do so towards max because the situation allows him to understand max the way s1 finale let max understand him. and with the final turning point in their dynamic, max understands that both his ego and need for attention can exist without them being reinforced by an adult treating him like he is an adult too. max was chosen as a priority for the very first time and that alone made him feel of more value than the treatment he initially yearned for would have. above all else parents day makes max see david as someone he can look up to as a person in emotional way, not only in a life or death situations, the shot of david from his perspective in the end making sure that we don’t miss it.

most of this is not me disagreeing with you, on the opposite i think a lot of the arguments you make are nice and are mindful interaction with the media. gold star for enjoying meta analysis to both of us i guess ⭐️. my main problem is, however, the fact that using all of this to basically say ‘maxs parents suck so he has a distain for david because of it’ is a heavy oversimplification that you somehow go against in your initial statement too and that i, personally, just don’t enjoy. this alone does not make your interpretation wrong though, if anything just reinforces your general idea into a more concrete argument rather than a collection of bits and pieces of evidence pointing to it. hope all of this made sense

tldr; man idk no summing up this one as to not take away from the overall statement im making with this. read the post 🫶

[onebloodsoakedlion]

My Fire Emblem Fates Incorrect Quotes

Here's 25 incorrect quotes I made into Fire Emblem Fates conversations because I love incorrect quotes so much.

NOTE: I made up at least one of the quotes myself. Try and guess which one(s) was/were mine.

(I've posted this here before but was under the meme umbrella.)

(I don't actually ship these two, this is just based off their actual support convos.)

Okay I know Ryoma normally isn't like this so here's some context: Elise was being really mean to Sakura just before this quote happened.

I saw this quote from @incorrect-omori-quotes and the date mentioned just happened to be Ryoma's birthday so I made this.

I'm nearly always inflicting some sort of mental trauma on Ryoma so that's why he's "fucked up".

[harlowes-home]

So after reading The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic for the first time in my journey of going through all the Discworld books my main take away is one, they're both delightful but I definitely liked The Light Fantastic more, and two *holding Rincewind* I am him he is me oh my god I have never related to a protagonist so much in all my life.

[funnyscienceman]

valoran city staple

[coollyinterferes]

"Back by unpopular demand:"

"Us!"

[willowser]

hiii do u have a part two to this or just any other thoughts on it i’ve only just seen it

never fear, friend, i can always talk more about anything 😌🌱✨️ can you—imagine how awkward this dinner was LOL

nobody really says anything, for your daughter's sake. your mom tries to be casual, even says that it's nice to see touya, and goes so far as to ask how he's been.

"been eatin' nothing but prison food for the past..." he makes a show of counting his fingers quietly, before turning to your daughter in your lap. "how old are you?"

she's completely unafraid of him, of most things, and she answers with a show of her teeth, the front two that are missing. "six."

a small smile has touya's lips curling, a soft and genuine adoration eating away at his sharp edges. "—six years, so," he shrugs, "really couldn't get better than this."

it's meant to be a joke, but you're the only one that laughs, maybe because you know him so well. maybe because you're the only one that can see all his differences. across the table, your brother scoffs and shakes his head at his plate—but it's your sister that opens her big mouth.

"glad to know that life is really looking up for you," she stabs at her carrots, hard enough that her fork screeches against the ceramic. "that you can just—walk back in and have whatever you want." the glare she sends is hateful, though it doesn't stay fixed on you for very long.

because he can't help but be a pain, touya scoffs, too, and murmurs, "hey, i did my time."

"yeah," she abandons the utensils totally, tossing them harshly onto the tabletop. "and that was well deserved, too, after all the crap you pulled."

"yeah," touya mimics, "it sure was, but don't act like i didn't pay for the shit i did."

"oh, so you think you're done? you've missed her entire life and now you think—"

"okay, enough." you shout, hitting the table so that the dishes will clatter, ring out over their voices.

the resentment is heavy, thick like the smell of sulfur, the bitter taste of it—but this isn't their pill to swallow. you glance at touya, the fists he has in his lap, the furious shake of his leg; maybe you're as dumb as you've always been to let him back in, but you look at him and still see the boy that loved you at sixteen. that has always watched you with that same gentle stare, even when things were at their worst.

"i didn't bring him here so you could tear him apart."

"then why did you bring him?" your sister snarls, "this gonna be your big announcement night? break the awful news to—"

"no," you bang the table again, and your daughter squirms in your lap, lip out far in her pout. when you glance at touya again, you see the same look echoed on his face. "i brought him because he's our family."

and—the room goes quiet. a silent night.

touya's frown deepens, and he places an elbow on the table so that he can run a harsh hand over his face and through his hair, like your words have stressed him. like he has trouble accepting them, believing them.

your daughter notices the tattoos on his hands, peeking out from the long sleeves of the nice shirt he's wearing, and she points at them, brave. "you draw on yourself?"

he looks down at her with bright, glittery eyes, the same color as hers, and nods. "yeah," he sniffs, turning to better face her, look as if you are the only two in the room. the only two that matter.

she touches at her face, her own cheek, and asks, "why do you have that bandaid on?"

"more drawings," he shrugs, jaw clenching as your sister stands to leave the table, your brother not far behind. from the corner of your eye, you can see your mother gently dabbing at her own with her napkin. "this one here is my favorite," touya tells her, tapping the bandaid. "i'll show you why, one day."

[howlingdemon13]

the guy ever

[anonyhun]

Shadow really did just drop the word sycophantic in a baby show

[grapejuicegay]

There’s a lot of stuff in this show that is obvious in hindsight through context clues which starts to make sense after we get the added context.

One major one would be Akk and Ayan’s first conversation in the teachers’ bathroom. The tension there makes a lot more sense when you know that Akk knows Ayan just saw him set off the car.

But we also have a lot of context that a lot of characters don’t have. Here are a few examples:

Thua doesn’t know that Wat has been watching Kan look at him for a while now. Thua didn’t see the look of devastation of Kan’s face when he was talking to Ayan.

Wat was the only one who noticed Akk was trying to side with Waree in the class to try and settle things. Most people do still think Akk is just a suck up

Almost nobody has seen Namo be shady

To date nobody knows why Kan was late to class because he got in a fight

Nobody knows Wat is making a short film 

Kan knows about Akk and Ayan but Wat and Akk don’t know about Kan and Thua

Wat doesn’t know about Akk and Ayan - not really

Nobody outside Chadok’s office knows that Dika is dead 

Thua took over the curse from Akk very quicky - there wasn’t a lot of downtime between those two events. Even for people looking into who is behind it, it’s the same person. That’s why even though Akk almost set the school on fire it seems like escalation because he didn’t, and the banner was more drastic and public than throwing paint on the posters.

And in that same vein, Thua never knew that Akk was being brainwashed, or that he had decided to stop the curse, or that he had changed his position and beliefs. For the most part, if anyone knew that outside of Ayan or Wat or Kan, it was The World Remembers because Akk quietly apologised to them the last time he took their things - it was the most he could do.

Thua had no way of knowing. From his perspective, it was all still going.

[scarecrowdrugs]

I really should start playing KOTOR again but the thought of having to redo Taris makes me want to gnaw through my own ankles

[haveag00dday]

hey sorry for not posting for so LONG TIME. Like wow wht is going on with me??? But hey at least your having a nice day/night if not then have a nice/great day/night.

one think HOW THE HELL ARE YOU LIKING THIS POST WHEN I JUST POST THIS LIKE A MILISECOND AGO!!!!

[treepyful]

Chapters: 1/5 Fandom: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Julian Bashir/Elim Garak, Julian Bashir & Miles O'Brien Characters: Julian Bashir, Elim Garak, Miles O'Brien Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Post-Canon Cardassia (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), Starfleet (Star Trek), Starfleet Spouse Elim Garak, Get Together, Mental Health Issues, Depression, revolutionary violence Series: Part 4 of The Epilogue Tales Summary:

In 2375, Garak and Bashir parted ways at the end of the Dominion War.

By 2380, they were married and living together on a Starfleet ship.

What happened?

[thedreadvampy]

callout posts will truly be like:

and the post they're talking about will be like

and then they'll be like "what do you mean I'm overstating harm?"

[datleggy]

when the post partum fog finally lifts & you remember you used to have hobbies and shit